at a retirement community outside Phila - delphia for seven years. See her Web site for Art in the Garden and her own pho- tography, drawings, and paintings. Last June, Lucretia and I spent a weekend at a workshop in York, ME, celebrating the poetry and life of May Sarton. Joan Rascoe Hausman coauthored a children’s board book with an interactive version soon to be published on the Apple iTunes books site. In the fall Jane Finneman Hochman wrote from Oslo, Norway, having just left London, England, where she saw two classmates who have lived overseas since graduation: Sabre Gilmartin (aka Lynda Sable) and Tamar Karet (aka Tammy Greenhauff). Sabre definitely plans to be at Reunion; Tamar hopes to be there too. In July, Jane and husband Jack brought two young grandchildren (from Califor - nia) to campus during reunion-planning weekend. Jack entertained them while Jane worked with classmates. She says, “They were very excited to be there, espe- cially to get to sleep in a college dormi - tory. So, you see, I am doing my bit to re cruit the next generation of Skidmore students!” Jane and Jack were at Skidmore again in October, for Celebration Week - end, and brought along another grand- daughter, age 8. At a pre-50th-reunion lunch (just for fun and to help stoke ener- gy for our big event in May) at NYC’s King’s Grant Restaurant, Jane saw nine classmates from the metro area and beyond. A Boston pre-reunion gathering was hosted by Lynn Edwards Hendricks and Ginny Durfee at the Dedham Country Club. Lynn and Ginny were delighted to see Pixie Cram Elsberry, Joyce DiBona, Jeanette Chase Fagone, Linda Maislen Frieze, Elizabeth Angier Holden, Mary Pierson Miller, Susan Carnes Reeder, Judy Meinert Rist, Barbie Nichols Kir - wood, Sandy Alex Wilbert Fleisch man, Judy Pettingell (from New Hamp shire), and me at the event. Lynn says, “A good time was had by all.” Ginny writes, “Being with Lynn, making plans, is just like it was 50 years ago. We are having so much fun!” I drove down with Judy, who ob - serves, “How moving it was to hear atten- dees talk of all they’ve been through and accomplished since graduation. If some- one wrote these tales up, it could be a best-seller!” Lynn Edwards Hendricks volunteers at Horizons for Homeless Children in Massa - chusetts. She also studies Italian and takes yoga classes several times a week. Her husband, Peter, teaches English as a sec-
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ond language. The couple babysat for two sets of grandkids last winter, hosting the three Hendricks children in Bos ton and then traveling to Pittsburgh, PA, to stay with the three other grands while their parents traveled. They missed seeing their two Texas grandchildren before leaving for Italy in March but hope to see them this summer. Lynn and Peter plan an early reutrn from Italy to be sure they make it to Reunion! Pixie Elsberry plans to come to Reun -
ion. She says women’s health care and politics hold her attention and guide her activities. I think we can all relate to her New Year’s resolution: “To start and com- plete by 2015 my personal throw-away or give-away campaign in my house. So far, I have kept to it.” Judith Pettingell had a wonderful time
with her painting group in Provence last fall. She reveled in “great food, funky cas- tles, open-air markets, and camaraderie.” Judy also spent a few days in Paris, where she toured Monet’s home and discovered the waterlilies there to be even more won- derful than she anticipated. This trip was followed by the birth of her third grand- son just after Christmas. She is excited that her kitchen is being renovated. Sabre Gilmartin is also renovating a kitchen, at her second home in Mexico. She spends many months of the year there with her Mexican-born adopted dog Tony, who also commutes with her back and forth from England. Sabre will be at Reunion. In July Marjorie Margolies celebrated
her 70th birthday in New Jersey with a big party—including special guests Bill and Hillary Clinton. Marjorie, a former Congresswoman and TV journalist, is the mother-in-law of Chelsea Clinton, who attended the party along with her hus- band, Marjorie’s son Marc Mezvinsky. The party took place at the palatial estate of real estate developer Michael Karp, in a home formerly owned by casino mogul Steve Wynn. Dorothy Skripak Penner’s son Rob got engaged last New Year’s Eve to Elle Curtin in Spain, where he was working for the Volvo Ocean Race. His fiancée was visit- ing on holiday break from studies for a master’s in public health at the University of North Carolina. The timing of the wed- ding, as well as a Rotary International meeting in Lisbon, Portugal, means Doro - thy will not be attending our 50th. “It’s hard to believe I will miss this occasion,” Dorothy laments. She and husband Vern had fun at his 50th at Union last May. They enjoy their lives in and around
Annapolis, MD. Dorothy officiates tennis tournaments and Intercollegiate Tennis Association matches but plans to make next year, her 10th, the last. In July Laura Young (
laurayoungart.com) retired from the School of Art and Art History of the Uni versity of Iowa. She traveled to Virginia for five weeks and spent a week in Wash ington, DC, visiting Emily Turano Ward and husband Steve. The trio saw the Diebenkorn show at the Corcoran Gallery and had fun catching up and “drinking a ton of wine.” Laura also connected with her daughter-in-law and three little grandsons for lunch. (Her son is in Afghanistan doing intelligence work and didn’t return until Christmas.) After - ward, she went to the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts in Amherst to concen- trate on her artwork. “It was such a beauti- ful place!” she says, noting that she met a lot of writers, filmmakers, and other artists. Back in Iowa, Laura worked on the Obama campaign. In 2012 Wendy Rouder testified in a famous murder case called United States vs. Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald. She was on MacDonald’s legal defense team when, 32 years ago, a woman who Wendy believes aided the real murderers, confessed to her, and now Wendy was called back to testify about that. She notes that the case has strange Skidmore connections: the slain wife of MacDonald attended Skidmore while we all were there, as did the defen- dant’s sister. And the FBI blood analyst on the case was also a Skidmore grad. You can read about the case in the latest best- seller by Errol Morris, A Wilderness of Error. Wendy adds, “You can list me as planning to attend Reunion—if my face - lift works and I lose 30 pounds. I can at least count on the hair coloring working.” Seeking the film Losing Ground to show
at Reunion, I came across an article on its creator—filmmaker, playwright, and pro- fessor at the City College of New York Kathy Conwell, or Kathleen Collins Prettyman, as she was known profession- ally. It is amazing how famous she is in film circles, what a legacy she left behind, and what a tragedy it was that she died of cancer at age 46. I have been in touch with her daughter Nina Collins, who is writing a memoir about her mother and is lending us the film. Carol Smith Witherell received an award for outstanding service to the City Club of Portland (Oregon), for co-chairing four forums titled “Schools Making a Dif - ference: Portraits of Excellence, Engage - ment, and Equity.” The filmed portraits featured successful, innovative schools
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