Page Stewart and the SBC gang was “hysterical…Lisa Wray Longino shoveling out while in a mink coat. I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time!” Sallie Sexton McKenney reported that husband, Bob, passed away last June at 56. They’d been together since ’81. She had a rough time, but is keeping herself busy while the shock wears off. Deepest condolences from all of us, Sallie. Toni Brown is president of the Real Estate Association in Lexington. Daughter Claibourne was married last yr., which afterwards, Toni promptly went to the beach in Litchfield, SC, to sleep for 3 days! Younger daughter Finley moved to GA. Toni and Jim traveled to Costa Rica with Turks and Caicos as the next target. Robin Jones Eddy is always around Lexington so they see each other often. Meg Richards Wiederseim, Mary Goodwin Gamper, Maria Rixey Gamper and Mimi Borst Quillman got together to reminisce about a trip to Upper Saranac Lake in the Adirondacks, NY, after Meg had recently returned from Big Horn, WY, visiting relatives. Maria had been to France to pick up daughter Catherine and Mary had been bottling too many gallons of honey from her bees! Mimi was heading out to Moose, WY, in Sept. while her husband was going elk hunting. This past spring she caught up with Alden Corrigan and Caroline McKissick Young at the Devon Horse Show, as well as Libby White Drbal ’77. Julie Pfautz Bodenstab spent 2 wks. on Cape Cod, where she caught up with Lauren McMannis Huyett ’79 and Bill (vacationing in Falmouth, MA). After 20+ yrs., lunch together meant so much. Her eldest, Phillip, is engaged; a 6/11 wedding is planned. Son Peter works in RI. Suzanne Stryker Ullrich: My father died last Dec. (Mom still in FL), but then in Mar. Alex (29) got married in Jamaica. Alex (and Kellie) and Andrew (27) are working in the Phila. area. We see them occasionally (but never enough), and Ned (22) is a Jr/Sr at Penn State after a 40 day bike trek last summer through the Rockies and out to the OR coast. I’m working towards a Med, but also have a new job, working for an insurance company. The changes in education are all interesting, especially the online format! Seeing Carey Johnson Fleming and Lauren Place Young in NY and VT were 2 of my stops during my ‘auto-trek.’ So, another year has passed, and many of us have had celebrations and challenges, setbacks and advancements and losses. But in the end, we still have our connection to Sweet Briar. I didn’t hear from as many classmates this time around, but hope this correspondence finds you well and content. P.S. Apologies to anyone who didn’t get to contribute. If you didn’t receive a pink postcard this past summer, please contact the Alumnae Office (call or do it online), or me, to update your information. I did receive a number of un-deliverable cards back in the mail. Also, email me for the notes, complete with quotes.
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1979 Mary “Robbie” McBride Bingham 7624 Coors Blvd. SW Albuquerque, NM 87121 sweetbriar1979@gmail.com Connor Kelly: My mother planned a cruise on the Baltic for her 80th birthday! We went from Copenhagen to Stockholm. I got to spend a day with Karen Reis and her husband in Copenhagen. I hadn’t been there in at least 15 yrs. so that was special. I spent my birthday in the Hermitage. I still dance, practice dance/movement therapy and teach yoga in a woman’s gym. I’m also a La Leche League Leader and a midwifery standards consumer reviewer. My 2 dance colleagues and I received a grant for a contemporary dance performance next yr. If anyone is ever in New Zealand, let us know. Piper Allan Severns: Graduated law school in ’85 and moved to Orlando. I practiced commercial real estate law, married Keith in ’97, became a stay-athome mom in ’01 with Annabel. Started working as a part-time 1st grade teacher’s aide 2 yrs. ago and got my teacher’s certificate. Annabel is entering the 4th grade this fall. She’s active in ballet, piano, lacrosse and soccer. We travel to the Abacos in the Bahamas and our mountain home in NC often. We’re all active in church. Dad passed away last yr. and mom is in assisted living in Orlando. Ashley Wilson Brook: Looking at colleges with daughter Mary Grayson (17). Son (14)loves Boy Scouts. I retired from being a preschool teacher of 2s after 11 yrs. Would love to keep up with more alumnae. Where are some of you? Married 20 yrs. no pets, just chauffeuring the kids. Wish that I had attended the last reunion. Beth Bogdan Tetrault: I see Amy Smith often. We both live in the Richmond, VA, area about an hour away from each other. I’d love to hear from Pete, Kate, Brandy and Aimee. Anne Garrity Nelson: I’m about to become an “empty nester” as the last of my 3 kids leaves home. Emily is at Penn State this fall. My eldest is in IA working on the governor’s campaign and my middle son will be a junior at Mary Washington. Lynn Westine: Daughters Nicole and Jen got engaged to the 2 best guys on earth. Weddings: Nicole and AJ, fall ’11; Jen and Eric, 6/11. Business is good. We’re down the home stretch on shipping and launching one of our spacecraft. In Nov., NASA will launch ‘Glory,’ which will: help us understand some of the uncertainties with natural and anthropogenic aerosols; and, also continue recording the solar irradiance … both are important in understanding the earth’s energy (im)balance. The other mission is getting out of design phase. In 2012, we’ll launch a mission that will continue looking for and understanding black holes. Sally Ann Sells Bensur: Left Mellon ( BNYMellon) in’09 after 30 yrs. Most of my time is spent with family and catching up on projects. Bill is an investment consultant for public funds, endowments and corporate pension funds.
