Class Notes

Correspondents are needed for the following classes: 1966 and 1976. If you are interested in being a correspondent for your class, please contact Director of Alumnae Relations Stephanie Meyer at bulletin@danahall.org or (781) 489-1365 to learn more. Being a Class Correspondent is a wonderful way to keep in touch with your classmates and help share news and announcements with the Dana Hall community. Please share your news with your Class Correspondent by October 15, 2022, for inclusion in the next issue of the Bulletin. If your class does not have a correspondent, please email your notes to bulletin@danahall.org or mail them to Class Notes, Alumnae Relations, Dana Hall School, 45 Dana Rd., Wellesley, MA 02482. All notes are due to the Alumnae Relations Office no later than October 30, 2022. Photograph submissions are welcome; however, in order to run a photo, it must be high resolution. That is, it must be at least 300 dpi at a 4x6 inch print size. If it takes up more than 1 MB of memory, it is probably high enough resolution. Please do not embed pictures in text. Please note Dana Hall reserves the right to edit, format and select all materials for publication to accommodate news from nine decades of classes. This includes photos that do not appear because of their small size or low resolution. Due to the long lead time for the Bulletin, we refrain from publishing news about pregnancies.

Class of 1937

Coast Guard veteran Jean Benson Wells turned 105 on May 30 and was the grand marshal of the Westport, Conn., Memorial Day Parade on her birthday. Jean was inducted into SPARS, the women’s division of the Coast Guard, on January 15, 1943, and served at the U.S. Naval Special Hospital in Palm Beach, Fla. She attained the rank of Yeoman 2nd Class and was discharged on September 1, 1945.

(Photo courtesy of Ted Horowitz.)

Class of 1941

Eleanor (Ellie) Herz Swent recently released her book, “One Shot for Gold: Developing a Modern Mine in Northern California,” which traces the history of the McLaughlin Mine in Napa County, which was California’s most productive gold mine in the 20th century.

Class of 1943

Jacqueline (Jackie) Hope O’Leary G08 10 Longwood Dr. Westwood, MA 02090 (781) 329-8426 jaol950@gmail.com

Nancy Erickson Murphy out in Sequim, Wash., had a fall and was in rehab. Her husband Cal, who is over 100 now, shared the news.

My (Jackie Hope O’Leary) granddaughter, Jackie O’Leary ’08, married Joe Greene on May 7. It was a lovely day. I’m still at Fox Hill, enjoying the music, bridge and the people. It’s a fabulous, wonderful place.

Class of 1946

Peggy Smith Pratt passed away peacefully on February 10 in Burlington, Vt. Her children, including Dana graduate Karen Pratt ’72, and Peggy’s sister, Betsy Smith ’51, were so grateful to spend wonderful times with her during her later years, and were with her during her final weeks. Peggy graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in philosophy from Smith College and, as President of the Smith College Club of Vermont, she inspired young women, including her daughters, to attend the college. A talented writer, she served as president of the Southern Vermont Branch of the National League of Pen Women and, in conjunction with the University of Vermont, initiated Community Adult Education classes in Rutland, where she lived for much of her life with her husband, Dr. William Pratt, and their seven children. Well known for her artistry, she played the piano beautifully, and was a painter and sculptor. Peggy was a natural athlete who enjoyed swimming, skiing, sailing and golf. She shared her love of education, music, sports and public service with her children, whose lives were so blessed by her warmth, kindness, intellect, humor, optimism and generosity of spirit.

Class of 1948

Collette Johnson Taylor 20252 Millbrook Dr. Abingdon, VA 24211 (207) 967-2352

Class of 1949

Virginia (Ginger) O’Hearn Broadbent P81 88 Notch Hill Rd. #157, North Branford, CT 06471 (203) 208-1475 virginiabroadbent@frontier.com

Thank you to all who contributed to our ’49 column. It is lovely to hear from so many of you. I (Ginger O’Hearn Broadbent) hope more of you will be in the next issue of the Bulletin. Now the news.

Mary (Maizie) May Donald said, “No news is good news.” She is still living in her house in Acton, Mass.

Norma (Billie) Fisher is in Gainesville, Fla. Both she and her friend are fine. Billie is no longer traveling, but manages to keep herself busy.

Nancy Redway Ford writes, “I have a grandson getting his Ph.D. in clarinet performance and teaching. He will be looking for a teaching job at a university with the hope that there is a symphony orchestra nearby where he can play. His brother is also a musician and graduates from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee with a major in oboe performance. He has been accepted into the master’s program at the New England Conservatory and will study under the first oboist in the Boston Symphony, John Furillo. One granddaughter

is engaged and has plans to be married sometime in 2023. She is completing her freshman year at Colby College and loves it. Her sister, who is a high school junior, is looking for her dream school. We’ll see where that will be. Life at Essex Meadows is good. We no longer have to wear masks, can have dinner in the dining room and pretty much have gotten back to normal. Keep well and many thanks for all you (Ginger) do to keep our class together.”

Alison Osgood Fowler writes “I still have my condo on Marblehead Harbor. My daughter lives just across the bay, so I see her often. Son Clarke lives in Florida, which is a good place to visit in the winter months! Love to all.”

Word of Ruth Geisel-Mansergh comes from her son, Woody Mansergh, saying that his mom is doing well after spending some time in rehab. Happy to hear that good news, Woody.

Carol (Dubie) Haynes Nelson, who celebrated her “eighty-eleventh” birthday, sent me a picture of the chaperones at our 1949 Senior Prom. In the picture are Mrs. J, Mrs. Crozier, Jane Anderson’s mother, Mrs. J’s husband, Jane Anderson’s father and Eleanor Ashley Medford’s father. Dubie recalls that we were instructed to stay six inches apart while dancing.

1949 Senior Prom chaperones

Sarah (Sally) Hartley Sneve writes, “Not much news here. Hit the big 90 in February. Still in my house and driving. Thank goodness. My seven grands and 12 great grands are in touch with me. My son arranged it so that the grands call me every day to check in on me. It’s fun for me to keep track of what they are doing. I’ve had all my shots and wear a mask at the grocery store. Hope this is over soon. Love to all classmates.”

Carolyn (Perkie) Perkins VanDusen is well and lives in Pennwood, Pa., in a Life Care facility. She loves her two-bedroom apartment, which is filled with antiques and treasures. She is on the first floor with a beautiful garden, which Bruce put in when they first moved in. (Bruce passed away in 2014). Perkie’s three children are close enough to be able to visit on Sunday afternoons.

Nina Heald Webber writes that she is counting the days until she leaves for West Falmouth on Cape Cod after spending the winter in Florida. She is hoping that the family will gather in July. She says she no longer plays tennis, but has taken up cornball.

Louise (Petey) Burke Wulff and husband Kurt continue to enjoy watching their friends who come to their backyard to feed. They have wild turkeys with little ones coming in July, raccoons and an occasional skunk and fox, opossums, all happily eating together. Petey says it keeps them very busy. Petey also mentioned that Robert Morse was in her grammar school class along with Janet Beck Sisler. She said he was an extremely funny man and they went to many of his shows. He starred in “How to Succeed in Business Without Even Trying.” They are still on Grove Street in Needham, Mass.

Jennifer (Jenna) Hardy Speer writes, “In my last news, I told about my move from Phoenix to Terre Haute, Ind., and then to my other son’s home in Brunswick, Maine. I have been here since last July. In so doing, I escaped the nasty summers of Phoenix to the lovely springs in Indiana and finally witnessing the arrival of spring in Maine. Winter here was like being back home in Vermont. I loved it! Lots of snow that I could appreciate from inside! My room addition is finished. The deck is being built now and I have the warmth of being with family, but also privacy when needed. I am so lucky. I love being back in New England. I’m pretty healthy for an old bird and just have trouble getting around. A Rollator helps.”

I enjoy regular phone conversations with Deborah (Debby) Phillips who is in a facility in Maine; and Roberta (Bobbie) Brown Mosher who is in a facility in Stamford, Conn., and enjoys visits with her children.

As for me, I (Ginger) gave up chairing the Evergreen Woods Scholarship Committee, but I remain on the committee. The Dana Hall news and the Annual Fund keep me busy. I exercise three times a week and there are many interesting programs offered throughout the week as well as trips off campus. We are still wearing masks in the community, but not in the dining room. I do not go into stores as my daughter-in-law does my shopping for me. Doctors’ visits and haircuts are it. I feel very fortunate to be at Evergreen Woods. I lost a very good friend of 76 years a while ago, Charlie Burlingham. In fact, he came to our senior prom and I got him a blind date with Emily (Emmy) Eckart Ogden. We had a great time. My daughter, SusanMary Broadbent Redinger ’81, just celebrated her 41st Reunion. My son Michael and his wife Rhonda are living in North Carolina. Eric and his wife Susie have just moved into a new house in Northampton, Mass. My oldest, Peter, and his wife Debbie live nearby in Connecticut. He and his son just won a golf tournament at their country club. That’s it for now, stay safe and well and have a great summer!

Finally, some info on our class: We have had 58 deaths and the following 13 members have no address: Chin-san Kwok Chow, Mercedes Cruz, Paulina Esquerra De Iriarte, Joan Wakelee Durante, Nancy Davis Hanley, Sandra Torngren Kotsoftis, Iris Muller, Nancy Taylor Ricco, Arline Kropp Shethar, Noelle (Chris) Warner Valentine, Dorothea Curtis Wright, Lucy Caudron Paternot, and Katherine Soong Young.

If you know about any of these classmates, please let me know. Thank you!

Virginia (Ginnie) Starkey Thompson, who lives in Rochester, Minn., said she has moved to a retirement community in that city. She mentioned that she recently had a call from Sarah (Sally) Hartley Sneve.

Class of 1952

Rasa Gustaitis writes, “I recently published a historical memoir, titled ‘Flight — Memoir of Loss and Discovery by an Aviator’s Daughter.’ The book is focused on my search for traces of my father, a pioneering figure in early aviation in Lithuania, who disappeared in a Soviet prison in 1941.” The story follows four generations of a family caught up in the tumultuous history of Eastern Europe through two World Wars; through the Singing Revolution that liberated a small, defiant country from the grip of the Soviet Union; and into the author’s current life as a Lithuanian-American. Rasa was a working journalist for more than 60 years. “Flight” is available online through Amazon. It can also be ordered or found at local bookstores.

Juliet (Bami) Bourne Sherwood 2440 S Wabash St., Unit 320, Denver, CO 80231 (303) 282-9077 coloradojule@gmail.com

I, your Class Correspondent, Juliet (Bami) Bourne Sherwood, have been happily living in an apartment complex for active adults above the age of 55 since November 2021. I’m in a lively Denver neighborhood not far from my youngest daughter. Two of my six granddaughters live nearby — one living in my former house now owned by my son in Los Angeles. There are lots of coffee shops, an excellent bakery, restaurants, Trader Joe’s, etc., within walking distance. And walking without assistance am I, after a hip replacement in January 2021. I’m feeling great, often walking with my 15-year-old orange tabby cat in his screened stroller. There are many amenities here: a year-round outdoor swimming pool and hot tub, well-equipped gym where I ride a stationary bike almost every day, a tranquility garden and a spacious 9th floor game room with a view of the Rockies, particularly good for sunsets. Also lots of social events at this jolly place. I’m grateful for each day!

The Class of ’53 is still well represented on the planet with 57 valid addresses. According to my best calculations, we’ve lost 27 to death, and have 11 with no valid address. That’s still plenty of you out there to send me some news for the Bulletin, but alas, I heard nothing from most of you. Please remember that I’m happy to withhold anything you’d rather not share.

I did get permission from Diane DeMers Sugg’s nice husband, Dr. Thomas Sugg, who is sorry to let us know that Diane has advanced dementia and is currently in hospice care at the retirement community in Norfolk, Va., where they live.

I’m in email touch with Mary (Mimi) Forsyth who lives in Santa Fe, N.M. — so near and yet so far from me in Denver, what with COVID-19 restricting travel and so many other of life’s pleasures. Mimi lived in Hawaii for many years and her focus is there, and on her three cats. She writes of a voyaging canoe that recently set out from Hilo for Tahiti, captained by a woman. The navigation is all celestial. Currently there are about 200 navigators in training. Mimi writes, “If I were 20 again, I’d be on that in a flash.” She bemoans the millionaires buying up her beloved islands, creating colossal animosity. Both our states — New Mexico and Colorado — are experiencing devastating forest fires year-round these last couple of years.

Toni Susman Sonet finds that the many younger friends she has developed during the last 10 years through the Wellesley book club keep her going. Toni writes, “That has certainly helped me keep my social life alive and has helped me get through the recent sadness. My daughter and her family are also here in New York City and part of my life. Lucky me!” Toni’s husband Dick died of COVID-19 in December 2020, just a few weeks before the vaccine was available. He had Alzheimer’s and a blood condition, and just wasn’t strong enough to fight it off. Toni was also pretty sick but not hospitalized. She says that life is very different, but she’s adjusting and wakes up every day feeling fortunate. She’s dealing with some cardio-pulmonary issues and feeling “a bit crickety” but is still doing Zumba and enjoying New York City (three plays, two museums and the Botanical Garden the week she wrote). And she’s still traveling (albeit with oxygen on the plane). She spent January in Mexico, then Florida, Arizona and San Diego in April. “I’m hoping to get back to Bali, my happy place, where we spent the last 15 pre-COVID-19 winters.”

Toni and I (Juliet) were both shocked and saddened at the sudden death of our dear friend Ann Loomis Jesse on April 22, 2021 — just days before she had planned to move into an independent/assisted living place here in Denver where I was at the time. Ann’s daughter Suzanne organized a lovely memorial service and reception for her, which I attended. Ann was a lifelong activist and a true warrior for social justice. She was an advocate for refugees and served on many boards, both in Denver and in New Orleans. Suzanne and her brother Jonathan kindly met with me for coffee while they were in town and we spent about two hours not only remembering Ann but discussing many subjects.

Phoebe Cory 188 Jones Ave. Portsmouth, NH 03801 (603) 778-2875 feebcory@gmail.com

Anne Pike Rugh 105 Pine St. Portland, ME 04102 (207) 317-0125 asprugh@gmail.com

“The weather is wonderful and the water divine! When are you coming?!” Vivienne Lee Tooman sent this question and the photo below just after she and Patronella (Patty) Sykes Treadwell met up on Hawaii’s Big Island in February. “It was fantastic meeting Patty again after so long (68 years)! I had no idea her husband was born and raised here in Waimea and his dad’s family has been in Hawaii for ages! We even know Patty’s relatives who were very active at Hawaii Preparatory Academy when Ron was headmaster! Small world! Patty will be back in the summer. Her daughter and my son both went to Columbia Architectural School and are architects! About the same age, too! I look forward to seeing her again!”

Vivienne Lee Tooman and Patty Sykes Treadwell

Patty has four graduations of grandchildren in early June, both East and West Coast. By the time this Bulletin comes out, I, Anne, should have joined her again in Exeter, N.H., as I did when Francie, her first granddaughter, graduated. It’s just an hour’s drive from Portland, Maine.

Marian (Marnie) Thomas Wood writes, “My news is basically still operating around my dance ties. I continue to teach at the Martha Graham School, Adelphi University and work with a senior citizen’s dance organization, Dances for a Variable Population, creating and performing with all those ladies of our age who still enjoy showing up on weekends at New York City parks to kick up our heels together. Lots of

Joan Ward Comer sent a note last winter saying she does indeed read our column in the Dana Bulletin and thought it was time to let the rest of us know about her two trips to New Zealand, one to China and many to London and Edinburgh. Travel is behind her now, she says, but she is still driving an hour and a half each day to work. What work? I’m trying to find out.

Mid-April, Paula Bernat Bennett gave a call from Arlington, Mass. Paula, an extensively published writer, has a complex form of aphasia, and the ability to read and to write is no longer available to her. She is tremendously thankful both for her family — two wonderful daughters — and for the help she receives from her Chilean assistant. Among other things, we talked about gratitude and how neither of us ever expected to be in our 80s.

