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1932

Jerry Benack
88-2 Ball Road, High Acres
Syracuse, NY 13215-1633
315-478-6801

With most of us deeply affected by the horrible disasters of the September-and-after terrorisms, a changing world confronts us! For this November script, intended for early 2002 publication, it is difficult to find adequate words for this column. Nevertheless, Americans have never failed to overcome adversity, and WE WON'T!

An unrelated matter is that your class reporter has finally reached his 95th year on this formerly delightful earth! Thus, it is long overdue that my reporter duties should "cease and desist," of necessity, and I hereby cast a confirming vote for that motion after our 70th reunion next spring. It has been an enjoyable experience to help chronicle our prolonged era since Alma Mater tossed us out into that Depression. We hope that '32ers will keep us all updated via a successor reporter or direct access to the alumni office, or otherwise!

Gratefully yours for all your help and patience through 21 years!

Roberta Ryther Agnew      '33
20 Kiwassa Road
Saranac Lake, NY 12983
518-891-1278
E-mail: robra@webtv.net

Betty Helin Conboy      '34
585 D Avenida Majorca
Laguna Hills, CA 92653
949-859-0536

Albert A. Walters      '35
574 Blue Ridge Avenue
Piscataway, NJ 08854-5014
732-463-0852

A couple of phone calls were successful but others weren't in trying to contact classmates.

Bill Sawyer and spouse Ruth made a trip in the spring to the San Antonio area of Texas and to their old home area of New York State in the summer. Next is a trip to Cape Canaveral to see and hear a shuttle launch. After living in Florida for a good number of years, they'll be patronizing home industry. They also attended the St. Lawrence reception in Palm Beach last spring - didn't see anyone else there from our time. How's that for active seniors?

Herb Padgett and his wife, Irene, also in Florida, have been stays-at-home. Herb's eyesight is weak, and while this limits his activities, he is still able to read and keep otherwise occupied. He had to give up golf, which he very much enjoyed. No plans to travel.

Couldn't raise Mary "Mel" Lewis Overlease on the phone, so she may have left Hammond early to winter farther south. She thought earlier that this year she would winter with her daughter near Utica rather than drive to the Carolinas as she used to.

Haven't been able to get an answer on Margaret "Peg" Robinson Nyquist's phone since I received a note from a year ago, although the phone rings normally. Guess I'll have to resort to old-fashioned letter writing, although phoning is much easier as I've been having eye problems over the past year. Can't drive but the next-door neighbor kindly takes me grocery shopping each week and other friends get me out of the house, so generally I'm getting along reasonably. Thank the Lord for kind neighbors and friends.

How about a note from some of you not visually impaired?

1936

For information about becoming a reporter for this class, please contact Leigh Berry in the alumni and parent programs office, 315-229-5925 or lberry@stlawu.edu

John H. Hauser     
80 North Main Street
Kent, CT 06757-1525
860-927-1085

I have agreed to offer my services as a reporter for our class-if no one else wants the job! Because 1937 was so long ago, and because we've been out of circulation for so long, perhaps a bit of history is in order.

First though, I must sadly report that my girlfriend, beginning at a Tri-Delt party in 1935, and continuing until June 24, 1939, when she became my wife for the next 62+ years, Constance Terry Hauser, died on December 1, 2001. Well-wishers may direct remembrances, other than flowers, to the St. Lawrence University development office.

So on with that history. At the invitation of President Seelye, I did not accept a job offer as a sales trainee at Goodrich Tire and instead worked for St. Lawrence from July 1937 to May 1941 with the title of assistant alumni secretary (to Atwood Manley '14). My job was to run the annual Alumni Fund for Atwood and to recruit prospective male students. Connie worked in Herring Library after our marriage. During the ensuing years, we hosted St. Lawrence get-togethers, worked on Alumni Fund drives and entertained prospective students at our homes in Illinois, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. I was a member of the Alumni Council in the late '50s or early '60s and was an alumni trustee nominee in the '60s, only to be defeated by my fraternity brother and friend, Kent Faulkner '42.

Please share your news with the class.

1938

For information about becoming a reporter for this class, please contact Leigh Berry in the alumni and parent programs office, 315-229-5925 or lberry@stlawu.edu

1939

For information about becoming a reporter for this class, please contact Leigh Berry in the alumni and parent programs office, 315-229-5925 or lberry@stlawu.edu

Mark "Barney" Brown '40
501 Via Casitas, Apt. 211
Greenbrae, CA 94904-1930
415-464-1528
Fax: 415-461-0241
E-mail: BEMABROWN@aol.com

Time for another column and this one will be quite short. In spite of e-mail queries to a few classmates, I have only three to report on.

Nathan Niles reported sad news for which we extend our sympathy to him. I wrote in an earlier column that wife Margaret's Alzheimer's had required that she move to a skilled nursing facility. Unfortunately, she passed away on October 12. Nate is trying to fill his lonely hours with computer work for the Annapolis Rotary Club. He has also started reading "boat for sale" ads and hopes to get back on the water. Happy memories, Nate, and best of luck to you.

Nate also lost his brother, Al '38, who had moved into a rehabilitation and living center in Norway, Maine, with physical problems including congenital heart failure. I think many of us remember Al driving around the campus and Canton in his rather tired Model A.

Charlie and Marjorie "Midge" Hall Silver know very well the problems of a class correspondent as they worked this beat for several years. They have reduced their travel but welcome visits from family and friends and they planned a family Christmas get-together at their home in Florida. They say their golf is getting pretty bad and I say, welcome to the club. Charlie says they are not ready for assisted living but he is getting doggone tired of keeping up the yard. Plant it in gravel, Charlie.

Bea and I did take our three-week driving trip to Colorado and on to Nebraska. We were heading into Lincoln on September 11 and spent most of our visit glued to the TV. A terrible, evil act and I hope we can extract what passes for justice. I understand SLU lost five graduates and I'm sure many of us lost someone we knew.

End of report. Keep me posted, friends. Letter, card, e-mail or telephone - anybody out there? Cheers.

1941

Mary Coakley Farris      '41
4120 NW 13th Avenue
Gainesville, FL 32605-4611
352-372-5830
E-mail: manufarris@earthlink.net

I haven't heard from anyone recently. I called Harry Carhart, who was headed for a nap after spending a long day at the hospital where he volunteers. He said that Ron Sinclair is holding his own. He and Harry chat on the phone once a week.

I visited St. Lawrence twice last summer and had a wonderful time. The second time, my son, Greg, and his wife, Susan, accompanied daughter Susan and me and we stayed at the river house of my nephew Tom Coakley, vice president for administrative operations at the University, on the St. Lawrence River. I hadn't reminded the kids to bring their birth certificates, so we couldn't cross over into Canada. The new field house is a great addition to the campus.

Scattered as far and wide as we are, geographically, we should have some very interesting news to share. How about sending me a letter? As I write this we are preparing for the Christmas holidays. Hope yours was special-let us know.

Bill Buschmann   '42
632 St. Andrews Drive
Gulf Shores, AL 36542
334-968-4374

1943

Walter Boris      '43
2017 Glen Drive
Jackson, MI 49203-3822
517-783-5691
E-mail: wrbddb@dmci.net

Walter Boris has agreed, upon appeal from some of his classmates, to take on the duties of class reporter. Please send all your news to him by any of the means indicated above.

