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Class of 1920's Class of 1930's Class of 1940's
Class of '24 Dan Dyer, who recently celebrated his 100th birthday, passed away on July 24, 2001. Dan received his B.S. and a master’s degree in education from UVM, and he was a member of Phi Mu Delta fraternity and a noted quarter-miler on the UVM track team. He is fondly remembered as a teacher, coach, and principal in several Vermont schools and as an active leader in Vermont education associations. He received the UVM Alumni Association’s Distinguished Service Award in 1988. Condolences to his wife, Catherine Weldon Dyer, and their family. Class of '28 Muriel
Richardson Chatterton recently celebrated her 93rd birthday. She wrote
that she is happy to be living in a friendly retirement community in Saratoga
Springs, N.Y. Class of '29 Dorothy Claflin McColl is happily living in a retirement community near Albany, N.Y. She has four children, 11 grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. Dorothy reads the Quarterly with great interest. A reminder of the passage of time arrived with a pin recognizing my 75-year membership in Alpha Chi Omega. May good health and great joy be yours in the days ahead. Class of '31 Alberta Berry Raymond wrote from Fayetteville, N.Y., that she is 91 years old. Her two grandsons are married, and she now has a great-grandson. One of her granddaughters is a CPA, and the other is a physical therapist. Alberta has been a widow for the past 24 years. Class of '33 Fraser Drew, at 88, writes for several publications and enjoys his waterfront condo in Buffalo, N.Y. He sent a few words about a former classmate: “Dorothy Jackman Neal died in California earlier this year. She was a physics and math major and my good friend. We worked together for three years on the Cynic and were elected to Phi Beta Kappa with four other classmates in our junior year. The Class Day picture shows us side-by-side, after she had given the Campus Oration, and I, the Boulder Oration. I thought that she was the best dancer at UVM. After graduation, she married my Lambda Iota fraternity brother, Bob Neal ‘36. I last saw her on Commencement Day and last talked to her by phone in 1983, when we learned that neither of us could go to our 50th reunion. I remember her smile and her wit and mourn her passing.”
Greetings
again, classmates! News has been scarce, but I was happy to hear from
Herb Selib recently. He and his wife, a Brown alumna, are very loyal alums
of both colleges. They have traveled extensively and taken part in many
Elderhostels and alumni events. Cumulatively, they have visited 81 countries
worldwide for both business and pleasure. Herb also reported that their
son, David ‘62, has a graduate degree from Columbia University. He
is now a consulting specialist in computer applications. Thank you, Herb,
for sending us the update. Personally, I can report the May 1 arrival
of Ryan William Knight, our 18th great-grandchild. As usual, I am spending
the summer at our Colchester Point camp. On September 14th, I shall be
90. I am watched over carefully but am able to enjoy all family events
and other activities. I even have been able to get into the cool waters
of the lake — a blessing during the hot days of summer. Over Thanksgiving,
some members of our family are taking me on a Mississippi River boat cruise
out of New Orleans to celebrate my birthday. PLEASE send more news for
the next issue. REMEMBER, someone will be interested in hearing from you. At
our 65th reunion banquet, Elizabeth Downer was elected president, Ed Vervoort,
vice president, and I was re-elected secretary. Many classmates, including
Ruth Barron, Chet Buchanan, Harriet Gray, Carolyn Hodgdon, Florence Brown
Craft, Dottie Maeck, Platt Powell, Mary and Harry Rowe, Ed Vervoort, and
your class secretary, along with spouses and guests, enjoyed our class
dinner in Waterman. Florence was back for the first time since our graduation
in 1936. Our 65th reunion memory book, which contained information about
the careers and hometowns of lots of classmates, was distributed at the
dinner. In other news, Roberta Puckridge Gies, wrote from California,
“I wish I could attend our 65th reunion. What an impressive number.”
She was thinking of the class at reunion time. UVM records indicate that
of the 294 who started in the fall of 1932, there are still 102 active.
