A Life to the Fullest
The Class of 1958 mourns Mary Stewart Hammond Allen ’58 (pictured above holding the class banner) who passed away after a brief fight with lung cancer. Over the course of her career she served as a model, sports journalist, national television writer-producer, radio talk show host, architectural historian and, of course, a renowned poet. As Mary Stewart mentioned, she’d wanted to be a writer since the age of 7, and we were honored to recognize her achievements within the pursuit of her passion in 2018 when she won the Senior Alumna Award.
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ANN MCKENRICK TURNBULL ’59
“I retired from practicing law about eight years ago after my husband died. I sold my house and moved into the Versailles Apartments in Towson (about 2 blocks from the childhood home of Marjorie Muecke ’59 and Madeline Muecke ’59).
I travel as much as possible with my sister Alice McKenrick Horst ’60, who lives in Florida; we mainly cruise but also vacation in Cape May, New Jersey, every September and Las Vegas once a year. We have visited Scandinavia, Rome and Barcelona; St. Petersburg (Russia); Quebec; Australia and New Zealand; and Portugal, France, England, Ireland and Scotland. Cruises are the way to go at our age—you just get on the ship, unpack your suitcase and enjoy the ride. We just returned from a Caribbean cruise, disembarking in Fort Lauderdale and celebrating Alice’s 80th birthday there at the Hard Rock Casino Hotel with her children and grandchildren. We sail out of Vancouver and head for Hawaii next month. In between trips, I work out at the Y in Towson, which is eight-tenths of a mile away from my apartment, and take walks at Towson University, which is across the street. I also visit my son and his family in Washington, D.C., almost every week, staying overnight. His oldest daughter, Fiona, is a freshman at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and loves it. His youngest, Zoe, is a sophomore in high school and also doing great. They are both taller than me! My daughter Candace Wase ’99 is a therapist in Northern California. I also continue to update annually a legal form book that I wrote about 40 years ago, adding new laws and cases.”
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Notes compiled and edited by Class Ambassador
Kate LeBoutillier O’Neill ’62
HELEN
LOCH BARBER ’62
“Life is peaceful here in Tucson, Arizona. I have two cats that really keep me in line. I am quite involved in gardening and now learning all about orchids. A friend of mine has over 20,000 plants in greenhouses, one filled with orchids from all over the world. It is an incredible place where I like to sit and enjoy life. My son Mario Jose is out here now, and it is wonderful to see how much better he is in the warmer weather and how much he enjoys gardening too.”
LESLIE BEDFORD ’62
“Like so many of us, I have spent my 78th year encountering a myriad of physical problems, most of which are—at least at the moment—more or less under control. Altogether I am one lucky lady, enjoying the gift of four young grandchildren, two on this coast and two on the west, and my dear husband, Frank, my companion now for 51 years. This winter, we traveled to Oaxaca for pleasure and to Abu Dhabi for work. Writing keeps my creative juices flowing; qi gong, my body from total collapse; and New York City, my senses engaged. I continue to miss classmates like Margo Lion ’62 and Helen Jencks Featherstone ’62, but by now, we have all learned about impermanence, have we not?”
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THOMAS BRODY ’62
“Still enjoying winter in Miami and summer in Chicago, where
I catch up with family. Both locations offer much interesting stuff to do. Upcoming travels are a trip to Puglia at the end of April and a Christmas markets river cruise from Brussels to Amsterdam.”
SUNNY LEVERING BROWN ’62
“I now have a ‘grand-truck,’ as my son is the proud owner of a brand-new Tacoma pickup. I have heard more about Tacomas in the last year than I’ll ever need to know. It has felt like getting ready for a new baby. The most fun I’m having these days is learning a new computer program called Square on our registers at the TRU Hospice thrift store and commiserating with customers as they patiently wait for me to figure it all out. Also, the prospect of returning to contra and waltz after some time away from dancing sounds very fun.”
ELEANOR FREY COUNSELMAN ’62
“In June, we moved into Brookhaven at Lexington, Massachusetts, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC). I discovered that both Pandy Shoemaker Wyman ’58 and Rosalie Oster Kerr ’58 live at Brookhaven, as do Helen Jencks Featherstone ’62’s brother Sandy and his wife. Small world! There are really interesting, friendly people at Brookhaven, and although our apartment is small, it has two full bathrooms and is on the ground floor with a patio that opens into a lovely enclosed courtyard. We spend long weekends at our Connecticut house, 3 miles from our grandchildren. I have set September 1 as my retirement date from my psychotherapy practice. A difficult decision, but I feel ready for this next chapter of life.”
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TINA JOHNSON DAALDEROP ’62
“I was successful in reviving our music cafe after COVID restrictions, and it has expanded into a full-capacity crowd. I enjoy the new challenge of organizing activities and events for the Bolton Probus Club in and around Toronto, connecting with interesting people and exploring the unknown. I am trying to repatriate a Kenyan Maasai shield or donate this magnificent work of art to a museum for all to enjoy. I finally got a response from the National Museum of African Art, but if anyone has another contact, let me know. Matt and I remain addicted to Nordic pole walking, helping newbies and staying active year-round. But the big news: Matt finally got hearing aids. What a tremendous difference in both our lives!”
JOAN DALIANI ’62
In a Christmas note, Joan reported that her Parkinson’s is well controlled by medication, and she is delighted to have left city life behind. Her principal residence is now her family’s summer house in Astros, a little port in the Peloponnese, where she can swim nearly every day. Joan sends her love to all of her classmates.
BEV DAVIS ’62
“There’s a lot of happy time volunteering at Cylburn Arboretum. It’s no trouble remembering where I saw a delightful bug or bird or toadstool in the woods, unlike shoes, keys and the accursed cellphone at home. A fabulous Nature Education Center will be ready for our Friends Association this spring, with a grand opening (read: fundraiser) in the fall. This provides about as much social life as I can handle after
adjusting so readily to reduced interaction the past couple of years. (The Arboretum is a great source for rescue cats, too.) I have no real complaint about a single minute of my life so far: Perhaps this is what’s meant by improving with age.”
SYBIL MILLER HEBB ’62
“On the farm, we have Angus cattle and a couple of horses, which I still ride several days a week, just around the property and occasionally with a few hack-n-yack friends. Keeping up with the farm is a pretty big task—especially after last summer’s big storm, which did a number on the trees and fences. My youngest daughter and her family live next door, but our other two are far away: Sibby in Oregon and D.B. in Rhode Island. Last summer, my husband was diagnosed with liver and kidney cancer, a shock for all of us, but fortunately, he got into a study at Johns Hopkins, which combines chemo with immunotherapy. The doctors think they have figured out the best dosages, so time will tell.”
BERRY MARSHALL HOAK ’62
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“In June, I started chemotherapy for large B-cell lymphoma. In October, I completed six infusions. And in midJanuary, after one scary PET scan, I learned that I was in full remission. I learned a lot during the process, including the fact that I didn’t mind being hairless! My family and friends continued wonderful support and cheerleading. My dear husband, Darrell, was kind, understanding and loving and mostly got a great kick out of my new hair growth: I am currently sporting a silver pixie! Since I am the cook-inresidence now and had my taste buds go south on me, Darrell put up with strange concoctions while I lived for a while on ice cream.”
“Our couples book club celebrated 43 years and 400 books with a discussion of Tóibín’s The Magician (highly recommend!). In the last two years, the challenges of aging have caught up with Dale, who suffered a Type A aortic dissection in 2016. Our daily routine adjusts for his very slow movements due to Parkinson’s. At our rec center, he slowly bikes, rows, walks and does machines while I swim or do bikes and machines with him. One last note: As I do Dale’s exercises, I feel I have finally made the front row of the Gym Drill. Miss Sinclair would approve.”
DEBBY SHEPHARD JENCKS ’62
“Steve and I had COVID, me for the first time and he for the second. Thank God for vaccinations and Paxlovid—we weren’t very sick, just very tired. We did get up to Philadelphia to meet some friends and see the Matisse exhibit, and I made
Bev Davis ’62 (center) in front of the new Nature Education Center at Cylburn Arboretum with some members of her Trails Group.
MORRIS FRANKLIN ’62
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it to a J Street Conference in December. With so much happening in Israel/Palestine, I wanted to hear what everyone had to say—Jamie Raskin and Antony Blinken, among others. We also go to the Hill to lobby, but it’s funny how COVID has changed so much. I’m trying to get out more but find myself very willing to sit at home with a good book.”
CHARLOTTE KING LILLY ’62
“Our sweet puppy, Rosie, has grown into what we hope is almost fully grown. We enjoy spending time with grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. (Never really expected that!) Last year, we joined a group of senior “biyakers” (bicyclists and kayakers) and have recently started bicycling. We’ve been on two of their trips: Very pretty, but we’re lucky it’s flat around here. The problem is the others ride two to three times as far as we usually do, and about half have electric bikes. I guess we’ll either learn to ride farther, buy electric bikes or stick to kayaking. Anyway, it’s fun even if we struggle.”
DORIANNE LOW ’62
“I am sad about not seeing people in Baltimore for three years but glad we can stay in touch through Communiqué My life includes church groups (a conversation group, an elders group, occasional series on social justice or Unitarian Universalist topics), a Middle Eastern educational program group, meetings of the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization and attending a monthly climate awareness rally outside my church with a positive band and often with a church bell ringing. I also belong to a small weekly writing group, a Bryn Mawr College book club and
WomenExplore, which has been planning public lectures in the spring and fall for 50 years.”
MARY HASSETT MILES ’62
“Aside from visits to some of Bill’s family in Oregon and California, we’re still staying pretty close to home. On Cape Cod this summer, we enjoyed having Evelyn Miles Thompson ’99 and our two naturally adorable grandchildren with us for a few weeks. Their sojourn included all the activities: ferry, pony and carousel rides, breakfasts at the beach, fish dinners and did I mention the beach? It left us breathless and delighted to watch them growing (but too fast!). We are hoping for more peaceful times as this era seems to be far more crazy than ‘interesting,’ both globally and locally.”
DONNA WHITELEY SIEVERTS ’62
“John finally retired from Boys’ Latin last August after a battle with shingles left him wondering about life being too short. We spent the rest of the summer at the beach, then took two trips to see our daughter Mandy in North Carolina. Back to the beach for Thanksgiving with 23 of the family gathered together before returning to North Carolina, stretching Christmas to a seven-week stay, then heading to Maui for our niece’s wedding. March brought an eight-day cruise with grandkids (4, 8 and 10) and their parents around the Caribbean. I think if John does not go back to work, I may!”
ALEX VON STACKELBERG STARR ’62
“We survived two inches of snow topped by sleet in the San Francisco Bay Area! I’m enjoying seeing our daughter set up her equine trauma
therapy business here on the ranch; seeing our latest Chesapeake puppy off to field training; volunteering with the League of Women Voters, locally and regionally; learning how to cook for a prediabetic (me) and still having to overcome my tendency to procrastinate doing tasks I really dislike. Peter is dealing with lots of meds to attack prostate cancer that has spread. He’s taking one of the newer meds that is astronomically expensive, but what the heck! Follow-up CT scans are very good, so it’s working!”
CAMPBELL BAKER
WHISNAND ’62
“We are doing fairly well here in southwest Florida, slowly recovering from Hurricane Ian. Our house was really hit, and we’re living in a small apartment while working on putting the house back to the way it was. So we feel (know) we are very lucky. Lots weren’t. Van and I are excited to be spending some time in Paris this April, with a long list of visits and revisits. Four grandchildren: one out of college and working (yeah!), one a sophomore, one heading to college this fall and a ninth grader. So sorry to have missed the reunion. Was definitely thinking of you.”
KATE LEBOUTILLIER O’NEILL ’62
“Thank you, dear classmates! Your cascade of responses made my ambassadorial role a pleasure, as always. I wish I could remember which of our clever classmates long ago dubbed me ‘Kate the Poodle Ear’: right for me then and right for me now! Last summer, my brother, a standard poodle breeder in Nova Scotia, offered Tom and me a puppy. The answer, of course, was yes! We packed up and drove 1,000
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miles north, a gorgeous journey and getaway, and returned with handsome Felix—a brilliant, hilarious bundle of joyfulness that should stretch my poodle ears up to their 90th year!”
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Notes compiled and edited by Class Ambassador Natalie Wexler ’72
Editor’s Note [Natalie]: For many of us, attending our 50th reunion last May was a highlight of the year—fond recollections of the event figured in many of the Class Notes I received, including one from Jenny Wakefield Liggitt ’72, who came all the way from the U.K.! For some of us, the reunion has led to regular Sunday brunches (or “brynches”) in Baltimore. Spearheaded by
Nancy Heneson ’72, who has dubbed herself Head Girl, the brynches have brought 10 or more of us together every month or two at various local restaurants. We started at one called Wicked Sisters, which prompted Head of School Sue Sadler to provide T-shirts proclaiming us “The Wicked Sisters of Bryn Mawr.” As a regular participant, I can say it’s been a real joy to reconnect with a terrific group of women.
ELLEE HALE THOMPSON ’72, also one of the Wicked Sisters, says the reunion “showed me that we are still the great Class of ’72” and encourages all classmates to “join in the fun” at the brynches.
“If you are traveling to Baltimore anytime,” Ellee writes, “let one of us know, and we can usually create a get-together on short notice!” We did that for ELLEN
ROWLAND CAYER ’72, who was in town from Savannah, where she’s lived with her husband, Roger, for the past 11 years. Ellen is on the board of a nonprofit, The One Hundred Children’s Foundation, which serves at-risk children in Georgia and South Carolina. In addition, Ellen writes, “We love to play golf and bocce. Pickleball hurts my knees— you all know how old we are! My golf is pitiful, as I don’t
The Wicked Sisters
Members of the Class of 1972 show off T-shirts proclaiming them “The Wicked Sisters of Bryn Mawr” during a brunch at Wicked Sisters restaurant in Baltimore.
From left to right, Debby Shephard Jencks ’62, Kate LeBoutillier O’Neill ’62, Mary Hassett Miles ’62, Betsy Mason Baker ’62 and Francie McCabe McWilliams ’62 caught up at Belvedere Square for a latewinter brunch.
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look at the ball, but I go out with friends and enjoy every minute.” She and Roger have “four wonderful grandsons who keep us laughing,” spread across the country from Montana to Massachusetts.
JENNIFER WAKEFIELD
LIGGITT ’72 also enjoys golf, which she manages to play a couple of times a week in addition to helping with the local COVID vaccination effort. Since traveling to Baltimore for the reunion, she and her husband have been to Australia to visit their daughter, son-inlaw and granddaughters, whom they hadn’t seen since the onset of the pandemic. Jenny writes, “We had a lovely three weeks with them, although the weather was awful (a bit like Baltimore last May—cold and wet). We are all now eagerly waiting for next Friday when they return to the U.K. for a three-week holiday.” This year, Jenny is celebrating another milestone: 50 years since she started her nursing training.
