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THE PULTENEY STREET SURVEY

Meditations for a Bicentennial Fidelity Chairman and CEO

ABBY JOHNSON ’84

and 10 alums who are thinking about the future

SPECIAL BICENTENNIAL ISSUE

Raise the Orange and Purple High President Murray Bartlett hoisting the Hobart College Centennial flag in 1922.

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02 Upfront: Life and Light 8 Primary Sources 10 Remember the Past, Imagine the Future 18 The Waiting Game

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22 We the People

63 A Culinary Celebration

28 Hip Hobart, Then/Now/Forever

66 Gifts that Keep on Giving

46 Thinking about the Future

67 Life-Changing Service

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70 Dispatches from Alums 116 The Last Word

Volume XLVII, Number 1 / THE PULTENEY STREET SURVEY is published by the Office of Marketing and Communications, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 300 Pulteney Street, Geneva, New York 14456–3397, (315) 781–3700. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Pulteney Street Survey, c/o Advancement Services, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 300 Pulteney St., Geneva, New York 14456–3397. Hobart and William Smith Colleges are committed to providing a non-discriminatory and harassment-free educational, living, and working environment for all members of the HWS community, including students, faculty, staff, volunteers, and visitors. HWS prohibits discrimination and harassment in their programs and activities on the basis of age, color, disability, domestic violence, victim status, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or any other status protected under the law. Discrimination on the basis of sex includes sexual harassment, sexual violence, sexual assault, other forms of sexual misconduct including stalking and intimate partner violence, and gender-based harassment that does not involve conduct of a sexual nature. EDITOR, VICE PRESIDENT FOR MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS Catherine Williams / SENIOR MANAGING EDITOR Andrew Wickenden ’09 / DESIGNER Lilly Pereira / aldeia.design / CONTRIBUTING WRITERS/EDITORS Ken DeBolt, the Rt. Rev. R. William Franklin, Mackenzie Larsen ’12, Janice Leary, Mary LeClair, Doug Lippincott, Colin Spencer ’19, Natalia St. Lawrence ’16, Mary Warner ’21, Andrew Wickenden ’09 and Catherine Williams / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS J. Scott Applewhite-Pool/Getty Images, M. Scott Brauer/Redux, Kevin Colton, Anthony Cruz, Adam Farid ’20, Lindsay France/Cornell University, Ben Jenkins, Fred W. McDarrah/MUUS Collection via Getty Images, Jonathan Michaeli, T. Prutisto, Reuters/Brian Snyder, Justin Sullivan/Getty Images / Additional images courtesy of Colgate University, Hobart and William Smith Colleges Archives, National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution and the New York Historical Society / PORTRAIT ILLUSTRATOR Kathryn Rathke / PRESIDENT Joyce P. Jacobsen / THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES CHAIR Craig R. Stine ’81, P’17 / VICE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Cassandra Naylor Brooks ’89 / VICE PRESIDENT FOR ADVANCEMENT Robert B. O’Connor P’22, P’23 / William Smith Alumnae Association Officers: Kirra Henick-Kling Guard ’08, MAT ’09, President; Katharine Strouse Canada ’98, Vice President; Julie Bazan ’93, Immediate Past President; Carla DeLucia ’05, Historian / Hobart Alumni Association Officers: The Hon. Ludwig P. Gaines ’88, President; Paul Wasmund ’07, Vice President; Dr. Richard S. Solomon ’75, P’10, Immediate Past President; Andrew Donovan ’12, Historian. / For questions and comments about the magazine or to submit a story idea, please e-mail Andrew Wickenden ’09 at wickenden@hws.edu. The pages of this publication were printed using 100% recycled paper which enables the environmental savings equivalent to the following: • 244 trees preserved for the future • 18,227 gal. US of water saved • 35,342 lbs. CO2 saved from being emitted • 403 MMBTU of energy not consumed * * These calculations were derived from the RollandEco-calculator.

ON THE COVER: Abby Johnson ’84, Chairman and CEO of Fidelity Investments. Photo by M. Scott Brauer/Redux.

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Life and Light

“Through all these changes, our goal remains, as it has always been, to prepare graduates to engage with the world in all its complexities, mysteries and joys. Our alums meet the future head-on and, like the Colleges themselves, adapt, persevere and flourish.”

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Anniversaries bring the past and the future into focus, allowing us to glimpse both at the same time. This special Bicentennial issue of the magazine looks back to Bishop John Henry Hobart and the vision that animated his desire to establish a college on the shores of Seneca Lake. On the heels of the largest fundraising year in HWS history, this issue also looks ahead — to new academic developments, the outlook for our third century, and the future we are all working to build. Starting on page 46, we asked some of our alums who are leaders in a variety of fields — like Abby Johnson ’84, Jamey Mulligan ’07, Peter Luchetti ’77 and Kanchana Ruwanpura ’93 — to share how they think about the future. Their meditations are imaginative and thought-provoking, and underline again the extraordinary contributions of our graduates who are working with ingenuity and perseverance to create a better world. From my position in this anniversary moment, it’s clear that those terms — ingenuity and perseverance — have been the watchwords of our 200-year history. From the Civil War to the Vietnam era, the 1918 pandemic to COVID-19 — whatever the challenge, the Colleges have adapted and thrived. Our institutional identity has evolved at critical points in our history, such as with the founding of William Smith, and our curriculum has been revised, even overhauled, to equip students with a timely and timeless education, no matter the era. Through all these changes, our goal remains, as it has always been, to prepare graduates to engage with the world in all its complexities, mysteries and joys. Our alums meet the future head-on and, like the Colleges themselves, adapt, persevere and flourish. At the center of Hobart College’s seal is the school motto, disce, the Latin word for “learn.” On a scroll below the motto, the seal also includes the phrase vita lux hominum, Latin for “life is the light of humankind.” Together, these phrases evoke the historical emphasis of a Hobart and William Smith education, and they orient our mission for the future: the imperative to learn not simply to start a career but to illuminate an entire life — and not just one’s own life but the life of humanity. We can’t predict the future, but with a Hobart and William Smith education lighting the way, we can certainly be prepared for it. Finally, as we were going to press with this issue of the magazine, we learned that James F. Caird ’56, L.H.D ’12 passed away. Although we will do a full remembrance in the next issue of the magazine, I cannot let this moment pass without recognizing Jim and his wife Cynthia L. Caird L.H.D. ’12. From scholarships to athletics facilities to student housing, the Colleges have made significant leaps forward thanks to their vision, generosity and lifelong affection for Hobart and William Smith. In Jim’s exemplary career as an entrepreneur and in his commitment to perpetuating meaningful, well-rounded educational experiences at Hobart and William Smith, he set a high bar. Jim was a Statesman through and through, and he will be missed. Hip Hobart, forever! J OYCE P. JACOBSEN President

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A spring sunrise greets campus. Early one morning in 1820, John Henry Hobart, the third Episcopal Bishop of New York, stood overlooking Seneca Lake and, striking his cane on the ground, announced that he had found the site for the college that would one day bear his name. >>

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E pluribus unum The Bicentennial celebration kicked off this winter at Trinity Church in Manhattan, where Bishop Hobart once served as rector. After a singing of the alma mater by Trustee Garrett Mathieson ’74, the audience heard reflections on the Colleges’ history and future from President Jacobsen and Board Chair Craig R. Stine ’81, P’17, who recalled the story of Hobart’s founding and his own memories of arriving in Geneva. There, on the edge of Seneca Lake, Stine remembered finding “a community that would become the center of everything,” a place “to imagine the world as it could be, and to understand that the better world would be one that is built together.” The evening culminated with an address from the Most Rev. Michael B. Curry ’75, D.D. ’20, the Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church. Curry, who is the honorary chair of the Bicentennial Committee, recalled the undergraduate history course in which he learned the origin of the Latin phrase etched on the Great Seal of the United States: e pluribus unum. With one of his old college textbooks perched on the podium, he ruminated on the national motto and its harmony with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision of a “beloved community,” with its promise of healing, restoration, justice and equity. “A motto is the aspiration,” Curry said. “It is the statement of who you long and pray and hope and labor to be. It is a claiming of your identity that can strengthen you for the present and clarify for the future. From many diverse peoples, one people, one nation, with liberty and justice, not for some but for all…. Cicero used the phrase [to describe]…how the Roman family or household unit is constituted. And he said this: ‘When each person loves the other as much as he loves himself, it makes one out of many possible.’ E pluribus unum. Love for others besides yourself makes e pluribus unum possible. Love for others besides just the self makes the United States of America possible. Love for others besides just the self will show us the way to take our jangling discords and create a beautiful symphony of love and compassion and justice and goodness and kindness.… And the day will break through, and the midnights of our greatest despairs will be the beginnings of the dawns of new days. I learned that at Hobart and William Smith Colleges.”

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Celebrating Hobart’s 200th IN PERSON, ONLINE, EVERY DAY, ALL YEAR. Festivities began this winter and continue throughout 2022, with tributes to Hobart history, virtual forums, events on and off-campus, and of course the October gala celebration.

▶ The Bicentennial Gallery opened in the Warren Hunting Smith Library in February. On display are iconic artifacts dating back to the College’s founding, including the charter.

Commencement During the Bicentennial year Commencement ceremonies, three distinguished members of the HWS community were recognized with honorary degrees for their demonstrated excellence in their respective fields and their embodiment of the Colleges’ commitment to natural and social sciences, athletics and the arts. In addition, the President of Ukraine was recognized with an honorary degree in absentia. Dr. Christopher Beyrer ’81, Sc.D. ’22, who delivered the 2022 Commencement address, is an epidemiologist who has worked on the frontlines of HIV/AIDS and COVID-19. Recently named the director of the Duke University Global Health Institute, Beyrer is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Medicine and a past president of the International AIDS Society. He previously served as the inaugural Desmond M. Tutu Professor in Public Health and Human Rights at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He was the founding director of the Bloomberg School’s Center for Public Health and Human Rights and served as associate director of the university’s Center for Global Health and Center for AIDS Research. Eric Andersen ’65, L.H.D. ’22 is an award-winning singer, songwriter and musician whose work has been recorded and performed by Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, The Grateful Dead and Linda Ronstadt among

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many others. Andersen was enrolled in pre-medical studies at Hobart before leaving school in 1963. In his musical career since, he has recorded dozens of albums and performed and toured internationally with other renowned artists. Called an “American master” by New York Times’ music critic Robert Palmer, Andersen is currently writing his memoir and an episodic novel called Bastardo. Aliceann Wilber P’12, L.H.D. ’22 has been the only head coach during William Smith soccer’s 40-plus years as a varsity sport. She led the Herons to two national championships and a Division III-record 30 NCAA tournament appearances. In 2021, she became the second coach — and first woman — in NCAA soccer ever to hit the 600-win milestone. She is the recipient of the 2021 United Soccer Coaches’ Women’s Soccer Award of Excellence and was inducted to the organization’s Hall of Fame in 2018. She is the first woman to receive the United

Soccer Coaches’ prestigious Bill Jeffrey Award for her service to the collegiate game. Volodymyr Zelenskyy L.H.D. ’22 was elected President of Ukraine in 2019 and has led the country against the unprovoked invasion by Russia. Before his election, he was a comedian best known for his television role as an ordinary schoolteacher accidentally catapulted into political power. President Jacobsen said earlier this year, “In awarding this degree to President Zelenskyy, Hobart and William Smith honor not only his courage but also the bravery of all Ukrainians, including those under attack in their country or recently exiled, and who call Upstate New York home.”

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“One of the values I find in the liberal arts…is that it makes us ask a question, or provides us with tools to answer the question: why are we here?” Dean Clarence Butler L.H.D. ’06 During “Hobart College Deans of Yore: A Panel Discussion” in April, Butler joined five other Deans of Hobart College — Eugen Baer P’95, P’97, Scott Brophy ’78, P’12, Richard Guarasci, Khuram Hussain and Charles Love ’62 — in honor of the Bicentennial. The full discussion is available online.

STILL TO COME

FROM THE ARCHIVES For many years, Hobart College’s permanent charter sat dormant in a box atop a storage rack in the library archives — until Archivist and Special Collections Librarian Tricia McEldowney and Archives Technician Brandon Moblo uncovered it in 2019. The parchment was hard to read, but between the date and the embossed seal from the Board of Regents, it was quickly apparent that they had uncovered the official certificate that granted Geneva Academy status as a college. While the document was well-secured in an environmentally controlled space, it was not cataloged. On the cusp of the Bicentennial, the surprise discovery offered a chance “to reflect on that time in history when the hope for a college in Geneva first became a reality,” McEldowney says. “It connects us to our past in a physical way.” Due to COVIDrelated delays, the charter’s restoration took nearly two years, but it returned to campus in 2021 following a thorough cleaning and a humidification process that made it flatter and more legible. It is now housed in a 28” x 31” preservation package on display in the library’s Bicentennial Gallery — and yes, it’s cataloged.

Bishop John Henry Hobart Day Lecture and Symposium

On Sept. 12, explore the life and legacy of John Henry Hobart with the Rt. Rev. R. William Franklin, a church historian and Assisting Bishop of Long Island, and the Rev. Canon Kelly Brown Douglas, Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary.

Two Cities Reunion SEPT. 29 – OCT. 2

Homecoming and Family Weekend SEPT. 30 – OCT. 2

Bicentennial Gala SATURDAY, OCT. 22

For a timeline of the College, Hobart lore and the extended schedule of Bicentennial events, visit www2.hws.edu/hobart-bicentennial.

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Professor of History Clifton Hood admits that titling a course “History of HWS Colleges” was “bait” — a hook to draw students into a course structured around archival research and writing — but it worked. The class filled quickly, mostly with seniors in their final semester who were “intrigued by learning the history of the place literally under their feet, in part, I think, as a way of ending their time as students,” says Hood, the George E. Paulsen ’49 Professor of American History and Government. The course lived up to its research-intensive billing as students waded into the HWS archives in search of the narratives, told and untold, that have shaped the Colleges. Guided by Archivist Tricia McEldowney and Archives Technician Brandon Moblo, students pored over precious documents and artifacts. Relying on diary and yearbook entries by early William Smith students, Quin Kenny ’22 examined courtship in the early 20th century and “the pressures women felt to marry” — a project inspired by her grandfather’s memories of his years on campus. Kenny, whose father is also a Hobart grad, says the “deep dive” into HWS history, and “what the Colleges were like when my family attended,” proved to be “enlightening and a great way to connect to them.” Molly O’Toole ’23 notes that the reading list helped “situate our research into a larger context,” supplementing archival materials “with historical studies about higher ed and other institutions.” The workshop-style classroom critiques — and “the leeway to have fun and explore” — was especially rewarding as she drafted her essay, examining the impacts of first wave feminism on the founding of William Smith and the coordinate system. Other projects looked back at student protests in the ’60s and ’70s, town-gown tensions, the waxing and waning of the Episcopal Church’s presence on campus, the Air Force ROTC, the impact of World War II, the emergence of women’s athletics, the evolution of the Dance Department and the role of campus spaces in shaping social cohesion. The wide range of topics spurred “in-depth conversations about HWS and how we would like to see it change for the better,” Kenny says. “By reflecting on the past, we can see how much HWS has grown as an institution…and how much potential it has to grow even more.” 8 / T H E P U LT EN EY S TRE E T SURVE Y

▲ Hitting the books in Demarest Library, ca. 1960.

FURTHER READING Want to explore the Colleges’ past? Page through old yearbooks, review historical correspondence and read the histories of Hobart and William Smith at library.hws.edu/ digital_collections.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Interested in telling your part in the story of HWS? Submit oral histories at www2.hws.edu/ hobart-bicentennial/oral-histories.

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Alternate History

In a parallel universe, campus might look something like this scale drawing from architect Hobart Upjohn. Created ca. 1930–31, Upjohn’s plans would have reoriented the Quad and added a number of buildings, none of which was ever realized. Proposed and existing buildings are marked. The legend is reproduced below for the reader’s ease.

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Remember the Past, Imagine the Future Taking inspiration from the words inscribed above the entrance to the Warren Hunting Smith Library, HWS leaders reflect on the past two centuries, the state of the Colleges today and what the next 200 years have in store.

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When we developed and approved our current strategic plan in the spring of 2020, we focused on three broad areas: increasing academic effectiveness, building financial and operational excellence, and enhancing the Colleges’ reputation. We continue to work toward multiple goals in all those areas. I have been so impressed with how the HWS community has rallied to support our ambitions even through the challenges of the pandemic. We have seen major curricular innovations spearheaded by faculty and staff, There’s a reason we’ve increased our fundraising substantially over the past three years, significantly been at it 200 years. increased the number of applications Students apply to many other competitive from prospective students this institutions, but when they come to HWS admissions season, implemented and spend time with the people here, they numerous behind-the-scenes realize that they made the right decision. innovations in how we conduct HWS wasn’t my first choice, but I obviously our business, and completed a made the right decision (even though it’s significant project of rebranding cold in the winter). Over 200 years, we’ve and updating our website, print accomplished a lot, adapting to what the and social media strategy. I like to world requires without letting go of the refer to the Colleges as ‘spunky’ and ‘scrappy,’ as they have always persisted past and what got us here today, and we through difficult times, but they also can do it for another 200. The work Nuzhat need more underpinnings of support Wahid ‘22 and I have done with the Board for their journey. We must continue on belonging, diversity and equity, which is developing relevant academic options probably our most critical contribution as for the 21st century, along with building Student Trustees, highlights that trajectory on a strong infrastructure of financial and of growth and progress. As we move into technological support for our students, our next 200 years, we see both how rich faculty and staff. With that support, the our past is and how promising our future is. Colleges will have the ability to become even more innovative going forward. S T U D E N T

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Recent years have witnessed an historic reckoning with institutional injustices, as concurrent movements for racial and gender justice have reshaped our world. HWS arrives at this moment, in its Bicentennial year, with a distinct opportunity to acknowledge our past and envision a diverse and inclusive future. To participate fully in the world, students need Our community and our partners in Geneva unique perspectives that connect different are working to heal our collective wounds disciplines and ideas. They need to be able to and affirm a community that represents a communicate with a broad range of people wealth of diverse identities, cultures and and to embrace difference. If a successful backgrounds. So instead of simply telling dedicated and conscientious people about education depends on being able to grow and the virtues of inclusion, we can focus this develop with an open mind, I think the same is moment on building DEI into our true of the curriculum. The flexibility to grow institutional DNA so that we and innovate allows us to hold on to what are all thriving together. We have made a promise we do best but also look to the future and to ourselves, articulated think differently moving forward. We have an in the Strategic Diversity amazing faculty; they’re outstanding scholars Plan, to build for belonging. who bring their scholarship to the classroom Upholding that promise requires all corners of our in a highly intentional way, helping students to community to practically grapple with big topics and to do so critically. advance inclusion. From teaching We have incredible academic centers that that supports diverse learners from diverse help students put knowledge into action. We backgrounds, to inclusive hiring practices have living laboratories all over the region — and courageous dialogues across difference, we can all reckon with this moment through in Geneva and the surrounding communities, our everyday choices. We can ask, ‘Who in the environment of the Finger Lakes and in feels they belong in my spaces and who does the deep historic roots of the women’s rights not?’ Addressing these questions moves us and abolitionist movements. These strengths, beyond good intentions to a place where we can sincerely embody our values. I can’t think and a curriculum that serves all students of a better way to begin our next 200 years. regardless of background, will

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Thanks to our proud, innovative liberal arts heritage, we’re among a select group of institutions to reach 200 years, and it’s the intention of the Board to continue that progress. The ingredients for success in the next 10 to 25 years are academic offerings that are attractive to a wide swath of young people, coupled with an endowment that will enable us to continue to provide strong financial aid and key programmatic support. That combination will ultimately fortify HWS for the next era of higher education. We recently launched the Master of Science in Management program and the aquatic science minor; we have a minor in data analytics that will be ready in the next academic year and other programs are in development — all to take advantage of the academic offerings that have been our historical strengths and connect them with what today’s students need. Enhancing and extending our academics, our endowment and our commitment to diversity and belonging will help us attract more students and cement a path forward for the Colleges’ next 200 years.

The world was different 200 years ago, and the Colleges have done a good job of changing with it. We’ve become more inclusive, and we continuously work toward our goals and aspirations, encouraging students to achieve success, whatever that might be for them, whatever year we’re in. One thing I’ve loved at HWS is how many different people I got to meet and interact with, which in part is a testament to the Colleges’ ability to broaden your horizons through connections to a diverse community and access to incredible opportunities. Gib Shea C H A I R O F T H E B O A R D O F T R U S T E E S C R A I G S T I N E ’ 8 1 , P ’ 1 7 ’22 and I were members of the Board’s first Belonging, Diversity and Equity committee, which is one of the things we’ve done that will have a lasting impact at HWS. Imagining the future, I’m really excited for what our post-pandemic community will look like. The pandemic has shifted our ability to go places; people are eager to get back out there with our faculty and staff, so I’m especially excited to see how our study abroad program will grow, how our communities will continue to progress, and how we will continue challenging and supporting the next generation of scholars and change-makers — because we’re pretty amazing at that already. S T U D E N T N U Z H A T

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Although much has changed since I arrived at the Colleges in 2003, and certainly over the past 200 years, the one constant throughout our history is the power of transformation, on both an individual and institutional level. Change is constant here, and the dean’s office has evolved along with the rest of the institution and with society. This ability to transform and to grow is the primary reason why we have reached this impressive milestone. There is also a sense of continual self-reflection at HWS: we are always looking at our history, at where we are now and who we hope to become. Our history and heritage are important to our identity as are the ways in which each generation of students has fundamentally shifted our understanding of gender, of development and of the uniqueness of each student’s story. Our core values of inclusion, mentorship, community and leadership remain the hallmarks of our office, as they have for so many students and alums.

This place is bustling. Our student organizations and clubs lead the social fabric of the institution — from club sports and intramurals to clubs focusing on cultural heritage and advocacy, and social networks that help students feel connected to one another. I know that will only continue to grow. With an expanded Intercultural Affairs Center, evolving living/learning communities that provide hybrid lounges and classrooms in residence halls, and a theme house program that lets students program and live with students who share common interests, I hope HWS D E A N O F W I L L I A M S M I T H C O L L E G E L I S A K A E N Z I G P ’ 2 2 students stay empowered to have their voices heard and How do we celebrate our founding 200 years ago? We can’t take create activities for each other. the past entirely on its own terms, uninformed by the present; As Campus Life continues to yet it’s not fair to judge the past entirely by today’s standards. change to meet their needs, in addition to supporting One leads to an uncritical moral relativism, the other to cancel student-to-student connection culture. We resolve that dilemma by engaging with the past as programs, we also will provide part of celebrating it. In studying the people and events that additional mental health have made us, we find stories that deserve to be told with more support, added transitionrelated programs that help nuance and accuracy, such as the role of Bishop Hobart and our students get a head start the Episcopal Church in relocating the Oneida. Or the Rev. Dr. in becoming a part of our Alger Adams ’32, D.D ’83, who became the first African American community, and make sure our graduate 90 years ago; he was a member of Phi students are able to articulate the skills they develop as a Beta Kappa, learned ancient Greek and the result of their co-curricular classics, became an accomplished painter involvement as they leave the and novelist as well as a clergyman, but Colleges and take the first step couldn’t eat with or room with his classmates into their future careers.

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New Streams of Thought Introducing an innovative graduate program and three new academic minors, all with exciting possibilities for classroom learning, student research and future careers.

MASTER OF ARTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION LEADERSHIP

“Much of leadership in higher education is creative problem-solving,” says Associate Provost for Curricular Initiatives and Development and Professor of Education Jamie MaKinster. “But in order to address problems effectively, one needs to have a strong understanding of the context, the people involved, and the resources at hand.” Enter the new Master of Arts in Higher Education Leadership program. With an emphasis on social justice, systemic change and student development, the two-year master’s prepares graduates to challenge the current state of higher education and lead the change needed to support the next generation of college students. Competitive graduate assistantships offset tuition and support immersive higher-ed leadership experiences on campus. The program builds on the Colleges’ robust educational offerings, including the undergraduate Educational Studies major and the Teacher Education Program. “Through immersion in coursework and applied experiences, students in the program will develop their ability to think on their feet and work with others, leading to productive and viable

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programs or solutions,” says Centennial Center Director Amy Forbes.

AQUATIC SCIENCES

Designed for students to explore how water shapes the world, the interdisciplinary minor operates at the crux of geoscience, biology, chemistry, physics, computer science, mathematics and environmental studies. The aquatic sciences program challenges students to cultivate a holistic understanding of the lakes, rivers and wetlands around campus (and beyond), alongside “the skills necessary to gather and analyze data, and then write it up,” says Professor

of Environmental Studies John Halfman. The research-focused course of study is ideal for students interested in pursuing limnology, hydrology, freshwater or marine biology, and conservation careers. [course preview] GEO 186: Introduction to Hydrogeology Topics include the role of water in natural systems; floods and stream processes; and the physical, chemical, and ecological characteristics of lakes, oceans, aquifers, groundwater processes and wetlands.

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◀ Professor of Environmental Studies John Halfman and students collect data from a Finger Lakes tributary.

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MUSIC ADMINISTRATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

From music theory, history, and criticism to business skills and economic principles, the new minor situates the complex business of music in a holistic context. In their coursework, internships and study abroad opportunities, students develop a deep and pragmatic understanding of the role of creativity and leadership in the industry. “Students are thinking about their futures, and we want to give them some concrete directions,” says Associate Professor of Music Katherine Walker, who chairs the department. “When you say you love

music, we hear you and want to help you build a life and career that is secure, rich and fulfilling.” [course preview] MUS 194: A Historical Genealogy of Hip Hop An exploration of the roots and evolution of hip-hop from its emergence in 1970s New York to its present-day artistic and commercial successes, examining the interdisciplinary genre in which poetry, drama, music, art and dance are inextricably linked.

Combining quantitative analysis skills and qualitative liberal arts imagination, the data analytics program engages students in cutting-edge tools and strategies for effectively and ethically substantiating facts. Students explore a variety of data types, collection methods and modeling, as well as related issues like data privacy, collecting ethics and the specter of bias. The program’s co-chairs, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science Jonathan Forde and Associate Professor of Sociology Kendralin Freeman, note that a data analytics minor will show students “how they can enhance their reading of data with action,” enabling them to “communicate what it means” beyond ones and zeroes. [course preview] DATA 251: Data and Context A deep dive into the questions and choices that can shape data in real world applications in a range of fields.

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Viewfinder Since 2019, television anchor and political commentator George Stephanopoulos has donated nearly 2,000 photographs to the Collections of Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Depicting some of the most important historical moments and artistic movements of the 20th century, the final installment of approximately 700 photos arrived at HWS last fall, bringing the appraised value of the Stephanopoulos Collection to nearly $5 million. Spanning politics, institutions and momentous events including the Great Depression, the Civil Rights movement and the Vietnam War, many photos in the Stephanopoulos Collection have a “‘snapshot’ quality” that belies “the skill and artistic labor needed to make something seem effortless,” says HWS Visual Arts Curator Anna Wager ’09. The photos capture “powerful, poignant, unflinching images of people and places, some in really dangerous, damaging or damaged circumstances. There is a privilege and a duty in being able to view their lives in this way, and I look forward to working with our community in dissecting the webs that connect these artists and their works.”

▶ Vintage Associated Press wirephotos: 1. Ferd Kaufman, Salutes Shore (1965). 2. Joe Holloway Jr., Widow Announces For King “Living Memorial” (1968). 3. John Lent, He’ll Say Wednesday (1962). 4. Harvey Georges, Roadblock For Peace Marchers (1962).

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▲ Arthur Dove, 1903, painted Cow V in 1935; Cow I and Cow II are part of the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

HOMECOMING Considered America’s first abstract painter, Arthur Dove, 1903, lived much of his life in Geneva, N.Y., where he took “as his subject matter the family farm and the local barnyard animals, as well as the rural landscapes and industrial areas nearby,” as the Skinner auction house noted in its listing of Cow V. The watercolor painting, which demonstrates “Dove’s impulsive, momentary response to nature through gestural lines and washes of color,” returned to Geneva last fall, arriving at its permanent home in the HWS Collections thanks to an anonymous donor. Dove studied at Hobart for two years before transferring to Cornell. He later moved to New York and worked as an illustrator for magazines like Life and the Saturday Evening Post. Dove’s first solo exhibition in 1912 established him as a prominent abstract painter, and he spent the rest of his career developing his idiosyncratic style of formal abstraction and experimentation. His work is associated with Alfred Stieglitz’s circle of modern American artists, which included Georgia O’Keeffe, who credited Dove with inspiring her to experiment with abstraction. The HWS Collections house five other works by Dove, and the Colleges pay tribute to his memory through the Arthur Dove Scholarship for Studio, Fine Art and Architecture, as well as the Arthur Dove 1903 Art Award. Established in 1980 by William B. Carr, the award is used to purchase a piece of art by an HWS student that best expresses the spirit and ideas that Dove sought in his works.

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This winter, coinciding with the beginning of Hobart’s Bicentennial year, the Davis Gallery at Houghton House explored the “fraught and powerful nature of portraiture.” Featuring paintings and photos from the HWS Collections, including portraits of and by the Colleges’ own, the exhibit showcased the genre’s techniques and tropes, and what they suggest about the artists, their subjects and the viewer.

▲ Clockwise from top left: 1. Jonas Wood ’99, Hairy Head (2002). 2. Alice Neel, Mother and Child (1985). 3. Kara Walker, Boo-Hoo (2000). 4. Ilse Getz, Ninth Avenue Window (1980).

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▲ Gagik Malakyan ’24 and Artem Buzoverya ’24 helped the Statesmen clinch the conference title, but the war between their home countries is never far from their thoughts.

The Waiting Game For the Hobart hockey team, the Russian-Ukraine conflict is personal. B Y

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In February, teammates and friends Artem Buzoverya ’24 and Gagik Malakyan ’24 watched from halfway around the world as the political turmoil between their home countries turned violent. Buzoverya was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, less than 30 miles from the Russian border, not far from where Russian forces invaded. Malakyan grew up in Moscow. Both have family in their respective countries, and the conflict cast a shadow over the spring semester that saw the Statesmen into the NCAA quarterfinals. “You sit every day and just hope for the best but in reality you never know. You don’t control it. None of us do,” says Buzoverya. He and Malakyan came to the U.S. during high school to join junior hockey leagues. When the junior leagues ended, both came to HWS, where they met and built

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“You sit every day and just hope for the best but in reality you never know. You don’t control it. None of us do.”

a strong friendship, bonding over economics coursework, a shared language (Russian) and Hobart hockey. “These are the guys you want to spend time with,” Malakyan says of his teammates. “As soon as you step in the locker room, you feel like this is your family.” The 2020 season, their first at HWS, was limited to three exhibition games due to the pandemic, meaning little time for the two on the ice. But during their sophomore year, they helped the team post a 19-4-2 overall record and clinch the New England Hockey Conference’s regular season title. A center on Hobart’s top line, Buzoverya is one of six Statesmen with 20 points on the season. Malakyan, a defender, posted six points on a goal and five assists, despite playing only 10 games this season because of injury. “From day one, these two young men have distinguished themselves on and off the ice as athletes, citizens and especially students,” says Hobart Hockey Head Coach Mark Taylor. “They are going through a lot right now, and we are doing everything we can to support them. In this uncertain time, what I know for sure is they have the full support of the Colleges, certainly of their teammates and most importantly of each other.” Malakyan says hockey helped keep news of the war at bay, though only for so long. “Every time you step on the ice, you kind of forget about your problems and enjoy the moment with the guys,” he says. “But then you get off the ice and you’re back in reality again, picturing all this stuff that is going on in the world and you can’t do anything about it.” That sense of uncertainty and vulnerability can be consuming, Buzoverya says. “Lately, it’s been kind of hard just to close your eyes and go to sleep without thinking about it, because it’s always there,” he says. “You might go to sleep with a seven-hour difference and wake up to 100 messages saying the worst has happened.” While “it’s hard not to feel anxious and helpless at times,” Malakyan says he’s “thankful for my teammates, coaches, friends and faculty who are doing what they can to help.”

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FOR HWS ATHLETICS In just 24 hours, the HWS community posted record-breaking stats in support of the Herons and Statesmen. During the Colleges’ single biggest fundraising day ever, thousands of members of the HWS community ADOD: participated in the annual Athletics by the numbers Day of Donors, boosting individual teams and the Colleges’ programs in sports medicine and strength and conditioning by nearly $900,000. Once again, ADOD was anchored by donated the late James F. Caird ’56, L.H.D. ‘12 and Cynthia L. Caird L.H.D. ’12, who generously funded the Caird Challenge, putting up $25,000 in of the bonus cash for Hobart and William $270,000 goal Smith athletic teams. “On behalf of HWS Athletics, we all send our heartfelt thanks to the more than 3,000 alums, parents, student-athletes and friends of our 29 donors sports and support staffs who made a gift,” says Brian Miller, associate vice president and director of athletics and recreation. “These gifts will allow our programs to prosper and give us the ability to enhance the entire studentathlete experience, while providing the necessary funding to help each sport and individual reach their full potential.”

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JACOBSEN JOINS NCAA PRESIDENTS COUNCIL In June, President Joyce P. Jacobsen began her four-year term of service on the NCAA’s Division III Presidents Council, the highest governing body in Division III athletics. The Council establishes and directs the general policy of the Division, while also setting D-III’s strategic plan. “It’s an honor to represent the Colleges, our coaches, staff and student athletes, particularly in this exciting time when our athletics department is expanding,” Jacobsen says.

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HOBART LAX SCHOLARSHIPS GET THE OK Since Hobart lacrosse moved to Division I in 1995, NCAA legislation has prevented the Statesmen from offering athletic scholarships. That changed at this year’s NCAA Convention. In January, the Liberty League proposal to permit multidivisional institutions to award athletics aid to their D-I studentathletes passed by an overwhelming majority. Prior to the vote, Hobart lacrosse was bound by D-I rules except those regarding financial aid, making the program unable to grant scholarships based on athletic ability. Between the efforts of HWS Athletics, NCAA compliance staff and financial aid staff, the Colleges will soon be able to announce the institution’s first athletic scholarship.

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ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA TEAM ◀ Midfielder James Greene ’25 spins off a check by a Michigan defender. The Statesmen scrimmaged the Wolverines in the Poole Family Sports Dome at the start of the spring season. ▼ A forward on the Herons, Parisi jukes an RIT defender.

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Olivia Parisi ’22 was elected to the 2021–22 Academic All-America Division III Women’s Basketball first team by the College Sports Information Directors of America. An economics major, Parisi is a Blackwell Scholar, a three-time Liberty League All-Academic selection and a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District pick. She earned Dean's List recognition and was ranked second in the league this season in points per game. She is the fourth Heron basketball player and the 62nd studentathlete in HWS history to be named an Academic All-American.

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We WE the THE People PEOPLE ASSESSING JOHN HENRY HOBART’S EVOLVING VISION BY T HE RT. REV. R . WILLIAM FRANKLIN, Assisting Bishop of Long Island and Dean Emeritus of the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale University

In the 15 years following the War of 1812, the population in the region between Utica, N.Y. and Buffalo increased 150 percent. The religious emotionalism of the Evangelical Second Great Awakening was in vogue, and newcomers to Western New York were so enthralled that Episcopal leaders referred to the region as the Burnt Over District. In response, New York’s third Episcopal bishop, John Henry Hobart, canvassed the state, traveling by horse, stagecoach and canalboat to make his case to residents. Hobart had the energy of 10 men; horses dropped under his exertions. In fact, the bishop himself died in September 1830, only 54 years old, on a visit to the town of Auburn, along the same route he had taken while tending to two projects he considered most important to his role as bishop: the ill-fated conversion of Native Americans and the founding of a college.

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esides Hobart’s work ethic, his hugely influential framework of ideals and values established him as the most important leader in the American Episcopal Church in the 19th century. He was committed to an American Anglicanism founded on the republican principles of both the American Revolution and the primitive Christian Church. He saw bishops as part of an apostolic succession that stretched from the disciples of Jesus to Hobart’s own time, and therefore essential to the Church’s leadership (hence the Episcopal Church). But he also advocated an American Church governed by “the people,” not by a monarch, with bishops elected by the clergy and laity of a state. On this basis he recruited parishioners from outside the pool of Manhattan elites, inviting congregants from all classes, races and regions of the state, so that by 1830 the Episcopal Church in New York had more members than any of its counterparts in the original 13 states. Hobart’s catholic view of the Church entailed expanding missionary activity among Native Americans and the white settlers of Western New York. He reached out to Black communities, consecrating the first Black church in New York State. In 1826, he ordained New York’s first Black priest. And he founded a college in Geneva to educate young Christian farmers, businessmen, lawyers, doctors and local politicians, not just future priests and social elites, in a humane, curious and expansive humanistic understanding of the Christian faith. This was, at least in part, intended to free students from the widespread, mounting influence of what he saw as an emotional, anti-scientific and evangelical interpretation of Christianity. From our vantage point on this 200th anniversary, we can see that Hobart himself struggled to realize the values he preached. There were contradictions between his “We the People” credo and his aversion to the Church’s participation in secular politics of any kind, which steered him away from early abolitionist crusades against slavery and toward complicity in Native American removal policies. And yet, as a fundamental ethos for both American religion and for higher education, the values inherent in Hobart’s radical commitment to “We the People” have profoundly shaped the evolution of the Episcopal Church and the college that bears his name.

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A new church for a new nation

Bishop Hobart was born in Philadelphia in 1775, the son of a ship’s captain who came from New England Puritan stock, similar to the white settlers who would populate Western New York. The Hobarts were members of Christ Church in Philadelphia, the largest Anglican church in the Colonies, whose rector William White became the first Bishop of Pennsylvania and then the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church. White baptized, confirmed and ordained Hobart, and was his primary teacher and mentor. But for Bishop White, Anglicanism could have easily disappeared in America. Before the American Revolution, the Anglican churches in the Colonies were part of the Church of England, an established state Church, which during the Revolution became the Church of the enemy. By the end of the war, there were less than 10,000 Episcopalians left in America. Anglicanism survived because William White laid out

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◀ A drawing of Geneva, ca. 1836. Hobart saw the bustling village as a vital center to promote the growth of the Church.

the intellectual and structural foundation of a new Protestant Episcopal Church. He was its George Washington and its St. Peter. In his short pamphlet, The Case of the Protestant Episcopal Church Considered, published in 1782 while the war with Britain still raged, White proposed a plan for a Church not based upon the sovereignty of a monarch but upon the sovereignty of “the people.” Under this theory of church government, which incidentally would allow Anglicanism to survive in a republic, “the people” would rule by electing the bishops and by electing lay and clergy deputies to a General Convention, which would have ultimate authority over the Church. If White was the St. Peter of this new Church, Hobart was the St. Paul. Like St. Paul, Hobart would become a traveling advocate of the new Episcopalianism, a type-A personality who crisscrossed New York from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes, planting churches in virtually every town, village and city. In 1801, Hobart became a minister and then rector of Trinity Church, Wall Street, then and now the wealthiest parish church in America. In 1811,

For sources and further reading, visit www2.hws.edu/hobart-bicentennial/#founding.

he was elected as a bishop of New York, and for the next 19 years he worked tirelessly to make New York State the model of the new American Anglicanism. He faced a daunting task. The social and political upheaval of war with Britain — first the Revolution, then the War of 1812 — put the new Episcopal Church at a huge deficit, unprecedented in Christian history. Without schools, finances or prestige, the Church in the early 19th century was overshadowed by the Evangelical Movement, which had become the dominant form of Christianity in America, shaping the Baptists, Methodists and Presbyterians, along with other new denominations. The Evangelicals emphasized the necessity of a conversion experience, divine grace forcefully encountering the individual at one moment, provoking regeneration in faith and moral benevolence. Evangelical denominations also encouraged parishioners to engage in secular national political life by voting and lobbying, for instance, to curtail certain sports and the sale of alcoholic beverages, and to support the abolition of chattel slavery. To counter evangelical revivalism Hobart became the ultimate church planter. He quadrupled the number of Episcopal clergy in New York. He confirmed 15,000 new Episcopalians. He undertook campaign after campaign to instruct and reform, traversing the state, founding institutions, theological societies, Bible societies and a seminary. For 19 extraordinary years he devoted himself to advancing his vision of High Church theology, which promised Church members more freedom — freedom from an elaborate confessional creed and a strict code of social behavior; freedom from the pressure to show evidence of a conversion experience; freedom to exercise reason and include scientific insights in making religious and moral decisions. In his most famous work, An Apology for Apostolic Order and Its Advocates (1807), Hobart unveiled the motto of his High Church movement: “My banner is Evangelical Truth, and Apostolic Order.”

Missions to the West

With the construction of the Erie Canal, Hobart turned his attention to the western region of the state, with its Native American population and New England transplants. In October 1818, he visited the Oneida tribes and personally invited their chiefs, with their people, to join the Episcopal Church. Hobart commissioned a translation of The Book of Common Prayer into the Oneida language and in 1819 consecrated St. Peter’s Church, a chapel for a Native American congregation at the settlement of Oneida Castle. On that occasion he confirmed and welcomed 89

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▲ A monument to Hobart at Trinity Church in Manhattan, where he served as rector. The bishop is buried beneath the church’s chancel.

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Oneidas into the Church. He licensed Eleazar Williams, an Oneida candidate for holy orders, as a lay reader and catechist to officiate in the native language at St. Peter’s. During Hobart’s missions to the Oneidas in 1818, he visited Geneva, which he believed would be a strategic location for influencing the whole of Western New York. The village was home to an academy, founded in 1798, which Hobart ventured to expand into a college — one which, with Episcopalians on its Board, would be friendly toward the Church. With support from Genevans, including local Episcopalian donors and a public subscription, funds were transferred from Geneva Academy and nearby Fairfield Academy to finance the proposed college. Hobart also secured grants for the endowment from Trinity Church in Manhattan, the New York Diocesan Convention, the Episcopal Society for the Promotion of Religion and Learning, and from wealthy Manhattan donors like the Startin family. Geneva College, renamed Hobart College in the 1850s, was seen as part of the Church’s mission to the West. The Board was indeed made up of a majority of Episcopalians: its first president Jasper Adams was an Episcopal priest, and through the 19th century the bishops of Western New York and leading Buffalo and Rochester clergy were Trustees. But unlike the other Episcopal college in the state, Columbia College in Manhattan, Geneva was not to be under the control of the Episcopal Church. The new college was not to exclude any student on account of his particular tenets in religion, and Episcopal students were not to enjoy any particular privileges. Hobart’s intent was not to expose undergraduates to any intense Episcopalian indoctrination but rather to shield young people from the narrow influence of other denominations. Ultimately, Hobart’s vision for the college was to educate future leaders of the West — people from all backgrounds, not merely clergy or social elites: farmers, merchants, manufacturers, mechanics, lawyers, physicians and politicians. (Nevertheless, the Episcopalian influence was evident; over the first 100 years, 24 percent of Hobart College graduates entered the ministry, including 15 alumni who became bishops of the Episcopal Church.) Alongside the classical Latin and Greek course of Columbia College, Geneva established an English course, a curriculum obviously intended for the businessmen, farmers and engineers of

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Ultimately, Hobart’s vision for the college was to educate future leaders of the West — people from all backgrounds, not merely clergy or social elites: farmers, merchants, manufacturers, mechanics, lawyers, physicians and politicians.

the new country. And yet the curriculum reflected the High Church Christian humanism of Hobart, the belief that religion does not demand the sacrifice of the knowledge, pleasures and beauty of the world: theater, science, sports, friendship, social amusements — all go to building a new continent, a vibrant humanity and a responsible citizenry.

Contradictions and evolutions

Despite this relatively progressive influence at Geneva College, Hobart’s High Church Movement eschewed secular politics. His vision for the Church was modeled on the primitive small Christian communities of the first four centuries after Christ. Under this model, which pre-dated white supremacy, the Church was universal — for all people. And yet, wary of linking the Episcopal Church in the public mind to the state Church of England, Hobart maintained that the True Church had no business engaging in political issues: the Church is divine, the state is mortal, politics are therefore taboo. He believed the Church, as the body of Christ, could not be divided over what he felt to be a political issue. So while debates over slavery split the Presbyterians, the Methodists and the Baptists into separate denominations, Hobart avoided public discussion of the subject entirely. To avoid a clash and potential division over the issue of race, he privately tutored Peter Williams, a Black lay reader, in preparation for holy orders, rather than encouraging his study at the General Theological Seminary. Meanwhile, in 1814, Hobart helped secure a grant from Trinity Church to found St. Philip’s, the first Black Church in New York State, in lower Manhattan. In 1819, Hobart consecrated St. Philip’s, though he wouldn’t permit the parish’s clergy or members to attend the Conventions of the Diocese of New York, whose meetings were racially segregated. In 1826, Hobart ordained Williams as the first Black priest in New York State, and while he allowed Williams to join the American Anti-Slavery Society, a mob ransacked St. Philip’s in 1834, blaming Williams’ abolitionist politics; Hobart’s successor as Bishop of New York forced Williams to resign from the Society. And although Hobart made strenuous efforts to include Indigenous tribes in the Church, the bishop neither understood nor valued Native American institutions. His ardent support of missions to the Oneidas led to his cooperation in their relocation from New York to Wisconsin. The vast Church of the Holy Apostles in the town of Oneida, Wisc. was dedicated in Hobart’s memory, but according to a 2019 history of the Wisconsin Oneidas and the Episcopal Church, congregants there were later misled by Eleazar Williams, the deacon Hobart had assigned to the church, who began “ignoring the Oneidas’ best interests and collaborating with land speculators and the government for his own selfaggrandizement.” Though flawed and unevenly applied, the Hobartian commitment to all the people can be seen in the trajectory of the Church and of the college he founded. By the mid-1830s, Geneva College had matriculated its first Native student, Abraham La Fort,

and first Black student, Isaiah De Grasse. In 1844, Peter Wilson, a member of the Cayuga Nation, became the first Native American to graduate from Geneva Medical College (or any medical college, most likely), and in 1849 Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in America to receive a medical degree. The founding of William Smith opened Hobart College’s faculty, facilities and administration to women (though the classes were separated by gender), and over the following century, the Colleges’ curriculum expanded to include early programs in women’s studies, African American studies and the nation’s first undergraduate major in queer studies, moving ever closer to the essence of Hobart’s vision. Considering this trajectory, it is fitting that in this anniversary year the first Black Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, the Most Rev. Michael B. Curry ’75, D.D. ’20, is a graduate of Hobart College. Bishop Hobart’s desire to combine the High Church and the Evangelical into one — “apostolic order and evangelical teaching” — is what we see today in the many expressions of the Church under this Presiding Bishop: the Michael Curry who preaches the royal wedding sermon is the Michael Curry who leads a handclapping revival. Listen closely and you can hear a fuller embodiment of John Henry Hobart’s vision of “We the People” in Bishop Curry’s, which imagines “individuals, small gathered communities, and congregations whose way of life is the way of Jesus and his way of love, no longer centered on empire and establishment, no longer fixated on preserving institutions, no longer shoring up white supremacy or anything else that hurts or harms any child of God.” Hobart led the Church at a difficult time. The pre-Revolutionary era was not coming back, and he faced the anxiety and disillusion of Anglicans who were attracted by other faiths or none. Like Hobart, Bishop Curry leads at a difficult time for the Church and the country. In the post-Civil Rights era, he faces the anxiety and disillusion of a post-pandemic nation where many are skeptical of religion, scornful of authority, and fearful of those who do not look, think, worship or vote as they do. But in his calls for a “beloved community,” Bishop Curry advocates a climate, a mindset, an atmosphere in which all people experience dignity and abundance and see themselves and others as beloved children of God. In this work, he is manifesting the unfulfilled premises and promises of Hobart’s ministry. R. William Franklin is the XI Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western New York (resigned) and he is currently Assisting Bishop of the Diocese of Long Island and a member of the Faculty of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. He is also Dean Emeritus of the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale University. He thanks Judy Stark and Denise Fillion for their input on this article.

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“There is little similarity between the Hobart of today and the rude frontier institution from which it has emerged. Dramatic changes have occurred in enrollment, plant and curriculum. Yet the College we know today is in a real sense an ever-growing memorial to its past: a tribute inscribed physically in ivy-covered buildings, spiritually in cherished ideals and traditions.” These observations ring as true today as they likely did when the late Anthony Bridwell ’49, L.H.D. ’82 This photo essay is informed by the work of Tricia McEldowney and recorded them in Twenty Generations of Hobart, a Brandon Moblo of the Hobart and William Smith Archives; John Marks, brief history of the institution published in 1954. Becky Chapin and Historic Geneva; Ken DeBolt, Alex Kerai ’19, Doug The following pages revisit some of those dramatic Lippincott, Mary Warner ’21, Andrew changes and cherished traditions, the points of Wickenden ’09 and Catherine Williams. Photos by Kevin Colton and progress and continuity, and the remarkable eras and Adam Farid ’20, or sourced from the HWS Archives, except where noted. enduring principles that have shaped Hobart College these past 200 years.

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The Quad THE HEART OF CAMPUS. Matriculations, graduations, reunions. Military training, protests, classes in the spring sunshine. Past and future presidents, Nobel winners, varsity football games. Flour Scraps, Folk Fest, slip-n-slides. Tears of frustration, tears of joy, handshakes, hugs, hallelujahs…the Quad has seen it all. (FYI, the Flour Scrap was an almost-food fight waged between early Hobart College freshmen and sophomores, who flung flour at one another on the Quad until an upperclassman referee declared a winner.)

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“The star of Hobart is rising, and if the auspicious promises in the sky deceive not, will in the future know no setting.” —The Echo, 1872

▼ POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE. Members of the Hobart and William Smith community gather around the “Commencement Elm” during the Hobart College Centennial celebrations in 1922. That northwest corner near Williams Hall is where today’s Commencement processionals enter the Quad.

▲ BLANK CANVAS. The iconic Hobart Quadrangle wouldn’t really take shape until Coxe Hall was completed in 1900. Photographed from the roof of Geneva Hall ca. 1870–80, this westward view of Pulteney Street — and the plot that would later become the Quad — shows the limited campus development during the College’s hardscrabble first 50 years. Blackwell House and McCormick House can be seen on the hill in the distance.

▶ NEITHER SNOW, NOR WIND… Students brave the winter cold for Quad fun during Winter Fest, ca. 1980–81.

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Roots & Anchors ▶ GENESIS. By the late 18th century, Geneva was a thriving community of 1,700 residents established just a mile from the original Seneca settlement Kanadesaga. The bustling village of Geneva was home to an academy, founded in 1796, that would one day become Hobart College. Thousands of graduates later, the city and the Colleges are connected in countless ways, through community-based coursework and Honors projects, service and internships, and in the lives of faculty, staff, students and alums who, in one way or another, consider it home.

▲ O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? Early campus social life was shaped by literary clubs like the Euglossian Society, founded by students in 1821. But those groups, which collected libraries and conducted debates, were “doomed by the rapid rise of the Greek letter fraternities,” as Warren Hunting Smith wrote in his history of the Colleges. Sigma Phi and Alpha Delta Phi began at Geneva in 1840, followed by Kappa Alpha (1844), Theta Delta Phi (1857) and Chi Phi (1860); by the early 1900s nearly all students were pledged. Novelist, historian and Theta Delta Chi brother Bellamy Partridge, 1900, noted in his reminiscence of his college years, Salad Days (1951): “The college fraternity is no oneway street. It gives a man brotherhood, friends, close companionship, and numerous intangibles, but in return it makes definite demands such as good behavior, respect, loyalty, and an appreciable amount of scholarship.” Today, roughly 20 percent of the student body participates in the eight fraternities and one sorority now active: Kappa Alpha, Chi Phi, Kappa Sigma, Delta Chi, Phi Sigma Kappa, Sigma Chi, Theta Delta Chi, Alpha Phi Alpha and Theta Phi Alpha.

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◀ PRAYERS AND PRANKS. Hobart’s Episcopal origins structured student life for more than a century. Besides the College’s theological school, which operated from 1850 to 1920, the academic year was divided into three terms during those early years: Trinity, Epiphany and Easter. Mandatory chapel service began at 5:30 a.m. The hour would change, but attendance remained a graduation requirement until 1964, regardless of students’ spiritual affiliations. Eventually, The H Book notes, students could comply by attending services in Geneva or by passing two semesters of religion and philosophy. (Those who fell behind found themselves in the pews daily to graduate on time.) But it wasn’t all staid religious study; sophomores sold seats to unsuspecting new arrivals, and livestock was found inside the chapel, presumably let in by some Hobart jokesters.

▶ MEAL PLANNING. Synonymous with campus dining since the 1950s, the main student commissary was officially named the Great Hall of Saga in 1997, when the Alumni Association presented the Hobart Medal of Excellence to the Saga Corporation’s founders, William F. Scandling ’49, LL.D. ’67, W. Price Laughlin ’49, LL.D. ’67 and Harry W. “Hunk” Anderson ’49, LL.D. ’67. The World War II vets had started managing campus dining operations during their junior year, marking the beginning of Saga, which would revolutionize food service nationwide, and a momentous era in HWS history. As the company expanded, Scandling managed operations from Geneva for more than a decade, growing closer to HWS, leading to his long tenure as a Trustee, including 10 years as Board Chair; as the years passed, he became the Colleges’ largest benefactor, supporting campus building projects, the endowment and scholarships.

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The Classroom & Beyond

▲ Participants in the NYC Behind the Scenes program, near Times Square, ca. 2019.

▲ VISIONARY EDUCATION. Teaching and learning at HWS have adapted to the needs of the era and the campus community. In many cases, the curriculum has augured the future of higher ed, with some of the nation’s earliest programs in women’s studies, gender and sexuality, Africana studies and Asian languages and cultures. The Colleges remain at the leading edge of global education (ranked consistently among the nation’s best), experiential learning (from “Two Cities” and the semester in D.C., to today’s guaranteed internship program), and research grounded in the local environment (see the work of the Finger Lakes Institute, or just about any science course). During that 200-year evolution, however, the purpose has remained constant. As former Dean Clarence Butler L.H.D. ’06 once said: “The role of the College is…not to implant in each of its students a vision, but to challenge, cultivate, stimulate what is already there, but perhaps not yet seen or felt.”

