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MARIA BOULOUKOS CASSIER’s whole family came up to Toronto to celebrate; 16 strong, who enjoyed the city, some theatre and great dinners out over four days. She has two graduating in 2013, from Wake Forest and James Madison Universities, and the “next batch” is getting ready to start within a year. She had another knee replacement in April, so a quiet spring, to plan a river cruise next year down the Danube, with a stop in Nice, France, to see Marc’s relatives. Maria and Marc talked to ELLEN LYONS NEVILLE and Peter when she was in Saratoga visiting Skidmore. They reminisced about the Neville’s wedding over 50 years ago. Pete and Ellie are having difficulty dealing with Ellie’s aging disease. Maria is putting 2014 on her calendar for our 60th!! JANET MARSHALL ERICKSON just celebrated her 75th – hurrah!! and her daughter’s 50th the next day. They are making plans eventually to move to a retirement community. She heard from her brother Doug about the storm damage at Warner’s Lake, which I had heard from the Pulliam family, too. MARY LOU BECK HIATT completed a lot of projects because of no meetings over the summer. Kids visited and they took a cruise to the Baltics. She has been corresponding with GRACE KHACHADOORIAN BAKERJIAN, apparently about their singing. Mary Lou and Neil have been singing with the Hilton Head Choral Society, their church and the Hilton Head Symphony Chorus – that is great to hear. Their son, Jeff, a Chaplain, has come home from Korea and will get out of the service in October and then enter the job search. HERTA DEICHMANN HOLLY is still very busy as a Board Member of the Doctors Charter School as well as Pass It On Ministries (a local food bank) and North Shore Hospital Medical Center. She is still active in many educational and community organizations. Her youngest son is now Head Coach of Upper Keys High School in Coral Shores, so she is following the team. Like a lot of our southern classmates, she is watching the hurricane season. Her son Jack missed it by staying West on his return home. 1955 E. Wayne Harbinger 478 W. Lawrence Street Albany, NY 12208 jharbinger@hotmail.com AA’55: The 55th reunion of the class of ’55 in May 2010 was another wonderful experience for those who attended. It is very exciting to see the enthusiasm generated by 73 year-old (plus or minus a year) classmates who share their memories of the school, the events and each other. Of course, for those of you who have not attended reunions, your names and our memories of you, that you don’t have the chance to defend, are always topics included in the reunion memories. I hope everyone will be fortunate enough to return for our 60th reunion to enjoy the campus, the memories and the opportunity to share 60 year-old memories, and defend yourself and share your personal history with those of us who have missed you if you haven’t shared the reunion experience. Tony Scardillo ’75 and I had breakfast with Ernie Steck H’77 in August and enjoyed Ernie’s memories of graduates and stories of the changes at the school through the years. He certainly has recollections and opinions of events and persons, faculty and students, who relate to the history of the schools. 1956 Charles C. Wing, Jr. 38 Unionville-Feura Bush Road PO Box 10 Feura Bush, NY 12067 cwingjr@nycap.rr.com Judith Ghormley Wing 38 Unionville-Feura Bush Road PO Box 10 Feura Bush, NY 12067 judywing@nycap.rr.com Rena Lanzet Aggen 28 Lee Avenue Schenectady, NY 12303-3267 RAggen1@NYCAP.RR.com AAG’56: Marjorie Ann Whiteford Malcom writes, “Congratulations on the 55th reunion!! I wished that I could have been there with you to enjoy all the remembrances of our earlier years in school! It was good to see you five years ago. The past five years have gone quickly for us. We have traveled a lot, spent good times with our families and friends, and have generally been too busy. How did we ever have time to work?! We went to Russia in late May with two other couples from Athens (part of our gourmet group). It’s a river cruise with stops each day at the major cities etc. The pre-trip is in Kiev and the post-trip will be in the Baltic area - Tallinn and Helsinki, etc. Scott and I continue to keep our rental housing business. That keeps us on task!! For leisure time we enjoy the Ohio University football and basketball games, many bridge groups, and all the artist series programs that the University provides. I am especially active with the Hospital Guild, Presbyterian Women, and P.E.O.” 1957 55th Reunion James L. FitzGerald 333 Beck Road Eagle Bridge, NY 12057 drcows@gmail.com AA’57: Pictured in July at the home of DALTON and LOUISE COPELAND MARKS AAG’60 are (left to right) John McClintock, Jake Herzog, Scott McWhinnie, Dalton Marks, Keith Willis, John Hauf, Jim Moore, Jim FitzGerald. JIM BEARDSLEY (pictured) writes, “My life in retirement is heavily focused on choral singing. Christmas 2010 marked my fifth year in the Christmas Revels’ chorus which performs each December at Sanders Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Christmas Revels is an annual celebration of the winter solstice (December 21). It involves a highly competitive audition, an enormous rehearsal commitment, followed by 16 performances during the holiday season. Revels involves singing, dancing, juggling and humorous skits. The audience is invited to participate. Yo Yo Ma, the famed cellist, comes every year and loves it. Check it out: www.revels. org. When not singing, I volunteer with the Revels marketing department, helping to sell Revels