1944

Elizabeth Dietrich  Ackerley     '44
42 Cedar Lane
Scotia, NY 12302-5524
518-384-0021

Recently I met Doris Clark '43 when doing grocery shopping. Doris gave me the sad news that in October she had attended a memorial service in Amsterdam for Clifford Greene, husband of Helen "Betty" Traver Greene. My sincere sympathy to Betty.

I heard from Larry Eschen '43, who keeps in touch with Joe Kistner '43 and Harry Helfrich. Harry and wife Nancy were at their summer home in Portage, Maine, where Harry was recovering from another shoulder operation. You can't keep Harry down. Larry tells me Joe "has become a prolific writer." I hope we'll hear more about it.

I am delighted to report that my third great-grandchild greeted the world on November 4. Rhiannon is the daughter of Tim and Mary Beth Augustine, and joins sister Brynne, who is a big 3 years old.

It would seem all my classmates are on extended vacations or sabbaticals. The saying is "no news is good news," but not at 42 Cedar Lane in Scotia. I love phone calls or letters.

Keep joy in your lives. I'm a firm believer that smiles, laughter and a few belly laughs make us all better and more productive individuals.

1945

Jane Amer Wolf '45
3450 Evans Road, 134D
Atlanta, GA 30341-5815
770-938-8645
E-mail: jlawolf@worldnet.att.net

Sixty years ago last fall, we all found our way to Canton, N.Y., to become - for the most part - the Class of '45. By December, Pearl Harbor pitched us into World War II. Many joined the military, others had to leave campus for various reasons and eventually with the V-12 programs some accelerated into the class of '44; others moved into ours. So be it!

In our class for the 1942 edition of the Gridiron are 244 names listed alphabetically. Then in the 1996 alumni directory, 103 names are listed BUT 13 of those have an asterisk - meaning their address is unknown. Where are my classmates? Who remembers whom and what?

Modern Maturity figured us out in their November/December issue. Their puzzle page stated: " It was a very good year, 1945!" Did you enjoy that?

Monnie Dewitt Kimball called me last March to report waking up the previous November with an awful back pain. Neighbors took her to a clinic and then she was transferred to a hospital and wonderful doctor at Yale. To quote Monnie: "I am so healthy, if it could happen to me, no one on the planet is safe!" She also claims that since we are "birds of a feather" she won't fly away until I do.

Yes, Marilyn Carter Metsger, it was Pat Ulrich Janney who sent me the information on your husband.

Carolyn Thomasma "Tommy" Spiegel, what are you doing? Do you ever hear from Marjorie Matthius Horton, who shared bacteriology lab with me? Then there was Elizabeth Shanesy Kiralis in that creative writing class where we'd wish each other Merry Christmas on the 25th of any month. Just noticed Margaret Sanders Graveley's name - she accelerated into our class, right? Where in California are you, Margaret Carr Starr? Dorothy Durland Robinson, surely you can spare me information.

The way I look at it, if you are ill, we could write. If you are deceased, can't someone tell me? We can always remember. Let's give it a try.

In the meantime, congratulate me - I am a great-granmommy! A young man named Connor arrived October 8, 2001. What a thrill for one of two girls, who had two girls, one of whom had a girl. Are you following? Our daughter Martha claims the parents are doing fabulously well.

Please give me a call. I have an answering machine. Say "hello," give your name, your whereabouts and hang up. Thank you.

1946

Ann Miller Hilchie     '46
5 Constitution Drive
5815-4 Marina Drive
Sebastian, FL 42958
E-mail: hilchal@cs.com

We have news from Bette Hitchcock Campbell. It is wonderful to catch up with her after so many years have elapsed. In 1969 she married Dr. Wells Campbell, a friend for many years. Their home base is Smyrna, Del., but they do travel extensively. They manage four or five trips a year even though Wells is still practicing three days a week. Generally their itinerary includes a trip to New Orleans, the Outer Banks and St. Lawrence's Camp Canaras, Saranac Lake, N.Y. Bette was travel editor for the News Journal in Wilmington, Del., and this enabled her to see many places, such as Iraq, Turkey, Syria and Saudi Arabia. She also took two trips around the world and individual countries. Last year they enjoyed Spain and Portugal. A few years ago they visited Sally Sloat on their way to Alaska. "Hitch" says Sally hasn't changed a bit.

Bette has three children, five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. She is thankful for a great life and a good recovery from brain surgery in June.

Joyce Walsh Burgess is still living on Cape Cod, but has moved from North Chatham to South Yarmouth. I had hoped to see her when we were on the Cape in September. Unfortunately, we came home early because we arrived the day before September 11, so we didn't feel like vacationing when our countrymen were suffering.

Judy Woodhead DeRitter, Joe '63 and Joan Langlois Richardson '57 had planned a wonderful trip to France with the St. Lawrence alumni travelers, but this trip has been postponed until April because their original departure date was September 14.

Judy and the Richardsons attended the Laurentian Leadership Weekend on a rainy October weekend in Canton. The cultural benefits were well worth combatting the weather. A highlight of the weekend was a stirring speech by Steve Forbes. Judy said it was a pleasure to visit Barb Griffiths Klemens '47's wonderful yarn shop. She also had a visit with Jack Klemens '48 at the Athletic Hall of Fame Luncheon.

Judy did such a fine job as president of the Albany Panhellenic, she was elected to swing the gavel another year. When I am in Glenmont, I see Judy at Panhellenic functions and sometimes in between.

If you have enjoyed news of your classmates, treat us to your lives.

1947

Marjorie Watters Longley    
34 Gramercy Park, Apt. 9 B-F
New York, NY 10003-1731
212-254-9432

Mark it on your calendars now! Our 55th Reunion (how did we get here so fast?!) is the weekend of May 30-June 2. Our Reunion Committee includes Jean Townsend Browning, Patty O'Neil Cottrill, Bell Herndon and Bill Weaver and is chaired by Pat Mitchell Infantine (planning), Herb and Sylvia Allen Watkins and yours truly (development). Conversations with class members indicate a turnout close to the numbers of our 50th.

It is with sadness that I note the passing of Chuck Stephenson last June 26. A celebrated member of the Navy V-12 on campus and accomplished athlete, Chuck and his wife, Marian, returned to campus in 1995 to celebrate the 50th reunion of the V-12.

Also with sadness, I report the passing of Millie Wallin Martin's husband, Joe, who, although a Dartmouth alumnus, enjoyed our SLU reunions and class members very much.

Kay Murphy Shelley, who suffered a serious stroke last year, has returned to her state of origin, Minnesota. She lives in St. Paul.

I was scheduled for a trek on the Silk Route September 8, which fortunately was postponed to April. Not the time for American tourists in Uzbekistan. However, plenty to keep me busy in NYC. Individuals and organizations in my neighborhood set up a food station at our local precinct and provided breakfast and dinner for a month for hundreds of the World Trade Center rescue workers. Little enough we could do. When the workers returned from Ground Zero, they looked like they had been drawn through a knothole.

I was more of a witness to the disaster than I would have cared to be. As I returned home from the polls that primary day I heard a very loud noise. I looked up and saw American Airlines Flight 11 just clearing our rooftops. I thought, "What's with that plane?! It's too low. It's going to hit something." It did. I was on jury duty Sept. 11, so I dutifully headed for the courthouse, which is just a few blocks from the World Trade Center. The streets were full of people looking up at the North Tower with smoke pouring out. As we looked, the second plane crashed into the second tower. Now we knew this was not an accident.