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▶ GENIUS AND EXPERIENCE. Early communiques and course schedules hint at the liberal arts and sciences of the future HWS. The “English Course” curriculum, as described in an 1824 pamphlet, was intended to educate students in “the practical business of life, by which the Agriculturist, the Merchant, and the Mechanic may receive a practical knowledge of what genius and experience have discovered.” This well-rounded approach endures today, as the pursuit of knowledge takes students, alongside faculty mentors, across campus and beyond — to Geneva, neighboring communities and around the world.

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◀ TEACHING STUDENTS “TO LIVE, NOT MERELY TO MAKE A LIVING. That is the aim of the Hobart curriculum” (The Echo, ca. 1950). Until the early 1970s, the Western Civilization courses were the academic centerpiece of that aim. Western Civ was designed, as the 1947 yearbook put it, “to develop in the student an intelligent and urgent sense of his responsibility for the moral and civic welfare of the community…[as well as] to furnish him with a breadth of basic education which will enable him to choose his future career wisely and… follow his chosen career with success.”

▲ Students (and possibly professors) in the reading room of the old library in the Middle Building, which once stood between Geneva and Trinity halls, ca. 1875–80. ▲ A Western Civ lecture in Coxe Auditorium, ca. 1949–50.

◀ Associate Professor of Art and Architecture Jeffrey Blankenship and students discussing a class project based in downtown Geneva, ca. 2016.

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Scientiﬁc Methods ▶ MEDICAL HISTORY. Dr. Peter Wilson, 1844, was the first Indigenous graduate of Geneva Medical College and likely the first Native American to earn a medical degree. A member of the Cayuga Nation, Wilson grew up and was educated at a Quaker school on the Buffalo Creek Reservation in Erie, N.Y. When he arrived at Geneva’s fledgling medical school in 1842, he was already a “skilled politician like his uncle Red Jacket,” writes Mary Hess, who taught at HWS from 2005 to 2011 and later at SUNY Oswego. “Wilson was a powerful, passionate orator and also a translator for the U.S. government; just as significant, and his calling card in the white world, was his astonishing scientific versatility: physician, dentist, surgeon, as well as a lawyer and diplomat.” Wilson was a signatory to the Buffalo Creek Treaty of 1838, which, as part of the U.S. government’s Indian removal policies, led to the migration of Seneca and Cayuga residents of Buffalo Creek to Oklahoma. Amid concerns over federal fraud, Wilson soon after began a 20-year lobbying effort to reverse and rectify the treaty, restore Native residents to the Cattaraugus and Allegheny reservations, and ensure they were compensated for the Buffalo and Tonawanda reservations. As a physician and surgeon, Wilson practiced at Bellevue Hospital in New York City and on the battlefield during the Civil War. He eventually returned to the Cattaraugus reservation, where his last years “were likely difficult” due to a stroke, as Hess explains in the spring 2020 issue of The James Fenimore Cooper Society Journal. Despite Wilson’s renown as an orator, his death in 1872 “was briefly remarked upon in a Buffalo newspaper as the passing of an old chief.” Though he endured the “personal strain” of “negotiating two worlds” — including the “fraught endeavor” of the 1838 treaty — Hess concludes that Wilson’s life was one “of service, both to his patients and to his Cayuga and Seneca people.”

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▼ FIELDNOTES. For well over a century, scientific inquiry has taken students and faculty from campus classrooms into the surrounding environment — and sometimes farther afield. Studying invasive species, Professor of Biology Meghan Brown (center) has traveled to Italy, Guatemala, Australia and New Zealand, and back to Seneca Lake, bringing new data, techniques and perspectives on troublesome non-native plants and animals. In 2016, she led a team of interdisciplinary researchers in Cuba to investigate why the island nation has fewer invasive plant species compared to its Caribbean neighbors. Brown returns in December 2022 with Professor of Spanish and Hispanic Studies May Farnsworth to guide alums as they explore Cuba’s ecology.

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▶ THE EYE OF THE STORM. Documenting severe weather on the horizon near Anton, Colo., during a 2017 geoscience field course with Professors Neil Laird and Nick Metz. The core faculty of the atmospheric sciences program, Laird and Metz regularly lead students on the hunt for supercell thunderstorms and tornados — that is, when they’re not compiling an unprecedented lake-effect snow database. Or mentoring students through the Northeast Partnership for Atmospheric & Related Sciences, which attracts undergrads from across the country to research weather and climate phenomena with HWS students and faculty. Over the past 20 years, these developments have distinguished the Colleges as a hub for atmospheric research and education. (Notable: Albert J. Myer, 1847, who organized and commanded the U.S. Army Signal Corps during the Civil War, is considered the father of the U.S. Weather Bureau, a precursor to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.)

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▲ OBSERVE AND REPORT. The first astronomy observatory on campus, built between 1869 and 1870, was located roughly where Gulick Hall now stands. Today, students and faculty explore the cosmos at the Richard S. Perkin Observatory near Houghton House.

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Crossroads ▲ William Smith, seated in the center, with the College’s Charter Class of 1912.

▲ OLD SCHOOL. The Class of 1872 was typical of Hobart classes through the early 20th century: very small, nearly all white and all male (with the notable exception of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, 1849). Student enrollment wouldn’t total 100 until 1900. ▶ NEW ERA. Coordinate schools like Hobart and William Smith “pioneered a new kind of college curriculum that fit the changing needs of women during the Progressive Era,” as Emory University Vice Provost Paul Marthers wrote in his 2013 study of women’s colleges in American Educational History Journal. Today, as one of the few remaining coordinate institutions in the nation, the Colleges’ heritage offers a framework to understand and interrogate gender. President Joyce P. Jacobsen wrote in 2020 that such heritage encourages “a healthy dialectic that causes HWS community members to reflect on gender and its intersectionality with other aspects of difference…. [We] can celebrate it as we also seek to expand its meaning.”

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◀ WILLIAM SMITH TO THE RESCUE. Dogged by financial challenges through the late 1800s and early 1900s, Hobart College may not have survived without William Smith’s gift to create a “coordinate” institution for women. Anna Botsford Comstock L.H.D. ’30 — an accomplished author, educator and the Colleges’ first woman Trustee — argued for the coordinate model over a coeducational one on the basis that a sudden, full-fledged merger with a new women’s college would disturb Hobart’s identity and “alienate the alumni body.”

◀ Students celebrate their graduation from the HEOP summer institute, ca. 2013. HWS became one of the first institutions in the nation to establish an academic access program when the Colleges signed on to New York State’s Higher Education Opportunity Program in 1969.

▲ French class, ca. 1942

▲ MODERNIZING. The first joint commencement coincided with Hobart’s Centennial in 1922, and the two Colleges became more closely linked over the following decades. Hastened along by the fiscal redundancy of teaching Hobart students and William Smith students separately, all classes were coed by 1938. On Commencement Day for many years, diplomas were issued by one College, then the other, but since 2016 seniors have voted to receive theirs in alphabetical order; each graduate chooses whether their diploma says Hobart College, William Smith College or Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

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◀ TRAVEL IN EXCELLENT COMPANY. At critical moments in institutional and national history, students, faculty, alums and friends have charted new paths to strengthen the campus’ intellectual outlook and cultural fabric. The galvanizing voices of the HWS community broaden and deepen the Colleges’ character — from admissions practices to the curriculum — ensuring that students can explore, collaborate and find their fullest sense of purpose and belonging.

Students and faculty gather on the deCordova Hall terrace outside the LGBTQ+ Resource Center, which opened in 2017 and seeks to affirm and support the identities of all LGBTQIA+ students, faculty and staff. The Resource Center develops and coordinates programming to promote education, social opportunities, wellness and support for all students at HWS, while fostering allies who engage the community at large with compassion and empathy.

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In Service ▼ TRAINING GROUNDS. From World War I through Vietnam, military training was a typical Hobart experience. In the spring of 1917, with students and faculty joining the war effort, the Student Army Training Corps was instituted, attracting nearly 200 enlistees who performed military drills two hours a day, five days a week. During World War II, to offset dropping enrollment and produce officers, the first group of Navy V-12 trainees arrived on campus July 1, 1943. From 1951 to 1964, the Air Force ROTC program was mandatory for all incoming students; amid growing faculty and student discontent, the program was shuttered in September of 1970, but as former director of alumni relations Ret. Lt. Col. John Norvell ’66, P’99, P’02 notes on his blog, Tales from Hobart and William Smith, the ROTC, like the V-12 program, “provided a valuable source of revenue to the cash-strapped Colleges.”

“This is the third day of the battle. How the scales will turn can hardly be told as yet. We hope for the best. I never felt less like a fight than now.”

▲ Navy V-12 trainees in formation on the Quad, ca. 1944–45.

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▲ A LETTER HOME. Brig. General Edward Stuyvesant Bragg, 1844, for whom Ft. Bragg is named, was among at least 75 Hobart alums, students and non-graduates to serve in the Union Army during the Civil War. (At least five students and/or alums fought for the Confederacy.) Another Civil War veteran, Sgt. Major Edward H.C. Taylor, 1861, who served with the Union Army’s 4th Regiment Michigan Infantry, documented his wartime experience in a collection of correspondence held by the HWS Archives. Taylor’s letter, dated Dec. 13, 1862, reads: “My dear Mother: I have but a word to write. A battle is going on and our Div. is just going in. Our troops are in Fredericksburg [Va.] and are fighting in the streets. This is the third day of the battle. How the scales will turn can hardly be told as yet. We have lost heavily and have a horrid position to gain. We hope for the best. I never felt less like a fight than now. I expect the Div. will take it tomorrow. Love to all. Edward.”

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▶ Anti-war demonstration, ca. 1968–69.

CALL OF DUTY. Approaching its Centennial, Hobart revised the curriculum to provide, as the 1920–21 catalog noted, a “thoroughly modern education in the arts and sciences, both as the needed introduction to professional or technical training and as an important preparation for civic life and duty.” Evident in the College’s earliest graduates, that dual sense of purpose extends through the Citizenship Course of the 1930s to today’s students and young alums, who carry forward the mantle of public duty — whether through elected office or military commissions, grassroots organizing or the annual Days of Service. ▼ As part of a 2019 Day of Service, students package meals in Bristol Field House in partnership with the international relief organization Rise Against Hunger.

◀ Students signing up for Big Brothers, Big Sisters, ca. 1996–97.

▲ HWS and the Geneva community at the April 1968 march in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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▲ STICKS IN THE MUD. The Hobart lacrosse team, ca. 1908. The intercollegiate sport began at Hobart 10 years prior, and early games were rough in every sense. The 1898 Echo recounts the inaugural competition: “The 12 Hobart men, indistinguishable from the Cornell team because of the mud, handled their sticks, with several exceptions, like shovels…All that afternoon, despite the driving rain and slippery mud, the first Hobart College lacrosse team ever to take the field held a powerful and more experienced Cornell team in check. Finally the game ended with Hobart the victor by a 2 to 1 score.”

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▲ BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK… Hobart laxers celebrating in the midst of the legendary run of 10 consecutive NCAA Division III Championships under the tutelage of Coach Dave Urick. The Statesmen still hold the record for the most D-III national lacrosse championships, with 13 titles between 1980 and 1993.

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▲ VICTORY LAP. “Win or lose, the Hobart warriors and the Hobart rooters never said quits,” observed journalist Arch Merrill, 1920. The determination of the Statesmen and their fans has fueled success on the water, the ice, the court and the field. Since 1995, Hobart teams have won more than 40 conference championships, including two each for squash and tennis, three each for basketball and soccer, six for hockey, 11 for football and a staggering 15 consecutive Liberty League championships for rowing.

▲ UNDEFEATED. In 1954, the Statesmen were the only undefeated football team in the state, finishing the season 8–0. The Echo predicted they would “be looked upon in future years as one of the finest ever to display the Purple and Orange.” Nearly 70 years on, the ’54 squad is still the only Hobart football team to go unbeaten, though teams in the early ’70s and 2010s came close, reviving that high-scoring, steamrolling momentum.

▲ EXTRA INNINGS. Intercollegiate baseball was played at Hobart beginning in 1860, making it the College’s first athletics program. After a nearly 30-year hiatus, the sport returns to varsity status this fall. The 1992 team — honored as a Team of Distinction in 2013 — posted a 25–12–1 overall record and earned the program’s first NCAA Championship bid.

▲ SMOOTH SAILING. The Hobart Navy, a.k.a. the Boating Club or the Hobart Aquatic Association, was founded in the late 1800s — a precursor to the HWS sailing team, which in 2005 won the ICSA National Championship for both Coed Dinghy and Team Race.

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Throughlines “These are the attitudes you may expect to find in Hobart and William Smith” — then, now and forever.

▶ SCHOOL SPIRIT. Members of the Class of 2019 are welcomed into the Alumni Association at the Hobart Launch. Like the William Smith Toast and the Matriculation ceremony, the Launch is one of many traditions past and present that bind alums, both to one another and to the Colleges. Such bonds reflect what Honorary Trustee Herbert J. Stern ’58, P’03, LL.D. ’74 once called “a spirit that can be felt even though it cannot be touched, a spirit that transcends generations and will abide with us as long as we are faithful to it.” ▲ ONWARD AND UPWARD. A human pyramid on the Quad, ca. 1968–69. At more than 20,000 and growing, today’s community of alums has seen the Colleges into maturity, each class in its own style, each leaving a foundation on which the next classes build.

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▲ UNIQUELY HWS. With a nod to the Colleges’ marketing materials of the era, the 1973 yearbook emphasizes that individuality “is the essence of Hobart and William Smith thinking. The Colleges think of you not as a member of a class or group; they think of you as an individual with unique talents and creeds. Hobart and William Smith will demand much of you, for they uphold the highest standards of teaching and learning. They encourage the development and expression of strong personal convictions. These are the attitudes you may expect to find in Hobart and William Smith” — then, now and forever.

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Gaze into the Milky Way from the shores of Seneca Lake. What glimpses of the future can be seen? As Hobart College turns 200, alums are looking forward. Drawing on their careers, life experiences and imaginations, they are envisioning what’s ahead: how to transform education, work and the economy for the better; how to improve our relationships with neighbors, technology and the natural world; how to process the opacities of history and the informational onslaught of the present; and how to create narratives that give our lives shape and meaning.

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>> Abby Johnson ’84 INVESTING IN THE FUTURE Chairman and CEO of Fidelity Investments, Johnson reflects on innovation, the power of curiosity and the future of her 76-year-old family company, which manages more than $4 trillion in assets.

AS THE HEAD OF FIDELITY INVESTMENTS for nearly a decade, Abby Johnson ’84 has expanded the company’s historical focus on retirement and brokerage, implementing a bold and innovative strategy. Number six on Forbes’ 2021 “Power Women” list, she has led the Bostonbased mutual fund’s adaptations to major generational, demographic and economic disruptions. She has courted a diverse range of clients and guided Fidelity’s investments in cryptocurrency and other emerging assets, all while cultivating a culture where trust, inclusivity and innovation go hand in hand. Even as she acknowledges the importance of her family company’s roots, she is eager to identify and embrace the next opportunities of the digital age. You lead a company that over the span of nearly a century has enhanced the lives of tens of millions of people. How do you consider that past as you’re planning for the future? Fidelity began as a mutual fund company, and investment management will always be part of our company’s DNA, but we have evolved and grown into many businesses over the past 76 years. Remembering and honoring our history is important. But I don’t spend a lot of mental energy thinking about the past. I prefer to focus on the future. When I see too much anchoring in our past accomplishments, then it can lead to complacency and resistance to new ideas, which slows the pace of innovation. I never lose sight of Fidelity’s entrepreneurial — and some would say contrarian — spirit, as well as our intense focus on delivering a great customer experience. This gives me and the managers at Fidelity a lot of freedom to innovate and find new areas of growth. As a result, I don’t feel constrained by Fidelity’s past. I feel pretty much the opposite. I feel empowered to try new things, to explore new products and services, and to expand into new areas. Change can be scary, but it can also be exciting. There’s always going to be tension. I’d be worried if there wasn’t. There’s the tension between the needs of the business today versus the business we want to create in the future. There is the tension of honoring our past, but adapting it 4 8 / T H E P U LT EN EY STRE E T SURVE Y

to the future needs of a digital business. Finally, there is the tension of how we interact with each other, with customers and with external stakeholders. The key is to use the tension to keep things moving forward. HWS alums who work at Fidelity have remarked on the company’s family atmosphere. How do you foster that environment with so many employees? One of my main responsibilities is to create a supportive environment where Fidelity leaders and associates are comfortable and confident asking uncomfortable questions about our business strategy, culture and customers. When people feel comfortable in being themselves and offering up ideas and suggestions, which we take seriously and respond to, then this creates an environment of confidence. What I’ve found, both personally and professionally, is that everyone needs to feel confident that there is no intent to find someone or something to blame. This is really important. The point isn’t to try to identify the culprit for some past mistake or misstep. The objective is to brainstorm solutions to problems in a collaborative and productive way. When you do this, it creates a culture of mutual respect and trust, which are the foundations of successful companies and also families. You’re known for working to significantly increase the number of women at Fidelity and you’ve been a public champion for women in finance. Where is Fidelity in that effort and where do you think the industry is? Women are a critical part of the future of financial services. We want more women to consider our industry, and Fidelity in particular, for their careers. You don’t need to change who you are to have a great career in finance. ▶ As a student at Hobart and William Smith, Johnson worked summers at Fidelity, which her grandfather founded in 1946. After graduating with a degree in art history, she joined an analytics consulting firm in New York before earning her M.B.A. from Harvard. She returned to Fidelity as an analyst in 1988 and since then has risen through the company. In 2014, she was named CEO of Fidelity Investments, and in 2016, she became chairman.

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Supporting our associates in a way that allows them to bring their whole selves to work each and every day is one of the most important things we can do. This includes supporting women in the workplace. Years ago, Fidelity established its Women’s Leadership Employee Resource Group. The group’s goals are to provide development opportunities to members with a focus on “developing the whole you — professional, personal and financial.” Along with the rest of the financial services industry, we need and want to do more to attract and retain women at all levels. People want to take action, but often don’t know where to start. It’s the same problem that has stalled this work for decades — sometimes it just feels too big to solve. We have a concept called “Simple Starts” that prompts our employees to adjust the behaviors and businesses processes that make up their day-to-day work. By focusing on behaviors within your immediate control, rather than trying to shift an entire organization’s culture all at once, we have seen incremental changes that add up significantly over time. At Fidelity, we believe that diversity is a business imperative. A company that has associates with diverse backgrounds and experiences is in the best position to thrive. So, at its core, this is about finding the best talent to help Fidelity grow as a company and help customers achieve their financial dreams. What have been the major disruptions in the finance industry, and what have those disruptions meant for Fidelity’s strategy and services? Fintechs are accelerating the trend toward digital tools and apps, along with lower-fee products, particularly among younger customers and those new to investing. We know that young investors want tools that are easy to use and reflect the digital experiences in other parts of their life, so we have teams dedicated to creating more intuitive digital experiences across all of our platforms. We are working to make investing more accessible to a broader range of investors. We were the first firm to offer zero minimums to open a retail brokerage account, zero investment minimums, zero commissions for online U.S. stock trades and zero expense ratio index mutual funds. We listen to our customers and take their feedback into consideration when we’re improving our products. For example, we launched on Reddit in 2021 and through customer feedback, made improvements to our Fidelity flagship app. That improved experience passed one million users on the beta version of the app, and we’re continuing to make improvements and decisions as we hear from customers about what would make their experiences even better.

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“A company that has associates with diverse backgrounds and experiences is in the best position to thrive.” Where do you see the next big source of disruption? We face competitive disruption on multiple fronts. The challenges are in four basic areas. First, we need to address the continual downward pressure on fees and revenues. But low fees and easy-to-use apps, by themselves, are not the goal. The goal is to provide easy-touse investment solutions at competitive prices. Second, the need for speed across Fidelity’s businesses is critical. Gone are the days of large-scale, multiyear, overly complex projects. Instead, we have rapid, defined product development sprints where we seek customer feedback along the way, making adjustments and changing course in response. The third imperative is regulatory change. We need to anticipate, prepare for and adapt the customer experience to the requirements of new regulatory regimes. But we don’t want to just comply with the new rules. We want to deliver an exceptional experience that helps customers plan and achieve their financial goals. The fourth is demographics. Younger customers have different expectations and demands, both as customers and employees. In particular, Gen Z investors are more racially and culturally diverse than previous generations, and the financial education, digital support and investment options that we offer this group need to reflect their unique values and interests. Fidelity took early leadership in supporting cryptocurrency. What excites you most about the broader applications of blockchain? Where do you see the risks? Fidelity has been working for years on a blockchain ecosystem, which started over eight years ago with mining bitcoin and a heavy focus on research. I believe blockchain technology and digital assets will represent a large part of the financial industry’s future. Crypto is a dynamic, fast-growing market, and the volatility in the digital assets markets is because it’s a relatively new S U M M ER 2 0 2 2

asset type and so its adoption as a store of value is not going to be linear. I anticipate that the day-to-day volatility may come down over time as the industry develops new products, which will lead to more ownership and participation by more market participants. One of the biggest risks right now is on the regulatory side, as it’s a new asset type and needs new regulations. Fidelity holds regular scenario-planning exercises to prepare for novel challenges. What are their benefits and how might they help the company navigate, for instance, an event like the pandemic or the next Great Recession? The economics of the financial industry continue to require faster speed to market. To bring winning solutions to scale as quickly as possible, we use the “scan, try, scale” process. First, we scan the environment for new opportunities. Next, we identify new things to try. In this phase, it’s important to stress that it’s all right to fail if, in the process, you learn something about how to improve the customer experience. Lastly, it’s critical to have the persistence to work through any complexities and scale the ideas that seem promising. As part of this process, we have engaged in scenarioplanning exercises to stress-test our infrastructure, products and services. This helps us expand our thinking and look beyond just the next year or two. In fact, this type of scenario planning helped us start research on cryptocurrency, which eventually led to an internal experiment to mine bitcoin, and now we have a fast-growing digital assets custody business. This type of thinking also led us to invest in remote working technology long before the pandemic hit. So, when we had to quickly move to working from home because of COVID-19, we were prepared. Since the start of your career, you have exhibited a tireless work ethic. What drives you, where do you draw inspiration, and how do you recharge? The value of staying curious is something I strongly believe in, whether that’s learning a new skill or recognizing something you think is interesting and learning more about that. I try to bring this mindset to work every day. I also try to make sure I maintain a balance between being in front of employees and customers. Almost every time I visit a Fidelity location around the U.S., I do a town hall meeting with associates. I also attend as many of our client events as my schedule permits, so I can learn about what customers want and need. While the pandemic kept me away from visiting our associates in person, I found other ways to stay connected, including virtual meeting drop-ins and weekly and monthly video updates to our teams around the globe. It was important to me to continue to be present for our associates as they navigated the challenges of our new remote way of working.

Spending time with my family and friends is very important to me. I also try to spend a lot of time outside doing activities — weather permitting, of course, which is always something we need to pay attention to in New England. While the circumstances have been different over the past two years, the silver lining has been that it has forced many of us to find new ways to connect with people in a deliberate and intentional way. As an Art History major, how has your liberal arts background influenced you? When I think back on it, having a liberal arts degree gave me the interest and curiosity to try new things. It also showed me that you don’t need a finance degree to be successful in the financial services industry. My art history degree helped give me a broader perspective than I think I would have had with a more business-focused undergraduate degree. What do you treasure most about your time at Hobart and William Smith? College can be such an inspiring time of life. As you get older, your appreciation grows for how much you learned, the friends you made and the great times. The best part of my time at HWS was meeting and hanging out with so many fun, smart people. It was exciting to meet people who had different ways of looking at the world. And the HWS campus was and is so beautiful. So, my lifelong love of being outdoors was reinforced by my time at Hobart and William Smith. What advice would you give students trying to plan their futures? I always give the same advice that I received growing up: Don’t get caught up trying to get a specific job or work in a particular industry. Instead, focus on obtaining new skills, more education, and seeking out new experiences. Find a job in an area that you find intellectually interesting and that can give you a sense of accomplishment and purpose. Especially when you are young, don’t be afraid to try new things. Don’t feel obligated to follow a career path in an area that you don’t like and are not passionate about. Of course, you always need to be prepared to do the proverbial pivot if your personal circumstances change or something happens at your company. But in the meantime, try to find something that sparks your intellectual curiosity or your desire to contribute, and see where that leads you.

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>> Jamey Mulligan ’07 BLUEPRINTS FOR A GREEN FUTURE A senior scientist at Amazon and a judge for the XPRIZE for carbon removal, Mulligan takes the long view on climate change, technology and Earth’s future.

AS A SENIOR SCIENTIST AT AMAZON, Jamey Mulligan ’07 serves as the technical and strategy lead on the company’s carbon neutralization team. His work focuses on assessing a range of natural and technological measures for carbon removal and abatement, accounting for feasibility, lifecycle performance, cost, social impact and scalability, as well as implementing strategies to scale those measures. He was recently selected as one of 12 expert judges for the $100 million XPRIZE for carbon removal. Funded by Elon Musk and the Musk Foundation, the carbon removal iteration of the global science and technology competition is designed to fight climate change by rebalancing the Earth’s carbon cycle. Broadly speaking, what’s the state of climate change policy and technology, and where is it headed? We’re seeing an acceleration of progress across a much broader scope of the economy. Not long ago, the central focus was retiring coal plants and incremental gains in fuel economy, and even that could feel hopeless. We’re also seeing — and this is the key to the whole enterprise — a shift in the political economy around the climate agenda. Wind and solar now have political traction and have come massively down the cost curve. You’re starting to see that same shift with electric vehicles; it’s a race now, with the major automakers trying to catch Tesla. This is the playbook we need to apply to other sectors as well, because even if we’re completely successful in the power and transportation sectors, we still have all kinds of other emissions to deal with — from agriculture to cement production — that for the most part have nothing to do with fossil fuels. We’re starting seeing an increased pace of technological innovation and investment across a much broader set of emissions and opportunities for carbon removal, which is really exciting. As these technologies begin to commercialize, we’ll see the same political economy dynamics start to take hold.

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The Paris Climate Accord projects that we need to cut global emissions by roughly 50 percent by 2030 to limit temperatures to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels (and stave off the worst effects of climate change). Is that doable? Are we on track? We’re not on track by any measure. Atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases are already at dangerous levels, and we’re seeing the effects, so we need to get to net-zero emissions fast. And once we get there, the only way to return atmospheric concentrations to safe levels is through carbon removal, so we have to learn how to do that at scale. It is doable, technically and economically. The politics are the challenge — politics and the institutional challenges of turning big ships around quickly. What will it take to get beyond those political and institutional hurdles? Ultimately, people need to see economic opportunity. You get the big, entrenched industrial players to realize that if they’re not leading the pack, they’re at the end of the line; once they do, and there’s investment, then you start to have political interests and there’s a feedback loop through the policy arena. Just in the last few years, we’ve started to see real traction, at least in the U.S. government. Soon the feedback loops will kick in, with more companies investing and more policymakers supporting them, because these solutions are going to be built and employ people in their congressional districts. We’re on the path, just very early on.

▶ Mulligan previously held positions at the World Resources Institute, where he built and led the institute’s U.S. carbon removal practice, and at the White House Office of Management and Budget. He has played a role in several major climate initiatives, including the LEAF Coalition, Amazon’s Agroforestry and Restoration Accelerator, and the U.S. Climate Alliance Natural and Working Lands Initiative. After graduating from HWS with a B.A. in public policy, he went on to earn an M.S. in natural resources and environment and an M.A. in applied economics at the University of Michigan.

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You’re a judge for the XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition, sponsored by Elon Musk, that launched last year. The unprecedented $100 million prize is earmarked for the best solution to pull CO2 “directly from the atmosphere or oceans, and sequester it durably and sustainably.” What is the role of carbon removal in addressing climate change?

produce more food and sequester carbon at the same time, all while restoring land, enhancing biodiversity, feeding people and lifting them out of poverty. I wouldn’t say that every technology that we’ll need has been developed, or fully commercialized, but solutions are there — it’s not crazy to think about putting them all into place.

Carbon removal is a backstop: if you have too much water in the bathtub, the first thing you do is turn the water off, but you’re still going to have too much water in the bathtub, so you have to take some out. We have so many different options that will increase the removal of CO2 from the air and store it—some natural, some technological, some quasi-naturally engineered—but none of them are operating at scale. Global emissions are at 40 billion tons annually, so we have to build capacity for these technologies to be deployed at the gigaton scale. This is a new grand challenge within the grand challenge of stabilizing the climate, and it will increasingly get more attention and finance because it’s necessary.

Considering current reduction, mitigation and adaptation efforts, what does “the future” look like? What’s your sense of Earth’s habitability in, say, 50, 100 or 200 years?

What might these solutions look like, and what are the challenges in implementing them? Imagine transformation of the world’s pasture from open field to integrated agroforestry systems that support livestock, crops and carbon-sequestering trees. Or large industrial facilities designed to chemically bind CO2 directly from the air. Or mining operations that move alkaline minerals to the ocean to bind CO2 and combat ocean acidification. Or offshore cultivation of kelp on massive floating platforms. There are literally hundreds of concepts for carbon removal, each with its own promise, challenges and constraints to scale. But if we’re going to mount a massive effort — and we have to mount many to stabilize the climate — let’s find opportunities for win-win-win solutions. Agroforestry, for instance, has been around for many decades. Shade-loving crops like coffee and cocoa can be planted underneath larger shade trees and sequester quite a bit of carbon. In pastures, you can plant leguminous trees that will fix nitrogen into the soil and make the land more productive; at the same time, the trees’ leaves provide fodder and shade for grazing cows, improving meat production. Time after time, you see that these systems are beneficial from a financial standpoint, from total yield standpoint, from a resiliency standpoint and from a carbon standpoint. That’s why Amazon is investing in these kinds of projects; we can help small farmers in places like the tropics implement these systems in a way that enables them to

We’ve already come a long way, and there’s clarity around what needs to be done and the urgency with which it needs to happen. Energy systems will evolve. We’ll see transformations in industry and in technology. From that standpoint, the future is going to be fascinating. Even if we avert the worst effects though, we’re still locked in for a material set of impacts from climate change. No matter what we do, we’re going to continue to see natural disasters that upend people’s lives. We’re going to see slower burning issues that exacerbate food and water insecurity, issues that lead to migration of people across the world, that lead to conflict. And it will hit the most vulnerable the hardest, so hopefully we’ll see a strengthening of social safety nets and sustainable development investments to help manage that — both from an equity standpoint and from a stability and global security standpoint. We have the blueprint, not only the technological and economic elements, but the political elements as well. We put that blueprint together for renewable energy and we can do the same for other technologies. It’s a massive challenge, but you have to be an optimist to work on these issues.

“Energy systems will evolve. We’ll see transformations in industry and in technology. From that standpoint, the future is going to be fascinating.”

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INNOVATION IN THE AFTERMATH

Looking back at stressful times in history — the plague, the Hundred Years’ War, the War of the Roses — you see that in the aftermath there’s often a bright period where people work together to achieve great things. We had a struggle with the pandemic but the future is bright, and I think you’re going to see a lot more healthcare innovation because of what we’ve learned. Healthcare has typically lagged 20 years behind normal businesses in terms of technology, but now Silicon Valley is staring directly at the industry, looking for new ideas to make our institutions more resilient. Between COVID and recent ransomware attacks, there’s a realization that we need to catch up and embrace technology to be flexible enough for the future. With artificial intelligence platforms like the Opollo Ecosystem, we can fully harness available healthcare data to increase patient access to high-quality, low-cost healthcare. (Think of it as Moneyball for surgery, where the competitive marketplace and the efficiencies gained from more accurate duration forecasts result in increased revenue growth and cost savings for healthcare facilities.) Everyone agrees that we want higher-quality care at a lower cost — and because this is America, we want it immediately. Whether we like it or not, though, medicine is a business, and our healthcare system is very feudalistic, with massive hospital systems and insurance companies that can dictate prices. But by using technology to better forecast and plan, we can figure out innovative methods to reduce costs, administrative burden and staff burnout, and improve access and care. ▶ Dr. Ryan Young ’11, who earned his dual MD/MBA from the University of Buffalo in 2021, is the founder and CEO of Opollo Technologies, a healthcare AI company. Their cloud-based AI platform, the Opollo Ecosystem, consists of two components: Opollo™, an algorithm that learns from a wide range of healthcare data to yield more accurate surgery duration forecasts in minutes; and the Opollo Exchange, a marketplace for healthcare facilities to sell the resulting operating room vacancies to health insurance companies.

IN THE INFORMATION AGE

The future is fragile, and how it plays out depends in part on how each one of us responds to the information we receive — how we critically think about and organize it, and what actions we take based on what we know and share. Working with electronic records, I’m constantly aware of how easily they can be altered, corrupted or lost along the way if we aren’t careful. In that sense, libraries and archives serve even more important functions in the “internet age.” It is vital to learn how to identify trusted resources, and to trust the custodians of archival and library holdings. They teach us how to evaluate sources and filter information, so we can engage with the past, present and future in a critically-minded and responsible way. One of the most treasured gifts from my years at William Smith was deepening and applying my critical thinking skills — not so much so that I could be a better historian or archivist, but a better citizen of the world. ▶ Rachel Sutcliffe ’02 is an accessioning archivist in the Electronic Records Division of the National Archives and Records Administration, and an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland Global Campus. (The views expressed above are her own and not those of NARA or UMGC.)

THE HEART OF THE STORY

What would you build if you weren’t limited by gravity or space or time? If you had every tool to create something that no one’s imagined before, what would you create? We have amazing tools and technology, but to do something extraordinary, to imagine something no one’s imagined before, is incredibly hard. How do you begin to imagine this thing? That’s where storytelling — more importantly, story-finding — helps people tap into what they haven’t dreamed of yet. It starts with a conversation, which I think of as a mutual path of discovery. Working in journalism, I learned over time to just stop and listen, to be deeply curious and ask questions for which I had no answer. It’s listening and curiosity and empathy and humility that enable us to create businesses of the future with the tools in front of us. We may worry about technology, that it’s moving too fast, that we can’t quite make sense of it or catch up to it, but I think it frees us to be more deeply human than we had time to be before. It lets us ask: “What

can I do, now that I have one less limitation?” That’s the possibility at the intersection of technology, storytelling and business that’s so delightful: it’s not just about what I can build, but what I can build that’s good for humanity, that will honor humanity and make it better. ▶ Kristen Adams ’86 is Chief Storyteller and an associate vice president at Cognizant, a Fortune 500 IT services company. She is a former producer at CNBC and ABC.

WORKING AND LIVING BETTER

What I find interesting, in light of the pandemic, is the renewed reflection on the meaning and purpose of work and how we find satisfaction. We’ve seen how virtual opportunities can engage folks who might have been harder to reach in person, as well as the risks of losing the friendships, opportunities for mentoring and social skills that develop in the workplace and classroom. If you’ve seen the movie, WALL-E, you may remember that image of people in their recliners, clicking their way through life. It feels like that’s one direction that we could go, where we’re hibernating in our homes with our screens, but I’m much more hopeful that we emerge with a renewed value for our connections, and that we use technology to push our thinking and help us work and live better. We’re at a point now where the pace of change is so dramatic that everyone in the labor market needs to be positioned to keep learning. Perhaps the one constant going forward will be the importance of human skills: effective communication, empathy, work ethic, individual ownership, responsibility, a willingness to adapt and work well with others — the things you learn in a liberal arts environment like Hobart and William Smith. The need for those skills isn’t going away; they’re just going to be applied in new environments, in combination with new technologies. ▶ Lisa Soricone ’85 is Senior Research Director at Jobs for the Future, a national nonprofit that drives change in the American workforce and education systems to achieve economic advancement for all. continued on p. 59>>

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>> Peter Luchetti ’77 MANAGING CHAOS Luchetti, a veteran infrastructure investor, previews the big challenges and changes on the horizon for California — and what the rest of the country can learn.

IN AUGUST OF 2020, the LNU Lightning Complex Fire burned more than 350,000 acres across six counties in northern California. Claiming six lives and destroying nearly 1,500 homes, apartments, businesses and other structures, it was one of the deadliest and most damaging fires in the state’s history. It’s also not an anomaly. Some of the state’s most destructive fires have occurred in that region within the past 10 years, scorching millions of acres and razing entire communities. Peter Luchetti ’77 owns a generations-old family ranch in Lake County, north of San Francisco, that lost three employee homes and two 19th-century barns in the 2015 Valley Fire. Luchetti, the founder of Table Rock Capital LLC, has spent most of his career in infrastructure investment. He says that the persistent threats to lives and livelihoods call for a new paradigm that embraces the chaotic nature of the near future. Even with ample precautions, your family ranch suffered damage from the Valley Fire and the LNU Lightning Complex Fire. How did those events shape or change your sense of infrastructure priorities? Once you’re the victim of a wildfire, you find out how people respond to them. If I call 911 during fire season and they have the resources, we could have 50 to 100 personnel on firetrucks, water tankers and bulldozers at the ranch within 20 minutes — and overhead, Blackhawk helicopters, a 747 airtanker, DC10 air tankers, all with the goal of putting the fires out in five acres or less. And they do it 90 percent of the time. But during drawdown, when the fires are so large that first responders can no longer make it out, you call 911 and they tell you, “We’re fully deployed. You’re on your own.” During the Valley Fire, we were allowed to drive in to take care of our cattle; on the way, we had to push telephone poles and transformers off the road, chainsaw tree branches that were downed, and euthanize animals because they were injured or burned. During the LNU Lightning Complex Fire, it took seven days for firefighters to get to us; we had to go fight the fire ourselves in the meantime. 56 / T H E P U LT EN EY STRE E T SURVE Y

▲ Embers blow off a burned tree during the LNU Lightning Complex Fire in August 2020. Wildfire resiliency is among the areas of focus for Luchetti and his infrastructure investment firm, Table Rock Capital.

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“…if you’re trained in the liberal arts, you can appreciate these changes and the intensity of them, and take risks to do something good for humanity.” climate change has basically debunked the entire premise. There’s just no way the response can be adequate. And that’s where the high-reliability organization model comes in. These are public organizations that are willing to overcome prior historical norms and values and embrace managed chaos to respond more realistically to these crises. Seeing the big picture and how the various pieces come together, being able to evolve and change and morph as our society and economy changes — that’s the basis of public policy. Table Rock makes long-term investments in public infrastructure, like the $41 million, 30-year contract to improve the water and wastewater systems in Rialto, Calif. What are the benefits of this long-term model, especially as it concerns adapting to and evolving with social, economic and environmental change?

Beyond wildfires, California is dealing with ongoing challenges at the crux of the environment and infrastructure, including drought-related water issues, coastal erosion and housing shortages. What lessons should other states and communities take from California’s experiences? We need flexibility. Every first responder in the country is trained in NIMS (National Incident Management System) and ICS (Incident Command System), which are very rigid, almost linear structures. ICS starts with FEMA and Homeland Security and trickles down through the federal government to local governments to your local responders. It defines the way emergency response works across the United States, and it’s a beautiful system that’s served us well for a long time, but

We are what’s called a buy-and-hold investor, and we think that’s good for our partners and we think it’s good for us. When a city confronts difficulties in running their own infrastructure, they can outsource it to a group like Table Rock. We’re considered national experts in water-wastewater, and we run systems on behalf of communities like Rialto, a city of 103,000 people in Southern California, where we took over waterwastewater, billing, collections and customer service. These are essential services that people rely on every day, and when you take responsibility for something like that, it’s amazing how deeply involved you become in the culture and economics and ethos of the city. We’re now in our tenth year of that 30-year contract. Through a series of very curious questions and conversations with the city, we found that there’s enough biogas produced by the bio-digestion process at the wastewater treatment plant to HO BA RT A ND WI LLI A M SM ITH COL L EGE S / 57

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account for about 70 percent of the energy needs of the waterwastewater system, which accounts for about 20 percent of the energy use of the city itself. There was about five acres of unutilized space at the wastewater treatment plant, so we proposed putting solar panels and a 2.5-megawatt battery there. Between that and an engine that uses the biogas from the biodigester process, we’d be accounting for 110 percent of the wastewater plant’s energy usage, allowing us to take the excess energy and sell it into the grid for a positive arbitrage. In the end, we’ll save about $1.5 million a year in operating expenses, we’ll have a carbon free plant and we’ll be making money for the city in the process. You’ve been investing in infrastructure for more than 40 years. How did you get your start, and what role has liberal arts thinking played in your strategy? I came to infrastructure through finance and banking. I started my career on the trading floor and then ran derivative operations at Goldman Sachs in New York. Later, I took over the derivatives group at Bank of America and ran that globally for a number of years. In my early 40s, I was offered the opportunity to run global investments, providing advice and financing for large capitalization projects such as transportation, energy, communications, water, wastewater and social infrastructure. Investing is a liberal arts process where, in reconciling these conversations and thinking about the impact of all the different issues at play, you’re constantly learning, constantly resetting, constantly starting over. What’s so fascinating — whether we’re talking about wastewater systems or methane detection satellites or managing wildfires — is that before you know it, you’ve got a foot in just about every discipline you could imagine. When I got to Hobart College, I was a wild kid from California. I graduated high school as a junior and started college when I was 16 years old. Since then, everything that I’ve learned that could be described as “vocational” has become obsolete in a relatively short period of time. But if you’re trained in the liberal arts, you can appreciate these changes and the intensity of them, and take risks to do something good for humanity. Looking ahead, where do you see the biggest opportunities and challenges related to infrastructure? We’re going through a period of strong political reactions and polarization, but I’m optimistic that we can embrace the sort of creative destruction that goes on in American culture to accommodate a transformational economy and society. With all its limitations and regulations, I believe in America as a capitalist system, in the freedom it offers to create things and deploy capital, but the change we have to be willing to embrace as a society is really large. The U.S. and China are the largest energy consumers in the world, and we can’t 58 / T H E P U LT EN EY STRE E T SURVE Y

>> ▲ Luchetti is the founder of Table Rock Capital LLC, an infrastructure fund that invests in transportation, energy, social infrastructure, water and waste, and communications. He played a central role in the formation of the Marin Energy Authority, the first Community Choice Aggregation enterprise in California, and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Bay Area Council Economic Institute. From 1994 to 2004, he was Global Head of Project Finance for Bank of America where he managed a 140-person team working in 32 countries around a $5.5 billion portfolio of private debt and equity covering all infrastructure sectors. Appointed by then-Governor Jerry Brown, Luchetti served for seven years on the Board of the California Infrastructure Bank, including a term as chair.

continue to run our economies using energy in the same way we have in the past. We don’t have to do it with a smaller GDP — we just have to do with a GDP that’s less carbon dependent. But to accomplish that, you have to be willing to change radically.

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The Jewish philosopher Martin Buber says a prophet’s major role is not to predict the future but to call people to act in the present. In general, Judaism is very present-focused: the challenge of the present moment is to maximize your positive impact on the world and on other people. In the Bible, the prophets are always calling out the corruption of the moment and calling on people to act morally, to work towards justice. In that sense, Israelite prophecy is one of the lasting contributions of Jewish culture to Western culture, because you often have a powerless person who has the gall and the courage to stand up to authority — the king, the people in power — and to call them to a higher value system. As humans, we have a unique ability to project what the future might be based on our knowledge of the past and the present. However, we live in the ongoing, split-second present moment; once the past is gone, it’s gone, and our future yet hasn’t come — it’s in the realm of possibility but not actuality. Buber and many Jewish philosophers talk about the prophet as pointing to the usable past and looking to a better future, meaning the prophet’s goal, and the real moral force of prophecy, is to assess the contemporary situation and see how it falls short of the ideal future. For Jews, the fulfillment of that future is the betterment of this world in which we live. The past is important because there are these formative events, like the Exodus and the giving of the Torah, and the future exists out there all the time but as a fully realized present; that is, the future is not some heavenly realm, not some other world, but this present historical, political, social world that we’re always working to make better. ▶ Steven Kepnes ’74 is Professor of World Religions and Jewish Studies, as well as Director of Chapel House and Director of the Fund for the Study of the Great Religions, at Colgate University. He is author and editor of several books, including The Future of Jewish Theology and most recently Cambridge Companion to Jewish Theology.

NEXT GENERATION MEMORY

The different tools we use to research and write give us access to different kinds of knowledge. The creative research and writing practice that I call MemoryWorks grew out of the making

of my book, Accomplice to Memory, a 10-year project trying to trace the history of my father’s exodus from China to the U.S. in the midst of civil and world war. As the oldest daughter of an immigrant father, I had been trying to write a family history using the tools of the social sciences that I’d been trained in: interviewing, ethnography, the archives. But near the end of my father’s life, he shared with me a secret that he had been carrying his whole life in the U.S., and which undermined everything I thought I knew about him and our family history. When my father revealed the secret to me, he was very elderly and had dementia. He had a fall not long after, and at that point I realized it would be impossible to know what really happened. I began to rethink the tools and methods of the social sciences, how they don’t allow us to access so much of human experience that goes underground. Especially with immigrant experiences, where trauma and loss are concerned, the limitations of interviewing become obvious — you can’t just ask a question and extract an answer. There’s a story that needs to be told. So my work began shifting towards more artistic forms — fiction, memoir, photography. I realized that a creative, hybrid form was the only way for me, as a next generation writer, to make sense of the past, with all its secrets and intergenerational silences. The past is not sitting there waiting for us to simply go back to retrieve it; it requires an active process of reconstructing out of fragments, out of absence. What I’m suggesting is that we can’t think about the future separately from this work of trying to trace the past out of the urgency of the present, especially at this moment of reckoning with both our national histories and our personal histories. Memory work is not a simple, straightforward narrative recounting of the past; it’s about how to write into the silences, excavate what’s been buried, and make something new out of the remains. ▶ Kimberly Chang ’83 is the founder of MemoryWorks, a “creative research and writing practice for the next generation,” and Associate Professor Emerita of Cultural Psychology and Creative Nonfiction at Hampshire College. The author of Accomplice to Memory (published under her Chinese name, Q .M. Zhang), which mixes memoir, historical fiction, and documentary photographs to explore the limits and possibilities of truth telling

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across generations and geographies, Chang serves as Prose Editor for The Massachusetts Review. Learn more about MemoryWorks at qmzhang.com, and Accomplice to Memory at kaya.com/books/accomplice-to-memory.

SERVICE. LEARNING. ACTION.

Poverty, food insecurity, access to healthcare, education, water and housing, sustainability and climate change — the problems facing communities are persistent, but civic engagement and service learning doesn’t shy away from them; it puts them front and center with a sense of urgency and challenges students to ask: “How do I apply the knowledge and skills I am learning throughout my college journey to make a difference in the world right now?” Two decades ago, service learning might have looked like a trend, but we’ve seen how experiences outside the classroom help students engage much more deeply in the concepts and theories they’re studying, because they can see them play out — they can literally test whether those theories make sense. So even though we’re working with difficult problems, the learning is deep and potentially transformative, for students and the communities they collaborate with. It opens up a space for questioning our assumptions about teaching, learning and research, about what it means not only for an individual to be a global citizen, but for a college or university to be a global citizen. It helps students — and faculty, administrators and staff engaging with communities — understand what it means to work across differences. Especially with today’s division and polarization, the benefit of civically engaged service learning is that it challenges us to work with, learn from and develop greater empathy for people who are different, so we can build mutually beneficial relationships with one another and with communities that are longlasting and sustained going forward. ▶ Richard Kiely ’86 is a senior fellow at Cornell University’s David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement and is co-author of the 2018 book Community-Based Global Learning: The Theory and Practice of Ethical Engagement at Home and Abroad.

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>> Kanchana Ruwanpura ’93 JUST FUTURES

A professor and researcher, Ruwanpura reflects on economic growth in South Asia, the tenets of equitable development, and the takeaways for the rest of the globe. SINCE 2019, Sri Lanka has endured a snowballing economic crisis. Inflation and inequality have been amplified by national debt, political strife and economic mismanagement, terrorism, the pandemic, and now the far-reaching consequences of war in Ukraine. In March 2022, Sri Lankan demonstrators took to the streets to denounce fuel, power and food shortages and call for the president’s resignation. While these challenges developed under specific national conditions, they highlight the international threats of economic stagnation, rising authoritarianism, ethno-nationalism and environmental destruction. These strands converge in the research of Kanchana Ruwanpura ’93, a professor of human geography at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, whose newest book draws attention “to the collective agency of workers” in Sri Lanka’s garment industry. Ruwanpura, who was born in Sri Lanka, has spent her career studying how economic inequality interacts with social and political systems globally — and the people and communities impacted. She says the attempts to reclaim democracy in Sri Lanka, and other international movements for economic justice, suggest a promising if messy path to progress. Your new book, Garments without Guilt?: Global Labour Justice and Ethical Codes in Sri Lankan Apparels, was published this spring by Cambridge University Press. What questions did you set out to explore, and what did your research reveal? In a nutshell, I wanted to explore how the Sri Lankan garment industry mobilizes the concept of “garments without guilt,” what makes it an outlier in ethical sourcing and ethical manufacturing in the global garment industry, and how workers make sense of it. 60 / T H E P U LT EN EY STRE E T SURVE Y

The success of the Sri Lankan garment industry is a capital-management-labor story. This dynamic means that Sri Lankan apparel, from the viewpoint of labor, does very well in several areas. Work conditions within factories are usually safe and hygienic, child labor is scarce, regular employment is provided and often workers choose to work. Yet, there are sore points: lack of a living wage and the inability to freely associate and collectively bargain. To quote former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, “If you can’t afford to pay your employees a living wage, you do not have a viable business model.” Put differently, Sri Lankan manufacturers need to look at their salary distribution from corporate owners to managers to workers — and reconsider how workers ought to be paid a living wage. It will certainly go some way towards alleviating Sri Lanka’s growing and relative income inequality. This last point also has global resonance. The global garment industry has a plethora of voluntary governance codes to protect and champion worker rights across the supply chain and global production. Yet, the commitment to living wages in supplier countries is poor. I would go so far as to argue that if retailers are unable to guarantee living wages to workers far away, all other ethical codes are on fragile ground.

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◀ Alongside her teaching and research, Ruwanpura is a board member of the International Association for Feminist Economists, an editorial board member of the journal Feminist Economics and an editor at Gender, Place and Culture. She previously served as treasurer of the British Association of South Asian Studies. In addition to Garments without Guilt?, she is the author of Matrilineal Communities, Patriarchal Realities and coeditor of Handbook on Gender in Asia.

This spring, the World Bank predicted that growth in South Asia “will be slower than previously projected, due to the impacts of the war in Ukraine and persistent economic challenges.” Considering these headwinds, what does development in the region look like long-term? What are the challenges of doing it equitably? I suspect that these will be troubled times for the region, and maybe for the global South more generally. The ousting of Imran Khan in Pakistan, and Nepal expressing concerns about the sustainability of foreign reserves in the Central Bank, are potentially the tip of the iceberg. The World Bank’s announcements echo what many heterodox commentators have been underlining for a while; mainly that more and more countries in the global South are likely to find their debt is unsustainable and default. Sri Lanka may be the bellwether case, with the Central Bank declaring on April 12 that it is temporarily defaulting — the first time since Sri Lanka gained independence in 1948 from the British. In Sri Lanka today, we have an authoritarian dynastic family at the helm; corruption, crony capitalism, militarization and economic policy mismanagement are all factors that explain current economic and political crisis. However, we also need to critically reflect on how an increasingly integrated global economy and open market policies have led authoritarian rulers to be omnipresent — from Sri Lanka and India to Turkey and even perhaps the U.K. There is a sliver of hope. For the first time in Sri Lanka’s recent history, people have united — after at least four decades of war, violence and bloodshed — recognizing that ethnic and religious schisms were created and aggravated by the political class to mask growing inequality and economic differentiation. In Sri Lanka, public protests this spring and the first nationwide strike in 40 years come across to me as a reclaiming of the democratic deficit. To me, this is the silver lining. It will be a messy process, as politics and economics are, but people will keep claiming their political and economic rights. David Harvey talks about the current phase of neoliberalism as both authoritarian and anti-democratic; in Sri Lanka that phase is being pulled asunder. This is hope. Where does the pandemic fit in to the story of Sri Lanka’s economic standing? In Sri Lanka, the start of the pandemic was a positive story. A tripartite agreement was reached to protect jobs while industrial workers were on furlough; the country was effectively

managing COVID-19 until early October 2020, when, likely because of corruption between a leading industrialist, the military and the state, community transmission began through a neglected outbreak at a factory setting. Ultimately, COVID-19 was a moment in which the flaws within the Sri Lankan apparel industry came to full view, including the poor housing conditions of workers, who are jammed into shared rooms in private boarding houses. Overcrowded and unregulated boarding rooms are all fertile ground for COVID to spread, and spread it did — rapidly amongst working class communities. What long-term impediments — or opportunities to reimagine the economy — do you see in a post-COVID world? I think it is premature to speak of post-COVID futures when much of the global South is still without vaccines; the WHO estimates that it will take another two to three years for everyone in the world to be vaccinated. The current phase is still living with COVID, although the war in Ukraine has overshadowed that reality. How do we reimagine a future where war, soaring global prices, climate change and a pandemic are a daily feature? The pithy response would be to ask: how did we come to this? How do we tame and regulate capitalism to promote life-making activities, including the environment, which ironically is also essential for the global economy? Feminist scholars past and present have underlined the need to redistribute wealth and resources to ensure that lifemaking and ecological protection are promoted. To redistribute wealth, we have to tax and, to paraphrase Adam Smith — often considered the father of economics — make those with the broadest shoulders pay their due. Considering the global economy more broadly, what big changes do you see on the horizon, and what role can educators and researchers play in shaping that future for the better? I think rising income inequalities and economic differentiation will get challenged globally — and politically, this may mean a pull to the radical right or to the left. It is this opening that, as researchers and educators, we should explore further. I think all of us in academia attempt to do this to varying degrees; in fact, it is because this was my experience as a William Smith student that I find myself as an educator and a researcher. Instead of ignorance and denial, if we adopt a reflective approach to our spaces of learning, educating and researching, then we are more able to acknowledge our possible complicity in structures that shape our unequal lives. Even as this moment seems bleak (and it is at one level), our constant attention to the ways in which we are complicit and have to compromise allows space to invest in a future that is more just — although the path to get there is likely to be both meaningful and messy.

