Perspective, Fall 2011 - University Liggett School

Perspective
The Magazine for University Liggett School
Fall/winter 2011

Athletic
Memories
On the Friday of Homecoming weekend, we inducted our first Alumni
Athletic Hall of Fame class. It was a wonderful evening celebrating six
scholar athletes, men and women, spanning 50 years of our history. In
each case, the inductee spoke of teachers and coaches who had profoundly
affected their lives. They spoke of classmates and friends who were
partners in their success. It was not simply a celebration of great athletes,
but a celebration of the school and of its influence on the lives of all who
attend it.
Homecoming weekend itself was an exciting day of athletic contests (all
successful!), renewing friendships, recalling memories and imagining the
future as our current students from the earliest grades to the seniors
participated in the events that made these three days so enjoyable.
Memories are made from just such moments. The memories we hold
nearest to us are made from the friendships and relationships we hold
dearest. So this weekend of sports was far more than just about scores and
outcomes, it was the celebration of our school, of our students and faculty,
and of all of those whose talents, work and dedication create the bonds that
make all of this a lifelong experience.
Dr. Joseph P. Healey
Head of School
We are never lost in this place because it is our place. Each person
contributes to the web of memories that bind all of us together. Even
decades later and miles away we are still connected. The history of a great
school is the history of these connections, memories, and friendships. As
we celebrate all that this school has meant to each of us, we accept as well
the care of it so that future generations can continue to share our gift.
Though we may be far away and it may be years since we stood here, in
this place we shall never be alone and never be strangers…
“that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts.”
– Tennyson
Thanks for your support and don’t be a stranger.
The girls basketball team had a great run
last year, making it all the way to the state
finals played in East Lansing. The team is
expected to do just as well this year.

Perspective
fall/winter 2011
The Magazine for
University Liggett School Alumni
Head of School, Dr. Joseph P. Healey
2011-12 Alumni Board of Governors
Catherine Sphire Shell, ’79 President
Stacy Miller Buhler, ’82 Vice President
R. Booth Platt Jr., ’96 Secretary
Alice Wrigley Baetz, ’64 (LIG)
Richard Berri, M.D., ’92
Alesia Bicknell, ’66 (GPUS)
Carrie Birgbauer ’93 – San Francisco
Don Blain, ’41 (DUS)
Biz Renick Bracher ’87 - Boston
William Canfield ’64 (GPUS) – Washington D.C.
Elizabeth Mikos Canzano, ’81
Ellen Renick Durand, ’79
Ellena Gatzaros, ’95
Page Heenan, ’82
Thomas Henry, ’61 (GPUS) – Florida
Latia Howard, ’03 – Chicago
John Polizzi, ’83
Samina Qureshi Romero, ’91
Robin Harris Russell, ’59 (GPUS) – Rye, NY
Jane Weaver Reuther, ’55 (GPUS)
Karen Edwards Sutherland, ’81
Beth VanElslander Wood, ’89
L. Pahl Zinn, ’87
Student Representatives:
Clayton Ford (2011)
Elizabeth Drake (2012)
Kevin Allen (2013)
Director of External Relations
Associate Head of School
Kevin Breen
Office of Development & Alumni Relations
Assistant Head of School
Director of Development
Kelley Hamilton
Director of Alumni Relations
Michael R. Zarobe
Major and Planned Giving Officer
Cressie Boggs
External Relations Event Manager
Virginia Fox Hartigan
Annual Giving Manager
Mariana Gilbert
Development Coordinator
Trish Shapiro
Perspective - Fall/Winter 2011
Editor – Ron Bernas
Photography – Ron Bernas, Rebecca Thomas,
Glenn Triest, Liggett Archives
Cover photo – Lane Donovan (DUS)
1932 Basketball Co-Captain
Graphic Design – CHM Graphics
In this issue…
Athletic Hall of Fame .................................................... 2
Student Perspective ..................................................... 12
From the Development Office ................................... 14
Parent Perspective ....................................................... 16
Alumni Visitor Day ..................................................... 18
Distinguished Alumni Award ................................... 20
Cool Jobs ....................................................................... 22
Class Notes ................................................................... 29
In Memoriam ................................................................ 52
You may send any news, photos, announcements or memories
to your class secretary, or directly to Michael Zarobe, Director
of Alumni Relations, 1045 Cook Road, Grosse Pointe Woods,
48236-2509. Do you have Internet access You may also send
your information via the www.uls.org website or e-mail items
to Michael at mzarobe@uls.org.
University Liggett School
1045 Cook Road
Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236-2509
313.884.4444 • www.uls.org
University Liggett School is Michigan’s oldest, co-educational, pre-K
through grade 12, independent day school. University Liggett School
does not unlawfully discriminate against any person on the basis of
religion, race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age, disability or any
other protected class as provided by applicable law.
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University Liggett School’s
athletic programs tell stories
more important than simply
the number of wins and losses.
They tell
of students
finding
themselves
Athletic
Hall
of Fame
UNIVERSITY LIGGETT SCHOOL
for the first
time on the
playing field.
They tell of
Joe Healey, Head of School
kids becoming
leaders on the court and – using the skills
of teamwork and determination learned in
perfecting a game with others – later in life.
While we have produced many
champions worthy of honors,
there are six that stand out
from the rest. They make up
our inaugural class of the
Alumni Athletics Hall of Fame.
We profile them here.
More than 80 percent of our Upper
School students participate in sports
after school. The lessons learned
from coaches and teammates are as
important as what is learned in the
classroom and that’s why athletics
is such an important part of a
University Liggett School education.
L-R: Chuck Wright ’66 (GPUS), Janet Kincannon (mother of
honoree Andrea Kincannon ’83), Doug Wood ’90, Onnie Killefer
’74, Michael Coello ’90 and Bruce Garbutt ’53 (DUS)
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Bruce Garbutt
Class of 1953 (DUS)
“University Liggett School
helped to give balance and
purpose to my life because
I was just an average student
and athletics gave me the
feeling of accomplishment
and great satisfaction.”
University Liggett School
• 1950-1953: varsity baseball, basketball, football
• 1951, 1952 varsity football SSC Champions
• 1952 varsity basketball District Champions
Class D
• 1952 varsity baseball SSC Champions
Won 13 out of a possible 16 varsity letters in 4
varsity sports
Western Michigan University
• Varsity football
• Intramural basketball
• Intramural badminton singles champion
Semi-professional baseball pitcher in Canada
Bruce Garbutt’s early years of baseball, ice hockey,
basketball and ping pong prepared him well for his
varsity career at Detroit University School. In fact, one of
his most memorable coaches, William Yeager, said Bruce
had the fastest hands he had ever seen, something Bruce
attributes to playing a lot of ping pong at a young age.
In addition to Coach Yeager, Bruce cites Norm Platine
(baseball) and Robert Page (track) for recognizing
his potential and working with him. Bruce also
acknowledges Earl Kimber (basketball) as another
inspirational coach. “He worked me extra hard to
improve skills in rebounding and shooting free-throws.
“Earl instilled in me to do
my very best no matter
what the outcome.”
Bruce summarized
the attributes that best
characterize his athletic
career as “stick-to-it-iveness,”
persistence, being
a team player, never
giving up and fulfillment
in a job well done.
Chuck Wright
Class of 1966 (GPUS)
“The people truly make the
school and we had a wonderful
faculty and a great student
body. We had so many good
athletes as well in the mid 60s.
Athletics was pretty much my
identity. Through athletics,
I learned self-control and
discipline. I also learned how to
be a good teammate and leader.”
University Liggett School
• 1962-1966: varsity tennis, football, basketball
• 1964, 1965, 1966: state champion in tennis
• 1966: MVP in football, tennis
• 1966: Williams College Book Award
• 1965: varsity baseball
Trinity College
• Three-sport athlete: soccer, basketball
and tennis
• Eight varsity letters
• Middleton Award for being the Trinity
athlete with the most spirit
Top Midwest Senior tennis player
Inducted into the Michigan State Hall of Fame
for tennis
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Athletic Hall of Fame
continued…
Chuck Wright’s “fierce desire to compete” began back when, as a 5-year-old, he
played with the 8-year-olds on the Kerby Elementary School playground. Interested
in every sport, he played baseball, football, basketball, tennis and swam as he was
growing up. “I wanted to be as good or better than the older kids.”
At GPUS, three coaches had a tremendous influence on Chuck’s life: Bob Wood,
who taught him how to be a smart player and control his emotions; Dick Trim, “a
Vince Lombardi type who was tough but showed he loved you” and Bill Hindle, the
“strong, silent type who simply demanded respect by the way he was.”
Chuck Wright
Class of 1966 (GPUS)
Coaching became a very important part of Chuck’s life. During his career, he started
the varsity tennis team in Charlevoix and coached it and the freshman basketball
teams for a number of years. His coaching career at Liggett included seventh- and
eighth-grade soccer, junior varsity basketball and tennis, as well as varsity basketball
and varsity tennis. His honors included league coach of the year in basketball
multiple times, and state coach of the year in tennis.
Onnie Killefer
Class of 1974
“From Muriel Brock, I learned
how to work with and coach
others, to have sportsmanship
be just part of the game, to
experience and commit to a
greater whole, and to love
sports…Today, 35 years later,
many of us get together on a
yearly basis as a result of our
time with Muriel.”
University Liggett School
• 1970-74: varsity field hockey, volleyball
and basketball
• Field hockey team was undefeated for
four years, and un-scored upon in her last
two years
• 1970-1973: varsity tennis
Stanford University
• 1974-1978: varsity field hockey
• All-American last two years
• Two years: varsity basketball
• 1974: tennis
National Field Hockey team 1978
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It’s not a cliché to say that Onnie Killefer has sports in her blood. One grandfather was
a professional baseball player and coach, and the other played in the first Davis Cup
tennis team, representing the United States. With her mother, Onnie was a runner up
at the USTA Mother-Daughter National Grass Court Championship in Rhode Island in
the mid-1970s.
Onnie cites Liggett athletic director, physical education teacher and coach Muriel Brock as
“the single most influential coach and mentor for me and many others at ULS,” and cites
the athletic program Brock built as the reason she stayed and played sports at Liggett.
Onnie played varsity field hockey, basketball, volleyball and tennis and went on to play
varsity field hockey at Stanford. “During a sophomore semester in Germany in 1976, I
saw the world cup in field hockey, and knew that was what I most wanted to do, and
started my training in earnest then.”
She was one of the first players west of the Mississippi to make the National Field
Hockey Team in 1978. The team beat Holland, the top team in the world, that year. They
trained for the Olympics in 1980, but the United States boycotted the games in Russia, so
they didn’t compete.
Onnie Killefer
Class of 1974
After coaching field hockey at Stanford and taking an unknown, unranked team to a #12 ranking, Onnie went back to
school for a master’s degree in Physical Education. Today, she is the department chair in kinesiology/physical education
at Cabrillo College in northern California, where she teaches physical education.
Andrea Kincannon
Class of 1983
“My teammates at University
Liggett all helped to create and
sustain an environment of
learning and excellence where
success was lauded and failure
or a misstep was seen as an
opportunity to correct. The
lessons I learned with these
high-spirited friends have
served me well.”
University Liggett School
• Track and basketball
• Michigan High School Athletic Association individual
state champion:
• 1980 200 Meter Individual Champion
• 1981 200 Meter and 100 Meter Individual Champion
• 1982 200 Meter and 100 Meter Individual Champion
• 1983 400 Meter Individual Champion
Bates College
• Women’s Indoor Track All-time Top Ten Performances
• 1984 Women’s 4x200 Meter Relay Bates College
record
• 1985 55 Meter and Long Jump, 18’7”
• 1986 200 Meter and 400 Meter
• 1987 300 Meter
Growing up, Andrea was naturally drawn to
physical activity and anything fun. Whether it
was waterskiing, skateboarding, sprinting or playing
dodge ball, Andrea “lived for the experience
and exhilaration of the moment.”
She credits all of her coaches at Liggett for playing
an important role in developing her talent and
confidence and encouraging and supporting her
throughout her career.
National Recognition
• 1986 Division III, National Women’s Indoor Track
Championship, All-American Long Jump
• 1986 Division III, National Women’s Indoor Track
Championship, All-American 400 Meter
• 1987 Division III, Women’s Basketball ranked 13th
in rebounding
• 1987 New England Division III, Senior All-Star
Basketball Game
continued on page 6
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Athletic Hall of Fame
continued…
Andrea Kincannon
Class of 1983
Andrea was unable
to attend in person,
but participated
through Skype.
“The Rev (Coach George Andrews) stands out in particular because he saw something more
in me than I could see in myself. He would encourage me to look at the accomplishments of
Althea Gibson (the first African-American woman to be a competitor on the world tennis tour)
and to think more expansively about the possibilities for my future.
“Being in the company of exceptional coaches and teammates who work in the spirit of cooperation
makes for a solid athletic foundation.”
According to Andrea, Liggett was “a great environment in which to develop or incubate my
intellectual curiosity and my athletic talents.”
Michael Coello,
M.D.
Class of 1990
“There will never be so strong
a bond as the one between
those of us that worked,
bled and sweat so much and
became champions together.”
When Mike Coello attended Liggett, it was simply
the enjoyment of playing sports and the camaraderie
of his teammates and friends that was important.
It was later that he realized the value of the
unique experience of playing sports at Liggett.
“Our coaches, for the most part were our teachers.
There was always the balance between athletics
and academics that was stressed. Sports provided
an outlet and structure. Friendships were forged.
The work ethic and concept of teamwork were
further developed and ingrained in me and have
served me well in college, training and surgery.”
University Liggett School
• 1986-1990: varsity hockey
• 1989, 1990: All-State Academic Team
• 1989, 1990: 1st team All-State
• 1990: Most Valuable Player
• 1988-1989, 1989-1990: Captain
• 1990: Michigan State Ice Hockey Champions –
Class B, C, D
• 1987-1990: varsity soccer
• 1990: 2nd team All-State
• 1987- 1990: varsity lacrosse
• 1989, 1990: 2nd team All-State
• 1990: All-State academic team
Williams College
• 1990-1994: varsity ice hockey
• 1994: first place, Division III
• 1994: William E. McCormick (Coaches’ Award)
• 1990-1994: junior varsity lacrosse
• 1990-1993: junior varsity soccer
Professional Ice Hockey
• Landesliga, Erding, Germany 1995
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He calls his dad his “first coach, support, fan and inspiration.” Mike also cites as
memorable coaches John Fowler, David Backhurst and Joe Hubbach who, “with his
military work ethic, instilled in me the three Ds: discipline, devotion and desire.”
After graduating from Liggett, Mike went on to Williams College in Massachusetts.
“We had to have good athletics at Williams because we were called the Ephs after the
founder Ephraim Williams and our mascot was a purple cow. If we weren’t good,
people would have made fun of us!”
Mike, a graduate of the University of Michigan Medical School, is associate staff at
the Division of Thoracic Surgery at William Beaumont Hospital; assistant professor
of surgery at Oakland University William Beaumont Hospital School of Medicine;
and co-director, Center for Reflux and Esophageal Cancer Prevention at William
Beaumont Hospital.
Michael Coello, M.D.
Class of 1990
Doug Wood
Class of 1990
“My first year as a high
school athlete in soccer we
should have won the state
title and did not. It showed
me you cannot just show up
for a game.”
Doug Wood only had three coaches during his
12 sports seasons at Liggett but he credits all three
of them – David Backhurst (soccer), John Fowler
(hockey), and Bob Wood (tennis) – for pushing him
to achieve what he would not have without them.
After graduating
from Liggett, Doug
went on to Babson
Collage, where he
learned “that just
because you were
a good high school
athlete does not
mean anything –
when you get to
college everyone is
good.
University Liggett School
• 1986-1990: varsity soccer
• Led the team in points in 11th and 12th grades
• Held the school record for assists at graduation
• 1986-1990: varsity hockey
• 1990 Led the team to state championship
• Led the team in points all four years
• Holds the career point record for Michigan High
School hockey
• 1986-1990: varsity tennis
• Played on three state championship teams
Babson College
• 1990-1994: varsity hockey
• Made the NCAA Division III tournament three years
• Won the ECAC Division III hockey title in
sophomore year
• 1994 Made the final four in the NCAA tournament
• Led the team in point senior year; named MVP
“I had a classmate ask my coach if I could change hockey
numbers and his response was: ‘Tell Woody he’s lucky to have
a number.’” However, Doug did go on to earn all-league honors
in his senior year.
Most recently, Doug has coached high school hockey at both
Liggett and DeLaSalle.
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University Liggett School
Alumni Athletic Hall of Fame Nomination
The University Liggett School Alumni Board of Governors invites you to submit nominations for the Alumni
Athletic Hall of Fame Award, presented annually (during Homecoming Weekend) to an alumnus/na who meet
the following criteria and attended University Liggett School or one of its predecessor schools for a minimum of
four years:
• Solid character and citizenship in the school community
• Exceptional athletic record
• Distinguished post graduate athletic competition and/or coaching
The award recipient will be selected by the Alumni Athletic Hall of Fame Committee.
Nominee _________________________________________________________________ Graduation Year____________
Address ____________________________________________________________________________________________
City/State/ZIP _ _____________________________________________________________________________________
Home phone/Business phone _ ________________________________________________________________________
Reasons this person is being nominated. (Continue on additional sheets. Enclose resume if possible.)
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Submitted by ________________________________________________________________________________________
Address ____________________________________________________________________________________________
City/State/ZIP _ _____________________________________________________________________________________
Home phone/Business phone _ ________________________________________________________________________
Please return form by February 24, 2012 to: University Liggett School, Office of Alumni Relations, 1045 Cook
Road, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236. You may also fax the form and any other materials to (313) 884-1775.
For more information, contact the Office of Alumni Relations at (313) 884-4444, ext.415.
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A
A Tribute to and from a Super Fan
As the 2009 University Liggett School hockey team battled to remain undefeated
throughout the regular season, the players found inspiration from a variety of
sources. A steady presence in the stands that season, Peter Gushée always appreciated
a game well-played, especially one characterized by grit and grace, tenacity and
sportsmanship. A fine athlete himself, Peter excelled at Liggett, Avon Old Farms
Academy, and Albion College, and enjoyed watching his children, Patrick and David,
compete for the Knights.
Peter passed away in January of 2011 after a long battle with diabetes and kidney
disease. Present in Christ Church for the celebration of his life was the entire hockey
team, demonstrating the sportsmanship he so admired. To quote his long-time friend
Garland Knight, “Peter always put others first before himself and paid close attention
to sportsmanship.”
Shortly after his passing, friends and classmates paid tribute to Peter by offering gifts
to University Liggett School in his honor. This year, we are pleased to add the gifts
made in memory of Peter to The Gushée Family Scholarship, in recognition of the
family’s long commitment to Liggett and its predecessor schools.
In honoring the family’s intentions, we will continue to offer the Jacqueline Lowe
Gushée Memorial Writing Prize awarded to a ninth-grade student with demonstrated
interest and ability in language arts, a strong academic record, and who has exhibited
model citizenship. Additionally, The Gushée Family Award will also be given in
alternate years to an incoming ninth-grade student who demonstrates a record of
community service, a strong academic record, model citizenship, a commitment to
sportsmanship and who is athletically inclined. We believe that in this way we honor
the intentions of both awards and the members of our community who inspired others
to give.
If you are interested in making a gift in memory of these two inspiring members of
our community, you may designate that gift in memory of Jacqueline Lowe Gushée,
Peter Hale, or to the family of funds to be known as the Gushee Family Scholarships
from this point forward. Contact Kelley Hamilton, Director of Development at 313-
884-4444, ext. 410.
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Alumnus
helps lead team to
state championship
“Right from the beginning there was an expectation that this team
could win a championship, but in baseball, you have to play it out.”
So Says Gary Stark, ’93, an assistant coach for Liggett’s 2011 state
championship baseball team, who helped head coach Dan Cimini
guide the team to a 30-4 season.
Although he has always loved the game, Stark didn’t play baseball at
Liggett. He ran cross country, played basketball and was on the track
team, but he always struggled with baseball.
Gary Stark ’93
“Others at the school encouraged me to try out for baseball,” he said.
“That’s the great thing about Liggett: You’re always being encouraged
to try new things.” But he simply couldn’t play well enough. It wasn’t
until he was out of high school that he discovered why.
A routine eye exam uncovered a condition known as strabismus; as
Stark describes it, “it’s basically double-vision.” That was the reason
he couldn’t hit the ball: His brain was sending his body incorrect
messages about what it saw. Three operations on his eye muscles later,
Stark was a different man.
Driven by his love of baseball, he started coaching, first in Little
League then in the travel and federation leagues and, just before he
joined the Liggett Upper School coaching staff, for the Grosse Pointe
Redbirds.
“Dan and I got to know each other through the Redbirds and he asked
if I would like to join the Liggett team,” Stark remembered. “It was a
real easy decision for me to make.” Stark, a finance associate with the
McGregor Fund, which makes grants to nonprofits in metro Detroit
that work in human services, education, health care and arts and
culture, joined Jeff Denyer, Bob Conway and fellow Liggett alumnus
Glynn Conley, ’59, GPUS on the coaching staff.
One of the reasons for that easy decision was that he knew many of
the players from his years coaching in the community. But the major
reason is the respect he had for Cimini.
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“I thought it was
super special to
be part of a state
championship team,
Gary Stark, at far left in top row, with the 2011 State Baseball Champions. Cimini is
second from right in top row.
“Dan is always reaching for the stars,” Stark said. “He had a very strong vision
about where this team could go and he never took his eyes off it.”
Cimini said Stark was a great addition to the team: “He was very organized,
always on top of things and every day he learned something. He was a great part
of the state run.”
especially at my
alma mater,” Stark
said. “It’s something
you never forget.”
Stark said his role was to help Cimini keep the team focused: “This was a very
mature group and they had a real desire to win a championship. I’ve never
been associated with a better group of teammates. Their desire to win and make
everything count was truly impressive.”
Alumni coaches
University Liggett School is blessed to have many alumni coaches currently
shaping lives on and off the field.
