Class Notes
1947/48/49
New London, NH 03257
1947/48/49
New London, NH 03257
1953
1955
Unit 213, Naples, FL 34113
(239) 777-5204
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1957
Dear classmates: Jim Yakovakis, Lee Perkins ’55, Fritz Armstrong (class president), The Wildcat, Barbara Sheridan (Fritz’s friend) and I showed up to carry the class reunion banner with two supportive friends at the reunion class march. We enjoyed eating, listening, laughing and reminiscing a lot! In a separate photo, you’ll recognize Fritz again at his 90th birthday party later in the summer! Love that shirt! But sadly, and noticeably, we were missing two class officers, Jim Hellen, treasurer who died May 28, 2025, (see handsome Jim in his ball cap photo) and Sandy Willand Pelton, vice president, who died in June. Missing these two was a poignant, heartfelt, bittersweet time — believe me. Sandra Willand Pelton’s (Alpha Chi) daughter Monica contacted me, and I was grateful to share in Sandy’s celebration of life with a special “Fare Thee Well” song I recorded. Sandy and I had just rekindled an energizing relationship when she came on board as vice president and we were really enjoying that when her health changed. A sad farewell to you, Sandy. Our much loved, ever-present active man on campus Class Treasurer Jim Hellen died on May 28, 2025, after a short illness. I felt honored to sing “Fare Thee Well” live at Jim’s celebration for this very close friend and truly good man I’ve known since 1956 — honored to be in their wedding, traveling together, being a “sister”/friend to Jim’s wife, Carly Rushmore Hellen, along our journeys. Jim wrote his own personal obituary, a legacy for the children in his family, and designed his own celebration. Fritz Armstrong noted Jim’s loyalty and devotion to keeping the Theta Chi men informed and together, consistently living a life of love, justice and service to UNH, Riverwoods Durham, the community and his beloved wife Carly, their family and grands. Paul Goyette, (and his deceased wife Meg Hutchinson Goyette) were longtime friends of Jim and Carly. Paul notes “I miss Jim very much. He and I have been to over a hundred football games home and away. We were like brothers for over 70 years in so many ways!” You can read UNH Magazine’s tribute to Jim on Page 76, and see all the notices of classmates who have passed in that section, as well. Yes! We’re in our 90s, likely the last decade of life … it’s a fact. Getting old is the one inevitable shared experience for all of us. However, remember that the “aging part is optional” … it’s never too late to live and learn and love fully no matter what the number says. We can support and inspire each other, get in touch with long-lost friends, make every minute count, write to me to share news for the next column, ask for help finding friends and more. Be alive!
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1960
Sadly, I am beginning my column by stating that these will be the last class notes that I will write. It was classmate Donna Church Bryant who asked me to take on the role at our 40th class reunion in the year 2000. Reluctantly, I accepted — a position that I have enjoyed. However, even though Dave Cohen ’66 paid homage to my column writing in the Summer 2025 issue, I feel that the time has come for me to pass on this responsibility. It goes without saying that it was a pleasure working with Editor-in-Chief Michelle Morrissey ’97, and Associate Director of Alumni Engagement Corena Garnas, along with all previous alumni personnel with whom I interacted since 2000. My husband and I left our Bedford home in 2013 to move closer to both children here in southern New Jersey. Our daughter, Martha, and her husband, Pat Duffey, both UNH class of 1993 graduates, live nearby. Our son, Greg, lives outside of Philadelphia, 45 minutes from our house. It has been wonderful watching the five grandchildren grow. I continue to play Mahjongg weekly, and I managed to play golf a few times this past summer. My husband walks faithfully nearly every good weather day in our neighborhood. We have remained active in our local Catholic church. Having previously lived in Bedford for 45 years, there is no doubt, however, that we both have missed family and friends in New Hampshire. Bob Pascucci recently shared the following information: Although he writes that he is still a Yankee at heart, Bob has lived in the following states: North Carolina, Texas, Michigan, California, South Carolina, New Mexico, Maine and Massachusetts and, for the past 33 years, in Savannah, Georgia, with his wife Gail of 66 years. They still enjoy their condo in Banner Elk, North Carolina, after 18 years. Their daughter and her husband live seven minutes away in Savannah. Although they have not been back to their home state or UNH for over 40 years, they hope to do so soon. The following obituaries were sent to me from the Alumni office: Paul Trainor of Martinez, Georgia, passed away at home in July 2024. He received his master’s degree in bacteriology/virology from the University of Maryland. He spent his career doing research with the Centers for Disease Control. Charles Sumner Taylor died on November 9, 2024. After retiring from the National Life Insurance Company in Montpelier, Vermont, he purchased and managed an independent sporting goods store in Waterbury until 2006. Albert L. Powers passed away peacefully at home on July 14, 2025. After graduating from UNH, he attended Dartmouth and Cornell. He taught for many years at Concord-Carlisle High School, from which he retired. Roberta Schmottlach Warden died in August 