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Casey Lintern Rogers ‘98 Director of The Ellen Fund. Led

by Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi, the fund supports global conservation efforts for endangered species.

Major: Dance Hometown: Santa Barbara, Calif.

1. What motivates you? A desire to do good in the world

1. What motivates you? Learning new things or skills

2. What’s your dream destination abroad? Patagonia

2. What’s your dream destination abroad? Lake Baikal, Siberia

3. Who inspires you? Young people around the world who are recognizing their voice and agency and mobilizing to create a more sustainable world

3. Who inspires you? People who immigrate to places where they don’t speak the language and where others don’t speak their language

4. What languages do you speak?

English, some Spanish and Swahili

4. What languages do you speak?

English, Russian and Spanish

5. What’s your best travel tip? Only pack what you can carry

5. What’s your best travel tip? Travel only with a carry-on

6. Window or aisle? Aisle

6. Window or aisle? For a short flight, aisle

7. What are you working on right now? At The Ellen Fund, we are focused on supporting global conservation efforts for endangered species, partnering with the Fossey Fund to build a campus for mountain gorilla conservation in Rwanda and promoting awareness about global conservation efforts 8. What’s the first thing you do when you return home from abroad?

Enjoy a cup of tea and a piece of Vegemite toast 9. Which faculty member inspired you the most? Professor of Dance Donna Davenport 10. What was your last volunteer experience? Cooking and serving dinner at our local church 11. What one change would make the world a better place? Treating one another with love and kindness

7. What are you working on right now? Choreographing a dance for the Junior/Senior Dance Concert that combines my dance and Russian majors 8. What’s the first thing you do when you return home from abroad?

Greet my dogs, take a shower and go to sleep

Sarah Cavanaugh ‘20 Fulbright-Hays Scholarship recipient. Cavanaugh spent a semester teaching folk dancing in Barnaul, Russia.

Majors: Dance, Russian Area Studies Hometown: Hopkinton, Mass.

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Parallels

9. Which faculty member inspires you the most? Assistant Professor of Dance Kelly Johnson

From the

10. What was your last volunteer experience? Volunteering at an animal shelter

Ground

11. What one change would make the world a better place? Remembering that everyone deserves to have their humanity and dignity recognized

INSIDE FPO

The Seneca Nation, the Pulteney Estate and the Pre-history of HWS

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Exploring literal and figurative foundations

In this issue focused on foundations, we start with a look at the oldest building on campus, Geneva Hall, built in 1822. Beginning in 1891, students carved their names into the cornerstones of the northeast and southeast walls along with their class year and motto.

(The northeast corner is shown above.) Eventually, classes raised funds to have names professionally carved. The tradition continued until 1925.

ON THE COVER: EARLY MORNING SUN ON THE QUAD. PHOTO BY KEVIN COLTON.

Contents

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FEATURE STORIES

HWS COMMUNITY

CLASSNOTES

2 | Upfront: A letter from

28 | From the Ground Up

44 | KA Celebrates 175 years

50 | Catch up with your

38 | The Lay of the Land

45 | Alum Event Photos

President Jacobsen

14 | Photography Gifts 18 | Seneca Review at 50

48 | Indelible Effects

classmates

80 | The Last Word

22 | New Leadership for Athletics

VOLUME XLV, NUMBER TWO/ THE PULTENEY STREET SURVEY is published by the Office of Marketing and Communications, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 300 Pulteney Street, Geneva, New York 14456-3397, (315) 781-3700. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Pulteney Street Survey, c/o Alumni House Records, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 300 Pulteney St., Geneva, New York 14456-3397.

Hobart and William Smith Colleges are committed to providing a non-discriminatory and harassment-free educational, living, and working environment for all members of the HWS community, including students, faculty, staff, volunteers, and visitors. HWS prohibits discrimination and harassment in their programs and activities on the basis of age, color, disability, domestic violence victim status, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or any other status protected under the law. Discrimination on the basis of sex includes sexual harassment, sexual violence, sexual assault, other forms of sexual misconduct including stalking and intimate partner violence, and gender-based harassment that does not involve conduct of a sexual nature.

EDITOR, VICE PRESIDENT FOR MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS Catherine Williams / ART DIRECTOR/DESIGNER Peggy Kowalik / SENIOR EDITOR Bethany Snyder / CONTRIBUTING WRITERS/EDITORS Ken DeBolt, Mackenzie Larsen ’12, Mary LeClair, Bethany Snyder, Natalia St. Lawrence ’16, Andrew Wickenden ’09, Catherine Williams and Amanda Zumpano / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS ABC Creative, Drew Altizer, Kevin Colton, Adam Farid ’20, Ronnie Farley, Ken Johnson, Danny Schweers, Neil Sjoblom ’75, Jared Weeden ’91, Jonathan Wong/South China Morning Post via Getty Images and Doug Zacker/Zacker Images / PRESIDENT Joyce P. Jacobsen / THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES CHAIR Thomas S. Bozzuto ’68, L.H.D. ’18 / VICE CHAIRS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Cynthia Gelsthrope Fish ’82, Craig R. Stine ’81, P’17 / VICE PRESIDENT FOR ADVANCEMENT Robert B. O’Connor / William Smith Alumnae Association Officers: Julie Bazan ’93, President; Kirra Henick-Kling Guard ’08, MAT ’09, Vice President; Jane M. Erickson ’07, Immediate Past President; Carla DeLucia ’05, Historian / Hobart Alumni Association Officers: Dr. Richard S. Solomon ’75, P’10, President; The Hon. Ludwig P. Gaines ’88, Vice President; Frank V. Aloise ’87, Immediate Past President; Rafael A. Rodriguez ’07, Historian / For questions and comments about the magazine or to submit a story idea, please e-mail Catherine Williams at cwilliams@hws.edu or Bethany Snyder at bsnyder@hws.edu.

The pages of this publication were printed using 100% recycled paper which enables the environmental savings equivalent to the following: • 244 trees preserved for the future • 18,227 gal. US of water saved • 35,342 lbs. CO2 saved from being emitted • 403 MMBTU of energy not consumed * * These calculations were derived from the RollandEco-calculator.

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Upfront Dear Friends,

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have had the privilege these past several months of traveling across the country to meet with a great number of alumni, alumnae, parents and friends of Hobart and William Smith, all of whom have expressed their support for the Colleges and their excitement for our future. I’m looking forward to meeting many more of you as my schedule takes me to Saratoga, Denver, Seattle, San Francisco and Boston in the next couple of months. Please join me at these celebrations of HWS and, as always, return to campus for Reunion 2020 from June 5 – 7. There’s no easier way to stay engaged and learn how you can be part of the Colleges’ future than by attending one of our events regionally or in Geneva.

While visiting alumni and alumnae in Florida, President Joyce P. Jacobsen and Vice President for Advancement Bob O’Connor P‘22 met with Rebecca Fox L.H.D. ’95 Here on campus, there’s been noteworthy (center), former dean of William Smith College and the current Dean of the Division of activity as I’ve finalized the leadership team at Continuing and International Education at the University of Miami. the Colleges, making important appointments in academics, athletics, inclusion, alumni and alumnae relations and the Hobart Dean’s Office, all described in detail on the following pages. With these appointments, we have resolved all interim and unfilled leadership positions, and clarified our administrative structures moving forward.

I’m pleased to report that with the significant efforts of many, including the guidance of the Board of Trustees, we are establishing a firm platform for the future with a renewed strategic planning process, an increased applicant pool and record-breaking philanthropy. I am grateful to so many of you who recommend the Colleges to prospective students and who have already made a gift to HWS, whether through planned giving, the annual fund or a targeted campaign like February’s Athletic Day of Donors.

All of this progress emerges from the foundation of the institution and the nearly 200 years of perseverance, tenacity and innovation that characterize the Colleges. In this issue of The Pulteney Street Survey, we investigate some of those foundations, taking a deeper look into the Seneca land on which the Colleges are built; profiling alumni and alumnae whose careers and lives intersect with concepts of foundations – literally and figuratively; and recounting the history of the Seneca Review on its 50th birthday.

As I continue on my #ExploreHWS journey for the academic year, I have finished visiting all of our buildings and outdoor areas and have shifted to learning more about the people and activities that populate them. Every day I learn something new and interesting about the Colleges, whether by attending thoughtprovoking academic events on campus, student performances, gallery exhibits and athletic contests or by interviewing interesting people through my podcast (see facing page for details).

My best wishes for a wonderful spring, and don’t hesitate to contact me with your thoughts about any matter regarding the Colleges.

Sincerely,

Joyce P. Jacobsen President

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SUBSCRIBE Subscribe to The Pulteney Street Podcast and join President Joyce P. Jacobsen as she interviews members of the HWS community. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Sticher or your podcast app of choice. Have an idea for someone to interview? Contact president@hws.edu.

Before my arrival at Hobart and William Smith, I was very interested in the coordinate tradition as one of the defining characteristics of the Colleges. I have spent time reading on the subject and listening to many of those with a lived history. As a newcomer, I noticed that here, in a way that is more deliberate than I’ve seen elsewhere, we seek to ensure that everyone is included. When William Smith College was founded in 1908, women were the focus of this inclusion. That has not changed, but today’s students also express difference with a complexity that requires expanded modes of recognition and support. Having given it a great deal of thought, I’ve developed a statement about the coordinate model that I’ve shared on our website.

Through last year’s vote by the Board of Trustees enacting a wide range of actions including the creation of a joint diploma option, we are seeing in real time the contemporization of coordinate. Learn more, see my statement and share your reflections with me at hws.edu/coordinate.

PAST EPISODES HAVE FEATURED John Grotzinger ’79, Sc.D. ’13, Fletcher Jones Professor of Geology at the California Institute of Technology and Project Scientist for the Mars Science Laboratory Kay Payne ’73, Professor Emerita of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Howard University

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HWS Welcomed into Leading Liberal Arts Consortium

Hobart and William Smith students interested in pursuing legal careers now have the opportunity to earn a bachelor’s degree from the Colleges and a law degree from Cornell University.

A memorandum of understanding signed by both institutions has established the Law Early Admissions Program (LEAP), a “3+3” joint degree framework that allows participating HWS students to complete their undergraduate and legal education in six years rather than the typical seven. The memorandum was approved by unanimous vote of the faculty of Cornell Law School and by Hobart and William Smith’s Committee on Academic Affairs.

“Thanks to the months of planning and collaboration between HWS and Cornell, our students now have the opportunity to build on a unique liberal arts education at HWS with a degree from one of the best law schools in the world,” says Professor of Philosophy and newly named Hobart Dean Scott Brophy ’78, P’12, the Colleges’ pre-law adviser.

Hobart and William Smith have been selected as the newest member of a consortium of 24 renowned institutions devoted to advancing liberal arts education. As part of the Alliance to Advance Liberal Arts Colleges (AALAC), HWS will work with other member colleges to enhance student experiences, develop faculty leadership and better address the challenges facing liberal arts colleges in the U.S.

“For the past decade, AALAC’s “For the past decade, workshop program has enabled AALAC’s workshop faculty at many of the nation’s leading liberal arts colleges to come together program has enabled around shared research and teaching faculty at many of the interests and to create valuable and nation’s leading liberal enduring professional networks,” says arts colleges to come Andrew Shennan, Provost and Dean together around shared of the College at Wellesley College. research and teaching “The AALAC deans are delighted interests and to create to welcome HWS into our group valuable and enduring and confident that HWS faculty professional networks.” will contribute significantly to these networks.”

OTHER JOINT DEGREE PROGRAMS

AALAC members include: Amherst College, Barnard College, Bryn Mawr College, Carleton College, Colorado College, Davidson College, Denison University, Furman University, Grinnell College, Haverford College, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Macalester College, Middlebury College, Mount Holyoke College, Oberlin College, Pomona College, Reed College, Rhodes College, Scripps College, Smith College, Swarthmore College, Vassar College, Wesleyan University, Wellesley College and Williams College.

• Engineering (through the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Columbia University and the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College) • Business (through Clarkson University and the Saunders School of Business at the Rochester Institute of Technology) • Nursing (through the University of Rochester School of Nursing)

Continued Success for Debate Team The HWS Debate Team continues to make its mark around the world. Bart Lahiff ’20, Jacob Wallman ’20, Reed Herter ’21 and Sarim Karim ’21 recently competed in the 2020 Worlds University Debating Championship held in Bangkok, Thailand.

Considered the most prestigious debate tournament in the world, the competition included the best debaters from more than 50 countries. Lahiff and Karim had a strong showing and narrowly missed advancing to final rounds, while Wallman made it to the final round of the World Public Speaking Competition.

Reed Herter ’21, Bart Lahiff ’20, Assistant Coach Marlene Price, Sarim Karim ’22 and Jacob Wallman ’20 at the 2020 Worlds University Debating Championship in Thailand.

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Curry ’75 to Deliver Commencement Address At Commencement on Sunday, May 17, Hobart and William Smith will award the institution’s highest honor to three individuals whose personal and professional achievements intersect with critical aspects of the Colleges’ history.

Honorary doctorates will be presented to the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, the Most Rev. Bishop Michael B. Curry ’75, who will deliver the 2020 Commencement address; philanthropist and advocate for increased female leadership Margaret “Peggy” Bokan Greenawalt ’66; and artist, activist and Historic Site Manager of Ganondagan State Historic Site G. Peter Jemison.

“As we approach the Hobart bicentennial in 2022 and the centennial of the ratification of the 19th amendment in 2020, we are taking stock of our history and the foundations from which the Colleges emerged,” says President Joyce P. Jacobsen. “In honoring this year’s esteemed recipients, we also wish to honor Hobart’s Episcopal heritage, William Smith’s continued commitment to leadership and the Colleges’ overall dedication to inclusion, and the provenance of the land the Colleges call home.”

The Most Rev. Bishop Michael B. Curry ’75 is the first African American to serve as Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church. An advocate for an inclusive, authentic ministry committed to racial reconciliation, equal justice and equal opportunity, in 2015 Curry was elected the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church.

Curry earned a degree in religious studies from Hobart and a master’s of divinity from Yale Divinity School. In 2016, he received the Hobart Medal of Excellence, the Hobart College Alumni Association’s highest honor.

Margaret “Peggy” Bokan Greenawalt ’66 is a noted philanthropist devoted to supporting education, the arts and the advancement of women in leadership roles. She rose through the hierarchy The Most Rev. Bishop Michael B. Curry ’75 of the finance industry, holding leadership positions Margaret “Peggy” Bokan Greenawalt ’66 at Citibank, Citicorp and Monchik-Weber and has served on the boards of directors for numerous not-for-profit organizations. In 2015, she established the Margaret Greenawalt ’66 Annual Scholarship, which pays off the student loan debt of a William Smith graduate who intends to pursue a career in finance and who has completed an internship on Wall Street. In 2018, she began supporting two students each year. Greenawalt earned a degree in economics from William Smith and a master’s in business administration from Columbia Graduate School of Business.

G. Peter Jemison is a member of the Heron Clan of the Seneca Nation and a leading authority on Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) history. As a fine artist, he works in a range of media to explore political and social subjects and his relationship with the natural world. Jemison is the historic site manager of the Ganondagan State Historic Site in Victor, N.Y., where he oversees resources and programs that tell the story of Haudenosaunee contributions to agriculture, art, culture and government. Jemison earned a bachelor’s in art education from Buffalo State College and was awarded an honorary doctorate of fine arts from the State G. Peter Jemison University of New York in 2003.

PHOTO BY RONNIE FARLEY

Bokan Greenawalt ’66 and Jemison to Receive Honorary Degrees

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HWS Ranks High in Impact and Value In the 2020 edition of Best Value Colleges, Princeton Review ranks Hobart and William Smith among the nation’s top 25 schools for campus engagement. The annual list also recognizes HWS for academics, financial aid and strong career prospects for graduates.

The Colleges were ranked 15th on the list of 25 schools for “Making an Impact,” based on student survey responses to questions about community service opportunities, active student governments, leading sustainability efforts and on campus student engagement. High job meaning, as reported by graduates, is also a factor. This is the third consecutive year Hobart and William Smith have been recognized in the “Making an Impact” category.

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among the nation’s top 25 schools for campus engagement

HWS Earns Carnegie Designation Hobart and William Smith have been named among only 23 designated institutions in New York to receive the 2020 Carnegie Community Engagement Classification endorsement. The classification was launched in 2005 by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to recognize higher education institutions that express their commitment to public purpose in and through community engagement.

“The City is proud of the many collaborations with HWS. The reciprocal nature of our partnership puts Geneva on the map for being a service learning community,” says Geneva City Manager Sage Gerling. “HWS faculty and staff serve on local City boards; students participate in days of service, special projects and internships; and City officials often interact with students through interviews for course assignments and class discussions. I am always grateful to visit classes to share information about Geneva’s comprehensive plan and other initiatives, all created and implemented with the collaboration and participation from HWS faculty, staff, and students.”

Hobart and William Smith are again among U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most Fulbright U.S. Student Award winners. Each year the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces the top producing institutions for the U.S. government’s flagship international educational exchange program. In the past five years through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, 25 HWS students have been awarded full research grants and English Teaching Assistantships that take them around the world.

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President Joyce P. Jacobsen Inaugurated On Oct. 18, 2019, Joyce P. Jacobsen was officially installed as the 29th president of Hobart College

and the 18th of William Smith College during an inauguration ceremony on the Hobart Quadrangle.

Jacobsen used her speech to contest the idea that institutions of higher education are in crisis and to remind the gathered students, faculty, staff, alums and guests that colleges — and specifically Hobart and William Smith — have a long history of successfully weathering challenges.

She described Hobart and William Smith as “spunky, scrappy colleges that have survived numerous existential threats over their years and nonetheless just keep on keeping on, hustling and marketing and serving President Joyce P. Jacobsen accepts the seals of the Colleges while HWS Interim Provost DeWayne Lucas, Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees Craig R. Stine ’81, P’17 and Chair of the Board of Trustees the community in which they are Thomas S. Bozzuto ’68, L.H.D. ’18 look on. embedded,” and declared “a college still provides the single best bet for having a positive transformational experience that lays the groundwork for a successful adulthood.” You can read her entire inauguration speech online at www2.hws.edu/president/inauguration.

PHOTOS BY KEVIN COLTON

President Jacobsen shows off the Hobart and William Students enjoy Steak Night at Saga as part of the Smith mittens made for her by Hut Beall P’23. inauguration festivities.

President Jacobsen sits in with the string quartet before the inauguration dinner.

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nationwide search for a new provost and dean of faculty took Hobart and William Smith on a journey of nearly 2,000 miles — to the campus of Pomona College in Claremont, Calif. That’s where the search committee found Dr. Mary L. Coffey, who assumed her duties at HWS in January.

At Pomona, Coffey served as the Senior Associate Dean in the Office of the Dean of the College and Vice President for Academic Affairs. A tenured member of the faculty in Pomona’s Department of Romance Languages and Literature, Coffey is recognized for her expertise in 19th and early-20th century Spanish literature and culture, and is the author of two books on the subject.

“I am thrilled that Professor Coffey has joined Hobart and William Smith,” says President Joyce P. Jacobsen. “She is an exceptionally talented scholar and teacher who has spent the better part of the last decade excelling in complex administrative roles at one of our nation’s top liberal arts institutions, serving the faculty at Pomona with distinction and success. She is already making a positive impact at Hobart and William Smith.”

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Leadership Changes for Diversity and Hobart Dean’s Offices “I could see that there was a vibrant community here, and I wanted to be a part of it.”

“When I came to campus I had the chance to meet faculty, staff and students, and they were truly impressive,” says Coffey, who oversees the entire faculty and curriculum at HWS. “There are intelligent and committed people here at HWS, but I would add that there was also real kindness, a quality that is sometimes overlooked but also an essential part of the learning environment. I could see that there was a vibrant community here, and I wanted to be a part of it.”

Coffey received her bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Illinois at Chicago, her master’s degree in comparative literature from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Northwestern University. She is the recipient of a number of national and international fellowships and grants including from the National Endowment for the Humanities as well as a Fulbright-Hayes Research Fellowship. Coffey succeeds Associate Professor of Political Science DeWayne Lucas, who assumed the role of Interim Provost and Dean of Faculty in 2017. Lucas has since returned to the Political Science Department.

Khuram Hussain, the current Dean of Hobart College and Associate Professor of Education, has been named the Colleges’ Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Reporting to the President and sitting on Senior Staff, Hussain will serve as the Colleges’ chief diversity strategist. The Offices of Intercultural Affairs, Academic Opportunity Programs and International Students will all report to him.

Hussain completed his Ph.D. in Cultural Foundations of Education at Syracuse University, where he was awarded the All University Dissertation Prize. His work as a HUSSAIN dialogue facilitator, trainer and consultant to schools, universities, government offices, non-profits and community organizations on issues of diversity and equity has been recognized by the NAACP, the U.S. Armed Forces, and community and campus organizations nationwide, as well as by HWS faculty.

Scott Brophy ’78, P’12, Professor of Philosophy and Pre-Law Adviser for the Colleges, has been named the new Dean of Hobart College. A 1978 graduate of Hobart and the parent of a William Smith alumna, he will be the 16th Dean of Hobart College and only the third alumnus to hold the position.

In his new role, Brophy will provide academic and personal advising to students while also developing and executing strategies and initiatives to increase student success.

Brophy received his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of BROPHY ’78, P’12 Rochester. As Dean, he will continue to teach his two popular courses on crime and punishment and on 17th and 18th century philosophy. He is a founder and former director of the Environmental Studies Summer Youth Institute, a nationally acclaimed program for high school students now in its 27th year.

Hussain and Brophy begin their new roles on June 1, 2020.

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Leading Alumni House into the Future In the fall of 2019, Chevanne J. Graham DeVaney ’95, P’21, P’23 was named Director of Alumni and Alumnae Relations, replacing long-time directors Jared Weeden ’91 and Kathy Killius Regan ’82, P’13. She brings a wealth of experience and extensive knowledge of the Colleges to the role.

DeVaney earned a bachelor’s in English from William Smith College and a master’s in higher education administration from the University at Buffalo. She began working at HWS in 1998, serving in Chevanne J. a variety of roles Graham DeVaney in the Office of ’95, P’21, P’23, Director of Advancement Alumni and and the Higher Alumnae Relations Education Opportunity Program before joining the Office of Intercultural Affairs as assistant director and advisor to international students. As director of Multicultural Affairs at Keuka College, she served as interim director of the Higher Education Opportunity Program, Title IX investigator, coordinated the Women’s Center, chaired the Gender Education and Advocacy Committee and oversaw the LGBTQA+ Resource Center. She returned to HWS in 2016 to serve as the associate director of annual giving.

“It’s as if everything I did in the past 24 years led me right here,” DeVaney says. “When I work with and talk with our alums, it feeds my soul. I am incredibly privileged to have this opportunity to serve my alma mater and I intend to honor the trust the Colleges have put in me by listening closely to all alumni and alumnae — to respect the legacy they’ve built while looking toward the future.”

DeVaney has served the Colleges in a variety of roles and is a co-founder of the Afro Latino Alumni and Alumnae Association.

She’s looking forward to helping alums stay connected to one another and the Colleges. “I want to uphold the traditions of Hobart and William Smith and make sure everyone finds their place here,” she says. “And I want to help our alums understand how they can make a transformative difference in the future of the institution. After all, no one knows the Colleges better than they do.”

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Regan and Weeden Look Back — and Move Forward For many years, Kathy Killius Regan ’82, P’13 and Jared Weeden ’91 were the faces of Alumni House. Regan was named director of alumnae relations in 1998, while Weeden became director of alumni relations in 2002. In the summer of 2019, they both took new positions — and though they’ve moved on, they haven’t moved far.

Regan, who earned a degree in art history from William Smith and a master’s in the same field from Syracuse University, now serves as chief of staff to President Joyce P. Jacobsen. “I loved being able to share the impressive work and accomplishments of our students and faculty with alumnae from all generations,” Regan says of her time in Alumni House. “Helping our alums to stay connected and give back as volunteers and donors in support of our alma mater was one of the best parts of the job.”

In her new role as chief of staff, Regan is enjoying working closely with President Jacobsen, as well as interacting with students and faculty on a daily basis. The position provides “the opportunity to use my experience in a way that has a broader reach across the Colleges,” she says.

Weeden, who earned a degree in political science from Hobart and played hockey and baseball as a Statesman, is now the director of leadership gifts in the Office of Advancement. Reflecting on his time in alumni relations, he says: “I very much enjoyed creating ways to enhance the relationship between alumni and the Colleges.

A reunion of graduates and their alma mater, whether on campus or somewhere else in the world, was always a win-win moment that was fun to be a part of.”

He’s looking forward to taking his experience in broad-based relations and focusing on one-on-one relationship-building in his new role. “I’m excited to work with constituents who have an interest and the means to make a transformational difference at the Colleges through their philanthropy,” he says. “Matching their interests with opportunities will help make an already great place even better.”

Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, second row in the black hat and dress, gathers with her family at Martha's Vineyard in 1906.

A Glimpse into Blackwell’s Private Life Recent acquisitions to the Colleges’ archives of personal letters and family photos of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910) provide a rare glimpse into the personal life of HWS’ most celebrated alumna. Among several copies of well-known published works of the first woman in America to receive a medical degree, these new pieces share the story of Dr. Blackwell’s private life through letters discussing her hopes for her adopted daughter Katherine “Kitty” Barry (1848-1936), a note to her mother Hannah Lane Blackwell (1792-1870) in reference to gynecological issues she learned her mother was experiencing from her sister Dr. Emily Blackwell (1826-1910), and her opposition to suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s stance on marriage. In total, Hobart and William Smith received a collection of 18 letters, two postcards and 14 books and pamphlets written by Blackwell and her family members, as well as 15 family photos with at least two featuring the rarely photographed Dr. Blackwell. The pieces, acquired primarily from the estate of her niece Alice Stone Blackwell (18571950), are being catalogued and processed by HWS Archives in the Warren Hunting Smith Library with plans for future displays.

A special thanks to fine arts gallery owner Edward T. Pollack ’55 of Portland, Maine, for his assistance in making these acquisitions possible.

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Comrade Dean Professor of Political Science Jodi Dean’s new book examines political belonging in the 21st century and how solidarity is a vehicle for action.

by Andrew Wickenden ’09

“Comradeship is about our responsibility to each other — and it makes us better and stronger than we could ever be alone,” writes Professor of Political Science Jodi Dean in a new article in Jacobin magazine.

Dean’s most recent book offers a theory of the comrade as a mode of address, figure of belonging and carrier of expectations for action, as she explains in a number of articles and interviews published in concert with the October release of Comrade: An Essay on Political Belonging.

As Dean told President Joyce P. Jacobsen in an interview on the Pulteney Street Podcast, Comrade argues that the political left should “act and think of itself as on the same side” and draws a contrast between comrades and allies. “The language of allies is [that of ] separate entities protecting their self-interest and pulling together out of mutual protection of singular self-interest rather than all having the same horizon, the same commitments, the same set of understandings,” she explains.

“The discipline of collective work on behalf of a shared goal has been replaced by an individualist rhetoric of comfort and self-care,” she writes in the Jacobin article, “We Need Comrades.”

Comradeship goes deeper than “a sense of politics as a matter of individual conviction,” to a unity and mutual understanding “needed in order to build a shared political capacity.” Amidst global climate crisis and hyper-partisan politics, writes Dean, comradeship is the antidote to the misleading notion that “our problems can be solved by imagination, big ideas, and creativity.”

Or, as she puts it later: “Big ideas are nothing without cadre to fight for them.”

An expert in contemporary political theory, Dean is the author or editor of 13 books, including Blog Theory, Democracy and Other Neoliberal Fantasies, The Communist Horizon and Crowds and Party. She earned her bachelor's degree at Princeton University and her Ph.D. at Columbia University. She joined the faculty in 1993.

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Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Darrin Magee, geographer of China with expertise in water and energy in the country, was featured in articles from Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg about the South-North Water Diversion Project taking place in China.

The project transfers water from floodprone regions in the south of the country to the north, which often suffers from drought. Magee has authored a number of articles on China’s water and energy issues. ........................

Julianne H. Miller, director of the Abbe Center for Jewish Life and Hillel adviser, has been awarded the highest individual honor bestowed by Hillel International — the Richard M. Joel Exemplar of Excellence Award.

One of just eight people to be given the award, Miller was recognized for her efforts on behalf of HWS’ Jewish and interfaith communities.

Since coming to HWS in 2015, Miller has created or expanded programs including service projects, public remembrances at Yom HaShoah, celebrations of Passover and Purim, and support for students growing into their Jewish identities.

Associate Professor of English Alla Ivanchikova's first book, Imagining Afghanistan: Global Fiction and Film of the 9/11 Wars, examines how Afghanistan has been imagined in literary and visual texts that were published after the 9/11 attacks. Ivanchikova’s research and teaching focus on the post-9/11 global novel, post-socialist studies, ecocriticism and new media theory. Her book is published by Purdue University Press. ........................

Professor of Biology James Ryan has designed and built a 3D printed florescence microscope that, thanks to its economical price point, has the potential to impact high school and undergraduate classrooms across the county and clinical practices in developing countries around the world. While commercial models range in cost from $15,000 to $50,000, Ryan’s version costs less than $1,000. In a clinical setting, florescent microscopy could allow doctors to readily identify cancerous tissues or blood parasites such as malaria.

Penn Elected Chair of LIGO Scientific Collaboration In 2015, 100 years after Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves as part of his general theory of relativity, scientists made the first detection of ripples in the fabric of spacetime, confirming Einstein’s theory. Professor of Physics Steven Penn made significant contributions to the optical and suspension systems of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) detectors that observed those waves. Now, Penn has been elected Chair of the entire LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC), a group of more than 1,300 researchers focused on the direct detection of gravitational waves as a means to explore the fundamental physics of gravity and to advance astronomical discovery.

A longtime LSC member and principal investigator, Penn has been a significant contributor to the mirror substrate and coating design for LIGO detectors. He discovered how to significantly reduce the thermal noise in the material fused silica, which led to the selection of fused silica for the Advanced LIGO mirror substrates and suspensions. He also jointly developed the mirror coating that was instrumental in enabling Advanced LIGO to detect gravitational waves.

An MIT-trained physicist, Penn joined the LSC in 1998 while a postdoctoral fellow at Syracuse University. Hobart and William Smith became one of the first small colleges to join the LSC when Penn took a position in the Physics Department in 2002. He has conducted much of his groundbreaking LIGO work from his laboratory in Eaton Hall.

Penn’s research recently gained the support of the National Science Foundation, which awarded him a grant to continue his work on low noise, precision coatings for gravitational wave detectors as well as a Major Research Instrumentation grant. The latter funds the development of an apparatus for the rapid, multimodel measurement of the cryogenic elastic loss of coating materials; the award is in collaboration with Syracuse University’s Associate Professor of Physics Stefan Ballmer.

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Photography Gifts Double Value of Art Collections Two substantial collections of photography recently donated to Hobart and William Smith showcase both the private lives of ordinary people and major cultural turning points of the 20th century, as captured by some of the most celebrated and influential photographers of the past 100 years. The Agah Collection, a gift from Jim and Wendy Agah of Westport, Conn., focuses primarily on works by Jacques Lowe, Flip Schulke, Edward Quigley, Bill Witt, Leonard Freed, Dmitri Baltermants and Ken Heyman. The Stephanopoulos Collection, a gift from journalist George Stephanopoulos, features work from a range of photographers depicting politics and institutions, television and media, Civil Rights movements and the Great Depression, including the work of photojournalists who produced wire photographs for news outlets. In total, the donations add nearly 1,000 new items to the Collections of Hobart and William Smith Colleges and approximately double the Collections’ market value.

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Flip Schulke, Martin Luther King Jr (1964, printed 1998)*

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Ken Heyman, Roy Lichtenstein (1964)*

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Brian Brake, Queen Elizabeth II and Archbishop James Horstead, Lagos (1956)**

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Dmitri Baltermants, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, and Voroshilov, outside Council of Ministers Building (printed 2003)**

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Jacques Lowe, Cowboy Leaning in Doorway (1960)*

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Martino Zummo, Sleeping Dog, Palermo (1990)**

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Dmitri Baltermants, A Bittersweet Farewell (printed 2003)*

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Ken Heyman, Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller (1956)*

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Reynolds ’78 Endows Sandra McGuire Scholarship Professor Emeritus and Former Interim President Patrick A. McGuire L.H.D. ’12 served as an adviser to economics major Bob Reynolds ’78, but it was the friendship and counsel of McGuire’s wife Sandra A. McGuire that prompted Reynolds to establish — and now endow — a scholarship in her name.

Sandra A. McGuire

“The scholarship is a small token of recognition of Sandy’s love of education, her genuine caring for people and her tremendous contributions to the Colleges,” says Reynolds.

The Sandra McGuire Endowed Scholarship Fund provides assistance to students who are academically qualified and financially deserving.

Emerson Society Committee Welcomes New Chairs

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With a $100,000 gift to HWS in late 2019, Peter Standish Jr. ’83 and Anne O’Connor ’86 Standish P’14, P’16 established a permanent endowment fund to provide assistance to academically qualified students with demonstrated financial need. This year, to encourage others to take on leadership roles in meeting the Colleges’ fundraising goals, the Standishes have volunteered to serve as committee chairs of the Emerson Society.

In their new roles, Anne says their goal is to “lead by example with our time and our financial support,” while ensuring that other donors “are appreciated and understand how their donations are being used to further strengthen the education and opportunities at HWS.”

Membership in the Emerson Society starts with cumulative gifts of $2,000 made in any given fund year.

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1. Mary Warner ’21 visits

Stonehenge while studying abroad with Advanced Studies in England.

Warner also had an internship with The Jane Austen Centre in Bath, England. Photo submitted.

2. Members of the Hobart football

team gather for a photo with students at Happiness House. The Statesmen volunteered to play with and read to the preschool students as part of the “Touchdowns and Tackles” program.

Photo by Kevin Colton.

3. Kevin Lin '20, Hugh “Nick”

McKenny '20, MAT '21, Israel Oyedapo '20 and Quinn McFeeters '20 study in the Warren Hunting Smith Library during finals week.

Photo by Adam Farid ’20.

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4. A winter snow blankets the Quad in front of Coxe Hall. Photo by Kevin Colton.

5. Professor of Art and Architecture

Nicholas Ruth offers feedback during “Color and Composition.” Photo by Adam Farid ’20.

6. Associate Professor of History

Lisa Yoshikawa discusses the book Manchurian Legacy by Kazuko Kuramoto in her class “Trekking Through Asia.” Photo by Adam Farid ’20.

7. Students pose for a photo on

Wall Street during the Colleges’ annual NYC Finance Experience program. Photo by Jared Weeden ’91.

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Leaping from One Path of Thought to Another: Seneca Review at 50

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by Andrew Wickenden ’09

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ounded in Emeritus of English James 1970, Hobart and Crenner who, with former HWS William Smith Colleges’ English Professor Ira Sadoff, professional literary was a founding editor of Seneca magazine has a long Review. But in publishing history of innovation “exciting new poetry that was and experimentation, being strongly influenced by publishing important the likes of Gary Snyder, Robert voices, pushing formal Bly and John O’Hara, who were boundaries and helping make American poetry reimagining the way more than a dusty pursuit of readers experience academics,” Crenner says the literary art for nearly 100 magazine was a vehicle to help issues. Seneca Review get “American poetry out of the is one of many journals classroom and into the fray.” that sprouted up in

Seneca Review might Seneca Review first issue, 1970 the late ’60s and early never have been if not for two ’70s — and one of just a handful from that era students at the time: Joel Rose ’70, a novelist, that are still in circulation. From its first issue, screenwriter and former editor at DC Comics, the magazine has been publishing some of the and the late Josephine “Josie” Woll ’70, who most influential and idiosyncratic writers of was an author, editor and professor of Russian the past 50 years. Numbering among its many at Howard University. They had approached contributors are poet laureates and recipients Crenner and Sadoff not only with the proposal of just about every prestigious national and for the magazine but with a means to fund it international literary prize, including the through HWS student governments.

Pulitzer and Nobel. The 50th anniversary issue, As the first issue came together, Rose guest-edited by poet Joe Wenderoth, will be and Woll independently edited a selection of published in the spring of 2020. writing by HWS students that, to their dismay, was relegated to a separate section of the magazine, rather than integrated with the work Early Days of established poets and writers; however, the While the magazine’s early issues included time spent in the Seneca Review office “was the fiction and criticism, the editors’ poetic best of my education,” Rose says. sensibilities made Seneca Review a vital venue

“I remember spending hours and hours for the surge of writers producing poems reading manuscripts and putting the magazine in reaction to the scholastic formalism that together,” he says. “Josie had a very sharp point gripped American poetry after World War II and of view and we had a good back and forth about throughout the 1950s. In the early years, “we our own tastes in literature and what we were had no special editorial slant,” says Professor trying to do with Seneca Review. I’m not sure we

The early issues of Seneca Review included notable writers like Robert Bly, Erica Jong, Donald Justice, Heather McHugh, W.S. Merwin and Charles Simic.

expected we’d be able to achieve exactly what we imagined, so much as lay the groundwork for what came later. That the magazine is still going strong 50 years later speaks well of what we were able to achieve.”

The early issues of Seneca Review included notable writers like Bly, Erica Jong, Donald Justice, Heather McHugh, W.S. Merwin and Charles Simic. Former President Allan A. Kuusisto P’78, P’81, L.H.D. ’82 was such a fan of the magazine that he included funding for Seneca Review in the annual budget. The thenpresident “loved poetry and poets and took great satisfaction as the review became a firstrate literary journal,” recalls his son, Stephen A. Kuusisto ’78, author, poet, contributing editor at Seneca Review and University Professor and Director of Interdisciplinary Programs at the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University.

By 1976, however, Sadoff had taken a job at another institution; the logistics of selecting manuscripts — over several hundred miles, scores of stamps and reams of paper — were taking a toll; and the variety and quality of the submissions had become static. In a letter in that year’s issue, the editors announced the magazine would fold. But “no sooner had we done that than the administration said, ‘Don’t — we want to continue the magazine, it’s good for the school,’” Crenner recalls.

It was then that he reached out to a former student, Robert Herz ’70, who had recently earned his M.F.A. in creative writing at the University of Iowa’s famed Writers Workshop, to step into an editorial role. While Crenner remained the nominal editor, Herz reinvigorated the magazine over the course of the next five years, recruiting new voices and imagining new possibilities for a small literary press.

A Window on Today’s Poetry

Herz, who today operates the Syracuse-based Nine Mile Magazine and Book Press, says the first issue of the revamped Seneca Review was “a nice mix of older and younger writers (who would become famous or prime in their areas) … We created a new logo for the mag and changed the cover stock and look and feel of the thing. We said in a page-one editorial that running a magazine was like ‘providing a window and a perspective on today’s poetry, a way of treating it as a current event.’”

Over the following years, Seneca Review published special issues, one focusing on the long poem, another on French poetry in translation, another on young poets, which Herz recalls was “the issue that the then-poetry editor of The New Yorker, Howard Moss, told me was one of four books he took with him to California to understand poetry in those days. It was a great compliment — I didn’t know what to say.”

It was also during that time that Hobart and William Smith Colleges Press was formed and began reprinting The Fifties and The Sixties, the dramatic and influential magazine edited by Robert Bly and William Duffy, as well as publishing an anthology of essays by Donald Hall and an innovative hybrid of fiction and poetry by Albert Goldbarth (all of which remain available from HWS Colleges Press).

“In my mind we repositioned the magazine and made it vital again in those five years, made it something that people wanted to read again, because we kept serving up new and quality things,” says Herz, though he adds that even in the midst of the magazine’s new ventures, “Jim Crenner was the heart and soul of Seneca Review. No Crenner, no Seneca. Whatever the rest of us did would have been impossible without him.”

“I think Jim Crenner was an extraordinary editor and was responsible for getting the magazine off to a great start,” agrees Steve Kuusisto. “If you look at the magazine’s early issues you’ll see KUUSISTO ’78 remarkable poetry in translation as well as daring and playful work by all kinds of poets. That sense of ‘play’ coupled with literary and aesthetic judgment has continued to define the journal throughout its history.”

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The Lyric Essay

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Dubbed “the renovator-in-chief of the American essay” by critic James Wood, John D’Agata ’95 helped reinvigorate the lyric essay and bring the genre into the literary mainstream. A professor of English and director of the Nonfiction Writing Program at the University of Iowa, D’Agata is the editor of A New History of the Essay and author of Halls of Fame, The Lifespan of a Fact (with Jim Fingal) and About a Mountain, which The New York Times named one of the 100 best nonfiction books ever written.

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my desk to this day in which Deborah first used the term with me as a way of describing a The magazine continued publishing poems and kind of essay whose approach isn’t necessarily essays in translation in the early 1980s under argumentative but rather experiential and guest editors like Kuusisto and John Currie, immersive, inviting the reader to though its editorial emphasis feel the contours of the writer’s took on a new texture during the mind as it rolls over the folds of editorship of the late Professor new ideas. These sorts of essays of English Deborah Tall. A had always existed, of course, but poet and essayist, Tall became the brilliance of Deborah’s term editor in 1982 and published is how it marries the form to the a number of special issues, associative nature of poetry.” featuring new voices in Irish

Professor of English and women’s poetry, Israeli women’s Seneca Review coeditor David poetry, contemporary Albanian Weiss, who was married to Tall poetry, contemporary Polish until her death in 2006, says poetry and an issue dedicated Seneca Review was “among a to excerpts from the notebooks number of magazines thinking of 32 contemporary American about the essay in this way, but poets, which was later published

by John and Deborah giving it as a book, The Poet’s Notebook: a name, it glued the idea of the Excerpts from the Notebooks of lyric essay to us. And that’s partly 26 American Poets.

Seneca Review Lyric Essay, 1997 connected with the explosion

But it is perhaps the 1997 of and legitimacy of creative issue on the lyric essay that is nonfiction in the creative writing world. It pulled Tall’s most significant legacy at the magazine. the essay out of journalism and memoir and gave In that issue’s introduction, Tall and her former it a kind of legitimacy in a way that put it on par student, the essayist and Seneca Review associate with fiction and poetry.” editor John D’Agata ’95, wrote what has become

D’Agata recalls that 1997 issue of the the touchstone definition of the genre of the magazine as particularly momentous — “and not lyric essay, which only because we launched that special issue “forsake[s] narrative with an actual event at the National Arts Club in line, discursive New York, but also because its publication was logic, and the art of followed by a swarm of excitement, bafflement, persuasion in favor conversation and intrigue. It sparked a of idiosyncratic D’AGATA ’95 conversation about just what a lyric essay might meditation.” Tall be, and by extension what an essay is. But within and D’Agata write a year or two of that first issue’s publication, we that the lyric essay “might move by association, noticed major publications using the term to leaping from one path of thought to another describe some new books that perhaps hadn’t by way of imagery or connotation, advancing been properly categorized before, or perhaps by juxtaposition or sidewinding poetic logic wouldn’t have even been reviewed due to a lack … [It] sets off on an uncharted course through of understanding about what their authors might interlocking webs of idea, circumstance, have been attempting.” and language — a pursuit with no foreknown

Once the “lyric essay” entered the literary conclusion, an arrival that might still leave the lexicon, “more and more writers started trying writer questioning.” to bend their minds around the concept … and

“The term lyric essay really comes from taking a stab at writing it themselves,” says Deborah,” D’Agata says. “I have a fax from her D’Agata. “The term by no means created the dated 1996 that’s framed and hanging over

By staying “true to our history by continuing to break new ground,” the magazine’s future is full of possibility and excitement.

— Assistant Professor of English Geoffrey Babbitt, coeditor Seneca Review

form, but instead gave shape to something in the genre that I think both writers and readers felt the presence of but hadn’t entirely understood.

So the term sparked new interest in essays in general.”

Seneca Review Books and Beyond

This spring, Seneca Review will commemorate 50 years of literary distinction with a celebration on campus, as well as the beginning of a new phase in its history. David Weiss, who has served as editor since 2006, will retire at the end of this academic year and Assistant Professor of English Geoffrey Babbitt, who coedits Seneca Review with Weiss, will take over the role solo.

In more than a dozen issues under Weiss’s editorship, Seneca Review WEISS has maintained “an openness to new forms and the far reaches of experimentation,” he says.

With Kathryn Cowles, associate professor of English and Seneca Review poetry editor, and Joshua Unikel ’07, a contributing COWLES editor and designer for the magazine, Weiss developed the 2014 “Beyond Category” issue, which featured a multi-artifact, multi-media, in-print and online extravaganza of writing, music and visual and performance art. Other special issues during his tenure focused on differentlyabled writers and artists, and on essays about the lyric essay.

But perhaps most of all, Weiss has positioned the magazine as a home for writers — writers of the unusual and uncategorizable, yes, but also writers in search of an engaged and invested reader.

“There’s an art to being an editor,” Weiss says. “You have to manage to be tactful but forthright, insightful but encouraging. What writers really want and appreciate is useful

Erica Trabold’s Five Plots, winner of the inaugural Deborah Tall Lyric Essay Book Prize.

critique and when you give it, they feel you’re invested in their writing. It’s a rewarding thing, and one of the real pleasures in doing this work.”

Babbitt says Weiss’ approach is unusual.

“David always writes some type of critical encapsulation of the piece we’re accepting that shows what we like about it,” he explains, “so the writer feels as if we like it for reasons that have been contemplated and really thought about — so the authors feel seen and understood.”