Chuck Wright ’66 (GPUS) ................................ V tennis assistant coach
Drew Mascarin ’80 ............................................ V tennis head coach
Tamara Lie Fobare ‘92 ...................................... V field hockey head coach (and V lacrosse head coach)
Becky Simpson Gast ‘95 ................................... MS field hockey coach
Chip Fowler ‘07 ................................................. V football assistant coach
Aziz Jan ‘09 ........................................................ MS assistant tennis coach
Clare Burchi ‘02 ................................................. MS field hockey coach (and V lacrosse assistant coach)
Alexis Bohlinger ‘05 .......................................... V girls’ hockey assistant coach
Jamie Bow ‘08 .................................................... V girls’ tennis volunteer assistant
Glynn Conley ’59 (GPUS) ................................ V baseball assistant volunteer coach
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student perspective
On football
Fall is the season that
most students dread:
Summer is over and
we have to go back
to the daily grind of
schoolwork. However,
there is a small group
that cannot wait for
this season: football
players. For us, the day
after school ends is when
our work begins, getting
faster and stronger for
the upcoming season.
and when September
arrives, the preparation is
complete; it’s time for us
to show what we can do.
After our winning season last year, every
one of us knew that we wanted to take the
program to a level higher. After finishing
our final game, a group of players, myself
included, spent three days a week going to
the school’s weight room. During the winter
Eric Streebing ’12 and spring, people came and went due to
sports requirements, but when summer came
around, we didn’t have enough space to fit everyone. So, we decided
to change the venue, going from our smaller weight room to the
more spacious Pointe Fitness gym, which had more than enough
space for all of us.
But, the time came when we had to go beyond just lifting weights
and actually go to practices. While I love the sport, there is one
thing that sends fear down my spine: double sessions. With two
sessions a day in the middle of August, I find it amazing that nobody
has ever passed out from them. But if one good thing came out of
these, it’s that many players hung out together between these
sessions. There we recovered and steeled ourselves for the next
session, and with that time, I got to know people I would have never
truly known otherwise.
To me, that is what football is all about, building camaraderie
between players. Our football team has moved beyond just being
a team, we have become like a family to each other. I will always
remember, one week back in sophomore year, I had a bad week at
school and a horrible game; so I was feeling pretty down come the
bus ride home. On that long ride back, I had at least half the team
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attempt to take my mind off my problems, helping me
feel at least a bit better. That day made me realize the
team is a family, we might annoy each other a lot, but
in reality we look out for all of our brothers. This year
is no different. I know that no matter what happens to
any single person on the team, they know that they
have 30 people willing to help them out.
This season saw us with a new coach, Lou Ray, and at
first I was unsure weather he would be the right fit for
us. However, by the first week of practice, I knew we
were going to go far this year. Each day we came in
focused and determined, and this was due in no small
part to Coach Ray. If we ever got lazy in practice or
were late, he’d let us know usually with down-ups or
laps, just to make sure we didn’t do it again. But that
isn’t to say we were all work and no play. In practice,
we found ways to make drills more involving. One that
sticks to memory is that ever since the tackling dummy
came into our possession, the linemen had one goal: to
break it. We ended up breaking it one time, and while
we never did break it again, the goal got us to hit
harder in practice, and it showed in games. We ended
the season 9-1, going into playoffs with a perfect record.
While I want to say that I can’t wait until next year
when I get to do this again, I’m a senior, so my time
playing football here is over. All I can say to the rest of
the team is that I wish you all luck, and I’ll be there to
support you guys.
Working with the football
team at Liggett this year
has been one of the most
educational, interesting,
and exciting activities
I have done here so far.
Jessica Walilko ‘12 As some may guess,
football is mainly a maledominated
sport, so going in as a female manager
was a little intimidating.
After getting to know the new coach, Lou Ray,
and the assistant coaches as well as the players, I
have found a new love for the rough and intense
program. Seeing the players practice every day
after school, putting their blood, sweat, and tears
into each position, would make anyone proud of
their dedication to a sport they love.
By combining hard work with what the
coaches have taught them, including the things
that they have taught themselves and each
other, they have managed to fight and conquer
both inexperienced and tough teams and
become an undefeated football team leading
up to the playoffs. This season has definitely
been tough, but the guys managed to try their
hardest and pull through with great strength.
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from the development office
As fall descended on Michigan, golden colors and crisp air
welcomed students to Liggett. Though I was on campus
throughout the summer, there is a wonderful energy in seeing
these children — some young, others quickly reaching
adulthood — as they enter the halls of the school. Each year
brings promise and opportunity, and there is delight in
watching how these explorations challenge students and
expand who they are as academics, as athletes, as artists, and as
people.
Kelley Hamilton
Assistant Head of School
Director of Development
I am proud to work at Liggett, and I am proud to be a Liggett
parent. I have three girls here: my oldest is a freshman, my
middle daughter is in fifth grade, and my youngest daughter
has just started preschool. As a parent, I know that students at
Liggett are known by their teachers, by the school staff and by
their classmates.
While the academic fundamentals are central, there are unique opportunities for a student to find her
passion by exploring interests to the point of mastery within the framework of an excellent program.
This is true on the playing fields — as highlighted in this issue of Perspective — as well as on the
stage, in a laboratory, through club participation, or in ways developed by an individual student.
Liggett students are well-rounded scholars, they are supported in exploring the interests that excite
them, and they are encouraged to take ownership of their own intellectual character and future.
The Liggett Merit Scholarships have continued to elevate the academic environment of the school.
These scholarships have attracted the absolute best students from all over southeast Michigan:
Students who engage and challenge their peers, students who may use the education they gain at
Liggett to change the world. Building an expansive community of the brightest young minds
through the Liggett Merit Scholarships provides an expectation of personal excellence that fosters an
environment where this individualized learning can flourish.
Being a part of the Liggett community means something significant and special: it means sharing
a standard of excellence, and it means understanding the true value of education. The cost of
educating a student at Liggett exceeds the cost of tuition and Liggett depends on multiple funding
streams to pay day-to-day operating expenses, including money generated through the annual Fund
for Excellence.
I believe it speaks volumes about our school and the dedication of the faculty that last year saw 100%
staff and faculty participation. Every single faculty and staff member gave to the annual Fund for
Excellence last year. Already, Liggett’s Lower School has achieved 100% giving from staff and
faculty this fiscal year. I hope you will support the annual Fund for Excellence this year as well.
I would be delighted to speak with you about the Liggett Merit Scholarships, the annual Fund for
Excellence, and all the new initiatives and programs going on at Liggett. Please feel free to be in
touch at khamilton@uls.org or at 313-884-4444, ext. 410.
Or feel free to talk to me at an athletic event at Liggett. Go Knights!
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Fund for Excellence
Kick-Off Event
Anne Wood Birgbauer ‘62
(GPUS), Marilyn Gushée and
Alesia Bicknell ’66 (GPUS)
Stacy Miller Buhler ’82, Board
of Governors, Booth Platt ’96,
Board of Governors, and
Susie Bowen
Carol and Ben Warren ‘73
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parent perspective:
Susan Azar ’87
Susan with Alec, Nick
and Madeline.
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Shaping the future
one student at a time
Attending University Liggett School
reshaped my life as a student. I had
always done well in school, but my
experience at Liggett in the Upper
School took my studies to the next
level and prepared me for college.
There were many unique opportunities
afforded to me as a Liggett
student. The small class size was
something I had not experienced
before and the personalized attention
I received was invaluable. The course
material was challenging and provided
me with an excellent foundation. I had
always been involved in athletics and
was excited and encouraged to
continue on that path at Liggett.
My time as a student influenced my
college career and professional path
by preparing me for the road ahead.
The academic demands at Liggett
really paved the way to college for me.
I was ready for the workload in college
and had the study skills to help me
succeed. Blue book exams were
something I was very familiar with
in the Upper School, so when I
went to college, I did not find them
intimidating at all. At Liggett, I was
encouraged to be in charge of my
learning and that helped prepare me
to take charge of my college education
as well. Inspired by my Liggett Senior
Project at an advertising agency, I had
several other advertising internships
during my summers in college that
helped lead me to my first job at an
advertising agency. I believe that
it was a combination of my education
and real-world experience that
gave me an advantage in the
professional world.
My role as an alumna and parent
advocate for Liggett is very important
to me because I believe in what
Liggett has to offer its students.
I know that the academically
challenging course work and
personalized education I received
many years ago is still offered to
students today. With all the advances
in technology, the way children learn
today is very different from the way it
was for me years ago, and Liggett has
embraced and incorporated these tools
into how it teaches students today.
My husband Michael and I decided
to enroll our children at Liggett
because of the challenging academic
environment, small class size and
personalized education we knew
they would receive. All three of our
children started in Pre-K 3 and we
have had the pleasure of watching
them grow as young people and
students of learning. Today, our
oldest Nick is a freshman, Madeleine
is in seventh grade and Alec is in
fifth grade.
My children’s experience at Liggett
mirrors my own experience in many
ways in that they too experience
the benefits of the small classroom
size and a challenging academic
environment. All of the teachers know
all the students and vice versa. This
type of environment is conducive to
their learning and their ability to be
critical thinkers and good citizens.
I have been an advocate of the school
and active volunteer since my children
first started in the Lower School over
10 years ago and I continue to enjoy
being involved in the Liggett
community today. I have served on
the school’s Board of Trustees and
have been very involved in the Liggett
Logo Store, promoting and selling
school spirit related items. I also have
been involved in the school’s annual
fundraising event and have enjoyed
giving back to the school that has
given me so much.
Staying connected
to Liggett keeps me
connected to my
children and the
history that we share.
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Alumni Visitor Day – Fall 2011

J.J. with classmates Alice Wrigley Baetz
‘64 (LIG) and Joan Priest-Weaver ’64
(LIG) before her lecture for the Upper
School students at Liggett.
J.J. with art teacher Jim Pujdowski and Upper School students at Liggett.
Celebrated artist and alumna J.J. L’Heureux ’64 (LIG)
visited Liggett Sept. 30 and shared her experiences
photographing penguins and other wildlife in
Antarctica with the Upper School students. J.J. talked
about her adventures traveling to the Lost Continent
and writing two books, “Good Day Book” and “Faces
from the Southern Ocean.” While in town, J.J. also
opened her exhibit, “Penguins: A Photographic
Expedition,” at the Detroit Zoo, where she lectured on
her artwork and reunited with classmates and friends.
J.J. reunites with classmates and friends at her art exhibit at the
Detroit Zoo. L-R: Alumni Board of Governors President, Catherine
Sphire Shell ’79, Mary Low ’64 (LIG), J. J., Alice Wrigley Baetz ’64
(LIG) and Andy Baetz.
J.J. with Upper
School students
and art faculty
members Jim
Pujdowski and
Karen Katanick
during her visit
to Liggett.
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Third Annual
Distinguished
Alumni Award
Highlights
Alumni Weekend 2011
Gretchen Valade and Head of School Joseph P. Healey, Ph.D.
“It was her love
of jazz music
that set her
life’s course.”
Alumni and friends gathered to celebrate and honor
entrepreneur and philanthropist Gretchen C. Valade
with the third annual Distinguished Alumni Award
during the All-Alumni reception.
Valade is a member of the 1945 class of Grosse Pointe
Country Day School. She was nominated by alumna
Catherine Sphire Shell, Class of 1979, and was chosen
from among other nominees by the school’s Alumni
Board of Governors.
Valade’s extraordinary advocacy for jazz music in
the Detroit area, including sustaining the Detroit
International Jazz Festival and creating the elegant
Dirty Dog Jazz Café and Morning Glory Coffee and
Pastry Shop, has made an indelible mark on the
cultural landscape. And with Mack Avenue Records,
she has established a wonderful showcase for local and
national jazz artists.
Valade says it’s her way of honoring Detroit as the
music capital of the world.
“We can’t lose the music industry here – we need to
keep it alive,” she said. “I was just hoping to open up
everyone’s thinking and bring people in from all over
to listen to jazz.”
Valade and members of the Chris Codish Jazz Trio.
Valade remembers her time at Grosse Pointe Country
Day School with fondness and an appreciation of the
first-class education she received as a student. She
developed lifelong friendships and field hockey skills.
But it was her love of jazz music that set her life’s
course. “Jazz is uplifting, a foot tapper and brings
everyone together in a positive way,” she says.
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University Liggett School
Distinguished Alumni Award Nomination
The University Liggett School Alumni Board of Governors invites you to submit nominations for the
Distinguished Alumni Award, presented annually (during Alumni Weekend) to an alumnus or alumna who meet
the following criteria and attended University Liggett School or one of its predecessor schools for a minimum of
four years:
• Distinguished service or accomplishment in an academic pursuit or profession.
• Exceptional contributions to the cultural and quality of life of a community.
• Superior service to the school over a period of years.
The award recipient will be selected by the Alumni Board of Governors Awards Committee.
Nominee _________________________________________________________________ Graduation Year____________
Address ____________________________________________________________________________________________
City/State/ZIP _ _____________________________________________________________________________________
Home phone/Business phone _ ________________________________________________________________________
Reasons this person is being nominated. (Continue on additional sheets. Enclose resume if possible.)
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Submitted by ________________________________________________________________________________________
Address ____________________________________________________________________________________________
City/State/ZIP _ _____________________________________________________________________________________
Home phone/Business phone _ ________________________________________________________________________
Please return form by February 24, 2012 to: University Liggett School, Office of Alumni Relations, 1045 Cook
Road, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236. You may also fax the form and any other materials to (313) 884-1775.
For more information, contact the Office of Alumni Relations at (313) 884-4444, ext.415.
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cool jobs : Carol Dunitz
Alumna writes stage musical to star in
If ambition is contagious, studying the life of Sarah Bernhardt is bound to make
a person do something bold.
After immersing herself in the career of the French tragedienne — who was not
a star but a supernova — Liggett alumna Carol Dunitz (LIG ’68) last year gave up
a career as an independent speechwriter and communications strategist to pursue
a lifelong dream of writing and producing musicals. Her first work was a tribute to
“The Divine Sarah” called “Bernhardt on Broadway,” a one-woman show starring
Dunitz that has been staged across the United States and Canada since August 2010.
Dunitz brought the show to the Grosse Pointe War Memorial in June and will
perform the show March 6 through April 1 at Detroit’s 1515 Broadway Theater.
Dunitz, who lives in Ann Arbor, said the qualities that propelled Bernhardt to
international stardom are the qualities that make her an ideal subject for a musical:
unbridled ambition, unrivaled talent, and an unparalleled instinct for
self-promotion.
Liggett alumna Carol Dunitz (LIG ’68)
A century before the Information Age, which has given celebrities television,
Internet, Twitter, Facebook and other tools to showcase their art and image,
Bernhardt used the limited resources of the day to make herself the most famous
woman on the planet. She accomplished this through provocative interviews with
the press and by orchestrating the spread of apocryphal stories about her eccentric
lifestyle. These outrageous tales, gobbled up by eager newspaper reporters, led
curious throngs on every continent to flock to her performances. But her talent and
magnetism brought them back each time the tireless globetrotter returned.
“Bernhardt on Broadway” takes place on an evening in the late 1890s, when Bernhardt would
have been in her mid-forties, and finds the actress alone in her parlor talking intimately to the
audience about her life. Through the course of the two-hour show, during which Dunitz dons a
thick French accent and elaborate costumes, Bernhardt tells colorful stories and sings 12 songs
that relate her ascendancy to world acclaim, beginning with her childhood as the illegitimate
daughter of a courtesan. She sings of her mastery of public relations, her need for adoration, her
resilience in the face of life’s disappointments and defeats and her inimitable persona. To ensure
authenticity and get closer to the truth about a woman who deliberately spread misinformation
about herself, Dunitz read close to a hundred books on Bernhardt.
Dunitz, who has been writing music since she was nine, compares her work to that of old school
composers such as Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. She wants audiences to leave
with melodies and lyrics running through their heads, she said.
Sarah Bernhardt
circa 1890
Dunitz, whose next project is a musical about Abraham Lincoln told by his wife, Mary Todd, recalls Liggett as “a very
comfortable atmosphere where you were encouraged to pursue your interests.” This type of academic environment is
crucial to pursuing varied interests throughout life, Dunitz said, whether or not one changes careers as she did.
“When you attend a school like Liggett,” she said, “you have the opportunity to learn about so many things so that
later you have a broader base for enjoying life.”
For more information on the musical, including tour dates and locations, visit www.bernhardtonbroadway.com.
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Save the Date
Alumni Weekend
May 18-19
In May 2011, we launched the first ever all-on-campus Alumni Weekend. More than 160 alumni came
together on our historic campus to reconnect with fellow classmates and to celebrate milestone class
reunions. This new tradition gave alumni a unique opportunity to rediscover and revive ties with the
place that shapes lives and has served our region as a school of excellence for over 135 years.
The Alumni Board of Governors created a memorable
weekend that included a spirited cookout picnic, an
all-alumni cocktail reception, the presentation of the
Distinguished Alumni Award to entrepreneur Gretchen
C. Valade ’45 (CDS) and special reunion dinners. There
was even an all-alumni afterglow with dancing and
retro music by a popular local disc jockey. The Ladies
Luncheon at the Country Club of Detroit also gave
alumni a chance to share memories and reminisce.
Alumni loved being back on campus and enthusiastically
endorsed the back-to-school concept. With a successful
Alumni Weekend behind us, we look forward to our next
reunion festivities on May 18 and 19, 2012. Whether you
have a milestone reunion or just want to reconvene with
friends, be sure to mark your calendars and be part of
the excitement.
And as you get ready to commemorate your 10th, 20th,
25th, 30th, 40th, 50th or 60th reunion in 2012, reflect on
the experience you had at University Liggett School or
one of its predecessor schools. Now is the time to
show support for the exceptional education you
received at your alma mater with a class reunion gift.
As a class, you can make a difference by supporting
the annual Fund for Excellence.
Your support of the annual Fund for Excellence allows
unrestricted dollars to impact each student and the
school’s greatest needs. Class giving allows you and
your classmates to remain part of the school community
years beyond your time as students.
We will be sending out a class reunion giving packet in
early 2012. It will outline how to get started in organizing
a class reunion gift, including specific areas to support.
There is no better way to honor your reunion on May 19
than with a class gift to the annual Fund for Excellence.
And for the first time, two awards will be given during
Alumni Weekend, one to the reunion class with the most
dollars raised and other to the reunion class with the
highest percentage of giving.
Thank you for continuing to be part of the school’s family and helping to ensure its future strength and success.
Best regards
Michael Zarobe
Director of Alumni Relations
Mariana Gilbert
Annual Giving Manager
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2010-11
Alumni Gifts
by Class
The alumni tradition of philanthropy
plays an important role in ensuring
University Liggett School’s legacy of
educational excellence from generation
to generation. Our alumni remain
engaged and supportive of the school
and we are truly grateful for their
generosity.
This is a list of alumni giving by
class for the 2010-11 fiscal year.
For a comprehensive listing of all
donors to the school for the 2010-11
fiscal year, please visit our website
at www.uls.org/annualreport.
Class Of 1935
Mrs. Michael P. Fellowes
Class Of 1936
Mr. & Mrs. Ralph C. Wilson, Jr.
Class Of 1937
Mr. & Mrs. John B. Ford III
Mary D. McGuire
Elizabeth Small Watson
Class Of 1938
Mr. Richard L. Goodwin
Theodore and Jean Hodges
Class Of 1939
Mrs. William L. Drennen
Mr. Palmer T. Heenan
Mrs. Jules R. James
Mr. & Mrs. H. Hudson Mead
Mrs. Robert M. Surdam
Class Of 1940
Theodore and Jean Hodges
Mr. James M. Hund
Constance H. Nichols
Class Of 1941
Don Blain, M.D.
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas T. McClure
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce J. Renaud
Mr. & Mrs. Alfred H. Schrashun
Mr. John B. Watkins
Class Of 1942
Dr. & Mrs. John J. Baughman
Mr. & Mrs. John B. Ford III
Mr. & Mrs. William Clay Ford
Mrs. John Sewell
Class Of 1943
Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Stephen Kratzet
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas T. McClure
Mr. Stephen M. Stackpole
Class Of 1944
Anonymous
Mrs. Robert Walter Brandon
Mr. William Y. Gard
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Henkel, Jr.
Mr. James M. May
Estate of Margaret Harvey Watkins
Mr. & Mrs. John P. Worcester
Class Of 1945
Mrs. Jon S. Cook
Mr. & Mrs. Milton Henkel
Janet Staley Howard
Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Stephen Kratzet
Dr. William D. Maxon
Mrs. Clarke Murphy, Jr.
Eleanor B. Stephenson
Class Of 1946
Sally Potter Cudlip
Mr. Salvatore L. Volpe
Class Of 1947
Doris Ann Brucker
Mr. Greene Fenley III
Mr. & Mrs. Harvey C. Fruehauf, Jr.
Mrs. Robert L. Gotfredson
Mrs. Richard A. Speer
Suzanne R. Sprague
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond R. White, Jr.
Class Of 1948
Mr. Richard H. Coyle
Mrs. Bette-Burr Meader Fenley
Mr. & Mrs. John B. Foster
Mr. & Mrs. H. Richard Fruehauf, Jr.
Miss Joan Shurly Kennary
Dr. & Mrs. John L. Lumley
Joe & Peggy Maycock
Dr. & Mrs. John H. Williams
Mr. & Mrs. Frank P. Wilton
Class Of 1949
Beth Smilansky Neman
Mrs. Orval Opperthauser
Mary Boyer Taylor
Mrs. Frank B. Walker II
Class Of 1950
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis H. Bauman
Lauren & Ben Chapman
Mr. & Mrs. William D. Dahling
Mr. & Mrs. H. Richard Fruehauf, Jr.
Ruth Henderson Graham
Sidney and Jack Whelan
Class Of 1951
Mr. & Mrs. John C. Blaney
Mrs. Ralph R. Cooper
Ms. Jean A. Diekoff
Mr. & Mrs. Peter A. Dow
Mr. & Mrs. John H. Fildew
Rebecca Patterson Hein
Judith Hubbard-Hutchinson
Mrs. Julius J. Huebner
Mr. & Mrs. Myron R. May
Mr. & Mrs. Samuel B. Sherer
Mr. & Mrs. George H. Zinn, Jr.
Class Of 1952
Dr. & Dr. Richard J. Bingham
Mr. & Mrs. Gordon R. Maitland, Jr.
Molly Chalmers Pratt
Leonard W. Smith
Class Of 1953
Jerry Jaglowicz
Mrs. Thomas A. Motherwell
Class Of 1954
Peter B. Bogle
Shelley Scarney Buchanan
Lauren and Ben Chapman
Mrs. Joan R. Fisher
Mrs. Christopher Gale
Susan and Dan King
Christine Watling Paddock
Ms. Carol J. Silverman
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond R. White, Jr.
Class Of 1955
Mr. & Mrs. John D. Durno
Mimi Kenower Dyer
Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Eriksen
Eleanore Stalker Foster
Mr. & Mrs. Milton Henkel
Mr. W. Magruder Jones
Mrs. Alexander B. Merriman
Mr. & Mrs. Alfred R. Reuther, Jr.
