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CURRY
M A G A Z I N E | Winter 2015
Visionaries:
Anna Baright and Samuel Silas Curry
In the Archives with Dr. David A. Fedo
page 20
Living and Learning
The Performer
Beyond the Classroom at Bell Hall
Georgia Deane ’40
page 14
page 26
CONTENTS
PRESIDENT
KENNETH K. QUIGLEY, JR.
MEMBERS OF THE CURRY COLLEGE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
CHAIRMAN
ANTHONY M. CAMPO, ESQ. ’79
TREASURER
DR. JAMES M. SULLIVAN, Hon. ’05
CLERK
JOHN W. KEITH
BOARD MEMBERS
Dr. Salvatore A. Balsamo, Hon. ’97
Dr. Ruth Ellen Fitch, Hon. ’11
David K. Hemenway ’81
W. Patrick Hughes P’96
Vincent J. Lombardo
John T. Mahoney, III, Esq. P’03
Dr. Joyce A. Murphy, Hon. ’99
Robert M. Platt ’67, P’00
Joseph P. Plunkett, III
Mitchell I. Quain P’01
Kenneth K. Quigley, Jr.
Thomas J. Quinlan, III, P’13
Curtis Rodman ’80
Dr. John J. Santilli ’71, Hon. ’02
Kathryn M. Sardella ’67, M.Ed. ’81
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CONTENTS
3
Fox 25 Visits Campus
4 New Academic
Programs
12
Chris Spagnoletti ’89
Welcomes the
Class of 2018
Curry Magazine is a publication
for alumni, parents and
friends of Curry College.
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Class Notes
Editor in Chief
Fran Jackson
Features
Managing Editor
Noah Leavitt
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Class Notes Editor
Jessica Brandi ’13
Contributing Writers
Jessica Brandi ’13
John Eagan
David Fedo
Noah Leavitt
Graphic Designers
Christina Caulfield
Rosemarie Valentino
Photographers
Connor Gleason
Paige Brown
Please send editorial
correspondence to:
Curry College
Institutional Advancement
1071 Blue Hill Avenue
Milton, MA 02186
Phone: (617) 333-2121
Email: [email protected]
Living and Learning Bell Hall Photo-Essay
20Visionaries
Anna Baright and
Samuel Silas Curry
26
The Performer
Georgia Deane ’40
28
Tea for Two
Sarah Erlandson ’92
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From the Desk of President Quigley
Fall 2014 marked the 135th year since Curry College’s founding in 1879. This milestone provides a wonderful opportunity to look
back and acknowledge our College’s rich history and growth, and importantly, cast an eye toward Curry’s future.
In this edition of Curry Magazine, we will have the chance do both.
Over the course of the past year, Dr. David Fedo, Academic Vice President Emeritus, has combed through the Curry College archives
and interviewed members of the Curry Community in an undertaking to celebrate the College’s 135th anniversary. The result of Dr.
Fedo’s research is “The History of Curry College: Impressions, Memories and Reflections.” His manuscript is an informative and engaging
account of the history of the College — from our roots in Boston to the present day on our Milton campus. The totality of that
manuscript has been published on our website at curry.edu/history. Our feature story in this edition of Curry Magazine is Visionaries,
an excerpt of Dr. Fedo’s work that provides insights and reflection on our College’s founding and our founders Anna Baright Curry
and Samuel Silas Curry.
Contrasting these historical images, our photo-essay Living and Learning [page 14] is a collection of images that provide a window
into the lives of students residing in our newest building on campus, the just opened Alexander Graham Bell Hall. The students
depicted are members of the College’s science cohort, and the piece shows an excellent example of the type of collaborative learning
environment that I am proud our College offers.
Recent and significant developments on campus extend well beyond the walls of Bell Hall and include new academic programs – new
majors in Biochemistry and in Mobile Application Development, and a new concentration in Multimedia Sports Journalism. These
new programs provide expanded career opportunities for our students, and reflect our College’s commitment to our Strategic Plan,
Values, Voices, Vision and our new Mission Statement’s emphasis on our rich blend of liberal arts and career-directed programs.
As we near the midpoint of the implementation of our Plan, I’m proud of the work being done on campus to implement its goals in
ways designed to promote the future success of Curry students and alums.
The beginning of a new calendar year is always a unique time at Curry. It is half way through the academic year, but it symbolically
represents an opportunity to refresh and review ourselves personally and as an institution—to assess and take a look at our
accomplishments, while continuing to set ambitious goals for the future. At Curry, I’m always proud of our collective accomplishments,
yet also inspired that our students, faculty, staff, and alumni are simply never content with their successes or contributions. Rather,
we continuously set our sights on the future, ensuring that our College and our people live out our Mission and remain committed
to strategic initiatives and innovation.
All the best to you and yours for a happy and healthy year in which you achieve much success in your own personal and professional
initiatives.
Sincerely,
Kenneth K. Quigley, Jr.
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ON CAMPUS
CURRY featured on Fox 25 ‘College Tour’
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On Friday, October 24, the Curry College campus was decked out in Purple Pride to host the
final stop of Fox 25’s “College Tour” series.
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Segments included interviews with students,
faculty and staff of the College, including
President Kenneth K. Quigley, Jr.
Fox 25 Morning News broadcast live from
Westhaver Park in front of the Student Center and featured reporter Elizabeth “Lilly”
Hopkins and sports reporter Butch Stearns.
“College Tour” sponsors Dunkin Donuts,
Canobie Lake Park and Teddie Natural Peanut
Butter were also on hand.
Curry College’s Newest Residence Hall Named for
Alexander Graham Bell
During the Fall 2014 semester, Curry College’s newest residence
hall, Alexander Graham Bell Hall, opened its doors.
Bell Hall is, of course, named after the famed inventor of the
telephone, Alexander Graham Bell. Bell served as the Chancellor
of the School of Expression, Curry College’s institutional
precursor, from 1907 until his death in 1922.
Bell Hall is located mid-campus in proximity of the Student
Center and the Admission Office. The 46,000 square foot hall
is now home to 168 students, some of whom occupy living/
learning communities—cohorts of students who share the same
major and academic interests.
Students will not only live in Bell Hall, but will be able to connect
with their faculty and their peers in an integrated environment.
Bell Hall boasts a large multipurpose space that will serve as
a classroom during the day and a programing and event space
during the evenings and weekends. Other multi-functional
spaces within the hall can be utilized for traditional classroom
learning, as study halls for both group and individual study,
tutoring sessions, and other co- and extracurricular purposes as
opportunities arise.
“Alexander Graham Bell was a scientist, an inventor, an engineer,
and an innovator,” says Maryellen Kiley, Dean of Students. “It
is fitting that our newest residence is named in his honor, as
it has been designed as a space that will foster innovation and
collaboration.”
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ON CAMPUS
BIOCHEMISTRY
New Academic
Programs
Set to Launch
in Fall 2015
Curry College will launch three new
academic programs in the Fall 2015
semester. The College now offers two
new majors, Biochemistry and Mobile
Application Development, as well as
a concentration in Multimedia Sports
Journalism. These programs were
developed as part of the College’s
Strategic Plan, Values, Voices, Vision.
Biochemistry Major Offers Career
Opportunities in STEM Fields
Curry College’s new Biochemistry major allows students
to study in the fast-growing STEM (Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Mathematics) field. The Bachelor of Science in
Biochemistry degree is designed to provide a strong foundation
in the chemical and biological sciences meeting standards set
forth by the American Chemical Society (ACS). The course
of study will prepare students seeking careers in a wide range
of professions, including life and health sciences, biochemical
research, and biotechnology. The curriculum will balance
laboratory and classroom work with internship experiences.
Dr. Marie Turner, Associate Professor of Chemistry, helped
develop the major and says that launching the new program is
an integral part of strengthening the College’s science program.
“Our goal was to identify the department’s strengths and current
trends in the STEM disciplines that inform both short term
and long term development of future programs and majors,”
says Turner. “Biochemistry was identified as an area of growing
demand among applicants, as well as a discipline that provides
current and future job opportunities. The Boston area, a major
hub of the pharmaceutical industry, will provide opportunities
for meaningful internships and career options after graduation.”
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ON CAMPUS
MOBILE APPLICATION
DEVELOPMENT
Mobile Application Development Major
Helps Meet Growing Demand
for Developers
For many companies, their mobile presence is an important
component of their online presence. The need has increased
the demand for software developers who can create smartphone
applications. Curry College’s new Mobile Application
Development major helps meet this growing demand, teaching
students how to create apps for phones, tablets, and other
devices. The curriculum is designed to provide students with
an in-depth knowledge of mobile application development for
the various platforms; the intricacies of cloud computing; and
the dynamics of human computer interaction. Courses also
focus on developing an awareness of the ethical and legal issues
surrounding the security of mobile applications and devices.
“In today’s world, computing for the vast majority of people is
no longer based on their laptop computers. Instead, individuals
are turning to their personal devices - tablets, smart phones,
‘watches,’ or ‘rings,’” says Maryann Gallant, Chair of the
Applied Technology Department. “Every institution that has
a presence on the Web today wants to project that presence on
these new personal devices. Curry College is in the forefront of
preparing a new generation of professionals who will be skilled
in creating efficient, effective, user friendly applications for this
new world.”
MULTIMEDIA SPORTS
JOURNALISM
Multimedia Sports Journalism Concentration
Will Train Next Generation of Journalists
The tools of the trade for journalists are constantly evolving—
cameras and tape recorders are being replaced by tablets and
smartphones. Reporters are no longer writing one story; they’re
posting blog updates, tweeting news, and shooting their own
video. The Multimedia Sports Journalism concentration will
prepare students to succeed in the changing sports media
environment. With ongoing digital innovations and rapid
changes in how people consume information, this concentration
will provide students with the skills and knowledge necessary
for the sports journalism jobs of today and the ever-evolving
opportunities of tomorrow.
Dr. Jeff Lemberg, Associate Professor of Communication, will
lead the new concentration. Lemberg says that the course of
study will emphasize a multi-disciplinary approach.
“We’ve created an exciting academic program that emphasizes
depth of knowledge about sports journalism, multimedia
storytelling, and the critical study of sport,” Lemberg says.
“From a hands-on standpoint, students learn everything from
the fundamentals of journalism to how to create multimedia
story packages using only an iPad, and that work leads directly
to internships at some of the biggest sports media organizations
in New England.”
In addition to the launch of the new Mobile Application
Development major, the College’s Information Technology
major will now lead to a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree.
Previously, the IT major had been offered as a Bachelor of
Arts degree. The transition to a B.S. includes an enhanced
curriculum, including more required courses and an increased
focus on technical skills.
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BOSTON 2024:
The Olympics and the South Shore
ON CAMPUS
John Fish Makes Case for Boston Olympics
at Curry College Forum
John Fish
The United States Olympic Committee
(USOC) recently announced that Boston
would represent the U.S. in its bid for the
2024 Summer Olympics. In the months
leading up to the announcement, a Curry
College crowd heard John F. Fish, Chair
of the Boston 2024 Partnership, make
his case for why the Hub should host the
Olympics.
Fish, CEO of Suffolk Construction, spoke
during Boston 2024: The Olympics and
the South Shore, a breakfast forum held
want our community to look like in that
period of time, and how do the Olympics
of 2024 fit into that conversation?”
Boston will now be competing for the
2024 games with a host of other cities,
including Rome, with a final decision to
be made in 2017. Fish told the crowd that
Boston is in a unique position to win the
bid because of its existing infrastructureincluding dozens of colleges and
universities with existing facilities that
could serve as event venues.
“I would be so proud to show
up at the doorstep of a foreign
country to talk about...Curry
College and other places we
all care so deeply about.”
at Curry College on Thursday, October
16. During the presentation, Fish asked
a crowd of state and local leaders, along
with Curry College faculty, students, and
staff, to join him in a conversation about
the future of Massachusetts.
