Danseyar Pitman in Boston; and Alexis Schade McCormack and Amy Byrnes Simek, in Marblehead and NYC. Kathleen says the visits “made me realize how little we’ve changed and how important my Skidmore friends are to me. I am hoping to see many of you at Reunion.” Last January Lisa Adele Miller entered


the not-for-profit world as executive di - rector of the Glens Falls (NY) Symphony, a professional, union orchestra. So far, she’s had the pleasure of hosting interna- tionally renowned violinist Sarah Chang and former US Poet Laureate Robert Pin - sky. In addition, she is an active freelance writer, mostly in business and finance. Braintree, MA, resident Elizabeth Young- Collins performed recently at a fundraiser for cancer cures and at Brighton Library. For nearly 20 years, she has celebrated life through music and humor. From jazz and swing to Broadway show tunes and early rock, she delivers interactive musical pro- grams for a variety of audiences—includ- ing corporations, nonprofits, schools, sen- ior communities, private parties, fundrais- ers, and major media campaigns. Check her out at youngsings.com. Elizabeth trained at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, MA, and the Herbert Berghof Acting School in NYC. EMILY WALKER BRACCHITTA 36 FLAT ROCK ROAD, APT. 5 FITCHBURG, MA 01420-2282 EBRACCHITTA@GMAIL.COM


River town of Davenport, IA. Daughter April is off at college; she chose Boston over Saratoga! DEBBIE MONOSSON 16 PERRY STREET CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139-3912 DEBBIE@BFEC.COM


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up for in a great time had by all. The weekend kicked off with dinner at Sara - toga National. Karim Chichakly’s daugh- ter Amira, who works for one of the race barns, joined us, along with her friend Marcello, who is a trainer. Michelle Smith Meth and husband Bruce brought daugh- ter Danielle, who had made the trek up Kilimanjaro with Michelle just before our 30th and kept us entertained at Sunday brunch with tales of the trip. Kate Fitz - patrick Barnico and husband Tom brought daughter Kristen and two of her friends. Peggy Bresnick Kendler was there with son Jesse and daughter Lizzie.


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Molly Arp Newell says all is well with her family in the Mississippi


Saturday was spent on the rail at the racetrack, which was great fun; we were joined by Mike Sposili from Alumni Af - fairs and his family. Between Marcello’s knowledge and Danielle’s intuition, a number of winning tickets were cashed in. At the Northwoods apartments the young alumni (also on campus for a day at the races) held an impromptu volley- ball game: boxers vs. briefs. I know we wished for their energy; they were still going long after we called it a day. The campus looks fantastic, lots of new proj- ects going on, and downtown was jump- ing—you should have been there! PERI SNYDERMAN P.O. BOX 122 CHESTER, NY 10918-0122 SPECIALCAT@MSN.COM


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Lisa Genn Paton’s husband, Bud, was promoted to a global “work from anywhere near an international air- port” role at IBM, so they moved to At - anta, GA, thanks to Lisa’s own longstand- ing “work from anywhere” position with IBM. Several family members had already relocated to the Atlanta area. They love living on Lake Lanier and enjoy the dra- matic improvement in weather from what they left behind in Connecticut. E-mail lisapaton120@gmail.com if you’re in the Atlanta area and want to catch up. Their four kids are on their own, two in Denver, CO, one in Ft. Myers, FL, and the youngest in Richmond, VA. Lisa says, “Anna, who was very clear while growing up that she did not want to follow my footsteps or her stepfather’s, landed a job at IBM. In June she celebrated her first service anni - versary while mine was number 31.” Bud’s job has him traveling internationally fre- quently; the Patons recently visited Cro - atia, Italy, Turkey, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. Fifteen years ago Mary Howard O’Brien


went back to school at the Atelier, a four- year program of classical drawing and painting in Minneapolis. She has been painting commissioned portraits in oil for the past 10 years. She says she loves the challenge of painting, but more impor- tantly, she enjoys getting to know the people of all ages whose portraits she paints. Her favorite painter is Lucian Freud. Mary and husband Gary celebrated their 30th anniversary in March—which, she notes, “is pretty good, considering we knew each other only six months before marrying.” They have four sons, ages 21 to 27. Mary loves her memories of Skid - more and hopes to attend our next reunion.


Anne Miller Lovejoy’s youngest son, Charlie ’16, is a freshman at Skidmore! Daughter Emily graduated from Bryn Mawr and teaches biology at Choate Rosemary Hall. Oliver is a junior math major at Holy Cross and was looking for- ward to competing at the AQHA Congress with his horse Bodie in October. Isabelle is a high school freshman. Anne is in - volved in stroke research at Yale Medical School, finishing up one National Insti - tutes of Health study, with another one in development. She reconnected with Maureen Miller Hallock and husband Hal, who live in Westport, CT. Kim Klopstock has a new grandchild. Leila, daughter of Kim’s Talara and Thad, arrived in September. Jeremie Rachunow is a member of the


band Scarlet Fever. She produced the music for Brave New World: The Musical (based on Aldous Huxley’s classic) as Jonnie Rockwell, songwriter. Deidre Diesing Schiela, a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers, was named its western region’s assurance leader last summer. She is based in the Los Angeles office and was previously a leader in banking capital markets assurance in NYC. She has served financial-services industry clients for more than 25 years. KAREN BRADLEY MCELROY 8415 NE 122ND STREET KIRKLAND, WA 98034-6000 425-820-6145 BKCCAMAC@GMAIL.COM


with classmates, including some she didn’t know when she was a student. She brought along son Joshua, 18, “so he could finally see my alma mater.” He is now a freshman at Elon University. ANGELA FOSS 371 HARVARD STREET, #3B CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138-4119 ARFOSS@EARTHLINK.NET


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the student and family coordinator for the high school division of Grace Church School. Her chil- dren Dustin, 17, and Lucy, 16, both attend Poly Prep Country Day School in Brooklyn. Dana is a member of Skid - more’s President’s Advisory Council and co-chair of the Friends of the Presidents fund with Joan Doherty, preparing for our 30th reunion. Dana and husband


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