2013-14 Issue - Johnson State College

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President’s Message
T
he cover of this issue of Johnson Views proudly unveils very
publicly our new badger logo, designed by Eric Kirk, JSC’s
marketing design and production manager. Our beloved badger
mark has undergone a makeover. Apparently “snarly” is in, because
the gruffer, more determined and tenacious version of our Badger
logo has led to a resurgence of Badger pride throughout campus.
Clearly, as much as we loved our longtime Badger logo, it was time
to step it up a notch. Time for a change.
“Change” is a common theme among
colleges these days. As the cost of college
continues to climb and the value of a college
degree is under scrutiny as never before, colleges and universities nationwide
are exploring ways to reduce student costs and bolster program quality. We are
very much involved in these discussions here at JSC.
We hold steadfast to the well-documented data that substantiate the economic
and civic value of a college degree as we work to make sure a Johnson State
College degree is as attainable, accessible and strong as it can be. We continually
review our data to see where changes can be made to enhance student learning
and improve student outcomes. The revamping of our general education core
curriculum, noted in our previous issue, is one result of this ongoing work. Yet we
recognize it is time to do more — to step it up a notch.
And so we are expanding our offerings to include programs tied to very
specific career fields — among them accounting, sport management, health
and sport psychology, and pre-physical therapy — which will debut in fall
JSC President Barbara E. Murphy
2014. We’re partnering with Vermont Law School to smooth the way for JSC
graduates to enter a master’s or J.D. degree program there with the support of
a $15,000 annual scholarship. And we’re launching an initiative called “Finish in Four,” by which we
will guarantee completion of an undergraduate degree in four years for students who commit to a
prescribed set and schedule of courses.
Our faith in the value of a degree from a public liberal arts college with sturdy pre-professional
programs — a degree from Johnson State College — remains unfaltering. We count among our
alums successful entrepreneurs and business leaders, policymakers at every level of government,
accomplished artists and performers, and executives and administrators such as James Roth,
profiled in this issue, who got his start at JSC and went on to manage operations at one of our
nation’s premier libraries and museums.
Peppered throughout this issue of Johnson Views are countless examples of JSC graduates like
James — including our newest award winners on page 17 and scores of others on pages 27-37, for
example — who have gone on to do great things after getting their start at JSC. Like our retooled
Badger, they demonstrate that with a strong foundation and a bit of grit and determination, there’s no
limit what you can become.
337 College Hill Johnson, V T 05656
VOLUME 23 | 2013/2014
PRESIDENT
Barbara E. Murphy
contents
Around the Rock
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New Programs for Military Students & Families  WJSC Going Strong at 90.7 FM
A New Scholarship for Math Majors  Two Badger Hoops Stars Net 1,000 Points
JSC Model UN Club  Ruggers Name Field in Honor of Rogers
Burrowing into the Origins of the JSC Badger  Johnson Village Gets a Facelift
ACADEMIC DE AN
Daniel Regan
DE AN OF STUDENTS & COLLEGE RELATIONS
David Bergh
DE AN OF ADMINISTR ATION
Sharron Scott
FEATURES
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS
Deborah Bouton
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
Lauren Philie
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Lisa Baranyay, Deborah Bouton, Lindsay Brown,
Kelly Ford, Mariah Howland, Josh Lemay,
Meredith Woodward King, Anna Liccione,
Lauren Philie, Melissa Weinstein
CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGR APHERS
Andrea Bourdeau, Tom Brace, Glenn Callahan,
Chelsea Carter, Deborah Bouton,
Nick Cooper, Harjit Dhalwal, Tom Fitzsimmons,
Elaine Harvey, Mariah Howland, Eric Kirk,
Don Landwehrle, Kathleen Landwehrle,
Ken Leslie, Alison Redlich, Patrick Rogers,
Howard Romero, Clyde Stats, Melissa Weinstein
DESIGN
Kate Wolinsky | Hathaway Point Design, St. Albans, VT
PRINTING
Kennedy’s Second-in-Command
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JSC alum James Roth directs operations at the John F. Kennedy
Presidential Library & Museum, which sees more than 200,000 visitors a year.
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum All In A Day’s Work 9
11
Memorable visitors mean plenty of photo opps
The Hemingway Collection 12
How did the works of Ernest Hemingway come to be housed at the Library?
The View from the Dome 13
Fine Arts Professor Ken Leslie creates
a year-long panorama from the top of the Vermont State House.
Alumni & Family Reunion Weekend 2013 14
Queen City Printers Inc., Burlington, VT
johnson Views
is an annual publication for alumni, parents
and friends of Johnson State College.
DE PARTMENTS
Athletics Update 18
2013 Alumni Awards 20
2013 Athletics Hall of Fame Inductees 21
Philanthropy Report 22
Donor Report 24
Email [email protected]
Alumni News 27
www.jsc.edu
In Memoriam 40
Commencement 2013 44
Send articles, suggestions,
alumni notes & address changes to :
Office of Development & Alumni Relations
Johnson State College
337 College Hill
Johnson, VT 05656
Phone 800-635-2356
Fa x 802-635-1278
on the cover :
The new Badger athletics
logo designed by
JSC’s own Eric Kirk,
superimposed over
the view from the
Minaert athletics fields.
Photo by Elaine Harvey
Happenings at Johnson State College
New Programs Serve Military Students & Veterans
S
upport for military students at JSC and area veterans
has been front and center at Johnson State the past
few years. In the spring of 2013, JSC received a $10,000
grant for a program to help military students and their
families succeed in college. The grant supports several
activities, including for-credit “Combat to Classroom”
courses, offered in collaboration with the Community
College of Vermont, to help students adjust to college and
to provide faculty training on best practices for working
with military students.
In addition, on Fridays JSC is the official “outpost” of
the South Burlington Vet Center, providing counseling and
information about veterans’ benefits to students and area
community members who otherwise would have to travel
to centers in Burlington or White River Junction, and the
JSC Admissions Office now has a designated veterans
representative serving military students.
JSC students and staff launched several initiatives during
the 2012-13 academic year to serve military students and
families. Efforts by then-senior Shane Bouthillette, president
of JSC’s Student Government Association at the time
and a member of the Vermont National Guard, led to his
appointment by Governor Shumlin to a two-year term
on the State’s Veterans Advisory Council.
JSC celebrated Veterans Day 2013 with a number
of free activities on campus,
including a Color Guard
presentation by the local
VFW and American Legion
organizations, a bugle and rifle
salute in honor of veterans, and
a wheelchair basketball game
between JSC varsity athletes
and members of the Northeast
Disabled Athletes Association, with funds raised donated to
a local veterans service organization. n
WJSC Going Strong at 90.7 FM
J
ohnson State’s community radio station, WJSC,
restarted in 2012 after a year off air and now features
The station is
about 30 DJs, most of them new. General station manager
available at 90.7 FM
Amanda Bolduc and DJ Jacob ‘Pugs” Crosslin spent much
locally and can
be streamed online at
of the fall 2014 semester training new DJs in response to
www.jsc.edu/WJSC.
the surge in student interest.
Training the new DJs includes
not only familiarizing them with
the station but educating them
on Federal Communications
Commission guidelines. “We’re
trying to make the station as official
as possible,” said Bolduc, who also
keeps current the station’s public
file, which is the record of who is
doing each show and what content
is being transmitted.
WJSC is a “freeform” radio station,
JSC students Cassandra Burnham (DJ Louise) and
Mariah Burnett (DJ Thelma) play their favorite tunes. meaning the DJs can do whatever
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they want with their shows as long as it falls within FCC
regulations. Most of the DJs play music during their shows,
but there are a few talk shows.
Guest speakers are encouraged, especially if they are
taking part in other college events, but it’s completely up to
the DJ. The station had several guest speakers and visiting
artists on the air during the fall 2013 semester, including
singer-poet Jessica Care Moore and the musical group the
Detroit Cobras, who came to campus as part of the 2013
Common Reading Initiative, which centered around the
book Detroit by Charlie LeDuff.
“We’re out of the gate and running strong, but we still
have challenges at times,” said Crosslin. “There’ve been
times when we were off air due to technical issues — our
antennae sometimes go off — and we had a whole
weekend when we weren’t streaming online. We’re working
on the technical issues and we’re getting there,” he said,
adding, “We all want WJSC to make the college proud.” n
—Mariah Howland
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Former Professor Establishes
‘MATH START’
Scholarship
A
new scholarship is being
funded with a generous gift
from former math professor
Stella Sargent, who taught at JSC
from 1966 to 1985.
Building on the success of
JSC’s existing START Science
Scholarship, which is funded by
the National Science Foundation
and available to JSC biology
and environmental science
students, the new “Math START
Scholarship” will cover the full
cost of unmet financial need
(including loans) for tuition of
an eligible student majoring in
mathematics. The scholarship
will be available in fall 2014 to an
incoming student from Vermont
with a minimum 3.0 GPA and
demonstrated financial need.
Math START scholars will
have opportunities to conduct
faculty-mentored research, attend
math-related conferences and
seminars, make presentations,
receive specialized career
counseling, and join fellow START
scholars in their special seminar
and current-topics courses.
“JSC is so grateful for Stella’s
generous gift, and Stella is excited
to be able to make a significant
impact in the life of a student,”
said Director of Development
Lauren Philie. The college is
thrilled to extend the START
program to math majors and
hopes to expand the scholarship
program to other academic areas
as well, she added. n
Double Awesome!
Robertson and Hickey Join
Badger Hoops 1,000 Point Clubs
T
wo JSC varsity basketball players — junior
Brittany Robertson of Burlington and
senior Bryan Hickey of Barre — entered their
teams’ esteemed “1000 Point Clubs” during
games in February 2014 less than a week apart.
Robertson actually
achieved two statistical
victories in a game against
Pine Manor College at JSC
on Sunday, Feb. 2: She first
set a new record for most
career 3-point shots (171),
surpassing Amanda Burby’s
previous record of 168, then
continued her hot streak to
net her 1,000th point.
The contest stopped
briefly as Robertson received congratulations
from teammates and heard cheers from family
and friends. “I’m proud. I almost have no
words,” she said. “I’m glad it happened during
a home contest because I couldn’t have done
this without my team, my
coaches or my family.”
Coach Greg Eckman
said he couldn’t be more
proud of his player. “I can’t
even express how happy
I am to have shared these
milestones with Brittany,” he
said. “Her family and friends
know how hard she works,
and this is a great example
of how it can pay off.”
The following Saturday
it was men’s team captain
Bryan Hickey’s time to
shine. He filled the stat
sheet, sinking a game-high
23 points and passing the 1,000-point mark with
11:27 remaining in the game.
Hickey thanked his coaches, teammates and
family for helping him reach his goal. “This is a
memory I’ll always have,” he said.
Added CoachTommy Verdell, “I’m so proud of
Bryan. His hard work shows, and he stands out
as a model player for his team.”
Robertson and Hickey are only the ninth
players to join their team’s respective 1,000
Point Clubs since 1995, when the clubs were
established. The previous member inducted into
the women’s club was Andrea Duell in 2010; on
the men’s side, Hickey was preceded by Bobby
Shedd in 2009. n
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JSC’s Model UN
Tackles World
Issues at Harvard
Senior Colin Santee talks with students about his
experiences in the Model UN Club.
M
ost people hear only secondhand about the discussions
brought to the United Nations.
Hard decisions about allegations of
chemical weapons used in Syria or
the tumultuous country of Mali are left
to a global handful of individuals.
But in February 2014, seven JSC
students traveled to Boston to take
part in the 60th session of the Harvard
National Model United Nations. There
they combined with more than 3,000
other college students from around
the world to “discuss the greatest
challenges facing the world today, in
fields ranging from international peace
and security to economic and social
progress and human rights.”
This is the first year JSC has
participated in the annual event. The
impetus came from David Plazek, a
new associate professor of political
science at the college. He previously
attended the event with students
from Lyndon State College, where he
worked before joining JSC in fall 2014.
Although the event may be “a small
pebble in a large pond,” he sees the
program as a step toward global peace.
“Meeting people of different
religions and from different parts of the
world makes them less threatening,”
Plazek explained. “You understand
their hopes and dreams, which makes
you more tolerant, and that contributes
to peaceful outcomes.” n
JSC Alumni Recognized
by Rugby Field Naming
E
arly in the fall 2013 semester, students
in the men’s and women’s rugby clubs
at JSC approached President Barbara Murphy
with a request to name the rugby field after
longtime advisor and tireless rugby advocate
Patrick Rogers, class of 2005.
Typically naming
“The rugby field is
opportunities are
truly an alumni field.
reserved for those
making significant
monetary donations
or donors who are
deceased, but Murphy
agreed an exception
was in order. She
presented the request
on the students’ behalf
to the Vermont State
Colleges trustees, who
approved it at their
October 2013 meeting.
Patrick has advised
the clubs for more
than 10 years and
has worked hard to
raise funds for recent
improvements and
future upgrades, which
to date include:
None of these
improvements could
have been done without
the support of alumni.
I’m working to ensure
that a legacy of strong
rugby continues at JSC,
and it is my honor
to work for the students
and alumni to help
make this happen.”
~Patrick Rogers
Class of 2005 &
JSC Senior Associate Director
of Admissions
Funds are still needed to improve the path from campus to the rugby field
along with general field maintenance and improvements.
To contribute, visit www.jsc.edu/Give
or call Patrick Rogers at 802-635-1417.
Relocating utility poles and power lines to run
under, instead of across, the field (completed
and paid for with alumni donations and
Student Government Association funds);
Moving a drainage ditch on one side of the
field and removing a large area of brush and
trees (completed and paid for with alumni
donations and SGA funds);
Raising the corners of the field to create a
level surface (completed and paid for with
alumni donations and SGA funds); and
Reconfiguring the field to proper dimensions
and size, as it was too short and narrow
(completed and paid for with alumni
donations and JSC support).
On Feb. 20, when the trustees held their
annual meeting at JSC, Patrick was presented
with a framed resolution by VSC Board Chair Gary
Moore and President Murphy (photo above).
Later, after thanking everyone for the honor,
Patrick requested that the field be named the
Rugby Alumni Field in recognition of all the
support from JSC alumni. “Nothing could have
happened without [coaches] Don Allen and
John Sweeney, as well as Jonathan Wood, who
helped with fundraising and measured out the
new field dimensions, and all of the alumni who
contributed for the renovations,” he said. He also
acknowledged JSC staff and faculty, especially
the maintenance staff, the alumni office, and
Krista Swahn, director of student activities.
“It is my honor to work with students, alumni
and staff on this project. The work is not over,
and nothing in rugby is done alone,” he added.
“It always takes a team effort.” n
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You see him at every game.
You see him on posters.
He’s on T-shirts and hoodies.
“Boris the Badger” has been with JSC for
many years and is now forever tied to the
college. But how did the badger become
The badger? How did a furry little mammal
that is not even native to Vermont come to
represent Johnson State College?
To answer these questions, we need to
take a trip back in time, to the 1960s.
Ah, the 60s — when psychedelic
rock blared from every radio and “The
JSC Professors” were kicking some
serious butt on the playing field.
Wait, what? Did you just say JSC
Professors?
Yes, I did.
The title of “The Professors” is
credited to English teacher and public
relations representative Edward
O’Gara, who referred to JSC teams
as such while relaying scores to
newspaper officials. The name stuck,
and “The Professors” was born.
However, many members of the
student body outright rejected a name
that had any academic connotations.
In for the rescue stepped Coach
Walter Minaert, the founder of the
inaugural athletics association at JSC.
Minaert and his co-workers began
to brainstorm a way to give Johnson
athletics an official name and mascot.
They decided to sponsor a contest to
choose a new name. After it was over,
“The Indians” were chosen. However,
in the state next door, Dartmouth
College already had “The Indians.”
Thus, Johnson athletics became
known as The Little Indians, while
Dartmouth had The Big Indians.
The Little Indians stuck well into
the 1980s. Toward the end of the
decade, in 1988 or ’89, schools
across the country were reconsidering
mascots that could be culturally
offensive. Dartmouth had already
scrapped the Indians as its mascot,
and JSC Athletic Director Peter
Albright decided to get ahead of the
controversy. He and President Eric
Gilbertson decided to hold another
contest for the new name.
The Badger just happened to be
nominated.
Albright ran the name past biology
professor Bob Genter, who reportedly
told him the badger was indeed
the rock
a “tough, surly,
combative, little bugger.”
A vote was then held in the dining
hall, where, with some possible
ballot stuffing by the men’s soccer
team, the Badger won. The Athletics
Department then took the Wisconsin
Badger’s logo, slapped a “J” on its
chest and went from there.
“I think the mascot is a great
representative of our underdog little
school — not afraid of anyone, tough
and resilient,” Albright said.
To celebrate, President Gilbertson
himself paid the $800 for the wooden
badger statue that lived inside the
SHAPE building
for many years.
That same statue
has been outside
SHAPE for the
past four years
and recently
underwent some
repairs due to rot.
And that is
how a furry little
omnivore came to
represent a small
state college in
Vermont. n
The Johnson badger
received a makeover
in 2010 when the
original mascot was
replaced with the
current version (below).
— Josh Lemay
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Johnson Village Gets
T
Grand opening party at the new Pearl Street Bridge
Photos courtesy of Howard Romero
he little village of Johnson has
undergone dramatic changes
in recent years, starting with the
construction of a new bridge on
Pearl Street, moving onto lighting and
sidewalk improvements in the village
center, and most recently celebrating
the opening of “Johnson’s Sterling
Market” to replace the old Grand
Union next to the post office.
In 2013, the Johnson Main Street
Project won the award for “best
public space improvement” from
the Vermont Agency of Commerce
and Community Development,
which bestows annual awards on
achievements, people and projects
that significantly contribute to the
revitalization of Vermont downtowns.
“Our community earned the
award for its thoughtful approach to
addressing travel needs of various
groups of Main Street travelers,
including motorists, pedestrians
and bicyclists, and for the appeal
the improvements bring to our
downtown,” said Lea Kilvadyova,
Johnson community and economic
development coordinator. The award
was presented at the annual Vermont
Downtown and Historic Preservation
Conference in June 2013.
In October 2013, another longawaited improvement came to
Johnson: the grand opening of a new
grocery store in town, filling a void
that had existed since flooding in April
2011 closed the old Grand Union.
The latest town improvement came
in January 2014 with the launch of
free wireless service in the central
village and a new website promoting
local attractions and shopping.
The free WI-FI zone is available
along Main Street, approximately
between Johnson Woolen Mills and
Johnson’s Sterling Market. The goal
of the new website, dubbed “Johnson
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a Facelift
A ‘Sterling’ Market for Johnson
Connection” (http:// johnsonconnect.
net) is to be a “go-to resource when
searching for shopping opportunities,
services, and cultural and recreational
destinations” in the area, Kilvadyova
said. Both the WI-FI service and
Johnson Connection were developed
by the community organization
Johnson Works with funding from the
Vermont Digital Economy program. n
After two years of negotiations, planning
and renovations, Johnson’s Sterling Market
celebrated its grand opening Oct. 3, 2013,
with festivities attended by thankful community
members as well as local and state officials.
The refurbished market was formerly a Grand
Union, which had sat vacant and dilapidated
since flooding in April 2011. The market came to
fruition through the combined efforts of property
owner Pomerleau Realty, entrepreneur Mike
Comeau (who also owns markets in Richmond
and Waterbury), the town of Johnson and the
state of Vermont.
“Without a supermarket, it was like not having
a heart,” said Pomerleau President and CEO
Ernie Pomerleau. “And working with your [town]
officials and state officials, I have never seen so
much collaboration and so much support. The
idea of being able to provide a community with
its heart again took a couple of years…but in the
end we are here.”
“This is about ‘Vermont Strong’ — saying
that when floods hit, when disaster hits, we are
going to rebuild our community better than the
way that storm found us,” said Governor Peter
Shumlin. “Second, this is about our
commitment to our downtowns. And third, it is
about community.”
The market had opened two days prior
to the celebration, and during that time
more than 2,000 people had already visited,
thankful that they no longer had to leave town
to buy groceries. The nearest grocery store
in Morrisville was nine miles away, posing a
hardship to JSC students and local residents.
Sterling Market has been restored inside
and out, with all new floors, ceilings, lighting
and equipment as well as an exterior facelift. It
features an array of local and organic products
as well as conventional grocery items, including
a large selection of beer and wine, fresh
seafood, a hot food station, a full deli, an olive
bar and fresh produce.
“Although the flood brought the demise of the
Grand Union and left us without a ‘heart’ for 2½
years, today we stand here with a pulsing heart,
a beautiful new store, and a new lease on life for
the Johnson community,” said Town Manager
Duncan Hastings. n
—Lindsay Brown
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Kennedy’s
Second-
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A n i n te rvi e w with JSC ALU M ja m e s r oth , D e pu t y D i r e cto r
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James Roth
James Roth ’95 is deputy director of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum
in Boston. He earned a bachelor’s degree in history from JSC and followed that with master’s
degrees in history and in library science, then landed a position as an archivist at the library in
2001. He was appointed the library’s deputy director in 2008. He spoke recently with Anna
Liccione ’13 about his time at JSC, the career path he chose and how he successfully combined
his passions and education into a rewarding career that suits him to a “T.”
How did you come to choose Johnson State
College? I actually started at UMass-Dartmouth, which
When you were going to JSC, what did you
expect to do with your history degree? I always
was Southeastern Massachusetts University at the time.
I was paying my way through school, so after two years I
joined the Merchant Marines for a year to make enough
to continue my education. When it was time to go back to
school, I thought — well, I’m a Vermont resident, I should
look at Vermont schools. I wanted a smaller school where
I could contribute in a lot of ways, and Johnson was really
close to North Troy where I lived. I thought about Lyndon
too, but Johnson had a great reputation, and I felt like I
would be better off going there.
thought I would go on to get an advanced degree in history,
but I hadn’t imagined working in a library. At the time [I
was at JSC], I was trying to figure out if I wanted to get a
Ph.D. in history and be a professor. It wasn’t until I was at
UNH getting my master’s degree working in the library’s
special collections that I realized how much I liked working
with original materials. That’s when I decided to go for a
master’s in library science and work within archives.
What did you study at JSC, and did you have
any favorite professors? I majored in history and
had Professors Silver, Bou-Nacklie and Cook. All three of
them were excellent — they all had great personalities and
were very knowledgeable and down to earth — but if I had
to pick, and you’re putting me on the spot here, I’d have to
say that I learned the most from Bou-Nacklie, in and out of
the classroom. I enjoyed talking with him and learning about
where he came from, and he gave me a lot of good advice.
How do you feel that JSC prepared you for
what you’re doing now? Johnson gave me a really
strong base, and that base got me into graduate school.
One of the things that was really great about Johnson was
that it allowed me to participate in many different activities
and taught me how to be a leader. As one example, I was
vice president of the Student Government Association in
my senior year. That experience prepared me for a variety
of situations.