2025. For many years she lived in Kissimmee, Florida, where she remained active in the First Baptist Church. Roberta loved travel and visited all 50 states and many foreign countries. After having earned a pilot’s license and a SCUBA certification, she had many adventures. Finally, I must mention that I received a note from Barbara Milburn of Portland, Maine, informing me that her husband of 65 years, Henry N. Milburn, died on January 19, 2025. He was the state of Maine’s Chief U.S. Federal Probation Officer for many years. After spending 38 years in their cherished Cumberland home, they moved to Portland where he had been very active in various organizations. In addition, I also received a personal note from Davida Morin Amsden sharing the sad news of her husband’s, Robert Amsden, passing on September 7, 2025. He earned both master’s and doctoral degrees from Rutgers and later taught management and statistics at Wright State and the University of Dayton. He was a member of Acacia fraternity at UNH. Editor’s Note: We are so sad to see Stella step down from her role as class correspondent; she has been one of UNH Magazine’s most steadfast volunteers and supporters. Thank you, Stella, for all you’ve done to keep your class connected! If any classmate is interested in taking over the role of class correspondent, please contact UNH Magazine via email: Classnotes.editor@unh.edu or phone: (603) 862-0527.
1961
Next spring will mark 65 years since we graduated from UNH. Make plans to return to Durham and celebrate with other Golden Wildcats on spring reunion weekend, June 5-7, 2026. unh.edu/reunion. Our class president Carol Pandini Trombly sends her warmest greetings and is pleased to advise that she still enjoys spending five months each year, along with her Havapoo puppy, Elvis, in Florida, spending the remainder of the year at the Taylor Community in Laconia. Carol is happy to be on the green side of the grass and enjoying life to its fullest. Manchester was the venue, on this past Columbus Day, for the Friends of Italian American Association to host their annual breakfast and to celebrate our own Lou D’Allesandro and his wife Pat. Lou is a former state senator, executive councilor, and House representative and devoted 50+ years of dedicated service to the people of the state of New Hampshire. Penny Hallward Gage shares, “I have a bit of news and updates on a group of us that Zoom every other week. We started this during Covid and have never stopped. The group includes Brenda Ferguson Kanarian, Ann Miller Patch, Lois Stickney Magenau, Nancy Parry Blampied, me, Sally Orcutt Page and Judy Holbrook Thompson. Brenda and her husband, Pete, live in Rhode Island and spend the winter months in Florida. They share 11 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. They are active in church groups and enjoy their independent living and gardening. Ann has lived in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, for the last 35 years. She loves to walk and still engages in a little tango dancing. She is very involved with her two children, five grandchildren, and one very special great-granddaughter. Ann and her partner of 15 years enjoyed a trip this summer to national parks including the Grand Canyon, Bryce and Zion. They spent time at the Lodge at North Rim that was recently lost in the wildfire. Judy enjoys time with her new grandson who still skis competitively and his fiancé. Judy suffers from significant vision loss and has been accepted into the NH Blind Association summer camp — even with her vision loss, she still lives independently and leads an active social life. Lois continues to live in her home on Ragged Mountain, active in her church and taking many senior learning classes. She has greatly enjoyed two family trips in the last couple of years where 26 extended family members have vacationed in Mexico. Nancy and Doug live permanently in Florida, where Doug plays golf while Nancy tends to Bonnie, their adorable and irascible little poodle who actually runs the home, I think. Nancy lives near Lissa Foy Stofko and her husband Ed, also permanent residents of Florida. Nancy and Doug recently had a wonderful visit with Sammy Paul. We all got to say hello to Sammy on our Zoom call, and we can report that Sammy is as handsome as ever. Sally lives in Lebanon and continues to work at a local co-op where she stocks shelves and is an ‘aisle therapist.’ She enjoys her grandchildren. Last fall she went on a cruise with her brother up the coast of Maine and into Canada. Sally tells us she wasn’t thrilled about going on this trip but had a wonderful time and says, ‘You can teach an old dog new tricks.’” Penny is still in her “way too old farmhouse “ but is getting ready to downsize. She is active in community groups and is blessed to have her children and five of her six grandchildren living nearby. “As a group we are very lucky to still be relatively healthy and very active,” she writes. “We all agree that our years at UNH were a treasure, and we reflect on how lucky we are to have formed such wonderfully strong bonds. We think this is true of so many UNH grads.” We fondly remember our classmates who have recently passed: Don A. Ball, Chelmsford, Massachusetts; Gail S. Binyon, Dallas, Texas; Russell D. Carson, Newbury, Vermont; Carl J. Chapman, Athens, West Virginia; Ronald G. Garant, Arlington, Virginia; James P. Griffin, Newington; Myles A. Jackson, Lynchburg, Virginia; Robert T. Lemire, Exeter; Charles V. St Lawrence, West Palm Beach, Florida; Norma B. Wotton, York Beach, Maine. Please send along your thoughts for future editions.
