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classnotesvisit often, but are so happy tobe living in the southwest. Seeyou-all in 2013.” | From GerryMorenski P’87: “Just had a totalknee replacement, and am nowan advocate of replacementparts! It works just great. I amalso working one day a week —social work for a senior center. Iam also now the vice-presidentof the American WWII OrphansNetwork (www.awon.org) whichis a national organization forthose who lost fathers in WWII.At present, I am up to my earsin organizing and leading agroup of orphans and familiesto the American Cemetery &Memorial in Margraten, Hollandto attend the 65th MemorialDay ceremonies there. Inaddition, I am overseeing twoother orphan groups traveling toBelgium for Memorial Day: onetraveling to the Henri-ChapelleAmerican Cemetery and oneto The Ardennes AmericanCemetery.” | My co- secretaryRoz Loiter sounds happy andbusy in Florida for the winter.She and Barney have a granddaughterliving near their homein Maryland and they see herfrequently and keep up with heron Skype when in Florida. Roztalks to Leslie Jackowitz Ramlerwho lives in the Florida Keysin the winter. All’s fine fromwhat I hear. | As for my news,I’ve finally really retired frommy practice as a geriatric socialworker when I became as “geriatric”as my clients. I’ve beendoing volunteer work and amon the Board of a senior housingcomplex, I also enjoy activitieswith friends and family andI’ve been travelling with andwithout my half retired husbandBob. We’re still in Berkeley, CA,but spend part of every summerin Williamstown, Mass. We arenow grandparents of a wonderfullittle girl who lives in Boulder,CO with our oldest son andhis wife. Our other two childrenare in Berkeley and Brooklyn.Everyone is just fine.1964Karen Chaiken Kavet69 Lincoln RoadWayland, MA 01778kkavet@comcast.net1965Marjorie Levine Lappen12037 Great Elm DrivePotomac, MD 20854-1227malappen@aol.comMarjorie Levine Lappen hasenjoyed receiving your notesand speaking with many ofyou while Reunion plans werebeing made. “I am still a parttime case manager, ecstaticgrandmother, and a worldwidetraveler.” | Ardith Miller writesshe has retired after 28 years asa school social worker in Connecticut,and is involved in thearts, writing, gardening, and takingclasses as well as spendingtime with her grandchildren. |Marsha Rosenfeld KirshenbaumP’94 is becoming president ofthe Simmons Alumnae Asso-emeri-tiesupdates on emeriti faculty and staffThe annual Simmons/AAUP luncheon tookplace in mid-May. In addition to the retirees,several “emerities-to-be” attended. TheBoard of Trustees voted emeriti status to 15members of the undergraduate and graduatefaculties this year. President Helen Drinan’75LS, ’78SM spoke to the group, and PeterBowers (Chemistry) did one of his amusingmonologues.Three members of the retirees groupparticipated in Reunion in June — Dr. carolFrazier Love ’60 (Nursing) and SusanParker Bloom ’60, ’81GS (Children’s Literature)with the 50-year Class of 1960, and AnnDavis Goodrum ’70 (Student Employment)with the 40-year Class of 1970.elaine Hagopian (Sociology) took part ina lecture and discussion on “Syria: Pivotal orPariah State” at the Middle Eastern Forum,sponsored by the Center for Middle EasternStudies at Harvard University.In honor of Bob oppenheim’s retirementfrom the Department of Art and Music, hisformer colleague Alicia Faxon ’98HD (Artand Music) donated nine works by womenartists to the Simmons College art collection.Mark Solomon recently was granted aW.E.B. Du Bois Institute Resident Fellowshipat Harvard to write a “political autobiography,”that is a combination memoir andnarrative of working for racial equality inthe 1940s and 1950s.When Lynda Beltz (Communications)arrived at Simmons in 1978, trustee carmenAponte Baez ’79, ’03HD was a risingsenior and “a delight,” according to Lynda.Carmen kept in touch after graduation andwould come back to the College to do guestlectures. After Carmen went to work forOmnicom, she and Lynda arranged forSimmons students to go to New York fora day at the company. This year was thetenth anniversary of Simmons at OmnicomDay, and Lynda and Carmen celebratedby attending a New York Simmons Clubgathering at the off-Broadway hit, “Love,Loss, and What I Wore,” written by Ileneedelstein Beckerman ’57.Peggy Loeb ’62 (Public Information) waslucky enough to be there too. She invitedseveral of her New York friends to havedinner prior to the performance — the livelygroup included Pat collins ’63, Virginiacaillouette Gibbs ’63, elinor Lipman ’72,’00HD, trustee Jo-Ann Robotti ’75 and herhusband Joseph Messing, olivia cohencutler’75, ’00HD and Victoria nicholasDonovan ’81.22 simmons alumnet.simmons.edu