Lynn Johnston Scoville
Mrs. Wilbur I. Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Paul H. Wehmeier
Class Of 1956
Gloria Jacobs August
Miss Jean Dodenhoff
Mr. & Mrs. James A. Fitzgerald
Mr. & Mrs. Alfred R. Glancy III
Mr. & Mrs. George G. Jerome
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Class Of 1957
Mrs. Helene Judith Bailey-Gillis
Mr. & Mrs. Laurence D. Connor
Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Evans III
Mr. & Mrs. Mason Ferry
Mr. & Mrs. William K. Howenstein
Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. William B. Krag
Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Lambrecht
Mrs. Sandra W. Lovell
Mr. & Mrs. James M. Stewart
Class Of 1958
Mary Warren Eick
Mr. & Mrs. James A. Fitzgerald
Mr. & Mrs. Alfred R. Glancy III
Mr. & Mrs. Verne C. Hampton II
Tim and Joan Litle
Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. Nickson
Mr. & Mrs. William A. Petzold
Mr. Gary W. Rembacki
Mr. & Mrs. James M. Stewart
Class Of 1959
Martha Parker Chamberlin
Sara Champion, Esq.
Mr. & Mrs. J. Glynn Conley, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. George A. Haggarty
Mr. & Mrs. Peter T. Kross
Mr. Gordon C. O’Brien
Robin Duke Harris Russell
Mr. William M. Walker III
Class Of 1960
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce D. Birgbauer
Denis and Connie Bourke
Mr. & Mrs. Peter H. Fortune
Mr. Bruce M. Gillis
Glady Menge Hancock
Dr. Charles B. Johnson III
Mrs. Catherine T. Kerlouegan
Dr. & Mrs. William R. Richards
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Stevens
Class Of 1961
Denis & Connie Bourke
Miss Margaret N. Carpenter
Mrs. Charles W. Coates
Dr. & Mrs. Charles K. Coe
Mr. Dennis Cross
Mrs. Susan Dyson
Drs. John D. & Rosemarie L. Fisher
Mrs. Robert G. Green
Mr. Thomas Guastello
Mr. & Mrs. George A. Haggarty
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Henry, Jr.
Mrs. William B. Hudson
Mr. Joseph N. Jennings, Jr.
Mrs. Mary Buttrick Johnson
Mr. Selden O. Kaufman
Mrs. Paul J. Keeler, Jr.
Mr. John Kelson &
Mrs. Elizabeth Dalrymple
Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Lambrecht, Jr.
Ms. Lynn Leithauser
Mrs. David Marentette
Mr. & Mrs. Peter H. Monroe
Hervey C. Parke III
Mr. & Mrs. William C. Rands III
Mr. Jac H. Ritter
Dr. & Mrs. Noel F. Savignac
Mr. & Mrs. John P. Shanle
Mr. John E. Siegmund
Ms. Jean Templeton
Mr. Franklin M. Walker, Jr.
Class Of 1962
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce D. Birgbauer
Ms. Mary Elizabeth Lewis
Mr. Jonathan Harrington & Ms. Judith Bing
Dr. T. Harrop Miller, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. William C. Rands III
Bill Stockard
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. White
Class Of 1963
Ms. Bonnie Baron & Mr. Peter Delacorte
John Webber Buell
Ms. Laura Evans Ford
Annette Longnon Geddes
Mr. John L. Golanty
Miss Carolyn Leech
Ms. Sharon L. Litsky
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Magreta
Dr. & Mrs. Nicholas T. Moisides
Mr. & Mrs. John Fink Mozena
Margaret VanDeGraaf Shannon
Adena Wright Testa
Class Of 1964
Suzi Wilkins Berl
Mr. William B. Canfield III
Mrs. Charles E. Curtis
Susie Boone Miller
Ms. Karen E. Van Riper
Class Of 1965
Donna Marie Iukov Joity
Mr. & Mrs. Eric B. Latos
Mr. & Mrs. John D. Mabley
Mrs. Edward W. Pettigrew
Toni Eder Slotkin
Class Of 1966
Ms. Ranlet S. Bell & Mr. Frank M. Bell, Jr.
Ms. Alesia G. Bicknell
Mr. William R. Chapin
Mr. & Mrs. Edsel B. Ford
Connie Brown Glaser
Mrs. Paul Laughlin
Dr. Kathleen A. McCarroll
Robin Senter McKenna
Martha Ford Morse
Susan Stuckey Thoms, M.D.
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Wright IV
Class Of 1967
Mr. & Mrs. Wallace J. Gamber, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur H. Getz, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. John W. Ingle, Jr.
Mr. Standish B. Marks
Mr. Forrest R. Old
Katherine Duff Rines
Ms. Bethine S. Whitney II
Mrs. Hiram W. Woodward
Class Of 1968
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Fuller, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. William W. Shelden, Jr.
Class Of 1969
Betsy Gram Calcutt
Christine McNaughton Cameron
William W. Freimuth, M.D., Ph.D. &
Deborah L. Malkovich, M.D.
Mr. Jonathan Kempner &
Ms. Lise Van Susteren
Ms. Linda S. McPherson
Kathleen Gordon Putnam
BB Friedberg Reis
Class Of 1970
Mr. David L. Balas
Philip Balas
Ms. Terrill H. Burnett &
Mr. Jason K. Wallace
John & Pat Corey
Mr. John E. Danaher, Jr.
Mrs. Henry Welling French
Mike & Kathy Getz
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur H. Getz, Jr.
Ms. Priscilla M. Mead
Ms. Margaret A. Loomis &
Mr. James B. Quinlan
John W. Renaud
Class Of 1971
Mike & Kathy Getz
Mr. Walter K. Olson
Mr. & Mrs. John E. Park, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas F. Reid
Mr. B. Kirk Renaud & Ms. Sarah Duggin
Steve Tait
Barbara Brucker Triggs
Mr. Matthew A. VanderKloot
Mr. & Mrs. Warren H. Watkins
continued on page 26
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Alumni Gifts
by Class
continued
Class Of 1972
Mr. & Mrs. G. Perry Beebe
Ms. Rhonda Brown Nolan &
Mr. John Nolan
Mr. William Y. Campbell
Mr. Joseph L. Hudson IV
Reverend Margaret McNaughton-Ayers
Mr. & Mrs. Mathew A. VanderKloot
Susan Valk Woolworth
Class Of 1973
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Getz
Ms. Nancy Glander &
Mr. Robert McCan
Gail Perry Janutol
Dr. Robert L. Merliss
Mr. & Mrs. John E. Park, Jr.
Lt. Christopher J. Spada
Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin S. Warren III
Alison Q. Wolfson
Janet Lynn Wood
Class Of 1974
Susan Whitford Arrigo
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen C. Brownell
Mr. Charles H. Carroll II, R.N.
Mr. & Mrs. William D. Dahling, Jr.
Mr. Clifford S. Dirksen
Ms. Onnie Killefer
Ms. Jean K. Robinson
Sara Hendrie Sessions
Ms. Dana B. Standish
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Stenson
Ms. Edith B. Thurber &
Mr. Kevin O’Rourke
Mr. James D. Tracy, Jr.
Carl and Dawn von Bernuth
Hope Woodhouse
Class Of 1975
Ms. Libby Claire Candler
Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Chouinard
Ms. Vivian W. Day &
Mr. John W. Stroh III
Mr. & Mrs. Wilfred A. Finnegan
Mark & Gretchen Higbie
Lindsey Higginbottom
Mr. Frank T. Judge III
Kim Rossi Nichols
Mr. & Mrs. David K. Watkins
Class Of 1976
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy P. Heidmann
Ms. Marguerite F. Judge
Emily Scott Kort
Mr. & Mrs. Peter S. Logan, Jr.
Dr. Ruth S. Stock
Carol Gregg Stratton
Mr. & Mrs. David K. Watkins
Class Of 1977
Ms. Elizabeth D. Black
Lynne Garred Cameron
Mr. Richard P. Dahling &
Mrs. Nancy L. Sanborn
Mr. & Mrs. William P. Fleischmann
Ms. Judy D. Hodges & Mr. Peter S. Norton
Mr. James Jarosik & Ms. Deborah Perelmuter
Jens Mammen and Carey Ford Mammen
Mr. & Mrs. David E. McCoy
Mr. Robert G. Neville
Merrill Peterson
Joan Primo
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph V. Tripodi
Tina Van De Graaf
Susan MacColl Walker
Class Of 1978
Mr. & Mrs. Douglass R. Fox
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas G. Graves
Mrs. Allan P. Gretchko
Mr. John O. Hastings, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. William J. Marx
Mr. & Mrs. John R. Peracchio
Ms. Vivian W. Day & Mr. John W. Stroh III
Ms. Jan Sylvester & Mr. Edmund Mierzwa
Class Of 1979
Ellen Renick Durand
Dr. & Mrs. Richard J. Ferrara, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. William P. Fleischmann
Dr. & Mrs. John D. Hummel
Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Kontulis
Tracy Garred Meyers
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey W. Shell
Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Worcester
Class Of 1980
Mr. & Mrs. Edward C. Gotfredson
Mr. & Mrs. John F. Hickey, Jr.
David and Susan Parker
Tom and Laura Robinson
Class Of 1981
Tony and Christine Alcantara
Mr. & Mrs. Brian D. Cadieux
Mr. Coit C. Ford III
Mr. & Mrs. Garland M. Knight III
Ms. Amy E. Salot
Ms. Evelyn M. Scoville
Dr. Mary Sue Stonisch &
Mr. Daniel Monahan
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey M. Streberger
Margot Van Osdol Strickler
Mr. & Mrs. David P. Sutherland
Mr. Joseph J. Walker III
Class Of 1982
Dr. Kayvan Ariani
Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Buhler
Lisa Peck Cruikshank
Mr. Douglass J. Diggs &
Dr. Shauna Ryder Diggs
Shelley and Tim Dolan
Jane Petzold Enterline
Ms. J. Page Heenan
Wendy Evans Murphy
Tracy Edwards Murtagh
Ms. Sarah Thurber & Mr. Blair Miller
Juliet C. Trofi
Kerry FitzSimons Wilson
Class Of 1983
Maura McKeever
Mr. Jordan R. Melick
Mr. & Mrs. William A. Scarfone, Sr.
Mr. Lawrence E. Van Kirk III
Drs. David & Bernadine Wu
Class Of 1984
Dr. Fred Kirk Bowles
Paula Mighion Cornwall
Mr. Brion J. Fox
Dr. & Mrs. William J. McFeely, Jr.
Ms. Jennifer Peck & Mr. Richard E. Russell
Mr. & Mrs. John M. Richardson
Lindley White
Class Of 1985
Dr. Naoum P. Issa
Mr. & Mrs. Edwin J. Lukas
Class Of 1986
Mr. & Mrs. John W. Birgbauer
Dr. & Mrs. Richard J. Ferrara, Jr.
Ian and Cynthia Jones
Mr. Philip P. MacKethan
Mr. P. Christopher McCabe
Ms. Molly Radtke
Class Of 1987
Susan and Michael Azar
Mr. & Mrs. Troy C. Bracher
Mr. Walter K. Butzu & Ms. Ava Y. Butzu
Mrs. Eva M. Cannarsa
Mr. & Mrs. Russell J. Canning
Ms. Heather Diehl & Mr. J.F. Bierlein
Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Dreyfuss
Dr. & Mrs. Michael S. Fozo
Ashu and Nita Nautiyal
Lt. Col. David A. Schilling
Drs. Elizabeth M. & Raymond H. Weiner
Mr. & Mrs. L. Pahl Zinn
Class Of 1988
Mr. & Mrs. Vincent W. Dennis III
Ms. Meredith B. Jones
Dr. Saima A. Khan & Mr. Michael A. Krol
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Class Of 1989
Mr. & Mrs. Dike H. Ajiri
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew B. Lightbody
Ens. Stewart E. McLaren, USCG
Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Niccolini
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin P. O’Connor
Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Scoville
Ms. Mara L. Vorhees
Ms. Dana M. Warnez
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas M. Wood
Class Of 1990
Alexandra Crain Armstrong
James and Erika Combs
Ms. Kelli A. Martin
Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Niccolini
Sarah Pozniak Taylor
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas M. Wood
Class Of 1991
Ms. Julee Mertz
Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Moroun
Mrs. Natasha Moulton-Levy
Mrs. Samina R. Romero
Class Of 1992
Mrs. Tamara Fobare
Ms. Lila Marie LaHood
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin R. Lynch
Mr. John F. Maycock
Mr. & Mrs. David T. Niccolini
Ms. Paula-Rose Stark
Anne Hildebrandt Tranchida
Class Of 1993
Carrie Birgbauer
Mrs. Farah E. Cook
Mr. Autwan D. Fuller
Mr. & Mrs. David T. Niccolini
S. Gary Spicer, Jr.
Class Of 1994
Katie Brown Netto
Mr. Bernadino & Dr. Lisa Pavone
Mr. Matthew Spicer
Class Of 1995
Miss Erica Denham
Mr. & Mrs. Peter B. Gast III
Elizabeth and Andrew Housey
Mr. Michael LaHood
Mr. & Mrs. James P. Porter
Miss Stephanie Powell
Class Of 1996
Ms. Lauren F. Copeland
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Delisle
Ms. Katherine M. Leleszi
Ms. Vanessa Lynn Madrazo
Mr. Aaron C. Montgomery
Mr. & Mrs. Joshua P. Moulton
Booth Platt
Mindi A. Timmins-Gravis
Ms. Tamitha T. Walker
Ms. Kristin Y. Wright
Mr. & Mrs. Justin T. Young
Class Of 1997
Mr. Peter Birgbauer
Mr. Ralph Harik
Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Huebner
Capt. Katherine A. Spicer Hegg USMC
Class Of 1998
Mrs. Alaina D. Boyer
Ms. Melanie Brookins
Lisa Brown Lee
Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin E. Burney
Ms. Kristin A. Byron
Mr. Stephen B. Cenko
Mr. Jason C. Cooper
Mr. Shaun D. Dillon
Mr. Henry Ford III
Mr. Karim Jina
Ms. Sarah S. Lewis
Laura Cassin Miller
Mrs. Kayhan Nordeman
Mr. & Mrs. Mateusz M. Nowak
Ms. Heather M. Olson
Mr. John M. Staniszewski, Jr.
Mr. John Andrew Starr
Mr. & Mrs. Justin T. Young
Class Of 1999
Ms. Meki Bracken
Mr. James A. Fortune, Jr.
1st Lt. Mark A. Spicer USMC
Class Of 2000
Mr. Jack J. Elsey, Jr.
Mr. Nicholas C. Maitland
Ms. Christianne C. Sims
Class Of 2001
Dr. Elizabeth F. Blanchard &
Dr. Samuel G. Blanchard
Mrs. Jessica L. Hall
Dr. Erik C. Kissel
Class Of 2002
Ms. Clare E. P. Burchi
Ms. Lauren V. Parrott
Class Of 2003
Mr. Thomas E. Greer
Dr. Brian G. Kissel
Class Of 2004
Ms. Laura M. Ralstrom
Ms. Ashley F. Steitz
Class Of 2005
Mr. Mark A. Baun, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Kamis
Class Of 2006
Mr. Adam G. Rock
Class Of 2007
Mr. Joseph M. Conway
Mr. Erik B. Gutermuth
Class Of 2008
Ms. Meredith L. Quinlan
Class Of 2009
Ms. Catherine C. Vatsis
Class Of 2010
Mr. Christopher C. Ralstrom
Class Of 2011
Mr. Ian L. Quinlan
In the preparation of this list we have
taken every precaution to avoid errors
and omissions. If any are found, we
would greatly appreciate having
them reported to the Development
Office, 313-884-4444 extension 412. If
your name is not listed as you would
prefer it to be, please let us know so
our records may be corrected. If your
contribution was received after June
30, 2011, your name will appear in the
Annual report of 2011-12.
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Play on!
UNIVERSITY LIGGETT SCHOOL
Last May, in preparation for Back to School Alumni Weekend, Director of Alumni
Relations Michael Zarobe and I spent many days in the archives going through
cupboards, shelves and boxes of athletic trophies won by University Liggett School,
DUS, GPUS, GPCD, and The Liggett School. We chose a cross-section of sports,
schools, and decades (there are trophies from the 1930s!) and gingerly transported
them from the school basement to the kitchen. There, we carefully washed, polished
and dried each precious, hard-won reward so we could display them throughout the
school for the enjoyment of our reuniting alumni.
An engraved sterling cup is the embodiment of skills learned, honed and mastered
by an individual or a team of student athletes working together and striving for
victory at the season’s end. Each trophy represents their ultimate success at a
particular moment in history. Think of it! Our efforts to decorate the school had
become time travel. We could almost hear the distant cheers, smell the cut grass
of the playing fields, wince at the clash of field hockey sticks, feel the rumble of
sneakered feet thundering down the gymnasium floor, brace ourselves for the spray
of ice from hockey skates making a sharp stop. I could hear the cheerful Irish brogue
of my beloved lacrosse coach, Romilly Stackpoole, yelling, “play on!” If we had been
scored upon, or penalized, or were discouraged, or not too badly injured, we would
hear her lilting, “play on!” It was all we needed. We won trophies every year.
Thomas Hughes, in his book “Tom Brown’s Schooldays,” (1857) wrote about the
value of team sports. “The discipline and reliance on one another which it teaches
is so valuable. It merges the individual with the team. He doesn’t play that he may
win, but that his side may.” He also noted “there is pleasure and glory in athletic
achievement.” Our shiny trophies are a marvelous representation of this. They
are evidence of a long record of athletic prowess and success. And though “the
accomplishment and fame they bring are transient, the contribution made to one’s
character is forever, as is the remembrance.”
I encourage all of you to stroll down the athletic hallway on the Cook Road campus,
pause at the trophy cases, and study their contents. Take a moment to reflect on
and appreciate the many talented teams and individuals and victorious seasons
they denote. They are a wonderful illustration of the rich history of our predecessor
schools, and a source of shared pride for the alumni of University Liggett School.
So, indulge in some time travel, visit your school, revel in its athletic successes, and
by all means, “play on!”
Catherine Sphire Shell ‘79
President Alumni Board of Governors
University Liggett School
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Class Notes
You may send any news, photos,
announcements or memories to
your class secretary, or directly to
Michael Zarobe, Director for Alumni
Relations, 1045 Cook Road, Grosse
Pointe Woods, 48236-2509. Do you
have Internet access You may also
send your information via the
www.uls.org website or e-mail items
to Michael at mzarobe@uls.org.
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The 30s
1939
Liggett Class Secretary:
Mary Louise Goodson Drennen
106 Merriweather Road
Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236-3623
mldrennen@comcast.net
Mary Louise Drennen and Josephine
(Jo) Karmazin were at the Alumnae
Ladies Luncheon in May, their 72nd
reunion. There were quite a few ladies
there from Liggett although our ranks
have drastically dwindled.
Jo is going to sell the house on Grosse Ile,
which has been home for many years. She
plans to move into a co-op apartment in
the Downriver area. The leading contender
at the moment is The Trenton Towers.
Mary Louise is still on the Women’s Golf
Committee at the Country Club of Detroit,
Assistant Rules Chairman again and looks
forward to her monthly bridge game. This
past summer she had a procession of
house guests. They were her husband’s
nieces and nephews and came from
Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York.
Sally Baubie Baker was in Boston this
summer visiting her daughter, Buffy, and
husband. Their son, Thomas, attends
Sarah Lawrence and was working on a
project in Sweden and Denmark. Sidder
and Buffy went to the Edith Wharton
home. Edith wrote 40 novels in 40 years
and was awarded The Croix de Guerre for
her work in World War I. As she was a
novelist and not a reporter, Edith was able
to visit the trenches and furnish military
news for publication. The highlight of this
trip to Boston was seeing a special exhibit,
which had just opened at The Boston
Museum of Fine Arts. It was the work of
Seattle glass artist, Dale Chihuly. At every
stop the glass has to be reassembled so
each showing is a bit different.
Patricia Giblin Hack spent the summer at
her cottage in northern Michigan. Patsy’s
youngest daughter, Marie (called Babe),
who lives in California, spent the summer
at the cottage with her. Gib is going
through treasures. She gleaned all the
front-page magazine pictures and other
photos of her daughter, Shelley, who was
Revlon’s Charlie Girl and also modeled for
many other companies. These she set aside
for Shelley’s daughter, her oldest granddaughter.
Then, she gathered memorabilia
from her days as an airline hostess to give
to her eldest grandson who is interested in
all things to do with airplanes.
Elaine Kaufman James is recovering from
a painful pinched nerve and is now able
to go out to dinner and welcome friends
in for tea. Elaine is writing a book, an
autobiography, “From Giggles to Google.”
It starts in 1956 when she was in Rome
and friends tried to persuade her to sail
back to the states with them on the new,
ill-fated, Andrea Doria. Instead, she
followed her original plan, which proved
to be lifesaving, of a trip to Paris to go
shopping. In addition to writing a book,
Elaine designs cartoons. Her latest depicts
a dentist saying to a large purse, “Open a
little wider please.”
Kathrine Morris Schoew was in the
middle of a game of Mahjong with dinner
guests when we called her in Virginia
Beach. After too many visits to the
hospital with a heart problem, she feels
well and is back entertaining again. Her
son, Rick, moved to Norfolk, Va., where
he is an executive with William E. Wood
Realtors. Her daughter, Chrissie Powers
and her husband spend six months in
Grosse Pointe and six in Palm Beach, Fla.
Their daughter, Carrington Smith, still
lives in Grosse Pointe. She and her
husband, Thomas, have two children,
Colter and Alston. The daughter loves
horseback riding and their son, at 10, hits
ball with the skill of a fine adult golfer. It
is with a bit of a shock that there are now
great-grandchildren to talk about.
The 40s
1940
Liggett Class Secretary:
Mrs. William B. Nichols
(Constance Haberkorn)
176 Kendal Drive
Kennett Square, PA 19348-2333
nichols176@verizon.net
1941
Liggett Class Secretary:
Jane Kilner Denny
125 E. Gilman Street
Madison, WI 53703-1407
Hawkhill@comcast.net
1943
CDS Class Secretary:
Mrs. Susanne M. (Kemp) Bartlett
262 Mount Vernon
Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236-3437
sooze262@aol.com
Suzie writes: “Chris Newberry
Darling reports that she is still in real
estate, in Key Largo, Fla. To keep her
life really busy she babysits three
great-grandchildren, ages 1, 3 and 8,
every Thursday through Sunday while
their mother, a nurse, is at work.
“Ann Young Robinson retired three
years ago from the practice of elder law.