I was dismissed from jury duty (I was the only one to show up), but continued serving for the next two weeks until we reached a verdict. During lunch breaks I walked down to Ground Zero. Devastating. Television doesn't begin to capture the reality. The good news is that New Yorkers are tough, resilient and resolute - and united. These events make our Reunion all the more special - a chance to see good friends. Be sure to come. God bless.

Marjorie Sabia Crotty      '48
9352 Balcom Avenue
Northridge, CA 91325-2343
818-885-1362 (phone and fax)
E-mail: jcrottyjr@juno.com

Harlan J. Infantine      '49
1552 Heifer Road
Skaneateles, NY 13152-9620
315-685-0224
Fax: 315-682-4490, attn: Pat Infantine

1950

George P. "Scotty"   McAloon   '50
71 Church Street
Alexandria Bay, NY 13607-1817
315-482-9676
800-852-2565 (business)
Fax: 315-482-4722
E-mail: McAloon@Webtv.net

The Class of 1950 is responsible for a great deal of stress on its class reporter when you don't communicate with me. What can we write about if you don't call, write, fax or e-mail some information?

All was not lost as the alumni office sent me two items: one dealt with the death of Charles Lill. It was an obituary and mentioned that he studied at Notre Dame and St. Lawrence. We scoured the Compass in 1949 and '50, and found only a mention of him in a list of students in the 1948 Compass. We pride ourselves on being able to recognize all the members of our class, but Charles Lill we neither recognized nor knew.

The other was from Anne Dawson O'Malley '49, who visited when Pi Phis came back in 2000 and in July of this year sent a notation to the alumni office that she had read Andy Doty's book, Backwards into Battle. I have mentioned it in my column a few times and there was review in this magazine. If you want to get a copy of Andy's book, let me know and I will arrange to have Andy send you one (for a price).

Marylee Hahn Merritt after our last reunion sent me a note saying that I included 104 classmates at the Color Guard Dinner. As she arrived late, it should be 105, so we stand corrected. Unfortunately, that was Marylee's last notation to me.

We want to take you back to the reunion of June 2001. Among the items as gifts or whatever you could purchase were sketches of Appleton Arena. We purchased three of them and sent them on to the roommates. We described in our letter to the roommates some dermatology problems we had, which were corrected very simply, and I received great advice from Tommy Gerard: "Stay out of the sun." Tommy told me that he had had lunch with John Westlye '52, who is in good spirits and gets around with a cane. Westlye always has some great opinions. Tommy also said that he had lunch with Anne Nardi Rogers, who had been married but then divorced. She and her second husband live about two miles from Tommy and I guess it was good talking about various things. He also said that he and Doug Westerberg '51, another roommate, were in touch because they were looking at the Stanley Cups.

As you can see there is "much ado" about nothing. Lower your class reporter's stress level. As you will not read this until February (assuming all goes well), we wish you wealth, health, and happiness in the new year. Remember when we thought 2000 was a big deal? Here we are at 2002!

1951

Jane Raymond Ciarcia      '51
119-D Angel Drive
Waterbury, CT 06708-1211
203-597-9569
E-mail: revalbert@snet.net

1952

Jane Hallock Combs
941 Walston Road
Almo, KY 42020
270-753-0676
E-mail: jhcombs13@aol.com

This spring we'll be celebrating the 50th anniversary of our graduation! But we are too YOUNG! How could it possibly be our 50th? There obviously has been some mistake!

Since the University is obviously going along with this GROSS error, I've been getting notification of classmates who intend to be heading up to Canton next spring.

Rebecca Oliver Bowman plans to be there. She spends "half the year or more in Hobe Sound, Fla.," but still has a house in Canton. Becky attends alum Tri-Delta meetings when she is in the North Country. Last year she went to Ireland, risking life and limb, to kiss the Blarney Stone. Had a great time.

Becky (whose daughter, Mary, is Class of '81) enjoys golfing and does volunteer work in both Florida and Canton.

Tom Glover and his wife, Diane Preussner Glover '57, will be on hand. Tom says, "In the Tick Tock tradition, I continue caricaturing here and abroad," though he says "actually golf is overtaking work."

Tom and Diane have four "grand-Larries" courtesy of offspring Bruce '83 and Leslie '85. More on Tom later.

Another planning to be at our celebrations is Don Boice Jr. Don has been living in Grantham, N.H., for 19 years. Both his married children and grandchildren live within 20 miles of him. He spends "most of the winters in Florida with friends on a golf course." Although retired, Don has worked for the last 16 years as a part-time realtor.

Another classmate who will be heading toward Canton next May is Evelyn Benson Blount. Evie, who has four children and five grandchildren, lives in Naples, Fla., and summers in Henderson Harbor, N.Y. She is retired, golfs, bikes and volunteers in community service. When she has free time she gardens and COOKS. (I MUST go visit!)

Naturally, Barbara Robertson Mitchell will be at our reunion. (She'd better be! She is co-chairman.) Barb says, "all you '52ers - we want you at our 50th reunion. Call your friends and tell them to pack their bags and attend the big event on May 30-June 2, 2002. See you there!"

Lloyd Cox also is assured of a ticket to Canton. He is chairing the reunion with Barb. They are busy developing committees to support their efforts. Let them know if you're interested in helping.

Marguerite "Peggy" Henshaw Sperling will be there. You'll recognize her because she'll be wearing her "freshman beanie." (Actually, we are ALL supposed to wear them.)

"I'm ALIVE and traveling!" says Richard Brush. Dick is obviously all set to leave for Canton. What fun!

Paul Blankman plans to be with us for the great event. (If he can tear himself away from all his endeavors.) He is a very fine photographer and recently has been making beautiful greeting cards adorned with his excellent photos (occasionally even throwing in a little original verse).

Our class is so diverse and talented. Speaking of talent, I told you I wanted to add a bit more about Tom Glover. We all remember his caricatures. (What did he charge? $2 a piece? Everyone had them done......and the big mural at the Tick Tock which was still there at our 45th reunion.)

I recently received some clippings from the Darien News Review that did a great report about Tom. Let me condense it a bit by saying that he has come up in the world (and probably charges more than $2 for a picture now). He and Diane have traveled all over the world as Tom draws his specialty for such folks as Time, RJR Nabisco, Sears, the New York Times, Honda, Minolta, AT&T, IBM, CBS, NBS, the Olympics and (as they say) a "host of others"! Wow!

Do you suppose instead of a composite photo of our class, Tom could just DRAW us? At $2 a person....if we have 100 of us show up, he could make himself a neat $200. The possibilities are MIND-boggling! How 'bout it Tom?

This is going to be one fantastic reunion. Anyone who misses it is (as we say in Kentucky) an absolute idjit! Write, call or e-mail (note the new number and address above) and tell me you are coming!

1953

Ruth Rundquist Meyer '53
50 Shelley Drive
Granby, CT 06035
860-653-6967

Much has changed in the lives of all of us in the two months that have passed since I wrote my last column. It is my sincere hope that no member of the Class of '53 has been personally affected by the tragedy of September 11.

A newsy letter from Paul Clements gave me a rundown on his activities since graduation, which included stints with General Electric and Sears Roebuck in the Boston area, where he and wife Peggy raised four children. Then they returned to Canton, where Paul purchased and operated the Bing Stevens Office Products and Sporting Goods store, while Peggy ran Crowell Jewelers in the same building on Main Street. In 1993, they moved to Dolgeville, N.Y., into an 1879 Colonial Revival house, which they have been restoring ever since. One day this may become a B&B. Take note, classmates. Their travels have included a 9,000-mile auto trip across the United States, a trip to Europe and also to the Dominican Republic, where their eldest son is a State Department diplomat at the U.S. Embassy. Paul and Peggy are looking forward to Reunion 2003.