Babbitt anticipates building on this editorial style and the omnivorous literary appetite that has become the magazine’s hallmark. Indeed, in 2018, Hobart and William Smith Colleges Press established Seneca Review Books, an imprint founded in 2018 to publish the winners of the Deborah Tall Lyric Essay Book Prize Series. Held in conjunction with the Colleges’ Trias Writer-inResidence program, the book prize is a biennial contest to encourage and support innovative work in the essay.

Babbitt teaches a course on small press publishing designed around the book prize. In the fall of 2017, students in the course’s first iteration winnowed down submissions to a group of finalists, from which Erica Trabold’s Five Plots was selected and published as the inaugural book in the series. At the end of the fall 2019 semester, a new group of students presented finalists to author Jenny Boully, this year’s judge, who selected Jessica Lind Peterson’s book, tentatively titled Sound Like Trapped Thunder.

“The synergy between Seneca Review, the Trias Residency and reading series, and our curriculum is creating a rich new literary culture at HWS — one that provides students with a number of exciting and relatively rare opportunities, BABBITT including getting hands-on publishing experience, working with famous writers and immersing themselves in the greater literary world. It’s a brilliant place to study writing and literature,” Babbitt says.

By staying “true to our history by continuing to break new ground,” he adds, the magazine’s future is full of possibility and excitement. With student enthusiasm, faculty leadership and — Babbitt hopes — support from HWS alums, he plans to gradually expand the press and develop a robust digital presence for Seneca Review.

He and Cowles envision an online archive of multi-disciplinary and hybrid work, for instance, offering a resource for writers, readers, teachers and students interested in hybrid forms.

“I think as we step into our next 50 years of publishing, we’ll be expanding the edges of writing to encompass more new, unforeseeable things, which is very exciting,” Cowles says, because after all, “veering out into new territory is part of the history of Seneca Review.”

The Senecan Review In 1957, The Senecan Review — note the extra “n” — was a student-run magazine that has the distinction of being the first joint literary publication of Hobart College and William Smith College. The magazine, which was recently brought to our attention by a letter from its business manager, William Corbett ’59, published two issues of student poetry, prose and art. Today, Thel offers students an outlet for students to publish their original literary work.

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New Leadership for Athletics

by Ken DeBolt

Deb Steward has been named the Associate Vice President and Director of Athletics and Recreation at Hobart and William Smith. Previously the Director of William Smith Athletics, in her expanded role Steward now oversees all 23 intercollegiate Hobart and William Smith sports as well as the Colleges’ recreation, intramural, fitness, outdoor recreation and physical education programs.

An award-winning administrator, Steward came to the Colleges in 2005 to serve as the Director of William Smith Athletics. Over the past 15 years, she has managed all aspects of the Herons’ intercollegiate athletics program and supervised the HWS Sport and Recreation Center, the Outdoor Recreation Adventure Program, the waterfront, physical education classes and wellness programs. Steward’s leadership earned her the 2014 ECAC Division III Female Administrator of the Year Award and the 2017 Women Leaders in College Sports Division III Administrator of the Year Award.

“Deb is an exceptional leader and one of the top athletic administrators in the country,” says President Joyce P. Jacobsen.

“As we considered how best to provide all students with an outstanding and cohesive athletics and wellness experience, we knew we needed someone with a record of accomplishment in managing and leading people and teams, and someone with success in resource development including fundraising, marketing and community building. Deb is that person.”

During her tenure in Geneva, Steward has hired 13 new head coaches, broken Heron Society records for total membership and total dollars raised, and coordinated four highly successful Heron Hall of Honor ceremonies, all while taking a lead role in The Fund for Athletics, a part of Campaign for the Colleges which improved athletic and wellness facilities. She added women’s ice hockey as the department’s 12th varsity sport in 2014.

Under her supervision, Heron teams have captured 44 conference championships, received dozens of postseason tournament bids, and secured the 2013 NCAA Division III Women’s

Soccer National Championship. Steward has served as the tournament director for three NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championships and a NCAA Division III Women’s Lacrosse Championship.

She has also served on several NCAA Championship committees including women’s ice hockey, golf and softball.

Previously an assistant athletic director at Ithaca College, Steward earned a master’s in education from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and her bachelor’s in mathematics education from Winona State (Minn.) University.

Rounding out the new leadership model, Brian Miller, who has served as Interim Director of Hobart Athletics for the past two years, has been named the Associate Director for Athletics and Recreation and Director of Athletic Compliance. Sally Scatton P’02, P’06, who has served as the Assistant Director of William Smith Athletics for 13 years and the Head Field Hockey Coach for 32 years, has been named the Associate Director for Athletics and Recreation and Senior Woman Administrator, an NCAA designated leadership position, in addition to continuing as Head Field Hockey Coach.

“This new management construct with one director of athletics will lead to streamlined processes for athletics and recreation while still maintaining the unique identities of the Statesmen and Herons,” says Vice President for Campus Life Robb Flowers. “Deb, Brian and Sally share a commitment to ensuring that student-athletes have the resources and opportunities to excel, both athletically and academically.”

“I’m honored at the trust that the Colleges have placed in me to lead the Hobart Statesmen and the William Smith Herons,” says Steward. “I look forward to working with Brian and Sally in this leadership role as we advocate for our students and staff. We are committed to creating efficiencies, with policies and procedures and garnering additional support so that all Herons and Statesmen can pursue their academic, athletic and wellness goals.”

Brian Miller

For more than a decade, Miller has overseen the NCAA compliance program for all 23 intercollegiate programs at Hobart and William Smith, spending the past two years as the Interim Director of Hobart Athletics.

A member of the National Association for Athletic Compliance, he educates coaches, staff, student-athletes, alums and boosters on NCAA, conference and institutional rules and regulations. Miller came to the Colleges with 10 years of experience as an administrator and coach at D’Youville College and as a coach at Canisius College, where he earned a master’s in sports administration. Miller received his bachelor’s in mass communication from St. Bonaventure University.

Sally Scatton P’02, P’06

Scatton has led the William Smith field hockey program since 1988, earning three national championships, 11 conference championships and 468 career victories. She has been named the national coach of the year three times, regional coach of the year six times and conference coach of the year nine times, while earning induction into three halls of fame. Since 2007, she has served as the assistant director of William Smith athletics. An accomplished coach of not only field hockey, but lacrosse, basketball and swimming as well, Scatton has guided teams at Cornell University and Wells College.

She earned a master’s in education from SUNY-Cortland, and is a magna cum laude graduate of Ithaca College.

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Tracking Champions Whether tracking the exit velocity of a home run, the speed of a slapshot or the apex and velocity of a golf shot, analytics are everywhere in sports. Thanks to a donation from HWS Trustee Calvin “Chip” Carver Jr. ’81, the 17-time Liberty League Champion William Smith soccer team has jumped on board the analytics train.

In 2018, Carver and the Heron coaching staff began using Titan Realtime GPS, a device worn during practices and games that collects intricate data on an athlete’s performance and physical wellbeing. The unit is inserted into the pocket of a vest players wear under their jerseys.

“At the basic level, the tracking gives the coaching staff a sense of each player’s fitness levels,” Carver says. “We can get a sense of who will still have gas in the tank at the end of a tough game and who will not. The data along with observation can give you an idea on how each athlete is different.”

During a game or practice, the Titan device tracks the level of physical effort, including how many sprints each athlete completes and how fast and how far they run. While the team regularly has players Trustee Calvin “Chip” Carver Jr. ’81 and William Smith Soccer Assistant Coach Chas Allen P’20 review data from the Titan run 15 mph, the fastest speed Carver has Realtime GPS. seen a Heron hit was 19 mph. He has heard professional athletes who use the device brag about hitting 21 mph.

Athletes use Titan to track and assess is then compared with data of actual

In addition, Titan creates a heat map their progress. Before games and practices, effort from the GPS tracker. of where players are on the field, giving

For the 2019 season, Heron soccer coaches additional information that can’t be each player fills out a quick survey about coaches used Titan to focus on how how they’re feeling; questions seen on film. Heat maps allow individual athletes got ready for games. cover the quantity and quality of coaches to track how many The data “Practices are more important to our staff sleep, soreness and overall fatigue. runs players make and in what allows than games,” Carver says. “From the data, Coaches take this information into direction, which can be used we saw that the effects of a large effort account when planning training to instruct the team on where coaches to sessions and share it with the show up 48 hours later, so we learned the coaches expected players to track the that if the team went hard Monday and athletic training staff in case of an be as opposed to where they’ve injury. After workouts and games, a Tuesday we have to think about what actually been. Carver notes that workload they second survey asks about the level Wednesday’s practice will look like with coaches also use heat maps to see if a player makes runs from put on the of effort expended by each athlete. weekend games.”

The data allows coaches to track This information provides coaches goal line to goal line instead of team. the team's workload. “I can say in this insight into perceived effort, which sideline to sideline.

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by Mackenzie Larsen ’12

particular practice the team put in this effort, so we need to watch what we do tomorrow,” says Carver. “You can get to this information by just watching the athletes, but the data gives you that additional amount of insurance to confirm what your eyes are seeing.”

Titan then allows coaches to tweak that workload. “We had a good dozen players in their best physical shape at the end of the season.”

Head Coach Aliceann Wilber P’13 sees many benefits of the system. “The trackers provide us with specific data to shape the work load intensity and volume,” she says. “They especially help us to temper our training “The trackers for identified provide individuals.

Where we information at used to rely on input from a higher level.” student-athletes — Head Coach Aliceann and our own Wilber P’13 observations, the trackers provide information at a higher level.”

Carver has also implemented a drone during training. While it can’t be used during games, at practice the drone takes between 15 and 30 video clips, which is especially helpful when working on spacing drills and corner kicks.

Going forward, Carver sees analytics playing an even more expanded role in training and games with the ultimate goal of using data to create peak performance at the most important time of the year, when the Herons head into yet another championship postseason.

Herons Finish No. 2 in Nation The William Smith College soccer team ranked No. 2 in the nation in the final United Soccer coaches and D3soccer.com polls of the season. The Herons finished the year with a 21-2-1 overall record and advanced to the national championship game. It was William Smith’s 30th NCAA tournament appearance and fifth trip to the title game.

The Herons were 9-0-0 in conference play and captured the league's regular season and tournament titles for the 13th straight year.

The Herons finished the year ranked third in the nation in goals against average (0.297), fifth in shutout percentage (.750) and winning percentage (.896), 11th in save percentage (.883), and 23rd in total assists (46). Sophomore goalie Amanda Kesler led the nation with 15 shutouts, was third in GAA (0.30) and 14th in save percentage. William Smith posted 18 shutouts — fourth most in the nation — while conceding just seven goals against the fourth most challenging schedule in Division III. Individual awards piled up for the Herons this season as well. Maialen Martinez ’21 was named the D3soccer.com Defender of the Year, a first team All-American by the United Soccer Coaches and D3soccer. com and the United Soccer Coaches Scholar Player of the Year. Amanda Adams ’21 and Emilie Sauvayre ’20 also received All-American honors from the United Soccer Coaches and D3soccer.com, respectively.

Sauvayre was also named a 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-American.

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Athletics Round-Up

Hobart Soccer (14-5-2, 6-2-1) The Hobart soccer team captured its third Liberty League title with a 2-1 win over Clarkson and earned the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, making their eighth appearance. The Statesmen defense finished tied for first in the Liberty League in goals against average (0.772) and second in the league and 25th in the country in shutout percentage (.524).

Brian Salazar ’20 led the league with a .864 save percentage, was second

by Amanda Zumpano

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The Hobart rowing team’s varsity eight finished third in a 38-crew field in the men’s collegiate eight event at the 55th Head of the Charles Regatta.

in goals against average (0.728) and posted seven shutouts for the Statesmen. Defender Charlie Widing ’22 was named to the 2019 Academic All-America® third team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America.

Football (9-2, 4-2) The Hobart football team began its season with a 33-7 win over nationally ranked Brockport. The Statesmen posted a 4-2 record in league play, tying for second in the standings. They wrapped up their season with a 30-10 win over Cortland to capture the New York State Bowl title. The Statesmen ranked sixth in the nation in turnovers gained with 17 interceptions (15th) and 13 fumbles recovered (11th). The Hobart defense was among the best in the nation in the red zone, as opponents scored

on just 57.5 percent of their trips inside the 20 (17th).

Emmett Forde ’21 was named a first team All-American by the AFCA and D3football.com and was a second team pick by the Associated Press. He was also voted the Liberty League Defensive Player of the Year.

HWS Sailing Chase Carraway ’22 finished fourth in a field of 18 sailors at the 2019 LaserPerformance Men’s Singlehanded Championships.

It was Hobart’s best finish since Robert Crane ‘09 was third in 2008.

The Colleges finished the season strong with a third place showing in the MAISA Fall Women’s Championship and a fourth place finish at the War Memorial, the MAISA Coed Dinghy Championship.

The Statesmen and Herons were perfect on Seneca Lake this fall, winning the David Lee Arnoff Trophy and the Luce Trophy.

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Hobart Hockey (18-4-3, 12-4-2) Hobart hockey heads into the NEHC Tournament fresh off a six-game winning streak and ranked fifth in the nation in the USCHO poll.

The Statesmen capped the regular season with a 4-1 win at No. 6 Babson. Hobart, which went 9-1-2 at home in the regular season, will host Skidmore in the NEHC quarterfinals.

William Smith Hockey (16-7-0, 12-2-0) The William Smith hockey team is riding a nine-game winning streak into the final weekend of the regular season. The signature win of the streak was a 4-3 overtime triumph over No. 4 Elmira. Gina Scibetta ’20 leads the Herons in goals (15), assists (22) and points (37). The 2019 AllAmerican has broken the program’s career records for goals (51), assists (60) and points (111) this season, shattering the marks established by Krista Federow ’18.

Hobart Basketball (18-3, 12-2) Stefan Thompson ’13 has the Statesmen playing fierce defense in his memorable first season as head coach. With two games remaining in the regular season, they lead the

nation in field goal percentage defense (36.1%) while ranking in the top 10 in rebounding margin (2nd, 13.0), 3-point percentage defense (2nd, 26.7%), scoring defense (5th, 61.1 ppg), and defensive rebounds (9th, 31.57/g).

Tucker Lescoe ’20 broke the program’s career record for 3-pointers made, sinking his 245th in a win at RIT to surpass the standard set by Michael Gambino ’02.

William Smith Basketball (1310, 9-7) Entering the final weekend of the regular season, the Herons have clinched a spot in the Liberty League Tournament and could earn a home game in the opening round with a pair of wins to close out the year and some help from the teams in the North Country. The team features four players averaging 11 or more points per game, led by Olivia Parisi ‘22’s 15.2 points. The sophomore also paces the Herons’ efforts on the glass, averaging 8.6 rebounds. Stella Davis ’22 adds 11.8 points per game and sits seventh on the team’s season list for 3-pointers made with 56.

Staff Accolades Hobart College Assistant Football Coach Cait Finn was one of only 40 women selected to attend the 2020 NFL Women’s Careers in Football Forum in Indianapolis in February. The forum, which takes place alongside the NFL Combine, serves to support the development of a talent pipeline by connecting qualified women to career opportunities in football.

Hobart College Football Defensive Coordinator Aaron Backhaus ’00 was recently named the Ability Partners Foundation Volunteer of the Year at the 17th annual Winter Gala and Auction in the Finger Lakes. Backhaus coordinates team visits to Happiness House in Geneva and organizes the annual Tackles and Touchdowns fundraiser.

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AARON BACKHAUS ’00

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Gina Scibetta ’20 leads the Herons in scoring.

And More The Hobart rowing team’s varsity eight finished third in a 38-crew field in the men’s collegiate eight event at the 55th Head of the Charles Regatta. … The William Smith rowing team captured two bronze medals at the Head of the Genesee … Field hockey had three players named all-league: Midfielder Kelsey Pierce ’20 and forward Mackenzie Wodka ’23 were named to the second team and Lauren Jackson ’23 earned honorable mention …

Hobart tennis’ Alan Dubrovsky ’20 and Walker Anderson ’21 advanced to the doubles finals at the ITA Northeast Regional Championships, qualifying for the ITA Cup … Leland Barclay ’20 of the William Smith tennis team advanced to the B Flight finals match at the Mary Hosking Invitational …

Josh Wasserman ’20 led Hobart cross country this season, finishing fifth at the ECAC Championship … The William Smith cross country team recorded one first-place finish and three second-place finishes this season … Will Harrison ’21 leads the Hobart golf team with a 79.8 scoring average and shot his lowest round of 75 at the Utica Invitational … Emma Nedeau ’22 carded William Smith golf’s lowest round (83) at the St. Lawrence Invitational … The William Smith swimming and diving team is 5-0 this season and placed third at the Don Richards Invitational … The Heron squash team is 6-2 and ranked No. 25 in the nation … Hobart squash has posted a 1-6 record and is ranked No. 38.

PHOTO BY NEIL SJOBLOM ’75

William Smith Squash (15-3) The Herons won four straight matches entering the Liberty League Championship and then swept St. Lawrence 6-3, Vassar 9-0 and Bard 9-0 to collect the program’s third conference title. Gabby Fraser ’20 was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament. She leads the team with 14 wins this season. Marcela Marquez Martinez ’23 joined the team for the start of the second semester and is unbeaten in 10 matches in the top two spots in the order.

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up Ground From the W

e build our lives on foundations. Some are literal — the base of the structures where we are born and raised, where we learn and grow, where we build our families and careers. Others are intangible — the groundwork upon which we establish our belief systems, our values, our institutions.

Foundations support us intellectually, creatively, morally and financially, and help to create protected, just and prosperous communities. Whether made of stone and brick or of people and principles, foundations provide us with safety, security and shelter and help us to build lives of mental, physical and social well-being.

In this issue, we explore the foundations on which eight alums have built their lives.

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Buildings of the Future

Highland Hemp House

by Andrew Wickenden ’09

From a field of nearly 20,000 applications, Matthew Mead ’13 and his business partner, Tommy Gibbons, were selected for Forbes’ 2020 “30 Under 30” list for “creating the products, methods and materials of tomorrow.”

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s he studied architecture and environmental studies at HWS, Matthew Mead ’13 had a growing sense that the relationship between the human-made environment and the natural world was unsustainable.

“The built environment is responsible for nearly 40% of our domestic energy consumption and carbon footprint,” says Mead. “If we don’t change the way we design and operate our built environment, we don’t really have a chance of mitigating the environmental impacts of the built world.”

With Hempitecture, Mead is now at the forefront of a green building revolution. Offering materials like hempcrete and HempWool, the company is reimagining design and construction with sustainable alternatives to common products and practices.

The idea began with Mead’s senior thesis, which analyzed natural building techniques and strategies and revealed that hemp-based products are not only qualitatively comparable but “non-toxic, environmentally friendly and fireproof,” he says.

Seeing the potential for hempcrete in the U.S., Mead developed a business plan and entered the Colleges’ 2013 Pitch Contest for student entrepreneurs. Under the guidance of Pitch mentor Ira Goldschmidt ’77, Mead and Tyler Mauri ’13 took Hempitecture to the finals of that year’s competition.

In the months that followed, however, social stigma and legal strictures around hemp — part of the cannabis genus, which includes marijuana — proved challenging, from sourcing materials to securing financing and banking access to selling the viability of hemp-based

building materials. Despite top-three finishes at other entrepreneurial competitions, Mead recalls skepticism of his vision.

Although hemp does not contain appreciable levels of THC, the psychoactive compound in marijuana, Mead remembers hearing jokes “about the whole neighborhood wanting the hemp house to burn down so they could catch a buzz. Of course our building material is fireproof, and they clearly missed that part of my presentation.”

After graduation, Mead worked in St. John in the Caribbean at an eco-resort, where he had interned as a student and “for the first time … connected with a passion of creating and making in the real world.” He developed carpentry skills and refined his approach to green design and construction, building sustainable, off-grid, solar-powered eco-cottages — until a social media post about his Pitch presentation reached an Idaho project manager who invited Mead to put Hempitecture’s principles into practice.

That year, Mead and Mauri moved to Idaho to begin a unique design-build project that ultimately became the country’s first publicuse building made of hempcrete. Today, the building houses Idaho Basecamp, a nonprofit organization connecting adults and young people to nature and one another through adventure education experiences. Mead, who serves on the organization’s board of directors, says that project “may still be one of my proudest moments, as there was so much we had to work through to make it possible.”

In 2018, Mead was joined by his former high school classmate Tommy Gibbons to scale Hempitecture into a company capable of impacting every hempcrete project in the U.S.

“I liken the journey of Hempitecture to a valuable lesson I learned as an architecture student at HWS: process is everything,” Mead says. “Process gets you from an idea to an end result, and our process is continually evolving.”

Now based in Ketchum, Idaho, where Mead serves as a planning and zoning commissioner, Hempitecture offers installation, consulting and design services, as well as building and insulation materials, equipment and training for industry professionals.

Collaborating with architects, engineers and developers, the company works to create habitats beneficial both to those who use them and to the environment itself.

Reflecting on Hempitecture’s journey, Mead says that HWS faculty and staff — including Associate Professor Kirin Makker, Professor Phillia Yi and Centennial Center Director Amy Forbes — went “above and beyond … because they believed in me and the Hempitecture concept. It has been very rewarding, albeit a little overwhelming, to receive an honor such as Forbes’ ‘30 Under 30,’ but there are so many people who actually made it possible, and this can be traced right back to my time at HWS.”

Pictured above: Hempitecture was brought on board in 2017 at the Highland Hemp House project, the undertaking of a homeowner determined to take advantage of the sustainable and climate-friendly properties of hempcrete in the renovation of her 1969 house in Bellingham, Wash.

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The River Keeper

by Bethany Snyder

While it may seem like rivers and streams sweep along of their own accord, they often need help to stay healthy. In a time of rapid environmental change, it is more critical than ever that we protect this foundational element of life. Emily Alcott ’07 has dedicated her career to doing just that.

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mily Alcott ’07 spent her childhood wandering in the woods and splashing through streams in rural upstate New York. “We had a little creek behind our house and I’d spend a lot of time down there building and knocking down dams,” she says.

Water has always called to Alcott, from the days in that backyard creek to her time studying water quality for the Appalachian Mountain Club in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, from her graduate studies at Yale University to lazy afternoons rafting with her wife and their two children. “I’ve always found being on the water restorative and calming,” she says.

These days, Alcott is still pulling on her waders and walking out into the water, but now she’s doing so as the principal ecologist and fluvial geomorphologist at Inter-Fluve, an organization dedicated to the design, restoration and conservation of rivers, lakes and wetlands.

Essentially, she is an expert in the way water interacts with and changes the landscape it flows across.

“Every river is a puzzle,” she says. “My job is to piece together why it looks the way it does and how I can put it on a more positive trajectory, whether that’s to help people in an urban environment get down to the water to experience it with their kids or to help endangered salmon in the northwest.”

More than 3.5 million miles of rivers and streams in the United States supply drinking water, irrigate crops, offer opportunities for recreation and provide habitats for fish and wildlife. “Rivers connect us all,” Alcott says.

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our wild areas. They provide us clean drinking water and opportunities for recreation.”

An essential component of Alcott’s work is ensuring that people understand the importance of river restoration, which often means conveying complicated information to a wide range of audiences from large groups at public meetings in Portland or Toronto to ranchers in rural eastern Oregon. She credits her time at William Smith for fostering those critical communication skills.

“There are plenty of great researchers out there who can’t get their ideas across because they don’t know how to talk about them in a way that people can understand,” Alcott says. “At HWS, I learned how to do science well, but more importantly, I learned how to communicate it effectively.” After receiving her bachelor’s in biology, she went on to earn a master’s in water science, policy and management from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.

She joined Inter-Fluve in 2010.

Whether she’s working on a small stream or a raging river, the message Alcott shares with her clients and the community is the same: “We all live on this planet and share it together, and we need clean air and clean drinking water to survive. We’re trying to leave this world and the environment better for future generations.”

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More than 3.5 million miles of rivers and streams in the United States supply drinking water, irrigate crops, offer opportunities for recreation and provide habitats for fish and wildlife.

Ensuring the Future of Children’s Literature

by Bethany Snyder

No matter your course of study or career path, perhaps nothing is as foundational to success as literacy. Through The Highlights Foundation, Kent Brown Jr. ’65 carries on his family’s tradition of promoting children’s literacy.

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he grandparents of Kent Brown Jr. ’65, Garry Cleveland Myers and Caroline Clark Myers, published the first issue of Highlights for Children in 1946. They sold 20,000 copies in their first year in operation, mostly door to door.

You’re likely familiar with its colorful pages and its slogan, “Fun with a Purpose,” whether you flipped through the magazine in a doctor’s office or waited excitedly for a copy to land in your mailbox.

By 1995, the magazine — with its familiar features like Goofus and Gallant, Hidden Pictures and The Timbertoes — had nearly three million subscribers. Today, Highlights is an international media brand.

Editorial direction of Highlights magazine, which has sold more than a billion copies, was eventually handed over to Brown. An English major at Hobart, he functioned at Highlights for more than 30 years, including as editor-in-chief.

In 1990, he cofounded Boyds Mills Press, the trade book publishing division of Highlights. A past president of the United States Board on Books for Young People, he is a member of the National Council of Teachers of English, the American Society of Magazine Editors and the National Press Club.

Perhaps Brown’s greatest contribution to children’s literacy, however, is The Highlights Foundation. Established by Brown in 1985, the goal of the foundation is to, according to its mission, “improve the quality of children’s literature by helping authors and illustrators hone their craft.”

“Someone has to create the ‘Fun with a Purpose,’” says Brown. “The foundation targets all those who seek to benefit children by what they read and see.”

For more than 25 years, the foundation hosted a once-a-year, week-long Writers Workshop at the Chautauqua Institution in Western New York. “It seemed to me that if we could provide opportunities for writers and illustrators to share their ideas, processes and knowledge with each other, then we would be ensuring quality literature for future generations,” Brown says.

While the program was successful, Brown and his staff realized they could offer more specialized and individualized workshops throughout the year — and they had the perfect location in which to do so — the same place where the magazine was brought to life, the home and property of Brown’s grandparents.

The quiet and secluded property in rural Honesdale, Pa., was the ideal spot for writing retreats and workshops.

For the past 20 years, Brown and his staff have welcomed more than a thousand writers and illustrators to the grounds to participate in lectures, one-on-one critiques, creative activities and group workshops. “We want to give authors and illustrators uninterrupted time to hone their craft,” says Brown.

By 2012, the foundation added a conference center; two years later, they completed a new lodge. They now offer more than 40 programs year-round, including “Unworkshops” that

provide a retreat for those who just want to work on a project.

“In the end, it’s the readers — children of all ages, from pre-school to young adult — who are the beneficiaries of the Highlights Foundation,” says Brown. “The task is to help writers and illustrators create inspiring, meaningful, engaging content.”

The future of the foundation is bright.

Helmed by Brown’s son George Brown as executive director and niece Alison Green Myers as program director, it continues to focus on diversity and is expanding into podcasts and online courses. Campus and facility upgrades are ongoing.

“It’s impossible to calculate the rippling effect,” Brown says. “An aspiring writer is sitting in a class led by Patti Gauch or Jerry Spinelli; listening to a lecture by Traci Chee; watching Floyd Cooper’s amazing illustrative techniques; learning how Leah Henderson dives into character development. They start to experiment. Something connects. The books they create are read by thousands. They teach others what they’ve learned. New books are created.

New readers enjoy the experience. I don’t think it’s possible to quantify the far-reaching effects of authors sharing with other authors their craft, knowledge, successes and failures, the hopes and dreams that drive them to create.”

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Stephen Wong ’89, chairman of investment banking for Hong Kong at Goldman Sachs, and co-head of the bank’s real estate group for Asia Pacific ex Japan, is one of the world's leading experts on baseball artifacts.

The National Pastime

by Andrew Wickenden ‘09

This summer, on the heels of the Washington Nationals World Series win, the Smithsonian Institution’s National Postal Museum in Washington, D.C. will present one of the most ambitious exhibitions to date, “Baseball: America’s Home Run.” Stephen Wong ’89, a life-long collector and one of the world’s foremost authorities on baseball history and its artifacts, is an honorary senior advisor and major lender to the exhibition. Wong has generously shared items from his private collection — many of the game’s most historically significant uniforms and other treasured collectibles — for this exhibition, which opens its three-year run on June 27.

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aseball has been a fixture of American life for nearly as long as the country has existed, and yet “Baseball: America’s Home Run” is the “first major baseball exhibition the Smithsonian has ever put on,” says Stephen Wong ’89.

The author of Smithsonian Baseball: Inside the World’s Finest Private Collections (2005) and Game Worn: Baseball Treasures from the Game’s Greatest Heroes and Moments (2016), Wong has spent decades studying baseball history, collecting and documenting rare memorabilia and organizing important baseball-themed exhibits around the country. The Smithsonian’s, however, is special — and worth the wait.

“There hasn’t been an exhibition of this magnitude ever,” explains Wong, who has been working for two years with the museum’s curator and administrators to craft the exhibit’s themes and script. “This is the biggest and most important project of my lifelong journey of baseball collecting. Writing the books was a huge privilege and something I’ll cherish my entire life, but to put together a museum project of this magnitude, to work with the Smithsonian and the special people there, and lend items from my collection — this is the absolute pinnacle for me.”

As chairman of investment banking for Hong Kong at Goldman Sachs, and co-head of the bank’s real estate group for Asia Pacific ex Japan, Wong says “it’s important to have passion and hobbies in life outside of work and family life. You raise a family, have your day job, it’s a mad scramble to be successful, but it’s really important to have that balance and that’s what baseball and this journey has done for me.”

Wong has always been a die-hard baseball fan. Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, he collected baseball cards as a kid and went to Giants games at Candlestick Park. When a friend showed him a 1959 Topps baseball card of Roger Maris, issued before Maris’s longstanding singleseason homerun record with the Yankees in 1961, Wong had an important early glimpse of the magic of rare memorabilia, “the aesthetics and nostalgia” aspect of collecting.

Later, while researching a high school history paper, he happened upon Franklin Pierce Adams’ poem, “Baseball’s Sad Lexicon,” bemoaning a double play by the early 20th century Chicago Cubs (Adams was a rabid New York Giants fan). Tracing the origins of that poem, which Wong can now recite from memory, led him to Lawrence Ritter’s The Glory of Their Times, revered as one of the pivotal works of baseball historiography.

Ritter’s book was not only “the genesis of my foray into learning about baseball history,” Wong says, but the template for his own first book.

In the early 1960s, Ritter traveled the country interviewing the aging great ball players of the first two decades of the 20th century. In the same spirit, Wong traveled to 21 of the most renowned private collections in the world, compiling stories and photographs of baseball’s rarest artifacts.

“No one had showcased these beautiful pieces of Americana for the public to appreciate,” Wong says. “I felt strongly and passionately about the artifacts that commemorate baseball and its heritage, and wanted to share that with the country.”

Since then, he has written a follow-up, Game Worn, which studies and features the hobby’s most coveted game-worn uniforms and the stories of the players who wore them. But like his books, the Smithsonian exhibit isn’t just about the artifacts and “it goes well beyond commemorating a sport — it goes to the notion of commemorating the soul of America and baseball’s pivotal role in that,” says Wong, who has lent upwards of 60 pieces from his own collection that commemorate the history of the game and the nation.

The exhibit features the Brooklyn Dodgers road uniform Jackie Robinson wore throughout his second season with the Dodgers (1948); the New York Yankees team jacket Lou Gehrig wore at Briggs Stadium in Detroit on May 2, 1939, when he took himself out of the lineup after playing 2,130 consecutive games (a major league record that stood until Cal Ripken broke it in 1995); and the bat Babe Ruth used during the 1920 season, when he “singlehandedly saved baseball,” Wong says, after the tragic 1919 World Series Black Sox scandal drove fans from the stadiums and nearly ruined the game.

French-American historian Jacque Barzun once wrote, “Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball.” From baseball’s early beginnings in the 19th century to the Civil Rights movement and beyond, Wong says “when you go to this exhibition, you not only will appreciate the artifacts commemorating America’s most sacred sport, but also a kaleidoscope of American life.”

The Smithsonian's blockbuster exhibition on baseball at the National Postal Museum in Washington, D.C. explores America’s national pastime.

Featuring artifacts and stamps commemorating great players and historic moments, such as the Babe Ruth stamp shown above, and drawing on original artwork and archival material from around the globe, the exhibition approaches the story from a unique, worldwide perspective. The display of stamps and mail will be complemented by rare artifacts loaned by other Smithsonian Institution museums, the National Baseball Hall of Fame, law enforcement agencies and private collectors, including Stephen Wong. postalmuseum.si.edu/ upcoming-exhibitions

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Changing the Conversation about Mental Illness

by Bethany Snyder

Mental well-being is a foundational component of living a healthy, balanced life. While one in four people will experience a mental illness at some point in their life, many find it difficult to engage in necessary and life-saving conversations on the subject. Pamela Harrington ’89 works to combat the stigma and discrimination.

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n 2010, award-winning actress Glenn Close was looking for someone to lead her new nonprofit, Bring Change to Mind (BC2M), an organization dedicated to encouraging dialogue about mental health.

She turned to Pamela Harrington ’89.

“I was in the right place at the right time with the right skills,” Harrington says.

Those skills included extensive experience in the nonprofit startup space. She helped launch The Jed Foundation, which is dedicated to protecting emotional health and preventing suicides of teens and young adults. “My niche specialty is taking an organization from a concept and bringing it to life, building a board and finding funding streams,” she explains.

Close was inspired to start Bring Change to Mind (BC2M) by her sister, diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and her nephew, diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder. Harrington’s life has been touched by mental illness, too — she has lost high school and college friends to suicide. At the time, she says, “I had no comprehension of why someone would do that. No one was talking about mental health in the ‘80s and ‘90s. No one was raising awareness of how to help yourself or others when they were struggling.”

As one of the first employees of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Harrington was fundamental in shaping the national conversation about breast cancer — which in turn led to increased awareness, education, funding and research. She is now doing the same with mental health through BC2M. “You can’t have overall health without a sound mind,” she says. “Mental health is a baseline we all have, and our work is reaching those at the further end of the spectrum. We’re guiding people to either get back to health or to learn to thrive where they are.”

Giving young people the skills and vocabulary they need to talk about mental illness is one of the key initiatives at BC2M. “Stigma is a learned behavior,” Harrington says. “We mimic the attitudes and language of our elders and pass our beliefs on to the next generation.” The Bring Change to Mind High School program is designed to stop the cycle of silence and shame by encouraging conversations and providing more than

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10,000 students across the country with the tools they need to manage their mental health.

While Harrington finds her work rewarding, it’s often difficult. “For every beautiful story of health and resilience, there are stories about families losing loved ones and kids who’ve lost friends,” Harrington says. “It’s incredibly fulfilling and heartbreaking and inspiring, and there’s rarely a day when I don’t have a tearful moment.”

She finds continued strength and hope in the children in the Bring Change to Mind High School program. “The kids are really inspiring,” Harrington says. “They’re showing more empathy and compassion. They’re changing the language they use to talk about mental health. They’re standing up against bullying. They’re changing lives.”

Disrupting the Cycle of Violence, Poverty and Incarceration

by Bethany Snyder

Children who grow up in communities mired in poverty and violence often find themselves trapped in a cycle of incarceration and recidivism. Youth development provides a foundation of education, opportunity and access that can help break that cycle. Hasan Stephens ’00 uses personal experience to make a difference in the lives of at-risk youth.

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asan Stephens ’00 grew up in The Edenwald Projects, the largest and arguably one of the most notorious housing projects in the Bronx, home to more than 5,000 residents. Stephens recalls the “daily atrocities” he saw, “walking by drug addicts in the hallway and watching people die regularly from gunshots.”

Education was the tool Stephens used to escape. A scholarship program for academically high-achieving youth from low-income families named Prep For Prep led him to Horace Mann School, a private college prep school in the Bronx, and from there to Hobart and William Smith, where he completed an independent major in film and music.

Working at WEOS put him on the path to a career as a disc jockey, which eventually brought him to his adopted hometown of Syracuse, N.Y., where he earned top ratings at iHeart Radio stations. He later pursued graduate studies in business at LeMoyne College. Stephens has served as an adjunct professor of political science and Africana studies at the State University of New York at Cortland for 10 years.

“Because of my experiences growing up, I value at-risk youth more so than I believe the world does,”

he says. “They deserve a chance, just like I was given a chance.”

To give that chance to others, in 2009 Stephens established the Good Life Youth Foundation, an organization that uses hip-hop culture to help marginalized youth understand financial literacy and entrepreneurship and, ultimately, live better lives. The board of directors includes fellow Hobart graduates Henry Culbreath ’99 and Winfield Prass ’99 as well as Syracuse mayor Ben Walsh.

“We work with kids the world has thrown away and turned their backs on,” Stephens says. “We’re teaching them how to be innovative, how to be creative, how to take their natural talent and use it to add value to the community.”

A key initiative of Good Life is the R.E.A.L. program (Ready to Enter and Accept Life), which focuses on life skills, asset building and financial education, entrepreneurship, career readiness and health and wellness. Participants are paired with a life coach and engage in group mentoring, experiential learning activities and cultural development projects.

Good Life also created three companies: fullservice promotional print and embroidery company GL Imprinting, vending machine company Good Eats and lawn care company Good Lawns. “These social ventures, as we call them, allow our youth to generate personal income while also providing sustainability for the organization,” says Stephens.

And it’s working. Good Life recently purchased a 37,000-square foot building that will become The Hip-Hop Center for Youth Entrepreneurship. Along with providing headquarters for the organization’s social ventures, the space will include a café to support culinary interests and a gallery for the display and sale of original artwork. Stephens is working on developing corporate and collegiate partnerships to help “establish this building as a creative central hub for the youth of Syracuse to learn how to be entrepreneurs,” he says. In addition to an ongoing capital campaign, partial funding for the building project has been secured from local foundations and state grants.

Stephens notes that Syracuse is among the nation’s top locations for concentrated poverty among African Americans and Latinos and is one of the most segregated cities in the United States.

But where some see only hardship and trauma, Stephens sees hope, opportunity — and a proof of concept. “If we can affect change here, then we can do it somewhere else,” he says. “We’re building a Find out more about The Good Life replicable model that can be used everywhere.”

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To Protect and Serve

by Natalia St. Lawrence ‘16

Public safety is a fundamental element of a functioning society. Every day, Sasha Borenstein ’14 agrees to assist, comfort, step in and step up to help others as a patrol officer with the Los Angeles Police Department.

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n any given night, Sasha Borenstein ’14 division, has evolved through her training on may arrive on the scene of 20 different the ground at the LAPD and her education at the radio calls throughout greater Los Colleges.

Angeles. And in her work as a patrol officer with

A psychology major with minors in sociology the Los Angeles Police Department, she’s called and social justice, Borenstein has always applied on to wear just as many hats. a critical understanding of people’s behaviors

“Being a police officer is being someone’s to her work. Her earliest experience in law friend, someone’s mentor or a confidant for those enforcement, as an intern for the City of Geneva who need someone to trust and talk to,” says Police Department, was completed in conjunction Borenstein. with an independent study with Associate Though she often sees people in their worst Professor of Sociology James Sutton, a national moments — a domestic dispute, a robbery expert on interpersonal violence, vulnerable or a traffic accident — providing populations and deviance. a helping hand through loss and After taking ridealongs with GPD “Getting to trauma is a critical component of see their faces officers and observing court cases at creating safe spaces in homes light up when the Geneva City Court, Borenstein would and neighborhoods throughout compare her experiences to the writings I grab a ball the city. and ask them of experts on socially deviant behaviors.

Sworn to protect the public, to play — that’s She also debriefed with Sutton, who Borenstein has learned that the stuff that continues to be one of her mentors. the interactions that take Borenstein’s path to law enforcement really makes place between radio calls me love what was aided by a connection she made are fundamental to building when she was considering attending I do.” community trust. In fact, the former William Smith. Dr. Lowell J. Levine ’59, Heron uses one of her abilities and a board-certified forensic ondontologist passions — her love for basketball — to develop and the director of operations for the New York meaningful connections with community State Police Medicolegal Investigations Unit, was members. A four-year member of the William a member of the teams that identified Nicholas II Smith basketball team, Borenstein continues of Russia and investigated the death of President to play for the LAPD women’s basketball Kennedy. Through Levine, Borenstein has been team, where she participates in a departmentable to attend homicide seminars and connect sponsored youth program that keeps the lights with people and opportunities that eventually led on so kids can play in the park after dark. her to the LAPD.

Having the opportunity to shoot hoops in a

“Lowell showed me how a liberal arts neighborhood park offers Borenstein the chance education was the right path for me, how it could to establish positive relationships with local kids. give me endless opportunity,” she explains.

“Getting to see their faces light up when I grab a

Borenstein’s long-term career plan is to ball and ask them to play — that’s the stuff that work in the robbery homicide division of the really makes me love what I do,” she says.

LAPD, taking her expertise in community policing

Borenstein’s commitment to a philosophy to a new level and furthering the safety of the of community policing, in which she develops people she has sworn to protect. meaningful connections to the people in her

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by Bethany Snyder

Community development is a foundational component of a resilient, diverse and vibrant society.

Strategic solutions for enhancing communities happen when the right people and resources come together.

D-L Casson ’70 has dedicated her life to making those connections happen.

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n her sophomore year, Diane-Louise “D-L” Kenney Casson ’70 realized she was one of just a few black women at William Smith. “I wanted to figure out what to do about it,” says Casson. So she went straight to the top.

A conversation with then-President Albert Holland led Casson to volunteer in Admissions, first as a campus tour guide and then, during her senior year, traveling with staff to outreach programs and college fairs in New York City. Her conversation with Holland was the beginning of a life spent identifying problems, finding solutions and connecting community resources.

Casson spent much of her career working in higher education, holding administrative posts at Stanford University, Mary Washington College, Fisk University and Atlanta University.

It was a relocation to Pennsylvania — where she worked for many years at the University of Pennsylvania — that eventually led to one of the most rewarding experiences of her career.

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Making Community Connections

In 2009, the nonprofit Public Health Management Corporation received a grant from the Kellogg Foundation to fund the Philadelphia Urban Food & Fitness Alliance, designed to increase access to healthy food and safe places for physical fitness for young people. Casson was brought on as project director.

“One of our goals was to teach high school students how to advocate for improved food in their schools,” she says. Many of the communities with the greatest need exist in food deserts with no access to fresh fruits and vegetables or food that isn’t highly processed.

“We wanted to not only improve health outcomes for young people, but give them the skills they needed to make positive change for themselves.” Approximately 60 students from African-American and Cambodian communities took part in the program.

Along with nutrition and food preparation skills, the students learned how food was brought into their schools, primarily through commodities from the government. Some schools didn’t even have full kitchens. Casson and her team connected the students with nutritionists and provided tastings. The students then presented the information they’d gathered back to the schools, teaching the kitchen staff how to prepare food so that kids would eat it and not waste it. “One of their mottos was, ‘if you roast it, we’ll eat it,’” Casson says. “I mean, who wants to eat a soggy vegetable?”

Throughout the project — which culminated in a capstone Chopped competition, in the style of the popular Food Network show — Casson was particularly struck by the rapport being built between students.

“I knew something good had happened when I saw an African-American girl teaching Vietnamese and Cambodian youth how to make egg rolls,” she says. The African-American girl lived down the street from the grandmothers of the other students, and while those kids weren’t interested in hanging out with their grandmothers, the African-American girl was.

The older women taught her the art of making

egg rolls, and she in turn taught her peers. “I’ll never forget that night,” says Casson. “It was a slam dunk: we won.”

Creating connections that foster change is what inspires Casson every day.

In her retirement, she works as the parish administrator at the Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew in Wilmington, Del., connecting parishioners and community members with services they need, from a cup of coffee to a dollar to get their prescription filled.

For Casson, it’s all part of building strong, supportive communities. “Without community development, things fall apart,” she says. “It’s the connective tissue of our society.”

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The Lay of the Land

by Andrew Wickenden ’09

The Seneca Nation, the Pulteney Estate and the Pre-history of Hobart and William Smith

With the Hobart bicentennial just two years away, the Colleges are reflecting on the history and foundations from which the institution has emerged.

This map, created by Guy Johnson in 1771, was prepared in a time before much exploration by Europeans had occurred. Important landmarks include “Chenussio,” which was a Seneca village located near the modern village of Geneseo, and the “Little Seneca River,” which is today known as the Genesee.

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he story of Hobart and William Smith begins on the traditional territory of the Seneca Nation. The 320 acres that the Colleges call home, as well as the surrounding territory stretching west to the Genesee River and beyond, was for generations the domain of the Senecas, who established communities and farms across what was originally the westernmost territory of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the union of six nations (also known as the Iroquois League) that also includes the Mohawk, Cayuga, Oneida, Onondaga and Tuscarora Nations.

“There are various opinions of how long ago we began to occupy these areas,” says G. Peter Jemison, an artist, activist, member of the Heron Clan of the Seneca Nation and historic site manager of the Ganondagan State Historic Site at Victor, N.Y. Archaeologists tend to base their estimates on the presence of bark longhouses, which indicate established communities and, accompanying them, an agricultural way of life. Those estimates date as far back as the 12th century C.E., but, as Jemison says, Senecas had been hunting, fishing and trapping in the area for probably 1,000 years before that, or longer.

