Triangle Magazine

MOST SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN IN HISTORY CELEBRATEDVOLUME 80 NO. 3 NEW FACILITIES, NEW PROGRAMS

$44.5 million raised toward programs,facilities, scholarships, and endowments

Campaign Success!

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FeaturesFall 2008

Vol. 80, No. 3

YOU BELIEVED...WE SUCCEEDED!

The most successful campaign in Springfield College history—which closed on June 30, 2008—did more than reach its goalof $40 million. The goal was exceeded by more than eleven

percent—closing at a record $44,501,719! Page 6

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Depar tments

Off Alden Street PAGE 2

Class Notes and News PAGE 25

In Memoriam PAGE 30

Alumni at Home and On the Road PAGE 32

A Look Back PAGE 36

Incoming first-year andtransfer students catchthe Springfield Collegespirit during New StudentAssembly in August. Thisclass was the largest inthe College’s history, with618 first-year and 83transfer students arrivingon the shores of LakeMassasoit. More than 960graduate students entered,as well.

Depar tments

From Marsh Memorial PAGE 2

Off Alden Street PAGE 3

Class Notes and News PAGE 18

In Memoriam PAGE 28

Alumni at Home and On the Road PAGE 32

A Look Back PAGE 36

Facilities Facilitate ProgramsAs President Flynn has often said, facilities facilitateprograms. A look at what our successful Campaignachieved. Page 12

If You Build It,TheyWill ComeBy Jane Johnson VotteroClear vision and strategic planning help secure the largest first-yearclass in history and pave the way for success in a more competitivefuture market. Page 9

Our Great Adventurein EducationBy Robin MaltzMimi Murray, distinguished andveteran professor, reveals a richinstitutional heritage. Page 14

Psychologist Named2008-2009 DistinguishedProfessorPage 15

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IN THE FEW MONTHS that have passed since our“Olympics” Triangle issue, much has happened! First andforemost, I am pleased to announce that the most success-ful campaign in Springfield College history did more thanreach its goal of $40 million. In fact, Leadership for the21st Century: The Campaign for Springfield Collegeexceeded its goal by more than eleven percent, closing ata record $44,501,719! (See article on page 6.) This figureincludes another great achievement: meeting The KresgeFoundation $1 million challenge grant.

This successful Campaign has enabled us to makeimprovements to our campus facilities and to enhance theprograms these facilities provide. The goals of our

Campaign—to enhance College facilities,champion academic excellence, increasescholarship endowment, and provide forcurrent and future initiatives—assure thebest possible learning and living environ-ment for our students and make theCollege attractive to prospective students.

There is a well-known line from themovie Field of Dreams, which I’ll paraphrasehere, that aptly sums up the value of whatthis Campaign has helped us to achieve:“Ifyou build it, they will come.” And come they

have! The Class of 2012 is the largest first-year class in theCollege’s history. This year’s open houses for the Class of2013 prospective students and their parents are not simplywell-attended—they are packed! Young people and theirparents are coming to Springfield College not just becauseof the College’s reputation for academic excellence, but also

because of what we achieved through this Campaignand what we will continue to do in the years to come.

The new Wellness Center and new Field House, thenewly renovated Schoo-Bemis Science Center, and the newCampus Union Complex, which is scheduled to open inFall 2009 and will include complete renovation of theBeveridge Center, provide our students and faculty with thebest facilities and the most up-to-date, state-of-the-artequipment.When our students graduate, they will be betterprepared to be competitive in the job market because thequality of their learning, the depth of their experientialtraining, and their ability to engage more fully in theeducational experience was impacted so positively throughoutstanding facilities.

This issue of Triangle magazine provides you with aglimpse of these new facilities and conveys the impactthese and other campus enhancements have upon ourcommunity. Of course, the best way to fully experiencethese facilities is to come “home” to campus during Reunionand Homecoming and take a tour. When you do, I encour-age you to talk with our students and faculty. You will heartheir excitement and their enthusiasm for this institution.

We can also take great pride in Roy Burch ’08 andJustin Zook ’08, who competed in the Olympics in Beijing.Roy, who represented Bermuda in the 100-meter freestyle,is back on campus and thinking ahead to the 2012 Gamesin London. Justin—who set multiple American recordsat the U.S. Paralympic Trials in Minneapolis in April—competed in the Beijing Paralympic Games, where hecaptured the gold and, in the process, set a world recordin the 100-meter backstroke.

We are proud of Roy and Justin, who join a long list ofSpringfield College Olympians, and we wish them successin all of their future endeavors.

The College’s connections to the Beijing Olympics willcontinue for a long time, and not just through the achieve-ments of these two fine athletes. The six-lane runningtrack in the new Field House has a Mondo FTX runningsurface. This is the same surface that was in the “bird’s nest”National Stadium in Beijing; we believe, at this writing, thatthere is only one other educational institution with thisnew surface.

I appreciate deeply your support and commitment toSpringfield College during this historic Campaign, and askfor your continued support as we embark on futureimprovements to enhance the quality of life and the qualityof learning for generations of students to come.

Yours in spirit,

Richard B. Flynn, Ed.D.President

President Flynn poseswith Roy Burch ’08 andTriangle magazine infront of the Joy ofEffort medallion inMarsh Memorial.

from Marsh MemorialDear Friend of Springfield College:

President Flynn and Springfield College students in the new Wellness Center, following the ribbon-cutting ceremony on Sep. 25 for the Wellness Center, Field House, and Athletic Training/ExerciseScience Complex.

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Ribbon Cutting for New Wellness Center,Field House, Athletic Training/ExerciseScience Complex

PRESIDENT RICHARD B. FLYNN officially opened the College’s newWellness Center, Field House, and Athletic Training/Exercise ScienceComplex Sep. 25, before an audience of the College’s students, faculty,staff, and trustees.

Sharing the podium with Flynn was former chair of the College’sboard of trustees James E. Walsh ’64, other board members, andstudent leaders. After the ceremony, the buildings were open for tours.

The new facilities comprise 160,560 square feet of instructional,athletic, and recreational space equipped with state-of-the-art equip-ment. They are connected to both the Physical Education Complex andArt Linkletter Natatorium.

The new buildings support many of the College’s degree programs,including athletic training, physical education, exercise science, andsport management. They also serve as the center of campus recreationand wellness programs for the College’s students, faculty, and staff.Also using them are members of the College’s many athletic teams.

The Wellness Center is the site of programs and services fosteringphysical, social, intellectual, spiritual, and emotional wellness, includ-ing group exercise classes, wellness seminars, healthy living lectures,personal training and counseling, fitness and wellness testing, andopen recreation.

The Athletic Training/Exercise Science Complex includes classroomsand state-of-the-art laboratories and research space for the study ofall aspects of human performance. In the new facility, the athletictraining faculty and students under their supervision provide athletichealth care services to student-athletes.

Coughlin Named Assistant Vice President

MARY ANN COUGHLIN, D.P.E. ’84, has been named assistant vicepresident for academic affairs, effective Aug. 1, 2008.

Coughlin has served as professor of research and statistics atSpringfield College since 1993, and as assistant to the provost andvice president of academic affairs from 1998-2001, supervisingacademic support services and providing leadership for outcomesassessment initiatives, academic progress reviews, and the develop-ment of a data infrastructure for institutional research.

Since 2001, she has served as an institutional research consultantto the office of academic affairs, the Association of Governing Boards,(AGB), the Center for Human Development, and for a number of othercolleges seeking assistance in research projects. She serves as theeditor of the Applications of Intermediate/Advanced Statistics in Insti-tutional Research Monograph Series, and is the author of the chapteron applied multivariate statistics.

U.S.News Ranks Springfield College in Top Tier in New“2009 America’s Best Colleges” Issue

SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE is again ranked in the top tier in its category, BestUniversities—Master’s—North Region, in the U.S.News &World Report 2009edition of “America’s Best Colleges.”

U.S. News annually ranks all accredited colleges and universities in thenation by several key measures of quality, giving its greatest weight to theopinions of college leaders in positions to judge other schools’ undergraduateacademic excellence. Other key measures include graduation and retentionrates, faculty resources, student selectivity, financial resources, andalumni giving.

U.S. News ranks institutions within classifications developed by the CarnegieCommission on Higher Education. Springfield College is classified withinMaster’s Colleges and Universities, which includes institutions that award bach-elor’s degrees, plus at least fifty master’s degrees and fewer than twentydoctoral degrees annually. U.S. News further divides that classification into fourregions: north, south, midwest, and west.

Career Center Hosts Third Annual Internship Fair

DON BROOKS ’06 from ESPN greets students in the Townhouse ConferenceRoom. Springfield College students had the opportunity to meet Brooksand other regional employers recently when the Career Center hosted thethird annual Internship Fair in September. Several alumni returned to

campus to repre-sent theirorganizations,which were seek-ing internslooking for learn-ing opportunities.

Super 60 Award Recognizes Collegeas Major Contributor to Regional Economy

SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE RECEIVED the 2008 Super 60 Award of the AffiliatedChambers of Commerce of Greater Springfield (ACCGS) at the Super 60 Lunch-eon and Recognition Program, on Oct. 24, in Agawam, Mass. The College hasreceived the honor, which acknowledges an organization’s revenues andeconomic role within the community, several times in the past.

Responding to the ACCGS announcement, Springfield College PresidentRichard B. Flynn said,“Springfield College is pleased to be recognized, onceagain, as a contributor toward the economic health of Greater Springfield. Inthe past year alone, major building projects on our campus have had an impacton our region.

“In addition to being one of the area’s largest employers and purchasers oflocal goods and services, Springfield College leverages grants that support awide range of community programs,” Flynn added.“We are especially pleasedthat we also improve the quality of life in the region by contributing the timeand talent of our students, faculty, and staff in ways that make many humanservices possible.”

Nominating the College was the law firm of Cooley, Shrair, P.C., counsel tothe College. Nominees are private institutions or companies with revenues of atleast $1 million in the last fiscal year and which are based in Hampden orHampshire counties or are ACCGS members.

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is to educate the whole person

in spirit, mind, and body for

leadership in service to humanity.”

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Richard B. Flynn, Ed.D.

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Day Devoted to Community ServiceSPRINGFIELD COLLEGE’S students, faculty, and staff, toting rakes, shovels and tutorial equipment,appeared throughout the city in grey and maroon t-shirts in September as the College suspended itsusual activities for the eleventh annual Humanics in Action Day. About 1,900 campus volunteers werewelcomed by President Richard Flynn and Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno at Blake Track beforethey embarked on more than 100 projects, mostly in the neighborhood surrounding the campus.

New to the event this year was pre-construction work on the future outdoor classroom at theWilliam N. DeBerry School. About seventy-five of the College’s volunteers tackled preliminary land-scaping and painting for the space. The outdoor classroom will be a place for science lessons andother activities focused on nature and the environment.

Springfield Youth Olympicsat College

THE SPRINGFIELD YOUTH OLYMPICS,a fun-filled array of track, field, and tennisevents, was open to more than 500 GreaterSpringfield youth, aged five throughtwenty-two, in August.

The event’s opening ceremonies tookplace on Blake Track with greetings fromMayor Dominic Sarno. Following that werethe Bobby Knight relays named for theformer Globetrotter and Springfield youthmentor, who passed away in June.

Saturday track events included 100, 200,400, 800, and 1,500-meter races. There wasfield competition in shot put, long jump,and triple jump. For youth aged ten andunder, there were 50-meter and 100-meterraces and very low hurdles. Tennis competi-tion was new to the event this year.

Dean Vecchiolla Chosenfor Leadership Academy

FRANCINE VECCHIOLLA ’72, Ph.D., dean of the SpringfieldCollege School of Social Work, has been selected to partici-pate in the inaugural seminar of The Leadership Academyin Aging, which focuses on building the capacity to address

the needs of America’s agingpopulation. The Academy is a jointventure of The New York Academyof Medicine’s Social Work Leader-ship Institute (SWLI) and theNational Association of Deans andDirectors of Schools of Social Work,with support from the John A.Hartford Foundation.

The selection committee chose twelve outstandingdeans of social work schools and directors of social workprograms from applicants across the country for the acade-my, which helps social work administrators further developas leaders in the field of aging care.

The Leadership Academy launched in September 2008with the first of four sessions throughout the academicyear that include workshops on management, studentrecruitment, legislative outreach, media relations, commu-nity development, fundraising, and faculty relations. Eachparticipant will develop a plan to introduce the agingagenda into their work.

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The School of Human Services opened its newest campus in Houston, Texas, inSeptember. In partnership with the YMCA of Greater Houston, the Schoolutilizes the Philips Leadership Development Center in Houston for office andclassroom space. Administrators and students pause for a photo during thecampus opening.

RESIDENTS OF OLD HILL AND UPPER HILLcelebrated a year of improvements and special eventsat an old-fashioned neighborhood block party andbarbecue in August at the Springfield College rugbyfield. Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray, SpringfieldMayor Domenic J. Sarno, and other community leadersaddressed the crowd.

Along with the live music of Billy Arnold & Friends,the “Block Party and BBQ on the Hill” also featured aresource fair with information about neighborhoodhomeownership opportunities and many educationaland community services. For children, there was abounce house and face painting.

Sponsoring the event was the Partnership for the

Renewal of Old Hill (PROHill), which includes SpringfieldCollege, the City of Springfield, the Old Hill Neighbor-hood Council, Springfield Neighborhood HousingServices, Greater Springfield Habitat for Humanity, HAP,Inc., and other community partners. Also supportingthe block party were MassMutual, Baystate Health, andTD Banknorth.

Undergrads Registeredas Voters

SPRINGFIELDCOLLEGE’S mission tobecome the first institu-tion of higher educationin the United States to haveall of the undergraduatestudents over ageeighteen on its Springfield, Mass., campusregistered to vote in the 2008 electionswas a tremendous success.

Voter registration was a seamless partof the check-in process as undergraduatestudents arrived at their campus residencehalls in August. The National Mail VoterRegistration Form was part of the paper-work, and students had the option tocomplete it. The College then mailedcompleted forms to the voter registrationoffice in each student’s home state.

Also a part of the “Rock the Vote” effortwas a two-month schedule of on-campusinformational programs on key issues ofthe 2008 elections: the environment, thewar in the Middle East, the economy,health care, and education. The SpringfieldCollege Rock the Vote campaign culminat-ed on election night with on-campusactivities as the news media reportedthe results.

Group Studies In China

FOUR MEMBERS of the Springfield College faculty and seventeen studentstraveled for fifteen days in August to universities in Guangzhou, Wuhan,Tianjin, and Beijing, China, for a short-term study abroad program designed

to provide educational,cultural, and social expe-riences. Students arepictured on the JuyongGuang section of theGreat Wall, which islocated about a onehour drive north ofBeijing, with Sue GuyerD.P.E., assistant professorof athletic training; JohnLiu, Ph.D., associateprofessor of physical

education; Kathy Liu; and Rich Wood ’99, G’01, Ph.D., assistant professor ofapplied exercise science. The group also visited Hong Kong.

http://www.springfieldcollege.edu/homepage/dept.nsf/ChinaJournal

Margaret Jones Named National Educator of the Year

New Program in HealthScience/General StudiesIntroduced

AS THE NATION CONFRONTS anincreasing shortage of health careprofessionals, the School of HealthSciences and Rehabilitation Studies(HSRS) introduced a new bachelor’sdegree program in health science/general studies this September.

William Susman, HSRS dean, said thatthe health science/general studiesdegree can prepare students, upon grad-uation, for careers in public healthagencies, human services agencies, well-ness services, health insurance, hospitaladministration, pharmaceutical sales,elder services, scientific writing, research,and other health care venues. It also is afoundation for other degree programs atSpringfield College or other institutions.

Courses in the new program includeanatomy, physiology, genetics in healthcare, and ethics. Students also take cours-es on patient/provider relationships,cultural diversity, medical terminology,biostatistics, and information literacy.They gain real-world experience bylearning through service or fieldwork inhealth care settings, and receive individ-ual academic and career guidance.