CDs and books to the independent booksellers in New England. I also sing with the New Bedford Chorus, the New Bedford Sea Chanteys, the Summer Chorus of Little Compton, Rhode Island and the French choir connected with the Providence Office of L’Alliance Francaise. Marcia and I moved in 2000 from Acton, Massachusetts, where we lived for 33 years, to South Dartmouth, Massachusetts. I am present of the Carey Library Associates at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Campus Library. I’ve also audited three French courses at UMASS Dartmouth. Six grandchildren keep these Beardsleys on the go! Marcia and I spent about three weeks in June 2010 in Germany, France, Belgium and Switzerland, focusing on the Oberammagau Passion Play performed every ten years. We also visited the WWI battlefields and the Loire Valley. Marcia’s goal, history; mine, working the crowds in French and German. Frequently confused by Europe’s “roundabouts,” we developed the following phrase, “when in doubt, go roundabout.” It actually worked!” Marcia Babcock Aronowitz 56 Loudonwood East Loudonville, NY 12211 marono@aol.com 1958 Henry C. Schmerler 4661 Idylwood Lane Naples, FL 34119-8424 hcsags@aol.com Robert Taylor 4 Via Lago Boynton Beach, FL 33432-2818 Robert.taylor@bethesdahealthcare.com AA’58: In May, ROB and SHEILA TAYLOR left their home in Florida to avoid the hurricane season and to enjoy their summer home in Bethel, Vermont. Rob wrote to say that unfortunately tropical Storm Irene followed them up the coast and severely damaged their northern home. As a result he and Sheila have been working overtime for the past month. He continued that one does not understand the power of a river gone amok until they are literally caught in the middle of it. They watched the White River rise and completely surround their house with water traveling between 15-20 miles per hour. Huge trees were tossed around like matchsticks. They evacuated in time and returned the next day and began the arduous task of pumping out the cellar, ripping up the hardwood floor, and bulldozing tons of silt from their property. Rob, we all hope that you and Sheila can put your house back in great shape. 20 The Albany Academies Magazine
ED SEGAL continues his prolific writing and had two poems published in Poetica Magazine. One appeared in the Spring 2011 edition and one in the Fall 2011 edition. Nice going Ed. You are fulfilling the cultural responsibility of our class. BILL DEARSTYNE wrote that he and his lovely bride toCKEY TOWNSEND DEARSTYNE AAG’58 have finally made the move and a permanent one at that. They sold their New Hampshire home in April and have moved to Bregenz, Austria. They divided up most of their United States possessions among their family and shipped the remainder to Austria. They are delighted to be settled in their new home. Bill pointed out that the home has a biergarten. I guess that means the location of the next class reunion is settled. Both of his daughters and all four grandsons visited them this summer in their new home in Austria. Their new address: Dearstyne, Ibelewies 1, A- 6900 Bregenz, Austria. The e-mail address is (for Bill) dearstyne@aon.at and (for Tockey) edearstyne@londenz.com. The Dearstynes would enjoy seeing our class members in Bregenz which is 1 ½ hours due east of Zurich and 2 hours southwest of Munich. Let me close this edition by asking all class of 1958 graduates to please close their eyes and envision Bill in lederhosen and Tyrolean cap. The picture defies the imagination. 1959 Eric Moore 4110 Mel Smith Road New Albany, IN 47150 ericam23@insightbb.com AA’59: Back at the end of August I had a nice conversation with ED SCHRAUTH. Ed still lives in Beaufort, SC and was relieved when Hurricane Irene came ashore far enough to the North that he sustained no damage to any of his property. He and wife Suzi traveled to Nantucket at the end of July for a mini family reunion and a chance to relive some of the “good times” in and around Siasconset on the eastern end of the island. He has 10 grandkids and enjoys the outdoors, but he struggles with COPD which keeps him from any strenuous activity. He would welcome a call from anyone in the class. JOHN HARCOURT wrote that he sold all of his business interests in the first quarter of the year and is “officially “retired. He and wife Sue Ellen then did some traveling: Barbados in May, Peru in June, Vancouver, BC in July and then up to their place in Kennebunkport, ME to escape the brutal heat and draught of the Texas summer. John serves as an active member of the Deep in the Heart Art Foundry located in Bastrop, TX. STU JONES wrote early last spring that he has no immediate plans to retire from his legal practice finding it as challenging and rewarding as ever. He is serving as Chair of the Albany Academies Board of Trustees and looks forward to working with Academy leadership as they move toward our 200th anniversary. Recent honorariums have been bestowed on him by The College of St Rose and the Rensselaer County Historical Society. While no longer Chair of the Albany Law School Board of Trustees, he remains active with other Board responsibilities. Stu was saddened back in March by the loss of his sister Liz, following a long battle with diabetes. Our condolences to Stu and his family. RICH RANKA and wife Mary Beth sent a note saying their son Michael graduated cum laude from Florida Coastal School of Law in May, has taken the bar exam and hopefully will have the results by the time this article gets to print. STEVE GUNTHER shared that his surgery last fall was