Washington College Magazine: Spring 2001

SPRING 2001

Alumni Notes: 1931-1985

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1931

Carter M. Hickman, a retired educator, was honored in November 1999 by Queen Anne's County. The county named the District Court/Multi-Service Center in Centreville, MD, for him.

Louise Crouse Layton was featured in the Star Democrat in November. Her children established the Caleb Rodney and Louise Crouse Layton Endowment Fund for the Queen Anne's County Free Library in Centreville, MD, to honor their deceased father and their mother, on her 90th birthday. The fund will promote and expand library services.

1936

Charlie Berry appeared recently on Public Television's "Maryland State of Mind." Charlie, a renowned carver, appeared in a feature about the Ward Museum in Salisbury.

1938

Luther Bergdall '38 and wife Berni, pictured here on Pawleys Island, SC, enjoyed a year of travel. They celebrated their 10th anniversary on June 29, 2000.

1941

Raymond Jervis Cooke is enjoying retirement at Methodist Manor House in Seaford, DE, where he and his wife, Mary, have lived for nearly eight years.

John W. Selby and wife Peggy Wolcott '44 celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary on December 18, 2000. Peggy died of a stroke on December 24.

Irma Taylor Symons and husband John have a wonderful life with their children and grandchildren in Snow Hill "country." Irma is looking forward to seeing everyone at her 60th reunion this May.

1942

Robert Carter retired in October from his part-time position as a safety and technical evaluator of research nuclear reactors in the United States. "So from now on, you all had better be wary!"

1950

Walter Blake '50 and wife Pat celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on November 18, 2000 with Barb Stone '50 and Al Larimore '51, Gerry Fisher '50 and Bill Jackson '49, Artie Christie '50, Polly Koumjian '51 and Ed Besson '50, and Nan Smith '50 and Henry Shetterly '50.

1951

Ray Wood enjoys life on Hilton Head Island, where he's lived for the past 11 years. He and friends Duke Case '51 and Eddie Leonard '51 are looking forward to their 50th reunion in May.

1953

Don Brill retired from the Naval Academy after 39 years as a physics professor. He and wife Joanne live in Heritage Harbour, a retirement community outside of Annapolis, MD. Don works with the community cable channel and helps trim the community trees for 1,600 homes.

1955

John Parker '55 and wife Marcy prepare their grandchildren for an undergraduate future at Washington College. From left are Tess, 11 months, Cameron, 3 1/2, and Reilly, almost 2.

Tony Tonian reports that his wife, Helen, passed away on August 18, 2000. They were married for 44 years. Helen left a great void in the lives of her husband, children and grandchildren.

1959

Robert Belsley enjoys retirement and restores classic cars. His 1950 Ford took first place in its class at the Eastern Regional meet of the Early Ford V-8 Club.

Dick Moser retired from IBM seven years ago. Since then, he and wife Gerry spend their summers in Vermont and their winters in Arizona. Dick is into motorcycling and puts on more than 20,000 miles a year traveling across the country.

1960

Bob Eissele and granddaughter Gwen Pfeifer visited campus recently to return the shuttle hurdle relay trophy he and teammates Mark Diashyn '60, Bob Emory '59 and Ollie Robinson '60 won in 1959.

1961

Lydia Harvey Cameron and husband Tony '61 divide their time between a condo in Sausalito, CA, and a wonderful weekend home in Sonoma wine country. Lydia continues her volunteer work in the fields of health and mental health. She chairs the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing Board of Overseers and the Marin County Community Health Foundation, which raises funds for their two Marin County hospitals, Marin General Hospital and Novato Community Hospital.

1963

Dr. Roy Ans enjoys retirement life. He met with fellow Florida alumni and College President John Toll at the home of WC trustee Shirley Phillips for a Super Bowl brunch in January.

Katherine Yoder Eaton is the office manager for a kitchen, bath and interior design company, a small branch shop in Sapphire, NC, called Raspberry Cottage. "Come visit! Still happy in the woods with two dogs, one cat and various wild life (bear prints in November after the first snow!)."

