Sweet Briar College Magazine - Fall 2018
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All my SBC roommates — together again after 45 years. From left: Kathy<br />
Pretzfelder Steele, Debbie Pollock Arce, Linda Lipscomb, Lisa Fowler<br />
Winslow<br />
from another classmate, Claudine<br />
Clarke Elian. She writes that in<br />
conjunction with her ongoing art<br />
projects, she continues to divide her<br />
time between Lucerne, New York,<br />
Seattle, and Los Angeles! Claudine’s<br />
life in Switzerland is spent with her<br />
longtime companion, Fabian Bautz,<br />
who teaches music at the University<br />
of Applied Sciences and Arts in<br />
Lucerne and at the Conservatory in<br />
Zurich. Together, they contemplate<br />
returning stateside upon his retirement<br />
but for now continue to shuttle<br />
back and forth. Perhaps we can<br />
convince them to come back for our<br />
50th Reunion!<br />
1973<br />
Evelyn Carter Cowles<br />
PO Box 278<br />
Free Union, Va. 22940<br />
ecc52@icloud.com<br />
Joan May Harden: Jill Heptinstall<br />
and I so enjoyed Reunion. I<br />
think it was my favorite one so far.<br />
Rick and I are expecting our fifth<br />
grandchild in January. It will be Bill<br />
and Jessica’s first baby. We went<br />
to Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro,<br />
Bosnia and Venice in Sept., where<br />
we rented a car and explored. It was<br />
our first time using AirBnBs, so the<br />
whole trip was an adventure.<br />
Allison Baker: I live in midtown<br />
Atlanta, still trying to live the Artist’s<br />
Life. My memories of directing our<br />
senior play “Toad of Toad Hall” is<br />
one my favorite memories of being<br />
part of the Class of 1973!<br />
Cindy Bekins Anderson: My<br />
news revolves around our two granddaughters<br />
— one is 22 and the other<br />
is 4! We have four kiddos (48, 47,<br />
28 and 26), three of whom are here<br />
in Omaha, with the youngest away<br />
in pharmacy school, and we hope<br />
he returns at some point! We had a<br />
wonderful family trip to celebrate my<br />
hubby’s BIG birthday in the mountains<br />
of Colorado this summer and<br />
looking forward to fall and winter<br />
travels as well. I keep busy with being<br />
a master gardener, and with a local<br />
garden club and church, and we’ve<br />
had our 4-year-old granddaughter<br />
every Thursday since she was an infant!<br />
Ginger Woodward Gast: My<br />
husband, Paul, and I spent a wonderful<br />
week with Susan Dern Plank<br />
and her husband at their house<br />
in Belize in January. It was hard to<br />
come back to “winter” after walking<br />
around in shorts. Paul and I headed<br />
over to Italy this fall to teach English<br />
in the Italian schools for six weeks.<br />
He was in the middle school, while<br />
I preferred the younger students<br />
in elementary school. We still have<br />
so much fun visiting with our six<br />
grandchildren and our four adult<br />
children in South Carolina, Florida<br />
and Virginia.<br />
Kathy Pretzfelder Steele: Dave<br />
and I continue to enjoy our life in<br />
Florida, where we live not too far<br />
from our daughter Kelly and her<br />
family, and help care for our two<br />
precious granddaughters (3 and 6).<br />
Our other daughter, Tracy, was married<br />
in August in a glorious rooftop<br />
ceremony and reception in midtown<br />
Atlanta. Dave and I continue to enjoy<br />
an active life of golf, pickleball,<br />
traveling as often as possible to our<br />
favorite beach in Hilton Head, S.C.,<br />
and exploring the many interesting<br />
places in Florida.<br />
Renee Renata Sterling ’73 supports families in jeopardy. Pictured here at<br />
a Family Place event with Gretchen Carlson<br />
Lisa Winslow: It was a busy<br />
spring and summer for me. My son,<br />
who lives in San Diego married a<br />
lovely woman in April — really a<br />
fun wedding. Then my daughter and<br />
I took off for two weeks in France,<br />
staying in Paris and the Riviera. We<br />
had a fabulous time — constantly<br />
on the go. I then went to our SBC<br />
Reunion and had a wonderful time<br />
with fellow classmates. SBC looks<br />
really good. I relocated this spring<br />
to Orange County to be closer to my<br />
mom (95 years old!) and my kids in<br />
Laguna Beach. I’m loving total retirement<br />
after being a law librarian for<br />
42 years and involved in all kinds of<br />
new activities including sailing. Life<br />
is good.<br />
Kathleen Schultz: Steve and I<br />
retired and moved to a waterfront<br />
home near Jackson, MS. We are really<br />
enjoying the slower lifestyle of<br />
retirees with lots of visitors! We have<br />
time to explore the waterways by<br />
pontoon or kayak, which we claim is<br />
a great replacement for exercise. We<br />
welcomed our first grandchild last<br />
March and our second one is due in<br />
September. We have also enjoyed the<br />
opportunity to travel and are moving<br />
up the cruise levels! I accepted the<br />
presidency for a local women’s club<br />
for 2019; so I’m keeping my toe in<br />
the quasi-working world. We were<br />
so sorry to miss our Reunion but<br />
look forward to the next one.<br />
Deirdre Conley: I enjoyed getting<br />
back in touch with my graduating<br />
class and helping to organize<br />
73’s 45th Reunion. So much fun to<br />
reconnect! Seeing so many friends<br />
after so long, hanging out at the barn,<br />
taking the eco walk with Professor<br />
Fink, sharing a dorm room — felt<br />
like 1973 all over again. I hope to see<br />
even more classmates for our 50th in<br />
2023. Put it on your calendar now!<br />
Ann Major Gibb: I enjoyed a<br />
quick overnight visit with Anne<br />
Billings McDougall at her home in<br />
Orlando in February. This summer,<br />
our son David finished his work at<br />
Yale and moved to L.A. to open a<br />
research lab at Cedars Sinai Hospital.<br />
Our daughter Emily was married<br />
to Steve Ciotonni in Philadelphia in<br />
July. California and Philadelphia are<br />
in our fall travel plans!<br />
Betsy Meric Gambel: This<br />
summer I spent three weeks in Africa<br />
(Tanzania, Zanzibar and Cape<br />
Town). From a Serengeti safari to<br />
sailing in the Indian Ocean to the<br />
breathtaking Cape of Good Hope,<br />
I experienced so much and realized<br />
that I could, indeed, take that much<br />
time off due to my incredible staff.<br />
Gambel Communications continues<br />
to grow, and The New Orleans 100,<br />
with affiliates in 18 cities, has been so<br />
rewarding. Life is the best ever!<br />
Diane Dale Reiling: I had a marvelous<br />
Reunion week, with a stop before<br />
heading to the <strong>College</strong> with Jane<br />
Potts in Charleston. She and I also<br />
visited Savannah and visited with my<br />
daughter’s in-laws. I then headed to<br />
Salem, S.C., outside of Greenville, to<br />
stay with Karol Kroetz Sparks. She<br />
and I had toured the Biltmore during<br />
the Chihuly Glass Exhibit before flying<br />
to Reunion. After SBC, I took<br />
the train to Philly to visit another<br />
friend. Fabulous!<br />
Roberta Culbertson: I tend<br />
chickens, goats, and fence lines at<br />
Farm Colony, a 300-acre farm outside<br />
Stanardsville, VA. Daughter Lea<br />
is associate chair of the VCU Dance<br />
Department and also a poet and<br />
dance critic. Daughter Kay married<br />
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