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Honorees from prior years Alma Mater ..............................................inside back cover
PRESENTATION OF REUNION GIFTS AND CLASS RECOGNITION AWARDS
Thank you to all donors who support Skidmore in honor of Reunion. Together, we provide important resources that will change the lives of Skidmore students and faculty. Special appreciation also to all volunteers, especially class fund, Presidents Society, matching gift, and gift planning chairs, who work diligently with their volunteer teams to reach out to classmates, encouraging them to attend Reunion and participate in class fundraising efforts.
Polly Skogsberg Kisiel ’62 Diane Macht Solomon ’62 Elaine Rachlin Halsey ’62 Lorraine Rorke Bader ’67 Christine Wilsey Goodwin ’67 Susan Gottlieb Beckerman ’67 Beverly Harrison Miller ’67 Nancy A. Brennan ’72 Joan Baptie Barkan ’72 Jane Feinberg Karlin ’72 Diana Kenney Woodhouse ’72 John W. Watkins ’77 Lee Ann McElroy Summers ’77 Angela R. Foss ’82 Jennifer Aborn Hart ’82 James G. Pontone ’82 Christine R. Callahan ’87 Tara R. Greco ’87 Andrew F. Hughes ’92 Ralph G. Garboushian ’92 Helene D. Schneider ’92 Adam G. Brand ’97 Matthew N. Cobb ’97 Michael S. Spicer ’02 Laura Ruedig Marston ’02 Emily R. Mopsik ’07 Ashley Woodhouse Slade ’07 Logan D. Brenner ’12 Skylar B. Sasson ’12 Abd-Alrahman Al-Asaad ’17 Julia R. Elstein ’17 Matthew J. Lueckheide ’17 Danielle B. Ostrove ’17
FIFTY DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI HONORED IN 1972
Glenda Arentzen ’62 Joyce Macwatty Black ’48* Caroline Klinker Bush ’26* Nancy Axelrad Comer ’65 Suzanne Haddow Conrad ’51 Gladys Emerson Cook ’21* Janet MacFarlane Cooley ’33* Helen Corbitt ’28* Maryetta Davidson ’41* Dorothy Dehner ’52* Nancy B. D’Wolf ’48* Jane Powell Dwyer ’52* Barbara Estabrook ’43* Gertrude Hunt Evans ’28* Arline M. Fisch ’52* Beth Leibowitz Flusser ’55 Pauline Schorer Gilligan ’40* Dee Dion Hardie ’48* Ruby Puryear Hearn ’60 Cornelia Eskesen Hollander ’37* Christine Hope ’19* Virginia Waner Hunt ’47 * Penny Kaniclides ’59* Helen Filene Ladd ’22* Dorothy Lally ’31* Claire LaVigna ’64 Elizabeth Banks MacRury ’37* Moreen O’Brien Maser ’26* Elizabeth Honness McKaughan ’26* Grace Mirabella ’50 Alice Moshier ’22* Gail Kornreich Patt ’58 Elizabeth Paulsen ’44* Olivia Daeubler Raisbeck ’30* Edith N. Rathbun ’40* Eleanor McHenry Rieger ’25* Doris Spector Rome ’47* Jean Poskanzer Rudnick ’44* Dorothy Blair Shimer ’32* Ann McHarg Smith ’25* Margaret Halsey Stern ’30* Hazel K. Stiebeling ’15* Beth Benton Sutherland ’21* Oretta Davis Todd ’54* Ruth Gold West ’49* Anne Levy Wexler ’51* Esther Case Williams ’24* Louise Beinetti Wise ’40* Phyllis Taylor Wofford ’30* Virginia Yans-McLaughlin ’64
