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To the Class of 1970
The Class of 1970
dedicates this
50th Reunion
Just as your graduation year was unique, so was your 50th reunion year. It was
devastating for the University to cancel commencement exercises in May 2020,
commemorative
and we sorely missed welcoming the Class of 1970 back to campus. But I am
confident the URI community will emerge from this difficult time stronger than ever.
Grist to all the Looking back 50 years, Class of 1970 graduates numbered 1,922 and in-state
tuition, room, and board was $1,313. URI offered 61 academic programs. The
veterans who have University was undergoing significant expansion during your years on campus,
with the opening of the Fine Arts Center; Ballentine Hall; the Claiborne Pell
served our country. Marine Science Library and the Francis H. Horn Oceanographic Laboratory
at the Narragansett Bay Campus; and many new residence halls, including
Heathman hall in 1969 and Fayerweather and Gorham halls in 1970.
Werner A. Baum became URI’s seventh president in 1968 and remained until
1973. He had been the deputy administrator of the Environmental Science
Services in the U.S. Department of Commerce before coming to URI. Over his
five-year presidency, President Baum faced many student protests against the
ongoing Vietnam War and the shootings at Kent State. Despite the upheaval,
he made significant contributions to the University, including expanding the
holdings of the University Library by more than fifty percent.
The URI Honors Program was officially established in 1969. Initially, the
program was a year-long, six-credit course that allowed students to engage
with faculty members, researchers, and scholars. Now the program offers
more than 50 courses each semester and faculty and staff advise students
across the curriculum at every stage of their undergraduate career.
Today the University offers 120 academic programs and recently celebrated
the opening of The Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering. Nearly 4,330
undergraduate and graduate students received degrees in 2020. Their
commencement was disrupted, as was yours, but now you are all part of the
incredible community of 135,000 URI alumni worldwide. I thank the Class of 1970
for all you have done—and will continue to do—to advance your alma mater.
Best wishes,
Michele A. Nota ’87, M.S.’06
Vice President,
Alumni Engagement
2 1970 GRIST UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND 3Class of 1970 Reunion Committee Those Were the Days...
URI Alumni Engagement | 73 Upper College Road | Kingston, RI 02881 | 401.874.2242
Several members of the committee
paused for a photo with Rhody at an early
planning meeting (before COVID-19).
Submitted by Marie
Submitted by Nancy Rita Bamford Submitted by William J. Breidinger, “Ork” (Di Christofaro) Strumolo
Ellen Metz Submitted by Ray Monahan
Goodlin (far left)
with classmates
MaryEllen
Keegan Levine
Reunion Planning Committee Arlene B. Wolf Hicks Reunion Giving Advisor (center left) and
Suzan Miller Amoruso Rick Strickhart Joanne Gemma Nancy Weisman
Hawksley (center
David E. Adams Laurence Tanner Associate Director right). Submitted by Ellen Metz
Delia Castro Anderson John H. Visneuski, Jr. Annual Giving Goodlin (on left, above)
John A. Baker, Jr. Marilyn Conti Zartarian joannegemma@uri.edu
Robert V. Bolderson 401.874.5514
Dede Davis Berg Reunion Planning Advisor
A. Barton Buffington Sarah Bordeleau
Victoria Salcone Cataldo Assistant Director
Chuck Colarulli Alumni Engagement Submitted by
Janice E. DiLorenzo sbordeleau@uri.edu Steve Pritzker
Al Divoll, Chair 401.874.7402 Submitted by
Barbara Daniels Members of the men’s soccer team, 1969–70.
Driver Submitted by Ray Monahan Submitted by Roger Carmosino
4 1970 GRIST UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND 5Those Were the Days... (continued)
Submitted by Louis Maynard
(center)
Frederick Strickhart ’70 (left)
and Angela Lepore ’70 (right).
Submitted by Angela Lepore
That Ram Band at Expo ’67 in Montreal, Canada, where they played at
the U.S. Pavilion. Submitted by Donna (Swaim) Steele
Back row left to right:
Beatrice Chapman Parker, ’70; Photo taken on his Commencement/Commissioning day, June 7, 1970.
Donna (Swaim) Steele, ’70; Submitted by Paul Sepe
Dawn Campbell, ’71;
Phil Campbell,’71; Margaret
Woodward, ’71; Angela
Lepore,’70; Irene Kowerko, ’70; Deborah Winograd (left) and
Frederick Strickhart,’70. Donna (Swaim) Steele (right)
Front row: Deborah Winograd, ’70; Submitted by Submitted by in 1972. Submitted by
Linda Lorenz,’71; Laurel Mearns Bruce Guthrie Allen Shore Donna (Swaim) Steele
Louis Maynard with Linda Burcham,’70; Barbara Jameson
(Morris) Yates. Submitted by Greene,’70. Submitted by
Louis Maynard Angela Lepore
Irwin Shorr running feeding program in Bangladesh for Concern,
Ireland 1972. Submitted by Irwin Shorr
From left: Rich Boeglin, Ron Bolduc, Ray Monahan, and Martha (Mitchell) Pelli’s first nursing job after graduation was at Zeta Delta girls. Submitted by Classmates reunion. Submitted by
Henry Willette. Submitted by Ray Monahan Our Lady of Fatima Hospital. Submitted by Marcia (Mitchell) Pelli Submitted by John J. Skiffington Marilyn Conti Zartarian Marie (Di Christofaro) Strumolo
6 1970 GRIST UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND 7Those Were the Days... (continued)
Submitted by Ray Monahan
Back: Beatrice Chapman
Submitted by Ray Monahan Parker ’70; Angela Lepore ’70;
Front: Laurel Mearns Burcham ’70;
Irene Kowerko ’70. Submitted
by Angela Lepore
Submitted by Marie
(Di Christofaro) Strumolo Submitted by Lou Maynard
A page from Marcia (Mitchell) Pelli’s scrap book. A page from Marcia (Mitchell) Pelli’s scrap book.
Submitted by Marcia (Mitchell) Pelli Submitted by Marcia (Mitchell) Pelli
Submitted by Ray Monahan
Submitted by Donna Submitted by Donna
(Swaim) Steele (Swaim) Steele
Submitted by Ray Monahan Submitted by Marie (Di Christofaro) Strumolo Submitted by Allen Shore URI Band National Anthem. Submitted by Donna (Swaim) Steele
8 1970 GRIST UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND 91970 Student
Commencement Address
By Dennis Lynch ’70
Hello.
Four years can be a short time. The trees that surround this quadrangle have
only grown a small amount in the past four years. The dark green ivy that encases
many buildings near here has only become a little more dense in the past four
years. The benches and the sidewalks that surround us are only a little worse for
the wear than they were four years ago.
But four years can be a long time. It is eight semesters and scores of courses.
