CLASS NEWS
Class News Editor: Robin Cusimano
I 1947 Ruth Brooks Muir writes, “My fivecolor relief print ‘Japanese Dancer’ was chosen to be in an exhibition of the President’s Best, a display from 50 of Iowa’s finest artists. The reception was held August 5, 2005, at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Museum in West Branch, Iowa.”
I 1948 After 40 years of teaching – 32 of them at Florida Atlantic University – and having 10 books published, Boris Arnov is now retired and summering in Maine. He writes, “I stay busy being husband to Veni, playing tennis every day, fishing whenever I can, and caring for a German Shepherd I plan to enroll at Rollins.” Don and Alice Voorhis Hansen have nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Alice was named Outstanding Watercolor Artist by the Florida Watercolor Society. She participates in shows and instructs elementary, high school, and college-level students. Don writes, “I paint a little as an amateur; Alice is a pro. In my freshman year, coached by Joe Justice, we beat Miami 28-0 in the Orange Bowl. My father-in-law was the keynote speaker at our graduation.”
Chapters” for Florida Gamma Chapter. Both Mary and Alison regret that Pi Beta Phi is no longer represented at Rollins.
I 1952 Pat Roberts Grulke was selected as an Overall Winner in the Edison Festival of Light’s 55th Annual Strolling Flower Show for her arrangement “What do you Hear, Mr. Edison?” Phyllis Brettell Kaiser and her husband of 51 years, Ron, continue to lead physically active lives — biking, playing tennis, and walking the beaches in Florida, Lake Michigan, and around the world. They have enjoyed biking trips with
at Rollins in 1952 and then again in 1984. P. Arnold Howell Sr. was named a 50-year honorary member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. In June, Mary Martin Hayes ’55 and Alison Hennig Moore represented their chapter at the Pi Beta Phi fraternity’s 65th Biennial Convention in Tampa, FL. Alison carried the Rollins College banner at the “Parade of
Mary Voor Tarr Crouch lived in Chicago, South Bend, IN, and Lathrup Village, MI, before moving to Indialantic, FL, where she and her late husband, Jack Tarr, raised their children, Jacqui and John. Mary taught school at Indialantic Elementary for almost 20 years. Jack died in 1987, and in 1991, Mary married Robert Crouch, who died last November. Retired since 1989, she now lives in a townhouse in Indian Harbour Beach.
ROLLINS HOMECOMING 2006 Watch for news and photos of this fall’s Homecoming 2005 in the Spring 2006 issue of the Rollins Alumni Record. And mark your calendars and begin making plans for for a full week of fun and festivities at Homecoming 2006, which will take place October 23 through October 29. The following classes will be celebrating special anniversaries: ’36, ’46, ’56, ’66, ’76, ’81, ’86, ’96, and ’01
Elderhostel in Denmark, along the Danube, in the Loire Valley, and along the Po River in Italy. Phyllis and her Alpha Phi sorority sister Dallas Williams Cole ’51 enjoyed reminiscing about their Lakeside days at Dallas’ home in Lake Oswego, OR. Robert Yoder is a 2004 honor graduate of the Citizens Police Academy in Frederick, MD and is president of the Associate Division, Francis Scott Key Lodge No. 91, Fraternal Order of Police.
I 1953 Natalie Merritt Sundberg has opened her own business, Tutoring 911. She writes, “I am having a ball and working harder than when I was teaching, but I am my own boss. I would love to hear from alums in the San Francisco Bay Area.”
feed the hungry through her church’s emergency food cupboard.
I 1960 Mark Tiedje (see story p. 27) is retired and working with his partner, John Coles, on a book titled Movie Theatres of South Carolina, which he hopes to print next year. He and John (r) recently visited Asbury Park, NJ, where they surveyed the movie theaters that still exist there. Pat Stevens Bianco has moved from Pittsburgh to Marina Bay in North Quincy, MA. She will sail for her fourth time in the spring of 2006, teaching theater on Semester at Sea. She is the proud grandmother of a new grandson named Jake. Fred Wolking was recently elected commander of VFW Post 2163, Chesterfield Co., VA. He also was re-elected as adjutant/quartermaster, Fourth District, VFW, Department of Virginia.
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Nancylee Wilson Malm and her husband, Lawrence, have two adult children and two grandsons. They are selling their house in Rocky River, OH and moving to the Bahamas. Nancylee hopes to remain active in Rotary after her move and would like to know if anyone from Rollins lives in the Abacos, Bahamas.
Gerald “Josh” Kein operates the most recognized hypnosis training center in the country, where he has trained thousands of medical and psychological professionals in the use of hypnosis in their practice. He has won the Hypnosis Instructor of the Year Award presented by the National Guild of Hypnotists several times. John Reese sold his highway and airfield construction business in 2001 and now has interests in commercial real estate property, modular home sales, and various other investments. He spends his winters in Scottsdale, AZ.
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Relive your Rollins memories and create new ones with fellow alumni, students, faculty, and staff during this grand community-wide celebration.
I 1950 Art “Dudley” Durgin shared this picture collage of him and his wife, Norma,
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Hugh Mitchell and his wife, Barbara, will soon celebrate their 39th wedding anniversary. They are retired from teaching and social work, but they keep busy with church work and environmental advocacy. Hugh is currently the conservation chairperson for the New York Chapter of Sierra Club. Barbara helps
Roly Lamontagne and his wife, Beverly, will soon celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary. Their daughter, Michelle, is married and lives in Southern California. Roly works in the financial services business, and Beverly is a prominent realtor. Roly still enjoys golf and has written a book, Golf and Me, Playing for Knee, available at Amazon FALL 2005 29