1940-49 CLASS Notes

• Vincent DiSessa '49, of Weymouth, Ma, has been substitute teaching at at Weymouth High School since he retired in 1990. DiSessa began his teaching career in 1949 at North Attleboro High School. In 1955 he went to Weymouth, where he has been ever since. School officials, teachers, and students recently honored "Mr. D" as he is affectionately called, by celebrating his 87th birthday.

1960-69 Class notes 

• Donna (Reed) Speth ‘67 retired this year from labor and delivery nursing, and currently works part time as a skills evaluator in the EMT program at Southeast Community College in Nebraska.

1970-79 Class notes 

• Joseph Patuleia ‘71 serves as the executive director of the Madison Square Boys & Girls Club, Inc. of New York City.
• Susan (Tieuli) Gala '73 has retired from her position as Special Education Administrator for Ashland Public Schools. Prior to ten years as an administrator, Susan worked as a special educator for 28 years, 25 of those with the Milford Public Schools. In June, 2011, Susan was honored for distinguished service as a special education administrator by the Dr. Franklin Perkins School in Lancaster.
  
  
• Rose M. (Brazawskis) Kavalchuck '74, of Winchendon, MA, was recently named Vice President for Clinical Services & Chief Quality Officer at Heywood  Hospital in Gardner. Rose began in Heywood's Clinical Laboratory in 1975, was the chief medical technologist for 14 years, and has held several Senior Management positions at the hospital over the past 20 years. Rose also holds a masters of Arts Degree in Biological Studies from Anna Maria College and a Master in Health Administration Degree from Clark University. She is certified as a Medical Technologist by the American Society of Clinical Pathology, a Six Sigma Black Belt, and a Manager of Organizational Excellence by the American Society for Quality. 
• Patrick Meagher '75 currently serves the the Assistant Superintendent for Carver  Public Schools. From 2003 to 2009 he was the Business Manager for Southeastern Regional Vocational Schools. From 2000 to 2003 he was the Business Manager for Marshfield Public Schools and prior to that from 1993 to 2000 he served as the Business Manager for Carver Public Schools.
  
  
  

1980-89 Class notes 

• Michael Meyerson ‘80 is a pressman for the New York Post and the Wall Street Journal.
• Lisa (McGivney) Tibbetts '81 was named the Director of Patient Care Services, Pediatrics by Southcoast Health System. Tibbetts will be responsible for the operational and strategic leadership to pediatric services across the Southcoast system.
• David Berube '83, of Anchorage, AK, was appointed to the State Vocational Rehabilitation Committee. Berube serves as a legal rights advocate at The Disability Law Center of Alaska.
  
  
• Douglas Booth ‘84 is the vice president of operations at CheckPoint HR in Edison, N.J.
• Tara (Juif) Garcia ‘84 is a charge nurse at North Adams Regional Hospital. She lives in Adams with her daughter. When not at work, Tara is costume mistress and designer for the Berkshire Dance Theatre.
• Jennifer (McDaid) Garbuzinski ‘84 owns an insurance company in Canton. She lives in Attleboro with her two sons: Mike, a junior at Loyola University, and John, a junior at Bishop Feehan High School. Jennifer lost her beloved husband, Terrence Garbuzinski, in March 2010.
• Edward Burke ‘84 has been named vice president of operations at Interstate Hotels and Resorts. Last year he spent three months in Egypt consulting on a mixed use resort in El Alimien on the Mediterranean Coast.
• Juliette Youngblood ‘84 was recognized by the Century City Bar Association as the 2010 Entertainment Lawyer of the Year, of Los Angeles. In 2009, Juliette launched Youngblood Group PC, where she continues to provide her clients with innovative legal services. Simultaneously she has teamed with Mark Burnett to pursue a life-long dream of film production. 
• Amanda Best ‘85 resides in Attleboro.
• Lisa (Gauntlett) Frackleton '86 currently teaches fourth grade at the Annie L. Sargent Elementary School, and this is her sixth year of teaching.
  She earned a Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design from Fitchburg State University. She spent 10 years in the advertising world and worked as a graphic artist in and around the Boston area. Then while raising her family with her husband Joe, she attended and earned her master's degree from Salem State University. She became a part-time teaching assistant, and also did a teaching practicum there. In the fall of 2006 she was fortunate enough to acquire her first teaching job at Sargent as a third grade teacher.
  