According to Haudenosaunee creation stories, Native peoples lived in the area since time immemorial.

During the formation of the Confederacy — estimates range between 600 and 1,000 years ago — the Senecas were resistant to join, says Jemison, but an idea was put forth by the Peacemaker, one of the founders of the Confederacy, to unite the Nations.

Forced to relocate, Senecas reestablished communities on the northern end of Seneca Lake, including a town of approximately 5,000 at White Springs, just three-fourths of a mile from the center of what is now the Hobart Quadrangle.

Professor of Anthropology Jeffrey Anderson

Because the Senecas had powerful warriors unwilling to give up fighting, Jemison explains, the Peacemaker proposed giving them the responsibility of protecting the nations to their east, which is why the Senecas are known as the Keepers of the Western Door.

By the time of the Beaver Wars of the 17th century, Senecas had expanded Haudenosaunee land farther west by defeating and assimilating tribes like the Huron, Erie and Neutrals, their rivals in the fur trade. As demand for pelts rose and beavers became scarce in Haudenosaunee territory, Jemison says, “we then had to act as middlemen, either conducting trading parties to the western Great Lakes or deciding who could travel through our territory to the Lakes. This is the role that we the Keepers of the Western Door were in and the main reason Denonville sent his army.”

The July 1687 raiding party sent by the Marquis de Denonville, the governor of New France, destroyed Seneca communities including one of the largest at Ganondagan, the Seneca Nation’s eastern capital. Forced to relocate, Senecas reestablished communities on the northern end of Seneca Lake, including a town of approximately 5,000 at White Springs, just three-fourths of a mile from the center of what is now the Hobart Quadrangle. From about 1688 to 1715, Senecas farmed at White Springs, and by the mid-18th century, they had built their capital, Kanadesaga, near what is now the intersection of North Street and Preemption Road in Geneva, where William Smith later made his fortune as a nurseryman.

At Seneca communities like White Springs and Kanadesaga, “there was a sense of ownership of land but it was communal,” explains Professor of Anthropology Jeffrey Anderson, who teaches courses focused on Indigenous Peoples and has for more than 30 years researched the language, culture and history of the Northern Arapaho Nation of Wyoming. Anderson notes that clans, rather than individuals, decided where and when to move to the next farming site, decisions influenced predominantly by women.

Haudenosaunee women represented the land in council meetings, both “because men were often away at war and trade for long periods of time,” as Anderson says, and also because of the central role women played in growing food and selecting farming sites. Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Whitney Mauer, an Indigenous Studies scholar whose work focuses

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on Indigenous development, self-determination and sovereignty, says that women were the driving force behind the evolution and success of Haudenosaunee agricultural practices, which relied on irrigation and planting without the use of plows or draft animals. Mauer, who is of Piscataway Nation descent and has worked with Indigenous tribes in the Pacific Northwest, says that by the time of colonial Assistant Professor of contact, the Haudenosaunee had developed a Environmental Studies “very sophisticated” and “extremely productive” Whitney Mauer agricultural system, and “women were the primary knowledge keepers of this system.”

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In fact, throughout precontact history, Haudenosaunee Haudenosaunee women held positions of power and “were held with great esteem within traditional had developed Haudenosaunee societies,” says Agnes F. Williams, a “very M.S.W., coordinator of the Indigenous Women’s sophisticated” and Initiative and a member of the Wolf Clan from “extremely the Cattaraugus Territory of the Seneca Nation.

“Some date the founding of the Confederacy to productive” 912 A.D. when women secured the Peace with agricultural their appointments of Chiefs and Faith Keepers. system, and Haudenosaunee women provided a continuity of culture for 1,000 years, until the Europeans arrived “women were the with their white supremacy, superior weapons and primary knowledge dominance in the Americas.” keepers of this

During precontact history and through the arrival system.” of early Europeans, the Senecas’ political, social and agricultural stability also derived from the geography and topography of Western New York, says Rylee Wernoch ’21. Her interdisciplinary portrait of Seneca Lake, created as part of a 2019 summer research project, explores the cultural, social, economic and biological importance of the lake through history, as well as initiatives currently underway to help protect the health of the lake and the watershed. Wernoch learned that in building their communities on hills, near springs and the heads of streams, the Senecas enjoyed a steady supply of fresh water, access to fertile land and rich fisheries, and vantage points from which to spot threats. “They also used the lake as a highway,” she adds, noting that the speed of water travel was a strategic political and military advantage for the nation, which at the time was the largest and most powerful of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy.

“Seneca land was contested by the French, British and later the Americans through trade and settlement,” Anderson says. “It was part of global struggle. By the 18th century, the Senecas were not a simple isolated Native people but connected to a global system of trade and political forces. They were a true nation and a powerful one for many years, and Kanadesaga was the capital of that nation.”

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longhouses were set on a hill, and stretching out around them were fields of beans, corn and squash (the Three Sisters), and orchards of peaches and apples. There was also a palisade and blockhouse, a typical frontier fort, built by the British as a defense against rival trappers and fur traders. The Seneca Nation had for many years been trading beaver pelts with other Europeans, but because the British had better trade goods than others, and “better by far than the Americans,” Anderson says, the Senecas at Kanadesaga formed an alliance with the British, which lasted into the American Revolution.

On Sept. 7, 1779, Major General John Sullivan’s American troops destroyed Kanadesaga. The “scorch and burn” campaign under the orders of George Washington was retaliation for the Senecas’ association with the British during the war, though some Senecas had in fact fought with the colonists.

In his orders to Sullivan, Washington described the campaign’s “immediate object” — “the total destruction and devastation of [Haudenosaunee] settlements and the capture of as many prisoners of every age and sex as possible” — and wrote that it would “be essential to ruin their crops now in the ground and prevent their planting more.”

As Anderson explains, “the newly formed United States desperately wanted this land to bring in revenues because, simply put, both the government and most financiers were broke due to ending economic ties with Great Britain. The motto at the time was ‘Empire for Liberty’ (thus New York as the ‘Empire State’ even today). Most Revolutionary War troops had not been paid by the 1790s and the plan was to pay them with free land acquired from Indians. That rarely happened, however, with most land ending up in the hands of big land speculators.”

In 1788, New England speculators Oliver Phelps and Nathaniel Gorham bought pre-emption rights (right of first refusal) to six million acres in what is now New York from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Phelps and Gorham Purchase, comprising predominately Seneca land, spanned from the Pennsylvania border north to Lake Ontario and from just outside Kanadesaga (where Preemption Road now sits) west to the Genesee River. But, unable to make their debt payments despite selling off parcels, Phelps and Gorham lost their claim to Massachusetts, which in turn sold about 1.25 million acres to Robert Morris, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and future U.S. senator. Morris’ British agent, who happened to be Benjamin Franklin’s grandson, quickly sold that land and more — 12 million acres — to a group of British investors called the Pulteney Associates, despite the Nonintercourse Act of 1790, which established that only the U.S. Government could

cede and acquire land from Native Americans. The Pulteney Associates then tapped Captain Charles Williamson to administer the subdivision and sale of the 12 million acres, and Williamson, who had fought for the British during the American Revolution and later married an American, began a robust campaign to attract white settlers to the area, building roads, inns and land offices.

The 19th-century Geneva historian Charles Milliken writes that before long, the area “was invaded, so to speak, by ladies and gentlemen, many of whom came with their servants and slaves.” Over the course of the following decades, parcels were sold off to white Americans and European immigrants, including acreage at Kanadesaga and White Springs. The early nursery industry, which was the main economic driver in Geneva for many years, “began with the Kanadesaga fruit trees that survived Sullivan’s scorch and burn campaign,” Anderson notes. “The key is that colonizers saw the success of Seneca farms and orchards as a lure to acquire the land and farm it themselves. The idea of pioneers clearing the land and bringing farming to the frontier is misplaced here, since they just took over Iroquois farms that already existed.”

In 1877, having found success raising trees near the Kanadesaga site, William Smith and his brother Thomas purchased an unknown amount of land at White Springs. Other portions of the Pulteney Estate, as it came to be known, were sold to families whose names appear on the HWS campus, including Rees and De Lancey, as well as to those who founded the Geneva Academy and Geneva College. Arthur P. Rose — a graduate of the Hobart Class of 1862, a Trustee of the College and later mayor of Geneva — was the last administrator of the Pulteney Estate.

In 1790, Seneca chief and diplomat Cornplanter delivered a speech on behalf of the Seneca Nation, beseeching newly elected President George Washington and the U.S. government to meet the obligations agreed to by Phelps, Gorham and others. Acknowledging complaints of fraud, and that the Haudenosaunee “have been led into some difficulties” around land sales, Washington later told Cornplanter and other Seneca delegates “that it is my desire, and the desire of the United States that … in future the United States and the six Nations [sic] should be truly brothers, promoting each other’s prosperity by acts of mutual friendship and justice.”

Nevertheless, conflict flared between the U.S. and Native American nations. In a 2011 essay for the Syracuse Peace Council, G. Peter Jemison

Seneca chief and diplomat Cornplanter

The 1794 Treaty of Canandaigua The Haudenosaunee sent 1,600 representatives, including 800 Senecas, to meet with U.S. Colonel Timothy Pickering and General Israel Chapin, and Quaker mediators in an attempt to recognize the sovereignty of the Six Nations, establish land rights and make peace.

recounts a “stinging victory” that “a confederacy of nations in the Ohio region won … [against] the U.S. Army [in 1791]. Tension grew between [the Haudenosaunee] and white settlers immigrating into the Finger Lakes. Washington concluded that if the Six Nations joined the Northwest Confederacy, their combined strength could prove insurmountable for the now 15 states.”

To ease tensions and stave off such a formidable alliance, the U.S. and the Six Nations convened delegations in Canandaigua in 1794 to discuss a treaty, as Seneca chief Red Jacket said at the time, “to brighten the Chain of Friendship between us and the 15 fires.” The Haudenosaunee sent 1,600 representatives, including 800 Senecas, to meet with U.S. Colonel Timothy Pickering and General Israel Chapin, and Quaker mediators in an attempt to recognize the sovereignty of the Six Nations, establish land rights and make peace.

Ultimately, the Treaty of Canandaigua codified U.S. recognition of “lands reserved to the Oneida, Onondaga and Cayuga Nations” and set out the boundaries of Seneca land — essentially the entire state of New York west of Geneva. The treaty includes a U.S. promise to never claim Seneca land, “nor disturb the Seneca Nation, nor any of the Six Nations, or of their Indian friends residing thereon, and united with them, in the free use and enjoyment thereof; but it shall remain theirs, until they choose to sell the same, to the people of the United States, who have the right to purchase.”

In the 225 years since the Treaty of Canandaigua was signed, the friendship between the Haudenosaunee and the U.S. has been strained, lands appropriated and the treaty violated, but it remains intact and recognized today by the governments of all signatories. As Jemison writes in his 2011 essay, “The 1794 Treaty of Canandaigua,” Oneida, Onondaga and Cayuga lands “were later taken by New York State in illegal treaties. The St. Lawrence Seaway destroyed Mohawk land and fishing grounds (1954); Kinzua Dam flooded 9,000 acres, removing Seneca people from traditional farming and medicine-gathering land, graves, even the Longhouse (1964); the Niagara River project took Tuscarora land (1967); Reynolds and General Motors built plants that polluted the entire St. Lawrence River (1950s on).”

The U.S. continues to make annual payments for the distribution of cloth to the Haudenosaunee, an important symbolic acknowledgement, Jemison notes, of the U.S. obligations to the treaty. “Enrolled members are each entitled to one yard of cloth, which has no real purpose in a utilitarian way,” he says, “but shows the U.S. understands the terms of the treaty are still in place and allows us to turn to the U.S. and say, this was established and ratified, is the law of the land, entered into nation to nation, Pulteney Street Survey | Spring 2020 / 41

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and we can say we’re still here, expecting you to respect what you entered into 200-plus years ago.”

Each November, the signing of the treaty is commemorated in Canandaigua by members of the Six Nations, the U.S. government, Quakers, local governments and community members, including local colleges and universities. While students and faculty have represented HWS informally in the past, this fall marked the Colleges’ first official appearance at the celebration.

“The Treaty of Canandaigua was signed just 25 years before Geneva College was granted its charter from the State of New York. Without it, the Colleges very well may not be here,” says President Joyce P. Jacobsen. “Our presence at the treaty commemoration is a modest but important sign of our determination to reckon honestly with the institution’s past and promote respectful connections with our Haudenosaunee neighbors that will endure and deepen moving forward.”

Against the backdrop of the Colleges’ history and that of the Finger Lakes region, “what’s really important is to acknowledge that this landscape is still meaningful to Seneca people,” says Professor Whitney Mauer. “It’s a living part of their culture.”

Mauer was one of the faculty who co-taught a Sustainable Living and Learning Community last spring in which students planted crops at the Colleges’ Fribolin Farm, including heirloom varieties of corn, beans and squash that the Senecas living at White Springs would have planted themselves. While the course offered a chance to explore the historical context of White Springs and the Haudenosaunee of the 17th century, Mauer says that too often Native issues are “treated as history that has happened, when they are not — they are contemporary, impacting people who are here and present.”

It is critical then for the HWS community to reflect on both the history that led to the founding of HWS and its legacy today, says Jason Corwin, Ph.D., executive director of the Seneca Media and Communications Center and a member of the Seneca Nation. “Was the manner in which rights to the land were gained by European-Americans just and fair? And if not, what should present day Americans do about it? What responsibility do people, regardless of their nationality or ethnicity, have toward the environment of the region? How can universities cultivate respectful and reciprocal relationships with Native peoples?”

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In 1877, William Smith and his brother Thomas purchased an unknown amount of land at White Springs. Other portions of the Pulteney Estate, as it came to be known, were sold to families whose names appear on the HWS campus, including Rees and De Lancey, as well as to those who founded the Geneva Academy and Geneva College.

world and think seven generations forward.

This is particularly important at a time when environmental issues and social injustices seem very dire, leaving many young people to feel pessimistic about the future.”

It was that sentiment that prompted the Hobart Dean’s Council to convene a public panel discussion in the spring 2019 semester, examining the context of the Colleges’ historical connections to the Senecas and Haudenosaunee and their contemporary expressions. The panel featured Professor Jeffrey Anderson and G. Peter Jemison alongside Patrick J. Solomon ’92, P’20, P’23, founding partner of Thomas & Solomon LLP and an Associate and Appellate Justice of the St. Regis Mohawk tribal court, who played on championshipwinning Hobart and Iroquois National lacrosse teams; the Rt. Rev. Dr. Prince G. Singh, eighth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Rochester and HWS Trustee; and Nicole Scott, director for the Native American Future Stewards Program at Rochester Institute of Technology and a Diné (Navajo) of The Red Running Into Water Clan born for Big Water Clan.

Khuram Hussain, Hobart Dean and Associate Professor of Education, had asked the Dean’s Council — an advisory group of students — to research campus history and traditions, particularly the Hobart oar that supposedly belonged to the (almost certainly fictional) Seneca warrior, Agayentah. As the story goes, in the aftermath of a canoe accident on Seneca Lake, the echo of Agayentah’s dying cry reached the shore. The legend inspired the original name of the Hobart College yearbook, the Echo of the Seneca; the call letters of the Colleges’ radio station, WEOS; and the iconic Hobart oar. According to the legend, Agayentah’s “spirit was preserved in the form of an unusual tree … from which the original Hobart oar was supposedly carved,” as Grace Ruble ’21 recounted in The Herald last spring. Ever since a member of the Class of 1859 found the original oar, Ruble writes, it has been “guarded by the Druids and passed from one senior Hobart class to the next” — a tradition that inspired the Hobart Alumni Association’s gift to seniors, a small replica oar, which “is supposed to remind [graduates] of their time at Hobart and the fact that they are the determiners of their own lives.”

While the Council’s research turned up various iterations of the legend of the oar generated by Hobart students throughout the early 20th century, they also found no real historical evidence of an actual tie to the Seneca people. When the Council made that discovery, Hussain says, it “made us consider what might still be of value to those traditions and whether they could be part of an evolving of traditions. Specifically, if this is an effort to connect Hobart College to the people and the

land, then let’s explore the oar tradition within that wider context.”

For one thing, says Agnes Williams, “it is important to recognize the impact of 500 years of colonial oppression and repression, including the federal government’s policies designed to gain land and natural resources in our territories.” With the Buffalo, N.Y.-based Indigenous Women’s Initiative and other groups across the country, Williams and her colleagues have been working for decades to support and preserve Native communities, their lands and their languages and cultures. In honestly addressing the historical record, she says the role of higher education “cannot be underestimated.

Most non-Native institutions offer general education courses in media and stereotypes to begin the process of dispelling the misinformation about the Haudenosaunee. History courses in colonial regional history taught from the Native perspective are very important to correct the misrepresentations of Native peoples perpetuated by mainstream education.”

Environmental stewardship is another critical area where the Colleges can work to sustain and advance relationships with Native communities, says Jason Corwin. “Senecas, like most Indigenous people, have viewed their relationship with the environment as being one of responsibility rather than rights or dominion,” he says. “Agriculture, hunting, fishing and foraging for wild edibles as the sustenance for villages long term over countless generations requires concepts of sustainability that were woven into the culture. These values and philosophies still persist to this day as many Native communities, the Seneca included, have placed a high importance on protecting the environment from pollution and revitalizing traditional lifeways, particularly agriculture.”

Assessing and mitigating the Colleges’ environmental footprint is essential, Corwin says, but so too is “supporting the work of environmental sciences and recognizing the vital role [of ] Indigenous sustainable technologies, traditional ecological knowledge, and philosophical traditions … in informing a comprehensive approach to dealing with the environmental crises of today …

For too long Indigenous ways of knowing have been dismissed by mainstream society and academia as being primitive and superstitious.” HWS, he says, must “take a strong stand for social and environmental justice, for in a truly comprehensive approach to the concept of sustainability, the two must be seen as intertwined.”

As an institution that values interdisciplinary academics, community engagement and sustainability, HWS has the opportunity and responsibility to pursue these and other “meaningful and intentionally long-term acts

Haudenosaunee flag

“We begin by acknowledging that we are on the traditional territory of the Onondowaga or ‘the people of the Great Hill.’

In English, they are known as Seneca people, ‘the Keeper of the Western Door.’ They are one of the six nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the world’s oldest continual participatory democracy.”

designed to build lasting relationships,” says Professor Mauer.

In 2019, Mauer, Hussain and Director of Admissions Bill Warder ’96 attended a gathering at the University of Rochester focused on ways to recruit and retain Indigenous students, a valuable opportunity, Hussain says, to “collaborate with members of the consortium from other institutions to cultivate the kind of environment that will invite and support Native students on our campus.”

Meanwhile, the HWS Deans Offices have worked with Seneca and other Indigenous scholars and educators to develop the land recognition statement now recited before major HWS campus events and ceremonies: “We begin by acknowledging that we are on the traditional territory of the Onondowaga or ‘the people of the Great Hill.’ In English, they are known as Seneca people, ‘the Keeper of the Western Door.’ They are one of the six nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the world’s oldest continual participatory democracy.”

The oar’s role in the Hobart matriculation ceremony has been replaced with a new tradition in which alumni present each incoming first-year with a shield pin, signifying the beginning of their journey as a Hobart student. The Druids, who have traditionally used the oar as part of the induction of new members, began their 2019 ceremony by “first addressing the problematic history of the oar,” says Hussain, who is meeting with the honors society in the spring 2020 semester to decide “how they would like to move forward with (or without) the oar.” Similar discussions are taking place about the Hobart Alumni Association’s senior gift.

In the “longer walk toward reconciliation between the Seneca Nation and Hobart and William Smith,” as Hussain says, these first steps have been driven by HWS faculty, students and staff, who have also ensured that the Haudenosaunee flag flies at HWS events and that the Colleges will celebrate Seneca history as part of Hobart’s bicentennial festivities in 2022.

Other proposals — such as collaborating with Native Studies programs at neighboring colleges and universities and recruiting more Indigenous faculty, staff, students and speakers — will take time and collaboration between HWS and Seneca partners to plan and implement. But as Professor Anderson says, “the difference between what the history of the area was imagined to be and what really happened” is where the conversation begins — not where it ends.

For references and further reading visit: hws.edu/land.

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FANFARE | HONORS | AWARDS | CELEBRATIONS

HWS Community

Williams Club Membership Extends HWS Network Hobart and William Smith have rejoined the more than century-old Williams Club, which offers a space and opportunities to engage personally and professionally with fellow members of the liberal arts community. As an affiliate institution, HWS enjoys access to the Williams Club facilities at the Princeton Club in Midtown Manhattan, and members of the Colleges’ community — including students, graduates, faculty, staff and family — are eligible to join as members.

“We are thrilled to create this resource for the HWS community,” says Director of Alumni and Alumnae Relations Chevanne Graham DeVaney ’95, P’21, P’23. “Our relationship with the Williams Club offers the Colleges’ community a great opportunity to connect with peers from other institutions and expand their social and career networks.”

Club amenities include hotel rooms, squash and fitness facilities, a business center and dining venues. The club hosts cultural, social, educational and networking events, and members enjoy discounts at clothing stores and parking structures, as well as access to more than 200 reciprocal clubs around the world.

Learn more at williamsclub.org/site.

New LGBTQIA+ Alumni/ae Network The Hobart and William Smith Alumni and Alumnae Associations are in the early planning stages of creating an LGBTQIA+ alumni/ae group. The network will provide an avenue through which graduates will connect with one another and the Colleges to promote and strengthen relations between the institution and LGBTQIA+ alums and students.

If you would like to learn about how you can get involved, please contact Chevanne Graham DeVaney ’95, P’21 P’23, the director of alumni and alumnae relations, at devaney@hws.edu.

Other identity and professional-based affinity groups include the Afro Latino Alumni/ae Association (ALAA), William Smith at Work, the Statesmen Athletics Association and the Heron Society.

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Kappa Alpha House circa 1800s.

Kappa Alpha Celebrates 175 Years Hobart College is home to one of the oldest remaining branches of the Kappa Alpha (KA) Society, itself the oldest Greek-lettered collegiate fraternity in the U.S. and precursor of the modern Greek system. On Dec. 7, more than 90 current and alum members of KA gathered on campus to celebrate the New York Beta Chapter’s 175th anniversary.

KA was founded at Union College in 1825.

William Talmage McDonald, Class of 1845, and Lawrence Stern Stevens, Class of 1848, were initiated at Union in 1844; they in turn initiated six other Hobart students into the Hobart chapter (also known as the CH chapter).

Historical documents from the past 175 years were presented during the chapter's reunion weekend and are now being archived. Many will be presented to the Colleges and the Geneva Historical Society.

Edward G. Mooney ’77, president of the Hobart College Kappa Alpha Alumni Board of Directors, hosted a gala dinner at the reunion.

“I enjoyed spending time with Hobart KA alums spanning the past 45 years, conjuring up all the great memories we spent at college,” he says.

More than 1,000 Hobart students have had the privilege of calling themselves KAs. There are 27 active members of KA on campus who are involved in sports, clubs and events, and dedicated to service and community involvement.

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1| Mark D. Gearan L.H.D. ’17 and Mary Herlihy Gearan L.H.D. ’17, P’21 enjoy a day with HWS alums at the Head of the Charles regatta in Boston in October.

2| Board of Trustees Chair Thomas Bozzuto ’68, L.H.D. ’18 and Barbara Bozzuto welcome President Joyce P. Jacobsen to Baltimore in November.

3| Vice President for Advancement Bob O’Connor P’22, Henry Rosenberg Jr. ’52, L.H.D. ’02 and Chief of Staff Kathy Killius Regan ’82, P’13 at the Baltimore welcome for President Jacobsen.

4| Martha Stuart Jewett ’68, William Martin ’66, Karen Salemo Van Arsdale ’88 and Marc Van Arsdale ’85 enjoy the Baltimore welcome.

5| Michael Schoen, Jean Ann Linney ’72, Joel ’56 and Jacqueline Wrubel Savits ’57, P’82, P’87, P’90, GP’16 attend the D.C. welcome for President Jacobsen in November.

6| Kristina Santry and Arthur Santry III ’78 at the D.C. welcome for President Jacobsen.

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7| Trustee Edward Cooper ’86, The Hon. Ludwig Gaines ’88 and Mark “Skip” Darden III ’87, P’17 at the D.C. welcome for President Jacobsen.

8| Thomas Burke, Cynthia Fults Burke ’87, Trustee Craig Stine ’81, P’17 and Kathy Stine P’17 at the holiday gathering at the Williams Club in NYC in December.

9| WS@Work participants Julie “Cat” Forman ’15, Egan Sachs-Hecht ’19, Allie Haversat ’19, Gabriella Milano ’19, Margaret “Mimi” Scott ’16, Caroline Demeter ’15 and Elizabeth “Liza” Plummer ’19 pose with President Jacobsen during the NYC welcome.

10| James and Bernadette Atwater P’19, P’23, Wheeler Jackson ’70 and Ellen Fridovich David ’71 at the NYC welcome.

11| Joshua Leach ’01, Turiya Minter and Latiqua Washington ’09 at the NYC gathering.

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events

New events are added daily. For details and to register, go to hws.edu/alum.

Regional Gatherings Join President Joyce P. Jacobsen for a regional event!

A Celebration of Rev. Dr. Alger L. Adams ’32, D.D. ’83

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Denver, Colo.

Seattle, Wash.

San Francisco, Calif.

Boston, Mass.

March 27 – A Celebration of Rev. Dr. Alger L. Adams ’32, D.D. ’83. HWS Campus: Join us for a ceremony reflecting on the life and legacy of the first black man to receive a degree from Hobart College.

April 7 – Blackwell-Hale Dinner, 6-8 p.m. in the Vandervort Room.

April 9 – Join WS@Work for a career panel discussion from 6-8 p.m. at the Williams Club in NYC. April 21 – Join Professor of History Clif Hood for a talk on the New York City subway system from 6-8 p.m. at the Williams Club in NYC.

HWS Alumni, Alumnae and Parent Trips Visit www.hws.edu/alum for more information.

March 12 March 16 March 18 April 29

April 17 - Charter Day, 4:30 p.m. at St. John's Chapel.

Moving Up Day

Morocco

Sept. 18-27, 2020

(9 days and 8 nights) Explore the local culture, history and heritage on an unforgettable journey to Marrakech, Casablanca and Rabat.

Ireland

Oct. 2-11, 2020

(10 days and 9 nights) Join former Interim President and Professor Emeritus of Economics Patrick A. McGuire, L.H.D. ’12 and Sandra A. McGuire to learn the history and culture of Ireland.

April 24 - Moving Up Day, gather at 4:30 p.m. at the William Smith Hill, 4:45 p.m. at Stern Lawn.

Join Us!

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Indelible Effects

AUFSES

3 / Robin Dissin Aufses ’71, P’11 on Professor of English Katherine Dapp Cook, L.H.D. ’84

Nine alums reflect on the professors who helped to set the foundation of their lives and careers.

STEWART

WOODWORTH

HAYDON

COOK

CAPREEDY

1 / Nick Stewart ’15 on Associate Professor of Theatre Chris Woodworth

2 / Nicholas Haydon ’19 on Associate Professor of Classics James Capreedy

Professor Woodworth inspired me to find what it was that I enjoyed about theatre. She pushed me to think about the content in a play and not just enjoy the story; there are always connections between a play and real or current events. When I was cast in Professor Woodworth’s production of Alice in Wonderland, I found my niche for losing myself and becoming the character. Professor Woodworth allowed me to see that there are no flaws in theatre. That year, I was able to pick myself off the ground and run head-on into the art as I embarked on my journey to graduate school to receive my MFA. If it wasn’t for Professor Woodworth as a mentor and supporter in who I was as a person, beyond the stage, I wouldn’t have the work ethic and drive I do today. Because of her, my favorite plays are written by women.

When I was a senior in high school, I visited Hobart so I could have first-hand experience of what it would be like to attend. During that visit, I was privileged to meet with a few professors in the Classics department, my eventual major. Professor Capreedy took the time to have lunch with me. He answered my questions, provided insight and exuded a friendly, welcoming attitude that I would not forget. It was only fitting that three years later, Professor Capreedy served as my advisor for my Honors project. His knowledge, patience and tutelage guided me through the painstaking process of writing an Honors thesis.

The writing and research skills I learned through working closely with him prepared me for my job after graduation, and I still use them to this day. But, more importantly, his mentorship and friendship made the experience something for which I am forever grateful.

Stewart is a company member with Step Afrika! in Washington, D.C. Woodworth earned her doctorate at Bowling Green State University. She joined the faculty in 2013.

Haydon is the grants manager with the Texas Public Policy Foundation in Washington, D.C. Capreedy received his doctorate from the University of British Columbia. He joined the faculty in 2009.

I first encountered Katy Cook when she proctored a Western Civ exam. Halfway through she stopped us and served us Cokes. When I took her James Joyce seminar she had us over for Irish coffee, and when I visited her because I couldn't figure out how to write about Molly Bloom, she served me sherry. My memories of her are related to more than serving drinks, of course. I've been a high school English teacher for more than 40 years and I think of her whenever I hand something to my students. Professor Cook called all of her handouts Throwaways. That little James Joyce in-joke — and so much more — made us feel we were part of a family and that studying literature was the highest good and the most fun.

I've tried to be like her, and in my best years and best classes I think I've succeeded, at least a little.

Aufses is the director of English studies at the Lycée Français de New York in New York City. Cook died in 1998. She served as a member of the faculty for 37 years.

HOWARD

DAISE

4 / Thomas Howard ’72 on Professor Emeritus of Philosophy Benjamin Daise Ben Daise was my teacher, mentor and friend (which he remains). He showed me how the study of philosophy is practiced — and that changed my life. His Socratic approach, wry wit and insistence that his students be passionate about their studies transformed me from an unfocused adolescent into an adult, with the intellectual foundation that has sustained me throughout my life. But Ben was more than the teacher, and I needed more than that to undertake a transformation. He became my mentor. Not only did we study Plato, Kant, Dewey, Sartre, Kierkegaard and others in the classroom, but we continued to discuss diverse issues through the night. He taught me to love knowledge and critical thinking, to learn. Thanks to him, I earned the Sutherland Prize for Excellence in Philosophy in 1972, graduated from New York University School of Law and was able to find reward in the substantial, but more practical, challenges of the law.

Howard is a founding partner at Howard Law LLP in Hackensack, N.J. Daise retired from teaching in 2008 and lives in Rochester, N.Y.

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JONES-JOHNSON

JIMENEZ

5 / Themba Jones-Johnson ’92 on Associate Professor of Africana Studies Marilyn Jimenez P’12 Professor Jimenez’s classes were probably the most challenging ones I took at the Colleges. She had a unique ability to always make me stretch myself academically. Her classes were some of the few offered that dealt with marginalized people, and I was immediately drawn to the subject matter. She was a role model professor in the small HWS community and a welcome face for many students of color. To this day, I still remember some of the things that were taught in her film class. Thank you for the lessons learned.

Jones-Johnson is a real estate agent in Teaneck, N.J. Jimenez will retire in 2020 and lives in New York City.

She joined the faculty in 1984.

STOLP

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SMITH

7 / James McGivney ’68 on Professor of Political Science Maynard Smith P’76 Maynard Smith taught me both political science and how to think and act. Thought was to be used not to reinforce already existing, probably inherited beliefs, but to analyze those beliefs and try to determine if they were correct. Action was to be taken only after well-conceived thought and only with due regard for the rights and feelings of others. Maynard taught by example: He was never rude or belittling; he had great questions, and it was your job to answer, not his to answer and for you to accept. We never knew whether he was a Democrat or a Republican. He did not avoid the controversies of the times, but he did not make his answers your answers by stating his thought as an absolute truth. Maynard turned 100 in November, which shows you what living right can do!

McGivney is an attorney with Gibney, Anthony & Flaherty, LLP in New York City. Maynard retired from teaching in 1990 and lives in Canandaigua, N.Y.

MILLINGTON

6 / Derek Stolp ’69 on Professor Emeritus of Political Science Tom Millington When I began my teaching career in 1969, with no formal training, I drew upon the model of Professor Millington, who always engaged his students in discussion — a style that was open, welcoming and non-judgmental. While the lecture method in the hands of a talented performer could be entertaining and informative, I found this transmission model of teaching to be limiting. Instead, I asked my students from pre-algebra through calculus to wrestle with problem solving through discussions. After all, the task was never simply to get the right answer; the goal was to create an argument in support of a conclusion, and to convince others (not just me) that the argument was valid. Through this process, my students came to understand that learning is more than simply recapitulation; it is the personal construction of knowledge through conversation, and my students have Professor Millington to thank for that.

Stolp recently retired from a career as a math teacher, including 29 years at Milton Academy in Milton, Mass.

Millington retired from teaching in 1997 and lives in Geneva, N.Y. He would love to hear from former students and can be reached at millimuz61@gmail.com.

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8 / Janelle Walkley ’10 on Associate Professor of Chemistry Christine de Denus In the spring of 2008, I was selected for the Chemistry Student Summer Research Program with Professor de Denus. I quickly learned that planning, attention to detail and adapting to unforeseen challenges were very important to success in the lab. This experience led to an Honors project that expanded on my lab work. Summer research and my Honors project gave me invaluable exposure to the abstract submission process and poster presentations. Professor de Denus allowed me freedom to perform my research, but was always there to provide feedback and push me to contribute. She also supported my decision to expand into other areas of research after graduation. An entry-level research study position eventually led to my current role as a program manager for multicenter clinical trial operations. The skills that I learned working with Professor de Denus helped to set the foundation of my research career.

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9 / Heather Crosby Mnuchin ’89 on Professor Emerita of Art History Elena Ciletti When I arrived in Geneva in the fall of 1985 I immediately enrolled in every art history course I could. Professor Ciletti was famous for being a hard teacher who demanded a lot from her students. When I finally made it to one of her classes I found her to be warm and friendly; she made art history that much more interesting. Her passion made the history of art fascinating; she made the art relate to the politics, religion and music of the era and made it all tie in to one incredible piece of history. She soon became my advisor and helped me navigate to a successful cum laude graduation in art history and religion. My friends and I loved Houghton House, the gardens, the studios and all that Professor Ciletti let us explore as art history students.

Mnuchin is retired from a career in entertainment marketing in Los Angeles, Calif. Ciletti retired from teaching in 2013 and lives in Romulus, N.Y.

Walkley is a clinical trial program manager at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. de Denus received her doctorate from the University of Manitoba. She joined the HWS faculty in 1999.

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Classnotes

Facebook pages for all Classes are online

3 WAYS TO SUBMIT NEWS:

• Submit news directly to your class correspondent, listed at the beginning of each class column; • If your class doesn’t have a correspondent, send news to the Office of Alumni and Alumnae Relations at alumrelations@hws.edu; • Submit news online at www.hws.edu/classnotes

CLASSNOTES EDITORS Bethany Snyder and Kira Cosentino Bennett ’15

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DEADLINES

Submit news when it occurs. There’s no need to wait until an issue of the Pulteney Street Survey arrives!

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WILLIAM SMITH Alta Essom Boyer, 8679 Mill Street, Lodi, NY 14860-9724; (607) 582-6365

’41,’42, ’43 HOBART Ivan W. Kuhl ’43, 1034 Liberty

Park Drive, Apt. 332, Austin, TX; (512) 3060772; iwkuhl123@gmail.com

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WILLIAM SMITH Marguerite Kirchner Miller, Luther Crest, 800 Hausman Road, Apt. 408, Allentown, PA 18104; (610) 530-5747

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Daniel Berkson writes: “Last spring, my wife Gisela and I visited Chartwell, Winston Churchill’s home outside of London, and then traveled to Dunkirk and its beaches Omaha, Utah and others, which the Allies invaded in June 1944.

Very worthwhile! Best to my classmates.”

WILLIAM SMITH B. Anne Roth Commerton, 101 Brightwater Drive, Unit 2317, Myrtle Beach, SC 29579; (843) 2360157; acommerton@yahoo.com

’50 Photo by Kevin Colton

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Richard F. Hunt P’76 sent the following letter to Frederick “Fritz” Scheeren ’59: “Hi, Hobart! Let me unload my tale of great fortune. My class of 1950 is sadly depleted now and so is Phi Phi Delta. I do, however, have a few contacts left and loads of memories. In 1946, I had intended college to be in Ohio, upon graduating from Eden Central School. WWII returning GIs deserved the university at the last minute, so no Ohio for me. On short notice I used the William Smith and Phi Beta Kappa connection of Evelyn Tooley ’26, P’50 to enter Hobart instead. Thanks, Mom! Four years later, having graduated, I entered the Second Armored Division reforming Germany. Attached to a medical unit, Hobart experience was needed in every aspect of duties. Surprisingly, Army sports needed a trainer. Football, boxing and baseball were my assignments while tanks readied for Russia. Why me? None other had played sports, and I’d played baseball at Hobart. I was discharged in late November of 1952 and Hobart immediately took over again. I had a

wife and daughter to support by then.

Fortunately, Naples Central School needed a science teacher to start the new year. On Jan. 3, 1953, brothers Fritz Scheeren and Alexander ‘Alex’ Scheeren ’60 were among multiple classes that met me for the first time in science and geometry classes. Premed at Hobart kept me employed that season and for seven more years. The Scheeren brothers graduated from Naples and then applied to Hobart College. They graduated in 1959 and 1960 into the military service, while I continued science education in Fairport, N.Y. Hobart’s connection started almost immediately upon arriving on campus.

Walking past Coxe Hall one evening, I located five guys tooting musical instruments and in need of a piano player. I volunteered. That session led to four campus years of dance and jazz music, but not limited to just the campus.

The ‘band’ became significant, of course, and contacts with Hobart and Geneva musicians began a lifetime playing music.

In high school, Alex Scheeren found band and orchestral music rewarding. But at Hobart his music blossomed. Together with classmate Robert Masteller ’60, they formed a popular campus band and after graduation each became an internationally known musician performing with popular bands. I, too, continued playing with local bands to augment my massive teaching income.

1990 began a Hobart collusion. Ann and I had retired to Lady’s Island, S.C. Alex called one year with news that Bob Masteller was living and playing music on nearby Hilton Head. My contact with Bob led to our being on the road playing regularly until Masteller developed his own New York City-style facility he named The Jazz Corner. Although Al and Bob are no longer living, ‘The Corner’ is still alive and recognized worldwide. For us, Hobart was not just a school. It has been an inner life waiting to spring into action when needed. I’ve been proud to watch my alma mater expanding real-life experiences. Hip Hobart.”

WILLIAM SMITH Ruth Ey Hyde

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HOBART Edward T. Hanley, Jr., 7003 County Road 12, Naples, NY 14512; (585) 394-2665; ach14512@rochester.rr.com WILLIAM SMITH Elizabeth Allison

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WILLIAM SMITH Judith Haslam Cross, 25 Fry Road, Apt. 1006, Hanover, NH 03755; judycross85@gmail.com; (603) 643-8464 I hope you all enjoyed the latest issue of the PSS as much as I did. I was delighted to see that Gloria Robinson Lowry L.H.D. ’19 received an honorary degree last year. Gloria and I go back a long way, as we both graduated from Westfield High in ’48 and then at William Smith, where we both graduated in ’52.

Seeing that six William Smith students had received Fulbright Scholarships was impressive. The history of the curriculum was interesting. Western Civ was taught at only three colleges — the University of Chicago, Columbia and Hobart and William Smith. It started in our sophomore year and continued into our junior year. I remember walking across the mud on duck boards to the old unheated barracks from WWII. There, Professor of Classics Brooks Otis L.H.D. ’77 unfolded the mysteries of Plato and Aristotle on a blackboard. Then we went on up through history from the Greeks and the Romans onward. In our junior year, we studied anthropology, which I adored. Next came economics, in which I was deplorable. I asked a Hobart friend for help and he taught me enough so I squeaked through and left Western Civ with a high pass. They were interesting years, as we left behind many ideas we had assumed on faith that turned out to be false. When I saw the obituary of Hidelore “Bubbi” Lahvis Duffy ’50, it took me back to Houghton House where Bubbi was a junior when I was a freshman. Her father was a doctor in Gowanda, which had a large population of Polish people who were referred to as Bohunks, which was shortened to Hunks. We mentioned in our yearbooks that we were the last of the Hunks. When my daughter Alexandra Cross Mitchell ’85 graduated, Fred Rogers L.H.D. ’85 was awarded an honorary degree and spoke to the students. He came a day early so he could meet with the students in Geneva. When the Trustees were robing, we were introduced, and when we shook hands my hands were cold, so he took them in his and warmed them.

His address was inspiring and when it was over he sat at the piano and played “When You Wish Upon a Star.” The students and the parents all sang along and there wasn’t a dry eye among us.

Constance Kauffman Berman called me and she is still enjoying swimming and playing bridge. Grandson Sam received his law degree and will start in NYC at a law firm there. Craig “Bud” Brambley called to say he has now retired from Lockheed. He and his wife Caroline have been married for 61 years and have

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CLASSNOTES | four sons, seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Bud enjoys playing golf twice a week and shoots his age! Bud was vice president and director for Lockheed, where he worked for 30 years. He and Caroline now live in Stateside, N.C. Ruth Collings lives in a retirement community in Pensacola, Fla., where she has her own apartment. She says she is fine but her car isn’t! Joan Libenson Scheinholtz and I shared many memories of our lives together in New York after graduation.

She and her roommate lived across the street from Jean Halaby Moffitt and me, and we all worked together at Equitable Life. Joan met her future husband Lenny, and he and a friend and I would go down to night court, which was fun and interesting and a cheap night’s entertainment. Talked with Marian “Betty” Wetmore Mackenzie. She is still living in her house in Fairfax, Va. She continues to volunteer at the library. Betty keeps in touch with Donna Anderson Cassedy and Janet Kelly Wagoner.

Betty has seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. There is sad news to report. We recently learned of the passing of Jean Storm Howe P’73 in 2016.

When Jean and William Howe ’50, P’73 were married, all of us who knew them well delighted in their happiness. They moved out into one of the old Quonset huts from WWII near campus. Jean, with her eye for décor, made it a beautiful home. When Jean divorced Bill, we were all sad. Later, Jean had a shop in a town near me in Katonah, N.Y., and I would stop in frequently to chat or buy one of the items she carried, either for myself or others. After she left Millbrook, N.Y., for Sarasota, Fla., I used to visit her down there. Sometimes there were Hobart and William Smith parties, which we all enjoyed with Florida friends. We were close friends and I miss her. Eleanor “E.B.” Badenberger Rybecky still lives in Port Washington on Long Island.

She continues to serve on the library board and is serving on a committee that has created seven miles of hiking trails outside the city. E.B. suggested that I tell you what I’ve been up to, so here goes. I write. It started when I was in the advanced composition class with Professor of English Benjamin Atkinson L.H.D. ’86. Ben selected 10 of us and it was the only class I ever got an A+ in.

Then when I moved to Westchester County, I was recommended by a friend to a writing group in White Plains, N.Y. The leader only took eight of us. When I wrote something she thought appropriate for The White Plains Inquirer, I would send it in and they would publish it. When I moved to the retirement home Kendal, they had a magazine called Kendalights.

It is published four times a year, and I am published in every issue. I write both serious and humorous pieces and serious poetry. It’s nice to see my name in print and hear the reaction of others to my efforts. So far, they’ve been positive.

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WILLIAM SMITH Dorothy Chastney Emer,

HOBART Edward Froelich, 160 East 89th Street Apt. 2C, New York, NY 10128-2305; (212) 348-8330; froelichupstateny@hotmail. com

My request for news brought forth four responses. The first came from Alice Vann Logie who is living in her home of 60 years in Plainfield, N.J. She has family and friends nearby, and is active in her church and the League of Women Voters.

She recently enjoyed a trip to New York City to see The Lion King. Audrey Golden Escoll P’84 continues as a docent at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and still enjoys traveling. I was in touch with Lucy Jones Berk when fires were raging in Southern California. Fortunately, Lucy’s city of Escondido was not directly affected by the fires. She often gets to enjoy the cultural events her area offers. Patricia Johnson Ross sent news of her daughter and granddaughter opening a gift shop in West Chester, Pa. The shop is called Thistle Be Perfect and, looking at the website, features work by local artisans.

The website gave me the impression I would love everything in the store. If you’re anywhere near West Chester, look for the shop! Sadly, my husband of 64 years passed away in September after his Parkinson’s accelerated. Now I am busy scaling down and trying to simplify my life. I’m fortunate to be able still to drive and travel. In October I attended our grandson’s wedding in Shelburne, Vt., and for Thanksgiving flew to California for a week to cook and celebrate the holiday with our daughter and her family. I streamed the installation of our new president, Dr. Joyce Jacobsen, on my computer and was impressed. It looks as though good things are in store for our Colleges. Here’s hoping that I’ll be hearing from more of you the next time I send a request for news!

Farmer Joseph Cincotta remains active agriculturally near Sarasota, Fla., with tomatoes and other edibles. He said he always wanted to be a farmer but was dissuaded from going to the ag school at Cornell and to come to Hobart by Francis L. “Babe” Kraus ’24, who was a very good friend of his father as they grew up together in Fulton, N.Y. Joe keeps in touch with classmate Ronald Harper, a retired doctor in California. A recent reading of Classnotes containing my address brought me a letter from James Marr Jr. ’54, P’89, who sent me his certificate for shares in Leisure Magazine.

