A display of Chrys Chiappa Dudbridge’s work at the Goff-Nelson Library, Tupper Lake, NY, in April of this year, included pencil sketches, acrylics, and works using watercolors, India ink, felt tipped pen, but no oils. She and her husband, Richard, and two children, live in Tupper Lake, NY.

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Molly Meyer          
33 Livingston Street 
New Haven, CT 06511  
 
Dale Ferguson Cope's short story, “The Skymaker," appeared in the June 1979 issue of Yankee Magazine, and, in the Spring of 1980, a book on scarecrows that she co-authored will be published by Crown Publishers.
 
Florence “Foxie” Henn Kirwin started a Ph.D. in Library Science at U. of Southern California in Los Angeles this September. She also had a research assistantship as administrative assistant to the Dean of the Library School. Foxie hopes to get back to Aspen in the summers to work at the Aspen Institute, as in the past.
 
Betsy Poor Litsas ’69 and Carol Feiker Wetherbee have both been working as supervisors at the VNA in NYC, Betsy full time. Carol keeps busy with her two sons who are growing up quickly. Carol, Martha MacDonald Price and I had a mini reunion this past summer at Martha’s house. Several weeks later Martha saw Ginny Murrell Morand and her three children.
 
According to an article which appeared in a recent issue of New Woman, Judy Giarratana is “the first totally blind person ever to complete an Outward Bound outdoor fitness course at Hurricane Island, Maine.” “Gritting her teeth, fighting back tears of sheer terror,” she climbed to the top of an 80-foot cliff. “At the end of her ten day ordeal, Giarratana said, ‘I feel really victorious. I felt I had learned a lot about my potential. I felt in incredibly good physical shape. Some of what I learned was that we all have untapped potential.’ ”

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Jane C. Nordli        
Four Wagon Wheel Lane 
Weston, CT 06883      
 
Marjorie Hoge Khozindar works evenings at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Chicago, IL, as a Nursing Coordinator. Her husband is a Computer Programmer for Sargent and Lundy. They have a son born in June '77 who keeps them moving.
 
Karen Glazier Heafitz completed her second year of architecture school at Pratt Institute in May, and expects to have her B. Arch in two more years. She says the best part of her busy schedule is her two bubbly kids, Samara, 7, and Gabriel, 3. Husband Bruce, an investment banker, is currently working in the energy field.
 
Michelle Cherney Gillett and Chuck have lived in Stockbridge, MA with their daughters Erin, 9, and Lisa, 7 for the past two years. Michelle teaches poetry classes and workshops and last fall taught a women’s literature class at Berkshire Community College.
 
Pamela Vulllemonot Waesche and family live in Chagrin Falls, OH. Husband John is a marine aviation insurance broker. They see Chris Babcox Vilas and family often and spent a vacation with them in Florida in March.
 
Charlene O’Avanzo Van Raalte is Assistant Professor of Biology at Hampshire College, Hampshire, MA.
 
Alexandra Schilling Friedman returned in June from 31/2 years in London.
 
Last summer '78 Jeanne Pansky Sluarz became a certified NASDS scuba diver, and in March ‘79 she passed her novice test for (Ham) amateur radio operation. She belongs to the SubSig Raytheon Radio Club in Portsmouth, RI and her call is KA1CSC. Jeanne supervises the Hematology department at Miriam Hospital, a tertiary care hospital in Providence, RI.

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Christine Waterburv Dearnaley 
301 Marlyn Lane               
Wallingford, PA 19086         
 
I returned from Alumni Council this year just as enthusiastic as ever about Skidmore and its beautiful new campus. You must all get up to Saratoga to see it. How about next June for our 10th Reunion. Talk to all of your friends, and let’s have a big turnout.
 
While at Skidmore I roomed with Philippa Greene Mulford who is now living in Clinton, NY, and is a free lance fundraiser for the Arts. We had a delightful time together. I also saw Liz Hood who is working as a bartender at the Caunterbury in Saratoga, and is also taking shorthand. Liz has sold the Montana Book Store. I also saw Terri Huxtable who is leaving in February for a 6-month’s stay in Manchester, England, to study their special ed techniques. Liz and Terri and Carol Christensen are still singing together and in the process of cutting their first record.
 
I also had a visit from Ann Evans this summer. She is busy teaching English to 7th and 9th graders in Fairport, NY, and is also active in the teachers union activities and the Junior League. On her way to Wallingford, Ann had planned to have lunch with Cheryl Rogers Thiele but the birth of Cheryl’s third child prevented that.
  
