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MARILYN PROPP JONES had two major exhibits and one small group show in Chicago, IL. She says, “I received three awards/grants and was invited to serve on the Visual Arts Panel in Painting for the Maryland Arts Council in Baltimore, MD and award grants. I continue to teach in the Art & Design Department at Columbia College Chicago, and David and I have begun to have two-person shows together. In 2008, we traveled to Xalapa, Mexico as visiting artists. We continue to share a studio and our work is beginning to interact in an interesting way. Our catalog is a flip-book – half the book is upside down and half is right-side-up, with each of our work and the accompanying essay taking up half the catalog. Our website is www.proppjonesstudio.com.” LIZ CANTWELL HEDGES says, “I am inclined to focus on all news that supports the assertion that the 60’s are the new 40’s. I am thrilled to be able to ski with husband, Bryan, children and their cohorts, and granddaughter, Ruby, both here in Syracuse, NY and in their territory in Colorado. We continue to be focused on our restoration/ renovation efforts on the family farm in Sagaponack where the family gathers in the summer, and welcome friends to join us. I have developed lots of new skills in the effort and enjoy the work. And the big question is how long to continue to work at a job in elementary education that I still love.” LANEY MCINTYRE JOHNSON dedicates her first Class Notes submission to her mother. “I have been a teacher and Guidance Counselor in Fort Lauderdale, FL for the past 35 years. I’m a member of several art societies and spent last summer painting and enjoying living on the beach and deep sea fishing. My new beau has a wonderful apartment on the island. The children that I interact with each day are poor and troubled; I hope to have helped a few in some small way. I may retire next year. My total admiration goes out to my BFF MARGARET LAMAR KING. She is the only person I have ever known to never pass judgment on anyone, and has always been there for others. I am lucky to say that my children and five grandchildren are happy, healthy and prosperous. Cathy, my oldest daughter, and family returned from quite a trip to the Galapagos Islands. Carly, my oldest grandchild, was selected as one of the ‘elite.” My daughter, Laura, has opened two restaurants in South Florida.” JULIE CANDIB FETT writes, “Despite undertaking my fourth regime of chemotherapy for colon cancer, I remain upbeat and enjoy life to the full: my 15-year-old son is a great blessing and starts sixth form (equivalent of 12th grade) in September. I take spinning and circuit (boot camp) classes at the gym four to five times per week as I believe exercise has a restorative influence. My annual visits to Albany and New York City are a pleasure as I am able to meet up with ‘old’ school mates – Virginia, Laura, Cindy, Cathy and Margaret on the last trip. If I’m still around when Ben starts university, I will be able to make the reunion in 2013.” 1966 Stephen V. Lewis 15 MacAffer Drive Menands, NY 12204 steve.lewis@rosaryparts.com Lisa Furlong P.O. Box 1173 Ashland, NH 03217 thehove@earthlink.net 1967 Thomas R. Gordon 413 Dorset Rd Devon, PA 19333 foregordo2@aol.com AA’67: BILL PATRICK’S book Saving Troy: A Year with Firefighters and Paramedics in a Battered City is an account of the often-harrowing work done every day by the members of any fire department – including not only fires but also rescue and life-support calls. Originally published by Hudson Whitman in 2005, the book has now been reissued in paperback by SUNY Press. Mimi Evans 328 The Promenade Edgewater, NJ 07020 meemsy@hotmail.com AAG Class of 1967 gathered at Mimi Evans’ home 1968 W. Allen Schade, Jr. 33692 Holtz Hill Drive Dana Point, CA 92629 allenschade@cox.net 1969 Rolland B. Peacock 2 Yankee Maid Lane Goshen, NY 10924-2616 rbpeacock3@frontiernet.net Ms. Sandra D. O'Connor 333 E. 43rd Street, #401 New York, NY 10017 tudortwo@msn.com Linda Dubins, Mary Farley, Sandra O’Connor & Sally Lethbridge Hunsdorfer AAG’69: LINDA DUBINS provides primary health care for members of Kaiser Permanente Health Care Program in northern California. She and her husband of 28 years, David Baer, have three daughters. Hilary (26), having majored in political science at University of Michigan, is studying for her master’s degree in nursing at Columbia in New York City with plans to be a nurse practitioner. Rachel (24), a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design