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ADENA TESTA FRIEDMAN, 1987 FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL

Dear Roland Park Country School Community, Leadership. A cornerstone of our programming here at Roland Park Country School. Since we feel so passionately about this topic we thought it was fitting to commence our first themed issue of Connections around this important facet of our connections teaching and learning environment. In all divisions and across all ages here at Roland Park Country School — and life beyond From Roland Avenue to Wall Street graduation — leadership is one of the connecting, lasting 06 President and CEO of Nasdaq, Adena Testa Friedman, 1987 themes that spans the past, present, and future lives of our (cover) reflects on her time at RPCS community members. Joe LePain, Innovation Master The range of leadership experiences reflected in this issue of Get to know our new Director of Information and Innovation Connections indicates a key understanding we have about the 12 education we provide at RPCS: we are intentional about how we create leadership opportunities for our students of today — and We Are The Roses for the ever-changing world of tomorrow. We want our students 16 20 years. 163 Roses. One Dance. to have the skills they need to be successful in the future. To this end, this feature of Connections showcases some of the fundamental characteristics that define leadership: 02 WITHIN THESE WALLS Leadership involves passion and curiosity. An example of this United by a shared love of dance and the experiences at A snapshot of what’s been happening around campus is revealed in our cover story centering around the leadership RPCS that shaped all of them as women, this event provided journey of Adena Testa Friedman, 1987. In January of this opportunities for dance to communicate the continuity and 18 SENIOR PROFILES year Adena was appointed President and CEO of Nasdaq, and evolution of tradition. As they gear up to graduate, these are four seniors to follow! in doing so she became America’s first female exchange CEO. Having internalized the message at RPCS that “you can be One’s leadership potential evolves over time and requires hands 20 ALUMNAE STORIES anything”, Adena’s leadership journey is one that reveals a on learning and real world experiences. As we head into the Spotlighting three remarkable women woman whose natural inquisitiveness and passion for learning summer here at RPCS, we are so excited to have over 40 girls RPCS has sent out into the world emboldened her to move courageously in the pursuit of her placed in local and national internships! With the launch of this dreams. new leadership initiative for current juniors going forward, we 22 CLASS NOTES are thrilled to see our girls connect their classroom learning with Leadership comes in many forms here at RPCS. As you will see experiences in fields such as medicine, graphic design, journalism, 97 LEGACY PHOTO MCCAULEY BOWL in our focus on Lexi Orlinsky, Berit Ginsberg, Rebecca Mathew, law, finance, engineering and many more. We are so thankful and Rebecca Sereboff, four seniors from the class of 2017, to our alumnae hosts and mentors, as well as parents and RPCS 100 MCCAULEY BOWL leadership is first and foremost about a girl identifying where community members who helped our first cohort of RPCS interns she can make an impact and utilizing her problem-solving to find these placements. We look forward to continuing to partner skills to create positive changes. The stories of these girls with our larger RPCS community for future placements and as we reveal young women who united their passion for learning in grow and connect this initiative with other leadership experiences CONNECTIONS is published annually for the Roland the classroom with opportunities for local, national and global for our students. Park Country School community. leadership. HEAD OF SCHOOL: Caroline Blatti In closing I would like to express a special thank you to all of EDITOR: Emily Cooke, Director of Strategic Leadership involves a commitment to innovation and the you for your support in my first year as the RPCS Head of School. Communications courage to harness one’s imagination to create an exciting From our faculty and administrators, to our parents, alumnae, Dani Kell Steinbach, 2004, Director of Digital Media vision for the future. In our feature on Joe LePain, our Director students and staff, you have welcomed me with open minds Communications of Information and Innovation, we learn about Joe’s vision for and hearts. Your leadership in this area means so much to me. a cutting edge Innovation Lab as well as his ability to blend his I thank you for being such thoughtful, gracious and committed Kristen DeMarco Rickard, 2002, Associate Director of Communications skills in technology and innovation with a strong commitment ambassadors for RPCS and sharing in my enthusiasm for a to prioritizing the concept of empathy with our students. bright, exciting future for our wonderful school. Missie Dix Mack, Director of Alumnae Relations Katy Spencer, 1993, Associate Director of Alumnae Leadership is a dance — at times — and very often it involves I look forward to our continued journey together here at RPCS. Relations / Archivist diverse groups of people coming together to create something Sarah Cody, Communications Associate that is familiar and unique all at once. Our focus on our Roses Sincerely, Repertory Dance Company reunion from this year showcases Quinlin Porter, External Programs and the intersection of leadership and the arts for over 20 years. 18 Communications Associate / Photographer alumnae Roses and one alumnae teacher joined with current DESIGN: Josephine Bergin, Redstart Creative Roses to perform in a way that transcended time and space. COVER PHOTO: Adena Testa Friedman, 1987 by John Caroline Blatti Dean Photo Head of School WITHIN THESE WALLS

I AM NOT AFRAID, I WILL BE BRAVE

HEALING WITH ART In solidarity with two second grade students who are cancer survivors, the Class of 2027 organized a donation drive for our Lower School community. The girls collected almost 300 art In December, the RPCS Varsity Basketball supply items including crayons, colored pencils, team had the honor of meeting 10-year-old paint, stickers and coloring books, and personally SHARING THE GIFT OF MUSIC Lilly Plocharz through the B+ (“Be Positive”) PIAGETIAN THEORY delivered the donation to the Maryland Proton Heroes Program at the Diamond State Classic Treatment Center. On December 13, 2016, the RPCS Semiquavers, directed by Lisa Tournament in Delaware. Battling a genetic As part of their lessons on childhood cognitive development, AP Psychology students The initiative was student-led. At the beginning disorder affecting the central nervous system visited the Kindergarten class just down the hall for an active, hands-on learning Diver, 2006, traveled to Washington, DC, to perform at a holiday of the school year, RPCS second grade teachers called Neurofibromatosis, Lilly inspired our session. The Psychology students studied Jean Piaget’s four stage theory of cognitive reception hosted by President Barack Obama and First Lady tasked their students with creating and organizing student-athletes with her bravery, resilience, and development. They put this learning into practice by completing a series of Piagetian a service-learning project. From the types of Michelle Obama at the White House. contagious smile. Her spirit is reflected in her Conservation Tasks regarding number, length, liquid, mass, and area with the items they would collect, to the recipient of the personal motto: I’m not afraid, I will be brave! Kindergarten students. What started as an educational moment for the AP students, As a former Semiquaver from the Class of 2006, the experience was very special for current donations, the students decided as a group how to also quickly became a shared community connection between some of our oldest and RPCS Performing Arts Department Head and Semiquaver Director Lisa Diver: The team said goodbye to Lilly after the organize and execute the project. youngest RPCS students. tournament ended, but Coach Scott Buckley “For over 60 years, the Semiquavers have been provided amazing opportunities. I was knew his team’s connection to Lilly wasn’t over. fortunate to have two years in the ensemble as a student at RPCS. Now as an employee, I With the help of her parents, Coach Buckley have the immense pleasure of working with and learning from an incredibly talented and and the team coordinated a surprise trip for remarkable group of ladies each and every day. Lilly to come to RPCS to sit on the bench next DEMYSTIFYING Watching as the President and First Lady shook hands with every single Semi, asking their to her REDS teammates as they played a game name, and thanking them for coming, was inspiring. Regardless of one’s political affiliation, in January. CODE kindness can so often be overlooked. The fact that two of the busiest individuals in the Senior Jeydah Johnson recognized what the world stopped to greet us is a moment that I know won’t be soon forgotten. There is a great RPCS Middle Schoolers participated in Hour of friendship with Lilly meant to the team: “This deal of good in the world. Code, a program designed to expose students experience gave us a sense of responsibility. to coding and broaden interest in computer The Holstee Manifesto is something I read to the girls before every major performance. We treated Lilly as more than just a guest, she science. Technology jobs are among the fastest Two lines always stick out to me: Life is about the people you meet, and the things you was like our little sister. And we made sure she growing in the country. Exposing our students create with them so go out and start creating and Life is short and Live your dream and was okay at every moment.” share your passion. to coding allows them to not only understand Lilly has left a lasting impression on the RPCS the technology they are using, but also improves To be able to find my passion of music at RPCS, pursue it in college and graduate school, Basketball program, and Athletic Director problem solving and thinking skills. By 2020, and now, ultimately make it my career is a gift. Regardless of what her passion is, I wish this Carol Hatton believes our team has also had an there will be approximately 1.4 million jobs in for each student here at our school.” effect on Lilly and her family: “I believe that our

computing related fields. U.S. graduates are athletes also made the same positive impact on track to fill 29% of those jobs. This early “ on Lilly and I am so incredibly proud of them. exposure will improve our students’ chances of “ Music is a gift and it is meant to be shared. It was clear when Lilly and her family arrived at success in this field. – LISA DIVER, 2006, PERFORMING ARTS DEPARTMENT HEAD AND SEMIQUAVERS DIRECTOR RPCS to cheer for their new favorite team, that they felt a part of our REDS family.”

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2017 CJC ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE: JIM PAPOULIS REDS CHAMPIONS World-renowned composer Jim Papoulis firmly believes that “music can heal, educate, celebrate, and empower the lives of children.” As our 2017 CJC Artist-in-Residence, we welcomed Jim to campus this spring and saw firsthand the powerful influence his passion for music had on our students. From the Preschool 3’s and 4’s students to our Semiquavers and AP Music Theory class, Jim engaged with students of all ages, in all three divisions. He led classes on drumming and songwriting, and workshopped his compositions with Middle and Upper School Choruses. He even helped second graders spontaneously write two full songs, complete with their own lyrics. Jim is inspired by the work he does with the Foundation for Small Voices (FSV), a not-for-profit organization he co-founded. Through FSV, Jim has traveled the world conducting songwriting workshops in countries including China, Japan, Kenya, Haiti, Norway, Uganda, Ireland, Jordan, Dubai, and Greece – just to name a few. His music has been featured at the Beijing Olympics, 2008 Presidential Inauguration, World Cup South SOCIAL Africa 2010, and 9/11 10th Anniversary Concerts around the world. He has also worked with Aretha Franklin, Celine Dion, the Chicago Symphony, the London Boys Choir, the Beijing Children’s Choir, the INNOVATORS Tokyo String Quartet, and the New World Symphony. Add two more championships to the trophy case for the REDS! The RPCS Cross Country RPCS students are breaking new ground this and Swimming teams completed extraordinary seasons on their way to earning IAAM Through the CJC Artist-in-Residence Program, RPCS has brought leading visual and performing spring! As part of an exciting new leadership Championships this year. After racing to an undefeated regular season this fall, the REDS artists to campus for almost 20 years. We are so honored to have had the opportunity to welcome Jim initiative in the Upper School, a group of juniors Cross Country team capped off their season by winning the IAAM B Conference Cham- Papoulis to RPCS through the generous CJC Artist-in-Residence Endowment that was established in have enrolled in the acclaimed University of pionship meet on October 25, 2016! Four REDS finished in the top ten, led by freshman 1998 and endowed by the Caplan Family Foundation, Inc. of Baltimore and Catherine R. Caplan, 1978 of Cape Town’s (UCT) course in Social Innovation. Alayna Gibson, 2020, who won the individual title by 30 seconds. For the first time in New York in memory of her father, the late Caswell J. Caplan. The six-week elective launched with an school history, RPCS Swimming won the IAAM Championship! On February 5, 2017, the introductory workshop at the Spark coworking team finished off an undefeated conference season by claiming the IAAM B Conference space in downtown Baltimore. Designed Championship trophy. The REDS finished the championship meet with a total of 453 as a hybrid course that consists of online, points, 147 more points than second place finisher Bryn Mawr School. Congratulations to collaborative workshop and individualized all our fall and winter student-athletes on their successful seasons! Note: At the time of this components, the underlying premise of the writing, spring sports seasons are still underway. Good luck to our spring teams! course is that anyone with determination and the appropriate tools can make a difference. Head of School Caroline Blatti is determined MRS. BLATTI that RPCS graduates will leave the School with a pragmatic toolkit of competencies, skills and GOES BACK approaches crucial for navigating the hyper- connected, rapidly changing world of tomorrow. TO SCHOOL She is incredibly proud of the group of girls who signed up to take part in this course: “I Motivated by a student-centered am inspired by our students’ motivation to get approach to school leadership, involved in this opportunity to learn about social Caroline Blatti stepped out of her innovation and entrepreneurship. I am proud of role as RPCS Head of School and their desire to impact social change." into the role of RPCS student as she STUDENT ART spent the morning shadowing Emma Wang, 2019, in February. Mrs. Blatti “ The students will Beyond the Canvas reflected on the experience: “In my learn about an incredibly transition to Head of School role at RPCS, I spent time reflecting on my journey and became important and relevant During the 2016-2017 school year, over 80 RPCS students of all ages had especially aware of how profoundly classroom experiences shaped me as an educator

their artwork on display around Baltimore. An RPCS art exhibit at Monument and administrator. Because of this, I am determined to find ways to connect to meaningful field while being immersed Sotheby’s International Realty’s Roland Park Gallery featured artists from all teaching and learning experiences alongside students at RPCS. One such way is to literally in case work that will give “ three student divisions. Plus, artwork by our Lower School students was on experience a day in the life of one of our RPCS students. I came away from the experience them real world perspective. display in the Association of Independent Maryland and D.C. Schools (AIMS) energized with feelings of authenticity, engagement, intellectual rigor, and personal - CAROLINE BLATTI, HEAD OF SCHOOL Student Art Exhibition at The Walters Art Museum. Student artwork has won meaning. I witnessed first-hand young women being supported and challenged every step several prizes in the community throughout the academic year. of their learning journeys. It made me incredibly proud of our world-class teachers.” TOP LEFT: ANGELA HE, 2017 - EYE - SILVER KEY WINNER, 2017 REGIONAL SCHOLASTIC ART AWARDS TOP RIGHT: ELLIE DEL GUERCIO, 2018 BOTTOM: LEXY HOCHSTEIN, 2026

4 CONNECTIONS ROLAND PARK COUNTRY SCHOOL 5 FROM ROLAND AVENUE TO WALL STREET

“YOU CAN DO ANYTHING,” ROLAND PARK COUNTRY SCHOOL TEACHERS TELL THEIR STUDENTS. ADENA TESTA FRIEDMAN, 1987, GOT THE MESSAGE.

6 CONNECTIONS ROLAND PARK COUNTRY SCHOOL 7 “WHAT’S GREAT ABOUT A GIRLS’ From the classrooms of RPCS to overseeing a financial and technical ENVIRONMENT IS THERE ARE powerhouse, it was the encouragement from teachers and mentors along the way that fueled her rise. NO STEREOTYPES ABOUT WHAT A GIRL SHOULD OR Adena Friedman, 47, became President and CEO of comfortable in front of an audience now as she was Nasdaq in January. She is head of one of the world’s during her days on stage in RPCS musicals. COULD NOT BE LIKE OR WHAT biggest stock markets, with 18,000 corporate clients, Young Adena, nicknamed Robin by family and friends 4,300 employees and a market capitalization of throughout her childhood, was “cheerful, enthusiastic A GIRL SHOULD OR SHOULD $11.8 billion. and warm,” says Assistant Head of School Carla Spawn- NOT BE INTERESTED IN.” If the thought of high finance makes you flash to Gordon Van Berkum, with “a very solid temperament—I assume Gekko (“Greed is good”) or those corrupt and excessive what you need in her current position.” characters from The Wolf of Wall Street, think again. Yet classmates don’t recall a girl headed for high RPCS’s “you can do anything” also means doing better. finance. “She was super smart and very motivated but “That environment just no longer exists,” Friedman says. also funny and fun and really just like everyone else,” “I want to shatter the stereotypes that people have of the says Middle School friend Liz Graham Pickus. “My industry because my experience has been so different family says, ‘CEO! How can that be? She was hanging from that.” out in our kitchen!’” Friedman’s very presence is shattering stereotypes. As THOUGH HOME IS IN CHEVY CHASE, MD, Friedman the first woman to lead a major U.S. stock exchange, spends the workweek in New York. Rising between she’s as fresh a face as the bronze Fearless Girl who 5:30 and 6 am, she greets many sunrises while running, appeared in the Financial District in March, just across spinning or kickboxing. The press has gotten a kick from Charging Bull. (“I like the way she’s standing so out of her black belt in taekwondo, but that is saved for defiantly,” says Friedman.) weekends back home. She’s also an old hand, having started with Nasdaq as The commute makes sense, she says; after all, Nasdaq an intern back in 1993. Rising to chief financial officer, HQ used to be in DC, and for several years her unit Friedman stepped out to Washington’s Carlyle Group remained in the capital. As her job became “more New for three years, then returned as Nasdaq’s president and York-centric,” Adena and Mike Friedman bought an chief operating officer before becoming CEO. apartment in Lower Manhattan in 2009. Working at The Financial media love booking her. From CNBC to Fox Carlyle Group, which she took public, brought her back Business to Bloomberg TV, she radiates intelligence, to DC from 2011 to 2014. poise and assurance to explain the market. She is as

LEFT: ADENA’S SENIOR PICTURE RIGHT: RED AND WHITE SPIRIT CLUB, ADENA FRIEDMAN IS IN THE MIDDLE ROW, THIRD FROM RIGHT

PHOTO BY JOHN DEAN

8 CONNECTIONS ROLAND PARK COUNTRY SCHOOL 9 These days, with her sons in college, the commute isn’t a big deal, she says. Husband Mike, a lawyer turned potter, can get creative at home without distraction, and Adena welcomes the downtime en route—whether “FOLLOW THE PASSION, processing email, watching a bit of TV or just getting a chance to think. BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT’S Wall Street has a thinking woman at the helm now. She is well-rounded and articulate. “ETF” and “IPO” roll off GOING TO MAKE YOU HAPPY.” her tongue as fluently as French and Russian did back in the day. She speaks in complete paragraphs—about feminism, financial technology, family, athletics, and more. Like this:

“No matter what [girls] choose to do, it’s a 40-year career that they’re going to embark upon. They need to make sure that they have some passion in what they do. They might have a preconception of what they Those aren’t exclusively female qualities, but the should do, what they should like, but at the end of the Financial Times names only four other women among day they should settle on the thing that really does get the world’s 60 stock-exchange chiefs. It’s a situation them excited. That can be something very different Friedman’s long used to in both finance and technology. than what they would expect as they’re going into At Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit last Octo- college. Follow the passion, because that’s what’s going ber, she said, “I would love in 20 years to see that there to make you happy.” is at least 40 percent—it would be great if it was 50 per- After all, though young Adena tagged along to her cent—women across the spectrum of an organization father’s T. Rowe Price office for years, she majored in so that young people can automatically see that career Fearless Girl is a bronze political science at Williams College. It wasn’t until the path for themselves, they can see people they can relate end of her undergraduate education that she realized to, they can look up and realize there’s opportunity sculpture by Kristen Visbal “I really have a business mind” and went on to earn ahead of them and they don’t see it as unattainable.” which depicts a girl staring her MBA at Owen Graduate School of Management at down the well-known The teenage Friedman didn’t see that career path; she Vanderbilt University. Charging Bull (or “Wall aspired to be an astronaut or maybe a tennis pro. She led Street bull”) statue. The Friedman has spoken on how an all-girls education the Honor Board in Middle School, the Model U.N. in Up- plaque below the statue per School. She was selected by the School to attend the allows young women to explore their strengths and states, “Know the power of Global Young Leaders Conference in Washington, DC. “REALIZE HOW LUCKY YOU weaknesses with fewer social pressures. women in leadership. SHE “It’s very much a part of why I became successful and Friedman recalls being inspired by teachers during her makes a difference.” ARE AS YOU’RE GOING found my voice,” she says. “What’s great about a girls’ time at RPCS. Science teacher Bill Fagan “was the one environment is there are no stereotypes about what a who said, ‘Oh, you want to be an astronaut? Absolutely. THROUGH IT INSTEAD girl should or could not be like or what a girl should or Let’s talk about what it takes to be an astronaut,’ ” should not be interested in.” Friedman recalls. Greg Timm and Elana Vikan, too, spent time making concepts understandable to the OF THINKING THE GRASS Friedman’s advice to RPCS students is “Realize how girls. Having authority figures take her and her interests lucky you are as you’re going through it instead of seriously registered deeply with the future executive. IS GREENER—BECAUSE thinking the grass is greener—because when you look back, you’re going to realize what a wonderful “They also really taught me confidence,” she empha- environment you lived in.” sizes. “They were the ones who taught me you can do WHEN YOU LOOK BACK, anything in life.” WHEN NASDAQ’S CHANGE WAS ANNOUNCED, YOU’RE GOING TO REALIZE departing CEO Bob Greifeld told Bloomberg that As she’s made her way to the top, Friedman has carried Friedman “comes to the job better prepared than anyone the faculty example with her. She talks excitedly I’ve ever seen.” of identifying women and men to “bring along,” WHAT A WONDERFUL understanding their strengths and perhaps broadening She brought more than financial acumen. Jennifer their aspirations and putting them in a position to ENVIRONMENT YOU Fisher Henry, 1987 ascribes her friend’s ascent to “her succeed. ability to make people feel comfortable, listened to, cared for, and that they are in the presence of someone “Then [I can] make them realize that they can do LIVED IN.” they can trust.” anything over time,” she concludes—echoing all those teachers back home. n

10 CONNECTIONS ROLAND PARK COUNTRY SCHOOL 11 IN THE LAB: meet — THREE 3D PRINTERS FOR STUDENTS TO FREELY EXPLORE NEW PRODUCT CREATION OR TO ENHANCE PRESENTATIONS IN THEIR REGULAR CURRICULUM. — LEGO WEDO 2.0 SETS THAT ENHANCE STUDENTS’ CURIOSITY AND SCIENCE SKILLS WHILE ALSO SPARKING JOE INTEREST IN A WIDE CURRICULUM INCLUDING LIFE, EARTH, SPACE SCIENCES, AND ENGINEERING. LE PAIN RPCS Director Of Information And Innovation

What was it about RPCS that stood out? When I came to Roland Park Country School for the first time, it was clear to me that this is a school made up of people who believe in students and their power to meaningfully impact the world. The community felt both warm and empowering . . . it is made up of educators who are committed to pushing the envelope in the educational sphere. I was drawn to this environment because I could sense that this school is open to new ideas, determined to move forward and to evolve based on the needs of the students we serve. What does innovation mean and how does that apply to a school? “WHEN YOU SHIFT Innovation means taking a good look at something and changing it in such a way that you’re not only improving AND EXPERIENCE it, you’re potentially taking it to a place that hadn’t even been considered before. Innovation goes hand-in-hand THE PROBLEM FROM with risk. It also inevitably goes hand-in-hand with failure. Overall, classroom experiences are shifting to focus on ANOTHER POINT OF problem solving and innovation in order to become more VIEW, IT ALLOWS YOU TO dynamic and engaging for students. What is the role of technology in education? THINK DIFFERENTLY.” The everyday function of school relies on technology, and the infrastructure that we have in place allows for the most successful classroom experiences. Our infrastructure supports student experiences. We are at an interesting and “THAT’S THE crucial point in time where students, even at a very young IN THE LAB: age, are not only comfortable with technology, but they ATTITUDE I WANT — CLASSROOM STEM LITTLEBITS, MAGNETIC CIRCUITRY SETS THAT TEACH understand it incredibly well. We are no longer “teaching” IN THE LAB: STUDENTS ABOUT CAUSE AND EFFECT, LOGIC, AND HOW TO CREATE CIRCUITS them how to use technology or making decisions for them. TO CULTIVATE: — TOOL KITS INCLUDING DRILLS, DREMEL, USING A VARIETY OF BITS. STUDENTS CAN START OUT CREATING BASIC CIRCUITS SOLDERING IRONS, AND MORE AND ADVANCE TO CREATING INTRICATE ONES THAT INVOLVE PROGRAMMING. The overarching goal is to focus on fostering core skills, YES, YOU CAN. — TWO GREEN SCREENS — SPHERO CLASSROOM KITS, SPHERICAL ROBOTS THAT INTRODUCE STUDENTS curiosity, confidence, and the willingness to try and fail. TO THE CONCEPTS OF ROBOTICS, ENGINEERING, AND PROGRAMMING AND CAN BE — DEDICATED DESKTOP COMPUTERS YOU CAN DO IT.” PAIRED WITH AN ASSORTMENT OF OTHER SUBJECTS SUCH AS MATH, ENGINEERING, — DEDICATED IPADS SCIENCE, AND ART.

12 CONNECTIONS ROLAND PARK COUNTRY SCHOOL 13 to one another, “we failed, but that’s okay. What went wrong and how can we move forward for next time?” Being able to fail in a safe environment with the support of your peers and teachers makes it a little less scary. It will always be my goal to build back up a student’s confidence, so she will try again and again. It is with this support that she will eventually become the change- maker that the future needs.

You’ve worked in co-ed institutions in the past. What drew you to an all-girls’ education environment. Why is technology especially important in an all-girls’ school? We have to talk about it openly – how can we create more opportunities for our girls? Technology is one of the fastest growing industries in the US. It’s important that women get early exposure to this field. RPCS does a really good job encouraging girls to be confident leaders, not only in the small bubble of school, but also in the larger world. I see that our girls carry a certain confidence that lends itself to successful leadership. I want our students to know that they can absolutely be leaders in technology driven fields. My goal is to help our girls discover the questions they’re curious about. If these questions relate to technology, great! If they don’t, I’m still going to encourage her to get out there and have that Design Thinking mindset. Whether or not she’s solving a problem with technology, I’m still instilling in her the drive to be a problem-solver. Period. No matter what field Throughout the 2016-2017 academic year, you’ve been completely change the original solution you were in with each other to see how other groups decided to she may go into. That’s my role here. That’s the attitude I holding Design Challenges. What are these and why are set to propose. Sometimes we only understand a tackle a problem. Considering other angles might spark want to cultivate: Yes, you can. You can do it. they important? problem from our own point of view; when you shift further questions that drive their own group discus- Design Challenges begin with the presentation of a and experience the problem from another point of sion forward. Conversely, the Innovation Lab could be Where do you see the RPCS Technology and Innovation real-world problem. It is a method to naturally and view, it allows you to think differently. As we teach a space that a single student uses to laser focus on an Department in five years? organically introduce a new way of thinking. These our students how to be a part of the wider global individual project. Students can work and utilize the My driving vision is the student experience and the “BEING ABLE projects are outside of the curriculum and are not community, the empathy piece is vital. The problems space however they want and need. direction of the department will be steered by what graded. Students can consider the problem and present that exist now are only going to be exacerbated (climate the students want and need to thrive. Technology is The Innovation Lab at RPCS is a hint of how the TO FAIL a solution. We recently started an RPCS “Problem change, famine, access to clean water, etc.) and it constantly evolving but there are certain traits that, educational experience is evolving. Over the course of Bank” (www.rpcsproblembank.com) where anyone is imperative that upcoming generations practice once awakened and developed in a student, will never this year, we have seen tremendous growth in student- IN A SAFE can submit problems they would like solutions to. empathy, work collaboratively, and have the strength to become obsolete. These skills are: critical thinking, led projects and see potential ways to further develop Design Challenges are important because they create take risks, and pick up and try again after failure. data analyzation, problem solving, adaptability/agility, the space. Sometimes they’ll succeed, but they’ll also ENVIRONMENT opportunities for students to explore Design Thinking intrinsic motivation, resiliency, collaboration, curiosity, fail. I consider it a success when I hear students say with very little consequences or pressure attached. This The Innovation Lab at RPCS is new this year. Tell us a and, of course, empathy. n WITH THE can begin at any age. I recently hosted a playdate where little bit about the Innovation Lab and why this is an important space. SUPPORT Preschoolers could build and create activities and, on the other side of the spectrum, I’ve worked with Upper The Innovation lab is an exploratory space where students can discover something that they are passion- STANFORD DESIGN THINKING MODEL OF YOUR Schoolers on projects involving coding, robotics, 3D printing, and solar energy. RPCS is unique because we ate about and build upon that interest. It represents a space that feels intrinsically different than a classroom, have students of all ages and technology needs to be III. BRAINSTORM POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS. PEERS AND allowing creative thinking, problem-solving, and active I. DEVELOP integrated in all different sorts of ways. It’s interesting A DEEP I. III. SELECT AND DEVELOP YOUR SOLUTION and challenging to figure out ways to get kids of all ages learning. Active learning is engaging with peers and UNDERSTANDING TEACHERS posing your own questions while a teacher acts as a OF THE EMPATHIZE IDEATE excited about problem-solving and creating. CHALLENGE facilitator who guides but does not direct. The tradi- IV. DESIGN A PROTOTYPE (OR A SERIES OF MAKES IT A PROTOTYPES) TO TEST ALL OR PART OF YOUR What exactly is Design Thinking? tional model of an instructor teaching students from II. IV. SOLUTION LITTLE LESS The way I conceptualize Design Thinking comes from the front of the classroom certainly has its benefits, but DEFINE PROTOTYPE the Stanford Design Thinking Model. It is a framework in this day and age there is a need to solve large scale that can be applied to any sort of problem (social, SCARY.” problems and prepare our students in intentional and II. CLEARLY V. ENGAGE IN A CONTINUOUS physical, environmental) with a circular process that focused ways. The Innovation Lab promotes active ARTICULATE THE V. SHORT-CYCLE INNOVATION PROBLEM YOU PROCESS TO CONTINUALLY begins with and consistently revisits a key concept: learning by creating a space for engaged debate and WANT TO SOLVE TEST IMPROVE YOUR DESIGN empathy. When you add empathy to a situation, collaboration. As a facilitator, I might observe different you really learn what the impact means, which can groups as they collaborate and suggest that they check

14 CONNECTIONS ROLAND PARK COUNTRY SCHOOL 15 Performed every year as part of an all-school convocation at the beginning of the school year, the We Are The Roses Opening Day Dance is a 20 YEARS. 163 ROSES. ONE DANCE. special tradition for the Roses Repertory Dance Company and our RPCS community.

“This dance holds a special place in my heart,” says Roses Co- President Lexi Orlinsky, 2017. “It is my favorite RPCS tradition. When I perform this dance, I feel like I am part of something bigger. I am a part of a legacy that so many dancers before me were a part of.”

As the Roses prepared to celebrate their 20th anniversary this year, Director of Upper School Dance and Roses Alumna Annie Ferebee Short, 2001, knew she wanted to create a meaningful moment for cur- rent and former Roses involving the evolution of the opening day dance.

“Sylvia Botts, the founder of Roses and current RPCS Lower School dance teacher, choreographed the original dance to the song Eden, and Dana Martin, Upper School dance teacher from 2000 to 2007, choreographed another dance to the current song, We Are The Roses,” says Annie, whose grandmother, Ann Field Clark, 1944 was the first dance teacher at Roland Park Country School. “During my second year at RPCS, I merged the two dances into a new piece, adding my own choreography into it as well. That means every Rose knows at least some part of the dance. Welcoming Roses alumnae back to the Sinex Theater stage to perform the Opening Day Dance seemed like the perfect way to bring 20 years of dancers together.”

This remarkable collaboration happened at the Upper School Winter Dance Concert on January 7, 2017. To open the show, the current ensemble of 11 juniors and seniors took the stage and were quickly joined in waves by 18 Alumnae Roses—including Annie Short, 2001 and Middle School dance and theater teacher Patricia Statkiewicz, 2011—and Roses founder Sylvia Botts. “In the dance, the alums were woven into places with current students – sharing the physical space, but more emotional experience for me, and it meant so much to be able to importantly sharing memories of performing as a Rose on the Sinex revisit it,” says Tracy. “I am amazed by the joy this particular piece Theater stage,” says Annie Short, who staged the dance and helped WE evokes in the school community each time it is performed, and this organize the reunion. “Dancing with classmates, former teacher and time was no different.” mentor Sylvia Botts, past students, and current students is a highlight of my career and a moment I will always cherish.” That joy was particularly inspiring on the evening of the concert for long-time RPCS faculty member and Science Department Head THE As the first full time dance teacher at RPCS in 1993, Sylvia Botts ARE David Brock. “Tonight’s opening dance was one of the great blessings recognized strong student interest in dance and the need for a dance of my career,” he says. “Seeing that ever-familiar choreography from performing arts ensemble. In 1996, she led the creation of the Roses Sylvia, I actually felt transported back to the first opening day convo- Repertory Dance Company, named as an homage to the 12 roses that cation I ever attended.” David has taught or worked with every dancer RPCS seniors carry on Commencement Day. From founding the Roses— who took the stage, and has “seen every single one of them grow up our oldest RPCS dancers—to her current role as Lower School dance into the amazing people they are today,” he adds. teacher working with our youngest RPCS students, Sylvia’s path has come full circle. “Annie knew that my favorite moment of the original In addition to dancing alongside the Roses that came before them, Roses dance was the end, when the first dancer on the floor reached out the current ensemble embraced the opportunity to take the stage to grasp the foot of the last dancer, completing the circle,” says Sylvia. with their teachers and mentors. “It was a remarkable feeling to “Annie arranged the choreography so that I could be the dancer who have two of my teachers on stage with me,” says Emily Frieman, gets to finish the circle. I felt so honored and grateful.” 2018, “two women who have inspired me and have helped me become the dancer I am today.” Through a shared love of dance, As a thirteen-year-girl at RPCS, Tracy Kaczorowski, 2011, watched this on-stage Roses reunion reminds us of the creative, joyful, and and waited for her chance to join the Roses and perform for the meaningful moments that unite our RPCS community. ROSES School on Opening Day. “Performing this dance was always an

DANCERS: ISABELLE ALFRIEND, 2018; MOLLY BEIDLEMAN, 2016; SYLVIA BOTTS, ROSES FOUNDER AND RPCS LOWER SCHOOL DANCE TEACHER; VICTORIA CAMPITELLI, 2011; CAITLIN CANTRELL, 2008; MOLLY CANTRELL, 2012; ERIN MILES CLOUD, 2001; MEREDITH FORBES COLEMAN, 2001; MALIA COVINGTON, 2018; GINA DRUM, 2017; CAROLINE FOSTER, 2013; EMILY FRIEMAN, 2018; NIKKI GOLDSTONE, 2018; HADASSAH JAMES, 2018; LIZZIE JASPAN, 2013; TRACY KACZOROWSKI, 2011; PRABHNOOR KAUR, 2018; KELLY MARTINET, 2009; LEXI ORLINSKY, 2017; KARA POWELL, 2014; DYLAN RAMER, 2016; HYO SHIN, 2018; MEGHAN SHIPPE, 2014; ANNIE FEREBEE SHORT, 2001; by Dani Kell Steinbach, 2004 LEXI SILVERMAN, 2018; PATRICIA STATKIEWICZ, 2011; NIKI STEEL, 2011; SABRINA JOHNSON TURNER, 1998; ERIN WEINSTOCK, 2014; MAYA WILLIAMS, 2017

16 CONNECTIONS ROLAND PARK COUNTRY SCHOOL 17 SENIOR PROFILES

Lexi Orlinsky With six leadership positions and commit- Berit Ginsberg With the roles including Rizzo in Grease, Mrs. Bennet in ments to more than ten organizations and student groups as a Pride and Prejudice, and Madame de la Grande Bouche in Beauty and the Beast, senior, Lexi Orlinsky has embraced the opportunity to be a lead- Berit Ginsberg has been no stranger to the spotlight in her time at RPCS. Since er and mentor in our community. Her passions for science and she was 12 years old, Berit has shown commitment to the arts at RPCS. She has math in the classroom propelled her through the RPCS STEM In- been a member of the Fine Arts Association for all four years of Upper School, stitute, and her senior year schedule was highlighted by classes and served as the Association’s Vice President as a junior and President as a such as AP Biology, AP Calculus and AP Computer Science. In senior. She was a member of the Somettos singing ensemble in Grades 9 and addition to her commitment to the Varsity Field Hockey team 10, followed by two years in the Semiquavers singing ensemble in Grades 11 and for four years and her role as captain of the Varsity Golf team 12. In addition to her on-stage roles in Upper School, Berit helped her younger her senior year, Lexi also held Co-President positions for the peers as Stage Manager (2017) and Assistant Director (2016) of Middle School STEM Club, Spanish Honor Society, Junior Dance Company, and musicals. She is a member of the International Thespian Society and was a Co- Roses Repertory Dance Company. She was Co-Editor of the Quid President of the French Honor Society. As part of Club Zen and Project Joy, Berit Nunc yearbook, and member of the Mu Alpha Theta Math Hon- was committed to spreading happiness in the student body with random acts of ors Society and Project Joy Club. In support of her peers, Lexi kindness. Committed to experiencing everything RPCS offers in the classroom, worked in the RPCS Writing Center and Math Lab, dedicating Berit enrolled in AP classes in all five major subjects – Calculus, French, her spare time to helping peers work through their assignments. Chemistry, English and World History. In addition to being an ambassador of the She was also a member of the Peer Health group, spending time school as a Red Key Guide for our Admissions Department, Berit also worked throughout her Upper School years mentoring younger students closely with the Communications Department during her senior year, creating in all three divisions. As a Red Key Guide, Lexi supported our digital content for the School’s website and social media platforms – a credited Admissions Department providing school tours and speaking program that is listed on her transcript. In her time outside of school, Berit has to prospective families at Admissions events. In the fall of 2016, enjoyed working with children as a camp counselor during her summer breaks. Lexi was selected from the student body to speak at the formal Berit will be attending Northwestern University in the fall where she plans to Installation of Head of School Caroline Blatti. Outside of RPCS, enroll in the School of Communication. She is considering a double major in Lexi serves as a Junior Counselor for the Diller Teens Fellow Communications and Theater. Program, a Jewish leadership program that she completed last year. Lexi will be attending the Fu Foundation School of Engi- neering and Applied Science at Columbia University in the fall. Rebecca Mathew A strong passion for helping others has established Rebecca Mathew as a community service leader at RPCS. As President of the Upper School Community Service Organization, Rebecca managed several initiatives during her senior year in support of the students at Lillie May Carroll Rebecca Sereboff Rebecca Sereboff’s leadership will Jackson Charter School, including tutoring programs and a blanket/coat drive soon have a global impact. Following two years as President during the cold winter season. Rebecca also served as Co-President of the Habitat of the Northern Region East Baltimore Council of the BBYO for Humanity Club, and spent all four years in Upper School as a Red Key Guide Jewish teen organization, Rebecca was elected International and member of the Key Club. She was also a member of the Indian Culture Club, N’siah (President) of the 73rd International Board of the B’nai Co-President of the STEM Club and was a Quid Nunc Yearbook staff member. As B’rith Girls (BBG) at the 2017 B’nai B’rith Youth Organization a four-year varsity member of the REDS Volleyball team and a captain her senior (BBYO) International Convention (IC) hosted in Dallas, TX, in year, Rebecca was part of three RPCS Volleyball IAAM Championship teams. February. Upon graduation from RPCS, Rebecca will travel She was also a member of the RPCS Badminton IAAM Championship team of the world during her one-year term as BBG president—a gap 2014. Rebecca’s musical talent earned her a spot in vocal auditioned performing year before college that is fully sponsored by BBYO. She will ensembles for all four years of Upper School – the Somettos in Grades 9 and 10 spend several months connecting with BBYO chapters across and the Semiquavers in Grades 11 and 12. With interests in science and medicine, the United States before traveling abroad to Europe and South Rebecca supplemented her studies in the RPCS STEM Institute with a two-week America. As a senior at RPCS, Rebecca served as President of internship at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center during the the Jewish Heritage Club—an organization she was a member of summer of 2016. Her hands-on work on a breast cancer research study gave for all four years in the Upper School. She was also a member of her the opportunity to interview patients, identify genes in blood samples, and the Slavic Honors Society, worked on the Red All Over student work on dietary questionnaires for hundreds of patients. Since the age of 4, newspaper, and served as a mentor for peers in all divisions Rebecca has been a student of Abinaya Natya Sala, an Indian Dance School that through her work with Peer Health. As a three-year coxswain instilled in her a love of community service that we have seen grow at RPCS. for the RPCS Crew team, Rebecca was responsible for steering Upon graduation from this school this spring, Rebecca will perform a 2.5 hour the boat and keeping the cadence and rhythm of the rowers. Bharatanatyam Indian Classical dance recital which she has chosen to hold in With a senior schedule full of classes such as AP Russian, the Sinex Theater at RPCS. Rebecca has been accepted to the A. James Clark Neuroscience, Comparative Government, and Urban Studies School of Engineering at the University of Maryland where she plans to major Literature, and interests in pursuing Sociology, Public Policy and in Biomedical Engineering and pursue possible career paths in oncology or Political Science in college, Rebecca is preparing for a future of pediatric medicine. helping others.

18 CONNECTIONS ROLAND PARK COUNTRY SCHOOL 19 ALUMNAE STORIES

“AT THE END OF THE DAY, I DON’T WANT TO HEAR WHAT SOMEONE Since 1901, Roland Park Country School has been graduating driven and spirited INTENDS TO DO TO HELP SOMEONE ELSE, I REALLY WANT TO SEE THE women who take the world by storm. Many of our alumnae can pinpoint a moment, PROOF THEY GOT IT DONE.” - KATE HEUISLER, 1996 a class, or a teacher that inspired them to be the women they are today. Although the three women profiled here have had different career paths and a diverse range of After RPCS, and earning Before Beccy Josowitz, experiences, you can clearly see how they credit RPCS and their remarkable teachers a B.A. in anthropology 2004 became a first-year for pushing them – teaching them lessons that they now pay forward to others. and a M.Sc. in cultural resident in pediatrics at anthropology from the Children’s Hospital University of Pennsylvania, of Philadelphia (CHOP), Kate Heuisler, 1996 set she was a young scientist Penelope (Penny) Duffy, 1966 wears two very different out to change the world (a and four-year Varsity hats. First, she holds the role of Associate Director for the phrase that now makes her soccer player at Roland Mayo Clinic Neural Engineering Laboratories, which are cringe). Early in her career, Park Country School. focused on the neural mechanisms of deep brain stimulation, she describes herself as She had always been a neuromodulation technique used to treat certain complex a young leader. And “that interested in science neurologic and psychiatric disorders; she provides leadership didn’t always fit everyone’s and research from a in the lab’s direction and operations and contributes to research picture of leadership, in very young age. She still design, to writing and editing peer-reviewed journal papers and the U.S., or the other countries where I worked.” She fought her way feels incredibly lucky to have had the opportunity to participate in grants, and to mentoring young scientists. Secondly, she writes through, respectfully, and pushed past the doubters by showing several science classes and research experiences taught by David fiction and poetry. them the results she could achieve and proving the value of her Brock, who still currently teaches at RPCS. She describes Mr. Brock Graduating with a degree in history from Concordia University, work – she is now the Chief of Party, or Project Director, for a foreign as a key and influential figure in her education and development law seemed a good career choice, but while studying for the aid project called Development Innovations. She works for DAI as a young scientist. He consistently challenged her intellectually. entrance exams, she discovered that the law fed neither her soul Global, LLC, and leads the $10 million dollar program funded by She recalls specifically the curiosity he evoked during ninth grade nor her imagination and so although accepted, she chose not the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to support biology class, and the freedom he gave Beccy and her classmates to go. She had found her passion—helping neurologically impaired the use of new technologies across the civil society and social develop independent research projects. This deepened her interest people regain communication while working a low paying enterprise sector in Cambodia. The people that said she couldn’t in pursuing research as a career. She also credits his advice and hospital job identifying unnamed patients who had come into do it made her want it even more. She gives tremendous credit to mentorship with helping her to win a scholarship to college. the Emergency Room overnight with head wounds or other her mentors who have encouraged her and provided advice and It was during her time in college that Beccy decided she wanted neurologic deficits that impaired speech. She found she was good guidance along her journey, both professionally and personally. to practice medicine. She realized she wanted a more direct at communicating with them and anxious to help them, but was Kate credits RPCS with teaching her to be empathetic, which she connection to helping people and to dedicate her research to frightened of the math and science required for the profession. sees as “one of the more important skills for any professional in clinically relevant issues that can be quickly translated into Switching to science was a risk, but she overcame it with some current times.” improving health. After her PhD, Beccy realized she wanted “WHEN I ENTERED THE SCIENTIFIC ARENA, remedial math and new ways of thinking , and went on to have a to specifically focus on pediatrics. She felt very fulfilled by the twenty-seven-year career in speech-language pathology. “When Kate recalls Ereni Malfa’s physics class specifically (Ereni is now the IT WAS WITH MY RPCS TOOL BOX IN thought of helping children live longer, healthier, happier lives, and I entered the scientific arena, it was with my RPCS tool box in current RPCS Head of Upper School). Ereni reflected on when she intrigued by the opportunity to specifically better understand the HAND WHICH HELPED ME SEE THAT THE hand which helped me see that the scientific method was merely taught Kate in the classroom and coached her on the soccer field. development of disease. During her PhD, while studying the genetics a different lens through which to view the world, and statistics a “Kate was a natural born leader. She was confident and inquisitive in SCIENTIFIC METHOD WAS MERELY of congenital heart disease, Beccy attended several conferences way of organizing information, and thus I was able to engage in the classroom and never hesitated to pose questions and challenge where she spent time with children with genetic syndromes related A DIFFERENT LENS THROUGH WHICH TO science in a creative, integrative way, generating some ground- ideas and concepts.” Of Ereni, Kate says, “I loved the way she taught. to her work, as well as with their families. Inspired by their strength breaking research in the area of communication and cognitive She was hands-on, helping us learn through experiments. She VIEW THE WORLD, AND STATISTICS A WAY and courage, she gained a renewed sense of passion and dedication deficits associated with right hemisphere brain damage.” showed us how something worked, she didn’t just tell us. This is to her chosen career. OF ORGANIZING INFORMATION, AND THUS something I take note of every day in my current job, supporting Penny credits RPCS for always being forward-thinking. She Cambodians to make technologies work to solve problems in their With RPCS sparking her curiosity for science, and mentors along I WAS ABLE TO ENGAGE IN SCIENCE IN A recalls a ninth grade history class when her teacher, Miss Feeley, communities. At the end of the day, I don’t want to hear what the way both inside or outside the classroom, Beccy continues asked her to teach a class on the topic of Plato’s Republic after CREATIVE, INTEGRATIVE WAY.” someone intends to do to help someone else, I really want to see the to refine the type of person she aspires to be both personally and she had gone against convention and written her term paper proof they got it done.” professionally. - PENELOPE DUFFY, 1966 without secondary sources. “In some schools this might have been enough to earn an automatic “F.” The fact that my teacher Because of these influential people who have proved an integral part was willing to read the paper and appreciate my nonstandard of her own path, Kate works hard to support other young leaders in approach exemplifies the RPCS learning environment. It gave me her field. She works to give them a voice, connect them to resources, confidence to think outside the box and to sometimes bend the and to tell their story whenever she can. rules.” Penny took this confidence and ran with it.

20 CONNECTIONS ROLAND PARK COUNTRY SCHOOL 21 ALUMNAE WEEKEND 2016

50th Reunion Tea Family Fun Fest Champagne Reception

Becky Rothgaber Barnes, 1985, Kelly Donovan-Mazzulli, Jenny Black Kaurinki, 1976 and Becky Colt-Ferguson, Theresa Statkiewicz, 2006, Patricia Statkiewicz, 2011 CLOCKWISE, FROM UPPER LEFT: 1994 and Jamye Siegel Stern, 1985 1976 and Caroline Riina, 2008 Members of the Class of 1966, Molly McGlannan Lindner and Mimi Roeder Vaughan with their Pen Pals, Oye Fadiora and Hannah Hochstein, 2024 at the 50th Reunion Tea Barbara Porter Carr, 1966 with her Pen Pal Skylar Carr, 2024 Penny Starratt Duffy, 1966 along with Pen Pal, Penny Hovermill, 2024

Alumnae Crab Feast

At the Alumnae Champagne Reception with members of Members of the Class of 1981 celebrating their 35th Members of the Class of 2011 celebrating their 5th the Class of 1971; (front) Meg Hudson Rice, Beth Jones Reunion Reunion Tracy Kaczorowski, Jodi Askew, Daisy Elkins, Leslie Phelps Perlik, Kim Hupfeldt, (back) Hathaway Strudwick and Julia Palmer Clark Ferebee, Sondra Kornblatt and Lee Kelly

Members of the Alumnae Board at the Alumnae Champagne Reception Alumnae Artist Opening Reception

1964 classmates Betsy McPherson Morgan, Ginny Wood Crab Feast Time! 1976 classmates Emily Bang Jackson, Cathy Nolan and Delauney and Lin Turner Hardy Cathy Curlett Parsells

Kelly Donovan-Mazzulli, 1994 and Katy Spencer, 1993 with Olivia Carroll, 2017 and her mother April Carroll, Assistant Director of Admissions

Family members Carole Porter Adkins, 1971, Christy 2011 classmates Julia Palmer, Paige Strott, Patricia Sydnee Wilson, 2004, Katharine Fox Castro, 2004 and Emily Dierkes Rohrer, 2002, Upper School Art, Elizabeth Wahbe, 2006, Beers Carey, 1989, Jenny Beers Cathrow, 1991 and Statkiewicz and Tracy Kaczorowski Kristen DeMarco Rickard, 2002, Associate Director of Alumna Artist, Janet Bauer Hartman, 1968, former Middle School Art and Barbara Porter Carr, 1966 Communications Upper School Photography and Lisa Kopf, Upper School Art

22 CONNECTIONS ROLAND PARK COUNTRY SCHOOL 23 CLASS REUNIONS

Members of the Class of 2006 celebrate their 10th Reunion Members of the Class of 2001 celebrate their 15th Reunion

The Class of 1966 celebrates their 50th Reunion at a dinner hosted by Caroline Blatti, Head of School

Members of the Class of 1991 at their 25th Reunion Brunch, (front) Mindy Rose McCue, Tracy Members of the Class of 1996 celebrate their 20th Reunion Rohrbaugh Collins, Amy Janofsky Miller, (back) Rebecca Berger, Leslie Dickman Hollins, Elizabeth Voneiff Paternotte, Patricia Burt, Buffy Rubenstein Minkin and Caroline Blatti, Head of School

Twenty-one 1976 classmates gathered for a fun-filled 40th Reunion Dinner at the The Class of 1961 celebrates their 55th Reunion, (seated) Lois Athey, Linda Schwaab Hodges, Babs Norris Carolyn Gough Harding, Judy Connolly Connally, Betsy Hart Porter, home of Cathy Curlett Woodward, Nora O’Donovan Yaggy, Carolynne Card Shumate, (standing) Joanne Garrard Schill, Dorrie Sally Foley, Hope McCulloch Carroll from the Class of 1956 with Parsells’ mother, Margo Boone Talbott, Robin Buck Nicolls, Jodi McDorman Wilson, Sue Brewington Schier, Sandy Kamtman Caroline Blatti at the 55th+ Reunion Luncheon McElvain McClellan, Stellmann, Leilani Mandris Sifakis, Millie Panetti Gibson and Merry Gladding Highby 1954

Members of the Class of 1986 celebrate their 30th Reunion

Members of the Class of 1971 at their 45th Reunion Dinner, (front) Meg Hudson Rice, Leslie Phelps Perlik, Kim Hupfeldt, Susan Senft Smith, (back) Lee Kelly, Martha Nesbitt Turner, Grace Benet Smith, Sondra Kornblatt, Elizabeth Dryden Stephens

Louise Este Hollyday, 1946, Jane Wilhelm Daniels, 1946 and MB The Class of 1951’s 65th Reunion Dinner at Elkridge with Harriet Shriver FauntLeRoy, Shirley Grimes, Members of the Class of 1981 celebrate their 35th Reunion Willard Munford, 1946 celebrate their 70th Reunion! Peggy Waxter Maher, (standing) Mary Jane Helms Blaustein and Martha Orrick Milot

24 CONNECTIONS ROLAND PARK COUNTRY SCHOOL 25 REGIONAL REUNIONS CHILI COOK-OFF

Award winners John Wolff, Kim Mitchell Wolff, 1995, Alumnae Board Presidents Kim Mitchell Wolff, 1995, Chili cooks David Brock, Upper School Science and John Cochran, David Brock, Upper School Science, Katharine Fox Castro, 2004 and Sabrina Johnson Sabrina Johnson Turner, 1998 Stephanie Kell and Dani Kell Steinbach, 2004, Director Turner, 1998 Annapolis, MD Haverford, PA Chicago, IL of Digital Media Communications TRI BOARD HOLIDAY RECEPTION

Sarasota, FL Ocean Ridge, FL Co-Chairs of the Alumnae Red Hot Chili Cook-Off Maya Tasher Barron, 1999, Katharine Fox Castro, 2004 and Kristen DeMarco Rickard, 2002, Associate Director of Communications

Members of the Alumnae Board at the Tri Board Holiday Reception: (front) Libby Cole, 2003, Courtney Pippen, 1992, Kristina Pompa, 2002, Sarah Harrison Lenahan, 2001, Annie Ferebee Short, 2001, (back) Lee Kelly, 1971, Sydnee Wilson, 2004, Julie George Evans, 1981, Sarah Foster PROFESSIONAL Rhea, 1989, Maya Tasher Barron, 1999 and Alison Kenny Brennan, 1982 CONNECTION 2017

Former RPCS Heads of School Gordon Lenci and New York, NY New York, NY Margaret Smith with Caroline Blatti

Members of the Class of 2001 Dinah Bengur, Lauren Dodrill Benjamin, Sarah Harrison Lenahan and Erin Lears Richardson Presenters: (front) Katy Sherman, 2009, Nkenge Wheatland, 2004, Elizabeth Voneiff Paternotte, 1991, Caroline Blatti, Head of School, (middle) Cynthia Kerr Salmond, 1987, Deirdre Tanton, 1979, Susan Hovanec, 1988, (back) Kimberly Mitchell Wolff, 1995, Katherine Behrens Crosby, 1990 and Kelly Donovan-Mazzulli, 1994 Carey Baugher Piraino, 1997 and Tammy Passano Wiggs, 1997 Alumnae at the Career Networking Reception

Vero Beach, FL Naples, FL

26 CONNECTIONS ROLAND PARK COUNTRY SCHOOL 27 ALUMNAE VALENTINE LUNCHEON 1940s CLASS 1950s NOTES travels a lot. They have a special needs and enjoys playing bridge and reading, Class of 1947 daughter who keeps Margaret very etc., “non-constructive activities,” she Pris Long Beirne busy. Lou Dukes Pine is still driving says. A change from her prior life, but Time passes swiftly. This spring and able to do stairs in her house. welcome in her advancing years! How Margie Waters Forner, 1979, Wesley Naylor Finnerty, Alice Chung Cootauco, 1992, Susie Chung, 1985, Meaghan Head of School, Caroline Blatti, Cary Zink Kassouf, marks our 70th graduation! A real She has been spending time going special it is to get caught up with one 1989, Kaylie Forner, 2007, Ashby Waters, 2017, Kathleen Cootauco, 2027, Lily Milstone, 2022, Amy Winkelstein, 1992, 1995 and Evelyn Zink, HA milestone. So here is our class news. to graduations. Jonathon graduated of the friendliest and nicest gals in Sydney Carter-Bey, 2023 and Melissa Bristow Carter-Bey, Finnerty Curtis, 1984 and Shelby Curtis, 2019 Jane Thomas Acton and David have from Radford last June and now works our class. Carolyn Demarest Wells is 1992, Upper School Dean of Students settled into their retirement home on for the government. Granddaughters very faithful about sending her news Gladwyne, PA. David has been very Claire Utermohle, 2013 will graduate annually from Shrewsbury, MA. In active in the planning of the Museum from the University of Maryland this December this year she welcomed of the American Revolution, which June, and Lauren Pine, 2015 is enjoying her fifth great-grandchild who lives in will open April 19th in Philadelphia. Elon College. This past January Beloit, WI. Another fisherman to add to It is the first ever. One of Jane’s semester, Lauren had an interesting the family camp in Maine. Last May, granddaughters is an intern in trip to India volunteering in a clinic. Molly Allen, moved to an easier living Congress this term. It is a coveted Virginia Roberts Shear lives in Cocoa environment as many of us already opportunity for women still. Florence Beach, FL with her husband. She is in have. Her apartment-hotel is called Maher Cromwell’s husband Irdie good health and sounds just as you Brookdale in New York City. She is very Jane Wilhelm Daniels, 1946 with her died recently in Santa Fe where they would remember her. She has one content there, especially not having granddaughter Josie Kalbfleisch, 2023 have lived for many years. When I child close by, one in Montana and one to shop and cook any longer. Cynthia talked to Florence she said she will in Virginia. It was good to reconnect Troxell Dunoyer was fortunately home be staying in New Mexico. One of with her. She didn’t graduate with our when I called her, and she was glad with our two great-grands, but time will tell! It is said that with age comes Meghan McInnes Palmer, 2000 and her daughter Ella, Erin McInnes her sons lives nearby and she has a class as her father was in the Navy to report that her husband, Philippe, wisdom and perspective. I don’t know Shaughnessy, 1998, Avery Shaughnessy, 2029, Kya Sykes, 2018, Aja wonderful grandson who helps with and was transferred our senior year. has recovered enough from his stroke William Richardson, 2031, Erin Lears Richardson, 2001, Jen Banister Figler, 1988, Suzannah about that, but I do know that humor Dorsey Jackson, 1998, Ryan Croxton, 2031, Carol Dixon Croxton, errands. She has rather severe macular After many left messages, Ann Howell to get around quite well on a tricycle Cathy Lears Bennett, 1969, Penny Richardson, 2029, Figler, 2023 and Peggy Coffin Widman, helps. This quotation from Lady Diana 1998, Kate Jordan, 1998, Cassidy Craig, 2017, Molly Craig, 2019, degeneration, but still gets around. We Veghte called back from Vero Beach, and even manages to ski with a group Jenn Lears Lohse, 1997 and Wincie Proutt Skeen, 1975 1962 Cooper seems appropriate for us. “First Campbell Nicolini, 2030 and Kristin Raneri Nicolini, 1998 send her our deepest sympathy at this FL, where she has vacationed for on occasion. Cynnie does miss her difficult time.Penny Hughes Doolittle many winters. She plays golf, walks a horse, but has many happy memories you are young, then you are middle- is still in her house in Bethesda. She mile and a half every day, and has an of their times together. The Dunoyers aged, then you are old, and then you is fine. She still paints in oils which is active social life. She will go back to have 11 grandchildren now. Two are are wonderful.” I think you all are ALUMNAE BOARD PRESIDENTS more forgiving then other mediums! her retirement home in Audubon, PA beginning to attract attention: Juliette wonderful and I thank you for your She has become a “news junkie” in mid-April. It was such fun to talk as a violinist at the New England contributions to our class notes. following the election. Joyce Kellam with her! This year, Lou Dukes Pine Conservatory and one teaching math Dougherty and Lou Dukes Pine had an and Peggy Webb Patterson graciously and getting his PHD at MIT. Nancy hour long chat. She and her husband Class of 1949 helped me make calls. I am having Curtis Blaine continues to live a very Betsy Wilkins McMaster Clark are fine. For thirteen years they trouble with macular degeneration busy life in Charlotte, NC with her have lived in a retirement community and also RA, so reading and writing are large and active family. Eight of them [email protected] in Laney, WA. Her daughter lives an more difficult. I am still on Meadowood went to Europe last summer visiting As our Depression-era class was one hour away. They work out at a local Road. I have help every day, and I am Munich and spending Bastille Day in of the smallest ever (varying between gym three days a week. More power very lucky because my daughter, Libby, Paris celebrating a birthday. Nancy eight and seventeen girls and a few to them! Dottie Klinefelter Earll and has come to live with me for a while. was so happy to have no trouble boys in the elementary school) I do Homer have moved to assisted living Best wishes to you all. keeping up with this group in their not receive as much news as later quarters at Ginger Cove in Annapolis. miles and miles of exploring - probably classes, but I am very grateful for Alice Nelson Furlaud died recently. because of her three times a week some Christmas cards and phone She came to our class in the VII Main, Class of 1948 exercise program and yoga classes. calls received. Karen Howard Hamer Maggie Sunderland Berman, 2000, Lucy Sunderland, 2024 and Emma but Penny Hughes Doolittle, Adrienne Ann Wittich Warfield She continues to be very involved with was one of the five original girls who Sunderland, 2018 Rich and I caught up with her again at [email protected] her church activities, and especially started in kindergarten and continued Radcliffe. She was an original blithe What a great surprise to get a long, asked me to encourage all of you to through graduation. I was with her spirit, so it was sad to hear of her newsy letter from Tillie Jones Bayless! keep up with an exercise routine. the night when she, aged 14(!) met death. She was widowed and lived in It has been ages since we heard from Margaret “Mari” Herman also has an Bob who seven years later became Paris and wrote humorous essays for her. She and her first husband, Buddy, exercise routine three times a week, her husband. Bob’s career in the Navy WYPR. Mary O’Rourk McKenzie still raised four children first on the farm which helps to keep her pulmonary took them and their two daughters to lives at her lovely farm in Baldwin where he grew up and then in Ellicott fibrosis under control. She entered many interesting posts including Sri surrounded by her children and City where Tillie was the Region Three her cat, Silander, in a competition last Lanka and Russia. They have lived grandchildren. Her wonderful sense of Education Coordinator for the Head year but both she and her cat think for a number of years in Green Ridge humor is still intact. She doesn’t drive Start Program, a job she absolutely it will be the last one after so many Village Retirement community in anymore. Like so many of us, she feels loved. After her beloved husband years on the circuit. I, Ann Wittich Newville, PA. Their daughters live in “her wings” have been clipped. Peggy died in 1995, she stayed on Church Warfield, have continued with my Maryland and New York, near enough Webb Patterson and Sterling are still Road until 2002 when she married exercise program here at Blakehurst for visits. Shirley Wingo Hooper, on 40th Street. They are both house Jim Pfeffercorn, a widower whom three times a week as Nancy Curtis another thirteen-year classmate, is bound but keep busy reading and she has known since Sunday School Blaine and Mari Herman advised, now living in Pickersgill, following a watching TV. Peggy and I have lengthy days, and they live on Pfeffercorn and it enabled me to enthusiastically stroke. Her husband, surgeon Joseph telephone chats almost weekly. Her Road in a house he had built when participate in the Women’s March in Hooper, died several years ago and her son, Ritchie, still lives at home with his old family home was destroyed January. What a great experience to be step-children keep an eye on Shirley. them. Her oldest son, Sterling, lives by fire many years ago. She has eight able to do something positive during In our occasional phone chats, Shirley in Florida. Their daughter Margaret grandchildren, one of which was these very difficult times. We had sounds like the cheery, youthful friend Alumnae Board Presidents’ Breakfast with Caroline Blatti, Head of School: (front) Pam Fenhagen lives in NYC but visits when she can. married in Prague with all the family another wedding of granddaughter, we remember her to be. Carolyn Smith Corckran, 1965, Courtney Jones McKeldin, 1958, (second row) Jean Johnson Lubke, 1978, Dorrie Margaret’s husband, Mike LeDonne, there to share in the festivities. After Cory, in the Adirondacks in July. At has had stays in the hospital, nursing Boone Talbott, 1961, Caroline, (third row) Susie Bradley Boutilier, 1969, Pam Miller Loya, 1969, Ann Victoria Carroll, 2017, Alexandra Carroll, 2011, Olivia Carroll, 2017, is a well-known jazz pianist who back surgery, Tillie slowed down a bit present, we are in a holding mode homes and rehab. She hopes to be able Wittich Warfield, 1948, (fourth row) Louise Young Meledin, 1970, (back) Kimberly Mitchell Wolff, 1995, (front) Laila Carroll, 2024 and Gwendolyn Wilson, 2028 Betsey Swingle Hobelmann, 1993 and Tina Goldsmith Thompson, 1975

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in Kodiak, AK, spending two days there seven thoroughbreds which include: before and after the bear encounters. one two-year-old ready-to-race, two grew up in and even better when her

