SPRING 2017 VOICES OF INNOVATION Try your hand at identifying this photo. Should you discover classmates you can identify, contact Margi Brown at: D PO Box 801 • Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303-0801 O YOU 248.645.3132 • [email protected] REMEMBER? WINTER 2016: DO YOU REMEMBER? Theodosia Spaeth '74, emailed to identify some of the alumni in the photo, Left side group - Nathan Wimberly ‘74, and another email with several names came from John Carman '74. But the Rowene Weems ‘75, Ray Maturo ‘74 following is an excerpt from an email from Clint Moore '74 who remembered Back of Car - Lawrence Richardson ‘74, the photo vividly, saying, “It was with great amusement and joy that I opened Elizabeth Harvey ‘75 the latest issue of Tradition last Friday, December 30th, to find one of ourBrook Front of Car - Sue Kalman Andersen ’74 yearbook ad photos as the subject of your “identify this photo” feature. ‘74, Bill Kraft ‘74, Ruthanne Schwartz Clint remembered the ad sales campaign he waged as an editor of the Brook, Fuller ‘75 asserting that “Our faculty advisor was English Master Berl Rider, who was Behind trunk of car - Dosia Spaeth ‘74, also a professional photographer. He revolutionized the new modern look of Greg Wysocki ‘75 the Brook by urging us to use photographs with students in the ads. This great Right side group - Leslie Petersen Price Dodge Charger ad was shot on the banks of the pond just west of Booth House, ‘74, Clint Moore ‘74, Gary Wycoff ‘74 with the road to the right leading to the boat house. Kingswood Lake was behind the tree line behind me on the right, and “Suicide Hill” just to the left.
In identifying all of these great friends and classmates, I have had the help of Houston alum and longtime friend and classmate Joyce Wheaton Lander '74. Between the two of us, we were able to ID all 12 of the participants. Hopefully, we’re right about all 12 of them, but please let me know if you discover any discrepancies.
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Students engage in design during “TinkerTime” at the Middle School for girls.
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EDITORIAL BOARD 40 Class Notes Clay Matthews Director of Communications, Schools Susan Strickland Muskovitz ‘97 Director of Development, Schools 89 In Memoriam Susan Aikens Post ‘78 Director of Alumni Relations, Schools Margi Brown Editorial Assistant Liz Lent ‘89 Features Contributor Ann Merseles Reed ’55 Volunteer Assistant Kathy Discenna Volunteer Assistant
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ear Cranbrook Schools’ Alumni, often becoming students themselves. In fact, one third of our faculty has willingly elected to serve on innovation For more than a century, Cranbrook has teams within each division of the Schools. These volunteer provided an extraordinary education to our teams are already making incredible strides, as reflected Dstudents. You and your classmates have made a significant most recently through Cranbrook’s collaboration with the impact upon the world and while the educational field is Edgerton Center at MIT. I thank team participants for their rapidly changing, our commitment to excellence remains direct support of innovative learning at Cranbrook. unwavering. Our perseverance results from a culture of innovation fostered since the inception of the Schools by As you look through this publication, I hope you will pause George and Ellen Booth. on the messages of our Director of Cranbrook Schools, Arlyce Seibert, and other Schools' leaders. In their words, Around the globe, radical changes are occurring in the you will discover how our MIT partnership is expanding ways we learn and teach in order to better prepare the world-class educational experience that all of us at students to meet the challenges of a dynamic, global Cranbrook strive to provide each day. workplace. Advancements in technology have sparked stunning innovations across the field of education and For those of you who may not know, Arlyce has announced today a 4G mobile connection can transform a smartphone her plans to retire in June of 2018. For over 40 years, into a classroom unbound by walls. The integration of she has guided our Schools by playing a leading role in design thinking in education encourages students to delve the development of Cranbrook’s exemplary curriculum. deeper into any given problem, linking the solution to the Please know that I look forward to working with Arlyce technique used to get there. as she transitions into retirement as well as working with her successor to ensure a smooth assimilation into our Cranbrook’s students have always benefited from a community’s special culture. I hope you will join me in blended-learning environment. From the Art Museum and congratulating Arlyce on beginning the final leg of her Institute of Science to the grounds and architecture of our historic Cranbrook journey. internationally recognized campus, Cranbrook provides integrated learning experiences that few other private My personal thanks to each of you for all that you do for independent schools can match. Cranbrook!
The core of Cranbrook’s innovative culture and excellence, Sincerely, however, has always been its people. Everyone at Cranbrook, regardless of position, is collectively committed Dominic A. DiMarco, President to engaging our students in creative and meaningful ways, Cranbrook Educational Community 2 IRECTOR’S School of Thought suppose it is not unusual for the head of a school to innovative approach to incorporating technology into her speak glowingly about his or her institution. However, classroom. the past few months at Cranbrook Schools have stood out as truly singular. Over the course of 2017, The Global Online Academy (GOA), of which Cranbrook Iour students, faculty and coaches have demonstrated Schools is a founding member, continues to expand the depth and breadth of their talent and commitment, curriculum to students and faculty in a thoughtful way. and have distinguished themselves—and Cranbrook—in Remarkably, the three Cranbrook faculty members who extraordinary ways. are teaching courses with the GOA this year have been invited to continue teaching in the 2017-18 school year. A The Cranbrook Kingswood Boys Swim/Dive Team was special congratulations to Miranda Crowl, Dr. Ara Brown, awarded the state title for the fourth consecutive year, and Fred Higgins. due to its outstanding performance at the 2017 Division 3 Swimming and Diving State Finals. This is truly an Even as Cranbrook’s groundbreaking educational unprecedented event in state athletics as the boys become collaborative with the Edgerton Center at MIT continues the first team to ever win four consecutive state swim and to ignite teaching and learning in the classroom, Cranbrook dive titles. is moving the idea of innovation into other arenas. This spring marked the fourth consecutive year that Cranbrook In March, Michigan’s professional organization of school Schools hosted a TEDx event. TEDx was created in the athletic directors, the Michigan Interscholastic Athletic spirit of TED’s mission, “ideas worth spreading.” It supports Administrators Association (MIAAA), recognized independent organizers who want to create a TED-like Cranbrook Schools with the Exemplary Program Award: event in their own community. All of the presenters who one of two schools statewide to be honored by the MIAAA. shared their vision were a part of the Cranbrook Schools In partnership with the Michigan High School Athletic community, many of them students. Association (MHSAA), the MIAAA conducted an extensive review of their program this fall prior to recognizing It has been a very exciting and rewarding year so far! I look Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School as one of Michigan’s forward to seeing you at Reunion this year, and wish you all model high school athletic programs. the best for the remainder of 2017.
Eighth grade physical science teacher, Ashlie Smith, was Sincerely, recently selected by the Astronauts Memorial Foundation (AMF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Arlyce M. Seibert (NASA) and the Space Foundation to receive the 2017 Director of Cranbrook Schools Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award due to her 3 OLLEGE Counseling
s my third year at Cranbrook Kingswood Upper For Cranbrook families, our College Counseling Team’s School closes, I finally find myself completely ability to work expertly and efficiently is paramount in the settled in my new home state of Michigan. I now current landscape of the college admission world. The accept the state’s winters as valid, despite the time we have to counsel students and families becomes Alack of palm trees, beach outings and 70 degree weather I more and more important in the ever-changing worlds of once knew as winter in my native Los Angeles. admission and financial aid. Whether we look nationally or right here in our home state, we see the private and More importantly the CK College Counseling Office public universities favored by CK students becoming more feels settled to me. Our Counseling Team operates and more selective. But rest assured, there are always an cooperatively and expertly. There is an open exchange of array of amazing colleges and universities on our radar inventive ideas which improve our work and an unfettered who specifically seek to serve more CK students. They sharing of support given to every Cranbrook student from do this well and provide great career or graduate school each member of the College Counseling Team. The office opportunities. mood can only be described as one of pure dedication to exceptional service. While all this exists, there is laughter Deren Finks and joy amongst our team; happiness, camaraderie and Dean of College Counseling fun describe the atmosphere where we work. Even the colleges and universities with which we work often comment on how much they enjoy working with our well organized and enjoyable group. Sometimes, when I take a moment to lift my head from the mounds of work on my desk, step back and observe how we work from an operational standpoint, I smile. I feel honored to work with such amazing professionals.
Our ability to serve families well shows as we observe the results of our efforts. Our feedback survey from senior parents and students shows a resounding satisfaction with the services the College Counseling Office provide. Additionally, the recent ISACS survey of our work brings pride to the Cranbrook Community.
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ellow Alumni, Finding himself in his later years with a large estate and no surviving family to share it with, Mr. Conroy remembered The contents of this issue are a celebration Cranbrook, and considered how lucky our students must of innovation in education, which has been feel to have the opportunity to be here. That in mind, Fbrought to the forefront at Cranbrook Schools of late by a he called me on the phone one day in the fall of 2010 creative, committed and very enterprising faculty, and the and asked what he could do to support our students. He announcement of our collaboration with the MIT Edgerton wanted no recognition, and nothing in return. Center. To be honest, I did not expect the institution to receive To the delight of this Director of Development, programs the $5 million estate contribution of Michael Conroy in my and initiatives like those highlighted in the pages to tenure at Cranbrook. He was a relatively young man, whom come create an entirely new array of opportunities for I was deeply saddened to learn had passed away. But I feel alumni to support the institution. In fact, we have been honored and privileged to help celebrate his legacy now, in fortunate to benefit already from the generosity of several the form of the Michael Conroy Scholarship Program. families whose philanthropy will support innovation in the classroom, and faculty development programs with an eye Mr. Conroy’s philanthropy will give countless numbers toward design-thinking. of deserving students the opportunity of a lifetime — a chance to attend and graduate from Cranbrook Schools. At the same time, I have the pleasure of announcing a And all of those students will benefit from the incredible most remarkable gift—the second largest in the history of programs and initiatives as described in the later pages Cranbrook Schools—which is rooted very much in tradition. of this magazine. It serves as an important reminder that, It is a gift of scholarship, the need for which dates back even in the midst of change and progress, the impact of to the very beginning of our institutional memory. And it the educational experience this institution provides is truly comes from a very unlikely source. timeless.
Michael Conroy, whom I urge you to read more about in So thank you, Mr. Conroy. And thanks to each and every the Alumni Giving section of this issue, was not a graduate one of you who supports the school in whatever way you of Cranbrook Schools. Nor was he a parent. In fact, his can. only memory of Cranbrook, as he told me himself, was the athletic field, which he visited through the years as an Sincerely, athlete representing a rival school. Susan Strickland Muskovitz ’97 Director of Development 5 want to participate to check in. It is with much gratitude that I acknowledge the CKAA for their commitment to this important initiative, as it has heightened awareness of the potential of our alumni network, and has advanced many other opportunities in the mentoring vein.
An example of the expansion of alumni mentoring opportunities is the Wednesday Workshop. With the advent of the block schedule, opportunities for special interest sessions have been established and alumni content has proved very popular. This school year, alumni from near and far carved out time to share their career experiences with our student body. This year, students LUMNI registered for “Wednesday Workshops” in droves, filing into the Cranbrook Library Reading Room to pick up their box lunch and participate in sessions with alumni like New York designer Graham Tabor ’98, Los Angeles Relations screenwriter Doug Miro ’90, Geneva-based World Trade Organization spokesman Keith Rockwell ’76, and Indy-car driver Robbie Buhl ’82. Despite the demanding pace of a Cranbrook Kingswood school day, it is inevitable that our speakers will be surrounded by a cluster of students at the end of a presentation. More than once I have had to ellow Alumni, lead an alumni speaker out of the library with two or three students still orbiting, before they peeled off to catch the Springtime at Cranbrook Kingswood has always bus for their next class. The Wednesday Workshops are been a whirlwind of celebrations and grand offered throughout the school year. If you are interested Ffinales. Increasingly these days, however, campus gets a in sharing your experiences with students at a Wednesday bit quieter in the three weeks before graduation, with the Workshop, or might be able to participate in the career fair, advent of Senior May Project (SMP). This program, in which please contact the alumni office [email protected] . seniors can elect to finish classes early and embark upon Whether you are on campus from across town or across a three week, unpaid internship has become increasingly the country, your willingness to share of yourself with our popular. Students are eager for experiential learning and current student body in this way is much appreciated. career insight as they begin to consider college majors and educational paths. These days more than 90% of seniors Sincerely, leave campus in May for an internship. Worthwhile SMP opportunities are highly prized, and I am pleased to report Susan Aikens Post '78 that our alumni community is becoming a vital source of Cranbrook Schools Director of Alumni Relations internship opportunities.
The Cranbrook Kingswood Alumni Welcoming Graham Tabor '98 back to Association has been a committed campus for a Wednesday Workshop partner in the establishment of such mentoring initiatives. They will host their fifth annual Alumni Career Fair for students during the 2017-18 school year, and the event has grown to include over sixty career mentors from diverse fields, with alumni mentors representing graduation years from 1947 to 2010. Connections made at the career fair have evolved into coveted Senior May Projects and more. The CKAA career fair will be held on January 31, 2018 and I encourage anyone who might 6 T EWA R D'S Table
here is a manic quality to the topic of leadership and carry out a successful solo. Select sophomore, and skills right now, shared by high schools, college even alums, later return as leaders. admissions offices, and millennial recruiters. In its best light, however, this attention to the About ten years ago, CK undertook a systematic approach T“executive function” can open the narrow filter of grades to leadership training. Working with graduate students and scores and ignite the imagination of our students. and faculty at the University of Michigan in a multi- year partnership, a group of CK faculty participated The leadership culture at CK has always been “horizontal.” in workshops on community-building and inter-group By which I mean that leadership opportunity here is dialogue. So began the busy calendar of upper school grounded in student initiative and passion, rather than student leadership retreats that have taught students age, grade, rank, or prior recognition. This leadership empathy, conflict resolution skills and dialogue-building mindset extends to faculty and students alike. Not across boundaries of race, gender and background. At surprisingly, the ranks of Cranbrook Kingswood alums these retreats, students engage schools, organizations and are disproportionately represented in professions communities from the greater metropolitan area. Student- that draw heavily on creativity, writing, leadership and athletes help organize tennis and lacrosse activities in entrepreneurship. We have always encouraged students to Detroit’s Clarke Park over the summer months. take on adult-like roles. The Underclassmen Awards Assembly this past May It is a sacred moment to be at hand when an alum is moved provided the venue for the Summer Enterprise Awards, to tell the story of his or her growing up here. Often this now in their second year. Drawing upon the generosity of is the story of a faculty member or coach who asked a alums and past parents, the school identified eight awards student to reach higher and farther, to be a leader. The list for student summer initiatives spanning technology, of faculty with a genius for nurturing the skills of leadership entrepreneurship, social justice and projects of individual is too long to enumerate. The stage on which these faculty aspiration. The intense competition for these awards is worked spans broadly over class leadership, athletic only one more measure of the richness of the leadership teams, dormitories, publications, musical groups, robotics, culture at today’s Cranbrook Kingswood. wilderness and student organizations, to name only a few. These special faculty mentored many of their colleagues, Charlie Shaw including me, in the teaching of leadership skills. When Director of Stewardship head of upper school Noël Dougherty returned from the wilderness expedition this past spring, her astonishment at the phenomenon of student leadership was palpable. Here each sophomore is expected to lead the group for one day
7 8 Larry Richardson ‘74 came from Chicago for the 4A Holiday Cheer event
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AND STUDENT LIFE The African American Awareness Association (4A) held their third annual Holiday Cheer alumni reunion on The first months of fall were an exercise in gratitude campus. 4A alumni and their families mingled and enjoyed for upper school students. In September, freshmen entertainment by talented students before sharing participated in a unique exercise that allowed them to memories of their Cranbrook experience and ways it voice their gratitude for other people who have made an impacted their lives and careers. Larry Richardson ’74 impact on their day-to-day lives. The program “Thank You came in from Chicago to give the group some historical Thursday” was developed by language teacher Ashley perspective, as a member of Kusanya-Watu, a 70s club that Weber. The weekly project encouraged students to was a precursor to 4A. express gratitude through handwritten notes and other forms. It was Weber’s goal to encourage her students to Cranbrook’s Model United Nations team had a successful pass along positivity, as well as build it in themselves. showing at the annual Conference of the Model United In November, all Upper School Cranbrook Kingswood Nations at the University of Chicago. For their hard work students took time out to say thank you to all of the donors throughout the event, the CK team brought home a whose contributions impact their Cranbrook Kingswood record-breaking 14 awards for their verbal and intellectual experience, posting messages on a 30-foot long billboard aptitude. The team is ranked among the top best 25 MUN that was stationed on the quad for a day. The season of teams in the nation, according to Best Delegate, the gratitude culminated in the annual White Gifts assembly premier global resource for Model United Nations clubs. organized by the Cabinet at Christ Church Cranbrook. Students shared reflections of gratitude on an open mic The Cranbrook Schools Robotics Teams have been racking and celebrated the culmination of student fundraising up a number of awards and achievements with five teams efforts to benefit a wide variety of charitable enterprises. qualifying for the Michigan State VEX Championship. The Upper school also has four FTC (FIRST Tech Challenge) 9 teams, whose season operates differently from the VEX ACADEMICS season. After a semester of engineering and preparations, Cranbrook hosted the FTC’s Michigan State Championship In October, alumna Rebecca Nyquist ’05 addressed in February, with three Cranbrook Kingswood teams students at the annual Cum Laude Assembly, sharing qualifying for the FTC World Championships. insights from her two years working with author and McArthur Fellow Angela Duckworth. Nyquist highlighted The Cranbrook Kingswood Alumni Association and the the importance of discipline and perseverance in CK Booster Club sponsored a visit by former NFL player transforming one’s goals into accomplishments, relating and Detroit Lion Joe Ehrmann. Ehrmann spent time with anecdotal stories about her time at Cranbrook Kingswood faculty, coaches and students on the need to broaden Upper School as a student and swimmer, delivering a and redefine what it means to be a man in America, powerful message to the students that drive, determination citing escalating levels of violence, bullying, isolation and and passion play as vital a role in success as talent. substance abuse among men. Girls’ Middle School science teacher Ashlie Smith has After a short delay to allow for a winter storm to pass been selected by the Astronauts Memorial Foundation, through, the sophomores and leaders of the 48th annual the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Wilderness Expedition headed for the Smoky Mountains in (NASA) and the Space Foundation to receive the 2017 March. Retired physics teacher and wilderness guru Frank Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award. Smith was Norton traveled from upstate New York to assist with the chosen for the innovative ways she uses technology in program. Snow and cold temperatures provided challenges her classroom. She will be honored at the annual Space for the group at the start of the trek, but sunshine and Symposium in Colorado Springs. warmer breezes took over to erase memories of all but the most meaningful legs of the journey for participating The World Affairs Seminar explored the theme “Work: sophomores. How do you want to spend the rest of your life?” Keynote
Cum Laude speaker Rebecca Nyquist 10 ‘05 responds to student questions GMS teacher Ashlie Smith honored with Technology in Education Award
speaker Dan Gilbert, Chairman and Founder of Rock “This paper is very professional both in appearance and Ventures, LLC and Quicken Loans, Inc., shared his coverage of your school,” read the judge’s comments,“You thoughts and views on everything from entrepreneurship have produced a year’s work of high-quality editions.” and support of Detroit to how he obtained the Cleveland Cavaliers. Through a playful dialogue with moderator, Holly White House journalist April Ryan met with student writers Arida, and the student body, Mr. Gilbert shared several of when she was in Detroit with her publicist, Diane Nine ’80, his philosophies on pursuing a creative, unique path in life. to promote her latest book, “At Mama’s Knee: Mothers and Author and journalist Michael Hodges ’72 was featured Race in Black and White” which explores race relations at the seminar as well, delivering a talk titled “Detroit in America today through a series of intimate interviews. Triumphant: The Architecture & Impact of Albert Kahn” Ryan inspired the students with her reflections on life as a with a focus on the way Kahn’s revolutionary factory design member of the White House Press Corps at a time when helped shape the world. Recent graduates contributed the media and their role in politics is under intense focus. as well. Lexi Fournier ’09 led a session entitled “Post- Apocalypse: Finding the Job of your Dreams,” and Ryan Twenty members of Cranbrook’s Varsity Debate Team Safian ’10 encouraged students to consider a career in had an excellent showing at the Debate State Finals tech, with his session “Why the Future is Written in Code.” at Calvin College. The event yielded high honors for several debaters, including Best Speaker Overall for The Columbia Scholastic Press Association awarded The Justin Luo ’19. Crane-Clarion its highest rating ever. The organization gave the 2015-16 Crane-Clarion 968 out of a possible 1,000 points, a Gold Medalist rating. The paper also earned All- Columbian Honors, an additional merit for select stand- out newspapers, for the first time in the paper’s history. 11 FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. Yu “Celine” Chou, Arlo Goldman and Michel Faliski took gold medals in the New York designer and Cranbrook Kingswood alumnus photography category. Sam Slocum, senior, earned a gold Graham Tabor ’98 spoke at a Wednesday Workshop for medal in the drawing category and Mirei “Mimi” Yamamoto students interested in fashion, design and metalsmithing. received a gold medal for her portfolio submission. Tabor took time from his sculpture exhibit and jewelry trunk Founded in 1923, the Scholastic Art Writing Awards show at Linda Dresner in Birmingham to give students an celebrate the creative and artistic lives of students in overview and answer questions on his fascinating career grades 7 through 12, awarding honors to students who that spans the fields of fine art, fashion and jewelry design. show exceptional proficiency in a variety of visual and literary art forms. In celebration of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, Cranbrook students were treated to an energetic The spring musical production of “Zombie Prom” filled the performance by Hardcore Detroit, directed by Detroit PAC with color, a spectacle of cartoon makeup, hilarious Dance Ambassador Haleem “Stringz” Rasul. Students and puns and lively music. Director of Theater Daniel Dobrovich faculty were totally immersed and enthusiastic throughout selected the musical as a departure from the weighty fall this “informance” on the history of hip-hop dance and production of “The Crucible.” The set was ambitious, with its roots in building community and promoting justice multiple level platforms framed by a 43’ television screen. and social change. The dancers from Hardcore Detroit Sarkis Halajian and his orchestra performed onstage, and amazed everyone with their gymnastic feats and moves. the animated musical score and choreography highlighted The performance, which was funded in part by Bravo, was the talents of the cast to perfection. followed by a master class in “Detroit Jit” style dancing. The Cranbrook Kingswood sculpture program continues Six senior art students received gold medal honors for to utilize both traditional and contemporary techniques the creative works they submitted to the 2016 Regional for the pouring of bronze, with a small foundry behind the
Cast, crew and orchestra of the 12 spring musical, Zombie Prom Sculpture teacher Gary Kulak supervising juniors Will Van Houten and Kinan Wagner
ceramics studio that continues to use equipment from basketball and track and the captain of the Cranes’ track the 1970s. Using state-of-the-art ceramic shell investment team. casting in combination with the foundry, students create bronze castings of their work. In this way, students The boys’ tennis team successfully defended their 2015 experience a technique with 5,000 years of history state championship bringing home the state championship beginning in Egypt. trophy. Benji Jacobson ‘18 won the State Championship in #1 singles. In doubles play, Michael Bian ‘17 and Andrew ATHLETICS Du ‘18 were State Champs at #1 doubles. The team also earned Academic All-State for their collective excellence Six current seniors have committed to collegiate athletics in the classroom. Head Coach Jeff Etterbeek ‘75 was in the coming year. Devin Deogun, last season’s boys’ golf selected by his peers as the Regional Coach of the Year District, Regional, and State Champion will play for the and by MIPrepZone as the Coach of the Year. Senior Michigan State golf team. All-District soccer captain Kaela captain Michael Bian was also selected to the MHSAA Mali committed to compete for the Knights of Carleton Class of 2017 Scholar Athletes, one of 32 seniors in the College. Cydnie Martin, All-State captain for the girls’ field State of Michigan to receive this honor out of more than hockey team, will be taking her talents to the Polar Bears 1,500 nominees. of Bowdoin College. Two-time All-State and Regional Champion diver Julia Feord will continue her diving career The boys' swim and dive team was awarded fourth for the Bears of Brown University. Jalen Allen committed consecutive state title, thanks to an outstanding to play football for the Columbia University and Daniel performance at the 2017 Division 3 Swimming and Diving Russell, Jr. committed to play football for Kenyon College. State Finals. The team showed amazing depth, with Daniel is an eleven varsity letter winner in football, sophomore Oliver Cafferty delivering the lone individual
13 state title for the Cranes with a winning performance in the lacrosse at Ohio State and then for the Northeastern Club 100 backstroke. in Boston. Jamal has been coaching boys’ varsity lacrosse at Cranbrook for the past nine seasons, and has worked The Michigan Interscholastic Athletic Administrators with lower, middle and upper school junior varsity and Association (MIAAA) has honored Cranbrook Kingswood varsity players. He has organized the alumni game each School with the Exemplary Program Award. Cranbrook spring for the past sixteen years. is one of only two schools in the state to be awarded this status. The MIAAA Exemplary Athletic Award Program Coach Andy Weidenbach and the 2015 boys’ ice hockey honors schools that model equity and excellence and team were featured in “Destination Unstoppable,” a book a commitment to all student athletes. The Cranbrook written by leadership expert Maureen Monte. The book Kingswood program was cited for modeling a professional discusses ways in which Weidenbach and Monte were able approach that provides a comprehensive program with a to harness the team’s inherent talents and competitive culture of student engagement, service, recognition and spirit in order to deepen their commitment and connection athletic excellence. As CK Athletics Director, Steve Graf to their teammates, resulting in an incredible season that accepted the award on behalf of Cranbrook Kingswood culminated in a state championship becoming, as Coach which was recognized for its long-standing tradition of Weidenbach says, “unstoppable.” athletic achievement, the dedication of its student athletes and their coaches, and the positive support and resources within the program.
Jamal Robertson ’94 was honored as the 2016 U.S. Lacrosse Man of the Year. He began his playing career as a midfielder at the Boys Middle School in 1990 and went on to play varsity lacrosse and soccer. After graduation, he played
Members of the boys' swim and dive team 14 celebrate their fourth straight state title NFL player Joe Ehrmann gave a talk at the boys' middle school on redefining masculinity
Coach Jeffrey Etterbeek ‘75 (right) and assistant coach Clarence Boyd address varsity tennis players 15 Private Education for Public Purpose
The Edgerton Center at MIT
n understanding the recent educational collaboration between the Edgerton Center at MIT and Cranbrook Schools, most alumni have a better grasp of the former than they do the latter. ITo that end, Robert F. Vieth, K-12 Project Coordinator for the Edgerton Center at MIT, shares a history and overview of the Center, its programs, and its evolving partnership with Cranbrook Schools.
16 Robert F. Vieth with GMS students on a campus visit
INTRODUCTION As part of the Edgerton Centers’ commitment to innovative K-12 education, we started a new program The MIT Edgerton Center was established in 1992 to nearly three years ago with a local independent preK-8 continue the hands-on legacy of Harold “Doc” Edgerton by school, Meadowbrook School of Weston. Our initial work giving students opportunities to learn by doing. “Doc” with Meadowbrook centered on helping them to design Edgerton, born in 1903, was a pioneering engineer and and implement their nascent makerspace, and to work with a key figure in modern photography. Through his work them to incorporate aspects of Design Thinking into their with stroboscopic photography, he was able to capture science curriculum. incredible stills of fleeting moments—everything from a bullet bursting through an apple to his famous “Coronet” WHAT ARE MAKERSPACES? milk-drop photo, which, in 1937, was shown at the Museum of Modern Art. Doc would go on to use his expertise to Many people think of a makerspace (tinkering studio, capture atomic test blasts for the U.S. government and innovation lab) as a room housing equipment that can moments in underwater exploration with Jacques-Yves sculpt with plastic (3-D printers), cut plexiglas or wood Cousteau. (laser cutters) and other ‘high-tech’ instruments. Students come to make keychains, program computers and perform Doc summed up his drive to do and learn by saying “I have other ‘tinkering’ operations. The truth is, they can be a three lifetimes worth of things to do. I guess I’ll have to foundational part of a students’ learning and understanding leave some of the problems for the next generation.” of content across all subjects, not just STEAM (Science, After his death in 1990, the Edgerton Center was founded Technology, Engineering, Art and Math). Keep in mind, a in 1992 with the generous support of the Edgerton Family makerspace is not a place or location, it is a way of thinking. Foundation. It resides in your head and in your heart. It can be a path to deep learning and understanding. Currently, Edgerton Center programs include courses in engineering and high-speed photography for MIT students Matt McEntee of Make magazine stated it so clearly and and professionals, the international-development program emphatically, “When we make and fix things together, we D-Lab, student-run clubs and teams, student machine don’t start from a place of special skills or knowledge. shops, and a year-round K-12 science and engineering We start from our essential humanity: in the face of a outreach program, including professional development chaotic world we as creative beings experiment, we teach teacher workshops and curriculum materials. ourselves. Underlying all the tools, technology, and gadgets of the maker movement is this primary human ability. It
17 is a superpower that is both common and widespread. information. For the first time, student synthesis became Through the doing we find ourselves to be extraordinary.” common.
WHAT IS DESIGN THINKING? BIRTH OF AN IDEA — THE EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING CONSORTIUM When I first came to MIT nearly 4 years ago, this was a new term to me. My friend and colleague at Meadowbrook About eighteen months into our relationship with School of Weston, Jonathan Schmid, introduced me to it. Meadowbrook, the Head of School, Steve Hinds, and I were Originally formulated by the Stanford D-School as a way reflecting on the powerful effect our work was having on to help industrial designers solve problems in novel ways, the culture of the school. Student admission inquiries were it has gained some popularity as a pedagogical tool in up because parents had heard of our work and wanted education. their children to benefit. Prospective teachers were calling the school about possible open positions for the same While researching the concept, I came to realize that I had reasons. My goodness, our work was making a difference. been doing Design Thinking in some form throughout my Wouldn’t it be wonderful to start a group of like-minded career. I had even used some of the same terminology: schools who could share with each other their challenges define, imagine, test. Design Thinking very much resembles and successes, lessons learned and missed opportunities. the engineering design process and the scientific method. The idea of a consortium was born! However, when asked, it is very difficult to come up with an exact or complete definition. Neil Stevenson, an executive CHARLIE SHAW AT NAIS director at IDEO Chicago says, “Design thinking isn’t one thing, but a bundle of mindsets and philosophies all At about the same time, Jonathan and I co-presented wrapped up in one term, which obviously has the potential at the annual NAIS conference, held in Boston that year. to lead to ambiguity and misunderstanding.” (The Atlantic, We described our work at Meadowbrook, the successes Jan. 2017). and the speed bumps. We shared our vision for a group of schools working together to influence how kids learn Adopting a Design Thinking paradigm allows students and how teachers can support innovative learning to open their minds to all possibilities before they let environments. After the presentation, we entertained themselves get too invested in one, critically assess if a many questions. People were interested in our model. design satisfies the needs of the user, rapid prototype Charlie Shaw, then Head of Upper School at Cranbrook and reiterate (embracing failure along the way) and arrive approached us and expressed an interest in our results. At at a functional design (answer) to solve a problem. And that time, I had no idea of what Cranbrook represented. remember, Design Thinking is just one tool in an educator's Wow, was I in for an eye-opener. toolbox that also contains problem-based learning, constructivism, constructionism, and Understanding by A couple of months passed and I was surprised that Design to name just a few. Charlie contacted me about the possibility of bringing a group of Cranbrook staff to MIT to talk with us. I never MATURATION OF THE MEADOWBROOK PROGRAM thought he might be serious. He showed up with a group of 10 or so faculty and staff and we talked for a few hours As our collaboration with Meadowbrook moved forward, about possibilities. Then, he followed that up with a second we found ourselves working with a greater number of visit to MIT with a different assembly of staff and we talked teachers across all content areas, not just in STEAM. This for several more hours, this time including the Edgerton included Design Thinking and use of the makerspace to Center director, Kim Vandiver. Interest was high. support activities in individual classrooms. These activities included the design, writing and publication of a book in a Charlie extended an invitation for us to visit Cranbrook literacy classroom, and reproduction of religious artifacts and in April of last year, Kim, Jonathan and I spent three in a world studies classroom. But what was really neat was whirlwind days touring Cranbrook, talking with staff that students and teachers across all content areas and and laying out what a relationship might look like. Talks grades started using a common vocabulary derived from continued for several months and in July, we signed a the Design Thinking model. Instead of having to learn a contract. separate lexicon for each subject area, common words such as empathy and prototype were popping up all over THE CRANBROOK PROGRAM school. Another benefit of our efforts at Meadowbrook was that teachers were emphasizing to students HOW The Cranbrook relationship with MIT actually started to learn new information rather than MEMORIZING new before the formal contractual agreement, in June. Five
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Cranbrook faculty (Laurie Pullen, Marilynn Roche, Ashlie coming year. There are discussions involving curriculum Smith, Jen Dawson and Tracie Hightower) visited MIT development and expansion of makerspace capabilities. to attend the first annual workshop on Design Thinking, We are also exploring assessments to determine the ReDesignEDU 2016. They spent three days working with efficacy of our programs and Cranbrook will play a key 22 other teachers from around the country on a deep role in designing and establishing the reliability of these dive into using Design Thinking in the classroom. This instruments. group has become the standard bearers for our program at Cranbrook and is currently planning the second annual WHAT THE FUTURE MAY BRING ReDesignEDU workshop, which will host 50 teachers at the Kingswood School. The consortium itself is also on the verge of growing. We are considering extending invitations to three or four In addition, MIT staff has made four trips to Cranbrook, additional schools in the coming months, with continued the first in August to hold a two-day faculty workshop growth beyond. We are working with our collaborators introduction to Design Thinking. Seventy teachers at the three schools (Meadowbrook, Cranbrook and attended! My colleague, Blake Simms, and I have met with Benjamin Banneker in Cambridge) to develop and refine a approximately 60 teachers across all divisions and content custom web-based platform to act as a resource depository areas to help consult on curriculum development for the and communications platform so students and teachers classroom. Laurie and I have presented our progress to from all member schools can talk to each other and share both the Board of Trustees and the Board of Governors information. We are exploring partnerships with other and I have worked with students from the HUB-Upward K-12 STEM programs across MIT (Scratch, AppInventor, Bound program during three different visits. By the time Media Lab) so we can expand and enhance our offerings to of this printing, four faculty will have attended makerspace consortium members. workshops at MIT. In short, we are building a robust program which serves THE CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS a core ideal we embrace: “Private education for public purpose.” Cranbrook has embraced experiential learning at an incredible pace. There is a definite change in the tenor of students and staff across the divisions and we could not be more enthusiastic. Cranbrook and the Edgerton Center are already looking forward to what can happen in the
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he start of the 2016-17 academic year saw the beginning of one of the most remarkable relationships that Cranbrook Schools has ever entered. The Edgerton Center at MIT and Cranbrook Schools began working together in an educational collaborative, empowering TCranbrook faculty to accelerate innovation and Design Thinking in their curriculum and teaching. In return, Cranbrook Schools became a testing site for the Edgerton Center. This collaboration has the potential to change the way K-12 curriculum is developed nationally. Even more remarkably, Cranbrook was the third school in the nation, and the first outside of the Boston area, to have been selected for this experimental learning consortium.
20 The relationship with the Edgerton Center at MIT and ranging from Marching Band, Toy Making and Debate, to the experiential learning consortium is not just about Story Telling through Puppets, Fun with Chemistry and professional development to support innovation in Orienteering. Cranbrook’s classrooms. It is a learning collaboration built on the foundation that the members of Cranbrook’s While students attending Investigations were excited and faculty are also leaders. They are working alongside highly engaged, this change of pace was not just about fun. Edgerton Center staff and consortium members to guide, It also offered students an opportunity to explore a topic in support, encourage and lead schools in developing and a focused manner while taking ownership of and directing documenting the importance of experiential learning for much of the learning. Collaboration and creativity were students of all ages. present in all the Investigations' offerings and students had the opportunity to pursue something new. Through the opportunities to work with MIT and each other, many Cranbrook teachers have already begun to push the In addition... already highly successful curriculum at Cranbrook into the • Students and teachers alike reported that they felt realm of experimental learning and design thinking. Across invigorated during a time of year which tends to be grade levels and academic disciplines, remarkable things hectic. have already begun to happen in Cranbrook classrooms. • Investigations allowed for more consistent blocks of time in the homeroom during December when there are often It would be impossible to recount all that the faculty has interruptions to the normal schedule. been doing; the following stories represent the kind of • This alternative scheduling alleviated space usage and work that is already underway at Cranbrook Schools in the personnel conflicts that typically arise in December. first year of the collaboration. • Specialists and teachers were able to further support the 5th grade December Program rehearsal and performance schedule.” “ omputer science and early childhood learners may not always be mentioned in the same breath, – Kai Benjamin Robinson '76, Assistant Head of Brookside but the junior and senior Kindergarteners at the Early Childhood Center have begun to learn how Cto solve problems with the aid of computers from an early “ n February, sixth grade science classes used the age. This approach is called computational thinking, which design thinking process to embark on an engaging allows students to use patterning, algorithms, problem teaching experience. Students from the Boys and decomposition and debugging across disciplines. Girls Middle Schools worked collaboratively to plan, Idevelop and facilitate lessons about bat adaptations for Junior Kindergartners have created bracelets that show the the young learners in senior kindergarten. binary code of their name, decided the best algorithms to follow when making slime and worked in teams to program First, the sixth graders visited Brookside to interview the “CupBots” to accomplish tasks. Senior kindergartners have SK students to understand their prior knowledge, interests created digital drawings using instructions from Sol LeWitt, and the SK learning environment. The next two weeks were programmed BeeBots, and debugged line-following a whirlwind of activity in the sixth grade. Both campuses robots. They also created their own stories by breaking did extensive research on the adaptations of bats and them into smaller, more manageable parts and used visited the Bat Zone at the Cranbrook Institute of Science. Scratch Jr. to create algorithms for their characters to act By recalling their favorite early childhood memories, out the narrative. All these activities have allowed students Middle School students were able to develop creative to better understand the potential of computing devices and exciting lesson plans focused on topics ranging from and begin to be prepared for a world where software plays echolocation to the wing and body structure of bats. This an increasingly important role.” project included empathizing, brainstorming, developing innovative ideas and building and revising projects. – James Kurleto, Lower School Multimedia Instructor When the kindergartners visited the Middle Schools in late February, they were excited and ready to learn from “ n December, Brookside students took a break from their new friends. Middle Schoolers thoroughly enjoyed their usual schedules and immersed themselves in teaching the SK students about bats. The project was a innovative, self-selected electives. These high interest wonderful representation of the rich teaching and learning area classes, or Investigations, offered students an experiences that are possible at Cranbrook.” Iopportunity to take a deep dive into course offerings – Andrea Lorey, 6th Grade Science 21 22 “ he objective of my lesson was for my 7th grade While the BLAM program for HUB is focused on developing students to create a review board game in problem solving skills along with basic skill development, preparation for quizzes based on our reading the BLAM development for Cranbrook Upper School of London’s “Call of the Wild.” I collaborated is focused more on supporting the existing curriculum. Twith Jen Dawson to utilize the Middle School for boys In the fall of 2016, a group of five Upper School Faculty makerspace and to have her train the boys on the use members took on the challenge of “how might we design of the 3D printers. The boys used the online program the best blended-learning model for Cranbrook students.” Tinkercad to create and design their 3D pieces. During The first prototype model is focused on student review of this process, they were able to learn what it’s like to take fundamental Algebra I skills prior to entering Algebra 2. The a 2D idea and make it come alive in 3D. Then, they printed course is designed for all students to develop proficiency them off using our two 3D printers in the makerspace to at their own pace and with a variety of support in an online meet the requirement of having originally created items blended-learning program. included in their game. While programmatic needs vary, Cranbrook and HUB The boys used the makerspace to create the rest of their continue to work closely in the development and game board using everything from cardboard to stones, optimization of BLAM.” moss to LED lights. They enjoyed themselves while learning and having a memorable adventure about a piece – Gail Chun, Upper School Mathematics Instructor, of literature for class.” Department Head
– Curtis Williams, Middle School English Teacher
“ ranbrook Schools in conjunction with Horizons Upward Bound have been collaborating to create a blended-learning enrichment model that strengthens student math skills and supports Cexisting curriculum. With the support of the Edward E. Ford Foundation Grant, the initial program development began about two years ago.
