Summer 2005 - Hood College

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Hood Magazine
Vol. 80, No. 2 Summer 2005
Decades of
Distinction
Hood College faculty members
who make a difference
In This Issue
Studio Art Concentration
Popular program reinstated
Lab School Turns 75
Onica Prall celebrates

HODSON GALLERY
2005-2006 EXHIBITS
Calla
Kathy Gorg
August 5 - August 28, 2005
Reception: August 5, 6-8 p.m.
Connections
Mary Leither
August 5 - August 28, 2005
Reception: August 5, 6-8 p.m.
Ephemera
Aaron Brophy
September 2 - October 1, 2005
Reception: September 7, 6-8 p.m.
Beyond Horizon
Connie Costigan and
Michael Krause
October 5 - November 13, 2005
Reception: October 7, 6-8 p.m.
Gallery Talk: October 7, 6 p.m.
Faculty Show
Hood College Faculty
November 16 - December 18, 2005
Reception: November 16, 6-8 p.m.
New York City Love Affair
Kathy Kershner
February 1 - March 12, 2006
Reception: February 1, 6-8 p.m.
Gallery Talk: February 1, 6 p.m.
Student Exhibition
Hood College Students
March 22 - April 23, 2006
Reception: March 22, 6-8 p.m.
Studio Art Major Exhibition
Hood College Students
April 12 - May 7, 2006
Reception: April 12, 6-8 p.m.
Alumnae/Alumni Exhibition In
Celebration of the Reinstatement of
the Art Major Studio Concentration
April 24 - June 18, 2006
Reception: April 26, 6-8 p.m. &
June 2, 6-8 p.m.
Graduate Student Exhibition
Hood College Graduate Students
June 30 - July 30, 2006
Reception: June 30, 6-8 p.m.
HOODarts
Graduate Student Exhibition
Hood College Graduate Students
August 4 - August 27, 2006
Reception: August 4, 6-8 p.m.
In celebration of the arts at Hood, the 2005-06 Hodson Gallery exhibitions are underway.
The season begins with two graduate student exhibits featuring the works of
Kathy Gorg ’05 and Mary Leither ’05. In April 2006 the Alumnae/Alumni Exhibition
will be held in celebration of the reinstatement of the Studio Art Major concentration.
The exhibit will feature the work of Hood alum Lucy Seikman ’50, whose mixed
media work, “Frida One,” is pictured above. The deadline for submissions to the
alumnae/alumni exhibit is March 20, 2006. To submit work to the exhibit,
visit the online submission form at www.hood.edu/hodson
For more information, contact Joyce
Michaud, curator of the Hodson Gallery,
at (301) 696-3456

Features
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Summer 2005 Vol. 80, No. 2
Hood Magazine Staff
Dave Diehl, M.B.A. ’05, Editor
Joann Lee, Art Director
Trevor James, Online Edition Manager
C. Kurt Holter ’76, Photographer
Hood Magazine Editorial Board
Carol Deck Montoya ’94, Chair
Donna Parker Bannwolf ’76
Roseanne Quinn Bell ’80
Michael Birmingham ’86
Stacey Collins ’89
Kerra L. Bolton ’95
Marcie Kendall Gibboney ’87
Ellena Keriazes Griffiths ’92
Wendy Frazier Heydon ’93
S. Rebecca “Becky” Spicer Himes ’78
Deborah Y. Laboo ’96
Hood Magazine Online
Visit Hood Magazine online at
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Inter(net)actions
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newsletter, is sent to alumnae and alumni
for whom the College has e-mail addresses.
To be included, send e-mail address to
advancement_services@hood.edu
Thank You for Inviting Me to Play
By Joy Derr M.A. ’93, director of development communications
An enjoyable look at the 75 years of the Onica Prall Child
Development Laboratory School.
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Telling Stories with Clay and Graphite:
Studio Arts Program Returns
By Trevor James, Web site manager
The first graduates of Hood’s reinstated undergraduate
studio arts concentration discuss their work.
Hood’s Faculty: Decades of Distinction
By Robert N. Funk, provost and dean of the faculty; Bridgette
Harwood ’06; Alison Walker ’06; Dave Diehl M.B.A. ’04, director
of marketing and communications; and Randy Gray
Faculty members who make a difference: Len Latkovski,
Betty Mayfield, Kittybelle Hosford, Ricky Hirschhorn,
Scott Pincikowski, Glen Weaver and Joan Planell.
Address Changes
Please report all address changes to
the Office of Alumnae and Alumni
Programs at (301) 696-3900,
(800) 707-5280 (option 1), or
advancement_services@hood.edu
Hood Magazine is published biannually by
the Hood College Office of Marketing and
Communications.
Cover photo by C. Kurt Holter ’76.
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Reunion Weekend 2005
Honoring the past, celebrating
the present and looking toward
the future made Reunion 2005
memorable.
Commencement 2005
Graduates heard words of praise
and advice from a prominent
member of Congress.
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Departments
2 Message from the President
3 Newsmakers
25 Class News and Notes
■ In Memoriam
■ Milestones

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Message from the President
HOOD FACULTY: THE BEST KEEPS GETTING BETTER!
The ultimate success or failure of an academic institution
is registered most readily in the quality of its faculty and
students. The worth of a college is best measured in the
classroom.
Throughout its rich history, Hood has been blessed with exceptionally qualified
faculty committed to providing a balanced educational experience that assures a
breadth and depth of knowledge that prepares our graduates for lives of responsibility,
leadership and service. It is the faculty who are the essential core of the College; it is
the faculty who deliver daily the mission of the College; it is the faculty who present
the contemporary and exciting curriculum that integrates liberal and professional
learning.
As Hood embarks on a journey for greatness, it will be great teaching and great
scholarship that will assure the arrival at its destination.
Great teaching comes in many forms and is practiced in many places. It can be
found in the lectures by Beneficial Associate Professor of Economics Joe Dahms on
theories of economic development and growth, or perhaps in psychology Professor
Linda Scott’s classroom where students are presented various theories of personality.
It is present in the Romantic poetry class as English Professor Courtney Carter
reviews the works of Blake, Shelley and Keats. And it can be seen in physics Professor
Allen Flora’s laboratory as students conduct experiments on wave motion, electricity
and magnetism.
While we tout our outstanding classroom instruction, exciting laboratory experiences
and values-centered liberal arts curriculum, we are equally proud of our student
internships, service learning and volunteerism that have always characterized the
College. But these could not exist without a world-class faculty engaged in research
and scholarly activities. Research remains an important component of our academic
mission in that it establishes the foundation for excellence in teaching. And teaching
excellence will always be vital to the College’s mission.
We are pleased to dedicate this edition of the Hood Magazine to our devoted faculty
who teach with passion and compassion. They continue to change the lives of
individual students. We must strive continually to assure that excellent teaching
remains the commonplace experience at Hood.
William Butler Yeats wrote, “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting
of a fire.” That fire burns forever in the hearts of our students who have been taught
by inspirational faculty who just keep getting better.
Warmest regards,
“As Hood embarks on
a journey for greatness,
it will be great teaching
and great scholarship
that will assure
the arrival at
its destination.”
Ronald J. Volpe

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newsmakers
Excellence in
Teaching Award
Professor of Music Noel Lester was
presented an award for excellence
in teaching at a reception given by
the graduate school following the
May 21 Commencement. Faculty
members are nominated for the annual
award by students and the nominations,
with criteria, are evaluated by
a committee of the Graduate School
Advisory Council. Susan Ganley,
president of the Board of Associates
(at right), presented Lester with the
award, which was a $1,000 grant
for professional development.
New Trustee Chair,
Vice Chair Elected
The Hood College Board of Trustees
elected a new chair and vice chair at
its May meeting. Michelle Morton-
Schoeffel of San Diego, Calif., and
Ray Ramsburg, of Ijamsville, Md.,
will each serve a two-year term in those
positions. Morton-Schoeffel, a 1982
Morton-Schoeffel
Ramsburg
alumna of Hood, is president and chief executive officer of Pacific American
Securities, LLC, an institutional brokerage firm with offices in California, New
York, Ohio and Illinois. After working in the investment industry for 16 years,
she founded Pacific American Securities, LLC with her husband Tom Schoeffel
in 1997. Morton-Schoeffel is also president of Pacific American Advisers, LLC,
an accounting firm. Ramsburg, a well-known Frederick businessman and 1983
alumnus of Hood, is an insurance executive with BB&T Frederick Underwriters.
He served on Hood’s Board of Associates from 1996 to 2004, before being elected
to the Board of Trustees.
New Whitaker Chair Named
Susan Ensel, associate professor of chemistry and chair of the
department of chemistry and physics, has been appointed the
new Whitaker Chair in Chemistry. She succeeds Sharron Smith,
who retired at the end of the spring semester. President Ronald
J. Volpe confirmed Ensel’s appointment on the unanimous
recommendation of her department’s faculty, the concurrence
of the faculty personnel committee and the recommendation
of the dean of the faculty.
President Volpe Awarded
Highest Alumni Honor
President Ronald J. Volpe was recently honored with his alma
mater’s highest award given to an alumnus. At a ceremony April
16 President Volpe was named one of five distinguished alumni
from Gannon University in Erie, Pa. His selection was based on his
professional achievements in higher education. He graduated in
1967 from what was then the all-men’s Gannon College with a
bachelor of science degree in business administration with a concentration
in marketing. Positions he held at Gannon, the second
largest Catholic Diocesan university in the country, from 1969 to
1988 include: professor, dean of admissions, director of the
M.B.A. program and dean of the Dahlkemper School of Business.
Before his appointment as president at Hood he served as graduate
school dean, provost and interim president at Capital
University in Ohio.
Above: President Volpe (center) with Gannon University President Antoine
Garibaldi (left) and Russell J. Forquer, Gannon University Alumni Association
president.

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Tischer Scholars Recognized
Fourteen students from seven academic departments presented the results of their
yearlong research projects to faculty, students, family members and members of
the community April 23, 2005, in the Hodson Science and Technology Center.
The departmental honors project allows Hood’s best undergraduate students to
engage in serious and sustained scholarship at a master’s degree level, according
to honors program directors Anne Derbes, professor of art, and Hoda Zaki,
professor of political science. The students selected for these honors are designated
Christine P. Tischer Scholars in recognition of the 1965 alumna of the College
and a former member of the Board of Trustees who helps fund the program.
The honors presentations this year were dedicated to the memory of Rebecca
Sullivan, a former Tischer scholar in the department of art and archaeology
who died earlier this year.
Front row Valerie Hobbs, Kristin Kennedy; Middle row: Hoda Zaki, Christine P. Tischer, Patricia
Stevenson, Evelyn Halcomb; Back row, Joseph Tischer, Danielle Kahler.
Pirates of Penzance
The Gilbert and Sullivan operetta “The
Pirates of Penzance,” featuring Hood students,
faculty and staff performers, played to
sellout crowds in Brodbeck Music Hall in
April. Acclaimed baritone and stage director
Edward Crafts of the Metropolitan Opera,
directed the production. Heather Ross, professor
of music, served as associate director
and Noel Lester, professor of music, was
music director. Subtitled “The Slave of
Duty,” “The Pirates of Penzance” is the
comic story of the coming-of-age of
Frederick, whose hard-of-hearing nursemaid
mistakenly apprentices him to pirates rather
than to a pilot. Set in England in the 1880s,
the operetta is replete with a bevy of beauties,
pirates, bumbling policemen and an eccentric
major general. A cast recording of the show
is available. For more information or to purchase
the recording, contact Noel Lester at
(301) 696-3429 or nlester@hood.edu.
Hood’s Music Department Receives Gift
Kate Whalin, of Middletown, Md., donated six guitars to the College’s music
department during a ceremony on campus April 8, 2005. The guitars belonged to
her late husband, Michael Whalin, who was an avid guitar player and collector.
William Simms, instructor of guitar; Taylor DiClemente, sophomore music major; Ms. Whalin; Rebecca
Dupont, sophomore music minor; and Wayne Wold, chair of the music department.
Math Grants
The department of mathematics has been awarded three grants totaling $3,550
that will be used to fund programs for students and the department. The Tensor
Foundation and the Mathematical Association of America allocated $3,000 to
Hood, and Pi Mu Epsilon, the national honorary mathematics society, awarded
the College grants totaling $550. The Tensor Foundation, working through the
M.A.A., develops projects designed to encourage girls and women to study math.
The grant will allow Hood to host a math day for high school girls in the spring of
2006, as the College has done twice in the past. A $500 Pi Mu Epsilon National
Lectureship and Chapter Enhancement Program grant will be used to sponsor a
lecture by a national P.M.E. counselor at Hood; only three colleges in the United
States were awarded this grant. A $50 grant will be used to award mathematical
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$6.4 Million in Gifts Received in Fiscal 2005
A record number of alumnae and alumni, friends, parents, businesses, faculty
and staff made gifts to the College totaling $6.4 million in the fiscal year that
ended June 30.
More than 4,500 contributors made gifts to the College this year and the
number of donors to the Annual Funds increased by eight percent over the
previous year, said Mort Gamble, vice president for institutional advancement.
Support for the Annual Funds, which provides funding for critical College
programs, totaled more than $1.6 million.
“Supporters of the College are excited about the direction Hood is taking and
have made it clear that they want to be a part of the team that makes it happen,”
explained Gamble.
“It costs us about $70,000 a day to operate the College,” Gamble said.
“With about $50,000 of that coming from tuition and fees, it’s clear where
the balance comes from—the generous support of our alums and friends.”
“We are very grateful for the continuing support of Hood College by graduates,
friends, faculty, staff, students, parents, businesses, foundations and
organizations,” said President Ronald J. Volpe. “Gifts to Hood show confidence
in our mission, our programs and our strategic plans for the future. It’s an
exciting time to invest in Hood College.
Hood’s donors contribute to a variety of purposes, from scholarships to library
publications, Gamble said. Plans are underway to increase the fundraising
capability of Hood.
“We are planning a comprehensive major gifts campaign to support scholarships,
academic programs and facility needs. In the meantime, we thank
everyone who helped to make this a significant and exciting year for giving
to Hood.”
Digital Anglo-Saxon Map
Assistant Professor of English Martin Foys,
who is creating a digital edition of the oldest
detailed English map of the world, received a
$5,000 grant to work on the project this summer
in England. Foys wants to provide a
common resource for scholars and students to
examine this Anglo-Saxon artifact, also
known as the Cotton Map. The grant he
received from the National Endowment for
the Humanities helped pay for his trip abroad
to study early medieval maps at the British
Library in London.
Counselor of the Year
Congratulations to Kim Barlet Long M.A.’86, who was named the
National Middle School Counselor of the Year by the American School
Counselor Association. Kim, who lives in Walkersville, has 22 years
experience as a school counselor at Gov. Thomas Johnson Middle
School, in Frederick. This was the first time a Maryland counselor
received this prestigious honor.
Pictured with Kim Long (center) clockwise from top left are students Brandon Smith,
Tyler DeWitt, Melanie Rice, Allie Bennett and Bonnie Simon.
College Internet Radio Station Ready for Broadcasting
Blazer
Radio
Thanks to a gift from the area’s newest radio station, Hood College now has its first-ever broadcast studio
that by the fall semester will be a student-run Internet radio station. “Students have yearned to program
their own station,” said Hood journalism professor and director of Hood’s communication arts program
Al Weinberg. “I am delighted that we can now give them that opportunity and explore additional ways
our station can benefit the college. A campus radio station has been a
goal of the college since I joined the faculty in 1985,” said Weinberg, who has accepted an
invitation to serve on the WYPR Board of Directors. Engineers from Baltimore-based
WYPR/WYPF 88.1 FM this month finished the installation of a complete radio
broadcast studio on the ground floor of Alumnae Hall. The new equipment was
donated by the National Public Radio affiliate, which was formerly WJHU, the
Johns Hopkins University-owned radio station.
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Women’s Lacrosse Has Best Season Ever
Women’s Tennis Keeps Title Streak Alive
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The women’s tennis team won their sixth consecutive AWCC championship this spring,
accumulating 38.5 points and winning four of nine flights.
Hood had seven players reach the finals in the annual conference tournament, which was held
at Wilson College in Chambersburg Pa., with senior Kelly Buriak winning in No. 2 singles—
her fourth consecutive individual title—and freshman Laura Wanner taking No. 4 singles.
In doubles, Stephanie Garrett, a freshman, and Wanner teamed up to win the No. 2 flight
and senior Dani Kahler and sophomore Stephanie Cowen brought home the No. 3 title.
First-year coach Scott Eyler earned the AWCC’s Coach of the Year Award and all three seniors,
Buriak, Kahler and Zoli Warambwa, closed their college careers having never lost an AWCC
Tournament, the first Hood class to do so in tennis.
Behind the AWCC’s Most Outstanding Player, senior Tiffany Still, and All-AWCC
First-Teamers Cheryl Banks and Laura Pitts, both juniors, the women’s lacrosse team
advanced to their first-ever conference championship game and finished second following
a tough loss to the College of Notre Dame (Md.).
The Blazers, who served as the hosts of this year’s conference tournament, went 7-4 overall
and 3-1 against AWCC foes in the regular season, and had a five-game winning streak
during the middle of the season. Over the past three seasons they have improved their
finish from fourth in 2003, to third last year and, ultimately, to AWCC runner-up status
this year. Coach Staci Thomson was named the league’s Coach of the Year and Banks led
all of NCAA Division III in ground balls per game (6.64).
Men’s Lacrosse Completes Inaugural Season
With their debut season in the books, the men’s lacrosse team can look back and take pride in knowing
they set a firm foundation for the program. Competing in the mid-Atlantic—the country’s hotbed of
lacrosse—against schools from as far as Rhode Island and as near as Northern Virginia, the Blazers made
their presence known as a program on the rise.
Freshman Chad Baker led the squad with eight goals, four of which came in their season opener
against Cazenovia on March 13, and fellow frosh Jason Hovermale had nine points to pace the squad.
Dan Chambers, the team’s only senior, finished tied for second on the team with eight points and led
the squad with six assists.
Men’s Tennis Continues to Rise
The men’s tennis program closed out its second
season of competition this spring with a strong
showing against a competitive schedule.
Junior Tyler Dixon and sophomore Mogamisi Nkate
led the way with three singles wins each and junior
Greg Schinner posted two singles victories. As a
team, the Blazers’ best match of the season came
April 10 when they knocked off Chestnut Hill.
After dropping two of three doubles matches to
begin the contest, Hood rallied to claim all but
one singles match to earn the victory, 6-3.
Hood Joins the ECAC
The Hood athletic department has undergone impressive growth over the past three
years and now can tack on another milestone with its acceptance into the Eastern
College Athletic Conference (ECAC).
Hood’s move into the ECAC allows its 17-sport athletic department—which is up
from seven sports in 2002—to become part of the nation’s largest athletic and only
multi-divisional conference with 324 Divisions I, II and III colleges and universities
from Maine to North Carolina. The ECAC Board of Directors approved Hood for
immediate membership. “This gives our teams and players additional opportunities for
individual and team recognition and allows for the possibility of postseason play,” said
Hood athletic director Gib Romaine. “This is another step in Hood College’s growth
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Softball Finishes Third in AWCC
Coach Tricia Fiut’s softball team rounded out its year with a
third-place finish in the AWCC. The Blazers racked up 11
wins on the season and went 7-5 in AWCC regular season play.
Juniors Jennifer Jones and Julie Pallansch were each named
First Team All-AWCC. Jones led the team in batting average
(.460), home runs (three) and slugging percentage (.698),
while Pallansch also put together a nice offensive campaign
with a .438 average and a team-best 23 runs batted in.
Freshmen Jamie Bussey, Jennifer Guyer and Katherine Law
each earned Second Team All-AWCC honors.
Still Chosen as All-Star
The honors just keep rolling in for Hood women’s
lacrosse standout Tiffany Still.
The senior midfielder was selected to play in the
Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association/
STX Division III North-South Senior All-Star Game June 4 for
the nation’s top seniors. This is the first time someone from Hood
has achieved this honor and the announcement comes on the heels
of Still being named the AWCC’s Most Outstanding Player and to
the www.womenslacrosse.com Weekly Honor Roll April 17.
Athletics Awards Department Honors
The annual athletics banquet May 7 honored athletes, coach Brent Ayer and the cross country team for athletic excellence.
KIMBERLY SERVEDIO MEMORIAL AWARD
Janelle Moss ’06 (Jefferson, Md.)
Janelle was this year’s recipient
of the Memorial Award, named
for Kimberly Servedio, a member
of the Hood soccer team
who passed away six years
ago. Moss, a highly regarded
member of the softball team,
was recognized as the studentathlete
who most embodies Servedio’s characteristics
of sincerity, selflessness and optimism.
COACH’S AWARD
Danielle Allen ’05 (North Wales, Pa.)
Danielle was given the Coach’s
Award, which is awarded to
the student-athlete personifying
the philosophies of the
NCAA and the Hood athletic
motto: Mind, Body, Spirit.
She graduated as the all-time
leading rebounder in Hood
women’s basketball history.
DEAN’S AWARD
Tiffany Still ’05 (Flourtown, Pa.)
Tiffany received the Dean’s
Award which honors the student-athlete
who embodies all
of the desirable characteristics
of a good teammate and
friend. Tiffany graduated as the
all-time leading goal-scorer for
the women’s lacrosse team
and, as team captain, played a key role in helping
the squad to its most wins in school history
this spring.
PRESIDENT’S AWARD
Tammy McElroy ’05 (Church Hill, Md.)
Tammy was given the President’s
Award, which recognizes the
student-athlete who has given
outstanding service to his or
her team, the athletic department,
the Hood College community
and its student body.
Tammy helped the women's
basketball team to a pair of
NCAA Tournament appearances during her
career, served on the Campus Activities Board,
as the president of Meyran Hall, as a studentworker
for four years in Hood’s marketing and
communications office and as an intern for
WBAL-TV and WFMD radio.
TRUSTEES AWARD
Cheryl Banks ’06 (Baltimore, Md.)
Cheryl earned The Trustees
Award, named in honor of the
Hood College Board of
Trustees, as the student-athlete
who provided outstanding
leadership to a team, athletic
department and the Hood
community. Cheryl was a First-
Team All-AWCC performer in
women’s lacrosse and field hockey, and also
served as a student-worker for the athletic
department.
MOST OUTSTANDING STUDENT-ATHLETE
Kelly Buriak ’06 (Clinton, N.J.)
Kelly, a two-sport star oftentimes
competing for the tennis
and cross county teams in the
same weekend, earned this
year's Most Outstanding
Student-Athlete Award. She
blazed a new path for the cross
country team, serving as the
squad’s top runner for the past
two seasons and setting a host
of school records. In tennis, Kelly won seven
AWCC titles and had the squad’s best individual
record three of her four years on the team.
MALE NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
Marcelino Rabara ’08
(Rockville, Md.)
The inaugural men’s soccer team
experienced many firsts this
season. First game, first goal,
first win, etc., and now the
program's first Male Newcomer
of the Year Award. Marcelino
scored the men’s soccer program’s
first goal and had a goal and two assists in
its first-ever win. He finished the season
leading the squad in goals and points.
FEMALE NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
Amy Kaufman ’08 (Sykesville, Md.)
Amy earned the AWCC’s Most
Outstanding Swimmer Award
after leading the Blazers to the
conference championship. Over
the course of the season, she
helped lead the team to a 7-4
record—and a perfect 5-0 in
the AWCC—and has put her
name all over the program record book by setting
five individual records this season.
COACH OF THE YEAR
Brent Ayer (Men’s and Women’s
Cross Country and Club Track)
Brent has firmly established the
cross country and club track
programs in the mid-Atlantic
region. His women’s cross
country team, only in its second
year, was chosen as an
Academic All-America Team
after achieving a 3.54 team
grade point average.
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR’S CUP
Women’s Cross Country
The women’s cross country team earned the
Athletic Director’s Cup, given to the Hood team
with the highest cumulative G.P.A. The 13 members
of Hood’s squad were also chosen as an
Academic All-America Team earlier this year by
the NCAA Division III Cross Country Coaches
Association, placing them in the top 50 among
the 377 NCAA Division III schools that compete
in cross country. In order to obtain the honor, a
team must have a minimum of a 3.1 G.P.A

