Linda Smith

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James “Jim” McDonough of Westborough, the first president of the New England Chapter of The Wildlife Society, has been elected an Honorary Member. He was presented with a commemorative plaque in October in Hadley.

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Wallace F. Powers ’41 writes “I would like to obtain a copy of the Class of 1941 yearbook. I will be most grateful and quite ready to make good on any costs to those involved.” Contact him at: 66 New Shore Road, Waterford, CT 06385

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Harry Lane ’58 writes from Hawaii, “It’s been 50 years since I began my career in the Army. I’ve been enlisted, an officer, a contractor, a Non-Appropriated Fund employee, and finally civil service. I enlisted in the Army in ’58 to satisfy my two-year draft obligation and finally completed my career as an Army Program and Budget Analyst in ’07.
Shirley Sokoletsky ’59 is now Samantha White, in private practice as a psychotherapist, living in Ashland with her husband, Dave Morin, a jazz drummer, who she married in 2003. She writes, “I raised two daughters, one of whom died in 1988, and now I also have six adult step-children and 14 step-grandchildren ranging in age from 1 to 21.” Sam can be reached by e-mail at samanthamwhite@comcast.net and has a Website at samanthawhite.com.

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Gail Ashley ’63, ’72G, a professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Rutgers University, received the UMass Amherst Distinguished Alumni Award from the Department of Geosciences in February.  
Joseph LoBello ’63G retired in February from PeoplesBank in Holyoke after a 45-year banking career. Beginning as an executive at the Third National Bank of Hampden County he started at PeoplesBank in 1991 as president and chief executive officer.
Peter Graham ’64G, a professor at the University of South Carolina in the Department of Sport and Entertainment Management, was honored with the Academic Achievement in Sport and Entertainment Award at the International Conference on Sport and Entertainment Business in November. 
Cheryl Herzog ’67 was promoted to vice president of the Collaborative Companies and Velocity Marketing in Boston.
Jim Salter ’67 writes, “Just a short note to update friends. All is well here in Erie, Pennsylvania. I divorced two years ago and am now engaged to Kathleen Davis. I’m still working part-time as a substitute teacher in math and science, and as a sales consultant for a hardware store chain.”
George Goodfellow ’68 was named 2008 Rhode Island Teacher of the Year. He lives in Fall River with his wife, Cynthia.
Don Zingale ’69G was recently selected to be the next president of the SUNY Cobleskill – State University of New York.

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Paula d’Entremont (G) received the prestigious 2007 St. George National Award, the highest recognition given to an American Cancer Society volunteer.
Jim Fitzroy, director/superintendent at Wollaston Recreational Facility/Presidents Golf Club in North Quincy, was elected secretary/treasurer for the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America.
Mary Gorman Glascoff, a professor at East Carolina University in North Carolina, and director of the Community Health Education Program and vice-chair of the faculty, was named one of 99 University Leaders on the occasion of the institution’s 99th anniversary. She was also honored as one of Ten Women of Distinction at their Centennial.

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Francis “Frank” Peluso is the Federal Aviation Administration program manager for Field Incident Response working out of the FAA command center in Herndon, Virginia. He writes, “As part of the FAA’s National Operations Group, we plan for, and manage disaster recovery operations for FAA facilities. I recently moved to Sterling, Virginia, after my house in Leesburg burned down.” He plans to return to Leesburg once his house is rebuilt.
William “Piper” Simpson ’78G, president and chief operating officer of the University of Connecticut Cooperative Corporation bookstores in Storrs, Connecticut, is serving as president of the National Association of College Stores. He lives in Mansfield Center with his wife, Joan ’71, ’76G.”

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Elise Martin (G) has been teaching 5th grade in White Plains, New York, for 23 years. She writes, “In between time I’ve had the chance to travel to South Africa where a restaurant menu item in Capetown is named after Natalie Cole ’72. I’ve also visited Switzerland, Kenya, Fiji, New Zealand, the Caribbean, and many parts of the United States. I recently attended my 40th Sharon High School reunion where I reconnected with other UMies.”

