2011-12 Issue - Johnson State College

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THE
ANNUAL
MAGAZINE
OF
JOHNSON
S TAT E
COLLEGE
2011/2012
ALSO I NSI DE:
Celebrating the
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At the
Water ’s Edge
M I C H E LE B O O M H OWE R A N D F E L LO W J S C A LU M S
G U I D E R E C OV E RY E F F O RTS A F T E R T R O P I CA L STO R M I R E N E
S A V E T H E D AT E : J S C H o m e c o m i n g / R e u n i o n W e e k e n d — S e p t . 2 1 - 2 2 , 2 0 1 2
JOHNSONVIEWS2011/2012|COVERI
F R O M
T H E
PRESIDENT
President’s Message
Unlike so many others, Johnson State College weathered Tropical Storm Irene relatively unscathed.
While rivers spilled their banks and flooded roadways here, the Green Mountains served as our
barricade, channeling the downpour to southern valleys while protecting Johnson and points north
from the brunt of the storm. At JSC, in fact, the biggest headache we faced that second week of
classes was the disruption of Internet communications caused by flooded power supplies at the
Vermont State Colleges. It was a major inconvenience, but ultimately it was
just that: an inconvenience.
Some of our faculty and staff — and many JSC students with families as close by
as Stowe and Waterbury — were not so lucky, of course, and in true JSC fashion,
our community stepped up to help. Through a variety of fundraisers, benefit
concerts, clothing drives, food collections, clean-up crews and more, Johnson
State College has done much to help our neighbors move on after Irene.
Given JSC’s history of service — noted by Judith Yarnall in her article about the
program we now call SERVE — how fitting it is to learn that several key players
in the state’s disaster-recovery efforts are JSC alums. We take pride in sharing
their story in this issue, which serves to remind us that wherever you turn in
Vermont, you’ll find Johnson State College grads leading the way.
Notwithstanding Irene and the ongoing challenges of responsible fiscal
stewardship we face, this has been a year of many positives. As you’ll see
in this issue, we have a vastly new and improved Bentley Hall in support of
JSC President Barbara E. Murphy
our math and science programs. From the work of Dr. Liz Dolci and students
on microorganisms at the former Vermont Asbestos Group mine, to ongoing research on asthma
and exercise being conducted in our Exercise Physiology lab, the quality of our faculty-mentored
undergraduate research continues to earn accolades. We recently received another highly
competitive grant from the Vermont Genetics Network to continue our research in three key areas,
and Dr. Gina Mireault’s work on infant humor will be featured in an upcoming episode of NOVA, the
award-winning PBS science program.
This also was the year we received our first million-dollar gift and named our Library & Learning Center
in honor of generous donors Richard Willey and Rosalind Weiss, christened our new Chesamore Bell
and Alumni Clock Tower on the campus quad, reveled in the national title earned by our fledgling
Women’s Rugby Club, and transformed our Visual Arts Center into our latest campus showpiece.
Reading through this issue of Johnson Views, I’m reminded that whatever one’s connection to JSC —
as a student, a parent or a longtime friend or supporter — there is much to celebrate. Great things
are happening at our small college, and great things lie ahead. n
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VOLUME 21 | 2011/2012
PR E S I D E N T
Barbara E. Murphy
ACADEMIC DEAN
Daniel Regan
DEAN OF STUDENTS
David Bergh
DEAN OF ADMINISTR ATION
Sharron Scott
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
Lauren Philie
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS
Deborah Bouton
CONTENTS
Around the Rock
2
JSC Women’s Rugby Wins National TitlesNew Clock Tower on Campus Quad
JSC Students Help With Post-Irene Cleanup
ARAMARK Staff Honored for Community Commitment
Archeology Students Unearth Fairfax Artifacts
New Communications & Media MajorsThink College Program
F E ATUR ES
JSC Names the Willey Library & Learning Center
8
Donors Richard Willey ’71 and Rosalind Weiss build JSC's future with $1 million gift.
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Sally Ballin, Deborah Bouton, Kelly Collar,
Sally Laughlin, Jessica McCoy, Michael Osborne,
Melissa Weinstein, Judith Yarnall
CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGR APHERS
Deborah Bouton, Glenn Callahan, Brian Coon,
Daniel Hescock, Eric Kirk, Jason Johnson,
Don Landwehrle, Michael Osborne, Alison Redlich,
Patrick Rogers, Melissa Weinstein
At the Water’s Edge
10
Michele Boomhower ’93 works with other JSC grads
to help drive Vermont’s recovery efforts.
25 Years of SERVE
15
A reunion at Homecoming 2011 reunites JSC alums who proudly carry on
JSC's tradition of service to the Lamoille County and the world.
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and friends of Johnson State College.
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COVER PHOTOS
Route 100 in Wardsboro
following Tropical Storm
Irene, by Wardsboro Fire
Warden Daniel Hescock;
inset: Michele Boomhower
in her office at the
Chittenden Regional
Planning Commission in
Winooski, by Alison Redlich
The Transformation of Bentley Hall
20
JSC's science and math building undergoes a major facelift.
Sally Laughlin Bids Farewell
30
The longtime director of development and alumni relations retires.
Looking Back on Homecoming 2011
50
DE PAR TME NTS
Faculty/Staff Highlights
19
Athletics Update
23
2011 Hall of Fame Inductees
27
Philanthropy Report
28
2011 Alumni Association Awards
32
2011 President’s Awards
33
Donor Report
36
Alumni News
41
In Memoriam
47
Award Nomination Forms
52
JOHNSON VIEWS 2011/2012 | 1
Happenings at Johnson State
A Storybook Season...
JSC Women's Rugby Team Scores
together than
any team he’s
ever coached,
men’s or
women’s. Allen
coached men’s
rugby at JSC
from 2000
to 2005 and
returned this
year to coach
the women’s
team.
“You can’t
start any lower
and get any
higher,” he
said, noting
that he showed
up at the first
practice to find
three women
“throwing a ball
around.” He
agreed to coach
the team if they
could get at least
The 2011 JSC Women’s Rugby Club (back, from left): Club Advisor Patrick Rogers; Ashley Carrington (junior, Middlefield, MA); Tiana Cross (freshman, White River Jct.,
10 others to
VT); Satu Lord (junior, Essex, VT); Jessica Mott (senior, Swanton, VT); Jules Jacovini (senior, Morrisville, VT); Miranda Ingram (junior, Suffield, CT); Trina Guaraldi
show up at
(freshman, Springfield, VT); MVP winner Nora Wynter (junior, Tinmouth, VT); Miranda Giles (sophomore, Jaffrey, NH); Coach Don Allen; captain Aly Finn (junior,
each practice.
Montgomery, NY). FRONT, from left: Muzzy Wronski (sophomore, Barre, MA); Belinda LaFountain (freshman, Cornwall, VT); Paige Libby (freshman, Whitefield, NH);
They did that
Molly Banks (junior, Acton, MA); Amara MacKillop (sophomore, Charlotte, VT); Mikala Frenette (junior, Braintree, VT); Taylor Brown (freshman, Manchester, VT); and
and more.
Coral Bolio (sophomore, St. Albans, VT)
As Allen
The Women’s Rugby team at Johnson State College
puts it, “They were a unique group of ladies who took
secured the national Division IV championship Sunday,
the game seriously and wanted to win, even to the point
besting previously undefeated Albright College of
of practicing at 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. at least two times a
Pennsylvania 12-5. Center Nora Wynter, a junior at JSC
week. They were the epitome of what a team should be.”
from Tinmouth, VT, won Most Valuable Player honors.
Allen singled out MVP winner Wynter for special
The win is impressive on many levels, not the least of
praise, saying she was an “excellent rugby runner” who
which is that this was the team’s first year of competition
latched on to the game from the start. “At first it was all
and that only six of the members had previously ever
about Nora — she was all we had in offense and attack
played rugby.
— but that didn’t last long,” he said. “The players
Calling it “a storybook season,” Coach Don Allen
quickly became the best team, and the best group of
credited the players for working harder and playing better
individuals, I’ve ever coached.”
2 | JOHNSON VIEWS 2011/2012
A R O U N D
THE ROCK
National Title
The victory received statewide media coverage and was
featured on the National Public Radio program “Only a
Game” (online at http://onlyagame.wbur.org), where it was
titled “From Zeroes to Heroes.”
JSC won a berth at the nationals after securing the
New England Rugby Football Union (NERFU) title Nov.
12, winning two hard-fought games against Springfield
College (26-10) and Saint Anselm College (17-12). Saint
Anselm was the only school to have a win against JSC
during the regular season.
The Division IV Championship took place in Cherry Hill,
N.J., on Sunday, Nov. 20. Heading into the nationals, team
captain Alyson Finn, a junior
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from Montgomery, N.Y., felt confident of the win. “You’d think a small school like
JSC wouldn’t have a chance against the bigger schools, especially since we’re
just a club sport — but we do. We always go at it as hard as we can and with
the attitude that we’re going to win,” she said.
The current Women’s Rugby Club at JSC started three years ago. This was the
team’s first year of competitive play. n
Coming Next Issue!
A look inside Johnson's
beautiful new Visual Arts Center!
A spectacular renovation and addition
is inspiring amazing work.
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Go to
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A R O U N D
THE ROCK
Goodbye, Irene!
JSC students pitch in to
clean up storm damage
JSC students have a well-deserved reputation for stepping up to the plate
whenever a call for volunteers comes in, but last fall they turned out in droves
to help with recovery efforts following Tropical Storm Irene. The Athletics
Department organized student-athletes from all JSC varsity teams into work
crews that helped out in Waitsfield (center photo, opposite page), while JSC’s
SERVE-Fri volunteer program focused on clearing mud and debris from
homes along the Winooski River in Waterbury just down the street from the
headquarters of the Vermont State Colleges.
JSC ARAMARK Staff Recognized for Community Service
Tadd Stone (center)
and James Consentino
pose with Cindy Locke,
executive director
of the Lamoille
Valley Chamber of
Commerce,
after receiving the
organization’s
Workplace
Development Leader
of the Year award.
JSC Food Service Director Tadd Stone and Assistant
Director James Consentino recently received the award
for “Workplace Development Leader of the Year” from the
Lamoille Valley Chamber of Commerce.
The award was in recognition of a job-training
program the two initiated at JSC in the summer of
2011 to train unemployed community members in
basic food-service skills. Consentino came up with
the idea for the project and worked with Stone to
implement it.
“We partnered with the College, ARAMARK
(the company contracted to provide food services
at JSC) picked up the cost for it, and we worked
with the state to help us fund the program and
identify the candidates,” said Stone.
Consentino and Stone researched what
skills would be most valuable for participants to
learn, consulting restaurant owners and their
own past experiences to develop a curriculum
for the eight week course that ran from June to
August. The course also included four day-long internships
at local restaurants.
Ultimately, 10 unemployed adults enrolled in the
program, and ARAMARK hired the eight who completed
the program to work at JSC this academic year.
The idea for the program started last winter, when
ARAMARK began providing the meals for the Johnson
CommUNITY Meals program. That program offers a free
lunch to residents on the second and fourth Wednesdays
of the month at the United Church of Johnson.
“We were committed to the program and wanted it to
grow, so we came up with a food-training aspect to make
the program more self-sufficient,” says Stone, director
of ARAMARK at JSC. While at JSC, in addition to helping
to prepare and serve the food at the College, program
participants prepared and served the food at the biweekly
community luncheons.
The training program at JSC evolved from an
understanding that a lot of people were out of work in
Lamoille County and that his organization, ARAMARK,
was able to help, Stone said. “Basically, we saw the need
to help some of our out-of-work neighbors get trained and
back in the workforce,” he explained. “In addition, we
struggle to find good candidates each fall to open up for
the school year. We decided to offer this eight-week course
to meet both of these goals.”
JSC provided the kitchen and covered related expenses
for the job-training program, while ARAMARK provided the
training, the food and uniforms for each of the participants
— as well as a set of professional kitchen tools and knives
for each to keep.
For participant David Coffey of Morrisville, one of the
highlights of the training program — and now working at
JSC — has been the opportunity to help with the Johnson
Community Meals. “It feels great knowing that we were
helping people in the community,” he said.
Starting in June 2012, ARAMARK will no longer be
the food-service provider for JSC and the other member
institutions of the Vermont State Colleges, as the VSC
recently signed a contract with Sodexo. While Stone
and Consentino will be moving on, the commitment to
community service that they inspired will carry on: Sodexo
has agreed to take on the role of preparing and serving
meals for the biweekly Johnson CommUNITY Meals
program when classes resume in the fall. n
New Clock and
Bell Tower at JSC
Johnson State College has a new addition: a
20-foot-high clock tower in the center of campus
that houses the College’s historic Chesamore Bell,
which was installed in the college’s first building
(Chesamore Hall) in 1873.
The tower will become the center of a donors’
plaza and be the focus of a campaign to “Increase
Our Base,” aimed at doubling the number of
donors and the total amount of gifts to the College.
See page 28 for more about the campaign and
how the tower came to be.
JSC students uncover 2,000-year-old artifacts
Students from Johnson State College have discovered an
archaeological site in Fairfax along the Lamoille River that
dates back at least 2,000 years.
The six undergraduate students conducted site work at
the River Berry Farm in Fairfax from mid-May to late June
2011 as part of a course called Unearth the Past: Field
Archaeology on the Lamoille. The course,
by
taught by project leader and visiting
Jessica
anthropology instructor Corbett Torrence,
McCoy
had students document, evaluate and
preserve the features of a specific archaeological site.
“The Lamoille is one of the least studied of Vermont’s
major rivers,” Torrence said. “Our goal was to put the
Lamoille on the archaeological map.”
Working with the Vermont Division of Historic
Preservation, local farmers and land owners, Torrence and
the students set out to identify new archaeological sites
and to evaluate and confirm reported known sites.
The River Berry Farm site was targeted for
exploration last year by students taking the same
course but working at Boyden Valley Farm in
Cambridge. Torrence explained that the focus of
the class has been the falls on the Lamoille River
in Fairfax and in Johnson because they are high in
natural resources and therefore are likely stopping
points for early inhabitants. “We look for flat ground
that is close to water but not swampy, surrounded
by forest that would be full of fruit and animals that
would be used by people to survive,” said student
Chris Chabot of Johnson.
The group discovered several fire pits as well
as materials and stones used by Vermont inhabitants
thousands of years ago. They created a grid and staked out
test pits, then looked just beyond the “plow zone,” which
is roughly 30 centimeters (one foot) below ground. They
then examined the soil for changes in color that would be
caused by fires that burned and oxidized the soil.
One of the most valuable things to find at an
archaeological site is a fire pit, Torrence said. “Fire pits are
very important because plant and animal remains decay
Top: Screening soil at the dig. Left: This soil cutout
shows one of the fire pits used for cooking that
JSC students unearthed at River Berry Farm in
Fairfax, Vt.
over time, but
when they are
carbonized in
a fire they last
a very long time,”
he explained. “This shows us not only what
the diet of these people was, but what time of the year
they were eating it, depending on whether we discover the
remains of seasonal fruit or a migratory animal.”
Students spent the last week of class in the lab at
JSC testing soil and creating reports on everything they
discovered — and responding to inquiries from reporters
throughout the state who were covering the group’s
findings. The students’ reports will stay on file at the
Vermont Division of Historic Preservation. n
Jessica
McCoy, ’11
is a JSC
journalism
graduate.
A R O U N D
THE ROCK
‘Think College’ Expands Options
for Students with Intellectual Disabilities
Above:
Jon Fitzgerald
works on an
assignment with
JSC student and
Think College mentor
Rachel Oakes.
Right:
JSC student
Sally Hornick,
a mentor with
the Think College
program, helps
Brandon Zick
review his
class options.
Young adults with intellectual disabilities such as Down
Syndrome now have the opportunity to get a taste of
college thanks to a new program run by JSC’s Education
Department with the support of students majoring
in education at JSC.
Called “Think College,” the program launched
in fall 2011 and provides an innovative and
inclusive academic, social and vocational
program for students who are 18 to 26 years
old. Rather than working toward a degree,
participants can earn a 13- to 25-credit “Certificate of
Higher Education” over two years.
Think College (TC) staff and master-level education
majors at JSC work with students and
their families to develop individualized
plans of study centered around the
student’s interests and strengths as
well as beneficial skill areas, including
socialization, independent-living skills,
self-advocacy skills, and integrated
work experiences. In addition, each
TC student is assigned a mentor who
provides classroom and related support
as needed.
Students enroll in one class a
semester over two years. The first year
focuses on academics as well as social,
vocational and independent-living skills.
The second year continues the focus
on coursework and independent-living skills and adds an
internship tied to vocational goals.
“This is a great opportunity not only for education
majors at JSC to gain experience working with special
populations, it opens the doors to students with intellectual
disabilities who otherwise would not have the opportunity
to experience college,” says JSC program coordinator
Christopher Kennedy. “It’s a win-win all around.”
The program is funded in part by a U.S. Department of
Education grant awarded in partnership with the University
of Vermont, which runs a similar program. The College
welcomed three TC students this year and hopes to
increase that number next year. n
A R O U N D
THE ROCK
‘Communications and Community Media’
JSC Revamps Journalism Major to
Reflect Changing Media Landscape
The news is ever-changing, and the business
of covering it must change as well. This basic
tenet was the driving force when Johnson State
College expanded its journalism major into
“Communications and Community Media.” The
new program kicks off with the fall 2012 semester.
Journalism students now can choose among
three concentrations: print and web community
journalism, photojournalism, and public relations.
Whichever track they choose, they’ll gain the
foundations of traditional journalism with the savvy
of new media technology — a field that’s growing
at an exponential rate each year, with interactive
media ranging from podcasts and RSS feeds to
social networks, apps and blogs.
“We realized we needed to offer more in light of
the rapidly changing nature of the news business
and communications media in general,” says
Tyrone Shaw, professor of writing and literature at
JSC. “The new program reflects the new realities,
including technological advances, and provides
more opportunities for our graduates.”
The community journalism concentration has been
crafted around the particular demands of small-market
newspapers and the significant role they play in their
communities. According to Ethan Dezotelle, a 2002 JSC
graduate and director of new media at the St. Albans
Messenger, there’s a huge difference between community
media and media in a broader sense.
“The accountability that should and does come with
being a journalist is much more immediate in community
journalism,” he says. “There’s also an incredibly powerful
sense that, as a community journalist, you’re acting as a
public servant, with the public’s best interest at heart.”
The demands on community journalism are even
greater, he says, because newspapers need to find a way
to bridge the generational technology gap. “The small, local
daily or weekly can’t afford to lose the folks who still live
in the print-only world,” he says. “At the same time, these
papers can’t afford not to evolve as publications for readers
who function primarily in the digital world. Students in
JSC’s new Communications and Community Media major
will be on the front lines of that balancing act,” he says.
