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Volume 1 • Issue 1 • Summer 2005

M A G A Z I N E

Welcome Alumni Class of 2005!

NICHOLS COLLEGE


M A G A Z I N E

NICHOLS COLLEGEVolume 1 • Issue 1 Spring 2005

Y o u r S u c c e s s I s O u r B u s i n e s s

1 FROM THE PRESIDENT

ON CAMPUS 2 Comings and Goings 6 Pipeline Puts College Within Reach 6 A Treasure in Time 7 WNRC Has Got the Power! 7 Fels Hands Board Reins to Vaudreuil

COVER STORY 8 The Road Taken:

Four Grads Head in Four Directions 9 Bryan Galvez10 Michelle Lariviere11 Amanda McMaster12 Dustin Sproul

FEATURES13 Business Case Team Victorious!14 Graduations Are Like Weddings:

Not Much Can Dampen Spirits16 Arun Gandhi Commencement Address21 Women’s World Cup to Be Promoted by

Nichols College Students22 Sports Highlights Spring 2005

ALUMNI27 Class Notes27 Catching up with Fred Levitan ’50Catching up with Fred Levitan ’50Catching up with34 Catching up with Mo Keane ’75Catching up with Mo Keane ’75Catching up with37 Catching up with Eddie Perrotti ’95Catching up with Eddie Perrotti ’95Catching up with28 A View from the Hill39 Socials42 In Memoriam

THE LAST WORD44 Make Way for the Y Generation

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C O N T R I B U T O R SPauline Borden, Cindy Brown, Brianne Callahan, Paul Caprera, Tom Carfaro, Colleen Colles, Lawrence Downs, Arun Gandhi, Richard Lee Hilliard, Mo Keane, Fred Levitan, Timothy Liptrap, Dorothy Millhofer, Debra M. Murphy, Mauri Pelto, Eddie Perrotti, Laura Robinson, Dave Solkolnicki, Susan Tellier, Stephanie Tunnera, Susan Veshi, and Mark Wagner

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F R O M T H E P R E S I D E N T

T FIRST THOUGHT, IT MAY SEEM ODD THAT A COLLEGE COMMITTED

to providing a practical business education would choose Arun Gandhi as its commencement speaker. What could future business leaders eager to make their mark on corporate America glean from a visionary who promotes a universal culture of nonviolence? Plenty. In his address, “Lessons Learned from my Grandfather,”

Gandhi, grandson of the legendary peace-fi ghter and spiritual leader, Mahatma Gandhi, enlightened the Class of 2005 and gave them a framework for living their lives and viewing their roles and responsibilities. “Nonviolence is not simply about peace and love,” he said, “It is about building relationships, creating a better atmosphere, creat-ing a better society, creating a nation where we can all help the rest of the world become a better place for everybody to live in.”

Citing his grandfather’s defi nition of violence in the form of seven sins—wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science with-out humanity, worship without sacrifi ce, and politics without principle—he added an eighth, rights without responsibilities.

Gandhi’s poignant words resonated among our graduates that day as they came to the realization that the lessons he imparted were as valuable to their ultimate success as those learned in their Advanced Accounting or Operations Management classes. He reinforced for our graduates that an education focused on practical skills relevant to today’s society must encompass an awareness of the world and their individual place in it as well as a foundation in ethical decision making.

For Gandhi’s humanitarian efforts, he was awarded an honorary degree from Nichols. Also honored at commencement was Ted Coghlin, brother of Jim Coghlin ’67. Ted embodies the ideals and values we instill in our students. He runs a thriving family business that was started by his grandfather in 1885, continually giving his employees opportunities for improvement and advancement. He is also continuing his family’s legacy of commitment to the community through many volunteer and philan-thropic activities.

Arun Gandhi and Ted Coghlin, two seemingly different men inspired by the past and delivering the same message for the future: making the world a better place is everyone’s responsibility.

By the time our students graduate, they have a pretty good idea about the importance of commu-nity service. This year alone, our clubs and sports teams completed nearly 50 projects, raising $20,000 in donations to local charitable causes. Over the past four years, we’ve hosted three softball tournaments to make the dreams of critically ilkl children come true through the Make a Wish Foundation, and a Relay for Life to benefi t the American Cancer Society. From winter clothing and canned food drives to the experience of Paul Caprera ’07, who, for the past three years, has taught soccer to impoverished and orphaned children in small villages in India, our students understand that by giving, they are getting the most out of their Nichols education.

The responsibilities we all bear to help enrich the lives of others cannot be overemphasized, and the lessons of Gandhi and his grandfather have perhaps never been more necessary than they are today. Whether they are conducting business or their daily lives, we ensure that our graduates hear those lessons and heed them too.

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President Debra M. Murphy

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Donning a Nichols College sweatshirt, 7-year-old Joseph from Uxbridge, Mass., shares a smile with his new friends from the Dudley Fire Depart-ment who drove him in style and with horns blaring to the Make-A-Wish softball game on April 25th. Organized by Nichols students, the game raised $5,000 to benefi t Joseph who hopes to visit Disney World with his family.

Each year, Gerald ’66 and Marilyn Fels generously provide up to $4,000 scholarships to commuter students from Dudley and Webster. In 2004-2005, 17 scholarships were awarded and include recipients (seated on couch left to right): Kimberly Richford, Patricia Cody, Caitlin Cullinan; (back left to right): Erika Buxton, Peter BeJune, Stacey Hejwosz, Ronald Conway.

President Debra M. Murphy has Debra M. Murphy has Debra M. Murphybeen named to the National Asso-ciation of Independent Colleges and Universities Board of Directors for a three-year term. NAICU serves as a unifi ed national voice of indepen-dent higher education, and repre-sents nearly 1,000 private nonprofi t colleges and universities on policy issues with the federal government.

Thomas R. Cafaro, who has served as vice president for college relations for the past three years, has been appointed vice president for en-rollment and marketing. In this new position, Cafaro will oversee admis-sions, marketing, fi nancial aid, pub-lic relations, the website, and customer service, and work toward the integra-tion of admissions processes and mar-keting initiatives for both the day and evening divisions. Under Cafaro’s leadership in college relations, Nichols completed a $13.2 million compre-hensive campaign, raised $1 million through the Annual Fund for the fi rst time in the college’s history, in-creased membership in the President’s Society by 11.4 percent, and more than doubled the number of alumni events held throughout the country each year.

Cafaro is succeeded by Joseph Cofi eld who was named vice president Cofi eld who was named vice president Cofi eldof advancement for the college. Cofi eld most recently served as executive vice president for the University of Massa-chusetts Foundation Inc. and before that served in a variety of development capacities at Babson College, Boston College and Brandeis University.

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(Left to right) John Davis ’72, Stephen Davis ’80, and Jim Coghlin ’67 are all smiles after the April 20th presentation by Bruce Ginsberg, pres-ident of MooBella, on “Ice Cream: What Flavor is Success?” Bruce is married to Nichols alum Robin Vincent ’93.

President Debra Murphy (left) wel-comes young girls and their mothers to the 19th Annual National Girls & Women in Sports Day. More than 80 girls, aged 5 to 14, attended the event.



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Nichols students share the spotlight with Boston Red Sox outfi elder Johnny Damon (second from left) at the Northeastern International Auto Show (left to right): Chris Hess, Ryan DePesa (Nichols sweatshirt), Rob Fitzpatrick, Dan Davis and Joe Richardson.

The lacrosse team views one of fi ve panels of The AIDS Memorial Quilt on display during Human Rights Week. Many of the panels are dedicated to individuals lost to AIDS from surrounding communities, including Oxford, Auburn, Worcester and Fitchburg. It is estimated that over 15 million have viewed the quilt, the premiere symbol of the AIDS pandemic and the largest piece of community art in the world. Human Rights Week also featured programs on tolerance, hate and hate crimes.

He earned a B.A. degree at Saint Ambrose College and a master’s in social work at Boston University.

As part of the reorganization of the admissions area, Diane L. Gillespie, director of fi nancial aid at Nichols, has been named direc-tor of admissions and fi nancial aid, effectively fi lling the position held by Joe Bellavance, dean of admis-sions and fi nancial aid, who moved on to Regis College.

Herbert B. Armstrong has joined Herbert B. Armstrong has joined Herbert B. Armstrongthe M.B.A. program as its director. Armstrong, a captain in the U.S. Army and former air traffi c control special-ist, has held administrative positions in business and aviation at Hampton University and Dowling College, and was the vice president of academic affairs at the College of Aeronautics. Armstrong earned A.B. and Ed.S. degrees at The College of William and Mary, an M.B.A. at Virginia Com-monwealth University, and an M.A. at Columbia University where he is working toward a doctorate in adult education.

The college welcomed Kevin F. Brassard as its new chief information Brassard as its new chief information Brassardoffi cer. Brassard has worked for Data General, Private HealthCare Systems, MPM Corporation, and most recently, at GKN Sinter Metals in Worcester, Mass., where he served as regional information technology director. He earned a B.S. degree in business administration from Western New England College, and an M.S. in computer information systems from Bentley College.

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Students demonstrate the dos and don’ts of dressing for business success at a fashion show hosted by Career Services. The show is one of many ways Nichols fully prepares its students for the world of business. Can you tell which is which?

Katie Brothers, assistant director of career services, and senior Nick Galbiso show off the fruits (and fi lling) of their labors after winning the pie eating contest at the Nichols College Appreciation Day, while Charlie Robert, director of athletics, and President Debra Murphy take a breather after battling it out at the toilet seat races. The surprise event on April 7th, intended to recognize the hard work of the entire college community, included the cancel-ing of classes and featured carnival games, bingo, raffl es and a scavenger hunt.

(Left to right) K.C. Poplawski, associate director of advising, and daughter, Caroline, enjoy the Women’s Potluck Dinner in March with students Nia Burke and Angela Rousseau. The annual dinner unites women faculty members and adminis-trators and women stu-dents for an evening of home cooking and camaraderie.

Stephanie Tunnera, the former director of media relations for the Breakers soccer team—Boston’s fi rst women’s professional sports team—joined Nichols as sports information director. Prior to her position at the Breakers, Tunnera served as the high school sports editor at the Boston Herald. She graduated from Spring-Herald. She graduated from Spring-Heraldfi eld College with a B.A. degree in English.

Head Basketball Coach David Sokolnicki ’97 MBA ’99 will lead the Bison in a full-time capacity. Sokolnicki has served as the men’s coach part time since 1999, in addition to his full-time position as director of alumni relations and the Annual Fund. During this time, he advanced the team to the Common-wealth Coast Conference Tournament fi ve out of his six seasons. In 2003–2004, Sokolnicki’s team, which went 17–9, captured the all-time record for the most wins in the history of both men’s and women’s basketball at Nichols College.

Lynn Cinella will assume full-Lynn Cinella will assume full-Lynn Cinellatime coaching responsibility for the women’s basketball team. Cinella served a three-year stint at Amherst College as the women’s co-head coach. A graduate of Saint Michael’s College, she earned an M.B.A. from Sacred Heart University where she also was an assistant coach. Cinella served as the general manager for the Hartford Foxforce in World Team Tennis.

As Sokolnicki moves to athletics full time, Brianne Callahan, assis-tant director of alumni relations, will take over as director of alumni rela-tions and the Annual Fund. Callahan came to Nichols in 2004 from the Spirit of Boston. She is a graduate of Suffolk University. ■

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Fifteen Southbridge High School students are taking steps toward realizing the dream of a college

education as the fi rst participants in the Pipeline to Postsecondary Education, a program initiated by Nichols to moti-vate low-income, academically under-prepared students and demonstrate the accessibility and relevance of college.

Established in April with seed funding from the former Fleet Financial Founda-tion, the pipeline is a six-week program during which students in grades 10 and 11 conduct a state-contracted environ-mental project examining local brooks. They spend the mornings in the fi eld collecting and analyzing professional-level data under the supervision Dr. Mauri Pelto, Nichols professor of environmen-tal science. The program features lunch in the Nichols Dining Hall and talks on a variety of topics, including fi nancial aid, athletics, academic advising, and the admissions process.

The program strives to offer these students a new outlook on education and its relevance to real life. It has also helped “demystify” the college experi-ence for its participants.

Professor Pelto (far right) helps Pipeline students measure the velocity of Breakneck Brook in Southbridge.

Pipeline Puts College Within Reach

A Treasure in Time

In the spirit of preserving the history and beauty of Dudley Hill, Nichols plans to restore Conant Observatory built in the early 1880s and named for the Dudley inventor and Nichols benefactor, Hezekiah Conant. Approximate-

ly $100,000 is needed for restoring the existing structure, creating a small museum, and refurbishing two historic telescopes. Its fi rst fl oor will continue to be used as a chapel for Nichols campus ministry.

While many universities have historic observatories on their grounds, Conant’s astronomical clock (used as the Observatory’s clock) is possibly one of the most important precision regulators in the country. Hezekiah Conant contracted with Tiffany & Company to make several of these massive clocks after patenting a mechanism which averaged out timing error.

A Conant clock furnished the standard and sidereal time, as well as the exact right ascension of the sun for any instant. In other words, it could tell time in three ways and was always right. In the past, observatories sold railroads the exact time using these precision clocks. Today, one of these rare, multi-pendulum isochronal clocks stands prominently in Nichols Library.

Conant Observatory’s refl ecting telescope, a 6.5-inch Calver, is in good shape. Although several elements are missing, replacement parts can be located or fabri-cated. In addition, the college owns a 4-inch Clark refracting telescope which needs major repair as all of its lenses have disappeared.

The restored Conant Observatory will give a deeper appreciation of change to the Nichols campus and Dudley Hill. If you have any artifacts or information on Conant Observatory, please contact [email protected]. Donations may be made to the “Observatory Restoration Fund,” c/o Nichols College, Center Road, Dudley, MA 01571.


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Nichols College radio station has received a long-awaited nod from the FCC for its application

to inch up the FM dial and increase its wattage and service area.

WNRC has moved from 95.1 FM where it has broadcast for more than 20 years to 97.5 FM. With the boost of power, from 14 to 100 watts, the station hopes to do more outreach to the towns surrounding the campus, such as Dudley, Charlton and Webster, and better serve the community. In addition to supporting a variety of live musical formats— from polka to punk—and an eclectic automat-ed mix, the station plans to offer greater community access to the events on the Nichols campus and expanded program-ming opportunities.

WNRC Has Got the Power!

After six years at the helm of the Nichols College Board of Trustees, Gerald Fels ’66 has stepped down as chair-man. Robert J. Vaudreuil ’77, president and CEO of

The Protector Group Insurance Agency, has replaced Fels who will continue to serve the college as a board member.

During Fels’ tenure, Nichols strengthened its mission as a provider of a quality business education. Thanks largely to his guidance, dedication and expertise, the college emerged from its identity and fi nancial struggles poised to move securely into its third century of success. “We rely on the board to provide ‘time, treasure, and talent,’” says Pres-ident Debra Murphy. “As I refl ect back, I know I didn’t un-derstand these three things the way I do now after working with Jerry for the past six years. His contributions have been immeasurable.”

President Murphy is confi dent Fels’ legacy is in good hands with Vaudreuil, who has been a Nichols trustee since 1998. “Nichols is very fortunate to have another loyal and supportive alumnus lead us,” she says. “As a top executive in Central Massachusetts, Bob clearly understands our

Fels Hands Board Reins to Vaudreuilmission to provide the best practically oriented business education in New England.”

