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1967 45th Thomas R. Gordon 413 Dorset Rd Devon, PA 19333 foregordo2@aol.com Mimi Evans 328 The Promenade Edgewater, NJ 07020 meemsy@hotmail.com 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 Sandra D. O’Connor 333 East 43rd Street #401 New York, NY 10017 212-986-6019 tudortwo@msn.com Reunion AAG’69: Ann Carter USHER, Sandra O’Connor, maggie hawn, MAry Farley, Jackie Carpenter rice and lainie saunders angel were on hand to applaud Wendy Cohen Summer when she was honored as the recipient of the 2011 Distinguished Alumna award at the alumnae luncheon held reunion weekend. Way to go, Wendy! (See photo.) Lainie saunders angel and Mitch are excited to be spending their fourth winter in southern Thailand. They plan to volunteer as English teachers at the same elementary school in Pak Weep where they previously worked. Betsey Tirk Coleman’s Fulbright grant to Syria this summer as part of the curriculum development Teach Syria program was postponed due to the political unrest there. She will spend four months in Israel on another Fulbright grant beginning in February 2012. She spent her 60th birthday by herself in the Arctic Circle in Rovaniemi, Finland, seeing the northernmost McDonalds in the world, staying away from Santa and up with the midnight sun! mary Farley survived Irene with no power or phone for only 3 days, but with a flooded basement that ruined even more of their belongings, including some family memorabilia she recently brought down from my mother’s home. The power came back just in time for Mary to do laundry to pack for her 60th birthday celebration — a 2-week trip to Italy with four other women celebrating the same milestone. After a week in a villa in Viterbo, they headed to the heel of the Italian boot, Apuglia, for another week of wandering through small towns — “a trip worth waiting 60 years for!” Mary writes, “I hope some of you caught our most recent show on HBO, “Gloria: In Her Own Words” about Gloria Steinem and the women’s movement. It really reminded me that we were the immediate beneficiaries of Steinem’s work and our daughters should certainly know who blazed the way for them to do the amazing things they are.” Judy Hollander Anderson, pictured, lives in Brighton (United Kingdom) with Randall, her husband of nearly 30 years, and their daughter Shoshana (17), who is a student at a local British sixth form college (the last two years of high school), taking the International Baccalaureate. They have an older daughter Kerstin (25), who will be moving from Leeds (where she graduated from Leeds University) to London to take up a Masters in child psychology at the University of London Institute of Education. Randall is a lawyer in sole practice, and Judy wound up with a career in legal publishing and now works as a manager/editor at LexisNexis Butterworths in London. They lived in London for eight years before buying a house in Brighton. Judy makes the Brighton to London commute every day (“it really is a schlep!”), but comes home to the fresh air and the nearby seafront at the end of the day. 1970 Laurence I. Talbot 1 Charlotte Road Marblehead, MA 01945-1602 laurence.talbot@comcast.net AA’70: DEAN M. DELUKE DDS, MBA was appointed in spring 2011 to a professorship in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). The position entails dual appointments in both the School of Dentistry and the School of Medicine at VCU. Since 1982, Dean had practiced in Schenectady. A graduate of St. Michael’s College (BA), Columbia University (DDS), and Union Graduate College (MBA), Dean previously served as the Chief of Dentistry and Oral Surgery at St. Clare’s Hospital (now Ellis McClellan), where he also co-chaired the Cleft Palate Program. He is a delegate to the American Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons and a past-president of the New York State Society of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons. Dean has served for many years on the Advisory Board and Finance Committee of OMS National Insurance Company, a professional liability insurer. Locally, he has served on the boards of the Albany Academy for Girls, the St Clare’s Hospital Foundation and the Foundation for Ellis Medicine. He is also a member of Health Volunteers Overseas, a non-profit devoted to increasing access to health care in developing countries. Dean has authored numerous scientific papers related to his profession, and he is also the author of Shedrow, an award-winning novel published by Grey Swan Press. 