his college sweetheart last August, and daughter Elizabeth is engaged to be mar- ried in September. REGINA N. CARBON 706 BOUNTY DRIVE, #603 FOSTER CITY, CA 94404-2609
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28–31. As co-chairs, Jeff Andrews and I rounded up a fantas- tic committee of vol- unteers who have worked with us to put together a
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will include a June-through-September exhibition at the Tang Museum. She plans to be at Reunion. I was very sorry to learn that Katherine Kirschner Dean died in 2011. We send condolences to her family.
See you in Saratoga May 28–31 to Get Back! NONI REILLY 114 CUSHING AVENUE BOSTON, MA 02125-2033 617-288-2104
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weekend of merriment and shenanigans that we think will be well worth your time and attention! Folks from other classes are more than welcome to join us. If you haven’t already made your reserva- tion, please do so now at
www.skidmore .edu/reunion.We know from reservations submitted so far that this will be a banner year for attendance. Margery Mossman Chessare has lived close to Skidmore in Greenfield, N.Y., for almost 20 years. She owns and directs Turtle Back Craniosacral Therapy & Education in Saratoga. She and husband Paul raised four sons and now get to enjoy their four grandchildren. Margery will be at Reunion. Lisa Gasstrom serves on the board of the American Friends Service Committee, a Quaker organization that promotes peace and social justice. Son John is fin- ishing his first year at Dartmouth. Son Paul and his family reside in Beijing, China. Lisa’s husband, Michael, is looking forward to retiring at the end the year. Meg Hammett Pierce will attend Reunion.
Molly Macsherry McBride and husband
Jerry live in Jackson, Miss., where Molly is celebrating her 35th year as an Episcopal priest. Molly works at St. Philip’s Church and is a development officer at Grace House, for homeless people living with HIV/AIDS. The McBrides spend three months each year in the 1,000 Islands of northern New York. Son Packer is married to Mary.
Peg O’Higgins Boyers is the executive editor of Salmagundi and teaches poetry at Skidmore and the New York State Summer Writers Institute. Her most recent book of poems, To Forget Venice, was published in October 2014 by the University of Chicago Press. She is very involved in preparations for this year’s 50th anniver- sary celebration of the magazine, which
Beth Porter Boynton is the direc- tor of Hill’s Wellness Center and a professor of wellness at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Western University Health Sciences in Pomona, Calif. She was recently elected a distin- guished fellow and practitioner member by the National Academies of Practice, a body of health-care professionals who advise policymakers in Congress and else- where. INGEBORG HEGEMANN CLARK 26 KERRINGTON WAY STOW, MA 01775-1036
IEHEGEMANN@GMAIL.COM AND NANCY REEVES REARDON 420 SOUTH GREENWOOD PASADENA, CA 91107-5019
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cation courses. She especially enjoys teaching classes on diversity and American government. Her husband is a teacher and football coach at Massillon Washington High School. Children Karetta, Robert, and Kristiane are all in college. In her spare time Karra enjoys sports, poetry, officiating volleyball, gar- dening, and doing crafts. She is the daughter of Oretta Davis Todd ’54. Greg Hess sends greetings to all of our classmates. He had a great time at our last Reunion—“better than I could have imag- ined!”
Margaret van den Berg Valeur-Jensen has been named general counsel at Retrophin, which develops drugs for seri- ous, rare conditions that have no existing viable treatments. A veteran of the bio- pharmaceutical industry, she was formerly counsel at Seed Intellectual Property Law Group and executive vice president and general counsel at Neurocrine Biosciences. She holds a JD from Stanford and a PhD in biochemistry and molecular biology from Syracuse.
Jed Lavitt celebrated his birthday in NYC with Stan Kozlowski, Sean Colquhoun ’78, Kris Ried ’78, Doe Ingram Filbert ’78, Lesley Norman ’79, and Collette Reifers Huidekoper ’80. KATHRYN A. GREGORY 41 LAWRENCE STREET WAKEFIELD, MA 01880-1849 781-224-3324
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new firm serving British Columbia, Canada. She has also been interim execu- tive director for Ballet Kelowna as well as managing director of the Rucker Archive, a collection of wild and wonderful images from the 19th and 20th centuries. She enjoys organic farming at Ravens’ View Farm and runs a popular B&B during the summer season. A Quaker for nearly 30 years, she is clerk of the Vernon Monthly Meeting of Friends. Karra Todd-Partridge lives in Massillon, Ohio. She is a substitute teacher at local schools and also teaches college-level edu-
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Alison Moore and two partners launched Oomph! Consulting, a
Janice Cipos-Pangrazzi traveled between Switzerland and France for pro- fessional development and personal busi- ness last year. She enjoyed creating a pro- gram that teaches young dancers about the French language and the history of classical ballet. After several years in Virginia, she and husband Richard moved to Palm Beach, Fla., where they live in town and can walk to the ocean. Janice looks forward to teaching French lan- guage and culture there and hopes to con- nect with Skidmore alumni in the area. Sue Stein-Black and husband John cele- brated their 25th anniversary by spending last May in Spain. After 32 years traveling the globe with Chevron as an executive development and coaching consultant, Sue has retired to spend more time with her family, including four grandchildren. Kate Grandin moved to NYC, where she obtained her real estate license and is working with the Corcoran Group. Her youngest son, Andrew, graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a bachelor’s in technical media arts. Wendy Coleman Hilboldt substitutes in elementary schools and privately tutors six students. She is also a volunteer EMT and helps run New Canaan’s food pantry. Husband Jim is an international business lawyer for Raytheon in Arlington, enabling Wendy and her Labrador, Lilly, to go on road trips many weekends. Wendy’s favorite role is being “Gigi” to grandson Warren and granddaughter Lila in Chicago.
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