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Please also check out the online version of Lafayette Magazine. Photos you sent me are published online and not in the hard-copy Lafayette Magazine. Additional alumni features are also posted. Go to www.lafayette. edu and click on either the Lafayette Magazine icon or the Alumni link. 1986 Peter A. Gilbertson 96 Battin Road Fair Haven, NJ 07704-3203 (732) 842-8590 peter.gilbertson@willis.com President: Robert D. Correll Jr. Fund Manager: Open Reunion Chairs: Wynne A. Whitman, Thomas J. Kleinert A little light on the response this goround. It must have been the hectic pace around the holidays. I urge you to keep us up-to-date with your news; that’s what makes the column fun to read and fun to prepare. We have a lot of great classmates involved with fascinating careers, circumstances and adventures. Don’t be shy! Todd Marcus writes that he will celebrate his 17th wedding anniversary in March. He has two kids, Zach, 14, and Jenna, 11, who both play soccer and basketball. Todd has coached hoops for the past four years. Like most of us, he is busy at work. As a litigation partner at the law firm of Bingham McCutchen LLP, he represents primarily financial institutions in high-stakes litigation. With this economy, I’m confident business is booming in that arena. Let Todd know when you’re in NYC. Jamy Galliker Floyd-Jones and husband FJ ’85 proudly announce that their eldest, Abby, will be a member of Lafayette’s Class of 2014! (Remember way back when we proudly announced the birth of our kids and THAT made us feel old?) Abby will be on the swim team and will be permitted a carefully moderated amount of fun. (Right, Abby? Everything in moderation, just Class Notes 1985–1986 like mom and dad!) The Floyd-Jones’ other kids are Will, a first-year high school student, and Jake, a fifth grader. They’ve resided in West Chester, Pa., for the past 15 years, where Jamy is self-employed doing work for the auto industry. Jamy looks forward to catching up with fellow ’Pards at FJ’s reunion this year and at our 25th next year. (Can you freakin’ believe it’s here already?) As of the first of the year, Dan Nickerson and family are now back in the U.S. after 1½ years in Irapuato, Mexico. They successfully ran a mobile library project there, the Bibliobus, and celebrated one year of service Nov. 28 with a huge fiesta for the community. They will continue to support the project, which serves over 8,000 people in five communities and has over 2,000 books in stock. They’ve also written a bilingual children’s book about the history of the 30-year-old bus as it made an interesting life journey to become the Bibliobus. Anyone with publisher contacts, please let Dan know. Dan will pursue a teaching degree for high school math and science, and his wife, Ada, will work in legal advocacy. Dan says the experience has been a blessing for his whole family. Look out for Bibliobus II (The Sequel) coming to a rural community near you! Cathy Barthelmes Granzow reports further details to her last update. In addition to new daughter Elise Mary, born Nov. 30, 2008, she has sons Benjamin, 15, and Timothy, 10. Sadly, as reported in our last edition, another daughter, Caroline, passed away in 1998 from a congenital heart defect at the age of 4 months. It is very important to Cathy and her family that we all remember Caroline. Cathy, we are with you. Cathy runs a gardening/biology program at a Montessori school and lectures about insects and birds at other area schools. Cathy is involved in her younger son’s school gardening program as the “chairperson of the subcommittee on composting.” (Does that require a Senate confirmation hearing?) She’s also involved with the New Jersey Farm to School Network, a group consisting of local farmers, the state Department of Agriculture, educators, parents, and school lunch program administrators. The organization promotes the use of locally grown, sustainable farm produce in school lunch programs and advocates the use of school gardens as an educational tool for better understanding healthy food and our role as consumers in the ecosystem. Cathy is also active in the Lehigh Valley Alumnae Chapter of Sigma Kappa with fellow members Sharon Roche Ashton ’85, Cindi Sems Combi ’90, and Kim Law Bennet ’90. This past year, she enjoyed having lunch with Beth Halberstadt Rosenblatt, Wynne Whitman, Claudia Bierschwale Muller, and my Sigma Kappa big sis, Liza Smiles DeBlis ’84, and continues to keep in touch with Doug Livornese, Lisa Lacroce Patterson, and Dan Sammartino ’84. Last November, Cathy bumped into Father Tom Hagen, former Catholic chaplain at Lafayette. Father Tom had come all the way from Haiti, where he lives permanently, for a Confirmation event. Father Tom still runs the humanitarian organization Hands Together in partnership with Doug Campbell. I was part of a fun, holiday dinner gathering in NYC, which has now become an annual event. Attendees included Bob Gannon, Kevin McCartney, Chris Thatcher, Glen Forrest, and Andy Nygren ’89 (with no-shows Mark DiMaggio, Bob Correll, and Mike Heaney). We all decided it would be a great idea to stay overnight in the city. You know, that way we get much more sleep and wake up fresh the next day. So, what do you think happens when six Lafayette friends get together in NYC and know they don’t have to drive home? Many laughs were had. See you in the summer edition. SPRING 2010 • lafayette 111
