like India and China. Oldest son Ned is an executive recruiter in N.Y.C. Daughter Caroline graduated in June from Stanford where younger son Tyler also attends. Kathleen Kavanagh writes, “I’m still in philanthropy for nonprofits, a career that started way back in 1974 when SBC gave me my first job. I moved into consulting in 1995 when I joined GG+A; I get to work with a terrific set of colleges, universities, independent schools, medical centers and cultural organizations. I moved from downtown Boston to downtown Chicago 6 years ago.” Elaine Mills and husband Bob Kline, parents of son Chris (25) and daughter Jenny (21), have lived in the same Sears bungalow in Arlington, Va. for 27 years. When not working in her garden, Elaine sings in the church choir, and in July she and Bob joined about 25 other choir members for a performing tour of Wales and Ireland. Jane Piper Gleason writes, “The week after our 35th Reunion in 2009 Joe and I moved from our house in Webster to a condo in Clayton on the 23rd floor. Nine months later Joe was dead from a massive stroke. I was in England in 6/11 and went with Sherrie Snead McLeRoy to the Trouping of the Colour. This June, I was in London for the Jubilee celebrations. Mimi Hill Wilk is excited to have oldest son Beau back from Alaska and living in Ariz. where he is a department chair at Northern Pioneer College in the White Mountains; daughter Liz still lives close by. Mimi had the best time with Lou Weston Rainey and Rip traveling in Ariz. last summer. Lee Wilkinson Warren joined the international hunger and relief organization Stop Hunger Now in 2006 and now serves as the community relations manager. Lee and her husband have been married almost 40 years and have one granddaughter with another baby on the way. She stays in close touch with Ruthie Lentz and Susan Stubbs Brown. Debbie Pelham Bigum and Randy have relocated to Miramar Beach, Fla. Ruthie Willingham Lentz still works as a financial advisor for Wells Fargo Advisors, where she was recently awarded the “Premier Advisor” distinction for the firm’s highest level of client service and production. She’s active in her church’s More Than a Meal neighborhood meal program, the West Tennessee Haiti Partnership and Leadership Memphis. Ruthie enjoyed a week at Edisto Island with Liz Thomas Camp and Robin Christian Ryan, whom she’ll also join in Philadelphia with her aunt Ruth Preucel ’49 over Labor Day weekend. Betsy Banks Daley is back in school learning sign language, which she hopes will help aid her in teaching children with autism. She and her husband celebrated their 30th anniversary. Andria Francis still lives in northern Calif. and works at CTB/McGraw-Hill (her 26th year) developing educational tests. She and her sister took a transatlantic cruise from Fla. to Rome with a stop for shopping in Provence on Market Day. Andria’s daughter Ashleigh (27) was in Kazakhstan last year on a Fulbright scholarship and has just returned to England, where she is completing her doctorate in archaeology. Ann Pritchett Van Horn loves being grandmother to her son’s 3 boys (5, 2, 4 mos.) In May, she was in Cardenas, Cuba with a
group from her church installing a Living Waters for the World clean water system. Barbara Ashton Nicol and Robert are both still working in Tuscaloosa, Ala., but hope to retire in 2014. Three of their 4 boys are engineers—Robinson (recently married) in Atlanta, Sage in Corpus Christi and Ben in Tuscaloosa. Chris is still figuring out what he wants to do with his life. Barb joined Ellie Plowden Boyd, Nancy Lea Houghton and Beth Jones Elkins (’75) at the wedding of Liz Thomas Camp’s son in Mobile. Emory Furniss Maxwell: “We had a minireunion when my daughter, Christy ’03, was married in Atlanta last spring. Jane Hutcherson Frierson, Edie McRee Bowles, Liz Thomas Camp, Barbara Ashton Nicol and Mary Bush Norwood were there. Other SBC alumnae present were Mary Emory Hill Rex ’42, Aline Rex McEvoy ’67, Kimberly Olmsted Calhoun ’92, Amy Gardner Adams ’02, Shandy Hamner ’04, Sonya Truman ’02 and Kylene Smith DeFrate ’03. Charles is retired and we