“The conversation about the Olympics
is not about the Olympics, it is about
investing in the future,” Fish said. “Where
do we want to be in 2030? What do we
While there is existing infrastructure,
Fish said that Boston would need to
accelerate $6 billion dollars in planned
transportation projects in order to meet
the demand of the Olympics. These
projects include expanded rail service
to under-served areas of Massachusetts,
including the South Shore. Many of these
projects have been planned for years,
but Fish said that the 2024 Olympics
would provide the necessary boost to
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fast-track these improvements. Fish told
the crowd that these types of infrastructure improvements would have a longlasting economic impact.
“Everything we are doing is for the
future,” Fish said. “We have 6.7 to 6.8
million people in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts; in order for us to continue
moving forward and growing we have to
grow our population, and how do we
think about growing our population to
7.6 or 8 million people? How does our
infrastructure system support that?”
Beyond all the brick and mortar and
infrastructure
improvements,
Fish
believes that the Olympic bid process is
about telling the story of Boston, and the
entire Commonwealth. Now that Boston
has won the American bid, Fish and
other USOC representatives will meet
with 110 world leaders—which Fish calls
an incredible opportunity to sell the Bay
State’s credentials.
“I would be so proud to show up at the
doorstep of a foreign country to talk
about Harvard University, Massachusetts
General Hospital, Curry College, and
other places we all care so deeply about.
We will never have that opportunity
again. The Olympics are about the
opportunity to tell stories.”
BLUE HILLS AND BEYOND
Trustee Joyce A. Murphy Honored by Greater Boston
Chamber of Commerce, Massachusetts Health Council
and Boston Globe
Magazine
Curry College Trustee Joyce A.
Murphy, Hon. ‘99, MPA, executive vice
chancellor of UMass Medical School’s
Commonwealth Medicine division, was
presented with a 2015 Pinnacle Award
from the Greater Boston Chamber
of Commerce at the Boston Marriott
Copley Place Hotel on January 29,
2015. She received the Excellence in
Health Care, Arts & Education award,
one of eight awards being presented during an annual luncheon that honors female
leaders who have achieved excellence in business and management.
Dr. Murphy’s Pinnacle Award follows two other prestigious awards she recently
received.
In the fall of 2014, Commonwealth Medicine was ranked number two on the
Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts compiled by The Boston Globe
Magazine and its partner The Commonwealth Institute. The ranking was revealed at
the 13th Annual Top Women-Led Businesses Award Breakfast on Friday, October 24
at the Boston Seaport Hotel and published in the magazine on Sunday, October 26.
Earlier in the month, The Massachusetts Health Council honored Dr. Murphy with
an Outstanding Leadership award on October 21 at its annual gala in Boston. Dr.
Murphy was applauded for her devotion to supporting healthy communities, families
and individuals.
With deep respect and gratitude for her service, Curry College congratulates Dr.
Murphy on the recognition of her leadership, and proudly salutes her as a dedicated
member of the Curry College community.
Communication Major
Elaina Druid, Class of 2016,
Honored by Public
Relations Society
of America
Among the winning attributes cited
were Elaina’s demonstrated commitment
to and passion for the public relations
profession, her leadership role in the
Curry College Public Relations Student
Association (CCPRSA), as well as
her active involvement as a Resident
Assistant, in Curry Theatre, and as a
Speech Associate in the Curry College
Speaking Center.
Curry College English professor and Writerin-Residence Bill Littlefield welcomed Hall
of Fame sportswriter and author Bob Ryan
as his featured guest for the latest Littlefield
Lecture Series event. Ryan was on hand to
discuss his new book, Scribe: My Life in
Sports with students, faculty and staff.
Originally known for his work as an
NBA columnist covering the Celtics for
The Boston Globe from the end of the Bill
Russell era through the glory years of Larry
Bird, Ryan’s exceptional perceptive and
thorough coverage of the NBA over many
decades earned him the nickname “The
Commissioner” among his peers.
An extraordinary storyteller, Ryan regaled
the lively Hafer Parents’ Lounge audience
with anecdotes from a successful career that
has spanned six decades.
Ryan also fielded some very thought
provoking questions from the Curry
audience, including one addressing the
topic of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
(CTE), a progressive degenerative disease
of the brain found in athletes (and others)
with a history of repetitive brain trauma,
and how it relates to the future viability of
the NFL.
“I have said for many years, half jokingly,
that the mothers of America could shut
down football tomorrow,” said Ryan. “I’m
very torn by the whole football thing and
I’m distressed that America has chosen it as
its national sport”.
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Left to right: Julie Dennehy, APR, PRSA Boston President;
Diane Pardes, APR, Immediate Past President, PRSA
Boston; Elaina Druid, Curry College Class of 2016; Curry
College Public Relations Professor Kirk Hazlett, APR,
Fellow PRSA; Loring Barnes, APR, PRA Boston Awards
Committee Chair. (Photo Courtesy of PRSA Boston)
Communication major Elaina Druid,
Class of 2016, has been recognized
by the Boston Chapter of the Public
Relations Society of America (PRSA) as
its 2014 “Emerging Leader Scholarship”
recipient. The award was presented to
Elaina during PRSA Boston’s Annual
Meeting on Wednesday, November 12,
at WCVB studios in Needham.
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Bob Ryan Visits Curry
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ON CAMPUS
MBA Students Team Up for Reebok Business Consulting
“The Curry Capstone
students proved to be
top-notch consultants
for us. We were extremely
lucky to have such bright
individuals at our
disposal to contribute
to our brand.”
Catherine Marshall
Director of Global Business
Development for Reebok
Imagine a video game character sporting the
Reebok logo. It’s an outside the box strategy,
and that creative idea is the brainchild of
Curry College MBA students.
For its Capstone project, the Summer 2014
cohort of MBA students was tasked with
helping Canton, MA based Reebok increase
its presence and market share in a crowded
marketplace of athletic apparel competitors.
As part of the Capstone project, Curry
students received an inside look at
Reebok’s re-branding efforts – including
the launch of a new logo. Reebok’s ‘Delta’
logo symbolizes the brand’s mission to
help people change for the better and be the
best version of themselves through fitness.
Reebok believes that living a fit life creates
positive physical, mental and social changes
– each of which are represented by the three
independent sides of the ‘Delta’.
A key recommendation by the Curry MBA
students was that Reebok “ree-launch” its logo
in order to capitalize on the associated branding
and to ensure that consumers are aware of the
change. The cohort illustrated ways in which
Reebok could maximize their new logo, and
what it stands for. They showcased how social
media offers multiple opportunities to present
the new brand to consumers.
MBA students suggested video game
partnerships as another way to share the new
logo.
“We’re asking Reebok to look into an
unfamiliar space; to move into a ‘Blue Ocean’
opportunity,” said MBA student Roby
Holland. “A ‘Blue Ocean’ opportunity is one
where there is little to no competition in the
marketplace. The motivation for these video
gamers is teamwork, competition, and social
interaction, which closely align with Reebok’s
‘Delta.’
Aligning marketing opportunities with the
‘Delta’ logo was a central theme for the MBA
student presenters.
“Brand marks are very important for
companies as they forge relationships with
their consumers,” said student marketing
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team leader Nikki Callahan. “These marks
share the company’s core values and their
mission. Successful brands identify with
consumers by telling a story.”
Beyond the new logo, MBA students
reviewed key areas of Reebok’s marketing
strategy, including its target demographics.
Students noted that Reebok has the ability
to successfully target varying groups of
consumers–from teenagers who might be
interested in skateboarding, to older adults
who are drawn to Crossfit or other groupbased exercise.
The Capstone experience proved informative
and helpful for Reebok staffers who
participated in the project and attended the
Capstone event. The presentations from
students prompted questions from those in
attendance, creating a valuable dialogue about
the students’ findings.
“The Curry Capstone students proved to
be top-notch consultants for us. We were
extremely lucky to have such bright individuals
at our disposal to contribute to our brand,”
said Catherine Marshall, Director of Global
Business Development for Reebok, who
accepted the 300 + page manuscript authored
by the MBA cohort. “I can tell you that all of
these recommendations will be considered and
talked about.”
ON CAMPUS
Plymouth Campus Marks 20-Year Anniversary
In December, Curry College’s Plymouth
campus marked its 20th Anniversary.
Over the course of those two decades,
the campus has provided educational
opportunities that allow adult-learners
to improve their lives. Since 1994, nearly
1,500 students have graduated from
Curry’s Plymouth Campus; many of
these students live and work in Plymouth,
on Cape Cod, and in other nearby
communities.
“I have had a front row seat in watching
our students achieve their educational
goals by earning their degrees and doing
so with academic honors,” says Anne
Berriault, a Wareham resident who
has served as director of the Plymouth
campus since 1996. “The best part
of being a director of an educational
program is graduation day; watching
these individuals march across stage with
honor and pride to receive their hardearned degree while their children, wives,
husbands, and parents cheered for them
through smiles and tears.”
Anne Berriault, left, alongside Raffaella Almeida CE ‘13 at a graduation celebration in Plymouth
The Plymouth campus offers bachelor’s
degrees in Business Management,
Communication,
Criminal
Justice,
Information Technology (IT), Nursing,
Psychology, and Sociology; as well as
graduate degrees in Business Administration, Criminal Justice, and Education.
Colleen Thomas CE ’13 and Robert Doyle MBA
’14 walk outside the Plymouth campus
GRADUATE PROGRAMS AT Curry College
MACJ
Master of Arts in Criminal Justice
MBA
Master of Business Administration
curry.edu/cegrad
617-333-2364
Milton | Plymouth
M.Ed.
Master of Education
MSN
Master of Science in Nursing
• Accelerated degree completion • Hybrid formats
• Real-world learning experiences
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BLUE HILLS
AND
BEYOND
BEYOND
THE
BLUE
HILLS
Curry Partners with Richmond University in London
and St. Francis University in France
During the 2014-2015 academic year,
Curry College students are taking
advantage of expanded opportunities to
study overseas, at Richmond University
in London and St. Francis University in
Ambialet, France.
During the Fall 2014 semester, eight
nursing students studied at St. Francis
accompanied by Professor Linda
Tenofsky, and during the Spring 2015
semester two students will be studying at
Richmond University. The College has
also recently received approval from the
State Department to offer J-1 Visas to
visiting students. This will allow Curry
to host exchange students from visiting
colleges for a full semester.
The agreements between Curry and
these two institutions allow students
to access study abroad experiences in a
more seamless way. Through these agreements, students are able to utilize their
financial aid to financially support the
experience; to be supported by academic
counselors at Curry in choosing their
courses; to have credits easily transferred
back to Curry; and to have their travel
and living accommodations mapped out
with them prior to departure.
These important partnerships were
developed by the Strategic Plan Work
Team focusing on Direction Two:
“Challenge students early and often
throughout their academic career through
service learning, internships, study
abroad and other experiential learning
opportunities.” The partnerships will
provide one vehicle that can help support
this undertaking.
Dispatches from Jordan
Dr. Susan LaRocco Blogs during Fulbright Experience
Nursing professor Dr. Susan LaRocco is
spending the 2014-2015 academic year
teaching at the University of Jordan on a
Fulbright Scholarship.
The Fulbright program is a governmentsponsored program that awards 8,000 grants
to scholars, students, and professionals to
study, teach, or conduct research abroad. Dr.
LaRocco is Curry’s fourth Fulbright recipient.
During her time in Jordan, Dr. LaRocco is
focusing on graduate-level courses in Patient
Safety in the Clinical Environment and
Global Perspectives of Nursing. She is also
supervising students in preparation for their
thesis and editing manuscripts for publication.
Dr. LaRocco has been documenting her
experiences inside and outside of the
classroom in her blog, “My Fulbright Year
in Jordan.” In one of her recent posts titled,
“Learning about Islam,” she writes about the
culture and religion in Jordan and what she is
learning from her exposure to it. Dr. LaRocco
stresses the importance of students learning
about other cultures.