LUCY SKIDMORE SCRIBNER MEDAL The Dake family (2003) | The Wait family (2003) | Anne T. Palamountain* (2004)
THREE ALUMNI CITED FOR DEVOTED SERVICE TO THE COLLEGE Margaret Mullane Reardon ’21* | Helen Filene Ladd ’22* | Ann McHarg Smith ’25*
* Deceased
HONORARY MEMBERS OF THE SKIDMORE COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Jean E. Aikins* Mary Lou W. Bates Charles B. Buchanan George H. Colton* Ruth S. Colton* Allan Crocker Marie B. Glotzbach Philip A. Glotzbach Nathan Goldsmith* Irving Harris, P’76, P’79 Christine R. Hoek Marny M. Krause Robert M. Ladd* Anne T. Palamountain* Joseph C. Palamountain, Jr.* Helen L. Porter Donald E. Reutershan* James C. Ricker Phyllis A. Roth* Katherine Scranton Rozendaal* Oscar Tang Linda G. Toohey Patricia A. Totten* Anita Pohndorff Yates*
RECIPIENTS OF THE ALUMNI PERICLEAN AWARD
1992 Ellen McKeefe ’66 1993 Lauren Ewing ’68 1994 Terry Thomas Fulmer ’76 1995 Sharon Burdge Lockwood ’62 1996 Leslie Ullman ’69 1997 Frances Malino ’61 1998 Virginia Yans-McLaughlin ’64 1999 Helen Halpin Schauffler ’73 2000 Rosanne Brody Raab ’55* 2001 Margaret Baker Rennels ’67 2002 Felicia B. Axelrod ’62 2003 Karolynn Siegel ’71 2004 Jean M. Bidlack ’75 2005 Alice A. Wilder ’88 2006 Heather L. Hurst ’97 2007 Andrew HaLevi ’88 2008 Penny Chisholm ’69
RECIPIENTS OF THE JOSEPH C. PALAMOUNTAIN AWARD FOR YOUNG ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT
1987 Brian K. Gabriel ’79 1988 Linda J. Beck ’85 1989 Linda J. Borish ’83 1990 Steven J. Rosenbaum ’83 1991 Richard C. Harwood ’82 1992 Lisa S. Fithian ’83 1993 Dana Williams Dudley ’85 1994 Amy Briggs Dissanayake ’89 1995 Kimberley Lasher Mitchell ’91 1997 Jeffrey Treuhaft ’91 1998 David Miner ’91 1999 David M. Abroms ’90 2000 Julianne Kelley Jordan ’91 2001 Peter Stiepleman ’97 2002 Juleyka Lantigua Williams ’96 2003 Emily B. Lazar Stein ’93 2004 Joshua E. Chambers ’98 2005 Christopher McGrath ’99 2006 Roni A. Kopelman ’00 2007 Darren Herman ’04 2008 Camilo Alvarez ’98 2009 Amanda Larson ’99 2010 Jeremiah Frei-Pearson ’00 2011 Jessa S. Blades ’01 2012 Kareen Thorpe ’02 2013 Jonathan Brestoff Parker ’08 2014 Seth McEachron ’04 2015 Rachael Beard ’05 2016 Jessyca D. Dudley ’06 2017 Melvis Langyintuo ’12 2018 Courtney C. Mattison ’08 2019 No recipient 2020 Elissa Nadworny ’10 2021 Michael Letko ’11
RECIPIENTS OF THE DAVID H. PORTER AWARD FOR YOUNG ALUMNI SERVICE
1998 Justin Model ’91 1999 Amy O’Leary ’92 2000 Peter Wan ’95 2001 Anthony Llano ’97 2002 Jeffrey Anderson ’93 2003 Spencer C. Goldin ’93 2004 Kiernan Conroy Klosek ’95 2005 Maria Klink Bridge ’97 2006 Davis T. Bradford ’96 2007 Neil Astmann ’00 2008 Elizabeth Low Bertoni ’03 2009 Emily Rover ’99 2010 Craig Hyland ’05 2012 Kate Nedelman Herbst ’02 2013 Patrick McEvoy ’03 2014 No recipient 2015 Claire Solomon ’01 2016 No recipient 2017 Emily R. Mopsik ’07 2018 Romy H. Kushnick ’13 2019 Stephen P. Giacolone ’09 2020 Erik Morrison ’15 2021 Jared Leigh Greenbaum ’11