She has a new interest, watercolor
painting. She and husband Howie have
a large family: four living children, eight
grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
She counts herself very lucky to have a
26-year-old grandson living with them.
Ann said that she was meeting Hazel
Wood Millholland of Sarnia, Ontario the
next day.
“Classmates send their condolences
to the family of Merrill McClintock
Ford who passed away at her home in
Aspen, Colorado.
“Sympathy also to Peggy Zeder Blair on
the July 30, 2011, death of her husband,
Gordon Richard Blair, in Del Ray Beach,
Fla., after 62 years of marriage. They had
four children, nine grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren. Thanks to Lydia
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Kerr Lee ’44 (CDS) class secretary for
sending the obituary.
“Your secretary (in perpetuity) retired
15 years ago and after the death of her
husband, Herb, in 1996 developed an
obsession for family history research. I
became a member of The National Society
of Colonial Dames and The Daughters of
the American Revolution. This is a hobby
that is endless.”
1944
CDS Class Secretary:
Mrs. John R. Lee
(Lydia J. Kerr)
1030 Arbor Lane., Apt.103
Northfield, IL 60093-3356
lydiaklee@aol.com
Lydia Lee reports: “Lorone Rickel
Porter and her husband, Bill, have sold
their magnificent house on Mackinac
Island to their next door neighbor —
The Grand Hotel. They have bought a
smaller home down on the Lake Michigan
shoreline. The Rickel family has had this
house for many, many years. One very
fancy magazine carried photos of it once
— stunning! The Porters sons have
functioned all over the island — one
head of the City Council Committee and
another is the director of Historic State
Parks among other important jobs. They
have 10 grandchildren and 3 greatgrandchildren.
Actor Joe Porter is still in
Hollywood and working hard on stunt
performances.
“Julie Harris is keeping up her theatrical
activities — 30 years with the
Contributing Circle of the Monomoy
Theater Co. and working with the year
round Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater
— which is named for her. She can travel
from West Chatham, Mass., to New York
City to see various plays and shows.
“In August Margie McKean Nickell and
hubby, Ken, drove north from their new
residence in Davidson, N.C., to Boston to
attend the wedding of her late brother,
George E. McKean’s, son, Jeffery. They
then visited in Connecticut with cousin
Libby Cook and some old Darien buddies.
Standing before newly hung Suczek portraits are Robert von Primavesi, and Marybelle
and Alex Suczek.
They went on to Harrisburg, Penn., to
catch up with Ken’s sister, Molly. Earlier
this year they enjoyed Washington, D.C.’s,
cherry blossoms and Baltimore, Md., with
Roberta Mackey Rigger ’44 (LIG) and her
husband, Robert. They are quite fascinated
by their son, Hunter, who is vice
president of Fox News Cable and runs the
The Speed Channel Corp. —showing all
NASCAR races.”
Liggett Class Secretary:
Mrs. Robert Rigger
(Roberta Mackey)
830 West 40th Street, Apt. 304
Baltimore, MD 21211-2125
rmrigger@aol.com
1945
DUS Class Secretary:
Mr. Albert M. Mackey, Jr.
276 LaSalle Place
Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236-3107
amm276las@aol.com
CDS Class Secretary:
Mrs. Carolyn E. (Taylor) Ewald Kratzet
284 Moross Road
Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236-2945
Winter Address:
3450 Gulfstream Road
Gulfstream, FL 33483
1946
DUS Class Secretary:
Mr. Alexander C. Suczek
P.O. Box 2411
S. Padres Isle, TX 78597-2411
Alexander@suczek.com
Alex Suczek writes, “After a lifetime of
giving prominent place to three-quarter
length, life-size oil portraits of my mother
and father, I faced the reality that there
was no place in my latest home, an
apartment in Stamford, Conn., for those
elegant memories of my parents, nor in
the homes of my two daughters’ families,
Hedi’s in Darien and Yohanna’s in
Greenwich Village.
Disposing of the portraits, or even
putting them in storage was unacceptable,
so I explored other possibilities. But what
do you do with monumental portraits
in heavy, hand carved, gilded frames
They belong in a museum or a castle.
Considering that my father, Robert, had
been honored by the U.S. Government
and our Navy for an invention that made
a major contribution to Naval performance
in World War I and decades thereafter,
I long ago had made preliminary
inquiries with the acquisitions curator
at the National Portrait Gallery in
Washington, D.C. After all, my father
fall/winter 11 Class notes
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Wallachian State Museum in Vsetin,
Czech Republic, is on the highest
mountain elevation in town. The
17th century castle was once home to
Bohemian aristocracy.
had received an important medal and
impressive recognition in the Cyclopedia
of American Biography. The curator’s
initial response was favorable but decades
later, after both my parents had passed
away, the gallery’s policies had changed.
Polite turndowns from more museums
followed. But an exchange student who
lived with our family in 1991, during his
year at University Liggett, came up with a
brilliant solution. He is Robert Wunsch
from Austria whose name was changed
by his father, Dieter, to von Primavesi to
keep alive an important family name that
had no surviving sons.
Coincidentally a portrait of a female
cousin from the Primavesi branch is by
Gustav Klimt and hangs in New York’s
Metropolitan Museum. Robert’s father is a
prominent businessman and patron of the
arts in Austria. Made aware of our quest,
he came up with an important contact in
Robert Suczek’s birthplace, Vsetin, in the
Czech Republic. It is also the birthplace of
the artist who painted the Suczek
portraits. The mayor there proved eager
to have the paintings for their museum
which, appropriately, is a baroque castle
and already has a substantial collection of
the works of František Hlavića, the most
famous Czech painter in the 20th century.
A prestigious art logistics firm based in
London crated and shipped the portraits
to Prague where they were stopped as the
customs officer sent a bill for import tax to
Vsetin. That was a cliff hanger because I
insisted that the portraits had no taxable
market value and only insured them for
restoration if they were damaged in
transit. An impressive letter from the
manager of the art logistics firm settled
that issue after multiple e-mail exchanges
and the art works were passed duty free.
Thrilled to have found an appropriate
home for the portraits, Marybelle and I
headed for Europe in June to sign the
deed of gift and see the portraits hung.
The mayor and museum director were
equally thrilled and feted the donors as
important patrons. When Marybelle and I
finally caught our plane home from
Vienna, it was with a great sense of
accomplishment and fulfillment.”
Liggett Class Secretary:
Ms. Betsy Stanton
805 Edgewood Avenue
Rochester, NY 14618-4823
bstanton@rochester.rr.com
1947
CDS Class Secretary:
Mrs. Brent McKee
(Shirley Jerome)
9820 Oakhurst
Holly, MI 48442-8610
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earrings, bracelets and pendants.
1948
Liggett Class Secretary:
Mrs. John H. Williams
(Norah M. Moncrieff)
502 Glen Arbor Lane
Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236-1506
jackandnorah@msn.com
CDS Class Secretary:
Mrs. William P. Fisher
(Constance Woodall)
1485 Kingswood Terrace
Harbor Springs, MI 49740-92222
confish@charter.net
DUS Class Secretary:
Mr. Frank P. Wilton
123 North Grove Street
East Aurora, NY 14052-1744
fpwilton@verizon.net
Frank Wilton writes: “Our thanks to
Jack Foster for sharing copies of the
Dus Triangle with us. A number of you
received copies of the articles which
included pictures and copy about our
classmates.
“Art Bauman currently lives in
Lincolnshire, Ill. after many years in
Cape Cod. Art continues to design and
assemble attractive and functional
mobiles. They are enjoying the cultural
activities of the Chicago area and being
close to one of their daughters.
“Bill Fisher continues his investment
management activities. They see the
Fosters and the Fords periodically and
recently had a family gathering in
Taos, N.M.
“Jack and Sally Foster ’48 (CDS) continue
to live in Burr Ridge, Ill. and their cottage
on the Canadian north shore of Lake Erie.
Jack continues to plant trees in his
arboretum in Canada.
“Dick Fruehauf is a happy and busy
grandfather of 13 grandchildren.
Activities include bridge, golf and
fishing in Florida and Michigan. A
recent diversification of his energy
investments has been in wind energy.
“Dave Mitchell and his wife are in the
thoroughbred business in Lexington, Ky.
Dave’s son, Tim, is music director for
Shakira, a Latin pop group. His daughter
and family now reside in his home in
Grosse Pointe. They are looking forward
to visitors in Lexington.
“I continue to be active on corporate
boards of directors and consulting with
smaller companies. Recent travels have
been to New England, Washington, D.C.,
Maine and the Canadian Maritimes and
Florida.
“Jim Campbell spends his summers at
the Huron Mountain Club in the Upper
Peninsula gardening and with his family.
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He lost his wife 5 years ago. While
bone fishing in the Bahamas he met his
significant other, Sarah. Their travels have
included Utah, Oregon, the Bahamas and
the Arctic. They are off to Greece and
Venice this fall.
“With these minutes I will conclude
my serving as Secretary of the DUS
Class of 1948. I hope one of our classmates
will contact Michael Zarobe, Director of
Alumni Relations at Liggett at 313-884-
4444, ext. 415 to offer to be our new Class
Secretary. Thank you for your past interest
and support. Cordially, Frank”
1948
We would love for someone to be a Detroit
University School class secretary! Call
Michael Zarobe @ 313-884-4444, ext. 415
or e-mail him at mzarobe@uls.org
1949
Liggett Class Secretary:
Mrs. Orval Opperthauser
(Ann T. Bolton)
41140 Fox Run Road #610
Novi, MI 48377-4845
oranopp2@yahoo.com
Ann Opperthauser reports: “Unfortunately
once again I have very sad news
to report. Our dear classmate, Nancy
Burgess Torgerson passed away July 4,
20ll. She fought a good fight for three
years. Late in May she had Dorothy
Singelyn Nelson, Phyllis Childs Walker
and me for lunch and I know we are all
grateful for that lovely visit. Even though
Nancy had had a lot of health problems
lately, in the end it was a heart attack and
sudden. We all send our deepest sympathy
to her children and grandchildren.”
The 50s
1950
DUS Class Secretary:
Mr. William J. Cudlip II
284 McKinley Avenue
Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236-3460
cudlipwj@hotmail.com
DUS Class Secretary
Edmund R. Sutherland
216 Ridge Road
Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236-3538
Liggett Class Secretary:
Mrs. Norman C. Esler, Jr.
(Barbara Allen)
43422 W. Oaks Dr. #332
Novi, MI 48377-3300
barbara@autumnwinds.com
Barbara Allen Esler reports: “Sorry it
has taken so long to put this all on paper,
but there has been a lot going on since
our May reunion. Both Marion, whose
home I share, and I have had surgery …
nothing really major or serious, but
time consuming with various doctors’
appointments, etc. Since my full-time
accounting position is with a landscape
and design installation firm, this is our
busy, busy time of the year, as well, and
when I am off for a day or two, the work
just sits there and waits for my return.
“Sue Crawford Blaney, Cynthia Keydel
Huebner, Becky Patterson Hein and I had
a beautiful 60th reunion dinner and
delightful evening at University Liggett
School during Alumni Weekend. They
decorated the table with Liggett silver and
memorabilia with which we are familiar.
We had met at Becky’s earlier, where we
reviewed our Revista and Miss Ogden’s
comments from Ring Ceremony. Becky’s
daughter, Martha Hein Watson ’81,
visited with us, as well, and went to the
school to meet with her class for their 30th
reunion. Cynthia arrived with a beautiful
orchid plant for me in recognition of 60
years of class secretary-ship. Thank you so
much … it has been my pleasure to keep
in touch with all of you.
“Becky and Cynthia did a valiant job of
trying to reach each of you, urging for you
to join us for the reunion, if possible, or
else to send us some information and
pictures we could share. We received
several such, which I will try to include
here, along with other bits and pieces of
which I am aware.
“Mary Anne Chenault McPhail is now
permanently in Florida. I think it was two
summers ago that she broke her foot and
spent the summer at their Florida home,
since it was on one floor and easier to
maneuver than their two story one here.
After that, they decided moving the
horses back and forth was too much, so
their home up here is for sale or possibly,
by now, has been sold.
“Theresa Font DeCrick wrote us from
Florida, as well, and sent several pictures.
“We had hoped that Emily Hardy
Bradbury would join us for our reunion,
but an unexpected situation turned up
in Pennsylvania and she was unable
to come.
1951
CDS Class Secretary
Jane Ottaway Dow
191 Ridge Road
Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236-3554
janeodow@gmail.com
Liggett Class of ’51 60th Reunion Dinner L-R: Sue Crawford Blaney, Cynthia Keydel
Huebner, Barabara Allen Esler and Becky Patterson Hein.
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“Lynn Harris Tindle continues to live in
Kentucky. I know she has two sons and at
least one grandchild.
“Judy Hubbard Hutchinson moved from
California to Washington state last fall, I
believe. She had to make a return visit to
California this spring for her grandchild’s
graduation and could not plan the
Michigan trip. She expected to go East in
July and hoped to make a quick stop here,
but that did not work out, either, because
of the death of an older sister, for whose
funeral she came to Ohio, I think it was.
“I heard from Diane Johnston Gordon
over a year ago, telling of her marriage
and also reporting on failing eyesight. I
have not received anything more recent.
“We originally thought Sandy Kreis
Gibson might make the reunion, but her
husband is putting up a valiant fight
against cancer, and chemo, etc. are
keeping them at home in Florida.
“A delightful letter and pictures came
from Jane Patten Diaz. She says it has
been a good life with many blessings. Her
second marriage has been a happy one.
Her husband had five children and she
had two daughters. Together they have 15
grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren,
all of whom live nearby. They are very
involved in what their families are doing,
making their life very full.
“Carolyn Rice Maslanik reported that
three years ago she had surgery for an
aortic aneurysm. The recovery period was
nearly a year, but she is happy to be alive.
She exercises three times a week at the
Beaumont Hospital Rehab and takes a
low-impact aerobics class twice a week.
She does volunteer work, helping
students learn English as a second
language, and taught class at the Royal
Oak Community Center. Carolyn’s
daughters are Karen, 53, and Nancy, 47.
“Joan Robertson Jones lives on Grosse
Ile, but due to health concerns, we have
not seen her for several years.
“No recent word from Pat Ward Bryan.
I assume she is still running her bed and
breakfast inn in Vermont.
“Likewise, I receive greeting cards from
Dorothy White Webb, but no particular
news to share.
“I meet Sue Crawford Blaney for
breakfast several times a year. She and
Jack have been busy teaching English to
folks from other countries ever since
Jack’s retirement. I know they have had
some very interesting contacts from doing
this. Jack works with the men, many of
whom work for the automotive
companies, and Sue had taught their
wives and children.
“I did not talk about Becky’s and
Cynthia’s families here, but all seems to
be going well for both of them. You hear
my family news annually in my holiday
letter, so I’ll just say that I’ll probably have
some updated news at that time.
“I always look forward to hearing from
any of you … thanks for keeping in touch
these 60 years.”
1952
Liggett Class Secretary:
Mrs. Kay (Jordan) Phillips
14421 N. Ibsen Dr., Apt. A
Fountain Hills, AZ 85268-2102
1953
We would love for someone to be a
class secretary! Call Michael Zarobe at
313-884-4444,ext. 415 or e-mail him at
mzarobe@uls.org
1954
Liggett Class Secretary:
Valerie Oppenheim Hart
6849 S Clayton Street
Mount Dora, FL 32757-7024
vhartcook@comcast.net
Janet Jones Bagley writes: “I do have
some great news. First of all Bill and I
made 50 years of marriage on October 29
of last year. Our 5th grand baby was born.
Chip and Julia had a handsome baby boy.
Bradford Bagley weighed in at 7 pounds,
6 ounces.”
Joyce Lovisa Rogers reports: “It has been
five years since news of the class of ’54
appeared in the Perspective. It will be
good to hear from and about everyone
again. I cherish the happy memories of
our years together at Liggett.
“In June 2010, Bruce and I celebrated our
40th anniversary with a trip to N.Y.C. A
wonderful surprise awaited me shortly
after our arrival. Our “kids” were all there
too — a gift from my husband. It was a
great occasion for a reunion, as Jennifer
and her family are still in CA, and Sally
now lives in Maryland after 30 years in
VT. Needless to say, we are delighted to
have Michael, Teri and their two
daughters living in Traverse City.
Our family has also grown in numbers
since my last writing. The three oldest of
our seven grandchildren have married.
We now have two great-grandsons and
anticipate the birth of two additional
“greats” in August. This new title has
been a milestone event in our lives and
a joyous one as well. Bruce and I are
looking forward to a cruise of the Greek
Isles in October and a visit to Istanbul. We
will disembark in Venice and then go to
Treviso for a Lovisa family reunion with
my uncle (my father’s brother), aunt and
several cousins.”
Lynn Markus White writes: “It’s been
16 years since we moved to Sarasota, Fla.,
and we have enjoyed every day that we
have been here. We have made so many
nice friends, and both Bob and I love
the warm weather. We spend a lot of time
on volunteer projects, both at our church
and for other projects that come up, so
it’s easy to keep busy. Needlepoint and
painting fill my spare time. The people are
so friendly here. Perhaps that’s one reason
why we enjoy this city so much. Our
move was a fun adventure, plus so many
of our pals, from home, vacation in
Sarasota each year, so we have the best
of both worlds. Our girls are in Chicago.
Windy is living in Lincoln Park, and
Shelley and her husband, Tim, live in
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Winnetka. We have two very special
grandchildren: John, who is 13, and Riley,
who is 11. They are great kids, and we
wish that we could see them more often.
We go back to Michigan just about every
summer and always try to drive past
the present school. It really looks good.
That always brings back so many happy
memories of our class, even though we
were on a different campus. It would be
fun to go to another reunion there and
catch up on everyone’s life.”
Valerie Oppenheim Hart reports: “I have
been contacting our ‘sisters’ from the class
of 1954 with super results. We are still the
‘movers and shakers’ of the future. We
had to fight for our careers because our
generation was still thwarted by the
values of the past. We were expected to
graduate from college and then meld into
society with church and charity work as
our mothers and grandmothers had done
before us. And, most of us complied.
We were not unhappy. Actually, we have
probably been more secure than the
generation of women we created. But,
make no mistake: We were the strength
that gave birth to the era of women in the
workforce; women with careers, whose
dreams were able to be fulfilled. We
created independent daughters, unafraid
to compete in a man’s world. Sometimes,
we wished we hadn’t, but it was too late.
And, we are proud of each and every one
of them. Liggett School for Girls told us to
make a difference. And, we have.”
Let’s get our stories and lives out
there through Perspective for the third
generation to use as an example. I look
forward to hearing from the Class of 1954.
Vhartcook@comcast.net
www.cookingandtips.com
www.dailycommercial.com
www.lakefronttv.com –
Back of the House – See it Live
Grosse Pointe Country Day School
classmates, Carol Graves ’54 and Anne
Murphy Schaaf ’54 recently reunited
in Chicago.
Liggett Class of 1955 Reunion in Charleston, S.C. L-R: Jean Martin Doelle, Pam Keena Bell,
Julia Thompson Merriman and Susan Laurence Wehmeier.
1955
GPUS Class Secretary:
Mrs. Alfred R. Reuther, Jr.
(Jane Weaver)
81 Lewiston Road
Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236
jnb7@comcast.net
Kathy Benson Collins is planning
on spending Thanksgiving week in
Evergreen, Colo., with daughter Wendy
and her family. Joan LeGro Bushnell has
enjoyed a lengthy visit (spring-fall) to her
house in Bass Lake, Calif., but should be
home in Grosse Pointe for the holidays.
Classmates Carol Graves and Anne Murphy
Schaaf recently reunited in Chicago.
Liggett Class Secretary:
Mrs. Gael McFarland
(Gael Webster)
212 20th Avenue
Indian Rocks Beach, FL 33785-3840
gaelstan@gmail.com
Julie Merriman writes: “Four Liggett
chums Jean Ellen Doelle, Sue Lawrence
Wehmeier, Pam Keena Bell and I
gathered in the Low Country of South
Carolina at my home on Seabrook Island.
Day one was spent with a brief tour of the
island, drinks on the deck, overlooking
one of the golf courses followed by dinner
at Chez Fish, a charming local bistro.
Day two was spent in Charleston taking a
scenic carriage ride through the beautiful
historic sections of the city followed by
shopping in the famous Charleston
market and lunch on the porch of a local
pub. Dinner was back on Seabrook at the
ocean side Seabrook Island Club. Day
three we went to magnolia Plantation
where we took a train ride through the
magnificent gardens ablaze with azaleas
of every conceivable shade of pink and
red. For dinner we went to Carolinas, a
famous Charleston restaurant. Day four
was spent shopping at Freshfields
Marketplace, lunch at Red’s Ice House at
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the marina, and after a little “lie down,”
drinks on the deck and a repeat dinner
at Chez Fish. Monday, en route to the
airport, we stopped at Stono Market for a
real country lunch on the fly. We were
blessed with super weather and it was fun
to be together again.”
Soon after the reunion Jean Ellen
Martin Doelle had her second knee
replacement and with great success.
Her three daughters came up in shifts
to be caregivers. She hopes to return to
her travel adventures soon
Vivian Michael Hiedeman writes that
she continues to enjoy retirement keeping
busy with many varied activities. “During
the school year I tutored several students
in German. Volunteering at our Hospital
Hospitality House is very rewarding.
I am once again playing bridge after a
long break and love to read. Vivian and
I exchange emails on our book recommendations.
Vivian just returned from
Seattle where she celebrated granddaughter
Zoe’s third birthday. Both her
daughters are doing well, one in
Cleveland and the other in Seattle.”
News from Sue Laurence Wehmeier:
“The whale migration, along our Southern
California beaches, has ended and now
we are experiencing a migration of
visitors to our coastal community. The
weather is great this summer as it has
been sunny and the temperature has been
averaging 75 degrees during the day. Our
2012 class gathering will be held at my
home in Palos Verdes. Patricia Bisceglia
and I will be co-hosts. We look forward to
seeing you next May in sunny California.”
Anne Hardy Merritt says she and Jerry
have cut back on their excursion travel, as
Anne continues to be on oxygen full time.
They are concentrating on Atlanta, where
their daughter and family are. “Our 40th
family reunion at Watervale in Michigan
is coming up. Marion, Emily and I with
our families have a wonderful time each
year. This year there will be 38 of us. We
thank our parents for starting the tradition
many years ago.”
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Pam Keena Bell writes she is going
on a 10-day cruise with her niece,
Diana Keena’s daughter, to the eastern
Caribbean. “In May I’m taking my two
girls for a five-day getaway at the
Pinkbeach Club in Bermuda. Pure heaven!