In addition to heading up the larg-est independent insurance agency in Central Massachusetts, Vaudreuil, a cer-tifi ed public accountant, is chairman of the Board of Directors of the Massa-chusetts Association of Insurance Agents and a member of the Massachusetts Society of Certifi ed Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certifi ed Public Accountants. He is also a regis-tered representative of New England Securities. In 1988, he was honored by the Greater Worcester Jaycees as anOutstanding Young Leader. He has served on the Board of Directors of Saint Francis Home, Children’s Friend, Visit-ing Nurse Association, and Saint Vincent Hospital Devel-opment Foundation.

Gerald Fels ’66

Robert J. Vaudreuil ’77

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hen Nichols Trustee Jim Coghlin ’67 presented his

brother, Ted Coghlin, with an honorary Doctor of Science

in Business Administration degree at this year’s commencement cere-

mony, he stated that Ted’s life was all about posi-tively affecting thousands of lives by making “their success” his business. Years from now, will the same be said of today’s Nichols grads? Will they conscientiously balance the benefi ts and privileges of a Nichols degree with the responsibility to con-tribute to society and the lives of others? Has their Nichols education been leading them in the right direction?

As we welcome the Class of 2005 to the ranks of Nichols alumni, four members discuss their pri-orities, fears and lessons learned as they take their fi rst steps on the roads that stretch before them. These very recent graduates – Bryan Galvez, Michelle Lariviere, Amanda McMaster, and Dustin Sproul – will face a world of challenge and change on their chosen paths, but with the assur-ance that Nichols has fully prepared them to grow into and with their professions, and to use their gifts to make a difference.

We wish them and all 2005 graduates well and remind them that no matter where life takes them, they are always welcomed back to the Hill.

FOUR GRADSHead in FOUR DIRECTIONS

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Heading to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar“Tomorrow’s success comes from today’s learning!” reads the sign in the foyer of the 66th MSS Education and Flight Training Center at Hanscom Air Force Base.

Bryan Galvez, a 23-year-old senior airman specializing in information tech-nology, couldn’t agree more. “The Air Force really takes care of you,” he says, referring to its tuition assistance program which provides 100 percent tuition and fees for college courses taken by active duty personnel. “I watch other military personnel waste their time playing video games and try to encourage them to ‘get smart’ and get a degree.”

Raised in a military family in Detroit, Galvez was aimless after graduating high school. Still unemployed at 19, his mother encouraged him to enlist in mili-tary service as a way to get more disci-pline and acquire practical work skills. After being assigned to Hanscom, Galvez tried Middlesex Community College for three semesters, but felt that he was “moving like a turtle.” He transferred into Nichols undergraduate business

program where he could take advantage of both accelerated fi ve-week and online classes.

Galvez, who made high honors while going to school and working two full-time jobs, says that his college courses have helped him feel more confi dent and improved his ability to communicate. He credits this to the number of presen-tations he’s given for class assignments and the signifi cant amount of group work that’s part of the accelerated pro-gram.

On May 1st, Galvez joined military personnel at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. Computer specialists, responsible for maintaining superior military systems for warfi ghters and logisticians, are of vi-tal importance to mission success in Iraq. Approximately 4,000 U.S. soldiers are stationed at Al Udeid, the largest U.S. munitions and material warehouse in the Middle East.

“I’m really disappointed that I couldn’t attend my Nichols graduation,” he comments. “I took six courses last se-

mester just to make sure that I fi nished my degree requirements before being de-ployed.” When Galvez returns from Qa-tar, he hopes to continue on his educa-tional journey and enter law school.

◗ UPDATE FROM BRYAN!Excerpt from a May 24, 2005, email from Bryan Galvez to Selena Reich, assis-tant director of military programs (pic-tured about with Galvez):

“It gets very busy over here. I work at the Help Desk and take care of computer issues. I work six days a week, 12 hours a day, but just got my fi rst day off last Thursday. Mostly, I workout, read, study and sleep. I’ll be here until September. I just want to say thank you for everything you’ve done; please let everyone know that I’m fi ne and working hard.”

◗ You can send your best wishes to Bryan at:

SrA Bryan GalvezCentraf/AUAB-CAOC/C6APO, AE 09309

The Road Taken

B R Y A N G A L V E ZL E S S O N S H A R E D

The key is to just get on a

road, regardless of whether it’s

the job of your dream. This road

trip is going to take a lifetime,

and you’ll be faced with many

career decisions. So, throw away

any preconceived notions you

hold of yourself and of the

rest of the world.


Valedictorian Is Heading to Las Vegas!Michelle Lariviere’s favorite poet is Rob-ert Frost. To her, “The Road Not Taken” means leaving a familiar space she knows all too well and taking a path that in-spires her to explore herself. After gradu-ation, Lariviere headed to Las Vegas, hoping to make new friends and teach high school English.

Lariviere was named valedictorian of Nichols’ Class of 2005 and graduated

summa cum laude with a 3.98 grade point average. She was accepted into Teach For America, a na-tional corps of outstand-ing college graduates who commit two years to teach in urban public schools.

So how did Lariviere, a West Warwick, R.I., na-tive and the fi rst in her family to fi nish college, end up on the road to Vegas? She credits several infl uences besides Frost. Her transition to college was made easier by Pro-fessor Richard Valle’s class on the Phoenix Phenom-enon. “We examined what it took to be a survivor, both emotionally and phy-sically,” she says. When she began her academic jour-ney, she was headed in the direction of market-

ing, but switched her specialization to English in sophomore year when she was

drawn to her humanities classes taught by Professors Karen Tipper, Jeffrey Halprin, and Wayne-Daniel Berard.

Lariviere’s interest in teaching was sparked by Crystal Bickford (pictured at left with Lariviere), director of academic services, when she was recruited to take her love of writing into the classroom and help fellow students as a writing consultant. “Experiencing the need to improve writing profi ciency at the col-lege level made me want to be a high school teacher,” Lariviere states. “Profes-sor Bickford’s been such a wonderful mentor. When I was thinking about changing my major to English, she told me that if you’re doing something you love, everything will fall into place.”

And, for Lariviere, it has. After a suc-cessful college experience, she says she’s ready to give her time, talent, and energy to her Las Vegas high school students, and to continue to live by her mantra: “Get out there. Learn new skills. Wel-come surprise!” Nichols College is bet-ting she’ll go far.

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M I C H E L L E L A R I V I E R EL E S S O N S H A R E D

If you see something going

on that you believe is wrong,

be the person who does some-

thing about it. It often takes

special courage to provide

opportunities to underserved

segments of the population,

but it will take you to places

you never dreamed.


Sticking Close to HomeIn the fall of 2004, accounting major Amanda McMaster gave birth to her daughter, Brianna Mendoza-McMaster. “It totally changed my priorities,” she says. “It’s not about me anymore. Now I’m making decisions for two.” Between midnight feedings, McMaster studied hard to complete her senior-year academ-ic requirements and graduate on time.

McMasters fi rst learned about Nich-ols when she took an advanced place-ment course in high school taught by MBA alumnus Karin Orbon ’93. From there, she attended Clark University as a pre-med major, but felt disconnected. She transferred to Nichols to pursue ac-counting and thought a small campus would be a better fi t.

“If you miss a class at Nichols,” McMaster says, “your professors will hunt you down! Of course, I mean this

in the most affectionate way. It’s just that everybody knows your name.” She con-siders herself especially fortunate to have studied under Professor Jack Arm-strong. “He’s been like a father to me,” she comments, “constantly advising me on my accounting career.”

Armed with that advice and the posi-tive feedback she received from mock in-terviews at Nichols, McMaster secured a job at the Boston public accounting fi rm of Feeley and Driscoll, PC, in January. The offer was considerable—a starting salary of $48,000 plus a $7,000 sign-on bonus, four weeks vacation and health care benefi ts—but it was the fl exibility that sold McMaster, a single mother, and satisfi ed her desire to put family fi rst. The fi rm assigned her to a client in

Worcester County so she can stick close to home.

Twenty-fi ve years down the road, McMaster, who is currently enrolled in the Nichols MBA program and studying for the CPA exam, hopes to make part-ner at Feeley and Driscoll and hopes that her daughter is happy becoming “who-ever she wants to be.” She knows she’s lucky to have a job and offers sage advice to fellow graduates who have yet to hit their stride: “You have to do the leg work and then fate takes it from there. In the end, everything works out the way it’s supposed to be.”

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A M A N D A M c M A S T E RL E S S O N S H A R E D

Don’t allow culture to defi ne

which road you should take.

Figure out what success means

to you personally. A lot of mon-

ey, a nice house, a nice car—

these are extremely narrow ways

of defi ning success, and they do

not provide fulfi llment in them-

selves. Put your family fi rst.


On the Road to Cleveland Where the Business of Basketball Is No GameSport management major Dustin Sproul snagged a job with the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers. “You have to be more than a big sports fan to make it in the industry,” he states. “Actually, it was my passion for sales that helped me get my foot in the door.”

It all started with a gutsy February trip to Detroit where Sproul and three of his classmates fl ew overnight to attend a Detroit Pistons career fair. Competing with over a thousand hopefuls, the Nichols seniors seemed to impress NBA reps from the Pistons, Bulls, Pacers, and Cavaliers with their moxie and determi-nation. “You had two minutes to sell yourself to the recruiter,” Sproul recalls. “The Cavaliers was the last team I talked to, and I was one of the last 20 people waiting in their line. I focused on my sales experience during high school [sell-ing kitchen knives] and my success cold calling for my Sponsorship Sales class.”

Two interviews later, Sproul was offered a job.

Sproul was helped along the way by an internship experience with the Tuc-son Sidewinders, a triple A affi liate of the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team. A native of Arizona, he was able to live at home during this time and meet his aca-demic requirements online.

With the Sidewinders, Sproul partici-pated in live event marketing, worked on community relations tasks, and assisted the stadium operations manager. He recalls a particularly stressful July 4th celebration that involved synchronizing a 50-person

ROTC choir singing the national anthem with a simultaneous fl y-by of two Davis-Monthan Air Force

base jets. Despite the one oversight of forgetting to turn on the microphone, Sproul believes the practical experience gave him the confi dence to continue his journey in sport management.

By graduation, he had signed the lease on his fi rst apartment and was ready for his road trip to Cleveland’s Gund Arena. “I’m hoping the Cavaliers will be my stepping stone to a great future in profes-sional sport management,” says Sproul. “I’m going to have to pay my fi rst-year dues with long hours and hard work, but I’m ready to roll up my sleeves and get started.” ■

The Road Taken

D U S T I N S P R O U LL E S S O N S H A R E D

Be a bulldog job seeker. Demon-

strate that you’re taking your ca-

reer seriously and are ready to

jump into the workforce. During

the course of each interview, be

quick to explain what you have to

offer and how you could add val-

ue to the team. Once you get that

fi rst job, give it all you’ve got. Be

enthusiastic.


Nichols College out-scored both undergraduate and graduate teams in a business case competition hosted

by Saint Michael’s College, Vermont. A fi rst prize of $1,000 was awarded to Nichols business majors, seniors Krystal Bubnick, Timothy Miller, Jenna Murphy and Jenna Murphy and Jenna Murphy Kimberly Richford. Other schools competing included: University of New Hampshire; SUNY Plattsburgh; The University of Vermont; SUNY Potsdam; Clarkson University; and Concordia University (Canada).

Each team received the same case based on a lawsuit against Kraft’s Oreo cookies and had one week to write an analysis addressing the ethics of market-ing to the most vulnerable of all media audiences—children.

Competition rules were strict. “I had to agree to compliance that the team would not receive any outside help from professors or other students before be-ing allowed to download the case from a secure website,” comments ProfessorLarry Downs, Nichols case competi-tion coordinator.

The judges fi rst read the fi ve under-graduate and fi ve graduate campus sub-missions (note: it was blind reviewed with no institutional affi liation appear-ing on any paper) and selected three un-dergraduate and three graduate teams to present orally on April 21st. Judges for the oral presentation were: Rick Peyser, director of social advocacy and public rela-tions at Green Mountain Coffee Roasters of Waterbury, VT; Geoff Gevalt, man-aging editor, The Burlington Free Press; and Dr. Kevin Kolben, fellow, Pruden-tial Business Ethics Center, Rutgers University.

Is it ethical to market junk food?Teams were asked to evaluate Kraft’s response to the lawsuit, including

Kraft’s implementation of a comprehen-sive plan to reduce portion sizes, pro-hibit marketing towards children, pro-vide information on healthy choices, and set standards for health content.

“We were prepared for this competi-tion,” says marketing and fi nance major Timothy Miller. “Professors (William)Lasher and Lasher and Lasher Downs ‘keep it real’ using case studies with one week deadlines.” He believes that this helped the team quickly analyze the situation, accurately form a set of solutions, and implement the best option.

Accounting major Krystal Bubnick agrees that Nichols faculty made a dif-ference. “Our professors were in busi-ness, so they bring their expertise into the classroom,” she states, “and because Nichols is a small school, we have more opportunity to interact with them.”

“The judges were brutal,” comments Jenna Murphy. “We went before them

as if we were presenting to a ‘real-life’ boss.” After each PowerPoint presenta-tion, judges played “devil’s advocate,” baiting teams with questions, such as: Is it ethical to sell junk food to the poor who can’t afford healthier foods? Should warning labels be used to communicate the dangers of obesity?

“Nichols College helped me to devel-op a fearlessness while presenting,” says general business senior Kimberly Rich-ford. “I believe that Professor Downs helped me to succeed because he chal-lenged me in the classroom through a combination of teamwork and case work.”

“I was so proud of our team,” com-ments Professor Downs, “The judges made every team nervous, but our Nichols students didn’t back down. They steadfastly articulated some very strong arguments, whereas the other teams were stopped cold.” ■

President Debra Murphy congratulates team members: Kimberly Richford, Jenna Murphy, Krystal Bubnick and Tim Miller. Far right, Nichols case competition coordinator, Professor Larry Downs

■ Business Case Team Victorious!

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IT IS NOT EVERY YEAR THE SCHOOL’S GRAD-uation procession includes a visit from a visionary, but then the Hill at Nichols College is no ordinary place. Despite rain and wind and cool temperatures, the high spirits of 413 graduates were not dimmed,

but received added lift from hearing an address by Arun Gandhi, whose occupation is listed as, simply, visionary. Arun Gandhi, the grandson of India’s legendary leader, Mohandas K. Mahatma Gandhi, spoke of knowledge and wisdom and poignant memories of childhood visits with his famous grandfather.

In all, graduations are like weddings: Not much can dampen spirits. While winds buckled the great circus tent, attendees enjoyed a moving tribute to the class of 2005 by Michelle Lariviere, class valedictorian. Lariviere’s interpreta-

tion of Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” took on add-ed meaning as the day’s cool chilled the air. Frost’s message of taking risks and going down life’s untrodden paths is re-newed each year and made possible, according to Lariviere, by friends and the confi dence that comes with age, but most of all by family.

The senior class address also struck a note of the strength of families, and of looking forward and looking back. Class President Jennifer Leblanc recalled that this class had barely arrived when 9/11 changed the course of all our lives. And Leblanc brought on the most rousing cheer from her classmates by recalling that the Boston Red Sox’s fi rst World Championship in 87 years—surely not a coincidence—came on their watch.

Like Lariviere, Leblanc struck the note of family. At the

Senior Class President Jennifer Leblanc right) waits to lead the procession.


Trustee James W. Coghlin, Sr. ’67 presents his brother Edwin B. “Ted” Coghlin, Jr. with Honorary Doctor of Science in Business Administration

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end of any journey, after the fruits of work are harvested, family is the one thing that has set the stage for our past success; they are the ones who will be there when we begin again on a new journey. Family is the one constant through life’s up and downs.