Barbara Hutt Phillips relates an incredible experience singing with a massed choir of over 500 voices at the International Church Music Festival in Bern, Switzerland, in early summer 2001. Her New Bern, N.C., group also visited Salzburg, Oberammergau, Lucerne, Interlaken and Geneva. The Phillipses enjoyed the remainder of the summer at their summer home on the St. Lawrence River, with non-stop visits from family and friends.

Bill Rollins and wife Harriet Perkins '52 moved to Hendersonville, N.C., in 1992 when he retired from a career as a college professor in California. They spend summers at Long Lake in the Adirondacks and return to California for a month each winter. Aerobics, tennis, travel and visits with their two sons keep them busy in their retirement.

William Fox received an MS in physics in 1953 after two years at St. Lawrence on a fellowship for research in ultrasonics and polymers. This led to a career in research and development, first at the Franklin Institute Research Laboratories in Philadelphia, where he met his wife, Charlotte. In 1957 he joined the technical staff at AT&T's Bell Laboratories, where he worked on transistor development for AT&T's first transistorized Underseas Telephone Cable as well as for future undersea cable devices. Since his retirement in 1981 Bill and Charlotte spend time in both Pennsylvania and Florida with their three children and five grandchildren.

William Fox worked on transistor development for AT&T's first transistorized Underseas Telephone Cable as well as for future undersea cable devices.

A letter from Betty Buchanan Dunn included the news that, after visiting the North Country last spring, her family became the happy owners of a camp on Lake Ozonia in St. Lawrence County. Betty is retired but still volunteers at the Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Va., when she is not traveling with husband Leo, who has been assigned as an advocate for patients involved in clinical research trials at the Medical College of Virginia. Son Cary practices Mohs surgery in Sarasota, Fla., while daughter Laurie lives in Silver Spring, Md., and works in Baltimore. On a sad note, Betty mentioned the death of Sheila "Teddy" Hill, a two-year member of the Class of '53, who died of lung cancer in July 2001.

The alumni office sends word that Richard Anderson recently rode on the first passenger train on the line through Canton since 1964, a special excursion. This brings back fond memories of the trip to New York City on the "Canton Creeper" for Christmas break.

Bill Kronk has been restricted to his local area by his doctor. However, he hopes to be well enough to travel to Canton for Reunion 2003. I hope so too, Bill, and want to take this opportunity to urge all classmates who possibly can return for our 50th to do so.

1954

Frank Shields      '54
84 State Street
Canton, NY 13617
fshields@northnet.org

Greetings to my classmates from my home near "the Hill." I have been asked to take on the class notes duties by Barbara Thorn Heineman, and I am happy and honored to be able to serve the class. As I am facing a bit of surgery as I write this in November, I will simply let you know that the next issue will contain a lot of good stuff that I expect to get in the mail. I would not, however, let the opportunity pass without expressing my thanks and, I know, yours to our faithful class reporter for these many years of toil on our behalf. Thanks, Barb, for all your fine work.

Fondest regards to all. Please be in touch. You too, Barb!

1955

Joyce Sullivan Thompson      '55
12 Garrison Road
Glens Falls, NY 12804-2036
518-793-4780
Fax: 518-761-2064
E-mail: jst55@capital.net

We enjoyed Laurentian Leadership Weekend in Canton, October 5-7. Our daughter Liz Thompson Collins '87 was inducted in the St. Lawrence Athletic Hall of Fame. She was one of the few women in St. Lawrence history to swim in NCAA championship meets in each of her four years. Liz finished her Saint career as a 13-time All-America, captained the team in 1987 and helped establish St. Lawrence records in the 400-free relay, the 800-free relay and the 400-medley relay. Those records remain today. She also helped the 400-medley and 400-free relay teams win New York State championships. It was a family gathering with sisters Martha Coy '81, Sarah Thompson '82, Amy Collins '85 and twin sister Carrie Mauro (Brown '87) attending.

Dave Thompson '54 was excited to see Ted Stratford '57 be inducted also. He was a Saint football player and an outstanding football coach at St. Lawrence for a 10-season career. "Bear" is a middle school science teacher in Saranac Lake and keeps busy coaching too. Frank Shields '54 read all the citations at the induction and did an excellent job. Frank was inducted in 1994.

It is a unique experience to visit the new and renovated recreational and athletic facilities on campus. Between Augsbury Physical Education Center and the Sammis Tennis Courts, the new 102,000-square-foot Newell Field House contains an indoor track, tennis courts, a climbing wall and a 133-station fitness center. It's definitely worth a trip to Canton to see the impressive campus changes made in the past few years.

I had a luncheon visit with Harold "Rit" Lennon in August in Saratoga. He still owns Lennon's in New Hartford, my favorite jewelry store. Nick and Barbara Thorn Heineman '54 called from their home in Greensboro, Ga., and suggested we think about skiing in Aspen with the St. Lawrence group in March. Sounds like a nice plan.

Wish there was more news to report. Please keep in touch.

1956

Lucy Tower Funke '56
119 Davis Road
New Berlin, NY 13411-9510
Phone and fax: 607-847-8158
E-mail: info@goldenfoundation.org

The following is edited from the Ottawa Citizen under the headline "Michael Pitfield's Private War: The relentless disease that stalks Ottawa's former top bureaucrat." "It was to have been nothing more than a short speech given in a banquet room of the Chateau Laurier. Corporate donors, politicians, board members assembled for the official launch of Parkinson Society Canada. Peter 'Michael' Pitfield was the featured speaker. Michael had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in the late '80s. Public speeches had become a rarity but on this occasion, he delivered a heroic speech. Although slowed by Parkinson's, it was apparent he still had enormous wit and elegance."

Peter 'Michael' Pitfield was a close friend of Pierre Trudeau and worked faithfully for four different prime ministers. He represented so much of Canada's history and was considered a brilliant public servant. Somehow Michael has managed to turn back the clock on Parkinson's.

A brief history of Michael includes his unprecedented graduation from SLU, at age 16, where he received a degree in science. Immediately following graduation he enrolled at McGill University. He passed the bar exam in 1959, but was too young to sign legal documents. He was a clerk in the Justice Department in Ottawa until he could begin work as a lawyer. When he was just 27 years old, he was described as the most formidable intellect to come to Ottawa in a generation. He was a close friend of Pierre Trudeau and worked faithfully for four different prime ministers.

Michael would leave public service 23 years later. While in public service he was routinely considered to be the smartest person in the room. He always had a great love for the intricacies of governance. He also had a very refined sense of duty, and civic responsibility. He represented so much of Canada's history and was considered a brilliant public servant.

Michael married late in life, at 35, to Nancy Snow, and they raised three children, Caroline, Thomas and Kate, who live in Toronto. Nancy recently succumbed to cancer. In spite of his disability, Michael has managed to keep the large family home so the children can come to visit.

When Michael was experiencing the advanced stages of Parkinson's, he spent more than two years researching every aspect of deep brain stimulation. Recognizing there was no other alternative, he opted for complicated major brain surgery. The surgery would entail implanting electrodes in the brain that would then be hooked up to a pacemaker inserted in his chest. Several weeks after surgery the pacemaker would be hooked up to a computer, which adjusts the electrical currents passing through the electrodes. In short, a computer would reprogram his brain.

