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34 Hood Magazine www.hood.edu/magazine 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 discussed our reunion atop the Empire State
Summer 2005 Hood Magazine 35 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! Consensus is that none of us feel “that” old so
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