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Most recent NHS Class of '67 Bio Page Update a/o 09/10/17. This page is has been reformatted and alphabetized.
Total NHS Class of '67 Bio's posted......68!!..... and MOST with pictures.
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Alpern, Iris (Maxon)
45 years...how fast did that go?
After I graduated I went to OCC. In 1969 I went to work for Travelers Insurance Company until 1973 when I decided I needed a change. I went back to school and got a degree to become a Medical Assistant...Low and behold I got a job at Hill Haven Nursing Home in 1975 and worked my way up to Payroll Supervisor/Personnel Director. Life changed again! In 2001 I started working at Syracuse University in the School of Education. My full time grant ended last summer, but I am still there part time and loving it.
In 1976 I married Barry Maxon who graduated from Nottingham in 1959. More information than anyone wants to know, Barry died in 2000.
And now for the highlight of my life...My son Jason was born in 1987. He also attended Nottingham graduating in 2005 and going on to SU receiving his degree in business and finance in 2009. Jason lives in Syracuse, so life is good. He works for Bank of NY Mellon in East Syracuse....I could go on and on...but I won't.
In 2007 I attended my first Nottingham reunion which of course was the 40th. It was there I met Richard (Rick) Raymond who graduated from Nottingham in 1966 and two years later we became engaged.
See you soon!
Barlow, Gary
After graduation at Nottingham I spent a lot of time at Syracuse University. I earned a BS
in Zoology in '71, and three block S letters for wrestling. I had planned to go to grad school
for oceanography. But I fell in love and stuck around, entering grad school at SU in the sci ed
department, getting married to Marg in '72, and living in the married student housing. Continued
grad school, MS in Sci Ed, and completed course work for a PhD with no topic for a dissertation
in mind.So in 1975 I started teaching biology at Liverpool HS and coaching the JV wrestling team. I
burned out in just two and a half years, and through a fluke, mostly from a call by Carl Farino,
I ended up in the New York State Trooper Academy in February of '78. My career in the State
Police was exciting. I was able to work nights and finish school, earning my PhD in Science
Teaching in '85. Was second in command of the SCUBA team of 65 members, and spent the
whole summer of '96 on Long Island diving for airplane and body parts. Taught SCUBA and
several other courses at the Trooper Academy, and spent one full year there as a Basic School
NCO. I had become a sergeant in 1987. I retired after 22 years, in 2000, and went to work for National Aquatic
Service in Syracuse. I still teach for them occasionally. I didn't want anything to do with law enforcement, but as
things would have it, I was made an offer to be lieutenant in the Village of North Syracuse Police
Dept in May of 2007, and then was offered a position teaching criminal justice at Onondaga
Community College the spring semester of 2008. The lieutenant's position was eliminated for
budget reasons June of 2011, but I am still an adjunct professor at OCC. As I am writing this,
my wife Margaret is enjoying her last day as a reading teacher for the Syracuse school district
and she too is retiring! We have two children, Sheila and Todd. Sheila is married, living in Boston, and is an
industrial engineer for Staples. Todd lives in Chittenango and has a management job with the
New York Power Authority.
Barr, Edwin
Where to start? From high school to Alfred University- very much a hippie and war protester in those days. Graduated in Psych and photography- yeah, I didn't have a clue what to do in life. Leather crafter on SU campus and Skaneateles for a few years. Lived in Pittsburgh. Back to Syracuse and decorating business. Somewhere in all that a failed marriage. Then I got it right. Met the love of my life and moved to Mass. while she finished medical residency. Have 2 great kids, oldest starting college at Mass College of Art in fall, youngest soph in high school. I've been busy as a stay-at-home dad and renovating our house while working outside the house in carpentry and interior decorating. Look forward each year to seeing friends like Bob and Elaine Chaffee and Brian and Paula Coupe at our lake house on Otisco during the summer and sharing a cold one on the porch and contemplating where the time has gone. I've included a picture from my porch on Otisco Lake, a family shot, and a great picture of Brian and Paula Coupe, and a not so great picture of Brian. Hope he see's it while at the reunion (lol).
Belden, Liz (Handler)
After Nottingham, I went to Pratt Institute in Brooklyn for one miserable year, then dropped out, and ended up hitching cross country to play in California for a while. Then back to Syracuse, fell in lust w/a Henninger guy, David Gavin, got married and had a wonderful daughter, Megan, in 1970. The divorce was final in April,1972.
Megan and I settled into life in the Cuse until 1976, when I met a great guy working at the same school bus company I was driving for. Richard and I married in 1977, he adopted Megan on her 8th birthday, and we proceeded to give her siblings. Lucie was born in 1979, Molly in 1981, Naomi in 1985, and Samuel in 1990.
I was an at home mom for 18 + years, and was a Special Education Teaching Assistant at Percy Hughes School here in Syracuse for 17 years. I retired in 2016. Along the way I co-founded International Cesarean Awareness Network in 1982 (Lucie was an emergency cesarean), largely fed the family out of our huge organic garden when the kids were young, became vegetarian, then vegan, designed and sewed a line of kids' clothes-Liz Loves Cotton-edited the ICAN Clarion, a quarterly newsletter, and basically did the whole hippie earth mother thing. Our last two babes were even born at home.
Richard and I live in an 1880s farmhouse right in Syracuse. We have 1.6 acres out back for kids and grandkids to play in. Our kids are now all grown and doing well. Megan's head clerk at Upstate Hospital's Community campus. She and Shawn have a daughter and three sons. Lucie's just left a toxic job, but has some great prospects. Her daughter, Gabbie, is going into 8th grade here in Syracuse. Molly's the manager of a Starbucks down in Wilmington, NC, and is engaged to Bud Taylor, owner/chef of The Bistro on Topsail island, NC. If you want a fabulous meal, check it out! Naomi works for Harvard, as the operations manager of their many libraries. She's married to Adam Conti, who is apprenticing to become a master carpenter. Naomi and Adam had a daughter, Devin, a week before Christmas last year. Sam is a mechanical engineer, working for Partner ESI.
He travels all over the place evaluating buildings. He married his Jesi on June 26th.
All in all, this has been a pretty good life. I can't wait to see all of you!
Updated July 2012
After Nottingham, I went to Pratt Institute in Brooklyn for one
miserable year, then dropped out, and ended up hitching cross country to
play in California for a while. Then back to Syracuse, fell in lust w/a
Henninger guy, David Gavin, got married and had a wonderful daughter,
Megan, in 1970. The divorce was final in April,1972.
Megan and I settled into life in the Cuse until 1976, when I met a great guy working at the same school bus company I was driving for. Richard and I married in 1977, he adopted Megan on her 8th birthday, and we proceeded to give her siblings. Lucie was born in 1979, Molly in 1981, Naomi in 1985, and Samuel in 1990.
I was an at home mom for 18 + years, and now am a Special Education Teaching Assistant at Percy Hughes School here in Syracuse. Along the way I co-founded International Cesarean Awareness Network in 1982 (Lucie was an emergency cesarean), largely fed the family out of our large, organic garden when the kids were young, became vegetarian, then vegan, designed and sewed a line of kids' clothes-Liz Loves Cotton-edited the ICAN Clarion, a quarterly newsletter, and basically did the whole hippie earth mother thing. Our last two babes were even born at home.
Richard and I live in an 1880s farmhouse right in Syracuse. We have 1.6 acres out back for kids and grandkids to play in. Our kids are now all grown and doing well. Megan's head clerk in the ER of Upstate Hospital. She and Shawn have a daughter and three sons. Lucie's the customer relations manager of the Price Chopper in Cortland, but lives in Syracuse, so her daughter, Gabbie, can go to Hughes with me. She's in 2nd grade. I get to take her home with me several days a week. Molly's the manager of the café at Barnes and Noble down in Wilmington, NC. Naomi works for Harvard, in their grants department. She's married to Adam Conti, who finished his last deployment to Afghanistan in January with the Marines. He's now an ER tech, and looking towards nursing, or maybe medical school. Sam graduated from Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore in May, with his BS in mechanical engineering. He's already rented an apt with 3 friends down there. We hope he'll get a job to pay for it very soon.
All in all, this has been a pretty good life. I can't wait to see all of you!
Ben, Stuart
Not a great typist. After High School,attended S.U. for four years and graduated from Maxwell School of Citizenship at S.U. Three years later graduated from University of Mississippi School of Law. Was a Deputy Sheriff in Forrest County Miss., admitted to Miss. State Bar and was an Assistant District Attorney for Forrest County. Returned to Syracuse and was admitted to New York State Bar, Federal District Courts, United States Army Court of Military Review and United States Army Court of Criminal Appeals.Met the love of my life, Sheila, who was a New York State Assistant Attorney General. We got married. We began practicing law together in 1981 and are still at it, in Manlius, N.Y. in a very cool building ( believed to be on the grounds of the first school house in the Town of Manlius, built in 1798 ) that we refurbished in 1984-1985. Have three great children: Chad,32-graduated undergraduate school from University of Rochester, graduated law school from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, admitted to N.Y.S. and D.C. Bars and works in anti-terrorism unit for U.S. Dept. of justice. He's stationed out of St. Louis. Ian,30-graduated undergraduate school from SUNY Binghamton,received MBA from Rochester Institute of Technology and works for Boeing's defense division in Washington, D.C.; Cara,28-graduated undergraduate school from University of Rochester, graduated law school from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law,admitted to N.Y.S. Bar and is a Law Clerk for a N.Y.S. Supreme Court Justice in N.Y.City.Chad is our first to be getting married-in October,to a wonderful girl, Lindsey, who is a Trademark Attorney for The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Sheila and I will have been Married 35 years in October. She's a patient woman. I got the better end of our marriage. I don't want to retire; I would really like to slow down a little but I have no idea how to do that. While High School seems like a million years ago, I am really looking forward to the Reunion; catching up with everyone who was and is so integral to a part of our lives and history is a rare opportunity to become re-grounded. I thank everyone who will be attending the Reunion for that opportunity and thank Jay, Phil, Larry and whoever else worked so hard to make this happen.
Burkhart, Roseann (Boulding)
After my earning my degree in Ex.Ed for Learning/Behavior Disorders in 1971, and my Master's in 1973. I taught Special Ed classes for B.O.C.E.S.#2 south of Buffalo from 1971 -78 .My Learning Disability classes contained quite a mixed grouping of needs at that time, including students with intractable epilepsy. Little did I know then that those experiences would later be of great value. It was also a time in education when I could actually call a psychologist one day and have him come to my classroom the next day to support a student. I assume that those days are long gone in NY as well as in Ontario.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Carlson, Carol (McCabe)
Hard to believe that it has been 45 years since graduation. Well, I'll make this short and sweet (just like me). After NHS I went to CCBI , and was a secretary for awhile. Got married, and after the birth of my first son, I became a stay at home mom. Over the years, I was truly blessed with four wonderful children, three boys and one girl. My daughter is the only one married. She has a terrific husband and now I have two granddaughters and one grandson. Unfortunately all of my children live in different states. They are all happy and successful, and I am very proud of all of them. I do get to visit, and thank goodness for the telephone. I have been doing home health care for the elderly for the last 20-years. It is something I enjoy doing. Still live in NY between Oneida and Rome. You can contact me: firstname.lastname@example.com. I'll be at the reunion on Friday night.
Carr, Bill
After graduation, I went to Oswego State. I managed to graduate with a
BA in Math. Then I married Deborah Hares and we started our journey.
