Richard Donovan as an eighth grader at Westminster Junior High School in 1956. He would attend grade 9 in Westminster before attending Gardner High School.
GHS Classmate Richard Donovan reports that he and Paula (LaChance) Donovan are still residing in Coral Gables, Florida. Both of them play golf. Paula has been very involved in competitive tennis. Dick has been involved with a number of civic and charitable organizations and serves as a board member on several. The Donovans have traveled extensively to Europe, Asia, South America, and the Middle East over the years. Dick has bought and sold businesses around the country and still visits his business holdings on a regular basis. In addition, the family also owns real estate in Florida and Massachusetts which they operate with their two boys. Both Donovans welcome news from classmates.
Editors Note: The GHS Class of 1960 was fortunate to get the "last batch" of students from the town of Westminster in the fall of 1957. Oakmont Regional High School was being built and the first class to graduate from Oakmont did so in 1961. Among the Westminster students choosing to attend Gardner High School were Nancy Haynes, Marilyn LeCuyer, Carol Waterman, Marilyn Parnanen, Judith Viweg, June Prentiss, Ernest Lehtonen, Geraldine Gerard, Erik Pakkila, Janyce Charles, Evelyn Hurme, Rita Lemieur, Terry Tosh, Betty Leavenworth, Robert Marien, William Bradford, John Oinonen, Merilyn Ruuska, Robert Clarkson, Joseph Marien, and Jean Tkaczyk.