Members of Coach Mark Simeone’s baseball team spent Humanics in ActionDay cleaning up the grounds at Reeds Landing Retirement Community atEast Campus. Players were invited back the week following the event toplay croquet with new friends, including Alumni Council member Bob Smith’44 (right), they made there, and continued to play on weekends through-out the fall.

Old Hill Block Party Celebrates Accomplishments of Year

A PROFESSOR OF EXERCISE SCIENCE anddirector of the College’s strength andconditioning program hasbeen named Educator ofthe Year by the NationalStrength and ConditioningAssociation (NSCA).

Margaret T. Jones, Ph.D.,C.S.C.S.*D. (CertifiedStrength and ConditioningSpecialist with Distinc-tion) received the awardin July at the thirty-first annual meeting ofthe organization, which represents strengthand conditioning coaches, sports scientists,

and fitness professionals. Jones was recog-nized as an outstanding educator for her

noteworthy contributionsto teaching and clinicalapplication in the field ofstrength training andconditioning. The NSCA isthe worldwide authority onstrength and conditioning.

Robert Jursnick, NSCA’sexecutive director said,“It isa privilege to honor

Margaret and recognize her achievement… Her contributions have helped shapeNSCA into what it is today.”

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YOU BELIEVED...WE SUCCEEDED!

The most successful campaign in Springfield Collegehistory—which closed on June 30, 2008—did more than reach

its goal of $40 million. Calling it “historic,” President Richard B. Flynn

announced on August 28, 2008, that Leadership for the 21st Century:

The Campaign for Springfield College, had exceeded its goal by

more than eleven percent—closing at a record $44,501,719!

MORE THAN FIFTEEN THOUSAND DONORS made it possiblefor the College to exceed its goal for Leadership for the 21stCentury: The Campaign for Springfield College and, in October,multiple activities and events on the campus officially celebrated theCampaign’s conclusion and success. On Oct. 23, students, faculty, andstaff had the opportunity to sign large thank you boards, later displayedat a formal and festive event for key donors, as well as enjoy celebratorycake and receive t-shirts. On Oct. 24, in Blake Arena, under a ceiling oftwinkle lights and amidst numerous standingovations, President Flynn thanked donors, aswell as members of the faculty and adminis-tration, for their contributions to the future ofSpringfield College.

The first official announcement, however,was made to faculty and staff at the begin-ning of the Fall semester. It was then thatPresident Flynn began an academic year thathad a different feel than those in previousyears. Perhaps it was because of a noticeableincrease in move-in day pandemonium; theClass of 2012, at 618 strong, represents thelargest first-year class in the College’s history.

Perhaps it was the newest additions to campus—buildings that hadsprouted out of dirt and cement, shed their winter plastic wrap, andtransformed into the new Wellness Center, Field House, and AthleticTraining/Exercise Science Complex—or maybe it was seeing the fever-ish work of landscaping crews, who were planting trees, shrubs, andperennials at a fast-forward pace.

But in addition to the College’s success in its recruitment initiativesand the opening of the long-awaited new buildings on campus was

an announcement that further energizedthe campus community. Calling it “historic,”President Flynn announced to almost 500faculty and staff members at the All-CollegeMeeting on Aug. 28 that Leadership forthe 21st Century: The Campaign forSpringfield College had exceeded its goalby more than eleven percent—closing ata record $44,501,719!

“It is my pleasure to announce to youofficially today that we succeeded in not onlyreaching our goal, but also surpassing thatgoal by a comfortable margin,” said Pres.Flynn as faculty and staff burst into sustained

“We were overwhelmed by the excitementof the evening, and particularly the pride ofthe alumni audience, sharing their personalrecollections while at the same time wish-ing they were students again to be part ofthe campus renaissance,” commented JeffLevy, a member of the Board of Trustees and aparent of current student, Ryan ’10.

“Ryan is lucky to be part of a school thathas so much pride and where there is somuch excitement,” added Evelyn Levy."Thisattitude transfers over to the students andmakes them feel good about themselvesand their school.”

Ice carving Pres. Richard Flynn, CEO of the YMCA of theUSA Neil Nicoll G’73, Mary Ann and JohnFerrell (parents of John T. Ferrell ’10)

Campaign Co-Chairs Bill Marsh and Helen Blake and Pres. Flynn

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applause and cheers.“Our College is benefiting from what we

achieved today, and will continue to benefitfor decades to come,” he added, highlightingnew facilities made possible by funds raisedthrough the Campaign: the newly renovatedSchoo-Bemis Science Center, construction ofthe new Wellness Center and the new FieldHouse, and construction of the new CampusUnion Complex.

All of these projects, he pointed out, weremade possible by funds raised through theCampaign. [In addition, separate non-Campaign-related funding supportedconstruction of the new Athletic Train-ing/Exercise Science Complex and will supportrenovations to the Beveridge Center, the FullerArts Center, and Judd Gymnasia.] Flynnthanked all those at the College who support-ed the Campaign with donations and pledges,and commended the staff in the Divisionof Institutional Advancement for theirfundraising efforts.

President Flynn’s remarks to the campus community:

When we embarked on a $40 million fundraising Campaign six years ago, itis fair to say that there were a few doubters—some faculty and staff, somealumni, and some in the neighborhood and the City of Springfield. Therewere those who said it was too ambitious. There were those who said itwould never happen. There were those who said, “No way.”

There was some logic to this point of view. After all, forty million dollarswas over five times more than had ever been raised in a Springfield Collegefundraising campaign, and there had been a number of false starts indecades past!

These doubts persisted for a year or two, but as we approached thehalfway mark—twenty million dollars—and prepared to go public withthe Campaign in 2005, more and more people began to think this was anachievable goal. That growing optimism fed on itself and produced growingenthusiasm for the goals of the Campaign.

As I stand here today, certain facts are known:

• Firstly, we came to the official end of this six-year Campaign on June 30th.

• Secondly, it’s my very great pleasure toofficially announce to all of youtoday, for the very first time, that wesucceeded in not only reaching ourCampaign goal, but also surpassing thatgoal by a comfortable margin.

• The final tally: the total amount raisedduring the Campaign stands at$44,501,719—exceeding the Campaigngoal by more than eleven percent.

I cannot tell you how delighted I am to beable to stand here before you and make thishistoric announcement. This has been a greatCampaign. Our College is already benefitingfrom it today, and will continue to benefitfrom it for decades to come.

During the time period of the Campaign,we have made significant progress toward ourStrategic Plan, and toward the goals of theCampaign. The facilities we have added to ourcampus are helping us recruit new additionsto our faculty and staff, and they are helpingus recruit prospective students, across allmajors. These include:

• The new Schoo-Bemis Science Center, a 36,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art, interdisciplinary center for the teaching of—and learning about—science at Springfield College. It has been completed and is in operation.

• The new 93,820-square-foot Field House, providing us with greatlyexpanded indoor athletic, recreational, and instructional space—and, bythe way, uses the same Mondo FTX interior playing surface that was usedin the “bird’s nest” National Stadium in Beijing.

• The new 47,840-square-foot Wellness Center, which will provide ourstudents with state-of-the-art campus recreation and wellness space,equipment, and programs, as well as new office space to bring togetherthe majority of our School of Health, Physical Education, andRecreation faculty.

• The new 18,900-square-foot complex for our Athletic Training/ExerciseScience programs was folded into this most recent building project, butwas not a part of the Campaign.When you look at this new building upclose and personal, you’ll see why it was necessary to build it at the sametime we built the other two buildings. Otherwise, access for laterconstruction would have been impossible.

These three new buildings—the Wellness Center, Field House, and Athletic

Kresge Foundation ChallengeEarns College $1 Million Grant

SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE has been awarded a $1million challenge grant from The Kresge Foundationtoward its $40 million fundraising campaign,Leadership for the 21st Century: the Campaignfor Springfield College.

The foundation issued the challenge to theCollege in September 2007 to reach $39 milliontoward its $40 million goal by June 30, 2008. Atthe time, the College had raised $33.3 million. Bythe deadline, the College had surpassed the $39million mark.

The Kresge Foundation is a $3 billion nationalorganization that works to strengthen nonprofitorganizations that advance the well-being ofhumanity. It has been a driving force in the buildingof facilities for nonprofit organizations in the UnitedStates for the past eighty-four years. Its Capital Chal-lenge Grant Program,which awards an organizationa financial grant if it raises an agreed-upon amountof funds from private sources, has helped communi-ties across the country build libraries, schools,hospitals, museums, community centers, and foodbanks, among other brick-and-mortar projects.

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Blake Arena was transformed intoa gala event for leadership leveldonors of the campaign

Board of Trustee members Bill Burke, Jeff Levy(father of Ryan Levy ’10), Norm Chambers ’71,and Pres. Flynn

Trustee Charisse Duroure ’80with husband Joe Morrone

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Training/Exercise Science Complex—repre-sent a total of 160,560 square feet of newspace. Take it from one who knows: They areamong the finest facilities of their kind in thecountry, and they have been built in supportof some of the finest academic and co-curric-ular programs in the country.

And finally, there’s our new Campus Union,which will be very close to the site once occu-pied by Woods Hall but a bit closer to thelake. In addition to the new construction, itincludes a total renovation of the BeveridgeCenter—a total of 58,500 square feet.Wehad a special groundbreaking ceremony forthe Campus Union during Reunion 2008. And,later in the summer,Woods Hall, dedicated in1904 and renovated and expanded in the1950s under President Limbert, was emptiedof its furnishings and other items of value,offices were temporarily moved elsewhereon campus, and the building was taken downto make a proper site for the new CampusUnion. Scheduled opening for the CampusUnion and the renovated Beveridge Center:Fall 2009.

The Campaign also supported academ-ics—an endowed chair, programs, andscholarships—both of which are critical tothe ongoing vitality and affordability of agreat Springfield College education.

What’s next? Among other things, we’regoing to be renovating the Fuller Arts Center,and we’re developing plans to renovate JuddGymnasia. Fuller will have an expanded entryway, a lowered stage, new carpeting, newflooring in the foyer, larger windows, newceiling tiles, paint, and more. All in all, I think it’s fair to say that fewcolleges in the country are going through such a major transformationof their physical plants. As you’ve heard me say many times, facilitiesare to facilitate programs, and all of this is being done to better serveour students.

All this is very much a work in progress, as I’ve noted. But, hopefully,we’re all feeling pretty good about what’s been accomplished to date toenhance this College’s living, learning, and teaching environment. Many

areas have benefited from the changesof recent years.We’re continuing to examineways to respond to campus programsthat still have needs that have yet to befully addressed.

At this time, I want to offer my sincerethanks to each one of you in this room todaywho supported the Campaign. Special thanksand appreciation, of course, are extended tothe entire staff in Institutional Advancementfor the good job they did in raising money,and to all faculty and staff who made pledgesand contributions. Your College appreciatesyour good work and your generosity, and ourstudents and you will be the beneficiaries,now and in the future, from what has beenaccomplished.

AfterwordMany individuals and organizationscontributed to the success of Leadershipfor the 21st Century, including facultyand staff. Our most fervent thanks go to ourTrustees and our valued alumni and friends.These individuals believed in what theCollege helped them to accomplish, as wellas in its potential for the future, and saidso with the generous contribution oftheir resources.

And so, we at Springfield College say toall who supported this effort, Thank You! Weare grateful and excited about what wehave achieved through such support. Thegifts of alumni, friends, faculty, and staffrepresent their faith and trust in theCollege; these gifts are a valuable commod-

ity in these tumultuous times. The College pledges to be a goodsteward of that faith and trust. Together, the Springfield Collegecommunity, near and far, will savor the fruits of the Campaign and willface the future from a position of enhanced strength and capacity.1

Additional photos are available for viewing by visitinghttp://www.spfldcol.edu/home.nsf/Gift and clicking onCampaign Celebration Photo Gallery.

By the Numbers:The Campaign for

Springfield College

9 gifts of $1 million or more;67 gifts of $100,000 ormore; 367 contributors of $10,000 or more, accountingfor 85.8% of total dollars committed

Established 137 known new planned gifts

Established 50 new endowed scholarships, along with16 additional non-endowed named funds

Received Campaign support from 80 YMCAorganizations, in addition to support for the annualmatching scholarship program to date

Increased David Allen Reed Society and President’sCouncil membership (gifts of $1,000 or more) by 50%

$1MILLION challenge grant received from TheKresge Foundation after meeting the financial goals ofthe Challenge (to raise $39 million by June 30, 2008).

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Students, faculty, and staff were beneficiariesof celebratory cake and commemorativet-shirts as well as of the millions of dollarsdonated to—and facilities and programsmade possible by—the tremendouslysuccessful Campaign for Springfield College.On Oct. 23, they were able to express theirthanks and appreciation on giant “ThankYou” boards that later were shared withdonors at the Celebration Dinner.

"The campaign celebration event was very welldone. I traveled 220 miles from Auburn, Me.,and I am glad I did."

It made me reflect on my wonderful andsuccessful career, made possible by SpringfieldCollege. I was able to show my appreciation byestablishing an endowed scholarship that willbe awarded annually to deserving studentsfrom Maine. I was pleased to see the high qual-ity of the new Wellness Center which I alsosupported through my lifetime giving and abequest in my will. —Larry Fortier ’51


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IT’S NOT IOWA. It’s not the Chicago White Sox. But, as in the 1989movie Field of Dreams starring Kevin Costner and Amy Madigan, newand enhanced facilities at the College’s main campus have ensuredthat something extraordinary will occur here. And, responsible are thestrong vision of the College’s board of trustees, President Richard B.Flynn, and the donors who contributed so generously to Leadershipfor the 21st Century: The Campaign for Springfield College,which surpassed its goal and reached an historic $44,501,719.

Among the primary goals for the Campaign were academic excel-lence, and enhanced and increased facilities to make such excellencepossible.With the fall 2007 opening of the completely renovated 36,000-square-foot Schoo-Bemis Science Center, and the September 2008 open-ing of a new $25 million recreation and athletic complex, which incorpo-rates a 47,840-square-foot wellness center, 93,820-square-foot fieldhouse, 18,900-square-foot athletic training/exercise science facility, and anew home for faculty and staff of the School of Health, Physical Educa-tion and Recreation (HPER), Springfield College hit a home run.

The promise of outstanding academic programs complemented bysuch a complex—which had been under construction since May 2007—so roused last year’s high school seniors that Springfield College saw itslargest-ever incoming class—618 strong. (New and enhanced facilitiesalso helped to inspire 83 transfer and nearly one thousand graduatestudents.) With prognosticators warning that the number of NewEngland high school students is expected to decrease by twenty-fivepercent over the next decade, these new facilities allow SpringfieldCollege to be more successful at recruitment and retention of students.

“This is one of the truly great complexes of its kind anywhere in thecountry,” President Richard B. Flynn told onlookers as he and dignitariescut the ceremonial ribbon at the official opening of the 160,560-square-foot recreation and athletic complex on Sep. 25. But, as he is quick toremind, facilities are meant to facilitate programs, and the promise forthe College’s signature programs has never been brighter.

“These facilities will not only serve our academic, recreation, andathletic programs, but will also enhance the quality of life for our current

and future students,” said President Flynn.“We have always had a leadership role in

exercise science and physical educa-tion, so we will continue to be

leaders in these areas,”says Dean Charles

Redmond ’68, G’71, of the School of HPER.“Thisreally allows us to go to another level in research in thearea of wellness, of which exercise physiology is a big part.

“The proximity of the wellness center to the physical educa-tion and athletic training/exercise science complex better facili-tates teaching opportunities and connections, including transfer-ence of data and statistics from the Wellness Center, data that we canturn into research,” adds Redmond.“Connecting academics with co-cur-ricular programs will make each stronger, and housing the faculty andcoaches adjacent to where the teaching areas and Wellness Center aremake it easier to draw a connection to physical education, wellness, andexercise science.”

