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The Inauguration of the 11th President of Hood College, Andrea E. Chapdelaine, Ph.D.

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Features WINTER 2016 VOL. 90, NO. 2 EDITOR Dave Diehl, MBA’04, P’12 Executive Director of Marketing and Communications ASSISTANT EDITOR Tommy Riggs Assistant Director of Marketing and Communications

This edition of Hood Magazine marks the beginning of a new chapter in the history of Hood College: the welcoming of its 11th president, Andrea E. Chapdelaine, Ph.D. Herein we feature the inauguration of our new leader and her first six months in office; question-and-answer pieces with her and the recently appointed vice president for enrollment management, Bill Brown; and news about the College since the last issue of the Magazine. Readers will also notice some subtle design changes to the Magazine that we believe enhance the look and feel of the publication. We hope you enjoy it. Dave Diehl, MBA’04, P’12

CLASS NEWS EDITOR Ashley Nick Wilson ’08, C’14 Associate Director of Alumni Relations and Special Events SPORTS EDITOR Geoff Goyne Assistant Director of Athletics for Communications

PRESIDENT’S Q&A

EDITORS AND WRITERS Meg DePanise ’15 Marketing Manager and Website Assistant Emma Ward ’16

President Andrea E. Chapdelaine, Ph.D., answers questions about her impressions of the Hood College and Frederick communities and her short- and long-term plans for Hood.

MAGAZINE DESIGN Kit Peteranecz Director of Creative Services Derek Knecht Graphic Designer PHOTOGRAPHY Charlie Covell Dave Diehl, MBA’04, P’12 Bill Green Kurt Holter ’76

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Derek Knecht Andrew Murdoch Kit Peteranecz Doug Via

President Chapdelaine was formally inaugurated Oct. 17, 2015. Hundreds of students, faculty, staff, community members and leaders in higher education, government and business attended the celebration.

ADDRESS CHANGES Please report all address changes to the Hood College Office of Alumni Relations at 301-696-3900; 800-707-5280, option 1; or advancement_services@hood.edu. Hood Magazine is published twice a year by the Hood College Office of Marketing and Communications.

Q&A WITH BILL BROWN Hood’s vice president for enrollment management talks about what Hood has to offer prospective students and his goals for the coming years.

ON THE COVER President Chapdelaine giving her inaugural speech at her Oct. 17, 2015 inauguration. See story on P. 14.

Departments 3 Message from the President

42 Milestones

7 Newsmakers

43 In Memoriam

22 Bequests, Gifts and Donations

45 Blazers News

25 Class News and Notes

47 Student-Athlete Profiles

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Message from the President Excerpted from President Chapdelaine’s inaugural address, Oct. 17, 2015.

ood College is an institution characterized by a venerable tradition of educational excellence, a faculty and staff with an unwavering commitment to student learning and well-being and a productive and beneficial relationship with the Frederick community and the great State of Maryland. We are a college that is strong, vibrant and poised for new vistas and achievements. That is not to say the road ahead will be easy. All institutions of higher education are facing challenging external forces that will test their abilities to fulfill their missions. Yet I have no doubt that the tenacious spirit and the love that has guided and supported Hood through the trials she has faced in her 123-year history will enable her to weather any storm that may lie ahead. To ensure the future success of Hood, we must sustain our steadfast commitment to our core mission of academic excellence. To do so we must fully support the Hood faculty whose exemplary commitment to student achievement is the cornerstone upon which academic excellence is built, while sufficiently investing in academic departments, support programs and infrastructure. We must also fully integrate the liberal arts and professional preparation and include deep and engaging learning opportunities for all students. Like our students who think less in terms of disciplinary boundaries and more in terms of a holistic education, we must create an integrated, scaffolded and coherent curriculum and provide seamless pathways from our undergraduate to our graduate programs. Hood must expand her reach beyond campus in order to enhance intellectual opportunities for our students, foster positive economic development in our communities and become an agent of social change. Through such partnerships we will become a better institution—more efficiently run and better caretakers of our campus. Those colleges and universities that embrace their neighbors and neighborhood rather than stand apart are stronger institutions as a result. Further, partnerships provide such opportunities as internships, study abroad and research opportunities. We must increase the breadth and accessibility of these enriching educational experiences that embody Hood’s motto: “corde, et mente, et manu.” That is, for the heart to dream and desire, the mind to design and plan and the hand to apply and execute. As a historic women’s college, Hood has been characterized by a collectivistic culture that cares deeply about and respects each individual. We are not just friendly to our fellow Hood community members; we embrace and celebrate them. This strong sense of community is what drew me to Hood and has demonstrated itself in countless ways since my arrival. I ask all my fellow Hood community members to affirm and strengthen our community through inclusivity, so that all students who have the desire and will to achieve a Hood education can do so, regardless of background and financial means. Similarly, we must ensure that all who work at Hood are welcomed and supported. We must always work together with respect, trust and care, to serve our students. As Hood’s 11th president, I believe in an even brighter future for Hood. I will listen to and collaborate with all who work tirelessly to support our students—trustees, faculty, staff, alumni, associates, community partners and benefactors. Together, we will achieve a vision for Hood that is rooted in its past, but is responsive to today’s and tomorrow’s students. So let us begin, together.

WE MUST INCREASE THE BREADTH AND ACCESSIBILITY OF THESE ENRICHING EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES ...

Andrea E. Chapdelaine, Ph.D. took office as president July 1, 2015, and she was formally inaugurated Oct. 17, 2015. With more than two decades of experience in higher education teaching and administration, she brings a wealth of experience to Hood College.

What have you done since your arrival July 1? My first task was to learn as much about Hood as possible. I also wanted everyone to have the opportunity to become acquainted with me and my leadership style. I spent my first day on the job touring campus and meeting employees. Since then I have met members of the board of trustees, academic and administrative departments and many student groups, among others. As part of their orientation, I hosted all of the first-year students at East Cottage, which is the new president’s house. I have been meeting with those connected to Hood off campus as well. This has included several meetings with local community leaders, Maryland government officials, representatives from Fort Detrick, other Frederick business leaders and the other educational institutions in Frederick County. We have also hosted several alumni events that have been very well attended, and I have visited alumni and friends here in Maryland, Florida, Pennsylvania, Virginia, New York and Delaware.

What are your initial impressions of Hood College—the people and the place—so far?

so homesick—but I felt comfortable and at home here almost right away. Many have commented that I am glowing with happiness, and they are right!

Very positive. The warmth of this community and the commitment of the people who serve Hood was what drew me here. Hood is truly a student-centered institution that provides a challenging and rewarding educational experience in a supportive and caring environment. I could not be more proud or honored to serve an institution where students come first.

What are your impressions of the students?

What has been your biggest surprise? I think it is how easily and quickly I have felt comfortable here. After serving at my previous institution for 17 years, I anticipated that the transition would be challenging—I was one of those students who cried for my entire first semester of college because I was

The best aspect of this job thus far is the time I spend with students. I have not had this much interaction with students since I was a full-time faculty member. I have had them over to the house, and I’ve attended performances, sporting events, Whitaker Wednesdays and much more. My son Ben and I eat in Coblentz several times a week, so we have a lot of time for casual conversation with students as well. I also hold weekly office hours so people can come by and talk about whatever is on their minds. Students are stopping by my office just to say hello and calling out to me as I walk around campus—it is great!

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What do you think of the Frederick community? While I was going through the candidacy process for this position, I was focused on Hood and did not pay much attention to Frederick, although everyone told us we would love living here. Now we fully agree that Frederick is a great community. Everywhere I go I have been warmly welcomed. I have met alumni, former trustees, members of the board of associates and others who are connected to Hood in one way or another. Their high regard for Hood has been palpable, as has their willingness to support our students’ success. Yes, we love the downtown area, our neighborhood, the mountains and all the wonderful amenities Frederick has to offer, but the warmth of this community is its true value.

What are your short-term plans for the College? In the short term, the most important goal is to successfully lead the College through its reaccreditation process, which was well underway upon my arrival and will conclude in spring 2017. Many people are engaged in that process, and I have no doubt we will receive a stellar review. Since the reaccreditation process requires intensive study of all aspects of the College and campus-wide conversation, it will provide a solid basis upon which to build our next strategic plan.

Is it too early to talk about longrange plans? Well, we are very much in the discovery phase of learning the aspirations of the community for Hood College. As noted in my inaugural address I believe we must focus on strengthening how we work together to serve our students by improving processes, transparency and collaboration. Also important is increasing our partnerships to expand students’ experiential learning opportunities and continuously improving the quality of our academic programs. We have several facility improvement projects on

the docket, as described in the new campus master plan (see P. 11). This will require a concerted fundraising effort, so I anticipate the College launching a campaign in the nottoo-distant future to coincide with the new strategic plan.

You are an advocate of community service. What is the importance of service, and how do you plan on getting the Hood community more involved? My academic background is in both psychology and justice studies, so service to others has been part of my own training as well as a value that was instilled in me by my parents. For me community service is a critical component of any institution of higher education. It is important that our graduates are not only well prepared for their chosen career paths, but also are engaged citizens who serve their surrounding communities. Increasing our students’ commitment to public service and increasing Hood’s value to Frederick will be central goals of my presidency. We had a Civic Engagement Awareness Week leading up to the inauguration that saw more than 125 students, faculty and staff members dedicate more than 450 service hours to the community. I hope the CEAW will become a new annual tradition.

What do you believe are Hood’s greatest strengths? The most important way any institution of higher education should be evaluated is the quality of its core mission—the education it provides its students—and therein lies Hood’s greatest strength. Thanks to the faculty and staff and the support of so many generous benefactors, Hood provides an academic experience—in and outside the classroom—that is truly excellent and prepares students well for their postbaccalaureate pursuits. Our alumni who are making a difference in their professions and communities are the greatest examples of this success.

What can Hood and the surrounding community expect from you as president? Hood has a well-earned stellar academic reputation, and it is important that I do everything in my power to protect, sustain and enhance the quality of the education we provide to our students. I will be a passionate advocate for Hood and will work tirelessly on her behalf. I strive to be a very transparent leader, and both Hood and the surrounding community should expect that I will listen to, support and engage all constituents in moving Hood forward and ensuring Hood continues to be a valuable and strong partner to the Frederick community.

What do you see as the biggest challenge you will face as president? Although difficult to say so early in my presidency, I expect it will be ensuring Hood has the resources necessary to fulfill her mission. It is a very challenging environment for small liberal arts colleges like Hood that are facing declining demographics, loss of government support and erosion of the public trust. In order for Hood to not only survive but thrive during these challenging times, I ask all of Hood’s supporters to give as much as they are able. Nearly all Hood students benefit from scholarships and grants while in school. Now, more than ever, we are depending on the benevolence of our alumni and others to help current and future generations.

What is the one thing that excites or inspires you most as you start your presidency? The potential of Hood. Thanks to those who have come before me, Hood is well positioned to face these aforementioned challenges. I am confident that great things for Hood are just around the corner, and I am excited to begin!

NEW PRESIDENT JUMPS RIGHT IN DURING

F I R S T 10 0 DA Y S Andrea E. Chapdelaine, Ph.D., took office as president of Hood College July 1, 2015, and she visited and met every person on campus, beginning at 6 a.m. It was an ambitious start to her first 100 days of getting to know quickly and intimately the institution she would lead and the people connected to it. In her first three months, the new president met not only with students, faculty, staff, trustees and alumni, but also with leaders in local, regional and state government, business, the military, public schools, colleges, nonprofits and the news media. “This was a great way to get to know not only those people who are closely connected to Hood, but also the members of the local, regional and state-wide communities who have important connections to the College,” Chapdelaine said. “It was also an excellent opportunity for me to get a sense of Hood’s importance in the community and the high regard people have for the College, its history and traditions.” President Chapdelaine is not the first Hood president to undertake this get-to-know-the-community campaign. President Bob Funk and President Emeritus Ron Volpe also did so. In keeping with Hood’s tradition of partnerships and community outreach, President Chapdelaine strived to make the campaign the most advantageous and extensive yet. “Hood is such an important pillar of the community, and it is vital for it, as an institution, to be connected to the community in every way possible, particularly through its president,” said Hood College Board of Trustees Chair Phil Berkheimer. “President Chapdelaine’s outreach to the people who and organizations that are connected to the College are not only important for her relationships, but also for the mutually desirable goals of the community and the College, particularly in uncovering opportunities for collaboration and partnerships.” A typical day during the president’s first 100 days would include: a morning meeting with Frederick County Chamber of Commerce president Elizabeth Cromwell in the chamber office;

travel back to campus to meet with a member of the Maryland legislature; lunch with the faculty of any one of the 17 academic departments; an afternoon meeting with Executive Director of the Tourism Council of Frederick County John Fieseler; and travel back to campus again to meet with a local trustee, followed by dinner with a faculty department or students.

Hood is such an important pillar of the community, and it is important for it, as an institution, to be connected to the community in every way possible... - Phil Berkheimer One of the most noteworthy events during the summer was hosting, over the course of three evenings, more than 200 firstyear students at East Cottage, the new president’s home, for a barbecue dinner and to meet husband David, sons Daniel and Benjamin and their family dog Nikka. Other interactions included lunch with local young alums; hosting more than 100 neighbors in the surrounding community; touring the legislative buildings in Annapolis; meeting business leaders in Frederick County, including the Frederick News-Post President Myron Randall, Vice President Will Randall, MBA’11 and Executive Editor Patrick Pexton; and visiting Hood alumna and now the Maryland Secretary of the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, Kelly Schulz ’06. By Oct. 8, her 100th day in office, President Chapdelaine had traveled thousands of miles in six states, meeting hundreds of people who are in some way connected to, important to or meaningful to Hood College.

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NEWSMAKERS Achievement Scholarship Program to Begin in Fall 2016 Hood College has announced a new scholarship program for first-year freshmen entering the College in fall 2016. The Achievement Scholarship Program recognizes the achievement, talent and potential of students. Awards are based upon their accomplishments in the classroom, ability to think analytically, talent and creativity exhibited in areas of interest and the potential for success they bring to Hood College.

All students applying for admission to Hood will be considered for these scholarships; no special application is required. The scholarship awards are offered at the following levels: Founder’s Scholarship, 50 percent of tuition; Trailblazer Scholarship, 33 percent of tuition; and Recognition Award, 25 percent of tuition. The dollar amount of these scholarships is determined annually, based upon that year’s cost of

tuition. The scholarship will remain that percentage of tuition as long as the student maintains the required grade point average, continues to make satisfactory academic progress toward a degree and is enrolled on a full-time basis. These scholarships are renewable throughout the student’s undergraduate career—awards may be received for a maximum of eight semesters.

First Doctoral Program and Bioinformatics Degree Approved by Middle States, MHEC The first doctoral degrees and bioinformatics master’s degree in Hood College history and in the Frederick region have been approved by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and the Maryland Higher Education Commission. They will be offered in fall 2016. The doctoral program in organizational leadership is a 60-credit, three-year program that leads to one of two degrees—the doctorate of business administration in organizational leadership and the doctorate of organizational leadership. The program is designed to meet the growing regional demand among professionals and community leaders for leadership development. The program is geared toward those with master’s degrees and will be offered in a cohort style with a group of students starting the program

together and taking the courses together over nine semesters, including three semesters of capstone work. The curricula will include eight core courses, three research methods courses, three specialization classes and three capstone courses. The program is expected to start with 18 students in the first year and grow to a total of about 50 enrolled students in three years. The bioinformatics degree is 33 credits and complements the 15-credit certificate in bioinformatics Hood has offered since fall 2015. It is designed to address the core subject areas and skill sets identified by the International Society for Computational Biology. The degree will address the demand for knowledge and expertise in biology, mathematics and computer science at regional employers including the

National Cancer Institute, the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases, the Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center at Fort Detrick and other nearby biomedical and biotechnology companies. Applicants for the bioinformatics degree program should have a bachelor’s degree in biology or computer science. Students currently in the bioinformatics certificate program will be able to transfer into the master’s degree program. The bioinformatics degree and doctoral program will begin accepting applications in February 2016. The new degrees will complement Hood’s 16 master’s degrees and 11 post-baccalaureate certificate and certification programs. The College has been offering graduate degrees since 1971.

Alumna Wins Top Research Prize for Mathematics Alumna Megan Rodriguez ’15 earned the Council on Undergraduate Research Prize by Pi Mu Epsilon, the national mathematics honor society, in August. The prize is awarded to the most outstanding student research talk at the Mathematical Association of America’s annual MathFest conference. Rodriguez is the first Hood College student to win the award. Rodriguez’s talk, entitled “Graph Theory Representation and Computational Complexity of Sliding Block Ice Puzzles Inspired by Legend of Zelda,” focused on winning strategies using algorithms for puzzles in video games. The research was originally for her honors thesis work, but she continued it after her project was complete and went on to present at MathFest.

“While I was conducting my research my senior year, I had hoped I would be able to present it at some conference after its completion,” said Rodriguez. “However, I hadn’t even considered MathFest, let alone the 100th celebration of the Mathematical Association of America. It was very exciting to be accepted to speak at such an important conference.” There were approximately 2,500 registered participants at MathFest, and about 80 students from around the country presented in the Pi Mu Epsilon undergraduate research sessions. Rodriguez was excited to present her research, but she didn’t realize the possibility of an award until her talk was over. With a topic based on video games, she wasn’t sure if there would be broad interest.

“Receiving such an award reaffirmed my belief that mathematical work in any field really is valuable and that mathematics can be applied in fun and strange new ways,” she said. Over the summer, Rodriguez also created interactive websites where people can go try the puzzles she studied and see her algorithms in action, and she encouraged those at her talk to look at her code and try to improve it. Rodriguez is currently enjoying her work as a software engineer at iNovex Software Solutions. For more information, visit blog.hood.edu.

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New State-of-the-Art Trading Room Dedicated in Rosenstock Hall A new academic space complete with state-of-theart technology was dedicated as the Virginia Munson Hammell ’67 Trading Room at a ribbon-cutting ceremony in October. The trading room was constructed in Rosenstock Hall over the summer and is now open for classroom use. This addition to Hood’s academic facilities fulfills the vision of the College’s business administration department to provide a place for students to simulate real-world experiences of working with financial markets through securities trading and portfolio management. The room exposes students to similar technology and analytical tools as used on Wall Street and features trading stations, a stock quote ticker and financial investment software. Funding for this room was secured through a lead gift from alumna Virginia Munson Hammell ’67 and gifts from trustee Janet Hobbs Cotton ’59 and her husband John, Susan Edmiston ’87, trustee Robert Hooper, trustee Neal Wilson and Frederick County Bank.

Students, Faculty, Staff, Alumni Compete in Stock Trading The first annual Hood College stock trading competition began Nov. 2 and will continue until April 8. As part of the dedication of the Virginia Munson Hammel ’67 Trading Room, students, faculty, staff and alumni were invited to participate in the competition. This is an elaborate, web-based educational tool. Each user

account received an amount of virtual money in a virtual brokerage account that allowed users to simulate managing a portfolio by buying and selling stocks at real-time prices. Participants began with $100,000 investable game money to buy domestic stocks, bonds and mutual funds. Winners will be determined by investment performance as of 4 p.m. The Virginia Munson Hammel ’67 Trading Room in Rosenstock Hall was dedicated in October. April 8. This competition provides an extracurricular opportunity for the campus decide on and execute stock trades by following community to learn about stock trading. investment objectives of the fund to be set in line with the goals for Hood College’s endowment. The Fund to Provide Money for Real-World students will produce a monthly investment report for Student Investments the trustees and provide reports twice a year to the Hood community. The Investment Committee of the Hood College Board of Trustees recently approved the creation of a student-led investment fund. Student members of this organization will receive an initial investment of $100,000 to manage. To support this initiative, the College’s investment consultant, Prime Buchholz, pledged an additional $5,000. This fund will be used by the student-led fund management committee to be invested in U.S.-based securities. The student investment committee will

The department of economics and business administration has also created a new course, an investment practicum. All members of the student investment committee must be enrolled in this course concurrently. This endowed fund remains open for additional contributions. To make a gift, go to www.hood.edu/ gifts or contact Nancy Gillece, vice president for institutional advancement, at 301-696-3702.

Martin Luther King Jr. Honored on Campus with Day of Speeches and Events A full day of events honored and celebrated the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. Jan. 18. Majora Carter and Sonia Sanchez headlined the day as the featured speakers. There was also a “Wright for Rights” campaign, and several documentaries were shown about the Civil Rights Movement. Carter is an urban revitalization strategy consultant, real estate developer and Peabody Award winning broadcaster. She is responsible for the creation and successful implementation of numerous greeninfrastructure projects, policies and job training and placement systems. Carter has continually set new standards of excellence with projects in her South Bronx community, while expanding her reach through philanthropic pursuits and business interests that have all pointed toward greater self-esteem and economic potential for low-income people everywhere. Her list of awards and honorary degrees includes accolades from groups as diverse as Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, John Podesta’s Center for American Progress, Goldman Sachs and a MacArthur “genius” Fellowship. Carter is a board member of the U.S. Green Building Council and the Andrew Goodman Foundation. Her talk, “Department of Home(town) Security,” was sponsored by the Hanson Lecture Series. She

spoke to a packed auditorium of students, faculty, staff and community members about growing up in a poor neighborhood and how she came to transform her own community and many others by thinking outside the box. Sanchez is a poet, playwright and activist who was one of the most important writers of the Black Arts Movement. She is a national and international lecturer on Black culture and literature, women’s liberation, peace and racial justice. She has lectured at more than 500 universities and colleges in the United States and has traveled extensively, reading her poetry in Africa, Australia, Canada, the Caribbean, Cuba, England, Europe, Nicaragua, Norway and the People’s Republic of China. Among the honors she has received are the Robert Creeley Award, the Frost Medal, the Community Service Award from the National Black Caucus of State Legislators, the Lucretia Mott Award, the Outstanding Arts Award from the Pennsylvania Coalition of 100 Black Women, the Peace and Freedom Award from the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, the Pennsylvania Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Humanities, a National Endowment for the Arts Award and a Pew Fellowship in the Arts.

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Her lecture, “Push-ups for Peace: Remembering Brother Martin,” was sponsored by the Office of the Provost, and she held a book signing following the talk. She performed several of her poems and shared with the audience stories of her family and students and the struggle for peace. The “Write for Rights” campaign, co-sponsored by Rev. Beth O’Malley and Amnesty International, helped Hood community members write letters to support prisoners of conscience around the world. This is an annual, global campaign led by AI involving hundreds of thousands of people writing letters and sending them to government officials. Watch Sonia Sanchez read a poem she wrote for Martin Luther King Jr. at blog.hood.edu.

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College Receives $3 Million from Hodson Trust In December the College received $3 million in cash and equities from its largest benefactor to support student scholarships, facilities renovations, academic programs and faculty and student research. In this year’s award from the Hodson Trust, $500,000 will provide ongoing funding for full tuition scholarships for the 15 students from Frederick, Carroll and Washington counties who enrolled as first-year students at Hood last year. Also included in this year’s gift is $500,000 for the renovation of the Tatem Arts Center, $300,000 for the endowed chair of nursing, $200,000 in endowed funding for Hood’s Summer Research

Institute and $1,500,000 for the Hodson Trust Scholarship Endowment for student scholarships. Today the Hodson name is prevalent in Hood programs and buildings. The Hodson Trust was settled in 1920 by the family of Col. Clarence Hodson, who grew up in Maryland. Hodson believed that credit should be available to the average American, a revolutionary idea in 1914 when he founded the Beneficial Loan Society. Beneficial became one of the nation’s most successful corporations. In addition to Hood, the Hodson Trust benefits Johns Hopkins University, Washington College and St. John’s College.

Alumna Selected as Maryland Teacher of the Year Finalist Amanda Portner, M.S.’04, who has been working for Frederick County Public Schools for nearly two decades, was one of seven finalists for the 201516 Maryland Teacher of the Year award. Portner earned a master’s degree in English curriculum and instruction from Hood in 2004 and completed her administrative leadership course work in 2009. She was named the FCPS 2015-16 Teacher of the Year in May. A passionate educator, Portner now works as a literary specialist at Thurmont Middle School in FCPS where she has worked in many different capacities since 1996.

First-Ever Hood College Mace Introduced at Convocation The Hood College mace, a new ceremonial staff, was introduced at the College’s annual Convocation ceremony in August. The academic mace represents the authority invested in the president by a school’s governing body. Hood’s mace is carved from natural walnut, accented with silver-plated brass and stands 42 inches tall. Atop the mace is the College seal, reflective of Hood’s mission and representative of all of the College’s constituencies. The collar is surrounded by an inscription of the College’s former and current names along with their dates of establishment.

Campaign Raises Awareness about Sexual Assault The campus community took part in a national week of action Nov. 9-13 to raise awareness about sexual assault. The It’s On Us campaign included more than 10 events dedicated to raising awareness about sexual assault, fully understanding the issue and pledging to help keep men and women safe from sexual assault. Local support agencies and larger organizations were involved with providing information about their services. One event of note was an escalation workshop, which educates students about the warning signs of relationship violence and strives to activate a movement for change on college campuses. This program is from the One Love Foundation and is provided to colleges and high schools by a grant from the Baltimore Ravens.

The staff features four metal banners, which represent Hood’s Four Columns—Hope, Opportunity, Obligation and Democracy—which support the College’s historic Alumnae Hall and define the spirit and principles of a Hood education. The mace was designed by a committee that included Dave Diehl, MBA’04, P’12, executive director of marketing and communications; Nancy Gillece ’84, vice president for institutional advancement; Laura Lokey ’16; Joyce Michaud, professor of art; and Jan Samet-O’Leary, thendirector of the Beneficial-Hodson Library. Marshal Kathy Falkenstein, Ph.D., carries the academic mace during the 2015 Convocation ceremony.

“Spare Parts” Author Visits as Part of First-Year Reads Joshua Davis discussed his book “Spare Parts: Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American Dream” in October as part of the first-year read program. Davis’ book recounts the true story of four undocumented Latino teenagers living in an impoverished neighborhood in Phoenix, Ariz. With little more than scavenged parts, these high school students built the winning entry in a 2004 national underwater robotics contest against stiff competition from elite college teams. Davis documents the almost impossible struggle for the students to move beyond their undocumented status under national and local immigration laws—even given their win in that competition. Davis is a contributing editor to Wired Magazine and a co-founder of Epic Magazine. He has had work published in magazines including The New Yorker, GQ and Men’s Health. He was also a finalist for the

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2014 National Magazine Award in feature writing. “Spare Parts” is his third book, and the film version was released in June. Funding for the first-year read program is made possible by the Hanson Lecture Series through the Foundation for Enhancing Communities.