still live in Ariz.” Ellie Plowden Boyd is pursuing a long-term interest in painting with a focus on portraits and landscapes. She just organized a plein-air group, Pomperaug Outdoor Painters (POP), which meets and paints around Southbury, Conn. Oldest son Clayton lives in Brooklyn and is a photographer for Gilt Group. Youngest son John is studying engineering at Vanderbilt and Ellie hopes to catch up with Wendy White Feinberg (whose daughter also attends Vandy) at parents’ weekend. Ellie and husband Doug have been married 28 years. Ceci Kirby Wraase still lives outside Washington, D.C. with husband Dennis and is most involved with Neighbors in Need, a program to assist safety net charities, and the Trust for the National Mall. Daughter Beth is in her second year as a Teach for America elementary school teacher in eastern N.C. Stepson Reid and family live about an hour away. Karla Kline Bradshaw and Ceci enjoy visits at the Wraase’s lake house in the Allegheny Mountains. Bonnie Chronowski Brophy’s daughter Meghan is PR manager at J. Mendel so Bonnie gets to go to Fashion Week every year. Son Chris, asst. brand manager for ketchup at Heinz in Pittsburgh, is engaged. Bonnie took up bridge and is going to a tourney in Bermuda in Jan. 2013. She has coordinated Bible study in her parish for 6 years with a good friend. Jan Renne Steffen and husband Jim have been married 15 years and live in Fallbrook, Calif. Jan has retired, but still quilts and teaches quilting. They travel in their 5th wheel about 3-4 months a year and just returned from a 2-month vacation through northern Calif., Ore., Wash. and Vancouver, B.C. They drove to Coeur D’Alene, Idaho, then down to Meridian to visit family before heading home. Haideh Khosrowshahi Partovi writes, “I have been enjoying grand-motherhood for the past 16 months! Little Rochanne (meaning light) is half French and responds to Farsi, French and English. I’m still enjoying working as a therapist in a hospital and privately.” Elizabeth Andrews Watts and Bobby are planning to retire in 2014 after a long career at Episcopal HS. Daughter Betsy had a baby girl, Elaine “Laney” Andrews Metcalf, on July 9. Son Rob lives in Norfolk with his wife and 2 young sons. Elizabeth
had a mini-reunion in 10/11 at the Greenbrier with Jane Hutcherson Frierson, Susan Stephens Geyer and Leslie Elbert Hill. Marcia Brandenburg Martinson and husband Terry are moving to the town of Plymouth, Mass. after living in a church parsonage for the past 34 years. Marcia and Terry became grandparents with the birth of granddaughter Hadley Jane on Aug.15. They spent 2 weeks in England (with family) and France (with friends) in July. Tricia Barnett Greenberg and Phil spent 2 weeks in Spain and France this summer. Daughter Patty is getting married April 6 in Charleston, S.C., son Barnett is in real estate in Charleston and son Andy practices dentistry there. Tricia and Phil divide their time between Debordieu, Charleston and Florence, S.C. Laurene Sherlock’s first job as a travel agent took her to many interesting places over 25 years. Then her best friend, Sandie Schwartz Tropper ’73, suggested that she consider becoming a personal property appraiser. “And so here I am in career 2 after a few years of courses and apprenticeship to get to accredited antiques appraiser.” Sandra Taylor will become the Alumnae Association president in 2013, joining Janie Reeb Short, who is currently serving on the Alumnae Board. At the time of this writing, Meredith Thompson Sullivan and husband John were spending Labor Day weekend at their condo on Flathead Lake in Mont. Fortunately, their home in Livingston, Mont. was spared from forest fires. Rossie Ray Spell: I had my best birthday ever on Omaha Beach in Normandy, France in July. My husband, Penn, planned a memorable trip to celebrate my 60th. I am also thrilled to have begun serving on the Board of Trustees of Atlanta Girls School along with fellow SBC alumna Anne Mobley Hassett. My daughter Anna graduated from AGS in 2011. Mark your calendars: Reunion 2014 will be May 30-June 1. Hope to see everyone there.
