Class Notes

Ash and I are relishing life in northern California, and when we aren’t busy with our jobs we take advantage of being close to San Francisco and the wine country. In April, we took our Denver grandkids, Maddy, 13, and Spencer, 10, with us for two weeks “down under” to visit Uncle Todd, Aunt Rebecca, and cousins Maya, 3, and Flynn, 1. We took a trip along the Great Ocean Road and stayed a week in an old farmhouse near the beach and rain forest. Having all four grandchildren to spoil at the same time was quite a treat!

Dale Kalkofen Saunders retired after 44 years in public school administration and teaching in Boston, Memphis, and Richmond and for New American Schools, and in Chesterfield County, Va., for the last 10 years. She recently was named VCU’s School of Education Alumni Star for 2011 and was to be recognized with other alumni stars at an October gala. Son Hans is a senior at VCU. Husband Rick, who attended our 40th reunion with her, passed away in 2009.

Eileen Curley Baker and husband Frank have had a wonderful time traveling since he retired last December. They spent January and February as “snowbirds” in Florida, traveled to the southern California coast in April and May, and had recently returned from two weeks in Britain on the “Shakespeare in his Time” Yale theater trip. They spent time in Stratford-upon-Avon and London, read scripts, saw plays, spoke with actors, and visited places Shakespeare knew. Eileen noted that it was a nice balance to the math and physics from her Mary Washington days. Middle daughter Alissa graduated from Penn State College of Medicine in May and began residency in pediatrics at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Youngest daughter Samantha was named head of the costume shop for the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival at DeSales University. Rhoda “DoDo” Fisher Roberts, who lives nearby in Wilton, Conn., attended the Bakers’ New Year’s Day open house. A mutual friend brought them together again.

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