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KEEPER’S HEART OLD FASHIONED

By Pip Hanson Beverage Director, O'Shaughnessy Distilling Co.

◀▲ SCENES FROM THE TWIN OAKS, 1973. “They’re all pretty good kids, you know. That doesn’t excuse the hell-raising, but it helps put it into perspective.” This was Dominic “Dutch” Venuti’s take on the students who frequented the Twin Oaks during his tenure as owner. Dubbed the “unofficial president, dean, father—confessor and friend” of HWS by the Geneva Times, Venuti (left) ran the restaurant from 1960 to 1974, accumulating a large collection of business cards, postcards and letters from alums (above); he could tell stories about each of them. In 2018, members of the Classes of 1972 memorialized Venuti with a plaque on the site where the Oaks once stood, at what’s now the Hamilton Street entrance to campus.

Keeper’s Heart Whiskey is a bold new style of whiskey that brings together the best of Irish and American distilling traditions to create awardwinning whiskeys. Created by world-renowned Brian Nation — former Master Distiller of Jameson, Redbreast and Midleton — and CEO Mike Duggan ’92, Keeper’s Heart is a truly unique whiskey with big ambitions on the world whiskey stage. Its incredible versatility makes it perfect to enjoy neat, on the rocks or in a cocktail. (The orange peel in the old fashioned never fails to remind Duggan of Hobart.) INGREDIENTS

2 oz Keeper’s Heart Whiskey ⅓ oz demerara syrup To make this: stir 1 oz demerara sugar and 1 oz water until sugar dissolves

4 dashes aromatic bitters TO MAKE

• Build the drink on an ice sphere in an old-fashioned glass and stir well to begin dilution. • Garnish with an orange twist.

A Culinary Celebration Ringing in Hobart’s 200th with cocktails, confections and tasty creations from alums.

In honor of the Bicentennial, we asked alums in the food and beverage industry to share original recipes that evoke the Colleges’ heritage, community and school spirit. Cheers! continue reading >>

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BLACKWELL’S TONIC By Thea Engst ’08

HWS is where I really began to find myself. It’s where I made some of the best and most formative friendships of my life — I grew to become who I was supposed to be because of their support. To represent the people who made the Colleges so important in my life, this cocktail is made with the school colors, purple for Hobart and green for William Smith. It is, like the people of HWS, is colorful and layered. INGREDIENTS

1 ½ ounces white rum ½ ounce butterfly pea blossom tincture* 1 ounce orgeat ¾ ounce lime juice ½ ounce simple syrup ¼ ounce Velvet Falernum 1 barspoon sweet matcha powder TO MAKE

• In a shaker with ice, add everything but the butterfly pea blossom tincture. • Shake and pour into a rocks glass, add crushed ice to fill. • Top with butterfly pea blossom tincture, gently so that it floats. Drink with a straw. *Butterfly pea flower tincture INGREDIENTS

2 Tablespoons butterfly pea flowers 4 ounces vodka TO MAKE

• Combine and allow to sit about five minutes, until it is the desired shade of purple. • Strain out flowers.

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MAIN STREET SUB By Vanessa Baek ’02

Blending flavor profiles from Latin America, South America and the typical New York City corner bodega, the Main Street sub is representative of my life and my experiences at HWS. My parents are Korean, I was born in Brazil and raised in New York, and my friends at HWS came from so many different backgrounds; we shared so many meals together at Saga, but even more cooking for one another. HWS also gave me the travel bug — after my first semester abroad in Madrid, I was hooked. Part of what I love about being in foreign countries and different domestic cities is getting to know the cultures through food, because food brings people together — and brings me back to my days at HWS. *Special house sauce Extra virgin olive oil, white vinegar, cilantro, garlic, sugar, salt (add ground ghost chili to make a spicy version)

TO MAKE, ASSEMBLE:

French roll, slightly toasted Mayo to taste Mustard to taste 2 slices provolone cheese 4–6 slices tomato ¼ red onion, thinly sliced 1 dill pickle, sliced A few cilantro leaves 1⁄2 avocado, sliced 4 ounces chipotle chicken, thinly sliced Handful of iceberg lettuce, finely chopped Special house sauce to taste*

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#HIPHOBARTFOREVER Did you make one of our celeberatory creations? If so, send us a pic or hashtag us if you post to social media.

RAISE A GLASS

Bicentennial-worthy elixirs available soon from HWS and partners. Use QR code for details.

KEEPER’S HEART WHISKEY — SPECIAL BICENTENNIAL BARREL SPICED APPLE CIDER SLUSHY, CONCORD GRAPE FOAM

From O’Shaughnessy Distilling Co.

Fall is my favorite season for desserts — I love apples, pears, grapes and warming spices like cinnamon, cardamom and nutmeg. I came up with this dessert as part of a fall menu and would describe it to the staff as “fall in a glass.” It is also “Geneva in a glass,” inspired by the apples (I always use Red Jacket Orchards apple cider) and the Concord grapes that surround HWS. The rum can be omitted for a nonalcoholic version, just add a little more sugar. Soy lecithin can be found at specialty stores and online.

O’Shaughnessy CEO Mike Duggan ’92 and his team collaborated with HWS to produce this special edition whiskey for the Bicentennial (see cocktail recipe on p. 63). Available exclusively at Pedulla’s Wine & Liquor in Geneva.

By Becky Flammino ’04

Spiced Apple Cider Slushy

Concord Grape Foam

INGREDIENTS

1 quart apple cider (preferably Red Jacket Orchard)

1 pound Concord grapes

1 cinnamon stick 1⁄2 vanilla bean

2 Tablespoons sugar Pinch of salt Soy lecithin

1⁄2 teaspoon whole cloves 1⁄2 teaspoon fresh grated nutmeg 6 whole allspice 2 cardamom pods 1⁄4 cup sugar 1⁄4 cup dark rum

TO MAKE

• In a pot add all ingredients, bring to a boil. • Turn off heat and let steep for 15 minutes.

TO MAKE

• Allow to cool slightly, in a blender or with an immersion blender blend until smooth and strain.

• In a pot add all the spices and gently crush.

• Return to blender, if cool blend until warm.

• Scrape vanilla bean, add seeds and pod to pot.

• For every cup of grape juice blend in 1 1⁄4 Tablespoons of soy lecithin.

• Add apple cider and sugar. • Bring to a boil, turn off heat, and allow to steep for 20 minutes. • Strain and cool. • Process in ice cream machine. • Stir in rum, freeze.

• Cool. TO SERVE

Place apple cider slushy in glass. With an immersion blender froth the grape foam and spoon on top.

BICENTENNIAL RESERVE + HIP HOBART! RIESLING From Ravines Wine Cellars The Finger Lakes winery owned by Lisa and Morten Hallgren P’19 produced a well-balanced red and a delicate, aromatic white. Available at Ravines tasting rooms on Seneca Lake and Hammondsport, N.Y., and online.

A B O UT O UR CRE ATO RS Mike Duggan ’92 is CEO of O’Shaughnessy Distilling Co., based in Minneapolis. • Thea Engst ’08 is coauthor of Drink Like a Bartender (with Lauren Vigdor), which Forbes named one of the “Best Booze Books of 2017,” and Nectar of the Gods (with Liv Albert), a recipe book inspired by Greek mythology, which was published in April. She also has recipes in The Unofficial Disney Parks Drink Recipe Book, which was on the New York Times bestseller list, and in the forthcoming Epcot edition. Her first solo project, Spirits of the Tarot, is scheduled for publication in 2023. • Vanessa Baek ’02 is the owner of The Heights Deli & Bottle Shop, which has locations in Lincoln Heights and Glassell Park in Los Angeles. • Becky Flammino '04 worked as a cook and pastry chef in New York City for more than a decade, most recently as executive pastry chef at JeanGeorges Vongerichten’s ABC restaurants. In 2022, she began a graduate program to prepare for a new career as a teacher.

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Gifts that Keep on Giving Bolstering the largest fundraising year in HWS history, recent support from alums and friends strengthens the endowment, underwrites faculty research and expands scholarship funding for students.

THE HEATON/FRANKS ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIP IN HUMAN RIGHTS AND GENOCIDE A gift from Dr. Edward Franks ’72 endows a permanent fund in memory of Professor of Religious Studies Richard “Doc” Heaton P’86, in recognition of the late professor’s contributions to awareness of human rights. In his retirement, Heaton guided Dr. Franks’ efforts to initiate the lecture series that became the Human Rights and Genocide Symposium, which Dr. Franks has underwritten since 1999. Established by Dr. Franks in honor of his mentor, the new endowed professorship cements the study of human rights, genocide and social justice as a permanent part of the Religious Studies curriculum. The fund also ensures that the Human Rights and Genocide Symposium remains a permanent component of campus life. As Dr. Franks explains: “This professorship is intended to formalize the Colleges’ commitment to social justice. It emphasizes the importance of these topics to students, graduates and future leaders from the Colleges as well as the wider community that the Colleges serve.”

▲ Roslyn Patel ’20 presenting her biochemistry project at the Senior Research Symposium in 2019.

THE JOHN H.M. HILL SCHOLARSHIP IN CHEMISTRY Chemist and professor John Hill taught at HWS for more than 30 years, shaping the scientific education of hundreds of students from 1961 until his death in 1996. In honor of his life and career, his wife Diane Hill recently committed to a $1 million gift to fund the John H.M. Hill Scholarship in Chemistry, which will support financial aid for HWS chemistry students. The gift was made through the Wheeler Society, established in 1989 to encourage thoughtful planned giving at the Colleges. It is named for Schuyler Skaats Wheeler Sc.D. 1888 — inventor, intellectual and entrepreneur — and his wife Amy Sutton Wheeler, whose bequest was realized nearly 100 years later with the renovation of Gulick Hall. This gift and the people who made it possible serve as the inspiration for today’s planned giving society at the Colleges.

AN INVESTMENT IN THE ENDOWMENT

▲ The curricular focus on human rights dovetails with The March: Bearing Witness, which since 2000 has taken students, faculty and friends from HWS and Nazareth College to important landmarks and historical sites central to understanding the Holocaust.

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Austin Hassett ’69 transferred to HWS with an associate degree, eager to expand his education and perspective of the world. The experience exceeded his imagination, proving so consequential that he wanted to preserve the opportunity for future generations. The result is his planned gift of at least $2 million to the Colleges’ permanent endowment. Hassett—who graduated with a B.A. in economics, went

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on to earn an M.S. in accounting and finance at Syracuse University, and enjoyed a long career as a financial analyst and programmer on Wall Street — explains that his HWS education “gave me personal and economic success. I credit [the Colleges] with the highest aspiration of education, which is to teach people how to think, not what to think. It was glorious and fulfilled me in a way I didn’t really think was possible.”

RECOGNIZING LIFE-CHANGING SERVICE The Trustee Community Service Award was presented to Betsy Hacker Dexheimer ’57, GP ’18 for her decades of service in Western New York communities.

▲ Austin Hassett ’69 on Keuka Lake.

LEAVE A LASTING LEGACY Throughout the Colleges’ history, alums and friends have made a lasting impact on campus through planned gifts. Since 1989, those dedicated donors have been recognized as members of the Wheeler Society. Honor your HWS experience by becoming a member today. Contact Angela Tallo ’05, Director of Planned Giving and the Wheeler Society, at tallo@ hws.edu or (315) 781–3545. P.S. For those classes celebrating their 50th Reunion this year, documenting your legacy will count toward your Class Gift!

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Last fall, the Board of Trustees voted unanimously to honor Betsy Hacker Dexheimer ’57, GP ’18 for her longstanding service in the greater Buffalo-Rochester area, particularly her work and advocacy in service of women, children, seniors and low-income residents. Dexheimer, who led a long career as a special education teacher in Batavia, N.Y., worked with migrant and low-income families for more than 50 years, founding a migrant childcare center and helping expand low-income housing. She was a member of the women’s advocacy group GLOW Women Rise, as well as the Advisory Council for the New York State Office for the Aging Livable Community Vision Team. She also served Meals on Wheels, delivered books to homebound residents for Richmond Memorial Library and volunteered at Crossroads Hospice Center. A longtime Planned Parenthood volunteer, she served the organization’s rape crisis division for more than a decade, making herself available 24/7 to support and advocate for women in need. “Betsy has dedicated herself to making her community stronger, healthier and more caring, both in her career as an educator and in her tireless volunteer work with and on behalf of her neighbors,” says Craig Stine ’81, P’17, Chair of the Board of Trustees. Trustee Allison Morrow ’76, chair of the Board’s honors committee, adds, “This well-deserved recognition from the Board underscores the life-changing impact that deep and sustained community engagement can have.”

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Supporting Tomorrow’s Doctors A new endowed scholarship supports pre-med students and honors family bonds. B Y

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Hobart and William Smith “is where it all began” for Susan Steinberg Lieberman ’60, P’86, P’88, P’98 and her husband, the late Dr. Robert C. Lieberman ’58, P’86, P’88, P’98. Susan and Robert met at a social event soon after arriving on campus. They hit it off, started dating and one week after Susan graduated, the couple married. During Robert’s 50th reunion in 2008, reminiscing about the special place in their lives that HWS occupied, the Liebermans found themselves moved to support the Colleges in a lasting and meaningful way — “to give back to Hobart and William Smith for all it has given to us,” Susan says. That conversation spurred a plan that has now become a reality: the establishment of the Lieberman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund, which will support HWS students pursuing a premedical course of study. The endowed fund commemorates the impact HWS had on Robert, who was a pre-med student and held a long career as a colorectal surgeon. Susan recalls the mentorship of biology professors T.T. Odell and Dick Ryan, who “were so influential in Robert’s decision to pursue being a doctor.” In fact, Robert learned of his acceptance to New York Medical College when Odell, then chair of the Biology Department, walked to Robert’s dormitory during a snowstorm to deliver the news in person. The gift is also a way to support an institution that has come to occupy a key place in the Lieberman family: three of Robert and Susan’s four children —

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Aaron Lieberman ’86, Miriam Doremus ’88 and Naomi Bush ’98 — are HWS graduates, as are Aaron’s wife, Jackie Gilbert-Lieberman ’89 and Miriam’s husband, John Doremus ’88. “I can’t tell you how much the school means to us,” Susan says. “My husband and I loved Hobart and William Smith and always will.” Assistant Vice President for Development Kelly Young P’16 says the Liebermans’ story “epitomizes the lifelong impact that HWS has on our graduates, both in their education and in the relationships they forge here. We are grateful and proud that they have chosen to give back and make those experiences possible for future generations.” While Robert attended medical school, Susan continued her studies at HWS, earning a B.A. in psychology. After medical school, Robert began an internship at Albany Medical Center, and Susan worked as a teacher until Aaron was born. For 40 years, they remained in Albany, where Robert established a private practice and eventually became president of the medical group that oversaw the practice. After Robert’s retirement, the couple lived on Long Island for several years. Susan returned to Albany after Robert passed away in 2014. To this day, she wears a touching reminder of both her husband and the Colleges; Robert had his Hobart ring fashioned into a bracelet, a gift for her 25th birthday. “It’s so beautiful,” Susan says. “I never take it off.”

▲ The yearbook photos above picture the late Dr. Robert C. Lieberman ’58, P’86, P’88, P’98 and Susan Steinberg Lieberman ’60, P’86, P’88, P’98 as students.

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Your Gift to the Annual Fund Matters Your gift supports every aspect of the HWS experience, from academics to guaranteed internships to experiential learning.

The Annual Fund helped Shayna Riggins ’22 find her career path through multiple internships. During the academic year, an Annual Fund stipend supported Shayna’s professional development in advertising and media internships, which prepared her well for a competitive summer internship at ViacomCBS.

The Annual Fund prepared Matt Nusom ’23 to put ideas into action. Encouraged by his professors and supported by the Annual Fund, Matt channeled his curiosity about innovation into a podcast, “Entrepreneurial Endeavors,” which shares stories of HWS alums who have launched companies.

The Annual Fund encouraged Alex Dwyer ’23 to explore the curriculum and help other students do the same. With support from the Annual Fund, Alex immersed herself in geoscience and environmental studies coursework, which prepared her for research and peer mentorship — as well as a prestigious 2022–23 Goldwater Scholarship.

You can help more students with a gift to the Annual Fund for Hobart and William Smith today. Contact Dulcie Meyer P’20 at (315) 781–3082 or dmeyer@hws.edu | www.hws.edu/give HO BA RT A ND WI LLI A M SM ITH COL L EGE S / 6 9

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CLASS NOTES EDITORS Andrew Wickenden ’09 and Theresa Gage P’22

DEADLINES Submit news when it occurs. There’s no need to wait until an issue of the Pulteney Street Survey arrives!

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WILLIAM SMITH What follows is the final column from the late Alta Essom Boyer ’36. It appears I have the honor of being the very last member of the Class of 1936. News of my remarkable arrival at age 107 resulted in a pleasant visit to my home by New York State Senator Pamela Helming who produced an impressive framed New York State Senate Resolution. Following this she arranged for a front page photo and lengthy article describing my professional career. A celebration on Oct. 16 brought over 100 friends, associates and family to the Lodi Historical Society Center. Betty Merkle came with Kathleen Killius Regan ’82, P’13 who spoke about William Smith College life since 1936, 80 years ago. Walter Gable, county historian, gave a huge list of events and the cost of products, such as daily staples, over the 107 years. Dr. James Covert, LHS president, cited a concert series and the first family to fund restoration of magnificent opalescent glass of 1912 windows. Family included daughter Elizabeth Stewart, the celebration planner, with her husband Joseph, daughter Hannah and her fiancée Christopher Metz, and son Colin Stewart; my son Charles Chapin Boyer (Ph.D. Loyola Marymount); Peter and Ann Boyer of Phoenix, Ariz., and several Essoms. Now to forge ahead, god willing, and maintain a satisfying life in my family home of 200 years.

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WILLIAM SMITH B. Anne Roth Commerton, 101 Brightwater Drive, Unit 2317, Myrtle Beach, SC 29579; (843) 236–0157; acommerton@yahoo.com

1950 ▲ Brian Horn ’12 married John O’Toole in October. The ceremony was officiated by President Emeritus Mark D. Gearan L.H.D. ’17, P’21. Many other members of the HWS community attended, including Alden Ruml ’13, John Monaghan ’11, Edward Witcher Campbell ’14, Maria Mangine Boysen ’14, Daniel Boysen ’11, Jessica Dinan ’14, Caleb Campbell ’11, Eleanor Crossan ’13, Kelsey Crawford ’12, MAT’13, Meredith Ciaccia Pierce ’12, Sarah Cavanaugh ’12, Amanda Daley ’10, Caroline Dosky Allen ’12, MAT’13 and Mary Herlihy Gearan L.H.D. ’17, P’21.

WILLIAM SMITH Ruth Ey Hyde; alumrelations@hws.edu During the time I have been your class agent, I have not received contact from any members of our class, but I recently received phone numbers for some of you and made some calls. All appreciated hearing from me and sharing memories. Elizabeth Spannaus Diggs P’84 lives in Florida and has three children in Florida, Connecticut and Seattle, and 17 grandchildren also scattered all over the U.S. Anne Watters Dresser lives in a townhouse in Orchard Park south of Buffalo, and gets around with a walker. She is happy to have frequent visits from a daughter who lives nearby and has another

daughter and a son. Marcia Dauksys McCleary was happy to report that she’s healthy and able to drive around the neighborhood. She has lived in a retirement home in Albuquerque and enjoys many of the activities available there including bridge, scrabble, pottery, movies and exercise class. Loraine Harrington Hartney married John Hartney and moved to Florida in 1985. She spends most of her time keeping up with her four children. Sara Goodenough Merrill lives in Pittsford, N.Y., near Mendon County Park, where I have spent many happy hours hiking and teaching Nordic skiing. Sara has three children and seven grandchildren. Over the years she has done a lot of volunteer work. She and her husband enjoyed traveling to many places including China where she saw the amazing clay soldiers, Indo-China, New Zealand, Prague and Croatia. I shared with her a love for the last two. I had a fall while dancing in my living room in June and now spend most of my time preparing my vegetarian meals and doing physical therapy. I get around with a walker, but practice with a cane and with my walking sticks when working with my PT. I live alone in the ranch home where I have lived for over 25 years. I taught study skills to college students during my working years and did several kinds of dancing in my spare time. I hope to be able to get in touch with more of you before the next issue of the Pulteney Street Survey.

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HOBART Class Correspondent Needed WILLIAM SMITH Judith Haslam Cross, 25 Fry Road, Apt. 1016, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 653–8632 I spoke with L. Thomas Melly L.H.D. ’02 a while ago. He is enjoying life in Sarasota, Fla. with his wife Judy Melly. He has five children and many grandchildren who are all doing well. Tom’s birthday is Oct. 8, 1930 and mine is Dec. 23, 1930, so he is much older! Tom’s generosity to Hobart and William Smith is invaluable. When he became Chair of the Board, he asked me to be Vice Chair, and after some upheavals in the 1990s, we were lucky to then have President Emeritus Mark D. Gearan P’21, L.H.D.’17, who stayed with us for

so many years as President. What a wonderful addition the Performing Arts Center is to campus — this building was a goal when Tom and I were on the Board. Chris Gagas P’93 is enjoying life in Oswego, N.Y. near Lake Ontario. Chris was Phi Sigma Kappa. He’s a widower and has four children, including Adam Gagas ’93, and three grandchildren. Chris goes to Belhurst Castle occasionally, which he says is very changed from our day. He also goes to Auburn when there’s theater — he enjoys the shows. I talked with Basil Gavin, who lives in Albion, Calif. He insisted we meet for dinner, but considering that I live in Hanover, N.H., dinner wasn’t happening. He no longer drives and has neuropathy in his feet. Left a message for Joan Reilly Burke. Peter Bozinovich could not be reached. William Burrows P’85, P’90, GP’15, GP’25 is a widower. He has three children, and several of his grandchildren have gone to HWS (the youngest, Andrew Winch ’25, started in the fall and is on the golf team). I remember meeting Margaret Merwin Riemersma on the way to Geneva on the Lehigh Valley Railroad. We happened to be on the train when the bar car opened after leaving Pennsylvania (blue laws) and enjoyed some Old Fashioneds — delicious! When we arrived on campus, Marge went up to the Hill and I went out to Houghton House. I roomed with Emily Kuempel Dalgarno, Anne Stouffer Lenox L.H.D.’77 (she went on to be headmistress at Agnes Irwin School) and Carol Kissel, who left after a year to go to Cortland State. We all enjoyed Western Civ, which I feel was the most magnificent course I have ever taken. In other news, I’ve just read a wonderful book, The Three Daughters of Yalta. It’s an impressive true story, if you haven’t read it. If you have news, please be in touch.

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HOBART Class Correspondent Needed Bruno Pavia is semi-retired counsel to the Italian law firm he founded 65 years ago in Milan. His three children and theirs are all U.S. citizens living in Italy. WILLIAM SMITH Dorothy Chastney Emer, 6035 Verde Trail S, Apt. J-120, Boca Raton, FL 33433–4432; (561) 4829696; radoemer@comcast.net Dear classmates — thanks to those few who have kept in touch. I’m sorry to report that in spite of shameless begging, I heard only from my few regular contacts. Lucy Jones Berk in Escondido, Calif. reports that she’s a

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survivor because of the superb care and protection they receive at Redwood Terrace senior residence. Alternating between grab-n-go bags and an open dining room keeps one on one’s toes, offering plenty of mental gymnastics. Lucy claims she grasped how old she has become when her youngest child received a knee replacement! She sends cheers to all. Audrey Golden Escoll P’84 remains happily involved with the guide program at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. She is also still fit enough to walk miles in her Philadelphia neighborhood. Sadly, she reports that she will no longer be able to enjoy adventures and trips with her travel friend, Joan Liebenson Scheinholtz ’52, who recently passed away. Janet Dunker Gold writes that she can drive better than she can walk but will give up her car at the end of May. Janet lives in an area of Florida called The Villages. Golf carts are a very popular mode of travel there, so Janet will be using hers to get around. I was sad to receive a phone call in late January from my roommate, Patricia Johnson Ross, to tell me that her husband, Roderic Ross ’52, LL.D. ’79, had passed away. Rod’s memorial service was streamed from their church in Wayne, Pa. It was very comforting to be able to watch, especially to hear their four children speak so beautifully about their father. In times such as this I’m so grateful for technology! As I explained to classmates in my email requesting news, I became suddenly sick in October with a blockage in my intestines. It sent me right to the hospital for surgery. Because of my illness I have nothing to report; just that I’m so happy to be back in my apartment, feeling stronger and able to do more every couple of weeks.

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HOBART William W. Rose, Jr., 3271 Alex Findlay Place, Sarasota FL, 34240; (941) 371–9471; rosewwemjr@aol.com WILLIAM SMITH Class Correspondent Needed

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HOBART Edward Froelich, 124 East 84th Street, Apt. 2AB, New York, NY 10028; (212) 348–8330; froelichupstateny@ hotmail.com Kenneth Spitzer and his wife Lois celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary in December. They met in New York City where Lois was a public health nurse with the Henry Street Settlement and Ken was a medical

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student at Columbia. For their first date, Lois invited Ken to attend a Glen Gould concert at Carnegie Hall; for their second, Ken invited Lois to a Knicks game at Madison Square Garden. This started a shared passion for sports and the arts. They were married in Ridgewood, N.J., by the father of the bride, Dr. Stanley Stuber. After an internship and residency in ophthalmology and a two-year service in the Army at Fort Benning, Ken went into practice in Syracuse, N.Y. He and Lois have lived in Fayetteville for the past 56 years and spent summer vacations at their family home in Southport, Maine. They have four daughters, eight grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. Edward Pollack traveled to California in February to exhibit at the L.A. Fine Print Fair in Pasadena, where print dealers and rare books dealers held one of the first live shows since the COVID crisis began. The following weekend he exhibited at the Bay Area Fine Print Fair in Berkeley. Ed writes: “Both shows were well attended, sales were good, dinners with colleagues and friends were delicious and fun. I stayed with Jamie Hutchins ’08 at his house in Oakland and enjoyed sunshine on his deck and a dynamite view of San Francisco ‘cross the Bay.” In Sonoma, Ed also reconnected with a friend he hadn’t seen in more than 30 years, and he is now planning the New York Satellite Print Fair to be held in October, in person and online at OnPaper.Art. Joseph Cincotta writes with sad news that his Delta Chi brother, Ronald Harper, passed away not long ago. “We had some great times together.… Not many of us left. I have quit buying green bananas. I hope I never grow up. Be happy and have a good sense of humor.” Paul Griswold and his wife have relocated from South Carolina to West Chester, Ohio to be near their daughters, three grandsons and five great-grandchildren. “We are well,” he writes. “Hope that there might be a reunion for the class in the future.” WILLIAM SMITH Class Correspondent Needed

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HOBART Chuck Schwartz, 4700 Williams Drive, Apt. 1420, Georgetown, TX 78633; (713) 410–7724; csms466@ gmail.com; Skype: Chuck4112 At 2 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 6, 2021, with great sadness and grief, my good and faithful friend for nearly 70 years, Joel Myron Savits P’82, P’87, P’90, GP’16,

passed away. If not for my caring and devoted roommate and Phi Phi Delta fraternity brother, I probably would never have a graduating diploma from Hobart College. I am so grateful that Joel and his wonderful, loving wife, Jacqueline Wrubel Savits ’57, P’82, P’87, P’90, GP’16, are my devoted friends! Jacquie served on the Colleges’ Board of Trustees. Their three lovely daughters are proud HWS graduates: Katherine R. Savits ’82, Robin Savits Cooper ’87, P’16 and Susan Savits Winson ’90. All have wonderful husbands, Jeremy Rabinovitz; Edward Cooper ’86, P’16, who is a Trustee; and Ron Winson. Joel, may he rest in peace, and Jacquie were and are so proud of their grandchildren, Ellie and Rachel Rabinovitz (sadly, Rachel passed away on Dec. 11, 2021); Hannah Cooper ’16 and her sister Samantha; and Jessica and Matthew Winson. Joel and I would visit my parents in a suburb of Detroit, where amongst many things, we visited Soupy Sales, before one of his performances. We also would visit his parents in the Bronx, where we would go to the roof of his apartment, look down and watch a New York Yankee game. I, like Joel’s family, have very fond memories. Miss you badly, Joel! Stay well. Stay safe.

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HOBART Ludwig A. Ziegelmair, 20 Colt Lane, P.O. Box 1888 — Hilltop, Hilltop Lakes, TX 77871; (936) 855–2621; lziegelmai@aol.com This has been a tough year for me, having survived COVID-19 in January and February, which took its toll. Talked to Peter Russell. He plays golf, works out, and is still driving. His wife passed away three years ago; his sister lives nearby. He also communicates with Frederick Appleton’s wife, since he and Fred were good friends. Andrew Bodine also plays golf and just moved with his wife to West Brandywine, Pa. Arthur Mills and his wife are doing well. Art sold his Cessna 182 several years ago. I also communicate with Richard Nelson ’56, P’95 and Sandy Nelson, Douglas Robinson ’56, P’89 and Joseph Cincotta ’55. I’ve been working on my son’s new house, which should be finished at the end of March. Found at 82 the love of my life (plus) and later in the year will move to Bellville, Texas. If all goes well, will do a second tandem parachute jump this spring. I really enjoyed the first. My father did one in the early ’30s on Long Island and landed in the Great South Bay. He was an OX-5 pilot. Still have his log book, flying suit, helmet and goggles. Thank you, classmates

for your input. Wishing you the best of health — let’s keep enjoying our senior years. WILLIAM SMITH Jacquie Wrubel Savits, 12400 Park Potomac Avenue, Apt. 542, Potomac, MD 20854; (301) 315–8282; jwsjms@gmail.com

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HOBART Steve Blacker, 1530 Palisade Avenue, Apt. 12R, Fort Lee, NJ 07024; (917) 514–6749; blackersolutions@ aol.com I just returned from Florida visiting my best friend Alan Saunders. He is happily retired and a daily gym goer. He and his lovely, talented, beautiful wife Stephanie have been happily married for over 45 years. Al and I were the first students to apply to Hobart from Horace Mann, a prestigious private school in Riverdale. We met with John Witte, the admissions officer, who told us to keep the grades we had and he would see us in September. Saunders said, “If I keep my grades the same I won’t graduate.” I heard from Arthur Sonnenblick ’60, P’90 who after graduating Hobart went to dental school at the University of Pennsylvania. He practiced dentistry in Fort Lee, N.J., and taught dentistry for over 20 years at NYU Dental School. Now in New York City, Arthur happily told me that he and his wife enjoy spending time with their five grandchildren. If anyone would like to contact Arthur, his email is: arthursonnenblick@gmail.com. I bumped into Andrew Monness ’59, P’82 in a dentist office and we got together for drinks. I had dinner with Jay Hyman, my roommate senior year off campus. I see Arthur Lambert is president of an insurance agency. Malcolm “Mickey” Basner must still be selling futures. Walter Harrison ’57 literally saved my life sophomore year. It was a snowy night and I had consumed a great deal of Scotch and then sat outside my dorm Medbery Hall. I was with another person, who left, and I must have fallen asleep and rolled into a snowbank. Walt came along, lifted me on his shoulders and carried me up to the top floor. Martin Cohen retired after 60 years of teaching, including 30 at Bronx Community College (the old NYU campus in the Bronx). He writes: “I am doing some lecturing with people at an assisted living facility, still playing tennis.… It has been quite awhile since I visited Hobart; it is amazing how different it looks from when we were there.” Marty is still encouraging young people to sign up to vote, emphasizing why their vote means so much: “If you didn’t vote, don’t

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complain about who is in office.” He says, “At this stage in my life, I am very happy to be doing the things that I am doing but there are times when my body says, ‘Take it easy.’” Marty speaks with Henry Steele regularly and from time to time with Robert Strauss and Edwin “Weed” Tucker: “Hank has been happily married for a while now to a great lady. They live near Palm Desert, Calif., and both of them are real estate agents and doing well.… Weed Tucker, my first semester roommate, is retired and is living in New Jersey; we speak a few times a year and it is nice to hear from him. Bob Straus is doing fine; he has retired from his company and handed it over to his son. He stayed in the ROTC and became an officer and was stationed at Fort Dix when I first arrived there for basic training.” I had a better career than I ever expected: publisher of The Village Voice and Inc. Magazine, a corporate exec at NewsCorp, Hearst and Conde Nast. Hobart was a fantastic school. We had an undefeated football team, the first Black history class of any college, brutal winters, beautiful summers, Seneca Lake, The Twin Oaks. It’s gotten to be such a highly regarded school, I doubt if I could get in today! WILLIAM SMITH Barbara Block, 1800 Dalton Drive, The Villages, FL 32162; barbblock64@gmail.com Isabel Morrison is living in Potsdam, N.Y. She has a daughter, Sarah Sachs; two sons, Cameron and John, who live in Massachusetts and Switzerland; and four grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren. Muriel Jean Slayden Everhart sends her best from Ithaca, which “is now almost the longest place I’ve called my home! I did give up snow shoveling and gardening to move to a two-bedroom apartment in a large combo senior citizen and grad-student residence in a very convenient location. I continue church activities at St. John’s Episcopal downtown and my long-time friendships from HWS and long-term membership in AAUW book group, luncheons and socializing. My son, Keith Slayden, and family, all nearby, help round out the picture. I have made occasional trips to visit distant shores, but not recently. My sons Greg and Glenn Slayden on the Seattle coast have been visitors here.”

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HOBART Eric Hall Anderson, Spy Pond 34 Hamilton Road, Apt. 507, Arlington, MA 02474–8291; (781) 646–5601; alumrelations@hws.edu I wish to thank Fritz Scheeren, David Nowel, Michael Opell and Michael

Truland for their variety of interesting stories from when we were students and very recently. Current stories will continue to make interesting reading. What’s life after 80? Still working? Active in retirement? Any length is most welcome. As ever, Eric WILLIAM SMITH Carol Redwood Riker, 1682 Circa del Lago, Unit. A 211, San Marcos, CA, 92078; (760) 599–0868; carol.riker25@gmail.com Norma Thompson Curren writes: “After careers in data processing in the Philadelphia area, my husband and I retired to Sun City Hilton Head in South Carolina over 18 years ago. Recognizing that, at 12 years my senior, he was likely to pass away first, this seemed to be the perfect retirement community for us, both as a couple and were I to live here alone. And it has been just that: safe, active, friendly, well-located and beautiful. (No, I’m not on their payroll — just a happy camper!) After he died, I acquired a new companion, a red and buff English cocker spaniel named Willow. SCHH is also the perfect haven for dogs. I remain in contact with my lifelong friend and four-year HWS roommate, Sally Ormiston Ridgeway. Since the pandemic we have become Zoom buddies. I would love to hear from any HWS alums living in this area. I have not yet run into any in SCHH. My email address is: normaandbob@aol.com.” Sally reports that she’s been more or less shut down since March 2020. An exception: she and her daughter Kendal traveled to the Galapagos last November. She described 12 days “without worrying and living almost normally in a totally vaccinated place; enjoying lots of wild creatures and birds that weren’t that afraid of us, beautiful islands and lovely people.” One available pleasure during the pandemic: catching up with Norma via Zoom. Mary Jane “MJ” Kase Davis lives year round on a golf course in Arizona. She has 15 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. The number of her progeny may be a record with our classmates. We now number 34 women; 21 of our friends are deceased. I think it’s appropriate to quote Mark Twain: “Life is short. Break the rules. Forgive quickly. Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that makes you smile.”

Alums ran into one another last September at the wedding of mutual friends in Maine: Peter Jahn ’82, Katharine Johnston Jahn ’82, Julie Banks Hauck ’92, Allison Costabile Pfannenstiehl ’92, Craig Pfannenstiehl ’92 and Ryan Mullen ’92.

Rafael A. Rodriguez ’07, wife Jillienne and daughter Ayanna.

Morgan Hopkins ’10 at a winery in Bordeaux, France.

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HOBART John P. Bracken, 1120 Crystal Drive, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418 WILLIAM SMITH Class Correspondent Needed

Mini-reunion in Geneva: Scott Perry ’91, Adam Gagas ’93, Charles Updegraph III ’90, James Cecere ’91, James Nugent ’90 and Anthony Sainato ’90. Jeffrey Werner ’91 and Christopher Hall ’90 (not pictured) also made it.

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HOBART David F. Gaylord, 912 Champlain Place, Gibsonia, PA 15044; (412) 215–4604; dgaylord@ swindelldressler.com In the last PSS, I noticed our class needed a new correspondent. In a weak moment I volunteered. I did not hear back for a number of weeks and then one day the phone rang, and for better or worse I am the new Class Correspondent. Like most of you, when I get the Survey I first look at Class Notes, then I head for the obits and later on read the articles that interest me. Our class seldom has any news. My wife Joyce and I spend four or five months in Florida, so I called home and had one of my daughters dig out the 1961 Hobart yearbook and send it to me. Our year book had pictures of 168 graduates. The book the Colleges sent me had names and addresses for 92 who graduated and of 10 who didn’t. You do the math. Of the 76 who are missing, most probably are no longer with us. After all, we’re all over 80 — and getting to be well over. Over time I plan to call or email everyone and get some conversation going. All of us have lived long lives, and from the calls I have made so far, everyone wants to know what happened to so-and-so. If I don’t call you, call me or send me an email. I’m running out of space, so I’ll give you the lowdown on three people from the fraternity I was in, and the next issue I’ll spread out and talk to others in that group of 93. So here goes. I had two roommates my senior year in college: Vene Vrooman ’62 died a few years ago but Theodore Kerley is still around. (The alumni office lost track of Ted but now he is back on their list.) As we all know, Ted was a baseball nut and still is. After he got out of the Air Force, he became a teacher, coach and Athletic Director of the Oswego City School District for 37 years. Did I mention he’s in their Hall of Fame? He and Melissa have been married 58 years and have four children. Ted has been retired 22 years. In the winter they live in Bradenton, Fla. I am pretty sure they did that so Ted can go to all of the Pittsburgh Pirates spring training games. Baseball is in his blood. Oswego is my hometown. Back in the grade school days, Joseph Yelas and I were great friends, went to the same church, spent a lot of time at the YMCA and played on the same baseball and basketball teams. Joe has been gone a long time but he had the good fortune to marry the wonderful Katharine Griffiths Yelas Meyer. Another little known fact about Oswego:

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another good friend of mine, Bob Nash, would have been in our class, but at football practice before school started, something happened and Bob died. Never got to one class. Anybody on the football team remember Bob? Had a great conversation with Gordon Grass and his wife Alice Stoldt Grass ’62, who will be celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary this year. At Hobart, Gordie played football, wrestled and played baseball. In 1959 he was awarded the most valuable player trophy for football and was co-captain in 1960. And looking at my year book he was president of Kappa Sigma. Not bad. After graduation Gordie was a high school teacher and coach for four years. Education lost a superstar when he went into industrial sales. He spent 29 years as a regional sales manager for an industrial manufacturer headquartered in Switzerland with a manufacturing facility in Massachusetts. Gordon has been retired since 2006, and he and Alice are having a ball. The happy couple have three children and six grandchildren, ranging from 17 to 29. Also talked with an old friend, William Dawe. Bill just got a new hip and is recovering. His wife Sheila got her hip 10 or 12 years ago so they are both in the same boat. They both need a little help and are living in a life care community. Bill worked doing what they now call “supply chain work.” He has been retired for a long time and has had an enjoyable life. The best time, he says, was from when he retired at 65 until he was 75. Then like a lot of us, he and Sheila got hit with medical problems. We talked about some of the people that have left us. He told me about Kirtland Switzer’s passing, about Dennis Naughton dying of a strange disease he got in Siberia (Bill thinks). That was news to me, so if anybody can update me, I would appreciate it. And about Carroll Versteeg ’58 who was married to Alice Stoldt’s sister. I try to make this a happy report, but at our age the inevitable happens. Quick note about myself: started out in banking, went to work for an investment company, got fired, became a CPA and bought a CPA firm, bought one of my clients, then bought the company I currently own, called Swindell Dressler. We build commercial kilns for various industries. Still actively involved in the company, still run 30 miles a week. Joyce and I will be married 59 years in April. We have three daughters and 10 grandchildren. Life has been good. Just a note: called a number of people and the phone numbers are not good, and emailed a few people but no response. Got a feeling some of the information

the Colleges sent me is outdated. I am trying to set up a chain email list. If I ever get that done and I am notified of anything interesting, I will pass it on. WILLIAM SMITH Meredith Penfield, 68 Camp Dutton Road, Litchfield, CT 06759; (860) 567–0152; mrdthp@ sbcglobal.net

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HOBART William H. Corwin, 10 Leif Erikson Avenue, Princeton, NJ 085408401; (908) 359–5137; corwin88@ hotmail.com I guess we can call ourselves the Vietnam era generation. Few of us were unaffected by the turbulence of those years, me included. Richard Llope writes that after graduation and an ROTC commission, he went to pilot training in Del Rio, Texas: “If you remember in 1960, they were drafting people into the military right out of college,” so it “was a no-brainer.” Then, he thought, “what the hell: if I was going to be in the Air Force, why not be a pilot.” After F-4 school in Tampa, Fla., Dick spent a year and a half in Southeast Asia, flying “234 sorties up north, down south and Laos.” He recalls that while leaving Saigon, he ran into roommate and friend Craig Cummings. Dick returned to the U.S., became a F-4 instructor, then spent 22 years flying for National Airlines (and was a captain at Pan Am when they bought National). “Met up with David Hoexter ’60 while flying with Pan Am,” Dick says. Now living in Michigan, he has three children and eight grandchildren. He writes: “It’s been 60 years and my first-time corresponding, but I am healthy — old as dirt but sound of mind — and hope you are as well.” Laurence Adkinson and I have been swapping post-HWS stories that were powerfully shaped by those times, his directly by the war itself. He and I ran in different circles on campus, but I looked forward to hearing about his undergraduate experience and extraordinary professional career as a Marine aviator. Larry was raised in a single-parent household by his mother Odilla Sullivan Adkinson ’34 (his father was incarcerated in Attica). On campus, lacrosse was Larry’s game and his teammates reveled in their 21–2 record in 1961–62. Teammates included the late Ralph Bott, John Schenck, Kent Marbury, Jeffrey Weise, plus Dick Llope, Henry Mortimer and Thomas Schreck, who “was a key defenseman — among the very best I ever encountered as player at Hobart and a coach at USNA,” Larry says. He suggests that a few

Hobart guys felt dissed when he got a lot of (unsolicited) local media attention as a townie, but “whisking around the sky in hostile circumstances in later years” put all that campus hoo-hah into perspective. Although these Class Notes can occasionally evolve into oneupmanship exhibitions, I assured Larry that “it ain’t bragging if you done it.” To wit: Larry flew 681 combat missions; was awarded Legion of Merit twice, as well as the Distinguished Flying Cross; Single Mission Air Medals (x2); 44 Strike/Flight Air Medals; Navy Commendation Medal with Combat “V.” He retired in 1988 as a full colonel and lives in Woodbridge, Va. He has proof of numerous athletic and photogenic kids and grandkids. He survived and fully recovered from a near fatal stroke, and claims regular exercise and all manner of lifestyle moderation has kept him vertical. Semper fidelis. In other news, Walter Gage P’91, GP’ 22 has been enjoying retirement with Joan, his wife of 59 years, and spending time with his grandchildren. He’s looking forward to Commencement this year as his granddaughter Bryna Gage ’22 will be graduating. He lives next to campus, so look him up if you’re in Geneva. As for me, I realize now how much my life was affected by those crazy times during Vietnam. Since the Selective Service lurked for all draft-eligible males, and I didn’t want a grad school deferment, (the late) Richard Kronick convinced me to sign up for that least military of institutions, the United States Air Force. I was then (certainly not now) a classic ectomorph, my 117-lb. frame made me ineligible for OTS. Nevertheless, my affable and ambitious NCO recruiter literally went with me to the Whitehall induction center in Manhattan, whispering into the appropriate ear, and my weight magically became the minimum-eligible 130 lbs. I’ll go out on a limb and say that after 59 years I think the statute has expired for this fraud. In fact, that administrative fudge changed my life. As promised the “90-day-wonder” training in San Antonio wasn’t heavy lifting; my fellow-cadets were great guys (no women — that was a special training unit); and I launched four years active and 20 reserve, retiring in 2000 as a lieutenant colonel. Even as the war boiled over in the late ’60s, unlike Dick, Larry and many others, the physical risks to my assignments was zero. As a communications-electronics officer, my postings included Biloxi, Miss., Middletown, Pa. and Ankara, Turkey. The 20-year reserve assignment was as an Air Force Academy liaison officer, reflecting the Air Force tradition of well-organized public relations.

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Perhaps more selfishly, every single one of my subsequent civilian jobs capitalized on my military (and flight) experience. That included student counseling at CUNY and roles as Co-op Director at Pratt Institute; Placement Counselor at Columbia University Graduate School of Business; and Recruitment Manager of Corporate Banking at the Bank of New York, before finally retiring from Princeton University as Associate Director of Career Services. Aim high! WILLIAM SMITH Judith “Kip” Bleakley O’Neill, 504 Applewood Circle, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601; (845) 4837625; kip12601@gmail.com Dear friends — Shocking and appalling that we are now octogenarians. Sometimes I think it’s time to quit serving on boards, meeting deadlines, going to meetings (especially Zooms) and delivering eulogies. Now we should just lie down and soak up the sun, eat lobster, drink wonderful wine and reread our favorite books…The Sound and the Fury, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Sun Also Rises. We can hang out with Carl Hiassen and Larry McMurtry. But then something happens to inspire us and we go on…Catharine Cady Burke, David Burke ’63 and I watched the Bicentennial Celebration at Trinity Church (my old neighborhood in New York). We thought it was great and have been going around saying “Hip Hobart” ever since. Then I had a really serious dental problem, and the very day it was diagnosed, I received an email from that famous dentist, Dr. David Hoexter ’60, whom I hadn’t heard from in ages — how fortuitous! I explained my problem, he advised me and now I am better. He wants to get together with Leonard Fink ’60, P’90 and his fabulous wife Nancy, so I hope we can make it happen. I got an absolutely beautiful card and a lovely note from Dr. Joy Schildkraut Glaser P’89, P’97, GP’19, our shining star of William Smith ’62. Joy said: “We were indeed fortunate to attend a small college with big ideas and excellent professors.” I couldn’t agree more. I was really fortunate to meet lifelong friends and my beloved husband, Leo O’Neill GP’22, on the very first day of college. To top off the incidents of inspiration, I got an email from a stranger, Mike Goulart ’20, who wrote: “The Colleges had a profound impact on me, and I cannot imagine the person I would be if it weren’t for everything that little school in the Finger Lakes gave me.… [Reading] your [column], filled with humor and wit, [illustrated] how special

the Colleges are to people who came before me as well. I find that being able to share that same feeling with you and the Class of 1962 is special.” This blew me away, because I know so many of our graduates who feel the exact same way. Thank you, Mike, and the Classes of 2020. Hip Hobart! My very best to all of us who are still living through the pandemic, and yes, I am meeting the deadline.

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HOBART James V. Zurer, 4701 Willard Avenue, Apt. 836, Chevy Chase, MD 20815–4620; (202) 210–6975; jzurer@ gmail.com I was pleased to hear from George Wilkinson who reports that, though retired for over four years and “at the gentle and tender age of 80,” he applied for a new job teaching piano in Bridgeport, Conn., at a nonprofit called KEYS (Kids Enabled by Your Support). This job is an extension of his retirement career teaching piano, and he is enjoying his expanded part-time teaching role with additional young students. He is looking forward to our 60th Reunion in 2023. William White chimes in from West Palm Beach where he is living in a cabin in his son’s compound after selling his house. Bill has three children, six grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren; he walks regularly, doesn’t travel much and has lots of good memories of his time at Hobart. George Rusch and his wife Jeanine have completed building their stable at their equestrian community in Florida; they keep two horses and two large (180 lb.) Turkish Guardian Livestock dogs, which may be the reason there have been no coyote sightings in his neighborhood. George still is doing some toxicology consulting but he’s “trying to find the road to retirement.” His daughter Heather is following in his footsteps, earning her doctorate in neuroscience from a joint program sponsored by the NIH and the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. Her graduation ceremonies were postponed in 2021 but are now scheduled for this year in Stockholm. When she returns to the NIH in Bethesda, George will visit and we plan to have lunch together. Another Floridian, William Mogel, has been “hunkering down in Boca Raton waiting for COVID to go away.” Now retired from his energy law practice, he is editing two multi-volume energy treatises. He and Judi enjoy living in South Florida but haven’t enjoyed the pandemic-induced separation from their children and grandchildren. He looks

Frank Schroeder ’65, William Martin ’66, Anne Donahoe Schroeder (Frank and Anne were married last July) and Thomas Bozzuto ’68, L.H.D. ’18.

Trustee Scott Mason ’81, P’13 and Joseph Tully ’88 at the Travis Roy hockey charity tournament in Boston this winter.

Eric Lax ’66, L.H.D. ’93 and Robert Curtis ’65 on horseback in front of Miller Hall in a photo captured by Robert Scolnik ’66 for the humor magazine Gleek.

Blair Dubak Connolly ’02 and Christopher Connolly ’01 welcomed their third son, Calder, in October. He joins his two older brothers, Nolan and Graeme.

Ira Goldschmidt ’77 (center), Jeffrey Ogden ’77 and Jeff’s spouse Doris on Lake Champlain in Burlington, Vt., during Ira’s cross-country bike ride.

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forward to our 60th Reunion. Henry Holden P’84, P’89, GP’20 is enjoying the quiet and safety in the “Elbow of Cape Cod.” He finds it hard to believe that he has two grandchildren who have graduated college and are in the workforce. Eric Holden ’20 works for UBS in New York and Charlotte (Colgate ’21) works with a pharma group in Boston. On their annual winter trip to Captiva, the Holdens often stop to visit Lynne Van Etten P’85, widow of classmate Robert Van Etten P’85, in Beaufort, S.C. I was pleasantly surprised to get an update from long lost classmate Roger Spier, who filled me in on his post-Hobart life: medical school at Columbia, two years active duty in the Air Force medical corps, before returning to Upstate New York opening a surgical practice in Auburn. He was recalled to active service in 1990 and stayed for eight years until arthritis made continuing practicing surgery difficult. A widower, he married Alice Wood and moved to West Texas and then to southwest Florida. They share three daughters, three grandchildren, a horse, two cats and several parrots. He returns each summer to Auburn in his “aged motorhome” and is planning to relocate there. Jack Nietert is “aging in place” with his wife Chris in Beaufort, S.C. and “it is still going well.” He rides his bike every day and spends a lot of time woodworking on his lathe. (I can attest to that…I see many of his impressive creations on his Facebook page.) He still preaches two Sundays a month. Finally, he says, “Life goes on and we are thankful for it.” Diana Woll Zurer ’64 and I are well. We are still living in our large apartment in Chevy Chase, Md.; we sold our D.C. house 16 years ago and moved about a mile. Diana is busy with quilting, her synagogue, and many online courses. I hope my Italian trip-planning business will have a renaissance with the lessening of the pandemic. Two of our three sons and all three grandchildren are in southern California and we spent a couple of weeks there in February. We are looking forward to resuming our annual Italian trips and hope to make it to our 60th Reunion. Thanks to all who contributed to Class Notes — I hope we can expand the participation for the next issue. WILLIAM SMITH Kate Carleton Washburn, 3039 Weatherby Court, Wilmington, NC, 28405; 781–718–2611; ccw31941@comcast.net A note from Anne Swift Nietert about the African safari that she, Barbara Bryant Dorofi-Snow and I participated in

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last August: “Kate Carleton Washburn, Barbara Bryant Dorofi-Snow and I joined seven others in a whirlwind tour of Tanzania and the Serengeti Desert. From the mating of ostriches to the gathering at a watering hole of giraffes, zebras and wildebeests, to a bloat of hippos lolling in a pond and families of elephants and lions along the road, we were treated by well-trained and affable native guides in two sturdy jeeps to a plethora of opportunities to take in the vastness power and promises of Creation.… On several evenings, at one of our tented camps, we were served dinner under the stars — another chance to ponder the majesty of the Maker in the wild. Although we did not see the actual river crossing of the hundreds of migrating wildebeest, it was amazing to see those animals drawn to their destination of more fertile grasses, despite the danger of awaiting crocodiles. Some of us got to giggling as we imagined their conversation: ‘What are all those humans doing traveling up and down the river banks in those crazy vehicles, taking our pictures.’ While Barbara returned home, the rest of us went on to unwind on the island of Zanzibar in the Indian Ocean. Here we visited a family spice farm and beheld the intricacies of vegetation used for eating, healing and even beauty products. All in all, it was a trip of a lifetime that informed and nourished we travelers for many years to come.” Finally, we have our 60th Reunion next year — June 2023! — so start making plans to be in Geneva!

