Hood Magazine | Fall 2020

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The New Normal Staying in Touch in Uncertain Times

#hoodstrong In an effort to keep Hood College a safe place for our community, we had faculty, staff and students sign this pledge upon coming to campus. It is with the cooperation of every member of the Hood family that we will succeed in our goal to safely stay on campus and remain #HoodStrong.

FALL 2020 VICE PRESIDENT, MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS

Laurie Ward EDITOR

Meg DePanise ’15, MBA’20 ART DIRECTION AND DESIGN

Derek Knecht Renee Rohwer

A message from the President...

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Tommy Riggs INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT

Dear Friends,

Nancy Gillece ’81 Vice President, Institutional Advancement

Jaime Cacciola ’04 Director of Grants and Gift Planning

Kellye Greenwald ’86 Director of Alumni and Constituent Engagement

Britton Muir Class News Editor Assistant Director of Alumni and Constituent Engagement

Malinda Small ’81 Executive Director of Individual Giving

Emily Wise VanderWoude Director of Leadership Giving

Brooke Sensenig-Winn, MBA’18 Director of Annual Giving

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ADDRESS CHANGES Please report all address changes to the Hood College Office of Alumni and Constituent Engagement at 301-696-3900; 800-707-5280, option 1; or advancement_services@hood.edu.

Hood Magazine is published twice a year by the Hood College Office of Marketing and Communications.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

If you have a letter you would like to send us for possible inclusion in the next issue of Hood Magazine, please email us at marketingoffice@hood.edu.

Next issue: Celebrating Dean Olivia White’s Nearly 30 Years of Service to Hood

The last issue of Hood Magazine hit our campus on March 5. The following week, while students were away, we made the decision to extend spring break and move all classes online. From that point forward, life on campus has not been the same.

Faculty immediately switched to online teaching and the campus became much too quiet and empty. Since then, we’ve moved into our “new normal,” moving forward to serve our students with purpose and commitment. Students, faculty and staff are once again on campus, although masked and socially distant, and in less numbers as some students opted to take all their classes online and some faculty and staff are working remotely.

As a social psychologist, I know all too well that humans are innately social and the lack of interaction and human contact is hard for all of us. I thank you for your messages of encouragement during these days of isolation, as well as your continued donations to the College, which have been so critical to mitigating the significant financial toll of the pandemic. I look forward to the day when we can welcome you all back to campus and I can resume travel to visit with you.

We wanted to send you a bit of normalcy and so we’ve issued this “mini magazine.”

The next Hood Magazine, due to arrive in your mailboxes in the spring, will provide an in-depth look at the College’s response to COVID-19 and the contributions of our students and alumni to fighting the virus. It also will feature a tribute to Olivia White, vice president for student life and dean of students, who will be retiring at year’s end after nearly 30 years at Hood.

Until then, enjoy reading the news from your classmates and other alumni news.

Stay safe and be well.

Sincerely,

Happy Retirement Dean White!

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President Andrea Chapdelaine, Ph.D.

La’Nae Culbreath ’23 and Michael Hilliard ’23 SPECIAL EDITION

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The New Normal Hard Work, New Habits and Healthy Behaviors

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2. Fulfill our mission by providing

an optimal educational experience for all students.

3. Adhere to all national and state More than 100 people, including Hood students, faculty, staff, trustees, alumni and community experts, developed The New Horizon Plan, an internal working document that drives the College’s ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is guided by these principles:

1. Decrease health and safety risks for our community members to the greatest extent possible.

executive orders, and other policies to which Hood, as a private institution in the State of Maryland, is subject.

First, we changed the fall academic calendar, beginning the semester one week early, eliminating fall break and ending the semester before Thanksgiving.

This change minimizes the amount of off-campus travel during the semester and maximizes our ability to complete the semester.

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Second, in our commitment to provide an accessible and engaging learning experience that responds to the needs of each student and adheres to all health protocols, we took the following measure: Fall courses were offered in a bimodal format, so both faculty and students have the flexibility to participate in person or online as needed.

The emphasis is on in-person and synchronous class sections but allows for continuation regardless of what disruptions the pandemic may bring.

Third, all spaces on campus— classrooms, public spaces, Coblentz Dining Hall, residence hall rooms and more—were reconfigured to comply with CDC guidelines on social distancing. Signage was

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installed around campus indicating occupancy limits, directions for traffic flow, and reminders about masks, social distancing and handwashing. Plexiglass was also installed in all public-facing areas, such as the admission office, the information desk and the mail room. Offices were supplied with hand sanitizers and cleaning wipes to be used in addition to deep cleaning by housekeeping.

Classroom occupancies were determined, and floor markings indicated where desk and chairs should be placed for appropriate distancing.

Lastly, the Hood College Health Center on 7th Street provides testing for any member of our community who may have COVID19 symptoms. In addition to accessible and timely symptomatic testing, we conduct weekly random surveillance testing, and every member of the campus community uses a symptom monitoring app, #CampusClear, that makes it convenient to check symptoms daily.

All students received a kit containing a digital thermometer, level-one mask, alcohol wipes and hand sanitizer.

#HoodStrong Hood’s strength is the caring community we have created. It is our location and partnership with Frederick Health and the local health department.

It is our small but mighty numbers. And most of all, it is each and every member of our community.

Together we are stronger. And together we are able to have a successful and safe fall semester.

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CONGRATULATIONS,

CLASS OF 2020!

From your Hood Family

President’s Medal for Hope Awarded to Class of 2020 President Chapdelaine awarded the President’s Medal for Hope to the Class of 2020 to honor their perseverance through the COVID-19 pandemic to graduation. She announced it on May 16, which would have been Commencement day.

“As I have witnessed your resilience, adaptability and tenacity of the past few months, you have instilled hope in me and so many others,” said President Chapdelaine in a video to the graduating class. “You, Class of 2020, serve as a beacon of hope for this world as you use your minds, hearts and hands to make our world a better place. Our hope lies with each of you, and in that, it is very well placed… Go out into this world and do great things. I know you will because, indeed, you already have.”

The Hood College President’s Medal is a prestigious honor awarded to an individual or organization who exemplifies one of the College’s core values.

The Class of 1915 defined Hope as the belief that everyone can have a positive impact in the world and that education is instrumental in creating and sustaining hope. This is the first time the President’s Medal has been awarded to a group of current students.

With Olivia White, Ph.D., vice president for student life and dean of students, as our commencement speaker, we will celebrate the Class of 2020 at their in-person ceremony on Saturday, May 22, 2021.

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Best wishes in all future endeavors.

New nurses—we are so proud of you!

Elizabeth Mackessy-Lloyd, Assistant Professor of Nursing Despite great challenges this spring of 2020, you did it! I am amazed at your perseverance. Congrats and well wishes for much future success.

Jennifer Schum, Ph.D., Dean of Student Success Dear Class of 2020, your class is a historic one, and you should be proud of yourselves for making it through unprecedented times! Your Hood family is behind you now and as you move forward. We are here for you!

Tanith Fowler Corsi, Director of Graduate Admission Congrats, Class of 2020! If this year has taught us one thing, it’s that there are many opportunities to make the world a better place. Find your passion, shake things up and make good trouble. Good luck!

Toby Peterson, Library Director Congratulations and best wishes!

Christy Graybeal, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Education and Mathematics Though this year has been unlike any other year, remember that you too, are unlike any other human. Go forth and get into some good trouble!

Kellye Greenwald ’86, Director of Alumni and Constituent Engagement In trying times, we find our greatest strength. Your resilience will never be forgotten. Near or far, your Hood family is forever!

Elizabeth “Liz” Thompson ’08

May you all find purpose and meaning in your lives. The Hood faculty will continue to be here for each of you in the coming months and years ahead. Hold on to all the memories, friendships and talents you developed during your time as a Blazer! And please know that we all look forward to the day when we can celebrate the Class of 2020 in person.

Paige Eager, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science Congratulations to the Class of 2020!

We look forward to celebrating your accomplishments in May 2021, and listening to your excellent Commencement speaker, Dr. Olivia White. Until then, stay safe and healthy.

Chuck Mann, Vice President for Finance and Treasurer COVID-19 can take away moments, but it can’t take away your degree. Your degree doesn’t diminish in value...so remember its worth!

Candice Hall Werrell ’09 I am so proud of how you are persevering, even after being robbed of so many graduation traditions. I know you will go on to make Hood proud!

Christina Ecke Poyer ’03 What a year for upheaval...so that you can see what’s under the surface, to till the new ground and see possibilities and dare to hope, to dream. To look up, not down; to look forward, not backward; to rise up with courage, not shrink back in fear. To be Blazers of new trails. Congratulations on joining the neighborHood of alums! Best wishes and blessings!

Carla Jackson Hairston ’90

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Hood Class of 2020, your hearts, minds and hands are now ready to change the world. Go forward and be the courageous, compassionate and resilient leaders of the future. We’re counting on you!

Debbie Ricker, Ph.D., Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Congratulations, Class of 2020. You have strength and resolve borne of a crisis beyond your control. Use those skills as you go out into the world and achieve great things. Much happiness to you along the way! #hoodproud Megen Mack Opsahl ’77

You completed the necessary requirements and earned your degrees despite incredibly challenging circumstances. That tenacity and fortitude will serve you well in life.

Never forget the pillars that grounded you during your time at Hood—Hope, Opportunity, Obligation and Democracy.

Continue to let them guide your decisions and actions going forward.

Remember to do your part to make the world a better place—one smile, one kind gesture, one apology, one word of encouragement, one socially distanced air hug, etc. at a time!

Melanie Eyler, Assistant to the Dean of Students

Congratulations! You did the impossible and graduated from the best school in the world during the most challenging times. Your Hood family is so proud of you, and we’re looking forward to the many accomplishments we know you’ll have! #hoodstrong Katherine Hitchens Fleck ’08 Oh, the challenges you've overcome!

With strength, perseverance, intelligence, character, faith and hope you have had success and will continue to succeed. We look forward to your future.

Bill Brown, Vice President for Enrollment Management While the end came a lot sooner than expected, it was still a great honor to be a part of your time here at Hood! I am confident in saying you are a class that will be remembered not only for your unique finish, but for all the great things you will accomplish after Hood!

Cheers to the Class of 2020!

Thomas Chatfield, MBA’18, Head Women’s Golf Coach and Associate Athletic Trainer

Whether it be an economic downturn, a global political crisis or pandemic, nothing has ever stopped graduates from making their impact—and we expect nothing less from you. Indeed, we all need you to be the leaders that envision, invent and empower a new model for work. Your focus on inclusion and social justice, your recognition of balance in work and life pursuits, and your tenacity for science, data and accountability define you—and we need you to make these also define our society. Good luck and thank you!

David Gurzick, M.S.’03, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Management and Chair of The George B. Delaplaine Jr. School of Business

NEXT ISSUE | WHERE ARE THEY NOW: STORIES FROM THE CLASS OF 2020

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It may be small consolation to know you are living through a historic time, and your memories of this year will be unique among past and future graduates. Know how proud we are of you and how you have handled everything surrounding this unprecedented crisis. Stay safe and well and look out for one another. Love you all!

MaryJean Hughes, Administrative Coordinator for the Honors Program Be well and do great things. …and tell us all about them :) Sue Carney, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology To the Class of 2020—the year of 2020 underscores two of the most important words in the English language: resilience and perseverance. Stay Hood Strong, if you can see it in your mind you can do it, and keep pursuing your dreams!

Tom Kleinhanzl, President and CEO of Frederick Regional Health System and Hood Trustee

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Your strength lies in the experience of challenges. You are resilient. You are Hood Strong. We are Hood Proud! You will change the world with the gift of hands to serve, hearts that care and minds to explore.

Olivia White, Ph.D., Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students

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with New Alumni Executive Board President Phillip Yerby ’11 Q

: Congratulations on being appointed president of Hood’s Alumni Executive Board for 2020-2022! Can you share your vision for the AEB and any goals you’d like to see the board achieve?

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: My vision is to create an engaged and diverse Alumni Executive Board that fosters lifelong connections and serves the greater Hood College community. My main goals are to build a board that reflects the diversity of Hood’s 20,000-plus alumni and to foster a stronger relationship between alums and current students.

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: Hosting a Blazer Radio show with Kendall Dolly ’10 was one of the highlights of my college career. It was fun to have an hour each week dedicated completely to the things we loved—music, games a n d c o nve r sa t i o n .

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English and Communication Arts, I am forever grateful for the mentorship I received from Professors Donna Bertazzoni and Katherine Orloff. They provided an excellent foundation in writing, ethics and campaign development.

Q: Tell us a little about your

career. How did your time at Hood prepare you for “the real world?”

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I’m a senior manager at Weber Shandwick. I lead cross-functional teams that develop and execute marketing strategies for regional and national clients. Hood equipped me with the hard skills that allow me to be an effective marketer and the soft skills to manage client and internal relationships.

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: You were on the tennis team when you were at Hood; do you still find time to play? What other hobbies or interests do you have?

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: Being on the tennis team helped me find my place at Hood. I’m really thankful for the community the team provided me. During the warm months I try to play five to eight times a month.

When I’m not working or on the court, you can probably find me at the grill or in the kitchen cooking.

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students have additional opportunities for practical knowledge.

I would have loved to utilize the Hood College Television Studio and

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the Virginia Munson Hammel ’67 Trading Room. Also, as a tennis player, it would have been great to play home matches on campus at the tennis complex.

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: As cheesy as it sounds, I’d tell first-year Phill to take a little time to enjoy the view. I didn’t appreciate just how transformative my time at Hood was until I started to prepare for graduation. I wish I had taken a few beats throughout my undergraduate experience to stop and reflect on my personal growth and the events that helped shape the person I am today.

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: “Hood is Home” means no matter how long I’ve been away from campus, I always find this sense of peace and belonging when I return.

Interview by Kellye Greenwald ’86, director of alumni and constituent engagement

Chair of the board scholars join alumni executive board Caylee Winpigler ’21 and Chelsey Adedoyin ’21 were among the very first Chair of the Board Scholars and received full-tuition awards when they were admitted to Hood in fall 2017. We’re #hoodproud to welcome them to the Hood Alumni Executive Board as our student representatives.

Caylee Winpigler ’21 Majors: History and Global Studies

“I would like to say thank you for selecting me to be a part of the Alumni Executive Board. I am honored. Hood has truly changed my life, and I am happy to give back to this wonderful institution. Hood will always be my home, and its faculty will always be my family. I am overjoyed to represent the Class of 2021 on the Alumni Executive Board! Thank you again for this opportunity! I will cherish this position and all the exciting activities that accompany it!”

Chelsey Adedoyin ’21 Major: Biology | Minor: Spanish

“Ever since touring Hood for the first time, I’ve felt a sense of community on campus. Spending my last four years here has made me feel like Hood is my home away from home. Senior year just started, but the thought of post-grad has already started to make me nervous. I’m so excited to be a part of the AEB because now I have an even larger family at Hood to connect with, and an amazing group of people that can help guide me along the way to adulthood!”

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GIVING BACK

WILLIAMS OBSERVATORY TO BE NEW HOME OF COLLEGE MUSEUM The Williams Observatory was built in 1924 and is the only historic observatory in Maryland. It signifies the College’s strong commitment to the advancement of scientific endeavors and is important in telling the story of the race to build telescopes directly before and after the Civil War. The upcoming 100-year anniversary of the Williams Observatory provides a timely opportunity to move the Hood College Museum to this space, increasing its public access and contributing to heritage tourism in Frederick. The observatory is identified as the best long-term location for the museum partly because it is one of the registered historical buildings on campus. It can house the museum while functioning as an observatory again, supporting visitors interested in Hood history or the history of astronomy in the United States. The College regularly receives

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inquiries about the observatory, indicating a strong interest in the building.

The late Frances “Franny” Delaplaine Randall ’45, H’06, trustee emerita, established a charitable trust in her will, and her family recently awarded the first donation from the trust to Hood College. The gift of $50,000 will be used to kick off fundraising for renovating the Williams Observatory into a museum and visitor center.

“Franny was always very generous with her counsel, guidance and financial support to Hood,” said President Andrea E. Chapdelaine, Ph.D. “Her advocacy and belief in the power of education advanced Hood in important ways.”

Speaking on behalf of Franny’s family, her daughter Deedee Luttrell ’80, M.S.’86 remembers her

mother’s lifelong commitment to higher education, and specifically to Hood College.

“Our mother’s college years at Hood made a lasting impact on her life,” said Luttrell. “It was important to her to support the College throughout her life, and we felt it very appropriate that the first gift from her trust be made to Hood College. Her keen interest in history and her degrees in science make the inaugural gift to the observatory renovation even more fitting.”

Additional support for the Williams Observatory renovation is being provided by alumni Magaly Mauras Green ’74, M.A.’79 and the late Kenneth L. Green Jr. ’81 as well as through a Maryland Heritage Areas Authority capital grant.

For more information or to make a gift to support the project, please contact the Office of Institutional Advancement at 301-696-3700 or pergola@hood.edu.

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The Delaplaine Randall family has a strong legacy with Hood. Franny Delaplaine Randall’s mother, Fannie Birely Delaplaine, graduated from the Frederick Female Seminary in 1877, the predecessor to Hood College. Since that time, 43 members of the family have graduated from Hood.

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BEQUESTS Virginia “Ginny” Munson Hammell Hamby ’67

Virginia “Ginny” Munson Hammell Hamby ’67 created two planned gifts that were funded through her estate: The Virginia Munson Hammell Hamby ’67 Historic Preservation and Campus Maintenance Fund and The Virginia Munson Hammell Hamby ’67 Trading Room Fund. She gifted Hood College The Virginia Munson Hammell ’67 Trading Room within The George B. Delaplaine Jr. School of Business in 2015. Hood students are given instant access to the world of finance and stock trading, a world that was an integral part of Ginny’s professional life.