It is countless books read and countless papers written, some valuable, some
of questionable merit. Four years can be a long time. Four years ago, people
lived who are not living today: people in South Vietnam, people in North Vietnam,
people in Cambodia, people at Kent State Ohio, people in Augusta, Georgia,
people in Jackson, Mississippi. Four years can be an eternity. Four years can be a long time. In these four years, things have changed. Our
music has changed, our style of dresses has changed, our lifestyle has changed,
Let’s look back on some parts of those four years that have passed before us, but more importantly, our minds have changed. These four years past have been
sometimes as fleeting moments and other times as ever dragging eons. the most blinding array of rapid evolution since this tiny sphere in the universe
first began forming. Morals, values, ideals, and thoughts are born and quickly
The year 1966 seemed at the time terribly and unfathomably complex and smashed. The old guideposts are down, and more now than at any other time in
confused, but as we look back upon it now it takes on an air of pastoral serenity. the history of man, we find ourselves wandering uncertainly.
We all thought that surely the great American fight in Vietnam would be over
shortly. Drugs were then things that were kept in medicine cabinets. [Black We the Class of 1970 stand on the sinister edge. We can reach the heavens or
Americans] were rebelling against their oppression in numbers small enough for fall to the dismal abyss below. We may be the last generation of people to ever
Middle America to ignore them. Berkeley was practically the sole trouble-making see a free and wild animal. We may be the last generation of people to pull fresh
campus on the entire ocean of tranquil and sleepy-eyed colleges across America. air into our lungs. We may be the last generation of people to feel the sweet
But though the shells had not yet hit, rumblings were being heard. The front was purity of clean water run down our thirsty throats. We could very well be the last
growing closer and campus profits from school presses and school soapboxes generation of humans to exist on this planet.
were screaming for us to get involved and to renounce the all too prevalent apathy.
And then much to the surprise of all, people in colleges did slowly but surely hear On the other hand, we could be the first generation to wipe out disease totally.
the alarm and snatch up the banner. We might become the first generation to overcome the problems of overpopulation
and pollution that threaten now to eradicate us. We may become the first
A portion of the once silent generation of students did finally awaken. And as a generation to have a planet without war or prejudice or racism or repression
great avalanche, the beginning was slow but once the momentum had gathered anywhere on its face. The decision lies within our own hands; it is a great
it was unstoppable. We began to realize that even thousands of miles do not stop challenge and a most difficult one. We have already learned that a good life does
fellow humans from being our brothers. We began to question the blind allegiance not simply mean having a nice home and a solid retirement fund. We have already
to a country or a cause that leads an individual down a path of immorality. learned that the entity labeled people should always carry priority over material
We began to question the policies of the United States in Southeast Asia and things. We have already learned that one sure method to find true meaning in life
elsewhere. There are silent collegians. Hopefully not a majority, but still silent, is through unselfish and sincere commitment to others. Now we must dedicate
and their silence is even less understandable than the silence from the people ourselves to living these precepts.
outside college, because college by its very nature should be a time and an
environment of persons deeply searching themselves and the occurrences that I’ve been told that it’s always a wise idea for a speaker to end on an optimistic
surround them. ’Cause here in college—more than at any other place—to be note. And I can think of nothing more optimistic than looking back and reminiscing
silent when one should speak out is a sin. over those days that have passed since May the fourth of this year. This University
14 1970 GRIST UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND 15Pop Culture from 1970
1. The sitcom “All in the Family” dominated
television ratings.
2. The Kansas City Chiefs won Superbowl IV against the
Minnesota Vikings, and until 2020 it was their only super
bowl title.
3. “Bridge Over Troubled Water” by Simon and Garfunkel was
the number one song.
4. The Beatles disbanded.
5. The first ever Earth Day took place on
April 22, 1970.
experienced the jolt of energy and an injection of vibrancy in life more stirring
6. A gallon of gas cost 36 cents.
than any previous occurrence in its history. The strike at this University was a
little understood phenomenon outside the community and a widely understood
one within it. It was a birth of a total brotherhood and a revitalizing of this
7. The world’s first jumbo jet, the Boeing 747, completed its
first commercial flight.
entire campus, it was people who didn’t know one another, stopping, talking,
agreeing, disagreeing, but always communicating. It was a mass of students
standing up and saying that business could no longer go on as usual while
8. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Cincinnati Reds in the
World Series.
people died unnecessarily in Southeast Asia and here at home. It was a creative
demonstration, it was teach-ins, it was people going out into the community, it
was thousands of letters going to our congressmen, it was the freedom to protest
9. “M*A*S*H”, “Love Story”, and “Airport” were the year’s most
popular movies.
or to go to class.
And from this valuable experience in May, we have found that dedicated persons
10. “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” first aired September 19, 1970.
11.
can and will continue to make themselves be heard in a non-violent manner. The New York Knicks were the NBA Champions.
But because we went on strike, we have been called, among other things, naïve
young idealists, and we all know the tale of the young idealist who loses his
12.
virtues to the cold, hard, real world. Well, that version of the tale can no longer ‘Blue raspberry’ flavor was created by the makers of ICEE to
be permitted to exist; it needs thorough revamping. The young idealist will no distinguish between cherry and raspberry.
longer lose his virtues; rather it is the cold hard real world that now must forfeit
13.
its vices. This must be the age in which this reversal takes place. We must be Clint Eastwood, Barbra Streisand, and Burt Reynolds were
the people that grow old but do not compromise our principles. We must be the popular celebrities.
people that through time become the first generation of elderly idealists.
Thank you. 14. The U.S. and U.K. lowered the voting age
from 21 to 18.
15.
The crew of lunar mission Apollo 13 said the famous line,
“Houston, we’ve had a problem” when an oxygen tank
failed, causing them to abort the mission and return to Earth.
16 1970 GRIST UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND 17Class of 1970…
Past 50 Years: My parents called me a gypsy. I moved
around a lot after teaching briefly. Hippy travel in Europe.
Settled in California. Went to UCSB grad school for
counseling. Lived in Vermont for five years, working in
medical field. Met lifelong partner. Moved to Boston area.
James Arrowood Retired now mostly. Life is gardening, dogs, music, and
Suzan (Miller) Amoruso travel. Trying to stay healthy and happy. Now, I want to
Spouse: Catherine Howard
My association with URI started long Address: 2916 Northlake Drive, spend more time in RI. Coming full circle.
before I became a student in 1966. Richmond, VA 23233
In fact, you could say I was born to Telephone: 804.364.3393 Geraldine “Gerry” (Di Christofaro) Barber
be a URI grad. My parents were Email: scullerj@verizon.net
Children: 1 Spouse: Gregory P. Barber
students living on campus when I
Address: 300 Hunters Run,
was born. After WWII, Quonset huts Student Residence: Sigma Phi Epsilon. East Greenwich, RI 02818-1375
were used as student housing at URI so my first Telephone: 401.884.6031
Student Activities: That Ram Band marching band,
address as an infant was a URI Quonset hut!
University Wind Ensemble, Basketball Band. Susan “Sue” Bach Email: gerbar23@aol.com
I’m very proud of my deep-rooted connection to URI. Intramural track, wrestling. Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. Children: 2 Grandchildren: 5
Spouse: Ed Zoble
My father, Robert Miller, graduated in 1949, and Address: PO Box 986, Student Residence: Delta Zeta.
