Class President DICK TATLOW concluded
our final break out session Saturday thanking our reunion committee of CAROL
FRANKLIN, JIM MOORE, ROSANNA and MARSHALL FRANK for working
on our behalf to produce a fine event in difficult circumstances.
Also,
special thanks to Pat Richards for all the tasks she undertook, and, she
has volunteered to continue on into our next five-year period.
PAULINE
DEGANFELDER was recognized for her years spent preplanning this
event and a special remembrance to JAY TREADWELL his many contributions
to previous reunions.
A post-reunion note from SUE RAND
LEWIS. “ We took our own advice after the first ‘61 breakout session
and scheduled a zoom reunion of the 40th and 45th reunion chairs. JON
GREENLEAF in Santa Barbara, PETER
(and Elke) GREENBERG in Rockville Centre, NY, and SUE LEWIS (and
husband Gordon Garrett) in Sarasota, FL. We were unable to reach our
fourth chair, GINN BUCHANAN CLARK in Fort Wayne, Indiana, but plan
to have more of these gatherings until we can arrange to get together in
person. In her stead, GERRIT WHITE joined us for 45 minutes of
stories, laughter and catching up prior to the class cocktail party on
Saturday. We found we were all well, all active and all eager to get back
together on the hill when conditions will allow. In the meantime, we were
very thankful for the efforts of this year's reunion chairs for bringing us
together to reminisce via zoom. All of us were also thankful that our time as
reunion chairs was then and not now! “
New input
and update from our reunion co-chair, CAROL FRANKLIN. “With the pandemic, I am still working but
doing much of it virtually. More
residential clients now but most of my many years of space-planning and
interior design were Fortune 500 corporations. I interact with friends from the
Leonia community, high school, family and Book Club with 14 SDT sorority
sisters as well as Synagogue Gesher Shalom.”
Moving on from reunion NEWS to Class Notes, DORCAS
McDonald sent along an impressive portfolio describing the Learning for
Living Institute where she is the Exec. Director. Located in Boulder, Colorado. The institute
focuses on Life Success Skills for young people. You may visit their website at www.learningforliving.org
Also
responding to our call for news is GARRY FRIEDMAN. Garry retired from CBRE as a commercial
real-estate broker after 33 years and still maintains an active practice in
Scarsdale. During the pandemic, his son
was working remotely from Garry’s home conducting compliance
investigations. A comment on the
pandemic, “You learn to appreciate health and good company.”
PEGGY
THOMAS, our Pottery
Lady, wrote from Ridgefield CT. about
life during the pandemic. “Luckily,
Covid did not take away any close friends or loved ones. But it DID take away
the ‘busy-ness’ of my daily life. I left me with TIME. I realized how free that felt. I had the time to become creative, free and
to explore new forms with my clay. I had
the time to linger in my gardens and appreciate their beauty and bounty and all
the work and time I had put into creating them.
I had the time to revel in the silent solitude and surprises of nature
as I cleared trails in my woods. I had
the time to thoughtfully transcribe hundreds of letters written by my Dad and
Mom, during his three years overseas in WWII, I treasure this delightful and new
found gift of time. I promise myself to
remain disentangled from my former busy life and concentrate on all the pleasures of my new
leisure life. But the of course, there
is always Zoom.”
RUTH
SCHIMEL, ILR 61, has just
published her seventh book on Amazon: Happiness and Joy in Work: Preparing
for Your Future (the only book with tailored guidance for
individuals). For a description and access to the first chapter: https://www.ruthschimel.com/books/ Ruth will participate in the ILRAA NYC
Chapter program, Redefining Retirement: Purpose, Passion and Service on June
23, 7 pm, ET. (For information/registration, contact Esta
Bigler erb4@cornell.edu) retirement,
Finally, from MARILYN SLUTZKY
ZUCKER, a request to amend her recent posting in this column. Apparently only her married name was
mentioned leaving some friends in the dark by not mentioning her maiden
name. Hopefully we now have things
corrected.
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