This was an ill-fated literary effort led by our late classmates Ben Wattenberg LL.D. ’75 and Brock Yates, assisted by Jeffrey Stansbury ’56. Their dream of recreating Hobart’s Pot Magazine for the masses missed. A few in our class may still have this wallpaper. Over a cup of coffee at Starbucks, Jim and I reminisced about HWS in the ’50s. He remains very loyal to Hobart and has a daughter who graduated from William Smith. Our peripatetic actor Gregory Mullavey reports that he is doing a play at the Seattle Repertory Theatre, playing a great-grandfather of 98 who gets to celebrate his 100th birthday before entering eternity. “Great theatre complex in a terrific thriving town. Really loving Seattle.” Classmates: The clock continues to tick, so plan now to attend our 65th Reunion in June.

6035 Verde Trail S, Apt. J-120, Boca Raton, FL 33433-4432; (561) 482-9696; radoemer@ comcast.net

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HOBART William W. Rose, Jr., 41320 Fox

Run, Apt. 102, Novi, MI 48377-5110; (248) 652-3823; rosewwemjr@aol.com

Madeleine Marr ’89 writes: “Hi there! My dad James Marr Jr. P’89 is doing great.

He’s 86! He still gets around NYC, hanging out at Central Park almost every day to do cross walking/running at the reservoir.

A longtime marathoner, he loves Central Park and taking in its beauty. He keeps a diary, writes poetry, creates puzzles for his grandkids and learns new recipes. He and my mom, 92, also are avid off-Broadway show watchers and attend movies as well as gallery openings and museum exhibits all the time.”

WILLIAM SMITH Peggy Hillsgrove

Spirakis, 12 Casa Loma Way, Lakeland, FL 33813; (863) 644-5971; pspirakis@ tampabay.rr.com

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Class Correspondent Needed

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HOBART Chuck Schwartz, 4700 Williams Drive, Apartment 1420, Georgetown, Texas 78633; (713) 410-7724; csms466@gmail. com; Skype: Chuck4112 Thank you to Kira Cosentino Bennett ’15, who worked hard to get all of you to contact me with notes about yourselves!

As always, I heard from my real good friends Joel Savits and Jacqueline Wrubel ’57 Savits P’82, P’87, P’90, GP’16.

Thankfully, they are well and enjoying their family and friends. I also always hear from Philip Cali Jr. ’57, who is, thankfully, well. I heard from Robert Laws and I appreciate his email. I heard from Lola Sisson, who emailed for her husband, my friend Lyle Sisson. They are “fine”! If I neglected to mention anyone, please email me, or phone me, and bawl me out!!! I wish ALL to be well and to have a happy and healthy 2020. Stay well.

Stay safe.

WILLIAM SMITH Paula Peyser Rodenas writes: “I attended William Smith for two years, transferred to N.Y.U. and spent the summer of my junior year at the University of Madrid. I worked for an airline, met my husband who worked for Pan Am and we traveled around the world with our two sons. I later became an equestrian journalist and received many invitations to foreign countries.

I also wrote two books which, I gave to the Warren Hunting Smith Library. I am now retired except for teaching a writing workshop for senior citizens once a year.”

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HOBART Ludwig A. Ziegelmair, 20 Colt Lane, P.O. Box 1888 – Hilltop, Hilltop Lakes, TX 77871; (936) 855-2621; lziegelmai@ aol.com Thanks for all the input from my classmates. This makes doing this easy.

Just got a new list of classmates who are still with us and we are now at about 70 classmates. Bernard Fenster’s wife just notified me that Bernard passed away on March 16, 2019. (See his obituary on p. 78.) Communicated with John Shannon, and his wife just got out of ICU and improving. John’s also having some health problems. John and I discuss various subjects and he is one hell of a sharp guy and also a 10 in my book. They don’t come any better. Also talked to William Burkhardt, and he and his wife just returned from a trip to Europe. They are living comfortably in Los Angeles.

William was in the shoe importing business. Talked to Robert Pollack. He and his wife are doing fine. They have three children and seven grandchildren (six girls and one boy). They live in Palms Springs, Calif., and stay busy playing golf and bridge and with their retirement business of selling belts at a flea market eight months of the year. The rest of the time they travel by car in the U.S. Talked to J. Michael Keenan’s wife and Mike is hanging in there. Philip Cali has Parkinson’s but is still going strong and stays busy. He was in the commercial real estate development business. As for myself, I am liquidating some of my real estate investments so I can spend more time traveling and enjoying life. Time seems to fly by. Can no longer multitask as I could when younger. My health is good, but it takes more time and money to accomplish this task. Done one stem cell treatment and have seen good results from it and will do more.

WILLIAM SMITH Jacquie Wrubel Savits, 12400 Park Potomac Avenue, Apt. 542, Potomac, MD 20854; (301) 315-8282; jwsjms@gmail.com

I hope all my classmates are well. I heard from Lucia Leone Sleight. She wrote that she is still in touch with Joby Ganzauge Copenhaver, my old friend and roomie.

Lucia writes: “My husband and I will celebrate 60 years together this year.

The snottiest event of our lives was the death of our younger daughter Rebecca.

Our son and daughter and their families are nearby and for that we are grateful.”

Lucia has finally retired from her private practice as a clinical social worker. It was wonderful to hear from her. I had a long telephone conversation with Roberta “Toni” Barkin Ceruti ’58. Toni and Robert Ceruti ’60 are well and still living in Winter Springs, Fla. Toni has four great-grandchildren. I am very impressed!

It was great fun talking to her. We check in with our dear friend Charles Schwartz ’56 often and we speak to Leonard DeFrancesco ’56. Our grandchildren are growing up too fast. Our oldest, Hannah Cooper ’16, is a legislative assistant to Congressman Anthony Brown of Maryland. One of our granddaughters is getting her doctorate in psychology, another is getting her master’s in social work and one is working in New York City. Our grandson is a freshman in college and our youngest granddaughter is a freshman in high school. Joel and I are still traveling. We see John Scher and his wife Suzi whenever they are in the Washington area visiting their daughter.

They sat at our table at our 50th reunion and we have been friends ever since. I hope to hear from more classmates in the near future.

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HOBART Robert M. Gordon, 8 Union Avenue, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458; (201) 825-0265; bobgordon100@gmail.com Martin Cohen writes: “I am finishing my 58th year of teaching, which has brought me great pleasure. Recently, I was notified that the college I teach at has a Rate Your Professor.com program. My students informed me that I made it to the top number in the ratings, which was quite unknown to me, as I have not checked it very often. The reward really is just teaching and enjoying it and finding the students motivated enough to want to be in your class. I am taking my first vacation in five years during the semester break. I am happy to report that my daughter is completing her 28th year of teaching and my granddaughter has started college. I am working with the retired teachers of Rockland and Orange Counties of New York to make sure that their benefits and tenure are not compromised by the state legislature. Lastly, I am still playing tennis competitively with my friends and teammates.” Alan Saunders shares: “I officially retired from the practice of psychology in August 2019. Went to my 65th high school reunion in NYC in October. Also there was Steve Blacker, who also is class of 1958. Steve has happily remarried. His first wife Ginny passed away in 2010. Steve recently reconnected with Jay Hyman, who was his roommate at Hobart. Jay also is happily remarried.

His first wife passed away a number of years ago.”

WILLIAM SMITH

Class Correspondent Needed

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HOBART Eric Hall Anderson, Spy Pond 34 Hamilton Road, Apt. 507, Arlington, MA 02474-8291; (781) 646-5601; alumrelations@hws.edu The latest two columns “covered” Saga and our 60th Reunion. This time I decided on a theme: “Work After 80.” Two classmates responded to my solicitation for their lives after 80. Here goes. Art Davis writes: “As regards my present activities, my promoter describes what I do as a two-headed beast: 1) my music group, Evening Peace (eveningpeace.com) and 2) my self-therapy, self-fulfilling process, Philo Music Therapy (philomusictherapy.com), consisting of my book and CD, now an ebook and MP3 for global distribution.

I’m the founder and lead singer of Evening Peace and the composer of most of our songs. I write from message to inspirational to romantic to funny. If someone accesses our website, they’ll see us performing at the Central Park Naumberg Bandshell — a wonderful day for us. Mainly I write to help make a positive difference in our sadly chaotic world. The music I write, I’m told, is emotionally affecting, which helps get the lyrics I write across. We also consist of a fine songstress, a talented guitarist (I also play), a great keyboardist and a fine drummer (recently added). We’ve been streamed in over 26 countries, so apparently we’re doing and saying something that resonates with many different people. My Philo Music Therapy Book, Success from Serenity—Making Your Nervous System Work For You, along with its accompanying MP3, teaches an eons-old concept. It’s been shown that by doing positive visualization from deeply relaxed, expanded brainwave states, we can alter the energies within and around us to help magnetize ourselves to positive life-results. On the MP3, my M.B.T. (Miracle Breathing Technique) my Relaxation Poem, and my music, The Trilogy Experience, help participants reach those peaceful states, at which point I talk them through what I delineate as the four crucial aspects of life: health, economics, love and luck. Other than that, I’m just sitting around.  I send my love to all our classmates, and wish them good health and better and better days.” William Corbett writes: “To understand why I am still working, you have to appreciate that I have always been a very active person. I have been an Air Force Captain, legal aid criminal defense attorney, assistant DA, village justice, international corporate executive in Manhattan, officer of a national professional association, president of a Geneva, Switzerlandbased international organization with members in 100 countries. I have been involved in national, state and local political campaigns, served as a U.S. government advisor, traveled to over 50 countries, met 21 U.S. presidents and vice presidents and several people of both parties seeking these offices. I have had the pleasure of dining with President

Classmates and close friends Jeffrey Levy ’74, Jeffrey Lichtenberg ’74 and Alan Kozarsky ’74 meet for lunch in New York City.

Alexandra Connell ’10 married Gustav Herold in Aspen, Colo., in September.

Shamar Whyte ’05 and Michelle Dodge ’07 welcomed daughter Auden Anne Whyte in May. She joins her brother Langston and sister Tennyson.

Future Statesman Conner, son of Alicia Derleth ’02, poses with the Elizabeth Blackwell statue on campus.

James Puleo ’16, a third-year med student at Virginia Tech, and Madeline Cleary ’16, a third-year med student at Lake Erie College of Medicine, pose for a photo overlooking the Bozzuto Boathouse after their engagement at Geneva on the Lake.

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CLASSNOTES | Reagan in the White House. In addition, I have enjoyed performing over 5,200 wedding ceremonies. Most importantly, I have been a devoted husband and father.

Looking back 75 years to when I moved with my parents and grandparents from a four-story walk-up tenement building in Astoria, N.Y., to a two-family house in Floral Park, N.Y., it felt like I moved to the ‘country’ with lots of trees and plenty of open space. Over the years, I was offered jobs in Milwaukee, Washington, D.C. and Greenville, S.C., but have always chosen to stay here and live just four blocks from the house where I grew up. We were a family of modest means, with my mother a typist and my father a laborer. We had no phone, no car and few luxuries. As a kid, I mowed lawns in the hot summer and shoveled snow in the cold winter for the going rate of 25 cents an hour. How can I now give up the opportunity to earn hundreds of dollars an hour just sitting at my desk working on legal documents?

What it comes down to is that I really love helping people here in my middle-class neighborhood. Much of the time I serve more as social worker or clergyperson than as an attorney, as I help clients with family, personal and financial problems in addition to legal matters. If I were to stay at home, I would not be as content as I am when I am in my modest office practicing the law and interacting with clients, many of whom I have known for years. The reputation I have earned is rooted in my legal education and all the experiences I have been fortunate to have in my life. I look at my service as an asset to the community; it is not a burden at age 82. Furthermore, I have learned how to pace myself, which enables me to work and still find time for family and community events. My wife Ann, a registered nurse and the first woman ever to serve as mayor of Floral Park in over 100 years, assists me as we both continue to serve the community.

She heads the Floral Park Historical Society and holds leadership roles in several local organizations. I serve on the historical society board and as judge advocate of the local American Legion.

The extra money I earn as I continue to work enables us to support numerous charitable organizations. Also, with the high cost of college and establishing professional careers, we are able to help younger members of our family achieve their educational goals. People who do not know me ask if I am still working and driving. The answer is yes, in spite of a kidney transplant from my wife, a pacemaker, diabetes, triple bypass, spinal stenosis, trigeminal neuralgia and total blindness in one eye. I am blessed to be healthy enough to enjoy my ability to practice law and keep serving others.”

Anyone else working full time? Part time?

Consulting? Volunteering? Please don’t hesitate to send me anything. Regarding your class correspondent, I am at the other end of working. For two hours, once a week, I volunteer at the Arlington Food Pantry, in charge of pastry. Good luck in good health, guys. As ever, Eric.

WILLIAM SMITH Carol “Casey” Redwood Riker, 1682 Circa del Lago, Unit. A 211, San Marcos, CA, 92078; (760) 304-4900; carol. riker25@gmail.com

Jan Campbell wanted to bring us up to date. She moved to Marietta, Ga., about nine years ago to a lovely ranch; her daughter and her four cats moved from Savannah to live with her. Jan had a hip and a knee replacement in recent years; she says she will never be the same, but at age 82 is still moving! She began volunteering at her local library twice a week, finding lots of interesting books that she eventually will get around to reading. A move back north to be closer to family is a consideration, but resettling is pretty daunting. Nancy VanDyke Platt P’88 got a lot out of the latest PSS. Her son Jonathan drove her to Florida on Thanksgiving, as her children don’t think she should make the trip by herself. She enjoys the new Bishop in Maine, assists in that church. This fall, an early bird sheriff stopped her at 6:30 a.m. in the mountains as she headed to service. She didn’t get a ticket, but the congregation who knew him were annoyed. Nancy reports things are well with her; she offers her services to the Florida church during the winter months. Jeanne Sauls Barnes was sad to learn her dear roommate, junior and senior years, Marge Graff LaChapelle, had died in November 2018 (her obituary appears in the Spring 2019 issue). After receiving a copy of Marge’s obituary, she had phone conversations with her older sister Anne and a daughter, Meg. Jeanne donated to the National Kidney Foundation in her memory and had a floral tribute delivered to Marge’s June memorial service in Catskill, N.Y. Jeanne now has a book of poetry published by Marge. Linda Regan Stundtner wrote Jeanne after reading about her in the last PSS. In September I joined Suzann Fisher Brown, Georgiana “Nan” Fisher Miller ’58 and Hycinthia “Cyn” Loverde Goetzmann ’58, P’81 for their annual mini reunion in the Geneva area. A whirlwind visit with barely time to visit Jared Weeden ’91 and staff in downtown alumni department and the lovely campus. Best regards to him and Kathy Killius Regan ’82, P’13 in their newly acquired administrative roles! I have valued their expertise and enthusiasm for years. In September, Barbara “B.T.” Tobias Volin and I met for lunch in Albany, N.Y. Her vivacious personality remains; what a fun afternoon!

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HOBART Gerald J. Pollack, 1022 Grand Isle Terrace, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418; (561) 624-3121; gjpollack@aol.com It was good to hear from Gus Schwenk. I haven’t seen Gus since we travelled together to Elmira, N.Y., in 1960 to date coeds from Elmira College. Gus married his Elmira College sweetheart Joan two weeks after graduation. They were together for 40 years until her passing in 2000. Gus and Joan had two daughters

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who, with their families, live in different parts of the country — one in Arden, N.C. and the other in Aurora, Colo. Gus wrote: “Gerry Goold, my Sigma Chi fraternity brother, and I started our working careers at Montgomery Ward in Tuckahoe, N.Y. I left after my first year and began my long industrial sales career with Carborundum Company’s Coated Abrasive Division. They moved me south to Morristown, Tenn. Five years later, I took another position with Sandpaper, Inc., and worked the southeast for them while living in High Point, N.C. I have remained in High Point ever since and worked with several other coated abrasive manufacturers until my retirement 15 years ago. For my entire working career, I was involved in industrial coated abrasive sales.” Gus remarried nine years ago to his lovely wife Doris. They were at Hobart for our 50th class reunion that Gus says was a lot of fun. Like most of us, Gus has had his share of physical problems — back, hips, pacemaker, etc., so there is no more golf or tennis.

However, he only recently gave up coaching the High Point University Men’s Lacrosse Club and continues to swim and hang out at the fitness center. He is active in Rotary and at his church and continues with his interest in Civil War history. Gus has deserted my beloved New York Giants in favor of the Carolina Panthers, but on the plus side he continues to follow Hobart sports — streaming on Saturdays.

Gus asks that if any of the “old gang” gets to High Point, please look him up. He and Doris would enjoy reminiscing. Finally, on the sad side, Gus reported that his friends and fraternity brothers, Richard Fowler and Carl Koehler, both died several years ago. May they rest in peace.

I regularly see Dr. Stephen Weiss ’59 as he lives in the same community as I. Steve has been married to his wonderful wife Barbara for 56 years. Following his medical education at Tufts University, he practiced urology in Hartford, Conn., until his retirement 20 years ago. He has two daughters and five grandchildren.

His daughters are graduates of Cornell and Duke, and his grandchildren include two Harvard graduates and one graduate each from Duke, Cornell and Vanderbilt. I understand that this group inherited their good genes from Barbara.

To quote Steve, “Since I retired 20 years ago, I have been living la dolce vita in BallenIsles.” We wish Steve and Barbara at least another 20 good years in Florida.

I am pleased to announce the start of our Information Contest. All class members submitting information for Classnotes will win lunch in Florida with your class correspondent. Travel and lodging expenses are not included. With that incentive, I expect to be overwhelmed by your emails. Please get your entries in soon. Remember, we are approaching our 60th Hobart reunion, and we are all interested in what our class has accomplished.

WILLIAM SMITH

Class Correspondent Needed

’61

HOBART James W. Upper, 1683 Abercrombie Way, The Villages, FL 32162-7719; (321) 3631477; jimupper4@gmail.com

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HOBART William H. Corwin, 10 Leif Erikson Avenue, Princeton, NJ 08540-8401; (908) 359-5137; corwin88@hotmail.com WILLIAM SMITH Judith “Kip” Bleakley O’Neill, 504 Applewood Circle, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601; (845) 483-7625; kip12601@gmail.com

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HOBART James V. Zurer, 4701 Willard Avenue, Apt. 836, Chevy Chase, MD 208154620; (202) 210-6975; jzurer@gmail.com I received a handwritten card from Albert “Tracy” Johnson Jr., who says he and his wife Jane are retired and still living (and “limping around”) in New York City. Tracy reports that he spends a lot of his time following his favorite sport — baseball — and “thinking back to some of my diamond teammates” at Hobart, among them Silas “Si” Anthony, William Mogel (“that scrappy little catcher”), John Kunkel, Michael Charpinsky, Joseph Mechem ’64, P’91, Gordon Grass ’61, James Upper ’61, Joseph Yelas ’61, John Adams ’62, Robert Van Etten P’85 and Richard Reed ‘62. David Albright checked in from Rochester, N.Y., where he still lives with his wife Maureen. He still attends a few football and lacrosse games and keeps in touch with John Pogoda P’91 and William May ’60. He often meets up with John “Jack” McDonald ’64 at Hobart games and saw David Powers ’62 and John Van der Veer ’64 as well. Dave stays busy doing part-time work for the census — he says he loves it because he meets a lot of interesting people. Hank Holden P’84, P’89, GP’20 was in upstate New York last fall visiting a granddaughter at Colgate and came to Geneva for the dedication of the new dome. He was “lucky enough to spend time with coaches and old Statesmen Athletic Association friends” and got to see his grandson Eric Holden ’20 play in the alumni lacrosse game. He had a chance to meet the new president of the Colleges Joyce P. Jacobsen, who he found very supportive of the sports programs at HWS. William White (now living in Florida) was in upstate New York last year for his 60th high school reunion as well as enjoying “some cooler weather.” While in Ohio, he met up with his sister-in-law Shirley Wirth White ’63. Bill has two great grandchildren now and “spends a lot of time and travel keeping with a growing family that gets more and more spread out about the country/world.”

Foster Goldman claims that “not much is happening on my end.” He is back playing golf (“still badly”) and pickleball

after a series of non-serious surgeries last year. He has relocated to Arizona but he still goes back to Pittsburgh one week a month “since I am tired but not retired.” 2019 was “a great year” for George Rusch, who is living in Sarasota, Fla. He and his wife Jeanine went to France, Italy and Aruba, reconnecting with work friends from the 1980s and 1990s while “chairing the program to identify safe replacements for the ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons.”

He is still active doing consulting work as well as becoming a grandfather for the first time. His daughter Heather is going for her Ph.D. in neuroscience and “one of her goals is to have more publications than her dad, and she will probably do it.” Eliot Bolan checked in from Seattle where he and his partner Susan relocated from Boston in 2014. The impetus was that three of their children and all five grandchildren live there. “We have been able to explore the Northwest and Seattle and settle into a new way of living, much to our enjoyment.” Eliot is very active in ManKind Project (MKP. org), an organization that helps “men be better men”; he is the chair elect of the MKP Council of Elders. He would love to connect with any Hobart alumni in the Seattle area. Louis Kahn P’93 was in Italy at his house in Umbria last fall and, lest you think that everything in Italy is always wonderful, he reported about his encounter with Italian bureaucracy centering on an inspection and delayed refilling of a propane tank during a cold and miserable stretch of weather.

On the positive side, they were able to bring back a sizable quantity of fabulous fresh-pressed extra virgin olive oil, a few liters of which were from their own trees.

The Zurers and Kahns are planning a get together in Italy this year. Jerome Levy (my old College Bowl teammate) sent a note just before the deadline saying he had nothing significant to report but that “all is well here” in New York City.

Diana Woll Zurer ’64 and I continue to travel to Italy annually (for research for my retirement career as an Italian trip planner) and visit our grandchildren in Los Angeles and Chicago. We were in San Antonio last fall for our Peace Corps group reunion (Thailand in 1966-67) and drove back home through Johnson City and Austin, Texas, visiting LBJ sites. We stopped in New Orleans and Montgomery, Ala., where we went to the Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace Justice — incredibly moving and eye-opening.

WILLIAM SMITH Kate Carleton

Washburn, 3039 Weatherby Court, Wilmington, NC, 28405; 781-718-2611; ccw31941@comcast.net

Jean Walker Schott writes: “Here is my latest news. My husband and I sold our home in a Boston suburb and have moved to Chatham on Cape Cod where we have had a summer home for many years. We are both getting involved in local activities and really enjoy our ‘new’ home. I will give a two-part talk on the art and architecture of Mexico at the local library in the spring. My major at William Smith

was Spanish.” Now, since November 2018, I am a confirmed southerner, except the accent, loving Wilmington, N.C. There are several us from ’63 here in the south, and I am quite glad to be here despite my many happy New England years. Joanne Mooney Schuetz of Knoxville, Tenn., writes that she and husband Al traveled to New Mexico and visited former roommate Lynne Gramprey Kinis ’62 in Corrales outside of Albuquerque in July, where they reminisced about fraternity parties and how these Staten Island girls, including Elaine Cawse Mikkelborg ’63, were the “best dancers” on campus! Joanne continues her work with the Presbyterian Women of the Southeast’s second year studying the empowerment of women’s fight for the vote and their stance against slavery in that hotbed of suffrage in our very own Finger Lakes area in the 19th and 20th century. This year marks the 100th year of woman’s right to vote!! (So now, more than ever, ladies, honor that right and VOTE!! –KCW) Then, Jo and Al visited Barbara Dorofi Snow and her husband Guy’s lake house in Connecticut, where Al fished a bit and all relaxed overlooking the Stafford Lake Reservoir. Jo also spoke of her visit with Sarah “Sally” Spink in her lovely retirement home in East Greenwich, R.I. Also visiting Sally were Linda McKinley Miller and Barbara Bryant Snow, who returned with Sally to the Blue restaurant on the water for luncheon, which has become a bit of a tradition that I used to join in before my move south. Speaking of Barbara, she arrived at my new digs in Wilmington with plans in hand; we went off to an estate sale she had found online, and we had great fun; didn’t buy much, but in the crowd she found me a new acquaintance who is apparently a neighbor of mine; when you travel with Barbara you talk with everybody! Just visited with Linda McKinley Miller to hear more about the trip she took with, and which was arranged by, Dorry Ashton French from Dorry’s home in Falmouth, Maine, to Campobello Island, which I learned is shared by both the U.S. and Canada and is well known as one of the homes of Franklin Delano Roosevelt L.L.D. ’29 and Eleanor Roosevelt L.L.D. ’47. It is now a protected historical site since the Kennedy presidency and where Franklin contracted polio. They had a lovely overnight visit meeting other nice visitors interested in this important site. In other news about travelling, M. Anne Swift Neitert has completed a trip with a friend to the Greek Islands recently, which I’d love to hear about. And in March I will meet Dianne Case Cooke in Miami for a flight to Buenos Aires, Argentina, for an 11-day cruise to Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. So grateful to be able to keep adding to the bucket list! Best to all ’63ers, and please send me your news to share at above email!

Alexander Mirabella ’86, Terrence “Butch” Cassidy Jr. ’86, Michael Fuchs ’87, E. Parker Neave ’86 and Peter Glovin ’88 meet for dinner in New York City.

Alta Boyer ’36 celebrates her 105th birthday with HWS Chief of Staff Kathy Killius Regan ’82, P’13 and former alumnae relations assistant Elizabeth “Betty” Merkle.

Betty Good ’75 married Robert Milnes at City Hall in Manhattan in November 2019.

Andrew Lickly ’84 visited William Cherry ’84 in Kenya to take part in a charity cricket tournament.

Brendan Giblin ’09 took part in the UP 2019 United Way CN Tower Climb in Toronto, climbing 1,776 stairs in under 19 minutes.

Brittany Simon Ryan ’11 and Evan Ryan welcomed Penelope Radcliffe Ryan in August.

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CLASSNOTES |

’64

HOBART Alan Kalter, Heatherwood, 25 Barnes Rd. West, Stamford, CT 06902; (203) 322-8220; akalter@optonline.net Update from Brad Knickerbocker: “We’re still in Ashland, Ore., in the mountains just across the border from northern California. I retired in 2015 after 50 years of full-time work — six years in the Navy flying attack jets, then 44 years as a journalist (mostly with The Christian Science Monitor) covering a wide range of issues around the country, including a stint at the Pentagon. Carol and I took note of our 50th wedding anniversary last year. Our son and his wife are college professors in Idaho.” According to Roy McKay, retirement “keeps me feeling young. We have a group of 400 retired guys who have formed the nucleus of my social life. Sailing, hiking, skiing and Memorial Day float building keeps us laughing and motivated to remain upright and moving. Having something to look forward to is key!” He revised his diet, started hiking about three times a week and working out with a trainer, losing 70 pounds, and he looks great. “I am back in playing shape, allowing me to return to skiing, long-distance hiking and a more upbeat life. I did return to sailing the BVI last April with three good buddies. The hurricane destruction there was beyond belief. The islands are slowly coming back, but the scars are very real. Carol and I enjoy going to Fourth Lake in the Adirondacks for three weeks each summer with our family. I’m trying to get six grandkids up on water skis, but need Donald ‘Bud’ Ames to teach me how to drive the boat. Right now, all of our grandkids are healthy, happy and challenged. What more can one ask for?” Roy gets together each year with Bud Ames, Terence Cullen P’99, Lawrence Slattery and J. Rudy Richardson to welcome in the New Year — this year in Naples, Fla., an easier trip for Terry and Suzanne now that they’re snowbirds in Baldwin Park in Orlando, where Terry looks forward to his daily two-mile swim and his occasional visit with Hobart roommate and good friend Bud at the Ames’ Naples compound just off the beach. When winter is over, the Cullens are back home in Newfield, N.Y., Terry still coaching the 150-pound football team at Cornell, where Bud’s son-in-law Matt Coats is the Associate Athletic Director. Update from Thomas Tjerandsen: “The wide-ranging education I received at Hobart has served me well through the years. The grandkids are convinced that I could have been a Jeopardy champion. I’m mostly retired from the international pomegranate industry. That news is guaranteed to elicit yawns at cocktail parties, but it does keep me entertained. Our home on a hilltop in Sonoma has a separate guest house and we’d love to see classmates who decide to visit the California wine country.” More reminiscing by Mason “Toby” Peltz and Robert Frye, who recalled their relationship with Benjamin

Atkinson L.H.D. ’86, Hobart’s dean back in the day. “While Bob was on the ‘extended graduation plan’ and I was pretty near on it too, the two of us and a great many others made it through Hobart either on or somewhat behind schedule due to Ben’s much needed and very helpful guidance, for which we’re now very grateful.” Joanna and James Richardson continue to enjoy the rural life of Walton in Delaware County, N.Y. Their home is on 120 acres of fields and woods, and they kayak on the Delaware River that runs through the village, with Jim more active than ever rebuilding and restoring the Walton Theatre, the opera house that burned to the ground in 1912 and was then rebuilt and reopened in 1914. They’re in the process of completing new stage lighting and a sound system and are about to start on restoration of the balcony. If that wasn’t enough to keep Jim busy, he and some of his theater restoration group formed “Music on the Delaware” in 1999, bringing five to six concerts a year into the theater, arranging for the entertainers to arrive a day early and perform mini-concerts or music workshops in the schools. If you’re interested in more, check out the websites waltontheatre.org and grantrogers.org, on Walton’s latest special project: the early music and life of the Catskills, focusing on local stonecutter, composer and musician Grant Rogers. Jim’s son, who teaches building trades at SUNY-Delhi, lives just a few miles away, so Jim and Joanna get to spend lots of time with their grandsons. Life is good. The law never stops and neither does Robert Huey, although he’s working fewer hours.

“Otherwise things are the same but with the wonderful addition of a grandson, Kiran. Having a grandchild does change one’s view of the future.” Bob and Mary Ann call McLean, Va., home. Now that all of us are in our late 70s, we’re losing family and friends at too great a pace. I learned from David Lewine that Robert Dobrin passed away in September (see his obituary on p. 78). Bob’s roommates at Hobart were Edward Tapper and James Spira and David, who recalled that “medical school was Bob’s principal goal and he pursued it relentlessly, studying, eating quickly and studying some more.” He graduated a biology and chemistry double major, becoming an accomplished researcher and clinician specializing in pediatric critical care and nephrology, later designing, organizing and directing medical programs for critically ill children as well as well as establishing medical transport systems throughout California. Then he earned a degree in behavioral pediatrics and child adolescent and adult psychiatry and maintained a private psychiatric practice until retirement. Bob was a published novelist and poet as well. At our sparsely attended 55th Reunion, which Mary-Jo Bryan Wolsky and I covered in our last Classnotes columns, the Rev. Charles Cloughen led a memorial service to the 13 HWS classmates who passed away since our 50th. We had previously requested your memories of most of them, but if you can add to our memories of the

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following five Hobart men, please email me. David Bishop II was a Delta Chi, married his sweetheart Kathleen Bonner shortly after graduation, continued playing soccer and enjoyed snow and water skiing, the Dallas Cowboys, the Texas Rangers, his children and grandchildren and his wife of 56 years.

R. Duff Ramsey was Kappa Sig and class historian and then a lifelong commercial real estate broker and counselor, with a penchant for politics. John “Bill” Sallaway was with us at Hobart for three years, completing his degree at the University of Pittsburgh, then serving as a captain in Vietnam, earning a Bronze Star. He was an entrepreneur, owned and operated a toy store and then opened a Learning Express franchise. William Cowperthwait III also left us before graduation, and after some years running a landscape and design operation, he was in the water sprinkler business. Richard Rogers was Beta Sig and graduated in three years. He played lacrosse, acted in Little Theater and sang with Schola Cantorum and, after graduation, practiced with a sub-chorus of the Metropolitan Opera. He was one of the first chartered financial analysts and was the CEO of the import/export firm Otto Gerdau Company before launching his own company, The Rogers Collection. Check him out on the internet. Dick was into woodworking, cars, birds, gardens, photography, wines, sailing and charities, most of them in a big way. My wife Peggy and I wish you all a healthy, happy and fulfilling new year — a year of peace and love.

WILLIAM SMITH Mary-Jo Bryan Wolsky,

5461 Hillcrest Avenue, Downers Grove, IL 60515-4439; (630) 802-0652; mjbwolsky7@ gmail.com

From Jane Gomperts Rosenthal: Coming of Age in the ’60s was a turbulent time.

Challenges to authority began on college campuses with sit-down strikes in support of desegregation, protests against the Vietnam War and equal opportunity in pay and employment. The graduating class of 1964 began to explore new careers and occupations. We became teachers, social workers, journalists, doctors and lawyers as well as consultants in human resources and healthcare. Whereas before our parents and grandparents pursued one career for 20 years, we became nimble at changing jobs and careers every three to four years. Many of my classmates became self-employed consultants and business owners.

We broke down barriers, pierced the glass ceiling, discovered the benefits of the pill and enrolled in graduate courses in record numbers. Our outlook changed as we realized that education is a lifelong process. With the birth and growth of the internet, we became connected and linked in to new opportunities through specialized websites. The backpack replaced the briefcase, the iPhone replaced landline telephones and twitters and tweets changed political and social conversations. As the computer age dawned, Radio Shack’s

pioneering TRS 80s became obsolete and were replaced by PC desktop and Apple computers with powerful search engines. Google became part of our vocabulary, and online learning anytime, anywhere became accessible.

I married a year after graduation and began teaching English and journalism to junior high school students in New York City, Long Island and Fremont, Calif. When my husband pursued his residency in radiology, I changed careers and became a contributing editor of a magazine at the American Field Service International Scholarships. Two years later, my husband and I moved to Warner Robins, Ga., with the U.S. Air Force. I became a freelance investigative reporter for The Warner Robins Enterprise. After serving as a radiologist in the U.S. Air Force, my husband joined the faculty at Yale, and I worked part time as a feature writer for a local paper while adjusting to balancing motherhood with a job.

One year later, we decided to move to Tampa, Fla., when an opportunity became available for my husband as an assistant professor at the University of South Florida Medical School. Over the next several years, I realized a lifelong dream of becoming an editor of the first Jewish newspaper in Tampa and traveling to Israel as a foreign correspondent.

Just when I thought we were finished moving, opportunity surfaced when my husband accepted the chairmanship of a hospital radiology department in Miami Beach. Four years later, we moved to Burke, Va., and I began a career in public relations in Washington, D.C. A few years later, I was recruited by a personnel consulting firm and became an account executive recruiting college graduates for nonprofit organizations and corporations. After 21 years, I retired from the personnel consulting firm and began to pursue volunteer activities in my local community in Northern Virginia. I became president of a synagogue, chaired an art auction at the Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia and joined two memoir writing groups. Following the death of my husband in 2017, I moved to Greenspring, an independent living community in Springfield, Va. With free time to pursue hobbies and interests, I am taking classes in drawing and painting and enjoy publicizing special events.

Many weekends are devoted to spending time with my three grandchildren in Arlington, Va., and visiting my son and daughter-in-law on Cape Cod.

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HOBART Stuart Pierson, 5435 Sherier Place, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20016-2561; (202) 248-8288; sfpiersonsr@gmail.com Robert Brano writes: “On Oct. 23 I had the opportunity to meet the new president of HWS at a luncheon at the Rittenhouse Hotel in Philadelphia. I chatted with longtime friends Roderic H. Ross ’52, LL.D. ’79 and Patricia Johnson Ross ’53. I sat with Keith Cohen ’81 and Brian Mahoney ’91, whom I met that

day. Martin Townsend shares: “After resigning as Bishop of the Diocese of Easton on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, I returned to parish ministry for an additional 12 years and still teach and preach occasionally at our local Episcopal church. But my main volunteer work is on the board of a small but flourishing French and Indian War fort museum in Fort Ashby, W.Va. I have become quite engaged with colonial history and have fallen into a pattern of being responsible for writing grant proposals, which I find curiously gratifying. Barbara and I live in the Allegheny Highlands where all our neighbors either have fur or wings; we can see no other houses from our home. Our extended family gathered on Lake Keuka last summer to celebrate our 55th wedding anniversary. A trip to Geneva was a part of our time in New York. It was gratifying to see that although the campus has grown, the Quad area and Main Street were hardly changed at all. Barbara and I play folk music occasionally and also last summer led a pilgrimage group around Ireland, carrying guitars with us. In September we had a destination wedding in Florence and enjoyed 10 days of perfect weather in Tuscany. The only classmate with whom I have any regular contact is David Herres, now living in New Hampshire; we usually commiserate over the current state of presidential politics.” Robert Burley writes: “Guess it might be time for a quick catchup. Simple synopsis since graduation: Retired USAF officer, pilot, combat. Retired Chief Operating Executive (F-5) company. Married, two sons, two grandsons so far. Peripheral and parallel stints as highway engineer, logger, aviation operations manager, aerial survey, aviation curator, town select board chair. Currently serving as Vermont liaison to the Recreational Aviation Foundation (RAF) and developing/deploying fiber services to remote areas in Vermont. Still living and managing a large forest and wildlife area in northern Vermont. Available personal time and treasure is expended in pursuit of Masters Ski Racing, mountain biking, climbing, rowing and golf, AND most importantly, flying to remote wilderness areas in all seasons. While equally comfortable in black tie or grease-stained coveralls, my hands remain calloused and I remain ready for mischief. For winter safety, the 1967 flight suit still fits. Ice fishing … This day, four lake trout came for dinner!”

WILLIAM SMITH Elizabeth Johnston

DeRosa, 71 Forest Road, Tenafly, NJ 076702230; (201) 569-7228; derosa.ej@gmail.com

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HOBART John Norvell, 227 West Avenue, Canandaigua, NY 14424; (585) 394-1825; Jenorv66@aol.com Last fall, Bonnie and I had the opportunity of seeing our new president, Dr. Joyce P. Jacobsen, speak on the inaugural weekend in October. She

is a dynamic leader and should move Hobart and William Smith forward in the years to come. We wish her well. I am pleased to report that many classmates responded to my constant begging for news, so much so that I was forced to edit the submissions a bit. Having served as the Hobart Pulteney St. Survey Classnotes editor for nine years when I was alumni director, I always try to do this with as much care as I can to preserve your news, but also to allow others room for their news as well. Reynold Levy L.H.D.’14 has a new book: Start Now: Because that Meaningful Job is Out There Just Waiting for You. Ren shares what he has learned over the years about recruiting people during his long, distinguished career, which included serving as president of Lincoln Center. Allen Verne has retired after a career in retinal surgery and for the past year has been pursuing an acting career. His “off-off-Broadway” debut was attended by Sharon Gold and Ken Birnbaum ’65. He noted that after significant libations, their reviews were fantastic. David Rosenberg states that he and his wife Marsha are now in Boca Raton, Fla. He notes: “After having been retired, I was pulled back into media technology consulting for one of the country’s major cable systems. I love the creative aspect of my gig but it will cut into our travel adventures for a while.”

William Martin and his wife Punky are both “enjoying a remarkably (too) busy retirement in Baltimore.” They spend a lot of happy times with their six-yearold grandson, who has become an enthusiastic outdoors man, accomplished watcher of wildlife and an increasingly able fisherman. Bill still follows lacrosse and is pleased to report that his daughter (Amherst ’04) is a four-year All American in lacrosse and a member of the Baltimore Lacrosse Hall of Fame.

He ends that he frequently converses or visits with Andrew Gleason ’63 and exchanges emails with Charles “Woody” Jewett. David Freeman, who graduated from Georgetown Law in ’69, practiced as sole practitioner in White Plains, N.Y., for about 30 years. He noted that he argued a case before the United States Supreme Court in 1982, the basic issue being the rights of a biological father to his child (Lehr vs Robertson 463 U.S. 248, 103 S. Ct. 2985 (1983)). He and his wife moved to Ft. Lauderdale in 2000 and basically retired from the practice of law. There he owned and operated a Pilates studio for 17 years and ultimately formed the United States Pilates Association®, providing Pilates teacher certification, workshops and continuing education seminars. David Hemphill and his wife Ann Stewart traveled to Hilton Head, S.C., to spend a couple of days with Michael Beaudrias and Bettie. He noted: “We always look forward to seeing them and especially enjoying Bettie’s eggs benedict on the morning of our departure.” So there it is, Bettie: When we have another ROTC reunion, we will expect eggs benedict.

While visiting the Hemphills, they “ran into” William Guardenier and Betsy in July, who are doing well. Additionally, he noted the birth of their first grandchild:

Matthew A. Treat ’90, Arthur W. Chimblo ’89, Dana P. Angelo ’90, Sean M. McKiernan ’90, Mark J. Mangino ’93, Michael G. Wormley ’89, Brian M. Duffett ’90, John J. Lombara Jr. ’90 and former coach William Greer III P’11, P’15 meet for an annual gathering of 80s-90s Hobart hockey alumni.

Brianne Ellis-Moeller ’13 and Graham Moeller ’12 were married at Sonnenberg Gardens in Canandaigua, N.Y. in July, surrounded by friends from the Colleges.

Sigma Chi brothers Brendan Neary ’93, Adam Simon ’93, Craig Ruberti ’93 and Jeffrey Baran ’93 meet for their 21st annual competition at Winged Foot Golf Club, home of the 2020 US Open.

Dr. Mark Spofford ’69 and Cathy Cunningham Spofford ’70 joined Emily Trapnell ’70 and her husband Lee Ensley for a week in New Orleans. They toured the bayou with an ecologist working to restore the delta, visited the Whitney Plantation Museum and enjoyed great food and music.

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Martin Harding GP’22 explored the Olympic Peninsula with old Army friends, and he and his wife Magda traveled to Italy, where they spent two weeks visiting their eldest daughter Stefania and her husband, who are living in the Tuscan countryside. Robert Peter Gale L.H.D.’87 was inducted into the Royal College of Physicians (UK), the Royal College of Physicians (Ireland) and the Royal Society of Medicine. John Hinman reports since retiring he began a new career as an artist. Even though the only art education he had was a charcoal drawing class at Hobart, he has been accepted in three galleries in Redwood City, Saratoga and Carmel, had many personal shows and he added some recent sales. Bravo to John. Last, but not least, mea culpa, in the last classnotes I reported this tidbit: “Ken Birnbaum ’65 said life is good in Israel —the Promised Land.” Well, that was a senior moment if there ever were one. Ken is not in Israel but in the U.S. It should have been Ken Grossberg who wished me a greeting from the Promised Land. Ken lives in Japan and Israel. Perhaps we need a younger hand with these notes, you know, one of you 73 or 74 year olds. Sorry to both Kens. So if any of you youngsters out there want to take over, please let me know; I have been writing this column now for nearly 15 years. If not: Cheers.

but see each other frequently thanks to a common interest.” Susan Shapiro Steadman has had a particularly eventful year. Three of her plays have been performed: Remembering a Memory at Buffalo State College, (Anti-)Material(ism) at NC 10 x 10 (jointly produced by two theatre companies in Carrboro and Cary, N.C.) and The Thing with Feathers at Eden Prairie Players in Minn. In addition, she’s packing up to move to Asheville from her current home in Wilmington, N.C., and hopes that HWS alums in the area will get in touch. Her cell phone number is (404) 787-8168. She then sent an addendum: “I just moved to Asheville and all around me I see mountains — mountains of cartons, that is. No heat for four days — this is really testing my pioneer spirit.” Ann Prudden D’Attilio shares: “Happy news from me: Our youngest grandchild Xavier is celebrating his second birthday today (his two cousins Connor and Mackenzie are 11 and 9). I spend several days a week with all my grandchildren (they live close by). What fun, and they keep me on my toes. I’m awaiting delivery of a plaque to attach to the little free library I’ve just installed in front of my house. I love books and plan to share them with my neighbors. Mike and I are scheduled to depart Friday for a bucket list cruise on the Nile. I can’t wait.

When I return, perhaps I’ll be able to walk like an Egyptian.”

WILLIAM SMITH Joanne Sernaker Bulfin, 10643 Boca Woods Lane, Boca Raton, FL 33428-2841; (347) 642-0095; jsbulf@aol.com

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Sharon Gold writes: “Several HWS grads gathered in NYC in November to witness the stage debut of Allen Verne in a revival of Oy, a comedic celebration of the joys of Yiddish in six vignettes.

Happily, Allen’s performance merited a rave “Yo!,” agreed Sharon Gold, Stuart Saal ’67, Ken Birnbaum ’65 and a posse of enthusiastic family and pals who packed the tiny off-off-Broadway house.

Allen, as we know, lets no grass grow under his .... After an illustrious career in retinal surgery, he’s full speed ahead, pursuing his childhood dream of acting.

(He won this role at his first audition!)

“You’ve got to retire TO something!” insists our dynamic doc. Bravo, Allen!

Or is it — Tony?” Jane Gray Daniels and Robert Gurian connected because of our 50th reunion and discovered a common interest — hiking. Jane has been active with the NY-NJ Trail Conference and so invited Bob to join the Trail Tramps in northern Westchester County, N.Y. The group meets weekly to build bridges and boardwalk, remove invasive species and reroute trails away from wet areas.

