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CLASSNOTES The College of Liberal Arts Jim Dewart, [email protected] September 2014. She still resides in Stuart, during the high-profile search for escaped A Small Act Yields 48 I have volunteered to resume doing Florida, but returns to Green Pond, New Jersey, convicts. Chic was carefully guarding his Classnotes, a position that my wife, in the summer, where both her son and paddle boat. The Crosses do leave the cool Elaine, assumed for many years prior to her daughter live nearby. She plays golf, bridge air and beauty of Lake Champlain each April, death in 2012. Seventy years ago Elaine and and mahjong and belongs to two book clubs. when they flee to Sanibel Island, Florida, to Generous Rewards I met at a welcome party in Brothers College. Last fall she went on a cruise to ports in recover from those upstate winters. I continue to live in our South Jersey home Italy, France and Spain. Ruth exercises daily Bob McKee and his wife, Grace, were and remain active at the Haddonfield United to “keep fit for two granddaughters, aged 6 at Drew Reunion last spring and enjoyed Methodist Church. I have close ties to my and 7.” This past summer she took art lessons. talking with Nancy P’81,’84,’13 and Richard three children, eight grandchildren and 11 Nan (Lawthers) Dreselly says her life in Rice C’54, T’58, P’81,’84,’13 and Marianne By naming Drew a beneficiary of her estate—an easy and great-grandchildren. Vernon, Connecticut, is “same ol’.” She enjoys and Warren Campbell. powerful gesture of generosity—Joan Steiner left Drew a Margo Sarno, who lives at Heritage Village singing in a choir, taking piano lessons, Richard Johnston lives in Bucks County, in Southbury, Connecticut, remains upbeat. playing bridge and continuing with her Pennsylvania. He and his wife, Pat, enjoy transformative $2 million planned gift. We remember her incredible solos with the part-time job as a recorder at the Superior the activities of their grandchildren. When I women’s chorus. Court. Recently she enjoyed a weeklong visit mentioned Drew years he recalled the “lounge Mary Romano Alvey C’45, P’77 maintains with her granddaughter, a student at Embry- lizards” (including Bob McKee, Charlie Allen The daughter of an Oberlin College professor, Joan Steiner gave 30 years of her life her private piano pupils and directs a women’s Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona and him). Dick is a former teacher and hopes chorus in Morristown. Beach, Florida. that people around us continue to learn to Drew as a beloved teacher and respected scholar of modern and contemporary Louis Philippe Goldman C’50 published Richard “Hoppy” Hammond and his wife, about the history of our country. British literature. Shortly after arriving at Drew in 1968, Joan developed some of Drew’s a book of fables titled The Rise and Fall of the Marilyn, traveled with a group to Lima and Ruth (Brown) Padawer works on archival Gimmee Gimmee Birds. on to Cuzco, Peru, to work for two weeks on portfolios for a “lifetime of artwork,” includ- earliest courses on African-American literature, then an emerging field of study. I’d appreciate hearing from members of a construction project at a Cuzco Methodist ing her original artwork contributed to the our class. Look for my call for information church. Cuzco is about 14,000 feet in eleva- Morristown High School yearbook and news- about your families and activities. tion, hence, “breathless” was his description paper, the Drew 1953 Oak Leaves, The Acorn After her retirement in 1998, Joan made Drew a beneficiary of her retirement assets. She of their time there. They tore down an old and Tower, as well as for Mademoiselle. More also left the university her home in Florham Park, New Jersey. Her gifts, which amount to Mary Z. Hepburn, [email protected] adobe kitchen and built a new, outdoor recently, many of our classmates saw copies Marianne (Kirchoff) and Warren kitchen in its place. They all attended a four- of her award-winning watercolors presented $2 million, are now supporting the Library Book Endowment Fund as well as materials 54 Campbell C’55 greatly enjoyed a hour Sunday service (Dick said he’d never at our Reunion in 2009. 