1950s – 1960s

1950
Doris Jones Fafunwa, who lives in Lagos, Nigeria, wrote that she and her husband, Babs, were stateside again visiting family in Albany, New York, and in Connecticut as well as in the Phillipines. Doris let us know that Babs is reorganizing the Foucos Educational System, and the secondary school and the tutorial college will continue to train students. The Braille Center, where Doris has been involved for a long time, has had a challenging year keeping up with the demand for Braille textbooks for primary and secondary schools as well as training visually-impaired graduates in computer skills. They recently opened an extension that provides space for 10 students and computers as well as a resource room and storeroom. Doris wrote that Child Life-Line for street children is beginning to attract more support, and they are hoping to reach more children by opening a reception center where children can drink clean water, have a hot meal, wash their clothes, play games, and sleep safely.
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Hedi Stoehr Ballantyne
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1951
Steve Washburn wrote that last December he totaled his car, but it was “a seat belt success.” He walked away uninjured. He continues to work in his consulting business but at a reduced level. Most of his time is taken up with volunteer activities, especially increased work with his town’s finance committee. He also was in Vermont for Reunion Weekend, and he plans to be here for strawberry, blueberry, and raspberry picking. Kristine McCarthy ’05 wrote to let us know that her grandmother, Patricia Weber Collier, passed away April 15. Kristine said that she and Patricia loved to talk about their days at UVM and all the old familiar places. Patricia left three children and six grandchildren. She was a volunteer for many organization in Bayville, New York.
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Joan Coffman Sabens
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1952
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Helene Shapiro Hemmendinger
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1953
What an active class we have! Travelers include Jean Hakanson Hawes, who enjoyed a trip to the Canadian Rockies and Glacier Park, and Marilyn Wilson Priesling, who took a two-week trip to India with a group from Bronxville, New York, led by the president of Concordia College. Volunteers abound. The latest report was from Nancy Newman Graffis, who delivers Meals on Wheels, tutors kindergartners in math, and leads a small group in Bible study. Nancy lives next door to her daughter and family in Michigan. Sheila Reed MacKinnon was a political activist, winning a zoning vote at town meeting when she and her husband worked on a grassroots effort to close down a large regional dump in Hardwick, Massachusetts. Mini-reunions have flourished. Sigma Nu brothers “Tad” Norton, who lives in Massachusetts and summers on Lake Champlain, and Gil Dedrick ’56 had lunch together at the Pelican Sound Golf Club in Estero, Florida, last March. Two School of Dental Hygiene graduates had a mini-reunion in Vermont last year, when Alice Blackmer Sturk of Hampton, Virginia, and Betty Malone Powers, of Boise, Idaho, got together to reminisce. Alice and her husband Bob Sturk ’52 were planning to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary in March 2007. Douglas Black, M.D., and his wife also celebrated their 50th recently. Douglas is still in ob/gyn and is working as an investigator for the Board of Medicine as well as serving on the Concord, New Hampshire, City Council. Other classmates who are still working include Joan Greene Jones, who has been a veterinary technician in one hospital for the past 21 years. She reported that they have six horses, six Black Angus, two Holstein Friesian, two turkeys, four dogs, nine cats, and multiple chickens. Jack Durett is the Vermont area manager of AIG American General in Burlington. He reported that he enjoys playing golf, and he attended a reunion dinner cruise. R. Allan Paul, of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, is a semi-retired estate planning lawyer. His many awards include two in 2006, an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Vermont Law School and a Citizen of the Year Award from the State of Vermont Chamber of Commerce. Many classmates have retired to happy golden years. John Noyes retired from his position as supervisory electronics engineer with the U.S. Government Naval Electronics Systems Command. Several years ago, Sally Bray Caswell became a resident of Wake Robin in Shelburne, but she becomes a snowbird in Florida, where she plays golf all winter. She wrote, “Life is good.” Class president Frank Leary has retired as an aerospace engineer with United Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, and Hamilton Standard Divisions. He reminded us, “Be sure to set aside the dates of May 29-June 1, 2008, for a great reunion!”
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Nancy Hoyt Burnett
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1954
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Kathy Dimick Wendling
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1955
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Jane Morrison Battles
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Dan Burack
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1956
Gil Dedrick sent the following message: “The table making the most noise at the March ’07 UVM alumni event at The Brooks in Bonita Springs, Fla., was comprised of Bob and Jean Goodwin Gorman, Bill and Janet Collins Nichols, Gil and Pat Dedrick, Elaine Wittenstein Robin, and Sally Smith Hackett, who was unsuccessful in keeping that bunch in line.” Let’s have more news from more people!