Ginny earned her bachelor’s degree from Hood in economics and an MBA from Loyola College in 1978. She continued her studies at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Graduate School, and she earned her CPA certification in 1984. Her intriguing career included a position at the Aga Khan Foundation, setting up banking relationships abroad; Princeton University as a division director; the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, lobbying for international programs; the Department of Agriculture where she supported the rural grants program; and the Business School at George Washington University where she was the finance director. After retiring, she stayed professionally involved by working parttime as a CPA. Ginny was generous in her support of all the organizations she loved. Having a sincere concern for the plight of the homeless, Ginny served more than 10 years on the Board of Directors of Community Lodgings, an organization that provides transitional housing in Alexandria, Virginia. She was an active member of the Order of the Daughters of the King and both Christ Church and Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Alexandria. In recent years, Ginny spent her winters on the east coast of Florida where she enjoyed reading and playing bridge and Scrabble. She was a fiercely loyal and generous person to her friends, always providing a shoulder to lean on. She had a zest for life that included a keen interest in art and politics.

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Nancy Andrews Hastings ’46 Through her estate, Nancy Andrews Hastings ’46 provided unrestricted support to Hood College. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and earned her Hood degree in chemistry. Nancy went on to have a career in banking. She was a longtime resident of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and enjoyed her home on the Inner Coastal Waterway. Nancy loved cats and her lifelong friendships with Hood classmates. She was a class reporter for many years and enjoyed attending many Hood events and reunions.

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CLASS NEWS REMINISCE, UPDATE AND RECONNECT

Compiled in June 2020.

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Joan Scott Hellmuth 781-235-3438 Nancy von der Heyde Needham writes that friends and relatives flock to her home in VA Beach where they enjoy visiting her and fishing from her dock.

She tripped over a toy box and broke a finger. She is awaiting the birth of her 4th great-grandchild, Abby Grace. Elizabeth Floyd Davis is legally blind, and her sons are far away in New Zealand and Australia.

Last winter, she and a friend took a 51-day Pacific cruise. Libby is looking forward to the arrival of her 4th great-grandchild in Aug. Carol Underhill Postell is in good health and enjoying “condo living” in Vero Beach, FL. Her 3 sons, who live in Atlanta, Chattanooga and Milan, Italy, visit as often as they can. Joan Kellogg Weddle is thrilled with the “new fight” the current marches are making but finds the impact on the pandemic troublesome. Phyllis Loudermill Armstrong sent a beautiful greeting card saying she is well and grateful to be living in her home of 45 years.

Gardening is her favorite activity, and she shares Rutgers tomatoes with friends and family. They are same ones that made Campbell’s soup famous 60 years ago. Mary Murrie Hardy asks “when did we get old enough to be the 1st or 2nd class reporting?”

She is planning a cruise on the Columbus River in OR in 2021 and hopes that everything gets “back to normal” and does not have to cancel. Katherine Spear Feldmann is learning to read Baltimore City Library books on her iPad. Since there are no water exercises available, she is doing whatever he can to keep arthritis at bay. Evelyn Bischoff Mitchell reports being held captive by the coronavirus in semi-isolation in Port St. Lucia, FL. Evelyn usually travels to MA in June to visit her children, but is wary of air travel. She enjoys telephone visits with Frances Pickle Wetmore. Carita Ackerly Warner and her husband are busy with family, friends, gardening and tutoring adults. Carita’s children were supposed to take her to Portugal in June, but sadly, they had to cancel. However, life is good. Love to all. It has been a joy hearing from so many classmates. I miss church services, classes at Regis College and visits with friends. However, I appreciate what so many people are doing to keep us safe.

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Myrna Hays Slick says “no news! Staying in as told to do if you’re old.” Charlotte Beshore Ahrens has 3 sons— one in Chicago, one in NC, and one in York, PA. They are all getting together for a reunion. Nancy Brown Kohlheyer: “my confinement in Belgium has gone smoothly in my apartment with art, books, telephone, PC and TV. My friends here have stayed well. However, I have lost 2 members of my family in the US. Buffie McKim Powell’s visit keeps getting delayed.

Belgium, the size of Maryland, has lost almost 10,000 people.” Barbara Burkley Hutchinson: “as a transfer student in the Class of 1953, I am so proud how Hood has expanded all the fields of learning. I have been living in Warrenton, VA, for the past 14 years. I have one grandchild who is 7, and his family lives nearby.” Pat Lloyd Fordham feels so lucky to live in a town where there have been no cases of the coronavirus. Her little dog, Cherokee, and she are doing well. Pat and Marge Aronson Dalmas stay in touch. Natalie Morris Cranmer lost her husband one year ago. Natalie and Hood roommate Elizabeth Woodcock Erbring are still close friends. Natalie is thankful that her family has not been affected by the coronavirus.

Marilynn Phillips: “it has been so isolating for me. Cary’s family (4 of them) got the bug. I haven’t been with my family since Feb. I was able to go to a birthday party with my 4 best friends. My only problem is that I have very bad knees. I still drive at 89, my license is good until I am 95! Have faith, dear friends, we will all get here!” Julia Rank Loposer has been staying busy watching her daughter’s dog who lives down the street.

Kathryn Redelfs Rott is living in Boca Raton in independent living. She loves her apartment, but hasn’t been able to leave or have visitors since March. Thankfully, she can get outside and walk.

Just before the close down, Kathryn and daughter Anne Johnson Moreland ’78 had lunch with Lindy Small ’81 and Kellye Greenwald ’86 from Hood. It was very enjoyable with updates on Hood.

Prayers for her granddaughter who is a nurse working with COVID-19 patients, and her grandson

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who is a doctor doing the intubating. Hoping her other grandchildren can return to college classes in the fall. Beverly Rosenberg Sager attended Sheila Seigal Asher’s granddaughter’s wedding in FL and had to isolate in her apartment for 2 weeks when she returned. Bev and her daughter bought the house next door to her son in San Diego. Katherine Sponsler Patten* is doing well with the exception of back pain from a fall. It feels better when she lays down, but says it’s too boring! She thinks of our college days fondly. The Essex family has survived being housebound due to good friends that shop and lots of old books.

Their grandson graduated from college and made the dean’s list his last semester. They plan to have a staycation in their backyard.

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Carol also tells of 3 great-grandchildren gearing for college and laments their use of high tech services which may cause loss of handwriting skills. She is concerned about COVID-19 and its effects upon high school and college seniors. Pat Sabin Sprague continues to enjoy living near the CO River with hot springs swimming. She has attained a master’s in social work, and is retired in a 2-bedroom apartment in Glenwood Springs 40 minutes from Aspen. A welcome call from Milton Adams, son of Ken and Mary “Skippy” Smith Adams revealed that Skippy moved from her Newtown home with Milton and his wife to Maplewood in Newtown. Because of dementia and Alzheimer’s, the transition was important. Milton serves in outdoor maintenance in assisted living in Nannawalk Meadow. He remodeled his home

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for Skippy before the health issues arrived. Wendell Stockdale and wif, Jane Hinkle Stockdale are bravely enduring survival of her 2 strokes and heart attack plus diabetes and short-term memory loss. Jane lives in a nursing unit in Willow Valley near Lancaster, PA. Wendell lives in their apartment and waves and smiles through Jane’s room window. A call from Dorris Smith Radcliff brightened a beautiful spring day. They have a rescue dog, Millie, in their home by the James River. As we were speaking, a trio of eagles flew by. Betty Remsberg DeColigny called from Homewood in Hanover, also in quarantine. Her children help with groceries. Granddaughter Erin is a social worker in Frederick, and her husband tested positive for COVID-19. They are self-quarantining. Betty remains active in the D.A.R. and would be happy to reach big sister Mary-Gray Schofield Davis ’52. Nolah Sawyer Fulk called from Pitman, NJ. Still residing in their family home, Nolah continues therapy because of a fall last year. She still has many antiques and has had 2 hip replacements. Sue Clement Christie and Ed live in Mesa, AZ. They celebrate 66 years of marriage. They love their lives with many friends.

They have 4 children and 4 grandchildren. Thalia Males Cutt writes from Concord, CA. She tells of enjoying Hood Magazine and is still living in her home of 48 years. Jack passed away in 2017.

Three of 5 children live within .5 miles and take very good care of her. She has 21 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Mary Johnston DeMaris laments of things being bad! She has not been out of her retirement for several months.

Mark and I, Jean, continue to be happily involved with children, grandchildren, assorted nieces, cousins, cleaning cottage, laundry and gardening which include perennials, herbs and vegetables.

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Martha Smith Sperandio mollymom76@gmail.com Sue Winter Smith passed away in Sept. 2018; Mary Thomas Summers passed away in Sept.

2019; Pat Pickett Tanco passed away in Jan. 2020. God speed to a safer, more humane place.

Alice Riddle Metry is dealing with macular degeneration so it is difficult to read emails, letters and books very well. She would love to hear from anyone via phone: 313-882-8709. Husband, Fred had a stroke in August 2019 and is working hard to get away from the walker. There is no driving for them, so their annual trip to FL did not take place this year. Barbara Thomas Yinger keeps busy finishing baby quilts for Frederick’s CareWear Foundation, founded by Bonnie Kloeblen Hagerman ’66. A FL volunteer pieces the small quilts and mail them to Bonnie; she puts on the backing and sends it to me to sew together and quilt for someone else to enjoy, somewhere in the

US in a health care system. I made more than 100 masks and coordinated with others to make over 300 for the health care workers and residents at Buckingham’s Choice near Frederick, MD. I’m also in charge of the greenhouse here. Plants and sewing have been my forte for many years; what a joy! Carolyn Stevens Amstutz is in a retirement community and is a bit restricted, but being taken care of very well. We are not allowed visitors in our apartments. Getting out and walking and seeing people keeps me sane! Both my daughters, one in Albany and one in England, and their husbands are working from home. I’m OK for my age, except that macular degeneration is getting the better of me. Unfortunately, my bridge playing days are behind me. I have talked to Alice Riddle Metry and Tressie Brown. Genie Smith Durland says Bill and I are healthy in spite of being 84 and 89 and are staying home except for groceries and docs. We live on the edge of two large parks with walking trails so are able to get out to walk every day without coming near others. Our youngest son lives near us and drops in with his son who has Down Syndrome. Our youngest daughter lives in Boulder; a school teacher—teaching online drives her crazy. One of our biggest disappointments is the absence of baseball. Hattie Snyder Bingham and Gene moved from Chantilly, VA, to a community near Fredericksburg, VA, 15 years ago after both of us retired from National Institutes of Health. We have 3 children, 5 grandchildren, and 3 great-grandchildren. Our daughter, Cheryl, recently moved to Frederick, MD, and we are looking forward to walking the Hood campus together.

Another daughter, Julianne, lives in South Carolina, and our son, Keith, lives too far away in Reno, NV. Our granddaughter, Lynsey, just moved to Richland, WA, after graduating with a nurse practitioner’s degree. I sing in the church choir and am active in the church and community. I enjoy the “POPs” concerts by The National Symphony Orchestra at The Kennedy Center. I had an unexpected health issue this Jan. through March when I had to make 2 emergency trips to the hospital due to my right kidney not functioning. The 2nd time I went to the hospital I had a blood infection and ended up in the CCU because all my vitals went crazy due to the blood infection. I had surgery in 2004 for a congenital condition where there was a blockage where the ureter enters the kidney. After all these years’ scar tissue built up causing the blockage to happen again. The urologist put in a 6-to-12month urinary stent to avoid a trip to the hospital while COVID-19 is active. We’ll have to research the best medical options. Married 60 years, the anniversary celebration is on hold until next year due to the virus. In the fall 2021 we plan to move into a villa in “Willow Valley Communities,” Willow Valley, PA, which is close to Lancaster, PA. My email address is: hattiebingham2@gmail. com. Louise Reed continues to shelter in place and stay away from any virus. She helps with

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meals, household chores, grocery shopping, etc.

She uses a walker to get around the house and a wheelchair when she goes outside. Mara Eksteins Garcia-Bunuel: Pat Pickett Tanco’s brother called me about her death. Pat was taken down to TX to her son’s family home to be with all her children and family. She was buried in Rockville, MD. It was very sad for me; we were half-sisters at Hood and we kept up our friendship for years. I stay home; my doctor son is very busy, but brings my groceries every Saturday. Miriam Spaulding Keyser: “we are doing well at Oak Crest; they provide 3 dinner meals plus extras every 3 days. Our son, David, brings other food items and essentials to the gate and those things are delivered to us. We are limited to our apartment and outside to walk to our garden plot. We are only to leave grounds for doctors, etc. I was able to talk with Dot Hofstadter Lewis. Her husband, Irv, died last summer, and she has moved to a senior facility near her daughter in Boston. We are still planning on gathering with the family at the Outer Banks, NC, for a week in July. I spend time on family genealogy—right now Bill’s Keyser family. Nancy Paul Stimson: “No bridge, no Mahjong, no dinners out, no church, no nothing.

My great-grandson turned one the end of May; his sister will be 3 in July. They live in Doylestown, PA; thankfully my granddaughter brought them to see me in Jan. The virus took my friend’s husband; several others I know have recovered. Our condo pool remains closed.” Nancy heard that Sue Truby Peterson may have Alzheimer’s Disease. Roberta Geehan Horton is sad to report the death of former roommate Susan Winter Smith in Sept.

2018; she suffered from pulmonary fibrosis. She spoke with her 10 days before she passed. Bob and Roberta are still mostly confined at home, due to the virus, the same home since l966. They enjoy daily walks on a nearby greenway. “I am now out of most back pain caused by spinal stenosis after neurologic treatments.” Bob had a coronary event last Aug. but is much improved after having a stent put in. Enjoyed a recent telephone chat with Mimi Spaulding Keyser. Tanie Strohecker White sends greetings to all 1957 gals (no gents in those days). Would love to see any of you traveling to or through Hudson, OH; phone: 330-650-1053. Molly Smith Sperandio: “COVID-19 played a big part in all our lives this year; for me it canceled a number of trips, by air and by car. I watched my last grand graduate from Sacramento Waldorf School, CA, via Vimeo. His brother’s graduation from UC Davis on the same day was canceled. He was to start a new job in Los Angeles on May 28, but was delayed until July. My annual PA trips in April and June to see family were canceled, and sadly during that time I lost a brother-in-law to acute leukemia, diagnosed at the age of 89 two weeks before he died! My 90-year-old sister who was confined to her ALF with no visitation died suddenly in June. My nephew (70 with acute renal cancer) and another sister (88 and bedridden with dementia) are struggling.

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The continuation would have been to Bethlehem to see my oldest sister (94), Kitty Smith Dunn ’47*, where we have held our family reunions for the past 39 years. Hopefully next year!

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Marilyn Garis Kellow maggiehood1958@gmail.com 414-418-5782 Cynthia Williams Bohaker says all is well with her and her daughters and families in NJ, AZ and Kyoto, Japan. They will miss getting together in June at a cottage on the Maine coast. I had a lengthy phone conversation with Joan Enterline. She is coping well and enjoying her senior complex in Rockville, MD. Jane Walton Godfrey says since they live only 80 miles from NYC the isolation rules have been extremely strict. They have a new great-granddaughter born in April that they have hardly seen. Jeb Bennett Moran is coping with all of the restrictions that have been imposed upon all of us. She talks to Carol Huelsen Warrington and says she is getting stronger and feeling well. Jeb had a “window visit” with Carol Horwath Klecka* for her 84th birthday. Carol’s address is Tuscan Gardens Memory Care, 841 Venetia Bay Boulevard, Venice, FL 34285. Jeb hears from Joan “Tigger” Clark Mills who was looking forward to a beautiful spring in New England. Ginny Manning Peltzer sent a picture of 5 classmates taken at our 50th reunion. It included Sara Lea Callaway Redmon, Jo Olmsted Witherington, Ginny, Carol and Jeb who comments “What a lift that was! We all look so young and happy!” She sent a reminder that Hood is also suffering from the pandemic personally and economically and hopes that all alums that possibly can help will also support Hood. Helen Voorhees Quodomine reported that Gail Shaffer passed away April 23, 2020, from diabetic complications.

Gail loved living in Ocean Grove, NJ, and served as president of the Ocean Grove Historical Society. She taught at Governor Livingston Regional High School for 42 years, volunteered at Covenant House in NYC, in 1993 she was named New Jersey’s Teacher of the Year. Bunnie Potter Richardson writes that she and Brian each have some minor health issues. She has had head pressure/headache problems after cataract surgery. She still plays tennis 3 days a week. Mary Allen Reynolds is coping with little personal contact rule. She lives on a busy city street and is enjoying watching all the activity going by her house…. toddlers, bike riders, dog walkers, joggers and cyclists. It is like having a fashion show of athletic gear. Sadly, she misses the museums, opera, dance, theatre, symphony, library, garden center and other arts venues. Elly Baumgart Ritchie misses traveling to the NJ Shore and getting together with family at the beach this summer. Her grandson is in Japan and will be returning next Jan. Penny Adams Rogers reports that things are safe in Hawaii. She would have been back in Boston by now, but Covid put a

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stop to travel. The lockdown has provided her the opportunity to finish writing her long overdue book.

Marthanne Stephens Smith writes that her family in VA, MD and VT are all well and prays that is the same for all classmates. Anne “Ricky” Merrick Vosti says being cloistered has certainly “clipped my wings” but still feels so very blessed. She prays that everyone stays well and that somehow our country can “right” itself from a very painful time. Carole Moore White and husband Fritz moved into an independent living apartment near their girls last Dec. Fritz will soon be completing his second round of treatment for multiple myeloma. Carole has some heart problems and says she is just slowing down like most of us.