classnotesciation Executive Board duringour 45th Reunion Weekend.She has already served as theBoard’s vice-president. | SharonDoan Springer says that shecontinues to enjoy golf, traveling,volunteering, and spendingtime with her grandchildren.Life, health, and family havebeen good and she spent sevenweeks in California this winter.| Suellen Wiseman Zima wonan award for her Memoirs of aMiddle Aged Hummingbird andcontinues to write and travel.Look her up at www.zimatravels.comor www.seniorhummingbird.blogspot.com.| CarolJ. Trust loves her life, learningthat “suffering is optional.” Thematurational changes of weightgain and diminished heighthave not bothered her. She hasbeen our Class president andan avid tango dancer. | AliciaGluck Sarna works for thePrincess Cruise Line organizingchildren’s activities. Thissummer she is going to Egypt,Israel, Turkey, Greece, and Italy.Therefore, she can’t attend our45th Reunion.1966Rose Bryant Woodard181 North StreetHingham, MA 02043-1871rosewoodard@verizon.netREUNION ’11JunE 3–JunE 51967Marcia Lees Lees Smith4 Merriam AvenueShrewsbury, MA 01545-2358msmith1006@gmail.com1968Pamela Street Walton11 Flintlock RoadFlemington, NJ 08822-7142pawalton@Embarqmail.comI had the pleasure of conversingwith classmates from coast tocoast and North to South: chattingwith one person often leadsto contact with another. Thiswas the case with Joan FisherFare and Carol Stieber. Afterworking for 12 years in cancerresearch at the University ofSouthern California, Joan andher husband John moved toWestlake Village, CA. John isa symphony cellist and Joanretired in 2001 after 19 years atAmgen and enjoys volunteeringat the local elementary schoollibrary. Their daughter Emilyis at the University of Colorado,Boulder. Joan and Carol, wholives in North Hollywood, CA,stay in touch, so that lead meto make contact with Carol.Carol moved to CA soon aftergraduation, married, ended upwith four teaching credentialsincluding a Master’s in SpecialEducation, spent 37 years teaching,and retired 3 years ago. Divorcedearly on, she raised twodaughters Jennifer (36) a middleschool math/science teacherand Susan (30) who is workingat the school from whichCarol retired and is pursuing adegree in speech and language.Carol adores being grandma toJennifer’s daughter (3) and son(6 months) who live in the BayArea. Once retired Carol becamebusy creating art in a varietyof mediums (watercolor, oils,sketching). She has traveledwith artist groups to Sweden,Denmark, and Italy. Lest I notforget, Carol for the past 5 years(via a blind date) has had a“funny, doting boyfriend” whomshe adores. Carol also stays intouch with Harriet HerkovitzWashburn, her Simmons roommate,and through the yearshas visited Harriet in Chicagoseveral times. | Joanne SkelsiScott and her husband Rob livein her hometown Pittsfield MAand have no intentions of movingelsewhere despite urgingsfrom others. They enjoy theirgranddaughter and 2 grandsons;life is good. We chatted aboutIrene Silva Press (her roommate),Elsie Camardo Romano,and Betty Fishman Weiss…timeto pick up the phone you guys! |Often when I make contact witha classmate I later hear fromsomeone that she then made acall to another classmate. AngelaMazzotta Schreiber emailedme that my call inspired her totrack down Bea Sornberger Dalywith whom she had not beenin contact for 17 yrs. Angelawrote: “It was as if we were backon our bunks contemplatingthe springs/ceiling as we spilledall our beans.” As most of us,Angela can’t believe that wehave become one of those olderalumnae. She and her husbandGeorge have lived in the samehome in Bethesda, MD for thepast 30 years. Their two sonsremain nearby. She is a potter/pottery teacher and George isan epidemiologist. They enjoytraveling, make an annual visitto Boston, and don’t think aboutretirement.. She would like tomake contact with Joan DeasyRobin, Karen Derby Lowe ’67,Joannie Fisher Fare ’68 (left)and Carol Stieber ’68 sharea visit.and Lucinda Williams Pennington’67. | From down South Iheard from Elayn Kessel Weenerwho now resides in West PalmBeach, FL with her husbandDavid whom she met duringour freshman year. Prior tochildren Elayn taught French inMarblehead and earned her MAin French Literature. Then cametwo daughters. Today Elayn andDavid are awaiting the birth oftheir third grandchild! Travelthis past year included a tripto Australia and New Zealand,and they still own their homeon Cape Cod which draws themback to MA. | Anita S. Bollt andher husband live in Bethesda,MD and both continue to workfull time. Anita stays in touchwith several Simmons friends,and has two daughters, oneof whom will be married onMartha’s Vineyard this summer.She recently celebrated her 7thanniversary as deputy executivedirector of the National Associationfor College AdmissionCounseling. Last year she linkedup with Leslie Marshall Hitch’78SM and had dinner withLeslie and Hannah M. McCarthywhich Anita said was wonderful.She also communicates fromtime to time with Patty SpearLemer who lives in Pittsburghand Jean Tepper of San Francisco.A few years ago Jean hosteda lovely dinner party that Anita,Debbie White Freed, PhyllisCaplow Helfand and EstaGoldfarb Solar attended. Timesummer 2010 23
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