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Class Notes at age 16 and graduated in 2014. She went on to Georgetown and completed a post-baccalaureate in physiology in 2015. She is now enrolled at Saint Louis University School of Medicine, pursuing her dream to become a medical doctor. My stepdaughter, Kurtria, is married and living in Fort Washington, Md., working for the USDA as a nutritionist. Kurtria and Jason gave me the most wonderful granddaughter, Margo, who is now 7 years old. She comes to Syracuse every summer to spend two weeks with Poppa Chuck. She is one of the reasons I am still in good health. I hope to be around for a long time to see my kids and granddaughter accomplish their dreams.” David A. Scott has a new grandson, Culver Jack Scott-Straight, born on June 22, 2016, pictured with his sister, Evelyn Eleanor.
1961 Richard E. Bater says, “After completing my BA at LaSalle College, I worked for a bit in the business world doing nothing of significance. My friend and mentor Edwin Owrid (known affectionately at PC as the Owl) encouraged me to apply to Drexel and get a master of library science, which I did with a minor in information science. Edwin was helpful in getting me a graduate assistantship that paid tuition along with a small stipend. “After graduation I worked for a number of years in public libraries and subsequently as a library consultant. I was also a teaching associate at Temple University in photography and finished a master’s program in communications. Subsequently, I worked at Stockton State College as media director. After that I worked in the PSE&G nuclear department. My last position was as directorship with the National Archives, where I was involved in setting a local area network and designing the website. By then I had had enough of staff meetings and memos and resigned to work in my own company designing online web marketing sites. “In 2007 I retired with my wife to Chambersburg. My wife and I are active in the local Methodist Church and enjoy the outdoors. We both continue to read
The Class of 1960 enjoyed a golf outing, lunch and conversation. From left: Sam Francis, Alicia Blodgett, James M. Arrison III, Head of School Darryl J. Ford, a friend, William R. Blodgett, two friends, Richard P. Allman, Alan Roberts McFarland Jr., Susan Arrison.
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extensively and watch as many British mysteries as we can find.” David L. Geyer reports, “After attending our 55th Reunion, Carol and I explored the Hudson River Valley, visited our grandkids in Santa Barbara and returned to our favorite haunts in Paris and Provence, including a visit with the Vickers at their grand bastide. In between, I ran the Philadelphia half marathon, and we added a new member to our household, a lab puppy named Walter. He joins his dog siblings, Annebelle and George, at our farm outside Cleveland.”
Jeffry H. Tindall writes, “My daughter, Sara Tindall Woodman, is being inducted into the Pingry School’s athletic hall of fame for her cross country and track years at the New Jersey school. At the same time, Brown University will induct her into the Brown All-Time Athletic Hall of Fame in cross country and track. She now resides in Providence, RI, has three children, and is a special assistant attorney general for the state of Rhode Island.”