1971 George T. Harder 15 Euclid Avenue Delmar, NY 12054 Leslie Knauf PO Box 115 Malden Bridge, NY 12115 lmknauf@gmail.com AAG’71: After celebrating the joys of our 40th reunion in May, members of the Class of ’71 were deeply saddened by news of the passing of Trina McCandless on August 25. Trina was an artist and craftswoman of the highest order, and a qualified gemologist and appraiser of fine jewelry with a national reputation. She made exceptionally beautiful, handcrafted jewelry with precious metals and gemstones at her studio in Groton, CT. We were so gratified that, despite her hard-fought battle with cancer, Trina showed her innate strength and great courage by joining us for our 40th Reunion in Albany in May. We will remember and admire her for her striking red hair, her strong will, her boundless creativity, her wisdom, and her invaluable friendship. Her absence will be felt keenly at our reunions in the years ahead, but her great spirit always will remain with us. We extend our heartfelt sympathies to her family and her many friends. bArbara Bennett, who grew up in Slingerlands with Trina, recently shared some lovely childhood memories: “Trina and I went to the same nursery school. The only memory I have of nursery school is learning to tie my shoes with Trina. I can’t remember if she taught me or I taught her, but I suspect she taught me. We also were good friends for many of our early grade school years, even though she initially attended public school and I was at AAG, because we were both very interested in art and both took Saturday classes at the Albany Institute. I spent many weekends at Trina’s house. I remember making perfume from a kit with her, not playing pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey at her birthday party (because I knew I would lose), ice skating on the McCandless’s skating rink, and breaking my arm. Trina was always full of energy and had many interesting ideas on many different topics (about which I knew nothing), and she was fearless. She would eat her apples down to the seeds, and she wore a ring made from a gold nugget that her father bought for her in Guyana. She had beautiful, thick red hair, she was always on a diet, and she loved animals. When she came to AAG in the 4th grade, my memory falters, but I know that she continued to be an independent spirit with a sort of stone-hewn strength of character and an intense enthusiasm for creativity and beauty.” Judith Giuliano wrote: “I hadn’t seen Trina in 40 years and was so happy to reconnect with her at our reunion in May. She shared many interesting tales of her life with me and had such a strong life force. It took such courage for her to join us, yet not make us sad about her illness. She only focused on the positive. Something Helen Keller said made me think of Trina recently: “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in 24 The Albany Academies Magazine
the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.” Soar with the eagles, friend.” Robin Stimmel-Singh wasn’t able to attend our reunion in May, but reports from Virginia: “My oldest child, Chris, who is 31, is a Major in the Army. He and his wife now have two boys and three girls - Taylor is 10, Miller is 8, Joy is 6, Virginia is 4 and Grant is two months. I have another son still at home in his last year of high school. I work for the U.S. Department of Commerce at the Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria, Virginia. My husband is a diesel mechanic, and we have two dogs – ‘schoodles.’ ” Jennifer Stevens Girvin wrote: “I have joined The Bray Group as Partner. The firm does executive recruitment, specializing in financial services and non-profit management sectors. I would love the opportunity to work with anyone who is in, near, or wants to relocate to the Boston area.” Jennifer can be reached via the firm’s website, www.thebraygroup.com. LESLIE KNAUF traveled recently to California, “where I reconnected with former classmate Pamela Roff Goode and her husband, Peter. Pam lives near Oakland and has three grown daughters and a son who is 19. It was a treat to see her after so many years and share memories of our early years together at AAG.” 1972 40th Reunion Kenneth J. Aufsesser RR 4-9 Canaan Circle South Salem, NY 10590 kjalaw@hotmail.com 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 1975 Anne Hukill Yeager 32 Ledgewood Road Bronxville, NY 10708-2516 Anne.h.Yeager@gmail.com 1976 Ken Blass 357 Pitts Road Old Chatham, NY kenb@blasscommunications.com AA’76: This is my first article as Class Secretary for the class of ’76. Please email me with any updates and happenings in your life for future issues. The class of ’76 held its traditional every-fiveyears golf outing in June at the Roost. A great time was had by all. Thanks to Tom Hans for arranging the use of his club. Present were Blass, Hans, Harder, Maney, McGinty, Murphy, O’Connor, Ritz, Talbot, and Tracy with a last minute phone presence by David Davis from Florida after he missed his flight. Brian tAlbot sponsored a new BMW for the hole in one (which no one won). Credit goes to Tim and Frank for traveling