The assessment of the College’s various needs was undertaken by thepresident—an expert on facilities and author of numerous articles andbooks on the topic—when he arrived on campus.“Dr. Flynn was able topretty quickly develop a picture of what Springfield College was about,and he identified several areas,” describes Redmond,“including thehistory and heritage of the institution, physical education, sport, andexercise science.

Clear vision and strategic planning help secure the largestfirst-year class in history and pave the way for success ina more competitive future market.By Jane Johnson Vottero, Publications Director

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Cathie Schweitzer, Director of Athletics

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“He realized that these areas could all benefit from a concept thatalso blended campus recreation and its facilities into the mix. He couldsee our need.”

“Eighty-five percent of our student body participates in recreation,and so campus recreation is a priority of the president,” says David Hall,Ed.D., director of campus recreation, who joined the College’s staff in2005 to oversee intramural programs, sports clubs, and the WellnessCenter, as well as to develop new campus recreational programming.“I trusted in Dr. Flynn that this would happen, that it would be a prioritywithin two to three years. It exceeded my expectations,” he says, point-

ing out the opportunities forstudents and student-athletes, not to mentionfaculty and staff.

“Athletics is one of themost facility-intensiveprograms on campus,” saysDirector of Athletics CathieSchweitzer.“Much of whatwe do depends upon facili-ties.” The newly expandedathletics complex willincrease opportunities forhosting NCAA champi-onships, thus spreadingSpringfield College’s reputa-tion nationally; enhancerecruiting efforts amongprospective students inter-ested in intercollegiateathletics as well as recre-

ational and co-curricular activities; and condense practice time for thevarsity and junior varsity teams.“The teams to most notice will be base-ball, softball, and lacrosse, because in the Field House we now have alarge indoor facility in which to conduct practices,” explains Schweitzer.

Additionally, the construction of the $3.4 million Irv Schmid SportComplex*, which includes two playing fields surfaced in FieldTurf®,scoreboards, lights, and a press box, has resulted in an increase instudents who come to the College to play soccer.“Coaches are proud tobring students on campus and show them the facilities,” says Schweitzer.“These facilities are the best in New England and some of the finest inDivision III. They even surpass some schools in other divisions.”

Amos Alonzo Stagg Field* (formerly Benedum Field) was also resur-faced in FieldTurf®. “We think it is one of the safest surfaces, and ourplayers really like it,” says Springfield College Head Football CoachMike DeLong.

“The new facilities have impacted our program in two ways: recruit-ment and performance,” explains DeLong.“Our facilities now

are certainly outstanding. Students today look at facili-ties when choosing a college.”The locker room,

field, practice fields, strength and condi-tioning room designated solely for

student-athletes,WellnessCenter, and dining

hall all are

tremendous now, says DeLong, and very effective in attracting qualitystudents. And, he says, the increase in the size of the strength and condi-tioning room, the quality and quantity of the equipment, will impactathletic performance.“And this is even before you factor in the WellnessCenter, which is available to all students. These facilities will make ourathletes stronger and give them greater stamina. They exceeded myexpectations.”

One sentiment that has been echoed over and over by faculty, staff,and students alike is that Springfield College programs, both academicand athletic, have long been successful. All are anxious now to have thevalue of the new facilities confirmed, and to see where programs mightgo in the future.

“We were doing very well with the facilities we had,” says Head FieldHockey Coach Melissa Rogers ’02, G’04, who was a sophomore whenPresident Flynn arrived on the campus. “And, now, we are anxious to seewhere these outstanding facilities can take us.”

Rogers believes that these improvements show how much he caresabout the students and faculty and their experiences here.“What he’sdone can be seen in every corner. He has tried to better not only ourfacilities but our academic programming—in fact, all that we offer—as well.

“These facilities were made possible through the leadership of Dr.Flynn, who is a facilities-minded person and has such a strong facilitiesbackground,” adds Schweitzer.“To be a part of the legacy of someonewho is a strong supporter of athletics, to be an athletic director and gothrough this process, has been a dream.There are coaches who neverget this opportunity.”

“President Flynn has led this College into the 21st century. His highstandards have made it happen,” remarks DeLong.

“Wellness is a way of life here,” Hall says,“and these facilities will allowus to use the fitness areas as laboratories,” the importance of which Red-mond echoes.“Springfield College has done remarkably well in promot-ing undergraduate scholarship,” he says.“A large percentage of our stu-dents leave here with a good understanding of research. This new spacewill create even greater opportunities for undergraduate scholarship.”

Opportunities for collaboration have also increased with the additionsto the athletic and recreational facilities as well as to Schoo-BemisScience Center.With faculty members of the same or similar disciplineshoused under one roof, interaction among colleagues is more common-place than when members of the humanities department and membersof HPER were scattered across campus.

“When you get people together, you create ideas,” says Redmond.A key ingredient of the Springfield College education is the holistic

approach to each of the undergraduate disciplines. The connectionbetween the humanities and physical education or athletic training, asexamples, is important because the specialties are grounded in the foun-dation courses. Says Redmond:“The chemistry, biology, and physicsprograms are only as strong as the education received from all academicprograms. The collaborative effort, therefore, is crucial to the success ofour HPER majors. They succeed because of the education they receivein the applied sciences, and the humanities are key to a SpringfieldCollege education.”

So, it was appropriate that one of the first major facility renovationsincluded the Schoo-Bemis Science Center and Hickory Hall*, which werededicated in 2007. Schoo-Bemis was designed to facilitate interaction

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among students and faculty, laboratory experience, and student andfaculty research.

“Not only do faculty members identify with a central departmentaloffice but, more importantly, our students identify with it too,” explainsPeter Polito, chair of the math, physics, and computer science department,whose entire department is now located together on the first floor of thenew science complex.“The new Schoo-Bemis Science Center accommo-dates us very well, in teaching and in offering services to our students.That President Flynn pays such attention to detail is what gives thesefacilities such character.”

“The students are delighted to have a clean, safe, comfortable environ-

ment,” says Frank Torre, chairof the biology and chemistry department. Butthe students are not the only ones to benefit.“I am delighted,”Torresays.“It has been rejuvenating.”The department can now offer more andsmaller sections of some courses, which is important in these disciplines.

“Without these new buildings, we would be doing well, in bothacademic and co-curricular programming, but not like this,” Redmondsays.“Now there’s a level of expectation of what we can accomplish. It willallow us to be that much more visible and successful, allow us to attractdifferent graduate and undergraduate students, and to conduct more anddifferent types of research in more areas.”

As if these facilities were not enough, the College is in the midst ofconstructing a 58,500-square-foot Campus Union that will be the “livingroom” of the campus, according to Vice President for Student Affairs andDean of Students David Braverman.

“The new Campus Union will revolutionize the social fabric of thecampus,” says Braverman.

The site of the new Campus Union is that of the former Woods Hall,which was demolished. The Beveridge Center*, formerly adjacent toWoods Hall, is being completely renovated and joined to the new CampusUnion, which is scheduled for completion during the Fall of 2009.“Thiscampus does not have many silos or turf issues,” Braverman explains.“This facility just helps make it easier for people to work together tosupport the students and to work with the students.”

“Go the distance,”The Voice in Field of Dreams said.With thisfacility, the College will do just that. In fact, the Campus Union willbe its grand slam.1

WELLNESS CENTER/FIELD HOUSE,ATHLETIC TRAINING/EXERCISESCIENCE COMPLEX160,560 square feet of instructional, athletic,and recreational space to serve• 26 varsity athletic teams• 7 junior varsity teams• 24 intramural sports• 11 sport club teams• 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students• faculty and staff

1. 93,820 square-foot Field House• Mondo FTX six-lane running track(same surface used in the “bird’s nest” NationalStadium in Beijing at the 2008 Olympic Games)• four multi-purpose courts• strength and conditioning facilities• locker rooms• concession space

2. 47,840-square-foot Wellness Center• cardio and weight training space with the latestequipment• climbing and bouldering wall• four multi-purpose teaching/activity spaces• fitness testing laboratories

• faculty and staff offices• home of group exercise classes, wellness seminars,healthy living lectures, personal training andcounseling, fitness and wellness testing, openrecreation

3. 18,900-square-foot AthleticTraining/Exercise Science Complex*• classrooms• state-of-the-art laboratories• research space for the study of human performance

CAMPUS UNION• 58,500 square feet• student programs, organizations, and activities• international programs• Career Center• food court for casual meals and snacks• bookstore• convenience store• post office• lounge and activity space• 6,000-square-foot multi-purpose room

SCHOO-BEMIS SCIENCE CENTER• 36,000 square feet• houses programs in biology, chemistry, physics,mathematics, and computer sciences

• laboratories for advanced and introductoryscience courses• instrumentation rooms• research space for student and faculty projects• a hazardous chemicals waste area• a chemical and equipment stockroom• preparation areas• computer classrooms• faculty offices• atrium lounge• compliant with the 1990 Americanswith Disabilities Act

HICKORY HALL*• 17,000 square feet• eighty-seat semi-circular lecture hall• seven classrooms with capacity for 30-50 students• office of the dean of the School of Arts, Sciences andProfessional Studies• Academic Success Center

*Editor’s note: Other non-Campaign funded constructionand renovations on campus include the AthleticTraining/Exercise Science Complex, Hickory Hall,Stagg Field, the Irv Schmid Sports Complex, and theBeveridge Center.

“We are anxious to see where theseoutstanding facilities can take us.”

Melissa Rogers ’02, G’04, Head Field Hockey Coach

New Facilities at a Glance:

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Facilities Facilitate ProgramsBricks and Mortar Enhance Campus Life“Enhancing our campus to accommodate growth and achievement projects a compellingview of our institution and its future. Facilities help define the foundation for achievingthe College’s mission through the creation of student-friendly, functionally appropriate,and resource-enriched teaching environments. Facilities, however, serve a far greaterpurpose. Above all, their purpose is to facilitate our programs.”

—Richard B. Flynn, President

Schoo-Bemis Science CenterAn expansion and complete renovation of the Schoo-Bemis Science Center (formerly Schoo Hall) wascompleted in Spring 2007. The building includes36,000 square feet and houses the biology/chemistryand physics/math/computer sciences departmentaland faculty offices, providing an integrated, central-ized location for science instruction.


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The Wellness CenterThe 47,840-square-foot Wellness Center, locatedclosest to Alden Street, offers cardio and weighttraining space, a climbing and bouldering wall,four multi-purpose teaching/activity spaces, anda faculty office complex.

The Field HouseThe 93,820-square-foot Field House, pictured here as it nears completion and which is located behind the Wellness Center, incorporates a six-lanerunning track, four multi-purpose courts, each with the ability to be closed off by a netting system, locker rooms, strength and conditioning facilities,storage, concessions, and restrooms.

Campus UnionA central location for student life, the new Campus Union and reno-vated Beveridge Center combined, at 58,500 square feet, will includespace for student programs, organizations and activities; internation-al programs; and the Career Center. Featured will be a food court forcasual dining and snack service, bookstore, convenience store, postoffice, lounge and activity space, and a large multi-purpose room.


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OUR GREAT

IN EDUCATION

WHILE MOST STUDENTS AND FACUL-TY know the highlights of theircollege’s history, they may not be awareof noteworthy but lesser-known eventsfrom the past. For instance, it iscommon knowledge that SpringfieldCollege is the Birthplace of Basketball®and James Naismith, Class of 1891, isbasketball’s inventor, but did you alsoknow that his wife, Maude, invented thefootball helmet out of a rugby ball, orthat Naismith received his medicaldegree but never practiced as a doctorbecause he was driven to pursue sport?

These are among the many historicalnuances presented by Mimi Murray ’61,G’67, professor of physical education,coach, and sport psychology consultantto two U.S. Olympic teams, during heryear as the 2007-2008 distinguishedprofessor of Humanics. Murray has anexpansive knowl-edge of the highpoints of theCollege’s history, and a real passionfor the lesser known, behind-the-scenes, and under-exploredaspects of the College’s legacy.She is a great defender of tradi-tion, but at the same timebreaks with tradition by cele-brating events and people ofSpringfield College in unex-pected, exciting, andaccessible ways.

Murray’s passion for the history of Springfield College was sparkedfrom teaching an undergraduate course about the history of sport,“Heritage and Values,” required for health, physical education, andrecreation students. She would begin the course by exploring sport inancient civilization, but when she moved on to the United States inthe nineteenth and early twentieth century, it was all about Spring-field College and its origins as the YMCAtraining school. She was inspired to read moreabout the history of the College, and herpassion for the topic grew.

As the College approaches its 125thanniversary, Murray wanted to draw the pastcloser to the presentduring her year as Distin-guished SpringfieldProfessor of Humanics. Hergoal was to explore high-lights of the College’shistory in events that wouldentertain but also teach the

College community about the College’spast. She called her project “Our GreatAdventure in Education: The WholeStory” (“our great adventure in educa-tion” was a phrase coined by LaurenceLocke Doggett during his forty years asthe fourth president of SpringfieldCollege). Because the history of theCollege is so rich, Murray had manypotential projects from which tochoose. She limited her focus to sport,fine art, and dance and says that shereceived much enthusiasm and helpfrom the humanities and arts depart-ments. She believes theseinterdisciplinary connections reflectthe Humanics Philosophy of a unifiedspirit, mind, and body; make the studyof all these fields more vibrant; and tietogether the Springfield College

community.Murray kicked off her

successful and full year at theOctober 2007 gymnastics

exhibition by presenting an enactmentof Leslie Judd’s tableaux, orchestrated

by gymnasticscoaches CherylRaymond G’82

and Steve Posner. Judd was a 1920sSpringfield College gymnastics coachwho created the world-famous “statu-ary of youths,” later renamed“tableaux,” which are, in essence,beautiful human still lifes in which

gymnasts in metallic body paint form living sculpture.The next month she turned the lens on a pioneer of U.S. modern

dance and 1930s Springfield College professor, Ted Shawn. Shawn isknown for the athleticism of his male dancers and for founding

Jacob’s Pillow. In November, Murraypresented tributes, along with danceprofessor Cynthia Nazzaro. Thefilm, The Men Who Danced:The Story of Ted Shawn’s MaleDancers 1933-1940, wasscreened with a lively discus-

Veteran professorreveals heritage, history

By Robin Maltz

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ALBERT J. PETITPAS has been appointed2008-2009 Distinguished Springfield Profes-sor of Humanics at Springfield College.

In the one-year appointment, Petitpas willexamine the College’s guiding philosophy,called Humanics, which emphasizes theeducation of students in spirit, mind, andbody for a lifetime of leadership in careersand personal pursuits that serve humanity. Hewill design and implement a project on thetheme of community engagement throughbuilding relationships.

Petitpas, professor of psychology, waschosen for the honor based on his excellencein teaching, scholarly work, and service activi-ties, and for demonstrating the humanicsphilosophy in his work and life. The Collegesolicited nominations from its faculty, staff,and students.

In announcing Petitpas’ appointment, VicePresident for Academic Affairs Jean A.Wyldsaid,“As a faculty role model, he is acknowl-edged as one of our most effective teachers,dedicated to his students’ success both atthe College and following their graduation.He has an exceptional reputation on ourcampus and beyond, having been recognizedwith many professional honors. He haspublished more than one hundred scholarly

articles, and has developed researchcenters at Springfield College. In the

area of service, he excels.”Wyld cited Petitpas’ most signifi-cant contribution as developing

the Play It Smart Program, by which student-athletes receive academic coaching andpositive peer pressure to achieve goodgrades, become engaged in community serv-ice, and pursue higher education. The

program has been implemented at inner cityschools around the country, serving morethan 6,000 student-athletes, most of whomwent on to college from schools where amajority of students did not pursuehigher education.