1987 Edward I. Ackerman 276 Brookline St. Needham, MA 02492 eackerman@photonicsinc.com President: John C. Santos Jr. Fund Manager: Sally Elbert Kalin Reunion Chairs: Elise Nappi, Madeline Green Smith Web Page Administrator: Edward I. Ackerman My dear readers, please allow me to apologize for failing to submit columns in the past. But you know how it is: You’re mowing the lawn, your mind drifts off into its little prime number amusement park, and suddenly, it’s Christmas. In truth, there is little to report because nobody sends me news. But it would be inappropriate to rebuke you here, so I’ll proceed to share the one small but impressive bit of news I received. In August, Amy McMahon McQuade was named to Quest Uranium Corp.’s new management advisory board to help the corporation communicate its progress in the exploration of rare earth elements and, you guessed it, uranium. After Lafayette, Amy pursued graduate studies at Columbia University and worked in trading and global asset management at Lehman Brothers for seven years. She then worked 12 years for the American Stock Exchange as vice president of business development for the Western U.S. and Asia, and is currently vice president of global market development in San Diego. Congratulations on your fascinating career, Amy! So here’s the place where I make you feel ashamed. How do I get you people to make with the info? You’re reading this column, so that means you’re interested in hearing what your classmates are up to. Ergo, others reading this want to hear about you! If that logic escapes you, maybe our hairy ancestors wasted their time touching that monolith. And hey, not to put the NAG in INFORMATION Class Notes 1987–1989 AGE, but could it be any easier to share news these days? Email, Facebook, semaphore flags...it’s all good. Oh, but if you do the Facebook thing, please post to my wall or send me a message, because if you just type in the “what’s on your mind?” or “news feed” boxes, I’m likely to miss that. Unless what’s on your mind involves prime numbers. Like 1987— hey, wow! 1988 Tim Hylan 50 Old Tappan Road Glen Cove, NY 11542 hylant66@aol.com President: David R. Rose Jr. Fund Manager: Rachel Nelson Moeller Reunion Chair: Elizabeth C. Freebairn 1989 Marguerite Valinoti White 63 Nicholson Drive Chatham, NJ 07928 (973) 635-1110 margueritewhite@comcast.net President: Erin Bass-Goldberg Fund Manager: John T. Donovan Reunion Chairs: M. Katherine Longo Van Cleef, Marguerite Valinoti White Web Page Administrator: Vincent J. Petitto, petitto@yahoo.com Dear Classmates, My exciting lead story for this issue is news of the marriage of our lovable DTD friend Larry Usilaner. (See photo online.) His BFF from our days on second floor South College our first year, Rob Hess, filled me in with the following details: “Hey, Marge, hope all is well. No real news on my end, but big news for Larry: He was married Oct. 18! I was the best man; others in attendance were Don Young, Chris and Kirsten McCumber, Doug Gallacher ’90, and Don Sirey ’90. The wedding was incredible and extremely classy. It was black tie and took place at the Roosevelt Hotel in NYC. It was a rough weekend for me: I was a groomsmen in another wedding that Friday (for Scott Halsey, Jim Halsey’s brother, as Scott happens to be very good friends with my wife, Karen, from their high school days in Long Island—Scott introduced us). Then, on that Saturday night, I went to a Yankees playoff game with Don Sirey and Doug Gallacher, followed by Larry’s wedding Sunday afternoon. Pretty great weekend.” Not to be outdone by the DTD/ Chi Phi extravaganza at Larry’s wedding, the Zetes also had a mini reunion over the holidays, with one Chi Phi in attendance just to mix things up. Dave Leyrer filled me in and writes: “We spent the holidays in Deer Valley, Utah, and had a lot of Lafayette activity. Chris Lytle ’91 and his daughter stayed with us for several days, we had Tom Amster and his family over for pizza dinner one night, and my wife, Alicia, skied with Sheryl Amster. We also skied and spent time with Pete Najarian ’88 and his family and had a couple of dinners with Dave Dixon ’91 and his girlfriend, Lindsay.” Meanwhile, I also learned that Doug ’86 and Tracy Krauser ’88 Fincher ran into Pete Najarian on Main Street in Park City, Utah, and almost crashed a dinner. And a note to everyone: Beth Sutton Burnette and her family live in Park City, so give her a shout next time you’re in the area. Tommy ’88 and Bonnie Snyder Winant did last year and got treated to full-blown Utah hospitality and a barbecue at her house! After being an MVP at our 20th reunion, Bryan Smith resurfaces with great updates. He sent an email: “I did more cycling this year, easier on the joints and more fun! It was great to see everybody at the reunion. So, here’s a quick update from me: Not much, and right at the deadline—sort of like my history at Lafayette! “The highlight of our year was a move into a larger home on a cul-desac just a couple blocks from our previous five-year abode in Boulder, 112 lafayette • SPRING 2010 For photos, articles, and Alumni Updates, see Lafayette Magazine online
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ALUMNI MAKE A DIFFERENCE Vince Peti
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Nobel Laureate Visits Campus ELINOR
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As You Like It: Lindsey Ryan ’12
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