Lynn Doe Hannan and Bleecker Springs were both at the kick-off dinner for the Philadelphia Wide Horizon Program. Lynn is the Southern Field Coordinator of the Program in addition to being our Class President. Bleecker is living in Philadelphia and working at the U. of Pennsylvania.
  
A research paper written by Deborah Carlson Herron, entitled “Quantitative Determinations of Alkylated Purines in DNA,” has been accepted for publication by the scientific journal, “Analytical Biochemistry.” Deborah is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Dept, of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the U. of California, Irvine.
  
Andrea Donkin Gartland wrote to say that Marty Wakeman, who is living in Florence, Italy, had her first individual show at a gallery in NYC and is now represented at two NYC galleries and another in Newport, Rl. “Andy" took an intensive Perspective Drawing course this summer and will take full-time courses this fall.
  
For 2 years now, Betsy L Evans and family have lived in the house they built in Gill, MA. She and Jeff have been teaching nursery school on the bottom floor of the house. Their farming adventures have expanded from chickens and vegetables to 2 acres of cucumbers, an apple orchard and Christmas trees. They birthed their third child on May 6, 1979, at home, with the grandparents in attendance.
  
Wendy Berman Bloom and Harold formed their own corporation last fall — a photographic retouching service for advertising agencies. In addition to their business, Wendy has been working full time, the past 4 years, at the Harrison Public Library.

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Betty Sandbeck               
725 Ninth Avenue South, #201 
Kirkland, WA 98033           
  
Sue Miness Farber is doing cardiovascular research in Boston where her husband, Marty, is doing his residency in Internal Medicine at Boston City Hospital.
  
Monica Otrembiak Varley became Inservice Director at the Wesley Nursing Home in Saratoga.
  
“Bobbsie" Hertz married David Rif kin last November and Susan Horowitz Notar, Janet Olotka Dugdale, Jane Schoonmaker Disare, Nancy Klaphaak
 
Strong, Sue Patterson Smith, and Barbara LeMoine Hansbury all attended the wedding. Bobbsie and David live in Hamden, CT, where she teaches elementary school.
  
Edmund and Corrine Bonynge Green departed last October in their 42' sloop, Ariadne II, for a cruise through the Bahamas.
  
Gail Wilson married Thomas Duggan in July 1976 and they have a daughter, Hannah, born in September 1977. Gail began making dolls with porcelain heads, hands, and feet in 1974, and now spends her summers doing major craft fairs.
  
Ellen Evans Boyle has been promoted to Purchasing Manager at Digital Equipment Corp. in Westfield, MA.
  
Emily Stein began working at Polaroid Corp. in Cambridge as a Senior Specialist in Education and Training.
  
Nancy Bonfils is currently in her sixth year of teaching after an MS from Drexel U. in 1973. She spent three years in Colorado, two in Zaire, and is currently in Malaysia.
  
Candy Fung Dziubia is a medical social worker and Greg, a free lance writer, in Westchester, NY.
  
Denise Feniello is teaching English at the Italian Maritime Corp. as well as to various other professionals, students and children. She was planning to visit Carol Brady this summer in Los Angeles.
  
Joanne Fabrizio Spencer completed her MLS degree in May at SUNY while her husband was getting his law degree at Albany Law School. They were to move in October to Knox, KY, with daughter, Cara Marie, born July 1st.
  
Mary Parker Issac returned from a trip to Hawaii in May. Her son, Matthew Parker Isaac, was born on July 20, 1979.
  
Jennifer S. Kriegler, M.D. is Chief Resident in Neurology at University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH, where her husband, Gerald Grossman, is a Pathology Resident.

IN MEMORIAM

1914
 
Helen Loveland Morris died on July 20, 1979. The Alumni Office was notified of her death by her daughter, Mrs. Barbara Davis, of 85 Waterside Lane, West Hartford, CT 06107.

1916
 
Marguerite Hopkins Wilcox died on August 1,1979 at Courtland Gardens Nursing Home in Stamford, CT, following a lengthy illness. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Stamford and a former member of the Stamford Yacht Club. Surviving are a son, Joseph S. Wilcox, Jr. of 57 Willowmere Circle, Riverside, CT 06878; two daughters, Mrs. Frederick Kolbe of Darien and Mrs. Robert Starr of Cos Cob; and eight grandchildren.