We had one tour guide while in Kodiak yearlings, two weanlings and two brood granddaughters went to RPCS! The 1950s who took us around to the various mares. My husband, Art, is learning older granddaughter won a lacrosse points of interest in and around the the business; we do have some help, scholarship to college, a tribute to the city. We also had a half-day trip on but it is a 24/7 responsibility. My Athletic Department at RPCS. The 1950s a private boat where we saw many five grandchildren are all doing well. apple does not fall far from the tree, Steller sea lions, sea otters, orcas and The oldest is married, working and as Marguerite was on the lacrosse one humpback whale. From Kodiak living with her husband in New York team also. I started with the mention we flew on float planes to the Katmai City. Also in New York City is the oldest of polar bears and will end as I began, Coast where we boarded a ship which grandson who was a National Merit with polar bears. Peggy Waxter Maher was our home for the next four days. Finalist last year, and received a full who was last heard from as she My roommate for the trip was a girl scholarship to Fordham University. The romped about with the polar bears. Is Tony McClellan, husband of Margo from Belgium. Each morning and next grandson just started San Diego there a children’s story there? RPCS McElvain McClellan, 1954 and Lynn afternoon a skiff took us to the spot State. The 17-year-old granddaughter members of the Class of 1951: Polar Brewington Havard, 1954 where we would observe the bears for is getting her high school diploma, on- Bears meet Shaggy and Shirley. the next few hours. The rule there is, line, while dancing with the Houston Class of 1954 “Do not approach the bears closer than Ballet with bids from Amsterdam Margo McElvain McClellan 50 yards,” but the bears don’t know and Hamburg for next season! The Class of 1953 [email protected] The family of Margo McElvain McClellan, 1954 this, and may come as close as a few youngest gets excellent grades at Lucy Fallon Otto feet away. These are the biggest of the Episcopal HS in Baton Rouge, LA, while [email protected] Greetings to our wonderful classmates A holiday performance at Roland Park Place with the 2016-2017 Semiquavers and and Happy Birthday! 2016 was a huge brown bears because they feed mainly playing varsity football and track. I’m Parker and Nancy Randall Rouse, 1950, Mary Ellen Thomsen, HA, and Nancy Norris-Kniffin, 1957 Parker Gundry Trostel: year for almost all of us! Turning 80 is on salmon, from which they get much so lucky!” Kay Hunner Lewis was also Al spent much of 2016 traveling and an incredible concept, requiring all more protein than the inland bears. sorry to have missed reunion. She visiting family. Parker’s Christmas letter kinds of adjustments…as we now Drew, our guide, knows all the bears, and Craig have moved to a retirement “urged all to continue to be faithful know! Tony and I made the absolute and has names for them, and each day community in Ruxton where they are in compassionate and loving ways. most of it. We not only turned that he brings along little camp stools so enjoying the advantages available. We urge efforts to feed the hungry, “awesome age” together, but we have that we can sit and watch the bears They recently welcomed a great- give drink to the thirsty, welcome the been blissfully married for 20 years… as they interact with each other, or granddaughter, Kindel. Fortunately, stranger, clothe the naked, visit the and on top of that, my “baby,” Lisa attempt to catch the salmon as they visiting is not difficult because new sick and those in prison.” Parker and Curlett, turned 50! So we decided to swim by. It was thrilling to be so great-granddaughter and family Al had a wonderful trip to Colombia in splurge on a family reunion in Mexico close to these animals, and have no live in Annapolis! Mary Jane Helms early February. We send Jeanie Horst at the Hotel Iberostar Pairiso Maya, fear. Drew remarked, ‘They are very Blaustein, who is staying busy and our deepest sympathy for the loss Gore south of Cancún for a whole week of tolerant of people.’ No one bothers “enjoying the last quarter,” sends her her husband, Ken, last September. They fabulous celebration and happiness! them, and they reciprocate. We were love to all. She and I, Martha Orrick had been married 59 years. Jeanie is My grandchildren, five cousins, (now sitting in a rocky area, and a mother Milot, agree that we think of RPCS days still riding her horse and competing 12 to 18) enjoyed every moment with bear with one cub came around a often! It was particularly nice for me and is still in their lovely home. constant activities and entertainment. corner about ten or 12 feet from us. to visit the school and meet the new Thanks to Jeanie for the excellent We ate like it was going out of style She kept on walking, but when the cub Head, Caroline Blatti, a very impressive job she continues to do as our class and traveled the peninsula to enjoy all spotted us, he (or she) started walking gal who values the qualities that made representative with the Annual Fund. the adventures Mexico offers! Scootie right towards us. I could hear Mom and make RPCS an exceptional school. Paula Hassencamp Lynch continues Michel Twells reports: We all (I think talking to him, but he just kept coming In addition, I can only add that dining as business manager of Worcester all of our Class of 1954) turned the Big our way, obviously very curious about with classmates for the first time in Preparatory School in Berlin, MD. She Margo McElvain McClellan, 1954 with Ann Wilson Boyce, 1954, Heyward Boyce and 8-0 this year and, as a very special us, and completely unafraid. Though many years was a special treat for and Franklin are well and enjoying Ginann Patterson, 1978 birthday present, my Vassar she did not change her direction, Mom this damn Yankee. Life in Jamestown, life on the eastern shore. Members of the Class of 1954 Welby Hamilton Loane, Lynn Brewington Havard, Page Shutt roommate, B.J Cowie and her husband got more insistent that the cub come RI is most agreeable. I am fortunate is well and continues to live Ann Arbor, MI, who teaches school birthday many years ago. Dick and I Suzanne Michel Twells and Mary Sue Whiteley Payne Tomlinson Bill treated Tom and me to a week in back to her, and finally he did, or I think that my daughter and her husband in her home of many years in upstate there. She and Bob enjoy winters in are blessed to be healthy, although we their gorgeous villa on Saint Barth. We she probably would have physically live several blocks away and my New York. Hobe Sound, FL. I called Peggy Sutton do admit to slowing down some and a to go home to her own apartment by Janyce Fuhrman Smith invited our two sons and their wives to forced him to. He was so cute.” From son and his family live in Bristol, RI, shares: Not much has changed for me Taylor to catch up. She was at work so few aches and pains. We are happy in summer. Pamela Sylvester O’Dowd and Class of 1951 join us, so for seven glorious days the Christina Fenhagen Anderson I heard a 40-minute drive. We still wander with the exception of two new great- I had a chance to speak to Tom, her Charlottesville, VA and our home here. Jim have moved from Ocean Parke, 65TH REUNION six of us sunned, swam, ate, and drank the following: “My husband Larry and about. I count my blessings. It is a real granddaughters, Adelaide and Eliana. I partner, who has had some real health What more could we want? Welby MD to Heron Point in Chestertown, MD, Martha Orrick Milot in all the pleasures of that spectacular I moved to Cape Coral, FL about four delight when Dorsey Myers Donnelly stay busy with water aerobics and am issues this year. He is doing well now. Hamilton Loane: My news is that where Jim is receiving good care on a [email protected] island from our elegant home base years ago, and like it very much. Lived and her husband stop in Jamestown working with a trainer to continue to Peggy sent a note to share her special Puttie and I are both well and very more advanced level. From our sailing Shirley Grimes emailed the following overlooking the ocean. What a in Phoenix, AZ for most of our lives, on their way from their home base rehab my left knee after replacement birthday celebration - both Meg and much enjoying watching our days I remember Chestertown as a fascinating account of her travels: birthday! During the other 51 weeks of working for the state government in Cape May, NJ to Rockland, ME to surgery. I go to many athletic events for Tim came to the Keys …along with 60 granddaughter, Elena Loane, 2017, in charming town twenty-seven miles up “Travel has always been an important 2016, Tom and I have enjoyed spending there. Had an interim period in visit their daughter. Dorsey writes: “I the local grandchildren, and activities other friends! WOW! In spite of hand her frantic senior year at RPCS! Ellie the Chester River from the Chesapeake part of my life. I have visited 45 of as many times as possible with my retirement of spending winters in Las have a bi-polar illness. Just had six at church on weekends. The family of surgery to repair the effects of years of (as she is known there) spends a good Bay. A wonderful surprise came as a the 50 states, and many foreign special RPCS classmates. I find that I Vegas, summers in Sneads Ferry, NC, months of depression and now am three cats rounds out my household jewelry making, she is doing fine! A deal of time at Bryn Mawr School Christmas note from Joan Brigstocke countries. Our National Parks are treasure their friendship more every traveling east-west and west-east fine. I hope to stay that way! Have and life is generally peaceful. I do enjoy nice report from Carolyn Powell Lalley: studying Shakespeare (which she Lyons with whom I had thought I had a favorite of mine, as well as other year. Lynn Brewington Havard relates by mini truck with a small trailer in the best psychiatrist in the world.” I athletic events; football, soccer and I wrote last year in the middle of a loves, by the way). My next date with lost touch. Joan was only with our class scenic areas here and abroad, but that she had a fascinating and quite tow. We explored many Presidential talked with Eleanor LeSueur Cook basketball on TV when I’m home. With snowstorm that shut down roads and her will be the annual Alumnae for our senior year when her school wildlife holds a special place in my unique trip to Italy in December. She libraries along the way, not to mention who is still in her own home in some instate travel and family visits, airports for a few days. Due to the Valentine’s Day Luncheon in the in York, PA closed, but she fit right in heart, from the tiniest critters to the and another friend were invited to stay national parks. All interesting. As we’ve Bethlehem, PA, playing bridge and the days are generally pleasantly storm, Dick and I flew out of Dulles Athletic Complex! Always fun and immediately. Several years ago she had really large ones, and most of my in the apartment of a mutual friend in with a group from the Richmond Fine always wearing lots of red! Happy gotten older, though, we felt a need to driving about. I just finished talking full. Best wishes to all. I, Lucy Fallon to move out of her Florida apartment trips have included different kinds Florence and took a number of side Arts Museum a day late for Egypt. This memories to you all. From be nearer to a doctor (Las Vegas was on the phone with Marguerite Morgan Otto and my husband, Rollin, have Libby Carr because of a hurricane, but she eventually of animals. Sometimes I have been trips ending up in Rome for several OK on this score, but Sneads Ferry was Lambert in Albuquerque, NM. She has moved to Blakehurst, a retirement meant we arrived late and we never Hinds: In February I had my other knee turned up at her old address. Her three fortunate to see them up close, as in days. What a phenomenal opportunity! caught up. Egypt was fascinating and replaced. After rehab I was off and not!). We have no children, but have a granddaughter, Kendall Lambert, community, a block from Jeanie Horst daughters and their families have kept the Galapagos Islands, but this past Anne Clark Bass is happily (for all of us we always felt safe, but it was very running for six months of birthday allowed ourselves one big trip a year 2018, who is a junior at RPCS and Gore’s original home. Her parents were her busy this year with visits to her Punta summer, I went on a trip offered by living in Baltimore) moving to since retirement. Particularly enjoyed an older granddaughter, Morgan early residents. We continue to spend strenuous. We realized we were the celebration. In June, my daughters and Gorda, FL home and visiting them in Natural Habitat Adventures, with whom Reisterstown in the spring! She admits a sailing ship (actually any one of three Lambert, who graduated in 2010. Her summers at the beach. Our seven oldest people in the group when others I had a long weekend in New York Milwaukee and Annapolis with side trips I have traveled numerous times. It was she really should be home packing, but in the company) which you might like son, Rip, now runs Producers, a TV grandchildren are the joy and delight kept telling us what an inspiration we City. Then it was a week at Cape May, to Baltimore. Joan has swarms of friends billed as “Alaska’s Ultimate Grizzly on the other hand, decided to spend to access on the web via StarClipper. production company in Baltimore of our lives. We wish for you all good were for them. The result of the trip is NJ, a celebration with friends and my in Punta Gorda, is involved in many Encounter,” and it was truly amazing. the winter in Florida! Not a bad idea… com.” Alma Pitt Perkins Schefler, that recently made the RPCS video health and peace in the world. we are very grateful for all the older daughter in Chicago, a big activities and mentioned having dined in This company specializes in trips with Right? I had a good chat with Martha fantastic traveling we have done, but celebration with all the family and fifty restaurants last year! Eventually she whose husband died five years ago and about Caroline Blatti. Interesting to Please let the Alumnae a small number of participants, and on had recently remarried, noted: “Sorry I note that after graduating from college Rock Ause recently and heard that she right now we are planning to explore grandchildren at Thanksgiving in plans to move to an extended care facility this one there were only eight of us, Office know about your had celebrated her 80th with all her Virginia. The trip was really the Connecticut and finished up the year near her daughter, Peg, in Milwaukee. missed the reunion. It wasn’t because he was working for a TV company which was perfect. This was my third of poor health, but from hard work. We in Albuquerque and got a call for celebrations and milestones! family in Ann Arbor, MI: exactly what celebration for my birthday, but with a cruise of the western Caribbean trip to Alaska, and I had seen brown expanded our horse boarding to ten Producers, the company he now runs. Contact the Alumnae Office she wanted to do. Martha and Bob daughter Lyn and her husband flew as a birthday/Christmas present from bears then, but this was up really close have two daughters, both of whom are horses: my Arabian dressage horse, It was wonderful for Marguerite to with your news and updates down to celebrate with us. Some of you my older daughter. Turning 80 was a and personal. We began our adventure an Andalusian, a quarter horse, and have her son return to the city she physicians living on the East Coast may remember she was born on my blast. From Ann Wilson Boyce: We at [email protected] and happily, and a son who lives in

30 CONNECTIONS ROLAND PARK COUNTRY SCHOOL 31 lifetime of possessions. And of course in Burlington, VT, Cambridge, MA, She awoke in the middle of the night to will have to find all new everything, Jacksonville, FL, and of course the find her beloved little dog Molly afloat from doctors to accountants. But most biggest contingent in Washington, DC. in her dog bed. With her amazing 1950s of me, most of the time, sees it as an We all found the experience good for optimism and coping skills (plus good adventure, and at our age it is so much our spirits. C.C. Ramsay Merriam added insurance and help from classmates, easier to “let go of things (if not people).” to the dialogue about the Women’s family and friends) Marsha is now 1950s Bless you, Issy, and best of luck in your March in Washington: We marched for settled in a new apartment, but new home! Sarah Grimes Howard equal rights, equal pay, and freedom of unfortunately, Molly passed away in writes: I had a wonderful celebration of choice (and family planning). In the summer. A wonderful bright spot in my 80th here with my entire family, reflection, it seems to me that the Marsha’s year was the “fabulous” June even our great-granddaughter. We have participants in the Women’s March all wedding of her oldest granddaughter, since gone to New York to see our had a personal motive for doing so, but Lauren. Her (and Frances McCauley oldest granddaughter, Samantha, dance essentially the universal worldwide King’s) brother, Dick, had bypass her final year with the Radio City message it represented, was an surgery in the fall and has now made Rockettes! We also were able to see and affirmation of the strength and a full recovery. Susie Wills Hunter and spend time with my sister, Kate, and commitment of women to fairness and her husband Bill continue to enjoy life her husband, Seymour, who reside in equality and underlying all of this, a at Edenwald Retirement Community. In Naples with Joanne Bossert Thompson, 1955, Gurney Thompson, Freddie Frantz They are involved in lots of activities Brantley, 1966, Mimi Rand Anderson, 1961 and Birk Haberlein New York. Some limited travel due to a shared belief in the solidarity of women new knee and issues with my back. We and their vital role in our democracy, and volunteering, both there and are very fortunate that family comes to our culture, and our future. with outside groups: Susie cooks for us. Jim is doing well and we are Harlow Gallagher, great-granddaughter 1957 Classmates at the memorial service for Misty Townsend Rossbottom: Susie Wills Our Daily Bread, and Bill donates enjoying our grandchildren in the area. of Peggy Parr Gallagher, 1957 Hunter, Betsey Ullrich Slanker, Betty Ann Schmick Howard, Peggy Parr Gallagher, Libby his time and skills to their church. Having had several conversations with Class of 1956 Callard Olson Susie is managing her arthritis, and Jeannie Walter Teare lately, I am happy 60TH REUNION her whole close-knit family is very to report that she and Dick are fine. She Sally Foley has enjoyed teaching financial for many of the activities such as the active and fit. She and Bill work out is still “singing like a Lark” in her choral [email protected] literacy to junior high students. Holiday Fair, phonathons, and the Red Class of 1957 or take long walks every day, as well Gay Parsons Walker as attending many soccer, basketball, group at The Kennedy Center. Jeannie Seven of us with three husbands and Carolyn Gough Harding, who’s been Hot Run. Keep an eye out for her on remarked that she had marched in the long involved with Teaching English Charles Street where she still leads a [email protected] and lacrosse games to watch their one beau enjoyed at least one part four grandsons play. Last summer recent Women’s March in DC with a of our wonderful 60th Reunion. We as a Second Language programs group of pink-clan neighbors on their Wasn’t it only a few years ago that 90-year-old friend and it was very was introduced to a woman from weekly run. As for my news, I, Sally our class graduated from RPCS and they vacationed at Rehoboth Beach, started the fun with a perfect crab followed by visits to Chincoteague and exciting! Jane Marbury Keggi writes cake lunch at Caroline Blatti’s on a the Congo who was given political Foley miss Hope being on the Alumnae just last year that we celebrated our from Appleton, WI: The Women’s March asylum here. For months Carolyn has Board. We were always impressed marvelous 50th Reunion? And yet to Assateague Island to see the wild perfect porch on a perfect fall day. ponies. Several kind classmates have in Madison, WI, was a great day. I went Carolyn Gough Harding and Tom and taken responsibility for taking Adele by the enthusiasm, creativity, and here we are preparing to gather for with a busload of 52 people, including a to and from her TESL classes and information the young alums bring to our 60th! We were very grateful to offered accommodation in their homes Judy Connolly Connally drove over for out-of-towners coming to our 60th few men, from Appleton, and there all other appointments associated the work of the Board. I also volunteer Nancy Norris-Kniffinfor initiating the from Virginia, and Hope McCulloch Reunion, and Peggy Parr Gallagher were several other groups from here. Carroll, Marjorie Barton Richmond with moving to a new country. The with the SPCA and love nothing more planning, even as she was trying to Turnout of 100,000 broke records. Lots Hardings have also been involved in than facilitating adoptions. I still have recover from very serious surgery last writes from her home in Columbia Margie Barton Richmond, Joanne Yundt Calvert and Sally Foley from the Class of 1956 and I, Sally Foley, were the Baltimore that she would like to have our class of pink hats, especially charming when contingent. Betsy Hart Porter won a Democratic politics, and Carolyn my Pet Pantry to help feed the pets of summer. Very sadly, Nancy will not worn by men! The whole progressive has a wonderful photograph of low-income residents in Hampden. be there to celebrate with us, as she visit during that weekend. She and the “came-the-most-miles award” for John live on a beautiful lake which has continue to travel and enjoy our family. remember doing any of the things they agenda was represented in the signs. I her shaking hands with Michelle My rescue cats and dogs provide my passed away in February, 2017. Betty jetting in from Oakland, CA where she resident eagles, Canada geese and blue One granddaughter is living with us for accused me of - that’s an advantage of am following up with the Tuesday lives in a retirement community and Obama. Marjorie Barton Richmond greatest and most consistent pleasure, Ann Schmick Howard visited Nancy a college semester and my one becoming elderly! I’m still running actions sponsored by Move On. And a had a banner year. She’s been an plus they keep me moving. I think often at Roland Park Place and called herons. It’s always fun to hear from works part time in San Francisco doing classmates about their grandchildren, daughter and her husband live next Willow Valley’s largest library and am rejoinder from Millicent “Mia” Doll architectural drawings. She also makes Episcopalian church representative Heather Andrews Perkin would say her “the most courageous, upbeat door. Travel found us in India, Nepal, on blessed with a great volunteer staff and Shargel: About 15,000 marchers here in on the board of directors responsible the same about Riptide, her brown person you can imagine!” Betty Ann but only Peggy can report on her great- beautiful jewelry and icons. Google grands! She now has four of them! a family river cruise in Europe, and a plenty of money (donated by grateful little Tallahassee in the face of a threat Betsy Hart Porter on the internet to see for the renovation of an urban high- rescue Newfoundland. Riptide was a and her husband Johnny have resided tour of the Portland, ME area to enjoy residents). I can buy any book or DVD I of a major southeastern storm with rise for people of limited incomes. devoted companion and moral support at Blakehurst for well over a year In contrast, Libby Callard Olson can her works, which are for sale. Dickie probably claim to have the youngest fall colors. Family reunions at want and of course read or watch it high wind, tornadoes and drenching Wilson and I both love our purchases. After years of working with HUD while Heather overcame some health and, not surprisingly, she has become Thanksgiving in Jacksonville, FL and before putting it in the library. That is rain (much of which materialized). regulators, developers, architects, challenges. She’s happily returned editor of the community’s quarterly grandchild: her son Nick’s little boy, Speaking of Dickie Wilson, she Eric Esten Olson, was born in May, Christmas on Marco round out our my idea of heaven! Excerpts from a Ages ranging from many college continues to love the life in Ashland, lawyers and tenants, the work was to doing most of the work involved publication. They are very happy there, calendar. (This year we had 16 for a breaking news letter from Isabel students, male and female, through completed and the mayor spoke at the in keeping up her lovely property, with an apartment that opens directly 2016. Libby’s children are scattered OR. She loves exploring the area from Vermont to Washington, DC, and week). Martha Grimes Mabie writes: Hi. Thomson Meisler: So here comes my people in their 90s (and a smattering of and has been to the mountains and celebration of the official reopening making a haven for birds, foxes and to the outdoors, making it easy to Well turning 80 wasn’t as bad as I had news, and news it is! We are moving to parents with babies). Many from of a more comfortable building now dog, who loves the pool and, unlike walk their dog, and she says it feels China, so she is kept busy visiting the coast, often with daughter, Kate. them and hosting family gatherings anticipated, however it is still hard to California for good in June. It has further south in Florida marching on She’s a volunteer for the Unitarian’s in compliance with handicap and his predecessor Newfies, let’s her like a separate house. (Evidently, both hear that number. We celebrated with become clear that despite very loving the Capitol. Anne Turner Pope also safety standards. Marjorie is also very swim without trying to effect a rescue. Blakehurst and Roland Park Place are at their summer home in Nahant, community outreach programs for MA. In September, my husband Roger our four children, their spouses, and 12 friends, I need family to help navigate weighed in on the Women’s March: I homeless people and for the Tudor active with her economically and Joanne Yundt Calvert and Davis were popular with RPCS retirees. Must feel grandchildren. We have three of our the next years with Arnie. He is, as don’t know how so many were in NYC, racially mixed church, not only on the able to come to dinner at the Valley as if they are back at school!) We send and I, Gay Parsons Walker, celebrated Guild, which operates in conjunction 50 years of calling Canada “home”! four families close by, so only our son, always, his own sweet self, ever more but we stretched sidewalk to sidewalk board, but also prepares lunch for the Inn reunion weekend, having returned our condolences to Frances McCauley with the Shakespeare Theatre and We love our adopted country, which Clint, and his family had to travel from loving in fact, but the progression is from 5th and 56th, down to 42nd, and Festival. To her surprise and delight, congregation once a month. In her from England the day before. They are King, whose husband John passed Tucson, AZ. Lots of laughs, and of clear and all our kids have been then across to UN Plaza and spilling spare time, Marjorie takes care of her avid genealogists, especially interested away in October after bypass surgery. remains friendly and welcoming, and she received the Guild’s Annual award we never tire of exploring our beautiful course accompanied by wine and good pushing for us to come and live with out into the side streets there. A lot of to the most valued volunteer. During two goats, one cat and vegetable and in the Calvert family, and had been on They were married for nearly six food. All doing well, including me and them (bless their generous hearts… people waited for three hours just to get flower gardens, and teaches carriage one of the many trips they’ve taken “happy and lovely” years. They shared western provinces. We’re very lucky to the presentation, special mention have our children and grandchildren John. We are spending more time in daughters in-law included.) We chose started. I took a west side subway with was made of the enthusiasm she driving as well as driving her two with the Society of the Ark and the many enjoyable activities, including Florida and loving the sun, golf and Santa Rosa, as it will be warmer winters my pals and walked across 42nd. By carriage horses for pleasure and in Dove. We were disappointed when Ann singing with their local AARP Chorus, nearby, and we marvel at all their brought to the work. It’s the same many activities, both athletic and bridge. We are enjoying our time for Arnie and he cannot, with COPD, the time we got to Madison, they didn’t kind of enthusiasm she’s brought shows. She decided that 2016 would Peterman Williams and her husband to which Frances still belongs. She is together and soon, in September, will be tolerate cold, or very humid weather. It want us going farther east because be last for competing, but still hoped were not able to come to the Valley moving early in 2017 to a retirement artistic. Both families hike, cycle, to moving to Ashland. She swims downhill ski and camp, and two of the celebrating our 60th anniversary. Time is a wrench to leave Pittsburgh after there were too many people, but opened and/or hikes every day, works in her to win a class that had eluded her for Inn. Theirs was a very busy year - the community where she and John had does fly when you are having fun. Hope nearly 40 years, and dear friends of the the barricades for us to join the crowd! 30 years. In this, the judges evaluate wedding, blending two households been on the waiting list for a number ‘grands’ are cross-country ski racers community’s library, sings in the while the other two play classical all my classmates at RPCS are doing heart, but it will be very special to Everyone was full of good cheer and church choir and is extremely active not only performance in the ring, but and work. Ann did finally retire from of years. Her older granddaughter well and wishing all of you a very finally be near at least two of my camaraderie. People on the sidewalks the appearance of the carriage, from her very time-consuming job after studies chemical engineering at guitar. Lynn McManus Mazzarella, in Democratic politics. As are Tom and who lives in Chelsea, MA, looks after healthy, happy 80th. Mary Sue grandchildren and a son who loves behind the barricades were cheering us Judy Connolly Connally in Northern paint color to brasses, of the horse, Thanksgiving and they spent a month the University of Maryland, and her Whiteley Payne says: My three children everything I love. He works for the on. One of my pals was carrying a sign from shiny hooves to braided mane, in Hawaii. Their first anniversary will younger one is in high school and her husband Bob, who has MS but is Virginia. Judy also swims and plays doing well with aqua therapy. When gave me a catered birthday luncheon Sonoma Land trust and is a dedicated that said ‘83 and still marching.’ This and of the driver, from hat to toe. She be this spring. plays lacrosse. Marsha McCauley tennis weekly, as well as taking a two she has time, Lynn enjoys reading when I turned 20 (remember, I was born environmentalist who knows all the was the first time I had ever marched in plus mile walk daily. This helps keep and her horse, Prize, won their first Sutton has had another tumultuous on February 29 so I’m the youngest in magical places. Santa Rosa is in NYC, and one of the unexpected prize! Hope McCulloch Carroll is still year: “one of the strangest years in books from her father’s paperback up her stamina for maintaining two collection on Church History, some the class). There were about 45 Sonoma, so wine, beauty and fun delights was getting such a wonderful households, one in the country shared volunteering for a hospice program, my life – really!” In April, Houston relatives and close friends and it was a ahead, and forty minutes from the view of the buildings on 5th Avenue. I mainly substituting for caregivers suffered a devastating flash flood of which she finds quite challenging. with extended family. Tom has just Speaking of challenges, two of her great deal of fun, until children and beautiful Pacific. But much to do. I am had never stopped to look up when I who need time on their own. She that inundated Marsha’s ground floor finished a second book and volunteers grandsons played chess at Christmas, guests started telling stories about the in Florida now and go home in March was walking in that neighborhood. at the community free clinic. Judy also served her last term on the RPCS apartment, destroyed nearly all her birthday girl. Of course I didn’t to face selling, donating, or taking a Beautiful. Most of our family marched Alumnae Board where she volunteered possessions and even wrecked her car. and 17-year-old Anthony beat 27-year-

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and seems to be stabilized. In her she skis about 30 days each winter 1950s spare time she visits her two youngest and takes weeklong bike trips in the granddaughters in Richmond, VA. She summer. She already has two trips has also taken up stamp collecting planned, one to Crater Lake in Oregon 1950s 1950s and is enchanted by all the myriad of in July and to Big Bend National Park in strange and iconic stamps there are Texas in early November. Her 22 hours to collect. Lynn Hammond Voss says a week job at a non-profit continues to that she and her husband, David, are be very rewarding and she has a lovely still in Cary, NC, living in a retirement group of friends from church, work, and community called Glenaire, for the past sports. Carol is now a great-grandmother three years. She reports that David has as her son Tom’s daughter Sophy just just been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s had a son, Rocky. Her second son, Ben, disease, which she says is an unnerving and his wife and two daughters are in development. All three of their daughters Delaware and third son, John and his live nearby, which gives them practical friend, Misty, are in DC. Carol says she and emotional support. In the summer, is a very lucky person who appreciates they’re off to their cottage in Vermont. all her good fortune and sends everyone Barbie Stafford Jones, 1959 Sarah Foster Rhea, 1989 and her mother Peggi Frizzell Powell has been working lots of love. Clare Callard is still in Barbara Hull Francis, 1960 Mary Grimes Olk, 1958 and her grandson for 13 years at the Baltimore City Atlanta, GA, where she spends her Gray Sheridan, 2026, granddaughter of Jane Shriver Sewell, 1958 and Courtney Jones McKeldin, 1958 Jasper Visitors Center at the Inner Harbor. She time playing bridge, going to lunches, Bonnie Getschel Sawyer, 1958 and her live-in friend, Jim Greenwood, and traveling with her Hollins friends. have been together for 12 years and Ann Mohlhenrich Telford lives in a that snorkeling will be on her agenda they often travel together. This year condo in Mays Chapel and does a lot of any time soon. Ann Talbot Boyer they are planning a trip on the Orient volunteer work and might be the only and her friend, Paul, visited Havana, Express. When lacrosse season class member who plays canasta. She Cuba, in April of 2016 on a Rhode starts this spring at Johns Hopkins says her stepson has been a big help Scholar trip and loved it. Right before University, they will attend every home to her and lives nearby. Jane Shriver Christmas of 2016, they visited Ann’s game, as Jim was a star goalie for Sewell reports: My grandson, Will, is daughter, Kate, in England and reports Hopkins in the late 50s and early 60s. a junior at UMD (Engineering) and a that Ann’s grandson, Ethan, is now a I believe that he was an All-American Manager of Terps Basketball team, transgender person and is happier as goalie. Linda Hamilton recognizes and other grandson, Robbie, is a junior Rae. In addition, Ann’s daughter was that she has lived in Colorado for more in high school in Carroll County and asked by a publisher to write a book years than she has lived in Maryland, plays Varsity soccer and lacrosse. I am incorporating articles that she had which, she says, feels a bit weird. She the Executive Director of the Union written about breastfeeding in public bought a cabin near Rocky Mountain Mills Homestead: a museum in Carroll Deborah Houstle Edwards, 1959 with her brothers Jimmy, Peter, John, and Michael places. Bonnie Getschel Sawyer says National Park in Colorado with two County: the original home and working that she and Bruce are fine. They hang friends. Thus far, all owners are still grist Mill of the Shriver family. Check out in the summer in New London, friends and the grown kids of both out the website Unionmills.org. I still Fay introduced us to a wonderful studying to be an athletic trainer.” Barbie NH, and in the winter in Vero Beach, families have visited and sanctioned live near Glyndon in the same house restaurant, Pappas, where we had crab Stafford Jones writes: “2016 was fine for FL with stops in Baltimore in between. the kind of wacky decision of the for 47 years. Retired from teaching PE cakes that rivaled those in the Lexington me. This year at our church, Presbyterian Their big trip last year was a cruise parents. Linda supports and works and Dance at Calvert after 38 years. Market at Faidley’s. Always a first stop of Falling Spring in Chambersburg, PA, I to Croatia. Their granddaughter, Gray on projects for Wildlands Restoration My husband Bob passed away almost for us. Ted will probably have his right was ordained and installed as an elder Dedi Smallwood Whitaker, 1958, Kate O’Donovan, 2012 and Molly Whitaker O’Donovan, Will and Robbie, grandsons of Jane Sheridan, 2026, is a third-grader at Volunteers, a non-profit that focuses nine years ago. Next year is our 60th hip replaced in 2017, so we are on hold and I will have the responsibility and 1981, celebrating Kate’s graduation from UNC Wilmington Shriver Sewell, 1958 RPCS and loves it. There are several on post-fire and post-flood natural area RPCS Reunion so please make plans to as far as more travel for the moment. privilege of moderating the Worship classmates at the Baltimore County reestablishment and sustainability. return to Charm City in April of 2018! Still, NYC has its attractions to keep Committee! God has plans to be carried old Spencer, leading Lynn to wonder Shenandoah National Park and the precious gift to us. Let’s celebrate each retirement community, Blakehurst, Linda established the Linda S. Hamilton us content as dance, art, and the opera out!” Kathy Tignor Ommett shares: if the baton has been passed? She Skyline Drive. Janet Hatter Taylor is other and our lifelong friendships. including Donna Lee Schwaab Frisch Conserving Colorado Award for beckon.” Eve Handy Hilgenberg shares: “Well, I’m still alive, and that is saying claims she can’t even bear to watch another dedicated traveler. She and Please mark your calendars for our and husband, Dick, Margot Bond Colorado State University’s Colorado Class of 1959 “Robbie Twells, Rodney and Nicole’s something at 76! No family here at and can only follow one move at a her husband Lee spent much of 2016 60th Reunion in October! We hope to Wittich, Ann Posey Cherry, who has Natural Heritage Program, enabling Caroline Savage Wanstall son, is a junior at Colorado College. The Virginia Beach, but my son, Ford, lives time! Jennie Ladew, her daughter Jodie either cruising (Arab Emirates, and see you there! MS and is in a wheel chair in the students to proceed with significant [email protected] other three grandchildren, Rodney and and works in Montreal, Canada and and her sister Rebecca, have moved to Copenhagen to Scotland, and Ireland) nursing unit, and Judy Shafer Hoff fieldwork in the Department of Natural Thank you to those classmates who Nicole’s daughter, Charlotte, and Crady is raising his two girls, ages nine and and Cregg’s daughter, Charlotte, and son, four, by himself while being the Tech Berryville, VA, to a one-level house that or visiting interesting places (Florida, and husband, Sandy. Several of us Resources. Patty Rafferty Buchan still sent the following news: June Adams Trevor, are wending their way through Director of Ubisoft International there. is wheelchair-accessible for Becky and Williamsburg, New York, Hawaii, San Class of 1958 try to visit and have lunch with Ann enjoys teaching, “even in retirement.” Salaun writes that after some serious has an office for Jodie to work from Francisco) and in May, they purchased Courtney Jones McKeldin either once a week, as does Frankie She teaches English as a second health issues she’s back playing golf middle and high school.” Lyn Schmeiser He speaks three languages and thrives home. It sounds charming: a small a condo in Florida. Sadly, our classmate [email protected] Sherwood, or once a month, as the rest language and co-chairs her church’s and tennis - staying busy with only Cook reports: “Muffie Cook Sandberg, in the bitter cold weather! I don’t get to of us do. In spite of her illness, Ann 1981’s boys are now young men. Todd is see him often because he is so busy. My community that backs onto a preserve Mary Stewart “Misty” Townsend Thank all of you who responded to Refugee Resettlement Ministry. three dogs and two orange cats. She is in pretty good shape. Frankie had moving to Colorado to be near the ‘love sister, Betty Tignor, 1964 is now 71 and with protected farmland all around Rossbottom lost her two-year bout my plea for class notes inclusion, as Several months ago, she and her group weathered hurricane Matthew with two knee replacements, one last year of his life.’ Ward is a senior at Guilford lives in Black Mountain, NC where she and a distant view of the mountains. with a brain tumor in June. Having it certainly makes my job easier. Our welcomed a Syrian family of five who just lots of tree and lawn debris - and one early this year, which should College in North Carolina and Jay is a is very involved in the Episcopal Church Although it’s not as conveniently close no close family to provide practical sympathies go to Ann Mohlhenrich has found safety in Connecticut after very lucky. She hopes all are well help her golf game. She is still living at freshman at St. Olaf College in Northfield, and taking care of her own birds, plus to things as Leesburg, it is also quieter help, many of her classmates and Telford whose husband, Larry Telford, a harrowing flight from the death and and happy. Please contact her if you Elkridge Estates, an apartment complex MN. Mallory’s daughter, Ashley, is a all the outside birds which she feeds.” and less developed, and Jennie looks church friends stepped in to take care died in May of 2016 after a long illness chaos of Syria. They now have jobs will be in the Jacksonville, FL area. about a mile north of RPCS. Frankie senior and on cross-country and track I, Caroline Savage Wanstall, had some forward to exploring the surrounding of Misty’s needs and to support her and also Nancy Biggs Cole, whose son, and are learning English and have Gail Gardner Long writes: “Ted and I has seen all ten movies that are up for varsities. Sarah is a sophomore and a serious health issues in 2016, but am countryside. Kate Woodward and her through her ordeal. They made her Todd Ewell, died in January 2017 after hope for their children. Patty says, spent time visiting New Orleans (and best movie of the year in the Academy top student. Lyn and Grafflin still love feeling much better thanks to modern partner Patti have finally sold their last years a happy and peaceful time, a long illness. Norvell Brinton writes “They’re enriching our lives so much.” Natchez) last March....another culture Awards. She is a freelance extra in local to travel. They spent a week at Casa de pacemaker and stent technology. house in Washington and now enjoy visiting her at Manor Care of Roland that on Valentine’s Day of this year, she Dedi Smallwood Whitaker reports for sure, delightful, historical, and movies, by the way. Campo last February, and a visit with I am grateful for each day. We’re living full-time in their beautiful home Park, supplying items to make her life and her third husband, Jamie Myers, Brooke Nichols that she took two “fun” trips last year, delicious. It really did feel as if we is still in Charlottesville, VA, friends to St. Bart’s. To top off the year, looking forward to a college and a in Sperryville, VA. (Not very far from more comfortable and letting her know celebrated their second wedding Taylor one on a river cruise with her sister, were in a foreign country. In August and has retired from her company, but in July they crossed ‘the Pond’ on HMS high school graduation this spring. We Jennie Ladew in Berryville!) They have she was loved with phone calls, cards anniversary. She writes: He is a great Innes Smallwood Kasanof, 1963, down we headed to the North East kingdom keeps going back on an ad-hock basis Queen Mary 2.” Kathie Scott Rysanek also treasure time in Florida visiting found that it’s very easy to get into and letters. Misty was very grateful person and an unbelievably wonderful the Rhone River and one with some of Vermont. Very different from to arrange lunches for various entities writes: “Bill and I are healthy, which is friends from other parts of the country DC and elsewhere by train for various for all the attention and always had a husband! She says that she is happier of her cousins to the U.K. She is still New York City, but certainly on our at her former company for which she is always a good thing. The family was here who vacation there. We are enjoying cultural events and appointments. As smile for visitors. In October, she was than she ever imagined was possible. working as the Rector’s assistant at political and culinary spectrum, and handsomely remunerated. Her medical for Christmas and there are no plans for the amenities of coop living and the usual, they have some trips planned remembered at a beautiful memorial They visited Key West in January The Church of the Resurrection. Dedi oh so beautiful. In early December we challenge, labeled “cold aggluten” a vacation until the summer when we new friends we’ve made. for 2017, including one to the west service that was attended by a number and on their last day went snorkeling, says she is blessed with good health headed to Baltimore for a quick visit to disease, is a rare blood disease and a rent our usual house at the beach and coast and another to London with a of our classmates. Happily, our shared but things got a bit dicey for Norvell and great family and friends. She see our beloved Comora Harold who is type of autoimmune hemolytic anemia hope that the whole family can make possible visit to Scotland. Kate has concern for her has given our class a and she ended up in the Key West ends with a pithy saying that she read now 93, visited the Baltimore Museum in which the body’s immune system it. Our two youngest grandchildren will issued an invitation to classmates to new appreciation of each other and has hospital. She is okay now, but since it in the AARP magazine that the best of Art for the fabulous Diebenkorn/ mistakenly attacks its own blood cells. graduate from high school in June. stay with them when visiting nearby brought us closer than ever – Misty’s was rather traumatic for her; I doubt thing about being over 70 is being Matisse exhibit, and had the pleasure Oldest is a junior at San Diego State over 70. 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Friends concert in honor of Randy of fun. I did a ton of gardening in the Class of 1960 Travis and to benefit stroke research spring and summer, and am still Polly Starratt Lemire at the time of this writing. She writes: learning what to plant where. I have 1960s [email protected] There is country music everywhere, terrific fun taking each grandchild to a and I am in hog heaven. Rose is theater production. I took Emily to see Prissy Frey Parcells says she and her enjoying herself and her travels on her Bye Bye Birdie and Amy to see Elf. We family are all doing well in Virginia 1950s own. As with many of us, Sally Emery visited Dave’s sister in Ocean City for a Beach. “Wick and I did have a great says: I always thought when I retired, few days and went to friends’ parties, trip last June on a Tauck river cruise, I would have plenty of time to finish which is always fun. We are getting a starting in Paris and then boarding a myriad of projects. Well, no. The little involved with our organic farm in the boat in Lyon to travel on the Rhone projects remain unfinished and now Woodbridge. There is so much to learn River for a week. I highly recommend I have even more. There are just too and do! Sailing is still in the picture, the trip!” Other adventures were to many wonderful things to do. but I need a break at times, so visit friends at their summer home daughter, Melissa, has been fantastic in the south of Sweden. A favorite filling in. She is really terrific! All this trip was to the charming village of Class of 1961 sounds wonderful, but I had a rough Ocracoke, on the very southern tip of 55TH REUNION three months with no activity at all. the Outer Banks. Jean Waller Brune Robin Buck Nicolls Turns out, I had a freak accident which writes how much she appreciates the put a large puncture wound in my right support and love that has strengthened [email protected] leg in October. I went to a plastic surgeon her in her 24 years at the helm of RPCS. Francie Warfield Parrack who told me absolutely not to walk and “I am having a wonderful time, doing Chelsea Shumate, 2022 and Carolynne Sisters Rosa Card Whiting, Carolynne Card Shumate, 1961, and Marianne Card Warmer, Robin Buck Nicolls, 1961, Sandy Kamtman Stellmann, 1961, Carolynne Card Shumate, [email protected] to sit in a chair with my legs up and he many things which I never had time to Card Shumate, 1961 1963 1961 and Leilani Mandris Sifakis, 1961 Mimi Rand Anderson writes: We will would check my progress every two do when I was working at RPCS – and be going to the Naples RPCS Regional weeks. I am better now and looking doing them at a much less frantic pace. I time with a private patient. For Poe Day thanks to inspiration from Sandra you all are doing makes me so happy Reunion in Naples, FL, where I look forward to getting back to the tennis love being able to work on the NY Times Hardcastle and Florrie Roy Brassier Rockwell Aronoff, I still knit a couple to have had that year with you all.” forward to meeting Caroline Blatti. We court! And my exercise regime needs crossword puzzle in the morning while 2016 was a real “mixed bag.” Poe’s of pairs of socks a month.” For Linda Louise Farley Reilly, Susan Rose, Merry went last year where we had a to be ramped up! I hope classmates are enjoying my coffee and watching the husband Ed had two serious surgeries. Kiefer Sanders, the best thing that Roszel Rogers, and Lynda Engel Meade wonderful time and saw Jean Brune. well and are enjoying various Today Show! I have taken up bridge The amazing and fantastic news is happened last year was a surprise visit are all doing well and in good health. She is so nice! What a wonderful Head activities. We had a great group at the again, thanks to Barbara Francis’ that Poe’s grandson, Oliver graduated by one of her daughters showing up in Sandra Rockwell Aronoff and husband of School she was! Gail Gathmann fall RPCS reunion gathering which was encouragement, and I am taking some from Drexel with an engineering degree North Carolina as a belated birthday Don are looking forward to a cruise to Becker shares: Karl and I seem to have lots of fun, and many of us thought we classes through RPCS Kaleidoscope and was hired right away by Space X gift. “Living in Mexico has certainly Cuba. Ann Carter Smith has moved to grown more peripatetic with time, might need more time to talk. A great and Notre Dame’s Renaissance program in California as a rocket engineer. Poe brought on some new challenges and a ranch house down the road with her (knowing we will be unable to drive sign! The organizers did a great job! so that I can keep my mind active!” loves her part-time work at a drug and I’ve learned to handle them without two whippets. Ann and Poe went on anywhere at will sooner than Thank you ladies! Tyson Greer reports: Susan Woods Schuchts’ family just alcohol recovery center. For Florrie, my head exploding, so far.” In addition a ten day cruise to New England and later). Last winter we took a drive to This year was a year for attending got larger when her son, Rich, had the good news is that the cancer with to visiting family and pals in Baltimore Canada last October. Ann is playing the Florida Everglades with many writing conferences to search for an another baby at the beginning of which she was diagnosed in 2011 has and North Carolina, Linda has been on organ and singing in her Methodist stops in between. We came home via agent or editor for my first novel. That February. “Baby Lennox joins my five come a long way in the treatment surfing expeditions in North Carolina, church. Despite the loss of her husband Jackson, MS, where we had lived for took us from our home near Seattle to other grandchildren!” Susan is still busy department. “A new approach using South Carolina, and Virginia, as well as Lou and brother Joe, “I’m very grateful four years. In June, we had a wonderful sunny Santa Fe, New Mexico, and not- volunteering with the Actors Guild medicines called biologics came into two in southern California. Like many for every day and am thankful for many week at Hilton Head with our son and so-sunny Surrey, B.C. In summer, when of Parkersburg, the Mid-Ohio Valley use, and I am doing very well on this of us, Linda loves seeing everyone’s blessings.” Rose McCleary Alexander family. Our daughter had just given not pounding out the pixels, Jim and I Habitat for Humanity, and Downtown regimen. Unfortunately, other problems news on Facebook. “The amazing things was in Nashville for the Heroes & birth to her second son. With both repaired the deck on our cabin up the PKB. Ann Streett Benya’s German have been less cooperative. Florrie children and four grandsons in North Fork of the Skykomish by hand - Shepherd Valor, has now earned her had a ruptured disc removed in late Colorado, we are always shuttling to no running water, no electricity - after Elite1title in nose work. Ann and Tyson Greer, 1961 and her husband, Jim Grandsons of Tyson Greer, 1961 September and she also struggled with and fro. Everyone was here for a the most recent (third?) 100-year flood. Paul are still bike riding three times a Halliday bursitis in her hip. “Slowly recovering wonderful Christmas time albeit for We also took our time journeying up to week. They’re renting a house in the How have people invested in RPCS from all of that BUT I AM HERE.” Florrie’s staggered periods, 14 days in all. I Athabasca, Alberta, for my husband have a beach house and Breckenridge, from the western shore of Maryland as English Cotswolds this summer for six husband is struggling with his efforts to continue to garden a lot. We continue Jim’s family reunion. It just happens CO, where we own a condo on the Nick and I moved from the eastern weeks and are looking forward to rides over the years? have a kidney transplant and continues to enjoy Kansas City and Colorado - that Banff, the Athabasca Glacier, and slopes. Luckily, Lake Forest, IL, is a two shore back to Baltimore to be closer to through the countryside as well as on peritoneal dialysis. “Yet still, he is a Many donors have built our state of the art facilities. where we spend the better part of the several hot springs are between here day drive to both of these locations. It friends and family. We are still sharing this time with daughter Frazier, great patient and we hope the current summer and early fall. Cathy Turner and there. Still had plenty of time to is really nice to have places where the unpacking, and I hope to become sister Livvie Streett Rasmussen, 1964, Even more donors have provided the funds each year issues will soon be sorted out. He is Carter says: Back on my favorite street continue our environmental work - entire family can get together and our involved in some volunteer activities and their families. Melinda Mitchell still handsome and a great cook!” Lynn to pay the faculty, fund programs, and buy supplies. where Jack and I lived. Volunteering at including revising our city’s tree eight grandchildren find plenty of fun similar to the ones I was doing across Davis spent last winter in India going Hoehn Patton says that she and Alan Numerous parents, alumnae and friends have invested the hospital I worked in. And generally ordinance, again - and to play with our things to do. This is not as easy as it the Bay. The leave of absence that I up the Ganges River and this winter is are doing well. Lynn continues to paint feeling better mentally. Frankie ten-year-old twin grandsons: releasing may sound, since the eldest just took from online teaching for Calvert going up the Amazon. She still plays lots their time serving on boards and committees. almost daily. She says: What a joy it is - Whitescarver Cook writes: I hope 2017 baby salmon in a local stream, planting graduated from college and the will probably be permanent; as I am of bridge and enjoys getting together who knew that as an ‘elder’ (am I really finds and keeps everyone happy, healthy, trees to restore habitat, going to plays, youngest is only four. We really enjoy enjoying “playing” house and reading with a few of our classmates for lunch not a teen anymore?) I’d be so busy.” slender, wise and wealthy! That’s how I playing ping pong, and still making being together (all 16 of us) but after for pleasure too much! For me, Francie once a month. Melinda also got a high Lynn teaches class twice a week in her am - well, mentally, anyway. I believe I gingerbread cookies. Still line dancing. two weeks of “togetherness,” everyone Warfield Parrack,Life is pretty much energy miniature Shih Tzu puppy and What about another kind of studio and gives seminars frequently - reported failing retirement and going Added yoga. Started book #2. Life is is always glad to return home. I keep the same as before in Silver Spring, now understands why people put their busy with P.E.O., church activities, and MD. Our family was able to spend a upcoming this Spring is Alabama again, back to work at something I know and good. We are lucky. Merry Gladding children in Playskool! Betty Stevenson investment. . . try to workout at the health club five week together at the Outer Banks last North Carolina, Georgia, Virginia and Los love: managing the office at church. For Highby writes: My only great news is Green and husband Doug are enjoying Angeles. Lynn is regularly in Baltimore . . . one that ensures that Roland Park Country fun, I participate in book study groups, that John and I finally sold our Guilford days a week. Nobuko Maehori reports: summer. In preparation for the trip, my life at Wintergreen, near Charlottesville, every October for her annual show and belong to some committees for ministry house after moving out of it three I am currently at home in Kyoto to granddaughter, aged five and a half, VA and feel fortunate to be able to enjoy School will not only be here, but will be vibrant and sale and appreciates all the support preparation and historical preservation, years ago and moving into my totally share New Year holidays with my wanted to make matching sundresses an active lifestyle here in the foothills from our class! As with Lynn, Polly thriving in 25, 50 years and beyond? go out to lunch each month with several renovated family home in Roland Park. family Maehori. Here, we are very old- for her and her doll. She learned of the Blue Ridge Mountains. “We have Starratt Lemire’s favorite time is also groups of friends and neighbors, and get Taking care of two houses and gardens fashioned like our ancestors 1000 quickly and didn’t need too much hung up the skis, but still enjoy the spent in her studio with watercolors, to see every Marvel comics and action was difficult, but moving thirty one years ago, still eating rice with miso help. They looked very cute dressed mountain and valley golf here which papers, inks, embossing powders and all movie made thanks to the tastes of my years of accumulated things out of one soup for breakfast. In summer 2016, I alike. Working on my quilting projects are challenging courses, and walk as manner of art supplies to make custom Please consider making a deferred youngest son and his 17-year-old son. Ah was exhausting. Finding homes for stayed in Munich, as usual, to share is enjoyable and helps to keep me much as we can.” Sandy Clark Cooper greeting cards for anyone in need of well, it is “priceless” to share the time some of those things will go on for time with my friends of 40 years there. somewhat sane. Ray has retired is still looking forward to teaching at encouragement, support, celebration gift to the School’s endowment. with them! Sending long-distance love to several more months. It is nice to have We were colleagues at the City of (seventh time). He is keeping busy the English Camp in Lakitelek, Hungary Munich in the 70’s. In July, I joined a with two volunteer organizations. We or thanksgiving. Polly does part time all. Millie Panetti Gibson shares: January all of my treasures in one place! Judy once again (12th year) this July. Fun, To find out ways that you can make a deferred tour round Iceland from Rekyavik, are fortunate to have our children and work with Senior Helpers and still has started out with holiday overload even Tinley Lenz shares: 2016 was a happy joy, and blessings abound! Other travel her recruiting business going as well gift to RPCS, contact Ginny Wood Delauney, though we seem to be curtailing some and busy year. Although we did not Akureyri, Egilsstadir to Vik. My best grandchildren nearby and get to see included Texas, Branson, MO, and the as being an ordained minister in her activities! No more ice skating (was take any trips out of the country, Bruce wishes from Japan to all the good old them frequently. If anyone is coming Shenandoah area of Virginia with dear Director of Gift Planning, 410-323-5500, ext. 3139 or spiritual community. Travel includes never very good!) and no more skiing, and I managed to put thousands of Roland Parkers. Betsey Norris shares: to the Baltimore area, please let a class friends in the fall of 2016. Sandy still trips to New York and Chicago to see [email protected]. although we do treat the family to this miles on our SUV. These trips mostly I’m happy, glad for my friends here in member in the area know. We enjoy teaches at her church, participates in friends and family, along with visits to sport and lodge together, which is a lot involved visits to Avalon, NJ, where we North Carolina, still enjoy my teaching. getting together, having lunch, and small group Bible studies, and spends friends in California and France. “And I, Robin Buck Nicolls, am writing this catching up on the latest news. Betsy

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malignant. Frank and I laughingly say that we are even more co-dependent than we ever realized, as he had a 1960s benign brain tumor two years ago. I retired from teaching nine years ago to be with Mom as she made her dying 1960s journey, a great privilege. Three years ago we further downsized to a small house on one floor to be able to “age in place.” For the first time, we have a little land. A sunny 1/4 acre, and we are attempting what some call “regenerative, integrative gardening” or “permaculture” with food forest, plant guilds of cooperative plants and, of course, organic methods. From Patti Bedford Gaede: It has been a very busy year. I celebrated my “big” birthday with a wonderful safari in South Africa. Jim is about to be president of Kate Grimes Weingarten, 1963 and her Libby Baker, 1963 and her “Star Wars Susan Townshend Townsend, 1963 and her grandchildren Helen Sanger Pierce, 1963 and her our Club in Vero Beach, FL. My brother, Patti Bedford Gaede, 1963 and Jim Gaede with their family husband, Seymour Weingarten Medical Droid” machine daughter Chance Sanger Ted, and Marylou Bedford are moving to Vero from Baltimore. I was able to happy with the decision to move north win my Club’s Women’s Senior golf Randall-David writes: I spent most of working, I had little free time. Sue Dottie Sparrow is busier than ever still am living a very quiet life with in retirement. We often say, “We never Championship and am very involved 2016 doing what I am sure many of you Brewington Schier had an interesting investigating casualty accidents of remodeling, some trips, and family time. dreamed we would be this busy when in the Cincinnati Garden Club, as well have already tackled- downsizing. year. She writes: I decided to reduce my various types for Crawford & Company. Babs Norris Woodward reports: All’s well we retired.” Kate Grimes Weingarten as the Orchid Garden Club which I After spending a decade commuting hours to part time at the university and She is playing bridge in her spare time here. I had a lovely weekend in reports: In November 2016, Seymour started three years ago and has 75 back and forth between two houses, we am now working 20 hours a week at the and having fun. She says: Volunteer Charleston in March with Hollins and I renewed our wedding vows after members. I remain a very active and made the big decision to sell our house Osher Lifelong Learning Institute and activities also keep me very busy. The classmates including Peggy McPherson 36 years of marriage, in front of close passionate supporter of Planned of 28 years in Durham and move full loving it. I have time now for some fun best to everyone. Sandy Kamtman Hendrick, a fun fly fishing trip to family at our home in Mamaroneck, NY. Parenthood to champion women’s time to Wilmington, NC. During those things like traveling to Fenway for Red Stellmann shares: This summer I Colorado in July, kayaked around It was meaningful to us, and I think a reproductive rights and basic health 28 years, a number of family members Sox games where I followed Big Papi’s moved to Elkridge Estates into a large Annapolis and spent time with my shock to our assembled guests. No care. Of course my main love in life is had passed on and left us many last games. I have also gone to musical double unit apartment. Bob and I lived grandchildren this summer and had a summer trips this year, but we did go to granddaughter Quinn, who just turned wonderful treasures. However, as we and dramatic events like Million Dollar here in a tiny one bedroom apartment house party with Sue Brewington Schier London right after Christmas, a city we four and calls me Gee. Marianne Card thought about moving to a smaller Quartet which was fantastic! In from 1966-69. Now I need more space and Linda Schwaab Hodges in October lived in for six months in 1999. We Warmer says: This has been an house, we knew we had to make some October, I went to our 55th reunion in for furniture and possessions. It is a when they came for a class luncheon on caught up with many old friends, amazing year with my ninth difficult decisions about what to keep Baltimore and had lots of fun catching great location and a good place for me Alumnae Weekend. Still landscaping hosted our nephew and his wife for a grandchild, sixth grandson born on with us as we moved into our next up with Francie Warfield Parrack, Babs to be. However, it is a different way of and tending my own garden. I enjoyed week, walked, talked, and ate. It is January 29, 2016 in Melbourne, chapter and what to release. We are Norris Woodward, Linda Schwaab life. I am still trying to organize and meeting Caroline Blatti, our new Seymour’s favorite place, and the Australia. I traveled to Australia at the now in Wilmington full time, much Hodges, Lois Athey, Jodi McDorman settle into my new home. My son, Rob, headmistress, at a dinner for local nephew is Seymour’s favorite person, so end of March and was able to visit lighter than before. One fun thing in the Wilson, Robin Buck Nicolls, Millie is temporarily living with me. He has alumnae here in Annapolis. Hope to see it was wonderful to see him in his Sydney, Canberra and all over midst of all this craziness was our trip Panetti Gibson, Dorrie Boone Talbott, been a tremendous help with the move more of you all in 2017. Nora O’Donovan element. Kids are good, dog is better. Melbourne! In the summer my niece to Cuba in the spring. We took a Road and Nora O’Donovan Yaggy. I hope we and all of the paper work. He had been Yaggy shares: Michael and I are both Laurie McCulloch Fisher says: Not From the Class of 1963 Tish Pierce Robson, Peg Schmeiser Markowski, Ginna Naylor, got married in Vermont (I had gone to Scholar tour, and they did an amazing can all get together soon for a longer in California for the last six years so it retired, leading a very quiet life. My much news from me. I toured Wales Susan Townshend Townsend UVM) with a reception in Newton, MA, job of putting together an informative visit. Linda and I had an extended stay is nice to have him back in the area. grandson, Owen, (aged 13) and his last summer with some friends and and was able to visit with family from and fun tour. Cuba is really a society in with Babs in Annapolis due to a Lloyd is doing very well at Pathfinder school orchestra performed at Carnegie played lots of golf in New Jersey. I’ve family, termed Celebrations of Life. One due to rotator cuff surgery and a recent New England who haven’t traveled to flux, and I felt privileged to experience hurricane with heavy rains and Village. He is very happy there which is Hall this winter. He plays the viola and learned how to play MahJong, so am was in Baltimore County. That visit Achilles heel injury. Ah the joys of the Coronado, CA, where I live, for many it at this point in its history. It’s a lovely flooding along the east coast, so we wonderful. I am looking forward to was wonderful, of course. And my challenging my aging brain with that allowed my brother, Frank Sanger, and 70s! Susan Townshend Townsend says: years. In early 2017, I flew to the Gulf country with wonderful people who really had a good visit. In December, I visiting family and friends in the U.S. granddaughter, Lizzie, (age 10) has fun game. Fisher families are fine and me to spend some delightful time with I am happy and grateful to say that Coast of Florida and visited with my were welcoming and friendly. We flew to Hawaii to visit my youngest as soon as I have everything organized developed such a close relationship thriving; two grands in college, three in Rich and Barry Frey Sigler. From Peg things are going well for me, my family, sister Carolynne Card Shumate, 1961, learned so much about a very different daughter and grandchildren. Christmas in my new home. Dorrie Boone Talbott with General Martin Dempsey through high school and three in preschool. The Schmeiser Markowski: 2016 was a great and close friends. I continue to spend and youngest sister Rosa Whiting, and way to approach many of the issues we in Hawaii is very different, and New sends greetings: I guess the best news the TAPS program that he asked that whole spectrum! I just turned 72 and year for us. Mark and I celebrated our the winter with Tom between Utah and once again was treated to Tampa, all struggle with. Some of their Year’s is even better! Wishing all of you that I have to share is that I am cured of she introduce him at his retirement am ever so grateful to have had another 20th anniversary as well as welcomed Colorado where I enjoy skiing and Sarasota, Bradenton and Palmetto. approaches to health care, for instance, a very happy and healthy 2017! Joanne the illness Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma celebration. birthday! Ginna Naylor mentions a our fifth grandchild, Sara Elizabeth simply being outside in the mountains, This summer Carolynne is bringing her are illuminating, while other Garrard Schill writes: I’m in sunny that plagued me all last fall. The cancer mini-reunion: We gathered for lunch in Kesmodel, September 24, 2016, daughter sunshine, and of course snow! I also grandchildren to San Diego to be with experiments with the economy, for Florida for the winter and enjoying the wasn’t as bad as the treatment. I had December - Tish Pierce Robson, Peg of Stewart and Jamie. They live in experience so much pleasure from being my four children and their children, example, have not been so successful. weather and friends. Playing a lot of six infusions of chemotherapy, each Class of 1963 Schmeiser Markowski, Susan Greenwich, CT. Stewart is a managing with my four grandchildren who, and Patrick is bringing his family to A parallel system of state run bridge and golf and just had a refresher three weeks apart. But now, I am Frances Rutherford Townshend Townsend and I. Edie director at UBS, head of new business thankfully, all live close by - being able to California from Australia. Betsy Clapp businesses and private enterprise has lesson in Canasta, which I haven’t finished and have received a good, [email protected] Chapman Gillis took the picture so development in NYC. Hall was just watch each of them playing on their Champlin writes: Life is sweet here in emerged over the last few years. Very played since I was ten or 12. We’re clean bill of health, and feel back to unfortunately is not in it. Fun time and promoted to chief growth officer for various teams, singing for their school Hello from the Class of 1963, still living Rhode Island. On my daily walks I’m so interesting to talk to the person on the enjoying our seven grandchildren who normal, whatever that may be! Jim was we hope to do it more often. Helen Sequoia Benefits. Therefore, Stewart and choir, leading in school plays and well, from what I gather! I, Frances appreciative of all the natural beauty street about their everyday lives. Now will come down to Florida for spring fantastic taking care of me, going with Sanger Pierce writes: More than and Hall get to see each other just simply sharing their lives by Rutherford [Wise] am enjoying a quiet, here. Water, sky, clouds and the flora/ that Fidel has passed on and we have a break and Easter. They do the camp at me to appointments, taking charge of anything, last year was the year of the frequently, even though Hall and his hanging out with them. When I think of artful life in Brooklyn, NY, with fauna are intriguing to observe each new President, much remains Gibson Island in the summer and our the house, and “driving Miss Daisy.” nephews. One, out of four direct, invited family live in San Francisco. Mark it, what more could a grandmother want occasional trips out of town. I did a season. Our big news is that our unknown about our future relations oldest, Xander, is a camp counselor. Now that everything is clean and green, me to join a family group vacationing in retired last January and we divide our that brings more joy? This summer I was quick tour of Maryland and Virginia as daughter after ten long years since her with Cuba. However, I heartily Still doing a little on the Hopkins we are looking forward to taking some Nova Scotia in early June. We gathered time between Ponte Vedra, FL, and able to take a trip with my son, David, well as a few days in Iceland last spring husband died of cancer has met a new recommend this adventure for those of Women’s Board as a Sustainer. My best trips this spring to visit some mussels, were tourists in Lunenberg Baltimore. Mark’s sons live in Reno, NV, and his crew to Arches National Park in – both really fun. Libby Baker writes: partner and they have gotten engaged. you who like unique experiences. Kitty to all our Class. I’m looking forward to grandchildren in Atlanta, and to have County and made and ate desserts in and Poland and are doing very well in Utah. It was an awesome adventure and Lots of news. Frank and I celebrated He has three children, owns a business Naylor Roath sends: I am still living on meeting our new Headmistress who some R & R in Mexico. Cheers to all! Lee the middle of the night. The two who their careers. We are going to Vero experience! In addition, I went to Kiawah being together 40 years in September and home, as does Jody. Much to sort the eastern shore in Cambridge. I am will be coming this way for a Regional Walker writes: I moved back east to call Seattle home each planned to be Beach in February and hope to connect with my daughter and kids for some and approach our 39th wedding out, but they are so happy together. Our retired now and am enjoying having Reunion. Carolynne Card Shumate Oxford, MD, where my two sons and my married – six weeks apart. For me that with Patti Bedford Gaede and Bonnie relaxation in beautiful surroundings. I anniversary, July 4th (Independence oldest granddaughter is a freshman at time to spend with my husband and says: My family had a wonderful year. two grandsons live. Though I lived on turned into two round trips, Phoenix- Getchel Sawyer, 1958. Also, we are continue to serve on the Mariposa Child Day purposefully chosen). Our son Ben UVM. Her sister is in the eighth grade. my dog. I even have time to spend with My husband and I had a lovely Baltic the shore 25 years ago, I have a new Seattle-Phoenix, in successive months. taking a river boat cruise on the Success Programs Board and thankfully is 36 and his wife Abir turns 33 this Our oldest son is still working in my sister, Ginna Naylor, 1963 and her cruise from Southampton to Russia in appreciation of the beauty, especially at Both weddings were wonderful, in very Mississippi from New Orleans, visiting can be part of the work of training month. I was surprised with a diagnosis construction all over the northeast. Our family, and flew to Seattle to see my July. It was great seeing many of you in this very moment with a stunning different styles. My grandmother saved the Antebellum South with my sister adults in skills for building social- of a benign brain tumor last fall and youngest is working in New Haven at other sister, Frances Naylor Douglass, October. I’m still swimming, as well as sunset over the Tred Avon. When in the early letters I wrote her and travel is Lyn Schmeiser Cook, 1959, and her emotional skills in kids. It is extremely completed five days of Cyberknife Yale’s Museum of English Art. George 1967 and her family. So there is good in playing bridge and mahjong a lot. Best California and New Mexico, I was an my main topic in them. Two trips last husband in March. Unfortunately, I rewarding to see the positive impact Radiation Treatments (sounds worse and I have activities together and apart. being retired. Before, when I was wishes for a happy and healthy 2017. inn keeper off and on, but at this time I year were because of deaths in the have had to put away my tennis racket this has on children of all ages. than it is). Unlikely this will turn We are reasonably healthy and are

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Graham’s family in Raleigh and had a nice scarf that he wears all the time more than a pint of Ben and Jerry’s a wishing each a very happy birthday. blast, especially since both great- against this winter’s bitter cold. My week...if possible. We went diving in Have a drink for me. Love to you all, I 1960s grandchildren were there. I’m looking mom, who is living in San Francisco Bali in November. Go back to Fiji in am relishing every day I get and 70 is a at some shoulder surgery this week with my sister, will soon celebrate her April. Wally continues with his work wonderful hallmark! Jeannie Lawing which will cramp my style for a few centennial. At 100, mother still makes and we’ll hit Houston in a few weeks. Lawrence: Sounds like so much fun!