In 2014, Bob had purchased Jane’s book Walkable Westchester and did not realize she was the author. Jane and her husband are working on a third edition. Bob has helped check to see if the information is still accurate and checked the trails in Rockefeller State Park Preserve for a map to be published at the end of the year. “Both of us get a kick that we did not know each other while in college,

HOBART Joel Shepard, 398 Inverness Drive, Winston-Salem, NC 27107; (336) 9201820; jeshep@triad.rr.com Christopher Flanagan and his wife Mary Chermside Flanagan ’69 recently went to Normandie. Chris writes: “This year is the 75th anniversary year of D-Day. We took a great tour. We started off with the Middle Ages — Edward the Confessor, William the Conqueror and that lot. We moved rapidly into the 20th century. I think I was one of the people who thought of D-Day as D-Day plus one day. I was rapidly disabused of this point of view. For one thing, there was a major battle at Falaise Pocket or Falaise Gap, and that was at the end of August 1944. Also, Germany lost many men on the Russian front, leaving them desperate for soldiers. In a German military cemetery, we saw a headstone for a 14 year old and one for a 76 year old. The U.S. attacked Utah Beach and Omaha Beach — Omaha was the bloodiest of the two. Large ladders were supposed to make it easier for the 29th Division on Omaha, but they were late in being delivered, so the American soldiers had to use their hands and bayonets to make it to the top. One of the highlights of our tour was a Q & A with Colette, a member of the French Resistance. She survived, but her brother didn’t; he was killed by the Nazis. I was in the Navy, and one of our tour participants was Admiral Thomas B. Hayward. He was the Chief of Naval Operations during the Reagan Administration. He challenged me to see if I still remembered my service number.

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I do. The food, the wine and the medieval architecture — all first rate.” Someone we hadn’t heard from in quite a while sent us some very welcome news. David Tufts writes: “I retired about three years ago after 35 years at Oppenheimer & Company, and I spend the summers in New York and the winters in Santa Barbara with my partner Cris. My two daughters also live in Santa Barbara, and with the help of two excellent husbands, they have produced three wonderful grandkids, two girls aged 8 and 11, and the new grandson who is about to turn 1. I keep in touch with a few classmates such as Nicholas Goldsborough and James Herendeen, who I skype with in Bangkok. Would love to hear from Hobart friends at david.tufts@gmail.com, or see if they’re visiting in Santa Barbara.” Lastly, in a piece of very sad news, it is with profound sadness and heavy heart that I report the death of a beloved classmate, friend and Kappa Sigma Fraternity brother — William “Bill” “Flash” Fraser.

Bill died peacefully in his sleep on Nov. 13, 2019 (see his obituary on p. 78). He was preceded in death by his beloved wife Catherine. Flash was hilarious, but like most jokers, his humor disguised profound intelligence and insight. Flash was beloved by everyone who met him, and like Will Rogers, Flash never met a person he didn’t like. Bill received his master’s degree from Miami University and did course work at St. Bonaventure University. Bill taught history at Olean High School and was also their guidance counselor. He worked with the Youth Corp and functioned as a union negotiator for the teacher’s union.

Bill proudly served on several boards of nonprofit organizations, including the United Way of Olean, the Cuba Circulating Library and the Boy Scouts of America, having achieved the rank of Eagle Scout in his younger years. He will be profoundly missed by everyone who ever knew him. RIP brother.

WILLIAM SMITH Maggie Fry Carr, 1249 Yale Avenue, Wallingford, CT 06492-1749; (203) 284-8278; jcarr01@snet.net Happy 50th anniversary wishes go out to our classmate Nancy Eisenstadt Joerg and her husband Walter. Nancy writes that she is a partner in Wessels Sherman, a management-side labor and employment law firm in St. Charles, Ill. She has been with this firm for 30 years.

Walter is a retired educator. Nancy and Walter have three adult children and seven grandchildren. She would love to hear from classmates and has shared her cell phone number: 630-440-1945.

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HOBART Ralph Nesson, 1007 Morningside Drive, Fayetteville, AR 72701-7050; (479) 466-4791; rhnesson@gmail.com Willard Bridgham has his hands in the cheese! Still living in their hometown of Albany, N.Y., Willard and wife Ruth Tompkins Bridgham ’68 are the parents

of Willy (50) and Josie (39) who, with their spouses, started a family artisan cheese business called Four Fat Fowl in nearby Stephentown. After earning a second degree from Union College, Willard pursued a career in engineering and eventually owned his own business specializing in the design and installation of plumbing and cooling systems. Now retired but fully active, Willard helps his kids in the cheese endeavor and loves to vacation in Mexico when not knee deep in curds and whey. James McGivney alerts us that he is on the mend and doing fine after having brain surgery in early October at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in NYC. Both he and wife Patricia Lynch McGivney send their regards and best wishes to all classmates.

And we in turn hope Jim continues his successful recovery and enjoys the very best of health. Shepard Sobel and wife Joanne Camp lived and worked in NYC with deep involvement in the Pearl Theatre Company, founded by Shep, who served as artistic director while Joanne acted both there and on and off Broadway. Ten years ago, with offspring and grandchildren in Albuquerque, they moved to New Mexico where daughter Sabrina Mann is a child and family counselor and her husband Josh reads the law for the U.S. Department of the Interior. Grandkids Kila (13) and Elijah (15) are the two reasons why Shep and Joanne left the East Coast and are their source of hope in a troubled world.

Fitch Cady lives with his wife of 45 years, Bonnie, on Bowen Island near Vancouver Island in British Columbia.

He’s been retired from filmmaking since 2013 and is an avid sailor in the Georgia Strait. William Bursuck provided a vivid and censored description of a fateful journey by HWS friends in 1970 from Vancouver through magnificent mountains and along unpaved roads to the Native village of Bella Coola on the British Columbian coast. He remembers John Faustmann and wife Jan Reinheimer Walsh-Hohert ’69, Fitch Cady’s younger brother John, with yours truly and Bill all along for the adventure.

I almost got us all killed by passing cars at high speed on S curves in my two-stroke Saab; we built a sauna out of beach rocks that exploded when heated (another death-defying feat), and splashed nakedly out of the sauna and into the sea; and somehow survived on a wish and a prayer. The residents of Bella Coola didn’t know what to make of us and were surely happy to see us leave.

WILLIAM SMITH Marty Stuart Jewett, 5318 Colorado Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20011-3623; (202) 882-7490; mjewettrn@ aol.com I am on a board, Alliance to Preserve Civil War Forts of DC, which had a great commemoration of the Battle of Fort Stephens, 155 years ago on July 13, which saved the U.S. from becoming two countries and helped abolish slavery. Imagine being President Abraham Lincoln, needing to protect our capital surrounded by slave-

holding states. General John Barnard and the Army Corps of Engineers built 68 earthenwork forts around the city and cleared trees for 40 miles so an approaching army could be seen, took the forts across the Potomac at Chain Bridge as soon as Fort Sumpter was fired on to secure the rivers. For Veterans Day, the National Park Service lit luminaries around the graves of the 46 soldiers who died at the battle, with eulogies such as one 20-year-old Oberlin student who had joined for 100-day commitment facing soldiers who had been fighting for three years. Dana Keefer writes: “I am living in Henderson Harbor, N.Y., off Lake Ontario, near the 1000 Islands, in the midst of spectacular scenery. I serve on the board of trustees of the Samaritan Medical Center Foundation in Watertown, N.Y., and am involved in the local hospice as well. Currently, I am co-producing a movie with director/producer Linda Yellen; this is my sixth project with her since the late 1970s, but this is the most exciting one for me because it is going to be shot in and around my town.

The movie will star Talia Shire, Jill Eikenberry, Helen Slater, Lindsay Crouse and Ally Sheedy. More about that next issue!”

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HOBART Robert A. Kowal, 115 Trask Road, Newport, WA, 99156; (509) 251-9034; bobkowal@gmail.com From Jeff Hodde P’91: “Just back from a fun gathering in Buffalo just before Thanksgiving. Willard Genrich, James Hayes, Jeff Hodde and Karen Kreinheder had coffee together at a famous new swank coffeehouse multichain ‘spot.’ We recommend it, as they let us all talk at once. I highly suggest you get together with some alums soon.” On behalf of our 1969 Reunion committee concerning our 50th this past June, Jeff wants to wrap up the classnote by thanking our classmates for our record attendance (91) and generous HWS annual and reunion class gifts (63% participation). It is so great that so many contributed to the Reunion success, including pledging forward for the next four years. There is still time to do so if you didn’t have a chance yet. Our class made an important contribution to the latest addition to campus, the dome, our new indoor full field sports field. Hip HWS!! The weekend served up some amazing weather as the memorial service and comments from close friends and a separate service for veteran members who served our country. HWS kept us busy for parts of four perfect days with academic classes, excursions and tours and scrumptious meals washed down by microbrews and local vintage cab francs and Rieslings. In addition, we savored live fireworks, the Oaks tent and our own live band featuring Robert Abrahams and Mary Carter Johnson P’08’s husband, Paul Johnson ’71, P’08, who performed in the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts and at a club downtown called Kashong Creek

with favorites of our era and beyond.

Thanks to the wonderful direction of Dulcie Meyer P’20, our leader from the institutional advancement office, our 50th went off splendidly. Reunion committee, thanks for all your ideas and hard work. Quick thought: HWS continues to be your college. Send us your ideas and questions, the children and grandchildren of your friends and your welcome volunteer efforts in admission, career services and continued presence at home and on campus. Got an idea?

Let’s talk about it. Richard Bird writes: “I really enjoyed the 50th Reunion this summer and renewing old relationships and meeting people I never really knew when I was there. I am still working full time as a neurologist in Salisbury, Md., and awaiting a new grandchild in the spring.” From George K. Smith we hear: “Reunion was such fun! I got to reconnect with some old friends plus interact with some classmates I never really had much contact with before. It was great! One thing that almost everyone I spoke with agreed upon was that the people who didn’t come were the ones who missed out. One thing I learned at Reunion was that Susan Garsoe was one of the people who advocated for special needs children like my son. Thanks to her and people like her, my son was spotted in kindergarten by a wonderful teacher. He entered first grade with an Individualized Education Program (IEP) tailored just for him. The district had special ed teachers and a resource room in every school thanks to people like Sue. I am eternally grateful.” David Saunders writes: “During two recent trips I was able to add Hobart friends to my itinerary. While in LA, my wife and I were invited to a fabulous dinner at the home of John Trivers and his wife Liz Myers. After watching a majestic Pacific sunset, John grilled salmon, and during dinner we reminisced about the good old days in Bartlett Hall and the Quad. John is still making music, running on the beach and studying French. John loves to follow his son Julian’s progress as the drummer for the Canadian rock band Busty and the Bass (bustyandthebass. com). When I was in Delray, Fla., Gary Croland and I had a delicious sushi feast while we talked about the 50th Reunion, the advantages of being retired, intricacies of the stock market and the state of the nation! Now that I’m retired, visiting old Hobart friends has added a new and very enjoyable dimension to my travels.” Finally, Anthony Cabot ’68, P’02 shares this news: “Dr. Jack Chalfin died on Oct. 18 from the lifelong effects of Type 1 diabetes. He was my best friend for 53 years. He was brilliant and creative and had a loving supportive family.” See Jack’s obituary on p. 79.

Colleen M. Carpinella ’09 wore an HWS beanie when she climbed Mt. Whitney, the tallest mountain in the contiguous U.S., in October 2019.

At the winter alum gathering in Beverly Hills, Calif., current Statesmen soccer played Binjo Emmanuel ’20 wears the varsity sweater of Michael Opell ’59 (right).

Opell donated the sweater to the HWS Archives.

Christopher Flanagan ’67, Mary Chermisde Flanagan ’69, Judy Friedman Ackerhalt ’69, Sandra Tomlinson Cremer ’69 and Steve Cremer meet for a mini reunion.

Megan Drangstveit, Colleen McDonough ’98, Paul Guerrier and Tonya Davis ’98 snap a selfie in Hvar, Croatia, in July.

WILLIAM SMITH Ginny Knight Sargent, 2008 Rhodes Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254; (310) 376-2998; gsargent72@ hotmail.com Scott and I managed some special getaways this fall — our timeshare at Lake Tahoe, five days in Carmel, and a quick getaway recently to Rancho Santa Fe. Our

Kaitlin Eisenhut ’08 and her husband Daniel Freedman welcomed son Caleb in August.

Alan Snel ’83 is the author of Long Road Back to Vegas.

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Save The Date

Celebrating the Classes of 1960 / 1965 / 1970 / 1975 / 1980 / 1985 / 1990 / 1995 / 2000 / 2005 / 2010 / 2015 Let your classmates know you're attending at hws.edu/reunion or call (315) 781-3700 to add your name to the list.

All classes are welcome each year.

hws.edu/reunion trip to Carmel was two hours longer than usual, even though we left at 6 a.m. We got about 45 minutes away from home and we were directed off the 405 freeway with no direction how to get to the 5N. Seems that the fires they had predicted due to the dryness and high winds had started. Scott and I live in the dark ages with no GPS capability or smartphone, and I am a horrible map reader, so we drove around following others and with Scott’s great sense of direction, we found 101N and we slowly got on our way, smelling smoke for the first hour of the trip. My heart goes out to all those people and wildlife affected by all the fires that soon followed. Fortunately the “rainy season” is starting now, which unfortunately means mudslides in the burn areas. Living in Hermosa Beach (south of LA), we are luckily safe from fires and mudslides. Linda Hyatt Lee writes: “We enjoyed a return to Zion National Park this fall (after 43 years) and were happy to stay in the park lodge.

The place is gorgeous, but the Utah tourist council has done too good of a job promoting the place!! Even though cars are not allowed in the park, the number of people shuttled in or arriving in private coaches is overwhelming. We traveled east to the town of Escalante via Bryce Canyon National Park to explore the Grand Staircase Escalante area, a much less traveled open space. Beautiful night skies there! We are looking at a return to Glacier National Park next year and exploration of the neighboring reservations. Any suggestions of sights to see in that western section of Montana?

We are doing well in Maine. Health is good. We enjoy visit with our kids in Florida and Washington every year.”

Mary Mowrey-Raddock writes: “Nothing really new here (thank goodness!). We are still snowbirding to Florida every December and return every May. There is lots of art and culture in the West Palm Beach area. We’ll see Hamilton and Chicago this year, as well as loads of art exhibits, lectures, etc. I’m planning on helping my local Indivisible chapter to register voters in Florida.” Mary Carter Johnson writes: “Paul Johnson ’71 and I had a great time at the 50th Reunion and enjoyed seeing so many classmates and catching up. Our summer saw us traveling to Maine for our regular escape to our island, a many generational family property three miles out to sea with no electricity. We enjoy being able to ‘unplug’ once a year and be ‘off the grid’

to get some real rest in a beautiful place.

We also made a trip to the Washington, D.C. area, where our daughter Barbara Johnson Stemler ’08 and her family moved earlier in the year. She is on the design team to create the new National Children’s Museum, which will open soon. This fall we spent two weeks on a cruise from Boston along the Atlantic coast to Montreal and back to Boston as a celebration for Paul turning 70 this year.

We visited historic sites in each port and daily enjoyed watching the harbor pilot ‘leap’ either on or off our cruise ship from the little pilot boat. Our son Andrew, with other artists, is marketing their latest creative venture, A Coloring Book of Really BAD Ideas. If any of you are ever in NYC, please be in touch. We will celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary summer 2020 and are going to England for two months, starting with a transatlantic cruise on the Queen Mary and then visiting my cousins and friends all over the UK.” Jane Eggleston writes: “I still think about our 50th Reunion and the opportunity to reconnect with so many of my classmates.

It was a wonderful weekend! Since then, I have taken two foreign trips — 15 days in Iceland and then 16 days in Greece and the Greek Islands. Both were wonderful in their own way — the stark beauty of Iceland and the amazing ancient history everywhere in Greece. I am co-teaching an evolution course again at RIT (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute), which involves 15 classes a year. I also give lectures on other topics (usually countries I have been to) and started a travel special interest group to share travel ideas and options. There are so many places still on my bucket list! I’m also marketing chair for Osher and spend a lot of my remaining time gardening. I spent Christmas with my two daughters and son-in-law in Colorado Springs — it’s rare now that we are all together.”

Mary Chermside Flanagan and Chris Flanagan ’67 were thrilled to have Judy Friedman Ackerhalt visit them in Duxbury, Mass., in August 2019. Touring a local oyster farm was a highlight.

Instruction in shucking, a fair amount of wine and as many oysters as they could eat made for a jolly boat that day! Sandy Tomlinson Cremer and husband Steve were able to join the crew for some beach sitting, catching up, a shared meal and lots of laugher.

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HOBART John A. Pulos, 8 Sachem Drive, Skaneateles, NY 13152; (607) 535-4257; jpatchefs@aol.com As many of us have, I have attended every Reunion since the first. During those early years, I remember thinking about those celebrating their 50th Reunion and wondering if I would ever make it to 2020. A quick look in the mirror (a very quick look) reveals that I do not look like I did for our 10th Reunion (I have all of the group pictures from past Reunions).

I have survived leukemia for more than 15 years and a very violent car accident from last December and I plan on joining all of you in June. Rick Renner writes that he is reporting retirement as a physician assistant-certified after 43 years of family, occupational and urgent care medicine. He and Susie, married for 43 years, have five grandkids ages 8 to 3. Son Matt is a vice president at National Geographic and won an Emmy for Free Solo. Son Jamie is the assistant attorney general of Vermont, specializing in eldercare/protection.

Rick is working on a 43’ trawler for fun.

It was purchased in Montreal. “Shout out to Steiner, Simo, Taney, Bear and Brizee.” Dennis Klein notes that he has been somewhat out of touch but is looking forward to June’s Reunion. Since graduating, he has taught history at a few universities and is now in his 23rd year at Kean University as a professor of history, where he also runs the Jewish Studies Program and the Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies program. He adds that he is joyfully married for 40 years, has three great kids and five impressive grandchildren. He wrote: “My Hobart years were not easy for me, at least emotionally, but their legacy remains palpable and profound.

My only disappointment became clear to me when I informally visited the campus in search of the baseball field where I spent many brisk days on the mound.

The mound and the field are no longer there, just the briskness. Complicated memories worth sorting out with others in June.” William Schuellein sent a note saying that it is snowing in Maine and it’s time to get out the skis and head out as a volunteer mountain host at Sunday River. He spent 52 days on the slopes last year. Bill hopes to see many of our classmates in Geneva in June 2020. Our noted artist Eric Holch writes that he is

not sure anything with Betsy and him is crazy new news, but they are still in Nantucket in the summer, and Eric is still creating and selling his original prints and sailing. In the winter they are on the west coast of Florida, something he never thought that he would be doing!

More sailing, fishing and creating art.

They have six grandchildren. Eric adds that he sees Peter Helmer when he’s in Florida. Eric does an annual Jackson Hole ski week with Charles McClure and other friends. He finishes by saying that he has dug up (thanks internet) most of his Sigma Phi ’70 brothers and they are all coming to the 50th Reunion in June.

I have not heard from Jeffrey Linton P’00 in years. He writes that it seems like yesterday we were in Bartlett Hall, 50 years have flown by! Jeff is looking forward to seeing his fraternity brothers at Theta Delta Chi, Bartlett third floor and fellow track and cross country athletes. He will be attending with his son, Andrew Linton ’00. Jeff and his wife Nancy are both retired educators after raising three sons and now get to play with seven grandchildren. He spent time as a teacher, coach, school administrator and superintendent of schools over a long career while Nancy was an English teacher and library/ media teacher. He notes that he is still running, but slowly. I also heard from Richard T. Smith. He retired nearly six years ago after a rewarding career in construction sales. Richard and wife Anita now reside in Phoenix, Ariz. They have been traveling throughout the U.S. Santa Fe, N.M. is one of their favorite areas. They both are active in volunteer work in the Valley of the Sun. Joel Rose wrote to say: “Just heard from Andy Wickenden ’09 in the HWS Office of Communications asking about the Seneca Review, Josie Woll, Jim Crenner and Ira Sadoff. Whoa, man, 50 years ago. Hard to believe. Can barely remember and then it’s so vivid. I still see a bunch of people from our Hobart days. Just had lunch with Marc Slutzky, one of my four roomies freshman year. So fun. See Elliott Lewitt frequently, when he’s in New York or I’m in LA. David Friedman ’69 is one of my great friends. The remarkable poet Mark Fischweicher ’68 is still in my life. Still writing. Crazy path I got on at Hobart, kidnapped and held for ransom by Professor of English Otto Schoen-Rene, virtually my first day my freshman year. Went to school as a premed, came out as a fiction writer and still at it. Lost my writing partner Anthony Bourdain last year, but we still have a couple of cool animated TV projects going at Sony and Warner Brothers, based on our graphic novels together, GET JIRO! and HUNGRY GHOSTS. I’m finding working on these, literally, like writing with a ghost. Check out me and him on his show No Reservations (Season 6, Episode 8). My father was a waiter at the old Stage Deli and then the Carnegie, places that don’t exist anymore, and when Tony asked me where I wanted to go, I told him and we went. My kids are spread to the four winds. My oldest is in Guam with her husband, who is a Navy

rescue helicopter pilot, and their two kids, my grandchildren (5 and 7). Younger daughter is here in New York. Works in publishing at Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

Boys are in school. Oldest at Amherst, final year, younger at Bard, a freshman.

Could get not one among them to go to HWS, although I tried. My wife is good.

I’m good. Love and best regards to all.”

And finally, after spending 71 years in Montour Falls and 70 years on the same street, in three different homes, I sold my home of 41 years in June and moved to Skaneateles. I continue to work at Wagner Vineyards (an hour drive), named in June as the winery of the year in New York. Our dry Riesling was named best white wine in New York and No. 64 best buy wine in the world by Wine Enthusiast Magazine. Pretty sure it will be available for tasting Saturday on the Quad during Reunion. See you there.

WILLIAM SMITH Christine Roberts Hawley, 5112 Pheasant Trail, Ann Arbor, MI 48105-9554; (734) 482-3582; clrnmh@gmail.com News came from Stephanie “Stevie” Flather Ross. She and her husband Bob Ross ’69 attended his 50th Reunion last spring. They enjoyed meeting President Joyce P. Jacobsen, seeing what was familiar and new on the campus and especially reuniting with many friends from Bob’s class. They are both retired.

Stevie still keeps her toe in the water of Waldorf Education, where she taught kindergarten based on Rudolf Steiner’s philosophy for child development. Their family now consists of two daughters, one in Vermont and one in western North Carolina, two granddaughters ages 9 and 4 and two grand dogs. They still live primarily on Long Island, but have a second home in Chatham, N.Y., where they hope to eventually move permanently. Diane-Louise “D-L” Kenney Casson is now the parish administrator for the Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew in Wilmington, Del. See the profile of D-L on p. 37.

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HOBART Roland Misarti, 1 Tall Timber Dr., Califon, NJ 07830; (908) 832-5052; Cell: (908) 528-6168; rjmisarti@msn.com At the time John Hershey wrote, he was recovering from spinal surgery which hopefully went well. He is planning to move back east after 30 years and reconnect with some of his friends and classmates. A devoted dog owner, John and I have shared pet stories over the years. Arthur Medici has added his name to the lists of the semi-retired.

He continues to work with several boards, but has moved to Sarasota and is planning to spend time improving his woeful golf game. David Norod is staying very active — still manages five real estate firms and plays in four local bands. The newest band is called Dirty Soul and has taken off locally with many dates. You can find out more at dirtysoul.com. Dave’s

daughter is a lawyer in NYC and his son is graduating from Georgia Tech. He added amusingly that his son is very supportive — has offered to pull the plug at the appropriate time. Peter Zeidler is still teaching statistics at Nova Southeastern University. He also spends time babysitting his granddaughter. Peter’s son was married this past summer. On a sad note, I heard from Charles “Chip” Pancoast and Todd Rosenthal P’11 about the passing of Robert Woods in Farmington, Conn. (See his obituary on p. 79.) Bob fought lung disease for quite a while. He is survived by his wife Tina and two sons, Nataniel and Alexander. I’m sure we all send our sympathies to his family.

WILLIAM SMITH Nancy Nowak

Rutherford, 105 Palmertson Road, Rochester, NY, 14618; (585) 244-1385; nancynowackrutherford@gmail.com

Mary Ludlow Duket recently hosted Nancy Nowak Rutherford, Lynn Gross Hughan P’99, P’07 and Linda Beeler P’07, all Miller House freshman from 1967, for a fall mini reunion at her lovely house in Newton, Mass. We dutifully augmented our liberal arts education by visiting the nearby Minute Man National Historical Park and then moved swiftly on to the more contemporary issues of wine, gossip and favorite books. And what we remembered from Western Civ. Saturday night found us dancing to Mary’s favorite blues band at her local bistro, representing our alma mater in fine form. We sensed our housemother, the redoubtable Mrs. Cloutier, looking down from her celestial perch far above the Hill and tapping her toes appreciatively. From Roberta “Bobbie” Barnes Carey: “After I retired from the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, Jim and I wanted a lifestyle change so we moved to Hilton Head Island in South Carolina. Hard to believe we live full time in a place where others come to vacation. We love playing golf and tennis, going to the beach and spending cocktail hour in our pool. The low country plants and birds are amazing, and seeing an alligator is almost a daily occurrence when we walk the dog. We have three grandchildren — a 6 year old in Atlanta and a 4 year old and 10 month old in Chicago. We get drafted to sub for the nanny, which makes you glad you work out to keep up with the lively crew. Celebrated our 70th birthdays seeing Hamilton in Chicago. I talk with Claudia Perry Waterhouse every few weeks. She and her husband are in the process of moving to Cape Cod. We exchanged 70th birthday greetings via email with other members of the class of ’71: Linda Eberhardt Chilson P’05, Marilyn Mayes Kaltenborn, Kate Lewis, Shelley Steen Ackerman and Peggy Hall Johnson. Hope everyone is healthy and happy and enjoys life wherever you are in 2020.” From Rhonda Friedman: “In a sort of impulsive decision, Jim and I are packing up and moving from Washington, D.C. to Dallas, Texas. I know, I know — crazy. But our daughter and her family (two grandchildren) have been

Ashley Yang ’11, MAT ’12 and Kimberly Parkhurst ’11 were bridesmaids in the wedding of Emma Luton ’11 in May 2019 in Seattle. Photo by Loewyn Young at Pale Quail Photography.

Eric Hall Anderson ’59 and Richard McDermott ’89 meet after participating in the 18th annual Cold Turkey Plunge off Children’s Beach in Nantucket, Mass., on Thanksgiving Day.

Erickson “EB” Blakney ’87, Sara Carleton ’87, Christopher Biehn ’87, Emily Unterberg Satloff ’87 and Teri Friedman ’87 gathered in NYC in December to remember their friend and classmate Jennifer Crosby Cargill ’87.

Allen Lovejoy ’79, Bob Murphy, former vice president for enrollment and dean of admissions, and Gregory Couch ’80 enjoyed a few days of quail hunting in Georgia.

Jessica Hill Klebanoff ’10 and Brett Klebanoff ’07 pose with their daughters Emma and Harper.

Mary Ludlow Duket ’71, Linda Beeler ’71, P’07, Nancy Nowak Rutherford ’71 and Lynn Gross Hughan ’71, P’99, P’07 pose in front of the Minute Man statue in Concord, Mass., in September.

Liam is the son of Kevin Curtin ’11 and Lauren Budd Curtin ’10.

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CLASSNOTES | after us for a while to spend our dotage in their hometown. And to sweeten the deal, our son and his fiancé will be moving there as well. Our daughter Jessica is a conference planner for Fannie Mae. Son-in-law Jeff, in corporate strategies for AT&T. And our son Evan is transferring with GEICO. This will be different. Neither Jim nor I have ever lived outside of the northeast (Boston, NY, Washington), but we are excited at the new adventure. Looking for classmates and other HWS alumni in the Dallas area. Come visit, y’all!” From Ellen David: “I just spent 10 wonderful days with my Brent House roommate, Patricia Sittner Wherley! I met up with Patty and her two traveling companions at a splendid flat we rented in Paris with a superb view of the Eiffel Tower! We shared much shopping, wine and general hilarity, recalling the night Robert Wherley (Patty’s husband of 50 years) and I decided to turn the mashed potatoes blue. No one else at Brent was amused! After Paris, we took the Eurostar to London, where I had been fortunate enough to spend a trimester my senior year through a program at Beaver College. That shabby student housing has been turned into an elegant hotel, and we thoroughly enjoyed their cocktail lounge! I stayed on after my friends left and revisited my haunts of 50 years ago, remembering fondly my Soho dinner with Griff and Kay Griffith and feeling very nostalgic and grateful for all that attending HWS afforded me.”

From Joan Diamond: “I’ve been back in the UK since 1982, living in Kendal in the Lake District of Cumbria. In 1993, I completed a master’s in creative writing from Lancaster University and I’ve been working as an Alexander Technique teacher since 1985. It’s an educational method used worldwide for more than 100 years. By teaching how to change faulty postural habits, it enables improved mobility, posture, performance and alertness along with relief of chronic stiffness, tension and stress. My Facebook page is Joanie Diamond Kendal.” From N. Bela Breslau: “Good to read about so many classmates in the last issue. My husband Stephen Billias and I are busy getting the word out on his latest book, a collection of short stories. We have finished a first draft of the novel we are co-writing. Our daughter Sophia is in the middle of her second year of law school at Case Western Reserve. We are happily living in South Deerfield, Mass. If any of you are out this way, let me know.”

From Nancy Nowak Rutherford: “Last August, Dave and I, two of our three kids, our daughter-in-law and some neighbors rented a 700-year-old Moorish house in rural Andalusia, Spain. We stayed in one of the tiny (only 30 houses!) white villages and hiked from village to village.

It was wonderful — but VERY hot. I have loved hearing from so many of you who have sent me classnotes, and it amazes me that so many are still friends after 50+ years. Plan on coming to our 50th Reunion that first weekend in June 2021, will you?

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HOBART Henry Lenz, 1602 Kerryglen St.,

Westlake Village, CA 91361; henryjaylenz@ gmail.com

Greetings from sunny Puerto Rico, as I write this column during Thanksgiving vacation, while visiting Karen’s son here. As impeachment grinds on, we all remember our protests against Vietnam and the Watergate years. Hopefully we still are motivated to do our small part and keep our desire to fix the world’s ills.

Amazing how some of the stuff we thought we solved has cycled back. I see several of our alums speaking up on Twitter (including Stephen Bromberg and George “Terry” Fiske P’08). Climate change is important to those who have grandchildren! I met with Herald editor and podcast producer Alex Kerai ’19 for lunch in LA. Told him he did an awesome job on the Tommy series that many of us were interviewed on. Check out the Herald website if you missed any of it. I regaled him with the story when I was with Cronkite in the studio the day Nixon quit. Here’s an idea that has been percolating on our group Facebook page — how about we show up at the 2020 Reunion? And then our 50th (and Hobart’s 200th) two years later! As always, it’s good to see many of you on our FB page: Duncan Himmelman ’73, Jame Roistacher P’17, Robert Ward, Jan Charles, Alex Marks ’73, Marc Sofman ’75, Christine Blanck Potter ’74, Joanne Lyons Dunne ’73, Virginia Bacheler ’73, Charles “Ted” Cooper, Maureen Collins Zupan P’09, L.H.D.’16, Shirley Napolitano Banker, Deborah Shor Jervis, Alan Heavens, Mark Jones P’14, Carol Ulmer, Spencer Day, Wayne Davis, Kevin McLean ’73, Kevin Ryder, Susan Yolen, George Drosdowich, Roger Frankel, Paul Gasek and Daniel Watkins. William Martancik posted that he is headed to Ajijic, Mexico, for his seventh winter. Several at the last Reunion asked him about the Lake Chapala area just South of Guadalajara.

He’s happy to assist any who might be considering a visit. Be sure to check out this link: fltimes.com/news/geneva/ cutillo-carl-fospero-a-knack-for-tellingtales/article_af4a0cff-2464-5b9a-968cd7fc445d663c.html. I also heard from many others, so here’s the news that's fit to print. Gary Oliver wrote: “The good news is that I attended the inauguration of Dr. Joyce P. Jacobsen. It was fabulous and I have added to my reading list Hobb’s Leviathan and Melville’s Billy Budd, Sailor. The colloquy on freedom of speech on campus held in Albright Auditorium raised so many issues and stimulated critical thinking. President Jacobsen is going to be a wonderful leader of our Colleges. By the way, it was a cold weekend, however, the sailing team was out bright and early in a regatta on Seneca Lake on a sunny Saturday morning, sporting their white sails against a blue sky and deep blue water. I

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love Hobart and William Smith.” From Timothy Anderson: “Just an update on my life after being retired from teaching and coaching for eight years. How time flies. Saw a number of our classmates in Geneva for the Stiles dedication. David Creighton, James Brennan and Robert Raleigh ’73, to name a few. Also visited Mark Jones in Charleston in October. He is still painting some incredible art. Also visited Kevin McLean ’73 in North Carolina. Barb and I are proud grandparents of Quinn, who lives in Franklin, Tenn. We still live in Hector, N.Y., on Seneca Lake. And in Nosara, Costa Rica. Pura Vida. Life is good. Another bit of news: The 1972 Hobart lacrosse team was just inducted into the Rochester Hall of Fame. I know A.J. Russo and Thomas Gaggin were there to represent our class. Go Hobart.”

Also got this nice note and a great photo from Robert “Ken” Camera: “My news is offered in the following two forms. The attached flyer for my campaign and also my campaign website, kencamera.us. I just won reelection for my third four-year term as Geneva City Councilor for the 4th Ward. My short bio is: I am a 39-year resident of Geneva, a husband, the father of two girls, an energy consultant (PRES Energy), an engaged citizen and one of the founders of the Finger Lakes Regional Arts Council, created 40 years ago to protect and preserve the Smith Opera House (SOH). The preservation of the SOH was part of a strategy to revive downtown Geneva, which I fully embraced even as a college student at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, where I majored in economics. I also received a master’s in energy management and policy from the University of Pennsylvania (1984).”

Michael Nemser and Lynn Seavey Nemser ’71 enjoyed a summer of travel, play with the grands, gardening and music in New Hampshire and getting to know their new rescue puppy, Bailey. “We visited Israel, Jordan and France. We were in Tel Aviv in May for the increased tensions in Gaza, during which we were evacuated to a shelter as over 800 missiles were launched in one day from Gaza. Touring the walled Old City and Western Wall in Jerusalem, Masada and the landing sites in Normandy were very moving and meaningful. Visiting the Treasury in Petra was breathtaking. We were fortunate to spend five weeks in New Jersey with our daughter’s family; it’s unbelievable how fast our grandkids are growing up. We saw many of the democratic candidates touring New Hampshire and we attended the New Hampshire State Democratic Convention.

Michael completed is fourth term as chair of the Venice Yacht Club Charitable Foundation. During his terms, the foundation raised about $420,000 and made grants of about $390,000 to local charities, mainly focused on our veterans in need and on childhood hunger, literacy and homelessness.” In 2012, at our last Reunion, Thomas Howard and Elizabeth Stratton fell in love all over again. As you

may remember, they went their separate ways after graduation, yet Tom went to Switzerland to visit her when she was living there. Again they went their separate ways until our 2012 Reunion.

They have been together ever since, living in Woodstock, N.Y. Tom still works as a lawyer; Elizabeth retired this year as a healer and pastoral counselor. Very nice news! On Nov. 14, the James E. Poole Athletic Facility at the Albany Academy will be officially opened. Jim writes: “After teaching and coaching (cross country, swimming, track and field for a total of 115 seasons) for 42 years, I retired in June 2018, and the school decided to honor my service with the naming of this new sports facility, which will house an indoor track and practice basketball courts.” Congrats! J. Marc Hannibal sends this: “This year saw two (almost three) transitions. In May, my son Ben got his MBA from George Washington University and then started on his career with the XFL. He is working in Stamford doing something with data to create fan base profiles. That is about as technical as I can get, but he is now off the family payroll. In July, my daughter got married in San Francisco. She also got a promotion at Google, so I’m thinking that I will still be without grandchildren for a while. Third, I was planning to retire this year, but that seems to have morphed into a brief extension through the next legislative session. Did go on a retirement planned trip to Turks and Caicos. I heartily recommend it. Anyway, as the song goes, two out of three ain’t bad.”

Here’s some sad Phi Sig news I received: On Sat., Nov. 9, 2019, John Stegner wrote: “Does everyone know brother Robert Schmitt passed away a few days ago here in the Buffalo area? I am shocked and saddened.” And on Nov. 11, 2019, James Risk ’70 wrote: “So sad to hear of Bob’s death — and seemingly out of the blue. Thankful for each day — and for our years together in college.” See Bob’s obituary on p. 79. I also heard from Elliott Eisenberg: “It is great staying in contact with everyone. As much as I am enjoying my life, I still look back on ’68 to ’72 as one of the best times of my life. With that being said, as of Oct. 1 I became officially ‘retired’ (after 38 years in practice) and am no longer working as a chiropractor, except the occasional vacation fill-in and my usual weekly gig treating the athletes at the University of Richmond. I see many male and female lacrosse players and get great street cred with them when I mention that I’m a Hobie. Several had relatives that attended, way after us, however. I still haven’t found a new rhythm yet and feel a bit disconnected. In January I will go back to my teaching job at a local community college, teaching anatomy and physiology to pre-nursing students, in both a day class and a night class. Last spring I had a friend overhear several of my students in the library complaining that their anatomy instructor ‘thinks he’s teaching at an Ivy

League school instead of a community college.’ I guess I bust a few balls, but it’s a massive subject to cover in 12 to 15 weeks. I just tried out for and got a part in the historic St. John’s Church reenactment of the famous ‘liberty or death’ speech by Patrick Henry. I’ll be garbed in colonial wear and wig and will be playing Thomas Nelson, a merchant from Suffolk, who, along with Mr. Henry, was among the first to call for armed insurrection. We will do more than 100 productions a year at the church and they will be every Sunday from May through September. Seems a bit like typecasting to me. Other than that, we traveled to Kenya and South Africa in August and it was the trip of a lifetime. We also attended weddings in NYC in both September and October. I try to spend as much time with my granddaughter Stella, age 2 1/2, as possible and I never knew I could love anyone as much. Watching her grow and develop is fascinating and I’m trying to teach her as much as I can, much to the consternation of my wife and daughter. I send my warmest regards to all ’72-ers and wish everyone a wonderful holiday season. Love to all.” Finally I got this from Edward “Jim” Soltz: “Henry Jay, U da’ freaken’ man & thanks 4 duin’ a thankless job 4 us’s at 72!” Haha :) Thanks everyone, I love writing this column. See you in 2020!

WILLIAM SMITH Janet S. Wulster,

52 Governors Lane, Princeton, NJ 08540; (908) 217-7950; jsva@comcast.net

Greetings on a cold winter’s evening here in New Jersey. I’ve just returned from the HWS holiday celebration in Manhattan with President Joyce P. Jacobsen. It was a delightful reception and great to catch up with Betty Good ’75 and, of course, great to meet President Jacobsen in person!

I met Betty when we traveled together on an HWS trip to Peru a few years ago, and we’ve kept in touch — Betty lives in Brooklyn and I’m in Brooklyn from time to time with my granddaughter (more on that follows). The great news Betty had to share is that she recently married, so congratulations to her! Things in my life are settling down; my husband of seven months (Dan) is at the moment buried in grading papers for the three courses he teaches at Rutgers, and today he’s also giving a lecture on water resources management to a delegation of Chinese visitors. Having him be this busy gives me plenty of time to “do my own thing,” which is a mix of being on the board of Kiwimbi International (as is fellow trustee Carol Ulmer), consulting for my former employer, singing in a 50-person choir at Trinity Church in Princeton and having fun being semi-retired. Oh yes, then there are the grandchildren … mine – 4 ½-year-old Minna, who lives in Brooklyn and comes (with parents) to New Jersey to visit quite often. I just love being a grandmother, and she and I are very close. Then there are Dan’s three grandchildren, one of whom (Luke) is Minna’s age almost, and they have great fun together. I heard from Shirley Napolitano Banker that “a bunch of us are planning on going to the HWS

Reunion in June even though it’s not officially for our year. I remember that at our last reunion we talked about not wanting to wait five full years for our next reunion, so we thought going in 2020 was a good idea.” It would be great to find out how many are interested in going. If you’re on Facebook, you can post to our class page; if you’re not, feel free to email me (jsva@comcast.net) and I’ll pass on the info. Shirley also had great news to report: “I received dual citizenship with Italy this year. There are a lot of benefits to being able to live, work and travel anywhere in the EU. Both of my children also now have dual U.S.-Italian citizenship and one of them is now living and working in Europe.

Travel and work have become far easier for my other daughter, too, since her work and studies take her all over the world. Other than that news, I am not fond of getting older. It’s not that fun.” (I absolutely agree with you Shirley on that one! Especially the arthritis in my fingers!

My doctor says … keep on moving.) I got a quick note from Jean Ann Linney, who is living in the D.C. area now. She wrote: “Leaving tomorrow for a three-week trip to Argentina, Uruguay and Chile. No pictures yet, but expect the scenery to be spectacular.” Jean Ann, we’re counting on lots of photos! I also heard good news from Marcia McPherson Lichtman, who writes: “I have a new granddaughter, Phoebe Lichtman Pingel, born Sept. 18 in DeKalb, Ill. I’m enjoying a dose of Midwestern life while her academic parents finish their first semester duties.” And for those of us who are Facebook friends, we have been enjoying Maureen Collins Zupan L.H.D. ’16, P’09 and William Zupan P’09’s new home construction, watching the progress via photo posts. Maureen and Bill sold their home of 40 years and are building a new home close by. It looks awesome, and there’s nothing like a brand-new house to keep them busy making decisions on materials, appliances, etc. Maureen also wrote that she enjoyed a long weekend at Canyon Ranch with William Smith ladies Cathleen Anne Zupan Wronski ’09, Sara Nargiso ’07, Ashley Starkey Scranton ’04 and Rita Goldstein Ashton P’04, P’07.

Elizabeth Emborksy, Andrew Emborsky ’00, Professor Emeritus of Political Science Iva Deutchman, Professor Emeritus of Sociology James Spates P’00, P’09, Blake Bonham ’10 and Bonham’s friend Meghan pose for a photo during the annual trip to watch the Blue Jays take on the Yankees in Toronto.

James Marr ’54, P’89 has participated in many marathons over the years, often coming in tops in his age group. He’s seen here in his favorite place: the Reservoir in Central Park.

Marjorie “Molly” Doris-Pierce ’15, Women's Outreach Director for the Warren 2020 campaign, and Morgan Hopkins ’15, National Field Director at the All* Above All Action Fund, pose during a reproductive justice event in September in Houston.

Matthew Skinner ’17 and Leila Dwyer ’18 pose for a photo during orientation at Albany Law School.

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HOBART Timothy M. Richards, 700 Iron Post Road, Moorestown, NJ 08057; (856) 802-1208; hobart1973@aol.com L. Rick Bley wrote: “My wife Fay and I have lived in Geneva since college.

We raised three children, a son and two daughters. We are so fortunate they are all doing well. We have five grandchildren, four girls and one boy, ranging in age from 2-10 years old. After spending 37 years in public education, I retired from a career I loved eight years ago as a high school principal. My wife worked with young physically and mentally challenged children most of her working years. I have been involved in city government: planning board, city councilman for six years and now on the

Friends gather for their annual get together in New York City. Back row: Robert “Mal” Davis ’62, GP’18, GP’23, Bonnie Bolstein and Thomas Hadlock ’64. Front row: L. Jerome Bolstein ’62 and Renata Renner, widow of Clayton Knowles Jr. ’63.

Maureen Collins Zupan ’72, P’09, L.H.D. ’16, Cathleen Anne Zupan Wronski ’09, Rita Goldstein Asthon P’04, P’07, Ashley Starkey Scranton ’04 and Sara Nargiso ’07 enjoy a long weekend at Canyon Ranch.

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CLASSNOTES | Industrial Development Agency. Geneva has come a long way since our freshmen year at the Colleges. We really enjoy living in the city. Five months of the year we live at our cottage we built on Seneca Lake. We have maintained contact with my roommate Sherman Bedford and his wife Pat and Robert Gamble and his wife Chris. They make the trek from Kentucky and Michigan for HWS Reunions and we hold “happy hours” usually for all class of ’73 returnees at our house Saturday afternoons. They were fun gatherings.

We'll definitely continue this at our 50th!

We six couples make a point of getting together once or twice a year. For the last three years we have met at Cayahoga National Park in Ohio for a few days of hiking and biking. Any members of ’73, if you’re in Geneva, look us up; we’re the only Bleys in the book.” Eliot Larson communicated: “My wife Gail and I moved to Boston three years ago and love being in New England. We have a blended family; between us we have four children and five grandchildren, the most recent being my daughter’s first child, a boy who is three months old. After serving as a middle and high school principal for more than 20 years in the Philadelphia area, I continue to do occasional consulting work with the National Institute for School Leadership, working with cohorts of school leaders around the country to improve student achievement.” Peter Heotis and his wife Peggy Davis Heotis wrote that they are living on Long Island, N.Y., alive and well.

William Yaffa P’10 shared: “Lynn and I have been super busy since we all got together in Geneva for our 45th reunion in June 2018. Lynn’s son Todd Jeffery ’01 and his wife Katie Allen Jeffery ’02 celebrated the birth of their third child, Cecilia, this past April. Lynn and I and Katie’s folks, Lesley Tegenborg Allen ’76, P’02 and William Allen ’70, P’02, are enjoying being grandparents.