in jewelry design and metal smithing, is working in public relations in San Francisco, CA. Anna (20) is majoring in biological and chemical engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder. MARCIA ANDERSON DUDDEN works in personnel selection for the New York State Department of Civil Service in Albany, NY where her son, Dan (35), a graduate of Drew University with a double major in international studies and theatre, also works. Dan was married in the Capital Region in September 2009. Her other son, Dave (21), a May 2009 graduate of Hudson Valley Community College, attends the University of Albany as a math major/physics minor. MAGGIE HAWN is practicing only gynecology now in Harrisburg, PA, having stopped obstetrics about five years ago. Maggie and her husband, Paul O’Connor, have three children. Kate (24), who is married with a 3 1/2-year old daughter, recently began working as a nurse on a medical-surgical floor at the local hospital. John (21), who with his fiancée has an 8-month old son, owns a tattoo shop. Carson (15) is a sophomore at West Nottingham Academy, where he plays basketball. Maggie’s husband, a motorcycle nut — Harleys, in particular — is retired, but helps out at the tattoo shop. JEN MORRIS LYONS is a primary school librarian in Central Square, NY. She and her husband, John, still have one child in college – Greg (19), a junior at Cornell. Katie (33) works for the National Park Service and lives in Cortez, CO, with her husband. Tim (31) is with Lockheed-Martin in Owego, NY, and lives with his wife in Ithaca. Chris (26) is a musician in New York City. Jen and John are busy with community activities. Jen also plays flute in a church music group, teaches church school, kayaks and quilts. FRAN JOHNSON MORSILLO and her husband of 37 years, Leon (yes, her AAG senior year boyfriend), have three sons. Their oldest is finishing up his Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Rochester. Their middle son, a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, works as a systems engineer in Pittsburgh, PA. Their youngest is at the University of Pittsburgh, majoring in Music and Neuroscience. Having lived in the Philadelphia, PA area for more than 30 years, Fran and Leon are in the process of moving to southern Vermont. Fran designs and produces artistic jewelry, does portraiture in pastels, and paints. 1970 Laurence I. Talbot 1 Charlotte Road Marblehead, MA 01945-1602 laurence.talbot@comcast.net AA’70: I caught up with a number of classmates over the past several months during business travels. I dined with Margorie and RUFUS BURLINGAME in San Diego, CA in November. Both are very busy and doing well. Aside from golf, Rufus spends quite a bit of time in Europe on business as a part of his responsibility for (R&D) 24 The Albany Academies Magazine
technology transfer to commercial production at drug manufacturing sites in EMEA. They planned to be in the Albany, NY area in the spring for his father’s 90th birthday, as well as their annual July 4th family get-together in Altamont, NY. Like many of us, Jane and JOE PICKETT have become empty-nesters this past year, at least temporarily. Eldest son Kevin graduated from college this spring and youngest son Conor finished his first year at Flagler College in Florida. Bette and BILL OPPENHEIM are proud to announce that they are recent grandparents; their eldest daughter Amy (a University of Pittsburgh graduate) gave birth to son Henry eight months ago. Their youngest daughter, Lauren, is working as a teacher in South Korea, following her graduation from Tulane last year. Bette has retired from Pfizer, but continues to keep busy with the occasional helping hand at Lily Pulitzer. Over a couple of beers, Bill assured me he would work on getting NED DUFFY back to the reunion in May. Ned lives in Rockville, MD and remains very active in the Barbershop Quartet Society as does Bill. I tried to get BILL and BOB ALEXANDER together for dinner on recent travels through Wayne, PA, but unfortunately Bob was travelling to Washington, D.C./Virginia on business. Bob has two daughters: Sarah, a high school sophomore, and Kate, a freshman. Bob’s wife, Ann, oversees Partner Channels for Microsoft. He and his family still keep close ties to the area. Bob is very proud of his summer home on Sacandaga Lake, NY; he handled most of the building himself. PETER VAN AERNAM left for Thailand just after Christmas on his annual getaway/walk about, communing with nature and locals for three to four months. 