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Alpha Lambda Delta Chapter Wins National Award for Excellence The Hood College chapter of the Alpha Lambda Delta honor society won the prestigious Order of the Torch Award in August for its activities during the 2014-15 academic year. This award highlights excellence in programming, internal communications, campus visibility and overall presentation of their application. Hood’s successful chapter was involved in many events that benefited the Frederick community, including Sophie and Madigan’s Playground, A Million Thanks Organization, Samaritan’s Purse, the Ronald McDonald House, Autism Speaks and Goodwill Industries. “It’s an honor that these students were recognized for their hard work and dedication in service to others,” said Christine Malone, Hood’s chapter adviser.

Molly Masterson ’17 led the organization as president of the chapter during 2014-15. “My time serving as president of Hood’s chapter was an amazing experience,” she said. “I was able to work with an outstanding group of my peers and a fantastic executive board. Together we were able to serve our community both in Frederick and at Hood. I’m so honored that our hard work was recognized by the national chapter and proud to say that I was able to lead our members through another year at Hood College.” In October Logan Samuels ’17, the chapter’s secretary, was part of a panel presentation at the National Leadership Workshop in Orlando, Fla., where she presented a scrapbook of Hood’s work

to other Alpha Lambda Delta chapters. According to Malone, Hood’s chapter is fairly small with only 35 active members. The chapter is also fairly new, installed in March 2009. “I think (the award) helps us recognize that even though we are a small chapter, these awards are still able to be achieved,” said Malone. “I think it will help us continue to be motivated to win the awards again and to strive in doing projects that honor service to others.” Alpha Lambda Delta is a national honor society for students who achieved academic excellence in their first year at a college or university.

Biology, Computer Science and GIS Faculty Team Up to Help City of Frederick The Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies and the computer science program have collaborated on a project for the City of Frederick using geographic information systems. Professors Drew Ferrier and George Dimitoglou, GIS specialist Randy Smith and computer science graduate students Peter O’Connor ’04 and Stephan Auderset, M.S.’15 took on the task of mapping Fishing Creek Reservoir in Frederick to determine how much sediment has accumulated over the years and what the restoration needs are to bring water levels back to the optimum. The team bought a four-foot-long fiberglass boat on eBay and repurposed it with GPS, a compass, sonar equipment and computers. Dimitoglou, O’Connor and Auderset programmed the boat to perform certain measurement tasks. “The boat is an autonomous surface vehicle, which means that it has a computer and has all the brains to be able to go out in the water and, after we program a very specific route, just follow it and perform observations,” said Dimitoglou. He and his team prepared the boat to map Fishing Creek Reservoir, a 10.5-acre pond, by programming

in 90 points along the edge back and forth both directions, forming a grid path. The boat traveled at around three feet per second, taking a measurement every second. The data collection was complete after approximately four hours and 10,000 measurements. Once the boat had The four-foot long, fiberglass boat was repurposed to complete GIS mapping of bodies of water. completed its task and collected the necessary data, Smith took the data coastal and watershed issues, whether scientific, and created a map of the bottom of the reservoir. He social or historic issues. then compared this map to the original construction “Our technology has a very useful niche in that this drawings and was able to determine the changes in type of boat can be used in instances where municiwater volume. palities need to know whether their small stormwater The interdepartmental team plans on writing a study management ponds, for instance, are filling with to expand its findings and hopes to expand its invensediment to the point that they need to be maintained, tion to further help the City of Frederick. dredged and regenerated,” said Ferrier. “I’m hoping According to Ferrier, this is one of the newest and that those municipalities will get in touch with us. We best projects that exemplifies what the Center for would be happy to work with them on it.” Coastal and Watershed Studies does. The center tries To see a video about this project, visit blog.hood.edu. to bring together different disciplines to deal with

Study Shows Hood’s International Students Contribute Millions to Local Economy Hood College international students contributed almost $8 million to the local economy in the 20142015 academic year according to an organization that measures the economic impact of students who come to the United States from abroad. The National Association of Foreign Student Advisors (NAFSA) uses data from the U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Institute of International

Education (IIE) to generate the information in the report. Hood’s international population includes 106 graduate students, 50 graduate students on optional practical training (OPT), 29 undergraduates, four language assistants and three exchange students. According to the report, these students contributed approximately $7.8 million, supporting 55 jobs during the 2014-15 academic year. Hood reported

the largest international student population in Congressional District 6 where international students contributed $11.7 million to the economy and supported 81 jobs. Across the country, international students contributed $30.5 billion and supported 373,381 jobs to the U.S. economy. For every seven international students enrolled, three U.S. jobs are created.

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The Hood College Board of Trustees approved a new, 10-year campus master plan in October 2015.

A committee representing trustees, administrators, faculty, staff and students began working on the plan in January 2015. To assist with this effort, Hood engaged CREDO, a consulting firm specializing in the development of campus master plans for small, private colleges and universities. “The campus master plan is an essential tool for shaping the Hood College campus of the future, one that will continue to meet the need of a dynamic and ever-changing higher education environment,” said Chuck Mann, vice president for finance and treasurer, who also oversees the campus facilities department.

As a framework, the campus master plan creates additional opportunities for the campus community to plan for the future. It is separated into three phases: meeting existing needs while preparing for strategic expansion; planning for and implementing growth; and anticipating long-term strategic priorities. “I am extremely grateful for the participation of trustees, faculty, staff, students and our neighbors in developing this outstanding plan,” he said. “The engagement of so many ensured a wellthought-out design that will meet the College’s future facility needs. Hood’s beautiful campus epitomizes how a liberal arts college should look. The new campus plan builds on these strong attributes to accommodate academic programming growth and the changing needs of our students.”

THE THREE PHASES OF THE PL A N: Phase 1: Meeting existing needs while preparing for expansion • Alumnae Hall will be renovated, and a new addition constructed, combining the admission, registrar and financial aid functions with other student support operations; • The Beneficial-Hodson Library and Technology Center will be renovated to create a state-of-the-art learning commons; • The historic Williams Observatory will undergo minor renovations to hold the museum and archives, which will be relocated from the library;

• Traffic flow on the east side of campus will be improved with a new road and reconfigured parking lots; • The Whitaker Campus Center and the Joseph Henry Apple Academic Resource Center will be renovated to create a livelier student union; • A modern residential housing building will be constructed on the site currently occupied by the Marx Center; • Parking on Rosemont Avenue will be eliminated and a new streetscape created; and

• Institutional advancement offices will be moved to a new house at the corner of Ferndale Avenue and Rosemont Avenue; and

• Brodbeck Music Hall will be renovated.

• Sidewalks on the east side of the residential quadrangle will be widened and reconfigured to mirror the west side.

• A recreation and wellness center will be constructed at the corner of Magnolia Avenue and Seventh Street;

Phase 2: Planning for and implementing growth

• A modern residential housing complex will be constructed on the site currently occupied by Gambrill Gymnasium; and

• A new academic facility will be constructed in the southeast corner of campus to support graduate programs, conferencing activities and new or expanded academic program endeavors;

Phase 3: Anticipating long-term strategic priorities

• A new surface parking lot will be added on Park Avenue.

Visit www.hood.edu/campusmasterplan to view the full campus master plan.

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Eight Named to Board of Associates New members were welcomed to the Hood College Board of Associates during an October presentation of the State of the College by President Andrea E. Chapdelaine. They became members July 1 and completed orientation Oct. 1. The eight new members are: Judith Lubkin Apshago ’93 of Frederick, Md., chief information officer at U.S. Silica Company; Donna Parker Bannwolf ’76, P’17 of Frederick, Md., public relations manager at Frederick County Public Libraries; Tonya Thomas Finton ’78 of Bethesda, Md., retired international trade specialist with the U.S. Department of Commerce and current trustee at Washington Episcopal School; Deedee Randall Luttrell ’80 of Braddock Heights, Md., director and corporate secretary with Randall Family LLC; Carla M. Merritt ’86 of St. Michaels,

Md., managing member at Urban American Homes, LLC and realtor with Chesapeake Bay Real Estate; Yvonne G. Reinsch, of Frederick, Md., civic leader; Cherian Thomas, MBA’12 of Bethesda, Md., chief executive officer at Spotluck Inc.; and Marcia Heister Wilcox ’78, Esq. of North Wales, Pa., retired attorney, owner and executive coach at Halyard Coaching. The board of associates, organized in 1954, meets twice each year and serves in an advisory capacity to the president and to the Hood College Board of Trustees, the governing body of the College. Alumni, parents and friends of Hood from throughout the region comprise the association. They support the College financially and share their time, talent and experience to benefit Hood, its students and the greater Frederick community of which the College is a part.

First-Year Student Wins $1,000 Grant for Volunteer Efforts First-year student Paulina Bustillos has been recognized for her selfless hobby.

English proficiency in order to promote full participation in their communities.

An avid volunteer, she recently won the Wertheimer Youth in Action Award, given by the Community Foundation of Frederick County to a young person who positively impacts the community by volunteering talents and energy. She was nominated for the award by Elizabeth Chung, executive director of the Asian American Center of Frederick, because of her work as an intern there.

“The award means something new to me, almost like a turning point in my life,” she said. “I didn’t expect to get this award at all. I didn’t expect to be acknowledged for volunteering since I would describe volunteering as my hobby. It also made me feel like I’ve been doing something good, and I would like to continue to do so in the future.”

As part of the award, she received a $1,000 grant to give to the nonprofit of her choice. She chose Centro Hispano de Frederick, an organization that educates people with limited

The foundation’s Wertheimer awards are named for the late Janis Miller Wertheimer, a wellknown Frederick County businesswoman and prolific volunteer. The foundation presented its first youth award for volunteerism in 2012. For more information, visit blog.hood.edu.

Changes Coming to Residence Hall Policies To improve retention of first-year students, the College’s housing policy will change in 2016-17. Beginning in the fall semester Smith and Memorial Halls will be first-year residences, according to Olivia White, vice president for student life and dean of students. Those halls were chosen because of their similarities in capacity, structure and accessibility for floor assignments based on gender. Continuing upperclass students living on campus will choose an assignment in either Coblentz, Shriner or Meyran Halls. To be inclusive and accommodate all students, continuing male residents may select to live in Shriner Hall, though two floors will remain allfemale to continue meeting the needs of those desiring a same-sex community. “After careful consideration to the benefits of recruiting and retaining students, it was determined that this new housing model would allow for more intentional acclimation strategies, enhanced programming initiatives, stronger living-learning communities and early intervention approaches among first-year students,” White said.

Paxton, First Volpe Scholar, Presents Research Findings Allen Paxton ’16, a law and criminal justice major, was selected among many qualified students to be the first Ronald J. Volpe Scholar and received a stipend to conduct research over the summer 2015. Paxton presented his work, entitled “An Analysis of U.S. Strategy in the Yemeni Conflict,” to the Hood community in October. His research was based in foreign policy and international relations. “It’s really an honor to be the first chosen for the Volpe Scholars program,” he said. “To be the first to do something in this program in (Volpe’s) honor is touching to me because I know how much he has meant to me, personally, and to this campus.”

Philip Berkheimer, chair of the Hood College Board of Trustees; Volpe; George Delaplaine Jr., chairman of the Delaplaine Foundation, Inc.; and Les Baron, scout executive at the National Capital Area Council.

Volpe Wins Boy Scout Man of the Year Award President Emeritus Ronald J. Volpe was recognized in October for his years of dedicated service at the annual George Delaplaine Distinguished Citizen Dinner. Nearly 200 attendees gathered at the Springfield Manor Winery in Thurmont, Md., to honor the

contributions Volpe has made to the Frederick community. Proceeds from the event, put on by the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America and the local Boy Scouts of America chapter, went toward supporting the local chapter.

This project gave Paxton opportunities he would otherwise not have had, and he encouraged those applying for the scholarship to use it to its full potential. “Think hard and dream big,” he said. “Think about every possible project you could come up with. Don’t be afraid to dream big. You never know what could happen. This program is incredible.” To watch an interview with Allen Paxton, visit www.vimeo.com/hoodcollege/allenpaxton.

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Caminals-Heath Publishes Book in Catalan, “The Allies of the Night” Roser Caminals-Heath, Ph.D., published the Catalan novel, “Els aliats de la nit” or “The Allies of the Night” in Barcelona, Spain, in October. Set in the 1940s while World War II was raging in Europe, the book follows refugees fleeing from the Nazis across the French-Spanish border. Spain, officially neutral, provided a stepping stone to safe havens like the Americas and North Africa. However, the region of Catalonia and the country

of Andorra, both on the border, were hotbeds of espionage from both sides of the conflict. The novel was a finalist for the prestigious Sant Joan Award, endowed with $37,211.65 for the winner. The Sant Joan Award is one of the top, most competitive awards for Catalan fiction. The books are submitted by the publishers. This year there were 64 novels submitted, and CaminalsHeath was one of six finalists.

Knapp Wins National Poetry Contest With Two Poems Elizabeth Knapp, Ph.D., associate professor of English, won a national poetry contest during the summer and has been published online.

the 2007 Discovered Voices Award from Iron Horse Literary Review, and she has published poems in many distinguished poetry journals.

Knapp submitted two winning entries to a contest sponsored by “Literal Latté,” an online literary magazine based in New York City. Her poems, titled “Self-Portrait as Kurt Cobain in Drag” and “Self-Portrait as Kurt Cobain’s Childhood Wound,” received a $1,000 prize.

She earned her doctorate from Western Michigan University and a master of fine arts from Bennington College. At Hood she teaches courses in American literature, poetry and creative writing. More information about her is at www.elizabeth-knapp.com, and her awardwinning poems are at www.literal-latte.com.

Knapp is the author of “The Spite House,” winner of the 2010 De Novo Prize for Poetry. She earned

Hood College welcomes new faculty and staff between July 2015 and December 2015: Spencer Berk, assistant director of graduate admission; Erin Botker ’15, admission counselor; Dwight Bowie, mail and print services coordinator; Jazmin Greene, admission counselor; Emily Hampton, library collection development services technician; Claire Hudson, M.S.’07, coastal studies semester coordinator; Brittany Jepson, student billing coordinator; Janet Kalinowski ’13, library access services technician;

Derek Knecht, graphic designer;

Gottfried Recognized for Short Story “Hummers” Amy Gottfried, Ph.D., professor of English, had her short story “Hummers” published in the online magazine “Blunderbuss” in January 2015. The piece has now been listed in the magazine’s “Best of 2015” list. Gottfried teaches creative writing and American literature at Hood, and she is currently revising her second novel.

Retiring faculty and staff members: Gretchen Erzinger, conference services and special events, five years, retired in November;

Kelsey Kuszmaul, records specialist;

John George, associate professor of education, 13 years, retired in January;

Dianna Loescher, graduate assistant; Kenny Putnam, head coach of men’s soccer and fitness center coordinator; Ryan Sheckells ’13, assistant director of annual giving; Tara Shriver, campus safety officer; Randy Smith ’10, geographic information systems specialist; Johnathan Taylor, residence life area coordinator; and

Caminals-Heath is a native of Barcelona and earned her doctoral, master’s and bachelor’s degrees at the University of Barcelona. At Hood she teaches several courses including creative writing in Spanish. Her work, originally written in Catalan, has been featured at the International Book Fair in Germany, and she has received critical acclaim in Spanish media. This is her seventh novel.

David Salner, access services technician, 12 years, retired in July; Jan Samet-O’Leary, director of the BeneficialHodson Library, 20 years, retired in January; Phyllis Townsend, collection development services manager, 24 years, retired in August; and John Urian, information technology librarian, 15 years, retired in January.

Whitney Yount, admission counselor.

Nicholas Kettenhofen, general chemistry coordinator;

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President Andrea E. Chapdelaine, Ph.D., was formally inaugurated as the 11th president of Hood College Oct. 17 in an investiture ceremony that was the centerpiece of two weeks of campus activities, events and festivities. Some Some 500 500 alumni, alumni, faculty, faculty, staff, staff, students, students, community community members, members and and representatives of colleges and universities attended the afternoon ceremony ceremony in the in the Hodson Hodson Outdoor Outdoor Theater. Theater. P.## R

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1. President Chapdelaine with her sons Daniel and Benjamin and husband Dave. 2. Margaret Green Lebherz ’48 and Albertine Hodgson Baker ’49 march in the inaugural procession. 3. Lisa K. Wells ’09 and Keenan S. Courtland ’10 march in the inaugural procession. 4. The inaugural procession begins from Alumnae Hall. 5. Joe Denicola ’16, a member of the Hood College Improv Troupe, marches with the student groups in the inaugural procession.

HUNDR EDS CELEBR AT E NEW PR ESIDEN T DUR ING CER EMON Y “Doctor Andrea Chapdelaine—now President Chapdelaine—has a great soul, a large heart and a fine, critical mind,” said Lex O. McMillan III, president of Albright College in Reading, Pa., where Chapdelaine served as chief academic officer for 11 of her 17 years at the college. “Indeed, one of the many benefits of having her as our chief academic officer during the first decade of my presidency at Albright was her probing intellect and her tireless commitment to continuous improvement.” Chapdelaine became the 11th president of Hood College July 1, 2015. In addition to her appointment as president, she is also a professor of psychology. She was previously the provost and vice president for academic affairs at Albright College, where she had also served as dean of undergraduate studies and as a faculty member, beginning in 1998. McMillan and other representatives from several of the College’s friends and partners offered greetings to Hood’s campus and President Chapdelaine. “She is the right leader for this time in Hood’s history,” said Tina Bjarekull, president of the Maryland Independent College and University Association. “She has the energy, the experience and the integrity to lead Hood College

and to support the economic and cultural needs of the Frederick community and beyond.” Originally from Chicopee, Mass., President Chapdelaine has more than 22 years of teaching experience at three liberal arts colleges. She earned a doctorate and a master’s degree in social psychology from the University of Connecticut. She graduated cum laude from the University of New Hampshire with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a minor in justice studies.

Doctor Andrea Chapdelaine— now President Chapdelaine— has a great soul, a large heart and a fine, critical mind. - Lex O. McMillan III

In her inaugural address, President Chapdelaine talked about the many challenges and pressures of higher education in the 21st century.

6. President Chapdelaine delivers her inaugural address. 7. Faculty members watch the ceremony. 8. Marshals Kathy Falkenstein and Scott Pincikowski, along with Hood College Board of Trustees Chair Phil Berkheimer, present the president with the chain of office. 9. The marshals celebrate the investiture with the president.

“All institutions of higher education are facing challenging external forces that will test their abilities to fulfill their missions,” she said. “Yet I have no doubt that the tenacious spirit and the love that has guided and supported Hood through the many trials she has faced in her 123-year history will enable Hood to weather any storm and be stronger than ever.” She reminded the audience that just 15 years ago, Hood was facing its own financial and enrollment challenges. “I will lead an institution that is in a very different place, but one that still carries its greatness from the past,” she said. “I am confident that Hood is ready for these next steps and, to paraphrase Dr. Seuss, I am excited to think of ‘the places we’ll go’ and the adventures we will have along the way.” Julie Murray McCaffery ’79 served as the alumni representative on the presidential search committee and offered congratulations on behalf of the Hood College Alumni Association. “Your letter of application and subsequent visits with the committee and to campus demonstrated many leadership and personal qualities that I and many others admire and value: an authenticity coupled with candor, warmth, grace and humor; the ability to quickly make genuine, heartfelt and memorable connections; and your sincere belief in Hood,” McCaffery said.

Katie Bailey, president of the Hood College Student Government Association for the 2015-16 academic year, welcomed President Chapdelaine into the Hood family. “Students do not often get to witness the beginning of a new presidency,” Bailey said. “It is an honor to see the start of great changes being made on Hood’s campus.” Following the greetings, Phil Berkheimer, chair of the Hood College Board of Trustees, led the presidential investiture and presentation of the presidential chain of office. The chain represents the trust and authority invested in the president by a school’s governing body. Made of silver-plated bronze, the frontal half includes the College seal and 10 curved plates that name Hood’s former presidents. “We have already seen in her a passion for work and a commitment to doing what’s right not only for the institution, but, moreover, for the people of the institution, with students at the very center of that matrix,” Berkheimer said in his remarks. “She has a boundless commitment to the College, and we are confident that she will marshal the talents, wisdom and knowledge of the whole of the Hood College community and together construct a grand and driving vision for Hood’s future.”

1. Kathy Falkenstein, Bob Funk, President Chapdelaine, President Emeritus Ron Volpe and Scott Pincikowski wait for the inaugural procession to begin. 2. Gary Cuddington, assistant professor of art, and Rebecca Rieser ’16 paint graffiti on a canvas outside Tatem Arts Center. 3. The inaugural program. 4. The Hood Choir performs during the ceremony. 5. Lex O. McMillan III speaks during the ceremony.

COLLEGE COMMUNIT Y ENGAGES IN INAUGUR AT ION EV EN TS There were more than 25 events on campus in the weeks surrounding the inauguration, a number of which were directly related to the inauguration. During this period, Hood’s spirit, enthusiasm, talent and dedication were showcased in an unprecedented fashion. Hundreds of Hood students, faculty and staff members and alumni planned and participated in inauguration activities. •

Hood students, faculty and staff gave back to the community during Civic Engagement Awareness Week, participating in 11 different local service projects.

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In a pop-up art show titled “Coming Together,” faculty, students and alumni showcased their ceramics, photography, paintings and printmaking pieces.

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Students discovered trivia from Hood’s past as they competed in a geotagged scavenger hunt by following clues based on the 10 previous presidents of Hood College.

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There was an Oktoberfest-themed campus picnic the night before the inauguration ceremony for students, faculty and staff and families. The campus community gathered on the residential quad for food and authentic

German music by Die Immergrün Musikanten. Students enjoyed pumpkin and cookie decorating and designed their own custom flip-flops in honor of President Chapdelaine’s favorite footwear. •

More than 100 members of the Hood and Frederick communities registered for the Inauguration Fun Run 5K that took place the morning of inauguration day. The run honored Breast Cancer Awareness Month as a fundraiser for the Hurwitz Breast Cancer Fund. Participants donated $1,000 to the cause.

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Many came from near and far to join the Hood community and participate in the inauguration ceremony. One hundred and nine alumni returned to represent their classes in the inaugural procession, joined by dozens of students representing Hood’s clubs, organizations and teams.

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English major Jake Rogers ’17 was the winner of the inaugural poem contest and read his poem at the ceremony.

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On inauguration day all were invited to paint graffiti on two large canvases in front of the Tatem Arts Center.

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Students, Staff and Faculty Participated in a Week of Service The Hood College community participated in a week of civic engagement in preparation for President Andrea Chapdelaine’s inauguration celebration. The mission of the week was to raise campus awareness regarding the variety of local organizations’ volunteer needs; to encourage Hood College students, faculty and staff to give back to the community; and to build and reinforce the College’s long-standing relationships with community partners. The week consisted of 11 service projects, which included partnerships with Hood College Alternative Fall Break, Habitat for Humanity, Fountain Rock Nature Center, Waterford Park, Centennial United Methodist Church, Frederick Community Action Agency and Blessings in a Backpack. More than 125 students, faculty and staff dedicated more than 450 service hours as they weeded, stuffed bags of food for children to take home over the weekend, served at the soup kitchen, painted a house and set up Christmas trees and other decorations for purchase by community members. As groups of Difference Makers were heading out to their various service sites, the Hood College Circle K International Club assisted in a campuswide food drive for the Frederick Community Action Agency food bank.

The Hood community and College art faculty contributed their mark-making skills to the collaborative and interactive graffiti paintings. At dusk Cecelia Lee ’15 projected her abstract psychedelic animation timed to music created for the play “Elephant Man” on the façade of the Tatem Arts Center. •

Students attended a late-night carnival to celebrate the new era of Hood College with skee-ball, caricatures, fried Oreos and funnel cake.

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The Hood choir and string ensemble performed along with three individual students and eight faculty members in Brodbeck Music Hall in celebration of the inauguration.

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The biology department hosted a “Cell-a-bration” to commemorate the inauguration. The College community took “cell-fies” with the president, submitted cell drawings for prizes, decorated cell cookies and played lawn games in front of the Hodson Science and Technology Center.

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To honor President Chapdelaine’s background in psychology, personality psychologist Laura King,

Students, faculty and staff spend time giving back to the community during Civic Engagement Awareness Week.

Hundreds of Hood students, faculty and staff members and alumni planned and participated in inauguration activities. Ph.D., gave a talk entitled “What Can Science Tell Us About What Makes Life Meaningful?” King examined the idea of the so-called good life and shared how psychological perspectives on the good life often wrestle with the question of what it is that makes life worth living and what makes life meaningful to the person living it. She proposed that meaning in life might come from unexpected places and be a more common experience than previously thought. She concluded that meaning can happen to us when we least expect it.

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A With Vice President for Enrollment Management Bill Brown brings more than 30 years of experience in higher education to Hood College. As the new vice president for enrollment management, he oversees the offices of admission and financial aid. Brown provides support to undergraduate retention efforts and assists in identifying and developing signature academic programs in collaboration with the academic affairs and student life offices. What are your initial impressions of Hood College? Thirty-five years ago I got my start in college admission at a small college in Pennsylvania, and that college was just beginning to recruit in Maryland. I was that college’s first admission counselor to visit Maryland high schools and college fairs. Doing so gave me the opportunity to meet a terrific Hood College representative and learn about this wonderful institution from her. She works at Hood today by the way, but in a different capacity—Nancy Gillece ’81, our vice president for institutional advancement. My impressions in a nutshell—a quality institution in every sense of the word; a place where the faculty and staff really care about students and the experience they receive.

What do you see as the most attractive aspects of Hood College to prospective students and their families? So many! I can start with the obvious—the campus is great. I’ve heard many descriptions— iconic, like a movie set, exactly what you expect a college to look like, beautiful—all of these work. Our campus is very well-caredfor and shows extremely well. The second obvious aspect is our location. Not just our proximity to Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, which is ideal, but Frederick itself, giving our students

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access to a fabulous downtown with countless and varied offerings, many high-tech industries, a terrific health care system, excellent public schools and great recreational opportunities— to name just a few. The academic program exceeds the expectations prospective students and their parents have. The Hood College faculty is made up of active researchers, authors and performers, all with extensive experience in their fields, and they are excellent teachers who work effectively in preparing our students for lives of responsibility, leadership and service. They are educators and mentors for life.

