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DREW CLASSNOTES
The College of Liberal Arts
what to do but they tell us! However I still things are opening up, they still wear masks
ALL ARE WELCOME at this year’s stay busy with the Geneva Theatre Guild, whenever they go out. This summer they
Alumni Weekend—a more inclusive church, family—and am never bored. Please saw all four of their grandchildren who live
version of Reunion, with events for send me some news for the next Drew in four different states. They see their sons
everyone, from all classes, including magazine which may be in the spring. regularly. They keep busy with the community’s
gatherings for Caspersen and Theo activities, play bridge, and read. They take
grads. The Forest will welcome all
Drewids back in person, as we are
able, from Thursday, June 2 to Sunday,
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edelalla@verizon.net
A handwritten note from Jack
road trips each week—enjoying the beautiful
hills and countryside, and ending with a
stop for ice cream.
June 5, 2022. There will also be some Dempster revealed that he and his wife, Walt Lidman was distressed to learn of
virtual and hybrid events. Alumni Ellen, are coping with COVID restrictions the deaths of several of our classmates. He
College will be back on Friday, with by adopting Duke Ellington’s “Don’t Get remembered how Richard “Dick” Madigan
faculty and alum panels. Around Much Anymore” as their personal once wrote a parody in the ACORN of Professor
theme song. Jack says that a two-mile trip to Ralph “Papa” Johnson. Walt still swims
Walmart “just ain’t the same as a journey to 300 meters four times a week even though
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London or Paris.” Their granddaughter Katie it’s more difficult than it used to be. “It’s
Eleanor “Ellie” is receiving her doctorate in child psychiatry keeping me healthy,” he reports. He subbed
(Sheldon) Stearns from Virginia Commonwealth University. for a while in his hometown of Hazlet,
ebstearns@rochester.rr.com George Groom says that 2021 has been a New Jersey, and also Union Beach. Some
Hopefully you have all challenging year for him and his wife Sandy of his former students said they missed him
survived the COVID epidemic, (Chere) C’65. Fortunately, this summer they and wanted him back.
65th Reunion are fully vaccinated, and attended a concert at Tanglewood in the Roger Navratil and his wife, Marge, are
ALUMNI safe from the next variant. Berkshires to hear the Boston Symphony, both healthy and plan on staying that way
W E E K E N D Unfortunately my email then spent a week in New Harbor, Maine. for many years to come. They have a home
inbox has not received any notes from any They are being very careful about COVID in St. Augustine, Florida, but still travel
of you dear classmates! If you are still well even though they are vaccinated. George between it and New Bern, North Carolina,
and able to function, our 65th Reunion will sends their best wishes to classmates, hoping several times a year, intending to move
be held on June 3–5, 2022. This Reunion for a better 2022. there full-time in a couple of years. Marge
may be rebranded as Alumni Weekend to Pete Headley and Joan “Jodi” (Della- has traveled to all seven continents. Roger
be inclusive, but let’s try to attend this one Cerra) C’60 traveled to northern New Jersey claims that he has “no interest in being cold
while we are still able. We’re not old geezers to attend both their families’ reunions plus for days on end and only watching a bunch
yet, I hope! I’m still doing my Women of Pete’s Sussex High School 66th reunion, for of flightless birds for nightly entertainment.”
Vision performances, but my daughters which he was co-chair. They all had good times. Adma (Schneller) Ross T’01 still serves
won’t let me drive distances any more so I Pete wonders, “Where did all these ‘older as chaplain in Civil Air Patrol, having
have to hire a driver each time. I bought a people’ come from…oh, that includes ME!” started there at a little airfield close to the
bright aqua Prius Prime in June with all the Carole (Horncastle) James and her Everittstown, New Jersey, church where
safety features and hybrid/electric drive but husband, Dick C’56 T’59, have lived in their she was serving as pastor at the time. She
they won’t let me drive more than 20 miles continuing care community for 12 years still lives in the Suffern, New York, home
out of town, and not at night. Sad to reach and are thankful for the safety and care she and her late husband, Ernie, purchased
the age where we no longer tell our children provided during the pandemic. Even though when they married in 1963.
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Lastly, Emily (MacGregor) Scott and her graduating from Drew. She was content Elaine and I have not changed our lifestyle, service to celebrate camp reunions. Alas, will be in a few more months. Over the They planned their move over a two-year
husband, Jim, just welcomed their 12th living in the same house until the summer if you can call it that, at all. We ping-pong his wife, June (Kamen) Cowell did not get 25 years that Eleanor has been teaching period, giving them time to downsize. The
great-grandchild. “Pretty exciting—pretty of 2020 when a storm brought a huge tree back and forth between Summit and Long to enjoy boot camp with him. Last summer music-related computation at Stanford, she old house was sold the first day for more
scary!!!” she added. down on her house. She began to have less Beach Island. We are both vaccinated (Elaine was a different one with grandkids away, never imagined she would be teaching over than asking, and because of the pandemic
Your class secretary had her last hip interest in maintaining a large place and willingly; Carl, dragged kicking and screaming); and their parents managing the chaos. Their Zoom, but she has found it, in general, to and purchasers being abroad, they had an
replacement in October 2020 and is glad to paying the highest property taxes in the masked (Elaine faithfully in public when she shore house was quieter, and after Hurricane be a wonderful tool for one-to-one contact. additional six months in which to move.
have both knees and both hips finally done. country, so she has moved to a retirement remembers; Carl, when Elaine makes him); Ida they spent a lot of time over Labor Day, Once in a while, she’ll receive lively greetings He said they were very fortunate and are
We have lost several classmates in the community near her daughters in Maryland. and considerate about not endangering pumping out cellars, drying and recrating from Diane (Reed) Jowdy C’63, and they’ve not missing house maintenance and yard
past year: Gail (Slaybaugh) Morrison, Peter Cain emailed that he doesn’t mind the health of others—no matter what we antiques. They spent their anniversary picking enjoyed visiting Ginger (Mark) McCabe C’69 work. Their health is good, and they too are
Martha (Skinner) Thomas, Richard “Dick” my unapologetic wallowing in nostalgic as scientists personally believe. We had a up dry ice and managing their food supplies. and her husband, John, in their mountain thankful for delivery of the COVID vaccines.
