Carolina, which turned into a happy refuge during the Covid pandemic. Her older daughter, Lawton, got married in 2019, and she and her husband are happily expecting Lyn’s first grandchild in June. Younger daughter, Caroline, is still enjoying working in Washington, D.C., and is a happy homeowner of a condo in downtown D.C. Tey all met in the mountains for some good family time.


Anne Jones Dantzler’s ’80 second grandson, Vincent Baine Dantzler, was born on April 5, 2020 and enjoys playing with big brother, Aiden (3).


Te class expresses sympathy to Deborah Williams Jeter on the death of her husband, Guy W. Jeter, who passed away on January 19.


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Annie Clark-Durkin is enjoying retirement living in San Diego, California. She continues to be an advocate for finding a cure for Alzheimer’s disease, which took her mom in 2003, and she has raised more than $100,000 since her mother’s passing. Visit her website for this year’s campaign: alzsd.rallybound. org/ walk4alz/AnnieDurkin—blessings to all her classmates for 1971’s 50th Reunion.


Leann Betts Malone ’84 and husband, Bill, visited family during a summer 2020 trip to Upstate New York.


1972 Te class expresses sympathy toKaren Minich Zent on the death of her


husband, Rex, on November 11, 2020 after complications from heart surgery.


Te class expresses sympathy to Sandra Schute Lacy on the death of her father-in-law, Benjamin R. Lacy, III, who passed away on January 18.


1974 Te class expresses sympathy to Wendy White Kenney on the death of her father-in-law, Joseph F. Kenney, who passed away on February 2.


1975 Te class expresses sympathy toTeresa Berendy Baker on the death of her husband, Bruce A. “Duke” Baker, who passed away on November 24, 2020.


Te class expresses sympathy to Annette King on the death of her wife, J.B. Wallace, who passed away in 2020.


1976 Elizabeth Pearce’s pandemic activities have included research on whether Richard III really killed the princes in the tower (doubtful), sticking to an effective Pilates/weight routine (worked better than expected), morning


walks with husband Richard (pure pleasure) and finally getting the Pfizer vaccine. On the horizon is a Caribbean cruise in February 2022.


Linda Cable Shute’s latest sacred octavo,Wayfaring Stranger, was released by Neil Kjos. It is a jazzy arrangement written for two-part mixed voices, piano and alto sax.


1977 Te class expresses sympathy to Julie Hastings Westphal on the death of her husband, Eric Westphal, who passed away on October 10, 2020.


1978 Te class expresses sympathy toDebra Craig Blackwelder on the death of her father, Dr. Joe Billy Craig, who passed away on February 28.


Te class expresses sympathy toKyle Hendricks Levin on the death of her mother-in-law, Betty Hirsch Levin, who passed away on November 10, 2020.


1980 Te class expresses sympathy toGrayce Mann Somerville on the death of her


A QUEENS CONNECTION THROUGH ART


Kat Keeton Flanagan ’08 was in a frame shop near her home in Oak Park, Illinois, when a piece of art caught her eye. Upon Googling the artist the world momentarily seemed to shrink, as she discovered it was fellow Queens graduate, Ray Hart ’92. “It was wild! This small Queens connection


was just what I needed in my life,” said Flanagan. “Now I have a few prints on the way.” A sociology major and member of the


Queens men’s basketball team, Hart did not know he would enter into a career in art, specializing in acrylic and oil painting. However, after graduating, he took time to do some soul searching, which resulted in the art career he pursues today. Hart’s pieces have received some notable awards and accomplishments, including


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being featured on the covers of three McGraw Hill university textbooks. Most recently, he was asked by the National Institutes of Health to lend one of his images to their campaign to educate and inform people about the current coronavirus pandemic. Hart says the most important achievement


of his art is that it provides the quality of life he enjoys today. “Through my art, I’ve not only been able to improve my quality of life but also the lives of so many others,” he said. “For example, Kat discovering my art in her neighborhood art store. It’s a nod to what I call the poetry of life; meaning we are in the space we are supposed to be in at any given moment in time.”


See more of Ray’s work at www.rayhart.com. — Danielle Phillips ’13, MS ’18


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