There is a lot of talk lately about the costs of a college education, especially student debt. How do you address those issues? A college education, both public and private, is way too expensive. This is probably not the first time you’ve heard that statement. Talk to just about any college graduate who has been out more than five years, and they are astounded at how the costs have gone up. The more recent grads are not surprised by the cost and are all too well aware of it, as well as their own student debt. It is the reality in which we find ourselves. However, and this is so important, there is still no better investment students can make in themselves and parents can make in their children. Repeated studies consistently show the increased earning potential for college graduates versus high school graduates. The unemployment rate of both groups significantly favors the college graduates as well.

Of course the importance and value of a college education goes well beyond these simple economic factors. Even a quick review of the educational background of most of the world’s leaders across so many fields offers evidence of the importance of a college education. More than that, their college educational experience offers a great example of the power of a liberal arts education. College is still expensive, but I would be hard pressed to find a better investment in oneself, in one’s child, in one’s community and in the world.

Where do you see opportunities in the areas of admission and recruiting at Hood? For all students applying for fall 2016 and beyond, we’ve decided to no longer require standardized test scores. There are a couple of reasons for this: much research has determined a bias in standardized test scores based on race, ethnicity and other factors; there is an economic factor through which students who can afford expensive test preparation courses can and do improve their scores; and most importantly, there are better predictors of success in the classroom than performance on standardized tests, and we have access to them. Another opportunity is a change in our merit scholarship program that complements our optional standardized test policy. Whereas our previous scholarship program utilized standardized test scores significantly, our new scholarship program emphasizes an applicant’s performance in their college prep courses, the rigor of those courses, the high school attended and other factors that reflect the holistic review of the student’s talent, creativity and interest in Hood College.

The amount of our new scholarships is important and different from what we have done in the past. We are offering three scholarships: one at 50 percent of tuition, one worth 33 percent and another worth 25 percent the cost of full-time tuition. The exact scholarship amount is determined when the tuition charges are set annually. Scholarships are renewable for the student’s four-year undergraduate program as long as the student maintains a minimum grade point average. The dollar amount will vary, but the percentage will remain the same. This reliable, consistent value has been very well received by parents and students, especially in this economic climate.

How can alumni and friends support admission efforts? Nothing can beat a referral from a satisfied customer! Sorry to sound so business-like, but in this case, I think the similarities are appropriate, and of course being satisfied is not really enough. One of the things I have talked with our enrollment division staff about is working to create “raving fans.” I don’t know if Ken Blanchard coined the phrase, but he wrote the book on it. If we can help our alumni and friends become raving fans, they become much more than supporters; they become our best recruiters. Wouldn’t it be great if our alumni and friends decided that Hood College was one of the three to five organizations that they were willing and eager to talk about to everyone— not just those they thought might be looking at colleges?

To read about Bill’s goals for the coming years, or to comment or ask Bill your own question, visit bestof.hood.edu/billsqanda.

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GIVINGBACK

B E Q U E S T S, GIFTS AND DONATIONS

Hood College is grateful for the generous support from alumni, friends, parents, corporations and foundations. Some of the more significant gifts received during the past year are highlighted here. By Nancy Gillece ’81, Vice President of Institutional Advancement

Hood Receives Generous Gift from Scott Electric for Campus Facilities Rusty Potts of Scott Electric, a regional wholesale electrical distributor, visited campus to personally deliver a generous gift of $10,000 from the company to Hood College. The gift will support campus facilities. Scott Electric was founded more than 60 years ago by World War II veteran Sam Scott and has satellite offices throughout the mid-Atlantic region. The employees of Scott Electric created a nonprofit foundation with the intent to “pay it forward,” providing gifts to universities and colleges in the area.

Helene Keefner and Wayne Wold with the piano she donated to the music department.

Bechstein Studio Grand Piano Donated to Music Department

Scott Electric’s Rusty Potts delivers a College gift to President Chapdelaine.

In September Helene Keefner of Middletown, Md., donated a Bechstein studio grand piano to Hood’s music department. The piano originally belonged to a concert pianist before it was purchased by her late husband Joseph A. Keefner. Helene said that she wished to give the piano to Hood “because (her husband) truly loved this piano, and I could think of nothing nicer than to have students enjoy it. Hopefully, it will inspire.” The piano is being used in a Brodbeck Music Hall teaching studio and is getting much use by Hood students as well as those in the preparatory division. Helene frequently attends the Summer Chamber Music Series at Hood. Wayne Wold, chair of the music department, remarked, “Mrs. Keefner’s thoughtfulness and generosity are truly commendable; this new piano gives a big boost to our music program here at Hood.”

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Middendorf Foundation Awards Nursing Scholarship Endowment to Hood Hood College has been awarded $50,000 to endow a scholarship by a Baltimore-based foundation focused on support for higher education scholarship funds and community and social services. The Middendorf Foundation, Inc. recently established the Middendorf Foundation Endowed Scholarship in Nursing. The scholarship will be awarded annually to a deserving Hood College student who would otherwise be unable to afford a nursing education. “For students interested in pursuing a career in nursing, the Middendorf gift provides needed financial support to enroll in Hood’s bachelor of science in nursing program,” said President Andrea Chapdelaine, Ph.D. “This innovative and rigorous program helps address the critical need in our region for nurses. We are deeply grateful to the Middendorf Foundation for providing this instrumental support.” The Middendorf Foundation was incorporated in 1953 and is a member of the Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers. Hood College offers two paths to the bachelor of science in nursing degree—the BSN completion program for registered nurses and a four-year pre-licensure program. Both programs are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education and approved by the Maryland Board of Nursing and the Maryland Higher Education Commission.

Nancy Miller Moorhouse Fund Established for Care and Upkeep of College Grounds Nancy Miller Moorhouse ’55 established the Nancy Miller Moorhouse Memorial Fund for the Care and Upkeep of the College Grounds. Reflecting on her fond memories of singing with the choir in New York City and joining the Naval Academy choir for the “Messiah” in Annapolis, along with her life-long relationships with Hood friends, Nancy’s desire is to perpetuate these good times for others. Nancy returned to campus in 2005 for her 50th reunion. She currently resides in Irving, Texas.

Bequests Margaret “Patsy” Storm Moore ’38 Patsy left unrestricted funds to Hood College through a gift from her estate. Patsy majored in English at Hood. After graduation, Patsy was active in the Frederick community. She worked at several Frederick businesses including Storm & Shipley, a stationery store, Martha Washington Candies and Sharpe’s Florists. During World War II, she volunteered as an air raid warden and a plane spotter. Patsy also participated in the Frederick Civinette Club, at various times serving as president, vice president, secretary and program chair. She was active in the Fredericktowne Players, the Frederick County Hood Club, the Frederick County Tourism Committee and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick. Patsy was a talented photographer, who won prizes for her work and also had several photographs featured in the Frederick News-Post.

H. Jacqueline Wright ’44 Through a charitable remainder unitrust, Jacqueline remembered her alma mater with an unrestricted gift to the Hood Fund. Jacqueline earned her bachelor of arts degree in English from Hood College and a bachelor of science in library science from Carnegie-Mellon University. She then went on to study at the University of Pittsburgh. Jacqueline spent her career as a librarian for the U.S. Department of Defense at the Naval Weapon Station Library in Yorktown, Va., and at the U.S. Army Institute for Military Assistance at Fort Bragg, N.C. She was active in the York County Hospice, Sierra Club, Special Libraries Association, Virginia Art Association, Tidewater Hood Club, Mariners Museum of Newport News, Carolina Toastmasters Club, Sandhill Business and Professional Women’s Club and her Lutheran church. She also volunteered as a literary tutor. Jacqueline was an avid traveler and enjoyed needlework.

On the 25th Anniversary of the Pergola Society—Celebrate with Us! It all began in 1913 when Margaret Scholl Hood left a bequest in her will, and Hood College was named in her honor. Then in 1991, Hood College mapped out a giving society honoring those who intended to make a planned gift to the College. Now in 2016, the Pergola Society celebrates its 25th anniversary, and we honor the transformational planned gifts Hood has received and those that promise to sustain Hood in the years to come. We invite you to help us celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Pergola Society by including Hood College in your long-range financial plans. You can be any age, make a gift of any size and direct your gift to any purpose knowing that your generosity will make an impact on Hood students in the years to come. It’s easy to do, and yet incredibly meaningful and important to the future of Hood.

To discover the many options available to you to make a difference at Hood College, contact Jaime E. Cacciola at 1-800-707-5280, option 7, or cacciola@hood.edu. Please visit us online at hood.myplannedgift.org.

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HOOD COLLEGE PRESIDENT’S CLUB For more information, call Brooke Winn, associate director of annual giving, at 301-696-3717 or visit www.hood.edu/giving.

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Class News and Notes 1942 Jean Brown Forster 814-238-9470 I am grateful to have lived so long and to watch not only my children, but my 13 grandchildren grow and mature. I now have seven great-grands, the oldest are 13 and 14 and involved in sports as well as eager academic students. Anna Mary Messerly Sullivan says she still lives in her home in Haven, PA. One of her special days is watching the children across the street play, often the same games she played as a child. Concerts in the local park appeal to Anna Mary’s musical soul. According to her daughter Christine Hampton ’74 she wishes all 42ers a great year and hopes to hear from some of us. Gertrude Garman Lang who lives in Easton, MD, at Heart Fields Assisted Living is grateful for the new friends she has made as well as her church group. Trudy has four grands and eight great-grands. Aren’t we lucky? Jean Shaffer Cline “I am proud to say I am 95 and upright.” She has eight grandchildren and nine greats. She lives in an independent senior housing complex. Jean, content in her situation (can’t you see her smile) says, “I only go as fast as the slowest part of me is willing!” … Don’t we all? (Jean has since passed away, January 2016.) Marion Smith Wood and Charlie are living in a retirement home (as is the case with most of us who are fortunate enough to be living). She still plays bridge. Hurrah for her! Bridge should stimulate our once active minds. Edna Alice Cramer Hoffman still lives in her home where people pop in to visit. Edna is still active in the historical society and likes her book discussion group. Her granddaughter April is now in medical school. My thanks to those who responded. Please feel free to write me any time if the spirit moves you. There is always a Hood newsletter waiting for news from alumnae.

1948 Corinne Edwards Shulman 808-254-2531 oahucork@aol.com Aloha Folksies! Reporting in from the islands; all’s well in paradise. Apparently, out of 150 names on my class list, 70 alums are alive and well and have been contacted by email or postcard. It may have been too close to deadline for most of you, unfortunately.

Ann Barnum Connellee gives tours at the Sea Turtle Hospital in South Carolina and is still playing golf. The marriage of Ann’s first grandchild in North Carolina was the occasion for a gathering of the Connellee clan last August. Janet Beck Agnew now lives with her daughter Kerry in Ohio. Ging reports good health, not much energy. Same here, old friend! Patty Callender Hewit had just returned from a round trip Atlantic Ocean cruise on the Queen Mary 2 … “fantastic ship, something going on every moment. Best of all, I learned by email while cruising by that my 11th great-grandchild had been born!” Marcia Gurwitt Wofsey and husband Bob have been living in a senior residence for three years in Port Chester, NY. “We miss our garden but have many new friends, and the days are filled with many activities; still fondly remember our days at Hood.” And our ’White Blazer’ gal, Katherine Maguire Rafferty writes from Denver: “Our only travels are a yearly trip to visit our oldest daughter and her husband in Paso Robles. We have no grandchildren, alas. Classmates I have kept in touch with are Dixie in Maryland, Jonesy in Massachusetts, and Louise in Delaware. Sorry to hear Doris Reininger DeHart died last year. We are all getting pretty old, however!” Charlotte Montrasell Meier’s daughter Elizabeth Schmitt responded that her mother was now living in Flemington, NJ. … “doing very well, but unable to access email, as her computer is misbehaving.” Her address is 19 Moore Drive, 08822. Corinne Edwards Shulman As for me, I am blessed to have my daughter Kim and her son Arion taking over managing my home here. Arion has been with me since Nat became handicapped in 2004—Nat died in 2009; Kim moved back from Boulder in 2011. No more travels for me since my heart attack in 2010. I just treated myself to a ’Floataway’ … a personal tank to float in, good for bad backs! I still go to the ocean when it’s friendly … the best therapy of all. All for now; would love to hear from my old classmates; please drop a line or email me.

1950 The Class of 1950 needs a new class reporter. Please contact the office of alumni relations at alumoffice@hood.edu or call 301-696-3900 if you would like to become the reporter. Joan Doubet Vaughan, sad to say, has died of multiple organ failure. For information

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or to express condolences, contact her daughter: Cheryl Preziosi, 43 Jensen St., East Brunswick, NJ 08816.

1951 Eleanore Jackson Knott 843-681-8580 weknott2@aol.com Sixty-eight years ago we had all met as freshmen. Are you saving the date and planning to attend our 65th reunion? Donna Fogle Fisher is staying well—just slowing down! “I am learning to say no to some activities.” Does that sound familiar to anyone? Mary Louise Hoffman Huff is still working out with a trainer two or three times a week and doing two cardio workouts alone. She has been enjoying learning the tricks of online trading and says, “Life is good.” Betsy McCain McAlpine is staying busy even without being able to drive anymore. Their son and daughter-in-law visit from California, and Lois Vars Mason joined Betsy to participate in the inaugural parade for Hood’s new president Oct. 17. Cathie Strachan Upp spent most of the summer in Scottsdale, AZ, helping her daughter who has been battling cancer. Cathie keeps in touch with Marilyn Smith Garrity and Sara “Sally” Weaver Langie (who passed away in January 2016). Recent TV news and pictures from Cuba bring back memories of her trip with Sally to Cuba back in the 50s, and now it still looks the same. Mary Ellen Wood Tully has been rehabbing a stubborn knee replacement since last November giving her a total of three replaced joints, but she refuses to slow down. She has also had minor eye surgery. She entertains family and friends at her house in Cape May from June to November, which she calls her escape from apartment life in DC. She missed the wedding of Phoebe Brown Ford’s son Mike who was married in Greenwich at Phoebe’s beautiful estate in August. Molly, as well as others, was sad to hear that Anita Cummings den Tex had passed away. Our condolences to her family. Eleanore Jackson Knott “The Knott’s are still enjoying Hilton Head except in the summer when we travel north to New England. We make a couple of trips to Florida in the winter and hope to see many of you in June for our reunion. Meanwhile, I would love to get a call from any or all of you.”

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1952 Mary-Lou Springhorn Leidheiser 828-693-0630 mlouleid6@gmail.com Evelyn Bischoff Mitchell Wintering as usual in Florida, will return to Massachusetts in May, but will move across town to Essex Village, a nomaintenance retirement community. Frances Brainerd Carpenter’s son-in-law wrote, “Fran suffers from vascular dementia. She has little short-term memory; however she has a fair memory of the distant past. When I mentioned Hood College she beamed. ’Oh yes, what pleasant times!’” Natalie Colbert Bowers “We have had a pleasant summer. Our new 11th college president, Andrea Chapdelaine, visited our retirement center in August … 15 alums and five former faculty in residence plus others came for coffee and an update on plans for Hood.” She carried her class banner in the inauguration. I talked to Jeanne Zimmerman Gearey who is looking forward to a trip to Peru. Marion Decker McCormick “My three children, their spouses and I traveled to Zegveld, Netherlands, where my brother, Lt. Delmar Decker, perished in 1944. He was the navigator on a B-17 shot down over Holland. The town has erected a memorial to the 10 crew members and invited their families to unveil the monument. My oldest brother Aaron had been killed in the invasion of North Africa. Both boys were returned in 1948 to be buried in our family plot in Pennsylvania. That was my freshman year, and I went home for the service.” Doris Dreller Sosin was presented the 2015 President’s Award from the Santa Monica Conservancy. She became the co-founder of the conservancy in 2002. Dee just returned from a trip to the Grand Tetons, Yellowstone and Glacier Park run by the Trust for Historic Preservation. “We stayed in historic lodges and hiked and breathed in deeply the many sights.” Anne Gibson Bement “I am now retired, no photography or travel. We visit our daughter and family in Minnesota and vacation in Miami Beach. Motto is keep moving.” Dorothy Handley Ewing “To my chronologically gifted classmates, I highly recommend reading “Being Mortal” by Atul Gawande. To those politically concerned, I’m glad to share that Frederick County finally has charter government with a female county executive whose leadership would please our Dr. Virginia Lewis.” Yvonne Hepburn Virtue “Enjoyed a visit from my daughter and two grandchildren from Connecticut. Our Windcrest, CO, community keeps growing. Just met a new arrival from Frederick who attended Hood.” Joan Kellogg Weddle “We live in Hagerstown, MD, full time now to be close to family, including 11 great-grands— 10 boys and one girl! Carried half of the ’52 class banner in the inauguration parade. Dick and I have the usual 80s downsides but more blessings than we deserve.” Phyllis Loudermill Armstrong “The total eclipse of the moon was grand. Shingles continues to persist. Medication is helpful.” She flew to

Denver to see grandchildren late October. Madge Merkley Ziegler “For old people, Jack and I enjoy pretty good health, although we do see a lot of doctors.” Elizabeth Newcomer Payette “Had a great trip to Grand Cayman with my family in July. Still do Red Hat lunches with Barbara Hickman Reynolds and have weekly phone contacts with Carolyn Rusk.” Joan Scott Hellmuth “My favorite things in retirement—learning and travel. I take classes at Regis College and travel with Roads Scholars. Last trip was to St. Augustine.” Katherine Spear Feldman “We managed to marry off my grandson with much fanfare in August, and that was fun. I have been dealing with torn retina, which derailed some plans, but I hope that is finally on the mend.” Nan von der Heyde Needham “My sister, A. D. von der Heyde Quinn ’53, and her husband visited me this summer. My grandson is a freshman at James Madison, the seventh in our family, continuing the legacy. My granddaughter was married in Charlottesville, VA.” Marguerite Weber Trachtman “I’m enjoying having granddaughter Kate, a junior, here at Purdue. Next year she will be joined by her brother Alex. The family is a joy! Still active in a book club. I recommend “Flame Tree Road” by Shona Patel.” Connie Woodall Fisher “Bill and I had good visits with our Denver kids this summer and feel lucky to have one kid close at hand, plus a precious 3-year-old great-grandchild and his parents. My big project involves my pedometer—to see if I can top my all-time highs.” Our heartfelt sympathy to Mary Murrie Hardy who lost her husband—married 62 years.

1953 Johanna Chait Essex 516-487-1883 johalessex@gmail.com Condolences to the family of Elizabeth Nicholson Haywood, who passed away in August. Congratulations to Rebecca Jackson, Class of 2017, recipient of the Andrew G. Truxal scholarship. Nancy Brown Kohlheyer had her left knee replaced while in Brussels this summer. She is now our class “Bionic Woman”—with new knees and hips. She is planning to visit Beth McKim Powell. Shirley Dana Few’s grandchildren are keeping her busy—two of the seven granddaughters are in NYC, another is at Duke working toward a B.S. in nursing, one is a flight attendant working toward becoming a pilot and finally, the youngest is a senior in high school—her grandsons are working and in college—no need to say she is one proud grandmother. She is still living in the retirement community, and her children live nearby. Joanne Grahame Wade enjoys playing golf, an occasional horseback ride and traveling whenever possible. She has lived in the same house for the past 50 years and has no intention of moving. She has 10 grandchildren and will have three college graduations and one high school graduation this coming year.

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Nadya Klotz Giusi now has five books that are available on Amazon—she now has a caregiver, walks with a cane, but is able to go to church every Sunday. She has “happy thoughts” when she remembers our days at Hood. Patricia Lloyd Fordham’s daughter has moved in with her—she retired from a job in Kansas, and is relocating to Nevada with a “great new job.” Pat has three dogs, and her daughter has two—fortunately there is room for all. Barbara Mayer Werle had a wonderful trip in September to Mackinac Island, Ford Museum/Greenfield Village and Corning Glass Museum. They also had a chance to visit with Margaret Brown Barati and Bill in their new apartment in Pittsburgh and a quick visit with their grandson who attends Cornell—they still are busy, but “at a slower pace.” Janet Peek Clancy had a heel injury while playing tennis but did win the set. She has had the chance to entertain visitors from China, taking them to see the North Carolina Mountains. She was able to go to Seattle and attend her granddaughter’s wedding. The heel has finally healed, and she is back to tennis and, of course, bridge. Marilynn Phillips had an eventful summer to say the least—she spent four days in the hospital after a TIA, but nothing was found; attended the wedding of her grandson Tyler and had steroid injections into her knees enabling her to visit her son Chip in Seattle—this has kept her busy, and happy. Kathryn Redelfs Rott visited her daughter and their families for Thanksgiving and Christmas in Phoenix and Florida—both nice places to visit in the winter. They would like to move, but she is happy where she is and plans to stay in Indiana as long as she can drive. Her son Ed who lives in Sweden plans to be in Florida over the New Year’s holiday, and she may extend her stay in Florida. She uses an iPad for reading and keeps a magnifying glass close by due to macular degeneration—she has received injections for this. Johanna Chait Essex I do thank you all for your response to my SOS—it is truly appreciated, and I will try to reach out to everyone I missed when the next issue is due. Hal and I are fine—had a great Tauck tour of “The Hidden Gems of New England” this summer—for Hal one of the highlights was an in-depth tour of Wrigley field, including the press box—I enjoyed seeing Mark Twain’s house and of course the place where Ken Burns puts his marvelous programs together— we saw mountains, farms, the ocean—and of course we ate well. Our kids and grandkids are all doing their thing—whatever it may be and keeping us up to date via email and Facebook. Take care of yourselves, and have a happy, healthy New Year.

1954 Jean Baker Leister Weikert 717-243-5364 Betty Remsburg DeColigny is involved in taking her husband Warren to the doctors and lab for blood work, Coumadin count, and later, cataract surgery in May. Triplet granddaughters

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keep them busily aware! Mary Johnston DeMaris reminded us of her attending Moore Institute of Art in Philadelphia, then married Darryl in June 1953. Darryl entered the Navy after being at Drexel and Marymount universities. They traveled to Newport, RI, then to DC. Two children: Mike and Laurie. Mary’s hoping to be able to move closer to Darryl who is in rehab at Arleigh Burke Pavilion in McLean. Sister Betsy Johnson Schwegman ’55 lives in Missouri. Ann Timanus Erickson’s activity is limited by an old fractured hip and is living alone in a handicapped house. She enjoys the preservation activities of Princess Anne, MD, where she resides. Nancy Good Cleveland and Jack’s daughter kindly wrote to clarify her mother’s passing after a long illness. Anne related that her mother spoke fondly of her many Hood friends and wonderful memories. Jack had preceded Nancy in death. Jack and Nancy also had a son Brian and three grandchildren: Sarah, Samuel and Andrew. Parented by Anne and Benjamin Gord of Wellesley, MA. Her obituary told of her involvement with Meals on Wheels for more than 25 years. She was also active with church in Danbury, CT. We also mourn loss during 2015: Joanne Wilcox Goins, Joyce Spencer Bishop, Violet Westerberg Romito, Dolores Rossetti Twaddell and Betsy Gary Guthridge. Susan Clement Christie tells of her and Ed’s yearly trip to Lake Tahoe, CA, celebrating their 61st wedding anniversary. She and Ed relish the extraordinary beauty of the mountains. Four children: Cathy, Beth, Patty and Ted. Ed had quadruple bypass about five years ago. He exercises regularly and weighs less than when they married. Sue has also endured health issues. Marylyn Walters Corey and Eugene sold their greenhouse business. They married after her freshman year and are celebrating 64 years! Four children, nine grandchildren, five great-grandchildren. Marylyn remembers Joan Wagner Tolbert whose granddaughter entered Hood this year. Janet Marra had retired as a child and family therapist and is happily active living in the North Carolina Mountains. Her biggest news is her marriage to Rita Newkirk who she has lived with for 36 years. Janet says it was an unexpected, great, emotional experience. Congratulations Janet, with fond memories of Margaret Rawson’s social work seminar! MidAugust was brightened by Peggy Patterson Sabiston’s letter. Peggy would love to hear from anyone who cares to write. She’s been widowed since 1995, has two sons, four grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, plus one great-great-grandchild. A conversation with Amalia “Molly” Heineman Lueder is always delightful. She’s enjoying living in Florida. A beautiful story from Catherine “Kay” Arrington Smith Kay wrote of earlier contacts with Didi Switzer. Kay worked in a Philadelphia jewelry store before marrying Bertrand Dean Smith, 2nd Lt. U.S. Naval Academy graduate, Class of 1953. They were born in the same town, high school sweethearts, and married in 1953. Dean was commissioned in the

Air Force. Parents of four sons: Stewart, a Washington, DC, architect; Christopher, an army special operations retired pilot decorated with the Silver Star; Matthew, a consultant to industry for fall protection; and Aaron, Army Res. Lt. Colonel pilot now assigned to the counter terrorism unit at the state department and also a county police officer. Kay is a grandmother of 15 and a great-grandmother of 13. In addition to being a wife, mother and homemaker, she taught history in a private school, then did some county commissioner work. Later she was an office manager for two family businesses. Dean passed away this year. Kay feels the blessing of having three sons live nearby so they may cope together with their loss. She devotedly tells us of their 61 years, with an eternity together in the next life. A touching postscript that Dean distinguished himself finishing his military career with the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Pentagon. Another great conversation from Marilyn Ogden Heath who is still involved in teaching, riding and dressage, despite a hip replacement. She and Al are also confronting downsizing.