I’ve always remembered something that Doug Shiok,
the staff member who was student council liaison at the
time, told me: “The thing about power and responsibility
is if you give the power away to people and let them try it
on their own, they may not do things the way you would
do them, but they are going to do them well and they are
ultimately going to get the result you want. And in that
process of giving away that power and authority, you’re
empowering others. And you’ll find that you can get a lot
more accomplished that way.”
I think that’s really great advice, and I try to live by it. I
don’t micro-manage my staff and colleagues. I give them
the full authority to do their jobs. A lot of times, they don’t
do things the way I would do them, but the end result turns
out to be what is needed.
Story by
Anna
Liccione
Photos by
Tom Fitzsimmons
How did you get started at the John F.
Kennedy Library? I started here in 2001 as the
Hemingway curator — we have virtually all of the papers
of Ernest Hemingway here [see sidebar, page 12]. By
2004 I had become head of the library’s processing unit,
The skylit atrium of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum
THE JOHN F. KENNEDY PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY & MUSEUM
“Dedicated to the memory of our nation’s 35th president “and to all those
who through the art of politics seek a new and better world,” the library and
museum are located on a 12-acre park in Boston.
The museum portrays the life, leadership and legacy of President
Kennedy and houses the Ernest Hemingway Collection, encompassing
90 to 95 percent of all known papers of the famed 20th century author
and journalist.
For more information, visit www.jfklibrary.org.
James Roth
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running and supporting the programming we have here.
If the archives needs something, we provide it. If the
programs for education need something, we provide it.
I’m also involved in the decision-making about the
direction we’re heading — helping with yearly work
plans and strategic plans, understanding the programs
envisioned for each division and giving input. I also support
the work of our foundation [the John F. Kennedy Library
Foundation], which is a private, nonprofit entity that raises
funds for our educational programming, archival work,
museum exhibits, the annual “Profiles in Courage” award
and other activities.
Can you tell me about a particularly fascinating
experience you’ve had or project you’ve been
involved in at the John F. Kennedy Library?
JSC alum James Roth oversees the facility and 60 to 70 day-to-day employees in his role as deputy director.
An exterior view
of the John F. Kennedy
Presidential Library
and Museum,
which hosts about
200,000 visitors a
year, including school
groups visiting
through the library’s
robust education
programs
Right:
Roth with his boss,
Library Director
Tom Putnam
which handles the arrangement and
description of all the library’s paper
collections in order to make them
available to researchers. In 2005-06
we began doing digitization as well.
I had done a bit of digitization work
early on in my master’s programs and
was thrilled to work with it, so I took it
on and helped create the digitization
program we have here. Then in 2008,
the position of deputy director was announced. I was asked
to apply, and I did. I had worked hard and I guess people
thought I did a good job, so I was chosen.
Tell me about digitizing the collection. It’s a
changing world now. Students don’t go to the library and
look something up in an encyclopedia anymore. They
go online. And if you don’t have an electronic or digital
presence out there, you don’t exist. That’s one of the
challenges we have with promoting the administration and
legacy of President Kennedy. His legacy is 50 years old
now, and yet he still has a lot of great things to say. We
want to get that message out there, and digitization is the
best way to do that.
What do you do in your role as deputy director?
I’m involved in anything the director asks me to do,
including programming, the archives, the museum and
our education programs — but the division I oversee on
a day-to-day basis is Operations. This includes all the
administrative functions related to our facilities — budgets,
personnel, procurement, security, mechanicals, janitorial,
landscaping and information-technology and audio-visual
needs. For the most part, my job is to keep the building
There are so many! It’s hard to pinpoint just one. But — I
do have several stories. One of them was when I was still
working as an archivist. I was going through the collections,
and my boss came down with a big box and said, “Here
you go — another donation.” I opened the box, looked
inside and pulled out a framed poem. “It’s a handwritten
poem by Robert Frost!” I said. “Yep, this is the poem Frost
wrote especially for Kennedy’s inauguration,” he replied. So
that was pretty cool.
What we usually do for this type of object is remove
the document from its frame to preserve the document,
so I turned it over and started to carefully slit the brown
paper on the back, then I noticed there was some very
faint handwriting in the corner. It read, “For Jack, The first
thing I had framed, the first thing to hang in the White
House.” And it was signed “Jackie.” The context that this
was a gift from the First Lady to the President was quite
remarkable — it’s a little piece of history that makes that
time come alive. In fact, a few weeks later it was on the
national news, saying we had received the first material
that was hung in the Oval Office when John F. Kennedy
became president.
So you were the one who found the inscription
from Jackie Kennedy? Well, I wouldn’t say I was the
one who found it — I was the first one who noticed it.
Do you still think about teaching? Actually, I do
teach — my master’s degree and my job here allow me to do
that. I am an adjunct professor at Simmons College; I’ll be
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Memorable Visitors Create Plenty of Photo Opps
All in a Day’s Work
“Surreal.” That’s how JSC alum James Roth
 “This photo of David Ortiz and me
sums up his place of work, noting the people
who regularly visit and attend events at the John
F. Kennedy Library & Museum in Boston.
“We get a lot of politicians here, national and
international — and of course Kennedy family
members and celebrities,” he says. His list of the
latter includes actors Tommy Lee Jones, Stacey
Keach, Antonio Banderas and Matt Damon and
musicians James Taylor, Yo-Yo Ma, Tony Bennett
and the Pointer Sisters.
“My favorite event with musicians was in
February 2012, when we hosted the Song
Lyrics of Literary Excellence Awards,” he says.
“Chuck Berry and Leonard
Cohen received lifetime
achievement awards, and a
host of singer/songwriters
showed up, including
Paul Simon, Elvis Costello,
Shawn Colvin and Keith
Richards. Instead of giving a speech, Chuck
Berry stood up and played ‘Johnny B. Goode’!
Then Keith Richards and
Elvis Costello got up and jammed on ‘No
Particular Place to Go.’ Amazing!”
Experiences such of these make his job
interesting to say the least, but what really
amazes him, he says, is this: “We have over
200,000 visitors a year, and all of these
people — whether famous or not — come here to
honor the legacy of John F. Kennedy.”
He provided the photos here along with
his reflections about the meetings and events
behind them.
was taken in 2009 at an Immigration and
Naturalization ceremony. Every other month,
we host an I&N ceremony at the library. David
was becoming a citizen that year, and the
former CEO of the Kennedy Library Foundation,
Ambassador John Shattuck, is friends with
Larry Luccino, president and CEO of the Red
Sox. Luccino wanted to do something special
for David’s swearing in, so we hosted a private
luncheon for David and his family. The photo
was taken after lunch in our Mural Room. That
was a dream come true for me, even if I look
horrible in the shot!”
Series trophies. As a tourist attraction
in Boston, we belong to many groups in the
hospitality industry. This was taken at one of
the meetings for one of the groups in the fall of
2012. The Red Sox hosted the event at Fenway.
We were up in the Budweiser Right Field Roof
Deck section. They had the two trophies out for
all of us to see, and I asked if I could have my
photo taken using my phone. They obliged. I love
the Red Sox, so this was a great thrill for me.”
I was the Hemingway curator at the time, and
we used the Hemingway Research Room as his
‘green room.’ Because I was in charge of the
room, I was allowed on the floor. A group of us
staffers were standing off to the side. Clinton saw
us standing there and came right over, looked
each one of us in the eyes and shook our hands.
He didn’t say a word. But then he turned to
his staff and said, ‘Let’s get a shot of all of us
together.’ That’s the first time I met a president.
That’s me in the back, second to Clinton’s left.”
 Roth and his wife, Wendy (pictured), first
met and had their picture taken with Al Gore
in 1999 when he was the keynote speaker
for commencement at the University of New
Hampshire, when the couple earned their
first master’s degrees. He visited the library in
February 2013 to promote one of his books, “so
it was fun to remind him of that meeting and
take a second picture with him,” Roth recalls.
Photos 2-4: Tom Fitzsimmons, John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
 “These are the 2004 and 2007 World
 “Bill Clinton came to the library in 2002.
 “Jimmy Carter came to the library in
May 2011, and I met him at a luncheon before
his talk. He’s a very nice man — and the second
living president I’ve met. Obama doesn’t count
because he was a senator when he was here at
the library.”
James Roth
a l u m n i
p r o f i l e
teaching archives management in fall 2014. In the past, I’ve
taught “Introduction to Archives and Services.” I started out
teaching workshops through the New England Archivists and
the Society of American Archivists, and I still do that. So that
satisfies the teaching bug.
been so long ago! I came with some friends to ski at
Smugglers’ Notch. I saw some friends from my time at JSC
then, too — it was great. Every time I receive the notice
about Homecoming Weekend [in September of each year]
I think about coming, but so far I haven’t made it. I think
in 2015, which would be my 20-year reunion, I might just
have to make it happen. n
2013 marked the 50th anniversary of Kennedy’s
assassination, and the John F. Kennedy
Library and Museum hosted many events
acknowledging this milestone. Does any one of
them stand out? We’ve acknowledged a number of
Anna Liccione was a writer for Basement Medicine while a
student at JSC. She graduated in 2013 with a degree
in education.
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What do you see moving
forward? Would you like to stay
where you are? Who knows what
I’ll think in five or 10 years? But I do
love working here — it’s a beautiful
place, and I work with great people
and great materials. I’ve put almost 13
years into the Kennedy Library, and I
have a real affection and affinity for it.
The job certainly hasn’t grown stale; I
started out as the Hemingway curator,
and here I am, the deputy director.
I’ve only been in my current position
five years, and I’m still growing and
learning a lot. If that ever changes,
maybe I’ll change my mind. But right
now I enjoy what I’m doing, and I can’t
imagine being anywhere else.
When was the last time you
visited Johnson State College?
The last time I was even in the area
was in 2003 — hard to believe it’s
How the Hemingway Collection
Came to Be at the JFK Library
James Roth began his career at the library in 2001 as curator of the Hemingway Collection. The
extensive collection contains 90 percent of all known Hemingway manuscript materials, making
the Kennedy Library the world’s principal center for research on Hemingway’s life and work.
A
merican author and journalist Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
lived the last third of his life — about 20 years — in Cuba.
After the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion (an unsuccessful attempt by
U.S.-backed Cuban exiles to
overthrow the government of Fidel
Castro), President Kennedy urged
Americans to leave the island
nation. Hemingway and his wife,
Mary, complied, leaving their house
and all their belongings — including
the author’s papers — behind,
planning to return after the crisis
was over.
Shortly after the Hemingways
returned to America, however, Ernest
died. Castro invited Mary to return to
Cuba to retrieve their personal items
if she would deed the house and
the other belongings to Cuba for a
museum. At this point there was a
U.S. embargo and travel ban to Cuba
in place, so Mary needed special permission to make the trip.
President Kennedy granted permission, and Mary returned to Cuba
for what originally was to be a two-week stay but ended up being six,
Kennedy Library Deputy Director James Roth explained. “Her definition
of what was ‘personal’ grew while she was there, so by the end she was
saying things like, ‘Well, Ernie really wanted me to have that picture,’
and then she would take it off the wall,” he said. “In the end, she got
out of Cuba with all of their possessions.”
Back in the U.S., and indebted to Kennedy, Mary offered to donate
her husband’s papers to the future John F. Kennedy Presidential
Library and Museum. Discussions were under way when President
Kennedy was assassinated, and the issue fell by the wayside.
In 1968, Mary Hemingway contacted Jacqueline Kennedy and offered
her husband’s collection to what was then being planned as a national
memorial. In July 1980, the library christened the Hemingway Room in
the newly opened John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.
Ernest Hemingway Collection. JFK Presidential Library & Museum, Boston
An edited copy of the
text for a telegram
about funeral services
for John F. Kennedy,
one of the many
historic documents in
the library’s collection
“50 year” milestone
events at the library
over the past three
years, not just in
2013. They have all
been special in their
own way — from our
celebration of the
March on Washington
and the Civil Rights
movement, the
Committee on Women’s
Roles and Rights,
Kennedy’s inauguration,
the anniversary of the
Bay of Pigs, the anniversary of the
Cuban missile crisis, the anniversary
of Berlin, the anniversary of Kennedy’s
trip to Ireland — they’re just numerous,
and each one was too special, to say
that one was my favorite.
f e at u r e
ART News
The View from the Dome
O
nce every two weeks for a year, JSC Professor of
Fine Arts Ken Leslie drove to the Vermont State
House in Montpelier, climbed the 201 steps to the
narrow balustrade at the toes of Ceres, the statue adorning
the State House’s golden dome, and completed a sketch
on one page of a curiously folded, triangular booklet. Then,
after descending into the barrel-shaped room that supports
the golden dome, he would paint. Each day, he turned to a
different page faced a different direction.
Leslie created a circular panorama of the view
surrounding the State House, displaying the passage of
the seasons along the progression of the pages that was
featured in an exhibit of his work at the Supreme Court in
Montpelier that ended March 28, 2014. That little book
folds open to a wide ring of Montpelier painted together in
an unending cycle.
Leslie spent his first trip up to the dome working out the
plan for the painting. “I had to take a panorama
of photos, map it all out, figure out where
I would be facing,” he said. “I could
start anywhere, so where do
I want to be facing in June,
and where do I want to be
facing in December.” At one
point, Leslie noticed a line of
school buses, and it occurred
to him to do that scene in late
August, just as school was
starting, so he could paint in
the buses. Then, next to the
buses was the wooded hill that
sits behind the State House,
which would look beautiful as
the leaves turned and winter approached. When spring
approached, he would be looking down on the newly
planted flowerbeds that mark the wide path up the steps
from State Street.
And so his timetable was mapped out. Leslie started
painting July 18, 2011, and finished the on-location
painting two days shy of a year later.
Leslie is well-known for his 360-degree panoramas
painted on large folded wheels of paper, often depicting
changing seasons or the span of a day. He draws much of
his inspiration from the arctic and frequently produces his
art in that region.
For a video of Leslie’s “Golden Dome” project by
filmmaker Eva Sollberger, search for “Stuck in Vermont
Ken Leslie” on YouTube.com and enjoy! n
—Mariah Howland
The weather cooperated,
JSC alumni and families
enjoyed a full slate of fun-filled
events, and the Badgers
gave fans plenty of reasons to
cheer during varsity soccer
and cross country contests.
2013 Alumni & Family Reunion Weekend
In addition to the annual
reunion luncheon and alumni
awards, 2013 featured a hike to
Class of
Journey’s End, a tree planting
’44
Class of
’53
Class of
’03
at Lower Pond, a prayer flag
workshop in honor of World
Peace Day, JSC’s first-ever
“Color Run,” a bounce house
and other activities for the
kids, the always-popular men’s
and women’s rugby matches,
and an outdoor hip-hop concert
by A2VT. Fireworks closed out
Saturday’s events and set the
tone for Sunday’s Color Run.
In short, it was a BLAST!
Class of
’63
Class of
’67
2 0 1 3
Class of
’73
Class of
’68
Class of
’78
a l u m n i
&
f a m i ly
r e u n i o n
w e e k e n d
homecoming
Dancing on the Quad
Class of ’33
Margaret Dary, ’33 and
’68, celebrated her
80th JSC Reunion!
(see Class Notes)
Mark your calendars and join us!
Class of
’65
JSC Alumni Men’s Ensemble
2014 Alumni & Family
Reunion Weekend
 Sept. 20-21 
Every year, the JSC Alumni Association names a person in each of three categories — alumni, faculty and staff — for
special recognition and honor. In addition, the College president names alumni who have made outstanding
contributions in their personal and professional lives since graduating from JSC for Outstanding Alumni Awards.
Recipients are recognized every year during Alumni & Family Reunion Weekend. Here are the 2013 honorees.
2013 DISTINGUISHED
FACULTY AWARD
2013 DISTINGUISHED
STAFF AWARD
DAVID YACOVONE
SUSAN GREEN
JAN HERDER
David Yacovone earned his B.A.
in political science from JSC in
1976 and immediately embarked
on a rewarding, lifelong career in
health and human services. He has
managed programs in many state
agencies, implemented Vermont
nursing home reforms, and made life
better in innumerable ways for people
at all stages of life and abilities. He’s
served in the Vermont Legislature
and been appointed to key state
leadership posts by Governors Howard
Dean and Peter Shumlin. Today
he is commissioner of the Vermont
Department of Children and Families.
Dr. Susan Green joined Johnson
State College in 1990 as an assistant
professor of sociology in the
Anthropology & Sociology degree
program. She developed and now
directs our popular Wellness &
Alternative Medicine major within the
Department of Behavioral Sciences.
A favorite faculty member among
students, Susan is a passionate and
diligent professor with a deep and
abiding respect for her students,
whom she considers her teachers.
Jan Herder came to Johnson State
College in 1988 as director of Dibden
Center for the Arts. In addition to
bringing numerous technological
advances to the performing arts
center over the years, he founded
and continues to lead JSC’s two-year
degree program in technical theater.
He’s a much-loved teacher and
mentor at JSC and a creative force
whose contributions extend well
beyond campus.
2013 DISTINGUISHED
ALUMNI AWARD
2013 DISTINGUISHED
CAREER AWARD
DON VICKERS
Don Vickers has long and strong ties to Johnson State College. He’s not only a JSC alum — class of
1970 — he’s also our former director of financial aid and remains deeply and closely involved with
JSC as an alum. His talents took him to the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation in 1971, and
he became VSAC’s president and CEO in 1990 — a position he held until his retirement in June
2013. Under Don’s leadership, VSAC reached many milestones. In honor of his accomplishments
at VSAC, Don received the 2013 Eleanor M. McMahon Award for Lifetime Achievement from the
New England Board of Higher Education. The Distinguished Career Award was presented to Don
by President Murphy.
These awards are presented to alumni who have made outstanding business and community
accomplishments in their careers and lives. Service to the College is one of many factors
considered. “Outstanding Alumni” award recipients must have graduated at least 10 years
ago, while “Rising Star” award recipients must have graduated within the past 10 years.
Nominations are made by faculty, staff and alumni, with selection by the College president.
JAMES (JEFF) CROWLEY
Jeff Crowley
brought his
passion for skiing
to JSC, where
he helped get a
rope tow installed
on the campus
ski hill, graduated with a degree in
Recreation Facilities Management in
1978 and went on to build a successful
career in the ski industry. Today he
is president of Wachusett Mountain
Ski Area in Massachusetts, an active
volunteer and, of course, an avid skier.
BETH O’BRIEN (M.A.)
With a B.A. in elementary education
and a minor
in health
education from
the University
of Vermont,
Beth started her
teaching career
in 1990 at Montgomery Elementary
School. She earned her master’s
degree in educational leadership
from Johnson State College in 1995
and went on to become principal
of that school, which has seen a
dramatic improvement in student
achievement — and more — under her
leadership. She also teaches in the
graduate education program at JSC.
HEATHER ROSS
Heather Ross enrolled at Johnson
State College in 1988, originally
pursuing a
degree in political
science — but her
lifelong love for
art and design
drew her back
to those fields. Today Heather is a
renowned illustrator, author and textile
designer with a worldwide following.
She has written and/or illustrated
five books and has a sixth based on
her childhood in Vermont that will be
published in spring 2014.
ANGELA SMITH (EDP)
Angela Smith, class of 2013, is the
director of human
resources and
career services at
Burlington College
and a part-time
faculty member
there. She is an
expert in career development and
employment, a sought-after writer
and lecturer, and founder of the
Vermont chapter of Bright Pink, which
educates women about breast and
ovarian health. In 2012, Angela was
named one of Vermont’s “40 People
Under 40” to watch by Vermont
Business Magazine.
PRU SULLIVAN
Prudence Sullivan is the director of
culture and
workplace
innovation at
Green Mountain
Coffee Roasters
in Waterbury.
After earning her
B.A. from JSC in 1978, she got her
start at Digital Equipment Corporation,
where she implemented employee
programs and ultimately moved into
human resources. She later co-founded
a consulting firm called The Change
Factory, which had such clients as
Honda and DuPont nationally and Ben
& Jerry’s locally, before joining GMCR.
ADAM CARR
Adam graduated with a B.A. in
business from JSC in 2008. While
a student, he gained exposure
to a number of athletic pursuits,
including climbing and skiing,
but it was cycling that won his
heart — so he and his roommate founded a cycling
program here and competed nationally for JSC for
three years. After graduation, Adam signed on with
an elite-level cycling team in Texas, then turned pro
the following year, racing with a team in California.
Today Adam has moved back to Vermont, where he
remains a full-time professional racer and is helping
to build a professional Vermont cycling team.
EMILY HAMLIN
Emily Hamlin, class of 2008,
graduated magna cum laude with
a degree in political science and
double minors in business and prelaw. She went on to earn a master’s
degree in public administration
from Syracuse University and now
serves as an emergency management planner with
the Vermont Division of Emergency Management
and Homeland Security.
JULIE SLOAN
Julie earned her B.S. in health
sciences with physical education
licensure from JSC in 2003 and
went on to earn her master’s
in education degree in both
curriculum and instruction and
in sport psychology from the
University of Vermont. She is a teacher and coach
at Mount Mansfield High School, a part-time JSC
faculty member, and a valued mentor for JSC
students.
First Season 2014-2015
Women’s Lacrosse Comes to JSC!
JSC is adding women’s lacrosse to its NCAA
Division III varsity program starting with
the 2014-15 academic year. JSC becomes
the eighth college in the North Atlantic
Conference (NAC) to offer the sport, which
marks the seventh varsity sport available to
women at JSC and the college’s 13th overall.
The move reflects the growing popularity
of the sport at the high school and college
levels. Girls’ lacrosse is the fastest growing
high school sport in the U.S. and in
Vermont, where 32 high schools now offer
the program.
“Adding the program will not only
enable us to meet the growing demand,
it will strengthen our department and the
college as a whole,” said Jamey Ventura, director
of athletics and recreation. He added that
women’s lacrosse is a natural complement to
the existing men’s team, which has been at the
college since 1994-95.
Coaching the new sport is Michael Fuller,
former assistant women’s lacrosse coach at
Mt. Holyoke College, where the team was 2013
Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC)
tournament champions.
Other women’s varsity sports at JSC are
basketball, cross country, soccer, softball, tennis
and volleyball. Men’s offerings are basketball,
cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer and tennis.
The college last expanded its athletics program
in 2009, when it introduced both men’s golf and
women’s volleyball at the varsity level. n
Tommy Verdell Named Assistant Athletics
Director and Head Men’s Hoops Coach
Tommy Verdell, formerly the assistant men’s basketball
coach at Bates College in Maine, became JSC’s new
assistant athletics director and head men’s
basketball coach in fall 2013.
“Tommy’s experiences at the Division I level
and as a successful Division III assistant coach
make him a great addition to
Johnson,” said JSC Director
of Athletics Jamey Ventura.
Verdell had completed
his
second
year
as
assistant coach at Bates
when he took on the reigns
at JSC. In 2012 Bates
posted a record of 1015 overall and 4-6 in the
competitive New England
Coach Verdell Small Colleges Athletic
Conference (NESCAC).
