Alumni(ae) News

Associate in Arts in Extension Studies

'03 Aidin Carey is attending Harvard College this fall.

Bachelor of Arts & Bachelor of Liberal Arts
in Extension Studies

'41 John A. Danisch, ADA, received his master's in government and politics from American University, Washington, DC, in 1956 and was an assistant professor at Plymouth State, New Hampshire, from 1968–1976. Mr. Danisch now resides in Florida.

'59 Sheila Forster Morris, ADA, received her master's in education from Russell Sage College and spent 31 years teaching. She is now retired and enjoying her five children, 22 grandchildren, and "the same Harvard-grad husband!"

'62 Patricia V. Cote, ABE, continued her education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and received the Master of Arts in Teaching in 1963, the Certificate in Advanced Studies in 1974, and the Doctor of Education in 1978. Now retired, Ms. Cote enjoys travel and participating in her condominium association.

'64 Marylyn E. Schwartz, ABE, received an MSW in 1968 from Simmons School of Social Work.

'79 Byam Whitney, Jr., now resides in Nashua, New Hampshire, with his wife, Miriam. Although they miss Boston, they have made many friends in their new home. Byam writes, "What great two seasons Harvard football has had! We beat Yale twice in two years: 35–23 in 2001 and 20–13 in 2002. We listened on the radio, but couldn't make it to Cambridge."

'88 Bradley H. Jones, Jr., AAE '87, is the Massachusetts State Representative for the twentieth Middlesex District, including the towns of Reading, North Reading, Lynn-field, and Middleton. Jones was first elected in a special election in March 1994 and subsequently re-elected in November 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2002. Previously he served almost three years as the legislative aide to Representative Rob Krekorian. In the House, Jones serves as the Minority Leader, the highest-ranking Republican in the House leadership. During 1999–2000 he was the Minority Whip in the House leadership and from 2001–2002 served as the Assistant Minority Leader. He has previously served on the Committees on Commerce and Labor, Housing and Urban Development, Federal Financial Assistance, Local Affairs, and Ways and Means. Jones was also the ranking member of the Committee on Election Laws and served on the Special Committee on Redistricting for the 2002 elections. He served as a member of the Special Commission to Study the Financing of the MBTA from 1995–1996 and as a member of the Special Committee to investigate the Big Dig, as well as on the MacQueen Commission, charged with reviewing and making proposals on the House budget process. He was recently appointed to the Governor's Special Commission on Casino Gambling. Jones resides in North Reading with his wife, Linda, and daughter, Alexis. For more information see an additional article on Bradley Jones.

'91 Paul Kewene-Hite, formerly President of Worldsoft Corporation, a multinational computer software development company in San Francisco, California, is now a partner in the Kewene Venture Corporation, with headquarters in Oregon and offices in New Zealand.

'92 John C. Fila, AAE '91, is listed in Who's Who in America, 2003 edition and has attained status in the National Committee on American Foreign Policy (NCAFP). He is also a founding member of the National Campaign for Tolerance in Montgomery, Alabama.

'94 Jordan Winer, now in Oakland, California, leads the drama department at Berkeley High School and directs theatrical productions each summer at Theatre in the Open in Massachusetts.

'96 Maura Giles received a master of arts in English at the University of Massachusetts in June 2002 and taught writing at UMass-Boston. In January 2003, she moved to San Diego, California, where she is a freelance editor and planning a return to teaching.

'98 Sarah Becker has been, since October 2000, the Acquisitions Librarian at Wellesley College Library. . . . Allison Richard reports that she is attending the Master of Public Health Program at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, this fall. She is focusing on women's health issues. Allison writes, "I am grateful for this amazing opportunity and couldn't have gotten to this point without the solid, inspiring education I received at the Extension School. Thank you!"

'99 John Cline is currently working for Secretary Dan Grabauskas and Commissioner John Cogliano in the Executive Office of Transportation and Construction. He was recently appointed to the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Psychologists. In November 2002, John married Lisa Betty of Boston.

'00 Hampton H. Long spent a year working in Germany after graduation. He is now in New York with the firm of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver, and Jacobson as a German-speaking legal assistant. Mr. Long plans to attend law school in the near future and sends his regards to all at the Extension School.

