Class Notes

Christine Brooks
After living in Vienna, Va. in Fairfax Co. for many years, Christine bought a condo in Reston, Va. in Fairfax Co. and moved there in early June.  The condo is next to woods which she loves and there are many walking paths throughout the area to explore.  Her cat, Oliver, loves to see all the birds outside.

Gail Balderson Dise
Gail spent Mother’s day weekend in Myrtle Beach/Conway S.C. celebrating grandson Jason Nugent’s college graduation from Coastal Carolina University.  Jason then headed to N. Y. City with his degree in Accounting and Finance for a summer internship at Ernst and Young. In the fall he will attend graduate school at UVA.

Mary Mac Harris
Mary Mac and Craig moved to a low-maintenance house in 2016 in Midlothian, Va.  And they are enjoying the escape from snow and lawn care.  She still maintains a small flower garden which she enjoys very much. They will celebrate their 50^th wedding anniversary in the fall with a Rhine river cruise.Their son, Sam with his wife and 3 children live in Crozet, Va.  Their daughter, Kelly, lives in Austin, Texas with her husband and son.  They all enjoy getting together each summer. Mary Mac loves her volunteer job as a first grade reading tutor at a Title I school in Richmond.  She also goes regularly to yoga and plays a little golf just for the exercise.

Nancy McDonald Legat
Nancy and husband, Dan, live in Lexington, SC where they enjoy retirement, spending time with family, traveling, and church activities.  Nancy enjoys crafts, gardening, and a little writing.  They both seem to be busier than when they both worked.  They have 3 daughters and sons-in-law, 7 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.

Susan Safran Potter
Allen and Susan continue to travel, whittling down their “bucket list”.  They attend Braves games, Georgia Tech football and basketball, other venues.  They recommend museums in Cartersville, Ga., northwest of Atlanta—The Booth Museum and the Tellus Science Museum. Susan enjoyed our 50^th Reunion and will try for another reunion at 55 years in 2022.

Laurie DiPadova-Stocks
Laurie and her husband are moving from Parkville, MO (Greater Kansas City area) to Gilbert, Arizona (Phoenix Metro area).  Her institution has opened a new campus in Gilbert and is transferring her there with special assignments. This will be a new adventure for them as they have not lived in AZ although her children did while in school.  Both of them live in Southern California now so Laurie and husband will be closer to them as well as to their other children.

Dixie Kopfler Susalia
Dixie traveled to D.C. for a family funeral in March and combined that visit with a trip to Delaware to see her suitemates—Vivian Crater Gray ’67 and Janet Gutmann Schreiber’67.  They had a wonderful time catching up, talking about Mary Washington and how it has changed, and making plans to meet again for a cruise to Mexico in October.

Mary Beth Bush Dore
Casey and I have been stay at homes this winter, cleaning out memorabilia, enjoying the Beaufort area, manning the USO Savannah Airport desks and being with our daughter, Ginger ‘94, husband Scott, and our two grandchildren, Zac at USC and Kari working back in Va.  Ginger finally attended her first reunion and enjoyed seeing her friends, Amanda Boshears ’94 and Laurie Brown ’94 and visiting with her godparents  Gayle ‘64 and Warren Channel in Portsmouth, VA.
Keep sending me information about what you are doing so that I can put them in the next magazine, even if they are early in the year. Your classmates will be interested.  Thank you for all the information you have sent me as your class representative.