Alma’s Update Summer 2013 HOLMQUIST SCHOOL FOR GIRLS 1917-1949 Class of 1949
On a sadder note, Jean’s former husband, Scot Gaznier, who worked for Solebury in the 1980s, died on June 18, 2013 in Ashland, Oregon.
Class of 1958 Sharon Stanick Levisohn writes us: It’s an understatement to say that life in Israel is never dull. Thanks to good health and a comfortable pension, it is also interesting and active for me. I have just returned from a short trip to London with my daughter Rona and granddaughter Yael. This is a family tradition started by my mother, of a Granny-sponsored trip, on the occasion of the bar mitzvah or bat mitzvah. Yael is the fourth grandchild to Nöelle Kennedy Masukawa sent us this reach this landmark and there are four precious picture. All in the photo more to come. Having made it to my 50th eventually attended Holmquist or Solebury reunion at Solebury and also to the 50th at School. Left to right: Harvard (Radcliffe), there are no imminent plans to make another trip to the USA as Bill Berkeley ’49, Darragh Miller Ellerson all of my family is here in Israel. Any H’48, Nora Lathrop Grimison H’49, Peter classmates or acquaintances motivated to Hoyt ’49, Danna Cole Spielman H’48 (dec), visit us in Israel will be gladly welcomed, Erica Child Prud’homme ’50, and Nöelle although encouraged to do so when the Kennedy Masukawa H’49 weather is temperate. SOLEBURY SCHOOL FOR BOYS 1925-1949 No submissions SOLEBURY SCHOOL 1950–PRESENT Class of 1952 Chuck Schwartz’s last grandchild graduated from high school and will attend Indiana University in the fall. Two grandchildren have already graduated college and four are still in college. Chuck is living in Missouri City, Texas, which is outside of Houston. Class of 1953 Jean Tappan Shaw is finally fully retired, leaving the interesting but one-morething-to-worry-about census interviewing job she had for three years. She and her fun-loving cousin, Alexa Shaw McDonough ’62, are heading to the Amazon rainforest, Machu Picchu, and the Galapagos Islands this fall for 19 days with a small group.
Bob Stockton has begun work on a fourth novel which will be themed around the Navy’s participation in the Cold War and the Vietnam War. Bob will attend the National Chief Petty Officers Association gathering later this year. Class of 1960 Last August, Peter Bowie was appointed by the President of the American Bar Association to chair the Judicial Advisory Committee of the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility. He continues to speak to federal judges on that subject around the country and was just reappointed as chair for another year. In March 2013 Peter celebrated 25 years on the bench. When he retired last fall, he gave up serving as chief judge of the court after almost seven years, and also completed a term as Chief of the
Conference of Chief Bankruptcy Judges for the Ninth Circuit, which included serving on the Ninth Circuit Judicial Council. Much more importantly, his two granddaughters, Charlotte and Matilda, are thriving in Shanghai, China, where they were born. They come to visit twice a year which is never enough. Class of 1961 Chude Parker Allen is a member of the Bay Area Veterans of the Civil Rights movement. She coordinates speaking engagements in schools, colleges and community groups. She’s written about her experiences on the Civil Rights Movement Veterans website, www.crmvet.org. Ann Rovere developed the first ever educational trip for the National Association for Social Workers California Chapter to Cuba. The trip Cuba: Health and Social Services was attended by 25 health professionals, who visited 14 health and social service agencies in Havana and the surrounding countryside. Ann continues to work at Jewish Home, a skilled nursing facility in San Francisco, enjoying immensely an excellent organization that is struggling with the realities of radically reduced reimbursement rates. Class of 1965 Last April, Temple University Beasley School of Law Professor James A. Shellenberger received the Temple University Great Teacher Award. This is the highest award given by the University for teaching. In his almost 30 years of teaching at Temple Law School, James has taught courses at the heart of the criminal law curriculum. In addition to teaching on Temple’s main campus in Philadelphia, he has also taught the law school’s programs in Tokyo, Japan and Rome, Italy.