Frank Cefali

When eight CU alums met up in Siena, Italy, this summer, they had a lot of catching up to do. It had been 45 years since they'd studied abroad together in 1973. Frank Cefali (Ger'75) described the trip as “a rejuvenation of mind and soul.” The group revisited the Villa diGeggiano, a small estate outside of Siena where their Italian professor, Bianchi Bandinelli, had hosted a farewell pranzo (lunch) in 1973. “We were grateful and awed that we could repeat that experience in his honor 45 years later,” said Mary Bellotti (Jour’74). “This reunion was a gift of a lifetime. My only regret is that we did not do it sooner,” said Susan Levitt Given (Bio’75). Other attendees included Elaine Catalano (Ital’74), Jim Hagerty (Geol’75), Joanne Hindlemann Berger (Ital’74; MDes’82), Elise Magistro (Ital ex'75), Teri Walker Lebow (Ital ex'75) and Annette Bowman Amendola (PE’73) in memory of husband Gary Amendola (Hist’73), who died Dec. 11, 2017.