Still doing my volunteering at the
hospital. Somehow I keep busy. The
family is fine and the grandkids are
growing like weeds.”
Patty Bisceglia continues to put out
her quarterly magazine “The Foothills”
serving several areas around her
neighborhood. She and her whole family
are gathering together to go on a threeday
cruise in late August. She continues
to find peace and strength from the
Ashrama Center, a 120-acre retreat,
dedicated to all world religions. Some of
her family members are having medical
issues so Patricia has been a strong
shoulder to lean on.
I was so sad I had to miss our past
reunion due to medical problems. I am
now hooked up to a heart pump that
pumps medicine directly into my heart.
With my defibrillator I’m the bionic
woman. Now I can enjoy life with more
energy, coupled with rest periods. Anne
Hardy Merritt and I have commiserated
about our tethered lifestyle. With my love
of reading I get more time to enjoy books.
I am so grateful Liggett gave us all such a
love of books. I still volunteer at our local
food pantry and hope to go back to my
volunteer job at the library. Although
I’ve resisted, Kindles seem to be taking
over the world. Our youngest son and his
wife are expecting their first baby, so
that’s happy news for us. Our older
grandsons just visited us for five days
from Arizona. At Busch Gardens, my
husband went on all the roller coasters
with them. Guess we’re not so old. I still
have my antique business, but have
slowed up on buying trips.
We Liggett sisters are so lucky to have
spent so many wonderful years together
and continue to keep in touch by phone or
email. Those of you we have lost track of,
please send me an email: GaelStan@gmail
.com. You’re missing lots of fun at our
reunions.
1956
Liggett Class Secretary:
Mrs. Joanne (Streit) Stewart
5 Debeaufain Drive
Bluffton, SC 29909-2500
danawsa@sc.rr.com
Gloria Jacobs August is residing in El
Paso, Tex., and spends her days working
out and playing tennis. Gloria is still
working with Helen of Troy skin care
products and she just returned from a
beauty show in Las Vegas. Her pride and
joy are her three dogs, including two
standard poodles.
Betsey Rose Hansell writes: “I am
lucky to be able to do what I most enjoy
and am, so far, in good health and humor.
My husband, Cliff, and I have turned
our small plot of land into an oasis for
all creatures — excepting the terrible
Mr. Woodchuck, who visits anyway —
and a riotous garden with rare plants and
shrubs in all colors and sizes. I am active
in the Hardy Plant Society and take many
trips with my gardening buddies. Cliff
and I were in Morocco in March, where
we visited gardens, the souks, and learned
how to cook tagines, couscous and
Moroccan bread in handmade clay ovens.
We watched Berber women jump on their
laundry in an Atlas mountain stream and
brought three handmade Berber rugs
home. I still work on photography, taking
many photos in Manhattan. You can see
some of my older work at www.
betseyhansell.com.
Kaye Neff Huffman lives in Las Vegas.
She lost her husband two years ago and
misses him dearly. Kaye was the manager
of the Las Vegas Hilton for 10 years and
worked at the Treasure Island Mirage
when it first opened up.
Jean Dodds Mitchell lives in Hyannis,
Mass. She travels to Detroit to check on a
house she rents out. She’s hoping to travel
to Scotland and England soon.
Linda Ross Radionoff writes, “Lennie
had a total knee replacement in August
2010. Physical therapy helped him get
moving. He now has an exercising bike
and I tell him for all his pedaling he’s
going no place fast. We are both happy
and blessed to be in a wonderful church
fellowship where we are both used.

Singing in two choirs with two directors
keeps us busy. We have a ministry at
church called Open Door. About 12
different crafts are taught all over the
gym. In September I began to teach fabric
painting. The community is invited as an
outreach. It is will attended and much
enjoyed.”
Nancy Smyly Schmalz is now residing in
Scottsdale, Ariz. She developed respiratory
problems while living in Buellton, Calif.,
and decided to move nearer her children
who are doctors in Scottsdale. Her
husband, Avid, is in Buellton taking care
of the farm and horses. It is nice to note
that Nancy has recovered and is planning
to create a photography book: “The
Raising of Parrots.”
Barbara Stone Rosen has moved to Palm
Desert, Calif. (a Sun City Development).
Her husband, Larry died in 2008. Barbara
volunteers at the Eisenhower Hospital
and tutors 2nd graders in reading. For
exercise she plays tennis. Right now she is
recovering from a broken ankle, but hopes
to be back out on the courts soon.
Sally Glass Ruud has a home in Port
Angeles, Wash., and a cabin on a lake
nearby. She and her husband, Rich, enjoy
time traveling in their motor home to visit
their kids and grandkids.
Jo Streit Stewart writes: “Life in the
Low Country had been good. Living
in a retirement community keeps one
busy with many activities. I continue
swimming with the Synchronettes.
We are planning to put on a water show
in 2012, if the renovation of our indoor
pool is completed . We enjoy the Veterans
Group, The Money Talks Group, and the
Computer Club. Our golf cart is our
transportation to Food Lion, Walgreens,
movies and many of our activities. We
live in an active neighborhood which is
always finding an excuse for a party.
What else is there to do when you’re
retired than eating out”
GPUS Class Secretaries:
Lylas Good Mogk, MD
1000 Yorkshire
Grosse Pointe Park, MI 48230-1432
lmogk@aol.com
Amidst wars, famines, global economic
insecurity, national political stalemate
and our own eighth-decade challenges,
the idea of beginning anew refreshes and
inspires. With newlyweds the quintessential
new beginning, how perfect to
hear from Gloria and George Mack!
George writes, “Gloria and I are enjoying
our remodeled home and will be
vacationing in upstate N.Y, Vermont and
Maine soon to visit family and friends,
including my old (read former) US Navy
shipmates in Camden for a reunion.
Golfing with Gloria is great fun and
keeping us active, laughing and enjoying
life in sunny California!” He sends his
enthusiastic best to all.
Keeping their newlywed spirit alive for
52 years — a possible class record — are
Tom and Sue Mulford Little. With kids
in California, Texas and North Carolina,
Sue writes, “We finally sold our house in
Vermont and are now living in Sarasota,
Fla., renting ‘til we know where we want
to live when we get older.” Love that
spirit! She sends her new, catchy email
address: Goomasue@aol.com.
Tough guy that he is, George Jerome
bounced back quickly after back surgery
in June for spinal stenosis exacerbated by
arthritis. Loving husband and doting
grandpa that he is, the very next day he
was home and empathizing with Ann in
her struggle with carpal tunnel syndrome
and with granddaughter Jennie Ann in
her struggle with potty training. Gotta
love it.
In a probable class record for offspring,
Karni and Dick Bodman’s nearly two
dozen putative grandchildren keep them
busy traveling from Canada, Boston and
New Jersey to California, but not too busy
to launch new careers. Karni is writing
international political thrillers and Dick
has started a business — aka avocation
— making fabrics for hospitals that kill
all known bacteria, viruses, mold and
fungus. With hospital-acquired infections
on the national hit-list, keep your eye out
for PurThread Technologies, Inc. The
Bodmans winter in Naples, move to D.C.
for spring and fall and have traded
Jackson Hole for a new home in Rancho
Santa Fe, Calif., closer to some of those
offspring.
Leland, Mich., is Avery Kimerly Burns’
destination for summer relaxation in her
family vacation home before returning to
her energetic mix of theatrical and other
activities in our nation’s capital.
In the fall, Libeth McElvenny Nardine
will trek from her lovely retirement home
south of the border in San Miguel, Mexico,
to our fair city and then on to Madison,
Wisc., for the much-anticipated appearance
of grandchild No. 1 and of course to
visit the parents, son Tim and Ann.
Speaking of grandkids and treks, after
celebrating grandson Benjamin’s third
birthday in Iowa, Bob and Colleen
McMahon Orsatti embarked on a
2,100-mile road trip from N.J. to the
hotspots of Pittsburgh, Madison and
Chicago, proving to all those east coasters
that there’s a whole lot between New York
and California. First the Belmont Race
from their friends’ 18th-floor condo, along
with a spectacular view of the Pittsburgh
Triangle where the Ohio, Allegheny and
Monongahela Rivers meet. Then Taliesin,
Frank Lloyd Wright’s home and studio
outside Madison and delicious Babcock
ice cream on Lake Mendota topped off by
a three-hour double-deck bus tour of
Chicago and jazz at the Four Seasons.
Not to let any grass grow, Colleen is off to
Madrid in October for a Smith Junior Year
Abroad reunion … just enough time to be
out of the cast, off the crutches and back
on her feet after a foot-wrenching fall.
You go, girl!
Inspired, the back cover says, by his
suspicion as a little kid that his mom,
Lylas Good Mogk, was a zombie,
Matt Mogk’s “That’s Not Your Mommy
Anymore: A Zombie Tale” is on the
shelves for kids of any age and
“Everything You Ever Wanted to Know
About Zombies” is due out in September.
How else will you all know how to
survive …
Put a star on May, 2016, for trip to the
Big D and GP! In the meantime, good
cheer and good health to all.
George Jerome
40 Edgemere Road
Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236-3709
ggjsr@aol.com
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1957
Liggett Class Secretary:
Diane Bedford Svenonius
736 Silver Spring Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910-4661
dbsvenonius@msn.com
Diane Bedford Svenonius writes:
“What with little aches and pains to
remind me that travel might get harder
soon, I ambitiously scheduled three
trips for summer and fall. I’m just back
from seeing my son Tim and my baby
sister Sara in San Francisco (two Picasso
shows, Thai and Italian food) and then
my sisters and brother for a mini family
reunion in Los Angeles (food trucks,
Filipino tacos, the Getty Center). Right
now I’m packing for Norway where son
Peter lives (reindeer meat, fjords), and
which apparently will be chilly, rainy and
very expensive! And at the end of October
I signed up for a group going to India.
It will be cooler when you read this but
right now things are frizzling in the
community garden where I’m trying to
grow vegetables. Next year I think I’ll
put in cactus … that’s a salad green some
places isn’t it”
Mary Miller Foley reports: “Mimi and
I connected at our 50th college reunion
in Wellesley, and I met her delightful
daughter Ellen, who teaches at Clark
University in Worcester. Back home, Mimi
writes, “My current daily life involves
trying to escape the dreadful heat (it was
August!), coping with home repairs:
torrential rain storms resulted in a big
leak in a back bedroom which will require
extensive roof repairs, replastering and
painting; a drainage problem at the
bottom of my downhill driveway requires
digging up my yard, and a very large
compost/brush area is now home to a
family of raccoons who abuse the dogs.
I did have a great almost week-long trip
to Elk Rapids several weeks ago to visit
friends and also spend time with Ellen
and friends of hers whom she was
visiting. We had two gorgeous beach
days and lots of great conversation.”
Sally Smith Bedrosian writes: “Hi
everyone, hope your summer is going
as well as mine. T’was a hectic winter as
Mother moved into her own apartment in
an assisted living facility after living with
me for 2 years. At 100, she is loving it! I
also had Ann Travis staying with me for
three months. I think she came to like the
St. Petersburg area as much as I do; it has
so much to offer and all in a rather
compact area. During all of this I bought a
one-story townhouse in the community
where I had been renting for the last five
years. Just the place I wanted and had all
the changes made prior to my vacationing
in Michigan for the summer. While my
metal work is on the backburner for a
while, I have taken up knitting — not just
the regular stuff, you know me, gotta do
wearable art and have been really loving
it. Time consuming, unlike my metalwork,
but very satisfying when the project
comes out the way you intended. While
we may never be able to repeat our
successful and enjoyable 50th reunion,
it might be fun to try to have some sort of
a “get-together” in the North Carolina
region sometime. Let’s keep in touch and
work something out. Ta for now.
1958
GPUS Class Secretary:
Mrs. Paul Decker
(Suzie Sisman)
77 Muskoka Road
Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236-3009
suziesis@aol.com
Bob Gillette writes: “Not much news, just
aging gracefully. I have been a resident of
Florida for the past six years. Geri and I
go down the middle of October and come
back May first. We are in Bonita Bay, in
Bonita Springs where golf is the main
interest. I am also active with a little off
shore fishing. Are there other classmates
that make the Naples area part of their life
style during the winter If there are, it
might be fun to get together.”
“I have been involved in producing two
documentaries “The Greatest Generation”
(World War II) and “Viet Nam.” All of the
veterans were from Michigan. The theater
was sold out both times. I have not
forgotten those who have bravely served
our country to protect the freedoms we all
enjoy and took steps to honor them.”
Aloha to all, from Jeanne Bambas Denton
Nelson: “In September and October I will
be traveling from Maui to New York,
meeting an old girlfriend from
Albuquerque, NM, to fly to Paris, then
Florence, Italy, to meet with an even
earlier childhood camp buddy who
started private schools all over Europe.
The object is to visit Michelangelo’s
works, Leonardo DaVinci’s, and see Italy’s
Renaissance period pieces with my best
friends! I broke up with an email lover,
(Yeah, There is even still room for great
passion at our age!) My kids call me the
gray panther. I asked them, what they
called “it” when the young men are
chasing me. Lighten up folks, it’s 2011!
I feel like Liz Taylor! Two deceased
husbands, great marriages. And I’m loose
again! I’m writing a play based on
cyberspace romance …The art world has
been my playground for all of my life.
“Some paintings can be found at www.
jeannedentonnelson.com. And I will
continue to paint and sculpt until I’m
scraped off the walls. Lately, finishing up
now a three-figure bronze diorama of
people in contention over the recession,
and a painting, “Cruisin’ Widow” oil,
6’x4 (self-portrait). Once a week I
volunteer at our third-world hospital,
helping patients overcome anxiety and
depression in Maui. I am working to clean
the toxic plastic soup waste (size of Texas)
from our beautiful Pacific Ocean. My
studio company consists of two large
Standard Poodles, and children for whom
I volunteer to baby sit. Their parents are
caught in heavy conflicting work
schedules, bankruptcy, and foreclosure.
I teach the tots how to cook, read, and
swim in my backyard ocean. Life is what
you make it. Life is good!”
John Watts has been cruising on his
sailboat since retiring as a surgeon a few
years ago. He reports: “I have been in the
western Caribbean since May of 2009.
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Currently, I’m in Bocas del Toro, (early
August 2011), western Panama. Come
early September, I will be heading east
through the San Blas Islands to Cartagena,
Colombia. I spent six months in Cartagena
in 2009 and look forward to returning. I
continue to enjoy the “Cruisin’ Lifestyle”
on board Tango. Best Wishes to all!
Julie Schneck Sylvester’s life is always
an adventure. Here she reports her latest
journeys: “My life over the past six
months can be summed up in one word
– BUSY. Life has been full of fun, travel
and home updates. I have been reading
about English history and I love going
beyond reading, into experiencing. So,
I spent some time in England exploring
many of the Tudor castles. They range
from total disrepair to complete restoration.
I also have a fascination with T. E.
Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia). This sent
me off to Jordan. It is a beautiful country
and its complex history has left an everlasting
mark. My next jaunt was to Outer
Mongolia. They have an annual Naadam
festival but this year it was very special
as it was the 1220th anniversary of
Mongolia’s statehood, the 805th
anniversary of the Great Mongol Empire,
the 100th anniversary of the Mongolian
Defense Force and the 90th anniversary of
the People’s Revolution. It was one big
party! I then went in to the Gobi desert via
camel, stayed in their gers (yerts), drank
fermented mare’s milk (I would not
recommend this) and learned how to
make vodka from cow’s milk. I sometimes
wonder where life will take me and what
will be around my next corner.”
Sally Walker Greib sends news from
Florida: “This has been a hot hot summer
in Florida. Summer plans included being
in Michigan for three weeks, mostly in
Grand Haven, but also in Grosse Pointe
for a few days for John to play golf with
Dick Fruehauf at the Country Club of
Detroit. John and I traveled to Atlanta for
John’s grandson’s graduation from the
University of Georgia in May and then
went on to Colorado (Llwyd and Tricia’s)
for my granddaughter Emily’s confirmation.
In June, I flew to Utah to visit
daughter Wendy and family in Park City
for a week — this will be their third
winter there. Lisa and her family are the
only ones (other than Llwyd is here
working and commuting to Colorado) left
in Florida. We will get a chance to see son
John Ecclestone and his family on our
Michigan trip (John, my baby, turned 40
last November!). The grandchildren are all
active — skiing, hiking, riding, sailing etc.
out west and in Michigan — the Florida
boys’ big sport is lacrosse. We have had a
slow summer at home. I am still painting
and play bridge several times a week.
John has his golf and is better than I am
about exercising.”
Margery Goddard Whiteman sent the
following: “I seem to be endlessly active,
mostly playing tennis and doing board
work. Decided to make up for all those
years when the work schedule would not
allow such frivolity as tennis games!
Anyway, we’re now the proud grandparents
of three grandchildren, two born
in the last 15 months. Margery Alice
Whiteman Belling (14 months) lives in
Takoma Park, Md., with her 4-year-old
brother Jonathan Peter. Annika Rose-
Whiteman (7months) lives in Middlebury,
Vt., where our son Stephen is teaching
Asian Art History and Culture at
Middlebury College and his wife Tanya is
teaching part time at St. Michael’s College
in Burlington. Our youngest, Eliza, is
heading east from Portland, Ore., to begin
a graduate program in food policy at Tufts
University. So, for a moment or two,
everyone will be much closer than has
been true for a number of years. It has
been a summer full of motion, but we are
going to get out to Michigan, though not
Grosse Pointe Farms, in early September
for a vacation.”
Chuck Nickson writes: “Everything is
fine with my family and me. Everyone is
healthy, thank God. We have experienced
a really hot summer in Houston with no
rain. Our grass and plants are barely
making it. Fortunately, we went to the
Cape for some of the time where we have
a second home and that was great with
the temperatures in the 70s and 80s.
Went to my 45th law school reunion at
Michigan, which was a lot of fun last year.
Spent time with Bill Garratt and his wife
Helen which we enjoyed thoroughly. I am
still working full time and Charlene is
also. To me working is still enjoyable and
it keeps me connected.
Suzie Sisman Decker reports: “When I
heard from Bill Turner, he and his wife
Lynn were on Kiskadee (their sailboat)
with son Bill and his wife Ally, and
grandchildren Emma, Audry, Kaley and
Will heading to Mackinac Island to spend
a few days before a brief cruise in the
islands. Great fun says Bill.
“The past few summers Katie Williams
Stewart and Jim Stewart ‘57 (GPUS)
have made an annual trip to Grosse
Pointe on the way back east from a golf
tournament in Lake Forest, Ill. We always
love to see them and have a chance to
catch up on their busy lives. Jimmy is a
member of the United States Senior Golf
Association, which is quite an honor, and
he plays golf all over the country. Katie is
a vice president on the executive board of
the Garden Club of America. Katie says
both organizations keep them happily
busy and traveling around. Their three
daughters and families live nearby in
Connecticut, so they get to see them often
and be a part of their grandchildren’s
lives.
“Dottie Langs, wife of classmate Ed Langs
passed away in June 2011. Some of you
may remember Dottie from earlier class
reunions. She had been living in Ann
Arbor since Ed died.
“In March 2011, Richard Strother was
married in India to Tania Pouschine of
New York City.
“We had such a great time getting
together for our 50th reunion in 2008,
I wonder if anyone is game for a 55th.”
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39

Liggett Class Secretary:
Mrs. Lois E. Hutchison
(Lois Dickinson)
135 Cochise Drive
Sedona, AZ 86351-7928
hutchlovl@earthlink.net
Wendy Martin Blair writes: “I just
got back from a wonderful trip to
Germany and Austria (also went briefly
to Switzerland and Lichtenstein) with my
son, Adam. Pictures and descriptions are
on my Caringbridge website page if you
want to follow along. I am slowly ridding
myself of jet-lag in these last few days at
home. It’s hugely hot here (my first
summer in Scottsdale) though I see on the
news that the heat wave is affecting
everyone. I am enjoying an (unusual) few
days by myself as John is off prospecting
in northern California. He’s been pretty
successful at finding gold nuggets. With
gold prices rising, can’t hurt! That’s it for
now. (And Mazel Tov to me for getting
through a whole blurb without any
mention of illness or treatment!)”
Martha Robbins Friedricks-Glass
reports: “One of the highlights last winter
was spending a weekend with Alison
Lewis Friedman and Wendy Martin Blair
in Arizona. Wendy has retained her sense
of humor, good cheer and her good looks.
We are praying for her. Wendy and John
took us up to Prescott to their wonderful
home there; and we also spent a night at
their terrific little home in Scottsdale with
the happy grapefruit and orange trees in
the back yard. What a nice change from
crazy New York. I am still dividing my
time between my daughter, son-in-law
and two grandchildren (6 and 8 ½) in
Nashville and my almost-99 year old
mother who lives near Boston. They say
that at our age we are the meat in the
sandwich; and I feel that way quite often.
My husband and I finally moved into our
new apartment. We’re almost finished
unpacking boxes and are becoming
comfortable in our new ‘hood. Love being
across the street from Central Park.
“Despite the rise and fall of the stock
market, the real estate business in New
York is thriving. I have been working
much too hard (for my age!) but managed
to slip in a wonderful one week vacation
with my kids in beautiful Rosemary
Diane Finkel Hubert in Honfleur, France.
Diane Finkel Hubert and husband Jim at the
Musee l’Orangerie in France.
Beach, Fla. We celebrated my husband’s
80th, my 70th, my daughter’s 40th and
— most important — my son-in-law’s
recovery from non-Hodgkins lymphoma.
Best to everyone.”
Martha Sanford writes: “I have two trips
planned in September. One to Seattle to
visit grandson — great fun — and the
other to Cape Cod. My brother David and
Anne have a home there. We play in the
bay and the ocean. The tourists will be
gone by the time I get there which makes
it peaceful. Be Well, Martha
Sue Kreis Champine reports: “Don’t
really have much news. Health wise,
I’m doing great. I’m done with the chemo
that’s tough on your body and only have
four more treatments of what I call the
good chemo as it doesn’t seem to have
any side effects. I’ll be done with that by
the end of October. I also have stated
taking a pill (Arimidex) that I’ll take for
five years. Enough about my health issues.
“Haven’t been able to do much out on the
lake. First we had tons of rain and the lake
level rose 30 feet above pool so there were
all kinds of stuff floating and also it was
hard to get to our dock. Then the heat and
drought really hit us. At least we’re out of
the 100’s today but it’s still hot and humid
and it seems like we have pop up storms
every day in the late afternoon.