Dr. LaRocco’s latest post, Learning about Islam:
One of the best aspects of traveling or living
in another country is the opportunity to learn.
We have found people here very willing to
answer questions on a variety of topics. Although
we have spent time in other countries that are
primarily one religion (Iceland and Ireland come
to mind), and we have traveled in other Muslim
countries and visited mosques, living in Jordan
has provided us with a wonderful opportunity to
learn more about Islam. We have also learned
many new words to describe important aspects
of the faith.
A qibla indicates the direction to face when
praying. Muslims the world over face Mecca
when they pray. We have noted these on the
ceiling in two of the hotel rooms that we have
occupied. For meat to be considered halal, it
must be slaughtered by a Muslim, in a specific
manner, with the butcher saying ‘Allahu
akbar’ (God is most great) prior to death. I
have also been told that the head of the animal
should be aligned with the qibla. My fashion
vocabulary is also expanding. An abayah is the
long black garment worn by women. When
you see women walking on the street at night
in busy traffic, my heart skips a beat. They
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Dr. Susan LaRocco with a Bedouin woman near Mafraq,
in northern Jordan (Photo Courtesy: Ed Quigley)
are virtually impossible to see and I expect
that momentarily there will be another traffic
fatality. Some women wear a niqab, typically
black, but sometimes white, which covers their
face from just below the eyes. When eating, they
lift it slightly and sneak the food under the veil.
I have also seen women in an abayah and niqab
wearing black cloth gloves. The long white robe
that men wear is a dishdash or thawb, and the
headdress is a kaffiyeh often held in place by an
igal (agal) which is the rope circle.
So, the opportunity to learn more about the
culture and religion continues. It makes me
even more aware of the importance of providing
our students with opportunities to learn about
the people of the world. I am grateful for the
many experiences that I have had, traveling and
meeting people from many different cultures.
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ON CAMPUS
All Eye’s Drawn to
Newest Sculpture
In celebration of the arts, Curry College installed
its first permanent sculpture on campus in
Westhaver Park, in front of the Student Center.
The piece, ‘Geometric Eye,’ is a stainless steel
and granite sculpture designed to reflect light
and might look different each time a viewer
looks at it.
“...emergence
of the mind
out of stone.”
- Obie Simonis
The artwork was created by Somerville-based
sculptor Obie Simonis, as part of his sculpture
portfolio, “Stone & Steel.” In this portfolio,
Simonis uses natural rock with stainless steel
forms to create his sculptures.
Professor Laurie Alpert, of the Fine and Applied
Arts department, had a hand in the creation
process, along with students in her senior
seminar class. The students, who were mostly
studio art and graphic design majors, worked
with Simonis throughout the design process.
Alpert and Simonis were recently featured in
an article in the Milton Times discussing the
process from conception to installation.
“It was an amazing learning experience for the
students,” Alpert told the Times. “[Simonis] was
so able to engage them and excite them.”
Simonis has had commissions in Boston,
throughout New England, and around the
world. The artist told the Times that he compared
this particular sculpture to how college students’
minds are emerging through their pursuit of
learning, just as steel emerges from the rock. His
aim was to show an “evolution or emergence of
the mind out of stone.”
Curry College faculty, staff, and alumni served
on the Selection Committee for Public Art
to choose “Geometric Eye.” Members of the
Selection Committee include: Prof. Laurie
Alpert, Dr. Andrea Baldi, Erica Beverly ’13,
Samantha Carr ’13, Christina Caulfield,
Anthony Cormier ’11, Dr. Susan LaRocco,
Robert O’Connell, Prof. Elizabeth Strasser,
Rosemarie Valentino, and Dr. Ronald Warners.
Left to Right: Professor Laurie Alpert and Obie
Simonis stand next to the ‘Geometric Eye’.
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Chris Spagnoletti ’89 welcomes Class of 2018
at Academic Convocation
Curry College President Kenneth K. Quigley,
Jr., alumnus and keynote speaker Christopher
Spagnoletti ’89, P’18, and several other Curry
community representatives welcomed the
Class of 2018 during Curry’s new student
academic convocation on September 2, 2014.
The day began as faculty and staff lined the
walkway to the Student Center to applaud the
first-year students as they walked from North
Campus to Westhaver Park. Faculty members,
adorned in traditional academic regalia, then
joined the procession into the Student Center
Gymnasium, followed by President Quigley’s
inspirational message to the Class of 2018.
“Your interactions at
Curry will add to your
confidence, build your
self-esteem, open your
mind to new ideas,
broaden your thought
process, and provide
the valuable experience
you’ll need beyond
graduation.”
Christopher Spagnoletti ’89, P’18
“We have great expectations for you. We
have great expectations for your success.
We have expectations for your service and
contributions, both inside the classroom
and outside the classroom. As you become
members of this community, my advice to
you, and my best advice for your success,
comes down to two words: get involved.”
In his keynote speech, Christopher Spagnoletti
’89, a Branch General Manager for Konica
Minolta, told students, including his own
son, that they will learn skills at Curry that
will serve them in the future. Among those
skills: stepping out of one’s comfort zone.
“Challenge yourself. Take a course you might
not normally consider or join a club on
campus. It’s in these situations you sometimes
find out more about yourself at a time in
your life when you’re trying to determine a
direction to go in,” Spagnoletti said. “Your
interactions at Curry will add to your
confidence, build your self-esteem, open your
mind to new ideas, broaden your thought
process, and provide the valuable experience
you’ll need beyond graduation.”
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Spagnoletti told the Class of 2018 that even
on the first day of classes, they are already part
of the Curry community—a far-reaching
network of students, alumni, and faculty.
“These lifelong Curry connections will
provide much needed resources you may need
from time to time,” Spagnoletti said, adding
that these resources may come in various
forms over the years. “[It may be] assistance
from a professor or another student to help
make it through a course you are having a
tough time with; crucial career advice from
your academic advisor; a positive reference or
recommendation from a faculty member; an
internship opportunity set up with a Curry
partner businesses and organization; or a job
offer because you are the best candidate for
the job and someone within that organization
happens to be a Curry alum.”
Following the keynote speech, Chief
Academic Officer Dr. David Szczerbacki
officially matriculated the members of the
Class of 2018, who then stood proudly while
Christine Nguyen, Class of 2015, Student
Representative of the Alexander Graham Bell
Honor Society, led the recitation of the Curry
Class Oath.
COLONELS IN THE COMMUNITY
Curry College Cheerleaders
Raise More Than $1,000 for
Special Olympics
On December 6, 2014, Curry College
Cheerleaders raised $1,265 for Special
Olympics Massachusetts by running
in the charity’s Jolly Jaunt 5K. All 18
members of the squad participated.
Jake Heisinger, Class of 2017, left, and Jordan Reed,
Class of 2015, right
Hockey Team Holds First
Annual ‘Teddy Bear Toss’
On November 22, 2014, the Curry
College Hockey Team held its First
Annual Teddy Bear Toss to benefit
children at the Dana Farber Children’s
Hospital Cancer Center.
After Curry’s first goal of the game, fans
with teddy bears and stuffed animals
threw them on the ice for the Curry
players to collect and then donate to sick
children who are in the hospital over the
holidays.
Jake Heisinger, Class of 2017 came up
with the idea to hold the Teddy Bear
Toss, and helped organize the event
along with his teammates.
“The Teddy Bear Toss was a huge success
for both the hockey program and the
school,” says Heisinger. “The entire team
was thrilled with the amount of support
from everyone and we were happy to put
some smiles on kids’ faces this holiday
season.”
For his work organizing the event
Heisinger has been named one of 15
candidates for the 2015 NCAA Hockey
Humanitarian Award. The prestigious
award recognizes players who have an
outstanding commitment to community
service.
Men’s
Lacrosse
Supports
Breast
Cancer and
Brain Trauma Awareness
In the fall of 2014, the Men’s Lacrosse
team volunteered at two different
fundraising events. They lined the streets
for the Casey’s 5K Fun Run, a local road
race in Norwood which benefits a young
woman and her family, and helps bring
awareness to traumatic brain injuries.
That same weekend, they helped out at
the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure,
supporting breast cancer treatment and
research.
Tennis Teams Restore
Boston Parks
On Sunday, October 5, members of
the Women's and Men's Tennis teams
volunteered to help the Boston Parks
and Recreation Department with
the maintenance, beautification, and
restoration of the Lorna Road and
Gladeside Terrace trail head in the city's
Mattapan neighborhood.
Women’s Soccer and
Lacrosse Teams Volunteer
for Milton Foundation for
Education
On Sunday, October 26, two dozen
Curry College athletes volunteered at
the Milton Foundation for Education’s
Curry College student Demitria Ulino paints a
16th Annual Monster Dash 5K Race
design on the face of Celine Kaya, 5, of Milton
and Fun Run. Members of the women’s
soccer and lacrosse teams helped set up for the event, registered participants, kept
runners hydrated at water stops, and even painted faces.
This is the third year that Curry student-athletes have volunteered their time to assist
the Milton Foundation for Education. The experience allows the student-athletes to
give back to the community, while also supporting the Foundation’s important work.
“We had a record number of participants in both the 5K and the Kids Fun Run &
Activities,” said Greg Gordon, Milton Foundation for Education Trustee. “Curry’s
student volunteers proved invaluable in helping the MFE create a positive, fun filled,
community event.”
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Living
Learning
Bell Hall Offers Innovation
and Collaboration
Steps Away from Students’ Rooms
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Learning at Curry extends beyond the classroom
and is embedded in all that we do.
That last line of the Curry College Mission
Statement forms the foundation of the unique
educational experience occurring within the
walls of the College’s newest residence hall.
Alexander Graham Bell Hall is home to two
of Curry’s Living/Learning Communities—
educational cohorts that allow students in similar
majors to live, learn, and study together, while
bonding inside and outside of the classroom.
During the Fall 2014 semester Curry Magazine
followed one of the first Bell Hall cohorts
composed of first-year and sophomore science
students, as they attended class, completed
homework, and even cooked together. It’s a
glimpse into the lives of Curry students, and an
example of the College’s Mission Statement in
action—by providing students opportunities to
learn from each other as well as their professors.
Bell Hall is a space designed for innovation and
collaboration—a goal that echoes Alexander
Graham Bell’s legacy. The great inventor once
wrote that “Great discoveries and improvements
invariably involve the cooperation of many
minds.” For the students of Bell Hall, as you will
see, cooperation is a part of their lives every day.
Photographs by Connor Gleason
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Professor Marie Turner teaches several classes on the third
floor of Bell Hall it’s a bright, open classroom filled with the
latest instructional technology. It’s location inside Bell Hall
allows some students to attend class just steps away from
their rooms.
Top: Professor Turner speaks with first-year student Nizar
Akkawi, Class of 2018, after an Introductory Chemistry
class.
Bottom, from left to right: Members of the Class of 2018
Cory Williams, Kevin Nguyen and Manuel Moreno in
Professor Turner’s Introductory Chemistry Class.
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The open spaces inside Bell Hall are perfect for academic
innovation and collaboration, but they are also the perfect
space for students to unwind and relax between classes.
Here, Marven Viaud-Bernadel, left, and Kevin Nguyen, right,
members of the Class of 2018 play video games in the third
floor lounge.
Alexis Mavrikis, above left, and Kimetra Thompson, above right,
members of the Class of 2018, smile during one of Professor
Turner’s Introductory Chemistry classes. Many of the first-year
students in the cohort also attend the same First-Year Seminar
course together. First-Year Seminar is a 2-credit course designed
to assist students with their transition to the college experience.
Each section of the course is team taught by a member of the
faculty or a professional staff member and an upper-class
student instructor.
Biology major Claudia Fraga, Class of 2016 in a
Bell Hall classroom.