the farthest (Texas and Colorado respectively). Dan Finn (Joe’s brother), Tony Duffy ’75 and Teddy David ’77 also joined in on the fun. In the evening we partied with the girls from AAG’76 at Laura Ellis’s parents’ beautiful home. Tim Ritz left BP and has formed his own maritime consulting company, Ritz Marine Group - www.ritzllc.com. We wish him success. John Grogan writes that he is director of the South Berkshire Educational Collaborative and runs its Adult Education programs. He is married (30 years) and has three children and lives in Great Barrington, MA. He still coaches hockey and softball at local high schools and plays some hockey and tennis too. Frank McGinty says it is beautiful in Colorado, where he is a Principal with Safety Management Systems, LLC - www.smsllc.com. In 2009 and 2010, Peter Swire took leave from teaching law to work for Larry Summers in the National Economic Council. In the fall of 2010, he returned to teaching at Ohio State and still commutes one semester each year from DC out to Columbus, running an internship program in DC in the summer. To stay in shape, he plays in an over- 45 soccer league. Tom Hans emails that we suffered a crushing defeat at the gloved hands of CBA in the Sabre Cup. But Tom guarantees that we will regain the Sabre next year. Tom is still married to his long-time sweetheart, Diane. And last, speaking of marriage, my wife Karen and I just celebrated our 30th anniversary in June 2011 with a trip to China where we hiked the Great Wall and had Peking Duck. (Another place that we can check off our bucket lists.). I got lucky and won two trophies this year sailboat racing in competitions held by the Mayfield Yacht Club, one of which was won in the Charity Cup, which is a nationally sanctioned regatta. Lisa Rubin-Johnson 1977 35th Edward DeBerri 115 S Burning Tree Drive Hampstead, NC 28443 edeberri@hotmail.com Reunion 1978 AA:’78: CHRIS BENDER remembered his oldest friend, MASON TOLMAN, who passed away November 1, 2011. “Mason was an unforgettable person. With his warm personality, amble physicality and natty attire, he always made a lasting impression. He was a “stand out in the crowd” kind of guy. At The Albany Academy, where most of us were known by our last names, Mason was always known by his first. In elementary school he was the tallest and roundest boy in our class and that distinction came at a price. While others might have turned their anger inward, or made excuses to not fit in, Mason responded oppositely. He rose above it all with his characteristic humor and intelligent resilience. Those are the traits that I will remember him best for. I spent a lot of time at Mason’s house as we grew up. Partly because it was a cool place - a Victorian farmhouse with outbuildings, a tennis court and a short walk over the train tracks to Tollgate for ice cream. But really, the biggest reason to hang out at Mason’s was his parents. Mason was the youngest of three and his folks were already “broken in.” His dad, “Big Mason” (by the way that made Mason, “Little Mason”) and his mom Betsy were not quite as obsessed with our shenanigans as some other parents. Mason’s humor, moral compass, and ability to relate well to just about anyone were all traits learned from Big Mason and Betsy. Mason, unlike anyone else I knew, called his mom “mother.” That was the aristocrat in Mason - his affinity for bowties, the horned rim glasses, the Fort Orange Club, calling me CB or Christian, never Chris. He liked being from old stock. In middle school gym class at the Academy, I bet Mason that I could run faster backward than he could forward. Mason being Mason, he was game for challenge. We lined up and took off running. As we approached the finish line, it was a close race and I leaned backward, falling and breaking both wrists at the same time. More fun with my friend Mason. After high school it was off to college and then “life.” Other than a few check-ins and an infamous Halloween night in Manhattan in the late 80’s, when Mason went out dressed as a St Bernard with a barrel strapped under his chin, some floppy dog ears and a ridiculous tail, we had not stayed in close touch. But when Mason and Jane moved back to Albany, we picked up right where we had left off. Mason was so easy to be around. He really was an expert at friendship. He followed my life, offered his characteristic keen observations and witty advice, always delivered in a delicate and clever way. We understood each other’s challenges of the moment and talked about them. We shared a love of rock music. His palate being broader than mine, just about any aging rock act coming to the area would result in an email from from Mason – “CB…what’s left of Crosby Stills and Nash is playing the palace... are you in?” Fall/Winter 2011 25
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