Jean Olstead Witherington sent news last March saying her trip to South Korea had been canceled.

She was hoping to go to the Greek Isles in July. Her grandson is to be married in Ireland in Oct. Nancy Keim Woodruff’s daughter-in-law wrote that Nancy passed away April 10, 2020, in Fort Worth TX. Nancy’s son, Ted, suggested that more information could be obtained by visiting Nancy Elsa Keim Woodruff’s memorial website. I recommend that all who knew Nancy should try to access this website. She truly was a unique person and accomplished so much, such as going to med school at age 42 and becoming a doctor at age 50. Both Nancy and Gail Shaffer were my roommates and were bridesmaids in my wedding. I was really surprised to learn that they had passed away. They both accomplished so much and died within 2 weeks of one another! I hope and pray that everyone stays safe and well as we endure all these challenges.

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Anne Wilson Heuisler 410-980-4747 aheuisler@comcast.net Catherine Brooke Buckingham moved to a condo with her daughter. Then she fell and broke her right femur. She was in rehab when the virus began but now is home and happy. Catherine says she plans to live until she’s 103! Eleanor Brown Wheeler and Phil are settled happily in their new house and finding it a good fit for this stage in life. Their son is living with them, with plans to build on their lot. Their daughter and family are nearby. Tarun Comegys Johns promised not to complain about feeling like she was on coronavirus house arrest.

“Technology has certainly been a huge boost in church services, video visits with family and friends, and keeping us informed and entertained.

As Dr. Truxal used to say, ‘This, too, shall pass!’”

Gayle Hamilton Blakeslee felt very lucky to be living at Broadmead, a CCRC outside of Baltimore.

“Meals are delivered to our door and we have a wonderful 90-acre campus where I walk almost every day. My social life is chatting with others who also are out. Miss my kids and grandchildren’s graduations.” Edee Howard Hogan was making

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large batches of soup daily and taking them to the gatehouse of her complex for pick-up by residents.

She also walked every day to the DC stadium to volunteer her help with a program to feed those in need. Edee planned to move to DE for the summer.

Anne Montesano Kerpsack Ellis planned to head north for the summer to the Finger Lakes of NY, where she grew up. She spends the rest of the year in FL and now has two sons in the state. Anne misses their annual get-togethers but talks on the phone frequently with Jan Knecht Huber-Ditz and Nancy Smith Grissino. Judy Moreland Granger and Bob celebrated Christmas with all 4 sons.

They spent the 1st week in Feb. in Winter Park, FL, visiting her brother and sister-in-law. They hoped to celebrate her brother’s 80th birthday over Labor Day weekend. Mary Ann Guild Simmons has had a dramatic 2020. On a cruise around South America, she fell in Ecuador and triple-fractured her ankle. After 8 days in a hospital there, she endured an arduous flight home, hospitalization in DC, 3 surgical procedures, rehab center, 5 ambulance transports, more rehab. At press time she was still wheelchair-bound and facing more surgery. She said the worst part of quarantine for her was missing Hood’s musical events. Joanne Peper Milnor doesn’t travel long distances anymore because of health. She was sad to give up international travel, “but I have been to 6 continents and 66 countries, so not so bad staying home!” Jo keeps busy as a deacon for her church and by working on house projects and maintenance. Mary-Lou Trout Haddad’s husband, Charles, wrote that about 4 years ago, Mary-Lou exhibited balance and speech problems that led to a diagnosis at the University of Pennsylvania of a rare brain disease, progressive supranuclear palsy. It is a movement disorder in the Parkinson family of diseases but one without cure or medication. The Haddads decided to downsize from their 1810 farmhouse in Boyertown, PA, to a half-double-home 3 blocks away remodeled to accommodate Mary-Lou’s situation.

Even though wheelchair-bound and nonverbal, Mary-Lou is mentally alert, follows conversations, and enjoys the contacts and visits from her Hood roommates, Anne Wilson Heuisler, Judy Moreland Granger, Gayle Hamilton Blakeslee, and Carole Jones Rogers. Mary-Lou extends her best wishes to all of her Hood classmates.

Carolynne Veazey Lathrop moved to Asbury, IA, last Sept. after 44 years in Dubuque. Unfortunately, she developed bursitis in one hip, aggravated by moving to a 2-story town home, and that required several months of physical therapy. Carolynne shared a “quarantine survey” in our online column to poll classmates about activities during the virus shutdown (sample question: “favorite quarantine binge-watching TV”). Carol Wick Ericksen finds the golf course a good place for social distancing.

She has had 2 holes-in-one. Della Mae Wilson Holtzapple is happy to be continuing her organ

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position at an octogenarian age. She says, “I believe one should rate the value of an institution not by faculty, students, publications, etc., but by the track records of graduates at the end of their careers!” I, Anne Wilson Heuisler, actually didn’t mind being locked down (other than being terrified of the virus). I binged on good television, read, and played bridge with friends online. I FaceTimed with my children and checked on my Facebook friends.

My beloved sister-in-law Betsey Heuisler died on June 15. I am happy to hear from everyone.

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Audrey Heyman Rooney aerooney423@gmail.com 410-699-1230 “Quite well and still vertical,” writes Rida Dawson Aycock from Baltimore. Thank you, Rida, for your charming handwritten note. Such a rarity! Last summer brought Lucinda Young Kelly east from Seattle for a family wedding and Rida’s hospitality for several days. “Such a treat, and Lu, as always, a ray of sunshine.” In the fall, Gail Meredith Enright was feted by her family on her 80th birthday. Says Rida, “We have known each other forever, since our parents were friends before we were born!” In Rida’s “body mech” news: physical therapy, acupuncture, and patience have eased her sciatica and gardening is once more her chief love. Five years ago she suffered a stroke and became one of the first 8 atrial fibrillation patients to get a Watchman implant. “No more a-fibs!” She has also disposed of three melanomas. “Life’s journey is quite an adventure, isn’t it?” Sons Harry and Dawson both work in D.C.: Harry at Archives and Dawson with the Senate Security Office. Rida plans to move into an assisted living facility in Annapolis, so is now getting plenty of exercise cleaning out years of memories. Gretchen Beckhelm: Like everyone else these days I have honed my skills at crossword and jigsaw puzzles and have made a huge dent in my stack of “books I’ll read someday.” My sister Babs and I have canceled a couple of trips, including a cruise to Norway, Iceland and Greenland. However, being confined at home hasn’t been as tough as it sounds since my condo neighbors and I check on each other frequently and our dining room provides free delivery of up to 3 meals a day. I do break away once a week to visit Babs for an afternoon of cards.

I hope my fellow Hoodlums are staying healthy (and sane!) so we can gather together next June for our 61st. Longtime member of Falls Church (VA) Presbyterian Church, Avery Kimerly Burns currently serves as church librarian. She recently shared a meditation/poem from Marianne Williamson’s collection of Illuminated Prayers on FCPC’s Crossing Paths site. Avery’s greetings to our class: “Stay healthy and keep smiling, even laughing.” From their “Covid Quarantine Headquarters in Middlesex County, NJ” Linda Loring Loveland writes: Bob and

I obey the three CDC directives: social distancing, wearing face masks when in public spaces, and washing those hands…frequently. Because our club and senior center are closed we exercise by ourselves. The one-way path at the park along the river lets us watch spring buds evolve into summer canopy. A vireo warbles from dawn to sunset in 1960 nearby oaks and pines, echoing in the stillness since car traffic is cut in half. The song of a 4.5inch bird holds our attention, linking us with the beauty of the natural world. We take great delight in the connections we humans share thanks to our computer. Recently 41 of my relatives gathered to celebrate my older sister’s birthday. From England to Los Angeles, along the coast from MA to FL, and over to Flagstaff, AZ, our virtual family reunion sent gala greetings. All was captured online in a video montage, a seamless stream of love and gratitude.

We proved once again the powerful ties we share.

As for all of us, my good friends of the Class of 1960, we are linked by our college memories.

Based on these ties, friendships are maintained and thrive in unimaginable ways. We can master the disruptions and inconveniences that separate us.

Even in our current fragile situation, we are enriched through our desire to connect. Anne Kurka Woods writes that “memories are keeping me sane at this time. I am adjusting to the condo environment, but I miss getting out and being with those friends who don’t live with me. I do have a new grandchild, Finn.

Another boy, though! I would like a girl sometime.”

Marina Pappas Zazanis enjoyed pleasant late spring weather in Vero Beach, FL, before returning to Mt. Vernon, NJ on June 1. On what was to be our reunion weekend, Marina marked her birthday with virtual celebrations including her many family members. Marina remains active on various boards and committees via teleconference calls, which “seem to work, but are not as much fun” and sends loving wishes to all “with the hope that we find it in our hearts to respect our fellows regardless of age, race or profession and be responsible caretakers of the Earth we have been given.” Your reporter, Audrey Heyman Rooney is trying to use these months of “found time” to adjust to the absence of grandson Colin James, who passed away in Jan. at 24. Grace Elliott and Sally Fletcher Murray gathered with our family and friends, Colin’s schoolmates, and many Leidos colleagues at a beauty-filled memorial service in Charlottesville, VA. Also in Jan., our “Be A Better Singer” class lost mentor Phyllis Jenness, with whom some of us have sung off and on since 1960. At 97, Phyllis still maintained Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon classes with critiques, wit, her rich contralto, and partner Lori’s cupcakes.

We are still figuring out what could begin to replace her. In more energetic hours I garden, get rid of stuff, sketch out a third poetry collection, ponder less house and a move closer to family, now situated in or near central VA. A slow process; Kentucky roots run deep. As I type I recall Dr. Neely’s sociology class and

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the word “anomie.” Exactly what we’re experiencing right now! With loving thoughts to all and remembering Dr Truxal: This, too, shall pass.

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Katharine Baum Wolpe kwolpe@gmail.com 917-771-9846 Marty Kaiser Canner plcanner39@gmail.com 410-314-9440 Lynne Linzey Barnes reported being bored during the shutdown of tennis courts and gyms related to COVID-19. She has 11 grandchildren, 4 of whom are employed. Some are high school students wishing they could go to school and one, age 9, is learning at home. Lynne and husband Jay will have been married for 59 years in Nov. She remembers saying to her freshman year roommate, “How can anyone date those Army guys? They are so old!” Then she and her roommate both married “Army guys.” Lynne says, “So far, this has been a good decision!” Nancy Brown Braudrick was glad her family cruise to AK took place last summer. She enjoys seeing her daughter and family who live in the same town she does, Gold Beach, OR. Estelle Harrison Brendle is still working at the McDowell Street Center for Family Law and the Grace and Hope Foundation. In July 2019 to celebrate her 80th birthday, Estelle and her family enjoyed a Seattle-Alaska cruise adventure, which marked the completion of Estelle’s visits to all 50 states. In November 2019 Estelle, who lives in NC, traveled with Judy Freedom Westenhoefer from Judy’s home in VA to PA for Thanksgiving dinner with 5 other people (family and friends), and then she and Judy and the 5 friends drove to Niagara Falls, Canada, where Judy’s granddaughter, a professional ice skater, was performing. The granddaughter was outstanding and the show was terrific. All the travelers arrived back at their respective homes safe and sound. As of May 2020, Estelle and her family were in good health. Judith Arenson Friedman took a 2-week cruise from Boca Raton, FL, to the South Caribbean in early March. It was wonderful except for the coronavirus quarantine news on CNN. She misses her married sons and their families who live in NYC. Shirley Garrett Haley, who lives in Catonsville, about 5 miles from the retirement community where Paul and I (Marty) live, wrote, “we’re so close, yet so far away.” She says we may be too old to be Baby Boomers, but we have become Baby Zoomers. She loves the church services, meetings, and family times on Zoom. After 16 wonderful years in Williamsburg, VA, Jan Bettman Leslie and her husband have been living in a large retirement community in Des Moines, IA, for the past 8 years to be near family. The spring and summer trips to Seattle and Scandinavia they had planned had to be canceled because of the pandemic. Her older son

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had his sabbatical canceled, and her younger son now teaches history online. Her granddaughter had a Zoom college graduation and is waiting for jobs in theater management to open up, and her grandson awaits the reopening of college classes. Dorothy Willis Rainwater has been very busy taking care of her brother, a Vietnam veteran, after he had surgery, and her husband, who has prostate cancer. Her youngest son is a paramedic and is holding up well.

Another son is in Seattle and her daughter lives in Oakland, CA. She says her good Massachusetts General Hospital and Peace Corps experience and her wonderful Hood memories have been helpful in her care of family members. Carol Handwerk Reynolds reported “very big news.” On May 2 she became Mrs. Allen H. Reynolds. Her husband, Al, is a retired librarian who worked at Walter Reed, NIH, Fort Detrick, and the FCC. Prior to his career as a librarian, he was a Presbyterian Christian Educator. Carol and Al live near Womelsdorf, PA. Carol’s grandson, Roland Forti, recently earned his master’s degree in music from the Univ. of NC and plans to teach in Naples, FL. Carol is in touch with the Kindred Spirits of ’61, who are learning new ways to connect that do not involve travel. Katharine Baum Wolpe has struggled with the loss of much of her NYC life during the coronavirus pandemic. Theater, concerts, and dance performances have all been canceled. She attends Sunday church services on Zoom and recently started weekly trips to Brooklyn to visit her longtime companion, Philip. Restaurants and bars are now reopening, but exercise classes at a local senior center and gym are still canceled and movie theaters are still closed. Beth Lee Zehnder had the privilege of going to Israel with friends shortly before the pandemic. She said the trip was terrific. “Archaeologists have uncovered so much Biblical history.”

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Sara Zimmeman revsaraz@gmail.com 813-388-5295 Heartfelt condolences to Teal West Hugo whose husband Mike died of COVID-19 on April 16. Teal: “Mike had a distinguished career with the federal government legislative branch. I am grateful for our 57 years together, 2 sons, 2 grandchildren.”

Doris Dalziel Kimball says her reactions to our new normal were mostly positive: slowing down, savoring ordinary activities at home, preparing meals requiring creative ways to use up what they had, and reading. Phoebe Adams Marshall plays tennis twice a week, walks every morning, works in the yard and always has a book to read, says “If I don’t I go a little nuts.” Pam Roberts Welham reports “lots of reading—my Submarine Wives Book Club meets on Zoom.” Pam and Walt enjoy keeping in touch with family and friends on the phone and Facetime. Sunny Griffin lives in Oceanside, CA, and

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acted in a play on Zoom in April. She takes ballet on Zoom from Valerie Madonia, prima ballerina of the Joffrey. Sunny: “At this age it is definitely Use It or Lose It!” Suzanne “Sue” Williams Tips: “My life has been filled with music—performing, composing and teaching—and still doing it.” Her 30 piano students (taught via Skype) had their recitals on Zoom. Sue has 3 children and 8 grandchildren. Judi Simonsen Ziobro using A Capella app, records alto part of church music; choir members do same, then present the piece during online Sunday services. For handbell rehearsal she must set up and take down a table; “our fitness exercise for the day.” Jody Merritt Watson reports learning to play the ukulele “as we continue aging in place.” She and Peter are concerned about their grandkids and what shape their lives will take when this pandemic becomes history. Penny Misirian Mardoian celebrated her 80th “with just my family around the table.” Penny recently left CT for her ME home closer to family. “It was the first time I hugged anyone in 2 months.”

Judy Hammond Blatchford and Park both celebrated their 80th and continue to be well with plans to head to their summer house in the Adirondacks where kids and grandkids will visit them. Caroline “Candee Mack” Westdorp celebrated her 80th with her husband and Facetime with children and grandchildren, “all fine.” Barbara Kirby Stewart celebrated her 80th with a fun Zoom party “produced by my stupendous, spectacular daughters Melinda and Meredith.” Barbara recently spent a day at the National Museum of African History and Culture. Margo Friedman turns 80 in July, thinks about her “wonderful classmates when we were 18!

I blinked and the years went by.” She and Sidney live in Wellesley, their 2 children, 5 grandchildren in CT. Lynn MacDonough Morrow turns 80 in Nov., enjoys telling people her age because they “act surprised to learn that someone almost 80 doesn’t have one foot in the grave.” She and George are grateful for good health and energy. Liz Decker Rogers had planned to celebrate her 80th by spending a year in Granada, Spain, with older son and family. She is now “focusing on being grateful for what I have, my family, friends, neighbors, home, and financial stability.” Regina Schlank Pyle frets about the state of politics and growing inequity.

She volunteers for a Boston nonprofit dedicated to improving educational opportunities for underserved children. Linda Katz Schleifer is active in Democratic politics and working hard to elect progressive candidates to the legislature. She retired from the Univ. of PA after 25 years in the Dept. of Development and Alumni Relations. Susan Shinnick Hossfeld and Carl canceled a family ski trip to CO and postponed moving to a retirement community “until things settle down.” Earlier in 2020 they traveled to Sun Valley. Carl skied and Susan enjoyed the town. Harriet “Rusty” Papst Hougland and Ann Holmes Flatt canceled reservations to spend July 4th week at a camp in NH. Harriet’s 5 grandchildren

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range from just finished freshman year, to working on a Ph.D., to being in the working world. Barbara Arthur Pretzsch and Bob moved closer to their daughter. The 5-bedroom house on 2 acres needed tons of renovation, finally completed in March, and now “Living in the quarantine has been a bit more comfortable.” Liz Kovacs Washburn writes: We’ve “sheltered in” for over 100 days: lots of Zooming.”