Doubly fi tting then that this day was graced by Arun Gandhi carrying forward the message of his grandfather. Arun was raised in apartheid South Africa. He recalled be-gin beaten up by black youths for not being black and white youths for not being white. When he began to plot his re-venge and subscribed to body building magazines, his par-ents sent him to visit his grandfather in India. Needless to say, a year and a half with one of the great teachers in world history set Arun on his life’s path: In 1991, he founded the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence in Memphis, and

speaks to gatherings like the one at Nichols about the need for human society to “transform knowledge into wisdom.” With wisdom, we will be able to fi nally realize his grandfa-ther’s vision for “a culture of justice and nonviolence.”

The class of 2005 is the fi rst class at Nichols to be schooled entirely in the new century. These years have been marked by enormous changes, and Nichols College has not avoided this trend. Six long-teaching faculty members were graduating on this day as well. One of them—Professor Richard Valle—had led the graduates in the singing of the “Alma Mater” for 34 years. For the fi rst time in more than three decades, someone new led the voices in song. While Professor Valle’s resonant voice was missed, Professor Wayne-Daniel Berard ably fi lled his shoes. ■

L to R: Professor Maruie Pelton, CIO Kevin Brassard, and Professor Tom Duncan.

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Wayne-Daniel Berard, Ph.D., presents Arun Gandhi with a Honorary Doctor of Humanities degree

Thank you very much. It’s a great pleasure to be here. I would like to thank the President and the Board of Trustees of

the College for having honored me today with an honorary degree. It’s a wonderful experience to get a degree without having to work for it.

In the Indian tradition, it is said that there is rain on an auspicious day; that God is trying to bless us. But sometimes God’s blessings can be of two kinds: the positive and the negative. That is because God is trying to tell us that life is not always warm and sunny and bright. There are some days when it’s cold and wet and miserable, and we have to learn to accept all of these in our life and make the best of them.

My grandfather realized this about a century or more ago when he became the victim of apartheid in South Africa. He wondered how to get justice, and that is why the whole idea of nonviolence dawned on him, and he began to prac-tice it. The more he practiced it, the more he realized that we are dominated by the whole culture of violence. Unless we change the culture of violence to a culture of nonviolence, we are going to slide down deeper and deeper into vio-lence, until we are possibly wiped off the face of the earth. So it is something that we need to be concerned about and need to understand.

Today, all of you are graduating, and that graduation means that you have acquired knowledge. Now it is up to you to defi ne whether that knowl-edge can be transformed into wisdom. It is through your life experiences that you can transform that knowledge into wisdom and help make this world a bet-

ter place for all of us to live in. There are lots of people who say that once you’ve got a degree, you’re going to go out into the marketplace, fi nd a good job and make a lot of money. But I want you to remember that simply mak-ing a lot of money is not the only thing in life. We need to be concerned, also, about other things—about the quality

of life, about relationships, about under-standing, and about various other things that we need to do to make life on this earth not only pleasant for ourselves but pleasant for everybody else in this world. That is what nonviolence is about. Non-violence is not simply about peace and love, it is about building relationships, creating a better atmosphere, creating

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President Debra Murphy; Jeff Halprin, Associate Dean of Business; Arun Gandhi; Libba Moore, Associate Dean of Liberal Arts



a better society, creating a nation where we can all help the rest of the world become a better place for everybody to live in.

When somebody asked grandfather to defi ne what he meant by violence, he talked about the seven sins, which were:

Wealth without WorkPleasure without ConscienceKnowledge without CharacterCommerce without MoralityScience without HumanityWorship without Sacrifi ce, and Politics without Principle.

I added an eighth one recently, Rights without Responsibilities. Now notice that in none of these seven sins do we hear him talk about war or about fi ght-ing. That is not because he didn’t con-sider them to be a sin, but because he felt that fi ghting and war are created by these seven sins. We are constantly com-mitting these seven sins in our lives, and that is what generates violence in our lives. So, we need to be cognizant of the fact that we are all contributing to vio-lence in some way or the other.

I became aware of this when I was a 12-year old boy and I was taken to In-dia to live with my grandfather for a while, hopefully to learn something from him. One day I was coming back from school and I had a notebook and pencil in my hands to do my lessons with. While walking back, I absent-mindedly happened to look at the pen-cil which was about three inches long and I decided this was too small for me to use. So without a second thought, I threw that pencil away because I was so sure that grandfather would give me a new pencil when I asked him for one.

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But that evening when I went to grand-father and asked him for a new pencil, instead of giving me one, he subjected me to a lot of questions. He wanted to know how the pencil became small, where did I throw it away, why did I throw it away, and on and on and on. I couldn’t understand why he was making such a fuss over a little pencil, until he told me to go out and look for it. I said, “You must be joking. You don’t expect me to look for a little pencil in the dark.” He said, “Oh yes I do, and here is a fl ashlight. Take this fl ashlight and go out and look for the pencil.” I must have spent about two hours searching for it. When I fi nally found it and brought it to him, he said, “Now I want you to sit here and learn two very important lessons. The fi rst lesson is that even in the making of a simple thing like a pen-cil, we use a lot of the world’s natural resources. And when we throw them away, we are throwing away the world’s natural resources, and that is violence against nature. The second lesson is because in an affl uent society we can afford to buy all these things in bulk, we over-consume the resources of the world. Because we over-consume them, we are depriving people elsewhere of these resources, and they have to live in poverty, and that is violence against hu-manity.” That was the fi rst time I real-ized that all of these little things we do every day, consciously and unconscious-ly, things that we waste and throw away, all contribute to violence in society in some form or the other. Then he made me draw a family tree of violence on the same principles as a genealogical tree, with violence as the grandparent and physical violence and passive violence as the two offspring. Every day before I went to bed, I had to examine every-thing that happened during the day. Things that I may have done to other people or people may have done to me.

All of these had to be examined and put in their appropriate places on that tree.

Now physical violence is something that we understand. It’s the kind of violence where we use physical force against one another. But passive violence is something that we tend to ignore, be-cause it’s the kind of violence where we don’t use any physical force, and never-theless, we hurt people one way or the other. It is that passive violence that generates anger in the victim, and the victim then explodes into physical vio-lence. Passive violence is the fuel that ignites physical violence. So logically, if we want to put out the fi re of physical violence, we have to cut off the fuel sup-ply. Since the fuel supply comes from each one of us, we have to become the change that we wish to see in this world. It is this that we need to understand about the philosophy of nonviolence. As young people who are going out into the world, you’re going to carve out a niche for yourself in this world. I would like to invite you to take this opportuni-ty and convert the knowledge that you acquired at this college, and years of study that you put in this college, into wisdom that is going to help not only you, but help this whole world.

I want to conclude with one short story – a story that my grandfather used to be very fond of telling us about an ancient Indian king who once became very serious about the meaning of peace. He would invite all the intellectuals in his kingdom to come and explain the meaning of peace. Everybody tried their best, but nobody could satisfy the king. One day, there was an intellectual from another town who came on a visit. The king asked him the meaning of peace. And he said, “The only person who can give you a satisfactory answer is an old saint who lives outside your kingdom. He is so old that he cannot come to you; you will have to go to him and ask

him the meaning of peace.” The next day, the king went to the saint and the saint heard the question, quietly went into the kitchen, came back with a grain of wheat and placed that grain of wheat in the king’s palm and said, “Here is your answer.” Of course, the king was too ignorant to show his ignorance. He didn’t know what a grain of wheat had to do with peace. So he clutched that grain of wheat and went back to his pal-ace, found a little gold box, and placed that grain of wheat in the box. Everyday he would open the box and look for an answer, and he couldn’t fi nd any answers. A few days later, this intellectual came back for a returned visit, and the king asked him to explain. That’s when the intellectual said, “It’s very simple.” He said, “As long as you keep this grain of wheat in the box, nothing is going to happen. It will eventually rot and per-ish, and that will be the end of the story. But if you allow this grain of wheat to interact with all of the elements, if you had planted this outside in the soil, it would sprout and grow and eventually you could have a whole fi eld of wheat.”

So that is the meaning of peace: If we have found peace and if we keep it locked up in our hearts for our own personal gains, it will perish with us. But if we let it interact with all of the elements, it will sprout and grow and very soon we could have a whole world of peace.

Now, I have come here today to share with you that grain of wheat that I brought from my grandfather and from my parents. I hope that you will not let it drop and perish, but let it interact with all of the elements so that all of us together can work toward creating a world of peace and harmony.

Congratulations, and all the best for your future. ■


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The Hurley Family

A proud family celebrates the magna cum laude gradua-tion of Casey and Courtney Balick.

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Your Will…and the Future of NicholsIn the United States,

• 20 percent of all people who die each year have no surviv-ing spouse, children, or par-ents– no one to inherit their estates;

• 70 percent of those old enough to have a will, do not have a will; and

• 70 percent of those who do have wills, say their wills are not up to date.

Wills provide many ways for you to support Nichols College. You can leave specifi c a amount of property, a percentage of your estate, or a memorial gift in honor of a friend. In addition, you can create a charitable trust to generate income for you and your family. The possibilities are almost endless.

For more information, please contact the College Advancement Offi ce at 508-213-2211.

Lindsay Gorham’s family and friends.

Graduates receiving an Associate in Business Administration degree

Second from right: Cheryl AnnMarie Costopulos, winner of the William Stewart Trophy for loyalty, integrity and consideration, with her proud family.

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The central educational goal at Nichols College is to teach the real world. While practical education shapes

the classroom and cultural programs on the Hill, the best of all worlds is when students get out in the fi eld and actual-ly engage in hands-on experiences.

This summer, six students from Nichols’ Sport Management Program will do just that as they learn how to plan and market a major international event, the women’s World Cup in lacrosse.

Sponsored by the International Fed-eration of Women’s Lacrosse Associations and held every four years, the contest involves teams from 10 countries: Cana-da, Australia, Czech Republic, England, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Scotland, Wales, and the United States. The U.S. women have won every year but 1986, when the Aussies took top honors. This year, the games will be played at the Glenn Warner Soccer Facility at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. The semis and fi nals will be played at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.

One specifi c responsibility of the Nichols students is to help develop, mar-ket and promote the STX Fan Zone, an interactive fan experience that involves skills challenges, an obstacle course and other activities. The students will be sel-ling tickets, and coordinating mailings, phones calls and email solicitations. Mar-keting efforts will also focus on local schools, camps, park and recreation associations and colleges. The hands-on learning experience is part of the Event Management class taught by Assistant Professor Timothy Liptrap. The goal of the class, accord-ing to Sport Management Program

Director Colleen Colles, is to expose students to the realities of marketing and running a major sporting event.

“The feedback we get from industry professionals is that the fi eld experiences help our students secure top notch in-ternship positions and add signifi cant value to their resumes when seeking entry level positions,” says Professor Colles. “In addition to helping with job placement, I think these applied experi-ences highlight the many challenges and rewards that come with planning and executing a successful event.”

Under Professor Colles’ direction, and with the help of Professor Liptrap, the Sport Management Program contin-ues to grow, and has steadily graduated more students. With 23 scheduled grad-uates this year, that number swells to 39 in the class of 2007 and 55 in the class of 2008. Internships and event manage-

ment experiences have helped students secure great internships, which have helped them get jobs in the ultra com-petitive sports industry. One recent grad-uate, Hue Le completed a practicum with the Nutmeg State Games and then interned with the New York Knicks and New York Liberty in Madison Square Garden. Kevin Riexinger will be the Kevin Riexinger will be the Kevin Riexingerschool’s fi rst intern to work with Inter-national Management Group (IMG), the world leader in sport and entertainment management and athlete representation.

The women’s World Cup in lacrosse is not the fi rst time Nichols College stu-dents have “gone to the fi eld.” The Event Management class has helped market and run events for a U.S.A. Field Hockey East Coast Tour in 2002, as well as the Ultimate Frisbee national champion-ships in Sarasota, Florida, in the fall of 2003. Professor Colles has fond memo-ries of the Ultimate Frisbee tournament, which included self-refereed games from the fi rst round through the champion-ship game. “This wasn’t NFL football and video replays,” Professor Colles says. “It was good for the students to see something like that.”

As for future events, the Ultimate Players Association has contacted Nichols and would like to work with the college again. And Nichols will always be look-ing for more opportunities for students to get hands-on experience. ■

Colleen Colles, Sport Management Program Director, and Assistant Professor Timothy Liptrap have seen the program grow from 21 majors in the Class of 2003 to 68 majors in the Class of 2008. Sport management majors for the incoming Class of 2009 is expected to be an all-time high.

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The 2005 spring season at Nichols College proved to be a challenge as the weather

wreaked havoc on the schedules. After the baseball, softball and women’s lacrosse teams returned from spring training in Florida, the only team to play or practice on a fi eld was the men’s lacrosse team. The teams persevered through all the changes and success arrived as three of the teams advanced to the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) playoffs—baseball, tennis and men’s lacrosse.

The baseball team had another successful campaign as second-year Head Coach Brian Lambert led the Bison to an impressive 22-16 overall record and a 14-6 regular season CCC mark. The Bison were ranked fourth in the CCC tournament and advanced to the semifi nal round.

The team started the year off down in Tampa, Fla. and came back with a 4-5 record against a number of quality opponents.

The Bison lost some tough games at the start of the season in Massa-chusetts but managed to squeeze out wins over Brandeis and split

with Eastern Nazarene. Nichols turned it on as the Bison went 13-4 down the stretch. The Bison swept New England College, Anna Maria and Roger Wil-liams. After the six-game win streak the Bison dropped a game to non-league Coast Guard but bounced back with a sweep of CCC opponent Gordon College. After dropping two winnable games to Curry College (14-12, 11-9), Nichols reeled off four straight wins (two vs. Wentworth; two vs. Colby).

In the tournament, Nichols lost the fi rst game to Eastern Nazarene (4-0) but bounced back and disposed of Gordon College, 16-4. Senior Justin Dockham (Gilford, NH) earned the win, while senior Luke McLaughlin(Pawtucket, RI) went 3-for-5 with four RBI, a double and a triple. Junior left-fi elder Jason Leonard (Pawtucket, RI) went 3-for-4 with two RBI and two runs.

Nichols needed a win against Curry to advance to the semifi nal round. Curry took a 2-0 lead but senior Mike Escolas (Oxford, MA) hit his sixth home run of the season to tie it up. Curry went up again, 4-2, but the Bison chipped away. In the eighth inning, se-nior Shawn Fehr (Clinton, NY) tied the game as he snuck home while senior Mike Barry (Salisbury, MA) broke up a double-play attempt at second. The

game went into the 13th inning when the rain stopped play. After an hour wait, the two teams agreed to continue the game the next day. The rain cancelled the game on Sun-day, May 1st, so the two teams would meet up again on Monday, May 2nd. The marathon game be-gan as Escolas led off the 13th in-ning with a hard single over the head of the Curry shortstop. Luke McLaughlin hit a double down the third base line.

With men on second and third, Curry chose to walk junior Sean Glavin (Billerica, MA) to load the bases for junior Jay Leonard (Paw-tucket, RI). With the count at 3-1, Leonard launched the next pitch into left-centerfi eld for his fi rst col-lege home run to give the Bison an 8-4 lead. Freshman Jamie Kimberly (Woodbury, CT) took the mound and fi elded a ground-ball to end the game and advance the Bison into the semifi nal round.

Nichols needed to sweep Eastern Nazarene to advance to the CCC fi nal. In the fi rst game, senior Kevin Riexinger (Flemington, NJ) went the distance and scattered seven hits in a 9-4 victory. Mike Barry had a two-run home run, a double and fi ve RBI, while Mike Escolas went 2-for-4 with two RBI. The Bison were eliminated by Eastern Nazarene in the second game, 9-3.

