Class Notes

Lois Greenfield Rosen ’65 writes, “My husband and I recently moved to Santa Barbara, CA. We are ready to begin the second part of our lives. We love it out here and the icing on the cake is both our children are in Southern CA. I recently had dinner with Donna, Diana & Sheila. We are still close and still laughing together!”

Michael J. Barber ’69 retired in 2001 from teaching and coaching after 33 years at Delhi Central School. Now he is teaching at the State University at Delhi. He is an instructor of Accounting and Computer Applications.

Ronald B. Molter ’ 69has worked at Boch Toyota since 2001 as a customer service representative in the service department.

Gregory L. MacGilpin ’70 writes, “I have been married to Margaret Shea (a former Curry College student) for 34 years and we live in Worcester. We have two great sons and daughters-in-law. We have one beautiful granddaughter and a grandson due at the beginning of November. My wife works for Bancroft School and I work for Public Sector Partners of the University of Mass Medical School directing one of

Medicare’s Prescription Drug Programs.”

John Dale ’75 was recently awarded the National Endowment for the Arts grant to compose patriotic music and a multi media presentation. He was recently named by Keyboard Magazine to the top 100 Virtual Musicians in the nation for his work in the Rich Hyper Multimedia category.

Amy (Shapiro) and Ed Kaznocha ’75 share their Curry couple story. According to Ed, "Amy and I first met in the Student Union in the fall of '73. Our next encounter was the next semester in Marvin Mendel's English class. I was sitting in the back of the room when Amy arrived. We exchanged a wave and a smile and Amy went to sit by the windows. In subsequent classes, we started talking before class and I would take my seat just before Marvin started his lecture.

Marvin used a seating plan for his classes and was meticulous about attendance. One day as he was taking attendance he said "Mr. Kaznocha, are you going to move next to Ms. Shapiro permanently?" I said, "OK," then got my stuff to move permnently next to her. We started dating soon after and, as Marvin would tell the story, "Their chairs got closer and closer with every class."

During our Junior year at Curry, we got engaged and graduated in May 1975. The next month, on June 9, 1975 Amy and I were married on campus just outside of the Drapkin Student Union building, and had a lovely reception in the Student Union where we first met.

Attending our wedding, besides family and friends, were some Curry faculty, Phyllis Renton, Joe Eckert, Marvin Mandel and the then Curry President, Mr. Hafer. We recall our years as students at Curry as a great time in our lives. As parents of two fine sons (Jeremy is pursuing his Master's Degree; Clifton his undergraduate degree), it is especially fun to look back at "the way we were" at their ages.”

The Kaznochas have lived in Gloucester, MA since 1978. Ed is a Labor Market Economist with the MA Div of Unemployment Assurance (recently renamed from Division of Employment and Training). Ed lectures occasionally around the state on the Massachusetts Labor Market. Amy is a Wellness Educator, working with a breakthrough concept in nutrition: www.juiceplus.com/+as26718. She is also an author (Dr. Oskar Adler: A Complete Man, 1875-1955).

Mark Snyder ’76 has been hosting Stoughton’s popular cable TV show since November 2003. The show is called “Snyder’s Stoughton” and has featured many different topics. He also hosts a Sixty Second Trivia Quiz, which airs on WMJX-FM, WROR-FM, and WBOS-FM. Snyder is married and has two children.

Janice M. Demers ’77writes, “Hello to all the alumni from the class of 1977. I am here in Florida surviving this years’ tremendous hurricane season. We have been here for 14 years and have never had a year like this one. I would love to see any of you if you make it down here to visit, give me a call. Our kids are grown. Neil graduated from Massachusetts Maritime Academy and is working as an engineer in the Gulf of Mexico on an oil drill ship and Suzanne is completing her required courses and applying to pharmacy schools. Both still live at home.”

Anne F. Mowen ’77is a special education teacher with the Washington Co. Board of Education. She has 4 children, 2 grandchildren and another one on the way. She writes, “I am happily married and love life!”

Patty (Curto) Netto ’79writes, “I am sorry to say that I will not be able to attend the reunion. On that very same weekend I will be attending Family Day at UMass Amherst, where my oldest daughter Mimi is a freshman majoring in Japanese. My husband and I have one other daughter Nicole. Nicole is a sophomore at Archbishop Williams High School in Braintree where she is the VP of her class. I am a teacher at Rockland High School. I have a self-contained special needs classroom. This is my third year in this position. My last position was part-time as a remedial reading teacher at the primary school level. I appreciate the efforts of the reunion committee and look forward to attending the next reunion.”