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Stephan Paul Wassel retired from the Naval Sea Systems Command in September 2003. He worked as a senior engineering manager for submarine enviornmental and maintenance improvement. Since retiring, he has been ordained an independent Christian Pastor. He writes, “I’m not a pulpit preacher, my work is with the human psyche and the eternal nature of the soul and its many sojourns. Past life regression is sacred, spiritual work, producing sacred stories representing gifts from the vast unconscious mind, helping to redefine the purpose and meaning of life.” Stephan spends spring, summer, and fall on the Outer Banks in North Carolina and winters in Arlington, Virginia. “Probably the one person you know who heads north for the winter! After growing up in Worcester, Virginia’s a piece of cake.”

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Christin Couture was named the new art editor of The Massachusetts Review. The Review was established in 1959 by a group of professors from the Five Colleges. The  200-page quarterly includes works of fiction, poetry, essays, and the visual arts. Christin will curate an exhibit of the past fifty years of covers. The Fine Arts Center gallery will host the show in March 2009.

Please read Jules Chametzky letter to the editor clarifying the information in the Christin Couture note.

John Robichaud has joined the firm of Tofias PC in Cambridge as principal in the accounting and auditing group.
Patricia Murphy ’00G is the superintendent of the newly opened Western Massachusetts Women’s Regional Correctional Center in Chicopee.

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Roberta Martone Pavia, writes from Newton, "After many years in corporate public relations and advertising, I've returned to my UMass journalism roots as a marketing communications consultant and freelance writer, with clients in high-tech, education, finance, health, and retail. Most recently, I was editor of the Simmons School of Management alumnae publication, and am currently ghostwriting a book about retail." Her articles have been published in many local publications. Send her an email at robertamartone@rcn.com.

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Michelle Brown, an occupational therapist in the Worcester Public School system, has been appointed chair of the board for Advanced and Specialty Certification for the American Occupational Therapy Association and also sits on the Commission for Continuing Competence in Professional Development. She has been married for 31 years and has two sons, Patrick ’98 and Michael.
Sheila (Inerlied) Davis (G) became a tenured associate professor at CSU/Long Beach after graduation from UMass. She was recruited by Ohio State University for the first joint appointment in Business and Women’s Studies where she taught for nine years. She then left teaching and became an organizational consultant. She now lives and works in Southern California and is a senior vice president for learning and development with Zula USA. She writes, “Zula produces a television series that airs on PBS stations nationally and in many other countries. The series, called the Zula Patrol, teaches children three to seven years old about astronomy and natural science.” Sheila can be reached at sheila@zula.com.
Jim Haddad is vice-president of human resources for Pharmavite LLC, in Northridge, California. He lives with his wife Helen in Southern California.
Deb (Porazzo) Greenleaf lives with her daughter, Kristen, and Samoyed, Nikkin, in Houston, Texas. She writes, “After receiving my LLM in environmental and energy law from the University of Houston Law Center, I left the ever stressful world of litigation to join Shell Oil where I practice environmental law.” She enjoys running, spinning, and hanging out with friends. “I’d love to hear from old friends from Wheeler and Brandywine.” E-mail her at deborah.greenleaf@shell.com.
Mark Michalski (G) moved to Mooresville, North Carolina, with his wife Amy after spending most of his life in New England. He writes, “Since selling my accounting, tax, and financial planning practice in New Hampshire, I’m a realtor with Helen Adams Realty in Charlotte. If you are in the area or thinking of relocatin, e-mail me and I will extend some newly acquired ‘Southern Hospitality’ to you. You may want to swap your snow shovel for sunscreen like I did.” Mark can be reached at mmichalski@helenadamsrealty.com.
Laurie Smith and her husband Randy Fromm moved from Oswego, New York to Las Cruces, New Mexico. She writes, “After getting 10 feet of snow in one week last February, we knew the time had come. Las Cruces gets an average of three inches of snow a year so I won’t go cold turkey.” Laurie is a volunteer in the city’s museum system and looks forward to learning techniques for gardening in the Chihuahuan Desert.