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HOBART Martin J. Rosen, 4 Robin Hood Road, Pound Ridge, NY 10576; mjresq@ optonline.net Hello, Class of ’64. By now, you should all be aware that I have volunteered to serve as your Class Correspondent. I make no promise that I can even come close to filling the shoes of Alan Kalter — I can promise that I cannot serve as long as Alan did (50 years). I will do my very best and look forward to hearing from you so we can continue to unite in our interest of Hobart College, and one another. I might add: when Alan and I met approximately three years ago, he indicated that the position of Class Correspondent was becoming somewhat burdensome and inquired whether I would be willing to assume the position. Not having been very active in keeping in touch, I should relate some of my own information since graduation. After law school, I served as a confidential law secretary for the Appellate Division, First Department,

then for a Supreme Court Justice, here in Westchester County, N.Y. I then went into private practice focused on matrimonial law. I served as Chair of the Family Law Section of the Westchester Bar Association and founded the Domestic Law Review, and served as its first editor. Subsequently I became a fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. I am blessed with two sons: one a vascular surgeon; the other, Senior Vice-President of Novavax. Also blessed with six grandchildren, two of whom have graduated from college, three of whom are attending college, and one who is in high school. My wife and I reside in Pound Ridge, N.Y. and travel extensively. I continue the active practice of law and spend my free time pursuing tennis and photography. Now that I have bored you, let me say that the “welcoming committee” in the form of other ’64 graduates has really made this an exciting venture; and I hope you guys will not hesitate to keep me abreast of your lives. That said, I have already received contact from many alumni. Nicholas Hurd, from southeast Maine and Vero Beach, Fla., advises that he and others continue raising funds to support the scholarship fund in memory of Joseph Mechem P’91 — a testament to Joe’s hard work for the Colleges and the Class of ’64. Charles Updegraph P’90, who was mentioned in the last issue of the PSS, offered a warm welcome to yours truly. Edward Tapper, now retired, had a most successful career in academic medicine and research, developing pharmaceutical drugs worldwide. Ed resides in Napa Valley and has remained in contact with Stephen Gerzof, who has remained involved with the Colleges, notably funding opportunities for students’ scientific research. Steve spends time in Maine and Florida and remains close friends with David Goldberg, both of whom have had some close calls in India and Israel. Both are planning to be on campus for Reunion in June. I received a warm welcome from Thomas Hadlock, who typically resides in New York City but due to COVID has been in Westhampton, N.Y. James Evans tells me he is still alive in Chicago. Mark Rosenhaft, who lives in Canton, Ga., loves the fact that there are no property taxes in his county if one is over 65. Mark tells me he is on three nonprofit boards, invests in small companies and is in contact with Peter Gluck. John Peterson called me and reports that after graduating from Tulane Law School, he served as an FBI agent working on a wide variety of criminal cases. Now retired in Florida, Jack enjoys honing

his golfing skills. During the 80th Pearl Harbor Memorial Ceremony in December, William H. Kommalan P’99 and members of St. Andrew’s Society of Baltimore honored the fallen aboard the U.S. Coast Guard cutter WHEC-37; the ship, formerly known as the USCGC Taney, is the last warship still afloat that was at Pearl Harbor on the day of the attack. Laurent Cannon tells me he spent five years flying in the U.S. Air Force, and 30 years piloting Boeing planes for United Airlines. Laurie and his wife Betsy have traveled to Hong Kong and India and enjoy skiing, hiking and biking in their home state of Colorado. Finally, but most significantly, I was invited to appear as a guest on a Zoom meeting together with several ’64 grads: Carl Zeitz, Nick Hurd, Mason “Toby” Peltz, Tom Hadlock, Charles Cloughen and Richard Salomon — what a joy! This commitment and endeavor has brought back so many wonderful memories of my attendance at Hobart College. As I initially stated it is my profound hope to continue the excellence provided by Alan Kalter. I encourage you to stay in contact and send news of what is going on in your lives. WILLIAM SMITH Mary-Jo Bryan Wolsky, 5461 Hillcrest Avenue, Downers Grove, IL 60515–4439; (630) 802–0652; mjbwolsky7@gmail.com Thanks to all who responded to my plea for news. Alan and I have been married for over 50 years. We have one daughter who majored in linguistics at Stanford and went on to become Director of Gynecological Pathology at University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora. Her husband is an emergency department M.D. They have one daughter who is six. I was first hired to work with Dr. Martin and Emily Orne at Pennsylvania Hospital doing psychiatric research, then anesthesia research at the University of Pennsylvania. I was a trainer with the Addiction Services Agency in New York City and a drug rehab counselor and assistant director at ACT Drug Rehab Services in Philadelphia. Finally, I spent 25 years as a children’s and young adult’s librarian. I retired in 2012, Alan in 2015. He is a physicist and his work in superconductivity allowed us to travel throughout the world, prior to retirement. In younger years we enjoyed camping and whitewater canoeing in the U.S. and Canada. Carol Eichenholtz Schabacker reports: “We sold our ski hut in Montana so I guess that means we are too old to ski. We can’t bear the idea of sitting in a flying cigar tube with a mask on for hours upon hours so I guess that means we won’t be traveling

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anywhere interesting again. Our grandchildren are all but one in college or out and working, so I guess there will be no more raucous family gatherings. And my parents, siblings, and half my friends are dead so there’s no one to pass the time of day with over tea and biscuits or coffee and doughnuts. This leaves only one remarkable accomplishment to report: we are both still here and finding sufficient pleasure in that fact to be glad.” Maria Vallone Simpson writes: “‘Life interferes’ is how my dissertation advisor explained why some people never finish their doctorates, and it has (but not with the doctorate). It’s been busy, crazy, and actually quite rewarding — but didn’t leave much time for updates.” Maria was the academic director of a graduate program at the New School, teaching and designing national conferences on business communications, and directing the international conference program for the New York Academy of Science. After moving to Los Angeles, she completed mediation training “to bring the skills and techniques of mediation into the workplace.” She taught mediation and conflict resolution to business students at Antioch University Santa Barbara and Cal State Dominguez Hills for more than a decade. Since 2003, she has written a column on management communications and conflict resolution, “Two Minute Training” (mariasimpson. net), and published a collection of the articles called “Leading Unstoppable Teams!” Maria has served on the Board of the Southern California Mediation Association and was then asked to lead the organization’s foundation. “It took six years,” she says, “but the foundation is now Kids Managing Conflict (kidsmanaginconflict.org), funding middle and high school peer-mediation programs that teach conflict resolution skills and train students to conduct formal mediations on school disputes. I designed two signature programs for peer mediators and received two awards for this work, but seeing the impact of these programs on school cultures, and the commitment and skills of these amazing peer mediators has been the real reward.” Maria is still coaching, “working mostly with senior executives in nonprofits and government agencies,” and “can’t imagine retiring. There is still too much to do.” She writes that the music and dance education at William Smith “has been a life-long influence” (she helped start a modern dance company on Staten Island) and looks forward to returning to chamber orchestra and ballet performances. “There have been distractions and

challenges, as I know all of you have faced as well, but the balance has leaned steeply to the positive, and for that I am grateful. The education I got at William Smith sustained it all and gave me much to build on. I couldn’t have planned a better experience.” Joan Nolan Jahosky is retired, though was tutoring until COVID. She lives in Florida near her children and grandchildren and would love to hear from anyone in the Orlando area.

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HOBART Stuart Pierson, 5435 Sherier Place, N.W., Washington, D.C. 200162561; (202) 248–8288; sfpiersonsr@ gmail.com It has been a difficult year for many, so it is not surprising that we have very little in the way of submissions from our class. Robert Brano writes: “I attend mass at St. Mark’s on Locust Street in Philadelphia with Martin Gutwein ’67 and his lovely wife Toni. I had not seen Marty since working with him at Saga in 1963 when the rector introduced Marty to me.” Kenneth Gates and his wife Carol have moved to North Haven, Maine, the island where he summered during childhood. They’re “enjoying the quietness and closeness to nature which the island certainly provides,” as well as “the fruits of our 30-year-old building renovation project — turning my grandmother’s house from a summer cottage to a year-round residence.” Ken and Carol have renovated five buildings over the last 30 years, and “inch by inch,” their love of the process continues. For Jenny and me, we’ve contended with all the difficulties and annoyances of the second pandemic year, but we’re still happy and safe. May all of you be healthy and safe this next year. And for those who may have friends or family in Ukraine, may they be safe and protected. WILLIAM SMITH Elizabeth Johnston DeRosa, 71 Forest Road, Tenafly, NJ 07670–2230; (201) 569–7228; derosa.ej@gmail.com Joan Hinton Hurd regularly participates in championship tournaments at her golf clubs in Florida and Maine. By my count she has won at least 10 tournaments. Her prowess prompted me to ask other classmates what they are doing to stay physically active. Like me, many of you are dedicated walkers. Barbara Daniels walks 30 to 45 minutes a day, climbs stairs and has a yoga practice, along with her volunteer activities. Susan Terrell Anthony walks on beautiful Long Sands Beach in York, Maine. Bronwen

Every two years, Hobart soccer teammates from the late ’70s return to campus to check in, support the team and reminisce: Robert Bird ’78, Trustee Michael Rawlins ’80, P’16 and David Clarkson ’79.

Corey McClintock Davis ’12 and Andrew Davis ’14 welcomed daughter, Lucy Davis, last July.

J. Stephen Hines ’71 stopped at the monument honoring Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, 1849, while walking the Urban Trail in Asheville, N.C.

The Sodus Bay HWS Alumni Association last summer, on the bay’s south shore: Neal Peachey ’78, Deborah Fisher Lattime ’62, P’87, Jeffrey Lattime ’87 and Janet Peachey Spitler ’81.

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Job has been a runner for years. She reports that “in the early morning I ‘run’ up Riverside Drive [in NYC] to Grant’s Tomb and beyond. There is a park and a playground on the northern end and a great view of the George Washington Bridge. It is lit up and looks like a string of emeralds and diamonds against the night sky. On my way back, there is no uptown traffic at all so I can run dead center down the middle of Riverside Drive, which is very cool. There are statues of Lajos Kossuth, Samual Tilden and Franz Siegel to see. At the Firemen’s Memorial I go up the steps and back to my building. How bad can a day be that starts like that?” Sally Jones De Fazio reports learning “age-friendly flamenco” through the Cambridge, Mass., senior center where she teaches painting: “From Japan, via 16 years in Spain, this instructor twice a week has brightened our lives, re-booted our brains, and loosened our aging bodies in Zoomed sessions for us ‘silver flamencos’ that are far more aesthetically satisfying than your average exercise class. Orthopedic issues have considerably limited my activity, including halting my career as a wannabe figure skater (my passion from age 35 to 59), so having another expressive activity fills a gap.”

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HOBART John Norvell, 227 West Avenue, Canandaigua, NY 14424; (585) 394–1825; Jenorv66@aol.com The Hobart Bicentennial year kicked off in February with President Jacobsen and the Most Rev. Michael Curry ’75, D.D.’20 offering thoughts on HWS and our uniqueness. So I asked alums to share stories about their time at Hobart for the Bicentennial. John “Andy” Anderson wrote: “Andrew Dickson White was the first president of Cornell. He attended Geneva College for a year — it made such an impression that he mentions it in a very graphic way in his autobiography. My roommate and I roomed in Geneva Hall in our sophomore year (he had good luck with low housing lottery numbers, and we always got what we wanted). I often reflected on the history of that building.” Stephen Hecht noted: “200 years…we are getting old!” Not sure if he’s referring to the Class of 1966 or the College. So that’s our Bicentennial moment, now on to the news: Robert Peter Gale L.H.D.’87 and Eric Lax L.H.D.’93 vacationed in Maine, consuming an extraordinary number of lobsters. George Sutton and his wife Cathy live on a lovely two-acre parcel in West Sacramento, Calif., so they are

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isolated for the most part. Occasionally they spend time with Richard Beck and Joanne Beck “but not as often as we’d like,” George writes. (Richard reported that he and George began a new tradition, exchanging haychia persimmons for pomegranates. Next year will be Meyer lemons — it’s a (winter in) California thing.) George added that since he had not sent much into Class Notes, he would summarize past news: after leaving the Air Force in 1971, he worked in assorted aspects of trucking and transportation management. After 37 years of working in the industry, he retired from Ramos Oil in 2008 as Chief Dispatcher for a private fleet of gasoline, diesel and motor oil tanker fleet — “best job I ever had.” George and Cathy have lived in the same house since 1988 and are blessed with three daughters who all live within a two-and-a-half hours’ drive. “Thoroughly enjoy retirement and the freedom to do things when I so desire to do them,” George writes. “‘Working the land’ we live on keeps me busy as there always seems to be something for us to do. I wish all my surviving classmates well, as it appears that quite a few of the Class of ’66 have passed on.” Alvin Yamashiro left Hobart early in 1965 and went to Syracuse University for a master’s in library science. In 1966, he returned to Hawaii to teach fourth grade and serve as head track coach and a football assistant. He earned his library degree from the University of Hawaii in 1972. He adds that he is doing as well as can be. Peter Rodgers recently published a novel about the early church, The Pelican and the Phoenix (the third in his Scribes series). Published by and available on Amazon as a paperback or an ebook, it features martyrdom and persecution in the early church, the earliest attempts to translate the gospels into Latin, and the young Tertullian thinking his way toward Christian faith. Fighter ’Gator, my memoir of flying as a navigator in the backseat of the F-4 in war and peace, is also available on Amazon and other sites as a paperback and ebook. Cheers — and hip Hobart, forever! WILLIAM SMITH Class Correspondent Needed

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HOBART Joel Shepard, 398 Inverness Drive, Winston-Salem, NC 27107; (336) 970–1802; jeshep1967@att.net Faithful correspondent Harold Friedman sent me a delightful story about ROTC, the draft and his 20-year army military

experience. He recalls being drafted after he left graduate school in 1968: “Thank God for good old mandatory ROTC our freshman and sophomore years.” Harold joined the advanced army ROTC at the University of Virginia — “the Air Force was not interested in a kid with thick glasses” — and along with quite a few law students, “we made up an entire platoon. We marched around campus, got things thrown at us, were called pigs, etc. In 1970 I was commissioned as a second lieutenant in summer camp in Indiantown Gap Military Reservation in Pennsylvania. The army let me finish my Ph.D., go to medical school, and do my surgery internship. They then called me up. By this time, the war was about over, and I managed to negotiate a position at Letterman Army Research Institute at the Presidio in San Francisco by agreeing to sign up for an extra year of active duty.” After earning the rank of major, Harold continued serving in the reserves during his residency. Later, he was assigned to a mobile hospital unit at Fort Jackson in South Carolina, where he completed two-week, active-duty stints, performing plastic surgery at the local hospital. “My wife went into labor with our second child as I was finishing a cleft palate repair at the army hospital,” Harold recalls. “I made it back across town as they were wheeling her into the delivery room.” Eventually promoted to lieutenant colonel, he left the military in 1990, shortly before his unit went to Saudi Arabia. He writes that “for a kid who tried to avoid the military and the draft, I wound up being with them for 20 years. I got a tremendous amount out of my military experiences that served me well my entire career and I am in awe of our classmates who served in combat roles.” These days, he has trimmed his work week to three days a week and hopes to retire (or cut back to teaching and research) this summer. Stephen McCarthy is an incredibly lucky man. His wife Beth is a surgical nurse who enjoys plying her trade for various hospitals in need of qualified nursing services, especially during the COVID emergency. Beth’s work allows her and Steve to travel all over the country. As a respite from nursing and to fulfill Steve’s bucket list, they recently enjoyed a 16-day rafting trip down the Colorado River, “all 280 miles starting at Lee’s Ferry,” Steve writes. “Strenuous with harsh camping on sand. Spectacular views. Lots of rapids with culmination at Lava Falls, one of world’s five most difficult runnable rapids — scary.” He emphasizes: “not for the faint of heart or body. If I did it again, I’d go when I was 60!” (This YouTube video

echoes Steve’s words and hesitation to undertake this trip again: youtube. com/watch?v=9Q1VCIbmJLM.) Bravo, Steve, for checking this off your bucket list! On a more somber note, Kappa Sigma lost a dear brother and friend to a sudden fatal heart attack in October 2021. Richard VanHorn was a quiet, laid back, soft spoken and sincere guy who loved life and his Penn State Nittany Lions. A very accomplished athlete, Rick played offensive end for the Purple and Orange. Several KS brothers enjoyed Rick’s yearly weekend hospitality, with golf, shooting and a trip to the Penn State game. Of late the game had been given up for tailgating with a cold brew in the warm sun. Goodbye, dear friend — you will be sorely missed. I caught up with brother Stephen Cohen, escaping balmy Minneapolis for dreary Southern California and Scottsdale. Steve has declared semi-retirement, which is “a big step” for him. He’s still active, mentoring younger current and aspiring professionals in his field, including a few HWS students, which he says he really enjoys doing. Steve said that he was also completing his second book, 12 Winning Strategies for Building a Talent Development Firm. He confessed that this was not the next New York Times bestseller but was his way of giving back to the profession that has been so good to him. Steve continues writing a blog for his professional association, as well as conducting webinars on the topic. “But the real advantage to semi-retiring is that it frees up time to do many things I’ve always wanted to but never got around to,” he says. He’s been taking piano lessons for the last two years and is playing bridge online several times a week, sometimes with Ned Robertson. Most importantly, Steve says, “I’ve been able to spend more time with my two grandchildren, ages nine and 12, realizing as all grandparents do that those years of even wanting to spend time with ‘papa’ are likely to disappear sooner rather than later. Like many of us, and I hope you readers, very much looking forward to our upcoming 55th Reunion and re-establishing connections with many of our classmates.” Soft spoken, witty and gracious Kappa Sigma brother David Parmelee also gave me an update on what he’s been doing: “I’m fine after a couple of months of medical issues. Putting off our usual trip to Florida for the month of March but going to get there sooner than later.” He’s expecting his 13th grandchild in March — “a boy to help offset many girls.” Dave says that if he goes to Florida, he will see Kappa Sigma brothers George Ruffner, Andrew Rhoades and maybe Finley Middleton

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P’04 (who has been threatening to materialize for years). Your intrepid reporter got engaged this Christmas to a wonderful North Carolina mountain girl with five beautiful grandchildren who should keep me hopping. No wedding date yet. WILLIAM SMITH Maggie Fry Carr, 1249 Yale Avenue, Wallingford, CT 064921749; (203) 623–5268; jcarr01@snet.net As I write this, we are rapidly approaching our 55th Reunion. It is amazing how time flies! I hope you are doing well and, as always, I would love to hear from you with any updates you would like to share.

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HOBART Roger D. Turner, 668 Quarry Road, Dummerston, VT 05301; (802) 380–0071; turood802@gmail.com “You’ve come a long way, baby.” Virginia Slims, the first cigarette marketed specifically to women, introduced this slogan in 1968. Hobart turns 200 this year, a significant birthday and admirable accomplishment, and with the pool of college applicants dropping and the competition for them intensifying, we should all support the Colleges in any way we can to help them thrive. Our notes this issue include both memories of our days in Geneva, as well as reports of our current lives. Brooks EldredgeMartin wrote about an unusually cold winter during our years in Geneva when the north end of Seneca Lake froze over; his memory is that people and vehicles were out on the ice. These days, he continued, “I use the ice on Lake Wesauking in Pennsylvania to create an ice image, which changes daily with wind, sun, more snow, melting, etc. This year’s is a tree with swing.” A chemistry major, Brooks wound up running an arts council for 25 years. “We purchased, renovated and operated the three remaining historic theaters in Bradford County, Pa. I’m still more scienceoriented, but have found this art outlet a good way to get winter exercise. Penni, my wife, and I are surviving COVID by caring for our two-year-old granddaughter who, with her parents, was a Washington D.C. COVID refugee…. The swing is for her!” Gordon Russell checked in from Texas: “Cobie (cobierussell.com) and I celebrated our 53rd wedding anniversary last month. Our son is a fintech and compliance lawyer in New York, and our daughter works freelance television as time permits, most recently for the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. Our granddaughters, who live five blocks

away, are now five and three. Our cow/ calf cattle ranch is prospering, and we’re migrating from Black Brangus to Baldies. The recent winter storm actually benefited our winter wheat and spring grasses. As a three-time cancer survivor, the pandemic is really limiting my ability to swim/train indoors with my masters’ swim team.… I am delighted that the Colleges are bringing back men’s swimming. Maybe Western Civ as an elective in our lifetimes?!” Michael Hanna P’99, HON’04 wrote to lament the sudden passing of his football teammate Richard VanHorn ’67: “We were high school football rivals and our dads were college football teammates. Rick and I visited Hobart together and ran out of gas on our way home. Rick was such a dependable pass catcher as a tight end — soft hands, a great teammate. Years later we were teammates again as we chased trout with our fly rods around the streams of central Pennsylvania. As an Army OCS soldier at Ft. Belvoir, Va., in 1969, I walked into a map-reading class only to find our instructor to be 2nd Lt. VanHorn. Without revealing our friendship he proceeded to bust my chops every class! So, here’s praise for a fine friend and stellar Statesman.” Mike also reports that he and Mary Anne drove to Nashville in November for the Fisk University Jubilee Singers concert, marking their 150th anniversary. Mike’s reference to his time in the service prompts this reminder: all classmates who served can contribute to the HWS military survey (hws.formstack.com/forms/ hwsvetsurvey), which classmate John Woodward is working on. Clifford Ross let us down by not contributing to our 50th anniversary edition of the Echo and Pine, but he’s making up for it by sending some notes, which I’ll condense: “In September of 1968, I started a position teaching school on the Quebec Labrador border on the north shore of the Gulf of the St. Lawrence, part of the first year with Walter Davis and his wife, Sandy. I’ve always found it ironic that I was one of the few American men to go legally to Canada. The village itself had no running water and outhouses were the norm. Each fall we spent a few days teaching incoming first graders, since there was no kindergarten, how to use a flush toilet. Looking back, I can say without question, it was the most important experience of my life in terms of learning self-sufficiency, dealing with nature and realizing that nature is more powerful than you in many, many situations. Every year, people on this coastline died as a result of underestimating the weather. Ironically,

An “overdue reunion” in Maine last August (l to r): Kevin Cook ’90, Erik Kindblom ’90, David O’Neil ’90, Anne Taylor Kindblom ’91, Andrew Bartnick ’91, Peter Gines ’90 and William Medwid ’90.

Katherine “Kat” Coughlin ’16 married James Paulose last September at the Harbor View Hotel on Martha’s Vineyard. Pictured (l to r): James Coughlin ’13, Alicia Paulose, Sarah Bower ’16, John Paulose, Juliet Holme ’16, Danny Greenspan, Lucia Cardone ’16, James Paulose, Kat Coughlin, Elizabeth Coughlin, Eric Kinsey, Jessica Graves ’16, Evan Cunningham, Susannah Berry ’16 and James Muller.

Peter W. Geller ’89, Charlene Seibert Pyne ’89, Geoffrey “Ziggy” Pyne ’89, Prescott C. Hill ’89 and friend attended a Dead & Company concert at Red Rocks Amphitheater in October. Karen Jordan Gowan ’86 and granddaughter Olivia.

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most were highly-educated outsiders who failed to listen to locals. Overall, my years in the village of Old Fort Bay provided me with a certain amount of self-confidence, an understanding of the need to interact with other people who are economically less well-off but are able to live, survive, and be happy in a very harsh and unforgiving climate. I have to say that I learned much more from the people and community than I was able to teach their children. In June of 1973, I returned to the States for good and went to work in my father’s business, Eastern Castings Corp, an aluminum foundry in New York State. In 1978, I took over the business when my father’s health began to fail, and in 1986, I moved the business, employing approximately 50 employees, from Newburgh to Cambridge, N.Y., near Saratoga Springs and the Vermont border. Sixteen years later, I sold the company to two employees and retired. I enjoyed owning the business and supplying ready-to-assemble parts to a variety of customers such as HarleyDavidson, Black & Decker and Country Home Products.” Richard Champion retired 10 years ago from M&T Bank in the Rochester area, “so I could have four surgeries, mostly joint replacement, all unplanned. Getting old is not fun! My wife of 56 years is retiring this year after a great real estate career. By the way, we got married Spring Weekend in Geneva, and my Sigma Chi brothers came to the ceremony as well as the wedding reception! My best man was Sigma Chi brother Joseph Arnitz ’66 who unfortunately passed a while back. Our oldest grandson, a senior at Cornell, aced his MCATS and is going to med school. His sister is a junior at Vermont; both play lacrosse. Another granddaughter, currently a high school junior, has early acceptance to Penn, where her uncle, our son, played lacrosse then graduated from Wharton. These kids are so much smarter than me! Hobart facilities are much better than when I was a freshman and it’s great to see the progress! First year costs in our day were about $2,800 total, except for what we spent at good old Dutch Venuti’s Oaks. I still have a $2 check I cashed there! Hip Hobart!” Shepard Sobel checked in, writing: “My wife Joanne and I are loving our retirement, or should I say our career change: we’re now professional grandparents to our 15-year-old Lila and 17-year-old Elijah. Unbelievably, we moved to Albuquerque from New York City in 2009, after 25 years running the Pearl Theatre Company. The seed was planted for a life in the theater in high school, but it took

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root at Hobart under Griff’s gentle nurturing, watered liberally at Cosie’s. I hate to mention only a few of the names from those days and nights at the Little Theatre, ’cause I’ll miss so many due to my less than thorough recall, but Douglas Jones ’70, Robert Geary, Arthur Mortensen ’69, Dana Keefer, Paul Hoffman ’69 — oh, goodness: Katy, Barbara, and so many others whom I remember distinctly but whose names refuse to surface. The other great devotion of those years was protest: days-long fasts to end the war, bus trips to D.C., furious ultimatums to Admin about — egads, what? Finally, a shout-out to the fellow rope-swingers of Phi Phi Delta, may it rest in peace. If it hadn’t been for the magic powers of PJ Punch, surely some of us would be at the bottom of the lake. Good years. Even an excellent education that has served me well. Yay, Western Civ I through IV!” Since the last issue, Maynard Smith P’76, HON’68, the beloved professor who attended our 50th Reunion where we declared him an honorary classmate, has passed away. James McGivney was close to Maynard and his wife, and sent this note: “He was over 100 hundred. Mrs. Smith survives him. Maynard once told us this story in class: During the early ’60s when DeGaulle was giving the U.S. a hard time, Maynard was having coffee in the Student Union with a young instructor whose five-year-old son was circling the table saying to his father, ‘You big shit, you big shit!’ The father was doing his best to ignore the boy. Looking back on this incident, Maynard reflected to us in class that it reminded him of French and American relations at the time. Telling us this story was the only time I ever heard him use profanity.” I learned within the last few months that Martin Hollister, one of my two freshman-year roommates from our second-floor Hale corner room, had died. He also became a fraternity brother and was a religion major. He had a very sporty Mustang and liked to drive fast. Fortunately, I had visited him in Vancouver, Wash., back in 2018, and had been checking in once in a while. After graduating he went to work for the Austin Company in Cleveland, a major construction company where his father worked. He married and divorced, then got together with a woman he worked with who had two daughters. Though the woman eventually moved on, Marty had developed a real bond with the girls and adopted them. He left Austin and worked for a couple of other design/ build firms before joining two other people in 2003 to start the MSH Construction Company in Huntington

Beach, Calif., from which he retired in 2017. His health was failing, and one of his adopted daughters brought him up to Vancouver to live near her. Classmate Robert Griffin remembers Marty “as ‘the voice of reason.’ In his calm, cool and collected manner, he would try to help one see ‘the right path’ to follow. I always felt he might have pursued a career in religion!” I don’t know how well Marty was generally known within the class. He operated in the rather small group of religion majors and spent a lot of time in the fraternity. Though he had been a three-sport athlete in high school, he didn’t play sports at Hobart. I imagine there are a number of us within the class who were important friends within a small group but were not otherwise generally well-known, but these classmates are not forgotten by their friends! WILLIAM SMITH Marty Stuart Jewett, 5318 Colorado Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20011–3623; (202) 882–7490; mjewettrn@aol.com One remarkable advance from this strange pandemic is Zoom, but the PSS is an oldie-goldie way of learning what our old friends are up to. I did get COVID early on — didn’t know I was ill but going to donate blood showed antibodies — then I got the poor prognosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Fortunately, I am tolerating the anti-fibrotic meds that have increased lifespans by 57 percent. So far, still singing in the choir, sometimes breathlessly. Christ Lutheran D.C. Facebook has us singing to the tune of Finlandia a new hymn in honor of Ukraine, a prayer for peace. Enjoyed a trip to Williamsburg — one of my guests was like an older sister, and 35-year staff for our classmate Thomas Buzzuto L.H.D.’18 who has gifted HWS with his stellar leadership. My dear roommate Barbara Gioulakis-Stockman keeps up our friendship even through this pandemic, sharing plants from her garden, enjoying the birds in her backyard. Like me she’s very proud of her children and grandchildren. A new HWS effort will provide a database of alums’ military experiences — keep an eye out. Besides prayers for peace, I pray for the small colleges whose students have been missing the fun of socializing that I remember fondly from our HWS days and reunions since!

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“If you must look backward, do so forgivingly. If you must look forward, do so prayerfully. However the wisest thing you can do is to be in the present, gratefully” (Maya Angelou). My word for this year is gratitude. When I see the state of the world, currently with the Ukraine war, with COVID, having to cancel travel and curtail social events and deal with family members who won’t get vaccinated, I stop and think about the myriad things for which I have gratitude. Looking at the news, living in America is one thing for which I have a lot of gratitude. Since my last column, I connected with many alums about the Vietnam War era and our experiences growing up during that tumultuous time — not just veterans but also those who were affected in some way by the era. Some of those reflections will be included in a book about HWS veterans that some alums are putting together. Keep your eyes open for the announcement later this year, but here’s a preview. Douglas Edwards reflected on his role with a small group of Navy officers tasked with designing, testing and implementing a plan to support Navy Advisors after the departure of the U.S. Navy from Vietnam. James Hamilton shared his experience in the Coast Guard. (He also wrote that after being cautious with COVID around, he and his wife Helen attended two weddings, spent time on Cape Cod and have enjoyed day trips to Connecticut to visit their daughter and grandkids.) James Day outlined his career, from the ROTC to dental school to his service as a dentist in the Air Force. After active duty, he began a private practice in Western New York and Arizona. Now retired, he lives in northwest Washington State and has a beautiful boat for cruising Puget Sound. Charles Witherspoon described his five-and-a-half-year service as a “conscientious acceptor” and a 2nd Lieutenant in the New York Army National Guard. David Tallman, who also joined the New York Army National Guard, wrote about his unit’s recovery work after the devastating floods in Western New York in 1972. Today, he’s downsizing Tallman’s clothing store in Painted Post, N.Y., with hopes of retiring soon. Jonathan Melchior P’08 shared details of his Army service in Vietnam, where he was awarded a Bronze Star, Purple Heart and an Air Medal, “plus all the usual campaign ribbons.” He writes that his daughter Emily Melchoir ’08 is a big success on Wall Street. John Taber recalls that “Western Civ, Connie Brewer and the Oaks were my downfall and I flunked out of Hobart. I served as an attack helicopter pilot for 18 months in

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Vietnam, followed by a variety of Combat Development assignments.” After he retired, he worked for Lockheed/BAE in New Hampshire before his “awesome job” as an eighth-grade para-educator. He moved to Arizona in 2016 “to be closer to Left coast kids.” John Frolich P’14 worked one semester in a New York City public school as a third-grade teacher before his service as a reservist in the 469th Engineer Battalion between 1970 and 1976. During that period, he completed his master’s at Columbia University’s Teachers College. Christine Armstrong Dishman, a William Smith sister, recalled marrying Christopher Kaiser ’68 just two weeks after graduation and moving to Fort Collins, Colo. “In early, 1969 Christopher received his draft notice. One of the first steps prior to induction was to pass a physical examination. What prevented him from serving in the Army was a punctured lung.” After Douglas Brooks’ lottery number was called, he enlisted in the Army before he would have been drafted. In Vietnam, he was assigned to the Central Finance and Accounting Office at Long Binh Post. After active duty, he spent a year in the National Guard, the highlight of which “was being deployed to the University of Maryland to help stem the student rioting (God bless their hearts) in the spring of ’72.” Thomas Hasselbacher joined the Navy in 1969 and served until 1994 — “at hospitals and also on submarines,” he writes, noting his most challenging assignment was aboard the USS Nautilus, where he was the only medical and dental supervisor and treatment source for 120 men. “In 1977 I was onboard when the Nautilus made a six-month deployment to participate in a NATO exercise. We played the part of a Russian submarine.” After retirement, he had a 19-year career as the radiation safety and training officer at four universities. Today, with his son and family close by, Tom has been the sitter for his grandchildren (and lately, an all-day remote-learning supervisor). Robert “Buzz” Taylor joined the Army Reserves just before graduation to avoid the draft. He belonged to the 409th Personnel Services Unit in Tonawanda, N.Y., and served through August 1975, having risen to Staff Sergeant. Howard “Hy” Harris “entered the military because I had to.” After graduation, he lost his deferment, registered for the draft and served in the Army Reserves until 1975. He and his wife Marny now live in Boulder, Colo., and spend a few winter months in Tucson, Ariz. Hy writes: “2021 was a tough year for the Boulder community.” After a mass shooting at a

grocery store, there was “a wildfire that destroyed 1,000 homes.… I did not lose the house, thank God.” William Keller writes: “I had not figured out what to do with my life, and after graduation the military offered lots of employment opportunities.” During his 22-year service in the Air Force, his specialty was Military Personnel Administration; he spent 16 years on mainland Japan, Okinawa and South Korea, 17 months in Minnesota and four years in San Antonio, Texas, before retiring “to find a permanent home for my wife and daughter.” James Asthalter was “draft induced” to join the Navy. “I really hated the war and wanted nothing to do with it,” he writes. “Like so many other things, it turned out to be a valuable experience and made me a vocal proponent of the draft and national service.” David “Dutch” Holland was in the Hobart ROTC and after graduation became a navigator for the KC-135 aircraft. His service in Southeast Asia brought him to the Gulf of Tonkin, and he was part of a crew tasked with refueling aircraft during the bombing of North Vietnam military targets in December 1972. After retiring from the Air Force, he has worked in public accounting and today is living in Florida, which “has made the pandemic quite tolerable.” He and his wife Susan traveled to Israel with a church group in January 2020 and more recently took a ski trip to Park City with their family. In 1966, Dave recalls, “Ralph White and I hitchhiked out to Boise, Idaho to visit Mark Spofford and Andrew Spofford. We carried nothing but knapsacks and sleeping bags. My sons were shocked when I told them about it years ago.” Scott Davis writes that in 1965, “I was just a kid from a blue-collar town who regarded anyone who didn’t support our war as traitorous. As happened with so many peers, though, the deconstructive ingredients of a college education and the attendant ability to think more objectively caused me to question the war within a few semesters.” He applied to serve as a non-combatant, but his number wasn’t called. Sheldon Rabin was a doctoral student in international economics at Johns Hopkins, active in the Mobilization Against the War student movement, when his number was called. Resigned to being declared 1-A, he went for his physical at Ft. Holabird in Maryland, but “as I walked by the last table before leaving the building, a doctor called me back,” having noticed that “no one had asked me if I was taking any medicines. I told him I had been taking ‘only one, Dilantin, for the past three years.’ His facial expression

In March, William Smith Dean Lisa Kaenzig (center) was honored with the 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Public Leadership Education Network (PLEN). Alums and students joined her to celebrate: (standing) Rylee Wernoch ’21, Megan Rooney ’21, Emma Consoli ’20, Jasmin Webb-Pellegrin ’23, Margaret Mulvaney ’25, Carling Landeche ’21, Annabelle Cryan ’16; (front) Amelia “Mimi” Smith ’21, Audrey Platt ’21, Katherine Consoli ’20 and Kelly Biggs ’11.

Thomas Hadlock ’64, Philip Moran ’65 and Robert Kandel ’65 at lunch.

Hugh Leoni ’01, Bradford Karl ’01, Christopher Connolly ’01 and Ross Montgomery ‘01 participated in the pond hockey classic on Lake Champlain in Vermont. “Our second year attending the event. Great time had by all and we even snapped a pic with a Hobart flag.”

Kenneth Gregory ’09 (second from left) at the groundbreaking for his company’s new CBD and hemp processing plant in Chili, N.Y.

Kelsey Bair Gross ’11 and her husband welcomed their daughter, Gracie, in October.

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changed…and he simply said, ‘No, that won’t do. You can’t be 1-A.” Recently, Shelly and his wife Elly have been recovering from a serious car accident last year. Shelly writes: “As I was lying on my back in the trauma hospital, I kept replaying in my mind that old saw about how life is short and your world can change in a split second. I am taking that to heart and trying to do some of the things I have always wanted to do; first on that list is learning to play the banjo.” One problem: “there isn’t a banjo teacher within 50 miles, and video lessons have their limits. But I am still trying and if anyone has any tips and suggestions, they will be greatly appreciated!” Jeffrey Boehm writes: “After enjoying my deferment through college, I got a job in Geneva doing research at the Agricultural Experiment station, then went to grad school at the University of South Carolina. I finished in one year and was 1A.” The draft board said he could finish the academic year, but when the lottery happened, he was in the 300s. “End of story. Some of us are lucky and really should appreciate it.” Fred Arnold was classified 1A but later received conscientious objector status and in 1970 was assigned as a counselor at Elmcrest Children’s Center in Syracuse, where “the residents with the most serious problems were housed together in one cottage with counselors.… So odd to remember that time, a lifetime ago. We were so young and in some ways so idealistic. I remember standing, years later, in front of the Vietnam War Memorial in D.C. with tears in my eyes for those many we lost.” The day after graduation, George Smith reported to the Rectory School in Pomfret, Conn., to teach English. George writes: “Rectory specialized in kids with dyslexia,” which was a “real eye opener.… One thing I learned there was how to treat people who have disabilities. Little did I know that 20 years later, I would need those skills and experiences to take care of my son who is on the autism spectrum. The older I get, the more I am convinced that that was no accident being a teacher at Rectory.” David Saunders recalls that when he was a boy, his mother noticed “protruding veins on my left foot” and took him to the doctor, who diagnosed him with a congenital cavernous hemangioma. “My mother asked, ‘Will that keep him out of the draft?’ The doctor said yes. My mother said, ‘Leave it alone!’ Growing up I could not play running sports, could not jog, had to wear an elastic stocking, etc. But after Hobart, while in graduate school, I was drafted, went to Fort Dix for my physical,

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and soon received a most coveted classification 4F.” Alan Herman’s eyesight prevented him from being drafted. He says: “I was fortunate enough to fulfill a dream by getting accepted to law school at Columbia,” which led to a “cherished” role as an in-house attorney for a group that built, rehabbed and managed low-income housing. Recently retired, Alan lives in Kansas near his girlfriend; they’re planning a visit to their respective kids and grandkids on the East Coast. Leslie Sweetnam recalls leaving Hobart “at the end of winter term, junior year, furious at what was happening to my country, so I guess I’m a veteran and victim of all the wars that were going on, abroad and here at home.” Phil Hawkes-Teeter reflected on his pursuit of conscientious objector status, as well as the computer systems he later helped create, which provide the benefits now available to all New Yorkers under various social programs. Richard Bird still operates his private neurology practice in Salisbury, Md., though he’s slowly winding it down. He writes: “My 75th birthday will be special as I expect my next grandchild that same week. Could be the best birthday ever!” Russell Ruthig and his wife Linda split their time between Maine and Florida. “In between, we are thankfully able to travel again, heading for a bucket list trip to Italy in June,” Russell writes. “Can’t believe that grandchild no. 1 is looking at colleges already. 75 is only the start of the fourth quarter. Hoping for overtime!” John Mathers is “happy and healthy.” Since retiring, he became president of the second oldest Rotary club in the world (out of 40,000) and has written a book on high performance teams and another on leadership in the 21st century. He started a network of 400 Rotary clubs in 87 countries taking on climate related actions and advocacy; he speaks regularly to groups all over the world on the climate emergency. With offsets to cover the emissions, he continues to travel with his spouse of 36 years, Peggy, and has eight grandchildren from three daughters. Matthew Gambrill admits he’s surprised “to still be mobile, alive and working.” He lives in Solomons, Md., “on the Chesapeake Bay at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue.” He owns a marina and is developing an over-55 community. He reports: “Carmen has a new hip and knee but is still painting. COVID has not been a major issue here. The passing of friends is the most difficult rite of passage for us.” David Bozzuto P’96 was excited to learn that Hobart is once again initiating a baseball program. He’s still working “pretty much

full-time” but is finding “it difficult to adapt to remote lawyering…too many distractions at home.” Meanwhile, one of his grandsons has reported for boot camp at Lackland Air Force Base; the other is a freshman at the Canterbury Academy in Connecticut. Both of his children are middle school teachers. Dave writes: “Whatever I have achieved in this life I am most proud of my family.” He is in frequent contact with his “old college bud, Merton Messersmith. Mert paid us a visit this past fall. I would love to hear from some of my old fraternity brothers and other friends from our days at the ’Bart. As I get on in years, I regret not having kept in touch with more of you. Please email me at dbozzuto@ ctlawyers.com.” Paul Stambach writes: “Because we have MS, we are pretty much staying put in our home in Clifton Park until the pandemic burns itself out.” As Paul has embarked on a family history project “to pass onto my very large extended family.… I have discovered some interesting items such as my great grandfathers and great uncles serving in the Civil War on the side of the Union. Also, my maternal grandfather received a patent in 1919 for a machine to pack Neapolitan ice cream in cartons.” Paul and Cindy have two grandchildren — Evelyn, a budding actress, and Tim, who, “simply put, is a computer genius at the age of nine.… They both bring us a great deal of joy.” Paul is learning to play the guitar with “mixed results” and exercises daily: “With an eye to longevity, I have lost 40 lbs. this past year. I hope to shed another 20 this year.” Michael Waters wonders about the “new normal”: “Will I ever stop sanitizing my hands; having a mask at the ready; staying a bit distant from my friends when in their company?” Nevertheless, Mike and Jean are in good health in Webster, N.Y., where Mike enjoys his consulting work for a local Catholic girls school and serves on several local boards. They spent the winter in Naples, Fla., and are eager to travel again. Mike sends a shoutout to the friends with whom he shared some of his fondest HWS memories, “Judith Friedman Ackerhalt, wife of my dear departed friend Jay Ackerhalt, Leonard Buchakjian (and Toni), Terry Holland (and Rosemary); the AFROTC Squadron, starting with Major Fitzpatrick, Bob of course and the rest of our fellow cadets, Stock, Dutch, Todd, Norm, Phi Kappa Tau and all our great days together as brothers; the Economics Department and Professor Hahn, who got me headed in the direction of my business career; and my days on the baseball team; it is great to see the team back again. I share a

general acknowledgement of the wonderful experience that Hobart provided me for the life that I have led.” Thank you all for your input; it makes my job easier. For my military career, I joined Air Force ROTC. A week after graduation I was at Chanute Air Force Base in Illinois attending Aircraft Maintenance Officer School. I spent three years on active duty and 25 in the Reserves/National Guard. When I was a 2nd Lieutenant stationed at Andrews AFB in D.C., my best friend asked me to write a recommendation for him to be a conscientious objector. I truly thought if I did that, and the Air Force found out, I would pay some consequences, even be asked to leave the Air Force. I still decided to write his recommendation. He got his CO status. After active duty, I joined the Air Guard while in graduate school at the University of Maine, then met my wife-to-be at a military school. We moved to Washington State where I worked in public schools until age 60, when I retired from teaching and as a Lt. Colonel from the Air Force. I am experiencing changes in my body — a recent prostate cancer survivor, eye issues, pains that come and go. We all are dealing with such changes, seeing friends die, making decisions about the future, yet my problems are first world, and I will accept and deal with what life has presented me. I will continue to do so in the best way I can with a positive attitude and thankfulness for what I have been given in life. May you all be safe and healthy as you can be in the years ahead. “Be well, do good works and stay in touch” (Garrison Keeler). WILLIAM SMITH Ginny Knight Sargent, 2008 Rhodes Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254; (310) 376–2998; gsargent72@hotmail.com It was wonderful to hear from so many of you. Thank you! Mary Chermside Flanagan and her husband Christopher Flanagan ’67 took full advantage of a sunny fall day to meet up with Sandra Tomlinson Cremer and husband Steve on the Massachusetts South Shore. In January, Mary and Catherine Brock Johnson got together in Phoenix, Cathy’s hometown. Mary writes: “Such fun to share meals, memories and laughs with old friends!” A note arrived from Patricia “Paddy” O’Reilly Paulsen, who attended William Smith for two years before transferring to York University in Toronto, Canada (her birthplace). She completed her B.A. in French there and married Joe Paulsen, a native of Geneva, N.Y. They lived outside of Albany, N.Y. for 37 years before retiring 15 years ago to Robson Ranch in Eloy, Ariz. Paddy

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writes: “We chose Arizona because all three of our children had moved there.… It was a no-brainer! We love it here. My husband golfs four days a week and I enjoy the Genealogy Club, the Paper Crafting Club and the Jewelry Club…. We are very involved with our children, our 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. We are enjoying weather in the low 80s this week. As I am composing this, I am sitting on the patio enjoying the sunshine, the flowers, the palm trees and the cacti! Stay safe and stay well everyone!” Just before COVID, Barbara Cram-Crabtree P’05, GP’22 and her husband Loren moved to Buffalo, “such an underrated city — it doesn’t have tornadoes, huge fires, floods, earthquakes or terrific heat, just some pure white snow in the winter.” Barbaran and Loren left their 55-acre home in suburban Philadelphia to be near their daughter Christina Crabtree-Ide ’05 and her family. “She has a doctorate in epidemiology and these days is working very hard to handle family and career,” Barbara writes. “I, on the other hand, am comfortably retired, enjoying life and looking forward to traveling again soon. In the last couple of years, I’ve been taking oil painting lessons and enjoying it immensely.… Our son Gordon got married this September in Madison, Wisc., and will finish his fellowship in retinal ophthalmology in a few months. We hope that all of us will live closer together soon!” Bonnie Bushong Haley and Patrick Haley ’67 — who were married at an American Consulate in Japan in 1970 and climbed Mt. Fuji on their honeymoon — had “planned to celebrate our 50th in Germany, France and Switzerland (no, not Japan!). We had renewed our passports in February 2020 and then March happened! We celebrated at a Monet-inspired resort in Skaneateles, about 30 miles from HWS. We’re still waiting to decide about flying to Europe.” Bonnie keeps in touch with Elizabeth Shires Maguire “with three-hour conversations! Liz has written an award winning book: Advancing Reproductive Choice: Leading with Conviction and Compassion, A Memoir. Liz mentions HWS in the first two chapters. It’s excellent and can be ordered by Amazon. You might even see names you remember! I’ve also seen Dorothy McMillan ’68, also known as Mac. She lives nearby in Geneseo and we were honored when she asked Pat to be part of her 99-year-old mother’s memorial ceremony. Mac had been her remarkable mother’s caretaker for many years. Wishing everyone good health and hope the pandemic is

ending by 2023!” Mary Carter Johnson P’08 and Paul Johnson ’71, P’08 are belatedly celebrating their 50th (now 52nd) anniversary this summer with a two-month trip to England to visit Mary’s U.K. relatives. “We are traveling over on the Queen Mary II which is a seven-day transatlantic crossing. Can’t wait,” Mary writes. In the fall, their daughter Barbara Johnson Stemler ’08 got a new job as Senior Education Program Manager for The Kid Museum in Bethesda, Md., and gave birth to a daughter, Eleanor; Eleanor’s brother Thaddeus turned five in October. In February, Mary spent two weeks in Florida, where she saw roommate Mary Mowrey-Raddock ’69 and her husband Franklin Raddock ’68. “The hard news,” writes Mary Johnson, “is that I recently had a hysterectomy to remove uterine cancer. The good news is that it was diagnosed early and they got it all out. I am taking it easy for a few weeks while I recover. Had a great celebration for my 75th birthday by seeing The Music Man on Broadway which was such fun. Recommend it highly.”

Friends gathered in September at Farm Neck Golf Club on Martha’s Vineyard for the wedding of Alexandra Aquadro ’11. Pictured (l to r): Katrina Carey ’11, Frances Gross ’14, Kathleen Henke Harold ’11, Francis “Tripp” Aquadro ’14, Alexandra Aquadro, Catherine “Cassie” Findlay ’11 and Martha Beltz Shanfeld ’11.

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Monique Peeler Alexander ’05 (center right) celebrated her baby shower with Crystal Cordes Beatrice ’05 (who hosted), Aisha Rivers ’07 and Stacy Okoro ’05 (l to r). Below, meet Ella!

Monique Peeler Alexander ’05 and husband Desmond welcomed their first child, Ella Grace Alexander, in November.

Josephina Rago ’11, Amanda Shaw ’11, and Madeline Cary ’11 on a hike at Thacher State Park.

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came close to what he had done. “That has helped build the richness of life; thank you, HWS. I’ll see you all at Reunion next June.” The last two issues have not reflected my new address. When I turned 70 (four years ago!) I decided that I needed a change. I had lived on the same street in Montour Falls for all of those 70 years. I sold my home and moved to Skaneateles. I am loving the change and what that change has brought to my life. See you in June — I will be giving a wine tasting class with many of our Wagner Vineyards awardwinning wines. WILLIAM SMITH Christine Roberts Hawley, 5112 Pheasant Trail, Ann Arbor, MI 48105–9554; (734) 482–3582; clrnmh@gmail.com Christine Wardell is housing an Afghan refugee family who managed to leave four days after the Taliban took Kabul. The State Department is years behind in processing visa applications, but the father, who worked for the U.S., has a work permit and Social Security card. He, his wife and baby are hoping for the best. They would be an asset to our country. Christine plans on coming to Reunion and hopes to see many old friends in June. Jennifer “Ginger” Allen is still working fulltime and enjoying her eight adult children and 11 grandchildren. She talks often with Diane-Louise “D-L” Kenney Casson and saw Tine at her daughter Dawn’s baby shower in Herndon, Va., in November. Ginger also met with Catherine Cunningham Spofford and Mark Spofford ’69 and son while visiting her daughter Catherine in Portland, Ore., in the spring. Two important work changes for Ginger: she became a licensed social worker a few years ago and opened a practice at Excelsis Behavioral Health in Tampa. She left hospice, finally, and enjoys the positive results of working one-on-one with clients and families. Her business recently signed an agreement with a group that brought Skin Wisdom Rescue Spray to sell on Amazon. The patented product, which Ginger worked on for over 20 years, stops pain from sunburns, cooking burns and radiation burns, and has given many cancer patients relief. For the last 22 years, Ginger has also facilitated a monthly cancer survivors support group. She sends her love to all HWS classmates. This spring, Carolyn Collie sent a warm hello from very snowy (and snowing) Arlington, Mass. Patricia Endweiss has been busily planning Reunion and looks forward to seeing everyone! She encourages all to fill out the form for the Echo and Pine (you don’t need to answer every question).

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HOBART Roland Misarti, 1 Tall Timber Dr., Califon, NJ 07830; (908) 832–5052; Cell: (908) 528–6168; rjmisarti@msn.com First, I would like to wish Kira Cosentino Bennett ’15 all the best in her new assignment, and to welcome Theresa Gage P’22 who is now managing the Class Notes process. (Incidentally, Theresa gave me a “small world” item — Bart Guccia was one of her high school science teachers.) James Burness is looking forward to getting away from COVID and Zoom and returning to normal life. He does acknowledge one benefit: more and more of his wine assets have been transferred from his wine cellar to his glass! Jim is starting a new company dealing with immunotherapy for sepsis and certain solid tumors. David Frankel is studying for a master’s in history at UConn in Danbury, Conn. After 36 years in Minnesota, John Hershey and his wife Jeri are relocating to Staatsburg, N.Y. to be closer to family. Paul Johnson P’08 and his wife Mary Carter Johnson ’69, P’08 have had both Reunions and their wedding anniversary plans canceled due to the pandemic. Unfortunately, now that things are getting more normal their anniversary plans conflict with our 50th Reunion so he will regretfully miss classmates and friends. He is still volunteering at Young Life where he records books for the blind. Paul’s other project is writing a history of his parish, the All Angels’ Episcopal Church in New York. Paul and Mary should also be congratulated on the birth of their granddaughter, Eleanor. Joel Becker started and has directed an American Psychological Association continuing education entity that is now 40 years old. A strong supporter and advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and freedoms, Joel and his husband Greg are looking forward to more art, more travel and more cooking in the years to come. Arthur Medici is living his dream life in Sarasota. He golfs three times a week, and also plays duplicates bridge three times a week, competing for master points. Art still pursues his love of singing and is becoming a gourmet cook.His future additional plans include consulting small company CEOs. I should also mention that Art will be the MC for Open Mike Night at our Reunion. Always a big Buffalo Bills fan, Paul Paar was especially interested in this year’s playoffs, which ended early for the Bills, much to his dismay. Lawrence Shanbrom wrote in while on vacation in Playa del Carmen. After 51 years, he and the rest

of Room Service — Stephen Dalton, Frank Morales, Timothy Schmidt and freshman year drummer Ronald Barr — will perform their original music from 1967 to 1971 along with some new tunes. This concert will be the final event of Reunion and promises to be a grand sendoff. We hope by now you have viewed the Reunion materials and are planning to visit with your old classmates and friends from 1970 and 1972. WILLIAM SMITH Nancy Nowak Rutherford, 105 Palmertson Road, Rochester, NY, 14618; (585) 244–1385; nancynowakrutherford@gmail.com As I write this in March from Rochester, a nasty winter wind is swirling the snow around. I’m keeping warm with thoughts of Geneva in June when we celebrate our 50th Reunion. I hope many of you have already made arrangements to come back. Reunion information is on the 50th Reunion webpage: www2.hws.edu/ alum/reunion/50th-reunion. Even if you can’t attend, please fill out the form for the online Reunion Echo and Pine: hws. formstack.com/forms/classes_of_1970_ echo_and_pine. With COVID and winter, I didn’t receive much news but was glad to hear that many of you are coming back in June. Last spring, Robin Dissin Aufsis P’11 left her position as Director of English Studies at Lycée Français de New York, though misses teaching. She works as a substitute at Spence, a school for girls on the Upper East Side, and joined the board of Equality Charter School, “a wonderful independent charter school in the Bronx. Their mission makes me hopeful,” she writes. “I continue to co-author textbooks for AP English. Before lockdown, I traveled all over to work with teachers who use our books; I hope that starts up again. I live on the Upper East Side with my husband Arthur Aufsis P’11, who is still working as a lawyer (for better or for worse but not for lunch) and we’re lucky to have our children nearby. Our first grandchild, Sammy, lives only seven blocks away. Many many blessings, but some sadness too: my brother Mark Dissin ’77 and I are heartbroken at the loss of our sister Jane Dissin ’73 who died in January after a short illness. Make sure the people you love know it.” Kathleen Ross, who lives with her cats in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., writes: “My neighbors and friends here have supported each other throughout these past two years in unbelievably kind and generous ways. I feel very blessed to be where I am. Marian Smith Rings and I have stayed in contact and have been able to visit in person when she’s been in the area with family. Now it’s mostly phone calls

and video conferencing, but I’m so glad we’ve stayed friends over these 50-plus years. I’ve led a pretty busy, fulfilling though demanding life. Now I am happy to live more quietly, enjoying time with my friends, growing flowers, taking nature photos and writing a Facebook blog sharing my photographs and meditations on nature and life. I’m grateful for my education at Hobart and William Smith. These days it seems a luxury and a privilege to have spent four years without too many worries or cares, reading great literature. My health issues will prevent me from coming to the Reunion but I wish everyone the best. My motto is: the body ages but the spirit grows brighter. May that be so for everyone in the Class of 1971.” Christie Hayes is planning to come to Reunion. Looking forward to seeing everyone in June, she says “the free dorm rooms are a real plus!” Nancy “Bela” Breslau and husband Stephen Billias have written a novel together. Stephen has written for years, and on Bela’s birthday in 2019, Stephen invited her to collaborate with him on a novel. The resulting book, Pilgrim Maya, is scheduled for publication in 2022. Bela is also working on a book about her father, inspired by his family stories and her interviews with him. Visit: billiasbreslauwriters.com for details. Katherine Aldrich has been busy “with family stuff and work; the weeds are calling and the dogs are barking… we carry on.” Aside from the recent “installation of solar tubes in the living room,” she keeps in touch with family and friends online and occasionally face-to-face. “Life is weird but I’m happy to be in it. See you in June!” Rhonda Friedman and her husband Jim moved to Dallas in 2019 to be close to their daughter Jessica, her husband Jeff, and children Nathan and Hannah. After some hurdles renovating their condo (“because we clearly hired the worst contractor in Dallas!”), they moved in “the day the city shut down due to COVID. We had a workable kitchen and one bathroom — and lived like that for several months until contractors (we hired a new one) were permitted in the building. Slowly, they finished their work, although in February 2022 we still have some small things left undone. Never again!” Rhonda says Jim has retired for the third time but she says this time it is for keeps. Rhonda volunteers on the research boards of two hospitals and on the board of the Glacier Symphony, based near their other home in Montana, where they’ll spend the summer “after, of course, attending Reunion.… Is it really possible it’s been 50-plus years?” Katherine Tsitsos is

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“still being careful because of COVID, still keeping myself warm indoors, still seldom going out, still bored, still missing Greece and the wildflowers that are out there now.” (As a Facebook friend of Kathy’s, I can tell you that she may be bored but she’s never boring!) Though I complain about Rochester winters, I have managed to escape them on some great trips this year. Dave and I did a Road Scholar hiking trip to the Azores in October; when you read this, we will have just finished another RS trip, a safari to Zimbabwe, Zambia and Botswana. I highly recommend the Road Scholar (formerly ElderHostel) trips. Over Christmas, the family (10 of us!) rented a place in Costa Rica, and in February, I did a girls’ trip to Oaxaca, Mexico, with a junior high school friend. So, though I don’t have grandchildren to show pix of (yet), I will bore you to death at Reunion with stories and photos of my travels. I’m still volunteering at Planned Parenthood, active with Reunion prep, and an active member of the Rochester Women’s Giving Circle. Two of my three adult children live within three miles of me and my first grandchild (James) is on the way! Life is good.

