had a chance to try—all made right there in Hopewell. This is written in September, and I (Lorrie) am heading to Wheaton for ALC/Homecoming weekend in October, with the rest of your class officers. Hoping for crisp fall New England weather and beautiful foliage! Write soon, and if you send out a holiday letter this year, send a copy to me so we can all share in your news! Lorrie Winkler Ksiazek, 53 Fair Oaks Court, Newtown, PA 18940, (215) 968-3553, lorriekeys@comcast.net
1973 Vickie Spang is still the head of marketing for a 500-plus-attorney law firm based in Los Angeles. She sees Marion “Dee” O’Grady when she’s in New York on business or visiting her mother, who, at 95, is still hanging in there! Dee works at the New York Times and has a beautiful home in Nantucket. Vickie writes, “I’m divorced and childless, which makes me a sort of ‘Auntie Mame’ to my friends’ kids. Since I live in shallow, superficial L.A. (with apartment in San Francisco), I’m researching plastic surgeons in preparation for our next Reunion.” Barbara Dana Tollis is a board member of The Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center along with Lisa Alano McCarthy ’80 and Dianne Crary ’76. “My heart belongs in pediatrics, where I have been volunteering for 20 years.” A group of society members wrote a best-selling cookbook, Park Avenue Potluck, along with New York Times food contributor Florence Fabricant, which was number one in three categories on Amazon.com. The society’s next cookbook, Park Avenue Potluck CELEBRATIONS, was published in October 2009 and can be ordered at a special “friends and family” price at www.ParkAvenuePotluck.com. “Please also follow us on Twitter at /parkavepotluck. We would be so grateful for everyone’s support. Partial proceeds fund the Society’s programs for patient care, education and research.” Kristin Bergfors Thompson and husband Joe have been business partners for the past 16 years. They own an association management company in Annapolis, Md. Daughter Molly, who graduated from CU Boulder in 2008, joined the family business in August 2008. “Like many who have been in the workforce for over 35 years, it is comforting to know that the next
generation will help to lighten the load. After a year exploring many aspects of the business, she is a valued member of the 13-person company.” Kristin notes that the current economy has everyone working harder to keep even, and is grateful that her daughter has come to work for their company. Through Facebook, I heard from Cecile Strauss Hanft. She attended Wheaton for freshman year, then transferred to Johns Hopkins. Cecile writes, “Bobbi Cohen Rood and I were good friends for many years, but lost contact so I’m very glad to get in touch with her through you.” Linda Berard Tiedemann writes that unlike most of her fellow classmates, she has a child starting high school this year! (“I should have grandkids!”) Her daughter attends Houston (Texas) Christian High School, a private college-prep school, and is interested in looking at a few Boston colleges. Linda still works with Merrill Lynch’s Private Banking and Investment Group. Rebecca Burtt Callow, who has been our class Fund agent for many years, received the Alumnae/i Board Award at Homecoming in October. Congratulations, Becky! Debbie Dwyer Geary, 48 Pinewood Road, Needham, MA 02492, (781) 444-1493, gearydebbie@hotmail.com
1974 A few classmates sent news, so this column will not be all about me! Let’s start with the inspirational. Unfortunately, our classmate Gail Arch has stage IV breast cancer. But rather than focusing on her illness, Gail, Sarah Adams and two other women, have started the Gaila Fund (www.gailafund.org), which makes and markets beautiful headwear for women experiencing hair loss or just wanting to add zest to their wardrobe. All proceeds are used to supply Gailas (headwear fashioned from silk and using African design) or to provide grants to women cancer patients in financial need due to the impact of cancer on their lives. And Gail and Sarah, along with Michelle Ritz Chen, Tanya Yagjian, Nancy Graham Lundquist, Susan Williamson Klein ’75, Carol Buckley Naber ’75 and Kate Adams Hurley ’75, had a fun fall weekend on Nantucket. Kim Bedle Robey is the program officer for the Episcopal Church in New York City. She and the church are part of a large global movement for gender justice issues. Citing Nicholas
Kristof’s book Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, Kim would like the Wheaton community to be able to “talk” via a Google group or Facebook. Hopefully, we can find a way to use our class Web page to foster this interaction. Maxine Phillips Blackman reports that freshman roommate Cindy King lives in California with her husband and two daughters. Older daughter Alexandra, who’s attending college in Colorado, returned from West Africa in May, where she studied traditional West African dance. Younger daughter Samantha is beginning the college selection process. Cindy now works “exclusively for a syndicate of Spanish-language public radio stations called Radio Bilingüe that serves the population of immigrants and agricultural workers.” Speaking of Spanish speakers, Marty Smith de Rangel recently saw Bryna Greenwald Pomp in New York. The Washington, D.C., crowd hopes that Marty will join us on one of her trips to the U.S. In the last issue I told you about Maxine Blackman’s photography; now I get to tell you that she is even more talented than I knew. My husband John and I recently went to an art, jewelry and fashion sale at which everything was made by Max or her sister Rosemary. Max’s jewelry is incredible. I had such fun picking out special items for myself and some lucky folks on my holiday gift list.
And I wish I could have justified purchasing one of Rosemary’s quilts. Bambi Meserole Siegfried is very busy with shuttling her children to trains and airports and continues to enjoy aerobics with her mom. Anne Sears reports that she is job hunting since the economic downturn took her job away. In addition to that loss, her family is selling the cottage on Chappaquiddick that they have had since 1965. While Anne is saddened by the sale, she hopes to make one last trip in October and then stop by Wheaton while in the area. Speaking of the Cape, Jane Martin has “fulfilled a long-held dream” by purchasing a cottage in Harwich. Jane wants to share it with friends, neighbors and friends of friends. We also congratulate Jane and Helen Malone P’11 on their marriage in June. And now, the hardest part of this process. I regret to tell you that Marcia Breitinger Beverly died peacefully at home in August, after living courageously with metastatic breast cancer for 10 years. She leaves husband Walt Beverly, daughters Erin and Stacie, and one granddaughter. We send sincere condolences to Marcia’s family and loved ones. We also send condolences to Carolyn McQueen and Mary Zygala Schleyer, whose fathers passed away recently. M. J. Morrow, 4661 N. Dittmar Road, Arlington, VA 22207 (703) 2375671, mjmorrow1@comcast.net
Jane Martin ’74 and Helen Malone P’11 (in front) were married June 27, 2009, in Chatham, Mass., with many Wheaton friends in attendance. Back row: Andrew Malone ’11, Maria McGrath S’84, Sharon Howard ’87, Becky Hemperly ’88; third row: Stefani Filak ’77, Cheryl Hoenemeyer ’73, Susan Altman S’88, Katherine Kendall S’56; second row: Sue Cobean Cutillo ’74, Heather Corbett ’86, Kerin Stackpole ’84, Ariel Perry ’11, Peaches Henning ’56 and Krys Kornmeier ’74. Winter2010 2010 4747 Winter