“Hope you have stopped laughing!” writes Mary McCaffrey Walbrandt. “This photo was taken at a friend’s birthday, which was on 2/2/22, so what was more appropriate than a tutu party! It has been a good and fun year, so far! I am very blessed to have my son/daughter-in-law nearby and get to spend time with them. It’s getting a little harder to get the grandchildren together now that they are grown and living their separate lives. However, there have still been gatherings of great joy, with more to come. Have recently spent some time together for my granddaughter’s surprise 30th birthday and, especially with the two great-grandchildren in central Pennsylvania, look forward to a week with them in June at the shore in Ocean City, N.J. Also in June is a bridal shower and then the wedding of another grandson in July. So it’s been a busy year. In between these social events, I am back working at Doylestown Hospital, right now just with the therapy dog. Not sure if I will go back to being a Heart to Heart Visitor as almost all heart surgery is now done by the TAVR procedure (Trans Aortic Valve Replacement). It is much less invasive and is a great advancement in heart surgery, but as my surgeries were done the ‘old fashioned way,’ I have no experience with this procedure and its recovery, which is much shorter than my experience, so not sure if I would be of much help. Plus taking into account the distance to drive to Doylestown, as I keep moving farther away. After a year hiatus, I am back playing pickleball, indoors and out. As the game has become so popular, there are more and more courts springing up, and now I can play without having to drive a distance. Am finally getting the family into it, too, and they are really enjoying it. I started yoga this year. Not exactly sure what it is doing for me, but I do a great Warrior 1 position. With that and trips to the gym and walking the grand-dog, I am trying to keep moving as much as possible. Best wishes to all my ’54 classmates for a wonderful year. Really enjoy hearing about all your activities and experiences.”

Mary McCaffrey Walbrandt

Carol Reeves Parke writes, “I have been way too busy to think. Any number of things ganged up on me, including a totally fun 3.5 day trip to Connecticut for my baby sister’s 80th birthday party with just her family, who live not five miles or so from where we all grew up. I’m just winding down most things now.”

Joan Rice called from her home in Freehold, N.J. We talked about her challenging job of 25 years working with patients in the ICU as a psychiatric nurse and her good times skiing in Vermont. Also how much she enjoys the company of her yorkie, Teddie. She spoke fondly also of long-ago classmates from Tenacre.

Had a good chat with Page Blackmore Oberlin. She celebrated her 85th birthday in the spring. Page and Bruce took a blues cruise around the Caribbean on a new huge Holland America ship — its maiden voyage. “The music was live and wonderful. The ship only took half the usual number of passengers,” she said, adding that the musicians mixed among them all. “I feel great.”

Gabrielle (Gay) Dreher DiVirgilio sent this short note: “Have no real news. I feel great and that’s about it.” For our ninth decade, that qualifies as very good news. I, Anne, am pretty astonished to be 86 and to enjoy life as much as I do. There were not many mentors in that category when I was growing up. Medical advances, like my great fake hip, have made some of that possible. A vibrant interview with 97-yearold pianist Ruth Slenczynska on CBS Sunday Morning, one of my favorite shows, emphasized how much old people like us have to give. Ruth has a new album out. “What do 20-year-olds know?” she said, more a declaration than a question. She declared herself “very grateful for the experience age has gifted her.” I agree.

Late in April, a bittersweet letter arrived from Nancy Williams Rose. Nancy lives in Cape Coral, Fla. “I’m dashing this off with the hope that I will meet the deadline to have this picture of Avery, my greatgranddaughter, in the Dana Bulletin. I’d love everyone to see how adorable she is. Life is not always so wonderful. I lost my son Mitch in 2020. He had a heart attack working out at the gym. He was only 58, and here I am at 85 planning my trip to Pompeii, Rome and Capri next week. Who can figure?”

Nancy Williams Rose’s greatgranddaughter, Avery Rose Casale

“Kniznick’s with the symphony. She leads the orchestra with glee.” This was the entry for Andrea Kniznick Waldstein in the 1954 Focus Class Will. “The first time I had ever been to the Boston Symphony was with Dana. I was mesmerized with Ravel’s “Bolero” and Tchaikovsky’s “Italian Capriccio.” I bought the LP vinyls and played them over and over, all the while conducting in our room in Main (poor Daisy). However, this prophecy was in some ways prescient, as music has long been an integral part of my life. As a social worker, I was continuously searching for ways that we as humans could live together in harmony. Music has always seemed to find a way to crash through the barriers we erect for ourselves. When I retired from my clinical practice and moved to Boston’s North End, I joined the board of the North End Music and Performing Arts Center, a tiny organization in my

neighborhood founded 20 years ago by five North End mothers who were determined to give this gift to their children. Joining this board has been my bridge to this vibrant historical neighborhood, sometimes known as Little Italy, but is now becoming increasingly diverse along with the challenges that diversity entails. Our musical programs increasingly represent the multiplicity of cultures we serve, as does our faculty and staff. So here I am continuing to pursue my quest for harmony in this world, which seems so troubled these days. On a lighter note, there will be a 20th anniversary roaring twenties celebration this May at which I will be one of the honorees. We are supposed to dress in the style of the 1920s and I actually found the perfect dress that has been in the back of my closet for at least 30 years. I will add one of those headbands like in Downton Abbey and hope that will do the trick. Two of my children, a few dear friends and my Arthur will attend. I love reading about the get-togethers among our class. It feels like that’s where it is at in this eighties decade, which comes with increasing loss. Thanks to all who write.”

Did the Class Will ring true for anyone else? Tell us about it!

Class of 1955

Susan (Sue) Bartow Christie PO Box 945 East Orleans, MA 02643 (508) 255-0712 schristie91@comcast.net

Elizabeth (Betsy) Blackinton Crawford

passed away on February 28 in Vero Beach, Fla. Betsy attended Dana Hall and Bennett College before marrying her husband of 58 years, Jim Crawford. They lived in New York City, raised their family in Summit, N.J., and spent many terrific years in New Vernon, N.J. Betsy spent every summer of her life in her beloved Little Compton, R.I. She worked for F. Schumacher & Co. in New York City before devoting her energies to raising her kids. Upon moving to New Vernon, Betsy enjoyed working at The Eagle’s Nest for decades. An avid gardener, she treasured her Summit Garden Club and John’s Island Garden Group. Her great eye and boundless energy fueled her many home design and artistic projects and wonderful gardens.

Class of 1956

Carol Creighton Hadley 2736 N. W. 77th Blvd., #264, Gainesville, FL 32606 (352) 377-4721 cjhadley@aol.com

Class of 1957

Judith (Judy) O’Connell Perkins P89 830 Swallow Pt. Naples, FL 34105 (781) 329-1622 judyoperk@aol.com

Class of 1958

Mary (Ty) Wyatt Forbush 1211 S.W. Shoreline Dr. #2206 Palm City, FL 34990 (561) 747-4332 mwforbush@yahoo.com

Pretty slim pickings this time around and maybe it is because “COVID-19 Coma” descended upon many of us this past winter. Whenever the spirit moves you, please send news and pictures to me (Ty Wyatt Forbush) or to bulletin@danahall. org indicating it is to be a part of our 1958 Class Notes.

Tamsen Evans George has to win our 2022 Winter Distinction Award for the successful publication in January 2022 of her book entitled “Allegiance: The Life and Times of William Eustis.” Of course, it’s available on Amazon and has met rave reviews. In celebration of its completion and perhaps for a rest before Tamsen actively promotes her book with speaking engagements and book signing events, she and a friend took a fabulous March cruise to Tahiti and some remote French Polynesian Islands. Stay tuned for more news of her experiences in the next issue of the Bulletin.

The acclamation in the Winter 2022 Bulletin that Merle Cosgrove had to be the oldest first-time grandmother in our class with the birth of Clio is no longer true. How nice to hear from Elinore (Ellie) Borkum Miller that grandchild Ariel Maria Miller-Phillips was born Dec. 3, 2021, in San Francisco. The banner is passed with congratulations.

Ellie Borkum Miller with her daughter-in-law and granddaughter Ariel

Carol Alpert Herscot and I (Ty) unfortunately were unable to get together this winter season while she and her husband were in West Palm Beach, Fla. They split their time between their Florida; Mashpee, Mass.; and Boston residencies. Carol has had some health issues, amongst them COVID-19, but her medical care has been excellent. The Herscots’ wonderful philanthropy focus for many years has been the Herscot Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, which is conducting extensive new research and providing care for those afflicted with the rare disease called Tuberous Sclerosis (TSC). Carol takes a very personal role in this endeavor, having a son born with this disease. Her pursuits have added great meaning, positiveness and joy to her life.

Mary Covington writes, “The last six months have been easier living in southwest New Hampshire, thanks to a relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions. Of course, there are always outdoor sports in fall and winter, including hikes and snowshoeing, which I have done with a group from Hancock, N.H., where I lived until moving to a very good retirement community in Peterborough, N.H., in 2020. There is an excellent new theater in nearby Jaffrey with top movies and concerts, including a recent ‘big city’ jazz quartet. A long telecon with Elise (Woody) Irving Tucker in the fall was followed by a visit to New York City in December, which included an outing with Ann Tarlov Barbul to attend a Julliard concert and then lunch in Central Park. And in April, I returned from a visit to Albuquerque to see my sister, soak up some sunshine and culture, and work on centuries of family history. What a challenge!”

I (Ty) want to comment and praise the amazing current undertaking and creativity to transform the Classroom Building we knew to meet the educational needs of today. Do you remember hand-carrying library books by foot down Grove Street from Dana Main to the then “new” Classroom Building? The interior will now be entirely reconstructed to meet the needs for effective teaching, learning and sharing. The new glass-clad atria on the south and north ends will be distinctive and add a sense of great light and space. Needless to say, your financial support to this project will be very appreciated. What a treat it will be to return to Dana Hall and admire all the physical improvements while renewing our 1958 class friendships next year at our 65th Reunion! Information about that will be forthcoming for sure. All the best and keep your news coming.

Class of 1959

Jill Spiller 45 Sutton Place South, Apartment 1B New York, NY 10022 (212) 421-0932 jillspille1@aol.com

Class of 1960

Sallie Off Sadler sallies1941@att.net

Hi fellow 1960 Dana classmates, this is Sallie Off Sadler taking over the Class Correspondent role from Penelope (Penny) Pearse Houghton Buzby who is not able to continue in this capacity. I know we all wish her well. When I get the Dana Bulletin, I am always amazed when I read the notes submitted from the classes we knew, how I am always able to put names with faces (which is certainly not a current phenomenon!) and many great memories come alive. I’ll share a bit about me. We live in Oakland, Calif., way up in the coastal mountains for seven months of the year and in our lovely self-designed vacation home on a lake on the coast of Maine for the other five months. I married Bill Sadler, a professor, many years ago and we have a blended family of four children. I think I still have remnants of PTSD from having raised four teenagers fairly close in age under one roof and at the same time getting my Ph.D. in clinical psychology! We all survived and I went on to specialize in emergency psychiatry and spent most of my professional career in the ER helping those in need of dire psychiatric intervention. I am now retired, and, thankfully, both Bill and I are staying out of the ER. Our children are scattered globally and have diverse professions: a high school teacher in Tacoma, Wash.; a Pilates instructor to the Hollywood stars in Santa Monica, Calif.; a contractor with a booming business in Columbia, S.C; and the provost and professor of liver oncology research at NYU/Abu Dabai, UAE. We have three grandchildren who live in Abu Dhabi whom we see once a year and are actively involved with all our children throughout the year. Currently, I still have an active consulting business, helping usually more inexperienced psychotherapists deal with problematic cases. In addition, in conjunction with our church, I have developed and organized an outreach program that provides 200+ nourishing lunch bags every week to help feed our Bay Area homeless population. I am always aware of how much need there is out there. Well, enough about me; let me hear from you! It has been so lovely and heartwarming to hear from many of our 1960 classmates. Thanks to all who responded.

Ana Esteves writes, “So glad you took up the task of Class Correspondent! After Dana, I came back to Puerto Rico and studied college here. Married a very handsome Spaniard in 1964 and lived for several years in Puerto Rico, and then moved to Spain. I have a son Juan and a daughter Ana (Fia) Camara ’83. I think this is the only instance in our class of a graduating daughter. I worked in Spain as a court interpreter and translator for many years, and had visits from Page Edgerton and Pamela Perez Sexton several times. We had a grand time. I have two granddaughters: Isabella, who graduated from Ohio University, and Ines, who is a senior at Boston College. Juan and I have both retired, and this pandemic has brought us back to Puerto Rico as both our children and granddaughters live there. I joined a Dana Zoom class Reunion a while back, but sadly there were only four of us. If anyone is coming down to Puerto Rico, please let me know. Will be glad to get together and remember happy times.”

Pamela Perez Sexton writes, “Remember Clematis? Marta? Sherry Hunter Smith ’59 and I still correspond. I keep up with Judy Carter Cormier and Jane Orr Pierotti and Karen Wagner Sanchez who went to Finch with me! I have an international group travel business, which now is down the tubes because COVID-19 came to town and stayed! Had a group in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, in January. Huge success as the group was comprised of world travelers. Hope to take a group to Naples and the Amalfi Coast in June. Husband Chuck still a pisser. Three children and six grands who are grand. Oldest grands two years out of college with one working for a hedge fund of only women. She is working virtually in Charlottesville, N.C.; firm in New York City. Other granddaughter getting her master’s in art history at University of Strasbourg in France.”

Carolynn (Lynn) Blanchard Ashby

writes, “I recently reconnected with Cathy Parker Patel. She was in our class and went to Centenary where I went. So nice to hear from her. I am still dealing with a broken tibia and Benton is still in a wheelchair, so it’s not much fun around here. We sit in our chairs. I read or knit, he watches Fox and naps all day. Hopefully I will be off the walker in a few weeks. The weather in Atlanta is getting really nice, so we can move our broken bodies from our family room to our screened-in porch.”

Kathy Knudson Wattles with her horse

Kathy with her bird

Kathleen (Kathy) Knudson Wattles

writes, “I lost my wonderful husband Gurdon a year and a half ago and the adjustment, as so many of you have found, is lengthy. My two daughters, Kim and Kris, and their collection of four boys have kept me busy and thankful. I am so lucky to be living in Little Compton, R.I., where we have been for 24 years. Remember I am horse crazy, so it’s no shock to find me here on my horse farm where I am learning something new every day. My study of horse behavior and natural horsemanship has made my life so full. I ride most every day or play at liberty with my four horses. I

have special students who come each week and are thriving with the time they spend with horses. I also have been a part of Star Kids Scholarship Program in Newport and Fall River. This is a program focused on education for students from families with incarceration and/or substance abuse. The goal is to enroll them in schools that will help them thrive and graduate from high school. I am also enjoying becoming a gardener with my Little Compton Garden Club, a member of the GCA. As a past president, I have traveled around the country to meetings and met so many wonderful people.

Natalie Gribbel Thomas writes, “We are in the process of changing our lives to retirement and creating trust funds for all of our children and grandchildren, which number 13. We even have a great grandchild. Where does time go? Between downsizing three years ago, moving and getting rid of one of three houses, getting a new lawyer, and a new financial manager, our emails are flying. Such is life on the elder side! So far, I have beaten colon cancer and Wayne is dealing with two replaced knees. Otherwise, we are having fun and have each other! With the onset of the digital age, even Christmas cards are becoming fewer and fewer, but we are getting paperless posts much more often. Glad I had the education I got at Dana because I couldn’t handle it today! It is a very different world out there!”

Paula Cole Miller writes, “I have been living in Santa Fe, N.M., for 12 years now. After serving as a CASA (court appointed special advocate for abused and neglected kids) for five years, I began serving on the Curriculum Committee for Renesan, our institute for lifelong learning. In the fall, I will be presenting a lecture/discussion course on the evolution and changes in psychoanalysis entitled ‘What Ever Happened to Psyche?’ I have also been doing ESL teaching in Guatemala for the Quaker Progresa organization. My husband Chris passed on in January and I’m now learning to live alone after 45 years of marriage. We traveled extensively together to Norway, Iceland, Ireland, Greece, Amsterdam, France and southern Spain. This year I will be going alone to northern Spain and Portugal with our traveling buddies who are trying to help me fill the loss in my life. I also try to make it back to Cape Cod each year with a stop off to spend a couple of days with Susan (Susie) Hendy Jenkins. Before the pandemic, I used to see Bari Gulbransen Lovewave often when I went to the city. I have three grown sons and one stepson, who live spread out across the U.S. from Maryland and Minnesota to Montana and California. Luckily, they all enjoy Santa Fe and come visit often. Son Tom is a filmmaker doing environmental films in Finland, David is a professor of biology at St. John’s College in Minnesota, Mark is in retail sales, and Chris is a builder in Bozeman, Mont. Quite a diverse bunch. Each one of them a wonderful man with different talents.”

Karen Wagner Sanchez writes, “Really have not kept up with much of Dana, but it was a good growing up experience and put me on a math path for a while. Got into the visual side of myself with real estate, jewelry design, art, interior design; will see what the old age brings on. Widowed now, COVID-19, all changes us. Luckily, still live in Houston, Texas, Naples, Fla., and some months in Santa Fe, N.M., so quite busy with all that. Two fairly young grandkids, which is fun. So I’m going pretty strong still. Anyone around these areas should call and catch up.”