Wainwright, Don Rathjens, and Barbara reverie about our time Drew. “When I read family reunion on the Island in August. Kate Welcome aboard, David. retreat in Pennsylvania. He is still quite involved in a number of
Jahreis. Don attended our last Reunion in your ‘Notes,’ I am taken right back to the came up from Florida; Fraser from Maryland; Bonnie (Weir) Pearce and her husband projects in the City of Alexandria, including
2019. I got to know Barbara when we were
both political science students at the
Washington Semester in 1957–58. Later,
campus. All three of my roommates at
Shockley House have died. I miss them a lot.
Your words have let me cry again, and that
Connie from New York; and Jodi from
New Jersey. We don’t do it often enough.
It was great fun to see our children, eight
John are both healthy and continuing to run
their rooming house which is now mortgage-
free. They have been making plans for a
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eebaker@aol.com
Greetings from Maryland! There is
waste-water management and correction
of the City’s century-old combined sewer
system, regional land conservation, and the
she visited me in Saratoga, a couple of is an important part of the grieving process.” grandchildren, and dogs interact. It’s a fairly European cruise, which will be their first major lots of news to report. As many of us turn history of the City’s slave trade.
times. She took in many dogs and cats over Do you remember Peggy Peavey? She was rowdy group. Four siblings in constant trip in two years, and we hope to hear about into octogenarians this year, I am happy to Jacqueline “Jackie” (Jones) Lord sends
the years and volunteered at an animal Elaine (Norris) Verrusio’s housemate for contention, but unwavering love. As I gazed it in the next issue. John still enjoys working report that from those responding, many greetings from sunny Florida. She stayed with
shelter in Fairfax, Virginia. When she two years, but moved to Massachusetts and with an unfocused eye on the merriment, I at the local radio station, WDIY. Bonnie has are still very busy, involved in making life her daughter and two little granddaughters
worked in personnel training for the IRS, became Peggy Pilgrim. She and Elaine have realized that the trick is to grow up without decided that cleaning their house will be better for others, and have so far escaped in Calvert County, Maryland, most of
she would always decline to say that she remained in touch these sixty-odd years. growing old. her exercise. Easton, Pennsylvania, is a COVID. I hope our other classmates are okay the summer. Her oldest son and teenage
worked for the IRS, because people would She and Gerie (Snell) Schumann C’63 were I leave you in the era of COVID with this great place for them as there are many fine and just too busy to write. granddaughter visited her there. Her second
pepper her with questions about their tax concerned for our well-being after the recent thought from the 16th century French essayist restaurants, and they can walk with their Gerie (Snell) Schumann writes that she, son visited only by telecommunication. “Im-
problems. Our condolences go to all their storm that caused wide-spread flooding, Montaigne, “He who fears he shall suffer, two dogs along the Delaware River. like many of us, kept a low profile this past agine running around the house trying to
families and friends. power outages and tornadoes in our area. already suffers what he fears.” Be brave, be Marvel “Kay” (Richards) Mansfield’s travel summer, mostly seeing local friends, reading, catch the little ones (four and six), the dog,
Thanks to the efforts of Pete Headley and We were thankfully spared any damage or safe, and carpe diem. account is overflowing with anticipation eating outdoors, walking, and enjoying the and the cat on the computer screen—how
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the Alumni Office in providing us with hard inconvenience. for her next trip. With any luck it will be a water on those hot, humid days when one the world has changed.” Last summer, Jackie
copies of the last two Drew Classnotes. Bill Hayes had arranged to take his annual Barbara (Yin) Fern Road Scholar trip to Tuscany. She’s always wanted to do nothing. She kept busy with spent two weeks at Yosemite Park with
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vacation on Long Beach Island in September, fern.barbara14@gmail.com planned big trips with a grad school friend, the constant and needed repairs on her old Road Scholar, “a bucket list trip, well worth
A. Carl Verrusio but canceled because he didn’t feel safe David Cowell so being a Road Scholar will be a different house. (Sounds as if that might also apply it, although there was lots of fire damage
grapevineenv@gmail.com traveling. He has been living in lockdown dcowell@drew.edu experience. Kay made only one trip during to many of us, even though it is hard to and Yosemite Falls was dry.” This is her 10th
It would seem that someone mode pretty much since March 2020. He Malcolm “Mac” Hulslander COVID to visit her daughter in Connecticut. believe and accept we are now in our 80s). year in The Villages where she feels at home.
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has pushed the “pause” goes out for doctors and groceries, but that’s writes, grieving the loss of a She lives not far from her son and family in She started the year with a new roof so that “Overnight guests welcome; y’all come visit.”
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button on our lives. We about it. He has stayed healthy with “the help reunion with Neal Mosher Maine. she could install solar. Then discovered she William “Bill” and Anne (Pitkin) Long
62nd Reunion WEEKEND
are all just treading water of many doctors and a multitude of pills.” set for the North Carolina Carol (Magee) Davis has joined the ranks needed to replace the septic system which continue to enjoy the blessings of good health
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and waiting for something… He is puzzled that even with the shutdown shore in October, due to prohibited border of “grandmotherhood” with the birth of requires replacing the water line from the having both reached 80, and like most have
WEEKEND
anything…to happen. Our he doesn’t seem to have any more time than crossings. Neal and his wife have maintained Evie. She’s still in contact with Mary Ann street. She was still waiting for that to happen limited their activities and thus COVID
behavior for the last two years has been before. “Maybe that’s just being old. (No more regular visits from Canada for many years. (Kennerly) Clinton. when she wrote, knowing that she would then exposure these last many months. They have
un-American. Snap out of it. I have a column getting old. I am old.)” Mac was also saddened to learn of the death I made a last minute call to Lyndon “Rocky” have to deal with the destruction and aftermath. been able to see their two sons, their daughter,
to write. Somebody do something! Ann “Nicki” (Nock) Ridenour, Norman of Polly Frederichs, wife of our sociology Smith and had a lovely conversation. (I wish Her one hope is that she will eliminate some and their families in their various locations,
I have some good news, guys. I just MacArthur, and Nancy (Marshall) Stroh, professor, after decades of keeping in touch more folks would answer their phones.) His of the gardening responsibilities which have including nearby Clifton Park, New York;
discovered a way to slow down the aging who all live in retirement communities, and marveling at her beautiful quilt creations. wife, Lois (Fasula) Smith C’62 contributed become too much with her “advancing” New Hampshire, Massachusetts, South
process—a major concern for us old folks. concurred that this quarantine thing is Osamu Takagi turned 85 in August and to the call, and I enjoyed their “bantering.” age. Gerie says, “At least I can still weed and Carolina, and North Carolina. They each
Well, to tell the truth, Will Rogers actually getting to be a drag. They went from being expresses gratitude for (basically) good health, They have been married for 60 years and prune!” She did take a road trip to Coastal continue to try to stay active. Anne continues
thought of it, but it’s brilliant. “We could in lockdown, to relaxing restrictions, and and his fond memories of our 50th Reunion have lived in North Carolina for the last 15. Maine Botanical Gardens (which she can to volunteer in the Saratoga Therapeutic
certainly slow down the aging process if it then reestablishing them. It’s back to masks, at Drew. They have become great fans of the Davidson highly recommend to anyone), followed by Equestrian Program and DoubleH for ill
had to work its way through Congress.” closed dining rooms and no visitors allowed Julie Borgmeier has been living in Arizona College teams. He’s gotten interested in gardens and places of interest as she was kids, and they both volunteer with an area
Uh-oh, she who must be obeyed says that any in public spaces. Nicki was fortunate enough for the past two years with her cat, Tiger, genealogy and found out that his 11th heading south along the Massachusetts north program (CAPTAIN) for teen homelessness,
discussion of religion, politics or pandemics to escape for a three-week vacation in Rhode since her husband died. She volunteers at great-grandfather was William Shakespeare. shore toward home. Also, she made it back rapid rehousing, and trafficking prevention.
