Summer 2007 - Hood College

Summer Issue: New faces and gifts from friendsHood MagazineVol. 82, No. 1 Summer 2007Inside: Celebrating Commencement and Enjoying Reunion Weekend

HOODartsThe artistic work of two graduate students will be ondisplay this summer. The exhibits will showcase stonewarebowls that express the change of seasons and massivesculptural vessels that captivate nautical treasures.“Seasonal Fire”Mary LightbodyAug. 3-19Reception: Aug. 3, 6-8 p.m.Gallery Talk: Aug. 3, 6:30 p.m.“Immersions”Jennifer RogersAug. 3-19Reception: Aug. 3, 6-8 p.m.Gallery Talk: Aug. 3, 7 p.m.HODSONGALLERY2007-2008EXHIBITSChul-Hyun Ahn“Zero Gravity”Aug. 28-Sept. 29Reception:Sept. 5, 6-8 p.m.Linda Pelaez-Dorian“Illumination”Oct. 5-Nov. 5Reception:Oct. 5, 6-8 p.m.Hood Faculty ExhibitionNov. 12-Dec. 5Reception: Nov. 14, 6-8 p.m.Abby Sangiamo“People/Trees/Animals”Jan. 28-March 3, 2008Reception: Feb. 6, 6-8 p.m.Annual Juried Student ExhibitionMarch 19-April 14, 2008Reception: March 19, 6-8 p.m.Visit Hood’s calendar of events atwww.hood.edu/calendar for acomplete listing of events.Senior Thesis ExhibitionsApril 21-May 12, 2008Reception: April 23, 6-8 p.m.

FeaturesSummer 2007 Vol. 82, No. 1Hood Magazine StaffDave Diehl, M.B.A. ’04, EditorTammy McElroy ’05, Assistant EditorJoann Lee, Art DirectorAdam Leviton, Senior DesignerTrevor James, Online Edition ManagerC. Kurt Holter ’76, PhotographerHood Magazine Editorial BoardStacey Collins ’89, ChairDonna Parker Bannwolf ’76Roseanne Quinn Bell ’80Kerra L. Bolton ’95Marcie Kendall Gibboney ’87Ellena Keriazes Griffiths ’92S. Rebecca “Becky” Spicer Himes ’78C. Kurt Holter ’76Deborah Y. Laboo ’96Hood Magazine OnlineVisit Hood Magazine online atwww.hood.edu/magazineAddress ChangesPlease report all address changes tothe Office of Alumnae and AlumniPrograms at (301) 696-3900,(800) 707-5280, option 1, oradvancement_services@hood.eduHood Magazine is published biannually bythe Hood College Office of Marketing andCommunications.On the cover: (clockwise from top left)Faizal Johnson ’09; Jennifer Ashcom ’10;Lynn Whelchel ’00, M.S. ’07; MatthewHaynes ’09; Hannah Grant ’08; MarkwoodMackenzie ’07; and Casey Price ’09.918Remembering a Mentorand FriendBy Audrey Heyman Rooney ’60An alumna pays tribute to a longtime former faculty memberCommencementThe Changing Faceof Hood CollegeBy Dave Diehl, M.B.A. ’04, EditorTammy McElroy ’05, Assistant EditorAdrienne Gonzales, Sports Information DirectorA look at how the growth in the studentpopulation has led to an evolution withinthe classroom, a vibrancy to campus lifeand an expansion of athletics programsThe Class of 2007, faculty, dignitariesand guests celebrate the 110thCommencement ceremony1020Reunion WeekendAlumnae and alumni reconnectat Reunion 2007Departments2 Message from the President3 Newsmakers7 Blazers22 Class News and Notes43 ■ In Memoriam45 ■ Milestones

2 Hood Magazine www.hood.edu/magazineMessage from the PresidentCELEBRATING OUR NEW DIRECTIONPablo Picasso wrote: “Everything you can imagine is real.”These words certainly rang true at Hood during the pastfive years. In my October 2001 Inauguration Address,“Celebrating Our Past … Imagining Our Future,” I askedthe Hood community to imagine a larger and more vibrantHood; to imagine more undergraduate and graduateprograms; to imagine additional curricular and co-curricularactivities; to imagine partnering with the Frederick communityand beyond; and to imagine being recognized by ourpeers as one of the nation’s outstanding small colleges.I knew that the very competitive higher education environment suggested theinevitability of institutional change and the necessity to make difficult and, at times,unpopular decisions. Higher education and, indeed, Hood College, was entering a revolutionaryperiod brought about by changing demographics, globalization, technologicaldevelopments, increased accountability and more. At Hood, we not only were forced tochange our mission, but also to change the way we teach our students, manage ourfinances, raise funds, recruit new students and communicate with one another.In this edition of Hood Magazine you will read of record numbers of enrolled students,filled residence halls, larger classes, more students to feed, and yes, more cars to park. Butunderstand that this common thread of growth has enabled the College to enroll andgraduate more outstanding students, many of whom were awarded prestigious scholarships,recognized for their research efforts and honored for their volunteerism and service.The growth has also made it possible to appoint more top faculty-scholars, enrich thecurriculum and expand opportunities for internships, study abroad and experiential learningfor our students. The continued growth has been instrumental in helping the Collegestrengthen its finances, improve campus facilities and enhance the overall quality of lifefor the entire Hood community.Some of our peer institutions and our enrollment consultant refer to Hood as a “hotcollege”—one that is in demand by a growing number of students. The evidence reflectsthat description. Consider that in fall 2001, 109 freshmen enrolled at Hood—the smallestentering class in 30 years—and were selected from a pool of 700 applicants. Today, as weprepare to finalize the fall 2007 class, approximately 300 freshmen will be enrolled—oneof the largest entering classes on record—and they were selected from a record 3,000applications.It is comforting to know that our vision five years ago was that Hood would lookvery much like it does today. I invite you to join us at this historic time as we celebrate arenewal of this treasured institution and our new direction, and as we continue to celebrateour past and preserve time-honored values and traditions that have always characterizedHood College. While much has changed, be assured that Hood will always be an institutioncomprised of caring, competent, passionate faculty and staff dedicated to inspiring motivatedstudents for lifelong achievement, leadership and service.We continue to dream our dreams and plan for a secure and exciting future … pleaseknow that you have a seat at the table.Warmest regards,It is comfortingto know that ourvision five years agowas that Hoodwould look very muchlike it does today.Ronald J. Volpe, Ph.D.

Summer 2007Hood Magazine 3newsmakersGillece ‘81 Tapped AsV.P. For AdvancementAn alumna who has spent 18 years of her professionalcareer at the College has been appointed its chieffund-raiser.President Ronald J. Volpe named Nancy Gillece,a 1981 graduate of the College and one of 50 candidateswho applied for the position after a nationwide search, as vice president forinstitutional advancement. In announcing this appointment, President Volpesaid that “in addition to her fund-raising experience, Nancy brings exceptionalenergy, loyalty and commitment to Hood.” The Myersville, Md., residentserved as the College’s executive director for institutional advancement fromNovember until her appointment May 21.In her new position, Gillece leads the College’s 15-member division responsiblefor annual and planned giving, alumni relations, major gifts to the College andcorporate and foundation relations. She serves on the president’s sixmemberexecutive committee.After graduating from Hood with a bachelor’s degree in political science,Gillece served for five years as an admissions counselor and later as associatedirector of admissions. She was appointed the director of admissions in 1986and served in that position for 10 years.Hood Ranks High AmongNational PublicationsThe College continues to earn high rankings among national publications foracademic quality and affordability.The Princeton Review calls Hood one of “America’s Best Value Colleges,” aswell as one of the “Best Colleges in the Northeast.” Hood was also ranked asa “Best Value” by Kiplinger’s Magazine, and continues to be ranked annuallyby U.S. News & World Report as a “Great School at a Great Price,” whichrecognizes academic quality and affordability.“While we appreciate being recognized by these publications, we will continuestriving to provide our students the best possible education and campus experience,”said President Ronald J. Volpe. “And thanks to generous support fromour alumnae and alumni and friends, we are able to offer deserving studentsscholarships and financial support that allow us to keep overall costs to familiesreasonable.”Hood is one of only 165 colleges in the U.S. chosen by the Princeton Reviewfor excellent academics, generous financial aid packages and relatively low costsof attendance.The schools are ranked based on data obtained from more than 650 collegesduring the 2006-07 academic year and surveys of students attending theschools.“We are especially pleased with the rankings that are derived from the opinionsand feelings from our students, which are those that matter most,” Volpe said.Four Local Leaders Namedto Hood Board of TrusteesFour leaders in the Frederick community were recentlyappointed to the College’s board of trustees.Richard Adams of Frederick, is the CEOand president of the Frederick CountyChamber of Commerce and former vicechair of Hood’s board of associates. Heworked for the Maryland Department ofAgriculture from 1972 to 1975 and heldseveral management positions at State Farm InsuranceCompanies before joining the Chamber. Adams earneda bachelor’s degree in history and political science fromBridgewater College and did master’s work atFrostburg State University.J. Brian Gaeng of Frederick, is thepresident of Fidelity Bank and currentlyserves on the boards of Farmers &Mechanics Bank, Frederick MemorialHospital, the Maryland SymphonyOrchestra and The Greater HagerstownCommittee, Inc. He was the president of FredericktownBank & Trust Company from 1994 to 2003.Gaeng earned a bachelor’s degree in economics fromRoanoke College and an M.B.A. from Loyola Collegein Baltimore.Mark Gaver of Middletown, Md., whohas served on Hood’s board of associatessince 2005, is the president and CEO ofGTI Federal in Germantown, Md. Hehas served on Graystone Bank’s Board ofAdvisors for a year and is also active inseveral other organizations, including the Kiwanis Clubof Suburban Frederick, the Frederick Chamber ofCommerce, the American Council on Technology, theIndustry Advisory Council and the Middletown HighSchool Stadium Renovation Committee. Gaver attendedGuilford College from 1979 to 1981 before earninga bachelor’s degree in political science from ShepherdUniversity in 1983.George Lewis Jr., of Jefferson, Md., isa retired U.S. Army colonel active in severalFrederick organizations. The authorof more than 50 scientific publications,Lewis earned a bachelor’s degree in animalscience in 1966 from the Universityof Florida before being commissioned in the ArmyMedical Service Corps. He earned two doctoraldegrees, one in veterinary medicine from AuburnUniversity in 1970 and the other in microbiologyfrom the University of Illinois in 1977.

4 Hood Magazine www.hood.edu/magazineZaki PublishesBook On HamptonInstituteHoda Zaki, Ph.D., professor of politicalscience and co-director of the Honors andAfrican-American Studies programs,recently completed a study about thestruggle for racial equality and integrationin the mid-20th century in Virginia.Her book, “Civil Rights and Politics atHampton Institute: The Legacy of AlonzoG. Moron,” traces Hampton Institute’sprogressive impact to its first black andfirst alumnus president, Moron, who usedhis office to launch a powerful andsustained attack against segregation.Zaki details the significance of Moron’scomplicated career through discussionsof his theories of citizenship education,his work in promoting equal rights as amission for the college and the politicalphilosophy that he shared with other civilrights leaders of the era.NewSeniorGraphicDesignerAdam Levitonjoined the marketing and communicationsoffice in January as its senior graphicdesigner.He is a 2006 graduate of ShepherdUniversity, where he earned a bachelor’sdegree in art with a concentration ingraphic design. A native of Mt. Airy, Md.,Leviton is a 2000 graduate of SouthCarroll High School.Leviton’s artistic work was recentlyrecognized at the Greater FrederickAdvertising Federation’s ADDY awards,where he received one silver and fourgold awards in the student competition.Faculty Receive ProfessionalDevelopment GrantsSeveral Hood faculty members will receive professional development grants this yearwith funding from the Board of Associates McCardell program and the SummerResearch Institute program.The Board of Associates McCardell Professional Development Grants Committee,working in conjunction with the Faculty Development Committee, awarded thefollowing grants for 2007 for the work cited:Paige Eager, Ph.D., assistant professor of political science; “Females and PoliticalViolence: From Freedom Fighters to Terrorists.”Amy Gottfried, Ph.D., associate professor of English; “After the Viper’s Lounge”(a novel).Anita Jose, Ph.D., associate professor of management; “The Greening of Supply ChainManagement: An Empirical Investigation of the Environmental Practices of the LargestCorporations in America.”Xinlian Liu, Ph.D., assistant professor of computer science; “Information SphereVisualization.”Jennifer Plants, assistant professor of theater; “Residency at the Dell’Arte InternationalSchool of Physical Theatre.”Jennifer Ross, Ph.D., associate professor of art; “A Study Season Away from ÇadirHoyük, Turkey: An Analysis of Contemporary Sites.”Hoda Zaki, Ph.D., professor of political science; “A Day in the Life of an Election Judgein Frederick, Md.”The Faculty Development Committee recommended, and the College has awarded,Summer Research Institute grants to the following faculty members and students for thework cited:Anne Derbes, Ph.D., professor of art, and Mark Sandona, Ph.D., professor of Englishand chair of the department of English, in collaboration with Elizabeth McFadden ’09;“The Usurer’s Heart.”Susan Ensel, Ph.D., professor of chemistry and chair of the department of chemistry andphysics, in collaboration with Andrew Weiss ’09; “Microwave-Assisted OrganicSynthesis.”Drew Ferrier, Ph.D., professor of biology, in collaboration with Jessica Ayton ’08; “TheEffects of Ultraviolet Radiation on the Sea Anemone Aiptasia pallida: DocumentingAdaptive Behavior and DNA Damage.”Genevieve Gessert, Ph.D., assistant professor of art, in collaboration with ElizabethHummel ’08, Amanda Kwiatkowski ’09 and Robin Burgess ’09; “Excavation and Studyof the Domus del Tiempo Rotondo and Ostia Antica.”Ricky Hirschhorn, Ph.D., professor of biology, in collaboration with Joseph Kurczewski ’08,Erin McClure ’09 and Miriam Nejati ’09; “Cell Culture Model System of Huntington’sDisease.”Dana Lawrence, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry, in collaboration with IrenaAntic ’08 and Rukundo Kambarami ’08; “Structural and Metal-Binding Properties ofZinc Finger Antiviral Protein.”Betty Mayfield, Ph.D., professor of mathematics, and Kimber Tysdal, Ph.D., assistantprofessor of mathematics, in collaboration with Melissa Barrick ’07, Chelsea Sprankle ’07,Lindsey Nagy ’08 and Laura Printz ’10; “Female Mathematics in the Time of Euler.”Oney Smith, Ph.D., associate professor of biology, in collaboration with Jamie Boden ’08and Wendi Custer ’08; “Analysis of Heat Shock Protein Expression in the Sea AnemoneAiptasia pallida.”Christopher Stromberg, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry and physics, in collaborationwith Benjamin Caplins ’09 and Tiffany Gutowski ’09; “Time-Resolved VibrationalSpectroscopy of Bio-Mimetic Catalysts for Hydrogen Production.”Stephen Wilson, Ph.D., assistant professor of religion and philosophy, in collaborationwith William Skaarup ’08; “Dictionary of Early American Philosophers.”

Summer 2007Hood Magazine 5Eleven Hood Professors Granted Fellowships,Sabbaticals, Earn Promotions and TenureFour faculty members received Hodson Fellowships, three were granted sabbaticalleaves, three earned promotions and two earned promotions and tenure.Lisa Algazi, Ph.D., professor of French, received a Hodson Fellowship for fall 2007.Susan Ensel, Ph.D., professor of chemistry and chair of the department of chemistryand physics, received a Hodson Fellowship for fall 2007 and spring 2008.Scott Pincikowski, Ph.D., associate professor of German, received a HodsonFellowship for fall 2007.Kerry Strand, Ph.D., professor of sociology and chair of the department of sociologyand social work, received a Hodson Fellowship for fall 2007.Douglas Boucher, Ph.D., was granted sabbatical leave for fall 2007 and was promotedfrom associate professor of biology to professor. His research interests focus on invasiveplant species, population dynamics of the American chestnut and recovery of theNicaraguan rain forest since Hurricane Joan in 1988.Roser Caminals-Heath, Ph.D., professor of Spanish, was granted sabbatical leave forspring and fall 2008.Joy Ernst, Ph.D., associate professor of social work and director of Hood’s social workprogram, was granted sabbatical leave for spring 2008.Frederick Bohrer, Ph.D., was promoted from associate professor of art to professor.He specializes in the art and culture of 19th century Europe. His research focuseson the European image of non-European cultures, particularly in relation to theMiddle East.Joyce Michaud was promoted from assistant professor of art to associate professor.Michaud is a multimedia artist who is currently working in woodfire porcelain.Several of her works are represented in the permanent collection of the SmithsonianMuseum of American Art’s Renwick Gallery.Karen Hoffman, Ph.D., was granted tenure and promoted from assistant professor ofphilosophy to associate professor. She specializes in ethics and her scholarly interestscenter on issues in ethical theory and on the work of the Danish philosopher SørenKierkegaard.Rusty Monhollon, Ph.D., was granted tenure and promoted from assistant professorof history to associate professor. His research examines various aspects of Americanlife in the post-World War II era, including the civil rights and black power movements,anticommunist activism and the politics of the 1960s.The promotions for all four professors will be effective in the fall and thegranting of tenure will be effective in fall 2008. The promotions were grantedby the board of trustees and were based on the recommendations of the College’sfaculty personnel committee and President Ronald J. Volpe, Ph.D., in consultationwith Provost Robert N. Funk, Ph.D.Alum Recognized as Outstanding TeacherNatalie Wack Evans ’85, M.A. ’90, is Frederick County PublicSchools’ 2007 Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher. The annualWashington Post award recognizes excellence in teaching, encouragescreative and quality instruction and contributes to theimprovement of education in the Washington metropolitan area.Evans chairs the English department at Linganore High Schooland has taught English and journalism classes there for the past 22years. She is also on Linganore’s School Improvement Team and has served as adviserfor the school’s student newspaper, literary magazine and many other student groups.Evans’ peers and principal cited her enthusiasm, willingness to lead and creativitywhen nominating her for the award.Laufer, StrombergReceive NSF GrantsTwo faculty members received nearly$300,000 in grants from the NationalScience Foundation for research that willexplore the use of wastes to make biofueland enable students and faculty to conductresearch on new instrumentation.The grants awarded to Craig Laufer,Ph.D., professor of biology, and ChrisStromberg, Ph.D., assistant professor ofchemistry and physics, will enhance theircurrent research projects, and have profoundeffects in the community and inthe classroom. Laufer received $148,440.Stromberg’s grant is $150,000.Laufer’s research, in collaboration withAtlantic Biomass Conversions, Inc., ofFrederick, focuses on developingenzymes that are suited to turn agriculturalwaste into biofuels. His NSF-SmallBusiness Innovation Research grant isfor Phase I of his research, entitled“Development of Sugar Beet PulpEnzymatic Pretreatment.” The grant,which will finance research for one year,will allow Laufer and Hood undergraduateand graduate students to develop anadvanced agriculture-based biofuelproduction system.Laufer’s research will include engineeringbiopolymer-degrading enzymes bymaking genetic changes to them andfinding variants that have enhancedproperties which work efficiently toconvert the agricultural wastes intobiofuels.Stromberg received a NSF-CourseCurriculum and LaboratoryImprovement teaching grant to fundthe purchase of a Raman spectrometer,which is generally not available at theundergraduate level. It will be used forundergraduate physical, analytical andbiological chemistry courses andresearch.

6 Hood Magazine www.hood.edu/magazineNew Funds Established for Scholarships,Programs, Academic SupportAlumnae, alumni and friends of the College have established new funds at Hood this year.Gifts totaling more than $1 million were received for endowed scholarships, concerts, lectureseries and laboratories.New Giving LevelsSet for 2007-08Hood’s recognition levels for annual philanthropicsupport of the College have been updated forthe first time in more than 20 years. Mostnotable is the new minimum gift requirement of$2,000 for President’s Club recognition and theaddition of several giving societies to recognizeHood’s highest-level donors.In addition, the Hood College Laureates level hasbeen established to recognize those whose lifetimegiving to Hood has reached or exceeded$1 million.“This is a fabulous opportunity for us to reevaluateone of the most important aspects offund raising—thanking our donors,” said NancyGillece ’81, vice president for institutionaladvancement. She points out that the new levelsreflect the rising costs of living and running acollege compared to the 1980s when the oldgiving levels were established. “Those were thedays when $10 could nearly fill your gas tank,”Gillece said.The Hood College Laureates provides theCollege an additional opportunity to recognizeits top benefactors, including those who haveattained the $1 million level of giving throughouttheir lives, or posthumously by includingHood in their estates.While the updated recognition levels reflectincreased costs, Gillece notes that as always,“all gifts, of every size, are important to theCollege.”The giving levels are effective July 1.President’s Club (gifts of $2,000 or more)Benefactors’ Roundtable $100,000 or moreCoblentz Circle $50,000 – 99,999Whitaker Circle $25,000 – 49,999Founders’ Circle $10,000 – 24,999Margaret E.S. Hood Society $5,000 – 9,999Joseph Henry Apple Society $3,000 – 4,999Martha E. Church Society $2,000 – 2,999Other giving levels (gifts up to $1,999)Gambrill Society $1,000 – 1,999The Columns $500 – 999Touchstone Society $250 – 499Century Society $100 – 249Contributor Up to $99Hood College LaureatesLifetime giving of$1 million or more“This has been an outstanding year for Hood in terms of philanthropic support,” saidNancy Gillece ’81, vice president for institutional advancement. “We are excited at the newopportunities these generous gifts present to our students and to the campus community.”Funds established recently include:Nancy Salzman Ebert ’57 EducationTechnical Learning LabEstablished by Edward F. Ebert Jr., in memoryof his wife, this portable lab will enhance thelearning opportunities for undergraduate andgraduate students. Nancy Salzman Ebertmajored in early childhood education andspent many years as a dedicated teacher.The Kathryn Z.Nicodemus MusicScholarshipTrustee Emeritus CharlesNicodemus, L.H.D. ‘05and his wife, Kathryn,L.H.D. ‘05, established amusic scholarship to be awarded to studentsstudying music, with preference given to studentsfrom Walkersville.The Chug ScholarshipThis award was established by Dr. Robert M.and Vivian Reardon in honor of Vivian “Chug”Hudnett Velehradsky ’51.The Frances Good Crilly Bowers ’27Music ScholarshipThis scholarship was established by Jane CrillySchultz ’60 in honor of her mother. It will beawarded to students majoring in music, withpreference give to students concentrating inpiano pedagogy and who have demonstratedleadership qualities.The Virginia ShaverHarshman ’41ScholarshipThis scholarship wasestablished by MarleneGrossnickle Young ’76,to honor her former teacher and lifelongfriend, Virginia Shaver Harshman. The scholarshipwill be awarded to students concentratingin education.Beryl Pfizer ’49 Scholarship forTheater MinorsBeryl Pfizer ’49 established this scholarshipto support students studying theater arts.The scholarship will be awarded to juniorsdeclaring a minor in theater arts and shallbe renewable for the senior year based onacademic achievement.The Homer W. Carhartand Carla A. RollandiniThanatology LectureSeriesEstablished by HomerCarhart, L.H.D. ‘07,husband of Julia Holzapfel Carhart ’30, thisendowed fund will support a guest lectureseries on thanatology and will be coordinatedthrough the department of psychology.The Paul F. Mehl Memorial ScholarshipAudrey Heyman Rooney ’60 established thisscholarship in memory of her former professor,mentor and friend, Rev. Paul F. Mehl. Thescholarship will be awarded annually to astudent concentrating in philosophy, religionor both.The James M. Etchison Summer ChamberMusic TrustEstablished through the will of James M.Etchison, a friend of the College’s, this fundwill support the Hood College SummerChamber Music Festival.The Class of 1967 Memorial ScholarshipIn memory of their six deceased classmates,the Class of ’67 established an endowed scholarshipfund to be awarded annually to a risingsenior who is majoring in a biology-relatedarea with a preferred focus on genetic research.The Marycatherine Anthony ’74ScholarshipThis scholarship was establishedby Susan L. Whaley ’74 in memoryof her first-year roommate,Marycatherine, who passed awayduring their freshman year at Hood. Thescholarship will be awarded to studentspursuing early childhood or elementaryand special education.For information about how to contribute to existing funds or to establish a new fund,please contact the office of institutional advancement at (301) 696-3700.

Summer 2007Hood Magazine 7Cross CountryThe men’s and women’s cross country teamsparticipated in nine meets during the fall andrewrote numerous records in the process.Freshman standout William Andrews set thestandard in the men’s 8,000 meters with a timeof 27:31 and, in all, five Blazers broke the 30-minute barrier this season. On the women’sside, sophomore Danielle Sgro was Hood’s topfinisher in every competition and broke thewomen’s 6,000 meter record with a clockingof 23:43, lowering the previous record by 28seconds. For the third consecutive year, thewomen’s squad was recognized by the U.S.Track and Field and Cross Country CoachesAssociation as one of the top academic squadsin Division III. The Blazer women were ranked24th out of 375 Division III schools with a3.526 cumulative grade point average. Themen’s team also earned this distinction for thefirst time in their four-year history.Men’s BasketballThe 2006-07 season was a year of firsts for theHood men’s basketball team. The Blazers postedtheir first 20-win season with a record of 21-8; competed in the Capital Athletic Conferencefor the first time; won their first-ever CAC contestover Gallaudet University Nov. 29; capturedtheir first CAC regular season crown with aleague mark of 12-4; and earned the program’sfirst at-large bid to the NCAA tournament byvirtue of their strong nonconference scheduleand their appearance in the CAC championshipgame. Head coach Tom Dickman won multiplecoach-of-the-year awards from the CAC,PrestoSports/Pride of Maryland andD3Hoops.com for his squad’s accomplishments.Junior center Jesse Gutekunst was selected asthe PrestoSports/Pride of Maryland Player ofthe Year and was named to the all-conferencefirst team and the all-region first team.Sophomore Ryan Junghans joined Gutekunston the all-league first team and was named tothe all-region second team. Additionally, Hood’strio of seniors, who were the only four-yearplayers remaining from the original class of 13in 2003-04, were all recognized at the SeniorStudent-Athlete Banquet. Sean Robine was therecipient of the Most Outstanding Student-Athlete Award, Darnell Edmonds (picturedbelow) was chosen as the winner of theScholar-Athlete Award and Justin Junghansearned the Coaches’ Award.newsWomen’s BasketballIn a season plagued with adversity, the Blazerwomen’s basketball team came up short ofqualifying for their final Atlantic Women’sColleges Conference tournament and settledfor a fifth-place finish in the league standings.The team lost its top two scorers from a yearago, was forced to shuffle its lineup frequentlydue to injuries and finished with a record of5-18. Senior Dana Shook (pictured above) andfreshman Jennifer Willison were named to theall-AWCC second team. Shook finished hercareer in third place on Hood’s all-time threepointchart with 101 treys and is eighth all-timein scoring with 763 points. Willison was Hood’sleading scorer (14.2 points per game) andrebounder (8.5 rebounds per game).Field HockeyThe defending conference champion Blazerssecured the No. 2 seed in the 2006 AtlanticWomen’s Colleges Conference tournament butdropped a pair of heartbreaking one-goal decisionsin the semifinal and consolation rounds.Hood posted a 3-12 overall record and a 2-2AWCC mark. The victories came via shutout atThomas Athletic Field. Junior Justina Miller,sophomore Crystal Parker and freshman BrandyNoel earned all-AWCC first team plaudits, whilefour other players, junior defender ChristaLundskow, freshman midfielder Lauren Perzan,sophomore forward Julie Schnitzker and juniorforward Christina Woody, represented Hoodon the 2006 National Field Hockey CoachesAssociation Division III National AcademicSquad.GolfThe men’s golf team competed in a pair of invitationalsduring the spring. Senior JustinJunghans sported an average of 91 in the twocompetitions while classmate Ben Snyder carriedan average of 105.5. On the women’s side,freshmen Stephanie Hearn and Jessica Neaseboth traveled to Gettysburg, Pa., as individualcompetitors in the Gettysburg Invitational.2006-07 Season RecapMen’s LacrossePlaying one of the toughest schedules in NCAADivision III, the Blazers set numerous individualand team records in their third season of varsitycompetition. Junior midfielder Jason Andersonpaced the Blazer offense with 18 goals whilejunior attack Will Oconis racked up 12 assistsand won 73 face-offs for Hood. Oconis was alsorecognized as an Academic All-District II selectionby ESPN The Magazine and the CollegeSports Information Directors of America. Juniorgoalkeeper Sam Hofmann made 251 saves inHood’s 15 games and was ranked among thenational leaders in save percentage during thespring.Women’s LacrosseFor the second time in three years, the Blazersadvanced to the championship game of theAtlantic Women’s Colleges Conference tournament.Despite falling to the College of NotreDame (Md.) in the title game, the Blazers finishedwith an overall record of 4-9 and pickedup some impressive post-season accolades.Sophomore attack Liz Rakowski was lauded asthe AWCC Co-Most Outstanding Player whilefreshman midfielder Brandy Noel earnedNewcomer of the Year honors. Three otherBlazers were named to the all-conferenceteams, including first-team selections LaurieBurrier and Jayme Frost, while goalkeeperLauren Lieb took home her third straight honorablemention certificate. Burrier finished hercareer as Hood’s all-time assists leader with 35.Lieb heads into her senior season ranked secondall-time at Hood in career saves with 294.Senior Melissa Olson received the Kim ServedioMemorial Award at the Senior Student-AthleteBanquet for her sincerity, selflessness andoptimism.Men’s SoccerThird-year head coach Brian Wall continued tobuild a solid soccer program in Frederick as theBlazers won eight games for the secondstraight year. Hood registered its first-everCapital Athletic Conference victory with a 4-0blanking of Gallaudet University Sept. 30. TheBlazers also scored an impressive 2-1 triumphover local rival Frostburg State University. Hoodqualified for the 2006 CAC tournament andtook on nationally ranked York College in theopening round. The stellar Blazer defense limitedthe potent Spartan offense to just threegoals as rookie keeper Shawn Fernholz turnedaway six shots in the contest. Junior ShaneMcCarrick was one of four defenders named tothe 2006 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District II Second Team by the College SportsInformation Directors of America. Additionally,senior Ben Snyder was the recipient of theTrustees Award at the Senior Student-AthleteBanquet for his outstanding leadership.