The successful season can be attributed to a strong group of seniors. Senior pitcher and captain

Summary for Spring Teams Win - Loses

Men’s Baseball 22 - 16

Women’s Softball 8 - 20

Men’s Tennis 5 - 8

Men’s Lacrosse 3 - 9

Women’s Lacrosse 1 - 13

Men’s Spring Golf 3 - 3






Justin Dockham, Chris Demers(Blackstone, MA), Fehr, McLaugh-lin, Escolas, Barry, Riexinger, Chris Santosuosso (Billerica, MA) and Adam Blaha (Guilford, CT).

The Softball team had a tough season for the young softball team as the Bison battled through slumps and injuries en route to an 8-20 season under fi rst-year coach Steve Ross. The team’s eight wins marked the beginning of a bright future for the Bison considering nine of the 16 players were freshmen.

The Bison picked up their fi rst win of the season by defeating Bay Path by a score of 9-0. Six different players recorded a hit and an RBI. Junior outfi elder Jen Dudney (Ash-land, MA) had two hits and two stolen bases. Nichols followed that up with a sweep of Eastern Naza-rene (2-0, 11-10). It was the fi rst time in the season that Nichols swept a series.

Freshman Lauren Person (Ver-non, CT) picked up the win as she gave up only one hit and struck out fi ve. In the second game, Dudney and sophomore Tracy Cullity (Man-chester, NH) each went 2-for-4 with an RBI.

Nichols hit a fi ve game slump but bounced back with an impressive 3-2 win over Curry College on April 9th. Person scattered nine hits, gave up one earned run and helped her own cause with two hits and an RBI.

The Bison then swept Regis College (4-1, 2-1). In the fi rst game, Person pitched seven innings, gave up one earned run and struck out four. Fresh-man Nicole Loiselle (Brooklyn, CT) went 2-for-3 with one RBI. In the sec-ond game, Person pitched another sol-id game by scattering seven hits. Cullity and junior Amy Pelletier (Bridgeport, CT) each knocked in runs for the 2-1 victory.

A huge series that kept the Bison in the playoff hunt towards the end of the season was the two-game series with Wentworth. Nichols walked away with two key victories (6-3, 2-1). Person would pick up both victories and fresh-man Joanne Brignoli (Feeding Hills, MA) went 6-for-8 with two RBI.

The team then fell out of contention for the playoffs with a fi ve game slide to end the season. Despite not qualify-ing for the CCC tournament, the team improved with each game. There are high expectations for 2006 with 13 players returning.

The men’s tennis team had a solid season as the Bison advanced to the CCC Tournament. Under fi rst-year Head Coach Paul Brower, the team fi nished 5-7 overall, and 3-5 in the CCC, with one senior, one junior, four sophomores, and two freshmen.

The lone senior Shaun Ankstitus(Marlborough, MA) went 3-6 in singles and 4-5 in doubles. He was chosen as the Co-Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year in the CCC. Ankstitus doubles teammate junior Alex Arsenault (Boothbay, ME) made Second-Team All-CCC in doubles. Arsenault also played No. 1 singles all season. He fi nished the year with 6-5 record in singles and 5-5 in fi rst doubles. Arsenault was selected to the Second-Team All-CCC in singles. At No. 3 singles, sophomore Dayna Ankstitus (Marlborough, MA) fi n-ished the year with an impressive 7-3 record and a 5-5 doubles record. He made Honorable Mention in the con-ference for his play at third singles.

Sophomore Andrew Colcord(Derry, NH) and freshman Adam Houatchanthara (Southbridge,MA) switched off at No. 4 and 5 singles. Both had nice seasons as Colcord went 3-4 and Houatchanthara won three matches. In doubles, the two players won three matches apiece.

Sophomore Kalen Obregon (En-fi eld, CT) went 2-4 this season. He played in the sixth singles spot fi ve times and fi fth spot once. He also went 3-3 in doubles. Sophomore Robert McCallum (Feeding Hills, MA) played in three singles matches in the sixth position and went 2-2 in third doubles. Freshman Jonathan Achorn (North Brookfi eld, MA) played fi fth and sixth singles all sea-son and captured three wins. He played doubles with Houatchan-thara in the second and third spot and the two won three matches.






The men’s lacrosse team went 3-8 under new Head Coach Tom Fasolo. The Bison advanced to the fi rst-round of the CCC.

Nichols captured the fi rst win of the season against Daniel Webster on April 4th in a 14-4 victory. The Bi-son followed that up with another victory over the University of New England, 7-6. The third victory of the season came in a tough 11-10 victory over Curry College in a down-pour. The win advanced the Bison into the CCC playoff.

Senior Jason Newton (North-borough, MA) fi nished the season with 25 goals. Newton led the team in points with 25, goals scored with 25 and shots with 47. Three seniors that played a key roll for the team were Nick Parham (Preston, CT) on attack, midfi elder Dave Rogers(Winchester, MA) and midfi elder/attack Chris Montgomery (Boston, MA). Parham fi nished the season with nine goals and three assists, while Rogers had one goal and sev-en assists. Montgomery had one goal and two assists but had 24 ground balls for the season. Seniors Robert L’Heureux (Central Village,

CT) and John Bryson (Nashua, NH) led a young defense. L’Heureux was cho-sen as a CCC Honorable Mention, while Bryson made the transition from short-stick to long-stick to help the defense. Senior Brian Mason (Southampton, MA) was outstanding all season in be-tween the pipes. Mason fi nished the season with 165 saves and a save per-centage of .600. In the fi nal game of the season vs. Gordon, Mason had 34 saves.

The women’s lacrosse team went 1-13 and 1-8 in the CCC but the future looks bright—seven freshman and fi ve sophomores gained immeasurable ex-perience.

Freshman Kristen Boreham (Can-ton, MA) and freshman Stephanie Tenczar (West Springfi eld, MA) devel-oped into dangerous offensive players. Boreham led the team in scoring with 47 goals and two assists. Boreham is now the owner of four program re-cords—most goals in a game (9); most points in a game (9); most goals in a season (47) and most points in a season (49). She was a Second-Team CCC selec-tion and was the CCC Rookie of the Week twice during the season.

Tenczar was the team’s second-lead-ing scorer with 23 goals and fi ve assists.

Tenczar led the team in ground balls with 74.

The emergence of freshman goalie Erica Adams (Weymouth, MA) became a positive for the young Bison. In her fi rst season between the pipes, Adams played solid all season and had a .508 save percentage. She also set a school record with 200 saves in a season.

The golf team had a very success-ful spring season. The team captured three victories against Newbury Col-lege, Rhode Island College and Wes-leyan. In tournament play, the Bison also fared well. In the fi rst competi-tion of the season at Stowe Acres on April 15th, the team placed eighth in a fi eld of 28 teams. Individ-ually sophomore Nick Slocum (War-wick, RI) shot a 79, while junior Matt Ricci (Greenville, RI) notched an 82 and sophomore Ryan Kettle(Coventry, RI) notched an 83. At the Sterling Invitational on April 19th, Nichols College placed fi fth out of nine teams but notched a fi rst place fi nish at the Worcester City Champi-onship a day later. The Worcester City Championship was played at Heritage Golf Club and Kettle and Ricci shot a blistering 78 to be co-medalist. ■






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Doesn’t everyone wear tee shirts and sandals on their Christmas break? In Visak-

hapatnam, India, they do. This past January marked the third year I turned in my winter jacket and boots to work with an Indian pastor and his family, this year the shortest visit of just two and a half weeks. The family serves a network of small village churches (often among the lowest caste of people, the Un-touchables), and run an orphanage and school. We (team of four Amer-icans) had some great experiences visiting the small churches in the rural, thirrd world agricultural vil-lages, but spent most of our time with the kids at the orphanage.

One of the things that we weren’t prepared for was the level of poverty. Some of the children were true orphans. Others might have one or even two parents, but their parents were simply too poor to feed them. Each child at the or-phanage has a metal box not much bigger than a briefcase. For most, it is enough to hold all their earthly possessions; maybe a couple pairs of clothes and a small toy or two.

With all of that you would ex-pect gloomy or sad kids, right? It would make sense, but I don’t think I have smiled so much in my life. There always seemed to be a smile on their faces when we helped them act out Bible stories for chapel in the morning, or when they taught us Telegu words, or when we played games like Batu, Batu, goose (duck, duck, goose) with the younger kids or soccer with the older boys.

Soccer (or “football” as the kids called it) was a highlight of the after-noons. Between school and homework the kids had a couple hours of free time. Starting with the fi rst time I would see them in the morning, boys would come up to me with big smiles and say in broken English, “You, this af-ternoon, football?” It’s amazing how many barriers a soccer ball can tran-scend. We didn’t need to know the same language, or have uniforms, shoes, or grass to have a great time. The fi eld we played on was just last year a tree grove (and home to cobras!) and the kids would often point out where the sharp stumps were. More of a hazard than the stumps or rocks was the dust that got kicked up while we played. Half-time was more to wash the dust out of our mouths and faces than to catch our breath. The kids and I would joke after playing that I had “In-dian” legs (all dusty) and “American” feet (white because of my socks).

This past fall I played for the soccer team here at Nichols. I told the team I was going to India and before the end of our season we got together on a Saturday afternoon and fi lmed a

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Community Benefi tThroughout this past year, Nichols College students per-formed nearly 50 community service projects raising $20,000 to benefi t local and regional organizations, including:

American Red Cross

Boy Scouts

Charlton Elementary School

Dudley Animal Shelter

Girl Scouts

Make A Wish Foundation

Muscular Dystrophy Assoc.

New Hope Inc.

Salvation Army

Toys for Tots

Webster Elementary School

Webster/Dudley Boys & Girls Club

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soccer instructional video. We had fun with it, but were far from pro-fessional quality. A friend of mine who does video editing helped me put it all together and I was sur-prised at how well it turned out. I couldn’t wait to show the kids how we played “foot-ball” in America. One of the nights when all of the kids were together we showed the DVD on a computer. The kids loved it and I loved watching their faces. They would get really excited when they recognized me in the video or saw a fl ashy shot or move. Some of the boys who regularly played with me sat the entire video with eyes glued to the screen and mouths open. Afterward they came up all smiles and said things like, “super football movie!” I got a kick out of it because after seeing the movie they would always try to demon-strate the kicks (I hope I don’t hear back from India about any of the kids breaking their necks trying to do a bicycle kick!).

Living in a third world country for two and a half weeks was defi -nitely an eye-opening experience. I was exposed to very different cul-tural and economic conditions. As big as these differences were, they ended up being nothing a smile and soccer ball couldn’t transcend. I learned a lot while I was there and I’m glad I got to bring a piece of Nichols soccer with the video! ■

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Department of Athletics Awards BanquetSunday, May 1st

Special Awards

Senior Athletes of the YearLisa Benson (soccer)Shawn Fehr (hockey, baseball)

Junior Athletes of the YearKara Cicchiello (fi eld hocky, basketball)Michael Carven (football)

Sophomore Athletes of the YearJohanna Murphy (soccer, basketball)Bryan Meuse (football)

Freshman Athletes of the YearKristen Boreham (soccer, lacrosse)

Athletics Director Charlie Robert pre-sented recognition awards to over 113 Nichols College athletes who achieved a 3.0 grade point average or higher. As an NCAA Division III institution, the Nichols College community fully supports the concept of the student-athlete.

Senior Shawn Fehr accepts the Male Senior Athlete of the Year award from the Director of Athletics Charlyn Robert at the Awards Banquet.

Kara Cicchiello receives the award for Junior Female Athlete of the Year from Athletics Director Charlyn Robert at this year’s Awards Banquet.

Major Awards

Major Charles H. Hopkins Award (for study, sports and spirit)Justin Lewis (basketball)Cheryl Costopulous

Hal Chalmers Memorial Athletic Award (for dedication and sportsmanship)Luke McLaughlin

The Dan Cardin Memorial Award (for integrity and leadership)Tanikka Baillargeon and Robin Bowkett




Please send your news directly to your class scribe. If you do not have a class scribe, news may be forwarded to classnotes@ nichols.edu. Digital images are preferred, but please do not crop them! The higher the resolution the better – 300 dpi (dots per inch) is best. Digital images may be sent directly to the Alumni Relations Offi ce – [email protected]. Prints may be sent by mail to: Nichols College, Alumni Relations Offi ce, Center Road, Dudley, MA 01571.

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C l a s s S c r i b e RICHARD McLELLAN3436 Button Bush Dr.Zellwood, FL 32798-9620(407) [email protected]


1948C l a s s S c r i b eSTANLEY FINN70 Franklin St.Northampton, MA 01060-2039(413) 586-0886

I received a call from John Martone in Arizona last year. He reported that he has been married 52 years and that he’s doing fi ne. I talk to Bud Johnson every few weeks. He retired in 2001 and volunteers at the Springfi eld Shriner’s Hospital. He’s been 50 years in the Masonic Lodge in Wilbraham, MA. Bob Green called from California…busy, busy, busy…plays ten-nis four or fi ve times weekly. He has a re-hearsal swing band with over 200 arrange-ments and is making CDs from fi ve years of performing on cable TV.


C l a s s S c r i b eBOB RISK309 Conestoga Rd.Wayne, PA 19087-4009(610) 688-8242

Bill Whedon: After graduation from Nichols, he went to work for Internation-al Silver Co. in Meriden, CT, in sales in the Midwest and New England. He got married in 1953, has two sons. In the ear-ly ’60s, Bill got involved with Continental Radiant Glass Heat Co. in New York. Sold and installed in Connecticut. During this time, with the help of an engineer, they developed, manufactured and marketed their own “Savershower” shower head. They started from scratch to annual sales of $2 million. They sold mostly to hard-ware stores, True Value, Ace, and American Hardware. In the ’80s, his two sons joined him in the business and, in the early ’90s, he turned the business over to them and retired. In his retirement, Bill makes cus-tom golf clubs as a hobby. Bill played golf and basketball at Nichols. You guessed it,

Bill’s hobby is playing golf. Bill continues to amaze on the golf course. Whedon, 76, who made two holes-in-one in the fi rst round of the 1955 Insurance City Open at Wethersfi eld Country Club, won the senior championship at the Country Club of Farmington, giving him 39 club titles in seven different decades.

Attention all members of the Class of 1950. We will be celebrating our 55th class reunion on Friday and Saturday, Sep-tember 16 and 17, 2005. The turnout of alumni for our 50th was a huge success. We’re looking for a great attendance at our 55th. Plan on being there. More news to follow. Write it down, September 16 and 17.

Odds and ends of news over the last six months or so: Art Nielsen got married and is building a home in upper state New York. John McCullum is doing well…spends four months in Florida. Fred Levitan is doing well, saw him in Florida and he’s enjoying life. Whip Crossman ’51 is very busy with volunteer work and as a clown for the Shriners Unit…he does children’s groups and parties and hospitals.

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Fred Levitan, Class of 1950Timonium, MD

Employment: Owner, Nautical Enterprises (promo-tional advertising company)

Greatest lesson I learned from a Nichols faculty/staff member was to make sure you know the eco-nomic downs as well as the upsides of a fi nancial transaction before you make an investment of time and capital.

My Nichols degree helped me by giving me the maturity and background to succeed in my business ventures.

On celebrating my 55th-year reunion… At my last reunion, I made new friends out of old friends I hadn’t seen for 50 years. It’s much easier when you’ve become more mature and your main objectives are not completely beer, money, and girls. Certainly not in that order.

My classmates would be surprised to learn that at my young age I’m still working and plan to continue to do so.