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HOBART Henry Lenz, 1602 Kerryglen St., Westlake Village, CA 91361; henryjaylenz@gmail.com Hi, everyone. This is a meaningful time for us — 50 years! This Survey is arriving in your mailbox just before we return to campus for our 50th Reunion! And HWS’ 200th anniversary. Thank all of you for contributing to Class Notes over the years — I could not have written the columns without you. Even though I sometimes threatened to make stuff up! It’s also really nice that so many of you post on our group Facebook page. The recent thread about concerts we remember had the most replies ever. So here’s a toast to all of us from me and Karen in Southern California. William Zupan P’09 traveled to Wisconsin to purchase a car close to what he’s hoped to find for many years: a 1967 Buick Wildcat. It’s red and a convertible, and he and Maureen Collins Zupan P’09, L.H.D.’16 have been enjoying summertime rides through the countryside. But if anyone has a 1966 Buick Electra convertible, any color, and is willing to sell it, let him know! In the meantime he is spending his free time tinkering with it. Lynn Seavey Nemser ’71 and Michael Nemser “finally made it back to Venice at the end of October, somewhat delayed as we watched the elevated COVID numbers in Florida.

While we are always sad to leave New Hampshire, I am happy to be back in a more bicycle friendly area, where I am biking 20-plus miles most days. We are looking forward to restarting our travels, initially taking our daughter, son-in-law and two grandchildren on another Disney cruise in March, virus permitting. I have enjoyed working with a great group of classmates in planning our 50th Reunion and catching up on the phone with many college friends. Reunion 2022 will surely be a fun week and we are looking forward to seeing many old friends in June.” It was great seeing John Baron on our Reunion Zoom call. He writes: “Suzanne Herman Baron ’73 and I are greatly looking forward to seeing everyone in June. We recently celebrated the 52nd anniversary of our first date which was largely spent hanging out together in my pal William ‘Mac’ McIlmoyl’s room in Super Dorm until the wee hours. Somehow we found the smoke-filled setting and music blasting from Mac’s prodigious sound system utterly romantic, which speaks to, as Huey Lewis would say, the Power of Love. Our fates were cast.” John and Suzanne live outside Denver with a view of Pikes Peak from their deck and are planning to visit their sons, who “are all married now to stellar women whom we adore.… Our first grandson, Sidney, has been on the scene for 20 months in New York. We now understand what the grandparent thing is all about. Pretty amazing as many of you know. I have carved out a wonderful semi-retirement having sold my management consulting firm a few years ago. I continue to serve a number of my favorite clients, but have plenty of time to pursue our various interests and lots of travel. We stay in touch and recently had lunch with Loren Stryker Stockton, my Bartlett 2 and Super Dorm roommate, who lives in Minneapolis. We correspond with Mac (Napa Valley), John Kitagawa (Tucson, Ariz.) and Peter Ciotoli and his wife Alison “Lissa” Crocker Ciotoli ’73 (Lewes, Del.). I occasionally have lunch with Stewart Greisman ’70 who now lives in the Vail Valley here in Colorado.” And I heard from Jeffrey Klein. He and Howard Taylor have stayed very close over the past 50 years spending many wonderful vacations and family events together. Their latest vacation together was at the Turnberry resort in Aventura, Fla., and they plan to spend some more time together in Scottsdale, Ariz. in early April before heading up to Geneva in June. They have turned in the tennis racquets for golf clubs. Life is good and retirement is not overrated! To many more great times together! In

Allison Flaherty ’17, MAT’18, Riley McCarthy ’15, Amy Bright, Patrick O’Connell ’17, Sean Bright ’17 and Rio Schmidt ’17 on a February ski trip in Park City, Utah. Austin Gallegos ’17 would have been there but is deployed overseas with the Marine Corps.

Kerry Gannaway ’02 and Hobart Head Football Coach Kevin DeWall ’00 are proud parents of Kaleb James, born in January. Kaleb joins the “wolf pack” with his big sisters Kaia and Kinley.

Emily Kellogg ’13, who married Charles Ballon in Clayton, N.Y. in September, celebrates with Andrew Kellogg ’15 and Natasha Jewett ’17. Leah Mucciarone ’13, Sean Tuemmler ’13 and Hayley Bauza ’13 were also in attendance.

Clockwise from bottom left: Margaretta Heiserman Himes ’86, Claudia Mesrop Zeller ’86, Anne O’Connor Standish ’86, P’14, P’16, Elizabeth Schwartz ’86, Elizabeth Uhry MacCurrach ’85, P’18, Christine Noel MacInnes ’86, Leslie Wayte Heineman ’86 and Patricia Stern Frohman ’86, P’19.

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his holiday card, David Arthur pointed out that last year, “people became more acquainted with the Greek alphabet” — especially delta and omicron. He and Nancy followed the trend for their year-in-review, encountering “phi, as in the Pfizer vaccine” when they “were double jabbed by early March.” Happier and more at ease, David reactivated his health club membership and Nancy volunteered at her university’s vaccination clinic. David writes: “Nancy enjoyed being part of the solution to the pandemic and sharing in the happiness of students, faculty, and staff when they got their jabs. After getting the vaccine it was with a psi (sigh) of relief and not an iota of worry that we reconnected in person with two American couples who we worked with in Lebanon.… Lambda, lambda (lordy, lordy), summer also found the return of activities we enjoy” — music in the parks, the downtown folk festival and “theta (theater) once again when the nu Tanger Center for the Performing Arts opened in September 2021.… Work came to an omega (end) for Nancy when she retired in September, though she remains involved in project rho (for Romanian, the national language of Moldova, and for Rotary International, the foundation that awarded a three-year, $197,300 grant to the North Carolina-Moldova Nursing Collaborative). David’s photography has remained at a low ebb, but he made two trips to the Blue Ridge Parkway/ Appalachian Mountains to capture fall colors. He continued to connect with other area photographers via monthly zeta (err, Zoom) meetings. Check his website to look at recent photos and enjoy others from prior excursions: flickr. com/photos/darthur99. We heeded the recommendation that we beta get a vaccine booster, which we did in October. After two years of being grounded we took our first international trips in November and December — first to a resort on a small island called Isla Mujeres (Island of Women) off the coast of Cancun, and then to the upsilon (opposite) coast, Los Cabos. Both resorts were all-inclusive, so we eta lot, and kapp-a lyin’ around for hours on the pool loungers, which means that the pi (circumference) of our waists is probably bigger now, but who’s gamma measure? We’ve now used 20 of the 24 Greek letters in hopes it will lessen the number that COVID can claim for new variants. Like you, we are ready for the final ‘nu normal’ in a world where COVID is endemic, not pandemic. As we end, we thank the health professionals who, despite the mess being thrown at them, remain committed to caring for everyone

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who needs care.” After spending three months in London chasing after his grandchildren, Alan Heavens says he will be more than happy to spend a few days at Reunion hanging with people his own age. Speaking of Reunion, check out the video narrated by Alan Kalter ’64 youtube.com/watch?v=BkfN-PGI2Qw. I also want to give you a preview of June. We’re going to open the time capsule we buried at our 25th Reunion. Have a memorial service for those we’ve lost. Share memories of Orientation and Western Civ. A WEOS throwback show. A groundbreaking ceremony for our gift to build an outdoor classroom. President Emeritus and honorary member of the Classes of ’72 Mark D. Gearan L.H.D.’17, P’21 will speak too. And 60 Minutes’ William Whitaker ’73, L.H.D.’97 will host the screening of my Reunion movie, A Life of Consequence, in Albright on June 9. Claude “Coddy” Nuckols singing his original song “Pulteney Street,” great views of the Quad and lake, the music of our times, plus many of your voices and memories. Some surprise cameo appearances. Bishop John Henry Hobart joins us from 1822. Elizabeth Blackwell and William Smith will return. Bill Heywood, Class President in 1922, will make an appearance from the Centennial Celebration too. We’ll recall our favorite professors and concerts. Watch Walter Cronkite’s report on Tommy the Traveler. Vietnam. Woodstock. Man on the moon. The Oaks. Cosie’s. Pandora’s Box. Graduation with John Baron’s speech. William Jefferson Clinton. President Gearan’s Garage Band. And the bright future of the Colleges. Hoping for tears, laughter and applause! See you on the Quad! After Reunion, Karen and I are heading to Italy for lots of cooking under the Tuscan sun! WILLIAM SMITH Janet Selover Van Abs, 139 Petticoat La, Lebanon, NJ 08833; (908) 217–7950; jsvanabs@gmail.com Greetings! I hope you are all as excited as I am about our 50th Reunion. I am really looking forward to seeing our classmates, and hope that my roommates Lynne Nichols Magee and Elaine Jordan Stowell P’00 will come. Did you know the Classes of ’70 and ’71 will also be there to celebrate their 50ths, which were postponed because of COVID? Our Reunion Committee has been working hard to organize lots of fun events, and you can register and peruse the schedule here: www2.hws.edu/ alum/reunion/50th-reunion. William Smith classmates who confirmed they’ll be there: Carol Ulmer, Jean Ann Linney, Ellen Roos-Marr, Shirley Napolitano Banker, Joan Thomas Stansbury,

Maureen Collins Zupan P’09, L.H.D.’16, Joyce Killick Fowler, Marianne Davies Cracovaner, Elizabeth Schaub Rosenthal P’11, Helen Orphanidys Arnold, Marcia McPherson Lichtman, Paula Babiarz Tracy, Sandra Beretta Henderson, Caryl Grawert Gorsline, Catherine van de Velde Lambe, Mary Helen Hawthorne, Constance Rice, Virginia Fetscher, Maureen Frazier, Sandra Allen Halbritter, Nancy Baum Lohman, Dorinda Young Rulle, Janis Root Tobin, Susan Lloyd Yolen, Deborah Shor Jervis, Elizabeth Stratton — and hopefully many more! If you can’t attend, the Committee is planning to stream some events live, if possible. Watch for announcements and stay tuned! Back to news: Dan and I had an amazing road trip around the U.S. in my trusty Subaru — 7,500 miles in October. It was a trip of a lifetime. Some days of dreary desert, others of amazing beauty. I especially loved the huge wind farms in Iowa, the mountains of Colorado, Arches National Park in Utah and Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico. We were happy to get home and check it off our bucket list. We were supposed to have my family and Dan’s for Christmas but had some obstacles (Omicron) and ended up celebrating in January. I heard from Ellen Roos-Marr and husband Barry Marr ’71, who live in Hawaii and are both planning to attend Reunion. Ellen writes: “I can’t believe it’s been 50 years! All three of my children have completed college and post-grad work and I guess one day they will be going to their 50th Reunion with a little luck.” I hear frequently from Carol Ulmer, who is on the Board of Trustees for Kiwimbi International with me. She writes that with winter over in St. Petersburg, “friends and family from the north are visiting after two years of COVID. And we are planning a trip to Italy in May, returning days before Reunion. Ken has decided to join me for the big one, and we will catch up with Janet and Dan Van Abs and Maureen and William Zupan P’09. Looking forward to seeing my HWS Facebook buddies, Dorinda, Shirley, Sandy, Jean Ann, Michael, AJ, Fred, Jan, Steve, Al and the entire Class of ’72!” I heard from Jane Handlen Dye and Russell Dye, who will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary in June and won’t be able to attend Reunion. We will miss them for sure, but happy anniversary, Jane and Russ! Jean Ann Linney and her husband are planning to attend Reunion, where Jean Ann will emcee a session titled, “Turbulence and Transformation: The Evolution of Western Civ, 1966–72.” Professors Joe DiGangi, Pat McGuire, Jim Spates, and Jim Crenner have agreed to

join us for this 90-minute session, scheduled for Wednesday, June 8 at 9 a.m. All four professors entered HWS between 1967 and 1971, along with us and the issues of the day. No doubt this was a unique time in American history, especially on college campuses. Academics for us were mixed up with the draft, the Vietnam war, the role of ROTC on campus, civil rights, reproductive rights, changing gender roles and, of course, the saga of Tommy the Traveler. Western Civ bound us together for the first year and gave us ways to analyze what was happening around us. Those classes, our day-to-day experience and the response to the turbulence likely were transformative for us as students and for the Colleges. At Reunion 50 years later, we’re asking our panelist professors to reflect on the turbulence and transformations at HWS in the late ’60s and early ’70s, so we can reflect on and analyze these shared experiences (like we did in Western Civ discussion groups) with the benefit of hindsight and the wisdom of terrific HWS professors. Jean Ann writes: “With so much to think about, we may have trouble keeping the conversation to 90 minutes! Hope to catch up with classmates in Geneva for our golden reunion.” Shirley Napolitano Banker (one of my freshman roommates) is also looking forward to Reunion. She was “stuck” in Edinburgh, Scotland, for two months at the height of the pandemic, but “what a fantastic place to be stuck. Nothing was open but the thrill of going to the castle, knocking on the door, and being the only person there cannot be surpassed. It was pure joy.” Shirley hopes international travel will become easier, but being close to home “has been wonderful,” between the nearby hiking trails, the “amazing bevy of birds to feed and watch every day” and learning to crochet “with the help of YouTube.… The whole family is pretty tired of all the blankets and scarves, but finger puppets continue to be welcome.” She has also begun “a life history focusing on my family’s heritage, but so far the words are not anywhere on paper. My mom, Shirley Betar Napolitano P’69, P’72, George Napolitano ’69, brother-in-law Kurt Carpenter ’62, sister-in-law Nancy Banker Carpenter ’64, brother-in-law Robert Banker ’60, who attended Hobart prior to joining the Air Force, and husband William Banker ’70 will all play a prominent role in this book, as will those who have become part of my clan including James Owen Morgan ’05. Stay tuned for a publication date. I am aiming for our 75th reunion in 2047.” Fifty years ago, I performed in a recital at Houghton

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House with Joan Thomas Stansbury accompanying me on piano. Joan, whom I’ve kept in touch with thanks to Class Notes), has lived in Central Kentucky since 1975, raising a family and enjoying a long career as a music educator. After retiring, she taught musikgarten classes for babies and toddlers and served as an adjunct instructor at two of Kentucky’s state universities. Joan writes: “The combination of the pandemic and my husband’s serious health issues brought all that to a screeching halt in the fall of 2020. Thankfully, the health issues have resolved, but I’ve chosen not to return to teaching. I have been active in two community choruses and look forward to returning to singing and accompanying once rehearsals resume. Making music with others still gives me joy, after all these years. Speaking of making music, I’m looking forward to being back on campus for Reunion, where a highlight for me will be playing a clarinet-piano duet with Janet Selover Van Abs and singing with Arthur Medici ’71. I accompanied both of them when we were students, and it will be a nice trip down memory lane. It also confirms my belief that making music is something people can continue to do throughout their lives. I hope to see many of you in Geneva!” I don’t think I ever met Cary Unkelbach while we were at HWS, but we’ve become friends via Facebook. Cary and husband Dave Olmstead, and Labrador Betty took a 5,000-mile round trip to the East Coast last fall. Cary sold copies of her book, Heartbreak Kennel, at a Labrador Specialty dog show in Maryland, where Betty won ten rosettes and a new title! Cary also reports that her book won best biography in the 2021 Best Book Awards contest sponsored by the American Book Fest (and was a finalist in the animals/pets narrative nonfiction category), adding to previous awards. Cary was thrilled — and even more thrilled when a reader contacted her about finding a reputable breeder after reading only a few chapters. Congratulations, Cary! During their trip, she and Dave visited friends and Dave’s relatives, hiked along the Connecticut coastline, so Betty could experience the Atlantic Ocean and Dave could photograph birds, and they summited Connecticut’s highest “mountain.” In January, they drove to Missouri in between snowstorms to meet a potential new family member, and with Betty’s approval, puppy Callie accompanied them back to the mountains. I heard recently from my freshman roommate Joyce Killick Fowler whose life during the pandemic “has consisted of the following: ushering at the Rochester

Philharmonic Orchestra (when concerts actually took place), going to Jazzercise class three times per week, writing weekly notes of encouragement to people at my church along with greeting visitors on Sunday, and looking after my husband Paul who has problems with walking.” Joyce says she’s a definite “yes” for Reunion. Robin Martens Stacey reports: “Our biggest news is that we are expecting another set of identical news. Jennifer has seven-year-old identical twin boys; Brett has fraternal one-year-old twin boys; and Katie is expecting identical twin boys in July. I was hoping we would get at least one girl this time — oh well.” Robin retired six years ago but is busy with executive human resource consulting and remodeling — “only leaving me about 20 percent retirement time. Guess I am failing at retirement.” Marianne Davies Cracovaner and her husband Michael Cracovaner ’73, who will both be at Reunion, report weathering the pandemic with happy hour on their patio with friends and neighbors. “On several occasions, our son Tom and his friend Robb entertained us musically in the backyard,” Marianne writes. Tom has been teaching 10th grade, online and in the classroom, and producing sketch comedy (including a benefit concert for a Tucson, Ariz. foodbank). With daughter-in-law Megan, a nurse case manager, Marianne and several friends participated in small group mosaic classes, and Marianne has continued drawing and painting. Her work was in a show in November at San Pedro Chapel to help raise money for the historic chapel and cultural center’s community services. Marianne writes: “I was honored when a community member purchased one of my oil paintings, El Fuerte Reunion, reflective of the annual reenactment of a Fort Lowell historical event, to donate to the Chapel and hang as part of their permanent collection.” Their son Jim joined a worldwide virtual group of musicians that composed and presented new work for one another during the pandemic, resulting in a series of songs under the name Jimi C & the Waves, released on music platforms and YouTube. Early in the pandemic, Marianne and Mike visited Diane, Mike’s mom, in a Mother’s Day car parade with our colorfully designed posters, gifts, and cards. “Now with vaccines and testing we can visit again inside,” Marianne writes, noting that they’ve enjoyed visits to California and Tennessee to visit family. It was great to hear from Barbara Speed, who wrote that the pandemic shutdown meant “no more teaching,” either yoga or music. (She plays flutes, saxophone and

Class of ’96ers Daniel Hughes, Daren Bish, Jeremy Carter P’25, Gray Cooper and Chris Griswold in Atlanta to open up Griswold’s basement bar for the NFL playoffs. (The dog’s name is Lulu.)

Ian West ’06 and his sixth grade science class were recently featured on New Hampshire Public Radio and in local newspapers through the Granite State News Collaborative.

A “weeklong regatta in the beautiful waters of Bermuda” culminated in a lifelong dream for Robert Van Alen ’93, P’24 (second from left) — a 2021 sailing world championship in the International One Design Class.

Barbara Russell Carter ’61 in the Sill House living room, pretending to milk Gloria. Upperclassmen would hide the famous Sill House resident, “and then challenge the freshmen to find her.… One class had her hidden in plain view on the top of the dresser in the boy’s dorm, first floor, curtains always open, and all the girls could do is wish they could retrieve her,” Barbara says. “Someone, it may have been me, bribed a kindhearted janitor to rescue Gloria while the guys were in classes.… Another time we hid her in the basement of an associate dean[’s house], where she stayed for several months. Then one freshman asked the associate dean to look around for Gloria.… and in the basement she found a large item covered with a blanket. Aha — it was Gloria!”

Andrea Rocchio ’11 and her husband welcomed Oliver on Dec. 15, 2021.

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clarinet.) “All my private lessons stopped, and my music gigs too. Fortunately, I felt I was on the verge of wanting to stop anyway, so there was a small silver lining.… My music gigs and teaching have kept me pretty busy all these years in California, since my move here in 1979,” and the past decade of studying and teaching yoga was “a welcome addition.” Through the pandemic, Barbara has continued to practice yoga, and share “asanas on Facebook and by email with students,” and more recently has been able to resume some gigs and jams. Her husband Fletcher, who retired from his teaching position at Diablo Valley College in 2014, is a photographer and master gardener, whose expertise has rubbed off on Barbara (see her photos on Facebook). “Forty-plus years out here in California, and it’s still a beautiful home, in spite of climate change,” she says. The only downside “of being in California, and of COVID, is being so far from Hobart and William Smith and seeing travel as still a challenge,” so she isn’t confident that she and Fletcher will make what’s “shaping up to be an amazing 50th Reunion.” From toasty Florida, Maureen Collins Zupan wrote that she and Bill stopped on the way to Key West for five days in Orlando, “reliving our honeymoon (49 years ago) at Magic Kingdom. What cost $3.50 in 1973 costs $125 in 2022, and lines were long.” Ensconced in Key West for two months, Maureen reported “enjoying the Central New York snowstorms from afar” and says they “are way looking forward” to Reunion. As is Betsy Schaub Rosenthal, who is “hoping that there is a big turnout, so that I’ll be able to reconnect with friends from that time!” Betsy reports that she and her husband Todd Rosenthal ’71, P’11 “have managed to FaceTime with our kids, their spouses and our grandkids regularly, and to visit together in person a few times.” Thanks to COVID, it’s been “hard not to be a bigger part of their lives.” For Betsy, the pandemic has meant “sleeping in late and staying up late; reading; knitting; watching TV; talking on the phone; ordering many meals for curb pick-up or delivery; doing FaceTime and Zoom with family and a few friends.” But her daily meditation and three-to-four-mile walk (“if the weather isn’t too hot, raining or cold/icy”) “are great stress relievers!” Betsy had a nice John Lennon quote at the end of her email to me, which I share here: “We all shine on…the moon and the stars and the sun…”

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HOBART Timothy M. Richards, 700 Iron Post Road, Moorestown, NJ 08057; (856) 802–1208; 700ironpost@ comcast.net Jeffrey Allen is the retired leader of Minto & Wilkie Insurance Agency in California and lives in San Rafael. He has three children and two granddaughters. He travels extensively and has a 46foot motorboat that he keeps in San Francisco. WILLIAM SMITH Marjorie Torelli, 311 Lafayette Road, Syracuse NY 13205; (585) 721–4502; marjorie. torelli@gmail.com

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HOBART Mike Orth, 162 Ocean Aisle Circle, Unit 102, Salisbury, Md 21804; (860) 752–9014; orangemike52@ hotmail.com Wow, 2022. Sounds very futuristic. By my count the pandemic is two years old, and may be finally petering out; let’s hope so, for heaven’s sake. First is sad news about one of our classmates. We heard last fall, after the winter issue of the Pulteney Street Survey had gone to press, from Steven Pines, that Herman “Terry” Bates passed away at his home in Rhode Island. I’m sorry that I was unable to include this news in the last issue. Terry was a real character; many of you knew that was also a very accomplished builder and master woodworker, widely recognized in Rhode Island for his craftsmanship. He even had a nod and shoutout from Bob Vila, and his projects will endure for future generations in the area. Terry was proud of his family traditions, which he carried on for many years at his beautiful, rustic family homestead in western Rhode Island. I’m confident that since last fall, those of our classmates who were closest to Terry have been able to congregate and celebrate his life. Better news comes from Garrett Mathieson, sang the Hobart alma mater at the opening of the Bicentennial celebration in February. I happen to know that those events are recorded, so his rendition will live forever. Gary and I were in the Glee Club together, and he reminded me that we sang the Ron Cox version often at our concerts. God help us if any of those events were recorded; Gary always had a great voice, which thankfully drowned out some of the rest of us. He also posted pictures on Facebook of his grandson, who recently turned one. I’ll just say this again: how is it that any of us are old enough to be

grandparents? I’m not sure how that happened. By the time you read this, Thomas Oberdorfer will be a retired psychotherapist; he says he will be calling it quits on April 15. He lives in the D.C. area and coaches lacrosse at an area private school. In the fall, he will be publishing a book, Winners Lose Too. He’s interviewed 22 high profile athletes, including Ali Marpet ’15, Max Scherzer, several Olympians, Scott Dixon (who has won the Indy 500 four times) and others. The twist is, Tom has spoken to all of these successful athletes about their experiences with losing. Sounds very interesting; look for it most likely on Amazon. Tom also says he would love to hear from any classmates or assorted HWS-ers. Shoot me a text or an email and I will pass along Tom’s contact information. Robert Sena retired five years ago and is busy with bird and wildlife photography, which has been part of his life for years, as part of his travels to exotic places like New Zealand and the Galapagos Islands. Gee, I went to Cleveland once. He’s added colored pencil drawings of a lot of the wildlife he’s encountered over the years, and has had his drawings published in Artists Magazine and American Artist. I’m always impressed by artists; I can barely draw a circle. William Lanigan is still freezing in Rochester, and reports a sixth grandchild born recently. Holy smokes. John Palkovic, who has lived in Punta Gorda, Fla. for 40 years, has finally gotten tired of working and retired. He says, “retirement is great, getting old sucks.” I concur. Lastly, and unrelated to the Class of 1974, Ali Marpet’s retirement from the NFL at age 28 has caused a major stir in the sports world. To wit, Hobart College was mentioned on ESPN’s daily show, Pardon the Interruption; one of the hosts, Tony Kornheiser (who grew up on Long Island and graduated from Binghamton University, probably around 1970, so he knows Hobart), described our alma mater as an “academic gem.” I will bet anyone that Ali’s retirement is the biggest story in the sports world having to do with a Division III athlete in quite some time. Awesome stuff. That’s it; stay well, everyone, and keep in touch. WILLIAM SMITH Joanne Conrad, P.O. Box 612, Chatham, MA 02633; (207) 967–4914; jc@conradgroupintl.com Greetings, fellow alumnae. As I write, it is March 1, and we look forward to the warmer and greener weather ahead, to gardening and boating, and the welcome waning of the pandemic. I’d feel remiss if I didn’t also acknowledge the days-old growing and grave conflict

to our east. In these unprecedented times, our mettle is tested, yet we must all keep hope and faith that peace and well-being for all will prevail. Happily for all of us, Sally Webster wrote: “As part of a downsizing plan, we sold our place on the east side of Seneca Lake in early September 2021 and moved to a house in the town of Geneva, conveniently close to Wegmans and other amenities. New running and walking routes abound, and volunteer activities include working with music presenting organizations: the Smith, Geneva Concerts, and Geneva Music Festival plus warbling in the HWS Community Choir. The local music scene is robust, so I invite William Smith alumnae and Hobart alumni to take in a show when you get to town. I am also helping out with food distribution through the Boys and Girls Club and the Center of Concern.” Katherine Coleman Nicoll stays in touch through her holiday messages, reporting on sailing and skiing adventures. She’s looking forward to teaching her grandchildren to ski and sail, so no doubt they will soon be joining her on the slopes and in the sloops. Freshman year McCormick House buddies Sandra Wong-Bannister and Elizabeth Dailey say hello to our classmates. Sandy lives north of Seattle and retired just before the pandemic. She has enjoyed trips to the beach for hiking and respite during these hard times. A visit back home to Hawaii is in store when things settle down. Liz Dailey is a long-time resident of South Philly. She retired from her design/ installation landscape business and enjoys volunteering with the Philadelphia parks system, kayaking and hiking. We remembered Little Theatre’s production of Lysistrata in Bartlett Theater. I wrote in my last column about staying in touch with old friends and the importance of those connections. My freshman roommate, Ellen Brand, and I have found new opportunities in our retirement and relative proximity to connect frequently by text, phone calls and in person (in between the extensive traveling she and her husband are doing to the national parks; to a newly found brother in Sydney whom she visits in Europe — great story; and to wherever the spirit moves). We recently had a Zoom call with two other great friends and floor-mates, Irka Elsevier and Beverly Singer. Irka is retired from teaching and is enjoying snowy walks in winter and gardening in summer, and Bev, who isn’t yet ready to retire, continues her work as a child psychologist with a specialty in helping those with selective mutism. We enjoyed laughs, reminisced about friends who’ve passed on, and made a

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vow to again connect in-person for a mini-reunion later this year. A number of us connected recently over the passing of another classmate and friend Herman “Terry” Bates in late autumn. Terry was a man who lived life on his own terms, quite a character in words and actions. But he cared deeply about people and above all the stewardship of his beloved “farm” in western Rhode Island — the land and an antique homestead owned by his family since Washington was president. On a closing note, I have offered several times to happily move aside and would welcome someone else to step in as Class Correspondent if one so desires. Please, if it so suits you to keep in touch, reach out, create, write, try something new in retirement, be in touch with me or the Office of Alumni and Alumnae Relations. If not, you all will help make this column most interesting if you’d send me a line or three anytime. Life is so remarkable! Let’s share it. Thank you to those of you who do keep in touch — and there are many over the years who have!

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HOBART Zack Chaikin, 252 Old Tappan Rd., Old Tappan, NJ 07675; (201) 6660228; Zackc@juno.com Hello, all! I hope this latest Class Notes finds all of you healthy and maskless. I heard from Andrew Cady a little too late to make the last issue, so he gets to lead off. Drew has been producing and presenting live concert events since his days on the HWS Concert Committee, and while he is technically retired, he’s still producing concerts for the Philharmonic Society of Orange County, Calif., near his bungalow in north county San Diego. Drew is taking full advantage of the SoCal climate on his bike, with Nitza, his partner of 26 years and daughter Amelia, who is living with her partner Michael near the Russian River in Sonoma. John Clarkeson is getting used to the slower pace of the retired world, sifting through years of memories with wife Kathy and recruiting his two sons for some house painting ahead relocating to the Rockies. As an ex-WEOS staffer (like me), John enjoys tuning into WHWS as often as possible. A picture is worth a thousand words: Gregory Wiener sent me one of him and his pickup truck in the Guatemalan jungle. When he isn’t at his medical practice, the jungle keeps him out of his wife’s hair and in whatever trouble he can manage. John Fromson and Rebecca Ramos-Chacon collaborated in a Harvard-Radcliffe seminar, where national and international experts generated

recommendations for standards of care for transsexual, transgender and gender nonconforming people. John is an M.D., Associate Professor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Vice Chair for Community Psychiatry at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Rebecca is at the National Institute on Alcohol and Alcoholism in El Paso, Texas; her work resulted in the first free communitybased naloxone dispensaries in the Border Region. Paul “Ziggy” Zageski turned his part-time technology consulting into a full-time venture with about a dozen clients who, with Ziggy’s help, are using technology with less stress. He is preparing for his son’s graduation in June and hopes to make Reunion. Still collecting and using manual typewriters, Ziggy types often to Paul Gates in North Carolina. ZIggy also generated a Class of ’75, Sherrill 2 roommates table, so if you lived there and forgot who your neighbors were, contact Ziggy for a copy: paulzagaeski@ me.com. Finally, Thomas Fuller is in the documentary, Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time. It seems he was at a 1997 speech and was asked some questions by the director of the film, and Tom’s responses ended up in the film and not on the cutting room floor. Could be an Oscarwinning performance! WILLIAM SMITH Mary E. Hughes, 11 Cliff St., Stonington, CT 06378; (860) 4950208; hughesme54@gmail.com

Michael Brown ’12 and Katherine Burgos-Brown ’12 welcomed a baby girl in March 2021.

Amherst High School nurse Faye Pietrak P’03, P’10 and Laurie Legoff, the school’s college admissions counselor, show off HWS swag as application season ramps up.

Paul Sullivan ’78 sends love, peace and happiness from Langkawi, Malaysia to the Classes of 1978, with a special hello to James Myers ’78, David McMillan ’78, Donald Atha ’78, Robert Bird ’78 and Diane Pearson ’80. “May you run.”

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HOBART Tony “Eagle” Payne, 19 Greenway Drive, Falmouth, ME 04105; (207) 807–5331; tpayne@maine.rr.com Kenneth Ulsh reports he’s “still alive and well.” He sends a shoutout to roommate Andrew Polansky after seeing news in the last Survey. Ken retired in 2015 and lives in the Binghamton, N.Y. area, where he cares for his mother, who has Parkinson’s and dementia. Aside from cooking and keeping up the house, he’s been reading, crossword-puzzling, playing pool, exercising, cycling (he recently converted a bicycle to a mid-motor electric) and “dabbling in my stereo equipment — lately even in electronics.” WILLIAM SMITH Christine Rolland, christine.normandy@gmail.com Jane Milardo retired from her psychotherapy practice and now concentrates on being with “the lights of her life” — her five grandsons, two of whom live nearby. (Her son is recently engaged, so she naturally hopes for more.) At the same time, she writes,

Joseph Tully ’88 at the Art Institute of Chicago next to a painting by Geneva native and Hobart alum Arthur Dove, 1903.

Richard “Toby” Pugh ’67 and wife Elizabeth visited Richard Anderegg ’67 and Jean Sutherland Anderegg ’67 in Marietta, Ga. Note the T-shirts, the Phi Sig mug in Dick’s hand, and the William Smith mug on the mantle.

Hosted by Edward Mooney ’77, HWS fans tailgate at the Hobart-Sacred Heart lacrosse game in March.

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“After years of taking care of others, I try to live in the moment at a slow pace, and that’s all right with me.” Make the most of having loved ones nearby, Jane! Former Class Correspondent Linda Steller sent me her encouragement — it’s a pleasure, Linda, and thank you for your news! She says she entered HWS intending to become a teacher but never really settled into the education program. Yet she did end up in higher education. After 32 years at the University of Oregon, including 23 as the department manager of the Economics Department, she retired in 2011. She also was a quilting teacher, designing and making quilts, and organized two international quilt competitions, one of which, based on famous painters, was featured in American Quilter Magazine, along with her quilt. She now enjoys gardening, walking, hiking with her dog and renovating her cottage in Eugene, Ore. Former housemate Carolyn Stepanek Holmes retired from teaching at Fayetteville Manlius High School in 2010. Since then, she has been volunteering at the Cazenovia Public Library where she is a member of the board and runs a book discussion group. Her three grandchildren are in Boston. She has actively maintained her friendship with Rebeca Ramos-Chacon ’75 and would love to hear from other Sill House residents. Carolyn writes: “It’s hard to believe that it has been 50 years since we started our time at William Smith College.” Seconded! Although we did not know each other well — on different floors of the house and existence at the time, so to speak — it’s a real pleasure to connect now and discover each other as mature adults. This position has allowed me to connect with long-lost friend Lynn Robertson-Hotz. After she moved to South Africa and I to France, our ways separated as we each concentrated on adapting to new cultures. What a delight to speak with her once again. I have many memories from college, the Italy trip and young adulthood, including a great wedding weekend in western Pennsylvania with her family. If you would like to reconnect with her as well, don’t hesitate to contact me. News only gets better: Susan Singer Kerschner’s second book of poetry Soul and Bone (Parisburg Publishing) came out in late 2021 and is available through Amazon or Barnes & Noble. I finally received a copy, along with her first book, The Shoulders of Country Roads: My Journey from Head and Neck Cancer (2012, Parisburg Publishing). Wow! Sister souls. We both deal with trauma and survival through writing poetry rooted

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in transcendence with the natural world. Throughout I am reminded of Frank O’Laughlin’s proto-Renaissance history class and Peter Cummings’ Renaissance literature course, not to mention my own browsing on medieval scholasticism in the HWS library — at the time situated in Demarest Hall. Susan constantly flips between macro- and microcosms. Remember discussions on the universe reflected in a grain of sand? Here, the body becomes a skyscraper where every floor represents another organ, and at the same time, cells are city lights and traffic jams, universes within universes within universes, all subject to jungle conflagrations. In Soul and Bone, Susan traces memories embodied in family heirloom silverware, war correspondence, brotherhood and deepseated memories as she faces the loss of her father, the suffering of his last days and subsequent grief. In both books, basic functions — eating, breathing, drinking, walking — are underscored by their reduction to basic perceptions: light, color, sound, form, nature. So of course, they are also accompanied by photographs. Congratulations, Susan, on two beautiful books!

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HOBART John A. Hoff Jr., 414 Oceanwalk Drive N, Atlantic Beach, FL 32233; (973) 951–1234; hoffjohnjr@gmail.com My email referencing shenanigans on Bartlett 3 circa 1973–74 got a number of amusing responses, many of which are not printable, but that ’70s Hobart humor always brings a smile, printable or not. Joseph Sullivan reported “no news, but Rams by 3!” I should have gone with that! Robert Streeten sent a note from a few hours south of here in Vero Beach. Bob and his wife are retired — Bob spent 36 years teaching history and coaching in the Corning School District. “One of my proudest moments in the classroom was teaching an elective called ‘The Holocaust.’” Bob and his wife led a group of students to the Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C. for 19 years. Their two sons both played lacrosse at SUNY Binghamton. Their youngest got married last summer at Belhurst Castle. He is also a teacher and lacrosse coach while the bride is an assistant coach at William Smith! Following on the theme, their oldest is also a lacrosse coach in Dallas. Great note also from Eric Olsen. After a journey through the hospitality business, including a stint in ski area management at Davos (!), Eric has been a middle school and high school teacher in Texas, focused on writing. He was considering

retirement, but after surviving a serious health issue last year, decided his calling remained in the classroom, “to fulfill my purpose of helping young people transition to the next level in a positive way.” He focuses on developing communication skillsets so students can reach their full potential, “and what keeps me excited about teaching is that I am doing my best to stomp out ignorance.” Amen, brother! Eric, whose spouse unfortunately passed away, is a bit shy about mentioning that he has been recognized as teacher of the year seven times in three different schools! John Hodges reached out, looking for his old pals Tucker Reynolds and Jeffrey MacPeek. Ira Goldschmidt completed my dream — a bike trip from sea to shining sea, which Ira did with his spouse. Ira sent a picture showing he was 13 miles from Geneva, “but I chose lunch over a 26 mile detour.” Ira had dinner in Burlington, Vt., with my Hobart roommate Jeffrey Ogden and his wife Doris (picture of Jeff included, looking exactly the same — very annoying). The trip continued across Vermont on their way to Maine, with a visit in St. Johnsbury with Michael Greenwald and his wife Aline (no pic included, “because they look exactly as they did 40 years ago, and I did not want to upset those of us who look our age!”) Robert Nassar dropped a quick note, saying he is looking forward to seeing us all at Reunion. Christopher Adelman, who is a bit south of Bob Streeten in Jupiter, wrote: “Little did I realize when I moved to Jupiter how much Hobart would come back into my life.” Chris joined Jonathan’s Landing Golf Club (where I know every water hazard too well) and has seen the various McCooeys, played golf with Louis Croce ’82, and ran into Wayne Lawrence P’07, P’09, P’17. “Almost like being on the Quad again!” Gary Chinman is still a practicing psychiatrist in Boston, now in private practice for 11 years after 14 at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He notes that he continues to enjoy teaching psychiatry residents and has transitioned from skiing to tennis. Gary recalls with fondness that first year on Hale 2, but also his years in French House. He will unfortunately miss Reunion, as it conflicts with his daughter’s commencement from her architecture graduate program. Michael Barger and his wife Marina are new grandparents, with a beautiful baby boy born in November in France. Mike and I were hoping to fish the Smith River in Montana this June, but best efforts to get a lottery spot failed — hoping for next year! Finally, I chatted with Carmen Duarte. Like me, Carmen is thinking about

a career exit point, but not quite there yet. She is happily ensconced in Boston, as well as enjoying time at her house in Maine. From her photos on Instagram, she appears to continue to always have her camera at the ready, and still takes amazing photos. See y’all in June! WILLIAM SMITH Kristin C. OhmsMcNamara, 16 Griffith Lane, Ridgefield, CT 06877; Tel & Fax: (203) 788–9643; kcom@comcast.net Hello, ladies! Our 45th Reunion is upon us in June! It is Hobart’s Bicentennial and there will be loads of activities for us to celebrate with our Hobart Classmates, including a barbecue at KA on Saturday afternoon with a live band. I love seeing all of you, so I hope that many of you will attend. Reunion is always a wonderful weekend to be back on the Quad and (imagine being) 18 again! I haven’t heard from any of you recently, so here’s the quick update on me again. I spent the winter doing a “mid-winter tuneup”: two cataracts, COVID (not bad at all) and a foot surgery. I’m looking forward to being ready to rumble on the courts playing competitively again this spring. Mac and I are heading to the Boars Head Resort in Charlottesville, Va., to hit the courts hard for four days prior to the opening of the USTA season when we play nonstop. My cookie hobby/business is booking like crazy, so I am enjoying life! I hope to see many of you on the Quad in June! Stay in touch!

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HOBART William T. Martin, 46 Lake Shore Road, Lansing, NY 14882–9029; (607) 533–8840; wtm2@cornell.edu Neal Peachey writes that “the Sodus Bay HWS Alumni Association” held its irregular meeting last summer on the South Shore of Sodus bay. “Attendance was 100%, including Neal, Deborah Fisher Lattime ’62, P’87, Jeffrey Lattime ’87 and Janet Peachey Spitler ’81.” Paul Sullivan sends greetings. He left the U.S. in 1978 and has been living in Asia for the last 40plus years. “Lots of world travel and am now retired in Langkawi, Malaysia.… Long time since I dealt with a Geneva winter, but no doubt Hobart was a contributing factor in what’s been ‘a long strange trip’ thus far.” Francis Inserra writes: “After 37 years practicing law, and nearly 32 years working in several federal agency General Counsel offices, I decided to throw in the towel at the close of 2019. I retired just in time to get a brief trip out West and then spend a year in my COVID hermitage. Oh well, retirement suits me at this time, nevertheless, but I really could use some uninhibited travel. All in due course.”

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WILLIAM SMITH Mary M. Collins, 2526 Thornwood Avenue, Wilmette, IL 60091–1377; (847) 853–1187; marymcollins1@comcast.net First, thanks to all who responded to my request for updates. It’s great to hear from everyone! Amy Meltzer Starr is an attorney at the Securities and Exchange Commission in D.C., where she’s been there nearly 30 years. Amy is currently “Deputy Director of our ‘FinHub’ (Strategic Hub for Innovation and Financial Technology), the heart of the Commission’s activities in the crypto asset space. As a ‘hobby’ my husband and I started a coffee roasting business and coffee shop called Beanetics Coffee Roasters in 2007 (in time for the financial crisis) and it’s thriving today selling what I believe are the best coffee beans ever.” Karen Donovan, who lives in Rhode Island, has worked for years as a writer and editor, while pursuing a life as a poet. Last year, she published a new book, Planet Parable, and has two other collections of poetry — Fugitive Red and Your Enzymes Are Calling the Ancients — as well as a book of illustrated short prose, Aard-vark to Axolotl. Karen is working on her second prose book “in collaboration with a giant pile of cool rocks that I collected during the pandemic.” Now a full-time artist, Anne Fletcher Morse lives and works on Cape Cod, Mass. She says it was her 30 years as an IT project manager that made it possible to become an artist. Last year she took on a studio space for large projects. She’s participated in three juried shows at the Cape Cod Museum of Art and has exhibited with other women artists. Elizabeth Bernard Khalifa recently relocated to Manhattan after 35-plus years in Egypt. After working in international development and education, she joined her son’s restaurant business about eight years ago. An Egyptian street food concept, Zooba has restaurants in Cairo, Riyadh and New York. Elizabeth says she’s blessed to have her three children (all raised in Cairo) as well as her three grandkids all in New York. Janet Bowers left a job she didn’t like more than two years ago and in retirement concentrates on plant observation — she had a mini-meadow installed in her yard. Janet writes: “Plants, live music and my daughters are all important to me. I read a lot and participate in the Florida Native Plant Society; I’d like to see people and organizations replace lawns and non-U.S. plants with native plants — I hope to make a difference on that front.” Katherine Rasche Clabaugh and her husband, who retired in fall 2021, are also in Florida. They got there the long way

from Connecticut, Katherine says, taking a six-week, 8,000-mile trek to San Diego and back, visiting nine national parks and many museums along the way. As for me, I left my job as a nonprofit CEO in September 2021 and am exploring Mary 2.0; I will keep you posted. Please send updates — it’s your news that makes this column.

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HOBART Tony Reid, 24 Burleigh Street, Waterville, ME 04901; (410) 897–2134; treid622@gmail.com Hello again, classmates, and thank you as ever for your contributions to the notes. We heard from people from north to south, east to west, and, of course, received the usual witticism from John Gregg, which we would not want to publish without. Maybe. In addition to supplying us with news, I asked you to reflect a bit upon the role Hobart has played in your lives, given that this edition of the Survey celebrates the 200th anniversary of the College. I thank you for those thoughts, too, so let’s get to it. My esteemed predecessor in this job, Russell Hawley, wrote to say that he’s two years into retirement “with not much to show for it, largely thanks to the pandemic. My adventurous travel plans have been supplanted by a lot of local grandfather activities. Three grandkids live nearby and call me ‘Coach,’ as much because the traditional labels would make me feel old(er).” (Editor’s note: You may recall that Rusty spent his career with the New York Giants, so the moniker seems entirely appropriate.) Rusty says he does not “at all” feel old, however, and remains “in decent shape thanks to (tedious) morning workouts, paddle tennis, long dog walks, and lots of golf (posted 80-plus rounds in ’21 for the second year in a row).” My old pal David Clarkson reports from Chicago that he and other Hobart soccer alumni had a reunion in Geneva in October, and had “strong participation from our soccer alumni group who have been getting together for over twenty years.” Dave says the group, besides him, is made up of Jeffrey Gurian ’78, David Winship, Robert Bird ’78, Edward Mooney ’77 and James Scheider ’76. “We had a great time visiting campus, watching a great Saturday soccer game, playing golf at the Geneva Country Club and enjoying the restaurants and bars in lovely downtown Geneva. Coach [Shawn] Griffin hosts a great alumni weekend, and we appreciate his attention to Hobart’s alumni players.” John Powers, writing from Long Island, asks forgiveness for the repetition from earlier

Julia Yenco ’16 and friend Kurt William Morris — “two cute little nuggets loving art.”

Dr. Kimberly Kocak Schlam ’08 was recently promoted to Major while serving in the U.S. Army Dental Health Activity of Joint Base Lewis McChord in Washington, pictured here with her husband Dr. Mark Schlam with their daughter Zara.

Camille Campbell Wright ’00 has been teaching abroad for four years now with family in the Middle East — “a phenomenal experience!”

Kenneth Spitzer ’55 and his wife Lois celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary in December.

Sarah Angell Jones ’02 and her husband Oakley welcomed their first born, Oak, last year.

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notes (and it is granted!), saying that he and his wife Theresa “are looking for my exit from Wall Street. We’re not sure what the next adventure is or where it will take us.” Jack reports that he’s still playing lacrosse on the weekends and says he hopes “to play against the Eldest Statesmen in the 2022 Lake Placid tournament and have a beverage or two with them afterwards.” Jack also mentions that our freshman year RA in Hale, Henry Janczyk ’76, retired after a successful career as the head men’s lacrosse coach at Gettysburg College. Huge congrats to Hank, a great RA and a great guy. Words do not escape James Calder P’16, P’18, who ventured south of the Canada-U.S. border for the first time in two years to attend Laxcon in Baltimore, “where I was launching my personal product of the pandemic — a book titled Tales of a Lacrosse Troubadour. Writing and publishing that book helped me to keep in touch with many old teammates from the teams of the ’70s. There is a healthy portion of the book dedicated to playing the game at Hobart and how special that was…and still is. The project really kept me going during the crunching shutdown.” Jim said that the “Colleges have been the touchstone of my life, as well for my two daughters, Geneva Calder ’16 and Ella Calder ’18, who attended and played lacrosse at HWS. Jim recalled meeting his “future coach Jerry Schmidt P’87, P’88 at a camp in East Stroudsburg, Pa., and a bond was formed.” Jim calls his Hobart Lacrosse teammates “some of the most impressive and best people I have yet to come across in this life journey on those teams.” So, on this 200th anniversary, I raise a glass and say “200 more!” Ronald Lewis reports in his first-ever PSS note that he’s been doing IT support “of various flavors,” including running his own company, for the past 25 years. Ron has expanded his business recently to doing networking support in the cloud, which has allowed him to work “virtually anywhere.” This allows him to keep going “for as long as I’d like and am able.” As to his feelings for Hobart, Ron writes: “Thank you, HWS, for instilling a foundation of continual learning, contributing and upholding my curious mind as I advanced in life! More horizons beckon!” Christopher Phillips checked in from Gig Harbor, Wash., just south of Seattle. He’s looking forward to retirement in September “after enjoying a good run in community journalism (10 years) followed by communications and public affairs duties for private and public investment organizations (30 years). It all started with an impulsive and fun stint as editor of The Herald at HWS in 1977.”

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Chris went hiking last summer in New York State’s Mohonk Preserve with classmates Lawrence Lauer and David Unger, who both worked with him on The Herald. Chris gets together every five years or so with friends from his freshman hall, Geneva 1. He says he has very fond memories of many people from that era. Hugh Gleason is still working in the natural gas biz based in Fairfield, Conn. His three children and four grandchildren live nearby. Hugh said he had “a great catch-up” with John Gregg in D.C. last fall. “My reflection on HWS is that the last class, in the last trimester, ‘Rocks for Jocks,’ saved my life. Thanks, Prof. Woodrow!” Samuel Wolcott took a trip to Costa Rica over the winter, staying in a lodge on the Pacific Ocean. He met a woman and her spouse, and for several days they shared boat rides and evening cocktails. About then, Sam started to get the feeling there was something familiar about this woman, whose name was Rochelle. As the conversation wound around to their college days, Sam found out his feelings of familiarity were right. His new friend was Rochelle Schachter Forster ’80. Sam said he and Rochelle and their spouses shared many laughs and “were reminded that despite the passage of time, the Hobart and William Smith connection is present no matter where you might be.” Oh yeah, Gregg — he says of Hobart turning 200: “The thought that comes to mind that 200 years old doesn’t seem as old as before.” Hmmm. My man Jarvis Coffin P’05 and his wife Marcia have, most likely by now, completed the sale of the Hancock Inn in New Hampshire some 10 years after they bought it. They’re looking forward to spending more time with “family and friends, including [three] grandchildren.” Jarvis’s two eldest children, whom he had with Susanne Madeira Coffin P’05, include Sarah Coffin Westcott ’05, who now resides with her husband Paul and their two children, Will and Grace, in Wayne, Pa., near Suzanne. Their son, Jarvis IV, lives in Malden, Mass., near Boston, with his wife and year-and-ahalf-old son. Marcia and Jarv’s son, Nathan, is getting a master’s degree at Cornell’s school of hospitality management after a few years working the overnight shift at the Capital Hilton in Washington D.C. and summers helping his parents at the inn. The Coffins are deeply a part of Hobart and its history: Jarvis’s father, G. Jarvis Coffin Jr., was a member of the class of 1953, and his youngest brother, Timothy J. Coffin, was in the class of 1985. All three Coffin men were members of Kappa Alpha, but, Jarvis adds, “since we are going back

200 years, there is also this: on Oct. 20, 1816, our great-great-great-(many greats)-grandfather, Alpheus Geer, rector of St. John’s Church in Waterbury, Conn., presented to Bishop Hobart of New York a class of 226 for confirmation. The story has always said something to me about the large shadow Bishop Hobart must have cast across the region back then. It was large enough that it remains evident 200 years later thanks to the college he founded.” My family has been connected with Hobart for nearly half of its existence — 90 years, to be exact. It was in the fall of 1932 that my father, David E. Reid, Jr. ’36 arrived on campus from Rochester, N.Y. His best friend from home, Frank P. Smith ’36, P’75, Sc.D.’69, came with him, and it’s lucky for Hobart he did. Dr. Smith (a renowned neurosurgeon) served on the HWS Board of Trustees for many years, and you can see his name on a plaque by the squash courts, which he donated to the Colleges. (My father majored in chemistry, went to graduate school at M.I.T. and Cornell, and worked on the Manhattan Project in the early ’40s.) Both were members of Sigma Chi. Thirty years after my father’s arrival in Geneva, my first cousin, James H. “Tweed” Reid, Jr. ’66, also from Rochester, landed on campus. He preceded me at the KA Lodge on Main Street. If my father and my cousin were still here, I know they’d agree with me that Hobart, under the direction of President Joyce P. Jacobsen, has never in its long history been in better shape. I’ll speak both for the Reid family and for the Class of 1979 in wishing Hobart a very happy anniversary, in all its orange and purple glory. WILLIAM SMITH Amy Batterman Ditchek, amyd5@optonline.net Kim Adair Blacklock writes: “Jan. 6, 2022 marked when Mom embarked on her final journey home, leaving those who loved her relieved she was free from the devastation that Lewy Bodies Parkinson’s disease had caused her.” Kim says she was lucky the determination of her “powerhouse” of a mother, Joan Adair Yarwood Blacklock, landed her in at HWS, where Kim and Professor Charlie Temple created HWS’ Afternoon College for Kids. Next year marks the 40th anniversary of the Seneca Women’s Peace Encampment for a Future of Peace & Justice, which Kim started at William Smith, culminating in the summer of 1983 at the then-longest, largest protest in U.S. history, as 12,000 women from around the world converged in Romulus, N.Y. Their sustained public education efforts and protests shut down the

Seneca Army Depot, which at the time was “the world’s largest site of nuclear weapons, shipping Persian and Trident Missiles to the Atlantic theaters of war,” Kim writes. “Through similar international peace camps and protests, women and their allies shamed 164 nations globally to sign on to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.” Kim (known as Kimba to her undefeated William Smith Rugby teammates) was “the first female mistakenly accepted to West Point Academy and the fuel for U.S. Congressman Sam Stratton’s bill allowing females to apply to all U.S. military academies.” Among her athletic achievements, Kim played in the first professional women’s basketball league (1979–80) before graduating as an English major and member of the Dean’s List. Kim’s foray into stand-up comedy in Santa Fe, N.M., (where she adopted 3 Cheyenne siblings and where her son was born), led to her acting career. These days, you can find her in Lapsis, the award winning sci-fi thriller that recently aired on PBS, as well as The Congressman, and The Power of Few. During the pandemic, Kim opened a suitcase from her great-aunt, which had documents dating back to 1589, tracking Kim’s ancestry back before the Massachusetts Bay Colony, which has become the impetus for her research projects, “Growing Up Amazon in America” and “The Days of Aggawaum.” Kim invites visitors to Noble Pies in Rye, N.Y., her latest entrepreneurial adventure, and to check out her son Matai Blacklock’s work with Deepak Chopra and Seva.Love.