Upperclass students also benefit from the
collaborative environment in Bell Hall. Here,
Mahmoud El-Zeftawy, Class of 2016, Resident
Assistant for the science cohort, leads a study
session with Stefanie Faucher, left, and Alexandra
Carver, right, members of the Class of 2015.
El-Zeftawy leads study sessions for science students
every Wednesday afternoon.
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Left to right: Nizar Akkawi, Class of 2018, Gabriella Tedeschi,
Class of 2017, and Michael Moran, Class of 2018 study
together in Bell Hall. In addition to the third floor classroom
space, students have many other options for collaborative
spaces; each floor has its own “study pod” in addition to
spacious common areas.
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Students in the science cohort
bond outside of the classroom and
study sessions. Each Sunday night
during the semester, Mahmoud
El-Zeftaway, the cohort’s RA,
prepares dinner with the students
on the first floor of Bell Hall.
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Anna Baright &
Samuel Silas Curry
An excerpt from The History of Curry College:
Impressions, Memories and Reflections.
by Dr. David A. Fedo
Exactly who were these visionaries, the wife
and husband Anna Baright and Samuel Silas
Curry, who together made their 19th-century
School into something original, something that
has lasted 135 years and, as a vibrant College,
is still going strong?
Anna Baright
The Curry College that exists today is far
different from the institution founded as
The School of Elocution and Expression
in 1879. The location of the campus
has changed, academic offerings have
expanded and new buildings have been
constructed. Over the past year, Dr.
David A. Fedo, Academic Vice President
Emeritus, has been curating a history of
Curry College. For Fedo, the growth of
Curry begins with its founders: Samuel
Silas and Anna Baright Curry.
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The founding of what would become Curry College started
modestly, but it was grounded in the high hopes, brave vision
and courage of a young and spirited woman named Anna Baright
who, in October of 1879, and with no guarantees for its future,
launched the School of Elocution and Expression in two rooms of
the old Congregational Building on Boston’s Beacon Street. She
assumed the title of “Principal.” Chairs and a reading desk for the
new school were borrowed from Ms. Baright’s renowned mentor
from Boston University, Professor Lewis B. Monroe, who was then
the Dean of the BU School of Oratory. And Professor Monroe’s
guiding principle—that “Expression is the outward manifestation
of that which is already in the consciousness”—helped shape the
philosophy and mission of the School, which was renamed in 1885
as the School of Expression, and again in 1943 when the School
became Curry College. Assisting Anna Baright in the classroom
was her sister, Helen Dean Baright, who agreed to leave her
teaching position in California to join her sister in Boston.
The archives at the College reveal that Anna Baright, was born in
Poughkeepsie, New York, on June 19, 1854. She was the eldest
daughter of Samuel Carpenter Baright and Frances Dean Baright,
both natives of New York State. Anna had three sisters and two
brothers. She graduated in June of 1873 from the local Cook’s
Collegiate Institute, and then taught briefly in a school in the town
of Clinton, New York. The next year, encouraged by a mentor, she
moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she was appointed as an
instructor of Elocution at the Milwaukee Female College. But after
the academic year, Anna turned down the offer of a longer contract
to remain in Milwaukee and, according to Curry historian and professor
Dr. C. Alan Anderson’s draft history, with the help of a family endowment,
she instead moved to Boston in the Fall of 1875 to enroll as an
undergraduate in the Boston University School of Oratory. As a
student, she won accolades from everyone, and in 1877 she
graduated “with the highest honor,” according to Dr. Anderson.
According to Mrs. Lenice Ingram Bacon, a 1925 alumna, the young
5-foot 4-inch Anna Baright was “a very forceful woman...with
snapping brown eyes, fair of face, her mahogany-colored hair
(long enough for her to sit upon) coiled high in the manner of the
day upon her aristocratic head.” As a cum laude graduate, she
was chosen by her class to deliver the address at the first-ever
Commencement exercises of Boston University, held at Boston’s
Tremont Temple. Her topic was “Reading as a Fine Art.” Mrs.
Bacon reports that she “received a great ovation” from an audience
of some 3,000 attendees. Anna was then 23 years old.
According to Mrs. Bacon, Anna Baright allegedly declined an offer of marriage
from Charles Wesley Emerson, who in 1889 would found the Emerson College of
Oratory in Boston (now Emerson College), before marrying Samuel Silas Curry.
Mrs. Bacon elaborates: “Miss Baright who, [having] already won a name for herself
as a Platform Reader, had been acclaimed by the VIPs at Boston University as ‘the
best woman teacher of Elocution in the country,’ had established her own School,
running it successfully for three years, before she ever gave her consent to marry
her young Boston University classmate, Samuel Silas Curry—and only then if he
would give up being a Methodist Minister.” Her mentor, Professor Lewis B. Monroe
of Boston University, had said of Ms. Baright: “She is the only teacher I had who
could take a class after me and sustain the interest” (quoted in the School’s
Catalogue of 1895).
Samuel Silas Curry
For his part, Samuel Silas Curry had been born on November 23, 1847, in Chatata, East
Tennessee, to James Young Campbell Curry and Nancy Young Curry. His mother was later said
by Dr. Curry’s son Haskell Curry to be a direct descendant “of that most romantic of our
early American pioneers, Daniel Boone.” The parents were called “Unionists” at
a time when the differences between the North and South were growing. In a
Christian Science Monitor retrospective newspaper article published on April 28,
1938, the Monitor asserted that Dr. Curry had been “fired with ambition to be
of use in the world, and he had the resolution to carry out his purpose.” Samuel
received his undergraduate degree (the S.T.B.) from East Tennessee Wesleyan
University in 1872, in Athens, and, after setting out for the Boston University
School of Oratory, received his M.A. in 1878 and Ph.D. in 1880; his dissertation
was on the English romantic poet William Wordsworth. After he “lost” his voice
while preaching (he recalled that the “failure was a climax of several years of
misuse of my voice”), he sought help through professors and other experts in speech
in London, France and Italy.
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An Historic Marriage and Educational Merger
On May 31, 1882, Anna Baright and Samuel Silas
married in Anna’s hometown of Poughkeepsie. Samuel’s
failing voice was apparently the major reason why he
decided to forego the ministry, and as a result, according
to Mrs. Bacon, ”Instead of being a preacher, he became
a ‘teacher of preachers’.” They honeymooned in Europe.
Then, in a bold and prescient decision, they decided in
1885 to combine their educational ventures into what
they termed the new School of Expression.
Their close partnership was later described by Ms. Edith
W. Moses, an alumna of the School and head of the
Department of Expression at Agnes Scott College, as
resembling Pierre Curie and Marie Sklodowska-Curie, the
Polish husband and wife “masterminds who worked side
by side in the scientific laboratory.” In a memorial tribute
following the death of Dr. Curry, Dr. David Wasgatt Clark,
a Methodist Episcopal Bishop, declared that “the Currys’
relations and cooperation were as unique in Expression
as that of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett
Browning in Poetry.”
Dr. Curry, who also served as the Snow Professor of
Elocution and Oratory at Boston University, assumed the
title of what eventually would be called the Presidency;
Mrs. Curry was named as the Dean. They held those
positions until Dr. Curry’s death in 1921 and Dean
Baright’s passing in 1924.
Mrs. Bacon writes that “In telling the Curry story, it may
seem at times that greater emphasis is placed upon the
colorful figure of Dr. Curry, making it appear that his was
the more dominant personality of the two. But perhaps
it only seemed more dominant as his role became more
prominent in the position of President of the school.
It could well have been that Anna Baright Curry, his
brilliant and clever young wife chose to subordinate (or
appeared to subordinate) her personality to that of her
genial husband who, with his outgoing nature fitted so
well into the limelight and who loved the glamorous role.
“That was the usual position for good wives to assume in
that era. As Anna Curry once said, ‘It’s a man’s world,’
and so she saw fit to make her husband President of her
School.” This was true, despite the fact that the student
body consisted overwhelmingly of women.
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In 2007, Amy Pinney, a graduate student at Southern
Illinois University in Carbondale, completed a doctoral
dissertation in which she sought to “uncover the life
work of Anna Baright Curry. ...establishing that [she] is
a figure worthy of study within our discipline” [Speech/
Communication]. And in a 2014 unpublished scholarly
paper entitled “The School of Expression and Anna
Baright Curry: Teaching Expression is Preparing and
Training Students to Think,” Suzanne Bordelon of San
Diego State University rightly claims that “[Ms.] Baright
Curry played an integral role in founding the School
of Expression, since it developed out of the School she
established, a point often neglected
in conventional speech
histories.”
The first Curry Alumni
Bulletin of October,
1927 provided another
retrospective on the two
Currys, with a focus on
Mrs. Curry:
“While both founded
the School and the work
of Expression on the high
plane, and scientific, artistic,
and academic basis which it
still holds, Doctor Curry was
essentially the primate in this
field, the Author, the Lecturer,
and the Seer while
Mrs. Curry was preeminently
the Teacher. It is impossible for those of us, who came in
contact with her to conceive of the School in terms that
are not associated with her powerful, rich, and varied
personality. She had no patience with trifling, insincerity,
or sham, but was ever a seeker of truth demanding
earnestness, prolonged endeavor, and a reasonable faith
in oneself. She could grasp the degree to which one
possessed a capacity for glory and with intuition nothing
short of marvelous, she could aid one to reveal and
express himself at his highest. No graduate of the School
but feels that he or she is greatly indebted to Mrs. Curry
and justly so, for did she not give [unstintingly] of her
wealth of knowledge, unsurpassed, interpretative ability
and her long experience and ennobling influence?”
Dr. Haskell Curry also recalled the importance of Samuel
Silas Curry’s marriage to Anna Baright.
“The association of these two was one of the main facts
of his career. The contribution which she made to the
success of his program was certainly immense. Her
students considered her a really great teacher; whereas
he was entertaining and stimulating, she was remarkable
for clarity and for penetrating criticism which drove
the point home. It was said that she was the practical
business manager of the school, whereas he was the
creative idealist—but although there is some truth in
this, it is certainly an oversimplification. True, she spent
most of her time (during my memory) in the office, took
care of the correspondence, and tended to what may
be called the sales and promotion angles; whereas he,
when not in class or away, was apt to be in his ‘den’ with
a stenographer working on his manuscripts. Moreover,
she defended, fortunately with some success, a commonsense point of view against the more extreme
forms of his asceticism.
A Son’s Recollections
Summarizing the relationship between Anna Baright
Curry and her husband, Samuel Silas Curry, their son
Dr. Haskell Curry, a mathematician who would be for
37 years a professor at Pennsylvania State University,
wrote the following in his memoir, originally published in
the journal Today’s Speech in 1959. The excerpt below
focuses on Haskell’s father, Dr. Samuel Silas Curry:
“Two facts stand out. The first is that [my father, Samuel
Silas] was brought up in intimate contact with the out-ofdoors. All of his life he had a love of nature, and he
knew it not as one who has learned it from books, but as
one who has lived with it in childhood. The second is that
there was a profoundly religious, indeed somewhat ascetic
atmosphere; he started his career as a Methodist
minister, and he retained to his death an instinctive
aversion—overcome, to be sure, at times, but always there
in strength—to tobacco, alcohol, or a deck of cards.”
“The cardinal principle of his work
stressed simplicity and naturalness. In
contradistinction to the view that one
observes and imitates the external signs
of emotion, he felt that expression comes
from within; that if one actually felt with
sufficient intensity the meaning one wished
to convey, then the external signs would
take care of themselves. ‘Impression
precedes expression’ was his maxim.