Before his work with the Bates
Bobcats, Verdell spent two seasons as
an assistant coach for the Springfield
Armor of the NBA developmental
league for head coach and former
Boston Celtic Dee Brown. Alongside
coaches Brown and Kevin Whitted,
Verdell helped develop several Armor
players, including former Division I first team all-American
Scottie Reynolds and current Philadelphia 76er Craig
Brackins.
Verdell also has experiences at the scholastic level,
serving for three years as head coach at Wilbraham
& Monson Academy in Boston and as an assistant
coach of the Amherst
(Mass.) Regional High
School Division I state
championship team.
He has worked at fivestar basketball camps
throughout the U.S. as
well as in Beijing, China,
where he has conducted
coaching clinics in addition
to basketball camps.
During college,
Verdell was a walk-on at
UMass Amherst under
John Calipari, now head
basketball coach at the
University of Kentucky.
Verdell earned his
bachelor’s degree in
coaching from UMass
Amherst in 2003. n
athletics
n e w s
Notice
Anything
New?
JSC Athletics
Rebranded
with New Logo,
Website & More
ohnson State Athletics has a new logo, part of
a branding and marketing initiative within JSC
Athletics & Recreation. The new design features a
stylized badger staring menacingly into the distance while
leaving its claw marks on an oversized “J.”
“We wanted to combine the competitive nature of
athletics with the identity of the school,” said Eric Kirk,
marketing design and production manager at JSC, who
created the new mark. “Our final
product is something I think
our students and the Johnson
community will be proud to wear.”
The logo debuted in fall 2013
and is being used to create a
consistent visual identity for the
college’s 13 intercollegiate athletic teams
as well as the college’s recreation and
intramural offerings.
The new logo dovetails with the
redesign and reorganization of the JSC
Athletics website, which launched in December 2013.
Want this sticker?
Email [email protected]!
n
The revamped JSC Athletics website (left) includes
schedules, scores, highlights, profiles and the latest
Badger news. Find it at www.athletics.jsc.edu.
Stay on Top of
JSC Athletics News
The Johnson athletics alumni newsletter is sent out
every three months with occasional updates as
needed. It is an athletic alums’ best news source for
department updates, photos and ways to support the
Badgers. To be added to the email list, please
contact Elaine Harvey at [email protected]
or 802-635-1384.
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The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
SAAC Badgers Active In Community Service
Every school that
sponsors NCAA
varsity programs has a
Student-Athlete Advisory
Committee (SAAC), but
not every school has
a SAAC as active as
Johnson State College’s.
Already, the 2013-14
academic year has
been one of tremendous
accomplishment for the
SAAC. The Badgers have
been active throughout the
Johnson and Lamoille
communities with
projects ranging from
Kids Night Out events
offered to parents of the
surrounding community,
to raising funds for
and assembling
Thanksgiving Baskets
to those in need.
Members of the SAAC
also participated in a
SAAC Coordinator
day-long retreat at the
Kristin Cannon
York Harbor Inn along
with members of the North Atlantic
Conference (NAC) SAAC. As part
of the retreat, 29 student-athletes
representing the 10 NAC institutions
participated in cookie decorating
and mask making for the upcoming
opening ceremonies for the York area
Special Olympics.
Student-athletes gain unique
leadership experience while
participating in community service
initiatives that not only better the
school community, they also touch the
communities in which they live. n
Athletics Unveils 5-Year Plan
JSC Athletics has released a five-year vision outlining plans
to ensure student and institutional success. The plan,
outlining aggressive growth through 2018, builds on
the gains made by JSC and its Athletics & Recreation
Department in recent years.
“We’ve seen tremendous growth over the past
two years,” said Director of Athletics and Recreation
Jamey Ventura. “We’ve increased student-athlete
retention rates, created several new positions and
launched a new sport. But there’s still more to do, and
this five-year plan will put us on the path to furthering
student-athlete and college-wide success.”
The five-year plan was developed over the course
of 18 months and incorporated input from President
Director of Athletics and
Murphy, senior college administrators, faculty, staff
Recreation Jamey Ventura
and student-athletes. It identifies six key goals to reach
by 2018 for a number of critical measures, from enrollment
and retention to development and alumni relations:
• Increase the student-athlete population to 20 percent of
the total full-time undergraduate population;
• Increase the number of varsity sport sponsors to 16;
• Increase student-athlete retention rate to 75 percent;
• Increase the number of varsity athletes
with grade point averages of 3.0 or higher;
• Increase the percentage of coaching staff with full-time
status at the college to 50 percent; and
• Launch a campaign to raise funds for facility upgrades.
The complete five-year plan is available by searching for
“Strategic Plan” at athletics.jsc.edu.
Announcing the 2014 JSC Minaert Memorial Golf Tourney!
sign up today for the
30 th Annual
Minaert Open Golf Tournament
Friday, June 20, 2014 • Jay Peak Resort Golf Course
Sign in at 7:30 a.m. • Shotgun start at 9:30 a.m. • Lunch to follow.
info and registration: Elaine Harvey at 802-635-1384 or [email protected]
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I nductees
Athletics Hall of Fame
At the annual dinner and ceremony on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013, during Alumni & Family Reunion Weekend,
JSC welcomed five individuals and one team into the JSC Athletics Hall of Fame.
SOCCER
received JSC’s prestigious Richard
Andersen Award in 2007. Jen runs
annual charity races for causes in
Virginia and New Hampshire.
Jennifer Norton-Magnan ’02
Named to to the Mayflower All Conference Team in 2000 and 2001, and
the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Region X Team
in 2001, Jenn (below) holds the third
highest all-time point record (87) and
is the all-time leader for JSC women’s
soccer in assists (31). She is now
director of athletics at Virginia Tech.
TENNIS
Trevor Kelson ’06 Trevor (above) is JSC’s second highest
all-time leader in singles the third
all-time leader in doubles, having won
22 matches during his tenure. Trevor
spent a year traveling around the world
and now lives in Rutland, Vt. where he
coaches soccer and tennis and is a
member of a USTA traveling team.
SOCCER
Michael Greico ’06
Now living in Denver, Michael (below)
remains the third all-time points leader
in JSC men’s soccer. During his 71
games for Johnson, Grieco notched
33 goals and contributed 10 assists.
HONORARY MEMBER
Eric Gilbertson
As president of JSC from 1981
to 1989, Eric
Gilbertson
personally and
professionally
supported the
athletics program,
recognizing its
contributions to
student life and
campus culture.
He has been
president of
Saginaw Valley
State University in
Michigan for the
past 24 years.
CROSS COUNTRY
Jennifer Dickie ’07
Jen (shown below with her former
coach and fellow Hall of Famer Jim
Roy) earned spots on the NAC AllConference Team in 2004, the NAC
All-Academic Team in 2005, and the
NAC Second Team in 2005, and she
TEAM INDUCTEE
1989 Men’s Cross Country Team
Under the leadership of coach Peter Kramer, the team
captured a Mayflower Conference championship title and
Johnson’s first NAIA Northeast Conference Championship
title. The character of the 1989 squad set the foundation
for the success of the program today.
On the roster were Alan Boujsalol, John Fish,
Mike Ford, Troy Kingsbury, Dave Popik,
Jon Risi, Jim Roy and Chris Vollaro.
Grants
I
n fiscal year 2013, the Development Office focused on improving
outreach to alumni and increasing the number of donors to
Johnson State College — and those efforts bore significant fruit.
JSC realized a 52 percent increase in the number of donors from
the previous year, including 206 new donors, for a total of 1,614
gifts totaling more than $341,000. At the 2013 Honors Convocation,
we awarded $163,000 in scholarships to returning students. This
$48,000 increase over last year is attributed to an increase in the
number and amount of gifts made to the scholarship fund and
the improved performance of the stock market, which increased
endowed scholarships.
In addition, improvements to our alumni database and expanded
outreach to alums are building stronger connections between JSC
grads and their classmates and alma mater.
Recent enhancements to our alumni program include an
increasingly popular monthly e-newsletter with news about JSC
grads, college events, job opportunities and more. We’ve hosted
alumni gatherings and added family-friendly and other events to our
annual Reunion Weekend that appeal to younger grads. Through a
partnership with Liberty Mutual Insurance, we’ve been able to offer
a discount to JSC alumni. And through our annual “Dinner with the
Boss” event, we’re connecting JSC students with alumni business
leaders for networking and employment opportunities.
New Endowments
& Scholarships
The George Tormey Memorial Scholarship Endowment
has been established with a gift from James “Jeff”
Crowley, JSC class of 1978, a close friend of George
Tormey (also class of ’78), who died in a tragic
motorcycle accident. George was a top alpine ski
racer and a member of JSC’s Athletics Hall of Fame.
The endowment will fund a scholarship for a student
passionate about ski racing.
The Lisa Korth Prize has been established by friends
and family in memory of Lisa Korth, class of 2012, who
was killed in a car accident in March 2013. This annual
prize will be awarded to a writing and literature major
who aspires to teach high school English, has a grade
point average of 3.0 or better, and reflects Lisa’s spirit of
creativity and generosity.
The Glenn & Marga Sproul Endowment for Faculty
in Mathematics has been established by retired JSC
math professor Glenn Sproul and his wife. Glenn and
Marga know their gift will have a huge impact at JSC,
enhancing the quality of education students receive
without increasing their costs.
The Math START Scholarship has been established by
former JSC Professor Stella Sargent. (See story on page 3.)
Faculty and staff efforts brought in more than half a
million dollars in grants last year to support research
projects, services to veterans and military-connected
students, an environmental summit for high school
students, and student health and wellness.
‘Increase
Our Base’
Campaign
Last summer JSC installed
the center of the Donors’
Plaza, comprised of locally
produced bluestone bricks
and pavers surrounding
the Chesamore Bell &
Alumni Clock Tower.
Donations of $500 or more
to the Scholarship Fund,
the President’s Fund for
Excellence in Teaching
and Learning, or the JSC
Annual Fund entitle the
donor to inscribe a brick
or paver; to date, 27 have
been inscribed.
In addition to
establishing a physical
base for the tower, the
goal is to double both the
number of donors and the
amount of gifts to JSC.
For more information, contact Lauren Philie at
[email protected] or 800-635-2356.
At a small college such as ours,
even modest gifts have a big impact
on the lives of our students.
To all who have contributed this year, I offer
my sincere thanks on behalf of our students,
faculty and staff. We witness the results of
your generosity every day.
To make a gift, please use the envelope
in this issue of Johnson Views or visit
www.jsc.edu/GiveToJSC.
Lauren Philie
Director of Development & Alumni Relations
Latest gift, $1.4 million bequest, is JSC’s largest
The Stearns Legacy Grows
Prescott W. Stearns Jr. passed away July
27, 2012, at his home in Stanhope, N.J.,
at age 87. His wife Jane had died Jan. 28,
2004 at 80. Knowing that donations to our
small college will be carefully and wellused to make a difference in students’
lives, they generously left
a lasting legacy to JSC.
By
In addition to the
Sally
couple’s earlier gifts to
Laughlin
the college (see box), that
legacy now includes a
$1.4 million bequest Prescott left to JSC
in his will. The gift is in the form of a
trust fund that each quarter provides 5
percent of the value.
Prescott and Jane Stearns were
wonderful friends to Johnson State
College. Although neither were alums,
they had a deep connection to JSC.
Prescott’s mother, Helen Braley Stearns,
graduated from Johnson Normal School
in 1913 and embarked on a long career as
a dedicated teacher, first in the Vermont
public schools in St. Johnsbury and later
in New Jersey, where she remained a
teacher until age 70. His father was born in
Waterville, grew up in Johnson and played
on the Johnson High School baseball team.
Prescott himself grew up in St.
Johnsbury and graduated from St.
Johnsbury Academy; he went on to attend
Norwich University and, after serving
in World War II, to UVM, obtaining a
degree in chemical engineering. He and
Jane met on a blind date when he was in
the service and stationed in New Jersey,
where Jane had been born and raised.
During his career as a chemical
engineer, Prescott was project manager
for a chemical company for some
years, and then worked for the federal
government as an engineer with
Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey. In 1985,
accompanied by Jane, he went to Egypt
to help with the building of a weapons
plant as part of the Camp David Accord.
The rockets and boosters his operation
built were used in the Desert Storm/
Kuwait War.
Prescott and Jane made their home
in New Jersey’s Netcong/Stanhope
community, where Jane pursued a career
in banking. She worked at the First
Union Bank (formerly Citizens National
Bank of Netcong) for 42 years, retiring
Jane and Prescott Stearns with Sally Laughlin, JSC’s former
director of development and alumni relations, in spring 2002
at their New Jersey home.
The Jane & Prescott Stearns Endowment: Established with a bequest Jane left to JSC in 2012, the
interest from the endowment is funding a new “Jane & Prescott Stearns Scholarship in Honor of Helen Braley Stearns
and Prescott Stearns Sr.,” which is awarded to a student from Sussex County, N.J., who is active in athletics and
maintains a 3.0 or better grade point average.
in 1985, and was the first woman in New
Jersey to become a senior bank president.
Jane maintained a lifelong interest in
athletics and education. She coached and
officiated for high school girls basketball
for many years and was a swimmer and
an accredited lifesaving teacher.
Both Prescott and Jane were active
in civic affairs. Over the years, they
traveled widely and lived abroad during
several periods.
Although Prescott and Jane did not
travel to Vermont from their home in
New Jersey in later years, they stayed
in touch with the college by reading
Johnson Views and getting letters,
phone calls and periodic visits from me.
(A strong and outspoken Vermonter,
Prescott often told me, “I prefer to
discuss donations in person, when an
organization cares enough to visit me.”)
Jane and Prescott very much
appreciated the struggle many JSC
students face in covering the cost
of college, and they wanted to help
deserving students. Both were pleased to
leave bequests that would carry on their
names and memories. Their farsighted
gifts to the college will help JSC students
for generations to come.
The Prescott Stearns Trust: Upon Prescott’s death in 2012, JSC became one of three beneficiaries
of Prescott’s estate, each receiving $1.4 million. (The others are St. Johnsbury Academy and the St. Johnsbury
Athenaeum.) As Prescott stipulated, the gift was used to establish a trust fund to benefit JSC, with the college
receiving 5 percent of the trust value per quarter.
Sally Laughlin retired in 2012 after 18 years
of service to Johnson State College as
director of development and alumni affairs.
The Lasting Legacy of Prescott & Jane Stearns
Although neither were alumni of Johnson State College, Prescott and Jane Stearns were lifelong
donors who strongly supported the college’s mission. Their legacy includes:
The Helen Braley Stearns Memorial Scholarship:
Beginning in 1997, Prescott made annual gifts to the college for scholarships
in memory of his mother, Helen Braley Stearns, JSC class of 1913. To ensure
these scholarships would continue, in 1999 he and Jane established a $20,000
charitable gift annuity to endow the scholarship.
The Jane Stearns Memorial Scholarship Endowment:
Prescott established this endowment in memory of his wife in 2005 with a
$10,000 gift, which was matched by a federal Title III Endowment Challenge
grant. The scholarship is awarded annually to an upper-class student who is
involved in athletics and has financial need.
F ISC A L Y E A R 2 0 1 3 : J u l y 1 , 2 0 12 , t o J u n e 3 0 , 2 0 1 3
President’s CLUB
Donations of $5,000 & above
Susan L. Collins ’70
& Donald E. Collins ’64
Jeff Crowley ’78
& Maureen Crowley
Bari & Peter Dreissigacker
Professor Bill Doyle
Ellsworth Trust
President Barbara E. Murphy
Dr. Carolann
& K. George Najarian
Stella Bialecki Sargent
Prescott W. Stearns
Richard Willey ’71
& Rosalind Weiss
MANSFIELD CLUB
Donations of $1,000-$4,999
Dr. Irene Amilhat Allen ’57
& Elizabeth Amilhat Root
James Canders ’70
Dr. & Mrs. Philip Chiaravalle
Concept 2
David DiClemente
Timothy Donovan
David Faile ’68
Barbara Dillow Fiddler
Earl Fisher ’68
& Carolyn Fisher ’61
Follett Higher Education Group
Mark & Star Heinrich ’69
Edward Hutchinson ’69
James & Gail Korth
Won Lee ’07
Drs. Michael F. Luck ’70
& Barbara C. Wilson
Marc Reibman ’73
Peter Schaefer ’88
Sharron Scott
Michael & Caroline Sicilian
Dr. Carol M. Story ’69, MA’74
Jane G. White ’71
PINNACLE CLUB
Donations of $500-$999
Ginny Chenoweth ’77
John Clemency
Donald Culver ’62
Lisa Cummings
Gerald Davis
Emily DiGiulio
Dr. Elizabeth Dolci
Susan Drummond ’69
Melissa Fairgrieve
Sandra Buck Howard ’75
Professor David Hutchinson
Sheila Jaquish ’68
Leif David Keelty ’89
Dawn LeBaron ’76
John Lord
John Miller
Julie Nicole ’03
Chandler & Madonna Parker
Daniel Regan
& Judith Mathison
Bryan Scanlon ’92
Robert E. Searles ’72, MA ’83
& Sally Searles
Jean Snow ’80
SymQuest Group
Bradford Townsend ’79
Margo Warden ’97
STERLING CLUB
Donald Allen ’84
Tania Bacchus
Lisa Baranyay ’94
Michele Boomhower ’93
Deborah Bouton
Rick Bresnahan
John Bullard ’71
Butternut Mountain Farm
Susan Calza
Maureen Cooper ’61
Louise Cross ’67
Fiduciary Trust Company
Raymond Girouard ’73
Phil Gray & Jan Travers
Axel Handy ’11
Professor Hans Haverkamp
Shawn Hayden ’79
& Dorothy Hayden ’83
Penny Howrigan
Franklin & Marion Kellogg
E. Charles & Susan Kurtz
Jo Ann Lamore ’00, MA’03
Gertrude Lepine ’49
Timothy Littlefield ’82
Karen Madden, Ph.D.
Alecia & Frank Manning
Diane, Alecia, Rebecca Manning;
Meghan & Eliza Spear
Carol Mateo ’83
William McCarthy ’81
Mary & Terrence Murphy
Richard Neilson ’71
Sandra JC Noyes
George Olson ’69
& Jean Olson ’70
Lauren Philie
Bethany Plissey
Bryan Ravlin ’92
John Rosenblum ’85
Judith Rosovsky
James Rowell ’54
Fritz Seidel ’84
Barbara Self
Neil Shepard
Please note that gifts received after June 30, 2013,
are not reflected in this report.
They will be listed in the next issue of Johnson Views.
David Silverman ’85
William Stritzler
The Lodge at Otter Creek
Dr. Julie M. Theoret
David Tiffany ’79
Scott Treiber
Wendy Velander ’08
Vasilios Zaharias Family
Spruce Club
Donations of $100–$249
Leslie Abramson
& Fred Rossman
Lawrence Ackerson ’80
Paul Adams ’98
Morgan Adams ’04
Melanie Alleavitch ’79
John Anderson ’64
Thaddeus Asaro ’89
Dawn Bailey ’75
William Baker ’85
Rebecca Ballard ’41
Leila Bandar
Timothy Barcomb ’04
Robert & Marilyn Bellows
Jeff Benay
Janis Bender ’71
David Bergh
Brian Bigelow ’90
Norm Blair
Thomas Boardman ’75
Agatha Boisvert
Dr. N.E. Bou-Nacklie
& Tanya A. Bou-Nacklie ’06
Teresa Bressette ’70
Stephen Bridgewater ’72
Kenneth Brighton
Sunny Brink ’93
Katharin Brink
David & Jeanne-Marie Brookfield
Jacqueline & Levi Brown
Garrett Burch ’77
Anne Burling ’86
Kenneth & Susan Burrill
Mary Bushnell ’73
Michael Calevro ’68
Patricia Cano
Michael & Donna Capern
Cindy Carr
Sean & Christine Cassidy ’94 & ’94
Henrique Cezar
Therese Cioffi ’87
Michael Cobb ’85
John Cohen ’82
Todd Comen
Rodney Comolli ’69
Sharon Confessore ’81
W. Robert Conners ’70, Susan
Jossi & Kathleen Conners
Hayden Coon ’08
David Couch ’12
Fran & Mary Lou Coyle
John & Nancy Cummings
Kathleen Daige ’75
Peter Day ’75
Edward Debor ’76
Theodora Dennison
Mary Denny ’63
Douglas Dexter ’86
Everett Dickinson ’62
Roger Donahue ’77
Joseph Dooley ’75
Carl Driscoll ’61
Richard Dumont ’91
Elizabeth Dunton ’46
Jacques Dupuis ’71
Brian Dwyer ’00
Jo Anne Edwards
Ginger & Charles Ertz
Robert Esdon ’53
Charles & Pat Eyler
John Farmer
Kirk Farquharson ’65
Larry Fortin
John Foy ’83
Julie Fraenkel ’82
David Gallicchio ’67
Mark Garrand ’89
& Buffy Garrand ’93
Robert Geyer-Sylvia ’87
Myra Gordon ’74
Roy & Carol Gordon
Graham Govoni ’87
& Leslie E. Black
Robert Grace ’54
Hugh Haggerty ’61
Linda Hall ’70
Steven Hansen ’93
Paulette Harkins ’64
Yvonne Harman ’75
Deborah Harris
Glenda Haskell ’74
Edward & Elizabeth Haynes
Robert Hess ’77
Todd Hill ’87
Linda Hill
Louise Hill-Gaskill ’77
Jerry Himelstein
Jeanne Hinrichs ’79
Carol Holland ’92
Melanie Hook ’03
William Hooper ’76
Melissa Hunter-Boyce MA ’92
Clifford Johnson
Sarah Johnson ’98
Leslie Kanat, Ph.D.