is strictly forbidden. One hesitates to be Island and Massachusetts, visiting family Sun City West Library and the church, and (Or it may have been Lois’s relation). He’s to New Jersey for a long weekend, visiting (They are proud to have helped begin that
contentious, but would you have me be and friends. She spends a lot of time outside, greatly appreciates the walking track at the been “electronically “connected to Ron old friends in Montclair, and Robert “Bob” program 40 years ago.) Bill is still practicing
the model of complacent dullness? A few sitting on the porch. Norman travels locally recreation center, since it still hovers around Saldarini as well as others, and enjoys the Catlin C’62 and his wife in Warren. She clinical psychology about half time, still
centuries ago, Shakespeare observed, “What but is not contemplating any long-distance 110 degrees. She has many happy memories holiday cards and letters, especially the ones continues, “All this has been a distraction runs (shorter and slower, but recently placed
a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.” ventures. Nancy, on the other hand, spent of travels to Australia, New Zealand, the from Paul Gaaserud. from the sadness of the spring and losing
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More recently, Mark Twain wrote, “Suppose a week on the Outer Banks with her sons. It Panama Canal and South America. They two of my dearest friends and classmates,
you were an idiot, and suppose you were a rained every day and there was not a single even climbed to the top of Machu Picchu. Robert Harrall Penny (Bluhm) Seale and Diane “Coop” University Advancement
member of Congress, but I repeat myself.” crab to be found. However, a subsequent trip Marian (Dickinson) Fielder had a fantastic bobharrall@aol.com (Cooper) Ficara. I had been in touch with
How the world goes on! to Ocean City, Maryland, with son Scott and vacation at Lake George, New York with Eleanor (Ellie) Selfridge- both of them not long before they died, but
In July, Judy Smith sent an email wondering family, provided both sun and crabs. Her her family—their first trip since before the Field recently shared that had not accepted the notion that we would
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if she could ask a favor of me. I replied, son Mark left in August to serve as consul pandemic, which made it more special. Paul 60th Reunion she and her husband, Clive, not see each other one more time. Both of
“Sure, if it doesn’t involve work or money.” general of the American Consulate in Karachi, and Naomi “Lynn” (Chappel) Gaaserud got have both found a lot to like them were such dynamic, constant friends classnotes@drew.edu
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When there was no response, I assumed my Pakistan. Will Nancy learn to speak Urdu? together with Marian for their first indoor WEEKEND about the forced confinement in our lives, both Bill’s C’64 and mine. I
rhinoceros-like insensibility had offended We can’t wait to hear the tales of her visit movie since the movies opened in Virginia. of COVID. They’ve been stay in touch with their daughters and Judy ALUMNI & PARENT COMMUNITIES
her. However, in August, an email arrived to Karachi. They went to a noon matinee and were the cleaning up years of clutter, becoming (Hurdy) Swann C’64, and I reminisce with 973.408.3229
from Judy, “Guys, I think you all realized I Pete Headley C’59 sends weekly emails only ones present, which of course made it reacquainted with their neighbors, and have old photos and classic antics.” She has also 800.979.DREW
was hacked. Sorry about the inconvenience. of mirth, nostalgia, and wisdom garnered even more safe. partially rehabilitated their backyard, with gotten together with the Fenstermachers a alumni@drew.edu
It’s been a nightmare.” I responded, “At from the internet. He and Jodi (Della-Cerra) Our soon-to-be new class secretary, David a view towards drought adaptations. The couple of times this summer.
the very least, you owe me something for Headley are both fine and anxious to resume Cowell, is planning to attend the 65th reunion only downside to lockdown has been that William “Bill” Dickinson writes there 36 Madison Ave.
Classnotes.” I’m still waiting. their normal pre-COVID activities. They of Company R4, US Coast Guard, the boot they have not seen their granddaughters is not much news on his end other than Madison, NJ 07940
Margaret “Midge” (Morell) Campbell report that Deanna (Formica) Lewis is now camp company he joined in 1956. His is the for almost two years. The younger one is having moved from their home of 43 years
wrote that she has lived in Madison since living in Johnson City, Tennessee. only company of “Coasties” in the entire not old enough for a vaccination, but she to a condo, also in Alexandria, Virginia.
