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Curry couples

In the Fall 2003 edition of Curry Magazine, we invited alums who met at Curry and ultimately married their college sweetheart to share with us their story and update us on what's going on in their lives today.
We heard from a number of alums who came to Curry and fell in love with the College and each other. Who knows which current students' hearts Cupid's arrow will strike and make the next Curry Couple? We hope reading these Curry Couples notes will warm your heart!

Carol (Kriss) '60 and Donald Buck '60 were married in '61. They have three grown children and five grandchildren with another on the way in May. The grandchildren's ages range from 19 months to 14 years. Carol is a Bridge instructor. Before retiring, Don was the Executive VP of Video Services Corporation, President of Atlantic Satellite Communication, President of Waterfront Communication and President of Audio Plus Video International.

Nancy (Hungeford) '74 and Donald Mitchell '71 celebrated their 29th wedding anniversary June 15. Nancy's fondest memory of Curry is moving-in day of her freshman year. Class President Donald helped her move all her boxes in and ended up inviting her to Homecoming. The rest is history! They have two children, Nicholas, 22 and Katie, 20.

Patricia (Hannigan) '81 and David Foster '79 have been married since 1982 and now reside in York, ME. They have three children; Stuart, 18, who is a freshman at Bates College; Emily, 16, who is a junior at York High School; and Margaret, 10. David has been an elementary school principal in the state of Maine for 20 years. Currently he is principal at Horace Mitchell Primary School in Kittery Point, ME and has been there for 14 years. Pat is a stay at home mom and a substitute teacher in the York School District.

Jill (Sakey) '85 and Thomas Karanian '85 Thomas writes,"I not only found my sweetheart at Curry College but also my best friend. My wife and I are Curry grads of 1985. In September 1981 at 2:30 am, there was a fire alarm in Lombard Hall. While I was outside waiting to be cleared to be able to go back to bed, I started talking to this very attractive woman with the cutest pajamas. We started taking and before you knew it, the sun was coming up and it was time to get ready for class. By our senior year, we were more than best friends, we were doing everything together. Even though we were going in separate directions after college, we knew we would be together forever. In October 1988, we were married. We currently reside in Bedford, MA with our three kids: two girls, 11 and 14, and a boy who's 4. I am a successful senior manager in the software technology industry and my wife has and RN and is a very successful homemaker. One of the main reasons in our success as a married couple is a strong friendship and experiences we had at Curry College together."

Matthew, Danielle, Griffin and Rebecca Hotz

Danielle (Beckwith) '87 and Matthew Hotz '89 Danielle writes,"Matthew was a director of one of the departments at WMLN and I was the Station Manager. Our paths crossed several times before we actually dated. We literally bumped into each other while he was walking out of the station and I was walking in. Something happened as we passed each other, and we both thought about the other all summer long before we ever met again. The next semester we did end up dating, after great persistence on my husband's part, and we were engaged two years later." Their fondest memories are drinking coffee and talking in their rooms, and those late at night/early morning trips to HoJo's for breakfast. Some Curry friends who attended their wedding were Eric Nortman '98, an usher, Herb Kunins '88, Tyler Kelley, and Matt Nisenaff. Matthew and Danielle have two children, Rebecca, who just turned 5 in December, and Griffin who will be 2 in May. Matthew is a doctor of chiropractic in New Hampshire and runs his own practice. Danielle worked in the television industry and now stays at home with her children and takes care of her husband's office work. She has also written a book and hopes it will be published some day! The Hotz family loves living in New Hampshire where they get to mountain bike and cross-country ski. Danielle wonders, "Who would have thought that one little meeting at Curry would have lead to this?"

Jill and Dan Harvey

Jill (Poirier) '92 and Dan Harvey '92 Jill writes, "We met at the end of our first semester in 1990. We both worked in the library. Dan would come up and say hello with his roommate and eventually we found out we were taking a like class and decided to study together. The rest is history! That was the beginning of our life together. Our favorite memories of Curry would have to be the rugby games and all the good times with our friends that we made at Curry. After graduation, I worked as a nurse at Boston's Beth Israel Hospital. After Dan graduated, we moved to Los Angeles. In October 1994 we were engaged and then married in my hometown in Connecticut on September 2, 1995. Some Curry friends who attended were Scott Minzy '98, Mike Ventimiglia '92, Amanda Boucher '92, Nancy Parsley '93, and Jeff Wood '96. (Amanda caught the bouquet and later married Mike!). I think that Curry greatly prepared us for our careers and also changed our lives because that is where we met. We became best friends and we still are.

Ben, David and Matthew Harvey

We are very grateful to Curry for bringing us together. We lived in southern California for almost 8 years (mostly San Diego) where our two older sons were born: Ben, 6 and David, 4. Since then, we have moved to a suburb of Chicago where Dan works as a Senior Staff Representative at United Airlines Headquarters and I work part-time as a pediatric nurse at a local hospital. Our youngest son Matthew was born in Illinois and is now 19 months old. Our three boys keep us very busy constantly running between baseball, swimming, soccer and gymnastics. We miss our Curry friends and hope to make it to the next Homecoming."

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