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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
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