Class Notes

Rennie Archibald IV married Margaret Hughes 37 years ago. Maggie worked for IBM and Rennie worked in correctional education. Son Rennie V, a computer science Ph.D., married a med school student. Daughter Ashley, a journalist, attends grad school at the London School of Economics. Rennie and Maggie left the East Coast in 1979; have lived in Washington state, California, Texas, and NYC; and retired in San Francisco. Maggie gardens, and Rennie sails, rides motorcycles, and runs a chapter of American Pilgrims on the Camino, facilitating Americans walking and working on Spain’s Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route.

Jean Patton Hippert lives near Baltimore with husband Brent. She’s senior managing director for PNC Bank’s healthcare division. Brent runs a consulting firm. Daughter Hillary moved to D.C. last September. The Hipperts are active in the Church of the Resurrection, which they helped establish nine years ago. They flew their Beech Bonanza to Montreal last year and planned a summer trip to the Canadian Maritimes. They still scuba dive, and Jean bird-watches and gardens.

Sharon Reel Fuhrmeister retired and traveled to India in February to deliver polio vaccinations for National Immunization Day, aimed at eradicating childhood disease around the world. Sharon’s younger daughter, Erica, graduated from Johns Hopkins in May and received a grant from the National Science Foundation to finish her research before pursuing a Ph.D. in environmental engineering at the University of California Berkeley.

Janice Tucker Goebel of Bastrop, Texas, retired from Union Carbide and married a Texan. She volunteers at church and in her community. Sue Sendlein Luscomb’s daughter, Ashton, plans to marry Zachary Zimmerman in March.

Dianne Pace Phillips is retiring after 35 years as a dental technician. Her husband works in project management and architecture at U.Va. They plan to move to their James River property in Buckingham County. Dianne’s elder son is a diesel boat mechanic at Lake of the Woods Marina near Fredericksburg. Her daughter, a Richmond interior designer, married last September. Her stepson is in his last year at Johnson & Wales University in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dianne plays tennis, gardens, and paints in watercolors.

Helen French Thornton Branch of Peachtree City, Georgia, retired after 27 years working with challenged populations. She plans to continue doing educational programs in the correctional system, and for her church and community, and to develop a mentoring program for female ex-offenders. She also runs with her two dogs. One of Helen’s two grown grandsons was entering Queens University of Charlotte.

Yolande A. Long’sson, Ross Fallen, earned a bachelor’s degree from VCU and works for Richmond’s Hardywood Park Craft Brewery. Younger son Drew Fallen earned a bachelor’s degree in history from U.Va. and planned to attend the McIntire School of Commerce. Yolande attended the April wedding of Jonathan Face, son of Melissa Baisch Face ’78.

Sylvia Soutzos Pyle of Indian Wells, California, enjoyed Independence Day fireworks from her daughter’s boat near San Diego. Sylvia visited her daughter, an associate attorney, in Corona Del Mar in Orange County, California. They go to the Del Mar racetrack and visit Temecula wineries.

Karen Sullivan Iseman and husband Ron of Ormond Beach, Florida, welcomed their first grandchild, Isla (pronounced eye-luh) Rose Sutherland, daughter of their son, John, and wife Laura in Portland, Oregon. They took a road trip, exploring Oregon’s lighthouses and California’s giant redwoods.

Lundy Baker Updike’s son, Tom Updike ’17, plays forward on the UMW rugby team. Lundy has become close with Lois Loehr Brown ’41, who lives nearby.

In May, Marci Richards Suelzer, content marketing manager for Wolters Kluwer, earned a master’s degree in mental health counseling from Trinity International University, passed the National Counselor Exam, and got a job offer from her internship. She and husband Ray plan to move.

Ann Chryssikos McBroom attended a spring reunion at Emmett Snead’s farm, with Margo Clifford, Glenn Markwith and wife Anne, Richard Hasty and wife Barb, Barb Sullivan, Eva Graham ’77, andProfessor Emeritus Marshall Bowen. Ann still helps elderly people shop and correspond. Husband Kerry works indirectly for his previous employer, implementing Orion systems. Son Connor graduated from Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and spent a month in Montreal in JMU’s study-abroad program.

Judy Sledge Joyce’sson, Jack, graduated from Gonzaga College High School in D.C. and earned the headmaster’s and excellence in music awards. Carolyn Roberts,Jack’s godmother, attended the graduation. Jack planned to attend UNC-Chapel Hill’s School of Journalism and Mass Communications. Judy and Jack have visited Laura Toler,who transferred to UNC after two years at Mary Washington. Judy’s twins started high school in fall. Carolyn’s niece, Kathleen, daughter of sister Joyce Roberts Resua ’81, was recently married. Carolyn and husband Jim toured China in April, seeing the Great Wall and cycling the countryside. Jan Biermann visited her sister and nephew in Germany. Marti Taylor Clements’son, Rob, married in June.

Mary Portia “Tia” Jones retired and lives in a New Mexico active adult community. She worked 35 years for the USDA, 10 at USAID, traveling to Mexico, Kenya, South Africa, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She worked in the budget, procurement, travel, and legal areas.

Hannah Patterson Crew’s daughter, Elizabeth, is married and lives near her and husband Todd. Son-in-law Chris is a lawyer. Younger daughter Emily moved to Tampa. Hannah hopes to retire soon and travel. Todd started a new job and planned to work a few more years.

Reggie Tambellini Harbourne moved to Pittsburgh after 27 years in Nebraska. She took a job on Duquesne University’s physical therapy school faculty, teaching and doing research. They bought a house and were enjoying rediscovering Pittsburgh. Reggie moved her mom there, too. Husband Brian, a University of Nebraska math professor, is on sabbatical. Daughter Alina earned a master’s degree in teaching English as a second language from Boston University. Daughter Kira lives in Brooklyn and planned to start grad school for speech therapy in fall.

Our daughter Ellen married Andrew Schooley in November 2013. Our younger daughter, Anna, began an apprenticeship as an assistant chocolatier in Arlington to complete Maryland’s L’Academie de Cuisine pastry arts program. I’m still in our church’s women’s Bible study and volunteer in Ellen’s Fairfax County second-grade class. Keep the news coming.