1918

Marlon Layden Whalen died July 20,1979 in Whitehall, NY. Marion taught public school music as a supervisor for 3 years before her marriage and later had a piano studio for many years. She also served as organist and choir director in Catholic Churches for many years. Marion is survived by a son, Francis T. Whalen, of Long Island, and by a daughter, Mrs. Marion W. Romano, of 32 Fordham Court, Albany, NY 12209.

1922

Edna Weber Quick died on August 11, 1979 at the age of 91. She is survived by her daughter, Lillian W. France, 410 Division Street, Schenectady, NY.

1923

Elizabeth Parker Earle died at her home in Lehigh Acres, FL on October 17, 1979. A retired physical education teacher, Elizabeth worked as Playground Instructor for the Kearny, NJ Recreation Commission for many years. She is survived by her husband, George M. Earle, Box 522, 804 Bougainvillea Rd., Lehigh Acres, FL 33936.

1925

Louise Bender died in June 1979 at the Presbyterian Home in Rosemont, PA. The Alumni Office was notified of the death by Virginia L. Brandt. One brother survives in Gettysburg, PA.

Josephine Freeman Lilley died on September 21, 1979 in Wellesley, MA. She is survived by her sister, Marjorie Freeman Peloquin ’17, of 28 Colfox St., Fall River, MA; by her daughter, Ann Lilley Smith ’49, of 130 Martha St., Fall River, MA; by a son, Mitchell C. Lilley, Jr; and by three grandchildren, Susan Smith Horvitz ’74, Holly Smith and Henry Smith.

Esther Walker Savage died this summer. Active for many years in Church work, Girl Scouts, PTA, and League of Women Voters, “Johnny” served Skidmore first as Class Chairman from 1950 to 1955 and later for many years as Class Agent. She is survived by her daughter, Margaret S. Francolini, of 124 Silkey Road, North Granby, CT 06060, and by her son, Richard D. Savage, PO Box 51, Stow, MA 01775.

1930

Jane Brett Mcllwralth died on June 7, 1979, in Rancho Santa Fe, CA. She was self-employed as a real estate broker at the time of her death. Jane served as a Lt. (j.g.) in the U.S. Coast Guard in the 40’s and worked as a Department Supervisor at Craig House Corp., Beacon, NY; Bell Telephone Lab, NYC; and at Central YMCA in Brooklyn, NY. She is survived by her husband, Dr. Charles G. Mcllwraith, Box 955, Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067, and by her two children, Mrs. Evelyn A. MacQuarrie and William M. Mcllwraith.

1931

Gertrude Tarwilliger Ashley died May 18, 1979 in Alexandria, VA. A niece, Suzanne Maddux, survives and resides at 126 East D Street, Benicia, CA 94510.

Lillian Salter Bowie died May 16, 1979. After graduation from Skidmore. Lillian attended the Grand Central School of Art and in 1932 was awarded their medal for exceptional work in class.

Agnes Wilson Neubert died on June 22, 1979. A graduate of the Prince School of Retailing at Simmons College, Boston, she worked as Personnel Director at Oppenheim Collins, Buffalo, NY, and was Stylist for Barbizon Lingerie in NYC in the late 30’s. Agnes was active for many years in PTA, Church work, Century Club of Scranton, Friendship House, a volunteer for Citizens of Eisenhower, and also served as President and Secretary of the Scranton-Wilkes Barre Skidmore Alumni Club. She is survived by a son, Theodore W. Neubert, of Main Street, Waverly, PA 18471; by a daughter, Mrs. Jerry P. Rosenblatt, Wyomissing, PA; by a brother, Stanley Wilson, and by four grandchildren.

1932

Jean L Allerdice died Thursday, October 4,1979 at Saratoga Hospital. She had served Skidmore College Alumni Association as its Alumnae Secretary from 1938 until 1954. Jean had also taught in the Public School System in Saratoga and was a member of the American Association of Retired Teachers. Survivors include her sister, Doris M. Allerdice ’35 of 185 Circular St., Saratoga Springs, NY 12866, and by a nephew, Wallace W. Allerdice, also of Saratoga.

