CLASS NOTES
:: Jerry Parke Kinkead ’52 vacationed in Lincolnville, ME with her daughter, Jennifer Kinkead Corkran ’84, and granddaughter, Natalie Corkran ’20.
Mary Bleecker ’27. On her paternal side, Natalie’s great-grandmother, Elizabeth Gribbel ’16, attended Irwin’s before finishing school at Westover. Natalie’s aunts include Cindi Kinkead Farr ’78 and Libby Kinkead ’82, as well as great-aunt Renny Parke Wood ’57. To mention the cousins in this family lineage would require too much ink. Natalie’s elders had to travel quite a distance to school. Elizabeth Gribbel took a pony cart from Wyncote to Jenkintown, where she got a train to Miss Irwin’s in Philadelphia. Mary Bleecker commuted to the city by train from West Chester and Jerry also commuted by carpool and train from West Chester to Wynnewood. Natalie is fortunate to live a stone’s throw away in Villanova. Katherine Hempstead Humm ’55 writes, “The latest chapter in my life began when Bill and I moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan at the end of 2012. We’re now condo dwellers and live five minutes from one of our daughters. Providing chauffeur service for three active grandchildren is one of our new activities, but this fun task takes a back seat to my new role as a docent volunteer at Frederick Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park – a world class destination. New friends, new adventures and travel keep us busy and, thanks to the Internet and Southwest Airlines, maintaining contact with east coast friends and family is relatively easy. It’s said that ‘change is good for the soul’ – the Humms could be living proof of STAY CONNECTED! Please send us your Class Notes for inclusion in the 2014 spring issue by January 1, 2014. You may submit them online at: www.agnesirwin.org (click on alumnae), email them to: alumnae@agnesirwin.org or mail them to: Alumnae Office, P.O. Box 407, Rosemont, PA 19010. We want to hear from YOU!
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this advice! Our door is always open – ‘Pure Michigan’ is worth paying us a visit!”
the mail from me please let me know! You can send an email to Laura.golding@verizon.net.”
Sally Saunders ’58 says, “I’m enjoying living in San Francisco, CA where I read my poetry publicly and am writing more. I recently did stand up comedy, which went over very well and I hope to do more soon. In April, I visited Philadelphia and had lunch with Joan Kremer.”
Linda Golden ’66 shares that her boutique is 21 years old and she is still having fun buying and selling to her dear customers. This year she has a new sales team that includes her two-year-old Maltese, Oliver. She continues to travel with her significant other, Richard, who is also working hard.
Judith Carrigan Sykes ’59 writes, “What a fine year we have had! Hank and I celebrated our 50th anniversary year starting on June 21, 2012, and ending on June 21, 2013. We had several trips abroad – Geneva and Switzerland in September 2012, Ireland in April 2013, and we ended with a family weekend in Newport, RI. In Newport, we enjoyed sailing, shopping, eating and tennis. We also spent a month on Cape Cod, MA with our entire family. I feel very fortunate that my health has allowed me these adventures and that I continue to feel like my old self…not quite elderly yet! I love being in touch with classmates Cathy Tryon Mick, Sara Wetherill Wilds, Sandy Trimble Enck and others through Alix Rockwell Jacobs’ emails to the class. I wish you all a wonderful year and have hopes of seeing many of you at our 55th Reunion!”
Julie Fowle Parsons ’68 writes, “I want to share this picture of my darling grandson who is sixteen months old! Unfortunately, he lives in Los Angeles, CA with his mother and father so I don’t get to see him nearly enough. His name is Izzy and he is already singing into a microphone and matching pitch. I am still practicing psychotherapy at the University of Maryland, College Park where I have worked for the past 15 years. I recently opened my own practice, which is growing faster than I can keep up with. And as always, I am still playing music. Love to all of you. You remain precious in my heart.”
1960-1969 Margaretta Markle Lovell ’62 writes, “It has been a tumultuous and fun year at home since my daughter, her three babies and nanny moved in with me. My academic life has also been full of adventures—taking a graduate seminar to England in March. We braved snow-storms and bitter cold to investigate Tudor and Neo-Tudor architecture and ruins. I have, unexpectedly, published my first essay in Serbian; and, also unexpected, on the home improvement front, I have learned how to reupholster chairs. In June, I was in Bryn Mawr, PA to help my Dad celebrate his 95th birthday, and was lucky to have an opportunity to visit with Elaine Biddle Whitman.” Laura Wheeler Golding ’64 says, “I can’t believe that, after seeing so many classes ahead of us express utter disbelief that they are celebrating their 50th Reunion, we are now one of them! May 2-3, 2014 will mark five-oh years since we tiptoed down the aisle of Goodhart Hall! I have sent questionnaire requests to all of you asking that you send me an update of your ‘last 50 years’ so that we can compile a book, ‘The Lamp – 50 Years Later’ that we will distribute (to our class only) at our reunion, and don’t forget to include a picture or several! Please, please, PLEASE come to Reunion – even if you have never been to one before, please come to this one – they are so much fun! Plus, you will absolutely fall in love with the new building! However, even if you cannot make the trip, please send me your update, and I’ll ensure that you get a copy of the book. If you didn’t get a packet in
:: Izzy, 16-month-old grandson of Julie Fowle Parsons ’68.
Pamela Brown Russell ’69 is a neonatologist at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in charge of front line care givers education in the neonatal intensive care unit. Her daughter Kim Russell ’97 married Gregory Jordan on August 24, 2013 at the Radnor Hunt Club. Kim is the owner of Keystone Veterinary Emergency and Specialty Center in Havertown, PA. Caitlin Russell ’03 is a sophomore at University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine and her son Royce is a fashion designer in New York City, NY. Pam is hoping to have a great turnout for the 45th Reunion this year!
1970-1999 Carol Montgomery Adams ’71 moved from California to Tampa, FL and continues to work in the software industry as vice president of channel sales for a security software company. She has