Class Notes

Our son, Frank, entered Vassar this fall. Son Tom, a Yale graduate, teaches high school math in New Haven, Conn. Son Michael is a Tufts sophomore. I’m pursuing my third master’s degree, this time in health policy. I traveled to Washington, D.C., and testified in May before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on healthcare payment reform innovation.

Sharon Robertson Williamson’s daughter, Shelby, was to enter Virginia Tech’s Pamplin College of Business. Hunter, a high school junior, sings bass in a barbershop quartet. Laura Wong Dolloff lives in Colorado Springs. Susan Leavitt’s niece and Rob Wood’s daughter are College of William and Mary graduates. Susan trained for an August bike trip through Vermont and Montreal. Kathy Walters Along’s husband, Jim, retired from the FBI and is Chartis Global Investigations’ principal investigator. Daughter Gina took a youth group mission trip to Alaska and was to enter Florida Gulf Coast University. Son Joe, a high school sophomore, was in Duke’s summer TIP program. Kathy teaches Jazzercise, does yoga, and volunteers in the Junior League of South Brevard, Fla.

Dave Hardin of Midlothian, Va., has done fieldwork for the sesquicentennial of the Civil War Peninsula Campaign. He was elected delegate to the Democratic National Convention. Mary Ann Mayer celebrated 13 years in business at the Mount Washington B&B. Teresa Childers Peterson vacationed in Vancouver, Canada, and completed an Iron Man competition. Step-mom Marilyn passed away last October. Her dad, 82, married on St. Patrick’s Day in Florida.

Amanda Patterson Ormond and family traveled to Europe this summer, visiting Prague, Florence, and Rome. Her consulting firm, the Ormond Group, which focuses on solar and wind development in the West, celebrated 10 years. Farah Maynor Marks works in institutional advancement at Randolph College in Lynchburg, Va. Daughter Marilyn earned a degree in violin performance from Eastman School of Music and is pursuing a master’s degree at Cleveland Institute of Music. Son Samuel was to enter Hampden-Sydney College.

Make plans to attend our 30th reunion in May!