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Amy Lynn Barber (G), professor of music and former dean of the school of music at DePauw University in Indiana, was the recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Boston University School of Music. She was cited for the diversity of her work as a performer, teacher, and advocate for contemporary music, as well as her impact on the musical landscape in central Europe, where she lived for over 12 years. She is founder and artistic director of The Percussion Plus Project.
Paul Weiss ’81G writes, “My wife Leslie Arnold ’84 and I are proud to announce that our son Max, a graduate of Andover High School, has been admitted to the UMass Amherst class of 2011. He is currently being home schooled in distraction avoidance skills to limit the likelihood that he will turn out like his parents.”
George Scangos (G), president and CEO of Exelixis, was elected to the board of directors for the California Healthcare Institute in La Jolla, California.

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Richard Leader writes, “I was sometimes known as ‘Richard S.’ when I lived on campus in Patterson in Southwest and Rolling Green apartments. Since graduating I’ve lived in southern California. If anyone out there still remembers me, e-mail me at richincalif@cox.net. It’s great to keep in touch with old classmates every several years.”
Lori Caron Silveira writes, “For nearly 25 years I have been a member of the law firm of Tillinghast Licht LLP in Providence, Rhode Island, concentrating on labor and employment law. I served as secretary of the Labor and Employment Committee, the Rhode Island Bar Association, and was recently recognized as a ‘Super Lawyer’ in Rhode Island.”

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Bob Abramms (G), founder of ODT Inc. in Amherst, produced the film, Arno Peters: Radical Map, Remarkable Man. This documentary explores the history of how the Peters Equal Area World Map came into being. For more check out www.odt.org.
Philip Day (G), the former chancellor of City College of San Francisco, has been named president and CEO of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators by their board of directors.
Carolyn Veronica Guerra Varno is the executive director of the International Center of Syracuse, a member of a 91-agency network that works with the state department to program professional meetings for official international visitors. She is a regular columnist for the Skaneateles Journal in New York.

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Michael and Eileen (Romeo) Barry ’82 let us know that their second son, Richard, just completed his freshman year at UMass Amherst and older brother, Mike ’08, graduated in May. He writes, “Our third son, Chris, has been accepted and will begin classes in the fall. There are two more sons after him.” Eileen works with Mike at Newburyport Insurance, a firm he started in 1985. She is a volunteer and substitute teacher in their public school system. In September 2007, Mike was re-elected to serve a final term as Commodore of the Newburyport Yacht Club.
Frederick Kuriger (G) is the executive vice president/chief operating officer of Seton Health System in Troy, New York. He writes, “I’m working on selling my house in the Claremont, New Hampshire area to move to the Capital Region of New York. Friends can contact me at fkuriger@setonhealth.org.”

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Tyler Brown lives in Medfield with his wife Mary (Woods) ’82 and their children, Caroline, 17, and Blake, 13. Tyler was recently named assistant general manager for Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc., and would love to hear from old friends.  Reach him at tyler_brown@toyota.com.
Steven Clow has been appointed vice president of quality at Wilkinson industries, a food-packaging supplier in Fort Calhoun, Nebraska.
Mary Custard ’87G writes, “Several alumni vacationed together in beautiful Cape Verde last summer. The group included Sidonio Ferreira ’87, ’08G, Adonis Ferreira ’92, ’95G, Barry Magnus ’76, current UMass Amherst undergrad Anton Pires ’09, Isabel (Medina) Ferreira ’06, Neusa Ribiero ’00, ’04G, and Claudine Lima ’96, ’07G.” Visit umassmag.com/photos to see some of the travelers with the President of Cape Verde, The Honorable Mr. Pedro Pires.
Calvin MacLean (G), department head and artistic director for the Clarence Brown Theatre at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, was recently elected vice president of the University Resident/Theatre Association and elected membership into the National Theatre Conference.
Nancy Rawson (G) has been named chief scientific officer for WellGen, Inc., in North Brunswick, New Jersey.
Patti Balbach Reeves writes, “I’m looking for friends of Ruth ‘Fu’ Leimonas ’84 who died unexpectedly in May 2003. She lived on the 17th floor of JQA Southwest from 1979 to 1981. She was known as the ‘Wizard’ of Southwest. Anyone who would like to share in the memory of Ruth please contact me at pattiannreeves@aol.com or 770-271-5885.”

