Class Notes music and loving it. Judy writes, “As president and partner of Pile and Company, I have plenty to do to keep me busy. I am looking forward to our 40th Reunion. How did that happen?! Didn’t we just graduate?”
taping of a TV show in Manhattan. Libby is still very active with her garden club and is president of a small investment club. She has also recently started taking Spanish classes and continues to love to read, ski, play tennis and travel; she hopes that someday she will progress beyond a beginner golfer! Every August, she spends as much time as possible at their camp in Rangeley, ME. She says, “So, if you find yourself nearby, please come and visit!”
Pauline Carlton Sirkin ’72 opened Winslow Interiors, an interior design and architectural renovation company, in spring 2011. Her daughter, Mattie, graduated from the Center of Arts and Technology in Phoenixville, PA and is presently taking a break from her education. Her husband, Adam, expanded his business, Liberty Uplink Inc., into New England. They are big supporters of Main Line Animal Rescue with their three adopted dogs. Susan Alrich Stair ’72 is looking forward to settling in New York City after moving several times. Susan is a part-time art teacher for a non-profit, Studio in a School, in the city. The rest of her time is spent in Rochester, NY, or Lake Ontario, where her husband, Bailis, works. Both of her boys graduated in May 2010 from Swarthmore College and University of Rochester. Dan works in Boston and Chris works in New York City. Susan continues to enjoy making artwork and sharing the joy with her students in the Bronx. Susan Ward ’72 writes, “John and I met in Miami in May 2009. He is from Toronto, and I lived in Wayne. We dated long-distance for about two years and married on April 2, 2011. I am now living in Toronto with John and his five children, ages 9-16, and our black lab puppy, Zoe.”
:: S uzy Ward ’76 with her grandchildren, John III, 11; Tucker, 4; Ella, 6; Katie, 9.
Elizabeth Buck King ’77 is presently living in Greenwich, CT, but finds herself on the road quite often visiting her daughters. Jenny, 22, graduated from Wake Forest in May 2011 and is currently living and working in Jackson Hole, WY. Hopie, 19, is a sophomore at Bates College in Maine and Lila, 17, is a junior at Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts. Her husband, Charlie, is teaching and loving it. He is a seventh grade U.S. history teacher at Greens Farms Academy and is also coaching soccer and lacrosse. As a new empty nester, she is having lots of fun with an empty nester women’s group that meets monthly to visit museums, take cooking classes or attend a
:: J enny, Hopie and Lila, daughters of Charles and Libby Buck King ’77.
Elizabeth Williams Madtson ’77 is living in Colorado and says it has been a wonderful experience after living in Pennsylvania for 37 years. “I still cherish coming ‘home’ every few months to see my family. My husband, Jay, and sons, Jake, 9, and Derek, 8, keep busy with skiing, biking and hiking with our dog Roxy. Jay manages family real estate, and I spend many hours at the boys’ elementary school volunteering. I look forward to seeing my 1977 classmates this May and catching up.”
:: J ay and Bonnie Williams Madtson ’77 skiing with their children, Jake and Derek, in Colorado.
:: S usan Ward ’76 and John Byberg celebrate their wedding with classmates (l-r) Martha Madiera, Suzanne Hooper, Kirven Ringe Talone, Elizabeth Smith and Betsy Moran Legnini.
Mary Masters Opila ’77 celebrated as her son, Chris, graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in International Relations and Economics and an emphasis in the Middle East in May 2011. He speaks Arabic fluently and is presently living in Cairo, Egypt, where he is continuing his Arabic studies at the American University on a CASA fellowship, funded by the U.S. Department of Education. Andrew is a junior at Gonzaga University studying Communications and Electronic Media, Art and Entrepreneurial Leadership. Ryan is a sophomore at Brophy College Prep, a Jesuit high school in Phoenix, AZ. Mary is active in various school and community boards. In her spare time, she likes to hike, garden and read. She just recently hiked rim to rim in the Grand Canyon with a group of friends, all in one day.
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