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Daughter Holly will graduate h. s. in 6/11. Son Will is an h. s. sophomore. I saw Betsy Burns Utterback in Feb. in FL, wonderful to reconnect with my former roomie! We missed Laura Evans by a day or 2, but managed to find Julie Muchmore Cooney by phone. Annette Teng: Left my job as engineer in silicon valley to be caregiver to elderly mother. I’m in Sydney, Australia. If there are any alumnae in Sydney, please contact me annetteteng@me.com. My daughter (SBC ’08) and son (16) are independent enough not to starve with me gone. Cheri Harris Lofland: I passed my 20yr. milestone in Europe — the 1st 4 in Switzerland and the last 16 in London. I was transferred to Switzerland and then attended London Business School for a MSc in Management in 1994-95, going from there to a series of communications roles at Reckitt & Colman (now Reckitt Benckiser), Marks & Spencer and Lend Lease before spending 3 yrs. consulting in Dubai. Now back in London full-time, I’ve started my own strategic communications consulting business, optimistically hoping that the “end is nigh” for the financial crisis. Jane Hubbard Sams: Lives in Oakton, VA. Husband Lloyd travels and his private equity business is holding tight, working hard. Henry (24) moved home and is completing a degree and job searching. James (20) sophomore @ Miami of OH. My father (90) thinks he’s Labraune James, and said that “he has
more hair on his butt, than on his head.” His dementia is always entertaining ... I have something to look forward to in my old age. Connected with “wonderful” Nancy Hatch and Francis Biggers in Atlanta in Jun. with Ann Yauger ’78 and Libby Freeman. Becky Trulove Symons: Don is still in banking. Sally graduated from UNCChapel Hill in May with a major in English and a minor in Creative Writing. Elizabeth is a junior at UNC and is on a NOLS trip in the Wind River Range in WY. Anne will be a senior. My nest is emptying, I’m adjusting. I’m busy for about a mo. in fall and spring with the Furniture Market in High Point, which I enjoy. Holly Perkins Meyers: I still practice law with husband Charlie in Lufkin, TX. 3 sons are Carter, a senior at the U. of TX; Sterling, a freshman at Ole Miss; and Miller, a junior in h. s. Karen Ries: I live in Denmark, north of Copenhagen, with husband Søren and son Christian (16). He’s happy and healthy, but at 6’4”, it can sometimes feel a bit intimidating telling him to be home before midnight! We met up with Connor Kelly and her 2 charming sons, Patrick and Teague, in Copenhagen, 7/10. It was wonderful, especially to see Connor after 14 yrs. Day Pritchartt Dodson is an emptynester, but aging parents provide someone to care for. Anybody else know that tune? I live in Arlington, VA, and manage a faith-based foundation; also serve as minister for children and families at a local church. Lauren Evans: I live 6 mos. in Umbria
and 6 mos. between Palm Beach and the Bahamas. Graham Maxwell Russell, Betsy Byrne Utterback, Nancy Webb Corkery ’81, Virginia Donald Latham ’81 and Caroline Hawk Sparrow ’81 have visited. I’d love to have any alumnae come and visit. I’m making fantastic red wine, 95% sangiovese, 5% merlot and hope to have it on the market in ’11. Robin Behm: Happy & well in San Diego with Wendy and a wonderful circle of friends here. Busy with partnerships in real estate, wine, and some ventures in early stages. Made it East this past spring to visit family in MD, h. s. reunion, and attend a beautiful P-town wedding on the Cape. Out on Facebook, see you there! Vivian Hamlett McEntire: I’m a physician employed as a Hospitalist in Montgomery, AL. Married 26 yrs. to LeRoy McEntire, mother of 2 college age daughters (at Sewanee) and one son (15).
1980 Phyllis Watt Wilson 3939 Livingston St NW Washington, DC 20015 phylliswjordan@hotmail.com
Fran McClung Ferguson 1917 Maylin Dr Salem, VA 24153 franferguson@comcast.net Cliff Notes version: everybody either had a great time at Reunion, or was sorry to miss it. Lots of gratitude for friendships, renewed or new, and the support of SBC alumnae in person or via Facebook. No matter what, one of us has already been there, done that, and glad to share the T-shirt! Reunion 2010: We had a blast! The Class of ’80 came back in force with 42 members in attendance (to read their names, contact the Alumnae Office for a list, alumnae@sbc.edu). If you weren’t there, we missed you! Please email or find one of us on Facebook… and plan to be back at the Briar in 2015! After 25 yrs. of practicing law and 8 yrs. of “stomping grapes,” Karen Black Meredith and Robin moved from NY back to Santa Fe, NM. Now she’s a real estate agent with Prudential and having a lot of fun. While in NY, they owned Broadfields Wine Cellars, a winery on Long Island, which they sold a few yrs. ago. Susan Boline Thompson (TX) survived breast cancer, divorce and going back to school at SMU full time to get certified to teach, all simultaneously. She credits Myth Monnich Bayoud for being her SBC blessing, organizing meals for her during that difficult time. She now teaches 1st grade to minority, disadvantaged students. Susan’s boys are seniors in h. s. (Myth’s son attends the same school.) Her daughter is a junior at Tulane. Amy Campbell Lamphere looks forward to the insanity of her daughter Sarah’s senior yr. in h. s. Son Jake is a junior at Nebraska Wesleyan. She spent a weekend this summer at dance teacher’s camp in Boulder, prepping to