Summer 2005 - Hood College

Summer 2005
Hood Magazine 33
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.
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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
Virginia Theological Seminary, an Episcopal semi-