who recently passed away. Ann competes in local road races and coaches seniors in weightlifting. She also continues her cal- ligraphy business. Janet Ainsworth MacDonald took her children and some friends to Maui, Hawaii, for Thanksgiving this past year. At 85, she has discovered some physical limi- tations but is in good health. She enjoys reading, playing bridge, and spending time with friends. Patricia Bryant Koedding welcomed grandson Jon home from Afghanistan. He is hoping to join the U.S. Army Special Forces. Granddaughter Lisa is planning a June wedding. Grandson John will graduate from Drexel in June, and granddaughter Jocelyn authors a blog called Transplants that helps new residents in Lancaster, Pa. Pat enjoyed a visit with Skidmore staff member Mike Sposili last fall. Last fall, Charlotte Heavens Bruins
took a 42-day cruise in Europe and North Africa. She visited ports in the Caribbean before heading across the ocean to the Canary Islands. There, Charlotte celebrat- ed her 85th birthday by riding a camel! The adventure took her to Morocco, Spain, Italy, Gibraltar, and Madeira. George and I sold our condo in Prince-
ton, N.J., and downsized to our place in Amelia Island, Fla., year-round. We had a wonderful full family reunion at Christmas. PATRICIA GRUMMON CLEGG 4670 CARLTON DUNES DRIVE, #14 AMELIA ISLAND, FL 32034
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observed through the window. Our neigh- bors, Dawn Rylander Spitz and Eric, were happy that they wintered in Florida! Class Friends of the Presidents chair
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Jean Adams Shaw has enjoyed convers- ing with her roommate, Mary Lyons Harberg, as well as with JoAnn Molinari Byrnes, Arline Fisch, Pat Carle Powers, Eva Brunner Cohn, and June Fresen Tower. Jean and Barbara Underhill Collyer enjoyed a wonderful weekend on campus this past fall. Shirley Welber Stone is delighted that granddaughter Emily ’17 is a Skidmore freshman; she “has made a great choice.” Celebration, Fla., resident Marion Bolton Northrup is reminiscing about our 60th reunion. Marion hopes class- mates will make to our 65th. “Let’s hope and pray to do the same as we give thanks for each day!” Nancy Lukens Pegnam would welcome
This past winter’s blizzard here on Cape Cod was truly beautiful—
visitors to Linden Ponds, a new retire- ment facility in Hingham, Mass. Lukie enjoys many activities there. Shirley Greene MacLeod says 2014 is a year of change and new beginnings. Husband Russell, 96, is in failing health, and she has moved into her bayside cot- tage in Yarmouth, Maine. Joyce Levine Eppler and husband Klaus hosted their entire family for Thanks- giving at their home of over 46 years in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y. Their two daugh- ters live reasonably close by; Karen is a professor at Amherst College and Amy is a lawyer in New Haven, Conn. Joyce retired from Spence Chapin in 2001, where she did adoption work for 40 years. She and Klaus, who have maintained an apart- ment in NYC for over 35 years, enjoyed attending concerts and theater there. Peggy McConnell Hinrichs enjoyed helping her daughter, Ginny, decide on the décor of a new home in Haverford, Pa. Peggy is selling her townhouse in New Canaan, Conn., and looking forward to spending more time in Vero Beach, Fla. Her grandson is a very happy freshman at Duke University. Bill and I joined all of our family and my sister’s family for our traditional Christmas Eve smorgasbord. Our oldest daughter, Sally, and her husband hosted 26 of us at their home in Lexington, Mass. On Christmas Day, they hosted 16 Boothes for dinner. To have everyone together from near and far was a very spe- cial occasion. BETTY JOHNSON BOOTHE 14 HEEGEONG DRIVE DENNIS, MA 02638-2220 508-385-5735
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Group’s Florida division. She is heading up Green Advertising, Stalder/Green in Orlando, and Vidpop Productions. She also wrote Fired at Fifty: A Survivor’s Guide to Prosperity (www
.firedat50.com), published last year. Carol Bradford Kirby moved to a retire- ment community in Durham, N.C. Two children already have homes in Durham and a third child and her husband plan to retire there in a few years. Since six family members are Duke graduates as well as football and basketball fans, relocating to Durham was an easy decision. Joan Watson Kennedy Berkey and Ted celebrated their third anniversary this past September in Stowe, Vt., and spent the winter on the coast of Maine “hugging our wood stoves and writing our book!”
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Phyllis Miller Green was named chair of global advertising firm WPP
Suzanne Dorr Cairns and her husband
still live in their own home and are very active. They play tennis, golf, and bridge and participate in book groups and a gar- den group. Sue belongs to the Women’s University Club. Both daughters and their families live nearby. Sue regrets having to miss our 60th reunion. Grace Ackerknecht Harrigan has won- derful memories of Reunion. She and Cliff live happily in Datau Island, S.C., where she plays lots of duplicate bridge, prac- tices yoga, and does water aerobics. Grace has two artificial hips and an artificial shoulder. Norma “Billie” Fisher had another fun- filled year emptying out her bucket list with a great trip to Machu Picchu in Peru. She can’t believe we are as old as we are, but Reunion helped her realize that “it’s OK to buy green bananas!” Mary Lyman Heist is happy at her new senior residence in Stamford, Conn. She reports that “half of Old Greenwich, Riverside, and Greenwich is there, which adds to the fun.” Lymie welcomes hearing from classmates; her (and all classmates’) contact information is available from the Office of Alumni of Affairs. Jean Ellen Silverman Kaufman is sorry
to have missed Reunion and notes that everyone seemed to have such a good time. Unfortunately, she had valve replacement problems that prevented her from attending. She is doing fine now and was looking forward to getting back to St. Martens. Jean “Beano” Pennucci had a great
time at Reunion. She enjoyed seeing old friends and getting reacquainted with new ones, admiring the impressive changes on campus, and staying in an air- conditioned suite. After Reunion, she went to her summer camp in New Hampshire, where a local group staged an arts and crafts/reading series. She had a wonderful time painting murals and guid- ing the kids in their activities; “Shades of art education at Skidmore!” Beano lives the rest of the year in Little Rock, Ark. Norma Morse Edelman is in a new independent living residence in El Cajon, Calif. Norma is glad her father made her study business at Skidmore as it served her well in a long, successful career as a wedding planner after her husband died. Her son has a flourishing family and life in Dublin, Ireland. Norma reported the passing of lifelong
best friend Nancy Angell DuBois in November. Norma says Nancy was “all things lovely.” We send our most sincere sympathy to her family.
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