Those in the photojournalism concentration will
blend the basics of composition, lighting and darkroom
techniques with instruction in state-of-the-art digital
photography and video production. Students in the
public relations concentration will learn to shape and
communicate organizational messages through a variety of
media strategies and outlets. Every student in the major will
have the same core of coursework combining news and
feature writing with digital media and production.
Developing the new major was a team effort
among three academic departments at JSC:
Writing & Literature, Business & Economics, and
Fine Arts. Shaw says that after consulting with
Vermont editors, publishers and journalists, “It
became clear that we ought to broaden the
scope of the journalism major.” He had a
few conversations with the different
department chairs, and the rest soon
fell into place.
“We saw the chance to introduce
some excellent new courses that would
benefit each department separately and
the new program collectively,” he says.
“All of us felt the same way: Given the
obvious benefits to our students, why
wouldn’t we want to do this?”
A key component of the program is
the practical experience students gain
working on Basement Medicine, JSC’s
biweekly student newspaper, which is
produced in both print and web editions.
Dezotelle, former editor in chief of The County Courier
and a Vermont journalist for the past decade, has worked
with other JSC graduates at newspapers around the state
— including Melissa Betty (’08) Jessie Forand (’09), who
work with him at the St. Albans Messenger — and can
attest to the influence Basement Medicine had on their
education. The common denominator, he says, is that they
all started at JSC. n
WILLEY LIBRARY NAMING
F E AT U R E
Library & Learning Center Named in Honor of Donors
Johnson Receives First
J
ohnson State College has received its first $1 million
gift, in the form of an irrevocable bequest, which will
be divided between two endowments at the college: the
JSC Library Endowment and the Julia V. and Ervin L. Willey
Scholarship Endowment. The gift is from longtime donors
Richard E. (Dick) Willey, JSC class of 1971, and his wife,
Rosalind S. Weiss, of Harrisburg, Pa.
JSC’s Development Office has worked with these
generous donors over the past 15 years. In 2000, when the
College’s “Books for the Third Century” drive ended with
a reception for donors, Dick told Director of Development
Sally Laughlin that some day he hoped to name the
building. Dick’s dream has now been accomplished: In
recognition of this contribution, JSC named its library and
learning center the Willey Library & Learning Center at a
dedication ceremony Sept. 12, 2011.
“This legacy gift from alumnus Dick Willey and Roz
Weiss represents both great generosity and confidence in
the future of Johnson State College,” said JSC President
Barbara E. Murphy at the ceremony. “The entire JSC
community — our students, faculty and staff along with the
neighboring community — will benefit from their gift to our
library and learning center, and more students will realize
their hopes of a degree from JSC thanks to the greater
number of scholarships this gift will make possible.”
She added that the gift “comes from an alumnus who
knows what it means to step into college from a loving
family of modest means, to be the first in his family to do
so, and to begin the journey to a wider and fuller world
through the riches of a college education.”
In establishing the Julia V. and Ervin L. Willey
Scholarship Endowment in honor of his parents 15 years
ago, Dick noted that they were born into an early 1900s
farming community in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom.
“Being from families of modest means, they were not
privileged to have been able to finish high school, let alone
to have the opportunity to pursue higher education,” he
wrote. “As a result, they worked hard and sacrificed to
make available to their children educational opportunities
that had not been available to them. This endowment
continues that spirit of hard work and sacrifice on behalf of
future generations.”
$1 Million Gift
Clockwise from opposite page: The cover is pulled, revealing the lettering of the
newly named Willey Library & Learning Center; Hayes Johnson, class of 2012,
recipient of a Julia V. and Ervin L. Scholarship, meets his benefactors; Rosalind
Weiss and Richard Willey stand in front of the building that now bears their
name; the JSC Chorale sings at the dedication ceremony; Roz and Dick pose
with JSC President Barbara Murphy and Vermont State Colleges Chancellor Tim
Donovan at the dedication ceremony.
Richard Willey earned his undergraduate degree in
history, political science and economics from JSC and a
master’s degree in public administration from Penn State
University. He worked on budget policy in Pennsylvania
in the office of the governor and for the general assembly
before working for the law firm of Stevens & Lee, where
he represented clients ranging from universities and
electric companies to multinational corporations. He retired
in 2007 as president and CEO of American Education
Services and Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance
Agency (AES/PHEAA). Other achievements include
chairing the Tri-County Regional Planning Commission
and the Susquehanna Valley chapter of the American Red
Cross, and serving on the boards of the Whitaker Center
for the Arts and Sciences (Harrisburg), the Pennsylvania
Industrial Development Authority, the Philadelphia
Regional Port Authority and the Capitol Region Economic
Development Corporation.
He received the “Distinguished Alumni Award” from
JSC in 2000. At the time he wrote, “I owe everything that
I have been able to do to the solid educational foundation
that I received at Johnson State. The quality of the faculty
and the intimacy of size gave me the confidence to know I
could compete with people who come from the so-called
‘best schools’ in the country.” n
PHOTO: Daniel Hescock
AT THE WATER’S
JSC grad Michele Boomhower helps keep Vermont disaster recovery
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AT THE WATER’S EDGE
S EDGE
on track after Tropical Storm Irene
photo: Alison Redlich
ichele Boomhower, class of ’93, was heading
back to Vermont after a transportation
conference in Washington, D.C. It was August
26, 2011, and news about Tropical Storm
Irene was hitting the airwaves. Predictions of
high rainfall caught her attention. Recalling the flood of
1995 that swamped Lamoille County — six inches of rain
in one day caused massive damage — she stayed glued to
the Weather Channel after arriving home.
Two days later, on August 28, Irene deluged Vermont,
dumping 14 inches of rain in some areas. Michele sensed
her world was about to change.
As director of the Metropolitan Planning Organization
(the transportation planning entity for Chittenden County)
and assistant director of the Chittenden County Regional
Planning Commission (CCRPC), Michele was called into
action by the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans).
Realizing its resources were inadequate to address
the extensive damage Irene had caused to the state
highway network, VTrans called on Michele to coordinate
Vermont’s 11 regional planning commissions (RPCs)
so that towns could receive transportation-recovery
resources ASAP.
As a JSC alum, Michele was in a good position to know
whom to call on for help. Two fellow alums, Cathy Voyer
(’06) and Susan Bartlett (’77) also held critical positions
that would come into play to help deal with the disaster.
Michele and her staff set up a command center. Their
job was to find out, fast, every location where damage
had occurred and how bad it was, which communities
were completely cut off and in need of immediate
attention, and where to send heavy equipment and
materials to repair roads, bridges and culverts. It was a
huge logistical challenge.
by Sally Ballin
Background photo: A view of Route 100 in Wardsboro, 400 yards from Sheldon Hill; Above: Michele Boomhower outside her Winooski office
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prevention/hazard-mitigation projects in Lamoille County,
and for the next 10 years Michele – now the agency’s
executive director — got a bird’s eye view of everything that
comprehensive planning, prevention and recovery entail,
including transportation and natural resources.
In her current position, Michele manages the planning
of Chittenden County’s transportation network — a position
that necessarily includes elements of safety and disaster
preparedness. “It’s all integrated,” she explains, noting
that she and her staff are “the planners who figure out how
to most effectively connect communities with the recovery
resources they need.”
photo: Alison Redlich
Coping with Irene
Above: Michele reviews maps of washed-out bridges and roads with co-workers David Roberts, senior trans-
portation planning engineer, and Christine Forde, senior transportation planner, at their Winooski office.
Below: Shortly after the storm subsided, temporary repairs made this section of Route 100 passable again,
if only barely, on one side.
photo: Daniel Hescock, Wardsboro
Preparing for the Challenge
Back when Michele was a senior at JSC, majoring in
environmental science with a concentration in natural
resource management, she landed an internship at the
Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) in the Water Supply
Division. Following graduation, she took a part-time job with
the Lamoille County Planning Commission (LCPC), helping
with geographic-information-system (GIS) work. Two years
later, she had moved into a full-time position there, as
a GIS planner. Then Lamoille County flooded, and over
the next several years she gained firsthand experience in
emergency planning and disaster recovery.
Michele had other experience to draw on as well. In
1998, LCPC received a federal grant to implement disaster12 | JOHNSON VIEWS 2011/2012
By Labor Day weekend – just days after Irene wreaked
havoc on Vermont — it was clear the need was bigger
than anyone had imagined, and growing still. Teams from
VTrans were gathering damage intel and making
on-the-spot emergency repairs as they went along, but
their resources were overwhelmed and things were
moving slowly. That’s when Michele took on the role of
coordinating all RPCs, assessing the needs, and getting
resources to towns in crisis.
At “command central” — her office at CCRPC in
Winooski — Michele’s staff and workers from adjacent
RPCs created town-by-town maps of road networks
and streams pinpointing the problem areas identified
by RPC staff and local road crews. They were aided by
GIS personnel at the regional commissions who, working
12- to 14-hour days, put that data onto maps. RPC staff
also were dispatched to the State Emergency Operations
Center, which had relocated from flooded Waterbury to a
Burlington field office that had been established earlier to
deal with spring flooding along Lake Champlain.
The first two months following Tropical Storm Irene were
harrowing. “We were pushing staff so hard, working seven
days a week and worrying constantly that we wouldn’t be
able to get the job done before snow began to fly,” she says.
Significantly — and in no small part thanks to Michele’s
skilled orchestration — everyone worked in concert.
Resources were deployed and progress was tracked.
Maps were updated daily to identify where needs were
greatest, where repairs were under way and where work
had been completed. Data was gathered. It took two weeks
simply to compile and enter all the damage information.
The tally: 2,200 road segments, 285 bridges and at least
1,000 storm culverts were out of commission — either
destroyed completely or in need of repair.
JSC Alums to the Rescue
To line up experienced contractors and heavy
equipment, Michele called fellow JSC alum Cathy Voyer,
executive vice president of the Associated General
Contractors of Vermont. Cathy stepped up to the plate,
connecting Vermont contractors with towns in urgent need
and getting crews to trouble spots as efficiently as possible.
Also at the ready: JSC alum and former state Senator
Susan Bartlett, now special assistant to Governor Peter
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Shumlin. As the person in charge of the state’s immediate
response to Tropical Storm Irene, Susan worked closely
with Michele and Cathy while serving as the governor’s
liaison during those first critical weeks.
By mid-October, the number of closed bridges and
damaged roads had dropped dramatically. Michele’s office
made sure that everyone living on a town road could get
in and out, and that school buses and milk haulers were
getting through.
With the immediate crisis behind them, Michele and
her staff continue to be “the eyes and ears of the people,
getting concerns communicated from towns to the state
and to FEMA” [Federal Emergency Management Agency],
Michele says.
Looking Back
In those first weeks after Irene hit Vermont, Michele
says her biggest challenge was the haunting feeling that
she and others simply couldn’t work fast enough. Recalling
the 1995 flood in Elmore, her former hometown, she knew
the urgency of the situation. Homes had been flooded, all
three access roads had been washed out, and people had
been isolated for days.
“As a multigenerational Vermonter,
I feel strongly connected to
The tally:
community life,” she says. “Knowing
that so many people have been so
2,200 road segments,
badly affected — my heart goes out
to them. It’s taxing for town leaders
285 bridges and at least
as well; they’re managing with
volunteer labor and have myriad other
1,000 storm culverts
things to attend to.”
Michele says her post-Irene work
were out of commission.
reaffirmed the value of the personal
relationships she formed through
JSC, both as a student and an alum. “In crisis situations,
if you have people you can turn to for help — people you
have worked with over the years and networks you are
JSC alum works to restore river and stream damage
Jim Ryan, ’94, Helps Engineer Irene Recovery
Jim Ryan, ’94, works for the Vermont
Department of Environmental
Conservation’s River Management
Program. Since Tropical Storm Irene,
however, he’s become a “stream
alteration engineer.”
Jim was driving on I-89 from
a site in Bethel to one in Norwich
in November when a writer called
to ask how things were going.
“Insanity pretty much sums it up,”
he replied at the time.
Recruited to help with Irene
recovery, Jim is all over the state,
issuing permits and providing
technical assistance to put roads,
culverts and streambeds back
together again. In the immediate
aftermath of Irene, “River beds
were dug out in the rush to rebuild
roads needed for access in areas where people were isolated
without services,” he explained.
Now he’s proactively restoring river habitat that was also affected
by the damaging storm and subsequent restoration efforts. “It’s
damage control, but it’s also making things better for long-term
recovery” for road and bridge rebuilding and other projects, he said.
Normally Jim works on somewhat calmer watershed-restoration
projects. Last fall he was brought in to assist one of the four
engineers who cover the state — engineers who were overwhelmed
managing dozens of sites a day after Irene hit, even with the help of
four extras assigned to help by the Agency of Natural Resources.
Jim says his work has brought him full circle from Johnson
State College to Irene recovery. He graduated with a degree in
environmental sciences and a concentration in natural resources.
In his senior year, he interned with the River Management Program,
headed by the very person he’s now working with on Irene recovery.
His first job out of college was with the Vermont Fish & Wildlife
Department. Later, he was part of the AmeriCorps program with the
U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation
Service in watershed assessment and restoration, then he worked
for USDA in emergency watershed and flood restoration in the
White River area. He’s reconnected with colleagues from all of those
stints through his work repairing and rebuilding Vermont following
Tropical Storm Irene.
Editor’s Note:
Coincidentally,
both Cathy Voyer
and Susan Bartlett
received JSC
Presidential
Alumni Awards in
2011. Recipients
were chosen well
before Tropical
Storm Irene hit
the state.
See story on
pages 33-34.
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confident you can rely on to get things done — you create
a framework and feel assured you can make it work as a
team. I knew I could rely on Cathy and Susan and all of my
Regional Planning Commission colleagues who had worked
together over the years.”
Susan Bartlett echoes that sentiment: “JSC graduates
come from Vermont communities, we stay in Vermont
communities, we get involved in Vermont communities. So
when a crisis occurs, we step up to the plate,” she says.
In addition to being a multigenerational Vermonter,
Michele is a multigenerational JSC alum. Her dad is
a graduate. Her parents met there. And her daughter
Aleda, now working on her master’s degree in guidance
counseling, attended the former JSC Child Development
Center as a child. Because of this deep connection, Michele
serves on the JSC Alumni Council, currently as president.
Cultivating an alumni network is important to Michele,
both personally and professionally, she says. It’s a
network that, during Irene, certainly paid off in a big way
for Vermont. n
Sally Ballin is a freelance writer who lives in Burlington
and teaches writing and public speaking
at the Community College of Vermont.
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SERVE
Realistic
Optimists
“Who wants to live without hope?”
Ellen Hill, for 14 years the inspirational director of JSC’s
service-learning program, left this question hanging in
the air toward the end of our interview. Her words lend
perspective to the situation recent college graduates
face when they head out into an America where
unemployment hovers around 9 percent, where 1 percent
of the population owns nearly 45 percent of the financial
wealth, where “wealth” itself is often casually equated
with “worth.”
Finding work in difficult times after graduation
is challenging enough, let alone finding or making
meaningful work that contributes toward positive change.
But for years — 25 of them, to be exact — thousands
by
Judith Yarnall
The SERVE reunion
during Homecoming
Weekend 2011 included
— what else? —
a local communityservice project. Here
SERVE alums gathered
for the festivities take
a break after a treeplanting project at the
new home of Laraway
Youth & Family Services
in Johnson (below).
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PHOTO: Glenn Callahan
SERVE
of JSC students have had
SERVE began at JSC in 1987 with a grant to place
the opportunity to engage in
student volunteers in the local community. From the
meaningful work well before
beginning, it also sponsored blood drives at JSC, which by
graduation. That’s because the
now have contributed almost 6,000 units to the American
summer of 2011 marked the
Red Cross. Ellen, an undergraduate at JSC in the late
25th anniversary of the Center for 1970s, returned in 1990 to run the fledgling program,
Service Learning — now simply
recharging connections with local agencies and traveling
called “SERVE” — at JSC.
with a small group of students to Jamaica, where they
Dozens of JSC alums who
built a school in the village of Sligoville. She also worked
volunteered with
with Vincent Crockenberg, then
“Aha!” moments
SERVE during their
JSC’s academic dean, to integrate
time here gathered
service learning into the general
large and small
during Homecoming
curriculum, including sections of
2011 to reminisce
required composition courses.
and celebrate
show up in the stories
These initiatives — service trips
Life is never dull for students involved in SERVE.
the program’s
and the melding of academic and
Counter-clockwise, from above: Axel Handy, class of
25-year milestone.
of SERVE alums.
service learning — have borne good
2011, takes the plunge at the annual Polar Splash
For some, their
fruit. In 1991 JSC was invited to be
in February at Lake Elmore to raise funds for a local
SERVE experiences became
a founding chapter of the national Break Away program,
nonprofit; a crew of JSC students spends a sunny
a touchstone guiding future
whose mission is to develop and promote alternative break
Friday sprucing up the playground at the Lamoille
decisions. The radiance of their
programs that inspire lifelong active citizenship. In 1995,
Family Center; students Shani Stoddard and
heartfelt smiles as they played
Johnson was named the “Alternative Break Program of
Khrystyne Bartoswicz show their volunteer pride at
with kids at a D.C. homeless
the Year” at a time when more than 350 colleges and
JSC’s blood drive for the American Red Cross, which
shelter or at a Vietnamese
universities were affiliated with the national program. Today
SERVE hosts each semester in the SHAPE Center;
orphanage — both part of a
SERVE runs at least four Break Away trips a year, both
student and now-alum Angela Twerdok plays with
children in Vietnam during her 2005 Break Away
slide show celebrating SERVE’s
domestic and international, which have involved more than
trip to that country.
25th anniversary — would
100 trips and 1,000 participants to date.
break through almost anyone’s
But the true impact of SERVE is best described by
pessimism. The slides also showed students engaged in
words such as “connection” and “transformation,” not by
plenty of hard labor too: stacking firewood for families just
numbers. Both Ellen and SERVE’s current director, Krista
above the poverty line in Lamoille County, shoveling mud
Swahn, say the most satisfying thing about their work has
left behind in Waterbury by Tropical Storm Irene, repairing
been “watching students grow” and “seeing community
the playground at a local family center.
become a priority in their lives.” Krista speaks of a student
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SERVE
Panel members on
hand for the 2011
reunion of SERVE
volunteers were (from
left): Jasmine Yuris,
class of 2012; Sara
Chesbrough, class of
2003; Jessica Burrill,
former student; Bill
Smith, class of 1999;
and Shelley Boomhower,
former service-learning
coordinator at JSC.
