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1976

Madelin Jones Barratt
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Mary Ruth Burton and husband Rich McClain spent New Year’s Eve in D.C. with Dawn Hill, who transferred to UNC, and husband Hal Hiemstra. Hannah Patterson Crew visited Mary Ruth in Irvington last summer with girlfriends.

Jean Patton Hippert and husband Brent of the Baltimore area celebrated their 38th anniversary in October. They met on a Valentine’s Day blind date her freshman year. He was one of the Marines at Quantico OCS we were warned about. He started a business after a career in large brokerage firms. Jean is managing director in PNC Bank’s health care division. Only child Hillary moved from Pittsburgh back to D.C. with her Boston terrier. The Hipperts are active in the church they helped plant nine years ago. They planned a trip to Africa this fall for a photo safari and hoped to scuba dive.

Cathy Kroohs, an Alexandria Fire Department paramedic for 28 years, plans to retire soon and hopes to visit some of her 10 nieces and nephews around the country. Cathy is in three choirs, on various committees, and in her second year as congregation council president at Peace Lutheran Church. She looked forward to biking after all the snow.

Jean Ellis Crabtree, a Trickling Springs Creamery AR specialist, moved to Chambersburg, Pa. She’s visited daughter Diane Crabtree ’14, who was accepted into a JFK University graduate program in California, in Fredericksburg. Daughter Carol manages a Maryland horse farm, and Claire teaches elementary school music in Florida.

Myra McCord Lovelace and Helen Taylor Salter connected when Helen attended a Houston wedding. Myra met Helen’s family, and they pored over Myra’s 1976 Battlefield yearbook, laughing about the condition of Helen’s Willard Hall room and how Myra was in Combs Hall 24/7. Myra does market research for a chemical company and is involved with the art community. Husband Jim is in the oil and gas business. Daughter Alex is 30.

Ann Chryssikos McBroom of Salem, Va., gets together annually with Robin Hotchkin Warren, Margo Clifford, and Robin Cress Bernard. Son Kerry III married Megan in fall 2012, works in Rockville, Md., and lives in Arlington, Va. Younger son Connor, a music education major at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, has marched with the JMU MRD Drumline. Ann’s husband, Kerry, retired then re-entered the workforce for a while. Ann substitute teaches, helps an elderly lady, and does freelance photography.

Evelyn McKee-Heath, with the Philadelphia Police Department for 33 years, is chief inspector of investigations. She was the department’s first female inspector and chief inspector. She breeds, owns, and shows prize-winning American Staffordshire terriers and bulldogs. Two of her bulldogs have been official mascots for Mack Trucks. Evelyn earned a master’s degree in public safety administration from St. Joseph’s University in Philly.

Margaret “Fred” Brown Douglas is grandmother to Ophelia, born to daughter Lucy Beadnell on Fred’s birthday! Fred retired last year and keeps baby Phe several days a week. She does fitness training, travels, and volunteers at Richmond’s VCU Massey Cancer Center. Carrie Bell Jacobus’ middle child, a daughter, married in June 2012. Her youngest, a son, got engaged. Carrie worked with the College Board to create an AP chemistry lab book and inspires teens at her New Jersey high school to pursue STEM careers. She creates art in her studio and was in the traveling exhibit iView.

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