Cranbrook Senior May Project students have been a driving force in the development of the HUB BLAM curriculum for the last two years as it is used for HUB summer program. With a group of about 10-12 students each year, the Senior May students have gone through several iterations of design thinking which included understanding the nature of students’ and teachers’ needs, resources available, imagining and prototyping. The project continues to evolve and improve with the collaboration of HUB teachers and Cranbrook Senior May students.
Middle School students at work during the Atoms and Molecules unit. 23 Jules Knittel
PIERI24 ules Knittel Pieri '77, embodies the spirit of As an Entrepreneur in Residence for her alma mater, the entrepreneurship that has taken such deep root Harvard Business School, Pieri uses her experience to in today’s business world and as co-founder of The guide the next generation of innovators. “When you’ve Grommet, her goal is to help develop and sustain done something so difficult, you learn a lot and make a Jthat same spirit in thousands of other visionaries forging lot of mistakes,” she says. “You have a compulsion to help their own paths to success. others avoid those mistakes. When you see someone who wants to do something like this, you feel an affinity with The Grommet site launches and promotes previously them.” undiscovered products, supporting innovators and bringing high quality, beautifully designed, breakthrough products She adds, “Entrepreneurship is a very lonely pursuit. If your to market. Ten minutes spent scrolling through the site business model is truly breakthrough, then chances are brings up must-have after must-have, from a solution that most people don’t understand it. You can lose confidence “unshrinks” sweaters to a miniature drone that fits in the in yourself. You can’t afford to hire people. You have to palm of one’s hand. give yourself the pep talks in the darkest hours. Any caring person would want to work to help people avoid those Grommet fans can shop, too, by their own personal issues.” values and standards, choosing products that are made in America, support sustainable living or that are created by During Pieri’s most recent visits to Cranbrook, she noticed underrepresented entrepreneurs. There is even a category that an interest in entrepreneurship was growing even for philanthropy, matching individuals with nonprofits among Upper School students. For example, when she seeking support and investment. spoke at the World Affairs Seminar, she attended a pitch event and several discussion sessions. “When I was a “Quality creates trust,” says Pieri. “We are relentless about teenager, I didn’t even know what entrepreneurship was,” quality, about the way we curate and test our products, she says. “There were more student-led sessions. They about the videos we create and our website. It’s a simple were participatory; they got their fellow students involved. concept, but it starts at the top and it has to be embraced And that kind of blew me away, realizing that I was going to every day.” sessions led by 16 and 18 year olds.”
That trust is part of what brings Grommet customers back Pieri spent three years at Kingswood, starting in the 10th again and again. “The one thing that we’ve built that we grade as a boarder. She embraced the school, especially can’t risk is trust,” Pieri says. “It’s a series of small decisions an arts curriculum that allowed her to create works of you make every day and you have to commit to deserving her own. She took woodshop and spent countless hours that trust.” in the ceramics and weaving studios. “I took all the fine arts classes,” she says. “The school had such a rich set of The Grommet builds these relationships in part through facilities and quality of instruction.” its Citizen Commerce community, which enlists an active base of supporters in an effort to level the playing field In fact, Pieri was in the company of fellow graduates for emerging companies and their innovations and put when she learned she had been selected as this year’s the power of choice into the hands of average people. Distinguished Alumna. “I was thrilled honestly,” she says. “I “It’s a community saying something is worth supporting as got a call from the president of the Alumni Association and opposed to a top-down retail buyer deciding what to buy,” I was in the streets of New York outside of a hotel with five says Pieri. of my good friends from Kingswood.”
Pieri has honed her philosophies of product development, Pieri looks forward to returning to campus in June to talk marketing and consumer motivations over the course of with this year’s graduating class of young women. She plans a career that included senior executive roles for global to share with them her experiences that led to her work brands such as Keds, Stride Rite and Playskool, where her in entrepreneurship, encouraging them to “embrace the mentor was the legendary Meg Whitman. She also served fear behind a hard decision,” she says. And she will remind as vice president of Design Continuum and president of them to live without regrets, adding. “You don’t want to be Ziggs.com, which was an early competitor of LinkedIn. 85 and look back at what you missed.”
In marketing and promoting those firms, Pieri became an early adapter of social media, the communal nature of which has helped guide her work with The Grommet and led to the foundation of the concept of Citizen Commerce.
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BECHEK26 unning a successful business has never been change, so we need to continue to innovate and adapt.” easy. In fact, it is a task that seems to grow more complex with each passing year as technologies Following his graduation from Cranbrook, Bechek pursued emerge, consumer tastes change and markets engineering and attended M.I.T., where he became Revolve. As worldwide managing director of Bain & interested in the still-young field of robotics. He was on his Company, Bob Bechek '77, has dedicated his professional way to graduate school at Stanford when he struck up a career to helping businesses find the right approach to cut conversation on the plane and was offered a job in France through those challenges. working on robots. He returned to the U.S. to lead the firm’s American subsidiary in Detroit and oversaw the company’s Bain & Company has served more than 4,600 multinational expansion as it began selling robotics to major companies corporations, nonprofits and governments across six such as Honda. continents, making an indelible impression on the way business has been conducted since its founding in 1973. He left the robotics firm to pursue his master’s degree at Harvard Business School and was looking for a summer For three decades, Bechek has been at the heart of those job when he landed with Bain & Company. “I wanted to efforts, taking the helm at Bain in March 2012. In the work with a talented group of people who were working on ensuring years, he has continued the firm’s ascendency, interesting problems,” Bechek says. cementing its reputation as one of the world’s Big Three strategy consulting firms. Three decades later, he is still tackling those interesting problems. For a number of years, he blended his Bechek’s leadership skills began to take shape at engineering and business skills as co-head of Bain’s Global Cranbrook, tracing back to a transformative Outward Telecom, Media & Technology practice before also leading Bound experience as a sophomore. “I learned about my the firm’s Boston office and Northeast region. ability to persevere,” Bechek says. “I was this small kid carrying a huge pack. My sleeping bag went down the river. Bechek also finds time to support The Bridgespan I was using borrowed hiking boots and got infected blisters. Group, founded by Bain in 2000 to help nonprofits The rivers were over their banks and we got caught in a and philanthropists expand social impact. “We work blizzard.” with a variety of organizations like Citizen Schools and Nature Conservancy,” he says. “The group has become Bechek and a few other classmates broke away from their a real thought leader in social issues—education, global group in an effort to find the team’s canoes and a way back development and the environment.” to camp. He says, “Reuniting with our group and working through all of that was a formative experience.” When Bechek looks back on his days at Cranbrook, he does so with a sense of gratitude, in particular for the Cranbrook also helped a young Bechek begin to embrace “teachers who made an enormous difference in my life,” the joys of life. “I was a serious kid,” he says. When he came he says. That list includes former instructors Frank Norton to Cranbrook, he knew no one and his classmates were all for science and Outward Bound, Richard Heavenrich for “lifers,” kids who had been at the school since kindergarten. math, Prospero Dagbovie for French and current Director Still, almost immediately, he fell in with friends who “taught of Schools Arlyce Seibert for history. me the joys of a 500-acre campus and taught me to have fun,” Bechek says. “There was lunch tray sledding, walking When Bechek got word of his Distinguished Alumnus the grounds, going to the science center.” recognition, his great joy was in realizing that it had come before Seibert’s upcoming retirement in 2018. That inherent understanding of the importance of work-life “I’m delighted this happened on Arlyce’s watch,” he says, balance has surfaced in the positive corporate culture for citing all the support she gave him as a student, from which Bain & Company is known. The firm is consistently helping him land a prom date to writing glowing college named one of the country’s best places to work and recommendations. Bechek topped Glass Door’s 2016 list of best CEOs. Today, Bechek still makes a point of visiting Cranbrook “We care a lot about that,” Bechek says. “It’s so easy to when he is in town. “Every time I’m in Detroit, I still run on put other things ahead of it, but we care deeply about our the grounds.” His path brings him back to all those places culture here. There are a thousand subtle things we do to that opened the eyes of a serious young man to all the good support one another, to help people reach their potential that can happen from the merger of hard work and joy. and help them exercise their talents. A positive culture doesn’t perpetuate itself. The interests of young people
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AN UNEXPECTED GESTURE TURNS INTO of the U.S. division of the beloved International Herald SECOND LARGEST GIFT IN SCHOOL Tribune newspaper. Later, Conroy became a senior global HISTORY real estate advisor for Sotheby’s International.
Michael Conroy believed in opportunity for young people. Conroy’s only connection to Cranbrook was his memory of In recent years, he had taken an interest in helping visiting the campus as a student athlete from a rival school. underserved youth gain admittance to preparatory schools. Though he always felt it was a special place, Jim Loprete, Upon his death last year, this generous New Yorker with no his attorney and friend, believes the real impetus behind formal relationship to Cranbrook left $5 million in his will the gift was simply to give deserving young people the to establish the largest scholarship fund in the institution’s chance at a better life. history. “He was very interested in helping underprivileged kids Born in Detroit in 1938, Conroy grew up in Bloomfield Hills get into prep schools so that they could get into the best where his father was a highly regarded pro at the Oakland colleges,” says Loprete, who helped facilitate the bequest. Hills Country Club. Michael Conroy himself earned the In fact, earlier in his life, Conroy had set up a similar fund title of club champion in 1962. Golf remained a passion for for young people to attend Oxford University in England. Conroy throughout his lifetime as he remained a fervent player as well as advocate for the sport, including as At Cranbrook, his generosity will establish and endow the founding member of the board of directors of the National Michael Conroy Scholarship Program. The funds received Golf Links of America. from Conroy’s estate will be invested, and interest income generated by the investments will be used to provide After graduating from Birmingham High School, Conroy spendable resources year after year in perpetuity. earned a degree in English Literature from the University “It is impossible right now to comprehend the positive of Detroit as well as a degree from Harvard Business impact that Mr. Conroy’s gift to Cranbrook will make upon School. Conroy sought to keep America informed as many individuals and our school, but to be sure, it will be publisher of Newsweek Atlantic, which covered Europe, significant and enduring,” says Drew Miller, director of the Middle East and Africa. He also served as president admissions for Cranbrook Schools.
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In recent years the need for scholarship support has Michael Conroy’s gift will increased dramatically at Cranbrook, as well as other establish a scholarship program independent schools across the country. Approximately for underprivileged kids 30% of Cranbrook’s student body currently receives some form of financial aid. Even with an annual budget exceeding $7 million, scholarship dollars are spread so thin that even the highest need students rarely receive more than 50 to 70 percent assistance. This means talented and very deserving students are sometimes turned away, or they choose to attend an institution that is better positioned to help relieve their family’s financial burden.
As the cost of tuition continues to increase, so too does the list of families requesting support. This is what makes Conroy’s gift such an impactful act of philanthropy. “His generosity will ensure that every year forevermore at least one more deserving student will have an opportunity to attend Cranbrook,” says Miller. “These students will receive a superior educational experience and will, in turn, enrich our school community.”
That idea surely would have pleased Conroy who, Loprete says, “was just a jovial Irishman who loved to play golf. He was a great guy. You couldn’t help but like him.”
And certainly, his memory will always have a place at Cranbrook, where generations of young people will be
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ALUMNUS CELEBRATES EXTRAORDINARY TEACHERS
For the last 15 years, David Fischer ’87 and his family have made it a point to celebrate outstanding teachers by awarding them complimentary vehicle leases through their Suburban Collection dealerships.
“The Suburban Collection hopes to say thank you to these wonderful men and women who give so much each and every day, year after year, to our children, our next generation of leaders,” says Fischer. “Our program of rewarding outstanding teachers is our way of showing our gratitude to the men and women who contribute so much to the development of our children.” Weaving instructor and sabbatical Fischer and his colleagues from The Suburban Collection recipient Lynn Bennett Carpenter receive the winning nominations for outstanding teachers from participating school districts. “The teachers selected CAN and has the ability to transfer that confidence to the by the school districts receive a two- or three-year vehicle students in such a way that they know they CAN.” lease based on the make and model selected by the teacher,” says Fischer. No doubt, the generosity of Fischer and The Suburban Collection family will continue to help teachers inspire the Fischer recalls the influence and importance of his next generation by honoring all they do for their students teachers at Cranbrook, including Del Walden. “I have today. many memories of coffee in the morning with Del and my dad,” he says. Those memories form Fischer’s vision of a THE RETURN OF FACULTY SABBATICALS great teacher as someone who “knows his or her students The Upper School Faculty Sabbatical Program, funded through the generosity of Don and Joanne Peterson, has long offered rare opportunities for teachers to experience personal and professional growth.
“A sabbatical program serves as an amazing resource for faculty to not only refuel their proverbial tanks but also connect with an educational passion that frequently has been pushed off to the side in the normal cycle of work and life,” says Noël Dougherty, head of the Upper School. “All educators have pet projects within their disciplines that they long to pursue. The sheer act of being able to design a program for one’s sabbatical time–and then have the opportunity to step away and devote physical and intellectual energy to pursuing it is the exact fuel educators crave.”
That was certainly the case for Upper School weaving instructor Lynn Bennett Carpenter, who was awarded a yearlong sabbatical in 2014-2015. Her time away from the classroom resulted in two main outcomes: engagement in social entrepreneurship through the Namtenga Weaving David Fischer ’87 with 2016 Teacher of the Year Studio in Detroit and time for her own artistic work that Bill Hancock and wife Winnie Davies-Hancock resulted in exhibitions and bodies of work.
30 “The sabbatical was a critical boost for me in the making was ‘now.’ Cranbrook was the fishbowl in which Miles could and exhibiting of my work and confirmed the importance be a big fish and really make a splash.” of my work with Namtenga,” says Bennett Carpenter. “The sabbatical is so important for teachers because it’s a That impact resonated around the world as Levin time to really incubate and connect with the heart of your accumulated more than 15,000 readers worldwide as work and rekindle the passion of teaching young people he documented all aspects – physical, emotional and what you do. I really can't think of anything better or more spiritual–of his illness. Readers were drawn in by his gift for exciting than that–to teach what I love!” language as well as his bravery in reflecting on the wholly unexpected and devastating circumstances in which he Dougherty and the myriad of faculty members who have found himself. In 2007, he achieved the milestone he had been selected for the sabbatical program appreciate set for himself–to speak to his classmates at graduation as how rare an experience this represents. “We are blessed they gathered together one last time. as an institution to have support for a program like this for faculty,” she says. “The support of the Petersons “By boldly following the trail of his destiny, he modeled is a reflection of the fact that our larger community a life that chooses the road less travelled in the face of understands the vital role that educators play in the unexpected circumstances,” say Nina and Nancy. “Miles development of our students.” chose to walk a path prompted by personal rather than societal standards and demands. His essential integrity CLASS OF 2007 REMEMBERS CLASSMATE and open-heartedness allowed his classmates to see the MILES LEVIN best version of themselves.” Anyone who ever met Miles Levin ’07 or read his reflections on battling the cancer that ultimately took his life could Following his passing, the Levin family established the not have helped but be moved and transformed by this Miles Levin Scholarship Fund in his memory as well an unforgettable young man. A decade after his passing, endowment fund to support Wilderness students in Levin’s classmates will gather at Cranbrook this June for honor of Nina. Over the years, those funds have benefited their 10-year reunion with Miles very much on their minds. students as they sought to further their educations and find their own voices. “Cranbrook was a microcosm for the macrocosm,” say Miles’ sister, Nina Levin ’09, and his mother, Nancy, in Says Nancy Levin, "As his mother, it gives me overwhelming shared statements. “The school gave Miles an opportunity relief and comfort to know that Miles’ spirit is still very and a context to fulfill what he perceived his destiny to be. much alive. And I feel enduring gratitude for the way As he approached his death, he knew his time for impact Cranbrook held him in the past and continues to provide a vessel for his life to live in." Miles Levin ’07 would be celebrating Nina adds, "Miles' impact is integrated indelibly into the his 10th reunion in June fabric of the Cranbrook community. His spirit transcends the generation that knew him in his time as a student. His legacy persists as one of inspiration, courage, integrity, and acceptance, and that gives me great comfort and validation."
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SENIOR ALUMNI DINNER WITH ARLYCE SEIBERT
For more photos of these and other alumni events visit bit.ly/ckalumgallery 33 KINGSWOOD CAFÉ DEDICATION-REMEMBERING NANCY TRUMBULL SEIBERT ‘47
CRANBROOK KINGSWOOD ALUMNI ASSOCIATION WINE TASTING
34 For more photos of these and other alumni events visit bit.ly/ckalumgallery YOUNG ALUMNI REMIX — THANKSGIVING 2016
MEN’S ALUMNI ICE HOCKEY
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THE 88TH ANNUAL WINTER PAGEANT AT CRANBROOK SCHOOLS
36 For more photos of these and other alumni events visit bit.ly/ckalumgallery AFRICAN AMERICAN AWARENESS ASSOCIATION ALUMNI HOLIDAY CHEER
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38 For more photos of these and other alumni events visit bit.ly/ckalumgallery SIRCHIO LECTURE WITH MICHAEL HODGES ‘72
CKAA FINANCIAL SEMINAR FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES
For more photos of these and other alumni events visit bit.ly/ckalumgallery 39 40 October 15, 2016. She was a resident of Vail, boat following his retirement. Ted and Lisa K38 CO at the time of her passing. have several children and grandchildren and also three great-grandchildren. Ted and Glenn This has been a good year. At this point, staying were roommates in college, in addition to healthy and active is a joy. I am still working C43 being classmates at Cranbrook. I’m sorry to in the pottery studio here at Shellpoint and report that JIM VAUGHN died June 2016. teaching clay techniques to people who have Editor’s Note: From John Brehm '43 After Cranbrook, Jim attended Purdue and not worked in clay before and are excited A tribute to Wendover P. Holzworth. Cornell, with time out for service in the Navy. to try it. Several of the people who work Wendover (Wendy) P. Holzworth died at His career was in the insurance brokerage in the studio have become accomplished the age of 92 on December 13, 2016 from business, living and working in San Francisco, artists in clay. It is exciting to see their work heart problems. Wendy was one of the most New York and London. He retired to Ketchum, progress. We who grew up at Cranbrook popular men in the Cranbrook Class of 1943. ID, where he lived for several years. Jim’s wife had opportunities most of our generation He was in the automobile business all his Rolande, three children and two step-children never had. Now the people moving in are the life, and he called me one day with an idea survive him. I, TOM AUSTIN, live with my wife age of my children. The baby boomers have that would revolutionize the auto business Judy in our condominium in Shaker Heights, arrived! Being 96 is fun. You get applause if forever. He asked me to go along with him OH. Last year Judy and I took several trips you just stand up and practically a standing to Frankfurt, Germany, to handle sales of including a brief stay at the Philmont Scout ovation if you throw a pot on the potter’s his idea at the Frankfurt International Auto Ranch in northern New Mexico. My 90th wheel. In February, there is going to be a Show. Upon our arrival, we ordered suites birthday was surprisingly celebrated twice show called “Ageless Creativity.” It is a juried at the InterContinental Frankfurt Hotel with lots of family and friends. I continue to show at the Davis gallery in Ft Myers. I have and decided to run an advertisement in the work part-time (estate planning) and have two five pieces of sculpture in the show and am Frankfurt Daily Zeitung for an open house, major volunteer responsibilities, treasurer the oldest participant. Because of this, they Friday and Saturday, from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. of the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio and Chair have featured me in some of the promotional English language only. We set up a beautiful of the Advisory Committee of our local Boy material and even interviewed me on the local canopy and provided hors d’oeuvres and wine Scout Council. TV. Ham that I am, I am enjoying it all. (An for 24 people and waited. We had only one addition-Feb. 6) You might want to know that response, around 3 p.m., from a gentleman Class Secretary yesterday was the opening of the “Ageless who came to practice his English! It was a Tom Austin Creativity” show in Ft Myers. Much to my total loss, but Wendy and I laughed about 216-932-1867 delight and surprise I won best in show... a this experience for many years. Wendy was [email protected] trophy and five hundred dollars. It was for the most unforgettable character, and I will a portrait bust I did of my late husband, always remember his great sense of humor George Lockhart III. Interesting as I was the and friendship. K44 oldest participant in the show. As the oldest living member of the class of ‘38, it makes it Editor’s Note: SARA WEEKS PEABODY even more fun. I gave Kingswood credit in C44 passed away, aged 90, on Saturday, December my bio. Not a bad beginning to have Marshall 3, with her children by her side. She was Fredericks as a teacher and be friends with GLENN CARPENTER continues to live in pre-deceased by her husband, Francis W. Carl Milles. I wish I could tell them. It was a Birmingham with his wife, Joan. They have a Peabody. Born in Boston in 1926, she was the great experience. They gave me a ribbon, a summer home in Pentwater, MI, close to Lake daughter of Frederica Watriss and Edward trophy and a check for five hundred dollars. Michigan. Glenn reports that he has forsaken Weeks, the editor of "The Atlantic Monthly". Barbara Curtis Jones is well. She lives in her squash and tennis but still plays golf when the She grew up in Boston and took her first life- own house and has someone coming each day weather permits. He sold his winter home in drawing class at the age of eight in Boston to help her. She says her son comes each week Arizona two years ago. JACK UPPER and his with sculptor George Demetrios. Painting was and takes her to get her hair done. She sounds wife Claudia Reid '46, live at the Shell Point her passion, in a variety of media, favoring the happy and contented. She no longer plays Retirement Community near Ft. Myers, FL. watercolor and mono-print. In the 1970s she bridge but says she could. Jack sings at every opportunity with various became curious about the traditions of the groups, especially at Christmas time. No travel Japanese painted screen and decided to learn Class Secretary now other than locally, partly due to some the techniques of construction and gold leaf June Daisley Lockhart health issues of Claudia (which are now mostly application in order to create her own screens. 239-454-8421 cleared up). Claudia reports she now has a new She studied with Yasuhiro Iguchi and other [email protected] cardiologist. TED MERRILL and his wife Lisa members of the conservation department at sold their home in Shelburne Falls, MA, and the MFA (Museum of Fine Art) and developed now live in an active retirement community her own approaches to the traditional art. She K40 in South Hadley, MA. They had lived in their had shows at the Birmingham Museum of Art, home, which Ted designed and built, for about the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Editor’s Note: Class secretary Catherine 24 years, after spending five years living on a MA, and at galleries throughout Maine, Evans Douglas '40, passed away on Saturday, where she painted for decades. Visitors to 41 the public library in Northeast Harbor, Maine, attended Kingswood School Cranbrook, then are greeted by her 4’ x 10’ painting of Mt. Mt. Holyoke College majoring in archaeology Desert Island as seen from the water. She and graduating in 1948. After her marriage in was also a writer, and under her maiden name 1950 came a lifetime of volunteer work for the Sara Weeks, was the author of the children’s Sigma Gamma Association and Foundation book, "Tales of a Common Pigeon", published and the Detroit Institute for Children, serving in 1960. She was educated at the Kingswood as a director/trustee of all three organizations School Cranbrook, ’44; Sarah Lawrence and as president. Mrs. Phillips’ volunteer College, ’46; and the Skowhegan School of efforts also included service as a trustee Painting and Sculpture. Her professional of the Detroit Historical Society, Merrill life included teaching art at the Shady Hill Palmer Institute, University Liggett School School and The Bancroft School; assistant and Cottage Hospital, the latter for more editor in the Houghton Mifflin Children’s than 31 years. She was active in the Garden Book Department; editor of "Current Design" Club of Michigan, serving as a flower show magazine, published by The Institute of chairman and was the 1984 recipient of the Marje and Itchy visit the Kingswood Cafe Contemporary Art in Boston (1950-52); editor Edith Stanton Newbury award. She served as of the re-published Search for the Real by Hans chairman of the Planned Parenthood holiday Hoffman and various projects with Bart Hayes, mart, Detroit Institute of Arts “Under the Stars C47 director of the Addison Gallery of American VII,” and the United Foundation Heart of Gold Art. She was married to architect Robertson award council. Her love of flowers, nurtured Greetings from your new class secretary. First Ward, and to art dealer Hyman Swetzoff as an arranger for the Alter Guild of Christ of all some statistics—our class numbered 72 before her marriage to Francis W. Peabody in Church Grosse Pointe, led to her founding at graduation. Since then 41, are deceased, 1968, which lasted until his death in 2001. She a small business, Gail Phillips Associates, as six lost, one do not contact and 24 “Not Dead leaves two children by her marriage to Hyman a designer/coordinator for weddings and Yet” to borrow a phrase from SPAMALOT. As Swetzoff: David Swetzoff of Chestnut Hill, parties. Mrs. Phillips was a member of the of now, I have received notes from 12 of the and Martha Swetzoff of R.I.; two stepchildren, Country Club of Detroit, the Grosse Pointe 24 who want to make the Class of ’47 “Great George Peabody of Massachusetts and Carey Club, Johns Island Club in Vero Beach, Fla., Again.” We assume the other 12 cannot find Peabody of California; five grandchildren and John’s Island Garden Club, Detroit Artist a pen or pencil. Let there be Light. Right on three great-grandchildren. Market, Detroit and Grosse Pointe Historical cue I received a note from ED LUX (Light/ Societies, Women’s Committee of the DIA, Lux, get it? Or did you skip Latin with Master the Detroit Zoological Society and the Mt. Wert?) Ed lost his dear wife of 59 years but Holyoke College Club. She is survived by her is now well cared for by significant other daughter Alexandra R. Phillips and son Elliott Barbara and three grandchildren. He enjoys H. Phillips Jr. (Sally). Donations may be made hiking, traveling, bridge and calling his broker. to the Sigma Gamma Foundation, P.O. Box Ed was Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year at 36373, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236-0373 UCLA. He just returned from Rio de Janeiro or the Elliott H. Phillips 1940 Scholarship and is off to London soon. He says he may Fund, Harvard College, 124 Mt. Auburn St., come back for the free dinner that Cranbrook Cambridge, MA 02138. A private memorial provides for our class on June 9, if I send him service will be held in the spring. the menu. I am assured by Cranbrook that the dinner will be in keeping with the standard of excellence established by Miss Benis of dining hall fame. Received a wonderful long letter K45 from LARS ANGSTROM. His wife of 64 years, Marianne, is having some health problems Editor’s Note: GRETCHEN “ITCHY” (broken hip among others) which requires MARKLE THAMS and MARJE SMITH Lars being a full-time caregiver. He says his HENDRICK paid a visit to Kingswood to French cooking leaves a bit to be desired, but check out the new Kingswood Café that is they do enjoy reading the extensive books in housed in the former “Domestic Sciences” their library. Lars also advises the Angstrom laboratory below the dining hall. After some Foundation and keeps a keen eye on the careful sampling of the organic baked goods, Gail Isbey Phillips '44 economy. He would love to see Cranbrook they pronounced the café, made possible again (wishful thinking) and sends the best to through an estate gift from Nancy Trumbull GAIL ISBEY PHILLIPS of Grosse Pointe all his classmates. TED REID and wife of 64 Seibert ’47, a smash hit. Farms, widow of the late Elliott H. Phillips, years, Carroll, enjoy their 12 grandchildren, died Tuesday, January 24, 2017. She was as all their activities are family-centric. He said 90. She was born July 1, 1926, in Detroit, to he enjoyed our 65th reunion but is not able Frank N. Isbey and Jean Robertson Isbey. Gail to come back for the 70th. ROY BANWELL
42 sent a very detailed history of his architectural to say that he and Marianne have moved to I have a world of good memories about accomplishments. He and wife Nina have Williamsburg, VA, to be near their daughter. Cranbrook and no bad memories. Very few three children and eight grandchildren and He wishes the best to all his classmates but people had as peaceful an adolescence as I have served their community as members regrets that he is unable to attend our reunion. had at Cranbrook. It was certainly the most of the planning board, garden club, Rotary, BILL BERESFORD has been married to Molly important years of my life. Nowadays, I am Improvement Society, Howe Library and '48, for 64 years. They have five grandchildren retired, of course, and I’m trying to grow old Roy was an adjunct faculty member of the and one great-grandchild. Bill founded the gracefully, with little luck. I joined a Quaker Dartmouth School of Architecture for 23 Beresford Company in 1975 and still spends Meeting about twenty years ago, and I am years. They enjoy low-impact cross country half days running it. I can vouch for the quality active in that community. While I don’t miss skiing and travel in spring and fall often, of his advertising specialties as I have used his the sermons at Christ Church Cranbrook, I do walking in France. I knew I could count on products for my Mounted Police Foundation. miss the music as well as the bells. (Quakers FRED WEITZ to help make the Class of 1947 He and Molly spend time in Florida, Arizona don’t sing.) My wife, my four children, my three GREAT AGAIN. Fred and wife Emily of 62 and trips on the Mississippi River. He wanted grandchildren and the family cat are all in years are enjoying their seven grandchildren me to comment on the loss of JIM HOWLETT good health and good spirits, as am I. I thank and are active in community enterprises in last year. We could always count on Jim to God for Cranbrook!” Des Moines. Fred also spends time helping run support all the alumni events at Cranbrook. his family construction business, which builds Bill and Molly have four children, two with Class Secretary retirement communities. I guess that makes PhDs and two with their own businesses. Bruce Smith him the “Dell Webb of Des Moines.” Fred and Good to hear from Dr. Chuck Schmidt. He has 248-334-8858 Emily had me over for a lovely dinner when I three grandchildren and one great-grandchild. [email protected] was in Des Moines for the Iowa Caucuses as He spends his time walking “Boomer,” a member of the John Glenn campaign. They socializing, golfing, kayaking and fishing. He are in Kauai, HI, as I write this. (I have trouble also does volunteer dentistry for needy K48 just going to the drugstore!) I got a great patients. In keeping with our motto, “Make letter from Emily and TOM LEITHAUSER. the Class of ’47 Great Again,” he says don’t Editor’s Note: A correction to the last issue’s Hard to condense everything in their lives into eat candy and avoid cavities. That’s about it notes. JOAN PATTEN STADLER has not one paragraph. OK, let’s try. Tom, a Michigan for your class scribe. I am not responsible for moved to Florida, we were misinformed. State grad, U.S. Army, U-M Law School and 43 libel, fake news or alternate facts! P.S. Susie years in the life and health insurance industry. and I will celebrate our 64th anniversary in Emily has had a career in retail sales for the October, and we enjoy our home on Mackinac St. Petersburg Times and Portland Oregonian. Island. C49 She retired in 2005. Then they took off in their Sally and JACK BOHON spent another fun- 38-foot RV and took up residence in a variety Class Secretary filled family Christmas at the cottage they of locations, finally settling in Ocala, FL, Bob Raisch have been renting for the last 30 years. There where they can be close to the NE Georgia 248-559-3569 were four generations, and they finally got to mountains that they enjoy in summer. Dr. JOE meet their 5-year-old grandson, Wyatt, from BROUGH reports from Grosse Isle, where Kansas. Daughter, Beth, and her husband took he is a house husband to wife Mary Jo. He C48 off for a week of canoeing in the Everglades enjoys church duties at St. James Episcopal after the celebration. “Ah! To have such church on Grosse Isle, where he has been In response to my letter requesting alumni energy,” says Sally, to which I say, “Amen.” I Acolyte Master for 24 plus years. He has had news I received the following letter from have received very sad news that Jack passed a distinguished 43-year career on the medical DUDLEY FENNELL. “Bruce, thank you so away January 29, 2017. Our condolences go staff of Children’s Hospital of Michigan and has very much for your note and especially for out to Sally and family. DAVE OSNOS has received numerous citations. He also notes the map! The map brought home the many cut back to working two days a week, which that he was the first captain of the Cranbrook changes that have occurred at Cranbrook gives him more time with Glenna, his bride cross country team. I received a note from since I was there. You may not know that I of 61 years. He is still bragging about his Jane KEYDEL that JOHN is dealing with lived in Marquis Hall for seven years, from the grandchildren; Alex on Wall Street, Rachael dementia. We will certainly miss him at our time I was 11 (Sept. 1941) until I graduated at Carnegie Institute in Washington, D.C., 70th reunion, and our thoughts will be with in June 1948. My first year I lived in Marquis, and Corrine who just graduated cum laude him. JOHN (The Rev.) ALBRECHT reported but I walked down to Brookside every day from U of Southern California and is taking a in a note that he sees six different doctors (rain, shine or snow) where I was in the sixth year off to decide if she wants to be a lawyer for six different problems. John and Christa grade. Mrs. Denby, the librarian, kept an eye or a journalist. He sends his best to the class. celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary on me that whole first year because my family JACK SPOEHR says, “No exciting news,” over the Christmas holidays. John enclosed a was living in the Caribbean. The boarders and and he wished Kathleen and me a good trip copy of a citation given to him by U.S. Senator the faculty were having coffee in the Page to Florida. GUNTHER BALZ, who still plays Gary Peters for his service during the Vietnam Hall Common Room after Sunday dinner tennis, said he hit two Aces recently but War. He says that he will attend our 70th on December 7, 1941, when we first heard acknowledged his opponent was 83. Do you reunion dinner on June 9. DICK RIPPE writes the news of Pearl Harbor. What a shocker! 43 remember Gunther is in his golden years? He the handicapped area, but his daughter is pictures for all to enjoy. “Lumpy” sends her is proof that some of us hang onto our energy. afraid he will blow the house up as the auto very best plus tons of love to everyone. She Hopefully you have gone to our website to pilot on the stove has burned out, and he is is healthy as a horse, but has aches in every view a close-up of his spitfire in the making. using matches to light it. He misses the old bone! JIM TRUETTNER sent me a correction on his match that you could fire with your fingernail. email address but no news. LOUISE LOWELL TOWNSEND and I communicate frequently, spent Christmas at son, Pete’s. She says the as I send him items I get from my Canadian weather out her way is cold one day and warm cousin and an occasional picture. He always the next. ARMAND SMITH and his Louise responds. Since no one sent me any pictures, wish us all a lovely 2017. They had a perfect I am enclosing one of me and my Florida Christmas with lots of family and much more alligator. There is a lot of good meat in the tail. snow than usual. They were iced in for several Our son, Ken '97, was home for a few weeks, days and spent the time catching up on their and he is now in Poland skiing, hiking and fixing reading. BILL BRODER has published a new a few gourmet meals for friends. Once I push book: What We Do with Our Dead. It deals the button on Send, Kathleen and I are off to with an aged storyteller following his wife’s Florida for a month. After all of the damp, wet, journey through the medical bureaucracy, gloomy weather we have been having here the which leads to her death. As he deals with sunshine and 80 degrees will be welcome. My his loss he recalls the joy of their discovery apologies to all of you without email. I promise Lincoln, grandson of Carol Lombard Afarian of each other, and the love and the event of a I will call before the next column is due. Feel ‘49 happy life together. He finds that she is alive free to write me if something good happens to within him. I am one of the lucky ones who you. Remember, go to the website c1949.org— get the LEISTER’s Christmas letter which there is lots of good “STUFF” there. is filled with the wonderful richness of their family life. There were great photographs of Class Secretary all three generations. They were grateful to Walter Denison have had another year in the place where they 248-626-1403 are most happy and hope they can continue [email protected] despite increasing health problems. The Clarks actually managed an uninterrupted New Year’s trip to the Twin Cities to surprise one of their sons on his birthday. It looks like things are looking up for them. We lost ART WEBB in October, and his obituary is on the web page. It talks of his early career founding an office supply company, than moving to Florida to start a career in real estate. I tried Hudson, grandson of Carol Lombard Afarian to find him after he was moved from the '49 convalescent home in Florida, but the home would not give me any information about him November found another great-grandmother, and the letters I sent hoping they would reach as MARYE ROSE RAIDER SCHALER his family never came back. It was sad to find welcomed her first grandchild, Cole Alexander that he was about five miles away from me, Waldenberg. and I could have visited him. If you get laid up, please tell your families to let me know where you are. I got a sad call from PETE SIMPSON advising me that he had a call from Ligia, MILT MATTER’s wife, advising Milt had passed on in December and asking Pete to pass the word. Despite TOWNSEND and CLARK’s best efforts, we could not locate an obituary. Walter Denison '49 ROSS LAVERTY, who lives near Milt, checked the county records without luck. LOUISE LOWELL reached Ligia as I was writing this K49 article, and there will be a gathering in May in Indiana, and Milt’s ashes will be put to rest. CAROLE LOMBARD AFARIAN is so Ross says he hasn’t had any recent events enthused about her son, Christopher, and Connie Clark Jones and Marye Rose Raider where people have tried to rush him into his wife, Catherine’s, two boys that she sent Schaler, both ‘49 44 LIZ GALLOGLY BACON and John renewed CA in 1995 and met Tony, who was working return to their condo in Lyon, France for the their friendship with ten glorious days in a for a large engineering firm there. In 2005 they last time this fall. What a glorious ride they long-time family home in the Les Bauges region bought a house in Port Ludlow, Wash. have had over there for 24 years. It was the of France, followed by 10 days with friends on perfect base to travel all of Europe, which they a Great Lakes carrier. Finally, they took their did with the abandon of the happy vagabond. 