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IMPROMPTU MEETING IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRG. IN MAY.
Members of the Class of 2003 celebrate their 9th annual reunion by white water rafting the New River in West Virginia. Matt Dreyfus, Kerry Petersen, Andi Engel
now for us. Come to Wooster in June to see the changes on campus, in town and reconnect with your classmates. You will be glad you came; the things that made Wooster special to you 30 years ago are still special today. Enjoy the winter and I look forward to seeing you June.
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Elizabeth “Beth” Novak Wiggall 3636 Lake Albert Way, Grove City OH 14450 bawraw@att.net
Cheryl Lower Coonahan 2 Brookside Lane, Sterling, Mass. 01564 cheryl@coonahan.com
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Barry Eisenberg 15736 Buena Vista Dr., Rockville, MD 208552656, beyesn@aol.com
This year some of us have hit a certain chronological round number milestone that shall go unnamed by me in this space. Some take such milestones in stride; your class secretary does not! Just because the date on our driver’s licenses doesn’t compute to the “right” demographic for TV executives, marketing suits and other media hipsters…Well, forget them – we should all plan on rocking out for a long, long time. Case in point: Marseille, France’s own Anne Pourreau Eouzan. “The least interesting news to report is that I turned 50 in August. My birthday gift was a bright red 1985 Mini Austin Cooper that goes so well with my stilettos!” After a short, challenging mission as English recruiter for EADS (a global leader in aerospace and related services), 54 Wooster W I N T E R 2 0 1 3
Anne switched jobs in August. She was chosen from 96 other candidates, after four months of tests and interviews, to take a position at Fongecif association as projects and team director. Fongecif provides training and career counseling services to the public. Anne and her husband have two kids: Clémentine (18) and Aymeric (16). “In addition, I'm actively working on the renovation of our apartment in Nîmes,” she writes. “It should turn out to be the perfect place to rent out when I'm done with it.” Need a rental in Nîmes? Contact Anne at acpourreau@free.fr. “Turning 50 in Minnesota,” writes Maryland native, Robin Heginbotham. “I don't know how I managed to turn THAT age or end up HERE. On the occasion of transitioning into Life Part Two, I decided to buy a condo to settle down in St. Paul (sans a suitable career, sans children/husband, sans a clue about winter in Minnesota), cut my hair short and am trying to figure out life.” Robin reports that she has recently reconnected with many Wooster friends on Facebook. “I have lost several friends in recent years (sad), but gained many new ones and reconnected with many old ones in cyberspace (happy),” writes Robin, who keeps in touch with Lorraine and Arun Ranchod regularly. “If anyone is ever in St. Paul, please look me up (robin.c.heginbotham@gt-cs.com). I will take you to A Prairie Home Companion – the live radio variety show which originates here. I’ve actually met host Garrison Keillor, who advises, “Pace yourself through any mid-life crisis as there will be several.” While Elizabeth Dakin (ebd123@comcast.net) had no idea I (Barry) would tie her contribution to a theme built around a certain chronological round number
Nick Knodt '10, Keli Horton '10, Hannah Matthews ’10, Noah Hartley-Shepherd ’11, Erin Palombi '10, Lindsey Becker '10.
milestone, I thought it would be fun to place it here. Betsy writes, “If anyone is interested in warding off cognitive decline, I highly recommend staying mentally active. I work as a senior social worker for a continuing care retirement community in Northern Virginia, and am motivated to take measures to preserve my own memory and am now playing Words with Friends on Facebook with Barry Eisenberg.” Moving right along…Tracey Kotouch (calicocircus@gmail.com) lives in Hilton Head, S.C., and has worked as a freelance artist after earning a double major in art history and illustration from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) in 1995. “When I graduated, the computer boom for art had just begun, so I am now returning to SCAD to upgrade my computer experience with an eye toward teaching figurative and medical illustration.” Tracey has received a returning student scholarship from SCAD and eventually hopes to teach undergraduates figurative drawing “the right way, the way I was taught,” she says. “Catch them young, become a mentor.” Don Sandford (dks.esq1@me.com) checks in from New York: “After leaving Wooster I had a brief but sparkling two-year career in radio, working my way up from intern to news director for stations in suburban New York,” reports Don. Then he transitioned to a decade in the Westchester County government, first as speechwriter and traveling assistant to the County Executive and then as chief of staff for the County Board of Legislators. “I earned my law degree and Certificate of Environmental Law by going to the Pace University School of Law at night,” reports Don, who has been in practice since 2000 and recently served as