ANDIE YELLOTT ’72 is still basking in “the unforgettable honor of leading our class in our 50th Reunion Banner March (yeah, I had to mention that finally crossed-off bucketlist item). Since then, I’ve had
a blast deepening friendships with classmates through ‘brynch’ gatherings, visits and cherished hikes (during which I’ve gained priceless support and life wisdom, and my hound has gained two new pupster pals).” Andie has been teaching literature and writing online to a “class of middle school hooligans … whom I’ve come to love after swearing 35 years ago I’d never again teach that age group.” Her mother, Ann Benet Yellott ’47, has dementia that “has rendered her a shadow of her former self, although it certainly hasn’t diminished her feistiness.” Her son Benet is a happily married artist, and her son Andrew “has a lovely partner” and works as a touring musician. “I admire that they are both following their passions, impoverished though they might be,” Andie writes. “Happily for me, they live in Baltimore.”
SUSIE CROSS SELLERS ’72 enjoyed reconnecting with classmates to plan the 50th reunion. “The memories had grown dim,” she writes, “but as the emails flew back and forth, I felt like I was back in school. Except we are so much more mature now … right?” She also enjoyed the reunion yearbook that several classmates worked hard to produce. (Editor’s Note [Natalie]: If you didn’t get a copy of the yearbook, please let me know.) She was sorry to miss the reunion itself but hopes to make it “to our next big party!” She and her husband, Duncan, celebrated their 45th anniversary last June by taking a cruise with their children. They also traveled to northern Minnesota in November, along with daughter Gwen, to visit daughter Saraah and her five boys for Thanksgiving. “After that, Duncan started to decline
quickly and in February went into a nearby nursing home,” Susie writes. “He is happy to have 24/7 care from smiling CNAs (Certified Nursing Assistants), and I am happy not to feel guilty for getting tired and grumpy taking care of him! Getting used to the new normal of daily visits instead of living together has been tough, but we are both quite pleased with the new arrangement.”
NANCY BARRY BELL ’72 found the reunion to be “a time of wonderful fun, love and laughter.” Like Andie Yellot ’72, she found that “many reconnections have followed (walking, brunching and e-chatting), all affirming our bond of ‘Joyous the Love!’” She adds, “I have been busy this year with a health care project in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. My time there has included visits with Ellee Hale Thompson ’72, Meg Ross ’72, Nancy Ratcliffe Ferrell ’75, Polly Donaldson ’75 and Tracy Appel ’83, among others.” Her husband, Auburn, is still teaching and mentoring at Loyola University, and both daughters are pursuing careers in health care: Casey in nursing at Notre Dame of Maryland and Cameron in genetic counseling at an institution still to be determined.
GEORGIE SMITH ’72, who generously hosted our reunion dinner last year, is active on a land trust board in New Hampshire, where she and her husband, Mark, are also residents. Next year is her last one on the Bryn Mawr board, but she’ll stay connected: She’ll have three granddaughters enrolled there. “While Bryn Mawr is the same in so many of the important ways—belief in girls and strong women, leadership and intellect—
Ellen Rowland Cayer ’72 enjoys time with her grandson, Sam.
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it is also one of the most diverse independent schools in Baltimore and believes deeply in equity and inclusivity. The depth and breadth of learning at Bryn Mawr is mindboggling.”
WENDY POWELL FEAGA ’72 managed to make it to the reunion despite a cat bite that was causing health problems. “Many thanks to Dr. Julia Haller Gottsch ’72 for reading me the riot act that I really needed to see a hand surgeon. Just a few days after that reunion, I was hospitalized for surgery and IV antibiotics. It’s now been eight months, and I still don’t have complete use of the finger back, but at least I still have the finger and my right hand.” Despite that setback, Wendy has been busy serving as part-time pastor of a small church for several months and tending to 30–60 rabbits (along with five dogs, two miniature horses and two cats). Daughter Laura, who practices acupuncture, also lives with Wendy, while daughter Heather and her husband are associate professors in microbiology and biochemistry at Cornell University. All of Wendy’s grandchildren “are four-footed and furry.”
Others have grandchildren of the human variety—eight of them in the case of BETTY VAN METRE DOMOWSKI ’72
Betty reports that her husband, Bernie, is a professor at Belize Bible College, where she has been tasked with organizing the library of 5,500 books. She’s still very active in her church, and her youngest daughter is getting married in June in the Bahamas.
ANN O’DUNNE MECKLEY ’72
is close behind Betty with six grandchildren—and because they’re in Pennsylvania, Michigan and California, Ann and her husband, Bryant, are on the road a lot. Ann retired in 2011 after 35 years of teaching. “We also play pickleball daily with a great group of people and enjoy golfing, hiking, biking and just staying active in general! Sending a heartfelt hug to all of my K–12 classmates who definitely played a positive role in who I am today!”
Next up is SALLY BOUCHER
SNEDDEN ’72 with five grandchildren—all under the age of 5, including two granddaughters born this year. “We have had one of our children and their family living with us these past four months: Life has never been so busy. Getting up for night feedings, entertaining a 3-yearold and caring for his baby sister plus meals, laundry and so on—reminds me how hard young parents work.” Sally enjoys painting and has done portraits of her children, their spouses and her grandchildren. “When the portraits are hung,
I give a sigh of relief that their likenesses have pleased (or at least not displeased) my daughter-in-law and sons-in-law.”
RUTH FULTON KISELEWICH ’72 also has five grandchildren, ages ranging from 1 to 11—and all of them, along with their parents, accompanied her to Portugal to celebrate her 69th birthday. When Ruth sent in her Class Notes, she had just spent a great day in Lisbon visiting the castle and eating an “octopus hot dog” (a grilled arm in a bun) and a Pastéis de Belém custard tart. She was in the process of continuing the celebration with a hotelprovided bottle of Espumante.
“I’m not sure how coherent these notes will be,” she wrote. (Editor’s Note [Natalie]: They were coherent!)
SUZY FELDMAN ROSENTHAL ’72 is living in Denver just 4 blocks from her 3-year-old grandson Manny, along with her son Jack and his wife. Suzy has been hiking, biking
Betty Van Metre Domowski ’72 and her husband Bernie celebrate Christmas in Belize.
Ruth Fulton Kiselewich ’72’s five grandchildren help her celebrate her birthday in Portugal.
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and cross-country skiing—but it was a slip on the ice while walking her dog that ended up requiring surgery. The dog, an 8-year-old poodle named Zookie, has had an apparently successful round of chemo for advanced lymphoma. Suzy is continuing the volunteer work with refugees that she started in Buffalo and is planning to become a hospice volunteer as well. Her husband, Dave, is an editor for Mountain West News, a collaboration between NPR and six regional radio stations. Daughter Anne Rosenthal ’06 is still in Baltimore, working in public health for Baltimore City Public Schools, but visits frequently. Suzy hopes Bryn Mawr classmates will visit as well: “I would love to see you, and we have spare bedrooms.” She also hopes to make it to a brynch in Baltimore.
KATHRYN NEUMAN
RUDO ’72, another brynch regular, has “two adorable granddaughters,14-monthsold and 1-month-old. “What fun!” Kathryn writes. She’s still practicing dermatology part time but also traveling (“Love our national parks”) and playing some golf.
MERCER WARRINER ’72, before 2020, spent 90% of her time in Brooklyn and 10% in the country around Chatham, New York. “Now it’s the opposite, and I’ve returned to my country-girl roots, even becoming the happy new owner of Louie, a chestnut quarter horse. On the work front, I quit my day job and am thrilled to have more time to write. One of my poems was published in the Fall 2022 edition of Jabberwock Review, and I have another forthcoming in the Atlanta Review. I’ve also won two recent poetry prizes from
Writer’s Digest and am revising a young adult novel I hope to pitch soon. I often think back fondly to English classes at Bryn Mawr.”
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Notes compiled and edited by Susie Somerville-Hawes ’77.
“I, NATALIE WEXLER ’72, have been busy traveling too, although mostly not for pleasure. To my surprise, there’s still a lot of interest in the education world in my book, The Knowledge Gap, which came out in 2019, and I continue to get many speaking requests. I don’t get to choose where and when I go (Omaha in February, anyone?), but I’ve had some great trips, including one to Lisbon and Lugano last summer. Even when the location is less glamorous, the teachers I meet often make the trip worthwhile, sometimes telling me the book has changed their lives. So, I’m not complaining. My husband, Jim, and I are still based in Washington, D.C., and our daughter Sophie is just a couple of miles away, working for the D.C. government. Our son Sam and his wife live in New York, where he’s a public defender. No grandchildren yet, unless you count the furry variety.”
Editor’s Note [Susie]: I am delighted to report that on the evening of Saturday, October 8, 15 members of the Class of 1977 (and a few brave spouses) gathered at our house for drinks and supper to celebrate our 45th reunion. We were a small graduating class of 37, so this was a terrific turnout! The overwhelming consensus for the Class of 1977 was that we do not want to do a May reunion and deal with the crowds on campus for the Bazaar and Gym Drill. Fall is a lot less hectic. During the evening, we heard remarks from Bryn Mawr Upper School Director Dr. Nicole Hood, and interested classmates returned to campus on Sunday for a tour with Director of Alumnae Engagement Deanna Boyd ’05. A big shoutout goes to the 45th reunion attendees, especially those who traveled from afar: Debbie Margulies
Buchwald ’77 (Pennsylvania), Geraldine Nager Griffin ’77 (New York), Marcie Hornick ’77 (Maine), Caroline Shoemaker Kennedy ’77 (Maryland), Melissa Hubbard O’Donnell ’77 (Florida), Andy Gardiner Perkins ’77 (Massachusetts), Kirsten Schlenger ’77 (California), Judee Silberschlag
Schwartzmann ’77 (Maryland), Edie Jackson Small ’77 (Maryland), Eve Hillers Waring ’77 (Virginia), Sue Wasserkrug ’77 (Pennsylvania), Elizabeth Smith Whitehead ’77 (Maryland), Cynthia Arthes
Wierzbicki ’77 (Texas) and Susan Stellman Walsh ’77 (Maryland). Also, a big thank you to those classmates who filled out their 45th reunion response form or sent me news to share with the rest of our class. Here’s what our classmates are up to …
Mercer Warriner ’72 with her chestnut quarter horse, Louie.
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DEBBIE MARGULIES
BUCHWALD ’77 writes, “I am having much more fun now than I ever did as a teenager.” She has retired from her law practice in Philadelphia and now has time for volunteer work. SUE WASSERKRUG ’77 lives in Philly and has also retired from practicing law.
KATHY MAGNESS ’77 is living in Pennsylvania and has recently retired from her medical practice. She is now a caretaker for her parents and spends weekends at the family farm. Kathy writes that her favorite teachers at Bryn Mawr were “Mrs. Groetzinger, Mrs. Worrell, Mr. Waterson and Miss Simmons.”
GERALDINE NAGER GRIFFIN ’77 has retired from her 38-year career at Sotheby’s and is doing some substitute teaching in the public school system in Stonington, Connecticut. She writes that one of her standout memories of Bryn Mawr was “seeing Norman Nudie during senior year on a freezing cold day.” Gerry sometimes catches up with LISSIE HOLLYDAY
FLANAGAN ’77, who lives in Bronxville and has promised to come to our 50th reunion.
TAYLOR BARTON-SMITH ’77 is also living in New York. She sent her best to all but could not attend as she was involved that weekend with the Hamptons International Film Festival. Taylor keeps in touch with
LYNN HARDWICK EVANS ’77, who lives in New Jersey and is still the lead nurse at Kent Place School. Lynn writes that she and her husband are “crazy animal people” and currently have five rescue dogs.
MARCIE HORNICK ’77 is kicking some butt as a criminal prosecutor near Littleton, Maine. She remarked that
although it has been 45 years since she was with her classmates, “it was as though we had just left each other.”
Editor’s Note [Susie]: Marcie was impressed that in my collection of Bryn Mawr memorabilia, I have a copy of her script for Seniorella (featuring the “Fairy Gilmanite”), which she wrote for our Senior Banquet. Also living in Maine is SALLY ROWAN ’77. She writes that she only recently moved to the mainland from Islesford on Little Cranberry Island, population: 70. Her “favorite non-student people” at Bryn Mawr included “Benita Low and her wonderful off-the-track stories during Latin,” Robert Weisser’s “wonderful music he did for the Christmas Pageant our senior year” and Bertille Queneau, whose Siamese cat was adopted by Sally’s family.
ANDY GARDINER PERKINS ’77 is living in Boston and has retired from teaching but has “an interesting second career as a historian and author.” Her memories of our “badass class” include “the time we kidnapped (former Head Mistress) Blair Stambaugh and the day we all showed up not wearing our uniforms because there was nothing the school could do about it since they could not suspend us all.” Editor’s Note [BMS]: Very clever … shhhh, don’t tell current students!
MELISSA HUBBARD
O’DONNELL ’77 loves living in Jacksonville, Florida, and does not seem to miss our cold weather. BETH NILES ’77 is also enjoying the warm weather in San Rafael, California. She is teaching yoga and is still involved with the wine industry.
KIRSTEN SCHLENGER ’77 loves living in San Francisco, where she manages her own immigration law firm. She serves on the board of an experimental theater where she has implemented an equity, diversity and inclusion initiative. Her fond memories of Bryn Mawr include “music and dance at the Gym Drill with Miss Briggs drumming,” “the streakers,” “the first day of school with my new brown oxfords,” “our spectacular failure on the It’s Academic TV show” and “Mrs. Low and Eve in our Ancient Greek class.”
EVE HILLERS WARING ’77 lives in Springfield, Virginia, and is still involved with music.
WENDY STAMBLER LUDLUM ’77 lives in Princeton and was sorry to have to miss our reunion.
LISA WHITEHEAD SMITH ’77 recently moved from Texas back to Maryland to be closer to family. She retired from being a technical writer and editor and has trained as a Master Naturalist and a Stephen Minister. She and her husband enjoy hiking in the Appalachians. Her favorite memories include working the spin art and helium balloon booths at the Bazaar, exploding chemicals in the sink in Ms. Thompson’s class and “sliding down the snowy hill on lunchroom trays.”
CYNTHIA ARTHES
WIERZBICKI ’77 is still living in Austin, Texas, and has retired from her career in accounting. She keeps in touch with ALEX RIENHOFF ’77, who spends several months a year at her place in the Caribbean. While in town, Cynthia caught up with SUE SIEGRIST BARTON ’77, who regretted missing our reunion but was helping her daughter move from Chicago to New York.
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ANNE WATERBURY BROWN ’77 is working for a title company. She was sorry to miss our reunion but was visiting college friends in Virginia. PATTERSON
NASH LACY ’77 lives in town. She and her husband recently purchased a condo on Sanibel Island. SUSAN STELLMAN
WALSH ’77 is winding down her career of 30-plus years in nursing. She is currently on the nursing faculty at Towson University and the University of Maryland.
DIANA DONLEY HALLER ’77 lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is still in the health field.
