more. Margo instructs water fitness classes and works in the town clerk’s office. She looks forward to Reunion. Lori Tsoumakas-Stanczyc recently re - ceived a career achievement award for 20- plus years in clinical psychology focusing on community education and prevention as director of Youth & Family Services in Rocky Hill, CT. Lori says her psych and ed double major led her to a fulfilling career. She and husband Mike were looking for- ward to May, to celebrate 25 years of mar- riage and also son Michael’s graduation from Eastern Connecticut State Univer - sity. Son Nick is a junior at UConn, while son Harrison is a sophomore in high school. Lori stays in touch with Andrea Nolan DiLibero of Owens Cross Roads, AL, Jeanine Pino Ragusa of Far Hills, NJ, and Lisa Fairchild Heist of Trumbull, CT. Andrea DiLibero recently published
two children’s books, using her education major and artistic skills. She lives in Alabama with husband Alan. Sally Ginsburg Rosenfield lives in
Wellesley, MA, and is senior VP for the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund. Older daughter Emily is an MBA student at Columbia University and is engaged to be married. Younger daughter Susan was applying to MFA programs for next fall and pursuing postbaccalaureate studies at Brandeis University in painting. Both daughters went to Brandeis as undergraduates. Sally is an active volunteer with Hadassah. Last April Susan Magrino Dunning enjoyed returning to Skidmore for the Freirich Business Plan Competition, spon- sored by Ken Freirich ’90 to encourage student entrepreneurs. While on campus, she reconnected with Penny Patterson and observed incredible entrepreneurial talent among students. Susan returned to Saratoga in July with Sara Nolan ’82 and Chris Jones ’82 for the Palamountain Scholarship benefit event, where former Skidmore first lady Anne Palamountain honored well-known socialite and philan- thropist Mary Lou Whitney. Susan also enjoyed Saratoga Polo, run by Jim Rossi ’82, and caught up with Rob Blake ’82 at the racetrack. Susan looks forward to Reunion. Michael Klimowicz and wife Sona live
in Leominster, MA, with sons Kyle, 14, and Jimmy, 12. The couple met and still work at LUK Inc. in human services and community mental health. Barbara Spinelli is a lead physician at Sutter Medical Group, practicing family medicine in Sacramento, CA. Husband Dana Maclean is a sales rep for Fibercare, a manufacturer of fiberglass baths and
tubs. Daughter Ashleigh is a sophomore pre-med major at Santa Clara University. The family traveled to the East Coast last summer, where they caught up with Ei - leen Hanawalt Stevens and her family. Barbara and her husband occasionally run into Vinny Catalano, who also lives in the Sacramento area. After four back sur- geries over the last year and a half, with multiple complications, Barbara is not sure if she will make it to Reunion. Farmington, CT, residents Ann Wil - liams Mullen and her husband will attend Reunion. Ann loves meeting up with the people who came into our lives since graduation. She hopes to see Susie Ensign, Sue Salino Maider, Margie Ken - nedy Doran, and Dede Shebell among others.
Jeanine Pino Ragusa has moved into
a new home on Long Island. I hope to attend Reunion, though my
son Jason will be graduating from NYU around that time. He was accepted to a PhD program in linguistics at UC Santa Cruz, his first choice. My husband, David, and I are thrilled that he will be coming back to California. Our daughter Danielle graduated from Sonoma State University and applied to the teaching-credential program there for the fall. She’s been vol- unteering at a child-care center in Costa Rica. Our son Ryan is in the throes of “teenagerdom,” learning to drive and keeping us laughing. LILLY JARAY OSTROVE 2129 ANGUS DRIVE WALNUT CREEK, CA 94598-3305
DANJASRY@YAHOO.COM
their home for four days, but when it got too cold they moved in with Lisa Johan - nesson Hoak for five days until the power was restored. They jokingly called it the “Hoaktel.” The two families later went skiing at Bromley Mountain in Vermont and “had a blast.” Michael and Lisa participate in a dinner club with Neil Chalfin and Bill Conn ’85: they meet every eight weeks or so, rotating who selects the restaurant and picks up the bill each time. It’s a lot of fun and they’ve eaten in many wonderful places. Michael also sees Bruce Burdge and his family, including a few days last summer in Con - necticut and their annual pilgrimage to Tampa, FL, for the Gaspirilla Festival, a simulated pirate invasion of Tampa Bay. Michael has been with Turner Construc - tion for almost 19 years. He’s been look- ing at colleges with his oldest daughter;
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After Superstorm Sandy, Michael Handler and family had to stay in
AT WORK Trailblazing caregiver E
laine Schulte ’83 has been cutting her own trail since her Skidmore days as a
double major in music (her first love is the piano, although she also played violin) and bio- chemistry. After graduation, she faced a choice and chose medicine because, she says, “I knew I could have music forever, but if I didn’t pursue medicine I would lose my interest in it.” She’s never looked
back. Now chair of general pediatrics at the Cleveland Clinic, Schulte says, “Being a pediatrician is the greatest job in the world.” Early in her career
at Albany Medical College, where she earned her MD, she began caring for many foster children and international adop tees. She dis- covered a passion for helping these children, many of whom had dis- tinct medical, behavioral, and/or developmental challenges. “I told my department chair I was going to create an adoption program,” she re - calls. “And he said, OK, do it.” A trailblazer in adoption medicine, she
founded Albany’s International Adoption Pro - gram before moving on to establish a similar program at the Cleveland Clinic, where, as med- ical director, she advises adoptive parents about how to care for their children, and “If I’m lucky,” she adds, “I get to see the children as patients.” Schulte—who herself adopted two daughters, now teenagers—is sensitive to the uncertainty that adoptive parents struggle with: “There’s always that missing piece of information, some- thing that affected your child that you don’t know about.”
Meanwhile, Schulte never lost her love of music. She often performs as part of Cleveland Clinic’s Arts and Medicine Institute, a program to enhance the hospital experience for patients and their visitors. She says, “I find a way to enjoy music, whether playing for myself, per- forming, or just listening.” Severance Hall, home of the Cleveland Orchestra, is “just down the street from where I work, so it’s quite con- venient to get to a concert.” —Sara Daniels ’05
CREATIVE THOUGHT
LISA DEJONG
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