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  June 6-8, 2008 is the weekend for our Class of 1953 55th Reunion !

A block of rooms is currently being held at the Campus Center Hotel (right on campus) for returning graduates for that weekend. The rate is $130 per night for a king bed or two double beds (10% off if you reserve online). If you are interested in reserving a room, it is suggested you get in touch with Tina Gray ASAP at: cgray@mail.aux.umass.edu and mention "Block #1473." You may prefer to call her at (413) 549-6000. Rooms are going on a "first come, first served" basis. The Campus Center Hotel's website is: http://www.aux.umass.edu/hotel.

We had an excellent showing at our 50th Reunion in 2003, and we expect that our 55th will also be well attended.

It will be a chance to see old friends, catch up on what has happened in the last five years, tell some stories about the grandchildren (or nieces & nephews), have some great food, and maybe even have a drink or two for old times' sake.

A listing of events for the 2008 Reunion Weekend is at Reunion 2008 Events.

Our Class of 1953 Reception is in the bar area of the 10th floor of the Campus Center on Saturday, June 7, 2008 - from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m..

Our Class of 1953 Farewell Breakfast is on Sunday, June 8, 2008 at the Deerfield Inn, Deerfield, MA. If you have not yet signed up for this breakfast buffet, please send a check for $19.50 per person made out to David J. Flood, and send to David at:
29 Margarita, Camarillo, CA 93012.

It also will be a great opportunity for us to see our campus again, and catch up on what new is happening at UMass-Amherst. We may even get to meet the new Chancellor.

It will be good to see everyone back at the old Alma Mater come June 6-8, 2008 !

For more info, you might want to access the UMass-Amherst Alumni Association's special reunion weekend web page at: Reunion Weekend - UMass - June, 2008
You can view all the events and accomodations on-campus that are available, and can register and sign-up online for all the events that you care to attend.

Just remember - do not sign up for the 1958 Farewell Breakfast.

Our Class of '53 Farewell Breakfast Buffet will be held at the Deerfield Inn, Deerfield, Mass. on Sunday, June 8 at 9:00 a.m. The cost is $19.50 per person. You can reserve a place by sending a check to: David J. Flood
29 Margarita
Camarillo, CA 93012

Please make the check to: David J. Flood.

Here is a list of your classmates who will be enjoying a breakfast buffet at the historic Deerfield Inn in Deerfield, Mass. on Sunday morning, June 8:

Jim & Mary Bristol                          Don & Joyce Bruni
Dick Conway                                   Frank & Phyllis Donovan
Janet (Harvey) & Neil Fitch           Dave Flood
Stan & Roberta Goodnow               Bob & Mary Gunter
Henry & Marilyn Hicks                    George & Barbara Howland
Don Junkins & Kaimei Zheng         Bill Lambert
Norm & Jane Montigny                   Al & Karen Morano
Barbara Neumann                          Milt & Connie Neusner
Noel & Doris Reebenacker             Herb & Jackie Saunders
Phyllis (Sencabaugh) Truitt          Blanchard Warren
Bob & Barbara Wells

To update us on your latest e-mail address, please e-mail Dave Flood at: dmpflood31@verizon.net. Thanks !

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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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