Class Notes

It was great to see so many from the Class of 1979 at the 2019 reunion. For those who couldn’t make it, the beautiful weekend was full of fun events and many opportunities to reconnect. The Alumni Association did a fantastic job as usual and I was fortunate to serve on your reunion committee with Lorenza Amico, Gayle Weinberger Petro and Lisa Bratton Soltis.

Speaking of Lorenza, she continued her international travels with an amazing trip to Southern Italy and Sicily in September 2018. The tour included churches and cathedrals and interesting Greek sites such as the amphitheaters at Taormina and Syracuse, as well as the ruins of Agrigento and Mt. Etna. Another highlight was visiting Savoca where part of The Godfather movie was filmed.

Susan Lowe Spence wrote that she and her husband of 37 years, Andrew, live in the Boston area. They met at graduate school where both were earning MBAs. While Andrew is a CPA, Susan spent 20 years doing financial analysis in the energy field before returning to school to pursue her first love of teaching math. Retired from the classroom, she is now a math support person at a private boys’ school. She added that her daughter, Emily, is a history teacher, while son Colin is a consultant with Deloitte. Susan also sent news for Kim Coker Samuel with whom she connected at reunion. Kim earned a Master’s in Special Education and teaches in the Dallas area. She was looking forward to visiting her first grandchild, Milo, in Oklahoma.

Doug Lorber weighed in from Albany, Georgia that he was elected president of Theatre Albany. He added that his wife, Nancy, recently retired and now has more time to spend with their seven grandchildren. Now that’s retirement!