class notes Associates Inc. The organization is now a member of the Media Consortium working with other magazines as “we transition through the most tragic crises we have lived through in all our years.” Nancy would love to hear from you. Suzie Gerber Offit ’56 said that Sue Askin Wolman was with her at the Chautauqua Institution in upstate New York last summer. She says Sue looked wonderful, still lives independently in Baltimore and sends greetings to all. Jeanne Tucker Zenker hopes to get to Reunion but will be doing a juggling Marie Woodbridge Thompson ’50 met with act between a granddaughter’s wedding Sasha Peterson ’16, the recipient of the and her grand-twins’ graduations Class of 1950 Scholarship. on the same day in late May—Peter Marie Woodbridge Thompson from Georgetown and Isabella from reports that Reunion went very well St. Lawrence. Jeanne stays in touch for those who attended. The class with Joan Andrew White in Mystic, continued the tradition of wearing Conn., and Marge Erickson Albertson red-and-white scarves, handmade by and Margie Weeks Owens in Florida. Dorothy Hyman Roberts. The scarves As class agent, she reports that our made the class stand out during the class did very well in the annual giving alumni parade — many thanks to program this year, and she looks Dorothy! forward to 100 percent participation at Reunion. Our sympathies to Phyllis Hoffman Driscoll, who sent news of the death Correspondents: Barbara Wiegand Pillote, of her husband, Frank, last April at age 3200 N. Leisure World Blvd., Apt. 517, Silver Spring, MD 20906, rpillote@aol.com; Justine 90. Phyllis plans to stay in Hilton Head, Shepherd Freud, 100 Somerby Drive, Apt. close to friends and golfing buddies 3171, Alpharetta, GA 30009, freudianslip1@ dating back to 1986, when she and comcast.net It was 68 years ago—in September Frank first moved there. One of her neighbors is Julie Ahearn Walsh ’49. 1947—that we entered Connecticut College. Wow! Remember our first night Phyllis plans to visit her daughter in New Hampshire from time to time. together in the Thames dining hall? Class president Mona Gustafson President Rosemary Parks identified Affinito sent news of her frightening us as a class of 200 ‘highly selected’ young women, the Class of 1951. Bring automobile accident last April, which totaled her car and left her with a your memories to Reunion next June! Barbara Weigand Pillote reports: compression fracture of the lowest vertebra and several broken ribs. Our third grandchild, Sarah, was married in early September at a lovely Following three months in a back brace, she and son Doug went on a golf course venue in York, Pa. She has cruise to the Shetland Islands, Iceland a doctorate in neuropsychology, and and Norway — “a meaningful rehab husband, Jeff, is a lawyer. It was experience.” Mona would love to hear truly a joyous family occasion. June suggestions for Reunion activities: 3-5, 2016, is on our calendar. Put it forgivenessoptions@earthlink.net. on yours. Apologies to Claire Goldschmidt Pat Roth Squire and her husband Katz: The winter issue incorrectly visited the “incredible exhibits” at stated that her three daughters lived the Norman Rockwell and Van Gogh nearby in New England; in fact, they museums, and also saw art from live in Washington state. And it was her Maine’s most-renowned museums, featured at the Portland Museum of Art daughter who had gone to Smith; Claire in the exhibit Directors’ Cut: Selections does not have a granddaughter! from the Maine Art Museum Trail. Her great-grandson Micah’s first birthday Correspondent: Jane Law Venell, 6500 Ivy Way, was in early September. Edina, MN 55436, jvenell@gmail.com Nancy Bath Roof continues to lead Jane Law Venell thanks all who “a full and flourishing” life, working answered her email, especially Beverly with a fantastic team at Kosmos
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Quinn O’Connell for her suggestions and enthusiasm. Shirley Lukens Rousseau and Dick have family on both coasts and divide their year between Berkeley, Calif., and Lyme, Conn. Shirley participates in book clubs and water aerobics, and she passionately supports environmental causes and the preservation of open spaces. Monique Maisonpierre Wood lives in an active retirement community in California, where she and her husband bike 100 miles a week and hike in Tahoe. Last year, Monique traveled to Patagonia and went to Croatia in September. Three years ago, Ann Busker Penfield moved to Phoenix, where she now feels very welcome and at home. Her daughter moved with her, and her son lives nearby. She still gardens—a “very different enterprise in the desert.” She enjoys opera, ballet, theater and lots of book clubs. In July, Barbara Guenzius Gridley visited Jean Lattner Palmer in San Francisco and Jane Law Venell in Minneapolis. Barbara’s granddaughter got married in August 2014. Barbara’s 60th wedding anniversary was in September 2014. Sadly, her husband, Bill, died the day after Thanksgiving that year. Bill was a good friend to many of us, and we shall miss him. Barbara summers in Norfolk, Conn., in a home that Bill designed. She is retired from teaching at St. Bernard’s School in New York. Jean Lattner Palmer represented her family last May at the annual Arbor Day Foundation dinner honoring her great-grandfather, J. Sterling Morton, who founded Arbor Day. Jean’s speech “exceeded her allotted two minutes.” After wintering in Naples, Fla., Fairfield Frank Dubois and Art return to Northfield, Ill., every June to be near friends and family. Last summer, 25 children, grandchildren and significant others gathered to celebrate their 60th anniversary. There were two sets of identical twin grandsons in attendance, as well as one set of triplets. Fairfield and Art also enjoy visits from children, grandchildren and friends in Naples, as well as trips to see family in Montana, Connecticut and Maryland. Recently retired from her job at Cornell Medical School’s Department of Reproductive Medicine, Jean Hewitt Thomas “misses work so much.” She has been dealing with her house, which sold in just one week. Lynn Tresenfeld Singer has retired
from “the madness of the corporate world” and is a volunteer with the Volunteer Center of Bergen County and the Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative. She plays bridge and golf and, “for fun,” plays piano duets with a friend. Following her passion for education, Sue Rockwell Cesare works for the Connecticut Association of Independent Schools and for 25 years was head of the King Low Heywood Thomas School, where her youngest grandchild is in first grade. Geri Wright, now a semiretired professional photographer, lives in New York’s beautiful Adirondacks, where she skis and canoes. Two years ago, she exhibited a retrospective of her commercial, editorial and artistic work. Dorothy Bunny Wood extends a warm welcome to classmates, whom she would love to see. She winters in West Palm Beach and spends June through October in Cincinnati or Sun Valley. Helen Fricke Mathieson, now living in a retirement home in Pittsburgh, still gathers with friends and family at her camp in Squam Lake, N.H. She “sort of keeps up with our College, and it is in great shape.” Helen spends the winter months in Boca Grande, Fla. Sara Klein writes of a “major event” in her life. She and Andrew celebrated their great-grandson’s preschool graduation, and they celebrated their 65th anniversary in the spring. Sadly, at this time of our lives, there are the inevitable obituaries: Marguerite (Pidge) Hoadley O’Connell died in December 2014. Jean Hewitt Thomas writes that Pidge died at home as she would have wished, “running her household, active in her causes, watching the birds.” Gloria Jones Borden died on May 16, 2014. We remember her musical and theatrical talents at CC. She worked as a professional actress, a speech pathologist and a professor of speech science. The Class of ’52 sends sympathy to Pidge’s and Gloria’s families and friends.
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Patricia Mottram Anderson lost her husband, Ernie, on Dec. 8, 2013. Allis Van Voorhis D’Amanda’s husband, Louis, died in January 2014. We send our condolences. Patricia Mottram Anderson’s
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