1990 Vanagon and traveled to Bitterroot But Carol now has to travel with a lot of Valley, MT, but stopped in Birmingham to equipment for her dialysis, and she could see visit with MOLLY SYLVESTER BERESFORD it was falling upon Cliff’s willing-but-aging and Bill. You will find them back in Montana shoulders. So they are concluding their French in 2017 at the homestead property of Liz’s adventure “with serene minds and many family heritage where their son, Charlie, will wonderful memories.” ANNE GILMOUR be the owner and keep it in the family for one HILL, who lives in Northern California, has more generation. Their Christmas gathering continued with her art, and this year was included their first great-grandchild, Hailey. awarded “Best Siskiyou Scene” for a painting Molly Sylvester Beresford '49, and family entitled Faery Falls. She sent me another image of her painting, Snowy Egret, which The welcome mat is out! MOLLY SYLVESTER was so downright gorgeous Audubon himself BERESFORD sent a great picture of her family would be impressed. SHEILA MCMULLEN with Bill and the children: Peter, Bonnie, Chris READY continues to meet up with her family and Andy. She reports that JANET FROST at the New Jersey shore each July, and they VICTOR is enjoying her life and her children. will all meet again for Thanksgiving at Sheila’s They have frequent visits and rejoice that they home in Florida. These gatherings are surely are still buddies. memories to be treasured. We had three of our children here for a beach house week in Class Secretary New Smyrna in July, and didn’t realize until Sally Laughlin Kehren Liz Gallogly Bacon '49, 1st great-grandchild, it was over that we have been renting this 248-651-1703 Hailey, and John same cottage for over 35 years. The toddler [email protected] grandson building a sandcastle in an old photo ALICE SPERO MARCH took a cruise trip now has a five-year-old son. When we first up the Canadian coast from New York to rented, there were nothing but family cottages Quebec in October and then returned via K50 and they were breaking ground for the first train from Montreal to New York. She also condo. Hard to envision now with a shoreline attended a weekend retreat near Woodstock Mea culpa! I accidently sent the wrong column of endless high-rise condos. When she wrote called “Women over 50.” They came from all into Tradition last September. So, I am sending in August, BARBARA PRIEST JESKE was over, and she is now creating a new group of the correct one along now, and then I will tack preparing for their pending move in October ladies in the 60s and 70s. She has super chats on some updates. I know you will forgive me. to a continuing care facility called The with both NANCY RUTHERFORD BRYANT Just keep in mind that what you are reading Cardinal at North Hills. Stu is still struggling and ANN WALRAD KELLY. IMY POWRIE is from last fall. So, here is the column: Many with dementia, and this facility has all levels SCHLEY is keeping warm in the terrible cold of us turned 84 this year, which has two bright of care, which will facilitate their future needs. in Milwaukee, and she expected a lot of family spots that I can think of—you can say whatever She indicated all the boys and their families for the holidays. PATTY JEWETT SOXMAN is on your mind and no one will take offense are in great shape, and one granddaughter will JONES has had cancer and survived. She because they already think you’re “goofy,” and graduate next May from the UNC Law School. has four children from her first marriage, but most doctors say we’re too old to worry about The rest of the grands are doing just what she and Tony have been together for 21 years another colonoscopy. However, in our dotage I they should — enjoying sports and growing now. They belong to the Catholic Church, no longer get messages of “Off to the Nile!” or up, with one beginning to preview colleges. and both sing in their services. They have “Biking through the Loire Valley this summer.” MARILYN HOWLETT BARNES has added two large dogs and enjoy long walks. He has Well, in truth, I don’t think any of us ever did one more great-granddaughter, Emma, to her improved her golf game that she began back bike through the Loire Valley, but we’ve had growing brood, which now numbers ten great in Scotland. While Patty was living in England, some fine adventures. ANN PATTERSON grandchildren! Marilyn has suffered some she got her bike out, got on a train and got off MUNRO and CAROL ROBERTSON GRAY, health issues, but doesn’t complain. She spoke wherever she wanted to, and biked around along with their husbands, got together of being in the “monsoon storm season,” which the countryside. Note, there is a Jewett Golf again in July with an excursion to the Detroit caught my attention since I think of Arizona as Course in Colorado, where she was the guest Institute of Arts to have lunch and view the totally arid. Is this climate change? She said speaker for their 100-year celebration. Patty African American exhibits. Ann described the they were having massive rains. And by golly, feels she is the last of this Jewett family. She importance of this exhibit to all those living in JOANIE PATERSON JARRATT mentioned did spend one year in Lake Oswego, Ore., Detroit, for “absorbing the awful and enduring the very same thing from Pearce, AZ, noting where she ran into Connie Clark Jones after experiences of blacks pictured there.” Carol her brown grass has turned to green and will church choir. She returned to Santa Barbara, had some interesting news: she and Cliff will soon need cutting. It’s August, and it’s raining 45 in Arizona! SALLY SELOVER SAUNDERS sad news. As some of you know, I lost my sweet were looking forward to a new grandson and continues to enjoy “bridge, dinner out and husband, Jack, in January. He had suffered great-granddaughter in 2017. When I last movies with friends.” In September she with kidney failure for two years and finally spoke with CARL LUCKENBACH, he was took a trip to Italy with a good friend whose was overcome with a massive lung infection. scheduled for minimally invasive back surgery daughter has a villa outside of Rome. And that But it was a soft landing in the end, simply [XLIF] instead of a fusion. Sheila and JOHN is where she stayed. Ah. La dolce vita! You’ll going to sleep and with the loving support of YOUEL had the pleasure of meeting former be happy to hear that our class president, Hospice, for which I will be eternally grateful. President George H. W. Bush last summer MARY GRINDLEY SHEPARD, is enjoying We had 65 years together, and there was not in Maine. John continues being very active: life in the beautiful state of New Hampshire, a dull moment that I can recall. And I am also golfing, singing, playing the bagpipes and where she and her boys play at golf, sort of, saddened to report that CONNIE TEETOR traveling. DICK DESKIN remains in Boyne since Mary didn’t take it up until she was 75, RODIE died last December, also of pulmonary City, Mich. Since JOHN SLAYTER moved to and says her golf is more like a variation of complications. Connie’s daughter, Robin, Kalamazoo, Deskin is our sole representative the KSC field hockey with Coach Mrs. Mac. wrote me a cute note saying, “This was the in northern Michigan, at least on a year-round She sends her love to the “Great Class of end of an era for their family. Mother was an basis. Ardis and I had dinner with Ann and 50!” ROBIN SQUIER GOLDSMITH writes amazing gal; full of life, great humor and lots BILL SALOT recently. Bill has Parkinsonism, that all is well, and she was having a lovely of unfiltered opinions.” Connie, of course, was which is slowing him down physically, but summer with Chandra and the family coming our class president, so I know this news will be he retains his sharp mind and keen sense for brunch on Sundays. She saw JANICE felt with special regret. She was a very special of humor. We also ran into Karen and Dave WESSINGER BARTLETT before Janice went part of our Kingswood years. I’ll be back in NOE, who are well and were headed for up north for the summer. They share many touch for news for the fall edition... love to you their annual sojourn on Maui early in 2017. good Kingswood memories, those two, and all. RICK FOSTER has moved to Dexter, Mich., it’s a blessing that they have been able to stay to be with his daughter, Martha Foster Davis close over the years and visit occasionally. I Class Secretary '80. She sees to it that he receives our class wish the news from PATTY MORGAN SMITH Sally Landis Bohon news. Pam and KEN WILSON are thriving in was cheerier, but alas, she reports that she 386-736-9494 Aiken, S.C., encouraged by the fact that two of no longer drives, and she has daily caregivers. [email protected] their children are nearby. While Sally is in Des Plucky as ever though, Patty simply says Moines, Iowa, Scott is in Raleigh, N.C., where “growing older is not for sissies!” A phone call he serves homemade ice cream to a thousand from GINGER FUNSTON THOMAS, however, C52 customers per day at his factory/store called indicated that she is still hot on the duplicate Sunni Sky. (Google it. I did. Oh, be sure to bridge circuit, racking up about a kazillion REUNION! JUNE 9, 10, and 11, 2017. OUR watch the video. If you ever go there, try the points by now. She will likely smile at that, but 65th! Due to unforeseen circumstances, my “Cold Sweat” flavor!) Ken’s daughter, Wendy, she does have more points than I have hair class notes, written in September 2016, were is in Greenville, S.C. Keep those emails and on my head! I am grateful to each of you for not published in the last issue of Tradition. letters coming. If you have an email address your jolly notes. Keep it up. There is always Hopefully, they were emailed or snail-mailed and aren’t part of the exchange, drop me a line another deadline looming. I’ll be in touch. to all of you by me in January 2017 and will at this address: [email protected]. Love you! Now for the updates: A Christmas be published in the summer 2017 edition. card from JANET SNADER GAGE indicated Since then, I have heard from some of you Class Secretary she is thoroughly enjoying her retirement with the following news to report: Recently Stan Hirt community with its 160 activity groups and I spoke with Brenda MAREAN, who told me 810-329-2820 1,200 neighbors. She has been there for that Frank is now comfortably residing in a [email protected] almost eight years now. ANN PATTERSON nursing facility. He is suffering from dementia MUNRO wrote that she and Don and Carol and Parkinsonism, and when he lost interest Robertson Gray and Cliff will see each other in sculpting and photography, among other C52 again at the Detroit Institute of Arts for lunch pursuits, she realized that it was time for him and a bit of gallery walking in February. She to have assistance beyond her ability to cope. (Editor’s Note: This should have appeared and Don are spending more time in Salt Lake She asked me to add her email to my list and in the Fall/Winter 2016 issue) As 2017 City at their daughter Sarah’s request. Sarah’s keep her informed of the class news, which approaches, which marks our 65th reunion boys have formed a magic group, along with she passes on to Frank. JIM PATERSON, still year, I have tried a different approach to grandpa Don, called “The Magical Tricksters,” in Arizona, brags that he has ten grandchildren gleaning news from you, my classmates. and they perform a magic show for adults. and thirteen great-grandchildren. Jim and Postcards and emails have been marginally JOAN ISAACSON CHANDLER made it back Sue Taylor '53, who now reside in senior successful in generating response, so I have to the Big Apple to attend a screening of La living quarters in Canton, Mich., plan to tried to phone as many of you as I can, limited La Land hosted by the Producers Guild. In the attend the reunion in June. TOM STONER only by lack of current phone numbers, busy meantime, she has initiated a film discussion reports that his Foundation [TKS] opened signals, full voice mail boxes, or just plain group. Joanie selects the film, the others view two wounded warrior healing gardens last reluctance to answer my calls. If you don’t see it in the theatre and then they come together year, one at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and your name below, give me a call at 810-329- to discuss it. Sounds interesting. Now, for my one at Walter Reed Hospital. The Stoners 2820 or 810-300-7036. KEN MILLS reports 46 that he and Lloyd have led hiking trips in the January and February, I met JIM PATERSON Fredericton, New Brunswick. MARK SMITH Alps and other venues for 44 years! They for lunch. Jim has had some major surgeries, called from his summer home in Scarborough, continue to thrive in Southern California. SIEG from which recovery has been slow, but sure. ME. He’s been married thirty years and going HEUSER keeps busy harvesting Northern His big gripe was that his voice doesn’t sound strong, although using a cane. He visited Ben Pike from his private lake [171 by last count] right. He remains active as a photographer and Margot Snyder, who live about half an and tending several acres of lawn and pasture. and in his church. He and Jeanine planned a hour away near Portland, and reports that Once a week he visits the nursing home where trip to New England this summer to visit their Ben, age 96, is still sharp and active. Mark Suzy spent her last years, visiting friends that ever expanding clan. Jim and I shared some fondly remembers the trip to Europe in 1952 he knew while she was there. His son has laughs as we recalled our trip from Detroit to with Hatch, Heuser, Foster and Salot. BOB taken over the family business, Bokum Tool. LA with John Hatch in December 1951, when MAST and Cathy live on 160-acre, spring-fed His daughter lives in Minnesota, has Sieg’s four we delivered a slightly bruised yellow Olds 88 Green Lake, which Bob describes as serene grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Pam convertible to a friend of Hatch’s father. We and peaceful, since a ten mile-per-hour speed and KEN WILSON continue to enjoy their passed through Tucson, where Jim’s mother limit is enforced. They make frequent trips to residence in Aiken, SC. They hosted a family lived at the time. CARL LUCKENBACH Chicago to visit one of their kids. Our world- reunion at Hilton Head Island, where Ken still lives in Ann Arbor and dabbles with an class traveler, FRANK HUSS, was passing said it was hot, Hot, HOT! BOB GILLOW, at occasional architectural project. He has linked through an international airport when he 82, remains one of the few of us still gainfully up with a parking structure contractor, and he received my email but didn’t say where he’d employed full-time. His company, Hygenesis, tries to design the elevators and staircases been or where he was headed. Joan Howlett continues to make headway in its efforts to to be more user-friendly and instill a feeling Jones, K’52, and DICK JONES still live on keep hospitals, restaurants and other public of safety in the structures. Carl spends a beautiful Lake Angelus. Some years ago Dick institutions germ-free. The Blake School in considerable amount of time in Jacksonville, inherited his parent’s retirement home in Minnesota, where JOHN HATCH taught and FL. DAVE WILLIAMS hosted a Williams/ Tucson, so they spend winters in Arizona. coached for over thirty years, is naming its new Flannery/Maxwell family gathering for fifty- Keep those emails and letters coming. If you tennis complex in honor of him, quite a tribute! plus at his daughter’s cottage in Gaylord. He have an email address and aren’t part of the John and Judy have eight grandchildren, with reports lots of golf and waterskiing. Soon he’ll exchange, drop me a line at this address, one at U-M, one at Bowdoin and one at St. continue the golf season in Florida. Enjoyed [email protected]. Olaf, MN. Penny and JOHN EDISON and Ann a lengthy phone conversation with JOE and BILL SALOT continue to enjoy summers HACKER, whom I hadn’t heard from in years. Class Secretary in West Olive, on Lake Michigan near Grand Joe and Fran have been married 57 years and Stan Hirt Haven. The Hatches enjoy a couple of weeks have two children and one grandchild. Joe 810-329-2820 at their cottage in Grand Haven as well. retired in 1999 from the University of Illinois. [email protected] Edisons winter in North Palm Beach, FL. His children are both college-level educators, Earlier this summer they enjoyed an Alaskan one in Atlanta and one in Seattle. His cruise with their sons. Salots still make Grosse grandson is a student at University of North K52 Pointe Shores their headquarters, where Bill Carolina-Asheville. Joe is battling COPD but enjoys his koi pond, waterfall and monstrous is able to travel. Recent trips include Asheville Happy 2017. I hope you’re all thinking about dog, Jasper. JACK ALWAY continues his and a ten-day tour of national parks, including our 65th reunion. Save the dates, June 9-11 medical work by mentoring residents in a Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons. JOHN and join us for a great weekend together. program founded by him, of which he is now SLAYTER’s 23 years of living and running We will keep you posted as we begin to chairman emeritus. In the past year he has set a travel agency in Sault Ste. Marie, MI, paid make plans. After sending out postcards, I up a temporal bone lab to help residents in off for the HIRTS, as we took advantage of heard from SALLY WILLIAMS DEPREE’s ear surgery. In May, Jack and Mary attended a John’s local knowledge on a trip to see the son, Rob Heinemann, who told me that Sally reunion of his Medical Specialty College. They Soo Locks with our son and grandchildren is residing in a nursing home in Tampa with live on a “beautiful small lake in Landen, north this summer. John also has time to serve as severe dementia. He said she is otherwise of Cincinnati.” Between them, Jack and Mary president of the Rotary Club and his wife, healthy and as content as can be expected. have five children and ten grandchildren. Jack Beverly, serves as president of the Chamber I wrote back to him, told him I was so sad has seven stents but has not suffered a heart of Commerce. TOM STONER and Kitty to learn this and have such fond memories attack. He describes his health as “pretty cruised the North Atlantic, Iceland, Faroe of Sally and her beautiful smile. He replied good.” DAVE NOE and Karen spent several Islands, etc. this summer. Tom will be back on and said she always put her family first, and months in Maui last winter. In the spring, they the croquet tournament circuit this fall and even in her current state, she smiles and visited South Carolina, where their grandson winter. The Stoners’ Foundation is “opening a sings. I also had a reply from MARGARET is a collegiate golfer. Dave is trying, with some healing garden with accompanying research VAN HENGEL ORAM’s son John Dreystadt. success, to harvest all the walleyes in Lake to determine the effect of nature on healing Margaret passed away October 2016 from Charlevoix. He came to St. Clair for a one-day of wounded warriors at Walter Reed Medical a very aggressive esophageal cancer. She Member-Guest tournament at St. Clair Golf Center.” TONY STEELE, to my knowledge had been pretty independent but having Club, where together we demonstrated that our only Canadian resident classmate, reports issues with swallowing. By the time she saw a 80-year-olds should confine their golf to the that he has no spousal connection, but he is doctor, she also fell, broke her hip, and then “forward” tees. While vacationing in Arizona in enjoying life and continuing to write poetry in was diagnosed with the cancer, which had 47 already spread. She was in hospice for only am addicted to Fox News and watch it a lot to be close to family again.” JACQUI HARRIS one week. I feel bad that I hadn’t seen her for — 'til Ed makes me turn it off! I’m not feeble GARD wrote from La Quinta, Calif., where a long time, as we were such good friends at yet but sure slower! Isn’t it amazing to think she and Merle were spending three months Kingswood. It shows that we shouldn’t put off that we’re all old women?” JANE PHILIPP enjoying the sunshine and all of their kids reconnecting with old friends, as suddenly, it’s BOUTON writes, “Our traveling days have and some grandchildren visiting them. “I am too late, especially at our age! I had a great dwindled to a few, but we did manage to have looking forward to our BIG reunion and hope visit with TONIE GOSSETT DENNING on the two glorious weeks with our family at the lots of our class will be there. Take care, and I phone. She and I had so much fun reminiscing beach in Rehoboth, Del., last summer. Our will look forward to seeing you after I return about our childhood and how much it means daughter Katherine was celebrating her 60th April 1!” LYDIA IRVIN MILLER called me, and to stay in touch now that we’re all “older.” She birthday. How can that be when we are still in we had a great visit. She is doing pretty well is living with her daughter Jen and husband our 70s! The ‘kids’ did all the cooking and took and still lives in Kentucky. Her grandson Pete in Washington state, south of Seattle. She Norman to dialysis three times a week; the Miller is now a senior at Princeton and has had feels so fortunate to be with them, says she dialysis center was only a few blocks away. We a great college basketball career there where is doing as well as can be expected and they plan to rent the same house again next he plays center for their team. Princeton is #1 are wonderful to her. She wishes she could summer.” Katherine and Helen visited them in the Ivy League. I watched one of his games come to our reunion and sends her love to all. in January. They were taking a break from on TV in December, and it was fun seeing him GLORIA MACARTHUR VANDUYNE writes planting apple trees and making cider. Instead, play. She also told me her grandson Barron that as of June 1, she closed her business they will be snowboarding out west for several will be getting married in April, and she is of 42 years. “Do I miss it? Yes I do, but it was months before returning to the hard work of excited about that. CONNIE VANDEVEER time. We have 25 grandchildren (17 girls and “farming.” They stopped off in Seattle for a visit BERESFORD and Jim are in Florida again for 8 boys). No. 10 great born on Christmas Day with their sister, Claudia. Larry, retired from the winter. as was his great-great-great-grandfather. the World Bank, has discovered previously Just learned No. 11 is in the oven. You never unexpected artistic talents and is, of course, know what a blind date will lead to! Keeping an all A student. Their five grandsons are up with them and what’s going on in the world growing up to be fine young men. Sorley and is a full-time job.” Her husband (MD) retired his bride, Sara, have just purchased their first about the same time she did, after 56 years as house in Silver Spring, Md., and have promised a primary care physician. She loves it except to host Thanksgiving next year. Conor will he’s never heard of ‘but not for lunch.”’ She graduate from the University of Maryland this says, “Please tell everyone not to believe December with a degree in philosophy and everything they hear about Flint. We have a creative writing and, as proud grandparents, No.1 Cultural Center and second largest Art they can report his 3.8 grade average. His Family of Connie Vandeveer Beresford '52 Museum in Michigan. (Still involved in Institute future plans include returning to work as a of Music.) Kettering University is here. Top bartender. Both Norman and Jane continue They now have a new great-great-grandson, engineering college, U-M extension, Michigan to be in good health by exercising their bodies and Connie received a new knee in June. “I State Medical School. We just happened to at the gym and the brains in Italian class. She wanted to build up quickly after the surgery. be the first with a water problem. Many cities said, “I hope to make it to our 65th reunion!” My fabulous daughter-in-law, Debbie, was have poor infrastructure and will be having My postcards were returned from my PT and granddaughters, Maria and Laura, the same problem. We live in Flint Township MARGARET ARMSTRONG FALLON and recommended a Fitbit. I have been wearing so not affected by the water. Should be an MARTHA WALLBILLICH CHALFANT. Does it ever since, and I was walking two miles interesting year ahead. Most important, we anyone have information about them? CAROL before December. I still use it to maintain my just celebrated our 60th anniversary, and I FAULKNER PECK has had a big change in her strength.” The family picture shows daughter count my blessings every day.” SALLY LOWE life. Her big house and bigger yard in Maryland Ann and her husband, Tom Schneider, their BECKER sent me a note at Christmas. “We got to be too much for her to maintain, so she daughters, Maria and husband Carlos Pons, are reasonably well, no big problems. Hearing decided to move to a multi-level retirement Laura and fiancé Andrew Shaw, son Tom and is diminished but resisting help yet! Still riding community in upstate New York near her Debbie, Connie and Jim, grandson John our ponies which are here with us again. We daughter’s home. She says, “I have a private and wife Samantha, young Jack, and Tom’s keep saying this may be the last year. We just cottage with garage, but as I require more help, other son David and fiancée, Phoebe Sharpe. feel lucky to be able to ride them and care for it is right here — no need to ever move again. Laura’s wedding will be in October, Dave’s has them daily. Our lives are pretty simple and This is a wonderful and active community, yet to be scheduled. He and Phoebe both close to home, but I am so thankful for the and many of the residents are also retired are working for Beresford Company from relatively good health we both have. Ed still professors. I have many new friends and have Nashville (the southern branch!), and Phoebe feeds and cleans up after the horses every day joined three groups: writing, reading and is an up-and-coming musician, composer and without them he wouldn’t have a job — he purely social (all of us are named Carol). Best and singer. Tom and Debbie are working for has worked every day of his life and doesn’t sit of all, I have been invited to teach a course Beresford Co. in Southfield. “We feel so real well — I do — but he has to be busy to be in poetry writing at a branch of Binghamton blessed with such a close and loving family!” I happy! He is much slower than he used to be University — that will start in the fall. All of heard from MARY LOU SIMONS ZIEVE. “My but still the energizer bunny — in slow gear! I the students are over 50. It is especially nice travel world is still happening. I truly love going 48 and meeting people and sharing stories and I a brand new Kingswood Café, thanks to a is made up of love, time and memory, all the plan to continue until I fall over! Last spring I donation from Nancy Trumbull Seibert '47, things that really matter. And at the heart of went on a cruise to Norway with a dear friend where anyone of us could meet with the other our story will always be Ned Bearden.” Ned who went to school with Mort. She also lost for a lovely lunch. Let’s think about it.” She will be warmly remembered as a dear friend her husband. She has a dynamite personality also says how grateful we all can be for Margi who loved life and so enjoyed the company and energy. People got a kick out of watching Brown, Susan Post and Charlie Shaw who of classmates, co-workers, family and friends. her wave her cane around, which was painted create such a welcoming atmosphere, and also That famous Bearden smile lives on! AND like an American flag. Next, is a river cruise Kathy Discenna as an honorable alumni now. ANOTHER – Our memorial list of deceased with her to Vienna in October.” Mary Lou Finally, she says, “I love my family, especially classmates grew by one when I learned that is still running back and forth to Florida, my incredible grandchildren, because they DAVID SLOSS had also died. Information hoping to get to Stratford and also The Shaw love me the way I am and don’t tell me what was supplied by one of his sons, Andrew, Festivals this summer, at least one or two to do.” I can relate to that. Grandchildren are who is a federal judge in Flint. Andrew told more trips to New York to “pig-out on theatre awesome. As for me, another year has flown me that his father, who had three strokes and museums,” and a possible trip to London by with so many great memories (visits from in 2013, suffered a series of strokes and with her cruise partner. She finally finished children and grandchildren) but unfortunately, died at the age of 81. David had lost his wife the remake of her kitchen, garage and next is we had a very sad summer. We lost our Mary Lou to cancer in 2014 and was living the upstairs. “Still involved with my volunteer wonderful son-in-law, Miles Robinson, last in a rest home in Grosse Pointe. His other work and loving it. Also various other July. He was the husband of our daughter, Kai son, Jeffrey, is with Ford Motor Company; ‘projects.’ Mort used to say, ‘Mary Lou has '76, and father of our grandchildren Jack '03, they have five children between them. In two speeds... on and off!’” Mary Lou’s younger and Hannah '05. Miles died in a tragic bicycle his business career, David spent 45 years at granddaughter, Julia, the writer in the family, accident in Wyoming, where he, Kai and the Detroit Arsenal in Warren. AND STILL decided to study history and archaeology Hannah were part of a bike tour. He taught ANOTHER – Not long after I mailed in my and wound up in Greece for a big “dig” last middle school science at Kingswood for many scribblings for this space, and just before the summer. Her older granddaughter, Sara, years (since 1996), was active in HUB, which deadline for this issue, I received a phone recently finished illustrating a children’s book. was very important to him and was loved by so call shocking me with the sad news of the She and her boyfriend (since 10th grade) many. We treasure his memory and will always sudden death of HARRY LOMASON. The also like to travel. He’s an inner-city teacher, miss him. mournful caller was Harry’s wife of 45 years, and they live in Philadelphia. She brought Mary Alice, who somehow took the time daughter Melissa and Sara to New York last Class Secretary despite her grief to call me. Harry had died fall for my “favorite things.” “My sad note, I lost Ann Wettlauffer Benjamin just the day before, at the age of 82. He was my dear Walter last August. He was 87. He was 248-647-2489 in the hospital for tests and observation, so involved in the community and such a vital [email protected] after experiencing troubles at home due to soul. He still ran his advertising company and his ongoing problems with aneurysms, artery raised money for so many causes. I consider blockage and breathing difficulties because myself very lucky to have found this special C53 of his COPD. (Regrettably, he was a long-time relationship at such an advanced age. We had smoker.) During visitation hours for Harry nearly six years together. We have another WITH THE TRAMP OF THE TWENTY- at the funeral home, BUD MOORE and special reunion coming up this summer. I’m TWO MEN – Somber echoes of that rousing GEORGE BIHLER (George in a wheelchair planning to be there with bells on... And, I chorus from the Harrow School Song, better due to a broken foot suffered in a wintertime hope many of the ‘52 ladies will join in the fun.” known as “Forty Years On” from Cranbrook’s accident) were there to represent our class. From BARBARA BLACK DONDERO… Hi to graduation ceremonies came back to me I thank them for their attendance. A great, FRITZI FOSS JOHNS (friends from 1949- when I received the sad news that NED memorable classmate and a strong teammate 2017) and to JULIA KEYDEL (1939-2017). BEARDEN had died. The ever-smiling and (soccer, hockey and baseball) at Cranbrook, “I love you both, two of the best roommates always-grinning “Judge” is our 22nd classmate Harry went on to have a stellar career both in anyone could ever have.” Fritzi often travels to die. He died last December at 82, business and in civic affairs. He was president to visit her son, Steve, and family in Maryland. surrounded by Marcia, his wife of 59 years, of his company and was a board member of He is a coach for Navy football. Julia enjoys and their three children, Steve, Sarah and Tim. the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the photographing trees and flowers and turns Ned and Marcia were the proud grandparents Michigan Opera Theater. He had four children them into beautiful greeting cards. Riverside of nine. GEORGE BIHLER, STEVE STUBBS, with his first wife, and he and Mary Alice had Park in NYC is a favorite place of hers to and HARRY LOMASON represented our two more. The fine Lomason family continues walk and take photos. In April, Barb is looking class at Ned’s services. Harry sent me some in Harry’s memory in those six, their spouses forward to heading down to Sanibel Island. In printed items from that event, one of which and their 11 children. MASTER CLASS – Back May, she will go up north to her cottage and I’ll quote here because the message is so in our long ago school days, we were blessed, swim and boat in Mullett Lake. “Guess what? meaningful: “The story of our family is made although we didn’t know it or appreciate it at I no longer waterski, but those were the days! up of many things, from silly jokes to good- the time, with a wealth of superb, dedicated I also think back to our days at Kingswood night kisses, from nicknames to summer and long-serving faculty members. Back then and treasure ‘Saddle Shoe Days’ and senior vacations, from hard goodbyes to the most we called them “Masters,” and they were cabin afternoons together. Kingswood has joyous homecomings. The story of our family just that, masters of the fundamental and 49 essential art of teaching. These men were as Cranbrook’s barber for 55 years. He died Peninsula with some medical colleagues a such imposing figures that merely a list of in 1986 at the age of 82 and a large part of few months ago, I motored back to Oregon some nicknames is needed for identification our school’s history ended with him. Ev’s via Palo Alto, where I visited with Marilyn – “Hubie,” “Temp,” “Big Ben,” “Little Eddie,” barbershop was located in the basement and Joe Prendergast '55. Short on time, I did “Wombie” and “The Admiral.” In school lore of Page Hall, and it is fondly remembered not catch the Chittendens in the Bay area. I the hallowed names are Davis, Licklider, as being as important to the Cranbrook continue to enjoy (and fret) over the politically Snyder, Wonnberger, Thompson and also Educational Community as any of the actual incorrect emails I receive on a regular basis Wert, Bunt, Coulter, Ricketts and Schultz. classrooms in the academic buildings. Ev’s from Dave Chittenden and Don Slotkin. But I Among its many attributes, Cranbrook seems lasting contribution to the gathering of look forward to my almost annual rendezvous to have always had outstanding teachers. We, knowledge by “his boys” is forever captured with “snow birders” (no, not snow boarders) who were exposed to a classic Cranbrook in a plaque found at the tree’s base. With his Liz and George Glover and Fred Matter in education, owe so much to so few! usual adept choice of words, Ben Snyder Tucson again. came up with this memorable and succinct inscription: “A trim, a chat and a good deal Class Secretary of sensible advice.” So like Ev’s indelible Jack Bagdade impact on all of us “old boys,” his now-mighty 517-914-1501 tree soars higher and higher. Let us serve his [email protected] memory by living the words of our school’s motto, “AIM HIGH!” C55 Class Secretary Elliott Trumbull BILL RAISCH informed me today, February 239-593-3478 9, 2017, that Judi Dawkins, wife of PETE DAWKINS, passed away February 8. I forwarded his message to all classmates for C54 whom I have a valid email address. Here’s what he wrote, for the benefit of those who Now that our commencement date is well didn’t receive the message. “Judi Dawkins past “forty years on…” I think a class census passed away yesterday after a courageous is in order. How many classmates are alive, fight against an autoimmune disease. For going to the gym, doing yoga, bicycling, etc., those classmates who may wish to be in touch or counting on longevity genes to be fit for with Pete, his address is: Brig. Gen. Peter M. Ev’s tree: then (June 1987)… our 65th Class Reunion in 2019? When we Dawkins (U.S. Army, Retired), 2640 Grey Oaks commenced, we were 44. Twelve members Drive North, Apt 26, Naples, Florida 34105... of our group are deceased, most recently Dr. Our hearts are broken for Pete and his family.” SHELLEY BAUM who practiced ob-gyn in Georgia for many years. Among our remaining and stalwart 32, 14 choose not to provide their email addresses, which I read as electing to remain incommunicado. This leaves only 18 from whom your class secretary can source Tradition-worthy copy. And where are we? Not surprisingly, our class geographically is distributed “afar and asunder” weighted in the Midwest: 12 – Biggert/IL, OHMART, Christie, R. DAJNOWICZ, FRACASSI, DONDERO, Goldman, Sears, MARIANI, Meier, Sprague – all in Michigan, with our only stones-throw away ex-pat Ross/ONT, and New England: 6 – Glover and Richmond in ME, Duffy/ VT, Asbury/NH, Martin/MA, Rockwell/RI. …and now (Feb. 2017) In the Southeast: 8 – Talbot/TN, Cochran/ Pete Dawkins '55, and wife Judi MS; M. Dajnowicz, Gillis/NC, Russert/SC; A TREE GROWS IN “EV-LAND” – Thirty years Jerome, KEYDEL, SLOTKIN/FL, and moving As of this writing, the only information I have ago in 1987, a simple ceremony honoring a westward Howell/CO, and on the West regarding the memorial service is that it will simple man took place on the Cranbrook Coast: 5 – Chittenden, Barnes, Wiener/CA, be held on May 12, 2017 at the U.S. Military Quad. A tree, really a modest sapling, was Matter/AZ, BAGDADE/OR. After a number of Academy, West Point, NY, with formal details planted in memory of Ev Arthurs, who served underwhelming golf outings on the Monterey 50 to follow. Thanks to CLIFF COLWELL, who FRANK DUNCAN writes, “Since 2010 I describe Nancy as a lady in the truest sense always informs me about his activities. He began to have difficulty in always properly of the word. From our ’55 Woodwinds, “She writes, “Glad that you are still on the job. No contacting the brake pedal when attempting was genuine, gracious, and unassuming. With real new news from Southern California. I to stop my car. And in late November this malice toward none, with charity for all.” continue in the pursuit of a cure for arthritis by year I made the major decision to stop driving way of stem cell and three-dimension printing a car in order to avoid the possibility of a technology with grants from the California serious accident. So, I reluctantly returned Institute of Regenerative Medicine and the my new red Chevrolet Malibu lease car. NIH. We have met our yearly milestones, And, fortunately, friends have volunteered and, if this progress continues for another 18 to drive me for weekly shopping and various months, we should be ready for a human trial important appointments, as I acclimate to this in August of 2018. The above have taken me reduced mobility… I am thankful to have made to NYC for a presentation to the American it through another year in uninterrupted good Academy and to Paris for the International health without any bumps in the road. My low- Cartilage Society Meeting. Carolyn and I salt diet continues to keep my blood pressure are planning a trip to the Baltic in the fall of nice and low.” Tell me about it, Frank! A bunch 2017, non-academic in nature. Since nothing of us are experiencing “reduced mobility” serious has given way on the physical side, in one form or another. I hear about it from at least as of today, my son and I are heading various classmates but don’t share it unless for the Super Senior Father and Son National they give me permission. I would love to know Tennis Tournament, in which the father has to how all of us are doing as we settle into our Nancy Sterling Brown '55 be over 80 years of age. Maybe there will not 80s. We can share the highs, the lows and be anyone else standing, so there is a chance everything in between in a manner that keeps JUDY EARLE GILLOW was shocked to for a reasonable ranking.” For the past two us a close-knit group. hear about Nancy. “She was a nice lady, and I years while traveling to Higgins Lake, we have enjoyed being with her at our 60th reunion,” driven up to Petoskey and visited Marilee Thank you, Cliff, Jim and Frank for sharing she said. In February, Judy met ELLEN FLINT and GORDON FLEMING. They spend their your news this time around. Thank you, Bill, for PRICE for the fourth year in Arizona for a summers there, traveling to Fort Meyers keeping us all informed. I can’t imagine Pete’s week of R and R. for their winters. They continue to do well. grief in losing such a wonderful soul mate. You probably already have the news of the Hopefully time will allow the pain to subside loss of Dave Martin, class of 1956, to cancer and sweet memories to prevail. Best to all. earlier this year. His wife Nancy continues to Stay in touch. live in Ann Arbor. Marianne, K’55, and JIM CURRIE shared their holiday letter with Class Secretary me. I pass along the following excerpts. “It’s Dwight Davis been quite a year for the family — new jobs, 480-968-3251 new houses, completed projects, college, a [email protected] ninetieth birthday and a hurricane.” Their son-in-law Peter started a new job with the (R-L) Ellen Flint Price '55, Katelyn, Sarah Cloyd Carnegie Science Institute of Washington, K55 '80, Jaime, and Haley D.C., and daughter Colleen was admitted to the D.C. bar. “They are settling into their new As you know, we lost NANCY STERLING This summer, Judy will be back in northern house and jobs, and seem really happy.” Son BROWN. She passed away on September Michigan playing golf and just enjoying that Dave, still a bachelor, has no lack of candidates 20, 2016, after 19 years courageously beautiful area. As SANDRA COLLON WATTS who “just don’t seem to stand the test of time. battling breast cancer. Following Kingswood, emailed me, she was “coloring and listening Life here has been pretty good most of the Nancy graduated from Cornell in 1959 and to classic country music.” She expects to get year. My (Marianne’s) eyes and Jim’s memory received her master’s in education from U. another summer at the cabin, with the help of continue to fade, but not enough yet to cause of Delaware in 1971. As a career, she taught her kids. All the children and grandchildren unsurmountable obstacles, just complete home economics to high school and middle are well and thriving. Sandra loved the recent frustration at times. We ended up spending a school students. Her church, volunteering Tradition. She said, “So much diversity in week in a Best Western on I-75 in Perry, Ga. with the blind, travel and gardening were an the students and the projects that they do. Happily it was a good location to do some important part of her life, as well as Cornell. Wonderful opportunities and, judging by the exploring, and we were able to visit FDR’s Nancy was a dedicated alumna and chaired content, acceptance of others. ‘Enter to learn, house in Warm Springs, Jimmy Carter’s farm in many of her college class reunions. She loved go forth to serve.’” After two-and-a-half years Plains, Andersonville, the Hay House in Macon her family more than anything in the world and in Arizona, MIMI NEELY O’NEAL and Mike and the Aviation Museum. Jim still frequently gave herself selflessly to them. She is survived moved to a lovely apartment overlooking talks about that little trip. It actually made by her husband Chuck, her four children, 13 the Pacific in Carmel, CA, one hour from Los sitting out the storm fun and interesting.” grandchildren, and her sister-in-law. I would Gatos, where they originally lived. Mimi is 51 looking forward to the end of May when her and particular places on campus, such as the arrived really early, they were in the front, very granddaughter will be married in Newport senior cabin, which no longer exists. She and near the stage and the screen for the program, Beach, CA, on a boat. Sounds like great fun! husband Don live a very quiet life and are featuring many speakers including Gloria LIZ KIRK CRAMER reports she had a nice very happy. Her children and grandchildren Steinem, Michael Moore, an immigrant child summer with her family at her home on the all come to Florida to visit now. Martha would named Sophie and Cecile Richards, president Cape. She will spend a week in March in the love to come to Michigan in the spring and of Planned Parenthood. Turks and Caicos with her daughter, Martha, walk the Cranbrook/Kingswood grounds and John. Liz has evidently given up spending again, checking out her favorite places. When winters in Florida, at least for now. LYNDA Hurricane Matthew was approaching Hilton GENTHE CHAMPION texted me from Ft. Head Island, Jim CURRIE, C’55, wanted to Lauderdale, where she and her son, Jim, were stay in the house, but MARIANNE did not. staying before heading up to Palm City, near She won out, and they spent a week in a motel Stuart, to visit her brother, Dick, and his wife, in Perry, GA, taking advantage of various Ginny. Last August, Lynda started back to tourist attractions such as FDR’s house, Jimmy work at the store just three miles from her Carter’s farm, and other places. However, they lovely new apartment. MELINDA BOOTH faced a mess upon returning home, uprooted had a wonderful week in Sunriver, OR, last trees, some water damage in the house, Marilyn MacKenzie Montgomery '56, and July with her two children and their offspring. the driveway partially taken out causing a daughter Monica Games, bikes, water activities, great food broken waterline, as well as broken cable and drink — hoping to make a return trip this connections. Luckily they were able to stay in For the actual mile-and-a-half March to the summer. She is planning to visit her son, Chris, the house. Marianne is “glad she doesn’t have Washington Monument, there were about and his family in Seattle in March. Melinda to haul water to flush, wash, drink, etc. all the 750,000 marchers making much progress has taken up knitting in lieu of painting and time.” The Curries are no longer part of the nearly impossible. (The Metro clocked in over pastels, and she is still lending her voice to Hilton Head Big Band. Marianne can’t read 1 million riders!) Marilyn and Monica wore the church choir since the mid-80s! She also music anymore, and Jim only plays upright their “Nasty Woman” T-shirts; many others exercises at the gym and in the pool every day bass by ear. Their keyboard friend comes over wore “pink pussy hats,” wool hats with kitty to keep in shape. Over Xmas, ELLEN FLINT and “jams” with them, so Jim gets a chance to ears on top. Summing up her total experience, PRICE and her