1956 Muriel Chait Durbin, P’81 310-395-4389 msmuz@aol.com Katharine Crook Heidelbach In May I attended the graduation at Hood for my granddaughter Sarah Wagstaff who is fourth generation at Hood for our family. Sarah has moved from southern Virginia to Ellicott City where she has a teaching job at a day care center in Columbia. So nice to have her nearby. Her sister Amanda is on a Fullbright grant in Ireland. My son’s two daughters are both in college—Lindsay is a sophomore at Washington College on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, and her sister Bailey is a freshman at Wofford College in South Carolina. In August while we were at Bethany Beach, my daughter-in-law drove me up to Rehoboth Beach to attend a cocktail party to meet Hood’s new president. It was hard to say goodbye to Dr. Volpe, but Dr. Chapdelaine is charming, and I am sure will be a great addition to our College. In October Sarah and I went back to Hood to attend the first Legacy Brunch. It was very special, and we enjoyed being with my roommate Rebecca Eppers Byrd who drove down from Hanover, PA; Susan Peters Wirths; and Virginia Turnbull Hecklinger and her family. Hope to see many of you at our 60th reunion in June. Barbara Benchoff Miles writes that she is still living in Brooklyn. Husband Wes died in July after a two-year battle with prostate cancer. “We had 58 good years together beginning at Hood. I volunteer in the Brooklyn Museum in the archives department and have done it for 18 years. Great museum.” Two of her kids live in the metropolitan area, so I feel lucky to have their support. Barb’s younger son

lives in Charlotte, NC. Three grandchildren: 18, 16 and 4. Alison Malloch Curran just got back from California, where she visited her stepchildren and grandchildren and had a wonderful time. She saw Anne Lanoue Weber, her roommate at Hood for the first two years. It was great to get together even if it was for a short time. Had a good time seeing the grandkids and their friends, and they sure did put on a spread for Grandma Alison. Everyone seems to be in a good place in their lives. Mary McConnell Milheim and Irv are awaiting the results of a heart muscle biopsy to determine what kind of amyloid has taken up residence in her heart muscle. As a result, Mimi is in atrial fibrillation and has just overcome congestive heart failure by taking off 18 pounds of fluid, which was making breathing very difficult. Irv has been a fantastic caregiver during all of this. Other than that, the family is all well. Their oldest grandchild just graduated from Grove City College in May. She is finishing her CPA exams and has a job in Pittsburgh. Her sister graduates in three years in speech therapy at Indiana University of PA. Grandson George is a senior in mechanical engineering at Montana State, and his sister is a freshman at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA. Cynthia Sternberg Schein is happy in Venice, FL. She stopped singing in the St. Mark’s Episcopal Choir in order to devote more time to the Sun Coast Duo Piano Group. All family is well: Jim and Marti in San Francisco are busy with their shop of antique maps and books on Grant Street, see website scheinandschein.com, and they have a farm in Glen Ellen with another couple. Chris and Donna are in Annapolis, my old haunt, and Chris is president of HCM. Eldest son Rich and wife Sue are still at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. They have her only grandchildren, twins Betsy and Will who are freshmen in college. Cindy’s happiest news is that she just returned from a Hood College trip to Aix-en-Provence arranged by AHI travel. It rounds out her Hood European experience—as she was on the first Hood European Trip after WWII, led by Herb Heston and his wife, along with roommate BJ Harder and 15 others in the early 1950s. Evelyn Karsten Petrie is happy to be in Riverside, CA, for the past two years. Life is easy, good and fun. We have a beautiful church and lots of activities. Evie has one daughter and family that lives close by and teaches second grade; her other daughter and family live in Long Beach. Muriel Chait Durbin I had a wonderful trip to Cambodia in August, visiting Angkor Wat and then taking an AmaWaterways river cruise on the Mekong River. Once again, my family and I took part in the Komen 3 Day walk to raise money for a breast cancer cure—my son walked his 13th event and grandson, Alexander, his second. The rest of us crewed the event in Philadelphia. Don’t forget to start making plans to attend our Hood reunion June 10-12.

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1957 Molly Smith Sperandio 727-393-7446 mollymom76@gmail.com Barbara Thomas Yinger We’re now greatgrandparents for a second time with a girl born in March, joining great-grandson Callen who is 5. I represented our class with Sarah Bulin Hanson at the inauguration of Hood’s new president in October. We have a big trip planned for March 2016—flying to Rio, Brazil and cruising on the Amazon, stopping at other ports along South Africa for three weeks—a celebration of our 60th year of marriage. Other than that we’re just trying to keep the aches and pains of age under control. Carolyn Stevens Amstutz I traveled to Florida in March, where I saw Nancy Tressel Brown and Alice Riddle Metry at a Hood function in Naples. In August my family celebrated my upcoming birthday with a trip to Europe. I had a wonderful week at a villa in Southern France near the Mediterranean with both my daughters and my grandchildren, followed by five days in Italy with just one daughter and her family, the one who lives in England. On my birthday weekend, I spent one night in Cambridge, MA, with my Albany daughter and two days later spent the night in NYC with my England daughter who was there on business. I am now officially 80! I am still playing golf (poorly) and bridge and am currently on the search committee for a new minister for my church. Susan Winters Smith We moved from our house on Mercer Island where we lived for 52 years and raised all our children just 20 miles east to Issaquah, a nice little city where we already had doctors and shopping I preferred. Our younger son also lives here with his two young children, the youngest of our five grandchildren. We live in a retirement community with lots of activities. We live on the ground floor, so we have two patios with lots of flowers. We also were asked to fill the big tubs in the inner courtyard. We get many, many comments about our flowers and what we put in the tubs. Also being on the ground floor, we have a little dog we rescued from the Humane Society shelter in Yakima in eastern Washington. Our daughter Cyndy teaches 8th grade science and science for teachers in her educational district. Her daughter Aislinn our oldest granddaughter, is a senior at Western Washington University majoring in education, the fourth generation of teachers. Our son Steven and his wife just moved to Phoenix. Another son Chris lives here in Issaquah with his family. His son Christopher is 10 and in the 5th grade. His daughter Erica is 6 and in the 1st grade. Our younger daughter Liz has bought a house with her partner in Bow, a small community north of here. They have 11 acres, and she is busily gardening and maintaining her business as a massage therapist. Her older daughter Brynn just entered Evergreen College as a freshman, and her younger daughter is a

junior in Burlington High School. We are well for a couple of old folks, with the usual aches and pains, but nothing major so far. We go to water aerobics and exercise classes. I knit once a week with a group of friends. We call ourselves the KnitWits. Every week we have a showing of the TED talks on television, which I heartily recommend to anyone who doesn’t know them yet. I walk daily and keep busy. Alice Riddle Metry Our family, 14, ages 8 to 82, got together for 3.5 days on Mackinac Island in July. Only means of transportation on the island are horses or bikes or lots of walking. Good weather and all had a good time. Martha “Molly” Smith Sperandio I’m writing this column from my sister’s home in Willow Valley, PA—up here for our annual sisters/cousins’ reunion, and for me to enjoy the cool weather and see some of the trees in glorious color. I had lovely trips to Pennsylvania in April and June as well. Not much different in my life—happy to report no new surgeries, but as with most of us, arthritis is my constant companion. This report is a quick turn-around, so I am sorry that I will not be rewriting any of those who have not responded via email to my plea for news nor will I be able to call those who have no email addresses. For most of us this is our 80th year—enjoy the life with which we have been blessed. We are awesome!

1958 Marilyn Garis Kellow 262-334-5782 maggiehood1958@gmail.com Sue Brown Melech had back surgery this summer to relieve sciatic nerve leg pain— decompressive lumbar laminectomy. Sue and Bob had a short Road Scholar trip to learn about the Chesapeake Bay. They plan to be in St. Petersburg, FL, this winter from Feb. 1 until May 1. All of the Mellech Clan, including five grandsons, are doing well. Sara Lea Callaway Redmon had minor surgery in the spring, which resulted in bed rest—lots of reading and scrapbooking ... not a bad deal! Sue’s only sister passed away in June. She had been in a nursing home several years, and after 78 years of sharing memories, laughs and tears, the adjustment has not been easy. Sue and Bob are enjoying their granddaughter. Anne “Ricky” Merrick Vosti had no “stirring” news other than she is still somewhat sane and functional. Ken and Ricky still live in the same house on the campus at Stanford that they built in 1967. They have 12 grandchildren and now and one great-grandchild. Ricky said that somehow it really “hit home” when she realized that her daughter was now a GRANDMOTHER!!! The family is quite a group spread all over the map but still seem to like to “touch base” with Grandma and Grandpa. Carolyn Patton Meyer said they are finally downsizing. She had no news, but does enjoy reading what other classmates share. Polly Sherman Leigh was leaving for Long Beach, CA, for a week of activities with the National Society of Military

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Widows. When she returns, son John and his wife and son will be arriving to celebrate Hayden’s first birthday. It will be a reunion of sorts, since some of the cousins haven’t seen each other in 20 years. Polly still travels quite a bit, mostly between Honolulu and Milwaukee, by way of Vista, CA. She keeps active with water aerobics four mornings a week and golf on Thursdays. I had a pleasant phone conversation with Joan Enterline. She keeps busy with activities in her retirement community. Joanie and Jane Hollister Nicodemus were invited to represent our class at the inauguration of the new Hood president Oct. 17. Maggie Garis Kellow “Summer has been very quiet and enjoyable, but now Wisconsin gets ready for winter and a much slower pace. Three of my four grandchildren are back to college, and the youngest is already a high school sophomore. Where does the time go? I keep busy with volunteering, computer classes at the local tech school, condo board, church activities, water aerobics and walking. Anything to keep the brain stimulated and helps the body keep moving. Thanks to all of you who responded to my rather short notice for news. Please keep in touch at any time throughout the year, and I’ll try to keep updates on the class news website.”

1959 Anne Wilson Heuisler 410-377-5026 aheuisler@comcast.net The Blazer Brick for the Class of 1959 was installed in the plaza in June. Twenty-four classmates raised $1,350. Thanks to MaryLouise Trout Haddad for motivating us. We grieve the losses of eight classmates—full obituaries online: Sandra Barnum Nygaard, of Virginia Beach, is remembered as an artist, a businesswoman and world traveler. She met her husband of 58 years, Richard Nygaard, while singing in the Hood choir with the Naval Academy. Elizabeth Chinn Rossi of Gaithersburg, MD, earned her master’s degree in education from the University of Delaware and spent more than 40 years as a classroom teacher and reading specialist. Diana d’Elseaux Lowell died July 4 in Lancaster, PA, having spent her life as a tireless volunteer in addition to raising her children. Her most recent efforts were with the vision impaired and hospice. Jacqueline Gifford Miller died July 25 in Milton, GA, after a busy life as realtor and boutique owner. Carole Kenyon died April 5 after a career as a teacher and counselor in Brentwood, NH. Elizabeth Kuntz Held died Aug. 10 after a lengthy illness. Betsy’s husband, Richard Held, their two children and five grandchildren survive her. Susan Read Beebe earned her B.A. in journalism from the University of Michigan and worked as an editor in California until her marriage to Gary Beebe. She later earned teaching credentials and taught in elementary schools. Sue died in Oceanside, CA, Jan. 27. Melinda Thomson Mumma of Lancaster, PA, leaves behind her husband of

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57 years, Harvey Mumma, their children and grandchildren. She died June 27. OTHER NEWS Catherine Brooke Buckingham plans to attend her 60th high school reunion in Richmond, VA, and to visit her brother and Mary Faith West. Eleanor Brown Wheeler and Phil are looking forward to Thanksgiving with their family. Tarun Comegys Johns enjoys adventures aboard sailboats and exploring the continent from the Keys to Banff. Nancy Curran Crowely’s family celebrated three graduations this year and afterward enjoyed a relaxing week in Hawaii. Nancy Fletcher Artlett spent two months in the U.S. last summer. She traveled around Maine and joined high school classmates for their 60th reunion. At home in Australia, Frank, 94, is now in an aged care facility. Mary Ann Guild Simmons sent details from her fabulous 2015 world voyage on the Queen Mary: 35,000 miles, 40 ports of call, for four months! Go online to read her full account. Gayle Hamilton Blakeslee and Natalie Starr had a wonderful time in Provence with two friends, a rented house, a car, great food and wine. Edith Howard Hogan spends six months of the year in Bethany Beach, DE, and the rest in Washington, DC. She has traveled to Madrid and Mexico and enjoyed a culinary adventure in Sardinia. Edee represented the Class of 1959 at the inauguration of Hood’s new president, whom she had the pleasure of entertaining at Bethany last summer. Marcia King Wilke and Norm moved into assisted living in late July and are enjoying new freedom. Marcia has only one piano student and plans to play duets during the lunch hour in their dining room. Marcia expresses thanks to those who brought the forest fires under control in Washington, with one of the fires only nine miles away from the Wilkes. Judith Moreland Granger and Bob enjoyed a trip to Boothbay Harbor and Bar Harbor, ME, in September. She also visited her cousin Ethel Kintigh Spence ’62 in Salem, MA, a fun city. Joanne Peper Milnor is looking forward to the Greek Islands in November. At home in South Carolina, she continues to support the Long Bay Symphony and Brookgreen Gardens and the many cultural opportunities. Jeannette Phelps says she has “blessings to count.” She has dedicated her body to medical science. Myra Silberstein Goldgeier celebrated the holidays at home in Easton, MD, with friends. She and daughter Eileen spent two weeks together in Alaska in July. Mary-Lou Trout Haddad reports that one granddaughter is finishing her doctorate at Lehigh in chemistry, and her sister is a sophomore at Villanova. Her brother is a graduate of Albright. Another granddaughter is a senior at UVM, while her sister is a freshman at Syracuse. Anne Wilson Heuisler “This year I am tutoring in the writing center at Stevenson University—no preparation, no papers to grade! I suffered an ankle fracture after an Ambieninduced sleepwalking experience and falling down seven stairs. Beware! Don’t take Ambien! Count sheep!” Patricia Wever Knoll and Ron celebrated their 55th anniversary in Hawaii. Granddaughter Ryn Weaver is finding success as a pop singer.

1961 Katharine Baum Wolpe 212-677-5469 kwolpe@gmail.com Marty Kaiser Canner 410-747-0321 plcanner@juno.com Phyllis Allegretti Panico is living in a senior community, playing bridge and writing for a local monthly journal. She sponsors a regular first aid course for fellow residents. Katharine Baum Wolpe volunteers weekly at a food pantry at her church giving out fresh vegetables and fruit donated by a local farmers market. She remains busy with local democratic politics and escorting frail seniors to shopping and doctor’s appointments. She and friend Philip had a beautiful weekend in August with friends in rural Pottstown, PA. Sarah “Sally” Bennett Edwards is still working at a local newspaper, but her hours are flexible. She plays tennis two or three mornings a week and has the summer off. This past summer she took her family of 19 to Bermuda for a week. Her nine grandchildren are all involved in sports, and Sally enjoys watching the soccer games of the three who live nearby. Her husband, William, just had his second hip replacement, but is doing well. Ann Corderman Helton continues to work as the administrator at a UCC church, chairs the local CASA board and fundraises for the Harford Land Trust. She enjoys her great-granddaughter, her book club and her garden. Janice Dobbs Pedersen and husband Tom had a family reunion in Ocean City, NJ, with their daughters and grandchildren. Their daughter Katie’s oldest child is looking at colleges. Joyce Freedman Diamondstone is the proud grandmother of four grandsons. The oldest does IT training all over the world for his company. The next oldest is a mechanical engineer with Armstrong, the third just graduated from Penn State University and is an acoustic engineer and the youngest is a sophomore at Indiana University in Bloomington and is in the Soul Revue Music Group. Shirley Garrett Haley and husband Edward are selling their condo on the ocean in Rehoboth Beach and seeking new adventures. They spent a week in Nashville following the music, learning Tennessee history and observing a different cultural perspective. Carol Handwerk Ziegler enjoyed playing the organ for the alumni weekend chapel service last June. Carol and Barbara Sands ’65 spent a summer morning making jelly for their fall church bazaar. She and husband Jesse keep busy with eight great-grandchildren, gardening and maintaining 4.5 acres. Susan Kaehrle visited Christine Steere Lamb and her family in Maine for a few days in August. Marilyn King Jessen had a wonderful, two-week trip to Italy with her family this past summer. It was an intergenerational trip with Road Scholar. Hilda Koontz visited her son and daughter and their families in August. Her fifth grandchild is

expected in April 2016. Her Civil War speaking schedule is getting a lot of press coverage, especially by the Frederick News-Post. She and Spencer continue to enjoy re-enactment events in the mid-Atlantic region. Martha Miller Strickland went on a Quilt Cruise the first week of June with two “quilting buddies.” The group visited the Bahamas, St. Thomas and St. Maarten and sewed while at sea. Marty visited Carolyn Adams Sprinkle at Sunrise Senior Living in North Chesterfield, VA. Lyn is doing well and is happy to be living there. Her children live close by and visit often. Marty is expecting her first great-grandchild in December. Sandra Murphy Schmidt and husband Bob took a Great Lakes cruise in July. The trip extended from Providence, RI, to Chicago. Doretta Ruggles Allison spent a year painting murals for four reading oases that the Marietta Kiwanis Clubs and Scholastic Book Services have placed in the libraries of three elementary schools and a Boys and Girls Club. She is currently painting murals at a preschool for handicapped children. Her son’s oldest daughter received a grant to pursue her master’s degree at the University of Denver, and her younger sister is in the nursing program at Kennesaw State University. Janet Spaulding Nunn and husband Jack attended the International Balloon Festival in Albuquerque, NM, for the first time in the fall 2014. Dorothy Willis Rainwater has retired from nursing. She and husband Roger traveled to Quebec City and the Gaspe Peninsula this summer. Children and grandchildren came from California, Seattle and Alaska to visit them in Florida. She and Roger join the Clean the Beaches group frequently. Martha Kaiser Canner and husband Paul visited friends on the west coast in September and went to Lassen Volcanic National Park in California for the first time. Lassen has beautiful scenery and interesting geothermal features without the crowds of Yosemite or Yellowstone. Judy Arenson Friedman spent the summer in the Berkshires, going to arts and craft shows, theater festivals and Tanglewood. She’s back in NYC and just saw the musical “Hamilton” which she highly recommends. They’ll return to Florida in the spring.

1962 Sara “Sally” Zimmerman 813-971-8390 revsaraz@aol.com Marjorie Westergaard is trying to figure out the ins and outs of Facebook. “Gotta keep up with modern times,” she says. Jane Hoskins Bollman says, “I hate getting used to new technology—anyone else feel that way?” Jane reads a lot and recommends “The Boys in the Boat.” Lillian Detrick Blood recommends “Destiny of the Republic” by Candice Millard. Lillian and Janet McDougall met for an enjoyable lunch in NYC. Penny Misirian Mardoian hosted Nancy Turner Heckscher and Ben at her home in Maine

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this summer. Phoebe Adams Marshall visited her sister Shirley Adams Beheler ’56. Phoebe plays tennis four days a week and sings with a Masterworks Chorale and church choir. Elizabeth Davis Ackerman, in her 55th year of teaching piano, has 26 students, most favorite is her 8-year-old granddaughter, and is president of the Clark County, WA, National Federation of Music Clubs. She offers to show us around the Portland, OR, area. Barbara Arthur Pretzsch attended the Knit and Crochet Show in San Diego. She is a junior reviewer for the Crochet Guild of America master’s program. Judy Hammond Blatchford and Park traveled to South Africa and heard Patricia Chapple Wright ’66 give a talk on the lemurs of Madagascar. They also visited Peru, Chile and Easter Island. Regina Schlank Pyle successfully bid on a sevenday safari in Zulu Nyala, north of Durban, and then went on to London to visit friends. Martha Atkinson Meadows teaches parttime at Hood. She traveled to Provence with the Hood alum tour: “Excellent and beautiful. I encourage all to consider the next alum trip.” Susan Shinnick Hossfeld and Carl traveled to London and Scotland this summer with Jane Hoskins Bollman and Roger joining them in Scotland. Barbara Kirby Stewart and Paul headed west to see daughters and families, visiting Crystal Bridges, Monument Valley, San Diego and more. Elizabeth Pauley is engaged to Lou. They first met in 1959. Beth says, “Two years ago I read about the death of Lou’s wife in the county paper and sent him a note. We have been doing things together since.” Lynn MacDonough Morrow hosted her daughter’s wedding reception at her farm. Lynn says, “The 42-year-old bride and the 52-year-old groom were each making their first trip to the altar after 18 years of knowing each other.” Betty Appel Bailey and Tom celebrated their 50th anniversary in July and took a trip up the California coast. They enjoy the soccer games and swim meets of their three granddaughters. Marjorie Simmons Carlson reports activities of her nine grandkids. Highlights: Christopher passed the bar and works at the state’s attorney’s office in Charleston, WV; granddaughter Molly got married; Thomas went to Towson; Hannah will graduate next May from High Point University. Sarah Enos Karpowitz’s daughter Jennifer and her husband Steve have three children; Sarah’s son Jim and wife have two teenagers. Sarah goes to water aerobics regularly and is “working on staying healthy and productive.” Margo Friedman and Sidney’s daughter Dr. Lisa Miller’s book “The Spiritual Child: The New Science of Parenting for Health and Lifelong Thriving,” was published by St. Martin’s Press. Lisa has appeared on the Today Show and was interviewed on NPR. Marvia Slade Perreault’s daughter Melanie encouraged her parents to move to Salisbury, MD, to be near her. Then Melanie became provost at SUNY Buffalo and asked them to move to Buffalo. Marvia: “The idea of moving again is not on our bucket list.” Liz Decker Rogers reports a “challenging year.” Bill has Lewy body dementia

and is in memory care. Liz is recovering from an accident—fractured pelvis and humerus. She celebrated her 75th at a surprise birthday party hosted by her sons and daughters-inlaw. Linda Keyler White is helping her elderly mother have a peaceful ending to her 98 years of life and is very busy making decisions. Harriet “Rusty” Papst Hougland Rusty and Bill traveled to Portugal and Spain. Summer of 2015 she had two melanoma surgeries on her left shin. During the three months she sat with her leg elevated, she read 15 books. Judi Simonsen Ziobro describes herself as “a content woman, with a life full of love and good things: family, friends, music and great sunsets. Recently we enjoyed 20 dolphins playing with the raft we were pulling behind our boat.” Sunny Griffin recently wrote a chapter of a newly published book, which became a no. 1 best-seller. The book title is “One Crazy Broccoli—My Body is Smarter than My Disease.” Sara “Sally” Zimmerman “I regularly work out at the Y. Though retired, I continue to be active as a Unitarian Universalist minister.” Thanks to all who sent news.

1963 Dottie Snyder Engle 301-371-5170 dengle3699@aol.com Greetings Hood Sisters of ’63. Thanks for all your news. It seems we are at the traveling stage in life. Jane McCann Walsh has been a cruising gal. She and a friend did a riverboat cruise in Southern Europe and topped it off with a few days in Paris. She also cruised the British Isles, visiting major cities and spending some time in London. She also cruised from Barcelona to Lisbon with several-day stays on both ends. Go Girl! Ann Carpentar LindauMartin reported that her husband Roy Lindau died in 2009. She has married Jim Martin, and these two retirees are getting used to their move from New York to Lakewood Ranch, FL. They are looking forward to their upcoming trip to France and Italy. More trips from Verna Larson Lyons include a great one to New York to visit a cousin and attend a Buddhist wedding of a Tibetan friend, then on to Boston where they rented a car and drove all over Vermont, Montreal and Quebec City then back to the U.S. by way of Maine and New Hampshire. She and her husband also went to her niece’s wedding at Lake Tahoe and after visiting their son Matt in Redondo Beach, met up with son Tim and had a family reunion with their whole family at Squaw Valley while in the area for the wedding. Our class representative at the inauguration of Hood’s new president, Sally Schaeffer Morse, and Al, had a wonderful river cruise out of Amsterdam. She still spends lots of time doing church activities and helping with her grandchildren and their pets as she did recently while the parents took a trip. I love getting replies from Pat Taylor Santelli who always sends lots of news and is funny as heck. She never has a dull moment. They sold

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their sailboat and bought a cabin cruiser so she can get over to Connecticut where two of her children and five of her grandchildren live. They visited a lot of places along the coasts of Connecticut, Rhode Island and New York and spent some not-so-quiet time in beach bars. I wish I could tell details! Pat also had a brief visit at her home in Oyster Bay with Alix Rockwell Hill Jacobs, her partner in many Hood crimes, and a friend of Alix’s who lives in the Moroccan Atlas Mountains on an oasis. They had a tour of Teddy Roosevelt’s house, Sagamore Hill, the restoration of which cost $11 million. Pat is suffering from wanderlust and has a big list of places she must see, like I do, before time runs out. MaryVerdella Wagner Nelson and Paul spent a great deal of time at their cabin in Rangeley, ME, where their son, daughter and her husband and three boys descended on them whenever they could get away from their homes near Boston. They also spent their regular week at a condo on the Vineyard where they annually meet up with a lot of friends. Back in Boston, their visitors are nonstop. Bobbi Sterling Kemmerling is so excited because her oldest son is making her a great-grandmother come January. As for me, Dottie Snyder Engle, I’ve been a travel hog. In June daughter Robin and I flew into Denver, just missing Brenda Eklund Pearson and had a brief visit with Linda Myers Gray. After leaving the Grays, we drove to meet son Ryan for dinner. Then I drove Robin 3,000 miles around the Southwest visiting many national parks and other great places including Moab, Sedona and the U.S. Air Force Academy. In August Ron and I had our annual beach trip to the Outer Banks of North Carolina with four other couples, and in September he and I flew to Seattle and toured some of Washington and Oregon. We had a great dinner with a former next-door neighbor gal who lives in Newcastle, east of Seattle, and her whole family, who lived here, was there for a reunion. Cindy Klopp Butler and husband Keith had a great visit with us in September. Cindy said they had the best Canadian summer ever. She was able to spend time with her children and grandchildren. After visiting us, they went to Virginia and Pennsylvania. Our son moved back from Colorado to Maryland this fall, after 15 years and had nothing but bad luck with housing and jobs. The last blow was that his former live-in girlfriend of five years was killed in a motorcycle accident in Ohio in September. No wonder I dye my hair! I’m looking forward to seeing you at our house June 10, 2016. Let’s make it memorable!