Lynn’s daughter Carolyn Jeffery and her husband Chris Meinke also introduced their son Tucker to the world this past April. They are expecting another child in May 2020. Lynn’s other daughter, Diana Jeffery, is the smart one. She is traveling the world as a single Marriott executive. My daughter Jamie Yaffa became engaged to John Rossi, and their wedding will take place September 19, 2020. My other daughter, Julie Yaffa Hughes ’10 (attended William Smith, but graduated from Villanova 2010), and her husband Ryan Hughes are expecting twins, a girl and boy, in early January 2020. Lynn and I were determined to remain active parents, so we added Speckles, a Cavalier King Charles, to our household. He is a dog that keeps on giving and rarely speaks back. Lynn is working to find investors for a new musical, Austen’s Pride, based on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. The show is hoping to make its way to Broadway in 2020. I continue to commute on an almost daily basis from our home in Westport, Conn., to New York City to keep my job at BMT Commodity Corp. so we have enough money to put food on the table for our five children, their current

and future spouses and our current four and future seven (and likely more) grandchildren.” As for my wife Kathy and myself, we have been active, too. I retired about five years ago, and Kathy is a teacher at a local elementary school. We have three grown kids, with our middle daughter getting married in 2020. Our son, his wife and our only grandchild live in Colorado Springs, while our youngest daughter is in Jacksonville, Fla., but soon to move to Newark, N.J. William Hayes and his wife Kim visited us here outside of Philadelphia from their home in Seattle in September. Bill is retired but still an enthusiastic swimmer and races in the Masters group regularly. I’ve heard from George Steinemann, who is literally sailing around the world in his 45-foot sailboat accompanied only by his son.

Last report had him in South Africa after a grueling sail across the Indian Ocean.

A note from Elizabeth “Libby” Cox Flanagan last summer had her living the grand life in Hawaii! Lee Hutchinson is living in Portsmouth, N.H., and partially retired. I enjoyed getting a number of classmate updates and hope to get many more in the future!

WILLIAM SMITH

Class Correspondent Needed

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HOBART Mike Orth, 286 Caroline Street, Rochester, NY 14620; (860) 752-9014; orangemike52@hotmail.com Michael Cost P’07 reported that he fortuitously visited former roommate Bruce Amsbary last fall at his home in Needham, Mass. As usual Bruce (and wife Betsy) graciously supplied cocktails, appetizers, lobsters and popovers as they reminisced about their years at Hobart as well as updating the news about the Colleges and mutual friends. They remembered sharing Bartlett 325 with its beds on the floor, its single pay phone in the center of the hallway and its resident troubadour, Claude “Coddy” Nuckols ’72, singing in the stairwells. In addition, they discussed the many campus changes they saw and the acquaintances they had seen while at Reunion in June.

Some classmates knew of Bruce’s cancer diagnosis, while others became aware there, but all were caring and supportive.

Mike and Bruce agreed that a Reunion highlight was the dinner sponsored by Andrew McMaster Jr. P’09 for 30 “econ” classmates honoring interim president and former professor Patrick A. McGuire L.H.D. ’12 and his wife. They also recounted their trips to Wells College, where they both found their spouses while going to The Fargo, Aurora Inn and Turbeck’s in Ithaca. The evening’s conversation carried on in true college fashion, mixing philosophic insights and pragmatic opinions of more recent events well into the early morning hours, with Bruce commenting he hadn’t been up that late in years! Mike’s final reflection on this visit is that he is extremely thankful for it and urges other alums take

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the time to do the same — mainly because Bruce passed away just a few weeks later (see his obituary on p. 79), making it all the more precious. Well, your faithful correspondent successfully made it through another summer in Western New York. Believe it or not, the weather here between June and October was spectacular, and since I was able to retire (sort of ) in May, I played more golf than I had in years. Of course, no discernible improvement in my game, but that was to be expected. Nothing new to report in that regard. Anyway, enough about yours truly. OK, here goes. Professor Richard Rubin (it still looks a little odd to write that) has been busy recently. He recently received the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching from Campbell University.

Campbell U. is just south of Raleigh, N.C.; Rich has been on the faculty there for several years, but I can’t remember how many. Anyone who would like to contact Rich, send me a text and I’ll send along his contact info. In addition to tearing up the classroom, Rich coaches Campbell U.’s brand-new club lacrosse program (they’ll undoubtedly be Div. I soon), and to top it off he’s a member of the championship “combo doubles” over-55 tennis league in southern North Carolina.

I’m actually not sure what “combo doubles” is, but it sounds impressive. Nice job, Rubes! Ronald Vance P’08 reports that he stays in touch with Timothy Boyd, though he’s been even more insufferable in recent years, gloating over his Pats, Bruins and Red Sox. Ron and his wife have been enjoying Scottsdale, Ariz., since ’09, and especially since he retired in mid ’14. They escape the summer desert heat in the Vail area, which has been a family favorite since the early ’90s.

Ron stays very active playing golf and pickle ball, plus frequent fitness classes/ routines, and enjoying their circle of great friends. With four grandchildren (ages 4 years to 9 months — all in metro Denver), they are truly blessed. Ron reports that Christopher “Dopey” Muller has visited a few times, which easily and quickly thrusts our thoughts back to our “glory(?) days” at Hobart. Having also recently seen Springsteen’s film retrospective, it was easy to fade back to those days, now long ago, when life was far simpler and none of us had any idea (nor spent much time worrying) about what the future would hold. Have a nice winter, everyone.

If you need me, you know where to find me. See ya in the new decade.

WILLIAM SMITH Joanne Conrad, P.O. Box 7298, Cape Porpoise, ME 04014; (207) 9674914; jc@conradgroupintl.com Rita Calligaris Reicher writes: “It was great seeing so many classmates at Reunion in June. News from the past year includes my retirement from Knowledge Systems & Research at the end of October 2018. The move to retirement has been quite a change and adjustment. I can’t say that I’ve figured retirement out yet, let’s say it is a work in progress. I’ve continued to do some consulting for the firm, as needed, and I stay active on a number of local nonprofit boards. I’ve taken

advantage of the freedom to travel more, as well as to spend summer afternoons at my pool and catch up on my reading. My children live in NYC and LA, so I’ve had more opportunity to visit them, which we’ve all enjoyed. I’m looking forward to seeing more classmates at our 50th Reunion in five years.”

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HOBART Zack Chaikin, 252 Old Tappan

Rd., Old Tappan, NJ 07675; (201) 666-0228; Zackc@juno.com

I hope this latest chapter in the saga of the Class of ’75 finds you well. David Weinstock P’09 has his own law practice working with pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device companies and with the FDA and DEA ... Kurt Dossin and James Emery recently completed a 12-day whirlwind tour of Europe, tasting and drinking their way through Munich, Krakow, Prague and Berlin, and they are looking forward to seeing all of you at Reunion ... Robert Heath and Mary are wintering in Tucson, a five-day, 2,800mile jaunt taking them through a cold front in St. Louis and some winter driving around Oklahoma. Rob was happy to see an update on Joel Bernstein in the last Survey, who was his roommate during sophomore year. Mark Sisson is nearing retirement with the Cornell Agricultural Experiment Station in Riverhead, N.Y., but in the meantime he may return to the stage (never knew he had the acting bug) at the North Fork Community Theater, but only as a director. Still married after 37 years and enjoying grandkid Chloe and another on the way, and currently batting .909 in the local Cardboard Boat Race ... Eric Holzwarth and wife Anne retired to Richmond, Va., where both their sons live. Besides seeing them weekly, they enjoy being in the museum district, enjoying the cuisine and living in a blue state. Both take classes at U of Richmond, and Anne teaches medical students at a local clinic. Eric says, “Life is good.”... Neil Sjoblom reports Neil Woodworth P’04 is retiring as President of the Adirondack Mountain Club. The November issue features Neil and his accomplishments with the ADK. Here is a link to his retirement celebration: https://www.adk.org/honoring-neilwoodworth/ ... Finally, John Clarkeson is enjoying his new job at MASSDOT as Chief Procurement Officer, with both the challenges and the procedures in getting everything standardized after the merger of the transportation agencies a few years back. His family is doing great, with one son in Chicago and two others traveling the world in the Merchant Marine. John is planning to make Reunion and hopes for a good turnout (so am I).

WILLIAM SMITH Mary E. Hughes, 11 Cliff St., Stonington, CT 06378; (860) 495-0208; hughesme54@gmail.com Betty Good married Robert Milnes at City Hall in Manhattan in Nov. 2019. Save the weekend of June 5-7, 2020 for our class Reunion. Encourage your friends

from college to join you. Hope to have a great turnout for this fun event. Mark Sofman will be taking attendance!

Cynthia Moyer wrote that she is “still in the restoration field and have been working for the past 10 years as the only frame conservator at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Weekends are spent at our house in the Hudson Valley. I am not on social media but in touch with old classmates; art lawyer and documentary filmmaker Janice Biskin Stanton, now creating magical collages; pathologist Joann Habermann ’76; children’s book author Charity Arnold Tremblay; author Peter Pullman ’76; Anita ‘Cookie’ Littell Repp, R.N., and her husband and classmate, sailor and entrepreneur Douglas Repp P’08; and writer Genie Schomer ’77, who told us that John White ’76 is the now mayor of Key West. I shared wonderful meals with cyclist and financial entrepreneur Mark Loder when in Portland, Ore. Janet Maurer is director of admissions at my old alma mater, Germantown Academy in Fort Washington, Pa. Specialist Mary MacMillan ’77 is riding high working for Chilton Trust. We’re out there. We always enjoy HWS Day at the Races in Saratoga Springs in August, where we met the impressive Joyce P. Jacobsen this past summer. Well wishes to all!”

The highlight from this past year for Marjorie Scheer was the 16-day trip that her husband Maximino and she took last August from Budapest to Vienna, through Germany, ending in Amsterdam.

It was an art- and architecture-filled feast.

“I continue my practice as a (very part time) psychotherapist because I love the work so much. We are still in Durham, N.C., with no plans to live anywhere else. Warm greetings to old friends and wishes for a year of deep fulfillment.”

My travels this year took me to India, Ireland, Scotland and the Faroe Islands.

Highlights were learning more about the culture and wildlife of these countries. At home, I continue to volunteer with the Uganda Mission Team at church, which helps to support an orphanage and two primary schools in Uganda. In addition to that, I volunteer at The Giving Garden at Coogan Farm in Mystic, an organic garden which raises produce for the food insecure of New London County.

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HOBART Tony “Eagle” Payne, 19 Greenway Drive, Falmouth, ME 04105; (207) 8075331; tpayne@maine.rr.com Bruce Woodcock writes: “Thayer Preece Woodcock and I are celebrating our 35th wedding anniversary this year, while also becoming grandparents to our son Jonathan’s boy, Preece Michael Woodcock, who was born on July 25. It has also been great to work for fellow Hobart grad and Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, The Most Rev. Michael B. Curry ’75, as the Asia and the Pacific Partnership Officer. During the past 10 months I’ve visited 11 countries, and 2020 will hold more travel to China,

Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea and the Philippines (having been to Bangladesh, Fiji, Japan and Sri Lanka among others this year). Happy to stay in touch with HWS alums, and I also hope to hear from Sig Phi brothers and sisters (to share memories now that the frat house is gone in Geneva). Keep the faith+.”

Joseph Burdick shares: “I am still in the renewable energy business with my company, Burdick Technologies Unlimited. We have been doing solar/PV design and installation throughout the Rocky Mountain region since 1996. I have recently published a book, Install Your Own Solar Panels, available on Amazon.

I hope everyone in the Class of 1976 is doing well!” Steven Kaminsky writes: “On the weekend of Sept. 27-29, a group of 1970s Hobart football and lacrosse players got together to tell stories, be present for the new field house dedication and watch a Hobart football game. The gathering was organized by Thomas Korn ’75, and as usual this annual gathering was outstanding! Tom always does a super job in communicating to as many of his teammates as possible. Tom is truly still our captain, steadfast and always looking out for his teammates. Robert Gringeri ’77 helped organize the Friday night dinner where the stories began to flow, and as the evening progressed our speed and agility as young athletes were eclipsed by the telling of our escapades. At the dedication and game on Saturday, many teammates were tailgating. Frederick Martin was manning the grill, John Bishop was making mixed drinks out of the back of his SUV, Robert Raleigh ’73, Timothy Anderson ’72 and James Brennan ’72 were holding court and giving the recently turned 65-year-old’s advice on which Medicaid supplemental plans they should go with! Richard Kowalski, Gregory Precopio and Stephen Walter ’75 all looked to be in great shape, and as a group we were wondering what they were doing to stay in such great shape! Thomas Marino ’77, Thomas Schardt ’78, James Spano and Jack Davis ’78 kept us laughing and entertained with stories of lacrosse southern trips and George Davis stories long forgotten. Jerome Hanley ’75 and Terrance Corcoran ’78 participated in the dedication of the new field house, as they both told stories of Mr. Stiles and his dedication to Hobart athletics while we were all at the Colleges. Finally, Thomas Moffitt ’74, P’07 did not fail to remind me about a great southern trip together during the gasoline crisis in 1974 and how he used to beat up on me as high school rivals (Tom, I never remember the stories quite that way)! In all it was a great weekend. I apologize to those I forgot to mention … I know a mind is a terrible thing to waste!” Teddy Moskowitz writes: “Hello, Tony. I would have to agree the fall mag was amazing.

Even more amazing was how our class was represented; some of us have had amazing almost storybook lives. I have had a simple, what is it, 41 years since

The Hon. Ludwig Gaines ’88, Michael Masino ’88, P’21, Brian Sales ’89 and Mark Darden III ’87, P’17 met up at the Hobart basketball game versus Ursinus College in Washington, D.C. in January.

Megan Soule ’15 and Richard Yackel ’16 were married in November. Attending the wedding were Deni and Mark Van Der Voort P’06, Ryan Tinklepaugh ’16, Mariana Bell ’16, Conor Quinlan ’16, Devyn Workman ’15, Thomas Reny ’18, Sara Winant ’15, Eleanor McKay ’14, Casey Cady ’18, Associate Professor of Theatre Christopher Hatch, Andrew Coleburn ’16, Wesley Cady ’15, Sarah Ford ’15, Jacqueline Fisher ’18, Richard Hegmann ’83, Emily Surprenant ’15, Paige Gress ’15, Jonathan Soule ’83 and Pamela Straley ’82 Soule P’15.

April Ferguson Wingate ’89, Nicole Rossi O’Brien ’99, Leigh Larson Heffernan ’92, Jeffrey Wingate ’89 and Timothy O’Brien ’99 enjoy cocktails at the Barnegat Light Yacht Club in Harvey Cedars, N.J. in August.

Members of the Hobart Class of 1966 celebrate their 75th birthdays with special guests. Back row: Paul Deutsch ’66, Richard Knipscher ’66 and Joseph Karlson ’66. Front row: Kenneth Carle ’82, Lt. Col. John Norvell ’66, P’99, P’02, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry Kenneth Carle P’82, P’84, P’90 and Professor Emeritus of Political Science Maynard O. Smith P’76.

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CLASSNOTES | graduation. Yet last spring even I had some time in the sun. The Temple that I belong to featured me as congregant of the month last May and posted a bio where I got to give a shout out to Hobart and William Smith. The school where I’ve been volunteering since my kids were students awarded me a plaque for my 20+ years of service and allowed me to address the graduating class of PS 130.

Every now and then I see Peter Edelman and his wife Dora; they joined us at my daughter’s wedding in 2017 and my son’s wedding in 2018. His daughter has moved to Brooklyn, so perhaps I’ll see more of him now.”

WILLIAM SMITH

Class Correspondent Needed

Jane Milrado writes: “As of Oct. 1, 2019, I am retired from my career as a marriage and family therapist. I am still active in my position as an embedded clinician with a National Guard unit. I had lunch with Mary Hughes ’75 and had a chance to catch up. It was great to see her. I have resumed yoga, Zumba and line dancing classes to keep myself fit, and I am practicing my drawing and painting, pastimes I thoroughly enjoyed in the past. I also plan on completing my second book, which I didn’t have time to pursue much while I was working. I am also active in my church and spend more time with my grandchildren, whom I adore. Life is good!” Carol Brotman White shares news of the passing of Bruce Amsbary ’74 on behalf of his family. “Bruce was an economics major and treasurer at Phi Sigma Kappa. He was also the roommate of my late husband, Peter W. White ’74. Bruce has been my friend since I was 19, a dear friend to our family and to all who knew him.” See Bruce’s obituary on p. 79.

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HOBART John A. Hoff Jr., 1 Harbor Point Road, Apt. 1953, Stamford, CT 06902; (973) 951-1234; hoff.johnjr@gmail.com G. Eric Olsen was the subject of a beautiful profile in Mansfield Now magazine. Eric became a teacher as a second career many years ago, and apparently is a very good one, as well as a major presence in his community. Eric mentioned that to this day he thanks Professor of American and Women’s Studies Toni Flores for changing his life.

Jeffrey MacPeek is retired across the state from me in Dunedin, Fla. Jeff plays lots of golf and is a DJ for a local station.

Walter Chapman remains in Cleveland and runs a small consulting business with his daughter. Walter gives a shout out to his Phi Tau brothers for the holidays.

Michael Barger gave me a call last week — always a fun conversation. Since retiring from the HR world, Michael has hiked the entire Appalachian Trail and part of its West Coast version. He has also been rafting in Montana with his fly rod always going. When home on Long Island, his ventures focus on

removing raccoons from his basement and teaching Girl Scouts the art of fly fishing. Two of his daughters are finishing up their Ph.Ds. Robin Long continues to practice law in Ventura, Calif. Robin lives just north of the city in Ojai, and when he is not dealing with what nature is throwing at him (“something out of the Old Testament”) he considers it paradise, with children and grandchild nearby. Ira Goldschmidt is in semi-retirement in Colorado, not sure how to exit from his engineering business, although he is now his only employee. I got numerous texts during an NFL game in Philadelphia, as the halftime act came into the field doing a Shooter McGavin impression.

Christopher McDonald L.H.D. ’13 tells me he was not there or aware, but is following his resurgent Bills closely, and “Long live Shooter!” Edward Mooney and I visited campus in September for some spectacular fall golf — the weather, not my game. I forgot how beautiful the campus is in the fall. Thomas Mackie was selected for the 2020 edition of Best Lawyers® for environmental law and environmental litigation. Thomas is president of boutique law firm Mackie Shea, PC, which recently expanded into a new office in downtown Boston.

WILLIAM SMITH Kristin C. Ohms-

McNamara, 16 Griffith Lane, Ridgefield, CT 06877; Tel & Fax: (203) 788-9643; kcom@ comcast.net

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HOBART William T. Martin, 46 Lake Shore Road, Lansing, NY 14882-9029; (607) 5338840; wtm2@cornell.edu Robert Bird met Edward Mooney ’77 and Michael Rawlins ’80, P’16 for Soccer Alumni Weekend in September. They had a great turnout of former players at our hospitality tent by the scoreboard for pre-game and game-time festivities. “Ed and I also met John Hoff ’77 at Geneva Country Club for some fall golf on an absolute stunner of a day overlooking Seneca Lake. You can’t beat a great fall weekend in Geneva!” Frank Inserra is retiring from federal service after 32 years working with the Office of Chief Counsel, IRS, the Office of General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security and, most recently, the Office of General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission. His daughters Pam and Liz are “plowing their own fields” in D.C. and Denver. “My wife Judy will continue to support me in the manner in which I have become accustomed.”

WILLIAM SMITH Mary M. Collins, 2526 Thornwood Avenue, Wilmette, IL 600911377; (847) 853-1187; marymcollins1@ comcast.net

At the beginning of November, I had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Joyce P. Jacobsen when she came to a Chicago celebration as part of her outreach as the new president of our Colleges. Joining me in that conversation were Lynne

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Friedlander ’80, P’10 and Nina Rubin ’81.

It was quite interesting to talk with her.

I came away convinced that she’s what we need now and am looking forward to seeing how she and the team in Geneva will be tackling the questions around our coordinate college system. Earlier last year, right after I’d submitted my fall column, I heard from Linda Rich-Rose, who had just retired from teaching high school math. She said that 33 of those years were at Scarsdale High School.

Linda mentioned spending retirement with her husband Kenneth Rose, their grandson, friends and a chocolate lab named Bella. Unfortunately, that is all the news I have this time, as I was late in sending requests for updates. But don’t wait for me to ask. You can always share your news by either sending it to me at the address above or to Alumni House. It’s your updates that makes our Classnotes interesting.

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HOBART Tony Reid, 24 Burleigh Street, Waterville, ME 04901; (410) 897-2134; treid622@gmail.com By the time you read this, your thoughts may have turned to spring, but I’m sitting here in my home office watching the snow of the first winter storm blow past the window. It’s Dec. 3, so for Maine, the storm is about on time. But I know we’re not going to see the ground again for four months. I’ll give you a little news from these quarters after I give you updates from a (precious) few of our classmates.

Let me make this point once more before we get started: I’m happy to keep the ball in the air, but I can’t do that if I don’t hear from more of you. It’s a couple minutes of your time a couple times a year.

C’mon. Help me out. One person I almost always hear from is my pal John Gray, if only to say hello, and here he was again this time. He reports that he continues to work in the commercial real estate business in New York — he’s been at it a long time now — and lives in Stamford, Conn., not far from his boyhood home in Greenwich. Another good buddy, John “Jack” Powers, dropped me a note to say that he remains at his job on Wall Street trading institutional equities and “hoping to get to the finish line.” A number of you have shared this sentiment recently, among you Russell “Rusty” Hawley, who we’ll get to in just a second. And I’ll talk a bit more about my own retirement at the end. Jack, meanwhile, says that he and his wife Theresa celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary last September.

They’re still on Long Island “but trying to figure out where our next home is going to be once I walk away from the Street.” Jack apologized for missing our 40th reunion but added, “I’ll definitely be there for our 50th.” Rusty wrote to say that after 40 years working in the National Football League — 28 with the New York Giants — that the 2019 season would be his last. Forty years, he wrote, “is plenty.” He went on to say: “I anticipate that I’m not alone among our

classmates who find themselves entering this next chapter. I’m looking forward to it.” Rusty also reports that he is the grandfather to two boys and suspects that this number might be increasing soon. I’m in semi-regular contact with my man Jarvis Coffin P’05, as you all know. I’m betting he had more people to Thanksgiving dinner than you did — 101, to be precise. That, of course, is because he and his wife Marcia own and operate the Hancock Inn in Hancock, N.H., and they served Thanksgiving dinner. Jarvis and Marcia also own the grocery store across the street from the inn, so though retirement might be on their minds, it’s not currently on their plates. They work six days a week. Earlier in November they took a trip to Washington, where their son Nate lives and works in the hotel business. Daughter Sarah Coffin Westcott ’05 lives nearby in Annapolis with her husband Paul and two young children. There are also assorted nieces at nephews in and around the D.C. area, so it was one-stop shopping for Jarv and Marcia. This came after our old K.A. friend Richard Cairns ’78 ventured north from his home in the Wilmington, Del., area to visit Jarvis and stay at the inn. The second half of my year was dominated by surgery on my right rotator cuff. I tore it 20 years ago or more, but it got to the point where it was affecting my golf swing (“What golf swing?” I hear some of you asking, not without reason), and I could NOT live with that. So, I went in and got stitched up in mid-September. It takes about six months to fully recover, as long as you’re dedicated to the rehab work, so I should be ready to go before we hit the first tee shots of the season up here sometime in late April. To return to the subject of retirement — and I assume most of you are thinking about it, if you’re not already there — I can tell you that I’ve been retired for about three years now. I adjusted in fits and starts, because it took me some time to accept the idea that I wasn’t going to work again — my second career was as a high school teacher, and I still miss it a bit. I made a couple of overtures to schools up here, but I couldn’t get anyone interested.

So, eventually I gave up and gave in, and now I consider myself retired. Truth is, I don’t think I could work again. Maybe would is a better word. Why? Because time is life’s most valuable commodity, and these days, my time is my own. It would take something extraordinary for me to surrender that. As I said to Rusty in an email back-and-forth when he was contemplating the move, the most important thing about being retired is imposing some kind of structure on yourself. In addition to providing you an income, your job provides you with structure and keeps you moving.

When you’re retired, you have to do that yourself, and time can get away from you before you know it. I spend my days mostly running the business of our household; I also spend a good amount of time in the gym — I’m a Type-2 diabetic, and regular exercise is a critical component of controlling the disease —

and on the golf course when the weather is nice. I also love to read and I love to cook. I’m never bored. That’s the trick.

WILLIAM SMITH Amy Batterman Ditchek, amyd5@optonline.net

I asked on our class Facebook page what we are all thankful for as freshmen and now. Nancy Goldstein replied that she was most grateful for her faculty adviser, Valerie Goldstein. Now she is most grateful for her two daughters who are both happy and doing well.

Justin Abelson ’78, P’20 spent the fall cheering on his daughter, a senior at William Smith, and her teammates on the William Smith cross country team. At the NCAA Atlantic Regionals, he got to reconnect with fellow harrier Jeffrey Potter ’81. Pamela Brown Pomo could not make it to Reunion, but had a minireunion at Kristine Schassler Waelder’s house in Little York, N.Y., with Kris, Marin Collins Dolan and Sarah Dengler. They had a great time and saw the first snow of the season. Kim Blacklock started a new job at Slapface Features Film as a NYScertified teacher, teaching child actors on set. Congratulations on your new position, Kim. Please join our Class of ’79 Facebook page, where you can see what is happening with our classmates, including pictures of their beautiful families. The years go so fast, and I am anxiously waiting to hear that my freshman son has made it back safely to Syracuse University with this snowstorm happening. Thank you to all who sent me news.

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Class Correspondent Needed

WILLIAM SMITH Kathleen Hare Day, 4613 Pebblepoint Pass, Zionsville, IN 46077; (434)295-9813; khd5a2@gmail.com I am looking forward to seeing many of you at our 40th class reunion June 5-7, 2020! Whew! Just typing 40th kind of blows my mind! Check out the HWS Reunion website to see who is coming! hws.edu/alumni/activities/reunion. aspx. Moreover, many thanks to our Reunion committee (Michael Rawlins P’16, Lynne Friedlander P’10, Lynne Nowadly Mason P’13, Susan Cleary Resch, Hans Kaiser, John “Jersey” Bodner and Liza Pille-Speacht) who are working hard to inspire classmates to contribute to the HWS Annual Fund on behalf of our class! Terry Keith Smith writes that he has been retired for 4 1/2 years now and loves it! He lives in Greensboro, N.C., and spends his time cooking, playing tennis, enjoying his family and taking photos. He currently has a photo in the “Field Notes from the Forest” exhibit at the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University. Peggy Lopata sent news that she has relocated to Cambridge, Mass., and is working as a journalist and doing periodic court research in Vermont. She can be reached through her website: peglopata.wordpress.com/. Liza Pille-

Speacht writes from San Diego that she loves the sunny fall weather and spends her time working (no plans to retire any time soon!), traveling with her husband Ed, riding her horse Sam and searching for good music venues. Michael Rawlins and Joanne Laquitara McMullen got together for lunch in November. Michael has also spoken with Nancy Follansbee Donnelly, Charles “Chip” Stevens, Bruce Cybul and Santiago Pavao P’14.

And he delivered the keynote address for the Centennial Center’s first Innovation Fest (hws.edu/hws-hosts-regionalinnovation-fest/). Kathleen Ford shared some fun news about her art — her quilt “Celestial Twins” was juried into the Quilt National ’19, an exhibition of contemporary quilt art. The primary exhibition was held in Athens, Ohio, and Kathy’s artist talk can be seen at youtube.com/watch?v=w42rCYOImFA. The exhibition can be seen at the following venues: William King Museum of Art in Abingdon, Va., from 3/19/20 - 5/24/20 and the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles in San Jose, Calif., from 1/17/21 - 4/11/21.

Joanne Laquitara McMullen ’80 and Trustee Michael Rawlings ’80, P’16 met for lunch in Geneva in November.

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HOBART Lawrence M. Larson P’21, 30 Edgewood Road, Chatham, NJ 07928; (973) 701-2579; glarson@gotoprotect.com Bruce Bears ’82 writes: “It’s been a good year at the Bears’ household in lovely Medford, Mass. My beautiful wife Laura and I celebrated 27 years of marriage, my son Zac ran for Medford City Council and won and my beautiful daughter Isabelle started recording her own music, following in Dad’s footsteps! Here’s a link to Zac’s victory announcement: zacbears.com/its-official/. My schedule as a touring musician has taken me to more beautiful places throughout the world (a recent highlight being Prague).

Now it’s off to sunny Florida followed by a little trip to Bern, Switzerland (which will hopefully include a little skiing).

Best to all my HWS friends!” I hope that you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and loosened your buckles out for a day.

The Larson family spent Thanksgiving visiting our daughter, Grace Larson ’21, in Copenhagen, Denmark. I highly recommend this beautiful city as a vacation spot, and Grace will tell you that the study abroad program is superb. As you may know, HWS has one of the best programs in the country. James Lamond writes: “David Pow, Michael Wood, Mark Farchione and I held a mini-reunion/world problem-solving/ hey we’re turning 60 conference at the Farchione camp at Skaneateles Lake last summer. Dave, now a restauranteur in Annapolis, Md., provided fancy meals and contemporary libations, served in real glasses (no Solo cups). They have since been in touch with Patrick Plunkett P’20, who has promised to join them at their next summit. Thanks for taking this on, Lars, and happy holidays.”

Elizabeth “Holly” Adam sends this news: “I’ve started a small business called

HWS alums celebrate the wedding of Mary Kate Renehan ’13 and Jesse Mancuso ’13 in November. Back row: Samuel Miller ’12, Stephen Doodian ’12, Seth Goldacker ’13, Reid Rosello ’13, Derek Akner ’12, Michael Garland ’12, William Sutherland ’13, Jonathon Lawless ’13, Graham Meighan ’13, Matthew Campbell ’12, Sean Regan ’13, Henry Rubin ’13, Erin Berry ’01 and Brett Driscoll Coppens ’02. Front row: Samantha Seath ’14, Catharine Porter ’14, Allison Scholl ’13, David Chakola ’13, the groom and bride, Emily Leahy ’13, Peter Tardelli ’13, Elizabeth Barrett ’13 and Alexandria Coates Chakola ’13.

Maureen Snyder Loyal ’91 and her sons Cooper and Sean represent HWS at the Cliffs of Moher in Ireland.

Robin Anderson Singer ’85, Mehrnaz Vahid-Ahdieh ’85, P’17, Stacey Martin Mastromatteo ’85 and Carol Pitzer Bridges ’85 pose for a photo during a weekend gathering at Singer’s house in New Jersey.

In attendance at the September wedding of Meghan Crump Cook ’10 and Daniel Cook were (left to right): Elijah Scherr ’10, Evan Amato ’10, Richard Croteau ’10, Samuel Alden ’11, Michael Armstrong ’10, Timothy Sharkey ’10, Kimberly Tremlett ’10, Caitlyn Schrader ’10, Nicole Caravella Malone ’10, Bethany Fagan Good ’10, Logan Good ’10 and Julien LoPresti ’09.

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CLASSNOTES | Shop Chop Cook, making handmade homemade food for discerning clients in Fairfield and Westchester counties.

Follow me on FB to see photos of my creations and direct message me with your requests!” I visited Mark Darcangelo ’83 at his work place a couple of months ago. I got a chance to chat with him and his wonderful wife Marybeth. They run a killer graphics company in Cockeysville, Md. For those of you that need some branding for your company, contact darcgraphics.com. Mark’s kids are all grown adults. He and Marybeth spend time traveling to the beach in Delaware and enjoying time with their friends and family. Mark is still as funny as heck with the one-liners and he has some great stories about the old days on campus. Every weekend he and I text each other regarding the current NFL and college football games. Mark is now a Ravens fan — maybe because they are winning. Those damn Giants. Brendan O’Brien reports that he has moved to Ames, Iowa. He and his family had previously resided in Ithaca, N.Y. Brendan recently retired from Cornell University after spending 29 years working in the international student office there. He has accepted a position as director of the International Students and Scholars Office at Iowa State University and is enjoying the new environment. Brendan and his wife Sachiko have two daughters, Mina (16) and Saya (12), who are keeping him busy. Brendan would love to hear from other HWS alums and can be reached via email at bpo1@cornell. edu. Steve Townsend writes: “I had the good fortune to see Quentin Walz ’82, Andrew Nelson ’82, P’10, Mary Stowell ’82 Nelson P’10 and Scott Gaulocher ’82 in November when they came to see my band in Stamford, Conn. All of us grew up in Greenwich and still live nearby, so it was a great reunion. Drumming is still a passion and always fun when good friends from HWS come to our shows. Meanwhile, I am in my 36th year in the radio business, currently at Westwood One, where we produce exclusive audio content for stations across America with partners like the NFL, NCAA, Carson Daly, Ben Shapiro and more, in addition to building out our podcast platform. WEOS was certainly a radio inspiration early on, especially listening to Bruce Barber ’80! Thinking back to the HWS Jazz Ensemble, I am always in touch with Bruce Bears and see him every time he plays in New York City with the Grammy-nominated Duke Robillard Band. Other than that, I still live in Darien, Conn., with my wife Tracy.

Our daughter Morgan was married in July 2018 in Saugerties, N.Y., and lives in LA, while our other daughter Allie lives in upstate New York.” Well, that’s a wrap! I hope all of you have a wonderful 2020, filled with good heath, prosperity, peace and happiness. We would love to hear from more of you, so please feel free to let me know what you are up to.

WILLIAM SMITH Pamela Freund Starr, 275 Old Belchertown Road, Ware, MA, 01082; (413) 695-8493; pamelark19@ comcast.net I received a couple of updates from your William Smith classmates, both of whom have started their own new businesses. Rebecca Tracy Boyle wrote that she is “just completing my first year running my own business — Energizing Talent. I do consulting in the areas of leadership and organization development as well as some other HR work. I have had an amazing year! I have done everything from succession planning to discrimination and harassment investigations to organization design and leadership and team development.” She is enjoying the variety of work she has undertaken. She states that “Energizing Talent is keeping me quite busy, but I also am on the board for community services for Every1 — a human services organization that works to provide opportunities for people to live up to their fullest potential and reach their dreams.”

Now in her 10th year on this board, she is finding the position quite rewarding.

Becky met up with her freshmen year house monitor last May in D.C. James Hayes ’78 was in the city speaking at the Association for Talent Development’s International Conference and Exhibition.

Becky reports that he was headed to play golf with his daughter that afternoon.

Additionally, she wrote that she is aware from her husband, who has opportunities to run into her, that Patricia “TC” Ferrito P’15 is working as a policy writer, helping the public school system in Erie County.

She and her husband Tom are doing well. Becky is the proud grandmother of three grandchildren, ages 1, 2 and 3.

She is delighting in spending time with them, and grateful they live nearby.

Becky would love to hear from any of her HWS friends! Her email is rboyle@ energizingtalent.net. Elizabeth “Holly” Adam wrote with an update. She has invented an “accidental career” in which she helps her customers to “downsize/ sort/organize/sell/see.” Her business is called Shop Chop Cook and was “born out of a couple of folks eating my food and saying, ‘you should sell this!’” Holly can be a menu organizer or custom cook for people with unusual diets. She has just started shipping her food kits. Her Facebook page explains her business, with pictures posted continuously.

Holly remains in touch with some of her William Smith friends. She sees Elizabeth Dutton Bourne and Nancy Bercovitz and recently served Bradford Williams P’14, P’16 her lobster mac and cheese and “sent him home with a chili kit.” Holly also visited with Nicholas “Bud” Kozloff ’77 and Susan Cleary Resch ’80. In her words, may you all have “a loved-filled holiday season with yummy food on your plate!”

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HOBART Thomas Hall; 382 Woodlawn Terrace, Hollidaysburg, PA 16648-2993; 814952-8768; thos_hall@yahoo.com WILLIAM SMITH Linda E. Reiter, 611 Floyd Street, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 076322051; (210) 567-6708; HoHo82@aol.com; Jane Monness Brickman, 15 East 91st Street, Apt. 11A, New York, NY 10128-0648; (516) 371-6764; jemonness@gmail.com Ronna Tulgan ’82 Ostheimer P’14 and Thomas Ostheimer P’14 write to say: “On August 17, our daughter Perry Ostheimer ’14 got married in Manchester, Vt. Lots of HWS alums!”

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Laurent Drive, Lutz, FL 33558; (585) 2816078; hws@drmichaeljmiller.com; facebook. com/drmichaeljmiller; linkedin.com/ drmichaelmiller

Timothy Haylon writes: “It has been 19 years since I was diagnosed with a neuromuscular disease that has no cure. Since then my life has changed.

I no longer work and mobility is a big issue. The good news: I spend time raising money and advocating for the Myotonic Foundation. This included a trip to Washington, D.C. to advocate in front of Congress. This organization is taking on the need for a cure. On Sept.

13, I was recognized for my efforts and was awarded the first ever Outstanding Advocate Award. It is my hope that a cure will be found and the disease will be eradicated forever.” Philip Powers shares his resignation from the American Alpine Club: snewsnet.com/people/phil-powersis-leaving-american-alpine-club. Alan Snel writes: “Greetings from Las Vegas.

Hope you can get my new book, Long Road Back to Las Vegas.”

WILLIAM SMITH Carol Shanks

Dougherty, 200 Seminary St., Pennsburg, PA 18073-1815; (215) 679-0442; cdougherty@ perkiomen.org

As always, it was great to see Linda Fitts Mischler ’83, P’20. She and I went to our new favorite restaurant, Founding Farmers, and chatted like we had never left Hirshson. Allison Shutt ’83 caught up with Laurie Gordon ’83. They enjoyed a great evening at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Irene Stumberger ’83 says she is still waiting for a copy of Alan Snel ’83’s book, Long Road Back to Vegas.

In September, she traveled to Samiland for nine days of hiking with an ADK Adventure Group. This trip was followed by a quick tour of Helsinki and Lallinn.

She ran into Nancy Nowak Rutherford ’71 and Virginia Bacheler ’73 at the High Falls Women’s Film Festival in Rochester, N.Y., in early November. Ginny has been organizing volunteers for the festival since its inception. Alexandra Cantor Owens ’83, P’20 says her daughter Gillian Owens ’20 is enjoying her senior year at

William Smith and is very excited about graduation in May. This past spring, they met up in London and Paris midway through Gillian’s semester abroad. Alex says she will miss being on campus for parent events and soccer games. Her younger daughter Catie is at Ursinus College and running track. She and her husband are getting used to their empty nest. She had a funny William Smith sighting at a Sky Blue National Women’s Soccer League game — the woman in the seat next to her was an alumna as well and recognized Alex’s Heron shirt.

Julie Levy Sadowski’ 83 shared that she has just finished nine months as the executive director of Rockland Community Foundation. She is impressed with how many classmates have pursued professional careers in the nonprofit world. Finally, Kathryn Lynch ’83 had a one-person art show at Sears Peyton Gallery in New York, which opened on Jan. 9, 2020.

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Andrew Lickly writes: “I was fortunate to be able to take my family to visit William Cherry in Kenya to take part in a charity cricket tournament. ‘Cricket on the Mara’ takes place on the Olerai Cricket Oval in the Maasai Mara and raises money to support the local Maasai Emarti primary and secondary schools. After the tournament, we went on safari during the great migration for some spectacular wildlife experiences. I am still in the Boston area and Bill is splitting his time between Kenya and Jordan in roles we cannot discuss.”

WILLIAM SMITH Laird Redway, 8314 30th Avenue, NW, Seattle, WA 98117-3831, (206) 795-3409; laird.redway@outlook.com

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WILLIAM SMITH Mary Reilly, 701 Crescent Place, Sea Girt, NJ 08750; (917) 363-9860; maryeuphemiareilly@gmail.com Still loving life on the Jersey Shore but a little less so in the winter months! It’s very windy here on the shore. I was so grateful to the busy ladies who replied back to my email around Thanksgiving; please note that I am saving some of the news for the next issue in 2020 and sharing more timely information in this one. Most importantly, I was able to attend our 30th Reunion in 2015 but will not be able to attend the 35th in 2020 because my eldest nephew Danny is getting married in Wilmington, N.C. It is the first wedding in my family in a long time, so it will serve as a reunion of sorts as well. I am looking for someone (or a couple of women) to volunteer to jot down some notes during Reunion and send them to me later on to include in The Pulteney Street Survey.

Please let me know who is willing and

able! As always, Sharon Akkoul is such a doll about sharing information with me that I may have missed even though she is busy traveling (recently returned from Italy with her husband Vince), working (although scaling back a little) and spending time with her six grandkids! She told me that Donna Daniels ’86 was listed in Crain’s New York Business as a 2019 Notable Woman In Sports. William Smith alums are forces to be reckoned with, even in traditionally male-dominated fields! Colleen Serafin and her husband Jim met up with Stacey Martin Mastromatteo and her husband Tony over Labor Day weekend in Boston after skipping the East Coast during the summer of 2018 to spend vacation in Lake Tahoe instead of Martha’s Vineyard.

Colleen lives outside of San Francisco but has decided she simply must get back to Martha’s Vineyard again every summer for lobster and old friends! Speaking of Stacey, I heard from Mehrnaz “Naz” Vahid-Ahdieh P’17 who is still running the global law firm business at Citi’s Private Bank. She and her husband are now empty nesters but loving the opportunity to downsize to a house close to the water in Atlantic Beach, N.Y. She got together for a weekend with Stacey Mastromatteo, Carol Pitzer Bridges and Annette Notar Flynn at Robin Anderson Singer’s house in New Jersey this past summer and loved catching up.

Empty nesters (like Naz and my sister) are telling me that spending time with their dogs and travelling and catching up with old friends are some of the bennies. Margarita Ramos has recently moved to Seattle from NYC, where she has started an exciting job as an attorney for Microsoft. She would love to connect with any Hobart and William Smith alums in the area. Please send me any contact information for anyone that you may know who is out there. It can be challenging starting a new life in mid-life in a new place (I know!), so I would love to support Margarita.

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HOBART Adam M. Stuart, 9632 SW 123 Street, Miami, FL 33176-5071; (786) 2010462; amstuart@sprintmail.com Alexander Mirabella writes: “Life is good for me. Recently I had dinner in NYC with Terrance “Butch” Cassidy, Michael Fuchs ’87, Parker Neave and Peter Glovin ’88. Started out with: ‘Four Sigma Chis and a Thates brother walk into a bar’ and went on from there. Great night talking about the Rites of Spring and The Band Party from back in the day. Also had dinner a few months ago with Joshua Turner ’85 and our families.

Recently been in touch with William Rotenberg, Louie Cosentino ’87, Caleb Miller and Franz “Eagle” Frechette ’89.”

Christopher Lang writes: “I stopped

by HWS on Sunday as I was returning from a visit with my daughter at the University of Rochester. The campus looks great and I shared some memories with my wife and son. James Enelow ’87 and our wives (Wendy Enelow and Jacqueline Lang) had a great time in

Ridgefield, Conn., a few weeks ago. We had a bunch of laughs over dinner and attended a great concert by JJ Grey.”

Gregg Baldinger had an outstanding personal run in the NYC Marathon: “2:55 in the 2019 NYC Marathon cheered on by Aaron Lieberman and Jonathan Bergner ’85, P’19. If I hit 2:50 at my next marathon, I will buy a Matt’s Beer Ball and throw a party at Houghton House Garden for all ’86 grads. Did I promise that in past updates? If so, make it two Matt’s Beer Balls — if they still exist, that is. Anyway, living and loving life in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.” Mark Sackson writes: “Liza Standish Sackson ’87 and I are planning two weddings in 2020. Our sons Nevin (27) and Stewart (24) are both getting married. Nevin will be married in June 2020 and Stewart December 2020.

We are very excited for both of them.”

Congratulations to all.

In August, Megan Hyland ’08 married Colin Quinn in Greenport, N.Y. In attendance were (left to right): Madeline Brooks Hamilton ’08, Allison Burns Brucato ’08, Alice Coakley Currie ’08, Betsy Trahon, Katherine Hendricks ’07, the bride and groom, Jenny Pratt Woodberry Kahn ’08, Serena Turner ’07, Louisa Ross ’08 and Jesse McKenna Michel ’08.

WILLIAM SMITH Christine A. Kjellson, 20 Hilltop Street, Newton, MA 02458; (617) 630-0275; chrisk729@yahoo.com Stacy Feiner is finishing her second business book and is working with fellow alum Meredith Maslich Eaton ’98, who is the CEO of Eaton Press, a company that helps nonfiction authors write and publish their books. Feiner and Eaton met at a book launch event in NYC and, after discovering they were both William Smith alums, decided they were destined to work together. They meet up in Geneva for writing weekends. Stacy’s second book chronicles how a three-generation family business works through complex dynamics to keep the business in the family using a new model grounded in the science of psychology. Margaret Mitchell O’Donnell writes: “I’m wrapping up three years of working on Hamilton Chicago as the rehearsal stage manager and sub assistant stage manager. Next up is Mary Poppins at Drury Lane over the holidays. Then I’m onto a commercial production coming to Chicago — can’t name it because it hasn’t been announced in the press yet.  My oldest daughter Maille just moved to D.C. to begin her career, working on the corporate engagement team for The Good Food Institute. My middle daughter Maire is a freshman at Clark University in Worcester where she is playing field hockey, and my youngest Cait is a junior in high school. Time marches on! My husband Kevin is director of communication at Service Employees International Union. That’s all — can’t believe I’m down to one kid at home. ”

Jane Thompson Cahill ’87, Lynn McConaughey ’87, Elizabeth Dow ’87 and Tari McCall Carlson ’87 spent a week at Carlson’s lakefront camp in Debrats, Ontario, Canada.

