Church of South India. Their focus was to learn about the strengths and struggles of the Dalit population. Johanna also met with transgendered parishioners in the diocese, with the goal of providing assistance to them upon her return to the States. Their grandson Evan Shafer, 7, was on the winning team for Math Olympiads and placed third out of 46 children.
’68 40th Reunion: May 23–25, 2008
Race for A Cure, Central Park in New York City, September 9, 2007 (left to right): Cynthia Hirsch Levy '65, Board of Trustee member and Board of Governors member; her sister, Diana Hirsch Friedman '68, Board of Governors; Nancy Ribeck Chan; and Eric Goldman '98, Board of Governors.
Contacts: Steve Blackman, sblackma@bellsouth.net; Bob Edmonds, rcedmonds@edmonds-law.com; Diana Hirsch Friedman, wowdiana@optonline.net; Barbara Crane Wigren, bcwigren@aol.com; Paula Fuchs Blasier, pf.bard1968@gmail.com; Linda Boldt, lboldt6683@earthlink.net; Cathi Cantalupo, ceecee@rcn.com; Gary Comorau, GNCHome@kgsi.com; Jim Fine, jlfine@mac.com; Harvey Blake Fleetwood, jfleetwood@aol.com; Gail Grisetti, ggrrisett@odu.edu; Anita Deidamaia McClellan, adm@anitamcclellan.com; Anne Morris-Stockton, annasenf@yahoo.com; Thomas Noonan, tk.noonan@verizon.net; Richard Ransahoff, ransohr@ccf.org; William Sherman, wsherman@nydailynews.com; Ann-Sargent Wooster, volcano3@earthlink.net; Jonathan Wyner, jswcpm@aol.com; http://group.google.com/group/bard68-ish Staff contact: Jessica Kemm ’74, 845-758-7406 or kemm@bard.edu
Class correspondent Barbara Crane Wigren, bcwigren@aol.com
’65 Jonathan Greene, with photographer David Spear, went to China in 2006 to oversee the printing of the photographic book Visible Spirits, featuring photographs taken in Mexico. Jonathan designed and published the book for his Gnomon Press, which he started right after graduating from Bard. Unfortunately, Visible Spirits is the last new title the press is publishing. For more information, visit www.gnomonpress.com/Gnomon.html. Jonathan’s latest book is Hut Poems, published by Mountains and Rivers Press. Janet Hinshaw-Thomas continues to provide immigration counseling for low-income clients. She enjoys her work, particularly when she wins her cases! She has “three-and-a-half grandchildren.” Robert L. Walker, whose obituary appeared here in the spring 2007 issue, has been honored with a memorial scholarship at Worcester State College, where he taught from 1970 until his unexpected death in May 2006. The Dr. Robert L. Walker Memorial Scholarship in Writing will be awarded to schoolteachers who are pursuing excellence in writing as part of their curriculum and who are taking courses at Worcester State College.
’67 Class correspondent Pamela Dendy Knap, pdknap@optonline.net In 2007 Johanna Shafer and her husband, Mike, took a pilgrimage with the Episcopal Diocese of New York to the Diocese of Madras,
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In the summer of 2007, Vicki Ranks Parker and her husband, Dennis, embarked on a new stage of life—retirement. Vicki educated herself in the interior design field and worked in the trade for almost 25 years, opening her own interior design practice in 1996. Dennis’s career was in corporate finance. They moved to Williamsburg, Virginia, in 1984 and now split their time between Williamsburg and their second home on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. They have two married children, an adorable granddaughter, and another grandchild on the way. Over the years they have enjoyed visits from Bardians Mina Eaken, Bob Kirk, and Henry Nelson.
’69 Class correspondent Elaine Marcotte Hyams, eshyams@yahoo.com William Dreskin lives in San Anselmo, California, with his wife, Wendy, who teaches environmental education. They have two daughters, Tanya and Leila. William is a writer, author, and fine art photographer, and has been a college music instructor. His e-mail is bdreskin@comcast.net, and his website is www.dreskinfineart.com. After 14 years in Oxford, England, Elaine Marcotte Hyams moved to Ithaca, New York, where her husband is now a professor of medieval history at Cornell. Elaine has often visited Palestine (the West Bank) and Israel. She considers her travels “an ongoing, nuanced crash course in Middle East politics.”