We spend our honeymoon traveling New England looking for teaching positions in private schools. Finding zero positions, we limped back to Syracuse.
The summer of 1972, we traveled west looking for teaching positions. After reaching San Francisco, we stopped at relatives and started our lives.
We both completed teaching certificates in California. I ended up in the computer field. Starting as a programmer and eventually ending up as a project manager for IBM.
Last year, I was declared surplus and was offered early retirement. I have been having fun ever since.
Along the way, we created 2 wonderful children. Jason lives in Portland with his wife and son. He flies planes for Horizon. Vanessa lives in Portland with her husband. She is an internal auditor for Mentor Graphics.
Cash, Steve
After NHS, I went to SUNY at Buffalo, graduated in 1971 BA in
chemistry (ugh, what was I thinking?), then again 1973 with BS in
Physical Therapy. I worked as a PT for about a year, then got into
med. school at Upstate. Eventually became an orthopedic hand surgeon,
moved to Philadelphia in 1984. I'm currently in private practice in the
Philly suburbs.
Got married to Karen #1 in 1985, but what a disaster that was, even
from the beginning. Details not important, but will be furnished upon
request. Then married Karen #2 in 1998, and we had a daughter, Julia,
in 2000. She's 12 now, and an absolute delight, even though she
now considers me a complete embarrassment when she's with her friends.
I'm told I'll get smarter as she gets older. Anyways, unfortunately,
this marriage didn't work out either, and I've learned a lot more than I
really wanted to know about alimony, spousal support, custody issues,
and attorney billing practices. I don't want to say it was expensive,
but I could have paid for Julia's college education with the money I
spent on lawyers. Twice over. Fortunately, things are good now, all
the legal stuff is over, and Julia is doing well. I've been forbidden
to date, let alone marry, any more Karens.
Music has always been a big part of my life. I play in 2 bands----the first is a Beatle Tribute band called Liverpool Beat ( go to www. liverpoolbeat.net), in which we dress up like the Beatles (I'm George), wear all the right outfits, play the correct instruments, do the Liverpool accent ('ello, luv!), etc. It's so much fun, and even the younger people know all the songs, words, etc. The Beatles are truly timeless.
The other is an R&B funk/soul band playing Kool and the Gang,
Earth Wind& Fire, KC and the Sunshine band, James Brown, etc.
etc. It's a 10 piece group with a horn section, keyboards, guitar, etc.
etc. Get up and shake your bootie. That is, if you can still get
up. And your bootie isn't dragging on the ground. "Shaking",
disturbingly, is not a problem these days.
All in all, I've had an, um, interesting life, with ups and
downs, like all of us. I love being a dad, even though I got to it a
little later in life. Luckily, my daughter has shown incredible
patience teaching me how to use my new iphone, work the computor, and
program the GPS in my car. She hardly rolls her eyes at me anymore. At
least that I'm aware of....
I'll miss seeing you guys at the 45th reunion, but will definitely be there for the 50th. That is, if my bootie (or any other essential body part) hasn't fallen off from all the shakin' goin' on. Regards to all.Steve
Cashing, Doug
Cohen, Ronda (Hegeman)................Updated 04/09/17
Two days after graduating from Nottingham, I started working for NY State in Syracuse. While working, I attended OCC and graduated in 1973. Soon afterwards I contracted a serious illness which, after several operations to remove tumors and correct other issues, resulted in sterility at age 26. In summer of 1979, a promotion moved me to Albany, where I met my husband and subsequently got 2 more promotions in the computer technology field. We split amicably in 1992, due to diverging interests and goals. I remained in the tech field until my retirement in 2004, when I moved to Chittenango where my father and sister still lived. My mom passed away in July 2002, then my dad in April 2009. My sister Laura lives in Hastings (with Florida soon on the horizon), brother Irving in Georgia and brother Billy in Pennsylvania.
I owned a condo since 2008 but had to sell it in late 2015 due to health issues. Since then I've been a resident at the Oaks in the Menorah Park complex in Dewitt. I no longer travel but I participate actively on resident committees, scheduled outings, exercise classes and social events where I live. Hobbies and enjoyment include reading, classic movies, gaming, computer tech, online shopping, social media, taking walks, and eclectic music tastes.
It's the simple things that make me the most happy...like enjoying family, friends and feeling appreciated for being able to help someone in whatever way I'm able!
Collis, Anna (Bronnenkant)
Thanks for putting this all together for us. My cell phone number is 480-529-4427, address 23650 N. 84th Place, Scottsdale, Arizona 85255. Here's the bio-sorry it's so long!
Hello, everyone! I'm excited to be able to come out this year from sunny Phoenix, AZ. After Nottingham I did my undergraduate work at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs with a major in psychology. Spent my first year after graduation working at Syracuse Law School and when I couldn't get into graduate school in clinical psychology, I went to law school. I met my ex-husband in law school and we married in 1975 and moved to Phoenix. We got divorced in 1993.
I love the sunshine in Phoenix. I live in Scottsdale, which is a beautiful suburb. The landscape, which often reminds me of the bottom of the ocean, is called the Sonoran Desert, often referred to as the high desert. Yes, I get rattlers some times (I hate snakes!-but I call the fire department and they take them away), and havalina (a small herd made me so mad one Christmas for terrorizing me and my landscaping that I got up on my roof with a cinder block ready to actually kill the pack leader--and I am a very patient and gentle soul--of course he was gone by the time I got up there fortunately for him--and me I guess. I probably would have fallen off the roof), coyotes (they do not sound like wolves, but kind of a cross between cats and dogs), jack rabbits, quail, and the ever present geckos (these I like).
I have 4 fabulous children, who are the center of my life. My fraternal twins are 32. Ty is in his second year of his emergency medicine residency. Adam is a structural engineer. My son, Drew, is 27. He has a bachelor's degree in psychology/communications. After getting burned out working in sales, he is reassessing his life and working on finding his direction. Tess, my only girl, is 25. She graduated phi beta kappa in English from Arizona State University, is currently working at a small college and considering graduate school in psychology. No one is married, but Tess assures me she and her boyfriend, Jon, are close to getting engaged. (I hope they hurry up because they are living in a house they bought together, and as an attorney it makes me really nervous. But Jon's a great guy and they love each other so I just need to breathe.)
My first job as a lawyer in Arizona was at legal aid in 1975, where I learned that I made less money than the check out clerk at the local grocery store. I decided that I hated litigation, so my next job was as in-house counsel for savings and loans. Much better environment, and I liked it a lot better than legal aid. I had all of my children while I was working at the S & Ls. In fact, I even went into labor with Tess at the office (did make it to the hospital though ;). In the late 70's, a few friends and I started the Arizona Women Lawyers Association and I was the 4th or 5th president (who remembers?). I know it sounds impressive, but it was more like--ok Lucia's done it, Susan's done it, I guess it's my turn (sigh). Sandra Day O'Connor, was a Superior Court judge at the time and came to some of our luncheon meetings. Since 1999 I have been working for the Arizona Attorney General in the Child and Family Protection Division. I am the state's welfare lawyer, including all the state's financial programs (welfare-to-work, child care assistance, unemployment insurance, etc) and the program that licenses foster homes, child welfare agencies, and adoptions agencies. I love my job. It's like being in-house counsel for the agency, so I get to advise on things that substantially impact people in the state.
Most of you may know that I lost my brother, Greg (NHS 1971) and sister-in-law Pindi, two years ago when the engine in his plane failed on his way out here to visit me and my sister for the 4th of July. I miss him every day. But I am lucky that I have my wonderful sister, Maria, who lives in the LA area with her husband and 2 girls. We are very close and even more so now (if that's possible). I try to live now in a way that values what is important, and my family and dear friends are of great value to me. I am very happy and feel blessed to have such a wonderful and loving family. I look forward to seeing all of you in August!
Here are some pics: 1. Me, Ty, and sis-Maria at Ty's med school graduation 2011
2. Erik's (Maria's husband's) Viking b-day August 2011 back row from left Adam, Drew & Tanner (ex's son), Drew's ex, Erik's mom-Gunilla, Ty in the blue shirt, Jon next to Ty (Tess' boyfriend), Erik's dad-Anders, bottom row Maria (my sis) on left, Erik's bro in law-Roger, Erik in black shirt, me squinting in the front, behind me my nieces Emilia and Anna (yes, my name sake), Tess, Erik's sis -Inger and niece-Esmerelda.
Pics 3 Me and Tess in Ireland June 2010 (It was a hiking trip-really tiring, but really beautiful.) Went to France and England with Ty and Adam in 2002, Greece with Drew in 2008--and hope to take the whole family on a trip some day. Love travel!
Coupe, Brian
I am amazed at where life has taken me since our Nottingham graduation. After graduating from the University of Virginia with an Aerospace Engineering degree, I worked the next 40 years largely in technical sales in the Washington, DC area, often selling to the US government.
A sampling of my more unusual sales include a $58M "portable base" for the US Navy; French helipads to Gen. David Petraeus' 101st Airborne and to the USMC for use in Iraq; 24 air conditioners for use in Siberia (yes, they absolutely had to have them); a custom Environmental Conditioning Unit for a payload waiting to go aboard the Space Shuttle; and a similar but quite different unit to maintain conditions for Degas wax figures at the National Gallery of Art. A "spin off" of the portable base for the Navy was writing about half a page of the National Defense Authorization Bill one year in the 1990s and seeing it approved by Congress and signed by the President.
I don't feel I "accomplished" the above as much as these were along the paths life led me. I have no doubt we all have had similar "accomplishments" but down very different yet equally important or satisfying paths. Life is an amazing thing!
I will add here that my 10th and 11th grade English teacher, Miss Kasberger, played a very significant role in teaching me how to express myself when writing – a rare talent for engineers. It was only in my 40s that I realized she had been the best and most important teacher in my life. I just wish I had told her so.
In 1978 I met my wife, Paula, and we have now been married 34 years. She is one delightful and crazy woman!!! Presently I'm working for a non-profit in the Washington, DC area and trying to help them save themselves FROM themselves – they need all the adult help they can get!
Just recently we visited Ed Barr and his wife Ruth Ann, and Bob Chaffee and his wife Elaine, at Otisco Lake. This picture captures a "special moment" shared by the 3 wives (Elaine on the left and Paula on the right). Only they and God knows what they were looking at!I hope to see you and other old Nottingham friends and to make a few new ones (if 45 years late) at this reunion.
Doug Covell Bio..................April 2017
After graduating from NHS I earned a degree in industrial design at the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut. I am thankful to Dora Torres for setting up my first date with my wife Eileen, second semester freshman year. We were married in '71. Eileen taught English for a year in Bridgeport while I finished my degree and graduated in '72.
After graduation I took a design job in Columbus, Ohio. We thought we would try Ohio for a "couple a years" while I fulfilled my military commitment (low, low lottery #) in the Army reserves. 6 months in New Jersey for Basic and Advanced training, then back to Ohio.
We started our family in '75 when our son Grant was born. Andrew followed three years later. Grant now lives in Chicago with his wife and twin sons. Andrew and his wife are in L.A. with their son.
My career was pretty straight line, working in design in Columbus for the same company for my whole career where I directed a group of graphic designers and product designers. The opportunities were constantly changing as the company evolved.
Eileen and I are enjoying grandparenthood and the time we now have to travel in retirement. '17 will include New Zealand, Scandinavia, California and some road trips in our camper van.
