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1961
Fr. Timothy Tighe recently celebrated the 50-year anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood. He was ordained on February 22, 1969. Fr. Timothy is a Paulist priest at St. Paul the Apostle in New York City.
1968
Lionel Lamoureux and his son, Marc P’11, owners of Lamoureux Ford in East Brookfield, were awarded the Ford Motor Company’s 2018 President’s Award. This marks the 25th year – and the 22nd consecutive – that Lamoureux Ford has won this prestigious award honoring dealerships that excel in automotive retailing by providing exceptional customer sales and service.
1973
Fr. H. Edward Chalmers recently celebrated the 40-year anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood. Fr. Chalmers is the pastor of Peace Parish in Princeton.
1975 45th Reunion
Fr. Warren Savage was a speaker at the Catholic Men’s Conference sponsored by the Diocese of Worcester in April, held at Assumption, where he spoke on the subject of “Do ‘Good People’ Need the Sacrament of Reconciliation?”
1980 40th Reunion
Jim Reidy published an article in the May issue of Business NH Magazine, titled “Legislative Roundup: Workplace Bills Could Affect Paid Leave, Minimum Wage and More.” Jim is an attorney and partner at Sheehan Phinney in Manchester, NH, and is the firm’s chair of the labor and employment law practice group.
John Stella retired from the Department of Transitional Assistance in April. He worked there for 34 years, most recently as the director of economic assistance.
1983
Fran Dirksmeier was named chief executive officer for Performance Health in Akron, OH, in February.
Sandra Merlini exhibited two paintings of white redouté roses in June at the Marlborough Senior Center.
Mike H. Sullivan was named president for U.S. and Canadian business at CGW Abrasives in No. Windham, CT. He brings 35 years of experience to this position.
1984
Joseph Kirby was recently promoted to executive vice president at Imperial Distributors in Worcester.
1987
Daniel O’Neill has joined Northampton Cooperative Bank as vice president of commercial lending. He has been active in the community throughout his career, including service as a volunteer board member for the Holyoke Chamber of Commerce, the Holyoke YMCA, the Chicopee Boys and Girls Club, and Blessed Sacrament School in Holyoke.
1988
Marc Laplante was the recipient of the Lawrence History Center 2019 Eartha Dengler History Award in June.
1989
Carolyn Grider was promoted to vice president, manager of branch administration, at UniBank.
1990 30th Reunion
Michael Mead was named athletic director at Saint John’s High School in Shrewsbury.
David Miller, Ph.D., managing researcher at the American Institutes for Research in Washington, DC, has retired after 20 years. He plans to spend time with family, as well as traveling, consulting, and volunteering with his church and local nonprofits.
1991
Sue (Cascio) Brodil has been appointed vice president of operations for Cadete Enterprises, a franchisor of Dunkin’, Anytime Fitness, and Meineke. Sue will focus on leading operations for the Dunkin’ portion of the business.
1993
Jim Heald ran and completed his 13th Boston Marathon on April 15 and raised over $14,500 for Shrewsbury Youth & Family Services.
1994
Suzanne (Klinger) Viens completed the Boston Marathon on April 15 with a time of 5:11:12, running on behalf of the Joe Andruzzi Foundation.
2000 20th Reunion
Allison (Coutts) O’Connor serves as the director of academic programs and professional development at the Colleges of the Fenway, Inc.
Michael Thomasian was named a Distinguished Principal by the Archdiocese of Washington, the National Catholic Education Association, and the National Association of Elementary Schools. In May, The Catholic University of America awarded Michael the degree of Doctor of Education, honoris causa.
2001
Allison Beaulac was chosen by the Global Autism Project to travel to southern India this October to work with a small school to help professionals of India better understand autism and applied behavior analysis.
Bobby Burgholzer was promoted to strategic account manager, lease and franchise, for Johnson & Johnson.
Diana (Pelosi) Horrigan, Ph.D., was promoted to senior lecturer in molecular pharmacology, physiology, and biotechnology at Brown University.
Janine (Rock) Somers, director of marketing at Stonewall Kitchen, was quoted in a personal interest article on work/life balance in the May issue of Real Simple magazine.
2003
Adam Wojtkowski and his wife, Deborah Bock ’04, opened an indoor children’s play space in Plainville. Adam is responsible for the financials while Deborah manages the day-to-day operations of the business.
2005 15th Reunion
Fr. Timothy Hynes was ordained to the priesthood in May. He celebrated his first Mass at St. Patrick Church in Lawrence.
2007
Brian Burlas has joined Complete Payroll Solutions as a business solutions consultant.
Ashley Daige, an aromatherapist and holistic healer, earned the rank of Diamond with dōTERRA International, an achievement obtained by fewer than seven percent of individuals in the company.