Sara Zimmerman: “Celebrating my 80th in July from Tampa with family and friends on Zoom. In fall I’ll Zoom-teach Univ. of South Florida OLLI classes on Zen Loving Kindness Meditation and Bauhaus Art and Architecture.”

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Barbara Maly Fish barb2fish@yahoo.com 919-475-8301 The death of her husband Renzo in 2015 and 34 years in a big house finally prompted Sandy Borrelli Ricci to downsize to a condo in Westminster, MD, near the families of her brother and son. She moved in on March 19, when the coronavirus restrictions began in MD. She loves the simpler life and the convenience of being within walking distance of places to which she formerly drove. After 4 years of widowhood, Karen Kuechenmeister Kolosek married a neighbor, Ron Kolosek, just 8 months after meeting him. Six weeks after that, Karen was diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer during a routine checkup for a minor procedure. Many months of chemo, radiation, and immune therapy followed. Realizing that her situation could change at any moment, Karen vows, “Whatever I have to deal with, I will move forward using all the skills at my disposal.” Like many of us, Kelly Ebert Henderson spends a lot of time walking, reading, weeding, and trying new recipes. Husband Bruce is writing and editing from home and she is grateful for his company. Her conversational French class continues via Zoom. Since the death of her husband many years ago, Tina Bassett Stevens has lived alone. She has hermit tendencies, she says, and is very glad to be a knitter. She especially enjoys creating complicated lace shawls and Zooms with four knitting groups. The stash of yarn in her basement will keep her busy, she says, no matter how long sheltering in place lasts. Sally Stoecklein Bregenser’s grandson recently earned his master’s in historic preservation from Appalachian State Univ. in Boone, NC. In July, the Bregensers hope to make a drive through WV to the Greenbrier Resort. Pete and JoAnn Risser Moroz have lived in Las Vegas for the past 7 years, near their son, daughter, and 3 grandchildren. With the hospitality industry at a halt during the pandemic, their volunteer work at a local food pantry has become essential. The Morozes put in their 10,000 steps a day in parks that are still open. Kathy Tatem Brody’s husband, Hal, remotely ended the spring semester of teaching and research

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at UConn, while Kathy’s volunteer work was also done virtually. They are anxious to spend weekends this summer at their condo on the Marblehead Harbor in MA, where they will view scenery far different from the CT woods where they are sequestered. Kathy would love to hear from Hood friends at pelicanpond@sbcglobal.net. Donna Wiley Martinez has been caring for her mother, now 98, for the past 10 years, an experience that prepared them for the present situation. Because of her mother’s many hospitalizations and times in rehab, Donna had stocked the house with all necessities to last for weeks. She says, “As Mom’s and my aging became more challenging, I wondered how long I could continue to care for her. What a blessing to find that my continued care for her spared her the nightmare of conditions in many assisted living and nursing environments revealed after the pandemic hit. Our class must agree that our voices must be heard on changing these conditions.” Bob and Sue Hapgood Satterfield have been sheltering in place in rural Afton, VA, where they tend a huge garden of edibles and take care of 6 horses, 4 boarders and 2 of their own. They are still involved with the ballet, the Virginia Science Museum, Univ. of VA, and the foxhunting community. They even had a Zoom wine tasting, with 7 little bottles hand-delivered the day before from a local winery. The new normal has helped Ellie Berklite Harris to focus on her many blessings. Husband Alastair continues to be healthy after his stem cell transplant a year ago for multiple myeloma. Their grandchildren successfully completed their academic year. The Harrises live on beautiful, peaceful Kiawah Island, where they are nurtured by nature year-round, with neighbors and friends available for grocery shopping and social distancing interaction. She says, “Hopefully we won’t be too much older when we can once again engage in activities we are now missing. I do have faith and optimism that science will find a vaccine for this going forward. I am trying to hang onto my political faith and optimism regarding our way forward as a nation. I am grateful every day for the Hood education that enables and has enabled me to meet the challenges of life.” The past 12 years have been challenging for Betty Weaver Wheeler and husband Bob. She writes, “Bob and I were married May 29, 1978, a 2nd marriage for both of us. He was tall, dark, handsome, intelligent, athletic, could do anything—even sew. He made the pink raw silk dress I got married in. He was and is my Renaissance man. We raised 3 wonderful sons who have given us 10 beautiful grandchildren, 6 boys and 4 girls from 7 to 14 years old. When he retired in 2006, we moved to DE and vacationed annually in Bonita Springs, FL.” In 2008, Bob’s health changed when he experienced a retinal detachment with surgery afterward. More detachments and surgeries led to the loss of vision in one eye. After the Wheelers contracted to purchase a condo in Bonita Springs in 2009, Bob was diagnosed with throat cancer.

He was treated with chemo and radiation, but the cancer returned 5 years later. More surgeries and treatments followed, with a laryngeal separation in 2018. He now breathes through his neck and speaks with an electro larynx. Constant jaw pain in 2019 was followed by a diagnosis of osteoradionecrosis, bone death due to radiation, which was treated with hyperbaric oxygen treatments. He faced 2 more surgeries when the pandemic hit, postponing plans for surgery. His pain is now managed with medication, which may mean no surgery. Betty says, “My mother was an RN and I never wanted to be a nurse and took math instead of biology at Hood.

But I tell everyone that I’m working on my medical degree. Both of us agree that the past 12 years have been the best years of our marriage. He knows the depth of my love for him and I know how much he appreciates me. We both have learned what matters most in life.”

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Emily Kilby erkilby44@gmail.com 443-485-7443 News of HannahJane Hurlburt’s yearlong battle with esophageal cancer: Though she received good 24/7 care in her Greenwich, CT, home while undergoing the difficult treatments, she also was blessed with weekly visits from classmates Sandy Hickman Lee, Barbara Nickel Biesel and Priscilla Obreza, who traveled, respectively, from southeastern PA, the Pittsburgh area and Ontario, Canada, to provide comfort and assistance on a rotating schedule. Then the pandemic put a stop to this amazing example of enduring Hood friendships. And a big cheer for Nancy Hoveman Schultze who spent most of April on a ventilator in Johns Hopkins Hospital fighting the COVID-19 virus, after which she was in a rehab facility exerting her tough Scots will to regain her mobility and return to her Marriottsville, MD, home. Instead of traveling to Ireland and Iceland as planned, Paula Adler Williams, Baltimore, was at her condo pool singing songs about justice. Janet Apetz Tarbuck, Reedfield, ME, and husband replaced a planned trip to the Azores with their son, daughter-in-law and 3 grandchildren with a drive to visit the younger ones in NH. Nan Baird O’Brien continued socializing with the wonderful single ladies in her Marrietta, GA, neighborhood and regretting not tackling the organizing projects she’d hoped to complete. A late spring and crazy weather conditions had so delayed work at Jamie Barr Gartelmann’s Deerfield Farm, a landscape center in Schooleys Mountain, NJ, that attending the reunion was out of the question, so, as usual, she gardened and walked and enjoyed her good health amidst natural beauty. Diana Beers Lobdell, Park City, UT, celebrated her 77th birthday at home with a dinner cooked by husband Ralph and some FaceTime with their 2 sons and their families.

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Ruffino’s daughter gave birth to a granddaughter in Sweden toward the end of Barb’s six-month residency with her clergyman husband at his parish in Sicily. By reunion weekend, she was preparing her Chevy Chase, MD, home for her 6 months there. In Finksburg, MD, Kathie Cribbs Tromble spent what would have been reunion weekend poolside watching 3 of her son’s 4 children swimming. Debby Demmy Thomas, Altoona, PA, was doubly disappointed because the cancellation also nixed a reunion with her sister from Bethesda and her daughter in DC on assignment at the same time. Instead, she grocery shopped while Gary did yard work. In Berlin, MD, Nancy Diefenbach Pearce attended a Sunday morning church parking-lot service and missed her usual Saturday morning library volunteering.

Diane Dunning McStay stays close to her Cotuit, MA, home because of her husband’s frail health, but she can play her favorite mah-jongg online and knits breast prosthetics for women with unreconstructed mastectomies in an organization called Knitted Knockers. Ramona Elbin Kissner enjoyed reunion weekend with her first dinner guests since Feb. 1 at their Georgetown, TX, home. Lynn Farnell, Natick, MA, joined her bridge group in a “bridgenic,” meeting on Wellesley town green and was cutting back on afghan knitting for Boston homeless. Pixie Fell gardened a bit and birdwatched with her kitty on the tiny patio garden of her “dollhouse condo” in Santa Fe. Otherwise, she volunteers to muck stalls at the handicapped riding stable and register voters.

Carol Anne Ford Kent and husband, Norfolk, VA, socialized distantly with a neighbor and continued the usual yard work before heading for, first Bethany Beach, DE, then their beach house in Mystic, CT, the following week. Ann Fulton Warren and Tom had the first dinner with their son’s family since March 1— lobster and crab cakes on the deck of their Potomac, MD, home. Sue Gailer Schuler, Cary, NC, fussed over her deck plants and culled her 25-year collection of Bon Appetit magazines. With her broken shoulder mended, she’s back walking the local sidewalks and trails. Sue Hertzler Geery spent the weekend at the little neighborhood beach in Darien, CT, riding her bike, reading and enjoying friends. Sandy Hickman Lee in Kennett Square, PA, waited impatiently for the reopening of nearby Longwood Gardens, but was consoled by the particularly sweet strawberries this spring. Long walks and gardening resumed for Lexie Horn Bickell, Columbus, OH, where, on reunion Sunday, 10 family members enjoyed pizza in Lexie’s backyard for the first in-person gathering in months. Barbara Hyde Sands, Reading, PA, “spent the weekend wearing my nurse’s cap taking care of my hubby who just had foot surgery. Not as much fun as a reunion.” Joan Joice Taylor gazed upon snowy Boise mountaintops and watched geese, mallards, cormorants, and herons feeding in and around the pond behind her house in, Eagle, ID. Bev Jones Gibson, Davidsonville, MD, was young again, grooving to Adam Lambert and Queen on Instagram. Kathy Kahn

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Irvine Rusk, Lacey, WA, “attended” the graduation of one granddaughter, viewing it by video at an outdoor movie theater. Hiking/dog walking and backyard gardening made reunion weekend just like any other for Emily Kilby, Elkton, MD, just a mile south of the new Fair Hill International 3-day event venue. Sue Morgan Carton was still in her FL home during reunion weekend and wouldn’t have returned to her Florham Park, NJ, home in time to attend. Reading, Netflix and only one dose of news daily have helped Priscilla Obreza pass her isolated days in her Guelph, Ontario, condo, with a daily walk to expand her world a bit. At last, Michele Rebert Krantz had the pleasure of her grandchildren’s company, not the FaceTime/Hangout variety, at her backyard pool in Frederick. Eva Sayegh Teig Hardy, working at home during Phase 1 of the lockdown in Richmond, VA, couldn’t travel to see a new grandson in Houston, so filled the weekend with movies and reading, “Grandma Sandie” Smith Hanna’s 5 children and 13 grandchildren rallied around to keep her safe from COVID-19 by dropping off meals and visiting electronically, but that meant she spent her first solitary hours ever in her Omaha, NE, home of 51 years. Virtual participation in the 3-day Willa Cather Spring Conference was a delight.

Diane Stewart Flack, who lives in Charlottesville, VA, had intended to wear her Hood ring to the reunion but instead packed it up to mail it to Nancy Gillece ’81 to be used as a Legacy Ring. In Bedminster, NJ, Rae Utz Watson witnessed her granddaughter get her high school diploma from the car that took the family to the outdoor ceremony. Rae, Sue Morgan Carton and Sara Lane Howell in Watsonville, CA, had emailed and texted about and with Nancy Hoveman Schultze during her long hospitalization. Marci Williams Ross boated with oldest son Mark on the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, FL, where the Rosses live. Reading, cleaning closets and drawers, learning how to cook again, watching movies and meeting new neighbors and dogs on our walks sums up the last 3 months.

While clearing up the yard wreckage following a violent storm in Huntingdon Valley, PA, on June 3, Margaret York Gladish injured her wrist and underwent surgery a week later. She was eager to return to her singing, working out and volunteering activities in whatever form the new normal will take, which about sums up the sentiments of the Hood Class of ’65 during the pandemic version of its 55th reunion.

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Dianne Beebe Barske eldibarske@gmail.com 907-227-4436 In this strange time of social distancing, caused by a pandemic that none of us could have foreseen 54 ago years when we graduated, connecting with some of you through this column felt especially welcome. There was a theme of missing out, of longing for so many things that we used to take for granted. But you will see that

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many have kept a sense of humor intact. Jean Linnell Schucker commented, “This has been one of the dreariest times in our lives—right up there with polio! Remember when we couldn’t go swimming, to the Saturday evening matinee, of even SCHOOL?” She added, with a smile I’m sure, “Frankly, my husband, David, and I enjoyed the enforced togetherness, for a while, then he delved into the politics and details of it all, and I headed for the garden.” Living in Medicine Park, “a teeny town in SW OK”, she has been enjoying lots of fresh victory vegetables from that garden and filling time with art in her studio, formerly the garage. “Yes, I have been painting and pursuing my new love—mosaics.” Also grateful for the diversion of art pursuits is Nancy Frederickson Sherlin. “My renaissance faire was canceled for the spring (because of the virus), so mostly I have been making stained glass for the next time I get to do a show. I also have a few custom orders to keep me busy.” She adds that she and husband Grover have been careful about going out in public, “always wearing a mask and not often venturing to a store.” She reflected back, longingly, to last Nov. when they met daughter Barb and her family in Venice for a week of cruising in the Greek Isles.

“Looks like we will be waiting for a vaccine before we head oversees again.” Faith Parker Mentzer has had to turn her attention away from planned summer travels to home upgrades instead. Like so many other teachers, Faith was caught off guard this past spring when schools suddenly closed and learning became an online adventure. She calls herself “old school,” suddenly forced to jump into new technology. Previously she admits “clouds were those fluffy things in a blue sky and Zooming was something cars do when passing my house late at night.” She’s proud to say she learned new things “real fast.” Martha Grace Swick was also faced with an abrupt change in her teaching methods this past spring. “In March, the head of the Education Center at Fort Leonard Wood (located in the Missouri Ozarks) came into my class and told us that we had to shut the classroom down.” A BSEP class (Basic Skills Education Program) was then scheduled to begin in July “with just 9 students and me, and everyone has to wear a mask.”

Martha’s older daughter had to switch quickly to teaching online as schools closed in March. Martha finds venturing out to the farm to take care of the animals a good diversion “so we are not stuck in the house.” Sue Shaver McLaughlin commented that after 45 years of lawyer employment and volunteer service for nonprofits, she gave up her lawyer license and began teaching ESL (English as a Second Language). As with Faith and Martha, that teaching experience was abruptly changed.

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of her daughters: one a judge in CA, one a hospice social worker in MD, and one the Administrator of Fellowships and Internships at the National Gallery in DC. Just before so many things shut down, Bonnie Scull Hawkes was able to take off in Jan. for a 77-day cruise, leaving from Fort Lauderdale, and traveling around South America to Antarctica, the Falkland Islands, the Amazon River, and then back to Fort Lauderdale. Happily, all went well, with some unexpected drama at the end. Would the ship be allowed back into the port in the US? Bonnie admits those were anxious days, followed by a 2-week quarantine once she was back home in North Vancouver, British Columbia. I join several classmates in being grateful for art pursuits as a diversion, a kind of corona therapy. I’ve found myself doing a watercolor series of animal faces, amusing myself in what my husband calls my “Barnyard Period” of art. I truly hope everyone stays safe and well.

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May Mumma Ohman may.mumma.ohman@gmail.com Joan Peschel Young: “Nothing going on here in VA, except summer is coming, in spite of COVID-19! We did go on a cruise in Jan. with Gretchen Hahn Anderson and husband Tom. We are grateful we did that.” Kris Campbell Joyce: “I have been writing up our recent experience at the request of the Concord Library Historical Archives.” Please see excerpts of Kris’ writing in the online report! Debbie Smith Aldrich: “With all this quarantining, I’ve done my share of thinking back. Hood was certainly a great time in my life.

I home quarantined since early March due to sort of messed up lungs. But finally couldn’t stand it and have been to the market, drug store, and gas station. Funny, looked it up—I went without buying gas for 3 months.” Laurie Seymour Carlson: “Not a lot of news, other than locking down during this pandemic. The difficult part is not seeing my kids and grandchildren, which I’m sure is a common ‘complaint.’ I keep busy making face masks for a group here in Folsom, CA. Over the past 2 months, we have made over 24,000 masks, and the requests keep coming.” Leilani Chen Viney: “Living in NJ, one of the hottest spots for the pandemic, we have been hunkered down in our house. My husband, Terry, and I are fine. I go food shopping in full pandemic garb (hat, glasses, mask, poncho, gloves) every 3 weeks. We walk most days, but also practice ballroom dancing in our basement mini ballroom. The biggest change has been the elimination of the daily routine of lessons with my ballroom teacher. I do competitive ballroom dancing and the industry has been hit hard.”

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wait out the pandemic. The days are busy. I fixed Cranberry Crunch the other day for Brack, Susan [Susan Bracken] and me. (Thanks to Debbie Smith Aldrich for getting that recipe years ago.)”

Judy Lehman Ballinger: “I sometimes feel guilty that we ‘vulnerable’ generation are probably less impacted by side effects than young folks. I feel a spaciousness of time and place; I imagine many are enjoying homes and gardens more than usual this spring. “I embarked on archiving my family history by sorting through papers, photos, and souvenirs left by my mother, Elizabeth Austermuhl Lehman ’37, P’67. Letters she wrote from Hood to her mother and sister (Ruth Austermuhl Blattenberger ’40) brought me back to campus a la 1935. What a wonderful world it was. I continue to develop paintings from my African sketchbooks, in honor of my Ethiopian and Eritrean friends.

