Class Notes

’58

Caroline Tatnall Ketcham Like most of us, all over, Rob and I have been obliged to stay close to home over the last 15 months; gradually we are emerging, unscathed. I am still actively engaged at Tatnall (by Zoom of course) and am so very proud of the wonderful job done by the admin, faculty, and staff to keep the school open and functional. Our new head of school, Andy Martire, has, in his first year, become an inspirational and dedicated leader and I am thrilled that he sits in the Head of School’s office. Mrs. Myers would definitely approve! Can it be that we graduated 63 years ago??!!

Carolyn “Lyn” H. Vernon 2020 was an eventful year. I turned 80 and was forced to learn how to retire. Now that I am fully vaccinated, I am starting to leave my home more often, lunching with girlfriends, and finally attending a ballroom dance party at the Stardust Ballroom in Bellmawr, New Jersey. I have kept up with my personal trainer (when allowed) so I am hopeful I will have enough stamina to follow my partner. Fortunately, my yard man didn’t miss a beat during the pandemic, so the place looks nice when I look out the window. I have plans for a couple of cruises over New Year’s and a World Cruise on the Queen Mary 2 in 2023.

’62

Daphne Thurlow Stevens Life Journey

As a 40-year climate activist, I am devastated by the plight of the planet. I continue to fight on, inspired by my love of all nature having spent my childhood in rural Delaware and the beautiful Tatnall campus. I am glad to see that tradition continuing with the nature classrooms. I am also an activist for an end to racism, for peace, and gender equality. My wonderful husband of 53 years, Michael Stevens, and I share a love of art (he is an artist), nature, gardening, and reading.

I love the Tatnall Today magazine especially reading about your amazing students who will bring so much to the world.

’69

Tom Stat After spending more than a decade as a member of IDEO leadership (a global innovation consultancy), Tom continues to find new ways to integrate his eclectic educational background (aerospace engineering, social psychology, fine arts, architecture and business) acting as an internal consultant and director at Design Labs, a future-forward group within Gensler, the world’s largest design firm. He also maintains a robust independent consultancy (11 Consulting) that provides design and innovation strategy advisory services to a wide range of clients. Still in the Chicago area with two daughters — Taylor, a Vice President, Management Director at FCB (advertising) and Madison, a recent Boston University graduate, now a Research Coordinator at the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute at Northwestern University. His wife (Terri) maintains a robust freelance writing business and also provides college essay coaching. Tom remains in touch with many classmates from his class of 1969 and is ever thankful for the educational foundation and friendships provided by Tatnall.

’71 ’74

Faith Tomases Child milestone

I kept my parents’ house in Surrey Park as a country home after their passing. The timing was right and I was able to use it as a safety refuge from New York City during the COVID-19 pandemic. After spending more than a year living in Wilmington full-time, I will be splitting my time between the house and my apartment in Manhattan. My daughter Julia graduated high school virtually in June. She started Syracuse University in August and, despite all the limitations and restrictions due to COVID, is enjoying it. No football games or tailgate parties. I can’t imagine taking college level Chemistry remotely, online.

Anne Turley This goes in the old geezer section. I successfully had a hip transplant this year. People I know are dying, but I’m still here, for some reason. Swimming and yoga keep me sane. Cheers!

’72

Patrick Singer I am approaching 66! I have recovered from my major surgery in December 2020 for my leaky heart valve and have a new daily medication regimen. I would love to have my 30-year-old body back. I also have eight legs and two tails as additional medicine, and my “boys” take loving care of me.

’75

A. White-Collins I took early retirement from my PNP job in Pheonix in 2018 to lend a hand with some family stuff “back east.” Who knew how easily we would transition into the snowbird role? We are loving the summer family time in Delaware, and spending time with friends in Arizona in the winters. I keep connected professionally through two part time RN jobs, and Ed’s a volunteer firefighter in Old New Castle. I must say, you can’t beat being able to hike/bike/golf year round. Life is good, and we are truly blessed!

Philip Mackey It has been an eventful start to 2021 for us here in San Antonio, Texas. First, that “once-in-a-hundred-year” snowstorm in February and its associated power outages. Fortunately, being veterans of big snowstorms while growing up in the Northeast, we were prepared and came through it without major problems.

Edward Cook I retired in February of 2020. Mabel and I will continue to live in Charlotte (near Ellie Gillespie Elmore ’73). Our three sons live in Scottsdale, Denver, and Charlotte with three grandchildren in Denver. We resumed traveling to Sanibel this year where we were first introduced by my classmate Jill Johnson in about 1970 and have lots more traveling planned post-COVID. Then, a record hailstorm in late April with stones up to 6” in diameter fell west of us. Again, luck was with us and we only got pea-sized hail, so we had no damage. Hopefully, the rest of 2021 will be less record breaking!