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first in the 80-years group in a 5K race), and this!” For a while, the poetry class had to As for us, Buzz keeps busy as the medical many of us, has moved to be closer to family Center for Justice Studies in China at UNC fully retired from the practice of diagnostic
they fly their Cessna airplane mostly locally. meet on Zoom, but now they are back in director of the Washington County Hospice, as a result of aging. She moved in April from Charlotte and held adjunct faculty status and interventional radiology now. He spends
They both continue to enjoy time at their person again, though wearing masks. Candy and by teaching online gerontology classes upstate New York to Burlington, Vermont, to at three different Chinese universities. In summers at his small home in Coeur d’Alene,
camp on Friends Lake in the Adirondack continues to take piano lessons and belongs at McDaniel College. Our three children and be just 45 minutes away from their daughter. July 2020 he was presented with the Albert Idaho with his wife. The rest of the year they
mountains. They look forward to hearing to a piano-sharing group. our granddaughter are all doing well in Although they still feel like newcomers, the Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement live in northern Utah near their youngest
from others from Drew, and wish all safe Sue (DuBois) Culhane begins by saying their respective jobs. I am more than busy Vermonters have been very welcoming. She Award as a leader in the field of criminal son. They have two older kids in the Seattle
passage through the rest of the COVID era. something that I’m sure we can all agree on: trying to keep up with all my ”jobs” here at enjoys being closer to family. justice by Marquis Who’s Who. Sadly, in area. Several grandkids keep them busy and
Phyllis (Bailey) Lurvey and her husband “What a truly wacky and often devastating Fairhaven. The most time-consuming ones Meg (Gruver) Newcomer C’64, T’66 notes June 2021, Paul’s wife, Leah, passed away grounded.
Allan sent “greetings from Seacoast New period we have all been living through. are rewriting the resident handbook, which that life is pretty quiet in Mill Valley for now. after a long illness. Paul is currently active Diane (Purdy) Monteleone wrote that like
Hampshire from the Drs. Lurvey.” They Looking back at the innocence of life pre-COVID is now on its 16th (and counting) revised She is grateful for “virtual” offerings of music, as a private research consultant for local law most, she has been retired for a half-dozen
have succeeded in keeping the COVID wolf feels weird.” All of her family is vaccinated version, and leading an effort to repair and lectures, travelogues, etc. The main events enforcement, community programs, and years, and is working hard to fill her time
from their door, thankfully. They have kept with the exception of the youngest, who is restore the columbarium here at Fairhaven. of 2021 for her are two knee replacement international NGOs. now that some of the COVID restrictions
themselves busy in spite of the pandemic too young to receive the vaccine. After two It was great to hear from so many of you, surgeries—one in the spring, and one in the Leslie “Les” Sackett, our oldest alum at have lifted and volunteer work has begun
by reading and doing puzzles, resurrecting weeks of school, there are two reported COVID and hopefully to soon hear from the rest of fall. She is looking forward to being fully 86, reports being in fairly good health. He again. The most interesting thing she reports
some old hobbies like piano playing, cross cases in his school. Students are masked and you. Stay well and hope to see you at our mobile again, and resuming travels, with lives at a “nice old people’s place” called doing is interviewing long-time residents of
stitching and gardening, and developing an tested every day. We are sad to report that 60th Reunion which is not that far away. COVID hopefully more under control. Meg Westminster Winter Park in Winter Park, Hopewell Valley to create an archive for the
avid interest in feeding birds and learning Sue’s husband of 42 years died in June 2019 All the Best, Ellen retired completely from her psychotherapy Florida. Les cherishes his many memories local community. Since she had originally
how to attract bluebirds to nest. (Had three after several years of ill health. She sold their practice this past year, though she had been of Drew, and 28 years teaching English at a planned to major in history when she started
broods this year!) They took lots of meandering
rides to break up the monotony of pandemic
life and are happy to live in New England
family home where they had lived for over
48 years in Arlington, Massachusetts. She now
lives in historic Concord, Massachusetts, where
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(Buckman) Shahzadi
J_B_Shahzadi@yahoo.com
working only part time for several years
since David Newcomer’s T’66 illness and
passing. She has a wonderful community
university in Kyoto, Japan. He moved to Florida
originally to be with his parents, as he was
an only child, and his dad had Alzheimer’s.
at Drew, Diane says this seems like a fitting
activity for the end of a career. Diane is fitting
in some travel and time with family also.
where there is so much geographic variety to her three children are all living within 14 miles Toni (Kenner) Pepe notes that she was one of friends, and also enjoys staying in touch Some earlier items in Les’s life: he was married Gale (Spates) Stevenson says there is not
explore. Armed with peanut butter and jelly, of her “sweet condo.” Despite the pandemic, of the first 13 women ever to attend Colgate, with friends in other places—including in Japan, to a Canadian woman for seven much to report as Drew and she have been
water bottles and apples, and iPhone cameras, she has enjoyed her new surroundings and completing a master’s. She met her husband, several from her days at Drew. years. He still keeps in touch and has visited staying home alone. They are starting to
they found many interesting and scenic met some interesting people. Churches opened John, there and they recently had their Robert Terhune says he and his wife, her in Vancouver, British Columbia. Les reports travel again and will be in New York City for
places, even in their own “backyard.” Allan there in September 2021, and Sue says it will 55th anniversary. Through the New Jersey Hazel, are enjoying life in Salem, Oregon, being happy with his location in Winter Park five weeks. Many of their favorite restaurants
continues his busy psych practice three days be good to get back into some semblance of Shakespeare Theatre, they continue to visit where they have lived now for six years. He and invites anyone living near him to visit. have closed, so they plan to be busy finding
a week, virtually, but moved from the office pre-COVID life. At least, that’s her hope! Drew’s beautiful campus several times a resisted making the move, because friends Richard Villamil and the rest of the new places. They hope that all the walking will
to their finished basement. Phyllis became Helene (Pawlicki) Rhodes sends greetings year, and hope the proposed land sale will he had made in Tennessee were hard to leave Villamil family is COVID vaccinated and offset the eating. They also plan to indulge
involved in a Black Lives Matter quilt project in from rural Lincolnton, Georgia! She and Dusty, not diminish its beauty. John continues behind, as well as their son and grandkids. glad to be safe in Vermont. Richard says the their love of music—opera, chamber, and
which nine UCC churches in New Hampshire her husband of 55 years, were fortunate to to volunteer with the Red Cross and tutor They now live near their daughter, son-in-law, family sailboat on Lake Champlain was sold jazz, which are all on their schedule. Since
participated, in the wake of the George Floyd take a Viking river cruise before COVID struck, students in math, while Toni is still active and their two grandkids, ages 11 and 13. because the skipper was getting too old for they worked in New York for many years,
murder, and also was active in a Zoom book as well as a 60th anniversary reunion cruise with the American Association of University They enjoy being involved with the younger racing and the crew was all leaving for Florida reconnecting with friends is an important
and discussion group on racism and White with classmates from Pearl River (New York) Women, the League of Women Voters and generations’ daily lives. (only to return as a result of the COVID fiasco part of their schedule. They are also making
privilege that was eye-opening and disturbing. High School. Helene and Dusty were completing the Danbury Music Centre’s Concert Chorus. Bob has had a close relationship with the there). The small sailboat on Lake George has plans to spend time in Palm Springs, California,
They are fortunate to have a place on a lake their two-year Spiritual Direction Certification She enjoyed the thrill of being able to present Japan edition of The Upper Room, a Methodist been restored and now the family have more and we hope to hear about their travels in
in southwestern New Hampshire so their at Mt. Carmel Monastery in Canada when the a virtual Messiah and several other virtual church devotional magazine, for over thirty time to enjoy visits from the grandchildren— the next issue. Gale hopes all of us are safe
May–September life feels less restricted, by pandemic hit, so their last intensive was online. performances despite the pandemic! Their some years now. Thanks to the internet, Bob splitting time between their home on Lake and doing well.
