Class Notes

Farah Maynor Marks and family are doing well. Daughter Marilyn got married on September 28, 2014. Marilyn is living in Cleveland, playing in several regional orchestras, and working as orchestra director at St. Ignatius High School. Farah was able to visit with Terry Sckinto Hogan at the reception. Their son Sam is a junior at Hampden-Sydney College. Farah continues to work in development at Randolph College. She and Dudley are working hard and enjoying the empty nest.

Monica Schaefer Baughman sent a note for the first time! Monica started with the class of 1983 but graduated with the class of 1984; still, she wanted to post her news. She is busy with life and work and has been with Gannett Co., Inc. in Tyson’s Corner, Virginia, for 25 years now, working in IT supporting the publishing system. Monica and husband Mel love to travel and cook, so they combined the two in a couples baking class at the King Arthur Flour Company in Vermont. When not traveling, they keep busy at home with yard work and local fishing and birding trips. Monica sees Beth Padgett and Sherri Snyder on Facebook from time-to-time and meets up with Carol Wilson now and then.

Scott Hampton Harris has been busy leading the James Monroe Museum through a great series of public programs this year, covering topics like the War of 1812, James Monroe’s Welsh roots, and even pirates! Scott coauthored an article in the journal White House History on Monroe’s role in rebuilding the executive mansion that included pictures of many artifacts in our museum’s collection. In June 2014 Scott attended a leadership seminar at Northwestern University sponsored by the Association of Academic Museums and Galleries, a trip that also allowed him to take in his very first Chicago Cubs game at Wrigley Field! Their family sadly dealt with the passing of Scott’s father in March, though they had wonderful memorial service for him at the farm. Wife Diann Davis Harris ’81 and children Jeff and Becky are busy with work and educational pursuits, and they all had a nice summer vacation in Nag’s Head and took in one of the Washington Nationals’ last home games with M.C. Morris Moncure ’82.

Cathy Cooke had an eventful summer when she flew into Hawaii two days ahead of a hurricane and was awakened the first day by an earthquake. Cathy joined Clinical Associates of Tidewater, a private practice very close to home. Cathy is enjoying teaching psychosocial aspects of healthcare to third year doctoral students in the department of Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine at ODU. She is also teaching Lifespan Development to undergrads, the first webcast course with students across the country and in Japan. Cathy visited with Becky Hobbs Shermer a few times this past summer.

s for my update, Tom and I vacationed in Budapest during summer 2014, as our middle son was doing in internship for an internet start-up. I’m now splitting my time between Detroit and Philadelphia working for CHE Trinity Health. I had the opportunity to meet with staffers at the White House in July to discuss health care reform. Our oldest is now in D.C. teaching math in a private school; he’ll start grad school at American in the spring.