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st. lawrence university magazine | fall 2014

In 2013, Mike was named a Poultry

Science Association (PSA) Fellow

for professional distinction and

outstanding contributions to

the field of poultry science. He

teaches or has taught graduate

courses in proteins/amino acids

and advanced non-ruminant

nutritional physiology, and has

authored or co-authored 100

peer-reviewed scientific papers

and garnered over $2 million in

competitive research grants. He

received several awards in the

poultry nutrition field; has served

as Associate Editor of the

World’s

Poultry Science Journal

since

2003 and has been associated

with several other professional

journals, among them the

Journal

of Lipid Research and Animal

Feed Science Technology

There will be more updates in the

next magazine, for I have run out

of space—a first for this column!

Those of you who attended the

reunion you can still send me your

updates and impressions. Those

who did not, we still would like to

hear from you.

1975

Carol Owen

12 Lake Village Drive

Durham, NC 27713

919-544-2121 (evenings)

carol.owen@hotmail.com

Next Reunion: 40

May 28-31, 2015

We hadn’t heard from him in a

long time, so

Mark Taylor

wrote

to say that he has been living in

Philadelphia since graduation

Chapel Hill and Richmond to see

Don and Vivian Makosky, who are

living in Henrico, Va. They are fine

and leading wonderful lives there.

I now return to my normal life to

take my grandson to his kinder-

garten every morning. I hope to

be able to see you again. Please

remember the Tokyo Olympics

in 2020.”

Our class has a “SLU Class of ’74 –

40th reunion” Facebook page – if

you are on Facebook, search for

that page and please ask to join.

It is a closed group so only the

group members can see the post-

ings. If you have difficulty with it,

please get in touch with me.

In other news, Dr.

Michael

Lilburn

was honored as Penn

State’s Department of Animal

Science’s 2014 Poultry Science

Distinguished Alumnus in May.

He earned both his M.S. and Ph.D.

degrees through Penn State’s nu-

trition graduate program, and is a

professor in Ohio State University’s

Department of Animal Sciences.

2013. She was happy to be back

on campus for Reunion and to

visit with classmates.

Joanne Iadarola Masone

and

husband Jino ’72 live in Annapo-

lis, Md. They recently celebrated

their 30th wedding anniversary

and have two children and five

grandchildren. She enjoys spend-

ing time with them and traveling

with Jino, as well as doing things

she did not have time to do before

she retired.

Lucy “Leppy” Park Horn

was

thrilled to make her way to our

40th reunion, stopping overnight

in Utica to spend time with

Christine Lewis Spano

and

Donna Maffei D’Eredita

. She

was reminded of all the trips

driving back and forth to school.

It was 7-8 hours from her home in

Villanova, Pa, and many a winter

break she would have to stay over

in Syracuse, enjoying the hospital-

ity of the Maffeis, due to snow-

storms and drifting on Route 81!

It was wonderful for her to catch

up with yours truly,

Darla Maffei

and

Andrea Joline Joliat

, all

on her hall freshman year in Dean-

Eaton. To look back on the last 40

years is daunting, she said, but for

34 years Leppy and husband Gary

have lived in Paoli, Pa., in their

“starter” home. Their two children

are both married and they spend

time visiting them in Vermont and

New York City. Leppy has a small

booth in an antiques cooperative

in Frazer, Pa. She enjoys searching

for merchandise and is learning a

lot about antiques.

Melissa White Baltz

is a lawyer

in Jackson, Miss. She plans on

retiring at the end of this year.

She is looking forward to traveling

and spending more time with her

extended family. Her son was on

the West Coast for the last two

years, but has started grad school

at the University of Missouri / Kan-

sas City, closer to home. She had

a great time at the reunion, – not

having been back to campus since

our 10th. She was not sure what to

expect, but now plans on our 45th

in 2018.

Yoshi Udagawa

wrote soon

after returning home to Tokyo, “I

am pleased to have seen many

familiar faces after many years.

After leaving Canton, I stopped by

because she was traveling in Asia.

She is a consultant.

