Edes Powell Gilbert '49 enjoyed a lunch with fellow alumnae Jeanne Seebe Manser '52 and Debbie White Andersen '52 in Florida this March.
1952 Martha Manheim Green RC
1953 Nora Palen Roberts CA CS Joan Parker Wofford CA
1954 Constance Black Engle CS Judith Owen Bates Lopez CS
1955 Jackson Bryer CA CS Gail Richards Tirana CS
As reported by Gail Richards Tirana: Paul Allersmeyer spent three weeks on a Semester at Sea cruise up the Amazon. Anne Carriere is reading a lot about the Middle East and is about to start Art Goldschmidt’s textbook. JohnDePauw is doing therapy at the University of Maryland for aphasia. George French writes, “I have a new hip. Soon I will qualify as the bionic man. Only problem now is airport security. Happy Days." Ellen Friendly Simon writes, “My foray into English Country Dance has ended after a six-month trial. Just too mental for my shrunken brain. Now thinking of joining the Ethical Culture Society here in White Plains. I’ve gone to their meetings a few times and am quite impressed. The members bear the closest resemblance to my happy days at Friends as I’ve found since graduation. They have interesting discussion groups, speakers, Ladies Night
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Out, book clubs, etc., so there are many opportunities to widen my social contacts which I feel have diminished to an uncomfortable level. It would be a comfort to be part of a concerned and socially active community in these despairing times.” Arthur Goldschmidt writes, “Louise and I have sold our house and moved less than a mile to a Quaker-managed continuing care retirement community called Foxdale. Our apartment has a great view of Mount Nittany (in case you ever wondered why Penn State sports teams are called Nittany Lions; and, yes, I did write an article on memories of Joe Paterno)." Anthony Manheim writes, “Little change, still (52 years) renting an apartment in Brooklyn Heights. Still maintaining a 335-year old farmhouse, as well as a 22-year-old sloop, but have all but abandoned the ambition of sailing her across the Atlantic (a cruise to Bermuda, another to BVI & Gaudeloupe 5+ years ago may have to suffice). But news: a grandson, Jamison Arthur Scott, born to my daughter, Sarah Duart, in early November—right on his due date (surely not my genes!)—joining his older sisters, Caroline Simone, now 5, and 2½-year-old Elizabeth Anastasia (she has a Ukranian great-great-grandmother on her father’s side). Still happily connected after 15+ years to Elaine Serlin Reiss, whom many of you will remember from our last class reunion brunch which she hosted in Peter Schrag’s absence. Brooklyn Bridge ‘Park’ (no park, but great new public space) has been my major “public benefit” activity. Stephen Mittenthal writes, “You got me roused from my septuagenarian splendor and will share accordingly. All is well in Arizona (the strangest place on earth). We get east to Bethesda, Maryland, regularly to see granddaughters Sydney (almost 4) and twins Alexandra and Samantha (2 on April Fools Day, of all ironies). We plan to take an Adriatic cruise in May and spend some time in Venice before it sinks altogether. Gail Richards Tirana remarks, “A name in FS Class Notes can yield surprises: A Washington Square sandbox playmate saw my name, emailed, and we filled in all the decades. Amazing. So keep writing.”
David Wartels CS Wendy Weil CS
1958 Nicholas Etcheverry CS Thomas Munnell CS
1959 Frederic Buse CA Helen Davis Chaitman CS
1960 Elizabeth Peale Allen AC Catherine Munnell-Smith CA Elizabeth Lyons Stone CA CS Derek Van Hoorn CS
1961 Barbara Hertz Burr CS
1962 Jean Seligmann CS
1963 David Lowry CS Stephanie Van Hoorn CA
Melanie Buse Bussel retired after 30 years in the publishing business and now devotes her time and considerable energy to helping former prisoners of war. She is Chapter Commander of the Hudson Valley Chapter AXPOW, the largest in New York State. She lives with her husband in
1956 Peter Filene CS
1957 Stephen G. Rostand CA John Schwartz CS
Melanie Buse Bussel '63 with her rescue dog, Evangeline