Below, Kaila Fong, class
of 2011, peers down
the chute as she loads
it with newly harvested
carrots for the Vermont
Foodbank; Catherine
Loughney, class of
2001, helps build a
school during a Break
Away trip to Jamaica.
whose capacity for empathy gradually caught up with his
intellectual smarts; Ellen talks of students who start asking
deeper questions about poverty after getting to truly know
people who are homeless and having the opportunity to
engage with them as equals.
“Aha!” moments large and small show up in the stories
of SERVE alums, many of whom shared their reflections as
panel members during Homecoming 2011:
For Toni Little, class of 2011, an “aha!” moment
happened on a trip to post-Katrina New Orleans, where
the organization hosting her JSC group had a four-minute
shower rule that “would have been fine if I were a boy.”
After a day of helping clean up hurricane damage with
limited water, she understood the reason for the rule and
no longer felt that “the Earth was mine for the taking.”
For senior Jasmine Yuris, who grew up in New
Jersey with no gardens nearby and a mother who joked
about “having a black thumb,” it came during a JSC Break
Away trip to Oregon, where she worked on an urban
farm in Portland. Today she’s committed to sustainable
agriculture and the local-food movement — all thanks to
that experience. Now in her final year at JSC, she harvests
a community garden behind the College Apartments; works
at a Morrisville restaurant that uses local, organic produce;
and dreams of one day “living and teaching on the same
land and setting up an alternative school program.”
For Courtney Gabaree, class of 2010, waking up
to issues of local and global hunger meant waking up others
too. She organized a Hunger Banquet at which half of the
guests drew a “lower class” card upon entry. Like half of the
world’s population, they ate minimally, dining on rice and
dirty-colored water as they watched others, including a small
“upper class” minority, enjoy multi-course meals.
For Sara Chesbrough, class of 2003, the “aha!”
moment came after she transferred
to Johnson as a 20-year-old, selfproclaimed “naïve optimist” who
“wanted to save the world and help
everyone!” Through her work with
SERVE, she found a way to put her
passion for social justice to practical
use as “one of a bunch of kids with
backpacks” from JSC who traveled to
Washington, D.C., to work at the CCNV
(Community for Creative Non-Violence)
homeless shelter. Students who may
have felt themselves “poor” before
that trip could not have imagined the
details of poverty and misery they
would encounter — the poor teeth and
stained clothing of people too long on
the streets.“ We basically learned a
lifetime’s worth of human compassion
and suffering in a short week,” Sara
says. “The very people we had come to
‘help’ became our teachers.”
1977 JSC graduate Nat Kinney
followed in Sara’s footsteps, travelling
to work at CCNV in the spring of 1994
with another group of students. They
assumed that they and their sleeping
bags would have the CCNV basement
to themselves, but a freak snowstorm
and the need for overflow shelter found
them sharing the space with mothers
and children. The bond Nat formed with
eight-year-old Darryll — and the bond
they all gradually formed with Darryll’s
SERVE
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homeless shelter in New England,
before working in development for the
UMass Medical School and its Center
for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health
Care and Society.
l Sara Chesbrough, ’03 is a
community activist in Burlington,
where she works as a case manager
for the Committee on Temporary
Shelter (COTS).
l Bill Smith, ’99 — a veteran of five
SERVE trips during the ’90s, including
two to “God’s Love We Deliver,” an
agency in New York City that provides
nourishing meals to people with HIV/
AIDS — lives and works in the city and
still volunteers with the organization.
Last summer, in fact, he raised money
for it and three other agencies on a 3,500-mile bicycle trip
across the U.S.
SERVE Today
Top: Professor Brad Moskowitz (right) and JSC student volunteers show their stuff after hauling trash and
debris from the Lamoille River during a fall 2009 cleanup project. Bottom: Among those attending an October
2010 day of service splitting logs and chopping firewood for a local service organization were Wendy Davis,
JSC staff member (center), and Ellen Hill (second from right), JSC director of experiential learning.
Judith Yarnall
is a former
professor
of writing
and literature
at JSC.
For more
information
about SERVE
and the SERVE
Endowment,
please visit
www.jscserve.
wordpress.com.
mother that week — figures in many of their memories.
A lanky kid riding on Nat’s shoulders, Darryll wanted to
be “just like Nat” when he grew up. He never complained
about his own hunger, but when asked what he would do
if he were Jesus Christ, he had the answer: “I’d make sure
there was enough food on this planet for everyone.”
SERVE volunteers may never know the long-term effects
of their efforts on others, but they know those effects within
themselves — and for many students, those “aha!” moments
have shaped the paths they’ve followed since graduation:
l Jonny Thompson, ’09 — whose SERVE experiences
ranged from pulling old tires out of the Lamoille River with
a group that included Dean of Students David Bergh, to
erecting mailboxes for flood survivors in New Orleans —
recently finished a stint with the Peace Corps in Africa.
l Megan Haggerty Panek, ’97, worked as volunteer
coordinator at the Boston’s Pine Street Inn, the largest
And what of SERVE now? The brick walls of its new
office in the Stearns Student Center display sign-up sheets
for upcoming “SERVE FRI” opportunities — local service
projects that take place each Friday morning when classes
are in session.
The brainchild of writing instructor and JSC alum Russ
Weiss, ’10 (M.A. education), the SERVE FRI program
started in fall 2009 and has become the cornerstone
of the current SERVE program. Recent Friday activities
included Waterbury flood cleanup, firewood stacking
for low-income residents, gleaning at Salvation Farms,
winterizing mobile homes, and service projects at the
North Country Animal League, the Vermont Foodbank and
the Lamoille Family Center.
Krista Swahn, who makes the local connections and
coordinates transportation for SERVE FRIs, also works with
the national Break Away program, where she is a founding
member of its five-year Nicaragua Compact. This agreement
commits JSC and four other schools to sponsor trips to a
single town in Nicaragua, where students work to sustain
water and school improvements they’ve established there.
Over the years, participants on SERVE-sponsored trips
often raised their own money to cover travel expenses, but
in tough times that’s tougher. Now there is a new SERVE
Endowment Fund at JSC to supplement these efforts and
ensure students will continue to have these opportunities.
Bill Smith, one of the many JSC alums who credit
SERVE for expanding their view of the world and instilling
in them the importance of active citizenship, is the fund’s
lead donor. “It only takes a little to make a big difference
in the world,” Bill says, understatedly. That might sound
impossibly rosy to someone who doesn’t know Bill and his
history of service, or his skill at leveraging “little” to arrive
at “big,” or the fact that he’s training for the 2012 NYC
Marathon — for which he is using every mile he runs to
raise funds for charities. n
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2011 Freda Hebb Award
recipient Ron Miller.
Ron Miller was honored with the 2011 Freda Hebb
Award, JSC’s highest staff honor. A longtime member
of the Physical Plant team and JSC’s renowned floorcare expert, Ron maintains buildings flawlessly, and
departments lucky enough to have him as their custodian
are always delighted by the care he provides. In addition
to his exceptional maintenance duties, for more than 20
years Ron has volunteered for athletic events, filming
basketball games and driving the JSC van for team trips.
The Freda Hebb Award is given yearly to an employee
who has been at the College for at least 10 years and
demonstrates the qualities of dedication and service
exemplified by Freda Hebb, class of 1925, who worked at
the College from 1934 to 1972.
Karen Madden, director of Academic Support
Services, received the Jack Anderson Award at the 2011
Vermont Educational Opportunity Programs (VEOP)
conference. This award honors someone who is an active
member of VEOP, a leader in the TRiO community and
a positive champion for student success.
Karen was praised for her unwavering support
of TRiO programs and her recognition by
Vermont’s Congressional delegation for
coordinating a student petition drive against
proposed cuts in federal support for Vermont’s
most vulnerable students. Representing
Sen. Bernie Sanders at the conference,
Phil Fiermonte cited Karen as the driving
force behind the petition and thanked her
for her advocacy. After Karen’s acceptance
speech, speaker Charlie Castelli commented,
“Karen is a woman of few words, unless she
is fighting for funding for TRiO students.”
TRiO is a collection of federally funded
Karen poses with Jack Anderson,
programs designed to help low-income and
Vermont’s first TRiO employee (now
first-generation college students attend and
retired) and namesake of the
succeed in college.
annual VEOP award Karen received.
Also at the VEOP conference, Professor DeAnne
Blueter of JSC’s Behavioral Sciences Department,
was named the 2011 VEOP Educator of the Year.
DeAnne teaches psychology for the summer Upward
Bound program as well as at JSC during the regular
academic year.
HIGHLIGHTS
Associate Professor Henrique Cezar
(Business & Economics) has started a student
Investment Club. The group meets to discuss
finance-related topics and earned top honors
in its first stock-market competition, competing
against St. Michael’s College, Champlain
College and the University of Vermont. The
club’s future plans include financial consulting,
with student members offering financialconsulting services to the JSC community.
Journalism Professor Tyrone Shaw
spent part of the spring 2012 semester
racking up “Frequent Flier” miles.
In a trip sponsored by the U.S. State
Department, he traveled to Latvia in
February to deliver two seminars — one
on media ethics, the other on civic
journalism — to working journalists,
editors and publishers. And during April
break he participated in a student trip
to Cuba focusing on art and literature.
Professor Bill Doyle continues his work
documenting Vermont history and was featured
as one of Vermont’s “Super Seniors” on WCAXTV, the CBS affiliate in Burlington. The segment,
which aired in March, can be viewed online at
www.wcax.com.
comings & goings
Several longtime staff and faculty members retired this year.
We said a fond farewell to staffers Bonnie Griswold
(Upward Bound) , Sally Laughlin (Development) ,
Sue Mann (Environmental & Health Sciences and Mathematics),
Sally Reynolds (Athletics), Sally Searles
(Information Technology) , Walt Reeves (Library) ; and
professors Jerry Anderson and Gene Sapadin
(Humanities), and Darlene Witte (Education).
New to JSC are Assistant Professor Greg Petrics
(Mathematics) and staff members Andrea Bordeau
(Admissions) , Diana Gonsalves (Financial Aid) ,
Lauren Philie and Lisa Baranyay, ’94
(Development & Alumni Relations) , Mary Hogan (Fine &
Performing Arts) , Emily Neilsen (First-Year Experience)
and Jamie Ventura (Athletics) .
The Remarkable Renovation of
Bentley
Sparkling new labs and teaching spaces support
the College’s research-focused science curriculum
R
enovations to our science
facility, Bentley Hall,
wrapped up just in time
for fall 2011. The JSC
community celebrated
with an open house in October that
included student presentations and
hands-on activities — including
temporary DNA tattoos and a “genes
in a bottle” event — in addition to
tours and displays.
The transformation of Bentley Hall
is remarkable, with sparkling new
science labs, seminar rooms, faculty
offices and informal gathering and
study spaces throughout.
From a structural standpoint,
the most impressive change is the
removal of the massive central
(concrete!) staircase and the creation
of floors on the second and third
levels where the stair openings used
to be, as well as the relocation of
stairways to both ends of the building,
the construction of a new entrance
at a new location, the creation of
a glass-enclosed seminar room on
the main floor, and a new corridor
and study area on the main floor
overlooking the campus quad. The
skylight that previously looked down
on the stairwell now illuminates a
third-floor lounge. Hue-changing
lights in the well of the skylight
provide alternating displays of color
inside and out after sunset.
With JSC’s focus on facultymentored undergraduate research
— a focus that’s grown exponentially
in recent years — the laboratory and
related upgrades are being put to
good use. JSC research has attracted
Hall
Top: Doing the honors at the ribbon cutting were (from left) architect Alex
Halpern of Freeman French Freeman, JSC President Barbara Murphy, biology
senior Ryan Joy and Professor Liz Dolci. Bottom: An environmental-sciences
student works in the Bentley Hall artificial streams lab.
PHOTO: Jason Johnson
a lot of attention this year, both
within Vermont and nationally, and
for good reason. Among the recent
developments:
The Vermont Genetics Network
(VGN) has renewed grants funding
three major research projects at
JSC: humor development in infants
(commonly referred to as “JSC’s
laughing babies study” and featured
in the 09/10 issue of Johnson Views);
the characteristics of extremophiles
in the former Vermont Asbestos
Group mine in Lowell and Eden;
and the effects of exercise on
people with chronic asthma. They
are led, respectively, by Professors
Gina Mireault, Liz Dolci and Hans
Haverkamp, and students provide
significant research support for all
three. VGN grants support research
projects in biology and medical fields
at baccalaureate colleges in Vermont
and are highly competitive.
With Environmental & Health
Sciences Professor Robert Genter as
Clockwise, from top left: Students determine blood type from samples collected during open house festivi-
ties; one of the new stairwells in Bentley Hall; a new sky-lit lounge on the third floor fills space previously
used for a stairway; the new chemistry lab.
principal investigator, JSC is partnering
with the University of Vermont (UVM)
on water-quality research in the
Lake Champlain Basin. The five-year
research project is funded with a
$20 million grant from the National
Science Foundation to Vermont
EPSCoR (Experimental Program to
Stimulate Competitive Research). Sen.
Patrick Leahy announced the award at
UVM in October 2011.
JSC is involved in another Vermont
EPSCoR project, this one funded by
a $1 million grant from the National
Science Foundation. The grant will be
used to connect VSC institutions and
the University of Vermont with highspeed fiber-optic cables and other
information-sharing technologies
in order to facilitate collaborative
research. With Liz Dolci as lead,
JSC is receiving a two-year award to
support a “cyber specialist” who will
develop a bioinformatics course that
will be offered across the VSC system
and taught by faculty at UVM and
other faculty in the Northeast. The
new award also provides funding to
connect a network of K-12 schools,
libraries, museums, art galleries and
hospitals in Vermont.
The PBS science series NOVA
will include Gina Mireault’s research
on infant humor development in an
upcoming episode on laughter. The
segment is being filmed in Boston with
NOVA host and New York Times writer
David Pogue in summer 2012.
JSC Names Ventura
New Athletics Director
Johnson State College has appointed Jamey Ventura as
also led several successful community-outreach programs
the college’s new director of athletics and recreation,
with student-athletes while at Wells.
replacing longtime director Barbara Lougee who retired
At both Wells and GMC, Ventura
in January 2011.
increased the student-athlete
Ventura brings more than seven years of combined
retention to more than 80 percent
experience as athletics director and women’s soccer coach for six straight years, and at
at Wells College in Aurora, N.Y., and Green Mountain
GMC he doubled the number of
College in Poultney, Vt. Ventura facilitated impressive
student-athletes at the college.
growth and development of the athletic departments at
As women’s soccer coach at
both of those NCAA Division III institutions.
GMC, he led the team to an 18-1
“We are very pleased to have Jamey join us,” said Dean record and claimed the Division
of Students David Bergh. “I believe he has the skills and
III independent championship.
experience to help us build on the strong
“It is
foundation that has been established in
extremely
“It is truly an exciting
JSC athletics and take the program to
important to me
time of transition within
higher levels of success.”
that studentJohnson State athletics, athletes at JSC
“It is truly an exciting time of transition
within Johnson State athletics, and to have
have a positive
and to have a person
a person the caliber of Jamey Ventura to
experience
the caliber of
come in and lead our staff only adds to
while
Jamey Ventura
that feeling,” added Assistant Director of
competing as
to come in and lead
Athletics Michael Osborne. “His experience
a Badger,”
and his professional skill set and demeanor
Ventura said.
our staff only adds
are exactly what we were looking for during
“I value their commitment level to be
to that feeling.”
our search, and we could not feel better
successful in their sport, in the classroom
Dean of Students David Bergh
about the hire.”
and in the community.”
Ventura had been athletics director and
Ventura holds an MBA with a specialty
head women’s soccer coach at Wells College since 2007.
in corporate finance and a bachelor’s degree in psychology
Under his leadership the department has produced 50
with a concentration in education. He has pledged to work
conference scholar-athletes who achieved a grade point
hard at JSC to “maximize every budgeted dollar and raise
average of 3.4 or higher while also seeing 12 of the 13
donations for the College, which will be key to alleviating
varsity programs qualify for their conference playoffs. He
budgetary constraints and allowing growth to occur.” n
WHO COACHED THAT TEAM WHEN?
We’re missing the names of several JSC coaches for years past and hope you can help us update our records. If you know who coached the
following teams during the time periods listed, please let us know! Please send your updates to Michael Osborne by email (michael.osborne@
jsc.edu) or phone (800-635-2356), or use the envelope inserted into this issue and mail us.
Thank you for your help!
MEN
WOMEN
Baseball '70, '73-'91, '93
Basketball: '88; '90
Soccer: '90
MEN & WOMEN
Basketball '77-'78
Cross Country '87-'93; '98-'99
Tennis: '98 to '99, '01
Lacrosse '03
Softball: '87-'89; '91; '93; '96
Skiing: '84-'91; '94
Season Snapshots
Bethany Preuss
Ryan Demars
MEN’S & WOMEN'S
CROSS COUNTRY
JSC’s men’s and women’s cross
country teams are in their first season
under new
head coach
Camille
Campanile,
who also
has joined
the Athletics
Department as
coordinator of
student-athlete
development.
Kayden Keith
The 2011-12
season was highlighted by a fourthplace finish for both teams. The men
finished fourth at the 11-team Blazer
Invitational hosted by Elms College.
Senior Kayden Keith (Morrisville, Vt./
Peoples Academy) led the team with
a 64th place finish at the 2011 North
Atlantic Conference championships.
The women’s team, meanwhile,
secured a fourth-place finish at the
Green Mountain Invitational hosted
by Green Mountain College. The
team came in ninth at the 2011
North Atlantic Conference (NAC)
championships and saw senior
Bethany Preuss (Boonton Township,
N.J./Mountain Lakes) run to a 34th
place finish to lead the team.
MEN’S
SOCCER
With JSC alum and second-year
coach Ray Campanile at the helm,
the men finished their 2011 season
with a 4-11-1 overall record, 1-8 in
the NAC. Senior forward Ryan Demars
(Morrisville, Vt./Peoples Academy) led
the team in scoring with 13 points
on five goals and three assists while
earning All-NAC Second Team
honors. Again this year, the Badgers
were honored with the NAC Team
Sportsmanship Award.
Women's soccer players (from top): Chelsea
Hostetter, Ally Bataille and Jennifer Ferrari
WOMEN’S
SOCCER
Also under the leadership of Ray
Campanile, the 2011 Johnson State
women’s soccer team completed
its 2011 season with a solid 8-5-3
record, 3-4-2 in the NAC. The
Badgers earned the #7 seed in the
NAC playoffs and battled valiantly
against #2 Colby-Sawyer. The teams
played to 0-0 through regulation
and overtime before the Chargers
N E W S
advanced 5-4 on penalty kicks.