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Paul Healy writes, “I started a new job as chief communications officer at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, responsible for the university’s media relations, corporate and internal communications, publications, Web site, and marketing. I was formerly vice president of marketing and public affairs at Holy Redeemer Health System in suburban Philadelphia.”
Mike Smigel writes, “I’m interested in reconnecting with old friends from the upper floors of Webster from back in 1979-80 and 1982. Those days were fun with Michelle, Ralph, John, Luke, Sandy, Andy, Brad, etc. I would love to hear from you and can be e-mailed at mikes1430@charter.net.” Mike works with Shaklee (www.shaklee.net/luvshak) and recently began helping people live longer and healthier lives. “I would love to hear from any alumni who have health concerns and want to remain healthy and productive as they age.”

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Theresa Godfrey (G), ’87G, a professor in the microbiology and molecular genetics department at UT-Houston Medical School, was recently elected to Fellowship in the American Academy of Microbiology.
Gordon Pogoda writes, “After a few years working at an engineering firm, I decided to leave that career behind and pursue my lifelong dream of songwriting. I moved to Los Angeles and, after several years as a ‘struggling writer,’ slowly came to have worldwide success in several areas of the music business.” His credits include songs in Little Miss Sunshine, Josie and the Pussycats, CSI Miami, ER, Sex and the City, Will and Grace and King of the Hill. His songs are on major label albums released in North America, Europe, and Australia. One of his songs (sung by pop/rock artist Sergey Lazarev) was the number two song of the year in Russia in 2007. His business is called Music to Your Ears. Visit Gold Records on His Wall for more information.

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Erica (Chenausky) Bodden and Kelly (Staras) Dupuis ’89 received Shrewsbury Media Connection’s SETV Producer of the Year Award for outstanding contributions to Shrewsbury Educational Television. Together they produce and host two shows: “Middle School News Network” and “Celebrating Our Students.”
Bob Flynn was recently promoted to vice president in the treasury services division at the Bank of New York–Mellon. He also received the Bank of New York Mellon Star Award, which included a weeklong all expenses paid vacation to the Phoenician Hotel in Scottsdale, Arizona. He writes, “A big hello to former UMass roommates David Warnock ’84 and Bill Reynolds, and good friends Brad Cowen ’89 and Bob Cooke ’89. Go Minutemen football!”
Kevin Moriarty, a pediatric surgeon in Springfield and an associate clinical professor of surgery at Tufts University School of Medicine, became a member of the New England Surgical Society.

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Bob D’Ambrosio ’89G ran the 2008 Boston Marathon as part of the Children’s Hospital “Miles For Miracles” team. Bob is teaching elementary band in Plymouth, playing clarinet with the New Bedford Symphony, and alto sax with the group Situation. He spends most of his time trying to keep up with daughters Rosa and Maria. He writes, “Wife, Su ’89, tries in vain to keep us all in control.”
Catherine Alman MacDonagh has been selected as president of The Legal Sales and Service Organization, Inc., in Boston.
Garry McCarthy, a civil engineer in the Westford office of the design firm, Stantec, was promoted from senior associate to principal. He now is the managing leader of the company’s environmental infrastructure group in New England.

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Bill Bennett writes, “After working in alumni relations and development at Clark University in Worcester for 18 years, I accepted a position at Bentley in Waltham as the director of the Bentley Fund, their annual giving program.” Bill can be reached at wbennett@bentley.edu.
Michael Jurnak, a principal and CPA with Berry, Dunn, McNeil & Parker, has recently been appointed principal in their Manchester, New Hampshire, office. He is a member of the firm’s manufacturing and high technology industry groups.
Sandy Lish, principal and co-founder of the Castle Group in Boston, an independent public relations and event management agency, has been named a 2008 Women’s Business Enterprise Star by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council, the leading advocate for women’s businesses as suppliers to the nations’ leading corporations.
David Schwartz was accepted to the Florence Biennale in November 2007, an international contemporary art exhibition held every two years in the Historical Fortezza da Basso in Florence, Italy. He is president of Artzworks in Oxnard, California. Visit artzworks.com for more information.

