1972 Class Notes for 2018
It has been wonderful to hear from our classmates, especially after our 45th Reunion last year!
Margaret Fisher is too busy to think about retiring. She recently launched a statewide Civic Learning Initiative with the goal of providing quality civic learning to all young people in WA. Margaret continues to teach street law at the Seattle University School of Law, to run a youth court in Seattle, and to teach professional development in civic education for teachers at the federal court. Except for some arthritis in her right knee, her health is pretty good. She keeps in touch with Jane Friedmann.
Barbara Mauriello writes that “life continues to surprise me!” Last fall she joined the faculty of the University of the Arts in Philadelphia teaching bookbinding in the MFA Printmaking and Book Arts program. She loves everything about this class, including her students, and looks forward to her weekly train ride to Philly. In the summer, Barbara will have another teaching adventure: an Italian artist has invited her to teach a group of women in northern Italy, who for decades, have been gathering on Tuesdays – to embroider! Barbara will teach them how to make simple books with interesting sewing techniques, and they will teach her how to embroider. They also plan to teach her how to prepare the specialty dishes of their region. As Barbara said: life is surprising!
Patricia Kenny-Priest writes that she continues to work at the Census Bureau and her husband Dan is still an employee of the state of VA. Two or three times a year they visit Pat’s son Eric Oberlander in Baton Rouge. A neurosurgeon, Eric and his wife Carrie have two children, Kai (8) and Wren (5). Pat and Dan’s daughter Danica is at a coding camp in Bali called CodingNomads. Danica plans to balance her love of music with computer skills.
Fran Tolson writes that she had lunch with Kitty Bowe Hearty in Philadelphia when she visited the Barnes Foundation and the Rodin Museum, and we’ve had lunch a couple of times in Georgetown. Fran has traveled to Cheyenne, WY, for Frontier Day and to New York City for great food and cultural events. She has a new job in Denver. Fran has been working on the list of contact information for our class and will be getting that out in the next few weeks, so we hope there will be more of us at our 50th Reunion. On a sad note, Fran lost her sister Yvonne, Class of 1959, in January.
Vikki Bea is continuing to enjoy retirement, working part time as a math instructor at her local Mathnasium, and volunteering at her church and with Catholic Charities. With her husband Keith, Vikki will travel to Mexico later this month to visit their daughter and her husband, who are posted to the US Consulate in Merida for two years. Vikki has never been to Mexico, and she is very excited about their trip!
So, this is the year of our 50th high school reunions (Class of 1968). Because most of us were born in 1950 and were 18 years old when we graduated high school, 50 years later means “The Class of 1968 Turns 68,” and four years after that (because we were 22 when we graduated from college), “The Trinity Class of 1972 Turns 72.” This appeals to Vikki’s “math nerd” sense, but it is fun to think about it!
Ginny Voorhees wrote that she loved our Reunion last year. We all were so comfortable and happy together. Maybe one of the good parts of aging is that you learn to really appreciate your longtime friends. Ginny hopes everyone makes it to our 50th! This has been a very good year for Ginny. One of her daughters got married and is expecting! The other one lives in San Francisco, and Ginny and her husband have had wonderful visits with her there. Ginny had dinner with Kathy O’Malley Ross and her husband Don when they went to FL. Ginny shares news of our classmate Madelyn Reiss Peeler who has two new grandbabies: Charlie, who lives in CA, and Reiss, who lives on Capitol Hill.
Jill Ailleo writes that it was wonderful to see everyone at our Reunion. She and her husband Bob are enjoying their home in FL and they are very happy to miss all the snow back in CT. They will head back to CT in May to see their grandkids: Jack (8), who will be making his First Communion, Nick who will celebrate his 6th birthday, and Will (2 ½), who “just loves life!” Their daughter, Amanda, graduated from Emory University in December with a master’s degree in nursing. She is now a nurse practitioner in Atlanta and got engaged on St. Patrick’s Day – they are all so happy! Jill and Bob are planning a river cruise on the Danube this summer.
Kathy O’Malley Ross writes that she and Don are enjoying the winter months in Jupiter, FL. They “are typical Snowbirds,” escaping the cold in Westhampton, NY, and enjoying golf and the beach in sunny FL. Their family is doing well. They have been blessed with eight granddaughters, one grandson and another grandbaby due in September. Both Kathy and Don enjoyed our Reunion last June.
Sue Docktor wrote to say that on a recent trip to DC, she and Barbara York went to Cynthia Lancer Barnes’ mother’s funeral. Mary Ann Taylor Guentner and her husband, Ken, were also at the funeral. Sue and Barbara also came over to the Tombs in Georgetown to have lunch with me, which was a ton of fun and super yummy!
Marian Bo Ward wrote that the new tax law prompted her to retire. She misses her clients very much. Living in her new house on the river prompts more reading, not fishing as some friends thought!
Kitty Bowe Hearty writes that she continues to work at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in the executive offices and that her husband Charlie Stainback is the director of the Berman Museum at Ursinus College. They have been living in Philadelphia for five years now and it “definitely feels like home.” A recent high point was the Eagles winning the Super Bowl with part of their celebration occurring on the east steps of the Museum. Kitty Bowe went to London with her sister in January and they were able to see the play “Hamilton” which “was a blast.” Kitty Bowe saw Jane Hughes Paulson over President’s Day weekend in Los Angeles, and she is looking forward to both her niece Alyssa’s First Communion in April and her 50th high school reunion in May.
On a sad note, Betsy Keyes Scrivener wrote to say that her husband passed away after a long illness. Betsy takes comfort in the fact that her husband is now without pain and watching over her and their family from heaven.
I am still a librarian with a special collection in bioethics at Georgetown University, and I don’t know when I’ll retire. I enjoy answering reference requests very much, and there is an archival project that needs a ton of work.
I hope that you all are planning on coming to our 50th Reunion! We had a lot of fun at our 45th Reunion, and the only thing that could make it better would be if the entire class attended.
Tina Darragh
Class Scribe, Trinity Class of 1972