[The essence of this maxim was later
captured in the descriptive Latin seal of
Curry, Rem tene verba sequentur,” which
means “Understand the content and the
words will follow”—D.F.] The term
‘elocution’ was anathema to
him presumably because it suggested artificial
manipulation; he preferred the term ‘expression.’ Oddly
enough, he resented the use of this term by other people,
so that when ‘schools of expression’ began to spring
up all over the country, he expressed his displeasure, at
least privately. Apparently, he felt that he had started
a revolution and that no one had a right to use his
terminology if they did not adopt his ideas in toto.
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“It is natural that a man with such ideas should stress
spontaneity and individuality, and indeed he did. He
had relatively little respect for convention. He insisted
on wearing a wing collar two or three sizes too big, a big
loose necktie with a stick pin through the center of the
knot, and a Prince Albert coat, even after such a costume
had begun to look a little odd….
“He had an immense knowledge of literature and of
art, especially painting. The students at the school (one
of whom is now my wife) said they received
a liberal education from him. I can
well believe it, for I received a
liberal education at his
bedside.
For many years he was librarian of the Boston Arts
Club, and practically all of the painters in the
Boston area were his friends.
“But perhaps of all the pleasant memories
which he left with me, the pleasantest are
those of the walks we had together. Nearly
every weekend while his strength lasted,
he would take me to some place in the country.
There we would see the flowers, or birds, and I learned
something of the love of nature which came from the
farm in east Tennessee.” u
Historic Call
Legend has it that Samuel Silas Curry also had a front row seat
to one of history’s greatest inventions. According to his daughter,
Mabel Curry Galasi, Dr. Curry was present March 10, 1876 in the
room where Dr. Alexander Graham Bell serendipitously invented
the telephone. As the world now knows from history, Dr. Bell,
having spilled acid on his clothes, called through his instrument
for his assistant, Thomas Watson, to come quickly for assistance.
Voila! Mr. Watson responded to the transmitted voice of Dr. Bell.
Ms. Galasi reported that “Father was there, being the ‘third ear to
hear the historic message.’” Dr. Bell, along with his father Alexander Melville Bell,
played important roles in the School’s development in the early years, and Dr. Bell
later served as Chancellor of the institution for 15 years.
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Q&A with
David Fedo
What inspired you to research
the history of Curry College?
I have great affection for this institution,
spent 17 years here; admired what the
College does to prepare its students for
life after college. Remarkable people —
students, faculty, staff, trustees—have all
played a role in making this place what it
has become.
There’s a famous quote by a British
Historian, E.H. Carr, ‘History is an
unending dialogue between the past and
the present.’ And I think that’s absolutely
true, except that the dialogue continues
into the future, so it helps frame what the
institution will become some ways down
the road.
What did you enjoy most while
writing your account of the
College’s history?
I enjoyed reading and getting more in
touch with the people that made Curry
what is. A lot of that is reflected in the
History in the ‘Spotlight’ section.
President Donald Miller has been a very
underrated figure in my view. Among the
important things he did was getting us
named a College. He moved the campus
from 252 Commonwealth Avenue in
Boston to Milton - that was a brave move.
The College started a liberal arts program
under his leadership, and he was the one
who brought athletics to Curry. He didn’t
have any academic deans, he did everything
himself. His wife acted as the registrar.
But the most poignant and moving story
about Curry College is still the relationship
between Anna Baright Curry and Samuel
Silas Curry. There’s a longer, more personal
narrative about Anna Baright Curry and
her childhood, and meeting Samuel …
they marry, and in 1885 they combine their
schools and off they go. It’s a fabulous
story; get Meryl Streep to play Anna
Baright Curry maybe. It’s such a powerful
story about what people were able to do
at a difficult time. The 1870s and 1880s
were not a great time for this country.
We were going through Reconstruction
from the Civil War, and they still managed
to do what they wanted to, bravely and
successfully.
Why do you believe Anna Baright
Curry and Samuel Silas Curry
were visionaries?
They thought that communication, speech,
and rhetoric were important in everything
that an educated person would do. That
you needed to be able to express yourself,
because in being able to do so you were
reflecting the fact that you had some
knowledge in your head. And that kind
of education is so important at Curry.
Communication is now one of our largest
undergraduate majors and it’s embedded in
everything we do here; we don’t just teach
writing in courses, we teach oral expression
as well. That has become a part of what
we do in the classrooms of all disciplines.
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How would the Currys’ roles be
different if they were founding
a school today?
There have been 14 presidents of Curry
College, and one leader who was never
the president - Anna Baright Curry. In
October of 1879, she had a school and
students on Beacon Street; Samuel Silas
Curry was still getting his doctorate at
BU. But Anna Baright got the school
going. Then Samuel Silas Curry started
teaching students from the former Boston
University School of Oratory. In 1885,
when they combined their respective
educational ventures, because Curry was
the man, regretfully Anna Baright Curry
became the dean, and Samuel Silas Curry
assumed the role that was essentially the
presidency. If this had happened today,
she might have been the president and her
husband might have been an administrator.
They were so different. One coming from
Upstate New York, one coming from East
Tennessee, a state that was beginning to
be ravaged by the Civil War, how he got
to Boston and how she got there from
Poughkeepsie tells something about the
persistence and the bravery of the couple.
They had six children; two of them died
in infancy. I’ve come to admire this family
more than I ever have. And if Anna
Baright and Samuel Silas Curry were here
today, I think they’d say, ‘My goodness, this
is a great place!’
Visit curry.edu/magazine to read the full version of
The History of Curry College: Impressions, Memories
and Reflections by Dr. David A. Fedo
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By Noah Leavitt
When you meet Georgia Deane ’40
she’ll probably tell you she’s shy.
And you won’t believe her for a second.
The 95-year-old dancer and teacher—affectionately known as
“Miss Georgia” to her students—is a performer in the truest
sense of the word. It’s apparent as she proudly tells stories of
her decades-long career. And it’s clear in more subtle ways; as a
photographer asks Deane to strike a few poses, she hesitates—
just briefly—before gracefully raising her arms. Within
moments she’s changing positions, and smiling broadly as a
small crowd watches the impromptu performance. It all comes
naturally to Deane, who has been dancing since she was a child.
“I think that some people are just born with that innate sense
of movement and dance.”
When Deane is not performing herself, she’s training the next
generation of young dancers at the Greater Milford Ballet
Company. On the day we meet, Deane is preparing for the
Company’s annual performance of The Nutcracker at Milford
High School. During the performance she’ll be helping with
the show’s music, but in the hour before the curtain rises
Deane is proudly watching her young students. As she watches
them, Deane is filled with the same pride that she’s felt during
her 75-year teaching career—a body of work that dates back to
her years at Curry College.
Deane isn’t sure if she should tell the story, but her career at
Curry started with a small lie.
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“I tell them it’s not what you do, it’s how you do it. When I speak to the students, I always
give a reason for what I’m doing. I don’t just give a class—I teach a class. They like the way
I teach because I do it kindly and with love. I always tell the teachers, ‘If you don’t love what
you’re doing, do something else.’”
Time is an important theme for Deane.
Despite all of her success, she doesn’t dwell
on the past—she’s constantly moving
forward. And that forward momentum is
why Deane believes she’s still active at the
age of 95.
Deane tells the story of the day she was
diagnosed with breast cancer.
“I walked out, got into the car and I cried.
Then I went home and taught a class.”
When Deane attended Curry it was known
as The School of Elocution and Expression,
and located on Commonwealth Avenue
in Boston. Deane was the daughter of
a single mother, and one of three sisters.
She wanted to attend college, but was
concerned about tuition, so she offered to
teach dance in order to defray some of the
costs.
“[The Dean] said, ‘Do you teach Greek
folk dancing?’” Deane recalls. “I never said
I couldn’t do anything, so I said, ‘Yes I do.’
I knew nothing about Greek folk dancing;
so I went to the library, got a book on
Greek folk dancing, and taught a class.”
That little lie became the catalyst to Deane’s
remarkable career. After graduating in 1940
with a Bachelor of Science in Oratory,
Deane and her sisters, Helen and Maryann
toured the country for a year, dancing
and singing on the RKO circuit. That all
changed in December, 1941 during a show
in Buffalo, New York.
“The manager came up and stopped us in
the middle of a song,” Deane says. “And
he said to the audience, ‘We have just been
bombed by Japan and we are now at war.’
The audience all rose and ran out into
the streets. I’ll never forget that moment.
After that we went home and that’s how we
started teaching.”
In the decades that followed, Deane has
taught thousands of young girls—many of
whom became teachers themselves. While
Deane has certainly mastered the technical
elements of dance, her real strength comes
from the wisdom she can impart on her
students—wisdom gained from decades of
experience, practice, and dedication.
“I tell them it’s not what you do, it’s how
you do it. When I speak to the students, I
always give a reason for what I’m doing. I
don’t just give a class—I teach a class. They
like the way I teach because I do it kindly
and with love. I always tell the teachers,
‘If you don’t love what you’re doing, do
something else.’”
That’s an important distinction for
Deane—who believes that the best teachers
are the ones who truly love to dance. Those
teachers are also the ones who understand
the sacrifices necessary to succeed—
something that Deane frequently tells her
students.
“I tell them that ‘You’re doing great, and
the reason you’re doing great is because
you’re putting the time into it.’ No one
becomes a great dancer [by doing it] once a
week. I tell my students, ‘You go to school
every day for six or eight hours, you do
homework for three or four hours every
night; how would it be if you went once
a week to school? How long would it take
you?’”
Deane beat the cancer and never looked
back; she admits she barely thinks about it
these days.
The keys to her longevity are remarkably
simple—much like the advice she shares
with her students.
“I try to eat well and live well. When I’m
tired I take a nap; and if that doesn’t work,
I take a cruise,” Deane says, adding that
she likes to play games on her iPad to keep
her mind sharp.
Deane laughs as she offers up this advice,
but it’s only one part of why she remains
so active and vibrant. The other reason is
standing in front of the stage at Milford
High School—dozens of Deane’s students
preparing for The Nutcracker. These
young women are Deane’s legacy—the
students who may one day become teachers
themselves.
When asked how it feels to know that
she’s had such an impact on thousands of
lives, Deane’s answer is characteristically
straightforward.
“That’s what keeps me alive. That’s what
keeps me alive.” u
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Tea
for
Two
By Jessica Brandi ’13
T
he bells on the door sing
as you enter Fancy That, and
immediately, you are immersed
in a dream-like environment.
Soothing aromas of tea and
cinnamon fill the air as you begin
to take in the complexities of
colorful china, intricate décor,
and cheerful sounds. Two tea
drinkers sit at a table situated in
front of a large picture window
where the afternoon sun beams
through, and you notice quaint
spaces branching off the main
room where others mingle.
Quiet chatter and soft Christmas
music fill the air, and the cozy
atmosphere instantly reunites you
with the familiar feeling of the
comfort of your own home.
And that is exactly how Sarah Erlandson
’92 wants you to feel.
Erlandson is the owner of Fancy That,
a multi-faceted company centered
around vintage rentals, unique gifts,
and ultimately, tea. She is the brains
behind the operation and the inspiration
to an extraordinary pool of visitors, tea
drinkers, and comfort-seekers.
Erlandson’s shop is tucked away on a
busy road in Walpole, MA, and is a wellloved gem in its local community and
far, far beyond. Being the first vintage
rental company in New England and
only the second in the United States,
Fancy That has garnered written praise
from the Boston Globe and the Improper
Bostonian, while attracting quite a variety
of fans and guests.
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“Our guests come from all over,”
Erlandson says, “We have a lot of people
visit who don’t live in Massachusetts,
but live elsewhere in the U.S. and make
us a destination when they visit. We’ve
had people from all over, Sweden, the
Ukraine, Alaska, everywhere.”
Everything about the shop is unique,
including Erlandson’s own journey.
Graduating from Curry in 1992
with a degree in communication, she
immediately immersed herself in her
then ideal career, radio.