1960s months, but it will be nice getting it us laugh. I wish you all the best in 2017. Can’t ask more than healthy and Wish I could be there to celebrate! behind me before summer. We have a Big hug from Goli. Celeste Woodward happy! Hope it’s the same for you! Lynn Livvie Streett Rasmussen writes: All I beach trip planned with my family, Applefeld: Well - for two more months I Alban Holmes: Unfortunately I have can say is that I’m getting used to 70 perhaps to the Outer Banks, an eight am a mere 69. I look forward to not been able to attend the last few and hoping for the best for all of us in hour drive from here (North Carolina is catching up to those who have passed years of reunions as I have been the years to come. Sandy Cissel Olson: a big state east to west)! Blessings to the threshold. Hard to believe but I am escorting travelers overseas through 70. I must say right now it feels you all and a very healthy and joyous 39 years into my diagnosis of Hodgkin’s the company I work for…Diversions, refreshing being 70. LXX is special. 2017! Mimsy Baker Spaulding: I am lymphoma. There are so many things Inc. It has been a fantastic experience Thank you to Miss Jose and Miss writing you from Istanbul where I am to be thankful for and to look forward for the last 22 years to see most of the O’Neil for our Greek education in spending two nights before continuing to. On top of the list is relishing in the world while escorting fabulous mythology, art, numerals, history, and on to Mumbai and then to Kolkata for a kids and grandkids (I simply try to individuals as we lunched on the Great literature. I ask myself what I really wedding! My travel agent in India, who ignore the viruses that these four little China Wall, dined with the Kents of want for the next ten. Physical health Birthday Lunch in Annapolis with Jacqui Bruns Lansing, 1964, Lin Turner has planned four of my five tiger safari people persist in sharing with me). Our Abercrombie and Kent in their private is right up there and underlying, but members of the Class of 1964 Hardy, 1964 and Mimsy Baker Spaulding, trips in India, invited me to his wedding news, though perhaps not so new, home while feeding the reticulated mental health, easing stresses, seems 1964 on February 5! I am honored to be probably the summer of 2018 Mark and giraffes through the windows of their more important than it has ever been invited and look forward to three days I are moving to Charlottesville, VA - dining room, playing the Old Course in and precious. Most of all I want to be of festivities! Still working full time and home of Grace, Will and Liam (now 20 Scotland, etc. What a gift to me! I now true to myself, to my values and heart. The family of Brooke Mangels Travelstead, 1964 will reach the 30 year milestone on months old). Quite a change but an have six grandchildren whom I adore… Letting go of stressors is allowing me April 6! I am very fortunate to have adventure too. We will be back of course and am now a Florida to open up my heart more. I agree with discovered the best job of my life at the in Maryland (Sherwood Forest) resident! Love to all! Dolly Porter Ginny Wood Delauney that being ripe old age of 40! It was great to see probably three months out of the year. Rowles reports: My 70th will be spent around young people broadens my you and others at our joint 70th Good news - closer to Grace and family. in Montreal where Vail is working. She perspective, and gives me hope, many birthday lunch in Annapolis and to Downside - further away from Lewis has planned something and je suis tres smiles, and sometimes annoys me. All enjoy our sailing adventure afterward - and family. Fun aside – I am in a heureuse. A Bientot, I hope you have good things. I am leading an thanks to Jane Melvin Amsbaugh. knitting group with Lin Turner Hardy, had a good year. Bud and I are still interesting life, as I imagine, knowing Hope you enjoy the remainder of our Livvie Streett Rasmussen and Judy bobbling along up here on the Cape us, we all are and interesting takes winter. I look forward to spring! Andrée Mitchell Wright. They let me come with reasonably good health and much myriads of forms. I am grateful for all Williams Wight: I have been retired for even though I needlepoint. Thinking of cheer and happiness. We like the of you because the most important about three years, so my life is pretty you all with best wishes. Anne ordinary life and this was a good year thing about the Class of 1964 is not quiet. Most of my focus has been on my Hollyday Smyth shares: Such inspiring for that. We had the opportunity to go what we have achieved, but the heart, boys. My youngest moved from Boston messages from my classmates! Was on the Steamboat, America, up the creativity, and breadth of who we are. to Modesto CA, got married and became not thrilled to turn 70 and I do know it Mississippi for a week in November Each one of you is part of my story. Be a dad to two really neat kids. My middle is better than the alternative. Much to from New Orleans to Memphis. Bud proud of all of us. We got here. 70. Be son and family with two delightful girls be thankful for, especially Fred who is and I don’t do much traveling, but this I well. All of you are in my heart. Betsy are in Maine. I spend a week with them doing well after quadruple bypass in would do over and over again! The Athey: Our happy news is that our in the summer and being with girls December. And the grandchildren who weather was perfect. A really nice, nice daughter Laura Athey-Lloyd married after having three boys is quite a fun are growing up so fast. Our oldest, trip from beginning to end. Oh yes, at Thomas Kalis July 3rd, 2016 in Betsy Athey, 1964 and her grandchildren Phyllis Gatch Harbert, 1964 snorkeling experience in girliness. My oldest son Fletcher, heads to UVA this month. We the end we docked in Memphis, and I Tarrytown, NY. Our kids, their spouses Joey Press, Elsa Press and Aashvi Lloyd in Bali lives here in Sarasota. I still do some are moving to Summerville, SC some 12 finally got to go to one of my other and grandchildren were all in the Lin Turner Hardy, 1964 in France with Ann Cooper, 1964 volunteering at my closest library. miles outside Charleston. Lin Turner bucket list items, Graceland! Yea! I was wedding. Here’s a snap of me with our some tough times we have endured. We Libraries are an anchor for Hardy: In May, Bill and I were in a #1 Elvis fan, and to watch Dad three grandchildren Joey and Elsa simple things, the easier it is to be Class of 1964 still love to do so many things together communities in the best possible way. Brittany and Normandy on a Road become a little impressed by the man Press and Aashvi Lloyd. Hi to the Great Historical Society at Christmas in 1951! happy! Susan Sharp writes: I have very We were warmly welcomed at Connie Sparrow - especially dancing! I recommend lots Besides traveling to see my boys and Scholar trip. I had written to Ann he argued with me over all those years Class of 1964. 70 years... forever young! little to report: Love retirement. I spend Williamsburg and it was fun to see the [email protected] of dancing. And having your friends their families, books are my main mode Cooper (and we phoned back and forth), ago was priceless! Anyway, I felt like a Frank signed up for his Williams’ most of my time maintaining the farm, old family friends and most We decided to have a joint 70th and family around. Grandkids are the of travel. I find my creative outlet in and she was kind enough to meet us at teenager, only with much more classmates’ Baltic nations tour tending to the animals, and stealing importantly, be together with my birthday party on September 9, 2016 most wonderful tonic. And definitely cooking international meals for one. It’s our hotel in St. Malo near where she wisdom and experience, so it was the September 7-30 so we will be out of the enough time to get to my farm in siblings. So there is an unusual at the Annapolis Yacht Club and a gardens - your own and beautiful a bit of a challenge that I really get into. has an apartment. She had traveled by best of both worlds. We are well and country instead of partying with you in Vermont. What little left over time that birthday, but it honestly reminded me boat ride afterwards. It’s a wonderful gardens everywhere. This was an Best wishes to all. Teja Rao: Wishing all boat and bus and train (6-7 Hours, I happy, and sincerely wish you all the Annapolis for the birthday celebration. I have, I spend at a local small animal of my happy early years where you all cruise to get out and see Annapolis amazing year- like everyone else, I of you a wonderful 70th. Live, cherish, think) there from Ile de Groix where same. Grace Armstrong I feel very I feel the loss not being able to gather rescue where I volunteer when I were such an important part of my from the water. It’s a 74-foot, beautiful turned 70 and celebrated with my son and enjoy every moment. Have a blast. she lives. It’s not that far, but Anne does privileged to be receiving everyone’s with you on this most auspicious can. Betsy Rumford Thwaite sends day. I will certainly miss our party, but sailing schooner. Our wonderful Andrew and family in Los Angeles, and I’ll be 67 in October. I am retiring at the not have a car. She was in St. Malo with thoughtful and moving comments occasion, so let’s promise to throw greetings from Birmingham, Alabama: can’t wait to hear all about it! Connie coordinators were Brooke Mangels in August Malcolm and I celebrated our end of this year to spend time at home some friends for the book and authors about our 70th and how to cope best ourselves another birthday party in My sisters and I all had Big June Cavanaugh: It is fun hearing from Travelstead and Jane Melvin Amsbaugh. 50th anniversary with all my children with my parents. Wishing all of you a and film festival. We had a glass of with aging. I only wish that I could be five years when we’re MUCH older, birthdays this year (June 16, 18 + 30th - everyone again. We went to the UK and There was a lovely red and white theme and grandchildren at our home in the wonderful new year. Linda Diwoky wine and quick visit. It was grand to present at the Annapolis gathering, but okay? Ellen Webster: Sorry all, can’t me!). We joined our brother, Lew and Southern Spain for my birthday, and at the table. Attendees were Brooke Hudson Valley. We had some wonderful Miller: Great fun and so true! Thanks, see her. She has an interesting life on sadly I am still working. I will be there make the trip from sunny San Diego! spouses to celebrate in Williamsburg, a then Dan and Max gave a dinner party Mangels Travelstead and Malcolm road trips to the South - Charlotte, Goli, for sharing. Are we really old? Ile de Groix, has several cats and is still in spirit, though. And I wanted to add a Have a blast! Suzanne Pratt O’Connell special Rumford family vacation spot. to celebrate here. It was all great. I have Travelstead, Bill and Lin Turner Hardy, Winston-Salem, Charleston and Betsy McPherson Morgan's husband, tall and very attractive. I am so glad we word to Celeste Woodward Applefeld’s says: Thanks for being so diligent in On display there permanently are to say this birthday feels like a real Connie Sparrow and Julian Fink, Cathy Wilmington visiting historic homes George Stevens, passed away July 1, visited. The rest of our trip was message underscoring that quite a few keeping track of everyone. I don’t have some on my most favorite childhood landmark one for me. I’m wondering Snead MacMurray, Celeste Woodward and gardens and old friends. The 2016 from complications from a broken marvelous, too! Besides celebrating our of us have suffered from the ravages of any info that might qualify as breaking playthings from our Guilford home - how everyone else is relating to this? I Applefeld, Betsy McPherson Morgan, luncheon and cruise in Annapolis was hip. Please keep Betsy in your thoughts 50th anniversary and our RPCS 70th cancer on ourselves and on our news. This is just to say I appreciate all the Morris Canby Rumford Dollhouse, can’t quite believe it. One option is to Bonnie Patterson Langslet, Jacqui a highlight! As a side note, Malcolm and prayers. Goli Irani Farrell: Last year birthdays, I also caught up with Betty partners and parents and that we are your efforts, including with me, to keep built by our great-grandmother’s great- try to forget it and laugh lots, Bruns Lansing, Jane Melvin and I ran into Jean Waller Brune, 1960 I moved from near Lyon to near Adams Guerin at a Ravens game when lucky to have survived physically or things going. Lynn Kreider Panlilio: I grandfather in 1820, where it stood on especially when the discomfort hits. Amsbaugh, Mimsy Baker Spaulding, at the Women’s March in DC! Amazing Strasbourg (France) and am now she was in town for the weekend. It is emotionally, even if our loved ones or second Brooke Mangels Travelstead’s the third floor hall for us to decorate Another option is to be grateful for Patty Voneiff Finney and Ginny Wood in that vast crowd. Susan Anderson writing this from Baden-Baden in so nice to be able to stay in touch with friends like Betsy have not. I send you reply to have actually made it to 70 - as for Christmas and play in whenever what is working, whether it is knees, Delauney. Happy BIRTH-day TO YOU. Mason: Life has been good, busy with Germany. I also went to Iran, Tehran RPCS friends. Also, I am in the knitting all my hope that we will continue to be many of us in our class have been we wanted, the 1775 Affleck mahogany eyes, hips, hands etc. and enjoy every Happy BIRTH-day TO YOU. Happy family, friends, volunteer fun, bridge, and Gorgan and Gonbad Kavoos to visit group with Celeste Woodward strong – and survive. It is not easy, as I touched by breast cancer - in tall chest, which stood in the end of the moment with family and friends – BIRRRTTTHDDAY, dear classmates. choir and hand bells. My family and I a favorite cousin and his family. This Applefeld, Livvie Streett Rasmussen know, but I am especially thankful for confronting our adversity, I hope we Greenway living room and held toys in especially the millennial generation Happy birthday to you! From Dolly went to Baltimore last summer to year, for 2017, I have one single and Judy Mitchell Wright among the good wishes of all. HAPPY 70th to can show others, there is life after the bottom drawer and “Gretchen and their children. My husband’s Porter Rowles. Brooke Mangels celebrate my 70th and Graham’s 80th resolution: stay alive to celebrate others. Life is good; kids are well; love everyone. Judy Mitchell Wright: I was cancer....I do want to remember our Clymer”, a large family doll with an strategy is just keep moving! What’s Travelstead writes: I actually am birthdays. We took them to The Towson another Christmas. It sounds like a to everyone. Phyllis Gatch Harbert looking forward to celebrating with all dear, sweet Betsy McShane Stuart, extensive Quaker wardrobe who was making life work for you? Anyway, thrilled I made it to 70! Nine years out Courthouse to see my daddy’s portrait single task, but at my age staying alive writes: Sounds like you are having a of you but we have been invited to a who fought her battle with dignity and photographed with me and featured in enjoy, and I will really miss being with from my battle with breast cancer! So in the honorary courtroom. Graham is a full-time job. Hans has a Norwegian great time at 70! Your husband is wedding in Italy and I didn’t realize courage - her indomitable spirit will the Baltimore Sun along with Ginny you all! Sandy Cissel Olson, love your thankful to still be married to the love had fun showing the guys how to pick forest cat, Fluffy, whom he brushes correct, as far as I’m concerned: keep that the two events overlapped by one remain with me always. Enjoy Wood Delauney at the Maryland philosophical mornings. I thought of of my life - though there have been crabs. We spent Christmas Day with daily and collects the wool for a very moving mentally and physically and no day. I will be thinking of all of you and simplicity: the happier you are with

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something else; watching something grow seems increasingly important - could be young people, plants and/or 1960s pets! A pint of Ben and Jerry’s is also an excellent prescription! Jane Fankhanel: Hello mates! It’s fun to hear 1960s everyone chiming in around our 70ths – reminds me of the bell chiming group at RPCS (don’t remember its name - I’d never seen anything like it until I got there). I’m sorry to miss the celebration – Roger and my wedding anniversary is September 9! Have a blast! Ginny Wood Delauney shares: My suggestion is to surround yourself with younger people – guarantee it will make you feel younger. You won’t spend a lot of time talking about what body parts don’t work. But keep friends our age so that you can talk about the things we are all going through - they will Carol Blankenship Davis, 1965 and her Alice McCormick Meiners, 1967, Head of School Caroline Blatti and Mary McCormick The Class of 1966 celebrates their 50th Reunion with Sunday Brunch at the Hopkins Club Wedding day for Ann Day Sargent, 1966 Mimi Roeder Vaughan, 1966 and Debbie understand. 70 is just a number- albeit a granddaughter Ava Yensan, 2016 Meyer, 1965 in Las Vegas Stuffel Anderson, 1966 BIG one! But 80 is bigger. Let’s all aim for that. Love you all. Betty Tignor: Do what year ending with four listings! I got to twins in mid-May! What a surprise husband Mike are both well as far as to be together at home for the holidays. more descriptive but would not have the passing of her beloved father Hugh you like to do: hobbies, traveling, visit Becky McClure Albury when she since twins do not run in either family. they know. At 72, she doubts he will wrote from her passed the censors!) She was diagnosed McCormick (Boy Alum, 1938) in February Class of 1966 volunteering. Whatever keeps you came to Annapolis from Australia for They have chosen not to learn the sex ever retire. Helen is excited for Roland Betty Cooper Smith physically and mentally home in North Carolina, which is and treated for metastatic ovarian at the age of 96. We all send her and her 50TH REUNION her mother’s funeral, a sad occasion. of the babies, but they do know they are Park under the leadership of Caroline Lee Hampshire Tolman engaged. Surround yourself with people identical. She said she may be asking Blatti. She feels our school days unusual since winters are normally cancer in her brain. Just as she had family our deepest sympathy and you like. Keep active. Ignore all those for grand-parenting advice from her together are part of her core. She writes: spent at home in Puerto Rico. She and finished aggressive treatment and condolences. And finally, my update: [email protected] Mark are in the process of selling the surgery, her husband Ed learned that he had a aches and pains as best you can. Make Class of 1965 classmates. Jeanne Roberts I’m grateful to know and have learned Carol Blankenship Davis Hello Class of 1966! I know we were wonderful property and moving to the had lung cancer. Thankfully, they are wonderful trip to the Pacific Northwest time for yourself. All of these things Carol Blankenship Davis Mangus wrote that 2016 was a most from you, dear friends. Nelva Hart Hall all together just a few months ago at make being 70 fun and rewarding. I can [email protected] difficult year for them. In June, Cary’s shared a fun trip she had during the island full time....or so it seems, but as both doing well now. They celebrated the in May last year. Neither Sam nor I had our fabulous and hard to fathom 50th tell you.....70 doesn’t hurt a bit! I’ve never she wrote, “one never knows exactly holidays with their combined families ever been to that part of the world, but Last June, Randy Saint Low, hosted a mother, Mary Jane, passed away at 95. holiday season. For the first time ever Reunion, so I am attributing the sparse felt better and enjoying every minute of how it will all turn out.” She is looking (13 people and five dogs) with light heart we thoroughly loved our time in Seattle wonderful evening at her house where On August 22, Jeanne lost her beloved she, husband Noel, son Scott, old friend response to my request for information every day in the beautiful North forward to ocean swims once back and and much cheer. They are planning a and Yakima, WA and Victoria and about a dozen of us had a long leisurely mother Dorothy at the age of 100. Janet March and her daughter Jessica to: “Didn’t we just get all caught up with Carolina mountains where spring is not “continuing to lighten the load in more cruise in March from Ft. Lauderdale, FL Vancouver, British Columbia. Barbara evening catching up. Later in the Jeanne also had to deal with breast spent a few days before Christmas in each other?” Here is what I managed far away. Jane Melvin Amsbaugh: The ways than one!” She sends a big hug to to Monte Carlo. From there they will Bond and I spent several days in Ocean summer, a few of us found an excuse to cancer, but it seems that is now in the New Orleans before embarking on a to learn. Congratulations and best enthusiasm for our 70th celebration is all. When Nancy Davidson Neal Brazill travel to Germany to visit her husband’s City, MD at the end of the summer, gather at a restaurant for another get past. She is now facing melanoma with Western Caribbean cruise for seven wishes to Ann Day who married her wonderful! Patty Voneiff Finney: WOW. wrote she had just returned from Santa oldest daughter and her family who live which has become somewhat of a together. And then in December, Randy several areas to be removed, but no days including Christmas Day. After long time beau, Michael Sargent, on 70. Really? Anyway, would love to Cruz, CA where she had been visiting in Braunschweig. She wrote that all tradition. Maybe some of you would like Saint Low was a willing hostess again other treatment will be required. She is returning to New Orleans, they decided New Year’s Day! Anne Nelson Apgar celebrate with all of you. Pat McCall her daughter and her family. She loves things considered, they feel very to join us one year. Sam had some health for a group of us when Margaret Gray trying to appreciate every moment to see what New Year’s Eve was like in has been enjoying mini-reunions. Lehr: A September birthday party being “Nana” to their six grandchildren fortunate to still be kicking and have problems in the fall which kept us close Kincaid visited Baltimore. In the instead of worrying about what the Big Easy. Unfortunately for them, She lunched with Muffy Deeley last sounds great. Happy birthday to all! who are scattered from east to west their senses of humor after all they have to home, but thankfully he did well and fall, Margaret moved to her home in tomorrow may bring and remembers this year it was rain! After a terrific November and has recently gotten Betty Adams Guerin: Celebrating at a coasts. The youngest was born last been through. Katherine Wise is we were able to get to Florida in late Bradford, NH full time. This gets her that her mom used to say that the most dinner at Brennan’s they were looking together with Nancy Freeman Brooks day spa sounds good to me! For my big spring and the eldest is a college enjoying a quieter, happier year in 2017 January to have an overdue visit with closer to her daughter and family in important things in life are faith, family forward to catching the excitement of and Debby Schultz Woods. Anne and day nothing noteworthy planned, just a freshman. She and husband Rick spend than the last couple have been. She feels family and friends on both coasts and in Massachusetts, with more opportunity and friends. How right she was! Betsy the city, but instead the heavens Anne Mountcastle Bainbridge also quiet dinner at home with close friends winters in Kansas and summers at their that turning 70 is a wonderful age to be. the middle of the state. One of those to be a grandmom. And speaking of Kohlerman Winship had a hectic opened! However, their spirits weren’t see each other regularly. Mary Joe and my daughter. I love getting together home in South Carolina by the ocean. To celebrate, she spent ten days in friends was Chic Dwight. She and her grandmom, Martha Gomer became holiday season, trying to complete a dampened and they all agreed that the Maccubbin Clark wrote that coming with my classmates. Hope to see many They are most thankful for good health February basking in the beauty and husband, Fred, showed us their terrific Nana in November 2015 when her conversion of a coat closet to a tiny trip was wonderful. She sends everyone to our reunion gave her renewed of you in September. Martha Fulford: at this stage of life. Eve Scheffenacker warmth of Hawaii with six family area, Cape Coral, and entertained us for daughter Brook, who many of us met at powder room in preparation for her her best wishes for a healthy, happy interest in RPCS and Baltimore in Happy birthday to everyone. I believe wrote that this year had more than the friends who live on Oahu. She dinner in their beautiful home. It was our reunion, gave birth to James Clifton scheduled knee replacement on 2017. Vivien Davis Tsu continues her general and she is planning to attend that having birthdays is a good thing. In usual amount of notable events and recommends that each of you treats fun to be with her on her turf. I am still Buck. Martha sees him every week and February 20. She is looking forward to work at PATH on programs related to the regional gathering for RPCS with the half marathon I ran on my birthday, milestones. She joined two friends to yourself to the most pampering and self- trying not to embarrass myself on the is loving watching him grow. In April, the being able to walk comfortably women’s cancers (breast and cervix). Caroline Blatti in Ocean Ridge, FL in down the spectacular towering red rock train for and complete a 17 mile walk love you can dream up for your 70th. She tennis courts and Sam plays golf when she traveled to Roanoke, VA for a again and not worry about if she can She had two papers published this year February. She also reported that her canyon of the Colorado River into Moab, that is part of a local spring festival. is still a Realtor, though definitely scaling the weather is good. We are active in cousin’s wedding and some of her make it up or down stairs. with two more in press and had daughter and family from New York UT, I was fifth of five among women 70- Then, after marking her tenth year of back to working exclusively with friends our church and help out my 92 year old cousins from Virginia and North Daughter Kitzie Winship, 2000 and her presentations at meetings in Beijing, City were in Florida with them for two 74. That encourages me to think that I building a heart (and bank account) and family. Barbara Bond is still working aunt and Daddy, who will turn 100(!) if Carolina came to visit her in June. She partner Marco visited from San Copenhagen, Lyon, and Paris. She also weeks over the holidays and a great have room for improvement to catch up nourishing career with cabi, in June she in the Office of the Attorney General for he makes it to July, which he says he loves visits from friends and also enjoys Francisco, CA for a week at Christmas. traveled to Tanzania, Zimbabwe (twice) time was had by all! Barbara Porter to the other four women in my age treated herself to a long sun-filled the State of Maryland, though every year will. He has been in Assisted Living for the emails and cards she receives. She It was wonderful having the family all and Inner Mongolia (China) for work. Carr is enjoying her second year on group. I hope everyone has happy vacation on Cape Breton Island, Nova she swears it will be the last. She likes almost four years and has wonderful has received therapy on and off and her together, including Lauren Winship, She got a new grant for her breast the RPCS Alumnae Board. She lives in birthday celebrations with friends and Scotia. She hiked highland trails, sat on her job and hasn’t figured out what she help from people who know all his speech continues to improve the more 2005. Unfortunately, Kitzie had a fall cancer project in Peru, and is working Timonium, MD, but travels back and family. Tricia Lewis: I am glad to see cliffs overlooking the Atlantic, ate wants to do in her next life so she stays little idiosyncrasies. I have been she talks. Grandbaby news continues and bruised her ribs and got a stomach on funding for a similar project in forth to Tidy Island, Florida every ten that we will be able to celebrate turning lobster, mussels or Haddock and filled put. Also, she is very active in her church fortunate to see a number of you this with Susan Gelston Mink’s grandson, flu. Betsy wishes everyone a joyous and Uganda. Vivien and Theta’s recreational days or so. Barbara, and her husband 70 with so many classmates. I look her journal with new sketches. While as well as several other charities. Toni year either at our little get togethers or Dudley Charles Clapper born to Maggie healthy new year. Helen Tayloe travel together included a new country, Bobby, recently settled on a retirement forward to it. I cannot help but recall she launched what she had decided Madrigal Martin was happy to be able to one-on-one. That is an advantage of and Sam on August 23. They are Lambert has retired from teaching Iceland, where they found the people home right on Sarasota Bay and they how desperately we all WANTED to be a would be her last season with cabi, attend the Alumnae Student Valentine’s living in Baltimore. With the yearly referring to him as Duckling. Susan said remedial reading and math after 15 friendly and English speaking. From can sit on their porch and watch the year older when we were just 15! That Daphne fully recovered as the Day Luncheon at RPCS again this year. updates and the periodic emails, I am they once again had a splendid time in years at Lincoln E.S. She is happy that there they went to France for some boats and birds fly by. They have three driver’s license was looming large! neighborhood celebrity. This last season Her grandson, Teddy, was in preschool happy to have such a connection to Florida, including a visit from some of she is able to still be at the school often hiking and sailing in Brittany before children and four grandchildren. Sue Becky McClure Albury: Happy Birthday included a “Farewell cabi Tour” in there for several years, which qualified many of you. I think the class does her college buddies. All of her children to help out where needed. She spending the last ten days at their Ellen Darnell May wrote that she has to all, including Anne for 69. I, Connie Maryland. And now she is on to a new her but, as he transitioned to Gilman she care about each other despite the years and bonus babies are well as are their reminisced that her very first students cottage in Anilhac. Theta’s dad (95) had wonderful memories from our reunion Sparrow, taught a Girl Scout troop how stage of her life as a non-productive couldn’t go last year. This year her twin and miles. Any time you have news or precious children. She sends peace to are now 64 years old! One of her first some serious health problems this year, and expressed how much she enjoyed to do genealogy. I found it a little harder member of society. She can now devote grandchildren, Annie Martin, 2031 and concerns, please let me know so I can all and says to never forget “oubla di attempts at teaching was at Butner but he, Theta’s mom (97) and his sister working on the 50th Reunion Quid to keep their attention than the two blocks of time to drawing and painting Charlie Martin, 2031, attending preschool share it with the rest of the class. Isn’t oubla da.” Tilly (Matilda) Woodward (NC) State Mental Facility, where she are able to stay in their home in Los Nunc with Penny Starratt Duffy and different adult evening genealogy and spending winter afternoons reading. got her back on the list. In January she technology wonderful! Best wishes and Dorsey will be busy this spring. She will had volunteered to help a young man Angeles with the help of a daily Debby Schultz Woods as well as the classes I teach at Anne Arundel A work in progress... Elizabeth McCleary went to visit Lynn Alban Homes, 1964 in stay in touch. be a grandmother three times over! Her with reading. She was told that it would caregiver. Son Michael continues to RPCS Alumnae Office staff. Sue said Community College. Surprisingly, they Primrose-Smith and husband have not Florida for her annual bridge trip. One son and his girlfriend are expecting a be one-on-one (good) in a padded cell work at Safeway. Their other son that she reconnected effortlessly with talk a lot! I’m doing individual genealogy been doing much except gathering their night Mary McCormick Meyer joined baby girl in late April. Her daughter (bad). She hopes that her next chapter Jonathan and his wife Madeleine are old friends and they were able to share research for others - a fun challenge. strength and recovering from a pretty them for dinner. And speaking of Mary, who got married last April is expecting will include volunteer teaching, laughs still living in t D.C. They had a their stories of the ups and downs Real estate has kept me busy with the and surviving free time. She and her wonderful time when they were all able awful year. (Her word for the year was it was with sadness that we learned of of life over the past 50 years. She is

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enjoying living in beautiful Alaska and said that the welcome mat is out! Mimi Class of 1967

Roeder Vaughan shares: I have been Kathy Hudson 1960s nominated to the Morgan University [email protected] Board. I will be the first Non-African Susan Berwager Law American woman to sit on the Board.

1960s [email protected] I am also chairing for the second year the Associated Black Charities First, we send heartfelt sympathy to Gala which draws 1,000 people. I have Barbara Mattingly Wilson on the March 6 started, along with Lois Elkin, our death of her husband F.L. (Fielding Lewis second leadership class for women. My Wilson) in Stuart, FL. He and Barbara daughter Gina Pizza, 1994 is a lawyer enjoyed many trips and gatherings on at Venable. She and her daughter Livia their boat Walkabout. They also delighted live in Gina’s great, great-grandfather’s in their three grandchildren: Isabelle (5) family home in Little Italy. Kelly and Penelope (3) and Wilson, daughters of is 34 and is a stay at home mother F.L.’s son, Jefferson Randolph Wilson and with Caile, nine and Ava, six. Ryan is his wife Sally. Barbara’s son Charlie, and working for the Orioles and is married his wife Victoria just welcomed their first to Christine, who is an attorney. child on December 18, 2016. Named Genie Harper-Jones, 1969, Margaret Gray Kinkaid, 1965 and Nini Harper, 1967 Charley Brown, poodle of Betsy Downes A spectacular view from Jane Stafford, They have a two-year-old daughter, Charles Mattingly Kneip, Jr. He’s called Brown, 1967 1967’s Florida condo Alexa. Our 50th Class Reunion was Chase. We also send our deep sympathy Mary Joe Maccubbin Clark, 1966, Sue Ellen Darnell May, 1966, Debby Schultz Woods, 1966, the greatest. To see everyone was a to Marietta Koch Nolley and Alice Freddie Frantz Brantley, 1966, PennyStarratt Duffy, 1966 and Anne Nelson Apgar, 1966 highlight of my year. Jennifer Bodine McCormick Meiners on the loss of stayed with me and we became 16 Marietta’s mother and Alice’s father. Megan (first daughter), Lathrop and our Carol Gebelein Cavanagh is the proud again. Still see Deb Anderson Stuffel. May Koch and Hugh McCormick, 1938 two sons (Evan and Sean) joined us for grandmother of 15, two of whom live in A group from our class got together (RPCS alum) were such upbeat, fun Christmas. All four of our kids have Baltimore, which makes her and her for lunch at Johnny’s in Roland Park parents. Hard to believe it’s our 50th! If now finished college and have sister Nancy Gebelein Cornbrooks, 1970 before the Christmas Program at you’d like to help, please let us know. promising careers. Megan managed to very happy. Carol is busy with the RPCS. I was not able to go, but heard We need contact information for more buy her first house in this crazy Seattle Interfaith Counseling Center, which the from various sources that those in classmates. Please reach out and market. Dream: next winter quarter, I’ll TGC Fund (the foundation Carol and attendance were: Anne Nelson Apgar, encourage those with whom you are in be in a subtropical, hopefully exotic her husband Joe established in Pam Townshend Neale, Barbara Porter touch to attend. We know everyone will location with happy memories of memory of their son Tom) supports. It Carr, Nancy Harrison, Debbie Anderson enjoy meeting Caroline Blatti, the new seeing my RPCS classmates again at offers free mental-health counseling, Stuffel, Mimi Roeder Vaughan, Kathie Head of School. Bonnie Bang our 50th. From Maine, Bonnie Bang particularly to those leaving a Leslie, Suzie Merryman, Jennifer Lounsbury and Frances Naylor Lounsbury says: You caught me on my residential treatment program. She and Bodine, Pam Ford Charshee, Ann Douglass have agreed to edit the 50th way to the airport in San Francisco her son Paul serve on the ICC Board. In Hurlock, Anne Mountcastle Bainbridge Quid Nunc. A Friday night dinner will when I was returning from taking care Rehoboth Beach, DE, Betsy Downes and Sydney Brookes. There is talk of be at the home of our “hostess with the of my new grandson, Viaan Shinde Brown, who comes occasionally to repeating the gathering sometime in ‘mostest,” Lucy Ritter Skeen. As other Lounsbury. Shinde is my daughter-in- Baltimore, continues to stay very fit as the spring. Apologies if I left anyone 50th reunion classes have requested, I’ll law Deepa’s last name. Viaan means a personal trainer with a following of out! As for me, Lee Hampshire Tolman, offer a Saturday morning walking tour “full of life and energy” in Hindi. And he year-round clients and summer my big news is that I have added a ten- of historic Roland Park footpaths. surely is that. Now I am back home regulars. She and husband Randy month-old Tibetan Terrier named Lily Chesley Schultheis Garrett, Frances gazing out the window at sleet while I frequently go to New York City to the Rose to my household. There is much Naylor Douglass, Meredith Bond Kane begin to sort through papers on the theater and recently saw Sunset tail wagging and excited wiggling and I unknowingly used some when we floor and plan for a reduced farm Boulevard with Glenn Close. Jane Patty Sager Allan, 1967, Sue Berwager Law, 1967, Barbara Mattingly Wilson, 1967 and Kathy Magruder, 1967 with her award Dawson Nolley, son of Marietta Koch going on around here, so life is good! I walked home from school as children. growing program next summer. There’s Stafford reports: Life continues to be Alice McCormick Meiners, 1967 in Ocean Ridge, Florida from Vietnam Veterans of America Nolley, 1967, and Kathryn Marietta Nolley loved seeing everyone last October and Frances Naylor Douglass now lives out a lot of catching up to do at my house good in SW Florida. I sized down to a hope all are well and happy. If I was in Seattle, WA. She reports: New and at the farm from the years of small apartment . . . I mean ‘Tiny House not able to connect with you because grandson (#2) to Ariel and her family. retirement after 43 years of work, last on the Ruxton Riderwood Lake Roland impact in support of our nation’s have been exploring the wonders of growing crops full time. Natalie, who Living.’ The view from my 15th floor of an unlisted email address or your Jacob, their first, is four and a 26 with the State of Maryland in the Association Board and the HOA for women Vietnam veterans. Congrats! getting older! Doing weekday chores had been helping me with the farm, balcony is pretty special. It overlooks information has changed, would you half. Retirement has vanished for me, property and casualty insurance Ruxton Crossing.” Patty Sager Allan Magoo is spending more time visiting and having lunch with friends has needs to concentrate on her PhD the Caloosahatchee River, as it empties please get in touch and I promise to bug as I kept saying “yes” too many times, business. I’m now a fitness Fitbit geek writes from Palm Beach Gardens, FL: The her mother (age 97!) in Baltimore and been a real change for me. I spent the program at UNH. And I plan to resume into the Gulf of Mexico. I enjoy time you only once a year. but I was able to flex and get down to and try to get my 10,000 plus steps in love of my life is three-year old seeing her children and grandchildren last week of October at a ‘dude ranch’ political activism after neglecting with Nini Harper every February now. southern Oregon for three weeks in before 9:00 am. So yes, that means granddaughter Hattie Rose. The in California. She writes: Adam’s film in the Hill County near San Antonio, public policy for vegetables. Moving Please come visit if you are traveling December after Riley arrived (12/7. arising early to get the job done. I feel downside is that she is on the left coast, Inside Out won the Oscar for best TX. In December, I visited my sister down the east coast to Rhode Island, this way! Nini says: Still enjoying healthier. I have several Fitbit RPCS and I don’t see her nearly enough! animated in 2016. Recently promoted Dolly Bishop Hope, 1971 at her home friends: Magoo (Kathy) Magruder, Highlight of my year in Florida is winter to DP (Director of Photography), his near Charleston, SC and spent some Vicky McHale Norris, Nancy Strahan, when ‘old’ friends are here . . . Barb, Sue, full-length feature film will come out in time at Hilton Head. I’ve joined Lynn 1970, Susan macDCG Andrews, 1968, Josie. From the Carolinas, Chesley 2020! It is as yet unnamed. Daughter Brick’s gym. I plan to start volunteering and my sis, Genie Harper-Jones, 1969. Schultheis Garrett divides her time Katie, mother of four, deferred law at the Roland Park Library and the Barbara Carr, 1966 I’m still an avid birder, as is my hubby, between Atlanta, GA and Highlands, NC. school acceptance. From Annapolis, Maryland Zoo this spring. It is and we spend the majority of February We have no exciting news. Just enjoying Josie McCall Bosley writes: Had a wonderful having the luxury of in Captiva, where the birds are the mountains of North Carolina and the beautiful Christmas with my family in planning my own time commitments! Barbara Porter Carr, 1966 awesome! What fun to have had dinner bustle of Atlanta. All the family, girls, Marathon, FL. All the kids and Lucy Ritter Skeen, who lives one block celebrated her 50th reunion with Magoo and her mother this past husbands, and granddaughters were grandbabies came. I was in total from Huddy (Kathy) Hudson and two summer. They both look awesome!” here (Highlands) over Christmas. We do heaven. They are still spread around from Beth Bishop, enjoys retirement in Fall 2016. She developed a Susan Berwager Law was in Stuart, FL have a trip to India for a good friend’s the country: Rusty in Houston, Chrissy after her longtime role as special relationship and bond for the month of February. She writes daughter planned, but other than that, I in Arizona and Lauren in Colorado. I administrator of contracts for the with pen pal Skylar Carr, 2024. that while there, “Patty Sager Allan, see tennis, reading, and a bit of see a lot of traveling in my future. Baltimore City Public Schools. Lucy Barbara Mattingly Wilson, Alice volunteering on my winter horizon. Looking forward to the class reunion has eight grandchildren, two of whom McCormick Meiners, and I attended a Magoo (Kathy) Magruder and her this fall. Here in Baltimore: Marietta are in Baltimore. Her daughter, Talli, is Their friendship has developed luncheon hosted by Mr. McCormick at husband Jeff Walker live on Isle of Koch Nolley and Eddie are having a a stockbroker in Easton, MD. Her oldest along with Skylar’s twin, Arianna, the Ocean Club in Florida with Caroline Palms, SC and hosted a festive dinner ball with their granddaughters, son, David, is head of school at Harding Blatti, Missie Mack and Ginny Delauney when I was in Charleston giving book Elizabeth and her new little sister Academy in Nashville, TN. Son, Roy, as well as Barb’s sister, Carole from RPCS. I’m still doing some real talks. She has reduced her workload, Kathryn Marietta Nolley. Marietta also rehabs deserted row houses in Porter Adkins, 1970. estate with Long and Foster, living at but is still at the Medical University of enjoyed a visit to Atlanta and Baltimore to become affordable off- Ruxton Crossing, enjoying playing bridge, South Carolina. In January Magoo Highlands with Chesley Schultheis the-grid homes. Daughter, Marietta, is doing Thirsty Thursday bowling, and I received an award from the Vietnam Garrett this year. Beth Bishop writes: a psychologist in North Hampden, MA. hope to play some golf this year with my Veterans of America in recognition of After 41 years at Johns Hopkins We all look forward to Lucy’s new knees. Learning so much by serving her investigative research and its University, I retired on October 7 and hospitality AGAIN this reunion.

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second career as a photographer. He and sometimes kicking. Been in “fabulous” retirement community in and love living there. They have two try to see them whenever we can. I am has won several regional awards and is Pennsylvania for seven years and Gaithersburg, MD (she’s the youngest daughters and a son. Daughter Kate and really looking forward to seeing everyone loving the chance to pursue his passion retired in 2015 as PR Consultant to non- by over 20 years) and loves husband Kevin have three children, and at our next reunion.” Stuart Kelly 1960s full-time. Our son, Ian, is at Vermont profits. As an artist, I worked in a the amenities of this lifestyle. BWI is a daughter Jenni and Jeff have two. Both Trinkle says: It was an interesting year in Law School, pursuing a joint JD and a gallery, coordinated exhibits, and shuttle ride away and with kids in families live in Bethesda, MD. Son, Guy, that we had some health challenges, but master’s in energy regulation and law.” served on Frederick County Art California, she’s back and forth often. was married in August and he and we are all on our feet. My whale watching 1960s Tragically, Ann Lord reports that both Association Board for four years. Just Daughter Jesse Galitzin Dunlap, 1999 Michelle live in Arlington, VA. The kids trip to the birthing lagoons in Mexico was her husband, Gene Brezniak (and began taking three languages - French, and husband have two grandchildren. enjoy visiting Chesterton which is “just truly amazing. To rub a 20 foot baby gray soulmate), and father died this past Spanish and German. Been In other travels, she cruises annually the best. Hard to believe that Tom and I whale on the head and look down into its year. Because of these events, she teaching Sunday school at an Episcopal with a camp friend. “After three years of were married 45 years ago in December.” blow holes while its 45 foot mother splurged and took sisters Charlotte Church. Love to all.” From Sally Buttner doing every volunteer job on campus, I Barbara Mosberg Morrison writes: Over peacefully watched was a lesson in Baker Lord and Ginger on a in Delaware: I had a great time biking in stopped, and started selling Scentsy! the last few years I’ve been gradually trust. We are still enjoying spending as Mediterranean cruise which they South Dakota last spring and am Who knew I would be back at work and stepping away from my day job as a much time as possible at Smith Mountain dubbed the Gene Memorial Cruise since looking forward to biking in Death having so much fun!” After having cybersecurity engineer and have now Lake, and I am still heavily involved in the it was booked before her husband’s Valley and then visiting my son in worked on the corporate side completely retired. I’m still writing, Ronald McDonald House Charities. I’m illness. She also has another cruise Southern California in March. While of advertising and communications with three published books so far. HRC trying to talk some classmates into joining booked, with her mother, Jinx Wilhelm most of us are retired or thinking of since college, Christie Rosser herself praised my memoir; check it out me on a trip out west in June. Connie Day Barton, 1945 and Aunt Jane Wilhelm retiring, I’d like to be working more - in Moseley opted to start a consulting on my website bmorrison.com. I’m also Dunn provides “the quick version” – “five Daniels, 1946, to Cuba. Due to her the energy policy field with an practice in marketing, digital content, doing freelance editing and teaching grands, three in Boston with our son and husband’s death, Ann is now head of emphasis on energy efficiency and and leadership and team building a writing courses, most recently at daughter-in-law who are starting a church Boston Ski and Sports Club. She renewables. Hope to see everyone in couple months ago. “Just getting set up, Hopkins through their Odyssey there; son and his wife and two children Erin Lears Richardson, 2001, Cathy Lears Bennett, 1969, and Wincie Proutt Skeen, 1975 comments that she’s looking forward to 2018, even though it can’t possibly be but have my first client for Exec. Ed Program and this spring at Goucher. I live just a few miles from us; husband has seeing everyone at the reunion. Muff our 50th reunion.” Cathy Huether programs at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg volunteer with Pro Musica Rara, been retired six times and currently still Winter Glauber expresses the feelings McClelland is still working and School of Public Policy. Have been Baltimore’s incredible early music working part time; and I am enjoying the of many of us, “it’s hard to believe that it enjoying it. “A three month retirement making friends with Goodwill drop-off ensemble, and with Maryland Hunger grands and time to travel and enjoy time Carol Albert Heidel, 1968 with her is almost 50 years since we were all was fun and refreshed me. A couple of people and organizing lifelong stuff. Solutions. Now that I’m about to at our mountain home in North granddaughter Sophia together and so optimistic.” Muff the grandchildren are driving and Very much looking forward to seeing become a grandmother, I’ll be moving Carolina. It is truly hard to believe we continues her involvement in the arts applying to college. My granddaughter, everyone and hope we can make “50 for to Vermont to be close enough to lend a are at this reunion number.” Both Lyn Susan Hume Artes says: My biggest in NYC and Boston and travels Erin, will be playing field hockey for St. 50” a reality.” Susan Strahan says: I have hand. I love and miss New England and Stewart Simensen and her husband, news is that my daughter, Maria (26), extensively, “most recently to Iran Louis University next year, which is been doing three different jobs for look forward to being near my family, John, retired six plus years ago and is getting married in September. Her which was magical. I hope to be there exciting. Needless to say, we go to lots many years and retired from both VA but it is hard to pull up so many bought a second home in Sarasota, FL. daughter, Riley (7), is so excited about in April and catch up with all in of sporting events.” Rachel Magruder Hospital and the State of Maryland this decades of roots here in Baltimore. “I spend as much time as I can down her role as flower girl. Larry and I are person.” Sue Emery Quinby says she’s Allen says: I’m staying busy at the past year. Just doing my part time Georgia Stevens is still working and here, and John is here when he’s not both retired and totally enjoying it. happy to report that “all is well in NYC Smithsonian. My boss retired at the private practice of Psychiatry and enjoying it (psychotherapy and skiing.” Cathy Huether McClelland, I’m spending time at The Baltimore and Southport Island, ME as a city end of 2016, so I’m currently serving as enjoying the flexibility of my new consultation), with no retirement in Janet Bauer Hartman and I had a great Jewelry Center. I’ve taken classes in mouse/country mouse and well- the Acting Director of the Smithsonian schedule. Still love being a shrink! sight, though wonderful vacations. “I time sightseeing in the area last winter. metalworking, steel, electroforming, traveled traveler. After 31 years as American Art Museum. It will likely be Sister Nancy Strahan, 1970 in Baltimore have the good fortune to see Randy This Spring, Cathy and I, along with our and coloring metal. Also doing pottery. Director of Disability Services at a short stint as the next director search is retiring from the practice of Abramson Steiner regularly and go to husbands, are cruising to celebrate our In October 2016, I spent a week at the Barnard College/Columbia University, is in its final stages. My husband retired Cardiology in June and my 91 year old the Kennedy Center for contemporary 45th wedding anniversaries. In 2016 we John Campbell Folk Art School, torch happily retired in 2012-followed by new from the Hirshhorn Museum about two father is in shock that one of his dance of varying degrees of spent a month in Norway, visiting with fire enameling metal. I hope to see career in palliative/hospice care at years ago. He’s putting full-time effort daughters is retiring before her twin entertainment. I am in regular touch John’s cousins in the Oslo area you all at our 50th in October. As for Mount Sinai Medical Center. Having into being an artist. Our daughter Laura girls are out of college! Have been with Jane Day Stuart and Susan “Schott” followed by a cruise along the spent a lifetime in social justice/ (and her boyfriend) joined us for the finding time to enjoy more golf and get Scott Wheel. It is wonderful and often Norwegian coast, then across to the me, Kathy Hudson, all is well here on Former Alumnae Board Presidents Dorrie Boone Talbott, 1961, Louise Young Meledin, education/human services from early holidays from Los Angeles. My mother together with friends such as Nancy hilarious to be with lifelong friends. My U.K. It was an amazing trip and being Ridgewood. I love travelling with my 1970 and and Susie Bradley Boutilier, 1969 sister Meg Hudson Rice, 1971 and her childhood, K-12 and postsecondary is still well at 97 years old. She is still Gebelein Cornbrooks, 1970. From Susan husband Vis survived a traumatic fall in there during the midnight sun lead to children. Greg is still painting in New education-love being involved in final talking about a recent visit with Susan Athey: No husbands nor partners, but 2014 and has made a rather remarkable many alfresco dinners that lasted well people since all you have to do is walk, We enjoyed travel, grandchildren and York, and I’m about to go to the east frontier of geriatrics and end-of-life Strahan, who visited her while she was eligible. Semi-retired, but out of recovery, albeit slightly less flexible. Our into the late evening. My children are feed, and talk to them, unlike children lots of hiking and cultural activities coast of Florida for book talks. Hope to care with an amazing team. Eleven in rehab. I’ve loved the opportunities hospital based healthcare, psychiatric daughter Hana lives here in DC. She has spread all over the country, so whom, I feel, one has to entertain.” She’s this past year. Our youngest daughter see Barb, Alice, and Patty at a lunch a godchildren ages 18-40 and three I’ve had to be with many of you recently and general, although I’ve been known been in development for nonprofits, unfortunately we don’t get to see them active in the bocce season in the Napa began graduate school in September, Hollins friend is hosting. Hoping to see grand-godchildren keep me busy with for reunion planning. Saw Connie Day to diagnose indefinite symptoms which currently at Martha’s Table. I’m hoping I nearly enough. I am looking forward to Valley, and she’s been the captain of which caps four college and four grad EVERYONE in October! frequent visits to friends and family in Dunn last summer at the beach. seem to pop up at our age on a daily live long enough to be a grandmother seeing everyone again at our reunion Nashville, Connecticut, Boston, St. Katharine Cobb called me over the basis. Yes to home owning, three and a someday. My mother is well, and driving a next year.” Janet Bauer Hartman writes: one of the teams for 15 years. Susan school educations! Luckily they’re all Croix, and regular trips to Baltimore to holidays and we’ve had several nice half presently, all in Maryland, but mini cooper. She moved into a lovely I retired to Longboat Key, FL and took “Schott” Scott Wheel and I had lunch a happy, healthy and employed! I like our play chess with my 93 year old uncle chats. I would love to see any of you trying to rid contents of 36 years of senior apartment last year; thank my fella with me. We are enjoying life few weeks ago. She’s still working as a branding queen’s “50 for 50” and hope to Class of 1968 and numerous cousins. Here’s an open who find yourselves in Baltimore or accumulation and sell Ruxton house in goodness. I believe we were extremely here with trips to Baltimore where we recruiter with Eric, and is also nanny to see everyone April 2018! Eve Bremermann Collard invitation for all to join me for a glass DC.” From Cathy Zink deVilliers: I am the near future. Yes to having a dog... fortunate to grow up when we did and have a tiny apartment in the old daughter Kristin’s two kids, ages five [email protected] of prosecco here in NYC or a glass of still living in Baltimore in my house of currently a mischievous four year old have the opportunities for friendship, Rotunda, right across the street from and two, twice a week. Kristin is still VP of Educational Films at a documentary Class of 1970 Stuart Kelly Trinkle ice tea on the porch in Maine, if you 33 years. My oldest son David and his cockatoo named Maggie. Yes to belief in ourselves, and great vocabularies.” the old athletic fields at RPCS…makes Kathy Lenhard Beck find yourself in my neck-of-the-woods.” wife, Beth Robinson deVilliers, 1996 enjoying the company of and laughs Sally Heldrich feels the way many of us me feel right at home. We spend company and son Gavin is a paramedic [email protected] Kathy Youngs Langrall Innis (KOP) also live here in Baltimore while my with former classmates where bonds do, and that is she’s “just keeping on summers at the shore with visits to with SFFD. She still walks with their [email protected] Lee Walker Oxenham and her had a major loss two year ago with the youngest son, Jack and his wife live in exist now even though maybe not back keeping on” She’s still working and Long Island to visit grandkids . . . oh, new half-Aussie, half-Samoyed pup Ellen Keats Stifler: The new news is family relocated to NH five years ago death of her husband. She writes that Darien, CT. I am expecting my sixth then. Interesting how roads diverge and producing videos for a research and my daughter, Meredith Hartman and takes Bar Method classes. “All is that I am retiring from Johns Hopkins and are thoroughly enjoying hiking, our AFS student, Janet Stewart, also grandchild in May, which makes three converge over the years... Yes to Reunion corporation, but having lots of thoughts Shanley, 1996 and her husband, too! Our well here in the beautiful Bay Area.” in June. I’ve been working in kayaking, skiing and all the benefits of battled cancer and passed away just boys and three girls. David and I get 2018! From Carol Albert Heidel: Bill and I about retirement. Andy Hodges Whitney son lives in beautiful Washington state, Nancy Martin writes: I retired a little development positions at the small town life. “I am a State one week after her husband, Dick. “We down to Ocean Reef one week each are both retired, I from Baltimore County says that she’s been retired from federal so we got out there this past fall, over a year ago and am loving the University and medical school since Representative in the New Hampshire maintained a close sistership, seeing month of the winter (hubby is still Public Schools, and Bill from State of service for eight years now, and is too. Life is good. Jane Day Stuart says ability to travel, read, rekindle 1990. Prior to then I had also worked in House of Representatives, just each other once or twice yearly.’ “On a working hard) and we are in the Maryland. If we are not at home in Bel thoroughly enjoying the freedom that her story is a little different this friendships and repeat. I’m spending development at colleges and private beginning my second term in office happier note, last summer my youngest process of building a house in Bethany Air, MD, we are either at our home in comes with retirement. “I still very much year. “My eldest had a baby girl in lots of time with family, especially with schools. So, it will be a very new and a Deacon in the Meriden daughter, Amanda, was married. All Beach. Hopefully this means we will be Massanutten, VA or traveling to our enjoy sports - especially golf August. Her brother is getting married my three precious grandchildren and experience of not being employed and Congregational Church. Amazingly, we three of my daughters are married and getting away more in the summer to timeshares. Our three sons are grown. and swimming along with beach time at in Miami in March, and his twin sister am excited for two new additions I’m excited about the possibilities of a discovered upon joining this small (200 living quite near me. And, I finally the beach. I am loving retirement! We Son, Matthew, and his wife Gina made us the Rehoboth condo. I started is having a baby in April. Between arriving in May! Life is good. As for big change. Also, my dad is still going member) congregation, that the added on to the first floor of my house also got another German shepherd grandparents this past September. Sophia taking Spanish lessons, but found that my babies, weddings and traveling (went to me, Eve Bremermann Collard, sadly, strong at 102! Dorsey Waxter: The two church’s first minister (in 1790) was my after waiting for 36 years. A long- which makes three. He has put new life Jean Heidel is a beautiful addition to our French from RPCS still dominates the China this year) I am a busy bee.” She Mother died last year at 91. My 94 year big events for me in 2016 were the direct ancestor! At The NH General awaited project to include a full in my older two dogs. It has been family. Our other two sons are still foreign language part of my brain. I also wishes us all a healthy 2017. Charlotte old Dad is doing well at Blakehurst death of my mother Nancy Waxter, Court, I sit on the Science, Technology bathroom and large kitchen. I plan to interesting when the whole family with looking for that perfect match.” Carol also volunteer at the Washington Navy Yard Lord is still living in St Helena, CA though, and I try to see him frequently. aged 91, in July and my marriage to and Energy Committee, where I am a retire in May. Teaching general music the dogs are all together....beautiful expresses her disbelief that it’s been gift shop. All profits are given to and trying to figure out where to go I am doing some consulting for the Richard Armstrong in September. My fierce advocate for clean energy and and then church choirs has been chaos! Susan macDCG Andrews, sadly almost 50 years since graduation. Mary scholarships and charities for military next (where there’s no snow or rain). Neuroleadership Institute, which mother had been a resident of climate protection. My husband, Evan, fulfilling. Now it’s time for more also lost her husband a couple years Lang Logan reports that she and Tom kids. Our four grandkids (ages 3-16) are “No husbands, no children, no “grands,” combines brain science with Blakehurst, as I think you know, for not retired last year and is pursuing a flexibility.” Karen Dosch says “I’m alive ago, but reports that she’s moved into a moved to Chestertown, MD ten years ago currently within driving distance, so we retired at 62, but do take care of pets for leadership, and keeps my brain active. quite two years. She lived in Easton,

