A NEW DAY DAWNS - Boston Latin School

CLASS NoteS
recently took part in the 18th Annual Joan
McDade Carney Golf Tournament. Nearly
$64,000 has been raised for the Cancer
Center at Boston University Medical Center
and the Neonatal intensive Care Unit at
Massachusetts General hospital. BLS grads
Jim o’Sullivan, Kevin McCann and John
Morgan were kind enough to sponsor holes
on the championship Bayberry hills Golf
Course this year. For info on hole
sponsorships for next year, contact Russ
Carney at: rcarney@
nhpolicepipesanddrums.com
1976
CLASS Committee: ANN o’CoNNor GeAry, Joe
GreeLey, miChAeL LyNCh, ChArLie mANeikiS,
Peter miLANo, mAUreeN DAvoreN miLANo
John G. Chin writes, “i recently accepted
a position within Ford Motor Company,
relocating to Thailand as Director of iT.
Picked up the whole family and am now
leading iT activities for Ford out of Bangkok.
it’s a new developing area for us and
it’s great to be at the start of something
potentially very big for us. The family is
having a blast being exposed firsthand to
Asian cultures!” Brian F. King writes, “i am
a graduate of Providence College ’80. i am
currently working with U.S. Customs and
Border Protection in the United Kingdom.
Joined Federal Law enforcement in 1980,
U.S. Capitol Police in Washington, D.C.,
then served U.S. Customs in Toronto;
Canada; Charleston, SC; orlando, FL;
and now as Team Leader in Felixstowe,
United Kingdom, for the Container Security
initiative. The effort is an anti-terrorist
mission to deter and detect terrorists
and weapons of mass destruction, and
keep them from entering global maritime
container traffic. officers are currently
deployed around the world in strategic ports
to screen maritime cargo destined to arrive
in a U.S. port. More information can be
found at cbp.gov.”
1978 REunIOn
CLASS Committee: GerALD f. DevLiN,
DUNCAN t. o’BrieN
Grace T. o’Donnell writes, “i have returned
to my first love, career-wise, as the
Coordinator of Age Well West Roxbury. This
project is sponsored by ethos, the local
Aging Services Access Point with the goal of
supporting an elder-friendly West Roxbury.
i am visiting residents aged 60 and older
38 Bulletin fall 2007
ed Sheehy ’78
and their caregivers to ensure that they
are aware of all the services available to
them from ethos and other resources in the
city and state. in addition, i hope to elicit
suggestions and ideas about what might be
missing from the current array of services.
A key piece of the project is building
partnerships among elected officials,
local businesses, religious organizations
and individuals to respond to the gaps in
programs and services identified during
the visits. i encourage anyone in West
Roxbury to contact me about this effort to
connect the community and seniors: (617)
522-6700, ext 316 or godonnell@ethocare.
org.” Ed Sheehy has been promoted to
senior vice president and assistant general
manager of Southeast Toyota Distributors,
LLC, a subsidiary of $11.1 billion diversified
automotive company JM Family enterprises,
inc. he lives in Delray Beach, FL, with his
wife, Sandy, and their two children. ed is
an active supporter of the Youth Automotive
Training Center and Spanish River Christian
School. he also coaches for Boca Raton
Youth Baseball and the Soccer Association
of Boca Raton.
1979
CLASS AGeNt: PoSitioN oPeN
Victoria W. Lee writes, “My husband
and i just celebrated our silver wedding
anniversary in March. Also, we’re the
proud parents of Melissa and Jeffrey, both
of whom i’ve coached for competition at
the National Spelling Bee in Washington,
D.C., three times. My e-mail address is
wutshapnin@hotmail.com; drop me a line
sometime!” Frank L. Mungeam writes, “i
am enjoying the beautiful Pacific Northwest,
managing the news website of SGW-TV
(NBC) and cheering on my 13-year old son
at his lacrosse games. Drop a line if you’re
in Portland.” Paula Ryan writes, “i am
married with two boys aged 6 and 4. i would
love to hear from anyone.”
1980
CLASS Committee: ChriStoPher A. PerrUZZi,
JoSePh J. ShAmoN, BeNSoN woNG
Stuart A. Kirsch writes, “i was recently
named Vice President for MiS of Bay Colony
Baseball & Athletics, LLC, the parent of
a new professional independent baseball
team, the Plymouth River eels. We plan to
break ground on a stadium in Plymouth
this spring, and start play in May 2008. it
is very exciting to be involved at the ground
level of a professional sports franchise.
Please feel free to check our progress at
www.plymouthrivereels.com or e-mail me at
skirsch@plymouthrivereels.com.”
1982
CLASS AGeNt: keLLy LeNZ CArr
Brian C. Alston writes, “i just published
my first book…and i want you to know!”
Linda M. Barone writes, “i have lived with
my husband in Wayland, MA, for 20 years. i
have two wonderful children—Michael who
is 14 and Natalie who is 12. i work part-time
at a fitness club.” Deborah B. Dong writes,
“The Boston Globe feature article on April
1st in the City Weekly section (http://www.
boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/04/01/
that_their_ancestors_may_be_satisfied/)
says about my work: ‘For the past several
years, Debbie Dong has volunteered for
the Chinese historical Society of New
england, including co-chairing a project
to build a memorial for Boston’s original
Chinese immigrants who are buried in
Mount hope Cemetery in Boston. After
nine very long years of grant-writing,
organizing and hosting fund-raising events,
project management and coordination with
city officials, architects and contractors,
donations of her legal services to negotiate
contracts, numerous presentations to city
boards and commissions and to community
organizations, etc., the Memorial has
finally been built and was dedicated last
month.’” Sharon Saverse writes, “Due to
a job transfer for my husband, Atom, we
moved our family to hoover, AL, in August