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HOBART Class Correspondent Needed WILLIAM SMITH Kathleen Hare Day, 27 Clover Lane, Londonderry, NH 03053; (434) 409–2203; khd5a2@gmail.com I hope this column finds everyone well, and a little less shackled by COVID! Rich and I are settling into retirement and are finding it hard to believe that we ever had time to work. I highly recommend it. Kathy Edds Blackburn and her husband Bob visited us on their way home from vacation in Maine. They are doing well and are expecting their first grandchild in the spring. We spent a fun day with Neil Burns and his wife Patti in January. It was cold and snowy, but a great day for a walk at the Audubon Center near us. Brooke Jarvis ’24, daughter of Richard Jarvis P’24, is a standout basketball player for the Herons — congratulations, Brooke (and Jarv)! Norman “JB” Blanchard

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P’17 had a mini-reunion with James “Hambone” Hamblin ’81, Bradford “B-rad” Williams ’81, P’14, P’16 and Alice (go ask) Williams, skiing at Deer Valley. Brad and Alice live in Park City now. Jonathan “Hollywood” White is still taking great pictures. Check out his website: jwgalleries.com. I reconnected with Kathryn Dauenhauer Leslie a few years ago and found out she is an 11-year chronic lymphoblastic leukemia survivor. She has worked tirelessly over the last decade to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, honoring her own survivorship and paying it forward for future cancer patients. Help Kathy take down cancer and earn the title, “Woman of the Year,” with a tax-deductible donation at Relentless4aCure.org. Hobart needs a Class of 1980 correspondent if anyone is interested… Stay well!

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HOBART Lawrence M. Larson, 30 Edgewood Road, Chatham, NJ 07928; (973) 452–2230; glarson@ gotoprotect.com Hello, everyone! Welcome to 2022 and the 200th birthday of Hobart College! I trust you are all well and having a good start to the year. No question, these last two years have been challenging but I think we may be getting through the worst of it. I would like to dedicate this season’s Class Notes to Christopher Woods ’82. Sadly, we lost Chris on Jan. 30, 2022. Chris was an amazingly accomplished human being. Our thoughts are with his family and friends. Peter Callahan writes that his daughter, a budding singer-songwriter, is at “a great music school in LA,” and his son, who works in private equity, has given him two grandchildren. “My business of food for spectacular landmark events continues to entertain me and nourish my creative side,” Peter says. “And we are found more and more in locales all over the country which is super fun.” Keep an eye out for Peter on TV this year. Michael Berkowitz has “old-fashioned pennants from Hobart and the University of Wisconsin (where I went to graduate school) proudly displayed” in his office at University College London, “a terrific place” where he’s been a professor of modern Jewish history since 1997. As for “ancient history,” Michael married Debby Rozansky in 1991 (“Michael McHale, my roommate in the Mini Quad and Medberry, was best man”). Berky and Debby now live in Manor House between Stoke Newington and Green Lanes; their daughter Rachel “is

a flourishing artist in Los Angeles, and son Stephen is a San Francisco Bay Area corporate maven. Hearing from Lars reminded me that Mitchell Levine and I had great fun with David Mersereau when we all converged in San Diego. From Sherrill 3, I keep tabs on Brendan O’Brien and had remained friendly with Robert Keating. Of course Bob and Dave both died much too young. In 2019 I was thrilled to have a visit from classmate Thomas Evans and encourage others making their way to the U.K. to drop me a note: m.berkowitz@ ucl.ac.uk. From April to July 2022 I’ll be a fellow at the Science History Institute in Philadelphia, but London remains home.” Alan Jones and his wife Nadine will soon celebrate their 30th anniversary. They have two children: Trevor (25), who’s working at a Chicago nonprofit, and Grace (20) who’s at the University of Pittsburgh. Alan is a fourth grade teacher at Montclair Kimberley, though after 23 years in various roles there, plans to join his wife in retirement this year. “Would love to reestablish a connection with Brendan O’Brien,” Alan writes. Alejandro Camacho and his wife Pamela left their New York City apartment for Southampton, N.Y. last summer. Recently, they spent a month in Colorado, enjoying outdoor winter adventures, before heading to Southern California (“three of our four children live in California and the fourth lives in Miami,” Alex writes). “I’ve been super fortunate to stay in regular touch with lifelong best friends and classmates from Hobart. Mike Berkowitz, Mike McHale, Michael Reines, Steven Schickler and Robert Zickl are all doing fantastically and continually keep me thinking and laughing.” David Hernandez is working in San Antonio, Texas for Endeavors, a nonprofit “serving the victims of disasters and many of the migrant children escaping the persecution in their respective countries. I am blessed to be in a position to be able to give back to those in need and grateful for the wisdom I gained during my time at Hobart.” Feel free to send me Class Notes when you are up to it. I can enter them as they come along. Many thanks to those of you who were kind enough to share your news. I hope you all have a wonderful spring. WILLIAM SMITH Pamela Freund Starr, 275 Old Belchertown Road, Ware, MA 01082; (413) 695–8493; pamelark19@ comcast.net Elizabeth Dutton Bourne and her husband Gordon, who reside in Westchester, N.Y., have a son, Mac, and

Late in 2021, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset renamed its Joint Center of Excellence in honor of Dr. Thomas Nordstrom ’73 and family. Dr. Nordstrom was an orthopedic surgeon (and former chief of orthopedic surgery) at the hospital for nearly four decades. His wife Sue was past president of the hospital’s former Auxiliary, which raised funds in support of the hospital.

Kirby Benjamin ’11 and Benjamin D’Innocenzo ’10 with their first child, Lena Hammel D’Innocenzo.

Thomas Hall ’82 and Andrew Hardie ’82 on the lift in February at Seven Springs, Pa.

Colin Dougherty ’19 spent most of 2021 playing for BC Irkutsk in the Russian Superleague 1. He first arrived in September and returned home early March due to the current war between Russia and Ukraine. This was his third season playing professionally overseas.

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a daughter, Grace. Mac is diagnosed with autism, and Elizabeth has become an advocate for people with disabilities. The family spends the summer in the blissful Adirondacks and on the Canadian lakeshore near Buffalo. Elizabeth says she’s been fortunate to stay in touch with a group of William Smith friends: Nancy Bercovitz, Elizabeth “Holly” Adam, Parker Winston ’79, Susan Cleary Resch ’80 and Nina Rubin, who hosts Saturday morning Zoom calls for women from our class and the years surrounding it. You can find Elizabeth or Nina on Facebook to find out more about these Zoom get-togethers. Amy Reiff Vogler, who married William Vogler in 1988, wrote to say that they’ve celebrated four decades of friendship and marriage. They have a cabin on a lake in the Poconos and their home in Bethlehem, Pa., but have recently downsized to a much smaller house after their three adult children moved out. Amy writes that she discovered quite a few items from her college days, including “programs from Little Theatre productions, one from the black-and-white lawn party at Belhurst Castle, ‘Summer in the Berkshires,’ Sill House, Delancey House and many letters” from her college friends many years ago. Bill, who has a Ph.D. in leadership and administration, enjoyed a career as a counselor before joining a nonprofit that serves Lehigh Valley. Amy, who earned her master’s in education and a reading specialist certification, worked in both the nonprofit and education sectors before retiring last June. Julia Russell Eells is also heading for retirement; following 42 years as an educator, she was most recently Head of School at San Francisco University. (Julia reminds us of her “humble beginnings in the Admissions Office at William Smith after graduating.”) Her current plan is to return to the East Coast, where she and her husband John will begin “a new chapter that includes a lot of travel, gardening, time with children and grandchildren and board work for nonprofits.” A big thank you to Elizabeth, Amy and Julia. I look forward to hearing from anyone ready to share with your classmates and the Colleges as a whole.

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HOBART Thomas Hall; 1015 Greenbriar Drive, State College, PA 16801; thos_ hall@yahoo.com; 814–207–1212 Ahoy, classmates! I heard from Steven Herman (we lived together in our first off-campus apartment on Colt Street all those years ago). Steve — who is a partner at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, LLP, one of the oldest law firms

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in the country — writes with exciting news from New York: “Donna and I are now proud grandparents! We welcomed Milo Bodie Herman to the family in August and are overjoyed. It is so much better to play and spoil a baby and not have to get up in the middle of the night to feed him or change a diaper. We are also overjoyed to announce that our younger son Ross is now engaged to be married in June of 2023. So many lifetime celebrations all at once!” Steve noted that our 40th Reunion is fast approaching — save the date — first weekend of June. Geoffrey Newman proudly writes that his youngest daughter Kristen has been admitted to the William Smith Class of 2026 and will be playing field hockey for the Herons starting this fall. Cameron Lochhead sends news that John Shane ’83 and Pierre McGuire ’83 each have sons who are ECAC college hockey student-athletes; Ian Shane is a freshman goaltender at Cornell and Ryan McGuire is a freshman centerman at Colgate. Sarah Helwig Webster ’82 was in the stands in Hamilton, N.Y., for Colgate’s 3–2 thriller win over Cornell in February. Cameron caught up with long-lost Theta Delta Chi brother Mark Lutheringhauser ’83, who lives in South Boston and started a new CFO gig at Verde Farms. Robert Loonie ’83 just moved to Dresher, Pa., and took a winter holiday adventure to Barcelona and beyond with his son Parker and daughter Tate. Chapin Bates ’81, P’09, P’12 has instigated a post-COVID Theta Delta Chi banquet in New York, slated for this year. Cameron writes: “We look forward to seeing J. Todd Morley ’83, Christopher ‘Goose’ Henderson ’82, James Lilly ’83 and many of the younger brothers still working the canyons of Manhattan. My wife Fiona and I are happy empty nesters in Basking Ridge, N.J., with children to visit in San Diego, New York and London. Somehow still skating with my old, hurt and tired hockey buds at Beacon Hill Club, including former Statesman James Wilson ’00 who can still go!” Cameron, thanks for sending this news our way! Carolyn Proga Vest and Graham Vest have retired from lengthy careers as public high school teachers (Carolyn, earth science and chemistry; Graham, social studies). They raised three children along the way and are expecting their first grandchild this summer. Graham writes: “Carolyn still works with student teachers at a local university, while I still play music all of the time. We’re very happily retired and content in Sullivan County, N.Y., a quiet but beautiful area. Looking forward to spring and being back on

the woodsy trails we love. Possibly will be at the Reunion. HWS very much a part of us still!” Andrew Hardie and Thomas Hall (that’s me, folks!) get together a few times a year to fish or ski. If you find yourself in Pittsburgh, make the trip to Dave and Andy’s Ice Cream in Oakland — still the best in town. Like many in our cohort, my wife Barbara and I are empty nesters. We bought a little condo in Canandaigua but we’re still waiting for the certificate of occupancy. We are lucky to have children nearby who we see frequently. Life is good and we are grateful. You can find me on Insta @tomasala. Finally, I’m very happy to report that Kenneth Harootunian is now Vice President of Fund Development at homerisesf.org, which provides “permanent supportive housing for over 2,000 San Franciscans and will be scaling to nearly 4,000 over the next two years,” Ken writes. “It’s a 31-year-old organization and my mission before I retire in 10 years is to end chronic homelessness in San Francisco.” How’s that for copy! Ken also recalls that in 1981, he found 20-plus cases “of perfectly preserved 1950s and early 1960s-era flat top beer cans in the crawl spaces above the ceilings of seven of the 10 top-floor rooms in Medbery Hall.” Why only in those seven rooms? There are two top-floor rooms in the five sections of Medbery, and RAs lived in sections A, C and E. Drinking on campus was against the rules until 1964, so all of the non-RA rooms were fair game. Ken, who started collecting cans in high school, notes how few bottles were in the attics — maybe five in total compared to upwards of 500 cans — “and they were all quart bottles from the World War II era with neck labels saying ‘Keep ’em Flying — Buy U.S. War Bonds.’ Breweries weren’t allowed to make beer cans for domestic consumption during WWII because the country needed all the steel it could get for the war effort. Quart bottles were introduced because they required fewer steel bottle caps per ounce than 12-ounce bottles. I’m serious — that’s how intensely focused Americans were in conserving steel.” With prohibition in effect in the dorms, “people had to get creative so they wouldn’t get busted. After making the find, I went to the library and perused the student handbooks from different years through the early ’60s to determine when it was finally not against school policy to drink in the dorms. As you all recall, we had free reign starting on Day One in ’78 (since the drinking age in New York was 18 back then). Ah, those HWS days — going to Reunion every five years gives us a glimpse of that sweet time period

when we could whimsically explore such important scholarly research into the cultural history of the Colleges…” WILLIAM SMITH Linda E. Reiter, 611 Floyd Street, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632–2051; (210) 567–6708; HoHo82@ aol.com; Jane Monness Brickman, 15 East 91st Street, Apt. 11A, New York, NY 10128–0648; jemonness@gmail.com

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HOBART Dr. Michael J. Miller, 19009 St. Laurent Drive, Lutz, FL 33558; (585) 281–6078; hws@drmichaeljmiller.com; www.facebook.com/drmichaeljmiller; www.Linkedin.com/drmichaelmiller Greetings, classmates! Unfortunately, I haven’t received any news since my last submission, so this column will be relatively short. Living in Tampa has its sports benefits. As a season ticket holder for the Tampa Bay Lightning, we routinely attend home games and wish for that elusive third-time’s-acharm Stanley Cup win. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers did not follow through with a back-to-back Super Bowl win; however, watching Ali Marpet ’15 grow within the organization, both on the field and off, has been very exciting. In fact, I met up with Ali at a hockey game shortly after he started his Bucs career. Although he recently retired to pursue new opportunities, Ali’s contributions to the organization and the Tampa Bay community will not be forgotten any time soon. That’s all I have this time around. Stay safe, stay connected and take care. WILLIAM SMITH Carol Shanks Dougherty, 200 Seminary St., Pennsburg, PA 18073–1815; (215) 6790442; cdougherty@perkiomen.org Kathryn Lynch had solo art exhibits on display at Tayloe Piggott Gallery in Jackson, Wy., and Private Public Gallery in Hudson, N.Y., and group shows at the Drawing Room Gallery in East Hampton, N.Y. and Searspeyton in New York. Terri Moyer sends greetings from Vientiane, Lao, where she moved in July 2020 as a secondary school learning support teacher at Vientiane International School. She writes: “VIS is a small international school in a tiny capital city in the only landlocked country of Southeast Asia. I can see Thailand across the Mekong, but it is worlds away given that borders have been closed since the start of the pandemic. However, I honestly can’t think of a better place to live these past 18 months. I am grateful to the Lao government for their steady and careful handling of COVID, to COVAX for getting vaccines in and to the healthcare system

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for organizing their distribution. We spent most of the 2020–21 school year on campus and in person while the rest of the world was online. This year has been a different story, but we’re happily exhausted since returning to in-person classes in January. I’m hopeful that Lao will soon open its borders and that family and friends will be able to visit by next fall. For now, I’m enjoying the pace of life and a break from Northern New England winters. On my morning runs, I share the streets with monks who are out collecting alms. If any HWS folks are in this part of the world, I’d love to connect once things open up.” Several HWS friends joined Bonnie Smithers in celebrating her 60th birthday last May. Lots of laughs and fun to finally get together after a long time of separation. West Coast ’83 buddies Marie Westermeier and George “Ted” Parker made the cross-country journey. Also, in attendance from the Class of ’83: John McDonald, David Lawrence P’16, Jeanne Wilson Stevens, Lisa Taylor, Todd Nichols, Clara “Lou” Baur. Tracy Flynn ’85 and the great and powerful Bruce Barber ’80 were also there. Sadly missed was our beloved Elizabeth Snyder.

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HOBART David S. Heiserman, 145 East 16th Street, Apt. 9K, New York, NY 10003; (212) 533–2353; davidheiserman@gmail.com I am very happy to be our new Class Correspondent! My first calls were to my roommates: Christopher Ryan emailed me back almost instantly — from Thailand! He has lots of exciting content that’s “ok to share” at chrisryanphd. com. Michael Hill lives in Massachusetts and spent a weekend in Vermont with Thomas Higgins, his senior year roommate. Mike has also been out to J-Hole “almost every year,” skiing with awesome architect Paul Boillot (“yes, he hucks Corbett’s!”). Saw William Camp in Philadelphia — he and wife Mel look ageless! I’ve got an open running chat with Sigs Gregory Hopkins, Matthew Bennett and Leo Ressa. And while I can’t say I know what they’re up to, I enjoy every dead show link that they share and the discussions that follow! Tim Conway recently moved to South Carolina, and we discussed the sadness in the passing of Sean Fox, an ol’ friend and classmate, very dedicated to his family and also to HWS. Michael Morgan resides in Westchester, N.Y., where he raised four kids. After 35 years — excuse me, what? — on Wall Street, I’m taking a break by coaching D3 lacrosse in Newburgh, N.Y. and considering new

opportunities. Speaking of lax stars, has anyone seen TV news lately? John Sowarby ’87 lives here in New York and has two awesome sons in college. Christopher Brady ’85 is the real deal in sailing — he “does all the races, Newport to Bermuda in June!” I can attest to the awesomeness of his brand of technical gear: capefearsportswear.com. Had the best chat with lawyer and Sig Michael Kenny P’23. His father went to HWS and his daughter is a William Smith JUNIOR who graduates this year and is going to law school. He sees Thomas Mafrici ’86 locally. Gordon “Chip” Cantley ’85 is President at historic Shelter Island Country Club, established 1901. I caught Christopher Welles P’12, P’15 in the middle of an event and he said “I’ll call you back” — and he did, but I missed the call, so I’ll be calling Chris back. Madras Global, a company founded by Todd Brownrout, was acquired by Deloitte Digital. Todd served as CEO of Madras and joins Deloitte Digital as Managing Director. Congratulations, Todd! And Neil Keane P’18, P’20 is a retired lieutenant firefighter in area code 716 — we debated if 32 years is a long time ago or “just yesterday.” Look forward to more exciting conversations ahead — thank you guys!

Renata Scott ’80 and Kim Blacklock ’79 last June at Players Theatre, where Kim performed in one of the first live theater events to return to New York since COVID.

Native plant advocate Janet Bowers ’78 recently had a “minimeadow” installed in her yard.

WILLIAM SMITH Laird Redway, 8314 30th Avenue, NW, Seattle, WA 981173831, (206) 795–3409; laird.redway@ outlook.com

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HOBART Paul Joslin, 704 North Eagle Road, Havertown, PA 19083; (610) 3248620; pauljoslinphoto@gmail.com WILLIAM SMITH Mary Reilly, 1507 Atlantic Avenue, Apt. 154, Manasquan, NJ 08736–1197; (917) 363–9860; maryeuphemiareilly@gmail.com Right after the blizzard in January, I moved into my own apartment in the same complex in Manasquan, N.J. on the Jersey Shore. It wasn’t easy, especially because the two high school kids I thought I had hired did not show up! Thanks to a remote, part-time social media writing job, I can now happily afford my own place sans roommates. I took the ADT call center job, in part, because I had very little social media experience from my former marketing and PR career in New York; in fact, I had interviewed for a couple of part-time, social media writing jobs before the pandemic and the two millennials who interviewed me dinged me right away! The social media agency here that did hire me is owned by a couple who are in their 50s, who said, “We can teach

Benjamin Hart ’06 and daughter Cecelia Elise Hart, born last May.

Geoffrey Newman ’82, P’26 and his daughter, incoming Heron Kristen Newman ’26.

In November, Nathan Ginnetty ’12 married Hailey Sellars in West Palm Beach, Fla. In attendance were several alums, including Carter Bosch ’12, William Grady ’13, Laina Zissu Grady ’16, and Amil Shah ’12.

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someone social media but we can’t teach someone how to write or duplicate your decades of experience working in a wide range of industries.” It was nice to hear that some employers value age more than beauty (or in this case, being a social media whiz kid). So if anyone is looking to outsource their social media writing, the agency I work for charges very affordable rates and is committed to excellence. Another blessing in my life: I was considered an “essential worker” as an alarm monitoring operator/dispatcher during the pandemic; in fact, the job is probably the closest thing to a union job without being a union job that someone can get. This level of job security at my age is a relief; in marketing and PR, when things get rough, you are the first to go. Some exciting international news: Winnie Chee-Atkin’s daughters are professional freestyle skiers and were slated to represent Team Great Britain in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Unfortunately, her older daughter Izzy broke her pelvis a few months before and couldn’t compete (though she won bronze in slopestyle at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, making her the first Briton to win an Olympic medal in skiing). Izzy graduates from Colorado College this year with a B.S. in physics. Winnie’s younger daughter Zoe, who recently began studying at Stanford University, debuted as a first-time Olympic participant in Beijing and made it to the halfpipe finals! In my last column, I mentioned Zoom meetings, unofficially hosted by Roni Marino (rmarino3765lms@gmail.com), which I have happily been joining in, catching up with Roni, Colleen Serafin, Sharon Akkoul and Mehrnaz Vahid-Ahdieh P’17. A lot of our chats have been about supporting one another during this anxiety-provoking time and sharing ways to stay well during the pandemic. Colleen works for Johnson & Johnson in San Diego. Sharon Akkoul is happily now teaching project management for information systems to undergrads at Syracuse University, live and in person! I continue to be blown away by Naz’s formidable career and commitments to mentorship and diversity, both in her 30-plus years at Citigroup (where she’s now Managing Director and Global Head of Citi Global Wealth at Work) and in her volunteer work. Not surprisingly, she was unanimously elected as an HWS Trustee last year. I heard from Nina ZapplerRichards, who recently relocated from Texas (where her son is in college) to the Hampton Roads, Va. area with her college-aged daughter. Nina, who is a graphic artist, works as a paralegal but is open to a career change. She would

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love to get in touch with anyone near Hamptons Roads: NinaRtist4ever@gmail. com. Please send your news to my email (see above) with a prominent subject heading like “William Smith ’85 Class Notes” so I don’t miss it!

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HOBART Class Correspondent Needed Paul Snitzer and his wife Melanie celebrated their 25th anniversary last October. Paul writes: “Our son Josh graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in May 2021 with majors in computer science and music, and began his first job with Vanguard. Our son Dan is in his sophomore year at the University of Miami. I continue to run, with my brother, Prudent Management Associates, a registered investment advisor in Philadelphia, that was started by our father in 1982 — freshman year!” WILLIAM SMITH Christine A. Kjellson, 20 Hilltop Street, Newton, MA 02458; (617) 630–0275; chrisk729@yahoo.com Our 35th Reunion reimagined with our freshman directory and all! It included Elizabeth Schwartz, Anne O’Connor Standish P’14, P’16, Elizabeth Uhry MacCurrach ’85, P’18, Claudia Mesrop Zeller, Margaretta Heiserman Himes, Christine Noel MacInnes, Leslie Wayte Heineman and Patricia Stern Frohman P’19. Four amazing days in Park City, Utah, hanging, hiking, eating, drinking and most of all laughing. The weekend happened to coincide with the 22nd year of the passing of our good friend Lauren Bessette, which made it both more memorable and bittersweet. Elizabeth and Augie MacCurrach P’18 also hosted a 35th Reunion gathering at their home last June. Attending were Massachusetts alums: Matthew Fontaine and wife Susie from Sherborn; Taylor Green and wife Blakelee from Newburyport; Andrew Clutz and wife Annie from Weston; Thomas Loucas ’84 and wife Carolyn from Boston; Anne and Peter Standish ‘83, P’14, P’16; and Thomas Meek ’85, who lives in Cambridge with his wife Catherine and daughter Jane. Tom is a project management consultant, freelance writer, instructor and a member of the Boston Society of Film Critics; he’s written for the Boston Phoenix, Boston Globe, NPR and Cambridge Day. Catherine is a researcher at the Brigham and Women’s hospital. Along with Brittish Miser and Lisa Beth Vanefsky Meisel, I was lucky to participate in a virtual photography class taught by the terrific Karen Jordan Gowen (karengowenphotography.com). Brittish

continues to teach second graders in Needham, Mass. She is committed to continue to work as her newly found pickleball passion won’t pay the bills. Karen writes: “My biggest news is that I am a newly minted grandma to Olivia. We managed to put on two COVID weddings — one in August of 2020 that only had 12 people in attendance! (Emily is the one who quickly decided to have a baby while completing her Ph.D. in 19th century English literature.) I was lucky to be in New York with Lisa Beth and Brittish on the day my granddaughter was born. We were all blown away by being together for such a momentous occasion!” Still working as a professional photographer, Karen and her husband George split their time between Chadds Ford, Pa., and Northern Vermont, and visiting their children in New York and Boston. Their youngest son is working in banking in New York, and their middle son, who completed a degree at MIT’s Integrated Design and Management program, was married in September. Lisa Beth and husband Gregory Meisel ’87 celebrated 30 years of marriage last summer — congrats! They purchased Lisa Beth’s parents’ apartment in New York the week before the pandemic, gutrenovated it, and moved in in November. Lisa Beth is already on the co-op board and does philanthropic work. As for their children — twins who turned 27 this year — their daughter is a doctor of psychology and will start her postdoc in New York this fall; their son started a new job in private equity during the pandemic. All are well. This is my last column for the PSS; I’m stepping away to give someone else the opportunity to connect with our classmates. If you would like to be the William Smith ’86 Class Correspondent, please reach out to the Office of Alumni and Alumnae Relations at alumrelations@hws.edu.

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HOBART Cameron K. Brown, 15 Carriage Way, Topsfield, MA 01983; (978) 3974439; cbrown@kingfishmedia.com The past few weeks have been a great catchup with a number of our classmates from ’87, and I hope to hear from even more of you for future Class Notes. Alan Worden writes that he’s living in Bethesda, Md., and loving it. Alan has three children, Henry, Charlie and Alexandra, and the newest Worden family member, Isabelle, is coming up on her first birthday. On the business front, Alan’s community data company continues its national growth, with timely work addressing vaccine hesitancy. Last year President Joyce P. Jacobsen

interviewed Alan on her podcast. Of course, Alan remains in contact with lifetime friends Geoffrey Morris and Stephen Sutton. Jonathan Insull and his wife Brenda Stanny Insull ’88 saw their youngest graduate from Villanova in person. Jonathan emphasized that for the first time in 23 years, the absence of back-to-school shopping was an event in itself. Nile Pullin ’89 spent a few days with us in Boston; he’s on the road and keeping busy, between his work at UBS Financial Services and visiting his eldest daughter Jamie at Occidental College and youngest, Drew, at Proctor Academy in Andover, N.H. Each visit with HWS friends is a treat these days, and thankfully, the rate of visits is accelerating quickly. My wife Colleen Manning Brown ’87 and I had a great time with Laura Chey Warren P’22 at the end of 2021, touring breweries and wineries of the Finger Lakes. We also visited with Timothy Coffin ’85 and Jarvis Coffin ’79, P’05 in the Peterborough, N.H. area, where the brothers live 10 miles apart. Tim also hosted a reunion with Shaun Clarke ’87, Christopher Welles ’84, P’12, P’15 and me, where the conversation centered on Hobart and the myriad friendships started and still sustaining some 35-plus years later. Geoffrey Morris sold the luxury-lifestyle media business that he ran in Ridgefield, Conn. for 18 years, and is now managing editor of Stansberry Research, the leading publisher of financial research for individual investors, which is based in Baltimore, where he ran into John “JR” Reith ’88, P’22. Thanks for the updates, and please keep them coming for the next Class Notes. WILLIAM SMITH Sara Campbell Lodini, 40 Ashley Drive, Rochester, NY 14620–3324; (585) 415–0451; swtlodini@gmail.com Hello, friends! I had a lovely email from Kathleen “Kerry” McCullough Brown. Last year she and her husband moved from Chesire, Conn. to Bluffton, S.C., close to Hilton Head, and “do not miss the snow and cold of New England!” She writes: “We did not expect to move when we did, but I saw a post on Facebook of someone looking to buy a house in the next three-to-six months. I responded, sold the house and they wanted us out in two months! Luckily, we knew where we wanted to move to and found a house. We love our new community, which is called Belfair. I am playing lots of golf and pickleball. I was playing golf one day with someone for the first time, and we started talking lacrosse — turns out her son’s high school lacrosse coach was Malcom

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Anderson. Love those small world moments.… We will spend our summers at my mom’s house in Orleans, Mass. on the Cape to escape the heat and humidity.… I just started another term as president of the Heron Society Board of Directors. I still love supporting William Smith athletics!” Thank you so much, Kerry! It’s been a quiet few months from our classmates, and I so appreciate hearing from you! Kerry also talked to Charles Szvetecz, who has moved to Big Canoe, Ga., where he and his wife Amy are building a house. Not much to report in our little neck of the woods. If you don’t have it on your calendar, Reunion Weekend is June 3 to 5, and it’s a big one, folks. 2022 marks the 200th anniversary of Hobart College, making it one of the 50 oldest colleges in the country. It’s quite a milestone for our Hobart friends, faculty and staff, old and new. I’ll be there, as will most of my Mud Hut tribe and hopefully loads of others from near and far. I’d love to see you so we can grab a beer and catch up in person! As always, stay safe and well… and from the cold and snow of Western/ Upstate New York, I’ll just be optimistic and say, “Happy spring!”

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HOBART Joe Tully, 329 Gray Street, Arlington, MA 02476; jscltully@yahoo.com On Feb. 14, I played in a charity fundraising hockey game with Scott Mason ‘81, P’13, who did a standup job defending the blue line. Congratulations to John Renouard, who reports that he’s retiring after nearly three decades in public education. As John put it, he’s trying to figure out what his third career will be. He also shares that his son Jonathan is finishing his sophomore year at Bowdoin College, where he’s a member of the varsity soccer team. I’d love to hear what everyone has been up to. Don’t make me start naming names. WILLIAM SMITH Deirdre Slavin-Mitchell, deirdresmitchell@gmail.com Thank you to everyone who answered my email! I got a late start as the current Class Correspondent so I’m hoping to have more to report next time. Nancy Harootunian Mancison wants me to tell Brian that she saw the full moon the other day and thought of him (she says he’ll understand this). She reports that she has been at SAP for the last five years, after working in HR technology sales and project management for most of her career. She lives in Ridgewood, N.J. with her family. After making it through the pandemic, she was able to

buy a beach house in Ventnor City, N.J. Leslie Altman Weissman plays golf with Patricia Stern Frohman ’86, P’19 and is in constant contact with Mary McKenna Stockdale whom she met in Miller Hall in 1984. Leslie is an artist and manages her family’s art collection and runs a gallery called Loft Projects in Chappaqua, N.Y. She is on the boards of Fountainhead Residency, located in Miami, and the Rema Hort Mann Foundation, located in New York. She lives in Chappaqua with her husband and reports that she runs into Ellis Rosen Lesser and Barbara Lowenthal Gore in town. She has two grown sons and a Golden Retriever named Tripp.

Lacrosse players past and present gather at Hobart’s game against St. Joseph’s University in April: Mark “Skip” Darden III ’87, P’17, Mamadou Meite ’23, Assistant Coach Justin Porter ’07, Souleymane Ballo ’23, James Greene ’25 and Randall Brown ’25.

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HOBART Class Correspondent Needed WILLIAM SMITH Laura Graff Coburn, 235 Blackburn Road, Summit, NJ 07901; (908) 277–1256; lgc1010@comcast.net Short column! Hopefully you all received an email asking for your news. I heard from no one this go round and won’t bore you with my life, so please share. Get-togethers with classmates? Other alums? Did your kid graduate, get married, have a baby? Let me know! Hopefully by the time you read this the world will have settled down, the weather will be great and the pandemic will be in our rearview.

Sally Narkis ’89, Margaret Brinckeroff ’89, Catherine Sallerson (affectionately called an honorary classmate by this group of friends) and Heather Mnuchin ’89 in New York in February.

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HOBART Michael A. Acquilano, 73 Valencia Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10301; (718) 442–6877; macquilano@ gmail.com Greetings, Class of ’90! I hope all of you are happy, healthy and doing well. I write this on March 1, and like so many of us, I cannot help but be preoccupied by the tragic events in Eastern Europe. My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone affected. Closer to home, we are optimistic that the pandemic will loosen its grip on all of us. In challenging times, I tap into a reservoir of lessons and memories from our times at HWS. That always gets me smiling. What also gets me smiling, and shaking my head, are some of the magical quotes uttered by our football coach Jack Daniels. It has been a year since his passing, and I haven’t paid him the proper tribute in this column as of yet. We were the last class to play for him at Hobart, and some of my favorite moments as an alumnus are of his team reunion weekends. May the lessons Coach Daniels taught us live on through our work, our play, our families

Last fall, Peter J. Gregory ’07 and his wife Kaleigh welcomed a baby girl, Chloe Anna Gregory, pictured here with older sister Charlotte.

Howell House reunion in Newburyport, Mass. Standing: Marcia Scott Beardsley ’62, P’91 (l) and Joan Crewe Graf ’60 (r); sitting: Jane Fockler Messersmith ’60 (l), Jane Welton Orenstein ’60 and Sharon Peckham Best ’62, P’84 (lower step).

Behind the fearless leadership of Jeffrey Brierley ’91, several hoopsters from the Classes of ’91 and ’92 and a whole bunch of younger alums returned to Geneva this winter for a weekend of festivities. Former coaches Brian Streeter and Mark Bunce and Assistant Coach Dennis Pysnack joined Christopher Arnold ’91, Kevin Daly ’91, Jonathan Daly ’91, Michael Nash ’91, Dwight Griffith ’91, Brian Vance ’91, William Fahey ’92 and Michael Kiefer ’92.

Joel Becker ’71 (right) and his husband Greg Stanford making art in Nepal.

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and our bond. I was so happy to receive the following update from Charles Hornbrook, who so eloquently captured what sounds like an amazing Delta Chi reunion weekend at Jiminy Peak in the Berkshires. Chuck writes: “First, massive thanks to David Lenehan ’89 who was the organizational force behind it. Also thanks to James ‘JC’ Coleman ’89, whose cousin Brian owns Jiminy. A few ‘cheesers’ came from west of the Mississippi for this, including myself (San Francisco), Mark Mapstone ’89 (in Irvine, Calif.), Mark Paton ’90 (Denver) and Paul Hawkins ’89 (Idaho). Another non-northeastern was Adam Ericson ’89, who is in North Carolina and in 2020 ran for the state’s General Assembly.” Earlier classes were represented by Joseph Peffer ’87 and Kevin McAllister ’88, Bernard Vogel ’88, Robert Shaver ’88 and Richard Mitchell ’88. “The last two arrived on motorcycles,” Chuck writes, “not necessarily Easy Rider, more Middle Aged Men in Black Leather. Class of ’89 made a good showing with the aforementioned brothers and James Foster ’89, Patrick Beattie ’89 (who is a recent new father), David Kahn ’89 and John Booth ’89. The Class of 1990 also included rocking Peter Farrell, who is in Philly, and Matthew Bogart, who is up in Maine. Richard Mugler ’93 also made a showing. Somehow a few of our fraternity composite pictures made the trip from Geneva to Western Mass. During the weekend, we toasted our brothers who left us too early including William Brown ’89, Todd Messite ’89 and Thomas Roberts ’93. I took the trip because the pandemic taught me that if given the opportunity to see people, take it. I am also fortunate to have a terrific wife and 12-year-old son who also said it was fine for me to go.” Between catching up, playing poker, going on hikes, “it was as if 30 years had never gone by,” Chuck says, noting that “the friends you made when there was no agenda, no plan, just being, sometimes are the closest and most enduring friendships you will have.… Sitting in the TV room at the fraternity house, watching Back to the Future for the fifth time over a bowl of Cap’n Crunch, was the best of times.… This weekend in October, we were just being present with each other…just like in the late ’80s, and that is what that weekend brought back to us. Pass the Cap’N Crunch and don’t change the channel.” WILLIAM SMITH Roslyn Yard Cassano, cassanry@gmail.com

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HOBART Steve Hubbard, 30 Lowell Road, Wellesley Hills, MA 02481; Cell: (303) 903–4511; shubbard@ newirelessnetworks.com Andrew Bartnick reports “a long overdue reunion of the Boys from the Bog” last August. On the “sunny shores of Spednic Lake in Northern Maine,” he joined Erik Kindblom and his wife Anne Taylor Kindblom, who hosted the gathering that included William Medwid ’90, P’23, Peter Gines ’90 and Amy Gines, David O’Neil ’90, Kevin Cook ’90 and Shana Cook and their children. “Unfortunately, Todd Zuella ’90 and Robert Bell missed the get-together but have been in touch and all are well. Several glasses were raised in honor of S. Lee von Seldeneck, gone too soon.” Michael Nash, who excelled in basketball for the Hobart Statesmen, was recently profiled in a Syracuse newspaper for his outstanding work at a consulting firm called KS&R. Mike joined KS&R in 1994 and parlayed the same intensity which led him to thrive on the basketball court to be an overachiever in business. He’s now the president of KS&R and is being actively recruited into Syracuse politics. Mike is known within the HWS circles for generously offering life’s advice to whoever will listen; he wants everyone to know that unlike most of his former teammates, he still has what it takes to dominate on the court. Kevin Daly, Jonathan Daly and Michael Cimis have all declined to comment. Billy Stahl quipped that Mike should avoid challenging anyone to golf. Sad news to report on our fellow classmate Jeff Pinder, who passed away on Jan. 13, 2022. Jeff played baseball at Hobart and loved the Detroit Tigers and Red Wings. His friends submitted many stories, including one about Jeff’s spring break trip to Daytona with Don Papa, Neal Pettinelli, Jim Hughes and several other less desirable Hobart classmates. Jeff invited many of these same characters to his aunt’s condo in Mount Snow, Vt. for some Absolut Skiing. As you can imagine, his aunt never offered up the condo a second time. Stephanie and I had dinner with Leo Reed the night before one of the Boston blizzards. Leo started at Hobart but graduated from Boston College and today is at John Hancock, managing retirement plan accounts. In the fall, I stopped by campus to catch up with Jared Weeden. We walked by Jim Cecere’s new wine store called Vinifera but were a couple months early for the grand opening. Jim is leading the charge to fill the voids from Holiday, Wiley J’s and Side

Show. Behind the fearless leadership of Jeff Brierley, several hoopsters from the Classes of ’91 and ’92, and a whole bunch of younger alums, descended upon the frozen tundra of Geneva for a weekend of festivities. We all had a great time reliving our time at Hobart and sharing life stories from the 31 years that have passed since graduating. The festivities included a stop at Cam’s at the insistence of Kevin Daly. Former coaches Brian Streeter and Mark Bunce made the trip, as well as current Assistant Coach Dennis Pysnack. Chris Arnold, Jon Daly, Mike Nash, Dwight Griffith and Brian Vance rounded out the lineup from ’91. Will Fahey ’92 and Mike Kiefer ’92 represented ’92. Great to be back hanging with old (literally and figuratively) friends. Another weekend of stories to add to the memory box. Go ’Bart. WILLIAM SMITH Alexandra Palmer, Manor Lane, Easton, CT 06612; (323) 828–0068; alexgormley@yahoo.com; Snapchat: agormley10 It was a pleasure hearing from classmates recently, and I’m happy to share their updates. Big congratulations goes out to Jessica Zapp Sibley who was promoted to Forbes’ Chief Operating Officer. Jessica, good luck! Leah Meany Kristensen relocated from Copenhagen to Muscat, Oman. She continues in her position with Manuscript Manager and welcomes “anyone from the HWS community who passes through the Middle East to stop off in Muscat and say hello.” Catherine Thomas Burnett and Julie Sturmak Kettell and their families all met in Vermont for a ski weekend. Karen Burgess lives in Vermont, where she’s been since 2013, working at Tuck Business School at Dartmouth. She has two kids, Ben (16) and Grant (20), who is at the University of Vermont, so Karen was able to visit Dana Smith Valentine while in Burlington. During the early days of COVID, Karen also saw, via Zoom, Erika Christensen, Joy Koch McPeters, Whitney Schreiber Schwarz and Aimee Mechem Feeley. “All doing well,” Karen reports. “My presence on social media is light, but I do love how it keeps me connected to some great people from HWS. If you find yourself skiing, biking or hiking in Vermont, give me a shout!” Andrea Marie Ormond stepped down from her position at a global consulting firm to start her own software consulting practice, Bitxia LLC. She works with entities of all sizes to assess their Saas strategy, IT infrastructure and adoption with a particular focus on the Salesforce ecosystem. Laura Lorusso Peterson is practicing and teaching mindfulness

to all ages. Recently, her third graders weren’t impressed when she had to ask them what day it was; she explained with a sheepish grin, “This is why I keep practicing!”

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HOBART Sean Crowley, 20 Prospect Ave., Newtonville, MA 02460–2307; seantcrowley@gmail.com Can’t believe it, but our 30th Reunion is this June! Those of us who made it to the 25th had an absolute blast, but we all left feeling that there were so many other friends we wished we could have seen and spent time with. You won’t be disappointed if you come. Lynn Schaeber and Alexander Walton wrote in saying that two of their kids are now HWSers: Mackenzie Walton ’25 recently joined her brother Culter Walton ’23. Congrats to them both. Going on 20-plus years now, Sean Teare, James “Jay” Campbell, Benjamin Tucker, John Barkan, William Steele and I met again (after a two-year pandemic gap) for our annual trip to Alta, Utah. This year we got a day-trip from Scott Kurtz. Sean, John and I all still live in Massachusetts; Jay is still in Bend, Ore.; Will in San Antonio; Scott on the Upper East Side. Ben just took a new job at Lone Mountain Land Company and has moved to Big Sky, Mont. Good luck, Ben! Jeffrey Neuman still resides in New Jersey and spends as much time as he can in Cape May. Scott Doyle continues to work for the Pennsylvania Historical Museum Commission. Alexander Storch has two kids and is a psychiatrist in Scarsdale, N.Y. Patrick Campo lives in New Canaan, Conn. with twins! Abdulwahid Steiner works for the Department of Public Health in Minnesota, and Jonathan Fishman lives in Chicago and keeps the world warm and fashionable by selling yarn. He was the surprise attendee at the 25th Reunion, traveling down from Canada when he saw the social media posts from those of us who were there. Will you be that surprise this year? There are a lot more people and stories out there from all of you. Bring them back to Geneva this June and share them in person. Hope to see you there! WILLIAM SMITH Class Correspondent Needed Julie Banks Hauck, Ryan Mullen, Craig Pfannenstiehl and Allison Costabile Pfannenstiehl connected with Peter Jahn ’82 and Katharine Johnston Jahn ’82 at the wedding of mutual friends Maine last September. Julie writes: “It’s always so nice to have that HWS connection!”

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HOBART Brendan Neary, 4 Holly Lane, Darien, CT 06820; (914) 305–5263; bneary01@gmail.com Robert Van Alen P’24 writes: “Happy to report from Bermuda a lifelong achievement — a sailing world championship in the International One Design Class. Many previous attempts but 2021 was our year. A weeklong regatta in the beautiful waters of Bermuda, consistent winds and excellent conditions, and a great team. Representing the Northeast Harbor Fleet. Would love to hear from any of the sailors from HWS when we were a club sport!” WILLIAM SMITH Natalie Gurdak Lontchar, 3612 W. Vasconia Street, Tampa, FL 33629; nataliemg@ yahoo.com Meredith “Maggie” Curtiss lives in Old Lyme, Conn., after moving back from Portland, Ore., more than four years ago. She teaches first grade. Her kids Ella, Colman and Maizie are busy with soccer, basketball and lacrosse, and Maggie’s husband bought a funny old boat they take out on Long Island Sound in the summer. Maggie reports that her daughter and George Raby’s daughter are good friends. Melissa Brown Butler accepted a position as Director of Curriculum and Instruction with Saranac Lake Central School District. Melissa, her husband Jerry, their daughter Molly (13) and pup Ranger have relocated to the Adirondacks; they commute from their camp in Wanakena as they search for a home in the district, which is proving very tough to come by! The family has been extended a very warm welcome in the school community and is taking advantage of the outdoor adventure culture of Saranac Lake. Salima Oines Khakoo wrote that after 16 years of practicing immigration law, she moved into public service and is managing the child support team at Minnesota’s Department of Human Services. Her spouse and two kids (18 and 24) are all doing well. She keeps in touch with many classmates, especially her housemates at the substance free house (Students Have A Choice, during my time at HWS). Christina Brokaw Bassett reports that after far too many years of not seeing each other, old friends from both coasts managed to meet in Phoenix for a much-needed reunion that included Maile Hatfield, Eleanor King Stringfellow, Joanna “Jenny” McPherson Long and Allison Hopper Skinner.

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HOBART Drummond C. Bell IV, 29 Crest Street, Concord, MA 01742–3006; (617) 448–0819; drummondbell@gmail.com I actually received news from someone in our class! It’s monumental as it happens once every couple years. Emmett Dunbar is in year five of a startup with a couple local artists on a biodynamic farm in South Londonderry, Vt. (canalstreetartgallery.com). Emmett hasn’t been to HWS in awhile but would like to show his daughter campus as she’s getting ready to look at colleges. He’s also intrigued with the addition of esports to the HWS Athletics arsenal. Anthony Gray checked in and has lots to report. He’s one of seven owners running the North American Box Lacrosse League. They are projected to have around 30 teams. Tony’s going to continue as GM and coach of the Golden Bears Box Lacrosse team in the Washington D.C. area. The Golden Bears won their region and participated in nationals. I may have some even bigger news regarding Tony in the next PSS so hold on to your hats! Oh, he also wanted to let everyone know he scored the game winner in a shootout recently. Of course he did! I was hanging outside the gift shop at the Living Desert near Palm Springs, Calif., wearing a Hobart T-shirt, awesome sunglasses, and my hair was pretty much perfect, when all of a sudden an entire family surrounds me. “Hobart? Hobart! Drummond?!” It happened to be Laurie Magurno Franco ’96. It was unreal. She’s doing great, currently living in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mass. Laurie loved the zoo — I mean, really loved it. She had been there eight hours and had to be dragged out of there by her family. Her kids were sunburned, thirsty and needed a snack, but Laurie was ready to go feed the giraffes again! There will be a huge party on campus in October, or should I say “Rocktober.” Just so happens I will be in Geneva that weekend. Who knew? (Yeah, I did.) It is a “gala celebration” for Hobart’s Bicentennial. It sounds fancy like a Kappa Alpha formal. Invite or no invite, I am going. There will be fireworks, 100 percent. FOMO. Seriously, I’m going to be there so please go so I have someone to talk to. Finally, keep sending me news for the PSS before I get fired.

Dorothy Chastney Emer ’53 caught up with HWS friends in February in Boca Raton, Fla.

Renowned board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Darrick E. Antell ’73 was named to Castle Connolly Top Doctors 2022, a recognition given only to the top seven percent of all U.S. board-certified physicians.

In October, Hobart soccer players of yesteryear reunited in Geneva. Some of them managed to sneak in a round at Geneva Country Club: Jeffrey Gurian ’78, Edward Mooney ’77, Robert Bird ’78, James Scheider ’76, David Winship ’79 and Dave Clarkson ’79.

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Anthony Reid ’79 and Jarvis Coffin ’79, P’05 met for dinner at Fore Street restaurant in Portland, Maine, in January.

Sarah Foyle ’10 and Tim Gallagher’s sons Aiden and Conor in January 2021.

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HOBART Daniel B. Bornstein, 196 Maple Hill Road, Norwich, VT 05055–9624; (520) 971–8241; danielbbornstein@ gmail.com Greetings, fellow classmates. It has been two years since my last confession — I mean, column. Seriously though, my apologies for slacking on our Class Notes over the past couple of years. Given that writing this column has gradually transitioned from receiving regular updates to investigative journalism, I’m always thrilled to get an unsolicited update from a classmate. Thank you, Gregory Rideout, for your unsolicited email. Gregory, his wife Mayumi and son Parker (now 10) enjoyed the 20th Reunion in 2015, and the whole family “was sad to miss an in-person 25th class reunion. Parker has fond memories of riding in the golf carts. Only three years left until the 30th class reunion!” Gregory has now been at the City of Boston’s Public Facilities Department for 23 years, now as a senior project manager for design and construction. He is currently managing renovation of the eleven story Boston City Hall Annex and the replacement of nine elevators at Boston City Hall. He stays in touch with Zhen Lu and Parthivan Nallathamby ’94. Like Gregory, Edward “E.J.” Tateosian is in the Boston area. All’s well, he reports, writing: “Kids are back at school in person and Janine and I are navigating the work/kids schedules. Thankfully, it is ski season so we are less busy during the week. Jack (13) will be wrapping up eight grade this year. Drew (11) will be finishing up his first year of middle school and Kate (9) will be moving to fourth grade. Work is good, if not busier than ever because I am working from home. I passed my 5 year anniversary at Loomis Sayles, and I’m fortunate to work with Christopher Perkin at Loomis from time to time.” E.J. and other alums gathered for a 50th birthday celebration for Derek McClellan ’94, joined by Derek Lewis ‘94, Christopher Seitz, Louis Kovacs ’94, John Czimbal ’92, Gregory Hoffman and Adam Ford ’97. E.J. adds: “From time to time, I run into other Hobart alums like Andrew Hussar ’97, Joshua Lappin ’96 and Jeremy Parker ’97. I see Eric Hedman ‘94 on the Cape every summer and saw Kenneth Kovacs ’96 and Ali Ashraf ’94 briefly this past summer on the Cape.” Since 1998, Alexander Scharnberg has been in Charlotte, N.C. After earning his M.Ed. at UNC Charlotte, he has taught eighth grade science at Alexander Graham Middle School and runs the nature program at Camp Mondamin, an outdoor adventure

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summer camp for boys outside Asheville. Alex writes: “In my spare time, I still grow orchids, collect Catawba and Cherokee native pottery, grow over 60 modern and antique rose bush varieties, and keep and breed West African Cichlid fish. My hobby has led me to giving talks about these fish to groups in Charlotte, Raleigh, Louisville, Chicago and Atlanta,” and has a talk in St. Louis, Mo. in May. Alex says, “If any of you all are in the Charlotte area, and need epicurean or activity ideas, feel free to reach out.” While COVID has unquestionably been a dark cloud, many have been fortunate to find some silver linings. For me and my wife Meghan Flood Bornstein ’96, the silver lining was the realization that we’d spent far too long away from the Northeast, and away from family and friends. In June, we moved from Charleston, S.C. to Norwich, Vt., where my mother, Selma Peretz Bornstein ’53, resides. In the interest of being closer to family, we invited Meghan’s parents to come live with us. Talk about being closer to family! Life sometimes feels a bit like an episode of Everybody Loves Raymond, but we are genuinely thankful to have our parents so close by and around our children Mia (13) and Jake (12). I retired from The Citadel last May and started a consulting company that is an extension of the work I was doing there: engaging in national, state, and local efforts to increase population-levels of physical activity based on its impact on public health and national security. I recently had the great fortune of collaborating with Derek Vanderwarker ’96 as a guest on his podcast Guys Talking Yoga. As we think about our next Reunion (our 30th), and the physical and mental challenges of living through a pandemic, perhaps we’d all be well served by listening to Derek’s podcast and getting some more yoga into our lives. Wishing you all health, safety, peace and joy as we navigate these uncharted waters. Please, be in touch and be well. WILLIAM SMITH Alison Propeck Harrity, 1921 Geronimo Trail, Maitland, FL 32751–3723; (407) 341–5969; apharrity@gmail.com Amanda Myers Lombardo P’25 proudly reports “that the HWS tradition continues; our son, Nathaniel Lombardo ’25, is a first-year Hobart Statesman! I continue to chair the upper school English department at the K-12 independent school I’ve taught at for the last 14 years, while my husband continues to run his communications consulting firm here in the beautiful horse country of western Maryland. It’s hard to believe, but as of next fall, our

daughter will join me and her other older brother in the upper school.” Melanie Sage P’25 moved back to Geneva in December 2020 and started a new job at HWS as a Digital Gift Officer in the Annual Giving Office. She writes: “I am delighted to return to the Colleges. It’s still a remarkable learning community full of passionate students, professors and staff. My daughter, Annabel Ramsay ’25, is a first-year student at HWS and is really loving her experience. She hopes to double major in economics and Asian studies and to study abroad in China. My son, Rupert, is a junior at Phillips Exeter Academy and is getting ready to begin his own college search. Hard to believe I’ll soon have two in college! My best to all in the Classes of 1995.”