After an arduous series of hospital stays and numerous return visits and severe exhaustion Michael was able to schedule the newspaper interview. Did the operation work? Michael says, "Yes, I believe it did!" Somehow Michael has managed to turn back the clock on Parkinson's and anticipates at least another five good years. He can pick up a spoon (as simple as that sounds), wear good shoes (without rubber soles to keep from falling) and the greatest blessing is once again, Michael can read a book.

Greta Jacobsen is having fun traveling with her sister Karen and brother Leif, plus their spouses. They were thrilled to be on hand at the L'Anse au Meadow, Newfoundland, celebration of the 1000-year anniversary of the Viking landing. The scene was exciting and included a direct descendant of "Leif the Lucky" who sailed a 70-foot Viking ship replica, called "Islandinger," from Greenland to New York City in a four-month voyage. Greta's youngest son, Scott, who is a lawyer in NYC, marked his 36th birthday by watching the arrival of the "Islandinger" there on October 5. He commented to his mother that it might have been easier if they had all come to New York to see it.

Greta retired in November 2000 and spent four months traveling 14,000 miles, including a trip to Ireland, where she encountered a rare blizzard in Dublin and the advent of "hoof and mouth disease." Clorox rugs greeted her at the air terminal and the St. Patrick celebrations were canceled.

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For information about becoming a reporter for this class, please contact Leigh Berry in the alumni and parent programs office, 315-229-5925 or lberry@stlawu.edu.

1958

Lennelle "Lennie"       '58
Dougherty McKinnon
5 Jay Street
Canton, NY 13617
315-386-8216
E-mail: lbmckmck@northnet.org

I am starting the countdown now! There are only about 15 months until our 45th reunion! While that may seem a long way off right now, we all know how quickly the last 45 years have flown. So begin to clear the decks for June 2003 so you can get back on campus, touch base with your classmates, and see firsthand all the exciting growth that is taking place at SLU.

Pete Van de Water, Bill Lewis and I have enjoyed the new soccer facility and the success of the soccer teams in the fall. Bill has a new hip, which is temporarily slowing him down, but only slightly. Reports are that Pete did begin to get his golf game in shape, but we never managed to get together for a round. It was a terrific summer for golf and my game did revive a bit. Next summer for sure!

My plans include spending three months in Alabama this winter. I will miss the hockey, but not the snow. McKinnGunn Travel had to postpone our trip to France due to the September tragedy, but April in Paris sounds good! Barbara Blair Nangle and husband Phil are coming along. Barbara and Phil enjoy a couple of trips a year, usually one in the United States and one abroad. It should be great fun.

In an attempt to close the time gap between the submission of the class notes and the publication of the magazine, the University will place the class notes on the University Web site. Well before the magazine arrives in your mailbox, those of you who are at least somewhat familiar with the World Wide Web can read all about the Class of '58.

Of course, that means you have to provide me with some material for the column. I have had no notes, e-mails, or other communications from any of you since my June column. Are you out there? Inquiring minds want to know where you are and what you are up to!

Have a good spring and keep in mind June 2003!

1959

Linda Marlow Castle      '59
P.O. Box 766
Lexington, VA 24450
540-464-6170
Fax: 540-464-5727
E-mail: lgcastle@rockbridge.net

I write on November 11, exactly two months from our country's great September 11 tragedy. Each of us will always remember the very moment and place that we heard the news. I found myself in a remote part of Alaska on the final leg of a two-week trip - a wonderful gift to myself. It was a W&L Alumni College-sponsored trip that took us into Denali National Park, where we walked the tundra and learned about the wildlife there. The train to Anchorage is a "must" experience. From there it was by bus to the Kenai Peninsula to see glaciers and marine life by boat. The final leg of our trip was by float plane to Brooks Lodge on the Katmai Peninsula to observe bears - no TV or telephones, only computer printouts courtesy of the rangers to inform us of the terrorist attack.

So there we were, stranded. In the face of the tragedy, the inconvenience was nothing. It made for a strange feeling to be so isolated.

Amazingly, the flight ban lifted in time for me to depart on my originally scheduled flight and I arrived at Dulles Airport on the 14th. Some of our group were unable to rebook flights for up to five days. Spending that weekend with two of my children and experiencing the sense of patriotism in the Washington area was overwhelming. Living "normally" is a challenge.

From time to time I find myself in another wonderful "SLU/W&L connection" experience and on my 18-person Alaska trip it happened again. Barbara and David Crosby, parents of Susan Crosby '91, were travelling companions. With little other news to report, I told them that they might well become the feature of my column!

Ruth Carling Budlong forwarded a very nice thank-you note from Kristin Carmichael '03, the recipient of our Class of 1959 Scholarship. This young woman is a most deserving student. She is living in International House alongside some of SLU's international students. She had the lead in Noises Off, which opened on campus in mid-October. Kristin hopes to study in London.

One of my favorite TV channels is Animal Planet. A week ago I turned it on for a few minutes and found myself watching "A Pet Story" featuring a couple who raise prize-winning llamas. It showed the farm, how the llamas are trained, and the national competition at which their "pets" are shown. Part way through, a name printed on the screen caught my attention immediately - Dan Goodyear! Sure enough, as I looked more closely, it was SLU's own Danny Goodyear '60! Dan, what fun to see you so unexpectedly and enjoying life on your llama ranch/farm!! I may sound like an advertisement for that channel but it is great fun if you like wildlife shows or stories about animals. Take a look and you might catch Dan on a re-run!

1960

Ann Younger Moore '60
41 Brookside Drive
Wilbraham, MA 01095-2122
413-596-9335
E-mail: J.Moore@samnet.net

I really wish I had some news from the Class of 1960 now that I have learned to use my computer for word processing! Won't you please drop me a note? Even a postcard would be most welcome!

Since leaving the Alumni Council I have very little opportunity to see St. Lawrence alums. However, I did run into E. Harlan "Hal" King '61 while Jay and I were oystering on Cape Cod in early November. He has relocated to Pocasset from New Hampshire, where he worked for many years as a most distinguished school principal. He is enjoying his retirement by sailing, running and volunteering for the Council on Aging. He and his wife, Jan, have two daughters, one who recently presented him with a grandson and the other who will be married in the spring.

1961

Hulit Pressley Taylor      '61
1 Penfield Avenue
Croton-on-Hudson, NY 10520-3014
914-271-5176
Fax: 914-271-4839
E-mail: ptay1@bestweb.net

Starting with joyous notes, Carole Sperzel Clark wrote, "Our daughter Tricia became engaged in August. We are delighted that she has found Mr. Wonderful. I've been updating my Web site, so please go to www. homestead.com/CaroleClark/2001.html and you will see what I've been up to." And on Nov. 3, Sue Hunter Schultz and Joe Sherin's daughter, Colleen, was married in St. Paul. Best wishes to all!

But I must also share tragic news. In early September, Judith Burgevin Johnson lost her eldest son, Klay, in a house fire in Australia. And on September 11, Tom Maltby's son, Christian, an employee of Cantor Fitzgerald, was killed in the attack on the World Trade Center. Our hearts go out to both families.