1964 Barbara Maly Fish 919-688-9125 barb2fish@yahoo.com Returning from Hilton Head, SC, Ann McMillan Shuman was stranded in Charleston for two days during the historic rainstorm in September. “If you have to

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be stranded somewhere, Charleston is a great place,” she says. She saw Karen Kuechenmeister Lehrhaupt in early August at their 55th high school reunion in Pittsburgh and again in Hilton Head in late September. Christina Santangelo Blenke and husband Henry love to travel and try to go to a new place each year. This year’s destination was Sicily. The Blenkes have five grandchildren who visit often. “Cape Cod has continued to be a perfect retirement spot,” Chris says. “Our days are filled with lots of outdoor fun, kayaking, tennis, biking, and there are a slew of other retirees to play with here.” In March, the Blenkes get away from the cold in Marco Island, FL. Chris reconnected with Pamela Wallace Johnson through the Hood Magazine, and now they get together in Florida and in Massachusetts each year. Susan Sterner recently moved to Flagstaff, AZ, and is now much happier and livelier since she got a pacemaker. She was able to go to Tibet, Nepal and Bhutan in April. “It was truly fascinating,” she says. Elizabeth Speed Rich is a retired registered nurse from the Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville; husband Tom is a retired veterans administration social worker. Betsy keeps her hand in health care by volunteering at the Kalispell Regional Medical Center. She and Tom moved to Flathead County, MT, from Tennessee in 2002 in order to enjoy the benefits of living near a national park. They are the parents of Joseph, who works in international finance at HSBC in New York, and James, an actor, comedian and writer who lives with his wife, Maura, in Los Angeles. Tom and Betsy look forward to celebrating their 50th anniversary in November. Betsy says, “The older I get, the more I realize how blessed I have been my whole life. Hood College is certainly a part of that!” Carol “Kelly” Ebert Henderson is enjoying this “passage.” The three Henderson kids have produced five adorable grandchildren, ages 6-11. Kelly volunteers as a historic tour guide at Cairnwood and at the Cathedral in Bryn Athyn, PA. She is a member of Questers, teaches two French conversation classes, belongs to two book groups and practices yoga. In July 2016 they will celebrate their 50th anniversary. Kelly says, “I look back on our reunion with affection for all of you and appreciation to Hood for giving us such a good time that weekend and for a quality education.” Janet Riley Colburn is recovering from a bad auto accident “half a continent from home” and from breast cancer. She is mostly OK now. Bright lights in her life include her five grandchildren, two boys and three girls. Barbara Haun Morris wrote just as she was about to leave for New Hampshire and Vermont to enjoy the fall foliage. She enjoys living in Williamsburg, VA, and has now visited or lived in all 50 states. All signs of breast cancer are gone, so she feels great and is back to golf and swimming, plus being lots slimmer. Jo Ann Risser Moroz’s husband Pete retired from consulting for Moly-Cop in Chile in April, but they still need him, and October found them back in Santiago. Pete

and Jo Ann enjoy living in Las Vegas, where their children and three grandchildren live. Daughter Debbie teaches high school and junior college math; daughter-in-law Chary is a special-ed teacher; and son Drew is a computer programmer. Jo Ann and Pete volunteer at a local food bank where she does demonstrations and nutrition classes, while he oversees the food distribution. Jo Ann had a good visit with Marylou Herrmann Foley in August when Marylou came to Las Vegas for a convention. Judith Coombs Creighton is in the process of downsizing and selling their house. She finds that it is far easier to get rid of her own stuff than the treasures handed down from her mother. Soon she will enjoy a mini reunion with Eloise Varney Rauth and Susan Sterner. Judi’s son, Alex, is an orthopedic surgeon at the University of North Carolina. Occasionally she spots him on TV when he rushes to care for an injured player. Diane McKay Nuner is walking pain free after a hip replacement in February. The Nuner’s celebrated their 50th anniversary on a cruise to Alaska. She and Jim love the sunny Southwest and their home in Deming, NM, but next summer they plan to make a long RV trip to Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, Michigan and South Dakota. At the end of that trip, they will have visited 48 of the 50 states.

to buy/sell/rent near Washington/Baltimore/ Annapolis, give me a call or text. There are still some great buys out there.” Marion “Meg” Griffis Hadley has lived in the smallest state capitol—Montpelier, VT—since 1970. During those 45 years she raised three great sons who are all engineers: one a software engineer, another a mechanical engineer and the third a geological engineer. Meg, retired from a long career as a high school history teacher, and her husband, retired from the federal government, enjoy traveling to faraway places. HannahJane Hurlburt did attend the reunion but wrote to report on classmate Sandy Hickman

1965 Catherine Beyer Meredith 410-252-1947 alto1cat@aol.com Emily Kilby 443-485-7443 erksome44@verizon.net Catching up with some of the reunion noshows brought in news from classmates around the country and beyond. Nancy Diefenbach Pearce assures us that she is alive and well and still living in Ocean Pines, MD—11 years now. But in early October she was writing from the South Pacific where she and Lew were on a 28-day cruise from San Francisco to Hawaii, French Polynesia, American Samoa, New Zealand and Australia. “Since the 45th reunion we have been on two African safaris (South Africa in 2010 and Namibia in 2013), visited Egypt (Cairo and down the Nile in 2010) and done some other cruising,” Nancy wrote. “In between I had a partial mastectomy for stage 2 breast cancer, along with chemotherapy and radiation. I didn’t suffer any horrible side effects from the various treatments and only cut back a bit on my volunteer activities. I send best wishes for good health and happiness to all of our classmates.” Beverly Jones Gibson reported that son Barry now has two sons, Carter, 6, and Zach, 2.5, and that daughter Courtney is slowly recovering from her automobile accident that had kept Bev in Richmond almost three weeks last spring, causing her to miss the reunion. “I’m still hawking properties with Long & Foster in Crofton, MD,” Bev wrote. “Anyone looking

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Lee who couldn’t join our festivities due to a family wedding in Colorado. While there she had dinner with Carol Matthews Smith, of Boulder, for a minireunion of their own. Sandy splits her time between homes in Kennett Square, PA, and Sun Valley, ID, depending on the season and musical and family events. Additionally, since retirement, she has taken up teaching knitting on the Crystal Cruise Line. In that capacity, she and husband Pete have traveled to Singapore, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Italy, England, Canada and the northeast US. Joan Joice Taylor and husband Rufus also enjoy a mountain retreat in Idaho, where they frequently go to escape the summer heat in their hometown of Henderson, NV, and in winter to enjoy riding snow machines. Joan gave up skiing after hip and knee replacements, but she still loves swimming and walking for exercise. This summer son Charles and his family and son-in-law Ken and youngest grandson Luke joined the Taylors in Idaho, but daughter Cathy, a career military officer, was in Iraq with the 82nd Airborne Division. Kathryn Kahn Rusk wrote, “so sorry I didn’t make it to the reunion! The Sunday before, I was diagnosed with double pneumonia and I hadn’t even had a cold for five years!” Now recovered in Kirkland, WA, Kathy is within driving distance of her three children and seven wonderful grandchildren, ages 6 to 16. She works four or five days a month as a nutritional consultant, a health coach and quality control for health facilities. “I love working on my time,” she wrote. “I’ll be going to France this month, to Italy in April, to my childrens’ homes and to the next reunion!” Susan Nau Steidl attended Hood for just her freshman year with Maureen “Mimi” Flynn as her roommate and then transferred to the University of Florida to study nursing. After graduating in 1965 with a B.S. in nursing, “I returned to my hometown of Cincinnati, where I married my childhood sweetheart, Jerry. There, I practiced intensive-care nursing and taught ER nursing at a local hospital. From Cincinnati, we moved to Mansfield, OH, where we lived for seven years. Finally we moved to Orlando, where I worked with a large hospital system for 35 years and retired from administration in 2013. Jerry is a minister, and we have three terrific children—two daughters and a son— and five grandchildren. We now live in The Villages, FL, and I still do special project work for the hospital in Orlando to keep a few brain cells active!

1966 Dianne Beebe Barske 907-346-3167 dielbarske@gci.net Our 50th class reunion is coming up June 9-12! I am turning over most of this class news column to our reunion chair, Ginny Wheeler Jones, and the reunion committee, with hopes that a great many of us will be back on campus for this landmark event. Before I do that, I’m sharing happy news of summer visitors here in Alaska from our class. In June husband Elliott

and I had breakfast with Anna Buhr Cole and her husband Miles in Anchorage from their home in Baltimore, their second visit here. Since Anna retired three years ago, she and Miles have become world travelers. In June we had lunch with Terri Petrillo Connolly and her husband Frank traveling with another couple from their Connecticut home to Alaska. They took the Inside Passage Cruise along the Alaska coastline, and Terri reports, “It was wonderful. The glaciers are magnificent.” An emailed note came from Josephine “Kandy” Kiefaber-Higinbotam. Kandy and husband Randy are living in Lexington, VA, where she continues to work as a substitute teacher. She reports that her Hood roommate, Cheryl Carlson Peyton, has recently published a third book in her Alex Trotter mystery series, “Murder in Margaritaville.” Fun to keep up with classmates? Then please plan to come to our June reunion. Here is our chair, Ginny’s, reunion planning update. Virginia Wheeler Jones Dear ’66 Classmates: Our 50th class reunion is fast approaching! How can that be possible? Wasn’t it just our 25th reunion when we came to campus in our signature YELLOW, displayed in our shirts and memorable balloons?! Our reunion committee and the Hood staff have already been hard at work planning a wonderful weekend of fun from June 9-12. We hope everyone has gotten information already from both the college and a personal note from a classmate—all encouraging YOU to come! All of our committee has had the pleasure of being on campus recently, and we can tell you it is both a beautiful and exciting place! Spring was always a lovely time on campus, and this year promises to be especially so as you look at it with eyes filled with 50 years of memories and see the positive changes of the present. Excitement comes with a new president, amazing classroom facilities and new technology, mixed with the excitement you will have of seeing college friends again! We encourage you to come early and stay late! Our initial class gathering Thursday evening should be great fun to begin our time together, to chat and catch up with each other, spouses and partners. Friday’s “Maryland” dinner, featuring some yummy crab items, was a huge hit in its reunion debut last year! Our Saturday luncheon and special sit-down dinner should both be highlights of our weekend together! Sunday includes our favorite Strawberry Breakfast, complete with ice cream! Our weekend comes to a close with the Chapel Service, which will include a memorial piece for our deceased classmates. You will be hearing more details from both the college and our reunion committee chairs in the months to come. Hood will send registration materials in April. Our busy committee members are chairing various aspects of our reunion as follows: Fundraising Chair Sarah Bruce; assisting fundraising is Judy Messina; Commemorative Booklet Chair Patricia Vozar Bailey; Chapel Service Chair Susan Worth Fiala. You will be hearing more from each chair with information AND ways to be involved in OUR reunion! We are hoping to exceed an appropriate 66 percent

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participation rate in giving toward our class reunion gift, regardless of the amount. We also hope to exceed an appropriate amount of $66,000 as our class 50th reunion gift. Sarah, fundraising chair, also reminds everyone to look into “matching gifts.” Pat will be collecting photos and items from our days at Hood for the “Memories” section of our commemorative booklet, so look for those special photos among your saved college treasures! Susan is looking for assistance with the chapel service led by our class. Please let her know if you would like to help, participate, speak, etc. Remember Shriner Hall is available for your on-campus stay. Come and relive some of that fun dorm life again with classmates. Also, the nearby Hampton Inn on Opossumtown Pike is available, as well as other hotels, for your stay. PLEASE come and be part of this very special time! Our 50th reunion IS a BIG deal … and a great time to reunite with Hood ’66 classmates! I am excited! Looking forward to seeing each of you.

1967 Patricia Rosner Kearns kearns.patricia@gmail.com Deborah Aldrich says she loves to read about our classmates and is having a good year. “I’ve just lost some major weight and feel so much better. Walking every day in beautiful Newburyport. Coming up on the five-year mark breast cancer free which is great. My daughter just went through a much more difficult bout with it. I added two wonderful kittens, Jethro and Findlay McDoodle, to my cat house.” Gail Witham Pohl writes: “In May, we took a wonderful cruise on the Elbe River going from Berlin to Prague, and in July we took a driving trip through some of western U.S. and Canada, over 5,000 miles. We’re still involved in square dancing and volunteer work, and I lead a Bible study group. The grandchild count is now 20. We are blessed!” Johanna Van Wert Thompson says, “turning 70 has been great fun with a family Caribbean cruise; there were 22 of us! Michael and I are very active in Bruton Parish and working with the homeless. We even have a therapy dog, and Michael takes him to a retirement home as well as a women’s shelter, to interact with the residents. One thing that has come to fruition in this 70th year is a scholarship at Hood which my two sisters, Punkie Van Wert VanAs ’69, and Susie Van Wert Loustaunau ’72, and I have established.” The Virginia Munson Hammell ’67 Trading Room was constructed in Rosenstock Hall over the summer and is now open for classroom use. Kristina Campbell Joyce says she is planning to stay in their house in Massachusetts for life if possible, so did some work around the place this summer. “Our grandchildren Emma, 13, and Ryan, 11, are growing up fast. Our daughter is a teacher in Boston so we see her often. BJ and I traveled to Iceland and Greenland for my art and teaching—Artic Art theme and that was an adventure. BJ is still in the family business

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for printing and drafting supplies and is happy working as I am too.” Ruth Conger Crespi “I had a nice visit from Susan Starr Bracken, who was traveling back to North Carolina after a month in the northeast. While she was here we joined Cynthia Newby for lunch. I see my cousin Mary Starr Smith Adams ’54 from time to time at her home in Newtown, CT. I look forward to visiting Kristin Muller, M.S.’14 this fall at her studio in Dingman’s Ferry, PA. Kristin was a ceramics student of mine at SCSU many years ago. ... My daughter, Louisa, has been living and working in Tokyo for the past 14 years. Daughter Jodie is a chiropractor in Davidson, NC. She and husband Mike Silver have two children. Son Scott, his wife Becky and their three children live near me in West Hartford. They are both chemical engineers. Life is good.” Ann Goodhart and husband Jim Delgado just returned from a cruise in the Canadian Arctic and along the coast of Greenland. It was an amazing experience full of dramatic landscapes, cold and ice, warm local people and not much wildlife. Marjorie Mumma Ohman and family have been in their Arlington, VA, house 37 years now. The only message she has is—I hope all who can, will come back to Hood for our 50th reunion. The campus never looked lovelier, and there are so many new developments in the college curriculum. Sometimes I half-wish I could go back again and study something new there now. It is always a pleasure to return. Patricia Rosner Kearns “Finally, your class reporter has transitioned once again. I spent the winter in Connecticut taking care of my mother who passed away in March at 90. In June I joined a small local nonprofit as executive director near my home focused on getting homeless families out of shelters and into permanent homes earning a living wage. The kids continue to fly the coup. Oldest son Josh moved to Sonoma County but still works in DC; youngest son Neil moved to Louisville, KY, and son Max is still in north Georgia. Grandkid count is four, three boys and a girl, and I don’t get to see them enough!”

1968 Sharon Burns Walsh 410-749-0426 sharon.walsh68@gmail.com The Class of 1968 is still out there making its mark on the world, but many are definitely taking life a bit more slowly. For my first time in the class columnist role, I emailed classmates whose maiden names started with the letters A through H, so if you didn’t hear from me, then Hood doesn’t have a correct email for you. Please send that information to Hood, and I’ll be sure to contact you for another column. Several who responded sent thanks to Linda Search Atack for loyally serving as class reporter for the last several years. Linda was one of the first to answer my email and says that she retired from child welfare at the end of July and is enjoying a much-needed rest and recharge. She is now turning her

attention to major house repairs due to a water pipe leak that she hopes to complete by January. Then she plans to work part-time with teenagers aging out of foster care. Her three grandsons are now 9, 5 and 2 and so much fun to spoil. Two live in the Chapel Hill area and the youngest in northern Virginia. She has been in touch with former roommates Mary Kay Noren and Amy Rosenberg Cornblatt. Mary Kay and Don have sold their home in Easton, MD, and are moving to a South Carolina island. They continue to have sailing adventures that “sound like a travelogue.” Amy and Marc moved last fall from Philadelphia to the Boston area, which is where Amy grew up. Linda adds that the common theme for the three former roommates seems to be “sorting and editing” the accumulation of all the “stuff” they’ve acquired through the years. Rosemarie Dempsey Curlett reports that she is still working as the county coordinator at the Amy Lynn Ferris Adult Activity Center in Chestertown, MD, where she has been for 27 years. After a move five years ago closer to Chestertown, John has plenty of ground for his garden. They have one granddaughter, 21 years old, and two grandsons, who are 8 and 11. She stays in touch with Jane Walters Jasper who lives in upstate New York. Sharyn Duffy says she doesn’t have any kids or even a trophy husband but still has two horses. In 2014 her 30-year-old horse that she had for 27 years died, which was a terrible loss for her. His replacement from Wisconsin arrived at the end of September after a search she characterized as an “adventure worthy of a short story.” She is hoping he gets along with her mare who “gets to be a cougar.” She also reports with thankfulness that she has completed six years of treating her multiple myeloma holistically and without chemo. Carol Fogler is hoping to provide information and inspiration to young women when they consider career options. She funded the placement of a copy of “Finding Justice” in every public high school in Maryland. It’s a history of women lawyers in Maryland since 1642. It was published in association with the Maryland Women’s Bar Association Foundation and the University of Baltimore Foundation. Carol still lives in Columbia, MD. Living less than an hour from me (Sharon Burns Walsh) in Selbyville, DE, Mary “Rita” Rous Hollada wrote that she and Larry are still working but have reduced their schedule to allow a little more discretionary time. They will be married 50 years in December and will celebrate by spending a month next spring in Scotland. She adds that doesn’t make her feel as old as the fact that her oldest grandson was married in October 2015. Rita and I are planning a Hollada-Walsh minireunion before the holidays. Still professionally active, Phyllis Gimbel (Schnitman) was promoted to full professor in June 2015 and published a book on school leadership in October 2013. Her husband is on the faculty of Harvard School of Dental Medicine and has a private practice in implants in Wellesley Hills, MA, where they live. They also have a home and 88 acres in

southern Vermont where they spend a lot of time with their children and five grandchildren. As usual, our class overachieved—this time it was in sending news. I have included items this time in the order I received them. Because the class columns are limited in length, I regret that I cannot share news sent by Carol Huntington, Beverly Thompson Gardner, Cheryl Bonynge Harker, and Sandy Deemer Harra. You can look forward to hearing all about them and others next time. No more empty columns for THIS class, I promise.

1969 Sayre Roney Steere 850-233-0238 sayre1126@gmail.com Patricia Etzel Parker has completed her two-year stint as a district director within the Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland. She is an active master gardener and daffodil judge. She often sees Ellen Kiel. Linda Israel Lamm and husband are enjoying retirement, visiting other alumni in Bethany Beach, DE, and recently hosted Mary “Sam” Ryan Reeves ’70. The Lamms have traveled to Spain, Columbia, El Salvador and Ecuador. Jill Stanley’s daughter is now an ordained cantor in Deerfield, IL. Jill and Adam went on a square-dancing cruise down the panhandle of Alaska—Elizabeth “Betsy” Seele Gotta was one of the callers! Martha Silcox Hankins continues to teach at the Odyssey School for children with dyslexia, while helping her husband with Shiloh Pottery, and raising sheep, alpacas, peacocks and goats. In September Martha Mulford Gray, Nancy Roe Hebdon and Meredith Owen Atkinson attended the memorial service for Linda Stockdale Warren in Point Pleasant, NJ. Linda was a part of a minireunion group consisting of Marty, Nancy, Sandra Jung Vrem, Nancy vom Eigen Rasmussen, and Linda Walls Bradley ’70. They have ordered a Blazer Brick in her memory. Virginia Monaco Hatfield recently coordinated a fivegenerational family reunion in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. She and her husband enjoy escaping to their vacation home on Lake Tahoe and off to Maui in September. Linda Richards McKnight Hoover married David, an infectious disease doctor in March with Susie Holtzmann Richardson in attendance. Linda and David each have a daughter. Over the summer they traveled to the Congo and Indonesia. Linda and Susie met up again in San Francisco to introduce their grandchildren. After a 46-year career with United Airlines, Deborah Dick Holbert retired on Sept. 29. In addition to managing her husband’s psychiatry office, Kathryn White Lucas is a docent at the University of Missouri’s Museum of Art and Archaeology. She has three children and three granddaughters. Daughter Marya, an attorney, is also a published author of a children’s book dealing with the Chicago Fire. Sarah Jane Snyder Raffety enjoyed her 50th high school reunion, and in October welcomed home all three of her children—together for the first time

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since 2011. Shahrnaz Safavi Martin checked in from Santa Barbara, CA, where she and her husband have lived since 2012. Prior to that they were in Vancouver, Houston, New Hampshire, the Netherlands and most recently Zurich, Switzerland. Daughter Mitra runs a Tango School in LA; Melika is a corporate lawyer and mother of Naz’s grandson; son Darius teaches at the American University of Beirut. Susan Oliver Schneider earned her education degree from BU and has taught in Marblehead, MA, for decades—currently first grade where she designs STEM projects. From mid-April to Thanksgiving she runs sailing races. Patricia Warren Carlson continues to shepherd doctoral students through their dissertations and teaches a course or two in educational leadership at Delaware State University. Her main passion however is golf—plays almost daily, weather permitting and is helping her 6-year-old granddaughter learn the game. A golfing vacation to Punta Cana in December was planned. Jean Winn Swan’s husband, a retired dentist, volunteers his services to poor villagers in Vietnam. Jean traveled to Qatar in May as daughter Carolyn, an archaeologist, welcomed baby Hannah. Newly engaged son Matt is a Marine officer. Daughter Kate and family—Josephine, 5, and James, 2—live nearby. Jean has written and illustrated a book that is about to be published. Twin Joan Winn Horman joined Jean at their 50th reunion in Maine. Joanne Ingoldsby Peters spent the summer recovering from foot surgery, but now is back to playing golf. Donna Holst Carr and husband live in Mt. Airy, MD. Though retired from teaching, she continues to substitute. Son Ben and wife live in New Jersey; daughter Meredith and husband are in Frederick. Cynthia Kannapel Weiss welcomed granddaughter Amelia—daughter of Charles, sister of Will and cousin of Bree—in July. The whole family joined Cindy and Glenn for a Cape Cod vacation in August. Dave and I, Sayre Roney Steere, lived out of suitcases much of the summer. First came a two-week cruise through Northern Europe in June— loved Stockholm and Oslo; in July it was off to Seattle to see our three granddaughters, then

drop by Palo Alto, CA, for a visit with Doris; in August met up with Karol Bedyk Strang in North East, MD, for our 50th reunion. Finally I must “plug” a book, “The Libyan,” written by our own Esther Kofod Whitfield. It’s a memoir of her married life in Libya under Gaddafi’s dictatorship. Her story will captivate you.

1970 Karin Ninesling Infuso 910-400-5137 kinfuso@aol.com Nancy Schneider Alder volunteers at a local hospital, church and nursing home and sees her five grandchildren as often as possible. Her daughter recently was married on the beach with perfect weather. For Marj Menchey Bernstein, the highlight of the summer was an Alaskan cruise with her partner and his family. After the cruise they took the “breathtaking” Rocky Mountaineer train across Canada. Marj will travel to Naples, FL, in January for a Hood event and attended Andrea Chapdelaine’s inauguration. Ada Karen Blair and her husband, a long-time Minnesota Twins fan, visited Minneapolis, MN; seeing the new Twins stadium was on her husband’s bucket list. Kari was busy selling a house in North Carolina and will close this fall. Kari lives 30 minutes from Karin Ninesling Infuso and enjoys seeing Karin’s daughter and grandson. Marianne Clark Cordyack reported on the reunion of her Hood friends Joanna “Dody” Corey Crutchley, Marianne Fisher O’Meara, Veronica George Freiberger and Susan Pendell Johnson at Carolyn Johnson Houze’s home in Cody, WY. The group started meeting in 1996 and planned to meet every five years. But the reunions, filled with talking, shopping, eating and sightseeing, became an annual event in 2012. This year’s reunion included Yellowstone National Park, since Lynn’s house is only 53 miles east of the park. Vickie Smith Diaz loves retirement and spends 5-6 months in Florida enjoying outdoor activities and shell collecting. Lauren Frankel still runs her consulting firm working

largely with nonprofits. She is active in Planned Parenthood of Pasadena and completed three years as board chair. Her daughter Elizabeth is married and lives in Minneapolis, which allows Lauren to explore the Twin Cities. Lauren was sorry to miss our reunion, but she was visiting Martha Herbert Bounoure and her husband in Nimes, France. They also spent a few days in Barcelona, Spain. Myra Holsinger visited Elaine Hubert and her husband in South Burlington, VT, and enjoyed the view of Lake Champlain and the Adirondack Mountains. Denise Howard Mason reports that she is still working full time but also travels with her sister Donna-Sue Howard ’74. In July they spent three weeks in the Black Hills and the Badlands. Denise visited Pine Ridge Reservation and met with several descendants of Chief Red Cloud. Denise received veterans’ recognition at Mount Rushmore with a female Army veteran who served in Iraq. Denise hiked around Devil’s Tower and participated in a dinosaur dig. Her sister made a significant find and is recorded as the finder. Karin Ninesling Infuso and her family took a trip to southern California that included Los Angeles, a short cruise to Mexico and the Pacific Surfliner train to San Diego. They visited a college friend of her husband, whom he had not seen in 46 years. They planned to visit Mount Rushmore, Yellowstone and Grand Teton but canceled the trip because their first grandchild arrived six weeks early. After two worrisome weeks, mother and baby boy are fine. Margaret Muncie traveled to New Mexico with her husband to visit friends from his college days at Miami University of Ohio. They will take a trip to Amsterdam and a tulip time river cruise next April. Peggy fondly remembers our reunion; when she looks at the photo book we gave her, she is reminded that she had “great classmates at Hood.” Pamela Nesbit and her husband continue their anti-bullying program at a school in Wisconsin. She is inspired by the students and states the work is “life changing.” In May, Marianne Fisher O’Meara also became a grandmother to a baby boy and loves the grandparent experience. Anne Parkin Pierpont mentioned our reunion and

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is amazed that none of us ever “really age.” After 26 years, she still works at Stuart Day School in New Jersey where she runs the after-school, summer and auxiliary programs. Her husband’s health has declined, and Anne works hard to balance his needs with her own. Anne’s daughter is a freelance film producer. Anne thanks the classmates who attended the reunion with special thanks to Marj Menchey Bernstein for hosting a lovely reception and to Mary “Sam” Ryan Reeves and Marj who are “the glue that keeps us together.” In July, Sam became a grandmother to a baby girl. She attended a Hood gathering in Rehoboth Beach, DE, hosted by Linda Allan and saw Ellen Sands Smith there. Ellen Sacks and her husband visited Sam at her beach house in South Bethany Beach, DE. Thank you to the classmates who sent information for this column.