CAROLINE SHOEMAKER
KENNEDY ’77 writes that life in Baltimore is good, but she can’t believe how old we are. She remembers that even though she used to hang out on the bridge, she “never did see Norman Nudie.” EDIE
JACKSON SMALL ’77 also lives in town. Editor’s Note [Susie]: She came to the reunion with one of my favorite bottles of wine.
JUDEE SILBERSCHLAG
SCHWARTZMAN ’77 has lived in the Washington, D.C., area for the last 30 years, where she is a retirement plan consultant. She works out with a personal trainer, which just goes to show that she was our stealth class athlete. Her fond memories include “plays at BMS and Gilman,” “fun in Spanish class at Gilman,” “many, many bake sales” and “being a big and little sister.” Also living in the Washington, D.C., area is DEBBY COLSTON FURCOLO ’77, who writes: “As for my life today, I am happy and healthy. I have a very rewarding career as an occupational therapist specializing in the treatment of hand and arm injuries.”
LUCY WILLIAMSON ZOUCK ’77, our 15-year Bryn Mawr girl,
lives in Roland Park. Her career has been in early childhood education, beginning as a kindergarten teacher at Bryn Mawr. She writes that she has “lots of good memories,” including “hanging out on the Portico, Glass Room and Gym Lobby” and taking her firstthrough-fourth-grade classes in the Gordon Building. She also remembers those horrible annual posture tests. Editor’s Note [BMS]: Yikes! Safe to say we’re also glad to be rid of those … I am very sad to share that our other 15-year Bryn Mawr girl, JULIA SHAEFFER ’77, passed away in June. Lucy remembers her as having a “positive, warm and friendly personality.” Kathy writes: “I miss Julie. She lived life fully and accomplished her goals while being simultaneously giving and unfailingly kind.” I am also sorry to report that in the last few years, our class has also lost ANN SOUTHERLAND ’77 and TAMMY MERIT ’77, both to cancer.
I, SUSIE SOMERVILLE HAWES ’77, am living in town. After an 11-year career as an assistant attorney general working for several colleges and universities, I became a staffer in Annapolis for a longtime delegate from Baltimore City. Highlights included the repeal of the death penalty, the marriage equality act and preserving women’s reproductive freedoms. Currently, I work as a probono attorney for several small nonprofits. My husband and I are fortunate enough to be able to travel several times a year. To date, I have visited every continent but Antarctica. I have many fond memories of our class and Bryn Mawr: doing all those plays at Gilman and Boys’ Latin and the cast parties
afterward, our madrigal group that Robert Weisser started, dance classes and polishing my sneakers with white shoe polish so I could get a bar, walking in my hockey cleats through those stinky ginkgo berries on the lower field and having a rainout for both our senior Gym Drill and graduation.
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Notes compiled and edited by Class Ambassador Gigi Farley ’78.
PENNY PROUT BRADISH ’78 is still working as a nurse. She shares, “I have left hospice nursing after 12 years and am now a case manager via telephone—adjusting to it. I am hoping to retire in a few years. Rob and I have bought 9 acres outside of Clayton, North Carolina. Plan to build our final house, garden and have flowers and maybe a beehive or two!”
CAROL GHINGHER COOPER ’78 continues to practice family law, which she’s been doing for 20 years now. “My son Jake is married, and he and his wife and two dogs are living in Pennsylvania. My daughter Ella is living in Washington, D.C. No grandchildren yet, but my husband, Andy, and I have an adorable dog, Lily, who we spoil rotten.”
“After 18 years at the Redeemer Parish Day School, I retired, as the COVID protocols did me in!!” shares KATE DEERINGGRIEVES ’78. “Jimmy and I downsized from our Homeland house last year and moved to an apartment in Ruxton. All three of our children are married but no grandchildren yet. I spend most of my time at our beach home in Bethany.”
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SUSAN DULKERIAN ’78 reports that she is still working full time at Mercy Medical Center and is now the chair of the department of pediatrics. “The last three years since COVID rocked our world, yet I see things finally easing up. Sadly, my brother Steve passed away in November 2019, just before COVID, but glad he missed it. My sister-in-law is doing fairly well, and their two daughters are married now. She is going to be a grandma this summer, so she’s keeping busy. I have missed traveling so much these last couple years and finally got away with classmates from medical school to Grenada in October—a classic girls’ trip! My son just turned 21 this month, so he is navigating ‘adulting.’ He decided not to do college and is currently doing an electrical apprenticeship—hard work, but he’s enjoying it.”
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DUSENBERRY ’78, “I’m still here in Falls Church, Virginia, although we are debating whether we should relocate and downsize. Our son Dan, now 25, got his degree in environmental science and has taken a job with the Glacier Peak Institute of Darrington, Washington. He’s teaching forestry and environmental awareness to grade-school children in the area. I decided to take a trip to the Loire Valley of France this June, and it’s been pretty exciting figuring that out. I have a ticket to tour Versailles, and I have to brush up my French so I don’t embarrass Miss Fitzpatrick.”
TERESA EYRING ’78 shares, “I am still in New York, living in a beautiful condo in Harlem with the piano I inherited from my mother. Do I play it? Well, not so much. But I recently
had a tuner who thoroughly cleaned and revamped the entire instrument. So, I’ve pulled out some Chopin to see what I remember. I am the executive director/CEO of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theater, based in midtown Manhattan. TCG is also global, and I was elected to the Executive Council of the International Theatre Institute at its World Congress in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, in February. I also led our fifth-plus delegation to the Santiago a Mil Theater Festival in Chile in January. The pandemic hit our theaters hard, and my organization continues to focus on how to both restore health and facilitate transformation in the sector.”
year. I had a great week with classmates Gigi Farley ’78 and Minny Purinton ’78 last summer and thank Mary McPherson every single time I have to write.”
Class Ambassador GIGI FARLEY ’78 is still working as a psychotherapist in private practice. She is “attempting to retire and realizing it may take years—it is an odd profession! My daughter Paris Bienert ’10 is 30 and, as a clinical social worker, is very involved in local politics. Between a few joint replacements (ugh) I play golf, paddle tennis, bike and ski. I see fellow classmates Kate Deering-Grieves ’78, Carol Ghingher Cooper ’78, Minny Purinton ’78 and Emily Wehr Emerick ’78 fairly regularly!”
EMILY WEHR EMERICK ’78 reports, “Both of my children were married at home in 2022. David and I are enjoying our new in-laws while contemplating a year of property neglect. I recently celebrated my 21st anniversary as the director of Ladew Topiary Gardens, a job that is more challenging and more rewarding with each passing
KATHY FINNEY ’78 moved into a lovely home 18 months ago with her sister Lynn Finney Carrico ’76, and then “months ago our mom Helen joined us. We have the family party house!!” Kathy is still fostering dogs with the Animal Allies Rescue Foundation (AARF).
MARY BETH FRIEDEL ’78 is working as a clinical pharmacist for the Navy in Annapolis, Maryland. She shares, “I specialize
Teresa Eyring ’78 at the 2023 Theatre Communications Group (TCG) Gala. (Photo credit: Andy Henderson)
Thanks to Gigi Farley ’78 and Kathy Finney ’78 for organizing their 45th reunion gathering.
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in opioid safety and chronic pain management, with an emphasis on nonpharmacological treatment strategies. For fun, I completed the Maryland Master Naturalist program last year. Looking forward to getting my volunteer hours in to become a fullfledged Master Naturalist. I have two cats and enjoy biking and spending time outdoors.”
JACKIE LOW GALIARDI ’78
shares, “The big news is I have fully retired here in Maryland and love it. I started playing music after retirement, but of course, the pandemic changed so many things, and more people need more help. I (and others) now spend more quality time together with older family members and friends and enjoy much longer holidays when possible. I’m looking forward to more travel and music in the future.”
SYLVIA ROTHE GRABKA ’78
writes, “My husband and I are on sabbatical right now, traveling through Andalucia at the moment. I have been learning Spanish for three years, and I’m glad that I have the chance to use it now. When I’m not on sabbatical, I work in the field of health care, giving qi gong classes and helping people to improve their health. I studied qi gong, traditional Chinese healing techniques and psychooncology at university when I was 50 … so this is my second life somehow. (Before that, I taught English and dance and physical education at school and university.) In my free time, I love to dance … my husband and I dance salsa regularly one to three times a week. We took it up when our girls moved out in 2015. Our daughters have finished their studies. Our younger daughter
is a programmer and engineer in the field of robotics, and our older daughter is a lawyer. They both love traveling (and dancing, just like me).”
For CAROLINE HEPTINSTALL
JONES ’78, “Family is all good! Waiting for my youngest, Alexander, to graduate so we can be done with tuition! I have gone back to work after many years of being a caregiver for my dad! Went outside the box and now work for Baltimore City Public Schools as a school bus driver!! Hahaha! I drive kids experiencing special needs and have lots of flexibility!!”
JOANNA KELLY ’78 reports, “I sold my farm in Harford County last fall, and John and I moved to Aiken, South Carolina. We have a small farm with just three horses and are part of an equestrian community. I have happily retired from landscaping and am enjoying building gardens for myself. No more winter for me! I’m riding every day, playing pickleball and figuring out what I’m going to do with the next chapter of my life. With South Carolina becoming the first primary next year, I’m sure political activism is top on the list.”
“It seems like a long time since I last connected with the class!” says LISA SMITH KURKJIAN ’78. “I’ve been living in Taos, New Mexico, since 2002 and have been involved in various professions with art and general curriculum teaching. More recently, I went back to school and now have a master’s degree in speechlanguage pathology. I have been practicing at a pediatric clinic here in Taos and love the work. My pets and I used to see Sue Felser ’78 here until she retired; what a small world! My son is in his last year at
university and is going into teaching, my older daughter is graduating from high school and my younger daughter will be a junior next year. Time goes by so fast! I keep in touch with Tacey Sherlock Gracie ’78 and visit with her and her family whenever I’m back in Baltimore for a visit.”
ANNE MCLEAN MATHEWS ’78 is still working. Her husband, Pete, recently retired. “Our current main focus is on our five (soon to be six!) grandchildren. Our oldest son works and lives in England, and he and his wife have two boys—so we try to get over there at least twice a year, and we FaceTime a lot! But our other two kids and their families live near us in Baltimore, so we are lucky enough to see the other three babies a lot in person, with the newest one due in a few weeks. Pete and I are trying to stay active so that we can keep up with these little ones.”
CAREY HOFF MITCHELL ’78 recently retired after 17 years at Jemicy School. She shares, “In November, we welcomed grandchild number six to the family. The score is now 3-3 (boys to girls). Tom and I spend our summers sailing the Chesapeake out of Gibson Island, but once he retires, we hope to test our sailing abilities by venturing further south down the Intracoastal Waterway to Florida and beyond. In the meantime, you may find me working a fun part-time job at Athleta in addition to honing my yoga and pickleball skills.”
LISA HOLDEN MORTIMER ’78 writes in from Melrose, Massachusetts, where she is still living with her husband, Peter. They’ve been married for 27 years. Lisa still works for Mass General Hospital
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“on the outpatient mental health team of the social service department, where we have all been doing telehealth since March 2020. They gave away our offices, so I think they’re committed to this form of mental health treatment! Don’t miss the commute but do miss my colleagues. Karen is 23— living at home for a year after graduating from Providence College; she is enjoying her first job with a benefits consulting company. Andrea is 20—a sophomore at Clark University, where she is on the soccer team and majoring in economics and environmental science.”
“I’m blessed with a granddaughter,” shares LESLIE BANKER OFFUTT ’78 “and enjoy spending time with her. She is very smart and speaks Russian, as my son-in-law is from Moldova. I’m also excited to be moving to Towson soon.”
WENDY OWENS ’78 is in her 33rd year working as counsel for Nationwide Insurance.
“Living with husband, Perry, and COVID puppy, Cherry Garcia, in Baltimore. My daughter Jenna is about to graduate from the University of Miami School of Law in May and plans to move back north to the Washington, D.C., area to be closer to friends and family.”
DEIRDRE SMITH ’78 is still living and working on her farm in Baltimore County with her husband, Doug.
“I recently started a new business handcrafting wooden wares—cutting and serving boards, bowls and spoons—using wood from the farm: 5 Cow Farm Boards (5cowfarmboards.com). A great way to keep learning, growing and interacting with new people while also creating funds for environmental causes through my 10% for the
environment. Next show will be at the Ladew Topiary Gardens Festival, where our classmate Emily Wehr Emerick ’78 presides! Also adventuring around the world a bit, often with our three kids—heading to the Alta Via 1 trek in the Dolomites in June.”
“Thankfully, life is good, and we are healthy!” reports CATHY ROBERTS TIPPER ’78. “I am excited to start spring vegetables, and our hoop house is full of sweet winter greens. Roberts Roost Farm now sells to consumers only through Chesapeake Farm to Table (CF2T). CF2T delivers for us and dozens of other local farmers. I’m still volunteering with Future Harvest, hoping to ‘grow’ more local, sustainable farmers in our community for our health.”
CAROLINE WATTS ’78 is busy in Philadelphia. “I continue my work overseeing our relationships with Philadelphia schools through Penn’s Graduate School of Education, concentrating most of my efforts in West Philadelphia, though our office and the school are active across the city. I’ve also been getting increasingly involved in work on gun violence prevention and response, given the tragic escalation of gun violence in this city—and Baltimore and many others all over the country. My boys (20 and 22) are in college—one exploring his life in New York City and the other recovering from shoulder surgery amid his efforts to play college baseball before moving into coaching and sports performance.
My husband and I talk about retirement, but no time soon for me, as I am still energized and compelled by my work, and we still have two sons
in college! We have a place in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, where my husband is from, and he goes back and forth somewhat frequently when he can get time away from his work at Penn. After my mom died in 2020, we sold her house in Roland Park, but my brother has a place in the Ambassador Apartments right by Johns Hopkins—and the Orioles and extended family keep me connected to Baltimore pretty well.”
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GILLY OBRECHT BABB ’79 has had a crazy year, “as among other things, I caught pneumonia in late October and am still recovering. Fortunately, since late January, I seem to have really turned the corner, which enabled me to begin to go out and about. As I write, I am watching the Johns Hopkins University Blue Jays win their 10th straight baseball game during what has been a brutally cold start. My husband, Bob, is in his 44th year as the head coach, and our three children—Gillian, Olivia and Andrew—are 34, 32 and 27, respectively. I am still teaching but have shifted my focus, working almost exclusively with a chronically ill child. In addition, I started an educational consulting company with two former colleagues, designed to support and re-energize teachers. I am blessed in that both my parents are well and active and still live in the house in which I was raised. Sending lots of love to everyone in the ‘volcanic’ Class of 1979!”
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Class Ambassador GERALDINE
GRAY BINNS ’79 is trying her best to maintain an attitude of gratitude. “I count my blessings every day. I enjoy walking, usually 3–4 miles daily, and I’m always looking for a travel buddy or buddies. If anyone else is as well, please reach out. I’m glad I volunteered to be Class Ambassador this year because it was delightful hearing from all of you. Let’s stay in touch!”
