26 alumni & friends
Class Notes 1950’s
Rev. Wayne McKirdy ’55 (BA), has written “Together,” a memoir of his marriage to his late wife, Maybelle. Donna (Wiederrich) Wallender ’55 (BS), Medford, Ore., was commended by Harvard Medical School for being an original and present member of the university’s Nurses’ Health Study. Now entering its 38th year, hundreds of research papers have been and currently are being published from the NHS data. Richard Kendall Buchwitz ’56 (BA), Hollywood, Calif., recently sang at the Alumni Reunion Concert of the Los Angeles Master Chorale held at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. Bruce Berg ’58 (BA) and Laurel Woiwode ’07 (BA) of Jamestown have collaborated on a collection of short stories, “Pages Between Ages.”
The biannual gathering of the 1967 nursing class took place in Littleton, Co., at the home of Karen (Mears) and Ralph Roberts ’65. Cool weather greeted them but did not dampen their spirits or activities. Those attending from left to right: (back row) Sherry Holden, Joyce (Eidem) Vanderbeek, Kaye (Knoblich) Shriver, (front row) Mary (Dovenmuehler) McKinstry, Nora (Blackwell) Rowan, Nancy (Bumbaca) Perey, and Karen (Mears) Roberts. Their next gathering is tentatively planned for 2014 on the Oregon coast.
1960’s Phyllis (Judd) Schultz ’60 (BSN) and her husband, Robert, moved to Lebanon, N.H., in May after 44 years in the state of Washington. They report that they enjoy being closer to their sons residing in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Dr. Allen Strand ’63 (BA), Hamilton, N.Y., was named to Princeton Review’s top 300 Best Professors list as based on student reviews on Rate My Professor. He is a professor of mathematics at Colgate University.
Peggy Foss hosted a four-day reunion for five members of the Class of 1958. Pictured (from left) are “Pinkie” (Sanderson) Larson, Joan (Jongeward) Bietz, Peggy (Meister) Foss, Jo (Kilzer) Knoblich, and Marcia (Rogers) Houtz after seeing the play “Superior Donuts” at the Purple Rose Theatre, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Dr. Lilly (Schubert) Walker ’67 (BA), Tucson, Ariz., retired in August after 41 years in higher education, most recently at Memorial University of Newfoundland.