Class Note 1985
Issue
Some of the life-altering questions you may have heard through the years may have been “Will you marry me?” “How many kids do you want?” “Will you relocate for that promotion?” Other inquiries of real importance might include “Pong, anyone?” “Pepperoni or sausage?” “Snooki or JWoww?” I guess it depends on where you are on the road to self-discovery. Me? Well I set out to discover how many cut and pastes it takes to finish a column.
Ron denBroeder got in touch with me recently to tout his annual Oscar party, a tradition he’s transplanted from his days in L.A. to the Philadelphia suburbs. Ron’s continuing what he describes as a fun and varied career in sales and management consulting here on the East Coast, working with the likes of Volvo and Temple University. He spent 14 years as a development consultant until selling his company in 2000, when he switched over to government agencies, education, and for-profit. He and wife Jane Downey, a Philly native, have a son, 2 1/2, and two daughters, 11 and 13. “Look for me and the family on youtube.com/ronden63,” says Ron proudly.
From Becky Osborne: “My news items have a predominant hockey focus, because for better or for worse I am now officially a hockey mom. In January Scott Borek, associate head coach of the UNH men’s hockey team (Durham, New Hampshire), showed my 9-year-old son Matthew what college hockey was all about by providing game tickets, UNH hats and an opportunity to hang pregame with the hockey big boys when UNH played UMass. Matthew had quite the story to tell his Keene, New Hampshire, teammates when he got to collect player helmets in the box after warm up and got a few knuckle-bumps from UNH players for his efforts. (My daughter and I understandably were barred from the men’s locker room, but Matthew got the full tour thanks to Scott). Although we never crossed paths that night, word has it that Tim Coughlin was in the crowd for the game (from Portsmouth, New Hampshire). Tim’s nephew Garrett Coughlin and my son play on the same Keene team. Tonight was our end-of-season hockey banquet for the Keene Youth Hockey League. Mark Gross, coach of the boy’s Bantam team, and his wife, Kathy Reilly Gross, were recognized by the players. Two of the boys on Mark’s team, roughly 14 to 15 years old, approached the podium and proceeded to commend Kathy for being the consummately understanding coach’s wife (a bouquet of flowers helped acknowledge her sacrifice). And here comes the best part: Oblivious to Mark’s frat boy past as a Phi Delt brother I heard the same two boys say, ‘We appreciate Coach Mark for all he does for our team and for providing us with a moral compass!’ On a non-hockey note, Katie Harris Robbins and I had lunch in Hanover last Saturday, took a great walk around Occom Pond and talked our way past two undergrads into the Fahey dorm to check out the digs for our 25th reunion.
From Doug Fulton: Busy with life in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with wife Cindy and kids Nikki (18), Max (8), Sam (5) and Ana (2). Nikki is freshman at Indiana. Ana was adopted from Guatemala in 2008.
Well, I guess the answer is three—and that doesn’t even include news I got from Jim Sapienza. By the way, did anyone ever determine how many licks it does take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?
—John MacManus, 118 Ringwood Road, Rosemont, PA 19010; (610) 525-4541; slampong@aol.com; Leslie A. Davis Dahl, 83 Pecksland Road Greenwich, CT 06831; (203) 552-0070; dahlleslie@yahoo.com
July - Aug 2010
Some of the life-altering questions you may have heard through the years may have been “Will you marry me?” “How many kids do you want?” “Will you relocate for that promotion?” Other inquiries of real importance might include “Pong, anyone?” “Pepperoni or sausage?” “Snooki or JWoww?” I guess it depends on where you are on the road to self-discovery. Me? Well I set out to discover how many cut and pastes it takes to finish a column.
Ron denBroeder got in touch with me recently to tout his annual Oscar party, a tradition he’s transplanted from his days in L.A. to the Philadelphia suburbs. Ron’s continuing what he describes as a fun and varied career in sales and management consulting here on the East Coast, working with the likes of Volvo and Temple University. He spent 14 years as a development consultant until selling his company in 2000, when he switched over to government agencies, education, and for-profit. He and wife Jane Downey, a Philly native, have a son, 2 1/2, and two daughters, 11 and 13. “Look for me and the family on youtube.com/ronden63,” says Ron proudly.
From Becky Osborne: “My news items have a predominant hockey focus, because for better or for worse I am now officially a hockey mom. In January Scott Borek, associate head coach of the UNH men’s hockey team (Durham, New Hampshire), showed my 9-year-old son Matthew what college hockey was all about by providing game tickets, UNH hats and an opportunity to hang pregame with the hockey big boys when UNH played UMass. Matthew had quite the story to tell his Keene, New Hampshire, teammates when he got to collect player helmets in the box after warm up and got a few knuckle-bumps from UNH players for his efforts. (My daughter and I understandably were barred from the men’s locker room, but Matthew got the full tour thanks to Scott). Although we never crossed paths that night, word has it that Tim Coughlin was in the crowd for the game (from Portsmouth, New Hampshire). Tim’s nephew Garrett Coughlin and my son play on the same Keene team. Tonight was our end-of-season hockey banquet for the Keene Youth Hockey League. Mark Gross, coach of the boy’s Bantam team, and his wife, Kathy Reilly Gross, were recognized by the players. Two of the boys on Mark’s team, roughly 14 to 15 years old, approached the podium and proceeded to commend Kathy for being the consummately understanding coach’s wife (a bouquet of flowers helped acknowledge her sacrifice). And here comes the best part: Oblivious to Mark’s frat boy past as a Phi Delt brother I heard the same two boys say, ‘We appreciate Coach Mark for all he does for our team and for providing us with a moral compass!’ On a non-hockey note, Katie Harris Robbins and I had lunch in Hanover last Saturday, took a great walk around Occom Pond and talked our way past two undergrads into the Fahey dorm to check out the digs for our 25th reunion.
From Doug Fulton: Busy with life in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with wife Cindy and kids Nikki (18), Max (8), Sam (5) and Ana (2). Nikki is freshman at Indiana. Ana was adopted from Guatemala in 2008.
Well, I guess the answer is three—and that doesn’t even include news I got from Jim Sapienza. By the way, did anyone ever determine how many licks it does take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?
—John MacManus, 118 Ringwood Road, Rosemont, PA 19010; (610) 525-4541; slampong@aol.com; Leslie A. Davis Dahl, 83 Pecksland Road Greenwich, CT 06831; (203) 552-0070; dahlleslie@yahoo.com