  
  
• Richard Masciarelli ‘86 recently retired after serving seven years as principal of Fitchburg High School.
• Colonel Robert M. Cassidy, USA, '87, is a military professor at the U.S. Naval War College, a senior fellow with the Center for Advanced Defense Studies, and a member of the RUSI Advisory Board. His experience and scholarship focus on strategy and irregular warfare. He has served on deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, the Persian Gulf, Egypt, and Grenada. He most recently served as a special assistant to the senior operational commander in Afghanistan in 2011. Colonel Cassidy has published a number of articles and books on stability operations and irregular war (Peacekeeping in the Abyss; British and American  Peacekeeping Doctrine and Practice after the Cold War  and Counterinsurgency  and the Global War on Terror: Military Culture and Irregular War  and most recently War, Will and Warlords: Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001 - 2011).  He has a PhD from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
  
  

1990-99 Class notes 

• Yvette Bythrow-Morse ‘90 is the director of marketing for the Arbors at Stoughton, an assisted living community in Stoughton.
• Patricia (Swales) Jacques ‘91 is a nurse practitioner at a small family practice in north central Massachusetts.
• Kimberly Blauser-McCoy ‘92 is a marketing assistant in the Office of Graduate and Continuing Education at Fitchburg State University.
• Christine Rosati-Dalton ‘92 is a nurse educator at Hartford Hospital, in Hartford, Conn.
• Rich Boyajian ‘92 is a nurse practitioner at Dana Farber Cancer Institute and the clinical director of the adult survivorship program.
• Corey Ferriera ‘92 is a team leader in the chemistry laboratory at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He lives in Dartmouth with his wife Tracie and son Tyler.
• Ethan Becker '93 is president of Speech Improvement Company Inc., and recently co-authored the book Mastering Communication at Work.
• Jason Cullinane ‘93 is living in Mountain View, Calif. Cullinane is a major in the Army and presently teaches Army cadets at Santa Clara University.
• Henry Kulik '93, has been appointed to the Leominster Credit Union board of directors. Kulik owns Henry C. Kulik Jr. CPA LLC in Leominster.
  
  
• Keith Gentili ‘93 vice president of sales at That’s My Ticket, has recently helped the Medway-based company sign a licensing deal with the Grateful Dead. The company’s line of ticket displays and ticket-related products will now feature the uniquely artistic mail-order tickets created and used by the legendary band. The company is also licensed to make similar products for MLB, NFL, NHL, NASCAR, NCAA, and Elvis Presley.
• Marc Loranger ‘94 has been hired as the new athletic director for the town of Wareham. Loranger will be responsible for overseeing 19 interscholastic sports programs and he will teach up to three classes. 
• Jennifer (Karcz) Dunlop ‘94 is now employed as an early years practitioner in Coventry, United Kingdom.
• John Dervishian ‘94 is a special investigator with the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families. Dervishian resides in Worcester and has published two books of poetry.
• Neal Reardon ‘95 of Rutland has been announced as the information technology manager for the Marlborough-based St. Mary’s Credit Union. Reardon most recently served as a business system analyst at Digital Federal Credit Union in Marlborough. 
• Sean McNiff ‘95 has been named the new principal of South Hadley High School.
• Kathy (Lavine) Jackson ‘96 welcomed her third child, a daughter, in January.
• Eric Griffin ‘96 is a principal technical architect for Java Technology at AT&T. He lives in California with his wife and daughter.
• Gregory Spears ‘97 earned a graduate certificate in computer network security from UMass Lowell. He is a diagnostics engineer at Blue Coat Systems in Sunnyvale, Calif.
• Zachary Darrow ‘97 is a managing partner at the law firm of DarrowEverett LLP in Providence, R.I., and also serves as a close confidant to Providence Mayor Angel Taveras.
• Scott Smith ‘98 has been named manager of Verc Enterprises East Acton Mobil and Dunkin Donuts store location. Smith, who has been with Verc Enterprises for the last 10 years, lives in Boxborough.
• Jill (Krueger) Lemay ‘98 was recently named the new director of the Kennebunk Free Library in Kennebunk, Maine. Lemay will manage the library in its role of providing quality services that inspire and enrich the community. Previously, Lemay has served as the principal of the Mary C. Dondero School in Portsmouth, N.H.
• Tracy Mitchell ‘98 is a segment/line producer with MSNBC in New York City.
• Joshua Cormier ‘99 has been named store manager of TD Bank at the Gardner branch on Pearson Boulevard. Prior to joining TD Bank, he served as branch manager at Citizens Bank in Gardner. Cormier earned an MBA in 2009 from the University of Phoenix.
• Sheryl Thompson ‘99 is currently working at Milton Hospital in Milton.