Petitpas also founded the first-of-its-kindmaster’s degree program in athletic counsel-ing at Springfield College, where he trained

graduate students in strategies to promotethe personal, academic, and athletic develop-ment of athletes at youth sport, college,Olympic, and professional levels of participa-tion. He also helped develop the College’sacademic programs in marriage andfamily therapy and in student personneladministration.

The first recipient of the American Psycho-logical Association’s DistinguishedContribution to Professional Practice inApplied Sport Psychology Award, Petitpas hasbeen a member of the Springfield Collegepsychology faculty since 1978, and is thedirector of the College’s Center for YouthDevelopment and Research. He is currentlyproviding consulting services to The First Tee,the National Football Foundation, and theMontreal Alouettes, and has also worked withthe United States Olympic Committee, theLadies Professional Golf Association, NationalCollegiate Athletic Association, United StatesSki Team, the National Basketball Association,and other athletic organizations.

A graduate of Bridgewater State College,Petitpas received his master’s degree atNortheastern University and his doctoraldegree at Boston University. He is a licensedpsychologist, certified consultant of the Asso-ciation for the Advancement of Applied SportPsychology, and a member of the U.S. OlympicCommittee’s Registry of Sport Psychology.1

sion to follow; later in the month, Murray and Nazzaro presenteda dance concert with a reconstruction of Ted Shawn’s 1917 solo,Gnossienne. In April, dance students performed a Ted Shawn piecefrom his Labor Symphony at Murray’s Humanics Lecture.

One of the most popular events of the year was a celebration ofSpringfield College and the Olympics. At an all-day event, Olympic goldmedalists with connections to the College gave presentations.

January saw the opening of a month-long sculpture exhibition byR. Tait McKenzie (1867-1938). The show was conceived by Murray andcurated by Ron Maggio, chair of the visual and performing arts depart-ment. McKenzie was the foremost sculptor of sport art, close friend toLuther Gulick and James Naismith; served on committeesat Springfield College, and is an honorary degree recipient fromthe College.

In March, Murray gave a lecture entitled,“The Nazi Olympics and

Springfield College,” and in conjunction with Carol Mitchell, professorof English and film, presented a screening of Leni Riefenstahl’s 1936film, Olympia.

Also in March, Murray invited Joel Dearing ’79, physical educationprofessor and head women’s volleyball coach, to speak about researchfor his latest book, The Untold Story of William G. Morgan, Inventorof Volleyball.

Finally, in Murray’s Humanics Lecture,“The Three Great MuscularChristians of Springfield College: Gulick, Stagg, and Naismith,” she toldthe story of the men who led Springfield College to its place of promi-nence. With her inquisitive and extensive knowledge, Murray also toldthe fascinating stories of their wives, colleagues, and the times in whichthey lived. And, in keeping with her high spirit for Springfield College,she led the audience in the College alma mater, a first for a HumanicsLecture, with the help of Alexandra Ludwig, professor of music.1

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Stacey Franz ’98 G’99Young Alumnus/Alumna Award

FRANZ STUDIED physical therapy and thenattended Philadelphia College of OsteopathicMedicine.While becoming a physician, shewas an anatomy tutor and a member of thehonorary osteopathic society, Sigma SigmaPhi, named Student Doctor of Osteopathy ofthe Year by the Council of OsteopathicStudent Government Presidents, and recipientof the Mason W. Pressly Award.

She was elected chief intern by her peers,named Intern ofthe Year atUnion Hospitalin New Jersey,and served onthe educationcommittee andon the New YorkCollege ofOsteopathicMedicine

Consortium’s Intern and Resident Committeeat Union Hospital. At New York PresbyterianHospital, she was appointed chief resident.She won the Falcon Award from the hospital’sDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, andthe Distinguished Housestaff Award from theWeill Cornell Medical Center Alumni Council.She also completed a fellowship at theUniversity of Medicine and Dentistry of NewJersey’s Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation,working on a range of medical subjects.

Russell Pate ’68Distinguished Alumnus/Alumna Award

RUSS PATE graduated magna cum laude andwent on to earn his master’s and doctoraldegrees in exercise physiology at the Univer-sity of Oregon. He pursued most of his careerat the University of South Carolina, where herose to his current role as vice provost forhealth sciences. He has also been a professorin the Department of Exercise Science at the

University’s Arnold School of Public Healthsince 1989.

Pate has been the principal investigator forfunded research grants and contracts from

governmentagencies, majornational andinternationalcorporations, andnational associa-tions.He has earned

numerous honorsand awards, isthe coauthor of

seven books, and the author or coauthor oftwenty-two book chapters and more than 240peer-reviewed articles. And, in 1975, heplaced seventh in the Boston AA Marathonwith a time of 2:15:20.

Judith Ford Baumhauer ’83Distinguished Alumnus/Alumna Award

JUDY BAUMHAUER is an orthopaedic surgeonand professor of orthopaedic surgery, special-izing in the foot and the ankle. At Springfield

College shemajored in physi-cal educationand was astudent athletictrainer. Shereceived hermaster’s degreeat MiddleburyCollege andearned her

doctoral degree at the University of VermontCollege of Medicine. Her internship and resi-dency were at the Medical Center Hospital ofVermont. She also served a fellowship in footand ankle surgery at the Medical College ofWisconsin.

Baumhauer is an educator of medicalstudents and physicians. She has spent mostof her career at the University of Rochester

Medical Center’s Department of OrthopaedicSurgery, where she is associate chair ofacademic affairs. She has been a visitingprofessor or lecturer at universities aroundthe country and has served traveling fellow-ships of the American Academy ofOrthopaedic Surgeons. She has also wonnumerous awards, several research grants,and written more than two dozen peer-reviewed articles and almost as many bookchapters. In 1993, she received the YoungAlumna Award from Springfield College.

David R. Boyle ’83The Tarbell Medallion

DAVE BOYLE is a passionate representative ofthe College—at which he majored in health,

physical educa-tion, andrecreation—serving as vicepresident of theEastern Massa-chusetts AlumniAssociation, anAlumni Councilmember, and amember of his

class reunion committee. A former corporatorof the College, he is also a member of theDavid Allen Reed Society. He has traveledthroughout the U.S. on behalf of the College,speaking at wine seminars sponsored by theAlumni Association, and has donated wine tothe events. He has influenced severalstudents to apply to the College, and hascounseled many Springfield College students.

In addition to being an active communityvolunteer, Boyle is vice president of theMartignetti Companies, a liquor distributor-ship based in Norwood, Mass., part owner oftwo private security/event managementcompanies, and part owner of a private train-ing company based in Boston.1

Distinguished Alumni Receive Well-Earned Recognitionfrom their Alma Mater

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2008 Athletic Hall of Fame InducteesEditor’s Note: Full articles are available on the Alumni Relations pages at www.SpringfieldCollege.edu.

Theodore A. Smith ’48(posthumously)

TED SMITH was a key member of the men’ssoccer team—undefeated in 1946 and

1947—and ledthem to back-to-back New Englandand National Cham-pionships. As asenior, he served asteam captain, wasthe most valuableplayer as its leadingscorer, and was

selected as an All-American.Smith taught physical and special educa-

tion in West Springfield and also served as acoach for soccer, hockey, and golf. His excel-lence in the soccer world led also to his rise tonational and international stature for his workin coaching, refereeing, and administration.

Lawrence Mulvaney ’49

A STANDOUT on the football field and thewrestling mat, Larry Mulvaney translated hisexperiences into becoming one of the most

influential figures inNew York State highschool athleticshistory.

A three-yearstarting offensivetackle on the foot-ball field and starterat heavyweight forthe wrestling squad,

his collegiate athletic career was interruptedby his service with the U.S. Marines in WorldWar II. After receiving his degree, Mulvaneymoved to Schenectady and led Mont PleasantHigh School’s football teams to a 107-64-4record, three seasons with an undefeatedrecord and, in 1967, to a No. 1 ranking in theState of New York.

William Wiedergott ’58

A MEMBER of the men’s soccer team that wonthe 1957 national championship, and letter-man in men’s gymnastics,William “Fritz”

Wiedergott went onto St. Mark’s Schoolin Southboro, Mass.,as a teacher, coach,and administratorfor thirty-six years.He served as thedirector of athleticsfor twenty-eightyears before being

named director of athletics emeritus in 1997.As a coach,Wiedergott was at the helm of

the St. Mark’s boy’s soccer, wrestling, andboy’s lacrosse programs. He was named theNew England Scholastic Coach of the Year in1970. In 1996, he received the Man of theYear Award for independent schools.

Robert Elsinger ’65

ELSINGER WAS ONE OF the College’s topgymnasts. Leading the team to a fifth-placefinish in the 1965 NCAA Division I Final

Championships,he captured theUniversity DivisionNational Champi-onship on thepommel horse. Thefollowing year, as agraduate assistantfor the gymnasticsteam, he was

named the EIGL pommel horse champion.After graduating from Springfield College,

Elsinger settled in Long Island. He became aphysical education instructor and coach forthe Elwood School District in the Fall of 1966and continued in those roles until his retire-ment in 1997. He also excelled within thesport of gymnastics as an official and judge.

Michael “Spider” Brown ’80

IN 1979, Brown set a school record in thehigh jump with a mark of 6’11”. The followingyear, he went on to capture three more school

records in the longjump, indoorpentathlon, and thedecathlon. A three-time All-NewEngland Track andField selection,Brown was honoredas a Division II All-American after

finishing second in the decathlon at the NCAADivision II Championships.

He was crowned the New England IndoorLong Jump Champion and the Eastern LongJump Champion, and also claimed the IC4AIndoor Pentathlon Championship. He was afinalist in the 1984 United States OlympicDecathlon Trials.

Brenda Bradley Hogan ’91

BRENDA BRADLEY HOGAN was one of the topswimmers in the country. As a junior, Bradley

Hogan was a Divi-sion II All-Americanin the 1,650-yardfreestyle event, andwent on to benamed the Spring-field College JuniorFemale IndividualAthlete of the Year.

Senior year, sheearned All-America status in three events.A Division II All-American in the 200-yardfreestyle, she earned a pair of All-Americanaccolades after finishing fifth at the NCAAChampionships in the 500-yard freestyle andthird in the 1,650-yard freestyle. She stillholds the three oldest women’s swimmingrecords—set in 1991—at the College.1


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CLASS NOTES AND NEWS

1937Although J. Bruce Turnerpassed away in 1992, his effecton the high school track worldin Baltimore County, Md., is stillbeing felt. Turner, who coachedthe all-black Sollers Point HighSchool track team, made theschool’s first track—using hisPlymouth and a metal bed-spring—after his team wasn’tallowed to run time trials atanother school in the 1950s.The track was named for Turnerin 2006, and was newly reno-vated and reopened in July2008. School officials held aceremony for the coach, recog-nizing his contributions tocommunity.

1944Leonard Conner reports thathe recently celebrated his sixty-second wedding anniversarywith his wife, Ruth.

1947Jim Kinsman (G) writes that hisone year of “graduate work atSpringfield College under suchgreat teachers as Paul Limbert,Charles ‘Red’ Silvia, Herb Pen-nock, and Ossie Solem, and abaseball assistantship with thelegendary John Bunn, led to asuccessful career in YMCA phys-ical education. Thank you,Springfield.” Kinsman and hiswife, Mae, are enjoying retire-ment with their children andgrandchildren in Catonsville,Md.

1948Dartmouth College dedicatedthe Alden “Whitey” BurnhamField and Sports Pavilion after

Alden “Whitey” Burnham G’52,that college’s first three-sportcoach (soccer, wrestling, andlacrosse) and assistant directorof athletics. Burnham is a recipi-ent of Springfield College’s Tar-bell Medallion, the Distin-guished Alumnus Award, andan inductee into the AthleticHall of Fame. He also serves as amember of Springfield College’sAlumni Council.

1949Edwin Richardson reportsthat he is doing well foreighty-eight years old, andthat his open heart surgeryfifteen years ago was asuccess. He recently authoreda chapter entitled “My Featheris My Protector: A NativeAmerican View to Healing,”in Healing Tales, published byPuente Publishers. Richardsonlives at Shungmanitu IndianLodge in Fairfax Station, Va.

Milt Zoellner is in his sixtiethyear of officiating track andfield, and is in his thirty-firstyear of officiating swimmingand diving in New York State.

1950Marty Silverman writes that heand his wife, Sylvia, recentlysold their summer camp,Kippewa for Girls, in Mon-mouth, Maine, after their fifti-eth season. The couple foundedthe camp in 1957, overseeingits growth from twenty-twobuildings to sixty-three, addinga horse farm and other proper-ties. The Silvermans have asummer home on LakeCobbosseecontee, Me.

1951Annette (Swanny) Seirupwrites that her granddaughter,Erica, daughter of Holly SeirupPincus ’81, danced at theFringe Festival in Edinburgh,Scotland.

Charles Katsiaficas (G) wasrecently inducted into theMaine Sports Hall of Fame. Hewas a high school coach andone of Maine’s top high schooland college basketball officials.

Morton Meltzer was recentlyinducted into the New YorkState Builders Association(NYSBA) Hall of Fame. As a pres-ident of the Building IndustryAssociation of New York City(BIANYC), Meltzer guided theevolution of a tax program thathelped thousands of familiesachieve home ownership, andhe was inducted into theBIANYC Hall of Fame in 2005.He is also a former president ofthe NYSBA.

1954L. Curtis Guild married MargeBerry on April 6, 2008. Berry isthe daughter of the late RobertBerry ’26, G’39, Tarbell Medal-lion recipient.

1956Art Serra was elected to theLudlow (Mass.) High SchoolHall of Fame as part of itsinaugural class.

1958Bruce Kurtz is showing thatage is just a number. Kurtzrecently competed in the GrandPrix, a series of ten triathlonsheld throughout New England,placing first among competitors

of all ages with sixty-ninepoints while being one ofthe most senior of racers at“seventy-two and a halfyears young!”

1958 Bruce Kurtz

1959Jerome Casciani recentlyretired after a thirty-eight-year career as teacher, coach,department chair, and collegeadministrator at State Universi-ty of New York–Cortland.During his tenure, Cascianichaired the physical educationdepartment and served asinterim dean of the School ofProfessional Studies. Cascianiwas SUNY–Cortland’s headlacrosse coach during the mid-to-late 1980s, and served asan assistant coach in lacrosse,football, and wrestling.

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which focuses on transformingnegative attitudes in athleticsinto positive ones, promotingsuccess. Theodosatos was a foot-ball coach for forty-seven years.

Dancy (Kelsey) Noble doescustom framing in a home studioin De Kalb Junction, N.Y., andpaints pastels in miniature form.Noble belongs to five miniatureart societies that exhibit thepaintings.

Owen Houghton reports that heloves to play golf and take careof his grandchildren. Some otherhobbies include digital photog-raphy, water colors, and writingshort stories. He says,“Love to allmy classmates, particularly BillyLawson, Burt Burger, and DonDelorenzo.”

1960William Tice reports that he isenjoying sailing, scuba diving,and fishing in his retirement.

Lorraine Stone reports that shemarried her longtime partner,Robert Sullivan, in 2000, andthey recently moved from NewHampshire to Alaska, whereStone is an artist and practicesReiki. She says,“It’s never too lateto take up a new calling.”

Robert Dering welcomed hisfourth grandchild recently. Helives in New York and Texas.

1962Irv Gordon became the first per-son to drive two million miles onthe same car—his shiny red1966 Volvo P1800—in 2002 andwas featured in the GuinnessBook of World Records. Afterretiring as a science teacher inLong Island, N.Y., Gordon hasspent time driving around thecountry, following Route 66 andany other highway that strikeshis fancy, estimating that he hasstopped at more than 5,000small towns over the past forty-two years for coffee and conver-sation. He was recently inter-

viewed in the New HampshireUnion Leader, giving suggestionsfor nine small towns perfect forroad-tripping families.

