Sweet Briar College Magazine - Spring 2018

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CLASS NOTES L to R: Ellen Weintraub ’71, Siena Annable (prospective student), Kristin Garces ’06, Lee Anne Chaskes ‘83, Giaconda Annable (proud mother of Siena) and DeDe Conley Susan Snodgrass Wynne with family celebrating Dubby’s 50th Princeton Reunion, the same weekend as her SBC 45th! sbc.edu Mini-reunion at the beautiful new home of Carter Frackelton in October 2017. Pictured are Carter Frackelton, Ginnie B. Payne Sasser, Martha Holland, Mary Heller, Jill Johnson, MarySue Morrison Thomas and Janet Nelson Gibson spent working with a set of working groups that assist the College with everything from administration to fundraising” (SBC Alumnae Magazine Volume 86 No. 2). To further quote Board Member Alice Dixon ’82, “The endless hours of (their) hard work are yielding great benefits to the College and her Alumnae every day!” Thank you, Sarah, for facilitating our ability to pull together and for helping to light the way toward a fruitful path for the present and future of Sweet Briar College. Since retiring a year ago, Janet Nelson Gibson has been spending lots of time reconnecting with Sweet Briar and her classmates. The year included two trips to beautiful SBC, along with Carter Frackelton and Mary Sue Morrison Thomas. First was our 45th Reunion weekend, and again to President Meredith Woo’s Inauguration. Both events displayed the strong commitment alumnae and friends have to our efforts to reposition SBC in the marketplace. It was great seeing Georgene Vairo, Susan Snodgrass Wynne, DeDe Conley, Sarah vonRosenberg and Jeannette Pillsbury, along with many friends from other classes. We had a wonderful lunch at Carter’s new home in Fredericksburg with Jill Johnson, Mary Sue Thomas, Martha Holland and Ginnie B Payne Sasser. 2018 started off with the first Sweet Briar Day celebration held in Fredericksburg for many years. It has given Janet and Carter a chance to reconnect with old friends and meet some great new SBC alumnae who have quickly become friends. A stint at a regional college fair was heartening as there were so many young women and parents interested in Sweet Briar and her story. Janet will be helping the admissions team bring the opportunities at SBC to local high schools by introducing girls to SBC’s events weekends and summer event weeks. Besides volunteering for SBC, Janet is looking forward to a trip to Italy in the fall with her husband and son, a belated graduation present for her son Jonathan who finished at UVa’s Engineering School in 2016. Janet is hoping to see many ’72 classmates at a Sweet Work Weeks this year — a great way to reconnect with friends and help Sweet Briar at the same time! Martha Holland and husband, Chris Iribe, escaped the cold of DC for Key West at the end of Feb. (temperatures in DC soared to the 60s and 70s.) When they returned to DC, they moved, downsized, to a townhouse in Alexandria, VA They plan to spend many winter months in Key West in the future. When in DC, Martha tries to have lunch with Mary Heller and Jill Johnson. Jeannette Pillsbury reports she really has nothing new to share. She is grateful for the time she has been able to spend at Sweet Briar in the last 9 months. Her visit in Jan. was particularly satisfying because she could see the college carrying out the mission our support intends! In Jan., she was contacted by the fund agent of another class looking to find out how we rally support from so many members of our class! In Feb., she spoke with that class’s fund agent, president, and secretary to share our secret: communication, collective and individual! Marion Walker is continuing her law practice even as she opts to receive Social Security. She believes it is the best of both worlds — get paid to be retired, and not retire. She says, “It is good to be challenged, and remain active and involved. However, the retirement horizon is approaching.” Marion defended an age discrimination case in a two-week trial in St. Petersburg, FL, where she had dinner with Lee Essrig one night. Marion loves her new home and finds having a dinner party wonderful fun. Now, if only she could cook as well as Gail Garner Resch! Marion has two nephews who are practicing lawyers in Alabama. One of her brothers is a lawyer as well and one of her twin sisters lives in Birmingham. Another nephew is a Marine at Camp LeJeune, NC, and the youngest is working his way through college with a goal of going to law school. Yep, it is a fairly opinionated family! Marion had the family dinner at Christmas and all siblings but David, the Captain pilot, were there — great fun. She says the past two years, watching faculty, alumnae, students and families support Sweet Briar in Her transition, has been so rewarding. Viva la SBC! DeDe Conley has enjoyed a year full of Sweet Briar. She finished her two years on the AA Council as cochair of strategic initiatives. Now she is gathering the news for the AA agenda and meeting minutes posted on the SBC website — interesting, amazing activities going on at SBC and highlights of alumnae successes! DeDe is also posting on Alumnifire and Twitter, promoting good news from SBC alumnae and job opportunities. DeDe is working to organize the international alumnae to help with recruiting. She spent the winter in Miami renewing her husband’s green card. She also helped with recruiting in Miami, met with coun- 56