8 Hood Magazine www.hood.edu/magazineWomen’s SoccerHood continued to be a formidable opponentin the Atlantic Women’s Colleges Conferenceas the Blazers (10-5-3, 5-1 AWCC) finished secondin the regular season standings for thesecond straight year. The only blemish onHood’s conference slate was a setback to theCollege of Notre Dame (Md.). Hood surrenderedjust one goal in its five other AWCC contestsand advanced to the championship gameof the conference tournament with a narrow2-1 victory over Wilson College. In the titlegame against the Gators, the two squads weredeadlocked at one goal apiece after 60 minutes,sending the tilt into a sudden-victoryovertime period. After 10 more scoreless minutes,penalty kicks were used to decide theconference champion. The Gators nipped theBlazers, 3-2, in the shootout to claim the title.Eight Hood players were recognized on the allconferenceteams, led by freshman keeperNina Duron, who was chosen as theNewcomer of the Year. Duron, along withsenior Tamara Maggard and freshman WhitneyBoyer, earned first-team status, sophomoreLiz Rakowski and freshmen Brittany Hurt andLaura Hines garnered second-team honors andnewcomers Nicole Antalffy and Colleen Cruicetook home honorable mentions.SoftballThe Blazers bid farewell to the AtlanticWomen’s Colleges Conference in grand fashionwhen they won their second straight conferencetitle and clinched an NCAA tournamentberth. Hood will forever keep the tournamenttrophy in Frederick as it makes the transition tothe Capital Athletic Conference in 2007-08.The top-seeded Blazers (14-21, 5-1 AWCC) dispatchedWells College in the first round andtournament-host Wilson College twice to capturethe crown. As the automatic qualifier fromthe AWCC, Hood traveled to New Concord,Ohio, to take on nationally ranked MuskingumCollege and Anderson University in the NCAAtournament. Sophomore pitcher JamieGardner claimed AWCC Co-Most OutstandingPlayer honors and was one of six Blazersnamed to the all-conference team. SeniorsTamara Maggard (pictured below) andChristine Harvey, along with sophomore SaraWastler, earned a spot on the first team whilesophomores Jess Krietz and Kara Robertsecured honorable mentions. In addition,Maggard was honored as the MostOutstanding Student-Athlete and Harveyreceived the Coaches’ Award at the SeniorStudent-Athlete Banquet.SwimmingThe men’s and women’s swim teams begantheir inaugural year as members of the CapitalAthletic Conference while the women’s squadsimultaneously competed for the final time inthe Atlantic Women’s Colleges Conference.The men (5-6, 2-6 CAC) finished seventh outof nine schools in the team competition at theconference meet while the women (7-9, 1-2AWCC/2-6 CAC) placed third at the AWCCsand eighth at the CACs. Both squads endedthe regular seasons on a high note, capturingtheir final three dual meets against GallaudetUniversity, Frostburg State University and PennState Altoona. Junior Jason Kinder became thefirst Hood swimmer to secure an all-conferencecertificate when he placed second in the 1,650free in a school record-setting time of17:02.00. In all, 10 school records fell on themen’s side while three more standards werelowered on the women’s side throughout theseason. Senior Stu Kaufman was presentedwith the President’s Award for outstandingservice at the Senior Student-Athlete Banquet.TennisHead Coach Scott Eyler faced a similar plightas head swimming coach Don Feinberg whenhe scheduled his tennis matches for 2006-07.The men’s squad began its affiliation with theCapital Athletic Conference while the womenhad dual association with the CAC and theAtlantic Women’s Colleges Conference. Themen (5-11, 1-5 CAC) upended GallaudetUniversity, 6-3, for the program’s first CAC victory.The Blazers also spent spring break inHilton Head, S.C., taking on some of the topprograms in the country. The Hood womencruised through the AWCC slate with little difficultyand entered the conference tournamentas the top seed with a perfect 4-0 record. TheBlazers crowned two singles champions andtook home two doubles titles en route to arunner-up finish in the AWCC tournament.Junior Stephanie Garrett won the No. 3 title instraight sets over the College of Notre Dame’sMarie Claire Santiago and freshman Dani Huntbested Dame’s Ali Phillips at sixth singles toclaim Hood’s other singles championship. Thedoubles tandem of Christine Ocampos-Barry(pictured above) and Laura Wanner werecrowned second doubles champions whileGarrett teamed with Caitlin Erickson to win thethird doubles title.Track & FieldIn its first season as a varsity program, Hoodcompeted in five meets during the spring inaddition to the Capital Athletic Conferencechampionship. The men’s squad (7-3) startedthings off with a bang at the GoucherInvitational by winning the team title by 40points over the host Gophers. FreshmanWilliam Andrews set four distance recordswhile Ryan Jenkins ran the sprints and CoreyDeMaster, Matt Haynes, Mark MacKenzie andTomilayo Komolafe excelled in the field events.On the women’s side (5-3), sophomoreDanielle Sgro set the pace in the distanceevents, Katie Thomas (pictured above) shinedin the hurdles and Katie Reichard and EricaHamor showed marked improvement in thethrowing events. In all, 28 of the 40 existingschool records were broken during the season.Senior Julia Blickenstaff was recognized as theOutstanding Scholar-Athlete and classmateRachel Pectol was bestowed with thePresident’s Award for exemplary service atthe Senior Student-Athlete Banquet.VolleyballThe Blazers (6-15, 3-5 AWCC) advanced to thechampionship match of the Atlantic Women’sColleges Conference tournament following adramatic five-set victory over arch-rival Collegeof Notre Dame (Md.) at Gambrill Gymnasium.But despite a valiant effort, Hood came upshort against Mary Baldwin College in the titlematch. The Blazers landed six players on theall-conference teams, led by first-team pickLindsey Nagy. Caroline Woodhams, JamieBussey, Starr McDavid, Hilary Cook and AshleyBryan earned honorable mention honors.Nagy enters her senior season in sixth place onHood’s all-time kills list with 576 and is seventhall-time in digs (528) and service aces (164).Woodhams ranks second all-time in careerassists with 1,278 while Bryan lists third alltimein career blocks with 113.Equestrian Club“We are really proud of how well the Hoodriders did this year,” said Lisa Mitchell, cocoachof the equestrian team. “Though theteam had a few empty spots on its roster, ourriders rode well in their classes at the eightIntercollegiate Horse Show Association showshosted by Zone IV, Region I schools.” Four-yearveteran and team captain Jennifer Mehalko ledthe team in points earned and missed going toregional competition in the open division overfences by only one point. With five returningriders and some new recruits, the equestrianteam anticipates a full roster and a successful2007-08 season.

Summer 2007Hood Magazine 9Rememberinga mentor and friendREV. PAUL F. MEHLBy Audrey Heyman Rooney ’60The Rev. Paul F. Mehl, professor ofreligion and philosophy at Hood from1957 to 1976, died of lymphatic cancer athis home in Frederick Dec. 9, 2006.In 1955 Paul was ordained a ministerin the Evangelical and ReformedChurch, which is now the United Churchof Christ, following an undergraduatedegree in American studies from YaleUniversity. As Yale students, Paul and hisfuture wife, Barbara, or B.J. as she wasknown, met as delegates to a summerchurch conference, before returning toYale. Both earned master of divinitydegrees from Union TheologicalSeminary and, before coming to Hood,Paul taught at Vassar College. In 1961he was awarded a doctoral degree fromColumbia University.A philosophy major at Hood, thiswriter recalls a year of pleasant consternationunder Paul’s tutelage, writing anhonors paper. Over the years we kept intouch with the Mehls and a highlight ofclass reunions were long afternoon talkssweetened with honey from the hives inthe garden.Paul’s response to his diagnosisfive years ago was characteristic. Heapproached it with what might be called“holy curiosity,” fueled by scientificinquiry, treatment, learning and love.Paul’s ministry continued. He led adulteducation classes and acted as a mentorfor fellow seekers, especially in the fieldof process theology. A member of GraceUCC in Frederick, Paul was drawn tothe problem of reconciling religion andscience.Last year the “Hood girls,” philosopherHelen Buss Mitchell ’63 and I,were privileged to join a group whichmet in the Mehls’ living room. Variedreligious and professional backgroundsmade for a rich mix, as we ponderedAlfred North Whitehead and currentstudies of “divine reality” stemming fromWhitehead’s work. We had fun, too.A nature and ecology advocate overhis lifetime, Paul biked with his two sons,Andrew and Peter, and daughter, MaryBeth. He pedaled cross-country to meetingsand friends in distant states. Hisrecumbent bicycle was a familiar sight onFrederick streets to and from the hospitalduring chemotherapy.Paul played the French horn in theFrederick Symphony Orchestra and inseveral brass quintets. Favorites from hislibrary were chosen for the memorialservice Dec. 27, which opened withbaroque works for brass and closed withScott Joplin rags.In her letter to friends and family, B.J.found the essence of Paul’s ministry inwords of process theologian Daniel DayWilliams: “Love does not resolve everyconflict, but it accepts conflict as thearena in which the work of love is tobe done.”In memory of Dr. Mehl, I am honoredto endow a scholarship in his name.The Paul F. Mehl Memorial Scholarshipwill be awarded annually to a student orstudents concentrating in philosophy orreligion and shall be based on financialneed. In addition, the award will recognizethe student or students who bestexemplify the convictions Paul Mehlheld dear.“Love does not resolve every conflict,but it accepts conflictas the arena in whichthe work of love is to be done.”Daniel Day Williams

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Summer 2007Hood Magazine 11A CampusTransformedDave Diehl M.B.A. ‘04, Executive Director of Marketing and Communications and Editor, Hood MagazineIn the four years since Hood College became fully coeducationalby allowing men to live on campus, the most dramatic changeshave not been from the infusion of the other gender into the residencehalls, but from the increase in the numbers of students whohave enrolled at Hood and who are living on campus.Consider these changes since 2002, the last year that Hood wasa residential college for women:■ The total student population at Hood grew from 1,693 to 2,248,or 33 percent;■ The number of entering freshmen increased from 179 to 278,or 55 percent;■ The undergraduate population increased by 55 percent;■ The number of undergraduate males went from 96 to 367,a 282 percent increase; and■ The number of students living on campus grew from 420 to itscapacity, 658, a 57 percent increase.Arguably the most dramatic of those statistics is the growth inthe population of residential students, now standing at 658. Thatincrease has resulted in many changes—many of which are discussedby the faculty, students and staff in the following articles.Certainly, the social fabric of the campus has changed demonstrablywith the addition of men living in the residence halls, whomake up about a third of that population. But that which is moststriking to those who have witnessed changes in the years since2002 is the effect that more students in the classrooms, on theathletic fields, in clubs and organizations, and in the residencehalls has had on the Hood College environment and collectivepsyche.In the stories that follow, we have tried to illustrate andexplain—through those who have helped to make the changes,those whose daily lives are affected by the changes and those whohave witnessed the changes—what the Hood College campus islike today.These are unfinished stories because, as we go to press with thisissue of Hood Magazine, the fall 2007 enrollment looks like it willagain be at a record high.470 + 188 = inw o m e nm e nUndergraduates who livethe residence halls

12 Hood Magazine www.hood.edu/magazineMore students, more classes, more ideas, more voicesenhancing the classroom experienceBy Dave Diehl M.B.A. ‘04, EditorWithout a doubt, the growth in thestudent body has had the greatest impactat Hood’s core—the academic programs.Classrooms are either nearly full or filled tocapacity, more classes are being offered and,of course, the faculty overall are teachingmore courses to more students. The effectsof the increase in the student population inthe classrooms are varied and complex.Hood Registrar Nanette CarignanMarkey ’79, and her staff, are responsible forassigning students and faculty to the 64available classrooms and laboratories for the446 different undergraduate and graduateclasses held during any given week.Markey has been to every one of themand has counted every chair. Her job is oneof a complex choreography, especially withthe exponential growth in the student population.She and her staff are kept busy jugglinga combination of student needs forrequired classes, student schedules, facultyschedules and classroom availability, in additionto the aforementioned classroom considerations.They take into account not onlythings such as classroom capacities, needs formultimedia equipment, class size, class formatand classroom layout, but also handicappedaccessibility and Internet usage.Each semester most classes at the freshmanand sophomore levels are fully enrolledand, in some popular classes and coursesrequired for majors, students are put onwaiting lists. The faculty who teach thoseclasses more often than not open them tothe awaiting students. “Our faculty is veryaccommodating in taking in extra studentswhen and where they can,” Markey said.Provost Robert N. Funk, Ph.D., whoserved as interim president from 1999-2001when Hood’s student population was atabout 1,700, believes academic programs atHood have been invigorated by the additionalstudents, and that classroom dynamicshave changed for the better.Funk says there are many instances inwhich very small numbers of students infreshman and sophomore classes, as in yearspast, were not necessarily good—particularlyin discussion-based classes in which a widervariety of views and experiences contributeto livelier discussions. “Really, students andfaculty did not like it,” said Funk, who overseesthe academic programs and the faculty.“You need more voices than that in mostclasses.“In most cases (growth) has been beneficial,”Funk added. “By and large, there is amore stimulating atmosphere in the classrooms.”And, of course, the growth has added tothe faculty workday. “Faculty members areworking harder; there is no doubt about it.They are grading more papers and tests, andoffering and holding more office hours,which is not atypical for a college our size.”Fred Bohrer, associate professor of artand chairman of the department of art andarchaeology, is more than pleased with themost significant growth he has seen in thestudent body in nearly two decades ofteaching at Hood. “I am thrilled,” Bohrer“By and large, there is a morestimulating atmospherein the classrooms.”Robert N. Funk, Ph.D.Provost and Dean of the FacultyLaura Brown ’08 and Natalie McVeigh ’07 react to a professor’s comments during a class lecture. A C A D E M I C S

Summer 2007Hood Magazine 13C A M P U S L I F Esaid. “Ten years ago, we worried about beingable to hold a class. Now we don’t worryabout filling these classes anymore.”He said the dynamics in the classroomhave changed and he is pleased with the typeand quality of students Hood continues toattract. “One of the best things about thegrowth is that we have a greater critical massand core of committed students.”However, out of necessity, studio art andseminar-type courses in his department onaverage tend to be somewhat smaller—andshould stay that way. Seminar classes havegrown from about 6-8 students each to about12-13. “In class I also try to involve discussion;it’s an important component that youtry to have but you can’t do it equitably withlarger classes,” he said. “Students learn themost if they are a part of the process.”Even with the exponential growth of thestudent body, some things aren’t changing atHood, Markey said. Class sizes still average17 or 18 students, with the smaller classesgenerally at the junior and senior levels.Bohrer, who agrees with Funk, has nocomplaints about the extra out-of-class work.“More students means I have a lot moreessays to grade than I used to. But that’s theonly way the students are going to learn anything.We have to have that. We are notgoing to cut corners.”Classes in the economics and managementdepartment have grown substantially,but nothing like the classes of 500 that SangKim, associate professor of economics andmanagement, taught at the University of theWest Indies. He said he is teaching classesthat range between 25 and 40 students,which are about double the size of classes hetaught when he came to Hood in 2001.Kim said the proliferation and use of classroomtechnology and the Internet havehelped reduce his workload and allowed himto do his classroom preparation more quicklyand from wherever he wants. “It’s helpful ingeneral and also helpful in larger classes,” hesaid. Immediate access to the Internet allowsKim to retrieve relevant information, data andexamples in the classroom. “As the Webdevelops, there are some very nifty things outthere. It really makes a difference. In theclassroom, I can show students how things aredone, and we can go directly to the latestinflation figures versus preparing slides andshowing them.” ■A beautiful spring day on the lawn is an ideal setting for Elizabeth Lipke ’08 and her classmates.Campus life more vibrant than everBy Tammy McElroy ‘05, Assistant EditorOutside of the classrooms, laboratories,studios and seminar rooms, the changesresulting from the growth in the studentbody are abundant and varied. Most noticeableis the greater number of students, at anytime of day, on the quadrangles, in the dininghall, in the bookstore, cheering on anyone of the 19 NCAA athletic teams on anygiven afternoon or trying to locate the everharder-to-findparking spaces.When Whitaker Campus Center firstopened its doors in 1997, it was a welcomedand needed addition to the campus thatwould enhance student life for the 1,022undergraduates and 834 graduates attendingHood. A decade later, the campus center hasfulfilled its promise of adding to the campusexperience, and more. These days, however,it is a far busier place with the addition of238 residential students to the campuspopulation since 2002.“The increase in the number of studentshas altered the campus and changed the waystudents use the campus center and justabout every other space on campus,” saidDon Miller, Hood’s director of studentactivities. “A college’s campus center is its‘living room’ and Whitaker has transformedinto that. Because we have outgrown someof our spaces for programming, there hasbeen a much-needed shift in terms of locationand resources. New spaces have beencreated and traditionally used ones havebeen utilized in other ways.”The campus center remains that centralmeeting place but it has become much busierand is a hub for student activity. More thanever before, students make good use of thecampus center’s abundant spaces for studying,sharing a meal from the Blazer snackbar, watching TV, playing ping-pong orpool, using the 24-hour computer lab or justhanging out. The Commons and Atriumserve as multipurpose areas for events rangingfrom residence hall parties to specialdinners; the Patio is used for outdoor eventssuch as barbecues and student-organizedconcerts.The demand for more and betterstudent areas is the impetus for majorimprovements to Rosenstock HallAuditorium. Built in 1970 and able to seat389 people, it is in greater demand than everbefore as a venue for student activities, per-

14 Hood Magazine www.hood.edu/magazineC A M P U S L I F EClass of 2009 students Jamie Brazell, Sarah Haney and Joshua Work enjoy hanging out in the Whitaker Campus Center between classes.formances, guest lecturers and admissionsevents. Thanks to funding from TheHodson Trust, a needed upgrade to thatspace is underway and will be completed byfall. Funds from Hodson will also be usedto upgrade the “Underground,” a studentcafé-like space on the ground floor ofCoblentz Hall, which will be available forstudent activities this fall.And as the student body has grown,there are clear signs of not only morepeople, but also of a transformation of theatmosphere.“There’s a vibrancy on campus that I’venever seen before,” said Vice President forStudent Life and Dean of Students OliviaG. White, Ph.D., who in 1992 came toHood as the director of multicultural affairsbefore assuming her current position in1994. She said the expansion of the studentbody has resulted in larger and more campusorganizations, including the new campusInternet radio station and the growingstudent newspaper, The Blue & GreyToday. “The types of programs havechanged,” White said, “because there isnow a wider variety of interests amongst thestudents. Students are partaking in moreevents, both scheduled and spontaneous.”Blazer Radio, the College’s student-runInternet radio station established in2005 thanks to equipment and trainingdonated by Baltimore NPR affiliateWYPR/WYPF 88.1 FM, is perhaps amongThere’s a vibrancy oncampus that I’venever seen before.Olivia White, Ph.D.Vice President for Student Life andDean of Studentsthe best examples of how a larger studentbody has benefited not only student life byproviding opportunities for students, butalso has enhanced the academic program.More than 40 student disc jockeys, many ofthem communications majors, went on airin the spring 2007 semester. The stationhas provided not only a popular activity andentertainment for students, but also a veryvaluable learning opportunity.“It has given our students an opportunityto get hands-on experience in radio broadcastingthat we have never been able tooffer before,” said Hood journalism professorDonna Bertazzoni. “It has been greatfor the students and the communicationarts program.”Similarly, the student newspaper hasgrown, from a handful of students a yearago to a staff of more than 30 that includeseditors, writers, photographers and businessand promotions managers that would rivalsome daily newspapers. And, in this case,quantity, combined with the growing andmore stable staff, has led to quality, accordingto Bertazzoni. “Any time you have alarger staff you have a much better opportunityto have a more diverse set of articlesthat are of higher quality,” Bertazzoni said.“The fact is ... the quality of the work theyare doing has gone up.”

Summer 2007Hood Magazine 15C A M P U S L I F EThe need and the desire among studentsfor more social activities and entertainmenthave grown, too. Miller oversees the CampusActivities Board, the student organizationthat helps plan and execute a majority of thestudent-run events throughout the year,including traditional Hood events such as“welcome back” for students in the fall,Family Weekend, “Fright Night” forHalloween, coffeehouses and making preexam“goodie” bags, as well as events such asperformances by hypnotists, comedians andbands on the residential quadrangle, in TheLoft and in the Whitaker Atrium. Big screenmovie nights are also held in Rosenstock HallAuditorium and in the Hodson OutdoorTheatre.One person who has seen the changes frommultiple perspectives is Danielle Allen ’05,M.B.A. ’07, assistant women’s basketballcoach and graduate residence director ofMeyran Hall. Allen is one of only a handfulof people who experienced Hood in herundergraduate career as both a women’s collegeand a fully coeducational institution. ThePennsylvania native has also seen the associatedgrowth of the College student body fromthe perspective of a staff member.“People are enthusiastic,” Allen said,“because there are so many more things to getexcited about.”Out of necessity, things have changed inthe residence halls. All residence halls exceptShriner Hall are now coed residences anddesignated floors are coed as well, exceptfloors with only one restroom and showerarea, as is the case in Memorial and Smithhalls and certain wings of Coblentz Hall.Each hall still has a president and housecouncil; GRDs like Allen reside in each residencehall and work with undergraduate residentassistants who are assigned to each floorin each hall.Because more students are living on campusthan at any time in Hood’s history, theCollege has leased apartments off campus forthe second straight year. In 2002, the residencehalls were two-thirds full, with 420students living on campus. Four years later,and after making room for 20 additional students,the residence halls housed 658 womenand men. In the 2006-07 academic year theCollege leased five two-bedroom apartmentsnearby to house 20 juniors and seniors. Inthe upcoming year, the College will lease10 additional apartments that will house40 more students.Shane McCarrick ’08 finds time to play a pick-up game of volleyball with friends on Hood’s residential quad.The increase in students has also led tochallenges with parking, making finding aspace difficult during peak times. About 40additional parking spaces have been addedaround campus over the past few summers,and the board of trustees at its June meetingapproved the construction of a 160-space lotthat will be ready by winter.The new spaces will bring the availableparking spaces to about 923, including thoseon campus and on nearby Rosemont,Ferndale, Evergreen and Magnolia avenues,which Rick Puller, director of campus safetyand security, believes will be adequate.Beginning last year, neighbor FrederickMemorial Hospital began allowing Hoodstudents to use its parking deck after 4 p.m.weekdays.Allen attests to the changing atmosphereon campus. “The campus has diversified inmore ways than one,” Allen said. “Not only“It is more lively andthere’s something goingon all the time.”have the demographics of the residence hallschanged but the overall atmosphere on campushas been transformed. It is more livelyand there’s something going on all the time.”And in the process, students are growing—together.That growth has led to the expansion ofstudent support and resources and includesleadership development training for studentgroups, through programs such as thoseoffered in the Center for Leadership andService.“Successful programming leads to studentsatisfaction,” Miller said, “which in turn leadsto retention and greater interest.“It’s been about the students,” Miller said,“and what our students have done in makingthis transition work. If not for them, wewouldn’t be where we are today.” ■Danielle Allen ’05, M.B.A. ’07Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach andGraduate Residence Director of Meyran Hall

16 Hood Magazine www.hood.edu/magazineA T H L E T I C SSophomore midfielder Bryan Lentz and the men’s lacrosse team play one of the most challenging schedules in NCAA Division III, which includesan annual contest against national powerhouse Salisbury University.Athletics programs growing, moving to new levelsBy Adrienne Gonzales, Sports Information DirectorGrowth in the student body over thepast four years has been steady and swift.But for the athletics department, perhapsmore than any other department or divisionon campus, the growth was moreswift than steady. It had to be.Soon after the board of trustees’October 2002 decision to make theCollege fully coeducational, AthleticDirector Gib Romaine knew that addingathletics teams to Hood’s NCAA offeringswas not an option, but an imperative.When Romaine studied formerwomen’s colleges that became coeducationalto increase enrollment, he foundthat a key ingredient for success inrecruiting more students—women andmen—was to improve and grow theathletics and recreational programs.“We knew we had to add teams, bothmen and women, to enhance and increaseenrollments,” Romaine said. “Every athleticdirector I talked to said expandingtheir athletics programs was the key tosuccess. It was part of every plan forcoeducation.”Today, Hood’s athletics programs havegrown from seven women’s teams and 99athletes, to 11 women’s teams and eightmen’s teams and more than 240 athletes.Hood currently offers 19 intercollegiateDivision III NCAA sports for menand women. In 2002, Hood competed injust seven NCAA women’s sports andwas a member of the former AtlanticWomen’s Colleges Conference. With 18AWCC titles in basketball, tennis, softball,field hockey and swimming over thepast 12 years behind them, Hood’s 11women’s teams will join Hood’s eightmen’s athletic programs in the CapitalAthletic Conference this year.Hood’s entry into the highly competitiveCAC, comprised of college athleticteams from Maryland, Virginia,Pennsylvania, Delaware and Washington,D.C., is yet another opportunity toenhance the athletic program, accordingto Romaine. “We hope that this movewill help our student-athletes heightentheir level of competition as we continueto grow as a college,” Romaine said.Romaine, whose career in collegiateathletics spans more than four decades,has been at the helm of the Hood athleticdepartment since September 2002, theyear before Hood became fully coeducationaland added its first men’s NCAAteams. Through growth, he has seen anevolution in the athletics department thatis still underway.99 Student-Athletesat Hood in 2002-03vs.At the top of that list is upgrading andadding to the athletic facilities, includingGambrill Gymnasium, which has beenserving the College for 56 years but nolonger meets the needs of the athleticdepartment. Each year upgrades arebeing made to the Thomas AthleticFields, which host women’s and men’ssoccer and lacrosse, women’s field hockeyand softball. Other teams use off-campusfacilities, most notably women’s andmen’s basketball, both of which will thisyear play their home games at nearbyGov. Thomas Johnson High Schoolbecause their home court in Gambrill istoo small and unusable for NCAAgames.Romaine leads a chorus of believers inthe need for a new, larger athletic facility,which the board of trustees has identifiedas a priority for fund raising in the nearterm. In addition to providing a muchneededvenue for competition, trainingand practice, contemporary and wellappointedathletics and recreation facilitiesare increasingly popular on collegecampuses and have become essential toolsin attracting and recruiting students,non-athletes and athletes alike.“There is a trend today toward recreationthat we have to follow,” Romainesaid. “Today’s students are likely to havehad high school facilities that are equal toor better than that of the colleges or universitiesthey will attend, and their expectationsare high. Well-equipped facilitieshave become part of what they not onlyexpect but need.” ■240Student-Athletes at Hood in 2006-07

Is Hood College affordable?You bet it is.But don’t take our word for it. ThePrinceton Review, U.S. News & WorldReport and Kiplinger’s magazinesconsistently give Hood high marks foracademic quality, generous merit- andneed-based financial support forits students.So what does this mean? Because ofthe numerous scholarships, generousaid awards and financing options,the out-of-pocket expenses for Hoodfamilies are often much less than thefull tuition and fees, and can be verycompetitive with that of moststate schools.Visit www.hood.edu/finaid for moreinformation about financing options tohelp fund a Hood College education.“ONE OF THE BEST COLLEGESIN THE NORTHEASTERNREGION FOR 2006”THEPRINCETONREVIEW“ONE OF AMERICA’S BESTCOLLEGES IN 2007”U.S.NEWS&WORLDREPORT“ONE OF THE TOP VALUES INPRIVATECOLLEGESIN2007”KIPLINGER’SKnow of any college-bound studentswho might be interested in Hood?Have them contact us.Undergraduate Admissions: (301) 696-3400 • admissions@hood.eduGraduate Admissions: (301) 696-3600 • gofurther@hood.eduToll Free: (800) 922-1599

Commencement2007

Scenes from Commencement: (Opposite page, clockwise from top right) Honorarydegree recipient Homer Carhart enjoys a moment with President Volpe and commencementspeaker Sheilah Kast, who also received an honorary degree; Sean Robine holds his degree high;John McCutcheon ’04, Carmen Sanders, Mark McCutcheon and Derrick Harrigan celebratetogether; the Whye family—Christina, Nathan, Valerie and Angelica—are all ’07 grads; ReneeBourassa receives an embrace from a friend; Vivian Chao smiles with flowers and diploma inhand; and Dallas Miller on her way to line up for the ceremony.(This page, clockwise from top right) Tiffany White, who earned her master’s degree, poseswith her mother, Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students Olivia G. White, Ph.D.;Jackie Stielper waves to the camera; Professors Genevieve Gessert and Jennifer Ross share amoment with Jason Comegna; Amy Gross smiles as her daughter Elizabeth holds her diploma;Isabelle Nana earned two bachelor’s degrees; and Sarah Fortney smiles in celebration.ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT PRIZE WINNERSWhitney Anne TrettienBradley Allen StotelmyerJeffrey Dale GeyerDegrees Awarded to 449 at Commencement 2007Bachelor’s and master’s degrees were awarded to 449 graduates at Hood College May 19 on theresidential quadrangle, with WYPR/WYPF 88.1 FM’s radio personality Sheilah Kast delivering thecommencement address.Robert N. Funk, Ph.D., provost and dean of the faculty, presented bachelor’s degrees to 246 undergraduates.Francis Sweeney, Ph.D., dean of the graduate school and associate professor of education,presented 203 graduate students with master’s degrees.Hood College President Ronald J. Volpe, Ph.D., presided at the ceremony that included more than2,300 attendees, including local dignitaries, Hood faculty, guests, graduates and their families andfriends. Kast addressed the graduates about the importance of aligning, evaluating and applying theirnoble ideas and continuously combining those ideas with action.Volpe presented an honorary doctor of humane letters degree to Kast for her journalistic commitmentto Maryland politics, policy, science, history, arts and culture; and to Homer W. Carhart, a longtimefriend of Hood, for his service to the College, particularly the music and thanatology departments.

Reunion2007Hood alumnae and alumnicelebrate and reconnect.A L U M N A EA W A R DR E C I P I E N T S(Clockwise from above)Distinguished Alumna AwardSusan Gearey Van Pelt ‘79Distinguished Alumna AwardJudith Stohr Gavaler ‘61Excellence in Alumnae orAlumni Service AwardErma Stull Grove ‘44Outstanding Recent Alumna AwardCarol Deck Montoya ‘941.2.Some members of the Class of 1957sported their original blue Blazersat Reunion 2007.3.

Warm temperatures and sunshine welcomedalumnae, alumni, family members, friends andguests to the campus June 1-3 for ReunionWeekend 2007.In addition to reuniting and reminiscing with classmates throughCollege sessions, campus tours and annual events such as the Alumnaeand Alumni Luncheon, class dinners and Strawberry Breakfast, alumswere also able to reconnect to the campus and create new memories.President Ronald J. Volpe, Ph.D., updated alums in a State of theCollege Address Saturday morning; the milestone classes of ’57 and ’82were honored, distinguished alums were recognized, class photos weretaken and class meetings were held Saturday afternoon; and the weekendconcluded with a chapel service Sunday morning.1. Members of the Class of 1942 Edna Alice Cramer Hoffman and Jean Brown Forster.2. Some of the Class of 1967 who attended Reunion are (left to right): Beth CostelloHobby, Ruth Conger Crespi, Susan Bracken, Gretchen Hahn Anderson, JohannaVanWert Thompson, Ginny Munson Hammell and Martha Williams Harvey.3. Gina Wise Sklar ’97 brought her daughter Kyla and son Camden to Reunionweekend.4. Alums from the Class of 1937 gathered at the Alumnae and Alumni Luncheon (left toright): Elizabeth Austermuhl Lehman, Helene Schmauch Schaeffer, Ruth SwomleyLugar, Marjorie McKee Wilson and Nancy Markey Ackler.5. It was a beautiful day for reminiscing with old friends! Pictured are, left to right:Barbara Arthur Pretzsch ’62, Katharine Baum Wolpe ’61, Ann Corderman Helton ’61and Anita Ranoldo Catron ‘61.6. Conversing with Martha Church (far right), president emerita and chair of the boardof trustees are, left to right: Debbie Diestel Kindred ’80, Mary Ann Driscoll Wiles ’80,M.S. ’98, Betsey Ditto Lillard ’79 and Anne Ricciuti Law ’79.7. Members of the Class of 1997 enjoyed their 10-year Reunion. Pictured, left to right:(front row) Seeta Vaidehi Gowda, Melissa Pagelsen Schmitt, Erin Robertson Weller;(middle row) Gwendolyn Leiter, Gretchen Gasowski Rosencrantz, Marilyn HollowayWhite, Crystal Eyler Madden; (back row) Gina Wise Sklar, Leslie Morgan Szymaszek,Judith Tangum Arsenault, Malecia El-Amin and Amy Boyles Rushing.8. Reconnecting with friends from the Class of 1998 are: (front row) Michelle Marie Witt,Stephanie Gordy Clark, Shina Castain Thompson, Danielle Adgerson Clarke; (backrow) Sally Ann Schaeffer, Tamica Young and Kimberly Newkirk.9. 10. Members of the Class of 1982 (above) and the Class of 1957 (below)joyously process into the Alumnae and Alumni Luncheon.4.5.6.9.7.10.8.

