Class Notes
1943
living in California. I retired in 1993 and fled from California to Arizona. My wife of 46 years and I live Eugenie Grey Laidler (CS) comfortably in Prescott, Ariz. with our three horses and two dogs. We have two sons: one in Paulden, Ariz. (with four horses and one dog) and one in Franklin, Tenn. (with one dog). I am 80 years old and in reasonably good health, so we live a quiet life.” Suzanne Henderson MacLachlan Hope Franz Ligori (CS, CA) writes: “I have moved a few times since I left Friends in 1945. I subsequently moved to California where I lived one year until the War Hope Franz Ligori writes: “To ended. I then moved back East and mark our 65th anniversary I called completed my education at Bryn Madge Morse Muckenhaupt Mawr. Since then, I have lived both (could not attend due to back trouble), Theodora Oakes O’Hara in NYC, and in Wellesley, Mass. I have two grown daughters and six (recovering from a broken hip), Helen Sonnenberg Tucker (busy grandchildren (three of whom are serving on two boards), Mary Ann step-grandchildren). My memories of Friends are as bright and happy Willson Logue and Mary as ever.” Geraldine “Gerry” Jones Benjamin Arnstein, who lives in Rhoades writes: “I am enjoying my Hamden, CT. I spoke to Timothy retirement here in Titusville, Penn. Foote and learned that Audrey where I live by myself, with my Chamberlain Foote is in poor health. I spoke to Albert Burlen’s daughter and her family here in the same town. My husband died in wife Georgia and sad to say Al is 2000. This is the 200th anniversary also in poor health. I spoke to Eleanor Fuchs Hoeffler, happily of oil being extracted from the ground successfully for commercial settled in Florda, and to Joan use right here in Titusville. A huge Hitchcock, who had hoped to come celebration is being planned for in from Lyme, CT. I called Adele Kostellow-Morrill, Martha Muse, August 29. I travel a little to visit my two sons, one in Georgia and one Gerald Weinstein, and Arline in New Mexico, but that is about it Cinamon Mirantz, but did not for travel. I volunteer at church and reach them. A letter from Eric Sokolsky, who attended Friends in enjoy my friends. I call it the quiet the ’30s spoke of seeing Suzanne life. I will keep in mind the 65th Solomon de Brantes in France in reunion next year and maybe try to 1954. Janet Davidson Caulkins attend.” Barry Benepe reports that he alternates between living in an missed the reunion because she old farmhouse in Saugarties, NY, was going to be in France, and I hope she spoke to Sue! My reward and in Greenwich Village. for my efforts? I enjoyed speaking With sadness, we report the deaths to everyone and Jean Haney of Paul Avila Mayer and Jean Hoagland and I enjoyed the Dono Rothnoff. Please visit the luncheon together with her In Memorium section to read more. husband John. Happy 65th!”
1944
1945 Marion Hausner Pauck (CS)
Walter “Andy” Knittle writes: “Briefly, after Friends ‘45 and Yale ‘48, I spent 45 years engineering ballistic missiles, rockets, and satellites. This included 40 years
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1946 Sylvia Farny Skewes-Cox (CS)
Stuart Robinson (CS)
F R I E N D S S E M I N A RY
1947
Jean Taylor Kroeber (CS)
Jean Taylor Kroeber reports: Sybil Smith Downing keeps active. She is still writing a monthly column for the Denver Post, has a new book coming out in the fall, and is working on another book set in South America. Jane Lancefield Hersey went to France last fall to visit her son, Doug, and family.
1948 Anne Codding Tonachel (CS)
1949 Jean Allen McCardell (CS)
Edes Powell Gilbert writes: “Georgiana Homer Daskais and I enjoyed our day at Friends Reunion very much. Clare Greenberger Freedman could not join us as she had some surgery on one of her hands, which made it awkward to travel. The School is thriving and growing as it should in 2009 and yet, at its heart, it is still the same school that we all went to. I continue to enjoy consulting with Boards of Trustees at schools, other not-for-profit organizations and a charter school. My volunteer commitments include Friends, Teach for America and Theatre Development Fund. New York is fraught with its infinite variety, and I am finding life to be full and interesting. During the summer months, I perch on the rocky coast of Maine, where family and friends gather often. Two granddaughters are in college and one grandson is almost 4 and a happy student at Spindlewood Kindergarten in Maine. We have the full range of age and educational opportunities in our family.”
1950 Henri Caldwell (CS)
Henri Caldwell writes: “I am presently enjoying myself on the Good Ship ‘Retired’. My two children, Ron and Tricia live in New England. They both have two children. Ron and his wife Susan (both engineers) live in Vermont and both work for IBM. They have two boys Dan: an engineer, who works as a computer software designer, and Greg, who is just starting his freshman year at the Univ. of Michigan. Tricia and husband Ralph (both engineers) live in Massachusetts, and Ralph also works for IBM. Needless to say, I have some IBM stock. Tricia at present is a homebody taking care of Joey, who is 12, and Sara, 10, who is definitely the apple of grandpa’s eye. I live in Holyoke, Mass., which is about equidistant from the two above families, which permits many get-togethers. That is a brief recap of my status. I am lucky as my health is OK.” Ivan Chermayeff writes: “I am now in the 51st year of my graphic design partnership with Tom Geismar. Our firm is engaged primarily with the design of identities for major corporations and non-profit institutions. The past work of Chermayeff & Geismar includes Mobil Oil, Xerox, Dictaphone, Showtime, MoMA, the National Aquarium, Merck Pharmaceuticals, Cornell University and iconic symbols and trademarks for several hundred other businesses. Within the past year, our firm has designed graphic identities for the Library of Congress, Armani Exchange, the MacArthur Foundation, and several companies in Turkey, Korea, and elsewhere. My three daughters are the mothers of my five grandchildren. The eldest, Catherine, is the founder of i2i Photography, a photo agency; Sasha, in the middle, is a painter, and Maro, the youngest daughter, is a documentary film producer and director. My wife Jane and I live in New York City, and our son, Sam, is an architect currently working with SANAA in Tokyo.” Patricia Masterton Drew writes: “Don and