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Jane Stickney
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1957
We received the following Reunion report from President Bob Wolfe: Seventy-four classmates along with 50 spouses and friends enjoyed spending time with each other as we remembered how life was in Vermont during the mid-fifties. At our present stage of life, picking out the “Flatlanders” from the Vermonters was impossible. We all looked great! As of this writing, we have greatly exceeded our class gift goal with gifts in excess of $314,000 from 173 donors. These gifts represent about one-third of our living classmates. Special thanks to Max Ansbacher and the Class Gift Committee for more than doubling the initial challenge. Jan Burke put together a Memory Book, which included 144 responses. Susan Wakefield Cochran searched back issues of the Cynic and prepared some highlights of our era. Contact the Alumni Office at 888-458-8691 to purchase a copy of our Memory Book. On Friday evening, we enjoyed a cocktail reception at Englesby House, the UVM home of President and Mrs. Fogel. On Saturday, Max Ansbacher received a Distinguished Service Award, and Steve Kanor received an Alumni Achievement Award. That evening we gathered at the Sheraton, where John Geisler presented a slide show featuring scenes from UVM while we were on campus. At our class dinner, we hosted two of our professors who still live in the Burlington area. Bill Beebe introduced Malcolm Severance and his wife, Gladys. Professor Severance taught commerce and economics, and he and Gladys were house parents at the former Converse Hall. Sue Cochran introduced Hubert “Hub” Vogelmann from the Botany Department. As is our custom , there was no planned or set entertainment: however, at my request Sue Cochran, Harry Holland, Bill Keeshan, and Bill Schoenfeld held court with their memories and thoughts about our college days. Thanks to Bill Solemene for the Green and Gold “50 is Nifty” stickers and baseball caps. Officers were elected to serve until our next reunion: Bill Solemene, vice president; Marilyn Falby Stetson, secretary; and I was re-elected president. I think no one else wanted the job! We retired vice president Doug Burke and Sue Cochran, who served the class well for 45 years as secretary. Sunday, present or not, we were all inducted into the Green and Gold Club. We were the “freshman class” at an event attended by older alums, including one man who would be celebrating his 100th birthday a few days later. Don Kidder and Al Yasky, regular returnees to our past reunions, could not make it this year due to the illness of wives, Barbara and Jean. Our thoughts were with them during the Reunion gathering. Richard Greene sent a message from his home in West Hollywood, California. He wrote that in 2006, he and his daughter, Nina, husband, Chris, and their children, Emily and Julia, as well as his daughter, Vanessa, stayed at the Green Mountain Inn in Stowe for four days. They had a fabulous time, especially since most of them were California kids who had not experienced cold weather. They then traveled to New York City for the New Year’s Celebration. He gave his family a tour of Brooklyn, where he grew up. Richard wrote that this was a very memorable trip for all.
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Marilyn Falby Stetson
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1958
Al Fields and wife, Jill, reported that they are finally settled in England, where they will stay until heading to Majorca for the winter. They crossed to England on the Queen Mary II, “which was nothing short of phenomenal,” wrote Al. They spent a week with Andy and Barbara Skroback before sailing. Since their daughters and families are in the U.S., they should help keep the travel industry in business! John Fischer, M.D., has published a book, Wine and Food 101, a comprehensive guide to wine and the art of matching wine with food. He also has had exhibitions and shows of his oil paintings in Lincoln and Omaha, Nebraska. Robert Morehouse likes the new Vermont Quarterly. He owns and operates a vegetable and berry farm in Georgetown, Massachusetts. Melvin Freibaum recently moved from Tampa, Florida, to a new community in Riverview, Florida, where he was elected president of its first home owners association. He stays active playing golf with his grandson and coaching high school football. Seven Theta classmates—Nancy Soistman Richmond, Sue Thomas Van Voorhees, Gretchen Devendorf Harvell, Judy Coe Collette, Judy Young Egbert, Elizabeth Kidder Michaels, and Liz Beck Bicknell—will be gathering in Washington, D.C., this fall for their biennial reunion. Carol Connor Frei is a volunteer with the opera, ballet, symphony and art museum in Fort Lauderdale. Stephanie Gralnick Bildner was appointed in 2006 by Governor Bush to serve on the Palm Beach County Local Advocacy Council as a member at large for mental health. The purpose of the council is to help to improve their quality of life and safeguard the human rights of Florida citizens by offering human service programs. Ruth Seeler, M.D., is a tenured professor at the University of Illinois College of Medicine.
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Joyce McQuilkin Dawson
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1959
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Henry Shaw, Jr.