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Paul Conlin, an actuary at Aetna in Hartford for 20 years, wrote a book review for the January/February 2008 issue of Contingencies, a bi-monthly magazine of the American Academy of Actuaries. He lives in Cromwell, Connecticut with his wife Jill and their twins, Chad and Chase.
Jim David writes, “Former housemates Matt Cushing, Jon Luscko, Matty Crine, Michael O’Connor, and myself, spent the Fourth of July 2007 together with their families in Duxbury. It had been 18 years since the guys had last gathered. Their sixth housemate, Kevin “Derby” Burgwinkle, was unable to attend. Tragically, it was to be the last time the group would be together as Matty Crine died just weeks later when the single-engine plane he was piloting crashed outside of Denver on September 15. Matty had lived in Colorado since graduation and was an avid outdoorsman and adventurer, spending his free time mountain biking, hiking, skydiving, whitewater rafting, golfing, and flying. His free spirit and friendship will be greatly missed.” A Website has been set up in Matty’s honor at www.mattycrine.com.
Kathleen Kelly has joined The Collaborative Companies and Velocity Marketing in Boston as marketing manager.
Marla (Zirkes) Satinsky writes, “After 14 years in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, my family and I have moved back to the Washington, DC, area. I have been bumping into UMass alums more often here on the East Coast. I found myself part of a school carpool with Marcela Kogan ’79! I’d love to hear from old friends and can be reached at rocknrn@earthlink.net.”

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Eran Lobel, executive producer of Element Productions in Allston, has been hired by Meow Mix to produce an online reality show, meowmixhouse.com, similar to the popular “Survivor,” but featuring cats. Ten cats from shelters around the country will live in a specially built house in New York City with webcams watching their every move. Visitors to the site will vote on which cat they think would make the best vice president of research and development—translation, food tester. Eran’s other clients include Dunkin’ Donuts, Fidelity, GM, Dannon, General Mills, and British Sky TV.

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Luis Reteguiz Denizard is a professional horse rider and trainer and runs the Delante Equestrian Center in Smithfield, Rhode Island. In addition he competes in the sport of dressage and hopes to be competing in the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing, representing Puerto Rico. Visit www.delantedressage.com for more info.
Mary (Neylon) Talbot and her husband, Mike, had their third child, Julianne Lily in August 2007. She joins brother, Joey, and sister, Madeline.

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Jeffrey Donovan is starring in the television series Burn Notice, which airs on the cable station USA. An actor for more than 20 years, his previous work includes parts on Another World, Crossing Jordan, Law & Order, Monk, and many other recognizable shows.
Beth (Bardon) Roy writes, “I moved back to Massachusetts in June 2006 to work for the same company, Battelle, an international science and technology enterprise, as my mother and brother, Dan Bardon ’98. I bought a house in Plymouth and got married in 2007.” Guests at her wedding included Donna (Adametz) Storton ’95, matron of honor, her husband, Mark Storton ’96G, Jeffrey ’95 and Sandra (Durant) Bardon ’93, Kevin Bardon ’01, ’07G and Dan Bardon ’88.  “It’s great to be back in Massachusetts! A special hello to all the UMass Transit alumni I worked with.”

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Kim Davis leads marketing and creative development at the Massachusetts beverage company, owater. She began her career as the designer/art director for Nantucket Nectars. When the company was sold, she moved on to a Boston ad agency. One of the founders of Nantucket Nectars began owater and recruited Kim to define the brand and help to propel its growth. Check out owater.com to see Kim’s designs.
Stacy (Weisman) Dugan lives in Grapevine, Texas with her husband Tim and daughter, Carly, who was born in October 2007. She writes, “I have had multiple jobs since graduating from UMass including teacher, research consultant, software developer, and manager. I now look forward to my most challenging and important work yet—as mommy!” Stacy can be reached at stacy_dugan@yahoo.com.
Christine Solt has been selected by the Boston Business Journal to receive the “40 Under 40” award for 2007. She is the chair of Choate, Hall & Stewart’s health care practice group.