Tim Stevens wrote, "We returned to Anchorage a short time ago from our place on the river. There, we have no television, electricity, telephone, etc. So we had limited contact with what was going on (the attacks) except for one local radio station. I was pleased to see how rapidly the country forgot about petty politics and started pulling together.... We are off to Mexico for our annual trip next week."

Patty Linderoth Taylor sent me an advanced copy of her notes for the Kappa Newsletter. Many thanks, Patty!

Nancyann Orth is working for her son's business, Global Computer Systems. However, she says she'd rather be out gardening or at the beach. Her son, Alan, became engaged this year and her daughter Anne and her boyfriend are building a house about 20 minutes away, so she is very lucky to have her two children so close. Nancy and a group of high school friends went on a three-day weekend to Cape Cod and then on a canoe trip. Many laughs!! Nancy has steeped herself in Russian history in preparation for a tour to Moscow and St. Petersburg next October to look at art and architecture, including the Pushkin museum.

Anita Hills Weeks is located near the New Jersey Shore and has children living nearby in Paoli, Pa. Her daughter is in the Wharton MBA program and working full-time in Tokyo. "Neets" is mostly retired from massage therapy although she still does some.

Linda Baker Rencurrel keeps busy with kayaking, golf and other activities through a huge Cape Cod retirement community. Ron '62 has been crewing on a sailboat. They traveled this past summer for 21/2 weeks in Scandinavia and loved it.

Lynne Parker Eldridge ran into Linda at the grocery store and was prompted to write. She also lives on Cape Cod with her husband, Dana, a naturalist and interpreter for the National Seashore. He has written two books about the Cape and Lynne is his "agent" and distributor on the Cape! They were looking forward to heading south in January with bikes and canoe and visiting the state parks, plus exploring the many rivers Florida has. During the summer, they rent their home and live on a 34-foot Catboat that Dana built. They have eight grandchildren between them so it is a challenge to keep up with all the birthdays, etc.

Caroline "Canna" Smyth Rocco wrote that her girls are both in New York City and safe. Carrie is with Sotheby's; Catherine and her husband just had a baby girl, Elizabeth Frances Goodwin. Canna still sells lots of real estate in the McLean, Va., office of Coldwell Banker, while Frank plays a bit of golf.

 Kay Robertson Tomasi and husband Jim traveled to Nova Scotia, rather than their planned Rhine River cruise in September. They ski at Stratton in the winter with an over 50 group called the Trailblazers. They were looking forward to spending Christmas in Salt Lake City with their son John and his fiancŽe - a May wedding is planned!

Barb Bramwell Jolly and Patty are both in an NAIC Investment Club. Barb unfortunately broke her foot on Memorial Day and the healing has been slower than desired, but she is back to playing golf and "construction" with her 3-year-old grandson.

And from Patty herself: "My passion is still knitting. Last summer John '59 and I visited France, specifically Paris and the Dordogne region and Switzerland, touring the Bernese Oberland and hiking the Haute Route from Chamonix to Zermatt. We had a fun trip heli-hiking in British Columbia in August, just as beautiful as the heli-skiing the year before. We are active in the Over the Hill Gang, hosting one ski trip a year. During the winter John teaches x-country skiing and telemarking at Keystone, while I give snowshoe nature tours. In the summer I teach wildflower classes at the local community college."

In mid-October Judy Casadonte McDowell hosted a class luncheon at their home in Ridgewood, N.J. Such a fun time! Judy produced a scrapbook from freshman year complete with our Orientation schedule, the SLU handbook, Rush Party favors, photos - a real treasure! Judy loves retirement and when Al retires, they plan to move to her family home in Little Falls.

Chico Kieswetter and his friend, Linda, were with us for a short time. Ken Shilkret regaled us with family stories. He's thinking of retiring and moving upstate. Sue Edmonds Carroll is delighted to have a precious granddaughter. She also told me about her three-week business trip last January to India. Fascinating!

Natalie Beaumont continues to win ballroom dance competitions.

Natalie Beaumont continues to win ballroom dance competitions. Cinnie Baldwin Luscombe told us that her husband, Paul (Lafayette College '60), has written a biography of former Lafayette basketball coach William "Butch" van Breda Kolff. And a first-timer at these gatherings was Ed Schwesinger, who's living in Connecticut. Oddly enough, he bumped into Steve Brecher, whom he'd not seen in at least a year, at dinner that night and he wants to come to the next luncheon! Look forward to seeing you, Steve!

In early October, Natalie and I attended Laurentian Leadership Weekend on campus. It was great! Neither of us will ever forget driving through the Adirondacks at peak season. Spectacular! And guess who we met for coffee at the Brewer Bookstore - Connie Meng! What a treat that was! She's bought a home in Canton and is working full-time for WSLU, the NPR station. John Butler was also there for the weekend and was going to try to visit Connie, too.

Paul and I are planning to move to Washington, D.C. in the late spring. Will keep you posted. In the meantime, wishing you a healthy 2002 and hope we can all keep in touch.

1962

Cynthia E. Wilson     
303 Commonwealth Avenue
Alexandria, VA 22301-2319
703-549-0468
E-mail: cwilson@farmland.org

Bill Brenner had an oped piece printed in the Sullivan County Democrat advocating the use of wind power as a source of inexpensive energy for Sullivan, Ulster and Orange counties, New York. Bill lives in Grahamsville, N.Y., and is president of Brenner Income Tax Centers Inc. In 2000, Bill ran as the candidate of the Republican and Green parties for an Assembly seat.

Paul Levi has been elected to the board of directors of the American Academy of Periodontology. The academy works to increase public awareness of periodontal disease, stimulate clinical research and enhance educational programs and opportunities.

Paul Levi has been elected to the board of directors of the American Academy of Periodontology. Paul received the Clinical Faculty Teaching Award of the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. He has been invited to present courses in Germany and at three universities in Thailand.

Paul maintains a private practice in Burlington, Vt., and chairs the postdoctoral clinical program in periodontology at Harvard School of Dental Medicine. He also holds academic appointments in the department of surgery, Medical Center of Vermont, and the University of Vermont, School of Allied Health Sciences. In June 2001, Paul received the Clinical Faculty Teaching Award of the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. He has been invited to present courses in Germany and at three universities in Thailand, where he recently worked with the faculty of Prince of Songkla University in a free dental clinic at the Thailand Naval Base in Songkla, Thailand.

Remember, our 40th reunion is just three months away!

1963

Leah Kollmer Puzzo '63
135 Hillcrest Avenue
Leonia, NJ 07605-1508
201-461-7052
Fax: 201-461-1775
E-mail: tpuzzo@bellatlantic.net

Karen Allred Huffaker welcomed her second granddaughter, Madeline Hruska, on October 24, 2001.

Arnie '65 and Ann Breitner O'Reilly e-mailed that in 2001 they traveled to Huatulco, Mexico, in February and then went to Florida for March and part of April. On the return to home in Clayton, N.Y., their children (Alynda '90 and Shawn) gave them a party to celebrate their 35th wedding anniversary. Shawn's wife had a baby in September, making their fourth grandchild.

I have been back to campus several times this fall. It is lovely! A place of serenity and relative safety after the disaster of September 11. Please pray for peace and God bless all of us.

1964

E. Denley Rafferty      '64
505 Cypress Point Drive, #272
Mountain View, CA 94043
650-988-7090
Fax: 408-774-8697
E-mail: denleyr@yahoo.com

Gosh I hope you all are well and enduring in the wake of the terrorist attacks. This will appear about five months following September 11; I'm writing it in November....