1964Irwin Flink reports that heretired after more than thirtyyears as a research investigatorin molecular biology. Flinkreports that he published severalarticles in peer reviewed scien-tific journals, and served as apart time anatomy and physiol-ogy instructor at Pima Commu-nity College in Tucson, Ariz.

1965Carol (Gordon) Fortune writesthat she’s “semi-retired and livingin central Florida with my hus-band and our dog.We’re playinggolf and riding horses.” Sheworks part time in a private psy-chotherapy practice.

Janet (Zwergel) Winey’s recenttrip to Hawaii represented thecompletion of her goal to visit allfifty United States. Having justretired,Winey now has moretime to pursue geneology, tospend with her granddaughters,and to keep traveling.

1966Bob McKie was honored recentlywith an anthem,“Fourth to NewHorizons,” commissioned in hisname to mark the thirty-fifthanniversary of his ordination. Theanthem, based on the hymn tune“Regent Square,” was written byPittsburgh organist and com-poser Douglas Starr. McKie hasbeen pastor of Trinity UnitedChurch of Christ in Greensburg,Penn., since 1992.

Thomas Kretsch was honoredfor his thirty-five years of serviceto the children of Norwalk,Conn., when the Columbus Mag-net School dedicated the ThomasS. Kretsch Gymnasium.

Doug McCullough has retiredfrom Penn State University afterspending thirty-three years onthe faculty there. His wife Phyllis(Alexander) previously retiredfrom her position as director ofbereavement services at Hospiceof the Good Shepherd. They cele-brated their forty-second wed-ding anniversary with a three-week trip to Hawaii followed bytwo weeks in Belgium to visittheir son. Friends can reach themat [email protected] [email protected].

1969Russ Green (G’76) has recentlyretired and built a retirementhome with his wife, who passedaway shortly after it was com-pleted. Green is staying busy bycoaching master’s swimming.

Jeff Munsell plans on trying outfor the 2008-09 Florida PanthersNational Hockey League team asa defenseman.

1970Martha Wilson recently retiredafter thirty years as director ofrecreation for Geneva, N.Y. Shelives in Wellfleet, Mass., whereshe runs Pine Moorings Cottages,a business she’s owned fortwenty-five years.

Harold Drowne recently retiredafter thirty-six years as a physicaleducator in Springfield (Mass.)Public Schools. He was also ahead football and basketballcoach.

1971Bernard Kahn proudly reportsthat his son had his Boy Scoutsof America Eagle Court of Honorin June.

John Learson participated in thePhiladelphia Tri-State Open Rac-quetball Tournament recently,placing first in the doubles over-fifty category with his partner.He also played in the New YorkCity Open Racquetball Tourna-

ment, where he placed second insingles over sixty, and second indoubles over fifty.

1972Doug MacFarlane retired afterthirty-five years of teachingphysical education and coachingbasketball, tennis, and volleyballin the Quincy, Mass., publicschools.

Mike Deary retired afterserving twenty years as athleticdirector at Longmeadow (Mass.)High School.

John Lalley recently retired afterthirty-three years as an athletictrainer and anatomy and physi-ology teacher at the PingrySchool in Martinsville, N.J. Hewas recently inducted into thatschool’s Athletic Hall of Fame.

1973Linda Robinson is director oftechnology at Gann Academy inWaltham, Mass.

Jim Wells Sr. (G’74) is a wellnesscoach at Blue Cross Blue Shieldin Richardson, Tex. He says,“Thank you, Springfield College,for the great life you helped meto enter.”

Kenneth Wall D.P.E. ’75, repre-sented Springfield College on theroof of Africa on August 7 whenhe and friends Russell Denver,president of the Affiliated Cham-bers of Commerce of GreaterSpringfield, and ChristopherBuendo, co-publisher ofReminder Publications, Inc.,climbed to Uhuru Peak, the sum-mit of Kilimanjaro, at 19,340’above sea level. It took theirgroup four and one-half daysof walking, which, at times wasvery slow and difficult due torestricted oxygen.Wall says,“It was a great test—in spirit,mind, and body.We weresuccessful because we hadexcellent Tanzanian guides andporters as teammates.”


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Craig DeBaun recentlywelcomed two grandsons intohis life. Paul Joseph Mancusowas born on Feb. 15, 2006,and Jacob James Didio onMar. 13, 2008.

1974Brian Higgins has been theboys’ varsity soccer coach atEllsworth High School in Mainefor more than thirty years. Hewas inducted into the MaineSports Hall of Fame in 2006.

Linda Opyr (G’75) was recentlyappointed as assistant superin-tendent for curriculum andinstruction in the SewanhakaCentral High School District onLong Island, N.Y.

1975Dennis Lukens was recentlynamed the men’s U-23 nationalsoccer coach for St. Lucia. He ledthe U-23 national team throughthe 2008 CONCACAF Olympicqualification games.

Deborah (Smith) Delisle hasbeen named the state superin-tendent of public education bythe State Board of Education inOhio. Delisle had previouslybeen the superintendent of theCleveland Heights-UniversityHeights School District, and shehas been named one of the topten most Tech-Savvy Superin-tendents in the nation byeSchool News and one ofAmerica’s Top Twenty Educatorsby Learning Magazine.

1977Carole Kay Croteau attendedthe Eastern District Associa-tion’s American Alliance forHealth, Physical Education,Recreation, and Dance Conven-tion in Newport, R.I., where shecrossed paths with Lynn John-son and Anne WeaverMcBride. She says,“Sessionspresented by Springfield Col-lege faculty and students wereexcellent!”

Robert Rice is a managingdirector and the head of regula-tory and internal investigationsfor North and South America atDeutsche Bank, an internationalinvestment bank, in New YorkCity. He lives in Franklin Lakes,N.J., with his wife and threechildren.

1979Thomas Ballard is the execu-tive director of Village Oaks atGlendale, Ariz., a 112-bedassisted living community.

1980Bill Laubenstein is the chiefprobation officer at the Marl-borough, Mass., District Court.He has been employed in theMassachusetts Trial Court fortwenty years. Laubenstein hasalso been officiating men’scollege basketball for sixteenyears, including in the BigEast Conference.

1981Bill Hillman and his familyrecently reunited with PeterSmith and his family in SunCity Center, Fla. He reports thatthey all had “lots of fun swim-ming, reminiscing, and relaxingtogether.” Following thereunion, Hillman and Smithcamped at Tully Lake in Athol,Mass., and visited SpringfieldCollege Wrestling CoachDaryl Arroyo ’84 and formercoach Doug Parker ’51, G’58.Hillman operates a caretakingand property management

business with his wife in Rich-mond, Mass., and Smith is amath teacher in Florida.

1981 Bill Hillman and Peter Smith

Kevin Reilly is an adaptedphysical education teacher inWest Orange, N.J., has beenrunning a basketball camp inCedar Grove, N.J., for ten years,and is working as a freelancesports writer. He writes that heenjoys watching his daughtersplay high school basketball.

Steven Davenport celebratedhis son’s recent wedding withfriends Norm England, StevenSt. Germain,Mike Saviano, andMike Ostrowski ’82.

1981 Steve Davenport and friends

1982Tracie Riecker reports that shegraduated with honors fromState University of New York–Ulster, with her A.A.S. degree inveterinary technology. Shereceived the 2008 Chancellor’sAward for Student Excellence,the 2008 New York All Aca-demic Third Team award, andthe 2008 SUNY–Ulster StartHere and Go Far StudentAchievement Award. Rieckerworks at the Dutchess County

Animal Hospital as kennelmanager and patient caretechnician.

David Hundertmark is vicepresident and general managerof GE Security Canada inOttawa, Ont.

1983Jim Mitchell is vice presidentof sales at FiberMedia, where hehandles data centers in JerseyCity, N.J., and Cleveland, Ohio.Mitchell was previously at Tele-com for ten years.

Valerie Foster and JenniferHodges still are living in themetropolitan Washington, D.C.,area. Their two children, Natalieand Eric, are now sixteen andtwelve.Valerie is the associatedirector of admissions andfinancial aid at Sidwell FriendsSchool, which both their chil-dren attend. Jennifer is thedirector of compensation &benefits at AARP. They recentlybought property in the Berk-shires for their retirement, andlook forward to the day whenthey can reside in Massachu-setts again.Valerie, Jennifer, andtheir son, Eric, recently joinedMaureen (O’Connor) Cham-berlain and her two sons,Diego and Daniel, for a visit anda hike on Mt. Tom in July.

1983 Back row, from left, are ValerieFoster, Jennifer Hodges, and MaureenChamberlain with their children, frontrow, from left, Eric Foster, Daniel andDiego Chamberlain.

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Men’s lacrosse head coachKeith Bugbee (G), who in 2008celebrated his twenty-fifthseason at Springfield College,was featured recently inLacrosse Magazine.

1984 Keith Bugbee (photo courtesyof Lacrosse Magazine.)

JoAnn Hoffman Short receivedher master’s degree fromSpringfield College in May2008. She guided herPottstown, Penn., YMCAthrough a merger with neigh-boring Phoenixville YMCA toform the Freedom Valley YMCA.She says that the merger makesthe Freedom Valley YMCA thethird largest in Pennsylvania.

1985Marianna Marra is the market-ing director for National CircusProject, a non-profit culturalarts organization founded in1984 whose mission is to “pre-serve and promote the tradi-tional circus arts through edu-cation and entertainment.”The organization is based inWestbury, N.Y.

1987Son Caleb Andrew was bornto Kerin and David Dickey onJan. 6, 2008.

Michael Nanartowich is ascience teacher in Hudson Pub-lic Schools in Hudson, Mass.

Eileen (Tinsley) Scullinis an exercise physiologistat The Miriam Hospital inProvidence, R.I.

Planned Gift Made in GratitudeBy Chris Gregor

Lisa Emirzian ’79, D.M.D, has lifelong connections with SpringfieldCollege. She remembers her father, Ashod A. Emirzian ’41,hosting many Springfield College alumni events at their home.“At these events, even though I was quite young, I realized thecamaraderie among the guests and a certain quality in the peopleattending,” she says. “These were people with a genuine interestin understanding and helping others. Because of the exposurethat I had to the school and various alumni through my father,Springfield College was my choice when I began looking atcolleges in high school.”

Her father attended Harvard Dental School, and Emirzian joinedhim in practice in 1982 after graduating from Tufts UniversitySchool of Dental Medicine. She has carried on his practice of fortyyears. Emirzian practices prosthodontics, which is the specialty ofimplant, esthetic, and reconstructive dentistry. Now in practice withher husband, Vincent Mariano, they own Emirzian, Mariano andAssociates in East Longmeadow, Mass.

Emirzian has been generous in showing her appreciation for what the College means toher. She has made a gift of life insurance in which Springfield College is the owner andbeneficiary. This donation qualifies her for the Amici ad Infinitum Society. Additionally,Emirzian has given an outright cash gift for the Campaign to name the microbiology labin honor of Emirzian and her father, making her a President’s Council member.

“It is important for me to support and to show gratitude to the College for helping meachieve my goal to become a successful practicing dentist. With the sound foundationprovided at Springfield College, I was able to enter Tufts and complete the difficult train-ing. My donations have helped support facility improvements that will benefit current andfuture students, as well as faculty. I believe it is essential to continue to support theschool to help ensure that future generations may share the same successes,” she says.

Emirzian is appreciative of the biology, chemistry, and physics professors who were hermentors, including professors Barkman, Torre, Walsh, Cohen, Polito, and Ross. “Withthe guidance of these and other professors, I was very well prepared for dental schooland had an excellent foundation to compete with students frommany different universi-ties and to excel. My background in the sciences from Springfield College was secondto none and I was able to embrace the dental school curriculum with confidence. I thinkof knowledge as a chain reaction: My Springfield College education opened many doorsthat, in turn, opened even more doors. In addition to my dental school training, theHumanics philosophy I learned at Springfield College has also enhanced my personaland professional development. Humanics is at the core of Emirzian, Mariano andAssociates’ treatment philosophy, which is having a genuine interest in serving othersand establishing a doctor/ patient relationship based on trust.” Spirit, mind, and bodyis a philosophy that Emirzian lives by and has also found a place in her dental practice.“I was first introduced to the mind-body relaxation response from Josephine Rathbone,author of Relaxation, and spouse of Springfield College Professor Peter Karpovich,and also from Coach Jack Neumann who taught a class at Springfield College. Fromthis, I first recognized the strong mind-body connection and how it affects healthand wellness.”

The Springfield College familial connection that began with her father also extends toher motherMarilou (Thompson) Emirzian ’41, brother Scott Emirzian ’71, and twocousins, Bob Anusbigian ’67 and Nancy Caroglania ’86. Emirzian and Mariano have twochildren, Alissa Brooke and Michael Vincent. When she is not busy with her practice andteaching advanced esthetic dentistry in the postgraduate department at Tufts Dental, sheskis, bikes, and enjoys creative cooking.

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Karen (Pagnano) Richardsonreceived tenure as an assist-ant professor of physicaleducation teacher educationat Bridgewater State Collegein Bridgewater, Mass.

Dan Miller is a sales managerat Trane/Ingersoll Rand inNorwalk, Conn.

1989Katy Curran married MichaelCasey on July 7, 2007. Katy is asenior health communicationsspecialist for the Centers forDisease Control.

Matthew Houghton is nowworking as the principal of theMorse Memorial and Monroeelementary schools in Maine.

1989 Katy Curran andMichael Casey

Alice Reeves DeMeo is living inWashington, Conn., with herhusband, Dave, and two chil-dren, where she is a middleschool social worker andrecently opened a private coun-seling practice specializing inadolescents and their families.She says,“I am so thankful forthe friendships I made at

Springfield College and amhappy to report that we stillget together frequently. I amhoping to see many otherclassmates at our reunionnext summer!”

1991Maria (D’Agostino) Crawfordrecently completed her firstyear of employment at LibertyTax Service as a tax return pre-parer. She says,“I love thework!”

Melissa Hodgdon was namedNew England Women’s andMen’s Athletic ConferenceCoach of the Year. She is inher fifth year as head coachof the women’s basketballteam at Wheaton College inNorton, Mass.

Derek Amalbert is a specialagent for the Department ofHomeland Security, Immigra-tion and Customs Enforcement.

Don Basil recently shaved hishead in support of childrenwho are battling cancer, a causefor which he is raising money.

William Everly is a financialadvisor at Ameriprise Financialin Walnut Creek, Calif.

Daughter Lily Katherine wasborn to Kelly-Anne andEdward Chalmers onOct. 18, 2007.

Jack Dellapiano was namedprincipal of Flood MiddleSchool in Stratford, Conn., afteran eight-month tenure as assis-tant principal at the school. Jackand his wife, Kelly (’92), live inMonroe, Conn., with their threeboys: ten-year-old Michael,nine-year-old Nicholas, andfour-year-old Jake.

1992Dale H. Allen, G’94, has beennamed first vice president forcommunity engagement byQuinsigamond CommunityCollege in Worcester, Mass.

Allen, former director of com-munity relations at SpringfieldCollege, was most recentlydirector of institutional strategyat the Boston-based CecilGroup. He is a doctoral studentat the University of Massachu-setts–Boston.

Lester Bates is vice presidentand executive director of theIsland of Hawaii YMCA in KailuaKona, Hawaii.

Kimberly Wright completedher doctorate in physical ther-apy at Temple University inMay 2008.

Lynn (Wallace) Wright isdirector of the office of thepresident at American PublicUniversity System in CharlesTown,West Virginia.

1992 Doug Hickey (center) withDonnie Edwards (left) of the KansasCity Chiefs and Drew Brees of theNew Orleans Saints

Douglas A. Hickey received theUnited States Air Force Com-mendation Medal for distin-guishing himself as the deputycommander, 386th Expedi-tionary Services Squadron,386th Mission Support Group,386th Air Expeditionary Wing,Ali Al Salem Air Base, during theperiod from Jan. 3 through May14, 2007. In direct support ofoperations Enduring Freedomand Iraqi Freedom, Lt. Hickeymanaged sixty-three enlistedmilitary, ninety-three countrynationals, and 153 service facili-ties—such as dining, fitness,recreation, and training—toenhance the quality of life for3,400 base personnel.