1962
Linda Radulski Gould, Bedford, served 12 years as state representative for 3,000 Bedford citizens. In younger years she biked across the U.S. and Europe alone, with all she needed packed on her bike. Now, on Mother’s Day, she bikes with her children, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Linda enjoys biking rail trails: Goffstown to New Boston, Derry to Salem, Nashua to Ayer and Concord to Tilton. In July, she enjoys camping with the entire family. Peter Greer remembers how their SAE housemother kept them civilized with good manners at meals and respect for her, introducing their dates and not going upstairs with dates. He remembers being at Bucky’s in Dover when some Dover locals became very aggressive and threatening. When they arrived back at the fraternity parking lot, followed closely by the locals, who got out of their cars and threatened them, suddenly 20 to 30 brothers roared out of the house with bats, confronting the locals. Their cars with multiple new dents left in short order. Peter admired two of his history professors, Gilmore and James. Professor Gilmore was a European history expert with a sense of humor and an inviting personality. Professor James taught him Russian history with a no-nonsense demeanor. She made him understand he needed to work harder; neither were easy graders. Three events which brought them together were: campus-wide Homecoming decorations, Songfest and snow sculpture competitions. A great effort was put into the snow sculptures, working feverishly into the cold night. And trying to garner information about what the other houses were doing for the competition. Sandra Martin graduated with a bachelor’s in botany and four years later a master’s in zoology. She taught life science in Hampton and Concord for five years and then created her Nature Discovery Center. She would love to hear from UNH friends. (sandy.ndcnh@outlook.com). Our sympathy goes out to family and friends of: Edward “Ed” Mullen (political science), Concord, who died June 24, 2025. His life was defined by service, loyalty and dedication to his country, family, UNH and his community. He was a leader in all aspects of his life. At UNH Ed played Division I hockey, football and lacrosse, and enjoyed enduring friendships with teammates and friends. Ed graduated from UNH Army ROTC as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Infantry. He served in Furth, Germany, as a fixed-wing pilot, then transitioned to helicopters and served in Vietnam. There he earned the Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Bronze Star and the Air Medal with 21 Oak Leaf Clusters. He became a flight instructor and flight commander. In 2014, he was inducted into the UNH ROTC Hall of Fame. After the Army, he began a successful career with MassMutual Financial Group. He became general agent for northern New England in 1984 and served as president of the N.H. chapter of Financial Services Professionals and the General Agents and Managers Association. Ed founded the NH Center For Family Business, designed to support generational transitions in family-owned companies, now part of the UNH Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics. Ed was deeply committed to UNH, serving on the board, and becoming president of the 100 Club which supports athletic scholarships. He was instrumental in developing its endowment and creating the UNH Athletic Hall of Fame and the Wildcat Athletic Council. He was predeceased by his wife, Gail Fairbault Mullen. Dr. Charles “Charlie” Brown, Ashland, died February 13, 2025. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degree in chemical engineering here, followed by a PhD in the same from UConn. In 1970 Charles joined Plymouth State University as supervisor of the Computer Center and was one of the founders of the Computer Science Department. After 43 years of dedicated service to his students, he retired as professor emeritus. His passion for education led him to create two endowed scholarships at PSU. In March 2025 Charles was posthumously awarded the Bonnie Breen-Wagner ’72, ’74G Employee Philanthropy Award at PSU, a prestigious recognition of his inspiring benevolence. He enthusiastically supported several local and national charitable causes.