“We were in Lakeland, Fla., a couple
weeks ago to visit my sister. Gordon (her
husband) has lung cancer and is now in
hospice. He was doing somewhat better
while we were there but is going downhill
fast. Wish we could be there to be of more
help. They were really smart to move
when they did to be closer to David —
his wife has been a big help to Sandy.
“Just a ‘hi’ to everyone and thanks to
Linda for her call and support. Cheers
also, Susie.”
Diane Finkel Hubert writes: “Hi ladies!
We are on our sail boat for the next two
weeks. It takes the better part of a day just
to get out of Grand Traverse Bay into Lake
Michigan. We hope to get to Beaver Island
by nightfall. Tomorrow we will head for
the North Channel — that body of water
east of Lake Superior and the northern
part of Lake Huron in Canada. Lots of
unpopulated pristine islands.
Last week was the Traverse City Film
Festival (founded by Michael Moore
seven years ago). My son, Mark, and his
family were here for two weeks as he
works as a rigger for the festival. It has
been an economic boon for Traverse
City as it brings thousands of intelligent
cinema enthusiasts who also enjoy great
food, wine and shopping! It is a wonderful
week, people everywhere, on foot or
riding the shuttle between the seven
venues, great films from around the
world and lots of directors and producers
present for Q and A’s or panel discussions
on their films. If you’re looking for a great
vacation next summer check it out.
The last week of April and the first week
of May, Richard and I went on a river trip
on the Seine from Paris to Le Harve and
back to Paris. It was a great way to see a
region of a country and Normandy is
amazingly beautiful. Giverny, Monet’s
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home was a favorite. The famous bridge
and water lilies that we all know from his
paintings are but a section of immense
gardens. Acres of flowers!
We loved Paris, too, and are ready to
return to France next year. One of the 3
friends who traveled with us and I have
signed up to take a conversational French
class this fall.
Well, that’s what has been going on in
my life. I still work three days a week and
love it. I hope everyone is doing well.
All best, Diane.”
Birgit’ Dahlen Hopkes’ cancer, reported
in the last Perspective news, was removed
and she recently completed 36 radiation
treatments. Life has been full since Hank
is still working and with four kids, there is
always something going on. She’s going to
start the post cancer medication soon and
is concerned about its effects on her body.
Marilyn Wood Holleran reports: “This
is my 35th and last year of teaching.
Tom is still working and has no plans to
retire. Our son Patrick is a Lt. Col in the
Air Force and will be retiring this year.
They will stay in Colorado Springs where
they live now. Grandson Finley is just
entering kindergarten. I have been going
through all the things Birgit is going
through only it happened eight years
ago. We have a new puppy who keeps
us busy.”
Lois Dickinson Hutchison writes:
“We are still working, playing tennis and
dealing with the 90-pound puppy in our
household. I take her for a walk most
every morning and I have ended up on
the ground more times than I would like
to remember. I recently spent some time in
Santa Fe, N.M., with my half-sister. While
there I went to the opera with a friend
—it’s an open air venue and quite lovely.
We have plans to visit Bryce Canyon on
our first trip with the dog member of our
family. That should be an adventure.
Thanks to all of you who responded. I did
not have time to chase down any others.
I hope they will join in as they feel like
doing so. Cheers, Lois.”
Above: Linda Weingarden Roth and family at
the Let’s Pretend aquarium in Las Vegas, Nev.
At right: Self portrait by Linda Weingarden
Roth ’58 (LIG)
Linda Weingarden Roth reports:
“Everyone was in the swing of things,
but my adorable husband who has never
been much at playing Let’s Pretend.
Nevertheless our family reunion with
my California son, Michigan son, three
grandchildren and my daughter in-love
was a Let’s Pretend extravaganza as we
ducked sharks; belly-surfed the waves in
the Let’s Pretend ocean and marveled at
the very real, very lively stage production
of “The Lion King” at the Mandalay Bay
Resort. We tried to pretend it wasn’t hot in
Vegas in early June, but the truth was, it
was. BUT DRY the locals insisted. What
were never dry were our bathing suits.
The heat we had to endure was the kids’
fault. School got out June 7 and the day
after we met to grab some hugs and
kisses. I imagine that I am the first in my
class to have the opportunity to choose
what I wish to be called by my greatgrandson
Trevor Michael Roman. It’s not
a position I ever thought about, for I feel
entirely too young for this promotion.
Nevertheless Trevor is here and I will be
called GG—it’s simple, modern and
conjures up no mental pictures of rocking
chairs and Jobst stockings.
“Life’s been good. The Roth family is fine.
My first born granddaughter is going off
to college with her new tattoo, a trend I
totally do not understand. My first born
son and his wife are celebrating their 20th
wedding anniversary. My middle son and
his lady are shopping houses in Seattle,
which has not suffered the real estate
slump that we have. My youngest is
calling himself grandpa, while still
coaching 9-year-olds at soccer practice.
The love of my life, whose name was
written all over my books in high school,
is still working and intends to carry on
forever, while I’m painting and drawing
and teaching myself html code, which
may take forever to learn. I broke up the
tedium of my studies by doing something
I should have done 12 years ago: I jumped
in the lake behind our house. I decided
lake weed wasn’t going to hold me back
another summer. So off the dock I leaped
and surfaced triumphant over my fear of
something slimy brushing my leg.
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Nothing was in that lake but spring fed
water warmed by the sun to a glorious
82 degrees. Now I’m a member of the
lake crowd enthusiastically shopping
boats and poles and hooks and lures.
They tell me the lake is full of bass. Am
I going fishing I won’t say no, but I won’t
say yes.”
Sandy Loynd-Hays and husband Sam with
an albino python at the Binder Zoo in Battle
Creek, Mich.
Sandy Loynd Roney-Hays writes: “Just
thought I would pass this picture of Sam
and me with the albino python along.
We were celebrating his birthday and
attending a meeting in Battle Creek where
we went to the beautiful Binder Zoo, and
met this gorgeous creature!
“We are both still teaching and are
actively involved in many programs for
change. I am faculty advisor for a new
chapter of Amnesty International at
Schoolcraft College. We are in the process
of getting ready for a Jamnesty/Slamnesty
— a combination battle of the bands and
poetry slam. As usual, we are concerned
with global issues.”
Robin Harris Russell writes: “By the time
you read this I will probably be hounding
you for more news. Please surprise me by
responding to my pleas. And, another
request: if any of your contact information
has changed, please let me know that as
well. I’m sure there are more of you out
there who have email addresses so limber
up those fingers, attack your keyboards,
and keep me (and your classmates) up to
date on your doings. For now, here’s all
the news that’s fit to print:
“Melinda Bryan Earle undoubtedly wins
the prize for the most peripatetic life.
Travels this past May saw her on an Elbe
River trip from Prague to Berlin, the
Houston Flower Show, Garden Club of
America annual meeting in Indianapolis,
a tournament in Texas and then judging in
Carmel, Calif.
“Gordon O’Brien has also been on the
road a lot this year — golfing in Ireland
and Myrtle Beach, enjoying some of the
Masters in Augusta, skiing in Utah and
visiting his wife’s family in Arizona. He
has also been keeping up with his mixed
martial arts training and volunteering on
the oncology floor at one of the area
hospitals. Happily, Gordon reports that
he has now passed the 10-year mark for
being cancer-free.
“Susie Ryan Knapp writes that she and
George will again spend the summer at
family vacation spots in Lake George,
Maine and Canada. Susie visited with
Linda Jackson Roeckelein this past May
when she and George attended a family
wedding in Washington, D.C. Linda does
all the flowers at the National Cathedral.
“Our thespian, Sue Shepard Patterson,
has been ‘keeping up appearances’,
most recently in films starring Shirley
MacLaine, Harry Connick, Jr. and John
Schneider, among others. Sue has eight
grandchildren, ranging in age from two
to 24 and living in Texas, Colorado and
Nevada, most of whom visit her in the
summer.
“John Webster, aka Dale Earnhardt, took
his modified Mustang GT last fall to the
World of Speed at the Bonnevile Salt Flats
in Wendover, Utah, — ‘very cool place.’
He is in the land speed Club (Utah Salt
Flats Racing Association). John has been
doing his track days (high performance
driving events) at the Roebling Road
Raceway near Savannah. On a quieter
note, John and Susie spend the summer
in Harbor Springs.
1959
GPUS Class Secretary:
Robin Duke Harris Russell
Two Flagler Drive
Rye, NY 10580-1848
rdhr@mindspring.com
John Webster, aka Dale Earnhardt
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Finally, it is with great sadness that I must
report that we have lost another classmate
— Elena Grossi Gilioli died on June 4.
Julie Donovan Darlow, Elena’s sister-inlaw,
wrote: ‘There was a very beautiful
memorial at her country home. There
were wonderful memories and stories
told by her sons and brother and moving
tributes by people from the community
— the mayor of the little town, the
director of the town band which played,
the director of the Etruscan museum of
the area which she had helped so much
— and pealing bells and Verdi arias –
everything she loved so much. She had
planned it all and did not want people to
mourn but rather to celebrate her life.’
Godspeed, Elena.”
1959
We would love for someone to be a
Liggett class secretary! Call Michael
Zarobe @ 313-884-4444, ext. 415 or
e-mail him at mzarobe@uls.org
The 60s
1960
Liggett Class Secretary:
Mrs. Thomas Molesky
(Anne C. Wrigley)
19540 Butternut
Southfield, MI 48076-1764
GPUS Class Secretary:
Mrs. Michael Schultes
(Alice Gage)
511 Lakeland
Grosse Pointe, MI 48230- 1268
aliceg@comcast.net
1961
GPUS Class Secretary:
Mrs. John P. Shanle
(Marion Polizzi)
21 North Duval Road
Grosse Pointe Shores, MI 48236-1108
mjshanle@hotmail.com
1962
GPUS Class Secretary:
Mrs. Thomas E. White
(Susan Adams)
11 East Bay Boulevard
The Woodlands, TX 77380- 2997
suwhite11@aol.com
Susan Adams White writes: “Thanks so
much to you all for responding so quickly
when I realized our deadline was early
August, rather than the end of the month!
I really appreciate it and we got some
really interesting news from a lot of you.”
First up is Paul Sheridan: “To recap the
last 50 years for me, here goes the short
version: I graduated from the Air Force
Academy in 1966, pilot training, and flew
F-4’s in Vietnam for two tours, instructor
pilot, AF Graduate School for an MS,
Pentagon for four years; after which, I left
active duty and went to work at Pratt &
Whitney, here in West Palm Beach, Fla.
That takes me to December 1978. I stayed
with P&W, moving to another division of
the parent corporation in San Diego for six
years, and then back to West Palm Beach
and P&W. I took an early retirement, in
1999. Then, I started a job that had me
telecommuting from home, with a
company called CACI. That lasted until
the first part of this year, now I am
semi-retired with them. I did stay in the
Air Force Reserves, assigned to the
Pentagon, and retired from there in 1990.
“On the personal side, I met my wife,
Barb, in 1971; we married in 1973. We
have two sons — one is in St. Petersburg,
Fla. (with one granddaughter) and the
other here in West Palm Beach, unmarried
as yet. Unfortunately, Barb passed away a
year ago May from a stroke from which
she never recovered. Meanwhile, we had
started a charity for kids in need
developmentally (KIND) here in West
Palm Beach; working with mostly dyslexic
kids providing trained tutors for one on
one instruction. KIND, part-time work
with CACI and tennis keeps me busy!
“I am still here in West Palm Beach and if
I move, it will not be far. So if anyone is in
the area, please give me a call so we can
get together. Home phone: 561-625-3233.”
Lynn Gorey Carpenter writes: “I am just
home from Grand Bend, Canada! Five
years ago, I built a cottage in the same
association that all the cousins and my
aunt summer in. I am expecting Carrie ’91
to visit for 10 days with her three children,
Rachel, Tucker and Mason. Steven
(Choate ’89) lives in Boston; he and Tracy
just had their first son, Charles Murray
Carpenter, in March.
I am busy with lots of volunteer work.
Mainly, pet therapy in psychiatric
hospitals and floors at Henry Ford,
Cottage, St. John’s Hospital and
Kingswood Hospital. I also do a reading
dog program at the Park’s public library. I
have Barney, a golden retriever and
Annie, a medium sized mix.”
Margaret Holley Sparks reports: “I am
working in the marketing and development
Department of Jewish Family &
Children’s Service in Phoenix, Ariz.;
helping to raise funds for their social
service programs in the face of state
cutbacks. My husband, Peter, has recently
retired from his “retirement job” of
teaching chemistry labs at Arizona State.
We have two children, Catherine and
Gavin (I’m their stepmom) and seven
grandchildren between the ages of 4
and 17!
“My fifth book of poems, “Walking
Through the Horizon,” was published by
University of Arkansas Press in 2006, and
I am still writing.”
Brooke Harrington writes: “I retired from
teaching at Temple University and closed
my architectural practice in Philadelphia;
moving to Cushing, Maine, where my
wife, Judy Bing, and I have completed
construction on our new permanent home
on the coast. During the spring, I became
a student again completing a course to
become an EMT Basic (Emergency
Medical Technician-Basic). I am now a
licensed EMT working as a volunteer for
the Cushing Rescue Squad and a traffic
controller for the fire department. Judy
and I continue to work on the
dissemination of our research of
vernacular wooden architecture of the
Balkans that began in 1987.”
Bill Stockard writes: “I have no current
contact with anyone. Midge and I went
to her reunion last year and saw Anne
Wood Birgbauer. Had a great time.
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My only news is minor (big deal for me!)
rode my new Trek bike around Torch Lake
with 400 others last Sunday — 62.55 miles
in about 4:40:36. Not bad for my age — 67
next month!”
Vicky Coehlo de Boton reports: “It seems
like yesterday, but, I guess that’s life! I’ve
been married for 48 years, four children
— two boys, two girls and now eight
grandchildren from 18 years of age to 3;
five of them live in London, so it keeps me
going up and down! I think it will be great
to be with you all next year; please keep
me in touch. Thank you so much for your
email. Let’s start from where we last left
off…just YESTERDAY!
Elisabeth Leach Smith writes:
“Congratulations on the number of
respondents you were able to get with
your initial letter to our class! Fifty years
is unbelievable, but who is counting!
Where has time gone For me, it has been
spent teaching special education at just
about every level. I also spent 10 years
at Liggett teaching in the pre-school and
was lucky enough to have several
children of my classmates! It also gave
me the opportunity to be on the staff with
some of my teachers. Who would have
thought! After Liggett, I moved to Detroit
to teach for 10 years. This was the most
challenging but also the most rewarding
part of my career.
“I have been happily married for 41
years and have two children. In 2005, my
husband, Russell (also an educator) and
I retired. We sold our home in Grosse
Pointe and moved to a quiet home near
Crystal Mountain Ski Resort on the west
side of the state. I spend my home time
volunteering as a friend of the Betzie
Valley District Library, a council member
of the Michigan legacy Art Park and
Project Read Northwest, an adult literacy
group. I spend free time assisting Russ
with our gardens and enjoying the music
of Interlochen, the sunsets of Lake
Michigan and visits from friends and
family. In the fall, we travel Europe for
several weeks. This October we are
heading to Scandinavia. We return for the
holidays with family and after the New
Year pack up for Mexico for the winter.
“Our two children, David and Amy, are
healthy, happy and employed. What more
could I ask for! I look forward to hearing
more about the reunion plans and will try
to attend.”
Tessie Hill Hawkins reports: “Thanks
for the letter. My address has changed
slightly — it is 516 Purves Road, Main
Ridge, Victoria 3928, Australia. That
means 516 kilometers from the top of a
small mountain here. It was changed to
make it easier for the country Fire
Authority CFA when there are bush fires.
Fortunately, we have not experienced
such a disaster. Your letter arrived the day
before we are off to New Caledonia for
three weeks. Sorry that I have no news of
anyone else.”
Dave Hodges writes: “I have had almost
no contact with GPUS classmates for a
long time. I did see Harrop Miller once
when I was living in Connecticut, but
that must’ve been 30 years ago; though
we do get Christmas cards from him still.
Although it may sound absurd, I thought
that your handwriting looked familiar,
not that I have any memory of having
seen it before.
“I left GPUS in 1959. I had finished ninth
grade but was only 14, two or more years
younger than many of you. I went to
boarding school in the east (Pomfret),
repeated ninth grade to catch up a little
age-wise, and graduated from there in
1963. I then went to Harvard and
graduated with a BA in English in 1967,
went into the Peace Corps for a couple of
years and began to grow up a little.
“After putzing around at different jobs
(teacher, writer, tennis pro) I got an MA
in clinical psychology and went to work
as an insecure psychotherapist. More
important, I got married, and we had two
lovely daughters in quick succession,
followed by a post-tubal-ligation son 11
years later. The girls are still lovely, one
40 and the other 37. Our son is 27. My
wife, Jody, and I have been married for
42 years. We are lucky. Our kids and three
grandkids all live in Oregon, and our
middle daughter and her husband and
two children and our son and his
girlfriend/partner all live within about
15 miles of us. We moved from the east
coast to Oregon about 25 years ago and
have loved it out here.
“I have maintained involvement with a
family business in Michigan and so have
traveled back many times over the years.
So I have seen people who went to GPUS
— just mostly not classmates. (While
writing this I have remembered a brief
visit with Sandy Blain about 20 years
ago and a crossing with Anne Wood
Birgbauer, I think at a tennis club in
Grosse Pointe.)
“So the last time I saw you, Susan, was
more than 50 years ago. If I remember
correctly, you were small and blonde. I
don’t think we ever exchanged words,
other than perhaps the occasional “hello.”
“So, warm greetings. It’s been kind of
fun putting together a kind of skeleton
history, and I wouldn’t have done it
without your out-of-the-blue letter.”
Jeanne Worley Payeur reports: “My copy
of Perspective arrived yesterday and I
spent a delightful evening pouring over it!
I am simply amazed that you heard from
so many 1962 alumni. It was amazing to
learn what others have been doing these
many years. So much interesting news. It
left me wanting more, especially from
those who did not or could not respond. I
am getting more and more excited about
the upcoming reunion and am willing to
help out as able via long distance.”
Ann Pongrace Male writes: “Not much
time has passed since the spring 2011
issue came out, but what fun it was to see
more than just an empty space where our
class notes appeared! And, although not
much has happened since then, I can
update a bit: Our daughter from upstate
New York has moved down with us.
This puts a slight crimp on the retirement
freedom we once had, but she really was
in need of a change, and we surely can
be a part of helping her to achieve that.
Our son went from being an apartment
dweller to a home owner in the same
county as we live in, but a different town,
so we have been helping him with that
adjustment. Life is an interesting road! I
am surprised that so many ’62 classmates
are in Texas — who would’ve guessed. I
really hope that some other members of
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the class have decided to send in their
contribution to Perspective and update all
of us who are interested in knowing how
they have fared in these 50 years.”
Lance Gotfredson wishes us all good luck
on our endeavor!!
“Well, that’s it for our news! Pretty terrific!
Now on to planning the reunion and I’m
waiting for all of your ideas. What do you
think about a men’s luncheon at the same
time as the ladies on Friday At any rate,
I will be in touch and many thanks for all
your help.
Fondly, Susan White”
1963
Liggett Class Secretary:
Mrs. Howard Niskar
(Gail Sake)
30030 High Valley Road
Farmington Hills, MI 48331-2143
galeml@aol.com
1964
Liggett Class Secretary:
Mrs. Christopher Sewell
(Karolyn A. Krieghoff)
2046 Camino de los Robles
Menlo Park, CA 94025-5917
ksewell7@comcast.net
Karolyn Krieghoff Sewell writes:
Sandy Smith Neilson, and Nancy Smith
Johnson were traveling the west coast
when they stopped in Menlo Park for a
visit and lunch.
Karolyn Krieghoff Sewell ’64 (LIG) and
classmates Sandy Smith Nelson and Nancy
Smith Johnson recently reunited at Karolyn’s
home in Menlo Park, Calif.
GPUS Class Secretary:
Mr. William B. Canfield III
5307 Falmouth Rd.
Bethesda, MD 20816-2916
canfieldwilliam@gmail.com
Bill Canfield has been named the
national general counsel to the
presidential campaign of Gov. Rick
Perry (R -Texas). Canfield is a nationally
recognized federal election law expert
and has twice served as the chair of the
American Bar Association’s Standing
Committee on Election Law.
1965
Liggett Class Secretary:
Mrs. Eugenie Corey Wagner
604 Cressfield Lane
Ann Arbor, MI 48103-3105
eugeniewagner@gmail.com
1966
We would love for someone to be a
Liggett class secretary! Call Michael
Zarobe at 313-884-4444,ext. 415 or
e-mail him at mzarobe@uls.org
1967
Liggett Class Secretary:
Mrs. David W. Brown
(Michael Marten)
73144 Carrizo Circle
Palm Desert, CA 92260-6650
GPUS Class Secretary:
Mrs. Jani DuCharme Gunsaulus
74 Essex Road
Ipswich, MA 01938-2548
Janidu00us@yahoo.com
1968
Liggett Class Secretary:
Ms. Joni W. (Welch) Holinger
229 South Quincy Street
Hinsdale, IL 60521-3949
tfvinc@aol.com
GPUS Class Secretary:
Mrs. Peter Ferrara
(Miranda C. Herbert)
419 St. Clair St.
Grosse Pointe, MI 48230-1545
miranda.ferrara@galegroup.com
1969
GPUS Class Secretaries:
Ms. Bettye Bee Friedberg Reis
37 W. 72nd Street, Apt. 11B
New York, NY 10023-3488
bbreis@nyc.rr.com
Rev. Meredith B. Jackson
500 Deepwoods Drive
Valley Grande, AL 36701-0404
jaypbsig@sprintmail.com
The 70s
1970
GPUS Class Secretary:
Ms. Priscilla Mead
461 South York Street
Denver, CO 80209-2724
ulsclass1970@gmail.com
Liggett Class Secretary:
Ms. Renee R. McDuffee
480 Lodge Drive
Detroit, MI 48214
renee.mcduffe@36thdistrictcourt.org
Karen Smith Fiely writes: “Please
check out my website: www.
karensmithpaintings.com and let me
know what you think! My son made it for
me. Keep in mind the shop is still under
construction. Thanks for your feedback!”
Leslie Caplan Kuerbitz reports: “Hello
to my dear Liggett Ladies! Hope you
are all doing well. So hard to believe that
it is almost a year since a few of us had
such a wonderful time at Fran’s beautiful
family home in Maine. What incredible
memories, especially of the yummy, fresh
Maine lobsters (no, I could not be in the
kitchen at cooking time!), the beautiful
forest with such enchanting fairy homes,
learning how to make homemade pasta
courtesy of Dody, Fran’s fantastic cooking
and incredibly wonderful personality,
friendship and fellowship with everyone
and re-acquainting after 38 to 40 years!
