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ClassNotes WEDDING OF JEFFREY WRIGHT '05 AND KATE DILLEY '06, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., AUG. 18, 2012.
Beth Skelton '05, Sarah Hamerstone '06, Bill Wright '84, Kim (Chambers) Fox '06, Wil Burton '05, Sue (Wright) Carlson '82, Margaux Day '06, bride, groom, Patrick Bourke '05, Jeff Maceyko '05, Drew Hillyer '05, Sue Nickel-Schindewolf ’82. Not Picture: Eric Seling ’05.
and the water began to flow was attended by hundreds of people, many in their traditional tribal dress. Ruth writes “I will treasure the scene when the water came out, as long as I live. The crowd literally erupted – laughing, crying, shouting, singing, dancing, hugging, kissing, and jumping around. It was beautiful beyond belief.” Ruth was deeply moved by the love, appreciation, generosity, and joy everyone expressed during her stay and by the beauty, creativity, and simplicity of their lives. Her dream of doing a special project for people in need was fulfilled; she views the project as a gift from the Lord, as only He could supply the wind, water, and his divine guidance.
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Larry Vodra 51 High Ridge Rd., Brookfield, CT 06804-3517 JLVodra@aol.com
Here’s a mini-biography from Bill Hoppes: “After Wooster, I went to Western Reserve University (Now Case) Medical School, graduating in ’65. I married Dorrie in ’64. I interned at Cleveland Metro Health, and did my residency and fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the Cleveland VA, Metro, and University Hospitals. This was interrupted by two years as an army doctor in Vietnam (eight months in the jungle with a field artillery unit keeping myself alive, and four months at a hospital treating malaria and all sorts of tropical diseases), and the second year at Ft. Lewis, Wash. I then joined the infectious disease faculty at Indiana University ’73-’78, before coming back to Ohio, at NEOMED, in Canton, Ohio, teaching and practicing infectious diseases, especially HIV/AIDS, begin44 Wooster W I N T E R 2 0 1 3
ning in ’81 with the first case in Ohio, a hemophiliac. I am now retired from patient care, but I still do some teaching. Dorrie and I have three kids, two boys, one girl, the first boy born when I was in Vietnam, and two granddaughters. We enjoyed skiing, golf, and tennis, now down to golf at our age, and going to professional sports events. I'm Fellow of ACP and IDSA, have several publications, but can't beat my wife in golf. We travel to see the kids/grandkids as often as possible.” Last summer, Anne (Clausen) Whitney sold her house in Pittsford, N.Y., and moved to a summer cottage in Henderson Harbor, N.Y. Then, her four children and 11 of 12 grandchildren came to visit during July and August. By the time you read this, she will be at her winter home in Naples, Fla. Tressa (Mahy) Mangum still works at the University of Northern Colorado, so she is limited to summers for her vacation. Last summer, she and her family escaped the hot Colorado weather for a week’s vacation at Zephyr Point, Nev., which is on the southeast corner of Lake Tahoe. She said that the water was as cold as she remembered it from her first visit there some 42 years ago! When she returned to Greeley, she had the largest crop of apples on her trees than ever before. Thankfully, the summer wildfires didn’t affect her home. Last summer Donald and Karen (Kinkel) Barnes relived their eight years in China by returning to their previous postings in Beijing and Nanning. In addition, they delivered four lectures on U.S. environmental policy at three universities, took in sights that they had missed before, and spent three weeks in Inner Mongolia teaching oral English to Chinese middle school English teachers from the
countryside. Now back in the U.S., they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary, even as they continue to assist (via e-mail) various Chinese scholars with publications in English, on topics as far ranging as pre-diabetic conditions, the history of WWII, educational reform, and nuclear physics—all with Chinese characteristics. In September, Hewett Mulford went on a cruise for his 25th Anniversary with Mary Ann down the Rhine River and visited Chamonix (where he climbed Mont Blanc in 1983). Mary Ann was an Army “brat” who had logged some 32 different addresses before settling down in Lebanon, Ohio, where they now live. Hewett is retired, but it very active with social media. You can view his website by Googling “Fortune Cookie Haiku.” This gives him another pulpit where he can put his education at Wooster and Union Theological Seminary (NYC) to work.
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Jane Arndt Chittick 192 Valencia Lakes Dr., Venice, Fl. 34292 jachits@sbcglobal.net
Genie Henson Hatch 1337 Hampton Rd., St. Charles, MO 63303 hatch_d@sbcglobal.net
Born and raised in New York City, Marilyn Morrill Wallace and her husband of two years, Lee, decided to move to rural Vermont in 1969 before starting a family. Marilyn continued her career as a social worker until her children entered school, when she became interested in education. In her early 40s, she returned to school for a master’s degree and a teaching license. One fond memory she has from her first position as a Chapter One (as it was then named) reading specialist concerns “an enthusiastic student returning to her classroom to announce that she had been successful completing chapter one and that tomorrow she would tackle chapter two.” Marilyn then moved into the classroom and taught fifth grade for 20 years. In retirement, Marilyn has put this background to use as a tour guide at the State House and a docent at the Vermont Historical Society Museum. She also tutors adults through the adult education program. The Wallaces enjoy the outdoors, which is the reason they moved to Montpelier in the first place. They canoe often, hike, and share their love of nature with their grandchildren. Remember the guy with the hearse our freshman year? Shortly after he left Wooster after the first semester of our sophomore year, its owner, George Weisenbach, was drafted and earned a commission in the National Guard. Following his service in the armed