Nancy Winter Traynor

had

planned on attending, but their

oldest daughter and her husband

were expecting their second child

in May. Nancy retired from teach-

ing to be the day-care provider

for her granddaughter three days

a week. She also supervises

student teachers for Virginia

Wesleyan College. Nancy’s other

daughter is a travel agent, while

her son is married and has his

own auto maintenance business.

Husband Larry ’75 is still flying

for FedEx, primarily Asian trips

that originate in Anchorage,

Alaska. Next year is Larry’s 40th,

so hopefully they will make it to

campus for that reunion.

The year 2013 was exciting for

John Affel

and Ellen Flagg

’75. Their grandson was born in

June, and their Newfoundland,

“Michael,” won Best in Breed in

the Purina National Dog Show

in November. John is passionate

about Newfs and among other

events early in 2013 helped “Hero”

earn his championship and spent

a week showing dogs in Michigan.

John and Ellen also had a trip to

London with the CSISA group of

which John has been president

for the last six years.

Now onto news from reunion

attendees:

Ann Cheney

is living in Portland,

Ore., working at a community col-

lege only five minutes from home

as an associate project manager.

Reunion was very special for Ann

since it was not only our 40th

class reunion but also an “affinity”

reunion for the Kenya program in

honor of its 40th anniversary as

a formal program. She was the

only sophomore on the inaugural

1972 trip to Kenya. She's also on

page 27.

Joan Darrow Corey

lives in New

York City with her husband, Dick.

They have one daughter, who is

getting her Ph.D., in biomedicine

in Barcelona. Joan joined the St.

Lawrence Board of Trustees in

“I am sad to say that because

of the economy, we closed our

doors in January. I am actively

seeking employment, which is dif-

ficult after 34 years with the same

company, not having to do this

job hunting for so long! I have one

daughter, 28 and in her third year

of teaching third grade. She loves

it and is a gifted teacher.”

Kathy Maguire Langston

parish secretary and bulletin editor

for St. Joseph’s Catholic Church

in Penfield, N.Y. Her son is a sports

trainer for the New England Patri-

ots, so she and

Bill Langston

are

now avid Patriots fans.

Deb MacIntyre Armer

and

Alan live in Denver, Col., but lived

in Chicago for 23 years. They are

hoping eventually to go back to

the Midwest-Chicago area, where

their three children live.

Maria Brucato Edelson

was

unable to make the reunion

to having more time to visit family

in Minneapolis.

Barbara Fuchs Brown

lives

in Ada, Mich. She has her own

tutoring company and tutors 25

to 35 students per week in math.

Reunion Weekend was one of her

busiest times as her student cli-

ents were finishing up their school

years. She has four children and

six grandchildren.

Mary Santaferra Wiles

retired

from her position as brewmaster

for the Budweiser (Anhauser-

Busch) brewery in the Syracuse

area. She now works for Brooklyn

Brewery, a craft brewery in Brook-

lyn that makes a maple beer,

which ties in with husband Karl’s

maple business. She and her fam-

ily were on a trip to Iceland during

the reunion.

Joanne Abraham McKenzie

was a casino controller at one of

the Atlantic City casinos for 34

years, and loved it. She reported,

Kathy Krieger, Lew Leath-

ersich, Joanne Iadarola

Masone, Rich Patterson, Russ

Steenberg

) and all those attend-

ing for a successful reunion.

Many classmates who could not

attend provided updates to me

or to the reunion committees, so I

will start with their news:

Rob Campbell

retired from his

career in banking and he and his

wife, Diane, live in Carlsbad, Calif.

They enjoy taking advantage of

what the area has to offer.

David Rohrdanz

and his wife,

Leslie, live in California, where

he practices medicine and is

working part-time in anticipation

of retirement.

Jean Schofield Taylor

recently

retired from her job as a claims

adjuster for The Hartford. She and

her husband, William, live in Con-

necticut and are looking forward

ceremony in memory of our

deceased classmates.

We saw the new dorm, then

under construction on the Noble

Center side of the Quad but now

occupied, and the beginnings

of the Quad renovation (www.

stlawu.edu/new-residence-hall),

and noticed the absence of the

Gunnison chapel steeple following

the October 6, 2013, fire (www.

stlawu.edu/news/gunnison-me-

morial-chapel-fire-updates). For