1971 Mary McMunigal Burland 610-733-4009 mburl5@verizon.net Mindy Laighton Wilcox 619.462.6230 mlwilcox3@gmail.com Nancy Ludder Koberlein retired in May 2014 as a family nurse practitioner at a rural community health center. Since that time she and her husband have been doing a lot of traveling. The day after she retired they left in their motorhome for a two-month trip out west. In November 2014 they took a cruise to Antarctica and this past summer they took another two-month motorhome trip to the Canadian Rockies. They have now become snowbirds, spending the winter months traveling around Florida. They also enjoy visiting their daughter Alice who lives in Alexandria, VA, and works in DC. Catherine Moon McClure sent a wonderful letter to catch up. After graduation she spent two and a half years in Botswana with the Peace Corps followed by six months of travel through Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Japan before returning home in the fall of 1977. She then taught social studies in Vermont and New Hampshire, then worked as a reading specialist in junior and senior high schools. Her favorite job, principal in a K-3 elementary school in Hopkinton, NH, followed that. The last 15 years of her career were spent as assistant superintendent in Manchester, NH, and then superintendent of schools first in Litchfield, NH, and then Bennington, VT, where she retired a little over a year ago. Cathy’s daughter Jennifer is a registered nurse midwife at a hospital in the Seattle area. Cathy and her second husband Steve enjoy hiking, snowshoeing and cross-country skiing. She stays in touch with Elizabeth Ziegler who lives in Plainfield, VT, and they plan to travel down to Frederick for our 45th reunion. Mindy Laighton Wilcox and husband Bill flew their small plane from San Diego to Brunswick,

ME, to attend an airplane convention this past July. They spent four weeks traveling out and back and stopped to visit Elizabeth Cooper Pizzolato, Alice Paul McGinnis and Carol McVey Burke ’72 along the way. Nancy Loader Calabretta and Anthony visited her Hood roomie Susan Montag Wood and husband Peter in Australia in September 2014. They had many adventures ranging from farm sitting on a real farm to snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef. After several weeks of traveling around Australia, they returned to Sydney and spent their last week with Sue and Peter at their condo in Wollongong. Nan retired as assistant director of the Medical Library at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University in April 2015 after 42 years working as a medical librarian. Her retirement began with a 21-day trip to Greece and Turkey! They were able to spend two weeks with their entire family in the Outer Banks, NC, in September and are looking forward to a three-week trip to Costa Rica in January 2016. Frances Heck Darrow and Bill have retired and are living in Vienna, VA. Bill retired as an engineer for the government about seven years ago and returned to work about three weeks later as a consultant working with the same government people. Fran is working as a preschool teaching assistant three days a week. Fran enjoys her book club, knitting group and her water aerobics class. They enjoy traveling and spending time at their condo in Rehoboth Beach, DE. Their daughter Beth and her Australian husband Rob live in Wilmington, NC, with sons Ian and Tristan. Rob is an assistant professor at UNC-Wilmington, and Beth is preparing for her Ph.D. dissertation. Fran’s son Tom is in his 11th year teaching high school history in Manassas, VA, and is working on his second master’s degree. He and his fiancee, who is a psychologist for the Army, will be married in May. Mindy and I hope you are enjoying our columns, but we need some help. We have discovered that many of the email addresses that we receive from the college are incorrect so we are asking you to make sure Hood has your current email address so we can contact you for your news. We hope to see many of you at our 45th reunion June 1012, 2016.

1973 Sara “Sally” Parkhurst Van Why 814-623-1557 sallyvanwhy@gmail.com I started the last Hood column with a quote about the importance of our college friends. Continuing with that theme, I asked through email for comments. Donna Simmons Maneely wrote that her Hood friendships are still important to her and ongoing 40plus years after graduation. She treasures sharing birthday and Christmas greetings and a few emails between close classmates and enjoyable outings several times a year with another dear local Hood friend from the Class

of 1968. “Whenever we are lucky enough to be in touch, I feel like a happy girl of age 21 again as all these easygoing uplifting friendships are refreshed. Time has not stopped the Hood bonds of caring and friendship.” Lorraine Sharp Kish shared that a group of her Hood friends try to keep in touch regularly through email and social media. Some even snail mail birthday and Christmas cards to each other. They are always in each other’s thoughts. Ann Jones just had an hour-long phone conversation with Patricia Funari Bevacqua. Ann is so grateful for their friendship and even though they don’t see each other very often, they love to connect. They shared special memories of dad and daughter weekends. My roommate Katherine Nixdorff Wilson loves seeing folks at the reunions some 40 years after we all started together in 1969, sending birthday cards to each other through our 30s, 40s, 50s and now 60s, plus seeing classmates when they attend other events such as when a whole bus load who came from Frederick to support Marcia Coyle DiBiagio for a Hood book signing in DC. She also has monthly lunches with Marcia, occasional lunches with Deborah Christ Zourdos when she is not down south playing golf and encounters with Charlie on the train from Baltimore to DC. All of this means the connections are still there and very meaningful. Charlotte Miller Ponticelli says her Hood friendships and memories of those friendships have been a constant source of joy in her life. What she loved about Hood was the ability to move among various groups and really enjoy the patchwork of friends who might unexpectedly emerge from one day to the next. She is so glad she has had the chance to attend every single one of our class reunions! She says it’s true we tend to have a pretty small turnout, but at every single reunion, there’s that old patchwork of friends, some we were very close to while at Hood and others we hardly knew at all. All it takes is a couple of us coming together to talk about the “remember whens.” The years melt away, the friendships endure ... and somehow there we are, in microcosm: The Class of ’73! I, Sally Parkhurst Van Why, am part of a group that has been writing a round robin chain letter since we graduated. Patricia Suydam Ritter says that she believes that some of the friendships that she made at Hood still exist today due to our chain letter. “It’s so easy to let things slide, but when you have made a promise to six others to keep the letter moving around so that you’ll get it back with new info within six months—you keep it going. This friendship is so special because we are all the same age and have all been through many different stages of life—both the good and the bad and have been able to share, support and celebrate with each other through them. It’s a privilege and an honor to be part of such a caring group of people.” Anntoinette Lucia sums up all these comments by expressing how she treasures her Hood friendships. “Whether it is through minireunions, dinners, letters, birthday cards or email, there is something wonderful about having women

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in your life who “knew you when.” Nothing compares to sharing a laugh or reminiscing about the old times, some better than others. What is especially wonderful is how our relationships have morphed over the years. We can credit those bonds that formed all those years ago for the loving and supportive friendships we have today.” I also treasure my friendships from our Hood days and new ones that have developed since I started writing this column. If anyone else has friendship stories you would like to share, please send them to me for the next column.

1974 Sally Johnson Leland 207-865-0280 sallyleland@sbcglobal.net For those of you on my email list, you have already learned of the unexpected and sad news of Ken Beem’s—husband of Barbara Miller Beem—passing in June. Barbara met Ken through Guy Gray. Prior to Hood Guy was a student at Montgomery College serving as a lab assistant to one handsome, strapping professor of geology, Ken Beem. Guy made the introductions happen, and the rest has been their history. For 23 of their 40 years Ken and Barbara shared a byline and were regular contributors to “Antique Week” and “New England Antiques Journal.” They enjoyed writing about antiques, collecting antiques and loved researching and writing about historic property features while being hosted at lovely inns and restaurants and touring back of the house/ behind-the-scenes places. Barbara continues to write, but her editor Ken is terribly missed! Ken leaves behind daughter Katherine McKerrow and three grandchildren, Ruby, Marigold and Roland. Barbara and her mom are finding the 86-year-old Catonsville home with 14 rooms overwhelming. It is on the market and hopefully will have sold by the time this goes to print. Let us know where you are Barbara! We wish you strength. May the many wonderful memories you shared with Ken sustain you. Victoria Raeburn Benton, along with husband Leigh, sent a quick note wishing everyone a wonderful holiday. Leigh was diagnosed in June with a major blood infection. A leaky appendix was the cause ... so surgery was done. Still tends to his jewelry business, is site manager for Middletown Carting and Orange County Legislature in New York. Vicki still proctors exams at Touro College. Vicki caught up with Elizabeth Guertler Godfrey, Nancy Melroy Faustine, Jenn Fifield Allen, Patricia Loser Godwin, Joyce Manbeck MacKellar and Elizabeth Rittenhouse Dupont on a conference call. They hope to make it a quarterly event. Four grandkids are another year older and all still love baseball and hockey. Sons are in same jobs, and daughters-in-law are busy with their vocations. Life is good. Ann Cuppia Gandy shared she spent time visiting Elizabeth-Anne Arant Allen in January. They connected with Donna Nelson Hyde ’68 and enjoyed comparing

notes on their tenures at Hood. It sounded to them that it was pretty straight laced in 68. Really? I vividly remember streaking and bra burning in the fall of 73. I was too body conscious to bare all, and I was so underendowed that my training bra would have been the only one in the pile!! Liz-Anne was coerced by Ann Gandy to make a trip east. Liz spent two weeks—one week connecting with cousins and an aunt she hadn’t seen in about 50 years, and the second week was road tripping with Ann. They visited USNA with Mark and Laura Bultemeier (Mark, USNA ’73) for a nostalgic return, and then visited Hood, which neither had seen in 25 years. They met up with President Volpe, enjoyed seeing the blending of the old construction with the new, and the bookstore supplied the necessary apparel for the rest of their trip to New Jersey to visit Billie Weise, who they had not seen since graduation. The three have committed to making the next reunion. On their way back to Columbia, SC, Ann and Liz stopped to pick up Ed Stuckey (USNA ’73) to visit with them for another few days, and then Ann flew back with Liz to California for some more fun in the sun. Great memories shared and made for sure! Billie Weise joined Virginia Keane Bukovac on Cape Cod for a week of lobster, wine, lots of laughter, sailing the bay and biking the Shining Sea Bike Path. Billie just returned to teaching and coaching high school tennis after a year’s hiatus from getting a “new neck.” Dorothy Herdle Files shared she led a large church weekend called a Walk to Emmaus. She continues to manage the county 4H horse club. I, Sally Johnson Leland, am officially “off the road.” I’ve hung up my travel directing shoes. Husband Doug is winding down his life-coaching practice and is currently enrolled in a Maine Guide Training program. Doug’s folks are 90, so we can get over to Vermont with ease ... and suspect we’ll need to with greater frequency. Continued hope, peace and safety to those fleeing their homelands, and peace to those within our borders that feel isolation and hopelessness. Remain healthy, active and safe. My very best to you and yours for the coming year.

1975 Deborah Page Rath 530-891-4975 drath@nhhicks.com Aldan T. Weinberg is now a professor emeritus of journalism. He is still teaching the senior seminar and advising the radio station, but essentially retired from Hood after 30 years. He moved from his home in Braddock Heights of 43 years to Worman’s Mill. His fiancee Connie Schlee sold her historic house in Frederick, and they are now under the same roof. Moving after all those years was a full-time job in itself. Now he wonders how he ever got anything done when he was working. Grandchildren Claire and Nora moved from Silver Spring to Pittsburgh, where Mom got a position with the University of Pittsburgh

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Medical Center as a pediatric cardiologist and assistant professor. Son Rob will continue his law practice in Pennsylvania, while daughter Casey practices law in Rockville. On May 11, 2015, Sue Shorb-Sterling received her doctor of ministry degree from Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC. Then May 19, she received the gift of double total knee replacements. She is now walking well and is pain free! Currently, she is in her seventh year serving as pastor at Salem United Methodist Church in Brookeville, MD. Also, her fourth grandchild was born in January. Her name is Ashley Ellen Sterling. Three weeks later Ashley was involved in a car crash and rushed to Johns Hopkins PICU with a brain bleed. She came home on her one-month birthday. Ashley is now doing everything that she is supposed to being doing for her age and has been released from her doctors. We are very grateful. Debbie Wagner Shawen’s biggest news is birth of her first grandchild Samantha Rose who is a pure joy and lives outside London with her parents, so they are hopping across The Pond whenever they can. Michael and Debbie downsized to condos in Rehoboth Beach, DE, and Sarasota, FL. They bike, hike and kayak as often as possible and go out west to their favorite national parks. When in Baltimore they live on their sailboat. Debbie’s work as an educational consultant helping families who need a therapeutic program or LD school can be done from anywhere—and she loves it. Arlene Russo Bujese is still serving as curator in residence at the Southampton Cultural Center, NY, and just completed the 15th Annual Boxart Benefit Auction for East End Hospice; it is her 13th year as chairperson of the event. She serves on the board of directors of EEH and is working on securing works of art for the soon-to-be completed EEH patient residence in Quioge, Long Island, NY. Jacqueline Testa Ciminera is happy to share that her first grandchild, a beautiful girl named Ella, was born in April to her son Bill and his wife Amanda. We’ll be watching Facebook for some pictures. Debbie Page Rath wrote, “I hope everyone had a wonderful summer and remained safe throughout the extreme weather conditions. It looks like we’ve made it through another summer of wild fires in California. And if they’re right about El Niño, we may even get some rain and snow this winter. We could really use it. Wishing you and your families the best for the remainder of 2015!”

1976 Nancy Ludwick Warrenfeltz 850-995-0051 nlwfeltz@hotmail.com Always good to hear from our class. Here’s the latest news. Please email me your updates so I can include it next time. Thanks so much! Amy Locker Krug writes: “I won’t be able to attend our June 2016 reunion. Our

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daughter Emily who lives in Texas will be in Pennsylvania that weekend for a wedding. We don’t see her that often, so we will be here to help around the wedding activities. My news is that I retired from teaching in June. I also retired from making costumes for the high school play. I plan to help, but not be in charge. I am enjoying my free time by remodeling our 25-year-old kitchen, working in our gardens, reading, stitching and babysitting our grandchildren. This summer I was elder caregiving to Bob’s parents as they stayed at their summer house in Troy, NY, for six weeks. It was peaceful and relaxing with various family coming up the weekends. Our daughter Carrie will have her third baby, a girl, in February. This will be our fifth grandbaby. Bob and I will also celebrating our 40th anniversary on the Hood reunion weekend. We will be thinking of our classmates as you celebrate at our June reunion.” Cheryl Kruse Rondorf writes: “Neil and I had a great trip to Madrid, Spain, in October. We experimented with getting a private room from the website Airbnb. We scored with a gracious hostess in the center of the city and had a great time exploring the sights. Neil had to start working with his undersea cable protection committee people the following week, but I continued to have many adventures. We found out while we were gone that our oldest son Sean had been selected to be pinned for E-7 in the Army, sergeant first class. I was able to drive down to Fayetteville, NC, Ft. Bragg and watch this event take place and spend time with our 4-year-old granddaughter. I learned that the majority of the Army soldiers retire at E-6, so this made the promotion even nicer! Our second son is an 8th grade special education teacher in Colorado Springs. We went out to visit them this past June and welcome their second daughter and our fourth grandchild. I celebrated my 60th birthday November 2014 in Pittsburgh, PA, with our daughter Kira welcoming our third grandchild, a baby boy. Our youngest son and his wife live in Virginia Beach. I started a new hobby last summer when I bought an embroidery sewing machine. It has been fun learning all the different techniques. We are looking forward to Neil’s retirement next year, so we can spend more time with our grandchildren and various friends across the country.” Barbara Woolmington-Smith reports. ... “No weddings, no grandbabies, still working (sigh), will try to get to our reunion. We are looking to sell our home in spring and downsize— possibly to the Sacramento area. My main occupation is figuring out how to downsize all the “stuff” accumulated over 25 years of living in one house. Ebay is my best friend! Larry and I visited Scott and Lois Vandermark Moore in Woodbridge, VA. Larry and I attended his 40th USNA reunion in October. It was a record-breaking turnout. We had so much fun reconnecting with classmates. Let’s do it again, this time for our Hood class reunion in June. Please mark your calendars for June 1012. See you then!”

1977 Elizabeth Anderson Comer 410-243-2626 ecomer@eacarchaeology.com Denise Swan Isacson wrote, “In June 2014 I achieved my goal of having a little place in my adopted country of Sweden and a little two-bedroom condo here in the U.S on Hilton Head Island, SC. This coming November, I’ll mark 37 years with Delta—with no end in sight as the job is still too much fun! My husband retired from Georgia Tech/Savannah last year and keeps quite busy with consulting projects, golf, tennis and traveling. We just returned from a week in Croatia celebrating our 25th anniversary. Liv, 23, recently got a promotion at the corporate headquarters of The Fresh Market Shoppes in Greensboro, NC. My stepdaughter Jonina presented us with a beautiful granddaughter Iris March 10. In June my mother, 91, and I were able to meet Baby Iris in Stockholm on our way to Reykjavik, Iceland. Katherine Kluth Rohm and Greg Rohm are both still working in Maryland renovating an old fixer upper they just purchased closer to town in the Towson area. They spend as much time as they can in Delaware where they enjoy lots of bicycling. Their family is gradually spreading across the country so they also enjoy traveling for visits and sightseeing. “Still marveling at how our kids got to be grownups so quickly!” Martha Homnack Armenti and husband Bob sold their home in Roland Park and moved across the street into a condo in preparation for a post-retirement adventure—teaching in an international school. “In June we retired from our long and wonderful careers at City and Poly, then we accepted teaching assignments at Sturgis Charter School in Hyannis, MA. I’m teaching only two sections of sophomores so there’s time to explore the Cape. We bought used bikes to ride to and from work, and we’ve discovered the Cape Cod Bike Trail, which winds between pine trees and along cranberry bogs soon to be harvested. Classmates who want to make the Cape a destination, please let me know! marmenti55@hotmail.com We’re holding onto our Baltimore condo so we can return as we please and again next summer when the school year is over. We’re not sure how long we’ll be up here in the long run. The renewable contract is just for a year.” Labor Day weekend Sarah Kingman Matthews and Barrie Briscoe Reightler joined Elaine Patry Jones in Boothbay Harbor, ME, for five days of fabulous weather, sightseeing, storytelling and loads of lobster eating. “We stayed at Burnt Island Lighthouse which Elaine has repurposed as an educational and tourist facility using only private funds. Staying on the island couldn’t have been more quaint and fun! While there, we read an email from Jayne VanVliet Davilli and also talked with Ruth Ann Oyer Shaffer who had just celebrated the birth of another grandchild. Elaine is in charge of the Maine State Aquarium and sets up marine educational

ALUMNI EXECUTIVE BOARD 2016 PRESIDENT Christopher Pollard ’07 VICE PRESIDENT Elizabeth Thompson ’08 RING SCHOLARSHIP CHAIR Victoria Idoni ’06 MEMBERS Stacey M. Axler ’14 Rachel Bagni ’99, Ph.D. Janice Ball Mahlandt ’83 Jennifer L. Barbieri ’98 Jennifer M. Boa ’04 RaeAnn E. Butler ’89 Ryan Campbell ’14 Melinda Cohen Donegan ’93 Stacey Collins ’89 Keenan Courtland ’10 Trish Crowell ’04, M.S.’08 Laurie Drysdale ’80 Joy Dubost ’95 Elaheh F.S. Eghbal ’13 Marsha Evans ’85 Jennifer Fair Milas ’03 Rebecca Fishack ’03 Leah Giambarresi MacDonald ’03, C’05, M.S.’10 Maya P. Gonzalez ’16 Tim Hulyk ’15 Melissa Kelly ’00, M.A.’03 Jill Kramer Hermes ’87 Anna Maripuu ’86 Marjorie Mathers Kane ’96 Andrea Putz McCarrick ’08 Shane McCarrick ’08 Carla Means Clarke ’08 Joy Miller Beveridge ’82 Julie Murray McCaffery ’79 Melanie Muscar ’04, MBA’07 Sara Myers McCain ’12 Alfreda U. Nwosu ’14 Nick O’Brien ’11 Bianca Padilla ’14 Jacki Resop Amato ’95 Trevor Shell ’13 Jamie Shopland ’12 Maria Smith ’12 Rhiannon Sneeringer ’15 Caitlin Stromowsky ’13 Lisa Wells ’09 Nate Wilson ’05 Phillip Yerby ’11

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programs for schools all over the state of Maine. Barrie is the director of publications for Maryland Horse Breeders Association. Sarah is recently retired and very busy with a variety of volunteer activities. She often visits with Professor Kay Graf, food science and marriage and family professor, who is now 93. The three of us can’t wait to do this again and hope our kayaking and hiking skills will still be up for it!” Sharon Thorpe Kourtz shares: “It was fun being in a Washington Area Hyundai commercial in June. … Paul and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary and my 60th birthday by taking a breathtaking “Sea Puffer” cruise to Alaska in July. … Our son Collin is serving with the Mercy Volunteer Corps in the emergency room at Mercy Hospital in Baltimore. … It was delightful to share a summer afternoon catching up with Martha Homnack Armenti. It is amazing how the years fly by. … The Kourtz family participated in a Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Walk at the Baltimore Zoo in mid-September. … Paul and I still enjoy Irish ceili and set dancing. … I am a receptionist for Fairfax County—two miles from home! I hope to retire in 2018.” Here is some news from me, Elizabeth Anderson Comer: Anne is a freshman at Bard in Berlin and loving the city. Margaret is beginning her Ph.D. at Jesus College. I love my archaeology career and also volunteer at the Catoctin Furnace Historical Society. Really fun … check it out at www.catoctinfurnace.org. We are having some great events and need volunteers so contact me if you have extra time and love history! Send some news my way so we can keep up the Class of 1977 tradition of never missing a column!

1978 Kathryn Brown Sandifer 717-762-3045 klsandman2002@yahoo.com Hello 1978 Classmates! I am afraid old or incorrect emails must be the reason that I didn’t hear from more of you. … We have news from Martina Crum Martin: She is living in Northern California and has returned to school and writes, “Quite an experience returning to school in your 50s. I am loving every minute of it though! My student teaching preschool assignment this semester is at a brand new elementary school in El Dorado Hills, CA. Since I already have a B.A. in journalism/French, I only had to take the education classes for my associate degree in early childhood education. I will be qualified not only as a teacher, but also as a site supervisor when completed.” Martina has had the opportunity to travel to many nice locations. She hopes to meet up with some “Hoodies”—Sarah Meyer Daniels and Tracey Attlee Smith—with their husbands during the weekend of Nov. 6 while we are in town for Hal’s 40th high school reunion from Baltimore Polytechnic Institute. She had hoped to see Ginny Slocum but her plans to visit the United States were postponed until the fall. She says, “Our children’s updates: Theresa, 30, recently

relocated to Minneapolis-St. Paul for a legal position in the compliance department of Wells Fargo; Eric, 28, entered a Wind Turbine training program for sustainability in Vancouver, WA; Claire, 24, a manager at ZARA’s in Scottsdale, is auditing a graduate class at Arizona State University while applying for a masters of fine arts program nationwide; and Bryan, 20, works an entry-level supply chain position at Amazon. com in Scottsdale. Her husband Hal is entering into his fifth year as vice president of supply chain for Aerojet/Rocketdyne in Sacramento. The company has undergone many executive changes this year, which are keeping everyone on their toes! We have traveled to Baltimore, San Francisco and Phoenix to catch the Ravens games. Several familiar Maryland faces have been spotted at these events. Go Ravens! Classmate Margaret Harrison writes to let us know that she is living in Hagerstown, MD, just down the road from me. She is able to be semi-retired from my family dental practice. She is “getting involved with mission trips. I went to Cambodia with International Medical Relief in September. We went by boat to isolated villages offering medical and dental care. The village people had no electricity or fresh water. The Cambodian people are happy, content people and were very appreciative of our help. I loved this experience and met amazing, giving people.” Thank goodness for people like Margaret. She also gives of her time to a local homeless shelter. An update on her family: “My daughter Hillary blessed me with a grandson, who is now two years old. I adore being Nana. My son Hunter lives in California. I visit him often each year. He is a hard apple cider maker and Golden State Cider is thriving. My partner of nine years John lives in Williamsburg, VA. He is a professor at William and Mary and I travel to the burg weekly. So life is full and so wonderful. I thank God for my many blessings.” I, Kathie Brown Sandifer am still working but thinking weekly about semi-retirement, ha—Herb is a few years older and so we are “planning.” My children and grandchildren are well as are my siblings and parents. Blessings to you all! Klsandman2002@ yahoo.com Please update your email address with Hood or myself.

1979 Trina Clickner 727-366-1424 trina@palmtoppublishing.com REMINDER: Our class has a Facebook page—stop in some time! Becky Warner Gardiner is happy about living in beautiful Cary, NC, for 21 years and being happily married to John for 34, the birth of her first grandchild in April, a wonderful little girl and that the family is doing well with everyone in good health, employed and enjoying loving relationships. Becky will strive to maintain her health so she can enjoy watching the children and grandchild continue to prosper. Her wish is that she and John will continue to travel and take a riverboat cruise next. Becky plans to

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back off of tennis a bit and learn to play golf so she can see more of John on weekends! Bess Muir is still in love with traveling! In May, she went with her dad on a Rhine and Mosel river trip, visiting four countries along the way and meeting many wonderful folks! God gave Bess a new granddaughter this past year! Now Kole and his wife have two little ones AND Erin has a little one, too! Bess now knows that, yes, grandkids really ARE more fun! :-) Bess sends her best to all! Jackie Totten took a pistol shooting class with Susan Gearey and nine other friends, most all from Napa Valley, at Gunsite Academy in Paulson, AZ. This three-day class was taught by ex-military and law enforcement individuals and was focused on handgun safety and marksmanship. Most participants had never held a gun before much less shot one. They discovered they can shoot straight—what a relief—and were amused by wearing holsters, magazine holders and hats to keep the sun out of their eyes in order to see the targets. Both Susan and Jackie have wanted to learn how to shoot for some time and having the opportunity to attend the premier school in the U.S. to learn the craft was a treat. It is one more experience shared since meeting at Hood on the first day of class, Psych 101, 40 years ago. Margaret “Peggy” Van Schaick is happy to be in her 50s—seriously, it’s been great—and that Hood friends are lifelong friends. Peggy loves singing in a community choir and is striving for a healthier lifestyle and hopes to be spending less time at work! Sandy Cochran Murphy is building a new home and has sold her current one. She and husband Mike will rent for 18 months to two years as building ANYTHING is never easy or quick in California! Her new mailing address will be: 15918 Wilkes Lane, San Diego, CA 92127, and her email address is scmsandiego19@gmail.com. Sandy had fun at Marianne Hastoglis Gravely’s son’s wedding and just loves that family! Marianne and Sandy are close—they lived together in Norfolk and Virginia Beach, VA, for the first couple years after Hood graduation. Two of her three daughters are in San Diego: Mary Elizabeth is teaching 3rd grade at a Catholic elementary school. Kelly the youngest, is a junior at Pt. Loma Nazareth University in San Diego, and Sandy’s middle daughter Leah is working for Life Teen International, a Catholic youth ministry in Phoenix, AZ. Leah works in the media department, and Sandy is just happy everyone is living in the same time zone! Sandy reminds us that “Life is good. God is awesome.” Trina Clickner is semiretired and is spending her time in Dunedin, FL, Rochester, NY, and Anacortes, WA, with an aunt at Lighthouse Memory Care with her two basset hounds, fiddle and MacBook Pro. She is helping families navigate the “old folks at home” challenge and thinks she may have one more entrepreneurial endeavor left in her, possibly related to helping families with aging parents. Trina rents her Florida bungalow, so if you’re looking for a getaway in paradise, check it out on Airbnb or contact her at trinaclickner@gmail.com. Trina is looking for

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connections in the Seattle/Anacortes, WA, area for her upcoming visit. This past spring, Trina spent time with her Hood big sister Megen Mack Opsahl ’77 who lives in Kirkland, WA, with her husband Mike.