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son-in-law halfway, in Hawaii, in July discovered a great company that runs day with beautiful views (I did not take Health, the CDC, several other federal mountain experience around Glacier That’s a lot to deal with! However, since to celebrate her 35th and my 65th bike/barge tours, and in April we will it to Europe!). My job also makes me an agencies, numerous international National Park, with hiking, horseback Don is retired, he has many projects

birthdays. Of course, I’ll have to seek be biking through the Dutch official Enemy of the American People, societies, foundations, and patient riding, white water rafting and even a which keep him busy. I am still selling 1970s travel advice from Cinny Nuttle Beggs. countryside to view fields of blooming which is a pleasure for someone who organizations. Last year, we welcomed llama trek. Had a great visit with Kathy real estate and volunteering at church Speaking of mates, I recently ran into tulips. Best wishes to all of our envied everyone old enough to be on our first grandchild into the family: Lenhard Beck at Bethany where we with Sunday school and the Tech Team. Kathy Lenhard Beck and her beloved, classmates! Denise Dempster Watkins: Nixon’s enemies list back in the Liam Deland Lederer. He is now a year vacation every summer. Cinny Nuttle We took two cruises this past year, 1970s Don. They both look marvelous! The Not much new to report since last year! day. Virginia Barrett Shanley: I am still old, born to my son Paul and his wife Beggs: I am working at a small liberal including one out of Baltimore at the beach life in Delaware and Florida Fred and I are still living by the water living in upstate New York, but am Swati, pulmonologist and nephrologist arts university teaching theater and end of August. The other one was in really suits them. I was meeting in the charming, little town of Dunedin, enjoying my winters in warm, sunny respectively at the University of Illinois loving it! Most of my students are first November to the Southern Caribbean Nancy Gebelein Cornbrooks for lunch at FL. Our Caledesi Island beach has been Florida. I recently attended an RPCS at Chicago. My other children have year athletes (a lot of football players - and into the Panama Canal. Two thirds the Stone Mill, so we shared a foursome ranked #1 in the country for many Alumnae dinner in Naples that enabled stayed put for the year. My ha!) and they are hysterical. But I don’t of our family are in Brookline, MA. We together. Wonderfully improtu reunion! years. Very exciting! I’m in my ninth me to spend some time with the new daughter Maitland lives in Austin, TX, know if I’ve ever been happier in a job. have two adorable grandkids who are Deb Cahn Carroll: This year we have year as House Manager at Ruth Eckerd Head of School and hear some of her and designs video games. My daughter Skip and I are still living in our little very loving and happy, but we don’t get quite a bit of news. The first major event Hall/Capitol Theatre, meeting many plans for the School’s future. My family Stephanie lives in Sarasota, FL, and oasis outside Pinehurst, NC, with our to see them much. The other daughter, was that I had my right hip replaced. I celebrities and having a great time. I’m is blessed to have our mom still with works in marketing and two dogs and a cat (who thinks he’s a Bethany, lives near us, so at least we had not noticed how bad it had become also still involved with my women’s us, and I travel to Baltimore frequently communications/public affairs for the dog). Life is all around really good and I see her a lot. I hope we can get some or the extent of the chronic pain until it club, book club, sorority alumnae group to spend time with her at Blakehurst. Ringling School of Art and Design. My would love another beach reunion. classmates together this year. Maybe was fixed. When you reach your and Alumnae Panhellenic. Our three My kids are busy living life. Margaret is son Philip also lives in Sarasota and is Genie Kenney Kline: My husband Jeff another beach reunion the end of Medicare birthday and feel fifteen years children (so far one married, two not) a clinical social work student at a feature writer for SRQ Magazine. My and I are living in Houston to be near August, or a fall getaway someplace younger you know life is good! I am now are doing great, busy with their careers Columbia University and Patrick is a husband’s art career, his post- our daughter, son-in-law, and pretty in late October. an official artificial hippie. My and enjoying life! I see a lot of my Special Forces Green Beret. Gary and I retirement passion, has really taken off. grandsons. We are greatly enjoying stepdaughter, Virginia, just got a new job college friends on a regular basis, but I are trying to figure out the next phase He has been asked to put together a being close by to be able to go to their Rebbie Levering McNelis, 1970 holding the newest addition to her family, Rory Patrick with Food and Drug Administration. miss my RPCS friends. I hope to see of our lives, which we hope will include show for later this year. Now he soccer, football, and now lacrosse Class of 1971 McNelis She had become tired of post doc you all soon! Libby Cooper Curran: All more time with family and friends, wonders why he didn’t do this a long games. Yes, our youngest grandson (8) 45TH REUNION positions where she was minimally is well with us in New Jersey. I spend more travel opportunities, continuing time ago. He painted a picture of me just started to play lacrosse and he is Lee Kelly MD, previously and moved to began his legal career practicing with paid and had to begin to look for the my time volunteering at church and education and volunteer work. Niki from a photograph taken shortly before loving it. This is especially fun for me [email protected] Blakehurst after the death of my his Dad here in Waynesboro. So, there’s next position shortly after getting the working in my husband’s office. Val Mosberg Mones: Sorry to report that all our marriage. I think it absolutely to see since my dad played for Hopkins father. My marriage was the antidote lots of law chatter as well as political new one. She is now feeling more will be retiring in a few years, so I’ll I have is...no news! Everything is pretty captured me. Nancy Strahan: I am still back in the day. Maybe it will be a high Mollie Lewis Lange to these life losses. Richard and I have debates. I haven’t had too many secure and knows that if she becomes help him close out. We are down to one much the same, except for new working part time at Hopkins but school sport by the time he gets there. [email protected] been a couple for 15 years so it feels opportunities to judge barbeques (you bored there are numerous other areas pet – an Amazon parrot who will wrinkles which arrive regularly. We still planning on hanging up my This area is such a huge football town. like a natural evolution. We had a civil certainly remember that I’m a certified Meg Hudson Rice within FDA in which to apply. My other certainly outlive us as she is only 29 live in LA, Ben’s business is located stethoscope on June 30! After 40 years We also enjoy going to our beach place [email protected] ceremony and a small lunch national barbeque judge!), but I am all stepdaughter, Lois, had her second years old and they often live 75-100 here (in LA), and Luke still works in as an MD, it is time to kick back and on Bald Head Island, NC, where we afterwards. It felt just right. Gail set to “matriculate” into the 2017 class child so I now have two grandchildren. years. She is beautiful and fascinating New York. I’m in China a month or two enjoy all those activities I used to say often spend extended summers. There are four themes in the news from Stewart Beach: This past summer, of the Chautauqua Literary and In the last three years, George and I and a handful all at once. Val and I a year. I hope everyone is doing well, I’d do “one day.” Well, “one day” is here. It Always great to get back to the east our classmates this spring: the 45th Mom and I took a Viking River Cruise Scientific Circle. The CLSC is the have lost both of our fathers. We are spend much time at the Jersey shore, and hope to see you at the next feels a little bittersweet, but I’ve had a coast. Ceci Haynsworth: Last Fall, I took reunion, retirement, grandchildren and up the Danube. We started in Budapest, oldest, continuous book club/home very involved with the care of our and in Florida and Alaska. We also gathering. Louisa Lippincott Avery: I great run and am so looking forward to an incredible (solo) two-week cruise to powerlifting! We, the Class of 1971, have and were so lucky that our AFS sister, reading course in America. Introduced mothers. George’s mom is in level spend as much time as possible with moved to Raleigh, NC, last spring where traveling, spending time with Bill, and Italy and the Greek islands. We spent a a powerlifting champion in our midst. Riitta Bergroth, 1972 joined us for a in 1878 by Bishop John Heyl Vincent, three dementia and my Mom has our two grandchildren who live in three of my four children and both bothering the girls in college more day in Albania, because Turkey was Ann Bard Whitmarsh recently won her couple of days before we boarded. The one of the two founders of Chautauqua Parkinson’s as well as the normal town; a third is due in July. We think grandchildren reside. I am traveling a (won’t they love that!). The girls are unsafe. My social activity has age group and weight class at the USA water level was so high that several Institution, it has graduated a class aging problems. I am grateful that I they are amazing and beautiful and lot to Tennessee where I still consult, sophomores in college. Becky increased exponentially since I’ve Powerlifting Raw National Competition times it looked like we might have from the four-year reading course retired three years ago so that I have just about perfect! Our hearts have train and design trainings for youth Blackstone, 2015 is at NYU at the Tisch joined several Resist movements as a in Atlanta, GA. Ann is a Masters 3, been stuck, but the captain managed to every year since 1882. I hope to be up had the time to help our mothers as been captured and we are loving it. Our workers, and Baltimore to visit my School studying film and TV, and Maggie result of our recent election. My 57kgs National Champion. This win navigate through it all. Mom was there on August 2, my 42nd wedding well as getting my own health and life son Kenny lives in San Francisco and parents. In March, we are celebrating is at Washington College hoping to physical activity isn’t up to speed due gives her a place on the US National amazing, walking, hiking at times, anniversary, for my induction, in order. Nancy Gebelein Cornbrooks: is the head chef at Cala, a popular both my parents’ birthdays in become an elementary education to a total hip replacement, but I hope to Team for the second year in a row. Ann although she was smart about pacing complete with a parade; banners; an After a fun, spontaneous lunch with restaurant there. If you ever visit San Baltimore: mom at 90 and dad at 95. teacher. Dory McGlannan is enjoying return to kayaking, paddle-boarding, is training for the World competition in herself. We finished in Amsterdam, alumni day; class officers; all the pomp Martha and Kathy just a few weeks Francisco, please taste his marvelous After that we’ll go to Nashville to retirement in the Seattle area. She is in and cycling soon. I did manage to walk Belarus in June, 2017. Now THAT is and were met by my sister Nancy, who and circumstance I love! Then on ago, I am missing our class and food. Our daughter Margie lives in celebrate my youngest son’s wedding. I two choruses, two book clubs and is with Planned Parenthood in NC’s 11th some news! My own powerlifting guided us to her home in Mons, August 24, I hope to return to hear both reunions! I guess my big news is that Denver and is loving the active, love Raleigh when I am there! Mary involved in the local political scene. Annual Moral March on Raleigh (every (Mollie Lange) is confined to leaf bags Belgium, for a week with family (my Ann Patchett and Jane Hamilton last summer I decided to downsize a outdoor life there. Now we have two Thomsen Davisson: E.O. and I became She often takes services at various issue you can imagine was represented, and a fifteen-pound cat. At this brother-in-law is stationed there with lecture. Which reminds me of two bit to a townhouse and moved around more fun places to visit! My best to all grandparents in February, when our churches when a supply (substitute) even though the March originated as moment, I am on the beach in Sarasota, NATO). We got home just in time for a fabulous highlights of the last year: the corner to the Charlesbrooke my RPCS classmates! Lanning son Edwin (a software engineer for priest is needed. Depending on the an NAACP event). I hate the humidity of FL, looking up at the beautiful green baby shower for one niece and the meeting both Anne Quindlen at RPCS community. Actually, my house is Taliaferro: This past year we spent Google) and his wife Sarah Dobkin (a season, she cross country skis, goes the NC coast, and am just beginning to gray Gulf surf as I type these notes. announcement that her sister, too, was (where I saw Ellen Keats Stifler, down the “row” from Joan Smith, traveling (a lot) as we had given Austin social worker) welcomed twin girls into cycling or hiking. She and her 17 year consider a move closer to mountains This visit south is a peaceful interlude adding to the family. The clan keeps on Sydney Armiger, Nancy Gebelein former Head of the Upper School at and Anne and their spouses as the world. We’re headed to San old daughter attended the Women’s and to lakes sans alligators (Asheville). in a busy life. Aren’t things supposed to growing! I’m still teaching and Cornbrooks, Kathy Hudson, 1967, Meg RPCS. I am still settling in, but at least I Christmas presents the doubtful gift of Francisco to visit them in March. March in DC. She travels a fair amount; Katie (32) had a very fun wedding at a wind down at a certain point? I feel designing at Catholic University and Hudson Rice, 1971 and a smattering of am decorating instead of numerous all-expenses paid vacations with us. Spring will continue to be exciting. In 2016 included a trip to China with her ski area last summer. My family was busier than ever. My job at Morgan doing some free-lance designing when Barrett girls, including Mrs. Barrett— trips to the dump and Goodwill. We took the Canadians, Anne and her May our son John, having graduated daughter Lee-Joan. Over the summer represented by only my brother and his State University is challenging, but I can find the time.Martha Dudley Patricia Waters Barrett, 1945—who at Unfortunately, the move got in the way husband Paul, to Puerto Rico in from Georgetown Law and begun the family became horse owners, as her adult kids, so I spent a lot of time with rewarding. I teach, do research and Keller: I didn’t think I was retiring almost 90, is remarkable in every way!); of a planned trip with Ann Schmidt to February. We took Austin, Annie and working at the Electronic Privacy daughter Kaylee is a competitive Zeregas, which was both fine and weird; mentor undergraduates. Husband Jack is when I left my last job,, but maybe I and meeting Homer Hickam, author of see Genie Kenny Kline in North 16-month-old Samantha Marie to a Information Center in DC, will be equestrian. Son Justin is making his Mark and I get along okay, and I mostly retired, but is busy with numerous have. If the right opportunity came the Rocket Boys aka October Sky. Last Carolina which would have been fun. I lake in the Adirondacks in August. In marrying Amanda Erickson, a way through a PhD in organizational discovered I really like his wife. Megan volunteer jobs. I am also quite involved along, I’d snatch it up, but something September I meandered down to had a jewelry show at Sunnyfield’s in between those two, we took a Viking WorldViews staff writer for the psychology. Foster daughter Morgan is (29) is seriously dating a wonderful with an international service project part-time would be ideal, where I Berkley, WV, for the annual Rocket the fall and got a lot of support from Cruise of the Baltic with my sister,Tina, Washington Post. I continue at the happily married and raising her man. As for me, Kathy Lenhard Beck, called Days for Girls. I’m looking forward would be paid to travel and fundraise Boys Festival. It was, in a word: RPCS friends – thanks to all of them and her husband, from Norway to Baltimore International Seafarers’ daughter in North Carolina. Her this past year has been interesting. We to studying Bleak House this spring for a cause about which I am AWESOME! I was up close and personal and especially Boogie who also sat Russia and back, including lunch in Center, which got some press last fall husband Joseph continues to garden put our home in South Bethany on the through Kaleidoscope. I have enjoyed passionate (education is at the top of with four of the Rocket Boys and one through a very hot night in October for Berlin on Jim’s 70th birthday. Shades when we assisted a stranded crew. and tend to his chickens! Family is market and moved in June to a new connecting with Florence Davidovski, the list, but there are many causes). movie star from October Sky. The my workshop at Kaleidoscope. I am of European history, it’s all about the Check out the BaltSeafarers Facebook completed by two very lively mini- community nearby. Lots of who participates with me in the Days While I love to hike, and we live six whole experience was really doing another one in April if anyone Hanseatic League! We drove straight page! Eleanor Deland Lederer: I am schnauzers. Marguerite Ingalls Jones: construction, trucks of all kinds, and for Girls project. Florence has been miles from the glorious Appalachian remarkable. Right there in the heart of wants to come. Susan Heldrich Borges: from the Adirondacks to Jackson, New living the dream. As of January 2017, Since last time, Greg celebrated his 50th dirt and sand all around. We were the dealing with some serious health Trail, I haven’t done too much of that America’s coal and Trump country. I’ve Both Larry and I are still working, and Hampshire, to stay with friends for a I have assumed the position of the Gilman School reunion, so we know only permanent residents for five challenges for the past three years recently due to a hip and back injury taken a couple of trips to NYC for enjoying it (most days!). We are lucky week, so I got my annual visit in with President of the American Society of what to look forward to when ours months there. We do love our new which caused her to fully retire from from over hiking! So, I’m enjoying my theater adventures. A couple of kids enough to have three of our children Nan Beury. Those trips, plus a wedding Nephrology for one year. ASN comes around at RPCS. Our work life home, but we now own three other her ophthalmology practice in March of pals, reading, following politics (wait, I who grew up in Waynesboro have and their families nearby in the Boston in Raleigh and a weekend in Lewes, membership is about 17,000 individuals continues with me at Johns Hopkins properties! Our previous home did not 2015. She misses her staff and her am not enjoying that), my dog, Barney, made it to Broadway. There’s some area. One daughter and her family are added up to a lot of travel time. I’m still and is the largest professional Alumni Relations and Greg appraising sell this past year, so we took it off the patients. Her father passed away in and spending whatever time made talent right here in the Valley! My in Chicago. We have eight a full-time journalist, but since I work nephrology society. I am excited to commercial real estate from his home market and plan to rent it out this November, which has been another available to us rents with our two kids. husband, John, is still practicing grandchildren now, and number nine remotely the only imperative is that work with our membership and other office and world headquarters! Daughter summer as a vacation rental property. loss. On a happier note, her son Our daughter is a married to a South law; he’s a civil litigator. It’s a grueling is expected next month. My sister, the work gets done. So, I carried my stakeholders in the realm of kidney Carolyn is studying at Stevenson We also own another little rental house Alexander sold the four gyms he owned Africa/Aussie. They live in Melbourne, profession, but he loves the Sally, and I have enjoyed traveling laptop to San Juan, Star Lake and the health: the Department of Veterans University and enjoying working in across the road from where we are. And and is now traveling around the Australia, where Lexie is a third year challenges and the letters of the together in recent years. We have White Mountains and worked every Affairs, the National Institutes of retail. Last summer we had the full we have our place in Ft. Lauderdale. country as a consultant teaching others divinity student. Our son officially law. We hope to meet our daughter and

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The wedding of Meredith Elkins Paone, 2002 with Kathy Hudson, 1967, Liz Hollick, Alumnae Champagne Reception with Kim Hupfeldt, Lee Kelly, and Leslie Phelps Perlik Susan Senft Smith, 1971 and her family at her daughter’s wedding The son of Florence Davidovski, 1971 Nicky Teufel-Shone, 1972 and Jenny 2002, Laura Melton Grubb, 2002, Beth Jones Elkins, 1971, Sarah Pack, 2002 and Meg from the Class of 1971 Teufel, 1977 Hudson Rice, 1971 extended family. I am so very lucky to grandsons” and is grateful that she continuation of the sea glass jewelry have their support and love!” Holly sees them nearly every day. Lee Kelly Class of 1973 business. I am going up in a hot air travel more together in the (fairly) near Controller. I would much rather play Clarke Miller Fitzmaurice future. Life is good!” Cindy Conklin ring around the rosie and discuss Buttner is planning to go on phased enjoyed catching up with many balloon and the more stuff I throw th [email protected] enjoys having Kathy King’s daughter diapers with my daughter Blythe, or retirement at UNCG (University of classmates at our 45 Reunion in overboard, the faster I go up. I can’t Charlotte Eyring, 2001 on her team at scrub down an ambulance than talk North Carolina Greensboro) this October. She attended the It’s been a pretty dreary last couple of seem to throw it off fast enough now! Berkshire Hathaway in Federal Hill. about the gross margin of some project coming August. She says that she will Champagne Reception on Friday months, so I was very glad to hear from What happened to the more, more, Cindy and I, Mollie Lewis Lange, both or chase down some receivable.” Amen now “have the chance to explore and evening, the Crab Feast on Saturday many of my classmates. And in no more stage in life? Now, it’s less, less, love seeing Charlotte and her one- to that Elizabeth! Grace Benet Smith cultivate interests I haven’t been able to afternoon and Saturday evening’s particular order… From the peripatetic less, and less is more. I hope the winter year-old daughter, Waverly. Cindy’s shares that “while the past year has develop while working full-time. I’m informal and leisurely dinner at the Perky Ridgely Smoot: Things have been in Maryland is good for one and all, and daughter Casey Merbler, 2011 works for had some challenges, I’ve also had a lot excited about the opportunities and Mount Washington Tavern. Lee busy for me and my family! My ex- I will send warm wishes from sunny The Healthy Harbor Initiative through of fun. Ralph and I have both retired can’t wait to see where it all goes. I continues to serve on the RPCS husband and father of my children, Florida until I return in mid-April! And the Waterfront Partnership cleaning and have been traveling and spending continued my backpacking adventures Alumnae Board as Corresponding David, passed away last January. That from the Carolinas, Carla Mullins up Baltimore’s harbor. Son Tyler is busy time with our daughters, Mary and in the High Sierras of California this Secretary and volunteer at the Humane was a tough time. I retired in October a Witten writes: Sam and I have been in as a Baltimore photographer. Cindy Caroline and their families in past summer. The scenery was Society both of which she finds very year ago and lived in Puerto Rico last Charlotte, NC, for 17 years and love it. I and Bob celebrated their 35th wedding Baltimore and Asheville.” Debbie spectacular at 12,000 feet as always; in rewarding. Meg Hudson Rice writes winter and then came home in April am still working part time as a nurse in anniversary in December with a trip to Wagner Shawen writes: Michael and I fact I focused a bit too much on it and that she enjoyed our 45th reunion and where I started a mobile laser therapy out-patient surgery and Sam is retired, Aruba. Leslie Phelps Perlik writes: “We go back and forth between Sarasota, tripped and fell, breaking and hopes that our 50th will be better business for dogs, cats and horses, but we are nanny to three, soon to be are all great here. I love volunteering at FL, Rehoboth Beach, DE, and Baltimore, lacerating my nose! Fortunately, it’s attended. Meg writes that former which is being attended to by my sister, four granddaughters. They love their Wing Haven and the Elizabeth MD. Two grandchildren in the UK healed up well. So, life is good.” Beth classmate Johana Black Masters found Tina, while I am away. The laser MiMi and PopPop! When we have time, Lawrence Gardens and studying piano mean the world to us – and means lots Jones Elkins writes that she enjoyed her on Facebook and she has enjoyed reduces inflammation and increases we escape to our house in Boone, NC, to th again. Paul is semi-retired and enjoys more travel. One more is on the way in seeing everyone at our 45 reunion. re-connecting with Jay. Meg’s son and circulation, which allows the body to hike, cycle and relax. Our grown kids all ‘not being in a hurry anymore.’ Our Baltimore. Meanwhile, I work full-time She waxes philosophical by saying that daughter both live and work in New heal itself. I’m currently renting a seem to be doing what they enjoy; Members of the Class of 1971 at the Alumnae Crab Feast: Hathaway Clark Ferebee, children are in New Orleans, West as a therapeutic and academic “Time is a strange thing. On the one York City and she is still working for condo in Ft. Myers, FL, and will be here Emily is a high school French teacher, Leslie Phelps Perlik, Carole Porter Adkins and Lee Kelly Point and Savannah. The grandbabies consultant helping families find the hand we have all grown up (?), had MCA Architecture in Baltimore, MD, until mid-April. I am making sea glass Cole owns a cafe and Alex is in are growing up quickly – Lucinda is six right school or program for their careers and babies, and now are headed which moved in September from jewelry, attending shows to sell it and between jobs recuperating from ankle on the down slope! On the other hand, Cedarcroft to Clipper Mill. While her loving the warm weather and sunshine, surgery. There is always an open how to open a gym. Florence enjoyed a daughter with their work, school, and Wesley is two. Our reunion was struggling adolescent or young adult. we seem not to have changed at commute is longer, Meg loves the new as well as meeting some extremely invitation to anyone passing through week in New Hampshire at Christmas travels, and ultimate Frisbee.” Carole absolutely perfect with so many That takes me all over the country. all! Wasn’t it just yesterday that Cindy office space. RPCS does not have talented people! Both businesses are Charlotte. We will probably be in with her sister, Mimi Davidovski,1977, Porter Adkins shares that “this has memorable moments. Can’t wait for Guess I am on the move a lot! But I love Larned jumped out of the window in current email addresses on everyone in doing well, and keep me busy. Both of Baltimore sometime in July visiting my her husband and their eight-year-old been a fun and busy year at our house. the next one!” Cyndy Stautberg Amling being on the water and out in the fresh study hall or that Katharine Johnston our class. If you are in touch with a my children are grown and married. My brother, Andy, and his family. From the twin boys. It was a treat to have dinner I spent much of the year making plans writes from Palm Beach, FL that she is air of Florida. Speaking of Florida, Kim Carter, “KJ”, was hopelessly trying to classmate who is not mentioned in daughter, Ann, lives in Maryland and is “other coast,” Sally Davis writes: I am with Sondra Kornblatt and classmates for our middle daughter’s wedding in a proud new grandmother. Webster Hupfeldt is beginning her 25th year of call us all to order with her gavel?” Beth, these notes, it is probably because the an RN. Currently, she is a stay at home currently working in San Francisco Carole Porter Adkins and Cindy September which turned out Amling Harris was born August 19, living in the sunny southern part of I (Mollie Lewis Lange) agree. I see my school does not have a current email mom, with a two-year-old son (born on with San Francisco Youth Theatre, a Conklin before Sondra’s talk on Restful wonderfully – a beautiful day (after 2016. Elizabeth Albert Apple reports that state. She says that she has classmates and know that we are all address. Please email Meg or Mollie Christmas Day) and they are expecting wonderful non-profit that provides Insomnia at RPCS. Sondra says her serious rain threats), beautiful people that she was able to squeeze in a week “experienced 20 wonderful years of older with a lot of experience under our and we will make sure that you are their second child in mid-May. My son, creative opportunities for children of RPCS connections deepened during and a beautiful place. Our oldest of vacation in Cancun with cousin teaching kindergarten, 20 years of belts; but what I really still see is a contacted. That’s it for now, everyone. Tucker, is a financial advisor for Merrill all ages and all income levels. No child events around her talk and at the 45th daughter has been competing Grace Benet Smith and her husband house painting including my own, and bunch of teenage girls in blue jumpers. Start thinking about our 50th reunion Lynch and lives in Jacksonville, FL. He is ever turned away for lack of funds. At reunion. Sondra writes that during professionally in ballroom dance and Ralph. Elizabeth says “It was so much 25 years of making beaded jewelry. Life Beth Jones Elkins goes on to say that in 2021.There is already talk of some and his wife were transferred to Red Poppy Art house and Flynn reunion weekend: “Classmates I barely having some success, and our fun!” She goes on to say that in is good! Scott and I have been together her big family news of 2016 is the fabulous plans. So stay tuned. See you Chicago last August, where they Elementary School, the children and I knew and old friends were open- youngest daughter is taking off soon addition to “working full time this past for 18 years, and we are totally wedding of her daughter Meredith, in at Graul’s. currently rent an apartment and are are having a wonderful time together, hearted as they shared who they were for LA to pound the pavements for jobs year, I also have the fun of babysitting enjoying our ten year old grandson, September in Manchester, VT. Her enjoying the Cubs (woo hoo) and city improvising, exploring and acting out and listened to my stories. That same in theater. Meanwhile, Greg and I have my granddaughter most mornings. It’s Julian. We are truly blessed with son Greg and his wife are enjoying life! They plan on moving back to stories from around the globe. weekend, I learned of my dad’s had lots of great travel experiences: we been a bit of a juggle to say the least. healthy family and friends! Scott’s Please let the Alumnae living in Chicago. Beth is still Florida to be close to family when they Kindergarteners are good company for terminal diagnosis, so I put work aside went to Israel and Venice for There’s nothing like burping a baby folks are 90 and 88! We were so lucky working in Human Resources for a Office know about your start their own within the next two me right now as I struggle with this to be with my parents during his conferences, I had fun in Paris with my while trying to have a somewhat to have a wonderful 24-hour visit from healthcare company. Husband Steve celebrations and milestones! years. My current nomadic life has strange and terrifying moment in declining health and death—it was sister and her husband, and I took intelligent conversation with the coo, Grace Benet Smith and Ralph.” Kim is enjoying retirement. Another of us been quite interesting, and life American politics. I will be performing quite a privilege. During those months, some of my French students to with the dog barking in the attended the 45th reunion and had a Contact the Alumnae Office local gals, Hathaway Clark Ferebee changing. I sold my home two years music in Kim Epifano’s production of these newfound friends recommended Quebec. In my spare time, I have background. And if that’s not enough, I fabulous time. Susan Senft Smith with your news and updates is in her 22nd year as Director of ago and am currently renting a room Last Blue Couch in the Sky at Yerba yoga spots, shared dinner, and just become the chief “chef” for a free also spend most Sundays in Sterling, sends her best wishes to all of us by the Safe and Sound Campaign in at [email protected] from my sister in Pylesville, MD. That Buena Center for the Arts in June. This listened to what was going on. I’m now breakfast program for some of the VA, doing the books for Sterling Safety saying “Hope all is well with you and Baltimore. Daughter Annie Ferebee allows me the freedom to travel, while is an exciting project with a very back in Seattle, teaching Restful homeless in Lancaster. Now Greg and I Center, which oversees two fire yours.” The Senfts and Smiths gathered Short, 2001 teaches Upper School still having a base to run my laser diverse collection of performers. It will Insomnia in-person and online, are talking about retirement; next year stations. My son, Alex, is a paramedic at Susan’s home this past summer to dance at RPCS, and Hathaway business and be near Ann and my start on the street and end up in a singing in a choir, and taking more will be my last as a French teacher. I’m with Sterling, so it’s a fun way for us to celebrate the wedding of Susan’s enjoys attending her students’ grandchildren. I am currently beautiful theater space. In April, I will action to address the rising visibility of not sure, yet, about Greg, but I’m connect. So, which one am I giving up youngest daughter, Maggie. Susan performances. Hathaway has the “two investigating a future residence here in be co-directing a theater project in racism. I’m enjoying my son and starting to think we may be able to in 2017? Yup! I am retiring from Witt happily reports that “2016 was indeed a O’Brien’s after 11 years as the year focused on immediate and most precious and entertaining Florida for retirement, as well as the Selakui, India, at the Tibetan Children’s

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Village School. This is a Telluride of the Finance Committee and photo journalist/writer. My youngest son, Academy program. We will be bringing member of the executive board of the Chris, lives and works in Nashville. We

a group of American teens to live and hospital. I am able to travel with him just got back from a trip to Israel, and I am 1970s create with the Tibetan students for for business now! Our eldest daughter, working on my first non-fiction book two and a half weeks. There are still a Rebecca (32), is in rehearsals for about my housekeeper’s life growing up few spots left on this trip, if you know Groundhog Day on Broadway. She is and living in Sandtown. Mary Stuart 1970s of a student between the ages of 13 and playing Nancy, the one night stand, Andreae Gephart: I celebrated my 60th 16 who might want to join us on the and has a beautiful song in the show, birthday by changing jobs and starting at amazing adventure. This will be our which is evidently composer/lyricist a hospital close to our beach home in 22nd international theater trip with Tim Minchin’s favorite. You can catch Spring Lake, NJ. I am still providing teens! My partner Bart Hopkin and I clips from their press day online. regulatory/patient protection support for are very happy together. He continues Previews start in mid-March and the Clinical Trials, but now focus on just to write books and invent experimental Broadway opening is April 17th. The oncology trials, including some with musical instruments, and I am creative team worked together on Cyberknife treatment options. I have passionate about music and my work Matilda, The Musical so Groundhog scaled down my hours to part-time, with young people. We are eating Day is bound to be a hit. Terry and I will which has allowed my husband Angus greens from our garden and trying to be there on the red carpet! Our son, and me to travel often to see Charlie in spread the love in these uncertain Evan (30), has moved back to Bermuda San Francisco and Alex and his wife, times. Best to all of you. And from the after eight years in NYC and is loving Maura, in Italy. Charlie is very happy in wild, wild west, Rickie van Berkum island life again. He is a fully qualified San Francisco and is now engaged to his writes: Hmmm - not much new here. I mechanical engineer and is now the girlfriend, Jamie Pickard. A July 2018 continue happily dyeing yarn for my Reliability Engineer for BELCO, the wedding is planned. Cathy Counselman Lunch with Karen Jarrell de Garcia, Clarke Miller Fitzmaurice, Kathy Wagner, Debbie The family of Katharine Somerville Whitmore, 1974 with her husband Scriba, daughter Mayo Levering, 1974 with her daughters fiber arts business, and am teaching Bermuda power company. He makes Kelly: We spend a few months each year Black Moore and Anne Rouse from the Class of 1973 Mattie, son-in-law Jonathan McHenry, and daughter Kriddie Becky, Cathy and Jenny business and marketing skills to the most of the temperate climate in in Naples, FL. I enjoy working on my artists. I love living in Montana, even Bermuda and is road cycling and nature photography, and I play tennis volunteering with Hospice of the working in development at the Walters have writing projects, which include my Addy, close by in Dallas, and for 30 when we have a severe winter like this mountain biking, running, playing produces TV as well as teaches at LMU. nearly every day. I continue my piano Chesapeake. Have not joined the Art Museum. Paul continues as a PR own work as well as speeches and months our Coastie officer son, Matt, in last one, with lots of snow and deep water polo, and sailing to mention a My mother— Tina Kelly Crowley’s study, and our Australian Shepherd keeps leisure class; I just can’t find a job. consultant with clients both in the States marketing. My sons, Alex and Jake, are Galveston, TX. Last July, Matt moved back cold. We have already been to few activities. Sophie (24) is also an mother’s tennis, luncheon club, and us busy. My husband, Charlie, is still Already have one adorable grandson and abroad and Maddie is attending the thriving and happily living nearby so I get east to work in DC. He lives there during Yellowstone and Glacier National actress and shot a feature length film theater buddy—celebrated her 86th working hard at his law practice in and two more grandchildren on the University of Baltimore and working to see them in the midst of their the week and commutes most weekends Parks once each this winter, and plan called Block Island this fall. She is birthday with us in January. She’s quite Pittsburgh, and he gets down to Naples way - Patrick and Emma are having a part-time at a restaurant and a law office. wonderful lives. Tina Kelly Crowley: My to Ardmore, PA, where his wife Jenni is to go again. Our kids, young adults, are living in NYC, auditions constantly, the traveler and yet still running the thrift every other weekend. Marjorie Gonzalez girl to join older brother Desmond! And The house sometimes seems a mite oldest works in finance for a technology completing a post-doctoral psych doing well, my husband and I are in and is waiting for another break. To shop at Shepard Pratt and living in the Blackwell and I keep in touch and get my Afghan son and daughter-in-law crowded with various humans, canines product owned by IBM in Boston, and my internship. Page Southerland: For my good health. That’s about it! From pay her bills at the moment she is a seven bedroom Roland Park house I grew together as often as we can in Naples. We (it’s a long story) are having their first and felines running about, but we still youngest is studying business in Dublin 60th, my husband and I took a two-week Madrid, Karen Jarrell de Garcia writes: popular personal trainer at the up in! Jennifer Dewey Berk: I spend most both are juggling the northern home, the child any minute now. So when are we (mostly) enjoy the chaos. Stay well this semester before he finishes up at vacation to Japan, my dream trip. My It was great being in Baltimore last Destination Equinox near Lincoln of my time working in my studio. I have Naples home, dogs, and daughters having all getting together for lunch? Kathy everyone. UVA’s McIntire School of Commerce. My daughter, Brett, treated me to a 15-day July and seeing Clarke Miller Center on 67th and Columbus. Give her two paintings in an upcoming group babies. My dear dad died last April 21. My Wagner writes: It was so great to see mom is still going at an amazing pace, Safari in Kenya, right after she earned her Fitzmaurice, Debbie Black Moore, and a call if you want a workout when you show at the Hoffberger Gallery in mom (97) misses her spouse of 75 years, you last summer when Karen was playing tennis with Lili Simpson Kalish’s MBA from Texas. I also accompanied my Anne Rouse, and I really do think you are visiting NYC or if you decide to Baltimore in April and am working but she keeps reading and enjoying visiting Maryland. My only news is Class of 1974 mom every week and swimming and husband on a business trip to Singapore guys should plan a trip to shoot a movie or write a play! Some of Katharine Somerville Whitmore toward a solo show in 2018. In January, I family visits while living at Blakehurst in that I will be retiring this coming May golfing when she can. Susan Adler Davis: in October. I am very happy that Brett has Madrid. Since I talk to you a lot on the local crowd checked in as well. was thrilled to participate with my Towson. My oldest daughter, Caitlin, had after 37 years of college teaching! [email protected] I have had the pleasure of meeting for her dream job in commercial real estate Facebook, there isn’t much I need to Lynn Morrison Venetoulis reports that husband and youngest daughter (a her first baby, Colette Kelly Marcoux, in Hopefully this will free me up for more The Class of 1974 has turned sixty! We lunch with Helen Tangires and Jane in Dallas. I’m still playing tennis, and relay and I did tell you I’m going to be a daughter, Teddie, graduates from high sophomore at Dickinson) in the Women’s June 2016. My second daughter, Courtney, lunches with old friends! And from have had a terrific virtual reunion, Woltereck this past year. For my 60th, I when I’m not on the courts, I can be found granny in May, didn’t I? Luisa and José school in May and will be attending March on Washington. It was a sea of got married October 8 in Naples to a Robin Chandlee: Things continue sharing our joys and concerns over the took a course through the Smithsonian, “playing in the dirt,” reading, or searching Migiel are still living in London, and NYU in the fall. She is continuing to pink hats and positive energy, and felt so wonderful young man, who is an pretty much the same for me and my internet. Reading the email stream is Painting after the American for our next puppy. Dodee Goldsmith the baby (a boy) will be born there at work as a lobbyist for public health good to march in solidarity with engineer for the US Navy. Anne Albert family, although a significant change heartwarming, informative, and Impressionists, and I learned a Foster: Our son Charlie moved back to the beginning of May. I’m planning a organizations. Debbie Black Moore thousands of like-minded and Patterson and her husband John shared looms - the last tuition payment! inspiring. If you do not receive emails tremendous amount from a wonderful Portland, OR, and is now the farm trip over in March. Of course, I’ll go writes: Kevin and I celebrated our 40th empowered women (and men). In March, the wedding day with us. Courtney Our daughter, Catharine, will graduate from me, please contact the Alumnae teacher. I have started a sequel to my manager for an organic family farm. The back when my grandson arrives. I’m anniversary with two weeks in we’re visiting our older daughter now teaches fifth grade children with dyslexia. in May from the University of Colorado Office! Here’s the tip of the iceberg: book, Saidie May, about the stolen Renoir produce he grows goes directly to their still working....too many hours, but my Ireland. We are both still working, but living in LA, and working her first after Our youngest, Erin, also lives in NYC and Boulder with a degree in international Dorothy Rowan: I’ve recovered well from painting. Diane Breger Kearney: It has restaurant, The Tin Shed. He is also the job keeps me busy. That’s a good thing. see retirement right around the corner. college job at WME talent agency. Mayo has a great career as a structural affairs. Not sure what is next for her, the small stroke I had last August, an been a good year! Our son, Jon (30), is President of the Board of Directors for I have a great group of girlfriends with We still only have one grandchild, Levering: Becky (28) lives in DC and engineer. She is working on relocating to but it is likely she will stay out there Embolic stroke of unknown source. I am engaged to be married in August. Our Public Annex, an organization that whom I share Friday evenings with Connor, who will be two at the end of works for Cvent selling online destination San Diego. Danene Washington Young: for the next year or so. She has an extremely lucky that it was so small, but oldest, TL, is now 32 and he and his wife provides art and farming programming dinners, drinks and tapas. I got a new March. Our girls are all out of the door marketing and loves it. Cathy (26) has her I’m so grateful for another year and 60 for internship this semester with it shook up my expectations and what I just had their third, a son. Both sons live for adults with developmental disabilities. dog, Barney, right after I got back from and (pretty much) off the payroll, and makeup artistry license and is currently me has been wonderful and blessed. I the African Community Center in was taking for granted! I had a lovely trip within ten minutes of us. Our daughter, Adam is working as a Chemist at Church the US. I really think shelter dogs are we love the men in their lives. 2016 working for Este Lauder. Jenny (25) will celebrated my second anniversary with Denver helping to resettle refugees, so to Costa Rica in January, in the rain Joy (27), lives in San Diego and is & Dwight Company, and spends his free the way to go. He’d been abandoned wasn’t the best year ever, but life is still be a certified school psychologist in June. my best friend and my soul mate. I’m perhaps that will lead to something. forest, and then my birthday at the beach pursuing paralegal school. My husband, time working on his new house and and was living in the street for two pretty darn good. Tricia Waters writes: She has found her passion! As for me, I working on a new project based on Coincidentally (or maybe not) I am with a couple of friends. Currently, I’m in Tom, is in his last year as District cooking up new recipes. Other than being weeks when the animal rescue people I still love my job at The Phillips am working on two grants at Johns my mother, who was diagnosed in 2010 volunteering with International Rescue my second year as a Park Supervisor, Attorney of York County, PA, and is very busy at work, I continue to have were finally able to catch him. He’s a Collection (art museum) as Exhibitions Hopkins (Armstrong Institute for with Alzheimer’s. My wonderful, Committee here in Baltimore, helping a now at Washington Square near NYU, retiring at the end of this year. I keep great fun with my own projects, mutt – a fox terrier and who-knows- Registrar, planning logistics for the Patient Safety and Quality): one to hardheaded, 90-year-old dad is her main Syrian refugee family feel welcome in and still learning a lot. Paris Grady active on several committees at the practicing basket weaving and canning what – really smart and great loan exhibitions, dealing one-on-one improve the use of antibiotics in acute, caregiver, and my siblings and I help the US and achieve stability. It’s a Warfield: I continue to teach Unitarian Universalist church and up a storm. Mort keeps very busy company. I really want to make it over with lenders, shippers, and the long-term care and ambulatory care when he lets us. The entire extended wonderful experience for me, and the Kindergarten at St. David’s Day School babysit my three wonderful continuing his projects with our 100-year- again next summer. We had such a artwork. I’m writing this from Venice settings, and the other to learn how to family comes together frequently to IRC is an excellent organization in case here on Roland Avenue. Our grandchildren. Tom and I have a trip to old house. This year, Mort and I crossed good time at our lunch in Baltimore. where I have been moving an decrease complications from IV lines in support one another. Truly, as my family anyone is looking to get involved in this grandchildren, Reid (3) and Milly (1), bring South Africa planned for late September. off a big item on our bucket list with a trip Can we organize something? From the exhibition of 50+ paintings to its third the home. I got to catch up with Jane walks through this journey, we have issue personally or financially. Our son, us tremendous joy each day. Turning In January of next year we will travel to to Italy and Greece. Lili Simpson Kalish: middle of the Atlantic Ocean, Mary venue, the Ca’ Pesaro. Although the Woltereck, Helen Tangires and her sister chosen laughter over tears. Janie Jake, is working as a battery test sixty this past spring was wonderful as the Caribbean Island to relax and My son lives nearby and works for a new Miller Faulkenberry writes: I retired stress is getting to me from watching a Dimi Tangires, 1973 at Tracey Watson’s Susemihl Vaughan: My husband, Todd, engineer for the Navy doing very cool we spent it in Paris and Provence. I enjoy celebrate retirement! Cathy Spicer- music app about to launch called from full time teaching and Round crane lift a crate from a boat, over the father’s funeral last month. Tracey did a and I live in Boca Grande, FL, where I am things and enjoying life in DC. Chris and seeing Jennifer Dewey Berk and visiting Tolliver: Bob and I enjoyed a 60th Tunesmap while he breaks into Square administration this past June Grand Canal and onto a dock, or riding wonderful job honoring her father that a realtor and Todd enjoys renovating I continue to work – each time I think with Janney Hoffman McComas birthday with a western Mediterranean screenwriting. I continue to train and am loving life! I am exercising, in a tractor trailer for two days to move day. What a great guy! Lara Schafer properties off the island. My daughter my little grant writing business is regularly, and keep in touch with Tina cruise and stay-over in Rome. Bob still educators to use yoga and mindfulness reading, traveling, socializing, cleaning an exhibition, the end result of all of McLaughlin: We are loving being empty Betsy Griffin Petrelli, 2004 and my son- beginning to peter out, a new client pops Kelly Crowley as well. Margaret works long hours and travels based curriculum with kids, as well as out years of accumulation and this hard work is overwhelmingly nesters for the first time. Our niece and in-law Nick are enjoying their precious up. The work makes me very happy, and Cleveland: I am living less than a mile internationally, and I still have my five doing systemic and somatic healing becoming a “handy woman.” Volunteer satisfying. I hope to have a few more four children are well. Hannah is a daughter, Clarke, who turned one in the flexibility allows me to travel with from the beach, in a lovely place where I part-time jobs (some probate and elder through my work as a Family work and substitute teaching are more years of work left in me. Meanwhile, freshman at a college on the west coast, November. I love FaceTime where I can Chris on his business trips. Wishing can see the sun set and the moon rise law client matters, and I teach paralegals Constellation facilitator and a enjoyable now that I have time. Terry John (Neer) and I enjoy watching our and our oldest, Claire, lives and works in talk and see her in action. Katharine everyone a healthy and satisfying 2017! and the geese fly over every day. I work at Collin College and SMU). I also serve on biodynamic craniosacral practitioner. I continues to work for now at Aspen Re, kids, Lucy (25) and Will (23), find their Greenspring Valley and is expecting her Somerville Whitmore: Still enjoying my And finally from your more or less as a “strategy coach,” helping clients the Advisory Board to the Director of hope to transition out of my educational coaches springboard and platform ways in the adult world (so far, so third child, a little girl! Our two oldest boys work at Duke Undergraduate Admissions faithful correspondent, Clarke Miller uncover their strengths and put their Admissions at USCG Academy. We are business to practice the therapeutic work diving three evenings a week for fun good). Anne Rouse writes: Okay, quick (Patch and Ian) live together in Fed Hill, and at our Duke-based string school for Fitzmaurice: There’s nothing much new best talents to use, specializing in lucky to have our son, Marc, and his wife, full time. My husband still writes and and has recently been appointed Chair update. Living in Annapolis and where Ian is a musician and Patch a children. My mother Jeanne lives with us in my neck of the woods. I’m still working with adults with ADHD. I also

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Celebrating their 40th from the Class Carol Witz Hunt and Christine Donovan, of 1976 are Paula Markley Burger, Daral Reunion Chairs for the Class of 1976’s Donkervoet Boles and Nancy Colson At the Alumnae Champagne Reception with (Back row, top to bottom): Karen Bates Members of the Class of 1976 at the Alumnae Crab Feast, exhibiting their always-playful Cathy Curlett Parsells, 1976 and Margaret Miller Jarosinski, 1976 40th Reunion Alperstein Durovich, Sharon Bowie, Missy Beck Dudley, Margie Macfarlane Long, Bess Gillelan, spirit. Christine Donovan, Cathy Curlett Parsells, Jenny Black Kaurinki, Jeanne Martinet, Nancy Colson Alperstein, Margaret Miller Jarosinski, Karen Eubanks Doncker, Becky and is doing quite well. She joined us on graduated from high school – from mojito or two, or three! Paula Markley the value of a liberal arts degree. Colt-Ferguson and Carol Witz Hunt the eastern shore in June for our Cushing Academy in Ashburnham, MA Burger continues to volunteer in a Duncan graduates from USMA this daughter Mattie’s wedding to our son-in- – having discovered a great passion for hospice program and in a pet therapy spring. Mark is at USAFA. David is a law Jonathan McHenry. Mattie silversmithing. She is really enjoying program, as well as teaching ESL at senior and Elisabeth a sophomore at continues to work as a data scientist and her freshman year at High Point her church. She and her husband Mendham High School. Miggy is a software engineer, and quilts and crafts University in North Carolina. Jackson Brent had a very busy year with the busy mom who still finds time to knit. in her spare time. Kriddie has recently is in tenth grade at Wilmington marriage of their youngest daughter, Jenny Teufel is loving retired life! finished her master’s in the School of Charter School and loves being on the Alexandra, in October. Their oldest She accompanied her sister, Nicky Natural Resources at Virginia Tech. She cross country team. Cathy continues daughter, Kristina, will be entering Teufel-Shone, 1972, on several trips to researched selenium levels in streams to work as Executive Director of the her fourth year in medical school at Supai, AZ. Supai is on the Havasupai that flow through coal fields - her data is Kalmar Nyckel Foundation (Kalmar UVA this spring and will be applying Indian Reservation at the bottom significant and important. She too is an Nyckel is the Tall Ship of Delaware). for residencies in the fall. Kristina of the Grand Canyon. Then in July, artist at heart. As for my 60th, my She and her husband and kids had a hopes to follow in her grandfather’s they attended the 5th International husband Scriba prepared dinner for a fantastic trip to Mexico last August; footsteps by going into OB/GYN. Cathy Conference on Heritage and small gathering and topped it off with a they went with their extended family Nolan moved to Bozeman, MT, three Sustainable Development in Lisbon, terrific coconut cake. Cheers everyone! to celebrate some milestone birthdays. years ago and is enjoying her new Portugal, to present their paper “Grand Jenny Black Kaurinki and her family life working part-time at Montana Canyon: Cultural Heritage Ignored” have left Baltimore, MD, and have State University, playing with her pup (Jenny is officially published!). In relocated to sunny Sarasota, FL, where Lilly, and enjoying the local hiking September, Bob and Jenny enjoyed a Class of 1976 they are adjusting. She writes: Life and restaurants. She writes: This past two-week road trip through Montana 40TH REUNION in the south is very different! Susan winter, the coldest December/January and Canada. Blair Schwitzer Taylor Jeanne Martinet Dierdorff Taylor is still coaching in 40 years, was a bit of a challenge, has some exciting news. She has [email protected] sailing at the United States Naval but spring is finally upon us (I think!) I, taken a leave from Towson and is The class of 1976 had their 40th reunion Academy, swimming and sailing Jeanne Martinet, finished up a major working full time for NSA in 2017 on this past fall, and I don’t think it’s an regularly, and is finding time to relax ghostwriting project in the fall, and am the Cybersecurity National Action Betsy Somerville, 1977 and her husband, Alix “Babby” Cochrane Rodman, 1977, Leslie Mosberg Heubeck, 1977, Kathy Startzman Rich and Miggy Yarlott Brown, 1977 exaggeration to say that everyone had more with her mom, husband and now starting to work on a new book Plan. Her grandchild, Molly (2½) is Arnold San Miguel. Shires, 1978, RPCS Controller and Tina Goldsmith Thompson, 1975 at the U.S. Open a really gratifying and joyful time. Our son. During the past year, she and of my own. I am excited to be going to such a delight and joy! Celia Pelham class reconnected in an amazing way. her husband have enjoyed seeing France for a long-awaited two-week continues as the Chief Risk Officer Many people emailed me about how a lot of their daughter and her wife vacation in March. Don’t be surprised at Jennison Associates in New York. daughter of Peggy Pine Utermohle, mountains and glaciers. Having Cape May as much as possible in the while taking classes at BCCC. This successful the reunion was (which was, in their new home near Michigan if you see a YouTube video of me Husband, Ian, retired from Bank of graduated from Maryland. Peggy and both kids home for Christmas was summers. Lynn Clifford and Brad semester she is taking sociology in great part, thanks to our excellent State, where they both work. Vicki performing with my ukulele at an open New York and is enjoying the life of Clarke had a blast visiting her in Nice the best gift ever! Brooke McDonald have moved to Duxbury, MA, where and statistics, and doing really well. co-organizers Carol Witz Hunt and Kummer is loving her retirement. She mike in Paris. leisure. Her older daughter, Natasha, for her semester abroad, and Peg is reports that she and Michael went her family summered and are now Betty Simpson Beirne and Dan are Christine Donovan) and how good it is spending most of her time presiding graduated from John Jay College grateful Claire is fluent because her on their seventh trip to work with in full retirement mode! They spend still at the same companies, same made them feel. Sharon Bowie writes: over international arbitrations and of Criminal justice with a degree in RPCS French was very rusty. Peg is Uzbek television journalists, editors the winter months in Massanutten, jobs, though Betty has moved to a Dear friends came together that night teaching a course on pretrial practice, Class of 1977 Forensic Psychology. Nadia is in her Leslie Mosberg Heubeck in her 25th year at Good Shepherd. and photographers, this time focusing VA. In April, they visited Amory and different therapeutic area (respiratory), with love, humor, sisterhood, and in addition to writing about arbitration fourth year at Drexel University in the Peggy and another teacher have on live-to-tape production for talk her fiancé on Oahu for a wonderful but same activities. Matt is still with [email protected] fellowship. Some of us hadn’t seen for a Thomson Reuters company. business school. She plays lacrosse for been there the longest - Brook Gomer shows in anticipation of the day and memorable trip. Amory will be Toyota in Owings Mills and is living one another in years, if not decades, She hangs out on Cape Cod, MA, as Gals, our 40th Reunion year is upon us. Drexel and when they play Towson, Yearley is still there as well. Peggy where they will actually be able to transferring stateside during the in Hampden. Sam is a Program but it didn’t matter. We giggled, much as possible. She and Michele Seems hard to believe our adventure Celia travels down to see the game writes: Down to just a cat now at the do live television broadcast, which is summer. Elliott is in Chicago, working Manager for Wind Energy with the danced, reminisced, and celebrated celebrated their 30th anniversary last on University Parkway ended 40 and have crabs! Betsy Somerville San Utermohle farm (first time we haven’t currently prohibited. Uzbekistan has a for a law firm while contemplating Maryland Energy Administration, the women we have become. We spring with a trip to eastern Europe, years ago! And yet, here we are, many Miguel started a new job last summer had multiple pets since Claire was new president and the whole country schools for a doctorate in psychology. which helps fund projects promoting mourned the losses, missed the absent, and this summer they are going to different life paths and still sharing with a Christian book publisher near little!) but adding a puppy in June. is thrilled. Alix “Babby” Cochrane Liam is working and living with renewable and sustainable energy but embraced the present as if it Scandinavia. Margie Macfarlane Long friendships and life. Amanda Young Los Angeles and is excited for this new Clarke is still ‘rockin and rollin’ in his Rodman continues her work at the Lynn and Brad. Grace Doyle Bigelow sources. They adopted Hershey, a six- hadn’t been a while since we’d been is settling in back in Baltimore, MD, Hickman is busy! Lucas is a freshman venture. Her oldest granddaughter spare time. Brook Gomer Yearley’s Women’s Club of Roland Park. Jeff’s is also on the move! She returned to year-old Chocolate Lab to keep their together. To me, it was like suddenly and hopes to close on a condo across at Ithaca College, majoring in vocal is five-years-old now and started daughter, Helen Yearley, 2010, is in her still at Northrop Grumman. Drew is a Hopkins as the Center Coordinator and Lab-Retriever company after losing finding myself with long-lost cousins, from John’s Hopkins University next performance at the School of Music. kindergarten in the fall. Her little sister second year of Physician Assistant Senior Software Engineer at Pandora Executive Assistant to the Director at their beloved Husky-Shepherd, Jack, or with people who are from the same month. She recently returned from Wyatt is a junior in high school, and is two and loves preschool. Arnold and School at Wake Forest School of Media in Oakland, CA, and John is a the Center to Eliminate Cardiovascular last spring. Betty and Dan spent a unique, small village you grew up in. a two-week trip to Cuba with three plays soccer, lacrosse, and trumpet in Betsy celebrated their first wedding Medicine. Brook’s son, Dorsey, is a sophomore at Syracuse University, Health Disparities. She is very happy wonderful Thanksgiving week on Isla We definitely share some very special friends. They stayed in Airbnb rentals the school band. Walter, Amanda, and anniversary with a trip to Catalina junior at the University of Denver, majoring in chemical engineering and and grateful to be working in an area Holbox, Mexico, for a cousin’s wedding RPCS DNA. So what’s this year’s news while researching Cuban cuisine the boys spent ten days in Italy last Island off the California coast. They and studied in Mendoza, Argentina, physics. John will be a summer intern that is so important to her. She is still - a great place to spend a week in (at least all the news that’s fit to print)? (Americans have to have a reason to April. Miggy Yarlott Brown returned had a wonderful time exploring the for his fall quarter. Chuck and Brook at Department of Energy Brookhaven living in Anneslie. Callie is living in November! They highly recommend 2016 was a big year in the Cathy visit since they can’t go as tourists.) to Amherst for her 35th Reunion to island, including a glass bottom boat enjoyed taking Dorsey to Patagonia in National Laboratory on Long Island. Bolton Hill, still at About Faces Spa it for anyone looking for a quiet, Curlett Parsells household. Clare (19) She loved seeing all the old cars and participate on a panel discussing ride, paddle boating, and a day at early December to see the gorgeous As a family, they continue to go to and Salon full time as a nail technician low-key get away with lots of ‘rustic’ the beautiful country, and drinking a the beach. Claire Utermohle, 2013,

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married in September!” Send us a photo, Class of 1979 Kathy! Other college grads include Jack

Noel Bradley Christ, oldest son of Elaine Howard 1970s [email protected] Christ, from Washington College in There’s mostly college news, wedding June 2016 with a BA in the humanities. bells and a new grandmother to report A rower in college, Jack has pursued 1970s for our class! Patti Evans Best, still the sport as a member of the Baltimore working in Germany, became a “mighty Rowing Club downtown. Younger son, fine granny” with the arrival of Andrew Patrick, has one year to go at Davis & Rowen Best, born in October 2016 to Elkins College. My parents are still Patti’s son Evan and his wife. Patti hanging in there at Roland Park Place, continues her running, which included our old stomping ground! Page the London Marathon last April and the McDonald Crosby and hubby Andy NYC Marathon in November. “I’m enjoyed a skiing/snowboarding trip in definitely getting slower, but I sleep Keystone, CO. Her youngest Sam well at night and it’s a great way to get underwent leg lengthening surgery and rid of any stress that follows me home is now fully weight bearing. He from work.” Maybe we should have a graduated from University of South reunion in the Big Apple and cheer her Carolina in May. Nelson is an architect on! On the marriage front, we extend in Boston, and Reiley continues to work our best wishes to Brigid Pecora for RBC in Maryland. Bring on the mid- Bertazon who married Rob Stegman in life career change for Amy Schlott Jenny Davis Hope, 1978, her daughter Maggie, Lacy and Mary Catherine, daughters of From the Class of 1978; Ginann Patterson, Kathy Startzman Shires, RPCS Controller and Lisa Diver, 2006, Performing Arts Department Head and Semiquavers Director with Islamorada, FL, in March 2016. They Downing who graduated with a Jeannie Fetting, 1978, Jeannie, Maureen Anderson, 1978 and her daughter Delia in DC Liza Freeze Ebeling Cathy Caplan, 1978, Jim Papoulis, the 2017 CJC Artist-in-Residence and Leah Inger, met at the RPCS/Boys’ Latin reunion at master’s in real estate development for the Women’s March Middle School and Early Childhood Music the Mt. Washington Tavern. Our from SUNY Buffalo’s School of favorite first grade teacher, Margie Architecture and Planning in charm. Betsy Close and David Meyer all the exams for Danish citizenship, a half months after surgery) before the my mom and family in Annapolis. I production of Shrek the Musical. Will sister do what they can to ensure they Waters Forner, is happily basking in the November 2016. Congrats on such a enjoyed some significant celebrations so I can get dual citizenship like my surgery. If anyone is headed down this treasure the time I have with her (8) is in second grade, clinging have the care they need. Big news! She glow of her engagement to her beau great accomplishment, Amy! At the this past year! Laurel Meyer, 2012 boys. It’s a lengthy process which takes road and wants to talk, give me a call – watching British TV, eating out a lot in determinedly to his status as baby of is retiring from Procter and Gamble Mark last spring. Stay tuned for any same time she writes: Oldest Will has graduated from Bates College in Maine up to two years. At the same time, I I have lots to share on this topic!” I downtown Annapolis, frequent walks the family, but balancing that with a (recently transferred to Coty as part of a news on the nuptials! In July 2016, Jane been working for Morgan Stanley in and is now employed at Brigham finished my final exams/project for my think there might be a few of us who to Storm Brothers Ice Cream, and growing talent on the baseball field and divestiture) on June 30 after 35 years, Bennett Taeger celebrated the marriage NYC since 2015, but is also seeking and Women’s Hospital in Boston as a diploma in Digital Journalism, which are taking that advice! Susan also says helping her with a variety of projects a wickedly creative sense of humor. I and is starting to craft what her next of her oldest daughter Allie (26) to Iain change. Maggie has lived in three research assistant in the Preventive took three years. I’m going to take a that Perkins’ wife, Anastasia, finally from cleaning out her garage to sifting continue to plod along in my revised chapter looks like. She writes: My Ramsey in Tulloch Castle in the African countries over the past year- Health Department. David works in break from classes and papers for a made it through all the immigration through the enormous collection of role at T. Rowe Price, working on husband thinks I will go crazy sitting at Scottish Highlands. The newlyweds are and-a-half and graduated from the historic district of Charleston, SC, while and lie on the sofa, drinking red processes and arrived in the states on family memorabilia. Anne, Susan decommissioning a decisioning home all day – right now, it sure both doctors and live in Dundee, Georgetown University last May. and continues to relish the southern wine with my iPad for hours on end... September 1 from Russia. She is 100% Dierdorff Taylor, 1976 and Ross are the database I have helped build over the sounds pretty nice! I welcome all input Scotland. There was also an October Michael is in a post-grad program in climate. Betsy says, “we love to visit!” when I’m not studying with my boys, legal with her visa, green card, and “locals” who take care of my mom and past 30 years (no small feat!). I was and ideas. Our three grown children are 2016 “wedding reception” for Allie in the Buffalo Public Schools learning Lastly, Rachel Meyer Jenkins, 2007 who have both chosen to major in now a social security card. This is an my Uncle Bill on a daily basis. Mary given the amazing opportunity to go to all on the east coast and we enjoy Baltimore which her godmother, culinary skill, among other things. and Nick were married this past July! Greek and Latin in high school. Eskild incredible process, but Susan is glad Dierdorff, 1972, Nelda Dierdorff Hong Kong for a week, to do some on- seeing them grow in their careers and Johanna Miller Lewis, attended. Jane’s Genevieve is in seventh grade at Betsy writes: I am now a mother-in- chose German as an elective and for Perk that it is over and they are Horwitz, 1974 and I are the ‘out-of- the-ground analysis of data availability lives. I always look forward to seeing other daughter Isabel (24), an HR Elmwood Franklin. We spent Christmas law! The newlyweds live and work in Torvald chose Spanish. They also settling into being together all the towners’ who try to provide support relative to business capability. It was an and hearing from our RPCS family as Generalist for Champs Sports in with all the Schlotts in Mexico DC and we value their proximity! Betsy have Danish and English. Is that cool time. They are living with Susan and and comic relief as often as we can. I amazing trip, and there’s nothing like our friendships are the most important Florida, is planning a September celebrating my dad’s 80th birthday. continues to work as a psychotherapist or what? The house is covered in index Murray, but will be moving to Ellie look forward to hearing the news from standing in someone else’s shoes to in my life. As for me, Susan Irving wedding in Baltimore. Jane has been From New Jersey, Neva Sjodin Wagner and David keeps busy on a mutual cards. You know, we really did get a deMuth, 2010’s house in Canton at the others, some who are connected on make a good point. As a result, I’ll be Taylor, Terry and I are happily moved the Trade Compliance Manager with reports: Daughter Claire is studying fund board. Betsy has found a good education at Roland Park. It’s all beginning of February. Ellie will not be Facebook and others who are not.” working on providing those Asia- into the house in Maine. “Retirement” is Danfoss for two years, and after 30 industrial design at NJIT and Holly, my spiritual niche through singing in the there. Mary Stuart McKenzie there to greet them, because as of Jeannie Fetting, Jenny Davis Hope Pacific offices with more timely and busier than ever for both of us (Margot years in international business says, “I youngest, is in the midst of her college contemporary choir at the Cathedral continues to live on the farm and is August 1, she moved to Providence, RI, and Maureen Anderson met up in relevant data than they get now – a fun – we need to chat!) There’s still a lot of have finally had the opportunity to search. Jeff and I love to hike our local of Mary Our Queen. David and Betsy still selling real estate for O’Conor and and is a teacher for Teach for Washington, DC with their daughters one, for sure, if you’re a data geek like work to be done before he moves on to travel internationally for business! My trails. I did an online search for the enjoy traveling, when their schedules Mooney Realtors and she says things America. She is teaching ninth and for the Women’s March on January 21. me. Q’s company is going strong, with the next “project,” but at least we’re out work has taken me to Denmark, Woodlands Institute in West Virginia allow. As for your scribe, Leslie are going well. Leslie Kovacs Meek is tenth grade biology and chemistry, and Libby Baldwin Vernazza has made big an app he’s developed for hotel guests. of the guest apartment and settling in. Mexico, Germany, and most recently to and learned it’s now called Spruce Knob Mosberg Heubeck, I have enjoyed a close to being an empty-nester and Susan notes, “at least someone in my changes! She writes: After raising the On the travel front, we took the kids to It was getting a bit cramped for two Austria and Slovenia. I got to see Patti Mountain Center. Check it out - you decade of reffing hockey, but have now staying busy. Caroline is away at family has the chemistry gene, ‘cause children in Chatham, NJ, John and I Orlando last year, for their big theme humans and two growing Maine Coons! Evans Best when I was in Germany! We might see yurts! Neva also suggests “it stepped away from it and will continue Miami of Ohio, but Leslie says she still it wasn’t me!” Leslie Dierdorff Powell are starting a new chapter in our park trip – they thought Universal was We had my mom and the girls up for had a great time catching up. She is an would be fun to all meet up there with just lacrosse for the next few seems busy as CEO of the Meek has been living in Colorado for almost lives. Tina and Dominic are doing well okay, but the water park and hotel pool our first Christmas and it was a blast amazing tour guide!” Ever the sometime!” Have fun y’all, twice was years. A knee surgery may make that household. Maybe the job will slow 17 years now and still loves it! She in college and I was promoted to the were the highlights, as if we never go even though we were (and are) still Semiquaver, Jane Bennett Taeger went enough for me! Deeley Close Middleton exit sooner, but it’s been a good run. down when Alex leaves for college interprets for deaf and hard of hearing New Jersey Director of Planned Giving swimming at home. Sheesh, all that fishing things out of boxes. Becca on tour this past summer in England shared lots of news: My husband Bob is David continues at Venable. Hanly next year too. She notes, “As always, I students, but changed school districts at The Salvation Army. This allowed planning for a water park memory? We Taylor, 2008 is happily settled in with her church choir, while husband fantastic as his Arts Insurance Program Heubeck, 2006 works for a venture love my activities…tennis, squash, last spring and now works at the high some flexibility in where we lived, and did our usual Lake Anna and Long Washington, DC, working and getting Mark has worked on getting his private is booming and he was named Board capital firm andHilary Heubeck, 2007 skiing, yoga and any crazy exercise school level. She says “It is certainly a so John and I decided to move to the Beach Island trips, where Will’s growing her master’s degree at American pilot’s license. Johanna Miller Lewis Chair of the Maryland Film Industry is working for an interior design firm. class I can get myself to. I am tutoring challenge to interpret material such as Jersey Shore. We are going to be independence in the water is very nice University, and Rachel Taylor, 2012 is and husband Michael also attended the Coalition. Ben, our oldest, who lives in We enjoy our time on the OBX, valuing middle school students for a local non- Shakespeare’s Macbeth, honors pre- renting initially, and are excited to be for us. Jenny Davis Hope and I had an living in Federal Hill and working in wedding of her brother Buster’s Fells Point, was admitted to the the very rare times when our family profit, SquashWise, which is a really calculus and trigonometry, but looking for that fun vacation-type amazing time in Austin and Dallas for Locust Point. So, at least when we get daughter in Wilmington, NC. “We had a Maryland Bar Association in December can be there together. fun volunteer position. How is it I only hopefully the work is keeping my brain home. Our pre-retirement planning our Ravens trip this year. Austin is way south, we can see them both! I’m still blast, which was good because a week 2016 and is an associate attorney with discovered my love of teaching later in cells healthy! Our oldest, Evan, spent now includes buying a home that our cool, especially if you’re into hot donuts very active with the Georgetown after we returned home, Michael Murther, Psoras and Lanasa in Towson. life?” Leslie and Jim are contemplating last summer doing an internship in family and friends will want to visit and drinks, and food trucks; Dallas gave Historical Society, serving on the board landed in the hospital for an entire Middle son, Michael, is back in Class of 1978 spending more time in Park City, UT, Nicaragua and will graduate from the and that we’ll enjoy each and every us lots of history, as we visited The and handling their technology needs, week. Michael’s kidneys are failing Baltimore living downtown and Susan Irving Taylor once they are empty nesters, but they Colorado School of Mines this May day. Susan Moore Short is allowing all Sixth Floor Museum on the 53rd along with volunteering at our local because of the immunosuppressants managing global communications at [email protected] love being in Baltimore and don’t plan with a degree in Mechanical of us to relive those “middle school anniversary of JFK’s assassination. We hospital and looking for more ways to he takes for his liver transplant, and Laureate Education Inc in Harbor East. Emmy Middleton, 2016, is loving her Greetings to the Class of 1978, and to move. Susan Taseff deMuth is still Engineering and a minor in Renewable years!” I don’t know about the rest of haven’t chosen next year’s destination, get involved and stay out of trouble. now he’s on the kidney transplant freshman year at the University of hopefully all are enjoying the spring by at Hopkins and on the travel-circuit. Energy. Caroline is a sophomore at you, but I don’t miss them one bit! but watch out Maureen Anderson, we We’re set for guests, so if anyone is waiting list.” Keeping him in our South Carolina! She joined Alpha Xi the time this has been published! It’s She is also now the proud owner of a Colorado State University studying Susan writes: Mackie (11) has started may be coming your way. Margot Van heading up in this direction, let me prayers on that! “My family came to Delta sorority and is diving into been an eventful year for a number of new left knee. She writes: “After years Natural Resource Recreation and Middle School – egad, how did you all Buskirk Hoerner is in the same life know – we’d love to see any and all, Little Rock for New Year’s, the first time campus life while tackling first year us. Elizabeth Pöckel writes: After a few of trouble, which started when I hyper- Tourism, with the hope of someday do it?! I am, all of a sudden, the stage that many of us are caring for and we have a gorgeous beach only a everyone has come here at the same academics. I was recently promoted to tough years, we’re doing okay. I’m still extended it in our senior year RPCS vs working in the ski industry, perhaps. dumbest and most embarrassing aging parents. Her parents are living at half-mile down the road. time. No one believes my Dad is 91, he Senior VP of Quality, Safety and in marketing communications at BMS basketball game, it was finally Scott is a freshman at Ithaca College person in the world. Even so, he is Blakehurst in Towson with many of just keeps moving on!” Kathy Levy Performance Improvement at Maxim VIKING Life-Saving Equipment, my time to replace my knee. And so, on (he really flew the nest!) pursuing a doing well with league basketball, their lifelong friends, but she says it is Crenner has lots to celebrate. She Healthcare Services, a terrific, new and husband is working for a fish food August 1, I did it. I am back on the BFA in Writing for Film, Television and piano, clarinet, and now he’s putting challenging to see them struggling writes: “Our son, Nathaniel, is challenging position! Bob and I are company and the twin boys have part- tennis court and playing at the same Emerging Media. In other news, I have his hat in the acting ring, playing mentally and physically. She gets to graduating from Middlebury College in adjusting to our pseudo-empty nest and time jobs in retail. In December I took level I was (I am writing this at five and spent the past couple of summers with Donkey in his school’s spring see them every week and she and her May, and our daughter, Emily, is getting

