Clarke Miller Fitzmaurice, 1973 with her husband Paul and daughter Maddie Fitzmaurice, 2013
from UVA with plans to work as a paralegal for the DC office of Hogan Lovells starting in June. Hooper, 2013 is finishing her first year at UVA, a place that she loves as much as Carroll does. She is excited about her upcoming summer internship, working for Ripken Baseball as it plans for and hosts another Cal Ripken World Series in August. As for Tom and me…we are adjusting to our empty nest, happy that our daughters are creating interesting new chapters in their own lives! We also enjoyed seeing a really nice group of 1973 classmates at the RPCS reunion event at Joy and Jim Brumfield’s in October. Thanks to all who could be a part of that special day! And from me, Clarke Miller Fitzmaurice: I continue
to work in development at The SEED School of Maryland and often see Lynn Morrison Venetoulis, SEED board member, on campus. Mary Miller Faulkenberry and I see each other several times a year when she comes in from Bermuda. Sadly, her mother Jo became very ill this past year and died in March. Mary was in Baltimore in late April for a lovely and moving celebration of her mother’s life. It has been a really interesting year in the Fitzmaurice home and who knew that I would come to totally abhor the term “empty nester?” Please be so kind as to leave it out of any conversation unless you want to hear an insane rant from me on the subject. Maddie Fitzmaurice, 2013, has enjoyed her first year at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA although she did find the endless snow and freezing temperatures a bit daunting. Stay well everyone.
Class of 1974 Katharine Somerville Whitmore kemsome@gmail.com Thank you to all who have written! Diane Breger Kearney welcomed her mother into her home two years ago following the death of her father. Her mother has a few health issues, but has the same sweet disposition that I remember so well from my long-ago years of visiting Diane when she lived out Falls Road. Diane’s eldest, TL, is a lawyer, married and has a beautiful son whom Diane cares for twice
The Neale family following Hooper Neale’s 2013 Commencement (Tom Neale, Barrett Neale Scott, 2006, Hooper, Carroll Neale, 2010 and Barbara Barrett Neale, 1973)
a week. Son Jon is transitioning from restaurant management to physical therapy, and her daughter Joy is 25 and starting her own dating service app. Husband Tom recently was elected to his second term as DA of York County. Besides caring for her mother and her grandson, Diane has started a two-year term on the board of directors for her church. Dorothy Rowan writes: Spring is glorious in the gardens. I’m so privileged to work outdoors, especially in NYC. I just passed a civil service exam for supervisor so may have a job switch sometime soon (the City wheels grind slowly). I’m enjoying my parks and my cats and my friends - and five beautiful nieces and nephews, three in Baltimore (Tony’s) and two in Maine (Sally’s). Life is rich! Say hello if you visit the Big Apple! Catherine Counselman Kelly is hard at work on her landscape photography. She attended an intense workshop in Utah in November, photographing in Bryce Canyon and Zion National Park. In June, she will join the same two instructors in Kauai for another workshop. In the meantime, she is shooting in Naples, FL and writing a weekly photography blog. She and husband Charlie live in Sewickley, PA, and their three daughters live in New York City. Caitlin is a consultant for PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Courtney teaches students with dyslexia at the Windward School in White Plains and Erin is a structural engineer with Thornton Tomasetti. Charlie is managing partner of Saul Ewing’s Pittsburgh office. Cathy and Charlie get to New York City a few times a year, and see the girls as much as possible in Sewickley and in Naples. Susan Vaughan Kahn is running a program at Penn Law School for high school students interested in legal careers who’d be the first in their families to go to college, and also teaching ESL to recent immigrants to Philadelphia. She writes that she loves the new challenges and the short commute on her bike. She and Geoff still love living in Center City. Their son Alex is graduating from Fordham Law this spring and is thrilled to be starting work at the Manhattan DA’s office in the fall. Daughter Phoebe is in her second year in medical school at Dartmouth. Janney Hoffman McComas writes: I miss the good ole RPCS days, but not the homework! Life’s challenges today - with the changing times and caregiving to our families - make me so appreciative of the carefree, fun times and special friendships made in my thirteen years at Roland Park. Looking forward to sharing more happy moments with my classmates at reunion in the fall! Elizabeth Goldsmith Foster (Dodee) still lives in Baltimore and is working as a nurse manager at Carefirst. Husband Mort is retired, but keeps busy caring for their 100 year old house. Older son Adam just
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