1966
Left to right, Beth Lorenz Wagner, Arlene Wattis Gates, and Diane Morton Arbaugh, class of 1959.
’64 50th Reunion Greetings from Janet Atkinson Gottshall. We are gearing up for our 50th reunion next spring. Let’s all try to save Alumni Day, Saturday, May 3, 2014, to visit AFS, renew our friendships, and enjoy our memories. Please let me know your ideas for a fun and meaningful gathering of our great class (contact the alumni office for my contact information). Save the dates now – we need everybody to attend!
1965 Stephanie Mitchell writes, “Five of us from the class of 1965 have had annual reunions for the past three years. The included picture is of the five of us at our reunion in September, 2013, which was held at Sally Atkinson Woolston’s home in Guilford, Connecticut. We are hoping to meet in Paris next year, where Stephanie Brooks Dains lives part of the year.”
Frances Conkey Trafton writes, “After a summer of mediocre gardening, it’s back to fall commitments in full swing: working for the National Affairs and Legislation Committee of the Garden Club of America, focusing on environmental issues, policies, and federal legislation, singing in a small group of mixed voices, harkening back to singing madrigals in the Octet at AFS, lots of indoor tennis, and I am currently in the midst of preparing for a debate in mid-October in a women’s debating organization. My topic this time: national security does not justify the U.S. government’s surveillance of its citizens. My partner and I have been assigned to support that statement and argue for change. I have enjoyed three trips to Olympia, Washington since my first grandchild was born there in April, Elena Grier Hudson, to my daughter Kate, a 7th grade science teacher, and her partner, Kellie. We look forward to their visit here for Christmas. My other two children will be married next year, Liza in Brooklyn, NY in June, and Ted here in Providence next October. My husband and I are delighted with our expanding family! A retired orthopaedic surgeon specializing in the care of orthopaedic trauma and residency training, Peter is currently in Kumasi, Ghana, helping with their residency program there, and promoting ties with American-trained surgeons and residents. Shortly after his return (and my debate), we will gather with his siblings in Boulder, Colorado for our annual family meeting. Happily, it has stopped raining there, and I will also be able to visit
with AFS classmate Alison Conn Richards who lives there along with Nancy Salkin Cooper, visiting Alison from Doylestown!”
1968 Becky Van Buren writes, “I continue to love teaching as lead art teacher at Mackintosh Academy, a pre-K through 8th grade, IB independent school in Littleton, CO. My youngest son will be a senior in high school this coming year – last of four! After being widowed for 10 years I’m engaged to be married on June 21, 2014, so the news is all good!
Becky Van Buren ’68 and fiancée, Steve, visiting sons in NYC.
’69 50th Reunion Please save the date of May 2, 2014, for Alumni Day at AFS and the celebration of your 45th reunion. The Alumni Office is now recruiting for Class Reunion volunteers. If you are interested in helping organize your reunion, please contact Jordan Bastien, Director of Alumni Relations. Jenny French has bought a little local house built in the 1740s and is scrambling to make it livable in the modern age: (re)building stone walls and adding gardens, a kitchen area, stained glass windows, a study, cat scratch posts, ad infinitum. She is super-proud of her son, Mike Theophano ’09, who is walking in her old shoes as a book editor in the Big Apple.
1970
left to right: Sally Atkinson Woolston, Nancy Larzalere Puff, Stephanie Brooks Dains with Tulip, Stephanie Mitchell and Nancy Abel Hoffenberg.
Stephanie Hindin Katz writes, “For almost five years my husband, Stan, and I have lived in Summit County, CO. Our home is at 9,000 feet and we are within 30 minutes of five major ski areas. I am a member of the summit County Rotary Club... any Rotarians visiting?”
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