Cheryl Kelly
Michael Kraatz ’84
Peter Kramer
John Kristan
Corey Krush
Lucille Kurasinshe
Clark & Joan Kurtz
Lloyd Kurtz
Perry LaRoque
Sally Laughlin
& Peter Krusch
Louise Leach ’56
Gilles Lehouillier ’74
Mark Leipert ’96
Meredith Leonard ’85
Estelle & Lewis Leslie
Joye Lyon ’09
Betty MacDowell ’47
Cathy Mander-Adams ’88
& Ken Adams ’96
Steven Mann ’10
James Martin ’71
g i v i n g
Candace & Scott Mason
Shawn McCann ’95
Richard McCarthy ’59
Norman McElvany
Rebecca McGregor ’02
Mary Alice McKenzie
Norman R. Messier ’61, MA ’84
Margaret Miller ’42
Karen Monsen ’94
Kathy Montague ’78
Daniel Morse ’92
Mark & Cassy Mueller
Theodore Mullin
Carleen Musick ’97
Sherri Muzzy ’69
Donna O’Neil ’80
Eric Page ’94
Ronald Paquette ’70
& Lisa Paquette
Ann Parker ’72
Christopher Parker ’77
Peter & Cacky Peltz
William Plante
Steven Plante
Fred Pond ’78
Bill & Theresa Ponte
George Pratt ’93
Kevin Priest ’73
Claude & Luthera Rainville
’61 & ’61
Curt Randall ’93
Lance Ravlin ’70
Christopher Reed ’91
Barbara Riley ’57
Thomas Roberge ’92
Luke Roberge
Patrick Rogers ’05
Claire Rosenzweig
Jonathan Rundle ’97
& Denise Rundle ’94
David Ryan ’73
John Scott ’86
Robert Self
Richard Shanley
Tyrone Shaw
Dr. & Mrs. Joel Silverstein
Richard Simmons
Robert Slade ’74
Patricia G. & Joseph F. Slate
Cinda Smith ’76
Frederick Somers ’76
Nancy Spier
Joseph & Paula Spound
Matthew St. Marie ’08
Jennifer & Greg Stefanski ’06
Robert Stevens ’69
David Stinson
Diana Stone ’07
Stone Underground Construction
Kent Strobel ’77
Joseph Tasetano ’58
Kenneth & Melanie Thompson
Nancy Thompson
Jon Treon ’75
Barbara Turnowicz ’64
Jamey Ventura
Christopher Vollaro ’93
Russell Weis ’10
Nancy Wentworth ’65
Jacob White
Dorothy White
Professor Alice G. Whiting ’56
Michele Whitmore ’08, MA ’12
Lois Wolfe ’82
Norman Wolfe ’73
Geofrey T. Wolfe ’72
& Joan I. Wolfe
Peggy Young
BABCOCK CLUB
Gerard Abbatiello
Wilma Aiken ’73
Tomas Anderson ’64
Deborah L. & J.S. Arnold
Michael Ballases ’78
Stephen Barnard ’77
Richard Barton ’82
Marie Bean ’61
Jamie & David Beckman ’94 &’94
Michael Belforti ’00
Kevin Bracey ’92
Jane Bradley ’96
& Owen Bradley ’98
Annie Bradley ’46
Kathleen Brinegar
John Brown ’78
Seth & Ashlee Brownell
Carol Buchdahl ’85
Dennis Buckley ’73
William Bugbee ’62
Betsey Burdett ’82
Jose Campos
James Cardell ’58
Andrea Carey ’92
Sherry Chaisson ’64
Paul Chapman ’99
Eric Chevalier ’91
Conrad Coggeshall ’91
Janet Cole ’99
Paul Coleman ’73
Nancy Collins ’92
Maggie Conant
Shirley Conley ’72
Mary Constance ’76
Joan Cook ’89
Diane Cote ’70
Michael Courson ’01
Parker Dewey ’03
Steven & Beth DiFederico
Carol Doner ’94
Jane Driggs
Judith Duval ’62
Douglas Eastman
Lois Eby & David Budbill
Johanna Edge
Robert Egbert ’67
Mary A. Field, Ph.D.
Stephen Fletcher ’82
Charles Foell ’03
Philip & Andrea Fournier
’70 & ’70
Linda Garrett ’82
Tess Gauthier ’08
Janet Gibbons ’75
David Gibson ’63
Rebecca Giroux
Steven Gordon
Luc Gosselin ’79
Alice & John Gregory
June G. Guyette ’91
& Robert Guyette
Patricia Haggerty
Audrey Hall
Sheri Hanlon ’89
Steven Hardy ’83
Randy Hartshorn ’79
Elaine Harvey
Robert Heim ’02
Margaret Henn ’83
Catherine Higley
Ellen Hill ’95
Gisele Hodgdon ’80
Rick Hogle
F. Perry Hooper
& Kathleen Galli
Wayne Howe ’80
Katharine Hutchinson
Eleanor Isham ’47
J & L Hardware
Lisa Johnson ’90
Erica Kaskel ’10
Cynthia Kehoe ’94
Stephan Kellner
Jennifer Kenney
Kenneth Kopsco ’66
Maury Kost
Cindy Kullmann
Stephen LaBree ’93
Michael LaFarr ’93
Chris Lafleche
Chris & Jenna Lamica ’08 & ’08
Eva Lancaster ’53
Marie Lapre-Grabon
& Linda Markin
Russ & Janice Leslie
Kenneth Leslie
Edward Lewis ’83
Le Zot Enterprises
Derick Lind ’10
Marjorie Livingston ’69
Richard Lumbra ’61
& Jean Lumbra
Janet Lussier ’71
& Richard Lussier ’68
Marcelle Lussier
Nancy MacDowell ’76
& Laird MacDowell ’74
Kevin Magee ’92
Thomas Maguire ’71
Stephen Malo ’94
Ellen Marks ’66 & John Marks
Deanna Martin ’81
D. Scott McClelland
Millicent McGinnes ’92
James McWilliam ’67
Gina Mireault
Nathan Muehl
Paula Mueller
Jennifer Norton-Magnan ’02
David O’Brien ’71
Katie Orost ’02
Ron Osborn
Robert Oser ’82
Rebecca Pastor ’02
Caroline Pellon ’63
Leslie Perra
Bill & Nancy Plante
David Potter ’59
Stephen Ratte ’59
Gary Robin ’68
Faye Rodrigue
Deneen Russell ’07
Diana Sartwell
John Scully ’82
Joe Seguin ’00
at
J S C
donor report
Pamela Sills ’85
Dannielle Spring ’07
Clyde Stats
Toby Stewart
Jayne Stone ’77
Sunset Motor Inn
Jennifer Supple
Chris Swider ’79
Philip Tentindo ’85
Josephine Toland
William Tripodi ’12
Jean Tucker ’51
Julie Tumminia-Tomsuden ’91
Sharon Twigg
Dr. Karen Uhlendorf
William Vecchiolla ’00
Nina Velovich-Frankonis ’64
Kimberly Ward ’89
Hilda Wehrle
Kathryn Wehrle
Catherine Whatley ’72
Patrick Wheatley ’75
Lillian White ’74
Mark Winchester ’97
Robert Winkler
Barbara Wipprecht ’64
David Woodbury
Dale Woods ’76
Amy Yankowski ’87
SUPPORTERS
Donations of $1-$49
Christian Adams
Derek Adams ’95
Charlene Albee ’80
William April ’95
Barbara Arenovski ’68
Kelli Arkley ’03
Claire Austin ’95
David Baker ’71
Travis Barber ’92
Rhonda Barr ’79
& Tracy Wolters ’80
Deborah Barrant
Karmen Bascom ’88
Graham Bauerle
George Bellerose
Lou Ann Beninati ’77
Leroy Bennett ’64
Katherine Benson ’98
Frances Bernier ’90
Michele Bessett ’76
Mary Bisceglio
Mitchell Blair
Stephen Blair ’80
Mary Blaney
Dorothy Bliss ’63
Mr. & Mrs. Pat Boisvert
Colette Bonelli ’82
Linda Bongiolatti ’67
Mona Bonin ’94
Elizabeth Bosworth ’71
Susan Bouffard
Nathan Boutwell ’10
Priscilla Boyce ’80
Nancy Boyer ’60
Cathy Brace
Stephen Brandon ’86
Joyce Brill ’85
Kristie Britz
Richard Brochu ’73
Sarah Brooks
Christiane Brown ’03
Donna Buchanan ’77
Gerette Buglion ’93
Maria Calamia ’80
& William Kelly ’80
&
Memorial
H o n ORa ry
Gifts
In Honor of
Ken Leslie
Gladys M. Menkens
I n M e m o ry o f
Stephen Agosto
Karleigh Baumann
Hannah Bedford
John “Jay” Blair
David Cook
Robert DiGiulio
Robert A. Ellsworth
Ann L. Fry
Lisa Korth
Sarah Lizotte
Donald McClelland
Arlene McQueen
Ed O’Gara
Margaret G. Ottum
Mary Parizo
Vera B. Parker
Kenneth L. Raymond
Stephen Rosenzweig
Walter Sargent
Mary Alicia Shanks
Prescott W. Stearns
Christos Zaharias
Gerry Callan
Kristin Cannon
Mary Jean Carbone ’64
Robert Carbone ’65
Emma Cardoso
Connie Carlson ’44
Mable Carr ’86
John Carroll ’79
Bonnie Carter
Daniel Celik ’08
Mark Chamberlin ’71
Celeste Chasse
Jerry Clark ’71
Leigh Clark ’74
David Cobb ’79
Mary Coburn ’68
Janet Nelson ’80
Jay Nichols ’93
Julie Noyes
James Osborne ’75
& Susan Osborne ’74
Maryann Paris ’80
Robert Pecor ’57
Mark Penhollow
Mary Peters ’89
Keith Peterson
Amy Picotte ’92
David & Linda Plante
Diane Polson
Cecily Powers ’53
Kris & Maureen Provost
Sebastian & Mary Ragno
Linda Reader ’71
& Christopher Reader ’72
Deacon Bob
& Pam Colomaio
Marie Cone ’97
Susan Conger ’86
Lois Cooley ’83
Dale Copping ’82
Martha Huested Corey ’68
& Geoffrey Corey ’67
Emile & Diane Cote ’70 & ’70
Tammy Cox ’91
Beverly Cyr ’59
Lois D’Arcangelo ’74
George Davis ’67
Corey Decker ’03
Gerald Deitz ’71
Jennifer Densmore ’82
Barbara DeRoo ’83
Gwendolyn & Richard
Devine ’73 & ’73
Shirley Griggs Diaz ’57
Mary Dole ’86
Pamela Dow ’96
Renee Dubow Perdue ’76
Cheryl Dudley ’74
Jane Dudley ’07
James Duff ’76
Janetta Duffy
Larry Fafard ’74
Lori Ferland ’89
Joseph Fiarkoski ’62
Margaret Filingeri ’62
Martha Fiske ’70
Martha Flanagan ’74
Jennifer Fogg & Devin Hayes
Kelly Ford & Michael Ford ’90
Adrianna Fox ’93
Rachel Foxx
Pauline Garceau ’45
Brett & Margaret Gardner
Rita Garrow ’95
Peter Gaskill ’88
Theresa Gendreau
Richard Gibson ’66
Bonnie Gillespie ’75
Gena Glidden ’71
Matthew Goddette ’01
Linda Goyet ’77
Robert Greenough ’98
Lorraine Hall ’71
Barbara Hammond ’81
Jeremy Hammond ’98
Robert & Bonnie Harris
Deborah Hazleton ’74
& Donald Hazelton ’73
Cynthia Hennard
Roland Henry ’53
& Ailene Henry
Vincent Hickey ’76
Florence & Philip
Higgins ’73 & ’73
Patricia Horsford ’61
Danielle Houle ’93
Jeffrey Howard ’02
Kim Hudson
Warren Hull ’69
Pamela Hurst-Brinkerhoff ’87
Nancy Hutchins
Regina Iannaccone
Pamela Illyn
Betsey Ingleston ’92
Morgan Irons ’84
Annette Jalbert
Trina Janeczek ’95
Robert & Terry Johnson ’76 & ’76
Sally Johnson ’97
Lynn Jones ’03
Russell Jones ’92
Alex Jordan
Helen Joyal ’54
David Kahn ’88
Cynthia Kalweit
Lois Keith ’52
Carolyn & Art Keller
Lisa Kent ’13
Janice Ketchum ’86
James Kiefer ’95
John King ’83
Laura King
Stuart Knapp ’88
Marjorie Kramer
Ruth Ann Krayesky
Elsie Ladue ’54
Cory LaFerriere ’02
Charles Lambert ’70
Larry & Elizabeth Lamphere
Sally Lamphier ’66
Leslie Larrow ’65
Phyllis Lasnier ’51
Tracy Lea ’74
Katherine Leahy ’75
Francine Lemnah ’00
Timothy Lestage ’93
Francis Lewis
Marion Locke ’42
Rudolph Lurvey ’99
Kimberly Madden-Lajoie ’99
Beth Maginn ’78
Esther Maguire ’00
Charlene Maille
Stephen Malgeri ’84
Virginia Mann ’57
Joyce Manning ’59
Donna & Jeff Marcotte
Donna Martin ’93
Norma Mast
Muriel McCuin ’68
Patricia McDermott ’83
Esther McLaughlin ’56
Heidi McLaughlin ’00
Douglas McLeod ’91
Richard McVicker ’00
David Meaney ’69
Anne J. Menkens
George E. Merrill ’70, Artech
Scott Meyer ’88
Seth Meyer
Kathleen Mobbs ’45
Rose Modry
Kyle Mooney ’90
Michael R. Morgan ’87
Michael Morgan ’01
Paula Morgan ’96
Tamara Morgan
Sue Morris
Brad Moskowitz
Fred & Millie Mueller
Brad & Debbie Murdock
Henry Murray ’78
Mr. & Mrs. Medor Murray
Jean Pierre Nadeau ’96
Nancy Naramore ’64
Jo-Ann Reed ’94
Raymond & Sarah Reed
Christine Reighley ’71
Betty Renaudette ’62
Suzanne Rexford-Winston ’88
David Ringuette ’80
Nancy Rock ’77
Elise Roessler ’81
Patricia Rosati ’66
Dana Rosengard ’97
Anissa Ross Seguin ’03
Bonnie Rowe ’08
Edgar & Jeanne Royer
Stuart Russo-Savage ’92
Donna Ryalls ’66
Wayne Salter
Vernon Salter
James & Ann Sanderlin
John Santorello ’88
Mark Schmoll ’89
Catherine Shea ’83
Richard Shea ’70
Eleanor Shepard ’44
Carolyn Shields ’94
Suzanne Simon
Twila Skelly ’64
Robert Smith ’81
Thomas & Nancy Sokolowski
Richard Sokolowski
Jeffrey Sparks ’73
Holly Spier ’85
Richard Stewart ’63
Nancy Stokes ’72
Siobhan Stout ’08
Kristin Strellis ’98
Philip Swanson ’74
Karen Sweet
Jennifer Theoret ’93
Jonathan Thompson ’09
Susan Tinker ’06
Rodney & Sandra Titus ’62 & ’62
Donald Tobey
Linda Toborg ’93
Mariana Towne ’46
Donna Towne ’94
William “Jack” Tripodi ’12
Rhonda True
Rebecca Tucker ’94
C. Jane Tulloh
John Turner
Martha Twombly ’87
Gail Vreeland ’94
Gayle Waite ’61
Jane Weaver
Eleanor Webber
Roger Webster ’87
Melissa Weinstein
Mary West ’79
Carol Westinghouse ’96
Thomas Williams ’69
Arlie Williamson ’45
Stewart Williamson ’08
Heather Wilson ’03
Mark & Julie Winslow
Steven Winters ’86
Betty & Steve Wolfson
Michelle York ’91
Victoria Swartz Zarozinski ’94
Barbara Ziminski
Patricia Zlotucha ’72
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30s
40s
MARGARET (HINES) DARY ’33 and ’68
BETTY (LEARNED) MACDOWELL ’47
celebrated her 100th birthday in May 2013
and in September 2013 attended JSC Reunion
Weekend, where she was applauded by all at
the Reunion Luncheon. She goes to church
and Order of the Eastern Star meetings,
lives with her daughter, has six greatgrandchildren, and enjoys the company of her
new cat, Tinsley.
taught elementary school for 26 years and
was loved by many students. One former
student, Randy Clark, was particularly
fond of her, and thought that Betty, now
88 years young, should know just how so.
Clark arranged for his class (1946-1947)
to honor their former teacher and spend a
day together. The group spent the day partly
at the Underhill ID School, which replaced
the previous school the group had known.
The former classmates shared their stories
with each other and their former teacher,
reminiscing about the past, celebrating
classmates who were gone or not present,
and cherishing the memories of their time
with Betty, the common thread tying them
all together. (photos at right)
ELOISE (MARSHALL) THURSTON ’36
reports that she is 96 and still enjoys
playing bridge.
V. JUNE (SUNDERLAND) HOWE ’38
taught in a Vermont one-room schoolhouse
for four years, followed by 17 years teaching
fifth grade in Hudson, N.H. She has been
widowed since 1999 and is living in an
assisted living complex.
CAROLINE (LYON) MOELLER ’39 reports
that she is doing well and enjoys watching TV,
playing cards, doing puzzles,reading Vermont
Life, and going for car rides. She turned
95 in October 2013. Her son, Robert, notes
that his mother was hired to teach second
grade in East Barre even before graduating
from Johnson Normal School, and she later
taught in Barre City. The East Barre school
was located where the fire station is today.
“Mom used to tell us that kids cried when they
couldn’t come to school,” he writes. “There
wasn’t much to do at home in those days.”
MARY (DOLE) CROMACK ’48 and her
husband celebrated their 64th anniversary in
September 2013.
GERTRUDE LEPINE ’49 has published a
new book titled The Lepine Sisters.
50s
ROLAND HENRY ’53 has spent the past 20
years enjoying retirement!
LEE EMMONS ’55 enjoys breakfast at a
restaurant in South Burlington three times
a month with two of his classmates from
Peoples Academy, class of 1951, where they
catch up, have fun and reminisce.
JOSEPH TASETANO ’58 recently retired
from his teaching position at Lisbon (N.Y.)
Central School.
GARY KINGSBURY ’63 has been retired
from education since 1997. He and wife Lynn
(Schirmer) Kingsbury ’64 have two children,
(Todd and Kim) and five grandchildren. They
spend winters in Austin, Tex.
ROXIE ALLEN ’59 has eight grandchildren
and five great-grandsons, and reported in
April 2013 that she was awaiting the birth of
another grandchild.
FRANCES (ALLEN) MAYHEW ’63
became a member of the Orleans & Northern
Essex Athletics Hall of Fame in 2009.
RICHARD (DICK) MCCARTHY ’59
recently completed one of the items on his
“bucket list”: He bicycled all 50 states! He
also just finished biking Guersey Island
depicted in the book The Guersey Literary
and Potato Peel Pie Society. Next on his list:
mastering pickleball. Good luck, Dick!
60s
DON RAYMOND ’62 was unable to make
the 50th class reunion but sends regards to
the members of his class of ’62! Don says
being semi-retired is great fun and he will
always be thankful for the education he
received at Johnson. He said he was fortunate
to have a dual career that he has enjoyed
immensely. Currently Don and his wife,
Marti, are running their own business, Artist
Talent Management (www.artiststalentmgmt.
com), and are enjoying traveling while
promoting aspiring actors and models to
agents worldwide. They welcome new talent
and encourage inquiries by phone (423-5036850) or email ([email protected]).
Teacher Betty MacDowell stands
at left in both of these photos,
above with members of the Underhill ID
Class of 1946-47 and below with
some of her former students in 2013
standing in their same places.
BERNICE (ALLEN) McCARTHY ’67 is
enjoying retirement and spends as much
time as possible playing with her five
grandchildren.
MARY (WELLS) COBURN ’68 retired as a
library assistant at Jericho Elementary School
in June 2013.
VICTOR COMTOIS ’68 says he retired in
2007 after almost 29 years as a U.S. Customs
and Border Protection inspector.
MARTHA (HUESTED) COREY ’68 retired
in 2007 from her job as a teacher at Johnson
Elementary School.
SHEILA (WHITCOMB) JAQUISH ’68
All in the Family
Gladys Clark Menkins ’51 (center) started a fine
family tradition when she came to JSC, enrolling in 1947 to pursue
a teaching career in Vermont. Her daughter Lea Menkens
(left) followed in her footsteps, earning her education degree from
JSC in 1978. Beth Menkens Walsh (right) didn’t
attend college at JSC, but now she works here — as coordinator of
career development. Beth recently hosted her mother and sister
on campus to show them how things have changed and reminisce
about their days at JSC. Among other things, Gladys recalled
afternoon teas in McClelland Hall (white gloves required) and the
need to have a faculty chaperone in order to go on a date. Now
retired, Gladys taught second grade for many years at St. Albans
City School. Lea was hired as a first-grade teacher at the St. Albans
Town Educational Center after graduating from JSC and remains
there today, as a reading teacher.
ELEANOR (BRONSON) MESSIER ’63
GIRARD “JERRY” PAIGE ’65 has retired
retired in 2000, allowing her to travel both
with groups and on her own, including a
mule trip to the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
She has kayaked waterways in Vermont, New
Hampshire and Maine and enjoys golf and
supporting her community as a volunteer.
and reports that he has his first grandchild,
who is 2 years old.
TWILA (DAVIS) SKELLY ’64 is a mentor
and participant advocate for the nonprofit
agency Play With Grace, a therapeutic group
for young adults with special needs. Each
nine-week session culminates in a “Songs
of Life” presentation that features each
participant in his/her archetype role with
an original song created by the participant
and the lead director. “As a ’young’ graduate
of JSC, I find this most transforming and
rewarding,” she writes.
ELEANOR (RAYMOND) AHLERS ’65 is
enjoying her retirement from teaching and
likes to travel. She recently celebrated her
daughter’s new marriage and went to Canton
for a family reunion.
ROBERT CARBONE ’65 reports he is
RAYMOND PROULX ’65 retired from the
University of Vermont at the beginning of 2013.
retired in June 2008. She has spent her time
updating her home, land, and caring for her
parents prior to their deaths. She is planning
a trip to Alaska in May 2014. Sheila loves
most outdoor activities in Florida, especially
golf, and currently has two border collies who
love agility training.
GEORGE OLSON ’69 has retired after
41 years of teaching at U32 High School in
Montpelier, Vt., but will continue there as the
track and field coach.
70s
HAROLD HUBBARD ’70 writes that in
2013 his oldest son graduated from the
University of Vermont and his youngest son
was a freshman at Norwich University.
WILLIAM LIZOTTE ’70 is retired and
says he’s been happily married to Deborah
for six years.
JEAN (REMMINGTON) OLSON ’70
retired in March 2010 after 17 years as
executive director of the Governor’s Institutes
of Vermont. Prior to that, she spent over 30
years in education, from teaching in private
and public schools, to a stint teaching
English as a second language to mainland
Turkish students in North Cyprus. She now
stays busy working in the office of the clerk
of the Vermont House of Representatives.
JOHN BULLARD ’71 says he’s “living life
with no constraints.”
GENA (LYFORD) GLIDDEN ’71 has retired
from teaching but still works part-time as a
substitute at the St. Johnsbury (Vt.) School. In
November 2012 she added a new grandson.
DAVID O’BRIEN ’71 reported in April 2013
that he was planning to retire after 35 years
at the United Counseling Service.
COLLEEN BUSHWAY ’72 retired in
February 2013 as town librarian at the Grand
Isle (Vt.) Free Library. She was to celebrate
her first year of retirement with the arrival of
her fourth grandchild in February 2014.
JANET (HUTCHINS) ASHTON ’73 reports
that she has four grandchildren and is
teaching in Connecticut.