Canda Manwaring Tinkelenberg writes, “I have lived in Maine for about 30 years. I live in a small town, Durham, near Freeport (if you like to shop) or near Portland (if you like cities). I have seen the sunrise from Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park — an amazing experience. I have seen the view from the height of land in Rangely, about 3,000 ft. Maine is a beautiful state. I would still like to see Baxter State Park and Mt. Kahtadin. Needless to say I have seen quite bit of ocean since we have a very long coastline. There is still a lot of Maine that I have not seen.”

Lynda Rothenberg Rilander writes, “I am still married to my wonderful husband since 1973. We have traveled a lot over the world for the past 48 years. COVID-19, of course, has stopped us from traveling. We still maintain our home in Great Neck, N.Y., and have a condo in Pompano Beach, Fla., where we have three golf courses to play on with several of our friends. We spend the winters in Florida, but do not want to live in Florida year-round. We stayed here during COVID-19 for one and a half years, which cured us from living here during the hot summer months. I taught law and computers at Great Neck North High School for 39 years. At the same time, I practiced my interior design business. I received an interior design degree from Parsons Institute while teaching after I received a master’s degree in Education after graduating college. I am busy with my interior design business in New York and in south Florida. We play a lot of golf in our spare time and belong to a golf group here in Pompano Beach. When the world calms down (if ever), we might start traveling again. I wish everyone well and hope to receive only good news from the Class of 1960.”

Marty Horton Gecek writes, “I am still happily living in Salzburg, Austria; have two daughters, Heidi and Sandy; and have three grandsons (14, 12 and 8) — all dual Austrian-American citizens. I retired from the Salzburg Global Seminar not long ago (after working there 54 years!) but continue to be involved as chair of our American Studies Advisory Committee. We are raising funds to celebrate our 75th anniversary; the first session took place at Schloss Leopoldskron (Sound of Music castle!) in Salzburg in 1947. Life is wonderful in Salzburg, though the war in Ukraine is incredibly worrying.”

Bari Gulbransen Lovewave writes, “I met George at the University of Arizona the first day of school. We were married for 16 years with three darling daughters and were living in Houston when he passed suddenly. George was only 42 and I was 38, and I found myself a widow with three daughters under 11. Soon after that, I met another wonderful man, Terran Lovewave. We did a ‘Brady bunch’ and combined my three daughters and Terran’s son to begin a new life together in Santa Fe, N.M., and that was about 40 years ago. Terran is a brilliant counselor, for the past 50 years, and uses the tool of astrology helping many people. He has also written an amazing book called, ‘Stop the Clock: The Tao of Time and Timelessness,’ which is available on Amazon. Terran, our youngest daughter Lindsay, and I had a radio program called Camp Lovewave for 15 years on our local public radio station. We live on five acres of pinion and pine with views of the sunset and feel very blessed to live in such a beautiful place. I was a massage therapist for 10 years, then found pottery and now I’m retired. Our two granddaughters live in Taos, N.M., so we have been fortunate to have been close enough to see them grow up. Margot is graduating from Case Western University in Cleveland with an engineering degree and will probably get her master’s in nuclear engineering from University of New Mexico. She has been working summers at Los Alamos Labs and will probably end up working there. Her sister Grace is graduating from Taos High School at the end of May and got the flying genes from the family. My brother

graduated from the Air Force Academy in 1960, and both my father and brother flew for Pan American Airways — sometimes together as captain and co-pilot. Grace will be headed to St. Louis University in the fall and will be one of 35 aviation program students.”

Bari Gulbransen Lovewave’s three daughters celebrating her oldest daughter’s birthday in April

Ann Tomson Alexander writes, “The whole family was home for the Fourth of July when my husband Tom was hospitalized with heart trouble. Though compromised, he was back at work until a bad fall at the end of October. Death came weeks later on November 17, 2021; 22 years of Parkinson’s had finally caught up with him. As much as I miss the quiet, generous, brilliant love of my life, I’m grateful for our 56 years together, our three sons, their wives and five wonderful grandchildren.”

Ann Tomson Alexander and family

Cathy Parker Patel writes, “Several years ago, after 44 years of marriage, my husband died and life totally changed. It certainly has been the most difficult part of my life. Fortunately, I have two children who live nearby: a son who is a physics high school teacher (married with four kids) and a daughter, an audiologist, who is in Chicago and lives here part-time. It works out perfectly. In Chicago, there is an adoption and no kill rescue facility. We’ve been adopting senior dogs over these past several years. There are so many dogs that need care and homes because their people have died. Many have been abused and their stories are tragic. To watch slowly the change in their behavior and the angst/fear gone from their eyes is such a wonderful feeling. Yes, for sure it is a simple life, but so incredibly joyous.”

Class of 1961

Susan (Gibbsie) Gibbs gibbsie65@hotmail.com

Sorry for the unusually low number of contributors this time. People don’t seem to think much is going on, but I know that’s not true. Haven’t heard from so many.

Some people go far away on a weekend! At least Dorinda (Dindy) Evans does and writes, “The last weekend in March, on short notice, I flew to Tahiti and back. What happened is that my sister Tamsen Evans George ’58 was visiting Tahiti, at the end of a special cruise to islands where outsiders are not allowed, when she caught COVID-19. Despite her shots and booster, she was fairly badly off, and someone had to help her. Fortunately everything turned out all right, and it was fascinating to get a three-day glimpse of the island. Perhaps some classmates have seen it. It’s beautiful with high, once-volcanic mountains in the middle, so the sand is grayish (a mixture of tan and black grains). This was my first encounter with the problem of Americans overseas with COVID-19 trying to get back into the U.S. Not having ventured out, I hadn’t realized what a hassle it is just to travel overseas in the era of COVID-19.” How lucky her sister was to have Dindy come and rescue her, and how lucky Dindy was to see some of Tahiti even though it wasn’t exactly under the best of circumstances. She is also keeping herself busy otherwise. She’s just finished her newest book, “William Rimmer: Champion of Imagination in American Art,” and has found a publisher in England who will publish it in hard and soft cover plus online. She writes that it’s difficult to find a publisher interested in a monograph on an artist who is not well-known but should be.

Wendy McCobb writes, “I’m sitting here in 95+ degree weather wondering if southern California is going to end up abandoned like Chaco Canyon, but, before it does, I’ll take this chance to update you on my fall/spring. My days are structured around getting Liam (my grandson) to his track workouts daily. He is now 14th in the nation for the 400-meter event. I’ll be driving for two hours to see him run tomorrow evening and his event will last for approximately 48 seconds, give or take. Liam talks with the coach he will be having at Boston University next year when he leaves the warm California climate for his first winter in Boston. Let’s see how that works out, haha! I can hardly contemplate what next year will be like when he is a continent away!” Bet Wendy will be forced to take a trip or two back east to see how Liam is faring. She writes, “I’m also attaching a photo of Patty Vance, her husband and me taken last November when we met up on the California Central Coast. We had a beautiful few days of walking the bluffs, enjoying great wine from Kukula Winery and reminiscing about past adventures we have had.”

Wendy McCobb’s grandson Liam

Wendy McCobb, Patty Vance and Patty’s husband

Barbara Vaughan Koun sounds pretty frustrated because their usual flurry of travels is still being cut short because of the pandemic and the Ukrainian war. She says she’s doing nothing noteworthy. They have a couple of trips planned in late June/July, but they’re not worth talking about. She says Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are not viable travel destinations this summer, so they’ve had to skip them. Barbara and her husband must be the most traveled people in our class. The bucket list must be getting shorter and shorter.

We can always count on Susan (Sue) Steele Isbell to provide us with her latest activities. Thanks! She writes, “Our day-to-day lives have gotten progressively more busy, which we like. Happy to be back to a full season of the symphony and Performing Arts Broadway Series while in-person meetings have resumed. In March, we spent six days at Clearwater

Beach with parts of two of our families, which included Lynn’s three youngest: 13, 15 and 17. A friend loaned us their condo with wonderful amenities such as three geothermal heated pools, fitness center, tennis, pickle ball, putting green and of course the beautiful beach. Next trip in May to the Grove City College graduation of Lynn’s oldest, a boy, who will be married to a classmate Sept. 3 in Santa Fe, N.M. We’ll drive down from Telluride, Colo., where we will have spent seven weeks.” It certainly sounds as if things are pretty much back to normal in Tampa.

Bettina (Nicki) Batterson Hall is probably planning a new adventure, but at this point can only say it’s pretty quiet with them right now. That’s totally acceptable, too.

Lydia (Penny) Pyne Mott is absolutely right when she says she thinks everyone is just exhausted by this revolving pandemic. I second that as I’m sure we all do. She then tells us, “I know I am. I can’t count how many times I have had to return to my car to get my mask. I know most places don’t require one, but I chose to wear one in the grocery store or anywhere there may be more than 8-10 people. Call me a coward and I admit to that, but despite all the nasty comments and dirty looks I get, I plan to continue masking for the foreseeable future. This year has had a terrible beginning. My brother Riv, the oldest of my three brothers, died in a Memory Nursing Center in January. He was a self-taught sculptor. He is represented in galleries in several states across the country. My eldest granddaughter Allie is a freshman in the nursing program at University of Delaware and loves it. Ella, my other granddaughter, is also interested in nursing and has been busy visiting colleges including URI, UConn, UNH and UVM. She remains active in gymnastics and would like to find a university that also offers that. Richie is a typical 14-year-old boy, into video games and sports. He’s in 8th grade but plays on the JV lacrosse team at the local high school. I survived the winter, which was really more ice than anything else. The one blizzard we had was 12’ of soft and powdery snow. Other snow events were also wimpy by comparison to past years. The Weather Channel claims we are in for less snow in future years and more rain, which translated out to more ice. Just what I want to hear in my advancing years. Climate change is terrifying.”

It seems to me there are a lot of very accomplished athletes in the grandchildren of this class. Wonderful!

Marlene Mustard Graf and Sue Gibbs at Keukenhof Gardens in The Netherlands

Marlene Mustard Graf and a friend ready to sing their ’60s songs in their chorus concert

And now to a lighter note… As many of you know,

Marlene Mustard

Graf and I (Sue Gibbs) went on a river boat trip in The Netherlands and Belgium from April 16-23. Thanks to all who wished us a good trip. It was just that. Almost the best was perfect weather for the whole week. It can be pretty dismal in The Netherlands at this time of year so we really lucked out. We went under the auspices of the Dartmouth Alumni Association (Marlene’s alumnus nephew instigated it) and were part of a group of 76 from eight different alumni associations from all over the country, plus professors from Dartmouth and Northwestern who held lectures for us on Dutch waterways. Lots of nice and interesting people. I was the only lucky one who wasn’t battling jet lag, having arrived from Oslo. We sailed from Amsterdam to Antwerp, making daily stops at different places and had side excursions each day, a lecture every afternoon. It was truly balsam for the soul, especially in these negative times. The boat was a lovely floating hotel, the food and drink were wonderful and plentiful. Traveling with Marlene (friends for 73 years!) was the best and I thank her for asking me to join the group. Dartmouth happily took our money even though neither of us is a graduate. I feel as though I’ve been away for at least a month, but it was only a week. Oh yes… How could I forget the happy ending? Both Marlene and I, plus three other fellow passengers that we know of, came down with mild cases of COVID-19 at the end. Joy! From the boat, Marlene went to visit her step-daughter in Switzerland for a week before returning to Arizona. She was relegated to the rec room in the cellar the first days. After that, she had a good visit with the family, including a couple of days in Wengen where her husband was from. While we were in Holland, I met up with the son, daughter and grandchildren of my late cousin who lived there for more than 50 years. I chose that over a couple of side excursions. Much more important. I hadn’t seen them for many years so it was about time.

Class of 1962

Bev Holmes Prevost P92 bevhprevost@gmail.com

Julie Braucher Pierce lost her brother John in the spring to COVID-19. He had Down syndrome and lived to be just short of 70. Our condolences to Julie.

Pamela (Pam) Price at last account is doing so much better. She had an undiagnosed illness that had her in hospital and rehab for months over the winter. She was finally diagnosed with Lupus and is home and is even driving again and feeling much better. So happy about this.

Katharine (Kathy) Walker Denis

wrote me saying that anyone trying to reach her/visit her should use her cell: 00 (33) 6 78 90 86 87. She also said, “I have two cataract operations coming up. I am absolutely sure that afterwards I will be seeing la vie en rose!”

Kathy Walker Denis’s granddaughter Alice

Kathy’s grandchildren Sybile and James

Kathy’s granddaughter Mathilde and her fiancé Théodore

Elisabeth (Betsy) Gagliardi Tobin writes, “The only news I have is moving from New Hampshire to McLean Independent Living in Simsbury, Conn., on July 11. Would love to have a gathering of Connecticut ’62ers at some point. Planned to see Carol Cookman Ruffo while we are both still in Florida.”

Faithful Kendra Gunn Nedjar, the only member of our class to attend Reunion, apologized for not singing our class song, as she doesn’t sing and was the only one. Thank you, Kendra, for making the effort to represent us! Kendra writes, “Still dealing with COVID-19 masking and distancing; getting haircuts in a friend’s back yard; shopping online, going to my daughter’s now that they are all vaccinated and the adults boosted. One of the Christmas gifts I gave her was to go over once a week to fold laundry for them. So on Wednesdays, after I finish my genealogy volunteering at a local library, we pick up our grandson from school and race him home to change for dance class, then drive him to dance class and then go fold laundry at his house — usually five or six loads. Fun going to Zoom lectures, seminars and conferences. I find I love the conferences because you can pause the talk while you write down something while you remember it and not miss the next few minutes of the lecture, as well as rewinding it to listen again if you didn’t catch it the first time. And the great part is I don’t have to travel to listen to lectures in Scotland, England or places in the U.S. too far to drive just for a two-hour talk. I do miss going to lunch once a week with friends, but love the low mileage discount my insurance company gives me because of the fact that instead of 12,000 to 15,000 miles I only drove 3,000 miles. Not an exciting life, but fine with us.”

The reason I (Bev Holmes Prevost) could not go to Reunion is that Ned and I finally celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary, 2 1/2 years late, on the Viking River Cruise we planned in 2020 that COVID-19 messed up. We flew to Paris for a couple of pre-cruise days and then were bused from there to our embarkation point in Trier, Germany, where we set off along the Mosel/Moselle River and then onto the Rhine down to Basel, Switzerland, where we flew home from Zurich. We stopped at many cities along the route. We are still processing and have barely yet looked at our photos, but it was wonderful!”

Class of 1963

Barbara Berger Opotowsky bopotowsky@gmail.com

Christopher (Chris) Norwood was named an unsung hero by The Village Voice for the work she’s done for decades, but especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, to serve some of New York City’s most vulnerable. She founded Health People in 1990 to first serve women with AIDS, and has since pivoted to target other health challenges, like asthma and diabetes. Of receiving the honor, Chris says she is “carrying forward from when I headed the Service Society at Dana Hall.”

Class of 1964

Susan Belmer Kollet-Harris P90 skharris@rcn.com

Class of 1965

Susan West Ayres warren.ayres@verizon.net Margery (Margie) Fisher Anderson

traveled this winter with her older son and his two daughters to visit her other son and his family in Denver. The four cousins (ages 10 months to five years) had a special time together. She closed her yoga studio but continues to teach online. She and her students have all found this to have several advantages, especially in the winter!

Condolences to Burgess Ahrens Dole who lost her husband three years ago to Alzheimer’s and cancer. She is returning now to portrait painting, has taken up platform/paddle tennis more seriously and team training at the gym, which she says is great fun for those who want to go their own speed. She is also volunteering for a museum in New London, Conn., and for a non-profit venue to benefit animals who have been abused: Pandemonium Rainforest Project. She has not been to her childhood summer place in the northern Catskills for some time, but hopes to rectify that this summer. Her parents built a wonderful arboretum up there near their home. Check out the now-mature 178-acre Mountain Top Arboretum at www. mtarboretum.org. Burgess lives in Essex, Conn., invites anyone to stop by and sends her best to all.

Carlotta Gordon Gladding is still living in southern Vermont, but does some dog and house sitting for friends in Marion, Mass., where she used to live; Rhode Island, where her brother lives; and even for a friend in Florida. She adds that, “My son got engaged on Valentine’s Day and will step into a ready-made family. I planned to head to the UK to visit my daughter and her Italian hubby, and his family in Italy, and friends in France, for the month of June. Figure while I’m in Europe, I might as well make a big trip out of it, for who knows what the future will hold! Can’t wait.”