1965

WC Coach Tom Finnegan received his Ph.D. in modern intellectual history and literature from Drew University.

1966

Dave Dressel retired after 35 years of federal service, which included working for three agencies in oceanography, fisheries development and seafood safety.

Dave Svec retired after 30 years with USFG/St. Paul Insurance Companies. He has formed his own commercial insurance consulting business and enjoys being his own boss and working on a part-time basis. Dave and his wife, Peggy MacKillop '68, plan to spend most of their summers at their cottage in South Harwick, Cape Cod, MA. The fishing is great. Give Dave a call and he'll take you out.

1967

Joanna Cades Horowitz and husband Donald welcomed a new granddaughter, Hannah Satya Bendiner, on December 12, 2000.

1969

Louise Masten Amick, assistant professor of mathematics at WC, has been selected for inclusion in Who's Who Among America's Teachers 2000. Teachers honored in the publication represent the top five percent of the nation's educators.

E. Suzanne Marsh Shank and husband Bob live in Medford, NJ, where their vintage car hobby was featured in the November 2, 2000 Courier Post Weekly Automotive column. Suzy collects Volkswagens, and in addition to her 1998 yellow Beetle, she owns several old Beetles of which a 1968 is undergoing restoration. She completely restored her ruby red 1971 Karmann Ghia. Bob is restoring a classic 1957 Ford Thunderbird. Their vintage cars are used in parades, Ford exhibitions and car shows. They enjoy Garden State Classic T-Bird Club activities and cruises, and would like to hear from anyone who knows of a vintage 1954 Corvette.

1970

Jean-Francois Seznec and wife Thackray Dodds '69 have moved back to Annapolis.

1971

John Davies cannot make his 30th reunion in May since his daughter graduates from college on the same weekend. "Hello to Bill E., Barbara Esther and Jake. E-mail me at zjmjdav@acadia.net. Love to hear from you and celebrate with acclaim and moderation!"

Sarah Jayne Everdell's daughter Molly is a freshman at WC and really enjoys college, especially sailing.

Dr. Edward S. Schulman remains busy in clinical practice, research and administration at MCP Hahnemann School of Medicine in Philadelphia, PA, where he is a professor of medicine and chief of pulmonary and critical care medicine at Hahnemann University Hospital. His research on the human lung mast cell has been quite productive for more than 20 years. The second edition of his book, The Pocket Doctor, was published in Spring 2001 and is available at www.pocketdoctor.com.

1972

Loretta West participated in the fourth annual "Tour de Fram" bike ride fundraiser for the Framingham Historical Society.

1975

Peter FitzGerald develops and manages a four-location distribution business. He reports that Peter Jr. will be graduating from Roanoke City College in May. Katie just returned in time for Christina's graduation after spending a five-month semester in occupational therapy at Thomas Jefferson University. Garrett is now in 5th grade and quite the soccer player and drummer, an active child. Anyone passing through the NW Philly suburbs should stop by.

Sue Dunning Matthews' third CD, titled "Sue Matthews," is available in record stores and online at www.suematthews music.com/.

Kevin Noblet is back at The Associated Press in New York City, now as deputy business editor, after a year's leave at Ohio University, where he taught reporting, feature writing and news management to journalism students. A highlight of the year was when AP won the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting for a project Noblet launched and edited while he was AP's deputy international editor, about a mass killing of civilians by U.S. soldiers in the early days of the Korean War. It was the second Pulitzer that Noblet was associated with-in 1995 one of his reporters won the prize for international news coverage, for stories about the Rwanda massacre. Kevin has been nominated to receive an Alumni Citation at Commencement in May 2001.

1976

Bruce Katz is the director of curriculum and instruction for the Prince George's County Public Schools. Bruce's wife, Heidi Marcus '76, is working in marketing for the Anne Arundel Medical Center. Their daughter Rachel successfully completed her bat mitzvah and is in the eighth grade.

