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gardening and native plant landscaping, with three acres of native grasses and flowering plants. “I urge everyone to plant milkweed to attract the monarch butterflies, which are becoming very scarce.” Carolyn is busy with travel, grandchildren, visiting art exhibits, attending music performances and playing golf. Millie Price Nygren wrote a beautiful note reflecting on the mantra of new CC President Katherine Bergeron: “Think. Do. Lead.” Millie reminisced about her time at the College, especially the challenge she faced to succeed and live up to the expectations of her family, when she admits she had little confidence in herself as she started College. She recounts how the opportunities at CC and encouragement of her family led to a career initially in teaching, and then in computer engineering until her retirement in 2005. Millie raised a family and was involved in USA Swimming, and later became reconnected with the College, enjoying friendships with presidents Norman Fainstein, Leo Higdon and, now, Katherine Bergeron. “Think. Do. Lead. These words connect our past to the future. It is exciting to visit the campus and see what is happening there. I have returned each year…since our 50th reunion. I look forward to seeing many of you come back for our 55th.” Ann Conner Polley and Ralph traveled to Beijing, China, last spring, exploring the city’s sights and the Great Wall. “We had an interesting trip to a hutong, an older street, where we had lunch with a retired couple.” Ann regrets missing Susan (Toodie) Green
Foote’s funeral while she was away, although Gail Turner Arcari tried to get in touch. Ann had lunch with Ann Milner Willner, who moved last spring to St. Augustine, Fla., where she and Chuck are still hiking and enjoying life. Frances Gillmore Pratt had a quiet summer in Cambridge, Mass., and at their house in Vermont. They were busy with their five grandchildren and all their activities through the fall. Renee Cappellini Slater celebrated her 75th birthday by spending five days in May walking on the Camino de Santiago in Spain with her three daughters. “They think we should go every year until we cover the whole distance, if I last that long!” Renee is chairperson of the local community newspaper committee, learning desktop publishing to bring the paper up to date. Louise (Weezie) Lane Talbot had a quiet summer in Katonah, N.Y., while her husband recovered from major knee surgery. They were planning to spend the Christmas holiday in the Galápagos Islands with their children and grandchildren, followed by a visit to Cuenca, Ecuador. “We spent New Year’s 2013 in the Andes, in the little town of Otavalo, before returning to Charleston for the rest of the winter.” Weezie feels out of touch with classmates and wishes for a class reunion in the New York area. Betsy Froment Brown and Jim are busy with retired life, spending most of their time in Morristown, N.J., with numerous hobbies. Last year, they renovated their summer cottage in Pennsylvania, insulating it for fall and spring. Three grandchildren are nearby in New Jersey and two are in Oregon, so
summertime brings a vacation reunion in Pennsylvania. “All is well, but we do admit to moving a little slower!”
1961——— Correspondent: Leslie Pomeroy McGowan, 2606 Essex Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, lesliemcgowan@aol.com
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Correspondent: Seyril Siegel, 17263 Boca Club Blvd., Apt. 2, Boca Raton, FL 33487, seyril@ gmail.com
Jane Levene Zuckerman retired a few years ago from Binghamton University. She and husband Mike bought a home in Sarasota, Fla., and plan to winter there while enjoying summers in upstate New York. Their children and grandchildren are in New York City and Vermont. Lately, Louise Brickley Phippen has been taking four or five classes a semester at the University of Delaware’s Lifelong Learning Institute (Renaissance art and European history) and tutoring privately after school. After rupturing her Achilles tendon (ouch!), she has resumed playing tennis and doing yoga. Her three sons are all married and employed, and the seven grandchildren are growing like weeds. She had a good summer visit with Carol De Luca Steiner and occasionally hears from Margo Conderman Arnold and Susie Eckert Lynch. “I am still impressed by and proud of our wonderful 50th reunion in 2012.” Sue Feldman Copeland lost husband Klaus Pichler on June 30, 2014. Hilda Kaplan Zinner was by her side during the whole ordeal. At the same time, Sue was combining
Class of ’63 get-together in Ashton, Md. Back row (L-R): Constance Cross, Barbara Drexler Lockhart, Chantal LeHouerou, Helen Frisk Buzyna and Susan Young. Front row: Wallace Coates Paprocki (left) and Virginia Olds Goshdigian. 54
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nutrition, acupuncture and visiting the gym to regain her ability to walk. This fall, she started playing golf for the first time in seven years! She met her husband on a golf course in 1994 and they married in 1997. The Class of ’62 sends condolences to Sue and her family. Norma Gilcrest Adams moved to New Jersey in June, not far from her daughter’s family in Far Hills. Anne McClain Johnston introduced Norma to her bridge club, and Norma plans to join a women’s club and do some volunteer work. I (Seyril Siegel) continue here in Boca Raton playing tennis and bridge, and volunteering with the Red Cross and the UUFBR. Keep those notes coming!
1963 ——— Correspondent: Bonnie Campbell Billings, bsq22@aol.com
Continuing a 40-year tradition, Helen Frisk Buzyna, Connie Cross, Susan Young, Wallace Coates Paprocki, Barbara Drexler Lockhart and Chantal LeHouerou (senior year exchange student from Paris) gathered at the home of Ginny Olds Goshdigian in Ashton, Md. They caught up on family news, travel experiences and health issues, and discussed “how and where we hope to live as we age. Our gettogethers become more precious as the years move on.” Another mini-reunion: Linda Osborne, Carolyn Boyan Raymond, Susan Hall Veccia and Lonnie Jones Schorer, all former postCollege roommates in D.C., joined Debbie Morris Kullby at her home
Chance encounter: Phoebe Pier Fairburn ’63 (left) ran into Lonnie Jones Schorer ’63 in Prouts Neck, Maine.
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