A lot has happened over the years. I look forward to catching up with everyone at the 50th.
Davis, Becky (Kemmerer)
I graduated from Grinnell, including time in Buffalo and Denmark
(Copenhagen was more fun); met Rich while working at/attending SU, got married
and moved to Tennessee where I got a MS in Planning and he a PhD in chemistry.
We moved around a lot with his
career, had 2 kids, I worked as a transportation and environmental planner.
Spent two years in Belgium then moved to the Atlanta area 20 years ago. Sarah is
a legal aid lawyer, married with a 4-yr. old and 4-mo old and lives a couple
miles away. David is sales manager
for a wine distributor and is also in the Atlanta area, lives with his
girlfriend and her 4-yr old. We are so happy to have both our kids and the
grandkids here.
Having despaired of fixing
the traffic in Atlanta, I retired at 50 and began taking painting, pottery, and
metalsmithing classes. I am still
working on the painting and making (sometimes selling) jewelry. Rich is mostly retired. We spend much of
the summer at our place in Quebec, but it's harder now we have grandkids. We see
Debbie Abbott and her partner Bill regularly in Florida, Quebec, or this fall
Cape Cod where they live. Debbie and I play a mean round of
Both our kids went north
for college – Sarah to Skidmore and David to Syracuse. It was fun going back for parents
weekend etc., having him live on Euclid about a mile from where I grew up. He was not ready for the winters. My
sister still lives in the Meadowbrook area. We do the junk food tour every time we
go – Cosmos, Heids, and Dinosaur BBQ.
I read Lynn Friedman's post
and had no idea that she was Lynn Bozof, who I had read about in the paper
several years ago. My kids went to
the same high school as hers – I think Sarah may have been in Evan's class. She made a big difference spreading the
word about meningitis vaccine and a lot of us East Cobb moms got our kids
vaccinated after that. I salute
you, Lynn, and am sad for your family's great loss.
Edelberg, Janett
Farino, Carl
After high school I joined the navy and saw the world, went around the world 3 times,saw many wonderful places.after getting out, became jack of all trades, master of none, until I became a Deputy Sheriff at age 45 for Onondaga County, worked the booking unit downtown on midnight shift, was quite a trip, finally took a transfer to the water department from which I retired. I have been married 29 years, have two sons and four wonderful grand kids which are the smile of my life!Carl
Feinstein, James
I retired from the department of Defense as a Computer and Telecommunications Specialist and now have a BBB accredited business of my own. I would like to meet the 2% of big dreamers, around the world, who are tired about whining that they don't have enough money to meet all of their needs and want to do a little fun but demanding work to do something about it.
I am also still doing a daily mile swim, running track, and conditioning my body to learn a rare form of martial arts. I don't look much different than I did when in high school.
How are Alan Sukert, Michael Kauffman, Carl Freno, Gary Levine, and Gary Barlow doing?
Kind regards, James Feinstein
Friedman, Lynn (Bozof)
I live in the Atlanta area with my husband, Alan. I had two wonderful sons, Evan and Ryan. Both Alan and I worked in the aerospace industry, spending about 10 years in California before moving to Atlanta. My boys were 12 ½ months apart, and we had wonderful years with them with soccer, basketball, and baseball, sometimes all at the same time. In 1998, things changed, and that is what the attachment is.
I retired from my job as a software engineer a few years ago, to work full time as the President of the National Meningitis Association, of which I am a founding member. You don't ever get over the loss of a child, and to find out that a vaccine could have saved your son's life, had you known about it, is more than a life-changer.
My younger son is an internal med physician in the Atlanta area, and we have a beautiful daughter-in-law and three wonderful grandbabies. They are the lights of our lives!
Please visit our Web site at www.nmaus.org. Also, here is a video clip of my younger son, Ryan, talking about his brother.
It was recorded about 5 years ago, while Ryan was still in residency.
I hope the reunion is a wonderful event!Lynn Friedman Bozof
Fullerton, Cheryl Ann (Cohen)
Gabriel, Chuck
July 2017 Update...............
Double 'Cuse ( BA '71; JD '73)
Retired FBI Special Agent/Legal Advisor ('73-'02) – Newark; New York Office; Savannah and Atlanta
Lawyer (Admitted NY '74; Ga '00) / Practicing Litigator ('02 to Present)
[thinking of 'slowing down' - more or less]
Married 39 years to Jamie Gabriel, nee` Lerner – NHS '72 [Incredibly fortunate]
Daughter Jenna married to Bart Devon, reside in WDC Suburbs
Son Matt Gabriel, resides in Charlotte
3 Dogs: Twins: Sophie and JayJ; Ole' Man: GoGo [All multi-sourced "curb setters"]
Live in Alpharetta, Georgia
Previously submitted I am married to Jamie E. Lerner Gabriel, have 2
children ages 24 and 21, and live in Alpharetta, Georgia (a northern
suburb of Atlanta). After Syracuse undergraduate ('71) and Syracuse Law
College ('73), I entered on duty and then retired
from the FBI in 2002 after 28 years. I now practice law, play golf,
occasionally fish, and continue to stay out of trouble.
Chuck Gabriel
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Gavenda, Faye (Shea)
I graduated from SUNY Binghamton in 1971 where, at age 19, I met my future husband Kevin Shea. After he completed his MBA at the Wharton School in 1973 we moved to Rochester New York where he began his career with Xerox. I worked as a caseworker for the Department of Social Services for seven years until the birth of our children, Jonathan (1980) and Jamie (1983). After being a stay-at-home-mom while the children were young, I went back to school to become a registered nurse which is what I really had wanted to do, but didn't, the first time around. Kevin and I had a good life and had the opportunity to travel to many different countries during the hay-day of Xerox as he rose through their corporate ranks. Then in 2004 when Xerox was going through difficult times, he lost his job, reconnected through the internet with his high school girlfriend, and sadly our marriage ended.
Jonathan graduated from Dartmouth College and works in Manhattan as a software engineer for Foursquare. My daughter, Jamie, graduated from SU with a BS in nursing in 2006, the last nursing class that SU graduated. She works as a dialysis nurse in Rochester and I feel fortunate that she lives near me.
I love being a nurse and have worked as a school nurse for many years for Pittsford Central School District (Jo---I live in Pittsford, not Fairport) and per diem on the inpatient orthopaedic unit at Strong Memorial Hospital. While many of my friends have retired, I receive a great deal of satisfaction and fulfillment from my nursing career and have no plans to stop working.
Pittsford is a beautiful small-town suburb of Rochester, with walking paths, resort-like small shops, and beautiful countryside. I stay in shape by walking, and working (orthopaedic nursing is hard work) and gardening (which can also be hard work). I feel blessed in many ways and grateful for all that is good in my life.
11 Chatham Woods, Pittsford, New York 14534
Home: 585-586-6863
Cell: 585-377-1558
Goodman, Cookie (Carmen)
Grauer, Sheila (Fay)email@example.com
start with, I am very disappointed not to be able to attend the reunion as I
love seeing everyone at the rare opportunities that I have to be back in Syracuse, but so it goes. I
promise to be there for the 50th! Not much new from the last update
5 years ago. My husband and I are still practicing medicine in the great NW,
and we will see what the future brings to that. No politics here, Frank and Les!
We are dinosaurs…among the last of the private practice solo
practitioners in our city. We will persevere as long as it is feasible. I am
still the longest practicing female surgeon in the NW. Not really sure I should
advertise that!
Our children have long been "gone" from the nest, but as most of you with children know, they are never gone and we continue to be involved in their lives with all their dramas and dreams. No complaints, but it can be quite time consuming as well! They are wonderful women and we enjoy watching where their lives will take them.
Rachel, will be 31 this year and she is a recovery room nurse at the
University of Washington. She spent a number of years
as an Intensive Care travel nurse in Arizona
and California and has been back here for 2
years and is likely to remain in the Ballard section of Seattle. She is a
passionate cook and baker
and some of her patients think she is Rachel Ray (NOT). Thanks to her we
grand dog, Isis…half Akita
half lab. Rebecca will be 29 this month and is a budding professional
headshot photographer
for performers, models and rising celebrities in NYC. She lives in the
financial district and is still an opera singer and waitressing in a
Times Square Restaurant where she often sings as well. Both of these
lead to wonderful photo shoot opportunities for her. She has recently
doing weddings and hopefully the waitress job will become history. You
can see
her work at rebeccafayphotography.com and Facebook. Our youngest, Jackie is 27
and moved to Israel
a year ago and is making her way there as a cellist. She lives in Tel Aviv now,
but that is temporary and she performs with many groups from Baroque to jazz
and Klezmer. This year she had the opportunity to teach cello in a special
program that took her to 4 schools, 2 Jewish and 2 Arab and each experience was
unique. At this time she is likely to stay in Israel but we look forward to her
visit this August. We all were together briefly in Israel this past February for the 13
month anniversary of my mother's passing. It is a rare event as the
family is so spread out, but that is life.
Sheila .........Address is 2526 Vista PL S, Olympia WA 98501
754 7235 home / 360
561 4751 cell
(Updated BIO 06/01/17. Updated pictures also, below.
Just wanted to update my bio. It's a little outdated since initially done.
Still living in Florida, still working at home as a medical transcriptionist.
Not ready to retire yet. But Saul retired a couple of years ago and is happy to be done working, spending lots of time with the grandchildren. Since the last bio we have added a couple more grandkids. Four in all now. Hannah is 9, Leah is 5, Madelyn is almost 4, and Noah, the only grandson, is nearly 15 months. Happily, they all live very nearby. I am looking forward to the reunion. Just happy to be able to attend. Hope to see you all in September.
1601 N.W. 85th Way
Plantation, FL 33322
email: firstname.lastname@example.com
7534 Granville Drive Tamarac, FL 33321 phone # 954-532-7875 email: doctra
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Grundel, Judy (Oster)
As I write this, I am preparing to start a new phase of life. After a glorious career with the Utica City School District as a Special Education teacher, I am retiring. I have loved every minute of my job. I have done self contained, elementary, high school, inclusion but love my STEP program in the middle school the best. These were Intellectually Disabled students. The best part of them was watching them grow over a three year period and knowing I made a difference in their lives. They, however, made a difference in mine as well.
After NHS I went to business school and worked for the City of Syracuse. In 1974 I married my BFF Mel and moved to Utica. I went back to school earning an AAS followed by a BS. We were then blessed with our newly adopted baby girl Jane who is now married and has 5 kids. She has 4 boys and our only granddaughter. She is a Midwife who teaches other midwives. Nine years later we were blessed with our adopted son Adam. He has 2 boys with a 3rd due in August. So we will have 7 boys and our princess. We are truly blessed with two awesome kids and all our grandchildren.
After Adam, I went back to school and got 2 master degrees in 3 years. One in Special Ed and one in Reading. Then I went to work fulfilling my life dream of being a teacher.
We've taken some nice family vacations including Israel, CA, FL, Texas and myself to London.
My plans for retirement are to see my daughter and her family more in Maryland. My son is local.
I also plan on doing some traveling including a cruise. I will continue teaching part time at the local community college. I also will take care of my parents who are doing well and still live in the same house I did when I went to NHS. I'm looking forwards to seeing everyone. I agree with Dora. Facebook has renewed many "old" friendships and I am super happy about that.