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Shyno Chacko married Neel Pandey in Lucknow, India, on December 29, 2007. A stateside reception was held at the LongFellow Wayside Inn in Sudbury with Tom Navin ’92, ’00G, Eric McLaughlin, Maria Kubik ’94, Carrie (Walker) ’94 and Rich Copp ’94, Rachel Forsyth Tuerck ’92, Terri Forte, Tamara Stanton, Paul Bourgeois ’92, Paul Specht, and Deborah McGill attending.
Neil Costa built a completely online college fair at www.collegeweeklive.com, a new way for students to look for colleges and universities. He writes, “We launched our first event in November 2007 and picked up some great national coverage in USA Today. We are at about 10 people now but two of the first five employees are UMass alumni, Mike Garvin ’99, and myself. The company is called PlatformQ and will continue to build more virtual events beyond the college fairs in 2008.”
Chris Dunbar writes, “I recently finished a two-year project working as the field manager of the USAID funded Post-Tsunami Sustainable Coastal Livelihoods Program in Raong, Thailand. From 1995-1997 I was a Peace Corps volunteer in Laem Son Marine National Park in Ranong. The park was destroyed by a tsunami in 2004. Thankfully, none of the staff were killed. After returning from Thailand in 1997 I worked as a fisheries observer, a tour guide in Alaska, and an environmental scientist.” Prior to returning to Thailand in 2005 to assist in the Tsunami rehabilitation, he spent five ears working as an oceanographic technician and captain of several research vessels investigating fresh-water and coastal systems along the eastern seaboard.
Shelia Kennison (G, ’95G) received the Regents Distinguished Teaching Award in 2007 from Oklahoma State University in Stillwater. She is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology.

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Carrie-Anne (Cunningham) and Kevin Monroe ’95 were named Foster Parents of the Year in 2007. She writes, “We provided a child specific home for an adolescent for the last four years and he is now a freshman at UMass.” They also have a daughter, Catherine, 4, and son, Michael, 2, at home in East Longmeadow.
Tammy (Barlow) Murphy is an assistant professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts Boston. She and her husband, Tim Murphy, had their first child, Isabella Carmen FuXun Murphy, through adoption.
Pierre Tehrany has been named senior technical architect in the San Francisco office of Avenue A | Razorfish.

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Sally Curcio, a Northampton artist, had her work chosen for the inaugural show at the Stone Soup Gallery (stonesoupconcrete.com) in Florence. Sally studied at Williams College and the American College in London, England.
Ed Gallozi of Wilmington, is the owner of The Perfect Pet Place, an online store selling clothing and accessories for dogs, cats, and other pets. Visit theperfectpetplace.com to spoil yours.
Ziv Gillat, a computer engineer in Mountain View, California, launched a new Hi-Tech company on October 30, 2007 with three of his friends, also computer engineers. Eye-Fi enables photos to be uploaded automatically from your camera to your computer or website without cables. It’s actually quite an amazing product which has won awards and gained attention in the electronics world. It’s sold at most large retailers. Visit www.eye.fi for more information.
Matthew Gold and his wife, Julie, recently opened a café and catering business in Jamesburg, New Jersey. He writes, “We would love to have some alumni stop by when they are in the area to say hello.” Reach him at chefmsq@aol.com.
Andrew Putnam earned an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School in Evanston, Illinois.

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Greg and Carly (Beauvais) Lafrate welcomed their third daughter, Gracelin Ray, on October 24, 2007. She joins sisters, Adrienne, 5, and Julia, 3, at home in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
Ryan Jette, director of recreation for the town of Franklin, was last years recipient of the Heights Award. The award is given by the Massachusetts State Lottery and Boston College Athletics to someone who has made significant contributions to women’s athletics. It was presented to Ryan during half-time of the Boston College vs. University of New Hampshire women’s basketball game on November 27.
Reza Sarkarati, principal at the Coelho Middle School in Attleboro, writes, “My assistant principal, Jim Rose ’70, and I are working together this year for the first time. Although we graduated decades apart, the education courses at UMass provided both of us with the solid foundation necessary to lead a school committed to academic excellence and educational equity for each student.”