All is well with MARY
MCDANIEL CHAPMAN ’79
“I’m living in Baltimore, close to my brother John and his wife/our classmate Barbara Banks McDaniel ’79. I’m on the Maryland Opera board, where I do all sorts of things, from seeking support to putting on receptions—everything except the singing!”
This year, CRICKET COOPER ’79 came out of retirement to do some consulting work in New York City. Says Cricket, “Seriously—early retirement, plus the pandemic, left me longing for a little bit more excitement ☺. So, I’m living in New Rochelle with Hamish, my Norwich terrier. I’m an interim pastor for a Lutheran church, which honestly is a pretty fun gig. On my day off, I can zip into the city and enjoy libraries, theater and music, dive bars and funky bistros and discover old buddies who live around here. It’s been a much-needed energy boost after lockdown in Vermont. One of the books I’m writing led me on a research trip to Wales this past year, followed by a trip to the Shetland Islands in the fall and then a February trip to England. Some 46 years after the Gilman/Bryn Mawr production of Brigadoon, I’ll admit I’m fairly seriously considering a move to Scotland.
But first, I need to finish up this New York City chapter and see if the call of the Highlands is as strong as I think it is … ”
ANNMARIE CAPPIELLO
GRAHAM ’79 is working at the J.McLaughlin store in Greenwich, Connecticut. “I’m enjoying the retail side of the fashion business and the interaction with customers. I also teach yoga at our local YWCA—keeping me and my yogis flexible! My grown boys are 26 and 24 and are the biggest joys of my life. I see Louise Bond Heck ’79 and Harriet van Kleeck ’79 whenever I’m in Baltimore.”
VERNITA HAIRSTONMITCHELL ’79 is a neurologist, board-certified in neurology and spinal cord injury medicine and affiliated with The University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas, where she specializes in headache, neuromuscular medicine and neurorehabilitation. In September, she will mark her 10th year on the faculty of The University of Kansas Medical Center. With 36 years of experience, Vernita enjoys the rewarding aspect of her profession, helping her patients live more fulfilling lives. Unfortunately, the challenges she and her patients experience with insurance denials consume far too much of her time and theirs. To ensure her patients receive the best care possible, Vernita advocates for her patients using her passion, medical expertise and determination. On a sad note, Vernita lost her mother and a brother within 24 hours in August 2022. Her mother passed away at age 99 but fortunately was able to spend her last three years living with Vernita and her family, surrounded with care and love.
LOUISE BOND HECK ’79 is still working at the Kennedy Krieger Institute as a social worker. “It will be 30 years this June. The last year has been a bit challenging in that I’ve had to serve as a social worker for multiple programs in the hospital instead of where I had been for over 20 years. Now I’m back working with the program I am more familiar with. I also have a small private practice via telehealth on Saturdays. Both my sons are out of college. My older son, Thomas, is completing his first year in vet school at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. It took a bit to get used to being back in school since he had worked for over two years as a vet tech. My younger son, Michael, is working for a job placement company in downtown Baltimore. He graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in business. My husband, Bob, continues to hold down the fort at home and has had his second year of playing Santa Claus in the month of December at a very high-end resort in Pennsylvania. Slowly, acting work is picking up. I recently had a visit from Annmarie Cappiello Graham ’79, who is doing great and working full time in a clothing store in Greenwich, Connecticut.”
After 35 years of living in Manhattan, CLARE MCHUGH ’79 moved with her husband, Mark, to Washington, D.C., at the dawn of the pandemic. Shares Clare, “My career in magazines had evaporated, Mark was offered a job at The Washington Post and my parents needed more help. Since then, my mother has sadly passed away, and my father has moved into Roland Park Place. But I have launched a new career as a novelist. My second book—
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The Romanov Brides—about the courtship of Nicholas and Alexandra will be published by Morrow in March 2024. I’ve been thrilled to return to Bryn Mawr to talk about writing, to reconnect with several classmates and to make new friends at this old age. I am afraid our children, native New Yorkers, can never be coaxed away, so I suspect we will move back north eventually—likely to live on the east end of Long Island.”
“Thankfully, emerging from under the rock of COVID, life has been full of excitement for me,” reports ANNE MITCHELL ’79. “My daughter Maeve is graduating from the University of Denver in June, having studied psychology and social justice. She is contemplating grad school, yet I secretly hope she takes a year off and goes to walk about into the world for some perspective. My day job is with Meals on Wheels here in Monterey, California, and I’m fortunate to help build assistance programs for low-income seniors to age with dignity in their homes. My mother lives just down the street from me in Carmel. I’m glad to be around to help, as she is almost 90 and still fiercely independent—a great role model for how to stay active in our forthcoming decades. Free time is spent with my group up at the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, where I sit on the board and act on their stage. I also try to keep my poetry moving forward and will have my first collection published soon. I hope everyone is well, laughing a lot and enjoying every precious moment.”
PIA PINKNEY MORALES ’79 writes, “I have been working with the Army Family
Programs at Fort George G. Meade since 2008 at the Army Community Service (ACS).
I spend most of my time as a subject matter expert for the Emergency Family Assistance Center (EFAC) as they relate to army garrisons. I am part of a national team for the Army and spend a lot of time training and teaching and traveling to Army installations for evaluations of their EFACs. I have been residing in Columbia, Maryland, since 2007, and my husband is retired (Army). I am SO looking forward to retirement within the next five to seven years. I spend most of my free time with my small dog, and I am very involved with my 8-year-old nephew, who is into computer coding and, of course, video games.”
KIRSTEN GOELLNER OESTE ’79 is retiring in June. “I’m very excited and hope to get to some bucket-list items. Our two sons, Simon and Tom, both live in Maine, about 15 minutes from each other. We have two granddaughters, Olive (11) and Hattie (9), and two grandsons, Harry (5) and Ash (3). It’s great to be able to visit them all in the same place! Our daughter Jordan lives in Washington, D.C., with her partner and works in a dog walking co- op. Our family is happy and healthy, so we feel very lucky and blessed.”
KIM LONG RILEY ’79 shares, “My sister Elisabeth Long ’82 and I walked Hadrian’s Wall— a Roman wall that runs across the top of England, along the border between England and Scotland—this fall. We hiked 85 miles from Carlisle to Newcastle—uphill and down—along the remains of this ancient wall, mostly in the pouring rain! It was
very challenging, but we felt so empowered when we finished! Still lots of life left, even at 62! I retired from teaching this year to write a novel—even more challenging than the hike, but I am very interested in trying new things and doing the things I have always dreamed about doing.”
ARIEL DALLAM TAXDAL ’79 continues to work “at a local produce stand from April through October. My daughter Ariel graduates from nursing school this May. My son Henry continues delivering milk and cheese to local grocery stores for my brother and sisterin-law’s family business. He delivers in the early morning hours and then goes to his fulltime-plus job as a mechanic. I continue to go to Key West for a few weeks each March, as I dislike Maryland March weather. Other than these few tidbits of info, life goes on.”
All is well with LYNN MCQUEEN VAN GIESON ’79, who says she doesn’t “have anything new to report.”
HARRIET VAN KLEECK ’79 is staying active! “I have just returned from skiing in Italy, the Sella Ronda in the Dolomites. Luckily no injuries to report. Soon it will be bike season.”
HELEN VAN METRE WEARY ’79 writes that she has moved twice since 2020, “once out of my home of 22 years in March 2020, and then next out of the apartment I landed in, into a townhome in March 2022. I live in a beautiful area outside of Los Angeles called Topanga, surrounded by a state park. Last fall, 2022, I helped lead a group of 16 women on a monthlong trip to India, visiting Delhi, Agra (Taj Mahal), Rishikesh and
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Bangalore. I helped organize the trip and coordinate all of the logistics on behalf of the two leaders who created the trip adventure to what they termed ‘authentic India.’ In addition to touring, we stayed in two ashrams, partook in Ayurvedic treatments and celebrated Navratri, the nine days and nights of the divine feminine. It was a magical and transformative trip of a lifetime, and friendships were forged with amazing women. If anyone is interested in going on such a trip, let me know, and I can make it happen for you! I wish everyone well in our wonderful Class of 1979!”
PAM WOLF ’79 reports that she is still living in Brookline, Massachusetts, and seeing psychotherapy patients in her private practice. Play therapy is one of her specializations. “My husband and I spent a lovely three weeks in San Francisco this winter, visiting one of our kids and making the most of COVID having introduced the notion that remote work, even therapy, is a thing; playing lots of tennis and representing New England in some national senior tournaments—next one up is in Charlottesville, Virginia, in June.”
EDITH WOLFF ’79 writes, “I am living in Seattle now, in a beautiful place overlooking a lake (but still in the city itself). Seattle is a very watery city with lakes, rivers and the Puget Sound (which is like the Chesapeake Bay but upside down). After practicing law for many years, I decided to go into public health. I got my degree at Johns Hopkins (yes, I came back home!), and now
I work for a small company that manages the data for all kinds of studies done by universities, nonprofits and
governments to explore public health interventions. I work part time which I enjoy— I have time to do other things. I have two adult daughters. One is out of college, and one is a freshman in college this year. My husband is a retired law professor. Last thing: I would love to see any Bryn Mawr classmates who happen to be coming through Seattle. That would be so fun, and I would love to have a coffee and show anyone from Bryn Mawr ’79 around the city.”
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Very sadly, REID NORRIS BUCKLEY ’80’s husband, Charlie, passed away last November from a rare and aggressive form of cancer. She writes that she is “getting her feet back on the ground and looking forward to hosting Andrea Kullmer Frindt ’80 when she is visiting from Chile and seeing as many classmates as possible for a lunchtime gathering.” Reid wrote from Petra, as she was spending two weeks in Egypt after two weeks in Spain, saying, “A month of travel is a bit much, but I have seen some amazing sites.”
HARPER ALEXANDER BURKE ’80 writes, “As we move into spring/ summer of 2023, I’m reminded that I have to get back into the pool again for Swim Across America. Last year, I became reacquainted with swimming. I hadn’t swum in ages. I had to relearn pretty much everything: breathing, techniques with
timing arms and legs, virtually everything about the crawl. Just before the training began, I found out my great-nephew (6-year-old Tobias) had been diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer. He became my ‘WHY’ as to participating in the fundraiser (Baltimore earns for Johns Hopkins). Little did I know I’d ever be able to swim the full length of the 25-meter pool, much less the 50-meter length. But I did. In September 2022, I was named Rookie of the Year. I had earned the most for a rookie that year and had found my new modality of movement.” Harper also writes that daughter Luci Coehn ’06 moved to Los Angeles during the pandemic to work as a school psychologist.
MARTHA CAPLAN ’80 continues to work in commercial real estate, leasing regional shopping centers along the East Coast for Simon Property Group. She writes, “Contrary to reports of a decrease in consumer spending, I don’t see it—thanks to teen girls buying new dresses every other day, including my 16-year-old Olivia “Liv” Caplan-Mohler ’25 Liv is now a sophomore at Bryn Mawr and is in the midst of taking PSATs, preseason soccer training, a Ring Dance and ceremony (don’t remember this event), Gym Drill and enjoying breaks outside on Bryn Mawr’s lovely campus. Their ice hockey team made it to the playoffs this year—they didn’t win, but getting there was a huge feat considering some of the girls barely knew how to skate last year.” In addition to Martha’s full-time job, she has started volunteering at the Maryland Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MDSPCA). She writes, “It’s so gratifying to watch adopters beaming
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as they take their new pets home. I’m also spending a lot of time playing pickleball—my new fave activity. Though it is wreaking havoc on my body … I forget about it while smashing the ball over the net.”
STACIE FREISHTAT DUBNOW ’80 and her husband, Jeff, still live in Philadelphia. Stacie retired this year and is now writing full time. She is working on her fifth novel and looking for a publisher. Her other exciting news includes a new right hip and two new granddaughters. She has been spending time with the twins in Virginia Beach, where their mother, Stacie’s daughter Erin Dubnow ’08, lives and works as a pediatrician. Stacie also sees a lot of her 6-year-old grandson Leo (her son Noah’s son). She describes him as “pure joy.” Finally, she reports that she and Martha Davis Socolar ’80 traveled to Portugal together back in February and had a blast. Stacie also plans to go to Morocco this fall.
PAULA FLEISHER ’80 writes, “I’m in San Francisco, working for over 20 years at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), building and supporting research partnerships between health care providers and marginalized communities. I’m learning to facilitate white racial affinity groups at work and have enjoyed reconnecting with several BMS classmates to delve deeper into antiracism learning. I love urban gardening and birding and my Torah study group. I’m thrilled that my wife and son and I will all be in the Bay Area when he graduates college this spring. This is a great time of life to work for racial equity and be part of broader social justice movements.”
ANDREA KULLMER FRINDT ’80 reports that she is living with her husband, Juan Esteban, in the countryside outside of Santiago. Her parents are well, and her four grown children have given her six grandchildren so far. She writes that she’ll always remain connected to Baltimore and remains thankful for our senior year together.
CAROLINE BAGBY GRUBB ’80 writes, “Well, we made it to 60. Hard to believe because it seems like yesterday we were getting ready for high school graduation. My update will sound familiar! I live in Charlotte and am self-
employed, providing computer applications training to realtors on all of their technology tools. Even though I’ve been doing it for eons, the work remains challenging with the software changes and the constant flow of new agents joining the association. I was lucky enough to take two big trips last year: one (which was delayed two years due to COVID) to Alaska with my husband, Steve, and our two adult daughters, McCormick and Alexandra; the other was to Alaska with Steve to celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary. Both were incredible and bucket-list trips for sure, with lots of adventure and everlasting memories.
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The Class of 1980 is still in touch with American Field Service (AFS) exchange student Andrea Kullmer Frindt ’80 who visited from Chile, outside Santiago, and caught up with classmates.
I continue to be involved at church, volunteering in the community and advocating for both racial equity and for our unhoused neighbors. If anyone is in Charlotte, please give me a holler. All the best to each and every one of you reading this!”
STEPH NOVAK HAU ’80 reports that she is “living the same life as last year.”
HILARY SULLIVAN LAING ’80 continues to work as a literacy specialist and coach teachers at a public school in Minneapolis. She says it’s an interesting challenge and that she loves working with the predominantly Somali student body. Her daughter Serena graduated from college last spring and is now a food scientist in San Francisco. Her son Pierce is a mechanical engineer and lives in Santa Monica, California. Daughter Olivia lives outside of Boston and works as a psychotherapist with patients in an eating disorders unit at a psychiatric hospital, as well as in her own private practice. Hilary writes, “Thank goodness for Zoom, Delta Airlines and texting so that I can stay connected with my kids, as it is really hard to live so far away from them.”