Professor of Sociology Jack Harris P’02, P’06, Sandra A. McGuire, former Interim President and Professor Emeritus of Economics Patrick A. McGuire L.H.D. ’12, Deborah Davis ’73 Harris P’02, P’06, Jennifer Morris and Professor Emeritus of Sociology James Spates P’00, P’09 meet for a drink in a pub in Galway, Ireland in September.

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HOBART Cameron K. Brown, 15 Carriage Way, Topsfield, MA 01983; (978) 397-4439; cbrown@kingfishmedia.com Joseph Peffer has launched izitin, a startup focused on local products and available on Android and iPhone. Bonus: When you next visit the Colleges, you can use izitin to locate the local wineries and distilleries. Geoffrey Morris was recently interviewed by PBS’s American Experience about his father’s role with

Patricia Sittner Wherley ’71 and Ellen Fridovich David ’71 pose in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

Pearl Kerber ’13 married Liam Barry in September 2019 in Wellfleet, Mass. Left to right, front row: Jonathan Barthel ’13, Victoria Poplavskaya, Emily Kellogg ’13, Leah Mucciarone ’13, the bride, Hayley Bauza ’13 and Shelby Booth ’13. Left to right, second row: Sean Tuemmler ’13, Alexander Able ’13, Jonathan Sherry ’96, Alexander Corless ’13, Brandon Campbell ’13, Christina Biasiucci ’13 and Ross Hicks ’11.

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CLASSNOTES | the U.S. Senate in the 1950s. The lead producer of the segment was Kirstin Butler, daughter of retired Hobart Dean Clarence Butler L.H.D. ’06. Keeping busy, Geoffrey recently launched Norwalk Magazine, the seventh title of his company TownVibe Media, based in Ridgefield, Conn. Peter Wasserman P’17, P’20 and Karen McDermott ’89 Wasserman P’17, P’20 had a great fall travelling across New York State to watch their son Joshua Wasserman ’20 finish off his solid Hobart cross country career. They attended the presidential inauguration and caught-up with Frank Aloise and other HWS friends. Pete is often in Cotuit Bay, Cape Cod, and is always looking to connect with alums in the area. Paul Mock is a special education teacher in the Maryland public school system and also works with at-risk youths who have been incarcerated. He’s coming up on 30 years of marriage to Ellyn Beatty-Mock and has two sons, Paul Rion and William Mock. He credits the Colleges for “giving me the skills and fortitude to counsel and uplift the lives of others. Namaste to all of my classmates.” Jonathan Insull reports that he and his wife Brenda Stanny Insull ’88 caught up with Timothy Blood and Rachel Maleh and had a great visit in NYC. Jonathan and Brenda’s son is a recent college grad and living nearby in New York. Mark Diebus and his wife Kristen Forsberg Diebus met up with his former house mate Kevin Field and his wife Martha in Boston over the summer. The Fields live near Watkins Glen, where Kevin is a clinical psychologist and Martha is an assistant professor at Cornell. Mark and Kristen also connected with William Corkhill and his wife Sheila over dinner. They regularly keep in touch with Patrick Milmoe P’17, P’22, Joseph Milicia, David Hoffman, Michael Regan P’16 and David Curnick. Christopher Biehn writes:“I am deeply saddened by the loss of my friend, classmate and senior year housemate Jennifer Crosby Cargill.

It was comforting to gather in NYC in early December with HWS friends to remember Jen and also reconnect and catch up.” (Cargill’s obituary appeared in the Fall 2019 issue.) Chris left Ithaca College last April and the world of academia and joined a small consulting firm, serving colleges and schools. The move gives him more time to do what he loves with his family and friends in the Finger Lakes and the Adirondacks.

Chris also attended the inauguration of President Joyce P. Jacobsen in October and highly recommends watching her inaugural address online. Tim Coffin ’85 hosted a Kappa Alpha reunion at his New Hampshire farm in early November. In attendance were Scott Bauman, Timothy Robinson ’88, Nile Pullin ’89, Andrew Dunbar, Cameron Brown and Shaun Clarke. Great hikes, ATVing, food and drink highlighted our time together.

WILLIAM SMITH Sara Campbell Lodini, 40 Ashley Drive, Rochester, NY 14620-3324; (585) 415-0451; swtlodini@gmail.com Beth-Ann Armstrong Zapatka kindly responded to my plea for news. She

writes that she and her husband of 25 years live in Avon, Conn. They have three children: a daughter who graduated from college and now lives in Boston, another daughter who is a junior at Clemson and a son who is a senior in high school, but will start at Yale in the fall, making them empty nesters. Beth has spent her career in the world of development, currently working at Yale. She writes that she is lucky to spend time with Allison Winter Robbins ’88 and Karen Peterson Wilson ’88. Thanks so much for getting in touch, Beth. Liza Standish Sackson also wrote with lots of exciting news. She and husband Mark Sackson ’86 are gearing up for two Sackson weddings next year.

Their son Nevin will be married in June and second son Stewart will be married in December. On top of that, their third son Bertie will be a high school senior applying to college. Lots of happy life milestones to look forward to for them.

Their daughter Eleanor is a fifth grader who loves fox hunting. Liza writes that she looks forward to eventually getting back out there with her once she heals from her recent knee replacement last July and survives two weddings. Thanks, Liza, and good luck! Nancy Breiling Nessel writes that she and husband Ken (Vassar ’88) are enjoying both city and country life in Stanford and Stonington, Conn., where they have homes. Their daughter Amanda is a junior in high school and son Tim is a sophomore at Boston University. Tim loves BU, is studying advertising and business at BU Questrom and is VP and social chair for his fraternity Chi Phi. He hopes to find a summer internship in Boston. Nancy and Ken love having him a short two hour drive away. Their artistic daughter Amanda is currently touring colleges and plans to pursue graphic design and communications. Nancy herself is a marketing consultant specializing in Generation Z. I’ll add that she has become a prominent source of expertise in her field and shares research and insights on her blog, gettinggenz.com.

She plans to pursue work in marketing for an agency or higher education. Her husband Ken is a blockchain technology expert with Pfizer. She writes also that she often visits with Meredith Strauber Lewin and Linda Schutz Janssen.

Thanks, Nanc! Annette DeBois writes that she joined Irene Zutell Bleidner and her family in LA this past Thanksgiving.

They had a great time catching up, and I’m sure many laughs were shared. I think it’s pretty cool that HWS friends stay close enough to spend holidays together 30 plus years later. Thanks for keeping in touch, Annette! Lynn McConaughey shares: “Elizabeth Dow, Jane Thompson Cahill and I visited Tari McCall Carlson for a blissful August week at her family’s lakefront camp in Debrats, Ontario, Canada, where we swam, hiked, kicked ass in the club tennis mixed doubles tourney, canoed through tributaries filled with lotus flowers, cooked and socialized with other family members and friends. It was such a special visit together, especially since Tari flew off a few weeks later to her and her husband’s

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new home in Abu Dhabi!” In other news, the Campbell Lodini family lost our heads yet again and added another German Shepherd mix puppy to our already canine-dominated household.

Graci terrorizes her two older sisters on a pretty regular basis, not to mention her human brother and somewhat crazed parents. My whole “what’s one more?” attitude may definitely be the demise of my sanity. Other than that, we’re gearing up for our fourth year of my accountant husband owning his own firm and sliding feet-first into a crazy tax season. January through April is always a nutty time in our household, so we’re looking forward to a brief vacation at our timeshare in New Hampshire before the holidays are upon us. And speaking of the holidays, from my home to yours, I’m wishing you all a new year full of love, happiness, peace, health and possibility! All the best!

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Jeffrey Levine sends the following update: “I remarried a few years ago and we now have a 5-year-old boy and 3-year-old girl. While it is an exhausting blessing, particularly now that I am no longer in my 20s, parenthood and the right spouse creates a new energy that is second to none. We live on the upper west side of Manhattan. On the career front, we just celebrated the 20th anniversary for the Law Offices of Jeffrey K. Levine based in Manhattan. Indeed things change, as I recently learned the law firm I was an associate at for the first six years immediately following law school no longer exists. I am very lucky to truly enjoy helping and advocating on behalf of the victims of accidents at both the trial and appellate level. In 2017, I helped to create new precedent in a tragic brain damage labor law case that is now widely cited throughout New York.

I’ve also been published many times in the New York Law Journal and hold high the one year I worked pro bono for Rockaway Beach victims of Hurricane Sandy. Indeed, I am one of the lucky ones. On the other front, my automobile accessory invention, 4Bumpers, while sold worldwide and online, is currently on sale in HWS College Store. Our solid steel product is made in the U.S. (New York State, actually); we now have three different products in our line and are exploring European models for that market. We were also recently accepted into the prestigious and longest running catalog in the U.S. (171 years), Hammacher Schlemmer: hammacher.com/product/ ding-thwarting-bumper-protector.

WILLIAM SMITH Talley Gerace Hargrave, 17 Misty Lane, Westford, MA 01886-3637; (978) 392-7839; talley.hargrave@gmail.com Mary Brush has a growing firm of BRUSH Architects and recently rappelled down the outside of the 45-story federal building in Chicago as part of designing the restoration. “It was amazing and

only a bit freezing at 31 degrees. Before going over the roof edge it was all positive thoughts of ‘doing this for my daughters so that they will think I am cool when they become teenagers!’ Happily married, I am also the mom of Amanda and Elizabeth, who are both 8 1/2. J. Nicholas Albukerk was standing in Federal Plaza yelling encouraging thoughts up at me.”

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Michael Moses has joined Napatree Capital, LLC as an investment strategist and wealth advisor. He was previously a senior manager at Fidelity Investments, an institutional trader with Canaccord Adams and a client advisor at Edward Jones. Moses is a Chartered Market Technician® and lives in Scituate, Mass.

WILLIAM SMITH Laura Graff Coburn, 235 Blackburn Road, Summit, NJ 07901; (908) 277-1256; lgc1010@comcast.net

Hello! Laurie Schneider Bilton P’22 has two daughters, Emma Bilton ’22 and Hannah Bilton ’22, who both row at HWS and are enjoying all the school offers. Connor McKeon, son of Peter and Monique Landau McKeon, has been selected to the 2020 Ireland men’s senior national team roster. Connor is a 2017 graduate of Stevens Institute of Technology. Leigh Morrisett Foltz writes that she has been with the Abbott Laboratories legal department for more than two years. Her daughter Sydney is pursuing a voice over career.

Her son Cam will be class of 2020 at Duke, majoring in physics. Her son Charlie is a freshman playing lacrosse at Belmont Abbey in North Carolina.

Leigh, like so many, has downsized and is an empty nester (with her dog!). Karin Richards Moore is currently utilizing her “funemployment” to travel, look at colleges with her daughter and watch her son play football. She recently bumped into David Lenehan in line at a Burger King at a rest stop on I-95.

Small world! Pamela Yonkin was in D.C. for a conference and she and Karin had a great time catching up. Sam and I were in Detroit a few weeks ago to celebrate Anthony Budd and Sabrina McKee Budd’s daughter Coco’s bat mitzvah. It was a fabulous weekend.

We also attended William Pinilis P’22’s housewarming party (fantastic home) and caught up with Jeffrey Wingate and April Ferguson Wingate. Having lots of fun watching Christopher Badgley ’85’s son Michael kick field goals for the Los Angeles Chargers!! I now add “go Bolts” to my weekly cheering! Send me your news! Hope winter isn’t too terrible!

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HOBART Steve Hubbard, 30 Lowell Road, Wellesley Hills, MA 02481; Cell: (303) 9034511; shubbard@newirelessnetworks.com, stevenghubbard@hotmail.com Jared Weeden was promoted to associate vice president and director of leadership giving in October. Many have been able to see Jared at his busiest during our reunions, but he was also constantly traveling around the country building up the HWS spirit. July marked Jared’s 18th anniversary at the Colleges. Albert Wiegman II ’90 hosted a dinner this past summer. His son Parker is good friends with my son Drew, so we’ve had several opportunities to get together and we see each other’s son quite often. Michael Cimis and his son spent an October weekend in Martha’s Vineyard at the Bass and Blue Fish Derby. Mike shared some pictures of the beautiful fish they caught. They also took advantage of the trip to swing by Fat Ronnie’s for some burgers. John Franke, David Fahrenholz and Jeremy Lee got together in October for the Buffalo Bills game against the Tennessee Titans. I saw a couple of bruises that indicate these guys were doing some table slamming Buffalo style. While outlawed in Buffalo, no rules were passed by Tennessee legislators before the Buffalo Mafia could stampede through town. Jeffrey Werner caught one of the Nationals’ World Series games but had to wait until Game 7 to celebrate the Nats being champions.

WILLIAM SMITH Alexandra Palmer Gormley, 425 Newtown Turnpike, Redding, CT 06896; (323) 436-0535; alexgormley@ yahoo.com; Snapchat: agormley10 Hello, dear friends. I wish you all a happy belated birthday! We all hit a milestone. For me it’s a little under the half-way mark. When my son Zac was 5 years old, he was afraid of me dying.

I promised him I would live to be 100 and when I am that age he would be a grumpy old grandpa. Then I had to extend my 100 year date by two years so my younger sister could join me at 100. I can’t wait for that reunion! My 17-year-old daughter Amanda spent Thanksgiving in the Philippines with Operation Smile.

This is an organization that operates for free on children with cleft palates. I couldn’t be more proud of her. When I last heard from Claudia Quagan Barrett she was thinking about what news she had — take your time, Claudia! From Katherine Howard Marvel I hear: “The Marvel house is a little bit quieter, down one this fall with Jack off to Connecticut

College. Back at home in Marion, Kari is a junior and Drew a freshman at Tabor.

Appreciative of the little moments we get in between life, work and school.

Content. Oh, and I’m fat and hormonal, too, Laura and my new motto is ‘just wear black!’” Lynn Schaeber P’23 says: “Alexander Walton ’91, P’23 and I are super excited that our son Cutler is a first year at Hobart — he ran cross country and had the same coach Alec did when he was there! Thrilled he is legacy!”

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Emma Bilton ’22, Victoria Bilton and Hannah Bilton ’22 are the daughters of Laurie Schneider Bilton ’89, P’22.

Richard Cairns ’78 (left) paid a visit to G. Jarvis Coffin III ’79, P’05 at the Hancock Inn in New Hampshire. The inn is owned by Jarvis and his wife Marcia.

HOBART Sean Crowley, 20 Prospect Ave., Newtonville, MA 02460-2307; seantcrowley@gmail.com John “Jeb” Hannum lives in Middleburg, Va., with his wife and three children. Jeb works for the Virginia Equine Alliance, an organization that promotes the horse racing and breeding industry in Virginia. Jeb reports his eldest daughter Chloe is a junior at Highland School and is starting the college search.

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Class Correspondent Needed

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HOBART Brendan Neary, 111 Hix Ave.,

Rye, NY 10580; (914) 305-5263; bneary01@ gmail.com

George Raby writes: “Greetings from Santiago, Chile, my family’s native country. It is great to visit, as I have not been here in a while. My band Feel the Bern and I recently performed a charity concert in Valparaiso, Chile, benefitting the earthquake victims of 2010.

Unfortunately there were major train issues getting to Santiago for a follow-on benefit the next day, but we were lucky to get a government-sponsored free helicopter ride direct to the venue with a half hour to spare. My parents and family came to watch, along with a few Hobart alums, Brooke Connell and Edward Naylor. Prior to trip to Chile, I also caught up with some other Hobart alums in Manhattan, Michael Ehrlich and Justin Zises. I look forward to visiting Geneva when the tour finishes up.”

WILLIAM SMITH Natalie Gurdak Lontchar, 3612 W. Vasconia Street, Tampa, FL 33629; nataliemg@yahoo.com

Rafael Rodriquez ’07 (center) married Jillene Johnson in July. In attendance were Sky Davis ’10, Kristina Santana ’09, Richelle Franzoni ’07, Jeffrey DeVaney ’93, P’21, P’23, Kelvin Caba ’07, Lenin Guzman ’06, Alexander Santana ’07, Valentin Meloty-Kapella ’06, Gregory Tull ’07, Ruben Kennedy ’08, Darline Polanco Wattles ’09, Tara Ware ’08, Chequira Christie ’07, Juan Amador ’22, Oscar Veras ’04, Georgiana Morgan ’09, Sherley Valle Espinal ’07, Myriam Torres ’07, Aisha Rivers ’07, Esthefanie Giordano ’10, Crystal Garneier Caba ’06, Nathalie Rodriguez ’07, Gilberto Vargas ’08, Manuel Duran ’08, Chevanne DeVaney ’95, P’21, P’23 and former dean Cerri Banks.

Perry Osteheimer ’14 married Brandon Polakoff in August in Manchester, Vt., with many HWS alums in attendance, including her parents Thomas Ostheimer ’82 and Ronna Tuglan ’82 Ostheimer P’14.

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HOBART Drummond C. Bell IV, 29 Crest Street, Concord, MA 01742-3006; (617) 4480819; drummondbell@gmail.com Scott Wittig writes: “My news is that I’ve written book number three, titled Mess to Message. It’s written to help us find the good in the not-so-good that happens in life. Each chapter tells the story of a different life challenge that I went through (or that someone close to me went through) and takes the story

Robert Burley ’65 wears his 1967 flight suit (which still fits) for safety while ice fishing in Lake Elmore, Vt. He reports that he caught four lake trout for dinner this day.

Robert Chaddock ’82, Eric Falkenham ’82 and Dana Blakslee ’82 pose for a photo after a fall round of golf in Rye Beach, N.H.

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CLASSNOTES | from the mess to a hopeful message.

‘Part B’ of every chapter is written by a friend of mine, Allison Cain, who is a Christian author and speaker. She reflects on my part of the chapter from a Biblical perspective. We’ve already heard from friends fighting cancer and others living through big life challenges that it has been helpful to them and that’s why we wrote it, to help our fellow humans!”

WILLIAM SMITH

Class Correspondent Needed

Molly McCullough Murril shares: “I moved back to my hometown of Wyomissing, Pa., in 2017 after living on St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands since 2004. Hurricane Irma wreaked havoc on the island, and I decided it was time to make a change. My two girls are now in 12th and 8th grade and, after some adjustment, now love living in the states and attending a much bigger school. Between our time on St. John and six years on Maui prior to that, it had been a very long time since I’d lived through a cold winter, so that was a shock! I’m currently working as the executive director of the Wyomissing Area Education Foundation, which supports the Wyomissing Area School District. It has been wonderful to reconnect with old friends and be close to my family. Attending our 25th reunion was a blast, and I loved spending time with everyone, especially Julia Dobbins, Jessica Anderson Helson and Jessica Terry Gray!”

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HOBART Steve Chabot, 17 Shady Run Lane, Gorham, ME 04038; (207) 632-7750; steve. chabot@yahoo.com

WILLIAM SMITH Kate Strouse Canada,

WILLIAM SMITH Sara WingerathSchlanger, 1 Rockledge Drive, Suffern, NY, 10901-4646; 201-675-2331; saralwingerath@gmail.com

Street, Woodside, NY, 11377-7327; joelasala@gmail.com

2636 Troy Schenectady Rd., Schenectady, NY 12309-1410; (443) 465-4451; katecanada@ msn.com

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HOBART Tripp Stewart, 126 May Court, Chagrin Falls, OH, 44022-3211; (216) 570-1776; gnstewart3@yahoo.com; Erik Adamsen, 33 Scotch Mist Way, Ballston Spa, NY 12020-4443; (518)289-5477; eadamsen@gmail.com I recently heard from Catherine Lalonde. In August of 2018, she accepted the position as assistant provost at Paul Smith’s College. She and her partner Shawn Walsh moved with their sons Ciaran (4) and Dylan (3) up to Saranac Lake, N.Y., with their dog Rusty. Catherine has become involved in the Women’s College Scholarship Club in town, which has spent the past 80 years helping to raise money for scholarships for traditional and non-traditional students to attend college. She and Shawn look forward to returning to HWS for Reunion, likely every five years until her boys are older, and had a great time at this past one. 20 years! She also reports that she often sees Tonya Davis ’98 in Buffalo over the holidays.

HOBART Daniel B. Bornstein, 122 Shipwright St., Charleston, SC 29492-7525; (843) 856-7181; danielbbornstein@gmail. com

WILLIAM SMITH Meredith Moriarty, 85 Berwick Road, Delmar, NY 12054; (518) 4217559; meredithmoriarty@gmail.com

WILLIAM SMITH Alison Propeck Harrity,

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1921 Geronimo Trail, Maitland, FL 327513723; (407) 341-5969; apharrity@gmail.com

WILLIAM SMITH Sharon B. Murray, 2119

WILLIAM SMITH Kristen Mogilnicki Good, 34 Weston Road, Westport, CT 06880; (203) 557-4301; kmogilnicki@yahoo.com

Shore Blvd., Apt. 202, Canandaigua, NY 14618-3633; (585) 267-7906; michaelpatrickmills@gmail.com

48th Avenue, Oakland, CA 94601; (510) 2958671; sharonb78@gmail.com

3675 Broadway, Apt. 5BB, New York, NY 10031; (646) 261-1037; nyhemia@aol.com

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HOBART Ethan Prout, 73 Woodview Drive, Doylestown, PA 18901; (717) 468-7602; ethanpt@me.com

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HOBART C. Todd Patterson, Post Office Box 25479, Miami, FL 33102; (617) 285-8595; ctoddpatterson@gmail.com

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WILLIAM SMITH LaKisha N. Williams,

Excited to share the latest from the Class of 2002. In June, Rebecca Green and her husband Mark welcomed their second son, Alexander Stephen Green. Alex already loves playing with his big brother Matthew. Caitlin Connolly Lombardi has begun work on a library media certification to add to her elementary and middle school science experience.

Brigitte Walls Thompson is in her fourth year as an elementary school science teacher in Naples, Fla., where she sees more than 750 kids a week. Her husband Daniel Thompson is enjoying his role as construction manager for Lennar Homes. Their son Kaiden keeps them busy with golf and baseball, where this summer he played on the 10u All Star Baseball team — go Kaiden! Caroline Miller Jordan and Scott Granish ran the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, D.C. this October. Classmates Amanda Bates and Matthew Goodro got married in June and live in Ossining, N.Y., with their St. Bernard Seamus. Matty works at the Bronx District Attorney’s Office and Amanda is a real estate agent in Greenwich, Conn. The class of 2002 welcomes President Joyce P. Jacobsen and looks forward to greeting her at our next reunion in three years, if not sooner.

Wishing everyone a happy and healthy 2020!

HOBART Eric J. Isban, 20 Elizabeth Place,

Armonk, NY 10504; (914) 219-5568; eisban@yahoo.com

HOBART Michael Mills, 20 North

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HOBART Joseph J. LaSala, 5037 47th

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HOBART Jamie Breslin, 1206 Johnson

Street, Redwood City, CA, 94061; (650) 8158497; jbreslin@stanford.edu

WILLIAM SMITH Megan Colosimo, 8194

Schreiner Road, Eden, NY 14057-1008; (716) 560-2506; biodork714@yahoo.com

Andrew Purcell, Benjamin O’Neil and Ganon Rich playing golf and catching up on old times.

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Class Correspondent Needed

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Class Correspondent Needed

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HOBART Michael F. Hoepp, 105 Anita St., New Haven, CT 06510; michael.hoepp@ yale.edu

WILLIAM SMITH Caroline Wenzel Chapman, 138 North Brook Street, Geneva, NY 14456; (315) 719-7979; caroline. wenzel@gmail.com Katherine Ritts Schafer writes: “In November, I was honored to be selected to the Central New York Business Journal’s 40 Under Forty Class of 2019. I have also been named a New York Super Lawyers 2019®, Upstate New York Rising Star, for Employment and Labor Law.” Alicia Sands Tiberio shares: “We are happy to welcome our son James Peirce Tiberio, who was born on Oct. 28, 2018. His older sister Emily is completely in love with him (as are we)! On top of my interior design business, my friend and I have launched a new business, Dorset and Pond, an e-commerce site offering a curated selection of interior furnishings and lighting: dorsetandponddesign.com.”

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HOBART Willet V. Hossfeld, 412 Clifford Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22305; (516) 6588656; willet.hossfeld@gmail.com I’m excited to be the new classnotes agent. It will be great to hear about what everyone is up to. I can’t remember the last time I shared anything, so — my wife Lucie and I celebrated five years of marriage in September. We enjoy living in Alexandria, close by to classmate (and my freshman year roommate) Hadley Sosnoff and his family. Some other milestones: Michael Stakias welcomed his daughter Sloan on June 28.

Christopher “Kip” Moncrief welcomed his daughter Oona on Sept. 12. Jacob Lewis received his Ph.D. in political science in 2019 and accepted a job at Penn State University. He married his wife in May of 2019.

WILLIAM SMITH Kathryn Chabot Madden; katehchab@gmail.com Rachel Henderson has been named senior vice president of corporate social good at Fenton, a social impact communications agency in Washington, D.C. Ariel Stern Silverman has two children, a daughter named Reese and a son named Wynn. Ariel’s daughter was born on the same day as her best friend Lindsay Johnson Boyle ’05’s daughter Yael Boyle, and the two celebrated their fifth birthdays together in November.

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Class Correspondent Needed

WILLIAM SMITH Ashley Kent Rosati, 125 Eaglecroft Road, Westfield, NJ 07090; (908) 447-1370; ashmkent@gmail.com Michelle Dodge writes: “Shamar Whyte ’07 and I are excited to share that our daughter Auden Anne Whyte was born on May 8 and weighed 8 lb. 3 oz. She joins her brother Langston (8) and sister Tennyson (7).”

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Class Correspondent Needed

On Feb. 22, 2019, Dubary Brea ’08 married Yelissa Sanchez in New York, N.Y. A wedding reception was held in Queens, N.Y., the following day at the Astoria World Manor and attended by a number of his fellow Chi Phi brothers and HWS alums. Attendees included Neil Wakeman, Emily Cronin Wakeman ’10, Keegan Prue ’09, Brandon Gillespie ’10, Raul Nunez ’06, Tirsa Monge and Genesis Castro. The newlyweds are living in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.

WILLIAM SMITH

Class Correspondent Needed

Lucy Ross writes: “In August, Megan Hyland married Colin Quinn in Greenport, Long Island. In attendance were many HWS alums, including Madeline Brooks Hamilton, Allison Burns Brucato, Alice Coakley, Katherine Hendricks ’07, Jenny PrattWoodberry, Serena Turner ’07, Lucy Ross, Jesse McKenna Michel, Eric Elkin ’07, Bridget Millard Elkin and Kerry O’Connor.”

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HOBART Brendan Corbett Csaposs, Nova

Pioneer Head Office, 6 Matundu Close, Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya 00100; (415) 706-4224; brendan.csaposs@gmail.com

Here’s hoping everyone is having an amazing winter. February is Mardi Gras season here in Louisiana, and I hope each of you finds some time to, as we say down here, Laissez les Bon Temps Rouler! A brief update from two Brendans this time around, hoping for more updates to share in summer! Brendan Giblin writes that he relocated to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and has enjoyed visits from multiple fellow Hobart alumni including Michael Pruchniewski, Jacob Hochberg and James McMahon ’10. He recently climbed the CN Tower (in under 19 minutes, no less!) and went axe-throwing at the Canadian National Exhibition. As for me, I’ve accepted a new permanent role as dean development lead with a school organization called Nova Pioneer and am transitioning to a new home in Nairobi, Kenya. This will be my first adventure as a newly-minted expat and will bring many new stories to share at Reunion 2024!

WILLIAM SMITH Katie E. Taylor, 537 37th Street, Apt. 1, Oakland, CA 94609-2473; (925) 788-0438; katie.taylor09@gmail.com Greetings from the Bay! I’m rushing to get these submitted because I’m already past the deadline, but I send my best wishes for a happy holiday and wonderful 2020 to you all! Thanks to everyone who sent an update. From Colleen M. Carpinella: “I climbed Mt. Whitney (tallest mountain in the contiguous U.S. at 14,505 ft.) in Oct. 2019 with a group

of 15 friends. If you look closely in the photo [see p. 59], I’m wearing an HWS beanie! ” Julia Gibson graduated from Michigan State University in 2019 with a Ph.D. in philosophy. She is currently the animal ethics postdoctoral fellow at Queen’s University. Congratulations, Dr. Julia! From Christina Kinnevey: “I am wrapping up my first year as assistant professor at Touro University California. I split my time teaching in the college of medicine, doing clinical family medicine in the county clinic and working in a methadone clinic and addiction residential treatment program. I have been active in expanding access to medication-assisted treatment for people who struggle with opioid addiction in our county and leading other advocacy efforts related to the current opioid epidemic.”

Former players pose in front of the hospitality tent at the Soccer Alumni Weekend on campus in September.

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HOBART Roger Arnold, Gray Barns, 655 Vermont 132, Norwich, VT; (845) 282-0686; rogerdavid.arnold@gmail.com Benjamin Shabot reports that Charles Stockdale had a baby boy this year.

WILLIAM SMITH Lauren Budd Curtin, 2104 North High Street, Denver, CO 80205; (215) 962-1931; lauren.marie.curtin@gmail. com It has been an exciting year for our fellow classmates, so let’s get right to it!

Over in Portland, Ore., Sarah Palmer Williams started a new company with her husband called BRANWYN, which makes moisture-wicking and odorresistant performance innerwear for active women. It is even sustainably sourced and made. Somehow, she and her husband have also made time to travel to Italy and France, with Tahiti next on this list. In NYC, Addie DuplissieJohnson has been busy since graduating from Pratt in 2015. She is currently working as a project manager/design and construction owner adviser on the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center expansion in Manhattan. She also has made time to guest speak for some courses at Pratt. In October, she got married to Paul Procops.

North a few states in Massachusetts, Meghan Crump Cook married Dan Cook at the Mass Museum of Contemporary Art in September, surrounded by a collection of HWS graduates. Meghan and Dan honeymooned in Thailand and Cambodia in December. A few of our classmates have added some new members of the family, so here is the skinny, as they say. Kevin Curtin and I had a son, Liam Henry Curtin, who surprised us five weeks early this July.

Elisha Harris Vilhena and her husband Daril became a family of four after their identical twin boys Silas and Vance were born this August. Jessica Hill Klebanoff and Brett Klebanoff ’07 welcomed their second daughter, Harper, on Sept.

29, making the household tally three Herons to one Statesmen. And last but not least, Samantha Tandle welcomed her fourth child, Hayden Grace Landis, on Nov. 10. Alexandra Connell Herold

Elise Wyatt ’18 is working on her master’s degree at the University of Leeds in England.

Alicia Sands Tiberio ’05 and husband Timothy welcomed son James Peirce Tiberio in October 2018.

Emma Tiedemann ’15, Lucia Rowe ’13, Irini Stamatiou ’13, Amanda Fitzpatrick ’13, Sarah Tiedemann ’13, Annie Habecker ’13 and Alex Gerling ’13 pose at Sarah Tiedemann’s wedding to Dylan Poulin in October in Marblehead, Mass.

Shaun Clarke ’87, J. Scott Bauman ’87, Cameron Brown ’87, Timothy Coffin ’85, Timothy Robinson ’88, Nile Pullin ’89 and Andrew Dunbar ’87 meet for dinner at Coffin’s farm in New Hampshire.

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CLASSNOTES | married Gustav Herold on Sept. 21, 2019, at Pine Creek Cookhouse in Aspen, Colo., surrounded by family and friends. The couple met in 2012 through a mutual friend, Matthew Laycock, when they were both living in New York. Laycock was a groomsman and Margaret Yovanoff was a bridesmaid in their wedding. Alex and Gus live in Denver, Colo. Alex is CEO and founder of Patti + Ricky, an inclusive marketplace offering stylish and functional clothing and accessories for women, men and kids with disabilities.

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Class Correspondent Needed

WILLIAM SMITH Megan Rechin, 18 Oak Street, Silver Creek, NY 14136-1218; meganrechin@gmail.com and Kim Shorb; 518-859-8851; kimberly.shorb@gmail.com Greetings, William Smith Class of 2011!

Another year has flown by — and many more updates to share. Kelsey Bair Gross is excited to announce that she had a baby in June 2019. Welcome to the world, Henry Gross! Alexandra Napier was married to Anthony Freeman on Sept.

14, 2019. Their marriage announcement was published in The New York Times and many HWS friends attended the wedding. Those gathering for the occasion included Tracy “Valentina” Cuevas, Emily Anatole, William W. Napier ’89, Alexandra Napier, Katherine Sime, Mollie Danahy Walsh and Jane F. Napier P’89, former trustee and widow of William J. Napier ’57, P’89. Excited to be topping the Massachusetts Super Lawyers, Rising Stars list in 2019 is Sarah Amundson Sousa. Kaitlyn Belanger Welch is also on the move — literally!

She made her way to central Vermont and started a new job as a registered nurse at University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington. Andrea Rocchio married her husband Dylan in the summer of 2018. Samantha Leaser was one of her bridesmaids. Andrea and her husband have settled into their new home in Norfolk, Va. Chloe Pedalino has been working as a licensed independent clinical social worker at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass., since 2014. At the top freestanding psychiatric hospital in the nation, Chloe has been working as an inpatient social worker, program director, as well as the director of collaboration and community liaison. In October 2017, she established the first Program of Assertive Community Treatment (PACT) that exists within a hospital system nationwide. She continues down a path of dedication to finding innovative interventions to best treat individuals with severe mental illnesses. Josephina Ragon and Daniel Thomas ’12 were married in the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts on Oct. 12, 2019, with Amanda Shaw serving as the officiant.

Other William Smith ’11 alumnae in attendance were Madeline Caryl and Marissa Biondolillo. Continue to go

forth and do good in the world! If you have any stories to share, pass them my way at meganrechin@gmail.com. If you are in the Buffalo, N.Y., area, let’s grab a cup of coffee!

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HOBART Andrew Donovan, 126 Clarion Drive, Whitesboro, NY 13492; abdonovan@ gmail.com

in New Hampshire that provides peer recovery coaching and groups for those with substance use disorders. As always, y’all never cease to amaze me! I can’t wait to continue to hear about how you’re doing in the months to come. As always, feel free to reach out to me with formal updates or informal catch-ups via social media, text or email!

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WILLIAM SMITH Kaylyn O’Brien,54 Pleasant St., Apt. 2, Portland, ME, 04101; ksobrie13@gmail.com

HOBART Clune Walsh, 57 Otis Street, Apt. 2, Cambridge, MA 02141; (248) 227-1001; clune.walsh@gmail.com

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WILLIAM SMITH Hannah B. Sorgi, 61 West 62nd Street, Apt. 6N, New York, NY 10023; (716) 515-8631; hsorgi27@gmail. com

HOBART Drew Oliveira, 47 West Cedar St., Apt. 6, Boston, MA 02114; (484) 459-2826; aoliveira414@gmail.com WILLIAM SMITH Kazia Berkley-Cramer, 10 Orchard Terrace, Maynard, MA 01754; (617) 710-7700; kberkleycramer@gmail. com; @cateyekazia Hello wonderful William Smith Class of 2013. It’s been a hot second, and I’ve got plenty of updates for you! Brianne Ellis-Moller married Graham Moller ’12 at Sonnenberg Gardens in Canandaigua, N.Y., on July 27, 2019. Pearl Kerber married Liam Barry in September 2019 in Wellfleet, Mass. Mary Kate Renehan married Jesse Mancuso on Nov. 16, 2019.

They met as college sophomores and have been together ever since! Melissa Webster MAT ’14 married Matthew Dominick on July 5, 2019, in Boise, Idaho.

She teaches Spanish at an international baccalaureate charter school. Sarah Tiedemann married Dylan Poulin on Oct. 12, 2019, in Marblehead, Mass. HWS attendees included Amanda Fitzpatrick, Alexandra Gerling, Anne Habecker, Lucia Rowe, Irini Stamatiou and Emma Tiedemann ’15. Sarah and Dylan moved to Portland, Maine, in October 2018 and have been enjoying their new city! In 2019, Mia Tarduno quit her job to travel around South East Asian and Central America. She has started selling artwork and providing yoga and music offerings at yoga studios and festivals. Emma Meiggs Brixen works as a physician’s assistant for the University of Rochester at the Geneva satellite office for otolaryngology (ENT). This past year, Sarah Cifaratta helped staff a resort expansion (Colorado Springs) and a new hotel (Disney’s Riviera Resort) for Walt Disney World. Rebecca Felt is the director of Summit Camp’s The Summit Center, a pre-vocational transitional program in Pennsylvania for young adults with special needs. She’s currently in her seventh year Stephen Gaynor School in N.Y.C., where she is teaching middle school American history with a special education population. In October 2019, Dylan “Herman” Oliver started as the executive director of Plymouth Area Recovery Connection in Plymouth, N.H. It’s one of a handful of recovery community organizations

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HOBART Carter Brown, 709 Great Springs Road, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-1703; chbrown9999@aol.com WILLIAM SMITH Caroline Demeter, 171 East 81 Street, Apt. 2D, New York, NY 100281873; cgdemeter@yahoo.com

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HOBART Max Gorton, 93 Seneca St., Dundee, NY 14837; (607) 377-6442; maxwellgorton@gmail.com In the summer of 2019, Timothy Griffin relocated from New York to the Tar Heel State where he currently works for an architecture firm in Charlotte, N.C. Tim has been leading design and construction projects that include everything from axe throwing venues to multimilliondollar multifamily projects — axes not included! Tim is getting married in Cazenovia, N.Y., in June of 2020 and is excited to celebrate the special day with his friends and family. While at Hobart, Tim was an architectural studies major, served as a resident assistant and studied abroad in Rome, Italy. If you knew Tim in college, he always had a positive attitude and was the first to lend a helping hand to those in need. Congratulations on your engagement, Tim! Joining in the same spirit is James Puleo, who recently proposed to Madeline Cleary at Geneva on the Lake in late November. At Hobart, Jay was a biochemistry major and a member of the golf team. Jay is currently in his third year of medical school at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., focusing on orthopedic surgery. When asked what his favorite aspect of Hobart was, Jay remarked, “My favorite thing about Hobart was playing on the golf team and going on our spring trip in March every year, as well as forming great friendships that I still have today.”

Congratulations on your engagement, Jay! Matthew Fallon currently serves as an associate conducting airfreight and

surface transportation equity research at J.P. Morgan in NYC. Since graduation, Matt has been working in the financial services industry and is continuing to gain momentum. During his four years at Hobart, Matt served as a tutor for America Reads, studied abroad in Prague, Czech Republic, contributed to the investment club, club tennis and lacrosse teams and worked in the office of Admissions. When asked what his favorite aspect of Hobart was, Matt remarked, “Making lifelong friendships with high-quality people.” Justin Burke is currently residing in Portsmouth, N.H., with Sarah Bower. While at Hobart, Justin was an American studies major and a talented running back for the Statesmen football program. In his senior year, Justin also completed a community engaged art project. He currently serves as a funding manager at CIT Bank, while Sarah is going to graduate school at the University of New Hampshire. Justin is from Buffalo, N.Y. When asked what his favorite part of his time at Hobart was, he expressed simply “the people.” Cooper Merrill currently serves as a technology recruitment manager in Boston, Mass. At Hobart, Cooper was an economics major and named to the All-Liberty League Academic team as a wide receiver for the Statesmen football program. When asked what his favorite aspect of Hobart was he commented, “The connections, relationships and friendships that you make during your time at HWS.” In the fall of 2015, Cooper made a brilliant contested catch with 1.8 seconds left of play to cement an upset victory over Saint Lawrence, 19-17. Cooper is from Massillon, Ohio. Class of 2016, keep up the great work and have some fun while you’re at it. You are always welcome to return home to Geneva, N.Y., and enjoy a stay in the Finger Lakes. Hip Hobart.

WILLIAM SMITH Dana Williams, 14 Murdock St., Apt. 2-2, Somerville, MA 02145; (716) 250-8236; danamwilliams94@gmail. com Courtney Mucciarone is now a registered nurse at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Mass., after receiving her BSN from Northeastern University — congratulations, Courtney! Talia Azour has relocated from New York City to San Francisco to start a new role as product manager for the start-up Tubular Labs.

Best wishes for the class of 2016 as we head into 2020!

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HOBART Matthew Skinner, 850 State Route 21, Lot 4, Shortsville, NY 14548-9396; (585) 208-0432; hobart2017classcorrespondent@ gmail.com What have we all been up to since July?

Nolan “D” Garris has done another adult thing — he bought a house! Holy cow, he’s growing up so fast, right before our very eyes. Next thing you know, he’ll be getting a girlfriend and going off to college. *Sniffle.* He is also working

at SUNY Morrisville admissions and is working on his master’s in higher education administration online at Stony Brook. Nolan, I can’t quite put my finger on why, but I have always seen you as someone who really appreciates higher education and I think that is right up your alley. Clayton “Dad” Lyons got a dog.

She’s a good dog who can sit very well.

Clayton still lives in Geneva and only just realized that all his classmates left, except for his roommate Sam “Antha” Solomon. He helps resolve conflict for a living, like a superhero only much less effectively and without a cape. Clayton — you’re doing the Lord’s work, and DON’T EVER FORGET THAT!!! If you need a cape, I can make you one. Benjamin “Lil’ Billie” Brownell has been from coast to coast over the past year and he has just gotta tell ya — he has come to love gas station sushi and if you aren’t willing to put your digestive system through the ringer for it, are you really living? He is in Vermont now and lives in an old tavern. Stop by if you’re passing through.

I am sure he was inviting everyone, and not just me. Per my request, one of you responded with a good joke, and it will be featured. Christopher “Truther” Gorman came up with this original doozy. “A woman in labor shouted: ‘Shouldn’t! Wouldn’t Couldn’t! Didn’t!

Can’t!’ Her husband in the room, nervous about this, asked the doctor what that meant. He replied ‘Don’t worry, those are just contractions.’” BWAH HAHA HAHA! *Knee slapping noises.* Holy guacamole, Batman!! You should do stand up. Chris and I also climbed three Adirondack High Peaks this summer — Cascade, Porter, and Algonquin. Those peaks are pretty high. I know now why they are called High Peaks — they are pretty high up there, like 5,114 feet up there. Way high. Some would say higher than that “higher education” nonsense Nolan is studying. Anthony “Hot Rod” Scamurra H’17 has told me that production for Police Academy 8: No Series Has Ever Gone Bad After More Than 2 Sequels, NYS Troopers Edition has been put on hold because some of the producers think that yet another sequel would not be successful.

Pffft. I don’t know about you, but I love watching the same movie over and over again with a slightly different plotline or main character name. As for me, I am currently attending Albany Law School.

Actually, Leila Dwyer ’18 is in my class. A professor told me there is another Hobart graduate in the 1L class. I think he said his name is Martin. Or Michael. I’ll do some recon and let you know. Time to get back to finals. Peace, Love, and Dick “Night Train” Lane, Matthew “The ‘B’ is Silent” Skinner.

WILLIAM SMITH Brett Danziger, 143 West 4th Street, Apt. 2R, New York, NY 10012; (617) 584-2980; brettdanziger1@gmail.com Bridget Nishimura writes: “In the spring of 2019, I graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, N.J., with my master of arts in forensic psychology. Last fall I began my studies at William James College in Newton,

Mass., toward a doctor of psychology in clinical psychology with a concentration in forensic psychology.”

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HOBART Harrison Luce, 279 Stroget Private, Ottowa, ON, K2E OA9; (519) 7193651; harrisonluce20@gmail.com WILLIAM SMITH Micaela Carney, 20 Hidden Creek Circle, Pittsford, NY 145341619; (585) 935-1105; mica.carney@gmail. com Elise Wyatt writes: “After working at Walt Disney World for the summer following graduation, I moved to the United Kingdom to pursue my master’s degree in organizational psychology at the University of Leeds. I will complete this program by the end of 2019 and aim to stay in Europe in a position focusing on improving well-being in the workplace.”

Kristin Runco Ferrarone ’04, Ashley Knowlton Shepherd ’05 with baby Emilia, Sarah Hawkins ’03, Shelley Ryan ’06 and Louisa “Lucy” Ross ’08 on a Heron hike just outside San Francisco in Marin County, Calif.

Teddy Moskowitz ’76 poses with principal of PS 130 in Brooklyn Maria Nunziata after the school honored him for his more than 20 years of volunteer service.

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HOBART Cort Williams, 8188 Pinestone Court, Buffalo, N.Y., 14221; (716) 465-8448; cortwilliams97@gmail.com WILLIAM SMITH Elizabeth Plummer, 43-10 Apartment 717 Crescent St, Long Island City, NY 11101; (414) 708-0500; lzplummer@gmail.com It was great to see so many classmates at the HWS New York City networking event this winter and catch up. From the William Smith Class of 2019 I saw Gabriella Milano, Egan SachsHecht, Alessandra Haversat and Nicole Shapiro. They are all doing well and working in New York City!

Egan is currently working as a project coordinator for the Human Epilepsy Project at the NYU Comprehensive Epilepsy Center. She is very excited as she just got accepted into dental school!

Erika Ireland reported from the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, where she is working as an English teaching assistant and helping 150 middle school students learn about American culture through activities, songs and games as part of a teaching assistant program which is managed by the French government! Teya Lucyshyn is also enjoying the work she is doing abroad.

