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st. lawrence university magazine | fall 2014
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1993
Chris Gardner
4 Mt. Pleasant Terrace
Newtown, CT 06470
203-364-0822 (home)
203-264-5554 (work)
Fax: 203-264-7098
Next Reunion: 25th, 2018
1994
Kieran M. Killeen
11 Beacon Street
South Burlington, VT 05403
802-951-1946 (home)
802-656-3250 (work)
Next Reunion: 20th , May 28-31,
2015 (Cluster with '95, '96)
1995
Samantha C. Bixby
PO Box 5365
Breckenridge, CO 80424
307-699-4699
Next Reunion: 20th , May 28-31,
2015 (Cluster with '94, '96)
Jeff Doyle sent the University
this picture of him running in the
Great Wall Marathon on May 17,
2014. “The marathon was held
outside of Beijing and included
running five miles on the Wall,”
he said. He has completed
marathons on six continents, with
a goal to run them on all seven.
Number seven, South America,
is on his schedule in Peru next
summer, he reported. Jeff is
chief executive officer at Loyalty
Express in Woburn, Mass.
a fun-filled weekend, and we’re
proud that we’ve been getting
together since 1988.
I also recently saw David Hal-
stead, a member of the Alumni
Executive Council, a group that
I was involved in for 10 years.
Dave helps in reunion planning,
fund-raising, admissions and
alumni engagement efforts. If you
have an interest in learning more
about getting involved with St.
Lawrence, please reach out to me
or to Dave.
I know I am connected through
LinkedIn and FaceBook to so
many of you, but even though I
see your promotions and pictures,
please send me a message so I
can include your news in these
class notes. I know there are lots
of mini-reunions going on and that
many of you see other classmates
from time to time, so send me the
news with a picture and I’ll be sure
to get it into this column. I look
forward to hearing from you.
1992
Lisa Kiene
427 West 66th Terrace
Kansas City, MO 64113
816-885-5911
Facebook: SLU ’92
Next Reunion: 25 th , 2017
According to a news release
received by the University, Sen-
ate Majority Leader Harry Reid
(D-Nev.) has brought on a White
House staffer to handle immigra-
tion policy. Tyler Moran, who
was the deputy policy director
for immigration at the Domestic
Policy Council, has been hired by
Reid to be his point person on
the issue.
Tyler joined the White House staff
in June 2012, according to her
LinkedIn profile. Before joining the
Obama administration, she spent
11 years at the California-based
National Immigration Law Center,
an advocacy group that focuses
on low-income immigrants and
their families.
of the Kenya program and my
Swahili teacher from a mere 26
years ago—how can that be pos-
sible? At the Kenya dinner, they
even had some Kenyan food and
Tusker beer—nzuri sana!
In June, Brendan McLaughlin
kicked off his fourth year on the
Alumni Executive Council with
their annual retreat at Canaras.
He says, "It was great to be back
in the Adirondacks and spend
time with fellow alums spanning
from 1965 to 2010 as well as sev-
eral current student delegates."
Brendan is a member of the
Advancement and Engagement
Committee and is focusing on
developing a template that
will make it easier to start and
maintain local alumni clubs.
Please contact him at jbrenda-
if you
are interested in starting a club in
your city or region.
I’m looking forward to seeing
many of you at our 25th Reunion
next spring!
1991
Ken Polk
34 Rana Court
Williamsville NY 14221
716-830-6438 (cell)
716-626-6120 (work)
Fax: 716-626-6099
Next Reunion: 25th, 2016
If you are interested in becoming a
reporter for the class, please contact
Sharon Henry, 315-229-5585 or
, or Kim His-
song, 315-229-5837 or khissong@
stlawu.edu.
I had a chance to visit with some
Phi Kappa Sigma brothers in Cen-
tral New York in early May. Joined
by about a dozen alumni from
1986, 1988, 1989 and 1990, Dan
Mason, Todd Kimberly and I
represented the Class of ’91. Dan
lives in Vermont while Todd, who
still works at ESPN, lives in West
Hartford, Conn., with wife Becky
Ten Eyck and two kids. It was
I hope you all had a great summer
and are enjoying the fall. Soon
enough, the holidays will be here.
Where does the time go?
Over the summer, I heard from
Holly Joel Mudd that she and
husband Mike both recently
started new jobs. They even
received their job offers on the
same day! Mike is athletics director
for Worcester State University,
and Holly is a senior VP at Citizens
Bank. The Mudds live in Shrews-
bury, Mass., with their three kids.