22 Hood Magazine www.hood.edu/magazineClass News and Notes1924Please send your news directly to TammyMcElroy ’05, Assistant Magazine Editor,Hood College, 401 Rosemont Ave., Frederick,MD 21701-8575; (301) 696-3977 or tohoodmagcnews@hood.edu.1925Please send your news directly to TammyMcElroy ’05, Assistant Magazine Editor,Hood College, 401 Rosemont Ave., Frederick,MD 21701-8575; (301) 696-3977 or tohoodmagcnews@hood.edu.1926Please send your news directly to TammyMcElroy ’05, Assistant Magazine Editor,Hood College, 401 Rosemont Ave., Frederick,MD 21701-8575; (301) 696-3977 or tohoodmagcnews@hood.edu.1927Please send your news directly to TammyMcElroy ’05, Assistant Magazine Editor,Hood College, 401 Rosemont Ave., Frederick,MD 21701-8575; (301) 696-3977 or tohoodmagcnews@hood.edu.Our condolences to the family of LouiseBuckingham Noel, who died Nov. 14, 2006.1928Please send your news directly to TammyMcElroy ’05, Assistant Magazine Editor,Hood College, 401 Rosemont Ave., Frederick,MD 21701-8575; (301) 696-3977 or tohoodmagcnews@hood.edu.1929Please send your news directly to TammyMcElroy ’05, Assistant Magazine Editor,Hood College, 401 Rosemont Ave., Frederick,MD 21701-8575; (301) 696-3977 or tohoodmagcnews@hood.edu.Our condolences to the families of EleanorDonnally Rowlands, who died May 13, 2005;Minnie Fisher Seidler, who died May 27, 2005;and Catherine Viele Mitchell, who died Jan. 23,2006, in Frederick.1930Please send your news directly to TammyMcElroy ’05, Assistant Magazine Editor,Hood College, 401 Rosemont Ave., Frederick,MD 21701-8575; (301) 696-3977 or tohoodmagcnews@hood.edu.Our condolences to the families of DorothyLevering Towle, who died Dec. 27, 2006, in SanRafael, Calif.; Marion L. Campbell who diedNov. 26, 2005; and Hilda Hemp Soper whodied Feb. 15, 2007.1931Please send your news directly to TammyMcElroy ’05, Assistant Magazine Editor,Hood College, 401 Rosemont Ave., Frederick,MD 21701-8575; (301) 696-3977 or tohoodmagcnews@hood.edu.1932Please send your news directly to TammyMcElroy ’05, Assistant Magazine Editor,Hood College, 401 Rosemont Ave., Frederick,MD 21701-8575; (301) 696-3977 or tohoodmagcnews@hood.edu.Our condolences to the family of Sarah GrahamShowalter, who died April 1, 1991.1933Please send your news directly to TammyMcElroy ’05, Assistant Magazine Editor,Hood College, 401 Rosemont Ave., Frederick,MD 21701-8575; (301) 696-3977 or tohoodmagcnews@hood.edu.Our condolences to the family of ElizabethPoole Johnson, who died June 22, 2006.1934Please send your news directly to TammyMcElroy ’05, Assistant Magazine Editor,Hood College, 401 Rosemont Ave., Frederick,MD 21701-8575; (301) 696-3977 or tohoodmagcnews@hood.edu.Our condolences to the family of GladysPodmore Lennox, who died Jan. 7, 2007, inNaples, Fla.1935Please send your news directly to TammyMcElroy ’05, Assistant Magazine Editor,Hood College, 401 Rosemont Ave., Frederick,MD 21701-8575; (301) 696-3977 or tohoodmagcnews@hood.edu.Our condolences to the family of Mabel FineDeaney, who died April 12, 2007, in Holland,Mich., with her family present. She was almost94 years old and had remained a faithful alumnaof Hood.1936Lavenia Hargett Marsh600 Schley Ave.Frederick, MD 21702(301) 663-9396I want to give my very best wishes to all of myclassmates and pray for their good health.Eleanor Thomas Bussard writes, “I live inCumberland, just north of Frederick. The locationis just across U.S. 15 from the farm house where Iwas born.” Homewood is a retirement communityof several hundred people, including manyHood alumnae. They enjoy the friendship andactivities. Eleanor reports that she has stayed ingood health. Bee Bomberger Posey is living atMoravian Manor in an apartment. She keeps inclose contact with her family. Bee says she’sslowed down a lot but she wanders. I, LaveniaHargett Marsh, correspond with HelenBrenneman Lesser and send her newspaper clippingsconcerning Hood and our reformed UCCChurch. Helen, in turn, sends them to V.V. WalesPalen. Both are doing well and keep busy. Helenis active with her family and friends in sunnyFlorida. She made the statement, “we are notspring chickens anymore.” I don’t know whereshe got that idea! V.V. writes that she recentlyhad a mini-reunion with Majorie McKee Wilson’37. Her daughter Marcy and husband drove herto the Cape to meet V.V. in South Yarmouth.They all drove to Chatham for lunch and bychance, the new movie “Chatham” was beingfilmed! When V.V. wrote, she was hurrying to gether mail out as she was having four for bridge.She said she and Majorie each walk with canesbut are otherwise “OK.” As for me, Lavenia, I’mgrateful for my health and family popping in andcalling with their caring and love. Bob’s eyes aregone with the exception of a tiny corner of oneeye. It’s so difficult to accept not seeing the familyand what we take for granted. Our youngestgranddaughter transferred to Hood, which makesme very proud. Her older sister received her master’sdegree a few years ago. Our condolences tothe families of A. Elizabeth Dougherty Good,who died Oct. 5, 2006, Anne Lampe Shaffer,who died Oct. 7, 2006 and Mary I. Fleming,who died May 2, 2007.1937Helene Schmauch Schaeffer134 Stratford Village WaySun City Hilton HeadBluffton, SC 29909(843) 705-6111haws@hargray.comOur condolences to the families of Sara MartinMattern, who died March 10, 2007, in Devon,Pa., Betty Strickler Saxman who died May 6,2007; and to Betty Austermuhl Lehman, whosehusband Raymond died July 30, 2006. OurDeadlines for Class ColumnistsAll class reporters should submit their nextcolumns by October 15. You are welcomeand encouraged to continually update theCollege with address changes, job or titlechanges, marriages, births and deaths. Youdo not have to wait until your class column isdue. Please send the information to:Editor, Hood MagazineHood College401 Rosemont Ave.Frederick, MD 21701or e-mail hoodmagcnews@hood.edu

Summer 2007Hood Magazine 23sympathy to the family of Sarah Ely, who passedaway Dec. 11, 2006. Sarah was one of four sistersto attend Hood; only Eunice Ely Smith ’38remains. Condolences also to the families ofHelen VanderBuecken Hammer, who passedaway Dec. 3, 2006, after suffering from a brokenhip; Ditter Witmer Sterner, who passed away inearly February; and Midge McFerran Wuetig,who passed away Dec. 31, 2006. BettyAnderson Blair leads an active life but fears herdriving days are limited due to vision problems.Betty A. Lehman seems to get around despitelimited mobility. In May 2006 she took a cruisealong the intercoastal waterway and in Decembershe crossed the continent to spend Christmaswith 14 family members in San Francisco. Sheplans to attend the reunion with her daughter,Judy Lehman Ballinger ’67. Pat BaldwinHoffmann spent her birthday in the infirmary,suffering from neuralgia, but still had an enjoyableday. Lucene Glock Graham reads manylarge print books and is still interested in the“awful political scene.” Marjorie McKee Wilsonhad three 90th birthday parties! She is assemblingphoto albums for all her family from hundredsof pictures. Her daughters, Sally andNancy, plan to bring her to our 70th reunion.Emilie Miller is now in the assisted living wing atLake Seminole Square. Dottie Rager Miller hasmade a remarkable recovery from serious injuriesshe got in an automobile accident. She sent apicture of her and Hal, taken at a ChristmasHappy Hour at John Knox Village. They both lookgreat; happy and impeccably groomed. RuthSwomley Lugar had a traumatic year in 2006. InApril, she suffered a stroke and in August, sheexperienced blood clots; both required hospitalizationand weeks of therapy. She was saddenedby the deaths of a sister and two brothers. Ourwish is that 2007 will be better for Ruth. RoseWatkins Mott will be unable to attend thereunion because her one and only granddaughterfrom England will be visiting her at that time.Rose sent pictures that indicate she has aged welland is living in beautiful surroundings. MarianGates is very happy in her home in Arlington,Va., and is active in her church. She has only tworelatives—two nieces—living in the state ofWashington. Elizabeth Moseley Hope keeps intouch with Maryland through The BaltimoreSun. She is as interested in Maryland politics aswhen she worked in Congressman ClarenceLong’s office.1938Phoebe Land Matz1010 Waltham St., Apt. H389Lexington, Mass. 02421Please note new address!Jane Harley Gilmore has a couple of big activitiesin her life right now. First is a big wedding forher granddaughter (second, would you believe?There’s a whole new world out there!) The secondis a big 90th birthday celebration her childrenare planning, including their children andhusbands, their grandchildren and about 17 ormore friends from the Carolina shores. Her life isstill active and busy but she has slowed downsome. Mary Louise McGee Hildreth writes thather niece, Barbara Miller, visited her for a week inMarch. She lives in Washington, D.C. Gizz alsotold me that Virginia “Gig” Williams Griewankhas a new address. She did not have the addressbut gave me her telephone number. However,when I tried to call her I got an answeringmachine. Eliza Miller had trouble with her hearingaid and could not get it fixed for a few days,so she could not use the telephone. Now thatshe has gotten used to her retirement home, sheis enjoying it. Gertrude Spoerl Hoyt is still in thenursing home in Nashua. She is doing quite wellbut she tires easily. Her address is 319 DunstableRoad, Apt. 317B, Nashua, NH 03062. Our condolencesto the families of Mildred SmeltzerWeaver, who passed away Nov. 21, 2006, inSeattle, Wash., at the age of 90; Helen MartzCotner, who died March 17, 2007, in Lewisburg,Pa.; and to Frances Buckingham Allis, whosesister, Louise Buckingham Noel ’27, died Nov.14, 2006. As for me, Phoebe Land Matz, I amstill enjoying life in my retirement home. I amnow in New Hampshire and I enjoy that, too.Thanks to all who have written in with news!1939Please send your news directly to TammyMcElroy ’05, Assistant Magazine Editor,Hood College, 401 Rosemont Ave., Frederick,MD 21701-8575; (301) 696-3977 or tohoodmagcnews@hood.edu.Our condolences to the family of Grace HahnKelly, who died Feb. 12, 2007.1940Dorothy Zulick Eister8 Cottage St.Wellesley, MA 02482-6901As reported by her niece, Dr. Helga Binder,Mildred Binder takes great pleasure in hearingthe messages on cards sent to her by friends.They are read to her by a private nurse who takescare of her. Jane Anderson Creager and Johncelebrated their 60th anniversary June 1, 2006,and their children honored them with a lovelyluncheon. Sad to say, three weeks later, Johndeveloped pneumonia and passed away. Ourcondolences to Jane and her family. She has triedto keep busy with club activities, dinner withfriends and trips—Texas for Thanksgiving, Easterwith Bob and Susan, and Bermuda with a neighborin March. Martha Healy says she continuesto be blessed with good health and plenty ofenergy so her days are happy and busy, filledwith family and community activities and goodtimes with long-standing friends of all ages in herlittle Victorian village of Glandon, where she haslived all her life. One of her great nephewsreceived a Christmas gift from the family of afriend who is a freshman at Hood—a baseball capemblazoned “Hood College Men’s Lacrosse,”which she hopes to wear while cheering forHood at a game. She sees Sally MargaretSimmons Doub and Jane Anderson Creager atlunch from time to time. She also stays in touchwith Jane Rose Hume, Laura LambertonHarper, Mary “Diddy” Jones Wise andHenrietta “Hernie” Sheesley Tuck. JosephineReyes Rovira lives in Florida with a daughter,son-in-law and one of her eight grandchildren.Winifred Rider Rood had a successful reunion ofthe immediate Rood family in Virginia with 70participants. The Rider family was invited also.She was in Galveston, Texas, for the Mardi Grasparade and enjoyed seeing the PhiladelphiaMummer’s string band in their distinctive costumes.She welcomed the 19th great-grandchildin June. Jean Storm Fairley reports that she has a“pretty busy life” for her age. She does volunteerwork at the local hospital’s flea market, belongsto a poetry group that meets weekly and a Biblestudy group, goes to exercise class three days aweek, travels a good bit, and thinks she spendsmore time than she should on computer games!Thelma Graham Kula says that her life hasn’tchanged much in recent years. She has been awidow for nine years and still lives in the housethey built in 1952. When she is at home, music,church and reading occupy most of her time butshe still drives to Frederick to visit her son, hiswife and their children—Justin,10, and Rachel, 7.Eileen Leonard Foster went to a fascinatingElderhostel in Jamestown, run by the College ofWilliam and Mary. It was in February, a goodtime to go to be ahead of the crowds of tourists.Jeanne Feaga Baden still lives on her 200-acrefarm where they raise little goats and make hay.Her minor in nutrition at Hood was a stimulus forthe vegetable garden. When her son John Alfredattended William and Mary, he was interested inall varieties of boxwood, which they all love.They’ll have about 10 varieties scattered aroundthe yard. They attend most of the music recitalsand plays at Shenandoah Univ. Joan PouchotDeemer has had a timeshare since 1980 whichgives her the opportunity to go to differentplaces. This time she and a friend went to EdistoIsland, S.C., in March, where she enjoyed itsquiet and beauty, its beach and golf course, andtrips to Charleston and Beaufort. She stays busywith her house, yard, church, clubs, gardens,bridge and golf. Mary Gillan Fish’s grandsonRalph went back into the Army so he and hisfamily no longer live nearby, but she was able tovisit them in upper New York State for her greatgrandsonLiam’s 5th birthday. His little sisterRachael was 1 year old in September and Marywas looking forward to meeting her newestgreat-granddaughter, born in June, when thefamily came for Easter. Our condolences to thefamilies of Beverly Fertig Kabernagel, whodied Jan. 5, 2007, in Rockville, Md., due tostroke complications; and Claire SpelmanGandenberger, who died June 22, 2006, inFresno, Calif. Marjorie Roberts Pursell’s daughter,Ann Louise Pursell Hammond ’62, reportedthat her mom had a fall last year that shatteredher left elbow and left her unable to write. Shesaid Marjorie would like to hear from classmates.As for your reporter, Dorothy Zulick Eister,despite a rather newly acquired need to carry acane when I’m out of the house, I decided totravel to Hood by train for a meeting of classagents for the Annual Funds. It was a great experience.I had a wonderful time! Both Frederickand Hood have grown tremendously and I amhappy to say that with all the great changes oncampus, Hood remains the college we knewas students—helpful, friendly, stimulating andcaring for all.1941Please send your news directly to TammyMcElroy ’05, Assistant Magazine Editor,Hood College, 401 Rosemont Ave., Frederick,MD 21701-8575; (301) 696-3977 or tohoodmagcnews@hood.edu.Our condolences to the family of Ruth GlessnerHagerich, who died Feb. 25, 2007.

24 Hood Magazine1942Jean Brown Forster912 W. Fairmount Ave.State College, PA 16801(814) 238-9470Our condolences to the families of EmilyMarchant Lowe, who died Dec. 30, 2006, inPeabody, Mass.; Janet Cassidy Van Housen,who died March 18, 2007, in Binghamton, N.Y.;and to Jane Taylor Slabaugh, whose husbandCarlyle died Jan. 13, 2007.1943Please send your news directly to TammyMcElroy ’05, Assistant Magazine Editor,Hood College, 401 Rosemont Ave., Frederick,MD 21701-8575; (301) 696-3977 or tohoodmagcnews@hood.edu.Our condolences to the families of Ethel SchaakeFishel, who died Jan. 16, 2007, in Timonium,Md.; and Dorothy Yursik Wagner, who diedFeb. 15, 2007. Jean Kerschner notified theCollege of the death of friend Helen V. Crouse,who died May 25, 2006. Our sympathy also toDoris Burall Fahringer, whose husband Davidpassed away.1944V. Jean Wheatley Hilchuk180 Landover Place, Apt. 374WDLongwood, FL 32750(407) 767-6863jhilchuk@aol.comOur condolences to Marjory StrauserHemingway, whose husband George diedMarch 31, 2006. Dot Ford Krieger and husbandBill were planning a trip to Florida with their kidsbut came down with colds just before they wereto leave. I talked with Margaret “Peg” TraverEmery, who had a knee replaced in March of thisyear and is progressing quite well. She and Al livein Florida during the winter and New Jersey inthe summer. Peg wishes they could spend alltheir time in Florida; their house in New Jerseyhas many steps to the second floor! Her roommate,Flo Brooke Miller, is living in her ownhome and has care givers come in and take careof her. Talked with Helen Eisenhower Mueser,who lives in the same little town of ClintonCorners as Flo. Ike had a knee replacement twoyears ago but she and Al keep busy with dailyactivities. Mary Lou Chorley Touart reports sheis still working with the local newspaper. Her husbandhas been given a new clean slate on hishealth problem. She reports that Marge MuthAlibasah is not doing well. Mary Lou hopes tosee Bev Langhorne Kirill in Maine next summer.I talked with Roberta “Maxie” MaxwellGilfillan, who is quite active with her condoassociation, and Betty Black Newport, whohad a large family reunion over the holidaysand recently planned a dinner party for her 85thbirthday with friends and family. Sadly, she losther husband Charles two years ago and, shortlyafter that, her daughter Dianne was killed afterbeing struck by an automobile while out walking;our condolences to Betty. While at my timesharein North Carolina, I had what they said was aheart attack and was airlifted to the hospital.Become a Legacy at HoodWant to make an impact on the memories of acurrent Hood student? The Ring ScholarshipCommittee is seeking Hood rings to give tocurrent students as part of the Legacy RingProgram. The ring recipients will be selectedbased on an application essay, grade point averageand service to Hood. Deserving Hoodstudents will be given your ring as a legacy ring,which will have your graduation year on it.Not ready to part with that ring yet?You can be a part of the Ring tradition by making a contribution to the Ring ScholarshipFund, separate from your Annual Funds donations. These donations will be used to givedeserving students full or partial scholarships toward the purchase of their rings.To learn more about the program, please contact Anita Juliano Harvey ’80 by phoneat (724) 272-3197 or by e-mail at alumoffice@hood.eduMy dear Hood friends Millie Easterbrook Patzigand her husband came to the hospital and tookme to their home for two days and then put meon a plane so I could fly back to Orlando. BettyPickell Cleaver reports that she belongs to severalclubs, one for bridge and the other for sewing.However, the sewing club has become a socialclub and they don’t sew anymore at themeetings!1945Georgia Dyer Burnett7107 Bay Front Drive, Apt. 225Annapolis, MD 21403(410) 216-6645Edith Moore Fleischer went to San Francisco tovisit her third great-grandchild Ben.1946Jane Seymour Wilson2921 Deer Hollow Way, #411Fairfax, VA 22031-6044jw101224@cox.netIn December 2006 we lost two classmates: MaryLower Daniel and Delavan Rawlins Bowen.Those of us who were at reunion in June 2006were shocked that Delly, who was in fine healththen, passed away just six months later. Our condolencesto both of their families, and to the familyof Margaret Hecht Rapf, who died Jan. 1,2006. Our condolences to Sarah ThomasAllnutt, whose husband Benoni died June 12at the Nightingale House senior care facility inGaithersburg, Md. Mary Umbarger Corddryclaims to have been “nowhere of consequence”lately but she’s still writing for the Harford LandTrust, working to preserve farmland, and is activein the Peace Committee of the Quaker FriendsMeeting. Nancy Andrews Hastings, movinginto the digital age, is enjoying a steady diet ofmusic of the ’40s via a satellite radio in her car.She recommends reading “City of Falling Angels”by John Berendt—a look at the city of Venice andits inhabitants. Anne Nelson Bagwell is busywith many clubs, volunteering at the hospital,church activities and socializing. Her six grandchildrenare “all great achievers.” She hopessome Hoodlums will stop by Onancock, Va.,when passing through the Eastern Shore.Eleanor Gambrill Bowers writes, “Pete and I arestill dividing our time between Frederick andFlorida. Last fall we were lucky enough to spendtwo wonderful weeks in Provence. We have threenew great-grandchildren for a total of 10 and areenjoying our new top floor condo digs in downtownFrederick. Life has been good.” Mary LouHartman Sherk has moved to a retirement communityjust two miles from Lebanon, allowingher to continue her community activities there.Her address is: P.O. Box 125, 8020 GatehouseLane, Cornwall, PA 17016. She has two supergrandkids: 7-year-old Alana and 18-year-oldRachel. Mary Grivakis Mallis and husband havedownsized to a rancher. They have recentlybecome great-grandparents. Of their 10 grandchildren,six have graduated from college, threeare in college and one finishes high school thisyear. Sara Robinson Bitler says that, by the timeyou read this, she will be completely recoveredfrom a fall that left her with back pain. Travel hasbeen curtailed but it sounds like she is busywatching her grandchildren play tennis andlacrosse. Ann Brandenburg Walsh still works fulltime at the Webb Institute Library and managesto see Broadway plays, N.Y.C. museums and goon trips with the Long Island HorticulturalSociety. Although I cannot match Eleanor forgreat-grandchildren, we do have five. In spite ofliving in a condo, I manage to continue gardenrelatedactivities. At the moment, I’m lookingforward to a trip to see some award-winningPennsylvania gardens. Thank you for your repliesto my requests for news. If you have e-mail, youcan make this job much easier for me by sendingme your e-mail address.

Summer 2007Hood Magazine 251947Catharine Smith Dunn1410 Stokes Park RoadBethlehem, PA 18017(610) 691-5653kittysmithdunn@yahoo.comTurning 80 must make it difficult for classmatesto send news! I thank the ones who responded tomy plea for news. Mark Neiman reports hismother, Elizabeth “Bette” Bishop Waterhouse,is doing well in her home in Deland, Fla. Heencourages anyone in the area to stop for a visitwith her. Call him at (386) 717-8668 so he canarrange a meeting. Audrey Callaway Asburyhad a big surprise 80th birthday party in January.Her daughter made a timeline contrasting “history”with “herstory”! Betty Graf Smith celebratedher middle daughter’s 50th birthday, with herother four children coming from as far away asCalifornia, Oregon and Maryland! They had anearly Thanksgiving! Phyllis Peak Sullivan and herhusband celebrated their 25th wedding anniversaryat Williamsburg and had their annual familysummer vacation at the Outer Banks. They alsoenjoyed an Elderhostel in Newport, R.I., and twoin Florida—one at Sanibel Island and one at KeyLargo. At home they keep busy watching theirseven grandchildren in their various school activities.Renie Quynn Collmus spent her firstChristmas in Germany and Austria with daughterCathy and family. Her granddaughter, RachelCollmus ’05, is teaching English in Lesotho withthe Peace Corps. She walks 1 1 /2 miles to herschool and her hut has no plumbing or electricitybut she does have her own private outhouse!Peggy Thumma Startzman reported a trip toUniv. of Nebraska for “Parents’ Weekend” fortheir granddaughter who is a freshman there.Mel Weir Peter is moving to a new apartment inShaker Heights in May and has three grandchildrengraduating in June. She spends some timein Naples, Fla., playing golf and bridge but likesto be up north in the summer time. She will begoing to Martha’s Vineyard in July. Mel alsoreports that Lois Glatthar Mapes has moved toa retirement community in Chagrin Falls and theysee each other occasionally. She has six greatgrandchildrenand 12 grandchildren. Can anyonebeat that record? Mel also reported thatElizabeth “Jonesie” Jones Hesse is taking a tripto England over reunion time. Our condolencesto the families of Mary “Mert” KinsmanMonroe, who died Dec. 21, 2006; ElizabethBrewer Battey, who died Jan. 12, 2007, inDanbury, Conn.; Jane A. Bennett, who diedNov. 12, 2006; Elizabeth Groft Sell, whose husbandJ. Robert passed away March 23, 2004; andto Eleanor Sigler Gilbert, whose husbandGeorge died Sept. 28, 2006. As for your reporter,I am anticipating a trip to China in May as part ofthe Lehigh Univ. Choral Arts Group. We aresinging four concerts in Beijing, Xian, Nankingand Shanghai, and then will take a four-daycruise on the Yangtze River. Meanwhile, on thehome front, I’ve been kept busy doing taxes forAARP, visiting CASA children, reading with schoolkids and enjoying my 1-year-old great-grandsonwho has been living with me (with his parents)since November. The Hood Magazine will printour news in both issues so if you want to seesomething from the Class of ’47, you have toprovide it!1948Elizabeth Benchoff Page603 S. Main St.Woodstock, VA 22664After moving three times in one year, Ginny BareFrancis writes that they are back in Clinton, N.Y.,with their family; they still enjoy their camp in theAdirondacks. Janet Beck Agnew and Bert visitedGinny Mansfield Alm and Bob in Florida at theVillages and Betty Paterson Reims in PompanoBeach. Janet enjoys weekly e-mails withGretchen Groff Duncan. Shirley Benson Riceand John enjoy winters in Miami, Fla., near theirdaughter and family. Lunched with BarbaraHeiss Jackson, her daughter, and Elsa EggersHauswald and John in Okeechobee, Fla.; seemedstrange to read in their Farmville, Va., newspaperthat Hood College had played basketball withHampden-Sydney College. H-S is still all male.“My roomie bloomie” was Phyl Muir Richter’snickname for Bette Blome Winyall. Betteexpressed sadness at news of Phyl’s death. Betteand Milt love their family gatherings. Milt’s twocorneal transplants enable him to drive and readagain. Family and friends helped Anne ChaneyMesmer celebrate the big 80 in February. Annerequested no gifts; just a song, dance, poem,story and pictures. Ted played the recorder whilethe hostess sang “Back Home in Indiana.” FromCoup’s house the good news is her recovery fromher third case of pneumonia in two years. KayCouper Watrous and son Peter planned toattend daughter Janet’s installation as rector ofThe Prince of Peace Episcopal Church in Apex,N.C. Sad news is return of cancer to her beloveddog, Bouvier, BRIGIE. Pat Maricle Taggart spent10 days with Coup the end of summer 2006 atthe farm. In April, Corky Edwards Shulmanentertained her four adult offspring and spousesat The Lodge at Ko-ele on Lanai, her favoritevacation spot in the islands. Nat is unable to travelso family and friends visit them in Kaneohe.The “Folksies” still gather for get-togethers in theEast. Much aloha to you, Corky! Elsa EggersHauswald and John winter in Lake Ashton, Fla.,and summer in Ocean City, Md. Winter findsNancy Eggleston Fraser doing Nordic andalpine skiing, switching to hiking the other seasons.She and Howard like gardening and cookingand visiting back and forth to Denver withtheir daughter and son. Another son is in NewHampshire. Louise Friedrich McCorkindale andDon have moved into an “Independent Living”apartment, still in Chatham. They have threeexposures so can enjoy sunrises and sunsets.Freddie and our late Phyl Muir Richter attendedthe same church and Phyl is missed. Still maintainingher home, although physically limited attimes, keeps Isabel Gill Mizel going. She missestraveling but is grateful for what she has and cando. So true for many of us, Izzy! Her two granddaughtersare working in Hawaii. Jaynie GillisdeConstant moved before Christmas to NorthHampton, N.H., into a carriage house attached toher son’s house. She volunteers in her grandchildren’sclassrooms and is involved in an onlinenewspaper called “Rye Reflections.” Peg GreenLebherz and husband have moved back toFrederick after residing in Catonsville, Md., for 46years. Their children and grandchildren arespread over the country from Virginia toCalifornia and spots in between. She writes,“so much for being surrounded by family.”Marcia Gurwitt Wofsey writes that she had hipreplacement surgery in November and Bob hadtriple by-pass in August 2006. They are recoveringnicely. They enjoyed a family weekend inVermont where the temperature was 13 below.They thawed out in Longboat Key, Fla. BarbaraHeiss Jackson moved to an independent livingvillage in May 2006. Her porch, which sheenjoys, overlooks a lake. Barb is working on theseventh bed quilt for her seventh (and last)grandchild. Elaine Henderson Cortelyou writesthey spent Easter in Raleigh, N.C., with theirdaughter, then on to Outer Banks for R&R. InFebuary, they spent 10 days with their youngerdaughter in Atlanta. They meet Midge BlakeneyFilmyer and Bill occasionally for lunch. In theirspare time, they enjoy their river and retirement.Joy Hollinger Myerly and Dick are enjoying theirlife in Hendersonville, N.C. They support andattend music programs and concerts. Dick is awoodworker and Joy is a weaver and needleworker.(Please stop and see me, Joy, the next timeyou head north to visit your 101-year-old mother!)On a trip to Peru, Chile, and Argentina,Katsy Maguire Rafferty had a bag “lost”enroute from L.A. to Lima. When she did collectit, all her clothes and one shoe had been stolenand replaced with someone else’s. A tour memberlent a T-shirt and now Katsy has a T-shirt fromeach country. Other than being wardrobe-challenged,it was a great trip! In May 2006, four ofthe Hoodlum “folksies” went on a river bargeexcursion from Memphis to St. Louis—AnnBarnum Connellee and Bill, Pat Beall Snaderand Stu, Janet Beck Agnew and Bert, and GinnyMansfield Alm and Bob. The Agnews andConnellees visited the Alms in Florida in February.Ginny says she and Bob were fortunate to escapeany damage from the tornado that struck centralFlorida Feb. 1. Mary McClain O’Connell saystheir best news is that she and Dan are stillaround and “perking.” They are located midpointbetween San Antonio and Austin wheretheir sons are living. Mac still plays tennis threetimes a week. The lakes and “Hill County” ofTexas are lovely. They hope to make their annualjaunt to Vermont and New Hampshire inSeptember. Mary Gordon Dunham ’47 and Phillive nearby and it is great fun getting togetherwith them. Within three months after Georgedied in May 2005, Terry Montrastell Meier soldtheir home of 53 years and moved into a new,smaller house nearer to daughter Liz and herfamily. She has taken a few trips and plans more.Jean Neel Perkins still sings in church and forweddings. After Hood, she sang in light opera (alot) and concerts. She has lived all her married lifein the Far East and retired to Chico, Calif. BeforeBob died in 2005, they planned to move toCorpus Christi, which Jean did. She left in Marchto join her two boys sailing down to Guatemalato explore Los Dolces River. Jean Oliver Reymerwas looking forward to a quarterly luncheon withthe Hood Gals and Associates. They are MaryFrances Six Copenhaver, Jean LeaderEisenhart, Polly Smith Moyer and Clay, andJean’s husband Bob. Way to go, Gals! NancyO’Neill Carignan’s biggest event in 2006 wasthe gift of a trip to Ireland from her daughterNanette Carignan Markey ’79. Nancy playsbridge with Peg Smith Bourland ’49, M.A. ’77Pat Swearingen Nicodemus ’49, and Betty