Perhaps that will be my main contribution to Black Lives Matter.” Barb Jo Wood Spellman’s quick update: “My family and I are all fine quarantining in our respective homes so no news to share.”

Beth Costello Hobby: “My trip to Greece with Ruth Conger Crespi has been put on hold. But the time alone has been productive and serene for me. My days are filled with doing artwork. One huge bonus is a weekly Zoom art lesson with my great nephew, Jameson.” Cynthia Newby: “From my perspective as a Trustee, it has been amazing to see Hood pivot to online instruction, to hear about the extreme efforts of faculty and administration to help students succeed in the new environment, and to figure out the paths forward that ensure we come out of the tunnel as well as possible.” From AK, Meredith Howard Parham: “My time is filled with music— harpsichord and Renaissance/Baroque recorders.

It’s been hard with no group playing. A friend and I had to ditch 2 music-related trips this spring: an early music workshop in Portland and a trip to New Zealand. Other than practicing, I’ve been digging in the dirt. I envy you in the Lower 48 who can successfully grow tomatoes, cucumbers, and peppers.

We have sun but not the warm temperatures.”

Diane Smail Robertson: “I feel like I have read a library of books since March. Our wee garden was a mass of blooms this spring and summer, almost as if to say ‘I don’t need to self-isolate, so enjoy the beauty I will provide for you.’ And those less frequent visits with family have become more precious, haven’t they?”

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Sharon Burns Walsh sharon.walsh68@gmail.com 410-251-8566 As tumultuous as 1968 was for our nation and our class, most of us have found that 2020 rivals it in terms of our lives feeling upside down. Anne Mulquin Parker and Lin celebrated their 52nd anniversary in June, but because of COVID-19,

don’t expect their usual family and guests to visit this summer. They divide their time between ME and Charleston, SC and visit their children near Chicago and Philadelphia each year on trips back and forth. Anne visited with Margie Arnold Creek near Chicago a year or so ago. Strangely enough, we discovered that Anne lives next door to one of my best friends in high school in a very rural area in Penobscot, ME. Susan Martin had a lot of updating to do. A few years after Hood, she earned an MBA in marketing and finance from the Johnson Graduate School of Business at Cornell where she was one of 15 women in a class of 250. She also met her husband, David Barton, who was her professor in economics. Her career included product management with General Foods and Borden, banking, establishing an executive search firm with Fortune 100 companies and creating a property management company for Americans living abroad. She and David settled in DC for 30 years where he eventually became head of a construction company. They renovated and lived in 2 20th-century houses that had not been updated since WWII and built a 2nd home on Amelia Island, FL, in 1995. Leaving DC in 2009, they moved into their beach home while David designed and built a modern home influenced by Richard Neutra, a noted mid-century architect, on 2 acres on the marsh/Intracoastal Waterway side of the island. Over the years they have enjoyed sailing and years of foreign travel including cooking schools, river cruises and villa rentals.

They hope to continue their foreign adventures when these difficult times of COVID-19 pass.

Pam Nicholson Neuman can always be counted on for news because she stays in touch with so many classmates. She had been self-quarantining, cleaning “the nether spots” of her home and gardening when she wrote. One of her granddaughters will be going to St. Mary’s College in Maryland this fall. Another granddaughter attends Clemson, and a 3rd goes to a local community college. She talks often with Susan McGhee Nelson and her husband, Bob. They had a frenetic spring—sold their house in Richmond, VA, in record time, retired from their counseling practice in June, and prepared for a move to their condo in Alexandria, VA. They look forward to being closer to their son, his wife and year-old grandson as well as cultural attractions of DC while Pam is delighted she’ll be able to see Susan more often. Diana Webber Mosley who lives near Pam in Columbia, MD, has been coping with the medical care of her 96-year-old mother in FL. Pam communicates often with close friends from French House, Mary Bloodgood VanHyning and Diane Julio Schwartz, sometimes even texting in French. Pam gets together several times a year for long lunches with Debby Mattas Willis who lives on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Debby has a son in DC, a daughter in VA, and another daughter

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in CA. Susan Marano “can’t believe it’s already 2 years since our 50th reunion” and says not much has changed in her life since then “other than getting older and, of course, wiser.” She still lives in her house in Bloomfield, NJ, still works as the director of program integrity for a nonprofit agency that provides supports for adults with developmental disabilities, and still serves as the primary caregiver for her 14-year-old grandson.

She is also “still searching for a wealthy soulmate (only kidding!).” Her part-time landscape design business of 25 years is now limited to an occasional consultation and maintaining her own property. Occasional trips out of NJ have been to visit her 99-year-old mother in Raleigh, NC, or to see her youngest son in Ft. Lauderdale and his “mini-brood” of 3 children under 6. Unfortunately, she had to cancel those visits this spring because of Covid. She hopes to resume our yearly Hood mini-reunions in the fall and wishes all our classmates good health. Our deepest condolences go to Doris Davidson Snyder whose husband Chuck died from a heart attack in June soon before their 6th anniversary. Also, our sincere sympathy to Von Montana Kimbrough on the loss of her son, Tripp, who had been battling a brain tumor since the late 90s.

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Sayre Roney Steere sayre1126@gmail.com 850-319-6018 It’s been a challenging few months for us all, but “69ers” are weathering the storm in fine fashion.

Christy Lundt Lambertus, in South FL, is still able to go to her office each day to keep in touch with clients. She’s grateful for good health, but “bummed” that 2 major trips had to be canceled. Ginny Monaco Hatfield also missed out on a trip to Poland in May, but on the bright side, is thrilled to be expecting her 1st grandchild in Aug. Regular golfing outings, as well as decorating a new townhouse in Lewes Beach, DE, has kept Pat Warren Carlson on an even keel. She’s also supplementing her granddaughter’s 5th grade curriculum with integrated lesson plans. Innovative Marty Silcox Hankins initiated “Virtual Shopping” in order to keep Shiloh Pottery in business. She enjoys yoga and a knitting group via Zoom and feels fortunate to be sequestered on her 40-acre farm. She has also reconnected by phone with her big sister, Ann Truell Bennett ’67. Sally Miller Keehn and husband Dave sold their home in Allentown, PA, in Jan. and moved to Leeds, MA, a mere 10-minute drive from their daughters. She’s nurturing a latent artistic ability by painting a mural on her new basement wall! Timing was not great for Margaret Dunkle as she had planned a trip to China in April to teach and tour. But now she can focus on sending her research papers on the History of Women in America to Harvard’s Schlesinger Library—and working with local officials

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to build a community center named after Calvert County’s own Civil Rights leader, Harriet Elizabeth Brown. As president of her 60-member chorus, Lila Wisotzki was most distressed at having to cancel 3 major choral events. And while also mourning the loss of her brother, she finds joy in gardening and bird watching. As founder of the WellRefugee Center, an agency focusing on health and mental health, Kathleen Connors has been hard at work during the pandemic. Her organization is the only multi-lingual Help Line (beyond English and Spanish) in the state of GA to provide clients with assistance for financial security, as well as food for the elderly and disabled.

After 50 years on the job, Susie Oliver Schneider has finally retired from the teaching profession. She says that doing distance learning this spring via Zoom was a far cry from how she taught back in 1970, before computers had even been invented. Joanne Ingoldsby Peters has become a Zoom expert, using it for quilting classes, book group, ladies lunches, qi gong practice and happy hours. Jean Winn Swan laments that 3 major trips didn’t happen, but her garden has never looked better! With Jean as illustrator, husband Bob is writing fairy tales in which their grandchildren are the main characters. How clever! Carole Downing Staton sorely misses her grandchildren but is grateful that via Zoom she can “see” her family on a regular basis. Peggy Jackson Wyckhouse met the challenge by converting her classes at N. Orange County community college district to “distance education.” She also teaches weekly cooking classes for senior and convalescent centers.

Dave and I, Sayre Roney Steere, actually timed a trip just right, returning from snowy Lake Tahoe on March 14th, the day the lockdown went into place. Since then I’ve been doing lots of hiking, gardening, virtual fitness classes, jigsaw puzzles and “solo” Scrabble.

We’ve cheated a few times and visited with our girls who, fortunately, live only an hour or so away. Our youngest, the newlywed, is expecting a baby in Oct. We’re thrilled to announce, “it’s a BOY”!

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Marj Menchey Berkheimer mench49@gmail.com 240-446-5828 Hello from Frederick where it’s summertime and the living is easy. Well, maybe not as easy as it was before the world changed, but we’re doing the best we can. Hood’s campus looked stunning for the Reunion Weekend; I walked through it thinking of us missing this momentous event and the world in general. We all hope that in June of 2021 we will be in a better place in many ways. With the COVID-19 isolation, thanks for writing and sharing your spin on these past months. Mary Ryan Reeves was her usual busy self, using her countless skills. She made 22 isolation gowns for our local hospital, many masks, discovered an outlet for marketing her creative talents— FineArtAmerica.com—and illustrated a children’s

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book. She gives credit to being an only child who knows how to entertain herself. Peggy Muncie enjoyed a Zoom on Reunion Weekend with Smith Hall friends Kathy Owen Gurley, Suzie Jones O’Donnell and others. She did get to FL to baptize her grandson when total isolation lifted. Nancy Schneider was not able to continue with her many volunteer jobs with people so she found a new way to help—fostering kittens. Nancy, you were truly meant to be a nurturing ECE major. Myra Holsinger writes from DC that life was bleak and quiet during the stay at home months.

She wanted to thank our class for the very generous support of our 50th Reunion Class Gift. And now Myra reminds us that we have another year to be even more generous. Elaine Hubert and Bill spent their isolation time in VT doing “the usual,” books, puzzles, cleaning out and discovering online bridge games.

They were able to travel to New Zealand in Feb., which was wonderful, but they’re now missing traveling to CA to be with their family, and that’s not wonderful. Donna Newman was renting a house in Naples, FL, 2 doors from Linda Allan when her vacation was lengthened from 3 weeks to 2 months. Naples is not a bad place to have to spend an extra 4-5 weeks.

Laurie Clements included a picture of her holding their 1st grandchild. She spent the isolation time helping care for the baby in Denver. We bolted from Naples in mid-March and none too soon. My years of teaching had me structuring a loose lesson plan for us at home. We decided to pretend that we were on a long cruise, so we dressed for dinner and met at 6 p.m. in the Grand Salon (our living room) for cocktails.

This later led to nightly backgammon which was more fun for me than it was for Phil. That was primarily the result of my being a significantly better player.

My contribution to community efforts during isolation was writing cheery notes to senior citizens (more senior than I) and shut-ins. I did develop several pen pals as a result. Our beloved Alma Mater is alive and well. The new dorm will be ready in the fall and a major renovation of the library is going full steam ahead. The Pergola is still a delightful shady place to meet, sit and reflect and enjoy. The best news is that Hood College was not named for Confederate General John Bell Hood and will therefore not be under any pressure to change its name. I look forward to seeing you all next June and in the meantime, stay safe and well and Hood Strong.

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Mindy Laighton Wilcox mlwilcox3@gmail.com 619-823-6230 Mary McMunigal Burland maryburl5@gmail.com 610-733-4009 We are sorry to report the deaths of two of our classmates, Kathryn Roby Bryer and Carol Flowers Richardson both of whom passed away

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in the spring 2019. Judy Ashway reported that the positive side to COVID-19 is that her daughter, son-in-law, grandson, and their dog have been living with her for the past 4 months. They were visiting for what was to be 3 weeks before moving from Costa Rica to FL when the virus struck. Judy continues working in her part-time private practice, which is divided between virtual sessions and private appointments with mask wearing clients who prefer in-person sessions. Judy has been divorced for 6 or 7 years and enjoys her single life.

Nancy Fisher Henderson has discovered that living in an independent living community is fine except during a pandemic when their community was on a total lockdown for 9 weeks. She is thankful that everyone has come through it healthy and is looking forward to being able to sail and go boating with John now that warm weather is here. She used her time productively by cleaning and organizing massive amounts of stuff, writing her obituary and planning her funeral service, reading and knitting.

Learning to knit from Anne Schwinn Campbell was a highlight of her time at Hood! Nancy often hears from Barb Brown Wiley. Janet Tomb Newcomb reports that after spending decades moving due to her husband’s military career as well as her own career in the arts, they have settled back in Corning, NY, where she grew up. Their 15th and (hopefully) final home is only 5 blocks from her sister, Gretta Tomb ’77, and on the same street where her Aunt Eleanor Cauffiel Rutledge ’33 lived. Jan worked for 40 years in arts management and consulting after earning her MA in Modern Dance from GWU. She currently works on 2 Mellon Foundation-funded projects; the Performing Arts Readiness project in Atlanta and the National Coalition for Arts’ Preparedness and Emergency Response. Until the COVID-19 pandemic, she had been traveling quite a bit but now stays home delivering webinars, virtual workshops and lectures on planning for disasters and building the resiliency of the arts sector. Jan has 2 sons; Jake, who lives in Greenville, and Grant, who lives near Charleston, and 2 grandchildren. She stays in touch with Caroline Crawford Ayres and Lexa Ayre (aka Sonny Phillips) who lives in ID. Allyson Washburn and family are doing well. She just returned from a road trip to ID to see her 90-yearold mother, sister, and one of her nephews. Her daughter and family traveled with her. She sees son Ben and family a couple of times a month, socially distanced in their garage. Ben and wife Christy, both physical therapists, work with COVID-19 patients.

The high point of the past year was a Road Scholar trip to Scotland with her 12-year-old granddaughter, Raya. Her plan is to take her other 2 granddaughters on a trip when they are old enough. She has seen 2 fellow Hood grads recently. Her daughter is friends with Karen Paul Bathgate’s daughter, who lives just a couple of blocks from Allyson. Karen came to one of her card club gatherings so they were able to catch up some after 45 plus years. She has also

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seen Ruth LaBrie Wilcox a number of times in recent years. Allyson still works full time teaching graduate and undergraduate psychology courses online and was just promoted to full professor—at age 70, she says it was about time. Life is busy for Edith Purdie. She is still working, consulting with large companies that respond to complex government requests for proposals. She says it helps to live “Inside the Beltway.” Her 3 daughters have all graduated, moved out, and are gainfully employed.

So she can now “lean in” to the long hours and unscheduled schedules that can’t be done when there are parenting responsibilities at home. She has gotten serious about her “Bucket List” as it’s getting harder to stay in shape in order to hike with a tent and sleeping bag on her back. She hiked the Grand Canyon rim to rim in 2018, 6 days in the canyon. In 2019 she camped for 26 days in Iceland, mostly in the Westfjords. Her husband Rusty is retired. Her mom is 96 and still lives in her own home—setting the bar high for the rest of her family.

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Cynthia Clifford cynthiaclifford999@gmail.com Carol Schlosnagle Bradford cbradford043@gmail.com What a strange time this has been for all of us with the advent of the coronavirus pandemic. We’ll just mention it once here, with hopes that you and yours are faring well. We are sad to report that Carol Reisner Sime died Dec. 1, 2019, after a long battle with cancer. Her husband Peter wrote: “…to see the way she lived her life was to understand abiding faith.” Helen De Leonard is living very simply and helping others wherever she can, resigned to postponing her 70th birthday bash. Darlene DeMay and husband Tom Hirst, who live in Indian Rocks Beach, FL, drove their RV across country for a 5-month adventure, camping in many national parks in the Southwest and exploring the Pacific coast from CA to Vancouver Island. Linda Cumber Gifkins and her husband vacationed at the St. James’ Club in St. Lucia early this year. She’s enjoyed some fun Zoom cocktail parties, which included Chrisse Butler Hassett, Betsey Bridell Kipp, Nancy Williams Bishop, Barb Steller, Terry Bennett Amos, Chris Felerski Emsley, Carol Schlosnagle Bradford, Lucia Grabenstein Kline, and Darlene DeMay. Virginia Procino Hartmann and Tom Hartmann, who recently celebrated their 43rd wedding anniversary, were at Hood in Jan. when son Thad made a presentation to the pre-law students in the moot courtroom. They enjoyed a visit with daughter Beatrix in Pittsburgh and played in the official bocce court that Bea built on her side lawn. Susan Gorelick Marlenga and Ed are in Concord, MA. Daughter Sarah had a baby girl in March; and daughter Ashley

is expecting a boy in July. Sue talked recently with Joan Leslie Wadsworth, who with husband George is retired and living in Duxbury, MA. Sue also stays in touch with Mary Jane Scully Bauer and her daughters. Janice Williams Martin and Al had visits with both sons and their families, and plan to return to their lake cottage in CT this summer.

Marsi Durham Quigley is vice president of the Board of the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Southern Arizona and volunteers with their program to reduce the stigma around mental illness through education. Marsi has become a grandmother, but so far can only see the baby on FaceTime. She has traveled a lot in the past few years. Sarah Sonne O’Donnell continues to serve with the Daughters of American Revolution, making masks, supporting a lunch for front-line health care workers, and helping raise funds to help the badly affected Navajo Nation.

Her son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter have moved in as they wait for their daycare business to be allowed to reopen. Anne Francis Phillips was able to plan a winter getaway to Costa Rica before the borders were closed. She says it was at times very much out of her comfort zone—crossing a flooded river, encountering an aggressive snake emerging from a tree, and needing more Spanish language than she had studied on Duolingo. She adds that she is probably the last eligible classmate to become a grandmother in March. Becky Riehl continues to enjoy living and playing golf in The Villages in FL. Her bridge club arranges online games, so she’s playing more bridge than ever. She enjoys taking her small pontoon boat out on the water and is looking forward to turning 70 this year. Martha Murray Robinson is in the Spiritual Direction Program through the Haden Institute in Asheville, NC, and finished the Summer Dream Conference.