’79

Stacey Whiteman Freeman Stacey and her husband David have now entered the stage of grandparenthood as both their daughter and son had children within nine weeks of each other. Harley Bloom Freeman was born on July 1, 2020 to Jeff and Lexi (Stacey and David’s son and daughter-in-law). Arlo James Zucker was born on September 3, 2020 to Stephanie and Dustin (Stacey and David’s daughter and son-in-law) “Cece and Grandpa” love their new titles!

’84

Lance Fargo After a four-year absence from the USAT National Championship stage due to a foot surgery, an injury, and we all know what happened last year, I competed in the USA Triathlon Nationals Duathlon Championship in Tuscaloosa, AL on May 22. After several previous trips to USAT Triathlon Nationals, this was my first time competing at the USAT Duathlon Nationals. I took division wins in both the Standard Distance Duathlon National Championship (10k Run, 40k Bike, 5.4k Run) and the Non-Drafting Sprint Distance National Championship (5k Run, 20k Bike, 2.8k run) for my 6th and 7th USAT National Championship wins and my first since 2017. Next up is the USAT Triathlon National Championship in Chattanooga, TN.

Class Notes

’86

Stacy Pennock I was married in Lewes Beach on May 15 to Jeff Specter. Fellow Tatnall alum, Julie Williamson was in attendance.

’88

Krista Pilot Greetings from Geneva, Switzerland! After five years of expat life in Dubai and Geneva, my family and I are moving back to the US. We will be finding a place to live in the New York City area, and finding schools for Jasper (age 9) and Willa (age 8). I am taking on a global role with PepsiCo, heading up External Communications and Strategy. Looking forward to reconnecting with friends and family this fall.

Chapin Spencer I’m still in Burlington, VT 26 years later. We call it the West Coast of New England as we see the sun set beyond Lake Champlain and the Adirondacks. I’ve been the Public Works Director here for eight years. While I love Vermont, I miss seeing you all but once every five years at reunions – so come visit!

’94

Scott Beale President Biden appointed Scott Beale (‘94) to be the Associate Director of Global Operations at the Peace Corps. Scott completed 15-years of running the nonprofit he started, Atlas Corps, which is known as the reverse Peace Corps because it brings people to volunteer in the U.S. Renee Taylor Garnick Renee earned her Master’s degree in Nonprofit Leadership from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy and Practice in June 2020 and accepted a position as Director of Development for Tech Impact, a national nonprofit whose mission is to use technology to better serve our world.

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’98

Alex McCausland I have been living with my wife, Jenny, and my son Alexander (8 years old) in the small resort ski town of Ketchum, Idaho for the past six years. Our family moved back to the Wilmington, Delaware region in August.

Lauren Psimaris Lauren just joined the Wagner Team at Compass as a Real Estate Salesperson licensed in Pennsylvania. She would love to help anyone buying or selling in PA!

Lauren Psimaris ’98

’05

Carly Jornlin It was a big year! Last year I moved out of New York City to Bucks County, PA after accepting a job as a Nurse Practitioner at The Lawrenceville School near Princeton. Here, I’m responsible for the medical care of 800+ boarding students. I married Dan Blaemire at an intimate ceremony on August 29, 2020 at Greenville Country Club with a total of 13 guests in attendance (down from our 200-person guest list). We are expecting a baby boy on Dan’s birthday – September 3, 2021.

’09

Matthew & Rachael (Polnerow) Nabhan My wife, Rachael, and I (both Class of ‘09) welcomed the birth of our son, Everett, in November 2020. We’re living in Kennett Square. Matt works in Greenville, and we’re eager to reconnect with old friends/classmates on the heels of last year’s social distancing!

Devon Taylor Devon’s eleventh coauthored peerreviewed manuscript—and first which she is included as second author—titled, “Development and validation of a predictive model algorithm to identify anaphylaxis in adults with type 2 diabetes in U.S. administrative claims data,” was released in Pharmacoepidemiology & Drug Safety on April 26, 2021.

’12

Tajma Brown Tajma was recently hired by tech company Satisfi Labs, and has relocated back to Delaware for the first time since graduating.

’16

Benjamin von Duyke Benjamin was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Air Force, and has completed Special Warfare training to earn a black beret and serve as a TACP officer.

In Memorium

Elizabeth Sisson Dolphin ‘77 Kay Sierer Hill ’67 Drew D. Yeager, Former Faculty Member

Begin with the end in mind.

Za’an Burrell ’21

DIAA ALL ACADEMIC CROWN TROPHY AWARDEE

FRANCES D.S. TATNALL SCHOLAR

DUKE UNIVERSITY LEADING FOR LIFE CHALLENGE-1ST PLACE

SENIOR CLASS OFFICER

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY ’25

Julie Griswold ’21

NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP FINALIST

SCHOLASTIC ART AND WRITING AWARDS NATIONAL GOLD MEDAL

DELAWARE REGIONAL SCHOLASTIC ART & WRITING AWARD, BOTH GOLD & SILVER KEYS BROWN UNIVERSITY ’25

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