Class of 1966

Correspondent needed

Class of 1967

Lucy Haward Sur lhsur@aol.com

First, to all the Class of ’67 who didn’t come to our 55th Reunion, you missed a wonderful time! Several of us got together: Shirley Holbrook Wick, Lynda Corcoran Surdam, Susan Cook Bennett, Gael O’Brien, Elliott (Lee) Hall Overall, and me (Lucy Haward Sur)! Margaret (Peggy) St. Clair and Pamela (Pam) Waterman Ryder were in attendance Thursday night, but couldn’t attend the rest.

Lucy Haward Sur, Lynda Corcoran Surdam, Susan Cook Bennett, Shirley Holbrook Wick, Gael O’Brien

Susan Cook Bennett and Lucy continuing the fun on Saturday night after the Reunion luncheon

Lynda Corcoran Surdam has spent 45 years living in Manchester by the Sea, Mass., nearby her son Bo and wife Kate. Their children, Beau and Rosie, live nearby in Essex, Mass., and son Johnny and Meghan live in San Francisco with a new baby, her granddaughter Sadie! Lynda and Peter recently bought a condo in Vero Beach, Fla., very near Linda McIntosh and Linda Beardsley Lyon ’68!

Susan Cook Bennett spends much of her time in Scarborough, Maine, and also in New York City where she still works as a photographer for theater and the arts. It was great catching up!

Wonderful seeing Shirley Holbrook Wick after 55 years! She and her husband are in Mystic, Conn., where it sounds like they have been avid sailboat racers (America’s Cup crew in the past!). They are justifiably proud of their two sons who have Bronze Stars from U.S. Army service!

Elliott (Lee) Hall Overall is still “styling” when the opportunity comes up, mostly for L.L.Bean, which takes her back to Maine where she can see old friends as well!

Linda McIntosh still staying involved with marine science, and enjoying Florida much of the winter, too!

Gael O’Brien is always busy with her coaching and working with various companies. Wonderful seeing her!

Elizabeth (Betsy) Higgins Little was off to Portugal for a trip, so she could not make it to Reunion. She has a daughter in Winchester and will be back east from Tiburon in July to vacation in Chatham.

I (Lucy) am busy panting after not doing much during earlier COVID-19. I have some paintings in the Sherborn Gallery and Gifts in the next couple of months. Spending time with husband, grandson Harry, and looking forward to a visit from son Tony!

Maria Isabel (Tica) Payan Thomson

writes, “We are living in Cape Town, South Africa. No more Colombia, nor Saudi Arabia, nor Cyprus.”

Class of 1968

Laura (Pots) Potsubay Pucher laurap.riverdale@gmail.com

Dear friends and besties, Am I (Laura Potsubay Pucher) getting too old for this Class Correspondent job? You would tell me, right? Senior moments, Wordle addiction and the general malaise of COVID-19 confinement have combined to addle my brain. Like so many of us these past 2+ years, I’ve been home bingeing Netflix, trying to exercise virtually and discovering Zoom lectures a-plenty. Pre-pandemic, I schlepped to a weekly art class at Riverdale Senior Services. Soon after COVID-19 shuttered the senior center, the art class went on Zoom, with time to spotlight (and compliment) everyone’s work. By far, the best class I’ve had in years. Family remains close by, so I see my 4-year-old grandson, his parents, my ex, and Kitt (in her Bronx adult group home) weekly. With New York City reopened, the museums and theater are but an express bus ride away. Life is good, and with splashes of watercolor.

Pots’s grandson on PJ day in 3K

As ever, this Bulletin deadline snuck up on me, so I relied on Facebook contacts for news to report. Pamela Fallon Jagla writes, “I am blessed with two new grandchildren, a boy and a girl, who live really close. Lots of babysitting! During this dreadful pandemic, we were in Costa Rica for six months, and then stuck in Portland, Ore., enduring the riots, protests and devastating effects on the economy. We bought a home in Mashpee, Mass., and planned to be there on Cape Cod for a month over the summer; my mother will live there year-round. I invite anyone to Oregon as we have a beach place that is magical, and of course our cottage beachside in Costa Rica. The ocean temperature there is always 88 degrees.” Sounds delicious, Pam!

Pam Fallon Jagla with granddaughter Jazz

Katharine (Kathy) Benton Harris

attended a professional meeting in San Antonio, Texas, this spring, then visited her sister and old friends who live there. Kathy plans to attend her 50th reunion from nursing school in August, and says we should try for another ’68 mini-reunion on Cape Cod this summer, with Marilyn Benson Wiinikainen, Wendie (Beans) Franks Howland, Pots, June Lovelace Davis, Deborah Emerson Pinkham, etc., meeting up at Kathy’s. ’Twould be great to see everyone again.

Katie Trotsky writes that by age 19, she’d begun a long career in progressive work, attempting to make our country and world better. Since retirement from law, Katie has continued to volunteer with a nonprofit — interviewing children who crossed the southern border (by themselves!) seeking asylum. Not always serious, she has teal green hair, enjoys a raucous group of friends, and swims regularly to maintain her health. Katie and husband are devoted to their grandchildren, ages 2 to 23, and they took a month-long trip to Italy in April. Her scenic and gastronomic photos on Facebook were delectable.

For next time, do tell who attended her 50th college reunion, either in person or virtually. Tell us about travel and leisure time. Have you been volunteering? And, of course, report the milestones and send photos of children and grandchildren. Pictures let us share your joy. Best wishes for good health.

Anne Maxwell Dewez afmdewez@gmail.com

Victoria (Vicki) Willson Quinn vquinn1@gmail.com

Dear classmates, We are taking a break this Bulletin. The last few Class of ’69 notes have been quite fulsome. We’re hoping you have been enjoying them and will miss them so much this time that we will get lots of news next time. Have a great summer! Anne and Vicki

Class of 1970

Ann Elisabeth (Betsy) Bass betsybass52@gmail.com

Emily Ecker eecker@gmail.com

Polly Alexander with her partner Mark and son Tyler

Polly Alexander

writes, “I am officially retired. Up until a year or so ago, I worked part-time with the medical school here (Oregon Health and Sciences University in Portland) in a position called ‘standardized patient’ where I helped train med students in communication and physical exam skills. That job was tons of fun — we act as patients with varying problems and the students have to practice their historytaking skills or do a physical exam if appropriate. We evaluated each student and the most fun was debriefing and giving them feedback. They were mostly so grateful to get this experience where they felt safe to practice, and I so enjoyed their enthusiasm and desire to make a difference. I miss the work, but COVID-19 interrupted our work and as things started back up, it was mostly virtual with limited feedback and I just decided it was time to stop. I am mostly returning to my art and exploring all new techniques and skills. Turning 70 and feeling like a beginner with painting (which I really never did any of in my illustration and graphic design days), is a funny place to be! Nevertheless, I am enjoying the challenge and maybe before I croak, I’ll have something to show for myself. When I’m not in the studio, I am outdoors as much as possible, spending time with my partner, Mark, or traveling to see friends and family. My son Tyler lives in Los Angeles, working as a drug and alcohol counselor, and so having both of us on the West Coast is certainly preferable to when I lived in Vermont — so much easier to talk with him and visit. I still mourn our lost 50th Reunion.”

Audrey Appleby writes, “The photo is of my dear husband Jim McNitt at The Cicada Art Deco Los Angeles nightclub in March 2019. Honoring my love of dancing, and despite my beautiful Jim’s mysterious painful stomach that night, he wanted to accompany me to dinner and dancing. He was diagnosed several months later with stage 4 metastasized pancreatic cancer. Jim and I fought together for three years, finding every possible treatment and waging an amazing fight. We were very happy while fighting and surviving well in our fantasyland, Los Angeles, perched over Marina Del Rey with sea lions barking and dolphins swimming by. We survived COVID-19 in L.A., not expecting to be there for almost three years but getting stuck due to caution over flying back to Connecticut during COVID-19 with Jim’s compromised immunity status. We adored L.A. I’d always fantasized living there and Jim had always wanted to live in California or Miami, but again he honored my other desire to stay near New York City. Jim passed away with me and our wonderful daughter Eliza present, hugging and kissing him and answering his question. He kept repeating, “okay? okay?” We assured him it was okay — okay for him to believe we would be okay without him. It was a very beautiful parting. That day Jim passed away was February 6. It will be our 40th wedding anniversary and his 74th birthday on July 17. I miss him!” Editor’s note: During our class annual Zoom gathering, Audrey mentioned that she’s finding new rhythms and ways of channeling her creativity as she continues living through her grieving process. She planned to be in Paris in July with her sister.

Audrey Appleby and Jim McNitt in March 2019 Ann Elisabeth (Betsy) Bass writes, “My daughter Kathryn Bass Haenn and Harrison Flynn had beautiful weather for a pre-wedding family gathering in West Boothbay Harbor, Maine, on Aug. 1, 2021. They had a small wedding at the Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic, Conn., on Nov. 6, 2021 — also in beautiful weather. COVID-19 had postponed their original date. All went very well!”

Betsy Bass with her daughters and son-in-law

Lindsay Beane is working with a primary care and infectious disease health clinic in Washington, D.C., which she helped to establish in 2018. Ongoing tasks include quality assurance, regulatory compliance, strategic planning, and staff mentoring. She’s scheduled to take the PatientCentered Medical Home (PCMH) Certified Content Expert exam in June, with a goal to extend her consulting to other parts of the country (and stop doing federal grant writing!). She recently began working with a marketing consultant and teenaged website/social media expert to promote sales of her books (three so far, all of which are in the Dana Hall library). Her “happy places” include the garden, the homes of her two sons and grandchildren in Delaware and Pennsylvania, and spur-of-the-moment lunches with Melanie Choukas-Bradley!

Andrea Higgins Bierce writes, “It’s amazing the Class of ’70 is turning 70! How did that happen?! You very kindly asked if many of us are still working and yes, I am. I have had a great career thanks to so many people — like my husband Sandy who said when I was asked to join a public company board in Hyderabad, India, to go for it! Sandy, my children and my mother, Mary Butler Higgins ’45, have always been incredibly supportive! Dana, particularly Jean Chase, Mrs. Gregg and Dr. Weinert prepared me well. I will always be grateful! I am an independent director on the board of UBS Bank USA, where I sit on the Risk and Audit Committees. That work continues and it is very rewarding. In February, I was asked to

join Fractal, an AI/analytics firm. I help them with business development and making introductions. At our ages, we know a lot of people! I am excited about this new role. I do a lot of mentoring, help women get on boards, review and update resumes, coach and participate in conferences, often for a fee.”

Melanie Choukas-Bradley writes, “I’m working on a new book about the Potomac Gorge, the 15-mile stretch of river that begins at Great Falls, Va., and winds down through dramatic bluffs to Theodore Roosevelt Island in Washington, D.C. This is my eighth nature book. I’m also writing poetry and have had several poems published by Writing in a Woman’s Voice. One of my poems won an award in January. This year, I’m leading many local nature/ history trips for Smithsonian Associates and one to the badlands of North Dakota. I’m also leading nature and forest bathing walks for a number of other D.C. organizations. I’m finding that as time goes on, I want to spend more time writing and exploring nature with family and friends. I’ve decided to take a 16-month event sabbatical starting in November of this year. Turning 70 this year reminds me how precious time is, and I want to spend as much quiet time as possible, writing, reading, hiking and being with the people I love. Connecting with Dana Hall friends is a high priority.”

Joanne Christy Graydon writes, “Hello Dana Class of ’70 turning 70! I’ve spent most of my days in my little artisan shop working with clay and teaching others to do the same. This is not a job — this has been a joy! And for the people who come to see the work done by the other 14 artisans in the shop, I hear them say, ‘It must be nice to have a hobby.’ I smile and nod knowing, as many of you know, working with my hands is far from a hobby. It’s a passion! I guess one could say I am still working? Living in a small town has been a wonderful change from farm life. The shop is a few minutes’ drive from home and the library, store and post office are within walking distance. I am never without something to do! Our four granddaughters are nearby, eager for sleepovers, family suppers and a few intense games of checkers! Love being closer to their everyday lives! And being able to watch the 10-year-old play hockey, the 8-year-old dance and the 13-year-old coach figure skating with her two youngest sisters has been nothing but fun! Turning 70 has been on my mind a lot lately. I am not sure how I feel about this advance in age. Health-wise, I have had a few notable incidents but still able to move with reasonable ease. I’ve decided to not get upset over a few more wrinkles, sagging upper arms, age spots and the shifting body shape directly circling my middle! I/we have lived well, enjoyed many adventures and grown into the strong independent women we were taught to be! Meanwhile, I look forward to many more adventures during warmer days like camping, swimming and sharing a campfire.”

Joanne Christy Graydon at the opening of her Bridgehill Pottery Shop in Emerson, Manitoba

Susan (Susie) Coburn Humphrey writes, “Did no one tell me, or was I just not listening? Maybe some things just have to be lived to be understood. I think of my parents and wonder if this is how it was for them. That the less I am able to do, the more I appreciate what I can do. After Dan’s leg was amputated, he once said, “I never thought I would miss mowing the lawn so much.” Now when I walk down to get the paper in the morning, I often marvel at how well my legs work. The symmetry of the movement, first one leg forward then the next, it’s a beautiful thing. I laughed the other day when I realized that I embraced having wild hair at about the same time I embraced the wild garden movement! Apparently for aging hair the best thing is doing less! And the best action for helping wildlife is growing native plants and doing less clean-up in the garden; often what looks messy to us looks like a paradise to birds, critters and insects. Some days, I look around and think, ‘I thought I was supposed to be retired!’ But I then laugh at the ridiculousness of that thought and get on with the work that needs to be done to continue improving the community that I love.”

Dean Verner Loehr writes, “I am busier than ever consulting to non-profits in the Lubbock, Texas, area. I manage galas, train boards on planning and executing capital campaigns, write grants and train boards to be more effective in fundraising and advocating for their organizations. My clients range from a regional arts center, a small-town performing arts theater, Big Brothers Big Sisters, a community health center serving the underserved in Lubbock, a new inside play park for children with disabilities, Lubbock Roots Historical Arts Council, and Friends of a local city park.

Dean Verner Loehr at the LHUCA Gala

Jennifer Lovejoy Craddock writes, “It has been a hard two years. After a nearly two-year battle with pancytopenia myelofibrosis (bone marrow cancer), my beloved husband, Ed Craddock, passed away peacefully on January 20 with our son, daughter, daughter-in-law and me by his side. Ed bravely took a diagnosis of terminal cancer with an expectation of 18 months and managed, under COVID-19 restrictions, to live as high a quality of life as we could support him to enjoy for nearly two years.

Jenny Lovejoy Craddock and Ed Craddock

After 44 years, Michelle Dunn Morgan is retiring as a professor of physical education and athletics at Amherst College in Massachusetts. Michelle writes, “I am proud to have played a key role in the development of one of the most successful Division III physical education and intercollegiate athletic programs in the country and to know that my pioneering efforts have affected the tremendous growth of opportunity and equity for women athletes in the United States. It is impossible to fathom that I have been coaching for 48 years — almost a half a century. My journey through the years has been incredibly fulfilling and my life has been touched by so many amazing people. I am grateful for the many students who challenged me through each decade to become a stronger and more caring

teacher, coach and person. I owe a great amount of debt to my Amherst College colleagues and the many professionals across the country who allowed me to borrow some of their expertise so that I could grow my knowledge and tweak my own philosophies throughout my career. Many thanks to Mrs. Sullivan and Ms. Dreher at Dana Hall, and to my three brothers all of who fueled my passion for sport.”

Michelle Dunn Morgan and Jay

Sarah Rodman writes, “After decades of working for other people, in 2016, I started my own business, Art Rodman, LLC, and work on a variety of visual and performing art projects. On February 1, the New-York Historical Society published their Women at the Center blog post — Understanding the ‘Party of the Century:’ Q & A with Sarah Rodman — about my ongoing research on author Truman Capote, his 1966 Black and White Ball, and the event honoree, publisher Katharine Graham. As we reach our eighth decade, I endeavor to carry on creatively and make the most of whatever time we have left. Each morning, I say thank you for receiving the gift of another day with my family and friends.”

Lyn Sedwick Shuster writes, “I am still working as a physician — part-time and hardly making money, but supporting a secretary. Why? I have always liked what I do (neuro-ophthalmology) and I like interacting with other physicians and with patients, particularly those who are frustrated and/or frightened by whatever they have for which I am seeing them. Also, working gives structure to my day and I find I am more efficient with extra-work activities and tasks because of it. When I have a day off, often I spend time goofing off instead of getting things done. And finally, when I stop being a working physician, I really stop being a physician at all, and can’t come back. But why not stop? I ask myself this a lot, as there are many other things I like to do and have been reasonably successful doing (writing, breeding and selling chinchillas). I think when my daughter tells me she is pregnant, I will retire from Medicine and get ready for my new job as grandmother. And I’ll probably love it. But it’s hard to let go of something I have loved doing for almost 40 years.”

