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YOUR VOICES Alumnae at the Women's Conference

SHARING: Madeleine Kunin '56, left, with Loring Barnes '83, center, and Miriam Zoll '84. Photo by Arthur Falbo. ALUMNAE FROM AS FAR AWAY as Florida and California gathered on campus April 28 for “Our Voices/Our Visions,” sponsored by the Alumni Association and keynoted by former Vermont governor and U.S ambassador Madeleine Kunin ’56. Nearly 150 women from seven states shared meals, stories, and advice at the event, reported UMass's Campus Chronicle. “We had a blast,” said Melissa Gelley ’94 of Troy, New York. “And we learned a few things,” said her friend Heather Dondis ’94, of Natick. Alumnae at the conference: Janina Esselen ’36, Amherst Maida Riggs ’36, Amherst Dorothy Gavin ’43, Amherst Mary Carney-Rockwell ’45, Amherst Elva Anderson ’48, Amherst Madeleine Kunin ’56, Burlington, Vermont Priscilla Mueller ’58, Stillwater, New York Juanita Bradspies ’59, Wayland Yorkette Kleinman ’59, Patchogue, New York Mary Ellen Hautanen ’60, West Yarmouth Elizabeth Schneck Palter ’62, Providence Deborah Fanning ’64, Mansfield Sue Salamoff ’65, Natick Maureen Flanagan ’66, Washington, D.C. Susan Sharrow ’66, South Weymouth Joan Fogel ’66, Weymouth Carole Gaunt ’67, New York City Ann Merrian ’68, Middlebury, Connecticut Beth Mahoney ’70, West Falmouth Kathy Cote ’71, Clearwater, Florida Joan Stoia ’71, ’81G, Belchertown Suzette Moore Benn ’72, Bloomfield, Connecticut Judith Gill ’72, Boston Louise Bloomberg ’73, Northampton Mary Anne Bright ’74, ’86G, Amherst Chris Gatti ’74, South Natick Bobbie LaPorte ’74, San Francisco Linda Richardson ’74, Winchester Esther Terry ’74G, Amherst Laurie Sealund ’75, Dunstable Hollis Wheeler ’75, Northampton Nancy Garrabrants ’77, Amherst Valerie Young ’77, Northampton Jennifer Adams ’78, Framingham Fifine Ball ’78, Newton Carol Potter ’78, Montague Eva Thomson ’78, Northampton Dale Zlotnick ’78, Springfield Janet Aalfs ’79, Northampton Valerie Falk ’79, ’81G, Northampton Nancy Folbre ’79G, Montague Kathleen Mitchell ’79, Dover Jeannine Atkins ’80, Whately Laura Scholl ’80, Malibu, California Gwen Weisberg ’80, South Windsor,Connecticut Kathryn Daniels ’81, Jackson, New York Peggy Jablonski ’81, Springfield Lynn Zlotnick ’81, Amherst Sharon Davenport ’82, Shutesbury Carol Fantozzi ’82, Boston Therese Pasquale ’82, Amherst Carla Termini ’82, Uxbridge Loring Barnes ’83, Millis Jayne Bleicher ’83, West Hartford, Connecticut Tamar Hacker ’83, New York City Kathleen Beaulieu ’84, Norfolk Elizabeth Foster ’84, Sunderland Miriam Zoll ’84, New York City Susan Mattei ’84G, Shelburn Ericka Prew ’86, Hatfield Katja Hahn D’Errico ’87G, Amherst Laura Dilts ’87, Worcester Cheryl Garrity ’88, Tewksbury Ginger Goldsbury ’88G, Hadley Michelle Toth ’90, Cambridge Shirley Murphy ’91, Belmont Maria Soule ’91, Georgetown Genevieve Conlin ’93, Winchester Jennifer Wood ’93, Ashland Diane Dukette ’93G, West Springfield Janine Sicks ’93, Easthampton Maria Kounlabouth ’93, Lowell Amy Gilburg ’94, Northampton Heather Dondis ’94 Natick Melissa Gelley ’94 Troy, New York Margaret McCarthy ’95G, Haydenville Lisa Carparelli ’96, New York City Elizabeth Dale ’86G, ’98G, South Deerfield Jennifer Arsenault ’99G, Sunderland Debra Glennon ’99G, Sunderland Laura Sinkwich ’00G, Holyoke Pam Plumer ’00, Warren, Rhode Island Kathleen Scott ’01H, Amherst

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ALUMNI WEEKEND 2001 - Class of '51 attendees

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UMASS MEDIA: Pulitzer Prize winning author Herbert Bix '60

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IN MEMORIAM

Obituaries: 1920-45

Obituaries: 1946-60

Obituaries: 1961-75

Obituaries: 1976-94

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