Sally Pruce Schramm says "it's hard to believe it's been 25 years! Looking forward to reunion and hope to see classmates Suzie Duffin, Vicki Peterson and Jim Cordes, Leslie Simpers Toomey, Jeff Baxter, Gene Johnson, Ken Klompus and Kathy Allen."

1977

Dr. Bill Johnson, a biology professor at Northern Arizona University, has found the "separated-at-birth twin of our dear, deceased WC elm" growing outside his office window.

Eileen Reddy works in the Information Services Department at the Manchester, NH, City Library.

1978

Linda Hamilton starred with Kate Capshaw, Stockard Channing, Mia Farrow and others in "A Girl Thing," produced by Barbra Streisand and Whoopie Goldberg, which aired on Showtime in January.

Shelley Sharp '78 and her daughter, Alison Young (modeling Odyssey cap), were among the group that joined psychology professor George Spilich and his former student Scott Swaim M'91 for the WC Odyssey 2001 tour of the Clearwater Aquarium in Florida in January. Scott is director of Full Circle, a program that partners aquarium animals with physically and emotionally handicapped children.

Denise Trevisan Walton, Ph.D. works at Temple University in Philadelphia as a senior staff psychologist at the counseling center. She sends greetings to all her ZTA sisters.

1979

Lisa Martin Cameron is working on the Carnegie Hall restoration.

1980

Denise Belmore McEachern was promoted to Vice President of Regulatory Affairs for LifeScan, a Johnson & Johnson Company, in Milipitas, CA. She and her family-husband Steve and their children, Michelle and Christopher-were transferred to California from Florida in February.

1981

Glen Beebe worked with Linda Towne Cades '68 to offer two WC students an opportunity to see first-hand the legislative process in New Jersey. Tara Stewart '04 and Rielle Miller '02 interned in the New Jersey General Assembly over the holidays.

Lecky Haller was on the USA National Whitewater Slalom Canoe Team for the 17th successive year and represented the USA on the Olympic Team in Sydney for his second Olympics. He and his doubles canoe partner, Matt Taylor, finished in 12th place. Lecky and his wife, Nicole, live in Bryson City, NC, where he coaches whitewater canoeing at the Nantahalla Outdoor Center.

1982

Leslie Lighton-Humphreys is a senior systems analyst at Merck & Co. She also is a photojournalist for the Collegeville Independent newspaper, covering local municipality meetings and special community events such as the annual Philly Folk Festival.

1983

Tim Cloud is the director of business development for Gardiner & Gardiner, a general contractor located in Crofton, MD, and general manager at Patuxent Materials, Inc., a construction materials producer and supplier. PMI is Gardiner & Gardiner's sister company. Tim lives with wife Laurie and children, Katie and Timmy, in Severna Park, MD.

1984

Chrissy DeNayer received her master's degree in instructional technology from New York Institute for Technology in August of 2000, just three weeks before the birth of her daughter, Emma Elizabeth, who has her own web site. Check out www.emmadonahue.com.

Judie Skelton Spann relocated to Annapolis. Her husband, Bill, is a public affairs officer at the Naval Academy, and she is director of communications for the Naval Academy Foundation.

1985

Larry Culp Jr. will be appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Danaher Corporation May 1, 2001. Last July, Larry was promoted to Chief Operating Officer. Danaher Corporation is a leading manufacturer of Process/Environmental Controls and Tools and Components (www.danaher.com).

Kelly Cupka Van Ishem has worked for the New Jersey Department of Human Services Division of Development Disabilities for the past 12 years. She has been working as an investigator, conducting investigations of abuse and neglect. For fun, Kelly got her real estate license in October 2000. She and her family moved last April into a home her husband built. "There's plenty of room for friends to visit!"

Dr. Betty Malkus M'85 (center) toasts WC's founding patron George Washington's Fish House punch (see recipe below) from her home in Cambridge, MD. With her are husband Milton, son Mark '89, daughter-in-law Mindie, and grandchildren Hayley, Jack and Carter. Daughter Amy Malkus '88 (not shown) is an assistant professor of early childhood education at East Tennessee State University.