Fondest URI Memory: I remember the thrill of marching
is in the URI Athletic Hall of Fame for track and field. Port Angeles, WA 98362-0170
in football halftime shows in the University marching Fondest URI Memory: I’m always amazed when I think of
My sister and my two children also attended URI. Telephone: 360.775.7370
band That Ram Band as it was known then and fun times all the changes in the rules of campus life during my four
I became a URI Master Gardener in 2005 and after Email: 1928t42@gmail.com
at pre-season band camp. I also enjoyed playing in the years at URI. As freshmen we had to follow many rules but
having put in 1,000 volunteer hours, I am proud
University Wind Ensemble and Basketball Band and Student Residence: Barlow, Aldrich, with as seniors most rules became irrelevant.
to say that I was inducted into the Master Gardener
participating in intramural sports as a member of Sigma classmate Darlene Wickham in Warwick, Kingston Inn.
Hall of Fame. Past 50 Years: Upon my graduation from URI, I taught
Phi Epsilon fraternity. Short trips down the line to
Fondest URI Memory: Classes suspended spring 1970. elementary school for 11 years. I then spent the next 20
URI has changed so much since 1970. I am looking Narragansett Beach and Point Judith also were favorites.
forward to reconnecting with classmates during Past 50 Years: Career as a psychiatric nurse practitioner; years as an active educational volunteer in my children’s
Past 50 Years: I very much appreciated my time at URI schools. Greg and I are now retired and spend our time
the Reunion weekend to hear how they too have love dogs, especially English Springer Spaniels.
as an undergraduate. The campus was vibrant and the between Rhode Island and Florida. Our retirement years
changed and are ‘Thinking Big!’
experience exciting and broadening. With a major in have provided me with time to golf, travel, needlepoint,
—Suzan (Miller) Amoruso ’70 Rita (Nancy) “Bam” Bamford
mechanical engineering, I fondly remember Wales Hall follow favorite sports teams and of course be a “hands on”
and friendships with classmates as well as faculty. grandmother. URI continues to be an important part of my
Spouse: Mary Glaser
Most importantly, I received an introduction to research Address: 15 Barnard Road, life as I have served on various committees in the past and
when I worked with a faculty member on a project Medford, MA 02155 I am currently a trustee and an executive board member of
during my senior year, which influenced my career path. Telephone: 781.874.2929 the URI Foundation. I’m proud to be a 50-year Rhody alum!
After graduation and two years in the Navy, I studied Email: rita.bamford@gmail.com
at Penn State University for a Masters in mechanical Student Residence: ADPi and several dorms. Robert “Mike” Bastow
engineering which included participating in exciting research
Student Activities: AWS, basketball, sorority activities. Spouse: Linda Rolf Bastow
on one of the first artificial hearts. That led me to medical
school, a degree in medicine and eventually specializing in Fondest URI Memory: Loved it. Four years of fun with Address: 118C N Longport Circle,
Delray Beach, FL 33444-2289
cardiology. I joined the faculty at Virginia Commonwealth sorority sisters and other friends.
Telephone: 561.455.4653
University School of Medicine in Richmond, where I had Winning the Greek Sing! Lots of good concerts, especially Email: hoxsie16@comcast.net
the honor and privilege of taking care of patients, teaching Joe Cocker, Mad Dogs and Englishmen (Santana opened).
future physicians, and doing research. I have been fortunate URI Residence: Sigma Nu and Narragansett.
Doing the bugaloo and the skate at Union dances on Friday
to have a wonderful family who has provided much support nights. * SOUL music very popular, from James Brown to Fondest URI Memory: The great friendships with my
and happiness. Now retired, I enjoy spending time with Sly and the Family Stone. And a young Laura Nyro came to brothers and roommates.
family, teaching sculling, taking yoga classes (should have Edwards. So there was a lot of good entertainment and fun
done this years ago) and volunteering in the community. Past 50 Years: I retired from the Internal Revenue Service
with friends, AND there was serious, ardent protesting of as a senior revenue agent with 38 years of service and have
the war!! That was life-changing. (I’m skipping the academia had the opportunity to travel to many places in the world.
part here.)
18 1970 GRIST UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND 19fortunate to be able to travel and one of my best adventures influenced mine. After graduation, I began teaching in the traveled extensively, been widowed, and acquired three
John “Jack” Beliveau was living in Kenya for three months while my husband Boston Public Schools, earned a Master’s in reading and grandchildren whom I love greatly. Life has been good, and I
Spouse: Rachel T. Marino was a volunteer at a hospital there. Of course, our children ultimately acquired the position that linked all my fields of have fond memories of URI.
Address: 230 Blueberry Lane, have been the most important part of our lives and we have study, teaching literacy through art. Eventually I became
West Kingston, RI 02892-1833 enjoyed watching them grow and not enjoyed their moves certified as a reading recovery teacher, and after 32 years of
Telephone: 401.742.7995 far away. Now we travel to visit them. teaching, retired in 2008.
William “Ork” J. Breidinger
Email: beliveau@uri.edu Spouse: Phyllis A. Breidinger
In addition to a successful and rewarding career as an
Children: 4 Grandchildren: 1 Address: 744 Blackbeard Road,
Concetta “Connie” (Calci) Bernier educator, URI led me to forge many special bonds of
Student Residence: Bressler. Little Torch Key, FL 33042
friendship that continue to nurture and support me to this very
Spouse: Raymond J. Bernier Jr. Telephone: 607.423.0718
Fondest URI Memory: The Vietnam War. day. Now married for 45 years with three wonderful children,
Address: 9204 Charleston Drive #301, Address: PO Box 127,
I enjoy my five amazing grandchildren, traveling, creating
Past 50 Years: I started my career as an engineer but Manassas, VA 20110-2830 Homer, NY 13077-0127
stained glass works, and spending time with family and
returned to URI to pursue a Ph.D. in business in 1995. Telephone: 703.330.1817 Telephone: 607.423.0718
friends. I have many fond memories of my four years at URI!
I have continued to teach at URI since 1995 both full time Email: cettab@outlook.com Email: wbreidin@twcny.rr.com
and part time. Children: 2 Grandchildren: 2 Children: 2 Grandchildren: 3
Student Residence: Delta Delta Delta.
Leah Bradshaw Student Residence: Phi Psi and off campus.
Dianne “Dede” (Davis) Berg Fondest URI Memory: The friendship of my Tri Delta Spouse: Robert Patterson Student Activity: Partying 501.
sorority sisters. Address: 102 Via Lantana,
Spouse: Geoffrey Berg Aptos, CA 95003 Fondest URI Memory: Coming to campus two weeks early;
Address: 3 Circuit Drive, Telephone: 831.688.8250 doing drop and add for two weeks so we could get three
Warren, RI 02885 Robert “Boldy” Bolderson Email: lab4lab13@aol.com plus weeks at the beach.
Telephone: 401.486.4468 Children: 1 Grandchildren: 3
Address: PO Box 3106, Past 50 Years: Currently living in Little Touch Key, FL and
Email: dedeb@juno.com
Attleboro, MA 02703 Student Residence: Barlow and Aldrich Halls. Cortland, NY. A retired deputy director, NYS Dept. of State,
Children: 2 Grandchildren: 1
Telephone: 954.471.7407 Division of Community Services. I am the first executive
URI Residence: Peck, Sigma Kappa, down the line. Student Activity: I was in an organization that traveled to
Email: robert_bolderson@yahoo.com director, CNY Living History Center, Cortland, NY. I was the
the Youth Training School in Cranston to do recreational
Student Activity: Student Senate. Children: 2 Grandchildren: 5 commissioner on the National Association of Community
activities with kids housed there.