Lyn’s Chincilla’s Alec who was a color class champion at the SEA Chinchilla Show in St. Augustine, Fla.

Pamela Gleason Swearingen writes, “It’s hard to believe I’ll be turning 70 in May. I don’t feel that old! Our big news this year is our 33-year-old son Chris just got married in March. They had a perfect wedding. And we love his wife. And luckily they live only 30 minutes from us. We were a little concerned with 75 of us at an indoor reception, but luckily we all stayed healthy. And we finally decided to take our first trip since COVID-19 to Quebec City in May. Otherwise have had a quiet year. And just still enjoying our condo in Stowe, Vt., that we visit most months as well as my family place on Southport Island in Maine where again we were able to get together with Betsy Bass in June and September. I’m kept busy with walking our two Bernese Mountain dogs, Zoom yoga three times weekly and swimming other days. Just hoping my husband and I will continue to have good health.”

Pam Swearingen’s son’s wedding

Claudia (Coco) Ward writes, “I never really thought about retirement. I’ve worked at least part of the year, every year, since I was 13, which was just a few decades ago! Twelve years ago, the bank I worked for downsized and I was part of that downsizing, and thus began my early retirement. As many of you know, I began a blog, at Peter’s urging, in January 2010, and if you’ve followed Open Window, you have read and seen our endeavors in all of these efforts. Paris, Venice, Positano and Nags Head are some of our favorite travel destinations. Jellied consommé, duck confit, zucchini and goat cheese tart, Hasselback potatoes, and duck fat cookies are just a few of the challenges I set out to conquer and did. And, of course, we photographed it all honing our skills as we went. It was lovely and memorable, and we’re glad we did it all when we did because physically, we couldn’t do a lot of it now. So what now? I’m back at work. I’ve been the office manager for the Sag Harbor Historical Society for more than five years, a finance administrator for Christ Episcopal Church in Sag Harbor for more than two years, and starting last summer, I began maintaining the website for Babinski’s Farm Stand in Water Mill. I love each job, especially the people, but my favorite last summer was the farm stand. Why? Because I got paid in asparagus, strawberries, field-fresh green lettuce and heirloom tomatoes! How great is that? I am in heaven, early in the morning tromping around the fields, seeing what’s coming in next. I’m learning a lot, which is challenging but rewarding, and I can honestly say I am far from bored. It’s also rewarding to know that my various professional experiences are helping these three small businesses. My recommendation to one and all: Retire early, enjoy it to the max, and then go back to work using everything you’ve ever learned.

Peter Tooker and Coco Ward in the Bahamas in 2018

Jenny Warburg writes, “I am still working part-time as a freelance photographer, though limited in how much due to COVID-19. I continue to cover protests, rallies, political candidates, etc. — the most recent ones being in support of Ukraine, BLM, Trans Lives Matter, CRT, etc. Also protests of anti-vaxxers, right wing Trumpers, etc. Recently, I was nastily

accosted by one of them. If it hadn’t been for COVID-19, I would have been shooting the January 6 insurrection as I have covered the likes of those folks for decades.”

Jenny Warburg with Stacey Abrams and Gloria Steinem at Stacey’s campaign night in 2018

Susan Lirakis helped create the photography book, “New Hampshire Now.” She worked on it for 2 1/2 years. Susan writes, “I have five images in the book, including the one of harvesting ice from Squam Lake, on the cover. There are eight exhibitions happening around the state, seven of which have my work. There have been a number of events as well. I participated in a Q&A on Zoom in November, sponsored by the New Hampshire Historical Society in Concord.”

Class of 1971

Barbara (Barb) Lee Monahan barbmonahan52@comcast.net

Toddy Torrance Turrentine toddyturrentine@gmail.com

First and foremost, we all want to thank Elizabeth (Lisa) Orr for all of her work to get us together for a mini-reunion in Maryland. It must have been so frustrating to plan, cancel, plan, cancel and try to plan again. We so hope we can do it in 2023, and we all should help Lisa then!

On to the news, with an inspiring message from Linda Maxwell Robertson: “It is hard to know where to start. So I’ll just blurt it all out: It has been a year of many, many changes. I am still working as a marriage and family therapist, and until recently was living in Newport Coast, Calif. In June 2021, I was diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer. Sounds funny to say, but I am fortunate in that the DNA of my cancer gene happened to have a particular mutation that qualified me for a clinical trial at UCI Medical Center. I get regular blood tests, CT scans, echocardiograms, and I am on a targeted oral chemotherapy I take twice a day. I may be on it for the rest of my life. We’ll see. Things move fast in this field. So far, so good. Everything is stable. Still managing type 1 diabetes — 44 years now. My husband Michael and I are the very happy parents of a mini bernedoodle named Jax. We sold our place in Newport, R.I., this April, bought a place in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (next door to Palm Springs) that we’ll relocate to in the beginning of September. On April 27, we left California on a road trip to Austin, Texas, where we’ll be for May and June. After two months in Austin, we’re heading to Bridgehampton, N.Y., for July and August to spend the summer with very dear friends. All the kids and grandkids will come visit us. When we return to California, we’re depending on the fact that because they all like the desert, they’ll visit us there as well. Michael will be able to play golf more regularly and I’m thinking of taking it up more seriously than I’ve done in the past. There is a lot going on in our community and we plan on joining some interesting clubs. We’re even thinking of learning how to play pickleball. Those courts outnumber the tennis courts! I have so much to be grateful for. I am sending love and best wishes to my Dana Hall classmates. All strong glorious, women.” Linda, Barb and I send you healing thoughts. We admire how you have handled your illnesses with such grace and good humor, and are thrilled for you as you live your life in full.

Deborah (Debbie) Cantor writes, “I am happy to report that I have actually had the best year of my life! I am fortunate that all of my children and grandchildren are happy and healthy. I met the love of my life three years ago (third time is a charm!). He introduced me to golf and I absolutely love it! Life is full of love and laughter. I hope that this finds everyone happy and healthy! I’m looking to move to the east coast of Florida, so if anyone comes to the Boca Raton, Fla., area anytime, please don’t hesitate to contact me!”

Kate Boyd Dernocoeur writes, “The best thing so far this year was the wedding of my daughter to a very solid, good guy. She is now Mrs. Melody Carlisle. She wore my mother’s wedding dress (modernized and gorgeous) and a veil that was edged with the lace from my wedding dress. Such a fun time. The second-best thing is that my incurable wanderlust has finally been unleashed! I hiked 45 miles of the Fisherman’s Way along the coast of Portugal, and am slated to go polar bear watching after two years’ delay and then hiking for a month in Norway in June, Namibia (to meet up with a friend) in July-August, and hiking in Scotland in September. Hoping it all goes as planned. If you’re curious, please read about my adventures at my blog, Generally Write, at www.katedernocoeur.com. You can subscribe and never miss one (two per month, and very short!). I hope everyone is plugging away okay at this process of gaining age that we’re encountering. Hugs all around. Be in touch.”

Gail O’Neill Caulkins writes, “Chuck and I have started to travel more, although we had to cancel a trip to Ecuador in February because Chuck became ill with a mild case of COVID-19 just before we were scheduled to fly to Quito. We regrouped and ended up spending a week in Sedona, Ariz., and a week in Pebble Beach, Calif. Both visually stunning locations. Our children, Abby and Ben, continue to thrive in their jobs and lives. We feel blessed with good health and a loving family.”

From Jennifer (Jenny) Clark: “I second everyone’s thanks to Lisa. Thank you, Lisa! Meanwhile, I am renovating a small building on my small property in Great Barrington, Mass., as my new summer guest quarters. I’d love you to visit June-September — just let me know when. You’d take care of cleaning the place up when you’re done, but otherwise, no fee of course. The Berkshires are a wonderful summer destination. Ask Andy or me! Would love to see you. Lake swimming, town and theater all within walking distance.”

From Emily (Em) DiMaggio: “This was primarily a year of caretaking of my mother, 99 years old, who passed in February. She had the most amazing life. On a happier note, I am grateful that the rest of our family is thriving. My son has returned to New York City and is enjoying his financial work. He claims it’s lots more fun than getting a Ph.D. Steve and I live between Raleigh, N.C, and Fernandina Beach, Fla., loving both environs and the people there. Very lucky. After COVID-19 imploded my sales management training program for retailers, I reinvented myself. I did COVID-19 tracing for a nanosecond. Now I work with an old client, helping clients buy and sell franchise opportunities. Fun and rewarding. I continue my spiritual studies with a teacher with whom I’ve been working for 21 years. We had our annual workshop with a group of fabulous women, which is one of the reasons I relocated us to Raleigh. I am finding now with my free

time, I am able to visit more family and friends, albeit cautiously. I look forward to when we can all get together.”

Nancy Plum writes, “The past six months have been a series of schedule-somethingcancel-it in my world with shutdowns, performance masking requirements and testing disasters. A European cruise was scuttled for a year when Central Europe shut down, family Christmas was postponed until mid-January, church shut down for two months and my jobs in January were canceled. We did sing with Andrea Bocelli to 21,000 people in December, and Holy Week included a great collaboration with Chanticleer, and singing Haydn and Mozart with orchestra. Things are finally settling down as we come to the end of another dysfunctional concert season. I think those in my professional world are going to gut it out until the end of the spring and hope that things are more consistent next year. Tennis, fortunately, has been relatively stable, although team matches in December and January were canceled. Sorry our Reunion was canceled, but maybe we can figure out a way to get together soon!”

I (Toddy) am so happy to report that my daughter Margaret is getting married this summer to a great guy. I am so impressed how these young women have demanding jobs, plan a wedding, have multiple pets, and stay calm. I’m busy with our nature center, but my tenure ends in June, so I need to think about my next venture. Politics will always be a big focus. We are very excited about the wedding and will decompress on a cruise in Alaska in August. We are going to check out Hilton Head, S.C., as a possible one-month escape from Connecticut winters (anybody live or go there?), but are still in the same house and town after 37 years!

And I (Barb) started resuming my favorite activities as the COVID-19 worries subsided. Several fabulous visits with my grandbabies, return to my beloved New England kingdom of Vermont, golf, kayaking, hiking and long walks with Sagey all contributed to retirement as I envisioned it. A minor hiccup of a broken ankle slowed me down a bit in late September. Now fully healed, I’m continuing to live the retirement dream.

Linda Smith Janoff LindaDHS72@gmail.com

The Class of 1972 celebrated its 50th Reunion when these Class Notes were due. Thank you all for making the journey and celebrating the first in-person, on-campus Reunion in three years! And thank you to Pam, Sam and Hillary in the Advancement Office for the 50th Yearbook.

Barbara Tomlinson Harman writes, “I am passing the Class Correspondent baton to Linda Smith Janoff, who came forward at our 50th Reunion to volunteer. A huge thanks to you, Linda! I look forward to reading the notes for years to come. Thanks to the Class of 1972 who really came through for our 50th! The class won awards for the most funds raised for the Dana Fund and also overall of all the Reunion classes. Thanks to the 50th Reunion Committee — Janis, Marian,

Susie, Kim, Martha, Cyndy, Helen,

Joan, Lynni, and Pam — for your year of work on this amazing weekend! We had great weather, 45 of us showed up (7 on Zoom) and we gathered, cheered, sang our class song and basked in each other’s company on campus, in the Walden room, and some at the Davis Museum in Wellesley. Yes, it was hard to sleep Saturday night after all the energy in that tent behind Grove House! Thanks for coming and celebrating in person with us!”

Sheilah (Judy) Glover writes, “I’m so sad I couldn’t come to the 50th Reunion, as it seems such an important marker, but there were all kinds of things that were happening then or shortly after that keep me either here, or going back East for other reasons at other times: my daughter’s graduation from Georgetown’s graduate school, my aunt’s memorial (she lived to 100!) and more. It looked like a great list of attendees and I was sad to miss it.”

Pamela (Pam) Swift writes, “Our family celebrated our granddaughter’s 1st birthday on March 3. She has brought such joy in a time of stress and deep concern. Sending thoughts of love and peace to everyone in the Class of ’72!”

Helen Morse writes, “My memoir, ‘The Difficult Girl,’ is finally finished! It took some time to write it, but it was a labor of love for me. The memoir spans a number of years, some of them years in which I attended Dana Hall. Indeed, the memoir covers part of my transformative experience there. A while ago, I created an award at Dana, the Katherine T. Gregory Award and Fund, in honor of one of the people who figures largely in my book. Fair warning: In some respects, it is not a happy story, but it was the story I had to tell. For those who are interested, it is available on Amazon.”

Deborah Adams Wilton writes, “Warmest greetings from California! We had a mini 50th Reunion out here! Jane Dudley, Sheilah (Judy) Glover and I had the grandest time both reminiscing and catching up with our lives. It was so fun and we all left thinking how we need to get together more often. Also want to thank you (Barb) for all that you have done to keep our Class of ’72 notes and certainly for all your work on the Class Reunion. It is not lost on us what a gigantic job that is!”

Jane Dudley, Sheilah (Judy) Glover and Deborah Adams Wilton

Class of 1973

Judith (Judy) Luke judy.luke@comcast.net

A big hello to the Class of ’73. So, what’s new with me (Judy Luke)? I started a new job as creative director at a healthcare IT company in Watertown, Mass., at the end of last year. So far, so good. Lots of fun, smart people that I’ve only met from the neck up on Zoom. In June, everyone planned to return to the office at least one day a week; looking forward to seeing people again. Spring has been busy with a long weekend in Florida and my niece’s wedding this past April in Richmond. I’m back and forth to Connecticut monthly to see my mom who is still going strong at 92. On most days, her step count beats mine. I need to up my game.

After two years of lockdown between the countries, Margaret (Margot) Estabrook Stienstra was able to savor several months home in Massachusetts, replenishing with family and friends, including in Rhode Island, Vermont and California. Margot

writes, “Native land and seascape were tremendously nourishing.” She hopes to spend increased time stateside in coming years. In semi-retirement, Margot continues to enjoy — and feel privileged to practice — mainly Jungian psychotherapy in Zürich, along with interactive teaching/ facilitating analytical psychology’s continued relevance, antidotal to collective overwhelm in the zeitgeist. Sailing and eco-psychology further challenge and bolster. In Amor Caritas, we find resilience. She sends best wishes to all.

Carol Camp Shepard writes, “We are now officially Florida residents, having changed our address to our Naples home, but we still spend quite a bit of time in Durham, N.C. We are lucky to have one son who lives nearby in Ft. Myers, Fla., and our other son lives in Durham. While dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic was a real pain, the one good thing that came out of it is that I have taken up the game of golf (because my husband was unable to play with anyone else, ha!). Anyway, I’ve caught the golf bug and play at least three times a week. Can’t believe that our 50th is coming up, but I plan to be there! Hope everyone else has put the Reunion date on their calendars.”

This just in from Julia Sawabini. She writes, “The Class of ’73 rocks! Thank you to all who contributed to the capital campaign and thank you to all who continue to contribute to the Dana Fund. I don’t love asking for money, but I do love staying in touch with you all.” Julia added she “definitely had a case of cabin fever this past winter, but managed to avoid getting COVID-19, so it was a good trade off.” Julia recently had a lovely lunch with Susan Donahue in Maryland this spring. She said it was great fun to catch up with Susan after almost 50 years. Julia is looking forward to another summer in Vermont — and hopefully more visits with Dana friends (Grace, Robin, still looking for Carlie Goodhue Krakoff) and family — and she’s looking forward to seeing everyone next spring at Reunion.

Mary Emerson is on the move, relocating from La Jolla, Calif., back east to Madison, Conn. Mary was looking forward to attending the wedding of Toddy Torrance Turrentine ’71’s daughter in July. On a sad note, Mary’s sister, Jane Emerson Linnell ’61, passed away on April 24.

Susan (Susie) Foster Wilson and her husband, Bob, spent the month of April in Charleston, S.C. Susie writes, “Lots of walking, tennis and seeing friends. Now that we are back in Chatham, Mass., it’s time to get into high gear for outside work. Always so much to do. Hoping to be able to watch the news soon without cringing.”

Priscilla (Perky) Francis Nellissen has some fun news to share. Perky is puppy raising for Guiding Eyes for the Blind. She got Ziti, a female yellow lab, right before Thanksgiving. By four months, she was finally catching on. What a journey it was to get there. In the spring, Ziti was 7 months old and doing really well. She grew out of the biting, barking, puppy antics and is a peach now. Perky will keep her until around 16 months. The regional manager thinks Ziti has what it takes, as not many out of a litter make it to guide dog status. Of course, Perky will be sad to let her go, but what a wonderful gift she will provide someone. Please reach out to Perky to learn more or visit www.guidingeyes.org, the Guiding Eye website. Perky took a season off, but is now back reffing high school lacrosse. She loves it. She is also playing tons of paddle tennis, adding, “This activity saved us during COVID-19.”

