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aBoUt alUMNi 1950s Carol Dixon Bonnell (StCB, BS el ed ’58) has three children and six grandchildren. She has traveled the capital cities of the US, and her last Panam flight was around the world: Germany, Japan, thailand, all the British isles, italy, Portugal, and Spain. Carolyn White Cavanaugh (StCB, BS el ed ’58) writes, “after graduation i taught at the M.e. Fitzgerald School in Cambridge. i married at age 30 and had seven children. When the seventh child was in the 7th grade I started classes to obtain a master’s degree in education administration. i achieved the degree in fifteen months.” Carolyn recently traveled to Poland with her daughter and grandchild. Joan Garvey Chrusciel (StCB, BS el ed ’58) was a teacher in Quincy for 37 years and worked as the math department head in Quincy High School. She has worked as an adjunct professor at Northeastern University for the last 28 years teaching precalculus; calculus 1, 2, 3; and differential equations. Joan has four dogs and also teaches dog training classes and maintains her National Display Gardens. Paul D. Collins (StCB, BS el ed ’58) was president of the New Hampshire Principals association in 1974 and 1997, and president of the National association of School Principals in 1979-1980. He was selected as one of the top 100 principals in the country by the National association of Secondary Principals in 1982. He is now retired from amherst Middle School in amherst, N.H. While at amherst, Paul was a three-time recipient of the National School of excellence award from the U.S. Department of Education. He has also presented workshops on middle level education nationally and internationally. ABoUT ALUMNi ABoUT ALUMNi 50th reunion reconnects StC alumni and Forges New ties to UMass Boston hree days of activities, which began when reunion committee members Rose Turco and Gerald J. Hurley represented the class of 1958 at the university’s commencement ceremony, renewed ties, resurrected memories, and deepened understanding of the continuation of State Teachers College motto “Education for Service” in UMass Boston’s mission. The activities included a Boston Harbor cruise and a trolley tour through South Boston to the original State Teachers College campus at 625 Huntington Avenue, where alumni visited familiar corridors, auditoriums, and a courtyard little changed over a half century and now inhabited by another public institution, the Massachusetts College of Art. To see a reunion slideshow, visit www.umb.edu/ua/report 08. For the photo above, class members assembled in the Campus Center. The celebration continued with a campus reception and dinner with Chancellor Motley during which the Class of 1958 presented a check of $30,000 to endow a Graduate College of Education scholarship. While pleased about the scholarship, Turco said, “we are equally excited by our new connections to UMass Boston. It’s wonderful to know that our love for the profession will continue through the future teachers the scholarship supports.” t Patricia kalistian Collins (StCB, BS el ed ’58) worked as a special educator coordinator in randolph, Mass.; Marlow, N.H.; amherst, N.H.; and Hollis, N.H., retiring in 2000 from Hollis Primary School. She and her husband Paul Collins ’58 have four children and six grandchildren. frances Connerty Cosgrove (StCB, BS el ed ’58) writes, “after graduating in 1958, i taught 2nd and 3rd grades in Norwood, Mass., until my son Joe was born. in 1983 we moved to Colorado followed by a move to Japan in 1988. in tokyo i helped teach JuKu school, giving english lessons to 9- and 10year-old Japanese children. after three wonderful years in tokyo, we moved to Hong Kong, where every day was an adventure, as China was just opening to the West. i have been married to Joe for 48 years. We have four children and five grandchildren.” Jack J. Daniels (StCB, BS ed ’58) retired as a principal from the Boston public schools. He and his wife Mary Daniels ’57 have traveled the world in the past 40 years from Great Britain to France, Germany, Prague, italy, thailand, and turkey. Jack and his wife have three children and nine grandchildren. Lorraine Clodi DeVirgilio (StCB, BS el ed ’58) taught in Norwood and subbed in Boston. She has been married for 45 years and has four children and six grandchildren. She has volunteered extensively in schools and libraries that her children attended, and she also assists her church with the “active older adult” day and overnight trips, and marriage-preparation sessions. UMass Boston n 19 http://www.umb.edu/ua/report08

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UMass Boston Alumni Magazine - Fall/Winter 2008-2009 Contents UNews Oh, the Places They've Gone! "One of Those Rare Leaders" Acknowledging History, Renewing a Commonwealth Heart and Mind Indelible Images About Alumni Investing in UMass Boston A Generous Friend Alumni Calendar

UMass Boston Alumni Magazine - Fall/Winter 2008-2009

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