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Cl as s Notes
Larry Warble wrote that he is living in Dar-
ien, Conn., where he has been for 10 years now.
He has three kids: two boys, Keenan, 12, and Reilly,
10, and a girl, Casey, 8. All three are avid hockey
players. Maybe they can play for SLU someday! As
Larry wrote this, he was heading out to an event
where Bobby Lawrence ’88 was going to be mixing
the drinks, so he expected a good time.
I also got a brief update from Karen Wood
during her summer trip to Massachusetts from her
home in Juneau, Alaska. She met up with Betsy
Jones and Sue Bradbury Follett for lunch
and shopping. As she said, “it was great to catch
up with them; everyone is doing well and enjoying
summertime.”
Bruce Dunham did his first Ultramarathon
back in March. He ran fifty miles in the North
Georgia mountains. Rain and cool temperatures at
the beginning of the run and the combination of
water and Georgia red clay made for a very muddy
day. The run took longer than he expected but
he still finished in the top third and hopes to do
another in drier conditions. I hope never to run
that far, but I look forward to hearing about more
of Bruce’s races!
Peter Everett has been living in Atlanta, Ga.,
for 15 years. He has been in commercial real es-
tate, the past 10 years as an executive with two
real estate investment trusts. He handled leasing
and new property acquisitions. Peter is now on his
own and trying to get a real estate fund off the
ground. He has an 8-year-old daughter, Malia, and
is very involved in her sports – tennis, soccer and
lacrosse.
Peter gets to Boston often and sees Dave Old-
ow and Bret and Brad Watson . He also sees
Tim Kenney a few times a year, as Tim lives in
Atlanta with his wife and daughter, and fellow Phi
Sigs John Cahill ’86 and Rich Maloy ’86, though
they both live in NYC.
Finally, a true update from a story I wrote about
in an earlier column. Doug Collum’s stick can-
dles business has expanded and he will be opening
a new candle-making facility and artspace in Old
Forge, N.Y. Check him out at www.stickcandles.
com or go check out his new venue if you’re in the
neighborhood!
Thanks for all the news. I look forward to hearing
from more of you and seeing you all next sum-
mer!
1988
Teri Kempf McGreevy ’88
10609W.Taft Court
Wichita, KS 67209
316-773-3200
Tmcgreevy1@cox.net
Next Reunion: 25th, 2013
1989
Rebecca Palowich Leggieri ’89
12571 Spiller Lane
Manassas,VA 20112
703-680-3767
jobleggs@comcast.net
becky.leggieri@gmail.com.
Next Reunion: 25th, 2014
1990
Lynne Gilbert Agoston ’90
11805 Farmland Drive
Rockville, MD 20852
301-881-8331
lgilb1968@hotmail.com
Next Reunion: 25th, 2015
Lynne Gilbert Agoston has kindly offered take
on the volunteer role of class reporter; please send
your news to her at any of the above contacts.
1991
Ken Polk ’91
34 Rana Court
Williamsville NY 14221
716-636-5030 (home)
716-626-6120 (work)
Fax: 716-626-6099
kenpolk8791@msn.com
Next Reunion: 20th, May 31-June 3, 2012
(cluster with ’92, ’93)
A quick shout out to all those classmates with e-
mail addresses on file with SLU, asking for news to
share, certainly was worthwhile; I received about a
dozen updates. Thanks to all who responded.
The first e-mail I received was from our former
class president, Tim Charlton. Tim is “living on
the beach in LA, working at USC” where he treats
Division I athletes as part of the department of
orthopedic surgery. Outside of USC,Tim special-
izes in “surgery below the knee” and has a special
market for dancers. He’s very proud when he sees
his athletes and dancers on TV. Tim said he will
certainly be at our reunion in June 2012.
I also heard from David Halstead, who was
elected to the St. Lawrence University Alumni Ex-
ecutive Council, starting a three-year term this June.