“So...in this time, I have found out that
I am pre-diabetic. This is OK, because
now I know how to take care of myself,
as well as why I couldn’t shake this
weight off! I am now on Metformin
(fortunately a pill and not insulin!), my
blood sugar has gone down and I have
lost 20 pounds since I last saw you all.
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Still working on it, but I feel so much
better! Praise the Lord for my wonderful,
female PCP (primary care physician)!
I recently had surgery on my left hand,
which Renee and I can well relate to, as
we are both lefties. It’s been interesting to
write with both hands, the right hand and
now my chicken scratches. But, I am out
of my cast, in a splint, doing rehab and
healing well!
Leslie Caplan Kuerbitz ’70 (LIG) and
daughter Jen at her wedding nuptials in
Nassau, Bahamas.
“Of course, the highlight of the year was
our daughter’s wedding the end of May
(May 28th to be exact), when 48 friends
and family from around the country made
a trip to Nassau, The Bahamas, for a
wonderful destination wedding! It was
incredibly beautiful and I was so blessed
to walk my daughter Jen down the aisle
to her sweetie Aaron.
“Blessings to Dianne! I so enjoy keeping
up with her on Facebook and if anyone
else is on there and wants to “friend,”
please feel free to send me a request.
My practice is going well. Have been
doing more marriage therapy this year,
more bi-polar patients, stressed-out,
overwhelmed and depressed patients,
and still enjoy working with children and
adolescents. I must admit I love working
with children, which tells me I am so
ready to be a grandma! Hard to believe
that our 60th B-day is coming up! Any
plans to get together By the way Renee,
thanks so much for updates on Detroit!
I sure wish the city could get it together.
Also, btw, anyone want some triple digit
temperatures! We are now into the fourth
week! We’re so excited that it might get to
99 tomorrow — for one day only!
Then back to the triple digits with some
record 106 days coming up! Anyway,
please keep in touch. Miss you all.
Love, Les.”
Renee McDuffee writes: “Francesca
Cinelli Stratton was in Grosse Pointe
Farms for a family gathering and
Francesca, her sister Gioconda Cinelli
McMillan ‘71, Joan Boddy Matson, Judi
Bruno Idris (in our class until 12th grade
when she attended GP North in its first
year of operation) and I had a great time
getting together for dinner and had lots
of fun in May!”
Sadly, we have lost two dads this year:
Dianne Seeber’s father and Dianne
Dossin Ruths’ father.
1971
Class Secretary:
Ms. Shanda Rumble
851 Westchester Way
Birmingham, MI 48009-2917
Shanshome@yahoo.com
Shan Rumble writes: “It was a big
year for the class of ‘71. We all gathered
for our 40th reunion and things went off
without any casualties — at least not
physical ones. I’m sure egos were bruised
and hearts were broken. Anyway, it’s
just fun to be 58...right The following
are the personal confessions of your
fellow classmates.
Doug Reid reports: “Patty and I just
celebrated our 20th year in Atlanta,
Patty’s hometown. Our daughter Jill
has flown the nest and family payroll to
begin work in NYC, and son Tommy is
about to start his first year at University of
Virginia, after a GPUS-like year with his
team winning the state high school tennis
championship. I have a management
consulting practice and Patty’s active in
schools and other community affairs.
Having sadly missed the reunion due to
children’s graduations, I fondly remember
everyone in the class just as they were!
Since everyone passes through ATL
airport, you’re welcome to stay with us
when you have the time.”
Geri LeMieux Day and her husband of
32 years, Les, are still living in Grosse
Pointe Shores. They are semi-retired
and trying out being “empty-nesters”
as both of their sons Shaun (28, lives in
Farmington Hills) and Christopher (21,
working and going to be a senior at
Central Michigan University). Geri says
empty-nesting “sucks” and she misses her
boys. Right now she is in the process of
consulting with a team she has assembled
including a literary agent and has plans to
write a book. She’ll keep us posted.”
Edward Schuller writes: “I guess the
main thing is at 58 I have begun a new
career. I am now an adult psychiatric
nurse practitioner and doing a fellowship
this year. It was worth going back to
school and doing all that work. I’m
playing music a fair amount, but not at a
very high level. I love taking care of our
almost 3-year-old granddaughter every
Saturday. I’m really grateful to be in great
health, happily married for 33 years,
healthy children.
1972
Class Secretary:
Mr. Kevin B. Granger
943 Hidden Lane
Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236-1522
mikevric@comcast.net
1973
Class Secretary:
Mrs. Anne K. Galyean
225 Mockingbird Trail
Palm Beach, FL 33480-3117
dragonannie@gmail.com
1974
Class Secretary:
Mrs. David Sessions
(Sara Hendrie)
900 Sunningdale
Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236-1670
sessions9@comcast.net
Susan Polizzi Stefani writes that her
daughter, Susie, is a senior this year at
University Liggett School.
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Kim Fruehauf Baubie ’75, Katie Renaud Baldwin ’74, Libby Candler ’75 and Lynn Fruehauf
Wood ’73 gathered for a mini reunion during the summer.
Kim Fruehauf Baubie ’75 and Bill Brucker
’74 at a mini reunion in the summer.
Hobart and William Smith Colleges in
Geneva, N.Y. Lee and her family spend
summers at their home on Harbor Point.”
The 80s
1980
Class Secretary:
Ms. Roxane Lie
29865 SW Rose Lane #5
Wilsonville, OR 97070-8702
rml2vizsla2002@yahoo.com
Jana Kirlin Brownell ’74, Emigh Erikson Litch ’74 and Brian Litch
Dave Peters took a long trip through
Africa with his sisters.
Check out the photos of class of ’74
alumni and other alumni enjoying great
times together this summer.
1975-78
We would love for someone to be a
Liggett class secretary! Call Michael
Zarobe at 313-884-4444,ext. 415 or
e-mail him at mzarobe@uls.org
1979
Class Secretary:
Mrs. Jeffrey Shell
(Catherine Sphire)
185 Ridge Road
Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236-3554
cshell185@comcast.net
“Esther (Lee) Ford Walsh and her
husband, Clune III ’78, live in
Birmingham with their three children.
Her oldest son, Clune IV, is a freshman at
1981
We would love for someone to be a
Liggett class secretary! Call Michael
Zarobe at 313-884-4444,ext. 415 or
e-mail him at mzarobe@uls.org
1982
Class Secretary:
Mr. Michael Ottaway
252 Cloverly Road
Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236-3304
Michael_Ottaway@ml.com
1983
We would love for someone to be a
Liggett class secretary! Call Michael
Zarobe at 313-884-4444,ext. 415 or
e-mail him at mzarobe@uls.org
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1984
Class Secretary:
Mr. Lawrence Paolucci
1898 Kenmore Drive
Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236-1982
lpaolucci@wcpc.us
Cynthia Kler Rockwell recently
graduated from University of Detroit
Mercy with a Master of Science,
physician assistant degree.
1985
Class Secretary:
Mrs. Michael Starshak
(Andra Hirt)
414 Woodland Court
Glenview, IL 60025-3462
astarshak@comcast.net
Steve Eberhardt and his wife Linda
are living and working in Albuquerque,
NM. They have three kids and a dog —
their oldest, Graham, will start
middle school this year. Steve works
at the University of NM Hospital as a
radiologist/professor, and reports that
life is good!
Jack Ferris is a pediatric orthopedic
surgeon in Pensacola, Fla., for Nemour’s
Children’s Clinic. Jack married Dina
Palombo 14 years ago and they have a
10-year-old boy and a 4-year-old girl
who keep them very busy.
Barry Hamilton Byndas has two children,
Anna (16) and Will (11). Barry is married
to Mark Byndas and has recently changed
careers. Barry is an RN in the OR at
Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak.
Sean Thomas reports that he is making
last-minute preparations for the imminent
collapse of western civilization. He wishes
good luck to all!
Susan Edwards Walker lives in
Lakewood, Colo., and is married to Greg
Walker of Burlington, Vt. Susan has two
children: John Russel Sheesley, 19 who is
a sophomore at CSU and Amelia Watson
Sheesley, 16. Susan works as the sales
and marketing director for Springwood
Retirement Community. (Also, from the
profile pic on her Facebook page, does a
lot of skiing in the Colorado area!)
Heather Diehl ’87 and her husband J. F. Bierlein
at the historic Berghoff restaurant with her ’87
classmates Steve Castanien, Mark Koegler and
Blasko Ristic.
Shelby Meade lives between Los Angeles
and New York City and many beaches
around the world. Shelby has a PR and
marketing company called Fresh and
Clean Media (www.freshcleanmedia.
com). Lately, Shelby has been returning to
Michigan to help with some of the
cultural movements in Detroit.
Christopher Kirkpatrick lives and works
in Toledo, Ohio. He is an editor with the
Detroit Free Press, married to Kristen
Kirkpatrick of Luckey, Ohio. Chris and
Kristen have a son, born Aug. 6, 2010,
named John Russell Kirkpatrick.
Cary Brooks Jarnac and family just
moved from Northbrook, Ill. to Safety
Harbor, Fla. She was happy to miss the
abominable winter in Chicago! Cary
and her husband have three children,
two boys and a girl as well as a cocker
spaniel. Cary works in sales for an
IT solutions provider in Clearwater.
Not surprisingly, they are loving the
Florida lifestyle!
Amy Ottaway Zambetti and family are
living in Charlotte, N.C. Amy has three
boys — a sophomore and freshman in
high school as well as a 1st grader. Amy
is staying home while her husband Kirk
travels all over the place!
Walter Connolly may be living the
farthest away, or at least the one farthest
away to report back. Walter and his wife
have two children, Walter Briggs IV and
Logan Gabriel. They are currently living
in Berlin, Germany, where Walter is the
head of the English department at the JFK
school. When not working, Walter is
playing hockey for a club called FASS and
a team called Wikinger. BOTH teams were
champions last year.
Jeff Lambrecht lives in Troy with his
wife, Debbie, and two kids, Collin, 12 and
Shannon, 10. Jeff works in Bingham Farms
in the family real estate business. Jeff is
about to embark on a side job: being a
history professor at Oakland Community
College part time. Jeff tells us that it’s just
something he’s always wanted to do and
totally different from his day job!
Ben Pugliesi lives in Grosse Pointe Farms
with his wife, Amy, and their daughter
Bianca (10). Ben’s daughter wants all to
know that they also have a dog, a cavalier
King Charles spaniel. Ben works at PNC
Bank as corporate lender. Life is good!
1986
We would love for someone to be a
Liggett class secretary! Call Michael
Zarobe at 313-884-4444,ext. 415 or
e-mail him at mzarobe@uls.org
1987
Class Secretary:
Ms. Heather C. Diehl
8103 Seldon Trail
San Antonio, TX 78244-2319
hdiehl@satx.rr.com
Our 25th class reunion is coming up in
2012! If you would like to be involved
with the planning, please contact Class
Secretary Heather Diehl to volunteer.
Heather Diehl and her husband J.F.
Bierlein were in Chicago in March.
They lunched at the historic Berghoff
Restaurant with classmates Steve
Castanien, Mark Koegler and Blasko
Ristic as well as J.F.’s friend from college
Mark Krumdick.
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We walked in and a card on the table
said that Chris Codish and band would
be performing tonight. And there he
was. After his set he sat down with us
for probably 30 minutes and shot the
breeze over drinks. What a super cool cat,
and super jazz. I was floored; especially
after seeing the Liggett Perspective article
about him earlier in the summer. He’s the
real deal.”
Dike Ajiri reports: “Weird to be 40 and
running Mobile Doctors and affiliated
companies for 16 years! I don’t go by
40 years old, I go by the Roman Numerals
XL. The wife and my boys are fantastic.
Blah blah blah. Nice following Liggetteers
on FB!”
Armstead Burwell ’89 and Chris Codish ’89 recently reunited at the Dirty Dog Jazz Café in
Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.
Elizabeth (Hader) Weiner writes:
“My oldest daughter Rachel was Bat
Mitzvahed July 9 and we had a large
gathering to celebrate. Even the Christian
side of the family came out in full force,
and we had people from all over the
country down here in the middle of
nowhere, where we live. My second
daughter, Anna, is now a first-degree
black belt in Tae Kwon Do, and she
participates in the gifted program here.
She also plays violin and creates art pieces
frequently. Both girls are currently at
Jewish camp in San Francisco. Sammy,
my son, hasn’t really found his niche yet.
Mostly, he enjoys playing on his computer,
and never leaving the house for any
reason. I have to bribe him to wear shorts
even though it’s been over 100 degrees
every day for weeks down here. My
husband still works for McKesson and is
enjoying his job. I am still working with
the psychopathic self-harmers in the
Federal Bureau of Prisons. Hope everyone
is doing well!”
1988
Class Secretary:
Mrs. Christopher Nichols
(Joy Brzuchowski)
2688 Amberly Drive
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301-2655
umpilots@aol.com
1989
Class Secretaries:
Mr. Dike H. Ajiri
3031 Old Glenview Road
Wilmette, IL 60091-2908
dajiri@yahoo.com
Armstead Burwell writes: “Great pic with
Chris Codish when we were in GP
visiting the folks in late July. Hannah
(wife) and I had a date night while Mom
watched the kids (yes, they’re still in GP).
Downtown to Greektown for dinner, then
back to GP and stopped at a new place
called The Dirty Dog Jazz Café on the Hill
for drinks.
Julee Mertz ’91 and dance partner performing
the Lindy Hip Dip.
Tracy Tompkins Skupien and her
family-owned business, Tompkins
Products, Inc., were featured in a recent
article in Crain’s Detroit Business. Tracy
serves as director of operations. Her
brother, Charles Tompkins ‘97, is the
production manager while her sister,
Katherine Tompkins McSkimming ’92,
manages human resources. Her
grandfather started the company in 1941
as a supplier of screw machine products
to the U.S. government during World War
II and later to the automotive industry.
Her father, Charles Tompkins, and uncle,
Joseph, took the reins of the company in
the late 1960s before transitioning in a
third generation.
Mrs. Elizabeth S. Garant
(Elizabeth Sieber)
17065 E, 105th Avenue
Commerce City, CO 80022-0570
ejgarant@yahoo.com
The 90s
1990
Class Secretaries:
Brooke Hohmeyer Kemler
Hohenstaufenstr 36
Apartment no. 20
71696 Möglingen
Germany
brookemler@hotmail.com
Dr. Sreedhar ‘Steve’ Samudrala
9143 Concord Hunt Circle
Brentwood, TN 37027-8762
DrSam@AFDclinics.com
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Lauren Gargaro Grace writes: “I am
living in Rye, NY, with my husband,
Michael, and 2 daughters ages 7 and 4.
After ten years in New York City, the NY
suburbs are a nice relaxing change.
I am currently a full-time mother and
just celebrated my 10-year wedding
anniversary. I always look forward to our
summer visits to Detroit/Grosse Pointe.
The Detroit Institute of Arts is our first
stop — if you haven’t been in a while,
go visit!”
Amanda Smith Nieman reports: “I’ve
lived in Chicago since 1999 and this year
I got married! The wedding was in
Dearborn, on April 30 and the reception
was at The Henry Ford Museum.”
Amanda Smith Nieman and her husband at their wedding reception at The Henry Ford
museum in Dearborn, Mich.
1994-95
We would love for someone to be a
Liggett class secretary! Call Michael
Zarobe at 313-884-4444,ext. 415 or
e-mail him at mzarobe@uls.org
1991
Class Secretaries:
Ms. Natasha Moulton-Levy
5400 Bucksaw Court
Columbia MD 21044-5717
teklaml@aol.com
Samina Qureshi Romero
2016 Norwood
Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236-1746
Saminaq1@yahoo.com
Julee Mertz writes: “Since 1997, I’ve
been running Big City Swing, the studio
for Swing and Lindy Hop lessons and
performances in Chicago. What started
as a hobby has turned into an inspiring
adventure of founding a small business,
performing across the U.S. in “Swing!
The Broadway Musical” and teaching
in England, Australia, Switzerland and
the Netherlands. I’m so thankful for the
critical thinking and writing skills I
learned while at Liggett. They have been
essential to running the business side of
an artistic venture.”
Katy Campbell Podolan reports: “I’m
living in Troy, Mich., with my two
daughters Anna (9 years old) and Kathryn
(7 years old). I’m a software project
manager for a logistics and customs
company based out of Linz, Austria.”
Ali Frederick Folz writes: “Living life in
the Washington State with my husband
and two daughters. Recently published
a children’s chapter book, “Indigo’s
Bracelet.” Looking for a publisher/agent
to help produce the next books in the
series. Wish I would have taken grammar
lessons at Liggett more seriously!
Attended our 20th year reunion at Liggett
this May. Great to see everyone. Looking
forward to returning soon.”
1992
Class Secretaries:
Ms. Lila Lahood
1624 Vallejo Street, Apt. 2
San Francisco, CA 94123-5115
lilalahood@gmail.com
Mrs. Anne R. Tranchida
(Anne Hildebrandt)
1533 Chesapeake
Royal Oak, MI 48067-4529
arh1214@aol.com
1993
Class Secretary:
Carrie Birgbauer
2313 Broadway Street
San Francisco, CA 94115-1233
stella9@gmail.com
1996
Class Secretaries:
Ms. Jennifer S. Silverston
445 West Baraga Avenue, #4
Marquette, MI 49855-4558
jsilvers@nmu.edu
Mrs. Rachel Calderon Young
3208 Silva Street
Lakewood, CA 90712-3014
1997-99
We would love for someone to be a
Liggett class secretary! Call Michael
Zarobe at 313-884-4444,ext. 415 or
e-mail him at mzarobe@uls.org
2000
Class Secretary:
Ms. Celeste Hubbard
636 South Cochran Avenue, Apt. 205
Los Angeles, CA 90036-4036
celesteyhubbard@yahoo.com
Kristen Lingemann Maloney writes:
“My husband Brian and I are still living
out in Colorado. We will be celebrating
our third anniversary this August. We just
purchased our first house in Longmont.
I was recently promoted to executive
director of the Transylvanian Community
Foundation, a nonprofit based in Boulder,
Colo. I am really excited about the
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opportunity to grow the organization.
We are in the process of completing a
website redesign and then will make a
big push for additional funding this fall.
Next spring/summer I will be in eastern
Europe setting up English language and
technology exchanges between U.S.
universities and villages in Romania
and Hungary.”
Alisha Fraser reports: “My husband
Jesse and I are living in Pittsburgh, Penn.
where I am running my own business
Alisha Nichole Studio: On Location Hair
and makeup (www.AlishaNichole.com)
and my husband is the executive chef of
Morton’s the Steakhouse in Pittsburgh.
We are also expecting our first baby in
Dec 2011!”
2001
Class Secretary:
Christal Phillips
christalphillips@gmail.com
2002
We would love for someone to be a
Liggett class secretary! Call Michael
Zarobe at 313-884-4444,ext. 415 or
e-mail him at mzarobe@uls.org
2003
Class Secretary:
Mr. Brandon Celestin
1126 Berkshire
Grosse Pointe Park, MI 48230-1341
brandon.celestin@gmail.com
2004
Class Secretaries:
Ms. Rachel Costello
126 East Pointe Lane, Apt. B23
East Lansing, MI 48823-1984
rachelncostello@gm.com
Ms. Carly Croskey
180 Country Club Drive
Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236-2902
cacroskey@gmail.com
Ms. Meghan Doletzky
1365 Pinellas Road
Belleair, FL 33756-1061
2005
Class secretaries:
Ms. Caitlin B. Costello
800 Cadieux Road
Grosse Pointe, MI 48230-1232
caitlinbcostello@gmail.com
Ms. Kimberly M. Dickinson
240 Brown Street
Providence, RI 02906-1527
Kimberly_Dickinson@brown.edu
2006
Class secretary:
Ms. Alyssa Bronikowski
1221 N. Dearborn #211N
Chicago, IL 60610-8376
alyssa.bronikowski@gmail.com
2007
We would love for someone to be a
Liggett class secretary! Call Michael
Zarobe at 313-884-4444,ext. 415 or
e-mail him at mzarobe@uls.org
2008
Class secretary:
Ms. Maria Russo
mariarusso90@comcast.net
Ms. Laura Hicks
laura.hicks10@gmail.com
2009
Class secretary:
Bianca Aviolo
4884 Kensington
Detroit, MI 48224
Bianca@thesecondguess.com
2010
Class secretary:
Ms. Mary Grech
marygrech22@gmail.com
Call Out to Alumni!
Do you remember your Lower School years We’ll bet you do!
Do you remember all the times you spent in the Lower School Auditorium
Remember… Being named as Top Citizen for the week
Giving your first piano recital
Being in the Christmas Pageant
Now you can bring those special memories back with
your own piece of our school’s history!
The Lower School Auditorium is being converted to a state-of-the-art science
laboratory. Due to this renovation, a limited number (30) of Lower School
auditorium chairs are available, in singles or multiples. There is no cost.
You must arrange pick-up and transport of the chairs.
For more information, contact Michael Zarobe, Director of Alumni
Relations at mzarobe@uls.org or 313-884-4444, ext. 415
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In memoriam
antone joseph gallaher
Longtime University Liggett School faculty member, Antone Joseph Gallaher, 64, died Thursday,
Oct. 6, 2011, at Harper Hospital in Detroit.
He was born July 16, 1947, in Bethesda, Md.,to Antone R. and Mary C. Gallaher and earned a
Bachelor of Science degree from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1969 and Master of Arts degree from San
Diego State University. He served as an officer in the U.S. Navy.
He was employed at Liggett from 1980 to 2011. During his 31 years with the school, he taught U.S.
history and math, served as a college advisor, director of summer school and coached the boys varsity
basketball team during the 1980s.
Mr. Gallaher was an ardent reader and sports enthusiast who appreciated nature and the outdoors.
He was a loving dog owner, enjoyed playing cards with friends on a regular basis, and took pleasure
in live theater and listening to music.
He is survived by a son, Scott Antone Gallaher; daughter, Kelly Ann (Mike) Payne; their mother, Ann
Tyler Lewis; a stepdaughter, Jennifer Cassie (Jason Kanov); her mother, Martha Cassie;
granddaughter, Riley Ann Payne and step-grandchild, Lucy Marcella Kanov.
He also is survived by six sisters, Mary Ellen Gallaher, Maureen Gallaher,
Patricia Darwin, Christine Fargo, Debra Anderson and Laurie Tobar.