She is currently in the Peace Corps and working in Ukraine in a youth center helping students with cultural exchange projects. After spending the summer at Wediko Children Services, Tayanna Bowman has found a position as a registered behavior technician at Chancelight. Hannah Baron is enjoying being an assistant teacher at Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, Md., and starting to look at graduate school programs.

HWS grads in attendance at the wedding of Josephina Ragon ’11 and Daniel Thomas ’12 included Jeremiah Grisa ’13, Shane Simon ’10, Christopher Jenco ’10, Amanda Schenk Grisa ’12, Shelby Pierce Simon ’12, John Willis ’12, Madeline Caryl ’11, Richard Longobardi ’12, Marissa Biondolillo ’11, Amanda Shaw ’11, Andrew Collins ’11, Samuel “Max” Manstein ’12 and Luke Latella ’14.

At the William Smith Chapter of Rochester truffle-making workshop in the fall were (left to right, top row): Rita DeLucia P’04, P’05, Mary Humphrey ’10, Stacey Rice ’11, Casey Franklin ’10, Carla DeLucia ’05, WS Chapter of Rochester President Lisa DeLucia Bruno ’04 and Roslyn Cassano ’90, P’23. From left to right, bottom row: Kira Cosentino Bennett ’15, Nancy Nowak Rutherford ’71 and Director of Alumni and Alumnae Relations Chevanne DeVaney ’95, P’21, P’23.

Jazz Debbane ’03 and Vanessa Baek ’02 are on hand to help Maria Evangelista Fernandez ’02 celebrate her ceremony of Monastic Profession of Perpetual Vows at the Abbey of Regina Laudis in Bethlehem, Conn.

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OBITUARIES | The Colleges appreciate notification of the death of any member of the Hobart and William Smith community.

In order to include notice in the Pulteney Street Survey, we must receive notification that is printed and verifiable. If possible, please send a printed obituary or legal notification (as from an estate) of the death. Deadlines for obituary submission are due at the same time as for Classnotes.

William Smith Carolyn Wormer Hannon ’45, of Portville, N.Y., died on Nov. 15, 2019.

Carolyn earned her B.A. in American studies and English; she was active in basketball and Outdoors Club. She worked for many years at Portville Central School as an English and social studies teacher, retiring in 1985. Carolyn was an avid golfer and won many tournaments. She is survived by her husband Mark; children Mark, James, Peter and Timothy; 10 grandchildren; and many great-grandchildren.

Kathleen Dierks Bryant ’51, of Westlake, Ohio, died on June 23, 2019. Kathleen attended William Smith for two years.

She spent her professional life in the field of banking. Kathleen was predeceased by her husband, Charles B. Gallagher Jr. ’52. She is survived by her husband Virgil Bryant; and children Janet, Susan and Clark.

Priscilla Magnuson Hubbard ’51, of Amherst, Va., died on Oct. 1, 2019.

Priscilla earned her B.A. in history.

While a William Smith student, she was active in Pine, Student Council and Big Sister Committee and served as house president. She was a class correspondent from 1984-86. Priscilla was a homemaker and supported her husband, Col. William D. Hubbard ’53, throughout his career in the U.S. Marines. She was an active volunteer with the Red Cross, the Republican Party and a wide range of other organizations. She was predeceased by her husband and two children, Julie and Timothy. She is survived by her daughter Ann; two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Marianne Powell Hinrichs ’52, of Palo Alto, Calif., died on April 1, 2019.

Marianne earned her B.A. in home economics. She was active on campus in Home Economics Club, Little Theatre, Campus Chest and Lutheran Club.

Marianne was chair of Ring Committee and also served as her house president and class treasurer. As an alumna, she was a Reunion volunteer and special gifts chair. Marianne made a career as a homemaker. She is survived by her husband Robert; and children Mark, Brad and Karen.

Sondra Finer Levy ’52, P’76, of Raymond, Maine, died in September 2019. Sondra earned her B.A. in sociology and went on to earn an M.L.S. from Southern Connecticut State University in 1972.

While at William Smith, she was active in basketball, Pine and Temple Club. Sondra retired from a career as a media center director for the Hamden, Conn., Public School District. She is survived by her children Dan, Susan and Al Levy ’76.

Ann Bartlett Beattie ’53, of Burlington, Vt., died on Aug. 18, 2019. Ann earned her B.A. in French and later received an M.F.A. from Boston University. While an undergraduate, she was active in William Smith Congress, Canterbury Club, Schola Cantorum, Little Theatre, The Herald and Dean’s List. She was an active alumna who served the Colleges as a class agent, annual fund volunteer, campaign volunteer and Reunion volunteer. She received an Alumnae Citation in 2003.

Ann taught French and Spanish and worked for 18 years in the guidance office of Cherry Hill High School East, N.J. She was predeceased by her husband Richard; she is survived by her children Stephen and Susan; and one grandchild.

Barbara Hill McNaughton ’54, of Fort Myers, Fla., died on July 2, 2019. Barbara attended William Smith for two years; she later earned her B.A. from the University of Vermont and a master’s from Stony Brook University. While she was at William Smith, she was active in The Herald, Schola Cantorum and Big Sister Committee. Barbara worked as a librarian at Stony Brook and was a homemaker.

She was predeceased by her husband Bruce; she is survived by her brother Richard W. Hill III ’62; sons Cameron, Donald and Andrew; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Joan Gainey Miller ’57, of Wayside, W.V., died on Feb. 21, 2018. Joan earned her B.A. in English. Joan was a homemaker; she attended New Hope Methodist Church in Marie, W.V. She was predeceased by her husband James.

Barbara Wilcox Schuman ’57, P’84, of Island Heights, N.J., died on April 11, 2018.

Barbara earned her B.A. in Spanish and history; she was active as a cheerleader and in the International Student Club, Spanish Club and Pine. Barbara held a career as a teacher in her local school district. She was predeceased by her husband Harold. She is survived by her former husband Franklin H. Berry ’58; daughters Paige Berry ’84 and Linda; son in law Franklin Wagman ’84; three grandchildren; and two greatgrandchildren.

Dorothea “Dodie” P. Brown, ’60, of Sun City Center, Fla., died on June 15, 2019. Dodie earned her B.A. in religious studies and philosophy. She was active in Canterbury Club, Schola Cantorum, Campus Chest and Christian Cabinet.

As an alumna, she served as a career counseling volunteer. Dodie retired from

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a career as an administrative assistant for Midwest Television, Inc. She was predeceased by her husband Thom P. Brown ’58; and is survived by daughters Cynthia and Elizabeth.

Evelyn Hoering Golembe ’63, of Pittsburgh, Pa., died on July 19, 2019.

Evelyn attended William Smith for three years; she went on to study at the University of Maryland and University of Munich, Germany, and earned a B.A. and an M.A. in German language and literature at Wayne State University.

While at William Smith, she was on the Dean’s List. Evelyn began her career as a German instructor at Wayne State University. She was also an English teacher and librarian in Guam and a German teacher in Prince George’s County, Md. For 20 years, she lived in Heidelberg, Germany, and worked as a translator and civilian executive officer for the U.S. Army Medical Research Unit-Europe, a Special Foreign Activity of Walter Reed Army Institute. She is survived by her husband John; children Ellen and Peter; and four grandchildren.

Mildred “Millie” Wight Goldstone ’64, of Cary, N.C., died on July 21, 2019. Millie attended William Smith for two years and was her freshman class secretary.

She went on to earn a B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. in clinical psychology from George Washington University. As an alumna, she served as a career counselor.

Millie was a clinical psychologist in private practice for many years in the Washington, D.C. area. She was predeceased by her husbands Robert C. Kammholz ’62 and Robert L. Goldstone; and brother Warren E. Wight ’74. She is survived by her children Mark, Bradley and Heather; and three grandchildren.

Janet Hauschildt DeSimone ’65, P’89, of Henderson, Nev., died on Nov. 2, 2019.

Janet earned her B.S. in mathematics; she was active in cheerleading, Dean’s List, Honors and Epsilon Pi Sigma. Janet spent her professional life working in her family’s real estate business. She is survived by her husband Joseph M. DeSimone ’65; children Sheree, John and Joseph DeSimone Jr. ’89; seven grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Sara Parisi Lane ’71, of Framingham, Mass., died on Aug. 9, 2019. Sara earned her B.A. in education; she went on to earn an M.Ed. from Framingham State University and an Ed.D. from Boston University. While at William Smith, she was a resident adviser and was active in student government, Trustee Library Committee, yearbook, Little Theatre and Hai Timiai. Sara was an educator who served as a teacher and educational consultant in the Natick, Marlborough and Lunenburg public school systems in Massachusetts. She was predeceased by her husband Francis R. Lane ’67; she is survived by her children Jennifer, Francis and Timothy; and eight grandchildren.

Bonnie Mecca Wright ’77, of Ogdensburg, N.Y., died on March 8, 2018.

Bonnie attended William Smith for one year; she later earned a B.A. in French from Nazareth College and an M.L.S. from the State University of New York at Albany. As an alumna, served as a career services volunteer. Bonnie’s professional life was spent as the children’s librarian at Ogdensburg Public Library. She is survived by her husband Timothy.

Donna Throup Lockett ’79, of Moravia, N.Y., died on Aug. 17, 2019. Donna attended William Smith for one year; she later attended Virginia Commonwealth University and State University of New York Polytechnic Institute in Utica, from which she graduated with a B.S. in health administration. Donna had a varied career, working as a sales associate, a job classification analyst at the Broome County, N.Y., human resources department, and a Head Start teacher.

She is survived by her children Nathan, Amanda, Emily and Abigale; and three grandchildren.

Sandra “Sandy” L. Spangler ’83, of LaGrange Park, Ill., died on Sept. 25, 2019.

Sandy earned her B.A. in English. As an alumna, she served as a career counseling volunteer. Sandy’s professional life was in sales; she worked for many years for Martindale Hubbell, winning awards as a top performer. She was predeceased by her father Robert and is survived by her mother Carolyn; brothers Steven and Douglas; and five nieces and nephews.

Alisa Feinstein Swidler ’94, of Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., died on Sept. 13, 2019. Alisa earned her B.A. in English and religious studies; she earned High Honors in the latter. She was a devoted philanthropist who served as a board member of the Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project, Zioness and Democratic Majority for Israel, among others. Alisa is survived by her husband Joshua; and children Nathan, Asher, Rosie, Ava and Lily.

Kelsey L. Cook ’09, of Baldwinsville, N.Y., died on Oct. 25, 2019. Kelsey attended William Smith for one year and also attended Onondaga Community College.

She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Baldwinsville.

Kelsey is survived by her parents Sharon and Roger; sister Courtney; and cousin Ashley B. Yull ’06.

Hobart Alan K. Jamison ’48, of Trumansburg, N.Y., died on Aug. 7, 2019. Alan attended Hobart for one year; he earned a B.A. in liberal arts from Cornell University.

While attending Hobart, he was active in Navy V-12. Alan joined the Navy through the V-12 Naval Officer Training Program, serving near the end of World War II on the U.S.S. Sinchona net tender. A lifelong singer, he was an active member of the 23rd, 25th and 27th Regional Naval Choirs.

Alan was the manager of several GLF Stores and later worked for more than 30

years with New York State Electric and Gas, from which he retired as a property tax supervisor. Alan was predeceased by his son Mark. He is survived by his wife Mary; children Nancy and Edward; stepchildren Chris, Daniel, Margarita, Amy and Peter; and 12 grandchildren.

David W. Racusen ’49, of Shelburne, Vt., died on Sept. 28, 2019. David earned his B.S. in chemistry; he was active in band, orchestra, Schola Cantorum and Dean’s List. He completed his doctoral degree at Iowa State University and was a postdoctoral fellow at the California Institute of Technology. During World War II, he served in the Army and was wounded at the invasion of Okinawa, for which he received the Purple Heart. He began his career as a researcher at Shell Oil Agricultural Facility, where he carried out foundational research on sugar and protein metabolism in green beans.

David became a professor of agricultural biochemistry at the University of Vermont, serving for 10 years as chair of his department. He studied plant storage proteins for nearly 40 years and was the first to isolate and characterize the major storage protein in potatoes.

David was also a musician and composer who played French horn in the Vermont Symphony and Vermont Philharmonic and composed musical compositions ranging from solo to symphonic works.

David was predeceased by his wife Phyllis Fisher Racusen ’49. He is survived by his children Richard and Ann; and three grandsons.

Paul C. Anderson ’50, of Piscataway, N.J., died on Sept. 3, 2018. Paul earned his B.A. degree in English. He was a member of Delta Chi fraternity and was active in Hobart Review, The Herald and Dean’s List. As an alumnus, he served as an admissions volunteer. Paul worked as an advertising writer for Fedders Air Conditioning and also served two terms as president of the Lake Nelson Association. Paul is survived by his wife Margaret; children Stacey and Paul; and two grandchildren.

Charles S. Himmelfarb ’50, of Newington, Conn., died on Nov. 29, 2019. Charles attended Hobart for two years; he later earned a B.A. in business administration from General Motors Institute. While at Hobart, he was active in the Commons Club. Charles worked for the family business, Weiner Auto Part Stores, and later became a partner in Carquest Auto Parts. He was predeceased by his wife Marlene and is survived by his children Steven, Billy and Burt; and one grandchild.

Glenn Ransier ’50, of Cambridge, Mass., died in Aug. 2018. Glenn earned his B.A. degree in sociology; he was a member of Phi Phi Delta fraternity and was active in Little Theatre, Interfraternity Council, Schola Cantorum, orchestra and Dean’s List. He served his country as a corporal in the U.S. Army Air Force. Glenn was a teacher and author who taught

at institutions on several continents, including Harvard University and Mozart Academy in Prague. He is survived by his daughter Khela.

Gilbert “Gil” S. Small ’50, GP’15 of Saint Petersburg, Fla., died on Sept.

27, 2019. Gil earned his B.A. in biology and chemistry and went on to earn a D.D.S. from Columbia University. While attending Hobart, he was a member of Phi Phi Delta, senior class president, captain of the football team, and active with Board of Control, Ski Club, Chimera, Druid, Dean’s List, Orange Key and Science Club, of which he was president. As an alumnus, he served as a Reunion volunteer. Gil was an officer in the Navy, serving on the U.S.S. Ticonderoga. Professionally, he was an oral maxillofacial surgeon with a clinical private practice in Ann Arbor, Mich., and an appointment as a clinical professor at the University of Michigan. He was active in the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial surgeons, including service as president. Gil is survived by his wife Rosalie; children Curt, Becky, Judy and Toby; eight grandchildren, including David F. Harrington ’15; and cousin Robert E. Cole ’59.

Carl L. Austin ’52, of Pen Argyl, Pa., died on Oct. 12, 2019. Carl earned his B.A. in economics. He was a member of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity and was active in tennis, Rifle Club, Ski Club and Outing Club. Carl served his country from 1946 to 1948 as a member of the U.S. Army. In his professional life, Carl was a manager for American Insurance Association. He was predeceased by his first wife, Roberta.

Carl is survived by his wife Marie; son Carl; and one grandson.

Frederick “Fred” E. Grube ’52, of Cape Carteret, N.C., died on Dec. 9, 2019. Fred was a member of Theta Delta Chi and was active in football, International Student Club, Chimera, The Herald and Outing Club, and was on the Dean’s List. Following graduation, Fred became a commissioned officer in the Marine Corps, retiring in 1973 as a lieutenant colonel. He served in Korea and Vietnam, and later became a military adviser to the Chinese Marine Corps. Fred received the Legion of Merit and Bronze Star, both with combat “V.” Following his retirement, he worked in real estate and was active in his community, serving as chair of the Carteret County ABC Board, trustee for Carteret County Community College and town commissioner and mayor pro tem for Cape Carteret. Fred is survived by his wife Janice; children Pam and Paul; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Edward J. Murphy Jr. ’52, of Rochester, N.Y., died on Sept. 9, 2019. Edward earned a B.S. in biology and chemistry, an M.S. from University of Buffalo and a D.D.S. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry. While attending Hobart, he was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. As an alumnus, he served as a Reunion volunteer. Edward was a

lieutenant in the U.S. Navy before his honorable discharge. In his professional life, he practiced oral and maxillofacial surgery in Rochester for 40 years and was chair and a faculty member of the University of Rochester’s Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department. He is predeceased by his wife Mildred.

He is survived by his wife Barbara; children Edward III, Terry, Tim and Cara; stepchildren Tom, Jim, John and Patricia; five grandchildren; nine step-grandchildren; and two step-greatgrandchildren.

William M.G. Fletcher ’53, GP’20, of Little Deer Isle, Maine, died on April 9, 2019. William earned his B.A. in economics; he was treasurer of Kappa Alpha fraternity and was active with The Herald and sailing. As an alumnus, he served as a class agent. William was a retired financial consultant. He was predeceased by his wife Adele; he is survived by his son Theodore Fletcher P’20; and grandson William G. Fletcher ’20.

William “Bill” B. Kessler ’53, of Oswego, N.Y., died on Nov. 4, 2019. Bill earned his B.A. in English; he was a member of Theta Delta Chi fraternity and was active in Echo and Canterbury Club. As an alumnus, he was president of the Buffalo Hobart Club. Bill served his country by enlisting in the U.S. Navy following graduation, and served for more than three years. He began his career in sales before founding his own company, Information Products Co., which designed and sold business forms.

Bill was predeceased by his father Jay B. Kessler ’24; brother John Kessler ’55; and wife Betty. He is survived by his children Cherie, Gigi, Barbara and Andy; 12 grandchildren; and cousins Richard E. Kessler ’51 and James H. Kessler III ’51.

Alexander “Sandy” C. MacIntyre ’53, of Miami, Fla., died on Oct. 18, 2019.

Sandy earned his B.A. in sociology and economics and went on to earn his M.B.A. at Tuck Business School, Dartmouth College. At Hobart he was president of Sigma Chi fraternity and was active in lacrosse, The Herald, Dean’s List, Glee Club, Ski Team, Gamma Omicron Tau and Outing Club. Sandy began his career in Venezuela as president of American Hospital Supply. After 10 years, he returned to the U.S. and invested in real estate. He created the Alexander C. MacIntyre Charitable Trust in support of charities ranging from orphanages in Latin America to the University of Maine and Frederic Remington Art Museum.

Sandy is survived by his former wife Dolly; children Mark, William, Lillias and Sheffield; stepdaughter Deedee; and several grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Ronald P. Mombello ’53, of Fishkill, N.Y., died on Sept. 29, 2019. Ronald earned his B.A. in biology and chemistry; he later earned an M.B.A. from Indiana University. While at Hobart, he joined Sigma Chi fraternity, serving for many

years as the organization’s Grand Praetor.

He was also active in The Herald, Newman Club, 13 Statesmen singing group and Glee Club. As an alumnus, he served on the Hobart Alumni Council and Hobart Mid-Hudson Club and was an admissions volunteer. Ronald served his country as a member of the U.S. Navy. He began his career as a high school teacher in California before relocating to New York, where he became an acting coach and author, writing for television programs including I Love Lucy and Hollywood Squares. His books include The Martial Artist as a Work of Art and Inspired: the Autobiography of an American Actor. He was a movie critic for the Southern Dutchess News and wrote syndicated columns including “On the Aisle” and “On the Couch.” Ronald is survived by his brother Dr. Gary Mombello P’91; and several nieces and nephews, including David Mombello ’91.

Richard B. Marx ’54, of Miami, Fla., died on May 30, 2019. Richard earned his B.A. in economics and psychology; he later earned an L.L.B. from New York University. While attending Hobart he was a member of Beta Sigma Tau fraternity and was active in Rifle Club, Yacht Club, The Herald, Echo, lacrosse, sailing, Dean’s List, Intramural Board and Temple Club and was freshman class historian. As an alumnus, he served as a class agent, class correspondent, annual fund volunteer and career counseling volunteer. Richard was a lawyer in his own practice in Miami, where he specialized in criminal defense, including the defense of high-profile federal drug and white-collar crimes. He was the author of numerous articles and was the subject of the profile “Richard Marx: A Crook’s Best Friend is His Lawyer” in Forbes Magazine in 1978. In 1985, Town & Country Magazine named him one of the best criminal lawyers in the U.S. Richard is survived by his wife Doriann; and children Bruce, Jennifer and Audra.

C. Kenneth “Ken” Carpenter ’55, of Kansas City, Kan., died on Nov. 16, 2019.

Ken earned his B.A. in sociology; he was a member of Phi Phi Delta fraternity and was active in baseball, basketball, Arnold Air Society and band. Ken served his country as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force, and was active in Air Force Reserve after his honorable discharge. He spent his professional life as a pharmaceutical representative for Mead Johnson and Co. Ken is survived by his wife Jane; children Anne and Michele; and two grandchildren.

Harold W. Meyers ’55, of Barnwell, S.C., died on Nov. 6, 2019. Harold earned his B.S. in mathematics; while at Hobart he was active in the French Club. Harold worked for 33 years for Shuron Optical in Geneva and Barnwell S.C., beginning his career as an engineer and retiring as plant manager. Harold was predeceased by his wife Alice and son Buddy. He is survived by his children Cissie, Elizabeth and Xavier; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

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OBITUARIES | John Y. Terauchi ’55, of Tokyo, Japan, died on Nov. 19, 2019. John earned his B.A. in economics. He was a member of Phi Phi Delta fraternity and was active in Canterbury Club, St. John’s Guild, International Relations Club and Dean’s List. As an alumnus, he served as a member of Hobart Alumni Council from 1989-1997 and as an admissions volunteer.

John was an executive at pharmaceutical companies including Dow Mitsubishi Limited and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. He was the president of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew in Japan, an organization affiliated with the Episcopal Church. John is survived by his wife Mieko; and children Mark, Luke and Michel.

John T. Huntington ’56, of Eustic, Fla., died on May 22, 2019. John earned his B.A. in English. He was a member of Sigma Phi fraternity and was active in Newman Club, Little Theatre, Ski Team and WEOS. He served as a Reunion volunteer. Following graduation, John served with the 32nd Signal Battalion of the U.S. Army, where he was the company clerk. John’s professional life was spent as a teacher in the Malone, N.Y., public school system. He was also coach of the track teams and golf team and a ski instructor. John was an amateur actor for much of his life and during his retirement performed with the Melon Patch Playhouse and the Bay Street Theater.

John I. Mosher ’56, of Albion, N.Y., died on Oct. 21, 2019. John earned his B.A. in psychology; he later earned an M.A. in biology from Western State College of Colorado and a Ph.D. in zoology, ecology and ethology at Utah State University.

At Hobart, John was a member of Delta Chi fraternity and was active in lacrosse, sailing, Rifle Club, Canterbury Club, ROTC and Kappa Kappa Psi. As an alumnus, he was a Reunion volunteer.

John served his country as a member of the U.S. Navy. He spent most of his career as a professor of biology and ecology at The State University of New York College at Brockport, and he also taught at the University of Manchester, England, Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa, and California State University. He was known as a teacher of workshops and seminars on holistic health and meditation. He was the author of the book The Green Fields of Home. John is survived by his wife Constance; children Jennifer, Lisa, John and Emily; and six grandchildren.

Samuel “Sam” D. Spilo ’56, of Mystic, Conn., died on April 3, 2019. Sam earned his B.A. in anthropology and sociology; while attending Hobart he was active in The Herald and basketball. Following graduation, Sam served his country as a member of the U.S. Navy, from which he was honorably discharged as a lieutenant.

Sam worked in advertising in New York City before moving to Westchester and founding his business, Bedford Gourmet.

Sam was predeceased by his wife Mona; he is survived by his children Nicole and William.

Richard Mark Weisglass ’56, of Boca Raton, Fla., died on Oct. 30, 2019. Richard earned his B.A. in biology and chemistry.

He was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity and was active in baseball, tennis, Chimera, Intramural Board, ROTC and basketball, of which he was captain.

Richard was an entrepreneur who owned a furniture business. He is survived by his wife Jane; children Gary, Wayne and Keith; and six grandchildren.

Gorham “Gor” A. Cowl, ’57, of Conroe, Texas, died on Feb. 22, 2019. Gor earned his B.A. in economics; he went on to earn an M.B.A. in finance from University of Cincinnati. At Hobart, he was a member and vice president of Sigma Chi fraternity; was active in football, baseball, basketball, Dean’s List, Echo, The Herald and Pi Gamma Mu and was historian for his sophomore class. As an alumnus, he served as a career counseling volunteer. Gor spent his professional life in the agricultural machinery business and retired as executive vice president of Ford-New Holland. He was also an instructor at the University of Arizona.

Gor is survived by his wife Marilyn; children Jeffrey and Donna; and one grandchild.

Thomas “Tom” J. Cutie ’57, of Round O, S.C., died on Dec. 8, 2019. Tom earned his B.A. in biology and chemistry; on campus, he was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity and was active in baseball, football and Newman Club. He served his country as a member of the U.S. Army during the Berlin Crisis. Tom worked for the State of New York Health Department as a bacteriologist/virologist for 26 years. He was predeceased by his wife Patricia and is survived by his children Thomas, Francis, Daniel and Kathleen; 12 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Bernard A. Fenster ’57, of Bayside, N.Y., died on March 16, 2019. Bernard earned his B.A. in biology and chemistry and an M.A. from Montclair State College.

While attending Hobart, he was active in French Club, Echo and Temple Club.

Bernard was a retired teacher and spent his professional life working in the Union Free School District 4 in Northport, N.Y. He is survived by his wife Gabrielle.

Lee A. Pontius ’59, of Auburn, Ind., died on Dec. 3, 2019. Lee attended Hobart for one year; he later earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering at Indiana Institute of Technology. Lee was a product engineer at several companies, including Warner Gear and Dana Corp., before starting his own business, Classic City Automotive, Inc. Lee is survived by his wife Carol; children John and Jodi; stepchildren Elizabeth, Jeff, Elaine, Jerry and Cheryl; four grandchildren; 12 stepgrandchildren; one great-grandchild; and eight step-great-grandchildren.

Gene N. Simmons ’60, of Henrietta, N.Y., died on Oct. 6, 2019. Gene earned his B.A. in economics and American history; he was a member of Theta Delta Chi

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fraternity and was active in Intramural Board, basketball and baseball. Gene worked for Xerox Corporation for 35 years, retiring as a program launch manager. He served for many years as a referee for boys’ basketball. He was predeceased by his first wife Flo and is survived by his wife Julie; children John, Kevin and Tammy; and six grandchildren.

William “Bill” A. Albro ’61, of Tacoma, Wash., died on Aug. 5, 2019. Bill received his B.S. in mathematics; he also earned an M.P.A. from Auburn University and an M.S. in meteorology from Texas A&M University. At Hobart, he was involved in Rifle Club, ROTC and Arnold Air Society. As an alumnus, he served as a career counseling volunteer. Bill was a colonel in the U.S. Air Force, serving several deployments in Southeast Asia in the Air Weather Service. He transferred to the missile field in 1978 and held various positions with the 91st Strategic Missile Wing. His last assignment was to the 485th Tactical Missile Wing, where he was vice wing commander and acting wing commander. Following his retirement, Bill worked in international business in Oman, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. In 2006, he was ordained a priest in the Anglican Church and served as rector in two parishes in the state of Washington, where he was active in prison ministries and elder care. He was predeceased by his wife Judith. He is survived by his wife Sumi; children Thomas and Todd; stepsons Ron and Randy; five grandchildren; and one stepgrandchild.

John I. Nugent ’61, P’90, of Hellertown, Pa., died on Oct. 30, 2018. John earned his B.A. in economics and American history; he went on to earn an M.B.A. in finance from Columbia University. While attending Hobart, he was a member of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity and was active in debate, fencing and Dean’s List. He began his professional career at Price Waterhouse and Company as an auditor, later serving as vice president of finance and administration at Werner & Pfleiderer Corporation and Franco Manufacturing Company. John was predeceased by his mother Florence McCarrick Nugent ’33. He is survived by his wife Helena; brother Thomas M. Nugent ’66; children Edward and James F. Nugent ’90; and one grandchild.

Andrew A. Barasda Jr., ’63, of Catonsville, Md., died on Oct. 31, 2019. Andrew earned his B.A. in history; he went on to earn an M.Div. degree at Seabury-Western Theological Seminary. While attending Hobart, Andrew was active in St. John’s Guild, WEOS, and served as presiden t of Canterbury Club and Little Theatre. As an alumnus, he served as an admissions and career services volunteer. Andrew was a deacon and priest in The Episcopal Church. He is survived by his life partner Donald.

An earlier version of the following obituary included inaccurate information. We regret the error.

Thomas “Tom” P. Bevins II ’63, of Springdale, Ark., died on March 19, 2019. Tom earned his B.A. in history and went on to earn an M.A. in management and an executive doctorate in business management from Claremont Graduate University. At Hobart, he was active in Newman Club and the lacrosse team and was captain of the football team.

He served as a member of the U.S. Navy, earning an honorable discharge in 1957.

Tom was the founder of Thomas P. Bevins & Associates, where he spent more than 40 years as a turn-around specialist. He was predeceased by his mother Louise S. Bevins ’29. Tom is survived by his wife Dail; children Thomas, Kelly, Kimberly, Martin, Julibeth, Mary, Michael and Tara; 16 grandchildren; and one greatgrandchild.

Robert S. Dobrin ’64, of Dana Point, Calif., died on Sept. 23, 2019. Robert earned his B.A. in biology and chemistry; he also earned an M.D. degree from University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. While attending Hobart, he was active in The Herald and was a student adviser and on Dean’s List. Robert spent his professional career as a psychiatrist and was also a writer and poet.

Ronald P. Gordon ’64, of Towanda, Pa., died on Feb. 26, 2019. Ronald earned his B.A. in English and was a member of Kappa Alpha fraternity. He served his country as a member of the U.S. Army.

Ronald was a corporate secretary with King Housewares, Inc. Robert “Bob” L. Adair Jr. ’67, of Bradenton, Fla., died on Aug. 21, 2019. Bob earned his B.A. in American history. On campus, he was a member of Theta Delta Chi fraternity and was active in football and ROTC. Following graduation, he served his country as a first lieutenant in Vietnam, where he received the Purple Heart, the Army Commendation Medal and the Bronze Star. Following his service, he worked in sales for TRW Inc. in Cleveland. Following retirement, he became a judge of Washington County Orphans Court. Bob was predeceased by his father Robert L. Adair Sr. ’40; aunt Constance Dean Adair ’45; uncle Donald R. Adair ’42; and cousin Brian A. Adair ’71. He is survived by his wife Nancy; children Robert, Aaron, James, Stephen and Meghan; five grandchildren; uncle Charles V. Adair ’44; and cousin Richard D. Adair ’71.

William “Bill” D. Fraser ’67, of Cuba, N.Y., died on Nov. 13, 2019. Bill earned his B.A. in American history, followed by an M.S. in education from St. Bonaventure University. At Hobart, he was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity and was on Dean’s List. As an alumnus, he was a career services volunteer.

Bill was a teacher and counselor who worked at Olean High School. He later became a union negotiator for the

National Education Association of N.Y. After retirement, he taught courses at Jamestown Community College and St. Bonaventure. Bill served on several boards, including the United Way of Olean, Cuba Circulating Library and Boy Scouts of America. He was predeceased by his wife Catherine; he is survived by his companion Sue. James M. Pearce ’67, of Mahopac, N.Y., died on July 25, 2019. James was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa and was active on the Board of Control and Dean’s List. He was president of his class during his freshman year. James served his country in the Navy and Naval Reserves, completing active service with the Seventh Fleet in the Pacific. In his professional life, James was an insurance executive for Chartis Insurance, American Reinsurance Company and Inscon Inc., of which he was president. He is survived by his wife Nancy; and children Brittney, Samantha, Morgan and Austen.

Robert “Bob” J. Schmitt Jr. ’68, of Buffalo, N.Y., died on Oct. 31, 2019. Bob earned his B.A. in English; he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa and was active in Interfraternity Council, Schola Cantorum, football and baseball, of which he was captain. As an alumnus, he served as a career services and admissions volunteer and as a mentor for The Pitch participants. He served in the U.S. Army before enrolling in Hobart. Bob was an executive for IBM and Digital Equipment Corp. and later started his own company, Biometrica, which used facial recognition software in casinos. He also owned a company that used facial recognition in genealogy research, working with collectors to identify individuals in old photographs. He is survived by his wife Penelope Larkin Schmitt ’68; children Katherine, Kristie and Joanne; and one grandchild.

Jack Chalfin ’69, of Dennis, Mass., died on Oct. 18, 2019. Jack earned his B.A. in biology and went on to earn an M.D. at Downstate Medical Center. While at Hobart, he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Honors, WEOS and Dean’s List.

As an alumnus, he served as a career counseling volunteer. Jack was an ophthalmologist who practiced for many years in Hyannis, Mass. Following his retirement, he became a novelist, writing 24 books including Memoirs of a Moth.

Jack is survived by his wife Claire; son Max; and one grandchild.

Warren S. Daniel ’70, of Wayland, Mass., died on Oct. 27, 2019. Warren earned his B.A. in psychology; he also earned a B.F.A. from Rhode Island School of Design. While at Hobart, he was a member of Theta Delta Chi fraternity and yearbook and co-captain of the swimming team. Warren was an architect who worked at a number of Boston-area firms before starting his own practice, Daniel Architects, Inc., which he managed for 37 years. He was involved

in the restorations of Faneuil Hall and Quincey Markets in Boston. Warren is survived by his wife Beverly; and children Julia, Audrey and Ben. Richard W. Charnoff ’71, of New York City, died on Sept. 23, 2019. Richard graduated with a B.A. degree in English as valedictorian of his class. While at Hobart, he was active in Phi Beta Kappa, Dean’s List, Honors and Little Theatre.

Richard went on to earn an M.A. from Brandeis University and a J.D. from New York University. He was a lawyer for the William Morris Agency for more than 20 years, rising to senior vice president of business affairs. He later started an entertainment law practice, in which he was active until his death. Richard is survived by his brother Daniel; and one niece and one nephew.

Robert “Bob” L. Woods ’71, of West Simsbury, Conn., died on Oct. 11, 2019.

Bob earned his B.A. degree in English; he was a member of Sigma Phi fraternity and was on Dean’s List. He was an insurance agent in Avon and West Hartford, Conn., and the founder of Barter Systems International. He is survived by his wife Bettina; sons Nathaniel and Alexander; and four grandchildren.

Bruce T. Amsbary ’74, of Needham, Mass., died on Nov. 14, 2019. Bruce earned his B.A. in economics and later an M.B.A. from F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College. At Hobart, he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity and ice hockey and served as president of Glee Club. As an alumnus, he served as a career services volunteer.

Bruce spent his professional life as a business manager at several schools, including The Dana Hall School and The Harvard Club, culminating in 28 years as CFO at The Rivers School in Weston, Mass. In 2012, he received the National Business Officers Association Will J. Hancock Unsung Hero Award; in 2003, he received the Rivers School’s BergenDecker Award. He is survived by his wife Betsy; children Robert, Sarah and Dana; and one grandchild.

J. Craig Lewis ’76, of Charlotte, N.C., died on June 7, 2019. Craig earned his B.A. in economics; he later earned an M.B.A. from Queens College. While attending Hobart, he was active in JV lacrosse, Honors and the provost selection committee. Craig spent his professional life as a sales manager for General Electric. He was predeceased by his father John B. Lewis ’52; he is survived by his daughter Linda.

Edward “Ned” R. Benedict ’84, of New York City, died on July 14, 2019. Ned attended Hobart for four years. Starting his professional career as a waiter, he became a founder and managing partner of Grand Cru Selections, a N.Y.C.based wine importing and distribution company. Ned is survived by his wife Jane; parents Barbara and Frank; brother

Andrew and sisters Elizabeth and Claire; and several nieces and nephews.

Christopher B. Jones ’86, of Wenham, Mass., died on Oct. 13, 2019. Christopher earned his B.A. in English. On campus, he was active on the cross country team, of which he was captain, receiving the Emblem Award and a Gold Lifetime Pass.

Christopher was a writer and an artist, creating portraits, animal paintings and landscapes, and an active runner who participated in nine Boston Marathons and the New York City Marathon. He is survived by his brothers Vincent and George; sister Anna; and four nieces and nephews.

Bartholomew “Bart” T. Vereb ’92, of Bradenton, Fla., died on Nov. 19, 2019.

Bart earned his B.A. in English; he continued his education with an M.A. in philosophy from Franciscan University of Steubenville and an M.D. degree from Poznan University of Medical Sciences in Poland. While attending Hobart, he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity.

Bart was a physician who worked at LSU/Ochsner Clinic Foundation of New Orleans and Dynamic Health Associates P.A. in Bradenton.

Richard “Teddy” E. Gray ’19, of Darien, Conn., died on Aug. 24, 2019. Teddy attended Hobart for two years and also attended the College of Charleston, S.C., where he was a senior majoring in communications. Teddy is survived by his mother Sabele; stepfather Joseph; father Richard; sisters Daphne and Adelia; step sister Elizabeth; and stepbrothers Douglas, Raymond and Joseph.

Foundation. The Foundation grew out of a desire to honor the alliance that supported Japan’s recovery from World War II and honor Dr. Tanaka’s father, who founded Meijo University in Japan. Dr. Tanaka and the Foundation’s generous gifts to HWS allowed for the creation of the Asian Studies Endowment. He is survived by his daughters Makiko and Kimiko.

Wayne B. Williams, of Phelps, N.Y., died on Oct. 19, 2019. Wayne studied electrical engineering and worked as a field service technician for many years, traveling throughout the U.S., Japan, and Germany. He worked for Unisys, the Bose Corporation, Home Performance, Inc. and Nothnagle Realtors before coming to Hobart and William Smith in 2010. At the time of his death, he was the senior technology support specialist in the IT Services office. In 2011, Wayne received the ROCK Award from the HWS Administrative Advisory Committee for his admirable qualities in the workplace.

In 2012, he was awarded the Desktop Analyst of the Year Award by HDI, a professional association and certification body for technical service and support professionals. Wayne is survived by his wife Diane; daughters Tammy and Jackie; seven grandchildren; and two greatgrandchildren.

HWS Community Members Nancy Bloomer, of Canandaigua, N.Y., died on Sept. 23, 2019. Nancy graduated from Wellesley College in 1948. She was a member of the HWS Board of Trustees from 1978 to 1991, at which point she was named an honorary trustee for life. Nancy was a philanthropist who served many organizations, including the boards of several libraries and hospital auxiliaries, and was on the vestry and warden at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Newark. She was active with the Storybook Project at Ontario County Jail and was known as “the Cookie Lady” for her gifts of baked goods to those who were ill. She was predeceased by her husband Charles; she is survived by her children Margaret and Charles; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Kenji Tanaka L.H.D. ’92, of Tokyo, Japan, died on Feb. 1, 2019. Kenji earned his B.A., a bachelor of law and master of law degrees from Keio University in Tokyo.

He was a retired administrator with the International Education Academy and Technos International Academy and was chair of the Tanaka Memorial

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A historical novel by Herbert J. Stern ’58, P’03, LL.D. ’74 and Alan A. Winter

BOOK REVIEW BY BILL BOYD Boyd holds a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, an M.S. in computer science from the University of Memphis and a B.S. in physics from Rhodes College. The former Visiting Scholar in the Quantitative Analysis Center at Wesleyan University is married to President Joyce P. Jacobsen.

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Rise of the Wolf

How did Adolph Hitler, a World War I corporal and failed painter, become dictator of one of the most educated, advanced countries in the world and turn it into an evil war machine that ultimately caused the deaths of 60 million people worldwide? In the newsreels, we see him as a not very attractive man making long, strident speeches before large German audiences. How did such a seemingly ordinary man rise to be the master of a nation?

Herbert J. Stern ’58, P’03, LL.D. ’74 and his coauthor Alan A. Winter provide the answers. Stern, a lawyer, former Federal prosecutor and judge, as well as an honorary HWS trustee, has written several successful books, but this is his first novel. His first book, A Judgement in Berlin, about the trial of a hijacker from East to West Berlin, in which he served as judge, was made into a movie and is excellent for its portrayal of the conflict Herbert J. Stern ’58, P’03, LL.D. ’74 between a judge’s duty to ensure a fair trial and the needs of the State Department in doing international diplomacy. Another of his books, The Diary of a DA, gives insight into the life of a prosecutor. Both are excellent reads, and though true, are as exciting as any work of fiction. Alan Winter, his co-author, has written several novels including Island Bluffs and the highly successful Savior’s Day.

The authors have quite thoroughly researched Hitler, his strengths as well as his flaws, and have written a novel that clearly explains his rise to power. Much has been written about Hitler as the genocidal maniac but few have really looked into the person to understand how he acquired power. The authors have masterfully portrayed Hitler, or “Wolf,” as he was known, as well as his rise. Accompanying this novel is a website that documents their research. In many ways the website is as interesting as the novel, as it updates much scholarship that overlooked aspects of Hitler’s personality that did not seem to fit the image of the monster he became.

Hitler was a master at managing his public image. He set out to become the leader of the German people and deliver them from the humiliation of the Treaty of Versailles. To do so, he portrayed himself as a man so dedicated to Germany he didn’t have time for relationships, let alone marriage. In reality he was rarely without at least one mistress, and often more. All of this he did out of the public eye, protecting his image assiduously. He was especially fond of 17 and 18 year olds, but he also charmed rich older women, who helped fund him. Although he wasn’t handsome, as Eva Braun explained to her parents, “he had such wonderful blue eyes.” And Hitler was very caring of old loves, sending them flowers and gifts, promoting their husbands and even attending or hosting their marriages. His old loves would come running when he sent for them years after their breakups. If you note the films taken after Hitler became the leader of Germany, you see young women swarm his stage just as young women did rock stars a generation after his death.

Hitler could also be very charming. While he never failed to get revenge against his enemies, he was very thoughtful of his friends and employees, as evidenced in many letters that he wrote. His secretaries said that he never raised his voice and would send them home when they were sick; sometimes he sent his personal physician.

One of the myths debunked here is his story in Mein Kampf that he had been gassed in 1918 and suffered blindness for a couple of weeks as a result. Many historians have taken him at his word. Actually, he was diagnosed as a psychopath with hysterical blindness and was treated in a hospital by a psychiatrist.

When Hitler came to power, the hospital records disappeared and the psychiatrist was found deceased, a suicide by gunshot.

Although most of the characters in the novel are real, the authors have invented the main character, Friedrich Richard. While being treated in the hospital’s mental ward for amnesia resulting from his wounds, Friedrich meets Wolf. Because of his blindness, Wolf cannot even feed himself, so Friedrich cares for him and they form a lasting bond. As an outsider, but also a trusted friend of Hitler, he is in the unique position of seeing the effect of the Nazi’s actions on ordinary Germans while maintaining an important position within the party. Although Friedrich is not anti-Jewish, he believes that most of Wolf’s program is good for Germany. He naïvely expects that the anti-Semitism will fade when Hitler comes to power. The novel follows Friedrich from 1918 through Hitler’s rise to power in 1934. Along the way, we meet Friedrich’s friends and lovers and come to understand the delicate balance between his love for Germany and faithfulness to his friend on the one hand, and his empathy with the people that Hitler vilifies on the other.

The authors have succeeded marvelously in conveying an understanding of Hitler, the person and his rise to power. They have documented the people, events and personalities in the accompanying website, justifying their interpretation of the character of the individuals involved. This is a portrayal of history modified to make it a compelling story rather than a dry recitation of events; a must read. — BILL BOYD

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by Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi, the fund supports global conservation efforts for endangered species.

Major: Dance Hometown: Santa Barbara, Calif.

1. What motivates you? A desire to do good in the world

1. What motivates you? Learning new things or skills

2. What’s your dream destination abroad? Patagonia

2. What’s your dream destination abroad? Lake Baikal, Siberia

3. Who inspires you? Young people around the world who are recognizing their voice and agency and mobilizing to create a more sustainable world

3. Who inspires you? People who immigrate to places where they don’t speak the language and where others don’t speak their language

4. What languages do you speak?

English, some Spanish and Swahili

4. What languages do you speak?

English, Russian and Spanish

5. What’s your best travel tip? Only pack what you can carry

5. What’s your best travel tip? Travel only with a carry-on

6. Window or aisle? Aisle

6. Window or aisle? For a short flight, aisle

7. What are you working on right now? At The Ellen Fund, we are focused on supporting global conservation efforts for endangered species, partnering with the Fossey Fund to build a campus for mountain gorilla conservation in Rwanda and promoting awareness about global conservation efforts 8. What’s the first thing you do when you return home from abroad?

Enjoy a cup of tea and a piece of Vegemite toast 9. Which faculty member inspired you the most? Professor of Dance Donna Davenport 10. What was your last volunteer experience? Cooking and serving dinner at our local church 11. What one change would make the world a better place? Treating one another with love and kindness

7. What are you working on right now? Choreographing a dance for the Junior/Senior Dance Concert that combines my dance and Russian majors 8. What’s the first thing you do when you return home from abroad?

Greet my dogs, take a shower and go to sleep

Sarah Cavanaugh ‘20 Fulbright-Hays Scholarship recipient. Cavanaugh spent a semester teaching folk dancing in Barnaul, Russia.

Majors: Dance, Russian Area Studies Hometown: Hopkinton, Mass.

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9. Which faculty member inspires you the most? Assistant Professor of Dance Kelly Johnson

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10. What was your last volunteer experience? Volunteering at an animal shelter 11. What one change would make the world a better place? Remembering that everyone deserves to have their humanity and dignity recognized

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