Class Ambassador CARRIE ARMSTRONG MONTAGUE ’80 continues to be involved in Planned Parenthood, the Maryland Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MDSPCA) and local land preservation efforts. She and Alex took a terrific trip to Patagonia in January. They recently added a fifth dog to their pack (because, contrary to Alex’s opinion, there really is always room for one more) and have introduced beehives to their farm. They’re looking forward to daughter Isabel’s wedding in Nashville this July.
LAURA NORRIS ’80 writes that she is still loving her work as a family physician in northern Vermont. She says her job allows “almost ample time for doing other things that make me happy—like hiking, crosscountry skiing and gardening— all depending on the season. Our two kids have grown and are cultivating their own lives, and as they share their trials and successes with us, it adds an extra dimension to ours.”
MELISSA MOCK RIORDA ’80 is in her ninth year of teaching environmental science at a Baltimore City public school. She says her work leaves her plenty of time to travel with family, friends and dogs each summer. She says, “Last summer was a month in Italy and Greece (no dogs on that trip), and this summer will bring us first south and then out west to explore the redwood forests and taste some of California’s finest wines.”
TREMAIN SMITH ’80 writes, “I still live and work in my studio in West Philadelphia. My three children live close by—Sarah is a fashion designer, Maya is an art teacher in the Philly school district and Gus is a mental health worker. Recently, I’ve been working on archiving my artwork and writing. Since my partner died suddenly in 2020, I’ve been considering my legacy and how I want to leave it. I feel more free to move in new directions as I get my paintings and poems of the past 30 years in the place I want. I’m engaging in placing artwork that is still in my studio into homes, institutions and collections and working to raise money for organizations and efforts I want to support through the sale of my work from all periods. If it piques anyone’s interest, please be
in touch. I’d love to work with my high school friends at this stage of our lives.”
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Notes compiled and edited by Class Ambassadors
Laura White Groseclose ’82 and Mimi Gatchell Rodgers ’82.
ANNE SAPIR DEMUTH ’82 reports, “Our daughter Lindsay DeMuth ’13 lives in Denver. Our youngest, Will, graduated from college last spring and joined his older brother, Charlie, in New York City. David and I enjoy our visits to see them. I frequently see many of our classmates who live in Baltimore. As a trustee, I get to spend time on the BMS campus. I have enjoyed giving back in thanks for the great experience I had as a student. We would all be proud of the work that Sue, her team and the faculty are doing to provide the very best education for Bryn Mawr girls.”
Class Ambassador LAURA
WHITE GROSECLOSE ’82 is “still happily living in Baltimore and am fortunate to have my three children nearby. I am finishing my 20th year teaching social studies and math and coaching cross-country and track at The Odyssey School. I am fortunate to be able to run still and love to swim in a master’s program at the pool where I grew up. Taking long walks with my dear friends has been good for my soul, but the best gift is my dear grandson, born this past September!
Nina and her husband Nick, who had a COVID wedding, named their darling son after my father. Words cannot describe how much this meant to me, my mother and the
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rest of my family. He brings such joy to us all. He has quite a connection to his uncle, my son, who is teaching at Jemicy School. I should add that Nina teaches at Reach! Partnership. My youngest is in Washington, D.C., working for a law firm. As I said before, it is so grand to have everyone so close. I would be remiss not to mention that I crossed ‘enemy lines’ this winter sports season and coached the RPCS swim team with another very talented swim coach. I enjoyed the swimmers and learning new tactics. I would like to say that we had a large part in helping BMS win the IAAM A Conference swim championship this year! We like to think the positive vibes we sent out encouraged and motivated the Mawrtians to victory!!”
career as a litigator in the private sector. Anne now teaches a public education course about how community members can notice and respond to mental health challenges in families, friends, neighbors and coworkers. Anne and her husband, Warren, will celebrate their 32nd wedding anniversary in the fall. Their son Luke (29) is a doctorate candidate at the University of Virginia, studying climate change and Chesapeake coastal resilience. Their son Jacob (27) is a real estate developer in Northern Virginia. Their daughter Emma (22) is a machine learning engineer who makes autonomous drones for the Department of Defense and lives near the beach in San Diego.
BETH GEESEY HOLMES ’82 tells us, “My husband, Jim, and I are doing well and still working at the same jobs, which we enjoy.
SO much fun; it was great to see everyone. Then two weeks later, we were in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, for our daughter Emma’s college graduation from Franklin & Marshall College with a double major in history and government.
I learned at our reunion that Anne Sapir DeMuth ’82’s son Will was also graduating from Franklin & Marshall College, so I saw him walk across the stage but never caught up with Anne in the large crowd.”
Congratulations to the Bryn Mawr Swim team, the only team in history to win all events and the championship! And many thanks to Laura White Groseclose ’82 for the positive vibes. Pictured above is Bryn Mawr coach Dr. Matthew Hetrick P’23 with the team.
ANNE GROSS HAMEL ’82 had been with the Mental Health Association of Maryland for three years after a 24-year
I’m a librarian at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, and run the department that selects, purchases, catalogs and makes all the resources, both print and electronic, available—as well as manages the budget. For fun, I sing with the Providence Singers, which is a large symphonic chorus. We perform with the Rhode Island Philharmonic once or twice a year and also put on our own concerts. We just performed the ‘Duruflé Requiem’ this past weekend, which is a gorgeous piece that I somehow had never sung before. We miss our daughter Emma, who is working near State College, Pennsylvania, at a high school as a college and career counselor, but we enjoy being empty nesters— just us and our pug, Chester. Milestones this past year were attending our BMS 40th reunion, which was
MAIJA BURNS JACKSON ’82 shares, “I had a lovely time with my husband Tim in Jamaica in March. Tim turned 60 in early February, and my dad turned 95 in late February. Lots of reasons for celebration. We have a family reunion planned in late April in Cambridge, Maryland. Riley, our younger son, graduates from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) in May and will travel with older brother Braith, Tim and me to Scotland in June to celebrate. I see lots of classmates since I still live in Baltimore but would love to see more of you when you’re in town.”
MARYANN EMERSON
NISSAN ’82 tells us, “I’ve been working my New York City job remotely from Oxford, Maryland, and delving back into the theater world with the local theater groups. Receiving visits from amazing international and local guests adds an extra layer of joy to small-town living.”
Class Ambassador MIMI
GATCHELL RODGERS ’82 reports, “I have come to the end of 25 years of living and teaching overseas. Jared and I are finishing up in Kingston, Jamaica, and plan a move to Williamsburg, Virginia, in the summer. We have extra
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bedrooms; if anyone is in the area, please stop by. Sam, our son, is living in Nantucket, Massachusetts, building houses. Sophia is in her third year at The University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver and is partaking in all things Canadian.”
ISABELLA PENNA SLEDGE ’82 informs, “I moved to Los Angeles three years ago with my husband, John. After 12 years launching and working in my biotech startup, I finally hired someone to replace me and am enjoying a less structured schedule. This year, I plan to return to some clinical work with patients. Our two daughters are fully launched— Alexa runs communications for an environmental advocacy organization and lives in Brooklyn. Jae will graduate Princeton this May and begin graduate work in physics next fall. I spend my free time hiking in the Santa Monica mountains and skiing in the Sierras as well as singing in a chorus.”
CATHERINE WHITEHURST
STEINER ’82 shares this news: “I am just about to begin year 15 at PK Law, where I transitioned my medical malpractice defense practice after the first 18 years at Whiteford Taylor Preston. I find myself in trial often and enjoy learning new medical issues all of the time! Evan and I still live on Happy Hollow Road on the property where I grew up. We also now have a place on the water just outside of St. Michael’s, which we very much enjoy. Evan is working in the community solar energy industry. Our older daughter, Eliza Steiner ’12, is living in Baltimore and working remotely for an online executive coaching firm. Anna Steiner ’16 is now living in Nashville, continuing her work
as an analyst for Accenture. We are kept busy and entertained by three black Labs as well as our ‘grand-dogter,’ Daisy Lou, when she comes by, returning with Eliza from her stint in London—a truly British Cavalier King Charles.”
CARLA ULGEN ’82 tells us that she and her husband finally took their delayed Rhine River cruise in 2022 and plan to spend their kids’ inheritance doing more cruises. Carla’s daughter Amanda is getting married in September 2023.
GREER COCHRAN VERHEYEN ’82 writes, “I have started a flower farm called B’more Flower Farm, selling seasonal local flowers in the Baltimore area. COVID has afforded me the opportunity to work from home (I’m still working full time with Constellation), so I took my passion and love of gardening and started a side business. This will be year two, and I’m looking forward to many more opportunities to grow and sell flowers. Our family is doing well: Max, our son, will graduate this year from Loyola University and Isabel Verheyen ’21, our daughter, will be finishing her sophomore year at Case Western. They both live the life of a studentathlete and compete on their respective swim teams. Gero and I are enjoying the life of empty nesters.”
CATHY COOPER WOODS ’82 writes, “I am living in Bel Air, Maryland, with four generations of my family in one house (from my 83-yearold mother to my 5-year-old grandson, Jackson), along with two Great Danes, two French bulldogs and a bluetick hound puppy. I work on a commercial crabbing boat, which is hard, dirty work, but I love it.
Off-season, I’ve been helping with home renovations, learning how to do things like flooring and shiplap.”
JEANNE NELKA ZUCKER ’82 reports, “My husband, Jon, and I are about to celebrate our first anniversary in our newly built home in a 55-plus (eek!) community in Dresher, Pennsylvania, just outside Philadelphia. We will celebrate our 26th wedding anniversary this June. I have been working as a cataloger for children’s materials at the Abington Township Public Library for 23 years. We are also enjoying our new cats, Moma and Layla.”
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LUCY KELLY HAUS ’84 is thrilled to have two of her three kids living back in Baltimore!
She’s excited to share that her eldest son just got engaged, her middle son is celebrating a second wedding anniversary this year and her youngest daughter is enjoying life as a nurse in Denver. Lucy joined the board of the Maryland Family Network this year and is looking forward to working with them to continue her life’s work to ensure success for young children and their families in Baltimore.
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Notes compiled and edited by Class Ambassador Laura Monfried Egerman ’90.
Editor’s note [Laura]: It was great to connect with the Class of 1990 for these notes. While I see so many of you on social media, it was so nice to hear from you directly how you are doing.
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KATHIE GUBEN WACHS ’90 was the first to respond to my request for news. She says that her daughter, Sophie Wachs ’19, is graduating from Northeastern University in May, and her son, Sam, is off to Louisiana State University in the fall. Her parents are in Southwest Florida and are pretty much exactly the same. For anyone keeping track, she says yes, her mom still twiddles her thumbs on the steering wheel, and “my dad still drives fast with loud rock ‘n’ roll music blaring like a 19-year-old (except now it’s because he’s 80 and can’t hear anything anymore).” She and Jon are busy working—Kathie still works at BMS!—and they are looking forward to spending more time traveling and “hanging out with our golden retriever, Tuck,” and hopefully with their kids when they come home to visit!
I am told by ELIZABETH GLUSMAN GREEN ’90 that Kathie Guben Wachs ’90 makes sure that groups of BMS alums living in Baltimore get together during the year, which is great. Elizabeth says that their family has made the yearbook prediction come true as “we got a second dog in December!” She is a lawyer with a husband, four kids and two dogs. She and David are excited to pay their last high school tuition in May, as their youngest graduates this year, but they are far from their last college and grad school tuition!
I was so happy to hear from STEPHANIE WASKINS ’90, who reports that she has lived in California since 2000, first in San Francisco and now in Corte Madera. Stephanie is in her sixth year as a founder and design principal of LARK + PALM Design
Patti Rhee ’90’s Memories Inspire New Designs
Patricia Rhee ’90 (pictured above, lower right) is the architect and designer behind summer renovations to Bryn Mawr’s Middle School spaces (see page 3). A partner at Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects in Los Angeles, Rhee shared that Bryn Mawr’s campus made a deep impression on her as a student; one that she now recalls as an architect designing campuses and campus buildings. During the design process for Higinbothom Hall, Rhee was inspired by the feelings of “home” from her Bryn Mawr days. “The classroom where I had French with Madame Brecht in the Garrett Building— facing the lawn, its grand wood double-hung windows with sunlight coming in, red geraniums in the window box and a fireplace in the room … there was a feeling of coziness and tradition at the same time.” Watch for news of the renovations and reopening this fall.
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Photo credit: Kristopher Grunert
(larkandpalm.com), based in Sausalito, California. They are a team of six, managing projects based all around California and beyond … Nantucket, Winnetka, Illinois, last year.
MARITA DE LARA SOBEL ’90 can be seen on HBO’s The Sex Lives of College Girls, Season 2, as Dr. Lewis, OB-GYN, channeling her mom, Dr. Nora de Lara. Her Hallmark film, Hidden Gems, is now streaming on Peacock. She’s still teaching Pilates and cardio barre in Studio City, California, and is splitting her time between Los Angeles and Honolulu. Marita’s son, Axel, is on a full dance scholarship at the Debbie Allen Dance Academy, and her daughter, Lulu, is a vocal music major at CHAMPS Charter High School of the Arts. Read more about Marita and other Bryn Mawr alumnae expressing their talents through screen and stage in “Tell Me a Story”
on page 12
Farther up the West Coast, CAROLINE MATTSON
SWINDELL ’90 lives in Portland, Oregon. She started a new job at the end of January, once again working completely remote. Her new firm does patent law, focusing almost exclusively on software and computer technologies, so she’s back to her original field after almost five years of working in other areas. In her spare time, she is still working out, baking, reading and “playing with my cats.”
JEN SMOLEV BARTH ’90 also sends a hello from Portland, Oregon, where she and her husband, Lee, attempt to keep up with their 16-yearold twin daughters—“never a dull moment!” Jen works as a marketing and fundraising consultant and serves on
the board of directors for Dress for Success Oregon and on the leadership team for Moms Demand Action Oregon, focused on gun violence prevention advocacy and community education programs. If any Mawrtians are planning a visit to the Pacific Northwest, she’d love to see you!
CONNIE DOOLEY ’90 is still in Salt Lake City. She stepped down from her position on a local air quality nonprofit board at the beginning of COVID. Connie had also been volunteering as a reading tutor for elementary school kids until lockdown. She has a 12-year-old son and a 16-year-old daughter who keep her busy. Connie has started playing cello again after a long hiatus. She has joined the Utah Medical Orchestra, which is made up of amateur musicians with a life sciences or medical background.
LAURA BORDEN RICHTER ’90 writes from Israel that she is teaching middle and high school English at an Israeli public school, which she describes as fun and chaotic. Her son joined the Israeli army in August 2022, and her daughters are in 9th and 11th grades. Laura says she gets back to the United States twice a year and would love to catch up with everyone. Last summer, Laura, Anne Enna ’90 and Lauren Marcus Ladenson ’90 went on a hiking adventure in Colorado.
LAUREN MARCUS
LADENSON ’90 and her family now live in Johannesburg, where she works as the regional refugee coordinator for Southern Africa based at the United States Embassy in Pretoria. Lauren’s son is a freshman at Brown University, and her older daughter is
finishing high school in Germany, so they are all adjusting to having just one child at home.