I also received a note from Matt
Redding, who continues with his
military career overseas. He has
changed command and moved to
a new job in Europe, where he will
serve as the chief of staff for the
21st Theater Support Command.
It is one of the largest units of the
Army in Europe, with more than
8,000 soldiers and civilians provid-
ing logistics, engineering, military
police and contracting support to
forces in Europe and Africa. As the
chief of staff, Matt will integrate all
the staff functions in coordinating
these missions as the U.S. Army
partners with its NATO allies in Eu-
rope in what has become a pretty
busy place of late.
At the end of May, I made the
trek to Canton for the 40th an-
niversary of the Kenya Program
(see the feature pages), and to
see many of my friends from the
Class of 1989. Karyn Edwards
Niles flew with me, and Amy
Fitzgerald Fiorito picked us
up in Syracuse for the last leg of
the trip. I definitely don’t miss that
Route 11 stretch!
On campus, Darcy Sandleitner
Adiletta joined us. Everyone
is doing great, and the weather
could not have been better.
Karyn is a vice principal at a
middle school in Virginia, Amy is a
technology specialist at a school
in the Syracuse area, and Darcy
works for TD Bank in Connecticut.
The campus looks great overall.
I ran into Andy Locke, who is
married to Heather Scholl ’89.
They live in the Boston area,
where Andy works for TomTom.
Attending some of the Kenya
events on campus, I managed to
catch up with the past directors
field for 23 years and has other
business interests as well. “Enjoy-
ing 25th with friends,” he wrote.
The weekend included several
opportunities to remember class-
mates who are no longer with
us. A tree dedication ceremony
celebrated the life of Joe Teresi ,
who passed away in February,
with remarks by Freddy Paxton
and a champagne toast. The tree
has been planted on campus
behind Rebert Hall. At our class
dinner on Saturday night, we
remembered other classmates
who have passed away, including
Robert T. Alexander, Kathleen
Berwick Boisvert, Philip D.
Joslyn, Christopher M. Morri-
son, David G. Steller, Richard
H. Stewart Jr., R. Craig Van
Buren and James P. Weinman.
Other Reunion attendees
included Letitia Howland, Jen-
nifer Waasdorp Rouin, Tom
G. Johnson Jr. and Heather
Scholl. My apologies if I have
omitted anyone!
Finally, many thanks to Alex
Kirby Taylor and Ed Morris
for co-chairing the 25th
Reunion Committee.
I received a press release that
ROAR Logistics, of which Bob
Rich III is founder and president,
has purchased Phoenix-based
Legend Transportation Group
(LTG). According to the release,
Bob said “the agreement between
the two non-asset-based trans-
portation providers strategically
will help take us from specialized
boutique service to a more com-
prehensive solution featuring very
personalized, high-touch customer
service.” Congratulations to Bob
on his company’s success!
1990
Lynne Gilbert Agoston
11805 Farmland Drive
Rockville, MD 20852
301-881-8331
Next Reunion: 25th ,
May 28-31, 2015
busy. They have two kids: Sara,
a junior at Lehigh University, and
Hailey, a junior at Proctor Acad-
emy. They are both working at
J.K. Adams Co., a manufacturer
of wood products.
Lisa Haley Hayes is busy with
four kids, ages 14, 12, 9 and 5.
She lives in the Albany area and
spends summers in Lake George
and winter weekends skiing at
Gore Mountain.
Dana Baldwin Daxner lives in
Connecticut with her two chil-
dren, ages 11 and 9. She is “lucky
to be able to stay at home with
them and so happy to be able to
reconnect with all of my
St. Lawrence friends.”
Kathy Gall Sveen wrote: “What
a great weekend! St. Lawrence
is a great place to be. I have five
sons who are fun and can’t wait
till they are Laurentians too!”
Donny and Susannah Webb
Danforth live in St. Louis, Mo.,
with their four children, ages 17,
16, 13 and 10. Donny started a pri-
vate inner-city elementary school
for promising children. Susannah
hopes “to see many of our chil-
dren and City Academy alumni
matriculate at St. Lawrence!”
Anne Stine Zimmerman lives
in New York City, where she is a
lawyer and nutrition counselor
who writes a blog at nutrimommy.
com. She has four kids, one of
whom is a three-time cancer
survivor. Anne diligently works
toward funding cancer research
through the Memorial Sloan Ket-
tering Cycle for Survival Leader-
ship Council.