Thank You
for Inviting Me to Play
By Joy Derr
“It was in that little house of children where I learned to walk in a child’s little
sneakers and to creep inside his or her secret gardens,” wrote Barbara Cummings
Stacks ’67 of Old Saybrook, Conn., when she heard that this year marks the 75th
anniversary of the Onica Prall Child Development Laboratory School.
“Over the years, I have been a teacher, reading specialist, school psychologist, child
advocate, expert witness, consultant and director of my own nursery school. With
each of these roles, I think about that little lab school. I will always be grateful for
the education I received there, a charming and alive world, set apart from college
life,” Stacks said.
Considered a pioneer in child development, Onica Prall established the child
development and nursery school program when she came to Hood in 1929.
During her 40-year tenure, the program grew to be one of the best-known and
most-respected programs in the country.
“Onica’s vision still guides the school,” explained Kittybelle Hosford, assistant
professor of education and director of the school. “The curriculum is centered on
the social, cognitive and physical development of the preschool child.”
“Every day is an adventure into the wondrous world of learning,” added Karen Belle,
clinical instructor. “It is a place where children and teachers come together as an energetic,
warm and caring community of learners.”
The lab school supports Hood’s early childhood education major and teacher certification
programs. Classroom observation of three- and four-year-old children provides an
introduction for sophomore-level education and psychology students; student teaching
provides practice for junior-level students.
“Thanks to the success of a 75th anniversary campaign and the generosity of alumnae
and alumni, parents, faculty, staff, friends and neighbors, our students will observe and
teach in a much improved facility when we begin our 76th year,” Hosford said.
Improvements will include fresh paint, new flooring and carpeting, refurbished observation
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“We hope to extend the hours
and curriculum components for fouryear-olds,
upgrade the technology for
videotaping college students as they
learn to teach, and implement expanded
parent programs,” Hosford said.
The lab school, one of 100 child
education laboratory schools remaining
in the nation, opened in the home of
Annie Brunner Kemp Maples ’13, who
lived on Upper College Terrace, a few
blocks from campus.
“A nursery school was a new concept
at that time,” said Samuel W. Maples
Jr., of Frederick, whose three children
attended the school in the mid-1950s.
“I wasn’t in the first class, but I
remember walking across the alley to
the school from our home on West
College Terrace,” recalled Betsy McCain
McAlpine ’51 of McLean, Va., a member
of the Board of Trustees and the
granddaughter of Hood’s first president,
Joseph Henry Apple. “I was probably
two at the time.”
Within a few years the nursery
school was well established as part of
the College’s curriculum. In 1936, Hood
converted Westview Terrace, a two-story
brick building built in 1921 as a residence
for the vice president, into a child
development laboratory school.
Nancy Pearre Lesure of Frederick,
one of the many neighbors and friends
of the College who attended the 75th
anniversary celebration in April, enjoyed
her tour of the school.
“My father, Dr. A. Austin Pearre, was
the college doctor and we lived in
Westview Terrace from 1932 to 1933,
before it was converted into the lab
school,” she said.
Dorothea Ranck Hunter of
Pittsburgh, Pa., wrote, “I was raised in
Frederick and on the Hood campus as
my father, James B. Ranck, taught history
there from 1928 to 1967. My
brother James and I were among the
first students at the nursery school.
Mother used to tell how the Hood students
observed us, especially because we
were twins.”
The Ranck twins were classmates of
the Bowers triplets: Sally Bowers
Proffitt ’53, Grayson R. Bowers and
Martin Bowers Jr. Today, Martin and
his wife, Natalie Colbert Bowers ’52,
live on Dill Avenue; their back yard
overlooks the lab school playground.
“Miss Prall was so excited when we
enrolled our son,” said Natalie. “She
said, ‘He could be the first child of a
former nursery school student!’”
Another neighbor, Albertine
Hodgson Baker ’49, retired principal of
Frederick’s Parkway Elementary School,
enrolled her four children before they
were born.
“It was quite the thing in the ’50s to
send your child to the school, but it was
difficult because the school had a long
waiting list. As soon as we made our
‘verification’ trip to the doctor’s office
our next stop would be a visit to Miss
Prall to enroll our ‘expected’ in the nursery
school class three years in the future.
The school provided a positive environment
where basic cognitive and social
skills could be developed in a friendly
and relaxed atmosphere,” she said.
The interaction among parents, children,
students and teachers is one of
the strengths of the lab school, according
to Monica O’Gara, clinical instructor.
“Parents feel supported and grow in
their role as their child’s most important
teacher. Hood students have an
opportunity to see and practice everyday
how a community of learners can
respond to engaging curriculum and a
nurturing atmosphere at the early
childhood level.”
“We have wonderful memories of the
school from when our daughter was
there in 1987,” said Arthur and Julane
Anderson of Frederick. Their daughter
Phoebe is now a member of the Class
of 2007.
Aldan T. Weinberg ’75, professor
of journalism at Hood, penned a
humorous article, “Please Pass the
Nails, Lady,” for Hood Magazine.
He admits that he remembers little
of his preschool experience.
“I do remember that they let me
drive real nails into a real block of
wood using a real hammer.”
According to the National
Association of Laboratory Schools,
lab schools have a commitment to
educate children and educate
prospective teachers; a direct result
is that the children in laboratory
schools receive an outstanding education
from master teachers.
Certainly Onica Prall was a master
teacher, highly respected and
greatly beloved by those who knew
her. In 1971, the lab school was
renamed in her honor, the only
building on campus named for a
member of the faculty.
Perhaps Barbara Cummings
Stacks summed it up best when she
wrote: “With every teaching opportunity,
I think about that little lab
school and say, ‘Thank you for
inviting me to play.’”
Joy Derr M.A. ’93 is director of development
communications and former editor
of Hood Magazine.

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Telling Stories with Clay and Graphite
Studio Arts Program Returns
By Trevor James
Amy Corbin’s lifelong dream is to pursue graduate studies in ceramic art and to open her own
ceramic workshop in Frederick County. Nilah R. Magruder wants to pursue a career in animation
and multimedia arts. Both former adult studies students took steps toward fulfilling their dreams
this past May by earning bachelor of arts degrees in art with a concentration in studio arts.
In the process, both have become the first graduates of Hood’s reinstated undergraduate studio
arts concentration.
Provost and Dean of the Faculty,
Robert N. Funk believes that the studio
arts concentration is important to
Hood’s academic curriculum. “Producing
a painting, a piece of ceramics or a
sculpture requires extraordinary intellectual
insight and energy. The creation
and practice of studio art clearly draws
from the context of liberal studies, and
the arts themselves have an intellectual
depth that warrants their inclusion in
the curriculum of a liberal arts college,”
Funk said.
The practical nature of the program is
that it “teaches students to develop,
design and engineer a body of artwork
into a finished product,” says Joyce
Michaud, assistant professor of art. The
studio arts curriculum shows students
how to make something with their
hands. “In a world surrounded by digital
tools, cell phones and online chat, this
program gets them to use their hands as
the primary tool,” Michaud said.
N I L A H R .
M A G R U D E R
“Over Her Head” by Nilah R. Magruder

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For her senior exhibition, Amy, of
Frederick, constructed 26 triangular
ceramic stoneware vessels. She modeled
her geometric forms first in paper, chosen
for its flexibility and malleability, and
then designed stronger cardboard templates
to help cut and form the clay
slabs. She built and grouped the angular
clay pieces according to size, then glazed
and fired the majority of her work in
Hood’s electric kilns.
Through connections fostered by
Michaud, Amy had the opportunity to
fire three of her pieces in a three-chambered
hikarigama wood fire kiln at the
Tye River Pottery in Amherst, Va., over
a period of three weekends. “I wanted to
keep the glazing light, so it wouldn’t
overpower the work itself. I took a graduate
course at Hood in ceramic decoration
and this taught me the correct glaze
application method and firing techniques,”
Amy said.
Nilah, of Pasadena, Md., displayed a
series of detailed graphite drawings as
part of her senior exhibition. Nilah, the
recipient of this year’s Suzanne Gottert
Prize in Art presented at the annual
Honors Convocation ceremony in April,
transferred to Hood from the Art
Institute of Washington in September
2004 before the studio arts program was
officially reinstated. She brought to
Hood an interest in animation, multimedia
and Web development.
In order to improve her animation
skills, Nilah enrolled in drawing classes
during her first semester at Hood. “They
helped me get a better handle on the
human figure,” Nilah said. She believes
these drawing techniques will help her
grow as an animation artist. She said
that the preparation and work leading to
her senior exhibition helped to prepare
and train her for professional gallery
exhibitions. “Our art students would not
succeed as artists when they leave Hood
without the excellent training they get
here,” said Michaud.
In a series of six large-scale graphite
pencil drawings titled “No Child Left
Behind,” Nilah comments on the current
controversies in public education. In her
drawings she tells the story of her
three nieces, Nicole, Della and
Monica, and their struggles with
reading and writing. “My nieces are
struggling to get through elementary
school. I need to tell their story,”
Nilah said. “People need to speak up
more in this country. We don’t stand
up for ourselves enough. Our society
and government are not perfect. We
don’t have revolutions, we just have
people. We need to express ourselves
more,” she said.
Both Nilah and Amy received
tremendous support from their
A M Y C O R B I N
families and the Hood faculty
throughout the semester leading up to
their exhibitions. “Hood’s program is
incredibly accommodating,” Amy said.
Michaud believes that “many successful
artists are coming from studio
art programs at liberal arts institutions
including Hood College.” Telling their
stories in the form of graphite and
clay, Michaud said Amy and Nilah are
fine examples of the successful artist
who she is honored to teach.
Trevor James is Hood’s Web site manager.

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Hood’s Faculty
By Robert N. Funk
Provost and Dean of the Faculty
As a doctoral student newly arrived at Stanford University several decades ago,
I occasionally walked the outer quadrangle late at night, thinking about the very
complicated institution enclosed by that quadrangle, and wondering, “just what is the
nature of this place?” Stanford’s sandstone walls did not respond with answers on those
nights, and in 2005 I am still asking the same question—but this time about a college
3,000 miles distant from Palo Alto, Hood College.
What is this place? The strikingly handsome campus
itself of course, easily comes to mind. But the buildings
and the landscaping are not the soul of Hood College.
The students, of course, are the College’s greatest concern,
and during the time they attend Hood they are the true
possessors of the institution: this place is for four years their
home, and the aggregate energy and character of those students
provide most of the definition of the social milieu in
which they live. However, the students depart, generation
by generation, and the College—the institutional parent of
a very large family it began raising in 1893—continues to
live and evolve.
What does not change here, what is immutable, is the
faculty, and the intelligence, integrity, humanity and
humorous spirit of the women and men who devote their
lives to teaching our students. All of our alumnae and alumni
can name particularly memorable and intellectually compelling
professors who appear in the foreground of their
Hood College memories. I think the study of the professors
themselves—how they think, view the world and relate to
their fellow human beings—is an aspect of a college education
that is perhaps of greater importance and value
than the study of academic disciplines. Every one of us
who has studied with a great professor mirrors somewhere
in our behavior and world view the example
of that professor. Hood College students and
alumnae and alumni are fortunate in that Hood
has provided, for as long as we can remember,
many extraordinary professorial models.
To respond to my own question, “this place”
consists of a great many elements, but the faculty
may be the most important and consistent of
those. In this issue of Hood Magazine we feature
faculty members representative of five different
decades of teaching and research at Hood. All of
these people are still here, still involved in campus
life and committed to the education and general
well-being of our students, and all of them
will appear in classrooms in the fall of 2005.
What their minds conjure, and what they say and
write, will constitute the greater part of the education
of the Hood students who have the good
fortune to meet them, study with them, and learn
from them.

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Decades of Distinction
Len Latkovski, Jr.
By Randy Gray
In 1968, man first orbited the moon
aboard Apollo 8, the Vietnam War raged
on, Richard Nixon was elected President
of the United States and Leonard
Latkovski Jr. first walked on to the Hood
College campus. For the last 37 years
“Dr. L,” as he’s known among students,
faculty and staff, has been teaching a
myriad of U.S., Russian and Middle
Eastern history courses and coaching
tennis teams to a championship or two.
After nearly four decades, Latkovski,
who serves as chair of Hood’s department
of history and political science, says
he’s still passionate about the job. “I want
my students to think for themselves and
not take someone’s word that Adolph
Hitler was an evil dictator,” Latkovski
said. “They should probe to find out
what made him the way he was.”
Latkovski, who grew up in Latvia and
later Germany, learned early on to appreciate
world affairs, especially in light of
his family’s plight. They were forced to
flee from Communists who invaded
Latvia at the end of World War II. “We
had to leave everything to save our lives,”
he said. “We slept in haystacks and
barns. We made it to the Baltic coast and
took a ship to Germany, where we lived
in refugee camps for six years. In 1950
we came to the U.S.”
Latkovski, who has a well-earned reputation
among students, fellow faculty
and staff for enthusiasm and boundless
energy, relishes interacting with students
and says he doesn’t see a significant
change in the type of student he has
taught over the years. He says the Hood
student of 2005 is as interested in what’s
going on in Iraq as was the student of
1970 about Vietnam. “They come here
to get an education and they are motivated
to do well,” Latkovski said. “I try to
help my students in as many ways as
possible. If they come to me with a
problem, whether it’s school-related or
personal, I take time to listen and offer
advice if I can.”
Maggie Hasselbach, a history major
who had seven classes with Latkovski,
says he’s one of the reasons she decided
to come to Hood. “He has a unique style
of teaching, telling stories about historical
“He has a unique style
of teaching, telling stories
about historical characters
that brings out their
personalities and makes
it interesting,”
Len Latkovski Jr.
Maggie Hasselbach ’05
characters that brings out their personalities
and makes it interesting,” said
Hasselbach, who graduated in May.
“Teaching is his life’s passion and students
feel that and are energized.”
“He is always interested in their personal
narratives and life histories,” said Hoda
Zaki, a professor of political science at
Hood. “He cares deeply about them and is
passionate about teaching.”
Latkovski
60s
believes Hood’s small college
atmosphere allows its students to excel in a
big way. Hood is a great learning environment,
he says, because of the emphasis on
excellence in teaching. “It’s a great environment
where you know your students and
they know you,” Latkovski said. ■

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Betty Mayfield
By Alison Walker ’06
Betty Mayfield, chair of the department
of mathematics, has been a member
of Hood’s faculty for more than 25 years,
longer than most undergraduates at the
College have been alive. Throughout the
years, Mayfield’s fascination with the
mathematics learning process has made
her a vital asset to both the department
and its students.
“Dr. Mayfield is on the cutting edge of
mathematics pedagogy,” said Kira
Hamman, instructor of mathematics.
“Even though she’s been teaching such
a long time, Betty is always interested
in improving our program. She’s
instrumental in making us as dynamic
as possible.”
Mayfield brought a passion to Hood
when she came to the College in 1979
as
0s
a mathematics instructor and skills
coordinator.
“I loved mathematics so much I wanted
to share that enthusiasm and interest with
other people,” said Mayfield, whose first
teaching job was in 1971 at Atkins High
School in North Carolina.
Research in mathematics learning
shows that students learn best in small
groups and when instruction incorporates
writing and interactive technology—an
assertion that Mayfield and her colleagues
endorse and apply at Hood. “We consciously
teach in ways students learn
best,” she said.
Mayfield is a believer in using unconventional
teaching strategies in the classroom
to aid in learning mathematics.
A joint research project she conducted in
2002 with Kerry Strand, Andrew G.
Truxal Professor of Sociology and chair
of the department of sociology and social
work, looked at methods of teaching
Betty Mayfield
mathematics that might be especially good
for young women, supports her beliefs.
They found that the use of different
teaching strategies increased the students’
enjoyment of math and bolstered belief in
themselves as more able mathematicians.
That research has influenced the teaching
in her department.
“Students who had taken mathematics
classes that emphasized problem solving
and the relatedness of mathematics to the
real world were more apt to have positive
math-related attitudes,” Mayfield said. “In
our mathematics classes at Hood, we focus
on problem solving, and motivate almost
everything we study by real-world applications.”
Mayfield says in addition to the
department’s innovative teaching style,
Hood students have the advantage of
learning opportunities both in and out of
the classroom, from presenting their work
at undergraduate conferences to internships
and summer research.
“Dr. Mayfield brings a lot of enthusiasm
to the department,” said senior mathematics
major Kathryn Linehan of Mount
Airy, Md. “That really helps me and other
students enjoy her classes every semester.”
Mayfield says that even after 52 semesters
of teaching she still enjoys having new
classes and new students because each
semester she learns from students who
bring their own perspectives to the
curriculum.
She will be on sabbatical during the
spring 2006 semester to study Gerbert, a
10th century French mathematician who
later became Pope Sylvester II. Mayfield
first became interested in Gerbert when
she taught a freshman math course that
focused on the history of how Roman
numerals were replaced by modern
Hindu-Arabic numerals, a transition in
which Gerbert is believed to have played
an important part. Mayfield says her sabbatical
will allow her to more thoroughly
cover Gerbert in her teaching at Hood,
which, in turn, will also open up new
research opportunities for students to
study Gerbert with a professor who is
an expert on this little-known but
important mathematician. ■

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Kittybelle Hosford
By Peggy Souza ’05
One might consider Assistant
Professor of Education Kittybelle
Hosford a “natural” as director of
the Onica Prall Child Development
Laboratory, where the curriculum is centered
in guided classroom observation for
Hood’s students majoring in education.
For almost a decade, Hosford has shared
her experience as a teacher and speech
therapist in special education, as well as
her doctoral studies in human development,
at the Hood campus lab school.
“I am intrigued by the questions of
human development,” Hosford said.
Hosford joined Hood as an instructor
of education in 1985, eventually earning
her doctorate in human development
from the University of Maryland and rising
to assistant professor of education in
1992. Hosford continues the tradition of
innovative research, begun by Onica
Prall in 1929, connecting theory and
practice at Hood’s nationally respected
child development program.
“Kittybelle has an excitement about
learning. It’s contagious,” said Karen
Belle, one of the clinical instructors for
the lab school.
Having taken courses at Hood, Belle
knew of Hosford’s reputation for teaching
based on scientific research and data, as
well as her excitement for sharing and
learning with the students. “It’s a true
partnership, working toward what is best
for the children,” Belle said.
As director of the lab school, Hosford
meets with student teachers for their
mid-term evaluations to discuss the transition
of theoretical teaching to its practical
application. “She helps them focus
on what works well and how to get past
any hurdles so they can become professional
teachers,” said Monica O’Gara, a
clinical instructor at the lab school for
the past six years. O’Gara admires how
Hosford can quickly switch from a theoretical
discussion to focusing on practical
solutions in the preschool setting.
Hosford’s commitment to her students
follows them even after they leave
Hood. To aid graduates in their transition
from student to teacher, Hosford
co-produced an instructional video, “The
First Day of School: A Guide for
Beginning Teachers,”with two former
Hood education faculty members,
Carla Lyon and Roberta Strosnider.
After graduating from Western
Carolina University with a bachelor of
science degree in education and speech
therapy, Hosford began her professional
career at the Arlington County Growth
and Development Center’s Special
Education Preschool in Virginia. She
later earned a master’s degree in early
childhood-special education from The
George Washington University and
became a teacher of students with learning
disabilities. Hosford also worked as
a consultant with the St. Columba’s
Preschool in Washington, D.C., and
Kittybelle Hosford
developed instructional materials for the
Frederick County Public School system
and course materials for educators and
pediatricians in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Hosford’s continuing contributions
to the field of education include participating
in the special education program
certification review at The George
Washington University; serving as a
steering committee member on the Early
Childhood
80s
Education Project Initiative
for Frederick County Public Schools; and
assisting the development of Friends of
Children Understanding and Sharing, a
literacy course and tutoring project for
the U.S. Department of Education for
use in Frederick County. ■

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Ricky Hirschhorn
Bridgette Harwood ’06
It was after a high school classmate
had a leg amputated as a result of bone
cancer that associate professor of biology
Ricky Hirschhorn developed a stronger
interest in science.
“I had always been interested in science,
but when that happened I was a old
enough to realize how amazing the
human body is,” said Hirschhorn, who
has been studying cancer cell biology for
the better part of the last three decades.
Even though Hirschhorn had always
wanted to be a scientist, after earning an
0s
undergraduate degree in chemistry at the
University of Rochester, a doctorate in
biochemistry from the University of
Pittsburgh and doing post-doctoral
research with one of the world’s leading
experts on cancer cell biology at Temple
University, she eventually found herself
teaching the subject with which she had
become so fascinated—cell biology.
“It’s all about the cell,” Hirschhorn
says, using a mantra well known to her
students and her faculty colleagues. “It is
the fundamental unit of life; it is fascinating
and not completely understood.”
The opportunity to share her fascination
and enthusiasm with students is what
excites her about her research and her
teaching. “She brings a passion for her
area of study and shares that with her students,”
said Kathy Falkenstein, chair of
the biology department and associate professor
of biology, who has worked with
Hirschhorn for all 13 years Hirschhorn
has been at Hood.
Prior to her arrival at Hood in 1992,
Ricky Hirschhorn
Hirschhorn taught at the much larger
University of Kentucky and at Temple
University, which has given her a greater
appreciation for closer interaction
between students and faculty that is harder
to find at larger colleges. “At Hood, I
get to know my students as people and
they get to know me,” Hirschhorn said. “I
know when they are not in class, when
they are behind on their homework and
when they are confused.”
For Hirschhorn, it is especially gratifying
to see the look on a student’s face
when he or she grasps a difficult concept
and to experience the satisfaction that
goes along with teaching a subject for
which she has had a lifelong fascination.
“I get to share something that I am in
awe of,” she said.
“Professor Hirschhorn presents the
information in a way that challenges you to
learn more,” said Amanda Hagen, a biology
major who graduated in May. “Her
depth of knowledge allows her to present
the information in more than one way
while her use of analogies makes the topic
interesting.”
“I really enjoyed her teaching style,” said
Andrew Noll, another May graduate who
was a student of Hirschhorn’s and considers
her a mentor. “She has an ability to convey
the material with a sense of humor that
makes it interesting.”
Hirschhorn doesn’t expect every student
to be as fascinated with cells as she
is. As an adviser for freshmen and sophomores,
she always encourages students to
explore different areas when deciding
their majors. However, she admits that it
is rewarding when they decide to become
biology majors; she believes students’
exploration processes are essential to find
what they truly want to do. While
Hirschhorn feels in biology, “it is all about
the cell,” she emphasizes that in life “it is
all about choices.”
Hirschhorn finds watching the
progress students make over four years to
be very rewarding. “The best part is helping
somebody become who they want to
be,” she said. “My hope is that when students
leave (Hood) they will be independent,
responsible adults who contribute
to society. Hopefully they won’t be
just takers but they will be givers.” ■

