Thomas Class of ‘68 50th Reunion We just celebrated a wonderful 50th reunion in May. Since 1978, we have gathered in Rowayton, where Thomas was located, every five years (this was our 9th reunion!). Our class is truly committed to these reunions (even more so as time goes by) and, once again, we began arriving Friday by plane, train and automobile from all over the country. Our graduating class had just 27 women and, unfortunately, three have passed away – Karen Smith, Margot (Theis) Raven and Pat (Whelpley) Barton. They are missed. Eighteen of us came this year; only six were not present because of travel or personal/family reasons. And, this was the first reunion for one of us, Shelley (Carpenter) Brown -- some hadn’t seen her in 50 years, so it was very exciting indeed! Part of our tradition is to line up in front of the old Thomas mansion (Rock Ledge in Rowayton, now home to a hedge fund) for a class photo; this year we even pulled it off in the rain! The reunion officially kicked off Saturday at noon – we ate, drank, laughed, danced to live music (from our era) until late that night. Our class surprised Susan (Wilson) Mansfield, who has hosted the reunions at her home, by giving her tickets to see Hamilton which we discovered is on her bucket list! (She’s taking her granddaughter, Isabella White, who is a student at King.) Sunday morning, we had breakfast and then reluctantly parted ways with smiles on our faces and fabulous new memories. As one our classmates shared, “I feel honored to call such an amazing, accomplished, intelligent group of women my friends.” We do know that we owe much of who we are to Mabel Thomas’ vision for education and are very grateful that we attended Thomas. Although some of us will manage to get together between reunions, we look forward to coming together as a class in 2023 for our 55th!
Campbell Networking Event Our Alumni in the Financial Industry joined Parents at The Campbell in NYC for a networking event in February.
Kingtucky Derby Gala Our Alumni donned their Derby hats at the Kingtucky Derby on April 28!
As we look forward to this year, we want to encourage all of our Alumni to attend as many events as possible! If you have not been receiving invitations through email and would like to, please email alumni@kingschoolct.org. It is always wonderful to get together and reconnect!
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