26 Hood Magazine www.hood.edu/magazineLanahan Pannier ’49. She also keeps in touchwith roommates Sue Cartier James and SunnyRuby Hocutt. Betty Paterson Reims spent summer2006 selling her “old cider mill” and movinginto a condo just three miles away. Janet BeckAgnew visited Betty in February. Betty missed thebarge trip with the “folksies” because of a cruisewith her oldest daughter. After Christmas 2006 inBoise with her youngest, Dottie Peel Scogginsreturned home and ended up in the hospital.First it was pneumonia, then a bleeding ulcer. InFebruary, they found cancer. She started radiationand chemo Apr. 16 and she planned to be allwell in six weeks. Dottie says there is no time tobe sick. She enjoys volunteer work, luncheonsand traveling. Good wishes in your recovery,Dottie! Our sincere sympathy to Doris ReiningerDeHart on the death of her beloved son Jeff to amassive heart attack. Doris writes that a visit fromShirley Benson Rice and John to help her alongtoward accepting Jeff’s death was a wonderfuland appreciative gesture on their part. Dorisagrees that ’48 was then and is now the best!Since George’s death in 2005, Louise “Tootie”Renninger Rittenhouse, after 23 years of caregiving,is freer to take classes at their township’sadult school—mostly classes in politics, art or literature.In May 2006, her son Peter and his wifeand Tootie took a trip to Sicily where they renteda house and car. George and Tootie had traveledall over the world, so she was ready to go again.Best news: her granddaughter, Rebecca Dupont’07, graduated from Hood in May. Rebecca is thedaughter of Elizabeth “Beth” L. Rittenhouse’74. Tootie had a phone call from Mary Betz,Shirley Jean Davis’ sister, informing Tootie thatShirley died in early March of Alzheimer’s. Tootieand S.J. were roommates for four years. Our sinceresympathy is extended to Shirley’s family.Barbara Rodgers Schlegel, our only Canadian,lives in Calgary. Her four children and threegrandchildren also live there. Rodge and her husbandare in good health. He still has a few businessactivities and Rodge is learning to paint, gardenand enjoy springtime in the Rockies. Shegoes to Banff often for lunch and enjoys seeingthe mountains there as well as from her frontwindow. (My mountains are the Massanutten inVa., and I see them daily from my kitchen in thebeautiful Shenandoah Valley!) Sunny RubyHocutt is grateful that she and Lee have these“golden” years together. Jamestown, R.I., is alovely island which they are happy to call home.Tennis is still her sport and she was looking forwardto tennis friends arriving home from Florida.Sunny sent a wonderful quote from Mark Twainabout old age: “It’s a question of mind over matter.If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” JoySilvis Keasey goes to Florida for four to sixmonths since retiring from teaching 20 yearsago. Now that she is a widow, her sons drive herdown and she keeps a car there. Nan SmithMartino was preparing to file taxes for familyand a few friends when she wrote, and was startingseeds in the basement for her garden. Allthree children live nearby, none currently married,and no grandchildren (which Nan seems tothink makes her unique). She attended the“Messiah” concert in 2005 at Hood and wasimpressed with the blend of nostalgia (old traditionsfaithfully observed), modern facilities andsincere optimism of the staff. Always good tohear about Hood! No longer traveling abroadsince her cancer diagnosis in 2003, PeggyThacher Goering and her husband are enjoyingriver barge trips, having been on the Ohio andLower Mississippi rivers. In August, they will takea barge from Pittsburgh to Louisville. In June theyplanned to attend Music Week at MohonkMountain House in New York, with their wholefamily (11 of them). M.T. WeissbachOberholtzer-Smith will be chairing our 60thnext year. (More info will be forthcoming fromHood.) M.T. had her 6th hip replacement lastNovember, which made them late going toFlorida this year. They see Midge BlakeneyFilmyer frequently in Philadelphia. In September,the Filmyers visited the Smiths in Maine. M.T.’soldest granddaughter begins college inSeptember. In February, Ginny Yeckley Diehl’sfamily hosted an open house to honor her 80years. Despite it being a horrible, icy day, 200guests attended. Ginny says best of all was havingher four sons and their families with her atthe same time. Many more happy years, Ginny!Sara Robinson Bitler ’46 attended the funeral ofEloise “Sis” Morgan Mullen in Raleigh. She metSis’ daughter-in-law, Cindy French Mullen, who isa good friend of mine from Woodstock. Cindyand Grigg live in Lexington where he teaches atVMI. Our condolences to the families of MarthaRudisill Killian, who died March 5, 2007, and toLouise Ford Ralph whose cousin, ElizabethPoole Johnson ’33, died June 22, 2006. Thankyou, dear classmates, for your wonderfulresponse. I wish I could have included all yournews. We will be “nudging” you again inSeptember. My news is simply that I am veryhappy being back home. The Shenandoah Valleyis beautiful all year! I had a great reunion withJean Herman Walker and Wade in September2005 in La Quinta, Calif. Herm is still singing andher voice is lovely still.1949Pauline Toms Flanagan108 N. 2nd St.Woodsboro, MD 21798-8306(301) 845-8683Our condolences to the family of Patricia ColesMongeau, who died Nov. 6, 2006, inHaddonfield, N.J.1950Jean Righter Bolle2552 E. Alameda Ave.Denver, CO 80209-3324(303) 777-7617Thanks to all who responded to my plea fornews. You all did so well that I have enoughmaterial for almost two columns! Our condolencesto Carolyn Maurer Bender, whose husbandCharles died July 4, 2006. Our sympathy toBarbara Bagley Moule, whose husband Bill diedlast year. Baggie is doing well with the help of herdaughters. She enjoyed a visit from BettyLePatourel Powell and Lew when they visitedon their way to a vacation in the South Seas. Anice long letter came from Shirley Harold Hall.After caring for Bill for 13 years as he struggledwith Parkinson’s, she is now adjusting to livingalone since his death last year. Her children arefairly close by and she has five grandchildren intheir 20s. She is still actively involved in a varietyof craft projects, including teaching porcelainpainting. Since Barbara Davis Ebersole andGene live right across the street, Scottie seesthem often. She and Barbara Holsberg Longand Betty LePatourel Powell shared a condo inJersey this summer. Polly Harvey Dunn keepsbusy in her Quaker retirement community andspends summers at the family cottage in Mt.Gretna. The many Chautauqua programs thereoffer a variety of activities. A great letter fromBarbara Jacobs Rowland tells of six grandchildrennow in high school and college. Barb andher husband Bob are active in their church andBarb chaired the town’s “Speak Up” program,sponsored by the League of Women Voters. Theirtravels covered Hawaii, Scandinavia and St.Petersburg, Russia. Joanne Jarrett Sullivan isdelighted that her second granddaughter hasbeen accepted at Hood. Actually, the Collegesought her out, as she is an outstanding student.Joanne and John spent their usual two months inFlorida last winter avoiding the weather inVirginia. Mary Maclay Zimmerman sent a beautifulpicture of the wisteria-laden pergola outsideher apartment at the Masonic Village where shelives. She had a wonderful trip which started inPortland, Ore., and traveled over three rivers, followingthe journey of Lewis and Clark. Our condolencesto Nancy Nichols Janoch, whose“wonderful, compassionate and creative” daughterMindy died in an accident last year. IsabellePoladian Merl continues with her painting andalso exercises daily. Larry is retired and is writinghis autobiography. Their oldest grandchild isspending her junior year in Italy; the second oldestattends the Univ. of Maryland; the othersrange from elementary school to high school. JoyAnn Rollka Chavent missed the Snowbirds’Luncheon in Florida due to illness. Her grandsonenters Bates this fall and her granddaughterenters Princeton, her grandfather’s alma mater.Joy Ann wonders if anyone remembers the recipefor Slum Gullion from our Hood days? MargySelsam Holmquist and Fritz continue their volunteerwork in addition to their extensive travels,including Italy, Switzerland, Austria, England, theCanadian Rockies, plus Williamsburg andPennsylvania locally. Janet Wheelock Lamontgives her year at Hood the credit for awakeningher to the possibilities of a great education. Dueto illness she finished college at Boston Univ.,where she met her husband, Bill. They have threechildren, seven grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren.They travel a lot but love Texas.1951Betsy McCain McAlpine7207 Warbler LaneMcLean, VA 22101(703) 893-3893Duffy McDonald Ftikas and Betsy discoveredthat through their churches, they both makesandwiches for the homeless served by Martha’sTable in Washington, D.C. Duffy also cooks hotmeals for Whitman Walker. Diane BruhwerBischoff was a volunteer at St. Francis Hospitalon Long Island until a series of health problems,beginning with quintuple by-pass surgery in2000, put her in the patient category. Despite, orbecause of, the problems, she keeps going byplaying golf, traveling and enjoying her longtimefriends in the area. She’s lived in the same house

Summer 2007Hood Magazine 27for 44 years. Diane’s son Eric lives in New YorkCity, as does her daughter Beth, a professionalphotographer. Her daughter Lisa is still in Virginiaraising horses. Ann Cummings den Tex volunteersat the Mystic Seaport, transcribing old shiplogs onto a computer for use as reference forresearch, genealogy and history. She is also onthe Community Foundation of SoutheasternConnecticut. Ann enjoys botanical painting classes.Mary Lou Hoffman Huff has served for eightyears on the Highland Hospital Foundationboard, working on fund raising and development.The hospital is part of the Univ. ofRochester system so it has access to its high technology.Mary Lou retired as a treasurer at ScotResources and keeps in touch with AnnCummings den Tex. Sally Weaver Langie stilluses a cane as a result of her fall in February2005, so physical activities are limited but shecares for a disabled friend by organizing bridgesessions and get-togethers. Her daughterRoberta Langie VanWinkle ’83 and 5-year-oldHailey live nearby. Adele works for a New YorkCity firm that plans lectures for CEO types withcommon interests. Lois Vars Mason is serving onthe Dean of the School of Pharmacy’s committeeto study options for a new bio-tech building atthe Univ. of Rhode Island. She also serves on theoversight committee for “Warm Shelter,” a groupaiding the homeless. Lorrie Holland Ashman, asbefits the wife of a physician, has always beenactive in related fields. She served as president ofthe American Medical Association Alliance and iscurrently working with autistic children. She stillvolunteers for fund collections. Though there arethe usual illnesses, Lorrie is fully recovered froman earlier cancer. Two of her children, with theirfamilies, will be living near Virginia Beach, sothere will be more grandchildren in the area.Lorrie and Duffy have both visited Anne TetlowIvey in North Carolina and Lorrie hopes to seeBarbara Henderson Perlman when Barbara is inNags Head in summer 2007. Our condolences tothe family of Carolyn Leedom Ely, who diedMarch 24, 2007, in Newtown, Pa., of cancer.1952Sally Foss Banwart174 Brookside CourtPalm Harbor, FL 34683-5322(727) 787-8583Mary-Lou Springhorn Leidheiser127 Burning Tree LaneFlat Rock, NC 28731(828) 693-0630Lois Eldridge Funsch was first in the class tosend news! While she and Bill were in Florida inFebruary they visited with Jeanne ZimmermanGearey as well as Ellie Knapp Wilson ’49. Loisreported that Elizabeth “Bee Jay” QuillenBrustad and Bill are now in continuing care inCatonsville and Bee Jay is enjoying having mealsserved to her. Ruth Jackson Albert enjoys beinga library trustee and is still playing recorder in anensemble that has been together since 1974,indulging in her love of music as well as travelingand visiting with family. Peg Lewis Christensenis keeping busy with her home in Bermuda andher singing engagements, as well as “medicalstuff” in the States. Betsy Newcomer Payette isbusy volunteering, traveling and enjoying hergrandchildren, now ages 4 and 11. She talksweekly to Carolyn Rusk and sees BarbaraHickman Reynolds at Red Hat meetings whenthey’re not snowed out. Barbara and Bill are contentto stay close to home these days but thecold winter did not delay Barbara’s project totransform the St. John Lutheran’s Archive Centerfor its Open House in March, nor keep themfrom time with their grandchildren. Kay BrownGauffreau said in her e-mail that she feels isolatedfrom Hood in Presque Isle, Maine, where shechose to stay after her husband’s death sevenyears ago. Her activities are centered on ministriesin her church and visits with her family in NewEngland. Both Ann Nygren Greenberg andDody Nygren Wisnom wrote of their visit inTucson. It was a joyous occasion complete withsister Caroline and all the spouses. Ann alsonoted that her trip to Scotland with her daughterand granddaughter was a highlight for her in2006. Joanne Kates Roos sent news, “Bill and Iare fine,” enjoying grandchildren next door andcelebrating a big milestone when grandson Billwill read the Torah for his Bar Mitzvah in June.From Lorraine Smarsch, September found her inNormandy, Britain and Paris. But in January shewas hospitalized. She now lives with a pacemakerand is back to normal, enjoying aquatic classes atthe “Y.” A surprise phone call came from SallyHerman Lunt who was organizing an event atHarvard Univ. to celebrate the women in NewEngland, including Sally, who are listed in“Feminists Who Changed America, 1963-1975.”Carmen Delgado Votaw H ’82, who received anhonorary degree from Hood, was an honoredguest at this event in March 2007. Mary-GraySchofield Davis enjoyed the Hood lunch inBradenton and still creates gift cards and playstennis between chemo trips for Don. MaryMurrie Hardy and Bob live seasonally inSavannah and Pittsburgh, busy with gardeningand their 16 grandchildren (ages 2 to 25), everyone of them different, even the twins! Doris(Dee) Dreller Sosin has started a Santa MonicaConservancy to try to educate and urge residentsnot to destroy the old original houses. She visitedHawaii and retraced her childhood memorieswhen her Navy family was stationed near PearlHarbor in the 1940s. Emma Jones Hann is stillquilting but is just as likely to be off on travelswith her husband Bill to engage in their variedinterests. She eagerly awaits our reunion in June,when she expects to see her Little Sister, PennyHapgood Noepel ’54. Mary Sihler Sauerteigreports she is still active and involved with artsand music, in addition to mentoring a highschool student. Mary Davis Conley is adjustingto single life after the loss of her husband of 53years. She volunteers at church activities andlibrary book sales and plays bridge weekly.Marion Decker McCormick writes that her husband,a nine-year survivor of lung cancer, is wellenough to play golf and enjoy Florida in winterand that is indeed a blessing! They even had aspecial trip to Hawaii this year. Jean Snyderproudly shares her claim as a great aunt to 14children, with more to come. She sends bestregards to all! Evelyn Bischoff Mitchell says theybecame grandparents when a beautiful baby boywas born in December to their son and daughter-in-law.She is grateful her husband Ted hasnow been in remission from his cancer for twoyears and enjoys warm Port St. Lucie, Fla. Evelynand Marilyn Koch Swanson still talk by phoneregularly. Dorothy Handley Ewing said, “Lastyear I sold the house, downsized and moved intoa retirement home in Frederick.” Then to fulfill alifelong dream, she was off to South America tocelebrate her 75th birthday. Now she just wantsto simplify her life. Barbara Hamilton Meyer isenjoying retired life. She’s in two book clubs,plays tennis and volunteers in a soup kitchen. Inthe fall, she went to an Elderhostel in Santa Fe,N.M. and plans to go to South America againnext fall. For Anna Grace Boyd Foster, life hasnever been so busy—doing three choral concerts,two art shows and a synchronized swim show,and she still finds time to travel, write and publishbooks and be a grandma! Our condolences tothe families of Elinor Sutton Evans, who diedOct. 7, 2006; and to Anne Giles Whitman andVirginia Taylor Chmura, who also died in 2006.Our sympathy also to Mary Davis Conley,whose husband Thomas died April 5, 2006; toNancy Campbell Barrett, whose husband Alfreddied Nov. 25, 2005; to Francine DondershineSchwartz, whose husband Elmer died Feb. 24,2006; to Elizabeth Dowling Barclay, whose husbandJoseph died Sept. 13, 2006; and to Mary-Lou Springhorn Rude Leidheiser, whose husbandEdward died Feb. 26, 2007. Ellin BachrachGordon writes from Williamsburg, where she haslived for 23 years. She and Byron have been avidcollectors of American folk art since the 1980sand are building a gallery to house about 300 oftheir pieces in Norfolk, with the grand opening inSeptember. Nancy von der Heyde Needhamsaid she is in her 23rd year of nursing with only abrief time out when she broke her ankle. She stillloves to swim in the ocean and spends a lot oftime on the beach. Your editor, Sally FossBanwart, closes with the good news of a successfulhip replacement, which has allowed me tocontinue traveling and tutoring children, as wellas deciding where the next years will take me.1953Johanna Chait Essex48 Essex RoadGreat Neck, NY 11023(516) 487-1883johalessex@aol.comSince the death of her husband Fred, CarolBrower Joutras has kept herself busy withbridge, golf, swimming and her family in Bostonand Nebraska. A New Year’s letter from NancyBrown Kohlheyer announced that she and anold(?) high school sweetheart met again this pastyear and they have entered into a new relationship,visiting back and forth between Europe andthe U.S. Sounds like the start of a wonderfulyear—we wish them only the best. Betsy CraigBernhard is still active with her dogs, the batteredwomen’s center, town politics and, most ofall, her family, children, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren.Shirley Dana Few and Ranmoved from their town house to The Forest atDuke, a lifetime full-care community, which goesfrom independent living to care in a skilled nursingfacility, and everything in between. “It iswonderful not to cook (there is a café, diningroom or take out available every day) and itmakes being old a lot easier.” Penny Fradd

28 Hood Magazine www.hood.edu/magazineVahsen had a wonderful 16-day trip on theRhine last summer and is planning a cruise on theMoselle River during tulip time with her brotherand his wife, visits to her children and grandchildren,and attending the Navy Bowl—“lots oftravel while I can.” A new e-mail address forBetty Gerstmyer Allen is bgallen1@verizon.net.The big news from Jo Ann Heald Allen is thatshe and Ed have finally retired; they gave up thefarm-vacation business and now have two smallerhomes on 20 acres—one for them and one fortheir son Tom. Nadya Klotz Giusi has a newWeb site—www.nadyagiusi.com—and a newbook, “You Are Beautiful—A Guide to InnerPeace,” that is available at www.amazon.com.She and Valerio are still working, with no plans toretire. Pat Lloyd Fordham and Paul keep busywith volunteer work in their community. Paulcontinues on dialysis and was doing well until hewas poisoned with Gentamicin, given to him forperitonitis, which left him with an equilibriumproblem making it difficult to walk. Nancy EatonThompson and Bob visited at the end of Januaryto help celebrate Pat’s 75th birthday. BuffieMcKim Powell visited Baltimore last summerwith Nancy Brown Kohlheyer and suggestedthat we might include a visit there at our nextreunion (which will be in 2008). Buffie said thecity is exciting and the harbor and museums arewonderful. Mercea Panfil Hadigian and Billenjoy traveling and do so frequently. InDecember they were in Florida and visited withBarb Yeakle Robinson ’54 and her husbandRon. They had a great time “catching up.” Bignews from Addie Parkes Mott was that herhome was officially sold as of Feb.16, 2007—hernew address is 325 Freedom Blvd., Coatesville,PA. 19320-1566, and her e-mail remains thesame, addie@snip.net. Corky Pattison Caseydownsized just before the holidays. Her newaddress is 53 Captains Drive, Westbrook, CT06498, and her new e-mail is ann.casey1@comcast.net.Janet Peek Clancy loves living in NorthCarolina and enjoys the people, the climate andthe activities. She still competes in Tennis USTA;does yoga, pilates or swims; and plays duplicatebridge. Her days are full and happy and, as shesays, “that is what counts.” Pam PresbreyGrinnell reports on “a quiet year for us—nochanges and good health. They no longer usetheir motor home to travel; it’s easier to use theircar. Sheila Seigal Asher had an accident lastJune—she crushed her wrist and rotator cuff tissueand had to have a plate and nine screws putin her wrist. She said, “no golf but lots of therapy.”She is now back to decorating and loves it.They took their grandchildren to Italy just beforeher accident and they had a wonderful time.Katherine Sponsler Patten had just finished diggingout from a nasty ice storm when she got mye-mail—she is looking forward to a July river boattrip from Basel, Switzerland, to Amsterdam. JaneVan Fossan was thinking about going to Floridain April—the winter weather, especially February,was not too thrilling. Many thanks for all yourresponses! Hal and I took a Baltic Sea trip alongwith my two sisters last August and it was phenomenal.On March 23 our son Joseph, a commanderin the Navy, graduated from the NavalPostgraduate School in Monterey, Calif., with anexecutive master’s degree in business administration.We were there, along with his wife and children,to see him receive his degree. We had ashort vacation with them after the graduation,which was lots of fun! Just a thought … our nextreunion (the 55th) will take place next year so weshould start to think about it.1954Dorris Smith Radcliffe1117 Wilton Creek RoadHartfield, VA 23071-3035(804) 776-7116dsrcanis@cablefirst.netAlice Avanozian Arana and Ozzie, still inFullerton, Calif., enjoyed a 35-day cruise fromCapetown, South Africa, to Hong Kong. Theyremain fit, going to the gym five days a weekand still doing the workbooks for Puntos and¿Qué tal? They have three grandchildren, includinga newborn granddaughter in L.A. Jean BakerLeister keeps up with her five children and sevengrandchildren. She enjoyed the 2006 reunionwith our little sister class. Jean participates inwater exercises and tutors Adult Literacy usingthe Scriptures of the Latter Day Saints Church.Jean Bannerman lives in Clayton, N.Y., on the St.Lawrence River and is about 2 1 /2 hours from hersummer home in Ontario, Canada. Over theyears Jean has been renovating the 150-year-oldhouse. Jean enjoys the scenery, ducks, geese,swans and other wildlife. Susan ClementChristie and Ed still live in Mesa, Ariz. Ed isinvolved with barbershop singing and Susan is anhistorian for the DAR Chapter. The four childrenand four grandchildren keep them happy andbusy. Next is a trip to Scotland to visit distilleriesand castles. Nancy Davis Sackman and Georgeare now living full time in Morro Bay, Calif. Theyare involved in the Universalist Fellowship of SanLuis Obispo County. Both sing in choirs and havevarious committee responsibilities. Also, George isstudying French and Nancy, Buddhism. Nancywishes she had made the 50th reunion. The 55this coming up in 2009—mark your calendar!Anne Lyon Canon will be representing our classas her sister Elsie Lyon Hinkhouse ’57 celebratesher 50th in June. She reports things are great atHood. Ann watched a men’s lacrosse team practicerecently and they all waved. Our condolencesto Penny Hapgood Noepel, whose husbanddied last year of brain cancer. She is keepingbusy and is a published author. She has twobooks on weight control and a children’s book,“The Gingerbread Cowboy,” with illustrationsdone by children at Alpine (Texas) ElementarySchool. Contact Penny at (432) 364-2419 formore information. Penny’s daughter LucyNoepel ’87 and her three children visited duringspring break. Penny and Lucy are going toTuscany, Italy, in July and she has a tour toScotland planned. Condolences to Anne SmithKnoll, whose mother Pauline died Dec. 27, 2006,in Emmitsburg, Md.; to the family of KatherineB. Terrell, who passed away May 22, 2004; tothe family of Denise Bluttman Schapro, whodied March 11, 2007; and to the family of ElviraDavis David, who died Sept. 14, 2006. For the38 ladies with no news, be ready for next year.Everyone is interested to hear from you!1955Barbara Heaps Rudolph121 W. Ring Factory RoadBel Air, MD 21014-5303blhrudolph@aol.comPortia Whitaker Shumaker32310 Aquaduct RoadBonsall, CA 92003-4303(760) 728-4583Our condolences to Pam Snow Lovejoy, whosehusband Art died Feb. 9, 2006. He had sufferedfrom Alzheimer’s for several years. Pam has fivechildren, 13 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.She spends her time reading, relaxing andvisiting friends. Her cat keeps her company. JoanLewis Lopatin writes that they love living inFlorida. She plays golf, bridge and canasta, andArt still plays tennis. Their daughter lives inTampa and they visit her often. She invites anyonewho comes to the area to call them at(561) 736-3024. Susanne Widtman Max sentcopies of a lot of pictures taken during the Hooddays, mostly in Shriner. Maybe I’ll save them forthe next reunion. She has one granddaughterwho is 25 years old and a registered nurse. Herhusband Peter died two years ago. Her three sonshave been “a stabilizing factor in her life.” Shehas two boats and invites Hoodlums to come fora cruise! Jacke McCurdy, who is still painting,writes she is enjoying life in Bonita Springs. She isinvolved in Philharmonic Board, United ArtsCouncil Board, Art League and “every charity.”She was also Citizen of the Year, Bonita Honoreeand Distinguished Woman of the Year of gulfshorelife. WOW! She says the best thing wasspeaking at our little sisters’ reunion dinner. Shelives with her sister and travels a lot. MarjorieReed Olson’s daughter got married lastSeptember and Marjy now has 10 grandchildrenwhich, with children and spouses, makes herfamily 21. She keeps busy with Meals On Wheels.Virginia “Jinny” Parker Domhoff lives in a seniorresort park in Texas in the winter. She is catcheron the softball team there. How great to knowshe is so well! Gena Marter Razik sees SueEckhardt Morgan often. Her son Steve justadopted his second little boy. Her oldest son hasmoved to Bangkok from China where he lived forsix years. He is director of the English-Chineseinternational school there and has two boys.Gena is still waiting for a little girl. Her daughterlives in Park City and copes with having M.S. A.J.Mark your calendar forReunion Weekend 2008May 30 - June 1

Summer 2007Hood Magazine 29Schmidt Sachs writes that she is putting herhouse up for sale and plans to move in with herdaughter and family. Mary “Scottie” ProvanTobi is traveling as usual—Scotland in Februaryto visit family and in April they were going toBolivia as guests of people they met on their travels.I, Portia Whitaker Shumaker, had my activitiescurtailed this year by a bad car accident inSeptember 2006. I was totally laid up for manymonths with a broken pelvis and concussion. Iam getting around now with a cane and can doa lot but not nearly as much as I would like. Weare taking our entire family (all 13) to Hawaii inJune to celebrate our 50th anniversary. Ouranniversary was actually in December.1956Barbara Hanna Pour6110 Bellinham Court, Apt. 621Baltimore, MD 21210-1146(410) 337-4046Our condolences to Mera Braungart Coblentz,whose cousin, Louise Buckingham Noel ’27,died Nov. 14, 2006.1957Joanne Adickes Walker15 Elizabeth ParkwayEatontown, NJ 07724jawalker8@comcast.netContacting classmates with whom I have notspoken in 50 years has been an unbelievableexperience. Thank you so much for your responses.Carolyn (Stevie) Stevens Amstutz retiredfrom her job as a travel agent about seven yearsago and now spends some of her time playingbridge, tennis and golf. She still sings in thechurch choir and serves on several committees aswell. Stevie and Stan, her husband of 40 years,spend vacations visiting their children. DaughterJennie and her husband have two sons and live inAlbany, N.Y. Daughter Betsy and her husband livein Greenwich, England. They have a 2 1 /2 -yearoldlittle girl and are expecting another child inAugust. In March, Stevie and Stan and their childrenand grandchildren got together for a weekin Florida. With casinos and a racetrack nearby,Arlene Barnes continues to enjoy retirement inLouisville, Ky. For those of you who saw her atthe 40th reunion, Arlene reports that she hassince lost 90 pounds. She feels good and attributesthe loss to a quadruple coronary bypass andWeight Watchers. Ann Copeland Billings andher husband have moved from north of Bostonto south of Boston. Ann claims that every milecounts when it brings her closer to her threedaughters and seven grandchildren. Their newaddress is 180 Main St., Walpole, MA. NancyTressel Brown and her husband Rog just celebratedtheir 50th anniversary in Florida wherethey spend the winters now. Nancy wrote: “Wetell people we couldn’t divorce because at first,we didn’t have any money and after that,nobody would take the kids. They’re still up forgrabs but they sure do make great grandchildren,five in all ranging from 5 to 23.” Nancy is still asenior vice president with Smith Barney after 37years in the financial advisory business. Herdaughter and third partner are in the process ofbuying Nancy out. Nancy is looking forward tosemi-retirement. She likes playing golf and tennisand still having the checks roll in for a couplemore years. Sylvia Blackburn Felcyn is planningto attend the 50th reunion in June but beforethat she is off to Seattle, Wash., to meet her newgrandson, Dodge Christopher Zaccara, born todaughter Lindsay and her husband Glenn. This isthe year for reunions for Elsie Lyon Hinkhouseand her husband Jim. In the middle of May, theywill attend a Marine Corp. reunion with Jim’sKorean War buddies in Washington, D.C., andthen, in June, they will travel north again fromOak Island, N.C., for the Hood reunion. InSeptember, they are planning to attend Jim’s60th high school reunion in Fairfield, Iowa.Recently, they took a tour of Southeast Asia,including Cambodia, Thailand, border crossingsinto Myanmar (Burma) and Loas, and Vietnam.Elsie and Jim also travel just to keep up with sixgrandchildren and their moms and dads locatedin Woodinville, Wash.; Boise, Idaho; and Cypress,Texas. Ann Spengler Larkin is currently recuperatingfrom foot surgery. Her husband Bob hadhip replacement surgery last July and suffers fromlumbar stenosis. They would like very much toattend the 50th reunion but right now it appearsthat they will not be able to travel the distance.Mary Jane Harkness Nace and her husbandDick are looking forward to the drive fromDenver to Frederick for the 50th reunion. MaryJane will be attending the Saturday AlumniLuncheon with daughter Mary “Cathy”Catherine Nace ’80. This summer, SusanWinter Smith and her husband Norm will celebrate50 years of married life. They both continueto be in good health and lead very active lives. Inthe summer, Susan and Norm hike or bicycle andSusan still backpacks every summer with theirolder daughter. They love to garden and have aspectacular yard. Susan and Norm have four“incredibly wonderful” grandchildren, threegranddaughters and one grandson. They are ableto see them often, especially CJ, the 2-year-oldgrandson, because he lives only 40 minutes away.Susan and Norm also travel quite a bit. Last fallthey went to Copper Canyon in Mexico and thisspring they went to St. Kitt’s in the Caribbean fora week and then to Florida to visit Norm’s sister.In June they are planning to attend the 50threunion, leaving a week early to visit the EasternShore, Williamsburg and Jamestown. Five daysafter they return home they will go with theirdaughter, son-in-law and granddaughter toGermany and France. Barbara (Tommie)Thomas Yinger and her husband Bob returnedfrom a trip to California (April 4-11) in time tosend some news. On the trip, Tommie was ableto fulfill two of her wishes: to visit “The Price isRight” show and also the Crystal Cathedral. “ThePrice is Right” was a disappointment (they werenot chosen) and the Cathedral was magnificent.They attended the “Glory of Easter” pageant andEaster Sunday services. Prior to the California trip,Tommie and Bob spent four days in Costa Rica,relaxing at a resort in the “dry” area. In May, twograndsons graduated, one from Clemson andone from WVU. The grandson graduating fromWVU will be commissioned in the Air Force andwill also be getting married in May. As for me, Iretired from AT&T about four years ago andspend my leisure time reading, knitting babyblankets for friends who are expecting grandchildrenand learning Italian. Albert and I enjoy traveling;our most recent trips include Iceland andBermuda. We also spend time caring for (and trying,but not succeeding, to train) three StandardPoodles: Jessica, Jake and Hobbes, who is morelike his counterpart Calvin. Now that she isretired, Molly Smith Sperandio is busy with herchurch family and events, and keeping up withall her grandchildren’s activities. She is also lookingforward to doing more traveling. RecentlyMolly was in Washington, D.C., with her daughter-in-lawand four grandchildren. Sadly, Molly’sson died two years ago. From Washington, Mollyspent the night in Bethlehem, Pa., with her sisterKitty Smith Dunn ’47 before heading to Boston,Mass., and a visit with one of her “roomies,”Weezie Reed, for some reminiscing. In May,Molly and Kitty planned to go to China beforegoing to Hood for their respective reunions,Molly’s 50th and Kitty’s 60th. Our condolences toClaire Austin Bellingham, whose husband Johndied May 15, 2001; and to AntoinetteZawatzky Peirson, whose husband Williamdied March 2, 2007.1958Marilyn Garis Kellow151 University Drive, #108West Bend, WI 53095-2937(262) 334-5782maggiehood@hnet.netSue Brown Melech is still working as a part-timeparalegal and was spending the winter months inFlorida. Diana Hagenbarth Russo and husbandFred were in Paris and met two young ladies atthe metro stop after attending a Christmas Eveservice. One was a Hoodlum who will be graduatingfrom Hood next year when we have our50th … small world. Peggy Jacob Jones is gettingready to drive from Arizona back to NewYork, making several stops along the way. Shehopes that Joan “Jay” Jaeger Byrne will comeback for our 50th. Mary Allen Reynolds is doinga lot of business traveling with husband John.After a mini family reunion in D.C., they will headfor London and then on to Cambridge, U.K.,from September until November. Visitors are welcome!Anne “Ricky” Merrick Vosti is still livingon the Stanford campus and enjoying her 12grandchildren. Ken’s vision and heart problemshave slowed him down but he still goes into hisoffice at the medical school four days a week. JoOlmstead Witherington is doing a great deal oftraveling—Spain, Ecuador, Amazon Basin and theGalapagos Islands. In May, she planned to go tothe Rhine and the Moselle rivers in Europe. Onweekends, she bikes the Florida Rails-To-Trails. Agreat-grandson arrived last September. JebBennett Moran attended the Hood alumnaegathering in Florida in March. Dr. Volpe sharedthe good news about the improving financial statusof Hood, as well as plans for a recreationalcenter. She welcomes contributions to our classfund anytime. Her husband Gil has survived severalserious health problems in the past twoyears, the last of which was brain surgery in2006. Sara Lea Callaway Redmon is travelingand enjoying grandchildren. She hopes for a bigturnout for our 50th. Jane Hollister Nicodemusis still working pretty much full time and spendingtime with family. As for me, I still work parttime as a receptionist at Cedar Communitywhere Dick has been in the nursing home for12 years. I’m really looking forward to our 50th.I would like to hear from those who plan toreturn. Let’s keep communication open andlet others know that you’ll be there.

