SPRING 2013 Class of 2009 Nate Danciger traveled to Florence, Italy and London, England studying architecture as part of Syracuse University’s International Program. Tess Graham is starting the RN program at St. Luke’s Hospital in Bethlehem, PA and plans to graduate in August 2014. Justine Keller, a senior at Connecticut College, took part in 4 Dead in Ohio: Antigone at Kent State, a Theater Department production. Justine served on the Poster Design Crew for the production. Class of 2010 Paul Kuhn is a junior at Xavier University in Cincinnati majoring in Psychology. Creighton Sillars took a year off from Warren Wilson College to work at Telluride in Colorado and loves it. Class of 2011 Evan Asoudegan has opened MOO, a permanent restaurant at 4010 Durham Road in Ottsville, PA. Some new menu items include veggie chili, chicken soup, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches made with homemade organic peanut butter, and veggie burgers using local mushrooms. DEATHS Class of 1949 Tek Talmont January 19, 1932 – September 1, 2012 Born in Warsaw, Poland, Tek came to the United States as a young boy. After graduating Solebury, he attended Rutgers University, where he earned his B.A. While at Rutgers, he became active with the university’s radio station, which cultivated in him a deep interest in jazz. He settled in Westfield, N.J., to begin a long career as a news writer for radio and print media. A court and police reporter for the Courier News, he brought to the people difficult stories with great skill, eloquence and grace. His professional joys came from covering local New Jersey political races and writing the Courier‘s jazz beat
THE ALMA column for many years. He married Evelyn W. Talmont in 1961 and together they raised three children. He enjoyed a 35-year career and lived well in retirement. He spent the last 14 years down at the Jersey Shore, enjoying his passions, jazz, basketball, swimming, record collecting, the beach, horse racing and the simplicity of an everyday routine. Class of 1953 Reeve Skidmore Donley ’59 February 28, 1935 – January 3, 2013 Reeve died from complications after heart surgery. Reeve is survived by brothers, Alan and Clifford Donley; nephew of William Donley and many nieces and nephews and cousins of a large family. Class of 1957 Matthew Winthrop May 8, 1928 – January 1, 2013 Matt is survived by three sisters and four brothers. Handicapped since his early years, Matt always loved music and was involved in a variety of charities. The cause of death was issues related to his life-long paralysis aggravated by an infection. Class of 1975 Leda E. Petrov September 24, 1958 – December 19, 2012 Leda was born and raised in New Hope. She received her undergraduate degree from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY. During her studies in East Asia cultures, Leda was awarded a full scholarship as an exchange student to attend the Mandarin Training Center in Taiwan. She received an MBA in East Asian Studies from the University of Hawaii. Having fallen in love with the language and culture upon graduation, she took advantage of another earned fellowship and returned to Beijing, China for another year of studies and adventure. Leda was fluent in Mandarin and Classical Chinese. She was one of the first American students accepted to study Asian Culture in the People’s Republic of China during the 1970s.
PAGE 4 Class of 2003 Charles Gale, V June 8, 1984 – September 10, 2012 Charles died unexpectedly in a motorcycle accident. He was 28. Charles graduated from Delaware Valley College. He loved cars, motorcycles, and computers and was an avid tennis player, playing while in high school and recently playing with his mother in mixed doubles at the club level. Charles worked in the computer department at Solebury School and most recently ran the IT Department at the family business, Gale Nurseries in Gwynedd. Charles also enjoyed traveling with his family to such places as: Africa, Peru, Iceland, France, Norway, Scotland, Spain, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico and Costa Rica. He was involved in conquering the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa in 2004, a 14-day boating trip in Colorado and in 2006 sat with the gorillas in Rwanda. Charles was also a driving enthusiast and was very interested in BMW’s and worked on modifications for car owners all over the country.
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