Thanks for the memories, guys !

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Go to Class of 1953 55th Reunion to see photos of that occasion - June 6, 7, and 8, 2008

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When Twilight Shadows Deepen

When twilight shadows deepen, and the study hour draws nigh,
When shades of night are falling, and the evening breezes sigh,
'Tis then we love to gather 'neath the pale moon's silv'ry spell,
And lift up hearts and voices in the songs we love so well.

Sons of old Massachusetts, devoted daughters too;
Bay State, old Bay State, we'll give our best to you.
This our Alma Mater, we'll cherish for all time,
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
Massachusetts, yours and mine!

Words and music by
F. D. Griggs, Class of 1913

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50th Reunion Banquet Invocation

by Rev. Sherwood "Woody" Carver, '53

Creator God, we turn to you as the Source-the Fountain- of all that makes life workable and worthwhile. Out of the abundance of your nurturing power, you feed us with all we need to sustain our lives.

In the nostalgia of this gathering, images gather of those through whom your spirit has worked to enrich our lives. Here we recall the households - the families - who brought us into the world and, when we were youth, sent us forth into a wider world of exploration and growth.

Here we pass before the recall of our long-term memories that substantial array of professors and academics who awakened in us an awareness of the subjects they had disciplined themselves to comprehend.

Here we honor with deepening respect the legacy of those administrators who carried out their tasks with fidelity and who had the perserverance to survive amongst the diversity of opinions and realities that make up the labyrinth of life.

Here we affirm the privilege that has been ours to make our life journey in a nation that has allowed us the freedom to be the unique persons you, O God, have made us to be.

Gathered here, with classmates who have known the joys and the trials of life, we together recall, with bittersweet memory, those who have completed their life journeys, but whose touch is still felt among us. Bless them, O Lord, and those who walked with them in the days they were among us.

And, indeed, O Lord, we would pray for those who are our families - that they may live within the assurance of your love -and ours - for such provides us with the ongoing faith to live our lives with trust.

In your Holy Name, we pray. Amen.

For a listing of those who attended our 50th Reunion see below:

Verne Adams
Jane (Allen) Williams
Sonya (Anderson) Bergquist
Janice (Anderson) and Phil Burne
Lorraine (Augusta)and Chandran Kaimal
Leo and Carole Bacchieri
Glenn and Sally (Cande) Barber
Francis and Carmen Barous
Carolyn (Billings) and Clifford Falby
Vance and Nancy Blake
Tom and Ann Bott
Richard and Janet Boutilier
Jim and Mary Bristol
Joseph and Joan (Cross) Broude
Beverly (Burns)and Rocco Toto
Miriam (Carlstrom) Eames
John and Anne Carty
Sherwood and Carole (Cassady) Carver
Thomas and Elizabeth Cauley
David and Sue Cave
Don and Mary Chucka
Anthony and Antonia Cirillo
David Cole
Richard and Anne Conway
Robert Corser and Antonia Arlos
Anne (Cotton) Mannheim
Carl Cousineau and Collette Bussiere
Dave and Nancy Curran
Joan (Czaja) Marsh
Frank and Phyllis Donovan
Robert and Patricia Driscoll
David and Mary Pat Flood
David and Norma (Regis) Fuccillo
Vincent and Gladys Galli
Concetto and Rosalie Gattinella
Warren and Beatrice Gove
Bill and Barbara Graham
Helen (Granger) Breck
Henry and Jean Hall
Joan (Hartley) Hobart
Janet (Harvey) and Neil Fitch
Catherine (Hickey) and Bernhard Becker
William "Henry" and Marilyn Hicks
Lawrence Hobson
Nancy (Howes) Gormley
George and Barbara Howland
Don Junkins and Kaimei Zheng
Ann "Nancy" (Keaney) Richmond and Anne Leslie
Peter and Ann (Gibbons) Kenney
Fred and Audrey (Cate) Kiley
John and Kathleen Kutolowski
Bill and Charleen Lambert
Mary (Lester) and Frank Sottile
Mary (Maroni)and William Massidda
Doug and Ann Martin
Francis Matuszek
Nancy (Meader) and Ian Davidson
Ann (Merrigan) Ayers
Laurence and Stephanie Miller
William and Janice Moffitt
Norman and Jane Montigny
Ann (Morrill)and Harland Riker
Margaret Mulkern
Jeanne (Myrick) and John Fullerton
Marjorie (Nelson) and George Gregory
Barbara Neumann
Milton and Connie Neusner
Natalie (Newman) Gitelman
Richard and Barbara Nickless
T. Albert and Jean (Ryder) Perley
Eduardo and Norma Pina
Joseph and Mary Powers
Al and Donalee Rabaioli
Dorothy (Radulski) and Henry Wriedt
Noel and Doris Reebenacker
Paul Rikert
John and Olive Ritter
Daniel and Olive Rosenfield
Robert and Jan Segal
Phyllis (Sencabaugh) Truitt
Carol (Smith) and Robert Resnick
Patricia (Smith) and William Kelly
John Soltys
Herbert Sostek
Joan (Stronach) Driscoll
John and Irene Stuart
John and Janice Swana
Dorothy (Swift) and Tom Haynes
David Tarr and Mary Merrill
Raymond and Bev Tenney
Albert and Joyce (Hopkins) Tomlinson
Eileen (Toner) Drummond
Mildred (Vanderpol) Pettipaw
Charlotte (Volk) Alintuck
Blanchard Warren and Geneva Woodruff
Lewis and Deborah Weinstein
Robert and Barbara Wells
Bill Whitmore
Huntington Williams and Honora Horan
Marlene (Wolk) Schulman

A list of events for our Class of 1953 50th Reunion is on our website. Access it at 50th Reunion Activities (left column).

Special Note: Janine Sicks '93, Assistant Director, Events and Programs, UMass-Amherst Alumni Relations Office, did a terrific job in arranging all of our various activities, and in coordinating all the committees and other alumni personnel who worked on our 50th Reunion. She deserves a great deal of credit for a job well done, and we want her to know that we all appreciate her endeavors on our behalf! Assisting her very ably was Susanne Paquette. Thanks to both of you!

Old Chapel Renovation Fund

Our Class Gift Committee has decided to make our Class Gift the "Class of 1953 50th Reunion Old Chapel Renovation Fund." For a history of Old Chapel, and for an exchange of e-mails between Dave Flood and Chancellor John V. Lombardi concerning the future of Old Chapel, please access our special Class Gift page at Old Chapel

"The Way We Were"

Class of 1953 Officers

President -       Dave Flood
Vice-President -  George "Gigi" Howland
Secretary -       Jane (Allen) Williams
Treasurer -       Lou Prokopowich  *
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Officers as Juniors: President:  Bill Bakey
                     Vice-Pres.: Bob "Knobby" Nolan *
                     Secretary:  Norma (Regis) Fuccillo
                     Treasurer:  Milt Neusner
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Officers as Sophomores:  President:  Randy Walker
                         Vice-Pres.: Bill Graham *
                         Secretary:  Rosemary Quinn
                         Treasurer:  Jack MacDonald *
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Officers as Freshmen:    President:  Dave Allen
                         Vice-Pres.: Bill Graham *
                         Secretary:  Bettina Hollis
                         Treasurer:  Jack MacDonald *

* deceased
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