1993Daughter Abigail Rebecca wasborn to Jessica (Nault) andRichard Laine on May 16, 2006.She joins siblings Michael,Matthew, Richard, and Emily.

Son Tucker Charles was born toTimothy Galu on July 3, 2007.

Nancy Papagno Crimmin (G)earned a doctorate in educa-tional leadership from theJohnson and Wales School ofEducation in May 2008. She isthe dean of campus life atAssumption College in Worces-ter, Mass.

Robert Gialloreto is the presi-dent and chief executive officerof Tourism Victoria in Canada.Previously, Gialloreto was chiefexecutive officer of TravelAlberta International, theagency contracted to marketthat province in the Asia-Pacificregions, the Americas, andEurope.

Elizabeth (Sgueglia)Branconnier is a nurse anes-thetist at Providence Anesthe-sia Inc. in Providence, R.I.

Correction: Lesley Fung is ina graduate program at GeorgeWashington University, whereshe met Dr. Russell Pate, whopresented at grand roundsthere recently.

1994Jessica Heinsohn marriedRobert Wilson on Aug. 16, 2007.

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1995Christine and James Skiffingtonwelcomed Declan Brian to theirfamily on Jan. 19, 2008.

Joshua Brady recently receiveda promotion with the CaliforniaDepartment of Education. Bradywas an education programs con-sultant for the middle and highschool supplemental schoolcounseling program, as well aschild welfare and attendanceissues. He lives in Sacramento.

Rebecca (Gagnon) Pillsburyand her husband, Jeffrey, have anew addition to their family. SonKillian Aaron was born on June11, 2008, and joins big brothersKenyon James and Kaden Scott.

1996Daughter Ella was born to Jena(Valle) and Jason Smith on Jan.25, 2008. Jason is the director ofoperations at the First MarinerArena in Baltimore, Md. Jena isthe director of education for theCommunity Action Council ofHoward County.

Son Cameron was born to Diana(Fortin) and Joseph Smith onMarch 13, 2007.

Daughter Katelyn was born toJennifer (Mazzeo) (G) and ChrisBarstrom (G) in March 2008. Shejoins big brothers Nathan, Evan,and Owen. Both Jennifer andChris work as physical therapistsspecializing in orthopedic spinetreatment in Danbury, Conn.Chris is also an industrialergonomic consultant.

Jennifer (Hollowell) Koonz wasrecently named the United Way’sVolunteer of the Year in the Har-risburg, Penn., area for the workshe does for Camp STAR (Sports,Teamwork, And Recreation), asports camp for up to twenty-eight campers with various dis-abilities between the ages of tenand seventeen. Koonz has volun-

teered there for eleven years, andshe also works as a pediatricphysical therapist at Penn State’sHershey Medical Center. She andher husband, Christian, have twodaughters—Morgan, bornJuly 21, 2005, and Lauren, bornMay 14, 2007.

1997Son Keegan was born toKiersten (Porter) and JasonMcClellan on April 12, 2007.He joins big brother Jayden.

Son Conner Foster was born toElizabeth and Keith Moodie onAug. 29, 2007. The family livesin Bear, Del.

1997 Keith Moodie and son

Roger Ward is a sales represen-tative for Adidas.

Jana Morrison is associate ath-letic director at the University ofNorth Alabama in Florence, Ala.

Daughter Rose Antoinetta wasborn to Katie and Gerard Marinoon March 17, 2008. She joins bigsisters Olivia, Gianna, andGemma, who are “thrilled tohave a new baby sister!”Marinoowns and operates a law prac-tice with his brother in Winches-ter, Mass.

1998Andrew Bott is the aquaticdirector at Saint Joseph’s Collegeof Maine.

Vanest Freeman-Smith reportsthat she has two grown daugh-ters, and that she and her hus-band recently adopted three lit-tle boys, aged two-and-a-half

and one year. Freeman-Smithand her husband also recentlywelcomed two new grand-daughters into their family, andmoved from Kansas to thePoconos in 2007.

Twin daughters Katelyn Margaretand Emily Lynn were born toKerri (Martinovich) (G) andAndy Shpur on Nov. 3, 2006.

Daughter Kaitlin Jordan wasborn to Kristi (Horn) and Bren-dan Dillon on Aug. 23, 2007.

Stefano Spinali is a sales andleasing agent at Realty Venturesin East Boston, Mass.

Kelly (Detwiler) Capobianco isan athletic trainer at South KentSchool in Connecticut.

Fletcher Alan Brooks (G) wasrecently appointed assistant pro-fessor of physical education andhead coach of the track and fieldteam at Williams College inWilliamstown, Mass. Brooks hadbeen the head strength coach,women’s indoor and outdoortrack and field coach, women’scross country coach, and instruc-tor of physical education at theMassachusetts Institute ofTechnology.

Joseph English was namedthe chief physician assistant forthe division of pulmonary andcritical care medicine at LaheyClinic Medical Center in Burling-ton, Mass.

1999Daughter Ella Mary was born toCandice (Mangino) and JohnLefebvre on Dec. 21, 2006. Shejoins big sister Molly Rose.

Son Christopher Julius was bornto Christopher Landry on May26, 2007. He is the head coach atWaterford High School in Conn.,where his varsity lacrosse teamwon its first game in schoolhistory in April.

Thomas DeMaria married Nico-letta Yannakopoulos on June 8,2008, in Lowell, Mass. After hon-eymooning in Hawaii, the couplereturned to their residence inDracut, where DeMaria is a terri-tory sales specialist for CephalonPharmaceuticals.

2000Rachel (Milton) and PeterAxtmann ’01 announce the birthof their son Carter John, born onJuly 9, 2008. Carter joins bigbrother Andrew, who was bornon July 24, 2006.

Cassandra Benson works forTwo Wheel View, an organizationthat takes youth on bike tripsaround the world. She led a tripto Argentina this summer. Moreinformation is available atwww.twowheelview.org.

Laurie (Tucker) married RichMoran (’01) on Aug. 12, 2006.Present for their wedding wereLisa (Mackey) McMahon, BeckyJudd, Stephanie Findley, Lau-ren Dutra, Tracey Bouldoukian,Colleen Fitzsimmons, Christine(Nasto) Lee,Marissa Gagnon,Liz Riley, Phil McMahon, Lauren(Kiss) Merrick, Tom Ryan, DanNichol, Craig Bowman, Jim Gal-liher, and Carl Mintken.

2000 Laurie and Rich Moran

Jessica Maibor is the marketingdirector at Network Health inMedford, Mass.

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Chris and Dana (Weiss)McDonald got married on July8, 2007. The couple lives in Pine

Bush, N.Y., and Dana works as aguidance counselor in the Tri-Valley School District.

2001Daughter Olivia Ann wasborn to Kelly (Zangrilli) (G’02)and Anthony Vitullo onApril 24, 2007.

Michael Calvanese works forSABIS International in Long-meadow, Mass.

Barbara (Smallwood) Thomasis a lead childcare worker atYouth Service, Inc. in Philadel-phia, Penn.

A daughter, Layla, was born toAmanda (Rhodes) and TerrenceStalford on July 16, 2007.

2002Nicole (Enders) Ortiz is a resi-dent service coordinator for TheCaleb Foundation in Williman-tic, Conn. She and her husband

HE HAS TRAVELED to Kapalua, Palm Springs,Augusta, Orlando, La Jolla, New Orleans, andRoyal Birkdale—all within a matter of weeks.

Through mid-October, he had flown morethan 72,000 miles this calendar year, walkedalmost 3,000 holes, and, according to histrusty pedometer, well over 1,148,000 steps.He had also fallen 29 times (yes, he keepstrack of such things), which may soundlike a lot.

But not so, given the circumstances.D.J. Gregory ’00, G’02, is an alumnus

perhaps best known on campus for being themanager for Head Coach Naomi Graves andher women’s basketball team for five years.His Springfield College legacy seemeddestined to remain just that.

But now, the scope of his legacy hasturned into something much more national.Heck, more global. And, certainly, much moreinspirational.

D. J. Gregory, thirty, was born with cerebralpalsy, a debilitating disability that now forceshim to walk with a cane. Born ten weekspremature, a blood vessel that controls hislegs had burst in his brain.

But Gregory has turned the tables on hismalady, and, in his words, he is now “living adream.” And what a dream it is.

D.J. Gregory has walked more golf courses(and, I guarantee you, more mileage) thanany golfer on the Professional Golfers Associ-ation (PGA) Tour this year.With the aid of agood number of sponsors (e.g. SouthwestAirlines flies him to each destination), andthe PGA, Gregory links up with a differentgolfer every week, and then follows thatdesignated pro on the course every step ofthe way. He does so with the idea that hewill bring awareness to cerebral palsy. Hethen chronicles his experiences, and inter-views his golfer, in a blog that appears on

www.pgatour a few days after that tour stopis over.

Gregory intends to walk forty-five eventsin a forty-four-week stretch during the 2008season, and he is right on schedule (fortystraight as of this writing). It all began inHawaii back in January, and has led to andthrough such states as California, Arizona,

Florida, Louisiana, Georgia, Michigan, NewJersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland,Illinois, Ohio, North Carolina, Missouri, Missis-sippi, New York, and Texas, and even more inbetween. Impressively, he has been to theMasters, The Players Championship, the U.S.Open, the British Open, the Canadian Open,and the PGA Championship.

The list of golfers he has followed is a liter-al who’s who of professional golf. It includesMark Calcavecchia, Aaron Baddeley, KennyPerry, Zach Johnson, David Duval, Jim Furyk,Stuart Appleby, Stewart Cink, Rich Beem, FredFunk,Woody Austin, and Davis Love III toname just a few. And, yes, he followed TigerWoods as Woods hobbled around on his ACLinjury to win the U.S. Open in an eighteen-hole playoff at Torrey Pines in June.

The very next day, when Woodsannounced that his injury would keep him offthe tour for the remainder of the year, Grego-

ry flew home to Bradley International for theTravelers in Cromwell, Conn. The Travelers wasGregory’s twenty-fifth consecutive tour stop.

On that Thursday, he followed Steve Mari-no, successfully predicting his three-underpar score of sixty-seven. It was amazingwatching Gregory’s self-described “wobble”as he successfully navigated the hilly TPCRiver Highlands course. It was special to seehim and Marino several times during theround cross paths and exchange notes and afew laughs. And it was exceptionally gratify-ing to see and hear all Gregory’s fansapproach him with their “best wishes” andwords of encouragement.

You see, the media has embraced Grego-ry’s story, allowing him to achieve a celebritystatus of sorts. His story has now been chron-icled throughout the land.

Thank you, D.J. Gregory, for bringing honorto Springfield College, and for bringing atten-tion to cerebral palsy.We wish to thank youfor your diligence and your courage. Count usamong the many who arefollowing you.

Every step of the way.1

Post-script: Since this article was written, D.J.Gregory did indeed accomplish his lofty goal. Hedid walk in 44 PGA Tour stops in 45 weeks. Finalfigures through his last stop on November 9 atthe Magnolia Course at DisneyWorld includedhis walking 3,256 holes of play in 180 rounds ofgolf for a total of 988 miles. He flew 79,838miles to 23 different states and two foreigncountries (England and Canada). DJ has sincereceived national recognition as the subject ofan excellent 12-minute segment on ESPN’s E:60news show (Nov. 11), and was also honored asABC-TV’s Person of the Week (week ending Nov.14). And, oh yes, according to DJ's own figures,inthe end, he fell only a mere 29 times.

The Longest Walk in GolfBy Steve Raczynski

Director of Sports Communication

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Ramon have two sons, Nicolasand Alexander, and a familydog named Chaos.

Son Lucas was born toNoreen and Joe Sarno (G) onFeb. 5, 2008.

Andrew Baxter has been namedthe top assistant coach for theOhio State men’s lacrosse team,where he will work under headcoach Nick Myers ’01. The twowere teammates for two seasonson the Springfield Collegelacrosse team. Baxter will serveas defensive coordinator with forthe Buckeyes and will leadrecruiting efforts. In addition,Baxter married Marika Hartog(G’03) on June 7, 2008.

2003Carol Harkness recently gradu-ated from Sacred Heart Univer-sity with a master’s degree ineducation, and is a certifiedteacher.

Jessica Butler is a special educa-tion teacher in Chelsea, Mass.,public schools.

Lisa Freibott is a speechlanguage pathologist.

Beth Lewis is a crisis responseteam case manager at TheCenters in Ocala, Fla.

Christine McCarey is assistantdirector of athletic recruiting atMassachusetts Maritime Acad-emy in Buzzards Bay, Mass.

2004Stephanie Scully (G’06) marriedMichael Wheeler (’06) on Aug.11, 2007. In attendance wereAnna and Hunter Golden (’04,G’06),Matthew Wheeler (’08),Jeffrey Hewes (’07), Sarah Lane,Michelle Libby, JessicaBuchanan (’06),Margaret Lowe(’06),Melissa Rupprecht (’04,G’06), and Julie Ann Wells (’06).

Julie Poisson and Aaron Quintwere married on Jan. 5, 2008, inWells, Maine. They honeymoonedin Mexico and reside in Winslow.Julie is a physical therapist atSeton Rehab in Waterville.

2004 Wheeler wedding

Ryan Lavner was recentlynamed head girls soccer coachfor East Longmeadow (Mass.)High School. He also coachesthe Western United girlsunder-13 (U13) soccer team inMassachusetts.Western United,last spring, was ranked firstamong the teams in Massachu-setts, and ninth in Region I,which also covers Maine andVirginia. As U10s,WesternUnited played as U11s in thestate’s Maple League with greatsuccess. That year, the teamalso entered into the Nike RushCup. Split squads playedagainst some of the most com-petitive teams in the country.One Western United group wonand the other was a semifinal-ist. This past season, as U13s,the girls competed in Sub-Region I, which includes teamsfrom Massachusetts, Connecti-cut, and New Hampshire.

Scot Obergefell is director offacilities and programming atthe College of St. Rose inAlbany, N.Y.

Christopher Gerstenblatt is anevent producer at EventWorks,Inc., in Los Angeles, Calif.

Steven Maxson is a physicaleducation teacher in Wilmington(Mass.) Public Schools.

2004 Criniti and Tirillo wedding

Jennifer Criniti married MarcoTirillo on July 28, 2007. In atten-dance were Dawn (Whitman)Ciuk, Kate Bergeron, PhilMadore,Hildie Heck, andMelissa Knickerbocker.

2005Ryan B. Clark of Worcester hasbeen promoted to senioraccount executive, corporatesales, for the Worcester Sharks.He previously served as accountexecutive and later as senioraccount executive. He previouslyworked in similar roles for theFresno Falcons.

Krystal Crowe (G) is the coordi-nator of student services atSpringfield College’s School ofHuman Services.

Shirley Evans reports that shewelcomed two grandsons withintwo months of one another,when her son welcomed Josiahin Oct. 2007, and her daughterwelcomed Jayden onDec. 1, 2007.

John Beattie is a productionassistant at New England SportsNetwork in Watertown, Mass.

Joshua Urrutia is theassistant manager of operationsat Rentschler Field in EastHartford, Conn.

2006Pauline (Tate) Hill is a socialworker assistant at the Los Ange-les County Department of PublicSocial Services in Calif.

Christopher Hamel is workingas an assistant athletic trainerand a dorm parent at SuffieldAcademy in Suffield, Conn.

2007Rachel DiSaia married DanielaTrozzolo on June 14, 2008, inToronto, Ontario, Canada, wherethey reside. Rachel works for theYMCA of Greater Toronto as asenior contact agent.

2007 DiSaia and Trozzolo

Kate Rogers married JasonBehan on Oct. 13, 2007. Rogers ismanager of operations at Spring-field Medical Associates inSpringfield, Mass.