J. PETER COFFEY ’73 was inducted into
the Vermont Principals’ Association Class of
2011 Hall of Fame. While coaching soccer
at Champlain Valley Union, the high school
was dubbed “Soccer Central,” and Coffey
was known as “Mr. Soccer.” In 22 years,
Coffey’s Crusaders won five Division I state
titles and were runners-up eight times. The
former teacher, coach and administrator won
numerous coaching awards and was named
Principal of the Year. He continues to serve
the state as deputy director for Vermont
Emergency Management.
PAUL H. COLEMAN ’73 has been working
at his current job at Heritage Toyota for more
than 14 years. He says his son hopes to
enroll at Johnson State College.
JANE (WHITE) DEMERS ’66 volunteers
at Fletcher Allen Health Care, knitting prayer
shawls for breast cancer patients.
GAR ANDERSON ’67 has retired as
vice president of the National Association
of Realtors and now spends more time
improving and acquainting visitors with the
Sterling Falls Gorge Natural Area — part
of the original town of Sterling, Vt., which
later was divided into Johnson, Cambridge,
Morristown and Stowe. This year Gar helped
add a scenic view trail along Sterling Ridge,
create 10 historic sites and start construction
of a National Audubon Society Bird Habitat.
Visitors wishing to view these developments
may contact him at 802-253-9035 for a site
map. More information is available at www.
sterlingfallsgorge.com.
enjoying retirement from his career as a
middle school principal in Medford, Mass.
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GWENDOLYN (HURLBURT) DEVINE ’73
MONICA SARGENT ’73 recently celebrated
retired in 2013 after 39 years of teaching at
Thatcher Brook Primary School. Her husband,
RICHARD DEVINE ’73, also retired after
40 years of teaching. He taught for 15 years
at Peoples Academy in Morrisville, Vt., and 25
years at Barre (Vt.) Middle School. Gwen and
Richard now enjoy spending time with their
two grandchildren: 7-year-old Sophia and
4-year-old Noah.
30 years as an educational counselor
with TRiO programs at Vermont Student
Assistance Corporation.
SUSAN FOSTER ’73 has been retired
for five years. She writes, “It is wonderful.
I spend my days walking in our beautiful
woods with my two corgis, skiing at Okemo
in the winter and enjoying the beach in
Tiverton Four Corners, R.I., in the summer.”
Her youngest son graduated from MICA last
May and is working at an architectural design
firm in Baltimore. She has a new grandson,
Bode, born to her daughter and son-in-law in
New Hampshire. “Life is good,” she says.
NANCY (DELAURIER) FRENETTE ’73
retired from her position as principal of the
Braintree (Vt.) School after 14 years and
says she finds it hard to believe she’s been
in education since graduating from Johnson!
In the future Nancy hopes to take a different
journey — still in education, but mentoring
new principals, conducting new-edition
assessments, and traveling, perhaps even
working as an administrator overseas for
a couple of years. She enjoys spending
time with her grandchildren Lincoln (8),
Emma Blue (5), William (3), and Samuel (5
months). Her three children are happy and
working, she says. Ben is living at Green
Mountain Valley School as head coach for
the men’s ski team, and Ryan continues to
work for a company in Virginia and lives in
Maryland. Mikala graduated from JSC in
2013 and worked as an admissions recruiter
for JSC the following fall. (“Who would have
thought?!?” she writes.) Nancy’s husband,
Steven, works at three Vermont schools as
a P.E. teacher and also is a professional ski
instructor at Sugarbush. “Life is good in
Vermont!” she says.
DEBRA (GILL) GOODRICH ’73 and
TERRY GOODRICH ’73 now have a twoyear-old granddaughter, Riley Goodrich.
KENNETH KLINGLER ’73 is a wood carver
and painter with a gallery on Thistle Road in
Cabot, Vt. He also carves and paints moose
antlers.
KEVIN PRIEST ’73 retired on June 1, 2013,
after 38 years with U.S. Customs and Border
Protection.
DANIEL & DENISE PUDVAH ’73 & ’75
met at JSC and recently celebrated their
40th wedding anniversary. They have four
daughters, two of whom are married, and
three grandsons. Denise manages a dental
practice in Barre, Vt., and Dan is the director
of Central Vermont Home-Health and Hospice.
MYRA GORDON ’74 recently retired from
her career as an engineer with IBM and
welcomed her third grandson, Zachary.
MICHAEL HAMER ’74 retired in May 2013
after teaching English at East Carolina
University for 25 years. He is enjoying playing
music and looks forward to doing some
tutoring when he starts to miss teaching.
ALLYN MCDONALD ’74 retired from
Jericho (Vt.) Elementary School in 2007 and is
learning to snowboard and ride a motorcycle.
SHARON SOUSA ’74 recently retired after
14 years of teaching at the UMass Dartmouth
College of Nursing and has moved south.
LILLIAN WHITE ’74 retired in June of 2011
after working at Johnson Elementary School
for 37 years.
JOSEPH DOOLEY ’75 was one of six people
elected to the fourth class of the Bedford
(Mass.) High School Athletics Hall of Fame in
April 2013. Joe was a basketball all-star who
also excelled in soccer, track and golf.
BONNIE GILLESPIE ’75 recently finished
a new series of her paintings.
JIM OSBORNE ’75 and ’78 has been active
as a trainer for Positive Coaching Alliance,
founded at Stanford University, since retiring
from coaching. He was recently part of a panel
of experts discussing sports concussions in
a session titled “Concussion Considerations”
which can be found on PCA’s website.
Jim and his wife, SUE (PORTELANCE)
OSBORNE ’74, are college administrators
in Pennsylvania and enjoy visits to Vermont to
see their grandson Connor, age 2.
Graduation 2013
NANCY (CLEVELAND) PEPERISSA ’75
CHRISTOPHER HINDES ’78 recently
is doing well. Her youngest son has been in
the Air Force and stationed in Alaska for four
years. He recently was deployed to a “hot
spot” for six months.
retired as principal of the Lamoille Union
Middle School. He and his wife have five
grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
JON JEWETT ’78 serves as the town
manager in Hardwick, Vt., He and his wife,
Sylvia Vaillaincourt, have proudly watched
their two boys move on in their lives, with
Brennan becoming an electrical engineer
and Jordan attending Vermont Technical
College for the same.
DENISE PUDVAH ’75 – See entry for
DANIEL PUDVAH ’73.
HENRY AHLERS ’76 and his wife recently
moved back to New Jersey after living in
Freeport, Maine, for 11 years.
REBECCA (JOHNSON) AUGER ’76
PAUL LANGEVIN ’78 says he plays disc
recently celebrated the birth of her first
granddaughter.
golf at JSC every day and advises everyone
to do the same! Paul continues to provide
vocational rehabilitation services.
SHEILA (BILLOW) CARDWELL ’76 has
been working for the past 20 years at St.
Mark’s Hospital in Utah.
KATHY (HAWKINS) MONTAGUE ’78 has
worked 33 years as a high school English
teacher at Milton (Vt.) High School.
RENEE DUBOW PERDUE ’76 has retired
from her job at Sussex Correctional Institution
in Delaware. Her daughter plans to marry in
September 2014.
CYNTHIA (DOW-TABOR) MARTELL ’77
has been a community liaison with A.R.C.
of Northwestern Vermont since 2005.
The nonprofit organization serves people
with developmental disabilities and their
families in Franklin, Grand Isle, Lamoille,
and Chittenden counties.
WALTER MOSLEY ’77 was inducted
into the New York State Writers Hall of
Fame in June 2013. Most widely recognized
for his crime fiction, Mosley authored the
best-selling series of historical mysteries
featuring the iconic and immortal detective
Easy Rawlins.
WENDY (NOEL) FREDERICK ’78 is
teaching piano lessons from her home.
KIRSTEN (BORGSTROM) HAYES ’78
recently sold her farm and opened a new
organic and natural foods store called Wood
Meadow Market in Enosburg Falls, Vt.
DONNA HEATH ’78 retired in June 2012
from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
SHARON (LANPHEAR) SYLVESTER
’78 is in her 10th year as executive
assistant to the dean of the College of
Engineering & Mathematical Sciences at
the University of Vermont. Her husband,
ROBERT SYLVESTER ’80, is in his 32nd
year working for the Natural Resources
Conservation Service, a program of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture. They celebrated
their 30th wedding anniversary in May and
have two children attending Castleton State
College: Loren, majoring in music, and
Stephanie, majoring in exercise science.
RHONDA BARR ’79 is now the manager
of youth and young adult programs at the
Lamoille Family Center. She and her husband,
Tracy, have a new grandson.
GEORGE COUTRAYER ’79 has retired
from his career with the City of Burlington.
SHERMAN LEVESQUE ’79 lives in
California, where he is a pianist with
Presto Piano. He also performs solo shows
at libraries and museums throughout San
Diego County.
80s
ANITA (FOURNIER) ALLEN ’80 plans to
retire from North Country Union High School
in Newport, Vt., at the end of the 2013-14
school year.
VIRGINIA GONYEAU-GUTKOPF ’80
teaches fifth grade at the Bakersfield (Vt.)
Elementary School.
WILLIAM HUNT ’80 is delighting in his two
grandchildren, a boy and a girl, ages one and
three. He and his wife, Sandra, have a niece
who started at JSC in fall 2013.
KATHI (HARTSHORN) ORR ’80 has
retired from teaching after 31 years. Kathi
was recognized over the years for her
dedication to education and children.
WENDY (WHAPLES) SCULLY ’80
celebrated 31 years of marriage in Sept.
2013. She and her husband work as
developmental service providers for the
Howard Center in Burlington, Vt. Wendy’s
oldest daughter is married and lives in Troy,
N.Y., where she is a nurse practitioner at a
women’s health center. Wendy’s youngest
daughter recently returned to Vermont from
Berkley, Calif., where she was involved in
organic farming and social justice issues and
keeping up her blog. Wendy enjoys staying in
touch with former classmates on Facebook.
MARK WOODWARD ’80 was re-elected in
November 2013 to represent House District
Lamoille-2 in the Vermont Legislature.
COLLETTE A. HEBERT ’81 is now retired
from teaching.
PATRICIA (SPEARS) STOWE ’81 retired
after teaching for 30 years.
PAMELA (BOUTIN) & WILLIAM
VECCHITTO ’81, who met at JSC, recently
celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary.
They enjoy spending their summers in
Vermont and winters in Florida since Bill’s
retirement.
PETER FRENETTE ’82 is the proud father
of an Olympian. His son (also named Peter)
was on the six-member U.S. Ski Jumping
Team at the Sochi Olympics. Peter Jr. holds
three U.S. ski-jumping titles and was the
youngest Olympian in Vancouver in 2010.
Peter’s oldest daughter, Gracie, is a freshman
at Cornell University. Peter and his family live
in Saranac Lake, N.Y. (photos below left)
THAIRU MACHUA ’82 is living in Kenya
and sends “humble greetings” to her
classmates.
ELLEN EDWARDS ’83 reports that she has
nine great-grandchildren and, as of March
2013, was awaiting the birth of another. One
of her grandsons is a doctor, and one of her
granddaughters is captain of a cruise ship
based in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.
JANET McCONNELL ’83 is retired.
MARK SMITH ’83 was hired in October
as town planner of Rindge, N.H. After
completing his undergraduate program
at JSC, and his master’s in urban and
regional planning from the University of
Wisconsin at Madison, he attained his
AICP (certified planner) designation from
the American Planning Association. Mark
has been working in the planning field for
20 years throughout New England and in
Colorado and Washington state. Mark’s new
position will include fielding questions from
the public, meeting with applicants, and
monitoring projects. “I’m excited to be here,”
he says. “My family is in Vermont, so it’s nice
to be closer.”
CHARLIE VAN WINKLE ’83 and wife, Lea,
are happy to announce that their daughter
Shelbe graduated summa cum laude from
Mount Mansfield High School in Jericho, Vt.,
in 2013, and was accepted to the “N.U. in”
program at Northeastern University. The
program allows students to spend the first
semester of their freshman year in Ireland,
London, Costa Rica, Australia or Greece.
Shelbe spent the semester in Greece and
traveled to Amsterdam during her midsemester break.
JONATHAN GREGG ’84 has retired as
president of the Vermont Studio Center.
LESTER BUTTERFIELD ’86 recently
retired from teaching at Lyndon (Vt.) Town
School.
DENNIS J. DEVEREUX ’86 has been a
Vermont state representative for more than
seven years.
ARTHUR GORDON ’87, who last reported
13 years ago that he was still skiing 50+
days a year, says he is still skiing 50+ days
a year!
CHARLES (CHUCK) PEASE ’87 returned
with his family to Milford, Mass., in spring
2012. He is working at NatureWorks
Landscape Services in Walpole, where he runs
the plant health care division and provides
a full complement of landscape services to
clients. He and his wife, Robin, celebrated 19
years of marriage in October 2013 and have
two wonderful daughters, Aleecia (13) and
Kathryn (10).
NOREEN SHAPIRO-BERRY ’87 is the
director of children’s programs at Northeast
Kingdom Human Services, where she
supervises school clinicians. She has a
14-year-old son, Eli.
excited to have become “grandma” to Benny!
DECENDA (WASHBURN) CRAM ’88
was married to Frank Cram in June 2010.
Her second son will soon graduate from
Champlain College with a degree in
graphic design.
CATHY MANDER-ADAMS ’88 recently
began her 16th year teaching music at
Winooski (Vt.) Middle/High School. She is
the treasurer and membership director for
the Winooski Education Association, and
a new member of the Vermont NEA Board
of Directors. Cathy is also a member of
Bella Voce Women’s Chorus. She and her
husband, KEN ADAMS JR. ’95, have nine
grandchildren and were awaiting the arrival
of #10 (due in December 2013) as well as one
great-grandson and another scheduled to
arrive in March 2014.
DEBORAH WACHTEL ’86 has continued
her education and advanced her career
since graduating from JSC. Deborah received
a master of public health degree from
Boston University, a master of science and
advanced nurse practitioner degree from the
University of Vermont, and is now pursuing
her doctorate in nursing. Deborah joined the
endocrinology practice at Central Vermont
Medical Center in early 2013.
MABEL STEVENS ’87 reports she is
2014 Winter Olympian
Peter Frenette Jr.
is the son of
Peter Frenette '82.
DAVID S. KHAN ’88 has retired from his
position as a first-grade teacher at Hardwick
(Vt.) Elementary School.
LYLE FRINK ’88 has lived in Vernon,
Vt., for 36+ years and says that he and
his wife, Joan, are now happily retired and
enjoying gardening, motorcycling and church
activities. His youngest son lives near Albany,
N.Y., and has two sons, and he shares the
sad news that his oldest son, Ted, died in
2011 at the age of 46. “I am glad to have a
large family of siblings, mostly in Vermont,
that I enjoy being with,” he writes.
LAUREN MITCHELL ’88 recently moved
into a new house in northern California and
has a summer 2014 wedding planned with
Wayne Schultz, pictured above with her.
Lauren reports she is a proud breast-cancer
survivor as of 2010.
PETER SCHAEFER ’88 is a yacht broker.
PETER SMYTH ’88 is a library media
specialist at the Miller Run School in
Sheffield, Vt.
DEBORAH STEARNS ’88 has been
pursuing her interest in the study of geology
rocks, gems and minerals. She recently began
working with the Burlington Mineral Club
collecting and mining fossils and crystals in
the White Mountains, the Adirondacks and
the Lake Champlain region. The group also
pans in the rivers of southern Vermont.
MELODY THIBAULT ’88 has been retired
for more than seven years.
THADDEUS ASARO ’89 and MARET
MALLARDI ’92 have been married for
18 years. Tad recently launched a humor
website with his partners at FunnyForMoney.
com. “If this is the first you are hearing of
this site, something has gone terribly wrong
with our marketing plan,” he writes, adding
that Maret, “who would have been voted
prom queen had there been such a thing at
Johnson,” continues to work as a television
makeup artist.
JENNIFER (BILLINGS) COCCETTI ’89
works as an infant care teacher at Children
Unlimited in Williston, Vt.
MARK ROY ’89 is the environmental
program manager for the Vermont
Department of Environmental Conservation.
SGA & Alumni Help Preserve Journey’s End
90s
PETER FURTADO ’90 lives in Washington
and is the business development manager for
e-commerce at Jasco Products LLC.
ELIZABETH (GOODWIN) WARREN
’90 and husband TODD WARREN ’91
purchased Otter Creek Awnings in Williston,
Vt., in 2008, and three years later purchased
Closet Crafters. They have crafted a new
name for the combined business, which is
now called Vermont Custom Closet. Their
showroom at 17 Echo Place in Williston
displays storage ideas ranging from closets
and pantries to garages, entertainment
centers, home offices and more. The
company’s website address is www.
VTCustomClosets.com.
BETH YANDOW ’90 of Newburyport, Mass.,
was selected from a field of six finalists to
assume the position of Newbury Elementary
School principal starting in fall 2013.
KAREN (ANTHONY) BARTONE ’91
earned a B.F.A. from Lyme Academy College
of Fine Arts and an M.F.A. from Western
Connecticut State University after graduating
from JSC. She has won several awards and
fellowships. Her solo exhibitions include those
at the Jane Goodall Institute, WestConn and
the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston.
She is a part-time lecturer in the Visual Arts
Department at Connecticut State University,
teaching foundation courses in the studio
arts. Karen had an exhibit in April 2013
in Derby, Conn., titled “Enchanted” that
featured summer pond images (see below),
using oils and gold leaf to capture the
stillness of water and summer reflections.
She offered a hands-on workshop, “All that
Glitters is Gold,” in conjunction with the
exhibit.
Journey’s End is a spectacular swimming hole and waterfall carved in the bedrock of
Foote Brook, a steep, cold-water stream flowing to the Lamoille River. It has been
a favorite destination for JSC students as far back as anyone can recall.
W
ith tremendous community and foundation support — including from the JSC Student Government Association — Journey’s End is now protected for all to enjoy.
The land adjoining the falls had been on the market for sale as a house lot and could have been
posted with “No Trespassing” signs. Instead, the Town of Johnson is now the long-term owner of this
beautiful area and will manage it as a natural and recreational area for Johnson residents and visitors
to enjoy in all seasons. The Vermont River Conservancy holds a conservation easement to assure that
permanent access continues and that the 25 acres remain in their natural condition, providing highquality habitat for trout, deer, songbirds and other wildlife
Major funding for this effort came from the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board. In addition
to JSC’s Student Government Association, other donors included local businesses Rock Art Brewery
(founded and owned by JSC alums Matt and Renee Leneau), Concept 2 and G.W. Tatro Construction.
Additional support for Journey’s End is welcomed to enhance the Vermont River Conservancy’s
stewardship of this site in perpetuity. To donate, visit www.VermontRiverConservancy.org.
DAWN BAUSCH ’91 has worked at
Perennial Pleasures Nursery in East
Hardwick for five years. Although not
currently using her history degree, she says
she would do it all again because of the
positive, lifelong impact Johnson has had
on her. She is expecting her first grandchild
in the fall.
Art by Karen Bartone from her
Tondo Series (oil and gold leaf on panel,
10” diameter, 2013)
DEBORAH CARUSO ’91 lives in Barre,
Vt., with her two wonderful children, ages
16 and 13. After 20 years as a social worker
for the Vermont Department for Children
& Families (DCF), she’s now employed by
the University of Vermont as a training
consultant for DCF. She says she is busy
and loving life!
SEAN FITZGERALD ’91 has expanded
and renamed his physical therapy practice
Transitions Physical Therapy (formerly
Momentum Physical Therapy) and added
an additional location in Essex Junction, Vt.
Sean’s practice focuses on PT for athletes
and others, including musicians, who he says
often have imbalances similar to those of
athletes due to the way they use their bodies
during concerts and rehearsals. Sean says he
is one of only 100 physical therapists in the
U.S. who is certified to do postural restoration
work, which is one of his specialties.
CYNTHIA NAU ’93 is still working
part-time as a Vermont school librarian
for New Brook, Townshend and Windham
elementary schools. She also is the owner/
operator of “Teacher Treasures,” a teacher
resource store.
SHAWN PARKHURST ’93 was
unanimously voted in as the new assistant
superintendent for curriculum and instruction
for the Wallingford, Conn., school district.
After receiving his master’s degree from JSC,
Shawn taught fourth and sixth grades at the
Canadian Academy in Kobe, Japan. Upon
returning to the U.S., he began working at
several area schools, including Killingworth
(Conn.) Elementary School, Dunn’s Corners
School in Westerly, R.I., and Abraham Pierson
School in Clinton, Conn., where he was
principal. Most recently, Shawn was principal
of Jerome Harrison Elementary School in North
Branford, Conn. His dedication to education
earned him a nomination for the National
Distinguished Principal Award in 2011.
ERIC and SARAH (MEYER) PERRY ’93
live in Peru, Vt., with their three children.
Eric operates two businesses, working as a
carpentry contractor and national promoter of
ViSalus Sciences. Sarah works from home as
a promoter with the same firm.
Dick Genest ’91 (below) of California,
along with Mary Wadden and son Wynston
Genest, were spotted at Santa’s Village in
New Hampshire in summer 2013.
KATHI (MAGOON) FULLER ’92 and
CRAIG FULLER ’95 live in Barre, Vt.,
with their two children, ages 13 and 10.
Kathi has been teaching for 20 years,
most recently at the Barre Technical Center,
and Craig has been teaching at Northfield
for 10 years.
NANCY JONES ’92 coordinates the
Mentoring Project of the Upper Valley in
Bradford, Vt., which serves children ages
10 to 18.
MICHAEL JUDKINS ’92 is retired.
PETER LEWIA ’92 lives in Wilmington,
N.C. He is the co-author of a science-fiction
series that he hopes will get noticed by
Screen Gems.
JENNIFER THOENS ’91 owns several
Merry Maids franchises in New Jersey, serving
customers from Sandy Hook to Cape May.
TODD WARREN ’91 – See entry for
ELIZABETH WARREN ’90.
JOHN A. BAKER ’92 is a pastor in Jackson,
Tenn. He and his wife are anticipating the
arrival of their first grandchild, a girl, in
April 2014. John is putting the finishing
touches on a book he is writing about coping
with adversity.
KAREN BARRETT ’93 has put her health
sciences degree from JSC to work as a school
nurse in Vernon, Vt.
SUNNY BRINK ’93 teaches physical
education at Lamoille Union Middle School
and lives in nearby Morrisville with his
wife and son. He and his active family love
Vermont winters!
HARVEY CARLSMITH ’93 works
for Montana Fish & Wildlife as a parks
technician and runs a fish ladder.
TROY CRESS ’93 is an E-6 aviation
electrician in the U.S. Navy and was recently
stationed in San Diego.
CHRISTOPHER DOHERTY ’93 lives in
DEREK LIBBY ’92 lives in Stowe, Vt. He’s
a fireman for the Burlington Fire Department
and co-owner of Beagle Outdoor Wear.