RECIPIENTS OF THE DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
1984 Anne Levy Wexler ’51* 1985 Penny Kaniclides ’59 1986 Arline M. Fisch ’52 1987 Elizabeth H. McKaughan ’26* 1988 Joyce Macwatty Black ’48* 1989 Jeanne M. Brescianni ’72 1990 Mary C. Avery Gessner ’58 1991 Diane Burko ’66 1992 Hilda Hertz Golden ’42* 1993 Elizabeth French Lathem ’43* 1993 Wendy W. Cudmore ’72 1994 Judith Whipple Oehler ’68* 1995 Susan Spevack Carlson ’67 1996 Diana Giragossian Hellinger ’70 1997 Robert Tracy ’77* 1998 Judith Allen Wilson ’69 1999 Constance Masciale Carino ’58 2000 John Howley ’80 2001 Gail M. Dudack ’70 2002 Patricia Fox Sacks ’62 2003 Patrick Harran ’90 2004 Molly Brister Haley ’64 2005 Thea Karasch Flaum ’60 2006 Marlene Oberkotter Fowler ’61* 2007 Robert Resnick ’88 2008 Cynthia Blum Carroll ’78 2009 Steven J. Rosenbaum ’83 2010 Nelle Nugent ’60 2011 Terry Thomas Fulmer ’76 2012 Scott Hamilton Kennedy ’87 2013 Shep Murray ’93 2014 Penny Chisholm ’69 2015 Neil Kaye ’80 2016 Jill A. Schuker ’66 2017 No recipient 2018 Andrew S. Warner ’83 2019 Maxine Isaacs ’69 2020 Andrew Rubin ’90 2021 Angelina Chambers ’76
RECIPIENTS OF THE CREATIVE THOUGHT MATTERS AWARD OF DISTINCTION
2008 Charlotte “Pixie” Cram Elsberry ’63 2009 Patricia McAuley Kolff ’64 2010 Sharon Pfau Whiteley ’70 2011 David S. Luks ’96 2012 Jane Baldwin Henzerling ’97 2013 Jill Holler Durovsik ’78 2014 Winnie Wan ’74 2015 I. Elaine Allen ’70 2016 Elizabeth M. Lowe ’76 2017 Margaret Gentile McKeown ’72 2018 Alice A. Wilder ’88 2019 Jocelyn R. Arem ’04 2020 Zaria Forman ’05 2021 David Miner ’91
RECIPIENTS OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION DIVERSITY & INCLUSION LEADERSHIP AWARD
Wendy L. Wilson ’96 (2021)
2008 Monica Reis de Janosi ’58 2009 Evalyn Zoda Shippee ’59 2010 Jean “Hadley” Sillick Robertson ’60 2011 Jacqueline M. Jung ’61* 2012 Mollie Klee Heron ’62 2013 Joan Layng Dayton ’63 2014 Judith Pick Eissner ’64 2015 Sue Steele Isbell ’65 2016 Betsey Wattenberg Selkowitz ’66 2017 Susan Gottlieb Beckerman ’67 2018 Jeanne Shipp Waldinger ’68 2019 Barbara Herbert von der Groeben ’69 2020 Pam Schick Kelsey ’70 2021 Ellen Tanner ’71
RECIPIENTS OF THE JACQUELINE M. JUNG ’61 LIFETIME SERVICE AWARD
2017 Florence Andresen ’57 2017 Barbara Underhill Collyer ’52 2018 Wilma “Billie” Stein Tisch ’48
RECIPIENTS OF THE OUTSTANDING SERVICE AWARD
1984 Hilda Bashevkin Betten ’39* Jane Zirinsky Haskell ’44* Millicent Mercer Johnsen ’44* Judith Pick Eissner ’64 Henry C. Galant, Professor of Government*