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of which are still in Molly Whitaker O’Donovan’s backseat for distribution

at our 40th. We left there and headed 1980s to the Valley Inn, a venue that amazed me, who’s been out of Baltimore for years, with its lively outdoor scene 1980s around the fire pits. Who was there? Suzanne Michels, Booper Jones- Boutwell, Jeanne Gerstley Weiner, Molly Scriba Levis, Beth Ballard Kilgore, Apple Garcia, Molly Whitaker O’Donovan, Clare Stewart Perry, Julie George Evans, Andrea Strudwick Bender and Jorie Rice Cogguillo. On Saturday a few of us caught up walking around Lake Roland in Robert E. Lee Park with Jeanne Gerstley Weiner’s well-behaved dog. Then, we gathered at Vicky Stuelpnagel Murray’s house for the celebration of 35 years of post-RPCS life. Vicky, her husband Keith and daughter Samantha, are Gill Murray Koerber, 1980 on vacation Mrs. Chippendale, Di Lord, Jenny Jensen, 1980 and Maura Chippendale, 1980 at the Ammara Noor Elsevier, 2021 daughter of Kate, Max, Mark, Boomer and Kathy Keys Osborn, 1982 Olivia Simons daughter of Margret truly gracious hosts who not only with her family Naples Regional Reunion Asmat Kahn, 1982 Bower, 1982 opened their house to us but cooked every last morsel of gourmet food on the groaning board. What made I am taking up golf! Deeley and Bob winning trivia team every night on the Maybe then we’ll find out who jumped in film. “Hopefully off the payroll in the private practice. After four years of Budekes Paints & Decorating, here in Carolina and is currently studying in it especially memorable was that, in celebrated their 30th anniversary in cruise! Trying to pick up golf again (it’s out of the windows in Mrs. Ford’s next six years! Ha, just kidding sort of….” service in the Marines, son Logan has Baltimore. They have enjoyed spending Barcelona. Sissy and Scott will be addition to 75% of our class showing June with a trip to France. Missy been 20 years!).” Catherine came to the seventh grade French class! Leslie’s daughter Caroline is getting returned to southwest Florida and works time with friends and family in South visiting Leigh this spring and she can’t up, we had a few surprise guests that Harper Rose and husband Paul are aid of classmate Nancy Dees Golya last married in May 2017 and will be moving as an EMT in the Cape Coral Fire Carolina this year. Son Gordie is wait to use all of the español that we hadn’t seen in a while: Veronica settling in to their farmhouse lifestyle spring when she shattered her elbow to Dubai for a year or so. She is already Department. Her daughter, Erica, started finishing up graduate school and Señorita Rivkin and Señora Previs Plasewicz, Flo Monaghan and Erika and enjoying it. “Our youngest, Hunt on a sister’s weekend in Florida last there setting up their apartment. “Can’t a master’s program in Conservation daughter Maddie recently moved to taught her at RPCS! Susie Miller Lloyd Class of 1980 Johnson Meadows who popped in from (25), is now working with Paul as a winter, attending her after surgery. Susie Miller Lloyd get much farther away than Dubai, so I Biology and has applied to vet Richmond for her employer. “There is reports that she is going on 24 years her peripatetic life with the​ UN. After financial advisor in Quakertown, PA. Nancy’s son, Austin, is an account hope I can survive this. Looks like a trip school. Maura is thrilled to share that much to be grateful for!” Kellie Taylor living in New Jersey. She is still with the [email protected] years in ​Haiti and Serbia, among other Trish loves life in Denver and Jeff lives executive with the Philadelphia 76ers if to Dubai will be in my future!” Jodi Cole Erica will be marrying the love of her life Mahaffy is working as a home care RN Peddie School as the Associate Director nations, she was happy to spend a in northern New Jersey right outside of there are any fans out there that need Kathy Connor Greene reports that she and hubby of 31 this June and is in the thick of wedding and finding new challenges working of Admission and faculty advisor to the weekend in Ruxton. One big piece NYC and works in engineering.” From tickets. She shares: Katie is wrapping [email protected] years live in West Chester, PA. She planning. She, hubby Marcelo, and her with this population since returning to Gender Sexuality Alliance. This year has of news: Jeanne Gerstley Weiner’s Laurie Alkire Selby: In January I started up her first year at VCU. And youngest works for a large ENT firm in Delaware siblings and spouses took a land and sea Baltimore in 2015. Her daughter, Taylor, been a transition as all four girls are in It is hard to believe that another year son Zach got engaged in January, as Manager of Psychosocial Oncology Lauren survived the sophomore slump and recently started on a doctoral excursion to Alaska in August and were is graduating from University of college, so she is somewhat of an empty has come and gone. And what an so Jeanne will be helping to plan a at Anne Arundel Medical Center. It’s a in high school. Steve is always on the program in audiology. “At 55, I’m nuts!” awed by the beauty. Next stop: family Delaware in May and will be moving to nester with labs Lily and Gracie. At historic year it has been. There has wedding in the near future. She is career “Oz” for me as it uses all my road. Our family spent the summer in Their oldest son just married his high cruise to Europe! On a very sad note, NYC to work with an event planner. Son times, Susie is frustrated with her been much going on with our stoked to have a daughter-in-law from clinical and management skills, plus Rehoboth. As for me, Noel Rippel school sweetheart last fall and Maura’s father and Mrs. Chippendale’s Brody has one more year at Longwood strong-willed, out spoken girls, but is so, classmates, as evidenced by the Philly who wants to get married in draws on my passion for helping folks Bradley, I’ve spent the past year youngest son just joined the Army. husband of 73 years passed away in University and hopes to get into a so proud of the women they have updates we have received and the good old B’More! We’ve decided that five through the nightmare journey that working as an “organizing specialist” They are officially empty nesters. Mary February of 2016, at the age of 95. Maura graduate program for Sports Medicine. become. The apples did not fall far.... and many posts of family and friends on years is too long between gatherings cancer is. I’m still pinching myself that and as Director of Hospitality at Fourth Russo Rau has been living in the writes that “all of us ‘kids’ keep her busy Kellie reports that she is single and mother Carol would be so proud! As for Facebook. By the way, we have a so Clare Stewart Perry has invited us this is my everyday job now. It’s been Presbyterian Church in Bethesda, MD. hipster’s ski resort of Sun Valley, ID, for with travel, she volunteers on many looking! Besides her kids, dog Polka Dot me, Kathy Connor, I continue to enjoy Facebook page for our class, RPCS Class to Santiago, Chile, where she lives with very, very exciting! Other than that, Taylor had a great first year at Wheaton the better part of 20 years. She and different committees (imagine that!), is the love of her life. Mira Courpas work at Merck, in drug safety and of 1980. Please join if you have not her family, and I’m hoping some of you waiting to hear from colleges for Jack College in Wheaton, IL, right outside artist husband, David, have two and her two twin kittens keep her reports that she is officially an empty pharmacovigilance. Dog Sophie and I already done so and share what you would like to spend a few days in San and helping Jimmy through the junior Chicago, where she was a cheerleader children: Sarah, age 18, who is in entertained daily.” She is also very active nester this year, with daughter Annika had another wonderful Christmas with have been up to! It has been a really fun Miguel de Allende at my house. So, ‘Year of Testing and Unreal Pressure on and worked the school phonathon. She “launch” mode, and David Jr., age 15, on Facebook! Jane Turner is among the at Occidental College in LA and son Susie and her family; Abby Lloyd once way to reconnect with dear classmates. who’s in? GPA while being a Gifted (fill in the plans to be a teacher. I relived a bit of Many thanks to Robin Frenkil who is much like his mother, “which Class of 1980 Florida contingent, living Asher living in Utah. She loves her again rocked the standing rib roast and blank) and Essential Leader in every our senior year through her in May 2016 Matthews and Sissy Murphy Nye for basically means we won’t be going happily in Clearwater. She is meeting a weekly hikes in Rock Creek Park and Yorkshire pudding. My big adventure for Quadrant of Life’. This college thing is and had big fun planning her class setting this up over a year ago. So here anywhere and leaving him alone at the 2017 “new adventure” goal by taking working at Little Acre Flowers flower 2016 was a move near Chestnut Hill, PA; Class of 1982 unreal! Annie is finishing up eighth prom dinner, busses, and photo ops at is the scoop: Allyson McCaffray house!” – with fond memories of soirees ballroom dance lessons, definitely not shop. Her mom moved out of their my work commute increased from Sarah Mello grade and looking forward to being an the Washington monuments. We were Taubman writes that she continues as at 213 Paddington Road when her father like our old days of “dancing class!”! She Bolton Hill home of 57 years to seven minutes to 25, but I cannot [email protected] only child. Lorin is working on 31 years saddened when Jeanie Dyer Jones and the Chief of Staff to Former Mayor was away. Mary has a marketing writes that she is “feeling the old New Edenwald and loves it! “Please come complain. Now that I am turning 55, it After a stroke of genius (and thirty in the Navy. Another ‘how did that sisters Anne Dyer Fontaine, 1971, and Anthony Williams in his capacity as consultant business with an emphasis Orleans tug. My very dear former visit if you are in DC. We have three was time to move out of 55+ community years’ worth of notes written by only happen’ phenomenon. Deirdre Tanton, Kellie Dyer, 1976 lost their father in Executive Director and CEO of the on social media integration. She and landlords from my early days are quite guest rooms now!” Lizzy Heuisler (Kelly) and into a house with stairs for the first one or two of us!) the Class of 1982 in Annapolis, enjoys doing graphic March, but took comfort in many happy Federal City Council in Washington, DC. family love the Idaho summers and old and need some help. I’m thrilled that has loved catching up recently with time in over 20 years. I was disappointed decided to assign the task of our design for the Comptroller of Maryland, memories of him, knowing that he lived However, she is ready to change her take advantage of all the area has to the values of service and community I Leslie Summers McCracken and Mira to miss the first RPCS Crab Feast last Connections notes to a different person and selling her fabric design and a good and full life with their mom by title to “Chief of Party Planning” and offer. She notes that after July, she will learned at RPCS continue to guide my Courpas in LA. After seeing all the October and it would be fun to meet up each year. Those of you who chose year pillows at craft shows and pop-up his side. Margie Waters Forner, Page start planning for her children’s have a guest room and invites happiness”. Laurie Williams Goldstein gorgeous women decked out on with classmates there this year. Stay 48 or 49 might want to start now while shops. You can check out Deirdre’s work McDonald Crosby and Noel Rippel weddings! “Sadly, I seem to be the only classmates to come visit. Road trip, and her family are loving life in Valentine’s Day at the Peninsula Hotel tuned for an update on the class you still remember how to write. From on her Instagram profile: Bradley were able to support Jeanie at one ready for that switch! The kids are anyone? Maura Chippendale caught up Asheville, NC. Other than the rest home, in Beverly Hills, Leslie told Lizzy that Facebook page! the looks of this year’s notes, we are a perrodimeshift. Deirdre shares: I’ve also the beautiful service and reception and doing great; they are healthy and happy with Jenny Jensen and her spouse, Di, they declare that they have made their she better move to Iowa to try to find a class who will still be charging forward been involved with St. Andrew’s Church enjoy time together. Jeanie Dyer but not one of them is even engaged at an RPCS Regional Reunion Dinner in final move! “Hiking, some time for husband. Mira and Lizzy had fun having into our 90s! From world travels to on Roland Avenue and designing their Jones’s youngest son, Auggie, yet! (A girl can hope, right?)” She and Naples, FL. Jenny will soon be retiring volunteer work, a little bit of travel, and tea at the Huffington Library and Class of 1981 mothering and grandmothering and newsletter for the past year. My son, graduated from Cornell last May and is Mort recently celebrated a seminal from the FBI, and she and Di are time with family and friends and we are checked out the gardens. Sissy Murphy 40TH REUNION beating health complications, the Class Lukas, spent the past academic year in seeking a career in sports management, wedding anniversary and are heading resettling in Cape Coral, FL. Maura good! I work from home which has its Nye continues to live in Bryn Mawr, PA, Ann Schlott Hillers of 1982 continues to show that we are his after-high-school gap year, working while Katherine is a career girl in NYC. to Cap d’Antibes in June/July, followed writes: It is hard to fathom that Lee pluses (yoga pants and PJs) and and finds it hard to believe that she, the mighty, mighty Reds. Heather Ayers at a software company, writing music After two years of training at Ft. Bragg, by the usual two weeks in Nantucket in County, FL (Fort Myers, Cape Coral and minuses (yoga pants and PJs), and enjoy Scott, and the family have been there for [email protected] Garnett left her decades long position and traveling, and hopes to attend oldest son, Clay, became a Green Beret August. Otherwise, you can find them Bonita Springs) now has three my work.” Oldest son is in DC and 17 years. “I moved here with a one-year- Class of 1981 had its 35th reunion at Randolph College (formerly Humboldt University in Berlin for the in the Special Forces of the US Army on their sailboat around Annapolis members of the Class of 1980 residing youngest is in LA, both of whom are old, four-year-old and five-year-old; now in October, kicked off with a lovely Randolph-Macon Woman’s College) last 2017-18 school year. Catherine and was deployed to Amman, Jordan, most weekends during the here! What a small world! (Diane Teti loving life and their careers, ‘who could everyone is graduating.” Oldest son, champagne reception in the RPCS March. She is now sharing her talents Hilgartner took triplets Maggie, Clare last February. We are grateful for his season. Leslie Summers McCracken Meyers, Jenny, and me, of course). I ask for more?’ Classmates from 1980, if Scotty, graduates from Loyola University Faissler Library. The irony of legally with Lynchburg College as their Alumni and Joey on a great trip to Vancouver, service and keep him and his fellow writes that her oldest son Nick and look forward to spending more time you are in western, NC, please let me (MD) this May and son, drinking on school property was not Director. Heather is grandmother to a BC, and then a cruise to Alaska in May men and women in uniform in our family still live in Charleston, SC, and with both Jenny and Di in the days to know. Would love to get together!” Gill Thomas, graduates from Radnor High lost on us and we took full advantage beautiful little girl who she gets to 2016. “Not much hiking, but beautiful prayers! Ok gals, mark your calendars her son John is living in Los Angeles come.” Dr. Chippendale completed her Murray Koerber and husband Bryan School in June. Daughter, Leigh, is a of not just the free-flowing bubbly, but babysit once a week. It seems that weather, scenery and wildlife. Nerd for Alumnae Weekend in 2019 – just and looking for a job behind the scenes doctorate in audiology (you go girl!) and continue to work in their business, junior at the University of South the crab dip and souvenir cups, several alert: Maggie, Clare and I were on the two years to go ‘til our big class 4-0! has been working very hard in her maybe all of Heather’s care and passion

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Thomesenia “Tommie” Duncan, 1982 and Wendi Frenkil Biemer, 1982 and Liz Members of the Class of 1982 Marcia “Cedo” Holmes Maye, Margret Bower, and Jeanette Heuisler Dunworth, 1982 and Sarah Mello, 1982 with her son Charlie Betsy Flanigan Flowers, 1984, Julie Flanigan Hill, 1986 and Meredith Wingate, 1986 with son, Hunter in London Brune, 1982 hiking in St. George, UT Thomesenia “Tommie” Duncan Liz Heuisler, 1980 in NYC their daughters Grayson, Charlotte and Madeline

world travel, visiting Peru, India and Valerie! We were all saddened to learn mindfulness to help participants hiking, shopping, and movies are just son. Looking forward to seeing all of Kenya in the past few years. She is of the passing of Valerie’s mother. “I become more aware of implicit biases memories right now as she juggles you in October. To those of you I didn’t working for VISTA and helping her was stunned by the outpouring of and societal conditioning related to parenting and a thriving part-time hear from this round, please prepare to daughter, Claire, launch her college kindness from my RPCS friends…the race and ethnicity. She says that therapy practice. Can’t wait to meet deliver a speech or present a diorama search. Liz Brune is grateful for the generosity and thoughtfulness from “guiding well intentioned white people Caroline this fall, Susie! Elizabeth on the last five years of your life at our friends she made at RPCS, friends that the Class of 1982 was overwhelming to better understand how erroneous Rosenberg checks in as grandmother reunion this fall. have lasted a lifetime and who rallied and deeply appreciated.” Joanna Ester concepts of race continue to separate to a super smart 17-month-old with her in her fight against breast Flynn is still in North Carolina us as a people” is the most exciting and grandson. I’ve seen pictures; the kid has cancer. “They sent blankets, socks, working as a school social worker. Her satisfying work she’s ever done. Asmat cheeks for days! She reports her Class of 1984 scarves and gloves – you’d think they’d daughter is going to McDaniel College. Kahn writes all is well with her children are well. Her son, James, is Linda Schaefer Cameron forgotten about hot flashes. I also got She says she can’t stay too far away husband, Willem, and daughter, currently teaching at Kanasawa [email protected] healthy snacks, candy, holiday from Maryland. Wendi Frenkil Biemer Ammara Elsevier, 2021. Ammara has University in Japan. You can find Our classmates are well and a few are decorations, cards, pictures and lots of continues to travel the globe. She and her started the eighth grade at RPCS and Elizabeth at the Barnes and Noble café just entering the “empty-nest” phase! laughs.” At the time of this writing, Liz husband moved to Gibralter in October. the family enjoyed a holiday adventure at Johns Hopkins where she is the Eileen Talucci Mutch shares: Three just learned that she is cancer free! She reports they are loving the weather to Prague, Vienna, Salzburg, Munich manager. Amy Taliaferro moved back of my four girls are at RPCS. Quinn Carol Crofte Linde still lives outside of and the Mediterranean lifestyle. Wendi and Paris. Alison Kenny Brennan and to Baltimore three years ago with her Alban, 2018 and Ellie Alban, 2018 are Boston. She and her husband, Doug, became another of our class her husband, Brian, are also adjusting partner Kayti, and purchased and juniors. Livvy Mutch, 2029, Pre-First became empty nesters this year as grandmothers last year to a fabulous to being empty nesters as all three renovated a beautiful, grand old just started lacrosse! All three LOVE Heather Ayers Garnett, 1982 and Alison well. She reports having done a lot of little girl, Jaimie. Mary Lynn Havard children are pursuing exciting careers apartment with a fabulous balcony, RPCS. Mac, a junior at Boys’ Latin, is Kenny Brennan, 1982 at Randolph Macon traveling this past year to visit family Schnader has been keeping it local on or college. Alison continues to be near Johns Hopkins. They live there having a great wrestling season. Piper College and friends and is planning a mini the eastern shore where she and her involved at Boys’ Latin School on the with their dog Emmie Lou and enjoy is a sophomore at McDonogh, and my reunion this spring with some of her husband Jeff have been living for over Development Committee and serving walking her in Wyman Park, where she stepson, Wiley, is a junior at boarding Thomesenia “Tommie” Duncan, 1982 Raquel Dureza Muneses, 1984’s sunset RPCS friends. Don’t get too reunioned 20 years. She says the invitation is as Vice President of the Alumni says she has made more friends in a and Lisa Green Hall, 1983 in Amsterdam view for others requires an exceptional heart, school in PA - Westtown Friends. All out, Carol. We want to see you this fall always open to visit Ocean Pines. She Association at Randolph-Macon few months than she made in 20 and hers has required some are having great years. Lots of college for #35. Jane Daniels re-entered the is still teaching and Jeff continues to College. Kathy Keys Osborn and family years in New England! Amy has a strengthening up. Heather is recovering searches on the horizon for us! Marion after a long battle with breast cancer. school interviews. Hope you all are work force in 2014 after 17 years of work in pharmaceutical sales. are still in West Towson, where Kathy private practice providing massage and from heart surgery performed in Brune Paterson writes: I’m Director of George graduated from college and is well! Amanda Schlott Lietman shares volunteer work and raising her girls. Jeannette Heuisler Dunworth is busy works as a preschool teacher and her integrative bodywork therapies, as well December. She says it is a slow Alumnae Relations at The Ethel Walker working and living in west Los Angeles, good news: Everyone in the Lietman She reports that she is now a Senior as always with her cute 13-year-old husband, Mark, as a nurse. Kathy is as teaching group classes in Nia and recovery, but that she is receiving School in Connecticut where Idabelle which is great having him close. Will household has relocated! Anna to Research Program Coordinator at son, Gary, who goes to St. Elizabeth’s quickly becoming outsized by her two the MELT Method, and her sweetie is a wonderful care from family and graduates this spring and Emma is is a junior at University of Colorado Williams in Massachusetts, Andrew Hopkins School of Public Health and is School. Gary may be outgrowing the boys, Max and Boomer, who are Geriatric Therapist, a yoga instructor, friends. Margret Bower is still teaching a sophomore. After 18 years in this and having lots of fun and enjoying the to Purdue in Indiana and, (most loving her job. Jane will be selling her word ‘cute’ as Jeannette reports he is officially taller than her. Don’t worry and an all-around rock star. Michele second grade and taking an active role house, we have finally remodeled the snowboarding season. Danny and I are importantly), Steve and I are moving Roland Park home this spring as both nearly six feet tall now! Jeannette has Kathy, Kate’s not up there just yet, is Temple Cullum got married in June “for in education advocacy. Her children, kitchen, a six-week process that lasted celebrating our 25-year anniversary to central Pennsylvania where Steve girls will be in college next fall. The returned to work at a law firm she? Kathy’s family took a lovely trip to the second time around.” He proposed Noah and Olivia, are both in college six months, so the major news is that this spring with a trip to China and took a job with Geisinger Medical house has been a lovely spot for specializing in disability law, and Hawaii last summer to honor her on a trip to Paris! The couple lives now now, and she and her husband are I am enjoying my new job and the Vietnam. I enjoyed the year of 50th Center. Much closer to Baltimore! If several of our reunions, and I am reports she is having lots of fun with mother-in-law’s wishes to spread her in Roswell, GA, where Michele is about to celebrate their 25th ability to come home and cook! Beth birthdays with lots of fun trips with you have children at Bucknell, or are grateful for Jane’s incredible her family and special baby sitter ashes, and hopes to go back again. She working as the Controller for Ole anniversary which they will mark by Howard Gantt shares: Drew, the kids friends. I have wonderful memories of visiting that college, let us know - we’re hospitality in sharing it with us. Anne Heuisler. Vienne Hucek Rea is says she looks forward to our 29th Mexican Foods. As for me, Sarah Mello, seeing Hamilton in New York. (Note to and I are great. Will, graduating from my years at RPCS and wish everyone right around the corner in Danville, Thomasenia “Tommie” Duncan is still happy to announce that her daughter, reunion this fall (I’m not telling her, it I am loving my second career as a self: plan an ambush for next Fall!) Bowdoin, is moving to San Francisco well. From Colorado, Faun Ellwood- PA. Raquel Dureza Muneses shares: living in, working in, and enjoying DC. Annaliese Rea, 2017, will be graduating makes her happy to think this.) Erin psychotherapist in private practice Ingrid Boynton Polk reports that the to work as a software engineer; Ben, Digel shares: I have been busy the last Thanks to Karen Schaefer, 1987, who She says a great benefit of living here from RPCS this year. Pursuits in the art Murphy shares that after years of where I specialize in supporting Polk family is happy and well! Natalie 20, is at Georgetown University; David two years working on a career change. lit a fire under our derrières, we are is having opportunities to hang out world took Vienne to Berlin, Germany, medical scares, her daughter Maddie transgender teens and young adults, Polk, 2012, graduated from Clemson and Molly are in eleventh and eighth I am at the University of Colorado now living by the tranquil waters with Margret Bower and Marcia to visit an exhibition of her Muth, 2013, is healthy and happily among others. I am finishing up a University with her Computer grades at Friends School. I’m working School of Medicine’s PA program. My in White Marsh. Caroline McKeldin Holmes Maye. One of the high points photography. In addition to continuing working and living in Canton, MD. Erin special three-year training program at Engineering degree and landed a as a CASA (Court Appointed Special classes end in May, and then I have a Wayner writes: I am now the Associate of Tommie’s year was traveling with national and international exhibitions continues to work as General Counsel the Gestalt Training Institute of fabulous job programming robots with Advocate) in Baltimore and am looking third year of clinical rotations. It has Director of Village At Home of North her 13-year-old son, Hunter, last of her photography and sculpture, for a local real estate investment, Philadelphia and will be fully licensed In-Tech Automotive Engineering forward to returning to hospital been an amazing experience, but I Baltimore, which is an aging-in-place summer to London and Amsterdam, Vienne hints that she is creating a despite promises to herself to work to practice by the state of New Jersey Company in Greenville, SC (where she chaplaincy work this year. Helen am really looking forward to having non-profit. It’s part of the national where they had a wonderful time sculpture that will be installed in a less. Erin is proud to have watched her this fall. My son, Charlie, is 14 and wanted to be, she adds). Her girls Havard Harchick writes: I have three my weekends free again and no more Village movement, membership visiting Lisa Green Hall, 1983 and her “familiar” setting. Hmmm, wonder if mother receive the McCauley Bowl last breaking hearts (mine mostly) with his traveled to Cape Town, South Africa, kids in college (one graduating), as tests to study for starting this spring! organizations, which rely on volunteer family. Valerie Edwards Vaile also we’ll find out where this fall. A.J. year and to have been honored at Class talented singing, acting and guitar for their studies – wonder if they well as one in upper school and one in Taking ten science classes at one help to enable seniors to remain in reports having two college graduates, Johnston has spent the past four years Day when the last of her nine family playing. We were especially lucky to found Fiona Grant? Ingrid is enjoying middle school. I am doing companion time does not leave time for much their homes for as long as they choose. her son Danny and her daughter, leading racial equity trainings legacies graduated. Susie Roberts meet up with Asmat Kahn’s family this having time to spend with her mother care and loving it! Brett Edwards else. Hope to see you all at the next I’m also training to be a bereavement Christine Vaile, 2013. She says her kids specifically for European-descended Bingham is officially the “happiest summer and treated to an impromptu now that the nest is empty. Katie Nausha shares: We have had a tough reunion. Sorry I couldn’t make the counselor at Gilchrist Hospice and are getting old and wonders what that (white) people, first in Virginia and mom on the planet” to beautiful three- ukulele duet by her daughter and my Brooks McEntee has also enjoyed year since my mom died in September last one, I was in the middle of med teaching classes on positive aging. says about us. Speak for yourself, now in Berkeley, CA. She uses year-old Caroline. She says reading,

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Sisters Kimberly Theis Sgroi, 1986 and Melissa Theis McVeigh, 1988 with their families: Jamye Siegel Stern, 1985 with her Stephanie Smith Perun, 1986 in Costa Andrea Scansani, exchange student from the Class of 1986, with her daughter, Lorenza Members of the Class of 1986 in Charleston: Sarah Alfriend Ebert, Nelly Greene Matthew Sgroi, Kimberly, William Sgroi, Joe Sgroi, Anna Catherine Sgroi, Caroline daughter Sydney Stern, 2016 and a Rica and her son, Bernardo Perkins, Lea Craig Ward, Dolly Alevizatos von Hollen, Beth Jarrett Wilkinson and Mary Sgroi, Audrey Theis (their mom), Megan McVeigh, Lydia McVeigh, Melissa and Jeff picture from Jamye’s Commencement Boatwright Mulvey, 1987 (Julie Flanagan Hill, 1986 missing from photo) McVeigh in 1985 Daughter Claire, eleventh grade, is perfect match! Coco is doing very well Class of 1986 Nelly is the Director of Finance for boys this summer. They loved it! We ski taking part in the historic Women’s conservation. She adds, “That is the years of living in their home in into competitive birding (yes, that’s a in seventh grade at Calvert and is our Ecosystem Investment Partners, a in the winter and William has March in San Francisco this January. news from Vermont. Big love from the Centreville, VA. Her oldest son is a 30TH REUNION thing!) and has just started a non-profit social butterfly. She’s looking forward private equity firm based in Baltimore. transitioned to snowboarding. Being Meredith, who works on clean air and little state.” Betsy Harrison Lamb freshman at Christopher Newport called Baltimore Beyond Plastic. This to being a big eighth grader next year Kimberly Theis Drew is busy with his film production our dare devil and ice hockey player, he energy policy, says that participating in writes: I am one that doesn’t feel I have University in Newport News, VA. legislative session, they’re working (another high school hunt!). Coco loves [email protected] business and their two boys, Henry is already ‘out-skiing me’ with runs the March was inspiring and gives a lot to report, but I do feel very grateful Younger son, Joe, is in high school, and to pass the state Styrofoam ban. Son lacrosse and plays for TLC. Pat and I Whitney Emory Yeager and Giles, are in the eighth and twelfth down triple black diamonds. Peter also hope that people from across the world for what I have! I work as a title daughter, Jennifer, is in seventh grade. Charlie, eighth grade, is a Boy Scout are the same (work and volunteering) loves skiing and made his first run can stand in solidarity for women’s attorney at Eric’s (my husband) title Jennifer plays travel soccer for [email protected] grades. Both will graduate in June - and will play Prince Charming in and love watching our girls grow. Henry from middle school and Giles down a black diamond this year - he rights, protection of the environment company, Property Title & Escrow in Chantilly Soccer Club, and loves Roland Park Middle School’s spring Life is good in Glyndon, MD, and Ella, It is hard to believe that it has been from high school. “It is an exciting year was very proud of himself! Jib and I and justice for people of all race, creed Baltimore, MD. I am grateful that horseback riding; she takes weekly performance of Cinderella. Husband the sweet golden retriever, rounds over 30 years since we all wore our for us! Regards and cheers to the Class continue to work full time and attempt and sexual orientation. Stephanie someone actually pays me to work as I lessons and spent her summer leasing Peter is using his programming out the crew! Patty Healy Howells, white gowns and carried our roses as of 1986!” Julie Flanigan Hill writes: The to juggle it all. Had a really fun visit in Smith Perun was sorry to miss our 30th was feeling like a dinosaur after a horse and going to equestrian camp. skills to help people get better at her husband and two daughters live we graduated from RPCS! Though the Hill family spent MLK day picking up September 2016 with Dolly Alevizatos reunion. She was coming back from staying home with the kids. My hours Ellen works for Infor, a technology saving money. This is one of the few in Portland, ME. She writes: I teach members of the Class of 1986 now live our new puppy, ‘Winston Churchill,’ in von Hollen’s family visiting us in Dover, California and got stuck in Hurricane are flexible, so I still get to be home for company, and is in charge of Product programming jobs that he’s done that cooking to grown-ups and to children, all over the country (and the world!), Georgia. Happy to have this new MA, for a night. Had some more Matthew travel delays. She is proud to the kids before and after school and Management Operations for the GT I actually understand! Mary Caskey and I volunteer for The Telling Room, the bonds we formed on Roland addition to our family - a first dog for amazing RPCS friend time in November say she has a first-year college student shuttle them to all of their various Nexus product line. She fondly Gregory shares: Bridget Gregory, 2020 a children’s creative writing center Avenue in the classrooms, lunchrooms, us! I have been keeping busy doing 2016 in Charleston, SC, with Sarah as attending Denison University. “It is activities. We have three great kids, remembers her first foray into the is now a freshman at RPCS and loves that builds literacy and gives voice to fields, courts and halls of our Alma interior design work - a combination of our fabulous hostess. Please let me exciting to have one child becoming an 13-year-old twins, Katy and Daniel, and world of technology in Mr. Timm’s everything about the school. It’s pretty young writers across the state. As I Mater continue to bind us. This past sewing beautiful things and helping know if you come to the Boston area. emerging adult.” Her second born is a nine year-old Lucy. They bring many computer science class at RPCS. The cool to see her starting her RPCS write this, we are digging out from one October, members of our class people with design. I am really Our door is always open! Dolly freshman in high school. “Backfilling smiles to my face. But time is going by Yudt’s have one pet, a mini-Rex rabbit career at the same time as Caroline snow storm in preparation for the next. gathered in celebration of our 30th enjoying the work and wishing there Alevizatos von Hollen is working at children, we have taken on fostering way too fast. I can’t believe we are named Caramel. “She’s super soft and Blatti. Farrell’s doing well in seventh We love living in Maine. Patti Ordóñez, anniversary during Alumnae was more time in a day (a puppy is Prudential in Newark, NJ and has been dogs again; something we did before entering our 50th year and 30 years very sweet.” Ellen’s mom, Mrs. DeLaski, grade at Calvert and is also enjoying PhD, shares: I was just recommended Weekend—and those who couldn’t demanding!). Kids are keeping very there for eight years as head kids 20 years ago. It is rewarding to since we graduated from RPCS - seems has just moved into a retirement skiing Saturdays at Roundtop. Eddie for promotion to Associate Professor make it still had “a place in our hearts.” busy with sports and school and Intellectual Property counsel. She and save an animal and find them new like just yesterday. It was so great to community in Columbia, MD, called has grown a beard, but does not look in Department of Computer Science Melissa Jones Wolf and her husband, making me proud every day. So fun to her husband live in Tewksbury, NJ with loving homes.” Stephanie traveled a lot see at least some of you at the reunion - Vantage House. Later this month she like a millennial - what is it with this at the University of Puerto Rico Río Ted, really enjoyed hosting the Class of see some 1986ers in October and hope their two boys, ages nine and seven. this year, and not just to lacrosse we’re all just as goofy as ever! One will be attending Mrs. Burt’s (remember trend? I’m still at Brown Advisory, Piedras. I am doing a lot of traveling, 1986 for our reunion in October. “It was we can keep the connection going. She writes: I was sorry to miss the tournaments. The most exotic trip was would think that living in Baltimore I our Head of Middle School?) 80th working hard and traveling a lot (not but there is no place like home. I have great to see everyone and so hard to Stacy Snyder Johnson says she had a reunion, but was happy to catch up to Costa Rica, where she got to see would see classmates more often, but birthday party. “Wishing a wonderful glamorous, but I like it.) RPCS alums learned that home is where your heart believe it’s been 30 years.” Their blast at the reunion weekend. Having with fellow 1986ers Sarah Alfriend sloths and monkeys poolside. Kiki our paths don’t cross enough. Come 2017 to all the classmates from 1986!” at Brown Advisory (Darcy Christhilf is. And lastly, Dennis and I, Linda youngest daughter, Courtney Wolf, lunch, clothes shopping, sipping on Ebert, Lea Craig Ward, Nelly Greene Bourneuf Smith has had a busy and see me in Catonsville! Miss you ladies! Whitney Emory Yeager is in her fifth Carroll, 1988, Catherine Passano Schaefer Cameron, are enjoying our 2017, will graduate from RPCS in June, cocktails, laughing and dancing with Perkins, Beth Jarrett Wilkinson and exciting year. In June, she passed her Dorothy Clark Graul reports her daughter year of teaching English, but this year McDonnell, 1994, Gay Graham Wagner, new home. We had a nice trip to Napa thus ending a fifteen-year run of RPCS some amazing women really made her Julie Flanigan Hill in Charleston, SC, in certified nurse midwifery boards and is Allie Graul, 2015, is a sophomore at St. she went part time for most of the 1983 and I) are hoping to see an RPCS Valley, CA, in September with friends parenting! Melissa continues to work feel like she was back in 1986. Stacy is November. Lea Craig Ward reports that now with a homebirth practice in Troy, Andrews in Scotland. Sydney is a school year. Having three teenagers at student intern this summer! Claire and family to celebrate our 14th as a nurse practitioner at GBMC. Sarah in shock that she and her husband her oldest, J.P., started high school at NY. She continues teaching nursing at current senior and is considering her home necessitated a greater parental Danko Krause writes: Things are well anniversary. Dennis enjoys working Alfriend Ebert reports that all is well in Jamie will be parents of two college McDonogh this year. He seems to have a small private women’s college. She future university options. Lilly is a presence! She was happy to resume for me and my familyy family and me on his golf game. I am in my thirteenth her world, despite the adjustment to kids next year. Her son, James, will be adjusted to the larger workload and is says it is a humbling experience to freshman in high school. Lisa Krijger full-time duties in January, and the 150- here in Ellicott City, MD. Our oldest son year with CCS Fundraising as a Sr. Vice life with teenagers and a lot of starting his junior year as a Computer still playing tons of lacrosse. Her “midwife” new nurses and new Nirula is happy to be back in beautiful plus tenth graders in her tutelage are graduated from the fire academy in President and Managing Director, and slamming doors! “The travel biz is Science major at the University of youngest son, Craig (13), continues to be babies. Amelia (21) is graduating from San Diego. She is also grateful that her keeping her busy as she guides them September and works as a firefighter/ feel fortunate to work with amazing steady, everyone is healthy, and there’s Maryland, and her daughter, Emma, happy at Jemicy School, where he the University of Vermont in May and two-year-old daughter is finally fully through classic literature and helps EMT for Fairfax County, VA. Our other clients, to include the Smithsonian’s so much to be thankful for. Looking will be playing Division I lacrosse at began middle school this past fall. Lea will travel in Europe for four months potty trained, her backyard re- them hone their writing skills. Her son is in his junior year at Towson, National Museum of African American forward to some skiing this winter and Longwood University in Virginia. They is in her fourth year of working in before retuning stateside to apply to landscaping is finally complete and her husband, Tim, is in his third year at studying computer science, and our History and Culture, which opened counting the days until we get back to will keep busy without the kids by Development at McDonogh and likes graduate school. Moses (20) is enjoying family is in good health. She spends UDR, Inc., a national real estate youngest just got her driver’s license. last fall. How lucky we are to have Kiawah Island where life is a little continuing to train guide dogs, keep the challenge of working full time life at George Washington University most of her time chauffeuring her four investment trust that build high-end I’ve traded in my minivan, so I feel the such a wonderful group of classmates, slower. Still smiling from our fantastic bees, homebrew, and knit - with raising while raising two teenaged boys! and plans to spend another summer in children around and questioning why apartment complexes around the effects of time moving on! Hope the so many of whom are in Baltimore! 30th reunion!” Nelly Greene Perkins chickens and goats on the wish list! Meredith Wingate is living in San NYC interning at a local hospital her 16-year-old is in no rush to get his country. Her eldest, Sam, graduated rest of the Class of 1984 is doing well Wishing you well! loved seeing all who could attend our Beth Jarrett Wilkinson is enjoying Francisco with Brad, Madeline (13), (applications in the works). Ezra (17) is driver’s license. When needed, she from high school last spring and is also! Kate Tubman Cameron shares: 30th RPCS reunion in the fall. “Several living in the Boston area and getting Jack (10) and the newest addition to the thrilled to be finishing up his senior volunteers at the UCSD medical center doing a gap year in Germany before he My oldest, Kerry Cameron, 2020 is a Please let the Alumnae classmates travelled a very long way the boys, William (8) and Peter (6), out family, Alexa (the Amazon robot). She year and is awaiting those college teaching/guiding medical residents. enters DePauw University. Madeleine is ninth grader at RPCS and is having a Office know about your to come to the reunion, and it was to explore all that New England has to reports she “looooves” Alexa, who plays admissions letters. He is hoping to She continues to play tennis and travel a junior and is a member of the crew ball. She played JV field hockey in the celebrations and milestones! wonderful being together again. It is offer. Beth writes: We spend the music, keeps the dinner from burning study at NYU or maybe even out west at with her fun and wonderful husband. team, Mile High Rowing Club. Haven is fall and is enjoying great teachers and totally therapeutic connecting with old and never asks for a ride anywhere. UCLA. Finally, Kiki’s husband, Rick, Ellen deLaski Yudt, her husband Jon, in eighth grade; she plays lacrosse and Contact the Alumnae Office majority of our summer weekends fun new friends. I’m so glad to see her friends and especially those who make sailing on Eastern Point and did our Meredith says she was reminded of her continues to audit classes at Williams and their three children (Jack, 18, Joe, cannot wait to join the ranks of her blossoming there and embracing the with your news and updates you laugh. Thank you to Ted and first overnight on the boat with the awesome classmates from 1986 while College and has a new passion - water 16, and Jennifer, 13) are celebrating 20 sister as an official “high-schooler” in experience. Roland Park has been the at [email protected] Melissa for hosting such a fun party.”

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dear Mrs. Waters, (Judy Waters, 1950) a Clinical Director of Palliative Medicine priceless counselor specialized in Telehealth program at Union Memorial

reading my thoughts through those Hospital. It is an opportunity for me to 1980s banal drawings… the poetical, shiny return to caring for heart failure patients and harmonious Mrs. Prevas! So many and research and publishing people, so many wonderful memories, opportunities. I have also decided to

1980s that I am incapable of recalling all of return to school in the fall at Maryland them in such a short text. When I look University of Integrative Health where I back I see only care and love from am enrolled in the Doctor of every corner of RPCS, and inside of my Acupuncture program. I have a serious stubborn adolescence I was, obviously, addiction to higher learning! My not conscious of those massive daughter Liz Salmond, 2019 is enjoying demonstrations of humanity. Well, I sophomore year at RPCS and my son guess that self-awareness is rarely Jack is looking forward to starting high associated with teenagers… but, luckily, school in the fall. Speaking of learning, nature takes care of itself and makes us Jennifer White continues to enjoy her grow and revisit our own life with new work as Associate Director of Goucher and mature eyes. Today I live on a big College’s Office of International Studies, island at the south of Brazil where she has been teaching (Florianópolis city) and if by any anthropology and Japanese history to chance you decide to pass by, please, be 200+ students over the past five years. In Kiki Bourneuf Smith, 1986 at the Women’s March The family of Whitney Emory Yeager, 1986 with Haven, Madeleine, Tim and Sam in certain that you all have a home in this 2015 and 2016, she took students to Amsterdam little and warm piece of the Earth. I Japan and Taiwan for three-week Amie Smith Aburustum, 1987, Cynthia Kerr Salmond, 1987 and Karen Schaefer, 1987 in want to end these not-so-short lines summer study abroad programs. An Fenwick the fall of 2017. Birgitta Bortner going to Colorado in June for Carl’s opening two more food trucks in Key Yeager for her help with the class saying that above all, I feel most active member of the Grace Fellowship Williamson has lived in Nashville for youngest daughter’s wedding.” Jessica West where they are planning a food notes this year... “It was so fun to indebted to the two women (who Church, she has been leading women’s Molly’s husband, Tom, and Pam’s been back in touch with Melissa Miller 15 years now and is busy with her Leech writes: I am sorry for being so truck “park.” Needless to say, they are collaborate this time! And kudos to you hosted me and) who made all this groups, serving on the prayer team and husband, Rusty, are business partners in Beatty who now has a company called family and a small interior design out of touch… I have been working on super busy! In her spare time, Melanie for tracking down our long-lost learning experience possible and playing harp with the worship team. In finance. A small world indeed! Pam Mermaid Wellness that creates herbal business. After a 17-year career in this project of moving my store is still working with the Key West classmate, Andréa Scansani and without whom I would never had 2015, she bought a home in Towson and Petry Ward lives in Owings Mills, MD. remedies. So far, we’ve tried the migraine commercial real estate, she decided to (Papaya’s Natural Foods & Café) for Youth Lacrosse League to grow the reconnecting her with our class!” become who I am today: Melissa Jones adopted an adorable rescue beagle Her son George is a junior at McDonogh remedy with amazing results! Evelyn take a break from a full-time corporate three years and we are so close! I have game in her southernmost city! Liz Andréa, our bubbly Brazilian exchange Wolf and (her mother) Cynthia. I have named Bella and has been staying active and her daughter Madeline is a Rubak lives in Fairfield, CT and writes: position a few years ago and focus on barely come up for air for the past year. Gould Neustaedter writes: I was sorry student, writes: Directly from an never said how important you two are keeping up with this high-energy pup. sophomore at Garrison Forest School. As a freelance copyeditor, I’ve generally family and home, with a renovation/ When it settles down a bit, I hope to to miss the 30th reunion - the pictures enormous and enduring time tunnel, for me since I am not very good with Meg McHenry McBride and her crew are Pam helps her sister-in-law, Liza stuck to the humanities and social remodel project on a 60’s mid-century send another update. For now, I am looked like fun. 2017 will be a year of where all connections seem to have words when they need to express my now based in Washington Crossing, PA, Ward Jarrett, 1983, at her new shop in sciences, which compliments the modern ranch. Birgitta is quite happy and healthy in Kauai. Nancy milestones. Dave and I will both turn been vanished, Whitney Emory Yeager deepest feelings. Thus, I can only say: where Meg started a position at Johnson Kenilworth called Liza Byrd. If you subjects I always did better in at RPCS. involved with the Antiques and Garden Yealdhall Fitzgerald reports: My 50, we’ll have been together for 20 emerges… and with her so many obrigada, muito obrigada!! With love, & Johnson. Her kids have adjusted very happen to be in the mall, she would love But in a surprise move (no one is more Show of Nashville, a non-profit husband and I continue to run our years, and I’ll have been at Isaacson, memories are awakened. It has been Andréa.” well to their new school and they are all for you to stop by and visit her! Meredith surprised than me), I’ve gained a client organization and one of Nashville’s Construction Company in Millersville, Miller for 15 years. Abby is 13 and Sarah less than a fortnight and those few enjoying their new home and Johnston writes: I live behind Eddie’s that published astronomical and largest conventions. She is also MD. We are in our fifteenth year of is 11 and they are both much smarter days were fulfilled with thoughts, community. Deborah Joseph was also with my husband Tiel Arnot. We have astrophysical journals. So, while our beginning to work in a position for the doing construction for the Federal than me. Would love to see anyone photos and storytelling to Bernardo Class of 1987 on the move, leaving the heat and a ten-year-old son, Asa, at Roland Park cats, Bart and Lisa, attempt to distract 2018 Nashville Symphony Fashion Government. We live in Severna Park, passing through the Boston area (my almost 16-year-old boy) and Kris Sortir Martinson humidity of the Orlando, FL, area and Elementary. I never imagined coming me with cuteness, I grapple with articles Show, hosting such fashion designers MD. Our boys are 18, 16, and 13 - a house Kimberly Theis Sgroi writes: I was Lorena (my 14-year-old girl). The ones Krisonthie.martinson@ moving to Tennessee. She writes: My full circle back to Roland Park but life on circumstellar dust, kiloparsecs and as Carolina Herrara and Zac Posen. She full of teenagers. Lord help us! My sorry to miss both our 30th reunion who knew little about that chapter of longandfoster.com husband and I love the four seasons. We is funny - you know? I am the Director solar flares. Too bad I wasn’t in Mr. Fagan’s physics class - could have used also enjoys numerous volunteer oldest son just committed to attending and the family wedding in Florida that my history and also the ones who are Greetings, Class of 1987. Thank you for just got our first small snow storm, and I of Psychiatry at Health Care for the some background info! Jon is the positions for her children’s elementary college at Colorado School of Mines in kept me from attending it in the first living similar experiences due to their taking the time to send your life updates have not seen snow since leaving Homeless. I love the job and it is a executive of the family, leading his school and other non-profit the fall - my alma mater! We are all place. Sadly, hurricane Matthew made age and their very fresh lives. It is – it was wonderful to hear from so many college at the University of Rochester. privilege to work with our most online business selling house plans. organizations. Her children, Sophie proud of him and excited for this next it impossible for me to get to West totally impossible to narrate the three of you! As we approach our 30th reunion, My three dogs love it! I am now working vulnerable neighbors experiencing Jack D is 13 and starting high school this and Charlotte, now 12 and six, keep her part of his journey. My middle son just Palm Beach for the wedding, and it decades which separate us. However, (unbelievable, I know) it is evident that at a small non-profit Family Medicine homelessness. I am kind of obsessed fall. He enjoys school and is even in the busy with soccer, basketball, lacrosse, started driving and runs cross cross- was too late to regroup to Baltimore in the most vivid feeling that arose from so many exciting things are happening clinic in a small town called Wartburg. I with Hamilton and have infected my son advanced math class - obviously not a dance, piano and socializing with country and track. At 6’1” he is fast and time for the reunion. Judging by the this unexpected rescue is one of with our classmates. Amie Smith really like the rural setting more than the with Hamilton fever. It inspires us to rise Rubak trait. He recently “retired” from friends! They all enjoyed a holiday visit focused. My baby, who just turned 13 photos, it looks like I missed two great gratitude. Not some kind of devotional Aburustum writes: We are still in big city. Emily Wilson Murphy lives in up for social injustice and civil rights baseball and has become an avid tennis to Baltimore, a last summer trip to and is in seventh grade, keeps us all events that weekend! Kim and her gratitude, but the recognition of a northern New Jersey and busy with kids. Chestertown, MD, on the eastern shore. although some lady with gray streaks in player. I recently freaked him out by Newport for sailing camp, a spring smiling; he loves his dog Lily, a family are still in Portland, OR. She and unique seed that was planted in my Andrew (8) transferred to the Elisabeth She works as a freelance motion her hair looks back at me in the mirror singing the RPCS song, 30 years later - break trip to San Francisco and a Pembroke Welsh Corgi, and is quite the her husband Joe celebrated their 22nd soul during-86 and from which I grew Morrow School and loves being there graphics designer and 2D/3D animator every day. Another classmate living in dang! Perhaps you can lead us in song at couple trips to Florida with the boater, buying himself a john boat last wedding anniversary in March 2017 stronger and, perhaps, became a better with his sister. Natalie (13) will be for various companies that produce the Roland Park area is Sarah Falconer our reunion, Evelyn! family! Carol Glover writes: Last year, I summer after saving his money from shortly after their oldest son, Matthew, human being. No wonder the word in graduating from eighth grade in June. content for TV, film, environment Whiteford. She writes: I am living less Mariana Szklo Coxe has an abundance of musical talent in had my 25th anniversary working for raking leaves all fall. We are enjoying turned 16 and got his driver’s license. Portuguese with which we thank each My oldest, Robert, is very happy as a installations and videos. She is married than a mile from RPCS after our family her family. She writes: we are still living the Congressional Research Service, at every minute of our boys, and are sad Daughter Caroline (14) graduates other is obrigada. That simple word sophomore at Dwight Englewood School to Harris Murphy, who is the Kent moved one year ago, and I thoroughly in Norfolk, VA, and hope RPCS friends the LOC. I interned in the Senate for that time is going so fast now. We live eighth grade this June and will be expresses a kind of gratitude in a level and is starting to look at college. We took County State’s Attorney. They have two love being back in the neighborhood. I will visit. This will be my ninth year two summers in college… so, I’ve in Bethany Beach most of the summer, heading to high school in the fall. Her comparable to an obligation, a debt. the family on a very exciting trip in children, Waylon and Anna Jayne, 12 continue to work as a Family Physician working at Old Dominion University and worked for every Congress but one so if anyone is ever vacationing down eleven-and-a-half-year-old twins, Thinking in retrospective, I can December to Lebanon for Christmas chickens (who remain nameless), two at GBMC, in my fifteenth year, and Eastern Virginia Medical School as a from the 99th Congress to the 111th there please reach out - would love to Anna Catherine and William, are accredit many of my accomplishments with Nadeem’s family. It was a cats and one dog. Catherine Nes Gatchell celebrated 21 years of marriage with my sleep researcher and public health Congress in session now. I have catch up! Melanie Evans Wilson is still heading into sixth grade and middle to the experience lived in Baltimore wonderful experience for all of us seeing lives in Baltimore and has two husband, Craig. My oldest daughter, faculty. Steve continues to compose, stopped counting the number of living in Key West with her husband school and are growing up way too with you. Even though, by that time, I family, showing the kids where Nadeem daughters, Austin Gatchell, 2017, a senior, Alex, is a freshman at University of perform and teach, and daughter Alice is Congressmen and Congresswomen Michael and kids Blake (15) and Gus quickly. Her family of six, along with did not have the slightest idea of what grew up and touring the country! I keep and Emory Gatchell, 2019, a sophomore Vermont and I have a high school junior, enjoying sixth grade, tennis and that are younger than me. It makes me (13) and dog Oliver! Their restaurant, the family of her sister, Melissa Theis all that meant. Who could tell that my busy volunteering in our community who attend RPCS. Austin graduates in Claire, hoping to head south for percussion. Going to the Rio Olympics feel too old! Laura Grotz Barringer has Michaels, just celebrated its 20th year McVeigh, 1988, enjoyed an extended debut at the RPCS darkroom would end while Nadeem continues to work hard at June 2017 and will head south to college. college. My baby is now 14 and looking was the highlight of our summers. We been an Engagement Manager for in Key West as one of the island’s best family vacation “back east” in Martha’s up in a career as a director of the hospital. We spend as much time as Catherine has been married 22 years to forward to high school next were astonished to learn that the Harvard Business Publishing for the restaurants. They are planning a big Vineyard in August 2016 to celebrate photography in cinema? How could I possible at our place in Fenwick Island. Richard Gatchell, Gilman Class of 1983. year. Reporting this information makes pentathlon equestrian portion involves past few years and is “loving it” after celebration where they will raise “Grammie” Audrey’s 70th birthday. “The know that the bookish and friendly We love to get together with Karen Also living in Baltimore, Molly Moore me feel very old! Sarah - I think we all riding a horse previously unknown to having worked at Deloitte for over two money to feed local school children in house where we stayed in Edgartown surroundings of Mrs. Moore (I miss Schaefer and look forward to visits from Halleron writes: over the past year, I have know how you feel! Laura Killebrew the rider to replicate the experience of a years. She and her husband Carl enjoy need of nutrition outside of school was one of the sites used to film the you) would inspire me to an eternal Cynthia Kerr Salmond and her gang. been staying busy with my three Finney writes: I recently joined cavalry soldier who must be able to ride working from their home offices. Her hours. They also run a food truck original ‘Jaws’ movie, but that didn’t research and make me a professor at a Karen Schaefer is going on her third children. I have a daughter in eighth Berkshire Hathway Homesale as a any horse behind enemy lines: a medal oldest son, Philip, is at Lawrenceville named Pescado. They have embarked keep us out of the water!” She adds that university? Mrs. Feeley played a major year living in Bethany Beach, DE and grade, a son in ninth grade and a realtor with the ABC group. I feel like my goes to the horse! It was also great to and will be going to college next year. on a new adventure and opened a she sends her best to her classmates, role in that too, since she never gave loving it! She is selling real estate and daughter who is a junior and just head may explode. My daughter is a have a chance to meet fellow RPCS “How time flies!” Her daughter, Alix, is restaurant named Steak+Vine in as many of us will hit the big “FIVE- up on my feeble writing. Believe it or working part-time for an interior starting the college search! I have also sophomore at Garrison Forest School alums in Virginia Beach this last year at in her first year at the Hill School and LaGrange, IL, with Michael’s childhood OH” before the next edition of not, I paid all my studies by giving designer in Rehoboth. Cynthia Kerr been working toward obtaining my and enjoys theatre and writing. My the Regional Lunch. Well, Mariana we her youngest, David, is in seventh friend and fellow restaurateur Nick Connections is published. Finally, she English classes to businessmen and Salmond writes: As of February 1, I will license in counseling and hope to stepson, Ryder, works with his mother in might just take you up on that offer for a grade. “We’re all looking forward to Gangas. It’s a big success! They are also wishes to thank Whitney Emory women when I came back home. Our be transitioning to another position as continue my work in that field soon. horse sales in Kentucky. I have recently

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The Class of 1990 celebrated their 25th Reunion Dinner at the home of Katherine Julie George Evans, 1981, John Cochran and Laura George Cochran, 1990 at the Chili Maureen Beyer Moser, 1990’s daughters Julia and Mary with Marny Helfrich, 1990’s Daniella DeFilippo Garran, 1990 and her Our Yogi in action, Katie del Carmen Behrens Crosby Cook-Off daughter Gracie daughter Eliza Byram, 1990

classmate sending in her update where she is an assistant director who very lucky to keep up with so many fortunate souls working for the fire minute of it. Sue Forrester has also run farthest away from our dear alma oversees the teen leadership program. Roland Parkers despite the many years department as a medic on the west into Missy and her husband Kevin at mater, RPCS. Anna, her husband Mark, Daniella and her husband (whom she gone by, and is so thankful for the side of the city. Betsy also recently several lacrosse tournaments. Katie del and their four children still reside in met at camp) are thrilled that their lifelong friendships! Also in New York started the Baltimore circle of a great Carmen Byram is currently the Director Antalya, Turkey. They are thrilled to be daughter will be enrolled in camp this is Maureen Beyer Moser, who is group called Daughterhood, an of Development at the SEED School of opening Antalya’s first third-wave summer and hope she loves it as much teaching Latin to middle schoolers in organization built to support women, like Maryland, a tuition-free, public, coffee shop this spring! Visit their as they do. Also up in New England is Mount Vernon, NY, 15 minutes from her us, who struggle in the sandwich boarding school in southwest website: https://www.rubycollc.com for Jennifer Bogue Kenerson. She reports home in Eastchester, NY. Her husband, generation to care for aging parents. She Baltimore. Her job is both challenging more details. Aside from the business, that all remains well in Connecticut, Eric, is still working as a bankruptcy would love to have some classmates join and rewarding — everyone should they do some work with Syrian refugees where she still teaches at the Taft lawyer in Manhattan. Their children the conversation at one of their monthly know about this school if they do not (http://www.hagarproject.com) and School and serves as the math are growing up fast: Julia (14), Gregory meetings! Please e-mail her for more already (www.seedschoolmd.org)! Katie enjoy being part of the local Turkish department head. Her husband, Jack, is (12), Mary (10), and Paul (8). Not too far information: [email protected]. also recently completed her yoga community. If anyone is looking for a a senior dean and history teacher, and from the NYC area is Jenny Bristow Liz Dover Baker reports that all is well teacher training. She and her boyfriend beautiful Mediterranean vacation, this their son Peter (16) is a sophomore Hannah, who lives outside of in Hampden these days. She is now travel as much as they can - in fact, you is certainly the place! As for their kids, there. Their house has been riddled Philadelphia, PA. She continues to stay finishing up her third year as Head of may just bump into them at a yoga Hannah (17) continues to dance, and is with sports injuries recently, as Peter at home with Grace (13), Avery (11), and School at The GreenMount School in festival doing acro yoga, with Katie looking to jump the pond for university was sidelined this whole past ice Alex (8). Her husband, John, works for Remington, MD. She cares for over 100 lifted on his feet, up in the air, in a in another year. Caleb (15) enjoys hockey season with a broken hand/ Marsh Incorporated in Philadelphia. students in grades K-8, and loves going strange position! See the photo - it is music and dipping his toes into law wrist that required surgery. Last year, Jenny coaches lacrosse at the kids’ to work each and every day! Her free great fun! Her kids are at McDonogh classes. Abi (13) is a swimmer, Alexander (12) broke his arm in two school - JV and Varsity for fifth/sixth time is spent at various rock climbing School, Ellie (12) in seventh grade and gymnast, and socialite, while Josh (11) places and was out of commission for graders and seventh/eighth graders gyms and outdoor crags with her Henry (9) in third grade. They are sweet is a Lego master and animal lover. Also three months. Life with boys! Nick (14) respectively. (Lucky athletes to learn husband and son, Matthew, who is in and fun, and she feels blessed to be Mary Renner-Beech, 1990, her husband Curt and their daughters Tate and Eden at Children of Anna Adkinson Ruby, 1990 overseas is Katherine Ruff Child, who appears to be injury-free thus far. from one of the greatest)! Their family middle school and now a nationally their mom. In a nutshell, all is just the Women’s March in DC has been living in the United Kingdom Knock on wood! Last summer, Jack and is looking forward to their vacations in ranked climber (yes, climbing is a real “groovy and perfectly imperfect.” In for about 12 years now. She relocated Jennifer took an amazing trip to Aruba and Bethany Beach this summer. sport)! They often cross paths in the keeping with her heritage, Pierse visit! Speaking of nice places to visit, I senior at Friends now, so I’ve often been Avenue, which as you may remember, there from Washington, DC, serving as Switzerland and Italy to celebrate their Well, it seems that many of us are climbing world with Laura George Byrnes enjoyed a pub…or two…on a had the pleasure of seeing Mary reminded of my high school days and was always an exciting early morning in-house counsel for CB&I, a company 20th wedding anniversary and to do living in Charm City and surrounding Cochran’s daughter Maddie Cochran, fabulous trip to Ireland recently. While Boatwright Mulvey and her husband, all of you, who made the most mundane challenge. It has been wonderful based in Houston, TX. Despite loving some professional development work. neighborhoods. We received 12 updates 2021. The Bakers have had some she wishes her passport had gotten lost John, at their beautiful home in moments - calculus with Mrs. Hall, field hearing from many of you and I am the work, she decided about three It was truly the trip of a lifetime! They from alums who chimed in from the fantastic vacations from the wilds of there, sadly that was not the case, and Charleston, SC. Southern hospitality is hockey practices with Mrs. Bloodsworth, looking forward to catching up with years ago to trade in the long hours do not make it to Baltimore very often, Baltimore metropolitan area! Elise West Virginia, Tennessee, and even out to she is back in the States. Pierse lives in truly the best! She is a nurse at the lunches over Tab and Jello Pudding the rest of you at our 30th reunion! and travel to be at home with her but would love to catch up with anyone Achuff DeFilippis continues to love California! Life is good! Congratulations the Canton neighborhood of Baltimore, Storm Eye Institute at the Medical Pops - really memorable. We had, and Please mark your calendar for this fall, children, William (6, and an O’s/Ravens visiting Connecticut. They also enjoy teaching pre-k at the Woodbrook Early are in order for Ashley Chertkof, who and is currently working as a Nurse University of South Carolina and has still do have, a great Class. As always, October 6-8, 2017, and let’s celebrate fan, naturally) and Louisa (4). Those spending summers in Dublin, NH and Education Center, aka the WEE School. opened her own commercial real estate Practitioner at Johns Hopkins two daughters, Louisa (11) and Garland well said Elisabeth. Perhaps next year I and reminisce together! two are keeping her busy while she Averill, VT connecting with family and Her daughter, Emily, started sixth grade brokerage firm in Baltimore called specializing in adult acute leukemia (9). Many of you may have heard or read can beg you to edit my writing for continues to get to know the English friends. Moving down the Atlantic at Friends School this past fall. Her son, Fallstaff Realty (www.fallstaffrealty. and bone marrow transplants — a job on the RPCS website the exciting news Connections?! As for me, Kris Sotir countryside and think about starting a coastline, we received two updates Elliott, is in third grade at Cromwell com). Last fall, Ashley and Sue she truly loves. Janet Meyer Reynolds from Adena Testa Friedman. She was Martinson, I am still living in Towson, Class of 1990 small business of some description. from the state of New York. Mary Valley Elementary. Juggling their Forrester ran into each other in definitely had a memorable year with promoted to the President and CEO of MD, with my husband, George, whom I Hope Bodie Grenzer Her lovely husband, Nick, is British, but Renner-Beech lives in Brooklyn with activities and schedules with two London, and caught up on life while plenty of exciting news to share. From Nasdaq and is now one of the highest have been married to for 20 years. After [email protected] thankfully also loves the USA. The her husband Curt and their girls Tate different schools keeps the family busy, taking a scenic ride on the London Eye. a professional standpoint, she made ranking women executives in the leaving the world of finance, I am happy family generally spends three to four (12) and Eden (11). She describes herself but she reports that it’s all good! Betsy partner at her firm, BCT Architects, this Sue Forrester Mandy Bissell writes that she is finance world. This appointment to be celebrating ten years as a Realtor weeks each summer on Tilghman as a wife, mom, and CMO at Kate Spade Kurtz Nunn is proud to announce that finishing her second year of a Master of past summer. BCT stands for Brown solidifies Adena as the first woman to for Long & Foster. I recently became an [email protected] Island on the eastern shore, with a New York, and says: “I do all those she is FINALLY finishing her Master of Fine Arts program in poetry at Craig Turner, and is the evolution of the lead a major U.S. stock exchange Accredited Staging Professional, which Greetings all! After many years of couple of trips into Baltimore and DC, things to varying degrees of success Social Work degree in May! She began Bennington College, and has also firm that Drew Sharland-Brown’s dad operator. Way to break through that adds a new and exciting dimension to dedication and service to our to catch up with family and friends. depending on the day!” When she is not the program in December of 2014 while returned to working full-time at the started over 40 years ago! Janet’s most glass ceiling and lead the way for all real estate. My daughter, Alex wonderful class of 1990, Pierse Byrnes Stateside, we heard from Daniella being a wife, mom, or CMO, she often working full-time and juggling kids and Johns Hopkins Center for Talented recent project, the adaptive reuse of 10 young girls (in cute little blue jumpers) Martinson, 2018, is a junior at RPCS, and has graciously handed over the class DeFilippo Garran, who lives in finds herself running, and is looking husband with career. Currently, she is Youth. Missy Cashman Vasile stays Light Street (the old Maryland National to know that anything is possible! Also, I get so much joy watching her embrace representative responsibilities to Massachusetts and is in her fourteenth forward to participating in the Berlin finishing up her second clinical field busy raising her three very active kids: Bank high rise building in Baltimore) Adena, our class voted and you are in the wonderful school traditions that we Sue Forrester and Hope Bodie Grenzer. year teaching ancient history at the Marathon (her fifth) this September. placement in the emergency room at EJ (13), Riley Vasile, 2025 (10), and was completed in May and has won charge of champagne for the reunion. all experienced together. It truly is a We are both happy to share the reins, Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School, Their family loves to travel, with plans Johns Hopkins. Her daughter, Kayla, is Cameron Vasile, 2027 (8). Her girls eight design and development awards Yahoo! (just kidding). Elisabeth Dahl is special place. My son, Tommy, started and are excited to keep everyone an innovative school that values to hit Mexico City, Copenhagen, and wrapping up her middle school attend RPCS and can often be found in this year. On the personal side of revising a novel, teaching fiction writing as a freshman at Gilman and I have to connected! Anna Adkinson Ruby was project-based learning and encourages France this year, not to mention going experience at Friends this year. Her promotional materials (hint – look for things, her family went on an amazing for Johns Hopkins’ Center for Talented say, Alex driving him to and from school one of our first respondents when we professional development. This back to Los Angeles for a visit, as well little guy, Nicholas, is loving first grade the cute and curly redheads)! The safari in Africa in July, moved to a new Youth, and working as a freelance writer has been life changing! Yes, most bombarded all of you with requests for summer, she will be spending her 31st as lots of trips to Baltimore, the eastern at Lutherville Lab. Her husband, Whit, is family spent New Year’s in the warmth house next to her parents in September, and copyeditor. She writes: our son is a students still parallel park on Roland news. She also happens to be the season(!) at Cape Cod Sea Camps, shore and Washington, DC. She feels still saving more of Baltimore’s less and sun of Jamaica and loved every and Janet got engaged on Christmas