being with family safely outdoors, kayaking, She continues doing some presentations in daughter Mara Bishop recently published is still on the publishing committee. He is able George and the homestead in Vermont. Jane (Terrell) Connolly wrote about
swimming, fishing, and picnicking. Early on person and online, and occasionally leads her second book, Shamanism for Every Day: 365 to translate Japanese devotionals he receives Richard’s goal is to get his golf score to the her latest, busy activity. She has been busy
in the pandemic, Phyllis joined a community dream groups (an earlier certification from Journeys. Her first was Inner Divinity: Crafting by email and send them in to be evaluated for mid-80s. He reports that Beverly, his wife, illustrating a series of children’s books written
effort to make masks…57,000 were sewn by the Haden Institute). Helene and Dusty had Your Life with Sacred Intelligence. Her audio CD worldwide distribution through the Nashville has been busy making jams, pickles and by her older brother, Dan, including The Little
local volunteers during the months when they lunch with her Drew roommate Margolyn course on energy work, Shine Bright without office. He is also continuing to translate baked goods to give away to friends and Kobold. (Kobold is German for gnome.)
were scarce! Allan spearheaded a local CROP Young in North Carolina in June. On earlier Burning Out, is slated for release by Sounds articles for the United Church of Christ’s family from their home-grown garden bounty. Currently it is being sold under the title
Hunger Walk fundraiser again, though the plans trips back to Pearl River she has seen Margaret True in March 2022. newsletter, which try to interpret what the Although he has been retired for several The Little Kobold on Amazon and Barnes & Noble,
had to be tailored to fit the circumstances. Campbell and Dan McFadden. She bumps Shirley (Kot) Brand wrote that, like many church is doing in Japan. Bob’s daily devotions years, Richard always has time to help their among other sources, but they are renaming
To everyone’s surprise, a record $38,000 was into Bonnie (Keyser) Williams occasionally of us, things have been pretty quiet during are a mixture of Japanese and English, so he son Richard III (“Rick”) with Aquarius, the it The Little German Gnome to make it easier
raised! Small-town Americans are amazing. in a Pearl River grocery store when she the pandemic. She spent time with two of and Hazel are staying bilingual. With COVID irrigation business they started 30 years to find. There are three stories in the series.
Phyllis reports with sadness the passing spends time in her Pearl River childhood her grandchildren in New York City the day restrictions, movement has been limited ago, whenever Rick needs it. He is currently The second one is titled The Green Witch, who
of her first husband and kids’ dad, Wayne home. Their children and grandchildren before the City was shut down by the terrible this past year, but Bob and family are slowly replacing the 24-year-old irrigation system is not green but is an environmentalist. It
Chase, in August 2021, after several years of are doing well, living elsewhere in Georgia. toll it was experiencing in the beginning of getting able to continue to investigate the for the Olympic ski jumps at Lake Placid will come out shortly. The third book, Mitzy
declining health. He had a very productive She sends her best to everyone and hopes to the pandemic. They saw the last show the beauties of Oregon! They find it amazing that they originally installed for the Olympic and Blitzy, has the familiar cast of characters
career as a physicist for Systems Research make it to a Reunion in the future! night before Broadway lights went dark. to be only an hour from the ocean, plains training center. Two of Rick’s three children from the other books. This one takes place at
Laboratories in Dayton, Ohio, and Raytheon’s Diane (Suter) Powell and Ralph Powell Before the pandemic, she was able to travel and mountains! Bob is planning a cruise are in high school, getting ready for the next Christmas and is the one Jane is illustrating
Missile Systems division in Massachusetts and share that they have had roofers, new floors to Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, and Spain; but to Alaska to celebrate his and Hazel’s 80th phase of their life, while Sawyer is starting in at the moment. It should come out by
Tucson until his retirement. Phyllis closed installed, and two bathrooms redone in the her very favorite trip to date continues to birthdays! the Essex Junction, Vermont, youth hockey Christmas 2022. Jane wishes she had tried
with this invitation: “Several of us are in past three weeks. They say, “We have very be a safari in Tanzania. Her recent treat was Their older son has gotten married again, program where Rick is the co-chair. her hand at this earlier because she would
touch on Facebook or Words With Friends little real news to report. We have had our a trip to Atlanta to see her daughter and to a Japanese woman he became friends Their daughter, Kathryn, is very busy have loved to have made it her career.