1985 Eleanor McHenry Rieger ’25* Charlotte Smith King ’35* Gail Moran Morton ’60* Louise Beinetti Wise ’40* Nancy B. Davis, Associate Professor of Physical Education and Dance*
1986 Caroline Klinker Bush ’26 * Leston Somers Leitch ’36* Ruth Purdy Frenzel ’51* Anne T. Palamountain, Honorary Alumna*
1987 Ella VanDyke Tuthill ’32* Agnes Dunn Mackenzie ’37* Laura C. Howie ’52* Inez Zagoreos Scribner ’62 Jean E. Aikins, Honorary Alumna* 1988 Laura C. Allen ’33* Jessica Weis Warren ’48* Elizabeth Jennison Brady ’58 Elizabeth L. Hailer ’78 Erwin L. Levine, Professor of Government*
1989 Marjorie Kirk ’39* Nancy MacGilpin Garrison ’44* Joanna Davenport ’54* Denise Marcil ’74 E. Darnell Rucker, Professor of Philosophy*
1990 Dorothy G. Niles ’20* Ruth Wood Bagg ’35* Margaret Mackey Lawrence ’40* Ellen Domin Reutershan ’45* Rosemary E. Bourne ’60
1991 Lucille Hogan Burkhardt ’36* Geneve Williams Vincent ’41* Carole Kaspin Polacsek ’61 Mary-Pat Roggenburg ’76 David W. Marcell, Provost
1992 Beatrice Swartfigure Sweeney ’37 Emily Johnson Magoon ’47* Margaret O’Meara Storrs ’57 Barbara McGrew Jenkel ’62 Lori A. Leman ’82
1993 Mary Roberts Teare ’28* Esther Anderson Lacey ’48* Patricia Burgett Longman ’58* Joan Layng Dayton ’63 Samuel W. Croll III ’73
1994 Agnes Ritchie Talcott ’29* Elizabeth Willard Thomas ’34* Beverly Sanders Payne ’59 Sheila DeNadal Salvo ’59 Judith Roberts Kunisch ’69
1995 Elizabeth Norlander Newell ’35* Nancy Blood Perry ’45* Pamela Schick Kelsey ’70 Susan Thompson McNamee ’75 James Kettlewell, Associate Professor of Art History
1996 Neva Mahoney ’36* Ann Moses Douglas ’56* Jacqueline Jung ’61* Candace Carlucci Backus ’66* Beverly J. Becker, Professor Emerita of Physical Education
1997 Betty Noyes McMath ’47* Doris Dunkel Jerman ’47 Dorothy Dodd O’Meara ’57 Polly Skogsberg Kisiel ’62 Donald J. McCormack, Dean of Special Programs
1998 Wilma Stein Tisch ’48 Beverly Beatson Grossman ’58 Nancy Wiedenman Lester ’58* Jill R. King ’78 Helen L. Porter, Honorary Alumna 1999 Evelyn Mitchell Blackhall ’49* Janet Lucas Whitman ’59 Susan Kettering Williamson ’59* Dale Owen Coxe ’64 Victoria Greene Aldrich ’74
2000 Susan Rabinowitz Malloy ’45* Jean “Hadley” Sillick Robertson ’60 Katharine Coulter Steeger ’80 Joseph Napolitano ’85 Sheldon Solomon, Professor of Psychology
2001 Marjorie Boutilier ’46* Barbara McIlveen Baldwin ’61 Susan Law Dake ’71 Leland A. Peyser ’81 Mary C. Lynn, Professor of American Studies
2002 Florence Andresen ’57 Susan Gottlieb Beckerman ’67 Barbara Underhill Collyer ’52 Judy Goldstein Landman ’82 Suzanne Corbet Thomas ’62
2003 Vincent Catalano ’83 Patrick Harran ’90 Betty Hauser ’53 [posthumous]* Jeanne Shipp Waldinger ’68 Steve Sullivan ’78 Tim Brown, Professor of Exercise Science, Golf Coach
