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st. lawrence university magazine | WINTER 2015
mercial and creative communica-
tions work. That work started
when she was on air with WSLU,
North Country Public Radio.
Let’s pull out those memories and
share what is going on with your
lives. Please add that wonderful
touch of nostalgia. All updaters
receive a bag of Werther’s original
candy, just like the Class of 1957
enjoys!
1984
Julie Parker
31 East Reid Place
Verona, NJ 07044
973-857-2142
Next Reunion: 35th, 2019
(cluster with ’83, ’85)
After Reunion in May, Chris
Mesolella explained that he and
his wife, Karen, live in Rochester,
N.Y. Chris moved back to Roches-
ter to practice general dentistry
with his father, and married Karen
in 1989. They have two children,
both Canisius college graduates.
Their son, Richard, started his first
year of dental school last August,
at the University of Buffalo, where
his dad went.
John Schelp visited St. Lawrence
Island, Alaska, with the director of
the National Institute of Environ-
mental Health Sciences, part of
the NIH. Next to the International
Date Line, the island is 30 miles
from Russia. John says the Yupik
people on the island suffer from
PCBs and other cancer-causing
chemicals in their environment
from an abandoned military base,
from toxins in their traditional
diet from the sea, and from air
currents bringing pollutants from
Asia and North America. The NIH
funds a health study on the island
and the director described what
she saw to health care providers
in Nome and to officials in An-
chorage. They also heard about
health concerns in a coal mining
1983
Eric Kozlowski
49 Clovercrest Drive
Rochester, NY 14618
(c) 585-230-7400
(h) 585-461-3784
Next Reunion: 35th, 2019
(cluster with ’84, ’85)
I know when the snow is flying,
and the magazine arrives, I will be
nostalgic about my time in Can-
ton. The frozen hair, crisp walks
on crunchy snow, the melt lines
revealing the poorly insulated
heating pipes that must haunt
environmentally-minded gradu-
ates to this day!
It’s really hard not to be nostalgic
when you receive a note like the
one Laura Taylor Patrick sent
me about the dropping off of four
new “Chips.” The Class of 2018
has new Saints Grant, Jack and
Grace! A fun dinner at The Club
in Canton included parents Laura,
Alice Richardson Antonelli
and Mike Quinn. Their group in-
cluded one ex-spouse and second
kids—all 16-year-old girls! Tony
Spencer and his wife, Susan, also
joined the group. Their daughter
Natalie was moving in for her
first year and joins her sister,
Alexandra ’15.
I received a wonderful, nostalgic
update from Dale Schmid. She
was proud to be back at the
United Nations Commission on
the Status of Women with her
presentation, "In Our Right Minds:
Guiding Women to the Their
Strength as Leaders, Leading Men
to Strength Without Armor." Dale
has presented this to scores of
audiences at universities, expos
and theaters cross the U.S. and
from Kauai to Dubai. Her fine arts
degree plays out in the visual
aspect of the presentation, with
art from the Paleolithic Era to the
21st century.
You may see Dale on national
infomercials or hear her on radio
or online with her corporate, com-
1981
Steve Lubrano
30 Goodfellow Road
Hanover, NH 03755
603-275-5736
-
mouth.edu
Next Reunion: 35th, 2016
(cluster with ’80 ’82)
Lucy Cardella Rathier was
selected for a 2014 Dean’s Excel-
lence in Teaching Award from
the W. Alpert Medical School
of Brown University. Lucy is a
licensed clinical psychologist and
clinical director of outpatient be-
havioral medicine services at The
Miriam Hospital in Providence, R.I.
For more on Lucy and her award,
go to
lucy-rathier/9/570/580.
Alan J. Pierce has been
selected as an Upstate New
York Super Lawyer for 2014. A
partner in the litigation practice
of the Syracuse firm of Hancock
Estabrook, LLP, he has more
than 20 years of concentration
in appellate practice, insurance
coverage, defamation, and civil
and commercial litigation.
Super Lawyers is a rating service
of outstanding lawyers from more
than 70 practice areas who have
attained a high degree of peer
recognition and professional
achievement. It is limited to 5 per-
cent of the lawyers in the state.
1982
Karen Helle Nemiah
2680 Congress Street
Fairfield, CT 06824
203-260-5299
Next Reunion: 35th, 2016
(cluster with ’80, ’81)
GardenShare, a St. Lawrence
County-based organization
devoted to ending hunger and
strengthening food security in the
North Country, has named Gloria
McAdam its new executive
director. A native of Gouverneur,
she had been president and CEO
of Foodshare, which works to
alleviate hunger and poverty in
Greater Hartford, Conn. She has
been involved in hunger issues
and food banking at both the
regional and national levels for
decades, having served as vice
chair of the National Council and
for two years on the Board of
Directors of Feeding America, the
country’s largest charitable food
program.
1980
Fran Russo-Cress
273 Converse Street
Longmeadow, MA 01106
413-565-2620
Next Reunion: 35th, 2016
(cluster with ’81, ’82)
The Rev. David S. Blanchard
has joined the ministerial staff
of the First Unitarian Church of
Rochester N.Y. An unexpected re-
ward of serving this congregation
is seeing Suzanne Brush '80, and
her mother, Nancy Brush '53 most
Sundays in the congregation.
perform the old favorites and new
to-be-classics at the Algonquin
Restaurant in Bolton Landing, N.Y.,
in late August. There’s a picture in
the ’76 column.
