CLASS NOTES Facebook page, established for our last reunion. We thank Mary Anne for all she did on that site and welcome Natalee Spiro Franzyshen, who volunteered to keep the page going. Check it out! During a recent trip to York, Pennsylvania, I entered Kimman’s Gifts and realized the owner is Caroline Sutton Morris ’79. Penny Falkowitz Goldstein and husband Dan have lived in Alaska for 30 years. They raised a son and a daughter, and Penny retired in 2012 from BP as a health/safety professional. Her career included working on the North Slope and a stint in Louisiana during the oil spill cleanup. Penny hears from Pattie Neyland Reams and Anne Patterson McKinnon, usually around the holidays. The Goldsteins love Alaska and all its wild, natural beauty including bears, wolves, coyotes, and even lynx, just outside their door. Send whatever news whenever you can, and remember our next
Saunders Williams. President Hurley and wife Rose hosted them for a tour of Brompton and lunch in Seacobeck, and Vice President for Advancement and University Relations Torre Meringolo – along with Dr. Bill Crawley – discussed plans for the restoration of the amphitheater. They also visited Carl’s ice cream. Nancy Miller posted pictures on Facebook. Cheryl Prietz Childress and daughter Thea visited Baltimore in September. We had a terrific girls’ night out and caught up on everything. Thea and husband Eric live in St. Louis, where she manages a theater. Cheryl and Thea remain avid equestriennes. Kathy Duley had her 26th anniversary at the Phoenix Art Museum, and Julie Obarski Simpson celebrated three years at Managed Travel Consulting. My fifth anniversary with the law firm is coming up. Dennis and I vacationed in Bristol, Virginia, at the Rhythm and Roots Reunion last
Lundy Baker Updike ’76 and son Tom Updike ’17 attended the UMW Legacy Breakfast at family weekend. reunion is coming up, so be thinking about what our class should contribute for the 45th.
1972 Sherry Rutherford Myers dllmyers@netzero.com Mary Forte Hayes and husband Jim welcomed two Mary Washington friends to Rockport, Massachusetts, this summer: her hallmate from Mary Ball Hall in 1969, Maryanne Fields Cherry, a third-grade teacher in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina; and roommate Kay Smith Davis, a retired nurse educator, and husband Rob from Hampton, Virginia. Mary is a retired high school principal and consultant. She and Jim circled the globe last year and spend winters in California, closer to three of their six grandchildren. Brenda Franklin had an October mini reunion in Fredericksburg with dear friends Terri Hall Alford, Nancy Mahone Miller, Kathryn Ray, Anne Toms Richardson, Shirley Harris Sutton, and Mary 38
September and might make it an annual tradition.
1973 Joyce Hines Molina joyce.molina@verizon.net Greetings to all! We toured Italy last fall, visiting historic sites and basking in the beauty of the country. We confirmed there is no bad wine in Italy! In August we visited friends at their summer home on Lake Michigan. I understand Mary Sue Warner Weimer continues to travel throughout the world. We’d love to hear from you, Mary Sue! Her Mary Washington roomie, Virginia Davey Addison, and Will welcomed their third grandchild, a grandson, in August. Debra Coffey said Mary Washington “was a place that allowed me to thrive. And I will always be thankful for that gift.” She is still weathering the pangs of empty nest syndrome. She keeps herself busy with Republican politics and a weekly worship service at the local
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Wendy Francis ’76 is program director for Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative. nursing home. Debra, who never purchased a class ring, has a special request: If anyone has a ring they’re willing to part with, contact Debra. Keep sending news. It’s fun to learn what keeps you busy and gives you joy.
1974 Sid Baker Etherington sidleexx@yahoo.com Suzy Passarello Quenzer sq3878@att.com
1975 Armecia Spivey Medlock vagirl805@msn.com Lina Scott Woodall’s daughter, Sarah, married Andrew Vessels in Scottsville, Virginia, in spring 2014. They honeymooned in New Zealand and Tahiti, and live in Arlington. Sarah, who has found her niche with Visit Greenland and the North Atlantic Tourism Association, did consulting work in Greenland, the Faroe Islands, and Iceland for a few months. Keep a lookout for news about our 40th Class Reunion!
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Madelin Jones Barratt madbarratt@aol.com Isabel Garcia, who has been working for NIH as deputy director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, was named dean of the University of Florida College of Dentistry. Isabel earned a doctorate in dental surgery at MCV, then a master’s degree in public health at the University of Michigan. She and her husband, Dr. Ric Bothwell, have a high school senior, Adam. Isabel’s sister, Ana Garcia Chichester, has been at UMW for 21 years; she now serves as professor of Spanish and director of the Bachelor of Liberal Studies program. Bonnie Clarke Powell retired in January 2014 from a career in communications and marketing with the Department of Defense in Northern Virginia. She and her husband, Tony, stay busy playing golf, traveling, downsizing, and planning a move south to
warmer winter climates. Beverly Hudnall Simons also retired from DOD; she left in 2010 after 33 years. She and husband Rick sold their Herndon, Virginia, home and moved to Williamsburg to be closer to relatives. Their older son, Matthew, received a Ph.D. in molecular, optical, and quantum physics at the College of William & Mary. He accepted a postdoctoral offer from NIST in Boulder, Colorado. Beverly, a physics major, remembers Dr. Atalay fondly and studying for his tests with Teresa Smith Houser. Beverly’s younger son, Michael, has a psychology and philosophy degree from VCU and works for UPS in Richmond. Beverly had lunch with Yolande Long in Williamsburg. She hears from Karen Miller Clark at Christmas and reconnected with her, Yolande, and Teresa via Facebook. She saw elementary school teacher Mary Bess Booth Price at their Northumberland High School reunion. Melissa Mann retired from teaching in 2014 and was embarking upon an 18-month mission in Guayaquil, Ecuador. She was studying Spanish and trading her New Hampshire wardrobe for something more suitable to a country on the equator. Lundy Baker Updike attended the Legacy Breakfast at UMW’s Family Weekend with husband of 32 years Jim and son Tom Updike ’17. They sat with Kathy Sydnor ’76 and her two sisters, who also graduated from Mary Washington. Barbara Bryant Zingg lives near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, with Rob, her husband of 38 years. They met the first weekend of freshman year on the front porch of Marshall Hall. He’s a special education teacher at one high school in the county, and Barbara is a math teacher at the other. She has a master’s degree
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