CLASS NOTES selors in two target schools, called a list of prospective students, worked 2 days at the CPI College fair and horse show in Palm Beach with Riding Director Mimi and Coach Lizzie and helped organize the Miami Sweet Briar Day, which was attended by one of our prospective students, now a Presidential Scholar recipient! Ellen Weintraub ‘71, Kristin Garces ‘06 (our hostess) and Lee Anne Chaskes ‘83 also attended. It was all productive and so much fun! DeDe traveled to New Mexico in Oct. for the fall color and hiked beautiful Tent Rocks with alum Anne Gately ‘70 and their husbands. DeDe sent these notes in from The Mojave Desert on a two-month trip enjoying the clear night skies, amazing sunsets and desert landscapes. She says she is relearning all her Cactus and desert plant names and loves the Ocotillo starting to bloom already. 1976 Margaret Weimer Parrish 862 Main Street Danville VA 24541 peggyparrish@gmail.com Debbie Massey Thurman has a few red-letter events this year. Her husband, at long last, is about to set his retirement date, and they look to travel more, and spend additional quality time with their family. The second really cool event she is looking forward to is a first-ever reunion, after more than 40 years, with her historic (first to train alongside men) women’s platoon from USMC OCS! They are gathering again at Quantico, VA, in Oct. Karina Schless is still working part-time at ten doctor’s offices, riding her 26-year-old quarter horse, Angus, and still vacationing at ranches out in Jackson Hole, WY, every summer. She met Ann South’s daughter, Mary Francis, (by chance!) who was a wrangler at Red Rock Ranch. She also has her 2-year-old tabby, Spencer, who is so much fun! Ann Kiley Crenshaw was excited to welcome their second granddaughter, Carlisle Sullivan Crenshaw, and worked on the inauguration committee for SBC’s President Woo. Sally Old Kitchin, Lisa Nelson Robertson, Susan Snodgrass Wynne and Ann were delighted to host an event for President Woo in Hampton Roads. She recently was at SBC for Alumnae Committee for the Board. Melanie Coyne Cody hiked in New Zealand and sailed the BVI in 2017. In April ‘18 her daughter, Sarah, is marrying Mark Gallas and they just bought a house in Kenilworth about 5 minutes from Melanie! Her eldest, Caitlin, received a promotion: VP group strategy director at Digitas in Chicago. Her husband, Bob, has been busy as treasurer of the GLYC, and Melanie is the President Elect of the Woman’s Club of Evanston and still works at Y&R. Norris Judd Fergeson is an advisory board chair at nonPareil Institute, which teaches technology to young adults with autism. After only 2 years in Houston, the Institute has raised $80K to help Harvey victims in the program, and $50K for the buildout of our nine thousand-foot addition. She is doing more collections management and less appraisal work. Her girls are doing well — Katie at nonPareil, and Cecily in her last semester of grad school in studio art at Wash University. Lynn Kahler Rogerson enjoys being the mother of a SBC freshman and reliving the stress of memorizing image identifications for art history exams! She loves married life, accompanies her scientist husband to Italy and Chile, and attends museum openings for her traveling art exhibitions. She hosted a bridal shower for Maureen O’Hearn Slowinski’s daughter and attended the wedding along with Asimina Coroneos. Lynn keeps in touch with compstudy-partner Norrie Fergeson Judd and Sally Mott Freeman. Kari Andersen Shipley and her husband celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary with their children on safari in South Africa (where Kari went to college before transferring to SBC). While her husband retired, Kari has not, but continues to chair and fundraise for 4 charities, serve on boards, is secretary of her church and children’s center and helps her youngest son with his new environmental non-profit, Community Greening. She enjoys spending winters in Delray Beach and summers in Lake Toxaway, NC — hopefully painting! Kelsey Canady Grice is so grateful that their family yacht brokerage had a terrific year. They work hard and play hard. They left on a 2-week Christmas vacation in the southern Caribbean — Barbados, Antigua and Grenada. It was a wonderful time, and they are so grateful that their adult children joined them. Maureen O’Hearn Slowinski has happy news to share. Her daughter, Caitlin, recently married Jeremy Steed at the Salamander Resort in Middleburg. They were blessed to have Maureen’s 102-year-old mother with them to join in all the festivities, including a quick spin on the dance floor in her wheelchair. Classmates Lynn Kahler Rogerson and Asimina Coroneos were there to share the joy. She spent time with Liz Farmer Jarvis while she was visiting DC in Jan. She introduced her to her beautiful baby granddaughter, Sierra. Liz is a proud grandmother. Maureen urges everyone to read Sally Mott Feenie, Matt, Walker, Kari, John IV, John III Shipley Painting of leopard by Kari Shipley from her family trip to South Africa Angus, Karina Schless’s horse 1st Platoon C Company, 105th USMC OCC, Quantico, VA, 1977 spring 2018 57
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