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Scott Pincikowski
By Randy Gray
Scott Pincikowski is a man on a mission.
Influential in getting the German
major reinstated at Hood recently, he
wants his students to speak the language
fluently, become culturally literate and
travel abroad.
Pincikowski is one of 30 faculty members
who arrived after the millennium,
and he shares a faculty-wide passion for
Hood’s character, mission and liberal arts
curriculum. “Scott has brought an energy
and depth to the German major that
makes the department competitive with
those at the best liberal arts colleges,”
said Roser Caminals-Heath, chair of the
department of foreign languages and
literatures.
“For an American in this era of globalization,
knowledge of a foreign language
is an invaluable and underestimated tool,”
said Pincikowski, an assistant professor of
German who has been teaching at Hood
since 2001.
He previously taught at Pennsylvania
State University and says he prefers
Hood’s environs, which are more conducive
to providing students with personal
and often one-on-one attention.
“Smaller classes allow for greater innovation
in the classroom.”
The Wisconsin native, who earned a
doctorate in German language and literature
at Penn State in 2000, says all students
majoring in foreign languages at
Hood are strongly encouraged to participate
in the College’s study abroad program.
He has developed a one-credit
course offered every other year, which
includes a two-week trip to Berlin and
Munich. Students enrolled in the course
do extensive research and are immersed in
the culture and history of the two cities.
One of Pincikowski’s students,
Annabelle Peake, a junior from Frederick,
is currently studying in Freiberg,
Germany. “He has helped me tremendously
in the study abroad program and
has continued to keep in contact to make
sure I’m doing well,” she said. Peake also
says Pincikowski is passionate about his
profession. “You can tell he enjoys teaching
and continuing to learn from students
through teaching.”
Pincikowski says faculty research is
very important to Hood students and the
Scott has brought an energy and depth to the German
major that puts the department on a par with those
at the best liberal arts colleges.
Scott Pincikowski
Roser Caminals-Heath, chair of the department of foreign languages and literatures
greater college community. “An active
research agenda ensures that the professor
keeps abreast of the current discourse concerning
a particular topic, which makes
the professor a more effective and knowledgeable
teacher,” he said. Pincikowski, a
specialist in medieval German literature, is
writing a book that explores the various
functions of architecture in courtly literature.
He has been invited to Nürnberg,
Germany, and Bozen, Italy, this fall to talk
about his current research.
Pincikowski became interested in
German culture as a teenager when he
met two foreign exchange students who
were staying with a neighbor in his hometown.
In high school he went to Germany
for a month as part of a study abroad program.
“I found
00s
I had a passion and gift for
the language,” he said. That passion is
what motivates him, a self-proclaimed
eternal student.
“Hood is a good learning environment
because of its faculty. My peers are on the
cutting edge of their subjects and it’s great
to be a part of it all.” ■

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Glen Weaver
By Dave Diehl, Director, Marketing and Communications
Many would say that Glen Weaver’s
predilection to humor in the classroom is
a necessary antidote to the subjects he
teaches, such as accounting for managers,
financial management and economics.
But that’s his technique for providing
not only a little levity, but also to make
his point.
For the past five years he has taught
accounting and finance courses at Hood
with a meticulous rigor and structure one
would expect from a person of his professional
ilk. However, he is well known
among students for interjecting personal
and often humorous real-life stories, relevant
current events and, he likes to boast,
Glen Weaver
his own brand of humor to add relevance,
context and interest into the lessons about
credits, debits, supply and demand, regression
analysis and economies of scale.
“I’m not serious for very long,” said the
adjunct instructor in management for
Hood’s Master of Business
Administration program. “I like to have
fun. It works for me because I truly have a
passion for finance and accounting.”
“He seems to be truly excited about
accounting—as hard as that may seem—
he wants the students to learn it,” said
David Hubner, a current M.B.A. student
and senior marketing accounts manager
with Flight Explorer, a flight tracking software
company based in Alexandria, Va.
“He can give you an example and apply it
to something he did that day, and he’s not
afraid to poke fun at how theory often differs
from the process in the real world.”
But it’s his experience, combined with
his teaching ability, that makes him an asset
in the classroom, according to Anita Jose,
associate professor of management and the
director of Hood’s M.B.A. program.
“It is very important for M.B.A. students
to see not only scholar-researchers
in the classroom, but also practicing professionals
like Glen who apply the things
they teach in their everyday lives and,
thus, bring specific real-world perspectives
to the classroom,” said Jose. “Glen is the
cream of the crop when it comes to our
adjunct professors. He has everything that
we would ever want.”
Weaver, who earned his bachelor’s
degree in business administration from
Towson University and master’s of finance
and an M.B.A. from Loyola College in
Baltimore, is by day the senior vice president
and director of financial operations
and technology development at Citicorp
Credit Services in Hagerstown, Md. He
says that he is at a point in his career
where teaching complements his work,
and vice versa. “Personally, as I’ve moved
up in the organization, from pencil pusher
to mentor, I’m in a role in which I need
to be teaching. It helps me to understand
[students’] motivation, talk to them
on their terms. It makes them better
leaders. It keeps me sharp. It keeps me
focused.”
“They are the future leaders of the
business world,” Weaver says of the
M.B.A. degree students in the finance
and accounting classes he teaches at
Hood. “I want them to have a high level
of understanding of the discipline.” ■
Editor’s note: Dave Diehl earned his M.B.A.
at Hood and was a student in Glen Weaver’s
financial management class.
Awards
&Grants
Summer Research Institute Grants awarded to faculty members for collaborative research with students for summer 2005:
Kevin Bennett, assistant professor of chemistry, with senior Paula Cantos and sophomore Rachel Loss, will be developing new
ways of analyzing environmentally significant herbicides found in water and soil samples. This research will utilize a capillary
electrophoresis instrument acquired through a National Science Foundation Grant.
Doug Boucher, associate professor of biology, with sophomore Crystal Gonzales, will be researching ecological succession in
Maryland forests damaged by Hurricane Isabel in September 2003 and Hurricane Ivan in September 2004.
Genevieve Gessert, Sophia M. Libman National Endowment for the Humanities assistant professor of art, with senior Mary

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Joan Planell
By Peggy Souza ’05
Joan Planell
Joan Planell brings real-life experience
to the students in the social policy course
she has taught every spring for the past
five years.
“I have a certain amount of credibility.
I’ve been on the front lines,” said Planell,
an adjunct lecturer in social work in
Hood’s Department of Sociology and
Social Work. With more that 25 years of
experience as a practicing social worker,
an administrator and now as a senior legislative
analyst for Montgomery County,
Maryland, Planell is one of many qualified
adjunct professors, instructors and
lecturers who complement Hood’s 76
full-time faculty in every one of the
15 academic departments and in all
28 undergraduate and 12 graduate
programs.
“She is a role model as a social worker
and instills in her students the value of
human dignity, which is the social worker’s
professional core value,” said Joy
Swanson Ernst, assistant professor and
director of the social work program at
Hood. Ernst first encountered Planell
professionally at a teen mother’s program
in Montgomery County. During an
encounter session when young mothers
expressed anger over their treatment by
social workers, Planell didn’t become
defensive, she apologized to the mothers.
Ernst was so impressed, that several years
later when she needed an adjunct professor
to teach social policy, she immediately
thought of Planell.
After graduation in 1975 from
Georgetown University with a bachelor’s
degree in psychology, Planell worked as a
counselor and social worker, providing
services to disabled adults, seriously ill
children, homeless and mentally ill individuals
and abused children and adults.
She later earned master’s degrees in public
policy and in social work from the
University of Maryland. In her day-today
role in the administration of one of
the region’s most heavily populated areas,
she is responsible for analyzing
Montgomery County’s public school and
the health and human services budgets,
together totaling nearly $2 billion.
It was during fieldwork with social
work students five years ago that Planell
developed an interest in teaching, and
the realizations that sharing her knowledge,
experience and insight with protégés
would all be a necessary part of the
continuum that is her social work career.
And while she realizes that her class is
a requirement for students studying
social work, she believes that her experience
helps breathe life into the textbooks,
making the material relevant, interesting
and, perhaps, exciting.
“Policy has no right or wrong
answers,” said Planell who takes her
students out of the classroom to see
the applications of policy decisions that
balance needs against resources. Field
trips have included visits to local jails to
observe how mental health services are
provided and to free clinics where the
working uninsured go for medical
treatment.
Diane Smith ’05, a social work major
and student of Planell’s, thinks the
instructor has a knack for keeping the
class interested. “She engages her students
to participate and become involved
in the class,” said Smith, who had an
opportunity to observe the inner workings
of a Montgomery County Council
meeting with Planell in action as a policy
analyst. ■
Scire and juniors Victoria Anderson, Jason Comegna, Michael Hess-Webber, Audrey Warren and Natalie Wieland, will excavate three rooms of the Domus del Tempio
Rotondo, a prominent multi-functional structure in the ancient Roman city of Ostia Antica.
Sang Kim, assistant professor of economics and management, with senior Valentina Katchanovskaia, seeking to empirically estimate the “exchange rate pass through
effects” for light-manufacturing industries in the U.S.
Jennifer Ross, associate professor of art, with senior Tim Fortin and junior Mary Jean Hughes, will be learning excavation methods, mapping, drawing and artifact processing
at Çadir Höyük in Turkey, dating from 5500 B.C.
Lynda Sowbel, assistant professor of social work, with senior Kelly Schultz and sophomore Katie Getsinger, worked with a local psychiatric rehabilitation program studying
hospitalization and employment rates as well as quality of life measures.

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S U S A N
E N S E L
The
Lighter Side
We asked members of the faculty to share any
humorous incidents they recalled while teaching
at Hood. Here are a few:
Susan Ensel:
“On my very first day of class, when I looked a lot
younger and no one knew who I was, I sat down in
the class and pretended I was a student. We all talked
about who this new professor was and would she be
nice and would she be tough, etc., and after a few
minutes, I got up and introduced myself. The class
was shocked at first and then everyone cracked up!”
Anita Jose:
“Once in my M.B.A. capstone class, management
policy, a student group was presenting a project. The
bulb of the projector went out in the middle of the
presentation and one of the presenters tried to put in
a new bulb. As he took his sweet time doing this, I
teased him by asking, “How many nuclear engineers
would it take to change a bulb?” He grinned and
said, “More than one, that is for sure.” His entire
group laughed. The rest of the class and I were baffled
at first, until he explained that he was, in fact, a
nuclear engineer! Then we all laughed.”
Noel Lester:
“A cabinet fell on my head and while I was awaiting my
trip to the hospital, where I got six stitches in my head,
a student had the temerity to ask if there would still be
a quiz the next class. I said there would be for her!”
Faculty Receive Professional Development Grants
Hood College Board of Associates McCardell Professional Development Grants were awarded to seven faculty members:
Purnima Bhatt, professor of anthropology and history, to explore and make a visual documentation of the stepwells in Gujarat, India, which were built in honor of
women. Her research is an attempt to recognize women’s contributions to art and architecture.
Sarah Bigham, director of career services, coordinated an event in April 2005 in which one group of students met on Capitol Hill with congressional leaders and
policy makers, while another group of students toured the Museum of American History and related sites as a complement to their studies.
Didier Course, associate professor of French, to complete his non fiction book, “Of Gold and Precious Stones: the Artificial Paradises of the Counter Reformation in
France.” The book is about the aesthetics of the Catholic Counter-Reformation in the early 17th century.
Joy Ernst, assistant professor of social work and director of the social work program, to conduct a pilot study that will examine risk factors for neglect among older
adults who are involved in social services programs or on their waiting lists.
Martin Foys, associate professor of English, to create a digital edition of the oldest detailed English map of the world. His goal is to provide a common resource for
scholars and students to examine this Anglo-Saxon artifact.
Laura Moore, assistant professor of sociology, to interview males who attended Hood before its transition to a residential, coed institution and examine their experiences
as a token population in a predominantly female context. Theories on tokenism and masculinity will be utilized to analyze the data.
Griselda Zuffi, associate professor of Spanish, to find a common ground for Latin American and U.S. scholarship on the understanding of testimonial writings produced
in the Southern Cone region after dictatorship. This work “Critical Readings of Literary Scholarship on Testimonio,” will help establish limits, differences and
scope of the genre and bridge U.S. and Latin American scholarship.

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Inspirational
Faculty
We asked subscribers to Inter(Net)Actions,
Hood's electronic newsletter for alumnae
and alumni, to tell us about faculty members
who were particularly influential in
their lives. Here are two of a number of
responses we received.
Jennifer Massagli ’98
High school biology teacher, Eleanor Roosevelt
High School, Greenbelt, Md.
JENNIFER MASSAGLI AND DOUG BOUCHER
TANYA SANDER-MARKS AND CAROL KOLMERTON
“Douglas Boucher arrived at Hood during
my junior year. As an environmental
science and policy major I had to take his ecology course, which I
absolutely loved. Through that course, Professor Boucher became
a mentor of sorts. My senior year I went on a research trip to
Nicaragua with Professor Boucher. At the time I was dealing Tanya Sander-Marks ’96
with family issues and had really begun to doubt myself and my Regional Marketing Manager, Schwan’s Home Services
abilities. Due to the nature of our research and living conditions,
I challenged myself over those two weeks and experienced the
world through the eyes of a child again, exploring and learning.
Professor Boucher helped rekindle an adventurous spirit that had
been lost.
A few years later, I reflected on the impact that teachers have
on students. I am now a high school biology teacher inspiring
future scientists. Some of my students’ favorite stories are centered
on the field research that we did in Nicaragua. Whether it
was the time I stepped over a poisonous snake or Professor
Boucher fell off a log into a stream, or the fact that I can answer
firsthand that a jaguar does sound like a baby crying in the rain-
Faculty
Hood
College
By the
Numbers
forest, the students never grow tired of them. Whether he realizes
it or not, Professor Boucher is inspiring scientists and students
through the inspiration he has given to others.”
“Carol Kolmerten, who was the director of the Honors
Program when I was an undergrad in the late ’90s, was a huge
influence on me. I came to Hood interested in finance and business,
and Carol constantly reminded me that English, political
science and the general college experience were just as important.
Those words, and my work study job as student coordinator of
the Honors Program, as it was run at the time, were hugely
influential in helping me get my first job at an investment bank,
managing their large client proposal process. I think daily of
those words, and my M.B.A. proves it; I concentrated in finance,
marketing and business strategy and use all three seamlessly on a
daily basis.”
1,345 years of teaching experience
of all full-time faculty*
76 full-time faculty
39 full-time female faculty
37 full-time male faculty
full-time faculty with doctorates
75 or a terminal degree in their field
21 part-time faculty
*This is the total number of years full-time faculty have taught at Hood

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Reunion Weekend2005
There were no power outages and the weather cooperated this year,
unlike the monsoon-like rains that fell in 2004. Reunion Weekend
was truly tremendous!
During the Alumnae and Alumni Luncheon, Dorothy Ann
Beatrice Lowe ’98 received the Outstanding Recent Alumna-
Alumnus Award for her achievement in professional and community
life within 15 years of graduating from Hood; Nancy
McAdams Baggett ’65 received the Distinguished Alumna-
Alumnus Award for her professional and volunteer contributions
to society; and Lavenia Hargett Marsh ’36 received the
Excellence in Alumnae-Alumni Service Award for her
continuing loyalty and outstanding service to Hood.
Kudos to the class of 1955 which raised $359,415 for
the College during a five-year period. The class of
1980 also had a banner fund-raising
effort during the last five
years, generating $42,537.
Other highlights of Reunion Weekend included an all-class
picnic supper on Friday evening, President Ronald J. Volpe’s
State of the College address, campus tours and, of course,
the Strawberry Breakfast Sunday morning.
To see additional photos, visit
www.hood.edu/reunion.
Left, Members of the Class of 1980 get
ready to march into the alumnae/alumni
luncheon. Those in attendance were: Deborah
Skinner Abramson, Deborah Beckmann Austill, Caroline
Razee Barnett, Anita Chase Bartgis, Lynn M. Beasley, Lynn
Timberlake Crump, Josephine Killeffer Cruthers, Judith Markham
Davis, Joyce Hare DeBolt, Robin Sharp DiSciorio, Laurie A. Drysdale,
Amy Sue Falk, Cindy Smith Fritz, Faye Griffiths-Smith, Anne Reynolds Gurney,
Diane Hamblin, Susan A. Hamilton, Anita Juliano Harvey, Linda Curry Heartfield,
Nancy Demeter Hollobaugh, Allison Horne, Ellen Higgins Kornfeld, Theodora Felegi
Laws, Suzanne Potter Linger, Deedee Randall Luttrell, Jennifer Goerk Lyden, Wendy Herrick
Mahan, Brenda M. Main, Sarah Ann Miller-Lyons, Ingrid Mues, Ellen Aries Mulhern, Mary
Catherine Nace, Valerie Cerrone Nelson, Susan Early Noriega, Pamela Frank O'Brien, Gail M.
Pedersen-Clonan, Carrie Steuart Plumb, Pam Marino Polino, Diane Cain Proctor, Kathy Comfort
Quinn, Cathyann McCann Ray, Kimberly Taylor Roman, Elizabeth Ward Ross, Kathleen Hogan
Rush, Connie J. Shaff, Elizabeth Shanklin-Selby, Laura E. Shulman, Lynn Workman Snyder,
Catherine Miltinberger Tamblyn, Linda O'Toole Teebagy, Mary Zachry Tielking, Frances
Sparacino VanBrocklin, Nancy Shelton Votel, Mary Ann Driscoll Wiles, Pamela Pennebaker
Zimmerman, Kathryn McCombs Zirnkilton.
Right: President Volpe visits with
Deedee Randall Luttrell ’80.
Mary Gillespie (Class of 2020), Jennifer
Levy Gillespie ’91, holding daughter
Meaghan (Class of 2027), dad Navy Lt.
Cmdr. Sean, and daughter Margaret
(Class of 2025) traveled from Seoul,
Korea, where they are stationed.
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R E U N I O N 2 0 0 5
Left: Ruth Brenneman Frantz ’30 and Excellence in Alumnae/i
Service Award recipient Lavenia Hargett Marsh ’36.
Right: Distinguished Alumna/us Award recipient Nancy
McAdams Baggett ‘65 and Outstanding Recent Alumna/us
Award recipient Dorothy-Ann Beatrice Lowe ‘98.
Above left: Mothers from the class of 1935 and their
daughters. Peg Miller Dietz ’35, Ellen Dietz Rosenberger ’68,
Jeanette Kaylor Rutledge ’35, Anne Boone, Harriet Stephens
Whitesel ’64 and Mary Helen Arthur Stephens ’35
Above right: Linda Curry Heartfield ’80, Kim Taylor Roman
’80, Jak Killeffer Cruthers ’80, Allison Horne ’80 and
Ellen Aries Mulhern ’80
Right, members of the class of 1955 in attendance were:
Cynthia Berk Berthold, R. Diane Pusey Blakeslee, Penelope
Probert Boorman, Barbara Briggs-Letson, Barbara Bliss Cayley,
Joyce Wiles Cramer, Nancy Jo C. Crandall, Adamadia Deforest,
Virginia Parker Domhoff, Evelyn Kauffeld Fox, Louise Schaffner
Fratto, Shirley Anne Weber Freed, Patricia Kratz Freeman,
Helen Grove Haerle, Ruth Whitaker Holmes, Nancy Borden
Hoy, Phyllis Chamberlin Hutson, Marian Winquist Kinzinger,
Margaret Mitchell Kline, Janet Moyer Krause, Nancy Lowe
Larsen, Joan Lewis Lopatin, M. Jacqueline McCurdy, Nancy
Miller Moorhouse, Suzanne Eckhardt Morgan, Marjorie Reed
Olson, M. Genevieve Razik, Barbara Heaps Rudolph, Eleanor
Gyngell Samuels, Portia Whitaker Shumaker, Mary Provan
Tobi, Jeanne Schmidt Whitehair, Jane Brainerd Wiley.
Below: Anne Parkin Pierpont ’70 and Jeanne Bryant Wyland ’70.
Bottom: Faye Griffiths-Smith ’80, Diane Hamblin ’80 and
Linda O’Toole Teebagy ’80.

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Commencement
2005
Bachelor’s and master’s degrees were presented to 354 Hood students May 21, a stunningly
gorgeous day. Three students shared the Hood College Academic Achievement Prize,
presented to graduating seniors with the highest academic records. The honors went to:
Alen Agheksanterian, of Walkersville, Md.; Wen-Chi Wang, of Taiwan; and Qin Zhang, of
Woodbine, Md.
Commencement speaker Rep. Loretta Sanchez, a five-term congresswoman from
California, delivered a message filled with advice and optimism. “As I look out at all of you,
I can see the hope and excitement I remember in myself when I was heading off on my first
trip to Capitol Hill. It gives me renewed inspiration for the future. Today I look to you and ask
you to find your passion. Find it and use it to make a change in the world.”
Undergraduates received 189 bachelor’s degrees and 165 master’s degrees were awarded
before a large crowd on Hood’s residential quadrangle. This year’s bachelor’s degree recipients
came from 16 states and 13 different countries. They completed more than 45 internships at
such varied sites as the National Aquarium, Habitat for Humanity, Merrill Lynch, WBAL-TV,
the National Cancer Institute and the American Civil Liberties Union.
This was the 32nd year that the Hood College Graduate School has awarded graduate
degrees. The master’s degree recipients came from 10 states and three foreign countries.
They received their bachelor’s degrees from 71 colleges and universities.
Clockwise from far left: Leslie Beck; President Volpe and
Commencement speaker Congresswoman Sanchez;
Amanda Ebert; MaameYaa Baofa; Judith Evans; Jordana
Francis; Rebecca Starr and Ashley Cook; and Michael
Blackman and his family.
To see more photos and read the full text of Rep. Loretta
Sanchez's Commencement address, please visit:
www.hood.edu/commencement