1982 Elizabeth Bastian Chapin 610-670-9152 busybethc@aol.com Hello friends of the Class of 1982! Cynthia Richards Cathcart and her son Brian ’12 attended the Legacy Brunch on Sept. 29 during Homecoming weekend. They met Hood’s new president and enjoyed the wonderful spread of food. Cynthia recently returned from leading a retreat for harpists in Colorado during the Spanish Peaks Celtic festival. Reports indicate a successful weekend and folks left the retreat inspired. Joy Miller Beverage visited with Liz Bastian Chapin and Gretchen Steinmetz Keith earlier this year and together they purchased one of the legacy bricks. Joy took a peek during President Chapdelaine’s inauguration Oct. 17. She and Tracy McGuirk were tasked to assist with the display for the president’s medallion, which was bestowed to Chapdelaine during the ceremony. Joy sits on the alumni executive board. Joy and Liz also visited the Fulton Theater in Lancaster, PA, to see a wonderful performance of the Wizard of Oz. ... they hope to see another performance during the upcoming season. Granddaughter of Elizabeth LePatourel Powell ’50—classmate and dear friend of Mary Hendershot Bastian ’50, Liz’s mom—runs the costume shop and also works as a “dresser” for some productions at the theater. Angela Billotti Phillip reports news of her children. Older daughter Chelsea married in June in Key Largo, FL, and currently lives in Carmel, IN. She works for Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis and Butler University. Younger daughter Kali works for Lockheed-Martin at the Aberdeen Proving Ground. She and her husband live in the Baltimore-White Marsh area. Angela and husband Tim still live in Frederick. She serves as the director of advancement for St. John’s Catholic Prep. One of her roles is to re-engage the alumni. Are any Hood alums also St. John’s alums? Please get in touch with Angela! Susan W. Goldberg and husband Marc just returned from a wonderful vacation in France and celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary Sept. 24 in Paris! Susan is a licensed designer and works as a manufacturer’s rep for educational, corporate and hospitality furniture. She and Marc work together in the industry. Outside of the office, Susan tends to her 93-yearold mother’s needs with Alzheimer’s. Despite the ugly battle, her mom has happy days and a peaceful smile. Susan feels blessed to still have her in their lives. Oil painting is a passion of Susan’s. Her recent stay at Chateau Chèvre D’Or in Eze on the Mediterranean was inspiring. It is a paradise for painters! Lastly, quality time is spent having fun with their six

grandchildren ranging in age from 3 to 10. Liz Bastian Chapin “It’s always a pleasure to hear from you and I encourage others to share your news in future publications. Feel free to write me anytime! I continue to work full time at AAA in Reading, PA, as a travel consultant. My husband and I managed to enjoy some relaxation in the Caribbean and Mexico a few times this year, and we celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary traveling around Ireland in May.” Gretchen Steinmetz Keith and I still see each other with our “birthday club” group. She has had a busy year with both sons married in 2015 as well as plans for one daughter’s wedding in 2016!

1984 Ellen-Marie Samsen Knehans, P’18 760-371-2353 emknehans@mchsi.com Susan Flanders Kleinschmidt, M.S.’92 609-771-0642 susankle@comcast.net sflanders@zeusscientific.com Greetings fellow Hood alum! Here are the updates from the Class of ’84! Jenny Muir reports that she has moved back to South Jersey after living in Idaho since 1990. She has switched careers after 30 years in the administrative field and got her M.Ed. in education from Holy Family University in Philadelphia. She is currently working as a Pre-K teacher and would love to network with any teachers in the South Jersey area from Hood. Her email address is jenny08088@ yahoo.com. Jenny is also a “Puppy Raiser” for the Seeing Eye and is currently raising a 1-year-old German Shepard for the program. Jenny has also visited with classmates Evelyn Hoban, Holly Goss Betts and Heidi Crammond Maidamast ’83. Jenny also enjoys spending time with her sister Bess Muir ’79. Robin Winkler-Pickett is back at Hood earning another degree, this time an MBA to go with her M.S. Robin continues to work at the NCI and recently took on the responsibilities as scientific operations manager. Robin reports that she works with another Hood alum, Jami Willette-Brown. Robin’s son Eric is a sergeant in the USMC, stationed in Maryland. Daughter-in-law Val is an art teacher at Green Valley elementary. Robin’s youngest son Adam is excited to have just secured his first full-time job! Beth Rosenberg reports that effective February 2015, she has been promoted to the position of community development block grant/housing finance programs manager with Loudoun County Government. In this position, she manages Loudoun County’s Community Development Block Grant Program and a professional staff of five others that help low- and moderateincome residents to purchase homes, prevent and reduce homelessness, manage grants that serve at-risk families and children and provide community outreach services. Claudia Nichols

Nealley had also hoped to attend Hood Homecoming but she and her family, husband Mark and daughter Maggie attended their son’s Homecoming football game at Carnegie Mellon that day. Claudia reports all is well in Frederick! Susan MacKenzie reports that her daughter graduated from Denison University in May and then moved to New Zealand. She is taking a gap year before applying to grad school in geoscience. Sue is working as a commercial interior designer for a health care architectural firm. Susan Sutton Bartolotto reports that she is living in Rochester, NY. Husband John is working for Zaxis. Daughter Emily is 21 and taking classes at Monroe Community College and looking to pursue a career in the hospitality field. Sue’s daughter Hannah graduated from high school in June and also attends Monroe Community College. Sue’s son Johnny is in 8th grade and plays football and lacrosse for his middle school teams. Sue has gone back to work full time with the Fairport Central School District. Sad news to pass along in this column is the passing of a fellow classmate, Vince Coates Oct. 9, 2015. We send our sincere condolences to his family and friends. For anyone who would like to honor Vince, Hood has established the Vince Coates Memorial Fund for Student Interns. Contributions can be sent to: Office of Institutional Advancement, Hood College, 401 Rosemont Ave, Frederick, MD 21701.

1994 Sanya Cleary Wolstenholme 215-338-8627 lilmackvic@comcast.net I hope everyone had a wonderful, fun-filled summer! I am sure as you read this many are pulling out sweaters and sweatshirts, drinking apple cider, baking pies and having s’mores by the fire. I’m excited to take over as Class of 1994 reporter. Thank you to those who have done it for so long. A lot has been happening since 1994 in my life. Rich and I have been married for 20 years. We have two beautiful girls Mackenzie, 16, and Tori, 13. They keep us busy between soccer, field hockey, lacrosse, student council, school ambassadors, etc. I received my master’s degree from Cabrini College in 2009, and I am currently teaching pre-kindergarten (4-year-olds) and loving every minute of it! Over the summer we were fortunate to have a visit from Katharine “Gillespie” Riordan ’96, one of my lil sis’s from Hood, her husband Peter, and their son Luke. Their daughter Gillian was away becoming the NRA national champion intermediate junior! It has been about 15 years, and it was as if not a day has gone by. I was sad that I didn’t run into anyone at our reunion last summer. I hope to connect with more of you now that you have my email. I’d love to report a lot more news in the next issue.

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1996 Jewel K. Smith 703-969-0050 jewelsmith@hotmail.com Rachael Miskill Brown Hello! A lot has happened since I last posted news to the Alumni Magazine. Since then, I have started my own business working as a peripatetic private tutor; I am fortunate enough to have 17 students this term. I also continue to serve on the volunteer staff team at the Virginia Water Community Partnered Library in Surrey. The most significant change, though, has been marrying my best friend, Dr. Roger Swinford Brown, on the 18th of April this year. We married in Wales, UK, near Roger’s family home. My goddaughters Charlotte and Harriet were flower girls. We were blessed to have many family and friends join us in Wales on the day. Roger and I now live in Feltham, Middlesex, UK, where Roger has lived for a number of years.

2003 Leah Giambarresi MacDonald ’03, C’05, M.S.’10 240-409-7439 lhg1@hood.edu Hi everyone! Let’s start off our class news with some new jobs! First up, Julia Sirak Pacilli, who started not one but two new jobs in the past few months! She began a new position with Montreat College as the director of campus and faculty services for adult and graduate studies at the beginning of October. She also started as a vacation planner specializing in Disney Destinations with Starts With A Wish Travel back in July. If you’re thinking about a Disney vacation anytime soon, look her up on Facebook! Stephanie Bulka Smith also started a new job earlier this year! She’s working as a family medicine physician at the Fort Meade Community-based Outpatient Clinic, and is really enjoying it. Laura Secker Hammond wrote with a few updates, too! She moved to Alexandria in 2006, got married in 2011 and had a little girl in March 2014 named Ella Catherine Hammond. Laura stays home with her and also works part-time coordinating private events at Port City Brewing Company in Alexandria. Her husband works at a neighborhood restaurant group. So basically, they’re surrounded by good food and beer! What a great life! One more bit of important information—we started a Hood College Class of 2003 Facebook group! If you haven’t joined yet, type that title into the Facebook search bar and come join us! And as always, if anyone has any exciting news, or just updates on what you’re up to, please send it in through the alumni website, message it to me on Facebook, or email me at macdonaldleahg@ gmail.com—I’m excited to hear it!

2005 Leslie Beck Hughan 410-303-2208 lhughan@gmail.com Greetings, classmates. Apparently we updated each other quite a bit during reunion and the last issue of the magazine, because there were few updates submitted for this round. While the number of updates this time may be few, the updates continue to share great news about professional achievements, moves and babies. Alen Alexanderian welcomed a second child Katharina Nairi Alexanderian this September. In the 2015 fall semester he also started as a tenure track assistant professor in the department of mathematics at the North Carolina State University. If you would like to read more about the work he is doing, please visit his webpage at http://www4.ncsu. edu/~aalexan3/. Danielle Giannandrea is expecting a baby in February 2015! Sarah “Robinson” Rathbun’s family grew to total five when Lauren Rose Rathbun, formally known as “Short Cupcake,” was born July 25 at 7:25 a.m. She weighed 9 pounds 3 ounces, and was 21.5 inches long. Sarah and family think Lauren is pretty darn perfect. Heather Smock along with her husband and children, moved from Walkersville, MD, into a new home in Woodsboro, MD. On Oct. 10, Patricia Stevenson celebrated her 10th anniversary with Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, where she has advanced to the position of senior production editor. Congratulations, Alen, Danielle, Sarah, Heather and Patricia! I hope the rest of our class is doing well. And I hope we’ll have even more news to share come the next issue.

2008 Megan Phillips Rosier megankrosier@gmail.com Sarah Haney Koons 240-520-6523 sjh6@hood.edu Kira Rogers Garrett graduated with an M.Ed. from the University of Texas at Arlington in December 2014 and accepted a new position as an SAT/Testing Coordinator in Jefferson County, WV, for the 2015-16 school year. Her family also purchased a new house in July 2015 in the same county. Amanda Rutten happily announces her engagement to Min Aung March 7, 2015. The wedding is set for June 2016. She also finished her master’s in acquisition management from American Graduate University. Julie Biscoe Justice and her husband Aaron Justice welcomed their first baby Carter Benjamin Nov. 13, 2014. Sierra Rhodes earned her master’s degree is education from Penn State in August.

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2011 Megan Dancause 717-285-7056 mdancause@comcast.net With endless accomplishments under its belt, the Class of 2011 continues to strive for more! As the years grow greater in time away from the college, so do the many milestones the classmates are achieving. John Boasi is still employed by the Social Security Administration. He has been appointed as a key representative to assist the SSA in his region’s Combined Federal Campaign. Emily Cucchi Raines has been promoted to senior marketing and communications program coordinator at the ARDMS, a global nonprofit organization that administers examinations and awards credentials in sonography. Emily and her husband Kyle celebrated their first wedding anniversary this year! Lauren Dods is working as an administrative associate II for the mid-Atlantic Center for Emergency Management at Frederick Community College. Juliana Eaton was married last year. Travis Harrant is currently stationed at U.S. Army Africa Italy—Vicenza. Tiera Hawkes graduated from the University Of Baltimore School Of Law with her J.D. and is currently awaiting her bar results. Dana Martindell was married Aug. 29 to Gregory Perry in Bay Head, NJ. Kayla Murphy Caw was married to Mathew Caw Oct. 10 in Frederick, MD. Nickolas Spicer started a new job at Washington College as the director of student engagement. Yana Schick is enlisted in the U.S Army Reserves. She spent a year in Italy and then ventured off to DC for graduate school. She holds a master’s in international relations with a concentration in international economics and American foreign policy from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. In addition, she completed an internship with the Department of State over the summer and now works full time as a program assistant at the National Foreign Affairs Training Center. Victoria Utoh is working at Seton Hall University as a senior assistant director of admissions operations, where she resides in Union, NJ. Victoria will be graduating from the University of North Texas with her master’s in educational leadership. In 2014 Morgan Wright graduated from the University of Richmond School of Law and passed the bar exam in Virginia. In 2015 she started working at Fastcase, a small legal software company in downtown DC, as a customer outreach manager and reference attorney. Fastcase produces the most popular mobile app among lawyers, in addition to many other products, and has partnerships with 28 state bar associations to provide small and solo firms with free access to the law. Phillip Yerby has been promoted to account supervisor at Weber Shandwick where he works out of its Baltimore office.

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2013 Elaheh F. S. Eghbal elaheh_se@yahoo.com hoodcollege2013@gmail.com Bonjour, Class of 2013! As always, we’re keeping busy—maybe even too busy! These days, we are working with different organizations, in the midst of additional degrees and celebrating recent marriages! Around the world, Kellie Duncan lived in Germany for a month while being part of the opening team for the Norwegian Escape. In November she set sail to Miami! Jahtay Teh is into his second year as a Peace Corps volunteer in Zambia, and Nick Mudgett has just returned from his time as a peace corps volunteer in Nicaragua. We have a lot going on around Frederick, too! Ashley Birdsell graduated from Brooklyn College with her master’s in fine arts and is the manager of marketing at the Weinberg Center for the Arts. She and her fiance Billy Lewis are living in Frederick. Nicola Sussman is a homeowner! This summer she bought a house near downtown Frederick and has started the education graduate program at Hood to become a reading specialist. Andrew Bodine is enjoying his position as assistant aquatic center manager and has started in Hood’s counseling program. Giovanni Kavota is living in downtown Frederick and is a company member of the Maryland Ensemble Theatre and a member of Baltimore Improv Group. During the day he is a training and development coordinator for Country Meadows retirement community. Mi’Kea Bowie Hawkins is teaching Head Start for the YMCA of Frederick, and Brett Shelley is Hood College’s cross country and track and field coach. In the DMV area, Darcey Heflin is enjoying her new apartment in Alexandria, VA, and Kimi Brunot will be graduating in December from Loyola University in Maryland with a master’s of science in counseling psychology, is a homeowner, and looks forward to her May 2016 wedding! Nick Temple is looking forward to a May graduation from Georgetown Law and plans to return to Baltimore to practice. Meladeh Rabie McKinnon married John McKinnon and is enjoying life with her 1-year-old son, Kaiden. I, Elaheh Eghbal, am the marketing manager at Zerion Software, Inc. Continue to make your mark, Class of 2013, and keep in touch! Cheers!

2014 Bianca Padilla 301-437-8772 hoodcollege14@yahoo.com Hello, Class of 2014! Let’s catch up with what our classmates have been up to. Congratulations are in order to Emily Singleton who is engaged to Joshua Dimeler and will be looking forward to a September

2016 wedding. She has been working since November 2014 as a grants administrator for the Maryland Energy Administration. Jackie Frenning who recently got engaged is looking forward to an October 2016 wedding. Melissa Caples is engaged to Greg Miller. Katie Jenkins is engaged to Andrew Hansrote and will get married in April 2016. Classmates Zach Lynch and Kelsey Knippenberg are engaged. Congratulations are also in order to Tabitha Browne who married Byron Milliken in June 2015. Lauren Engel married Brian Ulander in September 2015. Classmates Ashley Rose Bennett and Menzi Khumalo recently got married. Christine Carter Cohee married Herman Cohee ’15 in May 2015; Mindy Everleigh King married Justin King in October. Tiffany Zechman Flook welcomed her first child Ava in December 2014 and teaches kindergarten at Liberty Elementary School in Frederick County. Jackie Frenning has a new job as an academic testing associate at Frederick Community College. Lauren Shaak is the tree fruit extension entomology research technician at the Penn State Fruit Research and Extension Center in Biglerville, PA. Kate Kopasek is an outreach rehabilitation counselor at Key Point Health Services. Bianca Padilla is in her second year of teaching as a 5th grade teacher in Montgomery County. Christine Carter Cohee works for W. L. Gore as a lab technician. James Thuman works as a data scientist for Booz Allen Hamilton. Will Haller works at Schaefer Center for Public Policy, Envolve. Olivia Sledzik is working at the White House Historical Association in DC as an editorial specialist. Nathaniel Erb has kept busy with his involvement in social justice. Since his cross-country cycling trip with human trafficking advocacy group, “Worthwhile: GO,” he continues to be involved with human trafficking policy, youth leadership and global social justice initiatives. He recently authored the first law in the United States to open college access to human trafficking victims. Melissa Caples works as a parttime contractor as a conservation technician at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Brianna Dyckman was accepted into the Americorps NCCC program for the Atlantic Region where she will start in February 2016. Kierianne Lupari is a 3rd grade teacher in Fairfax County. Amanda Price is currently at an internship at the BirthPlace at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Denisse Guitarra is working at Alizee Pathology as a laboratory specialist. Lauren Engel is in the applied behavior analysis master’s program at Ball State University. Will Haller is a psychology major and attends the University of Baltimore for industrial/organizational psychology for graduate school. Melissa Caples is attending George Washington University to obtain a master’s in museum studies. Amy Hagerdon has a master’s of public affairs and a master’s of science in environmental science from Indiana University. Katie Jenkins will graduate from Shippensburg University with her master’s degree in social work in May 2016. Amanda Price is in her second year of graduate school

for her master’s of social work at Salisbury University. Denisse Guitarra is pursuing a master’s at the University of Edinburgh. Steven Powell earned his master’s in school psychology and is pursuing an Ed.S. degree. Continue to keep in touch with your success, joys and accomplishments Class of 2014!

2015 Sarah Tapscott 301-807-7821 st12@hood.edu Wow! What a crazy last few months we’ve seen, Class of 2015! In our years at Hood we experienced a lot of change and since graduation, less than a year ago, our lives have been no different! We have so much to celebrate and so much to look forward to! Miguel Caruso has been accepted to the officer candidate school for the U.S. Army. Eliza Jacobs will be heading to Bucheon, South Korea, in February for a year to teach English. Tara Biser started graduate school at The Johns Hopkins University and is working toward her Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biology. Meg DePanise is working for Hood’s marketing and communications department and toward her MBA. Maya Jackson is working for Keswick Multi-Care Center as a Social Work Designee and looking into graduate school. Brigid Ayer works at Hood as a student life assistant in sports information and is pursuing her master’s in business marketing. Krystal Wood is currently attending Regent University in Virginia Beach, VA, and pursuing a Psy.D. degree in clinical psychology. Sarah Wagstaff is an assistant teacher at The Goddard School in Columbia, MD. Emily Eckard started graduate school for occupational therapy at Chatham University. Lindsey Willhide began graduate school at the University of Maryland School of Social Work in Baltimore and plans on getting her LGSW license after school. Stephanie Kelley and Amanda Decker also began graduate school at the University of Maryland School of Social Work in Baltimore and will be completing school with Lindsey in 2016. Prettany Overman will be in Berlin, Germany, until late-summer 2016 working at the Jüdische Gemeinde—Jewish Community Center and Synagogue. She also gives tours at a museum and at a former concentration camp and Soviet special camp. Chelsea Bunker moved to rural Cofradía, Honduras, where she is now the 5th grade teacher at the San Jeronimo Bilingual School, and loves Central America. Caroline Schuetz moved to Frederick and was promoted to site director for the Crestwood Middle School Boys & Girls Club where she runs an after-school program for about 30 students, and is an AmeriCorps member. Angela Moore got engaged to her boyfriend on graduation day and will be getting married next October. She lives in Texas and works at Therapy & Beyond as a behavioral therapist. Heidi Marino is now a graduate student at Shippensburg University

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pursuing a master’s degree in communication studies with an emphasis in public relations. Erin Botker is now an admission counselor for Hood. Oritsegbubemi Ndze-Williams is working in the construction industry installing geomembranes on landfill sites across the lower east coast of America. Amanda Shaffery and Robert Vaughn moved to Memphis where they are attending the University of Memphis for graduate school. Rob is working toward a master’s degree in statistics, and Amanda is working for a master’s in Egyptology. Logan Bachtell began her graduate studies at Marymount University in the Forensic and Legal Psychology Program. Kacy Strasser accepted a job teaching middle school art at Frederick Classical Charter School. Megan Rodriguez

will be getting married in January 2016 and works as a software developer for iNovex Software Solutions. Jessica Zambreny is a therapeutic support staff member and is attending graduate school at Marywood University in Scranton, PA. Julianne Berg moved to Charleston, SC, as an AmeriCorps VISTA. She is serving for a year with the Palmetto Project, a nonprofit that serves as the statewide navigator for the affordable health care act. Ryan Lenhart is teaching math in Frederick County and coaching cross-country and indoor/outdoor track. Anet Zhandosova is applying to medical schools and working as a medical assistant at MetroMed Urgent Care in Leesburg, VA. Jessica Morales is in Charlotte, NC, at the Charlotte School of Law, pursuing her doctoral of jurisprudence degree.

Teresa Rivera has accepted the position of marketing manager at All-Fill Inc. in Exton, PA. I, Sarah Tapscott, am working during the day, publicity chair for the Choral Arts Society of Frederick, and researching graduate schools to pursue a master’s in museum studies and hope to also obtain a teaching certification. Please keep in touch with me about all of your amazing changes and keep persevering!

Milestones Births

New Jobs

Laura Secker Hammond ’03 and husband, a daughter, Ella Catherine Hammond, March 2014

Martha Homnack Armenti ’77, teacher, Sturgis Charter School

Alen Alexanderian ’05 and spouse, a daughter, Katharina Nairi Alexanderian, September 2015 Sarah Robinson Rathbun ’05 and Matthew Rathbun, a daughter, Lauren Rose Rathbun, July 25, 2015

Stephanie Bulka Smith ’03, family medicine physician, Fort Meade outpatient clinic Alen Alexanderian ’05 department assistant professor, of mathematics, North Carolina State University

Julie Biscoe Justice ’08 and husband Aaron Justice, a son, Carter Benjamin, Nov. 13, 2014

Julia Sirak Pacilli ’03, director of campus and faculty services for adult and graduate studies, Montreat College; vacation planner, Disney Destinations

Ashley Nick Wilson ’08, C’14 and Nate Wood-Wilson ’05, a daughter, Korinne Alise Wilson, Sept. 28, 2015

Kira Rogers Garrett ’08, SAT/ testing coordinator, Jefferson County

Tiffany Zechman Flook ’14 and husband Corey Flook, a daughter, Ava, December 2014

Yana Schick ’11, program assistance, National Foreign Affairs Training Center

Marriages

Morgan Wright ’11, customer outreach manager and reference attorney, Fastcase

Janet Marra ’54 and Rita Newkirk Linda Richards McKnight Hoover ’69 and David Hoover, March 2015 Tabitha Brown Milliken ’14 and Bryon Milliken, June 2015 Lauren Engel Ulander ’14 and Brian Ulander, September 2015 Ashley Rose Bennett Khumalo ’14 and Menzi Khumalo ’14 Christine Carter Cohee ’14 and Herman Cohee, ’15 May 2015 Mindy Everleigh King ’14 and Justin King, October 2015

Melissa Caples ’14, conservation technician, Smithsonian American Art Museum Christine Carter Cohee ’14, lab technician, W. L. Gore Denisse Guitarra ’14, laboratory specialist, Alizee Pathology Jackie Frenning ’14, academic testing associate, Frederick Community College Will Haller ’14, Schaefer Center for Public Policy Kate Kopasek ’14, outreach

rehabilitation counselor, Key Point Health Services

Megan Rodriguez ’15, software developer, iNovex Software Solutions

Kierianne Lupari ’14, 3rd grade teacher, Fairfax County

Caroline Schuetz ’15, site director, Crestwood Middle School Boys & Girls Club

Bianca Padilla ’14, 5th grade teacher, Montgomery County Lauren Shaak ’14, tree fruit extension entomology research technician, Penn State Fruit Research and Extension Center Emily Singleton ’14, grants administrator, Maryland Energy Administration Olivia Sledzik ’14, editorial specialist, White House Historical Association

Kacy Strasser ’15, art teacher, Frederick Classical Charter School Sarah Tapscott ’15, publicity chair, Choral Arts Society of Frederick Sarah Wagstaff ’15, assistant teacher, the Goddard School Anet Zhandosova ’15, medical assistant, MetroMed Urgent Care

Additional Degrees

James Thuman ’14, data scientist, Booz Allen Hamilton

Sue Shorb-Sterling ’75, Ph.D. in ministry, Wesley Theological Seminary, May 2015

Tiffany Zechman Flook ’14, kindergarten teacher, Liberty Elementary

Jenny Muir ’84, M.Ed., Holy Family University

Erin Botker ’15, admission counselor, Hood College Chelsea Bunker ’15, 5th grade teacher, San Jeronimo Bilingual School in Honduras Meg DePanise ’15, marketing manager and website assistant, Hood College Maya Jackson ’15, social work designee, Keswick Multi-Care Center Ryan Lenhart ’15, math teacher/ cross-country and track coach, Frederick, Md. Teresa Rivera ’15, marketing manager, All-Fill Inc.