“When I left Curry, I was already
working in radio, and I loved my job,”
says Erlandson. But after a few years in
broadcasting, she changed career paths
and moved into law. “I started working
in law, considered law school, and just
recently—I’d say the past five years—
decided I was not going to go to law
school and was going to open a tea
room.”
“It was definitely a winding path,”
Erlandson says of her journey. But in
retrospect, it seems to have unfolded just
the way it was meant to. When asked
about the turning point from her law
career to Fancy That, her tone softens as
she recalls the transition.
By the time she opened Fancy That,
which started solely as an antique rental
company in 2003, Erlandson had
hundreds of pieces of china and flatware,
enough to provide for an event for up
to 300 people. In 2011 she opened her
retail shop where one can purchase an
incredible variety of teas, sweets, and
other treats, and then shortly after, the
tea room concept naturally developed.
the environment.’ And if I can do that
for people—give people a respite—I
actually feel that it’s very important
work.”
Visitors don’t just come in for the tea
and treats, though. The entire experience
that surrounds Fancy That is what leaves
guests moved in such a unique way.
Whether it’s the comforting vibe of the
shop or as Erlandson refers to it, “the
timeless and ageless experience” of tea,
Fancy That’s visitors are always touched
by and grateful for their experience.
“That’s probably the biggest thing I
want to accomplish because the stories
are amazing and I feel like I want to
honor the people who have come here
and help me build my business. And I’m
so nostalgic, I love people’s memories.”
“One of the most interesting pieces of
what I do is the people I meet and the
ways in which this place touches people’s
lives. People come here for all kinds of
reasons. Maybe they’re celebrating the
end of chemotherapy and they need a
special place. Maybe they’re celebrating
a milestone birthday. We get these heart
wrenching but beautiful stories here.
Everyone has a burden, and we like to
say, ‘just leave it at the door for an hour
or two, and come enjoy and immerse in
The stories and people that have floated
through her shop are Erlandson’s favorite
part of owning Fancy That, which is why
her next business goal is to compile a
book of these encounters.
The profound impact that the shop has
on visitors is a direct result of the hard
work behind the scenes. Erlandson and
her husband Brad are so passionate
about Fancy That, and the thought and
detail that goes into making each guest’s
experience special is evident. “I want
you to feel like you’re in my home,” she
notes. “I try to evoke that feeling that
I’ve invited you to my parlor or dining
room and I’ve laid out my best linen.
And I have. Every aspect of this place has
been tremendously thought out.”
And it certainly shows. u
“Believe it or not, it was when my mother
died. I was so close to her that when she
passed, I was at a point in my life where
I had to make a decision about what
was important, what mattered. It was a
real fork in the road for me. I was either
going to go to law school and sell all my
china, or I was going to open a tea room.
And the tea room won, ultimately.”
It was when Erlandson was just eight
years old that she collected her first piece
of china. “I saved my allowance, walked
to the center of town, and went into a
very upscale store and tried to buy a very
expensive knick knack for my mother.
The sales clerk was very kind and steered
me toward a cup and saucer, and that
was it. I’ve collected ever since,” she
reminisces.
Fancy That is located at 272 Main Street (Route 1A) in Walpole, MA.
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CLASS NOTES
Homecoming and Family Weekend 2014
Celebrates Family,
Friends, Fall & Fun!
From left to right, Stephanie Roy ‘15, Jillian Hudgin ‘15, Meredith Keith ‘15
Curry College welcomed alumni, families, friends and fans back
to campus for the annual Homecoming and Family Weekend,
from September 19-21. Visitors were treated to a bevy of events
and activities, including a Friday Night Lights soccer game, the
Homecoming football game, a fall festival, and much more!
Members of the Curry College Athletic Hall of Fame pose for a photo with President Kenneth K. Quigley, Jr.
Curry College welcomed alumni, families,
friends and fans back to campus for the
annual Homecoming and Family Weekend,
from September 19-21. Visitors were treated
to a bevy of events and activities, including
a Friday Night Lights soccer game, the
Homecoming football game, a fall festival,
and much more!
Curry celebrated its past during halftime of
the football game, as the College recognized
its Athletic Hall of Famers.Twenty-one
alumni, ranging from the Class of 1959
to the Class of 2004, ran onto the field
through a tunnel formed by current Colonels
athletes, Athletic Director Vinnie Eruzione,
and President Kenneth K. Quigley, Jr.
Those not attending one of the sporting
events enjoyed the Fall Fest, held outside the
Student Center in Westhaver Park. Students
and families gathered in the afternoon under
sunny skies. The festival included a dressup photo booth, children’s activities, and lots
of fall-themed food and drink. After the Fall
Fest concluded, alumna Lisa Bello ‘04 and
her band performed for the crowd.
The Class of 2013 gathers at Alumni House during a special reception after winning the “Clash of the Classes”
On Saturday evening, reunions for the
classes of ‘64, ‘69, ‘74, ‘79, ‘84, ‘89, ‘94, ‘99,
‘04, and ‘09 were held at Alumni House. This
included a special reception for the Class of
2013, winners of the ‘Clash of the Classes.’
“It was terrific to see so many alumni and
parents enjoy the weekend. There was
tremendous energy on our Campus,” said
Chris Lawson, Vice President for Institutional
Advancement.
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“There were so many different aspects that
had a positive impact on the weekend. Our
faculty really showed the importance of
engagement at the Family Breakfast, our
Alumni Reunion was the best attended
alumni event that I’ve seen in my time
at Curry and the weather was absolutely
perfect. All in all a great weekend.”
CLASS NOTES
1958
James McCullagh ’58 is a professor at the University of North
Iowa where he recently received the Regents Award for Faculty
Excellence. He was one of four to receive this award in 2014.
1960
Carole Kriss Buck ’60 and Donald Buck ’60 celebrated their
53rd wedding anniversary. Carole is a retired elementary
school teacher and bridge instructor. Don is a retired television
broadcast executive. They are living in Delray Beach, Florida.
Paul E. Warren ’60 was elected to the Town of Harvard Board
of Selectman for four years after retiring as fire chief for the
town. He has also been appointed to the Harvard Economic
Development Committee.
1964
Tim Bergen ’64 retired as distinguished professor and associate
dean emeritus from the University of South Carolina. He is now
a visiting professor at the American University of Afghanistan in
Kabul, Afghanistan.
1966
Ed Schroeder ’66 moved to the sandy beaches of Myrtle Beach,
SC after residing in Columbia, Maryland for 26 years. Ed writes,
“Flip flops and shorts all day, everyday… love it!”
1971
Bradford Williams ’71 retired from the FDA in May 2013 and
is now working as an independent consultant specializing in drug
and supplement regulatory issues. Bradford also shared sad news
in his note, “I am sad to report the death of Patricia (Morosini)
Williams ’72 in March 2014. We met in the dining hall at Curry
and spent 44 years together!”
1972
Jeff Rudolph ’72 is retired. He donated his 800th unit (100
gallons) of platelets and plasma at the Red Cross in Farmington,
CT this past September.
1973
Lois Chick ’73 is working for Long Branch Public Schools in
New Jersey as a medical secretary for the district head nurse. Lois
is on the road to recovery from a year-and-a-half long battle with
breast cancer. She says, “positivity is key” to recovery. She sends
her best to all of her classmates from 1973.
Tom Butler ’73 celebrated his 40th year with United Airlines on
June 19, 2014. For the past 27 years, he has been at O’Hare
Field in Chicago working in air traffic systems as a ramp tower
controller.
LegacyTheofGiftGiving
of a Bequest
Bequests are the result of careful thought
about the good use of assets that have taken
a lifetime of work, care, and stewardship
to build or preserve. Including a provision
for Curry in your will is a way to ensure
that your gift will have a lasting and
meaningful impact on future generations
of Curry College students.
The bequest may be a specific sum or a
percentage of an estate, a form that can
significantly increase the amount of the
final gift. Outright charitable bequests
have the added benefit of being taxexempt, meaning that more of your gift
can be used by the College.
Additional details about bequests are
available by contacting the Office of
Institutional Advancement by email
at giving @curry.edu, or by phone at
(617) 333-2121.
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CLASS NOTES
A group of alumni from the late 70s and early 80s get together annually to play golf and catch up. This year, the group had their
golf outing during the same weekend as Homecoming and Family Weekend at Curry (September 20, 2014). Some of the gentlemen
were able to stop by the Alumni House after their outing for their reunion receptions. Seated from left to right: Jim Krebs ‘79, Steve
Connolly ‘80, Tom Alcott ‘78, and Joe Shadduck ’79. Standing from left to right: Bob Smith ’78, Bob Connelly ’75, Karl Fogel (Curry
Basketball coach in the late 70s), Mark Moroney ’80, Joe Kelly ’78, Paul “Too Small” Ellis ’79, Steve Matthews ’80, Joe Noonan
’79, John Scollins ’79, Nick Lettire ’79, Fran Mills ’78, Bob Roast ’79, Joe Keaney ’79, Brian Forbes ’79, and Dave Berthiaume
’80. Thank you to Brian Forbes for the photo!
1976
Linda (Clapp) Rankin ’76 is a
photographer specializing in elder care
photos and is also an artist in acrylics.
William Nelson ’76 is semi-retired and
living in Las Vegas. He is currently
a medical career specialist for Pima
Medical Institute.
Sam Shutts ’76 retired as CEO of
Rescom, LLC.
1979
Kathy Hunt ’79 is chief operating officer
for the Arc of Blackstone Valley in
Pawtucket, RI.
Jim Kelley ’79 passed away unexpectedly
in November 2014. Jim was a wellliked and valued member of the Curry
community. Jim’s teammates from Curry
Hockey and his classmates were well
represented at his services. Bob Balletto
’79 has spearheaded a drive to establish
the Jim Kelley ’79 Memorial Scholarship
Fund at Curry College. To contribute to
the Kelley Scholarship, please contact
the Office of Institutional Advancement
at (617) 333-2929 or visit the giving
page on curry.edu.
1980
Richard Padula ’80 is president and
minority owner of Gencorp Insurance
Group with locations in East Greenwich,
Middletown, and Wakefield, RI, as well
as Mansfield, MA and St. Thomas in the
Caribbean.
Rick Polson ’80 recently published a
book titled Making a Superstar Company,
which is designed to help small business
owners organize their advertising and
marketing. The book covers a range of
topics including surveys, radio, trade
shows, websites, email marketing, etc.
1981
Bob (Rupert) Long ’81 received the Best
of Radio Award in the 2012 International
Automotive Media Awards for broadcast
excellence for his nationally-syndicated
program AutoWorld. He also received
the Best of 2012 Award. Bob, his wife,
Sharon, and their 3-year-old daughter
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Lucy, currently split their time living in
Massachusetts and Florida.
1983
Glynnis (Diskin) LaRosa ’83, MPH,
MSN, RN, APHN-BC, CPHQ
completed a Master of Science degree
in Nursing in May 2014 from
Framingham State University. Glynnis
also passed the specialty area board
certification exam and is now an
Advanced Public Health Nurse-Board
Certified.
1984
Kieran Clarke ’84, executive VP and
president of Meredith Video Studios,
recently discussed possible new business
ventures with Broadcasting and Cable
Magazine. After its acquisition of
Allrecipes.com, Meredith Video Studios
is shopping three new concepts including
a cook-off competition, a traditional
game show, and a daytime strip. He’s
hopeful an Allrecipes.com program will
debut in the fall of 2016.
CLASS NOTES
1988
Robert Levine ’92 began his own
business as an independent travel agent
specializing in the travel needs of special
needs travelers, while also serving the
entire travel market. He is a certified
Accessible Travel Advocate.
Karen Maglio ’88 married Jonathan
Henry on September 20, 2014 at Horseneck Beach in Westport, MA.
1989
Sarah Erlandson ’92 celebrated the
one year anniversary of owning and
operating a Victorian-style tea room
(serving high tea by reservation) located
in Walpole, MA. The tea room is located
in her vintage rental and gift shop called
Fancy That, and has been featured by the
Boston Globe.