See you all soon. Judy Oster, 4 woodland village, Utica, NY 13501, email@example.com
Halpern, Chipper
Here is my bio: After NHS I meandered through three colleges, before finally graduating from SUNY Binghamton with an undergaduate degree in Music. Having little musical talent, in a rare display of judgment, I went to graduate school in Social Work and received an MSW from SUNY Albany. While at Albany I discovered and fell in love with the Berkshires and moved there in 1977. For those who don't know, Berkshire County Massachusetts is the home of Tanglewood, the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, numerous theater festivels, first rate art museums, and a beautiful landscape.
Hammer, Joel (email@example.com)
Hares, Deborah (Carr) (email@example.com)
I think these photos show the range of 45 yrs. As the photographer on many trips, I don't always get in the picture. That has changed since Bill got an iPhone and lots of free time.
Debbie Hares (Carr)............................Yes, I married Bill Carr!!
Helmer, Nancy
Hillsberg, Bonnie (Goldsmith)
45 years later.....I never thought that my home town would be so
amazing. My connections to Syracuse are
incredible on so many levels. To digress
- my parents were both born in Syracuse and my father's side of the family
emmigrated to Syracuse before the civil war and were one of the founding
families of Temple Society of Concord - one of the oldest reform synagogues in
the US (located on Madison Street near the University). I have always been proud of my heritage. I moved to Washington DC twelve years ago and
needless to say - my closest friends are actually from Syracuse. I am in touch with Janie and Mike Fragola who
live near us, Debbie Stewart who resides in Manhatten and is my oldest and
dearest friend, Jack Rouff who lives in Denver, my cousin Larry Meltzer who was
in our class and lives in Topanga, CA and Lisa Colten who is a bit younger than
we are. When my husband and I traveled
to Israel last year - we hooked up with Fran Maddy and her husband Gidon. It was so cool - Fran has not changed a bit. As soon as she saw me - she said the same to
me. It was great fun to have seen her
after all these years.
My dearest mother passed away ten years ago. My father resides
in Florida and my brother lives in Upper Montclair, NJ with his wife of 30 plus
years. My two fabulous neices live in Manhatten.
As for my life after Syracuse -
I left Syracuse after high school and never looked back. I have had a stimulating and very interesting
professional ride - two masters
degrees - one from Boston College in
Special Education working with the blind and the visually impaired and the
other from Washington University School of Medicine in Hospital Administration
and a Doctorate in Chiropractic. I
practiced for 13 years and recently retired from my private practice. I have been fortunate to have traveled all
over the world and just about to every
state in the US. I have been on the
cutting edge of many health care issues over the last 30 years in both Special
Education and in health care. Currently
I work for the federal government in the Tribal Affairs Group working on
outreach and education for American Indians and Alaskan Natives. Again - interesting, stimulating and
fun. I work with a great team.
I divorced in the late 80s and most recently married the love of
my life a year ago this past June. I
wake up eveyday thanking my lucky stars.
My husband, David Goldsmith, is the best man on earth. We met at a planning session at George
Washington University in 2008, remet in 2009 and got engaged on my 60th
birthday in 2010. Who would have
thought? We are perfectly suited for
each other - we enjoy many of he same things (gardening, cooking, jazz, art,
biking, hiking, tennis, traveling, etc.).
It is a match made in heaven. We
are a year apart, have similiar interests, love our families and even have the
same blood type! Debbie Stewart and
Janie and Mike Fragola were present at our wedding. It was a glorious outdoor wedding with family
and friends. We live in Silver Spring,
MD and have a wonderful small golden retriever named Jazzy. She is my first dog ever and I am totally
Last week, David attended a conference in Buffalo and I flew up
to meet him. We rented a car, drove to
Rochester and stayed with my delightful cousins. The next day we got back in the car, drove to
Syracuse and went down memory lane. We
visited the house I was born in on Fellows Street, the house I grew up in on
Ramsey Avenue, Charles Andrews, Hurlburt Smith, Nottingham and tooled around
the "hood". Love those birdhouses all
along Meadowbrook. We drove all over the
place. We stayed in the Brae Loch Inn on
Cazenovia lake, visited Chittnango Falls, stayed at the Esperanza Mansion on
Keuka Lake and enjoyed a relaxing boat ride on Canadagua Lake. The Finger Lakes are quite special and so
is Syracuse. We are lucky to have had
our childhood in such a great area of the country.
Being that we were just in Upstate NY - regretfully, we will not be attending the reunion. However, I look forward to our 50th! Have a grand time at the 45th and best wishes to everyone! And thanks to all those who organized this event. And a big thanks to Dora for encouraging everyone to write something up.
Hohm, John
On the personal side I have three children: Allison (Hohm) Gallagher, Dr Ryan Hohm (Physical Therapy) and Mallory Hohm. I also have two terrific grandkids: Cayden (3) and Kylee (1) Gallagher. All three of my children attended the Syracuse City School District and all Graduated from Corcoran High School. I also love to travel and have been to Ireland (4x), Germany (5x), Switzerland, and South Africa. I look forward to more travel as I retire.
I owe a great deal to Nottingham High School. I often wonder where I would be now if it weren't for the coaches and teachers I was exposed to in high school. It helped to shape the person I am today and allowed me to attend both undergrad and graduate school at no cost because of the gift of Running. I have spent the last 38 years of both teaching & coaching returning to the Syracuse City School District. I have always tried to give my young athletes the opportunities that were given to me.
Best Wishes Class of '67, John
321 Wellesley Road
Syracuse, NY 13207
(315) 478-7136
E-mail jhohm1 @ twcny.rr.com
Tanya S. (Ismestief) DeGenova
Kalette, Stephen
In the Fall after graduation from Nottingham, I left Syracuse for Ohio, first attending Ohio State University in Columbus for 4 years, then enrolling in Case Western Reserve University's Law School in Cleveland for 3 years, and finally settling in the greater Cleveland, area (presently living in Shaker Heights). I married my wife Debbie in 1972 (40 years this August), have a 36 year old daughter, Lauren, who lives in San Francisco, and a 33 year old son, Daniel, who is married (5 years) to Taryn (a Canadian), and lives in LA. I worked for asmall boutique business law firm in Cleveland for 11 years after law school and then accepted a position with a small Cleveland-based public company client (now private), acting as Vice President and General Counsel, where I have been employed for 28 years. I have no thoughts of retirement, as my Type "A" personality would result in a bout of insanity if I were not doing something most of the time. I enjoy golf and tennis, biking and seeing independent movies, but find myself traveling to California as frequently as possible to see my kids. If ever I were to retire, I guess it would be some place closer to the West coast. I attended our 15th reunion, but had not thought much about future contact with classmates until now. The names of those who have written in, are attending this reunion, or who have passed evoke memories (some good), but I am certain it will be shock when we all meet again. Looking foraward to that day. Stephen Kalette, email@example.com.
Kanthor, Alice (Salita)
Kauffman, Michael H.
124 Gadwall
Lane, Manlius, NY
13104, 315-682-2728, email@example.com
Still living in Syracuse after all these years but no complaints. Currently working on winding down on a 40-year career as a CPA that included both public and private practice. Started my career at Ernst and Young in Syracuse after completing my MBA from NYU in 1973. Worked in public practice until 1988 then spent the next 25-years as CFO of a private company until retiring in 2006. Couldn't stay retired so became interim CFO at Turning Stone Resort and Casino for the next three years. Still can't stay retired so now working part time for a CPA firm and doing some consulting. Preview
Married for
39 years (to the same person) with three grown (I think) kids all currently
working and one granddaughter (six months old) who is the light of our life. Can't figure out what to do in retirement
other than walk the dog, bike, Panera with the retired guys in the morning,
visit the kids and try not to work more than 20 hours per week.
It's interesting to look back on the last 45 years and realize that Nottingham made a big impact on my life. My closest friendships to this day revolve around Nottingham. They include both people I have been a friend with since those days or people from the class of '67 I have become reacquainted with along the way.
Kerkezi, Tom
"Purple Haze" concert in Buffalo.
was speaking about his conscientious objector status.
Susan LaMar
I'm sorry to miss this reunion, but I will be in Peru, hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu!
Ah, how to condense 50 years into a few sentences! Here goes: Right after graduation, I basically dropped in and out of college for about nine years, working my way along as a secretary until I finally graduated from Boston University with a degree in Urban Affairs and Economics. Oh, yes, there was a brief first marriage in there, too. I then worked for 20 years as Executive Director of various human service agencies in central Massachusetts: Employment and Training; Domestic Violence, Health Care. I loved all those jobs but began to feel a hunger for deeper engagement with . . . "something." Where, I began to wonder, does one engage with people not just as victims, or patients, or students, but as whole beings – individuals who are members of families and communities and the world, struggling with it all and simultaneously seeking and finding joy and hope? Finally, in 1997, I recognized these wonderings as a call from God/God-ness/deepest values to ministry, and within six months was enrolled in seminary. I graduated from Andover Newton Theological School in 2001, was ordained in 2002, and after an interim Ministry in California I was called to a great little Unitarian Universalist church in Maryland where I served for thirteen years.
I retired last year and my husband Jack and I returned to Massachusetts where he is rooted and has family. (Mine is scattered far and wide.) We have been married for 35 years; he has a daughter and we have two nearly grown grandchildren.
I am loving retirement and the total lack of responsibility. I have vague visions of writing a brief, accessible systematic theology and even have some very drafty beginnings. Maybe, maybe not. We'll see. Meanwhile, I'm reading for joy and pleasure, walking, hiking, baking, gardening, meditating and exploring the possibilities for living a life of contemplation and compassion in a new community.
Best wishes to everyone! Reading all your bios is a fascinating journey in itself. And the pictures – oh my goodness!
Ketchledge, Susan (Mangus)
Here is a short Bio for you too: After receiving both my BA and MS from Syracuse University (in Spanish and Foreign Language Education - heavily influenced by teachers Richard Roraback and Mrs. Metosh!) I began teaching Spanish in 1972 at Cazenovia Central Schools in Cazenovia, NY... just southeast of Syracuse. I stayed there for 32 years teaching Spanish while living in DeRuyter, NY. My husband Gary and I had a very successful small Quarter Horse breeding and show farm in DeRuyter. In 2004 we decided that the taxes and winters in central NYS were going to kill us so while the housing market was hot we retired, sold the farm, and moved here to the current farm in far western Kentucky. Not to make anyone still in NYS jealous but my annual taxes are $545.00 total !! We continue with our horses, altho on a smaller scale, with apologies to our ages. See our little website: www.
Levy, Bruce
Time has disguised me. I bear little resemblance to my high school, or even college visage. By happenstance, I recently encountered someone who was a part of my inner circle of high school friends. He and his wife had not seen me for many years, perhaps not since our 20th high school reunion. As we stood in line at Snow Top near the Manlius Swan Pond for ice cream, I greeted them and asked about their lives; work, home, children, etc. As they answered, I could see that they were puzzled. How did this stranger know so much about them, including the names of their children? I began to slip in some hints, some as subtle as a slap of the face. They finally got it and stated the obvious, "wow, you look so different." I took that to mean not necessarily bad, just different, at least that's what I hoped they meant.
Before becoming incognito, I attacked life at a running pace. I began working full time at Syracuse television station WNYS, then channel 9, just before the end of my second year of college. I continued to work full time and go to school full time through the completion of my Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the Newhouse School at Syracuse University. I also found time in that insane schedule to marry Jane Rosenbloom the summer before my senior year. Our first child, Howard, was born while I was taking comprehensive exams for my Masters degree. I shuttled between the hospital labor room and the college exam room throughout that day. Jane was very cooperative, having spent 26 hours in labor - more than enough time to complete the exams.