Kenny Weiner has lived in
Portland, Ore., for 20 years. He
works for The Freshwater Trust,
a non-profit that fixes rivers in
the Pacific Northwest. He wrote
that he “would love to entertain
any SLU alums traveling through
the area.”
Peter Forelli lives in Rowayton,
Conn. He married Tom
Johnson’s cousin Michaela, and
they have three boys: Briggs,
Beau and Brodie. The family
enjoys skiing, golfing and play-
ing hockey and lacrosse. He has
worked in the estate planning
to Atlanta. As you can imagine,
Freddy spends a lot of his time
traveling around the U.S. and
abroad for his work.
Vicki Flick lives in Clayton, N.Y.
After years in the publishing
industry and living in the big city,
she moved back to her hometown
in the beautiful Thousand Islands
region, and now teaches high
school English.
Matt Soden and his wife, Jean-
nine, live in Silver Spring, Md., with
their children Sebastian, 11, and Isa-
belle, 10. He works for the Defense
Intelligence Agency as a program
manager. He and Isabelle recently
ran their fourth 5K race together.
Charlie Sullivan and his wife,
Debra, live in Jamesville, N.Y., with
their three children: Joe, Julia and
Mary, who proudly paraded with
the Class of ’89 at Reunion. Joe,
17, is considering colleges, includ-
ing St. Lawrence.
Kathy Little Bamberger
wrote, “My 12-year-old daughter
came with me to (Reunion). My
8 1/2-year-old son came too, but
we haven’t seen him much as he
is having a great time as a Chip-
munk. I have just accepted a ‘new’
position, which is really the same
as my current position, but with a
new state agency. I help New York
manufacturers market and sell
their products. It has been lots of
fun seeing classmates in person
instead of just on Facebook!”
Bill Purdy ’s humorous observa-
tions made me smile: “Things have
changed in 25 years: new student
center, trees grew, Planet Fitness
opened up over near Augsbury,
ice storm messed stuff up, pointy
thing fell off Gunnison, quarry in
the Quad. A few things haven’t
changed: Vilas looks the same, half
the dorms are unpleasant archi-
tecturally, Dairy Queen is still there.
What I can’t help but notice: I’m 25
years older. So are you.”
Jon ’88 and Connie Thomson
Blatchford recently moved to
Manchester Center, Vt., into an
old farmhouse which keeps them
1989
Debbie Burdette
Ritter
525 Moorefield Road
Springfield, OH 45502
937-399-2516
Next Reunion: 30th, 2020
I had a wonderful time at our
class reunion and enjoyed catch-
ing up with classmates and seeing
the changes on campus. I passed
around a notebook for attendees
to write updates on their lives and
appreciate the notes they shared
with me:
A group of Chi Omegas wrote,
“Reunion was fun for Kristen
Peters Stocking, Laura
Portland Horsfall, Connie
Thomson Blatchford,
Caroline Mc Gregor Blair,
Sue Pogodzienski Peck, Cori
Rogers Filson, Dawn
Montanye, Kathy Druce
Halloran and Lisa Haley Hayes.
We all stayed at the house at 18
Elm Street, slept in the cold dorm,
ate at Dana, and of course, spent
some time at the Hoot.”
Kathy Druce Halloran wrote,
“To sum up the last 25 years:
marriage, divorce, three awesome
kids—Mike (19 years old and at-
tending Boston College but loved
St. Lawrence when he visited),
Kelsey, 17, and Colleen, 15; went
back for a degree as a physi-
cal therapist assistant; still living
outside of Boston, playing soccer
and enjoying occasional reunions
with sorority sisters.”
Freddy Paxton III has opened
Dickson Wine Bar in Washington,
D.C. The first of its kind in
D.C., the bar serves all organic,
biodynamic beer, wine and food.
Freddy wrote, “Justice Sonia
Sotomayor is our best customer—
we love her!” He also has opened
El Rey, a taqueria that serves all
Latin American beer and “really
strong margaritas—WATCH OUT!”
Freddy’s “real” job is working
for his family’s shipping com-
pany, Paxton International, which
includes locations in London;
Singapore; Juba, South Sudan;
Peshawar, Pakistan; Kabul, Herat
and Mazar I Sharif, Afghanistan;
Erbil and Baghdad, Iraq; and U.S.
cities from Chicago to Houston