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1964
1965
I attended my granddaughter, Ashley Arensbergs’s, recent wedding at Lydia Mt. Lodge in Stanardsville, Virginia. Ashley is the daughter of Ryan ’93 and Kristen (Thompson) Arensberg ’92. It was a special time to be able to make the trip and have my entire family together to celebrate this beautiful wedding. In November, I attended the UNH ROTC Hall of Fame Ceremony when Lieutenant Colonel John O’Brien was inducted posthumously. John joined the U.S. Army as a platoon leader and company commander with his combat engineers during the Vietnam War. After returning home, he joined the New Hampshire Air National Guard, commanded the 157th Civil Engineering Squadron and retired in 1991. In 2018, he was honored by the Boston Red Sox as part of their Hats Off to Heroes program. You can read more about him in this issue on Page 44. Judy (Corbett) and Ralph Young enjoyed an American Cruise Lines trip on the Columbia River in Washington and Oregon that turned out to be interestingly educational. They learned about the extreme hardships that confronted the members of the Corps of Discovery on the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail from the summer of 1803 to the fall of 1806, when they returned to Washington, D.C. Edgar Quiet (electrical engineering) moved to Hampstead, North Carolina, to be closer to their son. He had a wonderful career in computing, has four children and enjoys golfing at Olde Point Country Club with his wife of 60 years. The Concord Monitor recently did a wonderful story about Lee Marden and the commercial complex in Concord he built up and owned for nearly five decades. It houses a mixed bag of some 40 businesses, both retail and light industrial, and one home, an apartment on the second floor of one of the five buildings where Lee and his wife, Terry, live. Lee is selling the center so he can slow down, at age 82, but he is still part owner of another building in Concord, so don’t expect him to disappear from the business scene. He and Terry will stay in this apartment, which exists only because Lee got the city to change its zoning laws to allow it. Jim Ball writes, “My wife Vicki and I have lived in Springfield, Vermont, for the last 45 years. We live on a small farm where we’ve raised everything from blueberries to sheep with horses and hay in between. We’re both retired educators, but I’ve also played with farming, real estate and ski area employment my whole life. We have three well-educated kids and three well-educated grandkids. I’m still experiencing warm memories following our 60th … it was an opportunity to remember the excitement of college life, to reacquaint yourself with old friends and to marvel at the changes taking place in Durham. The campus is still one of the most beautiful I’ve ever visited, and I’ve seen many as a retired high school counselor. I especially enjoyed visiting SAE fraternity brothers and walking through the house — Lynn Morse, a Seacoast lawyer, Gen. John Pappas, a retired Army officer serving in the New Hampshire National Guard and Sherm Pridham, retired Portsmouth head librarian who is writing a book on his hometown’s history. I touched base with other brothers by phone and email. Cliff Chadwick, a retired insurance executive, lives near the Seacoast. Bob Walther, a retired FBI agent, sells real estate in the Manchester area. Sterling Hammond, a retired Army colonel, has traveled throughout the world and resides in Colorado. Ted Niboli, a retired science teacher lives in Newport and Jackie Pomerleau, a retired teacher lives in northern Vermont. Sam Cady will have a print show of his works at the Zillman Museum in Bangor, Maine, from May-September this year.” Below are some of our classmates who have passed; if you want more info, please email me. Nicholas Mandravelis died on April 30, 2025, in Nashua. John Ford passed away in April 2025 in New London. Carl Hussey of Cumberland, Maine, died in May 2025. Richard Dunham (Topsham, Maine), Antal (Tony) Sarkady (Annapolis, Maryland) and Steve Jenks (Boise, Idaho) all died in June 2025.
1966
Greetings again, Centennial class! Now, as we celebrate our 60th reunion, UNH will be 160. It was founded and incorporated in Hanover with an association with Dartmouth. In 2026 it is easy for us to think that schools in old New England like UNH have been around forever. But with the long generations in my family, three of my four grandparents were born before 1866 when our university was founded. Beverley Morrison Beasley is a member of the reunion committee, along with Mary Ellen Flanagan Morse, Richard Ross, Brenda Woodfin Thomas, Doug Murphy, David Deering and wife Diane Deering ’67 and Cindy Otis Lindemeyer. Beverley says the committee is hard at work planning our 60th. She invites any who would like to help to join. Our reunion dates to save are June 5-7. If you have access to Facebook, updates and memories can be found on the Class of 1966 page: www.facebook.com/groups/unh1966. Registration will open online in early March: unh.edu/reunion. Beverley notes that some classmates are trying to revise their personal schedules to be able to attend, which of course is a great sign of interest. In Bev’s own words, “The turbulent ’60s were right in the middle of it all: The music, the protests, the Vietnam War. What a time it was. Come back to campus reunion weekend and reconnect with classmates and share memories.” We heard from Mary Cavanaugh Ulinski. Mary is looking forward to the reunion. She lives in Sanbornville. Brenda Woodfin Thomas writes she’s lived in Bedford for many years. Her husband has died, but as we do in that situation, family and friends are her concentration. Her son Craig is a UNH grad, and so is one of his daughters, making a