After 9 years and various positions at channel 9, I became the production manager at channel 5 and a father for the second time with the birth of another son, Jeffrey. The next 13 years were no more remarkable than the average family. The kids grew older, we moved to the Manlius home in which we still reside, and Jane and I both built careers with a moderate degree of success. Then, in 1991, as channel 5 was placed on the market, major staff cuts were made in order to make the bottom line more attractive. Having seen the writing on the wall, one month before I was let go, I began the interview process for a position in the Public Affairs and Corporate Communications department of Niagara Mohawk. It turned out to be a six month process, but I ultimately found a home that would take me all the way to retirement from a company that would become National Grid. Along the way, we also acquired my niece who lived with us through her teenage and college years.
I have now enjoyed four blissful years of retirement, and Jane has been retired for seven years, culminating her career as territory manager for the Ross Products division of Abbott Laboratories.
We fill our retirement hours with all the things the luxury of freedom allows. Jane likes to walk (mostly hill climbing) with friends, bike, kayak and swim. She also crochets, making and donating dozens of baby blankets to a local pregnancy crisis center. Her hostess and cooking skills are legendary among all who know her. I also enjoy rollerblading, skiing and scuba diving. I dive year round, mostly in Skaneateles lake, the St. Lawrence river and other sites throughout the northeast during the summer and in the Caribbean during our annual winter cruise.
We also spend a considerable amount of time in California, since both of our sons reside there. Howie, now 40 years old, has a Master's degree in immuno-hemotology and works for a pharmaceutical company. He is currently working on a PhD in industrial psychology. He has been married for 10 years and has given us two grandchildren, Leah, age nine, and Ashton, age seven. Jeff, who will be 35 this November, graduated college magna cum laude and then attended the Culinary Institute of America in the Napa Valley. He is now in the research and development department of The Puratos Group in charge of quality control. Puratos is an international company with a range of products and application expertise in the bakery, patisserie and chocolate sectors.
We will be in Connecticut celebrating our 42nd wedding anniversary at the time of the reunion. We wish all of you as much happiness as we have found and look forward to the promise of attending a 50th high school reunion.
Bruce Levy
Nick Malagisi
Upon HS graduation, off to SU for 3 semesters before I decided that I needed a break & volunteered for the Draft for a 2 year enrollment, rather than opt for the national guard & a 6 year commitment. Not such a smart thing to do back in 1969, but the gods were with me. Basic training at Ft. Dix, NJ (first time I was on an airplane !), 19 years old, then on to Ft. Knox, Ky. and then to Viet Nam. I was fortunate that I didn't have to go to combat, and was stationed at Ben Hoa air force base. Needless to say, I was a much more attentive student when I returned back home to continue my education at SU in Spring of 1971.
I graduated in 1973 & got my first job in commercial real estate working for hometown Pyramid Companies who were building small shopping centers for anchor tenants like WT Grant & A & P Supermarkets. Fast forward to 1978 where I had moved to Buffalo to take a new job and where I met my wife-to-be, Mary Ann Raptopoulos (Yes, that's very Greek), married the next year & eventually," Wife, children, home- the full Catastrophe !", as Zorba the Greek said to the professor in the Kazanzackis classic…………And we are still married after 38 years……..& blessed with two great children, Christopher & Anastasia.
In 1980 while working as an independent real estate broker, I met a small company from California by the name of Public Storage & helped them find locations for their "mini warehouses" as they were first called back then. They hired me to work in their corporate real estate dept where I worked for the next 7 years covering a territory from Boston to Washington, DC. Little did I know back then that the mini warehouse business would become known as the self storage industry & that I would become a specialist in this commercial real estate sector. It's been 35 years and I'm still going strong & enjoying my work.
I am so thankful of the time & place where I grew up on Euclid Ave. in the 1950-60's with the friends & classmates from grammar school to T Aaron Levy Jr HS & to Nottingham. It wasn't a "Camelot" atmosphere, but it was a place & time in between the Wars where we grew up in a middle class environment, with working parents, a safe environment, and how does the author, Robert Fulghum put it in his classic book, " All I really need to know I learned in kindergarten"……..that's the way I really feel about growing up where I did and who I was with.
It wasn't all peaches & cream, but it helped prepare me for life & who I am today.
I haven't missed a HS reunion and look forward to our 50th.
716.310.8314 (cell)
Mamat, Frank T.
After graduating NHS, I went to University of Rochester, (1967-71) then SU Law School, (1971-74) then worked for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in DC from 75-79. Then I worked for a NYC law firm in DC representing Management in labor matters (starting with the UN and NBC) (and the Reagan White House ,part-time, 81-83) until I moved to Detroit in 1983. Since then, I have been representing Management in labor matters for a variety of law firms--head hunters keep convincing me to make moves!) Have a great wife (Kathy, who I met at U of R; she is a highly successful Jewelry Designer with a national reputation), 2 boys, Jon (in Scottsdale, who is married and grand daughter Ava, born 4 weeks ago!), and son, Steven, who practices criminal, civil, business and real estate litigation in Royal Oak Michigan.
Professor and Attorney at Law, Labor Lawyer for Management
Foster Swift Collins & Smith PC, 32300 Northwestern Hwy., Suite 230, Farmington Hills, MI 48334
Phone: 248.539.9919, Fax: 248.538.3619, Mobile: 313.333.7174, email@example.com, www.fosterswift.com
McLean, Samuel A.
3156 Whitaker Road
Fredonia, New York 14063
(716) 672-5268
After graduating from Nottingham, I went off to college at SUNY Fredonia, majoring in Biology (Secondary Education). While in college I was on the college's JV Soccer team and was involved in inter-dorm athletic events. College was where I met my future wife, Karyl, and we have been happily married for 41 years. While in college I remember the night that the Pentagon drew birthdays for draft proposes. I "lucked out" and my number was 14. I knew that after graduating from college I was going to get drafted. Sure enough, a week after graduation I received my draft notice. Not wanting to go into the Army, I went to the Air Force recruiter and signed up. I spent the next 3 ½ years in the active Air Force, and was fortunate to be stationed State side while on active duty. I was assigned to McDill AFB in Tampa, Florida and then to Langley AFB in Hampton, Virginia. I was able to get out early and spent 2 ½ years in the Air National Guard stationed in Niagara Falls.
The job search resulted in my actively applying for teaching jobs in Chautauqua County, since we were living in Fredonia. When I applied for a teaching job in Mayville I recalled that military service is supposed to train people for jobs in the real world. Since my specialty in the Air Force was environmental health, I applied for a health inspector job with the County, was hired and worked as a health inspector for Chautauqua County for 30 years. The job was very involved with all aspects of health related concerns, such as lead inspections of houses, animal bites, rabies control, private home sewer installations, water treatment plant inspections, mobile home park inspections, restaurant inspections, and many other concerns. I was in charge of the County's restaurant program. If there was a problem I was called to resolve the issue. I was the hearing officer for cases that could not be resolved in the field. I have been retired from the Health Department for the past 10 years and enjoying it. For the past two years I have been teaching Tai Chi classes for seniors at our local senior center.
Karyl recently retired from teaching at her alma mater, Fredonia High School, after 33 years as a Biology teacher. Prior to teaching at Fredonia Central, she taught in Tampa, and Virginia while I was in the Air Force. Karyl and I have two children, Jeff and Kristen. Both graduated from SUNY Fredonia. Jeff taught High School Biology for 3 years on Long Island, then decided to pursue his Masters and Doctoral degrees from CUNY in the disciplines of Virology and Cell Biology. He is presently a professor at Brooklyn College and will be applying for a research job after his wife obtains her doctorate in Virology and Cell Biology in a couple of years. He and Aleks have a daughter, Lucyna who is 17 months old. Kristen has been teaching Biology at Cactus High School in Peoria, AZ. for the past 8 years. Her husband, Sean, is teaching Math, also at Cactus. They have a son, Sean Jr., who is 15 months old.
Now that Karyl and I are both retired, we have spent the winters snow birding in Glendale, AZ. This past winter we had the privilege of babysitting our grandson, Sean, Jr., three days a week. It was a joy watching him grow before our eyes. Next winter should be even more interesting than this past winter now that he is walking and talking.
It has been a very interesting 45 years since I left Nottingham High School. I am sure it has been the same for all the other graduates, as well.
Meltzer, Jo (Brown)
(Pictured below are Jo and Arthur in their "Dress up & Travel" best, dated 2013)
king, sleeping in the hammock and berry-picking. followed by large, steamed lobsters and Gifford's ice cream. When we drive into the State of Maine and see the big sign that says:
Miller, Howard (email@example.com)
After graduation spent four momentous years at SUNY Buffalo. Earned a degree in American History, returned to Syracuse and volunteered and then became employed at the Canal Museum. Three years later was hired by Onondaga Co Parks as Curator of the Salt Museum and Ste Marie de Gannentaha (French fort) in Liverpool. In 1977 married, left Liverpool and attended Cooperstown Graduate Program in Museum Studies. Graduated in '78 with an M.A and new-born daughter – Sarah, was hired as Site Manager of the New Windsor Cantonment State Historic site in the Hudson Highlands last encampment of the Continental Army in the Revolution (1782-83)near Newburgh. I learned to fire muskets and cannon and did some blacksmithing. In 1984 moved to Connecticut and became Museum Director for the Connecticut Historical Commission. Divorced in 1986; Became Curator of the Museum of Connecticut History at the Connecticut State Library. Learned a lot about Colt firearms.
Visited New Windsor for a former employee's farewell party, met and fell instantly in love with current wife, Lloyd. Moved into a great old waterfront house in Branford on Long Island Sound; Got married. Did the sailboat and scuba thing. Bought a home in Cheshire
In 1999 I enlisted in the First Company Governor's Horse Guards; Chartered in 1788, the troop is part of the Connecticut's Organized Militia and one of the oldest continually active horse cavalry units in the U.S. Largely ceremonial in nature but also trains for search and rescue and crowd control. I learned to ride horses, served as troop historian, supply sergeant and armorer. Became a certified pistol instructor; Rode in two Presidential Inaugural parades; Attended 6-month National Guard NCO school;
At work, became a Union Steward; never lost a grievance (10 and 0) museum position eliminated in 2006 due to budget cuts: (See 10 and 0). Qualified for early retirement. Bought a second home in Santa Fe. NM. Resigned from the Horse Guards in 2011 with rank of Sergeant.Daughter Sarah married in 2009 and first grandchild, Grant Miller Paulson born in Columbus OH in March, 2012. Lloyd and I divide our time between Connecticut and New Mexico with our two dogs Eli and Webley. I do some writing and teach courses for people who want to obtain a pistol permit in CT. and/ or concealed carry in NM. (I will not be armed for the reunion!)
Phillips, Barbara (Davis)
I have been on faculty of University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry for the past 26 years, currently Associate Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Director of Human Structure Function course and Director of the Medical Education Pathway which I started four years ago to teach medical students how to teach. I love my work and have no plans to retire until they put me out to pasture.
Speaking of pastures, I live on a farm in a circa 1841 farmhouse that my husband Denny Linsner and I renovated after our marriage around 10 years ago. When not sitting on the front porch watching the corn grow, we do a lot of hiking, mountain biking and skiing. We are working on becoming Adirondack "46 ers", the goal of which is to climb all 46 peaks that are above 4,000 feet. We are at 25, with some of the tougher ones ahead of us, so we shall see.