Johnson’s first-year forward Chelsea
Hostetter (Morrisville, Vt./Peoples
Academy) was named NAC Rookie
of the Year and also earned All-NAC
First Team honors while leading the
Badgers in scoring with 37 points on
15 goals and seven assists. Joining
Hostetter on the NAC First Team
was sophomore goalkeeper Amber
McCullock (Morrisville, Vt./Peoples
Academy). McCullock led all of NCAA
Division III in save percentage with
.918. All-NAC Second Team honorees
included senior defender Kathryn
Johnson (Hyde Park, Vt./Lamoille),
sophomore midfielder Jennifer Ferrari
(Westfield, Mass./Westfield), and junior
forward Ally Bataille (Waterbury, Vt./
Harwood).
ATHLETICS
was led by standout junior setter Kylie
VanEtten (Montrose, Penn/Elk Lake)
who led the Badgers with 173 assists,
166 digs and 45 service aces while
also providing 27 kills.
(17.6 ppg) and 3-point field goals (76).
Robertson was named NAC Rookie of
the Week four times during the year.
MEN’S
The 2011 JSC softball team finished
the season 5-21 overall, 3-11 in the
NAC, led by third-year head coach
Robert Gervais. The team took a
spring trip to Florida — a tremendous
experience for the program — and
played six games over three days.
Junior Meagan Russ (Burlington, Vt./
Burlington) once again led the pitching
staff, while rookie outfielder Amber
McCullock (Morrisville, Vt./Peoples
Academy), who also was the starting
keeper for the soccer team and a
member of the women’s basketball
team, led the team in hitting.
BASKETBALL
In 2011-12, the men’s basketball
squad finished 6-20 overall, 6-12 in
the NAC, under seventh-year head
coach Michael Osborne. The Badgers
finished in a three-way tie for sixth
in the regular-season NAC standings
and played as the #7 seed in the NAC
playoffs at #2 Colby-Sawyer. The
Badgers competed well but dropped
a 75-69 decision. Johnson was led
by junior point guard Andy Bousono
(Philadelphia, Pa./Nueva Esperanza),
who led the team in scoring (12.1
ppg), assists (5.2 apg) and steals
(2.3 spg). The Badgers were honored
for a consecutive season with the
NAC Team Sportsmanship Award,
and they look to return their top six
scorers in 2012-13.
WOMEN’S
SOFTBALL
Meagan Russ
Amber McCullock
WOMEN’S
BASKETBALL
Ira Tillberg
MEN’S
GOLF
In its third season of play, the team
experienced the loss of Head Coach
Lou Jarvis, who died in Sept. 30, 2011,
after a year-long battle with esophageal
cancer. (See tribute on page 52.) With
the assistance of interim head coach
Bill Boldwin, the Badgers persevered
through the adversity and finished sixth
at the NAC championships. Johnson
served as the host institution in 2011
and saw senior Ira Tillberg (Randolph,
Vt./Randolph) finish in 25th place to lead
the team.
The women’s team finished the
2011-12 season 4-21 overall, 2-16 in
the NAC, under first-year head coach
Greg Eckman. Senior guard Andrea
Deuell (Milton, Vt./Milton) surpassed
the 1,000 career-point mark in the
final game of the season, ending her
career ranked in the top 10 all-time at
JSC in several categories. First-year
guard Brittany Robertson (Burlington,
Vt./Burlington) had a standout rookie
year, leading the team in scoring
Kylie VanEtten
WOMEN’S
VOLLEYBALL
In the team’s third season, led by
head coach Mark Kaufman, the
Badgers took another small step
forward, posting the most wins in the
program’s short history. JSC finished
4-15, 1-6 in the NAC. Honored for the
third consecutive season with the NAC
Team Sportsmanship Award, the team
Andy Bousono
WOMEN’S
2 0 1 2
TENNIS
JSC women’s tennis finished the 2011
season with a 0-13 overall record,
0-8 in the NAC
led by third-year
coach Michele
Whitmore. The
Badgers fell 9-0
in the North
Eastern Athletic
Conference
Kate Murphy
East Division
semifinals to Castleton State but were
honored to receive the NEAC East
Team Sportsmanship Award for the
third season in a row. JSC had junior
Emily Miller (Tucson, Ariz./Ironwood
Ridge) at #1 singles, while sophomore
Kate Murphy (Westfield, Vt./North
Country) was named to the NAC AllTournament Team.
GOLF TOURNEY!
Mark your calendars and
plan to join in the fun!
Maxwell Connolly
MEN’S
LACROSSE
Under the leadership of second-year
head coach Matt Heitman, the 2011
edition of JSC lacrosse experienced
a 1-10 season, 1-65 in the NAC.
Sophomore Maxwell Connolly
(Rollinsford, N.H./St. Thomas Aquinas)
was named to the NAC First Team
in 2011 after earning Second Team
honors as a rookie. In addition to
Connolly, the Badgers leaned on the
scoring of seniors Alex Petti (East
Greenwich, R.I./East Greenwich) and
Justin Connolly (Jeffersonville, Vt./
Lamoille).
MEN’S
TENNIS
Ryan Joy
James Dempsey
First-year head coach Laura Laramee
saw her team go 6-6 overall, 5-3
in the NAC East Division, in 2011.
The Badgers beat Lyndon State in
the NAC East semifinals to make
it to the Finals, where they fell 7-2
to Castleton State. Junior Ryan Joy
(North Montpelier, Vt./U-32) once
again earned NAC Singles First Team
honors, as well as NAC Doubles
First Team honors with freshman
Chance Swafford (North Troy, Vt./
North Country). Junior Ben Algar (Old
Lyme, Conn./Lyme-Old Lyme) and junior
James Dempsey (Lincoln, Vt./Mount
Abraham) teamed up to make the NAC
Doubles First Team as well.
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Memorial
GOLF TOURNAMENT
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June 1, 2012
Stowe Country Club
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with lunch to follow.
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N E W S
Hall
of
Fame
ATHLETICS
2 011 I N D U C T E E S
Johnson State College celebrated the newest members of the JSC Athletics Hall of Fame and celebrated longtime Hall of Fame supporters
at a dinner during Homecoming/Reunion weekend on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011. Board members also adopted resolutions of
appreciation for outgoing Hall of Fame chair David Rousselle and retiring JSC Director of Development & Alumni Relations Sally Laughlin.
The new Hall of Fame members are:
I N D I V I D UA L M E M B E R S
Sean Fitzgerald ’91
While at JSC, Sean captained the men’s
basketball team for three years. In February of his junior year, he scored his 1,000th
point and ultimately finished JSC with 1,600 career points. During the 1989-90
season, Sean was second in the U.S. for rebounding. In his career-high game, he
scored 54 points and 22 rebounds against Green Mountain College. He made the
“All Tournament” team in 1990 and the “All Conference” team in 1990 and 1991.
Sean also served as a resident assistant for two years and participated in various
intramurals during his time at JSC.
Sean earned a B.S. in health science from JSC then went on to earn a B.S. in biology
from St. Michael’s College and a master in physical therapy from the University of
Sean Fitzgerald
Vermont. After a year at Fletcher Allen Sports & Orthopedic Rehab Center, he opened
Momentum Physical Therapy, which now has locations in Burlington and Jericho. In addition to coaching
youth soccer and basketball, Sean is a certified national strength and conditioning coach who has worked
with athletes since 1995.
Michael Osborne ’98
During his four years on the JSC basketball team, Michael
helped lead the team to the Mayflower Championship game in his freshman and senior years, and in his
sophomore year his team gained the regular-season Mayflower championship. He served as captain for
two years and in his junior year was the team’s leading scorer. Michael finished his career as the school’s
all-time leader in career 3-point field goals. He played in the 1998 All-Mayflower Conference and also made
the 1998 Mayflower Conference All-Tournament Team. During college he also was
a camp instructor for the Northern Vermont Hoop Camp (NVHC) and Small Fry
Clinics, which he now directs. Enrollment in the NVHC has tripled during the six
years of Michael’s leadership.
After earning his B.S. in health sciences and physical education from JSC, Michael spent two years coaching high school basketball in Maine and Vermont. In
2004 he found his way back to the gym, joining Central Maine Community College
(CMCC) in Auburn, Maine, as assistant to the director of athletics and assistant
men’s basketball coach. The following year he returned to JSC to become assistant director of athletics, sports information director, and head men’s basketball
Michael Osborne
coach – roles he continues to carry out today. The men’s basketball team has
won 50 games during Michael’s tenure. Among his many accomplishments at JSC, Michael served as men’s
lacrosse team coach for two seasons, leading the team to a 15-11 record and the program’s first North
Atlantic Conference playoff berth and win; helped add two new varsity sports to JSC; assisted in the renovation of the SHAPE Center; and led the implementation of an athletics-dedicated website, www.athletics.jsc.edu.
The 1998-99 team, back in the day
TEAM MEMBER
The 1998-99 Women’s
Basketball Team
The 1998-99 JSC women’s basketball team finished
its Mayflower Conference championship season
with a 20-4 season record. Many members have
standing records at the College, including Holly
Patterson (all-time highest scoring game with 35
points at Atlantic Union College in November 1999),
Tiffany Corey Esslinger (1st place for blocked shots,
with 255), Sara MacDonough Civitello (3rd place for
blocked shots, with 100), Meghan Brown (tied for
7th place with Holly Patterson), and Amanda Burby
and Sarah Parker (9th and 10th place, respectively).
Many of these players hold multiple records that
have stood for more than 10 years. We are proud to
recognize the team’s accomplishments by naming it
to the JSC Athletics Hall of Fame.
Bob Stevens
Dave Rousselle
Greg Martineau ’93
Greg was a member of the 1990 JSC Hall of Fame soccer team and
played on the team all four years of his JSC career. He still holds the JSC career record for most assists (24).
He scored a career-total of 48 points and was named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America
All-America Team in 1992, the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) All-New England Team
in 1990 and 1992, the NAIA District 5 First Team in 1992, and the All-Mayflower First Team in 1991 and
1992. Greg earned his degree in education from JSC and is currently a principal with the Hopkinton Public
Schools in Massachusetts.
H O N O R A RY I N D U C T E E
Sally Reynolds
Having recently retired from JSC, Sally is as
dedicated an individual who has ever served the College. Her commitment, longevity and consistent support of the Athletics Department made her an obvious
choice for the newest honorary Hall of Fame member. Sally came to JSC in 1971
and gave almost 40 years to this institution. Starting with the Upward Bound
Program, she served as assistant to the president from 1981 to 1990 and then
moved to the Athletics Department, where she worked as staff assistant until
August 2011. A familiar and friendly face at the SHAPE Center, she was a great
ambassador for JSC and the JSC Badgers.
Sally Reynolds
“She’s simply the best and JSC has been lucky indeed to have had Sally taking
care of whatever she was asked to do over these past years,” said former JSC President Eric R. Gilbertson.
“To say that I admire her is an understatement. I am grateful for the privilege of having worked with her and
even more grateful to have become her personal friend.”
Charlie Mason
Above: JSC staff member Ron Miller (left), longtime
Badger fan and videographer for the 98-99 women’s
basketball team, joined several members of the
team to celebrate their induction into the JSC
Athletics Hall of Fame. On hand with Ron
(from left) are former coach and JSC Athletics
Director Barbara Lougee, Sarah Parker, Sara MacDonough Civitello, Meghan Nye Sweeny
and Sarah Greene. Hall of Fame presenters, at right:
Bob Stevens, ’69, board chair; Dave Rousselle, ’76,
immediate past chair; Charlie Mason, former JSC
coach; Dr. Peter Kramer, former JSC professor
and coach; and Ken Burrill, board member
and recently retired JSC professor.
Dr. Peter Kramer
Ken Burrill
We had a number of
fundraising highlights
this past year, including the receipt
of our first million-dollar gift,
recognized by naming the
Willey Library and Learning Center;
the installation of the
Chesamore Bell & Alumni Clock
Tower; the kickoff of our new
“Increase Our Base” campaign;
and the launching of a three-pronged
Visual Arts Campaign.
Chesamore Bell &
Alumni Clock Tower
The Chesamore Bell & Alumni Clock Tower was
dedicated during Homecoming Weekend 2011.
The 20-foot tower, installed on the campus green in
front of the Stearns Student Center, houses the College’s
historic Chesamore Bell and a three-sided, satellitelinked clock that is accurate to the minute. The tower is
to become the center of a donors’ plaza that will serve
as a highly visible acknowledgement of donations to the
aptly titled “Increase Our Base” campaign.
Following the Reunion Luncheon, attendees braved
a cold rain to officially dedicate the new addition to
campus. “This project ties the old with the new, using
the common symbol of the historic Chesamore Bell,
which hung in the College’s first building [Chesamore
Hall] from 1873 until the 1970s, calling generations
of students to class — and it marks the start of our
campaign to increase donations to the College,” said
Mark Heinrich, class of ’69, who led the fundraising
drive for the tower.
The “silent drive,” carried out in the spring and
summer of 2011, led to donations from 20 alumni,
longtime donors, and current and retired faculty and
staff. Assisting Mark Heinrich with the drive was
Michael Luck, class of ’70. Those making gifts of $5,000
(“Founders”) and $2,500 (“Benefactors”) are recognized
on a plaque at the base of the tower.
Over the next several years, the Development
Office will use the donors plaza surrounding the bell
as the focus for the “Increase Our Base” campaign.
G I V I N G
The goal is to double both the number of donors and
the amount of donations to JSC. Donations of at least
$500 pledged over no more than five years can be
earmarked for scholarships, the President’s Fund,
the JSC Annual Fund or the Library Fund and will be
recognized by a brick in the plaza recognizing the
donor or his or her designee.
The Visual Arts Campaign
As renovation and construction work began on
the Visual Arts Center in May 2011, JSC launched a
campaign to increase support for the visual arts at
the College. The campaign is aimed both at naming
opportunities and at raising funds for scholarships for
AT
J S C
PHILANTHROPY
Scholarships from Endowments
and Private Philanthropy
At Honors Convocation in May 2011, JSC presented
$125,875 in the form of 202 named scholarships and
prizes to deserving students. This amount, raised from
private philanthropy and endowment interest, can
be expected to grow substantially in coming years as
promised endowments are realized. Of
the amount awarded this year, the largest
scholarship endowment, the Carrie
Hubbard Stewart Endowment, provided
$20,000 to women working their way
through college.
Preceded by a tea and followed
by dinner with the president, Honors
Convocation is a favorite event of major
donors, who have the opportunity to
Union Bank President David Silverman
meet the students their gifts are directly
met student Kathryn Johnson, recipient
benefiting — and of course all of them
of a Union Bank scholarship, at JSC’s
receive personal thank-you letters from
2011 Honors Convocation.
scholarship recipients afterward.
New Alumni &
Development Leadership
undergraduate and graduate students in the studio arts.
Noted Canadian sculptor Won Lee, who earned his
M.F.A. from Johnson in 2007, is serving as honorary
campaign chair and has already named the Sculpture
Studio. Other spaces already named include the
Photography Studio, named by Brooks Buxton in honor
of JSC Professor John Miller. With the new building now
online and a number of special events and mailings
being planned, we look forward to wrapping up a
successful campaign at Homecoming 2012.
The Willey Library
& Learning Center
We are thrilled to have named the Willey Library &
Learning Center in recognition of a legacy gift from
longtime donors Richard E. Willey, JSC class of 1971,
and his wife, Rosalind S. Weiss. The $1 million gift,
in the form of an irrevocable bequest, will be divided
between the JSC Library Endowment and the Julia V. &
Ervin L. Willey Scholarship Endowment. (See page 8 for
the complete story.)
At the July 2011 meeting of the JSC Alumni Council,
members elected Michele Boomhower, class of ’93,
president and Mark Huff, class of ’95, vice president.
Professor Emeritus Alice Whiting, meanwhile, stepped
down after five years as president, to universal thanks
and acclaim. She will continue as a Council member.
With the retirement of longtime director of
development & alumni relations Sally Laughlin (see
page 30), Lauren Philie has been named the new
director at Johnson State. Lauren served as associate
director under Sally for four months prior to Sally’s
retirement and has already made connections with
many donors and alumni. Before coming to JSC, Lauren
was director of development for River Arts in Morrisville.
“Lauren brings development experience and high
enthusiasm to the position,” says Sally, adding, “I have
greatly enjoyed working with the wonderful alums and
supporters of JSC. It has been a privilege and an honor
to be here.”
For information on how you can help secure the future
of Johnson State College and support future generations
of JSC students, please contact:
Lauren Philie, director of development and alumni relations
800-635-2356, ext. 1657
[email protected].
phone
email
Lauren Ph
ilie
“People who work at JSC tend to stay a long time,”
says Sally Laughlin. “They have a lot of loyalty, because
there are so many wonderful things about the College.”
Sally, longtime director of development and alumni
relations at JSC, is a living testament to that statement. She
arrived at Johnson in March 1994 and retired in January
2012, on her 70 th birthday, after 18 years.
With the dedication of the Willey Library & Learning
Center in September 2011 in honor of the College’s first $1
million gift (see page 8), Sally departed on an especially
high note. Her tenure is framed by this impressive gift and
a $1.5 million grant she secured her first year from the
Freeman Foundation to support JSC’s fledgling Hospitality
& Tourism Management program.
Endowments, too, have grown significantly since Sally’s
arrival. When she first came to Johnson, these funds —
most for scholarships and the library; others for special
academic projects — totaled $99,730. By the time she
left, that figure had climbed to $2.3 million. “It’s lovely to
have been here for enough years to look back and see how
we’ve grown,” she reflects, modestly.
“Making connections with people who are proud of their
relationship to the College” is the key to building endowments
and raising funds, Sally says, adding that the process is an
ongoing one. She cites the tale of George Stewart of nearby
Cambridge, whom Sally called weekly for years.
These weekly conversations resulted in his pledge of
$20,000 to create the Carrie Hubbard Stewart Scholarship
Endowment in honor of his mother. The endowment
supports working women making their way through JSC,
Sally stands with Richard E. Willey, JSC class of 1971, at the dedication of the Willey Library & Learning
Center, which was named in honor of a $1 million gift from him and his wife, Rosalind S. Weiss.
in honor of his late mother, who graduated
from JSC in 1913. When Sally called to tell him
about a grant the College had received to match new
endowments, George quickly revised the amount: “‘Then
I’m going to give $100,000!’ he exclaimed,” Sally recalls.
Sally describes that $100,000 phone call: “‘I’ll send you
a check!’ he bellowed. ‘Well, don’t send it by ordinary mail.
Take it to the post office and send it certified,’ I said, to
which he replied, ‘I don’t know when I can get to the post
office because my car doesn’t have any brakes, and I can’t
get under it to fix them myself until I feel better, and I’m
not going to pay somebody else to do it!’”
One way or another, of course, the check made it
to Johnson — and the endowment has been awarding
scholarships to deserving JSC students ever since.
In addition to raising funds for the College and
G I V I N G
AT
J S C
PHILANTHROPY
Sally's retirement party
on January 5, 2012
drew many longtime
friends from her
years serving the JSC
community.