Rhode Island and manages three hotels at
Foxwoods Resort Casino. He’s been there
almost 20 years and says he loves it, but
misses Vermont.
MARET MALLARDI ’92 – See entry for
KEVIN GRACE ’93, a teacher in Burlington,
THADDEUS ASARO ’89.
Vt., has received an Ignite Award for
“transformative and innovative teaching.”
KRISTIN PARKHURST ’92 lives in
Westbrook, Conn., with her husband,
SHAUN PARKHURST ’93 and their 11year old-daughter, Emma, who loves soccer,
flute, friends, singing, theater and life itself.
They have two cats, Max and Pepper, and a
new golden-doodle puppy, Ellie. Since staying
home with Emma for her first five years,
Kristen has been teaching second grade
at Daisy Ingraham Elementary School in
Westbrook. Life is good, she says!
LORI KINGSBURY ’93 is living in Denver
and recently had another son, Greyson.
LLOYD KINNEY ’93 reports he has been
retired for 10 years from the Morrisville Water
and Light Department and is staying active
and enjoying life.
MARY KAY RAYMOND ’93 works for
Verizon Wireless in the network operations/
performance engineering division. She’s says
she’s been in the wireless communications
field for 18 years and loves it.
JENNIFER THEORET ’93 was recently
knighted by the Northeast Kingdom Civil War
Round Table and is now referred to as “Lady
Jennifer.”
ANDREA VOSE ’93 has worked at Vermont
Air National Guard for more than 20 years.
PATRICIA WALSH ’93 has retired from
the U.S. Customs Service and Immigration &
Naturalization Service.
LISA (LOTHRIDGE) BARANYAY ’94
lives in Morrisville, Vt. After teaching middle
school science and social studies for 10 years
and then staying home with her two amazing
daughters (ages 7 and 9), she now works in
the Alumni Office at JSC and loves it!
BRIAN BARNEY ’94 has been teaching
elementary physical education in Stowe, Vt.,
for 20 years. He also coaches K-12 girls and
boys basketball.
CATHERINE (KITTY) BLUCHER ’94
writes that she has five grandchildren and
two more on the way.
PETER BRADUNAS ’94 and his wife
moved to a new home in May 2013. He is an
IT specialist with the U.S. Army, stationed in
Virginia.
EILEEN DULMER ’94 may have retired
in 2011 from teaching at Chester-Andover
Elementary School in Chester, Vt., in 2011,
but she still volunteers there on Wednesdays.
While the kids at school keep her busy one
day a week, March 2013 brought a new
grandson who is keeping her busy as well.
STEVE MALO ’94 teaches middle school
english in Connecticut. He has established
a Facebook group for JSC alumni from
class years 1989-1996. Information posted
in the group includes current JSC news,
athletics results, alumni news, and stories
and memories from members’ times at JSC.
With over 300 members, it keeps growing
and growing. Join them on Facebook at
“Johnson State College Alumni 1989-1996.”
THOMAS E. MOORE ’94 is retired and
SUSAN PARIS ’96 recently moved to
Florida with her husband and three children.
She reports being extremely busy with her
nursing career and with graduate studies to
become a midwife, but loving life.
MIKE OSBORNE ’98 and his wife
welcomed their new baby girl, Spencer Shea
Osborne, into the world Sept. 8, 2013. Happy
and healthy, Spencer weighed 8 pounds, 2
ounces and was 21” long.
GREGORY PREMO ’96 has moved from his
former physical therapist position with Timber
Lane Physical Therapy to Fletcher Allen Health
Care in Burlington, Vt.
COREY RYDER ’98 continues to rock the
STEPHEN SCHEINDEL ’96 is working for
Gifford Medical Center, planning to go back
to school for a master’s degree in social work,
and writing a crime-drama trilogy. He reports
that book one is complete and book two is
under way.
SUSAN POTTER ’96 has retired from her
career as a freelance writer.
DIANE (DELNEGRO) WELCH ’96 has
recently was elected to the St. Johnsbury (Vt.)
selectboard.
made a move to solar-powered energy.
RICHARD A. TOMLINSON, ’94 is
BETH PUTNAM COLE ’97 recently retired
celebrating his recent retirement.
from her position as guidance counselor at
Bellows Free Academy in Fairfax, Vt.
JAMES (JIM) WEFERS ’94 is general
manager of the Courtyard by Marriott in
Syracuse, N.Y.
CARA (GLIME) HILL ’95 is working as a
musician.
P.J. MCSPARRAN ’95 is the senior sales
manager for Mount Snow Resort in southern
Vermont.
STACEY (BELIVEAU) MOULTON ’95
graduated from the University of Vermont
with a master’s degree in speech pathology
and now works as a speech pathologist at
Cambridge (Vt.) Elementary School.
KIMBERLY WHITE ’95 is the new
children’s librarian at Plainville (Conn.)
Library, combining her passions for teaching
and literature. She says that while she was
earning her bachelor’s degree at JSC, she met
a reference librarian and was impressed by
his helpfulness. After spending some time
teaching, she continued her education at
Southern Connecticut State University, where
she earned her master’s in library science.
About her new position, Kimberly notes, “I get
to teach by doing programs. I also help kids
find the perfect book or discover a new author
and instill in them a love of reading.”
KEN ADAMS ’95 – See entry for CATHY
MANDER-ADAMS ’88.
LAWRENCE BERRY ’95 is running the
Northeast Institute for Mindfulness that
he founded in 2003 in Vermont’s Northeast
Kingdom. He has a 14-year-old son, Eli.
AMI (FISH) ENGLISH ’96 is working
as a kindergarten teacher at Holland (Vt.)
Elementary School.
REINITA DELGADO-ARNOLD ’97 lives
in Colchester, Vt., and has been dancing
since graduating from JSC. (She originally
enrolled at JSC planning to become a physical
education teacher, but she switched to the
performing arts program after finding that
she enjoyed blending fitness with dance.)
She danced competitively in the beginning
years, but her passion is instructing. Reinita
works with children, adults, singles and
couples as a “traveling dance teacher. I teach
people how to dance in their own settings,”
she writes.
PAULA (HANSEN) GRAVELINE ’97 and
TONY GRAVELINE ’97 are living and
working in northern Vermont — Paula as a
substitute teacher and bead-weaving artist;
Tony as a counselor at Northeast Kingdom
Human Services. Paula also plays in a wind
ensemble, a symphony and a local orchestra.
KIM (BEAROR) MADDEN-LAJOIE ’99 got
married in October 2013 and was escorted
down the aisle by the “coolest best man and
maid of honor in the world”: her 8-year-old
twins, Jackson and Ava. Earlier in the year
she landed her dream job as a nurse in the
neonatal intensive care unit at Baystate
Medical Center/Baystate Children’s Hospital
in Springfield, Mass.
country music scene as a country music
historian as well as a performer. He reports
that one of his latest singles got a great
review in Today’s Country Magazine.
CHAD ROY ’99 and his two business
partners opened the Vermont Ale House, a
craft beer bar and restaurant in Stowe, in
April 2013.
JULIE TALLEY ’98 has retired from
teaching at Milton (Vt.) Elementary School.
HEIDI HOPE TURGEON-BAIRD ’98 is
the teacher/advisor of the “HUB” program
at Harwood Union Middle/High School in
Moretown, Vt.
DENISE MARCHETTO WESSIG ’99 is the
assistant general manager of Plan B. Burger
in Springfield, Mass.
AMANDA BURBY ’99 is a personal
wellness coach with Herbalife International.
She coaches people with their weight loss,
heath goals, athletic performance, and
health challenges such as childhood obesity.
She also runs “fit camps” and weight-loss
challenges for groups. Amanda came back to
campus in November to participate in
the JSC alumni basketball game and says
she had tons of fun! “Once a Badger, always
a Badger!”
2000s
SCOTT BOSKIND ’00 served as the
principal of Lowell (Vt.) Elementary School
until his retirement in 2011. He now works
part time at Lyndon State College as a
supervisor of student teachers. Scott’s first
grandson was born in July 2012, and in
March 2013 he was elected to the school
board of North Country High School.
BRIAN CONSTABLE ’00 has started a
new job as a dispatcher for the state of
Vermont. Brian has two sons, Jaden, age 8,
and Evan, 5.
RAYMOND CAMPANILE ’99 and ’10
started spring 2013 with a new career as
an insurance agent with the New York Life
Insurance Company in Colchester, Vt.
RYAN EMMONS ’00 is working for Pepsi
REBECCA REGES GREEN ’99 recently
moved back to Vermont from her native New
York City. After working a few years at the
Burlington Free Press, she is now the digital
sales manager at WPTZ News Channel 5
based in the Colchester, Vt., office. Rebecca
owns a home in nearby Milton and still enjoys
traveling. Her most recent trips include
Belize, Honduras, and Budapest, Hungry.
Beverages.
KAROLINE JOHNSON ’00 is taking time
off from work to spend with her son.
KIRSTEN KEACH ’00 earned her M.A.
in education and has a new position as
the marketing and training manager for
Connecticut River Bank N.A.
MEGAN (HAGGERTY) PANEK ’97 started
a new job in November 2013 as director of
development in the advancement office of
Worcester (Mass.) Polytechnic Institute.
MARY (HAZARD) BUSHEY ’98 retired
from the Vermont Department of Labor in
2008.
JENA GOULD-HOPKINS ’98 and
EDWARD HOPKINS ’97 have been married
for 15 years and both work for Laraway Family
Services. They own their home in Johnson and
have a 10-year-old son.
JEDEDIAH MAYER ’98 has been running
his own business, Rupert Rising Breads, for
the past 10 years. He says the personal skills
he learned at JSC as a studio arts major are
helping him run a successful bakery in West
Rupert, Vt.
ABRAHAM ABDO ’03 is working as a
psychiatric technician and says he is putting
his JSC education to very good use.
KAREN BLANCHARD ’03 became Karen
Blanchard Smith on May 31, 2013, when she
and husband Tony Smith were married.
CHRISTIANE BROWN ’03 owns a capestyle home and recently completed her 10th
year as a physical educator at North Country
Union Junior High School in Newport, Vt., and
also serves as the girls’ varsity basketball
coach there. She says she looks forward to
many years to come.
STEVEN COOK ’03 is deputy commissioner
BOSTON ALUMNI GATHERING
Several JSC alums living in the Boston area met up at the Atlantic Beer Garden for an evening
get-together Jan. 30, 2014. Back, from left: Brian Frazier ’00, Megan Haggerty Panek ’97,
Justin Connolly ’13, Jon Pitman ’13, Lauren Philie, John Wermer ’06; Front from left: Rob
Burnham ’91 and Lisa Lothridge Baranyay ’94.
ERIC McLOUGHLIN ’00 and his wife Jodi
have two daughters, Zuri and Seda, and split
time between Utah and Vermont.
NATHAN BOUVIER ’01 had a busy year
in 2012! He reports that he bought a new
house, got engaged and had a son.
KATHERINE DANIELS ’01 exhibited
“Tenkenas Sash” in Flow 11, an
environmental, site-specific art exhibition
on Randall’s Island in New York City in the
summer of 2011.
CAROL (WARD) BROWN ’01 is now
retired, having held several positions within
the Vermont State Colleges, including
teaching, institutional advancement and
helping to introduce the online learning
department of the Community College of
Vermont. Carol says she is now spending time
crossing off the items on her “bucket list.”
ETHAN DEZOTELLE ’02 has started
Next Step Solutions, which he describes as
a public relations, marketing and social
media one-man powerhouse in Enosburg
Falls, Vt. After more than 13 years as a
journalist, Ethan says he began seeing “brand
journalism” moving to the forefront in Twitter
feeds and found a way to package media
messages for editors to use in stories as a way
to get a company’s brand message into the
media in the forefront of consumers’ minds.
ERIC FURS ’02 and wife, Kati, have three
children: Elian (6); Harper (4); and Ruben (2).
NICOLE KENNISON-GAGNER ’02 and
her husband Steven have a 16-month-old
son as well as a 7-year-old daughter. Nicole
stays busy as a stay-at-home mom, and her
husband recently opened a brewery in St.
Albans called 14th Star Brewery.
MARY BETH KREIZEL ’02 lives in
JENNIFER NORTON-MAGAN ’02 has
been working at Vermont Tech since 2006 and
currently serves as the women’s soccer coach
and director of athletics. She’s been named
coach of the year twice.
REBECCA (MORROW) PASTOR ’02 has
moved back to Vermont with her husband,
Frank, and son, Mason, after a brief transfer
to Virginia with the National Guard. They
are happy to be back home in the Green
Mountains, she says.
MATTHEW PEPPER ’02 is living outside
Washington, D.C., and has been working
at AT&T supporting federal government
customers for three years. He has been
married for nine years and has three
children — two girls (ages 3 and 6) and a
boy (1). Matthew continues to use his JSC
degree in technical theatre designing lighting
for a yearly musical as well as supporting
his church.
HEATHER SEVIGNY ’02 is now a family
nurse practitioner at Health Access Network
in Millinocket and Medway, Maine. Heather
continued her education after JSC, earning
a B.S. in nursing from the University of
Southern Maine, then an M.S. in nursing from
St. Joseph’s College.
Allen Van Anda ’02 co-founded Lost
Nation Brewing (at right) in 2013 with his
business partner, Jamie Griffith, who is
married to JSC alum Jennie Grove ’01.
The Morrisville-based brewery was recently
voted “Vermont’s Best New Brewer” by
ratebeer.com. Lost Nation specializes in
“sessionable beers”— beers with a lower
alcohol content that can be enjoyed longer. In
addition to beer, the brewery’s tap room offers
a selection of lunch and dinner items focused
on local, seasonal ingredients.
Colorado and continues to paint.
of the Vermont Department of Travel &
Tourism. He recently starred in a television ad
promoting JSC that continues to air on local
television stations.
COREY DECKER ’03 recently bought a
house in Fletcher, Vt. He works as a union
organizer for AFT-Vermont, and he has been a
sleep technician at Fletcher Allen Health Care
and Copley Hospital for the past six years.
SUZANNE ROUTHIER ’03 was to have
earned her master’s degree in health care
administration from Capella University
in December 2013. She currently lives in
Bloomfield, Vt., with her 7-year-old son and
is the office manager for a one-physician
medical practice in Colebrook, N.H.
LAURALEE SAMPERE-GAGNON ’03 and
MATT GAGNON ’04 were married in 2008
and welcomed baby Corinne in December
2013. Lauralee has a master’s degree in
social work from Springfield (Mass.) College.
She works as a clinician at a detention
center, helping young women. Matt received
his M.F.A. in poetry from UMass-Amherst
and has had his poetry published in several
publications, including the Boston Review
and The Nation. He has taught freshman
English for the past six years, including at
UMass-Amherst, Holyoke Community College,
Westfield State University and UCONN.
NATE GARDNER ’03 and ALISON
FREDETTE ’06 were married in August
2011 and had a baby boy, Everett, in June
2013. Living in Morristown, Vt., Nate is
now children’s programs manager at Stowe
Mountain Resort in addition to his work as an
examiner with the Professional Ski Instructors
of America. Ali has worked at Vermont Peanut
Butter Co. for four years.
JANE GUSTIN ’03 is a professor of visual
arts at Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford,
Conn., where she showcased her talent at
the school’s biannual faculty exhibit in 2012.
She exhibited one ceramic piece and 13 oil
paintings, including her personal favorite,
“Steam.” A longtime ceramist, Jane began
painting while attending JSC, where she
earned her M.F.A. in studio arts.
BROOK MARCOTTE ’03 went on to earn
her nursing license in 2008 after graduating
from JSC. She works at the Hardwick (Vt.) Area
Health Center. She and her husband became
the proud parents of a son, Lasoda, in 2011.
ANISSA ROSS SEGUIN ’03 is the
assistant director of student support services
for the Franklin Northwest Supervisory Union
in Vermont.
EMILISA (GUY) SAUNDERS ’03 (above),
a science teacher in Las Vegas, was chosen
to participate in the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration’s “Teacher At
Sea” program in spring 2013. She spent 17
days at sea helping scientists survey larval
fish in the Gulf of Mexico. Thanks to her
experience with the program, she will help
youth and families in the Las Vegas valley
make connections between their desert
community and global ocean environments.
She wrote,“by engaging them in my hands-on
experiences at sea, I hope to excite their
curiosity about science and the natural world.”
HEATHER WILSON ’03 lives in Sheldon,
Vt. She earned her master’s degree in clinical
psychology from St. Michael’s College in
2009. She has worked at Northwestern
Counseling and Support Services since 2006,
and in 2013 she began a new position as
children and families case management
team leader, supervising a group of programs
in the Parent-Child Center. She says on her
last visit to JSC she got to see Christopher
Lloyd perform in “Death of a Salesman” and
greatly appreciated her alumni ticket!
MARIE “LOLI” BERARD ’04 is the new
AMY SVENDSEN ’04 was recently
regional coordinator of Franklin Grand Isle
Building Bright Futures. Loli recently served
as principal of the Alburgh (Vt.) Community
Education Center and interim assistant
director at the Patricia H. Hannaford Career
Center in Middlebury. Loli is well-known in
the Franklin-Grand Isle region as “someone
who is dedicated to improving the health,
education and well-being of our families and
children.”
promoted to become a customer service
representative with Autumn Harp in Williston,
Vt. It is her fifth promotion since starting with
the company in 2006.
MATT GAGNON ’04 – See entry for
LAURALEE SAMPERE-GAGNON ’03.
SANDRA HURD ’04 continues her work as
a self-employed art therapist. She says she is
happy and still painting.
JESSICA LONGWAY ’04 was married in
Sanibel, Fla., in November 2013 to Kevin
Wetherby. The couple continue to reside in St.
Albans, Vt.
ANDREW MILLER-BROWN ’04, who
owns and operates Plowboy Press in Burke,
Vt., recently published the poetry collection
Deepening Snow with Montpelier poet
Michiko Oishi, translated in cooperation
with Burlington poet Judith Chalmer.
Plowboy Press specializes in collector-quality,
limited-edition letterpress books. Andrew
has produced 100 signed and numbered,
square-format, letterpress copies of
Deepening Snow with handmade and
hand-bound paper. He also is issuing a less
expensive trade edition of the book.
THERESA NEWELL ’04 received her
master’s degree in 2006 and her Ph.D. in
2010, from Nova Southeastern University
in Florida, working in the hospital trauma
center for five years while continuing her
studies. Terry has experience working with
patients suffering trauma, eating disorders,
substance abuse, anxiety/stress, mood
disorders, and severe and persistent mental
illnesses. Terry uses an eclectic mix of
therapies and enjoys living and practicing in
sunny Florida.
ANTONIO WARNCKE ’04 and JESSICA
PRINCE ’04 were married Oct. 19, 2013 at
dawn at the summit of Cadillac Mountain in
Maine’s Acadia National Park. They have two
daughters, Sequoia , 4, and Ember, 2. Antonio
owns Underwater Work, a scuba-diving
company specializing in underwater boat
maintenance. Jessica is an is a federally
licensed tax specialist known as an “enrolled
agent” who prepares tax returns and resolves
tax audits.
JULIE RUTH ’04 and SHANNON LONG
’05 traveled across the country to settle
in New Mexico in 2013. Julie started a
business called Loka Creative, continuing
her advertising, graphic design and other art
interests, and Shannon was promoted at his
job with Bicycle Technologies International.
ERIN (HANSON) THERRIEN ’04 and
JESSIE THERRIEN ’05 welcomed their first
child, Jacob Douglas, on July 2, 2012.
KATELYN GATES ’05 is engaged to Philip
Richard Floyd, with a July 2014 wedding
planned at the historic Round Church in
Richmond, Vt.
DIANA GONSALVES ’05 celebrated the
arrival of her second child, Amara, born
Feb. 12, 2014. She has been exhibiting her
digital and darkroom photographs in several
Vermont galleries, including at the Richmond
Family Center Gallery (June-July 2013) and
the Vermont College of Fine Art (July 2013).
Five large prints are on permanent display in
JSC’s Financial Aid Office, where she works
part time in addition to teaching Creative
Media at Champlain College and Burlington
City Arts.
MOLLY HATFIELD ’05 reports that she
is currently studying nursing at Vermont
Technical College.
SHANNON LEMLEY ’05 and ERIK WILLIS
’07 are engaged, with an August 2014
wedding planned. They live in Johnson with
their two daughters, Savannah and Alice.
HANNAH (JONES) SORENSON ’05 and
COLIN SORENSON ’05 were married in
2009 and live in Hannah’s hometown of
Montgomery, Vt., with their two children,
Caelyn (3) and Porter (6 months), and three
dogs. They own a small renewable energy
business called Local Energy LLC. Colin
installs solar power systems throughout
Vermont during the long summer days, and
when winter hits, he works as a professional
ski patroller at both Stowe and Jay Peak.
Hannah manages the Black Lantern Inn &
Brewing Company, where she has helped
create a vibrant new business that provides
an authentic Vermont atmosphere with the
charm of a small town. Colin also works part
time brewing beer at the inn, where the small
brewery is just taking shape, and volunteers
on the town’s rescue squad.
TAMMY ELLIS ’06 received her M.B.A.
from Norwich University in June 2012
and continues her career as the District 4
transportation administrator for the Vermont
Agency of Transportation in southern Vermont.
ERICK REMMERS 06’ became principal
of Enosburg Falls (Vt.) High School in fall
2013. Formerly principal of the town’s middle
school, Eric says he saw the opportunity for
growth in the high school and was excited
to assume the position and build on recent
accomplishments.
JSC Alum Enjoys
International Resort Career
Monica Majors ’04 had a natural
affinity for performing arts from a young
age, starting when her parents pulled her off
the stage of a sideshow performance at the
annual Bread and Puppet Theater in Glover,
Vt. Raised in northern Vermont, she spent
summers in Glover between the ages of 5 and
16, solidifying a desire to learn more about theater and ultimately
leading her to JSC.
“I chose JSC because of the high quality of Dibden [Center
for the Performing Arts] and the theater programs,” she says,
recalling that her professors encouraged her creativity through
theatrical performances, improvisation workshops and creative
writing. As a student, Monica worked with Green Up Vermont
and was introduced to the resort and spa industry, establishing
the career path she would take after earning a degree in theater
from JSC.
Monica worked in the spa industry in Los Angeles for five
years after earning her B.A. from Johnson, then it was off to
Switzerland. She enrolled in Les Roches International School of
Hotel Management and went on to earn an M.B.A. in hospitality
management, with a specialty in marketing, in 2009.
Her career took off in 2010, whe she was recruited by Six Senses
Hotels Resorts & Spas. She worked for the company out of their
Oman property in Zighy Bay — first in quality assurance and most
recently in public
relations. Recently
the self-described
“avid diver and
eco-warrior”
received a big
promotion and
relocated with her
two cats to the
scenic Ninh Van
Bay of Vietnam,
where she is now
regional director
of marketing
communications for Six Senses. In her new role she is responsible
for media relations and marketing support for Six Senses Con Dao,
Six Senses Ninh Van Bay and Evason Ana Mandara.