Son Joshua was born to Jessica(Huertas) and Marc Blake onMay 26, 2007.

James Larson is the head crosscountry and track and fieldcoach at Adrian College in Mich.James and his wife, Sarah, wel-comed a son on March 22, 2008.

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Brad Peterson ’90 views his five-year campaign commitment at theDavid Allen Reed Society level as away of giving back to the place thatprepared him so well for life.“Springfield College helped mebecome well rounded by teachingme to think beyond the basics ofacademics, and to engage into otheraspects of life and in the greatercommunity beyond the College.I choose to donate to SpringfieldCollege in the hope that others willhave access to the same things that,in my good fortune, I did.”

Peterson is vice president of salesand education for Motion Concepts,a manufacturer of specialized powerwheelchairs for high-level quadri-plegics, paraplegics, and peoplesuffering from debilitating diseases.He has been in the industry for nineyears and been with the Toronto-based Motion Concepts for five.

While attending Springfield College,Peterson was an athletic trainingmajor who played soccer and was aresident assistant. His father, Kenneth ’63, as well as his sister,Gretchen Milanese ’97, also attended the College. “Bob Berquistwas a professor who I looked up to, and who was influential ingetting me interested in physical therapy. He persuaded me to domore than just focus on athletes and to work with different typesof people in the physical therapy field. After I graduated fromSpringfield College, Bob encouraged me to come work at West-ern Massachusetts Hospital, a state-run long-term care hospitalin Westfield where he was a consulting physical therapist.

“I worked there for four years with people facing a range of phys-ical challenges and learned valuable lessons about assistanttechnology, building things, and problem-solving. That work wasan ideal preparation for everything I do now with MotionConcepts. I am in sales and marketing, but we also do a lot withproduct design, prescription of equipment, and making sure theproducts are appropriate for peoples’ needs. Once again, theproblem-solving skills learned at Springfield College are veryapplicable. My field is not one you go to school for. People haveasked how being an athletic trainer helps me in my job. It’sbecause Springfield College also taught me to think and be acritical problem solver. These are the skills I use every day,”he says.

The Humanics philosophy also playeda big part in Peterson’s decision todonate. “The Humanics approachdefinitely makes Springfield Collegespecial in that it expands your educa-tion and makes you more wellrounded. We students tended to scoffat dance class, racquetball class, andhaving to go to Freshman Camp, butthose were more than just opportuni-ties to become proficient at a sport oractivity. They were character-buildingopportunities, chances to interactwith peers, and venues for buildingrelationships. I have friends whoattended other colleges who may beacademically accomplished, but Idon’t know if they are as well roundedas people from Springfield College.The Humanics philosophy preparesyou so well for whatever it is you wantto do in life. “

Peterson says that SpringfieldCollege is unique in the ways it influ-ences students. “It’s not justindividuals who influence you atSpringfield College, but the commu-

nity as a whole. There is a special feeling you get being on asmall campus with people who are there to support you.

“Springfield College is not a large Division I school that has allkinds of endowments and money. When you feel that yourcollege prepared you well for your career and for life beyondcollege, as I do about Springfield College, I think you should acton it and give something back if you have the financial resources.I do donate to other organizations, but Springfield College is mynumber-one choice for donations. I also saw what SpringfieldCollege did for my dad and what the school meant to him, andI want to see Springfield College’s world-class facilities main-tained and even exceed their high-level. I had a fantasticexperience at Springfield College and want others to have thesame. That’s why I give back.”

Peterson works out of a home office in the Boston area andspends the majority of his time traveling around the country onsales trips. While on the road he enjoys playing golf at the manyplaces he visits on business.Additionally, Peterson enjoysdownhill skiing, running, andmountain biking when he hasthe time.

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IN MEMORIAMContinued from page 29

1975Susan Bogert Madsen, Little EggHarbor, N.J., July 28, 2007. Madsentaught kindergarten and first gradeat The Pilgrim Academy in Pomonaand Tuckerton Elementary School inTuckerton. She leaves her husband,Howard Madsen ’72, G’75, andtheir daughters and grandchildren.

1977Robert J. McCarthy, Nov. 22, 2007.

1978Robert N. Nadeau (G), Rochester,N.H., Feb. 22, 2008. Nadeau was aVietnamWar veteran and workedas a college counselor for severalyears. He leaves his wife, Patricia,and their children.

1983Cheryl A. Curtis, Feb. 2, 2008.

1991Karin B. Reeser, Mar. 25, 2008.Nancy A. Jarosz, March 31, 2008.

1995Leon J. Feltham (G), April 27, 2008.

1997Barbara J. (Silpo) Mallett, Bridge-water, Mass., May 25, 2008. Mallettwas the program director for theEast Bridgewater YMCA and for theYMCA of Cape Cod. She also servedas the program director for theSupportive Adult Day Program forthe Bourne Council on Aging, andthe general manager of the Club FitHealth Club in West Bridgewater.She leaves her husband, David, andtheir children and grandchildren.

2004Keesha Fuller, Nov. 13, 2007.

2005Matthew S. Schroeder, New Lon-don, Conn., May 20, 2008. He leaveshis parents, sisters, and dog, Chula.

EmployeesTimothy J. Brainard, Holyoke,Mass., June 11, 2008. Brainardreceived a culinary arts degree fromJohnson & Wales College andworked as a chef for several Spring-field area restaurants before beingemployed by Springfield College’sfood service vendor, Aramark.He leaves his father, brothers,and nieces.

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THE NORTHEAST CONSORTIUM of the Physician AssistantEducation Association (PAEA) had a retreat at SpringfieldCollege’s East Campus May 5-6, 2008. The two days werepacked with networking, brainstorming, and medical educationto improve the cooperation among PA Programs in the North-east. This was the first such retreat in the consortium, but theprograms are looking forward to continuing the tradition.

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Grants Awarded to Mentoring Program

GRANTS TOTALING nearly $180,000 have been award-ed to Springfield College from local organizations andprivate foundations to extend the impact of SpringfieldLeaders of Tomorrow, a highly successful campus-basedsummer program for city youth.

The Amelia Peabody Foundation, the CommunityFoundation of Western Massachusetts, the Black Men of

Greater Springfield, Baystate Health, and the City ofSpringfield’s 21st Century Community Learning Centerhave joined with Springfield College to support the firstfull calendar year of programming for Leaders inAcademics, Community Engagement, and Service(LACES) for 2008-2009. Through LACES, participants inthe Springfield Leaders of Tomorrow summer programwill have continued mentoring and support throughoutthe following school year.

Regan Denham Named HeadWomen’s Lacrosse Coach

REGAN DENHAM, most recently of MissouriBaptist University in St. Louis, has been namedhead women’s lacrosse coach as well as anassistant professor of physical education atSpringfield College, according to Springfield’sDirector of Athletics Cathie Schweitzer.

Having spent the last two years as the headcoach at Missouri Baptist, Denham will take thereins of a Pride squad that went 10-7 lastseason and reached the semifinals of the NewEngland Women’s and Men’s Athletic Confer-ence (NEWMAC) Tournament. Springfield haswon three NEWMAC Tournaments in the pasteight years.

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1947Harold Jennifer, emeritus trusteeand Tarbell Medallion recipient, St.Mary’s County, Md., Aug. 12, 2008.Jennifer passed away from com-plications resulting from myelofi-brosis. He was eighty-six yearsold. Jennifer served in the Army,where he rose to the rank ofsecond lieutenant, served as thephysical education director forthe Druid Hill YMCA, and laterbecame district supervisor for theBaltimore Bureau of Recreation.The former executive directorof the Baltimore Civic Center,Jennifer also specialized in sellingwaterfront real estate. Jenniferis survived by a sister, son, andsix grandchildren.

1928Marion Closson, Mar. 24, 2008.

1929Lawrence Handy, Lacey,Wash.,Apr. 20, 2008. Handy was employedat the YMCA for thirty-seven years,including work at four YMCAs inCalifornia before moving toWenatchee,Wash., in 1947. Heserved as executive secretary of theWenatchee YMCA until his retire-ment in 1966. He was predeceasedby his wife Mary, and leaves theirchildren, including Lorena C.(Handy) Pollock ’58, andgrandchildren.

1936Nye Crowell, Centerville, Mass., June11, 2008. Crowell, a World War II vet-eran, ran the YMCA in the PanamaCanal Zone before joining the Navy,where he served as a communica-tions officer on supply boats in theAtlantic. Following the war, heworked at Cape Cod CooperativeBank for thirty-seven years, twenty-two of which he was president. Hewas predeceased by his wife, Viola, ason, James, and leaves another sonand grandchildren.Robert J. Lamprey, Jr., Laconia,N.H., Apr. 22, 2008. Lamprey taughthistory and science and served asathletic director at Penacook HighSchool in N.H. until he was recruitedby the U.S. Navy for training. A vet-eran of World War II, Lampreyserved in the Navy from September1941 to December of 1945 as achief petty officer stationed at GreatLakes Naval Training Center, where

he instructed new recruits. He didhis sea duty in the Pacific theater onthe island of Siapan. Following thewar, Lamprey was a realtor inMoultonborough, N.H., for sixtyyears. He leaves his children andgrandchildren.

1937George A. Badgley, Feb. 26, 2008.

1940Carlton J. Condon, Martha’s Vine-yard, Mass., Feb. 19, 2008. Condonwas a U.S. Navy lieutenant on thedestroyer U.S.S. Parker during WorldWar II. He worked in advertisingsales for Gannett Newspapers inWhite Plains, N.Y., before retiring. Hewas predeceased by his wife, Mady,and leaves their children and grand-children.

1941Marilou (Thompson) Emirzian,Springfield, Mass., June 5, 2008.Emirzian was a registered nurseduring World War II with the U.S.Navy, where she met her husbandAshod, a Navy dentist, who prede-ceased her. She leaves her children,including Lisa Emirzian-Mariano’79, and grandchildren.Dr.Wendell A. Stimets, Burlington,Vt., Mar. 20, 2008. Stimets was amedical doctor in private practice inSwanton, Vt., from 1955 to 1998. Hewas a U.S. Army paratrooper withthe 676th Glider Field Artillery, 13thAirborne Division, from 1943 to1946. He was predeceased by hisfirst wife, Betty, and he leaves hiswife, Helen, and their children andgrandchildren.Edward E. Safford, Jan. 5, 2008.John J.Wydro, Feb. 10, 2008.

1942Karl Kurth, Charlestown, R.I., Feb. 2,2008. A WWII veteran, having servedin the U.S. Navy, Kurth was the ath-letic director at Trinity College formore than thirty-one years beforehis retirement. He also was headtrack and football coach there. Heleaves behind his wife, Virginia, andtheir daughters, grandchildren, andgreat-grandchildren.Vincent B. Schuman, May 5, 2008.

1943Fraysher O. Ferguson, May 27,2008.

Richard C. Havel, Annapolis, Md.,May 6, 2008. Havel had a long careeras a college professor, athletic direc-tor, and coach. He was commis-sioned as a lieutenant in the U.S.Navy and served aboard theU.S.S. Atlas in the Atlantic and theU.S.S. Capricornus in the Pacific, andparticipated in the D-Day invasionand occupation of Japan. He wasan assistant professor of physicaleducation at Columbia Universityand professor of health and physicaleducation at Springfield Collegeduring the 1950s. He also taught atWayne State University in Detroit,Mich., and Hunter College of theCity University of New York. He waspredeceased by his wife, Gloria,and leaves their children andgrandchildren.

1944Lowell S. Lawrence, June 12, 2007.Ronald Smith, Aug. 19, 2007.

1948Lillian Smith, March 16, 2008.

1949Richard C. Lau, Norwalk, Conn., Dec.10, 2007.

1950Frank DeWitt Pitkin III, Somers,Conn., July 30, 2008. Pitkin passedaway after a brief illness. He servedin the U.S. Marine Corps duringWorld War II, received a BS in youthmanagement and went on to earn amaster’s from New Paltz StateTeachers’ College. He worked as aprogram director for the YMCA inYonkers and later taught in theSomers Central School District from1953 to 1969. He served as presi-dent of the Somers Faculty Associa-tion and as coach of Somers’ base-ball and golf teams. Diagnosed withbipolar disorder in the 1960s, Pitkinparticipated in the first clinical trialsof lithium. He valiantly and opti-mistically continued to enjoy family,nature, and sports—especiallygolf—throughout his life. He is sur-vived by his wife Margaret, daugh-ters Jo and Barbara, and grand-daughters Milana and Vienna.Dr. Hamilton Stephens (G’51),WestChester, Penn., May 23, 2008.Stephens was a staff physician atthe Long Beach Veteran’s Hospital in

California for thirty years. He leaveshis wife, Helen, and their son.Warren G. Neely, Newark, N.Y., May20, 2008. Neely served in the U.S.Navy from 1942 to 1945. Neelytaught at Red Creek Central Schoolin New York, and served as varsitysoccer coach and junior varsity bas-ketball coach. He began teachingsocial studies in Newark, N.Y., in1954, and was appointed vice prin-cipal in 1966 and principal in 1970.He leaves his wife, Gene, and theirchildren and grandchildren.Elliot R. Allen (G), Springfield,Mass., Feb. 28, 2008. Allen was a lifeinsurance agent with Home LifeInsurance Co., and a member of theSpringfield Association of LifeUnderwriters, as well as the Massa-chusetts and National Associations.He was predeceased by a daughter,and leaves his wife, Sylvia, and theirchildren and grandchildren.Albert H. Snow, Mar. 27, 2008.

1951Robert Kazarian, Storrs, Conn., May21, 2008. He served in the U.S. Armyin Europe during World War II as acombat officer with the 103rd Divi-sion, 7th Army, and was dischargedin 1946 as a first lieutenant. Heworked as a physical and aquaticdirector at the Willimantic YMCAbefore serving as a physical educa-tion teacher and coach at WindhamHigh School from 1956 until hisretirement in 1981. He also wasa basketball referee for twenty-five years.Edgar B. Stowell, Dec. 9, 2007.John P. Koronakos, Beverly Hills,Fla., Feb. 27, 2008.Raymond B. Menzies, New SouthWales, Australia, Dec. 1, 2007.Arthur Harry Nelson (G’64),Rochester, N.Y., May 16, 2008.

1952Robert J.Wabrek, Fort Myers, Fla.,June 7, 2008.Wabrek worked for TheHartford Insurance Group for thirty-five years, until he retired as a vicepresident. He leaves his wife, Janice,and their children.

1953George W. Flood,Worcester, Mass.,Apr. 13, 2008. Flood served in theU.S. Marine Corps before embarkingon a long and distinguished career

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in college and high school coachingand athletic administration. He wasthe football coach at Rome (N.Y.) FreeAcademy and the athletic directorand football coach at Union Collegein Schenectady, N.Y., before becom-ing the offensive coordinator for theUniversity of Massachusetts footballteam. He later became the athleticdirector at Worcester PolytechnicInstitute and retired as associate ath-letic director at the University of Ten-nessee at Chattanooga. He is survivedby his wife of fifty-four years, Flo-rence, his five children, and fivegrandchildren.

1954Ladoyt K. Teubner (G),Westfield,Mass., June 11, 2008. Teubner beganhis career as a chemist at WestfieldTesting & Research Laboratories,where he helped formulate chemicalrecipes for Lestoil and 7Up. He taughtscience at Westfield High School from1939 to 1942. He went on to serve assupervisor of visual aide for WestfieldPublic Schools, principal of ProspectHill School, and principal of FranklinAvenue Elementary School. Teubneralso was an adjunct professor atSpringfield College,Westfield StateCollege, and the University of Massa-chusetts, as well as various state pro-grams in Massachusetts and Ver-mont. He was predeceased by his

wife, Beulah, and his son, Stuart, andby his twenty-year companion,Helen. He leaves his children andgrandchildren.John R. Sadowski, Jan. 26, 2008.Albert T. Thibodeau, Mar. 30, 2008.