Kyle Lawrence ’89 is the director of sales
at A+E Networks in Chicago, IL.
1990
Joseph Sullivan ’90 was named news
director for WXXV-TV, FOX affiliate in
South Mississippi, where he has been a
news anchor since September 2013.
Tim Puttre ’90 finished production for
the show “Ice Lake Rebels” for Animal
Planet. It was filmed in Yellowknife,
Canada, which is located about 500
miles south of the artic rim. The show
airs on Sunday nights on Animal Planet.
Congratulations to Craig Neubecker
’90, owner of Zebra’s Bistro and Wine
Bar, a restaurant located in Medfield,
MA, for receiving Boston Magazine’s Best
of Boston award for the ‘Best Restaurant’
general excellence, west award. Zebra’s
Bistro and Wine Bar also received
recognition on the local level (Hometown
Weekly Newspaper’s Best Fine Dining in
the Region award) and on the national
level (Wine Spectator Magazine 2014
Award of Excellence). Food from the
restaurant has also been featured at the
James Beard House in New York City, one
of the top culinary honors in the country.
Gavin Spittle ’93, Vice President of CBS
Radio Dallas/Fort Worth, shared news
that the company’s sports station 105.3
FM The Fan became the top sports
station in Dallas/Fort Worth for the first
time in its history.
1994
Justin Margadonna ’94 is living in the
St. Louis area with his wife and two
children. He is a high school English
teacher as well as the advisor for the high
school’s drama club.
1999
Rick Collins ’99 is helping build out
the political services division of Propel
Marketing, a national digital marketing
firm based in Quincy, MA. He lives in
Abington, MA with his wife and threeyear-old son.
1991
Anita Ferullo-Capozzi ’91 left Revere
Public Schools after 23 years of service
in the special education field. She is
now employed at Shore Educational
Collaborative as IEP coordinator/liaison.
She and her husband Michael reside in
Danvers, MA.
1993
1992
2000
On a recent trip to Los Angeles, Tasha
Bracken ’92 (right) and Caron Boyajian
’92 (left) ran into classmate John Wolk
’92.
Richard Allison ’00 has two children, a
son who was born in April 2010, and a
daughter, Mia Marie Allison, born on
December 4, 2012. He writes, “Wow,
time flies. God bless my fellow alums
from the Class of 2000.”
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CLASS NOTES
Ellen Mitchell ’00 was awarded the 2014
Student Achievement Award from the
Massachusetts Health Information
Management Association and the Health
Information Technology Program at
Labouré College. The MaHIMA Student
Achievement Award recognizes a Health
Information Management student
for her/his academic achievements,
demonstrated leadership, and high
ethical and moral values.
Nicole Marino ’01 is a nationallypublished photographer living in Napa
Valley, CA.
Kimball Stanwood ’02 and his wife
welcomed their third child, Mariann
Grace Stanwood, in March 2014. She
joins brother, Mac, and sister, Maddy.
They live in York, Maine.
Anthony Yannuzzi ’02 became engaged
to Katie Faro on July 21, 2014. Katie
is a Registered Nurse from Palm Beach
Gardens, FL. They plan to marry over
Memorial Day weekend in 2016.
2003
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2002
Michael Day ’03 has been an active duty
service member in the United States
Coast Guard for the past eight years. He
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currently resides in the New York City
area with his wife of six years and their
one-year-old son.
Joseph O’Connor ’03 was sworn in as the
Town of Concord’s new police chief on
June 2, 2014. O’Connor worked for the
MBTA Transit Police Department for 24
years and has also worked for Winchester
and Dennis, MA police departments.
2004
Lisa Bello Timbers ’04 got married
on October 31, 2013 and welcomed
a son, Cassius Everett Bello Timbers,
on October 4, 2013. She is currently
working on her second studio album for
a stateside independent tour.
2005
Veronique Saint Clair ’05 is a Triage
Nurse at Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT) Medical Center in
Boston, MA. She has been in this role
since 2009.
Lindsey Crowell ’05 graduated medical
assistant school and got a full-time
medical assistant job with Summit
Medical Group. She also got engaged
on June 14, 2014 and plans to marry in
August 2015.
2006
Kevin Begley ’06 is program director of
Connecticut-based radio stations Star
99.9 and 95.9 The FOX. He also has an
afternoon radio show on Star 99.9 out of
Bridgeport, CT.
Joseph Morabito ’06 is production
manager for VIMBY, LLC and has
been on location in New York since
late August working on web shows
for Hearst Entertainment, specifically
Revlon’s ‘GoBOLD’ and Cosmopolitan
Magazine’s “CosmoBody” campaigns.
Joseph returned to Los Angeles in midfall.
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CLASS NOTES
2008
Daniel Earle-Haddad ’08, Paul Carroll
’83, and Stephen Tagarelis ’09 are
pictured with their 2013 Red Sox
championship rings. All three work for
New England Sports Network (NESN).
Sarah Bruce ’09 is a Registered Nurse at
Harvard Vanguard in Chelmsford, MA.
Tracy (Shapiro) Sharpe ’09 transitioned
from her original career in television
to one in special education. She is now
working with preschool students for the
2014-2015 school year.
Ashley Stanton Tonevski ’09 married
Jovan Tonevski in 2009 and the couple
welcomed twin daughters in March
2013.
2010
Left to right: Daniel Earle-Haddad ’08, Paul Carroll ’83, and
Stephen Tagarelis ’09
Robert Nash ’08 was promoted to the
head of his department at Ad Masters
in Dallas, TX. He is now the director of
marketing, overseeing and planning all
ad campaigns for the company’s clients.
This fall, Robert will begin work on a
Master of Divinity degree at Liberty
University.
2009
Will ‘09 and Kimber Garten ‘10
welcomed son, Liam Garten, on August
27, 2014.
Ashley Ruokis ’10 moved to Canton,
MI three years ago to pursue a career
with Attorneys Title Agency, LLC as
an account executive. Ashley services
the retail team, working with lenders,
realtors, and builders selling and
marketing title insurance. She works
out of the company’s two corporate
offices in Michigan.
Mary O’Sullivan ’10 completed a
master’s degree in Literacy Instruction
in December 2013 and began working
at Johnson & Wales University in
Providence as a residence director in
March 2014.
Rachel Scharf ’09 began a new
role as director of recruitment with
Northwestern Mutual in Manhattan. In
this position, she will focus on recruiting
career changers to become financial and
wealth management advisors.
Peter Harding ’11 is an assistant teacher
for three-year-olds at a Head Start
Program in Syracuse, New York. On
April 9, 2014, he became engaged to
Maria Rios.
Zachary Gross ’11 passed the first step
of the United States Medical Licensing
Examination. He moved to Miami
in September 2014 to do cardiology
rotations at University of Miami School
of Medicine and then to Los Angeles
in October 2014 to complete a year of
rotations at California Hospital Medical
Center. After that, he will be applying
to numerous residency programs in
obstetrics and gynecology.
Jennifer Puccio ‘11 married Shane
D’Ascanio on September 21, 2013 and
they welcomed their first daughter,
Camille Marie, on April 19, 2014.
Erika Kuzmicz ’11 is an account
executive for media relations at Ogilvy
Public Relations in New York City.
2012
2011
Kenneth Friedman ’11 is an application
sales representative at Oracle Corporation.
Liam Garten
Marvin Montes ’11 is the owner of music
publishing company Esemai, LLC. He is
also part owner of Esemai Music Studio
in Avon, MA.
Ashley Fitzgerald ’11 and Shane Geib
’12 became engaged and plan to marry
in May 2015. Ashley is a Nursing
graduate from Arlington, MA and
Shane is a Corporate Communication/
Business Management graduate from
Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada.
Kerri Giagrando ’11 became engaged to
Bryan Noland on April 27, 2014. The
couple plans to marry on June 18, 2016.
Olivia Mahoney ’12 is a Registered
Nurse in the Tufts Medical Center Neuro
Intensive Care Unit. She currently
resides in Braintree, MA.
Brittney Accavallo ’12 is a Registered
Nurse in the NICU at Brigham and
Women’s Hospital.
Courtney Russo ’12 is working in
the Dean’s Office of the School of
Engineering at Tufts University. She
specifically works with the Center
for STEM Diversity as the lead
administrator while also handling the
department’s budget.
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CLASS NOTES
Daniel Rubin ’12 has been a master
pathology RCM Software and auditing
specialist for almost two years at
HistoPathology Services. He is a cancer
survivor and an active career counselor
for the Gen Y Networking group in
Chatham, NJ.
Andrew Rezendes ’12 graduated from
the police academy in June 2014 and was
appointed as a police officer at MassBay
Community College.
Katie Bouchie ’12 is a Registered Nurse
at Brigham and Women’s Hospitals and
is getting married in January 2016.
Jessie Koffman ’12 was named head
women’s lacrosse coach at Wentworth
Institute of Technology in Boston, MA
in August 2014. Koffman previously
coached at Dedham High School,
leading the squad to 17 wins during
three seasons (2012-2014) as well as
qualification for the Massachusetts
Interscholastic Athletic Association
Tournament for the first time in program
history during the 2013 season.
Vincent Reiss ’12 is the assistant
recruiting coordinator and offensive line
coach for the University of La Verne. He
is also working toward a master’s degree
at ULV.
Brendan Ryan ’12 accepted a position
at Horizons for Homeless Children
overseeing the organization’s IT
infrastructure.
Shana Petriello ’12 graduated with
a master’s degree in Public Health
from the University of Massachusetts
Amherst, earned a certification as a
Health Education Specialist, and is
now an associate case manager at Vertex
Pharmaceuticals in Boston’s Seaport
District.
Nathaniel Greene ’12 graduated from
UMass Amherst with a master’s degree
in Secondary Education with History as
a content area in May 2014.
Alicia Rideout ’12 and Matthew Lahey
’12 became engaged in May 2014. The
two met during their first-year at Curry.
Alicia is a Registered Nurse at Spaulding
Rehab Hospital in Boston and Matt is
in graduate school at Massachusetts
Maritime Academy.
2013
Patrick Dowling ’13 and Rose Will ’14
became engaged on December 13, 2013
and married on December 13, 2014.
The couple welcomed baby boy Rylan
Patrick Dowling on July 28, 2014.
Nicole Ellis ’13 is a kindergarten
teacher at Saint John Paul II Catholic
Academy in Mattapan, MA and is
expecting to attend graduate school for
early childhood education at Wheelock
College beginning in January 2015.
Matt Fitzgerald ‘13
Matt Fitzgerald ‘13 is an anchor of
Boston Herald Radio program “The
Lede,” which launched August 21,
2014. Matt, who is a 2013 New England
Emmy award winner, leads the hourlong blast of news, weather, and traffic
reports weekdays at 9:00 a.m. and again
at noon.
Brian Newsome ’13 began his first year
of law school at Seton Hall University
School of Law in August 2014.
Garrett Goodman ’13 earned a Master
of Science in Accounting degree from
Bentley University in 2014 and is now
an assurance associate at PwC in Boston.
Jessica (McClain-Jacobson) Hester
’13 is a clinical trial assistant for the
Heart Failure Research Program at Duke
University Hospital. She married longtime boyfriend Army Spc. Travis Hester
in July 2013.
Carolyn McPartlin ’13 is a Registered
Nurse in the Surgical Intensive Care
Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Phil Cunningham ’13 was featured in an
exhibition gallery in New York City for
his photography work.
Nick Newman ’13 is a production
assistant at ESPN.
WINTER 2015
Jenna Pery ‘13 and Chris Collentro ‘12
Jenna Perry ’13 and Chris Collentro ’12
became engaged on August 7, 2014 in
the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The
couple met at Curry in 2009 and plan to
marry the summer of 2016.
Alexia Vaun Hefflyunn ‘13 is a business
analyst at State Street Corporation in
Boston.
