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1963 50 th Reunion, May 3-5, 2013 KATHLEEN HOURIGAN LIQUE, Nahant, Mass., writes, I’ve lived in the Boston area since 1970 when I finished graduate school. I’ve worked in program development in human services, developing programs to address emergency needs such as home care for elders, programs for refugees and for people with HIV, and cross cultural training programs. My husband Vince and I adopted two girls from Korea and have traveled to Asia and other parts of the world. He died seven years ago and I retired. I am now active in trying to pass an amendment to get rid of corporate personhood and restore our democracy. I’m also active in 350.org which addresses climate change. Looking forward to seeing all the classmates who come to the reunion! LINDA RENVILLE WARDELL, Houston, Texas, writes, Since retirement we have spent much of our time traveling. John had a goal of running a marathon on each continent and he has accomplished that, which means we have traveled all seven continents (including Antarctica!). We also enjoy cruising and have done 21 cruises. We both are involved in music. I am a quilter and I am involved in several quilting organizations. I volunteer at Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital. 1967 ROBERT BURNSIDE, JR., Swoyersville, had this picture taken of himself and writes, That’s me channeling a middle-aged Walt Whitman in preparation for the 150th anniversary re-enactment of the Battle of Fredericksburg (December, 2012). WW went to Virginia upon learning his younger brother, George, a Union soldier, was wounded there. He remained in the D.C. area for three years, volunteering as an aide in the Army hospitals, and wrote some dynamite stuff. I managed to fool 700 Spotsylvania County fourth graders on “school day” (the day before the battle) because most had never heard of Whitman. One said, “Hey Mr. Whitman, I’m from Brooklyn, too---we’re homies!” However, more than one teacher cautioned, “Save Walt for high school...!” Photo was taken by Robert’s cousin FRANK BURNSIDE ’68. 1968 45th Reunion, May 3-5, 2013 CYNTHIA GARMAN, Saline, Mich., writes, Busy in semi-retirement-training to be an interim Episcopal priest. Shooting sporting clays as weather permits. 1973 40th Reunion, May 3-5, 2013 DAVID CROSBY, Reading, is employed by Rubbermaid Commercial Products, but of his volunteer work he writes, Over the last 30 years, I’ve spent countless hours organizing and leading volunteer work trips to maintain parts of the Appalachian Trail in Pa. While it is a part of the National Park system, the Appalachian Trail is unique in that it stretches over 2,100 miles from Georgia to Maine, and is accessible to millions of citizens on the eastern seaboard, who need only buy a tankful of gas to reach it! The A.T. was laid out entirely by volunteers, and continues to be the only National Park that is maintained solely by volunteers. I recently completed the “re-construction” of an Adirondack-type shelter along the Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania. The Rausch Gap Shelter, near Fort Indiantown Gap, had deteriorated from weather-related exposure since its original construction in the 1970’s. Leading a team of over 100 volunteers and coordinating an effort among federal and state agencies and several local volunteer groups, I re-designed the structure and oversaw its installation at a location over four miles from the nearest road! The project was my third major shelter building project. I will be stepping down from my position as shelters chairman with the Blue Mountain Eagle Climbing Club - a 27-year effort - by the end of this year. If you have time, go to www.bmecc.org and click on the link to the “Rausch Gap Shelter Project” and take a look at the slide show – volunteers worked for over 16 months (2700 man-hours) to make this latest project become a reality, and I am justly proud of their efforts. ALAN KLEIN, Calabasas, Calif., writes, I am the proud father of two beautiful and highly motivated children. My older son, Harrison, is now 16, an inspiring classical and jazz musician. He plays with the youth symphony in LA and was recently granted a full scholarship to the Berkeley School of Music’s summer program in Boston. My younger son, Cameron, is interested in acting and spent the summer completing a film project. As for me, I continue my career in publishing, now the President/Group Publisher of a company publishing over 45 magazines around the world, including China. CRAIG PHILLIPS, Baltimore, Md., writes, It’s not on everyone’s bucket list, but it’s been on mine for many years. This