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Class News and Notes
1928
Genevieve Emery Lippy
Gwynedd Square Center, B15C
773 Sumneytown Pike
Lansdale, PA 19446
It is with sincere regret we tell you of the passing
of Grace Lough Zweizig, who died Jan.12,
2005, in Allentown, Pa.
1930
Editor, Hood Magazine
401 Rosemont Ave.
Frederick, MD 21702
It is with a sad heart that we report the passing
of Dorothy L. Noble, who died Nov. 23, 2004,
in Chestertown, Md.; Elizabeth Cramer Lindsey,
who passed Dec. 31, 2004; and Lou Bennett
Hoover, who died Jan. 23, 2005.
1931
Mary Blair Lane Patterson
37 Shetland Ct.
Highlands Ranch, CO 80130
(303) 470-0111
(303) 141-0899 (fax)
I talk frequently by phone with Kathryn Wagner
Hartman, who still lives alone in Allentown, Pa.
She is doing well except for eye problems. Kitty
Schnebly Fockler is comfortable in a retirement
facility in Williamsport, Md. Carol Fuller
Chambers is happy in North Carolina and enjoys
living in a large retirement home. Dorothy
Coblentz Hines now lives in Rehoboth Beach,
Del., near a son. Marion Ruth Davis, who lives
alone, is in good heath except for vascular
degeneration. Mary McClintock Davis enjoys
activities in her retirement community and is still
traveling. As for me (Mary Blair Lane
Patterson), I just got back from a trip to Dallas. I
have 13 offspring, including four great grandchildren
living nearby, and enjoy walking and swimming.
Life is good!
1932
Estella Hoffman Rowe
Kelly Manor, Room 316
750 Kelly Dr.
York, PA 17404
Our sincere condolences go out to the families of
Marie Kepner Long, who died Nov. 20, 2004, in
Chambersburg, Pa., and Lucy Erwin Shafer, who
passed Nov. 21, 2004. We are also sad to report
the passing of Carroll Staley James, Oct. 22, 2004,
whose wife, Margaret Sager James, died in 1999.
1934
This class needs a reporter. If you can volunteer,
please contact: The Editor, Hood Magazine,
Hood College, 401 Rosemont Ave., Frederick,
MD 21701-8575; (301) 696-3977, hoodmagcnews@hood.edu.
Condolences to the family of Anna C. Saylor
Bennett, who died April 3, 2005, in Johnstown, Pa.
1935
Margaret Miller Dietz
183 Irving Rd.
York, PA 17403-3731
(717) 848-8763
cdietzjr@aol.com
1936
Lavenia Hargett Marsh
600 Schley Ave.
Frederick, MD 21702
(301) 663-9396
I really enjoyed the article in the last issue on the
history of Hood athletics. It was so good to see
the horseback riders in front of Coblentz Hall and
two of our class members, Poppy and Kaye. I
talked to Rhea “Poppy” Robinson Claggett; she
and Clagg are fine and are enjoying their retirement
living in Bethesda. She is still involved in
Carewear, initiated at Hood. Esther Gray writes
that she has moved to a retirement home in
Voorhees, N.J. She likes it very much and says “If I
ever do anything in the city again, I will be sure
to let you know.” Anita Allio McIntire spent
Christmas in Hawaii and Easter in Pine Mt. Lake
in California. I suppose “once a volunteer, always
a volunteer.” She began her Red Cross work in
Staten Island, N.Y., in 1941 and is still keeping
busy with a disaster group in Salinas and
Monterey, Calif. She gets to use her French and
Spanish in phone conversations in the office. Bea
Bomberger Posey writes, “Isn’t it fantastic that
we graduated from Hood 69 years ago!” She is
well and happy living in her garden court apartment
in Lititz, Pa. She enjoys her family and
social activities, especially bridge. Helen
Brenneman Lesser is fine and writes that she,
her son Fred and daughter-in-law Connie were
getting ready to retrace a trip through Tennessee
where they had taken their children when they
were young. Their itinerary would make all of us
want to join them. Meanwhile, in July, Helen
plans to go to Black Mountain, N.C., to spend
the summer as she has done for many years. V.V.
Wales Palen says she has no news. But, she says
this winter she experienced the greatest amount
of snow ever in Cape Cod. Also, she attended
weddings, birthday parties and the arrival of a
great grandchild. Esther Willard Sather’s daughter
Carol writes that her mother died March 5,
2005. Sincere condolences to all her family.
Condolences also to the families of Mary
Brinham Welty who died Dec. 9, 2004;
Elizabeth Godsell Crocker who passed Oct. 15,
2004; and Thelma Aulenbach Bright who died
June 20, 2004.
1937
Helene Schmauch Schaeffer
134 Stratford Village Way
Sun City Hilton Head
Bluffton, SC 29909-4579
(843) 705-6111
haws@hargray.com
Thanks to all who responded to my plea for
news. As we are all 90 or about to be, our news
is mostly changes of address, laments about no
longer being able to drive, pacemakers, ailments
and great grandchildren. However, most of us are
still maintaining active lifestyles, and I can even
report a marriage; so read on. Betty Anderson
Blair plays bridge, participates in a church Bible
study group and reads. Two children live nearbybut
her oldest son lives in Santa Fe, N.M. Betty
Austermuhl Lehman enjoys that her daughter,
Judy Lehman Ballinger ‘67, lives with her. For
Betty, Cape May Point is paradise. Pat Baldwin
Hoffman is seldom in her room at her retirement
residence. She continues to share her genial personality
and ready wit with all the others. Lu
Glock Graham still lives in her condo and still
drives. Her daughter Ann lives close by. Louise
“Lukie” Kling Tefft, despite her handicap of
macular degeneration, has a very positive outlook
on life. “As long as I can live alone, have a cat,
bake cookies and go out for dinner, I am not
griping,” she said. She cherishes the friendship of
a couple from Warren, Pa., and with them visited
the Grand Canyon in March 2004. Fran Mahony
Dye’s condo was badly damaged by two hurricanes;
her new address is: 1600 N E Dixie
Highway, Unit 101-1, Jensen Beach, FL 34957. In
May 2004 she and Del took a trans-Atlantic cruise
to Portugal. Midge McFerran Wuetig is proud
of her grandchildren. Her youngest is a sophomore
at American Univ. in Washington, D.C., two
are pursuing their master’s degrees at Villanova
Univ. and two have business careers in Greece.
After living in Maryland since birth, Mickey
McKee Wilson has moved to a retirement home
to be near her daughters. Her new address is:
201 Brooksby Village Dr., CC 623, Peabody, MA
01960. She is happy in her small but modern
Deadlines for Class Columnists
Class columnists reporting for even years should submit their columns to the editor by
Oct. 15 each year. Class columnists reporting for odd years should submit their columns
to the editor by May 1 each year. Classes 1936 and before may report in each issue.
You are welcome and encouraged to continually update the College with address changes,
job or title changes, marriages, births and deaths. You do not have to wait until your class
column is due. Please send the information to:
Editor, Hood Magazine
Hood College
401 Rosemont Avenue
Frederick, MD 21701
or e-mail hoodmagcnews@hood.edu

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apartment. Also on the move are Marian Gates
to Arlington, Va., and Jackie Tappan Cathcart to
Littleton, N.H. Emilie Miller is fortunate to have
three nieces living nearby in St. Petersburg.
Elizabeth Moseley Hope has lived on a 75-acre
family compound in Batesville, Va., for 17 years.
She reads and does needlepoint. She has had a
pacemaker for several years. Louise Nickey
Hoffacker has two sons who practice dentistry in
their father’s office. She and Kitty Wiest keep in
close contact. Kitty still drives, but only to church,
the grocery story, pharmacy and doctor’s office.
Dottie Rager Miller and Hal celebrated his 90th
birthday Dec. 30 with their daughters and their
families. Betty Strickler Saxman has a new
address: 307 Hampshire Hill Road, Matthew, NC
28105. She lives with her son Earl. We extend our
sympathy to Betty on the death of her sister
Nancy in Oct. Jane Stuart Jewett is keeping
active; she goes to a health center twice a week
and has four grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
Ruth Swomley Lugar is very busy at
her retirement home near Hood, working at the
heathcare desk once a week. She serves on a religious
life committee, which involves preparing
communion, manages some time for bridge and
is in a book club. Congratulations to Lucille
Thomas Sykes Hall on her marriage to Emory
Hall. Lucille had been a widow for 29 years. She
and Emory have traveled to England and
Germany. Annabelle Trexler Goll was in the
hospital during the Christmas holidays. At her
retirement home she is helping a stroke victim
recover his speech. Helen VanderBueken
Hammer is well and happy in her retirement
home, but she misses her get-togethers with
Junior Receives Legacy Ring
J. Elise VanPool ’06 (left) is the recipient
of a Hood College ring, thanks to the
Ring Scholarship Program sponsored by
the Alumnae and Alumni of Hood
College. Elise’s legacy ring was donated
to the College by Nancy Drew Picard ’58
(right) and was presented to her at this
year’s Ring Dinner. If you are interested
in donating a ring or to the ring scholarship
fund may do so by contacting the
Office of Alumnae and Alumni
Programs.
Midge McFerran Wuetig. As for my news, my
own dear Henry died after a series of strokes on
Aug. 1, 2004, 18 days short of our 65th wedding
anniversary. He loved Hood dearly. Attending the
memorial service in Catonsville were Anne Ruth
Salzman ‘33, Henry’s sister Kit’s roommate at
Hood, and Ruth Swomley Lugar. Please keep in
touch, everyone.
1939
Emily Anderson Renoff
Glen Meadows Retirement Community
11630 Glen Arm Rd., G-09
Glen Arm, MD 21057
(410) 319-5114
Condolences to the families of Julia Bistline
Blumenauer, who died Sept. 14, 2004, in
Vienna, Va.; Marguerite E. Julius, who passed
Oct. 1, 2004, in York, Pa.; and Zelda Marks
Schneiderman, whose husband Arthur died
Feb. 9, 2005.
1941
This class needs a reporter. If you can volunteer,
please contact: The Editor, Hood Magazine,
Hood College, 401 Rosemont Ave., Frederick,
MD 21701-8575; (301) 696-3977, hoodmagcnews@hood.edu.
Our sincere condolences to the families of
Kathleen D. Swoyer, who died Nov. 2003, in
Reading, Pa.; Janet Ritter Ditzler, who passed
Dec. 3, 2004, in San Diego, Calif.; Marjorie
Dillon Lonsdale, who died March 4, 2005, in
Sarasota, Fla.; and Lillian Thomas Joy, whose
husband Jack died April 21, 2005.
1943
This class needs a reporter. If you can volunteer,
please contact: The Editor, Hood Magazine,
Hood College, 401 Rosemont Ave., Frederick,
MD 21701-8575; (301) 696-3977, hoodmagcnews@hood.edu.
We are sad to report the passing of Marion E.
Jones, Sept. 4, 2004, in Cranberry Twp., Pa.;
Mary Selby Drye, Sept. 20, 2004, in Frederick;
and Jane Knode Schleicher, Nov. 24, 2004, in
Chambersburg, Pa.
1945
Georgia Dyer Burnett
7101 Bay Front Dr., Apt. 225
Annapolis, MD 21403
(410) 757-5560
We are sad to report the passing of Jean Baum
Lang, who died Nov. 1, 2004.
1947
Kitty Smith Dunn
1410 Stoke Park Rd.
Bethlehem, PA 18017
(610) 691-5653
cdunn1410s@aol.com
Many thanks to you who have responded to my
plea for news. Without you there would be no
column! Our esteemed class president, Bette
Bishop Waterhouse, didn’t write, but I received
an invitation to her birthday party (was it 80?) on
April 2, given by her children. She was going to
Deland, Fla., to visit her son and was going to
continue the celebration there. Bish did come to
Pennsylvania last June to connect with a high
school friend who lives near me. We had lunch
together. Audrey Callaway Asbury has traveled
to Mystic, Conn., by train, to Florida by Auto
Train and to Frederick monthly with Renie
Quynn Collmus, Helen Harris Ramsburg
M.A.’82, Betty Grissinger, Ann Weisburger
Lebherz, Louray Forney Huang and Phyllis
Tibbitts Lind. Nancy Childs Knobloch can’t
seem to retire! In spite of sore knees, she is secretary
for her pastor one day a week, ringing and
singing at church, and teaching music one day a
week for a special ed preschool class. Her daughter
moved to Denver so Nancy has to go there to
see her granddaughters. On her last trip, she
talked with Liz Geiser. Jane Hooper
MacDougall lives nearby and they get together.
Betty Graf Smith is on the go often. With five
children in different places, she gets to go to
Mammoth Lakes, Calif., where her daughter
manages the Edelweiss Lodge ... a great place to
go for skiing in the winter and hiking in the summer.
One son lives in Seattle and when she visited
there, they took a ferry boat to Vancouver. Her
other children live much closer to Lancaster so
she sees them more frequently. She’s trying to
downsize her home ... something I can identify
with, but not very successfully! Betty Haller
Guthrie reports a mini-Hood reunion with Mary
Gordon Dunham and Phil on their way back
from Florida, and with Ginger Dyer Smith who
was visiting a new grandchild. Lorraine Kersey
Moore celebrated husband Hal’s 80th birthday
with a family trip to the Trapp Family Lodge ... all
four children, spouses and seven out of 10 grandchildren.
In Nov. they went to London where she
lost her wallet on a bus! They and Lois Burrough
Garman and George get together once a season
for lunch. AND ... she still plays tennis once a
week! Mert Kinsman Monroe spends part of her
time in Manchester, England, with her husband
Keith Crowe, and the rest of the time in Elmira,
N.Y. In Feb. she gave a piano recital for the
Thursday Morning Musicale, playing many of the
same compositions she played for the same
group in Oct. 1950. She was featured in the
Elmira Star-Gazette column where it was noted
she had graduated from Hood College! Aline
Negrotto Reinert enjoyed some special occasions
this past year ... their 50th wedding
anniversary and her husband Owen’s 80th birthday.
Owen is another tennis player and Aline
goes to Curves several times a week. Phyllis Peak
Sullivan and Sully spent Feb. in Florida, attended
an Elderhostel in Mobile, Ala., for Mardi Gras,
and spent a week on the Outer Banks with four
children, spouses and seven grandchildren. Renie
Quynn Collmus also had a momentous year!
Two grandchildren graduated from college and
then got married. In April, Renie went to
Germany to visit daughter Cathy, and then went
with Cathy to Australia and New Zealand! In
Sydney, she reconnected with her best friend
from Hong Kong whom she knew 68 years ago!
There are four grandchildren in various colleges
... Hood, William and Mary, Va. Tech, and an
engineering school in Germany. Mary Lib
Reeder Tiller has had a rough year with sciatica
and disc problems and is dealing with pain and
crutches. I hope she is better by this time. Peggy
Thumma Startzman and Henry are busy with
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all the school and sports programs, so are not
doing much traveling and are content to stay at
home. Our very special sympathy to Mary Ellen
Weir Peter on the death of her husband, Tom,
who died of an infection after a ruptured appendix
the day after Christmas. They were in Naples,
Fla., and Mel stayed there, visiting with Elizabeth
Jones Hesse who was there for two weeks. June
was to be a special month, celebrating Mel’s 80th
birthday, their 55th wedding anniversary, two
grandsons graduating from college and two from
high school, plus many birthdays. Now, they will
include a memorial service for Tom. Ann
Weisburger Lebherz reports she is writing
another book with Sarah Drenning ‘49 about
the Great Frederick Fair. She’s also working on a
celebration of the arrival of General Braddock,
George Washington and the Virginia troops at
Braddock Heights where she lives. I hope you
found a fife and drum, Ann. My news is not
much different from the past few years. I continue
to keep busy with reading at a school, visiting
in a hospital, singing with the Lehigh Choral
Union, ushering at Lehigh’s Art Center, doing
taxes for AARP, directing our church’s bell choir
and visiting five children in foster care as part of
my duties with the Court Appointed Special
Advocate Program. Granddaughter Leann has
come home for a year while her husband is in
Korea, so it’s nice to have company. I visit N.Y.C.
occasionally for daughter Lindi’s concerts, and go
to Alexandria less frequently to see grandkids
there. My brother-in-law Mike, husband of Polly
Harvey Dunn ‘50, died in Dec., leaving another
hole in the Dunn family. Condolences to the families
of Mildred Riggins Patterson, who died
Jan. 26, 2005; Anne Landauer Spence, whose
husband George passed March 19, 2005, in
Charlottesville, Va.; and to Susan McAlpine
Garrett (deceased), whose husband Robert died
Oct. 24, 2004, in West Brandywine, Pa.
1949
Pauline Toms Flanagan
108 North Second St.
Woodsboro, MD 21798-8306
(301) 845-8683
Elizabeth Codding Borden died Dec. 18, 2004,
in Beverly, N.J. Condolences also to Mary Weed
Landes, whose husband, Leslie, died Nov. 6,
2004. Ruth Bryant Bartgis works one day a
week at a doctor’s office and volunteers with a
group that sings at a retirement community.
When possible, she and John go to their condo in
Ocean City. Barbara Davies Mulholland has
decided to live in Pennsylvania year round.
Winters in Florida have become too much of a
hassle for her. Jane Bunn Stillwell continues to
recommend books for her to read. Barbara saw
Tippy Holtzworth Cusick and Shirley Fortuin
Weber at Cape Cod in the summer of ‘04.
Georgia Earman Russell and Clay enjoy trips to
Florida and all over the south, visiting family.
They are involved in genealogical and historical
societies. Beth Enterline Adams had a full house
for Christmas. She also says she enjoyed the
reunion in 2004 and was impressed by the new
science building. Lois Keller Rhoderick deserves
a special thank you for arranging the 55th
reunion dinner. Anne Hutton Long and Fred
entertained Audrey Clarke Flath and Earl at their
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summer home in Montana. Gertrude
Steinhauser is her usual self! She sent this message:
“No bad news, no good news … so that’s
my news.” Pauline Toms Flanagan was delighted
to see her daughter, Patricia Flanagan
Fellows M.S. ‘92, recognized in the summer
2004 issue of Hood Magazine. Evelyn Yeide
Aurand has a granddaughter who’s attending
Hood, Rachel Allison Brown ‘08. She is enjoying
the Heritage Scholarship. Evelyn is teaching piano
again and really enjoys it. Laila Zwilgmeyer
Wood invites Hoodlums to visit her in Colorado
Springs. She’s oil painting and uses the name
Laila Zee as her art name. Dick sails, builds furniture,
composes music for the recorder and loves
crossword puzzles. Thanks for your cooperation
in sending news. Perhaps next time we will hear
from others.
1951
This class needs a reporter. If you can volunteer,
please contact: The Editor, Hood Magazine,
Hood College, 401 Rosemont Ave., Frederick,
MD 21701-8575; (301) 696-3977, hoodmagcnews@hood.edu.
Molly Wood Tully writes to tell us that her son
John was married in Oct. 2004, to the daughter
of a dear friend. The wedding was a three-day
celebration in Cincinnati. The couple lives in
New York.
1953
Johanna Chait Essex
48 Essex Rd.
Great Neck, NY 11023
(516) 487-1883
johalessex@aol.com
Sincere condolences to the family of Judith Cahn
Tylec, who passed away Oct. 1, 2004. She is survived
by her husband Fred and three children.
Condolences also to the families of Joyce
Fearnley Leicht, who died Jan. 17, 2005, in
Fairport, N.Y.; Janet M. Miller, who passed
March 23, 2005; Barbara Decker Almquist, who
died Oct. 23, 2004, in Palm City, Fla.; and
Barbara Morris Harrison, whose husband
Michael died August 7, 2004, after a short illness.
Carol Brower Joutras spent Christmas with her
children and grandchildren in Lincoln, Neb.
Nancy Brown Kohlheyer writes that prior to hip
replacement surgery she spent some time with
her sons and their families. Nan Eaton
Thompson, hubby Bob, and Pat Lloyd
Fordham and Paul met in Las Vegas and then
traveled to the Florida Keys on vacation. Hooley
Chidester Ball has been quite busy—she has six
grandchildren and three of them have recently
married. Betsy Craig Bernhard is also staying
busy with grandchildren and great grandchildren.
She is also on the board of a battered
women’s center and is president of the Lake
Champlain Retriever Club, which she co-founded
in 1963. She still competes with her dogs across
the country. Penny Fradd Vahsen took a trip to
China last year and later visited her daughter in
California and her son in Arizona. Lois Gaertner
Hallof wants everyone to know she has a new
address: 5 Brookbanks Dr., Apt. 1002, Don Mills,
Ontario M3A258, Canada. Phone number is
(416) 383-0613. Joan Gebhardt Tambling and
Don have extended an invitation to anyone visiting
Silicon Valley to drop by. Joanne Grahame
Wade retired in Oct. and now has time to do the
things she always put off, such as visiting grandchildren,
skiing in Vermont and playing golf in
Hilton Head. Myrna Hays Slick keeps busy as
president of the Palmyra Library Board. She spoke
to Charlotte Endres Asch who’s now a grandmother.
Nancy Jones Knotts and Phil went on a
tour of the WWII memorials and Normandy
Beach last year. In Dec. they lost their 15-year-old
grandson Corey. He died from Cockayne
Syndrome, a premature aging disease. Dorothy
Joyce Coffin has had a difficult year after her
husband Al passed away from progressive
supranuclear palsy. Pat Lloyd Fordham and Paul
enjoyed their week in the Florida Keys with Nan
Eaton Thompson and Bob. Janet Peek Clancy
went to China, Mexico and Fort Lauderdale last
year. Barbara Mayer Werle still spends six
months in Vermont, six months in Florida. She
had arthroscopic surgery on a knee in Dec. Corky
Pattison Casey has a new e-mail address:
ann.casey1@sbcglobal.net. She spent Oct. in
Florence, Italy, and Dec. and Jan. with her daughter
in Colorado. Pam Presbrey Grinnell celebrated
the 50th reunion of her class at Mass General
School of Nursing last fall. She and Sherm celebrated
their 50th anniversary in June 2004. New
address for Shirley Prescott Schwartz: 417
Gilmer Rd., Coatesville, PA 19320. Kathy Redelfs
Rott spent the winter in Florida; the island where
her home is located was evacuated twice because
of hurricanes, but her house was not damaged.
Weezie Matthews had a most enjoyable visit
with Jane Klemstine Rehr ‘52 and her husband
Jim at their home in Wyomissing, Pa., last year.
Joan Riedell Nelson says it’s déjà vu all over
again as she cares for two grandchildren five days
a week. Joan has a new e-mail address: joanrnelson@comcast.net.
Audrey Rosenthal Shavick
cruised on the Queen Mary 2 for 12 days last
winter. She said it’s too big and not as nice as the
QE2. Bev Rosenberg Sager and Marv celebrated
their 50th anniversary by spending four weeks
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Cancun and California. Dot Rost Kretzer still
enjoys life in Williamsburg, living on the 15th fairway
of Governor’s Land Golf Resort. She takes
classes at William and Mary and visited Norway
and Denmark last year. Marcia Sanders
Freeman has a new e-mail address:
marlu2000@wateroak.com. The highlight of
Elaine Scott Stoll’s travels in 2004 was a Baltic
cruise with a stop in St. Petersburg. Dee Snyder
Krogh had surgery for an aneurysm in Sept. and
has fully recovered. Katherine Sponsler Patten
and Gene plan to cruise the Black Sea with stops
in Eastern Europe, Prague and Romania. Noradel
Truxal Wilson and Randolph went to Jamaica to
celebrate their 50th anniversary. Alice
Ungethuem went to Fort Lauderdale in Jan.,
which was a nice break from all the snow in
Massachusetts. She is still active in two historical
societies, the garden club, stamp club and
church. Jane Van Fossan went to the
International Food Show in Cleveland last winter
and got to see Mario Batali cook. Betty
Woodcock Erbring and Bill celebrated their 50th
anniversary in Aug. They’re busy traveling. Mary
Jane Baldwin Scherer’s granddaughter, Amy
Lindstrom, was married to Jeff Knock on April 30,
2005, in Kansas City, Kan. Hal and I celebrated
our 50th anniversary in June 2004 and renewed
our wedding vows. In Aug. we flew to Hawaii
with my two sisters. I now work three-and-a-half
days at the center and Hal volunteers there three
days a week, in addition to taking courses at
Nassau Community College.
1955
Portia Whitaker Shumaker
32310 Aquaduct Rd.
Bonsall, CA 92003-4303
(760) 728-4583
(760) 728-4583 (fax)
Condolences to the family of Susanne Widtman
Max whose husband Peter died Jan. 26, 2005.
Sue Eckhardt Morgan writes that Gena Marter
Razik was scheduled to visit her before Reunion
and they planned to go to Reunion together.
They were then planning to go to Maine, and
then Sue would visit her brother in Vermont.
Sue’s oldest granddaughter is graduating from
Dinks
for Babies
The Office of
Alumnae and Alumni
Programs will send
dinks (beanies) for
baby sons and
daughters upon
request. Notification
of a birth or adoption can be made to
hoodmagcnews@hood.edu, or you may
fill out the update form on the Web site at
www.hood.edu/alum. If you wish to
receive a dink, please note this in your e-
mail or in the comment field of the
update form.
Above: Meaghan Gillespie, daughter of Jennifer
Levy Gillespie ‘91, sports her class of 2027 dink at
Reunion Weekend in June.
high school and will be off to UMBC in the fall.
Mary (Scottie) Provan Tobi just returned. In
Oct. she’s going to Greece to sail the Aegean Sea
on a clipper ship. Jeanne Schmidt Whitehair
has been storytelling as “Mountain Grandma.”
She’s been busy coordinating the 50th Reunion. I
have a busy summer in store. In July, my sister,
Ruth Whitaker Holmes, and her sons and their
families are joining us (24 in all) on Catalina
Island. Then, at the end of July, we are having a
reunion at home for my husband’s family.
1957
Dolores O’Connor VanVleck
930 Evergreen Dr.
Lincoln, NE 68510-4127
(402) 483-1363
dvan-vleck1@unl.edu
Ann Copeland Billings and Susan Truby
Peterson reported the death of Connie Grueby
Thibault of Hingham, Mass., of cancer Feb. 15.
Sarah Bulin Hanson recently spent a few days in
N.Y.C. with Ann Barnett ‘56. They visited museums,
a show and walked all the way across the
Brooklyn Bridge! Jean Burrier Reinhold reports
they are doing well. Jean’s husband has retired
and spends time gardening and woodworking,
making such items as sleigh stools and large rocking
horses. Sally Davidson Haney (Davy)
reports a relatively normal life. After 20 years and
two sons, she and her husband grew out of their
marriage. She then resumed an earlier career in
merchandising with a large tack shop, which
soon developed into an apprenticeship with Sally
Swift, the founder of Centered Riding. Soon Davy
was teaching centered riding all over the world.
She loves being the grandmother of 8-year-old
twins. She owns, or more correctly, is owned by
her Lusatan stallion. Kay Dillmore is enjoying
retirement from teaching, which she loved while
doing it. But now she doesn’t miss it. She is
enjoying her home, reading and needlecrafts,
and goes to the West Coast twice a year to visit
her brother and his family. Nancy Langdon
Nelson now lives in Aurora, N.Y., and enjoys the
views of Lake Cayuga and the programs at Wells
College and nearby Cornell Univ. June Miller still
enjoys playing the organ at Grace Lutheran
Church in State College after her retirement from
Penn State Univ. She attends national organ conventions
and goes on organ-cathedral tours (Paris
last year and England and London next year). In
Aug. 2004 she and several “day” students had a
reunion at Helen Yinger Reed’s ‘56 home in
Braddock Heights with ‘57s Barbara Thomas
Yinger, Barbara Kaufman Harrison and Helen
Hall Scott. Genie Smith Durland and her husband
Bill are retired but are busier than ever. Bill
has a big case in federal court which may go on
for several years, but otherwise is not practicing
law anymore. Both are active in an international
human rights group. Their latest project is on the
Mexican-Arizona border. They are active in their
Quaker monthly and yearly meetings. Meredith
Sorensen Harris writes that she is challenged by
her job of teaching and lecturing at the
Philadelphia Museum of Art. She recently traveled
with a friend to Japan and was especially interested
in the extraordinary artwork of Japan. Ann
Spengler Larkin reported that the past year was
uneventful and that she likes it that way at this
time in her life. She keeps busy with a couple of
quilt groups, AAUW and a book group. She and
her husband Bob go to senior activities at church
and both volunteer in the Open Door Program.
Both have arthritis and therefore have not done
much traveling recently. Molly Smith Sperandio
reports little change in her life. She likes sunny
Florida and is still working and still paying off a
mortgage. She enjoys having her daughter, sonin-law
and two grandchildren living with her.
Recently they had a really good time when her
California-based son visited with his wife and four
children. She saw her Hood roommate, Louise
Reed, when she went to her time-share in
Orlando last year. Sidney Tavern Grove and her
husband now spend their winters in New
Hampshire and warmer months at the North
Carolina shore. Last year they went to Helsinki,
St. Petersburg and Moscow, to an Elderhostel in
Nova Scotia, and to the British Virgin Islands for a
week of sailing. Her daughter Sara heads the Fine
and Performing Arts Department at Winsor
School and daughter Hannah is chief marketing
officer for the Investment Management Division
of Merrill Lynch. Marcia Theriault reported she
has nothing new in her life. Her mother is 92.
Her son lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and her
daughter is closer in Montreal. Marcia recently
had a translated poem published in Ellipse
Magazine. She also writes poems and short stories.
Her MS is still stable after 31 years and she
felt much better during the past year. Her translation
business is doing well. Barbara Thomas
Yinger and husband Bob enjoyed a riverboat
cruise on the Danube last Dec. They visited the
holiday markets of Austria and Germany. They
have just finished a year of square dance instruction.
Barbara has responsibilities with her garden
clubs and flower shows. She will be co-chair of
the Maymont Flower and Garden Show held
annually in Richmond in Feb. Susan Truby
Peterson said that they are kept busy building a
new vacation home in Brooklin, Maine, and trying
to keep their antique home in Boxford from
crumbling into the ground. She still attends pediatric
rounds at Massachusetts General Hospital.
She recently saw Nancy Paul Stimson there following
a knee replacement in March. Susan
Winter Smith still lives on Mercer Island in
Washington. She and her husband have both
been retired for several years and love to travel.
Two years ago they drove to Nova Scotia and
camped out most nights of the seven-week trip.
Last fall they went to the Cancun area with their
son and his wife.
1959
Anne Wilson Heuisler
6102 Buckingham Manor Dr.
Baltimore, MD 21210
(410) 377-5026
aheuisler@comcast.net
Jane Atmore Brown planned to spend the summer
in New Jersey and hopes that Florida skips
the hurricanes this year. Lori Ball Chase and
Steve have been busy traveling. Lori reports that
she is now in good health and her brain tumor is
stable. Catherine Brooke Buckingham’s daughter
is with Mercy Ships, sailing to Latin America
to do eye surgeries. Cathy has gone with her
church to Cuba to do outreach, “a life-changing