Student Residence: Phi Gamma Delta. Action Partnerships’ (NACAA) Certification Commission for
Fondest URI Memory: Student life, internship for a week Fondest URI Memory: I remember the feeling of community, 19 years. I am a certified Community Action Professional
in Washington, the contrasts such as the Military Ball and Student Activity: Outdoor track, 1-4. of living in a dorm with close friends nearby and that and emeritus. I have authored two books: The Magellan
meetings of the SDA, jumping into the pond at Nordic lodge someone was always available to chat. It was a time of
Fondest URI Memory: Wonderful environment, great Project, a cutting-edge sci-fi novel, and Shadows of the San
in the winter. I did go to classes but did not really become a growth and exploration. I remember going to the March on
education and many loyal, old friends. Juans, a western epic.
good student until graduate school. Washington in the fall of 1970 with a group of friends, and
Past 50 Years: One of my first jobs was with Warwick the awakening of political awareness.
Community Action Program and I was hired at the urging of Linda (Bescachio) Borelli Daria (Parrilla) Capalbo
Past 50 Years: I got a master’s degree at URI in 1972
another URI person, Donna Jean Rainville. I continued to Spouse: Vincent Borelli in counseling, became a school counselor at a school Spouse: Robert S. Capalbo ’68
work in social service programs, earned a Master’s in social Address: 92 Montclair Avenue, outside Boston for a year, and then moved to California in Address: 838 Green Hill Beach Road,
work degree from RIC and did clinical work. Eventually West Roxbury, MA 02132 1973 where I went to work at Soledad Prison in 1974 as Wakefield, RI 02879-6227
I wanted a change and became a realtor. After 10 years, Telephone: 617.323.5572 a correctional counselor. I got married to a wonderful man Phone: 401.212.6013
I returned to clinical work and ended up working at a CAP Email: nivlin@aol.com in 1978 and had a son in 1981. I transitioned to paroles Email: dariacap@cox.net
program again. I stopped working in 2017. I have been Children: 3 Grandchildren: 5 Children: 2 Grandchildren: 2
in 1983 and was able to retire in 2003. Since then I have
Student Residence: SDT. Student Residence: Alpha Delta Pi.
Fondest URI Memory: Great professors, Greek life, Fondest URI Memory: I remember the candlelight ceremony
meeting friends at the Union, walking the beautiful Quad! we had when a sister was pinned or engaged. It was a very
special time to share with your sisters of the sorority.
Past 50 Years: In celebration of our 50th reunion, I would
like to take this opportunity to acknowledge two of my URI Past 50 Years: We have two wonderful children who
professors, Dr. Guy DiBiasio and Robert Rohm, from the brought us much happiness and we are really enjoying our
Education and Art Departments, respectively. Their talent, grandchildren. We have done quite a bit of traveling.
dedication and passion for their work strongly inspired and Right now we live close to URI and really enjoy OLLI.
20 1970 GRIST UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND 21Student Activity: Class secretary, freshman year; sorority in a football setting and if we didn’t answer the question
social chairman, three years.
Wallys “Wally” (Tucker) D’agostino correctly, there were penalties; scores for getting them right.
Fondest URI Memory: From freshman year onward, I Spouse: Edward D’Agostino ’70 The rumor was that he even had failed his daughter in the
felt a sense of community—campus was small enough so Address: 28 Oak Grove Boulevard, same class--who knows?! But I learned lots and enjoyed
that making friends wasn’t difficult. Sorority life continued North Providence, RI 02911 every class--including the ballet class I took as a senior.
Telephone: 401.330.9984 Great times! When I attended the 25th anniversary of the
to give me sense of “belonging”—I had the opportunity to
Email: wallydag1@cox.net College of Nursing there was one faculty member there who
take part in many philanthropic projects, learn about diverse
Children: 2 Grandchildren: 3 remembered me!
backgrounds and cultures and developed life skills such
as “teamwork,” responsibility, and compromise. My four Student Residence: Sigma Kappa. Past 50 Years: My Navy career took me first from Kingston
years at URI allowed me to have the fun, knowledge, and Fondest URI Memory: I always loved the Greek sing to Newport but the travel pay was so low, it did not even
experiences that helped shape the person I am today. I was competition. cover the cost of the new (at that time!) toll bridge into
also very fortunate to have met my husband, Chip, (SAE) Newport...although I had traveled from the NYC area. I
of 45 years! My URI memories will forever give me joy! Past 50 Years: I have been married for 48 years. I worked spent my junior and senior summers up in Ontario, Canada
Members of the men’s soccer team, 1969-70. as a kindergarten teacher for seven years and a substitute
Submitted by Roger Carmosino (second from left) working at the local hospital and staying with my aunt,
teacher for 10 years. For the past 22 years I have worked in uncle, and cousins in Lombardy, Ontario and listening to
Guy Colarulli human resources for the state of Rhode Island. I retired the the landing on the moon. My duty stations took me home to
Roger Carmosino Address: 15 River Town Road, end of December 2019 and enjoying my free time. NYC at St. Albans Naval Hospital, then to the Marine Corps
Spouse: Arlene Carmosino Windsor, CT 06095-3830 Air Station, Iwakuni, Japan--not too far from Hiroshima. Then
Address: 42 Ellison Street, Telephone: 860.219.9312 to San Diego’s Balboa Hospital, then to graduate school
Email: colarulli@hartford.edu
Anne Devney
Cranston, RI 02920 at George Washington University in DC and back to San
Telephone: 401.942.0763 Past 50 Years: Completed a Ph.D. in Address: 116 Orchard Lane, Diego to complete my Nurse Anesthesia degree. Then off
Email: rcarmo@providence.edu Political Science from The American Aspers, PA 17304 to Naval Hospital Long Beach. I switched to education two
Children: 3 University in Washington, DC in 1977 focusing on American Phone: 717.677.0008 years later and taught an earthquake preparedness class.
politics and government and American public policy. Email: amdevney1776@yahoo.com During the last class, we experienced an earthquake—
Student Residence: Browning Hall.
At the University of Hartford in West Hartford, Connecticut, Student Residence: Pi Lambda Delta. everybody really paid attention then! I next taught at Navy
Student Activity: Varsity soccer, wrestling, intramural track,
I taught American politics and government, was tenured Hospital Corps School, San Diego for three years and then
judo, swimming. Student Activities: Horseman’s club,
and promoted, and held several administrative positions attended San Diego State University for a second master’s
rifle club, briefly on WRIU-FM, Student Nurses Association
Past 50 Years: Graduate from LaSalle Academy 1966. including associate dean of the College of Arts and degree in education. My last duty station was at Great Lakes
of Rhode Island.