fourth generation UNH family! Her other son went to Dartmouth. This fall, she and Gail Kelley went to the Homecoming game and met many old friends and enjoyed seeing the changed campus. Some of our class have passed recently. David G. Robinson died on April 23, 2025. He met his wife Linda ’65 at UNH. They went to Iowa, where David received an MFA in painting and a master’s in photography at the University of Iowa. They have two girls. They later made New York City their home, where David was very involved in the art scene. Richard Boisvert died on February 3, 2025, in Richmond, Virginia. Norman J. Flagg passed on November 11, 2024. He served as a police officer in Hawaii. Norman was a Vista volunteer and was active in conservation groups. Douglas Richards traveled through New England and was a social worker and antique postcard dealer. He is described as a good listener with a sense of humor. was married for 35 years and had two children and four grandchildren. Edmund Govoni played lacrosse and football (captain) at UNH. He met his wife, Nancy Stewart, at UNH —they were married for 58 years, with three children and seven grandchildren. He served in the Army, sold computer software and had a coffee shop. James A. Wolf died on August 3, 2025. On a personal note, my daughter got married for the first time on November 30. She married a man about the same age who also was marrying for the first time. Just in case you’re wondering, my late wife, her mother, was my age. In 1980, we bought property on Cape Breton Island. It seemed to be a temperate rainforest, with rain, drizzle, fog and clouds, and the sun appearing only once every four days, on average. When the sun brought the temperature up to 70 degrees, the locals called it a “hot daye” in the local accent. The 1990s were more pleasant. Our well went dry for a week or two in the 2000s. In 2019, the thermometer hit an unbelievable 90 degrees. My well went dry for about six weeks in 2024. In 2025, there was no significant rain from mid-June until November. I had to turn away some guests because the well was dry from August to November. After that, I bought holding tanks. Looking forward to seeing you all in June!
1967
Jae Mahoney Fisher spent 15 years as an academic librarian at Philadelphia Community College. Jae is looking to connect with UNH friend Denise Deschenes. Denise, if you’re out there, find Jae by connecting through our class correspondent. You can also find old friends online using the alumni directory and the alumni locator service: https://unhconnect.unh.edu/
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1971
Langdon, NH 03602
(603) 835-6753
Debbifuller3@gmail.com
Mark Zelonis writes, “I trust this finds you well. Wanted you to know that I did purchase a copy of ‘Adventure Called’ and really enjoyed reading of your very interesting career and story. My goodness, you most certainly did travel a great deal and see much of the world. Lucky you! And thank you for carrying my story in your UNH alumni magazine column on the Class of ’71, and for keeping us in the know. I am headed to New Hampshire next week to check in with all my siblings. Looking forward to the fall foliage.” This brings me to THE important news in this newsletter. Our 55th reunion is scheduled for June 5-7. Registration will open in March — watch your mailbox for the registration mailer and find more info online at www.unh.edu/reunion. Make plans to celebrate with us! I’ll be there for sure! I didn’t get much info from you for this issue, so I have room to tell you some sad news about classmates who have left this mortal realm. I have all of the obits and can send them to you if you email me, but they are too long to include here. Read the obituary for David Lakeman Barter, who appears to have led a very interesting life, here: https://csnh.com. Richard “Monty” Fischer, who also seems to have been a very interesting character, did a lot of things, but running an eel fishing business on Lake Champlain stood out to me! Ronald Leroy Atkins has also passed, and his life is another in the fascinating lives of UNH grads. John Fessenden, a local New Hampshire boy, made good, even was a judge at the Kansas City BBQ! Frank Hale’s obit reads like a super achiever, including being a professor at Dartmouth. Robert A. McCrillis, Hap Moore and John W. Almond were older than most of us but also led interesting lives. William Weston “Bill” Ballou is someone I knew personally, as his sister, Mary, was in my class at Keene High. He was also married to my friend Chris Searles Ballou for many years. Here is a link to his obit. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/william-ballou-obituary?id=59490300. Yours truly did an amazing trip this summer following the route of the Pan Am Flying Boats. In a specially chartered 757 from Iceland Air, in Pan Am livery, with the crew in vintage Pan Am uniforms, we began the trip at JFK (picture everyone in awe at seeing a Pan Am plane parked at the terminal, most of us in tears), went on to Bermuda, Lisbon, Marseille, London then to Adare, Ireland where we went to the Flying Boat Museum at Foynes where there is a full size replica of the plane. If you don’t know what a flying boat is, Google it! The one in Foynes is a Boeing 314, but Pan Am also had flying boats built by Igor Sikorsky (later the helicopter guy). We got two days at each destination in the best hotels, had fabulous side trips and even had lunch at Fortnam and Mason with the guest speaker being Paul Burrell, Princess Diana’s former butler. He had some great stories to tell! I brought my own Pan Am uniform and even got to wear it and handed out some champagne on one leg. Also got to sit in the cockpit for landing in Shannon. I was one happy camper; I can tell you. TELL ME YOUR NEWS!