and it’s been fun to share our lives with vaccinations and flu shots, and are masking grandchildren. with through his work, and their wedding as the public relations coordinator for the David Leslie retired as chancellor professor
each other that way. I welcome any other in most situations here. Our trip to the UK Francis Rode G’12 wrote that he and celebration is planned for Waikiki, Hawaii. University of Michigan medical system, as of education emeritus from the College of
classmates who might want to become my has been postponed for the fourth time until Susan are retired in southern Delaware. The family will gather there to celebrate, as well as Girl Scout leader with her daughter William and Mary in 2008. His family moved
‘friend’ in either of those places!” next May/June. Things were starting to ease Before the pandemic, he played bridge three well as her parents from Japan. They expect Moira. She also plays the French horn in the to Des Moines, Iowa, in 2012 to be near their
Since COVID began, Candace “Candy” early in the summer, but with the Delta variant, times a week and participated in Pilates twice it will be bilingual although their new medical center orchestra, and is a community grandchildren. Their son, Tom, is Morrill
Ridington was invited to give a regular, we are retreating to April restrictions in church. a week. He is trying to begin bridge again daughter-in-law speaks English very well. COVID organizer! professor in architecture at Iowa State, in
informal class on poetry at Brooke Grove, Singing is very difficult in a mask, and we with sporadic success. Pilates disappeared. Paul Friday reports on his long and active It is also interesting to note that some Ames. Des Moines is a surprisingly livable
a Senior Living community in Sandy Spring, only have an octet instead of a full choir, as Francis is planning to have an 80th birthday career. He retired from the University of former college students of Richard’s are now city with opera, symphony, Triple A baseball,
Maryland. They meet twice a month, and we socially distance. We have gone to one party next April for immediate family and North Carolina at Charlotte in 2016 after teaching science, and some are teaching the a fine art museum, good public transit, and
she has enjoyed it very much! It has also concert at the college recently, masked and close friends in Delaware. Exercise and healthy 46 years of university teaching, including Villamils’ grandchildren in high school! lots of recreational opportunities. David
given her a focus in this COVID time, when showing vaccination cards, and have made eating are more important than ever. He is the University of Wisconsin, The Ohio State Richard reports that the next generation of has volunteered with the Senior College of
so much has been closed down. She says, one trip to the Virginia Fine Arts Museum in happy to still be able to walk and ride a bike. University and Western Michigan University. Villamils are getting ready to make their mark! Greater Des Moines (teaching and serving on
“We all need a lot of patience to get through Richmond. We stay home a lot.” Joan (Meyer) Goodell wrote that she, like When he retired, he was Director of the Ronald “Ron” Rankin reports that he is the board of directors) and helped with the
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Des Moines parks and recreation department’s
annual bike/pedestrian counts. Jan and David
celebrated 56 years together in September
at Central CT State University. I am active
in my church—choir, Christian Outreach,
and Assistant Treasurer—with a plethora
have lightened up on the physical activity
over the years. We are in the heart of ski
country with four ski areas within thirty
Family Album
and can report they are happy, healthy of friends. See photo, page 7. miles. I do not ski, but Jon does. We have
(so far), and enjoying the big Edgewater And Carolyn (Tuttle) Halifax writes: I two grandchildren, Graham Gordon Mooney, Orlay Johnson
retirement community. went to both the 25th and 50th reunions son of my daughter Meghan, and Cody Klein, C’69 diving in the
As for Jacqueline “Jackie” (Buckman) and was delighted to see so many of our son of Jon’s daughter, Allison. I retired in Aquarium
Shahzadi, your class secretary—it has been classmates. I thought Drew wined and dined 2016 after 31 years working as a librarian at
so long since we have had a class column, us especially well on the 50th. Where should Morris County Library in Whippany, NJ, a few
that knowing where to start the update I begin? After my days at Drew, I received miles from Drew. Jon and I have been married
is a challenge. Because of reduction and my master’s in teaching at Colgate. My early for 21 years. In addition to the activities
consolidation in the Southern California teaching years were in Florida, and in 1980 listed above, we enjoy traveling, especially
campus of the University of Phoenix, I was we moved to Simsbury, CT about five miles in England, where I have family, and in the
downsized from my position of the head of away from where I grew up in West Hartford. western United States. During 2020, we made
the College of General Studies in 2016 and I taught social studies in a neighboring town short trips to the Adirondacks and Maine. Now
from the faculty in 2017. I took that as a sign for 27 years. How time does fly! Ted and I vaccinated, we hope to start going farther
that it was time to retire, 10 years past normal retired in 2008. It was his idea, and since he from home. We enjoyed attending my 50th
retirement age. The University, a pioneer was older and we had both been widowed reunion at Drew. See photo, page 7.
in online instruction, has become almost (we married in 1995), it seemed like a good From the West Coast, Frannie Edwards
entirely online, a reasonable accommodation idea. It was, and I am very thankful that writes: “I am co-editor of COVID-19 special
during the pandemic. I enjoyed relaxing until we did. We traveled and just enjoyed the issues for the International Journal of Public
2018, when I had brain surgery for the removal fact that we did not have a structured life Administration and Public Organization Review,
of a benign meningioma. I drive less but enjoy and could spend more time with family. and just finished an article on housing the
a fairly normal life now. I was delighted to Unfortunately, things just don’t always turn homeless during COVID, written with one
attend a Women Graduates International out the way you hoped or planned. In 2015 of my former students. I also just finished an
meeting in Geneva in 2019, including a Ted was diagnosed with dementia and began article on police budgeting and overtime use
tramway trip to the top of Mont Blanc. The what they call “the long good bye.” The with my fellow professor at San Jose State.
pandemic caused our family to miss the good news was that his spirits were good Dan and I are currently working on a Knight
wedding of my grandson in Sedona in 2020… throughout. Sadly, Ted left us in May of Foundation contract regarding government
among so many things we have missed! last year, actually dying of COVID at a local communication and community trust during
nursing home. Since then I have been busy wildland fire events.”
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Class secretary to take over for
Dale Read, who is stepping down
with activities, seeing friends and family. I
continued traveling and met a man on the
Outer Banks whose wife went through the
Mike Conover wrote last year, and I
managed to leave him out. Sorry, Mike!
and here’s his news: After graduating from Orlay Johnson C’69 in a salmon hatchery
from the role and will be dearly missed! similar stages of dementia which Ted did. Drew, my plans were for grad school and a Gary: Gary Zwetchkenbaum C’69
As we have much in common, a friendship job in a high school guidance position (Ha! and his wife Suzie in Las Vegas
69 Jane (Dugdale) Bussard
janenbussard47@gmail.com
First, I want to thank those of you
blossomed. Life goes on and, happily, mine
now has new joy. Looking forward to another
get together, perhaps a 60th reunion.
