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Class of 1954 Constantine Tsomides
shares he is, “Still very actively engaged
in my work (completed over 12 major
projects in Maine: Portland, Saco, Belfast,
Augusta and Thomaston). (I) enjoyed
seeing everyone at the Senior Reunion
’15. I spoke at John Wheaton ’54’s
Memorial Service last year (June 2014)
held in Bowdoin’s College Chapel and
reminisced about his Saco childhood, and
activities and achievements at Thornton
Academy. Bev and Dave Sherman ’54 and
many of John’s Saco friends and Bowdoin
classmates were in attendance. Dave, John,
and I attended Bowdoin together.”
Class of 1958 Mary Gay Baldyga shares,
“Although graduation from TA was 57
years ago and I have lived in CT for more
than 50 years, I still consider myself a
Mainer. I’m proud to meet folks from
Maine wherever I go!” Bryce D. Roberts
shares, “I feel fortunate to be subbing at
Thornton!”
Class of 1964 Edward Beard is retired and
living in Las Vegas. Wendy (Stackpole)
Schmitt shares, “We still live in Vermont
but visit Kennebunkport monthly. Dad,
Wendall Stackpole ’34, still lives there. We
visit California where our oldest child has
a boy and a girl. Our youngest is building
a straw built home in Oregon.” Phillip
Saperia retired from The Coalition of
Behavioral Health Agencies. A reception
was held at New York University on March
15th where city, state, and agency leaders
spoke to honor his career.

Senate to care for an elderly family member.
Class of 1975 Vita (Gerardi) Hansmeyer
shares, “I have been living in Alaska
since 1982 and working as a nurse. My
two children are here in Anchorage.
My daughter is a nurse and my son is an
environmental scientist. My husband and I
are planning to retire in the next few years
and travel.” Marc Paquette was recently
honored by the City of Saco for 35 years of
service with the Saco Fire Department. He
started with the department in 1980 and
has been a Captain for the past 23 years.
His 35th anniversary was October 22, 2015.
Below is a family photo taken the evening
of the award.
Class of 1976 Janet Leary-Prowse shares
she is celebrating 12 years as an educator
for the Institutional Review Board (IRB)
at Christiana Hospital in Delaware
developing educational presentations for
research nurses and support staff working
in clinical research. She presented a
poster at a national meeting in Boston
in November and at a nursing research
conference at my hospital. Her oldest son is
applying to medical school and youngest is
a sophomore at the University of Delaware,
and her husband is working for Chemours,
an offshoot of DuPont Co.
Class of 1981 Joyce (Leary) Clark shares,
“The building that housed my Scarborough
law office was destroyed by fire in
September 2014. Luckily, the attorneys at
Prescott Jamieson Murphy Law Group on
Beach Street took me in, and I joined the

firm this year. Ed and I also relocated to
Saco three years ago, just in time for Emma
(Class of 2016) to start at TA and Henry
(Class of 2022) to start at Burns.”

Spectrum Medical Group in South Portland
and Craig is a Firefighter/EMT employed
by the City of Portland. They reside in their
dream home in the town of Gorham.

Class of 1984 Michelle (Paquette)
Miniutti started North Carolina’s 1st 100%
women owned microbrewery! Check it out
online: www.bombshellbeer.com

Class of 1998 Erica (Breznovits)
Rosciszewski and her husband Andrew
will be welcoming their first child in
December 2009.

Class of 1992 Holly (Whittemore)
Andrews recently graduat