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1960
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Paul Heald
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1961
Louise Magram Weiner reported that Madeleine Wishnie Brechner and her husband, George, spent a delightful evening catching up with her and her husband, Shelly, during their recent visit to Naples, Florida. The next day Louise and Shelly met Mary Prespare Mahoney and her husband, Bill, so it was like a mini-reunion of the class of ’61. They were so happy to see how little they all have changed, and they agreed that life is good. Last May, Bill and Bette Dunne became grandparents for the first time. They recently moved to their dream home in Warrenton, Virginia.
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Carol Adams Gater
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1962
Alan MacLean writes that, after 45 years, Jack Carterson, a Sigma Nu brother, saw information about Alan and contacted him when he was in Charleston on business. Alan had a southern cookout for Jack, and they spent hours remembering friends and the grand times they had at UVM. Jack couldn’t believe that Alan has two alligators in the pond in back of his house. Alan wrote, “What a great evening! Where has the time gone?”
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Patty Hoskiewicz Allen
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1963
I made another trip to Vermont, my second since daughter Kelly and her husband, Chris, moved to Parker, Colorado, where Kelly runs the Mile High Karate Studio. This year, Joe and I enjoyed skiing at Killington in at least two feet of powder. We skied the steeps, bumps, and trees with our friends and fellow members of ASIA, the Amateur Ski Instructors Association, a very active group of dedicated skiers who not only teach but work on their own ski improvement with top of the line PSIA course conductors. Send me an e-mail if you are interested in more information for next ski season. My other news for the fall is that I finally “retired” and am now looking forward to “new beginnings” of a more consultative, entrepreneurial style of work or—not! That means more time for my six-year-old twin grandsons, my 97-year-old Dad, my husband, Joe, and other family members and friends as well as golf, skiing, Pilates, and dancing. My family and I enjoyed a reunion with Lola DiGirolamo Lawrence last week. She was in our area for her own family reunion and took the time to spend the day with me. Lola lives in Austin, Texas, and she can be seen in the Charlotte area visiting Happy Patrick from time to time. Lola is very much involved with her family as well as with her interest in home renovations and antiques. She also keeps in touch with many of her Theta friends. Sara Moreau Gear Boyd and her husband, Joe, make their home in Arizona in the winter and in Colchester, Vermont, in the summer months, with frequent family trips to their Maine retreat. Sara was re-elected Republican National Committee Secretary last January, and she has proudly served on the Republican National Committee in Vermont for 15 years. Mary Brush Thoman and her husband, Terry, are retired, and they have traveled to England, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Canada, and Mexico. Their oldest son took over their business, and the youngest son teaches school and is a registered yoga instructor. Connie Anderson Rogers welcomed a new grandchild, Anderson James Rogers, and she really enjoys caring for him. Connie and her husband have taken many trips over the last couple of years, including destinations such as the Alaskan Inside Pass, the Sea of Cortez, and Copper Canyon in Mexico. Her husband, James ’61, completed eight years on the Gilroy, California, Unified School District Board of Education. Jack Shabel, also of California, has been trying to keep in touch with Benny Becton and Karl Kieslich. Both are retired, and Jack is planning on joining them in retirement this year. Jack also informed us that Harry Zingg ’61, a mentor to many, passed away. Kathleen Mawn Tabor lives in St. Albans, Vermont, and she recently retired from Northwestern Medical Center there. She is currently working part time, and she enjoys traveling and getting together with her grandchildren. Sandra Sterns Green moved to Grand Isle, Vermont, to be closer to her children after the sudden death of her husband in 2006. Miriam Gladstone Saiger retired this year. Now, she has much more time to spend with her two granddaughters and twin grandsons. The Saigers live in Maryland. George Fortier has lived in Meridian, Idaho, since his retirement in 2004. Gerald Winkler lives in Massachusetts and has four grandchildren. Allan Noyes, also hails from Massachusetts, where he is busy keeping up with his six grandchildren. Both are dentists as is Guy Stone, who lives in St. Albans, Vermont, and reports that a group of Florida alumni met in Orlando last January for the telecast of the UVM-UNH hockey game. Everyone had a great time. Richard Aldinger, and his wife, Janet, organized the event. There was a span of 50 years among alums present. Rosemary Mello Nolan not only has watched the New England Patriots play for 36 years, she also keeps in shape with aqua aerobics, yoga, and stretch classes as well as singing alto at her local church choir. John Hathorn lives in Connecticut and enjoys travel and visiting his children and grandchildren as well as golf and skiing at his condo in Wilmington, Vermont. Nancy Dutton Bradley moved to Shelburne, Vermont, after retiring from the Kaiser Foundation Hospitals. Jeff Harvey reports that he is fully retired and enjoying life in Ocala, Florida. Richard Lennon of Anthem, Arizona, retired from IBM although he continues to work for the company as a software product trainer specializing in IBM Websphere products. Paul Flinn and his wife, Sallyann, who was born on Molokai, Hawaii, are now living on a ranch in Maui. They have five grandchildren, and they report that “Life is great!” Kris Moore Beattie and family left Pennsylvania and retired to southwestern Oregon.