Me a guidance counselor!? Talk about the
blind leading the blind!). All that changed
the weekend after graduation at a neighbor’s
for their anniversary
who have connected in one way or another. Continuing his very active life, Gary cookout. I met a man who owned a small
It is so good to hear from each of you, including Zwetchkenbaum tells us: Suzie and I celebrated general-contracting company, and the following
those sending a personal note. Personal notes our anniversary this year by traveling to Las Monday I was beginning a two-year stint
I received have said how much you welcome Vegas for a week in June. You would never building custom homes and commercial
the revival of our class news. Agreed! And I know there was a pandemic in Vegas! Personal buildings at the Jersey shore. Work got slow,
convey a group thank you to those who wrote and business friends met us in Vegas. In late and I then went to work for a psychological
to keep our column going; your classmates July Suzie and I went to Boston for a week, testing/employee assessment firm in Princeton.
appreciate your contributions! combining business and pleasure. Suzie and After a couple of years there, I joined a small
Betty (Hazard) Nolte and I meet daily I are both still working full time. Suzie is consulting firm founded by a couple of
in Words with Friends. If you play that the Marketing Director of Radnet, and I have former Booz-Allen VPs to support their
game (I’m janenbussard47) or Word Chums my own consulting company working with executive-search practice. It was a fabulous
(justplainjane47), come join the fun. And public and private companies in healthcare opportunity to work with top executives of
now, here’s our class news. and technology for the past 12 years. We are huge clients (General Mills, Mellon Bank,
Judy Hodgson writes: I bought this circa planning a winter trip to the Caribbean and etc.). While at this firm, I got introduced to
(photo included) 1745 house on Maiden to Europe and the Mediterranean next fall. compensation consulting and discovered the
Lane in Durham, CT, in 1991. It is on the Wishing everyone good health, happiness, work that would become my career. I went
Durham Historical Society’s Walking Tour and prosperity! We’d would love to hear on to join Ernst & Young’s Philadelphia
because the five maidens, after which the from Drew alumni by phone (516)455-7662), office and managed a group serving eighteen Judy Hodgson C’69 and her circa 1745 house in Durham, CT
road is named, lived here in the 1800s. Their email (GZWETCH@AOL.COM) or a visit to mid-Atlantic E&Y offices’ clients. Then to that is on the Durham Historical Society’s Walking Tour
father was the local grave-stone carver and our home at 26910 Grand Central Parkway, Sibson & Company as a principal and owner
a captain in the Revolutionary War. None of Apt 21A, Floral Park NY 11005. See photo, for 15 years. Then to manage Mercer’s Boston
the five women ever married, and they lived page 7. office comp practice for a few years. Then
to their nineties. After Drew, I completed my Ellen Stringer tells us: In July my husband, 9 years on my own and now 10+ years at
master’s degree in Applied Statistics while Jonathan Baldwin, and I moved from Somerville, BDO...still doing compensation consulting...
working in the biostatistics department of a New Jersey, to Big Indian, New York. Our almost 100% executive pay for all types and Daniel, new son
of Erica (Palmieri)
pharmaceutical company in Somerville, NJ. I new address is 40 Phil’s Way, PO Box 171, sizes of organizations...large non-profits are Ellen Stringer C’69 and her husband, Stasio C’08 and
then spent over 30 years in several aspects of Big Indian, NY, 12410. Big Indian is about a big piece of my practice. In 1972, I married Jonathan Baldwin, with one of their her husband
pharmaceutical clinical research in multiple thirty miles west of Kingston, NY, in the my wife, Susanne. We’ve been blessed with grandchildren on their deck in the Catskills
states, ending here in CT as the Director of Catskills. We have owned the property, eight three great children and five grandchildren.
Clinical Data Management for a contract acres with a house and a barn, since 2004. We divide our time between our homes in
research organization. I am retired from that We enjoy hiking, bicycling, cross-country Wellesley and Belgrade, Maine, mingled
career now and teaching statistics part time skiing, snowshoeing and gardening. We with trips to Maryland to visit our children
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Family Album Future Drewids
exploring Wisconsin
Dante LaPenta C’08, Ed Woodrow C’07,
Zack Birks C’09 vacationing with their
Eric Gustav Bossdorf, James Orefice, Peter Bruckmann, Taylor “TJ” Huttner, all C’95 families in Wisconsin
Brian Kluck C’01 and
Chris Canarelli C’01 Chandler, the daughter
of Christine Beckhusen
C’10 and Nathan Hoffman
C’10, visiting her Pop,
Beatrice Wren Horne, daughter of Stefanie John Beckhusen C’82
Rutkowski C’10 and her husband, Nate
Sienna and her
baby sister Riley,
the daughters of
Corinne (Davis)
Friedland C’10 and
her husband, Andy
David Cramer C’08 and Mariel Brady wedding
Nicole (DiBattista) Hayes C’10 and big sister Olivia
with baby Abigail
Jonathan Brennand C’08
and fiancé Seth Colby
Anna Stange C’08 in Iceland
and Oscar on the
Appalachian Trail
Aella Leslie Rutstein,
daughter of Rachel
Friedman C’08 and
Evan Rutstein
Jayme Alfano C’10 celebrating
engagement with Stacie Brown C’11,
Brook Connell C’11 and Cristina Lanzilotta C’10 From left: Kelly Mulholland C’10, Justin Furnia C’10, Heidi Einholz C’10 (bride), David Moosman (groom) Anneliese
Moosman, Julie Thompson C’10 Greg Cooper C’10, Katie (Jans) Fischer C’10
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Family Album and grandkids. My ‘extra-curricular’ activities
have included: helping to organize a volunteer
first aid squad in West Windsor Twp. NJ and
acting, singing, directing and set designing.
She has had several art shows and played a
US Marshall in an independent film, AKA
of C’69 but joined the Army in 1968. After
service in Vietnam as a helicopter pilot, he
returned to Drew in 1971 and graduated
13 years as Borough Council member in Alice. She directs a radio show and a MUSE with us, earning his political science degree.
Pennington, NJ. We’ve managed to make program every year. This year she is directing After graduation through 2002, he was
each of the 10-year ‘milestone’ reunions at A Christmas Carol. She’s also writing a involved in political consulting, wireless
Drew. It is great to see people and amazing children’s book about growing up on a farm communications and leasing, and banking.
how quickly we ‘reconnect’ with one another. in upstate NY. Don went back to flying helicopter medical
I’m extremely grateful to have been at Drew Karen Nelson Lawrence starts in person transport for the University of Pennsylvania
with everyone...all of you. What a special church this week. How has that been working Hospital in 2005 until 2009. He then transferred
time it was...how much we, the university, for everyone? Karen enjoys visiting her daughter to northern Arizona, supporting Flagstaff
the country, and the world changed in those Kristin and her triplet grandchildren every Medical Center and the Indian reservations
4 years. Best wishes for health and happiness week. My grandsons are in Maine, so Doug in the Grand Canyon region until 2015. He
to all. See you at the 60th!?! and I get up there every couple of months. then moved to the Charlotte area with his
There’s something fishy going on with Looking forward to June 2-4, 2022. wife of 41 years, who continues to work for
Orlay Johnson. He sent a confession and Glenn Fulop and Sharon “Sherry” American Airlines.
photos to prove it. Orlay writes: “I still go (Lamprey) Tierra were married in May of Hope you are making plans to attend our
Wedding of Emily into the Aquarium as a volunteer naturalist 2006. After Drew, Glenn and Sharon married 50th Reunion the first weekend in June. It
McCue C’14 and talking about the animals to tell people other people, while remaining friends and will be great to see everyone back on campus.