Closer to home, PRIYA
PRABHAKAR SAXENA ’90 is still living in Pittsburgh, where she is a primary care physician and also a clinical instructor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Her husband, Sunil, is also at Pitt, where he is finishing up his tenure as chair of the chemistry department. Their daughter, Divya, is 9 and got into ice hockey last year, so Priya is now freezing year-round. Their son, Nikhil, is chomping at the bit to drive (at 16 1/2 here), and he’s now a kung fu sensei in his dojo. He teaches his (brown-belt) sister and his (much-lowerranked) mom.
STEPHANIE MEANS PRICE ’90 will be retiring from the Army after 22 years. She transitioned into dentistry about 10 years ago and has recently purchased a small private dental practice in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Congratulations, Stephanie, and thank you for your service.
As for me, LAURA MONFRIED EGERMAN ’90, Josh and I are here in Central New Jersey, where we have successfully navigated the transition to empty nesters. Our daughter Caroline is in her freshman year at Northwestern University, where she is studying mechanical engineering with a focus on aerospace. She loves living near Chicago, and we are happy to visit her—as long as it isn’t winter! Josh is in his 14th year as the night sports editor at the New York Post, and I have recently started at a new firm—still doing consumer bankruptcy on the creditor side. I was so glad to hear from so many of you, and hope to hear from more of you next year.
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Notes compiled and edited by Class Ambassador
Courtney Ulmer ’93
LEAH ANGELL ’93 lives in Columbia, Virginia, a rural area 45 minutes west of Richmond. She works at Collegiate School in Richmond, where her husband also works and which her children attend! This summer, Leah will become director of the Collegiate Fellows Program, a new initiative designed to train and mentor early-career teachers.
GENIE ARNOT ’93 is excited to share that this year Social Studio is expanding! Writes Genie, “I started Social Studio in the fall of 2019. It’s an art academy in Roland Park for individuals ages 3 to adult. The renovated and expanded space will offer more classes, more community events, more teachers and more artists! To learn more about Social Studio, follow along @socialstudiobaltimore on Instagram or Facebook, or check out socialstudioart.com Social Studio teaches art with a focus on creative process and believes commitment to your creative process cultivates connection and empathy (the better understanding of yourself and others).”
CAMILLE CHATTERJEE ’93 could not attend the 25th reunion because she was on the cusp of having her daughter, Ivy. Shares Camille, “I can’t believe she’s 5 or that it’s our 30th! Looking forward to introducing her to lemon sticks at Bazaar and catching up with everyone after 10 years.”
“This past year has been one of huge change and adventure for me,” reports SHERI BRANDENBURG COBB ’93. “My husband retired after 33 years in the military, and after years of on-and-off separation due to deployments and shift/ contract work, he wanted to go on an adventure together. He convinced me to take some time off from working (which I was totally ready for after 2 1/2 years of COVID teaching). We sold our house in Joppa and set off in June with our two cats in our 20-foot travel trailer. We have been exploring the country, learning a lot of history, seeing some great sights and having a lot of fun as we figure out where to land and begin our next chapter. Unfortunately, that means that I cannot make it to the BMS reunion this year, as we are currently in Texas and heading northwest—but we did have an awesome time meeting up for lunch and catching up with Serena Butcher ’93 and her husband Sam last fall when we were exploring upstate New York.”
Congratulations to ROBYN IGLEHART ’93 and Stephen Ross Jr., who got married July 3, 2021, at the Larz Anderson House! Raquel Lake ’93 was a part of the bridal party. Shares Robyn, “I know that wasn’t last year, but as someone on the front lines of the pandemic, I have to admit the years blended together!! I’m now living in the Dallas area, but I’m forever a D.C. Maryland (DMV) girl. I was not getting married in any other region of the country!! I am still practicing pediatric and general anesthesiology and trying to find that illustrious golden balance in life.”
RAQUEL LAKE ’93 has moved back to Baltimore. Writes Raquel, “I am still working in film/television and pursuing my dreams. I worked on the HBO Max show We Own This City in 2021 and the Netflix film Rustin in the summer of 2022. I just finished co-writing a film I plan to shoot this year. I traveled this past November to South Africa (Cape Town and Johannesburg). Had an amazing time visiting a filmmaker friend. My sons are wonderful. My oldest is getting his master’s degree from Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), while my middle son travels the world playing soccer. Most recently, he was in Brazil and Portugal. And my youngest just started college. I am so grateful my kids are all healthy and thriving. My life has ups and downs, but overall I can’t complain.”
MELANIE MULDROW KABIA ’93 shares, “While I’ve traveled to different places around the country and the Caribbean, the most fun thing I’ve done in the last few years is help my daughter start her business, Ice Queens, in South Baltimore near Fort McHenry. It’s a family affair! And we are having a blast! The most annoying thing I’ve done is try to replace the retaining wall in my front yard, which has painfully lasted 10 months … yikes! We will see if it’s done by the time we have our reunion party … LOL!”
MAREN LEVINSON
MARQUART ’93 is still living in Los Angeles with her husband and two children and running her photo agency, REDEYE. She speaks a lot about women in business and owes so much of her foundational confidence in starting a business to her Bryn Mawr education. She’s coming back to Baltimore this summer so her children
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can spend time with their grandparents but also so her 7-year-old daughter, Rose, can attend Genie Arnot ’93’s Social Studio summer camp on animals and animation. How fun!
COURTNEY RECKORD ’93 never experiences a dull moment in running her jewelry business in Vermont (Courtney Reckord Jewelry). “Among other things, I design wedding and engagement jewelry. Creating custom jewelry is my favorite thing to do. My husband and I recently moved to central Vermont, and now I live on top of a mountain, which has its pros and cons. I have recently gotten into birdwatching and tracking. Does this make me old? Haha.”
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Architect JULIA MURPHY ’94 was recently made a partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in New York. She is thrilled to work with Alex Burkhart ’10 who is an urban designer at the firm.
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Notes compiled and edited by Class Ambassador
Toya Hawkins Bell ’95
challenges, starting in the South. Folks can learn more at southernenvironment.org I’m still living in Richmond and would love to see any classmates who come through.”
Classmates TOYA FIELDS OGALLO ’95 and RHONDA SMITH WRIGHT ’95 traveled to Cartagena to celebrate KIANA HEBRON ’95’s 45th birthday in November.
TOYA HAWKINS BELL ’95 celebrated her six-year work anniversary in the corporate world. She continues to stay busy with her son Logan who is currently in first grade at Gilman. Writes Toya, “Logan is on his way to the Middle Atlantic Wrestling Association Southern Regional Wrestling Conference in Salisbury, Maryland. We enjoyed Orlando for spring break this year.”
JENNIE DALEY ’95 is excited to share that the podcast she works on, Broken Ground, was nominated for a Webby Award for best series. Congratulations, Jennie! Shares Jennie, “The latest season tells the incredible story of a Black Memphis community that fought back against a gas pipeline project and won. The podcast is part of my responsibilities as senior editor at the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), where I’ve been working since 2015. SELC is an incredible nonprofit, nonpartisan legal organization dedicated to solving our greatest environmental
Classmates and friends Toya Fields Ogallo ’95 (center), Rhonda Smith Wright ’95 (left), and Kiana Hebron ’95 (right) during their trip to Cartagena.
In 2022, JAINA HIRAI ’95 founded a wellness space in Berlin, Germany, with her business partner Rebecca Rainey. Writes Jaina, “It’s a labor of love to create a fairly priced rental space for bodyworkers and movement teachers. We also facilitate free and donation-based events for our community via our nonprofit organization, Only Always Bodywork & Movement Collective.”
NANCY KIM ’95 shares, “I am a periodontist (dental specialist), and I opened a private practice in midtown New York City in 2010 and also practice in Greenwich, Connecticut. I moved to Rye, New York, with my husband, John Galiski, and my two children, Caroline (9) and Jack (8). I am currently chair of the Johns Hopkins
Julia Murphy ’94 (right) and Alex Burkhart ’10 (left) are thrilled to be working together at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
Toya Hawkins Bell ’95 and her son keep busy with activities.
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lacrosse board, and I meet and see many Bryn Mawrtians that currently play on the Hopkins women’s team. It’s certainly a special connection. I am also on the board for Rye Youth Lacrosse and am currently the head lacrosse coach for my daughter’s travel team as well as assistant coach for my son’s team. We enjoy traveling and playing golf as a family!”
In March of 2022, TAMEIKA LUNN ’95 was appointed by then-Governor Larry Hogan to the District Court of Maryland for Baltimore City as an associate judge. She lives in Baltimore City with her three children, Jeff (McDonogh School Class of 2025), Jameson (McDonogh School Class of 2027) and Tamia (Calvert School Class of 2027). In her spare time, she enjoys cheering her kids on at sporting events, theater productions and musical performances. She also enjoys family time with her parents, David and Tammy Lunn, who still live in Baltimore.
SONNY MARION ’95 (formerly Sujin Ock) celebrated her three-year work anniversary ghostwriting memoirs after launching her sonnymarion. com brand.
Last year, MOLLY NESS ’95 left her university to become the chief academic officer for a nonprofit working to address our nation’s literacy crisis. “My fifth book is being published this fall. When I’m not working, I’m driving my daughter to ice hockey and lacrosse practices.”
SARAH SCOTT ’95 is now counsel at Venable and has a son at Gilman.
ERICA FISHMAN SMITH ’95 has been working on limited interior design projects but is focusing more energy on her growing cookie business, Foxx Lyon Fine Foods (formerly Tastybakes by Erica). She is planning to add gift items to the custom cookies she makes for all kinds of life events like showers, baby gifts, birthday parties, anniversaries and even hysterectomies (sometimes you just don’t know what to get someone, and it turns out that cookies work for almost any occasion!). Visit foxxlyon. com and follow on Facebook and Instagram for updates and pretty cookie pictures!
ARCHANA SNYDER ’95 moved back to Baltimore in the summer of 2020 with her husband and three kids. “It’s been fun running into other alumnae!” reflects Archana. “I’m an associate director at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. And I am really excited that my daughter Mira will be joining Bryn Mawr as a sixth grader in the fall.”
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Notes compiled and edited by Class Ambassadors
Derrica McCullers Lane ’99 and Rachel Perschetz ’99.
ELIZABETH MARTIN ALLISON ’99 writes, “Charlotte is 2, and Bowen is 10. Bowen is a graduate of BMS Little School and now Gilman 2032. Other Gilman Hound sons of Leigh Conkling Bank ’99, Courtney Jenkins Feldheim ’99, Jennifer Coughlin ’97, Jen Trusty Ventimiglia ’00 and so many more have reconnected us all. I’m still in commercial real estate for Merritt Properties and run into (and share trade secrets with) Krysta Hardiman Herring ’03. It’s a great career, and in case any other Mawrtians are interested, they should contact me. I aged this year having had knee reconstruction surgery, which means no more lacrosse or squash for now, but I love seeing all of the lacrosse sticks at school drop-off and pick-up. I’m a baseball mom now.”
JENN BATTERTON ’99 is living in Pittsburgh with her husband, Dan, son, Sammy (8) and daughter, Phoebe (5). She is leading a team and strategy for Allegheny County around reducing incarceration and other criminal legal system reforms. She is excited to host some favorite Bryn Mawr friends in July for a reunion.
ROBIN FRIEDLANDER BERZIN ’99 writes from New York, “Hi, class of 1999 friends! I’m sure a lot has happened in almost 25 years for all of us, and as I write this, I am already excited to read all of your stories. I live in New York City with our three children—Dachs (6), Renier (3) and Wyn (18 months)—my husband, David, and our two
Congratulations to Tameika Lunn ’95 who was appointed to the position of Associate Judge in Baltimore City.
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dogs, Wallis and Marley. I am a doctor and founded a healthcare company called Parsley Health a few years ago. Between work and kids, spending time upstate and a lot of travel for both work and fun, life is very full. I feel lucky to have had the chance to build a company I am deeply passionate about, to have published my first book last year and to have such a big family—the chaos is real, but it’s welcome chaos. My parents are doing great and recently moved downtown to the Inner Harbor, so when we come home for holidays, it’s actually amazing to be in the middle of everything—every time I am grateful for how much there is to do and for making use of my parents’ National Aquarium membership. This year, we are excited about moving houses, Wyn starting preschool, big trips coming up (to India, Egypt and Spain) and being down to only one crib and only one kid still in diapers ☺.”
SARA BARNETT BURRILL ’99
is an associate professor of psychology at Brookdale Community College and splits her time between Long Branch, New Jersey, and Brooklyn, New York. She is involved in many positive youth development projects in Central New Jersey. Sara has a 1-year-old son, August, who she reports is “spunky and smiley and loving life as a little one does” and “brings so much joy to me and my husband, Doug.” Sara is looking forward to taking students for a study abroad experience in London this summer, enjoying time on the shore and traveling with family. She still loves playing and watching sports, politics and a bit of useless pop culture.
COURTNEY JENKINS
FELDHEIM ’99 is enjoying life in Baltimore County with her son (a first grader at Gilman), husband and dogs. She owns Feldheim Functional Fitness and coaches virtually and in person. Courtney has clients all over the United States and even in London. In October, she became the women’s welterweight New Jersey Masters Boxing champion. Way to go, Courtney!
Writes LEA BAKER
GALARRAGA ’99: “I live in Locust Point, Baltimore, with my husband and daughter. My daughter is in third grade at Garrison Forest School. I am on my 20th year as a teacher and currently in my sixth year on the faculty at the Jemicy School. I work with middle school students with languagebased learning disabilities. My family and I enjoy city life and also spending time on the eastern shore with my parents.”
VICTORIA SAAH GIFFI ’99 shares, “My kids are ages 12, 9 and 6—the 12-year-old is definitely keeping me on my toes. I’m an oncologist in western Maryland and love the people I work with and my patients.”
Reports JEN EWING FOX ’99: “I was married in May 2022 to my wonderful husband, Brent, and now am honored to be step-mom to two wonderful teenagers, Luke and Emma. In my wedding party were two other BMS alumnae, Emily Mann Werthman ’99 and Tess Grieves Ewing ’07 (my sister-inlaw). I was also promoted last summer to assistant director of the Success Coaching in Academic Advising Program at Johns Hopkins. This fall, I was honored to speak at the BMS Career Day and look forward to more interactions with BMS students.”
“After over 20 years, I, DERRICA MCCULLERS LANE ’99, have relocated back home to Baltimore. I’m now living in Reservoir Hill with my husband, Shawn, and 5-yearold son, Noble. My move also means I spend lots of time in Washington, D.C., in my role as director of product and partnerships with The Washington Post
BRAE MCCULLOCH NEE ’99 is living in the LuthervilleTimonium area with her family, including daughters Daley (6) and Maggie (4). She is working in pharma litigation at a law firm downtown.