30 Hood Magazine www.hood.edu/magazine1959Anne Wilson Heuisler6102 Buckingham Manor DriveBaltimore, MD 21210(410) 377-5026aheuisler@comcast.netJane Atmore Brown enjoyed plays and concertsin New Jersey last summer and happily returnedto Florida in October, relieved that “nature waskind” this year. Lorraine Ball Chase is doing wellon a respite from chemo. She has been travelingand is active in a hiking group, book group and agarden club, and hopes to start quilting this year.Eleanor Brown Wheeler and Phil have a newcollie. Though retired, Eleanor still spends lots oftime at the library, both as a patron and as a volunteer.She likes genealogy and has joined amemoir-writing class. Betsy Chinn Rossi andErnie attended the “Messiah” concert at HoodNov. 19 and said it was glorious. The class of ’59was well represented by Elaine Price Flint andGeorge, Pat Meredith Sinclair and HomerLippard, Patricia Shoaf, Shirley CalhounDeWitt and Frank, Edee Howard Hogan, andCarol Koreywo LeGore. Tarun Comegys Johnshas been back to Florida several times, includingone for a medical checkup (OK!). On PrinceEdward Island last summer with her family, Tarunbought a 23-foot sloop and enjoyed sailing itthrough September. Tarun recently resigned fromher term as project director of Maine WoodsExplorers, a K-12 natural-resource education program,after a very successful camping-out lastsummer. Tarun lost her brother Dick inSeptember. Nancy Curran Crowley and Joecruised with all six kids and their spouses toMexico last March. They toured the Sierras lastsummer and Hawaii last fall. Nancy had breastcancer surgery before the Hawaii trip and anticipatedchemo and radiation therapy in the winter.She says by June she’ll “be back in the saddleagain. We have a big trip planned in August.”Gloria Friedman Greenspun is thrilled by thearrival of Sadie Lillian, her only granddaughterafter four grandsons. Daughter Jamie Pachinohad a first-place, prize-winning play shown in theNew York Summer Playwright’s Festival in July.She is now employed by Disney to write thescript for “Rapunzel.” The Greenspuns touredeastern Canada last summer and spent Februaryand March in Naples, Fla. Gayle HamiltonBlakeslee and Natalie Starr enjoyed three weeksin India last winter. Beverly Heckart lost the battleto keep a mall out of Ellensburg, Wash., but isnow a member of the economic restructuringcommittee of the Ellensburg DowntownAssociation, associated with the National Trust’sMain Street Program. The Journal of UrbanHistory (May 2006) published Bev’s article on cityplanning in the East German town of Jena duringthe 1960s, and the Comparative Studies inSociety and History series (Univ. of MichiganPress) included her comparison of city planningin Avignon and Worms. Carole Sue JonesRogers worked on the new Ohio governor’s transitionteam while lobbying the lame-duck sessionof the legislature. One of her bills did not passuntil 2 a.m. on the morning she and son Bobbywere leaving for Christmas in Maryland. Caroleand her family gave a surprise 98th birthdayparty for her mother, who is still vigorous, butarranging for her care long distance can be difficult.Carole was looking forward to a trip to NYCfor the Metropolitan Opera, a Christmas andbirthday gift from daughter Caroline. MarciaKing Wilke and Norm welcomed new grandsonSilas Christopher Blankenship into the familyJanuary 19, 2006. Marcia continues to teachpiano (13 students, one of whom is 90 yearsold), and directs home-school handbells and thechurch chime and handbell choirs. She is presidentof the local music teachers’ associationchapter. Betsy Kuntz Held and Dick have fivegrandchildren and therefore a great reason forlots of travel (two trips to California, three toMichigan and one to Puerto Rico). In Februarythey headed for California and better weather.Betsy celebrated her birthday there but says shedoesn’t feel 70. In August the whole family, all11, will meet in Myrtle Beach for some fun in thesun. Carol Lumb Allen and Bob now have aplace in Napa, Calif., for a special family retreat.Carol still works with youngsters in Tennis Xpressand does a few pro bono “legal” tasks as well.They enjoyed an exotic trip to India. BarbaraLynch Guise announces the arrival of RachelElizabeth, her first grandchild. Barb had a shoulderreplacement last year and continues to copewith Parkinson’s. She says she has no problemswith the phone or computer, so she keeps upwith friends. Kuulei Mobley Green spends mostof her time “answering her call” at both St.Barnabas’ Senior Living Services and St. Alban’sEpiscopal Church in Chattanooga, Tenn. LastMarch she was presented with an award by Girls,Inc., for being a special “Unbought andUnbossed” woman. Anne Montesano Kerpsack-Ellis and a friend enjoyed Grand Circle’s “CapeTown to Cairo” trip last October. Anne plannedto take the final exam to become a certifiedflower show judge in April. Judy MorelandGranger and Bob welcomed Gibson DanielGranger, grandbaby #8, last December. GailMulliken Painter cruised to Scandinavia andRussia in September with two of Roger’s sistersand a brother-in-law. In December she traveledto Amsterdam, South Africa and Tanzania. GayleHamilton Blakeslee, Judy Moreland Granger,Mary-Lou Trout Haddad and I (Anne WilsonHeuisler) spent a weekend with Gail at her homein Mulkilteo, Wash., in March. Jeannette Phelpscontinues to enjoy Baltimore’s cultural scene,often with Sandy Murphy Schmidt ’61. Shereports going to three book-signings, three artexhibits, a late September Orioles win and ahandful of films. Rachel Ravey Johnson has hadseveral careers: social worker, guidance counselorand college teacher. Her “most fun” job has beenas a waterfront director for the Boy Scouts. A BoyScout herself, Rachel drove all the way to Alaskaby herself four years ago to teach swimming andkayaking at a Scout camp. She lived in a tentwithout electricity or running water. MyraSilberstein Goldgeier and Sheldon enjoyed atrip to Costa Rica and Panama through the canal.They often go back and forth from Easton totheir grandsons’ events in Rockville. Mary-LouTrout Haddad was sworn in as president-elect ofthe Boyertown Rotary Club. In late June she willbecome the president for a one-year term. PatWever Knoll is grieving for her sister Pam, whorecently died of leukemia. Pat is also expecting anew grandchild soon. A 14-year-old granddaughtersang the National Anthem twice at theStaples Center for the Kings Hockey game andfor the Clippers. Pat had lunch with WaltSchlegel, widower of Anita RittenhouseSchlegel, when he came to California over theholidays to see his daughter. Susan Price Bearssand Dale will celebrate their 42nd anniversary inJuly. Their daughter Amy was married last August,and their daughter Allison lives close by inMichigan with her husband Ben, Natalie, 8, andClay, almost 5. Susie and Dale spend five to sixmonths in Bonita Springs, Fla., in a gated golfcommunity. Yasuko Koide Shoji and her husbandSadao have three daughters who all live faraway from their home in Sendai, Japan. TheShojis enjoy visiting their daughters’ familiesoften. Yasuko is also busy as an adviser to analumnae association, a member of the board oftrustees for both a school and the Sendai YWCA,and a volunteer for the blind and the aged. MaryFaith West gets together with Mary Ann GuildSimmons and Carol Smith Russel from time totime. Carol cooks some delicious gourmet mealsat her beautiful home in Bethesda. Mary Faithsays she’s “still into politics and religion .... myfavorite subjects.” She is program chair of herclub in Williamsburg. Our condolences to RuthWagner Myhre, whose husband John diedMarch 4, 2006. My next deadline for news isOct. 15. In March I sent out a plea for photos fora reunion D.V.D. compilation. Please send itemsby Jan. 1, 2009.1960Sally Jo Bruch Sherrill727 Genesee St.Annapolis, MD 21401(410) 263-5158Jean Ford Joseph has been widowed for 11years, retired for 5 years, and now is enjoyingtraveling, playing, “lunching” and doing all thethings she never had time to do while working!She has three children and five grandchildrenand especially enjoys family gatherings at CapeCod for a few weeks each summer. KarenNordberg Sanders and Don traded nursingduties this winter while each was recovering fromknee replacement surgery. Karen has been retiredfrom Richardson ISD since May 1999 but hastaught part time most semesters at RichlandCommunity College. Don, a travel consultant,headed up a group of mostly U.S. NavalAcademy alums last August to take in theEdinburgh “Tattoo,” London, and then a Balticcruise. Roommate Marcia Newson White andPaul went along. The two couples plan a cruiseto the Greek Islands and Turkey in June. JudyPurcell Cotter lost her husband Pierce two yearsago. She is in the process of “downsizing” andwill be moving to a villa in Winter Park, Fla., nearwhere she has lived, and between daughterStacey and grandchildren, and son Jay and hisfamily. She gathers with good friends each weekfor lunch and several hours of painting, and haswork hanging in a downtown Orlando gallery!Judy hopes to get to this year’s mini-reunion.Mary Ann Brush Gearinger and Charles live inFrederick and Mary Ann is still teaching! Sheenjoys rug hooking and singing with a groupcalled “One God One Voice.” She traveled withthe group to France and Austria two summers

Summer 2007Hood Magazine 31ago and plans to go to Prague this year for theAdvent season. Mary Ann recently saw GingerGudebrod Smith and Maggie CederholmBonito at a 50th high school reunion on LongIsland. Daughter Beth and family live nearby andson David is in Afghanistan training local policeforces. Gail Meredith Enright has retired fromselling real estate and is no less busy, thanks tothree very special granddaughters and their familiesnearby (including daughter MeredithMcQuoid-Greason ’85). She writes and edits theDavidsonville Civic Assoc. newsletter and herchurch newsletter, and sings in the choir. She washeaded to Costa Rica for two weeks in Marchand then to Maine in the summer. Gail sees RidaDawson Aycock and Phyllis HornerRichardson. Barbara Olsh spent several monthsin the hospital last spring and summer with apersistent lung infection but is now feeling welland busy working on photography, remodelingher bedroom and den, and working with her twodogs on advanced training. Barb works forCommon Ground on the Hill, a roots music, visualarts, dance and literary arts organization, and iscurrently creating the catalogue of summer classes.She is hoping to see a good crowd at themini-reunion this year. Ellen Perry Croll and Stucontinue to be glad they made the move toTucson in 1996. It sounds like they have traveledthe West, and keep busy with volunteer activities,extensive genealogy work, extended family andsome health issues. They had “tough duty” forsix weeks cat-sitting for friends on Oahu! Thereare about 40 alumni in the greater Tucson area:last year Ellen helped organize a luncheon thatDr. Volpe attended. Their grandchildren, ages 7and 5, love to visit and explore the flora of thearea! Kathy Frutchey Christian continues towork part time in the Methodist College library.Bob will retire from the N.C. Methodist ChurchConference this June, and from full-time teachingin May 2008. Son Peter lives in Charlotte anddaughter, Esther, Matthew, and grandchildrenDavid (7) and Rachel (4) live within visiting distance.Bob and Kathy enjoy hosting internationalstudents and mini vacations at the beach withthe grandchildren. Ruth Dworschak Jensenretired after 18 years as director of a child carecenter and is now pursuing other activities! Shehas traveled to Alaska, California and Austria, andto the British Isles with her roomie MaryVirnstein Yuhas ’62. She is now planning a tripto Italy and Greece. She is active in her church, aleader in the Stephen Ministry program and regularlyvisits at a senior’s residential facility. Shesees Mary Virnstein Yuhas and Kathy MillerZeiders. Lucy Simmons Clagett and Tom sawwhere part of Harry Potter was filmed (and tookpictures for the grandchildren!) and found thestreets in Glasgow where Lucy’s grandmothergrew up; all this and beautiful scenery on a tripto Scotland. They have enjoyed several trips onthe Delta Queen and have now traveled theMississippi from New Orleans to Minneapolis!Lucy hopes to see classmates at the reunion inJune. I, Sally Jo Bruch Sherrill, have retired twiceand am working again (very part time) in aMinuteclinic in Annapolis. I enjoy friends andfamily, church and gardening, and am veryinvolved in a mission project of the BaltimorePresbytery in Guatemala. We have 200 childrenon scholarship in the local schools there, plus ahealth clinic, stove project and support for thelocal villages on our twice yearly visits there. It isa poor country, though a beautiful land withwonderful people. I always feel that I get muchmore than I give! Hood roommate Diane DickeySherer and Bob, as well as Diane’s mother Lil areliving at Ginger Cove, each in their own condo. Itis good to have them back in Annapolis. Theyboth sing in the church choir and the AnnapolisChorale, and Bob gives guided tours of downtownAnnapolis in colonial dress. Lil is still quiteactive at 96. Our condolences to Peggy WaiteWhitehead, whose husband Edmund diedJune 16, 2006. Betsy Bennett Wiegand andMaryann Whitehead Scherzo, class fundagents, are pleased to report that, as of the endof May, Hood has received contributions from88 of our classmates totaling $96,380! Thirteenof these were new contributors and their contributionswere met with an additional gift of$100 each!1961Suzanne Brown Wellcome321 Stafford Ave.Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA 92007(760) 753-8026swellcome@cox.netEdie Feiss Anderson is catching up after manyyears of being out of touch. Edie married GerryAnderson in 1959 and finished her degree atHarvard. Both she and Gerry have doctorates—his in astronautics and aeronautics, hers in libraryscience. After retirement from the Air Force, theylived in San Diego where they raised their children—Glenn(in Germany) and Anne (mother ofthree and in Atlanta). They moved to Molokai 20years ago. Following Gerry’s second retirementthey owned and published the island’s weeklynewspaper for almost 15 years. Gerry successfullyfought non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and has had aremarkable recovery. Their daughter is dealingwith breast cancer and, with the help of DonnaRobinson Counsil, she too is making a goodrecovery. Travel is at the top of their retirementlist and they are now off for an around-the-worldadventure. Janet Spaulding Nunn just returnedfrom Germany where she and her husband wentto meet their first grandchild, a little girl, born inFebruary in Leipzig. Janet now knows why grandmotherscarry all those pictures in their pursesand brag a lot! Jan Dobbs Pedersen writes thatsince the first time they converged on Rehoboth,the group has written poetry and prose aboutexperiences at Hood and beyond. Now they arepreparing to “publish” and are looking forwardto sharing it with everyone at the class reunion.Jeanne Duncan Jehl and Joe just returned from atrip to Spain that included their daughter, herhusband and two grandsons, aged 6 and 4.Seeing Spain with the little boys included playingsoccer in the plaza in front of the Palacio inMadrid and learning about armor for knights,horses and even dogs! Joyce FreedmanDiamondstone has not retired and has beendirector of early childhood education atPittsburgh Theological Seminary for almost 23years. The oldest of her four grandsons will graduateand go to the Univ. of Delaware. All the othersare teenagers and very involved in school andsports. Joyce says she has loved working on her50th high school reunion. She still keeps in touchwith Margo Friedman Friedman ’62. KatharineBaum Wolpe was elected president of the VillageIndependent Democrats, a Greenwich Villageclub celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.They are working on new voting machines forNew York State, public campaign financing, localdevelopment and housing, opposing the war inIraq, and working for the impeachment ofPresident Bush. She does child care at St. Mark’sChurch in-the-Bowery and coordinates the children’sHalloween party and Easter egg hunt. Inher “spare time” she enjoys New York’s live musicscene and the great cinema choices availablenearby. Paige Wisotzki will be retiring from theCollege of Charleston this year and visitedKatharine in early March. They had a minireunionwith classmate Sue Kaehrle from WestHartford, Conn. She and Paige also had a minireunionby phone with their big sister NancyFletcher Artlett ’59, currently in Australia, andwith Fletch’s sister, Sally Fletcher Murray ’60 inVirginia. Mary Beth Snyder Hall retired from herjob as a high school library assistant at her almamater, Bald Eagle Area, in December 2005. Sheworked for the school district for 32 years andhasn’t taken up anything new but loves not gettingup early in the morning and reading often.Mary Beth, too, is coordinating her 50th yearhigh school reunion. They have a son, Col.Nicholas Hall, in the Marine Corps in Keller,Texas; he has four daughters, ages 18, 14,12 and 10. Their younger son Patrick lives inStafford, Va., and works at Quantico. He retiredas a major from the Marine Corps last year.Sandy Murphy Schmidt has spent the yeartraveling with a cruise along the Danube toBucharest and Budapest. She and Bob then spenta week in Vienna enjoying the music and art.Sadly Sandy lost her sister after a 15-year strugglewith Alzheimer’s. Vivi Bruckel Harvey writesfrom Cuernavaca, Mexico, where she leadseducational field study trips to Mexico andGuatemala in between commutes to Ohio.Vivi says she thinks about retirement but it isalways three years away! Our condolences tothe family of Wanda Hoffman Summers, whodied Feb. 3, 2007, in Frederick; and to SarahAnderson Caswell, whose husband Gordondied March 28, 1999.1962Linda MacDonough Morrow240 Lions Hill Road, Apt. E401State College, PA 16803-1881(814) 237-5858LMorrow@psu.eduAnn Louise Pursell Hammond recently marrieda man she dated while a sophomore at Hood;she has moved from Florida to New Jersey. After26 years Joan Angotti moved—to the condonext door, 1,000 sq. ft. larger. “Most peopledownsize in retirement,” she said, “but not me.”Gail Dawson Clarke is back in southern Fla. after21 years in the North Carolina mountains andin Seattle. She is a full-time probation and caseworkerfor juveniles in Sarasota and Bradenton,Fla. Martha Atkinson Meadows retired for thesecond time from the Frederick County PublicSchools, where she taught high school math,became an assistant principal, and was the

32 Hood Magazine www.hood.edu/magazinecounty secondary math supervisor. She is now avisiting assistant professor of mathematics atHood. After 30 years in education, Zora MessickSiemasko retired from her position as a highschool principal. She and her husband spent 10years touring in a motor home and also traveledto China, South America, Europe and northernAfrica. Carolyn Gault Moore has been retiredfrom the Univ. of Rochester for 11 years.Managing the annual Fall Pleasure Ride for theNew York State Horse Council, volunteering forMeals On Wheels, water aerobics classes and ridingher horse keeps her busy. She and Jim wentto Cancun in April 2007 and plan a trip toHolland in 2008. Sandy Warren Owens andBruce have been in Brussels for 11 years, enjoyinga variety of things to see and do. Sandy is busywith several women’s clubs and leads a walkinggroup. Mona Marie Olean Gambrill skied in Vailin January 2007, then returned home to Bermudato play in the weeklong Bermuda Regional BridgeTournament, where she got her bronze LifeMaster. Next she was a hostess for the BermudaFestival and was responsible for Melba Mooreand her band. Spring 2007 plans include caringfor her old Bermuda rose garden, more skiing, atrip to Mexico and our reunion. In 1995 SunnyGriffin moved to Telluride, Colo. She is “stillworking like mad with no end in sight.” Sunnystarted Astara Skin Care in 1997; the productsuse raw botanicals. Check out her Web site,astaraskincare.com, for photos of Sunny’smodeling career as well as articles about her successfulbusiness. In 2004 she married StevenEiche, a real estate broker in Telluride. Steven hasa 13-year-old son in San Diego and Sunny hastwo daughters in the film industry in L.A. Neitheris married, so Sunny and Steven are content with“granddogs” at the moment. Skiing, yoga andmountain climbing are activities she enjoys.Beth Davis Pauley and Ted watch ships andsunsets on the Elk River from their front yard.Beth teaches quilting classes at a Maryland communitycollege, volunteers at the hospital andplays with her six grandchildren. She is makinga quilt with her eldest granddaughter. ElizabethKovacs Washburn and husband Ted both retiredand moved to Lake Oswego in Portland, Ore.,to be near children and grandchildren. SusanShinnick Hossfeld and Carl are focused ontravel. In 2006 they went to Alaska andeastern Europe with Susan Rugemer Kurtz andJane Hoskins Bollman and Roger. Last winterthey went to Steamboat, Vail, Taos and Santa Fe.A trip to Baltics and Berlin is planned for summer2007; this fall will find them in China and Tibet.Joanna Brinckloe Neyman writes, “Life istreating us very well; we now have 19 preciousgrandchildren, two of whom were taken from usby a genetic disorder.” Joanna’s days are devotedto painting portraits commercially and for family,genealogical research, writing histories and enjoyingthe company of those she loves. Our condolencesto the families of Elizabeth ZweizigNewman, who died Feb. 1, 2003, of cancer;Janette Ingram Rector; Nancy E. Taylor, whodied March 13, 2007, in Washington, D.C., ofcancer; and to Linda MacDonough Morrow,whose husband David died Dec. 22, 2005.Please e-mail your news to LMorrow@psu.edu.1963Dorothy Snyder Engle204 Linden Blvd.Middletown, MD 21769(301) 371-5170dengle3699@aol.comJo Ann Twilley Plichta43 Consett PlaceFrederick, MD 21703(301) 360-9623Erratum: In the last issue of Hood Magazine, wereported that Linda Fahr Whichard’s husbanddied. Her husband, Clarence B. Whichard III, is,however, alive and well. Linda’s father-in-law,Clarence B. Whichard Jr., died March 20, 2003.His wife, Marian Carroll Whichard ’75, diedJan. 4, 2006. We apologize for the error.It seems our class, for the most part, is enjoyingretirement, traveling and grandchildren.Unfortunately, a few have lost parents and spousesrecently. Since Carol Joice Carty lost her husbandBill, she has gone back to work doing thebooks at a jewelry store, a job she loves but confessesthat she has to close her eyes while walkingthrough the showroom. Carol had retired fromthe Bank of America. Carolyn Maxwell reportsthat she is still enjoying the California weatherand her children and grandchildren who livenearby. Cindy Klopp Butler has just visited herchildren and grandchildren in Mill Valley, Calif.,and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Her son is goingto do a sabbatical at Brown Univ., so the Butlersare looking forward to more visits with his family,as the Butlers live in Ottawa. Cindy is really gettingin shape with a lot of sports activities andCurves. Going to be ready for our next reunion,huh? Bobbie Sterner Kemmerling lives parttime in Hanover, Pa., where she works severaldays a week and is near her mom and some ofher children. The rest of the time she lives inKeedysville, Md., near the Antietam Battlefieldwith her friend Carroll. (She says she will give usall a tour of Antietam). Bobbie’s daughter Kim, apastor who recently accepted a call to a churchin Pennsylvania, has also adopted her fosterdaughter. Hey, Bobbie, I’m just a block off theroad to your house in Maryland. Why no visit?Ellie Meyer Pandorf recently traveled toCotwolds in England on a tour by canal boat. Herson is finishing his doctorate in microbiology atUniv. of California at Irvine. Daughter CarolinePandorf ’05 is living in the Frederick area. SallySchaeffer Morse has just traveled to Ireland. Shewill be escorting her mom to her 70th Hoodreunion this spring. She and her husband sing intheir church choir and chase after their grandchildren.Gail Kloeblen Spertzel, as usual, has beento far away, exotic places. This year, it wasTimbuktu, Mali, Senegal and Gambia. In Mali,she visited the largest mud brick building, TheGrand Mosque, and the great libraries wherethey are preserving and copying very old manuscriptsthat families have buried in the desert. Inthe 14th and 15th centuries, there were severalgreat universities there that educated many inAfrica but today Timbuktu has shrunken to a littlevillage being overtaken by the Sahara. Gail notedthe stark differences in the lives of the peoplethere versus her own, including the toilet facilities.The saddest part about the trip was thatGail’s husband had been called as an expert witnessand had to cancel this trip, only to have thetrial canceled too late for him to get his shots andvisas. Alix Rockwell Jacobs has a decorativepaint business doing murals, finishes, etc. Shealso stages houses for realtors for resale and doesconsulting in historic preservation after gettingher graduate degree from the Univ. ofPennsylvania. She has just visited her house inCosta Rica that her son, an architect, built.She says it’s for rent at dosiguanas.net. Her otherson is playing rock ‘n’ roll in Atlanta and husbandPeter is selling antique jewelry. Pat Taylor saysshe’s an incurable crew mom. Son James is atAnnapolis. One of Pat’s latest, greatest feats wasfinding flights for the Navy crew team when theywere stranded in Cleveland due to bad weather.She spent hours on the phone and Internettrying to arrange flights back to the New Yorkmetro area, conferring with the stranded midshipman,their frantic parents and the various airlines.Helen Buss Mitchell is at it again. Herworld philosophy, “Roots of Wisdom,” was justpublished in the fifth edition. The fourth editionhas been translated into Spanish and Chinese. Inaddition to teaching philosophy and women’sstudies at Howard Community College, she alsocoaches the Ethics Bowl Team. Helen says theregional competition is a bit like a debate, exceptthey explore cases from the headlines, applyingethical theories to them. Her husband Joe hasco-authored a book on Columbia, Md., aplanned city. Mary-Verdella Wagner Nelsonand husband Paul have moved from the countryto the heart of Boston. She enjoys Paul helpingher baby-sit their three grandsons. She reportedthat last year she attended a surprise birthdayparty for Mary Deibler Spohn, given by her husbandDave. Also attending was Nancy CravenJacobus and husband Roy. Mary Ann HollowayFord M.A. ’79 is enjoying her counseling work atthe Maryland prisons in Hagerstown where shesupervises 11 other workers. She and Wilbur justbecame grandparents of a 10 year old and areawaiting another grandchild. Diane Ingrey Allenand husband Bob sold their house in Rochester,where he had taught at the Univ. of Rochester for41 years, and moved to Lansdale, Pa., five hourscloser to some of their grandchildren. Dinnyenjoys getting together with Helen PinckneySchafer and husband Bob and with DottieHussennetter Huff Ritz and husband Bob. As forme, Dottie Snyder Engle, my husband Ron andI traveled with seven other local couples to Romeand took a cruise to the Greek Isles, Turkey andNaples. I loved the whole trip but the ruins wereamazing. In addition to my senior citizens’ activities,helping other people and being a CASA(court appointed advocate for a child), I am nowhelping with the Veterans’ History Project, interviewingand documenting the service of veteransof all wars. Mark you calendar for our nextreunion, May 30-June 1, 2008, and remember tonote that you are all invited to the Engles’ housefor Friday night dinner. Thanks to all those whoreplied. You do amazing things.