daughter, Sarah Cloyd '80, and play, and it’s fun for her. Stay well and keep in Marilyn noted that the crowd consisted of her three granddaughters Jaime, Katelyn and touch. Send news anytime, email, phone, or mainly women but also of men and children... Haley vacationed in Egypt. They spent four snail mail. all races, colors, totally inclusive, friendly... days cruising south on the Nile from Luxor to wanting to show their commitment for human Aswan, and then toured Cairo for four days. Class Secretary rights. The March gave Marilyn hope in these Ellen rode (or sat on) a camel in front of the Ann Merseles Reed troubling times. However, after standing on Pyramids on Xmas Day. I guess it was quite 248-425-0363 her formerly broken ankle for six hours, it was an experience getting on and off the camel. [email protected] time to leave. In fact, she could barely walk To my knowledge, JOAN BAILEY FIRMAN the following morning; fortunately, her ankle is the only other classmate who has ridden a improved throughout the day and was feeling camel, so you two can compare notes. Ellen K56 normal by the end of it. Throughout 2016, commented, “It was pretty surreal losing my Marilyn shared other notable occasions with son-in-law and visiting India and Egypt in the Continuing...spring 2017. Even though we have Monica. During last summer Monica, along same year.” BETTY ANN HILL GLASCOCK said “goodbye” to 2016, we will always have with her son, Jack, and her partner, Tom, and had a busy summer with family and friends. the endearing memories of our continued his son, Julian, visited Marilyn and Robert in Granddaughter Samantha graduated from journey through life’s happenings and Sag Harbor. The kids loved swimming in their college and got married, and grandson, experiences that occurred throughout the old pool. Robert took Julian sailing as well. Jack Joshua graduated from high school, all in year. Now we have begun 2017, a new year of opted to stay on land! They were all together Virginia. Following that, Betty Ann took a trip new hopes that inspire new dreams to believe again for Thanksgiving at Monica’s place in to Isle Royale National Park for the 100th in and to realize. It is up to us to determine Virginia. Only Monica and Tom returned to anniversary of the park. On the way home her and formulate what we want 2017 to be. For Sag Harbor for Christmas... a lovely time group happened upon a Spanish galleon and several of us, the Women’s March on January together for the four adults. The kids were a privateer, the Baltimore. They were able 21 gave us an inspiring beginning, giving us new with Monica’s and Tom’s respective exes. For to board and explore both ships. Xmas was hope toward realizing our dream of preserving two weeks in May, Marilyn and Robert look spent in Colorado with daughter Kimi and our treasured American democratic values forward to celebrating their 40th wedding the grandkids, Anna and J.W. Back home, in and principles. MARILYN MACKENZIE anniversary in England, where they spent Michigan’s U.P., Betty Ann keeps busy with MONTGOMERY, accompanied by Robert their honeymoon. Monica and Tom plan to join various activities and groups. I recently had her husband and Monica her daughter, was them for the second celebratory week and a a great “catch-up” phone call with MARTHA in the Washington, D.C. Women’s March. festive dinner at the historic, elegant Rules MEHRER KELLER. We reminisced about However, according to Marilyn (and the news), Restaurant in London. One of JUDITH (Judie) our Kingswood days, classmates, teachers it was more a “crawl” than a “march!” Having BARBER COOK’s daughters was also at the 52 Women’s March in D.C. and was thrilled to be because they wanted Judie and John to a part of it... NO guns! NO rioting! NO fires! feel part of their wedding. Judie and John NOTHING untoward! Just making a statement were thrilled! They were also thrilled at the for the rights of ALL people! Both Judie and arrival of their second great-grandson last her husband, John, dealt with a couple of June 11 on their 56th wedding anniversary... health issues in 2016. Judie had her second hip such a welcome present! At last count, they replacement last May, preventing her return have five “greats!” ToLYNN BURROWS to Cranbrook for our 60th reunion. However, DONALDSON’s disappointment, she was she considered herself very fortunate to have not able to participate in the Women’s March her three daughters with her (her son, a good in Chicago, due to a difficult conflict. After nurse also, was in Nebraska) to help her to a traveling a lot during the previous year, she Gini Cumings Inman’s '56, granddaughters speedy recovery. She was so delighted to and her husband Cam decided to stay close Claire and Olivia (“YaYa”) have two working hips again! Within three to home in Chicago during 2016, much to weeks she was driving... feeling very proud of their enjoyment. Consequently, they spent Among the family traditions, their favorite one herself! John, on the other hand, had a much the Christmas holiday season in Chicago, and of all is their annual decorating of Christmas slower recovery from a fall he took going out their kids came to them. Tickets to the mega- cookies on Christmas Eve day. The tradition for the newspaper in November and breaking hit musical Hamilton were their major present began when Gini’s daughter, Fenton, was only his shoulder in three places. He still was in to each of their kids and grands. Lynn cannot two and has continued every year since! Now discomfort into the New Year. Consequently recommend it more highly. “A MUST SEE!” it has become three generations who and disappointingly, they both had to miss She also finds giving “experiences,” rather participate. This time, Olivia’s long-time their grandson’s wedding in Mexico at the than “things,” much more fun, especially since boyfriend, Keegan, was also included. Olivia’s end of November. Their daughter, Gini, who she dislikes shopping! More fun experiences dad, Paul, was the judge and a very judicious is an Episcopalian priest, conducted the that the entire family shared while in Chicago one indeed making sure most of all that nine- ceremony on the beach at night. Nearly the were visiting the renowned Art Institute of year-old Claire got an award! According to entire family was there. Judie and John were Chicago and skating on the new “ice skating Paul, he was “blind judging,” not really knowing so disappointed to have missed it. However, ribbon” in Maggie Daley Park. The “ribbon” who he was awarding! However, the award for a totally unexpected surprise arrived on of ice winds through the rolling landscape of the ugliest decoration went to Keegan, who New Year’s Day! The bride and groom called the park in the heart of downtown Chicago had never experienced decorating Christmas to ask if they could see them and show them with the city’s skyline as a backdrop, offering cookies. But, poor guy, he really did deserve the wedding photos. Of course, the answer a unique skating experience. Shortly before the award! They all had fun teasing him... but was “Yes!” However, the very intimate, mini- the holiday season began, VIRGINIA (Gini) he was such a good sport, he really did not wedding ceremony that accompanied the CUMINGS INMAN decided to downsize and care. He was just so happy being part of this photos was a total surprise! moved into an adorable “casita,” still within fun family tradition! Farther out west in the sprawling Santa Fe city limits. Fortunately, California, MARSHA (Penny) RUDOLPH the casita is big enough to accommodate her ADAMS O’NEILL also has a Christmas beautiful Navajo rugs and her favorite Native tradition of baking holiday cookies with her American paintings, all of which seem to be granddaughter, Allie, 13, in Seattle, since Allie very comfortable in their new home. Her only was three. Penny and her daughter, Stephanie, regret about the move was that she “lost” went to Seattle to spend Christmas with her cheese grater! Even though she bought a Penny’s son, John, Anne, and Allie. Ed, Penny’s new one, it just was not nearly as good as her husband, spent Christmas in Southern old, ancient one. She was keeping her fingers California with his children and grandchildren. crossed that it would still surface eventually Penny finds winter in California to be an in one of the remaining unpacked boxes! By especially wonderful time of the year as most the time the holiday season arrived she was days are perfect sweater weather and nights settled enough to drive up to the Denver are cool. Reflecting back over 2016, she area to share Christmas with her daughters, recalled several highlights. In May, as her term Fenton and Miles, and their families who live as regent president of her DAR chapter fairly near to each other just south of the city. ended, she was elected to be the treasurer for Daughter Gini officiating at Judie Barber She spent several nights with each family. two years. Her chapter has 180 dedicated Cook’s '56, grandson’s home wedding Most of the time they were all together having members, who daily volunteer to help make fun. The cousins... Olivia, 18, and a freshman their community a better place through Everyone was in jeans, including the priest, at Colorado State; Paul, a high school junior; various service projects... academic contests, daughter Gini and John with his sling! The Tommy, 16, and a high school sophomore; historic preservation, educational programs five of them gathered in the sunroom, where and Claire, 9, are very close and really good and helpful service to veterans and their the Christmas tree was still up, for the friends. Claire and Olivia...”YaYa” to Claire families. She continued to pursue her “official” U.S. marriage... Gini is not registered since as a baby she could not pronounce genealogic research. She finds it thrilling to in Mexico. The kids opted to do it this way Olivia... especially are true “cousin buddies.” visit places where her ancestors lived, to feel
53 the history of their lives, and, in some her life offers her. Life is always changing! Life Jane made sure that they behaved and felt instances, to meet people who share her is not permanent! Before the holiday season that Taygen was glad when she left because he passion and sometimes even her lineage. She began, KAY PERRING made her annual fall was tired of helping Grandma! Those three has actually met several new cousins that way. trip to Birmingham/Bloomfield Hills for fun dogs and three kittens needed a lot of Summer found her in St. Ignace, MI, enjoying activities with longtime friends there. During attention! Because Jane could not get the car the beauty of the Upper Peninsula, visiting her visit one of her friends drove her on a out, they all were happy when Kerry and Scott with family and hosting their family picnic. The premier “Detroit-renewal tour.” Kay was an returned, and they all could go out to dinner. guest list included four generations of her enthusiastic witness to the results of Detroit’s Jane continues her usual activities: walking in mother’s family. Ed, John, Allie and Stephanie evolving dream of pursuing its rebirth. The the water for exercise, playing bridge and were there also to share the fun. On October tour included seeing the revitalization of the reading. CATHERINE (Cathy) STERRITT 22, Penny and Ed celebrated their fifth once-glorious Fisher Building, driving through GARY and her husband George, C’56, wedding anniversary on a long weekend in the historic “Motown” area, and around the unfortunately spent a lot of their time at New York City. Ed’s brother, Jim, and sister-in- magnificently laid out and beautiful campus of doctors’ offices in 2016. George actually law, Pat, joined them. They strolled the streets, Wayne State University. In downtown Detroit ended up in the hospital, diagnosed with viewed the sites and enjoyed the gastronomic they passed the construction sites of the new AFibs and blood clots in his lungs. However, to pleasures of the restaurants. Penny and Ed basketball and hockey arenas near Comerica quote Cathy, “he survived another life felt blessed again to have another year filled Park, home to the baseball Tigers. After threatening problem.” Cathy also had to with much joy in which they enjoyed each driving by a vibrant riverfront with its high-rise contend with her own health challenges other, their families, and the wonderful life apartment/condo buildings, they proceeded throughout the year. However, they had some they share each day. They both lead active to circle the beautifully maintained park good things happen to them in 2016. Their and involved lives. Ed continues to see grounds of Belle Isle Park, situated north of grandson, Connor, graduated from Boise patients. Retirement is not in his nature, nor in downtown and south of Grosse Pointe, in the State and began studying for his MCAT. Over Penny’s. KAREN GILDERSLEEVE SEELEY, Detroit River. Before ending their tour in the holidays, all of their kids (and all but one of however, decided that 2017 would be THE Hamtramck, they visited the Eastern Market, a their grandkids) visited them at various times, year for a big change for her... THE year of her huge, outdoor/indoor market. Farmers from making it a joyous Christmas. NANCY SWAN retirement! Retirement, that is, from all the all over Michigan bring their products there to WILLIAMS and her husband, Dave, spent the duties “expected” of her and “taken for sell. Upon arriving in Hamtramck, Kay’s friend holiday season in Texas, where they granted” by her family. As 2016 came to a of Polish heritage took them to an authentic hibernated for the third year from October to close, she looked back over the year and Polish restaurant, where they indulged in a April, escaping the Michigan winter chill, ice realized that her family completely relied on three-course Polish meal, including the and snow. Last summer, when MARSHA her for the scheduling, organizing and popular pierogi... of course! During Kay’s April (Penny) RUDOLPH ADAMS O’NEILL was in expediting of all their activities. Consequently, visit, she and her friend will tour a different St. Ignace, she and Nancy had a delightfully she had no time left for her, especially from area. Concluding her October visit, Kay memorable and long lunch together in Harbor Thanksgiving through New Year’s Day. enjoyed a nice dinner and evening with Springs... always an annual hope for each of Christmas was a total blur. She had started Kingswood classmates, CYNTHIA COLE them. Hopes to be realized in 2017 for Nancy reading a book in October, which still sat on EUSEBI and JANE MCKENZIE MULLIN, at are returning to Naples again for another get- her chair, pages unturned, as 2017 began. So McCormick & Schmick in Troy. Cynthia had together with her two sisters, Trish '63, and she decided that, with the New Year, it was just returned from a beautiful cruise with her Susie '66, in April; with Dave, participating in finally time for “me first!” She had raised her son, Christopher, through the Greek Isles, their fourth “Freedom Ride,” vintage car trip in kids so that she could leave her grandchildren’s leaving from Venice. Last year, Jane spent fun Minnesota in June, and in July, driving, no upbringing to their parents and that she times with her daughter, Kerry, son-in-law longer boating, to another reunion of their should not worry. She stopped volunteering Scott, Piper Jane, 8 and Taygen, 7. They visited Great Lakes Cruising Club in Wisconsin to and planned to start doing the things that she her in Michigan during the summer for a week. visit their longtime friends from their boating wanted to do: going to Virginia in the spring They swam and boated a few days. The kids group. KAY HELLYER SMITH presented and fall to visit her cousin who is suffering are growing up and moved too fast for Jane! uniquely, creative twists on her “news,” a bit of from Alzheimer’s, while she still remembers Always something happening! One day they a brain puzzler for us, her readers. Are these Karen; flying to Florida to see an “OLD” friend drove to Sault Ste. Marie to see their aunt. hopes? Dreams? Nightmares? “If happy little who has had three strokes, before it is too While there, they were really lucky to watch a bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow, why oh why late; having coffee with friends with whom she freighter go through the locks—a 600-footer! can’t I? I imagine I must have been singing this had always promised to do so “soon,” but According to Jane, “it was pretty cool” to be to myself. I guess I was also on the guestroom didn’t; making time to read; redecorating, so very close to it! Jane’s other daughter, floor with an ironing board on top of me, and perhaps, during the winter and spring; working Kristen, came from Chicago for July 4. During iron cord wrapped around my foot. It was in her garden, possibly even enlarging it, the holiday season, Jane spent three days at pitch black outside early that morning in April during the summer and fall and scanning the Kerry’s home in Missouri to watch Piper Jane when I was headed downtown for a medical paper for any exhibits that she never had time and Taygen while Kerry and Scott went to procedure. I had hired a driver because the to see. She recognized that it is “now,” not Texas. Even though they were iced in for the rule was no driving myself. I don’t know why I “tomorrow,” to realize her dream of liberation three days, Taygen kept going outside. Piper thought I had to turn all the lights out before I to do for herself and to enjoy the most that Jane was happy to stay inside with Grandma. left. I rolled over and got on my knees. A chest
54 of drawers was on its side next to my head. come true! On January 21, I joined the history- Australia and Lord Howe Island, Cynthia But I think I heard a faint sound of clapping. making Women’s March in NYC from the U.N., discovered an Indian Ocean cruise in April last The room then began to lighten a bit. By the across 42nd Street and up Fifth Avenue to year from Singapore to Dubai, with a side visit time I got on my feet it was getting even Trump Tower... but disappointingly cut off at to Angkor Wat. In July, they met Charles’ brighter. I knew the car was waiting. I navigated 55th Street, the block before! Although I was eldest daughter and family (Norway residents) the stairs and decided just going to the a “Crowd Control” volunteer, there was no at a Glacier National Park retreat in Montana hospital was probably a good idea. After a lot need. The crowd of 200,000 was an inspiringly for several weeks of outdoor adventures. In of testing, I saw the ER doctor pick up the enthusiastic and arousing but totally orderly, September, a visit to middle daughter in phone. ‘We have Peter Pan here. She wants mass of people determined only to do our Asheville, NC, helping her five-year-old the procedure if you can fit it in today. No share toward preserving our democratic daughter prepare for Halloween with one of broken bones....’” Answer: Oh! Only “Senior values and rights as Americans! Truly an those 9 ft. tall arm flapping dragons. Next Moments!” The ultimate realities of our uplifting experience! On New Year’s Day, adventure: taking Cynthia to reunion for the dreams?! New York City had its own nearly 100-year- Cranbrook experience 60 years on. Same old dream become a reality. As 2017 arrived, sentiments from Ralph Barbier looking so did the new Second Avenue Subway! It’s forward to seeing everyone in June. Late outstanding in a couple of ways. First, it's four January note from our ski patroller, Duncan new stations are spotlessly clean! Secondly, Black, bemoaning poor snow and skiing, their white-tiled walls make perfect public hoping for better. “Just appointed to the town art exhibition space for featuring permanent, of Amherst Planning Board,” expecting mosaic installations by four world-renowned challenges from lawsuits from anti- artists— Chuck Close, Sarah Sze, Vik Muniz development citizens. Fred Brender included and Jean Shin. They were chosen in 2009 from beautiful photos of fall colors in the U.P., then a pool of 300 high-profile applicants to treat said all family together for a great Christmas the stations as their very own creative space. season. All was well until a last-minute update Chuck Close’s large portraits at the 86th just before deadline that he was scheduled for Colleen McMa¬hon Orsatti '56 Street Station are breathtaking! For the $2.75 hip replacement surgery in March. Nice to subway fare the public has an astonishingly hear from Ken Cameron who after “putting For me, COLLEEN MCMAHON ORSATTI, marvelous art experience at each stop. Bob finishing touches on my 30 ft. totem pole, a 2016 ended on a melodious high note when and I took our own tour of the four stations, two-year project,” had some not serious the hope of selling our New Jersey shore home admiring the stunning mosaics— inlaid in the health issues, with his docs suggesting became a reality in November. It was actually tile walls at two and in bas-relief on the walls at stopping physical activity normal for half his a somewhat bittersweet realization in that the other two. Dreams do come true! Hope is age. Still cutting firewood with neighbor. my husband, Bob, and I had designed every the necessary impetus to realize our dreams! Stopping? In spite of pitfalls of aging, “still inch of it and every piece of furniture that we Have hope! Dare to dream! Make it happen! feels great.” Didn’t make it to Florida but had had custom made. It was our “creative dream Go crazy! Make “soon” into “now” before it’s mild winter in Tawas. Fred Fechheimer and house.” However, after 29 years of building too late! To be continued... Bobbie say little news to report but then goes memories, mostly happy ones, it just seemed on to cite their trips, last fall with kids and time to let someone else enjoy its beauty and Class Secretary grandkids to Disney World, then a week in uniqueness. The middle of January found Colleen McMahon Orsatti Arizona to recover. Then 10 days after New Bob and me living another dream reality— 201-944-2470 Year in Florida, where kayaking in the celebrating our 30th wedding anniversary in [email protected] Everglades was a highlight. Late February, two Boston at The Four Seasons Hotel in an almost weeks in Vail for 27th straight annual ski trip identical room with a large picture window with his family. In March, a trip with Bobbie’s overlooking the Boston Public Garden and 7-year-old granddaughter to England, where the gold dome of the State House, as we had C57 Bobbie’s youngest daughter lives. Amazed by when we began our honeymoon! We spent rebirth of Detroit, dining, sporting events, three gloriously celebratory days strolling An alphabetical edition starting with snail theater. Classmates would be amazed. Newbury and Boylston Streets; walking a mailer Del Andrews reporting from northern (Secretary’s note: consider a trip downtown long distance to the Isabella Stuart Gardner Michigan, “Lots of snow, great deer season during reunion.) Mike Hermanoff will be Museum only to discover that it’s closed on with two trophies. Still the oral surgeon at hosting a reunion dinner for both C’ and K’57 Tuesdays, then consoling our disappointment three U.P. prisons.” Says he must retire one of Friday evening, June 9. Make note. (Details by indulging on delectable oysters and these days to hunt and fish. Gets together eventually.) Mike and Sandy spent much of the wine at the Select Oyster Bar; feasting on every summer with Vietnam buddies. “Seems summer at their home in Charlevoix. Now amazingly delicious dinners of fish and steak, like a long time ago that we were over there, Mike is volunteering at HUB, Sandy in Detroit. followed by evenings of listening to live jazz so far from home.” When not traveling, Kids and grandkids are doing well, scattered in an intimate lounge and at the top of the Charles Askew and partner Cynthia Spangler all over in various careers (details of which Prudential Building, overlooking the sparkling play lots of tennis at home in Memphis, enjoy Mike provides with frequent phone calls — my lights of Boston. What a milestone dream birding and canoeing as well. On returning home from previously reported trip to only phone communicator). Carl Johansson 55 and Karen just back from Jupiter, FL, in early back memories of the Smith’s honeymoon on to college in the fall. Plus whatever else comes February and returning to Palm Beach for LBK in Feb. 1985. Nothing current however. along, and of course, reunion in June. granddaughter’s wedding March 4. They Ross (Nevada) Smith is “still vertical and celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary on enjoying life,” doing lots of charity work, re- Class Secretary Groundhog Day, Feb. 2, picture already sent caning chairs and visiting Oregon to see Jim Akers to classmates. Carl Karlstrom’s brief history grandchildren. Last fall, a fun trip with wives 419-345-2819 includes two kids, three grandkids, and and two brothers-in-law, Bruce McCaul being [email protected] disposition of a Ford franchise a few years ago one, to Switzerland and Italy. Too much food and the last of his DIY carwashes last year. But and wine but greatly enjoyed. Amused at still practicing law, 50th year, working and difference between Swiss (strict order) and K57 enjoying. Also planning on reunion. Other Italians (joie de vivre). Lots of west coast rains travelers include Fritz Kern and Janis with great for gold prospectors, of which he is one Not much in the way of news, which most three two-week long distance trips. Fritz (making 25 cents/hour he figures on next of us consider to be good news. We share joined local gym to recover from rigors before outing.) After describing last issue the rigors high expectations about our big reunion heading to reunion. Recent Kern photo also of his annual trip to the U.S., Rowdy Taliaferro starting June 9, when we 17 and 18 year sent on. And more travel with Ted Ludwig and and Christine followed same script in reverse. olds reconvene. Jeanne Hargreaves Graham Barb hanging out with their small RV in Long Now back in Phuket after same horrid flights, writes that she is looking forward to seeing Point Park, FL in a wildlife preserve. Ted loves including three-day layover in Vienna with whomever can come for our 60th. She to fish and likes choice of Indian River inside coldest weather in five years. Going to get loves apartment living with the absence of and ocean side a mile away. Daily sightings of some sailing in, including to duty free port in responsibilities. She plans another trip to dolphins and manatees not found back home. Malaysia, before re-tracing trip to Europe and Argentina with cousins in February and one in Mid-February they headed to Orlando to see train to Elba. They catch up with the world on September with Mandy Matthews Lunghamer their daughter-in-law with a lead in Fox News and BBC. CNN has been dropped. '58, and Barbara Hedrick Bowman Schirmer Gentlemen’s Guide to Love and Murder (Clearly not enough liberals have made it to '58, and others to the Colombia and Snake (Broadway cast on the road for 13 months Phuket.) Bill Waters and Anne planning to Rivers in the Northwest. Also looking forward since it won the Tony in 2014). Then onto the stop by Grand Rapids to pick up his brother to our 60th reunion and making plans for a fun- National Seashore near Pensacola and home John '59, and wife Carrie and head to reunion. filled week with classmates, Susie Simons and in early March for maple syrup season. Hopes Another fall visitor to the U.P. in Michigan was Nancy Ward Harwood, is Barbara Cooksey to get to reunion depending on a Paul Woolley who at the time said he’d be Bowers. Cookie reports that for the first time granddaughter’s graduation date. Doug working for another four months, and in his in nearly 17 years, she is not spending the McKnight and wife Susan celebrated their current update said that he has now retired, winter on Pine Island because she is living in 50th anniversary with family, including two for the fifth time. Daughter Catie is a defense a great house in Rotonda, FL, with a very dear daughters and five grandchildren, at their attorney, son Kevin now a VP in charge of man that she met online last year. She left Idaho retreat, and all doing well. They Latin American division for a tech company northern Michigan the first week of October attended his Navy reunion in Maine last fall, involved in instrumentation. Kevin speaks and will be in Rotonda until June enjoying the followed by a cruise up the St. Lawrence Spanish and Portuguese (with occasional warm sunny weather. Neither her standard Seaway. This spring found them on a riverboat assist from his Brazilian wife). And concluding poodle Gigi nor she care to romp in the snow cruise on the Rhine. At home in San Diego, with your fearless class secretary, Renee and anymore, but they still do enjoy their months Doug volunteers as a docent on the USS Jim Akers spent a week in Park City, UT in in the woods up north. Sally Austerberry Midway, a must see (call him for VIP September. They were visiting friends, and Dinan says that she, too, is looking forward to treatment). Still playing tennis once a week, former bldg. neighbors in Chicago, at their our June reunion and would like to do some golf twice. Had a layover last Sept. in Detroit new home. Jim returned for a ski week early serious touring of Detroit architecture while and checked out the campus, finding the December, and both Renee and Jim with three in the area. She would like to see new things biggest change—the coed environment. (Alas, family members in February. They then and restorations. Speaking of new things, C’57s born too soon.) Charles Randau planned to return with both kids, spouses and she will have two new grandchildren by then. traveling in spring to California to visit his son grandkids in April to close the resort. They Daughter Molly was due any day when she who is in entertainment business. Also a ended the year with another family cruise wrote and son Matt welcomed Eloise last reunion hopeful. Pete Schmidt and wife (cast of 50 family, extended family and camp June. Not much to report from here other commute between northern Virginia and followers). We will see some major changes in than travel and family, not in that order, northeast Pennsylvania depending on season. 2017, starting with grandson David getting his provide enjoyment and welcome distractions. (If we recall, Pennsylvania homestead was a driver’s license on Feb. 2; son Brad and family Always eager to receive recommendations for long-term DIY project.) Their youngest moving to the suburbs from Chicago to be good reads. Until June, stay healthy and safe (almost 3-year-old granddaughter) is “quite a closer for wife Laurie’s new position as travels. charmer,” a grandson is in the ninth grade at cantorial soloist with a Reform congregation in Cranbrook, and older granddaughter is Vernon Hills starting July 1; Brad’s son Isaac Class Secretary planning to be wed in May 2018. Seeing Akers’ graduating eighth grade and headed to as yet Rubyjean Landsman Gould winter address of Longboat Key, FL, a snail undecided high school; and oldest grandchild [email protected] mail return from Clark Smith said it brought Alexa graduating high school and heading off
56 been busy picking out all the new things for love to all.” LYDIA MOORE DUPERTUIS K58 my new place. (Exciting because I have never writes from Orleans, MA, “I am sitting here at had a brand new place.) As of July 2016, my my desk on a beautiful watery, windy gray KATIE WILLIAMS STEWART puts down new address will be 1212 Waterwalk Dr., Cape day, still missing my sister Deborah '56, Thomas L. Friedman’s book "Thanks for Being Holland, MI 49423. I feel so good about this who died in August 2014 after a nearly two- Late, an Optimist’s Guide to Thriving in the move in my life. Although my children live in year journey with pancreatic cancer. I had Age of Accelerations", and writes from the Chicago area, they are happy for me and retired to the Cape in 2005, and she the year Hillsboro Beach, FL, reporting continuing looking forward to visiting me. (Holland is a prior, so we had nine years of continuing our 2016 news from our class ‘58 not included in nice tourist town and home of Hope College.) days together, side-by-side, as ‘parallel last year’s issue, due to space restrictions. There is a train from Holland every day in the travelers.’ I hadn’t ever imagined a life without Hoping all is going well and would be thrilled a.m. going to Chicago, and one coming from her. I still have not really returned to a place of to hear an update anytime on your busy lives Chicago to Holland every p.m. Although I have ‘ground,’ but was nonetheless moved by your with photos attached in HRD, to include in a so many friends that I will miss seeing on a request for replies from our class for reporting future issue. Missing you all! Read the book daily basis, I will be going back and forth a lot, of a ‘spontaneous goal for this year’ and our and see what you think... I highly recommend it and hopefully many friends will come to visit. ‘favorite volunteer activity.’ I can combine the as a guide to relaxing. MOLLY MARSHALL Two of my dear cousins live in Holland, Linda two into this idea. As I have a dedicated PESSI responds from Bellevue, WA, “I started Bird Brown, who was Missy’s Theta sister at Buddhist mindfulness practice which is to laugh when I saw your request for my U-M, and Julie Bird Judd, who also went to extraordinarily focused, intentional and ‘favorite volunteer activity.’ I don’t volunteer! I U-M. Julie and I went to Kenya on a safari buoying in the day-to-day, when I arise in the remember years ago I ‘volunteered’ to help together planned by her husband Don. The morning and go forth into the world, I try to the teachers in the first grade classes at our Villas will make my life easier as I will not have bring kindness and generosity into every local elementary school. I lasted about two to worry about any outside maintenance, moment. That is my spontaneous goal as well weeks and decided I hated it, couldn’t stand which is becoming a problem in my present as my favorite volunteer activity. In this way, I those particular kids, even though I adore and house. I will put my house up for sale at the am awake and awakening and find my way into have always adored kids. That was the end of end of February or the beginning of March. abiding calm. With blessing and warm regard.” my volunteering. Anyhow, all my energy is in Hopefully selling and closing will be smooth LUCIANA CAGNASSO GILERA writes from paying jobs now, while I can still stand, still and coincide with my closing in Michigan. (I am Milano, Italy, “Happy New Year to climb on planes, and my voice holds out for an optimist.) At any rate, my move will be a everybody! My goal for 2016? Awfully lecturing. Maybe when this stops, I will turn to breath of fresh air, and I am looking forward to ambitious: SURVIVE! Not only to a not exactly volunteering. I am in awe of those who do. I do a new adventure. Love to all my classmates, perfect health but mainly and mostly to a love to hear from everyone and wish I were a the special ‘58ers.” NANCY McCORTNEY world’s madness that seems to increase by the better communicator. (AND volunteer!)” LEVIN writes from Baltimore, MD, “Ever since day. Now, family news: My husband Massimo, NANCY TREGENZA LITTLE writes, “My Peter died (cancer a few years back), I have still the same after 48 years, is obviously news is about the same, still training a few tried to stay as busy as I can. Not retired, but still active, and busy and still clients, playing lots of bridge and going to much volunteering, but at 75+ I still work in my tolerates a wife who can be a bit of a pain in Bible study with a good friend once a week. As law practice about four or five half days each the neck. Of our two children, Andrea - in for one word that defines me at this point in week, take three hours a week for exercise Italian is a male name - is married, has a my life, it is ‘savor.’ I try to enjoy each moment classes at my senior center, and try to take 14-year-old daughter, is an engineer, works for and activity as well as the quiet times. I guess I three or four courses at a Toyota, and lives in Brussels, Belgium. Very didn’t think that semi-retirement would be this local OSHER program each session (which is busy life, but I’d say altogether definitely busy, another word I could have chosen but about six to eight courses each semester). I do pleasant. His sister Chiara, after spending didn’t. So I am trying to slow down and stop work on the membership committee for three and a half years in Haiti working for the and smell the flowers. I do have many interests our OSHER, which is one of many across the Sean Penn foundation, and six months in the beside the above: gardening, biking and hiking country that provide college-level classes to Central African Rep., is now stationed in with my son Doug, and, of course, I am also seniors at almost no charge. This semester, I Dakar, Senegal with frequent missions to far- close to my daughter, Rebecca, and am looking forward to some classes on Cuba. from-reassuring countries. She is with the granddaughter Alyssa, almost 16. She is taking (I took three weeks in Cuba with a good friend I.O.M. and seems quite happy with her out-of- driver’s ed., and I think she will be a good of mine, a retired doctor, in 2015, and loved the-ordinary life. Let’s not talk about cleaning driver. I used to do more volunteering but now the entire trip, especially the people.) Two closets and archives: thank goodness just work at our church’s (connected with the grandchildren, my daughter has a 5-year-old whatever I discharge goes to the abandoned Salvation Army) food pantry. In the past I son down in Silver Spring, MD, and my son has dogs’ shelters (they either use or sell), but the worked at the forest preserve, but did not find a 2-month-old son out in Los Angeles, CA. I try amount of stuff is still amazing, and Massimo that rewarding. I have found that some places to be as much a part of their lives as is possible. claims it’s going to eat us... I appreciated the appreciate their volunteers more than And like all grammas, I am convinced that they family picture you sent: how many children do others. My greatest news is that I will be are both wonderful and good-looking. Goal for you have? It looks like quite a large group. The moving to Holland, MI sometime in mid-June- this year, I think I will try to slow down a bit, picture is small, and my sight is not what it July. I am moving to a place called the Villas of and do the quiet things that I have been used to be, but it’s funny that as far as I can Holland. It is a new development, and I have putting off while I still can. In the meantime, see, Jimmy looks very much like Massimo. 57 Well, Katie, I’ve been quite prompt in my reply is eligible to be seen and cared for in each make it ala mode! Dale seems to be doing and I certainly hope to get a copy of your area as needed. For the first approximately 15 just that with three cruises planned for this newsletter. The only ones I have kept in touch years, I was the only woman on the board and year. I have decided that as little as I travel I with are Molly Marshall Pessl and Michele Tait we met at a men’s club. It was indeed can afford to fly first class. So write and tell Marshall, but my stay in Birmingham is still interesting. We now have other women on the me how you are spoiling yourself! Please don’t vivid in my memory, and I’d certainly love to board for which I am grateful. I am married to let the next time I type your name be your know, after almost 60 years, what has become Michael Melet, C’58, and we have been obituary. Live, live, live until you die! Enough of us 1958thies. P.S. Please, I can think of married for 54 years with four children and six negativity! I am moving from Scottsdale, AZ nothing worse than having Donald Trump grandchildren who live in San Francisco; to Colorado Springs in July. I will be able to become President of what I consider my Chapel Hill, NC; NYC; Montauk, NY and Ann see my second alma mater, the cadet area at second country and, frankly, examining Italian Arbor, MI.” JULIE ALLEN LARSEN writes the USAF Academy, from the back porch. The politics in the past 30 years, often the first.” from Morro Bay, CA, “I will join you on your adventure continues! And I’m having tiramisu JULIE GILDERSLEEVE HICKS, my word of the year, ‘edit.’ It is a feel-good project for breakfast. I really am. roommate for two fun years, writes from and done slowly is very satisfying. I decided to Westport, CT, “I agree that ‘editing’ is a great take pictures of the sentimental things which Class Secretary goal. I’m determined to sort out and diminish were on their way out. An example is my Hank Hoffman household extra baggage. It’s a great feeling to Kingswood varsity sweater. Gosh I loved that 480-664-7217 unload the detritus of years and years in a thing. Now I have a photo! Feeling good! As for [email protected] house full of memories. But the weight of all volunteering, I have always loved working with that is just weight. I continue to spend time in a small team to accomplish a task, while using Third World countries and have always found all the skills I have learned over the years. Our C61 that, if you are immersed even for months at a local library has a very large used book sale time among locals in places like South and two times a year. It is run by a retired librarian Ken Chick wrote that he is about 85 percent Central America, Asia, and Africa, you easily with a gift for sorting the books by genre, retired from his business. He services his get involved in local challenges related to the making it buyer friendly. Using my graphic existing customers but does not normally poverty there. No charitable organization is computer skills gained from years of being solicit new customers. However, the office really necessary when there are so many high school yearbook and newspaper advisor, does allow for an escape from boredom. His opportunities to get involved with a helping I volunteered to make all the signs and be part wife Beverlee’s health has been off for the last hand on a personal level. It is a way of truly of the book sale team. It is pleasant on so several years, and consequently, they sold understanding the cultural reality of life so many levels. Keeps me busy, learning, working their Bradenton, FL home and have not done different and so extreme in countries with as a team, and enjoying teamwork and friends. any traveling. He had his left hip replaced strong ethnic binds both beautiful and often Life is good! Reading the class notes in last October, and the right one replaced this tragic.” KAY LEVY MELET writes from Flint, Tradition brings back so many memories. February. Almost fully recovered, but he is MI, “I was a volunteer coordinator for the Makes me smile.” taking it easy. John Ogden now lives in the YWCA of Flint for nine years. Most of our Village of Ruxton, just outside of Baltimore, volunteers worked with women in our Class Secretary which in comparison to Michigan and New domestic violence/sexual assault shelter. That Katie Williams Stewart England, where he lived before moving to included 30 hours of training for about 50-60 203-966-1591 Maryland, has a semi-tropical climate. Like volunteers twice a year. Other volunteers [email protected] many of his classmates, he has grandchildren helped with child care, served on the board of who are either in college or are approaching directors, or helped with special events and college age. His eldest will be attending Lehigh mass mailings. Loved the job because of the C59 in the fall, and his next grandchild has just variety of women with whom I got to work with begun his search. Both are young men. At this on a daily basis. I left the YWCA and went Nobody loves me. I had to force Dale Rands point, all one knows for sure is any college he directly to Genesis Hospice as their volunteer to give me something, anything. He reports goes to will be fiercely expensive. He recently coordinator for four years. So I went from aging pains (No kidding? And he is the had an enjoyable telephone conversation domestic violence to death and dying. Both youngest surviving classmate), traveling, with Bob Hughes, who has retired from were wonderful jobs, and I made lifelong and lots of playing bridge. He is now a Silver Swanee and moved with his wife to Chicago, friends at both jobs. My best volunteer job has Life Master with 1350 points. Can anyone where one of his sons lives. Received a short been serving as the program chair, and beat that? He continues to divest himself email from Wendy SALSBERY with the news secretary and then onto VP of Mott Children’s of business responsibilities. I read a timely that Mike passed in October of 2016 after Health Center. In April, I will have served on article about aging and money recently. I lost battling cancer. Joe Wheeler wrote that his this board for 40 years. At 75 we age out; so it so I can’t cite it properly, but it goes like company, headquartered in Charlotte, has these are my last months on the board. The this: you spent your whole life saving for your been renamed Wheeler Material Handling. He health center takes care of children below the old age, and here it is. Loosen up and spend and Debbie married last September following poverty level or with chronic health issues, all some for your own happiness. Your kids will 12 years together. They were married in Las for free. We have wonderful dental, physical get along without your money, you earned it, Vegas, but Elvis was not available to perform health and behavior departments. Each child enjoy it before it’s too late. Eat dessert and the service. They splurged at Joel Robuchon 58 for a wedding dinner for two, and then drove last time he had been in Christ Church was need to do it NOW! Either email address: throughout the Southwest, an area Debbie for our graduation, and he had forgotten [email protected] OR [email protected]. had never visited. He has learned that the how beautiful it is. I agree. (Nancy, my wife frequency of his golf game has no relationship and I got married in Christ Church 52 years Class Secretary to consistency, so he has accepted it as ago this June.) Art Glick is now retired along Floyd Bunt purely a social outing. Bob has become with his wonderful wife, Celia, of almost 509-529-0244 disenchanted with his alma mater, W&L, so 44 years. She is an expert in dual language [email protected] he plans to give more to Cranbrook, after education and is retired from the Austin, seeing what wonderful refurbishment of the TX, ISD but still consults. They have one son facilities are being accomplished. Thanks, who works for Dell near Austin and a lovely K61 Joe. I know they will use your gift wisely. daughter-in-law who works for Apple. They Jeff Mitchell is still working part-time as an have given Celia and him three grandchildren The Bay area is the place to be! Susan editor and writer, and as a teacher of same, whom they adore. BOB HUGHES writes, Goldberg Snyder lives there, and SUSAN for UMass Boston (the Boston campus of “Thanks for your final snail mail. It had to be BURNS HELLBERG spent the holidays the University of Massachusetts). Officially forwarded, so I just got it. Email is the same, there in Tiburon with her daughter, Liz, and retired but not really, since the work can swell but we have retired to Brookdale Oak Park. grandchildren, having non-stop parties during up. But all the work he does, he chooses to For the record our new snail mail is: 1111 the season and this after Thanksgiving with do, and he believes in his employer. With his Ontario St., Apt. 1218, Oak Park, IL 60302, I the entire family at the Broadmoor, where wife Holly, they live in Trump-resistant but am dealing with Parkinson’s now. Good to be certain floors are designated as doggie floors. hardly Trump-free Cambridge. Their son Matt in a place near world class care, our son and is nearby with his wife in Boston, while their his family, and a rich community life within daughter, Jane, and her family are not too walking distance. Not much energy left for far away in Albany. Here or there they get to scholarship, but I still do a little preaching see two grandchildren, Eleanor, 7, and Sam, and a lot of singing.” Tom Zavelson wrote 4. They are starting to think about moving to that he received my letter, and found it hard Northampton, MA halfway between Matt to believe that there are still some paranoid and Jane. This is likely to happen sometime guys, who for some reason, are afraid to share but not yet. George Bisbee wrote that he some news about themselves. Gail, K’61, and and wife Edie celebrated their 50th wedding he have been quite busy since Hurricane anniversary. He has begun a Facebook page, Matthew decided to pay St Augustine a Susan Hellberg '61, and family Illinois Boys in Blue. It is a community page, visit. After days of frantic preparation and open to anyone. The purpose is to honor those a very gloomy prospect for survival, both Also in Tiburon were Gail Burgess Zavelson who served in the preservation of the Union in of their boats made it through miraculously and husband, Tom, C’61, who visited their the Civil War. Assisting him are two Civil War unscathed. Their marina was pretty much daughter and grandchildren for Christmas. authors and a Michigan archivist. There are destroyed, and completely around them were Adventurers that they are, they solved stories of ordinary men who did extraordinary many sunken vessels, and too many to count puzzles and deciphered codes to escape a things. Privates who became generals, a with mega damage. A picture from above locked room in a specified time. They met the music teacher who led a cavalry regiment on shows their two boats sitting there with total challenge and escaped impending disaster! the most audacious raid of the war, and the surrounding destruction. They are hopeful In nearby Walnut Creek for three months bittersweet goodbye of a wife who left her that they will be able to get Gale Force back were Donna Vogt Cartwright and husband, home to visit her husband only to hold him in to the marina by June. Their plans for the next Bill, who drove from D.C. to be with children her arms as he died. On the agenda this year: year or two will be to do some land cruising and grandchildren, Soren and Zephyr, over bass fishing with a good friend; assisting local with their newly acquired, totally restored the holidays. They escaped D.C.’s January auto dealers with their dealer trades; helping 1977 classic GMC motorhome. Classmates, rituals in favor of being with family and friends, at our local food pantry. Brian Barefoot wrote watch out as they may be pulling into your swimming and reading. Elizabeth Roediger- he is beginning to retire from various boards, driveways one of these days. He says, “Family, Rindskopf Parker can’t escape the Kingswood both public and start-ups. Still have a few including my 99-year-old mother, are all well Cranbrook experience; Un Bel Dei she ran not-for-profits, namely schools and a hospital. and remain quite active. Best regards to all, into Alan Steinbrecher '64, in San Francisco. He was just reelected mayor of Indian River and most importantly, thank you, Floyd, for Was that before or after birthday festivities Shores, FL, for his third and hopefully last term. your 50 years of service.” As for me, I continue and a performance of Madame Butterfly? He enjoyed returning to Cranbrook for our to work one week a month for the U.S. Census Joan Danto Garland and Les were not in the 55th last June and giving the commencement Bureau gathering info on the work force each Bay area because they were in Miami for Art address to the graduating class. They look month, so the Dept. of Labor is able to tell Basel, their annual December destination, so young, but he was very impressed with Congress what the unemployment rate is. after kayaking, snorkeling, and swimming those graduates he had a chance to speak Also substitute teach for two school districts. the Galapagos, and a hike to Machu Picchu, with. He also appreciated Nancy and Barry Remember that all requests for information a 15th-century citadel in Peru. Quoting Shapiro attending the graduation and joining from our class will be done electronically. So Joan, “Both adventures were overwhelming them at the post-graduation festivities. The if you haven’t responded to my snail mail YOU