URI Class of 1970, BA double major Spanish-Italian. Sciences, and senior associate provost and dean of Hospital Corps School, landing in Chicago right after the
MA Middlebury College in Madrid, Spain. Ph.D. Univ. of undergraduate studies. I retired in October 2019. Through Fondest URI Memory: I really enjoyed being on the space shuttle blew up. I retired from the Navy in ’89 and
Connecticut, Storrs. Teaching: Lecturer in Spanish, Trinity most of those years, a good part of every summer has campus and wound up being a member of the first class of worked at Northern Illinois University while studying for my
College, Hartford, CT; Instructor, Simon´s Rock College/Bard; been spent with family in Narragansett where we have nursing students to be taken by bus to the clinical sites in Ed.D. and became the Director, Health Services, College of
Prof. of Spanish, Providence College. Founder-Director-Editor what Rhode Islanders refer to as a beach house. Providence. One night I visited my sorority sister’s family Lake County. I moved to the Gettysburg, PA area and now
of INTI, Revista de literatura hispánica (an international literary in Providence but had no way back to campus. So I spent teach nursing students for Penn State. I have traveled to 24
journal) published from 1974 to the present, 45 years of the night at my clinical site, Rhode Island State Hospital. countries with the last being in Kochi, India with nine nursing
uninterrupted publication. Averages 10,000 full downloads per
Leo Crosby It was a real experience... not knowing whom I could trust/ students. No kids—just dogs, cats, chickens, ducks, and
month from 150 countries. Received national award for editorial Address: 75 Cambridge Pkwy Unit 309, talk to, or whether they were patients or staff. However, I turkeys now, and horses in the past!
achievement. Traveled to Italy, France, Spain, Argentina, Cambridge, MA 02142-1223 survived the night and breakfast in the main dining hall the
Venezuela, Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Brazil. Telephone: 508.944.6398 next morning and met my class for our clinical experience
Email: leo.crosby@comcast.net that day. LOL! One other classmate was accepted as an
Army Nurse Corps candidate and I was a Navy Nurse Corps
Victoria “Vicky” (Salcone) Cataldo Student Activity: LXa.
candidate; our graduating class was 32 nursing students. I
Spouse: Henry “Chip” Cataldo ’68 Fondest URI Memory: I had an electrical engineer teacher stayed in the Navy for nearly 21 years and was grateful that
Address: 3 Caswell Street, take the time to try and get me on the path to success. the Navy supported me through my junior and senior years
Narragansett, RI 02882 Alas, I didn’t listen, but his thoughtfulness stayed with me at URI during those turbulent times. I still remember making
Telephone: 617.413.1650 enough that I came back to URI after a stay in the service the long hike up to the Pharmacy/Nursing building for class
Email: hjc8229@aol.com to get my degree. and I also clearly remember being a student of Professor
Children: 2 Grandchildren: 4 Past 50 Years: Fortunately, I had a great career in software De Wolfe for the A&P class and labs and reading his rather
Student Residence: First Peck Hall, then sigma delta tau. that allowed me to travel often to all parts of the globe. dramatic feedback on those lab exams. He placed things
22 1970 GRIST UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND 23Janice Di Lorenzo than I did! The second was when one of the fraternities on Student Residence: Theta Delta Chi.
Commuter Memories Upper College Road hosted a dinner for Timothy Leary. Students Activities: Freshman and Varsity Basketball.
Spouse: Robert Tingley ’66 My memories of that are a little bit hazy!
Address: 1008 SW 9th Terrace, Fraternities, sororities, residence halls and Fondest URI Memory: College life created many longtime
Boca Raton, FL 33486 Those were the days…
commuters were the primary student groups. I was a friends that I still see and speak with.
Telephone: 561.703.8298 member of the latter. My “ride” for much of that time Past 50 Years: After graduating and two years in the Army, I
Email: jandilor@aol.com had a career in retail management. In retirement I’ve owned
Children: 1 Grandchildren: 1
was a 1934 Ford pickup truck. I remember one cold Priscilla (Greene) Feeney
winter night walking and operated several small stores in Essex, Connecticut.
Student Residence: Weldin/SDT. to the lot behind Most notably the local toy store, Toys Ahoy!, which is located Spouse: David P. Feeney ’71
Rodman near the on Main Street across from the historic Griswold Inn and a Address: 59 Jenkins Court,
Student Activities: Panhellenic Council, Sophomore North Kingstown, RI 02852-5642
Quonset hut used by block from where I live. Not a bad commute.
Mentor, SDT offices. Telephone: 401.294.8553
the track team. My
Favorite URI Memory: I remember lifelong friends made Email: dpfnkri@aol.com
truck often needed James Dollins Children: 2 Grandchildren:3
and sorority life. Too many funny moments. a little coaxing to get
started, so I would Spouse: Julie H. Dollins Student Residence: Weldin first floor South.
prime the carburetor Address: 37 Clifton Road,
Laura (Hyssong) Di Sano Bristol, RI 02809 Fondest URI Memory: Going to Basketball games and we
with gas from a can I continue to go, being season ticket holders for many years.
Spouse: Dennis Di Sano ’70 Telephone: 401.253.7539
kept in the back. I had
Address: 153 Bellwood Drive, Email: jdollins1@cox.net Past 50 Years: I was a teacher in North Kingstown for 26
the hood open and
Aiken, South Carolina 29803 Children: 2 Grandchildren: 2 years. My husband David ’71 and I owned and operated
was in the middle of
Telephone: 401.486.4605 this process when a Student Residence: Bristol Oxnard Pharmacy in Warwick, RI for 26 years, retiring
Email: ddisano66@gmail.com campus police officer in 2013. We have 2 children, David and his wife Jennifer
Children: 2 Grandchildren: 6 Past 50 Years: Retired in 2007 as VP of Business
arrived on the scene suspecting foul play. I convinced and daughter Everson who live in Los Angeles CA, and
Development at AFC Cable Systems in New Bedford, MA.
Fondest URI Memory: So many wonderful memories...one him that if I could get it running, it must be mine! Erin Manning and her husband Colin and children Grace
Currently part-time sailing instructor in Bristol, RI and skiing
being my association with That Ram Band as the announcer and Declan who live in Manchester NH. In 2006 Dave and
The hub for commuters was the commuter lounge on instructor in Waterville Valley, NH.
for halftime shows and working with the director, Professor I enjoyed a trip to Ireland with classmates Christine Fay
the third floor of the Union. There was always a game Marchetti and her husband Joe, and Marie DiChristofaro
Donald Burns. As the announcer, I was only the second
woman EVER to be allowed in the press box at Shea Stadium
of bridge or hearts with seats changing as players Barbara (Daniels) Driver Strumolo and her husband Al and their daughters Allison
left for class. There were social functions on and off and Katie. We continue to get together twice a year with the
when the Ram Band performed there for the NY JETS in the campus. Dances featured black lights, strobe lights and Spouse: William S. Driver
late 60s. Actress Ann Margaret (who was dating quarterback Marchettis, the Strumolos, Linda DiRienzo Bevilaqua, and
an occasional mirrored ball—those were the days... Address: 101 Cedar Ridge Lane,
Joe Namath) was the first!!! How times have changed. the family of Paul and Kathy Fahey Helweg with our children
Oh, and that truck? It’s in my brother’s barn waiting for Conway, SC 29526-8916
Telephone: 843.347.1407 and grandchildren.