Summer 2007Hood Magazine 331964Barbara Maly Fish1006 Urban Ave.Durham, NC 27701(919) 688-9125bfish2@nc.rr.comSally Stoecklein Bregenser sent me the sadnews that Helene Kight Abel died January 25,2007. I send the sympathy of the class toHelene’s husband Bruce and their daughterTiffany Abel Smedley ’91. I also send our sympathyto Pat Finan Tibbetts and Kate JenksPowell, whose mothers died recently. Sally senthappier news about her own family. Her husbandJim and their son Jim Jr., work together asbuilders and developers of custom homes andproperties. Jim Jr., lives across the street from hisparents, which means that Sally can see hergrandchildren—Mary, 8, and Jimmy, 10—anytime she chooses. She also enjoys golf, strengthtraining, membership in the PittsburghSymphony Society and keeping in touch withfamily and friends. Since retiring, Henry andChris Santangelo Blenke have moved fromNew Jersey to Cape Cod. They are not far fromtheir children, who live in Darien, Conn., andBoston. Judy Rice Swenson, Chris’ Hood roommate,is also nearby. The Blenkes recently welcomeda third grandchild, Connor. Other retireeswho have happily relocated are Tom and BetsySpeed Rich, who moved to West Glacier, Mont.,in 2002. They enjoy hiking and biking and thewhole Montana lifestyle. After teaching kindergartenfor 25 years in Maryland and Oregon,Beth Myers was called to a ministry of prayer in1990. From her home in Westminster, Md., sheprays for individuals, public officials, Christianministries and missionaries. She also leads twoBible studies a week. Says Beth, “Serving the Lordand loving people is my passion.” Five years ago,Nancy McCandlish Rock retired from socialwork and now volunteers for mental illnessorganizations. She is a trustee with the NewJersey National Alliance on Mental Illness and isactive in the Bergen County chapter. She has alsobegun tracing her Scottish genealogy. After along career with the Boone County (Ky.) PublicLibrary, Lynn Byers Gorz retired for the secondtime last November. She so enjoyed a horsebackriding holiday in Ireland that she bought a horsewhen she returned. The Gorzs welcomed theirfirst two grandchildren within three months in2006, when Declan Casey Seyer and AaronPreston Gorz arrived in July and October. MaddieGutekunst Hedeman retired from 18 years as asubstitute teacher—someone give her a medal,please—and now devotes herself full time to herfour beautiful granddaughters: Julianna, 6,Ashlyn, 4, Gwen, 2, and Eliza Mae, 1. Maddiedescribes herself as a widow with a very full life.Another busy widow is Donna Wiley Martinez,whose husband Abel died in a boating accidentfour years ago. Donna still teaches at a small privateschool in St. Mary’s County, Maryland, andrecently became a mother-in-law when her sonAndy got married. For 13 years Betsey Covelcommuted from Frederick to D.C., in successivelybetter editorial positions, and then decided tochange direction in 2003, shortly after her mother’sdeath. She works from home doing medicaltranscription and lives in a great retirement community.She also participates in volunteer communitygroups. Kay Starcher Klausewitzreceived her doctoral degree from the Univ.Massachusetts Amherst in 2005 and now teachesand does research in the education departmentat Merrimack College in North Andover, Mass.Her husband Ron is a computer science professorat Salem State College. They have two grownchildren who are busy with careers. Ron and Kaylove to travel and have visited all of the states inthe lower 48, plus the Galapagos Islands, CentralAmerica and Hawaii. They plan to visit China thissummer. Others who enjoy world travel are Joeand Susan Lyeth Sternfeld, who spent fiveweeks in India in 2005, mostly home stays and insmall hotels. One of the highlights of the trip forSusan was a visit to an open air market wherewomen were selling used saris. She bought abunch of saris and plans to use them to makequilts. In October 2006, Susan had a wonderfultrip to China with a large group of social workers.Not ready to retire is Barbara Strayer Brittain,who still finds her work as executive director ofFamilies Plus! to be fun, challenging and rewarding.She creates programs, raises money andlooks for community partners to solve problemsaffecting families and their many needs. Barbaradownsized a few years ago and now lives in an1850s stone house in a small village—Wolfsville—not far from Camp David. She is also not far fromher mother-in-law, Dorothy Dutrow Brittain’37, and her daughter, Cathy Brittain Altomare’88, mother of Barbara’s three grandchildren—Brittain, 13, Taylor 11, and Danny, 7. Tom andEllen Roberts Glaccum celebrated the marriageof their son Sean and his wife Ginger last fall.Ellen is mostly retired but she has one “jobette”which involves helping a wealthy friend giveaway money to good causes. Ellen and Tomspend lots of time outdoors in all seasons of theyear, doing whatever people do in rivers, onmountains, in forests, etc. Our condolences toSusan D. Sterner, whose mother Doris WitmerSterner ’37 died Jan. 23, 2007.1965Catherine Beyer Meredith1439 Ivy Hill RoadCockeysville, MD 21030(410) 252-1947alto1cat@aol.comEmily R. Kilby1203B Della RoadDickerson, MD 20842(301) 874-3316erk44@earthlink.netCatherine Beyer Meredith writes: Our condolencesto Penelope Lima Newhouse, whosehusband Wesley died Nov. 11, 2006. Emily R.Kilby had a recent conversation with Barbara D.Mehl, the wife of Paul Mehl, who used to be areligion professor at Hood. Sadly, Barbara saidthat Paul died Dec. 9, 2006. Our condolences toBarbara and her family. Barbara Casey Ruffinoreports that she is still serving on the Hood boardof trustees and is always happy to hear fromalums on any issues. She recently moved back tothe D.C., area, working in consulting with a colleagueshe worked with when she started 35years ago. Barbara’s husband Russ officiallyannounced his retirement in April 2007 after avery successful 15 years as rector of a beautifulchurch in Narragansett, R.I. This following a 15year career in the U.S. Department of Education,following a successful career as a Roman Catholicprofessor at Seton Hall and Catholic Univ. JaneCasey Ruffino ’99 is completing her doctorate inarcheology at Univ. College in Dublin and wouldlike to stay in Ireland. She has become somewhatof a regular arts critic on radio and televisionthere and not only enjoys the role but she iswonderful at it! The Internet makes it possible forme to listen to the radio interviews, which isgreat. Some producers consider her “an acceptablefeminist,” so she also gets gigs on TV andradio on feminist issues as well! Her first love isteaching archaeology to young students and shehas run several summer programs on Irish heritagefor disadvantaged students. Mike is writingand still playing rock music with his band,“The Unband,” known in our house as “not forMother Music!” Emily R. Kilby writes: DianaBeers Lobdell wrote, “Ralph and I live in Jupiter,Fla., six months of the year, and in Park City,Utah, in the summer and fall. Our family is all outwest now. Son Craig and his wife Jen live in SanFrancisco, where he is a senior manager consultantwith KPMG. Son Brannon is an architect inPortland, Ore., where he lives with his wife Pennyand our first grandchild Samantha, 2.” Dianakeeps in touch with Helen Harrison Arringtonwho lives in New Jersey with husband Dean.Helen has three children and two grandchildren.Diana also saw Sarah Lane Howell in October2006, in Monterey, Calif., and had great funcatching up with her. Sarah and Jo Ann SetherBowes were going together to Antarctica inJanuary, also a travel destination for Diana andRalph that month, but via a different tour. SaysDiana, “We are trying to travel a lot while wecan!” Diana also recalled the fourth floor Meyrancrew our freshman year, which included ArleneRubin Raven, whose death from cancer last Aug.1 she’d seen reported in the New York Times.Even as a freshman, Arlene was a creative andintellectual force. She changed her surname toRaven early in her career as art historian, critic,theoretician and poet, after earning an master’sdegree and a doctorate in art history from TheJohns Hopkins Univ. A pioneering feminist, shewas instrumental in the startups of the FeministStudio Workshop at the Woman’s Building in LosAngeles, the feminist art magazine, Chrysalis, theLesbian Art Project and the Women’s Caucus forArt. Author of nine books, Arlene was also the artcritic for “The Village Voice” in the 1980s. Ascholarship in Arlene’s name has been set up atthe Maryland Institute of Art in Baltimore, whereshe recently served as critic in residence. Amongthe usual good tidings of family accomplishmentsand growth (five grandchildren by now),Katherine Cribbs Tromble’s Christmasletter included the sad news of her older sister’sdeath last summer. Kathie and Bert volunteer asguides at the newly refurbished Baltimore Basilicaand spend a fair amount of time traveling. Thiscoming summer they’ll head for a reunion ofKathie’s maternal relatives in Oregon. “I haven’tseen most of the cousins for many, many years,”Kathie wrote. “I think my sister’s death hasreminded me how important it is to connect withfamily.” For one week in early November,Marilyn Farnell traded her Massachusetts townhousefor a tent in Biloxi, Miss. She went as amember of a church-sponsored effort to helpwith Hurricane Katrina cleanup. “It was a won-

34 Hood Magazine www.hood.edu/magazinederful week spent working on a small house, gettingit nearly finished for a family of five—fourgenerations of women ranging from 94 to 2!,”Lynn wrote. “The work was hard, the companywonderful and the feeling of contributing great. Ihope to do more in 2007. It was offset by themagnitude of the work that remains and the profounddiscouragement and depression thatremains among those who lost so much.” I(Emily Kilby) have left full-time retirement yetagain (gotta pay for that pesky health insurance).This time I’m a VISTA volunteer, coordinating awonderful nonprofit program, Partners in Care,that assists the elderly and disabled to remainindependent in their homes. If any of youFrederick-area alums need a really rewarding outletfor your helpful urges or if you or someoneyou know could use some neighborly assistance,please contact me at (301) 600-6008.1966Dianne Beebe Barske5851 Barry Ave.Anchorage, AK 99507(907) 346-3167(907) 346-1791 (fax)dielbarske@alaska.comAnna Buhr Cole reports that her daughters arenow grown—one a librarian in Boston and oneabout to enter library school in England.Although Anna keeps on working, her husbandwill retire this fall. Nancy Frederickson Sherlinhas been walking with the penguins. She retiredin January 2006 and celebrated by taking a cruiseto Antarctica. She continues to work in stainedglass and has been doing a lot of “fetch andcarry duties” for her husband, who is recoveringfrom surgery on both knees. Bonnie KloeblenHagerman sent news of a mini Hood reunionlast fall. She gathered with French House andShriner friends—Cammy Wyckoff Platt, KarenSweeney Fulwiler, Barbara Allen Syring andCarole Kinsley Garrett in Frederick, lamentingthat Carole Ann Kemp Lovett was unable toattend. Bonnie has now been employed at Hoodfor 38 years, currently as director of academicservices. I. Gail McIndoe Sterback wrote of oneof life’s U-turns. She and her husband downsizedtheir belongings and moved from Pennsylvaniato Las Vegas in December 2006, stayed a fewmonths, and are heading back east. “We’re notsorry we gave it a try.” More retirement newscomes from Mary Melville, planning to leave herjob in gifted education this fall and spend thewinter in Florida. Between Mary and husbandboB (yes, he spells his name that way), there arenine grandchildren. Carole Schieren Almondand husband Dave are another couple spendingtime in two places—summers in Sun Valley,Idaho, and winters in Rancho Mirage, Calif.There’s a variation on another recurrent theme—no grandchildren but three grandcats and onegranddog complete the family. My plea for newscaught up with Bonnie Scull Hawkes at sea on acruise through the Mediterranean Sea, then on toTurkey, Slovenia and Venice for a total of a monthon the ship. Betty Schmidt Martin is living inGainesville, Fla., with husband Harold who isabout to retire. Betty already retired from work invarious educational positions. All three childrenare Univ. of Florida grads and Betty considers herselfa big Gator fan. Carol Vandervoort Scottconsiders herself semi-retired. She had been anearly literacy specialist and now has turned hertalents to painting decorative furniture. She andhusband Phil have a granddaughter Emma andseveral granddogs— guide dog puppies beingraised by daughter Robynn in Seattle. And tocontinue the cruise theme, Carol and Phil cruisedlast year from Italy into New York harbor. LaurieWheeler Brown and Fayette are also dividingtheir time between two locations—Florida in winterand North Carolina mountains in summer.Just a mile down the road from their secondhome in Ashville is the home of their son, his wifeand two granddaughters. Retirement is a year offfor Sally Wislar Farneth, still teaching secondgrade in Vail, Ariz. Teaching in a year-roundschool gives her four long breaks a year, timespent visiting family in the East, including a twoyear-oldgranddaughter. Susan Worth Fiala andhusband John are celebrating their 40th anniversarythis June. Beth Harlow Foster, their originalmaid of honor and Susan’s Hood roommate forthree years, will be joining them for a vow renewalceremony. Elliott and I are also celebrating our40th wedding anniversary this year, planning atrip to Australia and New Zealand in the fall,including a visit in Toowoomba, Australia, withHood little sister Margie Arnold Creek ’68 andher husband Gene, residents of Australia formany years. I. Gail McIndoe Sterback moved toHenderson, Nev. After 13 years managing andrecruiting for two top real estate companies, Gailis now back to her first love, higher education,as an admissions representative for Las VegasCollege.1967Judith Lehman BallingerP.O. Box 298Cape May Point, NJ 08212(609) 898-9647judyballinger@hotmail.comBarbara A. Morgan Herron4504 Fernhill Ave.Baltimore, MD 21215(410) 732-9564bherron@baltometro.orgAbout two class columns ago, Pat RosnerKearns asked if anyone would be interested inestablishing a scholarship for genetic research inmemory of Elinid Erdlitz Apostolik. AngelaMilea Mogin, Ginny Price Bracken and KathyTurner Wickman responded, and we establishedan ad hoc committee and began working withNancy Gillece ’81 at Hood. I’m proud to reportthat as of this May, we had raised more than$50,000 to establish the Class of 1967 MemorialScholarship in memory of all our deceased classmates.Thanks to all of you who responded sogenerously to this important class project. Thanksalso to Gail Hartman Farr and Jayne WintersMathews for co-chairing our 40th reunion,where we’ll present a ceremonial check toPresident Volpe on behalf of the entire class.Meredith Cook Held is back in Dallas after 10years in the Houston area, where she taught firstgrade. Now she’s pursuing a career in real estateand serves on two boards of realtors. BabsCummings Stacks recently donated three dollhousesto the Onica Prall Child DevelopmentLaboratory School at Hood. She found one dollhousethat was built in 1929, the year theLaboratory School was opened, and lovingly furnishedit with dolls and furniture. She also donatedone dollhouse for use by 3-year-old children,and another for 4 year olds, but with customdecorations. She also authored a booklet with 10life lessons for pre-schoolers that can be used inconjunction with dollhouse play. Lynda FerryMoore is back in Harrisburg, Pa., after 15 movesin 37 years of marriage. She describes herself as ajill-of-all-trades and has been painting, designingand making jewelry. Lynda has two children, twograndchildren and a big blue Harley! JudyLehman Ballinger is a volunteer helper at theCenter for Community Arts in Cape May, N.J. Sherecently spotted a Hood ring on another volunteerand discovered it was Harriet Fox Riehl ’66.Judy and Harriet both lived in the French Houseand both served in the Peace Corps. Judy is planningto attend our reunion and will be comingwith her mom, whose class will be celebratingtheir 70th reunion. What an inspiration! Judy hasheard from Cheryl Wray Kirk, who is enjoyingbeing retired from teaching and works part timein a health food store. She also has full custody ofher grandson, so she is back into full-time parenting.Our condolences to Laurie SeymourCarlson whose husband Charles died Feb. 17,2006, and to Judith Lehman Ballinger whosefather Raymond died July 30, 2006. Laurie movedto northern California in summer 2006 and celebratedthe birth of her first grandchild GabriellaElizabeth Bencomo Dec. 26, 2006. At press time,my husband and I (Barbara A. Morgan Herron)are gearing up for the Maryland Film Festival.“Freedom Dance,” his 30-minute animated documentaryabout a young couple’s escape fromcommunist Hungary in 1956, will premiere there.I’m looking forward to seeing many of you at ourreunion. Until next time...1968Please send your news directly to TammyMcElroy ’05, Assistant Magazine Editor,Hood College, 401 Rosemont Ave., Frederick,MD 21701-8575; (301) 696-3977 or tohoodmagcnews@hood.edu.Suzanne Gottert and her husband, Hank Krause,are thrilled to announce the graduation of theirdaughter Lauren Kendall from the Yale School ofMedicine in May 2007. Kendall will be doing herfour-year residency in emergency medicine atHarvard and will then go into international medicineand try to “save the world.”1969Susan Korff Hammer8046 Fredericksburg TurnpikeWoodford, VA 22580skorff@mac.comLibby Miller Jacobs has published her first book,“Wolf Note,” a collection of short stories. It’savailable from amazon.com, in bookstores andfrom the publisher, Rager Media. She would loveto hear from any Hood alums who might beinterested in author readings for their book clubs.Husband Jack is semi-retired from his medicalpractice in Akron, Ohio, and they split their timebetween there and a condo in Boston. SayreRoney Steere keeps up with Karol BedykStrang and Cindy Kannapel Weiss, thanks to e-mail. Though Karol officially retired from socialwork, she is field liaison for 30 Univ. of Marylandstudents. In her spare time she takes classes inwatercolor and genealogy, and tutors English as a

Summer 2007Hood Magazine 35second language. Cindy’s life revolves aroundgranddaughter Bryn, whom she cares for off-andonwhile daughter Natalie works. She, too, hasretired from the school system but often substitutesin the secretarial department. I had lunchwith Susan Taylor Shoch and Deb Dick Holbertand ran into Chris Papayani Koumas and Nicklast summer during my annual trip to Cape Cod.Susan owns a cottage which is often rented outto our classmates, so there are lots of minireunions all summer long. Susan is retired, splittingher time between home in Pennsylvania,Daytona Beach and the Cape. Deb is still working,now flying out of Dulles to Peking. Pleasesend news to me by October 1 for the next issue.1970Jeanne Bryant WylandAtlantis IslandChippewa Bay, NY 13623wyland@optonline.netKarin Ninesling Infuso56 Utica RoadEdison, NJ 08820-2350(732) 548-7649Karin Ninesling Infuso writes: Old-fashionedtelephone conversations and e-mail yielded thiscolumn. Jeanne Bryant Wyland teaches Frenchpart time and enjoys “the best of both worlds,”working part time and being able to volunteer ather son William’s school. Jeanne keeps in touchwith Linda Kramer Evans and Susan Spiro andhopes to visit Anne Parkin. Darlyn CounihanChambre M.A. ’82 earned a master’s degreefrom Hood, has taught math since 1970, andreceived a Presidential Award for excellence inteaching. The MathCounts team she coachedplaced several times in the top five teams in thecountry and more than eight of her studentsplaced in the top 10 in the nation in theWestinghouse/Intel Science competition. Darlynhas been married for 28 years and plans to retirefrom teaching at the end of this year. SusanDoucett Greenberg is still enjoying retirement,especially the freedom to read for enjoyment anddo what she wants. Ellen Farrand Carpentertold of her son Eric, who worked in NYC and sawthe Twin Towers fall in 2001. He is an engineernow working in Florida. Ellen finished a secondmaster’s degree in education and plans to write abook on the damage to children fostered by poorschool administration. Nancy Griffiths Wormsteaches first and second grade; her husband isthe business manager at a private academy; andher two daughters, both social workers, are completinggraduate school. Nancy anticipates themarriage of one daughter in the near future. Ourcondolences to Sue Jones O’Donnell, whosehusband Dan died suddenly in May 2006. Suestill lives in Golden, Colo., and works for the U.S.Office of Personnel Management. Elaine HubertHarwood and her husband retired to Vermont tobe closer to both families. They are renovating ahouse near Burlington and enjoy the beautifulscenery and musical opportunities Burlingtonoffers. After 27 years with the same company,Joanne Loughrey Flahive survived two corporatemergers and is now the senior project managerfor the new Medicare Prescription Drug programstart-up company. Last spring, Joanne,Kathy Campbell Loun and Roberta DudleyMaguire spent three days in California visitingthe Getty Museum and enjoying a “Sideways”wine tour. In June, Joanne and her family traveledto London and Ireland and visited the Irish villagefrom which her husband’s grandfather emigrated.Sam Ryan Reeves and her husband vacationedin Palm Springs with Linda Israel Lamm.Sam has seen Ellen Sacks, whose son William is asophomore at Hood, and she still enjoys Frederickwith Marj Menchey as a close neighbor. Aftermy daughter Kate graduated from GeorgianCourt Univ. last May, we took a celebratory tripto Hawaii. Ada Karen Blair, Kate’s godmother,and Kari’s husband George, joined us for a twoweektrip to Oahu, the Big Island and Maui.Hawaii is a magical place, which we hope to visitagain. Kari is the assistant dean of the College ofEducation at Towson Univ. and her husband is aretired professor emeritus at Towson. In August,the four of us will take our annual trip toTanglewood, the summer home of the BostonSymphony. My husband Paul and I continue toenjoy retirement after a combined 64 years ofteaching. I want to thank the classmates whotook the time to share information via the telephoneand e-mail and hope to hear from otherclassmates for the next column.1971Linda Graves Pearson1416 Appleberry WayWest Chester, PA 19382(610) 430-6538lpearson906@worldsavings.comSuzanne Krepp Beckner’s husband Bill retiredfrom the Nuclear Regulatory Commission inAugust 2006. Suzanne followed and retired fromWestat the same day. Suzanne and Bill bought anocean-front condominium in Ocean City, Md.Our condolences to Christy Monroe Smith,whose mother, Mary “Mert” Kinsman Monroe’47, died Dec. 21, 2006.1972Cynthia A. Clifford1666 Grove St.San Francisco, CA 94117-1323(415) 563-5273(415) 824-1072 (fax)clifford@texture.comI thought I stepped down as class reporter alongwith Carol Schlosnagle Bradford a few yearsago but appear to be listed still with Hood. If oneof you is interested in taking this on, please letHood and me know. Meanwhile, I do have a coupleof items and ask that you please send yournews to me in time for the October 15 deadline.Best to you all! Four members of the Class of ’72met for a mini-reunion the first week of May lastyear. Kathy Martin Belikoff, Helen DeLeonardand Virginia Procino Hartmann met at Kathy’shome in Bloomsbury, N.J., and I joined them fora conference call Sunday morning. Kathy’s husbandLarry cooked, took pictures, drove them fora tour of French Town and was the perfect hostwhile they reminisced. Kathy is a reference librarianat the Bucks Center at LaSalle Univ. and hasrecently written two reference books,“Opportunities in Biological Science Careers” and“Opportunities in Eye Care Careers.” Helen is afirst grade teacher at the J. B. Kelly School in theGermantown neighborhood of Philadelphia. Atthe time, Gini and Tom were living in her childhoodhome in Watchung, N.J.; they’ve been ableto keep that family home but have moved toRedding, Conn. Their youngest, Beatrix, enteredMount Holyoke College last fall, following in hermother’s footsteps by attending a women’s college.Then, this February, Gini passed throughSan Francisco on her way to meet Tom at ameeting out here, and traveled to Korea to visittheir son Gabriel. It was a short but quite wonderfulrendezvous and I was honored. Please sendnews!1973Lorraine Elizabeth Sharp Kish11402 Ellington St.Fulton, MD 20759-2502raineykish@yahoo.comPlease e-mail me class news anytime at raineykish@yahoo.com.It is the best way to keep intouch. Our condolences to Rita MarronWagner, whose husband T.C. died Dec. 13,2005, and to Christine L. McHenry, whosefather Thomas McHenry III, M.D. died Sept. 30,2006. Great news from Elaine WilliamsBielenberg! Yes, John and Elaine were married inNovember 2006 and are making Maine theirhome. Both being interested in travel and thetheater, they recently toured Nevis (St. Kitts) andLondon, where she and John saw 13 plays on theWest End! Leslie Hawkins, who also lives inMaine, writes that her mother’s health is deteriorating.Now Leslie and her sisters must help theirmother, who lives alone in North Carolina, tocome to terms with the idea of giving up herhome for a more assisted living arrangement. It isa tough fact of life facing many of us. Luckily,Leslie planned to relax on a Hawaiian beach chairfor a much-deserved vacation with friends inApril. An avid Chesapeake Bay sailing enthusiast,Donna Simmons Maneely is about to challengeher sailing skills. The British Virgin Islands are callingDonna and a good friend for their first-everbareboat sailing charter in the Caribbean. AnnJones, a busy realtor and community volunteer,loves spending time with her sister and family.Playing bridge and romping with her pet Corginamed Lewie still rank highest on her list of funthings to do. Katherine Nixdorff Wilson writesthat son Neil has finished his second year of medicalschool and is now studying in Europe thisyear, earning a degree in bio ethics before resuminghis studies back home this fall. Kathy and herhusband are planning to tour Italy this year.Anyone planning a trip to Worcester, Mass? Stopby Clark Univ. and look up Jennifer Hilton, whois a visiting full-time professor of printmaking,drawing and artists books. From out of the wild,wild, west, Betsy Varga-Svensson writes fromher home in Nevada that besides being motherto her kids—her daughter, Whitney (age 27),lives in Carson City while son, David (age 24),works for BMW in Las Vegas—she owns five horses!When not tending to the horses, Betsy keepsrecently retired husband Bruce busy with “honeydo lists.” Her family is planning to cruise theMexican Riviera along with Betsy’s 87 yearsyoung mother! Betsy writes that her Hood “littlesister,” Jan Richardson '75, who experiencedfirsthand the wrath of Katrina in New Orleans, isstill battling the government and insurance companyto get her house back to livable condition.

36 Hood Magazine www.hood.edu/magazineShe was also hard hit in Marathon, Fla. Let’s hopethings get better for Jan in 2007. Recently,Charlie Miller Ponticelli was in New Yorkattending part of the United Nation’s annualmeeting of the Commission on the Status ofWomen. Charlie, the senior adviser in the Officeof Refugees, Population and Migration at the U.S.State Department, heard one delegate refer tothe value of “single-sex education” as a way toempower girls and young women. Well, we allcould have told them that! Last December,Charlie became the honored recipient of theAfghan American Sisterhood Award from ArianaOutreach for her tireless efforts to improve thedaily lives of Afghan women and children. LastJanuary, I invited Charlie and Sandra Rieder to adinner party at my new house in Maryland. Wetalked and laughed about old times and newexperiences and even dragged out the Hoodyearbook for some smiles. Being a stay-at-homemom for many years, it is always fun for me tohear about Sandy’s business trips to glamorousParis or Charlie’s adventurous visit to Saddam’spalace in Iraq. Recently, Karen Bast Griffith ofMaryland took a break from her duties at themuseum and met me for tea. It was a relaxingafternoon for us to enjoy good friendship anddelicious tea in a Victorian ambience. As for me, Ikeep busy with volunteering at the hospital, quiltingand engaging in local women’s groups. Mostrecently, I joined a local chapter of the Red HatSociety and plan to have lots of fun with it! Nowthat all three of my kids are off doing their thing,my husband Peter and I are looking forward tocruising the Mediterranean this summer in celebrationof becoming “empty nesters,” as well ashaving shared 25 years of marriage. Several ofyoue-mailed me news for the column and for thatI am grateful. I cannot emphasize enough howmuch we all enjoy reading class news. So keepsending me any tidbits of news—big or small,sad or happy. I love hearing from you!1974Mary Bell Thorpe676 Tuscawilla Hills, #132Charles Town, WV 25414(304) 725-9686addertj@aol.comM. Suzanne Bertier Owens7810 Chestnut Grove RoadSevern, MD 21144(410) 969-1814(410) 222-5608 (fax)sowens5743@aol.comCondolences to the family of Carol J. WendebornGardner, who was killed by gunfire April 30,2006; and to Lynda Elizabeth S. Edwards,whose father J. Robert Sell, died March 23, 2004.1975Deborah Ann Deasy1824 Foxcroft Lane, Apt. 704Allison Park, PA 15101(412) 366-2642ddeasy@tribweb.comFormer class reporter Kathy Keiser Ferris ofFairfax, Va., sends sad news of husband Ned’spassing. He fell down their basement steps inJanuary and broke a hip. “The stress of surgerywas too much for his Parkinson’s disease and hepassed away five weeks later,” Kathy writes. “Hewas buried at Arlington National Cemetery.” Ona happier note, Kathy also reports that son Graywill enter the Univ. of New Hampshire inSeptember as a music education major andFrench horn player. Daughter Emma is a freshmanat the science and technology magnet highschool in Fairfax. Petite Ann Wiggins Ely ofBurlington, Vt., has a new granddaughter andsecond grandchild—Ronia Arwen Foecking—born March 16 to oldest daughter Katherine andson-in-law. Ronia weighed almost 11 pounds atbirth and measured 21 inches. Jamie HartJasinski of Lyndhurst, N.J., reports that sonRichard Jr., 22, an Eagle Scout, expected tograduate in May from Lycoming College inWilliamsport, Pa., with a degree in criminal justice.Like father, like son? Jamie’s husband “Jazz”still works as a police lieutenant in Lyndhurst,where he and Jamie met 37 years ago in highschool. Their son Jonathan, 17, is a high schooljunior, and a hockey and baseball player. “I’mstill teaching kindergarten after 31 years,” writesJamie, also an elder at Rutherford PresbyterianChurch. Jamie also maintains the church’s Website. Lisa Oller Kennedy and husband Kevinnow live in Scottsdale, Ariz., and love the desertclimate. “We became grandparents this past year,and are spending as much time as possible withour grandson,” Lisa writes. “If anyone finds themselvesin the vicinity of Scottsdale, be sure to lookme up.” In April, Lisa was looking forward to her“Memorial Gang’s” annual June get-together.This year’s destination: Marcia Ritter Doiron’shome in Wellesley, Mass. Marcia expected towelcome Cilla Munkenbeck-O'Brian, LyndaStrasser Brooks, Laura Lee Hickman, AnnShackelford Silva and Fran Vogler Groves,plus B.J. Schuler ’73 from our big sister class.1976Nancy Ludwick Warrenfeltz5732 Tamarack DrivePace, FL 32571(850) 995-0051nlwfeltz@hotmail.comCondolences to Linda Waddington Milburn,whose husband, Paul C.J. Giaquinta, died Feb. 1,2005; and to Michael D. Culler, whose father,Wilbur D. Culler, died Nov. 7, 2006.1977Elizabeth Anderson Comer4303 N. Charles St.Baltimore, MD 21218(410) 243-2626ecomer@eacarchaeology.comFirst, please e-mail me your e-mail address.I will only use it twice a year to ask you for newsfor this column and save a few trees in the process!My e-mail is ecomer@eacarchaeology.com. Also,if you are trying to find a classmate, e-mail me asI may have contact information. On to the news:Bari Keiser O’Neill moved to Fort Myers, Fla., inJuly 2006. Husband Bob accepted a position atFlorida Gulf Coast Univ. starting the first-everschool of civil and environmental engineering.Bari thought they did enough moving in the militarybut survived yet another new address! Barisays all are welcome if you are in the need ofsome warmth! Kathleen Asser Weslock writes allis well as she splits her time between NYC andWayne, Pa., for work as chief human resourcesofficer at SunGard. Her boys, 16 and 14, are atColumbia Grammar and Preparatory in NYC,which is right around the corner from theirhouse. Kathleen and husband have been busywith their nonprofit organization, the AmericanFriend’s of the Jewish Museum of Greece, andhave a traveling exhibition that has been in NYC,D.C., and Chicago. The exhibit commemoratesthe children of Greece who were in hiding duringthe holocaust, which includes her mother-in-law.Kathleen says it is a very exciting project! TerriPyle Reed writes she no longer works for theChristina School District due to a multi-milliondollar deficit uncovered by the newest superintendentthat required “reductions in force.” Shereturned to substitute teaching and has beenworking several days a week with the elementarystudents of that district. Terri finds it very rewardingeven though she misses the benefits (medicalcoverage and pension). She is also working as apart-time garden tour guide at Winterthur,Museum & Country Estate. Winterthur is theearly 20th century country estate of Henry Francisdu Pont located in the beautiful BrandywineValley, just outside of Wilmington, Del. The mansionis filled with wonderful collections ofAmerican antiques and a nationally renownedresearch library, while the spectacular gardensoffer a calm serenity of horticulture with rollingmeadows, stone bridges and a magical fairytalegarden for children of all ages. Terri encouragesanyone traveling through the area to stop andenjoy the beauty and heritage and hopefully haveher tour! With family life busier than ever, Terricontinues to volunteer for many organizations(church; Emily’s high school band, swim teamand PTSA; Girl Scouts; DFRC, a foundation thatraises awareness and funding for the citizens ofDelaware with cognitive disabilities; Blue Gold All-Star Football game; and the volunteer fire company,where they all three belong). DaughterEmily will be 16 in May and has just begun drivers’ed. She earned her varsity letter in swimmingwhile maintaining higher than a 4.0 GPA, andwas recently invited to join the National HonorSociety. Husband Donald and Terri are veryproud of her. Terri’s free time is usually spentenjoying her family, all of whom are nearby. Shealso continues to write to her pen pal (from the6th grade) and they finally met in July 2001.Their second visit (in Oregon) was a 50th birthdaygift from Terri’s sister in 2005. Terri thinks ofher years at Hood with great fondness and prideand hopes Emily will consider Hood Collegewhen she graduates in 2009. Melissa Shyan-Norwalt writes after graduating from Hood shereceived her doctorate (1980) in experimentalpsychology at the Univ. of Hawaii in comparativecognition. After a two-year postdoctoral fellowshipon research in primate cognition, she taughtfor two years at Southwest Texas State Univ., andthen moved to Butler Univ. in Indianapolis, whereshe taught experimental methods, learning andcognition for 13 years. Research areas include elephantmemory and cognition, the effects of largeanimal (dolphins, horses and large dogs) interactionson learning-motivation in multiply challengedchildren, and human cognition. Her currentresearch areas include the human-animalbond, dog aggression and reconciliation behav-