Dana Cole writes, “Retired life in Asheville, N.C., continues to confirm that this was a great choice. We had what was a big snowstorm for here (about a foot), but the good news is that it doesn’t last long! Looking forward to our second summer, hopefully with a lot fewer masks! Cannot express enough how proud I am of our class for raising the money to name a new classroom with our class name and in honor of former Head of School Edie Phelps. My calls with many of you over the few months Julia and I worked on this were amazing and I thank all those who gave. Looking forward to seeing many of you in person in April 2023 for our 50th! Stay well until then.”

Cheryl Kilberg Solomon writes, “I can’t believe how quickly time is flying. Next year will be our 50th Reunion and sadly, it will be the first one that I will miss. We are going on a transatlantic cruise with another couple and it’s the same weekend! Please share with me all the news that will surround this milestone Reunion.” Cheryl and Larry are getting back to traveling and, in the spring, embarked on a 10-day cruise. She planned on seeing Karin Baldwin Quayle in New Jersey before heading off to sea and is looking forward to spending a couple nights with Karin and her husband Chip. Another cruise is planned for the fall. Before you know it, 2022 will be over! Larry and Cheryl love Arizona. They returned to Chicago briefly in March for a couple of days, but couldn’t wait to get

Class of 1974

Katharine (Kate) Hirsch Koller rkoller@snet.net

Laurie Goldstein writes, “Well, I’m finally starting to feel our age. Knee was injected with Synvisc, if anyone knows of it, but alas, to no avail, so I’m on the hunt for a top-notch knee surgeon — northern California or Los Angeles, if anyone knows of one. Good news is I’ve been able to help other bits of arthritic pain, such as fingers and hips, through the anti-inflammatory GAPS diet and the Wahls Protocol as well. I highly recommend both, as they offer similar blueprints to health and healing; it’s been a life-changer. After two solid months, the other pain areas lifted, which I’d heard about anecdotally but now have experience firsthand. I also have a health coach, if anyone needs some guidance along the way. Meanwhile, finally putting in a pool and landscaping the backyard, and working with my coaching clients, which has spawned a significant increase in working with both couples and parents/ their adult children. Supporting conscious communication and coming from openness, empathy and love seems to be a winning roadmap. I’m so inspired by the work and since COVID-19, I’ve been Zooming all over the globe, which I’m loving. Hubby finally finished a wonderful spec feature — fingers crossed — and I have two passion film projects I’m working to set up. Turns out creativity has no retirement age, as I’m sure you’d all agree. I’m easily reached in northern California, so let me know if you’re up here. I’d love to see you!”

Mary Fish Arango writes, “The stories from women my age are particularly helpful now, as Peter and I completed an arduous move from Oregon to Connecticut in early January, arriving and unloading an enormous moving truck 12 hours before 10 inches of snow blanketed our new town of West Simsbury, Conn. Frigid temperatures, pandemic concerns, high winds and deep snow made for some serious isolation in a new town. Our Oregon house sold in early March and a Medford family undeterred by wildfires, drought and debilitating smoke was happy to buy it. Our son and his wife are still in Oregon, musicians stalking record contracts and concert gigs, but they’ll be ready to load the car and move east if this summer again brings fire to their doorstep.

Our new location outside of Hartford means we get to see our daughter Grayson more often and more easily. She is happily ensconced at Dana Hall, house director for JHD, substitute teaching, riding at the amazing equestrian center, and completing her master’s in mental health counseling. I get an intimate view of life at Dana, both in regular conversations/Zoom calls and in overnight visits to campus. Edie Phelps would be proud of the legacy of young women’s education. I have a special place in my heart for education directed toward young women. My career in teaching in independent schools — some of them struggling to find their footing as they transitioned from all-male to coeducational, one in the deep south — saw many schools not do it well, tenaciously holding on to old habits and traditions. I paid a heavy price for insights made 10-15 years before entrenched colleagues wanted to hear them. When I walk the Dana Hall campus with school in session, it is a delight to hear laughter and intention everywhere.

Libby Moseley Edwards, Louisa Brown Troubh, Sarah Bryan Severance, Tapley Allen Sheresky, Anne Downey Wallace

Betsy Winans Carothers ’77, Anne Downey Wallace, Sarah Bryan Severance, Libby Moseley Edwards playing golf at the Riomar Country Club in Vero Beach, Fla.

Anne Downey Wallace writes, “It’s amazing to me how much Dana is still in my life. I’m lucky to have rekindled relationships now that friends are frequenting or visiting Vero Beach, Fla. I see Sarah Bryan Severance, my sophomore year roommate, all the time. She, Elizabeth (Libby) Moseley Edwards and I all play golf at the same club. So does Elizabeth (Betsy) Winans Carothers ’77, who has also become a dear friend. Other friends who have visited this year include Louisa Brown Troubh, Tapley Allen Sheresky and Eunice Murray. In the spring, I had plans to walk on the beach and lunch with Frances (Francie) Benton! Just sorry to have missed Bonnie Block Levison when she was here briefly, headlining an event.”

Class of 1975

Kyle Fake Seydler kylewfake@gmail.com

Class of 1976

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Class of 1977

Elizabeth (Liz) Browning Riley lizriley09@gmail.com

Congratulations to Marcia Teng Ishizuka on receiving the Distinguished Alumna Award. I think I speak for all our classmates in saying that this is well deserved, and we are so proud of you. Thank you to Elizabeth (Betsy) Winans Carothers, Mary (Polly) Harding Dombroski and Lisa Glickman for the beautiful artwork that you submitted for the Alumae Art Show. We loved seeing your work.

Suzanne (Susie) McNear McNiff writes, “I am starting a new job as deacon and director of Children and Family Ministries at Christ Church in Greenwich, Conn. I was on the Reunion Committee and hoping to come to our 45th, but we planned to move to Greenwich in late April. Eugenie is graduating from Loyola University in New Orleans and will be looking for work in New York City. My daughter Georgina lives in Jackson Hole, Wyo. She started her own functional medicine practice and is busy seeing patients and skiing in the afternoon. My son Gordon lives in New York City and works for a medical publishing company. He is also a standup comedian. You can see him at the Greenwich Village Comedy Club or Broadway Comedy Club. Check it out! I had lunch with Dana Leavy Langham and as always, we reminisced about the fun and friendships during our time at Dana. I miss you all and am planning on being at the 50th!”

Anne (Nancy) Kelting Kronenberg

writes, “Both of my daughters graduated from Brown in June. Frances, my oldest daughter, graduated two years ago but was unable to march due to the pandemic. Isabel graduates with her class. Frances is in the throes of applying to medical school and is currently a clinical researcher specializing in treatments for anxiety and depression at Butler Hospital in Providence. Isabel is looking for business development jobs in New York City. I have just finished up my term as president of the Bedford Garden Club. I have also just finished my term as treasurer and head of the Finance Committee at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on the Cape. I will remain a trustee. I also sit on two public boards, both of which have been doing very well. In our free time, Eric and I have decided to focus on bridge and play lots of golf, tennis, ski — anything that keeps us moving. Still living on our mini-farm in Bedford Corners, N.Y. I look forward to seeing everyone at Reunion.”

Anne Leone writes, “I’m sorry I was not able to come to Reunion and missed the opportunity to celebrate with everyone. I have been making large-scale paintings of swimmers for exhibitions in Berlin at Galerie Friedmann-Hahn and at Dedee Shattuck Gallery in Westport, Mass. Recently, my work was on display at Art Market San Francisco, a national art fair. This summer, my work will be featured at Art Market Hamptons in the booth of the Boston gallery, M Fine Arts Galerie, August 11-14. My husband and I divide our time between rural Massachusetts, where we’ve lived for 26 years, and Brooklyn, N.Y, where we enjoy the company of our growing family.”

Anne Leone

Kelly Hynes McDermott shares, “We finally eased out of COVID-19 mode this winter and Scott and I did a little traveling. In February, we visited dear friends in Florida at Ocean Reef and Vero Beach. I missed seeing Betsy Winans Carothers in Vero, unfortunately, as our timing didn’t work out. Definitely next year, Bets! After some fun in the sun, Scott, our oldest son Dillon and I, along with five family members, traveled west to Lake Tahoe to

visit our youngest son Jack and do some spring skiing. Jack is working remotely while managing to squeeze in 72 days of skiing in this bucolic ski town. He was an incredible host, leading the way on the slopes at Palisades and Alpine Meadows, biking, and hiking. Hiking around Emerald Bay was one of the highlights of this trip with its emerald green water, waterfalls and beautiful views of the mountains in the background. If you visit Lake Tahoe, I highly recommend taking in this national natural landmark. Hynes Communications, my marketing and PR company of 10 years, keeps me busy where I help small to mid-sized companies tell their brand stories through email newsletters, blogs and social media. One silver lining from the global pandemic was that my company experienced a boost in business over past years. Business owners recognized the importance of making sure people knew that they were not only surviving but thriving in the professional and social services industries. I feel energized and challenged working for a small cadre of clients from my home office. And I love having the flexibility to create my own schedule to travel and see my precious grandchildren, Pearce and Lila. Almost every Friday, I go down to my daughter’s, Courtney McDermott Gill ’04, in Scituate, Mass., to spend time with Pearce (3) and Lila (18 mo.). These little munchkins bring our family so much joy and serve as a constant reminder of how quickly they grow and develop. They keep Scott and me on our toes and help us to see the ever-changing world through their eyes. Such a blessing. Joy Haywood Moore and I get together frequently for dinners and various activities, which is always a treat. It was a blast seeing several of our classmates at our Dana Hall 45th Reunion. We shared lots of laughs over eye-popping stories and photos from our days at Dana in the ’70s. It was wonderful reconnecting with so many classmates and we really missed those who couldn’t be there this time. Our 50th is only five years away and we’ve already decided that we are going to make it the best ever by having a solid turnout, so keep April 2027 in mind!

Kelly Hynes McDermott with husband Scott and sons Dillon and Jack Martha Groton writes, “I am sure I speak for all of us from the class who were at Reunion — Liz, Beth, Missy, Marcia,

Marylou, Dana, Christy, Debby, Nancy,

Alex, Cathy, Kelly, Joy and me — in saying that we had ourselves a lovely time together. Our thanks to the nonattendees who sent their greetings. We had all our classmates and other Dana connections in mind. When Beth and I caught up, we talked about the fact that she and my father went to the same public elementary school in New Bedford some 40 years apart. I saw Linda Perry Kimbrell ’82 Friday evening. She said Sue remains in Upton and comes riding at the Karen Stives ’68 Equestrian Center weekly. Dana and I walked up there on Saturday afternoon. Heather Hodgson DePaola ’80, who has remained in Dover, Mass., gave us a tour. She was with her daughter who rides there. Heather had just been to the graveside gathering for former French teacher Nikki Descouteaux, who passed away in March. Heather had known the family well from house sitting for them at their home in Dover. Alex, Marcia, Dana and I reminisced about going to France with Nikki on the French school exchange programs that she organized starting our junior year. I joined Liz and Marylou at the Saturday morning talk about the Classroom Building renovations. Most of us heard Head of School Katherine Bradley talk about the school. Those of us at lunch clapped with good gusto and stood up for Marcia when she accepted the Distinguished Alumna Award. Marylou represented us at the memorial service. A group of us visited the Alumnae Art Show. Our thanks to Lisa, Betsy and Polly for contributing to the show and letting us marvel at their talents. Marcia returned there for the reception. Joy joined us for dinner Saturday evening. I enjoyed visiting with everyone. I have settled in after my move to the south side of Sherborn, Mass., and am working at writing up something from my study of the history of public health law. Excuses for a little social activity are welcome. My best to all.”

Class of 1977 group photo at Reunion

Marcia Teng Ishizuka writes, “While at Reunion, I discovered that Debra Meyer Dreyfus’ nephew lives at Andover (Phillips Academy). His wife Jill is a teacher there. They have a son, and my first grandchild (a boy) and Beau are friends. My grandson is 10 months old and his father (my son-inlaw) is also a teacher at Andover. Even smaller world is that my younger daughter, who also teaches at Andover, lived in the same dorm for three years with Debra’s niece (who is the sister of the nephew who is now living at Andover). After not seeing Debby for 45 years, it was such a surprise to find out how our families are connected! Small world indeed! I hope to see more of our classmates at our 50th Reunion. Thank you very much to our Class Reunion Committee for your hard work.”

Christy Flory-Chandonait writes, “50 or bust is my new motto! Way too much fun was had at our ’77 Class Dinner and Reunion. I am a semi-retired derm NP, but keep busy volunteering with breast cancer patients, the SPCA, and hoping to paddle with the Dragon Boats for BC Survivors. Daughter Grace (16) is a junior at Annapolis High School, and hoping to be a pediatric NP when she grows up! Stay healthy and see you in 2027!”

Betsy Winans Carothers was not able to make it to Reunion, but she was there in “visuals” with some of her photography. Betsy lives in Vero Beach, Fla., from October until June, and then is back on Cape Cod the other months. She has been very busy this year taking family photos during the holidays, like Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter, with all the various families that get together during those times. In between that, her stationery business is very active as well as selling large acrylic photography wall prints at various shows or open houses during the year. Check out her website — www. betsycarothers.com — or follow her on Instagram at @betsycarothersphotography. Her mom, Abigail Kimball Winans ’46, is now 93 and still very active in Vero playing lots of golf and croquet and even a little grass pickleball. Betsy says it’s such a blessing living so close to her parents (her dad will be 93 in July). She has two sons who live in San Francisco and a daughter in New York City, but they love to come down and spend time in Vero.

Liz Browning Riley writes, “What a beautiful Reunion Weekend. We missed all of you who were unable to attend, but you were with us in spirit. I so enjoyed catching up with everyone. Changes are in the air for me. Lou Lou duties are taking me on a new and exciting path. I will be moving to Baton Rouge, La., to live near my daughter Meg and her family. I am very much

looking forward to spending more time with my grandchildren (Emmett, 4, and Milo, 9 mo.) and having Sunday night dinners with family. Ladies, we are on our way to our 50th Reunion. I look forward to hearing from you with all your news. Stay well!”

Front row: Debby Meyer Dreyfus, Liz Browning Riley, Beth Shapiro Lewyckyj, Dana Leavy Langham. Back row: Alex Luk, Marylou WellbrockReeves

Cathryn (Cathy) Cushner Edelstein signing her book in the Helen Temple Cooke Library

Class of 1978

Lisa Aronson Altman P11, 16 laltmn@comcast.net Jacqueline (Jacquie) Keefe Bellamy

writes, “We sold our family home in England and are now splitting our time between New Zealand; Camden, Maine; and the U.K.! Visitors welcome! Two of our kids live in the U.K. and two in the U.S. Our youngest will be the first to marry in October. All very exciting!”

Josephine (Josie) Greene writes, “Our clan is well and grateful to be healthy and vaxed. Daughter Katie lives in New York City and works in the film industry making documentaries. Our son, Mark, is finishing up his B.A. in environmental studies at UC Santa Barbara. When not studying, he’s surfing and sewing and has his own up-cycled clothing line. He’s looking for work in the sustainable fashion/clothing industry, if anyone knows of opportunities. My husband, Glenn, and I continue to work from home in Newton, Mass. Glenn’s still a T&E attorney and I keep busy with philanthropic work that centers on gender and racial equity. Hope everyone in the Class of ’78 is doing well!”

Katharine (Katie) Bliss Fagan writes, “We continue to spend our time between Boston; Franconia, N.H.; and Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. We more than survived the worst of COVID-19, welcoming two more grandbabies to our clan, making it three for us. Ella Bliss Mintz (4) and her brother Wyatt Stanley Mintz (2) live with our oldest daughter Ainslie and her husband Nate in Jackson Hole, Wyo. We see them as much as we can. Our middle daughter, Christina, continues to balance running her business Sh*t That I Knit and tending to her baby girl, Campbell Katharine Pardy (2). They mercifully live down the street from us in Boston. Our youngest daughter Serena now lives in New Hampshire and works remotely for a solar brokerage firm. My husband Jamie continues to like heading to work at JPMorgan. We are looking forward to more travel, should the fates allow. Would love to see any and all of my missing Dana friends. Peggy Smith Liversidge and I have connected, which is always lots of fun. Love to all!”