I am fortunate in that my three children and their spouses and my six grandchildren (all boys - ranging in ages from 6-18) live within an hour's drive. They all ski and hike, much to my great joy, although it is getting harder and harder to keep up with them. Alex, the oldest grandchild , has his first serious girlfriend, but I am hoping not become a great-grandmother any time soon. My "men" are pictured below. The big guys are Jeff's, the red-heads are Shana's. Rachael has opted out of parenthood for the time being.
Life is good.
After graduation I left Syracuse to go to New York City to join the School of American Ballet. Two years later George Balanchine accepted me into the New York City Ballet. I spent 10 wonderful years dancing with the company and had the pleasure of performing ballets choreographed by Mr. Balanchine, Jerome Robbins and more. After leaving the company I left for the University of Utah and spent four years as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Ballet Department. After getting married I moved to Seattle to teach at Pacific Northwest Ballet School. After 10 years at PNB I decided to spend more time with my children. Samantha is now a writer for television in Los Angeles and Zach is a landscape designer. I spent the election year volunteering for the Democrats and continue to try to work on various ways to try to bring the divided country together. My Australian Labradoodle Stanley and I are a pet therapy team. We spend once a week with the kiddos of Ryther Child Center. These children are wards of the state and are no longer in the foster care system. Love to you all at the 50th take pictures :)
Pierson, Bob
Two days after graduating from Nottingham, I started working for NY State in Syracuse. While working, I attended OCC and graduated in 1973. Soon afterwards I contracted a serious illness which, after several operations to remove tumors and correct other issues, resulted in sterility at age 26. In summer of 1979, a promotion moved me to Albany, where I met my husband and subsequently got 2 more promotions in the computer technology field. We split amicably in 1992, due to diverging interests and goals. I remained in the tech field until my retirement in 2004, when I moved to Chittenango where my father and sister still lived. My mom passed away in July 2002, then my dad in April 2009. My sister Laura lives in Hastings (with Florida soon on the horizon), brother Irving in Georgia and brother Billy in Pennsylvania.
I owned a condo since 2008 but had to sell it in late 2015 due to health issues. Since then I've been a resident at the Oaks in the Menorah Park complex in Dewitt. I no longer travel but I participate actively on resident committees, scheduled outings, exercise classes and social events where I live. Hobbies and enjoyment include reading, classic movies, gaming, computer tech, online shopping, social media, taking walks, and eclectic music tastes.
It's the simple things that make me the most happy...like enjoying family, friends and feeling appreciated for being able to help someone in whatever way I'm able!
Radin, Lewis
Attended American University off and on between 1967-1973. More off than on. I did have some good times and met my future wife Carol. Moved back to upstate new york in the late 1970's. Since then I have worked mostly in photo specialty retailing. Currently I own Ra-Lin Discount with my sister Marsha. Unlike many of you, no retirement in sight, at least voluntary retirement. Carol and I got married in 1978. She's been keeping me in line since then. We have two children. Rose is 32 and is currently completing a PHD in bio-statistics. I don't know what that is either. Our son Charlie is 28. He's a marathon runnin', non-stop talkin' foodie and just completed a masters degree in library science. First granddaughter is arriving in early November. I'm still trying to figure out how to be a good parent.
Most of the time I'm at work. In my free time I love to read, mostly fiction. After loving music all my life I started playing tenor and soprano sax a couple of years ago. Bad news is that I have no musical ability whatsoever. Good news is that it doesn't matter, I'm having a ball making a racket with my sax. I live on a pond in East Syracuse, not far from green lakes state park. Back in the days when we still had winter I liked to x-country ski there. These days I run along the canal path and ride my bicycle but no spandex! In the summer I like to swim, sometimes in thornden park. Cheaper than prozac or therapy. Loud music has not done my hearing any good, my fingers are getting stiff, and my back is not so great but I can still chew my own food.
I'm excited about seeing people again after all this time. Who woulda thunk it.
Riposo, Philip
Married to Hillary Shaw Riposo (15 years); 10 Manomet Street, #139, New Bedford, MA 02746
508-833-6404, email@example.com; Ryan Riposo age 45 (Plymouth, MA), Alida Nora age 27 (Winthrop, MA) and Chris age 29 (Falmouth, MA).
Ryan moved to MA several years ago and is buying his first house. Very excited for him and I am looking forward to lending a hand with gardens and landscaping! Alida finished up her Masters program in Miami and landed a great job in Boston. She brought her fiancé with her and got married last October in Ft. Lauderdale during Hurricane Matthew! Her groom, Matias Alexis Nora, is from Argentina, and they cut quite a rug when dancing together. Chris is now managing 5 GoMobile Verizon stores and thriving.
Hillary, after working in higher education administration for 30+ years, is starting a new business. "Hillary's Kitchen Wisdom" will be launched in June, and she will be offering cooking lessons and meal/party planning. She's taught cooking lessons for the past two years in Grand Cayman and is excited to start teaching in the States. I'm excited for her too and support her 100%.
We still live in two countries—US in the summer and Grand Cayman in the winter. "Use it or lose it" is our motto. We play golf year round, scuba dive, and work out regularly. I continue to run competitively and, although it's getting harder and recovery time is longer, I love it and won't quit 'til I'm dead.
"Our health and daily attitude are most important to us and we make sure EVERY day we own up to it's importance."
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Patty & Me..."days gone by", with Hillary at seaside, skiing at Sugar Loaf, Alida, Ryan & Chris in Sagamore, Alida in San Marco Square (Venice), Diving in Bonaire, Raquel my granddaughter (Phoenix), me stepping to the line in World Track Championships in 2008 (check out the guy's singlet next to me! He kicked my ass), my XC "kids" from Bourne HS.
Rouff, Jack (UPDATED 08/01/17)
Well, this is a bit of a challenge. But I will try to give you the Cliff's notes version of my last 50 years. Following my Nottingham years, I went on to the University of Buffalo and then to Syracuse where I earned my graduate degree in Social Work. In the late 70's and at the urging of a good friend, Jon Seigle, who we lost in 2006, I moved out to Colorado. It is a great place and I have never regretted the move. I spent my first few years or so out here getting settled witih work that I enjoyed and continuing to go to school in the University of Colorado's Business program. In 1983, I went to work for the City of Denver and held jobs in varying capacities over the next 25 years till retiring in early 2010. In between, I completed my schooling again, met Lisa Buxbaum who I married in 1986, and had 2 wonderful girls, Dina and Naomi, who are now 29 and 27 respectively.
Since retiring, I have been doing a number of things. Given my affinity for school, I earned an online certificate in something called Business Sustainability Management (basically, how to create and manage "green" companies). Since I spent part of my working life as a grant writer, I worked in a volunteer capacity doing just that for a non-profit organization. I have also been a volunteer through our local Jewish Family Service, seeing some of their clients with chronic illnesses as part of a friendly visitation program. I also work with our synagogue on a committee that develops lectures on various topics related to Judaism. I am continuing to work part-time in a local AIDS service organization helping clients who are seeking volunteer opportunities.
My wife, Lisa, retired from Lockheed-Martin about a year ago. She worked on a variety of aerospace projects over a 30 year period. She loved her work at Lockheed, but is finding a variety of things to do in retirement. Despite a busy schedule, we manage to do a lot of fun things too. There is much doing on the Denver professional sports scene and we try to take in as much as time and our wallets will allow. We manage to see about a dozen Denver Nuggets games each season, as well as several Colorado Rockies games. We're also into bike riding (we have a tandem that's great fun), day hikes, and trips into the mountains.
It sounds like Phil, Jay, and others on the Reunion Committee are doing a great job in planning an enjoyable weekend. Hat's off to all of you. I'm looking forward to catching up with you and others in September.
Jack Rouff
After Nottingham, I went to SUNY
Binghamton (Harpur College), graduating in 1971. I was interested in
public administration, and from 1972 until 1974, worked at the Syracuse Housing
Authority with some wonderful people, writing grants proposals and administering
the programs that were funded. Responding to the call of law school, I attended
Syracuse Law from 1974 until 1977, also working part time for Onondaga
Neighborhood Legal Services. I had planned to continue at ONLS after law
school, but one of my mentors suggested that my skills as a litigator would be
enhanced if I had the opportunity to develop them at a good New York City
firm, rather than being oppressed by the caseload I'd immediately face should I
move directly to legal services. I was fortunate to have had an offer by a
wonderful NYC firm (at which a protean Syracusan from another era, Louis
Marshall, had been a partner). Rather than assigning me to litigation,
though, because they noticed I'd taken a securities course in law school (the
professor, Bill Hicks, was a fabulous teacher), they put me into the corporate
department. I loved the work, and never looked back. I changed firms in 1982,
joining the Squadron Ellenoff firm. Among the clients we represented were
Rupert Murdoch, at the time when his limited activities in the US were mostly
confined to newspapers. It was an amazing run: among other things, I
participated in the acquisition for the Murdoch organization of the Boston
Herald and the Chicago Sun-Times newspapers, then half of Twentieth Century Fox
(followed about a year later by the acquisition of the other half), then the
Metromedia television stations we purchased from John Kluge (which became the
nucleus of the Fox television network), Chris-Craft and its affiliates (which
owned about 10 television stations), and the Family Channel (now owned by
Disney). Along the way, I worked on many securities offerings for News
Corporation (Murdoch's at-that-time Australian parent company), took Fox
Entertainment Group public, and also spent time in the UK working on the IPO
and later securities offerings for British Sky Broadcasting. The
Squadron firm merged with the Washington-based firm Hogan & Hartson in
2002, and Hogan merged with the international firm Lovells in 2010, creating
Hogan Lovells. I'm currently a partner with Hogan Lovells.
I also became involved in American
Bar Association activities, primarily in the Federal Regulation of Securities
Committee of the Business Law Section. I served on, and then became chair
of the International Securities Matters Subcommittee, and then became
Vice-Chair of the entire Committee for the comment letters we submitted to the
SEC and other entities relating to proposed rulemaking. In 2009, I became chair
of the entire Committee, which has about 2,700 members and is the largest and
most prominent organization in the US representing and providing service to
securities law practitioners. My term as chair ends tomorrow (August
6th), and I have been elected to serve a three-year term on the Council of the
Business Law Section, which is the Section's governing body. I'm
currently attending the ABA Annual Meeting in Chicago, where yesterday I
was stunned and honored to receive this year's Business Law Section Chair's
Award, which is given annually to the member of the Business Law Section who
has contributed most significantly to the Section and its members. To say
I'm humbled would be an understatement – I so wish my parents were alive to share
my joy at this honor.
On the personal side, I've been married to my wonderful wife, Leslie, for 19 years, and have an extraordinarily special daughter, Karina, who is now 16 and is making sure I know about all of today's musical artists (at least all those who appeal to 16 year old girls!). Karina's very into musical theater. We live in the Chelsea area of Manhattan and also have a house in the Berkshires (I have a passionate love affair with both Manhattan and the Berkshires). Friends should feel free to reach out to me. I often don't check my commercial email accounts for months on end, but I'm on Facebook (though I sometimes let time lapse between Facebook visits) and my work email (which I check incessantly) is firstname.lastname@example.com. My cell number is 917-617-4327. I'm hoping (at this late date) to make it to the reunion and look forward to re-connecting with old friends.