for arthroscopic knee surgery rather than hip replacement surgery (sorry about that Steve) and that he has fully recovered and plans to get back to speed skating and hockey this winter. His note arrived the day of the Washington area earthquake and was traveling by train at the time and never felt anything. Like many of us, he will turn 70 before the end of the year, which doesn’t bother him as much as his daughter Gwen turning 49. Janet and ERIC MOORE had a busy summer this year with two trips to southern New Hampshire, “first to share in our oldest grandsons graduation from the University of New Hampshire, and in late July to celebrate our granddaughter’s second birthday and our wedding anniversary in early August. A vacation trip (if you can go on vacation once retired) to Destin, FL in early September kept us going most of the summer. It is always great to hear from classmates throughout the year.” Please keep in touch. It’s hard to write this column without your help. Terri Bronner 154 Brevator Street Albany, NY tbronner8999@nycap.rr.com AAG ’59: JOANNA WAGONER BROUSELL celebrated her August birthday by taking PAM MORGAN MARVIN, CAROLE SOLOMON roSENBLUM and TERRI BRONNER on a mystery trip to Mohonk Mountain House and nature preserve in the Hudson Valley! We also gathered at her lakeside summer home near Albany for July 4th. Joanna has three dogs, one cat and a fish. Golden retriever, Trooper, excels in agility competitions and visits residents at a local nursing home. Horse, Bingo, stabled nearby, gives Joanna a regular opportunity to ride. PERRY COOK writes from California: “After 30 years as a Marriage and Family Therapist, I have retired. Usual activities include: Buddhist practice, gardening, seeing a few clients, spending time with granddaughters and grandnieces, traveling to visit children and siblings, practicing T’ai Chi, in short, keeping busier than I ever have.” JUDY WHEATLEY FILLION still works full-time leading a major division in the New Hampshire State Education Department. Recently, accompanied by her daughter and oldest grandson, Judy visited England and Scotland where they explored their Scottish ancestry and “were able to copy birth, marriage and death certifcates, as well as a 26-page written will.” This past summer included a visit to London, Ontario for a family gathering with Canadian relatives. PAM MORGAN MARVIN continues to pursue her passion for old movies, featuring stars from the 1930’s to the 1960’s. Favorites include Barbara Stanwyck, Katherine Hepburn and Rosalind Russell. Pam socializes regularly with Joanna Brousell, Carole Rosenblum and Terri Bronner. ANNE HENNING O’DONNELL writes from her rural upstate New York home, “Larry and I have had animals for 23 years - horses, dogs, cats, mustangs and wild burros. Our one remaining lonely burro, recently joined by companion goats, seems a lot happier and content with their company.” Rescue dogs, including 6 Jack Russell Terriers (such energy!) 3 cats, Guinea birds and egg laying chickens complete the crew. CAROLE SOLOMON ROSENBLUM beautifies Albany with her magnificent flower gardens. DORIS SHULMAN ALPART suggests that they be designated a “national park.” Carole’s gardens must be one of Albany’s best floral displays; a place where nature’s bountiful impulse combines with human effort and skill in cultivation. Abundant bird life also graces this special haven. LUCY WINTERS SANDLER works part-time as a student health physician at two colleges in Boston. For leisure activity, she designs and makes beaded jewelry which she displays at craft shows and house parties. Lucy and husband, Phil, enjoy their vacation home in the Berkshires. LINDA FRIEDLAND MICHAELS and husband, Ken, visited Lucy earlier this year and Lucy connected with DORIS SHULMAN ALPART at the Alpart’s new home in Florida. A fourth grandchild was welcomed to the Sandler clan in late 2010. DEB ACTON TOLLEFSON writes from Arizona, “Since January, I have been involved in a house remodeling and addition project; and for months was living in my basement amidst piles of furniture and stuff. Most of the work is now complete.” Despite some serious back problems, Deb has carried forward with the home remodeling and a trip to New Hampshire to visit her 97-year-old father, who still drives. Retired for two years, TERRI BRONNER cultivates an ever-expanding flower garden, thanks in part to perennial plant exchanges with CAROLE SOLOMON ROSENBLUM. Other passions include mantra based meditation practice, self-study of integrative/preventive medicine, creating healthful recipes and converting others, participation in a monthly dream group and a book group. Assorted social activities are a staple. Terri’s focus: “Living in the present moment, welcoming whatever presents itself, solves most problems and creates inner peace. I highly recommend it and hope to get better at it with time and practice.” 1960 Alan Klein 18034 Cherrywood Ln. Homewood, IL 60430-1503 ackmfk@aol.com Ken Kudon 2 Old Creek Court Potomac, MD 20854-5529 kkudon@kudonlaw.com AA’60: George Goldring still lives in Essex Junction, Vermont. Their area survived Irene. George reports that “my wife Sandi and I are both retired but we both work part time for a local auction company.” George is an auctioneer and Sandi runs a computer. They also have been in the antique business for some 35 years. George’s email has been changed to ggoldring@comcast.net. Bill Harden still works part time in the Graduate School of Education at SUNY Buffalo. Fall/Winter 2011 21
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