WILLIAM SMITH Kate Strouse Canada, 2636 Troy Schenectady Rd., Schenectady, NY 12309–1410; (443) 465–4451; katecanada@msn.com Hi, friends. Our daughter Tess (12) has enjoyed having some coaching time with Class of 2000 soccer and lacrosse star, and current RPI Women’s Lacrosse Head Coach, Leslie Khachadourian DeLano ’00. Definitely a small world, and we are lucky that Leslie’s daughter Tatum is in the same soccer club as Tess. Kerry Greaves reports that since earning her Ph.D. at the CUNY Graduate Center, she has been appointed Assistant Professor in Art History at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, where she lives with her family. Please send along any news, chance encounters, events or fun facts for the next issue!

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WILLIAM SMITH LaKisha N. Williams, 3675 Broadway, Apt. 5BB, New York, NY 10031; (646) 261–1037; nyhemia@ aol.com Mary Miras was promoted to Managing Director at Goldman Sachs in late 2021.

WILLIAM SMITH Meredith Moriarty, 85 Berwick Road, Delmar, NY 12054; (518) 421–7559; meredithmoriarty@ gmail.com

HOBART Michael Mills, 20 North Shore Blvd., Apt. 202, Canandaigua, NY 14618–3633; (585) 267–7906; michaelpatrickmills@gmail.com

HOBART Tripp Stewart, 126 May Court, Chagrin Falls, OH, 44022–3211; (216) 570–1776; gnstewart3@yahoo.com; | Erik Adamsen, 33 Scotch Mist Way, Ballston Spa, NY 12020–4443; (518)2895477; erik@kite-hill.com

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WILLIAM SMITH Casey K. Donohue, 581 Wapping Road, Portsmouth, RI 02871–5116; (818) 606–1221; caseydonohue@gmail.com I hope to see my friends from the Classes of 1997 at Reunion in June! After living in Japan for more than 20 years, Eleanor Hamlin moved back to the U.S. (Lansing, Mich.) in October. She writes that her parents, Claudia Hamlin ’68 and W.R. Hamlin ’68, “are happy to have me closer again. Settling in and searching for work still, but did visit campus with Chistina Bruyere Scahill earlier this month. Caught up with a couple other alums, Michelle Loheac Whitwood ’98 and Mary Ognibene ’96.”

WILLIAM SMITH Sarah Seccombe Pettit; sarahepettitt@gmail.com Hello, William Smith ’00 classmates! I am excited to be your new Class Correspondent. I am looking forward to the opportunity it may provide to reconnect with many of you. Camille Campbell Wright has been teaching abroad for four years now with family in the Middle East and says, “It is a phenomenal experience!” Please reach out to share your updates, big or small. If only we were back on the Quad or on the Hill catching up!

HOBART Ethan Prout, 73 Woodview Drive, Doylestown, PA 18901; (717) 4687602; eprout@protonmail.com

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HOBART Joseph J. LaSala, 5037 47th Street, Woodside, NY, 11377–7327; joelasala@gmail.com

HOBART Eric J. Isban, 20 Elizabeth Place, Armonk, NY 10504; (914) 2195568; eisban@yahoo.com

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HOBART Jamie Breslin, 1206 Johnson Street, Redwood City, CA, 94061; (650) 815–8497; jbreslin@stanford.edu WILLIAM SMITH Megan Colosimo, 8194 Schreiner Road, Eden, NY 140571008; (716) 560–2506; biodork714@ yahoo.com Johanna “Jody” Truswell is the first woman and first non-engineer to be

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named chair of the ISO New England Planning Advisory Committee. Esther X. Vivas ’01, who welcomed her first child Gianluca in 2020 (see photo in the last issue), keeps in touch with Isabel Prieto ’00, Aryana Corniel ’01 and Juana Salcedo ’01.

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HOBART Steve Chabot, 17 Shady Run Lane, Gorham, ME 04038; (207) 6327750; steve.chabot@yahoo.com WILLIAM SMITH Sara WingerathSchlanger, 33910 Southeast McCullough Street, Snoqualmie, WA 98065–8738; (201) 675–2331; schlangerfamily@outlook.com Greetings from Snoqualmie, Wash. Ian Schlanger and I hope that these past several years have brought each of you some joy through the many challenges of working, parenting, volunteering, caregiving and the many other roles and responsibilities we all carry at this stage of our lives. Congratulations to Sarah Angell Jones and her husband Oakley, who just welcomed their first born, Oak. Sarah says they’re “thrilled to be parents and are loving every moment. We can’t wait to do our first family trip up to Seneca Lake.” Our 20th Reunion is this year, and we hope that you will consider gathering at the Colleges for what is sure to be a celebration of friendship and community. Feel free to be in touch anytime you have news to share — it’s never too early to get us your updates for the PSS.

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HOBART C. Todd Patterson, 535 John Knox Road, Tallahassee, FL, 32303–4117; (850) 385–1326; todd4175p@aol.com WILLIAM SMITH Kristen Mogilnicki Good, 34 Weston Road, Westport, CT 06880; (607) 367–0651; kmogilnicki@ yahoo.com | Meg Marsh, 915 West Foothill Blvd. Suite C, PMB 708, Claremont, CA 91711; (207) 330–5895; megmarsh@gmail.com Greetings from sunny Southern California where I have been traveling around in an RV with my family since early 2022. We are trying to capitalize on remote work and school and also trying to see as much of the Southeastern United States before moving back to New England. I recently started a new role at the University of New Hampshire and am excited to be working for an R1 University. I’m also glad to be joining Kristen Mogilnicki Good as a class rep since she has done a fantastic job in

this role for many years and could use some help/a break. We are hoping to engage our class a bit more leading up to our 20th (yes, we’re that old) Reunion next spring. Hopefully together we can connect/reconnect with even more of you! Additional updates: Amanda Herman Records celebrated 10 years of marriage with her husband James Records, as well as 10 as owner and artistic director at Spotlight Dance Center, last June. In October, she took the leap and moved into a bigger location. Their two daughters are now eight and five. Amanda shared that their second baby was delivered at Evergreen Hospital, where Jennifer Hamblett Mohr works as a midwife, but she came so fast (she was nearly born in the ambulance) that Jenny did not end up delivering her, though she did visit that day during her shift! Also, Chirlie Felix Montanez shared a press release about her new job as a managing director at FSG, a global social impact advisory firm. FSG’s CEO Greg Hills described Chirlie as “a respected global social sector leader with over a decade of experience working with both nonprofit and private sector partners to advance educational outcomes for kids around the world.” Congratulations on this important role, and thank you for the positive difference that you are making! Hoping that the rest of you are doing well! Please be in touch and share updates on what you’re up to…it doesn’t have to be earth shattering news, it’d just be great to hear from you.

James Mandart ’17 and Gaberiella Goodwin ’19 celebrating their engagement (James proposed on the Quad, where they first met).

Grads from the Class of ’93 traveled from both coasts, gathering in Phoenix for a much needed reunion: Christina Brokaw Bassett, Maile Hatfield, Eleanor King Stringfellow, Joana “Jenny McPherson Long and Allison Hopper Skinner.

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HOBART Joseph A. Rivera-Ramos, 2726 West Main Street, Wappingers Falls, NY 12590–1956; (315) 398–3962; riveraramosdesignstudio@gmail.com Hello, my fellow alums! It is always a pleasure utilizing this platform to send my greetings and love to you all, and highlight our many accomplishments over the years. As we begin to turn the corner on the pandemic, while healing from many years of concern over national disharmony and now preparing to face new challenges, I share some hope and positive personal achievements of mine over the past year — and invite you all to submit your stories, milestones and accomplishments to be included in the next issue. As we prepare to celebrate our 20th Reunion in 2024, I will feature members of our class who have made exceptional leaps, crossed the thresholds of their life goals, arrived at their greater purpose, or are on their way toward it. Please send your stories, and I will follow up with you to report and highlight your passions, achievements and messages

Alexander Pinsky ’10 married Shannon O’Rourke in September in Napa Valley, Calif. Celebrating with them were: Neal Brown ’10, Kurtis Gibbs ’11, Tyler Cassell ’10, Ian Brooks ’09, John Lecky ’10, John Shaddock ’09, Jason Merritt ’09, and Gregory Alberti ’10.

Delta Chi Reunion Weekend at Jiminy Peak.

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of inspiration. Since I last posted, my partner Robert and I have relocated from Manhattan to Wappingers Falls, N.Y., in the heart of the Hudson Valley Region. We purchased our first home and are its third owners since it was built in 1871, the same year as the village’s founding. It is a handsome green Victorian with a mansard roof, right on the village’s central thoroughfare. We purchased it from the former mayor, who had also purchased it from a former mayor, who had historic local roots. In jest, it’s being said that I too will be mayor here, but we shall see; perhaps I will undertake that honor once I have achieved a bit for the community outside the political arena first. I simultaneously accepted a position as Marketing Director and Sales Coordinator at Red Cedar Landscapes, quickly engaging with regional communities, including the Dutchess County Chamber of Commerce and Poughkeepsie 3K Business Network International. I have also been asked to become a Dutchess County Ambassador for the work I am involved with and my commitment to building community. Through my leadership in the past few months, several area villages and towns are currently in the process of establishing the Hudson Valley Regional Beatification Collaborative, an umbrella organization supporting area beautification projects in municipalities throughout the region. The HVRBC will also help develop endowments and longterm care plans for these communities, while harnessing the power of volunteers, sponsors, and benefactors, to support such programs. I have also recently been voted in as a Roosevelt/Vanderbilt Historical Association board member, a position I take very seriously, assisting in focusing their branding and optics for the 21st century. Framing all these passions and pursuits is a greater concern for the region’s ecology and economic challenges as the watershed increases in volume and storms increase in strength. Through Red Cedar Landscapes, I prepare plans and work with homeowners and commercial, municipal and institutional properties to ensure the ecosystems and human habitats are adapted to take on these changes over the coming decades. Focusing on native plantings, securing and strengthening larger trees, and utilizing natural materials like stone and layered soils, our company is reforming and retrofitting properties with drainage technologies and rain/flood gardens. We are responsible for hundreds of projects of this kind regionally, including 88 of these gardens located on the West Point campus. These projects will become more and more vital, as powerful storms

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ravish and inundate the waterways and floodplains, resulting in FEMA’s redrawing of the flood zone maps. This has already triggered increases to the cost of insuring properties, with no guarantee that the cost of repairs for damages would be covered. We can see the economic impact of this challenge, should we collectively not be prepared, and our company is doing all it can so our communities are protected and continue to thrive. I remain a loyal member of several institutions in Geneva, such as St. Peter’s Episcopal Church and St. Peter’s Arts Academy, Historic Geneva, and the Hobart and William Smith community, visiting as often as I am able and supporting from afar as best I can. I can still recall the moment meeting my SIB group, on the sunny first day of Orientation on the Quad, and later getting into trouble and escapades throughout our treasured downtown Geneva. We were always there for one another, and I am so glad that we remain connected, no matter the distance of space and time. I hope you all remain well and secure until we see one another at our 20th Reunion. Please send your statements of interest in being featured for your passions and accomplishments since graduation, so we can support you and your causes. All my love and blessings to you, your families, friends and endeavors. WILLIAM SMITH Class Correspondent Needed

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HOBART Paul McNeil, Easthampton, MA; (508) 864–3980; mcneil.paul@ gmail.com Emily Webster-Mann has amazing kids, Eloise (8) and Zachary (4); they live in glorious Northampton, Mass., where Emily’s spent the last two years advocating for children’s rights in the Pioneer Valley. Michael Hoepp was joined by Alexander Kahn ’09, Benjamin Ramsey ’09, Paul Wasmund ’07, Nathan Kress MAT’08 and Robert Serenbetz ’14 for his bachelor party in Austin, Texas. His wedding to Al Monte is planned for September in Laconia, N.H. Christopher Brown ’04 and his wife are flourishing in the Beltway with his two daughters Nora and Tess. His restaurants include Takoma Beverage Company in Takoma Park, Md., (the best dang coffee I’ve ever had); Zinnia in Silver Spring just opened (café, restaurant, tavern and gardens at the historic former site of Mrs. K’s Tollhouse); and Chris also owns Soko Butcher Shop in Takoma Park, but did we expect anything less from Brownie? What’s next, a brewery? (Actually, I think that is exactly what the plan is.) Meredith Boggia ’06 is living

and crushing it in Brooklyn, working in freelance television production. She can’t stay out of the arts, with a few premiers stateside and a biennial production in Stockholm brewing. Nathaniel Hill calls Western New York home and is bumping around the Pacific Northwest from time to time on different projects. Paul McNeil and Alysa Austin ’08 are growing their family in Easthampton, Mass. Their boys Henry (4) and Robin (11 months) are in complete control — and let their parents know it as often as possible. Alysa is leading the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion work of the Becket-Chimney Corners YMCA and Paul is coordinating youth substance prevention efforts for the CLOSE Community Coalition in the Town of Longmeadow. WILLIAM SMITH Caroline Wenzel Chapman, 138 North Brook Street, Geneva, NY 14456; (315) 719–7979; caroline.wenzel@gmail.com Last year, Carla DeLucia earned her Ed.D. in higher education administration from Northeastern University. Her dissertation research focused on factors that contribute to the success of students who arrive at college underprepared in mathematics. In November, she started a new position at the University of Rochester School of Nursing as Assistant Dean for Student Affairs and Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing. Also in November, Monique Peeler Alexander and her husband Desmond and I welcomed their first child, Ella Grace Alexander. Her baby shower was hosted by Crystal Cordes Beatrice and attended by Aisha Rivers ’07 and Stacy Okoro. Ashley Knowlton Shepherd started a new job at Twitter as a Senior Client Partner on the Advertising Sales Team. She has lived in Mill Valley, Calif. for the last five years with her husband Mike and children Thomas (4) and Emilia (2) — and they welcomed another baby girl this March!

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HOBART Willet V. Hossfeld; (516) 6588656; willet.hossfeld@gmail.com Benjamin Hart, writing from an HWS email address, sent news that he’s been taking classes the past few semesters through the Colleges’ lifelong learner program in preparation for an MBA at RIT. “It has been a pleasure to be back on campus and connected to the school,” he says. “Everyone has been kind and welcoming. I attended Kinetic Dance Collective (formerly Koshare) and had a great time.” In other news, Benjamin married Cady Glaubinger in 2019. In May

of 2021, they welcomed daughter Cecelia Elise Hart. In August, Benjamin swam a 10K, and in October ran his first marathon while visiting Katie Smith ’07. WILLIAM SMITH Kathryn Chabot Madden; katehchab@gmail.com

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HOBART Class Correspondent Needed WILLIAM SMITH Ashley Kent Rosati, 125 Eaglecroft Road, Westfield, NJ 07090; (908) 447–1370; ashmkent@gmail.com Taylor Lorenz, whose dogged reporting, keen insights and boundless curiosity have made her the country’s premier chronicler of internet culture, joined the Washington Post as a columnist in March. Jamie Agnello started a new position with Context Travel, offering small group and private tours all over the world for travelers who love to learn. (She’s clearly inspired by her study abroad days with HWS!) Jamie can also be spotted in the Netflix hit series Archive 81! In case you missed it in last issue’s photos, Kirby Williams Lindemer’s son Jackson was born in 2020 — congrats! And congratulations to Sophie Dennis Riskie on completing her first season as William Smith Field Hockey Head Coach.

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HOBART Evan S. Brown, 1017 Village View Lane, Cary, NC 27519–7815; (973) 723–4124; eb2715@gmail.com Evan Brown accepted a new job as Energy and Sustainability Manager for Cisco Systems and recently relocated to the Raleigh/Durham, N.C. area, and gets to see former Sherrill Hall first-year roommate Joseph Sullivan all the time. Please contact Evan with any class updates to include in the next issue. WILLIAM SMITH Tiffany Lord, (971) 241–2373; tiffmlord@gmail.com Thea Engst now has five cocktail books from Adams Media, an imprint of Simon and Schuster. Her recipes appear in The Unofficial Disney Parks Drink Recipe Book, which was on the New York Times bestseller list. They will also appear in the forthcoming Epcot edition. Nectar of the Gods, her recipe book inspired by Greek mythology with co-author Liv Albert, is due for release in April, and she’s working on her first solo project, Spirits of the Tarot, due for a fall 2022 release. Her first book, Drink Like a Bartender with co-author Lauren Vigdor, was named one of the “Best Booze Books of 2017” by Forbes.

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HOBART Brendan Corbett Csaposs, Delamere Flats #D21, Milimani Road, Nairobi, Kenya; (415) 706–4224; brendan.csaposs@gmail.com Sending best wishes for health and safety to all HWS alums in the midst of the ongoing pandemic. Brendan Giblin and his wife recently moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, and are expecting a daughter this summer — the first dual citizen baby in their family (Gibby officially became a Canadian permanent resident in October). Kenneth Gregory and his company broke ground on a new CBD and hemp processing plant in Chili, N.Y., where they plan to bring 45 new jobs to the area. Congratulations, Ken! Brendan Csaposs completed research on his doctoral dissertation andcompleted his defense in April. WILLIAM SMITH Katie E. Taylor, 537 37th Street, Apt. 1, Oakland, CA 946092473; (925) 788–0438; katie.taylor09@ gmail.com

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HOBART Roger Arnold, Gray Barns, 655 Vermont 132, Norwich, VT; (845) 2820686; rogerdavid.arnold@gmail.com Benjamin D’Innocenzo and his wife Kirby Benjamin ’11 are excited to share news of the birth of our first child, Lena Hammel D’Innocenzo: “The perfect early Christmas present. Everyone is happy, healthy and enjoying the mild Colorado winter here in Denver. Wishing the HWS community well in 2022!” WILLIAM SMITH Lauren Budd Curtin, 2104 North High Street, Denver, CO 80205; (215) 962–1931; lauren.marie. curtin@gmail.com Hey, Class of 2010! Sorry for the lapse in updates last issue. Here’s some news from the last few years, in chronological order: Julia O’Halloran and husband Jonathan Keefer welcomed their first child, Grant Joseph Keefer, in September 2020. The next year brought many new family additions. Sarah Foyle-Gallagher and husband Tim Gallagher became a family of four with son Conor joining his big brother Aiden in January! A possible future Heron, Emily Curtin, was born in May, making Kevin Curtin and I also a new family of four. In June, Rachel MacElhenney and her husband Greg Lubic welcomed Nigel Andrew Lubic into their family. Allison Sperling Morris and husband Ben welcomed their second child, Owen, in August. Thanks to a generous policy at her job, Morgan Hopkins recently took a

three-month sabbatical and spent five weeks in France. After more than seven years in various roles at All*Above All, which works to improve abortion access across the country, Morgan is now Interim Executive Director of Campaigns & Strategies. Congratulations to everyone! Please keep sending me updates — it is always great to hear about everyone’s new adventures.

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HOBART Hannan Merritt, 80 Farmstead Drive, Shelburne, VT, 05482; (802) 3188500; hannan.merritt@yahoo.com ello, Hobart Class of 2011! Hoping that everyone is doing well. I’m sure each of you has updates — career changes or new family members or personal milestones. We’d all love to hear how you are doing, so please reach out to me so I can include your accomplishments in the next Class Notes. At the very least, I encourage you to reach out to a college friend you might have lost touch with and see how they are. I moved to Salt Lake City last fall, so if you want to go skiing, let me know! See you next time on campus! WILLIAM SMITH Megan A. Rechin, 195 St. James Place, Buffalo, NY 14222; meganrechin@gmail.com; (716) 3411754 | Kimberly J. Shorb, kimberly. shorb@gmail.com Hello, dear classmates! I hope all is well and that our ever-changing world is presenting you with an abundance of opportunity. Writing this column the past few years, I’ve felt as though there is a lot of bad news and worry swirling around. But when I see the updates from our beautiful classmates and the progress you are all making in the world, I can’t help but smile. Kelsey Bair Gross is now mom to Gracie, born in October. Andrea Rocchio is now mom to Oliver, born in December. Welcome to the world, Gracie and Oliver — hope to see you running on the Quad soon! Andrea also celebrated her four-year work anniversary as Senior Science Educator at the Mariners’ Museum and Park. Congrats, Andrea! Josephina Rago took a Reunion Weekend hike in Thacher State Park with Amanda Shaw and Madeline Caryl and attended Marissa Biondolillo’s wedding in Hamburg, N.Y. (Josephina and Marissa were first year roommates!) Josephina also caught up with Christa Moore-Levesque MAT’12 in Jamestown, R.I., where Christa resides. Merrill Amos and Josephina got together for Halloween festivities, like they did as third year roommates at HWS. I am excited to graduate this May with my master’s from The Johns Hopkins

Howard Farrell ’85 and Frederick “Fritz” Scheeren ’59 met at a tailgate party at Clemson University where their respective daughters and granddaughters are members of the same sorority.

Carl Fazio, Jr. ’72, Gary Abelson ’72, Cheryl Ableson, Kelly Noyes Rose ’74, Neal Rose ’72 and Vincent Carrozzi ’72, at Neal and Kelly’s home in Fort Myers, Fla., in February.

HWS friends celebrated a bachelor party for Michael Hoepp ’05 in Austin, Texas. In attendance were Alexander Kahn ’09, Benjamin Ramsey ’09, Paul Wasmund ’07, Nathan Kress MAT’08 and Robert Serenbetz ’14.

Ryan “Mackle” Moore ’17, Matthew “Skinny” Skinner ’17 and Anthony “Hot Rod” Scamurra ’17 in the Adirondacks.

Maria Tarduno ’13 (seated, center) at her new yoga studio and gathering space Thrive Yoga in Frisco, Colo.

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University. Who would have thought — 10 years later and I’m about to graduate again! I’d love to hear from any and all of you, so please reach out. I’m living in Buffalo, N.Y., so if you find yourself there, please shoot me a message and we can catch up. Otherwise, I will hope to run into you as we conquer the world.

— and happy first birthday, Kira! Corey McClintock Davis and Andrew Davis ’14 welcomed their first child, Lucy, last July. Sending lots of well wishes to little Lucy and her parents! Keep the updates coming. Until next time, cheers!

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HOBART Drew Oliveira, 2 Louisburg Square, Boston, MA 02114; (484) 4592826; aoliveira414@gmail.com My responsibility (my duty!) to the Hobart Class of 2013 has gone shamefully unfulfilled these last five (five!) years. That’s enough time to pursue a master’s degree or master the harmonica twice, for empires to rise and fall. Babies are born and learn their ABCs. Love found and lost. Crimes committed and time served. Since last we spoke, much has happened, and while we may never fully recover what was lost during the dark years of my delinquency, rest assured: I’m back and ready to report all the news that’s fit to print. If there are important updates I missed from this dark period, please get in touch (see contact info above) and I’ll be sure to include it in future reporting. So with that, here are the facts: Martin Quigley married Alexandria Moore in a lovely ceremony at the Germantown Cricket Club in Philadelphia last September. I saw several familiar faces there, including Stephen Mugel (our very own Phi Beta Kappa scholar) and Nathan Berger. Steve is a Ph.D. student in Georgia while Nate is working for the New York State Senate in Albany. Lives of consequence. Andrew Guild married Molly Tidrick deep in the great Northwoods of Wisconsin last July. Old-ish news: Noah Lucas got engaged to Christine Lucht in October 2020 at the top of Loveland Pass in Colorado. (Very cute, guys.) In other old but happy news, Perry “Perold” Crain married Brittany Petrilli in 2019; Jean Baptiste ’14 married Kristen Desmarais in 2020; Peter “Max” Ettenborough married Carlisle Starrett Ettenborough in 2019; and Matthew Campbell ’12 married Virginia Price. More recently, Instagram tells me that Timothy Barrett and Graham Meighan are both engaged (not to each other, mind you). Daniel Webb married Sara Arledge last October at a Hobart-studded wedding in Los Angeles. Briton Claridge will marry Julia Straus at Memorial Hall in Philadelphia this summer. Brit is also the proud new owner of a condo at the very top of Bunker Hill with some of the finest views of Boston I’ve ever seen. Matthew Mead also reports that he’s engaged to Martha Morgenthau. They live in beautiful Sun Valley Idaho where Mattie is CEO of Hempitecture, which got

HOBART Andrew Donovan, abdonovan@gmail.com Nathan Ginnetty married Hailey Sellars last November in West Palm Beach, Fla. In attendance were several HWS alums including Carter Bosch, William Grady ’13, Laina Zissu ’16 and Amil Shah. WILLIAM SMITH Kaylyn O’Brien,54 Pleasant St., Apt. 2, Portland, ME 04101; ksobrie13@gmail.com Greetings from Portland, Maine! I hope this note finds you all doing well. A quick apology — our column has been a bit sparse the last issue or two, so if there are any submissions we missed, please know we’re back on track now. I hope you all continue to send updates! They really are a bright spot to find in my inbox. The start of 2022 means it’s almost 10 years since graduation. If anyone is trying to figure out how it feels like yesterday and also forever ago, I am right there with you. I hope to see some of you at Reunion in June where we can celebrate a decade post-grad, contemplate our existential crises together and toast to what the future holds, all while overlooking Seneca Lake. Jokes aside, even if you can’t make it to Reunion, I hope you take a moment to reflect on the last 10 years and celebrate the person you’ve become since you left Geneva. I’m still rooting for all of you from my little corner of the world. Now that we’re done with the sappy stuff, on to the updates. Amy Kievit Barrett and Braden Barrett were married in 2020 and held their wedding reception in October 2021. Sláinte and congratulations! The reception and celebration were worth the wait with many alums in attendance, including: Raphael Mattingly ’08, Kevin Pollard ’13, William Weimer ’14, Jonathan Meyers, Maeve Keeton Marenakos, Serena Holtsinger, Charlotte Lysohir, Campbell von Eschen ’15, Caroline Merrill Rowley ’15, David Buran ’14, Jonathan Sicilia, William Gore, Chris Paratore, Nicholas Marenakos ’14, Kyler Rowley ’13, Lauren Karam ’15 and James Gramolini ’13. Katherine Burgos-Brown and Michael Brown welcomed their child, Kira, in March of 2021. Belated congratulations

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its start way back in 2012 with his success in The Pitch competition at HWS. These years later it’s thriving in its mission to manufacture sustainable building products made from hemp. A nice reminder that hard work and persistence pays off. In non-matrimonial news, I see Colby Mauke on Commonwealth Avenue every now and again. Last I heard he was working in architect Patrick Ahearn’s office here in Boston. Ian Ahern is alive and well in Newport, R.I. Shaynon Gramling is finding success in New York’s real estate world. Colin Desko is a lawyer now — watch out! Nathaniel Shils is a political science Ph.D. candidate at UPenn and will defend his dissertation this summer. William Bobbs is off the wagon, producing his own handcrafted rum out of Northport, Wisc., and I can personally attest to the strength. He calls it Northpoint Rum, and the hand-signed bottle he gave me at our five-year Reunion has a great view of my living room from its shelf. In other Bill Bobbs news, I recently learned that my girlfriend’s friend’s fiancé (you follow?) was Bill Bobbs’ roommate when they were studying abroad in Copenhagen. Small world! Finally, and while I realize this is technically outside of my jurisdiction as Hobart Class Correspondent, I would be remiss not to note that Eleanor Crossan recently adopted a family of ducks and is raising them on her sustainable farm in Marblehead, Mass. Postscript: At press time, Kevin Gannon reports that he’s eating a southwest chicken salad for lunch. WILLIAM SMITH Kazia Berkley-Cramer, (617) 710–7700; kberkleycramer@ gmail.com; @mxrumphius Hello, William Smith 2013! It has continued to be a rollercoaster of a time, so we’ve got just a few lovely updates this time around. On Sept. 4, 2021, Emily Kellogg married Charles Ballon in Clayton, N.Y.! HWS alums in attendance included her brother Andrew Kellogg ’15, his fiance Natasha Jewett ’17, Sean Tuemmler and Hayley Bauza. Maria Tarduno opened Thrive Yoga (thriveyogasummit.com), a yoga studio and community gathering space in Frisco, Colo. Congratulations, Emily and Mia! Whether or not you sent an update, I’m proud of you for your big, traditional accomplishments, but I’m also proud of you for taking your meds, getting out of bed, making time for yourself and every other way that you care for yourself despite…*gestures vaguely at everything.* I hope you have been able to find small moments of joy!

2014

HOBART Clune Walsh, 57 Otis Street, Apt. 2, Cambridge, MA 02141; (248) 227–1001; clune.walsh@gmail.com WILLIAM SMITH Cameron W. Gaynor, 200 East 16th Street, Apt. 2H, New York, NY 10003; cameronwgaynor@ gmail.com

2015

HOBART Carter Brown, 709 Great Springs Road, Bryn Mawr, PA 190101703; chbrown9999@aol.com WILLIAM SMITH Caroline Demeter, 171 East 81st Street, Apt. 2D, New York, NY 10028–1873; cgdemeter@yahoo.com Alexandra Welych-Miller earned her professional licensure as a clinical mental health counselor in Vermont. Madeline Buckley is the new head women’s soccer coach at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn. Maddy comes to Macalester after three seasons as the top assistant at Bowdoin College in Maine. Since graduation, Chelsea Begg has taught middle school English in Florida and Pennsylvania. After a year and a half of teaching during the pandemic, she decided she needed a break and took off to Dublin, Ireland, to pursue her master’s in modern and contemporary literary studies at Trinity College. She says it’s the best decision she has made yet! Namboowa Bakiika is completing a master’s in global health at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. Currently she is working on getting ethics approval for a dissertation that will center on unequal contraceptive responsibility among sexual partners. Nam plans to stay and train in Europe after completing her degree.

2016

HOBART Max Gorton, 11 Strathallan Park, Rochester, NY 14606–1690; (607) 377–6442; maxwellgorton@gmail.com Dear Hobart Class of 2016 — hoping that you, your friends and family are well in our Year of the Tiger. Charles DeBenedetto has been living in Taiwan, teaching, traveling, reading, publishing stories on his blog and serving as both an ESL and music teacher at Wagor Bilingual Elementary School in Taichung City. He says his favorite thing about HWS is the way the curriculum “is designed to put you outside of your comfort zone, so you experience more than you might have originally planned to.” Charlie arrived at HWS only considering the study of music;

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by graduation, he had a passion for East Asian history and politics and was nearly fluent in Mandarin (now he is). A double major in international relations and Asian studies, a Resident Assistant, America Reads tutor and member of Phi Beta Kappa, Charlie says that getting outside his comfort zone made him “skilled, knowledgeable and competent in many more ways than I originally thought possible.” Michael Conte lives in Bedminster, N.J. with his fiancé Katy and their dog Sulley. Michael and Katy are getting married this summer on a farm close to their home. Congratulations, you two (and Sulley)! Michael, who majored in environmental studies and triple minored in economics, history and sustainable community development, is an account executive at T-Mobile Marketing Solutions. He credits his liberal arts education for his ability to view the world in different lenses and he’s grateful for the “variety of subjects I was able to study” and the “lifelong friendships I found along the way, especially with the brothers of Theta Delta Chi.” (Michael was a recruitment chair for Theta Delta Chi, as well as a member of the Alpine Ski Team and an America Reads tutor). Victor Giotto lives in Boston and is a senior account executive at the SEO software startup MarketMuse. At Hobart, Victor studied political science, American studies and history, and was a member of Pi Sigma Alpha and Epsilon Alpha Kappa honors societies. He says the relationships built at HWS have “lasted and only strengthened over time” and looks forward to seeing classmates at Reunion, adding: “at this point, even returning to the desk on the third floor of the library where I did 90 percent of my assignments would be very nostalgic.” While fond of the library, Victor highlighted Chi Phi, Seneca Lake, and the Quad as being among his favorite places on campus. He says he’s also enjoyed observing the interesting careers that the graduates of our class have landed in and invites anyone in the software space in Boston to reach out — “it would be great to hear about your experience.” Lino Chimienti, originally from Montreal, Quebec, studied economics and was a member of the Statesmen hockey team. He played a year of professional hockey in Tours, France after graduation, and “one year turned into four,” Lino says, as he was able to enjoy more than just hockey, taking advantage of Europe’s culture and sights. After a storied career on the ice, he now serves as a financial advisor at Pactole Financial Strategies. “Coach Taylor always said to our team: ‘You’ll all eventually become coaches.’ That is exactly what my current job is;

I am helping coach young families and business owners to find solutions and create strategic action plans that will guide them to success.” Outside the office, Lino is most likely “in the kitchen cooking up a family dinner, or in an arena coaching the next generation of young athletes, instilling those same HWS core values…that the school instilled in me. Discipline, hard work, character, and integrity.” Among his favorite memories of HWS, Lino highlights the ECAC championship senior year in the Cooler in front of a sold-out, standing-roomonly crowd. Lino famously stopped all 30 shots he faced in the goal to secure the shutout for the win. I’m hopeful we’ll be able to get together safely in person this summer. Proud of you all and excited to learn more about your stories, accomplishments and goals for the future. While syllabus week is short, liberal arts are a life-long sport. WILLIAM SMITH Dana Williams, 440 Windsor Street, Cambridge, MA 02141–1343; (716) 250–8236; danamwilliams94@gmail.com Virginia DeWees writes: “Personally, my biggest triumph recently was marrying the love of my life, Rebecca! We had a beautiful wedding in October 2021 on a farm in Chadds Ford, Penn. Professionally, I have earned two master’s degrees in education from Johns Hopkins University and Relay Graduate School of Education. I am extremely passionate about my career in urban education. I teach ninth grade English in West Philadelphia and oversee an after-school program for eight and ninth graders that provides social, emotional and academic enrichment opportunities for students with the goal of reducing high school dropout rates.”

Barbara Russell Carter ’61 shared a picture taken during Sill House Tea, “an annual event where we invited all the faculty and administrators, who came dressed to the nines!” Barbara identified herself, sitting on the arm of the couch; Sylvia Knight ’63 (standing, left); and House Manager/“mother” Mrs. Milliken, but she “would love to know the names of those in the picture.”

Amy Kievit Barrett ’12 and Braden Barrett ’12 were married in 2020 and held their wedding reception in October 2021, joined by many alums: Raphael Mattingly ’08, Kevin Pollard ’13, William Weimer ’14, Jonathan Meyers ’12, Maeve Keeton Marenakos ’12, Serena Holtsinger ’12, Charlotte Lysohir ’12, Campbell von Eschen ’15, Caroline Merrill Rowley ’15, David Buran ’14, Jonathan Sicilia ’12, William Gore ’12, Chris Paratore ’12, Nicholas Marenakos ’14, Kyler Rowley ’13, Lauren Karam ’15 and James Gramolini ’13.

2017

HOBART Matthew Skinner, 850 State Route 21, Lot 4, Shortsville, NY 14548–9396; (585) 208–0432; hobart2017classcorrespondent@ gmail.com Well, well, well. Love is in, on and about the air for the Hobart Class of 2017. I previously reported an engagement, and lo and behold, there’s another! Joshua Kessler is engaged to Ashley Testa ’19. They’re getting married next summer (2023), and Josh told me we are all invited! I’ll keep you posted as the self-appointed wedding herald. Josh has also been preparing the wedding vintage, as he started a new job last July as Associate Winemaker at Swedish Hill and their sister brands, Goose Watch (not Grey Goose) and Penguin Bay

Eleanor Hamlin ’97 and Christina Bruyere Scahill ’97 back on campus.

Samuel Wolcott ’79 connected with Rochelle Schachter Forster ’80 entirely by accident on a winter trip to Central America.

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(also not Grey Goose, and also not the publisher Penguin Books). He recently got his first vintage under his belt as a winemaker and says they look great. Josh, I know you’re the wine expert, but I want to know how they taste, not how they look. Congratulations on the job, and to you and Ashley on the engagement! In October, Nolan “Big Poppa” Garris and his wife Cameron had a beautiful, healthy baby girl, Lola Quinn. They named her Lola after the song of the same name by The Kinks. You may recognize it from the Sideshow jukebox — it was Nolan’s favorite song and I recall one festive, late evening when Nolan said, “Yo, Skinny, I am going to name my daughter after this song.” That jukebox had plenty of good songs to name a child after…”Roxanne,” “Jack & Diane,” “Maggie May,” “Sister Golden Hair,” “Mr. Bojangles”…I certainly plan on naming my daughter Mr. Bojangles. I am sure my hypothetical future wife will have no problem with that. Speaking of which, none of you came through with a date for me to my sister’s wedding, and it was weird slow dancing by myself. Sean “Brighter than the Sun” Bright has been enjoying the winter weather in Park City, Utah. He went on a skiing and snowboarding trip with Allison Flaherty MAT’18, Riley McCarthy ’15, Amy “Also Just as Bright as the Sun” Bright (Sean’s cousin), Patrick O’Connell and Rio Schmidt. Austin Gallegos would have been there, but he was deployed overseas in the Marine Corps. I’m not sure if that’s an excuse not to go skiing with your friends, but whatever. Anyway, Sean, the trip sounded like fun, and we are all proud of you, Austin! For all you cinephiles, I’m happy to tell you that Anthony “Hot Rod” Scamurra is in his final weeks of shooting the Police Academy reboot, Police Academy 8: No Series Has Ever Gone Bad After More Than 2 Sequels, NYS Troopers Edition. He’ll be wrapping up on my birthday (not a coincidence — I told the director, Kathy Holuc, that it had to be done then or I’d pull the funding), and from there, he’s signed to star in Super Troopers 3. That film will be exclusively about how many times he can say “meow” while giving you a speeding ticket as well as how foolish he can make you look on a dashcam while pulling you over for a sobriety check. I have been able to visit him frequently — he actually kidnapped me and brought me to the Adirondacks for a weekend with Ryan “Mackle” Moore mere weeks after Ryan single-handedly caused the Bills to lose to the Chiefs. Ryan is also doing well — he fetches the tee after the Bills kick off. Believe it or not, that’s his sole

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responsibility. He also really enjoys hot dogs for breakfast. As for me, I am still in law school in Albany, held hostage by the American Bar Association, which won’t let me leave until I complete 86 or 87 credits — I don’t remember which. I hope I have enough. After graduating in May (May 20th in Saratoga, you’re all invited), I will be moving to Glens Falls, N.Y. and start a career in litigation with the firm McPhillips, Fitzgerald & Cullum. In the meantime, I continue to do childish things like “going to class.” I hope you are all doing well, but not too well. Gotta stay humble, gotta stay hungry, gotta stay hustlin’. Grind on and shine on, my brothers. WILLIAM SMITH Brett Danziger, 160 Bleecker Street, Apt. 5JW, New York, NY 10012; (617) 584–2980; brettdanziger1@gmail.com

2018

HOBART Harrison Luce, 7688 Blue Diamond Road, Unit 1116, Las Vegas, NV 89178–9283; (716) 260–0899; harrisonluce20@gmail.com Matthew Benton recently accepted a position as a Business Development Senior Coordinator at Paul Hastings, LLP. He works in mergers and acquisitions, private equity and investment management. WILLIAM SMITH Micaela Carney, 397 Washington Street, Apt. 1, Somerville, MA 02143; (585) 935–1105; mica. carney@gmail.com As the world returns to “normalcy,” I’m left reflecting on the insane last two years; I have zero concept of time from March 2020 to now, and can’t decide if it’s been the longest two years of my life or a mere burst in time. Still, I am excited to slowly ease back into this new normalcy and rediscover the joys of connection without a mask on! I’ll graduate in May and am embracing the uncertainty that awaits. Phoebe Pohl accepted a position at Gift of Life Michigan, an organ procurement organization. Since receiving her social work license, she’s excited to utilize those skills to support families. Danielle Moyer earned her master’s in human nutrition from the University of Bridgeport and is a Certified Nutrition Specialist. Now living in Chicago, she works with private clients and is an instructor at Bauman College’s Holistic Nutrition Program. Rebecca “Bex” Czajkowski MAT’19 began a new position within the Trumansburg Central School District and is recently engaged to Casey Beasley!

2019

HOBART Cort Williams, 350 W 37th Street, Apt. 21D, New York, NY 10018; cortwilliams97@gmail.com Spencer Lerner works at DoorDash in New York. He onboarded as a merchant operations associate and transitioned to strategy and operations soon after. Spencer focuses on growth specifically in the Bronx, looking for new and interesting ways to use data to engage consumers. Tyler Skretny graduates from the University at Buffalo School of Law this spring. Following graduation, passage of the Bar Exam and admission to the Bar, Tyler will start his career as an Associate Attorney at Phillips Lytle LLP in Buffalo. In his third season playing professional basketball overseas, Colin Dougherty spent 2021 in Irkutsk, Russia, playing for BC Irkutsk in the Russian Superleague 1. Colin returned home early March following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. WILLIAM SMITH Liza R. Plummer, lzplummer@gmail.com Kayla McEachern and I were paired as first-year roommates and have remained close friends. We are planning a trip to Greece this spring. Kaitlin Hunt started an art business, KatieCreatives LLC, (katiecreatives. com), selling paintings and home décor. Erika Ireland is in her first year at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, studying for her master’s in law and diplomacy with specializations in international business and global governance and international organizations. While pursuing full-time studies, she is also a data analysis and visualization intern with the State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. After grad school, she hopes to join an international nongovernmental organization or a research firm to do impact evaluation work in the international development field. She credits HWS, specifically the French, sociology, and study abroad faculty and staff, for helping her discover her career path. In other exciting news, Gabriella Goodwin and James Mandart ’17 celebrated their recent engagement at HWS. He proposed on the Quad, where they first met.

2020

HOBART Gavin J. Flood, gavinflood@ icloud.com; Tanner J. Arnold, tanner. arnold20@gmail.com WILLIAM SMITH Gianna Gonzalez, giannafgonzalez@gmail.com

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HOBART Cuinn Lauten, clauten8@ gmail.com Following graduation last May, the Hobart College Class of 2021 has been a busy group of esteemed gentlemen and scholars, pursuing next steps in the office, in the classroom, on the field and on the slopes. Christopher Bracco finds himself behind a computer terminal nearly 18 hours a day as an investment banking analyst on the M&A Desk for Piper Sandler in New York. Samuel Mason is the client operations coordinator at Athlete Studio, where he drives branding and marketing development for professional athletes in the NFL, NBA, MLB and UFC, as well as guiding NCAA athletes through the emerging opportunities granted by new NIL permissions. Clifford “Drew” Blanchard is pursuing graduate degree at Ohio State University, where he’s also a member of the varsity lacrosse team, guiding the Buckeyes to a newfound appreciation of “the Hobart way.” Christopher Reed, Jr. is a J.D. candidate at Liberty University, focusing primarily on real estate and contract law and developing the skills to become a feared litigator. Last summer, William Thompson joined Fidelity Investments as a financial customer associate, assisting clients seeking successful investment vehicles. Michael J. Earley and William Payne are skiing regularly and enjoying the wonders of nature in Park City, Utah, while simultaneously investigating and analyzing the localized economies of vacation towns. Many more of our classmates have already made us proud, and I look forward to passing along future updates about the achievements that shine a light on the benefits of a Hobart education. WILLIAM SMITH Carling Landeche, carlinglandeche@gmail.com Hello, William Smith family! It’s hard to believe that it’s been over two years since COVID-19 impacted our junior year and abroad experiences so suddenly. I hope I can speak on behalf of my entire class that we are so grateful for all the efforts by professors, staff and school administration that made it possible for us to enjoy our senior year on campus in Geneva and to have an in-person Commencement. I could not be more proud of my class as we entered the world with such uncertainty. Since last May, Megan Rooney began work as a professional staffer in the President Pro Tempore Office for Senator Leahy (Vt.) at the U.S. Senate in Washington D.C. Gabrielle Linscott began her Ph.D.,

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studying weather and climate dynamics, at the University of Maryland’s Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. Mackenzie Frary began working as a mental health specialist at the McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass., and Lalaine Vergara has enjoyed her time as an associate at Finsbury Glover Hering in New York. Ruby Verbitsky is an administrator in the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Unit at the Suffolk County District Attourney office in Boston — and she begins a part-time J.D. program at Suffolk University this fall! As for me, I am working in the political sphere in Washington D.C. as a legislative assistant at Ogilvy Government Relations. I am so grateful for our class and our ability to lift each other up throughout the years. I cherish our friendships and look forward to all our future memories!

In December, lifelong friends and Hobart alums celebrated the wedding of Lawrence Moultrie ’04 (center). Also pictured: Everton McLean ’03, Brent Stack ’04, Michael Kenney ’02 and Jerome Brown ’03.

Class of ’83 alums joined Bonnie Smithers in celebrating her 60th birthday last May: Marie Westermeier, George “Ted” Parker, John McDonald, David Lawrence P’16, Jeanne Wilson Stevens, Lisa Taylor, Todd Nichols and Clara “Lou” Baur, as well as Tracy Flynn ’85 and Bruce Barber ’80. Elizabeth Snyder was sadly missed.

First year roommates Marissa Biondolillo ’11 and Josephina Rago ’11 at Marissa’s wedding in Hamburg, N.Y.

Thomas Patchett ’88 represents Hobart at the Spanish Springs 5K in Florida, where he finished fourth overall out of 600 runners.

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HOBART John “Jack” E. Sankey Jr. ’42 of Springfield, Ill., died on Nov. 7, 2021. Jack attended Hobart for one year before serving in the U.S. Coast Guard in the Pacific Theater through 1946. Following his military service, he co-founded Sankey Brothers, Inc. construction company and served as its president until it was sold in 1986. Jack was active in the community, serving on several Boards of Directors including LPGA Rail Charity Classic and Springfield Airport Authority. He is survived by his children, John, Robert, Patricia and Karen; 10 grandchildren; and six greatgrandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife Shirley. Ivan W. Kuhl ’43 of Austin, Texas, died on Jan. 26, 2022. Ivan earned a B.A. and was a member of Little Theatre, Intramural Board, Delta Phi Alpha and Epsilon Pi Sigma. Ivan later earned his M.D. from University at Buffalo and following medical school, served in the Public Health Service for two years. He then joined the U.S. Army, serving as a general medical officer in Japan and Korea. During his career as a dermatologist, Ivan became an expert in Hansen’s Disease (leprosy) and published articles on deep fungal infections. A member of the Texas Medical Association Public Health Committee for 11 years, he served in other leadership capacities, such as the physician for the Hidalgo County venereal clinic for 40 years, and was a clinical associate professor at the UT Science Center San Antonio for 17 years. As an alum, he served as a class agent for 17 years, class correspondent for 14 years and served as Reunion gift chair in 1997. With his wife, he established the Ivan ’43 and Ruth Amaidon ’44 Kuhl Endowed Scholarship, helped establish the Art Kenney Memorial Scholarship and was a member of the Wheeler Society. He was predeceased by his wife of 66 years, Ruth A. Kuhl ’44, and son Paul. He is survived by his children, Anita, Mary Kay, Martha, Corien, Peter, David, Walter and John; 21 grandchildren; and 33 greatgrandchildren. Daniel P. Quigley ’45, P’81 of Geneva, N.Y., died on Dec. 28, 2021. Daniel received a B.A. in business administration and was a member of Kappa Alpha and the Echo staff. Following graduation, he worked at Eastman Kodak and went on to own and operate nursery businesses,

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including W.T. Smith Corps and Garden Galleries. As an alum, Daniel served as class agent, class correspondent and Reunion coordinator. He is survived by his children, Stephen, Susan Quigley Bonkowski ’81, David, Peter, Anne, Maureen and Matthew; and several grandchildren, He was predeceased by his mother, Helen Howe Quigley 1917; wife, Anne; and son, Daniel. Stephen J. Reinhardt ’45 of Wilmington, Del., died on Nov. 10, 2021. Stephen attended Hobart for one year through the Navy V-12 program and then enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He went on to receive his A.B. from Dartmouth College and J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law. In 1952, he was recalled to the Navy as an assistant legal officer. For most of his legal career he served as a corporate lawyer for the DuPont Corporation. Stephen is survived by his nephews, nieces, and multiple greatnieces and nephews. Glenn A. Brewer, Jr. ’49 of Hightstown, N.J., died on Feb. 18, 2022. Glenn earned a B.S. in chemistry and biology, served as president of Epsilon Pi Sigma, and was a member of Science Club and WEOS. He later earned a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin and held a 40-year career at Bristol Myers Squibb. In his community, Glenn served as senior vice president of the Delaware Raritan Girl Scout Council and president of the United Way Greater Mercer County. He was predeceased by his wife of 64 years, Jane; and is survived by his children, Glenn, Margaret, Leslie and Rebecca; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Charles “Charlie” P. Boswell II ’50, P’86, GP’20, of Sunapee, N.H., died on Feb. 26, 2022. Before attending Hobart, Charlie served in the U.S. Marine Corps on the island of Peleliu in the South Pacific during World War II. He earned a B.A. in economics and was a member of Sigma Phi. On campus, he was a part of Canterbury Club, WEOS and Kappa Beta Phi, and played ice hockey, lacrosse and football. After graduation he worked for a short time at General Motors in Rochester, N.Y., and then went to serve the Colleges for three decades as Assistant Director of Admissions, Placement Director and Registrar. As an alum, he volunteered as a class agent, admissions volunteer, campaign volunteer and Alumni Fund chairman. Charlie also served on the Hobart Alumni Council and the Statesmen Athletic Association Board of Directors, for which he was honored with the William J. Napier ’57 Memorial

Award. In 1989, he earned the Lifetime Service Award. Charlie is survived by his children, Polly and Charles P. Boswell III ’86; nine grandchildren, including David A. Krimmel ’20; and niece, Victoria Q . Legg ’77. Charlie’s wife Martha died shortly after he passed. He was predeceased by his grandfather, Charles P. Boswell 1860; father, William O. Boswell 1896; uncles, Charles O. Boswell 1893 and Foster Boswell 1901; and siblings, William O. Boswell Jr. ’44 and Constance Boswell Kelly ’51. Robert “Bob” H. Waymouth ’50 of South Bend, Ind., died on Feb. 10, 2022. After high school, Bob served as a sergeant in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during World War II and was stationed in the Philippines and Japan. At Hobart, Bob earned a B.A. in economics. He was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity and the wrestling team, and was an attackman on the lacrosse team. An entrepreneur, Robert owned businesses in the continental U.S. and Puerto Rico, including service stations, a land development company, a manufacturing company and an accounting firm. He was predeceased by his wife Claire, who died in 1964, and his second wife Adela, who died in 2020; son, William; and granddaughter, Jennifer. Bob is survived by his children, Robert, Adela and Ruth; 12 grandchildren; and seven greatgrandchildren. Edward T. Hanley, Jr. ’51 of Naples, N.Y. died on April 12, 2022. At Hobart, Ed studied history and political science and and was named to the Dean’s List. On campus, he was involved in H Book and Hobart Review. He went on to earn his J.D. from Cornell Law School and embarked on a long career as practicing attorney, with offices in Canandaigua and Rochester. A member of the Monroe County Bar Association, he served on the Finger Lakes Community College Foundation’s Board of Trustees. As an alum, he served as class correspondent for nearly 20 years. Ed is survived by his wife Ann; children, Marcia, Linda, Peter, Judith, Susan and Carola; 12 grandchildren; and 10 greatgrandchildren. He was predeceased by his cousins, H. Robert Sprentall ‘36 and W. Thomas Sprentall ‘38. Norman F. Kolb ’51 of Phoenix, Ariz., died on Sept. 12, 2021. Norman earned a B.A. in economics, managed the baseball team and was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa, the basketball team, and the Echo and Herald staffs. He went on to a career as president of Kolb Sheet Metal works in Newark, N.J, and

volunteered at The Mayo Clinic and at a local elementary school as a weekly reader for a kindergarten class. Norman is survived by his wife Ann; former wife, Dorothy Anderson Finn ’52; children, David, Michael, Laurie and Wendy; 11 grandchildren; and three greatgrandchildren. He was predeceased by his sister, Virginia Kolb Schmidlin ’48. H. Randolph “Randy” Schofield ’51 of Kennett Square, Pa. died on Oct. 16, 2021. Randy received a B.A. in economics and mathematics and was president of his senior class. He also served as president of Sigma Chi and the Interfraternity Council, and was a member of Chimera, Druid and Orange Key honor societies, Canterbury Club and the Board of Control. On campus, he played baseball, tennis and was captain of the basketball team. Following graduation, Randy served in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Iowa. He worked as an international credit manager at DuPont, where he spent most of his career. Randy was predeceased by his wife Virginia; he is survived by his children, Christopher and Carolyn; four grandchildren; and five greatgrandchildren. John “Jack” S. Beach Jr. ’52 of Winterville, Ga., died on Sept. 28, 2021. Jack attended Hobart for two years. With his wife, he founded an environmental instrument business that they ran for nearly 50 years until they retired and passed the company on to their children. As an alum, he worked as a campaign volunteer. Jack is survived by his wife of 64 years, Martha; children, Christopher, Bly and Alison; and four grandchildren. Harold “Harry” M. Ness Jr. ’52 of Pawley’s Island, S.C., died on Feb. 6, 2022. Before college, Harry served as a platoon sergeant in the 24th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army. At Hobart, he earned his B.A. in economics and was a member of Sigma Phi and president of the Interfraternity Council. Harry was also a member of Chimera, Orange Key, Intramural Board, and played lacrosse, basketball and football. He led a 45-year career in the insurance business, the last 20 of which he served as president of his own company. He founded the South Carolina Chapter of US Lacrosse, which led to his induction into the state’s Lacrosse Hall of Fame and his receipt of several awards from US Lacrosse. Harry is survived by his wife Pamela; children, Laura, Pamela, Sarah and William; stepchildren, Kimberly, Kelly and Scott; 14 grandchildren; and 2 great-grandsons.

