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st. lawrence university magazine | WINTER 2015
Marchini as vice president,
commercial banking, based at the
bank’s branch at 136 East 57th
Street in New York City. With
more than 20 years of banking
industry experience, he is respon-
sible for managing commercial
banking relationships, includ-
ing loans and deposits. He joins
BankUnited from Greater Hudson
Bank in Bardonia, N.Y., where he
most recently served as chief
lending officer and senior vice
president. Prior to that, he was
president of Gotham Bank of New
York. A history major in college,
he resides in Katonah, N.Y.
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)
The University looks forward
to welcoming classmates to
campus for their 20th reunion,
with the Classes of 1995 and 1996.
Registration materials will be sent
in April.
Word was received that Amy
Bradstreet was found murdered
in her home in Cazenovia, N.Y., on
September 1. For more, see
“In Memory.”
I am thrilled that I had a little bit
to do with her choosing St. Law-
rence and am so happy that the
match is a good one! I hope you
all have a chance to do the same
with neighbors and friends as
we approach that age of having
“soon to be college-age” children.
1992
Lisa Kiene
427 West 66th Terrace
Kansas City, MO 64113
816-885-5911
Facebook: SLU ’92
Next Reunion: 25th, 2016
(cluster with ’90, ’91)
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
BankUnited has announced
the appointment of Laurence
the opportunity to work in almost
all of the major P&G businesses,
including health care, family care,
home care, ‘pharma’ and pet care.
It’s truly been a great experience!
However, upon the divestiture of
the P&G pet care business, Mars
made an offer that I just couldn’t
refuse, and P&G provided a spe-
cial retirement option. Long story
short, a tremendous opportunity!”
Congratulations, Joe, and best of
luck to you and Laura Bicknell
Carbone!
Kevin E. Raphael, of the Pittsburg
law firm Pietragallo Gordon Al-
fano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP, gave
a presentation at the Defense Re-
search Institute’s second annual
Government Enforcement and
Corporate Compliance Seminar
last July in Washington, D.C. He
co-chairs his firm’s Health Care
Litigation Practice Group.
In early September I emailed a
first-year student from my home-
town, to see how the first few
weeks on campus were going.
Here is the reply: “I’m living in
Rebert North, which is the best! I
love my roommate and everyone
on my floor. This school is amaz-
ing and I’ve been loving it since
I got here! All of my new friends
have been having the same great
experience as me; we’re really en-
joying ourselves and are already
feeling very close. My classes are
all interesting, my schedule rocks
(no class on Friday), and my high
school prepared me really well
for the work I’ve encountered so
far. It’s going to be the best four
years ever!”
Jennifer Curley Reichert,
Jennifer Hammer McGee
and Sarah Lindsay Watkins ’91
for our annual girls’ night in An-
napolis. We enjoyed the Maryland
Seafood Festival on a very hot
Saturday afternoon and then
went to dinner in downtown An-
napolis. Even though we all live
in the Washington, D.C., area, we
hardly ever see each other!
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
(cluster with ’90, ’92)
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@
stlawu.edu.
I received an email from friend
and fraternity brother Joe
Carbone: “After 24 great years
with Procter & Gamble, the time
has come for me to ‘retire.’ Well,
not exactly!” On July 31, he of-
ficially retired from P&G, and the
next day began “what promises
to be an exciting ‘second career’
with the Mars Corporation. I be-
gan my P&G career immediately
following graduation. I’ve had
In August, Cindi Hull Brassil,
Sandra Hauke Dickin ‘88 and Jean-
nine Kelsey Tocco ’88 gathered
with their families at Letitia
Howland’s home in Lynn, Mass.,
for their annual reunion weekend. A
good time was had by all. See their
picture on one of these pages.
If you have news about a recent
move, job promotion, get-togeth-
er with St. Lawrence classmates
or anything else of interest, please
contact me. Meanwhile, best
wishes for a happy new year!