Past 50 Years: I have served as president of the Alumni enough time (and beer) to get it going again.
Email: driversb@sc.rr.com
Association in the past. While in RI, my husband Dennis and —Allen Divoll ’70
I were very active at the University. My son Chris currently
Children: 1 Harvey Fine
appears on radio with Steve McDonald and Don Kaull as the Past 50 Years: Graduated from the University of South Spouse: Janice B. Fine
Rhody Insider, providing game analysis for all Rhody home Carolina with an MBA in 1981. Became a CPA and CMA. Address: 5629 Regency Circle East,
basketball games. Fondest URI Memory: I have many (mostly fond) memories Worked for various CPA firms, taught at the S.C. technical Boca Raton, FL 33496
of my time at URI. These are two diverse examples: In colleges, and Coastal Carolina University for 19 years. Telephone: 917.685.7466
the fall of 1969 I represented URI at the Association of Retired from Coastal and enjoy swimming, yoga and Email: hwfine@gmail.com
L. “Al” Allen Divoll Student Governments Conference in Washington. There strength training. Married for almost 50 years. Children: 2
was a broad range of speakers including the Secretary of
Spouse: Dee Ferris Student Residence: AEPi.
Address: 15 Scholes Lane, Education, the head of the Selective Service (Draft) General
Hershey and the FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoover. In the middle of Paul Eacuello Student Activities: Basketball.
Essex, CT 06426
Telephone: 860.767.8508 the conference we were loaded onto buses for what turned Spouse: Kathleen M. Eacuello ’06 Fondest URI Memory: Walking to class in deep snow.
Email: adivoll15@gmail.com out to be an unscheduled meeting with the President at the Address: 16 Bellvue Drive,
White House. When my time came to talk with President Cranston, RI 02920-4004 Past 50 Years: Has it really been 50 years? Must have been
Student Residence: East Greenwich. good by the speed of its passing by.
Nixon, he steered the conversation to URI’s basketball Telephone: 401.524.8815
Student Activities: Student Senate, Commuter’s heritage: Keaney’s fast break offense and Ernie Cavalry’s Email: peacuello@cox.net
Association, WRIU, Men’s Crew Team, Sachems. Buzzer Shot. Honestly at the time, he knew more about that Children: 3 Grandchildren: 2
24 1970 GRIST UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND 25women at the time. No varsity sports. Worked as a waitress when our younger son was 14, although our
Ellen (Metz) Goodlin at the faculty club, the union and for events. Joined SDS older son and grandson are in Toronto. London
Spouse: Wayne H. Goodlin and SCAR. is a fabulous place to live. I love walking
Address: 60 Social Drive, everywhere—the city is full of twists and turns
Fondest URI Memory: Different things for different years.
Warwick, RI 02889-8264 and surprises.
The Vietnam War and protests of course. But also hanging
Telephone: 401.225.0276
out with jazz musicians my first year, living in Sigma Kappa,
Email: ellinartworxrep@gmail.com
and the lovely winters with skeletal trees covered with snow Russell “Russ” Gross
Student Residence: Tucker Hall. and the sea nearby.
Spouse: Mrs. Roberta (Bobbi)
Student Activities: Fencing, archery, field hockey. Past 50 Years: After graduation in 1970, I lived with friends Gross
Fondest URI Memory: The gorgeous quad in the fall, in Woodville, R.I., where we--the Woodville Collective--had Address: 792 West Street,
covered in red and orange leaves. bought two houses. I worked as a tutor and as a waitress in Apt. E104, Mansfield, MA
Old Acres Restaurant. I met the wonderful Dr. Laskey who 02048-4102
Past 50 Years: Have worked in book publishing, interior Telephone: 508.942.3656
lived nearby and had an organic farm in 1970! His library
design, newspapers and art galleries, continuing to Email: kings2acts@aol.com
roof was the hull of a ship. I then moved not far to live with
work in art, writing articles and the fashion industry. Lived Children: 1 Grandchildren: 3
Guatemalan friends who were taking care of a URI physics
in the West, South, MidAtlantic and back East. August Hansen (left) and Jerry LeBow (right) eyeing some of the equipment for the new
professor’s house in the woods--huge spread, with a sauna Student Residence: Adams Hall.
FM station prior to installation in the Student Union. Submitted by August Hansen
and nearby (post-sauna) lake. Then I went off to Europe
Student Activities: Intramural basketball.
Elizabeth “Liz” Graham and lived and worked in Spain, then the U.K. where Dr.
Gutchen (History, URI) was living (on sabbatical) with his Fondest URI Memory: Making lifelong friendships,
Spouse: David Pendergast
family in Hertfordshire; Bob and son Mark had volunteered fun times in the student union, learning life lessons I didn’t August “Augie” Hansen
Address: UCL Institute of Archaeology,
on a dig and asked me to join. That started me on the road fully understand the value of until after I graduated. Spouse: Ms. Doris Bauer-Hansen
31-34 Gordon Square, London,
NL WC1H 0PY, United Kingdom to archaeology! I attended grad school at U. Wisconsin for Past 50 Years: Two very successful careers in Address: 7670 E Oxford Avenue,
Telephone: +44 207 679 7532 a short period, then hitch-hiked to Miami in order to fly to telecommunications and healthcare; 28 1/2 years of Denver, CO 80237-2161
Email: e.graham@ucl.ac.uk Belize (then British Honduras) to work on a dig excavating marriage to the love of my life; finding love again and Email: augie_hansen@hotmail.com
Children: 2 Grandchildren: 1 a Maya site. This was 1973. I switched to Cambridge getting remarried in October 2019; my son of whom I Telephone: 303.741.3729
University, where I ultimately got my Ph.D. in Archaeology. am so proud, and three new granddaughters through Children: 3 Grandchildren: 4
Student Residence: Dorr Hall, Sigma Kappa,
I’ve been working in Belize since 1973—so it’s 47 years remarriage; becoming a follower of Jesus Christ 40 Student Residence: Adams (1 year), then off campus.
Bonnet Shores.
now. From 1977 to 1979 I worked as the Archaeological years ago, serving Him as an ordained Elder, and in my
Student Activities: None. Not much opportunities for Student Activities: Track (sprinter), WRIU (Chief Engineer),
Commissioner for the Belize government. I met my “retirement as a writer and teacher of biblically based
Bass player/singer in Eden and the Adnaps band.
husband, David, in Belize and got married there at Sacred principles (www.faithprinciples.net); and having been able
Heart Church in San Ignacio Cayo. David lived in Toronto, travel to many wonderful places around the country and Fondest URI Memory: My URI experience began in 1962.
so I moved there. Our sons were born in 1980 and 1985. world, which I still do. Having had an interest in electronics and radio from an early
I started working at York University, in the Anthropology age (~10 years old) it didn’t take me long to find the campus
Dept, in 1988. Then in 1999 I got a job here in London at radio station. I quickly became the chief engineer at WRIU,
the Institute of Archaeology, University College London
Bruce Guthrie which was then an AM-only station delivered on campus to
(UCL). I’m still here, and love London. Guess I have to retire Spouse: Leslie Guthrie the dorms via the power lines. Unfortunately, the station was
at some point! My recent research is on soil security and Address: 17 Lighthouse Drive, in disrepair, mostly non-functional. Working with several URI
sustainable cities. Brigantine, NJ 08203-1259 friends, both engineering and liberal arts students, we rebuilt
Telephone: 609.343.0375 the carrier-current systems and expanded the coverage.
