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title (a decisive 19-7 win
over Tufts U.), he needed
to rest. Of course all the
prognosticators want to
know how things look
for next year. Jim’s not
worried; he’s got great
returning player stock,
including the 2011 Na-
tional Championship
Game’s Most Outstand-
ing Player, a Canton High
School grad. Must be that good North Country
air. Next time, you’ll have to come to reunion and
get a few lungfuls yourself.
Send news; I promise to keep it in a lock box. Oh,
and keep the dog fed.
1983
Susan Howard ’83
241 Main Street
Cumberland Center, ME 04021
207-829-9262
showard6@maine.rr.com
Next Reunion: 30th, 2014
(cluster with ’84, ’85)
A big thank you to each of you, who made this
column possible. Please consider dropping me an
e-mail sometime soon so I may include your up-
date for our next deadline!
Congratulations to Alice Richardson , who
recently married Joe Antonelli! Alice and Joe are
enjoying the process of settling into their new
home in Ardmore, Pa., which is big enough to fit
them both, Alice’s two children, Grant, 15, and
Maddy, 12, and Joe’s drum set and dog,Tiny.
After decades of camping trips together, six
Sigma Chi’s celebrated our first half century in
New Orleans at Jazz Fest in late April. This “loyal
and lusty krewe” consisted of John Mulhall,
John Marion, Bryan Van Dussen, Paul
Mallon, Bill Munn and Rick Persons. John
Mulhall lives in Del Ray Beach, Fla., with his wife,
Lisa and their three children. John Marion lives
in Greenwich, Conn., with wifeWinifred and their
two children. John is general partner for Hendrie
Investments. Bryan Van Dussen is the manager
of Strategic Market Analysis at One Communica-
having fun, making money and doing good (which
grew alongside dreams of making Wimbledon an
annual pilgrimage!), she left Coke in 2009 to “be-
come the proud founder of two fun but fledgling
enterprises: an organizational design company and
a publishing house that has launched one book and
is working on the second.”
Despite her Kenyan digs, she remains connected
to SLU. In June 2010, Susan escorted her sister,
Professor JudiWakhungu ’83, to campus to receive
an Alumni Citation. Of the visit, Susan reports, “It
was my first time back since graduation in May
1982...the flight from Albany to Ogdensburg was
déjà vu all over again. We were warmly hosted
at 5 Jay Street with delightful Lennie McKinnon’58
and missed beloved late tennis coach Bernie McK-
innon ’57! The bookstore blew me away. Several
very special memories from way back then fueled
a deep nostalgia.” She was all set to return this
Reunion with Philip Odera ’80 but a last-minute
international assignment foiled her plans.
Susan has stayed connected with Eleanor
Mondale, Cecilia Waterman Santiago,
Vivian Hernandez-Ortiz ’83 and Anne Derrey Ber-
mingham ’80 (who is reported by Susan to be the
world’s best letter-writer; I want on her list!). Sa-
mia Awori McDermott ’87 is back in Washington
after several years in Kenya and Aida Kimemia ’87
is a big shot at IFC in Kenya after years in Wash-
ington. Susan would love to re-establish contact
with a few more friends from way back when:
sgithuku@hpdafrica.com.
Todd Harrington also tried to be at Reunion,
but claims he was kidnapped by a conference in
Monterey, Cal., that weekend. So instead of don-
ning flip flops, grabbing a beer and reminiscing,
Todd was thinking big thoughts about sustainability
branding for his job atVisibleTechnologies, as“exec
at a social media technology company, all about the
chatter and brands using findings for better and
more efficient messaging and outreach.” He runs
the domestic agency biz.
Sad news was shared by Howie Finkel, who
wrote that his Sig Chi brother and life-long friend
Russ Brodie died on March 14 in Phoenix,Ariz.,
after an extended battle with cancer. For more,
see “In Memory.” Our condolences to the Brodie
family.
Jim Berkman had a great excuse for missing
reunion: as Salisbury University’s men’s lacrosse
head coach, he had to stay in Baltimore to recu-
perate. Having captured his ninth national NCAA
afterwards. Definitely a proper SLU tribute.
I caught up with a former Dean-Eaton Extension
neighbor, Dave Rocker, who is now a small-
town general practitioner in Maine and loving it.
He loves the old-school tradition of house calls
and treating the whole patient, not just the symp-
toms as they pass through his office. I loved that
I got to catch up with a friend I haven’t really seen
since sophomore year. Yikes, eh?
Not enough time was spent catching up with
Dewitt Cook, Jim and Lisa Muscarella
Strasenburgh, Val LaGas Chiarenzelli,
Sarah Elwell Markert, Ann Lowery, Tom
Sy (although I did get to sit with him at dinner
Saturday night too!), Bobbie Bush ’84 and Steve
Aaron. Skip Chase made a paratrooper-style
appearance at Saturday night’s dinner, having freed
himself from his responsibilities as district ex-
ecutive with the Boy Scouts of America in New
Hampshire. Not even sure he was still around
Sunday morning to enjoy brunch at Sykes!
The Burlington, Vt., contingent was well repre-
sented. Joy Peterson is adjusting to teaching a
new elementary grade this fall inWilliston. Bar-
rett and Mary Neff Peterson were in atten-
dance (although with an SLU student of their own,
it’s not like they haven’t been to campus recently!)
as was Jill Chapman.
Janet Lappe Zoino hiked up from Atlanta
to mix and mingle with Maryann Ryer Kelly,
Sarah Thompson, Beth Trombley Flynn
and Beth Butterworth Baker , most of
whom felt right at home with the Rebert Room
Party concept. Having luxurious velour robes
(provided by Alice Sherbow and Sarah Johnson for
the parade) to lounge in helped set the tone. The
robes also reignited debate over the origin of “No
Toots for Lou.”
Far away but not forgotten ’82er Susan Wak-
hungu Githuku reconnected through Linked In.
She has surfaced in Kenya now after years away in
Columbus,Ohio, London and Johannesburg, South
Africa. In 1986, she married Tony Githuku, fellow
sportsman (rugby and Kenya swimmer) and SLU
sibling (brother of Anne Githuku-Shongwe ’87,
who was profiled in the Fall 2010 SLU magazine);
together they have two children, Shaun, 24, and
Natalie, 20.
Susan spent many years working for develop-
ment organizations including USAID and CARE In-
ternational, then shifted to the corporate world of
Coca-Cola. Following her dream of creating jobs,
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