59 and magical.” Celebrating old friends’ 50th wife, Moe. They have three daughters under imaginable by prominent professors in anniversary in Telluride and skiing in Beaver three-and-a-half years, so Sarah’s presence that field. Expansion of her interests and Creek rounded out their travel year. Skiing is greatly valued. Birthday parties and other knowledge in her free time is commendable is also part of Martha Shroder Paige’s life family gatherings can only be described as and something to be emulated. Free time in Utah, because her grandchildren, Anna joyful for Sarah and Larry. Always a pacesetter, through downsizing is Nancy Reynolds Bollini’s and Joey, are now blue and green run skiers, Natalie Bradley Campbell is the first to have goal this year, which begs the question, “What respectively. Because they love the sport and a birthday in the New Year, and this year she to do with the reversible pleated plaid skirt?” Martha takes them often when she, daughter, celebrated it in Denver with her daughter and We all had one so suggestions are welcome. and granddaughter are not marching in Utah’s twin granddaughters. Art continues to be her No free time for Jackie Zuelzer Anderson as capitol for women’s rights, black diamonds will passion, but she also is as much of a bridge her battle with Sterling’s zoning department, surely be in their future. In Diana Lapp Green’s fiend as she was in the Senior Cabin. Cabin as it relates to access to her antique shop and future are visits with her son, Chad, and his fever is not part of Suzanne Crook Whyte’s life cafe has expanded to include preservation family in Pittsburgh and her daughter, Valerie, despite the frequent snow advisories this past issues. These often require stamina, which and her family in Maynard. They’ll rendezvous winter in Gaylord, MI. She works from home Carole Glueck Brookins still has, as she for her nephew’s wedding in Jackson Hole and is near completion of a tedious four-year continues crisscrossing the globe for business. late this summer. As a landscape designer, project updating township assessor records. Staying put in her Paris home not far from she also will create the floral arrangements Reservations for a boat slip have been made the Musee D’Orsay for a month (except for and bouquets as she did for several weddings for Mackinac Island’s July 4th celebration, a short stay in Munich for a board meeting) over the past year. Who else doesn’t know but immediate free time is taken by Zonta was unusual but welcoming for her. And most Diana is a fly fisherman? They don’t fly fish International meetings, a group founded in welcome to me is the varied and interesting in the Turks and Caicos where she’ll be this 1919 which advocates for women’s rights. In news you send me. It never ceases to delight Christmas but they do have Thursday fish nearby Traverse City, Alice Bushong joined its and enlighten me; I look forward to receiving fries on the beach in Provo. Puerto Vallarta’s local Women’s March in January. This past fall it. So, thank you. beaches is where you’ll find Linda Welt she toured New England and in France shook Horowitz and Ira when they’re not in Dallas her fist at terrorists, flouting their threats by Class Secretary accompanying granddaughter, Morgan, on taking a river cruise through its wine country Margie Greaves Adams college tours and interviews. Yes, college! The and historic towns. Several fellow passengers 630.515.1205 Art Institute of Dallas is a contender. Morgan’s shared her interests which included city [email protected] younger siblings, Olivia and Gregory, still play planning, making dinner conversation soccer, although Olivia has gymnastics as an particularly worthwhile. Needlepoint has off-season sport. Meanwhile, Linda and Ira’s been abandoned at least temporarily in K62 west coast family were spared from an up- favor of painting in watercolors. Her remarks close wildfire’s destruction before leaving lead me to believe she is not the beginner From Binky, MELINDA BROWN for Sweden. Also hot, hot, hot was Dallas last she professes to be or else is a fast learner, KLOPFENSTEIN, “Looking forward to a busy summer, so the Horowitz’s Alaskan cruise was probably the latter but always one to get the spring. Oldest grandson is graduating from a welcome relief, especially the sunny but cool most out of an experience, and she is. Michigan State in May and starts a job with day at Glacier Bay. Nancy Muhlitner Bracy and Rolls Royce in Indianapolis in July. Youngest husband, Terry, spent three winter months grandson graduates from high school in June in New Smyrna Beach with her mother. and is headed to Michigan State in August. Remember she celebrated her 100th birthday My granddaughter graduates from middle there last summer? While New Smyrna Beach school in June and starts high school in was voted one of the top 15 “World’s Coolest September. Other than that, life just keeps Surf Towns,” the Bracys opt for walks on dog moving forward, and since we are all well beach with theirs between Terry’s rounds and happy, that’s what matters the most.” of golf. Bunny Miller Lenhard, husband Bob KATHLEEN WILSON, “I keep getting more and faithful companion, Tippy, love their new exciting projects to work on, but they all seem home in Atlanta’s gentrified Old Fourth Ward, to be on the West Coast. Last summer I was near the BeltLine, Dr. King’s Ebenezer Baptist asked to join the board of directors at Historic Church, and his childhood home, a block Smithfield Plantation, a house museum in away. Walking to Venkman’s and all points in Charlotte Cagan '61, and son Jake Blacksburg, VA. I have been speaking at between, they are true urbanites, getting rid conferences in Savannah and Virginia and of one of their cars. Happiness in their new CHARLOTTE COHEN CAGAN continues to had a fabulous trip with my son, Mark, and his digs is obvious and expressed enthusiastically get the most out of her 27-hour days through family to Collioure, France. I am working with in their interview on WABE, their local public online courses offered by Stanford, Harvard, an African-American colleague on a film about radio station. Tune in! And we’re happy for and other prominent universities. Worth her ancestors that were enslaved at Smithfield them, as we are for Sarah Marwil Lamstein, investigating and reasonably priced is Great Plantation, and rewriting the manuscript who became a grandmother again this fall Courses, offering instruction in all disciplines about the African-American dressmaker, when Goldie was born to her son, Josh, and expanding the narrative to include more 60 information about the elegant resort life in the year. Blessings and love to Mary Ann Affleck Warm Springs (Bath County, VA) during the Shurly and Burt.” CAROLE FRISSELLE late 19th century. In my spare time, I am still CASSIO, “It seems hard to delve into our busy managing Amber’s law firm and spending time lives while keeping MaryAnn and Burt in our with a very understanding husband and four hearts and prayers. But there is good news wonderful grandchildren. 2017 is shaping up in the Cassio household. After five tortuous to be even busier. I have been awarded a six- months dealing with the City of Boulder, we week Yaddo residency, for writers, in Saratoga have finally secured our building permits Springs, NY, two weeks in April and all of May. and have a huge hole in the ground with the While there, I hope to finally finish editing my beginnings of foundation work. It’s a very large novel, "The Fabric of Wishful Thinking." I loved project: two connected townhouses on the far Coco and Noe, grandchildren of Chris Myers our last mini-reunion and look forward to the west side of the city on perfectly flat ground, Kittredge '62 next one.” EJ LIVINGSTON TRACY, “Just exactly half mile from our favorite restaurant, back from England and Scotland with Michael, my coffee shop etc. etc. It certainly will be a I am still very involved with Canine as we have purchased a home in London. tug and pull to leave our beautiful home on Companions for Independence. In October Kilian, my youngest daughter, is expecting her 5th St., but this project is much more suited to we got a new breeder, and she proudly gave second daughter on February 12. My family what is euphemistically called ‘aging in place!’ us 12 time consuming, demanding, laundry are doing well, thank God. Mother is 96 but We’ll live on the west side and Sarah and Mike producing pups, BUT they are adorable and starting to fail. Hugs and love to all classmates.” will live on the east and will help to care for us fun. We have high hopes that when they grow TRICIA YINGLING WHITE, “Sorry it’s been when we get old and cranky. Sarah and I are up they will be matched with someone who a while since I reported to you. 2016 was a doing all the interiors ourselves so we are hard has a disability and help them once again challenging year for us: no tragedies, but a at work doing what we both love to do. Hawaii achieve independence. My photography fair amount of angst and even chaos. I assure will always beckon, but I will be making shorter business continues to move along. I do a you, we are well in body as the New Year gets trips, so that I can fully participate in this little bit of everything, but I specialize in dog going, with only the loss of our old Springer, amazing project. I send you all, all the best!” As photography. Approximately 65 years ago my Paloma, in December, qualifying as true grief of February 1, 2017, MARY ANN AFFLECK mom gave me my first camera. I spent endless for us. A Christmas visit to my North Carolina SHURLY is fighting stage 4 lung cancer and hours dressing up our dogs and photographing son and his family helped with that. Their new Multiple Myeloma. The lung cancer has them. Not much has changed! A great lesson red-merle Aussie named Truit brought plenty metastasized to her liver and her brain. She in listening to your heart. I am off next week of delight and puppy teeth to all our lives. No has lived through primary and secondary to have dinner with Kathleen Wilson which new dog in our home yet, but down the road I treatments for the past year and a half, but is always a wonderful reunion. When Sally imagine we’ll find a sixth sweet canine to love. the disease has twisted and turned and has LYNCH Binard comes to town, Morley, Joanie, Other news of 2016: Frank made a cakewalk eluded the efforts of local oncologists, backed Angela, Kathleen and I try to get together. Not of the nine-week radiation treatment he by opinions from M. D. Anderson in Houston. always an easy task to merge our schedules, took in the summer. I just keep wondering All treatments have stopped, which is in part but it is amazing how often we pull it off. Those how someone (me) who eats anything and a blessing, as they were not working and were Kingswood roots do indeed run deep.” considers a flight of stairs her daily exercise not well-tolerated. She is extremely grateful can stay so healthy! Maybe I’ll try yoga in ‘17! to the KSC West Coast reunion group, who After eight months and two trips ‘planning’ a have visited and provided support. It is quite move to California to live near our daughter clear that she is feisty enough to exceed her in Redondo Beach, we decided we love prognosis and wishes all great things to the Colorado and dislike California as a place for classmates who have brought so much into a retired couple to invest over a million dollars her life. [Editor's Note: Mary Ann lost her in a home. We gave it our best shot, then battle with cancer on March 17th. She will be turned to remodeling parts of our 34-year remembered at the Alumni Memorial Service home here, and have begun to enjoy another at Kingswood June 10 at 10:30 a.m.] CHRIS decade or so in the mountains. Plans for 2017 MYERS KITTREDGE, “I don’t know that I include a long-desired genealogical trip to have anything major to report for this year. the British Isles in the summer. I am back with No big trips but that is ok with us. Being with Sweet Adelines after a short LOA last autumn, our eight grandchildren in Portland, Atlanta, and also remain busy coordinating the Unity and San Francisco keeps us busy and brings us monthly events I so enjoy doing. And as twice great joy. 'Panther,' art of Sally Fead Gray '62 before in the last decade, I strongly hope to attend the Kingswood-West Reunion next fall. SALLY FEAD GRAY, “My latest painting is of The September get-together at Suzanne Mays the Art Deco panther I found in our apartment Richardson’s was utterly grand! If you live west in Paris. Joe and I spent November and of Kansas City (that’s west, right?), you’re very December in the 8th Arrondissement just welcome to join us wherever we end up this around the corner from the Palais de l’Elysee
61 and the American Embassy. I have never seen the fraidy-cats, and rejoice in all the oddities in snowy Colorado, following a nice sojourn to so many soldiers, men and women, carrying that freedom can produce. And when you get Maui in January, with a stop in Seattle on the fully automatic weapons. The good thing was through kickin’ ass and celebratin’ the sheer way home to see my daughter, who tore her they seemed to be enjoying chatting with joy of a good fight, be sure to tell those who Achilles while skiing here in December. On the each other and didn’t bother the rest of us. come after how much fun it was.”’ ANNE mend finally. Granddaughter Avery Royer lived We have spent a couple of months on and LERCHEN HANNA: “It’s been awhile since with me last summer, earning money before off in Paris. It seems a good urban balance I added to our class notes, but I love hearing starting her freshman year at CU Boulder. All to Taos, NM, our tiny mountain town. Some about each of you and how you are! I find that nine grandchildren are thriving, I am happy people asked if I wasn’t afraid to go this year Cranbrook connections are always popping to say. I, alas, was not able to attend the mini- — I wasn’t. Maybe I’m fatalistic or stubborn. up — art, travel, new friends, old friends, reunion last September in Castle Rock, CO, at Health issues, walking, hips, etc., were students, etc., and I still enjoy taking walks SUZANNE MAYS RICHARDSON’s, as I had questioned by friends, too, and my response around the grounds with friends and family pulled a hamstring and could barely walk! My was, well, let’s go see what we can do. And we - such an incredible campus. Son John, and three silly dogs keep me company, and there did. I also ventured out to the larger world in wife Kim, and their boys, Owen, 15+, Griffin, is not enough time to read all the wonderful September for my son Soren Gray’s, three-day 13+, and Quinn, 11+, are leading very active books I have lined up. Son Chris is out here California wedding to Sarah Jane from New lives in Westford, MA. Son, Eric, and wife, a lot, and daughters, Susan and Julie, will be Zealand, and to Perth to spend time with my Michelle, and their boys, Ethan, 11+, Blake, 9, here next week for a week. Thank you all for son, Josh, and daughter-in-law, Kym Clarke, and Will, 6+, are close by in Birmingham. I love your contributions. and grandchildren, Caitlin, Max and Zach. I spending time with both families. I am blessed wish you all well, my class of ‘62.” MERRILL to have a significant other (SO) or PIR (Person Class Secretary, Judy Royer McLOUGHLIN, “Frankly, I would just as soon in Residence) in Eric Fris. We were couple 970-923-5728 forget about the past few months! In fact, I friends back in the 70s when we all lived in [email protected] formally declare the entire year 2016 Annus Hong Kong and reconnected at Christ Church Horribilis, in Her Majesty’s phrase. Too much Cranbrook 4+ years ago. Together we are ugliness. Too much violence. Too much illness. enjoying life in Birmingham and in Vero Beach, C63 Too many lies. Too much fear-mongering. Too FL. Life is good!” JUDITH BARTHOLOMEW many severely damaged friendships I once ROYER: I was in Arizona last April with my Our globetrotting classmate, BOB BERRY, held dear. So I’ll focus on the few bright spots. daughter Julie and her family from Seattle checked in at the end of January 2017 with a One, of course, was our annual mini-reunion to see spring training baseball. While there, short report, “I was visiting Lymie last August of KSC classmates now in the west at Suzanne MERRILL McLOUGHLIN and her husband in London. I am due for Bali, Shanghai, and MAYS Richardson’s lovely house near Denver, Mike and I visited MARY ANN AFFLECK Kyoto in a few weeks.” Consistent contributor, graciously co-hosted by Suzanne and Angela SHURLY and Burt in their gorgeous home in JESS BREWER, wrote back, “In January 2016 DADSON Wood. Great fun from start to Goodyear, AZ. my kids threw a great party celebrating my finish with lots of lively talk of books, art, food, 70th birthday, and I entered a new Master’s health and life its own self, and of course, our Athletics age group (every five years you shared past. Another was Mike’s and my firm get to be ‘the kid’ again). Then Pat took us decision to leave Arizona and move to a place back to our old haunt in Kihei, Maui. (The with cooler summers and saner politics. We smell of plumerias in January is truly soul- considered places all over the west and have soothing!) At the end of July, I was at the pretty much settled on Santa Fe, NM. By the Googleplex in Mountain View, Calif., for the time we next communicate, I hope I will be 2016 Science Foo Camp (‘The Burning Man writing from there. Finally, I had the great of Science’), where I got to schmooze with good fortune to help edit the 50th reunion a whole lot of people way smarter than me! yearbook for my class at Smith, which, like my I think I got invited partly on the strength class at Kingswood, is filled with intelligent, Judy Bartholomew Royer, Mary Ann Affleck of being designated a Quora Top Writer interesting, well-educated women, who are Shurly and Merrill McLoughlin, all ‘62 for 2016, and on the basis of my obsession all the more fascinating after living through 50 with giving ‘quip’ answers to mostly silly but years of breathtaking change. We dedicated I will be going again to Arizona late February, sometimes interesting questions on http:// the book to the memory of our classmate, staying with Mimi and Mike at their (also) quora.com, which see. In August, I got to help Molly Ivins, the great Texas journalist, an gorgeous home in Cave Creek, AZ. We will my daughter Rebecca with her felting, a rare uproariously outspoken foe of the mean- all see Mary and Burt once again. Summer privilege. For pictures of her show at the spirited, the fatuous and the hypocritical, of 2016 found me at our cottages on Lake Catriona Jeffries Gallery in Vancouver see who died of breast cancer in 2007. I think her Michigan with all kinds of family. Always a https://goo.gl/photos/4k7sZxKxtrLspYU19. words quoted in the dedication speak to all of much-needed respite. I took on renters in the Later that month, Vancouver hosted the us. Thought you would enjoy: “So keep fightin’ ranch big house to ease budget woes. It has Americas Masters Games, see https://goo.gl/ for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don’t worked out well—four hardworking guys who photos/4ktDfqtepphLUKGbA, where I won you forget to have fun doin’ it. Lord, let your love the ranch as much as I do. Now, here I am and broke the BC M70-74 age group record for laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the 80m hurdles for the third time. I also won 62 the 300m hurdles and ran a leg on the winning them.” CARL YOUNGSTROM emailed from 8, is in second grade at Brookside, Bradley, M70 4x400m relay, where we broke the old Hawaii on Feb. 2, 2017. I received his note here 12, is in middle school, and Alexander, 14, Canadian record by 36 seconds! In September in NE Michigan on a day with the temperature is in high school. Connie says, “I count my at the BC 55+ Games, formerly known as about 22F. Carl wrote, “Enduring the winter blessings each day.” MORGAN LAMBERT ‘Seniors Games,’ I broke that 80m hurdle in Hawaii. I always rather liked winter but as LAMBERTON also feels blessed. She wrote record again and won both hurdles. There I get older, Susan and I enjoy February here that all is well in Oklahoma. She and John were some bad times too. It was a banner year a little bit better. Susan is by every measure welcomed two new granddaughters last year, for antibiotic-resistant pathogens. Last March currently available, cured of breast cancer, making a total of 13 grandchildren! MARY 8, my good friend and coauthor Georgia Neff thanks to some amazing monoclonal antibody SPRAGUE AMOE’s big news was daughter, passed away from cellulitis, what used to be medications. I am beginning cyborg conversion Alison, and her family are moving back home called blood poisoning, apparently caused starting with a pacemaker for cardiac rhythm to Ann Arbor. Alison’s husband, Tim, was by an infected spider bite on her leg. In April, problems I never had any symptoms from, transferred from Colorado (our loss) to Pat came down with a case of Clostridium but life is good. Looking forward to our next Ann Arbor right before Thanksgiving. Now Difficile, a toxic bacterium that lives in your reunion.” Mary and Harv have both their children and gut, and it took three rounds of successively four grandsons living nearby. They all spent stronger antibiotics and six months of misery Class Secretary, Ken Haller Christmas with TRISH SWAN SANDSTROM to finally get rid of it. Then speaking of 989-569-3135 and her family. Trish and Van continue to take pathogens, there was an election in the U.S.A. [email protected] wonderful trips. They traveled to Ireland I voted by absentee ballot for the first time in and Scotland in late May, visiting their oldest three decades, for all the good it did. I had to granddaughter in Edinburgh, where she was vote in Berkeley, my last official U.S. residence, K63 studying for a semester. In the fall they took TEOTWAWKI, and so it goes.” STEVE GOOD their youngest daughter, Susie, and her family checks in from Wisconsin, “Not much new. I Great to hear from so many of you after my last to Disneyworld, and they are now at their am still a lecturer at UW Manitowoc, teaching plea for news. Maybe I should just send out home in Florida. JUDI WIANT GAVIN called two classes of math two days a week. I think my cards and e-mails right before my deadline. 2016 their traveling year. She and David spent this will be my last semester. Lynn and I are It brought great results. As most of you know, two weeks in the Caribbean, two weeks in still traveling with the same group of friends. we lost BONNIE CRAGIN MCCUSKEY Hawaii, a week at Lake Pinecrest, took a three- We plan our own trips and have a great time. last year. Her brother, Paul, wrote, “Bonnie week Panama Canal cruise, and did a tour Last year was Barcelona, and this spring we died peacefully May 10 in Hood River, OR, of Switzerland and Italy in September. Their will be in Nice and Dublin on a nine-day trip. surrounded by her three daughters, Megan, greatest joys, however, are their grandsons, This is about our 11th year of traveling.” JOE Molly and Colleen. She is also survived by Chase, 5, and Jack, 1 1/2. They love spending KIMBLE continues his writing. He says, “I have five grandchildren, and her brother, Paul as much time with them as possible. SUSAN two books coming out this year, I hope this '69. Bonnie’s college years were at U-M, where GERDAN BRANDT was in Washington, spring. One is my third book on legal writing she was absorbed in the student movement D.C., in early December and had lunch with called, Seeing Through Legalese: More Essays of the times. She then left for Boston, where ADA JO SOKOLOV MANN. They shared 53 on Plain Language. The other is a children’s her career choices were waitress, retail and years’ worth of news and sang the praises of picture book called Mr. Mouthful Learns His driving a cab. She married and moved to Miss Bennett. Susan was awed by Ada Jo’s Lesson. That one has been fun, but I’ve had to Cleveland, where they both attended Case professional accomplishments and personal learn about this different world of kids’ lit. On Western Reserve Medical School. Bonnie journey, which she is continuing in retirement. another front, I’ve been collecting blues and received her degree in nursing, which became rock art for years now (original art, old posters, her career. She also received a degree as a and photos). The collection has outgrown the nurse anesthetist. Her career took off from house and now occupies an entire floor at there. She lived briefly in Birmingham, MI. She WMU Cooley Law School. For anyone who then moved to Albuquerque, NM, where happens to be in the Lansing area, call me, 517- her daughters grew up. Later she moved to 930-0518, for a tour. (No charge.) Rock and Arkansas and lived rather proudly in a yurt. She Roll Never Forgets.” BILL POWELL reports loved her new profession and, unburdened from retirement in California, “Working and from children and husbands, traveled all over thriving in sunny southern California. Most the U.S., Europe, Africa, and the Far East with of my non-professional life is spent working temporary work jobs, practicing her skills with teens, mostly minorities, which need as a nurse anesthetist. She became a true male role models in their lives to help them nomad. She always said, ‘I love to knock people see more broadly the way to the American out.’ That was true for her profession as well Judy Braden Dillon '63, in her studio Dream. These kids are starving for someone as personal life.” She will be greatly missed, to help them figure a way out of poverty, as PEGGY FRIEDMAN DAITCH wrote, “She I had a wonderful lunch with JUDY BRADEN without pure handouts. Very rewarding work was always the life of the party!” CONNIE DILLON, while she was visiting her son in and enlightening. They also don’t meet many SCHREIBER ROSS wrote that all three of Colorado. She said she has finally returned Republicans, so I am a minority person to her grandsons attend Cranbrook. Charlie, to full retirement. Her studio has developed 63 into a fully functioning design and weaving writing project and feels the 10 years since TIM MCDAID responded well to the guilt of space. Last June the four Braden siblings she retired from teaching to be rich ones. In a last-minute call, saying that he really was and their families (ranging in age from 7 to June 2017 she will attend her 50th college going to reply to the last request for input, but 70s) went to Hatteras Island, where they reunion at Middlebury. KATE HOMEWOOD maybe was delayed by the shock of hitting the enjoyed swimming, kayaking, paddle boarding, MURIS had a busy year last year. She was big 7-0. He did make it through that milestone sailing, hiking, biking, strolling, kite flying, and in five plays, including Calendar Girls and a OK. He continues to enjoy math tutoring gigs exploring beaches and light houses. PAT show called Middletown (similar to Our Town at local schools. It turns out that Tim has a MARSH NELSON continues her weaving and but in a contemporary setting). She is Senior passion for the arcane world of The Aircraft entered two tapestries in a juried exhibition Warden at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, Engine Historical Society, whose convention in 2016 with Tapestry Weavers West. Both still singing, and helping husband, David, was Tucson this fall. He has lived in Marana, pieces were juried into the show. One piece sell his optometric practice, where she has AZ a little over nine years now, entering the (Sky Fire: Pixillated Star HR4796) was chosen worked full- and part-time since 1976. SANDY “house old enough to need maintenance” for a continuation of the show at the San YOUNG HYNES and Ralph sang with the phase. He says, “Still can’t come up with a Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles. The Berkshire Choral International in Newport, good reason to miss Michigan, other than the second phase of the show was presented RI, and Vienna, Austria, in early 2016 and then friends still there, and, of course, easy access in conjunction with the American Tapestry took a Viking River Cruise from Budapest to to Cranbrook.” CHARLES COOK enjoyed a Biennial show and was a great honor to Nuremburg. Hurricane Hermine flooded her month long trip to Alaska and Washington. He be included. Congratulations, Pat! JANE house, but she was able to sell it and move reports catching thirty-five halibut, and should SHOEMAKER WIMMER was pictured in in with Ralph. NANCY BLEDSOE WERTH we believe this? “We had to throw bigger ones the fall Tradition magazine. She was shown and husband, Tom, are enjoying retirement back due to the state game laws.” In Denali donating to the schools a tapestry by former in Florida. She says the animal rescues keep Park he saw bear, moose, caribou, sheep, took KSC weaving instructor, Lillian Holmes. The her busy, but she and Tom still make time for a float plane trip to the glaciers in Juneau abstract piece was originally a gift from the traveling. They visited Crested Butte and and a ship from Seward to Vancouver. JEFF weaver to headmistress Marion Goodale, who Telluride, CO, which she says was a beautiful HIPPS finally retired on January first this year, was Jane’s aunt. Jane was quoted as saying, trip. Denny and I, SANDY ADAMSON which appears to have unleashed a significant “You can’t have too much art at Cranbrook. All CLANAHAN, are still enjoying our Colorado streak of wanderlust. He reports cruising art is inspiration and adding another piece is a life. Our three girls and their families live Antarctica, and visiting Ushuaia, Argentina good thing.” PEGGY FRIEDMAN DAITCH has close by with six grandchildren, which is our and Machu Picchu! On the other hand, STEVE recently joined the board of the Cranbrook greatest joy. We took a river cruise last spring O’GRADY reports a settled life in coastal Art Academy and Museum and says, “I feel through Holland and Belgium and are about to Maine, punctuated by monthly trips to serve much more connected to all of Cranbrook and leave for Florida for six weeks. We continue on boards in NYC and occasional volunteer thus to all of you.” Peggy said 2016 was a year to enjoy good health, which is my wish for all ambulance runs. DOUGLAS LIEBERMAN of highs and lows for her. She lost her sister, of you in the coming year. Thank you again to continues to work for IBM, although he Joan, to cancer and was saddened by the news all who sent their news. It’s not too early to be reports, “as one of the ‘Grand Old Men’ of of BONNIE CRAGIN MCCUSKEY’s death. thinking about our 55th KSC Reunion in June the department, I’ve been granted a reduced On a high note, however, she made a career 2018! schedule that still comes with full benefits.” change and became the assistant director Sounds nice! Programs that he led continue of Strategic Philanthropy, the oldest private Class Secretary to win awards, a Gold Brandon Hall award for philanthropic advisory firm in the country. Sandy Adamson Clanahan “Best use of video for learning” and an ATD The firm is based in Chicago, where both of 303-778-8200 Excellence in Practice Award for series of Peggy’s children and two grandchildren live. [email protected] courses on IBM Watson cognitive technology. Her travels last year included: snow-shoeing in (Hey, I saw him on Jeopardy!) Meanwhile his Antarctica, visiting Coco Chanel’s apartment wife Beverly remains hard at work as an equity in Paris with Suzy Fuchs Farbman '62, and C64 partner in a law firm, while both children zip lining in Costa Rica. MARCY REINITZ are college students. Daughter Tory works GOLDBERG continues her charitable Still getting the hang of this “class secretary” toward dual-major bachelor’s in illustration bequest work in Chicago and is still raising thing, so reports from folks this time favor and intellectual property law, and son Alex 8-year-old Sha’La, which she says is a pleasure. those who like to respond to last-minute works on a master’s in public history at Loyola Marcy says if anyone is in the Chicago area emails, alas! I was delighted to hear from of Chicago. DOUG GREEN manages to keep and would like to say hello, her e-mail is HOWARD GOLDMAN, who reports that he awfully busy. He and wife Carolyn attended [email protected], and her phone is a psychiatrist, living in Sarasota, FL. Most the Grammys, where the Time Jumpers (his number is 312-664-8726. BEV FEAD LEYS interesting is that he has authored a book “other” band) took home the award for best said they had a good year, spending their usual available on Amazon, entitled, "Dreamsleep." Americana song, the eponymous title song of winter break in their airstream trailer in the The book is a “modern fairy tale” in which the new album Kid Sister. Doug is still pickin’ desert, an extended visit to their log cabin in the lives of two badly behaved teenagers are for friends and neighbors all over the world the Ontario woods north of Sault Ste. Marie, at stake. The book jacket informs me that Dr. with Riders in the Sky and still has fun! He still and get-togethers with family at weddings Goldman has three sons, a wife Loriann, and blames me personally for some of this since and camping out. Bev has finished another two small dogs! Try it out on your Kindle! I asked him to accompany my banjo playing 64 about fifty-five years ago. I finally traded in the Mormons approached, they supposedly working my part-time job at the hospital this the seldom played banjo for a guitar but don’t named this land for its 100-mile rock fold summer. It’s starting to interfere a bit with the seem to find the time to play much anymore. that resembled a reef as well as a dome that things I want to do. One never knows. The good When I’m not neglecting class notes deadlines, reminded them of the Capitol building. Names Lord continues to bless me and my family, so I’m doing enough small-time commercial video aside, the terrain and rock formations were I hope I can give back in some way.” A trip to projects to support my filmmaking and writing stunning. Closer to home, we have watched England with her brother and sister-on-law habits. I recently organized a screenwriters’ Octavia (she goes by Via) totally captivated by was a travel highlight for JULIE WILLIAMS group in search of good feedback. An actual her brother Max’s every activity, the rougher HOWTING and Buzz, especially the magical LA-based production company is currently the better. She has evidently redefined the Cotswolds, London and Wimbledon. They toying with the idea of buying a script from 100th percentile in height so can hold her own continue to spend time on the California me, but I’m trying not to count any chickens very well. Peter and I also enjoyed very much coast with Carrie, Ben, Bridget, 7, and Henry, prior to the actual hatching. auditing a course on Islamic architecture. 4, as well as visit Julie’s mother in Vero Beach. Its scope was worldwide and through the Julie loves keeping in touch with Northern Class Secretary centuries, so among other things I have a California residents SUSIE MCGRAW AQEEL Jim McQuaid somewhat improved sense of geography and KRIS KNUDSEN GREGG. A highlight 191-619-3220 now. In February, we are leaving Connecticut of the holiday season in La Quinta is GAIL [email protected] winter behind and going back to southern HAMMONDS GALLAUDET’s Christmas India. This time we will visit Mumbai, the caves Eve party with delicious fare and homemade at Ellora and Ajanta, Goa with its Portuguese toffee with TG, Gail’s husband, acting as Santa K64 history, Mysore, and finally Cochin in Kerala. Claus to the growing number of little ones in I love reading the class notes so hope they attendance. In her note, Kris wrote, “I’m sure Family, friendship as well as foreign and keep coming from you all. Cheers, Kathy.” In we would still be in contact even if we were domestic travel are a part of our lives, an update from PENNY HAUSER CRAM she across the country from each other. I’m sure particularly in 2016. It was a fun year for GAIL mentioned attending an event hosted by that’s one of the special benefits many of us HAMMONDS GALLAUDET and Tom. “We Women at Yale that AKOSUA BARTHWELL enjoy from our years at KSC.” How right you have totally enjoyed being grandparents to EVANS facilitated (about women serving on are, Kris! Our shared history in a special place our first grandchild, Thomas. I always heard corporate boards) and saw how amazing it was makes for lifelong bonds. Good health and grand-parenting was special, now I get it! As to see her in action! 