From left are Sally
shepherding its alumni program, Sally has been
instrumental in establishing the archives and maintaining
an inventory of JSC’s named and memorial spaces.
“I consider the archives a high point of Sally’s
accomplishments at Johnson,” says Professor Emeritus
Alice Whiting, Class of 1956, who recently stepped down
as chair of the JSC Alumni Council. “Preserving our history
made major strides under Sally’s leadership.”
Before coming to JSC, Sally lived in Woodstock and
served for 20 years as executive director of the Vermont
Institute of Natural Science (VINS), which conducts
environmental research and promotes environmental
education in schools. This is her other passion.
Sally is deservedly proud to be the co-editor with
Douglas Kibbee of the 1985 Atlas of the Breeding Birds
of Vermont, the result of a survey by numerous VINS
volunteers spanning five years — the first of its kind to be
her father, a ninth-generation Vermonter, from Castleton.
She left Woodstock when she married husband Peter
Krusch, who still runs “a lovely farm” in Cambridge, as she
puts it. And last November, to her delight, she welcomed a
new granddaughter, Adeline, into the world. That’s where
Sally is directing her love and attention these days.
Of course, that’s not the only place receiving her love
and attention post-retirement. At a party in early January
celebrating Sally’s many accomplishments at JSC, she was
told to expect an invitation to serve on the Ellsworth Trust,
which among other things sponsors an annual lecture at
JSC and supports students in history, the humanities and
political science.
And her love and affection for JSC will live on in other
ways, too: Sally has stipulated in her will that 10 percent of
her estate go to the JSC Alumni Scholarship Endowment. n
with Tom & Sue Carney
and Ken & Susan
Burrill; with Don and
Susan Collins; and
with JSC President
Barbara Murphy and
David Faile ’68.
by Sally Ballin
published in North America. And
to this day, she has served as chair or
vice chair for more than 30 years of the
Vermont Endangered Species Committee.
In March 2010, Sally received the first CVPSZetterstrom Environmental Award at a Statehouse
ceremony in which she was honored as “a leading wildlife
advocate and scientist whose work was instrumental
in restoring three species of endangered birds in
Vermont.” Given by Central Vermont Public Service
utility, the award is named for Meeri Zetterstrom, the
Milton woman who prodded CVPS to install osprey
nesting platforms on its utility posts so the population
could be revived.
Sally is a Vermonter through and through: her mother,
a seventh-generation Vermonter, hailed from Rockingham;
Sally poses with Lauren Philie, who took
over as JSC’s director of development
and alumni relations upon Sally’s
retirement. “I am thrilled to be at JSC,”
Lauren says. “Having spent so many
years working with small nonprofits, I
am excited about all the possibilities
a college campus brings.” She adds,
“I was fortunate to spend four months
with Sally before she left, which gave
me the opportunity to absorb some
of her 18 years’ worth of knowledge. I
realize I have some big shoes to fill and
will work hard to carry on her legacy.”
ALUMNI
A S S O C I AT I O N
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 the best and
brightest — alumni who have made outstanding contributions in their personal and professional
lives since graduating from JSC at least 10 years prior — for Presidential Alumni Awards. Recipients
are honored every year during Homecoming/Reunion Weekend. Here are the 2011 honorees.
Distinguished Alumni Award
Given in recognition of the many
contributions of JSC alumni to society
through outstanding career and
public service achievements.
Richard Westman
A lifelong resident of Cambridge,
Rich Westman is a state senator
representing Lamoille County. He
spent his childhood and young
adulthood working on his family’s
farm and earned a degree in political
science from JSC in 1982. Rich first
ran for the state legislature at age
21 and was elected to the Vermont
House in his second attempt, in
1982. He subsequently represented
Cambridge, Waterville and Belvidere
in the House for 27 years, holding
a number of leadership positions
along the way. In 1999, he accepted
a position with the Vermont Student
Assistance Corporation (VSAC), becoming director of
the Vermont Higher Education Investment Plan. He
helped launch the plan, which grew to nearly $100
million over 10 years, giving hundreds of Vermont parents
and grandparents a way to save for their children’s and
grandchildren’s college education. In 2009, he left his
position at VSAC and stepped down from the legislature
to become Vermont tax commissioner, a position to which
he was appointed by Gov. Jim Douglas. This fall, he ran
for the Senate and won his current position. In addition
to his service in the Legislature, Rich has served on a
number of boards, including those of Copley Hospital,
Lamoille Home Health and Hospice, the University of
Vermont, the Campaign to End Childhood Hunger, the
Second Congregational UCC Church in Jeffersonville, and
the Vermont Center for the Book.
Distinguished Staf f Award
Given in recognition of outstanding commitment and
dedication to the mission of Johnson State College
Ellen Hill
Now in her 20 th year at JSC, Ellen is JSC’s director of
experiential learning, which focuses on civic engagement,
experiential education and community partnerships. She
directs the Nonprofit Management Certificate program,
supports faculty who want to integrate service learning into
their curricula, and supervises interns in psychology and
nonprofit management. Prior to joining JSC, Ellen was a
Peace Corps volunteer in rural Jamaica, where she was a
small-business consultant, and a community development
trainer in the Solomon Islands, South Pacific. During her
time at JSC, she has worked with countless student leaders
who are active in service, leadership and social justice. “I
have the best job in higher education,” Ellen writes. “I have
the honor of working with passionate, talented people who
are catalysts for social change. Every year students amaze
me with their achievements that make positive changes in
our world.” In summer 2011, Ellen was named one of 100
“Active Citizens and Movement Builders” in the U.S. by
Break Away: the Alternative Break Connection, a national
organization based in Atlanta that develops community
service programs for students on vacation breaks.
P R E S I D E N T ' S
These awards
are presented
to alumni
who have
made
outstanding
business and
community
Distinguished F aculty Award
Given in recognition of outstanding
faculty for teaching, service,
scholarship and dedication to the
students of Johnson State College
Professor
Elizabeth Dolci,
Ph.D.
Liz Dolci joined the JSC faculty in
1992 after spending 15 years as a
research scientist in cell biology at
Yale University and the University
of Vermont. A resident of Georgia,
VT, she holds a Ph.D. from the
University of Michigan. She spent
her 2006-2007 academic year
sabbatical as full-time director
of the Vermont Science Initiative
(VSI), a professional-development
program for elementary and middle
school teachers designed to improve
the teaching of science. She is
the recipient of a Math/Science
Partnership grant from the Vermont
Department of Education that
supports both the implementation
and expansion of this statewide
initiative. When she is not teaching,
she enjoys gardening, cooking
with her spouse, hiking, kayaking,
snowshoeing and traveling.
“Being a research scientist for many
years has greatly influenced my role
as an educator,” says Liz. “I find the
essential motivating forces for me
as a teacher are students who are
engaged in learning, eager to deepen
their knowledge, and think critically
about the world around them.”
accomplishments
in
their careers
and lives.
Service to
the College
is one of
many factors
considered.
Alumni under
consideration
for this award
must have
graduated a
minimum of
10 years ago.
Nominations
are made
by faculty,
staff and
alumni, with
selection
by the
College
president.
Joel Krasnove Class of 1976
Joel is chief operating officer of Adirondack Studios, which creates
environments for everything from museums to casinos to shopping malls,
including sets for the Boston Opera
and Broadway plays, in locations as
far away as Singapore, the site of the
company’s Adirondack Asia branch.
After graduating from JSC in 1976,
Joel followed a suggestion from his
technical theater instructor at JSC and
went to Manhattan, where he found
work in on- and off-Broadway shows.
In 1983, he and his wife moved to
Glens Falls to work for Adirondack
Studios for nine years. Although new
career opportunities kept emerging
— running Nickelodeon’s creative arts
network in California or the non-digital
side of Digital Domain, a premier
visual-effects company, for example —
he was lured back East by Viacom.
In 2008, having had enough of
corporations and cities, Joel came
Joel Krasnove with President Murphy
back to upstate New York, where the
owners of Adirondack Productions convinced him to take over their company.
Today, Joel and his wife, Nikki DeCenzo, live on 15 acres near Saratoga Springs.
His youngest son, Jake, lives nearby; his oldest son, Nick, is in college in New
Paltz; and his daughter, Catherine Hooper, founded a company called “Black
Umbrella” that focuses on disaster preparedness and was recently featured in
The New York Times.
Cathleen M. Voyer Class of 2009
Cathy “brings a passion to anything she does. She gives her all in whatever
setting she’s in, and has a power of luring you in and making you care” says
Betsy Bishop, president of the
Vermont Chamber of Commerce.
Currently executive vice president of
the Associated General Contractors of
Vermont, a position she has held since
October 2009, Cathy has served as a
state legislator and a director of several
programs within the Vermont Agency
of Human Services (AHS).
As an adult student in JSC’s
External Degree Program, she received
her B.S. in political science, business
and public administration in May
2009 and represented her class as
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Cathleen Voyer
P R E S I D E N T ' S
Cathleen M. Voyer continued
one of the Commencement speakers that year. She was
first elected to the Vermont House in 1994, representing
the Lamoille 2-2 district. During her eight years in the
legislature, she served on the House Judiciary Committee,
spearheaded a bill that created a state DNA database and
helped write the law that provided civil unions for same-sex
couples.
After narrowly losing a bid for the Senate in 2002, she
was appointed director of the state’s Office of Economic
Opportunity by Governor Jim Douglas. She also chaired
the Vermont Interagency Council on Homelessness for
six years and was director of housing, transportation and
legislative affairs within AHS.
Susan Bartlett Class of 1977
(M.A. Education)
Susan is special assistant to Governor Peter Shumlin on
projects that include substance abuse, early education,
affordable housing and reforming the corrections system.
She got her start in politics in 1992, when she ran for the
Vermont Senate and was elected the first woman and the
first Democrat to represent Lamoille County.
As a Senator, Susan served on the Economic
Development, Energy
and Natural Resources,
Judiciary, and Government
Operations committees.
During her 18-year tenure,
she chaired the Senate
Appropriations Committee
for 10 years. Susan’s
varied experience includes
developing programs
for a private school for
teenagers in state custody,
developing special education
programs for Lamoille North
Susan Bartlett
Supervisory Union, and
owning a business in Stowe
called Wool and Feathers, through which she sold the wool
and lambs that she raised on Bartlett Pair Farm.
Susan lives in Hyde Park with her husband, Bill, two
Labradoodles named Lulu and Elan, and two cats named
Howard and Dean.
These awards
are presented
to graduates
of the
past decade
who have
enjoyed
considerable
early career
success
and are an
inspiration
to current
students.
Nominations
come from
faculty, staff
and alumni,
with final
selection by
the College
president.
Tuipate Mubiay
Tuipate F. Mubiay Class of 2005
Tuipate Mubiay is coordinator of academic services at
Community College of Vermont (CCV), where he advises
and creates programs for students who are English
language learners, and diversity coordinator at the Howard
Center in Burlington, Vt. He was born and raised in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo, and while still in high
school, he created the “Youth for the Better” project to
help the elderly by building houses, bringing them water
from streams, cooking and serving meals, and simply
spending time with them.
Tuipate immigrated to New York in 1994 and moved
to Vermont four years later. By 2003, he had earned
his associate’s degree in human services from CCV and
enrolled in JSC’s External Degree Program. In 2005, he
graduated with a B.A. in psychology, following that with a
master’s in social work from the University of Vermont.
He co-founded the Association of Africans Living in
Vermont, which has grown into a community organization
serving more than 3,000 people from many different
countries, and now serves as the director of the board. He
also sits on the board of directors for the Champlain Valley
Office of Economic Opportunity. He is a former board
member of the Visiting Nurse Association and served as
board vice president of the Vermont chapter of the National
Association of Social Workers.
Thomas R. Stowell Class of 2011
Julie Nicole
Julie Nicole Class of 2003
After teaching French at Arizona State University as a
faculty associate, Julie came to JSC as a pre-medical
student, graduating with a degree in biology in 2003.
Before enrolling in medical school in 2005, Julie worked
both as a laboratory technician at University of Vermont
and a labor and delivery assistant at Fletcher Allen Health
Care (FAHC). While studying at the UVM College of
Medicine, she continued to work in Labor and Delivery as
an operating room technician.
In 2008, she completed a rotation in transgender
medicine and surgery in Trinidad, Colorado. In 2009, Julie
graduated with her M.D. degree and began her residency
in obstetrics and gynecology at FAHC. As a member
of the World Professional Association for Transgender
Health, she educates providers on delivering health care to
transgendered individuals.
Julie plans to practice in Vermont after completing
her residency in June 2013. She lives in Ferrisburg with
her husband, Drew, a critical care nurse; and their two
daughters, Lucienne and Elizabeth.
M A R K
Y O U R
C A L E N D A R S
Since 2007, Tom has held several positions at The George
Washington University (GWU) in Washington, D.C. In
2010, he was selected as the founding director of Career
Services in the Graduate School of Education & Human
Development, where he launched a new office for the
school’s student and alumni population.
After receiving dual bachelor’s degrees in elementary
education and psychology in 2001, Tom earned his M.A.
in education curriculum and instruction in 2003. He
began his career in public education, working in different
capacities within the public
school system. He then
obtained his education
specialist degree in career
counseling and career
programs administration
from GWU.
Tom serves on several
university committees and
chairs the Government
Relations Committee
of the National Career
Development Association.
He has been invited
to speak at numerous
education and career
development conferences and has led many professional
development workshops. Tom also has a private careerconsulting practice through which he provides assistance
to individuals, businesses, professional associations and
educational institutions.
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Give for the Future: Bequests & Endowments
M
any alumni and friends of
Johnson State College have
expressed their caring by making a
charitable bequest or by creating an
endowment. Simply put, a charitable
bequest is a provision in a will or
living trust specifying that all or a
portion of your estate is to pass to
a charitable organization such as
Johnson State College. This provision
can take effect immediately upon
death or can be contingent on
someone’s (spouse, children)
surviving. An endowment is a gift
of cash or stock of at least $10,000
that is invested to provide support
for a cause of your choice and to
ensure that the principal amount
of your gift grows. Only the return
on the investment (the interest) up
to a defined percentage is spent,
while the principal remains intact.
The College and the students who
benefit from the gifts of these special
friends are extremely grateful for this
support. Bequests and endowments
live on, providing interest each year to
support students, visiting lecturers,
curricular innovation and excellence
in teaching and learning at JSC.
A
lasting legacy
FOUR WAYS TO MAKE A GIFT TO JOHNSON STATE COLLEGE:
! Include a gift of any size in your will.
! Name Johnson State College as a beneficiary
of a retirement plan, trust or a life insurance policy. This can be done without needing to revise your will.
! Make a Charitable Gift Annuity, which provides you with lifetime income.
These gifts can have significant tax benefits and pay attractive interest rates.
! Contribute an annual donation of cash or stock.
For more information, contact the Office of Development & Alumni Relations
800-635-2356 OR 802-635-1251
[email protected] | www.jsc.edu/GiveToJSC
Winter storms brought Johnson students outside for some snow rugby.
40s
HELEN C. HUARD ’41 taught
for 33 years in the Vermont towns of Fletcher,
Hyde Park and Waterville. In 1974 she
began working for the U.S. Postal Service
and became postmaster of the North Hyde
Park office. After retiring in 1982, Helen
traveled for several years before settling in
Morrisville, where she now resides.
was away, she would be asked to substitute.
She tells us “teaching came naturally for me
and I loved teaching at the Johnson Normal
School.” She reports that JSC prepared her
for her career by teaching her “not only
subject matter, but about personalities so I
could get along with many people.”
ADENA AUGUSTA BELVILLE MARTIN
’41 lives at Sunrise Assisted Senior Living in
for 20 years in Johnson and Richford and
at Berkshire Academy and says she is still
kicking at 91!
Stamford, CT, near her daughter, Diane, and
her family. The building looks like a large
Victorian mansion, which reminds Adena of
her home in Montpelier. She has met many
new friends but still misses Vermont. Her
favorite memory of the College is attending
the church across the street from JSC and
participating in church trips on weekends.
She also remembers that when a teacher
HELEN CONGER PERKINS ’41 taught
DORIS LACE UNDERWOOD ’41 tells
us that she still sees a number of Johnson
graduates at retired teachers’ meetings and
the Zeta chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma.
Now her career is family, as she enjoys
her five children, seven grandchildren, six
great-grandchildren and one great-greatgrandchild.
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JSC students talking about their experience making this video!
JSC Professor Bill Doyle
and his
Vermont History & Government Class
present
LIFE IN
ORANGE COUNTY
Explore these and other videos in the series
documenting Vermont life, history and traditions.
Available from your local bookstore, the JSC Bookstore or
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BARBARA GORHAM MAYSILLES ’45
YVONNE SMITH ’54, retired from teaching
and her husband, David, celebrated their
60th wedding anniversary June 9, 2011. All
their children and grandchildren surprised
them by coming home to Walpole, NH, to
celebrate the occasion. They delight in
their long and happy marriage and their
wonderful children and grandchildren. Their
son, Duncan, recently wrote a book titled
Ducktown: The Fight Over One of the South’s
Greatest Environmental Disasters, about the
disastrous result of copper mining in the
Tennessee/Georgia area.
in 1993. She has a granddaughter attending
UVM, another attending Boston University,
and a grandson who is a junior at Harwood
Union High School.
LUCY JIMMO ’48 reports that she retired
MAUREEN RYAN COOPER ’61 has lived
in fall 2010.
in Las Vegas since 1967. She is a retired
special-education teacher and a business
owner.
JEAN TUCKER ’51 became a great grandmother in June 2011.
60s
CHRISTINE SMEAD
CHRISTIAN ’61 says she loved her years
at Johnson. She has lived in the U.S. and
Europe, has had many careers, and is still
happily working full time.
50s
ESTHER McLAUGHLIN ’56 is
enjoying retirement by knitting, remaining a part of the Vermont Visiting Nurses
Association, being active in her community,
traveling, and taking care of her dog.
JACQUELINE MALONEY DOWD ’61
retired from teaching in 2002. She has two
sons — one in California and another in
Massachusetts — three grandsons and twin
granddaughters.
ELIZABETH “BETTY” NEWTON
PACKER ’51 lives in New Paltz, NY and
says she is enjoying retirement. Betty
taught four years in Waterbury, a year in
Connecticut, another year in Colorado and
31 years in Brentwood, Long Island. She
says she enjoyed teaching and loved her
students. She is a cancer survivor who
enjoys quilting, knitting, painting, playing
the organ, reading, traveling and camping.
Betty went to Sarasota in May to a Lady
Shriner Convention. Her daughter, Terri-Lynn,
has been a special-education teacher for 20
years at Lindenhurst School on Long Island
and has three children: Tyler (16), Jake (13)
and Sienna (11). They all come to Vermont as
often as possible.