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5016 Les Chateaux Apt. 234 Dallas, TX 75235-8750 cissy1234@yahoo.com Kari Andersen Shipley writes: “1977 classmates Angela Scully Elser, Cindy Webb, Linda Guardabassi Michael, Paula Brumm Hennessey, Vera Blake Theirs and Janet Williams Osborne spent a 4-day weekend together at the Shipley home. They celebrated Cindy Webb’s recent retirement from the CIA where she was head of counter-intelligence and was awarded the Presidential Award for Meritorious Service by President Obama and General Petraeus. Kari continues to fundraise for 4 charities and paint. Youngest son Matt will finish his 2-year Peace Corps term in Paraguay this year. Middle son is off to law school; oldest son is working in south Fla.
Beth Bates Locke’s husband Claude produced 2 Texas Health Resources commercials. Daughter Becky finished summer school and will continue her studies at Brookhaven College in Dallas. Beth is still in agent sales at Briggs Freeman/ Sotheby’s in Dallas. Sherry Buttrick continues her work (20 years!) for Virginia Outdoors Foundation as assistant director of Easements in Charlottesville, Va. Sherry and her husband Forbes are building a house on about 80 acres they own. Teesie Costello Howell’s youngest child, Suzannah, graduated from William and Mary. Oldest child, Jackson, finished a year of teaching in France and is now in N.Y.C. Teesie continues to originate mortgage loans, and husband Chris is still at Dom. Resources. Teesie’s father passed away in 2/12, so she is spending more time with her mom. In Chicago, Melanie Coyne Cody has just finished renovating her home. The Cody family went skiing after a train trip from Chicago to Colo. last Jan. They spent Easter in Hilton Head, and in July sweltered in the hottest week in Wis. (over 100 degrees) with Missy Briscoe McNatt. Fun connection—Melanie hired a summer intern from Scripps College (daughter Sarah’s alma mater) who turned out to be Julie Pettinga Stalnecker’s daughter Zoe Stalnecker. Galvin Gentry called in her update from Baltimore, Md., saying she appreciated being contacted and her news was “she has had a heart attack and stroke, but still is glad to be alive!” We all wish Galvin a speedy recovery! Lynn Kahler Rogerson is living in her 1815 home in Old Town Alexandria, Va. Her daughter is now in 8th grade at National Cathedral School in D.C. and continues with piano and is on Pointe in ballet. Lynn continues organizing exhibits for museums. Ann Kiley Crenshaw’s son Clarke married Whitney Walker in Charlottesville on July 7. Classmates Sally Old Kitchin, Lisa Nelson Robertson, Catherine Adams and Melanie Rice Holland were there for the festivities. Clarke Jr. is living in Houston. Younger son, Gordon, lives in N.Y.C. In Virginia Beach, Ann stays busy with law practice at Kaufman & Canoles and volunteering. Ann had a mini-reunion with Mary Beth Hamlin, Sally Mott Freeman, Sally Old Kitchin and Cathy Slatinshek Prillaman in northern Va. in Aug. From Rye, N.Y., Mare Moran works as marketing and client relations director for the law firm of Dorf & Nelson, LLP. She enjoyed some time off traveling to Phoenix, Scottsdale, Sedona, Grand Canyon, Myrtle Beach and Colo. Son Chris (h.s. junior) works as a part-time photographer. In 2011, Tennessee Nielsen joined Jewish Family Services of Dallas as an employment counselor. She enjoys facilitating an employment networking group for Women 50+. Daughter Kelsey Indorf relocated from Atlanta to D.C. to be a campus recruiter for PricewaterhouseCoopers. In April, Dede Ryan Ale moved from Houston to Santa Monica, Calif. John is now general counsel of OXY (occidental petroleum). Son John graduated from UVa in 2010; son Matt graduated from Vanderbilt in 5/12. Both boys are working in Richmond, Va.
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