2016 was a year of travel happiness to all this year. Send me news any we turned 70, along with all our classmates for SARAH JANE HULLINGER HOFFMAN time, and I’ll include it in the next Tradition. this year, we wondered where has the time as noted in the last issue of Tradition, when gone? How did this happen? We all still look she had logged in 8,000 miles out west, Class Secretary and feel so much younger than our parents at Canada, and southern United States on what Leslie Schimpke Johnston this age! Tom and I are still doing real estate in would eventually become a 9,300-mile trip. 313-608-6534 La Quinta, CA. We were thinking of retirement [email protected] but have decided that we are not ready yet. We still enjoy it, and it seems to enjoy us. If any of our Kingswood/Cranbrook friends C65 have an interest in coming to the desert for the perfect lifestyle, just give me a call! This Based on the number of responses I got to my last year I enjoyed seeing SUSIE MCGRAW plea for contributions to this letter, I can only AQEEL when she visited her cousin, JULIE assume that many of you introduced my email WILLIAMS HOWTING. We just picked up addresses to your spam detectors. So be it. It where we left off at Kingswood as if no time had Sarah Jane Hullinger Hoffman '64, and family didn’t stop several of you from writing, passed! It was such fun. During the summer however, and for that I am grateful. STEVE we saw DEBBY STERRITT MCMILLIAN, Her children are in Rhode Island (Kish), HANWAY starts us off: “Diane and I moved to and AKOSUA BARTHWELL EVANS came Atlanta (Jenny), and Tampa (David), so there Grand Haven, MI within walking distance of for a short visit and good catch-up time. We were lots of visits to those locales. A highlight Lake Michigan. With the temperature around all still look in our 40s. (Of course, my eyes was a small family wedding in Glacier National 6 degrees, 12” of snow on the ground and a aren’t what they used to be!) We are hopeful Park where David married his sweetheart, 30-mile gale off the lake, I wondered why no that 2017 will be a great year, and perhaps Amber. “My 70th was New Year’s Eve, and one was relaxing on the beach. Hey, break out I will get to see more of my high school my family rented a cabin in North Carolina the margaritas and the suntan lotion. classmates out here in God’s country! Bye for for a wonderful long weekend and a mystery Oraaaaaghh. Hope all is well with you and now.” KATHY SHORE PATRIKIS and Peter dinner party and eating extravaganza. Plus fellow Cranes!” After considerable prodding, “had a wonderful trip to Salt Lake City to my granddaughter’s birthday is January 1, so DICK MOON offered up a ton of info. “OK, visit Stephen last October. Monopolizing his we had a ‘so you think you can dance’ party you are so hard working at this. Just had my fall break, we all drove to Capital Reef, one the next day. Lots of fun… have no long trips 70th birthday celebration in Savannah, GA of Utah’s big five national parks but the least planned for this year, but working on next with some good friends we enjoy traveling visited and also the least crowded. When year’s trek. Pretty sure I’m going to retire from with. The big surprise was Risa gave me a 65 gorgeous Vespa scooter for my birthday. Total cooking skills, to get more involved in local few more. Stay healthy! Fly High!” That’s about surprise. I have wanted one since I saw Cary politics, and best of all, more time with my all I have for this edition. But don’t think I’m Grant zooming around Italy with Audrey family. Babysitting is becoming a regular letting you off easy. You may recall that in the Hepburn on the back. Hey, every 12 year old activity. I still see Charles Krause occasionally Fall/Winter 2016 Tradition letter, I boy gets to fantasize. I am having fun with it, here in D.C. He has a new art gallery to display painstakingly explained to you how to upload because I have no interest in going on major political art. (My efforts to convert him to pictures to the Class Smugmug photo page roads. Still riding and jumping my horse and conservatism have been decidedly ineffective using the following links: http://bit.ly/ competed two weeks ago in Georgia. But to date.) We also look forward to a visit from ck1965fifty gets you to the Smugmug site to rotator cuff surgery in a few weeks will hamper Gwyn and Jay Gardner in April.” TOM VAN view only; https://ckaaphotogallery.smugmug. that for a while. Will travel a lot more starting HORN wanted to share this very personal com/upload/b4VJeR/65 gets you to the site this summer as I really pare back my work news with us: “I sadly write that Sandy died where you can upload your own photos. I even level. So visit us in Maine or South Carolina. last August after almost three years of fighting went so far as to give you Alumni Relations Risa and I are now doing foster care for lung cancer. Our last real trip was for the Director Susan Post’s email address if you had abandoned puppies. We have them at our class’s 50th. She fought hard, but it was just any questions about uploading. Well, to my farm in South Carolina for two to five weeks too much. Hope and denial are first cousins. chagrin, but not surprise, no one, save me, has when they are shipped north to their new Faith, family and friends. Seeing Alaska was taken the time to participate in the exercise. I adopting families. Done three groups so far her goal, and now I will go alone. On the uploaded a picture of me and Tom Van Horn and the dogs have been amazing. They go brighter side, I have a beautiful new from a golf trip to Wisconsin in 2015 to see if from shy and scared to outgoing and loving granddaughter, June Frances Van Horn, who the process could be handled by a Cranbrook puppies that just thrive on the attention and fits in the crook of my elbow perfectly. Peter grad. It can and you should. I know that many the ability to run around with our two grown Werbel convinced me to go walking with the of you have been taking exotic trips to all parts dogs. No grandchildren yet, so it’s a good elephants in Kenya with a tour group he is of the planet. LANCE LEITHAUSER recently substitute and makes you feel good when you arranging. It will give me something to look sent me pics and a video from a Hawaiian see kindness have such an immediate positive forward to, so the family urged me to go. I vacation, where he witnessed a spectacular affect. Sort of like the movie Moonlight if you hope to have better news in the future.” So do volcanic eruption, in which lava shoots from a saw it. That is as far out as I will go as I know we Tom! You know we’re here for you. While cliff in a long, red stream like water from a you bar political commentary. Edit all my stuff we’re on the subject of PETE WERBEL, The firehose. Over the years,PETE WERBEL, SID as deeply as you like.” Thanks Moony. I didn’t Bird chirped: “Nothing like waiting until the BARTHWELL, JOHN GRAHAM, REED have to edit at all. But you ain’t no Cary Grant. last minute. Kind of like cramming for finals. In SHAFER, RON SILL and others have sent me REED SHAFER sent a short note: “Hi all! a previous email, I believe I told you I married photos from their jaunts around the globe. So Doing well physically and emotionally out off my daughter last August in a spectacular no more excuses. If I can upload a picture to west! Looking forward to summer travel wedding here at Meeks Bay on Lake Tahoe. the site on my first try, all of you can. Even if it’s season. Have had a quiet fall and winter. Am Had so much fun I would do it again in a just family pics with kids and grandkids, send getting over rotator cuff surgery, and my second if someone else would pay. Bohemian them. We all want to confirm that we’re not doctor is not letting me ski this season, but style with lots of natural elements. Would fill the only geezer, and that makes us feel good. rehab is going very well. Enjoying! Regards to you in on details but think that would be a As for the McDonald’s news, we recently old friends.” Looks like rotator cuffs are failing bore to most. This winter, as I’m sure you have visited Germany to see our grandson Jacob, this year. They must wear out when you reach heard or seen on the news, we have been now 14-months, and to hear his mom 70, although one of mine went when I was in hammered again and again by both snow and Katharina perform with the Aachen Theater my 50s. I exchanged a couple of emails with rain, which is happening as I type. We really Opera. The whole family is coming to the U.S. JOHN ALLEN over the last few weeks, in are in survival mode. My days are taken up next week as Geoff is conducting in NYC. No which we agreed that the hip replacements shoveling, trying to get to work, working, more other major plans for me and Susan, although I we both had several years ago were successful shoveling, and just doing life. In the Midwest, will be golfing in Austin, TX April 6 to 8 if any of but failed to improve our golf or tennis games. you have no idea what it is like to get two to you are in the area. Oh, one more thing. RICH BROCK LANDRY sent this buzzer beater: three feet of heavy, wet snow in a 24- hour HOWARD wanted me to tell you that if you “Sorry to be so late with some news. Thanks as period and then repeat itself. I know this want to know what he’s been up to, continue always for keeping our class in touch. A time sounds like an exaggeration, but the snow is reading the next letter in which his wife Yvette, for everything — at the end of 2016 I packed in piled up all the way to the eaves of the house, K’65, assumes his burden of communicating lawyering after 42 years, the last 14 as chair of and then with an equal amount on the roof, with his class. As brother Bird says, “Fly High” Venable’s Government Division. It’s one of with snow banks 10 to 15 feet high. There (to which I would add, “and Aim while you’re at those rare moments of perspective to reflect really is no place to put snow. We already have it”). on the past and look forward to new had over 500 inches. So, this is what I am up to endeavors. I’ll still be doing some consulting right now. Tom Van Horn and I, along with eight Class Secretary for the wood products industry and continue others, are off on an African adventure to Graham McDonald board service at Cranbrook and the Prevent Kenya this summer on safari. Having done this 610-642-6277 Cancer Foundation (and hopefully at a for- trip before, I will keep my comments to a [email protected] profit company). It’s also an opportunity to minimum in the next newsletter, but am sure take some college courses, hone up on Tom will have much to report. Still room for a K65 66 FRAN STAIR WHITE pointed out this year’s have been reinstated. She’ll be spending more What can I say about our upcoming 50th milestone when she wrote, “Happy 70th time with her husband, George, and family reunion? You’ll either be there, or you birthday to us all!” SANDRA TRUBOW as she enters a new chapter in her life. Their won’t, and I’m sorry if you’re not. CYNTHIA FAIRBANK reports that she and SUSAN elder grandson on the Tauber side is in his GRISSOM EFIRD writes that she is happily BIRNDORF met at Union Station in first year at Bucknell. Chrystine concludes, retired in Washington, D.C., but she will Washington, D.C., on January 20, fulfilling “How time flies. So now is the time to cherish teach a course on East Africa several a plan they made in November to join the every moment, and I am looking forward to times this year, as well as the advanced Women’s March. She reflected, “We two it!” BONNIE HUMSEY HELMER loves her course on public diplomacy at the National Kingswood classmates, and lifelong dear new job at the Westin in Las Vegas and now Foreign Affairs Training Center in Rosslyn, friends, had the privilege to be part of a truly has a stable evening shift. She is figuring out VA. “I am on the Boards of the Episcopal historic day. We hope that our voices will be how work fits with achieving her own personal Diocese of Washington’s Committees on heard.” KARIN CHRISTIANSEN FOWLER goals. SHARON CROMMETT BOBECZKO Religious Retreats and on Southern African and Scott are still spending winters in Rocklin, had happy news to report! She and Michael Partnerships. One of my main interests California, near Sacramento, where both were married on October 15 on the beach is advocating for effective use of public of their sons live with their families. Time on Santa Catalina Island. While mired in a diplomacy in our foreign policy. I am also spent with grandchildren Emmy, 13, Jack, 7, remodel of their condo, they are enjoying president of PDAA, an association for public Christian, 6, and Sophia, 4, is very special. all the things that come with integrating a diplomacy professionals, and I am on the They look forward to being settled in CA blended family. Michael’s three-year-old board of the Public Diplomacy Council. after they sell their Grand Haven, MI, house, granddaughter lives nearby and is a joy. Sharon These activities keep me busy but nothing but until then they will summer in Michigan. is still working but on a limited basis. She has a could deter me from spending summers at MARILYN MAUCK SANDERS is thrilled with final back surgery to get through in February our lake house in Oconomowoc, WI, where their move to the Annapolis area last April, and then hopes to be able to travel more. A my husband Neil and I become full-time as they are just a kayak ride across the South trip to the East Coast is on the agenda to visit grandparents to Gabriel, the six-year-old of River from their kids and grandkids; by car it is daughter, Kathy, celebrating her 50th birthday. our daughter Elisabeth and son-in-law, Todd.” 2-1/2 miles! Along with being a part of family In closing, Sharon recalls, “I have such fond They also travel to catch up with friends, going events and chauffeuring grandchildren, they memories of our 50th reunion! Could we have to Honolulu this February, and then cruising find that waking to great blue herons, swans, a repeat soon?” Hold that thought, Sharon! down to Auckland. geese, osprey and two pairs of bald eagles Let’s hope everyone is equally enthusiastic adds great joy to living there. This June 12- when it comes time for our 55th reunion! As 16, Marilyn will again present two workshops I, your class secretary, YVETTE DAUNIC at the Christian Formation Conference HOWARD, write this, I am between trips to at the Kanuga Conference Center in our condo in Tampa, where we flee from the Hendersonville, NC (kanuga.org). CHRISTINE Connecticut cold two or three times each DODRILL KNOLL and Roger sold their winter. We look forward to a small-ship cruise cottage in Port Austin and moved over July 4 in May, which starts in Lisbon, visits ports in week. They are glad to be down to one house Spain and France, and concludes by sailing and full-time Floridians again. Her daughter, up the Thames. Our five grandchildren are Jessica Thomas, was married to Ron Calvert great, and we are blessed with good health. in October. TERESA LERCHEN HARTLE After two years of retirement, Rich has started was among the many friends and family who a small energy investment partnership with enjoyed that beautiful occasion in Chicago. our two sons. Many of you have referred to Christine and Roger look forward to some new my job as class secretary as “thankless.” It’s volunteer activities and travel this year. ANNE only thankless if no one responds with news! FUCHS TOWBES is excitedly awaiting the I’m grateful to the nine who contributed to Betsy Robertson '67 birth of her first grandson at the end of March. this edition, and I (optimistically!) hope to She wonders if he might be in the Cranbrook hear from more classmates next summer. BETSY ROBERTSON caught up with ten class of 2034! Her family continues to be well Quoting FRAN and CHRYSTINE: “Happy years of news, “I was elected to the San and happily living in Santa Barbara. Anne 70th birthday to us all!” and “Now is the time Marcos City Council in November 2006 and sends love and wishes for a happy 2017 to all. to cherish every moment!” served a year. Right after the election, Todd As always, CHRYSTINE JONES TAUBER’S and I moved into our dream home, super- news involves a whirlwind of travel: Colorado Class Secretary insulated, with rainwater as the main source of Springs, Tokyo, Rancho Mirage and Lexington. Yvette Daunic Howard water, PV and hot-water solar panels, gardens, As outgoing president of the U.S. Equestrian 203-453-9953 backing-up to a 500-acre greenspace, and Federation, she was honored to receive their [email protected] less than a mile to the center of town. In the Distinguished Service Award. After a short 40 years we’ve lived here, San Marcos has but welcomed decompression period, she grown to 55,000, and Texas State is now at looked forward to officiating in North America K67 30,000. In 2008 I co-founded a non-profit, and overseas, now that her judging licenses Sustainable San Marcos, and maintain an
67 active role in that. Todd finished up his career in L.A. “It’s very fun having grandchildren but the job more than once... literally on the grass at the Fire Department as chief, and I closed also just fun having time. We both worked very when I didn’t have the strength to get back the door on my building design company hard for a long, long while, and it is a novelty to my vehicle. Then about three months ago, in 2009. I helped build two community still to have time that is unscheduled. We go one of my concerned landscape customers gardens, have served on many city boards to the movies in the early afternoon during ran across a book entitled "Miracles From the and commissions, and I just resigned after the week. We eat out for lunch rather than Vault: Anthology of Underground Cures" by five years as president of the city’s Council of dinner. In other words we have turned into old Jenny Thompson. The applicable chapter is Neighborhood Associations. Four years ago, I people!” She notes that their nine-year-old “Peruvian herb completely eliminates Lyme began a regular practice of yoga and two years grandson is now playing lacrosse, fully decked Disease.” Joan has her fingers crossed that this ago got certified to teach, which I’ve been out with helmet, pads and gloves. “If I recall, will work. Mitt '65, was kind enough to send doing on an irregular basis. Add gardening, we played with no protective gear, except me news of his wife, ANN DAVIES ROMNEY, regular bike riding, and watercolor, and you the goalie got to wear some padding,” Linda who was across the country and far away from have a pretty good picture of my life. Todd notes. How times change. ANN FITZGERALD the postcard I’d sent asking for an update. and I are both healthy, and our two children, LACKS reports that the best time last year “Ann’s life today has several passions. She is a 35 and 37, are living on the West Coast, Emily was in August when all her siblings, their kids founder and chairwoman of the Ann Romney in Seattle and Kyle (married) in Oceanside, and grandkids gathered in Grand Haven, MI, Center for Neurologic Research, an endeavor CA. No grandkids yet.” Coincidentally, ROZ for a terrific reunion. Ann has had knee issues with Harvard Medical School of 250 scientists FREDERICKS RYMAL writes that her kids got that influenced her to retire from umpiring searching for cures for Alzheimer’s, ALS, a new house near Oceanside in Vista, CA, and tennis and kept her from the golf course Parkinson’s, MS, and brain tumors. She also is she’s been spending a lot of time with them. last fall, but she’ll be ready by the spring. a speaker and writer; two of her books made Her grandchildren are growing up too fast, She substitutes occasionally, and Steve, her the NYT Best Sellers list. To this she adds near she says, and she’s looking forward to seeing husband, tutors sometimes. Ann met up with daily equestrian training and competition, our class in June. SONIA RAUDA MEIJER JOAN MACARTHUR MENGE in Durham last loving care for our 24 grandchildren, and last was considering coming to the reunion from September and drove with her to Asheville, but not least, time with me. No question about Holland, but because she is the Honorary NC, to stay with DEB WALKER. “We went it, she is a Kingswood great.” Speaking of Consul of El Salvador in the Netherlands, zip lining and played tourist in the area. It was greats, did any of you catch the article, Looking and she is involved in the placement of a quite lovely and Joannie helped Deb with for That Union Label, in the December 18 New statue in the city of Almere this spring, she some planting and pruning concerns.” York Times? It had a big photo of our own must stay there and represent her country. NANCY SCHREIBER, who was interviewed LEA STOODY RIESEN writes that, for her, for the piece. Perhaps you also saw a moving “the Kingswood experience was of critical documentary she shot called Eva Hesse. Early importance for a really okay pre-retirement in February, Nancy became the recipient life; and the great memories are so nice that of the President’s Award at the 31st annual growing old is okay too.” She works hard with ASC Awards, recognized for her phenomenal her Chez Muffalita Dairy Goats, focusing her body of work as a cinematographer and for attention on analyzing the sociology of bad everything she contributes to the industry, memories and its implications for animal including her commitment to mentorship. management and agriculture. She hopes The zip lining trio of Ann Fitzgerald Lacks, CANDACE BROWN, who was with us till 11th to relocate to a neighborhood, perhaps in Debby Walker and Joan MacArthur Menge, grade, has gotten in touch and has had a heck Indiana, where her barnyard management all ‘67 of a life, a little bit of everything, from being philosophy and its implementation are a graphic designer to working with Sally Ride compatible with local attitudes. Since three Ann has been trying to get DORIEL and NASA to working for the National Park goats were expecting in March, “farmstead BEGGS HULCE and MONI SCHINDLER Service on a project about the effects of dams chores will probably require my remaining MIELHAUSEN to come to the reunion, but on the Colorado River. She’ll tell you more here during the reunion.” When LINDA YEE Moni has been fighting cancer, and her health about her history at the reunion. DEBORAH TARTOF takes a look at the KSC yearbook, will determine if she comes or not. Meanwhile, FIELD CAVANAUGH says she absolutely a rather infrequent event, it does literally Joan writes that the summer she turned loves being a grandmother to toddler Moira. feel like yesterday for her. “But here we are 60 she became terribly sick. “After being “I’m a granny-nanny at least one day a week.” getting ready for our 50th reunion. I hope misdiagnosed and having two false negative Deb has been involved in the planning of our other boarders can make it. PAT HERRMANN results to Lyme disease, I was finally diagnosed reunion, along with KRISTIN VANDENBERG and I are in communication. JANET MASSEY with Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever but the WHITFIELD, CHARLON MCMATH has a fabulous household of large dogs, and real kicker was being co-infected with Lyme. HIBBARD, and Candace, for which we are she shares pix with us. Also got an email from What a nightmare the last 7.5 years have grateful in advance. Deb was anticipating SARA DRAPER.” Linda and her husband, been. Trying to kill those vile spirochetes has going to Cuba in March. LYN MOON Dave, are enjoying retirement. They continue been reeeeally interesting. I continued to try SHIELDS went to South Africa with a longtime to explore Chicago architecture and fly back to do as much landscape design as I could; you friend a year ago February. “South Africa is a and forth to both ends of California because know how much I love plants and color. This beautiful country, with wonderful people, and one daughter is in the Bay area, the other is is pretty funny: I actually had to lie down on I would love to go back. We did take a side trip
68 to Zimbabwe and Zambia to see Victoria Falls, the class. As some may know, I’ve had a farm Suite 190, San Francisco, CA 94158 (415) which was thrilling. I couldn’t believe we were for some years, raising cattle and horses. 476-5572; fax (415) 476-1816; http://memory. able to sit and stand in the falls just six feet They always need care! I also have dogs, one ucsf.edu/ Global Brain Health Institute from water that dropped 300 feet. I admit, I of which is my treasured Labrador retriever, http://gbhi.org. BILL KURFESS: “After a was a bit nervous.” who in 2015 blew out his ACL at age nine. I hip replacement and neck disc surgery and was distraught but called a classmate named months of rehabilitation, I’m playing tennis Ron, who is a veterinary orthopedic surgeon. full out again. But I’m sorry to say I’ve given This accomplished doctor has done over up hockey.” CARLESPIE MARY ALICE 1000 ACLs and took the task of replacing MCKINNEY: “...naturally then, I am my own my 115 lb. retriever’s knee. After five months hero, for who could be a better champion rehab, my dog, Spey, named after the river in for me than I?” “There is no idea or belief I so Scotland, is again well and looking forward dearly cherish so as to shield it from rigorous to another hunting season in Virginia. Not scrutiny or thoughtful challenge. There is no only am I grateful, but I am always amazed at idea or belief I esteem so highly that I will not what broad and deep talent resides in our alter it or abandon it, sacrifice it in favor of Lyn Moon Shields '67, and friends on the edge small graduating class. Best regards to all, standing even closer to the truth.” of Victoria Falls and best wishes for a more productive and satisfying New Year.” “JIM BROOKS here. I Lyn and Tom were not able to get their am really looking forward to our 50th reunion whole 21-member family together in 2016, next year. I hope to at least win one game in a so they are hard at work making that happen tennis match with Robinson as part of my trip in 2017, probably on Martha’s Vineyard at to Detroit in 2018. How’s that for a next New their daughter’s home there. “I broke four Year’s resolution? This past year, two of my ribs last fall while racing a granddaughter on kids got married. Alexis, the fashion stylist in a scooter. Later that day I left for Portugal New York, got married in May to a really cool with our younger daughter for five days. It guy, Mike, who was in the first class at Vassar to was a great trip even though I was in lots of accept men. Alexis and Mike are currently in pain. We stayed right on the beach in Cascais Vietnam on their belated honeymoon. My son, and did day trips from there. This June we Simon, got married to a Montessori school Chris Ray '68, and wife Kim will be going on our ninth grandchild trip, this teacher, Holly, as well this year. He is growing time to Scotland.” Lyn also writes, “I had a fun up to be a fine young man, which means I am CHRIS RAY: “2017 already? If I’d known I lunch with our class secretary in Rockport this a proud dad. Not only because of how well would live this long, I might have taken better past summer when she was visiting with her Simon is doing as a musician in Minneapolis, care of myself... or not. Kim and I got in a daughter, Lee. My mom joined us and figured but also how well the other three girls are whirlwind tour of Detroit back in September, she probably hadn’t seen Lora since our doing in their various professions and in their great to see it included in the NY Times list graduation.” Yes, my daughter and I rented a personal lives. My oldest daughter, Sarah, just of places to visit in 2017. Cranbrook sure house in Cape Ann, where we used to spend moved to Hawaii. I always wanted a rich uncle looked great. We did a fair bit of globetrotting summers, and found some stunning beaches in Florida, but I think a daughter in Hawaii is again this year, twice to South America, we hadn’t visited before. Her directive to me even better. Linda and I are continuing to do back to Africa (for the 14th time), and the for the two weeks had been, “No agenda, our couples’ workshops, teaching couples highlight was setting foot on the 7th continent, Mom” (except to see Lyn and her husband, of how to communicate better and how to Antarctica, with a side trip to South Georgia, course). My other travels last year included work through difficult times more fluently. of Ernest Shackleton fame. As you may know, my first trip to Japan, hopefully not my last, We are headed to South Africa after our I just carry the bags on these trips, Kim is the with Tokyo, Kyoto, and Hiroshima on the tour. Hawaii trip, which I am currently on, and we real adventurer. I’ve put up a website with pix Loved all of it! And I am still trying to throw will be running several workshops there. I am of many of our favorite hotels, restaurants, the perfect porcelain bowl. Why? I’ll tell you essentially moving away from doing psychiatry etc., from over the years at www.justaskkim. in June at the reunion (if I’ve figured it out by and doing more of my alternative medicine smugmug.com. Check it out. Loads more pix then). practices, such as classical five-element coming. If we’re not traveling somewhere, I’m acupuncture, in addition to our Shadowwork, out chasing racing sailboats with my camera Class Secretary and couples’ workshops. Wishing all of you a for the St Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco. Lora Morton happy New Year and lots of joy and peace in Kim continues to give her time to her non- [email protected] 2017.” LOU HEAVENRICH: “I agree aches profit Curriki, which provides web-based on top of the pains, getting older is fun! P.S. educational materials for K-12 teachers, Still playing volleyball two times a week, and students and parents. She has over 12.5 C68 splitting and stacking our firewood to heat million users, half of which are international. the house.” JOEL KRAMER: Psy.D. Professor Have a look at www.curriki.org. I’ve also IAN ABERNETHY: “I have a good story for of Neuropsychology in Neurology, UCSF published some more coffee table photo Medical Center-1207 675 Nelson Rising Lane,
69 books this year, which you can preview at www. California every two to three months. She and blurb.com/user/crayivp; www.crayivp.com and her husband are “gearing up” for their winter [email protected].” Patrick Clark writes, vacation, last year to Vietnam and Cambodia, “My wife, Dee, and I were in Florida most of this year to Cuba. In pretty good shape so January and now are about to head out to far, she and her husband continue to race Mexico for March. We have been in Michigan sailboats. CYNTHIA MAGUIRE BRUNS and for the ‘early spring’ weather in February. So, her husband are still splitting time between we are really escaping winter 2017. I have two places, Anchorage and Portland, no been RETIRED for a little over a year— as of longer San Francisco since daughter, Robin, Dec 31, 2015. We have been traveling a lot— and her family relocated. She reports enjoying most recently in fall 2016 on the Mekong “getting to know a new place” and would River through Vietnam and Cambodia. My two love to connect with any classmates who Ron Fallon '68, and wife Donna, daughters, daughters both live within walking distance live in Portland, Seattle, or elsewhere in the Danielle and Rachel from my house. We are blessed with family Northwest. MARY GERISCH continues to be time together. MICHAEL SEADLE: “Although involved in many social justice organizations, RON FALLON: “I met up with Walter Share professors are supposed to retire by law focusing on human rights obligations. She and Richard Strickland while in Seattle in at 65 in Germany, exceptions are possible, reports having been inspired by the Women’s October, then on to Desert Trip, and NYC and I have pushed the date out to 2018. March in Montpelier, VT, seeing 20,000 for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. My During this last year in my role as chair of the people coming together. Last Christmas, she daughter put off graduation at USC one University Council, I oversaw the election and was able to see her grandchildren, “What a semester to do internships at SpaceX and inauguration of a new university president joy!” Jim and I are looking forward to escaping Boeing. Heading to Normandy to visit my and various vice-presidents. I also found time the gray and cold of the Michigan winter. We’ll daughter-in-law’s family and then on to to write a book on "Quantifying Research be spending a couple of weeks in Ft. Myers, Germany this summer. 2018 Reunion #50.” Integrity," published by Morgan Claypool, FL, then two weeks in Hilton Head Island. and to start up a new research center with The second week we have timed to coincide Class Secretary a focus on a range of text and data issues. with our grandkids’ spring break from school, Ron Fallon Berlin remains a delightful city, despite the so the house we’ve rented will be bursting at 202 288-5518 Christmas market attack. People here are not the seams with 14 of us. Total chaos, but great [email protected] easily panicked. The city remains welcoming memory-making! and diverse.” RICHARD STRICKLAND: “Our son, Sam, the personal trainer, and his Class Secretary Norwegian wife, Celine, will be making us K68 Jan Decker Burggraaf first-time grandparents in December, a girl.” 616-949-3009 SHELLEY STERN GRACH, usually the first to JIM WALKER: “Jo and I recently visited a new [email protected] respond to my request for news, writes that her grandson born to my son and his wife. This one family “reached another life cycle milestone is number eight with number nine due in April when daughter, Stephanie Grach, got engaged to Jo’s daughter. It is getting expensive to have New Year’s Day to Eugene Lee.” The couple C69 so many grandchildren! We spent six weeks in has been together since undergraduate days the late fall city living in downtown San Diego... And in late-breaking news, our class and at the University of Chicago Medical School. a huge difference from home, which is situated Cranbrook as a whole just lost a big guy, PAUL Residency schedules will delay the wedding between Lake Michigan and a 350-acre nature CRAGIN died on February 11, 2017, having until 2019 and will include two celebrations, preserve one mile from a main highway. Nine been hospitalized with heart troubles for the second in Taiwan, where Eugene’s mother stories up over Petco Park gave us great city the previous month. Paul was big in stature was raised. Shelley and Mark are doing views and a different outlook on how the and bigger in character. Cranbrook in our fine, “starting to look for a winter home in residents there live. We will repeat again next day not only nicknamed everybody, it often Florida.” They would “appreciate any insight year, since San Diego weather in November utilized several iterations of the nickname, from KSC snowbirds that live in the Naples beats northern Michigan gales by a wide so Paul started out as Moose, which became area.” HILARY HACKETT SMALL has been margin. Reunion 2018 on our radar as catching Moosejaw to some, and eventually Mooseless under the knife, “back surgery a year ago, hip up with the old gang is always fun!” Jaw, maybe (and maybe not— it’s logical but replacement last year, and this summer one nicknames did not always follow logic) after of two knees replaced.” They have moved a hockey puck broke his jaw (well, actually it permanently to Santa Fe, NM, “definitely the was his cheek, but the legend made it his jaw, land of enchantment,” and also have bought and besides, on Paul his jaw was the larger a condo in Clearwater, FL, “to enjoy the target). In those pre-historic days, Paul and sunshine and warm weather.” She reports most goalies played hockey without a mask. having great neighbors in both places. “What He would have said the important part of a blessing!” LAURI ELLIAS writes of being, the story wasn’t that he suffered the injury, it “almost retired,” visiting the grandkids in was that he made the save. Paul was a “lifer,” 70 starting out at Cranbrook Day Camp, then He “recently” (last August, shortly before my oldest daughter, works in Charlotte, NC, at a Brookside, then Cranbrook. He was a born last class notes went to press, but what the company spun off from GE. Younger daughter, leader and was a Senior Prefect. He always heck, “recent” for us is expansive these days) Cacey, is a senior at Roger Williams University had that big grin on his face and usually a had lunch with MARK MARETKA. In keeping in Rhode Island. Their son, Jackson, is a senior roaring laugh to accompany it. His two long- with my oft-expressed policy of posting any in high school. CHRIS MORTON contributed time Cranbrook loves were football and photo of an occasion when two or more of to "Heaven Was Detroit, From Jazz to Hip Hop hockey. When spring rolled around, he didn’t our classmates get together, you can see and Beyond," a book recently published about have a sport. What to do? So he founded the for yourselves how well Dan and Mark have the history of music in Detroit. lacrosse program at Cranbrook in 1968, as a stood up to the ravages of Father Time. But Club Sport, which eventually morphed into some things haven’t changed: Mark is still the program that has produced several state the tall one. (Whyizzit so many of the Marks championship teams. Paul was honored for his in our class are tall? Eaton, MARETKA… role in starting the program by induction into HABEL.) Some of our class’s rabble-rouser the Michigan Lacrosse Coaches’ Hall of Fame DNA seems to have been passed onto the in 2012. In a strange anomaly, Kingswood had next generation: DAVE STROHM reports that a lacrosse team before Cranbrook did and his daughter, a student at Hampshire College the Cragin family embodied the connection; in western Massachusetts, helped charter a Paul learned the sport playing in the backyard bus this fall to take students to the protests as his older sister, Bonnie Cragin McCuskey at Standing Rock in North Dakota. The anti- '63, practiced for her team by pelting her pipeline through tribal lands venture seemed younger brother with shots (and knowing then to be successful, but as these class notes Paul, it is remotely possible that the sticks are being drafted, two weeks into the new Geoff Rawlings '71, and friends became involved as well). Paul leaves behind Administration, me thinks there may be an his wife of 38 years, Cay, his daughter, Gaylen, opportunity to charter several more buses in GEOFF RAWLING is enjoying plenty of and two grandchildren, grandson, Cragin (!), the next three plus years. Pacific Ocean sailing with friends.TOR and granddaughter, Rowan, all in the Boston SHWAYDER had rotator cuff surgery in area where Paul lived his entire adult life. He Class Secretary November. He was able to return to his also leaves behind many Cranbrook friends, Rod Fonda dermatologist duties within two weeks, but particularly in the classes of ’68 and ’69. 425-427-8006 violin and flying a plane will be prohibited for Last time the notes said HANK GHOLZ was [email protected] a bit longer. His wife, Aimee, curated a very going to retire in October; yup, he retired in successful exhibit at the Detroit Historical October. Last time MIKE LANGWORTHY Museum, “Chasing Dreams: Baseball and had wandered from his home in Denver to C71 Becoming American.” The national traveling Moscow, where he has been working on an exhibit highlights how baseball has been a adaptation for Russian TV. He still is. Would JOHN LONGLEY reports, “all clear now,” source of Americanization, community values, class notes lie? Hope all is well with you! I despite some life-changing after-effects from and personal achievement for many minority learned from Jim Walker that Paul Cragin major surgery and radiation treatments for and immigrant groups in the U.S. All of Tor and passed away. That’s sad to learn. I believe that tongue cancer. His takeaways from the ordeal, Aimee’s kids were home for Thanksgiving. I am not correctly listed in your class email “1. You can never complain because there is list, so here is my current home email address always someone worse off than you. 2. The (note: there are four numerals after my name): nurses, doctors and other caregivers in the [email protected].” In other news, hospital were amazing. In an environment DAN KESSLER reports that he and wife where many of the patients would not survive, Cathy have been married for 25 years. Having they consistently gave their all to keep their no kids, they have turned to an alternate patients comfortable and were vigilantly activity: raising and racing race horses in their responsive. 3. Eighteen months after my local area of Cincinnati and occasionally at the surgery and 13 months after I completed famed Churchill Downs. Dan is still a practicing radiation treatments, I still go back to my urologist. doctors at the Smilow Cancer Center at Yale for follow-up visits every three to four months. I am astounded at how many of the people I have come into contact with there, when I happen onto them on an elevator or in a Tor Shwayder, Ron Kahn and Dan Kasle, all ‘71 corridor, greet me by name and inquire about not just me and my health, but my family.” John Over New Year’s Tor and Aimee joined DAN is brokering yachts on the East Coast with two KASLE, Rob Kahn '72, and their wives in partners and a growing group of employees. NYC for a dance performance at Alvin Ailey Mark Maretka and Dan Kessler, both ‘69 His wife, Ginny, works in NYC. Taylor, their 71 Dance School, where Rob’s wife teaches. survey in our field, and I am finalizing a special ARMAND ROTHCHILD’s son, Daniel, will issue on education for the journal "Progress be joining Armand’s cardiology practice in in Pediatric Cardiology," for which I am an Lexington, KY, after completing a fellowship at associate editor. I also am editing a book on Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, MI. Armand cardiac emergencies aimed at emergency enjoyed house shopping with Daniel in his room docs to help them care for the special old haunts and is planning frequent visits to needs of our children with congenital heart Daniel’s home in Royal Oak. A big attraction disease. The first week of February, my team is Armand’s first grandchild. Armand recently headed back to Santo Domingo, Dominican bought a home on Florida’s Sanibel Island, Republic, to assist in operating on children where he enjoys golf. STEVE GERISCH’s son with very complex heart lesions. The local is enjoying college at SMU. He and his wife medical team has come a long way since we miss him but admit to enjoying a quiet house started this project in 2003. I caught up with Kevin Roddy '73, and wife, Joann, on a recent again. Steve makes frequent business trips to Rich Feldman at our U-M 35th reunion, and he outing to NYC Hong Kong and China. CHRIS WILHELM’s and his wife are thriving on the West Coast. My oldest son, Kurt '10, is a freshman at Wayne son Peter was married recently to Holly, and KEVIN RODDY reports that he is still State School of Medicine. Youngest son, Mark we see them frequently at the Wessen Lawn practicing law at Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer '12, graduated from the U-M and is working as Tennis Club, which he manages close by in in Woodbridge, NJ, and lives in Brielle, a a research technician at Johns Hopkins as he Pontiac. My wife Deb marks her 30th year as a small town on the Jersey Shore. His wife prepares to apply to medical school. HARRY Latin professor at U-M, and we are celebrating Joann is building a successful real estate FORBES joined the ranks of grandfathers in with lots of travel! Great to hear from you career. Daughter Erin is a veterinarian in our class, though it will be tough to catch up all!” HENRY JAMPEL and wife Risa “have New South Wales, Australia. Son William is to ZURSCHMIEDE and DAVIES, when his pretty much committed to living in Baltimore a sophomore in college, and son Logan will granddaughter, Leona Charlotte Forbes, was through old age, since we recently purchased be off to college this fall. Kevin and Joann born in August. The proud parents, Harry’s a lot in the north suburbs of Baltimore and are looking forward to the class reunion in son Gil, and his wife Liza, live in NYC. In the our ‘dream house’ — first floor master with June 2018. “Greetings from Cookie!” writes past three years in his work for ARC Advisory, adjoining exercise room — should be ready CHRIS COOKE. “That nickname, bestowed Harry has traveled to the UAE, France, Berlin, to move into by the end of 2017. Big spring on me by my baseball buddies, has curiously Dresden, Prague, Japan, and Thailand. coming up for our son, Joseph, the middle of haunted me my entire life! It’s always a great three, who graduates from Yale Law in May story though, when people ask how I got it. I Class Secretary and marries his long-time girlfriend, Mika, in remain up in northern Michigan, practicing law Marc Stadler June. They will be in Philadelphia pretty close out of Traverse City. My family is moving onto 937-652-3462 to us. Warning/advertisement - check out life challenges and I will soon be downsizing. I [email protected] our baby daughter Sarah’s website at https:// am still active with my East Bay Blue band food52.com/users/124167-sarah-jampel for and have spun off a second generation Blues some great food ideas. Wishing good health to Brothers band, the Brewz Brotherz. Thank C73 all our classmates.” DAVID ERB says, “Bonnie God for hair dye and dark glasses! I return and I are enjoying my few weeks off between every year to participate in the Alumni-Varsity “Hi to the Class,” from JIM SUKENIK. “Work jobs. (Although in reality her writing job knows baseball game. Attendance was slight last life: Bakergroup, a foodservice consulting firm no breaks.) I left YouTube in Zurich at the end year as our great and venerable leader, Jack I started many moons ago, now has offices in of January and started at Facebook in London Sanders, passed away several years ago. I four states. Family life: Anita and I continue to in early March. We had a big move and are miss receiving the handwritten invitation find new places to visit (Anita does great pre- prepared for a front-row seat for Brexit (the from him that always read: ‘We will start at trip research) and feel very lucky to be able western world’s second biggest current train 9 a.m. to allow Cookie time to arrive from to do so. Oldest and married son David is in wreck). We also recently celebrated both Traverse City.’ Thanks, Jack, it’s a four-hour Dallas, enjoying real estate development. Son girls being done with college with Sophie’s drive! Loved the man, as many of us did. That Michael passed his second CFA exam and is graduation from Pratt last December. She’s to me was Cranbrook. It was the people. The working for Citadel in Chicago. And, hard to working at Macmillan in New York, designing teachers, coaches and fellow students that believe it: Sarah, our youngest, is in her first young adult books. Elder daughter Zoë is influenced me for the rest of my life. I have year as an RN, making us proud! Tell me how well established in the nonprofit consulting not noticed a change in the composition of to stop the time train! From the Beer Capital, world in Seattle, which makes two out of two the students. They all seem like Crannies a Grand Rapid’s best to all of you!” ROBERT daughters with good jobs!” to me. But, then again, it is 40 plus years ROSS, “My pediatric cardiology career has on. I would encourage as many of you as morphed a bit, I now work Monday through can to return to the campus for the reunion, Thursday (TGIT), and while I am very busy particularly anyone who wants to take part packing everything into those four days, the in the Jack Sanders Memorial Alumni Game.” mini-holiday every weekend is wonderful. I JIM (JB) SMITH reports that 2016 was “a just published the results of a work force very special year for SoCal Smiths! Anne 72 graduated from Vanderbilt Medical School women’s march in San Francisco. Our wives are doing well in school, one is graduating this and is facing her first Midwest winter as OB/ and daughters were in Washington, D.C.” year. My art student is probably going to law GYN resident at University of Missouri/ school after the BFA because she was so upset Kansas City. (Gave me much more respect for by the election, and she wants to go work for my MD friends.) Michael also graduated from SPLC. My wife is managing an independent The Ohio State University (had to get that in bookstore and on the board of a local indie- for U-M and MSU friends) with dual degrees film institute. I got term-limited on the board in honors economics and mathematics and of a large food rescue charity in Philadelphia is now working for Goldman Sachs and living and have joined the board of our non-profit in Manhattan. Woohoo, they both have grocery store in a food desert. All the best jobs! Settling Michael in NYC, we enjoyed for a happy and healthy 2017!” JIM HOLMES several brunches and dinners at sister, Polly’s sees BRUCE MARGULIS for dinner. “He lives '80, classmate Barbara Sibley’s La Palapa near us down here in Florida. We get together Restaurant. Brother Mark Smith '76, is doing often although he is on the golf course a lot. well but moved to NorCal so I can’t free-load Kingswood classmates Julie Fisher Cummings, in La Quinta desert anymore. We also have Colby Bennett, Betsy Taylor Fox and Dion enjoyed SoCal beach brunches with classmate Flannery, all K’73, are down here, but we don’t ART KLEINPELL and his wife Sue Stoner seem to get together like we should. Perhaps Bob Gamburd '73, and his best buddy from Kleinpell '72, got to see Dey Young, K’73 in a we need a Palm Beach Cranbrook/Kingswood medical school couple of her incredible stage performances, get together. As I write in February, Kathy and and chatted with Sheryl Ghezzi, K’73, during I are about to become grandparents.” HUGH JOHN BEATTY is “working on a new book on business trip to Chicago. Diane and I are KERR is (understandably!) “Very proud of the B-29 and the Pacific War, while working approaching the big 3-0 this year and hope our daughter Lauren Kerr Freund '01, who with my co-author to restructure and re- all is well with our CS/K friends! Cheers!” is the current president of the Cranbrook publish our first book (less-than optimal MIKE PHILLIPS’ “ youngest daughter gave Kingswood Alumni Association. She is also publisher experience the first time around) birth to Etta in February: grandchild number the mother of our beloved grandson Luke, on Japan and the Pacific War, which will be three. She and her husband continue to run who is three years old and a real champ! called Why the Samurai Lost... I think I see a the culinary and adventure program at Blue Our daughter, Avery Kerr Gordon '03, had trend here. Anyway, don’t look for either one Sky. Hotel opens in 2018. High West Distillery a baby in May, and we could not be more before the end of the year at the earliest. won best distillery in the United States 2017. thrilled. She is settling in nicely to their new Otherwise, still working most of the time as Come take a tour www.blueskyutah.com. home in Lincoln Park, Chicago. My wife, senior technical writer/managing partner- Dogs, cats, horses, cows, chickens all healthy, Sally '74, continues weaving and has just in-sweat-equity at Waterstone Technical even though we have four feet of snow on pulled a beautiful blanket off her loom. She Communications (no, you’ve never heard the ground as I write in January. Park City assists in the weaving program at Kingswood of them). My great-grandson Dominic continues to grow. Sundance keeps getting and remains an avid squash player and the turned three in February; his mother/my better, even though we locals grouse about love of my life. I am eternally grateful to my granddaughter Maddy became the assistant the traffic.” MIKE ELLEDGE and his wife Woodie sister, LUCY CHASE WILLIAMS, manager at her Mayfair Aveda store in March; Amy, “celebrated our six-month anniversary at for taking on duties as class secretary for the my grandson Van, 17, is looking for a way to Christmas with a house full of young adults and ‘73 Cranes. I am honored to join the ranks of pay for Marquette Pharmacy School (he’s spouses. How did they grow up so fast? Life is Class Secretary Emeritus.” So yes, with this got the grades for it) and hasn’t ruled out good, with the inevitable challenges of aging spring 2017 report, Hugh officially passes the ROTC... gad, are we really that old?” MARTIN parents and visits to far-flung family. The class secretary baton. Please add my contact PHILLIPS writes, “I have been developing winter has been mild, so no new adventures info to your data bases, brothers, and don’t be very early stage monoclonal antibodies, and with broken pipes. Amy continues to strangers! the last few months have been occupied shepherd the boarders at Kingswood, and I’m with getting funding for our latest project in enjoying my work at Ford. It is astounding how Class Secretary anti-fibrosis. This stuff works like Drano! We quickly the auto industry is changing. I hope Lucy Chase Williams have several A-list VC firms and a couple of you all have a wonderful and peaceful 2017.” 818-244-3404 strategic partners in discussions. Hopefully BOB GAMBURD sent in a brief note, “Our [email protected] by press time we will be well underway with son David, 28, is engaged to a lovely women, new funding. In the meantime, any of you Cori. As seems to be the predilection of this all in VC firms, hedge funds or PE wanting generation, they have quit their jobs and are “alternative investments” or simply high net traveling the world for a year on their nickel. worth individuals with money you would like I wish I had. We will have another wedding me to put to work, there is still room in the to plan when they return. I’m still working Series A. Otherwise, I am enjoying life on the and spending my free time painting, and in Philadelphia Main Line and looking forward ceramics. More politically involved, it will be to getting back to Maine in the summer. Kids an interesting next few years, buoyed by the