2004 Michael J. Burke ’84 Lynne Tower Combs ’64* Wendy Bailey Hamilton ’74 Pat Kennedy Snyderman ’54 Kim West ’79*
2005 Dale Conron Ahearn ’75 Ken Freirich ’90 Tracy Guthrie ’55* John Howley ’80 Judy McCormack, Director, Counseling Center
2006 Elizabeth King Farrell ’81 Barbara Levine Friedland ’56 [posthumous]* Sibyl Waterman Haley ’71 Pamela White Leighton ’61 Justin Model ’91
2007 Elizabeth Hartz Hewitt ’57 Jed Lavitt ’77 Beverly Harrison Miller ’67 Jill Richardson O’Brien ’92 Carol Strickland ’72
2008 Linda Jackson Chalmers ’73 Nancy D’Wolf ’48* Ellen Hannan ’78 William Ladd ’83 Barbara Schallehn, Coordinator, Student Affairs*
2009 E. Frits Abell ’94 Martha Dunkel Chilcott ’49 Steffenie Oliver Kirkpatrick ’74 Lisa Lavieri ’79 Ann Ballinger Wilcox ’54
2010 Janet Atwood ’50 Andrew Burling ’75 Elaine Perlman Cohen ’60 Gail Dudack ’70 Michele Dunkerley ’80
2011 Steven Thomas Cornell ’81 Ellen Rein Goldin ’61 Alexandra Linen Halsey ’56* Sandra R. Lipson ’71 Joan Agisim Odes ’66 Michael C. Sposili, Executive Director, Alumni Relations and College Events 2012 Virginia Miller Lyon ’47 Joan Firmery ’57 Christine Wilsey Goodwin ’67 Nancy Brennan ’72 Amy O’Leary ’92
2013 Elizabeth VanNess Reid ’48 Natalie Jones Neri ’53 Meg Reitman Jacobs ’63 Carrie Van Kloberg ’68 Barbara Kahn Moller ’78
2014 Sue Clark Jorgensen ’59 Val Burkhardt Marier ’64 Judy Roberts Kunisch ’69 Meredith Eastman Principe ’94
2015 Judy Farmer Fulton ’65 Jane Roberts Alpert ’70 Kim Roy ’80 Toby Weisberg Rubenstein ’65
2016 Judy Murdough Rollinson ’56, P’90 Barbara Burgess Maier ’71 Susan A. Flanagan ’76 Merilee Mapes Perkins ’76 Melissa Milstein Jacobsen ’81, P’10
2017 Terry Tiffany Sullivan ’62 Sally Huling Hilderbrand ’67 Nancy Wells Hamilton ’77 Angela R. Foss ’82 Andrew F. Hughes ’92
2018 Zilpha “Dotsie” Slosson Erskine ’48 Connie Masciale Carino ’58 Lynn Faught ’73 M.L. Graeme Campbell ’98
2019 Molly Brister Haley ’64, P’93 Diana Clark Crookes ’69 John S. Beckman ’94 Adam D. Wald ’94 Thomas C. Wilmot ’99
2020 Lenore Bethka Wersten ’65 Wendy Berman Bloom ’70 Peri Snyderman ’80 Dana Metes ’90 Jennifer Cummings Hillery ’00
2021 Zelda Jacobson Schwartz ’61 Eileen Crowley Sullivan ’76 Joshua Boyce ’81 John Melligon ’81 David Levine ’91
Alumni Association Awards Committee
Dana Metes ’90, Chair Kristina “Tina” Vigeland Ashton ’73 Emily Walker Bracchitta ’78 Joseph “Joe” Doldo ’96 Dana Williams Dudley ’85 Harold K. Herz ’89 Jeffrey “Jeff” Klein ’01 Mlungisi Ndwandwe ’10 Gilbert Rodriguez ’07 Nat Smitobol ’98 Raiza Nazareth Subramanian ’12 Barbara “Barbie” Herbert von der Groeben ’69
Ex-Officio:
Robert “Rob” Resnick ’88, President, Alumni Association Megan B. Mercier MALS ’11, Director, Alumni and Volunteer Engagement Michael C. Sposili, Assistant VP, Alumni Relations and College Events