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1959 Yahoo!
By Anne Wilson Heuisler ‘59
Alumnae of Hood's class of 1959 are active on the Internet, e-mailing each other about
what's going on in our lives. We have heard from classmates in 16 states as well as from two
in Australia and one in Rome. We have shared expressions of concern about Florida hurricanes,
geological activity on Mt. St. Helens and snow accumulation in New England. In
January we were all moved by the harrowing story of the miraculous escape of a classmate's
son, his wife and baby daughter from the Sri Lankan tsunami. We have grieved with those
who have mourned parents and with one who recently lost a son to cancer. Others have
shared personal and spousal health concerns. Most messages, though, are just along the lines
of “It's so good to hear from everybody.” Old acquaintances have been rekindled, as we
explore the shared experience of being the same age and having had one to four years of life
in common at Hood.
At the 45th reunion of the Class of 1959 in June 2004 classmates suggested the establishment
of a YAHOO! Group for more frequent communication. Since July 2004, 35 classmates
have joined the group and are now enjoying the convenience and spontaneity of being
in easy contact. We have just scratched the surface of the technology available to this group.
We have posted one photo, a circa 1955 freshman-year gathering in evening gowns at
President Truxal's house, and have had fun trying to identify the faces. We also have logged
in some files of information of common interest such as previously published class news, our
reunion report and a list of deceased classmates. Possibilities exist for individual photo
albums as well as for more extensive files of information.
In January 2005 we started an e-mail newsletter and the initial offering consisted of more
than 7,000 words in 30 pages. It prompted many responses offering additional information.
This newsletter was also sent to non-YAHOO! Group classmates with known e-mail
addresses. A happy byproduct of the group e-mailing has been the resurfacing of longnot-heard-from
classmates, including some who left Hood early for nursing school or
other reasons.
Something about the passing of time seems to make early bonds more poignant. We now
compare notes about grandchildren, health issues, travel and other pleasures and worries
just as we once did about coursework and blind dates. Women who were barely acquainted
at Hood now find commonality in maturity. Being within frequent and easy contact with 35
other women the same age and with a shared experience is a recurring source of reassurance,
good humor and joy.
Note: The College offers to create and coordinate a YAHOO! Group for interested classes, contact
Nancy Hoffman Hennessey ’83, assistant director of alumnae and alumni programs.
experience.” Eleanor Brown Wheeler is still
working half-time at a library. The Wheelers anticipated
seeing their son and daughter and her
family at Pacific Beach. Their daughter-in-law is in
Morocco on a Fulbright Fellowship. Betsy Chinn
Rossi and Ernie are both teaching part-time at
their local community college. Betsy, who has an
M.Ed. in reading, teaches developmental reading
to students not ready for college-level text. Tarun
Comegys Johns took her granddaughter on a
cross-country camping trip last summer, culminating
with a week at a ranch, and then joined
her wagon-train friends for a trip in the mountains.
Beverly Cramer Smith is an ovarian cancer
survivor and, as of Aug. ‘04, all is well. She and
Pete have nine grandchildren, from age 8 to 16.
Gloria Friedman Greenspun lost her mother at
94 last spring. The Greenspuns enjoyed a yearlong
celebration of Dick’s 75th birthday, cruising
in Hawaii, partying in Baltimore and visiting
Florida’s Club Med. Midge Guild Simmons
entertained Tarun when she was in Frederick for
April’s Hood meeting, driving to D.C. to enjoy
the cherry blossoms in 84-degree heat. Sandy
Hanson Hargrave sells real estate for Coldwell
Banker with her son and is anticipating the birth
of his twins in the fall. Mary Jane Finlay Hodge
works part-time in a mental health clinic on Long
Island. She enjoys classical music concerts and
Yankee games and supports liberal causes. She
and her daughter visited Puerto Rico in Jan. and
encountered Red Sox fans in the heart of the
Yunque forest. Janet Hobbs Cotton is a tour
guide at the Phoenix Art Museum and a member
of support groups for the Phoenix Youth
Orchestra and the Desert Botanical Garden. The
Cottons sail their 48-foot ketch in Puerto Vallarta,
where they own a villa. They have a 3-year-old
granddaughter adopted from Changsha, China.
Edee Howard Hogan thanks all her classmates
who sent condolence notes on the loss of her
mother. Carol Wick Ericksen, Anne Wilson
Heuisler and Carol Koreywo LeGore, as well as
Edee’s Little Sister, Sandy Murphy Schmidt ‘61,
attended the Mass. Edee chairs the Food and
Culinary Professional Practice Group of the
American Dietetic Association. Last spring she
enjoyed a culinary tour of Provence. Edee
applauds our goal of 100 percent participation
for our 50th reunion gift.”It has never been done,
but ‘59 was a class that always was and is
unique!” Debbie Jones Appel and Ted live in
Vail, Colo., both working on Vail Mountain. Ted is
a ski instructor and Debbie does guest service
and leads ski tours. Marcia King Wilke’s son,
Chris, lost his battle with cancer last spring.
Marcia, her husband, and Chris’ wife were at his
side when he died peacefully. Our deepest sympathies
to the family of Diane Dotter Amato,
who died April 17, 2005, in State College, Pa.
Carol Lumb Allen and Bob traveled last spring
with the United Methodist Global Ministries to
Guatemala, where they have a special interest:
their first granddaughter was adopted from
Guatemala. Carol has completed two volunteer
projects: serving as ombudsman for the City of
Port Orange to assist hurricane victims and doing
research for a judge. Barbara Manger Kraske is
enjoying her husband’s retirement from Northrop
Grumman as well as her own from teaching and
selling real estate. Linda Mohler Humes serves
on the Mechanicsburg Borough Council and supports
a Main Street revitalization effort. She participates
in a book group, exchanging titles with
Myra Silberstein Goldgeier for her Eastern
Shore group. Linda attends Baltimore’s Center
Stage, occasionally visiting the Walters and the
American Visionary Art museums. Judy Moreland
Granger anticipates a family reunion in July at
the home of her cousin, Ethel Kintigh Spence
‘62, in Cincinnati. Gail Mulliken Painter and
Roger have lived in Australia for the past two
years with their daughter and her family. They
just returned from a four-month U.S. trip and
plan to spend at least one more year in Canberra.
Jeannette Phelps enjoyed a visit with Mary
Anne Fleetwood ‘61 in March. She often sees
Sandy Murphy Schmidt ‘61. Martha Shortiss
Allen completed a six-year term as a Hood
trustee this May, serving as chair of the institutional
advancement committee. The Allens have
planned summer trips to Albuquerque, Lake
Tahoe and Sandpointe, Idaho, to visit Susan
Reed Beebe. Myra Silberstein Goldgeier’s latest
absorption is digital photography. Carolynne
Veazey Lathrop recovered from a broken shoulder
in Feb. She teaches library skills at the Univ.
of Dubuque. Her son, his wife and children visited
Carolynne in March. Their physical injuries
from the Dec. 26 Sri Lankan tsunami are healed,
but the emotional and psychological scars will
last much longer. Joan Victor Boos volunteers at
her local library and at the American Cancer
Society Discovery Shop. John teaches at Ohio
Wesleyan, directing the Center for Economics
and Business. Their son and his family visited
from Uganda, their home, for the birth of their
second baby, the Boos’ first granddaughter.
1961
Suzanne Brown Wellcome
321 Stafford Ave.
Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA 92007-1666
swellcome@cox.net