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Toni Citarella Mullins
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1964
Once again we are enjoying summer in Vermont. We take trips to Burlington, and we marvel at how the campus has changed but how beautiful it remains. The almost completed Davis Student Center is magnificent. Our daughter, Wendy ’93, and I were able to shop in the bookstore which is big and new and definitely open for business. Ellen Stark Golf is president of the Guild of Professional Tour Guides of Washington, D.C. Ellen says it’s a thrill showing the city where she has lived for 32 years. The Robinson Hall gang is hoping to get a private tour one day.
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Susan Griesenbeck Barber
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1965
David Marshall wrote that, after working for IBM for 37 years, he retired from the company twice and is currently a consultant there. Retiring is easy; staying retired is hard! He and wife, Carol, have four children, and they live in Raleigh, North Carolina. They also spend time at their summer house on Lake Champlain. Frank Foerster, Bill Gersten, Allen Rome, and Ron Hertel recently spent the day golfing in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The old competitive juices were flowing, and there is no report of scores for publication!
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Colleen Denny Hertel
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1966
Linda Barrick Lehman and her husband, Dave, along with Claudia Wescott Pesino and her husband, Dave, went camping in Cooperstown, New York, in the summer of 2006. They enjoyed touring the art museums and shopping for antiques. Later in the summer, they attended the races at Saratoga. They were looking forward to another trip this summer, and they hoped to add Ann Gray Lambert and her husband, Jack, to the camping group. Hey classmates, how about some news for the next edition of VQ?
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Kathleen Nunan McGuckin
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1967
It was great fun to return to Burlington and see old friends at our 40th Reunion. Congratulations to Ric Flood and the Alumni Office for putting together a wonderful weekend. For those of you who were not able to attend, you can go to http://uvmreunion2007. shutterfly.com to view photos. Those of you who remembered to bring cameras can add photos to this website to share with our UVM community. Richard Ross, a professor at University of California, Santa Barbara, has just published his 10th book, Architecture of Authority, Aperture Press, NY. An exhibition of his work was shown in Los Angeles at ACME Gallery, and in New York at Aperture Galleries. It will form a traveling exhibition as well. The work is based on his research and photography in Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, Iraq, Iran, etc. Ross spoke at UVM on September 26, hosted by the Department of Art. He lives in Santa Barbara with his wife, Cissy (sister of Susan Steinfort ’69). After 29 years as a Foreign Service Officer, Claudia Serwer has retired from the State Department. She and her husband, Michael Skol, are dividing their time between New York City and Dennis, Massachusetts. Her new-found freedom has given Claudia the opportunity to join Michael on his business trips. After several months of transitional down-time, Claudia is now ready to return to Washington and overseas on an intermittent basis as a State Department contractor. Claudia had a great time at our 40th reunion, and would love to see UVM friends who couldn’t make it to Burlington in either New York or Cape Cod. She’d welcome hearing from them at chserwer@hotmail. com. Carolyn Siegel Shanoff is the Director of the Division of Consumer and Business Education at the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. She lives in Washington, D.C. Carolyn writes that none of her three children went to UVM, but she has a 16-month-old grandson, so there’s still some hope! Tim Hayes is celebrating the 4th anniversary of his company, Hayes is for Horses, which teaches Natural Horsemanship. Tim was spotlighted in an article in the New York Times in May. Visit his website www.hayesis forhorses.com to read more. Ellen Werner’s son Benjamin Werner Walker ’94 married Jennifer Boucher in September. Ben is a practicing veterinarian in Southern Maine. Ellen is Executive Director of Kneisel Hall Music Festival and lives in New York City and Blue Hill, Maine.
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Jane Kleinberg Carroll
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1968
Nicholas Finck lives in Virginia where he works with individuals new to the English language, providing conversational practice. Linda Uren Krebs was selected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. She was inducted in November of 2006. Brenda Goodsell Roy retired in July of 2005. She and husband Lee spend six months of the year in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, and six months in Colchester, Vermont. Lee works for NASCAR as director of their Busch East Series. Brenda recently enjoyed a “mini’ Pi Phi reunion last October in Ocean City, Maryland, with Mimi Vogt Starke, Margaret Dresher Newton, Josie Ellinson Lieberman and Marti Jessup Webster. Jean Stables and her husband recently spent two months traveling in Argentina and Chile.
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Diane Duley Glew
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1969
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