Dave, who has been in operations and marketing
roles with AXA Equitable since 1999, covers five
offices in the NYC area. He moved to Huntington,
N.Y., in 2009 after spending 20 years in Manhat-
tan. Dave has mini-SLU reunions at his lake house
in Connecticut with Karla Staib Streeter ’90 and
Jim Rappaport ’90. Dave also sees DeniseTerrance
and Eric Campion ’92, as they live close by.
A few folks dropped quick one-line updates:
● Mark Sahler lives in North Lake Tahoe
with wife Kelly and two sons, Cian, 8, and Conall,
9. Mark is the director of operations at the Ritz-
Carlton, Lake Tahoe.
● Jeff Miller is moving back to San Francisco af-
ter seven years in Chicago for a promotion as the
Western Divisional sales manager for Annie’s, Inc.
● Tammy Sue Badger Lemme r is finish-
ing up her year as president of the Haslett-Oke-
mos Rotary Club and swapping it for a term as
president of the Haslett (Public Schools) Athletic
Boosters. Tammy, who received a promotion at
work (the Michigan Coalition Against Domestic
and Sexual Violence), is coordinating a multi-disci-
plinary team of statewide partners to address the
needs of survivors with disabilities.Tammy said she
had fun hosting a current SLU student for “Shadow
a Saint Day,” which partners current students with
alumni for a day in their professional field.
● Katie May Durno still lives in Grosse Pointe,
Mich., with husband Craig and two kids, Harry, 9,
and Sam, 12; she is “very busy doing the mom
thing” along with some freelance writing on the
side. Katie sees Mike Cowan a bit; he teaches
at her kids’ school. Katie also spends time with
Stacy Miller Buhler ’86 along with Mark ’90 and
Amy Saunders Russell ’90.
My former Hill News colleague Melinda Mead
Hurley wrote to say that on a recent trip from
Chicago to NYC, she visited with Ashley Whit-
taker and then ran into Adam Finger and
Jen Esposito Smith on separate occasions in
Chicago. Adam, who moved to Chicago from the
NYC area about five years ago, is married with
two kids and is a lawyer for a Chicago-based asset
management company. Meanwhile, Melinda and
Jen, who is married to Gavin Smith, were run-
ning a 5Kwith their fourth-grade daughters when
they spotted each other amongst 10,000 people!
Susan Burke O’Neal forwarded a photo
from a gathering that Alan Osborne hosted
with members of the Class of 1991 on May 19,
2011, to mark the 20th anniversary of our gradu-
ation. Others there included Debra Kanabis,
Molly Pope, Beth Moriarty Kemp, Lara
Murialdo Weis, Darci O’Brien, Noelle
Kennedy McCulloch, Ashley Whittaker,
Erik Brandvold and Nick Finn. What a great
idea,Alan – and congrats for remembering the ac-
tual date of our Commencement!
Another mini-reunion took place in Boulder,
Col., back in October 2010….this time represent-
ing “more than half of the Kenya semester pro-
gram participants from the fall semester in 1989.”
Andrea Freeman, who is a program director
with The Trustees of Reservations, a 120-year-old
non-profit that protects and cares for woodlands,
beaches, farms, trails, wetlands, urban parks and
historic buildings all over Massachusetts, wrote
to say that attendees included Colleen Quinn,
Bevin Gumm, George Bull, Jayson Benoit
Worcester Sharks
president Michael
A. Mudd ’90
has been named
the outstand-
ing executive in
the American
Hockey League
for 2010-11. Te
James C. Hendy
Memorial Award was presented to him
in recognition of the honor during the
league’s annual meeting of the Board of
Governors at Hilton Head Island, S.C. A
goalie at SLU, Mudd has been a member
of the San Jose Sharks organization for
10 years; he oversaw signifcant growth
in both ticket sales and corporate sales
during his frst season as team president,
2010-11. He also ensured the Sharks’
future in Worcester by renegotiating
the team’s arena lease and increasing the
team’s visibility in the community.