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Alden Ingraham got a new hip and is enjoying life…still bowling and playing golf. Peter Stearns still lives in California. He has written and published a book with photos and text about Mendocino County, where he has lived for over 50 years. Milt Hallowell is doing well, saw him in Florida and he’s enjoying life. Richard Partridgelives on Pawley’s Island, SC, half the year and does a lot of sailing. Bill Sprague is doing real well and is hoping for a great turnout at our 55th reunion. Charlie Foote keeps busy with the fi re company and driving the church bus. Dave Graham is still up in the cold country of Syracuse, NY, and is doing well. Al Hanlon is living six months in Florida and six months in New Hampshire. He is doing well and still hitting the little round ball.

1953C l a s s S c r i b eCLEM DOWLING53 Morningside Ave.Waterbury, CT 06708-2028(203) [email protected]

Ken Titus writes: Clem, I recently received the Nichols alumni letter announcing that you are the class scribe of ’53. Can you believe that means 51 years ago we left the campus? I’d really like to get caught up with you, old friend! Life has brought so many chapters into my life that I have never gotten into any contact or activity with Nichols as an alumnus. Having re-ceived the recent letter and seeing your name, my memory went to work, and even now having reached the 70s (age), there is still some memory there. I’d like to give you a few facts about my life and, knowing some of the terrifi c relationships developed at Nichols, would enjoy hearing about some of those guys. My best part starts with my family! I’ve got a wonderful wife, Regina, and we’ve been married al-most 50 years and have four outstanding kids, Laurie, Ken Jr., Paul and Steve (twins)! All kids are married and we have nine grandchildren. My career has been with

How quickly six years have gone! This will be my last column as the alumni relations director. On July 1st, I moved forward with my passion for coaching basketball and became the full-time men’s head basketball coach for Nichols College, a position I have held

on a part-time basis for six years. I am looking forward to the 2005–2006 school year, and to be able to coach where I once played.

I am also excited about the direction of the Alumni Relations Offi ce. Over the years we have worked hard to increase the national alumni social events to

an average of 24 a year, enhanced our volunteer base, in-creased our annual alumni giving, and most importantly, impacted many alumni along the way.

The Alumni Relations Offi ce will continue to prosper with the seamless transition of Brianne Callahan to the new director of alumni relations. I am very pleased and comfort-able knowing that Brianne will bring her devotion, passion and infectious personality to this new position. This year Brianne organized the fi rst Senior Dis-Orientation Brunch, which was held the Friday before graduation, to welcome

the Class of 2005 into the Alumni Association.

Please join me in welcoming Brianne to her new role at Nichols College.

I would like to thank everyone who I have worked with in my time here in the Alumni Relations Offi ce, the staff and volunteers along with the countless alumni who have made a huge impact on the school. The last six years have been a tremendous learning experience and have been so valuable in my professional development. I cannot thank everyone enough.

I encourage those of you who have not yet given back to your alma mater to consider taking another look at Nichols. There are many opportunities to join the already hundreds of volunteers who donate their time to improving the col-lege. A few examples are reunion volunteers, class agents, class scribes, and the Alumni Board of Directors. Nichols College is prospering thanks to the dedi-cation and efforts of its staff and volunteer base.

Finally, I ask three things of you. First, if you haven’t been to the campus in a while come take a look at all the impressive physical changes. Second, if you cannot visit the campus, make an effort to attend a social event in your area and bring a friend. Lastly, if a volunteer or staff member approaches you to talk about Nichols, give them a chance and listen.

Thank you for supporting Nichols College and cheers to its bright future.

A View from the HillBy Dave Sokolnicki ’97, MBA ’99

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I.B.M. Corp. as a placement counselor in human resources. I transferred from our corporate headquarters in Armonk, NY, to help start up our new site in Boca Raton, FL. Here I spent the rest of my career! After 31 years of service, I took the buy-out retirement plan. I knew I couldn’t just sit around, and to this day, I still do part time jobs. Most of my other time is spent enjoying family, friends, beach and Florida...Health-wise, I have had a few setbacks, but God and family is GOOD!, and only the good die young. A few years ago I developed non-Hodgkins lympho-ma and had four tumors removed. I had an unbelievable doctor, part of a research group, at Wake Forest University. Today that problem is all in the past and the doctors gave me a clean bill of health on that problem. The other problem devel-oped was a tumor on my chrocoid which was removed but had a virus paralyzing my vocal chords. The good Lord and my family brought me through all this, but my voice sounds like I have a bad cold, husky, deep and quiet! People are always asking “What is wrong with your voice?” but without going into all that detail, I just say, “Oh that is just my sexy voice!” So, now that all that is in the past, I feel like I’m 30 again, and I have so much to be thankful for, and I do feel positive! Clem, including yourself, I would surely like to know if you have any info on some of the ole T-Hall guys, i.e.—Bill Koerner, my fi rst year roommate, Gus Bestgen, one of my closest friends in those days, Tom Vesey (Bermuda), Vesey (Bermuda), Vesey Bob Skinner, Dave Kendall, Don Starbuck, Al Lambie ’54, Eddie Lamb and Gordon Reifsnider! You’d never believe it, but rummaging through some old pictures, I found some pictures taken back in the Nichols days. I’ll get copies made and send them in a following letter. One is of us, you, me and Gus Bestgen on a spring break when we went to Florida. Never then did I ever know I’d spend most of my life there. Clem, it’s been so great getting involved with you here and bringing back some old memories —but I will close now saying that I’d re-

ally enjoy hearing from you and getting some updates. Hope all is well with you and all your family. My very best regards —Your ole classmate and FRIEND, Ken

Jack Melvin writes: Hello Clem! Con-gratulations on becoming the class scribe and fi lling a void. Hope you are successful in obtaining information of/from our class-mates. Virginia and I are living in Myrtle Beach, SC, and traveling in our motor home from place to place. Our current trip started on March 17th and will even-tually take us to California, Washington State and to Washington, DC, before re-turning home at the end of June. Our youngest daughter (age 25) is getting mar-ried in California in May and my broth-er’s daughter in June in DC. Am writing this from Austin, TX, where we are visit-ing another daughter and will visit one more in Port Townsend, WA, before the wedding at the end of May. Expect to put about 10,000 miles on the rig this trip and a real dent in the retirement fund what with the wedding and gas prices. I think this will be the last big trip. Haven’t seen any classmates of late but did run into Nichols graduate Don Jewett ’54 on several occasions since he belongs to the same Florida RV club as us. He and Annette are doing well. Always enjoy reading about our classmates, so good luck and thanks for your effort.

Bob Forcier of West Warwick, RI, Bob Forcier of West Warwick, RI, Bob Forcierwrites in March: Clem, nice to hear that you’re the new class of ’53 scribe. Let me fi ll you in on my new exploits. Just put-ting away my skis for the season and head-ing to Florida for two months. Please give my regards to all. I recently competed in the Jeep King of the Mountain NASTAR Races, March 25–27, in Park City, UT. Guest superstars attending were World Cup racers, Daron Rahlves and Kristina Kozvick, four-time Olympian, A.J. Kitz, and former Downhill Champion, Dough Lewis, along with over 1,050 NASTAR racers from across the country for three days of competitive racing, all looking for a national title and establishing national rankings. Racers competed within their

age, gender and discipline. There were also three categories, professional, expert, and intermediate. I was able to place fi fth in the alpine discipline, age 70–74, as an expert skier. I qualifi ed for the National Races out of Cranmore Mountain in North Conway, NH. Coming from the New England area, I had diffi culty adjust-ing to the altitude of skiing out west. The base of Park City Resort is 6,900 feet above sea level. The lifts can take you from the base up to 10,000 feet above sea level. Between the pressure of competition and the altitude, I immediately noticed I had trouble holding my spoon steady the fi rst morning when I was eating. The diffi culty was not in my breathing, as you would expect—with me, it was a great adjustment and seemed to cause weakness and lack of strength. This being my fi rst national competition, I was really pleased with my performance, placing fi fth nationally in my age category as an expert skier, making new friends, and the opportunity to inter-act with other racers throughout the country.

1954Matt Gruskin thoroughly enjoyed the Nichols alumni social at the beautiful home of Tom Keith ’56 and his wife, Barbe, in Fort Lauderdale, FL. When they were in Naples, FL, Matt and his wife, Marianne, called Earl Prolman but unfortunately he was unable to go out. Other alumni he spoke with or was trying to contact were John Cheney, Richard Clinton, Don Jewett, Bruce McFarlane, Don “Chick” Fiddes, and James Gillespie. The Gruskins went out with Arlene and Bob Benowitz who just recently moved Bob Benowitz who just recently moved Bob Benowitzto Lake Worth, FL. They also saw Tony Venezia and his wife, Anne. Matt and Tony renewed their friendship at their 50th reunion at Nichols last year. Unfortu-nately, Matt was suddenly taken ill while in Florida in February. He is now back home on Long Island recuperating. His classmates and the Nichols College Alumni Relations Offi ce wish him well.

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1956C l a s s S c r i b eARTHUR FRIES225 Via San Remo (Lido Isle)Newport Beach, CA 92663-5511(949) 673-7190Fax: (949) [email protected]

In March, received email from Phil Enright Sr., after having read update in Class Notes. Phil indicated…“This stuff really brings back memories…when I used to sell milk and sandwiches for “Bazzy” at night in the dorms…and Sneaky Pete’s for some beers…feel kinda sad in a way, never appreciated the Nichols life as much as one could. Guess this goes for a lot of old-er guys (and girls maybe). Looking forward to the 50th…never went to one before.”

My comment…gee Phil…I didn’t know we were old enough to drink beer! Also heard from Pete Keenan by telephone. Pete Keenan by telephone. Pete KeenanPete has moved from Fort Lauderdale, FL, back to Quincy, MA. Misses his grand-kids. My comment…Must have moved because he saw a car being driven with what appeared to be no driver. As you get closer to the Boca Raton area…as the overall population gets older…they tend to shrink. At 4 feet 10 inches…the wom-an driving the car had her head below the head rest. She signaled to turn right…but in fact turned left…Pete knew he was going back to Massachusetts. Both Phil and Pete tell me they’ll be at the big 50th reunion in 2006. I’ll be there as well along with roomy…Dick Schachet. Would be wonderful to see many of our classmates at the 50th reunion from near and far.

1957C l a s s S c r i b eKENT TARRANT45 Valley View Dr. - PO Box 496Hampden, MA 01036-0496(413) [email protected]

1959From Charlie Howe, ’62: Here are few notes for the class of ’59. It was great to see Ken Beyer ’60, John Girvin and Elliot “Chick” Putnam at the Naples alumni gathering. Ken arranges for us to gather at a great place and the get-together is better each time. It also helps that more of us are relocating to the warm weather in the winter. Thanks to President Murphy for fi lling us in on things happening on the Hill. Had a nice call from Harvey Gluck. Still living on Long Island (Ocean-side), retired builder, currently in business with J.J. Weisner Insurance Co. selling long-term health care insurance, married 35 years, two sons, keeps in touch with Howie Rubin. He promised to send me the box score for the Conant Hall vs. Nichols JV Basketball game (who interest-ingly enough was coached by the infamous Mr. “Silky Sullivan” Flynn, I’ll keep you in dark about who won that game. Next issue. Note: Ken Beyer was the secret weapon “6” man of the bench for Conant. We understand that Jim Conrad Jr. has been asked to write a history of the col-lege. As I recall there were quite a few his-torical events that took place during the 1958–59 year. The announcement of the four-year program for one, and of course the unannounced “panty” raid at Becker. Maybe an informed undisclosed source directly associated with the event might want to fi ll Jim in on what really happened (for historical correctness only). Although I didn’t take part in the evening, I do re-call hearing that everyone involved (includ-ing the Becker girls) thought it was a blast. I do recall, however, that the Worcester police and the college administration had a slightly different attitude regarding the event. We know that the offi cial reaction was, “It’s time for those Nichols men to grow up,” but wouldn’t it be interesting to fi nd out what the unoffi cial reaction was behind those closed doors in Conrad Hall. Will history provide us with those deep secrets? OK guys, it’s time to step up to the plate. Who’s going to write the next article? Does anyone know the where-

abouts of Burt Yagoda (Brooklyn, NY) Burt Yagoda (Brooklyn, NY) Burt Yagodaor John “Hogie” Huxster ’58 (State of Delaware)? If so, ask them to get in touch with me either by email, phone, write or just stop by. Thanks. Till next time!


1962C l a s s S c r i b eCHARLIE HOWEMay–September387 North 3rd St. 2nd fl oorSurf City, NJ 08008-4926(609) 494-5450

October–April17468 Cornfl ower LNPunta Gorda, FL 33955(941) [email protected]

Ken Beyer ’60 did an outstanding job of putting together a wonderful alumni gathering in Naples, FL. The class of ’59: John Girvin and Elliot “Chick” Putnam;and Elliot “Chick” Putnam;and’60: Ken Beyer; ’62: J.T “Coach” Turro, Dick Makin, myself; and Dick Makin, myself; and Dick Makin, myself ’63: Hugo Pagliccia. President Debra Murphy gave us an update of all the happenings. Tom Cafaro, VP of college relations, again made the trip south to be with us (and to stay warm and away from the snow). Thanks! It was really great seeing everyone. As you can see, the group in SW Florida is really beginning to grow. If anyone thinks that they might want to check out real estate, contact Hugo. His offi ce is in Bonita Springs, which is just south of Fort Myers and north of Naples. If you’re interested

John Turro ‘62 visits Burnt Store Marina & Country Club

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in the Punta Gorda area, give me a call. I’ve met some real good agents in the area. Had a call from Ron Noyes ’65. Has his own real estate business in Stuart area (East Coast). We have it all covered down here. Just retire, drive south, and bring your check book.

John Turro and I would like to talk to each one of you about alumni giving. The next time you pay your bill make it a point to write a check to Nichols. It’s not only important to the college, but it’s im-portant to us as a class to be supportive of a place that gave each and every one of us an awful lot. Many of us wouldn’t be where we are today if it hadn’t been for things we learned at Nichols. In addition to the general fund, there are many other programs and scholarships that contribute too. Currently the classes of ’74 and ’78 have met their challenge to raise $10,000 each for the new Vendetti Field. I know that many of you didn’t know Mike Vendetti, but I can tell you from close up that his dedication and contributions as a coach and athletic director have con-tinued the fi ne tradition of athletics at Nichols. Please think about what we have written. We don’t care how much you send, just send something. We are look-ing for 100 percent participation. Thanks.

Received a nice note from Bob Colombo, who retired in 1999 after sell-ing the business. Wanted to get away from the cold of Vermont, but didn’t want the crowds of Florida, moved to Lake Marray in the midlands of South Carolina, doing a lot of fi shing and volunteer work. Took a masters gardeners course at Clemson and now has taken on the maintenance of the local hospital and church. Also volun-teers at the Newberry Opera House which allows him to see some wonderful perfor-mances. Still has the cottage on the lake in Vermont and goes back in the summer to escape the HEAT. Bob’s e-mail is [email protected]. Note to Bob: Here we always thought you were ROCK solid. Now you had to go and sell that granite company. Keep in touch, Whale.

Miles ’60. He takes exception to my writ-ing that he thwacked attackmen in lacrosse. Says he was always kind and gentle and having been a four-year vet of the USAF, an RN in psychiatrics, he always bound our wounds and staunched the bleeding. He lives in the West Springfi eld area of Massachusetts and spent most of his work-ing life with Rourke-Eno Paper in sales operations. He retired in ’94, but says health-wise, life has not been kind. He and his wife, Gert, have a son living in nearby Longmeadow. He gets to Atlantic City three or four times a year and says “The Donald” (Trump) is such a good buddy that he gives John and Gert “sorta free room and board; well, kinda like free.” At any rate, the Love of My Dotage and I are planning a far northern Great Expedi-tion and hope to see Big John while in the Hartford/Springfi eld area. If so, more in the future.