2000-2011 class notes 

• April Carr ‘00 is currently working as a labor and delivery nurse at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
• Matt Espie '00, teaches second grade at South Street Elementary School. He is also a reserve officer in the Westminster Police department and has a part time job at the Anderson Funeral Home in Fitchburg. Espie received bachelor degrees in Elementary Education and Sociology, as well as a minor in Criminal Justice. In 2006 he earned his Master's degree in Special Education.
• Monica (Wallace) Gill ‘00 is an RN at Nashoba Valley Medical Center in the emergency department.
• Leslie (Stevens) Meehan ‘01 married Alan Meehan on August 25, 2010.
• Heidi Letendre ‘02 will become principal of the Merrill School in Raynham. in January.  Letendre, who received her master’s degree from Fitchburg State in 2002, is currently assistant principal at the Mitchell Elementary School, in Bridgewater.
• Christine (Gilcoine) Harrington ‘02 is a school nurse at the Leicester Middle School. She is also an emergency department nurse at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Worcester.
• Pamela Mumford ‘03 is a marketing coordinator at CELLTREAT Scientific Products in Shirley.
• Gregory Wheeler ‘03 launched a private legal practice in 2010, providing professional legal services to the Leominster, Worcester County, and Massachusetts areas.
• Kristen (Waldman) Buck ‘04 and Scott Buck ‘06 welcomed their first child on July 13, 2010.
• Melissa Ganley ‘04 is a human resources assistant for Third Sector New England in Boston.
• Brian Gill ‘04 was promoted to lieutenant of the Ayer Police Department in May, 2009.
• Robert Whitney ‘05 has been appointed as the newest member of the Onstream Media Corporation’s board of directors. Whitney is currently a partner in Greenhaven Partners, a private equity firm, also serving as chief operating officer of three Greenhaven-owned entities.
• Samuel Lurie ‘06 is the owner and president of The Beantown Sound, a professional disc jockey service.
• Patrick Pho ‘06 is an online analyst with New Media Strategies in Washington, D.C. Pho also writes for the website WeLoveDC.com.
• Sean Matthews ‘06 and Amanda (Lacouture) Matthews ‘06 welcomed a daughter, Mackenzie Paige, on January 13.
• Karen E. (Chociej) Babcock ‘07 and Matthew G. Babcock '07 were married on October 23, 2010. The Babcocks reside in Lisbon, Conn.
• Stephanie Fielding ‘07 is a transfer and academic counselor in a TRiO program at Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner.
• Amie (Roemer) Levasseur ‘07 married Jean Levasseur ‘07 on Feb. 18.
• Stefanie Scaglione '08 and '11, is the second recipient of the 2012 Kappa Delta Pi Teacher of Honor distinction and was published in Kappa Delta Pi's "New Teacher Advocate" spring 2012 edition.
  
