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tend to go to the British Library where Judy researches the history of English bookbinding. Judy is sorry to miss seeing everyone at the reunion and looks forward to her class next landmark! scrams@earthlink.net
1957 Judy Rohrer Davis enjoys life in Raleigh, where she continues to do counseling and volunteers at the State Archaeology Research Center and finds both activities very interesting and rewarding. Son Rick and his wife Leisa live nearby. He is an attorney at NC State and she is working on her post-doctorate at UNC in neurobiology. Son Brooks and his wife Ingrid have one boy, Matthew, 18 months, and are building a house in Charleston, SC, where they plan to move later this year. Son Tim, who returned from 2H years working in Germany, spent the summer in Philadelphia on contract with SmithKline. He was married in August 2003 in Germany to a wonderful young woman whom they’re all looking forward to welcoming into the family. They have a house in Raleigh, but aren’t sure where they will be in the future. Judy spent some time with Betsy Smelzer Winslow who lives in Chapel Hill. She’s doing well, has six granddaughters! Her son Brad practices medicine in Colorado, and daughter Liz lives in Corning, NY, with her husband Chris and three daughters. Judy says “Hi! to all classmates and friends. Would love to have you stop by for a visit if you find yourselves in this area!
jardavis@mindspring.com Sally Guy Stone-Worsing still works as executive director of City Music Center in Pittsburgh and is thankful to have a job she loves. Sally went to India in January 2003 for son Christopher’s wedding. “Three down and one to go!” Chris and his wife began faculty jobs at Middlebury College in September 2003, where his speciality is modern Arabic literature. Daughter Tade Stone Allen ’80 and her family live in Virginia Beach. Tade is busy with a full-time job and three children. Son Guy and his family recently transferred from Basel to Cork, where he is a chemist with Novartis, and Sally’s youngest son Charlie is an architect who also works in Basel. Life is good! stone@duq.edu
1956 Lynne Crookston Stull took a five-week car trek through Dallas, Tennessee, Ohio and, Virginia and ended in Orlando
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in early spring 2003. Flowering trees were all abloom so it was the perfect time to go! Now she is learning all about the county she lives in through a class that teaches residents how their tax dollars are being spent. “We spend eight hours each week visiting the jail, airport, courts, library, transportation, etc., so we can understand all about our county. It’s a very informative program and I’ve certainly learned a lot. Retirement is fun!” lyn438@webtv.net
1955 Melinda Brown Beard writes that she and her husband Phil “recently returned from a trip following the steps of St. Paul in Turkey and Greece, although not EXACTLY as St. Paul did it, as we were on the Sea Cloud. What a glorious experience!” She recently saw Franny Blasdell Hubbell, who was in Pittsburgh for a photography meeting, her new passion. “Franny looks as beautiful as the pictures she
takes.” All four children and nine grandchildren are doing well. She sends love to all. melinda@SCBSLAW.com Mary Minor Evans is setting up a volunteer program for the Richard I. Bong WWII Heritage Center in Superior, WI. Husband Bob retired last spring, so travel is in their future. mevans@d.umn.edu Elizabeth Forstall Keen says that retirement in Florida is wonderful. She and Don enjoyed a three-week trip to China. Linda Goorin Marcus is now a full-time choral lyricist for the sacred and educational markets, after many years teaching humanities courses. She writes for several choral music publishers including Warner Brothers, Shawnee Press, Hinshaw, Santa Barbara, and Lorenz, and collaborates with several composers, all of whom are gifted and generous! She and Dick have been married 45 years. Daughter Susan Marcus Jacobson ’78 lives in