year I was one of the very few Americans to visit Iran. I was fortunate enough to get into mosques that few infidels have ever seen. By chance and choice I met with both powerful and lowly Mullahs, and even soldiers, doing my best to spread the word of peace. The most amazing thing was having people constantly come up to me to inquire if I was American, and after confirming I was, professing their love for Americans. Anyone interested in hearing more about my experience with these sophisticated, wonderful, complex people may e-mail me at whosjgalt@aol.com. Get connected in our Alumni Community! The online community will enable you to find and connect with your Sem friends easier and faster than ever before! Visit wyomingseminary.org/alumni-portal If you have not already received your username and password, please contact Media Manager Corinne Felter at cfelter@wyomingseminary.org. 1977 PAMELA JOHNSON, San Francisco, Calif., recently caught up with Sem friends first at the San Francisco Gathering in January and later in the month during a trip East. Seen recently at Conner’s Grillroom in Dallas are GEORGE CONYNGHAM JR. ’75, PATRICIA MACK GROSEK ’80, REBECCA HARRIS ’77, Pam Johnson and Dr. Sal Imperiale. 1978 35 th Reunion, May 3-5, 2013 JOAN MORRIS HIPP, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., writes, Still living in and loving southern California. It is quite a change from the Northeast. I spent quite a bit of time back there in September 2011 as my parents’ home was devastated by flooding. I am happy to report that things are finally getting back to normal. I have a daughter, Nancy, in the eighth grade and a son, Tobi, in seventh grade. Sports and school dominate our lives! 1979 CHARLES BRESNAHAN, Cincinnati, Ohio, has been named the University of South Florida’s new defensive coordinator for the football program. Chuck is a 2008 inductee of Sem’s Sports Hall of Fame and has had an extensive coaching career in both college and professional football including coaching with four NFL teams. See full story at www.gousfbulls.com. 1982 ZAQ HARRISON, Baltimore, Md. HBO and Sports Illustrated have teamed up to produce an innovative new documentary series titled “Sports in America: The defining moments.” In addition to interviewing public figures and famous athletes, the producers also opened up the project to open submissions from the public. Zaq Harrison’s story “They’re all gone” was taped for the series that airs in 2013. The story is the personal journey that begins with Zaq watching live the reporting of the kidnapping and eventual murder of the eleven Israeli Olympians by terrorists at the 1972 Munich Games. “They’re all gone” weaves together the influences from that tragic event and the challenges of growing up in a very different America than we have today. During the lead up to filming Zaq developed an hour long educational program (www.wecannotforget.com) to address the vacuum surrounding the lack of awareness to the events at Munich. “A special thanks to my teachers at Sem who were true educators committed to their profession. A special thanks to Mrs. Hopkins and Mr. Carver Collins who unlocked the beautiful gift of creative writing that I never knew I had. This amazing program that was created would never have
A master of the art of presenting art In December 2012, Dr. CHRISTINA BOBEN ORR-CAHALL ’65, Seattle, Wash., retired from her position as CEO and Director of Seattle’s Experience Music Project (EMP), a unique museum dedicated to contemporary pop culture and housed in an eye-popping building that was designed by famed architect Frank O. Gehry and inspired by rock ’n’ roll. Before EMP, Dr.Orr-Cahall was the CEO and Director of the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Fla., for nearly 20 years. Prior to that she was Director and President at Corcoran Gallery and College of Art in Washington, D.C. and earlier Chief Curator of Art at The Oakland Museum and on the art faculty of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. But long before she took over the helms of these noted museums and cultural programs, “Tina” was a student at the Day School (now Lower School). She completed the eighth grade in 1961 and then left the valley for Chatham Hall, an all-girls boarding school in Virginia. The JOURNAL interviewed Dr. Orr-Cahall in January, now enjoying a new role as grandmother. Journal: You have just completed your last month at EMP. What are your plans for retirement orr-CAHall: The first six months are designated for pure relaxation to see if my Type A personality can adjust after 40 years in the museum world. I am babysitting