“I, RACHEL PERSCHETZ ’99, was so pleased to have the chance to visit Jenn Batterton ’99 when my family traveled to Pittsburgh to cheer on the professional soccer team my husband founded and runs. I live in Detroit with my husband, Sean, and our two children, Arthur (7) and Willard (5). I have worked in community and economic development in the city for about 12 years and am currently working in sustainability and corporate strategy for our utility company. In between soccer games, I am active in the local community and serve as vice
Jen Ewing Fox ’99 celebrates her May 2022 wedding.
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president of the board of our beloved neighborhood park, where my kids are enthusiastic ice hockey players. I’ve recently taken up squash again and am enjoying playing in a league, despite being a bit rusty. I celebrated my last birthday, in Chicago, with Karen Rugh ’99 and family.
WUDASSIE TEKLEHAIMANOT ’99 shares, “I am living in Lutherville with my husband, Joe, and our two adorable kids, Yonny (5) and Adamina (2). Our days are consumed with ‘why?’ questions, but loving every second of it. As for a career update, I recently left Johns Hopkins and started a new position with the National Geographic Society. Between my personal life and some major changes in my professional career, life has been relatively busy yet fulfilling. However, the highlight of the last 12 months has been having Derrica McCullers Lane ’99 back in town!!! Finally!!!”
Notes compiled and edited by Class Ambassador Katie Dudley ’00
KAREN RUGH ’99 is living in Chicago with her husband, Micah, and daughters, Mary (8) and Anna (5), and her Norwich terrier, Wallace (11). Karen reports she is “still building at Novak Construction for all sorts of retail and grocery clients nationwide. I hosted a small but fabulous BMS alumnae reception last fall. I’ll always welcome visitors to the Windy City!”
EMILY MANN WERTHMAN ’99 writes, “Delilah (10) and Henry (8) are both at Cathedral. I successfully defended my dissertation proposal at the University of Maryland School of Nursing and am now a doctoral candidate—just have to finish that little old dissertation to be finished. I’m still at Hopkins, managing the burn program and teaching as an adjunct in the Hopkins School of Nursing. I was recently appointed to two new things: special advisor to the biomedical advanced research development authority burn and blast project and subject matter expert for the board of certified emergency nurses certified burn nurse exam … so lots of exciting career stuff happening. Tom (Gilman ’99) and I keep busy remodeling our midcentury modern in Lutherville and driving the kids all over Maryland for their various lacrosse games and tournaments. Tom actually works in the same office as Heather DeNardi Rascona ’99 … Smalltimore extends even past Baltimore.”
MEREDITH GOODELL BAKER ’00 lives in Severna Park with sons Mitchell and Clyde and husband Keith. Meredith opened Skinlogic in 2021, a boutique medical spa offering peels, injectables, microneedling, laser hair removal, vein and capillary treatments and medical-grade skincare. Classmates like Katie Dudley ’00 credit Meredith with helping them find the fountain of youth!
COURTNEY SHAY CARSSOW ’00 is now a registered yoga teacher. For those living in or visiting North Carolina, you can find Courtney at Zen Yoga Center in Cary, North Carolina.
Rachel Perschetz ’99 (left) and family visit Jenn Batterton ’99 (center) in Pittsburgh.
Karen Rugh ’99 (left) and Alison Harp Bailine ’99 (center) enjoy family time.
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Yoga teacher Courtney Shay Carssow ’00 finds balance.
TARA HARDIMAN CHADWICK ’00 writes, “I’m working at Mercy as a gynecology surgeon and living in Hunt Valley with Matt and 6-year-old Walker. I love seeing my fellow BMS classmates as often as we can!”
KATIE DUDLEY ’00 lives in Baltimore with her partner, Steve, his three children and their dog, Finnegan. Katie is still working in wealth management with a focus on women investors. She loves seeing godsons and friends’ sweet children. She is planning a welcome home party for Amy Price Markwort ’00 and her family, who are relocating to Baltimore from Houston this summer!
Reports BECKY SACHS
MCCORMICK ’00, “My family is adapting to life as a family of four (my son, Finnegan, was born just over a year ago, and my daughter, Rose, is in first grade this year). I continue to be busy at work as an architect in York, Pennsylvania. I got to spend some time with Nicole Lee ’00 recently, who is living in Japan but visited the States.”
empowerment and leadership development spaces and loving that. Asha and I also love being outside as much as possible— skiing, biking and running!”
MEG ARNOLD STANDING ’00 lives in Richmond, Virginia, with her husband, Trey, and three daughters (ages 13, 11 and 8). When not shuttling the girls around town with lacrosse, tennis, basketball and ballet schedules, Meg serves as the captain of her suburban tennis team and holds a number of volunteer roles in the community. The Standings spent a wonderful two weeks in England over Christmas with Meg’s family, and her daughters are ready to pick up and move to London!
2002
ELIZABETH WILLETT FALLS ’00 writes, “I have been living in Charlotte now for the last 19 years! I live with my husband, Lee, and our two boys, Henry (age 9) and Win (age 7). I love seeing BMS classmates. Katie Dudley ’00 is Henry’s godmother and comes to visit a few times a year. We also had a surprise visit from Meredith Monk Ford ’00, who was recently in town for a wedding!”
JENNY MEACHAM ’00 lives in the Anneslie neighborhood with her two girls, Caroline (6) and Susannah (9), who attend BMS in kindergarten and third grade, respectively. She is a direct-hire recruiter for sales, marketing and human resource professionals. Her work is all about talking and connecting with people, a perfect fit! She loves the thrill of finding someone a fulfilling new job and working with small-to midsize companies to find their ideal talent.
Asha Sherry was born in June 2021. She and her mom THERESA SHERRY ’00 are living in Park City, Utah, and visit Baltimore frequently to see the other half of the Sherry family. Shares Theresa, “I am working in lacrosse training, female
Shares ALLISON SHEFF ’02, “I am now the proud parent of a Bryn Mawr girl (first grade, Chloe Bruns ’34) and thrilled to get to experience Bryn Mawr as a parent.”
2003
Notes compiled and edited by Class Ambassador Fionnuala Fox-Morrow Brigman ’03.
FIA ALVAREZ ’03 is still living in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband, Adam, and their 4-year-old son, Gus. “In January, I premiered a new play, Kill Corp, at The Warehouse Theatre in Greenville, South Carolina.” Read more about Fia and other Bryn Mawr alumnae expressing their talents through screen and stage in “Tell Me a Story” on page 12.
Elizabeth Willett Falls ’00 (right) hosted a 40th birthday for Katie Dudley ’00 (left) in Baltimore.
Becky Sachs McCormick ’00 (left) with Nicole Lee ’00 (right) who visited from Japan.
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ALLY BETZ ’03 writes, “I’m still living in southern Maine with my two girls, Elizabeth (6) and Victoria (3). I work at Maine Medical Center and am a maternal-fetal medicine physician. I am currently the interim division director. We now have a 1-year-old German shepherd dog who we just adore.”
“It’s been a really wild year!” shares FIONNUALA FOXMORROW BRIGMAN ’03. “Highlights would be going to the Fest in Gainesville, Florida, and watching my husband, Jeff, play bass with his band. I also had a great time participating as their mascot! This past week, we had the best time in Disney World and Universal Studios with the kids, Millie (14) and Ali (12). Overall, we’re having a blast renovating and getting some properties on the market, and I’m enjoying the transition to Monument Sotheby’s International Realty.”
EMILY SAAH DIEDRICH ’03 is back in school for a doctorate in nurse anesthesia at the University of Maryland Baltimore! Shares Emily, “We have two new pet tortoises: Jim and Pam. And I’m a new aunt twice! Not twins, two separate siblings. I’ve recently reconnected with Alexandra Sutton Lawrence ’03 for a few brunches and catching up! My daughter Darcy Diedrich ’32 performed (at Bryn Mawr) in the third grade’s ‘Great Myth’ play, and she will be performing the Maypole dance at Gym Drill this year. Excited for her to join me for the Banner March and can’t wait to see everyone for our 20th!”
In September, LAUREN AGLUBAT COX ’03 and AMY PRICE MARKWORT ’00 co-hosted the End of Summer Soirée fundraiser for the
L-CMD Research Foundation, a nonprofit founded by Hannah Lowe Corman ’01. The three Houstonians came together with local friends, including Mariel Lowe Borrel ’03 and Sara Desai ’01, to support rare disease research on behalf of Hannah’s son, Austin, who has a fatal childhood form of muscular dystrophy.
Shares ALEXANDRA SUTTON LAWRENCE ’03, “In 2022, my family and I moved back to Maryland with our 1-year-old daughter, Ava, and two rescue miniature schnauzers (Russell and Schuyler). Super happy to be back, and we’re now settled at our house in Columbia. I also left my role as vice president of conservation, justice and equity at Ocean Conservancy and accepted an appointment to be senior advisor on climate at the Peace Corps. I’ve been super busy with work travel, but hoping to spend the summer getting back into tennis and taking Ava on her first trip abroad!”
NINA THEMELIS ’03 has exciting news: She’s been serving as interim director of government relations for the mayor’s office here in Baltimore since November.
2006
HELEN KINSMAN HUGHES ’03 and HILARY MOORE MILLSPAUGH ’03 enjoyed a recent play date with Russell Hughes (4) and Lily Millspaugh (3).
JULIA BURKE ’06 got married in 2022 and was so grateful to be surrounded by her Bryn Mawr girls—Julia Dunbar Ricciardi ’06, Lauren Hickey Cummings ’06, Sarah Hemmendinger ’06, Cady Clapp ’06 and Jessica Mahoney ’06—for the celebration at the Baltimore Museum of Art!
Julia Burke ’06 celebrates her wedding surrounded by Bryn Mawr friends.
Lauren Aglubat Cox ’03 (right) and Amy Price Markwort ’00 (left) hosted a fundraiser for the L-CMD Research Foundation, a nonprofit founded by Hannah Lowe Corman ’01 (center).
Hilary Moore Millspaugh ’03 and Helen Kinsman Hughes ’03 enjoy time with their kids and playdates.
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Notes compiled and edited by Class Ambassadors Jasmine Harrison ’07 and Suzanna Rogers O’Connell ’07
“I live in Baltimore City with my husband and three kids— Lily (4), Penelope (3) and Charlie (8 months),” writes CAROLINE PIERSON AMES ’07. “I work as a pediatric nurse practitioner in primary care at Linthicum Pediatrics.”
MEG HANLEY ’07 shares, “My update is that after spending the last four years in medical school in New Hampshire, I have matched into a urology residency in Denver and will be moving with my soon-to-be husband, Tim (Gilman ’06). Can’t wait to have more sunny days, ski and reconnect with Suz Rogers O’Connell ’07!!! This year, I was lucky to be included in a cross-country (XC) skiing hut-to-hut trip with Margaret Yellot ’03 and my sister Christina Hanley BeckerBirck ’02 in the HundredMile Wilderness of Maine. Speaking of Maine, it’s been fun to reconnect with Rebecca Thomas ’06 while living in New England. A wintry weekend with classmates Stella Davis Roark ’07, Lucy Pompa ’07 and Flannery Gallagher ’07 in New Hampshire remains the highlight of the past month for me.
MARY BLAKE BONN ROSE ’07 writes, “I am about to finish my doctorate in music theory from the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada. My dissertation focuses on the role of pronunciation in the music of English protest singer Billy Bragg. Specifically, I am writing about the role that
pronunciation—or singing accent—has played in Bragg’s creation of a musical identity and how pronunciation interacts with other musical features, such as melody, rhythm and timbre. I was even able to work an anecdote about Dayseye into the introductory chapter of my dissertation! In addition to my doctoral work, I am currently teaching French as a second language to employees of the government of Canada and am active as a volunteer with the environmental advocacy organization Citizens’ Climate Lobby. I have recently had meetings with Canadian senators Rosa Galvez and Kim Pate and with Shelby DavisPrettiman ’13, a team member for Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen (and a fellow Bryn Mawr alumna!).”
EMMY MATHEWS
WACHTMEISTER ’07 had a second child in May of 2022 —Hans! “He’ll join big sister Macky at the Bryn Mawr Little School in the Fall of 2023.”
“I founded a consulting firm in 2021, Philanthropy for the People (philanthropyfor thepeople.com), focused on centering equity and social justice in philanthropy,” shares APRIL WALKER ’07. “As founder and CEO, I’ve had clients/ partnerships/keynote speaking opportunities throughout the country (including with the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, Boys & Girls Clubs of America and The Columbus Foundation, to name a few).
I’ve lived in the Midwest (first Chicago, now Cleveland) for the past 10 years, but I’m done with these winters, so I’m heading somewhere warm next.”
“I never left Denver after college,” shares SUZ ROGERS O’CONNELL ’07 and “I live here with my husband and our 2-year-old daughter, Clementine. I have been working in product design for the past 11 years, the bulk of which has been in streaming TV apps. I’m most looking forward to Meg Hanley ’07 moving out to Denver this summer!
2007
Emmy Mathews Wachtmeister ’07’s son will join his big sister at Bryn Mawr’s Little School this fall.
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Clementine, daughter of Suzanna Rogers O’Connell ’07, has great style!
Notes compiled and edited by Class
Ambassador
Annie Thomas ’09
This past year was incredible for BRITTANY CLAPP
JAKUBIK ’09, LCSW-C. Brittany got married to her longtime partner who she met originally on the 2006 German exchange trip with St. Paul’s. Brittany welcomed a 5-yearold Oldenburg horse to her family, named Julius, whom she loves to show. Brittany also opened her own therapy practice for youth ages 10 and up, located in Towson, Maryland. Brittany specializes in working with youth with anxiety and depression (Brittanyyouththerapy.com).
2011
Class Ambassador GRACIE HARRINGTON ’11 lives in Philadelphia with her sweet dog, Mittsy Rae! “I work as a fundraiser at the University of Pennsylvania, where I travel throughout the country to meet with donors. Just recently, I purchased my first house, an updated trinity built in 1817. I recently saw my classmates Maggie Kandel ’11, Ellen Meny ’11, Aleeza Hashmi ’11 and Erin Godwin ’11 for a girls’ weekend in Philly. It even included Maggie’s homemade daisy bracelets.”
ALEX BURKHART ’10 joined Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) in May where she works with Julia Murphy ’94. Alex is leading the City Design practice.
2012
Notes compiled and edited by Class Ambassador Caitlin Maloney Haus ’12
NANCY DUNBAR-ABBAEI ’12 recently started her third year of medical school at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, with the support of her husband and Lefty, their dog!
ANNA FEISS ’12 is living in Aspen, Colorado, with her fiancé, Ian, and dog, Sephy. She is working for an education nonprofit, Folio Collaborative, with two Bryn Mawr alumnae: Meredith Monk Ford ’00 (executive director and Anna’s eighth grade history teacher) and Carey Fetting-Smith ’01. Anna loves skiing and trail running in the Rockies. She will start her master’s of education entrepreneurship at the University of Pennsylvania in August.
JOSIE GEORGE ’12, who works as a manager at Accenture, recently moved to Telluride, Colorado, where she is enjoying the ski season and her new puppy, Ivy!