'01 Gerard O'Doherty and Cecilia Nunez Forbes are proud to announce the birth of their son, Aidan O'Doherty Nunez. Aidan was born at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center on a cold, snowy April 8, 2003 at 10:45 am. Mother and son are happy and well. . . . Erica Wolf was accepted to Boston University, Rutgers, UMass-Boston, and the University of Vermont and plans to attend Boston University's PhD program in clinical psychology.

'02 Karen Giatrelis was accepted to a UMass program in school psychology and started classes this fall. . . . Jose Roman is finishing a master's degree in education at Columbia and is applying to Dartmouth and New York University for a second master's in liberal arts. . . . Ashraf Thabet was accepted to three osteopathic medicine programs in Virginia, Maine, and Missouri, and he plans to attend the University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kansas City, Missouri.

'03 Caroline Barnhill was accepted to Boston University, the University of Southern California, George Washington University, and the University of Massachusetts, all public health programs, and she plans to attend George Washington University. . . . Molly Butler was accepted to Franklin Pierce and the University of Maine Law School. She will attend the University of Maine. . . . Catherine Casey, whose father and grandfather both earned their ALB degrees at the Extension School, earned a full scholarship to Pepperdine Law School. She was also accepted to George Washington University and Pace. . . . Jeremiah Hakundy was accepted to MFA programs at Emerson College and The New School in New York. He plans to attend Emerson. . . . Brian Kelly and Sarah Smith are attending Suffolk University Law School in the fall. . . . LeAnne Martin is attending Emerson College in its global marketing, commerce, and advertising program. . . . Aaron Spevack will be attending Boston University's master's program in interdisciplinary studies concentrating on Middle Eastern studies. . . . Ivan Wang was accepted to Tulane University Law School and Ohio State College of Law. He plans to attend Ohio State. . . . Jamien Weddle was accepted to Northeastern, Suffolk, and New England School of Law. He is attending Northeastern this fall.

Master of Liberal Arts in Extension Studies

'87 Susan Cook Thanas, AAE '71, ABE '74, who was Class Marshal for her AAE class, is a full-time English teacher in Duxbury, Massachusetts. Her master's degree specialization was Russian and Soviet history and she has taken groups to Russia, as well as taught there for 11 years. Thanas' plans are to retire from teaching and perhaps teach in China in the near future.

'85 Santo J. Aurelio, ALB '83, has written an English-grammar and reference book, How to Say It and Write It Correctly NOW, published by Logophile Press. Since leaving the Extension School, he earned a doctorate in education at Boston University. Aurelio now spends his time teaching at area colleges, engaging in research, and writing. He has four sons and lives with his wife of 49 years in Arlington, Massachusetts.

'88 Stephen J. Stillwell, Jr., received his doctorate in history from the University of North Texas in August 2002. Next summer Edwin Mellen Press will publish his dissertation on the role of the League of Nations in Anglo-Turkish relations during the interwar period. He is currently a senior lecturer in the history department at the University of Texas-Arlington, where he teaches world civilization survey courses and advanced courses on the interwar period and the formation of the modern Middle East. He serves his profession as the secretary-treasurer and webmaster for the Southwestern Historical Association (SwHA). His professorial website is www2.uta.edu/stillwell/ and the site for the SwHA is http://swhistorical.uta.edu.

'92 Andrew S. Berry has finished his doctorate in psychology and works in the Kansas state prison system. He was married in 2002, and in June of this year was accepted to a doctoral program at Forest Institute of Professional Psychology. His current PhD is oriented toward research, and the new PsyD at Forest will be geared toward therapy. He also teaches at community colleges. Berry writes: "If there's one professor I had when I was at the Harvard Extension School from 1989–1992 who made a universe of difference, it was the late, and beyond great, Dr. George W. Goethals. My work is dedicated to him, especially.". . . Anh Ryan, ALB '90, works as an interpreter for Language Line Services, based in Monterey, California, in addition to her own interpretation and translation service. She also works with the South Shore Mental Health Center in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

'94 Daryll Miller is now the Regulatory Health Project Manager with the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Biologics Division of Vaccine Research and Review.

'96 Lyne Desormeaux became Dr. Desormeaux in 2001 upon graduation from the California Institute of Integral Studies-San Francisco, in clinical psychology. In 2002, she began work as an advisor for senior executives at The Clarion Group in Connecticut.

