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CREATIVE THOUGHT Serving the underserved


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n a remote jungle outpost in Nicaragua, Susan Hadley ’72 tends to a flock of stu-


dents, who in turn are tending to the local population. She’s leading fourth-year medical students on a monthlong elective, organizing and operating a small medical clinic where they’re treating everything from infections to parasites, malaria to malnutrition, dengue fever to chikungunya. And doing so with precious few resources. Hadley is


drawn to the idea of serving the underserved, while helping to open the eyes of her students to the plight of the developing world. “We owe it to the people of


Nicaragua, who’ve suffered terribly,” she says. “And we’re making a positive difference.” As an infectious disease specialist and pro-


fessor of medicine at Tufts University, Hadley has been leading these medical missions for the past 10 years. Partnering with the NGO Bridges to Community, she coordinates efforts between Tufts and the Nicaraguan Ministry of Health. To date, the NGO has built schools, wells, community centers, and health clinics, while Hadley and her students have saved countless lives. “The success rate is phenome- nal,” Hadley says. She is most proud of Casa Materna, built in


2014 as a place where women could go to prepare for the final phase of pregnancy. Heretofore, the region suffered from high infant mortality, disease, and birth complica- tions as mothers gave birth at home. Now local women are coming in from the surround- ing countryside, often by foot or on horseback, to deliver at the clinic, where complications aren’t as deadly. Even in this remote setting, Skidmore con-


nections flourish. Hadley, who started in Skidmore’s nursing program before getting her MD several years later, has maintained friend- ships with fellow nursing classmates, and now Toby Pollack Meshberg ’72 and Lynn Gonzales ’72 often join her on her yearly mis- sions of mercy. —Jon Wurtmann ’78


Srulowitz, whom I hadn’t seen for 25 years but instantly recognized, and we reconnected on the spot. ANN C. LODOLCE LODOLCE & ASSOCIATES 1350 BELMONT STREET, #104 BROCKTON, MA 02301-4430 508-583-2424 ANN@LODOLCEFAMILYLAW.COM


Common Core in Washington, D.C., last July and spent August in Guatemala vol- unteering as a tutor and teacher for immi- grant laborers with the charity Circle of Friends in Action. Corkey visited Saratoga in September.


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I am sad to report that Corinne “Corky” Paine Freake of Bucks, England, died in April 2014. We send condolences to her family.


My first grandchild, Rorke, was born in September to my daughter Linden and husband Bryan. I have been caring for the baby two days a week since Linden returned to work. My husband, Jack, passed away on October 1. I am still sub- bing at the French-American International School and the Chinese American International School in San Francisco, and I am an active Airbnb host. LORRAINE RORKE BADER 146 SHRADER STREET SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117-1017 415-902-6134 LORRAINE.BADER@GMAIL.COM


Penny Thoms and husband Steve have lived in County Kerry, Ireland, since 2000. They spent the Christmas holiday in Bruges, Belgium, enjoying the city’s history, canal, and markets. The author of Thin the Veil: Living and Dying within Celtic Spirituality, Penny launched her first novel, Seanchai, the story of a young Irish woman’s search for her identity, earlier this year. Penny was looking forward to hosting Roxana Currie Wales and husband Whit at her Kenmare home in May. She invites class- mates planning a visit to Ireland to email penelopethoms@yahoo.com. Eliza Cocroft Bailey attended her 50th high school reunion, close on the heels of our 45th. She had a hard time making connections with many classmates and didn’t even remember some of them. She did, however, participate in a lively dis- cussion about the many changes that have occurred over the decades. Susan Hirsch Schwartz and husband Charlie have welcomed many classmates


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Elizabeth Corcoran DeMarco has finally retired. She protested the


to their winter home in West Palm Beach, Fla., over the past few years, including Marsha Petersen Kenny, Janice Brophy Billingsley, Kathy Cole-Kelly, and Eliza Crocroft Bailey.


Nancy Cluck McIntyre passed away on October 7. We send condolences to her family. DOROTHY KANRICH SANDFORD 333 E. 53RD STREET, #7E NEW YORK, NY 10022-4913 SSCOTT106@AOL.COM


Class president Barbie Herbert von der Groeben is now living on Nantucket year-round and would love to hear from anyone traveling her way. She celebrated the move by participating over the Thanksgiving weekend in the Nantucket Cold Turkey Plunge! Alex Schilling Friedman is still produc- ing amazing tapestries and loves to show visitors around her Sausalito, Calif., stu- dio. She invites classmates to email AQSFriedman@gmail.com. After many years of teaching high school Spanish, Linda Dunkel Grahl is enjoying retirement. She lives about 20 miles from Skidmore. Her daughters are both married; one lives nearby and the other in Washington, D.C. Linda and her husband recently took a monthlong trip to Bhutan and India. Prior destinations have included Peru, Ecuador, Vietnam, China, South Africa, the Serengeti, Egypt, and Jordan. Judy Allen Wilson is moving out of her home in a restored fire station and into a smaller condo. She loves her life of travel and part-time work. Liz Roman Gallese reports that Women of ’69, Unboxed was screened at the JFK Presidential Library in Boston last November to a thoroughly engaged full house. A robust discussion followed, which underscored the broad appeal and historical relevance of the documentary that she co-created. Anne Harvey Grote, Kris Ford Herrick, Sheila Barry Lockwood, Penny Chisholm, and Susan Osgood were on hand for the event. Margaret Amyot Mangano enjoyed her first Road Scholar trip, trekking in Nepal, last year. She describes the experience as “enlightening, active, and enjoyable.” We are sad to report that Virginia Kemball-Cook Peake passed away on December 19. When I met K-C as a fellow freshman in Van Deusen Hall, I was struck with her vivid presence. She was full of life and fun—no one who met her could forget her. We send heartfelt condo- lences to her family.


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AT WORK


MARK MORELLI


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