Summer 2007Hood Magazine 37ior, and environmental and socialization enrichmentfor companion animals. She married RobertNorwalt in 2000 and they are now the Shyan-Norwalts. She is certified by the Animal BehaviorSociety as an applied animal behaviorist (since itsinception in 1993). Since 1998, she has run apart-time clinical practice (Companion AnimalProblem Solvers, Inc.) where she works withowner-clients to help resolve pet and companionanimal behavior problems. She has also served asa consultant for modifying and then designing anew no-kill cat shelter. Recently she joined theNestle Purina Petfood Company as its first certifiedanimal behaviorist. She collaborates onresearch on the effects of nutrition and behavior,designs research on environmental and socialenrichment for laboratory cats and dogs to testand develop the most effective behavioral andpsychological enrichment environments (forhappy dogs and cats), and serves as a consultanton behavior issues. She and her husband (a fulltimeswordsmith) now live in St. Joseph, Mo.,with their three dogs, cat and two Belgian drafthorses. The Comer family reports that things aregoing swimmingly. We traveled to Australia thissummer for my 50th birthday and had an amazingexperience, complete with kangaroos anddidgeridoos. We also traveled to California,Vancouver, Colorado and Ecuador this year andhad an awesome time skiing, diving, jungletrekking, etc. Margaret, currently a junior inhigh school; Jacob, a sophomore; and Anne, afourth grader, are doing well in school and ourbusinesses are thriving. The cats and dog arehappy as well!1978Michele Payer Wood738 Saint Johns PlaceDallastown, PA 17313-9506woodmsrd@comcast.netCongratulations to Kelly Walfred Miller Esq.,who welcomed grandson, Owen Michael Miller,Dec. 22, 2006.1979Carolyn Fiery Shearer4721 Yorkshire DriveEllicott City, MD 21043(410) 465-1260ckbnb@comcast.netOur condolences to Louisa Potts on the death ofher mother, Mrs. Arthur Potts, Jan. 18, 2007, inTallahassee, Fla.1980Allison Horne126 S. Darlington St.West Chester, PA 19382-3212(610) 429-3202auntieal@verizon.netDiane Cain Proctor (rid27448@cox.net) is a firstgrade teacher in Providence, R.I., and is workingon her second master’s degree to be a certifiedreading teacher when she graduates in August2008. She has three daughters—Alison is a sophomoreat Champlain College; Sarah will head toFranklin & Marshall College in the fall; and heryoungest, Andrea, is a freshman in high school.Her husband David got out of the parish ministryafter 28 years and is now director of spiritualityand community services at St. Elizabeth Manor.Susan Campbell Brzezanski(vidasue@verizon.net) has been living nearFrederick since graduation. Married for 22 years,she has two daughters—Marion, a junior atCatholic Univ., and Alexa, a senior at WalkersvilleHigh School. After 10 years in Connecticut,Susan Patton Fox (susanfoxlaw@aol.com) andher family are moving to South Riding, Va., sinceher husband’s job with United Airlines has beentransferred to Dulles Airport. She sold her lawpractice in anticipation of the move. Their oldestdaughter Ashley graduated college and is nowworking in D.C. for a law firm and hopes toattend law school. Their son Bobby will be startingcollege in California next fall, playing on thegolf team. Their two youngest children,Maryjacqueline and Katharine, will be in highschool. Sue had a small book published in PrinceEdward Island, Canada, detailing their lives in theU.S. Navy and the strong faith that got themthrough. Our condolences to the family ofRichard F. Geoghegan Jr., M.S. ’80, who diedDec. 16, 2006; and to the family of CatherineDemmitt Coxe, who died March, 19, 2004.Roseanne Quinn Bell has a new e-mail address:rqbell22@verizon.net. Jo Kerwien-Rucko (ruckosjx2@cs.com)wrote that she enjoys working fulltime at a law firm in New Jersey. Married for 23years, she has raised two daughters—the eldest, asophomore in high school, is considering Hoodas a potential college choice to pursue teaching.Her younger daughter, a fifth grader, is involvedin many activities including musical theater. Sheis very grateful for the education and opportunitiesshe received at Hood and would love to hearfrom her big sister, Melinda Lowery ’78, andany other classmates interested in visiting. SarahAnn Miller-Lyons (samlbi@yahoo.com) wrotethat Katie McCombs Zirnkilton, Ellen HigginsKornfeld and she are going to participate in thethree-day Susan Komen breast cancer walk inPhiladelphia the weekend of October 5-7. Theywould love to have other Pink Panthers join orsupport them. Mary Newton Deighan(mdeighan@earthlink.net) and her husband Mikecontinue to live in Charlottesville, Va., with theirnine children. Mike is a computer programmerand instructor while Mary is a part-time bookkeeper.Their son Justin will graduate fromWilliam and Mary in May with a bachelor’sdegree in physics and then head to UVA’s graduateengineering physics program. Their next oldest,Mikaela, is finishing her freshman year atChristendom College and Kathleen is starting herhigh school studies at the local communitycollege. The other six children are homeschooledand still very active in Irish dance andtheater. Pam Pennebaker Zimmerman(pamzimmrrt@yahoo.com) is still enjoyingher work at Johns Hopkins and is also a CPRinstructor trainer. She is very excited that herdaughter Kelly is a freshman at Hood and livingin Meyran Hall. Keep sending me your news!For information about volunteering, call (301) 696-3900 or (800) 707-5280, option 3, orsend an e-mail to alumoffice@hood.edu.1981Patricia Karnaugh McQuadeStephanie Constantino Chisolm7247 Swan Point WayColumbia, MD 20145(410) 290-7968stephanie.chisolm@gmail.comOur condolences to Patricia Culler Wiser, whosefather, Wilbur D. Culler, died Nov. 7, 2006.Kristin Bardsley Stoehr and family moved fromTennessee to Ohio. Their new address is 7621Greenhorn Drive, Hudson, Ohio 44236. KenKerr is on a six-month sabbatical from hisposition as professor of English at FrederickCommunity College. He and his wife, HelenRozsics Kerr ’82, are studying Spanish at theUniv. of Buenos Aires and are living in theBarrio of Recoleta. They have a blog,http:\\kenkerr.blogspot.com, where theypost their experiences daily. Ken and Helenreturn to the U.S. in July. Stephanie ConstantinoChisolm is in a new career, directing patienteducation for a national health foundation, andis living in Columbia, Md. Erika Leeuwenburghworked with her team of child life specialists inNew Jersey to contribute a chapter on creativearts and therapies to a textbook Stephanie wrotefor pre-health professional students. When he’snot traveling or teaching special education studentsin Maryland, William Luther Jett is activewriting poetry and reading it to anyone whohands him a microphone. Roberta Wilson gotmarried last summer to Kurt Lowman. NancyGillece and husband helped Roberta celebratetheir Annapolis wedding. Sharon Gravatt Kuleszand John are enjoying their empty nest and herrole as an administrator with the AmericanAcademy of Physician Assistants. She keeps intouch with Amy Francis McIlvain, who is livingoutside Philadelphia. Bonito “Bonnie” Raymoand Jim, now retired, live like snow birds, spendingwinters in Florida and summers in Marylandwhen they are not traveling. Karen Srsic Shorteris happily remarried. She changed careers fromdesigning interiors to working with special educationstudents in a Connecticut preschool.Michele Losiewicz Weddle M.A. ’89, after 27years, finally got her Hood ring when she anddaughter Alecia ringed each other at a recentHood ring dinner. Kim Manning Corbin leftteaching for the excitement and challenge of sellinghomes in Richmond, Va. It is a good careerchoice because she recently downsized and nowher kids say they want to move back home whenthey are done with college. Laura Jones added anew dog to her list of pets and claims she doesn’thave much else going on. Patti Durbin Meyershas a son at UVA and a daughter in fifth grade.She’s working for a teak manufacturer in Virginia.Lisa Kondylas has moved into a new home nearBaltimore and continues to work as a speech languagepathologist. Patricia Karnaugh McQuadewrites: Special thanks to our fourth class reportersince 2000, Stephanie Chisolm, who drafted youre-requested news into her last column and thenturned over the keyboard to me for editing andextra news. Steph, I miss you and thanks for thememories! Naomi Bergwerk occasionally commutesto work in Ft. Detrick. Debbie BlizzardVelnoskey teaches pre-school. Hope BoberCorrigan juggles the kids, job and house. Nina

38 Hood Magazine www.hood.edu/magazineChomnuk Robertson proudly carries a Hoodpurse designed by Kathy Pires Lengyel.Maureen Comer Skea reopened her boutiquein quaint Spring Lake, N.J. Jane Davidson Hallquilts. Vicki Ehlert Ullrich runs twin boys tosoccer. Catherine Ellsworth and Amy FrancisMcIlvain, please phone in! Marcy GoldbergTaylor M.B.A.’00 hosted a Ring Dinner at hometo celebrate this tradition for Linda HecklingerProcter’s student-daughter Lauren Procter ’08.Cindy Hancock Weller, teaching assistant, willattend alum-mom’s 60th Reunion. PattiKarnaugh McQuade introduced Eddie, Peterand Claire to The Big Swim Olympians, NYCMary Little Young attended a NYC conferenceon dyslexia. Barb Martin Hunter recently metformer-president Clinton. Lynn Marzulli Whitewas mother of the bride last summer. MaryMcDonnell-Weschler successfully underwentsurgery. Leigh Moomaw McBride visitedAustralia where daughter studies abroad. SueMurch McLoughlin attended Reunion with husband.Sue Newell Watts recently visited Florida.Judy Reamer Egan is a nurse. Linda Rupy Sparfrequents the U.S. Tennis Open. Lori RimbyPujol owns a Costa Rican vacation home. PattiScasserra-Lester regularly attends the dieticianconvention. Barbara Shafer Twine Dobry taxisa teenager to crew! Sherri Smith Baggettreturned home from Reunion with Marylandcrabs for dinner. Donna Smith-Mecca enjoys hertwo daughters. Mary Thompson Calhoun gotanother dog. Sarah Wagoner Dixon droppedher son off at college and visited Laurie CastleRoss. Linda Wilce Marmer M.S. ’90 is aFrederick Keys baseball fan. Carole Wilson Forbeschairs the home economics department. SharonWodjenski toured Californian wineries. GretaZimmer Friedman volunteers at an art center.Tracy Zogran Fox lectured at the last dietician’sconvention. You can reconnect by joining the e-mail loop: advancementservices@hood.edu.Please e-mail me for future great columns!1982Margaret Brown McGinn61 Wysteria CourtTorrington, CT 06790-2661(860) 496-8880richnmeg@aol.comAdrienne Gail Tufts1430 Layman St.McLean, VA 22101-3128(703) 821-4033agtufts@erols.comThank you to each of you who took the time toe-mail me with your “news.” Kathy NicholsTalbot wrote with news covering the past 25years!! She and her husband Pete have movedaround the country seven times and are now settledin Dayton, Ohio, with their son and daughter.Kathy is currently a stay-at-home Mom afterspending many years in the interior design field.She wishes she could be at Reunion but is unableto due to a busy family schedule. Terry AnnBooker Harris, who attended Hood for one year,is currently living near Wickenburg, Ariz. She andher husband have also moved quite a bit. Terryhas four daughters and three grandchildren. Sheis currently an artist and budding photographer,and gaining recognition for her digital artworks.She remembers Hood with fondness and evenstopped by while on vacation last summer. JoyMiller Beveridge wrote to “brag” about her twochildren, both of whom are attending the Univ.of Maryland—Kendall is a junior and Danny afreshman. Kendall plays field hockey (her teamwon back-to-back national championships in2005 and 2006), while Danny is accomplished intrack and cross country. With the children off incollege, she and Don are enjoying their “emptynest” and keeping active. Joy is looking forwardto our 25th reunion. Ann Williams Clemm toldthe sad news of her mother’s death due to anautomobile accident while in Virginia. Ann isgrateful for all of the years she lived near herMom. She reminds us to each cherish our mother-daughterrelationships. Our condolences toMichelle Ferreira Vauthrin whose husbandRonald died Sept. 14, 2006, in an automobileaccident. I was so glad to hear from myMemorial Hall buddy Lessy Lamb Nixon. She isthe supervisor of special education in CampbellCounty, Virginia. Her husband Randy is the directorof Parks and Recreation for Bedford, Va.Between them they have five children, all ofwhom are in college!! That makes her and Randyalso “empty nesters.” She is looking forward tothe 25th reunion also. Jodi Palmer Murphymoved from Maryland to Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.Her husband Kevin retired from the Army and isnow in a private orthopaedic practice. Jodi’s oldestson will be attending Univ. of Tampa in thefall and youngest just turned 16. She is playingtennis, renovating her house, hoping to hook upwith Christy Belisle Fitzgerald in Jacksonvilleand looking forward to seeing everyone atReunion. Liane McCarthy wins the award forthe most intriguing job. She is now a supervisoryspecial agent specializing in crisis negotiations,living in Fairfax, Va. She deploys overseas whenAmericans are kidnapped. Recently she was inHouston, Texas, where she visited with SharonCarnevale Schopfer ’83. Amy Blades Stewardrecently opened her own freelance writing businessin Easton, Md., specializing in copy writingfor news releases, annual reports, brochures,advertising, marketing and fund-raising materials,and newsletters. Over the last 25 years she hasworked in public relations for the National Trustfor Historic Preservation, the Maryland HistoricalTrust, Shore Health System and, most recently,Adkins Arboretum. She is currently a contributingwriter and on the advisory board for MarylandLife magazine. Rich and I are far from being“empty nesters.” Our son Matthew is in thirdgrade this year. I am now a “homestyle specialist”with AtHome America (a direct sales companyfeaturing home décor products). I really love itand wish I could retrace my days at Hood andmajor in interior design. Last week I saw GlynnisEdwards Cowdery and Wendy Pulford Rogers-Vonick. Glynnis was in Connecticut for springbreak visiting her parents. Wendy also lives inConnecticut. I think we all look the same, just alittle older. I am looking forward to our 25threunion and catching up with many more of you.If anyone is interested in taking over the role ofclass reporter, please let me know.1983Mary L. Townley317 Hudderfield DriveRichmond, VA 23236hoodmlt@aol.comMary Susan Adams Dinkel writes that she has asuccessful “professional sewing” business thatkeeps her busy altering wedding gowns andother formal wear in Ijamsville, Md. Della NapierShatto lives in Frederick and shares that sheserved in the foreign service in Paris, Barbadosand Yugoslavia. Linda Fox Hearn is projectdirector of the Wicomico Senior Citizen Services.Margaret Zammarella Chalk is living inCatonsville, Md., and works as an operationsmanager for First Horizon Home Loans. Also livingin Maryland is Gail Bowker O’Brien, whohas worked as a parole and probation agent forthe State of Maryland for 22 years. JoanneGrimes Davis writes that her oldest daughterJulie just completed her sophomore year at Hoodwhere she is double majoring in special and elementaryeducation. Joanne is teaching earlychildhood special education in Carroll Countyand taking graduate courses at Hood. Joannekeeps in touch with Joyce Rhinecker Gillich.Joyce volunteers many hours with 4-H and theMartinsburg High School Marching Band. JacqueWitt Lyons still lives in Kent Island, Md. Jacquehas been a C.P.A. for five years and is assistantcontroller and human resources director of alarge property management company based inAnnapolis. Lee Ann Near Aikens B.S. ’84 writesfrom Hedgesville, W.Va., saying that she left herjob as a toxicology medical technologist to be afull-time mom. Anna Tansi Aramini reports fromher home in Glastonbury, Conn., that she is inher 12th year of running a change managementconsulting business. Lisa Smith Cates lives inMalvern, Pa., where she stays busy being an athomemom as well as volunteering at three differentschools, church and their neighborhoodassociation. Kimberly Belknap Kroeger Milesruns another thriving business out of Sedona,Ariz. She is a certified nutritionist and stress managementconsultant with a national client baseand is presently a doctoral candidate in NaturalHealth at Clayton College. Ruth Ravitz Smithwrites that she started a new job last summerand she keeps in touch with Sarah HooverDietrich. Suzanne Williams Johnson works asthe program administrator for the South JerseySelect Lacrosse and is site director for the U.S.Field Hockey Association. Nancy HoffmanHennessey writes us to say that while she wasvisiting Dickinson College with her daughterCall for Nominations for Trustees of Hood CollegeAlumnae and alumni may submit nominations for trustee positions at any time. These nominations should be directed to the Committeeof Trusteeship of the Board of Trustees. Nominations for trustees may be submitted using the following link: www.hood.edu/nominations.

Summer 2007Hood Magazine 39Lauren, she ran into Sue Liddick Lazun who wasvisiting the college with her daughter Sarah. Suekeeps in touch with Lisa Koogle. Nancy alsospoke recently with Mary Robert Seidel Fish.“Bobby” lives in Tampa and works part time forhospice. Susan Young Jentoft sends hellos toeveryone from Mississippi and reports that sheworks as a mental health therapist. DebbieMiller Patrick sends greetings from Mt. Airy, Md.Debbie is teaching math at a local Christianschool and is working on her master’s degree.Kim Hall writes from New York City that she is avisiting professor of English and director ofAfrican studies at Barnard College. Her book,“Othello: Texts and Contexts,” was due out thispast fall. Our condolences to Barbara H. Plitt,whose father, K. Frederick Plitt, died March 4,2007. Beth Ann Karwacky Logan recentlyearned her master of arts in teaching (M.A.T.)with a certification for grades K-5 fromMonmouth Univ. in January 2007. Condolencesto the family of Julia K. Sands, who diedDec. 29, 2006, in York, Pa.1984Susan F. Kleinschmidt100 Jacobs Creek RoadEwing, NJ 08628(609) 771-0642susankle@comcast.netEllen-Marie Samsen Knehans1050 E. Skylark Ave.Ridgecrest, CA 93555-8145(760) 371-2353Greetings fellow Hood alums, from the rainy stateof New Jersey. Not much news for the classreport; everyone must be busy these days! Iheard from Terry Rappoldt Stickles about hervisit with Cami Meyer last year at her home inRacine, Wis. Cami is currently a trust officer withS.C. Johnson. They had a great time touring andshopping at the S.C. Johnson company store.Terry is in financial sales at M&T Bank inWestminster, Md. Terry has two children—son,Cale, a junior in high school, and daughter Bailey,14, who participates in Special Olympics andenjoys competitive swimming and roller skating.Terry also got together with Karen Curtis-Craney M.A. ’93 on a recent swim meet stopnear Terry’s house. Karen has two sons—Tyler,12, and Travis, 9. They both keep Karen busyswimming competitively and playing numeroussports, including baseball and golf. Karen is areading specialist at Spring Ridge ElementarySchool in Frederick and was recently nominatedfor Who’s Who Among American Teachers! Ourcondolences go out to Bonnie Sell Crowther onthe death of her father this past December.Bonnie lives in Dagsboro, Del. She is the motherof three boys, who also keep her busy with manysporting activities. Sons Sam and Ian are still athome participating in both soccer and hockey.Son Miles is in his second year at the Univ. ofTennessee and is enjoying it very much. Ourthoughts and prayers go out to Jenny WellesGreen’s son Nick. Nick successfully underwent aheart transplant March 3, 2007, at New YorkPresbyterian Hospital. He is home recuperatingand looking forward to all the sports he will nowbe able to play. Nick will also be a part of a PBSdocumentary on the heart that will air sometimein November. Jenny would like to remind everyoneto talk to family members about how importantit is to make the choiceto be an organ donor. Our condolences to EllenD. Mahajan, whose husband Bal died April 18,2005. Let’s hope for some more news by thenext deadline from the Class of ’84!1985Susan A. Audino324 Selwyn Drive, Apt. 2AFrederick, MD 21701(301) 228-3895hood_85@yahoo.comMarina Kelly completed a master’s degree inlibrary science at Simmons College in 1993 and isworking for Thomson Compumark. She is activewithin the community, including serving as pastpresident of the Wollaston Garden Club and amember of the Quincy Art Association. Last summer,Marina was able to spend a day at Martha’sVineyard with Carolyn Clough and MelanieCarroll Psaltakis. Sadly, Marina’s parents passedaway within six months of each other in 2006.1986Alison Drum Althouse11818 Duxbury PlaceMidlothian, VA 23114(804) 378-7541alison86@verizon.net1987Marcie Kendall Gibboney1786 E. Harrison Ave.Salt Lake City, UT 84108(801) 583-2434marcie_gibboney@yahoo.comGreetings to the Class of 1987! Can you believeit is our 20-year anniversary this year? How didthe time go by so fast? Thanks to everyone whowrote in updates—and we have good news inthat we will be reporting twice a year again inthe magazine. Mala Nanda wrote that sheheard from Joan Ruppel Hertel ’86, DougWhite M.S. ’94 and Mary Beth Klinger B.A. ’88in response to her last update! She wrote thatthings in Shanghai are going well—work for heris busy and her 5-year-old twins, Priya and Ravi,love their international school. Her husband Rayhas made quite a switch from his supply chainskills to teaching tennis and English! He is enjoyingwhat he is doing. Mala and her family tookadvantage of the Chinese New Year holiday inFebruary and went to Thailand for some fun inthe sun, and in May they are going to Guilin andthe Three Gorges Dam. She’d like to hear frommore Hoodlums so please continue to write toher at raymala@gmail.com. Tara CannavaClouse recently changed positions at the Univ. ofWashington Medical Center to administrator ofneurosurgery. She loves the new challenges in anew clinical area. She takes Fridays off to enjoytime with her 3-year-old twins, Nicholas andNatalie. Nancy Learn Storck wrote that she andher husband will be married 20 years thisOctober! They currently are the proud parents ofthree Rottweilers. Nancy is an accountant forLancaster General Services, the for-profit corporationof the Lancaster General healthcare system inLancaster, Pa. She has been there nine years.Nancy also wrote of the passing of her mom lastAugust. Our condolences to Nancy and her familyfor their loss. Our condolences to LucyNoepel, whose father Manfred died Nov. 23,2006, of brain cancer. Susan Warrenfeltzannounced her marriage to Roy “Rick” S. Rogers IVSept. 23, 2006. She says that yes, his greatgrandfatherwas the original “Roy Rogers.” ActorLeonard Sly adopted the name as his stagename. Trish Bizink Abell is currently a stay-athomemom for Peter, 4, Elizabeth, 15, and Allie,13. She is selling Discovery Toys in Frederick. Shewould love to her from classmates; her e-mail istbiz@juno.com. Thanks again to everyone whowrote in. Our next deadline is in October, soplease send in updates and your e-mail address.1988Susan Boebel Alis2637 Sir Thomas WayWilliamsburg, VA 23185aliss@wjcc.k12.va.ussusan-alis@excite.comPlease note new address!Susan Boebel Alis and her husband bought anew home in February and have recently moved.Her new contact information is printed above.Our condolences to the family of MichelleRingo, who died Jan. 14, 2005, of breast cancer.1989Gail Gingras Mitchell2578 S. Haverhill RoadWest Palm Beach, FL 33415(561) 963-6640phishsm@bellsouth.netGail Gingras Mitchell reports that all is well withher and she continues to be active in the HoodMoms Loop. She knows all of you are doingwonderful things and would love to hear fromyou in the near future.1990Dawn Benita Oakley17 Algonquin DriveHuntington Station, NY 11746-2032(631) 673-6244Our condolences to the family of Theresa K.Riley, who died of cancer Jan. 29, 2007, inNashville, Tenn.1991Ellen Marie Urbanski880 N. Pollard St., #723Arlington, VA 22203(703) 528-7376emu91@yahoo.comCongratulations to Michelle Wargo Hill, whogave birth to triplets Lindsay Grace, Carson Jeffreyand Ethan Michael June 19, 2004. Condolencesto Tiffany Abel Smedley, whose mother, HeleneKight Abel ’64, died Jan. 25, 2007.

40 Hood Magazine www.hood.edu/magazine1992Diana Ellen Bevensee3705 Elm Ave.Baltimore, MD 21211(410) 366-6868dibev20@yahoo.comOur condolences to the family of MaliaJohnson Premer, who died Sept. 21, 2006.Congratulations to Brenda McDonnell on hermarriage to John McKenna in fall 2005. PamelaMason Moffit and Sherry Stone Beach attendedthe wedding, Melanie Lewis Ring wasmaid of honor and Alyssa Del Giorno ’95 wasa bridesmaid. Brenda’s first baby, John Patrick,was born August 2006. She continues to workfor the local public school system as a pupilpersonnel worker and would love to chat withfriends from Hood. Her e-mail address isbrenmckenna@comcast.net.1993Marcelle Elizabeth Doll547 Bloomfield St., #1Hoboken, NJ 07030(201) 459-9403marcie.doll@pearsonachievement.comKaren Goulet, her partner Danielle Clair andDanielle’s son, Max, welcomed a daughter, AveryRose, into the family Aug. 25, 2006. (Karen wentinto labor on the way to the shower!) Karen andfamily moved to Geneva, N.Y., in summer 2003following the fulfillment of Danielle’s obligationto the U.S. Air Force. Karen said that Geneva ishome to 60-some wineries and she’s always lookingfor excuses to go on a wine tour; so she’d behappy to hear from fellow alums. Congratulationsto Heather Leigh Gehron-Rice on earning amaster’s in divinity from Lancaster TheologicalSeminary May 12, 2007.1994Yibeli Galindo-Baird91-1006 Aawa DriveEwa Beach, HI 96706-3900(805) 986-4681yibeli@att.netCongratulations to Brandi Lohrig Kuriny andhusband Dave on the birth of their fifth child,Joseph Nikolai, Dec. 22, 2006, in Baltimore. He iswelcomed by sisters Madison, 10, Meara, 4, andCelia, 2, and brother, David, 6.1995Jacki Resop Amato100 Manor Ave.Baltimore, MD 21206jresop@yahoo.comJoy Dubost earned a doctorate in food chemistryfrom The Pennsylvania State Univ. in August2006. She is now working as a principal nutritionistwith PepsiCo, located in New York. EmmaFrederick King and her husband Kevin welcomedtheir third child, Lucas Brady, into theworld Aug. 21, 2006. Emma and family reside inBel Air, Md. Tracey McDonnell Wysor and husbandBrian welcomed their second child, EvanJames Patrick, into the family, March 16, 2007.The Wysors live in Rhode Island.1996Jewel K. Smith906 S. Washington St., #313Alexandria, VA 22314(703) 838-7668jewels@amgen.comjewelsmith@prodigy.netI’m new to this class reporter role so please bearwith me as I get it together! I welcome any newsand look forward to hearing from fellow ’96ers.For those of you with e-mails on file with thealumnae office, I’ll be following up with you ona more consistent basis in 2007. So keep an eyeout for e-mails from me! Onto the news …Dawn Kirby Maynard and her husband, Ernie,welcomed a daughter, Abigail Kathleen, October10, 2006. She joins big brother Evan, 3. They arestill living in Rockville, Md. The Hood familyextends their condolences to the family of JamieGail Frampton, who passed Aug. 16, 2006.Congratulations to Kelly Garson Magee, whowelcomed daughter Anna Kathleen Oct. 20,2004, and welcomed twins William Allen andRiley Marie Oct. 17, 2006. They have a newaddress: 4821 Fort McHenry Parkway, Glen Allen,VA 23060. Minny Byrd-King Frank is enjoyingher life as a stay-at-home mom in Cabo SanLucas, Mexico. She is pleased to announce anupcoming addition to their family in August.Melissa Reynolds Rice M.A. ’99, husband Brianand big sister Victoria are proud to announce thebirth of Nathaniel June 1, 2006. In addition,Melissa started a new position with the Departmentof Juvenile Services July 27, 2006, as foster carecoordinator for Western Maryland. That’s the newsfor now! Please send me your news by October 10to be included in the next issue.1997Heather Rundle Rembold37 E. River DriveBeaufort, SC 29907(843) 770-9940remboldjh@yahoo.comLeslee Michelsen moved to Paris, France, to finishwriting her doctoral dissertation on medievalIslamic art in Central Asia. She would love to hearfrom fellow alums! Her new address is 7, rueLucien Sampaix, 75010 Paris, France. Her phonenumber is 33.(0)1.42.06.88.19, and her e-mail islkmichel@sas.upenn.edu. Gretchen GasowskiRosencrantz announced the birth of her daughterAmelia Moselle Oct. 21, 2006.1998Jennifer Massagli4712 Coralberry CourtAberdeen, MD 21001-2653(410) 778-9111j_massagli@hotmail.comBlythe ChambersRP Realty Partners9601 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 260Beverly Hills, CA 90210(818) 383-0174 or (310) 880-5477bchambers@rpprop.comblythe_chambers@hotmail.comIt was great to hear from everyone whoresponded to my letter for our class update!Be on the lookout for the next one in the fall.This June is our 10-year reunion! Kim KlineNewkirk and Sally Schaeffer head our reunioncommittee. Our class dinner is Saturday,June 2 at Danielle’s in Frederick. Pleasecontact kknewkirk@verizon.net andsallysathome@yahoo.com for more information.I am still in commercial real estate and haverecently been promoted to director of marketingand special projects. For the last four months Ihave been in Orlando, Fla., and directing a newmixed-use condo-conversion in Baldwin Park. I’llreturn to L.A. in the summer or fall. FlorGonzalez-Nawara, her husband Terry, son Liam,5, and daughter Alexis, 3, visited me in LosAngeles in June before moving to Zushi, Japan,for Terry’s next assignment with the U.S. Navy.Congratulations to Flor on her acceptance to theUniv. of Oklahoma’s base campus in Japan topursue her master’s in international human relations.She can be reached by mail at: PSC 474Box 5907; FPO AP 96351-5907. Congratulationsto Anita Kellogg who recently earned her B.S.N.from The Johns Hopkins Univ. School of Nursing!This year she traveled to Haiti for a communityhealth nursing project and she started a newcareer as a critical care nurse in Johns HopkinsBayview Cardiac ICU Congratulations to LauraKontes who got married May 5! Melanie Gorrwas be maid of honor and Pam Wilson Colalucaand Erin Goley were bridesmaids in the ceremony.Laura and her fiancée have a new home at 111Susquehanna Court, Havre de Grace, MD 21078.Kerri Lyman is also getting married this year,June 23, to her fiancée Nicholas Shantar!Congratulations Kerri! Her new address is 30 ClubVista, Dove Canyon, CA 92679. Ann Price-Davisrecently earned a master’s in liberal arts fromMcDaniel College and is an officer for the ladiesauxiliary to the Maryland State Fireman’sAssociation. Ginny Treanor is busy working onher doctoral dissertation in 17th century Dutchart through the Univ. of Maryland. She works atthe National Gallery of Art in the department ofnorthern baroque paintings. Ginny also got marriedlast October to her longtime love StevePolityka! Aimee Nagley-Orndorff, Jennifer RiceShingles and Kendra Soule Barnett ’97 attendedthe wedding. Becca Sunderlin Riggins wasrecently promoted to research assistant professorin the department of oncology at GeorgetownUniv. where she is a member of the breast cancerprogram. Stephanie Kane married Timothy J.Mummert May 15, 2004, in Stevensville, Md.She earned a doctorate in molecular biology andgenetics from The Johns Hopkins Univ. School ofMedicine in December 2004, and is now workingas a patent examiner for the U.S. Patent andTrademark Office in Alexandria, Va. HollyGoretski Bloomfield B.A. ’99, C ’05, M.A. ’07earned a master’s degree in thanatology May 19and began a new job as a QC Cell Culture andVirology supervisor at GlaxoSmithKline March 19,2007. Marylou Wright is an educator and scientistat Dolphin’s Plus in Key Largo, Fla. I met upwith Marylou in South Beach Miami, Fla., in April.Please keep me posted on your lives and if youhave moved or just want to drop me a note!Hope to see all of you at the reunion in June! Tilnext time ...

