1948 Jean Tarr Fleming (Pasadena, CA) Lou and I enjoy frequent visits with several Scripps alumnae who live nearby. Recently, Alicita (’48) and Warren Hamilton traveled from Golden, Colorado to dine in Pasadena with Shirley (’48) and Jim Tams, Mary (’48) and Tom Turk, Marky Allen (’47), and ourselves. We love keeping in touch with friends of longstanding, a rewarding aspect of aging. With 11 grandchildren, one great-grandson, and their parents, we do lots of cheering at basketball games and high school and college graduations. Our youngest grandchild, Raymond Woodrow Fleming, was born September 25, 2000. I reinforce my interest in young children and their families by attending annual conferences of NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children), in stimulating cities such as Atlanta, New Orleans, and Washington, D.C. Lou and I volunteer with Hospice of Pasadena and enjoy other community and church activities, and as many Scripps events as possible! Natasha Chapro Josefowitz (La Jolla, CA) I went on a 100-day cruise around the world as a lecturer aboard ships. I wrote my sixteenth book this year: If I Eat I Feel Guilty, if I Don’t, I’m Deprived, and Other Dilemmas of Daily Life. It’s a book of humorous verse.
1949 Ellen Montgomery Hunter (Des Moines, IA) As a career volunteer (which I continue to be at 74), I feel very strongly that you undervalue and give little credence to volunteering. It is the young graduates—professionals—who now carry a vital dual role! Joanne MacDonald Johnson (Santa Barbara, CA) Earl and I have finally retired and are enjoying our leisure. We celebrate 50 years of marriage this year! Nancy Low King (Omaha, NE) I am enjoying my new neighbor, Nancy Hart Glanville Jewell (’49), in the desert. Kate Schamberg Shapiro (Highland Park, IL) We still spend summers in Highland Park and winters in Tucson. I’m on the art advisory board of the University of Arizona and have been very busy this year on the steering committee for the fall gala. In Highland
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Park, I’m on the women’s board of Ravinia Festival (Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s summer home). I’ve also been painting a little. I have the best of both worlds. We have 12 grandchildren. I have four in Tucson.
1950 Dina Skouras Oldknow (Pasadena, CA) Billy and I have been married for 52 years (a Scripps romance), and we are very happy still. We have four grown daughters and five grandchildren. Sonya Gray Woods (Placentia, CA) Howard and I are still traveling and enjoying our fifth wheel RV. We have a second granddaughter graduating college this year (having done it in three years), so May will find us at Sonoma State with family. From there we go north to Canada.
1951 Carol Reid Dabney (Piedmont, CA) Sorry to have missed my 50th Reunion Weekend. We had planned on attending until a heart condition interfered. Thanks to Joan Wray Sinclair, Dannie Bayette Weston, and Alice Ebblewhite Butler for keeping me up to date on all aspects. I was able to join Bill for his 50th CMC Reunion Weekend. Judith Hayes Farley (Saginaw, MI) I am so sorry to miss the reunion. Being at Scripps for even just two years was one of the greatest learning experiences in my life. I simply loved it, especially the humanities course! I would do it all over in a heartbeat and enjoy it even more thoroughly.
1952 Gay Nelson Fahrner (Santa Rosa, CA) I moved to Santa Rosa to be closer to my children. I am currently living in a retirement community and am enjoying golf, old friends, and being close to my family.
1953 Carole Segar Johnson-Shevlin (Payson, AZ) After recent cataract surgery, I’m seeing every rosy hue of this world clearly. John and I will be exploring the gold country and wine country in Northern California this summer, and plan to eat roasted salmon, “Indian style,” in Trinidad. Later we’ll ride a steam train through the redwoods where John did some lumberjack work in his youth. We’ll visit old friends along the way.
Alyn Brown Morton (El Paso, TX) I am so grateful for my education at Scripps, especially in the humanities. I continue to be on the Texas Commission on the Arts. I have been traveling with my fiancée, Dr. Donald Rathbun. We went to Australia (to visit my son and his wife, and Ann Shaw McFarlane ’53); to Italy in December, and then to Alaska. I also continue to lecture at University of Texas at El Paso (on life-long learning), and on Mexican culture (how to be successful doing business in Mexico). I sit on the international board for “Women Helping Women” (the official name is the FEMAP Foundation). I congratulate classmate Libby Hubert on her foresight. I can hardly wait to see the Commons! Diana Kontas Colson (Sarasota, FL) We went to Hungary in November 2000 for our son’s wedding (Sean Colson married Mariann) in a fabulous 17th century castle. It took several months to get the bride back to the U.S. (where she had been on a tourist Visa when she met Sean). Finally, she arrived in the U.S. in March, and we held a gorgeous wedding luau for them on the beach at nearby Casey Key. The 150 guests included Peggy Dalbert ’54 and Frank Tysen (CMC ’55). Creilly Pollack ’52 was unable to attend because of the tragic loss of her sister, Barbara Harman ’55, a few days before. Carol Prescott Harris (White Bear Lake, MN) Our new sometime home in Steamboat Springs is finally finished. All are welcome if we are out there. Phone: (970) 870-8167.
1954 Bonnie McDermott Grey (Woodland Hills, CA) My cancer is in remission, and I’m feeling much better. My husband and daughters are attending a Lane Grey Convention in, of all places, Jonesville, OH.
1958 Ann McEwen Standridge (Monroe, NC) I’m still teaching and am pleased that I became a National Board certified teacher last November.
1960 Marcia Davidove Baugh (Palo Alto, CA) I’m looking forward to my fifth year at Camp Scripps. Being part of a family for those few days is refreshing and lots of fun. It’s also a safe place to try new things.
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