73 rate far faster than has been predicted. With to all of you, and great adventures to those only two days to go and not enough time to of you who seek them!” DARNELL CARR plan for three weeks of travel through South NEWSUM writes, “My life is pretty quiet America, we switched gears, headed to Miami, now, but you know as well as I do that things and then on to Cuba. It was a whim, really. I rarely stay that way for long! I am still working, have wanted to go to Cuba for years and with and I do enjoy work, for a media research travel restrictions recently lifted, I could think company. My children are doing well. My of no reason not to go. With a little help from husband is recovering from major back surgery son Spenser who selected the Air BNB for us, (ouch) and I realized I am not the best nurse we were off. Spenser and a colleague flew in on the planet! I have been working on the directly from LA to meet us in Havana. Our boards of two schools, one a pre-school and hosts at ‘Casa Lourdes’ were so warm and the other a school dedicated to working with welcoming and even greeted us with Mojitos! students with autism spectrum disorders. I Nothing like a good Mojito at 10 a.m. to get am grateful that I can help. Hoping to see the day rolling. Did I mention that the house any classmates/schoolmates in the New York we stayed in was on the water just slightly area. All my best!” MAGGIE WIDDIFIELD east of Havana proper in an area called Santa IZUTSU offers, “For the last several years, I Fe? The weather was perfect, warm, not hot, have made a small batch of Christmas cards breezy, but not too windy. There was a lovely with an eye-catching quote from something Sarah Bearup-Neal ’73, with her beautiful patio there that overlooked the water where my book group read during the year. This quilts we all gathered just before sunset. Each day year, I turned to the Analects, the sayings of our hosts served us a wonderful (and huge) Confucius, to try to make sense of the wild breakfast and dinner, some of the best food ride we had throughout the election cycle. K73 to be found in Havana! In between the big The quotation came in handy last November meals we spent our days exploring Havana as a way of mollifying both sides of the aisle This issue’s update starts off with a plea and surrounding areas with our friend, Dr. at a rather contentious Thanksgiving dinner from your class secretary. Communication is Miguel, who drove us around in his 1955 Ford I attended. Since it honors what our alma supposed to be easier in the digital age, but my Fairlance, yes that is Fairlance not Fairlane, mater tried to do, instilling in each of us a classmate contact list is woefully incomplete. which he has managed to keep running with love of learning, I thought it might not be out If you’re not on our group email and receiving the addition of a Fiat diesel engine. In spite of line to share it here. The Master said, ‘Zilu, frequent (and frequently annoying) blasts of the occasional stalls we got everywhere we have you heard of the six qualities and their from me, then please get in touch to be wanted to go and what a time we had! With no six perversions?’ — ‘No.’ — ‘Sit down, I will tell added. You don’t want to miss out on the phone or internet to distract any of us, we were you. The love of humanity without the love of incredible plans for our 45th reunion in June able to enjoy Havana, our little house, and our learning degenerates into silliness. The love 2018, do you? An action-packed saga from new friends thoroughly. We saw so much of of intelligence without the love of learning AMANDA READ: “Our new year started with Havana, from the Havana Club Rum Museum degenerates into frivolity. The love of chivalry a wonderful adventure. Almost one-and-a-half in Old Havana, to the Malecon (accent over without the love of learning degenerates into years ago, Arnold and I booked an expedition the ‘o’) oceanfront walkway, the Parisian style banditry. The love of frankness without the to Antarctica with National Geographic. We cabaret at the Hotel Nacional, El Bodequito love of learning degenerates into brutality. planned to fly to Santiago, Chile to meet up bar and restaurant where Hemingway and The love of valor without the love of learning with college friends of mine for a week and other colorful figures hung out back in the day, degenerates into violence. The love of force then were scheduled to fly to Ushuaia, the and the charming, albeit crumbling colonial without the love of learning degenerates into southernmost point in Chile, to embark on the buildings of Old Havana. And there was so anarchy.’ Analects 17:8.” Thanks, Maggie. good ship, Orion, for our expedition. Two days much more. Our visit to Cuba was everything before we were scheduled to depart New I had hoped it would be and so much more, York, Nat Geo contacted us and cancelled due in great part to our lovely and lovable our expedition. The ship had a major engine hosts, as well as the fact that, for once, we failure on return from the last expedition. The were truly disconnected from work and could ship was in the middle of the Drake Passage fully immerse ourselves in the experience. It when the main engine stopped working. They was also a real treat to see how much more managed to limp back to port on auxiliary engaged our young travel companions were power. Of course, we were devastated. After without the distractions of Facebook, Twitter all, who doesn’t want to spend several days and email. I will always enjoy fond memories of crossing the roughest waters in the world and our first trip to Cuba. So, for any of you who then two weeks hiking and kayaking in a part may be so inclined, brush up on your Spanish, of the world where the temperature rarely if you are not already fluent, get a book on Colby Bennett '73, daughter-in-law, Brittnee, gets above freezing? Not to mention that Cuban idioms, and get there soon, before son, Evan Bennett Hole, and grandson, Antarctica seems to be breaking apart at a inevitable change takes hold. Happy New Year Greyson Bennett Hole 74 COLBY BENNETT claims, “I don’t know what I rate? Mr. Smith forgot to explain that one in our do all day, but I’m never bored!” She frequently physics class...” JOAN BURNES “still works speaks to Darnell, DION FLANNERY, BETSY in the business office at Stone Ridge School TAYLOR FOX and SHERYL GHEZZI, and of the Sacred Heart, a private Catholic girl’s sees JULIE FISHER CUMMINGS. At our 60th school in Bethesda, MD consisting of grades Birthday Bash in October 2015, she enjoyed preschool through 12. We also have an infant/ connecting with Maggie, “who I didn’t say two toddler program located next to our office words to at school,” and they have stayed in and I always look forward to seeing the babies touch. Colby encourages old Michigan friends brought out for a stroll or a fire drill. They are to “come on down!” to Boca Raton. adorable, or as Caprice Wilson Baun used to say, ‘They’re julsa!’ As for my family, my sisters are all well and living in Chicago, Maggy Ana Palmeirim '73, in sunny Portugal with Burnes '77, Boston, Kathy Burnes Levin '68, fellow KSC dancer Cheryl Danley '74 England, Gina Burnes Nuttall '65, and D.C., Carolyn Burnes '77. MEREDITH FREEMAN For ANA PALMEIRIM, “2016 was a hectic was “so happy to get together with class of ’73 year with some highlights, such as the launch friends last summer. Lots of good talk. Thanks of my book on my grandfather’s life! See to TINA DENISON and NANCY ALBERT for attached cover, invitation— still digging around organizing!” Yes, Detroit-area classmates are to find more information, as it is such an anti- great about staying in touch. Spearheaded by stress occupation, researching the past. Both Family of Caprice Wilson Baun '73 Tina and Nancy, the Usual Suspects include: sons doing well, so I am happy! I had a quick MARY SEVERS SPEISER and husband Marc stopover visit from Cheryl Danley '74.” Happy Last summer, on August 26, CAPRICE (who must be accorded honorary Woodie news from JENNIFER JAKUST THOMAS, “I WILSON BAUN welcomed her first status, after so many appearances!), LOIS should have moved to Colorado thirty years grandchild, Alastair Wenger Parker, daughter BRYANT, MATAYA (Martha) MUNRO, PAM ago. Everywhere you go there are national of Caprice and Mark’s daughter Wellesley BARCLAY ZINKEL and KAREN RYAN. and her husband Mike Parker. Another girl to forests and parks, and BLM (Bureau of Land carry on the trouble-making family tradition, Management) land for public use. I live smack congrats, Caprice! Same to K. MELISSA against the Elk Mountain Range of the Rockies REED, who has “added a new grandchild and have great views from three sides of to the mix: my daughter Emily had a baby the house. Grand Mesa is right down the boy in December. Enzo joins big sister Zaira, road. Grand Mesa is the largest flat-topped 5. My son Christopher is father to Liam, 3, mountain in the world and has more than 300 and twins Emma and Finn, almost 2. I worked lakes. Black Canyon, the deepest canyon in full-time for the last year as a contractor the United States, is 50 miles away. The drive with some additional work for my advocacy Detroit area members of ’73, Mataya, Karen, to get there is wonderful, and you rarely see business. That is a lot for someone who Nancy, Meredith, Nancy, Lois, Tina and Pam another vehicle. I can drive 27 miles to the thought she was retired in 2014! The plan is next town and not stop for a traffic light. My to cut back drastically in May, visit Scotland According to Tina, “Since the 60th birthday town of Paonia is a very cool little hippy town, for the first time, and then enjoy more bash we have gotten together a few times. and I am very happy here, as you can imagine. time for family, dabbling in art classes, civic If anyone wants to join, please let one of us I am playing music better than ever and have involvement, and planning the next travel know... the more the merrier!” SARAH ELLIS started a new period in my life. I think of all adventure!” GAIL DIETRICH JAGELS is “still JACKSON declares, “I am having a ball with of you and hope to see you soon.” KAREN in La Canada, CA, and has been spending balloons. I have been playing with them OPPLIGER WIDERYNSKI kindly said okay weekends visiting my 97-year-old dad who is for a few years now. In January, I went to a to my sharing this January post from her wintering in Palm Springs. We’ve had several balloon twisting conference in Orlando, FL Facebook account. “A reminder to reach out years of ‘boomerang’ kids in and out of the where I had a wonderful time learning various and stay in touch with the friends you love. house, but for the moment all three have techniques and being able to use every color Today I found out a dear friend of mine died. been launched and are off on their own. We and size balloon imaginable from 9 a.m. to Even more depressing in this age of email, did enjoy a white Christmas in Sun Valley, ID midnight! It was enormously inspiring and fun. and tweeting and news moving so quickly, cutting down our own tree from the forest I am still teaching, which is also a blast. Our I found out she died two years ago! R. Sue and decorating it with homemade strings of annual family ski trip to Kirkwood, outside of Smith Dodea '72, was my big sister and lived popcorn and cranberries, and paper cutout South Lake Tahoe, was in February. Nick has in the dorm, which put her in a small sub-set snowflakes. I’m still involved in volunteer been snowboarding in Canada and taking of people I was very intimate with in those activities, but have cut back on the time breathtaking photos. That’s about it!” days. She was quirky and fun, a fabulous commitments, and trying to keep up with an writer, spoke at my wedding (welcomed, but exercise regime. Have you noticed that as uninvited), lived in California, moved back to one gets older, time passes at an increasing Michigan, got married. In the last decade of
75 her life, I lost touch. I’m sure she reached out a day a week at the U-M School of Dentistry.” now that all four of our children are in their to me but I was busy with my business and I often hear from Joe Rutz, who has been respective universities. Marisa is a first year my family and a lot of other excuses. When I slowly moving closer to Michigan with each medical student at Wayne State University, my went home to Michigan, I would drive from the new position. His two sons, Luke and Zak, have alma mater. Lara is a senior at Hope College, airport down I-94 past her home towards my embarked on their respective careers, and and the two boys, Benjamin and Paolo, are family an hour further and think, ‘Next time, I he would like to return to an area that would at MSU. Having all my children in such fine need to visit R. Sue.’ My sadness is multiplied allow him to see more Wolverine sporting universities makes it very difficult to think by the fact that I didn’t know, that I wasn’t events. From Europe I received an email about retiring. But my health has stabilized, there; that after a few years of absence she from MAXIME Rincourt. He is still practicing and I look forward to my next decade of life. didn’t feel comfortable including me in her labor law and business law in Paris, while also My best to all of you. small circle of friends that were aware of the teaching at the University of Paris. Maxime cancer that took her down. So as a public has two daughters, both attending Paris law Class Secretary service announcement, let me say: ‘Reach out. school. Rick Deresz states that the highlight Pasquale (Pat) Iaderosa Call your friends you haven’t talked to for a of 2016 was the marriage of both of his sons. 248-842-6913 while, and tell them you miss them and that His older son Rick married his lovely bride, [email protected] they mean a lot to you.’ Be kind.” To which we Lisa, in February in the Phoenix area. Younger all say, “Amen.” son, David, married his bride Brittany in September in the Denton, TX, area. David and C77 Class Secretary Brittany are both small animal veterinarians Lucy Chase Williams in the Dallas area. Rick is still with Boeing Greetings, classmates. As I write, Super Bowl 818-244-3404 (Phoenix area), working as an aerospace 51 here in my back yard (Houston) is just a [email protected] engineer on the Apache 64 helicopter. Lisa is a few days away. The malls, restaurants, and physical therapist. Pastor Doug Gerdts writes, traffic are already crazy. Can’t wait to see “...I’m not sure how much of this is OK for class what Lady Gaga has planned for halftime. I C74 notes, but my life has changed drastically hope everyone enjoys the game. Okay, first since I last wrote. I’m not single, and out and to write in this time is KEVIN KEARNS. Kevin After a short hiatus, I am back writing our class gay. My family, church, and friends are all very says he and his wife, Julie, are doing just fine in notes with the hope of keeping you updated supportive, and I feel pretty great. It’s a huge Massachusetts. on our class of 1974. In spite of our ability to change in my life but also very satisfying and communicate so freely, getting information is brings huge contentment. Like many of my not so easy. Perhaps we feel that we haven’t classmates, retirement is top on my career done anything worth mentioning, but in truth list although my congregation just completed we all have some updated information that we a large-scale renovation with the intent of may want to share. Clint Moore, for instance, facilitating two programs: one, to teach young simply would like to know the most interesting adults, aging out of foster care, basic cooking thing that each of us might have done during and culinary skills, something very few, if any, our 60th year of life. He feels that, for him, learn during their years in foster care. Two, we the most memorable event occurred this past renovated a large section of the church so that January when he stood in front of the U.S. we can house visiting youth and adult groups Capital to witness the new president being coming to do work in Wilmington, DE to help sworn in. This was the third time he has been the most underserved of the city. My family is present at such a ceremony, always giving him great. Son Ben is a teacher at an independent goosebumps. He felt that the presence of school in San Antonio, TX, and my daughter, previous presidents, along with members of Madison, is a finance officer at a local non- Congress and the Supreme Court showed just profit that provides healthcare to low and how unique and successful our “experiment” no income residents.” Bill Cutler writes from in human governance has been. Ray Maturo Boulder, CO where he works as a geologist. Kevin Kearns '77, and wife Julie “put four daughters through an interesting Even though he has slowed down a bit, he still variety of colleges, with the youngest having enjoys skiing, hiking and fly fishing. He spends Steve, their youngest, graduates from graduated from my alma mater (Amherst summers in the Traverse City area and often Wheaton in May 2017, and will be looking College) six years ago. One is married and has meets up with Jim Kopka and Rob Raymond. for work in the financial industry on the East a son, who (in grandma’s eyes) is the smartest Your class secretary, Pasquale (Pat) Iaderosa Coast somewhere, hopefully Beantown. Their and most beautiful almost two year old in the is still doing quite well, eleven years after son, Nick, had applied to a boatload of grad universe. Two of the daughters live in Ann undergoing a bone marrow transplant. I have schools for sociology and will begin hearing Arbor, one in Madison, WI, and one in Atlanta. to return to Mayo on a yearly basis, but I have decisions in February and March of 2017. I keep thinking of retirement but not yet as we been feeling well and working full time as an Julie’s father passed in December, so there are expanding our Pediatric Dental practice internist in Mt. Clements, MI. Susan and I have was some sadness around the holidays, but with a second location in Chelsea. I also teach been experiencing the “empty nest syndrome” life goes on. 76 high in flavor. He believes it will be unveiled this coming month, February 2017. Their co- packers are in Michigan. At first there will only be an online presence (fruitandme.com) and local distribution, but keep looking, as they hope to be on every supermarket shelf in the country soon. Besides that, two of his three daughters have moved with him to Texas, and Steve Dworkin '77, and wife, Sandy his son, Louie, 27, manages a bar in Detroit and continues to play with his band. Kate, 22, Next up is fellow Texan, STEVE DWORKIN. is a student at Odessa College, and Reagan, Steve reports that one of his greatest regrets 15, attends Permian High School in Odessa. is being so far from his family and friends in Mary-Rose, 14, is finishing up middle school Michigan. He only gets to visit once or twice in Anchor Bay, MI, where she lives with her a year. He never seems able to make it to the mother. As for Tom himself, he continues to play music (only keys these days) with two jazz reunions and this year will be no different. This David House '77 is because he teaches a geology field class bands, a classic rock band, and he also does solo piano gigs. during that time and can’t get away. His class Finally, I’m looking forward to seeing everyone is a six-week car camping trip that takes him at our 40th reunion June 9-11. Until then… to Utah, Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Carpe Diem! Nevada, and New Mexico. He’s doing great at Baylor University in Waco, TX, where he Class Secretary has been a professor of geology for the last Eric Booth 26 years. Steve and his wife, Sandy, both [email protected] love the outdoors and the mountains. They go to Pagosa Springs, CO, for a month every summer, and they try to hike and mountain bike as much as their old bodies will let them. Jeremy Stern '77, and family in Halong Bay, K77 Tom Badalament visited Steve in Waco last Vietnam There is a lot of excitement brewing as plans year. Tom’s daughter is attending Baylor, are underway to create a fantastic 40th and Steve says it is always great to see him. I also recently heard from JEREMY STERN. reunion for our class. Your reunion committee Tom is another fellow Texan and writes from Jeremy’s been at Google now for over five is working hard! I had one response to my Midland/Odessa where he says the oil flows years. He found some time to take the family request for class notes. I know that means you like water, and tumbleweeds blow across to Vietnam over the New Year’s break, where are holding back to share at our reunion. It will the interstate. Tom moved to Texas in 2013 they had an amazing time. The country is be wonderful to see so many of you in June. and got involved in real estate, primarily beautiful, and the culture and history of its commercial real estate. Forty-two years after people were extraordinary to experience. leaving Brookside, Tom got reacquainted with Jeremy and his family, Josh, 24, Ari, 22, Eban, Mercedes Barker, who he originally met in 19, wife Hildy, and Seth, 16, took a cruise Mrs. Rice’s fifth grade class. After fifth grade, through Halong Bay, just one of the many her father, Laurence Barker, a fine artist and marvels they witnessed. He is looking forward faculty member at Cranbrook Academy of to seeing everyone at our 40th reunion in Art, started his own studio in Barcelona, June. Okay, one last bit of sad news. For those Spain. It wasn’t until they were reacquainted of you who haven’t already heard, DAVID on Facebook a millennia later that sparks HOUSE recently passed away. I shared many Jennifer Nolte Stevens '77, and husband Mark began to fly and are still flying! Mercedes is classes with David, and he was such a kind a partner in Equilibria Wealth Management soul. I will miss him greatly. RIP my friend. and Equilibria Real Estate, where they sell JENNIFER NOLTE STEVENS shared a photo Odessa/Midland one home/building at a time. of her last hurrah in Tahoe, where she and They’re getting ready to unveil a new food Mark went skiing with friends before her total product line, which they started a few years knee replacement surgery in February. Thanks ago as Ms. Barker’s Fruit Compotes, which for writing in, Jennifer! Have a splendid spring. they sidelined for a while due to being busy I can’t wait to see you June 9-11! in their other businesses. The new company is called “Fruit & Me.” Tom is very excited Class Secretary about the launch of this product, which is not Julie Rodecker a jam or a jelly, but a fruit dish low in sugar and 248-885-6772 [email protected]
77 at Fudan University in Shanghai. China is an C80 amazing place and Shanghai in particular is very impressive. We took a trip down to Dan Aronoff reports that he had two books Hangzhou on the bullet train, which goes 300 published in 2016 by Palgrave-Macmillan/ kmh! Now off to Beijing and Hong Kong to Springer: The Financial Crisis Reconsidered: finish out the trip. This photo is from Tongli The Mercantilist Origin of Secular Stagnation Water Village around Hangzhou.” As for me, and Boom-Bust Cycles, and A Theory of everything is good with my family and looking Accumulation and Secular Stagnation: A forward to a GREAT 2017! Send me updates Malthusian Approach to Understanding a on your life and experiences, so we can better Contemporary Malaise. Those books have our understanding of your weird and crazy led to a collaboration with other economists, world! which will result in the completion of his Renee Repka and Jackie Roberts Robin, both PhD dissertation in economics at MIT. His Scott Weinberg ‘81 brother-in-law Evan Moore is familiar with [email protected] the books and claims he summarized all of it On a much lighter note, RENEE REPKA in two sentences (which is impressive, since writes, “My nephew worked for Jackie it took Dan several thousand sentences). Jeff K81 Roberts Robin at the Hungry Moose in Big Sky Wells writes that his mom (everyone’s favorite this summer, which gave me a great excuse Cranbrook/Kingswood typing teacher) and Recently our friend and classmate, MARIA D. to go visit Jackie. We did some hikes and got dad recently joined me and David on a trip PETRUCCI, passed away after a short battle see some beautiful country as well as Jackie to Sonoma, CA, for some great food and with cancer near her home outside of Rome, and her husband Mark’s, awesome gourmet wine. “Mom and dad turn 85 this year, having Italy. Many of you will remember Maria for her grocery stores, The Hungry Moose, great deli retired from Cranbrook 22 years ago this cheerful disposition, strong will, and friendly, food, all sorts of food items and the best wine July. Since we’re at the age that many of us easy nature. After graduating from college, selection!” Not much to report from me, I are dealing with aging parents, I’m aware how Maria fulfilled a lifelong dream by moving to write this during our first blizzard this season, extraordinarily fortunate I am that they are Italy, where she built a successful career, life not bad for Boston, and it was 55 degrees in such good health, with mom still playing and home. In over 25 years, she enjoyed the yesterday! Looking forward to the spring! bridge and tennis several times a week and opportunity to work for the luxury fashion Dad active in the garden.” Mark Dunning house of Fendi, headquartered in Rome, Class Secretary moved to Atlanta last April to begin a new later joining McArthur/Glen UK Ltd., owners Jami Pyle Gregory role as director-human resources for ALPLA, and operators of luxury designer outlet malls 781-741-5409 a global manufacturer of rigid plastic bottles worldwide. Maria was passionate about life, [email protected] for the consumer products industry. He’s and she loved to spend her free time running, responsible for 14 U.S. locations and though rock climbing, sailing the Mediterranean, and he isn’t playing quite as much golf as he was skiing throughout Europe and Colorado. She CK83 in Arizona, he’s enjoying the new role, finding last attended reunion in 2011 in honor of our new courses, testing new restaurants, and 30th reunion. On February 5, 2017, her family Hello, CK’83! I hope this finds you all doing making new friends. Plus, he just bought a hosted a Celebration of Life in her memory, well. There wasn’t a huge response to my house and looks forward to entertaining soon. attended by over 215 friends and family. request for news this time, but here’s the Among those in attendance were: MARIA latest and greatest from the fabulous few who AJLUNI COYLE, Kurt Zimmerman C’81, sent updates. SONIA AJLUNI PASTORE, Scott Weinberg '80, Kevin Stoutermire '83, and Albert Petrucci, Jr.,’83. Maria will be greatly missed by a loving family and many devoted friends.
Mike Acheson '80, in China with wife, Adele, and son, Mitchell '14 Charlie, Jack and Will, children of Joanna Donnelly Dales '83 MIKE ACHESON writes from across the globe, “Adele and I, and our son Mitchell, First, JOANNA DONNELLY DALES wrote, are in China, where he is doing a semester “It’s hard to believe how fast time is flying. 78 Our middle son, Jack, graduated from high kids and therefore, not teaching a teenager 98% of the time here, so we bought a cabin school and started at Michigan State in the to drive. Gentler activities include the up north where we can now enjoy some snow fall. We are not exactly a house divided since resumption of my off-track thoroughbred’s and escape the 115 degrees. I am currently Scott, Charlie and I are firmly on the side of show-jumping, after a long hiatus, and hosting working as a Behavior Intervention Specialist the Wolverines, but we are excited for Jack! Bill’s grandkids for a weeklong “grandma and for the Washington Elementary School. I He loves the school and has become a full- grandpa camp” during summer months.” was honored this December by the Fiesta fledged Spartan. Will is still a sophomore Bowl Wishes Granted for Teachers and given in high school, so we will see which brother $5,000 for sensory, therapeutic, and incentive he follows. More than likely he will choose items for my 70+ students in the program. I his own path. I have been at the Kalamazoo got to see KATHY GALANTOWICZ Juriga Community Foundation for almost ten years. last March when I was back in Michigan for We have a great team, a cool office space, and my mother’s 80th birthday. We were fortunate every day I get to go to work and help make enough to meet up again in July, when she and Kalamazoo an even better place to live. My her kids came out to see the Grand Canyon husband Scott is a bankruptcy judge and and Sedona. It was great to catch up and have unfortunately has been very busy these last our kids spend some time together!” several years. When we are not working or at a high school basketball game, we like to head up north. We bought a little cottage near Manistee and love having a little get-away.” Allan Daniels and Romona Ng, both ‘83
RAMONA NG also wrote in to say, “Last September ALLAN DANIELS came to Toronto with his son to attend the World Cup of Hockey, and we were able to meet for a quick drink and catch up. It’s always so nice to see old classmates in person.” I agree, and wish it happened more often! Children of Kathy Galantowicz Juriga and TED BISSELL is living in Pelham, NY, with Gail Davidson Hayes, both ‘83 his wife and son John-Howard, who is now in tenth grade and enjoying playing bass and KATHY GALANTOWICZ JURIGA sent along string guitar along with all his other activities. Linda Jakubs '83 a photo from their visit, which I am including Ted reports, “I joined the international with her caption, “Crazy, but the redhead girl consulting firm, Axis Corporate, in NYC at LINDA JAKUBS brought me up to date on is mine and the redhead boy is hers!” the beginning of January, as global director her latest adventures. “To celebrate boyfriend of digital consulting. Our clients are mainly Bill’s 70th birthday and the 20th anniversary banks that have finally awakened to the fact of our unwedded bliss (and to prove to him that the world is going digital around them. that I can travel farther than the law office, One of the perks of the job is having a large greenhouse, and barn), we went fly-fishing team in Spain, calling for Spanish-ham-heavy in Alaska for the summer solstice (no fish visits there.” Best of luck in your new role, were harmed in the making of photo I’m Ted! RAJEEV LAKRA checked in for the very including!). We fished waters known only to first time to say, “I’m currently a managing the bush pilot, our guide, and the sommelier director of Risk Management at JPMorgan back at the lodge (ha-ha some things never Chase. I live in Connecticut with my wife change), and to grizzlies that leave evidence Cynthia and my two kids, Lauren, 13, and of their presence everywhere. I recommend Ryan, Brett and Lucy, children of Megan Alex, 8.” I told him to keep an eye out for Alaska to anyone who, like me, suffers a forced Foster Belval '83 CARRIE WEINER ROSENBLOOM, who is diet of urban living: no people, no cell service, also in Weston! I always love hearing from no….anything except wilderness-focused MEGAN FOSTER BELVAL checked in first-time submitters. We need more of you to recreation. Back in Indiana, where we live on from the East Coast to say, “We are loving resurface before the next reunion! It was also weekends, I started keeping honeybees and Connecticut since moving here three years great to hear from GAIL DAVIDSON HAYES, trained my pony to drive a cart around local ago. My 12-year-old twin boys, Ryan and who writes, “I am still living in Arizona with my roads. Neither hobby promotes relaxation Brett, are now as tall as me, and my 10-year- husband of 26 years. We have a 22-year-old at all; 28,000 bees in a wooden box still old daughter Lucy is not far behind! The boys son who is moving temporarily to Reno with scare the **** out of me whenever I have keep busy with school, friends, basketball, Copper State Nut and Bolt Co. to work at my hands in their hive, and the pony exacts baseball, flag football and tennis. Lucy is the Tesla Giga Factory. I found myself missing divine retribution for my never having had focusing on school, friends, tennis and the snow at times, since it’s warm and sunny 79 basketball, among other things. I have been release dated August 2016, “Gov. Rick please register if you haven’t previously: www. in touch with KATHY POLK OSBORNE, who Snyder today announced the appointment cranbrookkingswood83.com. It’s a private lives not too far from me, and we are hoping to of Allan Daniels of Bloomfield Hills to the group and fun way to find classmates, share get together and catch up soon. Not too much Michigan Board of Real Estate Brokers and “vintage” and current photos and soon, 35th is new with me except that I am considering Salespersons. Housed within the Michigan reunion details! Signing off until next time and working part time as an alternative health care Department of Licensing and Regulatory wishing you and your families’ good health and practitioner, as holistic health has become Affairs, the nine-member board oversees the many fun-filled adventures! my passion! Looking forward to catching up licensure and practice of real estate brokers on everyone else.” MATT NOSANCHUK just and salespersons in Michigan. ‘Allan brings Class Secretary wrapped up an impressive long-term gig in years of experience to the position, and I Barbara Rewey Newman Washington, D.C., and had this news to share, am confident he will do great things for this 914-602-2740 “In January 2017, I completed my service board,’ Snyder said.” Allan is the president of [email protected] with the Obama Administration, where I was Dr. Daniels and Son, Investment Real Estate an appointee for almost eight years. I worked Capital, and will serve a four-year term in the White House in the Office of Public expiring June 30, 2020. He is a licensed real C84 Engagement, on the National Security Council estate broker and mortgage loan originator staff and in senior roles at three agencies: and member of the National Association of It is with great sadness that I relay news of the the Justice Department, the Department of Realtors, the Michigan Association of Realtors, unexpected passing of our classmate, CHRIS Homeland Security and, most recently, the the National Association of Mortgage CUZZOLA on December 1, 2016 at his home State Department. It was an extraordinary Brokers, and the Michigan Mortgage Lenders in Pennsylvania. Chris was 50 years old. privilege to serve President Obama, working Association. Congratulations, Allan! Debbie to advance key domestic and international Schwartz also sent a quick update, “I started in priorities of the administration. a corporate role for New York Life last summer and love it. Great company! Then I blinked... and my son Brandon will soon be graduating from Babson College in May. He secured a great position with SapientNitro here in NYC. My son Jordan will graduate from high school in June and then attend the Quest program for adults with autism. We’re so proud of both boys for all of their accomplishments and can’t wait to see what the next chapter of their Chris Cuzzola '84, and daughter, Gabby lives brings.” As I was finishing this report, I heard the sad news about Mike Ilitch. On After graduating from Cranbrook Chris behalf of our class, I would like to extend our received his undergraduate degree in Matt Nosanchuk '83, and President Obama sincerest condolences, thoughts and prayers English from Mercyhurst University. He to CHRIS ILITCH, and the entire Ilitch family later received a master’s in education from Now I am taking a break and exploring a during this difficult time. Their wonderful Edinboro University. He was the founder and variety of non-governmental opportunities family connection to Cranbrook magically CEO of Argen Health Systems, and was the to decide what comes next. In addition to my culminated in a State Hockey Championship Executive Director of the Edinboro University stint at the State Department, where I had for us in 1983, but that is just one of many Foundation. Chris began his professional the opportunity to travel to three continents, fabulous memories we all share about Mr. career in high school education as a teacher, highlights of 2016 for me included seeing my Ilitch’s contributions to not only our school administrator and football coach. He was son, Seth, 19, off to Stanford for his freshman but those he made to Detroit, in his never- especially proud of growing the success of the year and attending the Detroit Homecoming ending pursuit to revitalize a magnificent city. Saegertown High School boys’ varsity football — a gathering of Detroit area ‘ex-pats.’ I saw The only news I have to share is that we finally team, where he coached with his friend and Charlie Shaw as well as fellow alums Chris have both twins, 19, off to college this year. former teammate, Todd DiBello. From 2001- Ilitch, Brian Hermelin and Robert Nederlander Anna is a freshman at Denison University, and 2007 he worked in specialty and hospital '81. In connection with the Homecoming, I Bennett is a sophomore at Washington and sales for Pfizer. During his career with Pfizer returned to campus with fellow-Washingtonian Lee University, and we’re happy that they are Chris was a consistent high achiever, earning Laurie Rubiner '80, and several other CK both doing well and are amazingly proud of all top sales performance awards. In 2005, he alums, who were in town to participate on their new accomplishments. Next year, 2018, was awarded National Sales Representative an alumni panel for students. It was held in will bring another big reunion for CK’83, and in of the Year in the Powers RxDivision, while the back room of the library on a spectacular an effort to up our attendance from the 30th, I earning a number one national rank. Growing September afternoon, a room where I spent will be in touch more often to update records up, Chris was an active ice hockey player, many hours studying and debating the future and search for missing classmates. Try not to joining travel and club programs in Erie and of humankind and other important topics.” ignore, and be annoyed by, all my impending Buffalo, NY, where he excelled. At Cranbrook, Allan Daniels sent in this news from a press emails ;-). I am keeping our class website up, so he was a three-sport varsity letterman in