CAROLYN BULLOCK FISHER ’61 retired
after teaching at the elementary level for 39
years. She is now pursuing a career in art
and has joined an active group of artists
in Kent, CT. She participates in art shows
throughout the state. Examples of her work
may be viewed at www.kentart.org.
NAOMI GRAHAM ’61 has been involved for
many years with a group called Guardianship
Trust of Vermont, an advocacy group for the
developmentally disabled that serves as an
advisory board to Washington County Mental
Health Services.
PATRICIA HORSFORD ’61 is enjoying
her retirement by keeping busy with travel,
hiking, biking, kayaking and maintaining
friendships around the world. She says that
a wonderful joy and blessing in her life was
her recent attendance at the graduation of
her granddaughter, Marie Young, from JSC
in May 2011.
RICHARD LUMBRA ’61 lives with his
wife, Jean, in Hyde Park and reports that
they are both in good health. “I can never
say enough about my years at Johnson State
College,” he says. “It prepared me for a
successful career in education. That degree
made everything possible. Most importantly,
I met my wife there!”
RONALD MUIR ’61 and his wife, Mary, reside in Phoenix, AZ, and for three months in
the summer they live in Vermont. He is active
in real estate in the Phoenix/Scottsdale area
and has 13 grandchildren. He writes that his
favorite memories of the College are great
friends, great laughs and great teachers.
ANN GRIFFIN OSBORNE ’61 is enjoying
her two grandchildren and says life is
good! She is retired but still teaching as
a substitute and still enjoys working with
children, which she believes keeps her young.
She says her favorite memories of the College
are Water’s House, Chesamore Hall, friends
and colleagues.
CLAUDE & LUTHERA RAINVILLE ’61
are keeping busy. Claude retired after three
careers and Luthera works for their son at
Maple Landmark Woodcraft.
LOUISE CHOINIERE REMILLARD ’61
tells us that her education at JSC prepared
her for her career and instilled in her much
knowledge.
GAYLE SWEET WAITE ’61 and her
husband, Bill, retired to Tennessee, where
they volunteered for five years at Fairhaven
Ministries, a non-denominational ministerial
retreat center. In 2009, they purchased a
home in Elizabethton, TN, where they stay
involved with their church, community and
neighborhood.
MARIE BELISLE ’66 reports that she has
four grandchildren who are all doing well
and that she and her husband continue to
enjoy gardening, the family and travel.
MARILYN CLEVELAND ’66 and WILLIAM
CLEVELAND ’68 are enjoying retirement
and spending lots of time traveling. The
proud grandparents of seven are looking
forward to their 41st wedding anniversary
and say they are thankful to JSC — they met
outside the old music room on campus!
JANE DEMERS ’66 continues to be actively
involved with her community. She currently
is knitting hats and mittens for the oncology unit at Fletcher Allen Health Care in
Burlington.
SHERRI “KITTY” SWINTON MUZZY
’69 retired in 2011 after teaching science
for 41 years. She plans to spend time with
her family and travel, and was planning to
attend her youngest daughter’s wedding in
the summer 2011.
70s
RICHARD SHAE ’70 is chair of
Ward 3 in Worcester, MA, and won “Worcester
Male Democrat of the Year.” Although
retired, he holds a part-time position at the
teachers’ association, and is the district
secretary of the Northeastern Barbershop
Society. Richard’s eldest son, Peter, is an
ambassador in Cairo, and his son Mark is a
mortgage broker in Massachusetts.
ELIZABETH BOLTON ’71 has been retired
for more than four years but remains an
active substitute teacher.
GERALD DEITZ ’71 reports that he
recently bought a 1966 Thunderbird.
KAREN EHRLICH GANTT ’71 has lived
in the South (in Georgia and North Carolina)
since 1977 but has great memories of New
England. She ended up in the design/display
field and has a 24-year-old son and a
19-year-old daughter.
GENA LYFORD GLIDDEN ’71 is married
to Scott Glidden. She says her favorite
memories of JSC are freshman year with
D.F. and friends; skiing with M.E. and S.B.;
student teaching in Johnson, Morrisville
and Montpelier; chorus presentations;
special teachers and their classes
and encouragement; and outings and
conversations with friends. Gena says that
her student teaching with Bonnie Merritt,
sharing of experiences with classmates, and
feedback from Alice Whiting prepared her
for her career by providing a foundation of
knowledge and building her confidence.
LORRAINE HALL ’71 is now retired,
81 years old, and living in Hardwick, VT.
Her husband has passed away, but she
enjoys the presence of her six greatgrandchildren in her life, as well as her nine
granddaughters.
SIDNEY MERRILL ’71 married SUSAN
CAMPBELL MERRILL ’73 in 1972 after
meeting at JSC. They have two daughters:
Jennifer Lea, 32, and Kristen, 30. Sidney
is a licensed captain with the U.S. Coast
Guard and general manager for Blue Water
Point Motel, Restaurant & Marina in Oak
Island, NC.
CHRISTINE LATIF HICKOK REIGHLEY
’71 has two granddaughters and three
grandsons. She has been teaching “Reading
Recovery” lessons for 19 years and Title
I reading and writing intervention to
students in grades 1 to 4 at the Sheldon (VT)
Elementary School for 30 years.
CHERYL SIMEONE ’71 continues to work
DAVID SOBOLESKI ’76 has two
for the state of New York and says she is
looking forward to retirement in the near
future.
daughters, ages 10 and 12, who perform in
dance recitals. David enjoys keeping in touch
with his JSC friends. He is in his seventh year
of teaching ski school and is a fully certified
PSIA instructor. He is also celebrating his
27th year at IBM.
BOB CHAMBERLAIN ’74 was elected to
the JSC Alumni Council in July 2011. Bob
was dean of administration at JSC for many
years. He and Pat live in Bristol and attended
Homecoming 2011 at JSC.
LAIRD MACDOWELL ’74 and NANCY
BROWN MACDOWELL ’76 celebrated their
35th wedding anniversary Oct. 16, 2011.
Nancy continues to be involved with Lamoille
County Players. She also continues her interest in music and is recording a new CD with
Vermont musicians she had as guests on her
radio program, “Sunday Morning Sampler,”
on WLVB. Volunteering at the College radio
station led to 30 years in broadcasting as an
on-air personality.
RICHARD AUSTIN ’76 has started a new
business called Open Sky, which manufactures outdoor luxury showers.
MARY CRONIN CONSTANCE ’76 is the
executive director at Camp Allen, a camp for
children and adults with disabilities, which
recently launched a capital campaign to
rebuild. Mary’s daughter is a lawyer in Boston,
and her son will be graduating from UVM.
MARTHA DUBUQUE ’76 was named
“Vermont Distinguished Principal of the
Year” for 2010 by the National Association
of Elementary School Principals. At the time
she was principal of the Walden School in
Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. In summer
2011, she accepted a new appointment as
co-principal of St. Johnsbury School, where
she is the school’s instructional leader.
DAVID YACOVONE ’76 has been appointed
commissioner of the Vermont Department
for Children and Families by Governor Peter
Shumlin.
LEO LEONARD ’78 was one of three U.S.
coaches invited to Turkey in January 2011 to
coach the U.S. Alpine Ski Team for the World
University Games, where his team received
five gold and two silver medals! Leo has
coached ski racing at Vermont Academy,
Williams College, Colorado Mountain College
and Stratton Mountain School.
WILLIAM VECCHITTO ’79 and his wife
PAMELA VECCHITTO ’81 are enjoying
their first grandchild, born March 4, 2010.
80s
AVID RINGUETTE ’80 has
transitioned from associate professor to full
professor at the University of Hawaii. The
television show “Lost” filmed a scene in his
house during the summer of 2010.
MARK WOODWARD ’80 represents the
towns of Eden and Johnson in the Vermont
House of Representatives. He served in the
legislature previously, from 1996 to 2003.
Mark also runs Woodward Rentals and a
small farm in Johnson.
J. DAVID BENEDIX ’81 is a specialeducation teacher at Masconomet Regional
Middle School in Boxford, MA, where he also
is faculty advisor to the Student Council and
faculty leader of the Environmental Club.
Historical Society releases
JOHNSON pictorial history
The Historical Society of the town of Johnson recently published a pictorial history of
the town co-authored by JSC alums Alice Whiting, ’56,
and R. Dean West, ’64, with the assistance of longtime
Johnson residents Linda Jones and Lois Frey.
The book features 234 photographs taken during the late
19th century, each with a caption helping to tell the story
of Johnson as it evolved from an agricultural town to a
diverse community with business, industry, education, the
arts and agriculture driving its economic engine.
Poring through numerous old photos and postcards, the
authors included some of the older buildings of Johnson
Teachers College, JSC’s predecessor. Many alumni will
remember Chesamore Hall, Sterling Hall, Hill House and even Martinetti Hall in its
earliest stages.
The book is one of the “Images of America” series by Arcadia Publishing Co. It is available at the Johnson Town Clerk’s Office or by contacting Alice Whiting at whitingag@
myfairpoint.net. Copies are $21.99 plus postage. All proceeds benefit the Johnson
Historical Society.
ELIZABETH BURGESS ’81 tells us that
her daughter, Amelia, graduated from
Champlain College with a degree in professional writing.
JOHN KING ’83, president and CEO of Vermont Public Television, was inducted into the
Vermont Association of Broadcasters’ Hall of
Fame Nov. 19, 2011. King joined VPT in 1987
and became president and CEO in 1998.
CHERYL MILLER ’85 is living in Colorado,
where she is a licensed chiropractor and
is awaiting her chiropractic license from
the state of New Mexico. Continuing her
participation in sailing, Cheryl and her team
took first place in the Dylan Open Regatta.
She also is involved in the Iron Horse Race in
Colorado and invites others to participate!
Cheryl was planning a fall 2012 wedding to
Rene Hunter, a pilot for Continental Airlines.
GARY CROSBY ’86 resides in Burlington.
Although officially retired, he says he may
still work on government software projects
from time to time. He enjoys photography,
music, sports and working on his car.
THOMAS LYNDES ’86 lives in Durham,
NC, and works as a technical writer. He is
enjoying single life.
DIANA WHITTINGTON ’86 is married and
living in Alexandria, VA, where she works for
the Migratory Bird Program of the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, and recently assisted
with the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection
Act. She was lead author of an environmental assessment under the National
Environmental Policy Act. “I’m working to
develop the tools and guidance we need to
implement a new national program, including co-authoring an interim Golden Eagle
technical guidance document,” she writes.
“In short, I do eagles and other raptors. It’s
an incredibly gratifying job.”
ROBERT LONG ’87 resigned his position
as director of conferences and catering at
the Chatham Bars Inn in Chatham, MA, to
become a carpenter and run his own homemanagement company. This switch has
allowed him to focus on being a single father
to his two sons, he says. Robert also entered
the 2011 race for the Chatham Board of
Selectmen.
WILLIAM “BILLY” ADAMS ’88 was recently elected to the Stowe (VT) Selectboard.
90s SANDRA HAWKES ’90 is an art
educator and chair of the art department of
Patterson Mill Middle/High School in Maryland, where she lives with her 12-year-old
daughter. She also bartends occasionally
and does calligraphy for weddings.
DANIEL AMYOT ’91 is the chief ranger at
Mat-Su/Copper Basin Park in Alaska. He has
been married for four years and moved into a
newly built house in November 2008.
JSC Art Grad Sees the 'Big Picture'
TARA GOREAU ‘11 is working in Burlington as assistant
to Vermont artist Dug Nap. Tara had her artwork featured in the
“Welcome Gallery” in the Winooski (VT) “Pop-Up Gallery District”
in June and July 2011. More recently, Tara gained attention for
a huge mural created for Pete’s Greens, a well-known organic
farm in Craftsbury, VT (see photo above) When the three-story,
140-foot-long storage barn at Pete’s Greens went up in flames,
gone were tons of storage crops, vegetable-washing and processing
equipment, and two tractors — an estimated loss of more than
$500,000. Tara was among the many people who rallied to help owner Pete Johnson bring the farm
back to life. After the barn was rebuilt, the B.F.A. grad offered to paint one of her larger-than-life murals
inside. In exchange for gas, materials and a share in the CSA (community-supported agriculture) farm,
Tara spent several days over two weeks during the summer of 2011 painting a colorful 60’ x 20’ scene
depicting life on the farm. “It was a great experience,” says Tara, “and I had no shortage of vegetables
to dole out to friends.” She also created a mural for High Mowing Seeds in Wolcott, VT, and she was
a featured exhibitor in the café at Barnes & Noble Booksellers in South Burlington in February 2012.
More of Tara’s work can be seen at www.arteatergallery.com.
ELANA AUBREY ’91 is a licensed
LAURA ELDRED ’91 is teaching grades
JEFF THOMAS ’92 lives with his family in
independent clinical social worker in Western
Massachusetts, where she works as the
program director of a therapeutic afterschool
program serving children and families in
Franklin County. In her spare time she makes
photographic collages, which can be viewed
at www.earthkaleiodoscopes.com.
5-12 for Keene Valley Schools in New York.
She is also building a new house.
Pomfret, VT, and is the athletic director at
Woodstock Union High School. His plans for
the athletic department include giving an
athletic award and increasing participation
with his “We Are Woodstock” initiative.
DANIEL DECKER ’91 married Tracy Young
on Jan. 23, 2010, and the couple lives in
Claremont, NH. Daniel teaches social studies
and serves as Key Club advisor at Stevens
High School in Claremont. Tracy is assistant
activities director at Historic Homes of
Runnemede in Windsor.
JENNIFER HARRISON ’91 has a 14-yearold daughter and a 12-year-old son.
KATHERINE MACKO ’91 is a physician’s
assistant at the Orthopedic Clinic at Alice
Peck Day Memorial Hospital in Lebanon, NH.
FELICIA DARLING ’91 has been accepted
in to the Ph.D. program in mathematics
education at Stanford University.
DEREK LIBBY ’92 and EMILE WILLETT
’92 have acquired the company Beagle
Outdoor Wear of Johnson.
DAVID TUCKER ’92 has been appointed
executive director of the Vermont E911
Board, which oversees the state’s emergency
communications system. He previously
served as commissioner of the Department
of Information and Innovation.
HALACIA BARNEY ’93 has been promoted
to office manager at Mansfield Orthopedics
in Morrisville, VT.
MICHELLE ROBBINS ’96 opened a new
KARL ASMUNDSSON ’99 has worked for
massage office in Williston in September 2011.
the same firm for 10 years and welcomed a
second baby boy, Oscar, in November. Oscar
joins Karl›s first son, Haukur, who is 5.
NICOLE MYERS ROKSVOLD ’96 is
married with two children and works as a
special educator in the Bronx.
BOBBY SEARLES ’96 is married and has
four children.
CHERYL ECKLUND ’97 teaches middle-
CHRISTOPHER JANUSZ ’93 reports that
he has retired from his general contracting
work.
BRYAN PERRY ’93 is a partner/owner
of Northeast Printing Network in Cheshire,
CT. He is a leader in community work, local
education, Little League and other civic
groups, as well as chair of the Republican
Town Committee in East Haddam, CT.
for eight years. They say they have been
“thoroughly enjoying the peacefulness and
nature that abounds, but the peacefulness
may be temporarily interrupted as they
prepare for the addition of their second
child,” who was due to arrive in October
2011, around the time their son, Keith, turns
8. Andy is an environmental professional at
France Environmental Inc. in Richmond.
LEONA BELL HOLCOMB ’96 was
practice specializing in children with severe
emotional disturbances. She has a 9-yearold daughter, Maylee.
employed at The Meadows School-Brattleboro
Retreat for seven years as an assistant
teacher and an outpatient administrative
assistant. Her grandson has lived with her
since 2000.
GEORGETTE STEFFENS ALTIMARI ’95
AIRLIE DIFAZIO ’96 has a 9½-year-old
was expecting her first child in April 2011.
daughter named Isabella and a 5½-year-old
daughter named Olivia.
ELIZA DeSAUTELS ’94 has a private
SCOTT BURT ’95 was featured in Business
People Vermont for outstanding work with his
company, Topcoat Finishes, which provides
custom wall and floor finishes for builders
and designers. He has also been writing
a regular column for American Painting
Contractor since 2008 and blogs at www.
topcoatreview.com.
MONIQUE PUTVAIN DUNN ’96 writes
DEBORAH GOODWIN ’95 and BRIAN
GOODWIN ’95 have three children, who
Cirillo Oct. 9, 2010, at the Vergennes (VT)
Opera House.
will be 15 months, 4 years and 7 years old in
March 2012.
CHRISTI LAFONTAINE O’CONNOR ’95 is
the director of community outreach and summer programs at the Ethel Walker School,
an independent secondary school for girls in
Simsbury, CT. Her third child with husband
Ned was due to arrive in September 2011,
joining siblings Ted, age 3, and Annie, age 2.
that she is the proud mother of an 8-year-old
daughter and a 5-year-old son. She and her
husband of more than 15 years, Tom Dunn,
live in Wolcott. She is employed at Lamoille
Valley Veterinary Services in Hyde Park.
ISRAEL EVARTS ’96 married Jennifer
ROBERTA GAGNE ’96 recently completed
her 20th year working as a member of the
sexual-assault team with the Vermont Network
Against Sexual and Domestic Violence.
HEATHER GODIN ’96 welcomed a new
baby boy in December 2010.
MELISSA HABERMAN ’96 received a
$10,000 grant from the Vermont Department of
Education for the art department at St. Albans
City School, where she is an art teacher.
home mom.
MAYA O’ DONNELL ’97 stays at home
00s ROBYN LONGTIN DALEY ’00
is self-employed at E.C. Brown›s Nursery in
Thetford Center, VT.
ANDREW BAIRD ’96 and wife MARTI
HILTS BAIRD ’98 have lived in Virginia
DEBORAH KIMBALL ’99 is now a stay-atSOONER ROUTHIER ’99 went on to
KEITH WATERMAN ’97 and wife EMILY
WATERMAN ’97 have two little girls. Keith
planner and is working on a website for her
business.
maker and has two granddaughters.
school science at North Country Union Junior
High School in Derby, VT. Her son Jasper is
now 3 years old.
caring for her three girls, who would be ages
17 months, 6 years and 8 years old in March
2012.
MARY CARTY ’93 is working as a wedding
LAURIE-HELISE HEIJN ‹99 is a home-
MICHAEL RAPOPORT ’98 and wife
JULIE RAPOPORT ’09 welcomed twin baby
girls in December 2010.
Emerson College after her time at JSC and is
now the lighting director for Bon Jovi.
was promoted to clinical director at Lamoille
Community Connections in May 2011.
PATRICIA GELO ’00 writes that she has
started her own business, Pat Gelo Consulting Inc.
ELIZABETH HABICH ’00 was planning a
September 2011 wedding to Justin Guilbeau
of Brattleboro.
