Frances Page Loftis
211 Merritt St.
South Boston, VA 24592-5019
fp1211@yahoo.com
Helen Vakos Standing
421 Goodspeed Road
Virginia Beach, VA 23451-2206
hstanding@aol.com
Elizabeth Jennings Peterson
2655 35th St.
Moline, IL 61265-5355
betmelp@earthlink.net
Carolyn Hawker Ginsberg
188 Flax Hill Road, Apt. C-5
Norwalk, CN 06854-2846
carolyn.ginsberg@uconn.edu
From outgoing Class Agents Judith Finger Bradley and Barbara Ioanes:
We had the rainiest, coldest weekend imaginable, but probably the best reunion
of all. About 60 classmates traveled from as far away as California. Our lively
conversations focused on old dorm antics, loves kept and lost, professors
admired and disparaged and the infamous U.S. Marine Corps.
Many of us are still involved in our professions. Among our classmates are
ministers, authors, artists, lobbyists, lawyers, teachers and health professionals.
We may very well be giving the term “senior citizen” a new definition.
We also noticed very little talk about children and grandchildren –
much as we love them – as we were more interested in each other’s
personal journeys.
The highlight of the weekend was the dedication ceremony of the new alumni
center, named for our own Alice Andrews Jepson. We enjoyed the bagpipes, the
champagne and the magnificent artwork, including a marvelous painting by Sally
Crenshaw Witt’s son. Sally and Sara Page Cosby Mayo were also recognized
for their generous contributions to the new center at Trench Hill. Mark your
calendars for the first weekend in June 2009 for our next reunion.
Victoria Taylor Allen has lived in Westchester County, N.Y., for more than
30 years. She is now widowed and keeps busy working in the development office
of the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Greenwich, Conn. Victoria is also a
lecturer in literature and art history in an adult-education program called
Barat House at Manhattanville College, where she serves on the alumni board.
In her spare time, she travels abroad, primarily to Paris and London, and
in March visited relatives in Amsterdam. For many years, she has enjoyed her
subscriptions to the Metropolitan Opera and the New York Philharmonic. She
spends part of each summer in Nantucket.
Thanks for keeping us entertained the past five years. Keep your news coming
to our new class agents.