Jennifer (Tria) Giovan writes, “Happy to still be in touch with my Lazare roommates Katharine (Katty) Van Itallie and Tracey Thatcher; we are just missing Wendy Scullin Teplow! I see Tracey often in Sag Harbor, where she has a house, and I spend most of my time these days. Katty is now living in New Hampshire as the art director of Yankee Magazine. We met up recently to see Bonnie Raitt in Connecticut; great show! I had a lovely visit with Geraldine Christ Cooper at her home in Westport, Mass., last summer when I was on a shoot down the road. Last winter, I met up with Joyceann Yaccarino Griggs and Alexandra (Xanda) McCagg to see Xanda’s beautiful exhibit at the Lyman Museum in New London, Conn. Missing our MADAMES reunions in New York City with founder Amie BlockRatajczak as well as Daphne Pinkerson, Joyceann, Xanda, Pamela (Pam) Trevisani Rodman, Marylou WellbrockReeves ’77, Susan Miller Copperman ’77, and Barbara Hawkins Janien ’77, among others. As for me, I am still taking pictures. I have a relatively new book out from Vendome Press, ‘Summer to Summer: Houses by the Sea.’ While shooting on Martha’s Vineyard, I had dinner with Matthew and Martha Stackpole. I will release a book in Spring 2023 called ‘Loisaida Street Work 1984 to 1990’ — photographs I took while living on New York City’s Lower East Side. Happy to still be connected with all these interesting, smart and talented Dana women.”

Dana Peters Frizzell writes, “My big news: I’m very excited to announce the arrival of my latest book, ‘When You Can’t Go Home.’ This one takes place in Sydney, Australia — the idea starting to form when I was there back in 2015 visiting Jean Kropper. My first book had just come out and I’d already started on a second one, so this was put on the back burner until I could really focus on it. I can’t thank Jean enough for her help on this book! If it hadn’t been for COVID-19, I would have just flown back and written it there! Thank goodness for FaceTime! In case anyone is wondering, when it’s 10 p.m. here, it’s noon the next day there. Jean’s planning a trip back to the U.S.; we’ll properly celebrate the book then. In October, I was able to take my first trip back to Ireland since COVID-19. It was so wonderful to get away! Despite the weather throwing us a few curves, I had the time of my life! And came home with another story to write! In September, I’m headed back to Alaska on a trip that was canceled twice already. Then hopefully back to Germany in December. No doubt I’ll bring home more stories to write. It’s so great to be able to travel again! Vail Cart Tyler was up this winter on a ski trip with her family. It was great seeing her and having some time to catch up!”

Dana Peters Frizell

Alexandra Riemer Greenberg celebrated her 62nd birthday in April and had a wonderful birthday with her husband Marc. It seems like yesterday she was at Dana Hall and living in Weston, Mass., but she can say life in California since 1987 has been wonderful. Having lived in Long Beach, Calif., in the same house for 26+ years, they have built a lovely life there together. Her oldest son Zachary (24) is a Store Manager of NYC Velo and living on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. He is a

passionate cyclist and is very enthusiastic about helping people find the right ride for them. Her youngest son Noah (20) just received his EMT certification and is currently applying to EMT and firefighter positions. Her husband Marc decided to become an equity partner this year at his law firm Tucker Ellis, and they had a lovely partner’s retreat in Scottdale, Ariz., in the spring. They stopped by the Grand Canyon and Sedona a few days before and were in love with both. Alex heard from her friend Sandra Goudsmit ’77 on her birthday, and recently spoke with Ellen Tuton Le Comte. She sends warm wishes to all of you and wishes you all peace, good health and happiness.

Peggy Smith Liversidge is ramping up her catering business, Kitchen Chicks Catering and Gourmet Market and Cape Porpoise Kitchen, for their 19th busy summer season in Kennebunkport, Maine. The pandemic wreaked havoc on the wedding and events industry in 2020 and so last summer, they were tasked with catering two years’ worth of weddings in three months’ time! Somehow, they got through it, despite being very short-staffed. Last season, they produced 30 weddings along with a full calendar of social and corporate events. Exhausting to say the least, so this season, she has opted to throttle back and take on just 12 weddings along with the usual social calendar that keeps them on the run May through December. She still loves what she does, but like all businesses, the biggest challenge is finding good people to share your vision and help maintain your brand’s standards. She is blessed with a great core team of chefs and event coordinators, and of course her husband, HP, who helps out on all fronts when he has time away from his own business. One particular highlight from summer 2021 includes catering a surprise 60th birthday in July with the guest of honor’s best friend from boarding school (the King of Jordan) making the trip to Maine to celebrate with the birthday boy. Peggy writes, “The tears of joy at this surprise reunion reminded me of how special the bonds are with the friends we met and grew up with during our Dana Hall years. It was a beautiful and memorable evening, as guests feasted under a tent on local Maine oysters, Maine lobster rolls, beef tenderloin sliders and summer salads. Even the Maine weather was cooperative. Calling all Dana friends to reach out if you find yourself in southern Maine! I would love to see you.”

Things for me, Lisa Aronson Altman, are going well. I am the vice president of Education at our Temple and worked on a three-year project to open a preschool, which opened this past September. It’s fun to be around little ones again. My girls, Alexis Altman ’11 and Madison Altman ’16, are both doing really well and enjoying their jobs. Both live in the area and I am lucky to see them often. I caught up with Amie Block-Ratajczak in Portland pre-pandemic and it’s about time for another lunch. I also had plans to see Katie Bliss Fagan in Boston in mid-May. Cheers to all!

Class of 1979

Lynn Phillips Hernandez lynn.hernandez@comcast.net

Elizabeth (Zebby) Whiting Dube writes, “On April 28, our second granddaughter arrived! A joyful blessing! I can’t wait to be the best ZuZu to her.”

Victoria (Vicki) Tompkins Heydari

writes, “I just celebrated 10 years with Mitchell Construction Group in Medfield, Mass., where I am the manager of Design. We are busier than ever, which is great. I am in touch with Lisa Cheren Bilbo, Katina Athans Engle and Deborah (Debbie) Black and enjoy following our classmates on Facebook.”

Karen Shapiro writes, “The past few months have been fairly quiet after my mother passed away in January. I’ve been spending a lot of time with my dad and family. We did get away for the beautiful Florida warmth in late February and March, a welcome break from the New England winter. I’ve kept active with online learning through a local college and truly find being a perennial student to be my favorite career. I’ve returned to volunteering through the Massachusetts Office of Elder Affairs as an advocate for the elderly in assisted living centers and nursing homes. I’m thrilled to report that I’m now sponsoring my second Israeli college student after my first one graduated. He lives in southern Israel and is studying to be a teacher. I look forward to meeting him and his family this fall. I’ll also see my first student and his family. I am returning to long awaited travel. I have trips this summer that have been twice postponed, and I planned to leave for the Adriatic, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia and Malta at the end of May. It will be wonderful to see my travel buddies after two years. I hope all are returning to the postCOVID-19 world with ease. It feels as there has been a time warp, finally seeing friends after such an absence.”

Melissa Brown Moore mbm@ibl.bm

Dianne Appel writes, “I moved from New Mexico to central Oklahoma last fall to be with my mom. I’m fortunate to finally have my hobby farm with an organic vegetable garden and my horses on site. I’m enjoying my renewed connections with Dana Hall through alumnae programs. I have three grandchildren and a cottage in Encino, Calif., to stay connected to them.”

Heather Hodgson DePaola writes, “Our family had a great time this past summer driving across the country, as far west as Utah, towing our 28’ cherry red Winnebago travel trailer, Big Red. We were gone a month and traveled 6,630 miles. We visited Niagara Falls, explored eight National Parks, met Budweiser Clydesdales, and toured Kentucky horse country. An amazing adventure! The rest of the summer was spent at dropping our daughter, Mckinlee, at the Dana Hall stables for her interning, riding and attending their Training Academy. This fall she joined Dana Hall’s Athletic Equestrian League (AEL) team and has qualified for the finals at Mount Holyoke. She was also competing in the jumper ring at Grazing Fields Farm in May and June! Our first road trip this summer will be to Lake Placid and Saratoga Springs, N.Y., for the Fourth of July. We’ll cheer on Team Dana at the Lake Placid Horse Show. To celebrate my big birthday in August, we will be on the road for three weeks exploring all the Great Lakes and, on our way home, we’ll check out the Finger Lakes in New York.”

Heather Hodgson DePaola’s daughter Mckinlee showed Sarah Summers ’98’s horse Zento

Class of 1981

E. Fraser Demetree Benzal efbenzal@gmail.com

Anne Morton August guinvere@hotmail.com

Hello! I (Anne Morton August) am writing this after the fantastic Reunion in April. First, a huge thank you to our Reunion Committee: Jennifer Beecher Cooper, Christina (Tina) Gross Kruczynski, Karen Tobasky Garb, Heather Cameron Ploen, Jennifer (Jen) Mathews, Cynthia Ewing Miller, and Jill Hinckley Spaulding! We missed Jennifer Mathews at Reunion as well as other peeps who couldn’t make it, like Joanne SaintLouis Butterfield, Lisa Sotir, Elizabeth (Betsy) Luther, Margo Smith-Rush, Kristin Cassady Kos, and Louise (Lou) Lowry Workmon.

An extra special thanks to Jennifer and her husband Gordon, who hosted our Saturday night dinner at their lovely home. Mei-Ni Kuo joined by FaceTime from Taiwan!

Friday night, there was a small group of us on campus with an unexpected and very welcome guest: Maria Useche, previously of Venezuela. Maria is a television journalist, producer and life coach, and was getting married on Sunday! Yes, she took time off from last-minute wedding planning to come back to campus for a couple of hours. She met her now-husband in Key West four years ago, and they live in Marlborough, Mass.! We’re happy to add Maria to our local crew once more, and expect wedding pictures for the next Bulletin.

Saturday on campus there was a presentation about the new Classroom Building and a state-of-the-school update from Head of School Katherine Bradley. Dana weathered the pandemic and emerged in good shape. Plans for the new Classroom Building look great. If ever a building needed upgrading, that one is it! Please consider making a contribution to help support this important project.

Other friends we hadn’t seen in a while included Victoria (Vicky) Wong, who lives in Cleveland and works in development at an independent school. Vicky and I (Anne) coincidentally belong to the same professional group on Facebook and have been trading stories of data management practices for a couple of years. Sandra (Sandy) Friis-Hansen Halverson came down from Maine for the Saturday lunch. Many of us seem to have kids ranging from age 8 through adulthood. Suzy’s son Charles, Heather’s Poppy and Tricia’s daughter are teenagers; Sarah, Linda, Jennifer and I (Anne) have over-twenties, and Maria is ending up with an instant blended family of six!

In a nutshell: Reunion was great. They get better every year! Join our Facebook group (Dana Hall School Class of 1982 Reunion) if you haven’t already; we occasionally have meet-ups or activities.

Front row: Suzy Burnett Doolittle. Middle row: Anne Morton August, Linda Perry Kimbrell, Susan Gibbons Gray, Heather Cameron Ploen, Mindy Coath ’83, Tina Gross Kruczynski, Vicky Wong. Back row: Sally Wattles, Sarah Raymond, Cindy Ewing, Tricia Short, Jennifer Beecher Cooper, Derya Samadi, Beth Nordstrom Keach, Jill Hinckley Spaulding, Denise Hill Thorn

Derya Samadi, Jennifer Beecher Cooper, Anne Morton August, Tina Gross Kruczynski

Front row: Denise Hill Thorn, Sandy Friis-Hansen Halverson, Linda Perry Kimbrell, Jennifer Beecher Cooper. Back row: Suzy Burnett Doolittle, Sally Wattles, Vicky Wong, Susan Gray, Heather Cameron Ploen, Derya Samadi Sally Wattles, Gene Scattergood-Moore, Suzy Burnett Doolittle

Class of 1983

Laura Lavit Elmore lauralelmore@yahoo.com

Maria Fernanda La Riva writes, “I bought a horse and it was the best thing during COVID-19 for me and my daughter. We jumped her and now we are into dressage. Everyone who likes horses should have one! We are now planning to move to Wellington, Fla., to a farm since it’s an equestrian city. Oh, and being outside and horseback riding during COVID-19 was super! Didn’t even notice anything while people were closed up.”

Class of 1984

Leah Morris jmorrisfamily@comcast.net

Class of 1985

Christina Whiting Dougherty cswdougherty@comcast.net

Lisa Iagatta liagatta@investcloud.com

Class of 1986

Katharine (Katie) Allen kral135@psu.edu

Katherine (Kathy) Koumantzelis Copeland P18, 20, 23 copelandkk@gmail.com

Belkis Suazo deCastro belkisdecastro@gmail.com

Lauren Karp Kinghorn lkkinghorn29@gmail.com

We had a wonderful show of classmates at our 35th Reunion!

The Class of 1987 on Saturday night of Reunion Weekend

Marybeth Ahern Wootton, Lisa Crounse, Jennifer (Jenny) Smith Wieting, Lauren Karp Kinghorn, Kira Jacobs and Laurie Switzer standing under Laura Stone’s memorial tree in bloom

Class of 1988

Dana Tannenbaum Cahoon cahoond@gmail.com

Nicole (Nikki) Hickman James nicolejames228@gmail.com

Heather McPhee hmmcphee@yahoo.com

Rachel Solar Solomon and her son Jack

Rachel Solar Solomon

writes, “Hi, Dana friends! All is well as can be here! Our son Jack graduated from Beaver and is now a freshman at the University of Kentucky. How is that possible? I am not ok, FYI. My marketing/ branding business, Honor Code Creative (honorcodecreative.com), is now five years old and going strong thanks to great clients like ASICS and Big Sister Boston. I also have fun with 50+ fashion over at @heymrssolomon on Instagram. My husband Jim and I bought a place in Miami (remodeling in progress as I write this), and I am excited to see Sara Doyle James ’87 when I arrive! I’d love to know who else is close by, too! Drop a line and let’s get together.”

Class of 1989

Sarah Burgess Gregorian sbgregorian@gmail.com

Greetings, faithful reader(s). I have slim notes this time, but perhaps all the notes last issue really wiped everyone out.

Lisa Gordon Pearlstein writes, “We are still in Needham, Mass., and Noah and I are working hard to make sense of this crazy real estate market! Our eldest, Sadie, is finishing up her first year at University of Edinburgh. I was able to take her in September 2021 when they dropped the quarantine and my husband was excited to head out in May to pack her up. So jealous of her adventures! Now that golf season has started, you will find me fore-caddying for my younger one, Rio [a sophomore in high school], who got a job working at the Starbucks in Wellesley! Hoping all is well with everyone.”

Tracey Clark Gill writes, “We’ve been busy restoring our mid-century modern in Baltimore and donning our masks for trips to Greece, Italy and Spain over the past 12 months. Our son recently turned 13 and next year we’ll begin looking at high schools, including some boarding options. I don’t think he’s as ready to leave home as I was.”

Hally Mix Mundel, Gretchen Lind and I (Sarah Burgess Gregorian) celebrated with Sarah Jane O’Leary at Buff’s Pub for her recent [milestone that will remain unmentioned] birthday. I have pictures, but they’re for blackmail. Sarah Jane writes that she was on her way to an organized crime conference in Vegas and that she hasn’t been on a plane since November 2019. I was more interested in what one learns at an organized crime conference, and maybe I’ve just been spinning my wheels as a secretary at Boston College.

Gretchen Lind moved to the Orlando, Fla., area this past January with her dog Bodie, and replied to my email for notes with some choice comments that I won’t repeat, but they were funny. I hope to visit her at some point but not until Florida stops being *, so probably never (sorry, Gretchen). Her daughter Anna is finishing up sophomore year at Rollins, and thrilled to her core that her mother is just 15 minutes away.

Edie Perkins hosted the Kelly Brush Foundation’s charity event at the House of Blues this past March. Hally, Sara Thibault Morrison ’88 and Alex Gray Wiberg (who was on the event committee and the reason the party was so fun!) were also in attendance at the phenomenal event that raised more than a quarter of a million dollars to support active lifestyles for people with spinal cord injuries. It was really great to see everyone and to be out for one of the first big events most of us had been to since before COVID-19.

Sara Thibault Morrison ’88, Hally Mix Mundel, Sarah Burgess Gregorian

Hally Mix Mundel, Sara Thibault Morrison ’88, Edie Perkins, Alex Gray Wiberg (Photo by Bruce Downs)

In addition to seeing Hally regularly, I (Sarah) also have a standing weekly date with Miranda Simon ’90 who is a social worker specializing in Dialectic Behavioral Therapy and managing quite the caseload. She and her husband, Jack Bisson, recently bought a house in Chestnut Hill, Mass., where they live with their three cats. We welcome anyone who wants to walk the Arnold Arboretum with us on Sundays and discuss everything under the sun, now that the weather is nice!