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Lynne Linzey Barnes writes that she and her
husband got together with a Ft. Detrick friend
who knew Priscilla Arnold Gillis’ husband! Cil
rarely reads the bulletin and wasn’t in touch with
anyone so Lynne filled her in on news! They had
dinner with Mary Jane Evans Hahn and Bill at
their place in Holmes Beach and watched a magnificent
sunset. “At dinner with Sandy Murphy
Schmidt and Bob, the years melted away as if it
was the last time we met, only we are grayer and
older!” From Vivi Bruckel Harvey, “I’m still working
for the Cemanahuac Educational Community,
a language and cultural studies school in Mexico,
and leading trips, especially for groups of textile
artists, in Mexico and Guatemala. I’ve been asked
to plan and lead a second trip to Guatemala in
July for the Ixchel Museum of Indigenous Textiles
in Guatemala City, and another in Jan. 2006 for
the docents of the Textile Museum in
Washington. Still living in Ohio, and I have seven
grandchildren!” Carole Gorchoff Paul keeps in
touch with Betsy Becker Aswad who is great
and working away on her latest book. She, too,
is a grandmother! Carole became a grandmother
recently when her daughter Pamela had a girl,
Beatrice. Her younger son Brian is getting married
in July. Carole is still freelancing and also
working as editor-in-chief of a monthly magazine
devoted to retail advertising and marketing.
Carole’s daughter has a new book, “Pornified,”
and she will be doing a national book tour. Our
condolences to Carole who lost her sister
Madelyn to breast cancer in Feb. Condolences
also to the families of Barbara Pusey Davis,
whose husband, W. Fell Davis, died June 6, 2004,
in Federalsburg, Md., and Arley Lundie
MacDonald, whose husband, Bryce MacDonald,
passed March 8, 2004. Shirley Garrett Haley
retired from teaching French in Montgomery
County five years ago and is a Univ. of Maryland
supervisor of foreign language student teachers.
She has 14 grandchildren, and family, travel and
part-time work make for a full life. Janet
Two New Officers Chosen
for Alumnae and Alumni
of Hood College
Carol Deck Montoya ’94, of Alexandria,
Va., and Jacki Resop Amato ’95, of
Baltimore, Md., will each begin two-year
terms as first vice president and secretary-treasurer,
respectively, for the
Alumnae and Alumni of Hood College.
Carol has served as chair of the editorial
board for Hood Magazine, co-chair for
Reunion Weekend, a fund agent for her
class and is a member of the career mentoring
network. Jacki has served as a class
news reporter for Hood Magazine, an
alumnae and alumni admissions volunteer,
is an active member of the
Baltimore Hood College Club and has
represented Hood at inaugurations at
other colleges.
Spaulding Nunn and Jack celebrated the marriage
of their youngest daughter Nell to a
Brazilian man in San Diego last Oct. Then they
were off to Antarctica for a breathtaking look at
nature in its most remote form. They are looking
forward to moving into their Frederick condominium
soon. Jeanne Duncan Jehl and Joe are
pleasantly situated back in Maryland. Jeanne is
“still working ... as a consultant/writer about
schools and families and communities, enjoying
the mix of working from home, mentoring the
next generation of people who share her interests
and keeping up with what is happening now in
communities.” She is having a great time with
her grandkids and fulfilled an ambition by skiing
with grandson Nicholas, who’s 4, this winter.
Katharine Baum Wolpe retired in March as
research librarian at Orrick, Herrington &
Sutcliffe, a N.Y. law firm. She tells us that Sue
Kaehrle recently retired from the Hartford Public
Library, and she and Sue attended two
Elderhostel programs in 2003 and 2004. Kathy is
still active in local Democratic politics, gardens at
St. Mark’s in the Bowery and is planning some
long distance travel now that she has time.
Nancy Ford VanderWalde and hubby did some
“camping” at home while renovating their house
in Florida this past year with no hot water or
kitchen, but the end is in sight. Nancy, along
with Ann Friant Scheck, Jan Dobbs Pedersen,
Mary Drewal Regan, Carol Handwerk Ziegler,
Lou Huebl Moran and Anne Bierstein
LoBianco meet at Rehoboth twice a year for
a mini reunion. They also see Mary Anne
Fleetwood who lives in Rehoboth. Marty Kaiser
Canner and Paul visited their son Joe, his wife
and their five children in Casablanca, Morocco,
where they are teaching in a private school. Son
Stephen and his wife Jody live near Potsdam, N.Y.
Their daughter Rebecca is a family practice physician
and she and two other women family physicians
will open a family medicine practice in
Bozeman, Mont. Marty retired in March 2005,
and she and Paul plan a five-week trip to the
West Coast. Sandy Murphy Schmidt and Bob
traveled to the Baltic countries and Russia in
Sept., with an additional month in England, continuing
genealogy research in East Anglia. Sandy,
who is retired, is a docent at the Walters Art
Museum and she regularly sees Jeannette
Phelps ‘59 for movies, lunches out and heated
discussions on the state of the world. Sandi saw
Ann Corderman Helton in April at a Hood
reception and spent an evening with Lynne
Linzey Barnes and Jay for dinner at her house
Easter weekend. On a driving trip to the east
coast, Page and I spent a wonderful evening with
Marilyn King Jessen and her new husband
George at their beautiful home in Virginia Beach.
Marilyn sees Jan Bettman Leslie and Joni
Jacobsen Halbert who has moved to Reston, Va.
1963
Dorothy Snyder Engle
204 Linden Blvd.
Middletown, MD 21769
dengle3699@aol.com
Jo Ann Twilley Plichta
43 Consett Place
Frederick, MD 21703
(301) 360-9623
Congratulations to Dottie Hussennetter Ritz on
her marriage to Robert Ritz in Oct. 2004. Bob,
who was the principal at Dottie’s children’s high
school, met Dottie at a golf course. Attending
were Ron and I, Dinny Ingrey Allen and Helen
Pinckney Schafer their husbands. Kathie
Anderson Houchens leads an exciting life.
Although she is still working at Ohio State Univ.
where she teaches Spanish and oversees the
Teaching Learning Center, which offer services to
the 8,000 undergraduates in the Spanish program,
she manages to travel extensively. She will
put her Spanish to use translating for her third
trip to Honduras with a medical brigade that provides
day-long clinics in villages with no medical
care. Dave is still working but will join Kathie on
visits to their children in Vermont, Massachusetts
and North Carolina, as well as a trip to Hawaii.
Kathie got tips for this trip from Gail Kloeblen
Spertzel. Gail, our classmate for two years, who
has been a travel agent and been all over the
world, is featured in a “calendar girls” cookbook
published by her garden club in Frederick. Kathie
says it is clever and has good recipes. Probably
good pictures of Gail, too! Jo Cissel Doyle now
has three grandsons, including twins. Jim, now
retired, spends lots of time playing golf and
bridge, while Jo still works part-time at the public
library and Wor-Wic Community College.
Summer plans include a trip to Ireland with two
other couples and two weeks in Maine where
they will stay near Sue Oster Robinson and
Dave with whom they get together often.
Brenda Eklund Pearson is still teaching parttime
in San Diego where she is expecting her first
grandchild. She also manages to travel a lot,
recently to Costa Rica and Alaska, and has plans
for Australia. Nancy Craven Jacobus and husband
Roy have a new granddaughter. Daughter
Cheryl Jacobus Herman and husband Richard are
the proud parents of Caroline Elizableth Herman,
born May 7, 2005. She was six weeks early and
weighed 4 lbs., 4 oz. Mother and baby are doing
well. As for your class reporter, last fall Ron and I
joined 12 close friends and 31 others, mostly
retired teachers of Maryland, on a 21-day trip to
Australia, New Zealand and Fiji. The trip, sponsored
by Maryland retired teachers, took us to
Melbourne, Alice Springs, Ayers Rock, Cairns,
Sidney, much of the south island of New Zealand
and the south island of Fiji. Highlights included
camel riding, hot air ballooning and visiting the
Sydney Opera House for a tour, dinner and a
concert. We send our condolences to the family
of Susan Woodford Smith, who died March 23,
2005, in Colorado Springs, Colo., and to Kathy
Roach Hoff on the death of her husband last year.
1965
Emily Kilby
1203B Della Rd.
Dickerson, MD 20842-8728
(301) 874-3316
erk44@earthlink.net
Catherine Beyer Meredith
1439 Ivy Hill Rd.
Cockeysville, MD 21030
(410) 788-4892
alto1cat@aol.com
Paula Adler Williams regretted missing our 38th
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May that year. Paula has left her position as a preschool
director and is working part-time as coordinator
for a before-and-after-school program,
leaving her more time to enjoy her role as grandmother
of two adorable girls and two handsome
boys. She and Ken moved from their home of 35
years to a condo in Baltimore near the Johns
Hopkins Univ. campus and only five minutes from
one of their daughters. In addition to traveling,
mostly to wonderful places in Canada, the
Williamses manage one glorious week each year
with all of their children and grandchildren at the
Delaware seashore. This past year, the whole clan
also gathered to celebrate Paula and Ken’s 40th
anniversary. Also busy and satisfied in retirement,
Olga Boriakoff Johnson recapped her post-
Hood life in a recent note: “Ron and I met and
married in Washington, D.C., where we lived,
worked and started our family. We moved to the
Los Angeles area in 1976. After 25 years in southern
California, we retired, Ron from his 36 years
in federal service and me from 18 years as an elementary
school teacher in a bilingual classroom.
We retired to Henderson in the Las Vegas area
where we have lived in an active adult retirement
community for more than three years. Ron runs a
community Web site and I am active in a local
P.E.O. chapter. Our son Michael, a National Merit
scholar, attended college on a full four-year scholarship.
He graduated with honors as an electrical
engineer, then went to law school. He now practices
intellectual-property law in the San Francisco
area. Michael and his wife, Promise, who owns a
consulting company, have a vacation home in
the Sierra Nevadas in the Lake Tahoe area.
Michael, an inveterate rock climber, is also a
small-craft pilot, and he flies whenever he can
find the time. Our daughter Sonia was a Phi Beta
Kappa graduate, and after earning two master’s
degrees, one in psychology and one in public
health, she now works at her alma mater, UCLA,
doing behavioral-research studies in one of the
medical institutes.” Last Oct., Marilyn Farnell
made the big move from her beloved cottage in
Needham to a condominium/townhouse in
Auburndale, Mass., a suburb of Newton. The
condo provides plenty of space inside and a bit
of outdoor enjoyment without the upkeep concerns
of an independent home. Lynn continues
to consult on the management and preservation
of documents and media, and her most interesting
project last year was an assessment of the
Boston Police media collection. She also assisted
with getting a preservation guide, “The
Preservation of Local Television,” published.
Additionally, Lynn has taken up childcare for a
number of families, including one with threeyear-old
triplets and an infant, and she’s involved
in church activities. In April, she took her first true
vacation in years: “A fabulous 10 days in
Provence and Paris. Went with my sister Jean and
friends. Chartered a barge and wended our way
on the Canal du Midi through Provence. Lots of
excellent eating (local produce, cheeses, fish),
local wines and olives. Too good to be true.” A
big congrats to best-selling cookbook author
Nancy McAdams Baggett for being named
Distinguished Alumna at this year’s Hood
Reunion luncheon! Were it not for the reinstitution
of cluster-reunion scheduling, the exceptional
Class of ‘65 would have been there en masse
for our 40th celebration to cheer her on. Barbara
Moles Griffin, a classmate through two-and-ahalf
years, continues to work full-time as an
accountant for an international company that
buys and sells jet aircraft. She loves the work and
is quite happy with life in general. She and her
husband moved to Clinton, N.Y., 11 years ago
after living in Montana for 10 years. Barbara has
three children: Eric, a consultant for a software
company; Ben, a patent attorney; and Laura, a
CPA. Jo Ann Wyman Coughlin is enjoying a
completely congenial life, including husband
Barry, retired from Ford Motor Company; two
homes, one in New Hampshire, one in West Palm
Beach; two children, Christine 35, Robert 33; and
two abiding pleasures, bridge and golf. After
years of job-related moves around the country,
the Coughlins returned to their home state in
2000 ... at least for the warmer months of each
year. Jo’s father, a New Hampshire congressman
during our college years, died three years ago,
but her mother is still going strong and living
year-round in Florida. Jo’s children are her greatest
pride: Bob is a U. S. attorney in Washington,
D.C., and Chrissy is a professional singer in the
country/western vein who left her D.C. area fans
last year to take on the L.A. music scene. Check
out Chrissy Coughlin at www.chrissymusic.com,
and you’ll see a strong resemblance to Jo. Our
sincere condolences go out to the family of
Wendy Astley-Bell Fisher, who died July 23,
2004, in Chicago, Ill.
1967
Barbara Morgan Herron
4504 Fernhill Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21215
cymraesteg@aol.com
Judy Lehman Ballinger
P.O. Box 298
Cape May Point, NJ 08212
(609) 898-9647
judyballinger@hotmail.com
Sue Bracken reports that her son in Boston is
getting married in Nov. to a fellow Bucknell
Univ. graduate. Her daughter and her husband
moved to Connecticut so the children are close
to each other, but too far away from her. Sue is
still with GNC and counting the years ‘til retirement.
Kris Campbell Joyce and husband BJ
spent two weeks in the Netherlands in April,
doing research for her art and teaching, along
with some vacationing. They also have son
Keir’s children, 1 and 3, in Baltimore. Babs
Cummings Stacks recently visited Hood to
attend the 75th anniversary celebration of the
Onica Prall Child Development Lab School.
Babs and husband Myron, both cancer survivors,
moved twice in three years, from
Connecticut to Cape Cod and back. Babs is
retired, but speaks at conferences and plans to
write a book. Pam Higginbottom Carey finds
time for weaving, knitting and gardening. She
and husband Hugh visited Sweden for the wedding
of their Swedish exchange student
“daughter.” Marty Hoffert Burns writes from
Wayne, Pa., that after 25 years as a marketing
officer in large organizations, she now enjoys
being an independent consultant focusing on
strategic marketing. Marty and Peter look forward
to becoming grandparents this summer.
Molly King Safren has a private psychotherapy
practice in her home in Columbia, Md. Her
husband works at NASA, and two of their
daughters live nearby. Angela Milea Mogin’s
son Josh and his wife Lexi moved to Los
Angeles from N.Y.C., trading terrorist threats for
earthquakes and floods. Last Sept. they presented
Angela with a new granddaughter. Kitty
Nevin Rieske reports that daughter Christina is
a registered nurse at Massachusetts General
Hospital’s Cardiac Care Unit. Kitty’s son is a
realtor and stand-up comic in N.Y.C., selling
real estate to pay the bills. Kitty still works with
kids with learning disabilities, and Dennis is
designing housing for “over 55s” in an old mill
building. Cindy Newby was traveling with her
mother Mel and sister Lucinda to the Lake
District (UK) in May, with memories of Dr.
Martha Briney and her dear radical Romantic
poets in tow. Joan Peschel Young is getting
ready to move from New Jersey to Virginia.
Daughter Kacy lives in Fairfax with Joan’s first
grandson, and they hope to live nearby for a
year while building a more permanent home in
the Williamsburg area. They look forward to
being neighbors there with Johanna VanWert
Thompson and Michael. The Youngs enjoy getting
together with Gretchen Hahn Anderson
and Sally Raube Chandler and their husbands,
so they will make visits north. Ginny Price
Bracken’s daughter Kristen and husband just
had a baby boy. Ginny’s other daughter Kelly
and her husband are living in Paris with their
two babies. Pat Rosner Kearns writes from Falls
Church, Va., that she retired as president of the
National Association of Japan-America Societies
in June 2004, then went back to work in Jan. as
manager of the Irrigation Association Education
Foundation. Sons Neil and Max are in Georgia
where Max and his wife had a daughter last
May. Her other two children, Josh and Johanna,
are currently in Kuala Lumpur; Josh is working
on a master’s program and Johanna is just having
fun. Pat wonders if anyone has given any
thought to establishing some kind of scholarship
for genetic research in memory of Elinid
Erdlitz Apostolik. Debbie Smith Aldrich is happily
settled in Newburyport, Mass., and
involved with the Red Cross, library and church.
She works two days a week at her company,
Marine Biotech. Ann Truell Bennett, in Maine,
enjoys sailing, and keeps busy with hospital
work. Son Timothy also loves the sea and plans
to settle in Maine after he marries this summer.
Johanna VanWert Thompson and husband
Michael still enjoy living in Williamsburg, Va.,
where Michael leads ghost tours. They are close
to their children and grandchildren and get to
see them often. After retiring from teaching, Jo
continues to work part-time at a clothing store.
Carol Miller Hnath writes, “John and I have
been keeping busy since his retirement in 2002.
I had arthroscopic surgery on both knees for
meniscus tears plus shoulder surgery to repair a
rotator cuff tear. I’m doing fine now. With
John’s retirement and the surgeries, I decided
to give up my part-time tutoring job. For 10
years I tutored children with dyslexia, a very
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and grandchildren and my mom.” Class
reporter Judy Lehman Ballinger caught up with
Cheryl Wray Kirk in Millersville, Md., on a pit
stop during a trip from New Jersey to D.C.
Cheryl is retiring from teaching foreign languages
and is planning a trip to Ireland with
husband Gene to celebrate. She keeps busy
with grandson Lucas and stretch-movement
exercise. Last summer Judy moved to Cape May
Point on the Jersey Shore to assist her mother,
and her caregiving role is working for both of
them. She celebrated her 60th birthday in April
with daughters and friends in California. I still
work full-time, sing, garden, knit, sew and am
learning to play the guitar, mandolin and
ukulele to keep up with the musical Herrons. In
my spare time I’m working with husband Craig
on a partially-animated documentary about a
friend’s escape from Hungary during the 1956
uprising. I won a 2005 Bronze Telly in filmvideo
copywriting for a 15-minute orientation
video for the External Diploma Program at
Essex Community College. I visited roommate
Renee Sonneman in Seattle for her 60th birthday
in Feb. We seem to be taking the Big 6-0 in
full stride. I’m looking forward to turning 15 for
the fourth time, knowing lots of things I didn’t
know the first three times around. Judy put it
more eloquently. “Sixty seems to be a threshold
between those routines and responsibilities of
our past and a wide open future.”
1969
Sue Korff Hammer
8046 Fredericksburg Turnpike
Woodford, VA 22580
skorff@mac.com
Since I wrote last, it’s been a year and we’ve had
our 35th class reunion. We were joined by our
Big Sis class of ‘67 as well as ‘66 and ‘68, just like
when we were freshmen. It was wonderful to see
not just our classmates but also friends from the
classes ahead of us, most of whom we hadn’t
seen since they graduated. The campus looked
good. Attendees included: Linda Israel Lamm,
Anne Garber Ketchum, Ellen Kiel, Joan Esselen
Foot, Sarah Jane Snyder Raffety, Jill Stanley,
Betsy Seele Gotta, Carol Wyman Harris, Olivia
Day, Gail Maynard Gamble, Ginny Pagan
Schragel, Cheryl Brown Dreiling, LaVonne
Blattenberger Vogt. Virginia Monaco Hatfield
and her daughter came from California and
caught up with her Big Sis for the first time since
graduation. Ginny’s daughter was to graduate in
Spring ‘05 from the Univ. of Richmond. Susan
Taylor Shoch and Barb Hoagland Ziegler rode
together from Philadelphia. Susan retired in June
‘04 from teaching and a little birdie told me Wal-
Mart honored her as Teacher of the Year, complete
with a red WM vest! Susan saw Betsy
Rudulph Lustenader in Naples, Fla., where she
and Jim have retired. She showed Susan and Deb
Dick Holbert an outfit she bought from Jane
Doonan Sisco. Apparently Jane is living in N.Y.C.
and designing fabric fashions; her Web site is
janesisco.com. While in Florida they also visited
Chrysanthe Papayani Koumas. Sayre Roney
Steere reports her old roommate, Cindy
Kannapel Weiss, became a grandmother in Aug.
when daughter Natalie gave birth to Bryn Suzan
Hughes. Cindy was to retire in Dec. ‘04 from her
school secretary job to begin taking care of Bryn
full time. Joan Ierardi Darrow and Ed’s oldest
son Adam married his high school sweetheart
and soon thereafter reported to the USS
Kennedy. He headed off to the Middle East and
safely returned. Younger son Clay was about to
join the Air Force. News from Carole Downing
Staton came in. Her youngest, Andrew, married
and settled in Richmond, Va., where he was to be
working with USIS. Daughter Jennifer was to
marry Craig Dube in July 2005. I am now a full
fledged alpaca farmer and thoroughly enjoying it.
If you’re traveling down I-95 near Fredericksburg,
Va., stop by for a visit. Have a great summer,
everyone.
1973
Lorraine Sharp Kish
428 Brook Hill Ave.
Vestal, NY 13850-3359
(607) 239-4138
raineykish@stny.rr.com
Karen Bast Griffith has received a lot of stressful
news in the past year. In Sept. her oldest son
Clint was diagnosed with testicular cancer and
had surgery and chemotherapy. In Feb. Clint had
brain surgery and is receiving radiation and more
chemo. Karen is proud of him and grateful for all
the kind thoughts and prayers sent their way.
Debbie Christ Zourdos and her extended family
rented a villa in St. Martin for a grand vacation in
July. Debbie and husband Chris finished and
moved into their pre-retirement vacation home in
Hilton Head Island where they often golf and
enjoy the South. Charlie Miller Ponticelli continues
to travel the world with her job. In Sept. she
visited Spain for a conference on Middle East
issues. In March she visited Afghanistan while
Laura Bush was there, also to review the progress
of the treatment of women. On the home front,
her older son Mike is finishing his junior year at
George Washington Univ. and younger son J.P. is
attending a community college and still living at
home. This past winter Charlie and Mary
Stevenson got together in Baltimore when Mary
was there for a conference. Alicia Parlatore
Payne reported that in April a group of ‘73
Shriners visited at her home. Lorraine Sharp
Kish wins the prize for the most hectic 12
months. Due to her husband’s job change, in
Sept. her family moved to a Scottsdale, Ariz.,
mansion complete with a courtyard, pool, fountain
and outdoor spa. She dealt with scorpions in
her house and a mountain lion in her backyard
but loved the warm weather and sunshine. Just
six months later they found out that her husband
received another fantastic job change to CFO of a
company in New York. They sold their house in
one day and moved in May to Vestal, N.Y., in the
southern part of the state. While house hunting,
they met with Elaine Williams Kelly for lunch.
The icy, cold and snowy winters expected in New
York are not what Lorraine is looking forward to
but they will be closer to their sons. Oldest son
Steve will graduate in Sept. from Drexel.
Youngest son Eddie is finishing his junior year at
Johns Hopkins and lives down the street from
Charlie Miller Ponticelli. Daughter Emily finished
her junior year in high school and is maintaining
a 3.5 G.P.A. Lorraine’s new address is: 428
Brook Hill Ave. Vestal, NY 13850-3359 and the
new phone number is: (607) 786-0710. Donna
Simmons Maneely is a proud grandma again for
the third time with the birth in Oct. of Elisha to
son Stephen and daughter-in-law Heather. While
traveling in California, Donna visited the most
western point in the continental U.S.A. at Cape
Mendocino, Calif. As a surprise, Donna discovered
she is working this year with a Hood graduate,
Marie Johnson ‘98. Marie teaches kindergarten,
will graduate from Towson Univ. in Dec.
with a M.A. in Early Childhood Education and is a
member of Kappa Delta Pi, an international honors
society in education. In Aug. Donna and her
sister Joyce Simmons Pflum ’67 visited Diane
Stehle Simmons ’68 (former roommate of Joyce)
at her home near Sarasota, Fla., where Donna
and her sister were vacationing. In Nov., while
visiting Wilmington, Del., Donna squeezed in a
quick visit to Helen Metzger Zumsteg. Helen is
a VP at Wilmington Savings Fund Society Bank.
Her hobbies include singing, biking and traveling
with her husband. Helen still keeps in touch with
roommate Ann Stevens Johnsen. Travel news
from Mary Stevenson included an April trip to
England and France. In Nottingham, England,
she gave a presentation to the British Society of
Parasitology on malaria immunology. Mary also
presented a seminar in London and did some
sightseeing there. A couple of thrills were a
speedy three-hour Chunnel train ride from
London to Paris for sightseeing and a dream trip
to Giverny, France, the home of artist Claude
Monet. Janis Wilson Polastre, newly married in
July, and her husband Bob traveled to Cabo San
Lucas in March as a wedding present. In May
they will fly to Hawaii for a brief vacation. Her law
practice keeps her busy otherwise. Janis is a
grandmother again with the birth of granddaughter
Meg, age 10 months, as a sister to
grandson Conner, age 5, children of daughter
Lorena. Her other daughter Andrea is still at the
Irish Repertory Theatre in Manhattan working
with wardrobes. Peggy Weinbeck Konopka and
husband Miles bought a vacation home in Ocean
Pines, Md., close to Ocean City, Md. Peggy
enjoys the pools and beach while having the
family visit and Miles relishes being able to go
fishing often. Son Matt is still in Japan and will
return in July. In conclusion, it’s been fun to
receive and compile class news for seven years as
our class reporter. However, I feel it’s time for a
switch to a new class reporter for the class of
1973. At our reunion a new one will volunteer for
this honor. Thanks for all your support and compliments
over the years.
1975
Deborah Deasy
1824 Foxcroft Lane, Apt. 704
Allison Park, PA 15101-3259
(412) 366-2642 (h)
(412) 320-7989 (w)
412-320-7966 (fax)
ddeasy@tribweb.com
The Class of 1975 sends deep sympathy to the
family of Patti Jo Thomas Ferris, who passed
away in Jan. “She fought a very brave, four-year
fight against breast cancer,” writes husband Bill
of Annapolis. Their daughter Jenni is a 2002
Hood graduate. Patti Jo, the mother of two
daughters, worked for years as a preschool
teacher, preschool director and Girl Scout leader.
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County chapter of the Maryland State Childcare
Association and an officer in the Maryland State
Childcare Association. Barbara Baird Rogers and
husband Jim of Wayne, Pa., celebrated their 29th
wedding anniversary on Valentine’s Day. They
have three sons, ages 19 to 25. Oldest son
Andrew, a new graduate of the Univ. of Virginia
School of Law, expects to spend the next two
years working as a clerk for federal Judge Harvey
Bartle in Philadelphia. “Deedee Gustafson
Dohan and her family live around the corner
from me, and we’re both involved in the
Philadelphia Hood Club,” writes Barb. “Her son
David is a freshman at Hood this year, as is the
daughter of Mary Aurand Brown.” Now living
on a golf course in Land O’Lakes, Fla., after facing
three hurricanes, is Emily Gibbs Furtek. Last
Aug., Emily’s husband Bob retired after 32 years
with the federal government. “Both of us are
working on new careers. I am doing part-time
dietitian/nutritionist work and volunteering ...
Bob is working on getting his real estate license.”
Their son Joe, an attorney, now works for a
Richmond, Va., firm. Son Matt married last fall
and Emily’s first grandchild is due in Aug. Emily
invites any visiting classmates to call when visiting
the Tampa, Fla., area. “I’m in the phone book,”
she writes. Out of California and now living in
wild, wonderful West Virginia is artist Kristi
Mathias. Her mom Polly passed away in 2003.
Kristi now lives in Petersburg, W.Va., with her dad
Don, 87. Denise Fortney Pennington and husband
Bill, of Hagerstown, Md., still share a deep
connection to Hood. The new assistant rector at
their St. John’s Episcopal Church is the Rev. Ann
Boyd, a newly ordained priest and head of the
biology department at Hood! Denise and Bill
have four daughters, ages 6 to 26, plus a new
vacation home in Topsail Island, N.C. They own
her family’s manufactured housing business in
Hagerstown. “I’m the head salesperson and I find
it very fulfilling,” Denise writes. Doing God’s work
in crab country is the Rev. Sue Shorb-Sterling of
Lusby, Md., located on the Chesapeake Bay. Sue
spent the last three years serving Olivet United
Methodist Church in Lusby. She was supposed to
be ordained in May as an elder at the Baltimore-
Washington Conference of the United Methodist
Church. Susan Jeanne Trepiccione Mertz and
husband Bill of Summerville, S.C., spent
December cruising through Central America
before visiting Seattle, Vancouver and Alaska in
May. Susan’s son Alex, 25, owns a home a few
miles from his mom, who shows no signs of
slowing down: “Bill and I still go out dancing at
the clubs several times a week.” In April, Carol
Fleck Whetzel and husband Mike returned to
Chambersburg, Pa., after spending six weeks in
Germany. While he worked, Carol volunteered in
a U.S. Air Force library. On weekends, they visited
such places as the Czech Republic and Brugge,
Belgium. Ann Wiggins Ely is a grandmother!
Elisabeth Arwen Foecking was born Jan. 25,
2004. Marva Edmiston Connolly of Bowie, Md.,
is teaching fourth grade at an Episcopal school in
Bowie. Earlier this year, Marva took daughter
Alane, a high school junior, on a college-shopping
trip to Hood. “It was such a weird feeling,
going back as a parent,” writes Marva, who also
has a 21-year-old son, hoping to take advantage
of Hood’s Heritage program, which allows children
of alumni to complete their freshman year
Nominations for Alumnae and Alumni of Hood College
In the winter edition of Hood Magazine we will be accepting nominations for the
positions of president-elect and second vice president of the Alumnae and Alumni
of Hood College. The first vice president serves a two-year term and is responsible
for assisting the president and assuming the responsibilities assigned by the president,
which usually include serving as a liaison to the Hood College Clubs and
Chapters. The secretary-treasurer serves a two-year term and is responsible for
taking and filing the minutes of the meetings of the association and of the
executive board and conducting the necessary correspondence of the organization.
This person also assists in maintaining the banking records of the association and
will report on finances at meetings.
Nominations for Trustees
All Hood College alums are encouraged to nominate individuals who they feel
would be qualified candidates to serve on the board of trustees. Candidates
may include alumnae, alumni, community members or business professionals.
To make a nomination to the board's trusteeship committee, please complete
the nomination form on the Hood Web page at www.hood.edu/nominations,
or you may request a form from the Office of Alumnae and Alumni Programs at
(301) 696-3900 or (800) 707-5280.
Awards Nominations
If you would like to nominate someone for one or more alumnae/alumni awards,
to be presented at a future alumnae/alumni luncheon, you'll want to fill out the
necessary form. The past recipients, award criteria and a nominations form are
available on the Hood Web page at www.hood.edu/awards, or you may request
a form from the Office of Alumnae and Alumni Programs at (301) 696-3900 or
(800) 707-5280. Nominations will be taken for: Distinguished Alumna/Alumnus
Award; Excellence in Alumnae/Alumni Service Award; and Outstanding Recent
Alumna/Alumnus Award.
at their parents’ tuition rates. Cheryl Cuddeback
of Forest Hills, N.Y., is writing a book on the use
of Microsoft Word in legal applications. She still
appears periodically as an extra on the TV series
“Law & Order.” Cheryl also reports that daughter
Samantha now plays the guitar and loves Led
Zeppelin. Becky Moss Smithson of Yorktown,
Va., reports that son James completed a Disney
internship last year in Florida and son Allen, a
high school horn player, was accepted for this
year’s summer program at the Interlochen Center
for the Arts in Michigan. Susan Popko Stenquist
of Wayland, Mass., reports that daughter Lindsay
Marie now teaches first grade in Franklin, Mass.,
and was set to graduate in May from Simmons
College with master’s degree in special education.
Marita Stup Loose is executive director of
communication services for Frederick County
Public Schools. She and husband Rick have a
daughter, Cara, who attends Elon University in
North Carolina. Jennifer Sullivan Hilkert,
Marita’s cousin, also works in education as a
teacher in the Baltimore County Public Schools
system. Can’t believe this summer marks my 30th
year as a newspaper writer. Seems like only yesterday
when I fell into this work as a Hood intern
at the Frederick News-Post.
1977
Liz Anderson Comer
4303 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21218-1054
(410) 243-2626
ecomer@eacarchaeology.com
Nancy Karpeles Machell continues to work as a
school psychologist with the New York State
Department of Correctional Services. Her son,
David, is in his senior year of high school and has
joined the Air National Guard in Latham, N.Y. He
will be applying to helicopter flight school when
he finishes basic training at Fort Knox and then
flight training school at Fort Rucker. Nancy lives
in the Adirondacks, very close to Lake George.
Kas Kluth Rohm reports: Greg and I are enjoying
our first few months as ‘sort-of-empty-nesters’
while both daughters study engineering at
Lehigh and George Washington Univs. Greg travels
fairly often and I occasionally go along and
enjoy museum hopping/shopping while he
works. Got news and a cute picture of Beth
Frank Bennett’s two adorable children—they
have a very busy family! Since 2000, Debbie
Davis Hewson has been working part time in the
periodicals department of the library of the
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nary in Alexandria. She says it’s a delightful job
and she enjoys the students, but it’s always hard
to see them leave at the end of the year. Her son
Ben just graduated from Mercersburg Academy
in Pennsylvania. Debbie says he had a wonderful
four years there and he started playing squash
which has become his passion. He was recruited
by the University of Rochester and while visiting,
Debbie planned to visit Gretta Tomb in Corning,
N.Y. Debbie says “Despite having him go away to
school for the past four years, somehow, this is
going to be hard ... he’s so far away!! I suppose it
sounds as if I’m living my life through my kid ...
but at the moment our house seems to be
focused on him, 24-7!! But when not focusing on
him, I keep busy with volunteer work at my
church, a wonderful book club that has been
going strong for 14 years, swimming and having
fun with my wonderful husband Tom. We’ll be
celebrating our 23rd anniversary in Oct., and it
just doesn’t seem possible. I know marriage is
hard work, but being married to Tom is as much
fun as anyone who is about to turn 50 deserves! I
am one lucky chick!” Here’s her contact info:
dhewson@vts.edu (work), thewson@erols.com
(home). News from Kathy Asser Weslock: “We
continue to split our time between N.Y.C. during
the week and Bucks County on the weekends.
Hopefully, alums can find us in both places by e-
mailing me at kweslock@shearman.com. I am the
chief human resources officer for a large global
law firm headquartered in N.Y.C.—lots of travel,
anxiety and stress to oversee and therefore the
need to escape to the country every weekend.
My husband is an architect and has his own firm
in N.Y.C. and his projects take him between New
York and Greece, which is his hometown. We just
returned from Greece which was a great trip this
year—not only did our son have his Bar Mitzvah
in the very same synagogue where his father and
grandfather had theirs, but we also spent a lot of
time at the Olympics. We are blessed with two
boys, both in pre-adolescent phase, so I am
enjoying every minute (including braces) before
they really revolt. Currently, they still enjoy
spending time with us and I adore every precious
minute before the tide turns.” Ruthann
Melching Arneson is living in Huntington, W.Va.
“I’m married for 18 years to Neil Arneson, a professor
at Marshall Univ. We have two children,
Emma who is 15 and a freshman in high school,
and Ethan, 8. Ethan has Down Syndrome but is
doing wonderfully. He does keep us hopping
though! He is in a fully inclusive first grade classroom
with an aide. I’m working for Head Start as
an education/disabilities specialist. I have kept in
touch with Joan Griffiths dePadua since she got
married during the summer after our freshman
year. She is living in Park Ridge, Ill. She and
Dennis have two kids and have moved around a
lot over the years.” Sharon Thorpe Kourtz
points out a lot of us in the class of 1977 are
turning the big five-oh! this year. “It might be fun
to hear how people have celebrated.” Sharon
Bylaws Changes
The bylaws committee of the Alumnae and Alumni of Hood College has approved
changes to the bylaws. The revisions involve two main areas of the bylaws: language
regarding gender and the nomination of trustee candidates.
To review the changes on the Hood Web site you may go to: www.hood.edu/bylaws.
and her husband Paul are enjoying life in Fairfax,
Va., with their eighth grade son, Collin. Sharon
worked for Marriott for 20 years and now works
half-time for Fairfax County Public Schools.
Condolences to the family of Rubina Patel on
the death of her husband, Dr. James Lovelace, in
Nov. 2004. The Comer family is enjoying every
moment of life! Margaret is 15, has added
Russian to her foreign language toolkit and visited
Moscow and St. Petersburg over spring break.
Jacob is 14 and will enter ninth grade at Gilman
in the fall. He corrected our terrible Spanish constantly
during our trip to Peru and Macchu
Picchu. Dyslexia makes learning to read a real
challenge for Anne, but she loves school and
recently starred as “Chip,” the teacup in “Beauty
and the Beast.” I became SCUBA certified last
weekend along with Doug, Margaret and Jacob.
Anne has to wait until she is 10, then we can all
dive together!
1979
Carolyn Fiery Shearer
4721 Yorkshire Dr.
Ellicott City, MD 21043-6514
(410) 465-1260
ckbnb@comcast.net
It is with regret that we tell you of the passing of
Donna Moore, who died Nov. 4, 2004, in
Bernardsville, N.J. Congratulations to Mary
Hillman Satterthwaite and Cullen on the adoption
of a son and daughter (biological brother
and sister) in Tver, Russia. Leira Alexis was born
July 1, 1999, and Samuel Igor was born July 23,
1997. Both arrived in the U.S. in Oct. 2003.
Stephanie Lynn Woods earned her juris doctor
degree from Western New England College
School of Law in May 2004, which led to a new
job as the judicial law clerk to the Honorable
Jeffrey Sprecher, a Berks County Court of
Common Pleas judge in Reading, Pa.
1981
25 Reunion Year
Stephanie Constantino Chisolm
205 Campbell St.
Harrisonburg, VA 22801
(540) 568-3951
chisolm_stephanie@yahoo.com
Thanks to Patricia Karnaugh McQuade and her
25th reunion committee for their efforts to gather
news. Patti and her family vacation near me
and I enjoyed meeting up with them during a
Feb. snowstorm. I recently joined Lisa Kondylas
and Erika Leeuwenburg for a mini-Memorial
reunion of good friends, great food and even
belly dancing in D.C.! Hope Bober Corrigan,
husband Greg and kids are in Ellicott City, Md.,
where she teaches at Loyola College, sees Linda
Rupy Spar at their book club and occasionally
runs into Malinda Small. Speaking of reunions,
Hope met Suzanne Burker MacLean at her husband’s
family reunion. Laurie Castle Ross met
husband Don at the 1982 wedding of Sally
Wagoner Dixon. Settled in Indiana, they have
seven children, the youngest arriving in 2004.
The wedding of her oldest brought another
reunion as Sally and husband Bob joined the celebration.
Imagine what fun we will have at our
25th reunion next year! Peter Cha reports “LIFE
IS GOOD!” as his dental team expands in
Frederick. Joyce Fogle Darner, who is working in
biotechnology, and husband Bruce own a cattle
farm in Maryland. They worship in Myersville,
where Joyce sees Pat Culler Wiser, whose husband,
Tracy Wiser ‘96, is the pastor. Cindy
Hancock Weller, taking a break from the
Frederick Dept. of Aging, now volunteers for son
Joseph’s kindergarten class. Social worker Linda
Hecklinger Procter, with husband Fred ‘79,
have three children. Lauren, their oldest, is a
freshman at Hood. Linda’s mother, Virginia
Turnbull Hecklinger ‘56, lives in Frederick
County. Laura Jones has moved back to the
house where she grew up and is working as a
recreation therapist. Kenneth Kerr and Helen
Rozsics ‘82 believe daughter Kate, 21, is the first
female child born to two Hood undergrads. He
teaches English and journalism at Frederick
Community College. Ken uses his Hood degree
in music, playing shows with Alison Shafer ‘82
when he is not running marathons. Cancer survivor
and LCSW Maureen McDonnell-Weschler,
with her husband and their two Eagle Scout sons,
have traveled from Vienna, Va., to all 50 states
and 13 foreign countries. Donna Smith Mecca
teaches elementary school reading and has two
young daughters. Donna sees Adrienne Gall
Tufts ‘82 and Tracy McGuirk ‘82 occasionally.
Joan Ross Hankey earned her Hood degree as a
grandmother, and daughter Laurel Hankey
Mitchell ‘91 also is a Hood grad. In 2002, Mary
Thompson Calhoun quit working to become a
full-time caregiver for her husband of 20 years,
who is ill. Cassandra (Sonnie) Walker Pye and
husband have four sons in Sacramento, Calif.,
where she is Governor Schwarzenegger’s deputy
chief of staff. Dolores Nasby Wojcik is currently
working on her fourth history book. Look for her
pen name, Dolly Nasby, at Arcadia Publishing Co.
Jill Wood Tallman, Doug and two kids live in
Frederick where she is an assistant editor of
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Flight
Training magazine. A pilot herself, Jill invites
alums who are interested in learning to fly to e-
mail her at jill.tallman@aopa.org. Lynne
Anderson Vergalitto currently works at Fox
Woods in Connecticut, while making dean’s list
grades for her M.S. in counseling. Sally Bauman
Palic plans to maximize our 25th reunion weekend
by coming down early! According to Shellie
Bolger Morris, “The reunion weekend is the best
excuse for a hang with the girls!” Deb Brooks
Markovitz and all on Meyran’s 3rd floor were
serenaded by guitarist and new husband Charlie
before the 2003 cluster reunion. Deb Compton
married Mark Schroeder in 2005. Jane Davidson
Hall remarried and added a daughter in 2001.
Catherine Ellsworth is married and works in
N.Y.C. and Copenhagen. Maria Garvey-Tara is
now in living in Colorado with her family. Nancy
Gillece resumed her career at Hood College after
working at Mount St. Mary’s. After a N.Y.C.
brunch, Patti Karnaugh McQuade and Nancy
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Building. Cindy Goon Prahst welcomed her
eighth child in Albany, N.Y., last year. Sharon
Gravatt Kulesz’s daughter will graduate from
college soon. Denise Gresh Draper and family
live in Mt. Airy. Lori Helm enjoys gardening at
home in the Adirondack Mountains. Patti
Karnaugh McQuade welcomed third child,
Claire, on Valentines Day, 2002. Leigh Moomaw
McBride, pre-school teacher and mom to two
college kids, signed up for an Outward Bound
program this summer. Sue Murch McLoughlin is
an interior designer in Manhattan. Sue Newell
Watts, a school nurse, is mom to three daughters.
Elisa Ocello Varano, after studying interpreting
in Italy, married and is mom to an elementary
school boy and girl. Nurse Judy Reamer
Egan went to Africa. She has two sons, one of
whom was the pre-school classmate to Maureen
Comer Skea’s child. Marie Royer DeNaples
hopes to reunite with Coblentz dormies during
the reunion! Shira Rubinstein earned her Ph.D.
in neuropharmacology from Georgetown, married
and moved to Italy. Linda Rupy Spar, mom
to a high school son, enjoys day trips to
Manhattan. Linda offered her Web design talents
for a Reunion Web site, so be on the lookout for
more info! Patti Scasserra-Lester, still connected
to many from Shriner, has a son and daughter in
middle school. Lynn Sheridan-Welch homeschooled
two daughters while her husband
taught at a California Navy base. Malinda Small
can’t wait to see many friends and classmates at
the Reunion! Maryanne Smith Adams and
daughter toured Hood. Shafer Twine Dobry,
married with two kids, has her own knitting business.
Carole Wilson Forbes, hubby and two
daughters live in Virginia Beach. Tyanna Yonkers
Day, a Floridian minister, will help in Reunion
activities. Those wishing to join reunion committees,
contact: Patricia Karnaugh McQuade at
(516) 208-3218 or edpkmcquade@optonline.net
1983
Mary L. Townley
317 Huddersfield Dr
Richmond, VA 23236-4001
hoodmlt@aol.com
Hello Class of 1983! I’m pleased to have news to
report from several of our classmates, but I’m
always eager to receive more. Please know that
you can e-mail me anytime during the year with
your news. Kathy Alexander Long writes that
she’s enjoying her new job as a child care licensing
specialist in Frederick County after 10 years as
a designer for Sonesta Hotels. Kathy’s 15-year-old
son is a good friend of the daughter of Nancy
Gillece ‘81. Kathy also keeps in touch with her
former Hood roommate, Sally Seward Kirby.
Caren Crandall Babst writes that after 22 years
as an accountant for the government, she’s taken
early retirement so that she may have more time
to travel and spend time with her three grandchildren.
Nancy Hoffman Hennessey reports
that she was fortunate enough to visit with Chris
Seiler and her family while in Seattle for a Hood
event. Chris and her husband Jeff have three kids,
Sam, Rachel and Grace. Chris works as a consultant
in clinical research. Nancy also caught up
with Ruth Ravitz Smith and Tara Lewing
Fineman at a Washington, D.C., event. Ruth
stays very involved with Hood. She is on the
Board of Associates. She works for The St. Paul
Travelers Companies. Tara works at the U.S.
Agency for International Development and is raising
two boys. (Thanks for the updates, Nancy,
and for all you do for Hood!) Carolyn Inch
Marriott sends greetings from Dallas, Tex. She
and her husband Jim have three children, Kellie,
Amy and Christopher. Carolyn works as a senior
account executive with Network Publications.
Leon Maniez writes that he is a grandfather to
Dylan Leon Maniez Miner. He enjoys life in
Washington State where he and his wife Susan
can be close to their daughters Erica and
Michelle. Debbie Single Hays and her husband
Stephen still live in Nashville with their two boys
Matthew and Timothy. Deb hears from Linda
Rupy Spar ‘81 who lives near Hershey, Pa., and
enjoys monthly lunches with Noemi Mendez
Bradley ‘86. Maria del Toro-Sabater, a single
mother of four, has a hopping household in
Puerto Rico! She works for Houghton-Mifflin and
does translations for several lawyers, insurance
companies, banks, etc., in Puerto Rico and the
U.S., and still manages to squeeze in time to play
soccer. One sister, Patricia del Toro-Sabater ’85,
is a social studies teacher and head of the department
while her other sister, Ana M. del Toro-
Sabater ’91, is a lawyer and mother of two.
Shelley Wagar Sabo spent last spring break in
Rome with her daughter Courtney, a sixth grader.
Shelley works at the National Center for Assisted
Living. Every month or so, she and Adrienne
Gall Tufts ‘82 have dinner. Jacque Witt Lyons
writes that she and her husband Eddie have three
children. Jacque is a CPA and an assistant controller
and director of human resources for a
company called Habitat America. They’ve lived
on Kent Island, Md., for 11 years. Condolences to
the family of Kathryn Shirley Granger, who
died of cancer Dec.16, 2004 in Frenchtown, N.J.
As for me, Carol and I, along with our 7-year-old
daughter Emily, have settled into a new house in
Richmond, Va. We love the extra space and
fenced yard that allowed Emily to finally adopt a
dog. Emily enjoyed first grade, has mastered stilt
walking and has just taken on rock climbing and
ice skating lessons. I am still an instructional assistant
at a local middle school working with a special
needs student. Have a great summer and
keep the news sailing my way!
1985
Susan Audino
324 Selwyn Dr. Apt. 2A.
Frederick, MD 21701
(301) 228-3895
saudino@nist.gov
hood_85@yahoo.com
Happy 20th all! It’s amazing how quickly time
travels. Susan Bond Kearney continues her work
as director of technology at St. Paul’s School in
Baltimore where Tommy is in first grade and
Emma is in fourth grade. Susan remains in
e-mail contact with Karen Elm Wirth
(kwirth@quamepa.govguam.net), who moved
to Guam with husband Tom and sons Sam and
Cole for two years of work with the EPA. Susan
and Betsy Bond Brennen enjoyed their annual
dinner with Patricia del Toro-Sabater, who was
visiting D.C. in Dec. with her history students
from Puerto Rico. Kudos to Betsy who was
recently promoted to managing director of
Deutsche Bank. After 12 years in St. Louis, Amy
Garvick Whitman and family moved back east
and are settled in an old 1920s “arts and crafts”
home in Mountain Lakes, N.J. Husband Eric has
an exciting job as director of surgery at
Mountainside Hospital in Montclair, and sons
Adam, 14, and Jonathan, 11, are enjoying new
schools, new friends, ice hockey and lacrosse,
while Amy is looking forward to re-starting her
fine-arts business once the many “house projects”
are completed. Carol Laumeier has been
busy attaining both a new job and a new degree!
She received her M.B.A. from the Univ. of
Phoenix in Dec. 2004 and is working as the marketing
and communications manager at VIEW
Engineering in Gaithersburg, Md. Way to go,
Carol! Lynette Lilly has a new address: 13212
Brestlecone Way, Apt 14 , Germantown, MD
20874-37851. Susan Povich DelConte “really
misses the four columns a year!” Her family continues
to grow and grow with her oldest son now
working as a graphic artist at Mercedez-Benz. The
younger boys are in first grade and kindergarten.
Sue has finished coursework leading to her Ph.D.
and is looking for a topic and welcomes topics
from anyone out there! They have recently purchased
14+ acres on the Susquehanna River in
northeast Pennsylvania and are planning a vacation
home that will lead to retirement many
moons from now, and they’re still looking for
that perfect apartment in Europe! Natalie Rivers
Bruno still lives in France and makes her annual
trek to Maryland in the summer! Nat’s son
Quentin is nearly 15, Frances 13, and Margaret,
8, and they are keeping her young enough to
teach English to all ages! She’s hoping to again
see Stephanie Bouchat, who has been living in
California, and she is still in touch with Paula
Bornstein Micka ‘63, who was one of her “life
inspirations.” Anne Smith Leskow has been
working at Kraft Foods in their Consumer
Promotions Department on Capri Sun, Kool-Aid
Jammers, F2O and Tazo product lines since June
2004. Amanda Ward Grace and husband Alan
have moved back to Frederick and are settling in
on the family homestead. They are homeschooling
their 8-year-old triplets and enjoy life on the
farm. Amanda continues as a supervisor with
Usborne books and recently completed Maryland
Cooperative Extension volunteer training to help
with the Walkersville 4-H club. She continues her
musical pursuits as church organist and soloist at
Faith Reformed Baptist Church in Walkersville.
Condolences to the family of Renee Davis Smith
whose father, W. Fell Davis, died June 6, 2004. I
trust everyone will have a wonderful year, full of
exciting adventures and interactions fit for print
in our next column, so please don’t forget to
share all your news!
1987
Marcie Kendall Gibboney
1786 E. Harrison Ave.
Salt Lake City, UT 84108
(801) 583-2434
marcie_gibboney@yahoo.com
Greetings Class of 1987! In general, the Class of
1987 has been reaching a major milestone as its
members turn 40 or get ready to turn 40!
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we are all taking it quite well and, of course, celebrating!
Tara Cannava Clouse wrote last summer
that she and husband Jay had twins Oct. 10,
2003. Nicholas James and Natalie Catherine are
happy and healthy and keep them very busy.
Tara is still a health care administrator at the Univ.
of Washington Medical Center and Jay is a carpenter.
They are remodeling their 1928 farmhouse
into a Seattle craftsman-style home. Robin
Samuelman Kalfaian wrote that to celebrate
their 40th birthdays, she and some friends from
the class of ‘86 spent the night on Long Island at
the Inn at East Wind. They treated themselves to
a spa weekend getaway that also included dining
and shopping. Spa-goers included Audrey
MacDonald Wilcox ‘86, Gretchen Miller-
Anderson ‘86, Debra Daly McClelland ‘86 and
Lisa O’Brien ‘86. Robin added that Lisa Edwards
was unable to join them so they’ll have to just do
it over again! Robin and her family recently took
a spring vacation to Pennsylvania and
Williamsburg. Robin will also be receiving her
sixth year certificate in augmentative communication
and adaptive technology from Southern
Connecticut State Univ. by the time of this writing.
Scarlett Kinley wrote that she is still living in
St. Petersburg, Fla., and her podiatry practice is
doing well. Lucy Noepel Losee, her husband,
John, and three kids visited me while vacationing
at St. Pete Beach, Fla., in Feb. Lucy has no problem
“keeping up” with her energetic bunch!
Suzanne Jahn Dingus had exciting news to
report. She married Jeffrey M. Dingus Sr. on May
28, 2004. They went to high school together and
lost touch for about 20 years, but became
reaquainted 2 1 /2 years ago! Suzanne had a huge
milestone recently in that all four of her kids are
now teenagers: Christine, 16; Matt, 15; Julia, 14;
and Gina, 13. Lisa Edwards wrote that she
moved to Charleston, S.C., almost two years ago
and is working in real estate at Prudential
Carolina. Last year she sold her apartment in
New York, which she’s owned since college. She
wrote that Laura Hertel Brooker, who went to
school with us our freshman year, moved here
last Aug. and is working not only at the same
company as Lisa but also at the same office.
Small world! If anyone is interested in moving to
the Lowcountry please contact her—her Web site
is www.lisaedwardshomes.com. Janet Kemman
Kirby has also been busy. Her son Steven turned
two in Oct. 2004 and daughter Sara turned four
in Jan. 2005. She started grad school at Hood last
Sept. to get her master’s degree in computer science.
Sara started pre-school at the same time,
and Steven found he could run! Dana Elliott
Richter reported that she and her husband Bob
adopted Elena Beverly, age 13, and Angelica
Kathryn, age 11, from to Ulan-Ude, Russia, on
Nov. 23, 2004. They spent Thanksgiving in
Siberia and came home Dec. 1. She returned to
her job at Primedia as publishing systems manager
after a three-month family leave, while Bob
works out of the house and gets to double as Mr.
Mom! Since we had a mix-up last time with our
column, I wanted to highlight a few life events
that may have been missed. Congratulations to
Pam Gerules Smith on the adoption of Arden
Xin Fei Smith in May 2004; Nancy O’Keefe Feist
on the birth of her daughter, Erin Elizabeth, born
on Sept. 17, 2003; Karen Knotts ‘86 and Tracey
Law on the birth of their daughter, Quinn
Mairead Law-Knotts, on Nov. 21, 2003; and I
can’t forget my daughter, Brenna Kendall
Gibboney, born on Feb. 25, 2004. Thanks to all
who wrote in. If you’d like to get a reminder e-
mail for the next class news installment, please
call or forward your e-mail address to me at: marcie_gibboney@yahoo.com.
Have a great summer!
1989
Gail Gingras Mitchell
2578 Haverhill Rd., South
West Palm Beach, FL 33415-8110
(561) 963-6640
561-963-6640 (fax)
phishsm@bellsouth.net
Hello all! Well, We REALLY want to hear from you!
I know you are out there doing all sorts of interesting
things. Write to me or the College! First of
all, I would like to thank Brenda Tracy Mitchell
and the entire reunion team for putting on an
awesome Reunion!! Thanks! Sadly, I had to miss
our reunion since our daughter’s big dance recital
was the same weekend. However, my close
Hoodlums and I had a mini reunion of our own
in Key West this past Jan. Mary Rubino Huff,
Tracy Payne Kinjerski, Jeanne Medalis, Alysia
Nakopolous Deem and I all left the kids with our
wonderful husbands and went to the southernmost
point in the U.S. for some R&R. It was great
— as if hardly any time had passed. I highly recommend
it! I also had a chance to attend the
South Florida Hood Alum lunch right here in
West Palm Beach. It was a real treat to sit in
between President Volpe and Dr. Amelia
Hernandez. She taught at Hood for more than 30
years. Last month I visited with Suzanne
Norman and Beth Bryant McCullough at
Suzanne’s place in Jupiter, Fla. I love these Hood
connections. I am still as active as possible on the
Hood-moms e-mail loop. They are an awesome
bunch if anyone is interested in joining!
Congratulations to Alison Deason Druckemiller
and Joe, on their adoption of a daughter,
Anna Li Mei Druckemiller, from Guangdong
Province in China, Nov. 8, 2004. Anna was
born Feb.1, 2004.
1991
Ellen M. Urbanski
880 N. Pollard St., Apt. 723
Arlington, VA 22203
(703) 528-7376
emu91@yahoo.com
Sadly, Lee Ella Bouton died Feb. 27, 2005, in
Frederick. She taught sixth grade at a local
school. Jen Levy Gillespie writes, “Our most
recent news is the welcome addition of Meaghan
Scott to the family. She was born Feb. 1, 2005,
during a planned home water-birth (like her two
sisters). Mary, 7, and Margaret, 2, are adjusting
well to the new addition. We’ve been living overseas
for almost two years. We spent a year in
Yokosuka, Japan, shortly after the birth of
Margaret. We then transferred to Seoul, Korea,
where we’ll be staying until May 2006. My husband
Sean is still on active duty in the U.S. Navy
and is currently working for the Commander of
Naval Forces Korea. After this tour, we’ll have just
six years of active duty left until that pension! I’d
love to hear from folks who want to get in touch.
The easiest way to contact me is via email: jemper@gmail.com.
1993
Marcie Doll
547 Bloomfield Street #1
Hoboken, NJ 07030
(201) 459-9403
mdoll@co-nect.net
Congratulations to Patrick Donnelly and Julia
Solarczyk ‘98 who were wed in Sept. 2004 in
Frederick. Sally Schaeffer ‘98 was maid of honor,
Karen White ‘98 was an usher and Patrick’s sister,
Rosemarie Donnelly Festog ‘84, was a gift
bearer. Congrats also to Athene Thacker Steinke
and Leland on the birth of their third son;
Nicholas James was born Jan. 21, 2005.
Condolences to the family of Lois Wilfand
Eaton, who died Nov. 10, 2004, in Germantown,
Md. Jacqueline Blount Parham has relocated
from Maryland to New York because of an
expansion of her e-commerce business
(beadybead.com). A change of address for
Theresa DeLuca Chipley: 47 Sawmill Rd.,
Hedgesville, WV 25427. Her e-mail address is:
mactac8@starband.net. Michele Sacher is now
the director of alumni relations at Harcum
College in Bryn Mawr, Pa. She resides in Media,
Pa., and completed a master’s of educational
counseling from Wilmington College in 1999.
She is now attending Neumann College in Aston,
Pa., working towards a second master of science
degree in pastoral counseling, which integrates
theology with psychology and counseling, to
be completed May 2006. She also volunteers
at Amnion Crisis pregnancy center. Michele
would love to hear from 1993 Hood alums in
the Philadelphia area and can be reached at
msacher@harcum.edu.
1995
Jacki Resop Amato
100 Manor Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21206
jresop@yahoo.com
Congratulations to Heather Fox-Brashears and
Brian ‘03 on the birth of their son, Cole Spencer,
March 6, 2004, and to Carolyn Durkee Mesh
and Stephen on the birth of a daughter, Eve
Mesh, born March 9, 2004. Alexandra Zalles-
Ganley and Matthew welcomed a daughter, Lia
Sofia, April 8, 2004, at the Camp Pendleton
Naval Base, Calif. Julie Clark Adkins and Joseph
are the proud parents of a little girl. Lucy was
born June 28, 2004. Congrats to Kathleen
Grady and Brenton Harne on their marriage May
20, 2004, on the beach in Ocean City, Md.
Please e-mail Kathleen at fcffgrady@aol.com.
Preeti Patankar ‘97, who was married in New
Delhi, India, in 2003, is a product manager for
Synthes in West Chester, Pa. We received the following
message from Geneva Powell Ichaka: I
am now living in Denver, Colo., working in an
early Head Start bilingual program as a director. I
have a three-year old daughter. I would like to
say hello to all my classmates and friends from
Hood who may read this and remember me. My
address is: 3058 Marion St., Apt. 3, Denver, CO
80205. My e-mail address is: beezpowell@hotmail.com.
I welcome correspondence as I am
out here far away from everyone I know.

