CLASS NOTES
1945
Bob Donaghy (See 1995.)
1949—Reunion Year
Many thanks to John Beckley and Mason Marston Daley for organizing this fall’s reunion. Don’t miss any reunion information! Please make sure your email address is up to date with the Alumni Office (302.576.2032 or alumni@wilmingtonfriends.org).
1951
John R. Griffith was named a member of the 2014 Health Care Hall of Fame by Modern Healthcare. He was recognized for helping healthcare organizations improve their performance and for his widely used textbook, The Well-Managed Healthcare Organization. John is a professor of Health Management and Policy at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Charles Tjersland received a lifetime achievement award from the Middle Atlantic Society of Orthodontists.
1954—Reunion Year
Thank you to Faith Poole Greeley for leading the class get-together for the 60th reunion this fall. Then both get the reunion year text where there are organizers…Don’t miss any reunion information! Please make sure your email address is up to date with the Alumni Office (302.576.2032 or alumni@wilmingtonfriends. org).
1958
Elisa Stroud Poole ’59 and Dick Poole have been collecting art since 1963. In March, they generously donated 100 pieces from their collection to be auctioned at a fundraiser to benefit Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County.
1959 —Reunion Year
We are still seeking volunteers to help organize the 55th Reunion. If you might be interested, or for more information about what is involved, please contact the Alumni Office at 302.576.2032, or email alumni@wilmington friends.org. Elisa Stroud Poole (See 1958.)
1952
Fred Pardee wrote to let us know that the 7th annual Florida Reunion of the Class of 1952 was held on St. Patrick’s Day. It was hosted by Vi and Lew Doughton in Punta Gorda. Attendees included: Elizabeth and Bob Hodge, Mary and John Nice, Diane and Barry Smith, Laura and Fred Pardee, and Rufus Jones. Many thanks to the Doughtons for hosting!
1962
Betty Hirschland Munro shared this note with us: “We moved back to Barnard, Vermont in June 2014. We leave our ‘children’ and eight grandchildren in northeast Ohio. Barnard is familiar to us as I visited my grandparents in the same village each summer. Don has always loved the area . . . so much so that he remained a Vermont resident when we moved to Ohio to help with grandchildren. He attended Town Meetings in March and voted at Town Hall! From snow to snow we go!”
1964—Reunion Year
At the Class of 1952 Florida Reunion: Lew Doughton ’52, Bob Hodge ’52, John Nice ’52, Barry Smith ’52, Fred Pardee ’52, and Rufus Jones ’52.
Walter Stapleton received the 2014 American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the Third Circuit. Walt was first appointed to the federal bench—the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware—in 1970; he was appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals in 1985, and took senior status in 1999.
1953
Marilyn Crum Cooper-Harper spent Easter in Maryland with her daughter, youngest son, her brother’s oldest son, and their families. They are scattered in different states and enjoyed the time together.
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Marianne Johns Cook continues to live in Wayne, Pennsylvania, keeping busy with her tutoring business, family, and friends. She recently has enjoyed catching up with some members of the Class of ’64 and is looking forward to celebrating the 50th reunion this fall.
1970
Roy Wilkinson ran for President of his Machinist’s Union District and also finished his second term as a Trustee at Cascadia Community College last September. He will miss being part of the higher education system.
1974—Reunion Year
Thank you to Meg Adams Hunter and Dorothy Connolly Mraz for planning the 40th Reunion for the Class of ’74. Don’t miss any Reunion information! Please make sure your email address is up to date with the Alumni Office (302.576.2032 or alumni@wilmingtonfriends.org).
1975
David Siebert sent us this note: “Sometimes the lights are all shining on me. Other times I can barely ski!” David Siebert ’75 at Copper Mountain in Colorado.
1978
Marci Lobel wrote: “As the G7 world leaders met in The Hague this Spring, another important G7 meeting was held in Washington DC. As seen in the photo below, the WFS G7 included (front row L to R) Carol Longacre, Sue Finger, and (back row L to R) Marci Lobel, Ellen Rudawsky Stevens, Beth Ann Wahl Kolpen, Alice Zino, and Val McKinley Daugherty, all of whom returned after 35+ years to the locale of their Senior Class Trip for a weekend of touring, reminiscing, and fun! Although the cherry blossoms didn’t open and their visit with Eleanor Roosevelt was amid pouring rain (see photo), a great time was had by all! Unfortunately, Joan Pearce Snyder and Amy Gibbs Heller were unable to attend; Barack and Michelle also called at the last minute to say they couldn’t make it. Special thanks to classmate Rich Diver for his generous help with G7 transportation.”
Thank you to Leslie Kirkman Reed, Pamela Perkins Young, and David Ellis for coordinating the 50th Class Reunion. They have an exciting weekend planned, with dinner on Saturday evening at Greenville Country Club. Don’t miss any Reunion information! Please make sure your email address is up to date with the Alumni Office (302.576.2032 or alumni@wilmingtonfriends.org).
1969—Reunion Year
The Class of 1969 will be celebrating its 45th Reunion at Vicmead Hunt Club the evening of Saturday, October 18th. Many thanks to Nancy Reese for organizing this event. Don’t miss any Reunion information! Please make sure your email address is up to date with the Alumni Office (302.576.2032 or alumni@ wilmingtonfriends.org).
Members of the Class of 1978 reunite in Washington DC (see names in Marci’s class note). Opposite: Members of the Class of 1978 with a statue of Eleanor Roosevelt, during the “WFS G7” in Washington, DC.