1972
Durham, NH 03824
marydesfo@gmail.com
Recently, I had a wonderful letter from Vicki (Ihrig) Drouhin who wrote, “Growing up in Oklahoma, I longed to experience faraway places — my favorite dreams were to go to college in New England and then to live in Austria.” And she made it happen. Vicki, a German major, said being at UNH was “like living in a foreign country compared to Oklahoma” and she loved it. She spent her junior year abroad in Austria and, after graduating, she joined a UNH friend in Salzburg. After a short time, she moved to Cologne, which was in what was then officially called West Germany. She spent five years there working for British Forces Broadcasting Service. She became the German-speaking secretary for BFBS Public Relations Programs and Services. Vicki recalled that “living in a country in which families were brutally separated by political ideologies was traumatic. East Germans were still risking their lives trying to escape to the West.” After six winters in Cologne, she moved to Bordeaux to explore France and learn French … and met her husband the very first week she was there. She was able to obtain a work permit for France and was then hired by an engineering school in Lyon. She taught 38 years at the university level, mostly master’s in international business management courses and also worked as a translator. Vicki and her husband have two grown daughters and live in Francheville Le Haut on the western side of Lyon. She ended her letter with a final message: “We have exchanged our home 10 times for month-long vacations in Ireland, Germany and the U.S. If anyone living in New England would like to exchange their home for ours, please contact me.” Vicki’s email is victoria.drouhin@gmail.com. I also heard from Elaine (de Rochement) Boggs, a political science major and sister in Delta Zeta sorority. She wrote, “After college I was recruited for a job with the U.S. Department of State where I worked with the Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs. I met my husband in Miami who was with the Department of Treasury. We moved around a lot since my husband wanted to go back into Army aviation as an instructor pilot. So, we moved to Ft. Rucker, Alabama and later were assigned to Germany. We had an extraordinary opportunity to travel throughout Europe with two small children for three years!” Elaine and her husband, Larry, now reside in Hinesville, Georgia, 45 minutes from Savannah where she started a new career in real estate. She built her own office and has been the owner/broker of a successful, independent company, Boggs Realty, for the last 20 years. Elaine’s two children are now grown, married and have a total of five grandchildren. She and her husband just celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. They travel in their 40-ft RV whenever she isn’t working and try to visit New Hampshire every year. So good to hear from you, Elaine! Finally, I feel fortunate that for more than 50 years I’ve been able to visit every summer with my college roommate, Becky (Baldwin) Pease. We lived together in Jessie Doe, followed by an apartment in the infamous Coops, one of the few student apartment buildings in Durham at the time. Becky’s family has owned a summer house in York Beach, Maine, for several generations and every August, except for Covid-19 in 2020, we’ve spent time together there … sometimes for a week, sometimes for a day. It’s been a happy tradition and we’re always able to pick up right where we left off. Becky and her husband, Sam, reside in Maryland with their two children and families living nearby. Happy and healthy 2026 to all!
1973
Dover, NH 03820
joycedube@comcast.net
1974
Windham, NH 03087
jmlondon52@gmail.com
David and Elaine (Adler) Lagasse celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in May 2025! They have four children and five grandchildren. They live on Cape Cod and winter in Cocoa Beach, Florida. A Rhine River cruise was scheduled for fall 2025. They both say “hello” to their 1974 classmates. Mike and Muriel Robinette traveled west after graduation in 1974 for graduate school, Mike in hydrogeology and Muriel in mining engineering. They returned to New Hampshire in 1983 and worked in environmental consulting. Their careers took them through academia, government and finally starting and growing their own consulting company. They give back to UNH by volunteering on the Lay Lakes Monitoring Program (30 years) and sponsoring an earth sciences scholarship for New Hampshire-based students in the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences (CEPS). Muriel was named CEPS 2014 alumni of the year, served on the CEPS Dean’s Advisory Board for 20 years and as a mentor for CEPS students. Both retired, they live summers on an unbridged island on Lake Winnipesaukee and travel winters in their RV to visit grandchildren and ski destinations in the west. Peter Wellenberger has a website regarding Black history sites to visit in the U.S. It was a 10-year project, and the sites cover 26 states. Classmates are welcome to visit the site https://blackhistorytravelguide.com/. Tony Smith writes that after receiving his MD in 1974 he had a counseling internship at UNH as well as at the Portsmouth Naval disciplinary command. During this time, he also built a farm in Nottingham and a post-and-beam small horse farm on 35 acres. In 1981, he moved to New York to take on transformational coaching with executives that continue to be in his field today. He has been married to his wife, Rosa, for 43 years. Home is now primarily Vermont near Windsor but he still works often out of New York City. Their daughter teaches at Dartmouth, and they have two grandchildren that keep them busy. Classmates can look Tony up through vsacoach.com. Vicki (Follansbee) Burns has been living in Dover since 2014. Vicki enjoys UNH events and has been a judge at the annual URC (Undergraduate Research Conference) since 2018. She encourages alumni to come to view the projects and consider being a judge. It is amazing what these students present. Vicki hopes to participate at more UNH activities after her Exeter Area Garden Club president term ends. Vicki enjoys grandchildren in Canada and on Cape Cod. Martha Leighton has written that her sister, Margaret Elizabeth Leighton (Beth) passed away May 29, 2024, in Denver, Colorado. She lived there for more than 45 years. After receiving her bachelor’s degree in nursing at UNH she obtained a master’s in primary care nursing from the University of Colorado. Her career was nursing, medical administration and teaching. Our condolences to her family. Please send news to share with fellow classmates!
