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Margaret “Peggy” Towne D’Albert (Sarasota, FL) I divide time between New York City and Sarasota Florida (winter). We spent part of the summer in Guilford, Connecticut, enjoying grandchildren; three girls and four boys, ages 6 years to 10 months. They run faster and are a lot cuter!
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Judith MacKinnon Ellsworth, (Agoura Hills, CA) Both Reagan and I are doing what we like as long as it is O.K. with the dog. Joan Turner Stingley (San Carlos, CA) We just returned from a small boat cruise on the Danube in Eastern Europe. Nina de Creeft Ward (Santa Barbara, CA) I am still a working sculptor (clay), and am also doing some printmaking (solar print and monoprint classes). I just don’t work as hard as earlier.
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Anne Arthur Gottlieb (White Plains, NY) I’m so sad to say that my wonderful husband of 33 years is suffering from Alzheimer’s. Al was at home until last month, but now needs care beyond what we’ve given him.
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Carolyn Yarnes Woolston (Felton, CA) Working on my 16th historical romance novel and taking harp lessons.
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Rosemary “Betsy” Edmonston Evans-Banks (Tucson, AZ) After 34 years living in the U.K. and nine years of “retirement,” I’m having fun sharing a women’s spirituality group with Suzanne Stofft Nystrom and carving alabaster in my studio.
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Gaye Garrett Izzard (Tucson, AZ) I was in Washington, DC, for the summer—caught up with a lot of friends. Daughter Jordi is there, and son Tres and his wife and daughter live right by Scripps in Glendale. Elizabeth “Betsy” Neighbor Smith (Portland, OR) I have waited 50 years to return to Italy. In July, I visited my dear friend who lives in the northern mountains.
in Bath, in my 34th year there. The Scripps magazines are beautiful—thank you.
I was accompanied by my son and daughterin-law, who rented a gondola and paddled with me around Venice. Charlene Mayne Woodcock (Berkeley, CA) I’ve been working with Jolom Mayaetik, a Mayan weaver’s cooperative, in San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.
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Margaret Scrogin Chang (Williamstown, MA) My third grandson was born in August 2008. Both my parents passed away in 2009. My father was 98, my mother was 101. So the circle of life continues. I treasure the continuing friendship of Scripps women. Victoria Phillips Crouch (Denver, CO) Since retiring as the Army’s 27th vice chief of staff, Bill has served as senior mentor overseeing training for Army units headed to Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo, and is working on a project to return responsibility for security of South Korea to the Republic of Korea army. I travel with him and act as Robin to act as his “Batman.” Sue Strauss Hochberg (Highland Park, IL) I am the new chairman, Board of Overseers, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Los Angeles campus. Susan Sumner Sullivan (Fallbrook, CA) We enjoyed a leisurely trip through the Dordogne Valley of France—it was like stepping back into our humanities course.
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Susan Hopkins Coolidge (Petaluma, CA) I am sad to report the death of my mother, Kathleen O’Melveny Hopkins Roberts ’42, of Alzeheimer’s. Going to Camp Scripps soon after her death on June 10, 2009, was especially poignant for me. Gretchen Haapanen Gilbert (Carlsbad, CA) I recently moved to the beach in Carlsbad to be near my daughter, her husband, and my two grandsons. I spend my time gardening and showing my art in local galleries. I’m finishing two collections of poems and a collection of fresh short stories. In 2015, I will take my final vows as a sister in the Third Order of the Discalced Carmelites. Paula Squire Waterman (Washington, DC) I can hardly wait for my retirement at the end of January 2010, after a long career working in academic and the federal government. Sylvia Morris Young (Bath, ME) I am living in the Maine woods, still practicing reflexology at my office
Sharon Terryl Maldonado (Berkeley, CA) I was honored to be named one of Berkeley’s “10 Outstanding Women of the Year for 2009”. My labor activism and community service began the week after I graduated from Scripps. Heeding the call of a farm worker organizer who visited campus during a school-sponsored workshop, I packed my bags and drove to Delano. Along with many wonderful volunteers, I lent my support to Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, and thousands of striking farm workers. (Later, at 24, I headed up the Boycott in Berkeley. One of the few things to rival sitting in Dr. Palmer’s humanities classes!) Frieda Lee Schwartz (El Paso, TX) I’m loving retirement and playing with my sweetheart, grand-babies, and dogs. I do a small bit of consulting now and again to fund my “play” habits.
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Catherine (Cate) Hubbard Howell (Chapala, MX) My husband, Frank, and I have retired to the shores of beautiful Lake Chapala, south of Guadalajara. He gives classes to local “gringos” in high-fired stoneware pottery, and I am volunteering with the Lake Chapala Society, a vibrant support association for the other retired “gringos” from over 40 nations.
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Paula Cooper Patterson (Gainesville, FL) I’m traveling a lot as a drama therapist and trainer. Still thinking I’m 21.
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Carolyn Jo Kelly Ford (Newton, MA) I’m enjoying my deacon duties at the Wellesley Hills Congregational Church where Doug Eisenhart (brother of Debbie ’67 and Susie ’70) and family also worship.
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