CREATIVE THOUGHT Nursing the future
her passion for caring for others in need. At NYU, she earned a master’s in psychiatric men- tal-health nursing in 1970 and a PhD in nursing in 1985. After serving as dean of the nursing school at Jacksonville University in Florida, the native New Yorker is now dean of the Harriet Rothkopf Heilbrunn School of Nursing at Long Island University and relishes work- ing at its Brooklyn cam- pus, home to a diverse student population, a great majority
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of whom come from high-need families and are first-generation college students. “It’s a wonder- fully rich environment here in Brooklyn,” she says. “I’m a New Yorker; I wanted to come back to New York.”
Erickson, who was appointed dean of the
Heilbrunn in July, believes the future of nursing looks bright. “It’s a very exciting time. Nurses are needed now more than ever, because of how the health care scene is changing,” she says, citing Obamacare and a changing landscape of health care that puts nurse practitioners on the front lines and focuses on primary care. “We’re refining our curriculum to make sure we’re preparing the nurses of the future.” Her school has been aided in its mission by a
$10 million gift from the Heilbrunn family. Part of the money will help fund high-tech man- nequins that can simulate events such as a mother giving birth. Erickson says one of her goals is to help grow an existing academic nurs- ing center into a primary-care clinic. Some funds are also earmarked for student scholar- ships.
Erickson has strong family ties to Skidmore.
Kathanne Kuhn Mitchell ‘64 is a cousin, and Kathanne’s daughter is Christina Mitchell ‘91. Erickson’s mother, Elizabeth Hartford Erickson, entered with the Class of ‘34, and her aunt Dorothy Hartford Kuhn also matriculated in the mid-1930s. —Nancy Rabinowitz ’85
ver since Judith Erickson ‘68 earned a BS in nursing from Skidmore, she has followed
New York. She is glad she no longer has to take care of a lawn or shovel snow. Stephanie reports that she is “fortunate to have a wonderful man in my life who loves to travel.” They have taken trips to Namibia and Japan. Although her daugh- ter and son-in-law live in Ohio, Stephanie gets face time with her 2-year-old grand- son via Skype.
Liz Kasmer Fancher hosted her entire family, including her ex-husband and his girlfriend, for the Christmas holidays. “It was a wonderful and memorable gather- ing,” she notes. Liz plans to retire from educational administration this summer and looks forward to having time for a lit- tle adventure. Martha Deming got through winter with the help of her three dogs, five cats, and two horses. Of course, her painting helped too. She reminisced about trudg- ing down Union Avenue from Scott House early on subzero mornings to get breakfast at Moore Hall before heading to 8 a.m. classes. Art and learning are still her motivation. Susan Vanek Heidtmann’s husband, Henry, works three to four days a week on Long Island. Susan works for a Minnesota- based company, taking insurance cases via telephone and fax, when she can. She enjoys it and says it keeps her brain sharp. The couple is considering selling the family house and moving to the sunny south.
Ellen Baker Ansel and husband Bob spent Christmas and New Year’s in Havana, Cuba, with their three children, spouses, and six grandchildren ages 10 to 20. They had an “amazing” time learning to salsa, playing baseball, meeting artists, and expe- riencing a completely different culture that seemed to exist in a “time warp.” In August, Ellen and Bob visited Skidmore with 16-year-old grandson Griffin, who was taking a game theory course. Ellen says “the campus was gorgeous, and meal choic- es at the dining hall were definitely not what I remember in the ’60s!” She was also impressed by the curriculum. Twila Fleckten Wolfe spent a month in Chile, Argentina, and Brazil, plus two weeks in London, Paris, and Reykjavik with her 12-year-old grandson. Closer to home, she took a road trip through the Dakotas, and visited NYC, Minneapolis, Seattle, San Diego, Scottsdale, and Denver. Our class is saddened by the death of Betsy Hall Becton last July. Glenda Arentzen recalls that Betsy made it through two Saratoga winters before transferring to Hollins College in Virginia. We send condolences to her family.
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Last summer Nancy Smith Bushnell had a hip replacement and spent a lot of time lolling about and reading. She also traveled to Vermont to visit her son and later headed to Denver to visit her daugh- ter and grandchildren. We send our deepest condolences to Suzanne Lindberg Schneiter, who lost her husband in January 2014 and her sis- ter, Nancy Lindberg Brinkerhoff ’65, that March.
After a pilgrimage to the Holy Lands last May, we spent three weeks at the family summer home on northern Lake George with all six kids and grandkids and four dogs. In the fall we traveled to Vietnam for a two-week Viking River Cruise from Hanoi to Saigon along the Mekong and also spent several days in Cambodia. Our boat held just 65 passengers, so everyone quickly got to know one another. It was an awesome trip, especially for the two Vietnam War-era naval officers onboard. SUSAN SAMBROOK BERRY 402 NH ROUTE 25A WENTWORTH, NH 03282-3119 603-764-9802
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Simon, and Alix Carver Spielman enjoyed a Skidmore mini-reunion at Cranwell Spa in the Massachusetts Berkshires last fall. DEBORAH FRANKEL REESE PO BOX 110 SOUTH STRAFFORD, VT 05070-0110
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Longtime Vermonter Lindsay Knowlton enjoyed a trip to Florida, followed by visit to Tucson, Ariz., and San Diego, Calif. Freddie Russ Jones and Brian have five grandchildren. The couple finds time to travel, and recently visited India for the first time. Freddie was very engaged in skiing this past winter, hitting the slopes every day.
Nancy Eile Warner enjoys time with her two children, their spouses, and her granddaughter. She is a family nurse prac- titioner in a private primary-care center in “beautiful and scenic” Santa Barbara, Calif.
Artist and entrepreneur Molly Brister Haley co-founded and ran Marblehead Handprints from 1970 to 1994. The suc- cessful silk-screen and fabric business was so integral to the economy and culture of Marblehead, Mass., that in August the Marblehead Museum and Historical
Lynn Edwards Hendricks, Patty Foreman Balbirer, Roberta Lahn
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