Andy Garlick was honored with a 2013 Community Volunteer Award from the Federation for Children with Special Needs. Andy is a fifth-grade teacher at Williams Elementary School in Newton, Mass., and the brother of an adult with developmental disabilities. Since 2008, he has directed Camp Echo Bridge, an aca- demic summer day camp in Newton that serves children with a range of develop- mental challenges. With the Newton pub- lic schools, Andy designs and implements an academic curriculum of mathematics, language arts, and social pragmatics. Michael Goldsmith graduated from Southwestern Law School last May and later passed the California bar. In between sitting for the exam and getting the results, Michael traveled to Israel with his brother and backpacked across Europe. Gabriel Weissman directs theater in NYC. He recently served as assistant direc- tor of the Broadway revival of The Winslow Boy for the Roundabout Theatre as well as for the new musical Arlington at the Vineyard Theatre. Gabriel also works as a cook to keep a roof over his head. Keke Mullins finished a master’s in cin-
ema production at DePaul University last spring. She is currently working as a free- lance videographer and editor in Chicago. As for me, I had a great surprise ren- dezvous with Alex Frost on the NYC’s Upper West Side, ran into Lex Curry ’11 and Zak Anolic ’07 at a wedding, and had the pleasure of hearing Zack Schwartz ’11 and Jodie Levinson ’08 perform as part of their amazing band Jodie & the Normals. It’s great to find Skidmore alums around every corner! CLAIRE SOLOMON 104 W. 96TH STREET, APT. 27 NEW YORK, NY 10025-6495
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the Society of Arts and Crafts and will be featured in its Newbury Street gallery in Boston through July. She was recently one of eight young artists to win a residency at Anderson Ranch in Aspen, Colo. She works part-time at the Center for Furni- ture Craftsmanship in Rockport, Maine. More at
www.michaelacstone.com. TANNER KAUFMAN
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since graduating from Skidmore. She started a graduate program in nursing at the University of New Hampshire in
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Tory Bennett has been working at Mass General Hospital in Boston
Michaela Curtis Stone won an award for furniture design from
January. Tory misses Skidmore but feels lucky that many of her Skidmore friends live in Boston. Genevieve “Jay” Brett is a graduate stu-
dent in the MIT-Woods Hole Oceano- graphic Institute Joint Program, studying physical oceanography. She loves living in Cambridge but really misses the Skidmore woods. Dana Bowman is pursuing an MFA in staging Shakespeare at the University of Exeter in the UK. Alexis Neisser lives in Chicago, where
she works as Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s social media coordinator. She misses Skidmore and beautiful Saratoga Springs, but feels very fortunate that many Skidmore alumni live in the Chicago area. Jackie Slocombe lives in Boston, Mass., where she is happy to see a handful of Skidmore kids frequently, but misses Saratoga “like crazy,” especially events like the Victorian Street Walk and Chowderfest. Jackie works for EnerNOC, an energy management firm that special- izes in demand response, a way of stabi- lizing the electric grid. She wants to give a big loud shout-out to the Skidmore field hockey team, who made it to the Final Four this year.
I live in NYC, where I work as a crisis communications consultant. It’s been great seeing so many Skidmore alumni in the city, and I find myself missing Saratoga too. ROSS LOVERN 245 W 25TH STREET, APT. 2C NEW YORK, NY 10001-7102 917-628-8450
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Singer-songwriter Mary Leigh Roohan performed at the Parting
Glass, Saratoga’s Irish pub, in November. The Saratoga native started playing guitar and writing songs at age 15 and made her debut at a Caffè Lena at 17. After gradua- tion, she recorded her first album, The Docks, with her band, the Fauves. Her new album, Skin and Bone, was released last year, and the Metroland newspaper named her the region’s Best Female Singer-Songwriter. Be the “go-to” person for updates on
what your classmates are doing: volunteer to be class scribe! It’s easy and fun. If interested, please e-mail Mary Monigan, class notes editor, at mmonigan @
skidmore.edu. ALUMNI AFFAIRS OFFICE SKIDMORE COLLEGE 815 N. BROADWAY SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY 12866
In Memoriam Alumni
Frances Muther Brown ’37 of Petaluma, Calif., died December 4. A math major, she earned a master’s in edu- cation from the University of Southern California and enjoyed a long career teaching math at Berkeley High School. Frances was a longtime volunteer for Meals on Wheels and a local literacy pro- gram. She served the College as a class agent. An avid hiker, she was a member of the Sierra Club, and was certified in jin shin jyutsu. She is survived by a niece and a nephew. Cynthiane Byrd Morgenweck ’40 of Milwaukee, Wis., died January 18, 2013. An English major, she earned a master’s in sociology from New York University and a master’s in journalism from Columbia University. She enjoyed careers in public relations, corporate publications, and teaching. Cynthiane was also editor of the Skidmore Alumnae Quarterly for many years. She was a longtime board member and former president of the American Society of Directors of Volunteer Services, part of the American Hospital Association. She served the College as a member of the alumni Board and reunion historian. She is survived by two daughters and a son. Her husband, Alfred, predeceased her. Catherine “Cap” Porrier Forshay ’41 of Slingerlands, N.Y., died October 24. An English major, she was an active commu- nity volunteer. Cap was an avid bridge player and a skilled mixed-doubles tennis partner. She especially enjoyed needle- work. She served the College as a class secretary and alumni admissions contact. She is survived by husband Bob, four sons, daughter Anne Forshay Breaznell ’70, 10 grandchildren, and three great- grandchildren. Mary Phillips Murray ’41 of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., died February 12. A nursing major and magna cum laude graduate, she launched her career as a nursing instructor at the Adelphi College School of Nursing during WWII. She later worked as a floor nurse at Saratoga Hospital and a public health nurse for Saratoga County. Mary spent 20 years as a school nurse and teacher at South Colonie Central High School, a position from which she retired as a New York State Teacher of the Year in 1975. Active in the community, she was a longtime volunteer for organizations including the Saratoga Springs Historical Society, Katrina Trask Garden Club, Yaddo Garden Association, and the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. A devoted alum- na, she served the College as a regional
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