Looking back on her time at JSC, Monica has no regrets about
pursing a degree in theater and drama; to the contrary, she says,
“having a stage presence and knowing how to create a character
can be fundamental to success in the hospitality field.” In fact,
she adds, the people at Six Senses told her, “We want employees
with arts backgrounds — it demonstrates you are creative and
open-minded.”
Monica says she “received all these tools through my
bachelor’s program at Johnson State College, immersed in the
beauty of my home state, Vermont.”
KYLE SENESAC ’07 — See entry for
MELISSA (HENDERSON) SENESAC ’06.
GRACE CALLAHAN ’08 is attending
graduate school in Minnesota and studying
Chinese medicine.
ERIK WILLIS ’07 — See entry for
SHANNON LEMLEY ’05.
DANIEL CELIK ’08 works full time at
AGNES BARSALOW ’08 has worked at the
Elmore (Vt.) State Park for three seasons in
a row, including in 2013, when it was named
Park of the Year.
MELISSA (HENDERSON) SENESAC ’06
and KYLE SENESAC ’07 were married in
June 2009. On May 1, 2013, they celebrated
the birth of beautiful baby Madeline
(above). Mom, dad and baby are doing well.
KYLE KOENIG ’07 and JENAH
(BUGBEE) KOENIG ’08 were married in
RICHARD BOWEN ’08 (below) is keeping
busy on many fronts, including designing
and building skate parks. His company, Skate
Parker Construction, was involved with the
recent concrete upgrades at the skate park
in Newport, Vt., which was featured in the
Newport Daily Record.
married in May 2013 and continues to work
on his master’s degree at Norwich University.
DANIELLE COULOMBE ’08 works as a
JAY GAGNON ’08 is the subscription
services manager for the Eagle Times in
Claremont, N.H. He previously worked for
The Sentinel in Keene, N.H. Jay holds a
master’s degree in middle school education
from JSC.
KIMBERLY MCCLELLAN ’07 has been
appointed the director of quality and risk
management at Northwestern Counseling
& Support Services in St. Albans, Vt.
She previously served as chief operating
officer and human resources director at
Lamoille County Mental Health Services.
As a reflection of her commitment to the
health and well-being of Vermonters,
Kimberly has served on several regional
committees, including health and safety,
community rehabilitation and treatment,
supported employment, and electronic
medical records.
Y OU R
FREDERIC BAYLEY COBB II ’08 got
medical biller and said in October 2013 that
she was planning a wedding.
July 2009. They have two daughters, one
born in 2013 and another who is nearly
3 years old. Jenah is running her own
childcare program called Backyard Kids.
MA R K
Middlebury College as a supervisor in the
operations department. He started another
job in May 2013 as the museum curator/
steward for the Brandon Museum at the
Stephen A. Douglas Birthplace in Brandon,
Vt., which entails recruiting volunteers,
taking care of the building and managing
the historical collection.
TESS GAUTHIER ’08 is project
coordinator of the Vermont Digital
Economy Project of the Snelling Center for
Government in Williston, Vt.
EMILY HAMLIN ’08 and JONATHAN
HARRIS ’08 are engaged to be married,
with a 2014 wedding planned.
JENAH (BUGBEE) KOENIG ’08 – See
entry for KYLE KOENIG ’07.
C A L E NDA R S
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CHRIS LAMICA ’08 says he is living
the show-biz dream in California. With
“teacher,” “professional basketball player”
and “actor” on his resume, he now adds
“writer” to the mix. He has created a web
series called “Twenties,” a self-proclaimed
“dramedy” (drama and comedy) about
three friends in their 20s who are dealing
with ups and downs as they try to find their
place in the world. Chris and the other
three members of his production company
(Easy Pickins Entertainment) have hired
“a talented director and a fantastic cast
and crew,” including DANIEL (HARMON)
HARTZ ’09. They successfully funded the
project via Kickstarter and are on their way!
(photo opposite right)
JENNA (LEWIS) LAMICA ’08 recently
moved to California with husband and
classmate CHRIS LAMICA ’08 (see preceding
entry). She teaches fourth grade at “an
amazing school for students with languagebased learning differences.”
SUZANNE LORD ’08 is working at Bellows
Free Academy in St. Albans, Vt., and reports
that she has a new grandbaby.
KATHERINE OLIVER ’08 had her second
child, a boy, in February 2013.
SUSAN RYAN ’08 was accepted into the
master’s program for human services with
leadership management at Springfield College.
MOLLY SHAW ’08 recently displayed an
exhibit she called “Undeserved Blessings” at
the Earlville (N.Y.) Opera House, shortly after
she exhibited her work at the Vermont Studio
Center in downtown Johnson.
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stained glass and clay; works as an
instructor for college and school programs;
and coordinates community classes and
workshops for kids and adults. After earning
her degree in fine arts from the University
of Vermont, she went on to earn an M.A. in
education from JSC.
CAMERON SPRAGUE ’08 is living in
Scotland.
KYLE WHEELER ’08 is hosting an internet
radio game show at blogtalkradio.com.
Chris Lamica ’08 (center) with the other actors in his series
ABIGAIL SMITH ’08 is attending graduate
school, working toward a degree
in counseling.
SARAH SPRAGUE ’08 has been an
education coordinator at the Shelburne
(Vt.) Craft School since 2006. She teaches
metal-smith, youth-level woodworking,
MICHELE WHITMORE ’08 has been
named JSC’s associate dean of students. In
addition to the duties she held as the former
assistant dean of students, Michele now
supervises the Office of Public Safety and the
JSC health and counseling centers.
SUZAN COOK ’09 paints and sculpts from
her private studio in Texas and says she is
planning a mission trip in the near future. She
displays her work at www.suzancook.com.
JUSTIN EPCHOOK ’09 is living in Colorado,
where he is a graphic designer for a sign
company. Outside of work he says he enjoys
all of the outdoor pleasures the Rockies have
to offer. “It’s a hard life,” he jokes. Reflecting
on his time at JSC, Justin says, “I think what
I gained most from JSC wasn’t any specific
lesson, class, or subject, but rather the
confidence to step outside of my own comfort
zone, to test all boundaries, to never stop
questioning, and to never stop learning.”
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for a cause of your choice and to
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HEATHER BARAW ’11 is the head of
accounts receivable at Mass Petroleum
Distribution Co. in Orleans, Vt.
ADRIAN BRADLEY ’11 works with middle
school students in Oakland, Calif.
NATHAN BURGESS ’11 is managing a
string of community magazines in the Boston
area after nearly five years as a writer with
the Stowe Reporter and Waterbury Record.
He was chosen as a 2013 First Amendment
Institute Fellow by the New England First
Amendment Coalition.
SADIE ELIZABETH BUSHEY ’11 works at
the St. Albans City School and wrote in June
2013 that she was engaged.
BENJAMIN CHAUCER ’11 joined the
PAULA GOES ’09 and MATTHEW RIANI
’09 were married in fall 2012. Paula is a
STEPHANIE (THOMPSON) PEABODY
’09 recently started a new job as the data-
self-employed personal trainer in Florida,
where the couple now makes their home.
Matthew is a front desk supervisor for
Marriott Hotels in Florida.
entry clerk with the Vermont Food Bank.
SCOTT GRELLA ’09 and ALARIA
LANPHER ’12, who met at JSC, plan to
marry in 2014.
DAN HARMON HARTZ’09 and AURI
SCHWARTZ HARTZ ’10 were married
June 22, 2013. As a symbol of their new life
together, they combined their names to create
their new last name of Hartz. Dan is working
as a musician in Los Angeles and has joined
forces with CHRIS LAMICA ’08 for the
web series “Twenties.” (See entry for CHRIS
LAMICA ’08).
NICHOLE LEFAIVRE ’09 was awarded
Lamoille Union High School’s “Teacher of
the Year” award in 2013. She is the school’s
dance instructor.
TERRIE LOOK ’09 is a Reiki master
practitioner and teacher and promotes nontoxic alternatives for cleaning and personal
care. Building upon her private practice that
specializes in complimentary and integrative
healing arts, Terrie recently expanded with
the opening of Spiral Pathways Holistic
Health & Learning in downtown Morrisville,
Vt. The Center offers a variety of classes
and workshops geared toward personal
growth. Connect at www.facebook.com/
spiralpathways.
MILES SMITH JR. ’09 was named the
first head men’s basketball coach at Wilson
College, formerly an all-women college, in
Chambersburg, Pa.
ASHLEY (ST. GELAIS) WISHINSKI
’09 has joined Mortgage Financial Inc.
of Colchester as a mortgage advisor. She
is certified by the Nationwide Mortgage
Licensing System & Registry. Ashley
completed a professional certificate
in leadership and management at the
University of Vermont Center for Innovation
& Leadership.
KAITYLYN HUNT ’10 received a master’s
degree in moderate disabilities from
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in May
2013. She works as a special educator at
Pownal (Vt.) Elementary School.
TATIANA KLACSMANN ’08 lives in
Hudson, N.Y. Her artwork, consisting of
drawings, paintings, prints and sculptures,
is shown nationally and internationally. Her
miniature show “Tinyland” was recently
displayed at New River Community College in
Dublin, W.Va.
SCOTT MCDOWELL ’10 received his M.A.
in history from the University of Vermont in
May 2012 and is now pursuing his Ph.D.,
studying modern American history with a
concentration in legal history, labor history,
and the history of capitalism at the University
of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
NICOLE CHRISTIE ABARE ’11 married
Michael Fadden in August 2013. She is using
her JSC degree in hospitality and tourism
management in her position with the HiltonBurlington (Vt.) Hotel. Her husband works at
Pillsbury Manor.
JESSICA BACHAND ’11 and MAXWELL
POST ’11 are engaged, with an August 2014
wedding planned in East Berkshire, Vt.
patient support-services staff at Fletcher
Allen Health Care in Burlington, Vt., after
graduation and quickly realized he was
destined for a
life in medicine.
He enrolled in
medical school
in January 2013
and even spent
the summer
on rotation in
Prague, Czech
Republic,
through Yale
University, following neurologists, orthopedic
surgeons, neurological surgeons, pediatric
neurologists and infectious-disease doctors
as they went about their daily life in the
hospital. Back in the U.S. for the fall 2013
semester, Ben said he spends most of his
time in the library and says he wouldn’t
change a thing.
New Sculpture Installation
Vermont artist Susan Read Cronin stands with
“A Matter of Balance,” the whimsical bronze sculpture she
donated to JSC during 2013 Alumni & Family Reunion
Weekend. Installed
outside the Visual
Arts Center, the work
overlooks the college’s
athletics fields. Cronin
is known for her
light-hearted works
combining storytelling,
caricature and
metaphor. Susan’s
show Fables, Foibles
and Fairytales has
been exhibited in 18
museums in the U.S.
FLORETTE DORR ’11 keeps busy as a
DAN MULLIN ’12 is the assistant manager
CHRISTOPHER ERICKSON ’13 joined
homecare provider and working in sales at
her own business, Flatlanders Sugar Shack,
which can be found on Facebook. “You’re
never too old to go back to school,” she says.
“I still don’t know what I want to do when I
grow up!”
at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore in
Essex, Vt. Dan began his service with
Green Mountain Habitat for Humanity
as a volunteer intern in 2011. He quickly
showed his dedication to Habitat’s mission,
becoming the first ReStore driver before
being promoted to his current position in
December 2012. In addition to working with
Habitat, Dan is a volunteer firefighter with
Essex Fire & Rescue.
the JSC admissions staff in October 2013.
While a student, Chris was an admissions
tour guide and orientation leader. He fills the
new position of campus visit and outreach
coordinator.
KALI EMERSON ’11 returned to Vermont
in summer 2013 after a year of travel in
Australia and England. She is now the
director of operations at Image Outfitters,
a Stowe-based advertising company with
clients across the U.S. Kali supports the
efforts both of Image Outfitters and its
charitable donations program, iShare, which
allows customers to donate 10 percent of
their order’s dollar amount to their favorite
nonprofit organization.
VALERIE GIBBONS ’11 teaches at
Summit School in Essex, Vt.
ARLIENE GRAY ’11 married Joshua
Belock in November 2012. She is a customer
service manager at Upper Valley Produce in
Waterbury, Vt. The couple lives in White River
Junction.
HOLLY BAHNSEN ’12 plans to bike across
the country.
JENNIFER BENOIT ’12 is working as a
para-educator at Swanton (Vt.) Central
School and is planning a May 2014 wedding
to Chandler Rogers.
MADELEINE GIBBONS ’12 was working
AIDAN POTTER ’12 works for AmeriCorps.
MICHELLE SAWYER-HOULE ’12 plans to
attend graduate school at the University of
Bridgeport in Connecticut.
Jameson Michael Weld in September 2013
at their home in Berkshire, Vt. She works at
FCI Federal in St. Albans, and her husband
works at Vaillancourt Transport LLC in
Enosburg.
relations at Carlisle Transportation in
Fairbanks, Alaska.
KIRSTEN MALZAC ’12 is enrolled in JSC’s
M.A. program in counseling and clinical
mental health. She plans to work as a
research assistant on campus and as a
youth mentor at Laraway School in Johnson.
LISA KENT ’13 is the new access services
librarian at JSC’s Willey Library. She’s
now pursuing an online master’s degree
in information science from Kent State
University.
ALLI COMPAGNA ’13 is an environmental
scientist at Accuworkx USA in Barre, Vt. The
company, a division of the Canadian-based
firm Accuworkx, was founded by JSC alum
JEFF SIMONE ’01, who serves as vice
president and senior scientist. Alli received
the job offer before graduation, after meeting
Jeff at the 2013 “Dinner with the Boss”
event, sponsored by the college’s Office of
Career Services. Alli is the second JSC alum
Jeff has hired at his company; NATALIE
(VAILLANCOURT) BOIVIN ’08 also is an
environmental scientist there. Alli, Natalie
and Jeff are featured in a “Career Success
after JSC” video at www.YouTube.com/
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ANNA LICCIONE ’13 (above) graced the
cover of the August 2013 Seven Days annual
“Daysies Awards” issue after her friend
JUSTIN MARSH ’11 submitted photos
of her for the Daysies Man doppleganger
contest – and she won! She was treated
like a queen at the subsequent Seven Days
Daysies party. She followed up those 15
minutes of fame with more the following
month, when she served as emcee at the
3rd Annual Cambridge (Vt.) Music Festival.
Before graduation, Anna traveled to Iceland,
and she is looking forward to traveling to
Spain for a singing tour with the JSC Chorale
in May 2014.
KATELYN MARIE GILBAR ’12 married
LEISA KELSEY ’12 is working in human
residential counselor at the Lund Center in
Burlington, Vt.
PETER BOARDMAN ’13 (above), a B.F.A.
studio arts grad, was spotted painting
a mural at the Bourne’s Shell Station on
Bridge Street in Morrisville, Vt. Sponsored
by the Vermont Department of Health’s “Fit
& Healthy” program, the mural depicts
familiar scenes from around Morrisville as
an alternative to typical alcohol-related
ads. Pete’s abstract painting depicting an
aerial view of campus was featured in the
2012-13 Johnson Views. Pete’s fame extends
well beyond Vermont, too, as last year his
artwork was selected by the National Student
Exchange as the design for its notecards.
Pete attended the University of Hawaii at
Manoa through the NSE while a student at
Johnson. See more of Pete’s work at www.
PeteBoardman.webly.com.
with four different theatre companies in
summer 2013 and said she and was about
to add a fifth to her repertoire. From a
professional rep theatre in Colorado to the
Tony Award-winning Huntington Theatre
in Boston, Madeleine has been getting
plenty of opportunities to practice what she
learned at JSC.
MARIE JENNINGS ’12 is a physical
education teacher at Union Elementary
School in Montpelier, Vt. Winning a grant
for new curriculum and having her program
featured on the WCAX evening news were
just two highlights of her amazing first year.
RACHAEL JOHNSON ’13 is working as a
CATHRYN MAURICE ’13 served as
co-director of the 2013 Lamoille County
Players Workshop. The workshop provided
an opportunity for children ages of 8-14 to
participate in a theatrical production. The
10-day workshop taught the children acting,
singing and dancing skills, culminating with
the production of “The Phantom Tollbooth.”
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IRA TILLBERG ’12 said in July 2013 that
he planned to attend graduate school.
educating young children. She began in a
one-room schoolhouse in East Albany and
later returned to Highgate Elementary, where
she taught first grade. A lifelong member
of the Highgate United Methodist Church,
she enjoyed knitting, crocheting, cooking
and gardening. Barbara always had a great
fondness for her students and special love for
her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
EMILY (PENO) CROSS ’47 died peacefully
Jan. 13, 2013, at age 86, surrounded by
her loving children as they sang to her. She
graduated from Johnson Normal School and
went on to receive her master’s in education
from UVM. Emily taught from 1947 until her
retirement from St. Albans Town Elementary
in 1988. She married John A. Cross and was
a leader in her community.
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BERNETTA (BELVILLE) JOYAL ’33
died May 14, 2012, at age 100. She
was a resident of Williamstown since
childhood. After graduating from Johnson
Normal School she was an elementary
teacher for more than 20 years in
Williamstown and Washington. Bernetta
was a member of the St. Edwards Catholic
Church in Williamstown and of the
Williamstown Historical Society, where
some of her handmade dolls and teddy
bears are displayed.
married in 1956 to Harlow White, who
predeceased her in 2002.
MARJORIE (CADREACT) CLEVELAND
’44 died peacefully at home surrounded
BARBARA (BLODAH) WILKINSON ’38
by her family on April 25, 2012. She will be
remembered for her sweet nature, kindness
and helping hands. Marjorie enjoyed dancing
with her husband, William, to whom she
was married for 53 years. She loved to cook,
travel, sightsee and collect sea shells. She
loved to work with her husband at any task,
including construction and gardening.
Family was very important to Marjorie, who
always helped a friend or family in need.
died July 18, 2013.
BEATRICE (BREAULT) JONES ’45 died
FLORENCE (WANZER) BEARD ’39 died
in November 2013. Florence met her
husband of 70+ years, Hubert, at the
Johnson Normal School. After marrying and
then teaching for one year, she decided to
stay home to raise her children and work
side by side with Hubert at Beard Hardware
until its closing in 2007. Florence was a
member of the United Church of Johnson and
the Order of the Eastern Star and served in
a variety of capacities in both organizations
over her many years in Johnson.
1940s
LUCENE (FISKE) PARADISO ’43
died April 15, 2013.
ANNA (JACKSON) WHITE ’43 died in
May 2012 at age 89. Anna was born in
Burlington, graduated from Cambridge High
School and received a teaching certificate
from Johnson Normal School. She was
May 5, 2012, at age 94. Bea graduated
from Johnson Normal School and Johnson
Teachers College. She taught elementary
education in Johnson, Westfield and
Morrisville. She and her husband, Wendell
Jones, who predeceased her in 1986, owned
and operated the former Morgan horse farm
in Morrisville from 1962 until 1974, when
they moved to St. Johnsbury. Bea thoroughly
enjoyed her time spent at the Riverside
Center in Lyndonville, listening to the St.
Johnsbury Band in Courthouse Park and
taking day trips with her family.
DOROTHY (HARVEY) MERCHANT
’44 died June 6, 2013, at age 87. After
graduating from Waitsfield High School in
1943, she earned a teaching certificate
from Johnson Normal School in 1944, and
on December 9, 1945, married Donald E.
Merchant. She was an educator for over 22
years in Fayston, Waitsfield, Duxbury and
Moretown schools, and served as treasurer
and auditor for the town of Duxbury. Her
memberships included the Wesley United
Church and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
10034 Auxiliary, both of Waterbury. Dorothy
spent her time volunteering at Berlin Health
and Rehabilitation Center, gardening,
scrapbooking and spending time with
her large and loving family. Dorothy was
predeceased by her husband of 53 years and
is survived by their three sons, Donald E. Jr.,
Dennis and Daniel; seven grandchildren; and
11 great-grandchildren.
CECILE (BEDARD) DUBUQUE ’46
died July 28, 2013, in the Mayo Manor in
Northfield. She graduated from Northfield
High School in 1944 before attending
Johnson State College. Cecile married
Lawrence “Lonny” Dubuque at St. John the
Evangelist Catholic Church in Northfield.
One of her first teaching assignments was
in South Northfield teaching eight grades
in a one-room schoolhouse. She was a
seamstress and manager for both Howe
Cleaners locations at Norwich University
and on East Street in Northfield. Cecile was
a member of St. John the Evangelist Church
and Catholic Daughters, and she volunteered
for many area organizations.
BARBARA (BEYOR) STEWART ’46, a
lifelong resident of Highgate Falls, died
April 29, 2013, at age 87, with her loving
family at her side. She was born at home in
Highgate Falls on Dec. 6, 1925, to James and
Alma (Greenia) Beyor. She graduated from
the former Highgate High School and later
received her teaching degree from Johnson
Teachers College. In 1947 she married Stanley
Hazen Stewart Sr., who predeceased her in
May 1984. Barbara spent her entire working
life, nearly 33 years, doing what she loved:
HENRY “HANK” COLEY III ’50 died Dec.
4, 2012, at age 86. After serving four years
in the U.S. Air Force, he taught for much of
the remainder of his life. He taught math
at Bennington High School for three years,
physical education at Arlington High School
for nine years, and coached several sports
teams while at Arlington. He went on to
teach math for the next 27 years at Mount
Anthony Union High School, where he headed
the department for 12 years before retiring
in 1999. He was a Red Cross swimming
instructor, a longtime member of Arlington
Lions Club and the Sunderland Planning
Commission, and served as town and school
moderator. Hank also was instrumental in
the construction and development of the
Arlington Recreational Park, where he served
as director of day-to-day operations.
BARBARA (MORRILL) BARBER ’53 died
April 2, 2013, with her family by her side.
NANCY (PROUTY) SHELDON ’55 died
Feb. 18, 2013. After graduating from Johnson
State Teachers College, Nancy taught at the
elementary level in the Highgate (Vt.) School
District for three years before moving, in
1964, to the St. Albans Town School, where
she remained until her 1985 retirement.
A 1966 scholarship from the University
of Rhode Island allowed Nancy to work
with mentally challenged children during
the summer months. She was a longtime
member of both the Vermont and National
Education Associations as well as the
Vermont Retired Teachers Association. She
was a member of the First Congregational
Church of Swanton, where she served several
years as supervisor of the parish Sunday
school. She also was a member of the
Swanton Memorial United Methodist Church,
and belonged to the United Methodist
Women. Nancy also associated with the
Missisquoi Valley Arts and Crafts of Swanton
and St. Albans and the International Order of
Kings’ Daughters and Sons.