I guess the highlight of my life, aside from my family, and
Fondest URI Memory: I do remember removing my beanie Then we acquired the equipment and license and put WRIU-
now a grandson, is Belize. I am happy to have spent over
during class registration and telling everyone who asked FM on the air in 1964. It was lots of work, but great fun too.
45 years working there on various excavations, but also
living there in the late 70s when I worked for the Belize me what my beanie was that I was a transfer student. I Another one of my fond memories of my URI days was
government. I’m still at it, now working on Ambergris Caye. also remember being on academic probation and social playing in a band called Eden and The Adnaps with
Archaeology is a great profession--keeps me in good probation, occasionally simultaneously for sneaking my band manager and lead guitar player, Mike Montefusco,
physical shape, I get to dig in the dirt like a kid, and I meet girlfriend into Browning Hall and getting caught. We did end also an engineering student, and three other talented
new people all the time. The rest of the year, I have loved up getting married in my senior year. Rick Strickhart was on URI students. Most of us had no aspirations of becoming
living in cities. First, Toronto when I married and our sons my wing in Browning Hall. I hope to see everyone in May! professional musicians, but we enjoyed playing at URI
were born and mostly raised. Now London, where we moved and around the New England region in the 1960s. It was
26 1970 GRIST UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND 27Virginia Hickey Ted Hopenwaser to conduct a book publishing workshop for his students; it was
great to be back on campus. When our younger child Pamela
Address: Dublin, Ireland and Tubac, Arizona Address: 5921 Corrigan Road, turned ten in 1988, I joined the RD staff full-time as Excerpt
Telephone: 520.665.8116 Doylestown, PA 18901-9465 Editor. My columns included “Laughter, the Best Medicine,”
Email: maevehickey@yahoo.com Telephone: 215.794.5286 “Humor in Uniform,” and “Quotable Quotes.” I returned to book
URI Residence: Barlow/Roosevelt Email: ted.hopenwasser@gmail.com publishing in 1999, becoming Editorial Manager at Pearson
Student Activity: Ballet company directed by State Ballet of International, where I developed and managed courses for
Rhode Island founders Herci and Myles Marsden. students learning English in Asia and Latin America. I traveled
quite a bit—Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, Brazil, Mexico—a
Fondest URI Memory: The atmosphere reflected the Katharine “Kathy” (Linn) Keene wonderful way to conclude my career.
tensions of the times: music, generation gap; anti-war
Spouse: Jack Munro Bob and I, now in retirement, split our time between New
demonstrations, a sense that cultural mores and values
Address: 3861 St. Andrews Loop, York and San Francisco Bay where our kids live—we enjoy
were shifting.
Salem, OR 97302 the best of both coasts.
I was enrolled in the first BFA class in Fine Arts. The focus Telephone: 503.585.9677
was progressive and dynamic. The frequent bus trips to Congratulations and best wishes to our URI ’70 class, with a
Email: klinnkeene@comcast.net
NY arranged by the art department opened my world. The special shout out to my AXO sisters and j-school classmates!
Student Residence: Merrow Hall.
museums, galleries, and art world became, as a result, a
foundation of my life, my work. Past 50 Years: Moved west in 1971 and to Oregon in Alice Koenig
1973 for graduate school at the University of Oregon. Have
Past 50 Years: I eventually relocated to Ireland, where my Spouse: Deborah Jones
lived here ever since. Married for 38 years to Jack Munro,
studio is based. My other studio is on the U.S./Mexico border. Address: 200 Twin Crest Drive,
Stanford ’68, U of O Law School ’75. We travel extensively,
N. Chesterfield, VA 23236-4085
and learning about wines of the world has become a hobby.
Telephone: 804.272.8260
Arlene (Wolf) Hicks Email: afk232@verizon.net
Spouse: Robert A. Hicks ’71
Lucille “Cindy” (Veneziano) Kennedy Children: Raised one great neice
Address: 29 Abbey Road, Spouse: Robert C. Kennedy Student Residence: Hutchinson room 99.
fun, and best of all it helped us pay our bills. Wakefield, RI 02879-3431 Address: 869B Heritage Hills,
Student Activities: School newspaper, the Beacon;
Telephone: 401.363.9719 Somers, NY 10589
I had a different college experience from most of my Email: abhicks@cox.net basketball; volleyball; tennis; field hockey.
Telephone: 914.299.1286
classmates. During my time at URI I got married and started Children: 2 Grandchildren: 2 Email: lucille.kennedy09@yahoo.com Fondest URI Memory: Movies at Edwards. Basketball at
a family. I worked full time, sometimes day shift, often Children: 2 Rodman. Spades in the dormitory. Good food. Travel to
Student Residence: Sigma Kappa.
nights, and scheduled classes to fit in the off times. It took away games in taxi cabs with pop up seats. Going on strike
me eight years to earn my degree in electrical engineering. Student Activities: Ram Band. Student Residence: Alpha Chi Omega.
against the Vietnam war. Chuck coming to visit the first
URI provided a great education and a solid foundation for Fondest URI Memory: I have so many fond and funny Fondest URI Memory: Beautiful campus, excellent education, floor wing! A lot of really fun and good people.
my career path. memories of my four years at URI, starting with Beanie friendships, Greek Week, the Student Strike of 1970.
Past 50 Years: My early career included working with Court my freshman year. Being in That Ram Band was Past 50 Years: Soon after our June 1970 URI graduation, Leonard Kozlowski
tiny research submarines and FBM nuclear subs as well a wonderful experience; the highlight was playing at the I moved to NYC to start my publishing career, rooming with
as doing environmental technology consulting and other World’s Fair in Montreal. Shared many laughs and my twin sister Laura (UConn’70). My degree in English and Spouse: Jeannine Kozlowski
electronics-related jobs before moving into the computer adventures with my sisters in Sigma Kappa and made life- Address: 3314 Wellington Drive,
journalism helped me land my first job with a small publisher,
Cortland, NY 13045-8976
field. After a stint at Bell Labs, the best job I ever had long friends. My best memory: meeting my husband at a after which I became a copy editor, then managing editor, at
Telephone: 607.882.1660
working for someone else, I started my own business, party. He was there with one of my sorority sisters and I was Harcourt Brace. Laura and I joined a summer house in the
Email: lenkoz1948@gmail.com
Omniware, in 1982, doing technical consulting, training, and there with one of his fraternity brothers. The rest is history. Hamptons, and in this group of friends I met my husband Bob
Children: 2 Grandchildren: 2
freelance writing. My book “Learn C Now” was the seminal Past 50 Years: We’re a URI family. Not only did Bob Kennedy (Union College’65). Several of my Alpha Chi Omega
book in the Microsoft Press “Learn (something) Now” series. sisters attended our March 1974 wedding. Student Residence: Off campus.
and I graduate from URI, but both of our daughters
I remember very clearly one of my professors—who also received degrees from the university—our older daughter When our son Christopher was born in 1975, I left Harcourt to Fondest URI Memory: Traying on the elephant walk after a
had ties to MIT—saying that as engineering students at URI her undergraduate degree and our younger daughter become a freelance editor. Bob and I moved to Chappaqua snowstorm.
we would most likely be working for an MIT grad one day. her Master’s. I’m retired now after teaching both high school NY, and I freelanced for a dozen publishers, including Reader’s Past 50 Years: I did various manufacturing assignments in
That wasn’t the case for me. In fact it was just the opposite, and middle school. We recently moved to South Kingstown Digest, whose headquarters was close to our home. In 1980, Rhode Island, New York, Michigan and back to two in New
and I’m very proud of that and of my alma mater. and still enjoy going to basketball games. Wilbur Doctor, URI journalism department chairman, asked me York. Traveled around the globe as part of these assignments.