Summer 2005
Hood Magazine 37
1997
Heather Rundle Rembold
37 E. River Dr.
Beaufort, SC 29902
(843) 770-9940
remboldjh@yahoo.com
Congrats to Alesia Gallego Brand and Kevin,
who welcomed a daughter, Ciara Rose Brand,
Feb. 7, 2004, and to Melinda Lohman-Hinz
and Matthew Hinz M.S. ‘00, who had a son,
Benjamin Ian Hinz, March 25, 2004. A third
child, Audrey Kathleen, was born to Laura
Eklof-Bower ‘93 and Jeff in Jan. 2004.
Laura also tells us she has moved from Towson
to Cambridgeshire, England. Congratulations go
out to Natalie Bal Tentindo who married Ned
Tentindo, Nov. 6, 2004, in Frederick. Alicia Cruz
was a bridesmaid. Christina Obitts Elgin started
a new business in Jan. 2004, “Making Memories,
Wedding and Event Videography.”
1999
Amy Countryman
4310 Colonial Ave.
Norfolk, VA 23508-2804
(757) 874-2923
amyruth219@aol.com
Congrats to Erica Boon Duffy and Cory on the
birth of their daughter, Bridget Caitlin, April 14,
2004; to Kate Manbeck Sowers and Craig who
had a son, Aidan James, April 20, 2004; to Erin
Goodwillie Hantz and Thomas on the birth of
their daughter, Sarah Gretchen Marie, Oct. 1,
2004; to April Weaver Bishop and Billy who had
a daughter, Sydney Drew, May 14, 2004; to
Michelle Bailey Warren and Matt who had a
son, Mason Matthew, Dec. 6, 2004; and to
Pamala Washington and Veronica Livingston
‘00 who adopted Justin, 8, and Porter, 6, Dec.
22, 2004. Congratulations to Janae Russell who
earned a master of professional studies degree
(M.P.S) in arts and cultural management from
Pratt Institute in N.Y.C., May 2004. Amy
Countryman was promoted to director of information
technology at CFE Equipment in Norfolk,
Va. She also is sales coordinator for CFE, which is
a forklift dealership.
2001
Heidi Goldenman
200 Preston Ct., Apt. C
Catonsville, MD 21228
goldenmanh@hotmail.com
Holly Kirkpatrick
1426 Hallman Rd.
Roslyn, PA 19001
hollyrita@yahoo.com
Kudos: Alex Gayhart received a second place
Keystone Press Award from the Pennsylvania
Newspaper Association for an article published in
the Gettysburg Times on eating disorders. Wow!
It never occurred to me how completely different
our lives would be post-Hood, but hearing from
all of you has definitely opened my eyes. Thanks
to everyone for keeping Holly and me updated
about the goings-on in your ever-busy lives!
Robin Deniker finished her first year of teaching
foreign language at West Frederick Middle School
in June. She is working towards an M.S. in curriculum
and instruction at Hood and is planning
to move to Draper, Utah, this summer. Kinya
DeShields McNeil married Frederick on Jan. 3,
2003, and they have three children to date:
daughter Nairobi Lanae born Jan. 1, 2002, and
sons Isaiah Dontrell, born July 21, 2003, and
Marquis Nazaire, born Nov. 6, 2004. She has also
changed jobs at the Federal Home Loan Bank of
New York and currently serves as the risk management
assistant in the Risk Management
Division. You can reach her at any of the following
phone numbers: (w) (212) 441-6844, (h)
(714) 771-2732, or (c) (646) 358-5797. Lisa
Dreisch has a new e-mail address:
ldreisch@hillandknowlton.com. Karin Edwards
graduated from the Rolf Institute in May 2004
and opened a private practice in Portland, Ore.
Karin and I caught up in Portland in Aug. 2003
and had a great visit! Kat Fauss started a new job
in Aug. 2004 working in student activities at
American Univ. in Washington, D.C. Rachael
Gingrich kept her maiden name when she married
Kurt Stockhausen on April 17, 2004. Lara
Chuvala was her maid of honor and Amy
Countryman ‘99 was in attendance. Rachael
started a new job working for the Maryland
Transportation Authority. Also married was Tracy
Kingsley Ulderich to Jeremy in 2002. She moved
to Martinsburg, W.V., and bought a house. Tracy
is changing jobs within her employer to regulatory
associate. More wedded bliss as co-reporter
Holly Kirkpatrick was married to Christopher
Renner on Sept. 28, 2004, in Warrington, Pa.
Bridesmaids Sarah Clark and Niki McElroy did
readings at the ceremony. Holly and Chris moved
into their own home in Roslyn, Pa., (address atop
this article) and enjoyed getting settled in. Sarah
Kistler Drabant also walked down the aisle to
wed Matthew on May 24, 2003 in Erie, Pa. Kate
Manbeck Sowers ‘99 served as a bridesmaid and
2001ers April Jones, Lisa Dreisch, Jenny Frank,
Katie McGowan, Eliza Adams and Lisa
Woodall Buckler participated in the ceremony.
Sarah and Matt also welcomed son Matthew
James Drabant into their lives on Feb. 6, 2004.
They are happy homeowners at 4226 Crosswinds
Dr., Erie, PA 16506. Kate Lease lives on West
Patrick Street in Frederick and enjoys teaching
first grade at Carroll Manor Elementary School in
Adamstown, Md. She also went back to Hood for
a master’s in curriculum and instruction with a
concentration in science and math. Andrea
L’Heureux Bishop and Jamie welcomed the birth
of their second son, Patrick Conrad Bishop, Sept.
3, 2004. Julie McCutcheon moved to
Emmitsburg, Md., where she loves her new job
working at Life Horse, Inc. horse stable (where
the Hood equestrian team practices). Her new
address is 16513 Annandale Rd, Bsmt.,
Emmitsburg, MD 21727. Congratulations to
Doris Oshin Ogunmakinwa and Olumide who
were married in Silver Spring on July 17, 2004.
Tele Tarpeh ‘02 and sister Annette Oshin ‘08
were bridesmaids. Doris graduated from the Univ.
of Maryland School of Nursing in Dec. 2002 with
a B.S. in nursing. She is currently enrolled in the
environmental/community health program at
UMSN pursuing a master’s degree in nursing
while she works as a registered nurse at a local
hospital. Melissa Paulk received her LCSW in
Virginia in Nov. 2004. She is currently working as
a social worker for the Fairfax County Public
Schools. Her new address is: 2528 Drexel St.,
Vienna, VA 22180. International student Sabrina
Quaraishi gave up the life of a full-time working
woman at Merrill Lynch in D.C. for that of a fulltime
graduate student this past Jan. She is studying
international affairs at New School Univ. in
Manhattan and enjoys living in the heart of
Manhattan Village. Deidra Wiles Lehman and
Joshua Scott Lehman tied the knot in Myersville,
Md., on June 29, 2003. Jamie Summers
Thompson was maid of honor and Phillip
Kowalski attended. Amber Wilson loves her job
working as a project manager/planner at
Northrop Grumman in Dulles, Va. She lives in
Frederick and can be reached at amberwilson01@yahoo.com.
Lisa Zaleski graduated from
the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
on May 28, 2005. She will soon start a one-year
internship at the Bethesda Naval Hospital in internal
medicine. Afterward, Lisa aspires to continue
towards a dermatology residency. Good luck to
her and the rest of our busy class members!
2003
Charnita Garvin
106 Colton Ave.
Upper Marlboro, MD 20774-1502
crgarvin@hotmail.com
Congrats to Jennie Purdy Lane and Stephen on
their marriage June 19, 2004, in West River, Md.
Several Hood alums were in the wedding.
RaMeicha Cooks was the maid of honor; Lea
Milton Holland, Julia Sirak Pacilli and Jennifer
Wyckoff were bridesmaids; and Kelli Jackson
performed a reading. Also tying the knot were
Suzanne Spiker and Richard Pavone, June 12,
2004, in Frostburg, Md. Attending were Evelyn
Aquino ‘00 and Carolina Guevara ‘01. Congrats
to Kathryn Brzuchalski Feuerherd and Wayne
C. Feuerherd Jr., who were married June 25,
2004, in Glen Burnie, Md. Kathryn teaches A.P.
U.S. history and psychology at Old Mill High
School in Millersville, Md. Congrats to Michelle
Wilkins Andersen and Cpl. Scott Andersen,
USMC, who were married July 17, 2004, at
Camp Lejeune, N.C., and to Laura Marie
Hamilton Thornton and David who were married
Sept.17, 2004, in Baltimore. Erica Buckley
served as maid of honor and Melissa Long
served as reader. Laura and Dave live in Perry
Hall, Md. Best wishes to Monica Ford-Cutrell
and Petty Officer 2nd Class Marcus Cutrell, who
were married Dec. 2, 2004. Britta Spreen Porto
has a new job as youth minister at Trinity
Episcopal Church in Seneca Falls, N.Y. Also with
new jobs are: Jennifer Cramer, a resource specialist
with Sheppard Pratt Health Systems, and
Carolynne Fitzpatrick, a journalist with the
Gazette newspaper in Mount Airy, Md.
Searching for the Perfect Gift?
It's frequently difficult to know what to
buy for a significant birthday or a 50th
anniversary or to congratulate someone
on a promotion or advanced degree, but
some Hood alums have found an innovative
way to celebrate such occasions:
make a donation to Hood! For more
information, contact the Office of Annual
Funds at (301) 696-3713.