I hope everyone has managed to stay

healthy and mentally sound during all this unprecedented nonsense [plague]. I hope you’re spending time with loved ones, and I would love to see each and any of you when you’re in the Boston area. It’s crazy when you think about how we all spent every day with each other for four years and now we need to make appointments to get together. Hit me up — if I can drop everything, I will (and trust me I will, I’m not an air traffic controller, or an ER doc). Sail on, look all around. Until next time, faithful reader(s).

* Views expressed are the author’s alone

Class of 1990

Elizabeth (Liz) Record Svedlund P22, 24 ersvedlund@gmail.com

Class of 1991

Robin Crowder Durawa rcdurawa@msn.com

Lisa Reade is updating us from a hotel room in Vermont where she is visiting colleges with her daughter. They are headed to Amy Sarkis’s for a visit while seeing colleges in Boston. Lisa is still living in New York City with her two cats (by the way, Amy has four). She still sees Amy as often as possible and they text constantly when they aren’t together. Some things never change!

From the crazy state of Florida, Maura Cornelius Burger reports that she is surviving! New businesses are moving along, even though there were setbacks with COVID-19. Her husband retired from Wall Street to open his own registered investment advisor business. Maura opened Ocean Air Skincare and between kids, home and work, she stays very busy! She speaks with Kristen Driscoll regularly and got to see Abbey Deitel Shavell briefly while she was in the area with her family. Maura is loving the weather in Florida — which is why they moved — and they have a new love of stand-up paddle boarding. She writes, “I miss my tribe of Dana girls!”

After more than 20 years in Boston, Abbey moved down to Connecticut with her husband and 7-year-old daughter, Harper. It was a completely random choice brought on by quarantining with friends in Westchester at the beginning of the pandemic. She is enjoying the proximity to New York City and the country life. Margaret Sama Resto writes, “Hi, Class of ’91! I hope everyone is doing well. I’m still living in Texas (Houston area) where I own a medical spa that I have practiced in for the last six years. My twins are currently juniors and looking at colleges. My daughter loves New England, especially Tufts, so I may be spending more time in the Boston area if she heads to school up there. Fingers crossed! I haven’t seen any Dana Hall friends for a while, but still keep in touch with a few of you. Don’t hesitate to reach out to me at mgoebel@ amicilaser.com.”

I (Robin Crowder Durawa) continue to plug away as a school counselor and spend a lot of my work day focused on the college admission process. It sounds like a lot of our kiddos are knee deep in it. Just email me if you want some free advice or you are looking for another perspective. I love talking college!

Class of 1992

Rachel Bebchick Naggar rnaggar@gmail.com

Hello to all my favorite people! At the time of this writing, we just had a wonderful Reunion and while I (Rachel Bebchick Naggar) wish there were more of us attending, the 10 of us that did had a fantastic time together. Melissa Gallin, Alexa Hall Holian, Cymantha Guest (and her amazing kids!), Amy Crolius, Kate Evelyn Fialky, Nicole Rutberg Di Resta, Tina Carolina Notosoehardjo Weber, Isabel de Antuñano, and Carolina Rodriguez (who’s been lost in Dana’s database but now finally found!). THANK YOU: the love, the laughter, the hot flashes, all of it! We’ve decided to plan some events as we all turn 50(!) in a few years, so stay tuned! On a special note, I was truly touched to receive the Distinguished Service Award at Reunion. My father, Eric, Mia and Gabe got to attend the ceremony and it was just a special day all around.

Les Bebchick, Mia Naggar, Rachel Bebchick Naggar, Gabe Naggar, Eric Naggar Cymantha Guest, Carolina Rodriguez, Tina Carolina Notosoehardjo Weber, Isabel de Antuñano, Amy Crolius, Alexa Hall Holian, Melissa Gallin

Isabel de Antuñano, Nicole Rutberg Di Resta, Cymantha Guest, Melissa Gallin, Alexa Hall Holian, Rachel Bebchick Naggar, Kate Evelyn Fialky, Carolina Rodriguez

Here’s an update from Tina Carolina Notosoehardjo Weber — her first ever in 30 years! She writes, “It was so much fun to see everyone at Reunion, and I’m still in disbelief that it’s been 30 years. Since the previous Reunion, I’ve started another company in the admission strategy consulting space called A Starting Line. We love working with all kinds and all ages of students across the country and seeing them get into places (private schools, colleges and graduate schools). I’m also still teaching Business and Entrepreneurship at Tufts University. For the past several years, I’ve also run the Tufts Venture Accelerator, and this year, we are adding the PreCollege Entrepreneurship Summer Program, which is very exciting. On the personal front, I’m going to be an empty nester: My son is a rising junior at Northwestern University and my daughter is graduating from high school and has chosen warmer climates at UNC Wilmington for college. I’d love to reconnect with everyone and I hope to see all of you at the next Reunion.”

Class of 1993

Amelia (Amie) Margolis Haddad Silogram7@gmail.com

Zoë Timms zoevjtimms@gmail.com

Elisabeth Morray morray@gmail.com

Class of 1995

Caryn Byrnes Anderson carebear102106@gmail.com

Dustina (Dusty) Bennett dustinabennett@gmail.com

Amelia R. Brown writes, “I’m still teaching Greek language, art, archaeology and history at the University of Queensland in Brisbane as senior lecturer. In the spring, I went to a wonderful Bluesfest concert just down across the border in Byron Bay NSW with my husband, Graham Elliott, and our kids Amy Summer (9) and Mark (7). The headliners were Midnight Oil, one of my favorite bands at Dana back in the 1990s and still going strong. We had a massive flood in Brisbane in March, including the river near our house rising over 16 meters (about 45 feet) and staying up for about a week. Luckily nothing damaged at home. We’re all playing baseball locally for the Ipswich Musketeers — Graham and I for the over-35 masters’ team. I also play for the women’s team, the Lady Outlaws, mostly at second base, and we won the winter championship for South Queensland last year.”

Amelia R. Brown and son Mark standing near a flooded road in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Marisa Panos writes, “Some of you may recall me dancing down the halls and choreographing anywhere on campus, as ballet, pointe and gymnastics were my passions. After graduating with a dance degree from Butler University in Indiana, I danced with Milwaukee Ballet, Ballet Theatre of Boston and Boston Dance Company. I retired my pointe shoes to pursue a career as a professional ballroom and Latin American dance competitor and teacher with my dance partner and fiancé Peter Kovacs. As the founders of Boston Ballroom, our dance studio, we are celebrating our 15th Anniversary. We taught dance at Emmanuel and Simmons Colleges, the Harvard ART Graduate Program, the MIT Ballroom Dance Club, the Dance Teachers Club of Boston, and the Boston Ballet Children’s Summer Workshop, served as judges at the Tufts Ballroom Dance competition and collaborated with Eat Right America to promote healthy eating and exercise. We had the privilege of choreographing the first dance and parent dance for two Dana Hall graduates marrying in 2021: Lee Ann (Weatherly) Parker ’04 and Gabrielle (Gaby) Redner ’07, with their husbands Chris Villani and Craig Simons. Working with my silver sisters to make their wedding dance dreams come true was a lot of fun. I’d like to wish them both a happy one-year anniversary. May you keep dancing with each other forever! Check out our website, bostonballroom.com, if you want to learn more about us.”

Marisa Panos and fiancé Peter Kovacs

Class of 1996

Tracy Spiegel Fox tracy.foxcraft@gmail.com

Katharine (Kate) Sidell Morton mortonkam@gmail.com

Class of 1997

Kristin O’Donnell Bedard kristinbedard@gmail.com

Lisa Brown lmclennanb@gmail.com

Heather Cochrane Russo heatherjean23@hotmail.com Ruchira (Ruchi) Kumar ruch.kumar@gmail.com

Guida Estrela Mattison guidaemattison@gmail.com

Jane Monti Young chaseyounggallery@gmail.com

Class of 1999

Amanda Coyle Fitzgerald amandaecoyle@gmail.com

Brooke Anderson Murota Brooke.Murota@gmail.com

Class of 2000

Caroline Dale cwdale@gmail.com

Jillian Riley jillianmriley@gmail.com

Erica Wyner ericawyner@gmail.com

Class of 2001

Renee Towler Clayton renee.clayton82@gmail.com

Class of 2002

Bettina Chiu bettinalchiu@gmail.com

Class of 2003

Donna DiDomenico djdidome@gmail.com

Elizabeth (Beth) Stuka Rose elizabeth.stuka@gmail.com

Class of 2004

Jazmin Kirby jazminlechekirby@gmail.com

Tanya Lubicz-Nawrocka tlubicznawrocka@gmail.com

Elise Valerio O’Hara elise586@gmail.com

Elizabeth (Lizzy) Pond elpond@gmail.com

Caroline Ross rosscae@gmail.com

Class of 2006

Gemma Leghorn gemma.leghorn@gmail.com

Nathalie Sanchez Coleman writes, “Our family grew in July 2021 as we welcomed our baby boy, Leo. He is growing so fast, and we are enjoying every minute of it. I am currently working at Mass General Brigham, and we are still living in Charlestown, Mass. If you are in the Boston area, I would love to reconnect!”

Harriet Groppe Prince writes, “My husband and I are still living in Framingham and are enjoying life as a family of four! We welcomed our baby boy, Cameron, on August 9, 2021. He is in love with his big sister and she is very sweet with him as long as he isn’t trying to play with her toys. I am working part-time at Noble and Greenough and I have started a new career as a real estate agent with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices. If anyone is looking to buy or sell in Massachusetts, I’d love to help! Feel free to reach out to me at harriet.prince@ commonmoves.com.”

Josh, Cameron, Isla and Harriet Prince

Maggie Schepcaro writes, “My daughter Eleanor was born last July. It was a weird time, and still is, because of COVID-19, and I’ve leaned on social media to feel connected to the outside world. In turn, I’ve been more in touch with people from Dana Hall and it’s been really nice. From the diaper suggestions to the cute pics of your own lives, it’s all made me feel less alone. And there’s something very comforting about remembering you come from a place when you’re embarking on a big change. Sending lots of love!” Chelsea Kendrick Sheasley writes, “I’m living in Massachusetts with my husband and two daughters. My days are busy as a journalist for The Christian Science Monitor, covering national K-12 education news. I’m also trying my hand as a kindergarten room parent, Girl Scout volunteer and tee-ball assistant coach. Hope to catch up soon at a Dana Hall event or Reunion.”

Kristina Thompson writes, “I’ve been living and studying/working in the Netherlands for the past six years. In February, I defended my Ph.D. at the Free University of Amsterdam (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam). I also began working as an assistant professor at Wageningen University & Research in the Health and Society Department, where I previously studied. I am so excited to be No. 1 employed, No. 2 working alongside really wonderful people, and No. 3 researching the social determinants of health from a quantitative perspective (my jam). On a more personal note, I live in Amsterdam with my partner. I really love catching up with Dana folks when I am home in Massachusetts. If you find yourself in Amsterdam, let me know!”

Katherine (Katie) Wadsworth writes, “My family and I relocated to the U.S. at the start of COVID-19, after six years of life in the U.K. We had our second child, a daughter we call Imogen, in June 2020, while living with my parents in Wellesley, Mass. In early 2021, we moved again, this time to my husband’s hometown in San Antonio, Texas. I spent last year on maternity leave and building our first home. In January 2022, we moved in, and shortly after I started a new job as the global director of Strategy & Planning at Otrium, an off-price fashion marketplace that prevents end-of-season inventory from going to landfill by selling it to conscious consumers globally. Life is busy and moving fast, but we make the effort to spend time together with the people we love, including our first trip back to London in March of this year to visit family and friends we hadn’t seen since the pandemic began. All in all, very grateful for the blessings in our lives.”

Heather Glavin Yetman writes, “My husband and I welcomed our third son, Wyatt Ferrell Yetman, on September 9, 2021. His big brothers, Brooks and Cooper, have enjoyed adding another boy to the mix and ‘helping’ with their baby brother. I would definitely say I am staying busy as I juggle motherhood and working as a financial planner helping individuals and families plan for the future. It has been great to finally see my silver sisters in person again and we are excited to celebrate Amanda Powers’ wedding in October!”

Cooper, Heather, Wyatt, Kevin and Brooks Yetman

Anne (Annie) Yonkers writes, “After finishing my master’s degree in 2020, I got a job at Kingston University supporting explicit soft skill development in curriculum across the faculty of the arts. I love working with students across creative disciplines to help them advocate for themselves professionally when they graduate. I’ve also been lucky enough to participate in a collaborative archival research project with The William Morris Society, which culminated in an exhibit that showed both in Hammersmith and Kingston. Henry is in year three and is very excited to be learning about the Romans and Celts. In his spare time, he plays too much Zelda.”

Henry, Annie Yonkers, Gemma Leghorn and Agnes Beckmann ’07 on a trip back to New Hampshire in October 2021

Class of 2007

Agnes Beckmann beckmann.agnes@gmail.com

Hilary O’Haire hilaryeo@gmail.com

Caitlin de Cristo writes, “My husband Chris and I got married on Cape Cod in September 2021. It was wonderful having Nora Godkin and Laura Edelman there to celebrate. After 10 years in New York City, Chris and I moved to Austin, Texas. In 2019, I left my career in digital advertising to become a registered nurse. I

graduated from Columbia University with my master’s in nursing in 2020 and began working as a surgical nurse at NYU Langone. I am now working as an ICU nurse at the Heart Hospital of Austin.”

Hilary O’Haire Pinkerton writes, “My husband, 2-year-old daughter and I recently moved from Boston to Mansfield, Mass., and have been getting to know the area and adjusting to suburb life. Sending well wishes to all of our classmates who were able to go to Reunion! Can’t believe it has been 15 years.”

Sommer Thomas writes, “I had a super busy 2021. It began with eloping in January, job promotion in March, and then purchasing a house and having a bigger wedding in August 2021! Oh, and now I know how to complete a DIY bathroom remodel (would not recommend, ha)! Shout out to my Sir Lady Steve silver sisters! You know who you are. Sail on, sail far.”

Class of 2008

Jacquelyn (Jacquie) Maggiore jemaggiore@gmail.com

Jacqueline (Jackie) O’Leary jacqueline.oleary2@gmail.com

Yin Ling (Nicole) Suen nicolesuen0119@gmail.com

Class of 2009

Emily Soukas emily.soukas@gmail.com

Emaline Surgenor emaline.surgenor@gmail.com

Candace Taylor cltaylor1019@gmail.com

Class of 2010

Catherine (Cat) Blakelock blakelockc@gmail.com

Paige Walker walkerp.10@gmail.com

Class of 2011

Katie Jones katiejadejones@aol.com

Class of 2012

Eleanor (Ellie) Giovanetti ellie.giovanetti@me.com

Savannah Raiten savannah.raiten@maine.edu

Class of 2013

Madeline (Maddie) Schneider madjulsch@gmail.com

Class of 2014

Emily Kelman emilykelman@gmail.com

Emily Martin emartin2495@gmail.com

Gabriela (Gaby) Reichlin greichlin@suffolk.edu

Ashley Rohall aer@rohall.com

Stephanie Wolf stephaniewolf96@gmail.com

Class of 2015

Luyang (Grace) Liu luyangliusx@gmail.com

Rebecca (Becky) Ohman rebecca.ohman@danahall.org

Haley Present haleybpresent@gmail.com

Ning (Jessica) Xie jessicaunique21@hotmail.com

Class of 2016

Abigail (Abby) Frechette abbysfrechette@gmail.com

Class of 2017

Julia Moynihan juliamoynihan10@gmail.com Caroline Cohen ccohen926@gmail.com

Jennifer (Jenny) Jung jennyhyjung@gmail.com

Ryland Rich richryla@grinnell.edu

Class of 2019

Panipuck (Pani) Bhengsri pani.bheng@gmail.com

Saida Canales scanales2001@gmail.com

Audrey Lee audreyyelee@gmail.com

Class of 2020

Maya Darville Mayadarville4559@gmail.com

Allison (Alli) Sibold Allison.sibold@yahoo.com

Yang (Annie) Xu xuyangannie2001@gmail.com

Class of 2021

Ainsley Bonang ainsleybonang@gmail.com

Chloe Franco chloenicole223@gmail.com

Shadan Khalid shadankh23@gmail.com

Charlotte Sullivan ccsullivan36@gmail.com

Alex Dent writes, “I enjoyed my first year at St. Lawrence University in upstate New York. I took a plethora of classes, including art and mathematics courses, as I may plan to focus my studies in these areas. I have amazing friends on campus including Alli Sibold ’20 who I will see every so often. I enjoyed my studies and the lively social life here as it motivates me. This summer, I plan to work at a vacation camp in New Hampshire that my family and I have attended for many years. I will also be working aside my sister C.C. Dent ’18 and look forward to my sophomore year ahead!”