Kristen (St. Martin) Marshall and David Marshall proudly announce the birth of their daughter, Liana Joy, on April 4. She joins big sisters Brielle (5), Lilah (4), and Mikayla (2).
2009
Andrew Rudzinski recently joined Boston Scientific in Marlborough as a principal tax analyst.
Ukemeabasi Uyem Esiet joined Action Health Inc., a nongovernmental organization in Lagos, Nigeria, that focuses on providing health care for Nigerian youth. He is responsible for new media and documentation.
2010 10th Reunion
Laura Micciche married Daniel Valladares in summer 2017 and welcomed a baby boy, Dominic, in summer 2018.
2011
Kathleen Storer was promoted to associate director of admission at Bryant University.
2012
Katie Reynolds married Jared Weed on May 18 in Falmouth. The following alumni were in attendance: Tom Christo ’75, Mark Faenza ’11, Kristen Ficorilli, Alison Gracia, Joseph Grivers, Cynthia (Lian) Henderson ’82, Dave Jennison, Meaghan (Kearney) Jennison, Nicole Lillie, Stephanie Plotkin ’14, Kara (Dunn) Psathas, Joseph Raffa ’19, and Miranda Xenakis ’14.
Melanie (Hentz) Laurin and husband, Collin, welcomed their son, Noah Joseph, on March 14.
2013
Alexandra Haigis and Sophia el Hayek, co-founders of Phenic Natural Skincare, were the 2018–19 winners of a StartUp Worcester award for successfully launching their first product line at Beautycon NYC in April.
Diana Henderson ’13, G’14 is a special education teacher at Quinn Middle School in Hudson.
Kristina Quirk serves as the foundation administrator for the Kelly Family Foundation, a charitable entity focused on providing support to organizations that foster the education, arts, mentoring relationships, and well-being of young people in the Greater Boston community.
Leanna (Blanch) Avery and husband, Nicholas, announced the birth of Piper Lee on May 6.
2014
Kathryn Buckley ’14, G’17 serves as advisor, real estate development and acquisitions, at CVS Health Corporate Headquarters in Woonsocket, RI.
Indhira Lazala received her MBA/MSA from Suffolk University and now works at JPMorgan Chase & Co. in New York City as an associate in asset management compliance practices.
Ryan O’Connell is working as a business development representative at Motus, LLC in Boston.
2015 5th Reunion
Brendan Shaw married Allison Juneau ’16 on August 18, 2018, at The Inn at Fogg Farm in Gray, ME. Alumni in attendance included: Paul Amarone ’17, Paige Anderson, Camille Auger, Maria Beatrice ’16, Taylor Beck, Shane Benjamin ’16, Emily Carlson ’16, Taylor Chase ’16, Kiley Colucci ’16, Dave D’Amico ’13, Meg Eccleston ’17, Alex Erban ’16, Joe Fimiani ’13, Eddy Frazier, Lyndsey Gabrielian ’18, Chris Hemhauser ’16, Ben Juzma, Kristen Marn ’16, Nick Martinelli ’16, Kara McMahon ’16, Amy McNeil, Bailey Morgan ’16, Kevin Murphy ’17, Janine Perro, Trevor Plante, Angela Razzano, Ryan Sargent, Allison Sheehan ’18, Tyler Stillings ’16, Meg Sullivan ’17, Allison Tivnan, and Kyle Zobler ’14.
Lauren Pepi is in her fourth year of a doctorate in chemistry program at the University of Georgia and presented her research at this year’s American Society of Mass Spectrometry in Atlanta.
Elise Prayson graduated from the MCPHS physician assistant program in December 2018. She now serves as an emergency room physician assistant at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center in South Carolina.
2016
Rebecca Oliveira graduated with a master’s degree in business administration from UMass Amherst’s Isenberg School of Management. She now serves as director of communications and member services at MassNAHRO, a trade association for housing authorities across Massachusetts.
2017
George Battle serves as an emerging technologies specialist at Dell EMC in Austin, TX.
McKenzie Johnson is serving as deputy press secretary in Senator Mike Crapo’s (R-Idaho) Washington, DC, Capitol Hill office.
Gabriela Rosa serves as an operations area manager for Amazon in Windsor, CT.
GRADUATE STUDIES
G’74
Philip Michael Reidy’s latest novel, On the Edge of Dreams and Nightmares, recently won a Chill with a Book Award.
G’79
Fr. David Doiron recently celebrated the 50-year anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood. Fr. Doiron is the pastor of St. Columba Parish in Paxton.
G’92
Fr. Timothy Brewer, pastor of St. Mary’s Parish in Holden, recently celebrated the 40-year anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood.
G’08
Jon-Michael Raymond was appointed director of sales, North America, industrial products for the L.S. Starrett Company.
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