2014 Christmas visit from their German again complain about an overlong Methodist related to African-American studies. They also serve as a reminder of the transfor- granddaughter, Katie, who lived with them service back home). “Seeing Machu Picchu,” Ronald Vander Schaaf mational impact that bequests and other planned gifts have on Drew. for a year in 2012–2013 and this year grad- he said, “should be on everyone’s bucket list.” [email protected] uated from her German high school. Last Pat (Carnaghan) Kroepke is glad to be in Ingrid Mueller May is a ce- spring the Campbells traveled to Germany Vero Beach, Florida, with the benefits of an 56 lebrity in Leipzig, Germany. Your legacy. Drew’s future. For more information on planned gifts, contact David for a three-week visit with their son, David, ocean breeze. She planned a visit across the 60th Reunion Taxi drivers, store owners and family near Hannover. The group enjoyed state to Sarasota, where her nephew from Long and especially the staff and Terdiman C’89, 973.408.3899 or [email protected]. a 10-day RV trip through southern Germany, Island was vacationing. She continues her reg- members of St. Thomas Church recognize where Marianne visited seven first cousins ular volunteer work with the Humane Society. her. St. Thomas is the home of the Thom- with whom she had grown up. Charles Cross and his wife, Judy, live in aschor, the famous boys’ choir whose first I was sorry to learn from Ruth Moorman Willsboro, New York, on Lake Champlain, cantor was J.S. Bach. Ingrid and her hus- Hardin that her husband, Bill, died in where they had some excitement this summer band, Albert May, committed $300,000 to University Archives; Bill Cardoni 32 Drew Magazine I Drew and Entrepreneurship Summer 2015 33 the new elementary school the choir mem- Flora Robinson Hullstrung and Bob have each traveled to meet the other’s family. well as stories of Willy (Williams) and Greg bers attend. At the setting of the corner- Hullstrung T’60 moved into an apartment She also took advantage of a visit with family Mantel. Bob and Julia stopped to see Franki stone Ingrid was given a hammer to set the in the home of their son, Russell, in in New Jersey to go to the Drew Reunion. She C’60 and Dick Edel in Florida. Dick, in par- top of the time capsule. The main auditorium Connecticut. had a great time in spite of being the only ticular, would like to hear from the Class will be named “Ingrid’s Hall” in her honor. Barbara “Bobbi” Simpson Schlerf keeps one from our class in attendance. Don’t forget, of ’58. Ingrid taught German in two high schools busy taking care of her two poodles. Barbara, next year will be our 60th Reunion. We’re Llew Pritchard was feted in Seattle on in Ohio for 22 years. Albert is a pediatrician. her daughter, Christine, and three dogs (two on the verge of getting old and antiquated. June 18 as the 2015 outstanding lawyer in They have traveled to Germany 19 times poodles plus a Shar-Pei) went to Georgia to But coming to Reunion will rejuvenate you. King County. He said, “It is terrific to be hon- on the Queen Mary and will be making their celebrate Bobbi’s 80th birthday, the highlight ored by my peers! Jonie C’59 and I are still The Drew Society 20th trip in November to celebrate Ingrid’s of which was a day spent at Alpine Village Eleanor (Sheldon) Stearns holding hands as we lurch through life.” 82nd birthday. They have two children and in Helen, Georgia. Grandson Matthew started 57 [email protected] Peg Luisa Mitchell was in Jacksonville, six grandchildren. college at the University of West Florida in Dottie Strout deSilva’s son, David Florida, with her husband, Charles, for a STUDENTS add to the world’s good by responding Jim Hill says the biggest news came in a Pensacola. deSilva, flew to Beirut in February to talk fun reunion with Charles’ shipmates from small package when a great-granddaughter William Onderdonk’s son, Jeffrey, is a about his book Introduction to the New Testa- the William H. Stanley. Peg waves hello from to the most urgent challenges of our time. arrived last October. Jim lives in Arizona. traffic controller at the Seattle Center. His ment, which had just been translated into North Carolina to all her classmates. drew.edu/respond Mimi Brewster Hollister’s stepson got daughter, Susan, and her two sons live near Arabic. He visited other cities of interest Joyce and Peter Rushbrook went to Disney- married in June 2015. Family from all over Bill in Spring Lake, New Jersey. The older to him and hoped to connect with Judy land on June 6 for eight days and then to FACULTY mentors engage with the came for the occasion, including her daugh- boy, Adam, attends a local community (Palmer) Harik, but Judy left Beirut and Lake Tahoe for a family reunion. Peter has ter from Montana. Mimi and her partner, college, and the younger one, Garrett, is spent the summer on Cape Cod with her been retired for 17 years and has yet to world beyond Drew’s gates. Don Gardner, attended the reunion of the starting ninth grade.