She also walks dogs at the local animal shelter and continues to enroll in courses, seminars and travel programs in Jungian psychology. Connie Rogge writes that the ‘new normal’ we’re all experiencing has brought them a quieter life and postponed their travel adventures—but they feel blessed that family in HI and MD are healthy and well. Older grandson Aiden has graduated from Parker School on the Big Island. Kathy Stewart is looking forward to an election eve marathon with several classmates. She’s had both shoulders replaced over the past 2 years and believes one more joint replacement will qualify her for a free toaster! She sends greetings to and would love to hear from Anntoinette Lucia ’73 and Marcia Coyle DiBiagio ’73. Allison Hagerick Zack and her husband took a life-changing trip to Bhutan, where travels included a climb to Tiger’s Nest, where Bhutanese Buddhism is said to have originated. Note: we are limited to 750 words for this column, so encourage you to also post your news in greater detail on the class Facebook page—contact Linda Cumber Gifkins (lindagifkins@hotmail.com) if you have questions.

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Leslie Hawkins hawkins.leslie.a@gmail.com 509-947-1838 Marcia Coyle DiBiagio reports that her daughter had their 1st grandchild in June 2019 and has been living with Marcia and her husband since then, so they have an active household now! Marcia works remotely to cover the Supreme Court, was able to do her PBS Newshour via Skype, and recently agreed to write a blog for the National Constitutional Center, as she gets more proficient on virtual platforms. Her husband is now semi-retired from his law practice, and has been binging at home with gardening, and practicing karate on the deck. Her son and his wife live nearby, so they’re able to visit at a 6-foot distance, and as with all of us, hoping for normalcy to return in 2021. Condolences to Sally Parkhurst Van Why who lost her mother in Jan., and has used her sheltering in place time to go through her mother’s things, take care of correspondence and deal with her estate. Elaine Williams Bielenberg reports that ME has been a pretty safe place, and is thrilled to be back on the golf course. She’s been busy making masks, and filling days with creative dinners, home projects and grant writing for the theater on whose board she serves, and of course loving Zoom! Peggy Weinbeck says that the quarantine has put a damper on her plans to fully transition from MD to VA Beach, although she is glad to have her daughter only 20 minutes away in Norfolk, and enjoy outdoor cookout visits with her. She sees Mary Beth Layfield Law who’s also close by. Zoom is also her new best friend, using it to visit family in Annapolis and San Francisco. Ann Cole Paciulli sent in a note with her thanks, saying the class news email allowed Laura Lee Miller to get in touch with her, after losing that connection. Laura Lee and her husband had been splitting their time between NYC and Lyme, CT, but now spending most of their time in CT. In 2017 she said Laura Lee donated a kidney to a friend in need, and participated in an 18-person kidney swap, resulting in 9 successful transplants; so very inspirational! Ann and husband Chip are now retired and living in Purcellville, VA. They were enjoying travel with friends before COVID and visits with their daughters in Richmond and Los Angeles. She sees her roommate, Robin Dunn Bleesz, who lives in Hagerstown, fairly often. Ann Jones said IL was still in lockdown when she wrote in May, and was keeping herself busy walking her dog, who doesn’t like to be socially distant, listening to podcasts, keeping a private blog, writing a public blog hoping to offer stories of comfort and inspiration, playing virtual games, and scanning pictures and letters for her downsizing mission. Sherry Kemp started her quarantine very scared as the woman renting her apartment was the 2nd virus victim in Frederick County. She’s not left her farm since March because of health issues, and instead focused on projects she’d put off before the

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virus, finishing 2 painting commissions, starting new paintings, doing restoration work, and just enjoying the beauty and solitude of springtime on the farm. Lorraine Sharp Kish says she’s glad they’re in SC, where life is getting more “normal,” and she enjoyed having a nice dinner inside a restaurant, although she’s missing seeing her children and grandkids in person.

Charlie Miller Ponticelli sent an update on the virtual “quarantini” hours by phone that she started with Mary Stevenson in May, and on June 26th, Elaine Bielenberg set up a Zoom quarantini session that attracted Donna Simmons Maneely, Janis Wilson Polastre, Lorraine Sharp Kish, Marcia Coyle DiBiagio, Mary Stevenson, Sue Rothmann Griffin, Karen Bast Griffith, Chris McHenry and Leslie Hawkins. It was great fun to see faces and share news, and hope to do it again. As for myself, thanks to those who sent condolences on the death of my sister, Amy, in June. I was honored to have her and my sister, Sharyn, attend our 2018 reunion for my award, but even better she had a great time seeing the camaraderie among our class, and enjoyed the late night gabfests at Shriner!

Before the shutdown I was able to go skiing in Jan. in northeast Italy, and visited FL in early March, including a fun reunion with Mary Erb Bennett.

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Pat Kidd pat.kidd@hotmail.com 609-737-3656 Not too much class news this time around—from classmates’ responses, it looks like lots of Zoom get-togethers, no haircuts and lots of streaming content. Victoria Raeburn Benton reports her COVID-19 quarantine has been “a bit crazy.” Her father-in-law went in for a total knee replacement the day before all elective surgeries were canceled. He was able to get into rehab for a week of physical therapy before being released to Vicki and her husband. Since her husband, Leigh, is both an essential worker and county legislator, Vicki became the chief cook, bottle washer, laundress, chauffer and daily companion. As she says, “I’m DEFINITELY NOT destined to be a caregiver!” After her father-in-law was able to move back to his own house, they received a call at 1 a.m. one morning, saying he smelled smoke and by the end of the night, his house had burned to the ground!

The good news is that after some juggling of residences, he’s settled. Vicki says she misses seeing her son, Chris, and his family. Chris was selected as a physical therapist for the men’s and women’s Olympic golf teams. He was ready to head to Japan in July, but that is now put off until 2021. Her other son, PJ, is a detective, but because of folks in his department who have contracted COVID-19, they can’t visit, despite the fact that he’s not too far away. As Vicki says, “I am so over it!” (and that was May 23). Debbie Kohler reports that she and husband Ed have been mostly on confinement since mid-March, but they don’t really mind that 22

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much, since they’ve maintained lots of social contacts on Zoom. She was invited to a Happy Hour Zoom with high school friends, which made her think, what about doing something similar with Hood friends? Stay tuned for a plan. Dot Herdle Files: “There’s not much news. When you’re retired in the time of keeping physical distance, you just stay home a lot, do some gardening, cleaning, and the same boring stuff everyone else does. Lots of time on the computer for Zoom meetings, gaming, or watching YouTube. The only thing unique in what I do is filming weekly online worship and organizing church music specials. I’m not sure if that will even still be happening (and hopefully not in the same way) by the time this goes to print.

TX is in a virus surge right now. Goodness knows what the virus status will be in a couple months.”

Most interesting is Dot’s “critter count:” 1 dog, 1 cat, 1 horse, birds at the bird feeders. I regularly see painted buntings, cattle egrets, hummingbirds, cardinals, jays, titmice, sparrows, chickadees, doves, etc. Beth Rittenhouse: “yes, my husband and I are staying at home as much as possible. All my in-person activities have gone online. We are still well as are my daughters, my sons-in-law and my siblings. My elder daughter, Rebecca Dupont ’07, had her wedding of April 4 rescheduled to Nov. 7. She has now rescheduled it again to April 10, 2021. Because of the continued uncertainty, she and her fiancé got married on their apartment’s porch on May 23 using DC’s self-officiating option.

Various relatives watched through Zoom, including us; my other daughter was one of several distancing in-person witnesses.” I, Pat Kidd, joined the ranks of the officially retired in mid-March and my retirement coincided with the lockdown in NJ. It was a blessing in disguise, because instead of rushing headlong into the volunteer activities I had planned, I was forced to relax. I expected to miss work, but I’ve been pleasantly surprised at how satisfying it is to wake up in the morning and not have to do anything. I’ve been reading a lot— on my 8th book by Isabelle Allende since March, doing day hikes in the area and enjoying cooking with my partner, Davis. Well, I cook and he watches.

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Deborah Page Rath drath@nhhicks.com 530-514-7142 Arlene Bujese is just fine in East Hampton, NY. But as grateful as she is for their beautiful environment, she grieves for those lost and fear for those valiant caregivers. Of course, she has had loss of life on a local level, but people are being very careful and supportive of the rules to protect those in their midst. Arlene still serves on the Board of East End Hospice and chair the EEH Annual Boxart Benefit. She hopes for a broken-hearted nation to mend. She is very active in the numerous efforts

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to achieve racial equality in every way. Even after attending marches in 1963 and 1968, and numerous demonstrations, she sees so clearly now how far we have not come. Ellen Bosek McMahon’s Memorial group had a great get together in Bethlehem, PA, at Fran Vogler Groves house in the Fall. In attendance were Fran, Marcia Ritter Doiron, Ann Shackelford Silva, Laura Hickman, Cilla Munkenbeck Cherrin and Lynda Strasser Brooks. As she writes this, her daughter, son and daughter-in-law are all living with her on Long Beach Island. A great deal of quality time. Rhea Calkins and Steven had another great adventure in Nov. with Margery Berringer-Schuran ’74 and husband Horst in Tulum visiting cenotes, pyramids and swimming over coral reefs. Then not too many months later, like the rest of the world, their lives were changed. On March 15th, they were shut down in San Miguel, and it looks like it will be a while before they start to really take steps to reopen. Luckily, Rhea has more than enough to keep her occupied. The NGO she works with (scholarships for girls and young women) is facing huge challenges since they can’t hold events. With so many people out of work, the first thoughts to donating are to food. Steven and Rhea contribute to their neighborhood popup food bank every week. But when this pandemic ends, the world will still face the problems we had before COVID-19 and we will need every educated woman possible to solve those issues. She is so proud of the work they do. Check them out: Mujeresencambio. org. And, she’s working with a journalist in Greece to publish her father’s WWII journal which tells an exciting story, written in French on what became a 120-foot long scroll and a never ending love letter to the woman who inspired him to stay alive. I cannot wait to read this. Cherilyn Widell has some fun news. No retirement here. She has just been named the director of the National Fund for Sacred Places. They provide capital grants from $50,000 to $250,000 to support historic houses of worship of all faith traditions to promote the common good (fundforsacredplaces.org). Contact Cherilyn if you know of an historic sacred place of national or regional significance who could benefit from this great program! She will be spending more time in Philadelphia and the Jersey Shore and would love to hear from classmates! For Beverly Nester Jefferson, living in the Seattle area has been an eye opener with riots, protests, “stay home” orders, home cooking, masks, latex free gloves, Zoom meetings, learning, and using stationery. Her sweetest days are FaceTiming with her 12-yearold granddaughter in CA. She is teaching Bev how to write poetry and is lucky to write a poem with Avery each week! Her “free verse” style reminds her of HOOD days when Debbie Page Rath talked her into performing the poetry of Edgar Lee Masters, “Spoon River Anthology,” in front of a live audience! She still remembers the poems! Bev thanks Debbie and Hood College for pushing her

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beyond her comfort zone. Aldan Weinberg now has 5 grandchildren with the births earlier this year of Benjamin Case Florence to daughter Casey, and Robert John Weinberg to son Robert. Benjamin joins older brother Turner, and Robert joins older sisters Claire and Nora. Since retiring from the faculty at Hood in 2015, Aldan has been busy completing the Helen Smith Studio Project, which raised over $100,000 to move and restore the studio of renowned Frederick artist (and one-time Hood Art Department chair) Helen Smith. As for me, I have been working from home since March 19th during this COVID-19 crisis, while mending a broken hip. I hope you are all staying safe and healthy.

As we continue to navigate these uncertain times, I am so grateful to have such a strong community that has come together to share and support one another.

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Nancy Ludwick Warrenfeltz nlwfeltz@hotmail.com David and Linda Fox-Jarvis are doing well in VA Beach where Linda is still working in real estate.

Daughter Stephanie joined her 10 years ago and they work as a team. Linda loves sharing her 35+ years’ experience in the real estate business with Stephanie. Even in the COVID-19 environment they have been very busy. David and Linda also enjoy having their 2.5-year-old granddaughter, Carter Wynne, so close. They live less than a mile apart. Their son lives up in Fairfax and works for AWS (Amazon Web Services) and is doing well.

David has retired a 2nd time. He actually was at BAE Systems longer than he was in the Navy—24 years at BAE and 21 years in the Navy. He watches their granddaughter once a week, golfs and “putters” around the house. Life is great in VA Beach!

Debbie Huff Nicholson continues as a staff writer/ editor for Chesapeake Real Producers Magazine. In late Jan. she got her Maryland real estate license and is affiliated with Berkshire Hathaway PenFed Realty in Annapolis. Starting a new career in the midst of a pandemic is quite the unique experience! Deb’s son and daughter-in-law moved to MD last Sept. and now live about 15 minutes away, which is great. Sue Transue Hoge lives about 5 minutes away, but since they currently can’t hang out in person, they’ve been sipping a little wine together over Zoom! Michele Smith Guyette’s latest news is that after retiring from many years of teaching, she hired on with 4 different interpreting agencies (plus started up her own LLC) and has been actively doing community sign language interpreting hither and yon. She loves it! Michele gets to meet many people and learn of so many different situations. They say we “oldsters” need to keep our brains busy. This is one way of doing that! (Though she reports that remembering names is still a challenge!) COVID-19 has certainly put a

damper on things, as we all know. Michele’s next adventure is to learn how to do “VRI” (Video Relay Interpreting), so she doesn’t actually have to show up to the interpreting appointment in person. Zoom is probably in your future, Michele! Barb Woolmington Smith and Craig moved into their new home in Weaverville, NC, (just 15 minutes north of Asheville). It was a long process of finding a vacant lot, selecting a builder, designing a home, and choosing interior and exterior finishes. Finally, on March 13, they moved in. The state ordered “stay home” within days of when they got their boxes into the house. Barb and Craig were happy to stay home and arrange furniture and hang art. They were still advised to stay home almost 3 months after moving in, so they are working on the outdoor landscaping now. Lots to keep them busy! Larry and I were able to make our annual family reunion trip to Kill Devil Hills on the Outer Banks of NC. Even though our children and grandchildren were not able to travel this year, it was nice to enjoy the beauty of OBX and enjoy just a bit of “normalcy.”

We look forward to seeing all of our grandchildren at some point later this year. So many activities and trips have been canceled due to COVID-19.

Hope everyone stays healthy and safe! Please email me your Hood news. I will include it in the next publication. Thanks!

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Elizabeth Anderson Comer ecomer@eacarchaeology.com 443-463-6437 Not too much news from the Class of 1977…I think we have all battened down the hatches! After 25 years in education, Kas Kluth Rohm is looking forward to joining her already retired husband, Greg, in the summer of ’20. It’s time to release all those hobbies that have been tucked away for so many years! We are lucky to have 2 young grandsons living nearby, so we know they’ll keep us busy and in shape (or else...right?). Take care, everyone.

The Comers are fine, working remotely via Zoom (sometimes hard to do in the field of archaeology)!

More news for the next issue I hope!

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Liz Bastian Chapin busybethc@aol.com 610-823-2172 We certainly are experiencing a “new normal” lifestyle with the coronavirus pandemic and the major effect on the global environment. Fortunately, I can say that my family has remained safe, healthy and employed during these unprecedented times.

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agency owner in MD, enjoyed a visit early Jan. to the Philippines to see a daughter who serves in the Peace Corps. Mid-March her trip was interrupted while visiting another daughter in Tel Aviv due to the city closing down with the coronavirus. Additional travel plans are canceled and big wedding plans in FL for her son in Oct. have turned into an intimate celebration. Joy Miller Beveridge is still working at the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, with teammates highly involved with the COVID-19 clinical research in support of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. She is missing her kids/grandjoys like the rest of the world, with many trips west canceled. Joy is volunteering again this year at the Hood/FMH Resource garden, which provides fresh vegetables to seniors in need. She is honored to be serving as the chair of the Board of Associates for a 2-year stint. Joy is excited to see the new resident hall opening in the fall and about the new field hockey coach and anticipated growth of the program! Glynnis Edwards Cowdery celebrated 32 years of marriage in quarantine thanks to the coronavirus! Before life went sideways, their daughter took the oath for the CA Bar. She is now working for a nonprofit in San Francisco that provides legal and social services support to individuals from African countries. Glynnis and husband attended their son’s first big art opening in Seattle. He continues to provide CAD support to designers and public artists in the Seattle area and across the country. Glynnis has been reappointed for another 4 years as an arts commissioner in Walnut Creek, and she is currently working on an update for her textbook, “The Exceptional Child.”

She sees Wendy Pulford Rogers-Vonick on trips to CT when visiting family. Jackie McDaniel West, Christy Belise Fitzgerald, Meg Brown McGinn, Dee Ann White Van Meter and Glynnis have kept in touch by texting and Zoom during the pandemic.

Ellen Yodzis Patton’s family is growing in leaps and bounds with 6 grandchildren and 2 more on the way. Son Erik and family moved to AK where they will be stationed for 3 years. Oldest daughter and Ellen have an embroidery business together. A recent RV purchase has Ellen and husband Mark spending several weekends camping and exploring the Midwest. A trip to the northern states is hopeful in the future. When not working, planting and tending a huge garden on top of many acres in NE fills Ellen’s time. A heated greenhouse allows them to have fresh vegetables in the middle of winter. They mill home-grown wheat into fresh flour. In addition to fruits and vegetables, the Patton’s have ducks and eggs. They prepare broiler chickens and process meat and pork, which come from local friends. Self-sufficient for 2 families, Ellen never saw herself as a “farmer” all those years ago at Hood! Thanks to all who shared their news. I look forward to hearing from more of you in the future! May you all be safe and stay healthy!

