Class Notes

Classmates, next June we will celebrate our 50^th reunion. PLEASE reserve the dates and make plans to participate. JUNE 1-3, 2018. Let’s continue to demonstrate that the Class of 1968 is unparalleled!

I heard from Dodo Fisher Roberts, who has retired after 48 years in IT. She spent summer 2016 on Nantucket, then got her Wilton CT home ready to sell after 45 years. Dodo moved in June to an apartment downtown where she will still have her daughters and friends nearby, can walk to everything, and not worry about snow in the driveway! She was looking forward to helping her mother celebrate her 100^th birthday in the fall, and is staying busy with lots of volunteer work.

Pam Tompkins Huggins reports that all is well with her “tribe” in Staunton, VA. The family hit a bump in the road when oldest daughter, Sally, was diagnosed with breast cancer. As of early summer, her chemo was competed, and she was preparing for surgery and radiation. Pam reports that she has an excellent prognosis and an even more excellent attitude, including a journal entry titled, “I’m Too Sexy for my Hair!” Pam’s oldest granddaughter has completed a year of college and her sister is loving high school lacrosse. KT and family are thriving in San Francisco, and Jamie and her family recently moved to Staunton, much to everyone’s delight. Both Pam and Jim continue to volunteer locally and took their first bucket list trip this year—a river cruise to Paris and Normandy.

In a short note, Susan Blosser Wight said she was looking forward to a busy summer and a fall golf trip to Spain.

Maureen McCart attended the inauguration of MWC’s new president, along with Carol Lee Hawtin, Judy Henley Beck, Judy Jackson Jones, and Suzanne McCarthy VanNess (’67). The impressive ceremony was held in Dodd Auditorium, and brought back memories for Maureen of Mrs. Dodd as her advisor. The reception was held in the University Center, a most impressive building where Chandler used to be. Maureen is still working four days a week at a Catholic all boys’ high school, and is looking forward to returning to Ireland in June 2018. Maureen also shared that Suzanne is going to be on the Alumni Board and our own Donna Sheehan Gladdis is the President-elect!

As I write this in late June, Ash and I are on an extended Airstream adventure through Colorado (including proudly watching our daughter, Anne, graduate from the Denver School of Nursing), Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, the Washington and Oregon coasts, and back to California in early August. In September we will be off to Australia to visit our son Todd and his family.

Looking forward to seeing everyone at the reunion. Don’t forget your tiara!