Sagenkahn, Andrea (Andie Silver)
firstname.lastname@example.com, www.andreasilver.net
Sarkin, Larry (firstname.lastname@example.com)
After graduating from Ft.Lauderdale University I went to work for my father at Youthtown. Spent a couple of years there, and after some disagreements got into the iron on transfer wholesale business.warehousing and distributing them to accounts that had t-shirt press machines. Soon after I opened "Tops To Please" up at SU. I had that store and The University Shop for about 20 years. During the same time period I bought a screen printing business on Teal Ave called Salina Ace. Eventually closed both stores and remained in the screen printing business. I recently bought 2 automatic machines that totally opened up a new market of business.
I lived in a townhouse on James Street for 20 years (the old tudor style ones near Friendly's). Also had a summer home at Sylvan Beach. 5 years ago I sold both and bought a home on Chittenango Creek in Bridgeport, a 2 minute boat ride to Oneida Lake. I share the home with Marianne, whom I've known for over 15 years.
LIFE IS GOOD, Larry Sarkin
Scripa, Les
Tempus fugit. 45!!! Wow!!
Slive, Joseph (full bio pending)
Slotnick, Jay
26 Pawnee Road, East
Brunswick, NJ 08816, 732-251-1073, firstname.lastname@example.com
After graduating from Harpur College (in Binghamton) I lived in Boston through
the 70's. After 5 years at New England Life, I began a 23 year career as
a programmer/analyst for the Bell System (New England Tel, AT&T, Lucent,
and Avaya), until they forced an involuntary 'voluntary' retirement on many of
us in 2001, just six weeks before 9/11! Not the way I planned to retire
and certainly not the time, with one son in college and the other soon to
begin. And 9/11 kind of froze everyone in their tracks, which also didn't
help. But thanks to a Home Equity Line of Credit, I was able to pay all my
bills and keep my house until things got better.
I've been married to Sheila for 40 years, as of Labor Day just past. We were actually fixed up by my father. Sheila came to Syracuse for a wedding of one of her friends from Boston, and the bride was the daughter of a family friend. My father noticed Sheila at the wedding and when he found out she lived in Boston he introduced himself to her. He was smart enough to know I probably wouldn't have called her if he suggested it to me directly. But the weekend after the wedding the bride was graduating from Northeastern, and her mother called me when she came to Boston for that. She told me about Sheila, so I called her and we went out. We were engaged five months later and my father passed away less than a month after our engagement, so at least he knew his matchmaking worked.
We have two sons.
Saul is 36 and married two years. He and his wife, Emily, live in Los
Angeles while she is getting her PhD at UCLA. No idea if they will stay
there when she is done or move back east, since she has a small but very close
family in New Jersey. We love her family and Emily is wonderful, for us
and for Saul. We'll find out one way or the other in about a year when
she looks for a job in her field, which is higher education
Our other son, David, will be 33 next month. He and Lisa have been married three years and live less than four miles from us. They made us grandparents in February when they had Elsie Marie. David & Lisa met in pre-school at our temple when they were two or three years old. They were best friends in the early years and drifted apart in high school. Lisa came back to live with her parents a few years after college and David was living at home, so they started hanging out as friends and it eventually blossomed into love. We've known and liked her parents for over thirty years and Lisa's brother and Saul are best friends (Saul was best man at his wedding!) so it is all one big happy family.
We moved to New Jersey in 1983. I transferred from New England Telephone to AT&T to help during the breakup of "The Phone Company", since I had worked on some centrally developed applications that came from Bell Labs, and I helped to allocate some of the assets between the various companies. We've lived in East Brunswick for 31 years now. We've slowly updated our house over the past 10 years so we could enjoy the updates and not just be forced to do it on the way out, in order to sell. Now that we are done, I like my house more than ever and don't really want to move away, especially with Elsie and her Mommy and Daddy being so close by.
I am working at ADP now (since 2006), but not as a programmer or analyst any more unfortunately, especially since I loved doing that; just some general IT work. Sheila also lost her job when her company closed her office and she has been working at ADP since 2009. I found a Client Services job for her on our internal job search site but had nothing to do with her getting it. I have been working from home for the past three years, which allows me to exercise every morning during the time I used to commute, so I'm hoping to be around for a few more reunions.
I'm thinking I will work several more years, since it is much more agreeable without the commute. Sheila wants to retire as soon as possible, so if I can get her to go for a couple more years, I will give in and let her do so. We had been uncertain where to move once we retired but most likely will stay where we are for the foreseeable future.
Stander, Lyle
My life in a paragraph...
Left Nottingham with all of you and went off to college. Graduated SU School of Journalism in '71. Got married in college and unmarried in the late '70s. Had my wonderful daughter, Rachel, in 1974. I am now a grandfather of two – Allie, 6 and TJ, 3. Spent most of the '70s as the Associate Publisher of the Syracuse New Times. As is the case in the journalism world, you think you are making a difference but you are definitely not making much income. In the late '70s got recruited into the commercial real estate business doing both brokerage and development in Syracuse. In 1982, after a cold and snowy winter, decided to take my career south and settled in Tampa. I continued with real estate selling and developing where I met my current wife, Julia. We got married in 1994 and had Sam in 2000. I took one last turn in my career in 1991 and went into the financial services industry where today I am a Partner with New York Life in Tampa. It is definitely a trip being our age and having grandchildren and a twelve year old son!
Stathes, Nanci (Lappin)
A very brief synopsis of 45 years
Graduated from Buffalo State College in 1971 with a degree in Elementary Ed. Married my college sweetheart Dan Lappin University of Buffalo class of 1971 right out of college. We moved to northern NJ and I worked in retail management as I was unable to secure a teaching position. Craig was born in 1976 and Nikki in 1979. I was a stay at home mom until 1985 when I began a successful real estate career. I also was a school board member/president and involved in local politics. Split with Dan in 1989 and developed breast cancer that same year. Had bilateral mastectomies and am appreciative of every day and every birthday. Met Greg Christel who has been my life partner for the past 22 years. He is an amazing person & can always make me laugh. My children are married and Craig & Mandie live in Tampa and Nikki & Justin live in Seattle. I have 2 beautiful grandchildren, Craig's son Jaden & Nikki's daughter Leah. Greg's daughter Jen & her husband Dean live in NJ.
I'm a huge fan of the game of baseball and I adore the Yankees. I am not totally one dimensional as I do have other interests although from April to October one might find that questionable.
The years have had much joy and some sadness, excitement and comfortable routines, lots of hard work & lots of great rewards. It's been a great ride so far and I am looking forward to the future.
Stoutenburg, Barb (Hogan)
How is it possible to be looking BACK on so many years and so many experiences??
My husband, Mike Hogan, and I were married in 1975, have three grown sons, and are happily adjusting to life with 'just us two' again. We've moved several times because of Mike's career, and while the moves were sometimes difficult (New York to Massachusetts to Connecticut to Ohio and back to New York), they provided me with many fascinating professional and personal opportunities that I wouldn't have had otherwise. Mike has run the mental health system in three of those states (CT, OH and NY) for a combined total of 25 years. We were in Columbus, OH for 16 years and moved to Albany in 2007 for him to be part of the Spitzer administration. (!) He survived the transition to Paterson and now Cuomo. Along the way, I've been a speech and language development specialist, an administrator of special education, an executive director of a non-profit for young children with disabilities, chairman of our local school board, and an early childhood specialist in the state departments of education in Massachusetts and Ohio…. among other things! My current responsibilities as a Policy Analyst with the New York State Council on Children and Families include work on quality standards for a rating and improvement system for all early learning and care programs in NYS. It requires interagency collaboration, which is challenging because of the tight economy, but rewarding when it works. Our sons are awesome! John is in Boulder, CO working at a golf course in the summer and ski resort in the winter; Paul is in a master's program in Health Services Management and is marrying an amazing young woman September 2 in Chicago; and Will is in Denver, CO, paying his bills, by some miracle each month, while focusing on his priority of playing music. Looking forward to seeing folks in August and comparing memories of our days at NHS.
(Mike & Me, Sisters L to R: Karen, Sue, Anne, me and Sally, L to R Will, Paul, Mike and John)
Torres, Dora
1005 Alyssa Drive; Groveland, MA 01834; email@example.com; 617-285-4531
When I reflect back on the 45 years of my life after graduating from NHS, it reminds me of the major decisions I have made over the years, which can be summarized into certain categories.
1. Love: I fell in love with the New England area after moving to Boston in 1971 to attend Boston University, never to return to upstate New York. I like the fact that Boston is not known for its urban chic, but rather for its culture of rowdy fans, Italian food, different neighborhoods, architecture and history. I love being able to drive to NH, Vermont and Maine and still get home if I want. We get the ocean and the mountains, the smelly subways, city beaches and lots of bright, talented college kids. There are a number of museums and music venues to choose from, even in the burbs.
After stumbling through a number of male relationships, I finally caught my stride when I was 35 and met my first husband, an ex social worker who owned a karate studio, a man who loved jazz and helping others. We rented an apartment near the beach and lived simply, happy with our work, friends and contributions. Steve Gelin died in 2001, shortly after 9/11.
One learns a lot during hard times, and I learned to have faith again, in the kindness of others, a higher power and how truly strong I was. I learned about living in the moment.
2004, I had my taxes prepared by Steve's accountant as always.
Something inside me told me to call him and ask him out for coffee.
Dave Lombardi and I have been together ever since. I feel so blessed to
feel so happy and loving again. With Dave's suggestion, I retired early,
and we have enjoyed travelling, setting up house and doing different
things together that we both enjoy. I love him very much. He gets me.
Santorini, Greece in 2007
2. Work: Becoming a school counselor at the age of 30 was a great decision for me. If any of you remember, I was not exactly the model student but was always the social butterfly. Who better to help kids navigate the social world of peer pressure and interactions than me? I loved working as part of a team of professionals who worked with special education students, teaching life lessons in individual classrooms and listening to harried teachers and parents.
I could pretend to be Oprah.
This career also enabled me to retire with a monthly pension. At the end of each month, a check gets deposited in my bank account. I love America.3. Friendships: I have been very fortunate in accumulating many friends over the years. They are better than clothes that go out of style or that you cannot fit in anymore. It's been fun to reconnect with friends from childhood and college on facebook again. When my father became ill with cancer and died at the ripe old age of 93, I learned that it was my "old" friends that I wanted to talk to and hear from. There is something very special about having people in my life who actually knew me as a kid. That's why attending reunions is important to me. I look forward to seeing classmates and feeling that connection.
Van Swall, Mimi (Nelson)
I finally stopped trying to catch my tail some years back and discovered that I had a viable talent in the world of art.
I remarried Ray Nelson after 10 years of young love with Leo Sheedy. Ray was a headmaster and scooped me up
with my 12yr old daughter Leigh, and we moved to Geneva ,Switzerland where Ray was the head of the International School.
I bought my first Nikon and after three years of traveling in Europe and befriending people from all walks of the globe we moved
to the island of Cyprus where Ray headed a TASIS school and I worked for the Director of the Department of Archaeology. Our
3 year stay was short lived when terrorists planted bombs on the campus and we had to close the school. I had a significant find which substantiated a Canadian team to come in and discovered a neolithic settlement. My mother bought me a book on archeology when I was 10. Go figure.