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Beth Bresnahan is the associate vice president for clients in the financial services, real estate, and retail industries at Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications in Boston.
Julie Hett welcomed a baby girl home to Bellingham. Anna was born on December 8, 2007.
Brian Kahn, the director of engineering for content personalization at SeaChange International, Inc. in Acton, has been named to the Worcester Business Journal’s fifth annual “40 Under Forty” list.
Thomas Kim lives in New York City and is a manager of risk and insurance operations for the private equity fund Cerberus Capital Management. In this role he advises Cerberus’ portfolio companies and performs due diligence on acquisitions.

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Dan Bureau (G) received the Perspectives Award from the Association of Fraternity Advisors (AFA) for his article entitled Beyond the Rhetoric and Into the Action of the Values Movement. Dan is a doctoral student in Higher Education and Student Affairs at Indiana University and has served AFA as the 2004 president. He has been actively involved in the fraternal movement for over ten years.
Becky Edelman married Derek Levy on June 10 at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens in New York City. Deena (Meyerowitz) Hollander, Kellie (Sullivan) Cahill, and Jim Pizano ’99 attended.
Keith Paul writes, “I left my position as associate art director at UMass Amherst in December after nearly 10 years of service to my alma mater. I’ve taken on a career in interactive marketing and user experience at MassMutual in Springfield where I’m sharing a cubicle wall with fellow class member, Jay Leeman.”

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Tezlyn Kraft married Patrick Reardon of Springfield in October. Tez works as a business analyst with NetJets, Inc.; Patrick works for the workforce development office with the state of Ohio. They live in Reynoldsburg, Ohio with their first child, Tyson, born on Valentines Day.
Cynthia Strock recently married James Venendaal with classmates Erica Inerfeld, Elizabeth Stevens, David Reisman, Melissa Vargas ’98 and Mathew Vargas ’98 attending the ceremony. Cynthia earned a master’s in public health in 2002 from The University of Northern Colorado and a PhD in clinical science from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in 2007. She works for Array Biopharma, a biotech company in Boulder.

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Prithu Bhasin writes, “People, where are you all? I’m in Sydney just trying to find out who is where. Let me know at prithub@hotmail.com.”
Joe Burke has been promoted to supervisor in the accounting department of Gray, Gray & Gray, LLP, in Westwood.
Kofi Cash writes, “It is with great pride and happiness that I will be returning home, back to my beloved New England, clam chowder, fall foliage, and the Red Sox.” He has accepted a new job and promotion as director of quality and patient safety for Speare Memorial Hospital in Plymouth, New Hampshire. “As you can imagine, my family has received this news with profound emotion and anticipation. Moreover, the opportunity will allow me to participate more fully in alumni affairs both at UMass Amherst and Dartmouth College. I look forward to extricating my warm clothes from the closet and once again purchasing chapstick and skull caps.” Previously, he worked as a healthcare performance improvement specialist at Sutter Health in Sacramento, California.
Brian Flynn was recently named partner at the Framingham-based executive search firm, Polachi. He writes, “In my new position, I will focus on CEO and C-level searches for consumer and consumer electronics companies as well as industrial and operations positions across all industries.” Previously, he worked with two regional search firms, and spent five years as managing director in the Boston office of Korn/Ferry. E-mail him at brian@polachi.com.
Chris Howell and Jessica Broomhead were married in December in Providence, Rhode Island, at the Federal Reserve. Jess is a nurse practitioner and recently graduated from Regis College. Chris is in the MBA program at Boston College and the MPA program at Suffolk University. Many UMass alumni were invited. From the track team (which Chris was on), Brian Cronin ’02, Joe Gans ’02, Doug Gush ’01, and Kevin Kacamburas ’01. Other (non-runners) invited were: current student Alex Broomhead, Beth Brennan, Danielle (Robertson) Cook, Nick Fisichella ’01, Duncan Miller ’02, Chris Patti, April (Jeffers ’01) and Chris Preisler, Jess (Lee) Snyder ’99, Crystal Carlson ’01, and Mike Thompson ’02.
Danielle Skillin is a marketing manager at Berry, Dunn, McNeil & Parker, one of the largest CPA and management consulting firms in northern New England. A principal with the firm, Michael Jurnak ’87, was recently appointed principal in charge of the Manchester, New Hampshire office in the manufacturing and high technology industry groups.