Warm regards, Liz Bastian Chapin ’82.

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Alison Drum Althouse alison.althouse@gmail.com 804-814-0470 As I write this class report, it’s day 112 of the COVID-19 quarantine and so much has been canceled...sports, vacations and family visits are all on hold as the country tries to figure out the best way to keep everyone safe. Hood’s reunion plans were canceled for this summer, so next year will be a huge celebration for even more classes. Please consider joining us for this exciting and momentous reunion—get connected so you can join us! We have a Facebook page for our class, and I’d love to help you in any way. While it has been a ridiculously crazy year so far, I do have a few classmate updates to share: Suzanne Auger Manory shared that her older son, Will, graduated from St. Lawrence Univ. and he’s now working in Boston. Her younger son, Drew, hopes to return to the Univ. of Dayton campus in the fall. Susan is getting excited for our reunion next summer! Holly Junz Handy and her husband have retired to Schenectady, NY, and thoroughly enjoy the peace and wildlife of their new home. “Before all hell broke loose” Jennifer Lee Matts and husband Bob got to visit with Betsy Reed Ringel (with husband Jeff and daughter Elise) in Delray Beach. They all got to enjoy a lovely beach-side dinner with Alex Van Gigch Mores (and husband Walt) and Christina Hom Wilson (and husband Harold). I was invited to a Zoom birthday surprise for Gemmi Teleki de Szek Revay at the end of May, and she shared a quick update from Austria. Her son, Arpad, is now 15! School is a challenge with all the virus concerns, and she opted to have him complete the year via distance learning. Austria was opening up, with fewer mask restrictions, and she sends prayers that everyone is staying safe! Karen White shared a message via Zoom. She was an older returning student with 2 toddlers with cystic fibrosis, and she remembers having girls on campus who watched her boys while she was in class. She reports that she never thought she would get through all the hospital experiences with the dietetics program, but was able to complete it all with a lot of support from her teachers.

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replay for Navy football and lacrosse. I’m lucky to be able to still work for Boordy Vineyards as an off-site brand ambassador and plan to continue to shoot for TheMidReport as sporting events restart. I’ve made a few painted burp cloths for classmate’s grandbabie but can’t share specifics since I didn’t ask for permission. If you need a personalized burp cloth gift, check out my Instagram page (@alisportshots) for pictures and get in touch.

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Tanya Sander-Marks tsandermarks@gmail.com For this edition, the Class of ’96 decided to shake it up a bit and classmates responded to a question—what you have been doing to keep it together during our “new normal” of the COVID-19 pandemic? Please remember to reach out to me with updates as well as new contact information.

Christie “Babs” Spencer Katora learned quite a bit while sequestered in the mountains of Newville, PA. As she eloquently put it, “I am not a barber, nor do I play one on TV.” She was responsible for haircuts for both her husband, James, and son, Daniel, during their initial isolation but reports they are now back to the professionals. She learned cake decorating skills when she had to create the birthday cake for Daniel and landed a pretty solid Homer Simpson design. She has also been spending a lot of time in her flower beds and the garden, and reports that she can’t honestly complain about being “stuck” at home. Joel Tootill retired last year from the Department of the Navy. He and his wife then took their grandchildren on a family vacation to Disney World and says, “in retrospect, this may have been perfect timing!” Soon after, he began working for a firm supporting the Navy because he could work remotely two days per week, but is now in the new reality of working from home full time with the help of the family dog, Zofia. He says his wife has gotten used to having him around all the time, and he has even gotten started on the list of forgotten chores. Beth Rahn Foundas took on a few new projects. She and her husband own a pizzeria in Frederick and during the pandemic, they were able to keep the restaurant open working like crazy. They have three children who were at home all learning remotely—two college-aged daughters doing online classes, and a 13-year-old doing virtual schooling, which added an extra layer of activity.

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is going into the office every 7-10 days to check things out and going for long walks in the morning to clear her head on days working from home. She was able to see fellow Hoodlums Emma Frederick King ’95, Jacki Resop Amato ’95, Quicha Tresvant Jones ’96 and Kim Unseld ’95 in June at the viewing for Kim’s father, Wes Unseld. She has also been participating in virtual Facebook events, and recently caught up with Keisha Sykes Polk ’97 online. Andrea Lockett Simmons earned her MBA with a focus on public management from Hood.

She celebrated her one-year anniversary with her husband, Carl, in June. As a result of this union, she now enjoys her expanded family that includes Mitchell (26) and Carl III (20). She is a procurement manager with the State of Maryland Office of State Procurement for more than 14 years and happily living in Pasadena, MD. Tanya Sander-Marks says “My husband, Brian, and I found a new reality while virtually schooling our daughters Sophia (14) and Ella (11) and working from home in Mt. Lebanon, PA. I don’t know that we can call it normal! I vacationed in FL with my sister in Jan. to celebrate her birthday, not realizing it would be the last time to fly for a while. Since lockdown, I have refinished a few pieces of furniture, replanted the backyard and am organizing many cases of 35mm print photos (remember those?) including quite a few from our beloved Hood yearbook days! Stay safe everyone.”

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Anne Hambrick-Stowe Rankin annehambrickstowe@gmail.com 717-945-4585 Greetings, Class of ’99! What a different kind of time these months have been! I think it is safe to say that no matter where each of us is located, we can all relate to having to do things in very new and different ways. Daily routines have been upended and we have had to adapt, adjust, and figure things out like we’ve never had to before. I have appreciated having more time at home with my kids to do things that we otherwise would not do, more opportunities to reconnect and “see” friends and family (even if it is virtually), and more occasions to be creative with balancing work and play. Heather Howell Wescott is also thankful for this chance to connect with others, especially with her Hood friends. Heather sends a shoutout to her fellow Class of ’99 Hoodlums who have been participating in Zoom chats. She especially thanks Sherie Love-Kenny, Laura Shultz, Melanie Jacobs Srivisal, Stephanie Mellinger, Jamie Hentz White, Kate Manbeck Sowers, Erica Falk Granada, and Tricia Muir ’00 for helping to keep her stay sane during the pandemic…she appreciates you ladies so much! Congratulations to Jane Ruffino who welcomed bright-eyed baby girl, Josephine Taimi Ruffino Hallgren, on May 4, 2020 in Stockholm, Sweden, where she lives with her partner, Stefan, his teenage kids, and

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their little dog, Lusso. In addition, Jane has been juggling a sort of dual career, running a one-woman consultancy offering user experience writing and content design services to global clients, along with teaching UX writing online through Stockholm-based Berghs School of Communication. As if that weren’t enough to keep her busy, she also recently restarted her doctoral studies in contemporary archaeology in the Baltic and East European Graduate School at Södertörn Univ. in Stockholm.

Jane says she is always happy to connect with other Hoodlums; you can find her on Facebook or LinkedIn. Amy Countryman Stavely is excited to share that she started a new job as the projects and programs administrative coordinator for the East-West Center in Washington, DC, in May. Way to go, Amy! Thinking ahead to future reminder communications from me about class column news, if your email address has (or will) change, or if you know of anyone in our class who doesn’t currently get my emails, please let me know so I can update my email list so I can reach as many of us as possible! You can email or text me anytime with news you would like to share in the next Hood Magazine…it is always good to hear from you! In the meantime, take good care!

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Heidel Goldenman goldenmanh@hotmail.com Greetings to all! Thanks to those who shared their news this year; it is always my pleasure to pass it along. Erin Diehl married Andrés Conde on June 16, 2019 and gave birth to a baby girl, Carlota Marie, on May 16, 2019. They are living in Madrid, Spain, and Erin can be reached by email at diehle@hotmail.com. One month earlier, Robin Deniker Morgenstern and husband Chad Morgenstern along with their 4 daughters welcomed baby girl no. 5, Daisy Mae Harper Morgenstern, on April 4, 2019. And rounding out the baby news this year, Jen Stange Knieriem and husband Jason embraced their 1st baby, Simon, in Oct. 2018 and cannot believe how much he’s grown! Kinya Deshields McNeil shared her personal success in Toastmasters International (http://www.toastmasters.org/about/all-about-toastmasters), an international club geared toward helping people become effective public speakers and leaders. She is curious to see if there are any other Hoodlums who are involved. TI has a curriculum with various projects/paths to complete. Once completed, members receive different levels of distinction. Kinya joined the Midtown Masters (District 46) club on June 1, 2015, and received her Competent Communicator (CC) award on Dec.

20, 2018. She has now migrated over to the new pathways curriculum and will be pursuing the Innovative Planning path. Congratulations to all of you! Last but not least, Melissa Collis Logan wrote that she enjoyed catching up with Amy Estell at the Strasbourg Alumni reception held over Reunion Weekend. Their taste buds relished in revisiting some delicious Alsatian wine and food while the Hoodlums reminisced about their days in France and at Hood. For those who could not make it, Melissa highly recommends attending if they hold another such event. In the world of education and professional advancement, Shannon Edwards Biesterfeld, MSN, CNM graduated in Sept. 2018 from Frontier Nursing Univ. in Hyden, KY, with a Master of Science in Nursing, Nurse Midwifery. She joined Chesapeake Health Care OB/GYN as a certified nurse midwife in May 2019 where she provides full scope OB/GYN services. After 17 years of being out West, Shannon is happy to return to MD and hopes to get involved in the Hood community again. Sarah Kistler Drabant reports that she has returned to the classroom full time, teaching high school English and social studies at the Cathedral Prep campus (all boys!) of Erie Catholic Preparatory School. Eliza Adams is excited to soon start her 18th year of teaching pre-K at the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore. She owes a lot of her joyful passion in working with children to what she learned from her unforgettable Hood professors!

A few years ago, Eliza was honored and overjoyed to be recognized at the Founders’ Day Bryn Mawr ceremony where she won the Apgar for Excellence in Teaching Award, an award that recognizes a faculty member who motivates students’ interests, curiosity, and love of learning; proposes and applies new teaching concepts and methods; and serves as a mentor to stimulate students’ intellectual development. Eliza also loves singing as a member of the Bach in Baltimore choir where she currently serves as the soprano section leader and VP of the Board of Directors. Angela Salas Brown has been living in Harrogate, N. Yorkshire, United Kingdom, for 1.5 years. She and her husband, whom she was with on graduation day, recently celebrated their 18th anniversary. Angela reached out to Dr. Ensel and Mrs. Vicki D. Andrea Penna FCC, with whom she volunteered for Bonner Scholars. While at Hood, Vickie, Brenda Smith and Olivia White helped her a lot. Angela feels extremely grateful for what our alma mater taught her, saying it is the most priceless possession of a woman’s education. She hopes her daughters Adriana and Miranda Brown will attend Hood in a couple of years, encouraging them in their college search.

While there, she learned innumerous lessons that helped her survive an adventurous life including moving to various places as the wife of a military and government-worker husband. Since Frederick, they have moved to Okinawa, Japan, to MI, TX, AK and now to England. Angela still maintains close friendships with Nailah Hassan ’00, Lisa Beatty ’00, and Lisa Ann Zaleski-Larsen ’01 and hopes

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to find herself in a new generation at Hood College.

She sends best wishes to the class of 2001 for the next year! I am grateful to all who share their news worldwide and look forward to hearing from everyone again. I hope this finds you all well in your respective corners of the Earth!

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Michelle Donati-Grayman m.b.donati@gmail.com Greetings, Class of 2004! Lauren Davies Rosario lives in Tampa, FL, with husband Justice of 10 years. They have a 4-year-old son Kieran (whose godmother is Jessica Lertora Sweeney ’04).

She completed a graduate certificate program from Harvard Univ. in marketing management and a management program for emerging leaders through Harvard Univ.’s professional development program. She works for Coca-Cola Beverages Florida as marketing manager of consumer insights and volunteers for Tampa Bay Hospice.

Mary Donahue graduated from the UMD School of Social Work in 2008 and has spent her career working in community health. She recently returned to Frederick and has a downtown private practice. Michelle Donati-Grayman graduated from Tempe Leadership Class XXXV, a community leadership program. Following this, she was appointed to the City of Tempe’s Human Relations Commission as well as Tempe Citizens’ Panel for Police Review. She was also promoted to Public Relations Manager at AAA Arizona. She now oversees external communications for the organization across AZ, Northern CA, NV, UT, MT, WY and AK. Melanie Muscar, wife Ana and dog Cooper settled in Silver Spring, MD, after returning to the US from Sweden last fall. She is a senior consultant at the State Department in political-military affairs. Eileen Briggs Nekava is now a partner account manager with Cisco Systems, Inc. Suzanne Griger Roberts relocated to Frederick in Dec. 2019. She welcomed her 3rd child, Aiden, on Jan. 31. Katrina Woodhams joined the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in 2009 and is currently the community preparedness officer for the agency’s region 8 office. In this role, she supports region 8 states, including CO, MT, ND, SD, UT and WY, by helping connect individuals and communities to information and resources that prepare them for life and community emergencies. Most recently, she’s supported FEMA’s Public Assistance program under COVID-19 virtual Region 8 Joint Field Office operations to manage private nonprofit organizations’ requests for public assistance funding. Katrina has deployed to several field operations for federally-declared disasters throughout her 12-year FEMA career. In 2016, she received her second master’s degree in homeland defense and security from the Naval Postgraduate School’s Center for Homeland Defense and Security Studies in Monterey, CA. Katrina currently resides in Denver, CO.

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Leslie Beck Hughan lhughan@gmail.com Jessica Holthaus Badour, husband Matt and big brother Caius, 3, welcomed Caroline Mae on Dec. 23, 2019. She was a perfect Christmas package at 7 lbs., 3 oz. and 20.5 inches. Jessica has been grateful for a seriously extended “maternity leave”—the day she was supposed to return to work (March 16), her agency implemented full-time teleworking.

She continues in her role for recalls and outreach with the Georgia Dept. of Agriculture’s Food Safety Division and recently submitted the annual grant report for Georgia’s Food and Feed Rapid Response Team. She enjoyed participating in an Atlanta Hood Alum networking event in the start of March (thank you for hosting Marylou Herrmann Foley ’64), and she and some fellow Hood friends have had biweekly(ish) Zoom calls to keep in touch during this time of social distance. She hopes all fellow alums are doing well and staying safe in this crazy time! Douglas Brown created Mason-Dixon Mobile Medicine to provide home-based primary and palliative care services for homebound patients, with an emphasis on the LGBTQ community. Jocelyn Berte Dunnavant opened her own salon, COTTAGE, in Brooklyn, NY. You can check it out on Instagram, @cottagebrooklyn, or visit the website at cottagebrooklyn.com. Rachel Collmus Ellick, accepted a job with the VA Dept. of Health as the lead poisoning prevention program education coordinator in Feb. Her first task, before being temporarily reassigned to covid-related work, was to update the program’s website. You can check it out at VDH.Virginia.gov/ LeadSafe. Emily Kahn and husband Patrick Lienhard welcomed their 1st baby, Leo Kahn Lienhard, to the world at the end of April. Lauren Sebald Noll accepted the role of assistant principal of Sacred Heart’s middle school, effective July 1. Visit our class’s page online to see photos of Jessica’s and Emily’s new babies.

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Laura Saad Voelker lauragvoelker@gmail.com The Class of 2012 alumni representatives on behalf of the class want to send sincere and gracious thanks to those serving on the frontlines during this time, providing us with essential services and keeping us safe! Here is what some members have been up to recently. Kati Vu Brady and her husband Shane Brady ’11 welcomed their 1st child, Jaxon, to the world on Feb. 11! Britt Diehl is still loving Denver, and was recently promoted to a new role leading strategic initiatives and public policy work at the Downtown Denver Partnership. She also co-founded a nonprofit effort called Feed the Frontlines Denver, which is supporting local business while nourishing our heroes on the frontlines of the pandemic. It has been a constant source of inspiration during this time. Natalie Brandon Dorsch got married in 2019 and graduated with her Master of Science in Educational Leadership from Hood in May of last year. Courtney Fraser is working on a project for families that deal with epilepsy and is the proud aunt of 2 nephews and one niece. Taylor Hartman is a full-time litigation paralegal, and an evening law student at Delaware Law School finishing her 3rd year. In her spare time, she is part owner of a small women-owned New Jersey Medical Cannabis Cultivation company. Molly Hjelle and her husband got married in Sept. 2019! She continues to work as an activities assistant in assisted living and has been enjoying lounging in the backyard, gardening, hiking, rock climbing, running and playing with the kitty cat Juniper. Jillian Jones is living and working in Sierra Leone, West Africa in program development. Nathalie Lewis continues to be a staff accountant at Maryland Oral Surgery Associates management office in Rockville, MD. As of Nov. 2019, she moved to Frederick, MD, where she will most likely stay for the foreseeable future.

