a Boston writer whose broken marriage spurs her to seek solace and eventually find romance on a trip to Spain. Joyce draws upon her extensive knowledge of Spanish culture and cuisine to create a richly layered backdrop to Margaret’s adventures in that country. Last year, Jill Ayers Gilbert and hus-


band John celebrated their 50th anniver- sary. John also retired from a 50-year career. The couple lives in Brooklyn. Caryn Outcalt Foltz reminds us of the importance of time with friends. She adds, “It’s valuable to smile, laugh, and enjoy life as much as possible.” Deborah Davenport Brooks underwent


two knee replacements last year and dis- covered while recuperating she was “such a baby.” She bounced back nicely and was able to take a trip to Zion and Bryce national parks in the fall. She reports that her offspring all healthy and happy. Suzanne Elsesser spent a week last fall


in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, touring art exhibits. She says she will be forever grateful to Professor of Art Emeritus James Kettlewell for “opening me to the world of art.” Suzanne and I were reminiscing recently about a trip we took to Panama City, Panama, in 2013 with Betty Garman Robinson. We picked up right where we left off during our days as Skidmore roommates. Suzanne recalls, “We had a ball exploring the colonial part of the city, riding in a dugout canoe to an indigenous village, visiting the canal his- tory museum, and traveling on the canal. You’d almost think we had been engineer- ing majors with all our curiosity about canal construction!” Anne Costales Foy hosted a memorial


service last summer at her lakeside cottage in the Massachusetts Berkshires for Barbara Henry Bagnall, who died in 2012. Betsy Bromfield Woodard and Lynn Lamont Beckman attended. Anne, who spent many wonderful summers with Barbara, Betsy, and Lynn in that area over the years, says the occasion was “bit- tersweet.” Mary Kelchner Lindner made her annual trek from Pennsylvania to Tucson, Ariz., for the month of March. She and I enjoyed going to the movies and experi- menting in her kitchen with new recipes. Mary observes, “It is the gift of being together that we value so much.” Honolulu, Hawaii, resident Jean


Morrison hosted grandchildren at her favorite place—a remote, rustic beachside house in Haena, Kauai, that has remained untouched by development. Husband Ron practices tai chi and works out at the


YMCA. Jean exercises three times a week, which helps her physically and mentally. Nelle Nugent and husband Jolyon joined Ruby Puryear Hearn and husband Bob for lunch at the Yale Club last year. Nelle and Ruby, who discovered at Reunion that they both love opera, often buy tickets for the same performances at the Met, in the same section. Nelle pro- duced The Trip to Bountiful for the Lifetime network, which aired in February. She also completed 10 episodes for the HBO series The Levays, based on the Broadway play Stick Fly, which Nelle produced.


Susan Grove Hyson’s son, Matthew Hyson’92, welcomed a baby boy on December 23. Sue and husband Chuck stay active skiing and biking with the Top of the Hill Gang, a Boston-area recreation group. Marlene Danto Josefsberg and husband Bob celebrated 53 years of marriage at their vacation home in Beaver Creek, Colo. They love spending time with their four children and 12 “beautiful and brilliant” grandchil- dren, who range from 6 to 22. Ten grand- kids live nearby. Bob practices law, and Marlene volunteers helping teenagers make healthy lifestyle choices. Marlene likes to play golf, ski, and snowshoe. Sue Laird Robinson and Pat Timothy enjoyed their first reunion in 35 years, in Boston, Mass. Sue flew in from Sarasota, Fla., for a board meeting of the Boston Early Music Festival. Pat, who lives in Brookline, was volunteering for the Head of the Charles Regatta. I am saddened to inform you that Suzanne Shaffer McGown died last May. We remember her as a successful business- woman and devoted volunteer for thera- py dog programs. We send our sympathy to her family. We also send condolences to the family


of Madeleine Fontaine Ortoleva, who died in July. We celebrate her 30 years of devoted service as a professor of French language and literature at Skidmore. Alan and I enjoyed the company of Sue Smith and husband Bill Wilkes this past winter. The couple made their annual pil- grimage from the East Coast to spend the winter months in the Tucson, Ariz., area. GAIL BENDIX JAFFE 5431 N. PASEO ESPEJO TUCSON, AZ 85718-5229 520-575-0165 GAILBJAFFE@MAC.COM


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Last summer, Cookie Rapoport Thier enjoyed a visit from Judy


Brown Tulchin during Judy’s Colorado stay. Cookie also spent time with Gail


AT WORK Living legend L


inda Haas ’61 recently retired from her nursing position at the Seattle VA Medical


Center, but she hasn’t stopped working. She continues to contribute to evidence-based care standards for diabetes patients, write research papers, and lecture around the country. “The thing I like about nursing is that it’s so varied,” she says. The winner


of last year’s Living Legend Award from the American Association of Diabetes Educators, she added flexibili- ty to national care guidelines for older patients and promoted strategies to improve care in nursing homes. As a Skid-more nursing major, she spent


her second and third years in clinical training in Manhattan. Yet what she appreciates most to this day is that the program didn’t focus strictly on nursing. Freshman and senior years were filled with liberal arts classes, which helped students “look at the whole world,” Haas says. In nursing, she looks beyond disease to see the whole context of a patient’s life: “Not ‘just dia- betes,’ but are you a Vietnam vet, do you have kids, have you just lost your job?” Haas was always driven to improve patients’


lives. She’d see people suffering with diabetes and think, “That doesn’t have to happen.” As do-it-yourself blood-glucose meters became easier to use, she realized that “people could take control,” she says. She then focused on teaching patients how to best use that informa- tion to stay healthy. As the VA was putting effort into diabetes


prevention, Haas spent some of her time on diabetes care, advising the Office of Nursing Services in Washington, D.C., to make national policy changes. “That’s one way to make a dif- ference,” she says. “If you can change your own practice, you affect a few people. If you work to change policy, you can make a huge difference.” —Jill U. Adams


SPRING 2014 SCOPE 31


CREATIVE THOUGHT


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