1960s
RALPH STEARNS ’62 died Jan. 12, 2013,
at age 76. He spent 20 years serving in the
Air Force and was a member of the Loveland
Elks 1051. He enjoyed camping, traveling,
woodworking, the outdoors, wine and the
Denver Broncos. Ralph was a family man
who greeted people with a smile.
MARSHALL ARONSTAM ’63 died Feb.
2, 2014, after a hard-fought battle with
cancer. Marshall earned his education
degree from JSC and embarked on a 40-year
journey in the wonderful world of education,
starting as principal of the Goshen (Mass.)
Elementary School. In 1973, “Mr. A,” as his
students called him, made the move from
Goshen to South Deerfield in 1973 with
his wife, Martha, and raised their family
there. Marshall also represented the town of
Deerfield on the Franklin County Technical
School Committee until he retired in 2005.
His passion for teaching children extended
beyond the walls of school. He coached youth
baseball for 16 years and played a major
role in starting a girls softball program
called the “Lassie League.” When he wasn’t
setting the lineup for his own team, you
could find him, or hear him, in the stands
cheering on his beloved Frontier Redskins
(now Redhawks). Starting in the 1980s,
Marshall and a group of men who became
known as the “Sunset Hoopers” would travel
every March to attend the NCAA tournament.
Marshal was a proud member of the Polish
American Citizens Club in South Deerfield,
through which he became involved with the
Relay for Life, an active member and deacon
at the South Deerfield Congregational
Church, and involved in the Rotary Clubs of
Williamsburg and South Deerfield. Marshall
never let his busy schedule allow him to miss
a single family event. More information is
available at www.gazettenet.com/obituaries.
SUSAN (GEIST) DEMETRULES ’64
died Aug. 25, 2013, at age 72, with her
family at her side at Fletcher Allen Health
Care in Burlington, Vt. Susan was born in
Stamford, Conn., attended elementary and
high school at Daycroft in Connecticut, and
went on to graduate from JSC with a degree
in education. She taught school briefly in
Rutland before finishing her remaining
34 years as a teacher at Enosburg Falls
Elementary School, retiring in 1998. Susan
was a proud member of the NEA and
VEA, for which she enjoyed being union
representative during contract negotiations.
She had many hobbies, including quilting,
sewing, knitting, cooking and crafts in
general. She is survived by her husband, her
children and their families, and a large and
loving family.
WILLIAM PECK ’65 died Jan. 2, 2013.
A native of Johnson, Bill had lived in Fort
Lauderdale, Fla., for the past 25 years.
Remembering Eugene Sapadin
Former JSC Humanities Professor Eugene
Sapadin died Sept. 19, 2013, at the Vermont
Respite House in Williston. He was 73.
Sapadin taught at JSC for 39 years before
retiring in 2011. The mystery surrounding his life
prior to his arrival at JSC was but one component
of his famously enigmatic persona. Rumors
swirled around him, none of which he actively
discouraged during his nearly
four decades at the college.
It was theorized that he
worked as an engineer on a
nuclear submarine — that his
occasional forgetfulness was
a consequence of nuclear
radiation. Some asserted he
was one of Ken Kesey’s Merry
Pranksters.
Sapadin did or did not
author Hollywood screenplays;
he was or was not part of the
Witness Protection Program,
seeking refuge in Vermont.
When asked to comment on
these rumors in a Basement
Medicine article about his
retirement, Sapadin said, “Under advice of counsel,
I’m pleading the Fifth Amendment. I think that’ll be
a good Sapadin quote anyway.”
Tony Whedon, a former JSC writing and
literature professor and Sapadin’s friend since the
1970s, said Sapadin’s deepest secret was “his
big heart.”
“He was brilliant, funny, pun-filled to the
point of exasperation and beloved by the
students — even those he flunked, who often
re-enrolled in his classes,” Whedon said. “He
brought to the college class and panache, and a
sorely needed sense of irony about our situation.”
A favorite saying among Sapadin’s students
was that he made them “think with a capital T.”
During Sapadin’s tenure at JSC, there was
a popular beer pong move at student parties
known as “The Sapadin.” The move required a
foot, at waist height, placed on the table when
shooting. Sapadin was prone to throwing items
into the trash can from the opposite corner of
his classrooms—and hitting the mark. Sapadin
told interested students he played baseball at
Middlebury in the 1960s, although when pressed
admitted he wasn’t particularly good, doing
so with the grace of “a six-foot-six baby giraffe
running around.”
JSC graduate Kevin Paquet remembers
Sapadin was a polarizing figure, though the
majority of his students seemed to love him. “It
was all a question of style. He was a very tall man
who made very big gestures. He had this habit
of marching up to the front row of desks and
planting a shoe on one of them
like Captain Morgan, always
without losing the narrative he
was telling. I kept a tally one
week for fun, and in one class he
did it a total of 25 times.”
John Duffy, professor
emeritus of English and
humanities at JSC, was a
longtime friend of Sapadin.
“In the 1970s, Gene took two
leaves of absence from Johnson
to teach philosophy [in New
Hampshire and Alabama],” he
said. “Faculty meetings were
noticeably boring without his
special wry humor.”
Duffy and Sapadin co-taught
American Popular Culture in Film and Fiction
for 10 years. “During those 10 years about a
thousand students took the course,” he said.
“It soon acquired a subtitle: ‘Cowboys, Crooks
and Lovers.’”
JSC President Barbara Murphy noted that
Sapadin was a major intellectual presence on
the campus with a far-reaching influence on
generations of students. “He was smart and
quirky, extremely well-read, and believed that an
education ran very deep,” she said.
“I couldn’t always predict what Eugene
would have to say; in fact I rarely could,” she
added, “but I came to appreciate that words and
meaning mattered to him greatly. I remember a
talk he gave at a senior class dinner about eight
years ago. I can’t quite remember what he spoke
about. But it was all in rhymed couplets.”
Associate Professor Tyrone Shaw shared a
friendship with Sapadin that spanned nearly 40
years. “That he is gone seems impossible — he
was Sapadin, for God’s sake,” Shaw said. “But
reality intrudes, reminding us of why we need
philosophers, and why we needed Sapadin.”
—Tom Benton
SALLY DELPHIA ’68 died Jan. 21, 2013,
at age 77. After receiving her B.A. in
education, she married John Delphia and
taught elementary school in the Barre school
system. She enjoyed her family and students,
gardening, traveling to Cape Cod, and baking
and cooking for her grandchildren. Sally was
a member of St. Monica Catholic Church and
the Vermont Education Association and also
was a former Girl Scout leader.
JANET (FIELD) LOCKE ’66 died Nov. 25,
2013. She received her bachelor’s (1966) and
master’s (1979) degrees in education from
JSC and taught in Barre City schools for 33
years, retiring in 2002. Most of those years
were spent teaching sixth-grade language
arts and math. She received the Jaycees
Young Educator award in 1978 and the UVM
Teacher of the Year award in 1984. Janet
was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma from
1978 until the time of her death and served
as treasurer from 1980 to 1988. She was a
member of the Washington County Retired
Teachers Association and served as a studentteacher supervisor for JSC from 2002 to
2005. Janet also was a member of the Barre
Congregational Church since 1973 and a
Friend of the Aldrich Library. She loved music,
walking, gardening, traveling, kayaking,
snowshoeing, reading and cross-stitching.
Janet especially loved being with her family
and attending the soccer, hockey and baseball
games, as well as concerts, plays and dance
recitals of her grandchildren.
ARTHUR HARRY ELLUM ’67 died
Feb. 28, 2013, at age 73. He earned a
B.S. in education, an M.Ed. in special
education, and a Ph.D. in technical education
administration. Arthur served 16 years in the
U.S. Coast Guard Reserve and four years in
the N.H. National Guard (A Battery 3, 197th
Field Artillery). He taught for over 30 years,
teaching special education in Johnson and
in Keene, N.H., and working as Title 1 and
special education director in Epping. He was
employed as a special education consultant
and director of professional development with
the state Department of Education for over
10 years. During that time he also served as
a lecturer at St. Anselm College, where he
taught graduate and undergraduate courses
in special education. He was the executive
director of adult and technical education at
Manchester School of Technology and the
vocational technical director at the Berlin
Regional Technology Center from 1983 until
his retirement in 2003. Arthur was awarded
many times in recognition of his service.
He received a personal commendation from
Governor Meldrim Thompson for exemplary
performance and an award from the N.H.
State Council for Vocational-Technical
Education. The day he retired (June 13, 2003)
was proclaimed Arthur H. Ellum Education
Day in New Hampshire.
MICHAEL JOSEPH CALEVRO ’68 died in
April 2013 at home with his family by his
side. Active in high school sports, he was an
outstanding basketball, football and baseball
player. He was a member of the Class A
state high school championship teams in
1961, 1962 and 1963, and played in the New
England high school basketball tournament
at Boston Garden following those seasons.
During his time at JSC, Michael playing on
the varsity basketball and soccer teams and
was inducted into the JSC Athletics Hall of
Fame in 1984. His love of sports led him to
become the play-by-play radio announcer for
WSKI high school basketball games and serve
as a longtime member of the Barre High
School Basketball Tournament Committee.
After teaching school at the elementary
and junior high levels, Michael became an
agent and sales manager for the Prudential
Insurance Co. from 1975-1995, and in 1977
he was named national sales manager of the
year in 1977. In 1995, Michael moved into
granite sales and manufacturing at Buttura
& Sons Granite Co., where he become part
owner. Michael leaves his wife, Sheila, and
two daughters with memories of his love for
life, his fire-building and cooking skills at
the family camp at Joe’s Pond, pontoon boat
rides, his tree garden, his landscaping and
brush cutting skills, and times spent at the
races in Saratoga, N.Y.
SYLVIA (NICHOLS) ALLEN ’69 died
peacefully after a valiant battle with lung
cancer. She graduated from Enosburg Falls
High School as valedictorian, then attended
Clemson University, Old Dominion, and finally
JSC, where she earned a degree in history and
education. She went on to earn a master’s
degree in library sciences from the University
of Arizona. Sylvia then chose a career as
director of the library and media center at
Harwood Union High School in Duxbury until
retirement in 2006. She later wrote a book,
The People Will Be Served, about her small
company of senior care and companionship.
She loved music, reading, birds and nature.
DALE PETERS ’69 of Keene, N.H., died
unexpectedly Sept. 6, 2011. Following
graduation from JSC, he earned an M.A.
from Dartmouth College and a certificate
of secondary education administration
from Hood College. He later and pursued
graduate studies at the University of
Rochester (N.Y.) Medical School and the
College of the Atlantic in Maine. Dale taught
in Vermont, Connecticut and Maryland and
earned a Presidential Award for Excellence
in Science and Mathematics Teaching from
the National Science Foundation. He was
assistant principal at Tuscarora High School
in Frederick, Md., before his retirement. He
enjoyed sports, the outdoors, photography,
landscape painting and traveling.
1970s
JAMES “JIM” LANNON died Nov. 22, 2013,
after injuries sustained in a tragic accident.
Jim traveled extensively for 10 years after
his time at Johnson and was employed by
Pelican, formerly Hardigg, for 30 years. He
is survived by his mother and brother, W.
JON LANNON ’70 of Ludlow, as well as his
partner, a niece, two nephews, many friends
and his beloved cats.
ROBERT WAYNE CIECHANOWICZ ’73
died unexpectedly Nov. 9, 2013. He served
in the U.S. Army, stationed in Vietnam,
from 1965 to 1969. He had a long and
distinguished career in information
technology, working for the state of Vermont
and Ben & Jerry’s.
VIRGINIA YANDOW ’73 died peacefully
March 11, 2013, in Fletcher Allen Health
Care after a courageous battle with cancer.
Ginny earned her degree in elementary
education in 1973 and a master’s in
education in 1997. Teaching was a
calling for Ginny. For 34 years she was an
elementary teacher in the Milton School
District, and for the last several years prior
to her death, Ginny was on the faculty at
St. Francis Xavier School in Winooski. She
loved helping children open their minds
to the wonders of the world and learning,
often drawing on her vast knowledge of
Vermont and Native American history and
culture. Ginny loved traveling and made
multiple trips to Alaska, even living on the
Alaskan island of Kodiak and teaching in
St. Mary’s Parochial School from 1985 to
1986. Her special interests included hiking,
photography, reading, family genealogy
research and Native American history.
JOHN LACILLADE ’74 died May 4, 2012, at
age 60. After graduating from JSC he went
to work in the family business, Lacillade
Lumber Co., managing the plumbing and
kitchen design department. He later became
a building materials salesman for the
Hayward Lumber Co., where he worked for 26
years before retiring.
ELLEN (BERRY) MACLURE ’74 died May 3,
2013, after a courageous battle with cancer.
A teacher for nearly 30 years, she spent
the majority of her career as a third-grade
teacher at Sacred Heart. Her love for teaching
and children did not end after her retirement
and she continued as a substitute teacher
in local elementary schools. Ellen enjoyed
the simple pleasures of spending time with
her family, sitting on the front porch with her
husband listening to the birds, taking walks,
and spoiling her grand-puppies.
ROBERT “BOB” FLYNN ’75 died Aug. 15,
2013, surrounded by his family. He earned
his teaching degree from JSC and worked
at IBM before leaving that position in order
to care for his elderly mother. He later worked
18 years at Northwest Counseling and
Support Services.
JUANITA (LAROSE) BRACE ’76, a
lifelong resident of Lamoille County, died
Oct. 18, 2013, after a short illness. Juanita
worked in the banking field for many years
and together with her husband, Rich Brace,
owned and operated the Deer Run Motel in
Jeffersonville. She taught Sunday school for
over 20 years, was a church organist for over
50 years, provided accounting services for
the Johnson Woolen Mills, served as treasurer
for the Salvation Army, served on the Board
of Governors of the American Institute of
Banking (northern Vermont chapter), and
was a member of both the Gihon Grange
and the Charity Rebekah Lodge #38. In
addition to her work, Juanita especially
enjoyed playing the organ at church and
for weddings, going on trips with lifelong
friends, making crafts, and greeting guests
at the Deer Run.
MARGARET V. NICELY ’78 died April
20, 2013, at age 72 in her Newport home
surrounded by friends and family. Margaret
earned her bachelor’s degree in political
science and went on to work as a grant
writer for Northeast Kingdom Community
Action for more than 20 years. She later
taught English for some time in Russia.
Margaret was an avid reader and a member
of the Bread and Puppet Theatre.
1980s
WILLIAM H. BRUMBACH JR. ’81 died
Jan. 6, 2013. Born in Pennsylvania, he
earned a degree in business management
from JSC and then returned to his home
state to work for East Penn Manufacturing
Co., later becoming account executive for
the entire Canadian Market and relocated to
Canada. He met his wife, Mary, there, and
together they lived in Chateauguay, Quebec.
WILLIAM SCHMID ’83 died May 11, 2013.
After operating Ott’s Sea Ketch on the Jersey
Shore with his wife, Donna, he went on to
earn a business degree from JSC and launch
a career in the competitive field of food
sales. He began in distribution for Sysco
Foods, advancing to become district sales
manager for both Sysco and U.S. Foods. Bill
was a certified ski instructor and member of
Professional Ski Instructors of America. He
taught skiing at Smugglers’ Notch and Pico
resorts, and also taught his entire family to
ski. Bill brought fun to any event and loved
to make people laugh.
HAZEL (HOXIE) GREAVES ’84 died Oct.
20, 2013 at age 81 in her Walden home. She
was born in St. Johnsbury, attended Hardwick
and Lyndonville public schools, and earned
her master’s degree from JSC. In 1958 Hazel
married the love of her life, Gerald Courtney
Greaves Jr., who predeceased her in 1986.
She taught elementary school in Vermont
before retiring in 1991. Hazel was a proud
member of her church and local community
groups and committees. She was most happy
when she was active. She enjoyed playing
basketball and biking, singing with the
Barre Tones Barbershop Quartet, attending
the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, and being
with her friends and family.
EVELYN (CHAUVIN) POTTS ’84 died
June 7, 2013. Evelyn had plans to become
a foreign missionary but marriage and
motherhood gave her a new direction,
including a move to Vermont.
RUTH MARIE PERRY MCNAMARA ’86
died unexpectedly April 13, 2013. “Ruthie”
graduated from Mount St. Joseph Academy
in 1956. She was an early graduate of the
Rutland Hospital of Radiologic Technology,
where she subsequently worked for several
years. Ruthie enrolled at JSC midway through
her career, earning her bachelor’s degree in
1986. She married Richard W. McNamara in
1959, with whom she shared 45 years until
his death in 2005.
1990s
MARIE (MATHISON) NOBLE ’90 died at
her home in Jeffersonville, Vt., Nov. 21, 2013.
Marie was employed by the Family Center
in St. Albans as a social worker before her
retirement. She loved nature and enjoyed
canoeing, biking, hiking, traveling, camping
and spending time walking with her dog,
Smokey. Marie would be proud and honored
to know that she was the first certified green
burial in Vermont.
KARI LIV LEE ’95 died peacefully at her
home in Stowe after a long battle with
ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease). Kari traveled
overseas, lived throughout the Midwest and
eventually found her heart captured by Cape
Cod, where she worked for several years on
offshore fishing boats from Chatham. She
used her early childhood education degree
from JSC to provide preschool in her home
and later to direct early childhood centers
in Michigan and in Vermont, which she had
called home since moving here with her
husband, Paul Carty, in 1982.
2000s
JUDY ELAINE SAWYER ’04 died June 12,
2012, surrounded by her family. Judy was a
graduate of North Country Union High School
and earned her liberal arts degree at JSC.
She had a passion for cooking and learning
about family genealogy. Judy is survived by
her husband, Raymond A. Sawyer, whom she
married in September 1968.
JESSICA TAYLOR ’05 of St. Albans died
April 18, 2013. She graduated from JSC with
a master’s degree in counseling. Jessi will be
remembered for the lives she touched and
for her devotion to youth. She was preceded
in death by her husband, Todd.
MICHAEL FINK ’09, died Aug. 31, 2013,
animals and love of life was as infectious
as her smile. Lisa leaves family and friends
the memory of that smile, her gentle spirit,
loving nature, optimism, and a sense of fun
that greeted all whose paths crossed with
hers. A scholarship fund at JSC has been
established in Lisa’s name. For information,
please contact Lauren Phille, director of
development, at [email protected] or
802-635-1251.
Arlington School, Bellows Free Academy,
Johnson State Teacher’s College and
Springfield High School. In 1951, she was
commissioned as a first lieutenant in the
U.S. Air Force. She served on the board of
Springfield Family Center, on the Springfield
Planning Commission, and as a guardian
ad litum for Windsor County Family Court.
She was a member of First Congregational
Church in Springfield.
KARLEIGH J. BAUMAN ’14 died
EUGENE D. SAPADIN died Sept. 19, 2013,
unexpectedly April 27, 2013, at age 21 as
the result of a car accident. A gifted writer,
Karleigh was majoring in creative writing
at JSC. A scholarship fund at JSC has
been established in Karleigh’s name. For
information, please contact Lauren Phille,
director of development, at lauren.philie@
jsc.edu or 802-635-1251.
in the Vermont Respite House in Williston, on
a spectacularly lovely early autumnal day.
He taught philosophy, ethics and pop culture
at JSC for 39 years before retiring in 2011 to
the widespread dismay of many students.
Gene accumulated vast and eclectic troves
of knowledge and trivia and put them to
constant use as teacher, writer, punster
and curmudgeon. One of his favorite gigs
was a stint as critic for the now-defunct
Vermont Vanguard Press, predecessor to
Seven Days, under the pseudonym “Morgan
Barker” (for his favorite dog Morgan) where
he aired his erudite and quirky opinions on
everything, including film, theatre, music,
sports, ethics, animal spirits and human
nature. His mind was never still. A Phi Beta
Kappa graduate of Middlebury College,
Gene earned his master’s in philosophy from
Harvard and his doctorate from Claremont
Graduate School in California. Prior to joining
the faculty at Johnson, his teaching career
included Middlebury, La Salle University
in Philadelphia, the University of New
Hampshire and the University of Alabama
at Birmingham. He also spent sabbatical
years researching, writing and lecturing
at Oxford University’s Wolfson College. He
leaves behind two sisters, four nephews and
nieces, and his longtime companion, Nancy
Johnson. As his official obituary read, “There
is now a very large Gene-shaped hole in their
universe.” A memorial service for Gene was
held at JSC the afternoon of Oct. 25, 2013.
FACULTY
& STAFF
MICHAEL KOLESNIK died Jan. 4, 2013,
as his loving wife Nancy held his hand. A
former faculty and staff member of both JSC
and CCV, Michael had a significant impact
on the people he met and assisted, first as
an advisor and then as he helped to create
the CCV academic center in Rutland, which
serves more than 1,000 students annually.
Michael’s gentle spirit and calm ways guided
many learners on their educational paths. He
extended trust and acceptance to everyone
and always helped those in need.
BARBARA B. ROSE, former JSC faculty
member, died February 12, 2013, at age 92.
She was born March 2, 1920, in Yonkers,
N.Y., to Philip and Marjorie (Shaw) Rose.
In Vermont, she graduated in 1936 from
Bradford Academy, attended Lyndon and
Castleton normal schools, and earned her
master’s in education from the University
of Vermont. Barbara had a long career
in education that included teaching at
A tribute to Gene by Basement Medicine
editor Tom Benton appears on page 41.
at age 28. Born in Hartford, Conn., to Gerald
and Barbara Fink of Manchester, he attended
Manchester High School and earned his
B.S. in environmental science from JSC.
Mike returned to Manchester to work as a
lab technician for Phoenix Environmental
Laboratories. He was a talented guitar
player, and music was an integral part of
his life. He enjoyed snowboarding, tennis,
fishing and being on the water, especially
the ocean off Cape Cod.
LISA KORTH ’12, a former resident
assistant at JSC who was deeply involved
in campus life, died as the result of a car
accident in March 2013. Lisa was a gifted
writer and communicator, an avid reader,
and a talented photographer with dreams
of having her own darkroom. She also was
a singer and guitar player whose love of
JSC awarded 419 degrees to students from 15 states
and 18 countries at its 146th Commencement May 18, 2013.
Sue Minter, Vermont deputy
secretary of transportation and Tropical
Storm Irene recovery officer, was the
commencement speaker. She focused
on the importance of community,
drawing on the experiences of her
nephew, who was in the graduating
class and who had moved to Vermont
from the small African nation of Gabon
at the age of 17 with little English; her
travels to pre- and then post-apartheid
South Africa; and the resilience of
Vermonters dealing with the aftermath
of tropical storm Irene.
Minter urged the graduates to “go
forward with pride,” adding, “Give of
yourself whenever you can. Explore
the world — and yourself — to find
your passion. Become involved
in what matters to you. Volunteer.
Engage yourself in your work, but also
in your community.”
Also addressing the graduates
were Adriane Morrison-Taylor
(B.S., wellness and alternative
medicine), Angela Smith (B.A.,
professional studies, External Degree
Program), and Erin Antonioli
(M.A., education).
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