She is very much looking forward to the summer weather and hopes everyone else is well! Conor Prachar is doing the same thing he does every year, tries to take over the (soccer) world! He just does it from the comfort of his kitchen table, rather than his office. Thanks a lot, COVID-19! Doug Raftery is still living the West Coast life. April 2020 was his oneyear mark of stepping into the general manager role for Reno 1868 FC and he is looking forward to the next reunion. Ken Rupert won the 2nd Annual Hood

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Pitch Competition in April 2019, and then published his 13th book titled “Financial Black Belt Academy’s Financial Self Defense Training Guide.” He also contributed to his wife’s first published puzzle book, “Around The Year With Word Ladders.” Helene Butler Rush graduated from Hood (again!) with her master’s in education, Class of 2020! Bonnie Lapp Seabolt is in her 7th year of teaching 3rd grade and loving every minute of it! She will be teaching 4th grade next year, so she will be able to be have most of her students again, which is helpful due to lack of closure at the end of this school year! Maria Smith, after 6 years at Garrison Forest School, will be leaving the Baltimore area in Aug. She and her husband will be moving to Istanbul, Turkey, where Maria has accepted a position as a French teacher at Robert College. Scott Thompson and Emily Wilson Thompson are living and working in Philadelphia.

Emily is a practicing physical therapist, and Scott is writing a dissertation on 19th-century British literature and psychology. They are spending as much time as possible during the quarantine with their Irish-doodle, Eliot. Laura Voelker and her husband are staying sane by going on lots of walks with their pup, Hobie, and doing projects around their house in Silver Spring, MD. Julia Banks Walker and husband Brian have been married for 5 years now! They live in Carroll County with their 4-year-old daughter named Grace, 1.5-year-old son named Thomas and two dogs, Zoey and Addie! She has been working on various projects in the federal sector for about 8 years now, and it’s been very rewarding. She loves her Hood family and they enjoy visiting the campus and downtown Frederick whenever they can! Sending lots of love and success!

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Elaheh Eghbal eeghbal14@gmail.com Hello, Class of 2013! Andrew Bodine recently received his first therapist position in Ijamsville and is excited to work in the field after completing his master’s degree in May 2019 and recently passing the licensure exams. Ashley Birdsell is vice president of marketing at the National Theatre.

MJ Swicegood has started as technical manager at AstraZeneca. Mi’kea Bowie Hawkins started a new job with FCPS teaching 3rd grade and is loving watching her children grow. Caitlin Stromowsky earned her master’s in psychology with a concentration in child and developmental psychology in Feb. 2020. Stephanie Perkins recently moved to Pasadena, MD, with her boyfriend, and they adopted a puppy into the family. Stephanie Taylor Widmeyer and her husband recently purchased their first home and are looking forward to welcoming their 1st child in June 2020. Meg Turcios’s husband, Carlos Turcios, graduated from Hood in May with a BA in Economics, focusing on international economics. Elaheh Eghbal is almost halfway through her grad program and continues her work in marketing.

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Bianca Padilla bianca.e.padilla@gmail.com Hey, Class of 2014! We celebrated our 5-year reunion in May 2019. We blinked and all of a sudden it’s 2020. Let’s look at what our classmates are up to. Denise Stull Berger married Jeffrey Berger on July 5, 2019 and are expecting their 1st child in Dec. 2020 has brought a career move for Lacey Creelman, who is moving from elementary to high school teaching. Tiffany Zechman Flook graduated from McDaniel College with a Master of Science in Elementary Education in May 2020 and had a 3rd child, a little girl, in the summer.

Kate Kopasek Black just celebrated 6 years at her mental health nonprofit job where she is currently the program manager for the Community Outreach Program serving Baltimore’s west side and surrounding counties. Kate and husband John are expecting their 1st child in Dec. 2020. Rachel Gannon graduated with her master’s degree in biotechnology with a concentration in biodefense from Johns Hopkins University in May 2019. Alexander Engler ’13 and I got engaged in January and are planning a wedding for 2021. Kelsey Knippenberg Lynch and Zach Lynch welcomed their daughter into the world, Emma Louise Lynch.

Zach was promoted to Trooper First Class with the Maryland State Police. Kelsey is still teaching 5th grade at Gaithersburg Elementary School and is a National Trainer for MixxedFit (Bianca Padilla)! Ian McDonald completed his Ph.D. in pharmacology from UNC, Chapel Hill in March, and will be starting as a consultant with Bain & Company in Atlanta in July. Lots of wonderful updates from our class.

Stay safe, healthy, and happy. Cheers!

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Sarah Tapscott Rosier sarah.tapscott12@gmail.com Mary Hickman earned her master’s degree in genetic counseling in 2019 at Northwestern Univ., and now works for a hospital system in Chicago specializing in cancer genetics. Sara Azoulay Murphy and husband Patrick are expecting their 2nd child in July to join big sister Isabelle. Sara continues to work as a paralegal for a law firm in Downtown Frederick. Ashley Hayes became a first-time homeowner in May 2020. She still works in biotechnology and is hoping to see some major career advancements in the next couple months. Nikki Frock Roelkey married Matthew Roelkey on Feb. 20, 2020, and they are expecting their 1st child in Aug. 2020. Tara Biser Little started a new job as a sales representative at Qiagen. Ashley Rhea Todd got married and became the proud bonus mom to 7 wonderful children! Emily Eckard Leedy moved back near her hometown in PA and bought a house. Eliza Jacobs started graduate school at the Univ.

of Maine in Jan. 2020. She is studying for her master’s in teaching. It is a research focused secondary math and science teaching program. She is also a research assistant on an NSF-funded research-practice partnership project developing middle school science curriculum modules with computer science integration. Julianne Berg is beginning her 4th year working for Girl Scouts National’s Capital. She is now one of the senior members on her team and is working toward a leadership position within the organization.

Jessica Morales is now an associate attorney at the Law Office of Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr. Sarah Tapscott Rosier is enjoying building her business as an event coordinator and freelance florist.

Please let me know what you’d like to see at our rescheduled reunion next year! Hope to see you there.

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Justin Fox jmf12@hood.edu It’s hard to believe that May 14, 2020 marked 4 years since we walked through the pergola together and gathered on the quad with our friends and family as we received our degrees.

Today we are out in the world using what we learned during the 4 years we spent together in Frederick, MD. Nathaniel Leighton has graduated from Penn State with a master’s in public administration. Katie Bailey graduated with a master’s in international environmental policy in Dec. 2019 and has moved back to DC to work in international development. Rob Millar is getting ready to graduate with a Ph.D. in gerontology and start a postdoc at UMBC. He also has adopted a cat. Anna Smith Brisbane will graduate with her MBA as well as a graduate certificate in information systems from Auburn Univ. in Dec. 2020. Mary Horabik has traveled the country and is now working on a master’s in museum studies with a focus on history education at the Cooperstown Graduate Program. Alexis Briscoe is currently teaching health education and coaching women’s varsity basketball at Hammond High School in Howard County, MD. In spring 2021 she will graduate from Towson Univ. with a master’s in autism spectrum disorder. Leah DiGiovanni will be graduating with a degree in conservation and wildlife management in Dec. 2020. Laura Shriver Talis was laid off due to COVID-19, but found a new job! She is now a grant writer at Catholic Charities of Baltimore, MD. Maya Gonzalez earned her master’s in college student development and administration from Shepherd Univ. She is staying safe at home in WV. Ian Jenkins has completed a master’s in public administration at Penn State. He is now working as a live experience specialist for Politico. Katelyn Sims completed a master’s in education with a specialization in elementary reading and mathematics

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(Grades K-6) from Walden Univ. in April 2020.

Erin Murray is working as a teaching assistant at special education school and pursuing a master’s in early childhood special education. Alexandra Cook graduated with a master’s in library and information sciences from UMD, College Park in spring 2020.

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Mary Milligan mrm15@hood.edu Elizabeth Shearin is currently pursuing a master’s degree in global studies and international relations at Northeastern Univ. and recently completed an internship with the Dept. of Veterans Affairs. Guillermo Sobalvarro and Amber Tavenner got engaged in Sept., and Amber graduated from Hood with her MBA in Jan. Timothy Diethrich is in a Ph.D. program in inorganic materials chemistry at UMD. He got married in June. He and his wife are living in Columbia, MD. Kassandra Stout graduated with an M.S. degree from Mississippi State Univ. in May 2019 and was awarded outstanding master’s student in her program. She plans to publish journal articles in the next few months regarding her research work in the forest products sector. After graduation, Kassandra moved to Eugene, OR, to work as a marketing associate for Timber Products Company. She enjoys traveling for work and looks forward to exploring more of the Pacific Northwest. Angela Vines Baker and husband Kemper recently welcomed a baby girl, Josephine Freyja Baker, born Feb. 18, 2020. Megan Poole bought a single-family home, completed the CZASP (certified zoo and aquarium science professional) certificate program and bought her first brand new car, all this year! Logan Samuels earned her Doctorate of Jurisprudence (JD) from The Catholic Univ. of America, Columbus School of Law and is working as a telecommunications policy analyst at Sev1Tech doing spectrum work for the US Coast Guard. Logan also got engaged to her girlfriend, Lora, in June.

Caroline Kinna is now a therapist for Brook Lane Health Services in Frederick where she provides mental health therapy to mostly teenagers. She also bought her own condo and has rescued a 2-year-old pit mix named Marlie! Erica Hawkins got engaged in Aug. 2019. Recently, she applied to McDaniel College for graduate school. There she will be working through their School Librarianship program. Shelby Amspacher graduated in July with her master’s in museum education from George Washington University. Jillian Heyman and Sean Murphy got engaged on March 21. Sean continues to work as a financial adviser for Edward Jones in Chesapeake, VA, and Jillian is headed into her last year of law school at Regent Univ. School of Law in VA Beach. Mary Milligan Jaskiewicz and her husband married in Oct. 2019. She continues to work for Lorien Health Services as their social media manager. They plan on welcoming their first child in Dec.

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Matthew Molina matthew.molina2014@gmail.com Zachary Alexander is living in DC with Elena Kozak ’19 and working at Autumn Wind, an investment management firm, in Great Falls, VA. Ready for the economy to open back up!” Miranda Barrientos, since Jan., has an internship at the United Way of Frederick County. Since quarantine, she has been doing her internship work at home. Alyssa Denikos has been accepted to Virginia-Maryland College of

Veterinary Medicine and will be starting in the fall!

“Can’t believe I’m on my way to getting my DVM,” she writes. Tyler Graham has accepted a new planning position with the GA Dept. of Transportation in Atlanta. On June 10, he was awarded a 2020 Excellence in Regional Transportation Award from the National Association of Development Organizations for his work in improving public transportation systems in south-central KY. Mat Molina is currently waiting to hear back from one of the audiology programs he applied to. Meanwhile, he has been teaching himself topics in communication disorders

In Memorium

Remembering those we have lost.

Alumni

Elaine Hirsh Jandorf ’47 September 2020

Ruth Duff Eager ’41 September 2020

Mary Tomlinson Marple ’47 September 2020

Ann Shults Beukema ’43 July 2016

Ann Barnum Connellee ’48 September 2020

Betty Barrick Wachs ’43 February 2020

Joy Silvis Keasey ’48 May 2020

Nancy Ogden Carson ’44 February 2020

Jean Lutz Perkins ’48 March 2017

Anne Schwab Dulabahn ’44 August 2020

Corky Edwards Shulman ’48 September 2020

Margaret Traver Emery ’44 June 2020

Barbara Baxter Christie ’49 August 2020

Dorothy Sherwood DeBold ’45 February 2020

E. Jane Strevig Guyton ’49 August 2020

Elizabeth Fischer Mayer ’45, P’78 March 2020

P. Anne Hutton Long ’49 December 2019

Eva E. Bryant ’46 September 2019

R. Jacqueline Beckh Price ’49 April 2020

Nancy Andrews Hastings ’46 November 2019 Garnetta Stottlemyer Morgan ’46, P’91 April 2020 Jane Seymour Wilson ’46, H’71 May 2020 L. Jean Main Bass ’47 March 2020 Janet Randall Brennan ’47 July 2020

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and audiology. Also, he recently started volunteering with Protest Access, a volunteer-run organization dedicated to making BLM content more accessible for BIPOC deaf, hard of hearing, and blind, by captioning videos. Alyson Pyles got married in summer 2019 (was Alyson Burdette, now Alyson Pyles). She is also going into her 2nd year teaching at FCPS. Cat Vasko, after graduating Hood in 2018, was initially supposed to relocate to Philadelphia, but unexpectedly was hired as the guest services coordinator and weekend manager at the AACA Museum, Inc. in Hershey, PA. In Jan. 2019, she left

Beverly Pertsch Smith ’50 June 2020

Pamela Snow Lovejoy ’55 February 2016

Georgina Sutherland Bristol ’51 May 2020

Mera Braungart Coblentz ’56 August 2020

Louise Henderson Foster ’51 June 2020

Carol Fredrikson Gentz ’57 July 2020

Ann Benchoff Stamm ’51 March 2020

Susan Winter Smith ’57 Septmeber 2018

Shirley Keckler Trostle ’51 September 2020

Patricia Pickett Tanco ’57 January 2020

Nancy Campbell Barrett ’52 January 2020

Sally Gershel Title ’57 July 2020

Dorothy Handley Ewing ’52 March 2020

Carol Horwath Klecka ’58 September 2020

Doris Simpson Felton ’52 April 2020

Gail Shaffer ’58 April 2020

Nancy Sawyer Herrington ’52 September 2018

Nancy Keim Woodruff ’58 April 2020

Nancy Pilsch Lambdin ’52 June 2020

Katherine Stirling Dow ’59 September 2020

Lorraine M. Smarsch ’52 January 2020

Patricia Worthington Morrison ’59, P’82 February 2020

Madge Merkley Ziegler ’52 February 2020 Katherine Sponsler Patten ’53 May 2020 Barbara Mayer Werle ’53 July 2020 Florence Hood Kvalnes ’54 February 2020 Nancy Lowe Larsen ’55 December 2019

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her position to begin working as a contractor at the US Army Heritage Education Center (USAHEC), the nation’s primary facility for military research, and has been there since. She works as an archives technician and inventory clerk, assisting in the digitization of the museum’s archival collections and inventory of the art and map collections. She is about to begin her final year of graduate school at Kutztown Univ. for her M.A. in Arts Administration.

She currently lives in Carlisle, PA, with her newly adopted cat. Caityln-Jean Ward, after graduating with a BA in Art & Archaeology and History, packed

up her dorm room and headed back to NJ for a day before embarking on a yearlong journey living in VA. Post-graduation, she received an internship with James Madison’s Montpelier in Orange, VA, the historic home of the 4th president of the US. While there, she became an archaeological field intern, teaching two field schools and participating/ teaching in metal detecting, log cabin reconstruction, and tough discussions with members of the descendent community of the enslaved population at Montpelier. She learned many valuable lessons and made lifelong friendships thanks to Montpelier.

After her almost year and half long journey there, she left Montpelier with a heavy heart and new job, back home in NJ. She started working for AECOM as an archaeological lab technician. AECOM is a CRM company based out of Burlington and Philadelphia that processes collections and artifacts from all over the country. She misses Hood and all the friends she made there. She hopes to visit soon! Amy Warren is expecting a child in Sept., future Class of 2038.

Kylie Weant is now an RN, and she is working alongside of COVID every night she goes to work!

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Barbara Stocker Croyle ’64 January 2020

Heidi Chesley-Sandberg ’75 August 2020

Jeanne Divers Beard ’82 September 2020

Dorothy Reddeman Culb M.A.’91 August 2020

Jo Ann Clime Girvin ’64 March 2020

Catherine Karlem Graf M.A.’75, P’75 May 2020

Carole J. Benson ’82 June 2020

Beverly Mummert Landis ’92 March 2020

Judith B. Johnson ’65 January 2020

Jane Fleming Mercado ’75, M.A.’79 March 2020

Susan Svienty McCue ’82 September 2020

Linda Taylor Staudenmeier ’92 June 2020

Susan Detwiler Babbitz ’66 August 2020

Ruthmary Ragsdale Wright M.A.’75 February 2020

Sheryl Shaffer McDonald ’83 January 2020

Elizabeth Olson Khan ’90, P’00 July 2020

Virginia Munson Hammell Hamby ’67 January 2020

Linda Cave Wilhide ’76 September 2020

Jon H. Wilson M.S.’85, P’83 February 2020

Mark B. Schadly M.S.’98 July 2020

Kimberly B. Phillips-Cook ’77 February 2020

Rebecca Troxell Joy ’86 June 2020

Brenda Dinkle-Wright ’00, P’16 June 2020

Susan J. Orrick ’78 August 2020

Leroy H. Clopper ’88 August 2020

Tammy Albaugh Williams ’01 August 2020

Nan Mackey Wachter ’79 September 2020

Catherine Campbell Richie M.A.’87 June 2020

Paige S. Hackney M.S.’03 March 2020

Joy Williams Brzezynski ’80 April 2020

Margot Neyland Silverman ’89 January 2020

Channing K. Burke M.A.’05, C’05 May 2019

Donald H. Campbell M.A.’80 October 2016

Elizabeth Olson Khan ’90, P’00 July 2020

Shareef R. Ali-Barnett ’18 June 2020

Lois Allison Alexander, Faculty February 2020

Mort Gamble, Staff January 2020

Joseph D. Baker, Board of Associates September 2020

Rita S. Gordon, Board of Associates April 2020

Ross J. Pritchard, Former Hood College President July 2020

Lorena Loveitt Cox ’69 August 2020 Carol Flowers Richardson ’71 March 2019 Katherine Nixdorff Wilson ’73 August 2020 Lynn Hughes Tudor ’74 August 2020

Friends

Lewis H. Corl, Faculty April 2020 Linda B. Eicher, Staff March 2020 Larry T. Eyler, Staff July 2020

Leonard P. Harris, Board of Trustees June 2020 Dorothy A. Johnson, Faculty September 2018 Margaret E. Newlon, Faculty April 2020

SPECIAL EDITION

Charles S. Tidball, Honorary Alumna/us April 2018 Barbara C. Tyler, Staff September 2020 John C. Warfield, Board of Trustees February 2020

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