Summer 2007Hood Magazine 411999Amy Countryman2608 Chancellor CourtOdenton, MD 21113(443) 603-1236Sunita Moses-Foote and Robert welcomed theirbaby girl Saveena Amanda into the world July 18,2006. She joins her 3-year-old brother, Aden. Thefamily moved to Tucson, Ariz., temporarily andwould love to hear from any alums in the area.Sunita is an attorney and member of the Floridabar. Nectaria Kordan returned to the stagesinging the role of Ruth in a concert performanceof “Pirates of Penzance” and performing in theConcord Players production of “She Loves Me.”Tamara Welch graduated from Jefferson MedicalCollege in Philadelphia in 2004. In June she willcomplete her residency in family medicine atThomas Jefferson Univ. Hospital in Philadelphiaand plans to practice in the area. Her currentaddress is 340 Media Station Road, Apt. C314,Media, PA 19063. Lisa Garoutte reports thatLucille (Lucy) Marguerite Tompkins-Garoutte wasborn June 25, 2004, and Gwendolyn (Gwen)Grace Tompkins-Garoutee was born Nov. 17,2006. Lisa has been hired as an assistantprofessor of sociology at Loras College inDubuque, Iowa. She is finishing her doctorate insociology and will graduate in June 2007. AmyCountryman would like everyone to know thatthe Class of ’99 has a new MySpace group(http://groups.myspace.com/HC1999).All members from the class, including thosefrom classes 1996-2002, are welcome to join.2000Suzanne J. Benson3127 Clearview Ave.Parkville, MD 21234-7143suzanne.benson@remichel.comErica Crispens Sowash9 Steeplejack CourtOwings Mills, MD 21117-5202ecsowash@gmail.comElizabeth “Lisa” Beatty recently completedher teacher certification in biology fromShippensburg Univ. in Pennsylvania. She is currentlyteaching 8th grade science at SouthwestAcademy Magnet School for Art and Science,located in Baltimore County, Maryland.Congratulations to Nora Bucke who welcomeda son, Asuman Koamalu Bucke Smith, Sept. 15,2006. Nora reports “Mom, Dad and baby”are currently residing in Baltimore, Md.Congratulations to Kelly Cross Bennett andKevin on the birth of their son Jackson Charles,who was born October 27, 2006. NellieDaugherty reports that she is currently workingfor the Department of the Navy at the PatuxentRiver Navel Air Station in Patuxent River, Md. Shealso has a new grandson, David Hull, who wasborn February 21, 2007. Kudos to RuthHurtado, who graduated in May 2007 with amaster’s in health care administration from Univ.of Maryland Univ. College (UMUC).Congratulations to Holly Martin and PhilipGarver who were married October 14, 2006, atCoffman Chapel. Christina Collett Owens ’00and Kara Cotter ’02 served as bridesmaids. Alsoin attendance were fellow alums Melissa Kelly,Kat Onrubia O’Toole, Kelly Cross Bennett, JaimeKowzun Appenzeller, Jaime Piper Fontanazza,Kathleen Olivieri, Megan Destefano ’01,Rachel Hess-Mutinda ’01, Amy MarkowskiBest ’01 and Erin Cotter ’03. The Garverscurrently reside in Walkersville, Md.Congratulations to Erica Miller Linden andJeremy on the birth of their daughter MatheaElizabeth, June 15, 2006. In the beginning of2007, the Linden family moved to Silver Creek,N.Y. Former classmate Marcella Simon VanderEems reports that she and her husband Timwelcomed their son Benjamin Frenk William intothe world Nov. 27, 2006. He weighed in at 6pounds, 7 ounces and was 20 inches long. Herdaughter Cassidy Gwendolyn will celebrate her6th birthday in July. Marcella is enjoying life as astay-at-home mom and donating time to servingher church. Congratulations to Virginia SparksBonifant, who graduated from Towson Univ.’smaster’s program in clinical psychology in May2006. The Bonifant family is currently residing inPhiladelphia, Pa. Kudos to Lara Wilson Girdler,who earned her M.B.A. in marketing from theUniv. of Phoenix. The commencement ceremonywas held May 19, 2007 in Baltimore, Md.Suzanne Benson is currently working for theR. E. Michel Company in Glen Burnie, Md. EricaCrispens Sowash was recently promoted to aproduction planner in the growing footwear divisionat Under Armour Performance, located inBaltimore, Md. Erica Davis announced her marriageto William Watkins Jr., Nov. 20, 2006.Congratulations to Gretchen E. Newell M.S. ’00and husband William on the birth of their daughterFaith Elaine, March 15, 2006; and to KellyFunk Esposito and husband Dominic on thebirth of their son Alexander, April 1, 2007.2001Holly Rita Kirkpatrick1426 Hallman RoadRoslyn, PA 19001hollyrita@yahoo.comHeidel Kirsten Goldenman633 Plymouth Road, Floor 2Baltimore, MD 21229(410) 744-4459goldenmanh@hotmail.comKate Lease M.S. ’06 is living in LaVale, Md. Sheearned her master’s degree in curriculum andinstruction with a concentration in math and sciencefrom Hood in May 2006. She taught firstgrade in Frederick County for three years butmoved to teach first and third grade in herhometown, Mt. Savage, Md., in AlleghanyCounty. Kate became engaged Aug. 7, 2006, toDave Tummino and is planning a wedding forJuly 21, 2007. Her Hood roommate, AndreaL’Heureux Bishop, will be a bridesmaid. Kate’snew address is 12708 Winchester Road, LaVale,MD 21502. Angela Sadtler Dodson marriedMichael Dodson in August 2002. Jamie BarnettSmith was in the wedding. Angela earned anM.B.A. from Mt. St. Mary’s in August 2002.Angela and Michael welcomed Michael RobertDodson June 16, 2004, and Zachary DavidDodson July 13, 2006. Angela is currentlyemployed as the assistant director of adult admissionsat Hood. Nicholas Via has been working atA.S.R.C. Federal for four years. He married LauraKenter June 26, 2005. The couple traveled toSpain in June 2006 to celebrate their one-yearanniversary. Nick is also taking graduate classes atLoyola and is planning to take his last creditcourse in the fall. Congratulations to KinyaDeShields McNeil and Frederick on the birth oftheir twins, Janae Tina and Janiah Linda, March14, 2007. The twins are additions to the threeexisting children, Nairobi, 5, Isaiah, 3, andMarquis, 2.2002Michael Dillman8105 Clearfield RoadFrederick, MD 21702-9485(301) 620-2012michaeldillman@adelphia.netBecky Donoghue-Rick FINALLY got a job afterfour years of searching for one! She is now workingat the Frederick County Health Department inthe nursing division (HIV/AIDS Program). Her officialtitle is office clerk 1 (basically, she says, it is anadministrative assistant position), but she is alsoavailable as a Spanish interpreter and translator.Maggie Laabs recently moved. Her new addressis 6705 Heatherford Court, Derwood, MD 20855.Denise Robinson just bought a condo inWashington, D.C. She is coming up on her oneyearanniversary at the Smithsonian Institution’sNational Museum of the American Indian.2003Charnita Renee Garvin106 Colton St.Upper Marlboro, MD 20774crgarvin@hotmail.comAnna Erbes earned her juris doctor degree fromWashington Univ. in St. Louis, Mo., in May 2006.She was admitted to the State Bar of California inDecember 2006, and is currently pending admissionto the Washington, D.C. Bar. JenniferCinnamond Hortie married John Hortie June 24,2006, in Westminster, Md. Jennifer Fair becamea Maryland certified public accountant Jan. 29,2007. Erin Shaw participated as a member ofTeam Bechtel in the 2006 Bechtel Group U.S.Challenge held Oct. 19-21 in Roanoke, Va. Theevent combines fitness, intelligence, teamworkand the ability to strategize under pressure. Thiswas Bechtel’s first-ever team to enter the challengeand they placed third among 47 teamsrepresenting corporations across the U.S. TheBechtel team was recognized as Best First YearTeam and Most Intellectual Team, and for themost innovative fund-raising idea. Additionally,the team earned the top honors for raising themost money for St. Jude Children’s ResearchHospital, the nonprofit partner associated withthe event. The Bechtel team collected more than$56,000 in donations! Congratulations toElizabeth Stacks, who married Scott C.Millhouse Dec. 30, 2006. The couple’s newaddress is 63 Sunnyside East Road, Yantic, CT06389.

42 Hood Magazine www.hood.edu/magazine2004Michelle Brynn Donati13216 S. 38th PlacePhoenix, AZ 85044-8200(602) 373-8656Chanda Gilmore8715 1st Ave., Apt. 1106DSilver Spring, MD 20910(301) 920-0450chandagilmore@yahoo.comYou know you’re doing amazing things; unfortunatelyyour fellow classmates have no way ofknowing this if you don’t update your Hoodalumnae profile. Since Hood Magazine now publishesclass notes in each edition, I hope thosewho I could not reach via e-mail will send theirupdates to me at tabitha4ever@yahoo.com forthe winter edition of the Magazine. MariaAngella Corpancho married Russ Hylton ’03Jan. 18, 2007. Erin Cullison married Don FosterII, July 5, 2006, and is pursing a doctorate in biologyat the Univ. of Delaware. Rachel Hejnalmarried Sgt. Joseph S. Parks Jr., Sept. 7, 2006, inFrederick. In December 2006, the Parks moved toMons, Belgium, were Rachel works with U.S.A.G.Benelux. Beth Woodworth married MatthewCarr, June 9, 2006. Currently, Beth attendsShenandoah Univ. School of Pharmacy and willgraduate May 2008 with her doctor of pharmacydegree. Brittany Nottingham was married Dec.31, 2005, and gave birth to Ava Brielle CoffmanSept. 16, 2005. She graduated in December2006 from the Sotheby’s Institute of Art inLondon, England. Michelle Donati accepted apublic affairs specialist position with AAA Arizonaand Tatiana Santos accepted the humanresource representative position at Farmers &Mechanics Bank in Frederick, Md. I, ChandaGilmore was promoted to communications managerat the American Association of Colleges ofPharmacy and accepted a full-time appointmentin the master’s degree program at Syracuse Univ.S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.I leave for Syracuse, N.Y., late June and will graduateAugust 2008. I am also studying for myaccreditation in P.R. through PRSA, which I hopeto take (and pass) late next year. Jennifer Smithworks for the Immigration and CustomsEnforcement under Homeland Security inWashington, D.C., and will receive a certificateand diploma in fashion merchandising. EssenceJones received a master’s in human sciences anda certificate in thanatology from the College inMay. Jessica Lertora graduated from the Univ. ofMaryland School of Social Work and received herL.G.S.W. She works at the UMD Secure StartsProgram and has decided to pursue the thanatologycertificate program at Hood and an earlychildhood mental health certificate at UMD.Richard Frederickson was inducted as a Fellowin the BioCommunications Association during anannual meeting held in Knoxville, Tenn., in July2006. Valerie A. Buckley-Beason M.S. ’04, incompleting her master’s research, uncovered anew species of cat. Sally Downing Taylor andhusband bought their first house and are now livingat 30 Upper Brassey St., ClaughtonBirkenhead CH41 0AN, England. Sally said ifanyone is ever in the area, they always haveroom for a guest or two.2005Tamara M. McElroy804 Stratford Way, Apt. HFrederick, MD 21701mcelroy@hood.eduHey there ’05ers! I hope life is treating you allwell. It was great hearing from you all! EmilyBrown Hagan B.S. ’06 earned a second bachelor’sdegree in computer science from Hood inJanuary 2006, and has since been working fulltime as a software developer in Baltimore. Emilymarried Andrew Hagan Sept. 9, 2006, and theyrecently bought a house in Baltimore City.Danielle Kahler is currently attending the Univ.of Georgia in Athens, Ga., for her master’s in historicpreservation. This summer she has beengiven the opportunity to work with theWilliamsburg Foundation’s ArchitecturalConservation department as an intern.Congratulations to Jennifer Stiegler on earninga master’s in psychology from the Univ. of NewHampshire in May. Melonie Handberry is livingin Philadelpia. She earned a master’s of socialservice and a master’s of law and social policydegree from Bryn Mawr College May 20, 2007.Tracey Carter continues her work as the assistantdirector of afterschool programs at MindworksLearning in Frederick. She says she has no weddingsor babies to report! Charlene Vestermarkis doing great in med school at PhiladelphiaCollege of Osteopathic Medicine, Class of 2010!Jocelyn Berte is a hair stylist at Sam Wong Salonin Frederick. Please keep Jillian Kotmair and herfamily in your prayers after the passing of herfather Feb. 10, 2007, of Lou Gehrig’s Disease.She and her family are trying to raise awarenessof the disease, which is becoming increasinglymore common. Aside from that, Jillian is wrappingup her second school year working withchildren with severe autism at Kennedy Krieger’slower school in Baltimore. As for me, I’m living inFrederick with Tiffany Still and we’re both workingat Hood—Tiffany in the admissions office andme in the marketing and communications office.Congrats to Tiff on graduating in May with amaster’s in human sciences! I was also able tocatch up with my roomie, Rainey Sokol Chase,and Nate, and Jenni Dunn when they came toFrederick to visit for a Hood Dance Ensemble performance.Rain choreographed an amazingdance for the performance! Rain and Nate arestill living in Norfolk and are doing great. Rainwas also recently hired to be a dance instructor atLakewood Dance and Music Center in Norfolk,Va. Meanwhile, Jenni Dunn has been super busylately, preparing to become Mrs. Brown (soonerrather than later!) I’m so excited, Jenni, and Iknow your day will be wonderful! It is with greatsadness that I report the passing of KatelynLange June 13, 2007. Those who knew Katelynwell remember her warm smile and readiness tohelp, listen to or comfort her friends in need. Shetruly embodied a remarkable Hood spirit that willnever be forgotten. Our sincere condolences goto her family and loved ones. Thanks to everyonefor the news! To those of you I didn’t hear from, Ihope all is well and hopefully we can catch upsoon!2006Amy Beekley8041 Broken Reed CourtFrederick, MD 21701Sharia Barksdale5101 Freeman DriveTemple Hills, MD 20748Nakia Bell1348 Oak St., N.W.Washington, D.C. 20010Please note new address!Class of 2006, welcome to the real world! Here iswhat the Class of ’06 has been up to since Hoodgraciously gave each of us a bachelor of “backto reality” degree. Rachel Gauza has been workingfor the Maryland Department of NaturalResources’ Maryland Biological Stream Survey asa biologist since June 2006 and received a promotionin February. She is the coordinator of theMaryland Stream Waders volunteer monitoringprogram. Congratulations to Ashley Mareadywho married James Sewell July 13, 2006, onHood’s residential quad. The new couple movedto Shippensburg, Pa., where Ashley will be workingon her master’s in applied history. Ashley’snew address is 606 Olney-Sandy Spring Road,Sandy Spring, MD 20860. Also just married isChris Jeffers, who married Amy Brosius Oct. 7,2006. Erin Lashof is now teaching first grade forMontgomery County Public Schools.Congratulations to Jessica Gomez who recentlygot married. Jessica is working as a financial transactionspecialist for the National AutomobileDealers Association in McLean, Va. Amy HowerBeekley gave birth to her second baby boy withhusband, Tim; Eli Beekley was born Dec. 26,2006. Congratulations to Kelly Schulz who justaccepted a presidential appointment as the programadviser for the Public Affairs Department atthe Environmental Protection Agency. AmandaReinken is working on her master’s degree in crimonologyand criminal justice at the Univ. ofMaryland Eastern Shore; she also works as anadministrative assistant there. Congratulations toJessica Baer on her marriage to Brian MyroupApril 28, 2007. Alexandra “Sasha” Miles recentlyaccepted the position of executive assistantand scheduler to the comptroller of Maryland.Congrats to Keri Wenderoth on her marriageto Scott Magness, Nov. 4, 2006. MatthewSchimmel accepted the position of congressionalrelations analyst with the Office of the TreasuryInspector General for Tax Administration inWashington, D.C. Katie Hess-Reichardannounced her marriage to Matthew A. ReichardOct. 14, 2006, in Chambersburg, Pa.Their new address is: 4795 Burkholder Road,Chambersburg, PA 17201. Katie accepted theposition of research technologist with ThePennsylvania State Univ. Fruit Research andExtension Center. She expects to begin amaster’s program during the next year.

Summer 2007Hood Magazine 43In MemoriamElizabeth Strickler Saxman ’37 passed away peacefully under Hospice care at her son’s home in Charlotte, N.C., May 6, 2007. Bornon April 8, 1915, in Latrobe, Pa., Elizabeth was a longtime resident of Palm Harbor, Fla., and enjoyed golf, bridge and attending thePresbyterian Church of Palm Harbor. Married for 54 years, she is preceded in death by her husband, M. Earl Saxman, and daughter,Judith Gallagher Ranostaj. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Hood College.The Rev. Paul F. Mehl*, professor of religion and philosophy at Hood from 1957 to 1976, died of lymphatic cancer at his home inFrederick Dec. 9, 2006. Mehl was ordained a minister in the Evangelical and Reformed Church (now the United Church of Christ) in1955 after earning an undergraduate degree in American studies from Yale Univ. He also earned a master of divinity degree from UnionTheological Seminary and, before coming to Hood, taught at Vassar College. In 1961 he earned a doctoral degree from Columbia Univ.*See Page 9 for more information on Reverend Mehl.Sadye Massell Blechman ’24April 19, 2007, Rockville, Md.Louise Buckingham Noel ’27Nov. 14, 2006Catherine Viele Mitchell ’29Jan. 23, 2006, FrederickEleanor Donnally Rowlands ’29May 13, 2005Minnie Fisher Seidler ’29May 27, 2005Marion L. Campbell ’30Nov. 26, 2005Hilda Hemp Soper ’30Feb. 15, 2007, Baileys Crossroads, Va.Dorothy Levering Towle ’30Dec. 27, 2006, San Rafael, Calif.Sarah Graham Showalter ’32April 1, 1991Ann Nason Horsman ’33Oct. 31, 2006, Manassas, Va.Elizabeth Poole Johnson ’33June 22, 2006, Greenville, Del.Elizabeth M. Cole ’34Oct. 1, 2006, Provincetown, Mass.Gladys Podmore Lennox ’34Jan. 7, 2007, Naples, Fla.Evelyn Harding Solosko ’34May 4, 2007, Erie, Pa.Mabel Fine Deaney ’35April 12, 2007, Holland, Mich.Anne Lampe Shaffer ’35Oct. 10, 2006Mary I. Fleming ’36May 2, 2007, State College, Pa.A. Elizabeth D. Good ’36Oct. 5, 2006, Reading, Pa.Sarah Alda Ely ’37Dec. 11, 2006, Sunbury, Pa.Helen VanderBuecken Hammer ’37Nov. 3, 2006, Wyndmoor, Pa.Sara Martin Mattern ’37March 10, 2007, Devon, Pa.Elizabeth Strickler Saxman ’37May 6, 2007, Charlotte, N.C.Doris Witmer Sterner ’37Jan. 23, 2007Marjorie McFerran Wuetig ’37Dec. 31, 2006, Abington, Pa.Helen Martz Cotner ’38March 17, 2007, Lewisburg, Pa.Louise Brumbaugh Parsons ’38May 7, 2006, Duncansville, Pa.Mildred Smeltzer Weaver ’38Nov. 21, 2006, Seattle, Wash.Helen Groff Westberg ’38June 25, 2006, Springfield, Ill.Grace Hahn Kelly ’39Feb. 12, 2007Beatrice Summers Stup ’39Nov. 5, 2006, FrederickClaire S. Gandenberger ’40June 22, 2006, Fresno, Calif.Marianne E. Griswold ’40May 12, 2007, Erie, Pa.Beverly Fertig Kabernagel ’40Jan. 5, 2007, Rockville, Md.Dorothy Bower Mathison ’40June 1, 2006Ruth Glessner Hagerich ’41Feb. 25, 2007Zoa Andrews Dolan ’42Feb. 5, 2006, Westminster, Md.Geraldine Gerhart Heiniman ’42Sept. 11, 2005Janet Cassidy Van Housen ’42March 18, 2007, Binghamton, N.Y.Emily Marchant Lowe ’42Dec. 30, 2006, Peabody, Mass.Anne Morrison Trunk ’42July 29, 2006Ethel Schaake Fishel ’43Jan. 16, 2007, Timonium, Md.Dorothy Yursik Wagner ’43Feb. 15, 2007Helen Horton Ashway ’44Nov. 18, 2006, Harrisburg, Pa.Abigail Maurer Haist ’44May 7, 2006, Atlantic Beach, Fla.Mary Engle Robbins ’44April 28, 2007, Westminster, Md.Margaret Pfeiffer Garman ’45April 24, 2007, Parkville, Md.Jane Seward Scott ’45May 11, 2007, AtlantaG. Delavan Rawlins Bowen ’46Dec. 25, 2006, Annapolis, Md.Mary Lower Daniel ’46Aug. 13, 2006, Hershey, Pa.Margaret Hecht Rapf ’46Elizabeth Brewer Battey ’47Jan. 12, 2007, Danbury, Conn.Jane A. Bennett ’47Nov. 12, 2006Mary Kinsman Monroe ’47Dec. 21, 2006, Manchester, EnglandShirley J. Davis ’48March 16, 2007, BaltimoreThelma Marie Zehnbauer Epstein ’48June 9, 2006, Montgomery, TexasMartha Rudisill Killian ’48March 5, 2007Eloise Morgan Mullen ’48Aug. 8, 2006, Raleigh, N.C.Phyllis Muir Richter ’48Nov. 9, 2006, Chatham, Mass.Elisabeth Meyer Roberts ’48March 31, 2007, Redlands, Calif.Donna J. Marthouse ’49Dec. 29, 2006Patricia Coles Mongeau ’49Nov. 6, 2006, Haddonfield, N.J.Jane Creager Miller ’50April 12, 2007Brucine Beith Wilbur ’50April 4, 2007, South Portland, MaineCarolyn Leedom Ely ’51March 24, 2007, Newtown, Pa.Virginia Taylor Chmura ’52Aug. 15, 2006, Las VegasElinor Sutton Evans ’52Oct. 7, 2006

44 Hood Magazine www.hood.edu/magazineAnne Giles Whitman ’52Oct. 4, 2006, Pittsford, N.Y.Elvira Davis David ’54Sept. 14, 2006, Calif.Denise Bluttman Schapro ’54March 11, 2007Marian Schapierer Sneider ’54Dec. 7, 2005, MiamiKatherine B. Terrell ’54May 22, 2004Nancy Brandt Hafner ’55Sept. 14, 2006Carol Brown Walsh ’56July 3, 2006, Worcester, Mass.Sylvia Card Farnham ’57Aug. 5, 2004Emily Cram Meintzer ’57April 11, 2006June Gardner Vahlsing ’57July 24, 2004Carolyn Gercken Zatto ’57April 8, 2007, AtlantaKatherine Pearson Chiles ’60Oct. 18, 2006, Alexandria, Va.Wanda Hoffman Summers ’61Feb. 3, 2007, FrederickLenore Sapinsley Creson ’62March 10, 2004, Memphis, Tenn.Madlyne A. MacDonald ’62July 25, 2005, Sacramento, Calif.Elizabeth Zweizig Newman ’62Feb. 1, 2003Janette Ingram Rector ’62Dr. Nancy E. Taylor ’62March 13, 2007, Washington, D.C.Jane Parker Wolf ’62May 29, 2006, Norwalk, Conn.Helene Kight Abel ’64Jan. 25, 2007Rebecca Jane Benge ’72Nov. 9, 2006, Wilmington, Del.Carol J. Wendeborn Gardner ’74April 30, 2006, Bridgewater, Va.Susan Zaremba Cordaro ’74May 5, 2006, Holmdel, N.J.Shirley O’Brien Notnagle ’74May 5, 2007, BaltimoreCatherine Demmitt Coxe ’80March 19, 2004, Millville, N.J.Richard F. Geoghegan Jr., M.S. ’80Dec. 16, 2006Karen Harding Hutchinson ’82Sept. 8, 2006Julia K. Sands ’83Dec. 29, 2006, York, Pa.Michelle Ringo ’88Jan. 14, 2005Theresa K. Riley ’90Jan. 29, 2007, Nashville, Tenn.Malia Johnson Premer ’92Sept. 21, 2006, Ft. Collins, Colo.Kenneth R. Ford ’93Nov. 6, 2006, Lisbon, Md.Annabel W. Wait ’94July 24, 2003, FrederickJamie G. Frampton ’96Aug. 16, 2006, Georgetown, Del.Deanna V. Miles ’04Feb. 6, 2006, Norfolk, Va.Katelyn Lange ’05June 13, 2007, PittsburghInter(net)actionsStay connected to classmates, alums, faculty and students through Inter(net)actions, the award-winning e-mail newsletter sent bi-weeklyto all alums who have provided e-mail addresses to the office of alumnae and alumni programs. The electronic newsletter provides informationabout activities both on and off campus; achievements and stories about alums, students and faculty; and Hood events throughoutthe country. Visit www.hood.edu/internetactions to view the archived editions and if you are interested in becoming connected, pleasesend your e-mail address to alumoffice@hood.edu.This Hood Moment made possiblein part by You.You have the opportunity to make a significantcontribution to Hood College through an outright gift, alife-income plan or by remembering Hood in your will.You may benefit from a charitable tax deduction or discover the value of a life-incomegift. A gift to Hood may allow you to reduce income and capital gains taxes, stabilizeyour retirement income, and preserve your wealth for your family by reducing estatetaxes. Learn more about how planned giving opportunities may benefit you and Hood.For more information on how you can contribute to Hood College, please contactNancy Gillece (800) 707-5280, option 7 gillece@hood.edu

Summer 2007Hood Magazine 45MilestonesMarriages andCommitmentCeremoniesElaine Williams ’73 and John Bielenberg,November 2006Roberta Wilson ’81 and Kurt Lowman,summer 2006Susan Warrenfeltz ’87 and Roy “Rick” S.Rogers IV, Sept. 23, 2006Brenda McDonnell ’92 and JohnMcKenna, fall 2005, Bethesda, Md.Dustina Lage ’94 and Alexander Bittner,April 2, 2007, M.G.M. Grand-Forever GrandWedding Chapel, Las Vegas, Nev.Stephanie Kane ’98 and Timothy J.Mummert, May 15, 2004, Chesapeake BayBeach Club, Stevensville, Md.Jaime Kowzun ’00 and JeremyAppenzeller, July 3, 2005Erica Davis Watkins ’00 and WilliamWatkins Jr., Nov. 20, 2006Angela Sadtler ’01 and Michael Dodson,Aug. 2002Nicholas Via ’01 and Laura Kentner, June26, 2005Jennifer Cinnamond ’03 and JohnHortie, June 24, 2006, St. John CatholicChurch, Westminster, Md.Elizabeth Stacks ’03 and Scott C.Millhouse, Dec. 30, 2006Emily Brown ’05 and Andrew Hagan,Sept. 9, 2006Jessica Baer ’06 and Brian Myroup, April28, 2007Katie Hess ’06 and Matthew A. Reichard,Oct. 14, 2006, Chambersburg, Pa.Keri Wenderoth ’06 and Scott Magness,Nov. 4, 2006Paige Crisler-Smith ’08 and Jess Vuong,May 26, 2006, Provicetown, Mass.Births/AdoptionsMichelle Wargo Hill ’91 and Montgomery,triplets, Lindsay Grace, Carson Jeffrey and EthanMichael, June 19, 2004Brenda McDonnell McKenna ’92 andJohn, a son, John Patrick, August 2006Karen Goulet ’93 and Danielle Clair,a daughter, Avery Rose, Aug. 25, 2006Brandi Lohrig Kuriny ’94 and Dave,a son, Joseph Nikolai, Dec. 22, 2006Helen Sparling Melnyk ’94 and Michael,a son, Michael William Melnyk Jr., July 7, 2006Emma Frederick King ’95 and Kevin, a son,Lucas Brady, Aug. 21, 2006Tracey McDonnell Wysor ’95 and Brian,a son, Evan James Patrick, March 16, 2007Kelly Garson Magee ’96 and Allen, adaughter, Anna Kathleen, Oct. 20, 2004, andtwins, William Allen Magee V and Riley Marie,Oct. 17, 2006Melissa Reynolds Rice ’96 and Brian,a son, Nathaniel, June 6, 2006Erin Clark Lambert ’97 and David,a son, Alexander David, April 27, 2007New JobsGail McIndoe Sterback ’66, admissions representative,Las Vegas College, Henderson, Nev.Dustina Lage Bittner ’94,Baltimore/Washington sales representative,National Envelope Corp.Melissa Reynolds Rice ’96, foster care coordinator,Department of Juvenile Services, MarylandPolly Thibodeau ’97, director of development,Joy of Motion Dance Center, Washington,D.C.Holly Goretski Bloomfield ’98, QC CellCulture/Virology supervisor, GlaxoSmithKlineStephanie Kane Mummert ’98, patentexaminer, United States Patent and TrademarkOffice, Alexandria, Va.Gretchen Gasowski Rosencrantz ’97,a daughter, Amelia Moselle, Oct. 21, 2006.Lisa Garoutte ’99 and George, a daughter,Lucille (Lucy) Marguerite Tompkins-Garoutte,June 25, 2004, and a daughter, Gwendolyn(Gwen) Grace Tompkins-Garoutte, Nov. 17,2006Nora Bucke ’00, a son, Asuman KoamaluBucke Smith, Sept. 15, 2006Kelly Funk Esposito ’00 and Dominic,a son, Alexander, April 1, 2007Gretchen Klein Newell M.S. ’00 andWilliam, a daughter, Faith Elaine, March 15,2006Angela Sadtler Dodson ’01 and Michael,a son, Michael Robert Dodson, June 16, 2004,and a son, Zachary David Dodson, July 13,2006.Kinya DeShields McNeil ’01 and Frederick,twins, Janae Tina and Janiah Linda, March 14,2007.Amy Hower Beekley ’06 and Tim, a son,Elijah Hower, Dec. 26, 2006Becky Donoghue-Rick ’02, office clerk,Nursing Division (HIV/AIDS Program) of theFrederick County Health DepartmentMichelle Donati ’04, public affairs specialist,AAA ArizonaKatie Hess-Reichard ’06, research technologist,Pennsylvania State Univ. Fruit Research andExtension CenterAlexandra “Sasha” Miles ’06, executiveassistant and scheduler to the comptroller ofMarylandMatthew Schimmel ’06, congressional relationsanalyst, Office of the Treasury InspectorGeneral for Tax Administration, Washington, D.C.Additional DegreesBeth Karwacky Logan ’83, master’s in teaching,Monmouth Univ., January 2007Marina Kelly ’85, master’s in library science,Simmons College, 1993Heather Leigh Gehron-Rice ’93, master’s indivinity, Lancaster Theological Seminary, May 12,2007Joy Dubost ’95, doctorate in food chemistry,The Pennsylvania State Univ., August 2006Holly Goretski Bloomfield ’98, master’s inthanatology, Hood College, May 19, 2007Stephanie Kane Mummert ’98, doctorate inmolecular biology and genetics, The Johns HopkinsUniv. School of Medicine, December 2004Jaime Piper Fontanazza ’00, master’s ineducational leadership, Lesley Univ., May 2000Kate Lease ’01, master’s in curriculum andinstruction, Hood College, May 2006Anna Erbes ’03, juris doctor degree,Washington Univ. in St. Louis, May 2006Essence Jones’04, master’s in human sciences,Hood College, May 19, 2007Emily Brown Hagan ’05, bachelor’s in computerscience, Hood College, January 2006Melonie Handberry ’05, master’s in socialservice and law and social policy, Bryn MawrCollege, May 20, 2007Jennifer Stiegler ’05, master’s in psychology,Univ. of New Hampshire, May 2007Tiffany Still ’05, master’s in human sciences,Hood College, May 19, 2007

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