my one-year old grandson on Thursday afternoons and staying on the board of the Institute for Learning and Brain Science at the University of Washington, which is a groundbreaking research center for early childhood development. Check out their amazing discoveries online under I-LABS (ilabs.washington.edu). Journal: You attended the Day School in Forty Fort when it was still known as the Wilkes-Barre Day School and later became the Wyoming Seminary Day School. You started out in the nursery and went all the way through to eighth grade. What are some of your favorite memories from those years orr-CAHall: It was a really good time in my life. I loved field hockey and enjoyed the learning experience of being co-head, along with Deke Hall ’65, of the Blue Team in the eighth grade. It was my first lesson in leadership: what to do and what NOT to do. I liked all my teachers. The absolute stand-out for me was Miss Atwood who taught French. She seemed so sophisticated to me, a real role model, and I still love French and all languages to this day. Journal: Do you have any friends who you remember from back then and if so, did you stay in touch orr-CAHall: I remember tons of people but I stopped staying in touch after high school. I could probably name everyone in our fourth grade class for you because Mrs. de Ronde had us memorize how to spell everyone’s first and last name. Journal: After eighth grade you left for boarding school. How was that transition orr-CAHall: Going to an all-girls school away from home broadened my view of the world while letting me concentrate on academics, but I missed home throughout. Journal: Your Ph.D. in Art History is from Yale. You studied in Paris at the École du Louvre and at Oxford University. I can’t imagine a more impressive list of places to study art—clearly you must have been a bright student. What was it about art that drew you to that particular field of study and what was it about you that drove you to reach so high orr-CAHall: Learning has always been important to my family and my father in particular always emphasized getting the best education possible—thus the Day School from the very beginning. I was drawn to art history by a painting at the Louvre, which at 14 astonished me, and drawn to museums by the Wyoming Valley Historical Society which I was allowed to walk to on my own as a kid. Journal: Who is your favorite artist orr-CAHall: For a museum director that is a little like picking your favorite child. But if you pushed me, I would say Manet because he was a brilliant painter with new ideas that led the way to Impressionism and all that followed—or to put it another way, “the rest is history.” Journal: You followed up your impressive education with an equally impressive career in the art world. What do you think are your greatest career accomplishments orr-CAHall: For me it’s not so much what I accomplished but the joy and honor of what I experienced. Building collections for people to learn from and enjoy, while acknowledging the creativity and contributions of the artists who made the work is a great personal reward. Journal: We have a beautifully renovated auditorium at the Lower School now and are about to begin construction on a new performing arts hall with gallery space on our Upper School Campus. Any thoughts or advice on its construction and potential orr-CAHall: Great news! This will provide enormous opportunities to students as artists themselves or as admirers. It is always beneficial to give someone young a stage or a gallery wall. Journal: Any words of wisdom for our younger Journal readers who might be thinking about a career in the art world orr-CAHall: It’s a strange, tough art world which is constantly morphing, but it is also exciting. Follow your dreams. Journal: Tell us a bit about your family, what you like to do together and if you ever make it back to the Wyoming Valley. orr-CAHall: My husband is Richard Cahall. My son in Seattle is Fitz with wife, Becca, and their baby, Teplin. Our other son is Walker who is in Portland, Oregon. So, we are all on the West Coast together. The boys are also in the arts -- Fitz is a writer and a filmmaker (check out “The Dirt Bag Diaries” on line) and Walker is a printmaker. We like to cook together, take walks, visit museums, ride horses and play long-distance Scrabble among us. I have no immediate family left in the Valley and have not returned since my parents passed away in 1990. I enjoy getting the Journal to see what everyone has been up to. I do wish all of my Day School classmates well and remember them all fondly.
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