CLASS NOTES
HEATHER HEATH LANDHEIM ’60 and
Brad Meyer ’60
MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 1960 gathered for dinner at the Hopkins Club on the
he will be visiting nursing homes and assisted care facilities, checking on conditions and meeting with residents and management. Sue Crowley Jackson lost her husband, Hugh, this summer after a long illness. Susan DeHoff Montgomery spent a wonderful vacation in Maine this summer, dividing her time between daughter Joanna in Farmington and Susan’s family summer home on Deer Isle. Back home in Denver, Susan has begun working on the long-range planning committee for Windsor Gardens, a community of almost 3,000 condominiums, and she’s welcoming the challenge. Mary McElroy took a long-planned trip to Alaska in September. She loved it so much she hopes to return for another visit. Her final craft show is in December, after which she plans to close her jewelry business and focus on the genealogy history of her father. Lynn Hoehn Patton lives with her partner Alan in North Carolina, where she’s an accomplished porcelain painting artist and teacher. She gives seminars both in- and out-of-state and has been invited next year to teach international students at two prominent porcelain painting schools. Alan’s children live in North Carolina, Maryland and California, so they plan visits with them throughout the year. In July, she visited California son Rob and his family, where they took a camping trip to Yosemite in the High Sierras,
campus of Johns Hopkins University as part of their Alumni Weekend festivities in October. Here, Susan DeHoff Montgomery catches up with Barbara Lindemann (left), Susan Huff Schmidt (center) and Diane Howell Mitchell (right).
Schmitt ’60
BETSY BEATTY GABLE ’60 and her
SANDY SUTLEY KULL ’60 and Tom Baker ’60
husband Bruce
on Thursday night, Oct. 1, 2015. Howard was unfortunately unable to attend the Reunion but was with us in spirit, as I’m sure was his father, Howard Jones, Jr. ’27, physician and renowned in vitro fertilization pioneer, who died this summer at the age of 104. As class members began arriving in Baltimore on Friday despite the storms up and down the East Coast, about 14 of us were able to gather at the Hopkins Club that night, courtesy of Jeannie Downs Pohlhaus’ arrangements, for a sumptuous dinner and great reminiscences. Saturday’s events arranged by the School were attended by different class members, including Diane Howell Mitchell, Susan DeHoff Montgomery, Dellie Strickland James, Tom Baker, Susan Huff Schmidt, Cholly Hisle, Matt Worthington, Sandy Cochran, Eli Renn, Heather Heath Landheim, Corky Smith Hoshall and Joe. Among the on-campus activities were a post-50th Reunion classes’ breakfast and an old-style Collection — both with Head of School Matt Micciche, a tour of the School, including the new construction, and the traditional
afternoon BBQ. Another highlight for some of us on Saturday was going to visit Lynn Hoehn Patton’s gorgeous hand-painted china exhibit at the Meetinghouse. Saturday was capped off by a School reception for all Reunion classes, after which our class retreated to Kathy and Steve Levinson’s home for a gracious evening of fine food and good fellowship. One highlight of the evening was Brad Meyer again entertaining us with his guitar and singing many familiar songs that took us back a few years. At Steve’s house, Betsy Beatty Gable had a booklet she had prepared similar to our 50th featuring notes from classmates with recollections and recent events in our lives. Sunday saw a number of us gathering for breakfast at the Towson Sheraton and a finale to the weekend before departing for our homes. A total of 19 of us enjoyed one event or more, including two class members not seen for many years: Sandy Cochran, who left after ninth grade to move to the Boston area, and Barbara Lindemann, who has not been back with us since graduation
and lives in California. The Reunion is best summed up by some e-mail comments right after we left. Folks felt it wonderful to be together, to enjoy talking and seeing those from across the country, including those who braved the rain to leave sunny Florida. Sandy was a little worried he wouldn’t know anyone after 57 years but was thrilled to reconnect with a great group with whom he spent his first nine years of school, and he thanks Brad and sister Liz for bugging him to come. Barbara was especially struck by the warm welcome she received, by the sense of care we showed for each other and by the special bond those early friendships forged. Like everyone, she shared that she really missed those who were not at the Reunion; many of their names’ frequently came up during our discussion. In other Class of 1960 news, after training in September, Michael Jackley will be a senior ombudsman for Loudoun County in Virginia. As part of his responsibilities,
BETSY BEATTY GABLE ’60 and Susan Huff
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