MOSES MURPHY ’00 is assistant director
of admissions at the University of Vermont.
He was planning a July 2011 wedding to
Sarah Shackett.
The JSC Alumni Website is
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You’ll land on the Alumni Community home page, with a brief welcome message and a
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Once you set up an alumni account, you can authorize the JSC alumni community to
access your Facebook page – and you can log in to your alumni account using your
Facebook username and password when you return. This can be done by clicking on
the Facebook link beneath the login button on the alumni website. (If you encounter
a screen asking, “Do you want to view only the website content that was delivered
securely?” select “no.”)
MICHELLE GRUNER PRESSEY ’00 is
GIBRIL SERGHINI ’01 visited JSC in
SARAH GREENE ’03 has finished her
ANN PAYEA ’03 writes, “On July 17, 2009,
a full-time mom. In October 2010 she gave
birth to a son, who joins a big sister. They are
all enjoying year-round summer in Hawaii.
February 2012, marking his first return to
the East Coast since graduating from JSC!
A native of Morocco, Gibril transferred to
JSC after two years at St. Michael’s College.
After earning his degree (in health sciences/
athletic training), Gibril headed to California,
where he enrolled in Los Angeles Chiropractic
College and went on to practice as a
chiropractor for four years. (“The education
I received at JSC really prepared me well
for my chiropractic studies,” he says.) After
that, he fulfilled a lifelong dream, opening
and running a Moroccan restaurant — the
Karma Café in Costa Mesa — for five years.
Now, having sold the restaurant, he’s back
to his career as a chiropractor but this time
he’ll be working in France. He spent a few
days in the Johnson area visiting friends and
stopping at JSC before heading off to Paris,
where he will work at the American Hospital
of Paris.
Ph.D. and accepted a position teaching
anatomy and neuroanatomy at the University
of Vermont.
Joseph John Baiungo IV came into the world,
welcomed by his big sister, Clara.”
BROOK MARCOTTE ’03 is working as a
earned her master’s degree in social work
from Springfield College. “It is amazing how
my volunteer experiences have stuck with me
as the solid foundation to my life’s work,”
STEWART RANDALL ’00 is working parttime as a biologist working in water-testing.
RYAN WALL ’00 has joined AccounTax
and Twin State Business Services in West
Lebanon, NH.
PRISCILLA WHITE ’00 is the child victim
treatment director and co-director of the
Vermont Center for the Prevention and
Treatment of Sexual Abuse, a program of
the Department for Children and Families.
She lives in Montpelier with her 13-year-old
son, she has two grown daughters who live
in the area.
COURTNIE COCHRAN ’01 recently had
her third child, a boy.
ELIZABETH DAVIDSON ’01 is the
owner of Clear Connection Chiropractic in
Middlebury, VT. She received her doctor of
chiropractic degree from Sherman College of
Chiropractic in 2006.
CARRIE COLE GARROW ’01 is in her
third year as an instructional assistant at
Richford (VT) Junior/Senior High School.
She plans to complete requirements for a
secondary teaching endorsement in mathematics. Her two children are in elementary
school, and her husband works at Blue Seal
Feeds in Richford.
GALEN GINNETTI ’01 was married in 2008.
SARAH LEDUC ’01 is building a house in
South Burlington.
KIM MCRAE ’01 received her master’s
degree in public administration at the
University of Vermont after graduating from
Johnson’s External Degree Program. Upon
receiving her master’s degree in 2006 she
was accepted as a Ph.D. candidate at the
Rubenstein School of Environmental and
Natural Resources at UVM. She is currently
in her last year of the Ph.D. program, and her
area of expertise is toxic hazardous waste
remediation and ecological restoration. She
also is a Gund Graduate Fellow at the Gund
Institute for Ecological Economics.
TODD SCHATZMAN ’01 is the owner of
Trinity Motor Works, which offers restoration
and maintenance services for Indian motorcycles and British and European automobiles
in both Waterville, VT, and Charleston, SC,
where Todd maintains homes. He also keeps
busy as owner of a biodiesel fuel-anddistribution facility in Charleston and as a
real estate developer in Vermont and South
Carolina. Visit his website at www.TrinityMotorWorks.com.
BARBARA VANDENBURGH ’01 was
featured in a Springfield Reporter article
about her work as family and mental health
services manager for Windsor County (VT)
Head Start. She has been married for 25
years and has two children.
MARCIE WALSH-O’CONNOR ’01
was expecting a baby in March 2011.
HELEN WESTON ’01 has been accepted
to the North Bennet Street School in Boston
for a two-year training program in piano
technology.
HEIDI CHAMBERLAIN ’02 showed her
mixed-media art exhibit, “Only Animals,”
in the Island Arts Gallery in South Hero, VT,
throughout April 2011. She teaches art part
time at Berkshire Elementary School.
RICHARD “BUDDY” DOTY ’03 completed
his education degree from the University
of Nebraska in 2009 and is a candidate for
his doctorate in education at Northeastern
University, class of 2013. Buddy is the
director of student conduct at Johnson &
Wales University. He welcomed his first
daughter in July 2010 and was expecting a
second daughter in October 2011.
Gibril Serghini ’01 hams it up with Penny
Howrigan, JSC associate dean of enrollment
services, during his visit to campus.
registered nurse at the Hardwick (VT) Area
Health Center. She had a son on Jan. 16, 2011.
LAURALEE SAMPERE-GAGNON ’03 has
Altieri Receives National
Chef Educator Honors
DINA ALTIERI, '07
won the American Culinary
Federation (ACF) 2011 “Chef
Educator of the Year” award
and a $5,000 prize at the 2011
ACF national convention in
Dallas. She currently works as
a chef-instructor at the Kendall
College School of Culinary Arts in
Chicago.
The award recognizes an
active culinary educator whose
knowledge, skills and expertise
have enhanced the image of
the professional chef and who,
by example, has provided
leadership, guidance and direction to students seeking a career
in the culinary profession. Food-service educators across the
nation were first nominated by colleagues for the award. Among
all candidates, each of the four ACF regions selected a finalist. At
the national competition in Dallas, the four finalists each had 75
minutes to present a lecture and demonstration.
“Dina is a natural teacher and a natural leader; she knows
how to engage students, set high expectations, and help students
stretch to achieve them,” said Dr. Karen Gersten, president of
Kendall College, upon learning of the honor.
Dina has worked in the food-service industry for more than 20
years. She graduated as salutatorian from the Culinary Institute of
America in Hyde Park, N.Y., in 1991, then earned her bachelor’s
degree in liberal arts from JSC. She has cooked from coast to coast
for multiple restaurants, catering operations and special events,
including the James Beard House and the Academy Awards.
Prior to joining the faculty of Kendall College in 2008, Dina
served as associate dean and chef-instructor at the New England
Culinary Institute in Montpelier, Vt. Certified as both an executive
chef (CEC) and culinary educator (CCE) by the ACF, she has
coached three student teams to win the ACF Baron H. Galand
Culinary Knowledge Bowl in 2007 and 2010, and most recently
the Kendall team that won the 2011 National Knowledge Bowl
for the second consecutive year. In 2010, she received Kendall
College’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.
she writes. “I have Ellen Hill and many
others [at JSC] to thank for that.”
JESSE SCHLOFF ’03 was planning a July
2011 marriage to Kimberly Leslie. Jesse
teaches English and works as a part-time
professional photographer.
REBECCA CARR ’04, MA ’09 represented
the TRiO programs at the 31st annual
National Policy Seminar in Washington, DC.
EMILY FRAPPIER ’04 recently published
a book titled Reclaiming Jenna, the story of
a girl who suffers a personal tragedy that
causes her to withdraw. She says that the
book follows the rebuilding of her life. She
is working on other books as well as writing
and directing plays for children at the
Enosburg (VT) after-school program.
JACQUI BRENNAN ’06 received her M.A.
in sociology from Humboldt State University
in 2010, with concentrations in sociological
practice, teaching sociology, participatory
action research, inequality and homelessness. She is working as a research associate
through HSU doing process mediation,
facilitation and consultation. She also is
a street outreach worker with Redwood
Community Action Agency/Youth Service
Bureau’s RAVEN project, a drop-in and
outreach center that serves homeless and
at-risk youth of Humboldt County, and is an
organic farmer at Earthly Edibles CSA and
Organic Matters Ranch.
REBECCA BROWN ’06 married Kyle Em-
BRADLEY LOWELL-RAYMOND ’04
erson Aug. 14, 2010. She is a kindergarten
teacher at Twinfield (VT) Union School. The
couple resides in Cabot.
married Maggie Elyse Byers Sept. 18, 2010.
JONATHAN CHIARAVALLE ’06 has moved
JULE MEUNIER ’04 is teaching grades 5
to Portland, OR, and says he loves the city.
and 6 in Derby, VT, and pursuing a master’s
degree in mathematics through UVM’s
Vermont Mathematics Initiative program.
GRETCHEN DESAUTELS ’06 had a baby
HEIDI PICKERING ’04 earned a master’s
degree in art and liberal studies at Skidmore
College.
JANELLE LUSSIER ’05 was planning to
more than 800 hours building a disc golf
course at Westfield YMCA’s Camp Shepard
in Westfield, MA which serves over 200
children a day during the summer.
June 25, 2011. They live in Waterville, VT.
welcomed their first baby, son Ozias Ambrose
Peabody, Sept. 14, 2010.
IAN SMITH ’06 has been working on his
COLIN SORENSON ’05 founded his
JAMES THOMPSON ’07 and JARED
THOMAS ’06 were honored in 2008 by
human resources department at Copley
Hospital in Morrisville, VT. She also is
president of the Vermont Healthcare Human
Resources Association.
JILLYAN JAMES ’07 was planning a
EMILY LUNEAU ’07 married Jesse Hanley
photography for Counterpoint and working
with another artist who is starting a
magazine about Vermont artists.
CHRISTINA BRADLEY ’06 works in the
Joe Fiorini on New Year’s Eve 2010. Her
daughter, Mikayla, was maid of honor; she
was given in marriage by her two sons,
Frederick and Christopher; and the groom’s
two sons, Jordan and Joseph, were the best
men. The couple lives in Fairfield, Vermont.
ANDREW GARDNER ’06 volunteered
MICHAEL PEABODY ’05 and
STEPHANIE THOMPSON PEABODY
’09 were married in October 2006. They
Stephen Splonskowski May 14, 2011.
CHRISTINE GRISGRABER ’07 married
boy, Levi, in August 2009.
JEAN NEW ’06 reports she is doing
JILL BARNUM ’06 was planning to wed
have a baby
daughter,
Petra Ivy
Steele (right).
Kara is still
working for Vermont Cares.
June 2011 wedding to Jeffrey Viens in
Waterbury Center. Jillyan is a librarian at PKC
Corporation and at St. Michael’s College,
where she is working toward a master’s
degree in library and information sciences.
wed Matthew Germaine in August 2011.
renewable-energy business, Local Energy
LLC, in Stowe, VT, in February 2010. Among
other services, the firm installs solar panels
for homes and businesses.
KARA
CASEY ’07
& RIGEL
STEELE ’06
Ph.D. in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Vermont Governor Jim Douglas for the their
information-technology firm — Acute
Technology in Morrisville — at a ceremony
celebrating the impact of the entrepreneurial
spirit in Vermont.
DEBRA SUTTON WATERS ’06 and her
husband, Bryan, biked more than 4,500
miles from Vermont to Mexico and back,
then left Vermont again for the West Coast.
You can read about their amazing journey at
www.thrubike.net.
CHAD TANNER ’07 is the owner of Aloha
on July 2, 2011. The couple lives in Rochester.
JESSIE FORAND ’09 joined the St. Albans
Messenger as a staff writer in May 2011.
STEPHANIE HUMPHREY ’09 and her
family moved to South Carolina in July 2009.
Stephanie became engaged in April 2011
and is planning a September 2012 wedding.
Her son turns 5 this year.
COLLEEN HUNTLEY ’09 was planning an
August 2011 wedding to Corey Cole.
KEVIN MICHAEL PAQUET ’09 is engaged
to Cara Louise Tucker; they plan to marry in
May 2012.
MARCY EDELSTEIN ’10 directed the
Lamoille County Players in Moon Over
Buffalo, a comedy by Ken Ludwig, in May
2011.
KATHRYN JOBIN ’10 married Jonathan
Smith of Turners Falls, MA, May 13, 2011, at
Lake Morey Resort in Fairlee, VT.
JEFFREY NOWLAN M.A. ’10 is engaged
to Jessica Donnelly. The couple resides in
Shelburne.
Winds — Ancient Ways Healing Massage
in Hardwick, VT. Chad graduated from the
Hawaiian Islands School of Massage, with
1,400 hours of medical massage training
and worked at Waimea Hospital in Hawaii
before returning to Vermont to open his
business. Chad incorporates a variety of
techniques into his practice, including
traditional Hawaiian hot stone, pregnancy
and infant/child massage, and Thai,
Swedish and other therapy styles.
MELISSA PIZZO ’10 was slated to begin
DANIELLE LAFAILLE ’08 was planning to
in Bradford, VT, with youth recovering
from substance abuse. She is applying to
graduate school.
pursue certification in Rolfing, a therapeutic,
connective-tissue therapy, in Colorado.
AMANDA THOMAS ’08 and SCOTT
GRANER ’09 announced their engagement.
AISHA CAMERON ’09 works part-time at
Otter Creek Associates in Brattleboro, VT, and
has begun a part-time private psychotherapy
practice.
Like Grandmother, Like Grandson...
PAULINE GARCEAU, ’45 and grandson NASH GARCEAU, ’15
(a current student at JSC) displayed their pride at a 2011 holiday family gathering
in Connecticut. Originally from St. Albans, Pauline taught school after earning her
degree from what was then Johnson Normal School. After her husband returned
from the service, the couple moved to Woodbridge, Conn., and started a family.
They eventually had seven children, who became Pauline’s full-time occupation!
She now has 11 grandchildren, including Nash, and two great-grandchildren with
another on the way. Nash is on track to graduate from JSC in 2015. Thanks to
Pauline’s daughter Joanne for sending this “all in the family” photo!
STACI CUTTING ’09 married Bryant Harvey
graduate school at Antioch University in fall
2011.
JACQUELINE POUTRE ’10 received her
M.B.A. from Clarkson University in May 2011
and planned to join her fiancé in Colorado.
CHARLOTTE ROOZEKRANS ’10 is
the manager of the Winooski (VT) Farmer’s
Market.
KYLA SUAREZ ’10 works at Valley Vista
SARA ANN FARNSWORTH ’11 has a new
name as of her Oct. 30, 2010, marriage. She
is now Sara Arman.
BENJAMIN CHAUCER ’11, former Student
Government Association president at JSC,
was one of four leaders from Vermont who
traveled to Washington, DC, in summer 2011
to urge Congress to raise the federal debt
ceiling. One of 120 student leaders present
from around the country representing 2
million college students (including 15,000
from Vermont), Ben was among the leaders
who signed a letter to President Obama and
members of the Senate.
DOMINIQUE COUTURE ’11 is executive
administrative assistant at Par-Springer
Miller and says she is very excited about her
position, which she assumed within weeks of
graduating from JSC.
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LORA H. (MARCKRES)
ATHERTON ’27 died Sept. 26, 2011, at age
103. She was born in Craftsbury, VT, where
she once taught. She also taught in Wolcott
and Greensboro for 30 years.
CYNTHIA (RAINE) DUVAL ’26 died Feb.
2, 2011, at age 102. She leaves a daughter,
Judith, and her husband, Stanley; a son,
Lawrence, and his wife, Jo; and several
grandchildren, great grandchildren, and
great-great-grandchildren. She was
predeceased by her husband, Lawrence; a
daughter, Janet; and a son, Douglas.
ARDELLE (CORSE) SPAULDING ’39
died Aug. 22, 2011. Born in Fletcher, she
graduated from Cambridge High School in
1937 and from Johnson Normal School 1939,
then began her teaching career. She earned
her bachelor’s degree in education from the
University of Vermont in 1973 and taught at
BFA-Fairfax until 1983.
ALICE M. (MINOTT) SWEET ’33 died at
County Medical Care Facility in Mount
Pleasant, MI. Frances received her teaching
certificate from Johnson Normal School, the
first incarnation of Johnson State College.
her home in Waterbury Center, VT, Nov. 15,
2011, just short of her 100th birthday. Alice
enjoyed a long and rewarding teaching
career, beginning in several one-room
schools. She continued through the years
with the exception of taking some time away
to raise her three children (Gayle, Tom, and
Carol). In 1975, she retired after teaching
in Waterbury elementary schools. She was
married to Lynwood “Jack” Sweet of Johnson,
who predeceased her in August 1989.
ANNA LOIS (BEERS) LAMOS ’38 died
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30s
FRANCES MAY (WARREN)
BEAUPRE ’39 passed away at the Isabella
April 28, 2011. Anna graduated from Bristol
High School and continued her education
at the Johnson Normal School. In addition
to raising her family, Anna taught school
in Fletcher, Moretown and Duxbury. She
earned a B.A. in education and retired as a
teaching principal from Duxbury Elementary
School following 35 years of service. She is
survived by two daughters, Virginia Martin
and her husband, and Darleen Ross and
her husband; her daughter-in-law; eight
grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren;
and several nieces and nephews. Anna was
predeceased by a son, David Lamos, and
three sisters and a brother.
AVIS C. (WANZER) DODD ’39 died Oct.
12, 2011 at the age of 91, in East Fairfield,
VT. She attended Johnson Normal School and
went on to teach in one-room schoolhouses,
including Gould Hill School in Fairfield and
Chester A. Arthur School in North Fairfield.
EDITH PATTEE ’36 died June 12, 2011. She
attended to Johnson Normal School and the
University of Vermont; taught in Georgia and
Irasburg schools, and worked as a clerk in
the accounting department of the Central
Vermont Railway. She is survived by her
eight nieces and nephews, their spouses and
their children.
AMY (COX) BROMLEY ’40
died Nov. 27, 2010. After graduating from
Brigham Academy, Johnson Normal School
and the University of Vermont, she went on to
teach for 43 years. She started in a one-room
schoolhouse with eight grades, then taught
high-school math and science. Her last
teaching job was in Westfield, MA. She is
survived by her two daughters, Sue Juliano
and Lynn Bromley; three grandchildren;
and two great-grandchildren. She was
predeceased by her sisters, brothers and
infant daughter, Carol Lee.
DOROTHY L. (GAUVIN) DESROSIERS
’40 died April 27, 2011. Dorothy’s higher
education began at Johnson Normal School,
and she received her first teaching contract
in Barre in 1940. She received a B.A. in
humanities and social sciences from
Southeastern Massachusetts University in
1973 and worked as an elementary school
teacher in the New Bedford public school
system from 1964 until her retirement in
1988. The last 15 of those years were spent
at the Elizabeth Carter Brooks School as
a Title I tutor, and she continued to tutor
neighborhood children after retirement.