And news from yet another Forester! (I love to get mail from you guys.) Ron Schmitt ’65, who I remember from Mer-rill Hall. He had hopes for our Charlotte, NC, get-together, but was traveling between a home he still has in New Jersey and his “most of the time” home in Southport, NC. Ron, I did indeed give your best to those in attendance. You suggest you may get into the South Carolina Upstate this summer. It would really be a pleasure to see you again. Give me a call, numbers above.

Lucille Allard, she who is always there for us alums when problems or questions arise, was on my answering machine when Carol and I returned home from the 131st running of the Kentucky Derby (don’t ask! Okay, I’ll tell anyway! Buzzard’s Bay! Big loser!) Lucille hopes that as a member of the fabled ‘61 soccer team, I can tell her who had the nickname “Lyns.”

I had it right off the bat! James Lynwood Pilkington III, known to his parents as Lynnie. He and I roomed to-gether the fi rst half of freshman year, Joe Lovejoy and I sharing the second half. Lovejoy and I sharing the second half. Lovejoy(How you doing, Joe?) I reasoned that ’60 being frosh year and soccer an early sport, perhaps Pilkington was being called

From left are John Turro, Dick Makin, Charlie Howe and Hugo Pagliccia ’63 at the Naples, FL, social held on February 22, 2005.

1963C l a s s S c r i b eBRUCE I. HASLUN16 Briar Park Dr.Greer, SC 29651(864) [email protected]

A balmy 86 degrees here at poolside in “Nothin’ Could be Finer” land. So, am I sipping the fi rst of the evening? No, I am not. And why am I not? Because deadline is three days away. Classmates of ’63, I ask you: Were we ever prone to panic over such things as deadlines? Never! Normal-ly, like the Kingston Trio, I would pour out a jigger of gin, top it off with a bit of quinine water (discourages malaria, you know), a bit of lime to avoid the scurvy, then sit back and smell the magnolia blos-soms, listen to the evensong of whip-o-will. Ahh, summertime down south in mid-May!

But yesterday, the Dear Companion of My Advancing Years was released from a three-day hospital stay that included surgery. (Yes, thank you for asking, every-thing is just fi ne, no problems and none expected.) Today, as I drew decanter toward glass, DCOMAY reminded me that for the next six weeks she is prohibited from sitting at a desk in front of a com-puter. Not only, as it turns out, am I ex-pected to write this thing, but to “trans-mit” it! What she can do in 45 minutes will take me 45 hours!

Out of the blue (well, off the Dell, ac-tually) comes mail from John (Big John)

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“Lyns,” not yet known to one and all as “Red” although I think he would have fattened the lip of anyone who so dared to say “Lyns.”

Meantime, Lucille, called Ross Chambers. His solution is that there was one Henry (Hank) Lyns on the team. (Are you making this up, Ross?) I don’t remember him, but bourbon and gin do unkind things. (Speaking here of Chambers, not Haslun!) Any other good old foot-ballers have a guess? Tell y’all what. Send me a check or money order made out to Nichols College Annual Fund and your best guess for “Lyns.” Money goes to “old school ‘neath copper beeches.” Winners get names printed right here next time out. Is life good or what? Gotta’ love a challenge!

Which reminds me. We still have that pesky challenge from the ’62 class about Annual Fund participation. Pretty soon we’ll be getting greetings and solicitations from Old Mater. How about we take a real shot at 100 percent participating? Would 10 or 20 dollars really break any-body? How about “Black and Green” guys versus “Suits” in percentage of ’63 participation? If I count correctly there were 26 Foresters vs. 99 Busy Ads.

To bring us up to date. April 20 was the Charlotte, NC, alumni get-together. Once again, Armand Carrano ’69 and his wife, Dottie, hosted, this time at his Longview Country Club. Fabulous place! (I was asked what my handicap was and truthfully replied, “Bourbon with a lot of ice.”) Walked onto the beautiful fl agstone patio overlooking acres of greenery and a voice said, “Now, there’s someone I know!” Peter Chamberlin. We had some good catching up. Pete and I were both poor boys who put ourselves through Nichols with help from the Colonel, Bazzie, and most importantly, our wives. Pete spends much time skiing. (Yes, folks, we do that in the Carolinas! No, not at Hilton Head!) He asks that I pass word to John Franklin, Forestry ’61, to get in contact.

Bill Sarkisian ’71 has now “really, really retired” from Procter & Gamble,

and has a new home in Sunset Beach, a bit north of Myrtle Beach but fi rst home is in the Charlotte area. (Note to Alumni Offi ce: Myrtle Beach seems to be a hot bed of good ’ol boys! Good get-together place?) Drew Shea ’00, is an accountant, and has an 18 month old with his wife who works at a hospital in Rock Hill. Glenn Backus ’94 is with The Hartford (Property & Casualty Insurance.) He and his wife have a four-year-old daughter. I know it will boggle your mind, but the Newbies had no idea who the Colonel was! Good grief, Jim Conrad! Get working on that history!

From Tom Cafaro, vice president, college relations, we learn that our “little” college currently enrolls 900 souls! Daniels Hall cannot be fi xed (as a Merrillite, I am not surprised. We never thought it or its denizens could be!) and will be torn down. Merrill suffered the same fate some years ago. Would you believe senior class hous-ing in which students get used to living in “the real world?” They study “How Not to Lose the Job You’ve Won,” among other subjects.

Frankly, I believe it, because Nichols gave me the most practical business edu-cation this young boy could ever have had for the amount of dollars he was able to spend. Pete Chamberlin recently agreed. It has served us very well all these 42 years since we proudly “stood and received.” Think about it. Perhaps it’s time to proudly “sit and send” (a check, that is).

May 20 and Stan Urban calls. Think he may be calling from his dad’s home in Florida, but no, he’s got a new “wireless communicator” and is calling from Haiti, going through his phone book to give friends his new number. Conversation very clear, but a three-to-fi ve second delay made us a bit “ragged” at times. I told him I’d been very worried about him after the ’04 hurricane season. He replied, “Don’t worry about me. I’ve learned how to duck.” I said, “How do you duck a hurricane?” Stan replied, “Sorry, thought you meant bullets. We’re going through all that stuff again.” In response to “How’s the hotel business?” he tells me, “Very

good! Everybody on the coast wants to come up here to get away from the smog… and the bullets, too, of course.” One class of people he won’t cater to are U.N. em-ployees. Thinks they need to stay on the coast and experience smog… and, I guess by extension, bullets of course! I have his 800 number and he has asked that I give it to “old friends.” Email, snail mail, or holler and I’ll be glad to share.

P.S. To Pete Judd ’62. You gave me a “rebel yell” and I read it, was glad to hear things go so well, reached to make a hard copy and instead of hitting “print,” hit “delete.” I am sooo bad at this stuff. Please, indulge an old friend and send it again? Same goes for Ross Weale and Ross Weale and Ross Weale Skip Hicks. If I don’t get back to you it’s usually be-cause I’ve done something stupid like not waiting for my good wife, Patience Per-sonifi ed, to get home. Instead, I try to show I can live in this New World and…. I CAN’T! (Good wife, Patience, says, “He’s not kidding, guys!”) Write or call soon, y’all hear!

1964C l a s s S c r i b eWARREN “WAZ” BENDER3604 Kingsley Dr.Myrtle Beach, SC 29588(843) [email protected]

Visited Bruce Siegal ’63 at his motorcycle shop (Greasey’s) this week. Business is do-ing fi ne as he gears up for the big Myrtle Beach Harley rally in next two weeks. He is also four to six weeks away from Grand-child #3, thanks to his daughter, Courtney. Myrtle Beach is the oldest Harley rally in the country and gaining on the big ones in Daytona and Sturgis. You can order your parts and custom bikes at bisiegal@ aol.com. Once again, mates from ’64, let me know what’s going on in your lives. That means you “Gas,” “Earl,” “Gillis,” “Bosco,” and from ’65, Jimmy Ricci, please call Hood and let him know where Hood and let him know where Hoodand how you are. Have a great summer y’all.

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Charlie Kaull writes: As a proud mem-ber of the Nichols College Athletic Hall of Fame, I was also inducted in 2002 in the inaugural class of the City of New-port, RI, Sports Hall of Fame.

1966Fred Coffey writes that after 37 years in Fred Coffey writes that after 37 years in Fred Coffeythe fi nance business, he will be packing it in next year (2006). He is turning his business over (Offshore Financial) to a subordinate and he will act as an advisor. He will be traveling with his wife, Margie, and enjoying golf, leisure time on his sail-boat, and playing with his grandchildren (four at present). He hopes to get to Homecoming ’06.

James Moriarty received a Certifi cate James Moriarty received a Certifi cate James Moriartyof Advanced Graduate Study in Higher Education from the University of Penn-sylvania.

William J. Weyand was appointed William J. Weyand was appointed William J. WeyandCEO and chairman of the Board of Directors of MSC Software Corp., the leading global provider of Virtual Product Development (VPD) solutions, including simulation software and services. Weyand, who served as a director of MSC Soft-ware, has spent over 35 years in the tech-nology industry in various sales, market-ing, and CEO positions with companies providing software, systems and services on a global basis. From 1997 to 2001, he served as chairman and CEO of Structural Dynamics Research Corp., taking it from a technical CAD/CAE software provider to the leader in Enterprise Product Lifecy-cle Management (EPLM) solutions, before selling it to EDS for almost $1 billion in 2001. In 2003, he served as vice chairman and CEO of Pavilion Technology.

Dana L. Holbrook writes: Hi “Kuppy.” Dana L. Holbrook writes: Hi “Kuppy.” Dana L. HolbrookBeen a long time—where does the time fl y—’tis scary! I retired in 1994 after 25 years of teaching and coaching right here in rural Brooksville, ME. Since then, I now lobster fi sh from May ’til November here in the icy waters of East Penobscot Bay. During the off season, I dabble in real estate exclusively here in Brooksville, Buck’s Harbor Realty. I also spend a lot of hours on the islands and ledges in Novem-ber, December and January gunning sea ducks with my fourth generation Labrador retriever, Emma! Hope this helps your column Kuppy! With fond memories of Nicky U, Dana a/k/a “Redlight.” P.S. Had an awful nice letter and walk back in memory lane with last retiring professor from our time, Les Brooks. Guess that really ends an era for us. (I can remember when he was hired and the great water fi ght we Budleigh Boys started with his Daniels Boys. The whole “Hill” got in-volved that night. Oh the memories…I could go on and on!)

Dan Stewart writes: It is with sadness Dan Stewart writes: It is with sadness Dan Stewartthat I am sending you this information to let you know that one of our dear Merrill Brothers, and a good friend of mine, Frank DiPanfi lo ’68, passed away on March 23, 2005. Frank was traveling home from his parents’ house after his nightly dinner there, and had some type of attack, per-haps an aneurysm, and died after being briefl y resuscitated by paramedics. Frank had been hit by a car 30 years ago and had nearly died. He did suffer brain dam-age and for years was under institutional medical care. Over the last fi ve years or so, Frank did improve and led a good life, having his own apartment in Boulder, not too far from his sister, Cheryl, and her husband, his sister, Brenda, and not far at all from his mother and father, both of whom, though on in years and struggling with health issues, saw Frank every day for lunch and dinner. Frank was in constant pain with bad ankles and bad knees. He wore hearing aids and glasses (although he could drive over certain routes, and did so in a beautiful BMW that he bought a few

1969C l a s s S c r i b eROBERT KUPPENHEIMER4617 Tremont Ln.Corona del Mar, CA [email protected]

Richard H. Bauzenberger, CFP, and his wife of 23 years, Barbara, have two adopt-ed children, Christian (16), and Amy (13). After 20+ years in retirement plan trust banking, Rick switched to personal fi nancial planning in 1998. He received his Certifi ed Financial Planner certifi cate in June 2000 and pursued a fee-only fi nan-cial planning practice until December 2004, when he retired. Rick has remained active in his church where he has served as moderator as well as many other leader-ship positions. In July 2005, Rick will join the National Association of Congre-gational Christian Churches Missions Board. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the local library foundation. Rick and Barbara look forward to travel-ing east and stopping by Nichols while looking at colleges for their two kids.

David Harraden writes: I am mar-ried to Sandee Dagley and have three boys. Jonathan and Jeremy attended Nichols for a couple of years, and Jason studied in Florida. Jonathan is a paramedic and fl ies with EMS on the medic-one helicopter. Jeremy works with us at NACT and runs the Farmington River Tubing. Jason works for Pfi zer in Groton, CT. Thanks Bob. Look us up on the web and if you are ever in Florida, look me up.

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years ago), was diabetic, bipolar and battled his weight. I spoke with Frank just about every day over the last six years or so, and he never complained...although his pain was constant, he was optimistic and cou-rageous. Frank, although troubled with short-term memory loss, and being prone to being disoriented as far as locations in some cases, read the newspaper with a vengeance, and could tell you what the day’s stock market activity was, and about this year’s new cars. Except for the memo-ry loss and disorientation, Frank seemed to me to be the very same character who burned the Pike up to Beantown, who introduced us to lovely Lynn Beamer, and whose cackle laugh and piercing voice only lowered in his “old age.” Many people who met Frank out here thought he was weird and that there was something wrong with him…to me, he hadn’t changed a bit! So please, if you are so disposed, join me in praying for Frank’s soul, and know that our friend of years gone by was a courageous hero and a source of positive energy in my life....continuously!

Your Friend and Dorm-mate, till the end of time, Dan


1971Colonel Oliver J. Mason Jr. of the U.S. Army has been selected by Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, as the head of the Massachusetts National Guard. Mason, who becomes adjutant general, is a 30-year veteran of the Massachusetts Nation-al Guard. After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Mason led security efforts at the state’s airports, reservoirs, and other po-tential targets. Mason was a high school teacher in Ayer before he joined the Massachusetts National Guard full-time in 1986. He and his wife, Jane, live in Millbury and have two children.


Mo Keane, Class of 1975Long Beach, NY

Employment: Environmental Program Manager, Eastern Terminal Opera-tions (Air Traffi c), Federal Aviation Administration (shown above third from left, with co-workers).

Greatest lesson I learned from a Nichols faculty/staff member wasfrom Professor Guimond, psychology professor who was always giving us life lessons. His number one question for us to ponder was: “Who would you be willing to die for?” That led to lots of philosophical discussions about how to pick carefully and selectively the friends and other people with whom you would want to associate.

My Nichols degree helped me to be a successful woman in a non-tradi-tional fi eld in a man’s world. Being one of Nichols’ fi rst female graduates set me up to be ready for my future endeavors—whether in Peace Corps-Congo, where I distributed leprosy medicines in remote villages; or in grad school, where I studied environmental epidemiology and was one of only fi ve wom-en in the department; or later in the FAA, where I am often the only woman in the room. In fact, at one national aviation conference a few years ago, there were 393 people in the room (can you tell I was bored with the keynote speaker?), with eight of them being women! Thank goodness that is getting better.

On celebrating my 30th-year reunion… I’ll be storm chasing in the Mid-west with three meteorologists from Mississippi State University and 13 other students in my Teachers in Geosciences Program.

My classmates would be surprised to learn that somehow I always end up with a wallet full of African immigrant taxi drivers’ phone numbers from my travels in Philly, Washington, DC, New York, and wherever else I go. It’s my African music collection that always seems to start the conversation fl owing.

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William Sarkisian retired in 2004 and is living in Charlotte, NC. He decided to build a beach house at Sunset Beach, NC. He says he has become a “beach bum,” but also a very good golfer.