Donations may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 30200 Telegraph
Road, Suite 105, Bingham Farms, MI 48025; American Heart Association, 24445
Northwestern Highway, Suite 100, Southfield, MI 48075; or The Sierra Club at
sierraclub.org.
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In memoriam
MARY SUZANNE GEORGE HANDLEY ’49 (LIG) passed
away on June 9, 2011 at the age of 79. Mary was born in
1931 in Detroit. She received an associate’s degree in
secretarial studies from Highland Park Junior College
before becoming the secretary for the head of the Home
Economics department at Michigan State University. She
founded and was sole director of St. Paul’s Nursery School
at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Jackson, Mich. Mary was
also a member of the Jackson Junior Welfare League.
She is survived by her husband of 53 years, Edward W.
Handley; one daughter, Barbara D. Huggett (Timothy);
one son, Robert E. Handley; one brother, Robert Henry
George (Suzette); several nieces and nephews and
great-nieces and nephews.
Memorial donations may be made to St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church, 309 S. Jackson Street, Jackson, MI 49201.
JACQUELINE KOLLE HARING ’33 (LIG) died
peacefully at Nantucket Cottage Hospital on August 10,
2011. A long-time resident of the island, she worked for
the Nantucket Historical Association for many years as its
archivist and then for Tonkin Antiques until 1999. She was
devoted to preserving the rich history of Nantucket and to
making that history available for researchers, students,
and interested visitors. She wrote an article, “Captain, the
Lad’s Girl” for Historic Nantucket and was profiled in
Nantucket Voices, Volume II.
Jacqueline was born on July 29, 1915. She attended the
Liggett School, graduating in 1933, and began college at
Vassar, but transferred to the University of Michigan
where she graduated in 1937 with a bachelor of arts degree
in English. She was married to Edward Adams from
1940-47. During the Second World War, she joined the Red
Cross, initially posted to New Guinea and the Philippines
where she helped support the fighting troops. After the
bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, she
travelled with the Red Cross to Japan and was posted in
Kyoto — one of the first American women to enter Japan
after the bombing. Some of her memories from that service
are recorded in the book “We’re in This War, Too.”
Returning from the war and now divorced, she worked for
a time in government service in Chicago, where she met
Philip Smyth Haring, to whom she was married from 1952
until his death in 2008. After staying at home to raise her
daughter, Jacqueline completed graduate coursework in
archival studies at the University of Illinois in 1967 and
then went to work as the Archivist for Knox College in
Galesburg, Illinois. While in that position, she was active
in the Society of American Archives and served as
president of the Midwest Archivists Conference from
1975-77.
Throughout her life, Jackie loved to travel and to entertain.
She enjoyed giving large holiday parties in her home in
Galesburg and later here on the island. Together, she and
her husband traveled the world, arriving in China soon
after Nixon visited there, returning to Japan where she
and her husband deeply admired the art and architecture,
and making several trips to South America and Europe.
She is survived by her daughter, Tori Haring-Smith; her
son-in-law Robert Haring-Smith; and a grandson, Whitney
Haring-Smith.
Donations may be made to the Massachusetts Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, ATTN: Donations,
350 South Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02130.
VINCENT C. TROFI, former
Upper School English teacher
and department chair, passed away
on April 30, 2011, at age 80, in his
home state of Rhode Island.
Mr. Trofi taught at Liggett from
approximately 1973-1981. He
greatly enjoyed sharing his love
of literature and the arts with his
many students and colleagues. He
considered himself a Renaissance
man in the Renaissance City. For
example, he introduced his students to pomegranates long
before their current popularity. With a twinkle in his eye
and a theatrical flair, he portrayed Santa Claus at the
annual Christmas Festival. He always had a soft spot and
an extra moment for someone in need of support. He often
became personally involved in guiding seniors through
the college admissions process.
Mr. Trofi was the first child of hard-working Italian
immigrants who spent most of their lives in the factories
and mills of Providence. Because Mr. Trofi had polio as a
child, he was encouraged to be a scholar. This experience
made him approachable and sympathetic. He
thought very highly of his students and viewed each
young person as an individual with his or her own needs.
He encouraged them to turn what they might view as a
negative into a positive. After leaving Liggett, Mr. Trofi
taught at his alma mater, Providence College. During his
retirement, he enjoyed international travel, reading on his
Kindle and spending time with his grandchildren.
His wife, Hendrika Trofi, who was a librarian and registrar
at Liggett, passed away in 2008. He leaves his daughter,
Juliet ’82 and her partner, Dan; his daughter, Angela ’83,
her husband, Srdjan, and their children, Daniil, Ruslan
and Oktjabrina.
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UNIVERSITY LIGGETT SCHOOL
Back to School
Alumni Weekend 2011
Carol Cracchiolo Laub
’81 and Bill Gore ‘81
Chandra Oden
McMillion ‘86
All-Alumni Cocktail Reception –
Alumni Weekend 2011
Elizabeth Thomas McKee
’91 and Karen Katanick
(faculty)
Ri Wooten Renaud ’41
(LIG)
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The Liggett School Class of 1951 - 60th Reunion
L-R: Susan Crawford Blaney, Cynthia Keydel Huebner,
Barbara Allen Esler, Rebecca Patterson Hein
Class of ’91 – 20th Reunion
Front row: L-R: Abigail McIntyre, Natasha Moulton-Levy.
Second row: Samina Qureshi Romero, Katy Campbell, Ryan Bailer,
Elizabeth Thomas McKee. Third row: Martina Jerant, Julee Mertz,
Alexandra Frederick Folz, Alexandra Hambright Solomon. Fourth
row: David Mehram, Lynn Sinkel Slagle, Jon Strong
GPUS Class of 1961- 50th Reunion Front row: L-R: Margaret “Peg” Carpenter, Dennis Cross, Marion Polizzi Shanle,
Lynn Leithauser, Connie Baum Bourke, Terry Seyler and Paula Waterman. Middle row: L-R: Jody Walker Zara, John Adair,
Noel Savignac, Alice Ledyard Hudson, Alice Wardwell Haggarty, Ginny Barnes Green, Tina Gardner Coates, Darcy Chandler
Marentette, Susan Wise Dyson. Back row: L-R: Mary Buttrick Johnson, Tom Henry, Jean Templeton, Jody Jennings, Charles Coe,
John Kelson, John Siegmund, Lyn Walker, Jac Ritter, Renee Bowdy Monroe, Peter Monroe. Row 4: Hervey Parke
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Alumni Weekend 2011
Class of 1981- 30th Reunion
Front row:L-R: Beth Wahl, Tony Alcantara,
Sandy Noble Streberger. 2nd row: Carlotta
Ellison, Dede Ford Cadieux, Mary Warren,
Gwen Treiber, Michele Keys, Renee Outland-
Filer, Priscilla Wood McCarthy. 3rd row: Sal
Cavaliere, Helen Williams Landyut, Martha
Hein Watson, Carol Cracchiolo Laub, Sue
Blodick, Chuck Kennedy. 4th row: Mike
Kirkpatrick, Coit Ford, Joe Walker, Bill Gore,
Brian Cadieux, Beth Mikos Canzano.
Class of ’86- 25th Reunion Front row: L-R: Coley Connolly, Molly Salden Radtke, Lancelot Lie, Oscar Alcantara, Shefali
Sharma Cromer, Stephanie LaRose Crino, Cheri Kavan Meyer, Rob Glancy, Nadia Selim Little. Second row: Marty Tibbitts,
Rob Healy, Tony Malcoun, Fred Chang, Philip MacKethan, Fay Howenstein Savage, Catherine Harper Omeara Back row:John
Birgbauer, Ben Paolucci, Chandra Oden McMillion, Alex Noecker Ferrara, Susan Herchock Boehmer, Paula Rodriguez Ottaway.
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Ladies Luncheon
at Country Club of Detroit
L-R Front row: Ginny Barnes Green,
Marion Polizzi Shanle, Peg Carpenter,
Lynn Leithauser, Susan Wise Dyson,
Connie Baum Bourke,
Back row: Mary Buttrick Johnson,
Jean Templeton, Tina Gardner Coates,
Darcy Chandler Marentette, Renee
Bowdy Monroe, Alice Ledyard Hudson,
Paula Waterman
Class of 1951 60th Reunion – Grosse Pointe
Country Day School and Detroit University
School at Back to Campus Barbeque
L-R: Jane Ottaway Dow, Peter Dow, Dave Johnston,
Mary Lou Johnston, Bettina Stroh Jackson and Gail
Stroh Marantette
Class of 1991 20th Reunion
– Back to Campus Barbeque
L-R: Front row: Ryan Bailer; Middle row: Abigail McIntyre,
Samina Qureshi Romero, Natasha Moulton-Levy, Elizabeth
Thomas McKee, Lynn Sinkel Slagle, Julee Mertz; Back row:
Martina Jerant, Alexandra Frederick Folz
Back to Campus Barbeque
L-R: Booth Platt ’96 and Pahl Zinn ‘87
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Class of 1961 50th Reunion Memories
Whoever thought going back to school could be so much fun! It was with much anticipation,
trepidation and excitement that those of us who could attend returned to campus to renew old
friendships, establish new and see just exactly what our old stomping grounds looked like 50 years later.
Planning for our return started several months ahead of
time. In addition to Michael Zarobe and the wonderful
staff in the school’s Development Office, Peggy Carpenter,
Jody Jennings and I sat down to see how we could make
our weekend a memorable one. Our foremost task was to
contact our classmates to encourage them to mark their
calendars, make their travel plans and be on campus the
weekend of May 20.
The one person who immediately rose to the occasion by
assuming that responsibility was Hervey Parke. Hervey
started early on to enlist the help of anyone who might
talk with or email everyone in our class regardless if he or
she graduated with us. Kudos to Hervey as he contacted
Peter Monroe, Charlie Coe, Jean Templeton and Darcy
Marentette who, along with Peggy and Jody, successfully
completed that task. If it weren’t for Hervey, our class
attendance sheet would have consisted of just a few
names. To him and his helpers goes much appreciation.
The greatest plans go for naught if no one is around to
enjoy them. As we all know, it is people who make a
party memorable.
The weekend festivities started on Friday afternoon with
the ladies’ luncheon at the Country Club of Detroit. For
many of us, it was the first visit back to Grosse Pointe in
several years. And I am happy to report that everyone
was recognizable; we didn’t need name tags to say hello!
For the gentlemen in our class and the spouses of those
attending the ladies’ event, a simultaneous luncheon was
held in another room at the club. Both luncheons were
well attended.
That evening, we met at City Kitchen in the Village for
a meet and greet. Over 30 of us had a great time. We all
picked up where we left off. It seemed as if we had never
left. What fun it was to hear all about the past 50 years of
our lives. Like fine wine, we all aged well.
Saturday afternoon we were back on campus for a
barbeque. Jody helped grill hot dogs and hamburgers.
John Fischer had to leave right after lunch. How
good of him to come for such a short time. There were
athletic events on the field. We camped out by the
McCann rink. The weather was warm, but we were
thrilled not to have rain.
That evening a cocktail reception was held in the arts wing
of the school. In addition to cocktails and hors d’oeuvres,
we enjoyed live music which added to the festivity of the
event. Some of us toured the school and had fun visiting
our old classrooms.
At 7 p.m. the dinner bell rang. Our class was seated
separately in its own tent which was outside the back door
of the Upper School. We dined at beautifully decorated
tables. At an exhibit were copies of old yearbooks,
trophies and even a picture of our beloved Mr. Chandler.
Jody paid a tribute to our deceased classmates by reading
their names. We all paused for a moment of silence. The
school’s current headmaster, Joe Healey, stopped by for
a visit. However, the highlight of the evening was when
Hervey contacted Lucia in Italy. Thanks to Skype, we were
all able to visit.
Lucia writes: “It was for me an immense pleasure to be
able to participate through technological means in the
50th reunion party in school. I want to thank particularly
Hervey Parke who was a wonderful and caring organizer
of my connection through Skype with the class.
“A thrilling experience and a very powerful one!
“I was very conscious, while talking to the classmates
who came to see me on the computer, of the amazing
opportunity and experience I was given to live, 50
years ago, by the American Field Service, Grosse Pointe
University School and the marvellous Waterman family.
I was allowed to know each and every one of you and
to share your community life for one year. To me, a
fundamental experience.”
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Sunday morning, about 35 of us had brunch at the Little
Club. Our tables overlooked the water to make for a
picture-perfect event. We all visited as if we had never left
and didn’t seem to want to leave. Our gift to each other
was our presence which was too priceless to measure. Our
stories, laughter and attendance were our souvenirs.
That wonderful weekend nourished our souls and elevated
our spirits. We appreciated all Michael Zarobe and the
University Liggett School family did to make our weekend
so special. They put their hearts and souls in all they did
while making us feel their work was effortless.
As one might say, our 50th reunion was worth waiting
for as we took away more than we brought. The distances
traveled were great for many; the price of their time too
precious to count. We vowed to be there for our 60th, and
with a little bit of luck, even our 75th! We could feel the
spirits of all of you who were unable to attend, and knew
you were right there with us.
Thanks to everyone’s generosity, our class donated over
$2,400 as a class gift! The money is being used to landscape
and furnish an outside courtyard in the Lower School. I
will be sure to send pictures upon completion. We will also
include in that gift a special dedication to our deceased
classmates.
A few of you responded to my request for thoughts on
reunion. I know you will enjoy reading those. Thanks to
Sandy, Lucia and Tom for responding. A special thank
you to Peggy and Jody for giving their time and energy.
I truly enjoyed our “review” sessions. Appreciation
goes to Wendy Jennings for making the beautiful flower
arrangements that graced our tables. And to each of you
who is a member of the Class of 1961, the unique qualities
you shared then helped make us what we are today.
Thank you for being you.
Marion Polizzi Shanle ’61
Grosse Pointe University School
Charles Coe ’61 adds: “Sometime in sixth grade, my mom
told me that I was going to GPUS. Extremely happy
at Gabriel Richard Elementary and looking forward to
Pierce, I protested vigorously but to no avail. As always,
my mother was immovable. I felt very apprehensive.
What would happen to me in a school full of rich, smart
kids Looking back over 55-plus years, I now feel very
fortunate to have gone to GPUS. Sharing with classmates
at the reunion further reinforced my realization that GPUS
provided us with the opportunity to develop our Godgiven
gifts. While we would have gotten a great education
at Grosse Pointe High, how many of us would have been
able to play sports, act, sing, play music and lead Did
those opportunities shape our lives They sure did mine.”
Susie Wise Dyson writes: “Marion - I had a wonderful
time at the GPUS reunion. The planning was excellent
and the events both at the school and other locations were
great fun. Not having seen most of our classmates in 50
years, it was a pleasure to catch up with everyone’s lives
and get re-aquainted. It also made me appreciate what a
solid education we received at GPUS and to see that the
school is still thriving. You, Peggy and Jody did a great
job on putting the weekend together. In July, Tim and I
were in California staying in Atherton, so I got in touch
with Cynthia Beeman and we had a delightful lunch at her
house and caught up with her life these past years and told
her about the reunion. I always enjoy your notes and think
to myself ‘Clare Lockhart would be proud.’ Thanks for all
your hard work. Hopefully we’ll all keep in touch.
Tom Henry reports: “I agree with so many of our
classmates who have said how great it was to reconnect
with old friends. It really was a rewarding experience and
a lot of fun.
In addition to all that, I had the good fortune to run into
George Jerome at the Saturday evening cocktail reception.
George is a member of the class of ‘56, which was my late
sister’s class. George was a friend of Carol’s and so we
had a chance to reminisce about her and their classmates.
It was great chatting with him and an unexpected bonus.
All the best.”
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On the
Town
Gathering with alumni on campus and
at some of the area’s most interesting
venues, classmates and friends had
the opportunity to network and learn
about exciting new developments at
University Liggett School.
Comerica
Park
Detroit
L-R: Pahl Zinn ’87, Catherine Sphire Shell ’79 and John Ottaway ’80
Samina Qureshi Romero ’91 and her children Ariana
and Antonio.
L-R: Drew Dettlinger ’11, Joseph Simon ’11, George
Park ’11 and Clayton Ford ‘11
Alumni from the class of 2011
L-R: Kinaya Smith ’11 and Jasmine Policherla ‘11
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Paul Tranchida, Anne Hildebrandt Tranchida and Samina
Qureshi Romero ‘91
Susan Cleek Azar ’87 and Ellen Renick Durand ‘79
Dirty Dog
Jazz Café
in Detroit
Mary McKean Roby ’50
(CDS) and Alice Wrigley
Baetz ’64 (LIG)
Jody Jennings ’61 (GPUS)
and Sophia Ellis
Cynthia Kler Rockwell ’84, Rich Fanning, Susan Polizzi
Stefani ’74 and Beth Mikos Canzano ‘81
Jeffrey Shell, Catherine Sphire Shell ’79 and Ed Gotfredson
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The annual alumni soccer game was held in August and attracted a good crowd of former
soccer players and fans. Participating in the game were, front row from left Berc Backhurst
‘97, Nate Weiss ‘11, Carl Ghafari ‘11, Ralph Harik ‘97, Dan Ferrin ‘00, Mark Ghafari ‘10,
Curtis Fisher ‘08, Joseph Simon ‘11, Richard Carron ‘81, Coley Connolly ’86. In the back row
from left are James Perry ‘04, Noah Saganski ‘10, Jack Fisher ‘09, Scott Vallee ‘01, Andrew
Byron ‘01, Owen Darr ‘04, Adam Heaney ‘05, Peter Spina ‘05, Jeff Heaney ‘06, Aaron
Heaney ‘06, Bryan Zmyslowski ‘05, Michael Coello ‘90, Dan Bowen ’84.
Alumni
Soccer
Game
Coach Bob Newvine (left) and Bill Listman ’87 presents the Most Valuable Player
trophy to Jack Kitchen ’79.
Front row L-R: James Combs ‘90,
Marty Tibbits ‘86, Bill Listman ‘87,
Pahl Zinn ’87, Robert Listman ‘94
Back row L-R: Coach Robert Newvine,
Ian Jones ‘86, Greg Davis ‘88, Tom
Weyhing ’87, Jim Kitchen ’84, Jack
Kitchen’79, John Polizzi ‘83
Alumni
vs.
Alumni
Football
Game
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Save the Date
UNIVERSITY LIGGETT SCHOOL PRESENTS
Saturday, April 28, 2012
7 p.m.
Silent & Live Auction
Dinner & Music
Grosse Pointe Yacht Club
788 Lakeshore Road
Grosse Pointe Shores
Watch for your invitation in the mail!
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Left to right: -- Marquette University student Elizabeth Tripp ’11; Jasmine
Policherla ’11; Meredith Quinlan ’08; Pierin; Ryan Veneri ’08 and Morgan
Walker ’11.
Middle School Teacher Visits
Liggett Alumni at Kalamazoo College
Veeral Patel ‘11
Jennifer Pierin, Middle School English teacher, recently visited
her alma mater, Kalamazoo College, for an alumni reunion.
While at the college, Jennifer reconnected with University Liggett
School alumni who are now students there. Jennifer reports
they are all doing amazing things at Kalamazoo College — the
one thing that struck her is that Liggett prepared them well
to take advantage of all of the opportunities available at this
small liberal arts college with an emphasis on foreign study and
individual projects and internships.
Michael Ignagni ‘08
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Exclusive
Limited Edition
University Liggett School
Pewabic Tile
$100
This 7” round tile featuring the University Liggett School crest makes the perfect gift.
It can be used as a trivet, paperweight or wall hanging.
Tile is heat safe and features a tile-hanger on the back so that it can be hung when not in use.
Quantities are limited, so order yours today.
Contact Michael Zarobe, Director of Alumni Relations, at
313-884-4444, ext. 415 or mzarobe@uls.org
Fifty percent of the purchase price is a tax-deductible donation to University Liggett School.
Additional fee for shipping and handling.
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On campus
Athletic Director Michelle Hicks and Madison Ristovski.
Senior signs to play basketball for U-M
On Nov. 10, a small crowd of students, family and fans
watched Liggett basketball sensation Madison Ristovski
sign her letter of intent to play basketball for the University
of Michigan.
“Madison’s amazing,” said Athletic Director Michelle Hicks.
“She was blessed with talent, but her work ethic is amazing.
Those two combined brought her to what happened today.”
Madison, a senior, joined Liggett in 2008 as a freshman and
her leadership on the team has taken it to the regional finals
her sophomore year when they lost in double overtime and,
last year, to the state finals when they lost a heartbreaker.
“I want to thank everyone for being here and supporting
me,” Madison said to those who applauded after she signed
the documents.
Caveman alumnus returns to talk diet, fitness
OK, he’s not really a caveman, but John Durant, ‘01, is
making a name for himself, and it seems a living, urging
people to eat like our paleolithic ancestors.
John Durant
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His diet -- based on evolutionary theory and which includes
lots of meat and very little of what we call processed food
-- is responsible, he says, for his great shape, energy, and
health. He told students on Nov. 9, that he even thinks it may
address two health issues facing most teens: acne and braces.
His theory, which is adapted from those of others who
believe many if not all the illnesses that come with civilization
stem from diet, has been the subject of a New York Times
article. That article led to an appearance on “The Colbert
Report,” a book deal and discussions of a reality television
show. He chronicles his life in a blog, hunter-gatherer.com.
On his blog, John writes: “A few years ago, I was your typical
office-worker: stressed out, uneven energy, overweight, and
inconsistent complexion. Now I’m just your typical 28-year
old urban hunter-gatherer on a quest to be healthy, and
having a few adventures along the way.”
For more about John, and to read other articles about his
paleo-diet, check out his website.
Alumnus directs one of two school plays
Local theater artist and Liggett alumnus T.J. Corbett ‘04
spent the summer starring in Mitch Albom’s play “Ernie”
then followed it up by returning to Liggett to direct
“Moon Over Buffalo.”
Corbett said after his extended run in “Ernie,” he was ready
for new challenges. So when the call came to see if he was
available to direct at his alma mater, Corbett jumped at the
chance to stage the farce “Moon Over Buffalo,” one of two
shows in the Liggett Players fall repertory program.
“The opportunity to come back and share with the students
of University Liggett School was a great fit for my career right
now,” Corbett said.
Working with mentor and chair of the department of creative
and performing arts Dr. Phillip Moss, Corbett, 26, of St. Clair
Shores, has mounted this bright comedy next to the tense
racial drama “A Raisin In The Sun.”
T.J. Corbett with the cast and crew of “Moon Over Buffalo.”
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Congratulations to the Class of 2011
University Liggett School’s newest alumni
The 48 seniors in the Class of 2011
received $1.7 million in scholarships.
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