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Roderic H. Ross ’52, LL.D.’79 of Bryn Mawr, Pa., died on Jan. 20, 2022. Rod earned a B.A. in economics, served as president of Sigma Chi, vice president of Student Government and was a Druid. On campus, he played basketball and was a member of the Herald and Echo staffs, Schola Cantorum, Board of Control, Gamma Omicron Tau, Little Theatre and St. John’s Guild. He later served as a sergeant in the U.S. Army in Seoul during the Korean War and graduated from American College of Financial Services. Following a 44-year career at Philadelphia Life Insurance Company as president, vice chairman and director, Rod founded Keystone State Life Insurance Company, where he served as CEO until retirement. As an alum, he served most notably as an HWS Trustee (1972–96), including as Chair (1983–88), and was an Honorary Chair until his death. As an alum, Rod was a volunteer for admissions, career services and Reunion, and served as a class agent, class correspondent and president of the Hobart and William Smith Club of Delaware Valley. He received the Alumni Association citation in 1972 and an Alumni Citation in 1992. He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Patricia Johnson Ross ’53; children, Timothy, Amy, Jane and Chris; several grand- and great-grandchildren; and godchild G. Bradford Dudley ’90. Rod was predeceased by his siblings, Bev Drake and Keith A. Ross ’55. Rod’s family requests that contributions in his name be made to the Edwin A. & Mary Ross Memorial Scholarship Fund, which he created at HWS in honor of his parents. Daniel “Dan” R. Bristol ’53 of Niceville, Fla., died on Dec. 9, 2021. Dan studied economics at Hobart for three years, until he entered the U.S. Air Force and served four years in aircraft maintenance servicing the B-36 Peacemaker. Following his military service, Dan began a career as a registered professional assessor for the City of Fort Worth and later the Tarrant Appraisal District until his retirement. He volunteered in his community as a scoutmaster and was a deacon at Liberty Missionary Baptist Church. Dan is survived by his wife of 66 years, Cleo; son, Ken; three grandchildren; and several greatgrandchildren. William “Bill” L. Lafferty Jr. ’53 of Burlington, N.C., died in 2021. Bill earned a B.S. in mathematics and chemistry and was a member of Sigma Chi, Little Theatre and the sailing team. After Hobart, Bill entered the Marine Corps’ Officer Candidates School

in Quantico, Va., and later earned a master’s in chemical engineering from the University of Delaware. He spent 36 years working for Texaco in process development, refining and logistics. He is survived by his wife Linda; children, Sandra, Scott and David; and several grandchildren. T. Richard “Dick” Olney ’54 of Fairport, N.Y., died on Oct. 26, 2021. Dick earned his B.A. in economics. On campus he was a captain of the football team and a brother of Sigma Chi. A commissioned 2nd lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps, Dick served as a platoon commander in the 3rd Marine Division and was stationed in Okinawa and Japan at the end of the Korean War. After a career in banking, Dick was a founding partner of Danrich Homes Inc. He had a commercial pilot license and served on the Town of Perinton Zoning Board of Appeals. An active alum, Dick was a class correspondent, Reunion coordinator, class agent and admissions volunteer. Dick was predeceased by his former spouse, Marjorie J. Lewis ’54. He is survived by his wife Mary Ellen; children, Margaret, Thomas, Julie, Victoria, Shane and Trey; 17 grandchildren; and two greatgrandchildren. J. Jordan “J.J.” Frey Jr. ’55 of Sarasota, Fla., died on Oct. 6, 2021. J.J. earned a B.A. in sociology and served as president of Kappa Alpha. He was a member of the Orange Key and Chimera honor societies, WEOS and the Canterbury Club, and played lacrosse and football. A retired aviation executive, J.J. last served as president of the seaplane division for the EDO Corporation in Long Island. He was the author of the authoritative book on seaplane flying, How to Fly Floats. J.J. is survived by his wife of 66 years, Janet; children, Julian, Tucker and Barclay; numerous grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. He was predeceased by his cousin, Frank G. Frey ’64. Ronald G. Harper ’55 of Isleton, Calif., died on Nov. 12, 2021. Ronald earned a B.A. in biology and chemistry. On campus, he was president of Delta Chi and a member of the Echo staff, Interfraternity Council and the boxing team. Ronald earned his M.D. from Syracuse University Upstate Medical Center, and had a career as a physician. He was the spouse of Lucille Harper and the father of Valerie, Dawn, Mark and Christopher.

Arthur R. VanDeventer ’55 of Rochester, N.Y., died on Dec. 11, 2021. Arthur earned his B.A. in philosophy and was a member of Kappa Alpha, Canterbury Club and Schola Cantorum. After graduation, he attended Bexley Hall Divinity School at Kenyon College where he earned his M.D.I. Ordained a diaconate in 1958 at Christ Church in Pittsford, N.Y., Arthur later served as rector of Christ Episcopal Church in Huron and other churches in Ohio and Minnesota. After he retired, he moved back to Rochester, N.Y. Arthur is survived by his wife of 62 years, Abigail; children, Anne, Edward and David; and seven grandchildren. Allen I. Salick ’56 of Beverly Hills, Calif., died on Nov. 21, 2021. Allen earned a B.A. in biology and chemistry and was a member of the Echo and Herald staffs, WEOS, Debate Team, ROTC, Rifle Team, Temple Club, H Book, Epsilon Pi Sigma and Tau Kappa Alpha. He went on to receive his M.D. from University of Zurich in Switzerland, and served as a doctor in the U.S. Army Air Force Reserves. He later held a practice as a rheumatologist, served on the UCLA medical clinical staff and conducted rounds at Cedars Sinai Hospital. Allen was predeceased by his wife Candace; he is survived by his partner Gwen; children, Nick, Adrienne and Matthew; Gwen’s son, Russell; and five grandchildren. Joel M. Savits ’56, P’82, P’87, P’90, GP’16 died Nov. 5, 2021. Joel earned his B.A. in history and political science followed by a J.D. at Georgetown University Law Center. At Hobart, he was secretary and treasurer of his senior class and a member of Phi Phi Delta, the Interdormitory Council, the Echo and Herald staffs, the Debate Team, Pi Gamma Mu, the tennis team and the Intramural Board. Joel was an attorney and senior law partner at Jordan, Coyne, Savits & Lopata in Washington, D.C. and a member of many bar associations, including District of Columbia Bar Association, United Court of Military Appeals Bar Association and United States Supreme Court Bar Association. Joel authored “Walking a Podiatry Physician Through a Lawsuit” for the Podiatry Insurance Company of America’s Risk Management Home Study. As an alum, he was a class agent, a campaign volunteer, chair of the Hobart Club of Washington and a host for admissions events. In recognition of his loyal service to the Colleges, he received an Alumni Citation in 2021. Joel is survived by his wife, Jacqueline Wrubel Savits ’57, P’82, P’87, P’90, GP’16;

daughters, Katherine Savits ’82, Robin Savits Cooper ’87, P’16 and Susan Savits Winson ’90; son-in-law, Edward R. Cooper ’86, P’16; and six grandchildren, including Hannah E. Cooper ’16. W. Peter Nortz ’57 of Lowville, N.Y., died on Sept. 22, 2021. Peter earned a B.A. in mathematics and economics and was a member of Board of Control, Canterbury Club and ROTC and served as president of Orange Key and secretary-treasurer of his junior class. He served in the U.S. Navy Reserve aboard the USS Daly until 1958. Peter later joined his family’s Ford dealership, Nortz and Virkler Inc., where he served as president, retiring in 1993. He was predeceased by his brother, H. R. Nortz ’54. Peter is survived by his children, Rick, Judy and Marsha, and five grandchildren. Richard W. Jacobsen ’59 of Kennesaw, Ga., died on Oct. 1, 2021. Richard earned a B.A. in economics and was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. Named to the Dean’s List, he also played baseball and basketball. Richard served in the U.S. Navy and had a sales career in the men’s clothing industry. An avid golfer, he fulfilled his dream and played in the Augusta National in 2011. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Margaret “Peggy” Black Jacobsen ’61; children, Donna, Chris and Tom; eight grandchildren; and two greatgrandchildren. Martin E. Wolpin ’59, P’87, P’90 of Boynton Beach, Fla., died on Feb. 11, 2022. Martin earned a B.A. in biology and chemistry and was a member of Phi Phi Delta. He was a member of Intramural Board, the Echo and Herald staffs, International Relations Club and Temple Club. Following graduation, Martin earned his M.D. from SUNY Downstate Medical Center. During his 54 years of practice as an orthopedic surgeon, he served two terms as president of the staff at Maimonides Medical Center, was a member of the Scoliosis Research Society and the New York Medical Team. As an alum, he served as a Reunion volunteer and career counseling volunteer. Martin is survived by his wife of 62 years, Sarah J. Wolpin ’60; children, Jeanne, Ellen, Eric N. Wolpin ’87 and Stephanie WolpinPepper ’90; seven grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Bruce G. Clinton ’60 of Guilford, Conn., died on Nov. 15, 2021. Bruce earned a B.A. in economics and psychology and was a member of Theta Delta Chi. On campus, he was also a member of

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Board of Control, Arnold Air Society, and the baseball, golf, basketball and soccer teams. Bruce also served as a commander in the U.S. Air Force. He later received his M.B.A. from University of New Haven. As a real estate broker with Bruce Clinton and Associates, he developed the neighborhood Heatherwood in Madison and later had a successful career with Waddell and Reed. In his community, Bruce was president of The Cove, a grieving center for children. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Susan; children, Heather, Stacy, Wendy, Courtney and Derek B. Clinton ’96; and several grandchildren. Richard “Dick” J. Haskins ’60 of Fayetteville, N.Y., died on Oct. 4, 2021. Dick attended Hobart for two years, during which he was a member of Sigma Chi and played football, baseball and basketball. He served in the U.S. Army for three years during the Korean War, where he was stationed in Hokkaido, Japan. Beginning in 1974, he served as president of Dick Haskins Oldsmobile in North Syracuse, N.Y., and was a two-term president of the Syracuse Auto Dealers Association. In his community, Dick was a member of the Syracuse Chamber of Commerce, Boys & Girls Club of Syracuse, Rotary Club of Syracuse and the American Legion. As an alum, he was a member of the Statesmen Athletic Association Board of Directors (1992–2005). Dick is survived by his wife of 22 years, Dr. Vicky Ryan Haskins; sons, John and Jeffrey; three grandchildren; and a great-grandson. Arthur B. Locke ’61 of West Granby, Conn., died on Jan. 30, 2022. Arthur earned a B.A. in American studies and was a member of Chimera and Druid honor societies. He also participated in Little Theatre and Board of Control, and served as president of Phi Sigma Iota and Pi Gamma Mu. As an alumnus, Arthur served as a class agent and campaign volunteer. Following graduation, he earned a L.L.B. from Harvard Law School and joined the law firm of Murtha, Cullina (then Shephard, Murtha and Merritt) in Hartford, where he practiced until retirement in 1992. Arthur is survived by his wife of 56 years, Aurelle; daughters, Alison, Amanda and Katharine; granddaughter, Hazel; and cousin-in-law, Nancy M. Bailey ’71. Michael G. Sowan ’61 of Lewis, N.Y., died Nov. 19, 2021. Michael earned his B.A. in European history from Hobart, where he was a part of St. John’s Guild and the Canterbury Club. He went on to earn his M.Div. from Philadelphia Divinity School

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and in 1966 was ordained an Episcopal Priest at Trinity Episcopal Church in Potsdam, N.Y. During his long career as a pastor, he served parishes across the country, from New York to Montana to Kansas. His last parish was the Church of St. Sacrement in Bolton Landing, N.Y. Michael is survived by his wife Nancy and son Geoffrey. He was predeceased by his son Peter. Peter F. Apple ’62 of Eutawville, S.C., died on Sept. 14, 2021. Peter earned a B.A. in American history and was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. On campus, he was also a member of WEOS, Interfraternity Council, the ski team, Intramural Board and Canterbury Club. Peter served in the U.S. Navy as lieutenant junior grade aboard the USS Orleans Parish. He led a career as a banker, rising to the role of vice president. In his community, Peter served as president of the Board of Directors of Chester County Visiting Nurses, a member of West Chester Chamber of Commerce, Judge of Elections in Willistown Township and a Rotary member. He is survived by his daughters, Lawrie, Meg and Katy, and eight grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife Joyce. W. Douglas “Doug” Lindsay Jr. ’63 of Gansevoort, N.Y., died on Oct. 23, 2021. Doug earned his B.A. in political science and was a member of Beta Sigma Tau. Following graduation, he served six years in the Army National Guard during the Vietnam War, and then served as a Peace Corps volunteer. Doug then held a career with the National Park Service, including postings at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Springfield Armory and Saratoga National Historical Park. Doug is survived by his wife Sheila; daughters, Noreen, Catherine and Meghan; former wife, Nancy Eisold Lindsay ’63; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Philip W. Lord ’63 of Clyde, N.C., died on Oct. 25, 2021. Philip earned his B.A. in history from Hobart, where he was a member of Beta Sigma Tau, St. John’s Guild, the Echo and Pine and Herald staffs and Little Theatre. After earning his master’s of divinity at General Theological Seminary in New York City, he became a parish priest at St. Alban’s Church in Silver Creek, N.Y. and St. Paul’s in Angola, N.Y. He also had a career as an insurance agent at the Moldenhauer Agency in Dunkirk, N.Y. and Sajdak Insurance Service in Cheektowaga, N.Y. Philip was a member of St. Andrew’s On-the-Hill Episcopal Church in Canton,

N.C. As an alum, he served the Colleges as a career counseling volunteer. Philip is survived by his wife of 55 years, Susan; son, Philip Jr.; a granddaughter; and several nieces and nephews. John S. Fouracre ’64 of Geneva, N.Y., died on Feb. 22, 2022. John earned a B.A. in English and was vice president of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity. On campus, he played baseball and was a member of Little Theatre, Interfraternity Council and the Pre-Law Society. Following graduation, he earned a M.A. in education from Elmira College. He worked as a long lines manager for AT&T and later as an English teacher in the Geneva City School District. He was active in the local community, volunteering for the American Red Cross, Lochland School and Geneva Public Library, serving as president for several years. He is survived by his wife Karen; children, Betsy and Doug; and three grandchildren. George W. Hebard ’65 of Westwood, Mass., died on Dec. 9, 2021. George attended Hobart for one year, earning his varsity letter in football. He went on to receive his B.S. in forest botany from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, an M.A.T. from Wesleyan University and a master’s in wetlands research from Connecticut College. George held a career as a biology teacher, working at the Episcopal Academy and Cabrini College. He coached football, hockey and lacrosse, and volunteered as a firefighter and EMT for the Radnor Fire Department. George is survived by his wife of 56 years, Nancy; sons, Charles and George; seven grandchildren; and brother, Edgar B. Hebard ’60. Edward “Ed” A. Sweeney Jr. ’65 of Hudson, Ohio, died on Nov. 21, 2021. Ed earned a B.A. in political science and served as a freshman advisor and vice president of Pi Gamma Mu. Named to the Dean’s List, he was president of Young Democrats and a member of the St. John’s Guild, Canterbury Club, Schola Cantorum and Chapel Choir. Following graduation, he received his M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and went on to a 30year career at Procter & Gamble. In his community, Ed volunteered at St. Anne’s Episcopal Church and was a talented woodworker. He is survived by his wife of 23 years, Mary Frances; children, Edward, Peter, Stephen, and Sarah; stepson, Stuart; and 10 grandchildren. He was predeceased by his first wife, Leslie Lehman Azure ’68.

Douglas “Doug” P. Brown ’66 of Burke, Va., died on Nov. 25, 2021. Doug earned a B.A. in history and was a member of Theta Delta Chi fraternity. On campus, he played ice hockey and was involved with Little Theatre, Arnold Air Society, ROTC and Canterbury Club. Doug served 20 years in the U.S. Air Force, completing three tours of duty in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War, and was awarded the Purple Heart, the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Defense Superior Service Medal. He later worked as a senior analyst for the Science Applications International Corporation and senior test manager for Leidos. As an alum, he served as a career counseling volunteer. Doug is survived by his wife Cassandra; children, Melissa and Christopher; four grandchildren; and grandnephews, Owen C. Beal ’17 and Alexander H. Beal ’19. Alan G. Dalrymple ’66 of Vernon Rockville, Conn., died Sept. 30, 2021. Alan earned his B.A. in political science, played soccer and lacrosse, and was named to the Dean’s List. Following graduation, he served in the U.S. Army in Okinawa, Japan. He later worked at The Travelers in Hartford and then for more than 25 years at Manchester Memorial Hospital. He was an artist who enjoyed pen and ink drawing, and a pianist and guitarist. Alan is survived by his sons, Ian and Graham; five grandchildren; and former wife, Susan. John C. Whitmarsh ’66 of Yarmouth Port, Mass., died on Jan. 30, 2022. He earned his B.A. in English, was a member of Phi Kappa Tau, played soccer, and worked on the Echo and Pine. He served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam as a decorated infantry lieutenant and later earned his M.A. in journalism from the Newhouse School at Syracuse University. John held top editorial positions at nine national trade and consumer newspapers and magazines, including Computerworld and CIO Magazine. In retirement, he pursued his passion for photography. John was predeceased by his wife of nearly 45 years, Joelle; he is survived by his daughters, Elizabeth and Claire, and five grandchildren. Richard “Rick” W. Van Horn ’67 of State College, Penn., died Oct. 28, 2021. Rick earned his B.A. in economics, was a member of Kappa Sigma and played football. He served in the U.S. Army in Cam Ranh during the Vietnam War, receiving the Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal and a Bronze Star; he was discharged at the rank of 1st lieutenant. Rick went on to a career

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as a banker at several banks across Maryland and Pennsylvania. He was a member of Rotary Club, Trout Unlimited and Sons of the American Revolution. Rick is survived by his wife Barbara; children, Matthew and Kristen; and two grandchildren. Martin S. Hollister ’68 of Ridgefield, Wash., died on Dec. 29, 2020. Martin earned a B.A. in religious studies and was a member of Theta Delta Chi and the Hobart baseball and basketball teams. He held a career in the construction industry in California, serving as vice president of construction for HNTB in Irvine, vice president at the Austin Company in Santa Ana, and vice president at MSH Construction in Huntington Beach. Martin was father to two daughters, Sarah and Emily, and brother to Michael E. Hollister ’77. Kurt C. Kemper ’69 of Los Angeles, Calif., died on June 12, 2021. Kurt attended Hobart College for two years, during which he was named to the Dean’s List. He is survived by his fiancée, Joan Evelyn Burga; son, Christopher; and former wife, Margery O’Connor Resnick ’70. Eugene “Gene” S. Maxon ’69 of Palm Harbor, Fla., died on Oct. 9, 2021. Gene earned a B.A. in economics and was a member of Sigma Chi and the wrestling team. Following graduation, he taught mathematics at Appleton Academy in New Hampshire, worked with his father at Maxon Co. Real Estate and Development in Clearwater, Fla., and later forged a 30-year tenure at his own firm, Eugene Maxon & Associates, in Tampa Bay. Gene also served as a volunteer wrestling coach at Clearwater High School. As an alum, he volunteered for career services and for his 25th Reunion. Gene is survived by his mother, Hallie; siblings, Warren, Glenn, Pam and Debbie; and many nieces and nephews. Warren D. Atlas ’70 of Wellesley Hills, Mass., died on Dec. 12, 2021. Warren earned his B.A. in history and English and was a member of the Dean’s List. He later earned a J.D. at Boston College Law School and went on to a career as a management labor attorney at his firm Atlas & Atlas, PC. As an alum, Warren served as a campaign volunteer. He is survived by his wife, Susan. Geoffrey “Geoff” J. Harter ’70 of Ossining, N.Y., died on July 17, 2020. Geoff earned a B.A. in history and was a member of Sigma Phi, ROTC and

the Arnold Air Society, as well as the swimming, football, lacrosse and golf teams. After serving in the U.S. Air Force, he earned an M.A. from Columbia University. During his 33-year career at Pace University, Geoff served as Dean of Students and Director of Housing and is credited as a founding member of the Pace University Lacrosse Program. In his community, Geoff was a six-term councilman for the Town of Ossining and a member of the Recreation Advisory Board. He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Suzanne; children, David and Kimberly; five grandchildren; cousin, Alison Brown Bell ’80; nephew, Donald B. Harter ’95; sister-in-law, Leslie Teague Harter ’86; and niece, R. Brooke H. Wheeler ’92. Geoff was predeceased by his grandfather, Ralph A. Harter 1901; father, Donald R. Harter ’39; brother, Ralph M. Peter Harter ’68; and cousin, James D. Hall Jr. ’51.

University of Connecticut and worked as an architect, builder, carpenter and landscaper. His work was featured in the Providence Sunday Journal. Terry is survived by his sister Roberta.

Malcolm “Skip” H. Smith Jr. ’71 of Jericho, Vt., died on Aug. 14, 2021. Skip earned his B.S. in psychology, was a member of Phi Kappa Tau and played basketball. Following graduation, he worked as a ski instructor, a house painter and a correctional officer at Vermont Department of Corrections, before earning an M.Ed. in counseling from the University of Vermont. Skip’s career spanned working as director of Living and Learning Center in Johnson, Vt., several positions in state government in juvenile services, and private practice counseling, before turning to financial planning and investments. Skip is survived by his wife of 41 years, Marcia; sons, David, Peter and Matthew; and seven grandchildren.

Peter W. Gowall ’76 of Newington, N.H., died on Feb. 5, 2022. Peter earned his B.A. in economics, was a member of Kappa Sigma and played football. After graduation, he earned his M.B.A. from the Whittemore School of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire. Peter retired as the chief financial officer from Eastern Propane and Oil in Rochester, N.H. He was active in his community, serving on the Boards of Trustees for Frisbie Memorial Hospital and the Rochester Youth Hockey Association. Peter is survived by his wife of 44 years, Nancy; children, Amy, William and Brittany; and four grandchildren. He was predeceased by his parents, William Gowell and Ann Van Ness Colby ’47; aunt, Ann Nixon Van Ness ’52; and uncle, David Van Ness ’51.

John A. D’Ambrosio ’73 of Pawley’s Island, S.C., died Nov. 19, 2021. John earned his B.A. in education from Hobart, where he was a contributor to the yearbook and a member of the Dean’s List and the secondary education committee. John went on to earn his M.S. in higher education and his Ed.D. at SUNY Albany. He served for more than 30 years as president and CEO of the Orange County Chamber of Commerce, where he was a noted advocate for businesses and nonprofit organizations. John is survived by his wife Marilyn; sons, Richard and David; and his former wife, Martha Cogglesball Leonard ’72. Herman “Terry” M. Bates III ’74 of Chepachet, R.I., died on Nov. 7, 2021. Terry earned a B.A. in psychology and was a member of the ice hockey team. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. from the

Kevin M. Duffy ’75 of Addison, Mich., died on Jan. 11, 2022. Kevin earned his B.A. in English and was a member of Kappa Alpha. He later earned an M.S. at Cornell University and then a Master of Arts and Master of Theology at Regent College. He started his career as a pastor by enrolling in Rhema Bible College in Broken Arrow, Okla., before moving to Africa to teach and preach throughout the southern part of the continent. He then taught in churches in Virginia. For the past decade, Kevin served as senior pastorate of a church in Addison, Mich. He is survived by his wife Margaret and children, Stephen, Meredith and John.

Frederick “Fred” R. Barr Jr. ’78 of Hot Springs, Ark., died on Jan. 13, 2022. Fred earned his B.A. in economics and was a member of Delta Chi. After graduation he went on to earn an M.B.A. in marketing from Roosevelt University. Fred held a career in sales and marketing in the building and home material industry. As an alum, he stayed engaged as a career counseling volunteer. Fred is survived by his wife of 40 years, Karen; children, David and Katie; and three grandchildren. Herbert “Herb” J. Cooley ’78 of Geneva, N.Y., died Nov. 16, 2021. Herb earned his B.S. in geoscience and was a member of Theta Delta Chi. For 39 years, he worked for Cornell AgriTech as a food science research technician and graduate student mentor. A parishioner of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, he

volunteered in the community, most notably as a youth football coach and president of Geneva Scholarship Associates. Herb is survived by his wife, Sue Dangl Cooley ’81; father, Charles James; children, Chris and Katie; a grandson; three siblings, including Michael S. Cooley ’94; and nephew, Zachary Cooley ’19. Marion Nelson ’78, P’00 of Citrus Heights, Calif., died in 2021. Marion earned a B.A. from Hobart College, where as a student he was a member of the football team and served as captain of the lacrosse team. Marion worked professionally as a hearing specialist. He is survived by his stepson, Christopher Bunch ’00. David L. Hockenberry ’79 of Fairport, N.Y., died on July 7, 2021. After attending Finger Lakes Community College, David earned his B.A. in political science from Hobart. In his career, he sold insurance and then served in the U.S. Army Reserve and Corps of Engineers, before entering the U.S. Army as a recruiter and motor pool sergeant. As an alum, David served HWS as a career counseling volunteer. He is survived by his wife Karen; children, Benjamin and Sueann; and three grandchildren. William R. Schmitt ’81 of Easton, Conn., died on Jan. 18, 2022. William earned a B.A. in political science and was a member of Theta Delta Chi fraternity. He later earned his M.B.A. from Fordham University. For many years, William worked as a stock analyst in New York City before becoming a managing director for an investment firm in Westport. He was an avid skier and mountain biker and completed several 24 hour races. William had a positive mindset even after his diagnosis of ALS in 2018. He is survived by his children, William, John and Eliza; and siblings, Kate, Beth, Christy, Pam and Thomas W. Schmitt ’79. Christopher “Chris” E. Woods ’82 of Westport, Conn., died on Jan. 30, 2022. Chris earned a B.A. in political science and was a member of the sailing team. He went on to study at the Sorbonne in Paris and received a M.B.A. in finance from New York University. Chris started his career at AG Becker Warburg Paribas. He later served as vice president of international fixed income sales at EF Hutton and most recently embarked on an entrepreneurial path. An accomplished athlete, Chris competed in 23 Ironman triathlons and sailed across the world in regattas and

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world championships, including the 505 World Championship in Sydney, Australia, and the Big Boat Series in San Francisco. He is survived by his children, Willow and North; and two brothers. Jeffrey “Jeff” W. Pinder ’91 of Grosse Pointe, Mich., died Jan. 13, 2022. Jeff earned his B.A. in English and economics and played baseball and basketball. He was also on the senior gift committee. As an alum, Jeff volunteered for admissions and career services. Professionally, he worked in advertising, primarily for Ford Automotive. Jeff is survived by his wife of 24 years, Cynthia; and children, Theodore and Cassandra. Morgan F. McNamara ’98 of Oregon City, Ore., died on Nov. 28, 20221. At Hobart, Morgan earned his B.A. in English. He is survived by his parents, Agate and John McNamara. R. Christopher “R.C.” Schmidt ’04 of Portsmouth, N.H., died on Feb. 22, 2022. After high school, R.C. entered the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He later earned a B.A. in economics from Hobart, where he was a captain of the Statesmen ice hockey team. R.C. worked as a commodities trader for Newedge USA. He spent much of his adult life traveling, and he enjoyed hockey, sailing, the beach and his dog, Rolo. He is survived by his wife, Amanda (“Mandie”); parents, Bob and Kit; and sister, Margaret. Andrei Romanov ’07 of New York, N.Y., died on June 16, 2021. Andrei earned a B.A. in economics and mathematics from HWS. A Google sales engineer, he had previously worked at Topica, Inc. as a business operations manager. Prior to attending HWS, Andrei graduated from Lawrence Academy. Son of Andrei and Anna Romanov, he is also survived by his brother, Mikhail Romanov ’11.

WILLIAM SMITH Alta Essom Boyer ’36 of Lodi, N.Y., died on April 21, 2022. She was the oldest living William Smith alumna, passing at the age of 107. As a student, Alta participated in Little Theatre and played basketball. She later earned her master’s in library science from SUNY Geneseo, plus a second master’s from the Medical Library Association. A dedicated member of the William Smith Alumnae Association and class correspondent for more than three decades, Alta held

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a career as a librarian and served as director of the three libraries at the Willard Psychiatric Center. She was on the boards of the New York State Library Association, South Central Research Library Council and the Medical Library Association of New York and Canada, as well as numerous local boards. In addition to her work as a librarian, Alta served as the chaplain and chief regent of her local Daughters of the American Revolution chapter. She also led efforts to restore the Lodi Historical Building, a church constructed by her grandfather in 1852 that now houses the historical society. She is credited with preserving countless historical documents and items for the town’s records since her childhood, leading the historical society to name her Lodi’s “guardian angel” in 2011. Alta had numerous published works including History of Lodi Point and the Seneca County Centennial Edition of Silas Halsey, Lodi Pioneer 1743–1832. She received a New York Assembly resolution for her contributions in 2012, in addition to a plaque of recognition from President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at her 99th birthday party, hosted by the Lodi community. Throughout her life, Alta remained connected to William Smith, returning each year for the Alumnae Welcome and Reunion. She was awarded an Alumnae Citation in 1986 and 2018. Her passion for William Smith and its history led to the revival of a tradition she enjoyed just prior to her own Commencement: when soon-to-be graduates touch the “good luck tree” at the top of the William Smith Hill. Alta is survived by her children, Charles and Elizabeth; five grandchildren; and six greatgrandchildren. She was predeceased by her first husband, Charles H. Boyer, and her second husband, Charles Blohm.

Cook L.H.D.’84, and father, Edward J. Cook 1898. She is survived by her children, Carol, Marilyn and William; six grandchildren; and 15 greatgrandchildren.

Constance “Connie” Cook Marvin ’44 of Tallahassee, Fla., died Oct. 14, 2021. Connie earned her B.A. in home economics from William Smith. On campus she was a member of Little Theatre, a dancer and bowler, and played basketball, tennis, field hockey and badminton. During World War II, she made corpsmen’s medical bags. She served as a career counseling volunteer and vice president of the Alumnae Association (1960–66), and for nearly 20 years, she worked as the assistant director of William Smith admissions. She was awarded an Alumnae Citation in 1969 for her service. In the community, she was a Paul Harris Fellow. Connie was predeceased by her husband, Neil; in-law Kathryn D.

Elizabeth Stillman Kirkland ’50 of New Hope, Penn., died on Dec. 29, 2021. Elizabeth attended William Smith for one year. She worked in her home raising her children. In her community, she volunteered for Meals on Wheels, the Audubon Society and her church. Elizabeth was predeceased by her husband, Donald, and son, David. Elizabeth is survived by her son Donald Jr.; daughter-in-law, Carol; and two grandsons.

Mathilde “Til” R. van Perlstein ’46 of Pleasantville, N.Y., died on Dec. 21, 2021. Til earned her B.S. in biology and was a member of Outing Club, International Relations Club, Home Economics Club and Christian Cabinet. She also played basketball, tennis and field hockey. After graduation, she became a medical assistant in medical and dental offices, and later in life worked in the parts division of the Savin Business Machine Company. While raising her daughters, Til enjoyed competitive round-robin bridge and bowling, and participated in Girl Scouting, Contemporary Club and the Women’s Club. As an alum, she was a Reunion volunteer and a member of the William Smith Club of New York. Til was predeceased by her husband Hugo and brother Pieter P. deKadt ’51; she is survived by her daughters, Monique and Michelle, and three grandchildren. Barbara McEwen Rosenthal ’48, P’75 of Branchburg, N.J., died on Jan. 24, 2022. Barbara earned a B.A. in English and was a member of William Smith Congress, Schola Cantorum, the field hockey team and the Herald and yearbook staffs. Barbara was active in the Episcopal Church and was among the first women to serve in the vestry. She also served on the Morris Township Democratic Committee and as an alum was a campaign volunteer. Barbara was predeceased by her husband of 63 years, Henry F. Rosenthal ’47, P’75; brother, Thomas W. McEwen ’56; and grandson, Henry. She is survived by her sons, James, William and Thomas W. Rosenthal ’75, and six grandchildren.

Phyllis Richardson Buskirk ’51 of Portland, Ore., died on Feb. 8, 2022. Phyllis graduated cum laude in economics and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. She was a member of The Herald staff, the Athletic Association,

Student Handbook, Christian Cabinet, Dance Club, Ridge; served as secretary of her first-year class; and played basketball and field hockey. After raising her four children, Phyllis served as a research assistant and senior staff economist for the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, responsible for data development. Following retirement, she served as manager of administration and finance at the First Presbytarian Church of Kalamazoo. Phyllis was a charter member of the P.E.O CN Chapter of Kalamazoo and the Kalamazoo Network and was active in the establishment of its mentoring program. As an alumna, she served as a class agent, career counseling volunteer and a Reunion coordinator. Phyllis is survived by her children, Leslie, William and Janet; nine grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband, Allen, and daughter, Carol. Beverly B. Granger ’51 of Malta, N.Y., died on Oct. 7, 2021. Beverly earned a B.A. in political science and was a member of the Spanish Club, the Pine staff, Little Theatre and the Young Republicans Club. She went on to a career as a senior examiner and supervisor for the New York State Department of Labor, Unemployment Division. Beverly was the treasurer of Christ Episcopal Church in Ballston Spa for 20 years. She was predeceased by her husband of 50 years, Bernard D. Granger ’51, and is survived by her children, Stephen, Susan, Catherine and Elizabeth, as well as eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Marylou Ruthy “Emel” McCrillis ’51 of Duxbury, Mass., died on Oct. 31, 2021. Emel earned her B.A. in English from William Smith and later an M.Ed. at Boston University. She was a career educator, spending many years as a reading specialist and a special education administrator. At William Smith, Emel was involved with Little Theatre, the Debate Team, Student Government, Student Handbook, the Judiciary Board and the Big Sister Committee. As an alum, she was a career services volunteer. Emel is survived by her husband of 69 years, Glenn M. McCrillis Jr. ’52; children, Robin and Tracy; three grandchildren; and dear friend, Kay. She was predeceased by a grandson. Jeanne Adams Havran ’52 of Portsmouth, N.H., died on Dec. 26, 2021. Jeanne earned a B.A. in home economics and was a part of the ski

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club and the basketball and swimming teams. She worked as a secretary at the Pentagon, managed a consignment shop for more than 30 years, and also pursued her passion as an artist. Jeanne was a watercolorist who won numerous awards for her work in exhibitions at the Rockport Garden Club and Sandy Bay Yacht Club. She was predeceased by her husband Philip and son Stephen. She is survived by her daughter Suzanne and two grandchildren. Jeanne Alford Pease ’52 of Huntersville, N.C., died on Oct. 4, 2021. Jeanne attended William Smith for two years and was a member of the Herald staff and Schola Cantorum. She went on to receive her B.S. in business from Berkeley College. During her career, Jeanne served as an engineering assistant for NY Telephone, public relations director for Albany Area American Red Cross, executive assistant of the Prudential Real Estate Investment and office manager for the Erie County 16th District Legislator. In her community, she served as a Girl Scout leader and president of the Jaycees in Watertown and Utica. A paraplegic since 1985, Jeanne founded Access Unlimited to assist other people with disabilities make their homes and businesses more accessible. Jeanne is survived by her husband of 70 years, Frederick T. Pease ’52; children, Jeffrey and Audri; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and cousins, Jonathan P. Alford ’94 and Daniel J. Alford ’96. Jeanne was predeceased by her father, George P. Alford 1928; and uncle, David B. Alford ’31. Joan Libenson Scheinholtz ’52 of Pittsburgh, Penn., died on Dec. 31, 2021. Joan earned her B.A. in English and was a member of the French Club, Little Theater, Temple Club and the Herald and the Pine staffs. Following graduation, Joan worked for Equitable Life Assurance Company in New York City and later as a private secretary to the vice president of Fidelity Trust Company. She then became a homemaker and was a docent at the Carnegie Museum of Art, where she led tours for many years. Joan was predeceased by her husband of 61 years, Leonard; she is survived by her children, Stuart, Nancy and Barry, and five grandchildren. Jaqueline Iliff Parker ’54 of Cheshire, Conn., died on Jan. 4, 2022. Jacqueline attended William Smith for two years and played field hockey and tennis. A member of the Cheshire Women’s

Club, Jaqueline was predeceased by her husband John. She is survived by her sons, Steven and David, as well as two grandchildren and a great-grandson. Diana Nastuk Saunders ’54 of Westchester County, N.Y., died on Jan. 15, 2022. Diana earned her B.A. in English and was a member of the Herald staff, Sister Committee, Hai Timiai, Student Council, the Athletic Association and Young Republicans. She also served as house president and was the editor of the Freshman Handbook. Following graduation, she worked for WOR-TV/ Channel 9 and Young & Rubicam Advertising, where she supervised the copy typing pool’s staff and trained as copywriter. After raising her children, Diana returned to the corporate world, overseeing events and special projects for business publications such as Business Week and Fortune. As an alum, she served as a campaign volunteer and chaired the Alumnae Fund, earning an Alumnae Citation for her service. Diana was predeceased by her husband, John (“Jack”), and is survived by her daughters, Marcia and Claudia, and two grandchildren. Joan Tyor Carlson ’55 of Sag Harbor, N.Y., died on Jan. 8, 2022. Joan attended William Smith College for three years and later earned a B.S. from Barnard College. A gifted storyteller, Joan also served as the director of the adult education program at East Hampton School District. She was predeceased by her husband, Richard, and daughter, Catherine; she is survived by her daughter, Dicie. Barbara A. Kastner ’55 of Valley Cottage, N.Y., died on Nov. 25, 2021. Barbara earned a B.A. in mathematics cum laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and Epsilon Pi Sigma honor societies. On campus, she was president of Altar Guild and a member of Little Theatre and Canterbury Club. Barbara held a career as an insurance executive, last serving as assistant director of group systems at Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York. As an alum, she was a loyal supporter of the Annual Fund. Sue Hartley Angell ’56 of Redlands, Calif., died on Feb. 11, 2022. Sue earned a B.A. in history, served as vice president of Pi Gamma Mu and played volleyball and basketball.. She was also a member of Campus Chest, the Pine and the Herald staffs, Canterbury Club and St. John’s Guild. Following graduation, she earned a M.S. in education from Baylor University and

led a career as a special education teacher, working many years at Colton Joint Unified School District. Sue was a longtime member of the American Association of University Women. As an alumna, she served as a class agent and in 2006 received an Alumnae Citation. Sue was predeceased by her former husband, Jerry W. Angell ’56, and is survived by her sister Sabina; daughters, Christina and Diana; seven grandchildren; and 18 greatgrandchildren. Ellen Pettingill Buier ’61 of Libertyville, Ill., died on Oct. 2, 2021. Ellen earned a B.A. in economics and was a resident advisor and junior class treasurer. She played volleyball and lacrosse and was a member of the Herald staff, William Smith Congress, WEOS, Big Sister Committee and Newman Club. Ellen went on to receive a B.S. in information systems management from SUNY Buffalo and held a career as a laboratory technician. She later owned an ice cream parlor and became a master gardener with the Illinois Extension. She is survived by her children, Douglass and Rose; and four grandchildren. Joan M. Lynch ’61 of Geneva, N.Y,, died on Feb. 12, 2022. Joan earned a B.A. in psychology and was a member of Little Theatre and the Herald staff. Before William Smith, she attended the College of Mount Saint Vincent and Columbia University School of Nursing. Joan spent her professional career as a social worker at Geneva General Hospital, rising to the position of director. She founded Mobile Meals (later Meals on Wheels) to deliver food to the homebound. An avid golfer, Joan won many club championships at Seneca Lake Country Club and later played at Clifton Springs Country Club. She is survived by her sister, Barbara L. Springstead ’57, and many family members. Nancy Minch Trotta ’62 of Millerton, N.Y., died on Oct. 7, 2021. Nancy attended William Smith for one year and later received a degree from Syracuse University and worked as a legal assistant with her husband at Davis & Trotta, Attorneys-at-Law. A sportswriter for the Chatham Courier, Nancy was passionate about breeding, racing, raising and training Thoroughbred horses. A member of the New York Breeders Association, she had winners at all three tracks in New York State. Nancy is survived by her husband of 61 years, Robert D. Trotta ’62; children, Rob, Katie and Betsy; and seven

grandchildren. She was predeceased by her son, David. Janice “Jan” Roman Clack ’64 of Helena, Mont., died on Dec. 19, 2021. Jan earned her B.A. in English. A member of Hai Tamiai, Big Sister Committee, Judiciary Board, Campus Chest and Freshman Handbook, she also served as president and secretary of Student Council. She started her career at the University of Montana library in Missoula; later, in Helena, she worked for the Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction. Jan went on to work for the Montana Bureau of Commerce, finishing her career as the bureau chief for the Census and Economic Information Center. Jan is survived by her husband, Theodore “Ted” H. Clack ’63; sons, Theodore, Benjamin and Jonathan; and three grandchildren. Patricia “Pat” Streim Seldin ’64, P’89 of Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., died on Nov. 23, 2021. Pat earned a B.S. in mathematics and was a member of the volleyball team, the yearbook staff, WEOS, Student Council, Temple Club and Psychology Club. She also served as treasurer of her sophomore and junior class, and vice president of her senior class. She later completed graduate work at Fordham University and for many years worked as a teacher and Director of Technology at Bi-Cultural Day School in Stamford, Conn., where she was honored with several Students Choice Awards. Pat was predeceased by her cousin, Edward H. Streim ’58. She is survived by her husband, Peter H. Seldin ’63, P’89; children, Amy E. Seldin ’89, Marc and Nancy; and four grandchildren. Catherine “Cathy” Hausler Benedetto ’65 of Hyattsville, Md., died on Sept. 11, 2021. Cathy earned a B.S. in mathematics, graduating as a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Epsilon Pi Sigma. A member of the field hockey team, she also served as the sophomore and junior class treasurer, vice president of Modern Dance Club and secretary and treasurer of Phi Sigma Iota. Cathy went on to earn her M.A. in mathematics and Ph.D. in mathematics education from the University of Maryland. She taught mathematics at St. Mark’s Catholic School in Adelphi, Md., the University of Maryland College Park, and St. Anselm’s Abbey School in Washington, D.C., where she was chair of the mathematics department. She is survived by her husband John; sons, John, Robert and Gary; and seven grandchildren.

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Suzanne K. Mittica ’66 of Concord, Calif., died on Oct. 30, 2021. Suzanne earned a B.A. in sociology and was a member of Pi Gamma Mu. Named to the Dean’s List, she was also a member of the Herald staff and the Newman Club, and served as president of the SociologyAnthropology Club. As an alum, she was a strong supporter of the Annual Fund. Suzanne was predeceased by her husband, Ronald, and is survived by her daughter, Roanne. Marcy Graham York ’67 of Viroqua, Wis., died on Dec. 30, 2021. Marcy studied English at William Smith for three years. She went on to serve as an account executive at Knight Goodman Inc. in Middletown, Ohio, and later as an administrative assistant at Hospice of Middletown. Marcy is survived by her husband Bruce; sons, Matthew and Michael Harvey. She was predeceased by her former husband, Peter G. Harvey ’66. Dorothy M. Salvaggio ’72 of Lancaster, Pa., died on Sept. 29, 2020. Dorothy attended William Smith for one year and worked as an executive secretary at Goulds Pumps in Seneca Falls, N.Y., retiring in 1988. She was predeceased by her husband Frank and is survived by her sister, Bea, and many nieces and nephews. Jane Dissin ’73 of New York, N.Y., died on Jan. 27, 2022. Jane earned a B.A. from William Smith, where she was a resident advisor. Following graduation, she earned her M.S. at C.W. Post University. She worked for a short period at William Smith as assistant director of admissions, before starting a career as an interior designer in New York City. Jane is survived by her son Daniel; two grandchildren; siblings, Mark D. Dissin ’77 and Robin Dissin Aufses ’71, P’11; and nephew, Arthur M. Aufses ’11. Susan Harris ’75 of Austin, Texas, died on Aug. 14, 2021. Susan earned a B.A. in English and art from William Smith and later an M.F.A. from the Pratt Institute. She started her professional life working in advertising in New York City and held a long career at Ulysses Management, LLC. Susan was also a talented sculptor and ran a jewelry design business in SoHo. She is survived by her brother and sisters, two nieces, a nephew and a grand-niece. Gifts in Susan’s memory may be made to the HWS Art Department. Libertad Doperoy ’80 of Geneva, N.Y., died on Oct. 11, 2021. Libertad earned a B.A. in modern languages as a lifelong

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learning student at HWS. As an alum, she supported the HWS Annual Fund and Geneva Scholarship Associates. Libertad was married to David Kayes and was the mother of four sons, Richard, Robert, Philip and Vincent Alonso, who works for Sodexo. Elizabeth “Betsy” F. Snyder ’83 of Pasadena, Calif., died on Nov. 9, 2021. A member of the Dean’s List, Betsy earned a B.A. in English with Honors. Following graduation, she went on to an Emmywinning writing career, working for the past 10 years on Days of our Lives as an associate head writer, breakdown writer and script writer. As an alum, Betsy was an admissions volunteer. She is survived by her husband Clay; children, Charlie and Anne; father, George; and several siblings and stepsiblings. Paula R. Buxbaum ’86 of North Adams, Mass., died on Oct. 29, 2021. Paula attended William Smith for one year and later earned a B.A. in English literature from the Harvard Extension School. She served as volunteer coordinator for Mill Valley Film Festival and later recruited and trained tutors for Schools on Wheels. She then served as director of the Court Appointed Special Advocates Program and executive director of ROOTS Northern Berkshire Teen Center. Most recently, she opened Williamstown’s Bux Vintage store. Paula is survived by her husband of 19 years, Doug Jones; son, Wylie; mother, Ann; and siblings, Laura, Gretchen and Carl.

HWS COMMUNITY John R. Horvath P’86, L.H.D.’01 of Pittsford, N.Y., died on Jan. 25, 2022. John was an HWS Trustee from 1987 to 2000 and an Honorary Trustee from 2001 until his death. He earned his B.S. from Marquette University and was a CPA at Arthur Andersen & Co. for more than 30 years. In addition to his service at HWS, John was a board member of Al Sigl Community of Agencies, United Cerebral Palsy of Rochester and NYS, Villa of Hope and UR Medicine Home Care. John was predeceased by his wife Rosemarie. He is survived by his children, Timm L. Horvath ’86, Richard, Patrick, Joanne, Therese and Mary; 15 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Maynard O. Smith P’76 of Canandaigua, N.Y., died in 2021. For 40 years, Professor Emeritus of Political Science Maynard Smith taught classical, medieval and modern political philosophy; American

political theory; philosophy of social science; and the American political system. Starting as a lecturer in 1950, he rose through the ranks to become a full professor in 1959, influencing the lives of thousands of students and earning the respect and admiration of his colleagues. The recipient of the Distinguished Faculty Award in 1995, Professor Smith was known for challenging his students to support their arguments with facts and historical references and brought dignity and rationality to charged political issues. When he was made an honorary member of the Class of 1968, his students wrote that he encouraged them to examine their assumptions and “develop [our] own political philosophy, drawing from the great thinkers of the past, and understanding the ebb and flow of events which have shaped decisions over the ages.” Born in Mazomanie, Wis., Professor Smith began his education in a one-room country school and went on to earn his bachelor’s in political science and master’s in journalism from the University of Wisconsin. After serving as a pilot in the Army Air Corps in World War II, he earned his Ph.D. at the School for Political and Economic Research (then the graduate arm of the New School), where he graduated magna cum laude, was valedictorian of his class and won the “outstanding dissertation award.” The Maynard Smith Prize in Political Science, which was established when Professor Smith retired in 1990, is awarded annually to a graduating senior from each College who has demonstrated excellence in the field of political science. Professor Smith is survived by his wife of 74 years, William Smith graduate Carol A. Smith; son, David C. Smith ’76; and daughter Mary K. Walsh.

Elizabeth “Betty” A. Walther HON’10 of Geneva, N.Y., died on Jan. 1, 2022. Betty worked in dining services at HWS for 27 years, retiring in 2009. She was a friend to countless students, faculty and staff, a Hobart hockey superfan, and a regular singer with the President’s Garage Band. She could “always put a smile on our faces,” as class president Shalon Hilton ’10 said when Betty was made an honorary class member. “She takes the time and interest in getting to know us. She embodies what is special about this place.” Betty was predeceased by her husband Martin and brother, Bobby; she is survived by her four children, Nicole, Cassandra, Jodi and Emerson; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; sisters, Alice and Kathleen; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

James F. Caird ’56, L.H.D ’12 As this issue was going to press, news arrived that James F. Caird ’56, L.H.D ’12 passed away. A Kappa Sigma brother, Jim was a successful entrepreneur and, with his wife Cynthia L. Caird L.H.D. ’12, was a steadfast supporter of HWS. Among their many areas of philanthropy, they founded the James F. ’56 and Cynthia Caird Endowed Scholarship Fund, anchored the record-setting Athletic Days of Donors campaigns, and provided the lead donations that supported the construction of Caird Hall and the renovation and expansion of the Colleges’ athletics facilities to create the Caird Center for Sports and Recreation. Look for a remembrance in the next issue.

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BICENTENNIAL

GALA CELEBRATION For Bicentennial event info, visit: www2.hws.edu/hobart-bicentennial/#events

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October 22 The entire HWS community, including all alums, is invited to campus to celebrate 200 years of Hobart College. Registration information will be sent via email.

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Awash in creative energy, Eric Andersen ’65, L.H.D. ’22 left Hobart in 1963 and hitchhiked to San Francisco “with my notebook and my guitar...to meet the Beats,” as he recalls in the 2021 documentary of his career, The Songpoet. Writers like Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti “taught me new ways to see and a new way to live. Their words have freed and inspired my own writing as intensely as any reality that surrounds me.” The following winter, Andersen moved east to Greenwich Village and began composing songs like “Thirsty Boots” and “Violets of Dawn,” which would cement him as a folk musician of the first order. Drawing inspiration from an eclectic range of music, art and literature, he has transcended the folk scene and the “singer-songwriter” label. He has performed in concert with Bob Dylan, Elton John and The Doors, and was part of a trans-Canadian train tour with Janis Joplin, The Grateful Dead, Buddy Guy and The Band — all between writing and recording scores of original songs that have been covered by everyone from the Dead and Dylan to Johnny Cash. Early on, he taught Joni Mitchell her first open tunings, which became her signature style of playing. Through thick and thin, Andersen’s prolific creative output has continued unabated, with dozens of albums to date alongside essays for National Geographic Traveler and The Rolling Stone Book of the Beats. As he told Rolling Stone last year, “My wife Inge says you’re put on Earth to finish the things you were supposed to finish. And I know with me, in my case, it’s music and writing. I know there are things that are not finished yet. So, you know, we hang in there...to accomplish the things we were planning to do.”

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FEEL LIKE COMIN’ HOME BY ERIC ANDERSEN ’65, L.H.D. ’22

Can’t say this world’s been wrong to me Live and let live and let us all be So many faces gone away from me I ask, where do they all go? I sailed the seas and I sailed the roads I’ve been afraid and I’ve been alone Been chained to the things of what I don’t know Now it’s time to let the river just flow Cause now I feel, I feel it’s time, I feel like… Like I’m comin’ home Better find shelter you’re out on your own Get out of harm’s way get out of the road Some days you wonder why you ever were born Ya come in and go out alone I saw the apple of my eye She looked so young but she looked so wise She don’t back down or compromise She knows just where it’s all going But I sailed the seas and I sailed the roads I’ve been afraid and I’ve been alone ▲ Eric Andersen ’65, L.H.D. ’22 (right) rehearsing with Rob Stoner, Joan Baez and Bob Dylan in New York City, ca. 1975.

Been chained to the things of what I don’t know Now it’s time to let the river just flow Cause now I feel, I feel it’s time, I feel like… Like I’m comin’ home Like I’m comin’ home

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PA R A L L E L S legal minds, family bonds and optimistic visions across the generations

What interests you most about the law? LB: Being able to protect and defend my community. JBJ: Helping people solve difficult problems that they cannot solve alone. Favorite political science course? LB: Modern Political Theory. JBJ: Native People’s Politics. If you could share a meal with anyone, living or dead, who would they be? LB: My grandparents. JBJ: Either of my parents and their parents.

LITZY BAUTISTA ’23 President of William Smith Congress and aspiring lawyer Former Intern for Brian Barnwell, New York City’s District 30 Representative Junior Board Member of the Boys & Girls Club of Geneva Major: Political Science and Latin American Studies Hometown: Los Angeles, Calif.

What’s the most interesting thing about you that’s not on your résumé? LB: I’ve been trying to learn Zapoteco, an indigenous language spoken by the Zapotec people in Oaxaca, Mexico, which is my father’s first language. JBJ: I underwent rites of passage as a teenager in my father’s ancestral village in Sierra Leone. Who I am as a man is a direct result of that experience. What motivates you? LB: My younger siblings and parents. JBJ: Making my family proud of me. Who is your hero? LB: My parents — their journey of moving to the U.S. and raising a family will always amaze me.

JBJ: I just welcomed my second son, and the difficulty that my wife endured during both postpartum periods is unbelievable. She is my hero. If you could wake up tomorrow with a new skill, ability or quality, what would it be? LB: Being able to speak all languages! JBJ: Getting my newborn to sleep at night. What are you most grateful for? LB: The beauty the Earth provides. JBJ: The life and good health of myself and my family. What’s the best way to start the day? LB: Going to the gym. JBJ: Some good music and karate exercises with my son. What is something you will never do again? LB: Eat pickles. JBJ: Climb Mount Fuji. Name two things that make you optimistic about the future. LB: Technological advancement helping us be more eco-friendly, and social movements helping us reach racial equity. JBJ: The beauty I see in my kids’ faces, and my upcoming vacation. (Don’t judge me. Lockdown was long.)

JONIS BELU-JOHN ’04 General Counsel at a startup J.D. from Georgetown University Major: Political Science and French Former Student Trustee Hometown: Upper Marlboro, Md.