The 1975 & 1976 UNH football teams celebrated 50 years together in Durham in September 2025.
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Ken Sheldon ’76 as Fred Marple.
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Your 1976 & ’70s Friends 50th Reunion Committee is hard at work planning an incredible celebration for your return to campus, June 5-7. Come back to Durham for a weekend of fun, friendship and nostalgia and see the many changes to the U since you left. Save the dates and make plans to celebrate this special milestone. Details are at unh.edu/reunion. Our Facebook group page is www.facebook.com/groups/unh1976. Any questions contact us at 76UNHWildcats@gmail.com. The UNH Men’s Soccer program welcomed the alumni to a tailgate and open house at the Victory Club for the UNH-UVM match. In attendance from our class who last played in the fall of 1975 were me, Tom Johnson, Gary Trotter and James Holmes, along with 40 others from classes before and after ours. In the past three years UNH has hosted D1 National Champions Syracuse, Clemson and UVM for some amazing soccer. I hope to see a great turnout of former players from all sports at the reunion next summer. Dan Nodes (master’s English and Classics) has published the second volume of “Frater Petrus. Collationes de tempore (14th Century),” a first edition of 150 sermons in Latin, with English translation. Ken Sheldon writes, “I have a new book, ‘Udder Nonsense,’ written as Yankee humorist Fred Marple. Fred has appeared on ‘NH Chronicle,’ in Yankee Magazine and New Hampshire Magazine, and across the state at theaters, town halls, churches, and the homes of most of his friends, usually right around dinner time.”
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Dyan Muller has never forgotten all the good times, friends and her education at UNH. She practices veterinary medicine in Bergen County, New Jersey, and hasn’t considered retirement because she loves her work, which is as much a passion as a job. She enjoys her newly born first grandchild and being part of the New England Patriots Cheerleaders’ alumni association. While at UNH, Dyan cheered for the New England Patriots, traveling back and forth to Boston on Sundays. If anyone wants to get in touch, her email is: dyandvm1@aol.com. Dr. William Bograkos recently retired from military service and returned to the Granite State, and he continues to be involved in his field. The World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine met in Tokyo, Japan, in May 2025 and presented the “William Bograkos” student poster award to the next generation of international responders/receivers. He welcomes undergraduate and graduate students to contact him, and he’s happy to make introductions to the “Young Professional and Students” Special Interest Group (SIG), “Nursing SIG”, or any other Special Interest Group. His email is: irisbo@comcast.net. And now for an important update: mark June 2027 on your calendars for our 50th Reunion. It will be a very good time. (Did you know that our 40th reunion was so fun that people from the UNH 50th reunion asked to crash our party? Even civil engineering alums were on the dance floor.) If you’re interested in volunteering to plan the big weekend, get in touch with the alumni office: at reunion.weekend@unh.edu. (I am volunteering to work with the DJ again so that we dance like it’s 1977, even if it means being a little sore the next day.) ’77 alumni are also invited to join the Class of ’76, June 5 – 7, 2026 for the Class of ’76 & ’70s Friends Reunion gathering. Find more info at: unh.edu/reunion. Speaking of looking back 50 years with some perspective and wisdom, what advice would you give to your younger UNH self? Drop us a line and share: lkelly@foghound.com.
