Class Notes

I’m in touch with several classmates in the D.C./Virginia area and met Carol Middlebrook, Linda McCarthy Milone, and Betsy Larson Kyker for brunch in Old Town Alexandria. Carol and her husband traveled recently to Bali, where her brother, John Middlebrook ’82, and his wife own a bed-and-breakfast in Sanur. Linda sent a Christmas card of her family skiing in Jackson Hole, Wyo. Her two sons are in college. Her sister, ambassador to Lithuania, recently visited. Betsy lives in Fairfax, and her two sons, a sophomore and a senior, are in high school.

Gayle Weinberger Petro and friend Jim traveled to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. She keeps up with Lisa Bratton Soltis, who’s on the UMW Foundation Board and in Roanoke economic development. Lisa has a grandson, Owen. Gayle said Nancy Quaintance Nelles was planning daughter Meredith’s July wedding. Judy Kemp Allard came out of retirement to become a Richmond-area Christian school principal.

My sister, Patricia Goliash Andril ’80, keeps me posted on some of her classmates. Thomas Bogar, husband of Gail Melanson Carr ’80, wrote Backstage at the Lincoln Assassination. Patricia gave the book to my husband for Christmas, since his great-grandfather, Ned Emerson, was acting in the play that evening. It’s a great read.

I’d love to hear from more of you. Please email news to me.