We slogged back to the states with a Cyprus Bishon and a Swiss Maine-coon to forever be estrangers translating $$ into foreign currencies. Ray became a independent school turn around specialist in Richmond, VA, Saddle River NJ, where I finished my degree in Art, majoring in everything as I loved it all, especially clay.! 11 schools in all. In 1997 I was asked to create something for the Millennium and what became a circle and two women grew to 4 women and a presentation at the Library of Congress. I shocked myself. I was never so happy working 18 hour days in research and copyright search. The Millennium Time Tapestry had a 35 pg. web site until recently and you can now find a reduced version of it. We have a line of upscale products and have published a book which won two international gold awards. My art website has been defunct since the Cloud took over, so any of you Mac users who can help me spin it up there would be greatly appreciated. I can't drive these days to the Apple Store or anywhere for that matter as I've been having Hemi Plegic Seizures for a year and a half. Slowed me down enormously which is why I cannot attend the reunion. I cannot be near any noise or more than 4 people. This is so not me. Spent years schmoozing parents ,kids faculty, board members and loads of entertaining and running huge events.
This is the past. Time to appreciate my breathtaking garden, husband, and quiet.
So I'll miss seeing you all but I'm a phone call or email away.
Mimi; firstname.lastname@example.com ; 610-255-5940 h
Wangerman, Cathy (Neuner)
212 Peterson Dr., Camillus, NY 13031
Weiser, Natalie (Remson)
Hello Everyone!
Werner, Bernard
(In a letter to Susan Ketchledge Mangus)
Except for maybe one evening in college, listening to the soulful songs of Simon and Garfunkel, I haven't ever felt lost...
The last few years, I've been moving around because of my job, so have misplaced my Nottingham book of memories. But I do remember rather fondly a smiley, bright, young lady with sparkly eyes named Susan.
Yes, I remember that motorcycle ride. Apparently the scandal left you scarred as well. Unfortunately I had to get rid of it some months later that summer. I never got a tattoo (although my daughter has 2). Nowdays the doctors and lawyers are reliving their memories they never had from "Easy Rider".
I went to New Mexico for the archeology, but have lived most of my life doing IT (Information Technology), which I am still involved in. Somehow this old dog can still learn some new tricks.
Hopefully you enjoyed the fruits of my passion in my online gallery that you found. Google is your friend. We'll see for how long....
Hickory, KY may be small, but it certainly is in an interesting place -- with a choice of 6 states and surrounded by major rivers and lakes.
I hope life has found you well and happy.
Enjoy! Bernie, Edinboro, PA
Wright, Richard
20 Shoreline Dr., Falmouth, ME 04105 firstname.lastname@example.com
I had always hoped to work in the entertainment business. To that end I graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1971 and later received a MFA degree in Theatre from Ohio University-Athens. The big change came just about thirty-five years ago, while living in Maine, I became a member of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, IATSE, or more plainly a members of the Stagehand's Union. This affiliation provided me with the opportunity for a lifetime of adventures.
In 1980-1981, I toured as an electrician with Ice Capades starring Tai Babalonia and Randy Gardner. It was during that year I met the amazing Roberta who turned out to be my wife for the past 29 years. Following Ice Capades, Roberta got a job at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in New Jersey . While living in New Jersey, I worked in NYC, predominately at the Kaufman Concert Hall at the 92nd. Street Y. After a few years in the metropolitan area, I returned to Maine with Roberta and we both eventually ended up working at the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland. Currently Roberta is the Director of Marketing and I am the House Electrician. Along the way I toured with Moiseyev Dance Company, Martha Graham Dance Company, Georgian State Dance Company, The Central Ballet of China and Maurice Bejart's Ballet of the Twentieth Century. For five years I was the Technical Director of the Theatre Department of Bates College in Lewiston, Maine.
Roberta and I enjoy traveling. We like to visit art museums, attend the theatre and other performing arts events. I have developed an interest in fine art and have become quite a collector. I especially enjoy trips to NYC to see plays and musicals. While it is an extremely tough ticket, my favorite show now on Broadway is The Book of Mormon. Written by Trey Parker and Matt Stone (South Park) it is rather vulgar but wickedly funny. Roberta and I live in a wonderful house over looking Casco Bay just north of Portland. We live with our 16 1/2 year old Abyssinan cat, Rocky . My best wishes to everyone.
Thanks to Liz Handler for letting me know about this reunion. I look forward to see you all!
Zalmanoff, Tena (Myers)
To say that I'm disappointed that I cannot attend the reunion would be an understatement. My husband Roger and I attended the 20th and had a ball. Unfortunately life gets in the way while you're busy making plans. After graduating from Nottingham, I attended Buffalo State majoring in Elementary Education. Being in a hurry to graduate, I was in the accelerated program and graduated in three years. Student teaching was cut short due to the riots and I never got to say good-bye to my students. I met and fell head over heels , literally, for my husband Roger at a basketball game at the University of Buffalo. Before the game began I noticed an apparatus room off of the main gym. I was very excited to see the rings, not noticing there were no mats under the rings. I immediately began to hang upside down from the rings forgetting that I had stockings on. I slipped out from the rings and onto my head. My husband likes to joke that he should have been forewarned about the "rings." I love jewelry.
I taught in the Buffalo School System until our daughter Jessica was born in January 1995. Our daughter Merredith was born two years later in 1997. Ashley was born five years later. My husband opened a professional pharmacy in Buffalo and operated it for 15 years until we sold it to Rite Aid. With two of our daughters having graduated from college and our youngest starting tenth grade we thought it would be a good time to think about moving to a warmer climate. My second Master's Degree in Reading completed we took a trip to Las Vegas staying with my cousin. While swimming in his pool I decided I could handle this kind of weather.
We do love Vegas. I taught 5th grade for several years before teaching 7th grade reading. I retired two years ago due to an unsuccessful foot surgery and have been trying to discover what to do next with the second part of my life. Our oldest daughter Jessica is married and has 2 children. She is an environmental science major and is currently working at the Buffalo Museum of Science teaching teachers how to teach science. She also is the owner of "Buffalo's Bounty." Check out her Facebook page. Everything is organic and healthy. Our middle daughter Merredith has 3 children and is selling real estate in Buffalo. Her middle child Charlie has had 2 heart surgeries to correct a congenital birth defect. He will be having his third surgery this September to complete the 3 step process changing his four chamber heart to a three chamber heart. Charlie is the reason we won't be able to attend the reunion. We will be back in Buffalo in September and then driving to Rochester for the surgery. I will probably be staying in Buffalo taking care of the other two children driving back and forth to Rochester. Our youngest daughter Ashley just completed her classes at the Medical University of South Carolina in the PA program. She has gone on a medical mission to Uganda and will be going to Nicaragua in December. She will be spending the one year doing rotations until she takes her boards next summer. We're very proud of our 3 beautiful daughters.We would love to attend the 50th reunion. We'll be thinking of all of you. Thanks to Phil and the committee for all of their hard work.
Zimmerman, Golda
Hello friends,
am having fun and happy. I also have been very lucky. After
graduating from Boston University I became an elementary school teacher
in Kansas where I completed my masters degree at the University of
Kansas in higher education. I returned to Syracuse and accepted a
position at Syracuse University as part of a team to design and install
the new student records system which employed computers. This
installation was ahead of its time and the university hosted a multiday
seminar for higher education folks from around the country. ( Remember
those old days when the major computer installations were just
beginning… almost 40 years ago!)
I was planning to leave Syracuse to go to law school in Ohio.
of my bosses was a great guy named David Kapell . He offered to pay
for my law school education if I stayed in Syracuse rather than going to
Ohio. Of course, he wanted to protect his investment by marrying me.
before graduation from law school, we were blessed with the adoption of
our first child, Jeremy, who works in emergency response/law
enforcement and lives in Fayetteville and is married to Katelyn.
began my legal career working at my brother's desk. He was already
practicing law. I emphasized working with children and families in my
practice. Before too long, my practice became limited to a domestic and
international adoption law practice.
second child, Bethany was adopted in 1986. She is a special education
teacher and soccer coach who played NCAA soccer in college in Boston.
She lives about 20 minutes from us when we are in residence at our
Florida home located in Hobe Sound. Hobe Sound is about 20 minutes
north of Jupiter and 10 minutes south of Stuart, Florida.
1992 I received an invitation from the Chinese government to travel to
China and start working with them to open Chinese adoption for United
States citizens. David and I travelled there together. He served in
the Peace Corps in Afghanistan previously and was very skilled and
patient working in the international arena. I on the other hand, am
still a type A, and want to ask the question and get an answer
immediately. I had much to learn.
In preparation for the trip, I met with a former under Secretary of State to try and get a feel for what I would be experiencing. He took one look at my 5 ft. 9 inch height and the first words out of his mouth were, " Is there anything you can do to make yourself a little shorter? If not, you better sit down as quickly as you can!!"
That was the start of my journey in Asia which eventually culminated in having staff and an office in Beijing for 18 years . I made numerous trips to China and all throughout Asia. I also was instrumental in assisting many, many Americans in being able to form or expand their family through adoption.
Along the way, I was an adjunct professor of Adoption Law at Syracuse University College of Law for ten years, wrote 2 treatises on adoption law for the New York State Bar Association, lectured all over the United States and Asia, became a founding member of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys, an active member of the Women's Bar Association of New York and my local bar association. I also was honored to receive the Congressional Coalition Angels in Adoption Award .
Our children have been the true focus of our lives. Both have become fine human beings and caring adults. See how lucky I am.
I was able to do all this because of my wonderful husband has always carried more than half the load and was never threatened by success… what a gem.
Also because our children learned to do laundry at age 8 and often slept in the next day's school clothes so everyone would have less to do in the mornings; get out of the house on time carrying the lunches made the night before.
You may remember my baby sister, Jeanne, who was 6 years younger than me. We lost her to a second stroke in 1991. Her husband also died a few years later. She left 2 young boys, Josh and Alex , who we have gladly added on to our immediate family. Both live in Florida and both are practicing law. Josh will be married to April in October and Alex began his first law job this year. They are great young men who have had to endure so much loss. You will see them in our family photo which is attached. Josh and Alex are the dark haired boys, Kate has the long dark hair and the other two are Jeremy and Bethany.
My work has been so rewarding and I hear from and see so many of "my children" who I was lucky enough to participate in them finding forever families.
Not to say everything has been easy. I am a breast cancer survivor of 21 years and David has spent last year battling base of tongue cancer. He is doing great ! He can now eat about anything after surviving the intense treatments , a gastro tube and tracheotomy. We made it through teen years, qualifying state exams, the murder of one of our long term staff by her estranged husband and loss of friends and family who we lost too young. I can't tell you the number of times I pick up the phone to tell my sister something and she has been gone more than 11 years.
We continue to travel all the time and have a few more places to see on our bucket list. We just returned from a three week trip to Russia and Finland. David is busy planning our next adventure.
I have been retired for 3 years, I still do some consulting and expert testimony if the case is one that interests me. We spend about 7 months at our Florida home and the remainder of the year on Henneberry Rd. in Pompey.
If I can recall at the last reunion, our class looked pretty good. I am eager to see you all and to see if I am still recognizable. Thanks to all the organizers, especially Jay Slotnick and Phil Riposo for all their hard work and being the catalyst to bring us all together again.
Golda Zimmerman / 4879 SE Longleaf Pl. Hobe Sound, Fl. 33455 / 3814 Henneberry Rd. Jamesville, NY 13078 /Cell 315 7271066