Gretchen Haigh Larrabure died on June 11,1979 after a long illness. She had been confined to a nursing home for almost a year after a lengthy bout with emphysema and other complications. Gretchen worked as a laboratory technologist for several years in New Jersey. She is survived by her two sons, Rick Larrabure of Chicago, IL, and Garrett Larrabure of Belmont, CA; by her sisters, Constance Haigh Coddington ’32, 15 Taylor Road, Matawan, NY 07747, and Mary Haigh Mehrky ’41.

1933
 
Eunice Montel Gillespie died on March 24,1979 in Kenilworth, IL. She is survived by her husband, Cecil Gillespie of 355 Ridge Road, Kenilworth, IL 60043, and by her children and grandchildren.
 
Esther Mallery died on April 11, 1979. A native of Saratoga Springs, Esther was employed at the NYS Conservation Department for 30 years and also taught music for many years. There are no survivors.

1935
 
Alla Belle Lewis died on September 12, 1979, and is survived by her niece, Patricia Mary Dimeo.
 
Elizabeth Fisher Smith died July 10, 1979. She worked for many years in Personnel for General Electric Company, and was active in Girl Scouts, Red Cross and County Health. Elizabeth is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Francine B. Fairchild of 161 East Avenue, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866, and by a cousin, Norma Fisher ’53, and one grandchild.

1940
 
Louise Smith Wilcox died on October 9, 1979 in Wethersfield, CT. A graduate of Columbia-Teacher’s College in 1944, she had served as Staff Nurse for Community Health Association in Boston; surgical head nurse at Post-Graduate Hospital, NYC; Surgical Supervisor and Instructor at Hartford (CT) Hospital; Instructor, Nurses Aides for the American Red Cross, Hartford; and as Staff Nurse at the Hartford VNA until her retirement in 1962. Louise had also been active for Skidmore as an Admissions Correspondent, Club Treasurer, and member of the Club Scholarship Committee. She had more currently worked as a part-time tax consultant for the Connecticut Bank and Trust Co. in Hartford. Louise is survived by her husband, John T. Wilcox of Cedar Trail, 75 Bittersweet Hill, Wethersfield, CT 06109; and by a son, John T. Wilcox, Jr.

1945
 
Eva Stretcher Leicht died in October 1978, leaving her husband, Walter G. Leicht, of Hungry Hollow Road, Spring Valley, NY 10977, and two children. In the late 1940’s Eva served as Assistant Head Nurse at University Hospital in NYC.

1946
 
Carolyn Colebum Allen died on September 4, 1979. She is survived by her two sons, John D. Allen of 21 Clinton Avenue, South Norwalk, CT 06854, and Peter Allen; and by her sister, Eleanor Coleburn Zoller ’41.

1956
 
Irene “Bambi” Brofos Gabriel died on June 7, 1979 of multiple myeloma, at home, in Vence, France, after a long and painful illness. Bambi is survived by three daughters, Claudette, a freshman at Cornell; Suzette, a ballet dancer in Monte Carlo; and Maud, finishing 9th grade in Vence. Following graduation Bambi taught art in the Greenwich, CT school system and later, also, at the Nishimachi Int’l School in Tokyo where the family resided from 1967 through 1972. She became a hospital volunteer upon returning from Japan. Just before her illness, she realized a long-time dream by traveling to Egypt in February 1978. Bambi’s husband, Serge, is on assignment with IBM at the La Gaude Laboratory, and resides at 8, Ave. Marie-Antoinette, 06140 Vence, France.

1972
 
Amy Elsenberg died in the May 25th American Airlines DC 10 crash in Chicago. She had been engaged in the Head Start program in the Los Angeles area and recently had been selected from 82 applicants to head the research program funded by the government though her employer, NTS Research Corporation of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Amy was returning to her post as research director. According to her father, Mr. Stanford E. Eisenberg, PO Box 426, Chatham, NJ, “her interests had taken a change over recent years, away from pure social work to administrator of HMO organization, and more recently as administrator of a ‘think tank.’ Eventually she was able to blend this new-found interest in research with a concern for children who would be starting their educational life from behind a barrier. She had recently been selected to attend the Graduate Program at the U. of Southern California. Unfortunately, this acceptance arrived after her death. Her direction in graduate school would have been towards a Ph.D. in Education Psychology.” Amy established the Michele Kelly Memorial' Award at Skidmore in memory of her friend.

The Alumni Office has also received word of the following deaths: 

Mary J. Saunders '24 (no date)
   
Constance George Neeber 40, March 18, 1979

SKIDMORE SCOPE 
Volume 11, No. 1
 
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