I have had the pleasure of partying with several people from our class in the last few months. In September Nancy Baldwin Finlay, Carol Lankford-Gross '66, Nancy Current Martin and I ferried over to Angel Island in San Francisco Bay for a hike and picnic (picture in this issue). We all live in Northern California now.

The following weekend I spent some time with Tom Heavey, who attended his daughter Kristin's dance program in San Francisco. After graduating from SLU, Tom served in the Marine Corps for four years. He received a master's in counseling at Keene State College. He started a biking business with wife Susan Leedham '65 but sold the business in 1991 and next served as guidance counselor and then director at Kearsarge Regional High School in Sutton, N.H. He now lives with second wife Mary Lou in Henniker, N.H. Two years ago they were in Salt Lake City, where he was a support counselor, and afterward they spent a summer traveling in Alaska. Tom now does consulting work (reality therapy and choice theory) at schools and privately. He also is studying jazz guitar.

I vacationed in North Carolina for a week in November and a mutual friend invited Pam Webber Whedon for dinner. She left St. Lawrence for her junior year abroad (in France with Barbi Zinner Lindsay Reed), finished up at Syracuse University and went on for graduate school in speech and drama. In 1970, Pam moved to NYC, where she met husband Tom Whedon, who later was co-executive producer of "The Golden Girls" and other comedies. They have been married 28 years and reared five sons (three of his and two of theirs). Jed, 26, is a musician/video game designer and Zach, 22, is a senior at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn.

They spent 25 years in the Los Angeles area, where Pam was both an artist and an art teacher. Now Pam is fulfilling her life-long dream, attending graduate school full-time as an art history major at UNC in Chapel Hill, N.C. Pam and Tom have resided in Durham, N.C., for the past four years. Her sister Rosemary "Posy" Webber '67 is now living in Riverside, Conn., and has been married to Brian McGlynn for 20 years. They have a son, Bob, 13, who is in junior high. Posy was an illustrator for the Wall Street Journal.

Ron Cantlie writes that he and Barbara "Betsy" Harris '66 have been married 35 years and have three children and three grandchildren. After 30 years, Ron retired from GE in January 1999 and soon took on work at a small manufacturing company in northeast Ohio. Betsy is the international director of alumnae communications for Pi Beta Phi and in her travels has run into several sorority sisters from SLU. Ron and Betsy lived in Shanghai, China, for the year 1998, which was a highlight of their life together.

Harry Andrews writes that following his Vetsville days, he and wife Mary moved to Denver and then Honolulu for graduate school. He then took a teacher training position in the Caroline Islands for a few years, after which they moved to Michigan, where Harry was director of biomedical communications in the Medical School at Michigan State. He then began a doctoral program. Although Mary continues to work, Harry has retired from the Medical School and just does special projects, one of which is the MSU semester program in India (which is where they met in the Peace Corps years ago). Harry and Mary are living in Mason, Mich.

Harry Andrews has retired from the MSU Medical School and just does special projects, one of which is the MSU semester program in India.

Harry mentioned that he sees Ron Mason periodically and that Ron led the Michigan State Spartan hockey team against the University of Michigan October 6 in front of the largest crowd ever assembled for a hockey game. It was outdoors and attended by over 70,000. Ron has been inducted into the SLU Athletic Hall of Fame.

Jan Plumadore's son, Dustin, was a captain on the Army football team last fall. A Syracuse newspaper story described Dustin's successful efforts to get his father together with an old Vietnam War buddy for the Army-Navy game last December 1.

BTW, if you would like your e-mail address to be on the SLU Web site, please let Leigh Berry know at 315-229-5925 (or toll free at 888-758-4438) or lberry@stlawu.edu.

1965

Jane Petrie Davis '65
Box 730
Manchester Center, VT 05255-0730
802-362-3621
Fax: 802-362-1404 (w)
E-mail: jphteam@adelphia.net

I haven't heard from anyone from the class this season so I'll send news of Laurentians I've talked to or seen this past year. Last spring I talked to Eileen Simpson Matrazzo. She is divorced, a grandmother and has been teaching high school English in Scarborough, Maine, for over 20 years. Melanie Feintuch is also divorced, a grandmother and living and working in Reading, Mass.

Nancy Hall Sugahara is renovating a house in New Vernon, N.J. She has a son at Colgate, a daughter at Harvard and another daughter at Tufts.

Dave Sampson lives in Troy and stopped by on his way to some event. It was great seeing both Dave and his wife, Arlene Mernit '67. He said he'd seen Dave and Margee Burns Grow recently.

Marty Denson Beisler '66 stopped by to say hello. She was accompanied by her two daughters. She looks terrific, lives in northern Maine and has two grandchildren.

My daughter, Tori '96, just purchased a house in Portland, Maine. She teaches 9th and 10th grade English in Falmouth. She keeps in touch with many of her classmates.

Please contact me by e-mail, Jill Casler Colver, Diane Lapham Crichton, Alice Rothmann Demarest, Molly Gierasch, Debbie Spencer Jackson, Anne Townsend, Joan Savin, Carol Nichols Wurmnest and Leslie Shill Homer. After the Pi Phi house closed, I was able to retrieve two sorority composites for 1963 and 1965. I have them hanging in my house and look at our young faces often.

Gerry and Kathy Folger    Schwieger  '66
69 Southfield Road
Cranbury, NJ 08512
609-799-8106
E-mail: gschwieg@peddie.org, kschwieg@peddie.org

1967

John and Dottie       '67
Houghton Kosicki
PO Box 704
Concord, MA 01742-0704
978-371-1550
E-mail: SLU67@aol.com

Since this is our first column since the tragedy of September 11, we want to express our sympathy to the families and friends of St. Lawrence alumni who perished. We were especially saddened that Rich Stewart '89, who had done a banking internship with John, was among those who lost their lives.

Sue Chisnall Waldron wrote that she was sorry to have missed the reunion last spring, but son Alex was graduating the week before. Sue had spent a weekend with Helen Hartford Bonner and they'd had a great time together discussing jobs, children, hobbies (golf) and retirement!

In September, Debby Gay Scipione was visiting family in Massachusetts and stopped by to see us in our new digs on the Middlesex School campus. It was fun to catch up with her.

Chuck Verro, one of John's old geology buddies, sent a newsy e-mail from Vancouver, Wash. Chuck writes, "I stayed on the geology track until '83. I did some good international work; saw places I would never have seen any other way. But, as fun as it was, I eventually did get the urge to settle down. I left geology in '83 - three years after getting married. I ended up on the pastoral staff of a large church in Reno, Nev., doing some international work with their missionaries and also doing most of the counseling. I found that I liked the counseling and eventually went back to grad school. Now I'm in private practice in Vancouver and really enjoy it. I also have a contract with the state doing in-home crisis intervention work with families when there's an out-of-control teen in the mix." Chuck has been married for 21 years to Jeanna and they are the proud parents of two teens - Josh and Micaella. Chuck and Jeanna keep extremely busy now that their kids are getting into driving- Washington requires 50 hours of driving with the parents before they can test for their license.

Had a chance to catch up with Natalie Ammarell; we discussed all the benefits of moving from Massachusetts to North Carolina! She is living in Chapel Hill, where she continues to run her own business consulting for non-profits. This gives her ample opportunity for travel, with a number of clients in the Boston area. She is often up this way. Natalie is the president of a social service agency, which serves the homeless in Chapel Hill and the surrounding area. She stays in touch with Lyn and Carol Ezick Wheeler, as well as Ann Spies, who is reportedly enjoying her retirement from teaching.