80 football, hockey and baseball. His senior had asked that remembrances of Sonja be year, he was recognized as a Michigan All- shared on her Facebook page. If you have a State Quarterback. Chris was an NCAA story or memory of Sonja that you would like Division I Hockey recruit to Miami University to share, Ms. Starks-Scott’s page is still open of Ohio, and finished his career at Mercyhurst for comment. The family asked that mourners University. It was there in 1986 that Chris was consider making a donation in Sonja’s memory a founder and team captain of Mercyhurst to The Sonja M. Scott Scholarship Fund, P.O. College’s first men’s hockey team. While at Box 44212, Detroit, MI 48244-0212. The fund Mercyhurst College he received the Sister “annually provides support to The Miami Carolyn Herrmann Service Award, an award Manu and Verti, children of Nelson Lebo '86 Project to Cure Paralysis as well as scholarship conferred to a traditional graduating senior appropriations to inner city youths at Grosse who has given unselfishly of time, energy, Dani (wife), Verti, 4, and Manu, 1, are helping Pointe Academy, Cranbrook Kingswood and loyalty and talent in the spirit of Sr. Carolyn with this one in Whanganui, New Zealand. New Metro National Association of Business Herrmann, who served as the University’s We are converting a 13-acre, worn-out horse and Professional Women.” Sonja will be President from 1962–1970. He was a member property into an organic mixed-use farm. We missed. I also would like to share that SARAH of St. Paul Episcopal Cathedral and the Erie grow garlic, peaches, apples, chickens and SCHULTZ has very kindly agreed to take over Club. He enjoyed fly fishing, sailing, golf ducks to sell, along with pigs and sheep to as our class secretary, which means that you’ll and traveling. But his life’s passion was his eat. We have a few cows and goats for milk see actual updates from our class now. Thank daughter, Gabby, who he raised as a single and dairy products. Currently planning an you, Sarah! father after his wife, Rosanne, passed away avocado orchard and olive grove. Never a dull in 1997. He was a father first — attending to moment here. My parents are coming to visit Class secretary her emotional, social, academic and athletic in March for a month. They are both doing well Sarah Schultz needs. They traveled around the country and have become Red Sox and Patriots fans 7222 S. West Bay Shore Drive as she rose through the ranks of junior club after living in New England nearly 30 years.” Traverse City, MI 49684 lacrosse. In 2014, she was an NCAA Division I Josh Simon sent what he referred to as a [email protected] Lacrosse recruit at U-M, where she is currently non-update because it was simply to say in her junior year. The two of them could be everything is the same, and he’s doing great. seen regularly around Erie kayaking on the He is still at U-M doing IT work for the College CK90 lake, hiking at Presque Isle, and fly-fishing of Literature, Science and the Arts (LSA). I in Walnut Creek. They also loved to travel reminded him though not to under estimate ALISON SLACK checked in at the beginning together, enjoying recent trips to Greece, Italy, the significance of that sort of update. Many of the year to let us know that it’s been Ireland, England, the Dominican Republic and people would consider normal and consistent a crazy year for her and her family! They Mexico. I remember Chris being perpetually great news! I am the same as well. TJ, Tim, moved around California, from the Bay to upbeat and positive. He always had a kind Jim and I are all happy, healthy and doing Sacramento, as Alison started a new job with word for everyone around him. Having spoken what we love. I am still at Dow Chemical for Sutter Medical Group. She also eloped with recently with his sister, Amy, I think that the TCS as EH&S team lead for SDS authoring, her longtime love and father of her littles phrase, “Carpe Diem, baby” probably best teach a few classes at Northwood Univ., at the end of the year. They came back to represents who and how he was. Amy added and I am about half way through my PhD in Michigan this past summer, and Alison was that, “Chris loved his days at Cranbrook and organizational leadership. Keep sending your happy that her 5-year-old twin daughters the friends and mentors he met there. The updates. We look forward to hearing from you! got to experience a summer trip “up north.” Cuzzola family appreciates the warm embrace She got to visit friends from college and high of the community.” He’ll be dearly missed by Class Secretary school, including Marla Karimipour and Maria all who knew and loved him. Robin Sanders Koss Quiroga! Speaking of MARIA QUIROGA, she 989-430-8364 gave me the highlights of her photography Arash Babaoff [email protected] year in review for 2016, noting that she’s 513-321-1177 cell been photographing new parts of the world [email protected] and meeting up with some other ladies from the Class of 1990. In addition to her recent CK89 visit with Marla and Alison in Michigan, Maria CK86 It is with great sadness that I must report the caught up with Melissa Sorongon in NYC and loss of our classmate, SONJA SCOTT, who then met up with Laurie RALL Prichard in NED LEBO took a few minutes to drop us a passed away unexpectedly on December 13. Indonesia! This year, she is looking forward line while his family was at the beach: “I’m I am afraid I had lost touch with Sonja after to running the Boston Marathon in April, currently renovating my third house and graduation, although I remember visiting continuing to travel as much as possible, and second farm in the last decade and a half. with her at our 10th reunion, I believe, and will be filming her second documentary in she was so kind and welcoming to my future Australia at the end of the year. She is truly husband. Her mother, Loretta Starks-Scott, a woman on the MOVE! BETH VAN DAM is continuing her life as a production designer 81 and Kundalini yoga teacher in Los Angeles. She car washing company with two locations and Cup in December.” Brad Spencer, his wife now lives with the special man in her life, Mark, is doing great! Kyle Mueller is in Birmingham, and Michael Paris are living in the Birmingham and they and their rescue dog, Sal, are often working with GM, married to wife Erica, a area. Ryan Utarnachitt is a GI doctor, and he found hiking around the hills of Hollywood. A powerhouse Bikram instructor, and they and his wife Mary live in central California. sudden twist of fate occurred this winter, when recently had a baby! Matt Grace is spreading Keith Langbo is living in the Raleigh-Durham Beth’s mother died of complications due to a good energy to a variety of causes, working area. Dominic Harris is in London with his rare muscular disease in early December. She for a credit card processing company with wife and daughter. Peter Emery is living in San shares that life without a mother is a strange Ted Fuller '93, living in Birmingham, Mich., and Francisco and doing great! As for me, I work and new concept. It’s been lovely and helpful doing well! Chad Kohler is in Grand Rapids for a non-profit organization called Imerman for her and her family to feel the support of with his wife Cynthia and kids and is doing Angels (www.ImermanAngels.org). We are the many great individuals who recognized well! Silas Bouyer is still serving our country a “1-on-1 Cancer Support,” a FREE service her and loved her. It’s looking like the Van Dam with the Navy and living in San Diego with his where we connect a person fighting cancer clan is going to make it out for the CK reunion wife and kids. MIKE and Krista CHOW Hamlin to someone who already beat the same this spring. Beth is looking forward to seeing are happily married and living in Boston. Mark cancer. Each person fighting cancer gets a everyone there! MARLA KARIMIPOUR is Vann is an orthopedic surgeon in Houston, “big brother” or “big sister” who is uniquely busy painting up a storm of small paintings for married and doing great! Recently in the D, I familiar with the fight. It’s all about friendship, a show at the Detroit Artists Market next year. saw Mark’s sister, Monique Vann-Brown '92. motivation and believing you can overcome With a lot of work on her plate, she’s looking She’s doing great and is so nice! Ken Gorski is in any challenge! The service is free, and our forward to going to La Jolla, CA, in March, South Carolina and doing great! Steve Prucher goal is to CONNECT this entire cancer where she will visit Lina Farris BARRERA, is living in Birmingham, happy and well! Aaron world! IF YOU KNOW ANYONE TOUCHED along with Lina’s husband and sons, Antoine Cohn reports, “I am happily ensconced in a BY CANCER, regardless of where they live, and Leo. She simply can’t wait for the reunion! passive style house in Philadelphia with my PLEASE SEND THEM TO US and we will take Marla and several other classmates including wife and three kids. Ophthalmology is as care of them! Thank you crew. My brother, Jeff Kimia Zanjani Ebeling were reunited under fulfilling as when I started. I’m looking forward Imerman '92, lives in Birmingham, and my mom less favorable circumstances as they bid to seeing everyone at the 25th year reunion Janie in the Bloomfield area, and both are farewell to our beloved classmate, LINDSEY in 2019. Amazing to think it’s been that long.” healthy and well. What matters most! Best of JACOBS FINSILVER. Lindsey passed away Anish Patel is an anesthesiologist, happily luck to everyone, and keep healthy and well. in December, and her memory will forever married, living in the D.C. area and doing be with us. CATHY SOSNICK SCHWARTZ great! David Liu is in Seattle. Jay Hack is in Class Secretary delivered a beautiful eulogy at her service, Detroit, working in investment management, Jonny Imerman which was said to have been both touching happily married. Sally '98, and Chris Bell live 312-274-5529 and uplifting for all who attended. Lindsey will in Portland and as usual are spreading good www.ImermanAngels.org be greatly missed. positive energy to everyone they touch in [email protected] the state of Oregon! Chris reports, “Sally Class Secretary and I continue to enjoy life on the Western Keia Perry-Farr Frontier. Though returning to the Middle CK95 904-595-6111 West to be part of the honoring of Mr. Shaw [email protected] still ranks as the highlight for 2016, 2017 will Greetings, Class of 95! Hope this finds you all be marked by the arrival of a second Bell boy, well. Thanks to the following for writing in. It’s due end of June. Spent the week thinking always great to hear from fellow classmates. CK94 about all the memories I have of Lynman Woodard. He changed how many of us sixth Brian Stewart and awesome wife, Rachel grade suburbanites saw the world, and he Tronstein Stewart, and their St. Bernese will be forever in our hearts.” Robert Axelrod Mountain Dog, Hershey, live in Birmingham, says, “I live with my wife Tami in Washington, where Brian is practicing dermatology. Ben D.C. I work for Kaiser Permanente doing Wineman is living in the Chicago suburbs state government relations, where it seems with his wife Nicole and three children: Ava, like I spend a lot of time in my car navigating Jacob and Claudia. Ben is a principal at Mid- Beltway traffic to and from meetings and America Real Estate Corp. working in the hearings in Annapolis, Baltimore, and D.C.” retail real estate business. Seth Meltzer is Terry Kalna sounds great and reports, “I’ve living in Bloomfield Hills with his wife Melissa been back in Pittsburgh for two years now. It’s and their two sons Asher and Adam, and he is still surreal to think that we won a Stanley Cup Philip Maxwell '95, and family running quite a few marathons! Brad Dubin is in my first full season with the Penguins. I’ve in L.A., married to Amy Berlin '87, working for seen Bryan Doner '95, a few times recently, PHILIP MAXWELL writes to say, “I am a real estate firm called KanDu Capital. Jeff and I see Jason Karmanos '92, at work. I also currently a Major in my 11th year in the US Hurlbert and his wife Sarah Ruth are living in had the pleasure of catching up with Jamie Army JAG Corps. I graduated with my LLM in Dallas, Texas, and have two kids. Jeff runs a Benard '95, over breakfast with the Stanley Military Law from the Army JAG School in May 82 2016 in Charlottesville, VA, and reported as well. His label Ghostly International had its with the board, please let the alumni office the Brigade Judge Advocate for the Combat first artist receive a Grammy nomination. He know. Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, also sold his startup Drip to Kickstarter last Fort Carson, CO, in June. We are a full year. He looks forward to our 20th Reunion spectrum Brigade with Apaches, Blackhawk, next year! Also looking forward to our 20th is and Chinook helicopters. I deployed to Naveen Reddy. He and his wife are enjoying Afghanistan in support of Operation Resolute being in the Detroit suburbs and watching Support immediately upon arrival in Colorado their son grow up. Time just seems to fly. and returned this past fall. I’m happily married Brooke Crowley wrote that she’s in her sixth to my wife, Christine, and we have a 2-year-old year working for the University of Cincinnati son, Louis. We love Colorado and are looking as a professor of geology/anthropology and forward to being here two years or so, until the is awaiting a decision on tenure. She wrote Army moves us once again. MAJ Phil Maxwell, in about her time since leaving Cranbrook, Brigade Judge Advocate, Combat Aviation saying that, “A lot has happened in that time! Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Cincinnati treats me well. I joined a German CO.” KEEGAN MILLER shares, “I am living in dance troop that performs at various festivals Riley, daughter of Lindsay Tiemeyer Richmond, VA, and purchased my first home a around town.” She has really learned to Winterhalter '01, and her dog Olive year ago. It is an older house with all the charm appreciate Cincinnati, especially with this of an old home, crown molding, chair rails, and mild winter this past year. I wish her the best LINDSAY TIEMEYER WINTERHALTER is arched doorways. I have spent the last year of luck in her pursuit of tenure! As for myself, I about to celebrate her five-year wedding remodeling it, and I am so in love with it! I just am still living in the greater D.C. area and have anniversary with her husband, Brian. They obtained my BSN and switched from the ER spent the past year working as an attorney have a 17-month-old daughter, Riley, and a five- to a surgical and trauma ICU. I love getting late for FEMA. I’ve had the opportunity to travel year-old dog, Olive. Lindsay recently started night calls from Megan Fox Morseth.” to disasters in various parts of the country a new job in investor relations at a publicly and meet people from all over the U.S., who traded REIT, headquartered in Washington, Class Secretary work together to help communities respond D.C., and is loving her new position. She said Kate Richard to and recover from disasters. It has been a to please reach out if you are ever visiting 248-631-8920 humbling and amazing experience, least of all D.C. She would love to reconnect! VIVIAN [email protected] because I have gotten to spend time in parts CHIU resides in Hong Kong and was married of the country I would never have traveled in October 2016. Congratulations! Many CK to otherwise. I spent the spring in Oregon, alumni and their partners participated in the the summer in West Virginia, part of the fall CK98 festivities, including her Kingswood roommate in Kentucky, and the winter in Minnesota. from junior year, Lynn Lin. Vivian is grateful to It’s always a pleasure to hear from people I’ve certainly racked up hotel, airline, and car have maintained strong friendships from her about what is happening in their lives. For rental rewards in the last year. I hope to make time at Cranbrook Kingswood. instance, Cary Lovejoy Lawler and her it to the 20th reunion next year — crossing husband Josh welcomed son, Caiden, to fingers for a quiet hurricane season this year their family in October 2016. John Ma and and next! Much congratulations to all, and his wife Michelle welcomed a daughter this hopefully we can have a great turnout for our February, and son, Connor, was excited to 20th next year. have a baby sister! John also reports that he got a promotion/new job working the Chrysler Class Secretary account for SiriusXM. He likes that he gets Sharmili Hazra Edwards to go home to Auburn Hills and see friends 248-202-7767 and family once a month. It’s like he’s come [email protected] full circle since moving to Texas! Michael Wagner got engaged to Jessica N. Lunday with a wedding planned for October. He’s still CK01 Natalie Baum '01, and her daughter stationed in D.C. and just passed the 13-year mark on active duty with the Air Force. Sam LAUREN KERR FREUND resides in NATALIE BAUM bought her first house Valenti also wrote that things are going well Birmingham (Poppleton Park) and is an and moved to Huntington Woods with her with him. He took his first trip to India, traveling in-house litigation counsel for Penske daughter. Please remember to keep your to Delhi, Bangalore, Jaipur, Agra and Mumbai. Automotive Group. She has a funny and very contact information up to date. Best wishes He discovered the organization, Wildlife active 3-year-old boy, Luke. Lauren is enjoying for another great year! SOS while there and was impressed with the her term as president of the Cranbrook work they do for Elephant Conservation and Kingswood Alumni Association and Class Secretary Care, though they help all animals. While Sam encouraged everyone to join. In addition, any Sarah Jacob has been enjoying life, his work is also going local alumni interested in becoming involved [email protected] 83 ELIZABETH MILLER BATTIN, Liz Vollman CK02 '03, and ERIN SCHECHTER. Courtney and husband Zander are enjoying raising their Congratulations are in order to several daughters and traveling a bit. Great to hear classmates who recently got married and from everyone and hope to see many of you at welcomed new babies! HANNAH DWORKIS our 15th reunion! PIANKO married Matt Pianko in September 2016. Congrats, Hannah and Matt! Hannah Your Class Secretaries, Aaron Melaas, Eliz also co-founded a law firm, Kluk Pianko Law, Miller Battin, and Kristin Moul Driscoll which works with start-ups and venture funds [email protected] on financings, corporate and commercial Rebekah Won Weiner '02, husband Ryan and [email protected] matters! JAMIE WINEMAN and wife, Gillian, daughter Riley [email protected] got married in October 2016. REBEKAH WON WEINER started a new job as a relationship management partner at the CK05 same firm, JPMorgan, with the Corporate and Investment Bank group, where she is focusing Hi, Class of 2005, only a couple of new on Multinational Corporations. Rebekah and updates to share this time around. AMADEUS family also moved to Brooklyn Heights last DOMARADZKI moved to Ottawa last year, year, and they love Brooklyn, NY! and he is working on infrastructure policy at the Canadian government’s Department of Finance. ANDREW PARK has been working with a friend to make a politically Wedding of Jamie Wineman '02 themed board game called Founders (www. founderboardgame.com), where players Congrats Jamie and Gillian! Jamie’s brothers take on the role of a legislator, representing Ben '94, and Andrew '96, were his best men, a distinct province in a country they live and among the groomsmen were JOHN in. All provinces/legislators have their own VLASIC and PARKER LYNCH. Jamie has constituents and lobbyists they need to been working as a senior risk manager at Vivid keep happy while solving national issues and keeping the nation’s best interests in mind. Seats for the last four years and still going Family of Shawn Sinacola-Rodriguez '02 strong producing music. You can hear some Andrew’s goal is to launch on Kickstarter sometime this spring or summer, so keep an of Jamie’s songs in commercials, TV shows, SHAWN SINACOLA-RODRIGUEZ is still eye out! As for me, RYAN ZAMPARDO, I and retail stores all around the world. Jamie working as an English and Spanish teacher at decided to go off on my own as a real estate and Gillian are enjoying life in Chicago and Chelsea High School in Michigan. She started developer. I’m working with a couple clients occasionally get to see alums ZACH RIEGLE, teaching AP Literature this year and loves it! out in the Bay area, and I am pursuing a couple GEORGE BIBBS and AARON ROSENHAUS. Shawn shared that so many fond memories projects in downtown Detroit with a business Congrats to HASAN CHAUDHRY and his of studying English with Mr. Hall, Ms. Scott, partner. Best wishes to everyone in 2017! wife Maham Fayyaz. They welcomed their son Mr. Linder, Mr. Shaw and Mrs. Dagbovie have Hadi in June 2016 and are loving every day of come flooding back to her this year, as she Class Secretary the parenthood journey. Hadi has been able teaches her students in much the same way Ryan Zampardo to grow up surrounded by family, including his we were taught at Cranbrook. cousin, daughter of BILAL CHAUDHRY '01. [email protected] Any time somebody travels through Phoenix, look up Hasan, Maham and Hadi as they would love to be able to meet up! PARKER LYNCH CK05 moved to Austin, TX about six months ago and is teaching third grade social studies at a ANNA GANGADHARAN moved back to dyslexic school called Rawson Saunders. He Michigan last fall with her fiancé Jeremy Bleier. is also coaching football and soccer, which She works at Quicken Loans, and he is in his is keeping him busy. Parker is also running first year at Wayne State Law School. They Born and Raised Detroit Foundation. The are getting married on May 20 at Oakland organization is about to hit a half million Hills Country Club, and live in Berkley. Courtney Quay Gardiner '02, husband, dollars granted to education-based Detroit ALEXA TATE lives in New Delhi working in Zander and daughters, Jane and Quay non-profits since its inception. international development and human rights with the University of Chicago. She will be COURTNEY QUAY GARDINER lives getting married this spring in Lucknow, India, in Greenwich, CT, and frequently sees
84 in a three-day traditional Hindu marriage Securitas to get a weekday lunch at Leo’s (or recently landed a job in Los Angeles writing for ceremony. B Deli, or wherever else you went that wasn’t DROP THE MIC, a new CBS show inspired by the dining hall). For those of you who came to a segment on The Late Late Show with James the five-year reunion, you know that it was so Corden. This is a big step in Adam’s career as awesome that we changed venue two times a writer, actor and stand-up comedian, and just to keep it going. And since 10 is twice as I am sure he will make the most of it. Good much as five, this reunion should be double the luck, Adam! Back at Cranbrook, TED LORTS fun! That’s science. Now we all know that none manages the school’s robotics programs, of the great parties in history happened by spanning all the way from Brookside to the accident. Well, maybe some did. The Boston Upper School while also serving as Stevens Tea Party seems like it was pretty spontaneous. House’s dorm advisor. Meanwhile, M. PAUL But most of them were meticulously planned, WEEKS, now in his fifth year in New York City, Justine Dolorfino '05, and financeé Joie usually by professionals who do it for a living. has started working at Paperless Post. NILS Thieman We can’t afford to do that. More importantly, PETERSON will start a master’s program in we don’t have to. We’re Cranbrook alums: our accounting at the University of Denver, after JUSTINE DOLORFINO is enjoying her career capacity to rage is the stuff of legend in the which he is hoping to take the CPA exam. As in marketing as well as her ‘off-hours’ gig as greater Birmingham-Bloomfield area. So if for your class secretary, PETER BAUMHART the bassist with the Coronado Big Band in you want to help plan the reunion party that will wrap up his second federal clerkship Coronado, Calif. She and her fiancé Joie will probably inspire the next Superbad, email in August and start working for a Chicago Thieman will be married on May 27, 2017, in me at [email protected]. I read an law firm in the fall. During his time off, Peter San Diego, Calif., with Priya Chatterjee, maid article on LinkedIn that said reunion-planning hopes to catch a show by RYAN DREWS and of honor, Erika Perenic, Jess Joswick, Kole experience is the next big thing employers JUSTIN CAMERON’s garage band, which was (Nick) Kurti, C’05, and other CK alums in are looking for, so be sure to get on board accidentally renamed [Insert band name here] attendance. JANICE DAVID works and lives for your career’s sake. This brings us to the when an as-yet unidentified member forgot in the Ann Arbor area. She works as a product normal order of business in our class notes: to completely fill out an entry form at a local owner at a software company. She recently the updates. I realize that the possibility of Battle of the Bands competition. The band is enjoyed volunteering at the CK Career Fair receiving the newest issue of Tradition is the now looking to retool after their reggae cover for juniors and seniors, where she met up only reason most of us even get out of bed of Rebecca Black’s smash hit “Friday” failed with fellow classmates Renee Helppie Chase, in the morning, so I apologize for making you to crack YouTube’s top 10,000,000 videos Kevin DeWar, Nick Devlin and Ian Perkins, all read through two normal-sized paragraphs of 2016. Word on the street is that they plan C’05. before getting to this point. Kudos to those to add AJAY RAMESH on the triangle and of you who stuck it out. That’s the sort of ukulele. More on that story as it develops. In dedication we’re looking for in planning the the meantime, you should consider joining aforementioned reunion rager. Seriously, me in the reunion-planning experience of email me. First, I’m happy to report that our a lifetime. At the very least, I hope to see as CK family got a little bigger as PAUL DRENTH many of you there as can make it, and I will and his wife welcomed their first child, a boy, report the dates of reunion in a future note. in February. In addition to bringing a new life Stay in touch. into the world, Paul’s wife will graduate with a doctorate of nursing practice this April after Class Secretary which the family will be moving to Mount Peter Baumhart Pleasant. I know I speak for all of us in wishing [email protected] Paul and his wife the best as they start this Ian Perkins, Kevin DeWar, Janice David, Nick new chapter in their lives. But wait — there’s Devlin and Renee Helppie Chase, all ’05 more! We have not one, but two engagements. CK09 Our own XANDER STREK is now happily Class Secretary engaged after popping the question to his If you’re in New York City keep an eye out Janice David girlfriend (now fiancée) Anna Wisne this for ARTUR Fruman and Austen Hohendorf. 248-773-9368 past winter. Likewise, DAVID BLEZNAK is They manage to pull CK alums together [email protected] engaged to Sonya Nikac, and they plan to from time to time in the Big Apple. Andrew wed at Cranbrook this August. David reports Eckhous, Eric Fishman, Joe Granzotto, Brent that they are very excited and feel lucky to Moffett and Dylan Handelsman, reacting to CK08 have the privilege to marry on school grounds what they believed to be excessive American (where, incidentally, David will serve as the consumerism, all moved to Bogotá, Columbia. Fun fact: by the time you read this, we will be new head coach of the JV soccer team starting They now collectively own South America’s about a year away from our ten-year reunion. this fall). Congratulations to both couples! We first Jewish deli and have cornered the cured That’s the weekend where we celebrate also have some news on the job front. In the meats market, serving corned beef by the kilo. a decade of not having to run away from entertainment world, ADAM HAMILTON Joe Granzotto is simultaneously managing 85 to complete his final semester at Harvard involvement with the Cranbrook Wilderness Law. Eric Harbour is moving to New Zealand Expedition every year since graduation. After FORMER to begin his master of sports science at the graduating from Washington University in St. Auckland University of Technology. If you find Louis with an architecture and educational FACULTY yourself down ‘undah’ drop him a line! Adam studies degree, Megan Simmons joined Flad Wells is still on the hunt for meaning, purpose, Architects in Madison, WI in June 2016 as excitement and tranquility. He currently has a an architectural associate. Between cheese Passing along the sad news of the loss of mailbox and a cat in Seattle. You can find his curd taste tests and soccer games, Megan longtime Brookside teachers, Hal Smart and photography at www.ajwells.news. After four designs schools and is about to start a project Linda Van Dam. There will be a chance to great years in New York City, Lucy Xu has at Ohio University. She recently visited her remember these two unforgettable educators moved to Europe to become a citizen and sister Amanda Simmons '15, who is a dual and share stories and memories during marketer of the world. She is living in Athens, degree sophomore at Northwestern. Another reunion weekend on Sunday, June 11 at 1 p.m. Greece, and is working for a global education Washington University graduate with honors, at the Brookside Meeting House. If you have a technology startup, 100mentors, which is a Claire Huttenlocher moved to Detroit for a story to share but can’t be there that day, you worldwide mentorship network, seeking to yearlong urban revitalization fellowship called can send it to [email protected]. Below connect students from schools like Cranbrook Challenge Detroit. She consults with nonprofit are excerpts from their obituaries. to alumni and career mentors. If you’re partners in the city to address topics like interested in becoming a mentor, let her know! food security, economic development, and Here’s to new adventures. place-based entrepreneurship. Jon Withrow is living in Charlotte, NC, working as an Class Secretary, Adam Wells analyst at Bank of America in global banking www.ajwells.news and markets. He still sees Daniel Ackerman and Andrew Georgeson from time to time when they are back in Michigan. Arsh Shah CK12 graduated this past May as a Presidential Scholar with a degree in Asian studies, Maya Hicks is living in Michigan and just international relations and economics. He graduated magna cum laude from Wayne undertook an independent research project State last December. She is going through for his senior capstone and published a paper the medical school application process, and in two languages. Arsh is a member of both the hopefully will hear back soon. She enjoys International Foreign Language and National spending time with Hattie McKinney, Laura Political Science Honor Societies for Mandarin Collier and Danielle Smart when she can. She and International Relations, respectively. He is definitely excited for reunion and cannot is living in Chicago, working at a law firm with wait to see everyone who attends! Madison plans to start law school in the near future. As Romney graduated from the U-M with a for me, Sydney Sanders, I’m enjoying exploring Harold Dearborn Smart 1926-2016 bachelor’s degree in organizational studies my new city, San Francisco, and I am having a and a minor in Spanish. She has launched blast working for an environmental consulting HAROLD DEARBORN SMART was born her career as a business analyst at Deloitte firm. If any classmates find themselves out December 18, 1926 in Detroit, Michigan to Consulting and is settling down in Manhattan. here, be sure to let me know! Send updates Margaret and Harold Smart. He grew up in the She continues to develop her passion for whenever they come to ssanders0603@gmail. city, soon joined by his brother Don and sister, non-profit work and women/girls education com. Margaret. He loved spending time at the and health with her involvement in Many family’s lake cottage where he learned to sail, a Hopes. Madison is excited to be traveling to Class Secretary lifelong passion. After graduating from Wayne Africa with Many Hopes in April to meet the Sydney Sanders State where Harold played quarterback, he girls she is serving for the first time. Another 248-464-0125 earned a master’s degree in fine arts (MFA) traveler, Cady Hadesman, is living in Madrid, [email protected] from Cranbrook Academy of Art. World War Spain, teaching English to fifth- and sixth- II began, Harold enlisted in the Navy as a graders outside of city center. She has been signalman. He was stationed in the main tower working towards becoming fluent in Spanish at Pearl Harbor until the war ended. Harold and perfecting the art of the Spanish lifestyle. met his future wife, Winifred Jean Milne from At the moment, she is deciding between Edmonton, Alberta, when she came to Detroit spending another year teaching in Spain or on a nursing fellowship. They married on moving back to the U.S. to pursue a master’s July 4, 1952, prompting him to claim forever degree in social work. ADRI Valtierra lives in that on the day that America claimed its Florida and is the lab manager at a cognitive independence, he lost his. During their happy development research lab at the University 64-year marriage, they had three sons: Graeme of Miami. She has also continued her (Sarah), Cameron (Ellen), and David (Julie). 86 Harold taught art for 40 years at Brookside LINDA JOAN (VERMEER) VAN DAM passed School Cranbrook. Not only did he encourage away in Portland, Oregon 4 December 2016 the artistic creativity of his elementary after battling a rare debilitating muscular students, but he also earned considerable disease for many years. She was 73. Linda was praise regarding his writing, directing, and born in Grand Rapids, Michigan 11 November producing the popular Christmas Pageant. 1943 to Henry and Leona Peelen Vermeer. Her Eventually, Harold was appointed Director of family moved to the village of Forest Grove, Arts for all Cranbrook Schools. From 1954 to MI when she was 4 years old. Fortuitously, the 1975 the Smart family spent summers in the farm they moved to was located across the Bitterroot Valley of Montana where Harold street from the Van Dam family farm. Edwin was instrumental in developing and directing and Linda began their courtship in their early Ben and Margot Snyder and family Lost Trail Wilderness Adventures. Many boys twenties and very soon thereafter they were Thanksgiving 2016 and girls across the country were introduced engaged. They married on 6 August 1965. to rock-climbing, horsemanship, river-running, There were not many secrets that needed to [Editor's Note: BEN SNYDER passed away and other backcountry skills. After retiring be uncovered after a lifetime of friendship, at age 96 on April 29th, just before press from Cranbrook Harold and Jean moved and their bond of love grew durable and time. Share memories of Ben at reunion at to Coeur d’Alene, ID, where Harold served deep. In the early years of their marriage they the Golden Grads event on Saturday, June 10 the Coeur d’Alene Symphony Board and lived in Pennsylvania and New York before, at 4pm. A fall remembrance is in the works – the Coeur d’Alene Arts commission. Jean in 1976, settling in Bloomfield Hills, MI where stay tuned.] BEN SNYDER checked in over and Harold continued service in various they taught and lived at Cranbrook Schools. the holidays. He spent Thanksgiving with fellowship capacities at Grace Avenue Linda brought light to many first and third extended family with Cranbrook Kingswood Assembly in Spokane, WA. Predeceased in graders over the years at Brookside School, connections, including his daughter Abby death by his parents, Harold and Margaret, before retiring in 1999. She and Ed spent Snyder ’77 and Melissa Zieve ’78 and their and his brother Don, Harold is survived summers in Holland, MI and then set up a clans. Ben and Margot receive frequent by his sister Margaret, his wife Jean, his retirement life there in Edgewood Beach. alum visitors, and Ben has re-tooled his three sons, six grandchildren and five great- Linda loved cooking, hosting parties, traveling, World Affairs Seminar to form an issue- grandchildren. Additional family survivors collecting antiques, decorating house, and driven discussion group in his Falmouth, include numerous nieces and nephews dear especially spending time with family. In 2014, Maine, residential community. In his current to his heart. A celebration of Harold’s life they relocated from Holland to Portland, OR capacity as Director of Horizons-Upward was held on Saturday, December 17, 2016 at to spend a maximum amount of time being Bound, Dr. Darryl Taylor '70 stays in regular English Funeral Chapel in Coeur d’Alene. Visit grandparents. Linda is survived by husband, communication with the Snyders. Harold’s memorial and sign the online guest Edwin; daughters, Elizabeth and Jane and her book at www.englishfuneralchapel.com. In spouse, Russell Howison; and grandchildren, lieu of flowers, the family requests donations Malcolm and Edwin. A memorial celebration is to Hospice of North Idaho. Harold’s wife Jean being planned 30 June 2017 at Hope Church, can be reached at the following address: 606 Holland, MI. Memorial contributions are being E. Best Avenue, Apt. 101, Coeur d’Alene, ID accepted at the Portland Village School www. 83814-3773, or via phone: 208-714-4680. portlandvillageschool.org/giving to honor her legacy as a teacher and the lives of her dear grand twins, Malcolm and Edwin. Linda shall be remembered as a loving partner, mother, and great friend. As Edwin often said, “You are Bonnie Cowie, seated, with Linda Suvak, Rusty my sunshine,” and her light still shines in our Raymond and Cindy Mecsey hearts. In the spring of 2016, we learned of the Secretary passing of BONNIE COWIE, longtime nurse Betsy Clark on the Cranbrook campus and wife of DR. [email protected] BOB COWIE, former teacher of history. On the Saturday of Reunion, June 10, there will be a memorial reception to celebrate the life of Bonnie. Many tributes to her unfailing nurse’s eye and passionate love of her cats will be shared. We look forward to sharing many stories with Bob. Those who cannot be there in person but wish to send along a story or rememberance can do so at alumni@ cranbrook.edu. Linda Van Dam 1943-2016
87 A bottomless trove of Cranbrook lore, very productive time for Faith’s poetry and Warren lovingly recounts the day in 1954 for Tom’s career as a designer of educational when he inquired about, and was within hours software. Imagine the lucky school that lands appointed to, a job on the grounds. Warren Tom, Faith and Mavis. This year has been a quickly earned a reputation for exacting particularly challenging one for former history craftsmanship and operational management teacher in the Boys Middle School, MICKEY and was soon in a supervisory capacity. He PRICE, who recently lost his mother, Mrs. was also for many years the beloved teacher Margaret Price, and has faced down some of woodworking and drafting from his shop health challenges of his own. The Price home overlooking the Oval at Cranbrook. Warren was a shelter, a full table, and a playground Jeffrey Welch leading the Cranbrook Campus was the longtime carver of names for the for countless soccer and hockey players Tour at reunion Kingswood graduation class boards that and sailors. Mickey has drawn great comfort reside indoors on the Kingswood walls. He from the many expressions of support that DR. JEFFREY WELCH was part of the can still effortlessly identify every steam pipe, have come his way. He enjoys hearing from Cranbrook Center for Collections and switch, tunnel and fountain water source on everyone. His address is 6111 Lantern Lane, Research “Day Away” series held in Ann Arbor campus. Some of his larger projects included Bloomfield Hills, MI, 48301. this past fall, delivering a lecture entitled the restoration of the Triton Pools and the “The Cranbrook Connection: George Booth, installation of the first heated walkways at Secretary Eliel Saarinen, and Carl Milles.” Don’t miss an Kingswood. Warren was the guest of honor Charlie Shaw opportunity to take one of the most popular at the 88th annual Senior Pageant held at [email protected] of all Cranbrook tours, the one led by Jeffrey the Cranbrook dining hall. Also last fall, the on reunion Saturday, June 10. A recent phone occasion of the Elizabeth Bennett Reading call from SAM SALAS instantly rekindled all brought both ERIC LINDER and WARREN of his passion for creating opportunities for HALL back to campus. Eric continues to throw young lives. Upon his retirement several years the entire weight of his Shakespearian heft at ago from the Breck School (Minneapolis, MN), the various missions of justice and mercy that Sam immediately took up advocacy for under- he attends to throughout southeast Michigan resourced schools in the city. Sam serves on and beyond. He is just beginning to step back several boards and has recently identified from leadership of the annual South Oakland major sources of support for the Cristo Rey Shelter program hosted by Christ Church School and a local community recreation Cranbrook. As usual, with all the claims upon center. CECILIA’s visitation of hospitals and him for tutoring, reading, discussion-leading, Former faculty members Irene Egner (left) and her gardening keep her very busy. It is always and visiting, there is not enough of him to go Eric Linder (right) attended the Sirchio Lecture a big treat when former woodworking teacher around. From his rural childhood habitat in by Michael Hodges ‘72 and director of skilled trades WARREN North Vernon, Indiana, Warren continues PARDEN stops by school, as he did at our his life of epic bird-watching, now under invitation this fall. the watchful eye of his companion Vicki, who joined him on his trip to Cranbrook. Ever the voracious reader, Warren can still recommend a year’s worth of titles in the space of a brief conversation. (Don’t miss Alan Gopnik’s recent essay on Montaigne and “Burning Down George Orwell’s House” by Andrew Ervin.) Former English teachers TOM MURDOCK and FAITH SHEARIN are setting forth from their hilltop home in Gerrardstown, Warren Parden visited with Cec Vettraino West Virginia, to explore what teaching Strine and Charlie Shaw at Kingswood possibilities there might be. This has been a
88 in emoriam
Barbara Curtis Jones ‘38 Ned S. Bearden ‘53 William A. Gold ‘39 Harry A. Lomason ‘53 Catherine Evans Douglas ‘40 Nancy Sterling Brown ‘55 Wendover P. Holzworth ‘43 Michael O. Salsbery ‘61 Eleanor Laramie Fox ‘43 Lucinda Higgins Cooper ‘62 Sara Weeks Peabody ‘44 Mary Ann Affleck Shurly ‘62 Gail Isbey Phillips ‘44 Paul A. Cragin ‘69 James L. Howlett ‘47 Patricia Graham ‘70 H. William Ives ‘47 David H. House ‘77 Virginia Stoddard Peery ‘47 Christopher Cuzzola ‘84 Clara Gordon Whiting ‘47 Brett M. Geoghegan ‘85 John W. Bohon ‘49 Sonja M. Scott ‘89 David A. Koch ‘49 Lindsey Jacobs Finsilver ‘90 John P. Lewis ‘49 Brig Gen. Milton Matter, Jr. ‘49 FACULTY & STAFF Arthur E. Webb ‘49 Ben Snyder, Honorary Alumnus Richard H. Zeder ‘50 Bonnie Cowie Robert B. Womsley ‘51 Harold D. Smart Marcus W. Smith ‘52 Linda Van Dam Martha Chalfant Oram ‘52
If you have information regarding the loss of a fellow alum, please send it to the alumni office via email ([email protected]) or phone (248.645.3132). See Class Notes or contact your class secretary for further information about those listed above. 89 CRANBROOK KINGSWOOD REUNION
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The classes of 1937, 1942, 1947, 1952, 1957, 1962, 1967, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997, 2002, 2007 and 2012 will be celebrating major milestones.
We look forward to welcoming you back for a weekend of special events.
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CRANBROOK BOARD OF TRUSTEES Ryan Bradley ‘91 Emeritus ALUMNI RELATIONS COMMITTEE 2016-17 Taryn Stoller Cannarsa ‘97 John Albrecht ‘47 2016-17 Chair David DeMuth A. David Baumhart ‘62 Chair Bruce D. Peterson Susan D. Feiten Mary Baker Berry ‘48 Roger H. Mali ‘93 Lauren Kerr Freund ‘01 Ann Osborn Hartzell-Kneen ‘54 Vice Chairs Lee Ghesquiere ‘82 Ned Schneider ‘44 Administrative Liaison Adele Acheson John Giampetroni ‘84 Susan Aikens Post ‘78 Jeffrey A. Harris ‘73 Howard Gourwirtz COMMITTEE OF REGIONAL ALUMNI Stephen R. Polk Charlene Reuss Grandelius ‘78 NETWORKS (CRAN) Committee Phyllip Hall ‘84 2016-17 Kristen Baiardi ‘02 Senior Trustees Brian Hermelin ‘83 Jonathan Beninson ‘97 Ryan Bradley ‘91 Maggie Allesee Kenneth Jamerson Washington D.C. Taryn Stoller Cannarsa ‘97 Linda Wasserman Aviv ‘73 Kenneth Kernen ‘85 Jamison Williams Faliski ‘86 Jeffrey K. Clark *Stacy May Klein ‘85 Gregg Barker ‘80 Charlene Reuss Grandelius ‘78 Julie Fisher Cummings ‘73 *Leslie Li Melissa Christie de Koening ‘80 Marquita Harris Sylvia ‘82 Erica Ward Gerson Barbara Yolles Ludwig Margaret Richard Ferron ‘92 Hannah Hudson ‘10 Patricia Chase Hartmann ‘48 H. Roger Mali ‘93 Elizabeth Rumely ‘72 Kenneth Kernen ‘85 Ira J. Jaffe Robert Mardigian ‘97 Colorado Lauren Kerr Freund ‘01 Wayne B. Lyon ‘50 Wade Mezey ‘76 Robert Mardigian ‘97 Eugene A. Miller Kevin Prokop Lesley Beznos ‘93 Wade Mezey ‘76 Tod Williams ‘61 Blake Rockwell ‘85 Aiko Alee Ortega ‘03 Latonya Riddle Jones ‘97 Mary Pat Rosen Florida Blake Rockwell ‘85 Members David Runyon ‘97 David Runyon ‘97 Michael H. Acheson ‘80 Geoffrey Schiciano ‘89 Ryan Bradley ‘91 Scott M. Strickland ‘01 Michael E. Berger ‘82 Kelly Shuert Southern California George Tepe ‘10 Jonathan Borenstein Nicholas Souris Matthew Trunsky ‘84 Lynda Charfoos Scott M. Strickland ‘01 Chase Brand ‘79 Denise A. David Marquita Harris Sylvia ‘82 Portland DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Richard L. DeVore Laura Thelen 2016-17 Jamison Williams Faliski ‘86 Matthew Trunsky ‘84 Terry Goldberg Axelrod ‘67 Chair Elyse Foltyn Jeanne Woodbury Seattle Howard Gourwitz Virginia Beresford Fox ‘52 Maxine Frankel * Schools Representative to the CEC Board David Chen ’93 & Seran Kim Chen ‘94 Members Linda H. Gillum of Trustees Northern California Gina Aikens William K. M. Goldsmith ‘71 Pamela Applebaum '83 Edward Hagenlocker CRANBROOK KINGSWOOD ALUMNI Ferdinand Hauslein, Jr. ‘62 Rina Saigal Batra '92 James Kelly BOARD 2016-17 Texas Dana Brophy Stacy May Klein ‘85 President Jennifer Cortez Brock R. Landry ‘65 Lauren Kerr Freund ‘01 John Matter ‘93 DeAnn Forbes Ervin Trevor F. Lauer Louisville/Cincinnati Steve Faliski Leslie Li President Elect Cassandra Fogle Lisa Payne Wade Mezey ‘76 Christopher Sower ‘98 Lauren Kerr Freund '01 Lloyd E. Reuss New England Patsy Hartmann Mark L. Reuss ‘82 Secretary Ken Jamerson Warren E. Rose Laurie Frankel ‘79 Blake Rockwell ‘85 Meghan Kaplan Allan Rothfeder Joe Cybulski ‘07 Stacy May Klein '85 Sidhdharth D. Sheth Treasurer Amber Dawkins-Gavritsas ‘97 Leslie Luciani Sandra A. Smith Cory Kroneman ‘97 Stephanie Grove ‘15 Kevin Prokop Robert B. Taubman ‘72 Austen Hohendorf ‘09 Blake Rockwell '85 Richard E. Warren Members Alice Spero March ‘49 Geoffrey Schiciano '89 Robert T. Wilson Matthew Broder ‘08 George Tepe ‘10 Kelly Shuert Kristen Baiardi ‘02 New York Nicholas Souris CRANBROOK DIVISIONAL BOARD Samar Coyle DeBenedectis ‘07 George Tepe '10 MEMBERS: 2016-17 Lynn Gillow ‘80 Aaron Gillum ‘96 Tifiany Walker Chair Paul Gamble ‘82 Emily Weinstein ‘07 Jeanne Woodbury Jamison W. Faliski ‘86 Jeff Imerman ‘92 Chicago Mary Kleinpell ‘98 Staff Vice Chair Ann Lowery ‘77 Sarah Yi ’06 & Hyunjong Na ‘05 Dom DiMarco *Michael Berger ‘82 Christian Ohanian ‘04 Korea Arlyce Seibert Ryan Pollina ‘99 Tom De Craene Secretary Latonya Riddle Jones ‘97 Wendi (Max) He ‘09 Susan Strickland Muskovitz '97 *Elyse Foltyn Jan Mittenthal Rosen ‘83 China Susan Aikens Post '78 Scott Stubbs ‘81 Charlie Shaw Treasurer Liz Groth Zuhlke ‘99 Scott M. Strickland ‘01 Dr. Darryl Taylor '70 *Sidhdharth Sheth CK Alumni Board Representative Teresa Anderson Ex-Officio Debra DeBose Members Scott Strickland ‘01 Robin Eikenberry Pamela Applebaum ‘83 Angela Haig Kristen Baiardi ‘02 Mary Beth Hearnes *Jon Borenstein Nonprofit Organization US Postage Cranbrook Educational Community PAID PO Box 801 Permit NO. 429 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303-0801 Royal Oak, MI
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