Brittany
This past year has been a whirlwind for ANNIE THOMAS ’09. Writes Annie, “In 2022, I worked on an Oscar-winning documentary, started a new job in Denver, Colorado, as chief of staff and got married in October in Charlottesville, Virginia.”
CASEY BRUMBACK ’12 lives in Hampden with her husband and her cat, Sancho. She’s obsessed with Peloton and finally planning a trip to Japan after COVID canceled it. Last year, she started a clerkship for a federal judge at the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.
ELIZA CAPLAN ’12, a recent graduate of Columbia Business School, is living in Bethesda and working at Washington Place Equities. She recently joined the Black & White planning committee for the Pratt Contemporaries.
New Alumnae Association Board member, CAITLIN MALONEY HAUS ’12 joined the Pratt Contemporaries board in 2022. She’s an energy transactions and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) associate at McGuireWoods and lives in Baltimore with her husband and Bucky, her puppy.
Congratulations go out to MYRA HYDER ’12, who graduated from the New York University School of Law last year and is currently working at the Vera Institute of Justice! She recently marked 10 years of living in New York City!
NADIA LANIYAN ’12 completed a yearlong congressional fellowship with the senate committee on finance in August 2022. Nadia now leads the health policy team in the office of Senator Cory
2009
Clapp Jakubik ’09 and her horse Julius.
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Booker (D-N.J.). Nadia recently joined the advisory council for the master’s in management program at the University of Maryland Smith School of Business. In her spare time, she works at a flower shop in Washington, D.C., learning floral design.
CHECCA MARCHESE ’12 is getting married in September! She is currently working at Insight Global and living in Memphis, with plans to move back to the Maryland area this summer.
LANEY MANN ’12 works at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center as a pediatric nurse. She recently received
her master’s in nursing as a pediatric nurse practitioner and lives in New York City with her husband and Ziggy, their dog!
HANNAH PARK ’12 is a registered nurse in the pediatric oncology unit at Johns Hopkins Hospital. She is also currently in school for her doctorate in the acute/primary pediatric nurse practitioner program at Hopkins.
Having recently moved back from living in London for a year and a half, ELIZA STEINER ’12 is back in Baltimore and working in product operations for leadership coaching and education company ExecOnline. She is currently
living in Roland Park with her 1-year-old King Charles cavalier, Daisy Lou.
CAROLINE TURCO ’12 is an account manager for Chartis Workforce Solutions, formerly known as the Greeley Company. She currently lives in Dansville, New York, with her husband and two dogs. She is expecting a baby boy in early June!
KATE WALKER ’12 moved to New York City last year after five years of living in Washington, D.C., and has enjoyed getting to travel the world for her new job as a strategy senior associate at JP Morgan.
2013
Right as Rain!
Eliza Steiner ’12 weathered the storm during a rainy Gym Drill in May 2022 for her 10th reunion and was joined by her mother Catherine Whitehurst Steiner ’82 P’12 ’16.
TANNER HARRIS ’13 sent this update on life since graduating from Bryn Mawr: “After graduation, I went on to study engineering at North Carolina State University. After graduating with my bachelor of science in industrial and systems engineering, I led an impactful career at Lockheed Martin Space Systems as well as Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, serving as an industrial engineer, quality engineer and engineering capital equipment buyer. Most notably, I led various initiatives encouraging production excellence, managed the quality and sustainability of the F-35 infrared technology and coordinated the international acquisition of engineering capital equipment. While working as an engineer, I got my master’s of business administration from Temple University, with a focus in strategic management. After working as an engineer for three years, I decided to pursue a juris doctor (J.D.).
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I am currently a 2L at the Washington College of Law (WCL), American University. At WCL, I serve as president of the National Black Law Students Association (BLSA). In addition, I am a member of WCL’s BLSA negotiation team, the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, the Sports & Entertainment Law Society, the National Black Law Students Association and the Washington State Bar Association. I also serve as a staffer on the Administrative Law Review (ALR), the only ABA-partnered student law journal. After obtaining my J.D. in May 2024, I will work as an associate at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP in their Washington, D.C., office, where I currently work as a summer associate. Whew! Lots to update on … ”
MADDIE BRIGHTMAN
MADORE ’13 got married September 24, 2022! Shares Maddie, “I relocated to ESPN’s Washington, D.C., office in August 2021, and currently work on SportsCenter with Scott Van Pelt as a content producer.”
KYLE STEWART RAFFERTY ’13 shares that she got married in July 2022 and writes, “No kids or grad school on the immediate horizon,” but she is loving her job working at Accenture as a management consulting manager focused on change management for Fortune 500 companies.
COURTNEY JONES ROSS ’13 got married in 2020, had a baby girl in 2021 and was promoted this year to software engineer III.
AMANDA WAGNER ’13 also recently got married and received a promotion at McCormick.
2014
PAIGE MICHAUD ’14 enjoyed a ski trip this past February in Breckenridge, Colorado, with classmates Audrey Song ’14 and Shae Rhinehart ’14.
2015
JULIE BLAZE ’15 writes, “I have recently been promoted to merchant level at Abercrombie & Fitch’s corporate global home office! I helped launch the new activewear brand ‘Your Personal Best,’ owning the men’s assortment and building out a new opportunity within the Abercrombie & Fitch customer market base.”
CLAIRE DRIGOTAS ’15 is in medical school at Case Western Reserve University.
MONITA HARRISON-TRAVIS ’15 shares, “I’m currently a secondyear law student in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.”
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Notes compiled and edited by Class Ambassador Serena Patel ’16
MARGOT CHIRIKJIAN ’16 is a third-year doctorate student at Columbia University in biomedical sciences. She’s enjoying living in New York City!
SHANNON BITTNER ’16 is living in Baltimore and working in the field of pediatric mental health care. Shares Shannon, “I’ve just reached and passed the halfway point on my way to getting my master’s in clinical mental health counseling from Johns Hopkins University!”
ZIPI DIAMOND ’16 got married in June 2022. Her best friend from Bryn Mawr, Sol Iriarte ’16, was her maid of honor. Zipi and her husband recently moved from Minnesota to Madison, Wisconsin, where he is in law school. Zipi is combining her passion for research and early childhood development by working for a research nonprofit that aims to improve the well-being of young children.
Reports MAIRE STIERER
MEHL ’16, “I am in the Advanced Core of Medical Sciences (ACMS) program at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University and will matriculate to medical school there next year. And I got married in 2020!”
“I have recently joined the Peace Corps as a youth development volunteer in the Dominican Republic,” writes ELLEN WARD ’16. “I was sworn in November 2 officially as a volunteer and then went to work in the Barahona Province in a primary school assisting the administration team to achieve youth development goals.”
Zipi Diamond ’16 celebrates her June 2022 wedding.
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2017
ADIA CULLORS ’17 served as an assistant historical consultant on the Hulu series Kindred and is on the Maryland Film Festival screening committee.
LAURA DENICK ’17 is working in ESG (environmental, social and governance) consulting in New York City.
KITTY MAGUIRE ’17 is currently in veterinary school and in a master’s in public health program at the University of Pennsylvania.
SOPHIA YAZIGI ’17 shares that she is working in finance in Chicago, her “dream city.”
2018
EVA ABEL ’18 is working in Boston.
MAIA FARAONE ’18 shares, “I am in nursing school in Memphis, Tennessee, at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center!”
MILAN GEORGE ’18 is in law school at Fordham Law in New York City.
MARYAM HYDER ’18 graduated from Barnard College this past May and is now pursuing a master’s of public health at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health!
LUCY KAUFMAN ’18 just started her first job as a paralegal with the Manhattan district attorney’s office!
GABBY LIU ’18 is applying for graduate school.
HELEN MACKAY ’18 shares, “I am living in Seville, Spain, and have been working as an English teacher at a secondary school here since October.
I am starting graduate school this summer at St. Joseph’s
University Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program in Philadelphia.”
Reports NATALIE MARANTO ’18, “I will be a juris doctor (J.D.) candidate at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law starting next fall. I also took a two-monthlong solo road trip across the country last spring, hitting 22 states and visiting five BMS friends.”
ANIYA MARTIN ’18 writes, “I just completed my first semester of grad school at Georgetown University and my first seven months at my new job with Constellation Energy. Over the summer, I went to Jamaica, Rome, Barcelona and Dubai!!”
JULIA PHILIPPE-AUGUSTE ’18 shares, “I graduated magna cum laude from Wellesley College with a double major in French and sociology. I’m currently working as a teaching assistant in France (Académie de Lyon).”
GILLIAN ROECA ’18 has a new job as a management consultant.
HANNAH SAWA ’18 graduated from her undergrad program in May 2022 and reports being “in the middle of the long job search process now!” She’s at home in Baltimore now but looking to return to Washington, D.C., soon, hopefully with a job in the sports industry.
CAMILLA SCHREIBER ’18 applied to veterinary school and is “currently working as a fulltime veterinary technician at an animal hospital in New Orleans. Hoping to start vet school in August 2023.”
SYDNEY STEPHENSON ’18 is in grad school studying sports administration at Boston College. Sydney says, “I’m also currently applying to law school for fall 2023.”
2019
ADIA HILL ’19 moved to Los Angeles, California, and started as a politics and news marketing coordinator at Crooked Media.
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Notes compiled and edited by Class Ambassador Inara Jalisi ’20
MARIA AVERSANO ’20 is “excited about a position I got in a research lab on my campus. I am working on helping to develop a metaanalysis about child reactivity to interparental conflict and violence. Participating in this is a first step toward the bigger world of psychology, which I am planning on being a part of in the future.” She is also excited about going to Germany to visit AnnaSophie “who was the exchange student who lived with me during our junior year.” Maria is “also working year-round, both remotely and in person at Cylburn Arboretum/The Howard Rawlings Conservatory in events, which has proven to be an incredibly enriching experience.”
Shares SONA KUKREJA ’20, “Erica Duh ’20 and I got movie passes and spent a whole summer watching every movie playing in theaters!!”
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RACHEL LEE ’20 and Alex Joy Schenning ’22, current students at Vanderbilt University, enjoyed a visit from Bryn Mawr School Assistant Director of College Counseling Shanae Giles.
GRAY PURCELL ’20 spent her spring semester studying abroad at the University of Wollongong in Australia.
“This year, I have really invested in my sewing hobby,” shares TABI SUMMERS ’20 “I have created a lot of new items that I have worn throughout the year. This month, I have reconnected with Ellie Citron ’18, a current student at The University of Virginia Law, who encouraged me to be on The Quill when I was a freshman. The Quill became one of the most important parts of my time at Bryn Mawr, thanks to Ellie!”
2022
ALEX JOY SCHENNING ’22 is a current student at Vanderbilt University and recently caught up with some Bryn Mawr connections!
ELLA BOX ’22 shares, “I will be raising a service dog with Canine Companions beginning in early September! The puppy, 8 weeks old upon arrival, will live and work on basic commands with me for 15 months!”
Class Ambassador LANA MILMAN ’22 joined the COVID-19 Dashboard team at Johns Hopkins University in March 2020, following an internship with Dr. Lauren Gardner the previous summer. She spent the past three years assisting with data and media collection and communication, and with the sunset of the dashboard this spring, she is being recognized along with the others who contributed to the project. She said that “it has been a privilege contributing to this resource for the past few years alongside such a committed team.”
InMary Stewart Hammond Allen ’58
Helene Kidd Burgin ’52
Eleanor Parker Cadwalader ’46
Patricia Perry Coughlin ’58
Diana Digges ’70
Carol Hilbert Domnisse ’63
Jennifer Griffin ’88
Eleanor Rutledge Holt ’47
Anne Howard Stick
Hopkins ’46
Sarah Dixon Isaacs ’68
Mary Lee Longcope
Johansen ’40
Ruth Stimson Kemp ’52
Phoebe Levering ’67
Charlton Merrick McLean ’49
Victoria Miller ’74
Bardelle Adams Offutt ’60
Rosita Canevaro Pesenti ’63
Dorothy Wolff Phipps ’50
Rose Johnson Randall ’43
Glenda Holder Rawley ’56
Dorothy Fitzgerald Ross ’47
Julia P. Shaeffer ’77
Mary Waters Niles Shepley ’49
Linell Nash Smith ’50
Judith Stone Sopher ’58
Bettye Bennett Speed ’49
Sigrid Johnson Treat ’47
Custis Broyles Wright ’42
Bryn Mawr College Counselor Shanae Giles (right) visited Rachel Lee ’20 (center) and Alex Joy Schenning ’22 (left).
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This list represents alumnae whose passing we were made aware of over the last year. We honor their memories here.
Welch’s Falls
Cumberland
Ozone Falls
By Kate LeBoutillier O’Neill ’62
TOP OF PAGE: Fia (left) chats with actress Emma Pasarow (right) while filming a scene for her film Along for the Ride.
ABOVE: Behind the scenes on the set of Along for the Ride.
ABOVE: Fia surrounded by crates that made up the set of the play Nylon, which went up at Theaterlab in 2019.
ABOVE: Rheeqrheeq on set as Penelope in the pilot episode of the Netflix series GLOW.
All photos provided by Rheeqrheeq Chainey ’07.
Rheeqrheeq
TOP OF PAGE: With nearly 40 acting credits to her name, Marita says her mission is “to represent diverse voices and make people feel seen.” (Photo credit: Dana Patrick Photography)
ABOVE LEFT: Marita delivers news as Dr. Lewis on HBO’s The Sex Lives of College Girls. (Photo via HBO)
ABOVE RIGHT: Marita at the premiere of the sci-fi series Sons of the Universe.
TOP OF PAGE: Miranda on set in Vancouver filming Alaska Daily for ABC in November 2022.
ABOVE LEFT: Miranda in rehearsal with her theater company, LubDub Theatre Co., February 2023.
(Photo credit: Bjorn Bolinder)
ABOVE RIGHT: Safi Martin Yé performs Miranda’s play A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction at Théâtre Vidy, 2021, in Lausanne, Switzerland. (Photo credit: Claudia Ndebele)
TERRY WATSON ’58 CELEBRATES HER GRANDDAUGHTER ABBY WATSON ’23’S GRADUATION.
JEN TRUSTY VENTIMIGLIA ’00 (LEFT) AND MARISA PIO RODA ’93 (RIGHT) WITH THEIR DAUGHTERS SOFIA VENTIMIGLIA ’30 AND PAULENA PIO RODA LIM ’30.
ALLY SCHMIDT ’34 AND RORY SCHMIDT ’30 WITH GRANDMOTHER CAROL JACKSON HAIGH ’69 AT THE GENERATIONS SOCIAL.
JJ SURIANO ’23 RINGS THE BELL WITH HER MOTHER JESSICA WOLF SURRIANO ’92 AND AUNT MOLLY WOLF ’12.
GEORGIE SMITH ’72 AND MARK FETTING ENJOY GRANDPARENTS’ DAY WITH GRANDDAUGHTER FRANCIE MCGUIRE ’33.