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Buffy Rubenstein Minkin, 1991, her husband Will, and children Zachary and Abby Class Reps Patricia Burt, 1991 and Children of Casey Lord Briggs, 1991 The Class of 1991 celebrates their 25th Reunion Kimberly Mitchell Wolff, 1995, Betsey Swingle Hobelmann, 1993, Katharine Fox Castro, Minkin, 2021 Rebecca Berger, 1991 2004, Sabrina Johnson Turner, 1998 and Sydnee Wilson, 2004

channel my emotional energy into work full time. She loves teaching the Day. WOW! Congratulations and best will be coaching a spirited, energetic us and thinks he’s a human! I thought meaningful work at work and in the first grade boys, including her youngest wishes to Janet! Katherine Behrens team of seventh/eighth grade girls. after four kids, I’d seen it all, but this community. It’s an interesting time to son, Will, at Calvert School. Her Crosby is an associate interior When not working or coaching, Sue dog has definitely taught me a few be a parent. All my best to all of you.” daughters Emily and Lindy, who are in designer at Jenkins Baer Associates enjoys traveling abroad, with trips to things and given me a surprising Julie Rider Waldron is happily married eighth and fifth grade respectively, also here in Baltimore. She loves her work France and England last year. If you amount of joy.” Lucy Maulsby is a with three kids who are now 10, 11, and attend Calvert and she hopes Emily and is also excited to be serving on the ever find yourself in DC for work or a professor of architectural history and 13. She’s taking time off from working “will be wearing a blue uniform RPCS Board of Trustees. Her daughter, visit, please let her know! lives with her husband and two sons at Baltimore County Infants and (although hopefully not as short as we Ellen Crosby, 2027, (8), is in second outside of Boston, MA, “where it is very Toddlers to pursue her interest in used to wear them!) in the fall.” Her son, grade at RPCS, and both of her sons, leafy and (until recently) quite cold in nutrition and oriental medicine. Julie Sam, is in fourth grade at Odyssey Will (13) and Geoff (11), attend the the winter!” Greer Yeaton Wortman and and Mindy Rose McCue have been School. She writes: “We owe a huge Friends School. Liz Rinker Bissett lives Class of 1991 Amy Janofsky Miller are both living in taking yoga classes from Lisa amount of gratitude to classmate Dr. in Baltimore and works at a social 25TH REUNION Brooklyn, NY where home renovation Caldroney Schline, who finished yoga Leslie Dickman Hollins for her science research company as a Senior Rebecca Berger must be a popular activity. Greer has teacher training in July 2016 and now guidance in finding Odyssey. Erik and I Study Director of education projects. [email protected] been working on the Netflix series, teaches at two local yoga studios. Lisa are still living on Edgevale Road, which She and her husband, Wes, have a 10- Bloodline, for the past few years and Patricia Burt and her husband, Don, are still living in is a stone’s throw from my sister Nancy year old son named Jake, who is when she’s not working and traveling, Julie Rider Waldron, 1991 with her family [email protected] Phoenix, MD and are enjoying life with Lord Lewin’s, 1989 house as well as currently attending Calvert School. she and her husband continue to their kids who are “definitely growing RPCS. My mom and stepdad also live They all love to travel, most recently to We are enjoying a rainy Sunday restore their 1908 townhouse. She and corporate governance practice. Hope up too quickly!” Her daughter, Hannah, about two miles away, so we are truly San Diego - where Lego Land was a afternoon reminiscing and marveling the rest of the DGA team from the pilot everyone is doing well!” Elizabeth is in seventh grade at Bryn Mawr and surrounded by family. Erik is a trader at must see. Liz also recently started at how far we’ve all come since our episode of the HBO miniseries, The Voneiff Paternotte describes her life as enjoys dancing and performing both Brown Advisory and trades his playing tennis and is having fun trying RPCS days. On behalf of so many who Night Of won a Director’s Guild of “boring,” but tells us she continues her there and at their local dance studio. computer in for his surfboard as often to improve her game. Heather Harlan wrote in, we’d like to thank Casey Lord America award. Congratulations Greer! Ashby McGill, 2025, daughter of Carol Knott McGill, 1993, Riley Vasile, 2025, daughter work as a horse veterinarian and just Her son, Harrison, is in fourth grade at as possible. Finally, a huge shout out to Warnack writes that last July she was Briggs, Buffy Rubenstein Minkin, and She writes: I am so, so sorry that I of Missy Cashman Vasile, 1990 and Cecilia Collins, 2025, daughter of Tracy Rohrbaugh completed continuing education Jacksonville Elementary and playing Mindy Rose McCue and her husband promoted to Director of Advancement our gracious host, Mindy Rose McCue missed everyone at the reunion. It Collins, 1991 involving honey bee hive medicine! soccer, basketball and lacrosse. Buffy Darren for hosting a rowdy bunch of at Maryvale Prep in Lutherville. In her for organizing a wonderful 25th(!) sounds like everyone had a wonderful Her husband, Brooks, is director of the Rubenstein Minkin writes: “Life REDS for our 25th Reunion at their new role, she oversees marketing, Reunion Dinner. It was great to time reconnecting. I was in touch with Irvine Nature Center and keeps continues to be fun and busy! It is hard beautiful home. Best outfit, hands my feelings over the election results communications, development and reconnect with so many of you. We Mindy Rose McCue and Ginger Leech Class of 1993 encouraging her to expand her to believe that Abby Minkin, 2021 will down, goes to Molly Rice Goetz with into activism, and supporting the auxiliary revenue for this 416-student missed those of you who couldn’t Pils, but just couldn’t swing it . . . We Muffy Menton Fenwick horizons. We don’t imagine the girls at be entering the Upper School at RPCS the retro sweatshirt. Much love to all of organizations and institutions that do girls’ school. Outside of work, her boys, make it. Among those who couldn’t filmed that weekend, and Jonah came RPCS will find her life boring when she in the fall and Zach will move to Middle you!” Mindy Rose McCue and her the good work of caring for those most [email protected] Lee (10) and Henry (8), keep her busy! attend were Sarah Mumford Peacock. to visit and celebrate our anniversary; presents at Professional Connect Day School at Gilman. Wow. The juggling of family love living in Monkton. Mindy is vulnerable. I, Patricia Burt, returned to Greetings to the Class of 1993! Thank She enjoys seeing so many RPCS She writes: “We were sorry to miss the 23 years together and 13 married! this spring! Elizabeth’s children are busy life continues with our family as it serving on the RPCS Alumnae Board Maryland a couple years ago to be you to all who responded to my pleas friends on a regular basis. As for us, Reunion, but we were due back in Wow, time really is flying. If I am doing well. Jack is in second grade at does for each of yours. Kids, work and and is enjoying being reconnected with closer to my aging mother and for news. It is clear that everyone is Hope Bodie Grenzer lives in Monkton, Maryland two weeks later for family remembering correctly, I put the quote Gilman and is about to play in his first trying to find time to breathe fill our our school. She writes: “Loved being stepfather. I took a job as an assistant thriving, busy doing so many fun and MD and stays busy with George (13) events. Hope all is well with you!” She on my yearbook page from John squash tournament. Emma is in first days. That saying - the days are long, with everyone for the 25th Reunion, professor of music for Harford interesting things. From the halls of who is finishing up middle school at and her family are still living in Fort Lennon, ‘Life is what happens while grade at Garrison and, not surprisingly, but the years are short - is really even though it literally felt like no time Community College. The hours are RPCS, Katy Spencer writes: “I’m in my Loyola Blakefield and Annabelle (11) Collins, CO where she teaches Spanish you’re busy making other plans.’ As I has already developed a “horseback resonating with me now! It was such had passed since our days at RPCS. Not endless, there’s never enough money, 20th year at RPCS currently working in who is in fifth grade at Sparks and runs the school garden. Next year, look back, my 18-year-old self thought riding addiction.” Sarah Polk writes: “It fun to see so many of you for our 25th sure it’s possible that it’s truly been 25 and there’s always more to do, but, for Development. I love life in the Alumnae Elementary. She volunteers her time at her oldest son, Dylan, will be in high she knew what that meant, but had no was wonderful to see all who were able Reunion and various celebrations...It is years since we ruled the halls of RPCS. now, I’m enjoying making a real impact Office and the many wonderful both schools, in addition to staying school and her youngest, Saben, will idea! I’m loving all of the exciting to attend the reunion. Thank you to all really special to visit with each of you After missing many reunions, it was in the lives of these students, many of opportunities to connect with other involved with RPCS, Princeton, and start middle school. Our other long- challenges life has been throwing my who made it happen.” I happened to and learn about your lives and see you tons of fun to see everyone!” I, Rebecca whom are first generation college kids graduates. It’s been particularly University of Maryland School of distance note came from Emily way. I feel extremely grateful for all of see Angelique Blanding Griffin at work all so happy. A special shout out to Berger, am living in Baltimore with my working 30+ hours while attending exciting to see Elizabeth Massing and Social Work through various volunteer Holmes McCarthy. She and her family the friends and teachers at RPCS who the other day. She was sorry to have Ginger Leech Pils; what an amazing husband and energetic five-year-old school. I am aware, now more than ever, Carroll Knott McGill more often as both opportunities. Hope is also looking have been happily living in Florida for helped me lay the foundation for this missed the party. She shares: “I am treat it was to have you in Baltimore son. I’m still coordinating the research of how important it is to have equal are current RPCS parents and have forward to beginning a few home a year and a half and are having lots of life! I hope to make it to the next grateful to be happy and healthy. I live during the reunion! I also love that I program at the Packard Center for ALS access to quality public education. been involved with the Alumnae Board. renovation projects, with the much adventures with their two dogs. She reunion. Miss you gals!” We missed you with my family in Roland Park. Our regularly see Tracy Rohrbaugh Collins Research at Johns Hopkins, and have Since moving to Bel Air, MD, Mikhel I live in Hunt Valley but travel to New needed design expertise and artistic writes: “We got a puppy last year and I too, Greer. Amy Janofsky Miller children, Maxine (13!) and Gavin (8) at RPCS and Gilman where our boys are recently returned to school to complete Kushner has been kind enough to let Jersey often to visit my brother and his vision of Katherine Behrens Crosby. am completely in love with her. I enjoyed seeing everyone at the keep us on our toes and on the go. I’m a classmates and get to see Allison prerequisites for a nursing program. I me share her house. Developing an family, especially my little nephew. Last, but certainly not least, Sue thought she was lonely and ended up reunion. She and her family love living general pediatrician and on the faculty McClarry Toland at rec basketball am looking forward to eventually appreciation for both dogs and vegan There is never enough time - he is such Forrester is living in Old Town adopting a homeless puppy for her so in Brooklyn, NY. She writes: “We at Johns Hopkins. I see patients, train where our boys play on opposing getting into patient care, and putting cooking have been great side benefits a delight! Looking forward to a Florida Alexandria, VA and working for the she’d have a brother to hang with finished a gut renovation to our home, residents, conduct research and co- teams. I love each of these connections my obsession with anatomical terms to of living with her! trip in March for some much needed U.S. Chamber of Commerce. In her when we go to basketball games for and I am enjoying no longer living in direct a center focused on Latino and RPCS moments. Love you girls!” good use! I’m still singing, and have a sunshine.” Elizabeth Massing shared spare time, she coaches girls’ lacrosse my one daughter, plays for my other construction chaos. At the end of the health (Centro SOL). Following the After 12 years of staying home with her paid gig at a downtown church. Lastly, I that she is on the board of the for Falls Church Youth Lacrosse daughter, or baseball games for my two summer, I switched to a new law firm, Presidential election, I’m hoping to kids, Casey Lord Briggs has returned to have the long-term goals of channeling Children’s Scholarship Fund, a member League - go Mustangs! This spring, Sue sons...He is just so happy to live with which has been great for pursuing my

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The family of Kathleen Healy Allen, 1993 Julie Hackett, 1993, and her son with Juliet Randall Fisher, 1993 and Liz Tyler Majka, Kim Shuey Hackman, 1994, with her three children Kiersten, Lance, and Brooke at Hale Tomhe Alsadek, 1994 on her Rebecca Ward, 1994 and her daughter 1993 Disney World family’s first trip to Big Bear Mountain Lucy had a busy past year with Sean’s ice of the Associate Leadership Council at School for the Arts. While her title is before school started! Very busy, but it Mary Catherine and Charlie are in week ski lesson this year, which went point where Mike and I want to freeze hockey and soccer. He is just now Living Classroom, as well as the HR Director of Development, Carter seems was all worth it....life is good.” Colleen twelfth, ninth, seventh and fifth grade. well, but now we just have to get him time.” Not able to freeze time for her starting to play lacrosse and this will Director at Agora where she has to have her hand in all areas of school McCormick writes: “It’s been a busy, Robert just turned 18, and has applied out before the end of the season. son, who is turning four this year, is come as no surprise to anyone, he worked for 18 years. She now works life and is a tireless champion for its building year out here on the west to colleges! His first choice is Wake Probably the most exciting news was Sara Speert Edelstein, who has been wants to be a goalie. At least now he is with the international offices, cause and success. Betsey Swingle coast. I am building a new group Forest! I stay home, raising the the arrival of my nephew, Bourke. He living in Atlanta as long as she lived in letting me give him pointers. Last interacting with over 17 offices around Hobelmann can often be found practice as a gynecologic oncologist. children and volunteering where I can. was born early and stayed in the NICU Baltimore. She writes: “My photography summer, I was finally able to go to the globe. If that did not keep Massing volunteering at the BSA. In addition, On top of being clinically busy, we are Keeping our big family organized and for seven weeks, but he’s doing well studio will be celebrating 14 years in Ireland with Adam and his band. We busy enough, she is also a fashion she remains actively involved at both also building our small business. Our on track is a full time job and I love it. I now! It’s hard being so far away from business, and I am now also had a wonderful time. I highly columnist for Sloane Brown. Check her RPCS and Calvert where her three kids, store, Seahorses, has been featured in love to cook, and believe it or not, even them. I did get to see Megahn Hallahan consulting/coaching small businesses recommend going if anyone gets a column out at www.baltimoresnap. Anna (14), Caroline (12) and James (10) an article in the Huffington Post and a with their busy sports schedules, we LaNasa and family (including her Dad in process optimization - basically chance. Funny enough, Adam’s band com. Her youngest fashion protégé is all attend. The success of the Baltimore video by Upworthy. We even managed have family dinner almost every night. and brother) when they came up to making businesses run more efficiently had a gig in Ocean City before we left her adorable daughter, Jolie Zepp, Collegiate School for Boys, which to get the website up and running The past two years I have been lucky Okemo after Christmas. Ethan and I and profitably. I’m finding it really and I ran into Jennifer Nelson 2028, a current first grader at RPCS. Betsey helped found and open, has (check us out at www.seahorsespdx. enough to be able to design and build went over for dinner and it was fun to rewarding.” Rewarded with a fun time Descoteau there.” Also running into Massing may pass fellow RPCS mom, been incredible and much is owed to com!) It is exciting to be championing our dream home. We moved in last see the kids play!” Thank you all for at Melissa Cully Anderson’s 40th Jennifer is Mallory Schofield Branson, Carroll Knott McGill, whose daughter, Betsey’s ongoing dedication to its social change via involved fatherhood. August and couldn’t be happier. I your updates and news…it is so good to birthday party in December was Lisa who had dinner with her in February, Ashby McGill, 2025 is a fourth grader. mission. This fall, we had the pleasure And the kids are getting older and continue to love running and tennis. I hear from so many of you. I am DiLonardo Lyman, who celebrated with along with Kelly Donovan-Mazzulli, Ashby loves going to school across the of hearing Betsey sing a medley of old more exciting by the day - almost six, usually run half marathons, but I am horrified to report that in a month, I, Melissa and Brent McCallister Gamse. Rosanna Best Corbin, and Sarah street from her big brothers, Peter (14) favorites at her Cabaret. As always, she almost four, and almost two are fun training for my second marathon this Muffy Menton Fenwick, will be a full- Lisa writes: “Carter started preschool Macsherry Huculak. Mallory writes: and Burk (12). This also allows Carroll was amazing! Just ask Liz Fishman, ages! Life is busy and chaotic!” On the spring. I still love to read, especially fledged teen mom as my youngest, this year, so after 11 years I have some Addy Branson, 2021 is going into Upper to take on special projects for Knott who made the trip from Brooklyn to other end of the spectrum, Juliet whatever my kids are reading in Charlie, will turn 13. He is in sixth grade time to myself. I am still serving on the School next year at RPCS! I think we are Realty as well as hone her killer golf see Betsey perform. It was such a treat Randall Fisher can appreciate this. She school for English and history. My at Gilman and my daughter, Annie, is 14 board of the Junior League of on track for her to be a 13-year girl game…she is a force on the course! to catch up with her and hear the writes: “I am still a judge of the parents moved to Richmond about ten and an eighth-grader at Garrison. How Annapolis as well as volunteering for there! Jack is going into sixth grade! This summer, Carroll had a chance to funny tales of her classroom Orphans’ Court in Baltimore County. years ago and they love it here, too. We did this happen?! Between my full time the schools.” Looking forward to Brigid Foley, daughter of Katherine Gary- He’s at St. Paul’s, but may be making a catch up with Emily Rodgers and escapades. There is no doubt that Liz is Milo, my son, is almost 16 and 6’3”, is a live just minutes from each other. We job as their Uber driver, I have been keeping track of her daughter’s school Foley, 1994 switch next year? We’re not sure yet. Megahn Hallahan LaNasa. They hung enhancing the lives her of fifth grade sophomore at Towson, and just got his all enjoyed another wonderful doing a lot of freelance work for schedule this fall is Rosanna Best out on the beach while Megahn’s four- students. Also enhancing - and learners permit. Frightening! My Richmond Regional Reunion last spring Corbin, who is excited that Colette Mallory switched jobs a year ago to Baltimore Fishbowl, the most exciting sea turtles and snorkel most reefs. I year-old twins, Liam and Olivia, played. inspiring - the lives of students is daughter Miranda is in seventh grade with Jean Waller Brune, 1960 before her Corbin, 2030 is starting Kindergarten at work at Jenkins Baer Associates, which and fun of which was launching their think the highlight was jumping into Emily was visiting her family from Brady Beale Clark. Brady appeared on and super busy being a teenage girl.” retirement! We had a lovely dinner and RPCS. She writes: “Drew is in the third she loves, and where she works with first independent school guide alongside the To Sua Trench and swimming Chicago where she continues to live the pilot episode of Life at Vet U, an Juliet got to catch up with Julie a wonderful time reminiscing grade at Gilman and is thriving in every Amanda Behrens Buczynski’s sister, Whitney Wasson Fenwick. It went to underground to get to a beach in a and work and Megahn had taken some eye-opening show about the Hackett and Liz Tyler Majka during about her first year at RPCS, which way. I’m at the family business selling Katherine Behrens Crosby, 1990. press this fall and we are looking connected sinkhole. Not sure where the much-needed vacation time from her challenges of medical school Julie’s recent visit. They celebrated was our last year as students. I brought batteries feverishly and enjoy Amanda writes: Andrew and I had a forward to getting started on the second wind will take us next.” If the wind had job at Celgene in New Jersey. Carroll residency. No pun intended, but Brady baby Sebastians’s first birthday. Julie her some old pictures of our classmates volunteering at school and catching up baby girl in April, Marion. I’m taking a edition this spring. I hope you all have a taken the Jeffery family to the French Knott McGill, Whitney Fenwick was featured performing an eye can offer Elizabeth Jones Gredlein and she recognized everyone by with classmates and other RPCS alums break from work to be a full-time mom, wonderful spring and that I will see and Alps in March 2016, they could have Wasson, and I all have sixth graders at operation on live camera. She was so some helpful pointers as Elizabeth name! Amazing. Rob sees Whitney regularly. Catching up with retiring and loving the time with Marion. Life is hear from more of you soon! attended the wedding of Christian and Gilman. It is so fun to see the next poised, confident, and knowledgeable - navigates her first year with new baby Fenwick Wasson’s mother every once in RPCS Head Jean Waller Brune, 1960 good! Haven’t seen too many RPCS Susanna Pitts Teixidor. Susanna (boy) generation of buddies. Whitney’s an on-screen natural! It is no surprise Lilly who (from her pictures) is a while, as they are both in finance and was Shanita Leake Chase, who ladies, except Carolyn Holliday and writes: “Melissa Riepe Cranston and photography business continues to that she has segued this experience absolutely precious! Anne Zink go to many of the same conferences all Class of 1994 attended the retirement reception for Elizabeth Weiss Nook, 1995, whose son her family flew out for it and her boys thrive as she takes on ever more into teaching middle and high school Blachman is also a seasoned mom to over the country! I am also hoping I will Rita Beyer Buettner Mrs. Brune in the spring. Shanita is only a few weeks younger than were two of my page boys. We went on creative projects in real estate, girls in the Philadelphia area about the six-year-old twin girls and their three- see Anne Zink Blachman’s mother, started a new job with Kaiser Marion.” If Marion is looking for tips on [email protected] our honeymoon later to Vietnam, advertising, weddings and, of course, rewards of a career in science. She year-old brother. Anne and her family Evelyn Zink, HA this spring because I Permanente and celebrated with an snorkeling, she should meet Samantha, If you are looking for a good read after which was beautiful - lovely people and her specialty, family portraits. Most hopes to bring the program to RPCS. live in Scarsdale, NY where, between heard (from Mrs. Brune) that it is a big awesome 40th birthday party. She three-year-old daughter of Virginia you finish this issue of Connections, delicious food! Since then, when not fun for me was the opportunity to Margie Fink Gunn shares: “We saw juggling mom duties, she is working on reunion year for Evelyn’s high school writes: “I have a ninth-grader, a sixth- Hodges Jeffery, who loves snorkeling you should go look for Caroline Smith working hard in London, we seem to collaborate with Whitney on the Anne Plowden Ballweg and her family an entrepreneurial venture. Finally, it graduation here in Richmond. My girls grader, and a first-grader and I’m now that she has figured out how to Hickey’s latest book, There’s No WiFi on have spent most of our time traveling Baltimore Fishbowl Independent School over the summer in Iceland. She lives was so good to hear from Kathleen attend the same school that Evelyn adjusting to all the transitions!” Perhaps breathe through her mouth. Virginia the Prairie, which was published under between our families in Maryland and Guide, which launched this summer in Germany now. My family was flying Healy Allen who lives in Richmond, VA attended! Small world! Susie wishing I had a better transition to her writes from Auckland, where she was the pseudonym Nick O. Time. The book Spain. At Christmas, I saw Whitney and featured photos of students from all to Sweden to take a two-week Baltic with her four children. She sent the Michaelson Burbidge shares: “Not news is Katherine Gary Foley, whose avoiding the South Pacific cyclone is part of a travel series for eight to Bedford and met her daughter, who is over the area. I loved seeing Whitney at Sea cruise, so I thought it would be fun following: “My husband Rob and I and much to report here. Still enjoying life update is that she is still living in season: “This past year we sailed 12-year-olds. Caroline is also teaching very cute.” Whitney’s daughter, Betty, work and gained an even greater to meet up. We decided on meeting in our four children are still in Richmond, in New Hampshire, and happy that Mahopac, NY. She writes: “We love it up throughout Fiji, Wallis, Upolo, and two graduate writing classes at took her first trip to Paris for Whitney’s appreciation - and admiration - for her Iceland for a few days as a stopover on VA. After living in Baltimore briefly, we we’re getting some snow. Ethan is here. Brigid, our daughter, is 11-years- Savaii in Western Samoa and Northern McDaniel College and acting as a fourth solo show there. Whitney writes: vision, determination and sense of our way to Europe. We had a great time came back to Richmond and Rob growing so fast. I have such mixed old now.” Still enjoying her work at the Minerva Reef. Wallis is stunning, while master’s thesis advisor. She writes: “I “We are looking forward to spending creativity. Also utilizing, and getting our families together. Besides a started his own investment firm. We feelings about it because sometimes I NCI, but in a new lab manager position Samoa has the friendliest people. made a New Year’s resolution to brush the spring nesting with my daughter, surrounding herself with creativity lot of travel, my family has also moved love it here! We can have snow on the want him to slow down and other is Kathleen Slingluff Wyatt. She writes: Samantha did not get to see the giant up on my French, but then je l’ai oublie. Toulmin, and husband Barton in our every day is Carter Arnot Polakoff who to Malvern, PA. We came home from ground one week and enjoy 75-degree times I look forward to more stuff we “It’s challenging and it keeps me on my manta rays with us because the current Bridget and Rory are in third and new house in Rustic Canyon, which is is now in her 19th year at the Baltimore our international travel and moved, all weather the next! Robert, Caroline, can do as he gets older. He took a five- toes, but I have been enjoying it. 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Pacific.” Whitney sees Ashley Lanahan DiLonardo Lyman for the first time in a driver’s license this summer is high growing boys, Louis, nine, and Michael, Hupf weekly for dinners in San Diego, long time, and inching over the 50% school freshman, Hayden, whose mom seven. I’m still Director of Marketing CA, when Whitney is commuting home mark in successful efforts to get their Kate McAllister Walker says he will and Communications for Loyola 1990s from teaching painting at the dog Dottie to come when called. She also be getting a job ASAP. She writes: University Maryland, and then University of California San Diego. writes: “The kids (10, 10, and 4) are “I just decided to go back to the blogging and writing a column for The When Ashley wrote, she was heading doing great, enjoying school most days hospital and nursing PRN in the NICU Catholic Review. When I’m not writing 1990s home from an amazing weekend in and striving admirably for imperfection so that I can get my baby fix and keep or asking someone spelling words or Mammoth Mountain, CA. She writes: on the others. I’m still teaching and my skills up to date. Otherwise, I love making my children sigh with my lack “Took my first run ever with my sweet coaching at Greenwich Academy, my work and stay very busy styling of Pokemon knowledge, I am enjoying little boy, Golden, now seven, in fresh taking on some new projects this year women at the stores and staying my new role as godmother to my snow, both on snowboards! What an and continuing to enjoy it immensely.” involved in community activities. I niece, Clare, daughter of my sister amazing feeling. My six-year-old, Just a few time zones away in loved catching up with Suzanne Nice Treasa Beyer Matysek, 2001. Our boys Emelia, also learned how to snowboard Southern California is Hala Tomhe Bauer this past spring when she count the days to visits from their out- and my husband, Kevin, got on skis for Alsadek, who loves the area - and her stopped in my Charleston location to of-town cousins, including the his first time ever!” It was also amazing job - with CVS. She writes: “My oldest, visit! I have a girls’ trip planned this children of Maureen Beyer Moser, to see Nicole Klimt and her daughter, Khalid, is now a freshman in high summer and will see Robin Hyde 1990, who live in Eastchester, NY, and Aily, this past summer. Aily is her mini school and I’m still in disbelief.” And I Woods and thankfully get to catch up everyone adores time with Aunt Shai- me. My heart goes out to the Klimt was in complete disbelief when I made with her in person.” For those of us aka Shaileen Beyer, 1991, especially family. What a tremendous loss they lunch plans with Sarah Berger last year who won’t see Robin in person, she when we travel to the beach as the have suffered this year with the and Audrey Lucas and her toddler, Leo, writes: “I’ve been keeping busy as the whole Beyer clan for a week every passing of Nicole’s brother, Eric. But it showed up, too. When she isn’t spring market is ramping up early this summer. Wherever I go, I love running is so amazing to see how close and surprising me with lunch guests, Sarah year which is always the busiest into members of the Class of 1994, and how much love there is in that family. Berger is so busy with her singing season in real estate. We are still really I hope to see you soon! Marco Island with members of the Class of 1995 Kimberly Mitchell Wolff, Anne Chemers Kimberly Mitchell Wolff, 1995 with her husband John and their sons Nicole, I’m sure we are all grieving for schedule, performing the music of J.S. enjoying calling Charlotte home. I have Sperling, Lindsay Walker, Eleanor Cordi and Molly Christhilf Finnegan and with you and your family. On Bach, Fanny Mendelssohn, Cole Porter, officially lived in the south longer then behalf of the class, I also want to and others. She also makes exquisite I lived up north! My kids are in the Class of 1995 Nook, Elizabeth Weiss Nook’s baby extend our deepest sympathy to jewelry-stop by orangescissorart.etsy. second and fourth grades. They are my Grace Kim boy!” Elizabeth: “We welcomed Kieran Catherine Passano McDonnell and her com to see for yourself - and takes care workout buddies at the gym in the [email protected] Daniels Nook on May 24, 2016 and have family on the passing of her mother in of Jonathan, seven, and Sebastian, evenings, which has been a lot of fun.” been head over heels for him ever Hearing from you was wonderful. June 2016. Catherine’s daughters are four. She writes: I also have a new part- Having fun in northwest New Jersey is since. He is such a good little guy - I hope you enjoy this compilation. all at RPCS, with time job of advocacy, in the form of , who writes: “I am smiling and talking and on the move! Emma McDonnell, Suzanne Nice Bauer Thank you for updating and have a 2022 in seventh, , 2024 marching, calling, writing, and a school nurse at Voorhees High He is actually attending daycare at Abby McDonnell wonderful rest of your year. Love to you in fifth, and Cate McDonnell, 2027 in fundraising, among other modes, for School and love it. Can’t beat the RPCS’s Little Bear, and we feel so all! Karel Valentine: I’m still soaking up second grade. Getting a taste of what public education and arts funding, schedule with my kids and really enjoy fortunate to have him there. He gets to the sun and have settled into life in it’s like to have an RPCS student in the environmental justice, freedom of the the job. Let’s just say I will be pretty hip play with Cary’s littlest one, Spencer. I Southern California. In the last year, family is , who press, and freedom and safety for all to things by the time my seventh and am still practicing architecture with Eliza Smith Steinmeier I’ve started hiking and backpacking – during the last academic year hosted marginalized people. Funding the arts fourth graders make it to freshman my own firm, Revolve Design, and am something I thought I’d never do after her friend’s daughter from Mexico City. education of her daughter Lucy is year. They won’t be able to get away ‘trying to’ strike a balance with work our team building trips at RPCS! I’m also , 2019, who is living on Oahu with a whole lot!” I had a great time and new motherhood. I’m lucky to have Ximena Gallastegui Ugarte Rebecca Ward, learning to play golf. I’m really bad right attended tenth grade at RPCS. Eliza on the Windward side in Kaneohe. She catching up with great clients and a very supportive Kate McAllister now, but hopefully I’ll get better with and Matt are still living in Mount writes: “Hawaii isn’t exactly a hardship ast spring and hope to do it husband!” Caroline Donahue is still Walker l practice. I’m not sure if I mentioned last Washington with Sam, nine, and Nick, tour. We are enjoying seeing the sights again this year when our family is in living in Los Angeles, CA. She got year that Caroline Horst Franano and I almost six. She writes: “Life in the and experiencing the culture. Lucy is Charleston, SC. Her store is beautiful, married this past October to Barry met for afternoon tea in Abu Dhabi Steiny household is kind of crazy doing well at a small, all-girls school by the way – great clothes and staff. McWilliams and was thrilled to have when I was on vacation in the UAE. between our two boys, and my sister’s called Huakailani School for Girls. She Perhaps in need of her own staff is Genevieve Polk, Jen Abraham Strauss, Other than that, I’m happily working in (Christina Smith Fenton, 1999) boys is still studying traditional Irish Kim Shuey Hackman, whose days are Megan Smith, Michelle Willats Wetzel, biotech and traveling the world. Kim who are five, four, and almost two. We fiddling. She fiddled for Derek Warfield packed! She writes: “My husband and I Shannon Doyle Pope, and Grace Kim Owens Nalda opened her own solo Caroline Horst Franano, 1995 camping in dessert of Abu Dhabi with her husband and Maddie Rose and Matthew Anderson, are fielding a basketball team. Sad to of the Wolftones when he visited both turned 40 this year and took our there to celebrate. Her podcast, The Direct Primary Care practice in January parents children of Becky Smoot Anderson, 1995 say, however, that the cousins are Honolulu and received an invite to first trip in 11 years without kids! It was Secret Library, has taken off and was 2016 called Rekindle Family Medicine. moving to Sarasota, FL, in May. We will come play in Ireland! I am hoping we awesome and way overdue! We went shares: “Nothing much has changed and settling into new routines. I lacrosse, soccer, baseball, flag football nominated for a BYCA award. Along She is proud to be the second DPC miss our posse but have loved having can arrange it for the summer. Fingers to Napa for the week after stopping by here in Alabama for the Lawlers. The continue to serve on the Board of and two even participate in the with hosting the show, she is currently physician in Delaware and the model is these years together in Baltimore. Last crossed. Dave is preparing to become my sister’s place in San Francisco to kids (Marcus 8, Blakely 7, Pierce 4, and Hopewell, a therapeutic farm Maryland State Boy Choir. Sadly, we coaching writers, writing a novel, and expanding rapidly, providing an spring break, we were lucky to take a the chief of ophthalmology at Tripler meet my new nephew, Henry, named Leighton 20m) keep us pretty busy with community which helps individuals said good-bye to our 14-year-old working as a freelance proofreader. excellent patient experience and high family/friend vacation to the Bahamas Army Medical Center and doing soldier after my dad. He is such a precious little their school and sport activities. My with severe mental illness on their road standard poodle, Macy, in January, She’s very excited to welcome her quality primary care while also saving with Christina’s family, my parents and things.” Rebecca is also starting to baby and I hate that I live so far away! husband, Jeff, is an orthopedic surgeon to recovery, and will take over as Head which was really hard but we still have second nephew this summer. Christine patients money. She has learned a lot in brother, our cousins, and many friends, volunteer at the same hospital in the My days in Chapel Hill are filled with and sports medicine doctor. I’m still of the Board in June. It’s going to be Banks, our three-year-old poodle to Lusk Jones: “We are on the back end of the last year about running a business, including , 1998. Last same department as her residency. homeschooling my two youngest (first mentoring at a local elementary school. busy! Wishing all my fellow classmates keep us occupied (and running).” Anne our tour in La Paz. I’m working inside Kate Jordan marketing, networking, website design November, I (belatedly) celebrated my Looking forward to playing a long word and third), shuttling my three kids to I teach/provide art activities for their well!” Kim Mitchell Wolff: “I am coming Chemers Sperling: “Life in Brooklyn is the mission as the Community Liaison and blogging and a whole host of other 40th with a fabulous girls’ trip to like “volunteer,” or “department” or all their activities (too many to list!) second grade students. I have recently up on my eighteenth anniversary with great! I’m still overseeing the Office Coordinator, and the girls just new skills! Becky Smoot Anderson: Tulum, Mexico, with Christina and “residency” against me in Words With and squeezing in a little tennis or taken up art again after a 21-year my company this spring which is crazy government affairs team at New York started their second year at Colegio Things are going well. Kids are getting as well as Friends is cycling myself if I’m lucky. I started retirement, basically putting it aside to think about...currently I am VP of Presbyterian Hospital, and needless to Franco Boliviano. We are anxiously Meghan Donnelly Slocum, Peggy Boutilier Williams, big (Maddie Rose and Matthew). Just five other fantastic women. It was a who has enjoyed reconnecting with tutoring students every day after since graduation from RPCS. You can Marketing and Business Operations at say it has been a very interesting time awaiting on our next assignment!” Page added a puppy to the mix. Becky is still trip of a lifetime! I got dive-certified in people through the game. She writes: school, which I absolutely love, and I call it my comeback! It has been a great, Mood Media. My work travel has cut to work in healthcare policy. Our boys, Watts Rogers: “Still living at the beach! practicing in Delaware with a friend March 2016 (a lifelong dream!) and “I’m still hoping to play the word look forward to bedtime after my long, providing me a little relaxation with our down quite a bit to one or two trips per Maxwell and Teddy, are six and a lot of My son, Chappy, is in second grade and from vet school. Vanda Lerdboon: She is have been diving three times since - “quotes” against Rita but no luck so far! noisy, nonstop day!” Going nonstop in busy life.” Chloe Rankin Seelbach: “My month, mainly to Charlotte. We have fun. Just like every year, I can’t wait for my daughter, Wylie, is in Pre-K. After living in Catonsville and working at the Bahamas, Key Largo (a fab 40th I’m keeping busy volunteering at Atlanta is who writes: family and I are well. We took two some travel coming up...Florida for my RPCS girl’s weekend in Florida with graduating with my master’s in Kimberly Ford, Howard County Department of Health birthday gift from my hubby, Matt!), school, helping organize food pantry “Tanner is in fourth grade, doing great, months last spring and traveled South spring break with friends and to see my Kim Mitchell Wolff, Kellie MacDougall elementary education last January, I as the Director of Health Promotion and Tulum. The boys are becoming volunteers, and coaching K-second and continues to keep me on my toes! East Asia (Thailand, Cambodia, mom, Jamaica for my work, Florida Lawler, Eleanor Cordi, Lindsay Walker, have been substitute teaching and just Initiatives. Micah Mitchell Hines, her proficient snowboarders/skiers so, our field hockey and lacrosse, which has It seems she’s taking after her mom Myanmar, Indonesia) and Australia/ again for a girl’s weekend with Anne and the rest of our crazy crew.” Cary started a long-term sub job at Showell husband Daron, and her daughter winter weekends are packed with day been a lot of fun. Also fun is keeping up and loves all things art. I’m still New Zealand with our family and had Chemers Sperling, Kellie MacDougall Zink Kassouf: “Like so many of us, Mark Elementary School as a 1 on 1. I work at Alivia (Livvy) have been living in trips to Ski Roundtop and Liberty. It with my middle-schooler and almost teaching in a few different art an amazing time. Though the kids were Lawler, Eleanor Cordi, Lindsay Walker and I both celebrated our 40th K-Coast surf shop on the weekends Akron, OH for the last two years. They reminds me of when I helped to start teenager, Tommy, and almost-just-as- programs, but also added private young (ages 5, 8 and 11), I’m hoping and Emmie Mink Frank and then Italy birthdays this year....40! How are we andI will be bartending at Seacrets are adjusting to the new community the RPCS “ski team,” which I believe tall Tyler, who both enjoy playing lessons to my mix and will be teaching they’ll remember their “non-school” this summer to celebrate my 40th 40?! Zach (almost age five) and Spencer again this coming summer. I will also and are happy that they are only a six- was an elaborate excuse to ski every basketball and baseball. Emmy enjoys summer art camp at The High Museum experiences years from now. From birthday while all three boys are at (age two and a half) are also growing up be teaching paddle-board yoga on hour drive to family in Baltimore. Livvy weekend.” Perhaps starting her own teaching our springer spaniel, Willie, this year.” Still trying to teach people swimming with seals in Kaikoura, New Camp Sea Gull. I’m currently taking too fast! After five years at RPCS, Zach Tuesday mornings in the summer. is growing and is really tall (99.9 ski team is new tricks and keeps Tim and me that sofas aren’t trampolines in our Zealand to painting with elephants in some photography lessons to try and moves across the street to Gilman in When I’m not working and driving my Melissa Cully Anderson, percentile) which is a huge surprise. whose highlights from the year included moving with her desire to beat us (and home in Timonium, MD…that’s Thailand, eating silk worms in get better before the big trip! The boys the fall for Kindergarten. Spencer is kids to all of their sports and activities, Rita Micah is practicing law (and works their first family ski, getting to see my mother) in steps each day. Taking My husband, John, Cambodia to weaving silk in Myanmar are now ten, eight, and seven, all three still at RPCS Little Bear Child Care I do yoga.” Genevieve Polk: “Still work at Beyer Buettner. remotely) for the Blackwell Burke in Brent McCallister Gamse and Lisa fewer steps now that he’s getting his and I are enjoying life with our fast- - we truly loved it all. Now we’re back at Boys’ Latin, and into all things... where he has a new best buddy...Kieran the Department of Health and Mental Minneapolis. Kellie MacDougall Lawler

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Alice Levy Burns reports: “My major fall! Watch out Kindergarten!” Emily update is the birth of Grady Wilson Lough Johnson: “All is good in New

Burns on December 12, 2016 who joins Jersey. Life is fun and crazy with our 1990s big brother Gavin! I enjoy working three little girls, Austin (6), Sadie (4) at the Congressional Budget Office and Molly (1), and we’re thrilled to have analyzing health policy. Todd, the boys our fourth baby on the way, expected 1990s and I live in northern Virginia.” From to make his/her arrival in early May. Tahira Barnes Rooks: “My husband and I stopped working at Equinox last I are currently preparing for my oldest summer to take a break and spend son, Tavon’s, high school graduation. some time at home with the kids. I’ve He is a senior at Archbishop Curley been volunteering at their school and High School and is focused on making getting more involved at church so it his final decision for college. It’s hard to was a welcome hiatus from the NYC believe that I am about to be the parent grind. I recently started my own brand of a high school graduate and soon marketing company, Emily Johnson to be college student! Our youngest, Consulting, and looking forward to Titus, is a third-grader and claims ramping up the business this fall. Hope that he can’t wait until his brother everyone is doing well. Hard to believe goes off to college, LOL. Between the 20 years have passed since graduating two of them, they keep us very busy. high school!” I, Hillary Zouck Shaffer, I am still enjoying working as a high enjoy my role as an IEP Chair and school social worker at Baltimore City Academic Interventionist at Woodmoor The family of Lizzy Bennett Sweeney, Founding members of the Roses Dance Company at the Roses Repertory Dance Company 20th Anniversary and Workshop: Nakiya Meredith Shuey Etherington, 1996's son Sabrina Johnson Turner, 1998 and Tina Public Schools. Although it has been Elementary. This is my eighth year 1996 Traynham, 1998, Sylvia Botts, Lower School Dance, Veronica Griffith Kirkland, 1998, Gretchen Crook Bauer, 1999, Natalie Ciotola- Henry Reed Milnes, 1998 after team-teaching a tremendously rewarding career, it there, and time has flown by. George is Dabrowski, 1998, Yvonne Crispino Klinger, 1998, Carol Dixon Croxton, 1998 and Carol’s son Ryan Croxton, 2031 at CorCycle does get rough at times, which is why over halfway through his kindergarten it is so important that I take time out year at Rodgers Forge Elementary, and Hygiene in injury prevention. Bought a Lauren Scott: “Hope you are well! Peter still synchronized swimming in the more information on what she’s been Tiberius LaVoie.” Oh, girls, I feel you! I for some rest and relaxation. I’m so he is having a blast! Emily is two and

house in Hampden last year and was and I had a baby girl in August, Julianna. evenings once a week with a regional Class of 1996 up to! Rachel Pickworth Dosi has some miss sleep like I miss Jordan Catalano... looking forward to the upcoming wine full of energy. Greg and I get a workout recently asked to sit on the Board of That makes two girls! Isabella is two. We team. They prefer routines to classical 20TH REUNION exciting news: “In July we welcomed our As for me, Meredith Hartman Shanley, festival season, as that is by far my just by trying to keep up with the Directors of a small non-profit V-LINC are still very happy living in DC! Never a and jazz and Mason is now a part of it all Meredith Hartman Shanley daughter, Adalynn Mala, into the world. I still live on Long Island. I still love my favorite past time. My husband and I kiddos, which is good, as there is little (https://www.v-linc.org/about-us/ dull moment here!” Michelle Willats but only with arm-band floatees. [email protected] This means I’ve been spending the last husband after 16 years together - score! are also planning to travel to Jamaica time for the gym these days! history-of-vlinc). I see Megan Smith Wetzel: I am finishing up my fifth year at Brooke Bulkeley Peterson and Erik Class of 1996ers! We are alive and six months in a giddy haze, with a mug of I still stay at home with two little rascal in May to attend a destination wedding. and Shannon Doyle Pope, but not as Radnor High School as a librarian. I’m and their kids (Greta, 12 and William, kicking! We are working moms and coffee in one hand, a glass of wine in the boys and I still lose my mind at least We are so excited and looking forward often as I would like and recently also now a consultant with Rodan+Fields 10) are enjoying life in Tuscaloosa, AL. stay-at-home moms, we are teachers other, and baby spit up everywhere. Aside once a day. I still like avocado toast with to this much needed getaway.” Alli Class of 1998 reconnected with Lindsay Walker and skincare, which has brought many new, In addition to being a teacher and and dance instructors and occasional from being a new mom, I just returned Sriracha for breakfast and a glass of red Harper writes: “Jenn, my wife, Anna, Paige Odabashian Nina Lee!” Megan Smith is living in fun business skills to learn and share. administrator at Tuscaloosa Academy, guitarists. We are self-tanners and to work in HR at The Clorox Company, (I’m not picky!) at 5:30 on the nose. The our four-year-old, and I moved to [email protected] Maryland with her husband and two Our kids are getting big fast - and they Brooke spends her free time canoeing frosted mini-wheat eaters and, sadly, and my husband and I continue to love best part of my month was reading the Portland, ME this past year. Come visit daughters. She works as a staff are into different sports, which is really and sailing on Lake Tuscaloosa or unsuccessful sleep trainers. We are living in San Francisco.” Amy Barbour “not suitable for Connections” updates if you’re up north! When I’m not looking Kate Jordan neuropsychologist at the VA Maryland fun to see. Kip and I are going to take playing board games with friends. movers and shakers (though lately a Stevenson writes from Michigan: “In we had going on our Facebook thread. I for Anna in the woods, I’m writing [email protected] Health Care System in Baltimore. them to Key Largo for spring break, and They still escape the heat and head February 2016, I became treasurer for the am so thankful that we can continue to picture books with LGBTQ families and little too much is shaking on this body) Valene Whittaker Cameron Proctor Amirault: “This is the we are really looking forward to some north to New Hampshire every and thinkers, do-ers, and narrative Ann Arbor Modern Quilt Guild. It’s been share our stories with each other in this staying busy with the ACLU. We send first year that Amelia (7) and Eloise (4) relaxing family time.” Emmie Mink summer. Aminah Wells: “I changed changers. We are still “we,” twenty years an interesting learning experience, being real way. Keep on fighting the normal, our love to all.” Jenn Lears Lohse sends: [email protected] are both in school full day, so I started Frank: “Big news for me is that Abby jobs last spring and am the Upper later. It was the highlight of my fall to on the board of a nonprofit. In September everyday fight, girls. You do it with style “This year brings me more of the same Leigh Bulkeley writes: “I am taking a a new job to increase my hours and be will be in Kindergarten at RPCS next School Counselor at Garrison Forest see some of you at our 20-year reunion we adopted two cats, sisters, one a tabby and humor, as always. Class of 1996 rules. - our three girls are all in elementary sabbatical from my life in San closer to home. I am really enjoying year. Dave and I are very excited; it is School now. My new job takes me to at Lizzy Bennett Sweeney’s. I love that and one a tabby-Siamese mix, who have school together, and I am still running Francisco to spend the winter in my work! Amelia and Eloise love being such a great fit for Abby. Excited to RPCS a couple times of year for area even after all this time, there is a natural proved to be very cuddly additions to a little bookkeeping business from Zurich. Over the holidays, I visited

at school together and it is a joy to spend more time at RPCS, now as a counselor meetings, which is strange - assumption that we can just pick up the our family. I will be starting a new job Class of 1997 home and teaching swimming lessons Dulaney Wible Farkas and her family watch them flourish at a school very parent (umm, Grace, isn’t it a little so much there has changed! I still have conversation. It was a great night filled in March, getting out of the laboratory Hillary Zouck Shaffer to children on the autism spectrum. on my journey abroad and got to see similar to RPCS. We are able to get humorous that I was least likely to be my part-time private practice in with witty, bright, talented women and I and instead doing data entry for a [email protected] I get to see Julia Garrett Randolph Carri Windfelder Eachus, Jessica down to Baltimore several times a year teacher’ pet, and now I have taught Roland Park, which is also going well. I left feeling empowered and rejuvenated. mathematics non-profit. My husband Lindsay Robin Saffer loves being a regularly, and bump into Lindsay Robin Straus and Lauren Andrews Rodgers.” to see my family and enjoy seeing all there and have a daughter going there.) recently bought a house in Parkville, so So, thank you for being you. Speaking and I have decided to remain in Ann stay-at-home mom. Gretchen will be Saffer occasionally.” From Sophie Laura McKenna Burdt writes: “I am a my RPCS friends when we’re in town!” Connor will be in fifth grade at I plan to spend the summer gardening of Lizzy, she writes: “ I still continue to Arbor for the long haul, and will soon be three in May and is very busy! She Gerard Cameron: “This coming fall will hockey mom without a doubt, but I Molly Christhilf Finnegan: “I’m still Cathedral next year, and is still very and having BBQs in the backyard. All work in commercial real estate as a house hunting, looking for a place where now goes to pre-school two mornings a bring my sixth year of teaching in The guess you could mix ice skating, track, living in Washington, DC. Two and half into sports. We got a new puppy last in all, life is good!” Tori Durrer: “No new SVP with Cushman & Wakefield. Ryan we will no longer be forced to share week, which she loves. She also became Nature Preschool at Irvine. I also have and soccer mom in there as well.” years ago, I transitioned to the U.S. week named Gus, and he is keeping news from me really. Except Eva is in second grade at Cathedral and a bathroom with our two daughters.” a big sister in January when Baby helped to pilot a Forest Kindergarten Sounds like you have a lot of schedules Portfolio Sales Manager for Spain and my hands full.” Caroline Horst Franano: Moore! She turns one on April 11th!” Jane in Pre-first. I’m very involved with Ellen Ginsberg Simon says: “So, I took Ryan arrived! After years of infertility program at Irvine. My daughter Sophie, to maintain! Tara Bynum tells me she Portugal for my company, MundoVino, “If you can imagine, it’s raining here While on vacation last year, my family Kennedy Krieger as president of WIN a new job at CareFirst as the Director struggles, they are happy to have my husband and I spend as much is figuring out how to live in Charleston, A member of The Winebow Group. Our today - yes, I said rain, in the middle of and I did get to hang out with her and (Women’s Initiative Network), which of Compliance and Ethics Program completed their family. Enjoying being time outdoors as possible even if that SC and Baltimore, as she teaches a son, Charlie, was born on February the desert! So much for climate meet her husband, Andrew, which was is a group of women volunteers that Development. Enjoyed seeing everyone at in Baltimore and seeing lots of different means putting on rain boots for a semester in the south. She plans to 15th, 2016 and is about to celebrate his change! Not much new to report here, SO much fun. Tori looks fantastic, her assist families that find themselves the reunion and bringing Rachel to RPCS classmates. Hoping to see more at the rainy day hike. Sophie will certainly return to Baltimore this summer! first birthday.” Lindsay Walker: “I am we are still in Abu Dhabi working for husband is awesome, and her daughter utilizing the services of Kennedy for the first time to see the old haunting reunion in October! Laurie Zink Haller be ready for Nature Preschool by the Helene Apostolides Christman reports: still living in Mount Vernon and Etihad Airways and loving the expat is amazingly beautiful! As for myself, Krieger. We moved last winter out to the grounds. That’s my big news. Otherwise, shares: “Alexander and I are still living time she is three. While work and “Another year, another update! News working for SIG (over 17 years, hard to life. My parents came over in January Grace Kim, I am still at Duke as a Worthington Valley area and love the kids are growing like weeds and making in the Pacific Palisades (Los Angeles) being a mom have kept me busy, I am from the Christman household: Our believe). Looking forward to trips to for the HSBC golf tournament, which Radiation Oncologist seeing patients new house and land.” Jenny McCord life crazy. Rachel shoved a mini-eraser with our son, David (6), who started fortunate enough to get to spend some family is coming up on almost a year in Nashville, TN (for my 40th in February) was great fun. We took them camping with brain cancers and doing research tells us: “I’m living here in Italy with my Sam got for Valentine’s Day into the Kindergarten at Carlthorp School, time riding horses with Jade Khouri our new home in North Homeland. with friends and fellow RPCS gal Kim out in the desert, which they loved! We as well. My parents have moved from cat Totem, directing the University of heating vent this morning at 7:00am. The and our daughter, Fiona (2.5 years Hubbard as well.” Brooke Grumbine Though we miss the downtown life, my Mitchell Wolff, Colorado in March to are really looking forward to some Baltimore, MD and are now in Chapel Pittsburgh’s study abroad programs in usual!” Meredith Shuey Etherington old). I serve on the Board of Trustees shares: “I’m in nursing school and still girls, Valentina (6) and Gia (4) are loving visit Eleanor Cordi, our annual girl’s upcoming trips to London in July to Hill, NC. I am enjoying living in Florence and Rome. Studying German tells us: “Hi! I’m living in the land of the at their temple, Kehillat Israel, and living in Jupiter, FL. I’m very busy with their new neighborhood and their own trip to Kim’s house on Marco Island in see Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks at Durham, NC and how much less I get and taking guitar lessons after a 20 sleep deprived, so I have no recollection work with several charities including school but it’s been a great experience grassy yard complete with rabbits and May and Mexico in July! I have also Hyde Park, and a stateside trip for honked at while in traffic down here! year break; Drive by Nuns should be re- of when I last sent in notes. Our biggest Creative Visions Foundation and Good+ so far. I saw Carey Baugher Piraino squirrels. I love being back in our old been lucky enough to run into Rachel Spahn McCurdy’s oldest And if any of you ever visit here for releasing the morning meeting acoustic news (if I didn’t share this already) is that Foundation.” Rianna Matthews-Brown and Kate Archibald Stakem over RPCS neighborhood! I am still at Under Genevieve Polk around town lately.” daughters bat mitzvah in September.” whatever reason, please let me know! sessions as soon as Amy Brazil finds Henry came into the world last June and writes: “My wife, Kibibi, and I welcomed Christmas...looking forward to seeing Armour, going on 11+ years in the Global Kristen Cunningham Jones: “We Nora Malaisrie: She continues working Please let the Alumnae her karaoke tape deck from 1993.” Sarah we are thrilled (though exhausted) new our first baby, Solomon Adé Matthews- everyone in October!” Tammy Passano Marketing Operations department. I became a family of five, including Lucy at an ENT practice and is living in Zeren Tyler writes from Denver to tell parents. We named him after my dad. Brown, on March 19, 2016. I absolutely Wiggs reports: “Justin and I are still have recently stepped into a new role to ‘four-legs,’ on December 28, 2016 when Bethesda with Sean and their son, Office know about your us that when she isn’t running around He is now eight months and starting love being a mom, and Solomon loving living back in Baltimore with lead the creative production design we welcomed Brody Alexander to our Mason. Mason is almost two and celebrations and milestones! with her amazing four-year-old, she is to get mobile!” Also writing from the keeps all of us on our toes! I am still in our three girls, Courtney, 2029, (6), Ellie team, which is exciting to have a new family. He is full of sweetness, just like somehow they’ve trained him to Swiffer Contact the Alumnae Office working hard on the upcoming launch land of the sleep deprived, Tasha Gorski Baltimore and just began my second (4) and Lizzy (1 ½), and are excited that “family” to watch over. I am most excited his brother. Big brother, Jake, takes and vacuum. Good job guys! And in the Ellie will be joining her older sister with your news and updates of her online coaching and counseling LaVoie says: “I had a baby and have not year working as a lobbyist for Johns about taking my sabbatical this summer, pride in his role, and is Brody’s #1 fan.” midst of their busy schedules, they are business - check out sarahzeren.com for slept in one year. His name is Charles Hopkins University and Medicine.” and three older cousins at RPCS in the where I will have three months off to at [email protected]

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Children of Natalie Ciotola-Dabrowski, 1998, Gracie, Chloe, Isabelle and Flynn Anna Hitchner, 1998 and Cara Hitchner Fuchs, 2005 at the Women’s March in Boston Vivian Olivia Odabashian, daughter of Jack Ballinger Ebeling, son of Anna Liz Serotte, 1998, and her husband Rich Campbell at their Vero Beach wedding with her Paige Kimos Odabashian, 1998 Hitchner, 1998 son Elliott and his children Rachel and Lydon

Ashley Fiastro, daughter of Lauren Waesche Fiastro, 1998 celebrating Carri Windfelder Eachus, 1998 and Tanner and Judson, sons of Lauren Laura Cohen Marsh, 1998 with her husband and son Clemson University’s National Aja Dorsey Jackson, 1998 and her Helene Apostolides Christman, 1998 and her family at their new home in North her family at their new home in North Championship win Miller Hauk, 1998 daughter, Kya Sykes, 2018 Homeland Carolina

spend time with my family and travel jammies. We are lucky that we get to SIG as their Director of Marketing and the kids and is starting a business as (8) are keeping her very busy. Yvonne sleeps. Laura recently joined a book programs in various universities RPCS friends more. Katie Perry as much as I can…such a great privilege see Lauren Battle Wills and her family is loving it. She is also learning the an Arbonne consultant. Beth Schaub writes: “I had a wonderful time meeting club and is loving it! Tina Reed throughout the country. My Chinese Trumbauer continues to live in I am psyched to take. That is the news whenever we visit Will’s family in rough and tumble life with two boys. Huwe is happy to announce the birth with some of our classmates at the Roses Milnes is following her passion for skills are developing slowly, but surely!” Chestertown with her husband and from this corner…Hope everyone is well Charleston.” Carol Dixon Croxton Holden is four and Rowley is 19 of her first child, daughter Noelle Iris, 20th Reunion this October. As a founding helping others be their best selves! Her I, Kate Jordan, was honored to be four kids. She has taken on the task of and living what they love.” Natalie writes: “2016 was a busy year! months. Meghan Ferguson Feld and born mid-March 2017. Several days late member, it was incredible to come back health coaching business, www. named Partner at my commercial real doing home preschool with her Ciotola-Dabrowski is living in Lutherville Professionally I am enjoying my role her family have moved again. “Mike, but well worth the wait! “We are still and see how much things have changed. blondebeetnirvana.com is thriving and estate firm, Lee & Associates in younger two children, and is really with her crew, husband, Ben (just as Marketing and Communications Hunter, Cameron and I are now living living on the farm. I continue to work It was great reminiscing with the other she is currently teaching barre at January. The all-boys charter school enjoying the time she gets to spend celebrated their eighth anniversary), and Director for a local medical practice. in Saratoga Springs, NY and loving it. at the Veterinary emergency hospital founding members that hold such a dear Barrevolution in Timonium. Susan (Baltimore Collegiate) that I helped with them. Her older two kids are doing their children, Gracie (6), Chloe (5), Our son, Ryan, started preschool and Life is pretty wonderful!” Shelley in Calvert County. My husband still place in my heart.” Zaineb Makhzoumi is Italiano Mueller welcomed a new start with Betsey Swingle Hobelmann, well in school and are in first and third Isabelle (3), and Flynn (11 months). She my family and I were able to visit Fulton-Powell is teaching a new works at NASA. Life is generally good, still practicing Mohs Surgery and family member, a rescue beagle named 1993 continues to thrive. Both grade. Time seems to be flying by! tells me that the girls love having a little Lauren Battle Wills and her family in grade this year, first grade at Liberty but about to get crazy with a newborn!” Procedural Dermatology at the University Chili this fall. Chili joins daughters accomplishments are a direct result of Stefanie Warns Carter and her husband, brother...“I doubt he’ll have a date until Charleston over the holidays. The Elementary. She is also the academic Aja Dorsey Jackson reports: I am still of Maryland School of Medicine and Mary and Claire. Susan also started a the education I received at RPCS and Evan, still love life in New York. Stefanie he’s 35!” Natalie is working at University biggest news came recently when coordinator for the after school writing and working at Garrison Forest recently was promoted to Chief of new part-time job as a school nurse in for that I am forever thankful! Leah is relishing her expanding role at of Baltimore and loves the mid-town Brandon, Ryan, and I welcomed a new program. Her son, Noah, will be 16 in School. Wyatt is two, Logan is eight Clinical Services for the Department of addition to her job at Hopkins Home Heumann Reed and her husband, Andy, Bloomberg as a specialist in fixed income area. She is trying to find a balance member to our family in early 2017: August and Naeem just turned nine in and in second grade and Kya Sykes, Dermatology. She enjoys working on Care. Susan is looking forward to relocated to Maryland. They are both trading workflows and financial between work and life as a mom Evelyn Veronica Croxton joined us in January. Lauren Miller Hauk writes: 2018 is a junior at RPCS and starting to the business side of medicine and loves spending the summer at the pool and happy to be closer to family and friends information exchange messaging, and as (suggestions welcomed!). Natalie, aren’t late February and she is amazing. We are “Last June, we welcomed Tanner look at colleges.” I, Paige Kimos the balance between clinical practice enjoying time with her family. Kelly in Baltimore, and are getting settled a trainer for her colleagues in offices we all! Grace Applefeld Cleveland over the moon for her!” Congratulations, James Hauk into our family - life has Odabashian, am celebrating ten years and teaching residents and medical Phelan shares: “I’m still living in into their new home in Highlandtown. around the globe. In South Carolina, reports: “My family and I are enjoying Carol and Brandon! Carri Windfelder been a whole lot sweeter and much of marriage with my husband, Drew, students. She still lives in Lutherville Australia, working at The University of Erin McInnes Shaughnessy’s daughter, Lauren Battle Wills is keeping busy life in Charlottesville, VA. We moved Eachus reports: “We were thrilled to crazier ever since. We’ve gotten a this summer. Life is so much fun and and loves practicing in the place she Queensland and loving it. Over Avery Shaughnessy, 2029, is in her first chasing after Anita (5) and Anthony (2). into our house last winter and have welcome another daughter, Collins glimpse of life with two boys and know busy with Vivian (3) as she is involved grew up! Laura Cohen Marsh reports in Christmas break I spent six weeks in year at RPCS. Erin shares that Avery Lauren has started her second year as a enjoyed making it our own. I still work Catherine, in May 2016. She is well we’re in for lots of laughs (and in many activities throughout from North Carolina where she is a Ukraine, Georgia, and Russia where I loves Kindergarten, and it sounds like biology professor at Charleston Southern as the Director of Admissions at UVA loved by big sister, Virginia and wrestling matches) in our future!” Baltimore. I continue to volunteer for paralegal at Legal Aid. She loves living was able to practice my Russian this transition has been a lot of fun for University, and loves the fact that she Law, and Will is an attorney with the brother, Davis. Loving the mild winters Anna Hitchner reports: “The most Dress for Success Baltimore, and Pets in North Carolina, as she can be at the language skills (Thank you Ms. Erin, too! Jessica Straus continues to gets to hang out with Tara Bynum, who is Southern Environmental Law of North Carolina as the kids run exciting news for me this year is the on Wheels with our pug, Sydney. beach or mountains in under three Blumenthal!). I recently began live in DC and is in her sixth year currently a visiting professor at the Center. Our son Liam, will be two this outside almost daily. It was fun arrival of Jack Ballinger Ebeling. He is Excited to see what the rest of 2017 will hours. Her son Benjamin, age three, consulting for the Marriott Foundation, working at DISH Network as the College of Charleston. Nakiya Traynham May and is so much fun. His favorite catching up with some classmates a happy baby and we are loving getting bring! Yvonne Crispino Klinger reports is growing like a weed and obsessed which takes me to China four to five Director of Government Relations. She is doing well, and continues to work at activities are raking leaves, eating over Christmas in Baltimore.” Dulaney to know him!” Faith Pilecki Hudson from Bethesda where her school aged with all things fireman. He wears a fire times a year to train hotel employees travels often for both work and CareFirst where she is the leader for her guacamole, and wearing footie Wible Farkas celebrated two years at continues to enjoy being home with children Lauren (4), Rachel (6) and Adam hat at all times, including when he and guest lecture in hospitality pleasure, and wishes she got to see her Provider Relations team. She is living in