CLASS NOTES
Career services
Utilize the Center for
Career Development
Update Your Status in
the Outcomes Survey
• Do you have an updated resume?
By updating and completing
the Outcomes Survey, you are
providing Curry College, its
students, faculty, and community
with useful information about
the post-graduation activities
of our graduates.
• Have you accessed the Curry
Connect job database?
• Have you honed your
interviewing skills?
Class of 2014 —
Stay Connected
with the Center for
Career Development
Nicole DiMatteo ’13 is a teacher’s aide
at Latham Centers, Inc., a residential
school working with students with sexual
trauma and Prader-Willi Syndrome.
Nicole became engaged on April 29,
2014 and plans to marry fiancé Kyle
Nordahl on June 13, 2015.
Jason Radzevich MBA ’13 was named
chief financial officer at Beth Israel
Deaconess Hospital –Plymouth. Jason
earned a MBA from Curry in 2013.
He is a Certified Public Accountant
and was formerly employed by Boston
Medical Center as well as several public
accounting firms.
2014
Stephanie Jones ’14 spent summer
2014 working for Education First as a
recruitment coordinator in Seattle, WA.
She then worked with international
students as an activity leader in Beverly,
MA before being hired as the sales
associate for Go Ahead Tours, a division
of Education First. In this role, she plans
international tours for adults.
Sonya Teixeira ‘14 is a Registered Nurse
at Beth Israel Deaconess HospitalPlymouth. She began this role in
October 2014.
You may update your current
information by visiting
curry.edu/careerdevelopment,
or by emailing
[email protected].
Visit curryccd.setster.com to
book an appointment today!
Ilana Friedman ’14 accepted a fulltime position at Brandeis University
as program coordinator in the Cohen
Center for Modern Jewish Studies.
Gaby Dube ‘14 is doing freelance
production work for MLB Network,
the Tiger Woods Foundation, the
Washington Capitals, and HBO. She
works part-time as a social media content
manager for Cal31.com, volunteers
as a program associate for a DC based
non-profit called Playing to Live, and
maintains her position as a server at the
Cheesecake Factory.
Jennifer Lundstrom ‘14 is a case manager
at CODAC Behavioral Healthcare,
located in Providence, RI.
Teri Stanley ’14 was promoted to the
director of business development and
tourism at the Cape Cod Canal Region
Chamber of Commerce after being
communication/membership coordinator for six years.
Michael Pupkin ‘14 interned with
two companies during summer 2014,
Unlockable and Streambino, and is now
working full-time as digital coordinator
for the client development team at
Proskauer Rose, LLP, a global law firm.
In this role, he maintains and updates
the firm’s internet and intranet sites and
will be incorporating video into the sites.
Matthew Vailas ’14 is an operations
administrator and social media specialist
at Orthocare Medical Equipment.
Ashley Blye ’14 is a Registered Nurse at
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Milton.
Nicole Walsh ‘14 is a Registered Nurse
at Boston Medical Center on a Trauma/
Neuro Intermediate Care Unit and is
also working as a nurse in Mansfield
Public Schools.
Cody Jackson ’14 traveled from August
30 to September 8, 2014 to Southeast
Alaska on a photography/nature
expedition with National Geographic
and Lindblad Expeditions. Upon
returning from Alaska, Cody began
a position as a specialist for Apple in
Danbury, CT.
Gregory Cayo ’14 is assistant public
relations account executive at Catalyst
Marketing Communications, Inc.
Felicia Estrela ’14 is a first grade teacher
at Delphi Academy in Milton, MA.
WINTER 2015
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Mackenzie Benoit ’14 is a Registered
Nurse at UMass Memorial Medical
Center, where she began in August 2014.
Christina Pugliano ‘14 is a Registered
Nurse at Braintree Rehabilitation
Hospital.
Bridget McDonald ’14 is a Registered
Nurse on a pediatric floor at Baystate
Medical Center in Springfield, MA.
Georgette Lewis ’14 is a resident care
director at Traditions of Dedham. She
hopes to enroll soon in Northeastern
University’s Master of Public Health
program in Urban Health.
Demetrios Kringas ’14 is working in the
sales and marketing department at NCC
Media in New York City.
Lindsey Gallagher ’14 is a behavior
therapist for autistic children at RCS
Learning Center in Natick, MA.
Tayla Hussey ’14 is a Registered Nurse
at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in
Needham. She is working on a medicalsurgical floor.
Alec Marcucci ’14 is a case manager at
The Dwight House, an adult mental
health facility located in New Haven, CT.
Nick Ironside ’14 is a reporter for the
Hickory Daily Record in Hickory, North
Carolina. He covers a variety of stories
ranging from crime investigations to local
sports.
Sara Alexander ’14 and Johnny Bizon
’14 became engaged on September 22,
2014. They plan to marry on July 2,
2016 in Rutland, VT.
Elton Silva ’14 accepted a position
with CVS Health Corporate Support
Center in Woonsocket, RI as a senior
consultant for pharmacy operations. In
this position, he will help the company
in an analytical role looking at how to
better serve their patients with greatest
needs.
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Elizabeth Smith ’14 is a Registered Nurse
on a transplant surgical floor at Beth
Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
Shawna Welch ’14 was accepted into
the Direct-Entry Master of Science in
Nursing Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Program at the MGH Institute of Health
Professions, and began attending in fall
2014.
Have an update or
interesting fact to share about
your life after Curry?
Your classmates want to know!
curry.edu/alumni
Kristen Charpentier ‘14 is attending
Bridgewater State University to earn a
master’s degree in Special Education.
WINTER 2015
Kelly Breen ’14 is a 3rd grade special
education teacher for Boston Public
Schools.
Julia Jacobs ’14 is a Registered Nurse in
the emergency department at Hartford
Hospital.
Hayley Lorge ’14 is the special events
coordinator for the ALS Association
Massachusetts Chapter.
Megan LaJeunesse ’14 is a Registered
Nurse at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical
Center in the hematology/oncology unit.
CLASS NOTES
Monica DiStefano ’14 is a 6th grade
math teacher for Scituate Public Schools.
Luke Soccorso ’14 is working with
the Nantucket Police Department as a
community service officer.
Jaimie Francis ’14 is a practice manager
for a large primary care practice in
Scituate, MA. She will return to Curry
this fall to obtain an MBA. Jaimie got
married on July 12, 2014.
Richard Capece ’14 is working in
the promotions and programming
department at WEEI Sports Radio 103.7
in Providence, RI.
Vitalina (Silveira) Andrade ’14 began a
new job at Health Imperatives as a sexual
assault counselor and advocate for the
Cape Verdean population. Vitalina got
married on June 1, 2014.
Remembering
Frances Wildeboor
Weddings
Engagements
Karen Maglio ’88 & Jonathan Henry
Kerry Elizabeth Lachmann ’93 &
Erik Shilo
Lisa Bello Timbers ’04 & Charles Timbers
Sara Corbin ’09 & Brad Richardson
Angela (Grimaldi) Sartell ’10 &
William Sartell
Jennifer Puccio ‘11 & Shane D’Ascanio
Patrick Dowling ’13 & Rose Will ’14
Jessica (McClain-Jacobson) Hester ’13
& Travis Hester
Jennifer (Masterson) Stevens ’13 &
Christopher Stevens
Jaimie Francis ’14 & Ashley Bolster
Vitalina (Silveira) Andrade ’14 & Isaias
Andrade
Anthony Yannuzzi ’02 & Katie Faro
Lindsey Crowell ’05 & Scott Roth
Ashley Fitzgerald ’11 & Shane Geib ’12
Kerri Giagrando ’11 & Bryan Noland
Peter Harding ’11 & Maria Rios
Mark Bolton ’11 & Jennifer Yerdon
Lisa Dorsey ’11 & Marc DiFava ’12
Nicole Capone ’12 & Robert DalleMolle ’10
Alicia Rideout ‘12 & Matthew
Lahey ‘12
Caitlin O’Neil ’13 & Cory Moore ‘11
Jenna Perry ’13 & Christopher
Collentro ’12
Nicole DiMatteo ’13 & Kyle Nordahl
Sara Alexander ’14 & Johnny Bizon ’14
In Memoriam
Barbara V. Fitzgerald ’96
Joseph J. Rebello ‘99
Peter Noyes ’01
Alumni
George F. Rysinger ’70
Patricia (Morosini) Williams ’72
Robert “Roz” Strauss ’74
Jim Kelley ‘79
John F. “Jack” White ’82
Gregory G. Bailey ’83
Gilbert Taylor “G.T.” Wright ’86
Former Faculty and Staff
Paul Dorsey
Gary Henley
Robert M. Hamilton
Lily A. Gutauskas
Remembering Roger Gray ‘65
Retired Professor Frances Wildeboor, Fine
and Applied Arts, passed away on August
25. Wildeboor was a valued member of the
Curry College faculty for 38 years, retiring
from the College in 2013. Wildeboor is
survived by her brother Edwin; her three
children, Emily, Jake, and Eliza; and her
granddaughter, Mabel.
Roger Gray, a 1965 graduate of Curry College, passed away on
December 9. Gray was a charter member of the College’s National
Alumni Council, and throughout his life was one of the school’s most
consistent and generous supporters. He played an important role as an
alumnus by developing and promoting support of alumni organizations
and activities and leading his peers in support of our school through
his own example. While attending Curry Roger distinguished himself
by being named to Who’s Who in American Schools and Colleges and
serving on the Student Senate.
Roger is survived by his wife, Hannah; his two children, Clifton and Laura; son-in-law James; his
grandchildren, Andon and Syndey; and his brother, Alfred.
WINTER 2015
CURRY CANDIDS
>>
>>
Nicole Grambley, Class of 2018,
of the Volleyball team celebrates
after winning a point against
Anna Maria College on Tuesday,
September 16.
>>
Curry College Soccer players celebrate
after scoring a goal during the team’s
4-1 win against Lyndon State. With the
win, Men’s Soccer Coach Pete Mendel
became the winningest Men’s Soccer
Coach in Curry College history.
>>
>>
Marissa Edwards, Class of 2015,
performs as the “Witch” in Curry
Theatre’s production of Into the
Woods.
Dan Kessel, Class of 2015, and
Tom Starkey, Class of 2017,
members of the Juggling Club,
practice their juggling skills outside
the Student Center.
Two deer in the backyard of
Alumni House on
Thursday, January 8.
>>
Holly Hayden, Class of 2018, shared
this photo on Twitter showing a
walk to the Student Center in the
midst of the blizzard on January
28. Holly wrote, “Conquered the
walk to the Student Center for food
#CurryCollege.”
>>
WINTER 2015
Priya Kumar, left, and Prnay Chopra
of the Triveni Dance Ensemble perform on Tuesday, October 28.
President Quigley Takes the ‘Ice Bucket Challenge’
At the beginning of the fall semester
President Kenneth K. Quigley,
Jr. participated in the “Ice Bucket
Challenge” to promote awareness
of the disease Amyotrophic Lateral
Sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as
Lou Gehrig’s Disease, and encourage
donations to research. Surrounded
by Curry students and the Colonel,
President Quigley stood proudly as
he was doused by a large bucket of
ice water.
Photo courtesy of Katy Kryzwick
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Visit curry.edu/magazine
to watch video of President Quigley
taking the “Ice Bucket Challenge”
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CURRY
COLLEGE
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Milton, MA 02186
You are cordially invited by the
National Alumni Council to a
Winter Reception
with President Kenneth K. Quigley, Jr.
Please join the National Alumni Council and
other Curry Alumni to network, socialize, and hear
important College updates, including the
opening of the new Student Center
Thursday, January 7, 2010
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Student Center
Kindly RSVP by December 31, 2009
617-333-2121
[email protected]
Please visit www.curry.edu for more information
See more photos
and stories at
curry.edu/magazine
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