www.hood.edu/magazine
2005
Our condolences to the families of Emily Jessica
Benham, whose father Philip died Oct. 22, 2004,
and J. Elise VanPool, whose father Jeffery passed
Aug. 5, 2004. Sara Levering has a new job as an
account services assistant with Video Monitoring
Services of America in Washington, D.C.
Graduate School
‘90s
Congrats to Stephen Simpson M.B.A. ‘92, who
was promoted to the position of radiation safety
officer and assistant director of environmental
health and safety at Iowa State Univ.
Information about Reunion Weekend
Call (301) 696-3900, (800) 707-5280 (option 2)
or alumoffice@hood.edu
Information about Volunteering
Call (301) 696-3900, (800)707-5280 (option 3)
or alumoffice@hood.edu
A simple way
to give...
Through their gifts each year, Assistant Professor Emerita of Chemistry Margaret
S. Neely and her late husband Professor Emeritus of Sociology Wayne C. Neely, have
shown unwavering support for Hood College. Margaret has also made a commitment
to the College’s future in her personal estate planning. By including Hood
in her will, she can be assured that generations of Hood students will continue to
benefit from her commitment to Hood.
“Hood was an important part of our lives and remains a priority for me,” said
Margaret, who said she cherishes her 40-year association with the College.
“Remembering Hood in my estate is a simple way of saying ‘thank you’ for the friendships,
the memories and the many rewards we received throughout our careers.”
Office of Alumnae and Alumni
Programs Staff
Margaret Bull Larsen ’74, M.S.’79, Assistant Vice
President for Alumnae and Alumni Programs
Nancy Hoffman Hennessey ’83
Assistant Director of Alumnae and Alumni Programs
Officers of the Alumnae and Alumni
of Hood College
Martha Allison Dasch ’89, M.B.A.’92, President
Joyce Manbeck MacKellar ’74, M.A. ’00
Immediate Past President
Carol Deck Montoya ’94, First Vice President
Dorothy-Ann Beatrice Lowe ’98
Second Vice President
Jacki Resop Amato ’95, Secretary-Treasurer
Executive Board of the Alumnae and
Alumni of Hood College
Alison Drum Althouse ’86
Christine Marie Grammes ’92
Carole King Heine ’84
Vicki Shull Oxenham ’74
Eleanor Chisholm Landauer ’86
Roxanne Panarella ’92
Bernard Gerrard ’91, M.S. ’05
Maya Laws ’04
For more information on Planned Giving, contact Nancy Gillece ’81 at (800) 707-5280,
option 7, or by e-mail at gillece@hood.edu.

Summer 2005
Hood Magazine 39
Milestones
Marriages and Commitment Ceremonies
Sue Wheeler ’90 and Joe Jacob, Oct. 11, 2004
Lisa Boney ‘94 and Stephen Laubach, Oct. 23, 2004, Bethlehem, Pa.
Lynette Byrd ‘96 and Lon Robert Frank, Dec. 31, 2004
Natalie Bal ‘97 and Ned Tentindo, Nov. 6, 2004, Morningside Inn, Frederick
Antonella Dattilo ‘98 and Luis Losada Jr., Aug. 14, 2004, West Patterson, N.J.
Angela Gennaccaro ‘98 and Aaron Brooke, Nov. 28, 2004, Sarasota, Fla.
Holly Kirkpatrick ‘01 and Chris Renner, Sept. 28, 2003
Amy Lynn Shalayda ‘01 and Robert Gregg Strickland, May 21, 2005
Kathryn Brzuchalski ‘03 and Wayne C. Feuerherd Jr., June 25, 2004, Glen Burnie, Md.
Michelle Wilkins ‘03 and Corporal Scott Andersen, USMC, July 17, 2004, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Monica Ford ‘03 and Petty Officer 2nd Class Marcus Cutrell, Dec. 2, 2004
Going Places
New Jobs
Anne Parkin Pierpont ‘70, assistant headmistress of Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred
Heart, Princeton, N.J.
Carol Elizabeth Laumeier ‘85, marketing and communications manager, VIEW Engineering,
Gaithersburg, Md.
Lisa Wells ‘92, finance manager, west division, Brown-Forman, Aliso Viejo, Calif.
Stephen Simpson M.B.A. ‘92 promoted to the position of radiation safety officer and assistant
director of environmental health and safety, Iowa State University.
Christine Gavlick-Fuller ‘95, staff RN, neuro-rehabilitation, Chambersburg Hospital,
Chambersburg, Pa.
Ethel Killingsworth Schricker ‘94, director of adult ministries, Otterbein United Methodist
Church, Martinsburg, W.Va.
Holly Kirkpatrick ‘01, associate director of the student service center, Arcadia University,
Glenside, Pa.
Amy Mummert ‘03, support coordinator, ARC of Frederick County, Frederick, Md.
Sara Levering ‘05, account services assistant, Video Monitoring Services of America,
Washington, D.C.
Additional Degrees
Carol Elizabeth Laumeier ‘85, M.B.A., University of Phoenix,
December 2004
Janae Russell ‘99, master of professional studies (M.P.S) in
arts and cultural management, Pratt Institute, New York, May 2004.
Christine Gavlick-Fuller ‘95, A.S.N., registered nurse
Connecting
We want to know about you! Please let us know about marriages, commitment ceremonies,
births, adoptions, new jobs, additional degrees or death announcements so we may publish
the news in Hood Magazine. Mail the information to: Editor, Hood Magazine, Hood College,
401 Rosemont Avenue, Frederick, MD 21701; e-mail to HoodMagCnews@hood.edu or fax to
(301) 696-3727.
Births/Adoptions
Cindy Goon Prahst ‘81 and Dave, a son,
Daniel Jordan, Aug. 4, 2004
Susan Kleinschmidt ‘84 and Tom, adopted
a daughter, Dec. 9, 2003. Their child was born
June 12, 2003 in Reading, Pa.
Alison Deason Druckemiller ‘89 and Joe,
adopted a daughter, Anna Li Mei, from
Guangdong Province in China, Nov. 8, 2004.
Anna was born Feb.1, 2004
Anne Malcolm Brown ‘90 and Scott,
a daughter, Elizabeth, March 10, 2005
Sue Wheeler Jacob ‘90 and Joe, a son,
Alexander Joseph, Jan. 6, 2005
Jen Levy Gillespie ‘91 and Sean, a daughter,
Meaghan Scott, Feb.1, 2005
Borami Yoon Neus ‘92 and Robert,
a daughter, Sarah Caitlin, April 20, 2004
Athene Thacker Steinke ‘93 and Leland,
their third son, Nicholas James, Jan. 21, 2005
Julie Clark Adkins ‘95 and Joseph, a daughter,
Lucy, June 28, 2004
Shawn Maguire Price ‘96 and Richard,
a son, Doyle, Jan. 5, 2005
Angela Schmuck Bond ‘96 and John,
a daughter, Mikayla Juliann, April 22, 2005
Jennifer Rice Shingles ‘98 and Jonathan,
a daughter, Rose Marie, Nov. 7, 2004
Carrie Dailey ‘98 and husband Jonathan
Willard, a daughter, Gwynneth Ariadne Willard,
April 20, 2005
April Weaver Bishop ‘99 and Billy,
a daughter, Sydney Drew, May 14, 2004
Michelle Bailey Warren ‘99 and Matt, a
son, Mason Matthew, Dec. 6, 2004
Pamala Washington ‘99 and Veronica
Livingston ‘00, adopted Justin, 8, and Porter, 6,
Dec. 22, 2004
Amber Esters Brewer ‘00 and Jabari, a son,
Jalen Amari, August 21, 2004
Andrea L’Heureux Bishop ‘01 and Jamie,
a son, Patrick Conrad Bishop, Sept. 3, 2004
Rebbecca Montes Carson ‘02 and Scott,
a daughter, Devon, Feb. 28, 2004
Stephanie Jackson Gower ‘02 and Jon, a
daughter, Gabrielle Elizabeth, Feb. 28, 2005

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In Memoriam
Rebecca Jean Sullivan ’05
Hood College senior Rebecca Sullivan, 21, died Feb. 23, 2005, in Frederick. She was an honors student, a member of the Chamber
Singers and Hood College Choir, president of the Hood Drama Club, an active member of Tolerance, Education and Acceptance
(T.E.A.), a member of the Ionic Honor Society and played in the Hood Wind Ensemble. Rebecca, who was on the Dean’s List four
semesters and named a Hood Scholar for earning Convocation Honors two consecutive years, was awarded a full Hodson Trust
Academic Scholarship for four years and The Raymond R. and Margaret M. Zimmerman Music Scholarship. Prior to her death,
Rebecca had completed all of the academic requirements for her bachelor’s degree, which was accepted by her friend Jennifer Jo Bell ’03,
currently a graduate student at Hood, on her behalf from President Ronald J. Volpe at Hood’s May 21, 2005 Commencement.
Dorothy Barnhart ‘24
May 7, 1992, Westmoreland, Pa.
A. Grace Klepper Bushman ‘24
Jan. 1, 1987, Arendtsville, Pa.
Mary Rauch ‘24
May 15, 1988, Berkeley, W.V.
Elizabeth W. Raymaley ‘24
March 16, 1990
Edith Smith Truxal ‘27
May 16, 2005, Lancaster, Pa.
Grace Lough Zweizig ‘28
Jan. 12, 2005, Allentown, Pa.
Florence Vannoy Burr ‘29
May 31, 2005, Bensalem, Pa.
Lou Bennett Hoover ‘30
Jan. 23, 2005
Elizabeth Cramer Lindsey ‘30
Dec. 31, 2004
Dorothy L. Noble ‘30
Nov. 23, 2004, Chestertown, Md.
Marie Kepner Long ‘32
Nov. 20, 2004, Chambersburg, Pa.
Lucy Erwin Shafer ‘32
Nov. 21, 2004
Anna C. Saylor Bennett ‘34
April 3, 2005, Johnstown, Pa.
Charlotte Moser Brierley ‘36
May 9, 2005, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Thelma Aulenbach Bright ‘36
June 20, 2004, Lancaster, Pa.
Elizabeth Godsell Crocker ‘36
Oct. 15, 2004, Hockessin, Del.
Esther Willard Sather ‘36
March 5, 2005, Elmhurst, Ill.
Mary Brinham Welty ‘36
Dec. 9, 2004, Williamsport, Md.
Mildred Crum Cox ‘38
June 22, 2005, Knoxville, Md.
Mary Ann Miller Duppstadt ‘38
Aug. 24, 2004, Arlington, Tex.
Katherine Thomas McHale ‘38
Oct. 27, 2004, Westminster, Md.
Jane Walz Cope ‘38
May 17, 2005
Marguerite E. Julius ‘39
Oct. 1, 2004, York, Pa.
Brinton Elizabeth C. Tomb ‘40
Feb. 3, 2005, Painted Post, N.Y.
Janet Ritter Ditzler ‘41
Dec. 3, 2004, San Diego, Calif.
Marjorie Dillon Lonsdale ‘41
March 4, 2005, Sarasota, Fla.
Ruth Bayley O’Connor ‘42
March 16, 2005, Port Charlotte, Fla.
Jane Knode Schleicher ‘43
Nov. 24, 2004, Chambersburg, Pa.
Jean Baum Lang ‘45
Nov. 1, 2004
Nancy Houpt Wagner ‘46
July 10, 2004, Orange City, Fla.
Betty Jean Wood Whiting ‘46
Feb. 17, 2005, Wilmington, Del.
Anna Luke Wholehan ‘46
July 20, 1991
Mildred Riggins Patterson ‘47
Jan. 26, 2005
Rosalie Thorne Mellem ‘48
July 24, 2004, Delray Beach, Fla.
Elizabeth Codding Borden ‘49
Dec. 18, 2004, Beverly, N.J.
Alice Cleland Clagett ‘50
Nov. 13, 2004
Edna Bell Haines ‘50
Dec. 13, 2004
Dorothea Pappas Townsend ‘50
Feb. 11, 2005, Bronxville, N.Y.
Jo Anne Calkins Laurer ‘51
June 17, 2005, Sarasota, Fla.
Patricia Ward Caudell ‘51
April 16, 2005, Cashiers, N.C.
Dorothy Snyder Lambdin ‘52
June 5, 2005, Thurmont, Md.
Judith Cahn Tylec ‘53
Oct. 1, 2004
Barbara Decker Almquist ‘53
Oct. 23, 2004, Palm City, Fla.
Joyce Fearnley Leicht ‘53
Jan. 17, 2005, Fairport, N.Y.
Janet M. Miller ‘53
March 23, 2005, Tempe, Ariz.
Ann Davies Nicholson ‘53
April 25, 2005, Vero Beach, Fla.
Marilyn Skell Eshleman ‘53
June 4, 2005, Annapolis, Md.
Constance Grueby Thibault ‘57
Feb. 15, 2005, Hingham, Mass.
Diane Dotter Amato ‘59
April 17, 2005, State College, Pa.
Pauline Tompkins,
honorary Doctor of Laws ‘60
Nov. 19, 2004, Portland, Maine
Susan Woodford Smith ‘63
March 23, 2005, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Sharon Young McCullough ‘64
Jan. 26, 2005, N.Y.
Wendy Astley-Bell Fisher ‘65
July 23, 2004, Chicago.
Martha Copley Suchanek ‘66
Jan. 2, 2005
Andrea Sprague Myer ‘75
June 26, 2005, Frederick, Md.
Patti Jo Thomas Ferris ‘75
Jan. 24, 2005, Annapolis, Md.
Donna I. Moore ‘79
Nov. 4, 2004, Bernardsville, N.J.
Carol A. Martin Brockey ‘82
May 6, 2005, Catonsville, Md.
Kathryn Shirley Granger ‘83
Dec. 16, 2004, Frenchtown, N.J.
Lee Ella Bouton ‘91
Feb. 27, 2005, Frederick, Md.
Lynda Kosbob Baker ‘92
Nov. 24, 2003, Chicago
Lois Wilfand Eaton ‘93
Nov. 10, 2004, Germantown, Md.
Rebecca Anne Grimes ‘98
Feb. 7, 2005, Westminster, Md.
Alexander P. Russo
Retired Professor of Art and chair of the Art Department
Jan. 1, 1999
Irene S. Pistachio
Retired Associate Professor Emeritus of Economics
May 11, 2005

Master Faculty
“The Hood M.S. in Computer Science
seamlessly integrates contemporary technology with
the traditional strength of a Hood education,
featuring up-to-the-minute curricula,
expert faculty and modern lab facilities.”
Dr. Xinlian Liu,
Director of the M.S. in Computer Science and
the M.S. in Computer and Information Sciences
The faculty of the Department of Computer Science led the way in developing Hood’s
Master of Science in Computer Science degree, just one of three new graduate
programs created in response to community demand over the past two years.
Hood College faculty members serve as directors, advisers, teachers and mentors in
the Graduate School’s 12 Master’s Degree and six Certificate Programs.
MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAMS
M.B.A.
M.S. Biomedical Science
M.S. Computer and Information Sciences with
Information Technology Concentration
M.S. Computer Science
M.S. Curriculum and Instruction
M.S. Educational Leadership
M.S. Environmental Biology
M.S. Management of
Information Technology
M.S. Reading Specialization
M.A. Human Sciences
M.A. Humanities
M.A. Thanatology
CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS
Ceramic Arts
Proficiency in Foreign Languages
Regulatory Compliance
Secondary Mathematics Education
Teaching the Struggling Reader Advanced
Study Program
Thanatology
CERTIFICATION
PREPARATION PROGRAM
Educational Leadership
TEACHER CERTIFICATION
The M.S. Educational Leadership and the
M.S. Curriculum and Instruction programs
do not lead to initial teacher certification.
Post-baccalaureate teacher certification is
offered through the Adult Studies Program.
Please contact (301) 696-3500 or e-mail
adultstudies@hood.edu for more information.
Go Further.
(301) 696-3500
gofurther@hood.edu
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