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Class of 1999 girls at Katrina Shank Rodriguez’s wedding: Anjali Blob Sunita, Candace Members of the Class of 1999 at Maya Tasher Barron’s baby shower: Alene Wilmoth Cousins! Stella Frankton and Olivia Jolicoeur, daughters of sisters, Kate Leake, Maya Tasher Barron, Rosalie Parker, Katrina, Maria Mainolfi-Palarata and Arra Cho Reich, Maria Mainolfi-Palarata, Jennifer Cummings, Elizabeth Graziosi Nilsson, Maya, Haritha Divakaruni Shematek, 2000 with her husband Chris, and daughters Maya and Lisa Trader Giacobbe, 2000’s children, Duvall Frankton, 2000 and Emily Duvall Susan Mabrouk, Katrina Shank Rodriguez and Natalka Burian Laila Cole and Caroline Jolicoeur, 2003 In December we celebrated our daughter, Ashley’s, first birthday and we are Class of 1999 with Stasia Thomas Nardangeli, Wendy in Europe a little longer, making a move looking forward to welcoming a new Maya Tasher Barron Forbes Grossman, Whitney Jamison to Vienna in May for a postdoc! Have a baby in April! We have decided to again [email protected] Price, and Christina Smith Fenton are slice of Sachertorte for us, Megan! From be surprised and will have to wait to always fun. She and the family are still Texas, Danielle Lyons Bell writes: “After Hello, everyone! This year has kept know if Ashley’s new best friend will be a adjusting to their new home but are so, three years of renting in San Antonio, many of us pretty busy, including me, little sister or little brother.” A belated so happy. The girls’ golf course 40 feet Cass and I decided to put down some but it has been great catching up with “welcome back!” also goes out to Caroline away from their front door isn’t half-bad roots and bought a house in August! I those of you who wrote in with your Winter, who has been back in the either! Her kids, Delaney and Tink, are in have fallen in love with South Texas updates. Most recently, Jesse Galitzin mainland with her family for about a preschool a few days a week, and Katie and we hope to stay here (or Dallas/ Dunlap and her husband, Christopher year now. They are looking forward to is staying at home and officiating high Austin) for many years to come. I am Dunlap, welcomed their first child putting in a big garden this year and school swim meets. Lauren Francioli is still homeschooling Matthew, and this together, a daughter, on February 2, 2017, visiting with friends in Puerto Rico in still living in Homeland and working as past year I coached Mackenzie on her Davison Anne Dunlap. “Davy” and the July. Finally I, Valene Whittaker, am a realtor at Long & Foster. She has spent first soccer team and will coach her family are loving their life in Southern continuing my work with Veterans in her time traveling to California, New t-ball team in the spring. It feels surreal California and look forward to making Massachusetts at the Bedford VA Orleans, and soon Nashville and Boston, that I will have two kids in elementary many memories together at the beach Medical Center. I am enjoying my work while also trying to spend as much school next year! In December we came in Carlsbad, on the golf courses, and on with other professional communities time as she can at the beach. What a to Maryland for a two-week visit. We had the squash courts. A little further up the outside of the VA as well, and was fun travel schedule! Not too far outside a nice time, but unfortunately weren’t coast in Santa Monica, Emmy Paskert recently selected to serve as a Diversity the city is Erin Cohn Risch, who is still able to reconnect with anyone due to Koziak and husband Ken welcomed Delegate for my state at the American loving working at her law firm, Eccleston us getting sick while on vacation. The a baby girl, Wynne Olivia Koziak, on Psychological Association Practice & Wolf, after ten years. She focuses her kids and I were still able to get in many October 2, 2016. Back east, Corrin Leadership Conference. Among other practice in the defense of professional tourist attractions; DC was a big favorite Davy Dunlap, daughter of Jesse Galitzin Danielle Lyons Bell, 1999 and her McBride Hunt and her husband Joshua activities, I participated in visits to malpractice claims, and was recently of Matthew’s while Mackenzie soon Sahrah Kraus, daughter of Rachel Leah Jennifer Lalley Veatch, 2000’s daughter Dunlap, 1999 children, Mackenzie and Matthew also welcomed a new baby girl, Naomi Capitol Hill with psychologists from elected to her firm’s Board of Directors. became “museumed” out. Unfortunately, Kraus, 2000 Ginger Vashti Hunt, on January 13, 2017. Older Massachusetts, where we met with Congratulations, Erin! Last year, she and Cass was busy working so he missed Baltimore, currently house hunting, and diary videos on her YouTube channel ‘sjt daughter Zipporah is happy to be a big members of Congress from our state, and her husband and two boys, William (3½ out on most of the fun. In sad news, is currently living in Monkton with is counting down to a vacation in April to lifestyle.’” Congratulations to a few of our sister, and Corrin is still at the Center advocated in support of critical mental years) and Brooks (1½ years), moved out my father unexpectedly passed away Class of 2000 her husband, Matt, and four-year-old Canada, Australia and Japan. Nakiya classmates who wrote in with updates for Talented Youth at JHU, living and health and substance use issues. Our of the city and up to Cockeysville. Erin this year, but his memory continues to Masha Bodansky daughter, Nell. She is an environmental writes: “I’m trying to catch up to Sabrina about work and life milestones! Kristin working in Baltimore. Katrina Shank visits coincided with the release of writes that they are enjoying life in the live on in our family. I hope everyone is [email protected] planner with a local engineering firm Johnson Turner in travel! In keeping Ricketts Sparkman shares: “This year I Rodriguez had an exciting year! She proposed changes to the Affordable Care country and she loves spending time doing well and I hope to see everyone in Baltimore. She loves coming back with her reputation, Sabrina (who loves became the Director of Administration at married Ralph Rodriguez in September Hello all! Hard to believe I am celebrating Act, which made for an exciting day on with Lauren Slevin Capelle, Gretchen at our 20th Reunion in (gasp) two to RPCS for various events to support being the RPCS Alumnae Board Lillie May Carroll Jackson Charter School and felt lucky to have several RPCS girls my one year anniversary as our class the Hill! I am always incredibly grateful Crook Bauer, Adrienne Smith, and all years!” I recently saw Lauren Slevin her nieces, Emma Sunderland, 2018 President and representing 1998 well) for our second year! Being a part of this with her at her wedding. Rosalie Parker, representative! Where does the time to receive updates from our class each their adorable babies! Another classmate Capelle, who is still enjoying her job as and Lucy Sunderland, 2024! Also in the does ‘mainly three things really:’ she school is challenging and rewarding. I Maria Mainolfi-Palarata, and Anjali go?! 2016 has been quite the exciting year – I look forward to hearing more who is enjoying family life and career a litigation defense attorney for State area, Lisa Trader Giacobbe writes: “I left travels, she works, and she films it all. have been the Chair of the School and Blob Sunita were her bridesmaids, year for so many of you, for so many from you all in 2018! success is Sara Levine Kornfield. After Farm and is as happy as ever. She lives Catholic Charities after ten years to be She has a goal of seeing at least four new Youth Gardens committee on the and they were joined by me, Arra reasons! Congratulations to all! Please two years in St. Louis, she and her family in Lutherville with her husband Andy, home with my two kids, Caroline (4) and countries each year. In 2016 she visited Baltimore City Master Gardeners Board Cho, Candace Leake, and Rosemary remember I won’t include information are moving back to Philadelphia this son Pete (2½), and new twins John and Cole (20 months), and to homeschool Brazil, Belize, Colombia, and South Africa. of Directors since June, and look forward Please let the Alumnae Yi. We all had a blast, and Katrina is unless you specifically ask me to or give summer. Sara and her husband, Noah, Cara, who were born on December 20, Caroline. I started my own private 2017 promises to see her in Thailand, to bringing great youth garden Office know about your now excited to announce that she and me permission, so please write and feel will both have faculty positions at UPenn 2016. And speaking of twins… I, Maya practice and work part-time, seeing Canada, the UK, Germany (and maybe programming to our city!” Liz Serotte and Ralph are already expecting their first free to send me an e-mail or Facebook celebrations and milestones! and look forward to being closer to their Tasher Barron, also welcomed twins in children through adults for counseling Cuba.) Sabrina is still practicing as a Richard Campbell, were married in child in September 2017! Katie Swiss message anytime you have updated families and friends. Congratulations December with my husband, Alex. Leo just south of Towson. Our family is lawyer, and also works as a group fitness January, in Vero Beach, FL. The wedding Contact the Alumnae Office King proudly writes that she and her information! A 2016 highlight for me to the Kornfields! Candace Leake is in and Helena were born on December enjoying all of the time we now have instructor. She has begun teaching “was a small ceremony near the beach with your news and updates family sold their house in a little over was getting to see Kitzie Winship in the third year of her doctoral program 15, 2016 and we are just so in love with together! Hope everyone else is doing spinning at Baltimore’s newest spin-only with just our immediate family. We 24 hours back in August, and built in a December when she took a break from at [email protected] in Higher Education Administration them. They had their first playdate with well.” Haritha Divakaruni Shematek gym, CorCycle, with our class’s other lucked out and the weather was lovely, new community in Hampstead where her busy life out west. She currently and is looking forward to diving into John and Cara Capelle recently, although shares: “My husband, Chris, and I live in resident fitness professional, Tina Reed so we appreciated the escape from the they have been since mid-January. works as a counselor and does drama the dissertation phase. Meanwhile, Leo was the only one awake during the Maryland and have two little girls (Maya, Milnes. Sabrina hosted Workout Boston winter for a few days too!” Lauren They were temporarily living with her therapy for a community mental health she has enjoyed running her LuLaRoe visit. Better luck next time! Thanks to 5 and Laila, 2) and a dog named Winifred. Wednesdays at RPCS, which she says Waesche Fiastro writes: “Everything is parents in Roland Park in-between non-profit in Oakland, CA. As I write business and catching up with friends all those who wrote in! I look forward to We’ve been in Maryland our whole lives, were “pretty dope.” And lastly, Sabrina great. My husband and I traveled to moves, and she loved being so close this, she is also acting in a play and and family whenever she makes it back hearing from everyone next year! and love being close to our family and has decided to become a YouTube Scotland where we played golf at St. to RPCS! Katie was able to see fellow sends a shout-out to those involved in to Baltimore. In other higher education friends. We’re having a blast with the sensation. You can find product reviews, Andrews, looked for the Loch Ness classmates and alumnae while living Advanced Drama! Back on the east coast news, Megan Kutzer will be remaining girls, who are super sassy. Maya is such daily vlogs with boyfriend Zev, and travel Monster, and saw some spectacular sites. back in the city, writing that play dates in Maryland, Maggie Sunderland Berman

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Charlie Cloud, son of Erin Miles Cloud, Nora Essen Cloud, daughter of Erin Miles Danielle Brock, 2005 and Ashlee Tuck, Molly Baker Brant, 2002 with husband 2002 moms: Katie Peck Fuchs, 2002, Morgan Katz Peters, 2002 and daughter Quinn, 2001 and Carson Clendenin, son of Cloud, 2001 2002 in South Africa Jason and daughter Gracie Sarah Scalia Hallenbeck, 2002 and son Danny, Carrie Schenning Sheehan, 2002 and Elinor Hindsley Clendenin, 2001 Lawrie Peck Givner, 2005, Katie Peck Fuchs, 2002 and Cara Hitchner Fuchs, 2005 at daughter Claire, Jessica Winicki Kallaugher, 2002 and son Connor, Kinsey Morrison the baptisim of Katie's daughter, Francie Sale, 2002 and son Walker

a great big sister and it’s really amazing to be thankful for! On February 25, with her dad on investment banking on July 29, 2016. They are living in moved from New York City to Westport, for me, Erin Lears Richardson, I’m still year and married John Rohrer in May a ski trip to Vail and Colorado Springs, to see the friendship they have already 2016, Rachel Kraus welcomed Sahrah and advisory. Lauren Dodrill Benjamin Richmond and she reports that Carson CT, with their three little boys last year. working in fundraising at RPCS. My 2016. Emily loves teaching visual arts and will visit Mexico in the fall. Jess developed. As for my job, I work for Leah Kraus! On March 15, 2016, Tiffanni reports that after nearly eight years is the love of their lives. How sweet! They love their life in that beautiful husband, John, and I have two kids and ninth grade English at RPCS. Winicki Kallaugher is now a certified Accenture doing government consulting Jefferson Reidy and her husband, Mike, of practicing law, she has decided Kate Owens Eckstein is still living town! Sarah Passano Meech said that and recently moved to a house just She’s also a ninth grade advisor. Emily adult/geriatric nurse practitioner. as a Business Process Architect. I have welcomed their daughter Autumn into to embark on a new career path in outside of Boston with her husband, life in Rhode Island is full of fun and a few doors down from my mom’s will graduate from Towson with an Her second son is due early May been here since I graduated college, and their lives! Caline McHenry Olmsted and higher education. Lauren is now Benjamin, their two boys (Owen, 6 and snow! They are eagerly awaiting the (Cathy Lears Bennett, 1969). Our MFA this spring. Her opening for 2017, and will join big brother Connor I love what I do. Most of all, I love that I her husband, Matthew, had a baby girl on working in the Office of Advancement Emmett, 3) and their giant labradoodle, arrival of baby #4 who should arrive in daughter Penelope Richardson, 2029 her thesis show was in February who was born June 2015. Jess enjoys have a great balance between work and September 23, 2016 at 6:03 am, 8 lbs., 5 oz, at Goucher College. She said that her Schnitzel. Kate is growing her interior early April! Four little kids? Good luck is in Kindergarten and son William and included sculptures, prints and having Morgan Katz Peters also living family. I couldn’t ask for much more! and 21.5 inches. Catherine Lehn Olmsted time on the RPCS Alumnae Board design business and has gotten into and enjoy! Meri Price is living in the DC Richardson, 2031 is in the Preschool 3’s. fiber-based works. Also at RPCS, in Baltimore and has play dates with I can’t wait to hear from all our other joins big brother William McHenry sparked her interest in this area! She’s running and hiking around New area, working in international relations One of William’s preschool teachers is Kristen DeMarco Rickard has recently Morgan and her daughter, Quinn. Molly classmates.” Staying on the east coast, Olmsted who turned 2 on January 17, thrilled to be a part of the Goucher England. Charlotte Eyring is currently at the Smithsonian. Dina Karkar Riddle actually Sarah Morehead Pope, 2006 transitioned to the Communications Baker Brant works in mobile but out of Maryland, Rachel Morgan 2017! Kate Duvall Frankton welcomed College community, and really enjoys working at Berkshire Hathaway as a is currently doing freelance graphic (he will cry when he has to leave her!) Department as the Associate Director advertising for Verve. She works out Spencer reports: “I am still with my Stella James Frankton, who was born on working on a college campus and realtor out of the Federal Hill office. design work (including Heidi Kendall’s My favorite part of the day is seeing my of Communications, working closely of her home in Annapolis, which she advertising agency in Roanoke, VA (I October 13, 2016 – a blizzard baby! She connecting with Goucher alumnae/i. She got married to Jeremy Freed, wedding invitations). Dina is happy kids in the halls, and I get to see Kelsey with Dani Kell Steinbach, 2004. Her loves. Molly and her husband, Jason, think I’m a lifer at this point) heading up writes: “Shawn and I are beyond happy Shawn Slotke Brown loves living in Boys’ Latin Class of 2000, and they in sunny Austin, TX with her husband Twist Schroeder and Annie Ferebee children (Lydia, 3 and William, 2) built a new home in their neighborhood our marketing research where I focus on with our little nugget!” Be sure to look in Canton and working in Remington. have a 16-month-old daughter named and dog. However, she’s planning a Short, in the halls too! I also caught up keep her and her husband, Chris, Bay Ridge which is on the corner of qualitative studies. I’ve been doing quite the back of this issue for some adorable She is the Director of Marketing and Waverly King Eyring Freed. Blair few trips to Baltimore this year so she with Catherine Pope recently, who is plenty busy! Danielle Brock is also in the Chesapeake Bay and the Severn a bit of consulting with hospital systems pictures! Lastly, I would like to thank Leasing at Seawall Development and Hagan Gee is living and working as a can see family and friends, and eat doing incredible work in NYC. Speaking Baltimore working as a civil engineer River. Molly’s daughter, Gracie, will be and colleges in the last year, which has Jean Waller Brune, 1960, for her 24 years is also teaching yoga at Movement psychotherapist in Baltimore. She is some real crab cakes! Kelsey Twist of that, Courtney Brent Kaufman and at RK&K. She was recently promoted two in March. Molly is looking forward been fascinating! My son just turned as our Headmistress and extend a warm Lab, which is located on the second involved with Blue Water Baltimore, Schroeder reports that their big news I love seeing your notes come in - to Senior Project Engineer! Danielle to being in Jenny Galvez’s wedding two in October and we are expecting welcome to our new Head, Caroline floor of the R. House food hall, one of dances with Baltimore Rock Opera (of course!) is that they welcomed a everyone is leading such interesting worked on the civil engineering along with Liz Hollick and McKenzie our second child in fall 2017!” Jen Lalley Blatti! Best wishes to all for a happy and Seawall’s newest ventures. She and Society, and mentors students in new baby girl into their family. Marion and impressive lives. portion of the new Smithsonian Welsh Flashnick. JoJo Mixter Stahl is Veatch still lives in Atlanta, GA and healthy 2017! her husband Rob recently enjoyed an the Bridges Development Program. Janet Schroeder was born on July African American History and Culture opening a restaurant, Tyber Creek Wine teaches history at The Westminster epic trip to Vietnam and Cambodia. Allison Higgins Keenan reports that 20, 2016. Anne Landay Sherbine is Museum…the highlight of her career Bar & Kitchen in Washington, Schools (13 years!). She and her husband, She’s heading to Nicaragua in March they are doing great down in Durham, still living in Charlotte, NC with her Class of 2002 so far! Danielle visited Ashlee Tuck DC. She welcomes all Roland Jason, love running around with their for a yoga retreat and is signed up NC. She is in the process of moving Edith Birney Wilson in Zambia last August and explored Parkers! and Class of 2001 husband, Evan. On December 3, 2016 Lauren Burd Wakeland two-year-old, Ginger, who looks forward for her seventh half marathon this into a new job as Associate Director they had a little baby girl - Eva Jane [email protected] Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and her husband welcomed Katherine “Kit” to meeting her new sister in August! 15TH REUNION spring. We are all jealous of your of Product Marketing for McKesson. South Africa. Ashlee works at the U.S Burd Wakeland in June 2016. Lauren Erin Lears Richardson Sherbine. And to keep the good news Wow. Another year, and more exciting Jenny Werthman is a five-year resident vacations, Shawn! Sheena Cline moved Allison’s husband, Jeff, is continuing coming, Lindsey Miller Stone and her Agency for International Development has a new job at a tech startup in [email protected] and new ventures for our classmates. of Nashville, TN, along with her husband, again – this time to Buffalo, NY. She his residency in general surgery husband welcomed their third son, We have a reunion coming up in (USAID) in Washington, DC. She spent NYC. Katie Peck Fuchs also welcomed Justin, one-year-old daughter, Molly, and Courtney Brent Kaufman is managing a Fortive company, API at Duke and will also be doing his Porter Alexander Stone, on January October, and hope that many of us almost a year in Zambia helping to her daughter, Frances “Francie” two dogs. She is working on her PhD in [email protected] Delevan. Representing much warmer fellowship there in cardiothoracic 19, 2017! Sam Levin Whitcomb moved will be there! Virginia “Jenny” Galvez achieve the agency’s goals which Marion Fuchs in June 2016. Francie nursing science at Vanderbilt and hopes temperatures, Kerri Huebner Carlile surgery. Their son, Quinn, just turned from Wiesbaden, Germany to Fort is getting married in March 2017. She included providing solar energy to was recently baptized in NYC. Katie’s to graduate in spring 2018. Out of the It was fun to see so many of you this and her family of five are in Arizona. two and continues to keep them on Riley, KS in spring 2016. They are rural health posts, improving reading sister, Lawrie Peck Givner, 2005 and fall at our 15th Reunion! Despite the is living in Raleigh, NC and has been United States, Liza Randolph continues Kerri reports that her oldest started their toes, yet grounded at the same missing their European lifestyle, but working for Cintas for seven years, outcomes for primary school children Katie’s now sister-in-law, Cara Hitchner to live in Vancouver, BC and may never torrential downpour on Saturday, Kindergarten this year, her middle time. She says he has been an absolute are learning to embrace the small town and the nutritional status of children Fuchs, 2005 were in attendance. Katie the crab feast was a blast as was where she manages a team that return?! She recently became a birth has developed a naughty streak, and joy! Allison had a great time in Palm life and tornado alley. Sam is happy implements new national accounts. under five, as well as reducing and Cara are married to brothers, Ben doula, to compliment her prenatal yoga the party at Kelsey’s later that night! her youngest has firmly mastered the Spring celebrating the wedding of to be much closer to family. At least a rural poverty. This year Ashlee will and Matt Fuchs. Across the ocean There have been lots of changes this In her free time, she and her fiancé teaching endeavors, and has been to art of walking. She is still working Alex Thomas. Congratulations (and two and a half hour plane ride seems (soon to be husband) play music and head to Guatemala and Kenya. You is classmate Celeste Von Klenke three, going on four, births now. Though year – from new babies, to moving, as a business analyst during the day, the pictures you posted on FB are closer than eight plus! She is also back can follow her travel adventures Flechtner in Berlin. Celeste is doing to fun vacations, so without further sing both together and in separate not a mother herself yet, she loves this but this past year she has bravely beautiful)! Sarah Harrison Lenahan in the classroom, teaching first grade. groups. has been in on her blog, willdrinkfortravel. her medical residency for internal ado, here’s our rundown . . . Julia Usha Tyson shift in her work to support mamas! Liza started her own business “Naturally said that life is good, but busy! Sarah They have adjusted to life as a family Atlanta, GA since April 2015 and loves com. Jessica Nyce is working with medicine and is due in March with still helps in an architecture office part- Bainbridge moved to Atlanta, GA, in Empowered Well-Being with Kerri and her husband Ed sold their home of four! Amelia is five and Harrison is Martin-Wight in Hunt Valley, MD as baby #2. Celeste’s daughter, Grace, will November 2016 to take on the role it. She has had a busy year planning time, to help pay the bills, but is aiming Carlile,” where she teaches people in April 2016, and are still on the hunt one. Courtney Brent Kaufman shares: her April 2017 wedding, which will a Registered Representative since be three in May. Celeste enjoyed seeing to tip the scale one day, allowing herself of food editor of Atlanta magazine. how to use essential oils to improve for the perfect house. They’re looking “I’m still living in Lutherville with February 2016. Martin-Wight is a some old classmates at Emily Dierkes She is still running her podcast, be in Atlanta. She was able to visit to leave the office 9-5 lifestyle, and their health. Her goal for this year forward to finding it in 2017 and all my husband and recently decided to with Katie Prevas Glazerman and Lisa financial planning group that focuses Rohrer’s wedding. Marietta Skeen is dedicate herself full time to teaching The Lonely Hour, and plans to end is to expand into life coaching. the fun that goes along with it! Sarah leave the financial world to explore on helping physicians and dentists. living in Northampton, MA where she up back in New York City in a few Kebejian at her bridal shower. Carrie yoga and birth work. Her door remains Kerri writes: “I never thought I was is entering her fifth year at Morgan new career opportunities. We spent is enjoying life Jessica’s role is to generate clients and founded Thrive Integrative Wellness years. She’s a Yankee at heart. Dinah Schenning Sheehan open, so if Canada ever calls your name an entrepreneur at heart, but I am Stanley and enjoying the opportunity most of the last year working on home in Richmond. Her daughter, Claire, is be the financial advisor for clients and Center. She hopes to be a hub for folks (for political reasons, or pleasure), look Bengur, her husband Russ, and their completely loving it.” Ellie Hindsley to stay connected to RPCS through renovations and would welcome any their families. Jessica has also had to return home to their mind, body and new daughter, Nina, moved back to one and a half and keeps them busy. her up! Thanks Liza! Speaking of babies, Clendenin and her husband welcomed the Alumnae Board. Monica Willats visitors to come see the results!” As Emily Dierkes Rohrer had an exciting some time to travel and recently took soul. She practices body- our class had so many tiny blessings Baltimore from DC. She is working their son Carson Payne Clendenin Mancusi-Ungaro and her husband

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Max Watts, son of Alli Lacy Watts, 2005, Olivia Jolicoeur, daughter of Emily Duvall From the Class of 2003; Laura Brent, Erin Lacy Hollander, Kathleen Trotter O'Doherty, Allison Higgins Keenan, 2001, Robin Higgins, Quinn Keenan and Lindsay Higgins Vane, Hannah Whitman Clark, 2003 and her daughter Clara Lee Clark Jolicoeur, 2003 and Mae Hollander, daughter of Erin Lacy Hollander, 2003 Lindsay Higgins Vane and Kendell Anders with Mr. Forbes at his son's wedding in Texas 2003 at the Keenan's Christmas Eve Buffet

Joi-Marie McKenzie, 2003, Kate McCleary, 2003, Charlotte Hindsley, 2003 and Kellie Casey Harwood, 2003, Erin Lacy Hollander, 2003, Emily Duvall Jolicoeur, 2003, Isabel Axel and August, sons of Audie Fugett Gina Tzomides Folstein, 2004 and her husband, Matthew Folstein and their children Meredith Hauf Hudkins, 2004 and Mike Bland, 2003 at Joi's book signing Rodgers, Lindsay Higgins Vane, 2003 and Jordi Plumhoff, 2003 enjoying dinner in NYC Jones, 2004 Olivia and Maxton Hudkins on their wedding day

attorney in Pikesville with a great Francisco office and simultaneously children, adolescents, and adults 20 and 33 who work on projects with centered psychotherapy, transpersonal Adam Burgess. They will be married group of attorneys. Emily, along with build her health and wellness business. who struggle with mental health the motto “think global, act local” to

energy work and teaches meditation. Class of 2003 this September in NYC and Laura fellow 2003ers Lindsay Higgins Vane Ashley is looking forward to getting issues. Graham and Jennie love being improve the state of their communities. She writes: “These days, it’s hard to Lindsay Higgins Vane Brent will be her maid of honor. Airlia and Erin Lacy Hollander, visited back to the east coast for Molly Frew’s outside with the pups, playing in the Lindsay Higgins Vane lives in Rodgers tell the difference between work and [email protected] Esworthy Lotz and her husband, Greg, NYC this fall to see Jordi Plumhoff, June wedding. Erin Lacy Hollander Colorado mountains and exploring Forge with her husband, Scott, and play.” As for me, Edith Birney Wilson, I Amanda Ortel Frank continues to are still living in her hometown. They Amanda Ortel Frank, Casey Harwood, is living in Homeland and teaching new restaurants, especially for brunch. their two yellow labs, Bruce and Ben. had another busy year. We welcomed enjoy her time as a stay-at-home welcomed a daughter, Aviendha, last and Isabel Rodgers. Libby Cole has at Calvert School. Sarah Williams Susanna Ingalls has been living in She is going to channel her inner RPCS our daughter, Eleanor Dee Wilson, in mom to three: Grady (3.5), Paige (2), March, which rounds them out to moved back to Baltimore and is happy is living in Baltimore, working for a Doha, Qatar, where she started her own Middle School musical spirit, when she, September. She is such a happy baby and Harper (1). She and her husband, four. Airlia is still employed at Carroll to be back at RPCS serving on their transportation engineering firm in a business with her Pakistani business Kathleen Trotter O’Doherty, and Kellie and loves her big brother, James. We’re Grady, live in Tribeca in downtown Hospital Center as a part-time surgical Alumnae Board. Joi-Marie McKenzie project manager role. She graduated partner whom she met during their Bland go see The Bodyguard at The figuring out the joys (and exhaustion!) Manhattan. Ashley Nolan Gwynne assistant and spends most of her days is an entertainment/lifestyle writer from Loyola University with her graduate program at the Mannheim Hippodrome in March. of raising two kids 15 months apart. I’m welcomed a baby girl last July. Harper with her kids. Sowmya “Amy” Ravi for ABC News in NYC. She’s out with MBA in May of 2016. As part of her Business School in Germany. Her start- still teaching fourth and fifth grade and Rey Gwynne is 6-months-old, loving and her husband are living in Seattle, her critically-acclaimed debut memoir, program, Sarah had the opportunity up is the first ever combination of the loving it. I have really enjoyed being life, and growing daily! Stacey Wolff WA where they practice dermatology The Engagement Game: Why I Said ‘I to travel to Chile in 2015, which was discounts and telecoms industries and Class of 2004 your class representative, but feel like is living in Mount Airy, MD with her and neurosurgery, respectively. They Don’t’ to Marriage and ‘I Do’ To Me. It’s a truly amazing experience. Kellie recently won the “Mobile App of the Kelly Soth Nolan it’s time to move on, and chase after my fiancé and they are planning their are making the most of living the available in bookstores nationwide. Bland is still enjoying her work with Year” award from Entrepreneur.com, a [email protected] babies! Kristen DeMarco Rickard (Fizz) wedding for this May. Stacey is west coast outdoorsy-life. Kathleen Hannah Whitman Clark and her cultural exchange and international Middle Eastern publication. Susanna Ana Agelopas has had an action- has graciously agreed to step up as our working as a Healthcare Compliance Trotter O’Doherty still works in the husband welcome their daughter, relations. She is also still enjoying is now in the process of expanding her packed last year involving tons of new class rep, so be on the lookout for Auditor. She and her fiancé spent the MICU at University of Maryland. Clara Lee Clark, last fall and they are living in Baltimore and trying all business internationally. She has been travel. Early in 2016, Ana had the emails from her moving forward! past year traveling around the US and Kathleen and her husband, Pat, are totally smitten. Ashley Dent Eklund the new restaurants that have been singing with the Qatar Philharmonic opportunity to fly out to LA for a work they are looking forward to continuing expecting their first child, due in and her husband, Gray, celebrated popping up recently. She recently Orchestra, doing photography on event where she and her co-worker their explorations as husband and June 2017. Emily Duvall Jolicoeur is their son George’s first birthday in renewed her passport and is looking the side for, among others, the Royal had the privilege to work Kevin Hart’s wife. Jordi Plumhoff is living in still living in Lutherville across the January and their five year wedding forward to putting a few new stamps Family in Qatar, and visits home about Oscar after party. A few months later, Harper Rey Gwynne daughter of Ashley NYC on the Upper West Side. She is street from her sister (Kate Duvall anniversary last June. They love being in it in 2017. Jennie Tuttle Baughn once every year. She has also been while on vacation visiting her aunt Nolan Gwynne, 2003 working in pharmaceutical marketing Frankton, 2000)! It’s especially great parents, but recently enjoyed their first is living with her husband, Graham, involved in World Economic Forum in Key West, Ana got engaged to her research and enjoys all of the travel now that they have expanded their overnight to wine country without and their two dogs in Denver, CO. She events as a member of the Global boyfriend Brendan! An eye-opening that her job brings. She is also busy families (Olivia Jolicoeur, 20 months George, which they also loved. Ashley is a Licensed Professional Counselor Shapers Community, a network of 6,000 eurotrip to London, Paris & Amsterdam planning a wedding with her fiancé, and Stella Frankton, three months). continues to work in Google’s San at a small practice working with people worldwide between the ages of rounded out her exciting 2016. Ana is Emily is still working as litigation

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Cole and Matthew, sons of Katie Atkins Kauffman, 2004, Carter Chesson, daughter of Sarah Sims Hagan Chesson, Kiki Law Perrini, 2004 and Christopher 2004, and Reid and Milly Smith, son and Perrini with Topher and his baby brother, Tucker Sydnee Wilson, 2004 and her son Rae Ruff daughter of Becca Warfield Smith, 2004 The wedding of Cara Hitchner Fuchs, 2005: Tara Lewis Bisciotti, 2005, Stephanie Gisriel, 2005, Jacqueline Carr Lagratta, 2005, Maria Stratakis, 2005, Taylor Julie Smyth, 2005 with her fiancé, Erin Durbin, 2005 with Kristin Pelsis Fragapane, 2005, Cara, Katie Peck Fuchs, 2002, Lawrie Peck Givner, 2005, Rachel is still in Boston, in her third year welcomed a little boy, Tucker, into their Denny McFadden Duke Sheppard, 2005 in San Francisco Klein, 2005, Janet Bauer Hartman, 1968 and Anna Hitchner, 1998 of Pediatric Neurology Residency at family in January! Their older son, Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Topher, is now two years old and loves Medical School. Elizabeth and her being a big brother! Sophie Mullins husband, Omar, are traveling to the Phelps and her husband, Jack, were Grand Canyon this summer, which will excited to welcome their second child, be a nice break from her busy work Andrew “Beau” Phelps, on September schedule! Gina Tzomides Folstein 24, 2016. Their two-year-old daughter, now lives in South Bend, IN with her Hollis, loves having a baby brother. husband, Dr. Matthew Folstein, and They are enjoying life as a family of her children Olivia (4) and Maxton (19 four in Timonium. Dani Kell Steinbach months) and third child on the way! is still working at RPCS, but has a Meredith Hauf Hudkins married Mike new position as the Director of Digital Hudkins on June 5, 2016 in the gardens Communications. Dani just finished of Antrim 1844 surrounded by their her eighth season coaching RPCS beloved family and friends. Meredith Basketball, this year being extra special was thrilled to have Kelly Soth Nolan as daughter, Kaylee, got to tag along at as a bridesmaid and Lauren Gibbs in some practices. Dani and her husband, attendance. Just three months after Chris, look forward to celebrating the wedding, Meredith found out they Kaylee’s third birthday this summer! had one last wedding present - they just moved Andrea van Wagenberg Members of the Class of 2005 at Amy Kiyota’s wedding: Carin Bortz, Jocelyn Durkay, are pregnant! They look forward to back to Mount Vernon in Baltimore in Amy, Emily Gates, Kate Long and Elisa Prosperetti Ginger Owens Asher, 2004 at Carter and Wesley Chesson, children of welcoming their baby boy, Hayes Walker August of 2016. She still commutes to EduKenya's Primary school in Mathare, Sarah Sims Hagan Chesson, 2004 Hudkins, in late May 2017. Their new DC, where she works for a Cybersecurity Kenya addition will be an early anniversary Startup. Andrea has become a Folk Class of 2005 of Boston’s 1,800 bicycle share system present to celebrate their first year of Art enthusiast, collecting from several which is the fifth largest system in Morgan Simmons, 2005, Jasmine Gregory, Aminah Brooks, 2015, Ameerah Brooks Erin Durbin the country. She was maid of honor in Waddell, 2005, Morgan Cuffie, Ameerah's cousin, Alisha Williams, 2005 and Brittany currently enjoying house hunting and has transitioned to the role of Chief marriage. Ellen Cameron Jones is still artists in the Southeast and Southwest. [email protected] wedding and Bland, 2005 looking forward to her September 2017 Strategy Officer at Carroll Independent living and working in London with She enjoys visiting the eastern shore of Amy Kiyota’s Carin Bortz, Kate Long, Jocelyn Durkay, and Elisa wedding! Ginger Owens Asher had Fuel, one of her former clients. She her husband, James, and daughter Maryland on a regular basis, attending The Class of 2005 had another exciting were in the wedding party the opportunity last summer to visit is loving the challenge of diving into Eowyn. They have recently added a new live music and staying in touch year full of new chapters in life. Prosperetti NYC and is leading the HR team for an Deedrick is still living in Winston while her sister, , 2007 did Nairobi with a program called EduKenya something totally new and different, member to the family. Son Ridley was with old friends and family. Nkenge Here’s what happened in 2016: Tara Kelley Gates education non-profit called Relay GSE, Salem, NC with her husband Robert. hair and makeup for the entire group. with her mom. Together they visited but forever grateful for her time at born in September 2016. They are still Wheatland ended up having a great Lewis Bisciotti just had her most which trains public school teachers She will be graduating from Wake married EduKenya’s three school locations. It M&T. Katharine moved back into her trying to take a photo where all four of 2016. She did a cross country road trip exciting year yet. Over the summer, Kiersten Osterchrist Lawrence and principals nationally. She and Forest with her MBA this summer this past April and is now caring for is an organization that seeks to build parents’ old house (they moved out ;-)) them are looking at the camera. If they with her dad to California and moved she and her husband, Jason, moved her husband, Michael, love spending and has recently started her new job chronically ill patients in the Baltimore empowerment, pride, and perseverance and is enjoying reliving memories of are lucky, they might have a photo ready in with boyfriend of four years, David. to Annapolis and she started teaching time with her sister Katie Peck Fuchs, on the Maidenform marketing team area. She and her husband are living in into their students in addition to all the fun times with RPCS classmates in time to submit to the next edition of At the end of July, Nkenge defended at The Summit School, which serves 2002, her baby niece, Francie Fuchs, at Hanesbrands, Inc. Elisa Prosperetti the city and enjoying the city life. career prep (that could otherwise feel that took place in that house. Stella Connections! Audie Fugett Jones had a her dissertation and earned her PhD in bright students with dyslexia and Cara and close friends Taylor Fragapane is in the fourth year of her history PhD married Matthew very hopeless). It reminded Ginger of Castro, 2023 is in sixth grade at RPCS great 2016 welcoming her second son, Computer Science from the University other learning differences. The most Hitchner Fuchs and Stephanie Gisriel. Olivia Myers at Princeton University. She spent Fuchs this August in Cape Cod, MA her time at RPCS, as she could see a and Zoe is nearly two and a half, both Axel William Jones, to the world on of California, Riverside. Then in August, special change came on January 5, Trimmier was married in October 2016 much of the last year in West Africa with several RPCS alums in attendance similar hope and drive in the eyes of of which seem impossible! All in all, February, 15, 2016. Her three-year-old, David and Nkenge fulfilled one of her 2017 when she and Jason became in South Carolina, with some of her and France and is currently living in to celebrate her big day! Cara continues these students, especially the girls! 2017 is off to a great start and Katharine August, attends preschool at St. Paul’s lifelong dreams and went to Brazil to parents to their sweet baby girl, Kendall RPCS friends there to celebrate with New York. In the past year, Eileen pursuing her passion for urban After more than eight years in Boston, is looking forward to catching up with Plus. The family continues to rotate watch the Olympics live. Lastly, she Noelle Bisciotti. Stacy Cooper Kirsch her. She still lives in Austin, TX with Flanigan Doane and her husband, education by teaching Pre-K at an in- Caroline Boeke and her husband Alex classmates and seeing what the future between Baltimore, San Diego, and finally got herself a real job, working also had a busy year. She finished her husband and two dogs where she Nathan, have relocated to Kaneohe, district charter school in Dorchester, moved away in October 2016 when holds. Sarah Sims Hagan Chesson Sarasota, FL. She keeps busy chasing for zyBooks, where she helps write and her MBA at Georgetown University in is a genetic counselor. Shannon Burke HA where they are being immersed MA. lives in NYC Alex finished his residency program. and husband, Mark, are currently around her kids and supporting and/ develop interactive online textbooks May, and then on August 12th, Stacy Stephanie Gisriel is currently in her third year of dental in the Aloha spirit. Eileen is being and works at Baron Capital as National Now they are traveling through Latin living in North Carolina. Sarah Sims is or organizing philanthropic projects for computer science, computer and her husband, Matthew, welcomed school. After this year, she will have constantly stretched, growing her Accounts Manager. She also serves America, Africa, and Europe for a few loving being a mom to three-year-old and events. Katie Atkins Kauffman engineering, and math courses. Lacey their daughter, Sydney Grace Kirsch. one year left before starting her Navy doTERRA business, supporting her on the Volunteer Executive Council of months (working remotely) until June daughter, Carter, and seven-month-old welcomed her second baby boy in Haciski Zelino’s big news for this past Another new mom, Ameerah Brooks dental career. She is also engaged to east coast team long distance and the Council for Economic Education. 2017 when they will move to NYC. It’s a son, Wesley. Peri Cohen is living in the November of 2016. She continues to year is that she and husband, Steve, Waddell, is enjoying life with her her fellow classmate, RT, and is excited starting solid foundations for growing She loved catching up with some of busy, but exciting time! They are looking Canton area of Baltimore. She is a social work part-time as a personal trainer at celebrated the birth of their second husband, dog Jazzi, and her nine- to celebrate her wedding in September. in Hawaii and beyond. Krista Romita her RPCS classmates at forward to living in New York, where worker, currently working for a clinic in the Maryland Athletic Club in Harbor daughter, Laurel. They are really month-old son Cameron! They have Cara Hitchner Catherine Bonaparte graduated with Grocholski will (finally) be graduating wedding and regularly brunches Caroline’s parents and sister Emily are home mental health therapy. She has East. She loves getting her boys together enjoying the complete change of pace also moved into a new house. 2016 Fuchs’ her master’s in teaching in April and from UF with her PhD in Astronomy with her fellow New Yorkers currently based. After over eight years also recently accepted a second job at with her fellow 2004 moms. Kiki Law that comes with having two kids! was a big year for Emily Gates as she Taylor is now a kindergarten teacher with this spring and will begin working as Fragapane and Lawrie Peck Givner. at M&T Bank, Katharine Fox Castro a private practice in Towson. Elizabeth Perrini and husband, Christopher, was promoted to be General Manager Baltimore County. Erin Catzen an Associate Physical Scientist at the Speaking of, Lawrie is still living in

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Lauren Kelly, 2006 toasting her sister Patty Kelly, 2006 and David Simmons Abbie Mitchell, 2006's wedding to Dinner with members of the Class of 2006; Gabi Romanoski, Courtney Weir, Molly At the wedding of Annie Seibert, 2006 with classmates Jane Hollon, Caroline Atwater, Mallory Twist Dunn, 2006 with her Stephen MacKinnon Ricely, Kathryn Werthman, Cassie Mathias, a friend, Sarah Morehead Pope and Annie, Meghan Murphy Houghton, Lizzy Lenrow, her Maid of Honor and Abbie Mitchell husband Patrick Dunn and “Sonny” Dunn Elizabeth Robertson Chriss MacKinnon

Peale Iglehart currently lives in adventures, she still says the year’s RAND Corporation in Arlington, VA of Maryland School of Public Policy in School of Nursing last May with a March. She writes: “We will be living an Philadelphia with her husband, Ed. highlight was being able to play a role shortly thereafter. She is excited to May 2016 and works at the National master’s degree in nursing and is now hour north of Austin in Killeen so if Peale is a second-grade teacher at a in her sister, Patty Kelly Simmons’, be moving back to the mid-Atlantic Institutes of Health in Bethesda, working in the Neonatal Intensive Care anyone is ever in the area, there is an small Quaker school. Last summer, wedding. Chelsea Kirk writes: “This region! Mary Palmer has shifted from MD. She and her fiancé are having Unit at University of Maryland Medical open invitation to visit!” Brooke Peale earned her master’s degree as a past July, I joined the founding team of politics to a new job on the Major fun planning their wedding in June Center. She and her husband, Evan Christofferson Gill writes: “I am still reading specialist and her Wilson a new adult charter school in Gifts team at Georgetown, where is of this year. In May 2016, Kristin Chriss (Gilman 2004) live in Federal working at GSA and we are living in Reading System certification, which Washington, DC called The Goodwill she is working towards her MBA as Pelsis Sheppard was married in San Hill with their golden retriever, Northern Virginia. We bought a house she uses to tutor children with Excel Center. We are now 18-weeks in an evening student. She recently Francisco. Kristin continues to enjoy Thacher, and they are very excited to in Alexandria at the end of last year, so language-based learning disabilities. and are serving over 400 District completed a marathon in Berlin, living and working in the city as well have a baby boy join their family in we are learning about home During her school’s winter break, Peale residents ages 15 to 85! Our program is Germany and is excited to be selling as being an active volunteer with July. Kelsie Cooper continues to enjoy ownership. It has a backyard for the caught up with Jane Dewire as well as unique for many reasons. We offer an her paintings online. Nichole Leonard Guide Dogs for the Blind. As for me, life in New York. This June, Kelsie will new puppy we adopted in the spring; Abbie Mitchell MacKinnon. This fall, accelerated high school diploma lives in Baltimore. She is currently Erin Durbin, I now work as a Product graduate from her Physical Therapist his name is Scout. Misha is still Laura Hearn Kameen began teaching at pathway paired with a workforce working in a consulting and sales Marketing Manager at CBS Interactive Assistant Program. Jane Dewire working to grow his solo law practice. Lillie May Carroll Jackson as a Special development credential. Additionally position that is primarily focused on in San Francisco. I’m also excited to started her first year of medical school We have been traveling, too, we did a Education teacher. She enjoys working we have onsite childcare and several Bride Meghan Murphy Houghton, 2006 Gabi Romanoski, 2006 and Cassie environmentally-friendly cleaning announce that after a brief 16-year at Ohio State University College of California road trip in August starting with the students, and loves middle support structures embedded within with Annie Seibert Sorathia, 2006 and Mathias, 2006 and disinfecting in hospitals and long- courtship, I agreed to marry my Medicine in Columbus, OH. While she in San Francisco and ending in Los school girls! She also enjoys working the framework of our academic Chelsea Kirk, 2006 term care facilities. Alisha​ Williams Middle School sweetheart, Britton has mostly been busy with her studies, Angeles and then spent a long with fellow RPCS alum, Tanaira program. It’s been quite the journey and will complete her pediatric residency Nyce (Gilman, 2005). We plan to get Jane has enjoyed exploring Columbus weekend in New Orleans in the fall.” Cullens, 2008, who is a science teacher it’s only just beginning, but it’s amazing! is always on a constant hunt for the RPCS classmates. Cassie’s new puppy training in June and will then start married in Baltimore in June 2018. and becoming a Buckeye fan. It has Kathryn Hampton recently purchased at LMCJS. Laura rang in 2017 with a At the same time, I also decided to go best avocado toast, and is open to all is named Ray Lewis. Davina Passeri her fellowship in pediatric critical Britton and I live in Berkeley, CA with been great to go back to wearing red on her first house in Raleigh, NC. She very special addition, as she and her back to school myself! I’m currently recs. Abbie Mitchell MacKinnon writes: “I am in my second year care at St. Christopher’s Hospital for our two dogs, Brewer and Finn. school spirit days! Mallory Twist Dunn continues to enjoy her career in husband welcomed their baby girl, enrolled in UPenn’s executive married Stephen at the Bowdoin working as a Coastal Engineer for the Children in Philadelphia. Her family lives in Silver Spring, MD with her marketing. In May 2016, Meghan Caroline Paige Kameen. Laura Keenan education program for Educational College chapel on June 18, 2016. Annie U.S. Geological Survey Coastal and is doing well; she now has two nieces husband, Patrick, and son, Patrick Murphy Houghton and Chase is currently a Senior Account Leadership. This has been an amazing Seibert Sorathia was one of her Marine Science Center in St. Petersburg, (read: two future Roland Parkers) in Class of 2006 Michael “Sonny” Dunn III. Sonny was Houghton were married in Baltimore Supervisor on the health team at learning opportunity and I’ve found bridesmaids and Caroline Atwater FL. I got engaged on Christmas day to addition to her twin nephews. Alisha 10TH REUNION born on October 6, 2016. Mallory says at the Basilica, followed by a reception Edelman - working in both their NYC myself even more connected and made the trip north to celebrate as well. David Fusco, a Structural Engineer in is excited to hopefully have some free Lisa Diver he is an awesome baby and they love at L’Hirondelle Club. Meghan and and Washington, DC. offices. She writes: committed to serving students who are Abbie writes: “Stephen and I are living Tampa! David and I met through his time to come pay RPCS a visit! Hallie [email protected] life with the new addition to their Chase settled into a new apartment in “After nearly seven great years in DC in such need of excellent education. cousin Danielle, who is my best friend This summer I’ll finish my first year of in London and I am working one day a Atwater recently bought a home in the Hello Class of 2006! It was so wonderful family. After enjoying the autumn and Washington, DC with their lab, Bella. In and five as part of the health team at from Notre Dame. We are currently the three-year program and begin to week at the Royal College of Physicians Remington neighborhood of Baltimore seeing so many of you during our 10th holiday seasons, Mallory returned to December, Meghan accepted a position Edelman, I’m making the move back to planning our wedding for March 2018 in work on my dissertation. So, a lot of Museum on Regent’s Park and spend and is loving the renovation process. Reunion celebration! Special thanks to work in Washington, DC at the law firm in the National Science Foundation’s Baltimore this summer to attend St. Petersburg.” Sarah Morehead Pope new updates in the work life! All else is the rest of the working week as the She continues to work as a Community Brittany, Chelsea, and Sarah for of Williams & Connolly. Daniella Faust Computer and Information Science the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School writes: “I loved seeing and reconnecting still pretty much the same!” Loretta Lee World Cup Legacy Officer and Festival School Coordinator at Renaissance organizing the event! continues to live in Canton and is and Engineering Directorate, of Public Health. I’ll be pursuing my with lots of 2006ers at our 10th Reunion Caroline Atwater continues to live in Brooklyn, NY. After Organizer for the English Lacrosse Academy High School through a is in her sixth year working at Tench currently working at the University of continuing her previous work at the Master’s in Public Health as a member in October, and hope we can have almost six years working with Ralph Association. I’m even lucky enough to program at the University Tilghman Elementary Middle School in Maryland Shock Trauma as an foundation as a Fellow. Meghan is of the Class of 2018 and intend to focus annual get-togethers from now on.” Lauren, Loretta has taken a new see Lauren Kelly when she is based in of Maryland, School of Social Work the Baltimore City Public School occupational therapist. Caroline Galvez really enjoying the role, contributing to on health systems. I’ll definitely miss Patty Kelly Simmons married her position, and is now working for John London for work.” In January 2016, called Promise Heights. Brittany System. She is the literacy staff is finishing her degree at SCAD and the research portfolio at universities DC and all of the great people at husband, David, on October 1st in Varvatos. In her free time, she is Cassie Mathias left her position as an Bland is living in Baltimore with developer where she coaches teachers has recently started a new side across the country, especially in the Edelman, but couldn’t be more excited Baltimore. They were the first wedding training for her fourth half marathon associate at a large law firm in Lauren Winship and is continuing to to perform at their highest level in order business called “Lettering by CMG.” area of Smart Cities. In February, to continue to learn more about my to be held in the Accelerator Building of race! Lizzy Lenrow is an Associate at Washington, DC, and moved back to work towards her Master’s in Clinical to improve student achievement. She Caroline creates invitations, signs, and Meghan Murphy Houghton, Chelsea passion, be even closer to family and Baltimore Kitchen. Her sister, Lauren JPMorgan Asset Management in NYC Baltimore to serve as a criminal Mental Health Counseling. She is writes: “I love being a part of the anything that needs to be hand Kirk, Annie Seibert Sorathia, Lizzy RPCS friends, and start the next chapter Kelly, “was an amazing Maid of Honor.” focusing on Investor Relations for the prosecutor. As an Assistant Attorney excited to begin her field experience leadership team at my school as we lettered. She writes: “I’m in the process Lenrow, and Mallory Twist Dunn got of my career.” Lauren Kelly has spent On top of all of that, Patty and her Private Bank’s multi asset portfolios. At General in the Organized Crime Unit work in February, and hopes to work together to make our school one of opening my online shop, but in the together to meet Mallory’s baby boy, the last year working between NYC and husband purchased a home in the end of 2015, she got her MBA at NYU of the Maryland AG’s Office, graduate in May 2018. Brittany also of the best in the city. I moved to meantime, all my work is on Instagram Sonny! Meghan also enjoyed catching London, spending a few months at a Hampden in January. Julie Taylor Stern specializing in entrepreneurship Cassie’s investigations and recently got engaged to her fiancé Remington this past summer to live and Facebook. In the fall, I will be up with Jean Brune and RPCS teachers time in the UK. While across the pond, Schultz writes: “Ben, our dog Layla, and and marketing. Lizzy comes to prosecutions involve prison corruption, Jason, and is excited to begin planning with my sister , 2005 and returning to Maryland to work and classmates at the DC reunion. Lauren has found time to squeeze in I are doing well, living just outside of Hallie Atwater Baltimore often for various alumni gangs, firearms trafficking, narcotics her wedding! Julie Smyth was my boyfriend, Mike Hynes. We love freelance as a graphic designer and am Joanna Taylor Iacobucci is happily some personal travel along the way Manhattan in Long Island City. We’re symposiums and panels at Johns trafficking, and financial crimes. engaged to high school sweetheart living in Remington! If you haven’t SO excited to settle back in the home living in Mt. Vernon with her husband, including stops in Zurich, Basel, both in our second year of residency. Hopkins University. She just celebrated Another thing that Cassie loves about Denny McFadden in November 2016! checked out R. House, the new market state!” This past St. Patrick’s Day Andy, and continues to work for Krakow, Copenhagen, Belfast, Athens, He’s in plastic surgery at Northwell Annie Seibert Sorathia’s wedding in being back in Baltimore is having She still lives in Brooklyn and is a in Remington, you should. It is weekend, Caroline’s sister, Virginia Walker & Dunlop. She writes: “I can’t Cardiff, and Stockholm. She also took a Health, and I’m in family medicine at September in Washington, DC and will opportunities to see many of her RPCS social work supervisor at The Bronx awesome and we go there at least once Galvez, 2002 got married. Kendall wait for May 2017, when I graduate road trip up the Pacific Coast Highway Mt. Sinai Beth Israel. This year I’ve been be heading down to Hilton Head, SC to friends. In particular, she has had a Defenders. Tina Knipp received her a week.” Elizabeth Robertson Chriss Poling Gomber, and her husband, John, from my master’s program at JHU and in California last year. Even though working on the curriculum committee celebrate Courtney Weir’s nuptials. She blast rooting for the Ravens with her master’s degree from the University graduated from University of Maryland moved from Tennessee to Texas in (hopefully) get my free time back! Lauren had a year filled with worldly and a research project with the

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Emily Smith McCoy, 2008’s wedding (Back, left to right): Isabel Tawney, 2008, Maria Orfanos, 2008, Julia Tompkins Miller, 2008, Elizabeth Piper, 2008, Megan Smith Animal portraiture and painting by Julia Tompkins Miller, 2008, Maria Carroll, 2008 (Front): Courtney Weir, 2006, Patty Redfield Hallman, 2008, Kerry Weir, Rachel Meyer Jenkins, 2007’s wedding: (front) Emily de la Reguera, 2007, Allegra Caroline Brown, 2007 Orfanos, 2008 and Elizabeth Piper, 2008 2008, Emily, Erin O’Donnell, 2008, Bailey Reeves, 2008 and Carolyn Smith, 2011 Romita, 2007, Nick Jenkins, Rachel, Laurel Meyer, 2012, Jenn Abrams, 2010, (back) Kitty Close, 2010, Emmy Middleton, 2016, Caroline Martinet, 2007, Zoe Dolan, her fiancé, Mark, in Baltimore and their downtown Baltimore. She has been a systems, and renewable energy in the Brugger! Jocelyn has applied to The New Year’s Eve wedding of Amy Cahill Hardesty, 2007 with classmates and 2007, Jocie Young-Hyman, 2007, Katie Colombat, Upper School French, Nancy Gumm two cats, Zeus and Titan. In her free Kindergarten teacher in Baltimore City U.S. and in Africa. Annabel Franz is occupational therapy school and is bridesmaids Jordy Braun Biser, Lisa Taber, Bethy Hagan, Jenny Wolock, Austin Blount, 1977, Ellen Meyer Abrams, 1977, Betsy Close, 1977, Lynn Clifford, 1977, Celia time, she works to finalize details for for six years. Along with her classroom currently a research coordinator in interested in specializing in animal Campbell and Annie Morrison Pelham, 1977, Julia Close Sweeney, 1983 and Deeley Close Middleton, 1979 her upcoming wedding in March. Zoë job, she is also on her school’s psychiatry at the Medical University of therapy as well as working as an OT in Dolan is still living in NYC and in her leadership team and works to coach SC. The projects she likes most focus on the deaf community. As for me, Caroline fourth year at the Onassis Foundation. teachers at her school. In addition, she reducing risks and promoting positive Martinet, I am still living in New York December, 2015 due to a herniated disc. Emmy Bergbower is currently a as an Americorps volunteer, Ariel Department of Health to expand family In May she was promoted to Cultural works with the city’s Office of Early treatment outcomes in adolescents who City and working at Columbia In February, I traveled to Disney World second-year medical student. Outside Brown decided to attend graduate planning services to all women of Events Producer and continues to work Learning to write curriculum and have experienced trauma. In August, Journalism School as a program to complete a race during their of classes, she conducts research on school at University of Pennsylvania’s reproductive age. We enjoyed a on their annual arts festival in the fall present professional learning to other she’ll be moving to pursue a PhD in manager for professional prizes. This Princess Half Marathon Weekend. It the molecular mechanisms of cardiac School of Social Policy and Practice. vacation to Turks & Caicos in August and archaeological exhibitions in the Kindergarten teachers. Jessica is clinical psychology, so she’ll be devoting past fall I decided to make the leap and was good to put my running shoes transplant rejection for which she She is hoping to pursue a career within with family.” In September, Barrett spring. This past summer she got currently halfway through her Master’s the next five plus years to more school. go back to school. I am studying part- began working as a back on again. I am looking forward to received the 2016 AATS Intern the nonprofit sector. She writes: Neale Scott engaged to her longtime “manpanion” in Reading Education program at Allegra Romita is still living in Brooklyn, time in the Executive Master of Public proofreader/editor at Marriner becoming an aunt this summer, as my Scholarship. She also mentors “Congratulations to Courtney Browner while adventuring in southern Spain Towson University. Necole Jackson is NY teaching yoga at Brooklyn Yoga Administration program at Columbia Marketing, an agency based in brother and sister-in-law are expecting seventh-graders through the CURE Bratley on her fall marriage to Chris, and France. Carrie Gamper is living in excited to be back in Baltimore working Project and Tangerine Hot Power Yoga. University. Since I basically live at their first baby. program at Franklin Middle School. and congratulations to Jaime Crawford Columbia. She writes: “Most of the Connecticut, working for Nielsen’s as a Supervisor for Toyota Financial She is still dancing with SLMDances Columbia now, my fiancé and I moved clients are in the food, beverage and Jessica Rieger Berman has been on her engagement!” Caroline Brown working as a bedside nurse for a year has been working as a nurse in the sports and entertainment division as a Services. She spends most of her time (run by Sydnie Mosley, 2003). This past from Greenwich Village to the Upper hospitality industries, and the food- consultant. She is leading the enjoying life and giving back. She year she became a Certified Movement West Side. This brings me to my next bit related content makes me even Class of 2007 now. She works at Northwest Hospital general operating rooms of The Greater Caroline Martinet on the cardiac unit. Her first year as a Baltimore Medical Center (fun fact - sponsorship strategy across started a mentoring program for young Analyst and is currently Assistant of news - I am engaged to my college hungrier than I normally am. It’s been professional sports teams, global girls in the inner city called BeMORE Faculty at the Laban Institute for boyfriend, Austin Wernecke, who a great fit so far.” Elizabeth Wahbe [email protected] nurse has been extremely challenging, she was also born there!). She loves but she is happy to get to see and learn working with GBMC’s top rated sponsorship strategy for brands and Belles that focuses on self-respect and Movement Studies. She is so proud to actually is also from Baltimore and went moved back to the Baltimore area and This was quite the year for the Class of advising on attracting and selling exposure. She is currently planning a announce that the book she co-authored to Boys' Latin. We are getting married entered the design market. She now all that she can. In addition, Jessica’s surgeons and medical staff. She 2007! I bet when we graduated ten sponsorship for performing arts series of fundraising events with Denea with her mother, Functional Awareness: this August in Baltimore, and can’t wait has a job with a large real estate years ago we would not expect to be son is about to turn five, and starts continues to pursue her art, and paints kindergarten this year. He is the regularly in her loft apartment on the venues. In the spring Carrie enjoys Curry, 2006, that will reunite former Anatomy in Action for Dancers was to celebrate in the best city in the world! developer, David S. Brown Enterprises, where we are today. Emily Adams is staying connected to the lacrosse members of the Black Awareness Club published by Oxford University Press as a commercial interior designer. living in San Francisco down the street sweetest boy, and Jessica is excited to Canton waterfront. Her work focuses see him begin his journey of learning. on pet portraiture and landscapes. community by coaching for New from the private school community and and released this past summer! She and Elizabeth loves her new job and is so from two RPCS alumni, Maggie Nyce Class of 2008 is still an Account You can visit her website at Canaan youth lacrosse. Kiley Gray is will award a current student member of her mom have been traveling nationally glad to be back in the area. This past and Megan Knipp! She is coming up on Emily Black Katie Riordan Manager at WebbMason Marketing and www.carolinebrownart.com. Milly currently living in Fort Lauderdale, FL. the BAC with a scholarship. Stay tuned and internationally to present at fall, Elizabeth was the RPCS Alumna five years of practicing therapeutic She is working as a sous chef for the Be for more information, your support will conferences (most recently they went to [email protected] Artist for Alumnae Weekend! Courtney massage and bodywork and three recently celebrated her five-year Brugger moved to Denver, CO over the Nice restaurant group in one of the top definitely be needed. Rachel Meyer Hong Kong for the International Savannah Bass Koplon married Adam Weir continues to live in Federal Hill years of seeing psychotherapy clients. anniversary with the company. She summer and is working as a pediatric restaurants in the city. She is also Jenkins is in Washington, DC where she Association for Dance Medicine and Koplon on July 3, 2016 in Baltimore, working as a marketing manager for She is more than half way to and her fiancé moved into a new home nurse. Austin Campbell just graduated attending Johnson & Wales University leads the healthcare practice at a Science conference). She is now an MD. Since then, she and Adam have Global Early Life Nutrition business at completing the hours towards being a in Towson this past summer, and in from the University of Maryland, for a master’s degree in Hospitality boutique management consulting firm, adjunct teacher at Towson University in officially settled down in Birmingham, DSM. This summer, Courtney will get licensed marriage and family August, they welcomed their daughter, School of Nursing in downtown Management. Hillary Gross is living in Avascent. This past summer she the dance department. Hollis Dvorkin AL after buying their first home. She married! As for me, Lisa Diver, I am therapist. Right now she is working on Eloise “Lou” Ann Soref. Hopefully, Lou Baltimore. She is getting ready to move Arlington, VA and working on Capitol married her long-time boyfriend, Nick Shaul is a fifth-year PhD candidate in is now the PR Director at Peritus PR, now in my fifth year working at RPCS. I building and marketing her private will be the fourth generation of Emily’s to Charleston, SC at the end of Hill. Last year she was promoted to Jenkins, and they are loving newlywed the department of History at Princeton a public relations firm where she has truly enjoy my job and the students I practice. She is doing a lot of grief family to attend RPCS! Jordy Braun February, and start her new job as an Legislative Director for Congressman life! Kate Kauffman relocated to University. She is working on finishing worked for nearly five years.Nia Clark work with every single day. This past work with adults, teens, and children. Biser lives in Chicago with her ER nurse at the Medical University of Bob Gibbs and is enjoying this Spokane, WA in March with her her dissertation, provisionally titled The is living in Atlanta, GA and enjoying December, I was notified by the White She also specializes in helping people husband Andrew. They were married South Carolina (MUSC). Rebecca Clark challenging new position. Amy Cahill boyfriend to work in a new Priors and the Prince: Carthusians, each day fully. She’s working as an House that the Semiquavers were quiet their inner critic and create on October 1, 2016 in Baltimore with six finished her fifth year of teaching and Hardesty got married on New Year’s Anthropologie store. After a successful Conflict and the State in Thirteenth and ICU nurse at Wellstar Atlanta Medical invited to perform at a private holiday healthy boundaries. In other news, fellow RPCS ladies standing by their decided to travel and teach English Eve, December 31, 2016, and nine of her ten months in the Spokane store, Kate Fourteenth-century Provence. Hollis Center. Tanaira Cullens is teaching reception. This was an opportunity I Emily officiated her brother’s wedding side. Jordy is working as an Account abroad. She was fortunate to teach in eleven bridesmaids were RPCS girls! was promoted and relocated again to lives in NYC with her husband and her science/engineering at Lillie May had applied for over three years ago, this summer, (a Gilman-Friends love Executive at AOL/Verizon. Meg Bowen Israel and Thailand, and is currently at Amy and her husband, Derek, went to Seattle, WA! She is currently the display French bulldog, Philippe. Molly Sober Carroll Jackson Charter School. She and I was humbled and shocked when story), and is happy to have a new is living in Baltimore. She is currently an orphanage in Sri Lanka. She was working towards her PhD in Urban also able to see Portugal, Spain, Italy, New Zealand and Australia on their coordinator at the Anthropologie in moved from NYC to Washington, DC, in is also going into her second year as the Office of the First Lady called to sister-in-law! Jessica Adnani just honeymoon for two weeks and University Village Seattle and hopes to summer 2016. She left her position in the co-director of Growing Girls and invite us to perform. The Semiquavers celebrated her five-year anniversary of Education at the Johns Hopkins Greece, Croatia, the Netherlands and absolutely loved it! She is still working be in one place for at least the next year. retail planning at Macy’s and is now Gardens program, which is a joint sang two performance sets, and her first company, Personalized School of Education. Her focus has Romania. A highlight of her travels at KPMG in Baltimore, but right before Megan Knipp graduated in March 2017 doing retail buying for the shop at the summer program between RPCS and performed for a total of two and a half Solutions, and in October was hired to been on curriculum planning for was getting to spend extensive time her wedding she switched from audit to from Bauman College in Berkeley as a International Spy Museum. Molly still LMCJ that prevents summer learning hours! In between performances, the plan a high-profile Hillary Clinton students living in urban environments, with her family in England. As of this consulting within the firm. She and Holistic Nutrition Consultant. She looks lives with her “manfriend,” Bobby. loss through an extensive summer President and First Lady extended an fundraiser. Her second business, as well as creating out-of-school past December, Jaime Crawford Derek are living in Canton. Bethy forward to starting her business in Megan Trenery is an Associate Director curriculum. This program also allows invitation for us to meet them. I stood poptheQ is also going well and she is programs to support the learning of completed her Master’s of Technology Hagan finished her MBA in 2015 and Holistic Nutrition. Maggie Nyce moved of Development for NYU Langone young girls to experience growing (and next to President and Mrs. Obama for a still enjoying living in Washington DC. students living in the same Management at Georgetown now works for IBM. She is on the to San Francisco last July and as of Medical Center, working to raise funds eating) their own food, while making photo, and they were so kind and In her spare time, she is a freelance environments. Meg is a third-grade University and will graduate magna Federal Cloud team, helping federal December, after 22 years of friendship, for clinical programs and research new friends. This past year, Ellen Franz gracious to all of us. It was one of the writer for an online publication. teacher, team leader, and the ELA cum laude this May. Since completion, specialist for the third-grade at her she has started a new job as a agencies innovate through technology. she is now roommates with Megan within the Department of Medicine. and her boyfriend bought a house in most surreal experiences of my entire Courtney Amelung is a second-year She lives in Fells Point with her Knipp, and lives down the street from Jocelyn Young-Hyman is living in Pasadena, MD. While Ellen is working life, and an event I will never forget. associate at Tydings & Rosenberg charter school, and she works to write programmer with an aid organization and plan the curriculum. Meg is in Washington, DC and travels globally strapping man and cute puppy. In her Emily Adams. She is now working at Denver, CO and still loving all that at Johns Hopkins in the Department of This past year has also been spent LLP. She moved to Otterbein in August, free time she loves to sail and she runs the Schmidt Family Foundation, an Colorado has to offer; camping, climbing, getting back in physical shape after engaged and living with her fiancé and to support a variety of projects in Medicine, she is also dreaming of new and is loving her new neighborhood the UVA Club of Baltimore. Jessica organization that’s supporting skiing, rafting and all the wonderful recovering from back surgery in her adorable dog, Delilah. After serving developing countries. Jaime lives with adventures and places to travel. Ellen (and the quick commute to work)! Harris is still living and working in sustainable agriculture, fair food people. Her new neighbor is Milly