'98 James A. Aloisi, Jr., recently joined the law firm of Goulston & Storrs in Boston, Massachusetts, in its transportation practice. He will be a director of the firm. Most recently, Aloisi was the principal author of landmark legislation to create the statutory framework for the Boston Central Artery/Tunnel Project. Prior to private practice, he held positions such as General Counsel to the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority and Chief Legal Counsel to the Massachusetts Department of Revenue, as well as Assistant Attorney General. He is currently a member of the Massachusetts Archives Foundation and the Artery Business Committee's Funding and Finance Committee, and is a former Commissioner of the Boston Human Rights Commission. Mr. Aloisi is also a graduate of Boston College, magna cum laude, and Boston College Law School. . . . Heidi Blair-Esteves accepted a teaching position in the Department of Criminal Justice at Wayne State College in Wayne, Nebraska. Blair-Esteves will teach upper-level courses in criminal justice, political science, and sociology. . . . Eric Kirleis writes to tell us of the birth of a son, Otto, in 2001. Eric is continuing his studies at Cornell University's Johnson School in the MBA program.

'99 Charles W. Brewer, now a Marine Corps Reserve Captain, was recently called to active duty while assigned to Marine Wing Control Squadron-48 (MWCS-48), 4th Marine Air Wing, based in Great Lakes, Illinois. Marines from Brewer's unit deployed as part of a larger marine force in support of the global war on terrorism. The mission of MWCS-48 is to provide communications for marine aviation combat units. The unit is manned with specialists who operate and repair radios, satellites, and computers.

'02 Jennifer Jane Bernheim is pleased to announce the birth of her son, Ethan, born in September 2002. Jennifer is working as a stay-at-home mom.

Certificate in Museum Studies

'02 Rick Arnold is a museum teacher at the Lowell National Historic Park Tsongas Industrial History Center, a cooperative arrangement between the University of Massachusetts and the National Park Service. Arnold writes: "I teach, albeit, with much more formality than the general informality expected in most museums. I have been assigned to teach most of the scientific discovery programs at the center, particularly those that deal with energy production/physics and the process of invention. We deliver well-defined curricula to 65,000 children from all over the United States yearly on the historic, social, scientific process that occurred in Lowell, Massachusetts, between 1821 and 1929. Although my immediate supervision is the National Park Service, I am technically an employee of the UMass Graduate School of Education to which I am considered ‘outside faculty.' There is no doubt that my CMS training prepared me for the best job I have ever had in my life. The letters from the children and teachers as follow up have been enormously rewarding. After my presentation I always ask, ‘Who here is going to Harvard?' All the hands go up. Yes, there is hope in America after all."

Certificate of Special Studies
in Administration and Management

'83 Theresa M. DiLando was recently elected to the Cambridge Public Schools Advisory Board.

'85 John Donnelly is currently teaching project management at Boston University's Corporate Education Center and acting as a parent representative on Beverly's (Massachusetts) Middle School Board.

'86 Althea Garrison was the first Black American female to run for the office of mayor of Boston in the 2001 municipal elections. More recently, Garrison was nominated for inclusion in the 2003 edition of the American Biographical Institute. She worked as a volunteer in Mitt Romney's successful bid for governor of Massachusetts.

'93 Forbes W. Kelley continued his education and received a BS in computer science in 1998 and a BS in electrical engineering in 2001 from Northeastern University.

'96 Donald J. Gregory, Jr., works as a financial advisor. He is on the board of directors for Habitat for Humanity in Boston and is a committee member with the Hingham (Massachusetts) Housing Partnership.

'97 Fabiana Lang has been appointed Marketing Director of Fox and National Geographic Channels in Brazil.

'98 Harry F. Chaveriat III was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in December 2002 and is an attorney with the law offices of Blank and Solomon in Boston. . . . Joy Thompson recently joined the Boston-based international consultancy firm The Rhythm of Business, Inc. as a principal. Thompson, an internationally recognized authority on strategic alliances, has spent more than 20 years in operational and alliance management for three multi-billion-dollar high tech leaders--Digital Equipment Corporation, Compaq, and, most recently, Hewlett-Packard, where she served as Vice President of Strategic Alliances. Thompson also holds a doctorate in business administration from Southern California University for Professional Studies.

'99 Maria R. Garcia Castillo is an assistant professor in the Division of Graduate Studies at Franklin Pierce College in New Hampshire, where she coordinates the master of science in information technology management program.

'03 Ross T. Bown is a First Lieutenant in the United States Air Force.