1956Norma J. Erickson (G), Springfield,Mass., Dec. 6, 2007. Erickson was ateacher in Agawam, Springfield, andLongmeadow, Mass.; South Bend,Ind.; and Nuremberg, Germany. Shealso was a school librarian.

1957Rodney C. Hoeltzel, May 31, 2007.Thomas W. Stammers, Feb. 7, 2008.

1958William R. Busching, Jan. 29, 2008.

1959Gordon H. Damery (G), Lake Semi-nole Square, Fla., Mar. 21, 2008.Damery was a regional director forthe Massachusetts RehabilitationCommission for twenty-two years. Heleaves his wife, Claire, and their chil-dren and grandchildren.Delbert R.Wible, Feb. 21, 2008.

1960Harriette N. Michaels, May 24, 2008.Michaels was a writer, school coun-selor for the Springfield PublicSchools, and one of the few married

mothers to get a bachelor’s degreeduring that period in history.

1961Carol Berman, Mar. 27, 2007.

1962Linda J. Booth, Lewiston, Maine, May28, 2008. She was a devoted wife,mother, daughter, grandmother, andfriend. She leaves her husband,Robert, their children and grandchil-dren.

1963Peter J. Burrel, Mar. 26, 2008.Richard M. Courtiss, Sep. 25, 2006.

1964Theodore R.Wilson, Jr. (G), Portland,Maine, Feb. 20, 2008.Wilson served inthe U.S. Air Force and was a rehabili-tation counselor at The Hyde Home inBath and Goodwill Industries in Port-land. He also was the owner of TedWilson Realty and Venture Realty inPortland, Maine. He was predeceasedby his longtime partner, Anne, and heleaves his children and grandchil-dren.

1967David G. Andersen, Hartsville, Mass.,May 19, 2008. Andersen served in theAir Force and was based throughoutthe U.S. Midwest. A talented crafts-man, Andersen built custom homes

and worked as a restoration consult-ant. He was predeceased by his son,and leaves his wife, Susan, and theirchildren.

1969Bruce E. Thompson, June 10, 2008.

1971Elizabeth (de Saint Phalle) King,Bloomfield, Conn., May 1, 2008. Kingwas a kindergarten teacher in Long-meadow, Mass., and taught after-school classes at the Dunbar Commu-nity Center. She was predeceased byher husband, Steve, and leaves theirchildren and grandchildren.

1972Frederick D. Ponder (G), May 3, 2008.Frederick Thacher, Jr., Yarmouthport,Mass., June 12, 2008. Thacher playedfor the Yarmouth Dennis Red Sox ofthe Cape Cod Baseball League beforeembarking on a career in coachingand education. He worked as ateacher and coach for the Braintree,Mass., school system until beginninga twenty-six year career in the Har-wich, Mass., school system in 1981.Thacher leaves his wife, Mary Beth,and their children and grandson.

1973John S. Donnelly, March 24, 2008.

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In Memoriam

HENRY PAAR’S improbable life ended Sep. 13,2008. He was surrounded by his family and wasloved as he died.

At the age of eight, in the middle of the GreatDepression, Henry’s mother died. Because his fatherhad little interest in being a father, Henry and hisyounger sister, Gloria, were raised by an aunt anduncle. After graduating third from the bottom of hisclass at Southern High School in Baltimore, Md.,Henry joined the Navy and served in the SouthPacific as a tail gunner on a PMB 5 seaplane. Hewas awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross andfought in many ugly battles, most about which henever spoke.

It was during the war that Henry became quiteskilled at two things—pinochle and reading—andupon his discharge from the service he had a con-versation with his football coach, who told himabout Springfield College. He was given one sum-

mer to prove he could do college work.He succeeded easily. At the end of the summer

of 1946 he returned to Baltimore, bought a smalltrailer with his pinochle winnings, marriedMargaret Wyatt, and for the next three years, theylived in that small trailer in “Vets Village” in thewoods of the East Campus of Springfield College.It was the happiest time of their lives.

He graduated from Springfield College in threeyears with honors, was awarded a master’s degreein psychology from Columbia University in 1950,and took a position as a psychologist at a StateHospital in Cambridge, Md., where he stayed forthree years. In 1953, he enrolled in the clinical psy-chology program at Vanderbilt University and wasawarded a Ph.D. in 1957.

He returned to Springfield College that year andfor the next thirty-three years he was a member ofthe faculty. He was, for many years, the chairpersonof the psychology department, and for two yearswas director of the division of arts and sciences.When he was first hired, he also directed the Col-lege counseling center in addition to his teaching

duties. In the mid 1970s he created a graduateprogram called psycho-physical movementwhich pre-dated the current interest in mind-bodyconnections.

Additionally, he was a professor at RichmondCollege in London, an analyst for the Peace Corps,a consultant to a variety of helping organizations,author of many professional papers, respected psy-chologist, and a very good long distance runner.Along the way, he even had dinner with PresidentJohn F. Kennedy.

He touched many people. He made a difference.He leaves behind his wife of sixty-two years,

Margaret; his daughter, Robyn Forster, her husband,John, and their two children, John-Henry andEthan; his son, Rick, and his two children, Chelseaand Nicholas; and his sister, Gloria.

Memorial donations may be sent to: The PaarFamily Scholarship Fund at Springfield College, 263Alden Street, Springfield, MA 01109.

A celebration of Henry’s life was held at MarshMemorial Chapel on Sep. 28.

Henry J. Paar Jr. ’49, Ph.D.1924-2008

By Rick Paar ’72, Ph.D.


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MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND members of theSpringfield College family returned home to 263Alden Street for Reunion 2008. President andMrs. Flynn graciously hosted the program, whichlasted nearly four full days and featured fifty-eight separate events.

The highlight of the weekend was the ground-breaking for the new Campus Union. JoiningPresident Flynn for the event were trustees,alumni, students, faculty, and staff. Alumni guestsalso enjoyed the Champagne and StrawberryWishes and Chocolate Dreams tasting, facilitatedby Marcia Dion ’72, vice president of manufactur-ing and distribution for Gertrude HawkeChocolates, Inc. Martignetti Company Vice Presi-dent Dave Boyle ’83 returned (on his birthday,no less) to conduct the always popular wineand beer tastings.

Several hundred people joined in the family

fun at the Casino Royale Gala, as DoggettDollars were won and traded for all manner ofSpringfield College memorabilia.While momsand dads reconnected, future “legacy” studentsenjoyed arts and crafts, rock wall climbing, and avariety of new games hosted during Junior PrideClub activities.

The fiftieth reunion class—the Class of1958—was honored at the Golden Trianglebreakfast, hosted by President and Mrs. Flynn atthe president’s residence. And, Springfield Collegeveterans were honored at a somber ceremonylead by emcee First Lieutenant Robert O. Jinks ’05,U.S. Air Force, Rob’s uncle and the keynote speak-er Lt. Colonel William G. Jinks ’73, U.S. Air ForceRetired, and First Lieutenant Josh Bourne ’04, U.S.Marine Corps. As tradition mandates, the action-filled weekend concluded with Sunday Brunch,compliments of the Alumni Association.1

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GREATER NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY AND CONNECTICUT ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONSMets Baseball, Shea Stadium, Flushing, N.Y., Aug. 10

LACROSSE REUNIONSpringfield College, July 25–26

PIONEER VALLEY ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONJacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Becket, Mass., July 19

SC alumni and SC Dance students gather for the Pioneer Valley Alumni Association Annual Jacob’s PillowDance Festival alumni event, which was attended by more than eighty alumni and friends.

SC alumni enjoy a pre-performancepicnic luncheon.

Lacrosse alumni gather during the Lacrosse Reunion.

Springfield College Lacrosse alums at the SC LacrosseReunion on campus.

From left, Lauren Stone Tedesco ’02, Paul Meyfohrt ’92,and Lyndsay Stone ’02, G’07

Mark Greenberg ’83, second from left, Frank Farrell ’83, third fromleft and George Nasuti ’83, far right, with family and friends

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From left, Christopher Higgins ’74, Marilyn Higgins ’74,Tracy Ernst G’09, Barb Ernst ’75, and Buzzy Ernst ’74 at apre-game reception at Bertucci’s Ristorante

Alums and families gather at a pre-game reception atBertucci’s Ristorante.

From left, Jim Chamberas ’65, AnnamarieHawking Golden ’04, G’06, Barbara Chamberas,Robb Burndrett, Christina Chamberas G’05, andMeg Hawking, at Bertucci’s Ristorante

From left, SC Softball alums and local youngsters who joined them for a softball clinic at SC’s Softball Reunion.

SC Softball alumni enjoy a picnic lunch.Softball Coach Kathy Mangano ’86, G’88 (far left) withalumni players

SOFTBALL REUNIONSpringfield College, Aug. 1 - 2

CONNECTICUT ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONNew Britain Rock Cats Baseball, NewBritain, Conn., July 13

PIONEER VALLEY AND RHODE ISLAND ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONSBoston Red Sox Baseball, Boston, July 29

Springfield College Professor and Dance Instructor,Dr. Cynthia Nazzaro (far right) speaks with agroup of more than eighty alumni and friends.

From left, Wil Kornegay ’00 and Jackie LorinskyKornegay ’00 at the Connecticut AlumniAssociation annual New Britain Rock Catsbaseball event


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SPRINGFIELD COLLEGEAT SARATOGA RACEWAYSaratoga Springs, N.Y., Aug. 9

SAN DIEGO ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONDel Mar Thoroughbred Club, Del Mar, Calif., Aug. 16

From left, Bryan Legan ’92 and Kelli Rehfield ’92 From left, Justin Rancourt G’05and Leah Rogers G’05

San Diego Alumni Association’s annual alumni event heldat the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. Pictured with thewinning horse, in a race named the Springfield CollegeRace, were Eileen Lohner Turk ’85 and Tony “Rick” Ricci ’75(both at right).

EASTERN MASS. ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONThe Cape Cod Clambake at the Flying Bridge Restaurant, Falmouth, Sep. 21

From left, Molly Pratt ’74,Mark Chrusz ’74, and JackieCrossen Sills ’74

Sean Cox G’92 andKathy Smith, direc-tor of conferencesand special events,at Saragota Springs

Carl ’69 and AlvyraPavano with Angelaand James Kane

Joe Hanlon ’63 andhis wife Betty Jean

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SC AND THE OLYMPICS

What we heard from youfollowing our Olympics issue:

Patrick A. Ricci ’71, G’78, wrote that hewas a coach for the U.S.A. National Base-ball Team in 1982 (not a member of thebasketball team, as we erroneouslyreported). The team played in Germany,Holland (Honkball Tournament), Taiwan,and Korea at the twenty-seventh WorldAmateur Games. They were the firstU.S.A. team to play and travel around theglobe, according to Ricci.

Marissa Gagnon ’03, a graduateof the sport management program, wasin Beijing managing eight-time goldmedalist Michael Phelps, in addition toother Olympians. Gagnon is a seniorathlete manager with Octagon, a world-wide sports agency with offices inPortland, Maine. This was her thirdOlympics.

In 2004, Kim Brackin G’93 firstattended the Games as head swim coachfor Zimbabwe—when her swimmer,Kirsty Coventry, finished with gold, silver,and bronze medals—and again in 2008.She is currently the head coach at theUniversity of Texas.

In 1961,William L. Boomer ’61attended the first Olympic Academy inGreece in which, for three weeks, onestudent from each Olympic countrytrained with Olympians, went to class,lived in tents, and traveled to ancientathletic sites in Greece. A retired swim-ming coach from the University ofRochester, Boomer was appointed thefirst U.S.A. technique coach for the men’sand women’s swim teams for the 2000Olympic Games in Sidney, Australia.

David Boyle ’83 served as a sectorcoordinator—responsible for venuesecurity, safety, and crowd flow—at the1996 Atlanta Olympics. Boyle wasassigned to two stadiums there: the oldFulton County/Braves Stadium and thenew Olympic Stadium.

Springfield College and its “Centuryof Olympic Ties” were featured on theofficial Olympic Web site. Visithttp://en.beijing2008.cn/news/sports/headlines/basketball/n214397961.shtmlto read more.1

PHILADELPHIA WILMINGTON ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONPhillies Baseball, Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 24

SC alums at a pre-gamereception at Chickies andPete’s prior to thePhiladelphia WilmingtonAlumni Association annu-al Phillies baseball event

SC alums and their familiesat the pre-game reception atChickies and Pete’s

SUNCOAST ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONTampa Bay Rays Baseball, St. Petersburg, Fla., Sep. 15

Jack Gillis ’73, Peggy Carroll Gillis ’73, andNorm Kosciusko ’74

Megan Lucas ’05 and Jessica Guggi ’06Christy Samuelson ’94 and RobBradford ’92

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A LOOK BACK

THE OFFICIAL RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY for the College’s Well-ness Center and Field House, which took place on Sep. 25, presents uswith an opportune time to look back at its predecessor building oncampus: the Memorial Field House.

The post-World War II boom led to increased enrollment at theSpringfield College campus; of the more than 800 students entering orre-entering the College in Sep. 1946, 425 were freshmen.With thegrowing campus came the need for a large facility in which to holdstudents, faculty, and staff for any all-college meeting or event.

The “new” campus facility had actually been a huge drill hall atSampson Naval Air Station in Geneva, New York. After World War II, itwas dismantled and reconstructed, at government expense, on thecampus. It became the Memorial Field House in 1948—a name thatresulted from the installation of a plaque in the facility that listed the

names of forty-six Springfield College students and alumni who diedin World War II.

A downpour on the day of the 1948 Commencement ceremoniesgave the Memorial Field House its first chance to hold a large indoorevent—and, for thirty-one years, the building served the campus wellas the focal point of the College’s physical education program.

On Thursday, May 11, 1979, the Memorial Field House officiallyclosed. It was replaced by Blake Arena, named for S. Presley Blake, afounder of the Friendly Ice Cream Company, who had presented theCollege with a generous gift.

(Photos and history courtesy of Springfield College Archives and SpecialCollections and The Springfield College Family Album: Notes andScenes from Our First Century, by Richard C. Garvey)


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December 6, 2008, Providence, R.I.

Annual Rhode Island Alumni Association"A Christmas Carol" Event, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

December 6, 2008, Orlando, Fla.Suncoast Wine Tasting and HolidayLuncheon, 2 to 5 p.m.

December 11, 2008,Kennett Square, Pa.Philadelphia Wilmington AlumniAssociation Yuletide Dinner Eventat Longwood Gardens, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

January 12, 2009, Nashville, Tenn.American Football Coaches AssociationConvention Social

January 16, 2009, St. Louis, Mo.National Soccer Coaches Association ofAmerica Soccer Coaches Convention Social

April 9, 2009, Tampa, Fla.American Association for Health, PhysicalEducation, Recreation, and Dance Conven-tion Social

April 18, 2009, Springfield, Mass.SPRING ALUMNI COLLEGE:Athletic Training and Strength andConditioning at Springfield Collegein the 21st Century, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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As much as we like to think the first things you read in Triangle are thethoughtful and provocative articles, we know you.We know how much you careabout people and that you turn directly to the Class Notes and News section to read aboutyour friends. (After all, it’s the people who make Springfield College so special.)

So, make our work a bit more interesting. Rather than learning about your achievementsin the newspaper, or through Internet searches, we would LOVE to get the informationstraight from the horse’s mouth (that’s you!). Let us know what you’ve been up to. Yes, wewant to hear about your job, marriage, and children. BUT, we also want to know what cooltrips you’ve taken, interesting volunteer work you do, and if you’ve bumped into otheralums in exotic locales.We even want to hear about your pet chinchilla.

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Mail to:Jane Johnson VotteroPublications DirectorSpringfield College263 Alden StreetSpringfield, MA 01109-3797

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