Stephen Bajjaly had his seven-
year anniversary at Wayne State
University in August. He’s associ-
ate dean and professor of library
and information science.
Steve “Freebs” Freeborn told
me Monty Bauer had convinced
him to participate in Chicago’s
“Big Shoulders” 5K Lake Michigan
swim, a nationally recognized
race, which usually has about
1,000 entrants. Steve said they
“did quite well in our age group.”
Steve sent a photo of him and
Monty on the shore after the
swim, in front of “SLU” carved
into the beach sand. Steve and
many other swimmers planned to
return to campus in October for a
reunion of the swim team.
Utilizing LinkedIn’s networking
power, I was able to re-connect
with a freshman hallmate, Hugh
Carvel ’77, after 37 years! He
emailed, “Our younger daughter
just went off to college, so we're
heading into empty nester
mode. It takes me back to
Larryland days.”
1979
For information about becoming a
reporter for this class, please contact
Sharon Henry, 315-229-5585 or
, or Kim His-
song, 315-229-5837 or khissong@
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Next Reunion: 40th, 2019
many others. Bongo reports that
“Once again President Fox was
gracious and tied the Adirondack
affair together, by reading
a poem done by another alum
that described rowing a boat,
when you look backward, while
going forward.”
Bongo’s son Eli is at Siena Col-
lege, and according to Bongo,
Don White’s son Skyler is at RIT.
Bongo also reported that Rich
Veith was planning a fall canoe
trip on the Saranac Lakes.
Bongo invites everyone to “Come
on up, visit the Adirondacks, and
stop in at Desperadoes for your
fill of 'Mexiquinn' food!" In July,
Jean Harrison Filer and Gael
Maybury Sopchak stopped in
to give Bongo their summer hello.
Mitch Brown emailed in late
August, “I’m a ramblin’ man.... I
moved back to Colorado to be
close to my daughters. Middle
daughter started at the University
of Colorado at Boulder, where she
is on a partial scholarship for their
D1 women's lacrosse team. My
son is a sophomore at SLU and
another daughter is also at Boul-
der. I miss New England and the
many Laurentian alums there.”
On LinkedIn, I saw that Steve
Rhoads and Mark Mayfield
rhoads) were scheduled to
relocated to Chicago, working for
Endurance, an insurance/reinsur-
ance provider. Bird and his lovely
bride are in Minnesota. Rick
Leidig has a camp caretaking
business.” Bongo is now up to 44
on the way to completing the 46
highest Adirondack peaks. Jeff
had promised to finish with him
in September. We’ll keep our
fingers crossed.
Bongo and Beth had an enjoyable
time at the Natural History Muse-
um of the Adirondacks (“The Wild
Center”) in Tupper Lake, where
Lynn ’68 and Terry Burns Bird-
song ’69 hosted a St. Lawrence
get-together. Lynn is a founding
member and president of the
museum, and Lynn Fox is on the
Board of Trustees. Attending were
North Country alums Lee Pollack
'74, Brian '74 and Janet Hurley
Bliss '74 with son Andrew '14, and
Gary Griffin ’77: “Youth is wasted
on the young.”
John Crowley ’76: “Based on the
clothes, it's possible that there
were a few pairs of platform
shoes.”
Jeff "Moose" Bentley ’77: “A lot of
guys with full heads of hair that I
bet don't have so much now!”
Dennis Barden '79: “A blast from
the past indeed"!
Mike Quinn (Bongo) emailed
that there had been “Lots of
SLU folk about Lake Placid. Tim
Judson stopped by after a golf
outing with Jeff ‘Jocko’ Reyell.
He was with his family at Camp
Canaras. Lori Light had dinner
with Beth and me, then we visited
Mike ‘Bird’ DeMane’s camp
on Upper Saranac Lake. Lori has
Trustee Johnson Wins Emmy
St. Lawrence University Trustee Sarah E. Johnson '82 is an Emmy winner. She was part of
a team of executive producers on a documentary titled The Invisible War, which won two
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Annual News and Documentary Emmy
Awards, one for Outstanding Investigative Journalism and one for Best Documentary. The
awards were announced last Sept. 30 in New York City. The film is about sexual assault in
the U.S. military.
The event was attended by more than 900 television and news media industry execu-
tives, news and documentary producers and journalists. Emmy® Awards were presented
in 43 categories, including the first-ever categories reserved for news and documentary
programming in Spanish.
“The journalists and documentarians we pay tribute to this evening are our eyes and ears across the globe, bringing back
the stories that affect each and every one of us,” said National Academy Chairman Chuck Dages. “Whether an investigative
special, a breaking news report, or a documentary on a pressing social or political issue, these are the stories we tune in to
each night to be better informed and to guide us in this rapidly changing and politically volatile world. I can’t think of more
important work than what tonight’s nominees represent.”
From left, Sara Riordan '79 , Carol Stokes-Cawley '79 and Deb Barnard
Strianese '79 had a great visit together in August and climbed Mt.
Cardigan, near Riordan’s home in New Hampshire. “That's my dog June
next to me,” Riordan said. “She has not attended college yet.”