Paul Harlan C’14, from all over the country. I am also walking staying in touch. Thirty years later, both single, There will be virtual and live events, as Drew
with many local streams, looking for spawning sockeye they rekindled their loving partnership. Glenn, is able to offer them. This will be an Alumni
Drewids present and Chinook salmon, and most important, now retired, worked for many years in retail Weekend, with programming for all graduating
my wife and I are all vaccinated. We are food management in food cooperatives. After classes, so please encourage friends from
just hunkered down trying to stay healthy. Drew, he spent a year working on a merchant other class years to participate as well.
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Nothing new here except the rains have ship, sailing to the Far and Middle East. He
finally returned to the NW big time.” See also worked briefly in law office management Deborah “Beth” Yingling
photo, page 7. and environmental education. Sharon retired dbyingling@gmail.com
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after a 30-year career in social services. She I hope that by the time
Charleen (Duffie) Caulk currently has a small business selling vintage you read this, there is more
charleen8@gmail.com items and craft materials in the online market, normalcy with work, school,
45th Reunion
Greetings! Our class has Etsy. She has two adult children and two travel and other in-person
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been doing great! grandchildren. Sharon and Glenn live in the activities. It has been a long
WEEKEND
Bonnie Clarke writes Champlain Valley of Vermont where they haul, and COVID has taken
52nd Reunion
that in the last 20 years enjoy exploring the natural world—especially its toll on us. As I write this, the news suggests
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she has been fortunate birdwatching, gardening, and going on we are moving in the right direction.
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to engage her whole self adventures with their grandson. Fran (Johnson) Meffen and her husband,
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in raising 3 children with Bill and sending Jack, “retired” from their positions at Dover
them off into the world.Working to keep her David Green Middle School in Dover, New Hampshire in
connection to all things inspires life-giving greendavid@aol.com June 2021. She was a school counselor for
energy. Bonnie works part time in interfaith Robert “Bob” Green reports 21 years and directed the after-school STEAM
Daniel Fleming C’12, G’13 and his bride, Krishna Kothary, celebrated with Drewid friends including relations and keeps in touch with friends and that he and Jane, his wife Academy, provided without any school budget
Andrew Davison C’12, Matt Dunn C’10, Chris Sentmier C’12, Kevin Schwake C’12, Bill Menges C’12, family at their summer place on Barnegat of 38 years, are first-time support. After working 23 years in the world
50th Reunion
Paul Meister C’12, Hannah Hergenhan C’12, Katie Galpin C’12, Allie Carey C’12, Marcela Wilk C’12, Bay. She wishes all of you good health, love, grandparents, celebrating of finance, Jack worked as a Dover Middle
Chris Argese C’12, Dan Fleming C’12
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and work that feeds your soul. the arrival of Daniel Harrison School teaching assistant in tech education
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Marilyn Moore Pikor retired in 2006. In Green in April 2021. They and special education. Fran will continue in
their mid 50’s she and her husband hiked live in Durham, North Carolina. The proud her role as assistant director of the University
to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. Years new parents, Andrew and Rebecca, live in of New Hampshire Tech Camp, which she
later they hiked again, in Switzerland with Charlotte, and Jane and Bob’s younger son, has held for the past five years. She will also
such beautiful scenery it took their breath Adam, lives in Raleigh. Ed Baird, his wife serve as the project manager for an NIH-SEPA
away. They hiked on trails with cows and Patti, and Bruce Johannessen attended the grant, focused on biofabrication and regenerative
goats. They crewed for several years, then younger Greens’ wedding in September 2019. medicine as future pathways for campers at
bought and sailed their own boat for 8 years, Margo Davis has continued voiceover work Tech Camp. Fran and Jack derive even more
sailing the waters of New England. They enjoy and finds herself on camera or on stage from enjoyment from being Mimi and Papi to six
playing bridge and helping care for their twin time to time. She has been teaching arts and grandchildren. Son Allastair and his wife,
grandchildren. While home with her daughters communication classes at SUNY Buffalo during Meg, have Will, 13, and Zachary, 10. Daughter
she ran her own photography business, then the fall semesters. She reserves spring semesters Maggie and her husband, Kris, have Callan,
earned her MS in biotechnology in her mid 40’s. for builds with the global leg of Habitat For 9, and Kiley, 7. Daughter Elizabeth and her
Her last 10 years were working with Pfizer. Humanity—in 2018, Thailand; and in 2019, husband, Adotey, have Chafania, 6, and
Looking forward to the 52nd Reunion! Romania. She finds it eye-opening to immerse Nasir, 1. All three families live in nearby
Elizabeth Phimister Smith and Bruce herself in other cultures. She has her fingers Massachusetts so they get together often.
Smith C’71 have been married 50 years crossed for a build in Africa in 2022. They had a fabulous week on Cape Cod to
next year! They moved to Fredericksburg, Stewart Eidelson still practices spine surgery celebrate their retirement and 44 years of
Va. 6 years ago and love it. They participate in Delray Beach, Florida. His primary hobby marriage. Fran just discovered that former
in the Elder Study Program at the U of Mary is flying his Beechcraft Bonanza, recently biology professor Leland Pollock lives in
Washington and attend lectures and plays to Sedona, Arizona. He enjoys spending as Kittery, Maine, so she hopes to find him for
there. They love to travel and Elizabeth retired much time as he can in the south of France. a walk to the beach!
from teaching art after 28 years. She is active Recounting his most recent retirement, Eugene Lisansky was named to a three-
in her local church, serving as a deacon. They Don Clarke now lives in the greater Charlotte, year term on the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation’s
have 3 children, Douglas, Ellen & David and North Carolina region, on the South Carolina national patient advisory task force. He finds
2 grandchildren Cam & Delaney. She has been shores of Lake Wylie, which straddles the it very rewarding and it gives him direct input
Wedding of Jessica Fortier C’17 and Samuel Zorn C’15 involved with community theatre groups: state line. Don started with the Drew class into several of the Foundation’s programs,
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