Dorothy was a member of many charitable
organizations. She is survived by her
daughter, Theresa Yates; her son, Raymond
Desrosiers; and five grandchildren. She also
leaves her “honorary daughter” Maureen
Morss, and numerous nieces, nephews and
friends, many of whom knew her as “Aunt
Dot.” She was predeceased by her first
husband, Arthur Trudo, who died during
World War II in Germany; her husband Roland
Desrosiers; her constant companion, Tony
Boudreau; and two brothers and a sister.
EVELYN M. (DASHNER) DIKE ’41 died
Feb. 6, 2009, at 87. Evelyn began teaching
at a one-room school in South Washington,
VT, and later taught in Bristol and
Middlebury. In addition to teaching for 41
years full time and 10 years part time, she
was a member of the Mount Abraham School
Board for 28 years and served as a library
trustee in Bristol and Bristol Historical
Society. She married Kenneth Dike in June
1945. She is survived by her five children,
11 grandchildren, three step-grandchildren,
a great-grandchild, six step-greatgrandchildren, and several nieces and
nephews.
PERLEY GRISWOLD ’41 died April 24,
2011, at 94. He taught for many years and
after retiring ran a bicycle shop in Norwall,
MA, which is now operated by his son. He
had six children, and his daughter Nancy
lived with him in his later years.
RUTH E. (PORTER) MacLEAN ’41 died
May 4, 2011. She taught briefly in Hyde Park
before moving to Hingham, MA, where she
continued teaching and met her husband,
Frank who predeceased her in 1990. She was
an active member of her church choir for
more than 60 years. She is survived by her
sons, Douglas and Bruce and their spouses;
her daughters, Barbara Fisher and Nancy
Fitzgerald; and three granddaughters.
GRACE (LUNNA) MINER ’40 died May
15, 2011, at 91. She graduated from
Newport Center High School where she was
a standout basketball player. She received
her teaching certificate from Johnson
Normal School and taught for more than
30 years. While teaching second grade at
Lamoille Central Academy, she was also
the basketball coach. Grace ended her
teaching career as the first kindergarten
teacher at Hyde Park Elementary School.
She leaves a daughter, Katherine Thompson,
and her husband; a son, John Miner and his
wife; and a brother, two sisters, numerous
grandchildren and great-grandchildren,
and several nieces and nephews. She
was predeceased by her husband, John; a
daughter, Peggy Lynch; and five brothers
and a sister.
jsc faculty & staff members
MARJORIE JOY BOYCE BRADLEY, former JSC staff member, died Jan. 27, 2011.
MARY BRENNEMAN, former anthropology professor at JSC, where she also served
as president of Faculty Senate, died May 4, 2011. Survivors include her husband,
Ted; four daughters, Edith Leslie Wheelock, Tracy Gandin, Laurie Covington and
Valerie Whitaker; two sons, Robin Whitaker Wright and Gavin David Wright; and
three sisters, Sarah Se, Phyllis Robinson and Carol Arnold. Also surviving are 12
grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews, and her
beloved friend Clare.
DON M. GAMBLE died Sept. 2, 2011, at his home in Moretown, VT. He grew up in
Iowa, earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Syracuse University, and
served in the U.S. Air Force. Among Don’s post-Air Force professions, he felt most
deeply about his time as a professor at JSC, helping to shape the futures of young
people and humbly offering his wisdom and wit. Don was also involved with the
American Legion Post 59 in Waterbury. He enjoyed traveling and had visited most
of the United States as well as Europe, Scandinavia, and Africa.
jsc 2011 students
The JSC community was saddened by the tragic deaths of
three promising students during the fall 2011 semester:
REBECCA BAPP, age 21, died Nov. 12, 2011, as the result of a blood clot in
her heart. A resident of Brownington, VT, she worked at the Community College of
Vermont in Newport. She was a junior in JSC’s External Degree Program.
TIMOTHY M. DREW ’12 died Sept. 28, 2011, from a drowning accident at
Waterbury Dam, at the age of 39. Tim was born in Berlin and graduated in 1990
from Montpelier High School. He attended the Community College of Vermont before
transferring to JSC in 2010. He studied psychology and sociology and was interested
in substance abuse and treatment.
PATRICK M. KEEFE ’12 died Dec. 3, 201l, from injuries received in a car accident,
at age 22. He had recently completed his B.A. in business and was planning to
attend JSC’s December graduation reception with his
family just two weeks later. Patrick moved to Vermont with
his family from his birthplace of Tucker, GA, in 2001 and
graduated from BFA-St. Albans in 2007. Patrick is survived
by his wife, Lindsay (Ploof) Keefe, who remains a student
at JSC; parents Kevin and Peggy Keefe; sister Kelly and
her husband, Jeff Taylor; sister Kerry Thurman and Steven
Sager; sister-in-law Meagan Ploof; and many nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles,
cousins and friends.
HAZEN GORDAN NILES ’49 died Nov. 18,
2011. He earned his B.A. in education from
Johnson State College and went on to earn a
master’s degree in education from Sul Ross
State University in Alpine, TX. He taught in
both Vermont and Texas and met his wife of
33 years, Alice Schultz, in El Paso.
PAULINE (SIMPSON) PALERMO ’45 died
at Berlin (VT) Health and Rehab Center
Oct. 1, 2011. She and her five siblings
were all born in Danville and graduated
from Cabot High School. Pauline graduated
from Johnson Normal School with a B.S.
degree and completed some graduate work
at Lyndon State College. She worked at
WWII-related factories in Connecticut from
1942-1944, then taught in a one-room
schoolhouse in Plainfield for a year before
moving to Marlboro, MA, and teaching
there. Pauline rounded out her teaching
career at Danville (VT) Elementary School,
teaching first and third grades. She and her
husband had two daughters.
INA (CLARK) WOODWARD ’40 died April
8, 2011. After graduating from Johnson, she
taught school in a one-room schoolhouse
in Jonesville and later at Burlington High
School. She was known for her musical
talent, playing piano with Joe Leveque’s Big
Band and the Green Mountain Banjos. She
is survived by her daughter, Diana Green
and her husband; her sons Larry, Derrel
and Lonnie and their spouses; and several
grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces
and nephews. She was predeceased by her
husband Winfred; brother Norman Clark; and
sisters Gladys Clark and Quita Kenyon.
50s
FRANKLIN S. ADAMS ’56
died June 13, 2010. Franklin received his
teaching degree from JSC and taught at
several schools in Vermont, including
Randolph Junior High, Rochester Junior
High, and Hartford High School in White
River Junction. He also taught at Penn
State College, the University of MichiganDearborn, Wayne State Community College
and Goddard College. Franklin was an
environmental activist, a photographer and
a model-train enthusiast. He is survived
by wife, four children, 12 grandchildren,
eight great-grandchildren, and many
nieces and nephews.
RENE L. BLANCHARD ’56 died Nov. 29,
2011. Rene grew up with a passion for
playing sports, especially basketball. Over
his high school and college career playing
basketball, he scored 1,000 points. Rene
went to school at Johnson State College for
education and received his master’s degree
for history and government from St. Michael’s
College. His many accomplishments
including teaching government, U.S.
history, economics and physical education
for 28 years in Winooski; coaching soccer,
baseball and girls’ and boys’ basketball
for 18 years; winning three consecutive
state championships for the Winooski Boys
Basketball team; being inducted into the
JSC Athletics Hall of Fame in 1982 and the
Vermont Basketball Coaches Association in
2009; and being named Basketball Coach of
the Year in 1970. After retirement, Rene was
an Essex Junction trustee and a member of
the Vermont House of Representatives from
1995 to 2000.
as do his three children and their families,
including eight grandchildren.
KENNETH R. CHADWICK ’55 died May
NANCY (GALLUP) PEPIN ’69 died May
24, 2011 at 77. He received his B.A. in
education from JSC and his master’s in
education from the University of Vermont.
Ken began his long teaching career in
Marshfield, VT, where he also served as the
head coach for the varsity basketball team
that won a state title under his leadership.
He held teaching positions in South Royalton
and Norwich before joining the staff of
Waterbury High School. During his tenure
as a teaching principal in Waterbury, he was
instrumental in starting the school’s first
kindergarten program. Ken is survived by
his wife of 58 years, Janet Chadwick; their
children, Lawrence “Larry” Chadwick, Linda
Chadwick and her husband, and James,
Brian, Jeffrey and Ronald Chadwick and their
wives; 11 grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren; two sisters and two brothers.
He was predeceased by two brothers.
17, 2011, at the Vermont Respite House in
Williston. She graduated high school from
Peoples Academy. She is survived by her
husband, Thomas Pepin; stepson, Chad, and
his wife; two brothers; three granddaughters;
and several nieces and nephews.
STEPHEN D. GOOD ’56 died July 2, 2011 in
Florida. After earning his B.A. in education
at JSC, he went on to receive his M.A. in
administration at St. Michael’s College.
He spent 37 years in the education field,
retiring in 1994 from the Huntington (NY)
Elementary School, which had sought
him out to open the school in 1969.
Stephen also served on the Shelburne (VT)
Selectboard from 1999-2005 and the Mater
Christi School Board from 1995-1997. He
is survived by his wife, Gloria; daughter
Stephanie Webler and her husband; son
Gregory Good; three brothers, Glenn,
Douglas, and James; two sisters, Kathleen
Pancoast and Malinda Good; and numerous
grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins
and friends. He was predeceased by his
son, Robert.
60s
ELAINE A. (SQUIRE) DUNBAR
’60 died Sept. 3, 2011, at 72. Born in
Randolph, VT, she received her teaching
degree from JSC, then taught in Craftsbury
and Walden. In her spare time she helped
her husband and family with the farm. She
enjoyed reading (especially westerns) and
gardening.
STEPHEN FOSTER ’65 passed away June
12, 2011. Stephen taught school until 1981,
when he joined his father-in-law’s drafting
business. He retired in 2010. He is survived
by his wife of 42 years, Cindy; his daughter,
Kelly Foster; two sisters, Joan Welch and
Mary Lou Kreis and their spouses; and many
nieces, nephews and other family members.
HENRY MARSHIA, JR ’60 died Dec. 29,
2010, in St. Albans, VT. Henry served with the
U.S. Army during the Korean War and then
was a teacher for 33 years. His wife of 54
years, MARIE MARSHIA ’60, survives him,
70s
DIANE CARTER ’76 died July
9, 2011 at 57. She received an M.A. degree
from Goddard College. She worked at
Vermont Sports Today and the C.H. Dana Co.,
and most recently she was a freelance writer.
KATHLEEN (GRANT) HUBBARD ’71 died
Sept. 5, 2011, in Killington. She graduated
from Woodstock Union High School and,
after graduating from JSC, attended Finger
Lakes School of Massage. She had her
own massage- thera py practice, called
Bodynamics, and managed Waterwheel
Trading Company in Killington. In her spare
time, she enjoyed hiking, singing, gardening,
photography and her spiritual practice of
Sahaj Marg.
LOU JARVIS ’78 was lost to the JSC
community on Sept. 30, 2011, after a
year-long battle with esophageal cancer.
As men’s golf coach at JSC, Lou led the golf
program since its revival in the fall of 2009.
A resident of South Burlington and a native of
Essex, he served his country in both the Army
National Guard and then in the Navy during
the Vietnam War. Upon returning home, Jarvis
enrolled at JSC. He began his golf teaching
career at Mt. Snow Golf School, went on to
the Stratton Golf School, and then served
as head professional at various courses. He
loved to teach the game of golf and created
golf camps to introduce youth to the game. He
was proud of his life membership in the PGA,
having first joined in 1990. A “Celebration of
Life” for Lou was held at Catamount Country
Club Oct. 8. Donations in his honor can be
made to: ASPCA, 424 East 92nd St., New York,
NY 10128 (www.aspca.org) or the Chittenden
County Humane Society, 142 Kindness
Ct., South Burlington, VT 05403 (www.
chittendenhumane.org). See tribute at right.
JAMES WALTER LAROE ’72 died Oct.
16, 2011. He was born in Montpelier and
graduated from Central Catholic High
School in St. Albans. He married Sharon Ann
Lavigne and was happily married for 39
years. James worked at the Fonda Container
Company and IBM until he retired.
80s RAYMOND BETIT ’83 died
Jan. 19, 2011. A veteran of WW II, he was
stationed in Japan and served six months of
active duty in Germany. After his discharge,
he became a licensed embalmer and funeral
director. He worked for and owned several
businesses in the Bennington area and
also served as town Lister, village auditor
and justice of the peace at various times.
Ray was active in the Sacred Heart St.
Francis de Sales Church and was a member
of the Knights of Columbus Council 307,
the Fourth Degree Assembly, the American
Legion Post 13, and the VFW Post 1332. He
was predeceased by his wife, Kathleen, in
2005, and is survived by four daughters and
sons-in-law, nine grandchildren, and many
other loved ones.
DONNAL DEAN MALONEY Jr. ’80, of
Newport, VT, died Sept. 17, 2011, in Lebanon
NH. He attended Columbia University in New
York and received his master’s degree at JSC.
He taught at Vermont middle schools, high
schools and colleges around the Newport
and Orleans area. In his spare time Donnal
enjoyed skiing, mountain climbing, traveling,
cycling and playing the piano player.
FRANCES (KILLEEN) PATRY, M.A. ’80
died Feb. 28, 2011. Frances was devoted
throughout her life to education and the arts.
Her husband of 66 years, Joseph, survives
her, as do her nine children and their
families, 35 grandchildren, and 46 greatgrandchildren.
JAMES PROPER ’82 died Feb. 1, 2011. His
parents and younger brother survive him.
90s MICHAEL GUILD ’97 died July
22, 2011, at 62. Michael served in the U.S.
Army during the Vietnam War, stationed in
Germany. Michael and his wife, Nancy, lived
in Calais and later moved to Williamstown,
where he spent the rest of his life.
STEVEN PHILLIP HOWARD ’98, of
Burlington, VT, died Oct. 4, 2011. He loved
being near the water, especially Lake
Champlain. He enjoyed boating, flying
and the 12 years he spent in Key West, FL.
Steven founded various entrepreneurial
ventures and was a pioneering buyer’s
broker, assisting buyers with real-estate
transactions.
SHANE R. LEACH, who last attended JSC
in 1990, died April 25, 2011. He graduated
from Colchester High School and went on to
study business at Johnson. He is survived
by his wife, Christy Berg Leach; daughter
Samantha Elizabeth; brother Craig; and
parents Russell and Kathy Leach.
SUSAN (KAMUS) McCANNA’93 died April
15, 2011. She taught kindergarten for 18
years in Dummerston, VT, and touched many
lives during that time. She is survived by
her husband of 39 years, Jeffrey; their son,
Benjamin; her grandson, Otis; her mother,
Marjorie Kamus; her brother Robert; and
numerous nieces and nephews. She was
predeceased by her father, Frank.
RUTH (MORSE) TAYLOR ’92 died Sept.
15, 2011 in Burlington. Ruth graduated
from Bristol High School and the UVM
School of Dental Hygiene in 1959, and later
received her bachelor’s degree from JSC.
“Toothy Ruthie” not only worked as a dentist,
she also worked for the Vermont Health
Department and the Water Supply Division
of the Vermont Department of Environmental
Conservation. She loved creating family
traditions, volunteering at the Shelburne
Museum and playing Scrabble.
the Vermont Student Assistance Corp. for
more than 20 years.
00s
CATHERINE (SCHWARZ) ROSSI ’06, of
JEAN (BROSSEAU) BURNOR
’03 died July 25, 2011 at 58. Jean earned
her bachelor’s degree through JSC’s External
Degree Program over 25 years. A lifelong
resident of Franklin County, Jean worked with
Stowe, VT, died July 17, 2011 at 63. Catherine
received an “Outstanding Caregiver Award”
in 2007 for providing outstanding care for a
child with special needs.
Louis Jarvis:
A 7-iron Approach to Life
By Bill Boldwin
The Vermont golfing community lost an avid
golfer, teacher, coach and all-around nice guy
Sept. 30 when Louis H. Jarvis died at age 62
after a yearlong battle with esophageal cancer.
Many of Lou’s friends, colleagues and students
were stunned to learn of his death, since Lou had
been seen on the golf course only weeks earlier
with the same enthusiasm and focus that made
him a Class A Professional in the PGA.
An alum of Johnson State College, class of
1978, Lou returned there in 2009 to become the
head men’s golf coach, a role he truly loved. He
taught his players to think about the game — to
think less about how far the ball was traveling and
more about how they were finishing their swing;
to spend less time aiming a putt and more time
reading the line.
“The desired results will come as long as you
stay true to your swing,” he would tell them. “It’s
all about muscle memory — it’s about putting in
the time, committing to the game and enjoying
the people you play with,” Lou would say.
He began his instructional career at Mount
Snow Golf School in West Dover, Vt., and
continued on to Stratton Golf School. In the
ensuing years he worked with hundreds of novice,
intermediate and advanced golfers, improving
their skills and appreciation for the game.
Every first lesson with Lou consisted of him
asking the student to take out a club to hit a few
balls. Almost without fail, students of all abilities
would select the driver. Lou would then tell them
that if their goal was to be able to hit the longest
drive, then they probably shouldn’t waste their
time with lessons from him. He didn’t care how
far someone could hit the ball. After all, he would
point out, the most you’ll use your driver in a
round of golf is 14 or 15 times.
Considering the average golfer hits the ball
close to 100 times, Lou was more interested in
teaching success on the other 85 shots. “OK,” he
would say. “Let’s put those drivers away and take
out a 7-iron.” It was then the lesson would begin.
Lou considered himself an ambassador of
the game. He always presented himself in a
professional manner and insisted those he golfed
with do the same out of respect for others on the
course and the game itself. Win, lose or draw,
Coach Jarvis would leave the Johnson State
athletics building after each visit with the same
remark. He would look you straight in the eye and
say, “Go Badgers!” Every time.
Lou’s last year was a tough one. With the
support of wife and best friend, Joan, and his
dog Scout at his side, Lou was able to keep active
until the very end. He never complained, never
asked for help. He lived his life the way he played
the game, with intensity, integrity and focus. It’s
a legacy he leaves with Johnson State and the
Badgers golf team.
Just days before his passing, and with Lou
very weak, yet still fighting the cancer with the
tenacity of his school’s mascot, he provided two
final words: “Go Badgers!” he said.
You can bet that we will, coach.
Bill Boldwin succeeded Jarvis as JSC men’s golf coach. Michael
Osborne, assistant athletic director and sports information director
at JSC, also contributed to this article. This article originally
appeared in the Winter 2012 issue of NCAA Champion.
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