Summer 2007 - Hood College

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.