Sweet Briar College Magazine - Fall 2018

so from what we knew, but I do try
to keep up with the trends that will
secure paying work.
Monika Kaiser: If I could describe
this year, it would be a year
of travel and construction. I went
to Germany three times this year —
first picking up Mom, taking her to
her school luncheon in Ohio, then
to take her back, and finally for my
hometown’s festival, which I celebrated
with the family and friends.
The kids, Richard, and I took a fun
cruise, and I finally visited Cuba.
Home construction’s a nightmare,
but we’re almost done.
Lizbeth Kauffman: Keith and
I are getting the Kentucky farm in
shape (new horse fencing, new tractor
and hay baler, automatic waterers
in paddocks, seeding pastures, etc.).
Going to breed several mares this
spring; so hoping for some beautiful
foals in 2019!
Rosemary Hardy: Life is grand
— continue to thoroughly enjoy retirement,
with the best part being
creating my own schedule of my
own activities for each new day. I find
there are not enough hours in a day
still. Home improvements continue
to be done; much easier to arrange
for contractors without a 9-to-5
work schedule interfering.
Liz Hoskinson: It’s just keepin’
on, keepin’ on here, as I continue to
spend the days with the horses, caring
for and riding my own, serving
on committees at the U.S. Eventing
Association, and working each July
as co-chief dressage steward for the
Millbrook, N.Y., Horse Trials. I’m
taking advantage of some drawing
classes, am ensconced in a knitting
group and a book club, gardening
like crazy, staying in touch with
family and caring for an elderly
parent, enjoying the company of
a step-granddaughter, and slowly
updating the weekend house. I am
so, so grateful for the efforts of our
classmates, which are my link to
what’s developing with our beloved,
restored SBC.
Alice Dixon: Alice didn’t send
this news, but it was all over Facebook,
so it must be true: On Oct. 19,
2018, the Richmond chapter of U.S.
Lacrosse celebrated the induction of
the 2018 Hall of Fame honorees, including
our own Alice Dixon!
Mary Ames Booker: I would
like to share that my Aunt Suzanne
Fitzgerald VanHorne ’47 passed
away in June at the age of 92. She
majored in art history and was a fine
pianist and did both as careers while
raising two sons. She was my mother’s
(Kay Fitzgerald Booker’s) twin
sister, and passed away on the same
day, 18 years apart. I’m sure they
visit the SBC campus together now!
They are sorely missed here.
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Virginia Claus Buyck
414 Seminole Ave.
Florence, SC 29501
vbc414@aol.com
Would like to start our class
notes with a big “thank you” to Mary
Pope Hutson, whose incredible,
immediate, passionate response that
raised multi-millions for Sweet Briar
was one of the main reasons our college
was saved. In addition to raising
money, she generated energy and enthusiasm
to make Sweet Briar great
again. But — more importantly —
she hosted the after-parties at Red
Top during Reunion – so much fun!
Elena Quevedo wrote what so
many of us said – that it was so nice
to see everyone at the 35th Reunion.
She also said she hoped the annual
mini reunions keep going! Elena’s
daughter, Olivia, who graduated
from RISD, is back home working
for the Gagosian Gallery and writing
for them on Instagram. Her next
stop is grad school in Textile Design.
Bobbie Serrano Black shared
happy wedding news! Her daughter
Anna was married at Sewanee
on April 7, and the family gained a
wonderful son-in-law, Jack Rogers.
They live in Atlanta. Bobbie’s oldest
daughter, Lizzie, married Franklin
Pogue last July, and they live in
Nashville. Youngest daughter Gracie
lives in D.C. Amid all this joy, sadly,
Bobbie lost her sweet father on Dec.
21, 2017. She was most thankful her
parents made Lizzie’s wedding.
Kim Howell Franklin writes
that when she graduated from SBC,
she moved to London for a year to
participate in the Sotheby’s Works
of Art program, headed by Derrick
Shrub. Fast forward 35 years, and
she has just joined TTR Sotheby’s
International Realty as the D.C.
Class of 1983
franchise’s director of relocation and
referrals and her boss’s name is Derrick
with a last name staring with
“S”! Kim is hoping this coincidence
is the bookend to her working career!
Miriam Morris Baker missed
Reunion because she was singing
with her choral group in Italy! Clay
and Miriam are in Birmingham, and
Miriam keeps busy playing tennis,
learning bridge, tap dancing, singing,
attending a Discipleship class, and
napping whenever she can. She has
enjoyed seeing Suzy Turner Brennan,
Virginia Claus Buyck, Lee
Anne MacKenzie Chaskes, Ellen
Clare Gillespie Dreyer, Heather
Willson Flaherty ’84, Mary Pope
Hutson, Elizabeth Cahill Sharman
’84, Laura Morrissette Clark ’85,
and Lesly Allen Bell ’85 over the past
year.
Wendy Chapin Albert and Tolly
will be celebrating their 33rd anniversary
this year! She is proud of her
girls – Eleanor graduated from High
Point University in May, and Annie
is pursuing her Master’s Studies in
Historic Preservation and City Planning
at UPenn. Wendy has a 1-year
old standard poodle with tons of crazy
energy and race horses in training
(cross your fingers for them!)
Katie Grosvenor has just moved
from Chattanooga to Memphis, as
her youngest graduated from Mc-
Callie. Katie said that she welcomes
all SBC visitors – call if you are in
Memphis!
A shout out to Lee Anne MacKenzie
Chaskes who encouraged us
to give, and give often, as our Annual
Fund leader. Lee Anne loved
gathering with Ellen Clare Gillespie
Dreyer, Miriam Baker Morris,
Suzanne Turner Brennan, and Elizabeth
Cahill Sharman ’84 when she
invited everyone to spend the weekend
at Mimi Kitchel DeCamp’s
beautiful home in Nashville (not a
joke, ask Mimi). Their night at the
Blue Bird Café was truly memorable!
Lee Anne also had a wonderful
time celebrating the marriage of
Heather Willson ’84 and Mark Flaherty
in Newport, R.I.
Ann Hart Sterling still runs
dressage shows in Florida, and just
did her first International Show
(CDI-Prix St. Georgies/Intermediaire
1) last year with her mare,
Kashmir.
Ann shares good news of her
daughters: Stephanie is engaged to a
very nice young man who is an International
Engineer, and Ali is living
in Shreveport, La., and working as a
biology professor, while her significant
other is finishing his residency
for dental surgery.
Polly Parker McClure and her
husband have a son who is a freshman
at the University of Alabama
and a daughter who graduated from
college a year ago and lives in Columbus,
Ohio. Polly works for Allstate
Insurance and loves to travel in her
spare time.
Life is good for Mason Bennett
Rummel – she and Rick both enjoy
their work and life in Louisville. Mason
has enjoyed trips to Cumberland
Island, Georgia, Maine, and to SBC
for board meetings. Their youngest
child, Emma, is a Turning Point student
at SBC and graduates in spring
2019. Bennett is married and living
in N.Y.C., and Annie is in Nashville.
Adriana Garza Read and her
husband, Tom, are finally enjoying
being empty nesters after an entire
year of recovering from Harvey.
They dropped their son, Will, off
at Texas A&M a year ago and the
dam release flooded their home the
following weekend. Adriana said she
was thankful they were able to evac-
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