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Melanie Haslam married Robert Kolek in September in Guilford, Connecticut with Christine Bedard in the wedding party. Melanie is a litigation attorney for Gibson & Behman, P.C., and they live in Branford with their yellow lab, Spencer.
Barrie Reinhold of Tenafly, New Jersey, has been promoted to associate manager of sales and marketing operation in the Trade Group at Scholastic, Inc.
Gary Roberts, an environmental scientist at Tighe & Bond in Westfield, has obtained certification from the American Petroleum Institute as an above ground storage tank inspector.

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Matthew Bencal and Meghan Davis, former neighbors in Puffton Village, were married in Falmouth in August 2007. In attendance were Erik ’01 and Jill (DeCisero) Price ’01, Niki (Allison) Rossi ’01, Sarah Hall ’01, Maria (Boucher) Morgan ’01, Liza (Lucivero) Patrone ’01, Brian Sasso ’01, Lauren Brannigan, Diana (Mockler) Gordon, Seth Rosen ’06, Zac ’01 and Alyssa (Delario) Bohlen ’03, Wendy (Hughes) Kimball ’01, Diane (Parslow) Macari ’01, Andrew Hosman ’01, Mark Vautour ’03, Matt Vautour ’96, Maurice Caprice ’01, Jon Newman ’03G, and Jackie Wiley ’03G. Matthew is a special education teacher, Meghan a registered nurse. They recently returned to Massachusetts after living in San Diego for two years.
Jeff Perlman earned his JD from Boston College Law School in 2006 and is an attorney for the New York City Office of Management and Budget. He married Jill Starkweather in June 2007 and they live in Manhattan.
Farshad Seihoun submitted a photo of himself while he modeled for photographers and greeted celebrities at a red carpet event in Hollywood, California. Check him out at umassmag.com/photos.

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Adzo (Amegayibor) Ashie (G) is dean of students and community affairs at Ashesi University in Ghana, West Africa. She began her career at Ashesi as associate director of career placement. She writes, “Ashesi is five years old this year, a youngster but setting a fresh course for Ghana’s universities. It is modeled very much in the tradition of American liberal arts education. The students, founder, and staff are all remarkable, winning awards and truly are examples of the schools purpose: ‘to educate a generation of ethical leaders for Africa.’”
Jennifer Pierce received her Juris doctor degree from New England School of Law in May 2007.

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Marzi Alavi has been promoted to senior account manager at Regan Communications in New York City.
Patrick Brown recently joined Borrego Solar as an energy consultant working with residential and commercial customers designing their customized solar energy system. E-mail patrick.brown.j@gmail.com to reconnect or to get more information.
Askarbek Mambetaliev (G) writes, “I’m an alumnus from the Kyrgyz Republic, Eurasia, currently a visiting scholar to New York University. I miss a lot the UMass campus with its golden fall and green spring.” Visit his website at http://cie.netfirms.com.

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Nathan Rothstein, founder of Young Urban Rebuilding Professionals (YURP) is featured in the new book, Millennial Leaders: Success Stories from Today’s Most Brilliant Generation Y Leaders (millennialleaders.com). He founded New Orleans Yurp in 2007. For more information visit www.nolayurp.com.
Mike Sances has been hired as network coordinator for the Woburn-based nonprofit, Social Capital Inc.
Danielle Jo White (G) is engaged to marry Adam Yelito in the fall of 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Danielle is a music teacher in the Woburn school district; Adam is a systems engineer for Raytheon. They live in Somerville.

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Gregg Allen has been hired by the NBA’s Charlotte Bobcats after completing training at the Game Face Executive Academy in Portland, Oregon.
David Rich of Framingham was a contestant in September 2007 on the television game show, Who Wants to be a Millionaire. According to the TV show website, he didn’t win the million, but walked away with $16,000. To see David in action go to www.umass.com/photos.

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Adam Zinkievich participated in The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi’s 2007 Triennial Convention held in Orlando, Florida, in August 2007. Visit umassmag.com/photos to see Adam with Dr. Paul Ferlazzo and Dr. Robert Rogow, past and present presidents of the Society.