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Those who have indicated that they are planning to attend our 45th reunion: Anne Balderston Peery, Beth Guthrie, Betsy Brett, Bill Eaton, Bill Telfair, Buzz Berger, Charlie Rhoads, David Bailey, Deborah Brown Miles, Elizabeth Kettenring Maier, Graham Miles, Gretchen DeLamater Edgar, Harriet Ellis Raiford, Ingrid Shultz Longo, Jane French Rieck, Jim Maier, Joy Willits Dittman, Judy Trimble, June Cope Chidester, Kathleen Clement, Olivia Heathcote, Penny Claghorn Robertson, Sally Shirk, Sue Bissell, Susanne Michel Grosjean | |
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These classmates seem to have their own web presence (doppelgangers are possible!) Bill Eaton <http://faculty.jhsph.edu/..........> Bill Eaton Interview <http://commprojects.jhsph.edu/department_chairs/videos/william_eaton.wmv> Connie Hay <www.ahcinc.biz> Greg Frazier <www.horizonsunlimited.com/gregfrazier> Graham Miles <grahammileslaw.com> Jim Maier <pn.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/39/15/18> Larry Carter <www.cse.ucsd.edu/~carter> Olivia Heathcote <www.oliviaheathcote.com> Peter Roland <www.utsouthwestern.edu/findfac/professional/0,2356,16205,00.html> Riley Doty <www.artisticlicense.org/members/doty> Steve Curwood <www.loe.org/about/steve.htm> SallyEdwards Willits <http://sallywillitsart.shutterfly.com> Steve Worth <www.postandbeam.com/OurStaff/Representatives/sworth.cfm> Walter Lenk <www.configular.com> | |
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Sally Edwards Willits writes: Hey, I will be there on the 8th. Just saw the class website and wanted to add where you can find some of my art - http://sallywillitsart.shutterfly.com. What have I been doing? Working for 20 years .... started my own gift and gourmet food marketing company, sold when we moved to Florida. Had fun selling to retailers, testing new products and tabletop items and bringing them to market in PA, DE and MD. I met many wonderful people, and enjoyed it tremendously. Living in Annapolis, outside of Easton on the Eastern Shore, Wilmington, DE, and now Coconut Grove. Bringing up 3 wonderful children who are a great source of pride and fun. Loved working in their schools, raising money and seeing dreams come true. Seeing 3 grandchildren come into the world. Sailing and traveling with my husband and kids, mostly to the Bahamas and Europe. Painting like crazy to make up for lost time...........doing creative stuff with our church and friends. Teaching art...........entering art competitions..... painting portraits.... Working at various museums: now at Vizcaya Museum in Coconut Grove, as a guide and member of the Board. Helping out at our church: on the Vestry at St. Stephen's, outreach, adult education, gabbing, making new friends, cooking! Helping out Biscayne Bay Yacht Club's Race Committee, setting marks, timing starts, clocking finishes for one design and other regattas. Gardening, reading, having a great life. All the best, Sally Sally Edwards Willits <Seew1222  aol.com>
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Debbie Seeley Averill writes: Dear classmates, Wish I could make it to Westtown for our reunion next Saturday. Gave it some serious consideration, but finally decided that, between a full concert series of the women's ensemble with which I sing and trying to tie up loose ends before my retirement scheduled for the end of June, this was not a realistic possibility. I will make it to Westtown for our 50th for sure. Briefly bringing you up to date: After graduating from Swarthmore in 1969 (along with Gretchen Delamater Edgar) I spent some time doing psychological research and then returned to school in 1972 to earn my M.S.W. from the University of Maryland in 1974. Having rediscovered by childhood sweetheart, Ed Averill, during the summer between my two years in grad school, I married him a week after graduation. Ed and I lived in Omaha (NE) for three years while Ed finished school at the University of Nebraska, and during that time I was on faculty appointment at the UofNE Medical Center in the children's rehabilitation institute. Since 1977 we have lived in Beaverton, Oregon, where Ed has worked as an electronics engineer (primarily doing software) and I have spent the bulk of my social work career in child welfare, doing everything from child abuse investigations to adoptive home studies and placement. After nearly 30 years in child welfare I look forward to retirement and exploring other ways to fill my time. I have an active jewelry-making hobby which I hope to at least make pay for itself, and I am hoping to do some adoption training and other consultation on the side. First, though, we are going to spend two solid months at our cabin on Pine Island in Lake Vermilion (MN) this summer so I can rest and decompress. I am really looking forward to "vegging out," especially since this summer marks two years of being cancer-free after diagnosis with and surgery for bladder cancer in the summer of 2008. In 1980 we adopted our daughter, Marjorie, and in 1983 she was joined by our son, Robert, also adopted. Margie and Bob are still finding themselves, though we think Bob is closer to figuring it out than Margie is. No grandkids yet, for which we are grateful given where the kids are with their lives. We do have two step-grandchildren, the kids of Marjorie's significant other. That about brings you up to date on the highlights. I will be there in spirit at least next weekend. Sincerely, Debbie Averill <debbie2007 edaverill.com>
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Debbie Lebo Browning writes: I just finished looking at the class website, with contributions of words and pictures from other years' reunions. I found myself in tears that I will be missing our 45th. Next year, for sure. The changes in my life have kept me busy. I finally settled on a small apartment in Manhattan as my permanent address, selling a wonderful, but too much to care for, house in Western Massachusetts. I am continuing with my training to be a psychoanalyst, which will probably be finished around the time I decide to retire from the field. I am working on the biography of a modern german painter, and this gives me a way of traveling to Europe with a kind of organization and purpose in mind. It is that project the prevents me from coming to the reunion. I edited a book on adolescent psychology, which came out about two years ago, and now have a collection of my (deceased) husband's psychoanalytic papers in press, as well. It appears that writing will be a major part of my future. I have bought a small piano and have gone back to music. I would love to share coffee with any classmates passing through NYC. Debbie Lebo Browning <deborah.browning nyu.edu>
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Sally Shirk writes: After graduation from Earlham, I went job hunting in Boston. After 10 years working for an insurance agency, I wound up working for a subsidiary of the Hartford Insurance Group for 19 years, first as a "secretary" and the last 17 years as the facilities manager - ran the purchasing department, mail room and assisted in the relocation and upgrading of not only our 100,000 sq. ft. office but our 7 branch offices around the country. Around 1999 it became evident my job was going to be phased out so I took early retirement and headed back to PA. This was made possible due to the generosity of Judy (Trimble) Waldner and her husband, George. I lived with them for about 10 months while I found a job and bought a new house in Lancaster County. I worked for a local bank for about 7 years when I "accidently" retired, for good, in December 2006 (story for another time). In early 2001 I had a hysterectomy and a few months later was diagnosed with coronary artery disease and now have a stent. 2001 was not a good year. However, since then I listen to the doctors and have become the poster child for good cholesterol. Nothing stops me. In 1995, while living in MA, I reunited with many of my Lancaster County relatives and began compiling genealogy (hence my return to Lancaster). I have 2 published books and for the past 9 years have been working on what is probably the largest genealogy attempted in the county - I call it my anti-Alzheimer's therapy. It is full time, volunteer work, and I am very happy. I have a beautiful home in Lancaster county, live in a great neighborhood, and feel as if life is just beginning for me. Would be happy to be a tour-guide for anyone who wants to visit. Sally Shirk <imashirk comcast.net>
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