  
• Marissa Torres ‘09 is the events and marketing communications manager at the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce.
• Tiffany Begin ‘10 is a volunteer/access coordinator at North Andover Community Access & Media.
• Ryan Dalton '10 from Townsend , is a design major who currently works for Arnold Worldwide, a prestigious advertising firm located at the Prudential Center in Boston. His first foray into the professional world of design came during his later years at Fitchburg State. "The biggest preparation for my career as a graphic designer came through Fitchburg's internship program," he says. "I learned more through my internship than I did during my four years in class."
  Dalton's internship from Fitchburg State led to employment at The Boston Phoenix, one of the city's leading entertainment newspapers. The work he did there, along with a freelance collaboration with the independent sunglasses company Toaster Shades, caught the eye of someone at Arnold Worldwide. He was then offered the chance to interview for his current job.
  He works as a layout designer for the company.
  
  
  
• Charles Sternaimolo ‘10 works as a freelance photographer and photo correspondent for several central Massachusetts-based publications.
• Cheyane Goodrich ‘10 welcomed a baby girl on Dec. 24, 2010.
• Bryan Clark '10, of North Adams, Ma, has been hired by Maynard-based construction and design firm, J.M. Coull Inc. Clark will assist with project management, administrative and preconstruction work. 
• Cory McCue '10 currently works full time as a  Personal Trainer at Elite Health and Fitness where he  completed.  As Training Director and is responsible for  all training and programs at the club. He is also involved in  programs that include Boot Camps, and TRX.
  
  
  
  

Recent Passings - In Memoriam

• Margaret (Morgan) Conaty ’29 of Walpole, on Nov. 11, 2010.
• Alice (Lally) Bennett-Erickson ’42 of Venice, Fla., on Jan. 3, 2011.
• Dorothy (Conroy) Lambert ‘42 of Auburndale, on May 3, 2011.
• Norman Pope ’43 of Eastham, on Oct. 5, 2010.
• Frank Romano '43 of Cocoa Beach, Fla, on Dec. 29, 2010.
• Durward Eastman ’46 of Lovell, Maine, on May 27, 2011.
• Ruth (Baker) Munro '47 of Northborough on February 17, 2012.
• James Hills ’50 of Solon, Maine, on December 10, 2010.
• Curtis Boyden '51 of South Yarmouth, MA, on December 31, 2010.
• Edward Convery '51, of Framingham on February 5, 2012.
• Elizabeth (Pechulis) Kelleher ‘52 of Westfield, on April 25, 2011.
• Paul Rigopoulos ’52 of Fitchburg, on March 16, 2011.
• Lois (Hanson) Norling ’53 of Manchester, Conn., on Oct. 17, 2010.
• Elizabeth May '57 of Fitchburg, on April 20, 2011.
• James “Pete” McDonnell ’58 of Salisbury, on March 19, 2011.
• Lois I. (Driscoll) Dooley '67, of Plainfield, CT, on February 23, 2012.
• Shirley Pick ’68 of Fitchburg, on Dec. 22, 2010.
• Debara (Hallsworth) Carlson ’69 of Cummaquid, on April 17, 2011.
• Rae Ann Bonnevie ‘75 of Fitchburg, in June, 2011.
• Eugene K. McCarthy '76 of Quincy, MA, on January 15, 2012.
• William Hayes ‘84 of Paxton, on March 4, 2011.
• Sally Patenaude ’84 of Winchester, N.H., on March 11, 2011.
• Richard McCarthy ‘89 of Abington, on July 3, 2011.
• Rosalie (Bourgeoif) Duplease ’90 of Rindge, NH, on Dec. 29, 2010.
• Nicholas Gangemi ‘01 of Apex, N.C., formerly of Tewksbury, on June 18, 2011.

Friends of the university

• Louise Keenan, former dean of women and associate dean of students, of Arlington, on Aug. 12, 2010.
• George Merriam of Worcester, former professor of history, on Oct. 15, 2010