From the September/October 2008 Issue
Web Hull (see Mary Morell '03).
Mary Morell and J. Nicholas "Myko" Hull got married on June 28 after
getting engaged Thanksgiving 2006 on Lincoln Field, and after Myko
returned from a 16-month deployment to Afghanistan with the Army's
82nd Airborne Division. Web Hull '65 is the groom's father. Beth
Andersen Walthall, Josh Loh, and Mike Palisano served as wedding
attendants. Wedding guests included: Jaime Alberts '02, Diana
Comarato, Tim Gerheim, Justin Haas, Lori Leibowitz, Tracy Hadden
Loh '04, Lucas Orwig '05, Adam Saks '05, Claiborne Walthall '02,
Will Weiss, and Melissa Zerofsky, as well as Professor Emeritus of
Chemistry Bill Risen, Professor of Psychoceramics Josiah Carberry, and
Senior Lecturer in Slavic Languages Lynne DeBenedette. Mary and Myko
honeymooned in Croatia and highly recommend it.
William M. Pillsbury is in the retail sterling-silverware business in Houston,
after working at various museum curatorial positions from 1969 to 1975.
Contact William at PO Box 130348, Houston 77219;
pillsburymichel@aol.com.
Harry Roy '66 ScM writes that he still works at Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute, where he is learning how to speak French and read music. His wife,
Sharon, is retired but very busy, and his son works at Martayan Lan in New
York City. His daughter-in-law teaches English as a second language in the
public school system. Contact Harry at 15 Riding Club Rd., Troy, N.Y. 12180.
J. Michael Lenihan ‘68MAT has been re-elected to the Rhode Island Senate, District 35.
From the September/October 2008 Issue
Don Carcieri (see Helene Pat Hogan Shea '30)
Helene Pat Hogan Shea '35 AM has moved to Greenwich Farms, #306,
75 Minnesota Ave., Warwick, R.I. 02888. Her telephone number remains
the same. She writes that she is fine, well, and happy, and has moved to
Greenwich Farms because it is a more positive, friendly, and interactive
community. In April she attended the Governor's Luncheon at Capitol Ridge
and had her picture taken with Gov. Don Carcieri '65. She celebrated her
100th birthday on August 4th.
From the July/August 2008 Issue
Cherry Fletcher Bamberg writes: "I continue to write and speak about
Rhode Island history and genealogy and have been editor of Rhode Island
Roots, the journal of the Rhode Island Genealogical Society, since 2002. In
October 2007, I was elected a fellow of the American Society of
Genealogists, an honorary society limited to 50 living genealogists. My
husband, Paul, still teaches at Harvard. We enjoy the exciting company of
five grandchildren."
Marney Weaver Janss writes: "I keep busy as a volunteer with the New
West Symphony as a board member and event planner, and with the Gold
Coast Chamber Music Festival, which I founded eight years ago and
continue to administer. If you are in the San Fernando Valley and enjoy
young classical musicians, come to one of our August concerts. You can find
us at www.gccmf.org. I also follow my own son, Andrew, around the
country to hear the wonderful Escher String Quartet, for which he is a
cellist. You can hear them at Lincoln Center, Music@Menlo, the Santa Fe
Chamber Music Festival, Orange County Performing Arts Center, and other
places this summer including the Gold Coast Festival. I hike the Santa
Monica mountains as much as possible. My husband, Larry, and I both love
the Himalayas and were in Nepal in September and will be traveling to
Mongolia this summer. I see my Pembroke roommate, Maureen Finkle
Lasher, as often as possible; she and husband Eric are in Los Angeles."
Barbara J. Katz, known as Babs while at Pembroke, lost her husband of 15
years, Robert H. McGuckin III, to a rare cancer in 2006. Barbara retired in
2005 as an attorney in the Division of Enforcement at the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C. She continues to live in
Alexandria, Va., and has immersed herself in Virginia Democratic party
politics. She has also revived her interest in music, recalling her days with
the Pembroke Glee Club, and now sings and dances with a local group that
performs American pop standards. She is grateful for her continuing
relationships with old friends. Contact Barbara at 7317 Stafford Rd.,
Alexandria 22307.
John Kelly writes: "I am finishing up 17 years as professor and chairman of
the department of neurology at the George Washington Univ. Medical
Center in Washington, D.C. Pat and I have been married for more than 41
years. We have two daughters and three grandchildren. One grandson,
Jack, 9, wants to play free safety for Brown and then the Washington
Redskins. It's good to have goals in life. Anyway, we are well. I will step
down as chair of the department this year and become a clinician once
again."
William Rozell writes: "I have been 'semi-retired' for almost a decade,
meaning that I have retired from my law firm, but still practice on
individual cases. No more 24/7 hours, though trial time in major litigation
still gets that way from time to time. But the other side is gape with time to
travel to every corner of the world. In between, home is still Alaska. Juneau
has been my home for 36 years and I have no plans to leave."
Virginia Newton Scharfenberg writes: "I've been living on Cape Cod,
Mass., for the past 10 years. My husband, Michael Talbot, and I own an
ecological landscape design and restoration company that specializes in
conservation, consultation, design/build, and natural tree, shrub, and lawn
care. Our environmental approaches have created a substantial niche
market and have led to lectures throughout the East coast. My children are
dispersed around the country. David '98 has followed in his dad's footsteps
and has been a newspaper reporter in Calif., Mass., N.Y., and R.I. He is
currently at the Providence Journal. Christa is assistant director of the
Center for Investigative Reporting in Berkeley, Calif. Stephanie is a certified
physical trainer and lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. Life is extremely busy for all of
us and even more so with two wonderful grandchildren. I keep up with a
group of eight Class of '65 Pembrokers who gather once a year in the
Catskills. Our lives are as diverse and challenging as the current
presidential race!