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At the Baltimore Rowing Club: (back) Kelsey Dwyer, 2012, Rachel Taylor, 2012, Maggie Sally Tucker Zimmerman, 2011 and Wilder, 2012, Chelsea Roberts, 2012, Olivia Carroll, 2017, Victoria Carroll, 2017, Talia Lauren Pratt, 2008 travelled to Granada, Lisa Diver, 2006 and Caroline Riina, Casey Merbler, 2011 and Kallie Parchman, Savannah Bass Koplon, 2008’s wedding with classmates Laura Simanski, Courtney Caroline Tucker, 2015 at Sally’s New Aygun, 2011, Alexandra Carroll, 2011, (front) Lindsay Wilson, 2009, Maya Hairston, 2012 Nicaragua with the World Vets Program 2008 at Opening Day Convocation 2016 2010 Kirk, Jane Randall, Liz Hamilton, Cathy Hebert and Bridget Hollon Year’s Eve wedding in Greenville, SC and Sarah Welch, 2010

and her boyfriend travelled to Iceland private high schools in Baltimore, MD. Health with a concentration in Global her free time exploring Charleston’s Vasta). She is still living in Baltimore, play the following year. Rebecca Band company. Megan Davis is at Vanderbilt in February 2017. Outside of work She is currently writing her first book, Disease Epidemiology and Control. Class of 2009 delicious restaurants and lounging MD and would love to grab coffee moved back home to Baltimore where University for another year pursuing a and travel, Ellen assumed the role as a memoir about the relationship she Since then, she has been working at Mackenzie Cooke on Sullivan’s Island Beach. Lindsay with any other alums in the area. she is working for a venture capital Master’s degree in Accounting. She bridesmaid to Natalie Hazlehurst in shared with her late mother which she the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine [email protected] Katz is living in Chicago pursuing her Julianne Payne recently moved back firm, Greenspring Associates, as their plans to move back to Baltimore and May 2017, along with Kate Reilly. In hopes to complete in 2017. Lauren Pratt doing pediatric HIV cure research. Dani Makia doctorate in Clinical Psychology at to Baltimore, MD and is working for marketing assistant. Katherine Barley start work with PwC in September. 2016, Natalie Hazlehurst started a new graduated from University of Illinois Laura Simanski is happily working Roosevelt University. She is currently Geosyntec Consultants in Columbia graduated from Furman University and Kelsey Dwyer remains in Washington, [email protected] job with an IT company doing business Veterinary Medicine in May 2017. as an ER nurse in Philadelphia, PA. training in Developmental Pediatrics as a Senior Staff Engineer supporting moved to Chapel Hill, NC, where she DC, after graduating from Georgetown development. She also bought a She not only passed her veterinary Laura is getting married in June We’ve all heard the age old expression at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical several remediation and due diligence works for the Global HIV Prevention University in May. She works as an house in the Canton neighborhood of Boards exam, but has also accepted a 2017 in Prince Frederick, MD! Isabel “time flies when you’re having fun.” Center, and has accepted training projects. She recently got engaged and and Treatment Clinical Trials Unit analyst for a small venture capital firm Baltimore, MD where she lives with her job in Baltimore. Jane Randall lives in Tawney is living in Baltimore and is The Class of 2009 also thinks that offers for next year from the University is happy to be back in Baltimore. Katy within the UNC Institute for Global that invests in technology firms that three crazy cats and pit bull, Gummy. New York City with her 70-lb boxer- working in the development office at time flies when you’re doing great of Chicago in the department of Sherman lives in NYC and produces Health and Infectious Diseases. Moran make the built environment more She will be marrying her fiancé in pit, Winston, and her fiancé, Dylan, The Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns things! It’s now been eight years Pediatric Neuropsychology and digital content for Comedy Central’s Beidleman writes: I am currently efficient.Arielle Faulkner is working at May 2017. Jennifer Hearn is living in who proposed during a DIY rafting Hopkins. Rebecca Taylor is still living since graduation, and wow has time Shriners Hospital for Children. Her Stand-Up Series and Specials. Emily attending Towson University for my a local nonprofit organization called Salisbury, CT and working for the real trip through the Grand Canyon in in Washington, DC and working at moved quickly. Jen Arman is in her dissertation is looking at impulse Turner is currently living and working Master’s in Counseling Psychology in Rebuilding Together Baltimore as the estate developer at the Silo Ridge Field summer 2016. She recently launched Meridian International Center, a non- fourth year of teaching fifth grade control and emotion regulation in in Baltimore, MD. She works in the hopes of becoming a Licensed Clinical Community Outreach Coordinator. She Club in Amenia, NY. Catherine Hebert the Jersey Report, a Drudge Report- profit where Rebecca is administering in Baltimore County. She is halfway children diagnosed with ADHD and architecture studio at BCT Architects Professional Counselor after I graduate also volunteers as youth mentor and a is still living in New York City with style news site for New Jersey. She international professional exchange done with her master’s program for bipolar disorder. Courtney Kuhn is with a focus in interior design and next May. I am living in the Towson coordinator at a domestic violence roommate Bridget Hollon, and working and her fiancé are getting married in programs. She is now in her second special education at Goucher College. graduating from Maryland Law School architecture. She is most proud area attending classes, working as a clinic. She is taking some time before in book publishing. In July 2016, Cathy September 2017 in Monkton. After their year of her master’s program, working Ashley Cahill lives in Federal Hill. She in May where she is Class President of her work on the 10 Light Street Graduate Assistant, and spending time selecting a grad school to enjoy life, and friends reunited for Savannah wedding, they plan to move to Tulsa, towards her degree in International is in her third year of teaching first and President of the Alternative development. Hannah Weiss recently with family and friends. After spending travel, and serving other people in the Bass Koplon’s wedding in Baltimore, OK. Bailey Reeves completed her MBA Development with a focus on gender- grade at Victory Villa ES in Baltimore Dispute Resolution Team, one of three moved back to Baltimore, MD after her post-grad summer traveling, community. Meghan Fawcett has MD. Courtenay Hogg Trainor gave at Villanova University in May 2016 based issues. Julia Tompkins Miller County. She also just began her second co-curricular teams competing in several years in DC and resides in Meredith Birely moved to Columbus, moved to Boston, where she works at birth to her son, Finnegan Patrick, with specializations in Marketing and is living in Raleigh, NC with her new year of her master’s degree in special negotiation and mediation, and the Canton. She is currently working as OH, for her job at Abercrombie & Fitch. Brigham and Women's Hospital as a on March 24, 2016. Since having Strategic Management. She bought husband, Andrew, and dog, Bodi. Julia education. During the summer she chair of the Class Gift Committee. After an Executive Assistant at Greenspring With the company undergoing a Clinical Research Coordinator in Finnegan, Courtenay has returned to her first house in Conshohocken, PA has been advancing her career at will be teaching summer school. the Bar Exam, she will serve Of Counsel Associates, a leading global venture complete overhaul of its image, this is a Emergency Medicine. Megan Fish is school to complete her nursing degree. (just outside of Philadelphia), where MaxPoint over the last three years and Mackenzie Cooke completed her to JKH Properties, LLC, a real estate investment firm. very exciting time to be at the working at a law firm in Baltimore Arlesa Hubbard is living in Boston, MA she lives with her fiancé and their was recently promoted to an exciting Masters of Social Work at University management company in Baltimore, company, even if does mean relocating while studying for the LSAT. Blake working for a dialysis device company. cat. She and her fiancé are planning new role as Manager of Product of Maryland in May 2016. She was MD. Amy Lowitt is still living and to Ohio. Stephanie Braiser has moved Foster graduated from the University of While she is based in Boston, MA, she a September 2017 wedding in Center Operations. She is helping to shape selected as the 2016 student of the year working in downtown Baltimore, MD. In Class of 2012 to South Carolina, where she has Virginia with a Master’s degree in spends a lot of her time traveling back City Philadelphia, PA. Caroline Riina is several newly launched marketing for the Title IV-E Education for Public the past year she has been promoted Kelsey Dwyer graduated from the police academy and Public Policy. While excited to and forth to San Francisco and Los in her fifth year of teaching biology at technology products while managing a Child Welfare program. Mackenzie now to Associate at Morgan Stanley in [email protected] is currently working as a police officer. eventually find her life’s purpose in her Angeles, CA, and Oklahoma City, OK RPCS. She has loved working with her team of operational project managers works as a Child Protective Services the Finance Division supporting Allie Brent lives in Washington, DC, and job, she decided first to explore the for work. She serves as the Quality former teachers and fellow alumnae. and client service managers. In June Social Worker in Baltimore County. Investment Banking and Global Capital Blake Foster works as an office manager for Anne world a little bit, and so has been taking Manager and Senior Risk Management She has also enjoyed coaching crew 2016, Julia and Andrew had a beautiful Mackenzie also serves on the Board of Markets. Lily MacKenty is currently [email protected] Book Event Design. She is excited about a gap year and is traveling to California, Directors of Westmoreland Volunteer Engineer. When she is not working, alongside Sjoukje Graillot, 2000 and (and hot!) wedding in Raleigh, NC and living in Downtown Baltimore, and Chelsea Roberts refining her professionalism, South Africa, and Latin America to Arlesa is pursuing another Master’s Sarah Morehead Pope, 2006 - Go have since been enjoying the joys of Corps, an AmeriCorps program in is finishing up her final year at the optimizing her customer service, and hopefully work on her Spanish. Maya [email protected] Degree for Systems Engineering at Reds! Lucy Scholz is in her fifth year married life. Kerry Weir is living in Bethesda, MD. Miriam Goldstein is University of Maryland, Carey School augmenting her creativity through the Hairston graduated May 2016 from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. teaching Geometry in New Orleans, LA Baltimore and has been promoted still living in Ann Arbor, MI, on year of Law. Dani Makia moved from Sarah Adams is finishing her last year opportunities presented by the event Howard University, summa cum laude Erin O’Donnell is working as an at Bonnabel High School. When Lucy to Senior Account Executive at TBC four of her PhD in clinical psychology Brooklyn, NY, where she was working at the University of Delaware. She will industry. She lives and breathes and valedictorian of the undergraduate assistant at DF Dent and Company, an is not teaching, she runs a leadership advertising, where she has worked at Eastern Michigan University. She as a litigation paralegal, back to graduate with a Bachelor of Science in weddings, dinner parties, and corporate School of Business program. Soon after, investment firm in Baltimore. Erin is development sleep-away camp for 9-14 for the past five years. As for myself, finally earned her master’s along the Virginia, to start school at William Organizational and Community socials and cannot wait to start she launched Maya Elizabeth Music, engaged, and will be getting married year olds that operates in the summer Katie Riordan, I am still living happily way! Halle Gray will be graduating & Mary Law School. Her life mostly Leadership with a concentration in planning special events for her friends LLC., released her first album, in April 2017. In summer 2016, Erin and on weekends throughout the in New York City. I am now an Account from University of Baltimore School consists of reading and running; she’s cultural impacts in May of 2017. She and family in the near future. Molly "Soulhouette: This is M.E.," and now and her fiancé bought and renovated school year. When Lucy is not teaching Manager at Garden & Gun Magazine, of Law in May 2017. After graduation, currently training for another half wants to pursue a career in marketing, Cantrell is working outside of uses her marketing degree to support a house in Towson. Elizabeth Piper math or camping, she works for a which is based in Charleston, SC. she will be taking the Maryland Bar marathon. Kelly Martinet is living management, or sales so that she can Washington, DC, at Development her career as an independent recording is living in Baltimore, MD where she running organization called Youth Run Garden & Gun considers itself to be the Exam in July, and begin working for in Washington, DC and working as apply her prior business experiences to Alternatives Inc, an international artist. Alex Hemphill has been enjoying works as a motivational speaker, NOLA. Currently, she has 11 students “Soul Of The South,” and I am thrilled the Honorable Judge Karen Friedman an Online Fundraising Associate at her chosen career path. Daisy Alaeze- development company. She is in a grad life, spending a gap year working, writer, and women’s leadership from her school who are training for that I am able to live in NYC, while of Baltimore City Circuit Court as the Smithsonian. In her spare time, Dinma is currently overseas playing rotational program and works as a traveling, and writing. She looks coach. In 2016, Elizabeth had the the New Orleans Rock ‘n’ Roll Half still surrounding myself with G&G’s her law clerk. Rene’ Kaminski has she photographs adoptable dogs for a basketball in Vigo, Spain. She is playing development assistant embedded in forward to selecting a graduate school privilege of speaking at Boston Marathon! Lilly Siems graduated southern charm - it truly is the best of now been living in Charleston, SC for local rescue group’s website. Lindsey as a starter in her rookie season, which the Middle East North Africa region. in the near future. Devon Hitt College, James Madison University, from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg both worlds! almost four years. She is working in Mills had a wonderful time visiting started in September and ends in April. She is also rehearsing for a graduated from the University of Loyola University, and Notre Dame of School of Public Health in May 2016, membership sales and services at Cuba and practicing her Spanish last She intends on playing in Spain again performance later this year with Pennsylvania in May and moved to Maryland University as well as the with a Master’s of Science in Public the Daniel Island Club. She spends June (thank you, Senoras Colombat y next year, but is unsure where she will DancEthos, a contemporary dance New York City. She is working as a

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a concentration in creative writing. As practice schedule. Bracken Woolley is she recently was accepted into the She enjoys singing with the Class of 2014 of fall 2016, she became a professional happy to be back at the University of Kenan-Flagler Business School. She Georgetown University Concert Choir

Rebecca Jun cheerleader for the MASL Baltimore Richmond after studying abroad for plans on interning this summer and and performing with the Mask and 2010s [email protected] Blast! She is having the time of her a semester in Copenhagen, Denmark. studying abroad next year. Mellie Poggi Bauble Dramatic Society. This year she Meghan Shippe life dancing for them and couldn’t She is still involved in student is getting ready to declare her has felt especially lucky to live in imagine being anywhere else. She is government and works as a tour guide neuroscience major and creative Washington, DC, and is excited to take

2010s [email protected] still teaching dance in Baltimore and on campus. This summer she hopes to writing minor at the University of advantage of her many opportunities to Bracken Woolley Bowie, MD. Erin Penn is currently a find an internship that combines her Michigan. She is enjoying living in the be more politically engaged. Mackenzie [email protected] junior at Franklin and Marshall College. interests in business and writing. Tri Delta house and is working on Main Birely is having a fantastic sophomore This year she interns in downtown Street in Ann Arbor at a paper and year at Villanova. She is involved in the Marguerite Adams had an exciting Lancaster at both the Demuth Museum home goods shop called Rock Paper Executive Board of her sorority, Chi junior year. She spent the fall studying and Lancaster Museum of Art. She is Class of 2015 Scissors. Susan Radov loves being a Omega, is a member of the Villanova abroad in Australia. Over the course also serving on her sorority's executive Regan Gore sophomore at the University of Ambassadors, and is involved in the of five months, she traveled to the board as Vice President of Operations. Pennsylvania. She has declared her New Student Orientation Program. She Outback, the Whitsunday Islands, [email protected] Annie Riley is finishing up her junior major and minor, continued her has truly embraced the opportunities Melbourne, Sydney and many small year at Cornell University, where Libby Kluttz involvement in clubs and explored Villanova has given her. Becky beach towns along the Sunshine and she studies Near Eastern Studies [email protected] Philadelphia with friends. Olivia Blackstone is having a great Gold Coasts. During mid-semester with minors in business, history, and Stevens is an international business sophomore year at the Tisch School of break she took a cruise to the Pacific Grace Laria Arabic. She spent this past summer major with an emphasis in France and the Arts. She is continuing her studies Islands (New Caledonia and Vanuatu). studying Arabic and interning at [email protected] Western Europe, and an Italian minor at in film and television and spent her At the end of her semester abroad, the Jordan Transparency Center in San Diego State University. Recently, January Term studying screenwriting she spent two weeks road tripping Caroline Tucker Arielle Aboulafia, 2014 and Alanna Annie Riley, 2014 with former RPCS Amman, Jordan. Annie met up with she got inducted into the National in Sydney, Australia. Riley Brager has around the North and South Islands [email protected] Natalie Polk, 2012 and Kristin Polk, 2014 Aboulafia, 2016 donning their red pride Arabic teacher, Richard Cozzens in former RPCS Arabic teacher, Richard Society of Leadership and Success for been very busy with preseason for of New Zealand before returning Alexis Emmett has continued her in Cape Town, South Africa again at a Maryland football tailgate Amman Cozzens in Amman! In January, Annie this upcoming spring. In her free time, lacrosse and came back from winter home in November. Over winter sophomore year at Dickinson College participated in The Eighth Tunis she loves to go on adventures with her break early to train for the spring break, she shadowed a physician and is applying to study abroad next Exchange in Tunis, Tunisia, where friends and immerse herself in San season. Her first game is against consultant for pharmaceutical and Los Angeles, a private company that loves being in the big city and having assistant at a local dermatology semester. She is playing golf for the she debated and discussed the current Diego’s culture while also practicing George Washington University, which biotechnology companies. Julia provides educational programming in fun with her friends! Chelsea Roberts office. This internship was extremely women’s team and has recently been state of the Tunisian democracy. On her photography skills. Caroline Tucker will be like a home game for herself Hollender is just finishing her last few museums, galleries, and alternative graduated cum laude in May 2016 from fascinating and now she is planning elected Education Chairman for her campus, Annie is involved in several is having a great sophomore year at and many of her teammates. She is classes of undergraduate school with a art-venues in Los Angeles, CA, and Spelman College with a Bachelor's of to go to PA school after graduating sorority, Kappa Kappa Gamma. organizations as Chief Administration Caroline Furman University. She is enjoying her studying communications and double major in biology and across the United States. Haley McGee Arts in Political Science. She is from Dickinson. She has kept herself is majoring in political science, Officer for her sorority, Kappa Alpha East communication studies classes and minoring in marketing. She definitely philosophy. She's currently in Belize lives in Baltimore, MD, working for currently an Associate in the Strategic busy with activities on campus concentrated in American Theta, Treasurer for Cornell Welcomes involvement in Furman’s chapter of misses the RPCS family! Aminah for her senior research capstone in Abacus Staffing Company. She Accounts division at the Advisory since returning from abroad. She Government. She is continuing to play Refugees, and an Analyst for Cornell's Kappa Delta. She is also loving her Brooks is now a sophomore at the marine biology studying nematocysts graduated in spring of 2016 from Board Company, a healthcare is the treasurer of Psychology Club squash, a member of the sorority Kappa International Business Association. She marketing and public relations University of Maryland, College Park, in fire corals and symbiodinium in Roanoke College in Roanoke, VA. Kate consulting firm in Washington, DC. In and co-president of Relay for Life. Alpha Theta, spoon university, and is currently unsure about her summer internship at DFS Creative Concepts in majoring in civil engineering. She will snails. She is also currently applying to O'Donovan graduated from UNC her free time, she frequently travels to Catherine Romadka-Fahl is a finance Athletes in Action. Jenna Janes has plans. Meghan Shippe has been having the West Village of Greenville, SC and be interning for the fourth summer joint degree programs for a Master’s in Wilmington with a Theater Design and NYC, spending countless hours major with an Italian studies minor started student teaching for her major, a great, and very busy, junior year at will be studying in Paderno del Grappa, with Exelon at Baltimore Gas and Bioethics and a JD in Law. This Technology major and an Art minor. wandering The Studio Museum in at the College of William and Mary. physical education. She plays lacrosse Dickinson College so far. Last semester Italy, in the fall. Hailey Wolf is loving Electric. Sarah Chaffman just accepted summer, Julia is backpacking around She is now living in Atlanta, GA, and Harlem and The Met Breuer. Sandy She has continued singing with an for University of Vermont and they are she finished up her term as Service and life at the College of Charleston. She is a position as a tutor for the athletic Europe and is planning to move to kicking off her career in the film Stewart's first year out of school has a cappella group and is a member of traveling to Denver for spring break. Philanthropy Director for her sorority a member of Chi Omega and is hoping department at University of West Colorado at the end of summer. industry as a costume PA. Cameron been filled with anxiety, impostor ΑΧΩ. Rebecca Jun is majoring in Asian has switched her major to Kappa Alpha Theta and was appointed Isabel Haus to study abroad in Europe this coming Virginia. She is still a part of Chi Alpha Elizabeth Howard is back in Baltimore O’Brien graduated from Cornell syndrome, and Stouffer's frozen Studies with a focus on South Korea nursing at Auburn University. She is a Chief Marketing Officer through fall fall. Gurleen Ahuja studied abroad in and leads a bible study once a week. after graduating magna cum laude University in the spring with a lasagna. Being an adult is hard and she and on the pre-dental track at the member of the sorority Alpha Omicron 2017. She is still on the varsity women’s Punjab, India, this past summer. She She also volunteers in kids’ ministry at from the University of South Carolina. Bachelor's in Sociology. She is now a doesn't recommend it. Last summer, University of Michigan. She spends Pi and participates in the Auburn squash team and enjoys every moment was finally able to learn her mother- her church. Ally Cirelli returned to She is currently pursuing her JD at the journalist with WKBN-TV in Audrey Todd joined NBC Sports and her time studying, leading Young Life mentoring program. Isabel will be of it. This semester Meghan is a tongue and feel connected to her Kenyon for her sophomore year and University of Maryland School of Law. Youngstown, OH. Katie Johnson is worked the Olympics from the College, exploring her faith, grabbing studying in Auburn this summer. research assistant for a professor in the Mary history. She is lucky to study at such an continued studying art history. She is She’s still single and ready to mingle... completing a master’s program at network's home base in Stamford. Now, coffee with friends, exploring Ann has transferred to the psychology department, assisting with Diffenderffer inclusive school that provided her with active in the school’s theatre however she understands that she is a Rhodes College in Memphis, TN. She is she is basking in being part of the real Arbor, and appreciating everything University of Virginia and plays club research examining guiding self-help the information of this enriching community, as she was elected to strong independent woman ‘who don’t moving to Washington, DC, next world and working at an advertising the Michigan campus has to offer! field hockey. She has recently joined programs as adjuncts to treatment for program! Jenna Baverman is much music direct Kenyon’s musical theatre need no man’ thanks to what she summer to work for KPMG. Laurel agency in Rockville. When she has free This summer she will be taking spring the sorority Kappa Kappa Gamma. Anorexia Nervosa. Meghan is looking Allie happier since transferring to UMBC and a cappella group, the Broken Legs, and learned at RPCS. Glenys Hunt is still Meyer graduated with a Bachelor's of time, she spends it traveling to New classes and hopes to be on staff for a declared her majors as forward to her senior year in which Graul is looking forward to the upcoming works intensively with Brave Potato roaming. Her adventures have Arts in Psychology from Bates College York to visit the quite many of her Young Life camp. Connelly Kline still international relations and history. She she will work towards being ready to lacrosse season. She is excited to start Productions, one of the student-run included another season of and moved to Boston, MA, shortly after. friends who now call Manhattan home. loves life at Frostburg State University. is the head of sponsorship for St. apply to graduate schools to get her her entrepreneurship minor while theatre troops. Ally is currently hoping backcountry guiding, becoming a She is currently working as a research Madeleine Wilson recently graduated She is about to finish her junior year Andrews charity fashion show, and is a PhD in clinical psychology. Ava Todd is continuing her dental track. She was to study abroad in Paris her junior better climber, and working as a assistant in the Division of Preventive with a Bachelor’s of Science in Public as a sociology major and is working part of the squash and clay pigeon in her third year studying at Davidson recently selected to the Israeli Women’s spring. School is going well for Michala curatorial intern at the Star Spangled Medicine at Brigham and Women's Health from the University of South towards getting her master’s in the shooting teams. Allie really enjoys College. She is majoring in religion and National team playing in the 2017 Clay. She made honor roll for the fall Banner Flag House. Carli Levitt is Hospital. Meredith Mansinne works at Carolina. Currently, she is living in accelerated program. She is going living in Europe and is excited for minoring in Hispanic studies. Outside World Cup in London. Kelly Bare is semester and is still studying working in NYC in the sales division at HBR Consulting and lives in Chicago’s Washington, DC, pursing a Master’s to real estate school at night and is everyone who is studying abroad to of class, she plays for the women's majoring in Early Childhood Education interdisciplinary health services in Yelp. Heather Oros graduated with Wrigleyville neighborhood. When she degree in Health Administration from looking forward to the years to come. come visit her! is tennis team. This summer she hopes Andrea Fraiman at Penn State. First semester, she had hopes of pursuing physical therapy. Her honors from Bucknell University in the is not working, she spends her time George Washington University. In her This year, Ann Bradley Lewis is a having a great, but busy second year. to travel abroad to continue studying the opportunity to be an assistant basketball team had a rough start to the spring of 2016. Over the summer she volunteering at HFS Chicago Scholars free time, she enjoys hiking, exploring junior at Elon University studying She received her spinning certification Spanish language and culture. Emy teacher in a preschool and she loved it! season, but she thinks they will have a enjoyed traveling with friends and as a mentor and member of their the city and playing with her Great sports and event management. She is and is teaching spin classes to Urban is a sociology major and an Additionally, she rushed Delta Gamma strong finish with conference play and family before moving to NYC to attend Young Professionals Board. Dane, Tori. Alex Zimmermann loving the weather in North Carolina students. Andrea is studying abroad economics minor at Wellesley College. in the fall. She is also involved in will hopefully make the post-season, Columbia University's School of Social Additionally, she enjoys running along graduated with an economics degree and living in her first apartment! this May in Australia with the other She spends her free time helping THON, Penn State’s 46-hour dance whether that’s an NCAA bid or a WNIT Work. As an MSW candidate, Heather the lake, traveling (she visited London from the University of Maryland, This summer, she hopes to get an elementary education majors. Libby students through the Honor Code marathon to raise money for the Four bid. Katie Clements is about to start her works part time as a school based and Ireland in March), and trying to College Park, while juggling the high internship in Baltimore. She looks Kluttz has officially declared her major process, working backstage, making Diamonds Foundation. Hannah Baron spring lacrosse season at Roanoke. social worker in a high school in the find Chicago's best pizza. Niccola demands of Division I gymnastics. She forward to reconnecting with her in marketing with a minor in sandwiches with one of the co-ops is having a great sophomore year at School is going really well, and she has south Bronx. She has recently been Lynch graduated in the spring of 2016 moved to Brooklyn, NY, interviewing high school friends back at home! journalism. She recently joined the on campus, or watching women's Hobart and William Smith Colleges! She decided to declare a health and accepted to Columbia's Dialectical from Cornell University. She is for sales representative positions Abbey Muhly is having a great junior National Society of Leadership and sports. Elizabeth Weglein spent the is enjoying her time on the William exercise science major. She is really Behavioral Therapy training program currently living in NYC and working within the healthcare industry. She has year at Furman University! Abbey is Success and is a member of the month of January abroad studying Smith rowing team. She has decided to enjoying learning about her classes and that will provide intensive behavioral two jobs during her gap year between taken the transition time to travel and still pursuing a career in the health sorority Alpha Omicron Pi. She plans to fashion in Paris, France. She interned double major in Psychology and trying to figure out what she wants to health training on the evidenced based college and medical school. The first see the world, from hiking in Dallas, TX, sciences with hopes to become a get an internship this summer and with Elie Saab Couture during Paris Education and started the Teacher do in the future. Evelyn Cortezi is therapy used to treat some of the job is at CMMB, a non-profit to skiing in Vail, CO. physician assistant and registered study abroad within the following year. Fashion week and got to work with Education Program this past fall, which having a great sophomore year! She populations most mentally ill. In her organization that focuses on women's dietician. With the lacrosse season is majoring in famous models, stylists, and Mr. Saab Mary Bryan Owen gave her lots of hands-on teaching recently declared a double major in spare time, Heather enjoys exploring and children's health in developing Please let the Alumnae heating up, Abbey is excited to help the biophysics and computer science at himself. She's back at University of experience. She is also really excited to human and health psychology. Caitlin Manhattan with some of her fellow countries, and the second job is at Paladins work to secure a conference Claremont McKenna College and is also Office know about your Delaware for spring semester and study abroad in England next semester! Curtis took a gap semester and traveled RPCS alums, practicing yoga, and Carnegie Pollak Test Prep as a high title this spring! Chey Pajardo is a member of CMS women’s golf team. celebrations and milestones! is balancing coursework, working Cameron Bell still loves Georgetown. to Minnesota and Canada to complete a skiing on the weekends. Dylan school tutor for science subjects. Jenna finishing her junior year strong! She is is still loving her time at on designs for the school's fashion Caroline Pate She has declared a major in biology of 22-day backpacking and canoeing trip. Otterbein is an educational assistant Reifleris also living in NYC and Contact the Alumnae Office still double majoring in dance with a the University of North Carolina where show in May, and managing her crew global health with a minor in music. Spring semester, she will be starting at and marketing coordinator at Art Muse working at Wieden + Kennedy. She with your news and updates track in chorography and English with at [email protected]

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the University of Maryland and she is very excited. Regan Gore is loving her

sophomore year at Dartmouth! She 2010s recently declared a major in economics and a double minor in education and human-centered

2010s design. She also rushed Kappa Delta in the fall and has been teaching at a local school through Students Teaching in the Arts. Most importantly, though, she misses her RPCS sisters! Hannah Krich is an aspiring occupational therapist at Bridgewater College. This is Hannah's second year in Bridgewater College Equestrian Program, and she loves taking lessons twice a week and participating in the activities that they put on as a club, such as creating little skits with the horses in an event called Horses' Christmas. Hannah has been on the hunt for occupational therapy summer internships to prepare her for graduate Photography and artwork by Asha Emily Roebuck, 2016 (center) and some of her Davidson field hockey teammates Reunited RPCS members of the Class of 2016, now students at the University of Emily Fishel, 2016, Lexi Wolfe, 2016 and Blaire Miran, 2016 school, which has been a very fun Holmes, 2016 of herself Maryland College Park: Brittany Jones, Katherine Jackson, Lexi Wolfe, Summer Stovall, process. She wants to thank RPCS for and Alanna Aboulafia giving her the courage and bravery to for the ESCAPE first-year and transfer friends from all over the world and College of Engineering with a major in follow her dreams and to never give retreat program at Georgetown, and Co- getting involved with different civil engineering. She is a member of up. Jen McPherson has officially and Marshall College. She is thinking starting spring season strong. Tori Gray Deputy for Speakers for the OWN IT organizations around campus. She is multiple engineering organizations, German culture. She also plans to do at school. As for clubs, Sydney is a declared accounting as her major, is a about majoring in psychology, but she is playing Division I lacrosse at Long Summit, which seeks to address the involved in Tufts Democrats and the the Armenian Students Association research with a history professor member of a Jewish student member of the accounting club at will declare her major as a second Island University Brooklyn. She and her persistent gender gap in leadership. Big Sister Little Sister program. She and Ruibal challenge, a service during the summer as well. Emily organization and the Culture of Fairfield, and will be studying abroad in semester sophomore, so she still has team headed to California in February She hopes to study abroad in Mexico loves being in Boston and exploring organization. She is helping a PhD Roebuck is playing field hockey at Consent (a Rhodes College original Florence this coming fall. Allison time to decide. On campus, she is for the first couple of games of the City in the fall and will be interning the many interesting restaurants, candidate with her research during the Davidson. She’s loving the small school club), whose mission is to educate Kuhn loves Quinnipiac University. She involved in F&M Unleashed, which is a season. Simmone Hardy is taking a gap with the Refugee Representation Team shops, and museums, but also spring semester and hopes to have an vibe, which reminds her of Roland Park. youths on the definition of consent and is a sophomore business major and is student-run volunteer group that year and working full time at a at Human Rights First in Washington, definitely misses Roland Park and her internship in Baltimore for the Her spring seasons starts with four how to ask for it. Andi Weinberg is grateful to RPCS for preparing her provides aid to Animal Rescue company called Open Door. Open Door DC, this summer. home in Baltimore. Jodi Credit is in summer. While she loves Villanova weeks of conditioning before she gets playing field hockey at Queens well. She has been elected to Student organizations in the Lancaster area. offers before and aftercare service to her freshman year at St. Mary’s College and the friends she has made, nothing back to practicing. Although the University of Charlotte. The team Government Association for the past She has also recently joined Greek Life public elementary schools in various of Maryland where she is majoring in compares to the RPCS girls back home! workouts may be tough, Emily gets finished the season with a 9-7 record, two years, and successfully lobbied the and is a part of the Chi Omega sorority. Maryland counties. Soon she will be Class of 2016 psychology and is considering a minor Lily Mitchell started her first year at through it all with her team. To anyone the best record for any Division I, II, or III administration to purchase Node chairs She misses being at RPCS, but she has starting classes at the Community Briana Davis in education. She is also playing on the Bucknell University, and is loving it! playing a sport in college, Emily can first year program. Pretty impressive! for several of Quinnipiac's met a lot of great people so far in College of Baltimore County Essex to [email protected] women’s lacrosse team and absolutely She is considering a major within the prove that your teammates really do Casey Wong, after playing squash for classrooms. Allison started all 16 college. Sarah Shmerler is loving her pursue a career as a dental hygienist. loves it. Her favorite part about this School of Management, with a double become your best friends. Megan the Reds, is now on Stanford lacrosse games and was elected to the Katherine Jackson freshman year at Wake Forest Katherine Jackson is considering year has been making new friends and minor in arts entrepreneurship and Schaller is loving living in NYC and University’s squash team. A Rose at all MAAC conference rookie team last University. While she misses RPCS, she switching majors to either art history [email protected] getting close to her teammates, but she Arabic. Lily is very involved around studying computer science at New Roland Park, Casey is continuing spring. She is excited to play in is planning on applying to Wake’s or elementary education. She currently definitely misses her friends at RPCS. campus, being a member of Bucknell’s York University (NYU). Even though the dancing on a team at Stanford called Quinnipiac's new ten million dollar Meghan Quinn undergraduate business school and is attends the University of Maryland Emily Fishel is enjoying her time at oldest co-ed a cappella group “Two campus food pales in comparison to Alliance Street dance. When she’s not on lacrosse stadium next year, and more [email protected] considering a double minor in College Park Honors College with fellow Dickinson College. She is an English Past Midnight,” writing articles for the Roland Park's Culinart and Bear the courts or on the stage, she’s also importantly is looking forward to economics and global commerce. classmates Lexi Wolfe, Brittany Jones, Sarah Shmerler and educational studies double major. University’s chapter of the online Essentials school store, she is still in pumpkin picking with friends and competing for the MAAC Sarah is also playing on the women’s Summer Stovall, and Alanna Aboulafia, [email protected] Over winter break, she interned at magazine, Her Campus, and working in constant awe of her many NYC food enjoying the sunny California weather. championship. Didi Lowitt is club golf team, pledging Tri Delta whom she regularly interacts and eats Lillie May Carroll Jackson Charter the Admissions Office as a tour guide! options, especially 99 Cent Pizza. She Ava Yensan worked at a law firm over majoring in math, and has added Liz Anderson is loving her first year at sorority, and working closely with The with. As a rower at RPCS, Katherine School. She is thrilled to have gained Every day, Lily is blown away with how has remained close with her fellow the summer of 2016. Now she’s in minors in sociology and computer Union College so far. She is Yadkin Riverkeeper, a nonprofit in continues to do crew on Maryland experience working in a classroom well RPCS prepared her for studying at RPCS 2016 alums, who also attend college at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, science with the hope of going into considering a political science major, Winston-Salem. She is looking forward Women’s Club Crew team. Although it’s environment and plans to stay a college level, and is forever grateful NYU—Caroline Friedman and Olivia where she’s majoring in public policy. cyber security. She is currently in the but is still exploring different options. to the rest of the semester! Gabrielle a lot of work, she’s loving it! Katherine involved with LMCJS as a Roland Park for the seven years of empowerment, Sullivan—and also miss Culinart dearly. Ava is also keeping fit as a member of midst of winter training with her On campus, she is involved in Woolley is also attending Franklin and is also volunteering for America Reads alumna. This summer, she will be a education, and irreplaceable Megan has spent her free time writing the yoga and spin clubs at St. Mary’s. rowing team and will be competing this Women's Union, an organization that Marshall College. She's considering a and is involved with other clubs on Lead Teacher at St. Paul’s Summer friendships which she will cherish for and illustrating for several online and Emmy Middleton is majoring in spring after being unable to race for the focuses on empowering women and sociology or psychology major and campus. Brittany Jones is a Biology Camp. On campus, Emily is a writer for a lifetime. Lilah Noyes is currently a print publications, including New York psychology at the University of South past year due to a back injury. Didi also creating equality on and off campus. plans on minoring in Chinese. Gabrielle major at the University of Maryland Her Campus Dickinson and an active student at Cornell University in their City-based music and arts magazine Carolina and riding at Three Fox Farm joined a club called Project Sunshine in She loves hanging out with friends in serves as the Head of Social Media College Park. She is also working part member in Dickinson Christian School of Industrial Labor Relations. In Highlark, and her own online under the instruction of the IHSA which members go to the local hospital her free time, and is really looking Communications for the freshman time at the Admission Office for UMD Fellowship. Makenzie Frieman is addition to being an industrial labor publication, Modern Girls. This Equestrian Club team. She is also a to play and make crafts with children forward to becoming part of Greek life class and is pledging Alpha Delta Pi and attending Maryland men’s absolutely loving the University of relations major, she is also pursuing a summer, she plans on living in the city founding member of the sorority Alpha receiving treatments. Rachel during her sophomore year. She writes: sorority. In her free time, she likes basketball games whenever she can. Go Delaware! She is in full swing in the business minor. On campus, she is on and interning at a tech company in Xi Delta. Emmy is excited to move into Mandel has loved sophomore year at “I miss all of my RPCS girls as well as exploring the restaurants downtown Terps! Kayla Manouse spent the School of Nursing, and made Dean's the club golf team and looks forward to Manhattan. Najah Soudan is currently an apartment next year with some of The College of Wooster! She recently all of my teachers!” Taylor Brewer is with friends and going to the local summer at her beach house in Ocean List for the first semester. She is joining a business fraternity and social a biology major at Spelman College. her sisters and to continue to get declared a political science major and a considering a double major in biology parks. Gabrielle uses her Reds coffee City, MD, where she could relax and involved in the Student Nurses sorority this semester. This summer, Next year she plans to join the involved with the Carolina community. Spanish minor. Rachel is focusing on and environmental studies at George mug daily and misses her RPCS friends have fun. She is currently a student at Organization, especially in the UDance she will be studying abroad at the Research Initiative for Scientific Anna Hauser is loving her first year at comparative politics and hopes to do Washington University. She also hopes and teachers so much! Alanna High Point University, where she just campaign, which raises money to fight London School of Economics, taking a Enhancement (RISE), which involves UVA. She is playing on the lacrosse team her senior independent study on a Latin to get a research job with one of her Aboulafia is a kinesiology major at joined the sorority Alpha Gamma Delta. childhood cancer. She is also a class on strategic management. She is research each semester for ten hours and joined the Kappa Kappa Gamma American country. As for swimming, professors this semester. She is very University of Maryland College Park Julianna Rak is majoring in political member of Lori's Hands Club, which excited to take advantage of her time per week, or conduct research at sorority. On Monday nights, Anna tutors the NCAC Conference Championship involved in Green GW, an and is also considering either minoring science and minoring in Spanish at sends student volunteers into the abroad and travel to other cities Georgia State University. In her free young kids at the local Baptist Church. meet is quickly approaching. environmental organization on in marketing or global studies, or Trinity University. Recently, she joined homes of members of the community around Europe. Julia Potter is enjoying time from classes, she also volunteers Mollie Keyser is currently at Tulane Rachel hopes to get an internship campus. She loves living in DC, double majoring in women’s studies. As the National Honors Fraternity Phi with various medical conditions to her freshman year at Dartmouth for a program that helps kids learn University and is still exploring position this summer. Grace especially with the recent political extracurriculars go, she’s involved with Sigma Pi. This summer Julianna will help around the house and keep them College. She spends a lot of her time math. Sydney Stern is focusing on her possible majors! She has fallen in love Laria declared her major in culture and events. However, she misses her life in Student Helping Honduras (SHH). This travel back to Berlin (although this time company. She is on the UD Figure with the squash team traveling to music career now, minoring in music at with Tulane and the amazing culture of politics, with a concentration in Baltimore and at RPCS. Lexi Cohen has spring semester she will also be not on the spring break Europe trip Skating team as well; her first matches and is playing at the #3 spot. Rhodes College. One of her favorite New Orleans, which has introduced her immigration and border studies, and really enjoyed her freshman year at rushing sororities. Ridgely Cohill is with Mrs. Rauch-Tilstra) for two weeks competition is this coming weekend. She is enjoying taking environmental classes this spring semester is to many authentic restaurants, lively hopes to pursue a certificate in Latin Tufts so far. She is planning on continuing her rowing career at for her Global City Berlin class. The She hopes to win the national courses and psychology courses. She Psychology of Music, which she wants festivals, and wonderful people! First American Studies. She has served as a majoring in biology on a pre-med track Washington College. Unfortunately, due class focuses on analyzing the championships for the fifth year in a is also helping plan Dartmouth’s Earth to pursue further. She started a band, semester, Mollie joined an intramural Deputy Editor in the Opinion Section of and possibly minoring in Spanish. She to injury, Ridgely had to sit out her fall changing political culture and how the row! Blaire Miran started her freshman Week! Dylan Ramer is really enjoying which plays in cafes around Memphis, soccer team with a few friends and was her school newspaper, a Team Leader has enjoyed meeting many new season. But she’s back and ready now, Syrian immigration crisis is affecting year at Villanova University in the her freshman year so far at Franklin TN, and is also in the guitar ensemble a member of Habitat for Humanity. She

94 CONNECTIONS ROLAND PARK COUNTRY SCHOOL 95 CLASS NOTES Our sympathies to the families and friends of: Molly was looking for that same bond playing midfield for the Rhodes Jordan Tapp currently attends Temple with a group of women at Elon, and lacrosse team, and they are currently University studying elementary 1940 1953 1961 she found it in Phi Mu. As much as she 2-0. Emory Knott has continued to education with a special education NANCY NICKERSON WENDEL 11/21/2016 FRAN ROBBINS MILDRED “MILLIE” PANETTI GIBSON, loves Elon, she misses her friends from further her education at St. Mary’s concentration. Jordan is a manager 12/26/2016 Sister of Joan Panetti, 1959 2/21/2017 Roland Park every day and looks College of Maryland where she has for the women's basketball team at 1941 forward to breaks when she gets to see declared art as her major. She is Temple. She feels a huge connection EXCIE EVERETT TAYLOR 2010s them again. Molly O’Hern is double currently contemplating on a second with the University and has been MARY JOSEPHINE “MARY JO” THOMAS Honorary Alumna Sister of Martha Everett Peterson, 1958 majoring in pre-law and Spanish at the major to study as well. Luckily, Emory able to make lots of connections and CAMPBELL 10/22/2016 BARBARA A. CHAPPLE 8/11/2016 University of Southern California. She was paired with a sophomore for a close friends. Tiana Spencer attends 11/21/2016 coaches Special Olympics and got a roommate because her roommate Albright College in Reading, PA. She is 1942 Boy Alumnus job with USC Transportation. This is a didn’t return. She is thankful for a currently studying biochemistry and 1956 DOROTHY MEARS WARD HUGH P. MCCORMICK, JR. joint educational project for her sophomore because she was able to loves her class schedule, especially JANE ADAMS WATTS Shakespeare Class, and for two hours a guide Emory throughout her first Spanish and children's literature. Tiana Mother of Robin Ward Puleo, 1970; Aunt of Betti Father of Mary McCormick Meyer, 1965 and week students take information they semester as a college student. Emory feels as though she has met and grown Mother of Leigh Watts Mello, 1986 5/10/2016 Alice McCormick Meiners, 1967; Grandfather learned in class and teach it to public is currently trying to organize her art close with a lot of new and different Haines Sheldon, 1962 6/16/2016 school students in the community. station in her room. She is enjoying people from all over the world. After ANNE OBRECHT SHREVE of Janet Meyer Reynolds, 1990 2/14/2017 Molly is also being inducted into the her college experience and her classes. graduating from Roland Park Country 1944 Mother of Leigh Watts Mello, 1986 4/9/2017 Alpha Lambda honors society for first- Since the summer of 2016, Asha School, War’Sheria Blount attended ANN FIELD CLARK 1984 year students. Her favorite thing about Holmes has greatly enjoyed her short Goucher College in Towson, MD. WENDY FRIEDMAN USC is being so close to the beach and time as an independent artist and More recently, she has transferred Mother of Hathaway Clark Ferebee, 1971; Grandmother 1957 attending sports games like football, explorer. Asha has been exploring the to Frostburg State University double of Annie Ferebee Short, 2001; Sister of Katherine Field NANCY NORRIS-KNIFFIN Aunt of Caroline Friedman, 2016 4/16/2017 basketball, and hockey. Nora Feinberg city of Philadelphia at The University majoring in pre-law and psychology. Buchheister, 1929 and Bettie Field Farber, 1934; Cousin Sister of Betsey Norris, 1961; Aunt of Heidi Hooker Ava Yensan, 2016 (center) with her loves Temple University and all the of the Arts studying photography and She's enjoying her new campus and Abbott, 1984; Cousin of Kit Willis Monroe, 1951, roommate and friend on St. Mary’s city of Philadelphia has to offer. She is film with a concentration in plans to continue her education at of Dorothy Klinefelter Earll, 1947 5/26/2016 beautiful, seaside campus considering majoring in English with a cinematography, and has been making Frostburg. Briana Davis attends the Betty Norris Govatos, 1959, Babs Norris Woodward, concentration in creative writing and connections to further make her University of Pittsburgh majoring in 1945 1961 and Connie Sparrow, 1964 2/13/2017 also fulfilled the first part of her therefore enjoys taking part in Hypen, experience there memorable. Asha neuroscience. She is currently active ELIZABETH “BETTY” RUTH CLEAVER, Temple’s literary magazine. Right now, believes that she is growing and in clubs, the American chemical MARY “MISTY” TOWNSEND ROSSBOTTOM service-learning requirement at Tulane Daughter of Mary Nelson Ruth, 1912; Sister of by tutoring first graders at l’Ecole Nora is trying to decide where she progressing everyday with society, and the black student union. 6/11/2016 Bilingue de la Nouvelle-Orléans, a should travel abroad using her travel photography and hopes to have a With a rigorous schedule, she still finds Page Ruth Foster, 1939 and Suzanne Ruth private French school in New Orleans stipend. Marisa Class was part of the brand reveal event this coming time to volunteer around the campus. Sherwood, 1943 7/5/2016 that provides a multilingual education World Changers LLC based in the Horn summer. She would love for the Roland She is currently in the process of for 18-month-old students through Program in Entrepreneurship during Park community to support her becoming a resident assistant (RA) for eighth grade. This semester Mollie her first semester at the University of passion for photography and her brand the 2017-2018 academic school year. became a member of Kappa Alpha Delaware, and she also joined the as she continues growing as a She believes that RPCS has prepared Theta and she is hoping to declare her entrepreneurship club. After initially photographer. Asha has created a her tremendously well for college. major very soon. Mollie misses all her applying to be an entrepreneurship website to share her journey through friends and teachers at RPCS and major at UD, Marisa has decided to visuals at mvv.format.com! Jaia Please let the Alumnae hopes to be reunited with them all major in computer science and is Alexander attends Clemson University 2017 LEGACY Office know about your again soon. Kaeley Bennett has found trying to transfer to the engineering for women’s basketball and is currently Rhodes to be challenging but she loves school. She is also a volunteer team majoring in business. She is enjoying celebrations and milestones! it! She just joined Tri Delta sorority and manager for the D1 women’s lacrosse her classes and has created a strong Contact the Alumnae Office program at UD. For Marisa, managing bond with her team and coaches. Jaia’s she is very excited to start working with your news and updates RELATIONS with St. Jude Children's Hospital the lacrosse team has been a fun way biggest accomplishment so far in at [email protected] because not only is that her sorority’s to meet the girls and coaches, and a college is making ACC Rookie of the BACK ROW, L TO R: Sarah Khanna, 2017 way to stay involved with a sport she Week. Jaia is greatly appreciative for philanthropy, but the hospital is right Cameron McGee, 2017 Olivia Khanna, 2015, Sister loves. has enjoyed her the support from her family by in Memphis! Kaeley is looking forward Meghan Quinn Haley McGee, 2012, Sister to her lacrosse team’s first game next time at the University of Richmond so supporting her basketball career and Josiah Powe, 2017 far, and is excited to pursue a double attending a majority of her games. weekend and hopes that her Rebecca Mathew, 2017 Abbe Creaney, 1994, Mother major in the Business School and the team wins their conference again this Hannah Mathew, 2013, Sister PPEL program, which stands for year! She thinks that all the girls on Grace Calhoun, 2017 Politics, Philosophy, Economics, her team are amazing and make Hannah Song, 2017 Jane Daniels, 1982, Mother and Law. She is also playing on the playing so much more fun. She has Emily Song, 2015, Sister Annie Calhoun, 2016, Sister still not decided on a major, but is lacrosse team at Richmond and is thinking about political science. excited for the season to get Jane Wilhelm Daniels, 1946, underway! Meghan recently Ashby Waters, 2017 Grandmother Sydney Benfield started off her first Bonsal Waters Brown, 1977, Aunt semester as a biology major on the joined the Kappa Alpha Jinx Wilhelm Barton, 1945, pre-med track. She felt like she was Theta sorority and has Marguerite Waters Forner, 1979, Aunt Great Aunt missing something within her loved getting to meet more Christina Forner, 2007, Cousin Ann Daniels, 1983, Aunt girls outside of her team. curriculum, so she decided to not Wesley Naylor Finnerty, 1989, Cousin Ann Lord, 1968, Cousin pursue pre-med, and instead double She was also recently Charlotte Lord, 1968, Cousin major in biology and health sector inducted into the Pi Eta Sydney Siegmeister, 2017 management. Now, Sydney is a double Sigma First-Year Student Margaret Csobaji Smith, 1979, Mother Olivia Carroll, 2017 Maya Williams, 2017 Victoria Carroll, 2017 major in the college of arts and Honors Society and is excited to be applying to Alexandra Carroll, 2011, Sister Toni-Ann Williams, 2014, Sister Alexandra Carroll, 2011, Sister sciences and in the business school at Annaliese Rea, 2017 the University of Miami. She also tried be an orientation advisor Vienne Hucek Rea, 1982, Mother FRONT ROW, L TO R: Tori Frenkil, 2017 NOT PICTURED: out for the tennis club at Miami and for the upcoming summer. Lauren Lavelle, 2017 Robin Frenkil Matthews, Katie Ancel, 2017 made the competitive team! Sydney Maddi Rubino started off Sarah Weglein, 2017 Bridget Lavelle, 2015, Sister 1980, Aunt Rachel Ancel, 2016, Sister also joined the Hispanics in Health and her first semester at Elizabeth Weglein, 2014, Sister Medicine club, and recently became a Rhodes by taking Wendi Frenkil Biemer, 1982, Aunt chemistry, a women Sophie Shippe, 2017 member of the Delta Phi Epsilon Austin Gatchell, 2017 Kimberly Theis Sgroi, 1986, Aunt Sally Askew, 2017 and work English class, Meghan Shippe, 2014, Sister sorority. Molly Bagli attends Elon Catherine Nes Gatchell, 1987, Mother Melissa Theis McVeigh, 1988, Aunt Jodi Askew, 2011, Sister religious studies, and University and loved her first semester Margaretta Diggs Nes, 1946, Grand- music: a sound experience. Valerie Hinkle, 2017 there! She is majoring in psychology mother Jennifer Hinkle, 2008, Sister Cailin Gore, 2017 Maris Becker, 2017 and plans on pursuing a career as a She is thinking about going Elizabeth Emory Gatchell, 1924, Regan Gore, 2015, Sister Madison Frank, 2013, Step-Sister therapist. Molly recently joined the Phi into the medical field and is Great-Grandmother Charlotte Kim, 2017 Mu Sorority at Elon and she is taking organic chemistry, Marianna Salvatori, 2017 sociology, Spanish, and religious Dorothy Alevizatos von Hollen, 1986, Jane Lee, 1982, Mother Anna Connors, 2017 absolutely loving it. Coming from Madeline Kim, 2015, Sister Isabelle Salvatori, 2012, Sister Roland Park with such a close class, studies this semester. Maddi is also Artwork by Emory Knott, 2016 Cousin Pierse Byrnes, 1990, Cousin Alexandra Alevizatos Kirtley, 1989, Cousin

96 CONNECTIONS ROLAND PARK COUNTRY SCHOOL 97 ALUMNAE BABIES!

Elizabeth Jones Gredlein, 1993 Elizabeth Weiss Nook, 1995 Lindsay Robin Saffer, 1997 Carri Windfelder Eachus, 1998 Ellie Hindsley Clendenin, 2001 Lilly Alexandra Gredlein Kieran Daniels Nook Ryan Theodore Saffer Collins Catherine Eachus Kate Duvall Frankton, 2000 Kelsey Twist Schroeder, 2001 Erin Miles Cloud, 2001 Stella James Frankton Marion Janet Schroeder Carson Payne Clendenin Charles Malcolm Cloud "Charlie"

Carol Dixon Croxton, 1998 Beth Schaub Huwe, 1998 Jesse Galitzin Dunlap, 1999 Maya Tasher Barron, 1999 Lindsey Miller Stone, 2001 Evelyn Veronica Croxton Noelle Iris Huwe Davison Anne Dunlap "Davy" Leo Frederick Barron Anne Landay Sherbine, 2001 Treasa Beyer Matysek, 2001 Jane Li Kenyon, 2001 Porter Alexander Stone and Helena Rosalind Eva Jane Sherbine Clare Emilia Matysek Melissa Jordan Kenyon

Emmy Paskert Koziak, 1999 Corrin McBride Hunt, 1999 Lauren Slevin Capelle, 1999 Rachel Kraus, 2000 Wynne Olivia Koziak Naomi Vashti Hunt John Ernest and Cara Eileen Capelle Sahrah Leah Kraus Hannah Whitman Clark, 2003 Tara Lewis Bisciotti, 2005 Stacy Cooper Kirsch, 2005 Ameerah Brooks Waddell, 2005 Clara Lee Clark Kendall Noelle Bisciotti Sydney Grace Kirsch Cameron Christopher Waddell "Cam"

Tiffanni Jefferson Reidy, 2000 Caline McHenry Olmsted, 2000 Lia Nichols Reamy, 2000 Jenny Werthman, 2000 Autumn Reidy Catherine Lehn Olmsted Gia Christine Reamy Molly Werthman Turner Deniece Holley, 2006 Mallory Twist Dunn, 2006 Brooks Parker Belaga Patrick Michael Dunn III "Sonny"

98 CONNECTIONS ROLAND PARK COUNTRY SCHOOL 99 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS SAVE Friday, October 6 55+ Reunion Luncheon • 12:00-1:30 PM • Trustee Seminar Room For the Classes of 1937, 1942, 1947, 1952, 1957 and 1962 THE 50th Reunion Tea with Pen Pals • 2:30-4:00 PM • Ward House For the Classes of 1967 and 2025 Alumna Artist Opening Reception for all Alumnae• 5:00-6:00 PM D AT E • Knott Lobby

Alumnae Champagne Reception for all Alumnae • 6:00-8:00 PM ALUMNAE WEEKEND • Faissler Library OCTOBER 6-8, 2017 Saturday, October 7 Celebrating Reunion Classes of Family Fun Fest • 10:00 AM -12:00 PM • Lower School MPR 1937 1942 1947 1952 Alumnae Crab Feast • 1:00 – 3:30 PM • North Lot Tent 1957 1962 1967 1972 JV and Varsity Field Hockey Games vs. Towson High School • 1:00 and 2:30PM • Fisher Field 1977 1982 1987 1992 1997 2002 2007 2012 50th Reunion Class Dinner • 6:30 PM • Trustee Seminar Room and Passano Lobby of the Athletic Complex BETH MURPHY DARRELL, 1985, MADDIE MUTH, 2013, LIBBY RUTLEDGE MURPHY, HA, ERIN MURPHY 1982 AND CAROLINE BLATTI, HEAD OF SCHOOL THE Reunion CLASSES OF Dinners and Celebrations for Reunion Classes • Off-campus 1938, 1943, 1948, 1953, 1958, 1963, Sunday, October 8 1968, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, ELIZABETH RUTLEDGE MURPHY 25th Reunion Brunch • 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM • 3 Deepdene 1998, 2003, 2008 and 2013 AWARDED MCCAULEY BOWL WILL celebrate IN SPRING 2018! PAST RECIPIENTS Excerpted from Sabrina Johnson Turner’s, 1998, address at the Alumnae Champagne Reception, October 2016: 1990: Eleanor Graham, 1916 1991: Helen Metcalfe Duncan, 1921 This year's McCauley Bowl recipient is Elizabeth (Libby) Rutledge and Elizabeth Protzman Webb, 1921 Murphy, HA (Honorary Alumna). I can honestly say that the RPCS 1992: Judy Waters, 1950 Join Us “community is a better place because of her and her 42 years of consecutive 1993: Marguerite Kelley, HA service to the School. She has three daughters, Wallis Weiner-Trapness, 1980, 1994: Kay Hamilton Cavanaugh, 1937 Erin Murphy 1982, and Beth Murphy Darrell, 1985. She has six granddaughters, 1995: Anne Healy - Honorary Alumna Thursday, September 28th, 2017 Kim Miller Alsip, 1999, Shawn Murphy George, 2000, Lindsey Miller Stone, 2001, and former Headmistress (1950 - 1975) Maddie Muth, 2013, Ellie Murphy, 2011 and Carlisle Darrell, 2016. Many of these 1997: Peggy Webb Patterson, 1947 at women are here today celebrating with Libby. She was the Director of Alumnae 2000: Agness Fulton Bond, 1941 Affairs from 1978 until 1992, when she retired and was made an Honorary 2002: Betty Ann Schmick Howard, 1957 Alumna. Libby came out of retirement to serve as the school's archivist from 2003: Celeste Woodward Applefeld, 1964 The Elkridge Club 1992 until 1995, earning her the delightful and appropriate title of “Encyclopedia 2006: Ginny Wood Delauney, 1964 and of Information.” She served as the grandparent chair for the Annual Giving Janie Susemihl Griffin, 1974 Campaign during the 2006-2007 school year, and has served on the External 2007: Jane Desvarreux January Daniels, 1982 Programs/Kaleidoscope Board since 2003. Libby is also a member of the Red & 2008: Courtney Jones McKeldin, 1958 White Society, our school's planned giving society. She has been known to have and Pam Miller Loya, 1969 enough personality and energy to light up any room. And I have my own story 2009: Lil Wise, 1950* posthumously about her. When I called Libby earlier this summer to tell her that the she would 2010: Ann Wittich Warfield, 1948 be our McCauley Bowl honoree this year, she tried to refuse the award. She

2011: Jane Wilhelm Daniels, 1946 told me that if we found someone else more deserving to please give it to that

2012: Ingrid Boynton Polk, 1982 person. I laughed and told her that would not be the case. I knew then that our 2013: Laurie McCulloch Fisher, 1963 Alumnae Board had truly made the correct choice. I am happy to present“ the 2014: Mary Ellen Thomsen, HA 2016 McCauley Bowl to Libby Rutledge Murphy, HA. Thank you Libby, for all you 2015: Jean Waller Brune, 1960 have done for the Roland Park Country School community. For more information visit rpcs.org/golfclassic or call Meg Lawrence at 410-323-5500 x3140 SUMMER 2017

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