1972C l a s s S c r i b eDONALD JAEGER287 Vineyard Rd.Huntington Bay, NY 11743(631) [email protected]

1974Robert “Rookie” Keating and his wife, Robert “Rookie” Keating and his wife, Robert “Rookie” KeatingSarah, welcomed the birth of their second child, Tyler, on April 14, 2005. Tyler is kept company by his older sister, Isabel (3).


1978C l a s s S c r i b eWILLIAM S. FRASER12915 Letando Ln.Cypress, TX 77429-3554(281) [email protected]


Laurie (Ross) Nossair has a new job as Laurie (Ross) Nossair has a new job as Laurie (Ross) Nossairaccounting operations manager for the City of Orlando, FL, responsible for the FEMA reporting after three hurricanes hit Orlando.

1983C l a s s S c r i b eMICHAEL L. DONEHEY(508) 376-5049Fax: ( 508) [email protected]

Twenty-fi ve-year high school reunion. Man does time fl y by. Like many of you, I had my high school 25-year reunion this past fall. It was fun to catch up with old friends and recall younger days. One guy I got to catch up with is also a fellow Nichols grad, and all around good guy, Mike Geller. Geller was supposed to email me some information for this article, how-ever, it must have slipped his mind. I’ll have to go by memory of our conversation. Mike’s doing very well, living in Waltham, MA, and is the owner of Mike Geller Distributing. Mike’s company distributes such products as air fresheners, snacks and other impulse items to the car wash indus-try. Obviously, Mike’s put his marketing degree to good use and is another Nichols success story! Best of luck, Mike.

Hank Voight, a fellow mid-fl oor O’Neil dweller chimed in from Weston, CT. He is working for Microsoft Corp. as a security architect. He is trusted by the U.S. government and many Fortune 500 companies to help secure their networked computer systems. His current project has something to do with the Department of Defense where he is securing a system that will be used by D.O.D. personnel around the world. Yes this is really the Hank Voight we all know. Hank has taken his expertise on the road and speaks at many Microsoft security related sessions. He is also an ac-knowledged contributor in a few Micro-soft press books. When not securing the networks of the world, Hank and his wife, Janet, are busy looking after children, Joe (7) and Jessica (5). Just to add more on to the plate, Hank also is active in the Cub Scouts and helps coach Little League. Hank still drinks beer, however, it’s prob-ably his own homebrew as he brews his own beer and makes homemade wine. Two hobbies that would have earned him god-like status in O’Neil back in the day. He still stays in contact with many fellow Nichols grads, Ross, Timbo (t-road!), Mola, and Jersey, to name a few. Continued success Hank and stay in touch.

Mr. Reed Yancey sent me a note that Reed Yancey sent me a note that Reed Yanceyhe is living in Rochester, NY, and gets

back to the Boston area once in a while. He then put me in touch with Mr. Pump Paulsen. Both guys are doing great. We plan on meeting for a few sometime soon.

As for the rest of you, drop me an email with what’s happening in your life. Hope all’s well — Donehey.

Kevin Higginbottom is vice president and commercial loan offi cer at Millbury Savings Bank, in Millbury, MA.

1984Steven Byrnes accepted a new position with Bank of America Corp. as their North-east market manager and senior vice presi-dent for government lending. His oldest son, Sean, is a freshman at Keene State College, and youngest son, Ryan, is a junior at Greely High School in Cum-berland, ME.


Kari (Ramsdell) Byrnes has accepted a new position with TD Banknorth as IT project manager. Her oldest son, Sean, is a freshman at Keene State College, and youngest son, Ryan, is a junior at Greely High School in Cumberland, ME.

Pam (Jones) Landrigan writes: Just wanted to update my fellow classmates on life in the Landrigan (Jones) household. I reside with my husband, Bob, and three children in Chelmsford, MA. I am cur-rently a middle school history teacher in Tyngsboro, MA, and received my master’s degree in education from Lesley Universi-ty in June 2000. My children Casey (16), Erin (14) and Patrick (10) keep me very busy. All are involved in activities and we spend a lot of time traveling for basket-ball. I am looking forward to my 20th reunion in September 2005 while my dad, Homer Jones Jr. ’50 celebrates his 55th reunion. I hope to see many classmates to catch up on old times.

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1992Christopher W. McCarthy reports that Christopher W. McCarthy reports that Christopher W. McCarthyhe has accepted a new job with Banknorth Wealth Management in Worcester, MA, as senior vice president and regional manager.

Joanne (Starosta) Grzembski is this year’s recipient of the Stasia Czernicki Outstanding Athlete Award which was presented to her at the Women’s Recogni-tion Night held May 1, 2005, at Indian Ranch in Webster, MA. She played bas-ketball, softball and ran cross country at Bartlett High School, and played basket-ball and softball at Nichols. Her love of sports didn’t end with graduation. Joanne decided to use her knowledge to help young girls realize their potential in sports and began her basketball coaching career with St. Joseph’s School in Webster for three years. She was hired as an assistant basket-ball coach at Nichols in 1998 and was named head coach in 1999. Five years ago, she began the fi rst annual golf tournament for the women’s basketball program and for four years she has directed an annual sports clinic for girls in the community. Joanne and the Lady Bison have also begun the annual Route 395 Jamboree Day for local girls and boys basketball teams and this year co-hosted the Route 395 League Cham-pionship Tournament with St. Louis School. She is a founding member of the Bartlett High School Hall of Fame and current member of the Nichols College Athletic Hall of Fame Committee. She is also a member of the Raceway Women’s Golf League. She and her husband, Eddie, also participate in the Friday Night Cou-ples Bowling League at Mohegan Bowl-A-Drome. Joanne and Eddie have two children, Anthony (6) and Alison (3).

1988C l a s s S c r i b eDIANE BELLEROSE90 Lebanon St.Southbridge, MA 01550(518) [email protected]

Happy Summer, Class of 1988! With the rough winter we had here in New Eng-land, I thought it would never get here! Thanks to our fellow classmates below for checking in and giving me something to write about in this issue.

Patty (Jennings) Burdick, who boost-ed everyone’s school spirit by being our school mascot, gave birth to a son, Griffi n Michael, on August 25, 2004. She is mar-ried to John Burdick Jr. and they reside

wise, he started his second fi nancial fi rm in 1997 which provides comprehensive money management and fi nancial plan-ning to high net worth individuals and pension plans. He recently had his “15 minutes of fame” on a TV appearance, and was named president of the Financial Planning Association NH Council Con-necticut. He also reports that he met up with his old friend and former roommate, Carl Erlacher, and his family at a UConn basketball game, and he’s doing extremely well. He keeps in touch with Kyle Luckeand he is doing great. He also ran into Jim Chacho, (who owns a metal broker-age company in Stratford, CT) at a local golf course and watched him sink a four-footer for par. He writes, “FYI, Jim is ag-ing better than all of us! Could it be that the price of metal has gone up?” Eric writes if any of the old gang wants to say hello, his work phone number is 203-877-1520.


1991C l a s s S c r i b eDONNA SMALL4905 Bay Harvest Ct.Clemmons, NC 27012Home: (336) 712-1053Cell: (336) [email protected]

Remy Marie Bailey was born on September 16, 2004. Her parents, Leslie (Whaley) Bailey and Michael Bailey, report that she is now six months old and sitting up, roll-ing over and trying to fi gure out how to crawl.

Scott Leonard and his wife, Scott Leonard and his wife, Scott Leonard Kim (McCabe) Leonard, are happy to an-nounce the birth of their twins, Caelyn Grace and Braeden Scott, on January 7, 2005. Big brother, Sean Patrick (4), welcomed them home with big arms! Everyone is healthy and happy.

Griffi n Burdick, son of Patty (Jennings) Burdick ‘88)

Remy Marie Bailey, daughter of Leslie (Whaley) Bailey ’91

along with her stepson, Thomas, and step-daughter, Lisa, in Grand Prairie, TX. She works as a senior fi nancial analyst for Computer Sciences Corp.

Rich Plant happily reported that he just got engaged to Jeanne Stoddard on April 4th. He is a senior compliance analyst at John Hancock Funds LLC. They are planning a 2006 wedding.

Phil Stark was a contractor in Con-necticut until 2002, when he moved to Florida to become a certifi ed golf teaching pro. He teaches golf and makes golf clubs for fun. He also manages a successfulfountain, statue and pottery store. He resides in Spring Hill, FL.

Eric Tashlein emailed to update his old friends from New Dorm and his la-crosse teammates. He’s happily married to Debra and they have a two-year-old daugh-ter, Olivia, who, Eric writes, “is now ask-ing for fi ve brothers and sisters….we’ll see!” They reside in Milford, CT. Career-

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Eddie Perrotti, Class of 1995 Johnston, RI

EmploymentSchmidt Equipment Inc.

Greatest lesson I learned from a Nichols faculty/staff member was during my fresh-

man year when a professor explained, now that you are in college your par-ents are not around anymore to drag you out of bed or push you to get things done. The only way you will succeed is if you push yourself.

My Nichols degree helped me get me where I am today. While interview-ing at Schmidt Equipment, the interviewing manager mentioned one of the reasons he wanted to meet with me was because I had a business degree from Nichols. Schmidt Equipment is the Massachusetts and Rhode Island John Deere Construction Equipment dealer which deals with large numbers and interesting fi nancing packages. He thought my degree certainly gave me an edge and offered me the job. That was eight years ago, now I am an operations manager for one of the three major departments of the company.

On celebrating my 10th-year reunion… it is hard to believe it has been 10 years already. When thinking about it I am amazed at how many people I met at Nichols during my four years that I still speak to and see on a regu-lar basis. It will be great to get together at homecoming this year with them, and others that I have not had a chance to see much, back at Nichols to rem-inisce about the old days.

My classmates would be surprised to learn that Sandy [Sibole ’94] and I spent the last two years building our new house. We had lots of help from friends and especially our families and are very lucky to have them in our lives. There are lots of people to thank for helping and I could not list them all, but there was one person who I have to mention… my dad. He helped me nearly every single day right from day one with land clearing and site work right through to the fi nish work and now landscaping. I could not have done it without him and cannot thank him enough, he’s the best.

1993C l a s s S c r i b eJOHN LAREAUTax ManagerGreenberg, Rosenblatt, Kull & Bitsoli, PC(508) [email protected]

1994C l a s s S c r i b eDANIELLE TROIANO553 Grafton St.Shrewsbury, MA [email protected]

J. Gregory LeBrun and his brother, Mark, are owners of the Linden Store Delicatessen in Wellesley, MA. The LeBrun brothers are writing the latest chapter in the long,

successful tradition of family ownership of the delicatessen. The Dipirro family opened the original store in 1933 and members of that family owned and oper-ated the store until 1979 when it was sold to Joe and Bonnie LeBrun (Greg’s par-ents). The brothers grew up learning the business fi rst hand. They both learned most of their restaurant skills from their dad. In 2004, Greg and Mark assumed ownership of the Linden Store but their parents continue to maintain a presence in the deli and pitch in whenever needed.


C l a s s S c r i b eCHRIS SAENGVANICH700 Princeton Blvd. Apt. 29Lowell, MA 01851(978) [email protected]

Douglas Lapointe and his wife, Douglas Lapointe and his wife, Douglas Lapointe Germaine (Siefert) Lapointe ’96, would like to in-troduce the newest member of their fam-ily, Brayden Patrick, born May 23, 2004. His big sister, Emma, is now 41⁄2. Doug is in group collections for Amcol Systems Inc., a national medical collections fi rm. Germaine is a proud stay-at-home mom. They still live in Irmo, SC.

Adrian Smolynsky is a software engi-Adrian Smolynsky is a software engi-Adrian Smolynskyneer working at Blue Cod Technologies Inc. located in Marlborough, MA, devel-oping software. He recently got married to Christina J. Singh on May 22, 2004. They are residing in Marlborough.

Class of ’95, participate! Let me know what you are up to. Let your voice be heard. Let your old friends know how you’re doing. Send me your words. Chris

1996C l a s s S c r i b eGARY WATSON25 Lakeside Ave.Webster, MA 01570(508) [email protected]

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2001C l a s s S c r i b eDAVID J. TWISSBranch ManagerExecutive Mortgage Group LLCOffi ce:: (978) 536-7760Fax: (978) 536-9700Mobile: (978) [email protected]

2002C l a s s S c r i b ePRINCESS R. TUCKERCash ManagerStudent Loan AdministratorConnecticut College(860) 961-2734Fax: (860) [email protected]

Timothy Fox is engaged to Amy Ruda Timothy Fox is engaged to Amy Ruda Timothy Foxand they are getting married on October 8, 2005.

Peter Lynch II and Meghan Mc-Kenna ’03 have set their wedding date for October 8, 2006. They were engaged on July 11, 2004, at Fenway Park. The two have lived in Noblesville, IN, since 2003, where Peter works for Daimler-Chrysler and Meghan for Troon Golf.

Erin Sarasin attended the wedding of Nao Nishimura and Hideyuki Matsu-Nao Nishimura and Hideyuki Matsu-Nao Nishimuramoto on May 14, 2005, in Osaka, Japan. The ceremony took place at the Mitte Restaurant in Osaka. Nao is currently em-ployed by GE Financial Corp. in Osaka. Hide is employed by the post offi ce in Kyoto. Erin works for Southbridge Savings Bank in Holden, MA.

2003C l a s s S c r i b eKIM SERINOConfl uent Surgical [email protected]

Andrew Cossar was promoted after six Andrew Cossar was promoted after six Andrew Cossarmonths at Erickson Retirement Commu-nities from activities assistant at Renaissance Gardens in Brooksby Village, Peabody,

Douglas Lapointe ’95 and Germaine (Siefert) Lapointe ’96 with their children Emma and Brayden

Brianna Marie, daughter of Sherry (Turner) Rotondo ’00

Jeffrey A. Reuter ’97 and Amanda C. Cohen

Germaine (Siefert) Lapointe, and her husband, Douglas Lapointe ’95, would like to introduce the newest member of their family. (Please see 1995.)

1997C l a s s S c r i b eCOLLEEN B. REILLY700 Princeton Blvd. Apt. 29Lowell, MA 01851(987) [email protected]

Kimberly (Ellis) Barnett MBA ’03 was married April 24, 2004, to Gregory Bar-nett, from Milan, NH. They are expecting their fi rst child on May 1, 2005. After completing her MBA from Nichols, she made a career change and is now teaching high school business. She has been teach-ing for two years now, and enjoys it very much.

Mark Callahan and Tracy Normandin are happy to announce their engagement. Mark is a corporate account manager at EMC Corp. in Hopkinton, MA. Tracy is a product marketing manager at Boston Scientifi c in Marlborough. A June 2005 wedding is planned.

Eric Leonard is working as the direc-Eric Leonard is working as the direc-Eric Leonardtor of channel marketing at the Endurance International Group, a leader in the web-site hosting market. He and his wife, Jennifer Ray, celebrated their four-year anniversary in April and currently live in Millbury, MA, with their three-year-old son, Domenick Tyler.

Jeffrey A. Reuter and Amanda C. Co-Jeffrey A. Reuter and Amanda C. Co-Jeffrey A. Reuterhen were married on November 13, 2004,

at Congregation Mishkan Tefi la in Ches-nut Hill, MA, where a reception followed. Among the groomsmen were James Bor-zumato and Paul Tomasetti. Jeff is em-ployed at Bald Hill Dodge in Warwick, RI, and Amanda is a therapeutic foster care clinician at the Groden Center in Providence. After a honeymoon cruise to the Caribbean, the couple live in Cranston.