Clare Rogers Matthews has her own environmental management-consulting firm. She works with a wide variety of clients, including a cruise line, a paint company and a school system.

When working in Boston, Natalie stays with Clare Rogers Matthews in nearby Belmont. After earning her M.Ed., Clare taught for a couple of years before returning to the world of business. Clare now has her own environmental management-consulting firm. She works with a wide variety of clients, including a cruise line, a paint company and a school system, which keeps things interesting! Clare's son, Mark, is married and lives in Wilmington, Del., where he works for MBNA. Last December, Clare held a "mini-reunion" at her home. Guests included Sarah Ritchell Edelstein, Rosemary "Posy" Webber McGlynn, Diane "Dee Dee" Holt, Gloria Thompson, Ellen Widen, Mary Jane Choinsky Kurtz and Anne Lauriat '68.

John had a chance to visit with Bill Martin at a gathering of SLU alums at the Brookline Country Club. Bill is the president of CME North American Merchant Energy, which develops new merchant power plant opportunities throughout North America.

1968

Anne Lauriat      '68
11 Howard St.
Arlington, MA 02476-6004
781-643-8015
E-mail: lauriat@aol.com

A phone call from Nancy Nichols DeCarvalho brought the news of her teaching ESL and GED for immigrants and at-risk youth. She is divorced and lives in Brockton, Mass. A voice mail came from Betty Spence in New York City, where she works for Catalyst.

Rick Herbek, long-time village manager of Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., wrote to say how much he and his wife are enjoying their first grandchild, Savannah. The Herbeks spend a week at Canaras with other Laurentians each summer. Considerably farther north in New York, Bruce Crawford has joined the Champlain National Bank of Plattsburgh as vice president for commercial lending and business development.

I had a great visit with Susan Doscher Underwood and her daughter, Dana, this fall when they traveled from Winnetka, Ill., to visit Boston college campuses. Daughter Elizabeth '03 is very excited about her London Program this spring.

In fact, I recently heard President Dan Sullivan speak of the many foreign study programs available to students and I was insanely jealous (also of the freshman experience). The Sullivans were at an alumni reception in Boston, where I popped in, heard Dan's enthusiastic talk and spoke briefly to photographer Will Traub '66 and Elizabeth James.

Jim and Nancy Olpp Thurber celebrated the marriage of their daughter Courtney in Atlanta. Greg and Val Hinsdale Connor have two daughters, one already married and the other to be married this July. Val continues her work as a librarian at Caledonia/Mumford Central Schools. She also teaches and directs the middle school plays.

My news involves a new address - from Andover to Arlington, where I now live in my own apartment. I am hoping to break into the world of voice-overs - yet another career change.

What's new with you or a classmate? E-mail, call or write to the new location above!

1969

Patti Black Giltner       '69
16 Pellett Street
Norwich, NY 13815
607-336-1202
Fax: 607-334-2321
E-mail: pattigil@adelphia.net

What surprises I have had recently! One night in September the phone rang and it was Ned Fox wanting to share some exciting news. He had recently finished a bike ride from Montreal to Portland, Maine, for AIDS vaccine research. He was one of 2,000 riders and 1,000 crew members. They biked 415 miles in five days, and he survived with no damage. He said he did it as his "last gasp" before middle age, and because he has seen so much heartbreak due to AIDS in his work. Congratulations to Ned, who raised almost $9,000 for the cause. Ned said that he hears from Virginia "Sissy" Vickers Braun, who still lives in Lima, Peru.

Ned Fox finished a bike ride from Montreal to Portland, Maine, for AIDS vaccine research. They biked 415 miles in five days, and he raised almost $9,000 for the cause.

The second surprise: while going through papers I brought home after cleaning out my classroom, finding an old e-mail from Steve Cribari that got lost during computer crashes and moves over a year ago. So I e-mailed Steve to confirm the old news and he e-mailed right back with newer information. He's a visiting law professor at the University of Denver Law School, where he teaches, among other things, a course in forensic examination of computers. He was conducting a program on forensic computer evidence at the FBI National Academy, Quantico, Va., on September 11. He said that it was an experience that reminded him of the late '60s at St. Lawrence.

Steve Cribari, a visiting law professor at the University of Denver Law School, is a celebrated playwright, poet and composer.

In addition to teaching law, Steve is a celebrated playwright, poet and composer. Two of his one-act plays have received honorable mention in different competitions. His "Sonata for Solo Cello" was produced as part of Summer-Play '99 in Denver, and his poetry is included in a peace oratorio that has been performed in various venues in Germany over the last two years. Steve mentioned that he is sporadically in touch with Bob and Gail Kearney Cashman, who are grandparents, and Gennaro Cibelli.

The third surprise was, in doing a name search for a lost classmate, I may have made a find. I sent a note to see if it is - so stay tuned for the result.

In August, Pat Lynch and I traveled to Vermont for a short vacation. Even living in New York, it was my first visit to that lovely state, other than during a look at Middlebury with my daughter years ago. We stayed in Killington, visited Stowe and, of course, HAD to stop at Ben and Jerry's.

Be sure to visit the SLU Web site at www.stlawu.edu. There is always something interesting. Until next time, as the events of September 11 stay ever fresh in our memories, hold tight to those you love and never miss an opportunity to tell them how you feel. Take time to find people with whom you have lost touch. You just never know....

Nancy Ivers Osterwise      '70
360 Spring Mill Road
Villanova, PA 19085
610-527-6771
Fax: 610-527-6425
E-mail: nancy@lazystudent.com

For information about becoming a reporter for this class, please contact Leigh Berry in the alumni and parent programs office, 315-229-5925 or lberry@stlawu.edu.

1971

Susan Christensen Besanceney
73 Briar Hill Road
Orchard Park, New York 14127
716-662-4952
E-mail: SusanBes@att.net

Now that the holidays are over, I hope you are getting in touch will all your SLU friends and making plans to attend our 30th reunion.

Pete De Vasto writes that he's been living in California since 1971. He had a chance to learn computer programming through a program the state set up for the legally blind. He has been working with computers ever since. He is now UNIX system administrator for a company involved in the Human Genome project. If things work out for Pete, he will be off to Lisbon, Portugal, soon to have an implant done that might give him a limited form of vision.

Pete De Vasto had a chance to learn computer programming through a program the state set up for the legally blind. He is now UNIX system administrator for a company involved in the Human Genome project.

Glennee Beams Falzareno has the following news. An update on Anne Marie Scully Gold calls for congratulations on her new position as library director for Sacramento, Cal.; looks like a move is in the offing! On the other side of the country we find Jim and Jeanne McCowan Tuttle living in Clifton Park, N.Y., close to Jim's law practice and convenient for Jeanne's court reporting business. Their daughter Andrea is a junior at Villanova and is quite the accomplished equestrian, riding for eight years at the Quiet Run Farm in Saratoga; it is owned by Melissa Morrell Countryman '75. Their son Graham is a junior in high school and plays on the premier soccer team with the son of Greg '72 and Suzanne Grande and is also into ski racing for Willard Mountain, where the Tuttles occasionally run into John '73 and Stephanie Copeland. Looking in a more southerly direction, Eileen McGrath is a librarian at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and has just concluded a recent term as president of the Campus Librarians Association.

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