28 1970 GRIST UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND 29Scott LeBrun for 35 years. I have had the privilege of traveling all over the dating for the last 22 years.
globe with wonderful friends. Egypt, Italy, and Turkey being
Spouse: Linda Hunt LeBrun Past 50 Years: Enjoyed the many URI sponsored tours
among my favorites. I still have family and friends in RI. RI
Address: 17 Coggeshalll Way, that were available in the 70s and 80s, including a trip
and URI shaped my life!
Middletown, RI 02842 to Russia in October of 1977. That trip was made even
Telephone: 401.952.4800 more memorable as my daughter, Tara, decided to be born
5 weeks prematurely while I was in Moscow. I began my
Email: scott.lebrun51@ Frank May
gmail.com career with the RI Department of Employment Security
Children: 2 Spouse: Donna (Kushnir) May ’69 (now the Department of Labor & Training) in May 1971 as
Address: 136 Leigh Gate Road, an employment counselor and retired in October 1995 as a
Student Residence: Ellery Hall Glastonbury, CT 06033 coordinator of employment and training programs.
Student Activities: Track team Telephone: 860.633.9973
Email: fam136@cox.net
Children: 2 Grandchildren: 5
Myra (Hiller) McCarthy
Student Residence: Great Island, Narragansett. Spouse: Jim McCarthy
Jersey, providing us with five rambunctious grandsons. Address: 5015 Boyd Drive,
Angela Lepore Student Activities: Phi Sigma Kappa. Donna deserves all of the credit for raising our wonderful Murfreesboro, TN 37129-8648
Address: 16 Seagull Road, Fondest URI Memory: It seems so long ago—arriving at family, having given up her profession as a senior federal Telephone: 615.585.2272
Old Saybrook, CT 06475 URI in the late 60’s without friends, being from out-of-state bank examiner for the FDIC to devote herself to raising Email: myramccarthy@aol.com
Telephone: 860.510.0301 (CT), surrounded by folks from the same local high schools them. Since 1978, when our first child was born, we have Children: 2 adopted sons
Email: angielepore@sbcglobal.net with instant social connections. Nevertheless it didn’t take owned a cottage on the beach in South Kingstown where URI Residence: Alpha Delta Pi Sorority.
Student Residence: Merrow and Aldrich. long to make good friends and become part of a welcoming we spend much of the late spring, summer, and early fall
Student Activites: Rhode Island Governor’s Council,
and active freshman class. I enjoyed a fun social life, months. The beach is a natural magnet for the entire family
Student Activities: Big Brothers/Big Sisters. Sachems Honor Society - President, Campus Judicial
engaged in many philosophical and political discussions as well as friends. Our love of southern Rhode Island has
Fondest URI Memory: Girls could not wear pants to dinner Board - Chairman, Alpha Delta Pi Sorority - President,
in the dorms during freshman year, which continued at Phi never waned, and we hope to spend many more years there
our freshmen year! Curfews in the dorms. Man on the floor! Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities, etc.
Sigma Kappa during sophomore year, then for two years in the future. We have been blessed by our connection to
This was way before coed dorms. Taking exams in Edwards “down the line” living with close friends on Great Island. I URI and Rhode Island, many times over, and are impressed Fondest memory: Meeting my husband there.
Hall with punch cards. Organic Chem. I made lifelong friends. have many fond memories of life on and off the campus; by the changes we have seen on the campus over the Past 50 Years: Traveled around the world. Lived all over the
Past 50 Years: After graduation I moved to Connecticut less fond memories of the war in Vietnam, demonstrations years. There is much reason to be proud of the University U.S. including Los Angeles—office was penthouse suite on
and remained there ever since—but you still can’t take RI across the country, the 1968 Democratic Convention in of Rhode Island, and we know from people we meet that it corner of Hollywood and Vine, President of AT&T’s Connect
out of the girl! I began work at Pratt and Whitney Aircraft in Chicago, working on the 1968 presidential campaign, enjoys a great reputation outside the state of Rhode Island. & Save, Senior Vice President of Aegis Communications
computer programming—when you had to use punch cards assassinations, the draft lottery, Kent State, and closing We continue to enjoy following URI basketball, and we are Group, Senior Officer of Client Logic, etc. Currently own and
for your programs. Left that job to pursue a master’s in down the campus in the weeks before graduation. My life looking forward to seeing old friends again and catching up manage a real estate investment firm in middle Tennessee.
special education at UCONN. Worked in special education at URI and all these contemporaneous events shaped my at the reunion. Happy, healthy, and looking forward to the next 50 years!
outlook on life, this country, the world, and my place in it.
Past 50 Years: After URI I worked as an electrical engineer Louis Maynard
for two years, during which I met the love of my life, now
Spouse: Linda Yates
my wife of 47 years, Donna (Kushnir) May, a 1969 graduate
Address: 12 East Gate Drive,
of URI, through a mutual URI friend. I then attended law Coventry, RI 02816-6450
school, founded and managed a small civil litigation firm Telephone: 401.823.1892
in 1975 in the Hartford, Connecticut area that expanded Email: ly244@yahoo.com
to 16 lawyers over the next few years. In 2012 I wanted a Children: 1 Grandchildren: 1
change, sold my interest in that firm, returned to law school
Student Residence: West Warwick, RI.
and obtained a post-doctoral legal master’s degree, an
LLM, in estate planning and elder law. I now practice in that Student Activities: Alpha Phi Omega, National Service
area of law in a 21-lawyer firm—Brown, Paindiris & Scott in Fraternity; Commuters’ Association.
From left: Mr. Wheeler, Joyce Oseth Wheeler ’70,
Glastonbury, Connecticut. Fondest URI Memory: Linda Morris (now Yates) and Lou
Frederick Strickhart ’70, Angela Lepore ’70, Deborah Winograd ’70,
Clyde Tyndale (Deborah’s husband), Irene Kowerko ’70,
During these years Donna and I raised two boys who we Maynard New Year’s Eve 1996. Linda also attended URI for
Dawn Campbell ’71, Phil Campbell ’71. Submitted by Angela Lepore are very proud of, now living in Massachusetts and New 2 years. We both went our separate ways but have been
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