1998Jennifer (Kinsman) Donovan wants everyone to know that her son celebrated his fi rst birthday on February 19th.

1999C l a s s S c r i b eTONY [email protected]

Gene Desruisseaux graduated from the Gene Desruisseaux graduated from the Gene DesruisseauxPlymouth Police Academy in December and is currently a full-time patrolman for the town of Barnstable, MA. He is getting married on May 28, 2005.


Sherry (Turner) Rotondo and her hus-band, Michael, announce the birth of their fi rst child, Brianna Marie, born on March 27, 2005, Easter Sunday, weighing seven pounds, two ounces.

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Jesse Plouffe and Jen Solomon, both 2003 graduates

MA, to manager of the Campus Store at Linden Ponds in Hingham, MA. He has been employed by Erickson (parent com-pany) since February 2, 2005.

Meghan McKenna and Meghan McKenna and Meghan McKenna Peter Lynch II ’02 have set their wedding date. (Please see 2002.)

Newly engaged couple, Jen Solomon and Jesse Plouffe, represented their em-ployers at the Student/Alumni Career Day at Nichols College.

Kathy Ewen is working as an athletic coach at the Hopkins School in New Haven, CT. Last year, the junior school tennis team had its fi rst undefeated season. She also coaches volleyball and intramurals, and works for Chapel Haven Inc., a pro-gram for adults with learning disabilities, as a job coach at the Groton Sub Base.

2004C l a s s S c r i b eERIN CHENETTE87 North Spencer Rd.Spencer, MA 01562(508) [email protected]

2005C l a s s S c r i b eMICHELLE [email protected]

CINCINNATTI(L to R): David Ebacher ’64, President Debra Murphy, Andrew Matthey ’71, Barbara Weyand, William Weyand ’66, and Oliver Birckhead ’42.

WORCESTER(L to R): Kerry Barnes ’05, Samantha Meas ’03, Stacey Lambert, enrolled in the Nichols MBA program, Crystal Miclette ’03, and Joe Salois ’98.

Socials

VANCOUVER(L to R): Rosemarie Ives, Jonathan Ives ’67, President Debra Murphy, Hunt Coracci ’67.


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CHARLOTTE(Clockwise from left): Armand Carrano ’69, Peter Chamberlin ’63, Drew Shea ’00, Carol Erhardt, Glenn Backus ’94, Bruce Haslun ’63, Bill Sarkisian ’71, Beverly Sarkisian, Dottie Carrano, and Vice President of College Relations Tom Cafaro.

PROVIDENCEHosted by Ed ’94 and Sandy ’95 Perrotti.


DAYTONAHosted by “Coach” Mike Vendetti H’81 and wife Joan.

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FORT LAUDERDALE(Sitting L to R): Bob Benowitz ’54, Arlene Benowitz, Sebastian Randazzo ’56, Patricia Randazzo, Matt Gruskin ’54, and Marianne Gruskin. (Standing L to R): President Debra Murphy, Vice President for Enrollment and Marketing Tom Cafaro and Tom Keith ’56.

NEWPORT BEACH(L to R): Alan Lambie ’54, Art Fries ’56, Vice President of College Relations Tom Cafaro, Mark Tarca ’83, Donn Bleau ’73, President Debra Murphy, Robert Kuppenheimer ’69, Bill Weyand ’66, Colleen O’Brien, and Paul O’Brien ’82.

SocialsNAPLES Hosted by Ken Beyer ’60.


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Robert L. Sparks ’40Robert L. Sparks ’40 died April 7, 2005. Sparks served in the U.S. Army in Europe and the South Pacifi c and was honorably discharged as sergeant. He received his bachelor’s degree at Syracuse University and worked as a math and business teach-er, and as coach of basketball and football, at Burr and Burton Seminary in Manches-ter, VT, where he was recently inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame. He served as athletic trainer at Dartmouth College and also worked for Roger Burt Offset Printing. Sparks started the Little League baseball program in Hanover, VT, and has been recognized for his dedication and devotion to Hanover’s youth. A member of the Lion’s Club and the Church of Christ at Dartmouth, Sparks enjoyed trav-eling, the outdoors and family vacations in Ocean Park, ME. In 1991, he fulfi lled a lifetime dream when he traveled to Ger-many and introduced German schoolchil-dren to the game of baseball. Sparks leaves two children, James and Lawrence; and four grandsons, Matthew, Daniel, David, and Steven. He was predeceased by his wife of over 50 years, Susie.

Robert S. Howland ’41Robert S. Howland died May 1, 2005, in Vero Beach, FL. He served in the Naval Air Force in World War II. He taught at Nichols College and was later a principal of Bartlett Insurance Agency in Webster, MA, retiring in 1985. Howland co-founded and served as director of Commerce In-surance Co. in Webster, and held several leadership positions in the community, including president of the Rotary Club of Webster-Dudley, president and chair of the Webster-Dudley United Way, director of Webster-Dudley Boys’ Club, trustee of Webster Five Cents Savings Bank, and director of Hubbard Regional Hospital. He was a member of the New Bedford Yacht Club and the Moorings Yacht Club

in Vero Beach. Howland is survived by his wife, Constance; children, Craigin, Laura, Mark, and Christopher; stepchildren, Susan and Cary; 13 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and sisters, Phyllis and Sylvia. He was predeceased by his fi rst wife, Jane, and brothers, Allen and Richard.

Alfred E. Monahan ’41Alfred E. Monahan died January 19, 2005, in Sunapee, NH. During World War II, Monahan was an offi cer in the U.S. Army Air Corps, serving in the Pacifi c. He was awarded battle stars for the fol-lowing campaigns: Southern Philippines, Luzon, China Defensive, Western Pacifi c, China Offensive, Air Offensive Japan, and Borneo. He received the Asiatic Pacifi c Service Medal, the World War II Victory Medal and the Philippines Liberation Medal. Monahan worked for General Electric Co. for 40 years. He was salutato-rian at Nichols and was inducted into the Nichols College Athletic Hall of Fame in 1972. He enjoyed history, fi shing and gar-dening and was interested in wildlife con-servation in the Lakes Region. He is sur-vived by his wife, Ethel; two daughters, Patricia and Kathleen; two sons, Robert and David; nine grandchildren; a brother, Richard; and nieces and nephews.

Richard T. Allen ’43Richard T. Allen died October 1, 2004. He leaves his wife of 58 years, Barbara; two children; four grandchildren; and one great-grandson.

Oliver B. “O.B.” Hill ’48Oliver B. “O.B.” Hill of Natick, MA, died May 1, 2005. Hill was founder and past president of O.B. Hill Motor Trans-portation Inc. of Natick, which he estab-lished in 1950. He was past president of New England Tank Carriers Inc. and Massachusetts Motor Truck Association.

Active in numerous local civic and chari-table affairs, he was a member of the board of directors of Natick Trust Co., Framing-ham Trust Co., Shawmut Bank West Sub-urban Advisory Committee, and a mem-ber of the American Legion Post of Natick, Veterans of Foreign Wars of Natick and Natick Lodge of Elks. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy Seabees in the Pacifi c Theater and was awarded two bronze stars. Hill was an avid skater, and football and hockey player, and enjoyed spending time with his family, traveling in their motor home or staying at their cottage on Lake Winnipesauke, boating, swimming and water skiing. He leaves his wife of 57 years, Marguerite; six children, Bryant, Christopher, Jennifer, Andrew, Daira, and Sheena; a brother, John; two sisters, Marylen and Barbara; 13 grand-children; and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his sister, Elizabeth.

Paul J. Kokocinski ’50Paul J. Kokocinski died May 19, 2005. Kokocinski worked for many years in sales and retired from Cranston Printworks in 1986. He was also the owner of the Clean Sweep Co. for over 10 years. He was a member of St. Joseph’s Basilica of Webster, a veteran of World War II serving in the U.S. Army, a sport enthusiast, and an avid golfer. Kokocinski is survived by three daughters, Susan, Carol and Dale; his sister, Joan; 10 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and 1 great-great-grand-child. He was predeceased by his wife of 50 years, Eileen; and a brother, Stanley.

Robert Keeney Small ’51Robert Keeney Small died March 31, 2005. He served four years in the U.S. Navy. He was a manufacturer’s representa-tive on the East Coast for men’s clothing companies, and retired to Isle of Palms, SC, in 1996. Small was a member of Wild Dunes Golf Association and a former

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member of Rhode Island Country Club. Survivors include his wife, Crawford; three children, Geer, Kipp and Allison; a brother, Gordon; eight grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his sister, Nancy.

Andrew R. Tkacik ’54Andrew R. Tkacik died April 12, 2005. He was a Navy veteran of the Korean War, and worked 36 years for Massachusetts Electric as a stores clerk before retiring in 1990. Tkacik was an avid Red Sox and Patriots fan, and enjoyed walking, golf and especially spending time with his family and grandchildren. He belonged to the Webster-Dudley American Legion Post 184. He is survived by his wife, Eva; three daughters, Nancy, Lisa and Jean ’84; a brother, Edward; a sister, Frances; three grandchildren, Sean, Lynn and Rebecca; and nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a brother, Joseph.

David J. Adams ’62David J. Adams died February 13, 2005. Adams served his country during peace-time as a U.S. Marine. For many years, he served as the vice president and gen-eral manager of C. K. Smith Oil Co. in Worcester, MA. He also held the position of president of the Vermont Morgan Corp. and was a very well-known local commer-cial land developer and entrepreneur. A devoted family man, he had a passion for nature and for the land and animals on the family farm. He was a member of sev-eral organizations that were associated with animals, including the American Morgan Horse Association, American Boer Goat Association, and Massachusetts Lobster-men Association. His other memberships included the First Congregational Church in Shrewsbury, MA, where he was a town meeting member and precinct leader for many years. Adams is survived by his wife of 22 years, Susan; his children, Daniel, Sarah and Scott; two grandchildren, Eli and Sydney; three sisters, Nancy, Susan and Lois; and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a son, David.

Frank DiPanfi lo ’68Frank DiPanfi lo died March 23, 2005. (Please see related article by Dan Stewartin 1969 class notes.)

Donald Svedine ’69Donald Svedine died April 24, 2005.

Lillian L. (Sztuba) Moore MBA ’85Lillian L. (Sztuba) Moore died February 15, 2005. She was self-employed for many years as a business partner with her hus-band, William Moore. As a registered nurse, she opened the fi rst Adult Day Health Center in Massachusetts. She then worked as a registered nurse at the Worcester State Hospital until she retired in 1997. She enjoyed spending her winters in Naples, FL. She leaves two daughters, Patricia and Kathleen; a son, William; three grandchil-dren; and nephews and nieces. Her hus-band, William, died in 1995.

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I’d like to introduce you to our newest working generation, the “Y” Generation. Also known as the Millennial Generation or the Echo

Boomers, this group followed the “X” Generation, so its oldest members could be graduating from college and entering the work force this year. As a professor at Nichols College, I have been dealing with this group for the past four years, so here is a sneak preview.

Let’s start with a primer on Genera-tional Theory. The theory is based on the idea that 90 percent of who we are as adults is determined by what was happening in our world from birth to age 10. The attached chart, The Living Generations, summarizes the key events and attitudes of each generation to help predict how its respective members will react to life situations. For example, members of the Silent Generation tend to be conservative and to save for a rainy day; the Boomer Generation tends to spend money and enjoy life; and Generation X tends to have a negative and somewhat hopeless attitude.

My recent doctoral research examined generational differences with a focus on

the Y Generation. They grew up in a dynamic domestic economy and, in gen-eral, their families were fi nancially success-ful. On average, the 60 million members of this generation have over $100 a week to spend just on themselves—about two-thirds of which they earned themselves. One in four was raised in a single family home and three in four had a working mother. Surprisingly, 51 percent plan to return home to live for awhile after college.

Here at Nichols we have observed that Generation Y members tend to be opti-mistic about themselves, tend to feel their ideas should be worth partial credit (even if wrong!), enjoy bargaining, tend to thrive on team opportunities, and are obviously technically savvy.

On the other side, Generation Y members are likely to demand immedi-ate responses, will not tolerate systems failures of any sort, can be a bit edgy, and above all, demand a high level of respect. They are the fi rst generation to be more comfortable online than live. This is refl ected in a certain awkwardness they exhibit that can be interpreted as both shyness and belligerence when

dealing “eyeball to eyeball.” With 60 mil-lion members, compared to 72 million Baby Boomers and 50 million Genera-tion Xers, they are a force to be reck-oned with. The demographic peak has passed the K-12 level, will arrive at the college/university level in two years, and will have an impact on business in about seven years. From one professor’s per-spective, businesses would be best served by developing an atmosphere of mutual respect.

As for the next generation, let’s look at what has happened since 1995, the start of our latest living generation whose oldest members are about 10 this year. They have witnessed global terrorism with buildings crashing down on 9/11, local terrorism in Columbine and Oklahoma City, and are maturing in a world of government-issued color-coded terrorism threat alerts. Generational theory would suggest that the next generation may well be quite alienated, may distance themselves from all of us, and not even try to make eyeball to eyeball connections. Our schools and colleges are in a position to help minimize these negative outcomes, which could cause massive workplace changes in about 10 years.

Make Way for the Y GenerationM E E T O U R N E W E S T W O R K I N G G E N E R AT I O N

By Professor Richard Lee Hilliard, ChFC

The Living GenerationsGENERATION EVENTS/ISSUES ATTITUDESGI Generation (unknown)(1901–1924)

Government Benefi tsWWI Victory

We are entitled to what we have You owe us

Silent Generation (unknown)(1925–1945)

Great DepressionPoverty and Rainy Days

Save, things can get worseAppreciate what you have

Boomer Generation (72 mil.)(1946–1960)

WWII Victory, SuccessHigh Productivity

Let the good times rollSpend, enjoy life

Generation X (50 mil.)(1961–1981)

Depressed EconomyAssassinations

Hopelessness, McJobs, mall families, want heroes

Generation Y (60 mil.)(1982–1995)

Internet and WebEconomy Great, Affl uence

Good things will get even betterInstant everything, have faith

Generation 9/11 (TBD)(1996– )

Terrorists, ColumbineFalling Buildings

Perhaps “negative” connec-tionsDon’t get too close

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Homecoming 2005PAST • PRESENT • FUTURE

Come Celebrate the Dedication of Vendetti Field

Friday, September 16th6:00 p.m.Annual Alumni Awards Ceremony / Hall of Fame InductionCost: $40 per person (Must be pre-paid by Sept. 1st)

8:00 p.m.Friday Night at the Movies

Saturday, September 17th9:00 a.m.President’s BreakfastOpen to alumni and guests.RSVP Sept. 1st.

10:00 a.m.Field Hockey vs. Regis College Alumni Registration

11:00 a.m.Women’s Soccer vs. University of New EnglandCampus Tour Activities and Fun for All Ages

11:30 a.m.New Era for Nichols Athletics

12:00 p.m.Campus TourMeet & Greet with FacultyWomen’s Tennis vs. Eastern Nazarene

12:45 p.m.Field Dedication

1:00 p.m.Football vs. Westfi eld State

2:00 p.m.Men’s Soccer vs. University of New England

4:00 p.m.Chalmers’ Field House BBQCost: $12 per person / $6 for children under 10 (Must pre-pay by Sept. 1st)

7:30 p.m.Comedy Show

All events are tentative. For an up-to-date list, please visit our website, www.nichols.edu/alumni.

September 16th and 17thCome and celebrate! If you graduated in a year ending in 0 or 5, you are having a reunion. To register or for more information, please visit our website, www.nichols.edu/alumni, or contact the Alumni Relations Offi ce toll free at (866) 622-4766 or email alumnioffi [email protected].

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