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W W W.HOOD.EDU Univ., have two sons, one a senior at Goucher College and one a junior at Emerson College. Phyllis stays in touch with Ellen Sands Smith and Deborah Clancy Butler. Martha Herbert Bounoure traveled from her home in France to Los Angeles to celebrate Lauren Frankel’s birthday. Martha also entertained Georgeanne Madouros Contoyannopoulous and her husband during a recent visit when they explored local wineries. Elaine Hubert Harwood lives in Burlington, Vt., and spends her time gardening, golﬁng and playing the viola. This summer Elaine will host two students from France, a reminder of her junior year in Strasbourg as part of the Vermont-Quebec-France Youth Leadership Program. Linda Kramer Evans is in her 23rd year of teaching Spanish in a residential treatment center. After a 40-year career in industry her husband became a NYC Teaching Fellow and completed a master’s in urban education. Linda lives in Suffern, N.Y., and has three daughters—two of whom live nearby—and three grandchildren. Linda sees Susan Spiro and Jeanne Bryant Wyland several times a year. Sally Lottich Thompson is living in Seattle, Wash., and working in real estate. Despite the economy she is doing well and loves the ﬂexibility of her job after her former career. Sally has two daughters. One lives in California and one lives in North Carolina. Laura Martin Shafer has lived in Annapolis, Md., for 23 years and owns a small sign business. After volunteering at the Smithsonian Institution for 13 years, Laura now loves art. Her two sons are married. One is a biochemist and one is a political and professional sports consultant. Laura has three grandchildren and plans a family vacation on Kiawah Island, S.C. She keeps in touch with JoAnne Roberts Reynolds. Margaret Muncie recently relocated to Greenville, S.C. Pam Nesbit retired from the Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison, relocated to the upper peninsula of Michigan and enjoys the wildlife in her rural area. She and her husband recognize that “wilderness is precious and shrinking,” and advocate organic living. Karin Ninesling Infuso is settled in her North Carolina home where she and her husband garden and relish the rich musical heritage of their new state. Their daughter is coping with the difﬁcult economy and hopes to begin graduate school next year. They live 30 minutes from Karen Blair’s North Carolina house and see Kari and George frequently. Mary Ryan Reeves is still teaching but plans to retire next January. Sam is working on a beach house and considering her next career. Although she cannot understand how so much time has passed she and Marj Menchey Bernstein are planning our 40th reunion. Nancy Schneider Alder enjoys semiretirement with volunteer work at her church and spending time with her ﬁve grandchildren. She is in touch with Vickie Smith Diaz and Phyllis Ackley Dowd. Anneliese Smola Peace sends greetings from Colorado, her home for 24 years. A massage therapist for 19 years, she has traveled around the world. Her three daughters and ﬁve grandchildren live nearby. Anneliese will see Ginny Waters Kendall and her husband when they visit in the fall months. Thank you to the classmates who sent news for this column. Participation: 27.56% Total Class Dollars: $10,635 Linda Graves Pearson 1416 Appleberry Way West Chester, PA 19382 (610) 430-6538 lpearson906@worldsavings.com Our condolences to Elizabeth Cooper Pizzolato whose mother Jane Hepburn Cooper ’40 died March 28, 2009, in Hockessin, Del. Participation: 22.13% Total Class Dollars: $7,670 Cynthia Clifford 1666 Grove St. San Francisco, CA 94117-1323 (415) 563-5273 (415) 824-1072 (fax) clifford@texture.com Chris Felerski Emsley reports that she’s spent more than 30 years in education—from an elementary and middle school teacher, to adjunct professor at two state universities and principal at three elementary schools. She and Howard have been married almost 30 years and have lived in the Atlanta, Ga., metro area since 1979. Education runs in the family—Howard, a former middle school principal, owned a mortgage credit bureau in Atlanta for many years before retiring. Their son teaches high school history and their daughter teaches ﬁrst grade; she’s married to a seminarian who will be ordained an Anglican priest next year. Chris has kept in touch with her Hood roommate Terry Bennett Amos who lives in the Houston area with her husband and two sons. Connie Dawley Seeley reports that after a long, difﬁcult transition period, she’s now able to move ahead with her life. Son Matthew and his wife Amy, and their two sons, moved to California last summer. He works for Yahoo! and they enjoy living in the bay area. Connie had a great visit with them for Thanksgiving. Daughter Cathy works at Northrop Grumman. She and her ﬁancé Gordon will be married in October and have recently bought a home in Alexandria, Va. She adds that May 2009 was her “blossoming” month—ﬁnally selling the large house in Fairfax Station, Va., after living there many years and moving to a neighboring county. After many Navy moves this one was her choice. She’s worked for an orthodontist for a year while pondering what she’d like to do next. Suzanne Krepp Beckner reports that since she and Bill retired three years ago she has never worked so hard! They enjoy reading, touring the sites around Washington, D.C., by bike and spending time at their condo on the beach in Ocean City. They volunteer as cat handlers at the animal shelter, helping with kitty adoptions and with fund raising events, and are active in their new homeowners’ association. Meanwhile they moved from a 4,200 square foot house to a 1,500 square foot condo in Bethesda last year, buying all new furniture and accessories. They and their three cats love high rise living—12th ﬂoor at the beach and 16th ﬂoor in town. They’ve had dinner with Carol Lipson Fivozinsky and her husband Sherm, who live close by, having recently bought a beautiful, huge townhouse in a new complex in Potomac. Suzanne also stays in touch with Nancy Williams Bishop who’s in California, where she enjoys riding her horse and learning to surf. Judy Sabalauskas reports that last year she and Martha Tisdale Ramsey celebrated their 40 years of friendship since freshman year at Hood. They both live in their childhood homes inherited from their parents. Martha is in Cape Cod and Judy is in Baltimore. Judy would like to know of others who have remained close friends since we were at Hood. I (Cynthia Clifford) would, too, so please keep those e-mails coming! Virginia Procino Hartmann reports that in May she (and about 2,000 people) ran a half marathon in Providence, R.I., and she came in 69 out of 87 in her age group.Her goals were to run the entire 13.1 miles (no walking!) and ﬁnish under three hours 15 minutes, and she achieved both goals. Husband Tom was there to cheer her on as were son Thad’s in-laws who live in Providence. Gini’s decided to stick to 10K runs from now on. I recently attended a Hood event here in San Francisco and am delighted and proud to see how well our alma mater is doing. Have a great summer and don’t forget to send those news items! Participation: 23.08% Total Class Dollars: $109,425 Anntoinette “Toni” Dobil Lucia 19 Brinckerhoff Ave. New Canaan, CT 06840-6207 (203) 966-6198 adl1@optonline.net Anne Irvine is excited about the arrival of her ﬁrst grandchild. She has three daughters— Whitney, 28, Jordan, 24, and Mackenzie, 16; and granddaughter Dayna who is 9 months old! She is planning to move back to Maine in late summer to be near her sister who also just moved there from Seattle. Ellie Blumenthal Kinland, with a master’s in social work, had the opportunity to teach at Hood as an adjunct professor in the Social Work Department two years ago. She says it was quite an experience returning to Alumnae Hall as a teacher and she loved doing it. She resigned two years ago from serving as a clinical supervisor for the Frederick County Health Department substance abuse division. Currently she has a private practice in the

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