1971 George T. Harder 15 Euclid Avenue Delmar, NY 12054 george_harder@tax.state.ny.us Leslie Knauf PO Box 115 Malden Bridge, NY 12115 foxlair@verizon.net 1972 Kenneth J. Aufsesser RR 4-9 Canaan Circle South Salem, NY 10590 kjalaw@hotmail.com AA’72: VINNY MCLOUGHLIN writes, “I live in Alpharetta, GA. I started a logistics company 12 years ago called Cardinal Logistics (www.cardlog.com) and serve as Chairman. I have three cool children. My eldest son, Matty, pitched at the University of Richmond and was just on Late Night with David Letterman with his band “The Soft Pack” as they continue to tour the U.S. and Europe. My daughter, also a University of Richmond graduate, sells pharmaceuticals in New York City and is perfect. My youngest son is also a musician – a drummerfor two bands in Brooklyn. I still cannot even hum.” Sue Hengerer Sneeringer 17 Valley View Drive Albany, NY 12208 sdmcsue@nycap.rr.com Lindsay Wood Li 160 Union Street Norfolk, MA 02056 globalil@att.net 1973 Frank J. Williams III 211 Larry Hill Road Schoharie, NY 12157 FWilliams@Brwncald.com Margret Paticopoulos Poole 86 Salisbury Road Delmar, NY 12054 hmhp@aol.com 1974 William A. Kellert 2 Ross Court Loudonville, NY 12211 wakatccc@aol.com AA’74: PETER SWIRE is on leave from law teaching and is serving as Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy. He works directly with Larry Summers, the head of the National Economic Council. His principal areas of focus are the housing crisis and technology issues, including broadband. He and ANNE PUTNEY SWIRE ’77, live in Bethesda, MD. Anne is the CEO of the Andre Sobel River of Life Foundation. Their older son, Nathan, is at Dartmouth and has joined ROTC. Their young son, Jesse, is a senior in high school. 1975 Patti Cloud Macmanus 3505 Dartmouth Drive Plano, TX 75075 pmacmanus@trinitychristian.org 1976 AA’76: KEN BLASS writes, “Our daughter, Victoria, is a freshman at Sweet Briar College in Virginia and loving it. We were happy to have NICK FRANGELLA’S daughter, Lisa, as an intern, working in the media department here at Blass Communications. She worked hard and did a great job. What a bright girl! I had my right hip replaced in December. I am doing great now. I was hitting tennis balls again less than two weeks later.” 1977 Edward DeBerri 115 S Burning Tree Drive Hampstead, NC 28443 edeberri@hotmail.com 1978 Mason Tolman 29 Mullens Road PO Box 295 Slingerlands, NY 12159 tolmanco1@gmail.com Lisa Tate Field 18 Delafield Drive Albany, NY 12205 peacefulfield@aol.com 1979 William F. Comtois PO Box 357 Greens Farms, CT 06838 wcomtois@att.net AA’79: CHARLES ("ANDY") ANDROS, enjoying family life as a proud father and grandfather of two, recently enjoyed a fun-filled vacation in the Florida Keys with his wife. After years of being out of touch with our friend and classmate ANGELO FIACCO, I was pleased to learn that Andy has reconnected with Angelo. Although he departed the Academy before graduation, Angelo left behind a very positive presence in our class. I hope to have more news on Angelo in the next update. BOB BOLLINGER and his wife and two children have relocated from Colorado to northern California. Bob, along with his wife and daughter, will take a missionary trip to Croatia while Bob’s son remains behind to study biology in college. With an accomplished track record in business and finance, Bob plans to teach local business owners in California the fine art of running a successful business during tough economic times following his return from Croatia. On a personal note, last year while mourning my mother’s passing, I was deeply touched by Coach Ernie Steck’s attendance at the wake and the kind words that he shared with me and my wife. "Ernie, I will never forget. Thank you!" Personal feelings aside, Coach Steck has once again shown us that the Academy is not just about a fine education – it’s about people who sincerely care for their students and athletes. Jeanne Dignum Birch 160 Dahlgren Road Valatie, NY 12184 birchj@albanyacademies.org 1980 Eric Cramer Besch, Esq. 6730 Springhill Dr. Frederick, MD 21702 Eric@Besch.org AA’80: Hey, 1980 is a creative class! Here’s a sampling: GILL ALEXANDER makes art – http://web.mac.com/gillalexander/Gill_Alexander/G ill_Alexander.html. GEORGE BEACH composes music and writes poetry. THEODORE BOULOUKOS writes and acts – http://www.myspace.com/theonyc and http://www.evangelistmovie.com. KENT CARNELL is a professionally trained cook. Spring/Summer 2010 25
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