Kira Rogers Garrett ’08, M.Ed., University of Texas at Arlington Sierra Rhodes ’08, M.Ed., Penn State, 2015 Amanda Rutten ’08, master’s in acquisition management, American Graduate University Morgan Wright ’11, J.D., University of Richmond School of Law Ashley Birdsell ’13 master’s in fine arts, Brooklyn College Amy Hagerdon ’14, MPA, public affairs, Indiana University Steven Powell ’14, M.Ed., school psychology, 2014

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In Memoriam Chemistry professor George died Jan. 3.

G. Kleinspehn, 91,

Biology professor Paul Dec. 23.

He earned his doctoral and master’s degrees from Johns Hopkins University after earning a bachelor’s degree at Colgate University. He attended Colgate University just as World War II was beginning, and the curriculum was accelerated so that he and others could join the war effort. After graduating from Colgate in 1944, he was sent to work for Eastman Kodak in Oak Ridge, Tenn., as part of the Manhattan Project. He came to Hood as a full professor in 1967 and taught here until his retirement in 1993, when he earned emeritus status. At his retirement, the College created the George G. Kleinspehn Honor Scholarship, awarded for outstanding study in organic chemistry, and the award has been given since 1994. George was predeceased by his parents, his sister and his son Eric. He is survived by his daughter Valerie.

J. Hummer Jr., 83, died

He taught biology at Linganore, Gov. Thomas Johnson and Middletown high schools in Maryland from 1961 to 1986. He began teaching as a part-time instructor with the Hood College Graduate School in 1972 and became an assistant professor of biology here in 1986. He taught education starting in 1992 and left the College in 2006. He wrote 14 articles published in three professional science teaching journals and was the co-author of two high school biology books and three laboratory manuals. Paul earned a master’s degree in science teaching from Union College in 1968 and a bachelor’s degree in education from Lock Haven University in 1958. He was preceded in death by his wife of 47 years, Janice E. Routzahn Hummer, son Andrew Paul Hummer, daughter Sarah E. Hisim ’79, M.A.’88 and brother William Hummer.

Donations in his memory may be sent to Hood College, The George G. Kleinspehn Honor Scholarship, Office of Institutional Advancement, 401 Rosemont Ave., Frederick MD 21701.

Ruth Dickinson Byron ’30 December 2015 Frances Buckingham Allis ’38 November 2015 Ruth Sprenkle Donaldson ’38 May 2015

Alice Hunt Daily ’46, July 2015 Ruth Aspen Bidwell ’47 August 2015 Madeline Aldrin Crowell ’47 July 2015

Anna Gaither Beers ’39, May 2015

Marguerite Pease Emery ’47 August 2015

Mary Roloson Dunlap ’39 January 2015

Louray Forney Huang ’47 June 2015

Mary Gillan Fish ’40, August 2015

Margaret Benson Jamieson ’47 November 2015

Eloise Irvin Borah ’41, July 2015 Martha Stahr Carpenter ’41 February 2013 Betty Lou Bliss Allen ’42 July 2015 Jean Shaffer Cline ’42 December 2015 Sally Bernkopf Frank ’43 April 2015 Muriel Bunderoff Kamp ’43 July 2014

C. Lorraine Kersey Moore ’47 January 2016 Helen Harris Ramsburg ’47 August 2015 Jeannette Pflum Shurr ’47 November 2015 Margaret Smith Bourland ’49 December 2015 Patricia S. Nicodemus ’49 September 2015

Doris Lindblade Burn ’52 December 2015 Francine D. Schwartz ’52 November 2015 Marilyn Koch Swanson ’52 January 2016 Patricia W. Wilkirson ’52 August 2015 M. Elizabeth N. Haywood ’53 August 2015 Betsy Gary Guthridge ’54 September 2015 Barbara LeGore Olson ’56 November 2015 Jeromee A. Skehan ’57 December 2015 Sarah Swift Sites ’58 October 2015 Elizabeth Kuntz Held ’59 August 2015 Emily Michael Kahn ’59 December 2015

Mary Felton Miller ’43, June 2015

Joy Ann Rollka Chavent ’50 December 2015

Sarah Duff Steptoe ’43 August 2015

Margaret Jean Fenton Fox ’50 October 2015

Margaret Fertig Huffines ’44 May 2012

Joan Doubet Vaughan ’50 October 2015

H. Jacqueline Wright ’44 April 2015

Katherine Slott Curtis ’51 October 2015

Elizabeth Fisk Booth ’45 August 2015

Sara “Sally” Weaver Langie ’51, P’83, January 2016

Grace Goldberg Brenner ’45 October 2015

Anita Cummings den Tex ’51 July 2015

Irene Tilley Russell ’45, June 2015

Carolyn D. Shellenberger ’51 October 2015

Helen Simmons Szarowski ’66 October 2015

Ruth Jackson Albert ’52 September 2015

Deborah Meyer Busta ’71 November 2013

Carolyn Brown Carrier ’46 April 2015

Diana d’Elseaux Lowell ’59 July 2015 Jacqueline Gifford Miller ’59 July 2015 Melinda Thomson Mumma ’59 June 2015 Sandra Barnum Nygaard ’59 July 2015 Elizabeth Hardy Butcher ’60 April 2013 Linda L. Robinson ’64, May 2015

Ann Nicar Sevy ’74 December 2015 Robin Fantl ’76, August 2015 Charles Kennedy ’76, June 2015 Jayne S. Wallbrunn ’76 January 2016 Barbara Podimsky Philpot ’79 November 2011 Celeste D. Saxton-Garver ’80 November 2015 Susanne Denio Wolff ’82 July 2015 Cecilia Z. Costlow ’83 October 2015 Cynthia Fellers Evey ’83 September 2015 Vincent R. Coates ’84 October 2015 George Ann McClain ’86 November 2015 Claude A. Coffman ’87 February 2015 Mason W. Gant III, M.A.’87 September 2015 Maria Smith Whittemore, M.A.’90 September 2015 Betty Bartow Houston ’92 March 2015 Jennifer Bond Waltrip ’92 January 2016 Peter D. Clapp ’93 November 2014 Jenny L. Cairns-DeNoto ’96 October 2015 Janet S. Schmidt, M.S.’97 January 2016

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In Memoriam Continued Kayoko Ishizuka ’03, Ph.D. September 2010 Marcelle Isaacs-Jefferies ’04 January 2015 Andrea R. Stossel, M.S.’06 August 2015 Melanie Sutherland, M.A.’13 December 2015 Eric F. Arguello, ’19, October 2015

Faculty, Friends and Hood Associates

Thomas M. Fox Sr., P’87, father of Margaret Fox Zeigler ’87 and spouse of Suzanne Gilbert Fox ’53, P’87, June 2015 Dr. Jack W. Frickey, spouse of Judith Ann Osborn Frickey, M.A.’79*, September 2012 Barbara N. Gilford, P’78, P’86, mother of Joan Gilford van Norden ’78 and Robert K. Gilford ’86, July 2015 Robert S. Hardy, spouse of Mary Murrie Hardy ’52, September 2015

Shirley K. Alger, spouse of Ruth Matthews Alger ’52, January 2015

Rolfe G. Hayes, spouse of Harriet Langdon Hayes ’55*, March 2014

Craig Bathgate, spouse of Karen Paul Bathgate ’71, September 2015

Carolyn D. Hoyt P’91, staff, mother of Louisa Bradstreet Hoyt-Key ’91, December 2015

Stephen R. Bauman, spouse of Audrey Eyler Bauman ’43*, January 2016

Dr. Philip Jones, P’73, father of R. Ann Jones ’73, September 2014

John B. Bidwell, spouse of Ruth Aspen Bidwell ’47*, November 2014 Ken Beem, spouse of Barbara Miller Beem ’74, June 2015 Edward E. Bolle, spouse of Jean Righter Bolle ’50, January 2016 Stephen P. Foote, faculty, July 2015

Charles B. Kamp, spouse of Muriel Buderoff Kamp ’43, April 2009 Dr. Frances O. Kelsey, H’63, August 2015 Karl D. Larsen Jr., faculty, July 2015 Dr. Hugh F. Malamphy, friend, January 2011

Judith W. Manning, P’81, father of Kimberly Manning Corbin ’81, January 2013

John L. Shumaker, spouse of Portia Whitaker Shumaker ’55, October 2015

Wesley P. Miles, spouse of Barbara Benchoff Miles ’56, July 2015

Bertrand Dean Smith, spouse of Catherine Arrington Smith ’54, January 2015

Ardeth C. Moler, P’86, P’90, mother of Amy R. Moler ’86 and James E. Moler ’90, July 2014

Henry I. Stahr Jr., friend, March 2014

Mary Drummond Morris, friend, November 2015

Finlay J. Stewart Jr., friend, December 2010

Richard F. Nace, spouse of Dorothy Baird Nace ’52, June 2013

Keefer S. Stull Jr., spouse of Helen Beach Stull ’46, October 2015

Sylvia G. Noel, faculty, August 2015

Martin J. Sullivan, spouse of Mary Ellen Kossack Sullivan ’82, March 2015

Reverend Glenn G. Neubauer, P’72, father of Nancy Neubauer Kovacs ’72 and spouse of Elisabeth Farber Neubauer ’45, P’72*, July 2015 George Q. Packard, spouse of Mary Dailey Packard ’59*, July 2013 John S. Prall Sr., spouse of Barbara Allen Prall, ’51, May 2014 Richard N. Prince, spouse of Janet Beardsley Prince ’48*, November 2012 Peyton Randolph, friend, August 2011

Karel den Tex, spouse of Anita Cummings den Tex ’51*, August 2014 Orville C. Wetmore, Ph.D., spouse of Frances Pickle Wetmore ’52, September 2014 Howard J. Wiarda P’86, father of Kristy Wiarda Williams ’86, September 2015 Robert F. Witt, spouse of Ruth Bovier Witt ’60, September 2015

F. Kenneth Shepherd, spouse of Major Edith Simington Shepherd ’60, March 2015

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HOOD COLLEGE

Blue and Grey

Golf Tournament

To Benefit Intercollegiate Athletics at Hood College

Monday, May 9, 2016 Musket Ridge Golf Club, 3555 Brethren Church Rd., Myersville, Md. 21773 To participate, donate or provide a sponsorship, contact Suzie Smith, director of corporate relations and giving, at 301-696-3708 or 800-707-5280, option 2 smithsu@hood.edu.

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BLAZERSNEWS Gall Named D3baseball.com Preseason All-American Josh Gall was named to the D3baseball.com Preseason All-America First Team, which is chosen from the previous years’ All-America and All-Region nominations. He was one of just four sophomores honored by D3baseball.com. He was the only Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth player named to the first or second team. A catcher, Gall had a big freshman season for the first-year Blazer program in 2015. He was named first team All-Mid-Atlantic Region by both D3baseball.com and the American Baseball Coaches Association. He was the only freshman voted to the All-Mid-Atlantic First Team by either organization. He led the entire Middle Atlantic Conference with a .435 batting

average, and his .497 on-base percentage paced the Commonwealth Conference. He rated second in the Commonwealth Conference with 55 runs batted in, five homeruns and 94 total bases, and he tied for second in doubles with 16. Gall’s .718 slugging percentage was third in the Commonwealth. Gall was at his best in conference play, batting .458 with four homeruns and 24 RBI in 21 games against Commonwealth opposition. He won back-to-back Corvias ECAC South rookie of the week awards April 29 and May 5, and he was named to the D3baseball.com team of the week May 5. Gall

Women’s Golf Elevated to Varsity Sport Women’s golf is becoming the Blazers’ 22nd NCAA Division III varsity sport, elevating it from its former status as a club sport.

culminate with a shot at an NCAA automatic qualification at the Hershey Country Club in Pennsylvania April 23-24, 2017.

Ethan Lester has been named head coach for the program’s first season, which will take place in the 2016-17 academic year.

Women’s golf is the first addition to the athletic department since baseball was added in 2013-14 and began play in the spring 2015. It is the first women’s sport to be added since track and field was added for both genders in 2005-06.

The Blazers will compete in the Middle Atlantic Conference, joining already existing programs at Albright College, Alvernia University, Arcadia University, Delaware Valley College, Eastern University, Fairleigh Dickinson-Florham University, Lebanon Valley College, Manhattanville College, Misericordia University, Stevenson University and Wilkes University. Hood’s first season will

A total of 187 schools sponsored women’s golf on the NCAA Division III level during the 2013-14 season, according to the NCAA Sports Sponsorships and Participation Rate Report. That is an increase from just 20 in 1981-82, the first year the NCAA collected data.

Hood Enters Agreement with Nike, Lids The athletic department has announced a new apparel partnership with Nike that makes the apparel giant the official uniform and apparel supplier for the Blazers’ 22 NCAA Division III programs. The agreement through Lids Team Sports, Nike’s largest team dealer in the United States, will provide Hood with a consistent look, design and color scheme among all of its varsity sports. Lids Team Sports is a national strategic partner with Nike and full-service team dealer operating out of Indianapolis, Ind., servicing a wide range of

colleges, high schools and youth organizations across the country. As part of the Blazers’ five-year deal with Nike, a new online retail store will be launched for all 22 varsity sports and for general athletic apparel. The site can be used to buy official Hood College Nike gear, including sport-specific items sold exclusively online. The Blazers will transition all 22 sports to Nike uniforms over the next four seasons in conjunction with the current uniform cycle in the athletic department.

Demich Named Mid-Atlantic Offensive Player of the Year Junior soccer player Drew Demich was named the Middle Atlantic Conference offensive player of the year in voting by the league’s coaches. He is the first men’s soccer player to win a major conference award in the program’s history. He was also voted to the All-MAC Commonwealth First Team and to the 2015 College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-District 2 First Team. He helped Hood to a school-record 12 wins this season. Demich was third in NCAA Division III in total goals with 22 and ranked among the national leaders with 46 points. He broke Hood’s season record for goals in the year’s ninth match and later set Hood’s career goals record at 36. He was a three-time Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth offensive player of week and a three-time ECAC South player of week in 2015. He scored multiple goals in six contests this season, including a four-goal game and a threegoal game. His six game-winners this year are a school record, and he tied the Hood record with a goal in six straight games. He scored the gamewinner with two seconds left in double overtime to beat Albright College Oct. 10. A mathematics major, he carries a 3.46 GPA and has been named to the dean’s list, the MAC honor roll and the Academic All-MAC team. See his profile on P. 48.

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Volleyball Players Young, Belella Earn All-Conference Honors Freshmen volleyball players Elena Young and Payton Belella made an impact in the Middle Atlantic Conference this season, both earning all-conference honors. Young was named the MAC Commonwealth rookie of the year in voting by the league’s coaches. She was also voted to the All-MAC Commonwealth First Team. Young is the first Hood player named first team all-conference in volleyball since Lindsay Nagy was named AllAWCC in 2006, which was also the last time the

Blazers had multiple all-conference picks. Young had 382 kills, the second most in school history behind only Jenni Ferris’ total of 453 in 2001. Her .292 hitting percentage is Hood’s highest since 1997. Young led the team in both categories, as well as blocks with 63. She was named the MAC Commonwealth player of the week twice, and she earned Corvias ECAC Division III South rookie of the week twice. Belella earned a spot on the All-MAC Commonwealth Second Team. She dished out a Hood

Soccer Players Fawley, Pillari Earn MAC Honors Junior soccer players Joe Fawley and Juliano Pillari made waves in the Middle Atlantic Conference during the fall 2015 season. Fawley was named to the 2015 College Sports Information Directors of America Academic AllDistrict 2 First Team. He started seven games on defense for the Blazers and helped lead a defense that set a school record with seven shutouts this season. Fawley is a mathematics major with a 3.9 GPA. He has been named to the dean’s list every semester and has earned a 4.0 two semesters. Pillari earned a spot on the All-MAC Commonwealth Second Team for a second straight

year. He and Drew Demich join Eric Diehl ’14 as the only players in program history with multiple all-conference men’s soccer accolades on their résumés. Pillari posted nine assists on the year. Eight of his assists came during victories for Hood, including all three of the Blazers’ MAC Commonwealth wins. He has now aided on 15 goals in his career, fourth all-time at Hood. The men’s soccer team posted a school record 12 wins this season. In the process, Hood set records for goals in a season, 53, and in a match, 15; assists in a season, 35, and in a match, 11; and points in a season, 141, and in a match, 41.

Three New Head Coaches Join the Blazers The men’s tennis and women’s soccer teams have new coaches, and the newly formed varsity women’s golf team has its first coach in program history. John Koepke comes to the men’s tennis team after 15 years coaching tennis at Catoctin High School. While there, he won three conference championships and was named the Frederick News-Post girls tennis coach of the year in 2004. A 1996 inductee in the Shepherd University Athletic Hall of Fame, he was named the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference player of the year and was an NAIA Academic All-American as a senior. He won three WVIAC singles titles and a pair of doubles championships for the Rams. Koepke was a three-sport standout at Shepherd, scoring more than 1,000 career points in basketball and earning all-conference honors in diving. Conor Prachar ’12 is taking over as head coach for the women’s soccer team. He served as an assistant coach with the men’s program from 201215. He helped lead the team to a school record 12 wins this past season and the program’s first trip to the ECAC postseason. The squad set school records in nearly every season statistical category, including goals, assists, points and shutouts. His

four years on the staff comprised the winningest four-year stretch in program history. A native of Neptune, N.J., he appeared in and started a school-record 61 career games as a defender for the Blazers. He captained the team his junior and senior years and was selected to the CAC All-Academic team three times. Prachar was also inducted into the Chi Alpha Sigma national athlete honor society and received the Kim Servedio Award for selflessness, sincerity and optimism at the annual senior athletic banquet. Ethan Lester, a PGA golf professional, has been named the first varsity women’s golf coach for the Blazers. Lester joined the Blazers as an assistant coach with the men’s golf team in 2014-15 and will continue in that capacity as well. In 2014-15, he was also head golf coach at Middletown High School. His team went 11-3 in 2014 and 13-2 in 2015, qualifying for the state championships both seasons. Lester began his coaching career at South Hagerstown High School in 2012, where in just two seasons, he took the team from a no-win season to a winning record and had two players qualify for the state championship, the first in school history.

record 1,065 assists, over 300 more than the previous mark. She owns eight of the top 11 single-match assist tallies for a Blazer, including a record-tying 52 against Eastern Mennonite University Oct. 24. She took home a pair of weekly honors, winning MAC Commonwealth player of the week and ECAC South rookie of the week accolades. The freshmen duo helped lead Hood to a school record 20 wins and to the program’s first conference postseason bid since 2006.

Cook, Hill Named to NABC Honors Court Chris Cook ’15 and senior Davon Hill ’16 were named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches Honors Court over the summer. The NABC Honors Court recognizes men’s collegiate basketball student-athletes who excelled in academics during the past season. A record number of 1,000 student-athletes from more than 350 colleges and universities were named to the 2014-15 squad. The NABC Honors Court recognizes the talents and gifts that these men possess off the court and the hard work they exhibit in the classroom. In order to qualify for the NABC Honors Court, a student-athlete must be a junior or senior academically and have at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA. Student-athletes from schools across all divisions of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics are eligible with an NABC member coach. Cook and Hill were named to the 2014-15 Winter Academic All-Middle Atlantic Conference team as well. Cook earned the honor for the second straight season. Cook graduated in May with a degree in business administration, tallying a 3.35 GPA. He finished second in the Middle Atlantic Conference in scoring at 20 points per game, hitting 39 percent from 3-point range and 80 percent at the free throw line. He also had 56 steals. Hill is a computer science major with a 3.88 GPA. He led the team in assists with 3.2 per game for the 2014-15 season. He finished third in scoring with 11.2 points per game. Hood finished the 2014-15 season with a 15-13 record, advancing to the semifinals of both the MAC Commonwealth Conference and ECAC South tournaments. See Hill’s profile on P 49.

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tudent-athletes at Hood College take many different paths to success in competition, academics and life. Four remarkable stories about Blazer student-athletes can be found on the pages that follow. Among them are a men’s basketball player who excels in math, a women’s swimmer involved in raising awareness for cystic fibrosis, a record-setting men’s soccer player and a volleyball player who is extremely involved on campus.

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When Colorado native Brenna Elizondo visited

Hood College, she knew she found her place and wanted to get involved on campus. Four years later, she is an instrumental member of the volleyball team and is involved in several student organizations. A volleyball player, basketball player and swimmer in high school, Elizondo began her collegiate athletic career as a swimmer. After a year, she decided to become a multi-sport student-athlete and joined the volleyball program. After an injury, she decided to just focus on volleyball. Elizondo helped the program improve from five wins her first year to a school record 20 wins during her senior season. She spent her first two seasons as a setter, a position she had played throughout high school. But entering her senior year, with a great deal of depth at the position, head coach Ellen Nordgren moved her to libero. The transition to defense was seamless as Elizondo led the team with 322 digs, the sixth highest singleseason total in school history. “I love defense, but I’ve never played it before,” she said. “After getting to play it, I thought, ‘Darn it, why didn’t I do this for four years?’” Off the court, Elizondo is in the honors program, earned dean’s list and Convocation honors and is a member of Kappa Delta Pi, Mortar Board, Alpha Lambda Delta, Chi Alpha Sigma and served in numerous executive positions in the Ionic Society. She has also been involved in the planning and execution of large events on campus, including the March on Frederick and the It’s On Us campaign. “I like being involved in things that make an impact in a positive way,” she said. “Hood is perfect for that. There’s always something going on, a way to be involved in the community.” Elizondo is an elementary and special education major, and her passion for relating to kids and figuring out how to work with them stems from growing up with her autistic brother.

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Drew Demich was a prolific goal scorer in high school. However, as a freshman at Hood College, he posted just three goals and added two assists for eight points. “Freshman year was a learning experience for me,” Demich said. “Adjusting to the college game was difficult at first. Teams play quicker and more physically.” After an offseason of hard work, it began to click during his sophomore season. He finished that year with 11 goals scored, just one shy of the Blazers’ single-season record. The performance earned Demich a spot on the Middle Atlantic Conference All-Conference First Team. This fall, as a junior, he spent much of the season atop the NCAA leaderboard for all divisions in goals scored. It took just nine games for him to surpass his sophomore year total for goals, and he set Hood’s single-season record with 22 goals. He was named the MAC Commonwealth offensive player of the year and earned all-conference first team honors for the second year in a row. Demich credits the stability of the team’s core and its family atmosphere for both his and the program’s success. “The current junior class has been very close since day one freshman year,” he said. “As new recruits were added each year, they were welcomed to the family. It’s been very exciting to watch the family grow into the team we have now.” A mathematics and secondary education major, Demich has excelled in the classroom as well. A dean’s list student, he was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team this season. He is also on the executive board of Hood’s SPURs and SAAC, and he is a member of the Student Education Association. Demich plans to become a high school math teacher and eventually a school administrator. Currently, he is a student teacher for math at Walkersville High School. He would also like to be a college coach someday.

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Senior Shannon McHale has a team-first

mentality in and out of the pool, whether it is setting records for Hood College women’s swim team or raising money for cystic fibrosis. When McHale’s cousin was diagnosed with CF, the entire extended family became deeply involved with the Boomer Esiason Foundation, named for the former NFL quarterback who has a son with the disorder.

In his first year at Hood, Davon Hill

“My family has a habit of supporting one another through everything, and we came together as a team to find ways to learn, support and fundraise for cystic fibrosis,” she said.

came to Hood College to play basketball alongside his twin brother, Devin. Now a senior, Hill’s role on the team has grown, and he is playing for his brother, who has become a student assistant coach.

With the help of the swim team, McHale organized the “Hood College Swims to Fight CF” swimathon in November to help spread awareness and raise money for CF.

“As I have gotten older and more mature over the years, my role on the team has increased,” said Hill. “I am now in a position of leadership, and I am the senior of the bunch. I am expected to be a vocal leader and a consistent performer on the court.”

“I collected donations at our first three home meets,” said McHale. “I also shared our mission, goal and website on social media. I reached out to Hood’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and Blazer Radio to get the Hood community involved in this incredible service project.” McHale has been successful in the pool for the Blazers as well, earning All-Middle Atlantic Conference honors 11 times in her first three years. She currently holds school records in the 100-meter butterfly and the 100-meter backstroke. “We have been one of the top teams in the MAC since my freshman year, and I’m sure the Hood College women’s swim team will work hard to continue to succeed,” she said. “Swimming at Hood has been an amazing privilege.” McHale is also part of several other organizations on campus. She represents Hood College on the Maryland Higher Education Commission Student Advisory Council to promote student perspectives and maintain a statewide system of academic excellence. She is a member of the Hood College Best Buddies program and SPURs, and she is a water safety instructor. McHale is majoring in elementary and special education, has been on the dean’s list since 2014 and is a member of the MAC Academic Honor Roll.

Last season he was the team’s leader in assists, dishing out 90 to place in the top 10 in team history in single-season assists. Entering his senior season, he is top 10 in career three-point field goals made and percentage made as well. Hill’s brother is the newest member of the coaching staff. “I have always respected Devin’s opinion when it comes to the X’s and O’s of the game,” said Hill. “The only difference now is that if he points something out in the game, he isn’t able to physically come out on the floor with me to help me execute whatever he had in mind.” Hill listens to the coaching advice of his siblings off the court as well. His older brother and sister went to college for computer science and were the first to intrigue him in the major. “They constantly talked about how it is a growing field with tons of job opportunities,” he said. “Because of their comments, I came to Hood and took a few computer science courses to see if I actually wanted to pursue the degree, and it turned out to be the perfect major for me.” Hill is excelling in the major now, and he has earned CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team honors and the Grace N. Brown Prize in Mathematics for his academic excellence and outstanding leadership. He is also an intern at U.S. Silica.

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