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Anne Macdonald (who writes as author A. E. Macdonald) recently published her third novel, her first biographical historical fiction novel, “The Macdonalds of Cedar Park.” She tells us, “This book is based on my family during WWII, when my grandfather was a Manhattan Project engineer, my grandmother handled blackouts and air raid testing, food rationing and her mother’s declining health, my uncle served in the 10th Mountain Division, the ski and mountaineering troops, my father was a teenage messenger in the Manhattan Project’s Boston Office.” You can find out more at her website: aemacdonald.com. Mona (Fedeli) Stephenson and Roger Stephenson (also ’83G) share some photos from their fall 2025 trip to the Grand Canyon, Zion — fun travels that ended by enlisting Mona’s cousin Margie Fedeli ’78 in Vail, Colorado.
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Mark your calendars — Glory Daze Reunion, UNH Classes of 1987-1991, is being planned in Portsmouth and Durham on Spring Reunion Weekend, June 5-7. Registration will open in early March. Find more info at unh.edu/reunion. Join the Facebook group, as well, for more info: www.facebook.com/groups/unhglory. Craig Heisner writes that he has returned to New Balance. He is leading a global business unit in the health and wellness business while supporting MADE IN US footwear innovation. His son, Cole, is in his final year of law school at George Washington and is recently engaged. His daughter, Paige, works in the food industry and also lives in D.C. Craig is moving into a townhome that is being built in Natick, Massachusetts. Andrea Chapdelaine (psychology) was formally inaugurated as Connecticut College’s 12th president in 2025. She took on the role in July 2024. After UNH, she earned her Ph.D. at the University of Connecticut. She notes that her undergraduate experience at UNH — and the mentors she met here — shaped her academic path and commitment to student-centered leadership. She had previously worked for 10 years as president of Hood College in Maryland. Congrats, Andrea! Friends, it has been a year of tremendous loss for our class. We send our deepest condolences to the families and friends of the following classmates: I was very sorry to hear that my dear friend Wendy Turk Osmann (health management and policy), passed away in March after a long, courageous fight with brain cancer. I believe she fought three separate battles during the past 27 years. Wendy grew up in Fullerton, California, and resided with her husband, Brian, in Santa Rosa, California. An obituary wasn’t published, but her high school classmates did a lovely tribute on the Sonora High School Class of 1984 Facebook page. David “The Hoff” Hoffer passed away in August after a courageous fight with cancer. Dave was a lifeguard in Narragansett, Rhode Island, for more than 40 years. He was the longtime head of the Rhode Island State Lifeguard Tournament. Dave was also a teacher of math, science and technology to students across Rhode Island for 27 years. WPRI.com did an article on August 4 of the rally to support him. Elizabeth Roncalli Chmura passed away in January 2025. Liz dedicated nearly 30 years of her life as a compassionate registered nurse in the NICU at Baystate Medical Center before her retirement. Shawn J. Sutton died unexpectedly in February at his home in Merrimack. He was employed at BAE Systems in Nashua as a systems test engineer. Cheryl Griffith Edney (occupational therapy), passed away in March in Stuart, Florida, after a long battle with breast cancer. Kay Diann Cichon (also ’02G), passed away at her Dover home in March. Kay was a marine biologist for many years, then worked in financial management in various Seacoast agencies before finishing her career with 11 years as the assistant finance director managing funds for the Study Abroad programs at UNH. Nancy Hodgkins (also ’99G) of Bartlett passed in July. Nancy received an associate degree from UPenn and then her bachelor’s and master’s in nursing, specializing in obstetrics and gynecology, from UNH. Nancy spent the last 15 years of her 38-year career as an RN directing the OB/GYN Department at Memorial Hospital in North Conway. A special birthing room is named after her there. John G. Tagney (forestry), passed away peacefully at his home in West Newbury, Massachusetts, in August. John ran a Christmas tree farm with his father for many years. He was also a passionate musician. Please consider sharing an update for my next column. Everyone always tells me, “The class notes section is the first section they read in UNH Magazine.”
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From left: Fall brings alumni back together! Jeff Emidy ’94, Chris Beliveau ’94, Lee Todd ’95 and Shane Winsor ’95 enjoyed some fall golf in Dover, before taking in the Men’s Hockey Game against Quinnipiac — they share a 30+ year friendship that started in Christensen Hall. Four 1995 classmates and Sigma Iota Sigma alumni celebrated their 30th reunion at UNH Homecoming weekend 2025. Left to right: Stephanie Martin, Jen Gobin Bourque, Susan Brennan and Karen Blank Roberts.
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From left: Heather Cook ’97 with sons Justin ’29 and Evan. Travis Cook ’99 and his son Justin ’29.
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From left: UNH Football Alumni, all from the class of 2000 (left to right): Mike Apple, Brett Bashaw, Michael-John DePalma and Bradley Trottier. Chris Wyse ’04 (on the left) at the launch of Maji International on October 3 at the Kabete National Polytechnic University in Nairobi, Kenya.
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