1990
Lynne Gilbert Agoston
11805 Farmland Drive
Rockville, MD 20852
301-881-8331
Next Reunion: 25th, 2016
(cluster with ’91, ’92)
Greg Smith reported that nine
alums met in Lake George in
September to catch up, reminisce
about old times, and play some
golf. In addition to Greg, the
group included Kelly Ker-
naghan, Butch Rose, Fritz
O’Connor, FK Grunert, Eric
Hanson and Jim Clifford, as
well as Dave DiVita ’89 and Mike
O’Neil ’89. Greg noted that it was
their 19th consecutive annual
weekend reunion, and that they
are looking forward to number
20th.
On the topic of annual reunions,
at the same time I got together
with Karyn Edwards Niles,
Miller caught up with old friend-
roommate Dawn Dowling
Kaesgen, Esq. They enjoyed a
fabulous brunch together. Their
sons, close in age, share a lot in
common and as middle schoolers
cherish their growing academic
years as potential “Future Lau-
rentians.” These gatherings will
become a trend and they hope
one day to plan a visit together to
the St. Lawrence campus.
1989
Debbie Burdette Ritter
525 Moorefield Road
Springfield, OH 45502
937-399-2516
Next Reunion: 30th, 2020
girls are out of the house and
pursuing their interests, while her
youngest, Michael, is a junior in
high school. Kim recently took
a trip back home to Vermont to
surprise her mom for her 75th
birthday. Lots of tears were shed
since she doesn’t get back
East often.
Tim Baker bought a sailboat last
year and has been living aboard
while working international con-
sulting gigs for the UN, among
others. He has been traveling a
lot, sailing the Florida Keys and
nearby islands. At the time he
wrote, he was in the Solomon
Islands in the South Pacific.
While visiting family in the Cleve-
land suburbs, Shirley Howard
1995
Samantha C. Bixby
PO Box 5365
Breckenridge, CO 80424
307-699-4699
bixby/66/30/367/
Next Reunion: 20th, May 28-31,
2015 (cluster with ’94, ’96)
It’s taken Cary Bowman
Hunter 20 years to write in with
some news, so let’s start at the
beginning. Cary married Chris
Hunter, after graduation in 1995.
They lived in Connecticut for six
years; their first son, Jeffrey, was
born in 2000. They then moved
to Vienna, Va. (just outside of
Washington). There they wel-
comed two more children, Jack in
2004 and Katie in 2007. All three
kids are Scouts and play competi-
tive ice hockey.
Coleman Brinckerhoff lives
in San Rafael, Calif., with his wife,
Tina, 10-year-old son Merritt, a
baseball player, and daughter
Charlotte Liv, born last August.
Cole runs recruitment for Core
Mark, a wholesale distribution
company that services conve-
nience stores. It’s a Fortune 400
company. He built their recruit-
ing from the ground up and
absolutely loves going to work
every day, but still finds time to
do some sailboat racing on San
Francisco Bay and coach Little
League. Last summer he raced
in the TransPac, a 2,200-mile race
from LA to Hawaii.
Nine alumni got together in Lake George early last September to catch
up, reminisce about old times and play some golf. The group included
Greg Smith ’90 Kelly Kernaghan ’90, Butch Rose ’90 (missing from the
photo because he was taking it), Fritz O’Connor ’90, FK Grunert ’90,
Eric Hanson ’90, Jim Clifford ’90, Dave DiVita ’89 and Mike O’Neil ’89.
For 19 consecutive years, this group has gotten together for a weekend.
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1: Avery Scoville ’07 and Sarah Graves,
June 14, 2014, Grafton, Vt.
2: Lauren Burd ’06 and Hunter Wakeland,
July 19, 2014, Kennebunkport, Maine.
3: Richard Morgan “Mo” Cassara '97 and Elisa Marie DiStefano,
Aug. 28, 2014, Hauppauge, N.Y.
4: Andrew Cochran ’10 and Alyssa Smith ’10,
Aug. 16, 2014, Newport, R.I.
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WEDDINGS
We celebrate new beginnings
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