Phil Solomita writes: "My wife and I are enjoying retirement. We celebrated
our 40th anniversary in 2007. Our daughter, Michele, and her husband have
given us two beautiful granddaughters, Lisa and Marli. I'm still 'playing'
soccer and have resumed orchestral performing. Life is good."
Margaret McDonald Willard writes that after 20-plus years in internal
communications with a major pharmaceutical company she is transitioning to
consulting as a writer and editor. "I've been married for the past eight years
to a now-retired physician and Princeton alumnus. I have attended more
Brown vs. Princeton basketball and football games since meeting David than
I did during our undergrad days."
From the May/June 2008 Issue
Donald Carcieri (see Everett A. Petronio Jr. '88).
Everett A. Petronio Jr. writes: "My wife, Ann Nealon Petronio '89,
and I recently received a Silver Star award from the Make A Wish
Foundation of Rhode Island for our volunteer work. Ann serves on the
Rhode Island Chapter's Gala Committee, and I run an annual event
through my involvement with the Atlantic Tuna Club, which has raised
funds to grant multiple wishes for children with life-threatening
conditions. In 2005, I was appointed by Governor Donald Carcieri '65
as one of three commissioners to represent Rhode Island at the Atlantic
States Marine Fisheries Commission. I continue to practice law in
Johnston, R.I., and have recently served as an adjunct professor at
Roger Williams School of Law. Ann and I continue to live in Cranston,
R.I., with our children, Mary, 12, and Christopher, 10.
Michael Weir '70 PhD writes: "After 30 years in and around local
government in Pennsylvania, I am slowly slipping into retirement, but not
entirely. I have been self-employed—my company is Local Government
Solutions LLC."
From the March/April 2008 Issue
Mimi Kentta Calhoun writes: "Life is busier than ever since I retired. I am
gardening, kayaking, and serving on a variety of local nonprofit boards.
My most challenging commitment is as a trustee on our local school
board. Our daughter, Rachel, is celebrating her college graduation by
traveling to Nepal, where she will help out in a bilingual school. Her twin
brother, Jacob, is an avid snowboarder and in the off-season he studies
at the Univ. of Vermont."
From the January / February 2008 Issue
Paul Hammond reports that PublishAmerica has published his first novel,
Interference, a contemporary sailing adventure that becomes a time
journey to the American Revolution (specifically British-occupied Newport in
July 1778).
Gerald J. Michael ’66 ScM writes: “For many years now Shirley and I have
been the classic empty-nesters—living alone in the same large house in
which we raised three children and complaining about its age, size, and
maintenance requirements. No longer! After twenty-eight years living in
Weston, Mass., we’ve built a brand new house and moved to Nashua, N.H.
We are in a great location not far from our children and grandchildren,
close to the mountains and seacoast, and still within easy striking distance
of Boston. We’re already starting to create wonderful memories here.”
Nan Hoy Shaw writes: “After twenty-eight years as a life coach and
addictionologist, four years ago I founded eClubSoda, a world-wide
teleconference call for personal development and life-coaching. ‘Happy
Hour’ has now taken on a whole new meaning, one of genuine connection!
We offer over 800 conference calls a year, providing daily, hands-on, easily
accessible personal coaching and support. I am about to open up
eClubSoda for Students and eClubSoda for Seniors. Retirement? What is
that? I would love to hear from my friends at Brown and Pembroke. Contact
me through www.eclubsoda.com or at eclubsodanan@aol.com.I am now
living on my own with my two beloved dogs on a little lake in Georgia. Ya’ll
come down and visit!”
Obituary
Sally Miller Johnston ’65, ’68 AM, of Chapel Hill, N.C.; Jul. 20, 2007, of
heart failure. She worked with several international development
organizations and lived in Kenya, Tanzania, and Nigeria before moving to
Chapel Hill in 1977. In Chapel Hill she served as president of the
Kensington Trace Homeowners Assoc. for ten years and as secretary of
the Ocean Reef Homeowners Assoc. in Emerald isle, N.C. for seventeen
years. She is survived by her husband, Alan ’68 of 104 Buena Vista Way,
Chapel Hill 27514, and a brother.
Donald C. Lang '65, of Broad Brook, Conn.; Feb. 25, 2008. He was a
litigation specialist with Hartford Insurance Co. for 31 years. He enjoyed
spending time on Block Island with his family. He is survived by his wife,
Janice, a son, two daughters, seven grandchildren, and a sister.
James M. Hosford '65, of Gainesville, Ga.; Apr. 24, 2008, of cancer. He was
a retired pediatrician. He had a private practice for more than 30 years in
Gainesville. He was also a board-certified addictionist, which enabled him
to share hope and strength with many addicts. He was a member of
several charitable organizations. A music enthusiast, he sang in the choir
of the First Presbyterian Church of Gainesville for 30 years. In 1961,
President John F. Kennedy presented him with the National Science Fair in
Biology award. He is survived by his wife, Susan; three daughters; seven
grandchildren; his mother, Prentiss McIntyre Hosford; and two brothers.