It was, and still is, a great class. Phelps
Pond hopes to be back for the class’s 65th reunion next year. If
any classmates are interested in helping to create or update our class
reunion web page, please contact Annabel Khouri at the UVM alumni office
at her email address: annabel. khouri@uvm.edu. Phyll
Craig Graves attended the 60th reunion of her class at Yale’s School
of Nursing. Of the 20 living members of the class, ten were present. Marge
Howe Buttolph, also a member of the class, was unable to be there. John
Suitor has joined the UVM community at Wake Robin in Shelburne,
Late in March, I went to the Midwest to visit my family and friends, so I am a bit late with class news. Frank Canary sent me an email letting us know that his granddaughter entered UVM this fall, and another, St. Michael’s. Ed Jacobson also wrote that he is living in Whiting, Vt. He has retired from operating a boy’s camp on Lake Dunmore and being the principal of a junior high school in Peekskill, N.Y. Art Sylvester wrote that, at a recent meeting of the Connecticut River Valley Flood Control Commission, he was elected chair. Art is also a selectman, and for the past 62 years, he has been a teacher. He currently teaches at the Community College of Vermont. Robert Pierce, who lives in Kanagawa, Japan, attended a UVM recruiting mission there. Classmate Martha Rist Suitor and husband John ‘38 recently moved to Wake Robin. I am sorry to report that Barbara Jones Reese died last February, and Mary Fifield Brown died in March. Class of '40 It must have been the lovely, lazy days of summer, but perhaps you were all too busy to send news for our class column. I hope that the crisp October weather and Homecoming Weekend will inspire literary creativity. Your friends want to know how you are and where you are. Laura Dustan welcomed tourists from New Jersey: your class secretary and a friend, whose summer was not complete without visiting beautiful Craftsbury Common and scenic Greensboro, Vt. Betsy Komline was delighted to report the millennial birth of her first great-grandson on May 11, 2001. Congratulations to Robert and Wanda Bevins (‘43) Dudley who celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on February 8, 2001. Class president Florence Eaton enjoys the activities at the senior housing complex, where she lives. There is even a small space for a garden. She was delighted to renew her friendship with classmate Betty Watts Weeks, who camps on Lake Champlain in the summer. Florence supplied me with clippings from the Burlington Free Press with the happy headline “UVM Raises a Record $30M — Double the Amount from Five Years Ago.” Class vice president Heath Riggs and I attended a meeting of the Green and Gold gift committee in August. For the first time since this committee was organized in 1997, both the dollar and donor goals were surpassed: $695,518 from 853 donors. Our class contribution was $7,230 from 31 donors. In addition, more than $3,000 was contributed to the Memorial Scholarship fund. Thanks to those who contributed to these efforts! Now we start all over again.
We were 21 — the lucky 21 of our 238 classmates who enjoyed our 60th reunion banquet. Our longtime secretary, Jane Allen Hadley, and Carole Stetson Spaulding were co-chairs, who ably planned various weekend events. Oletha Thompson Bickford and Jack Bloom were dedicated gift co-chairs. Because we exceeded our endowment fund goal, a tree in the UVM Arbor was dedicated to our class. Other committee classmates were Lorraine Carver Bliss, Robert Copp, Rae Sheehan Cummings, Robert Davis, Angeline Ducas, Dorothea Smith Hanna, Lyman Hunt, Elizabeth Gurney Lauritzen, Francis Nye, and Gilman Rood. Our reunion’s success came from their efforts, with helpful ideas from Pat Brennan at UVM. A highlight of our celebration was a prize given to Francis Nye, who came the farthest, from Albuquerque, N.Mex. He gave a memorable talk on behalf of the class of ‘41 at the Green and Gold luncheon. Classmates who attended our class dinner were Oletha Thompson Bickford, Jack Bloom, Bob Copp, James Corbett, Jeanette Thompson Cullins, Rae Sheehan Cummings, Robert Davis, Angeline Ducas, Jane Allen Hadley, Lyman Hunt, Grace Meeken Hutchins, Elizabeth Gurney Lauritzen, Alice Cole Milazzo, Francis Nye, Earl Reed, Gilman Rood, John Royer, Carole Stetson Spaulding, Shirley Gray Stevenson, John Thayer, and your class secretary as well as many spouses. We missed all our classmates who couldn’t join us. We elected new class officers: Carole Stetson Spaulding, president; Jane Allen Hadley, vice president; and Maywood Metcalf Kenney, secretary. In other news, Ethel Clara Bailey wrote about her pride in her five college-educated children who all have busy careers: Priscilla is a medical technician; Albert is a farmer; Stephen does agricultural laboratory testing; Christiana works with animals; Linda is an office manager. Bill Pye wrote that, after 38 years of country living, he and his wife, Jean Butler (‘40) Pye, have moved to a condominium on the Farmington River in Connecticut. They have three sons, 11 grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren. A. Raymond Betts wrote that he is still an enthusiastic fly fisherman, having given up tennis and skiing. He has been married to “the same great girl” for the past 50 years. Just
a reminder to save May 30-June 2, 2002, for our 60th reunion. Plans are
already underway for this great occasion. If any classmates are interested
in helping to create or update our class reunion web page, please contact
Annabel Khouri at the UVM alumni office at her email address: annabel.
khouri@uvm.edu. Robert Carlson and Bernice were unable to come to Vermont
this year because of her illness, but they’re looking forward to
our reunion in June. Harvey Hubbard and his wife Sadie have achieved their
travel goal of spending “quality time” in all 50 states. Our
sympathy to the family of Anne Lovell Jackman, who died on May 29, 2001.
Barbara Gallagher Kennedy, Hilda Paquette Thayer, and your class secretary
attended the graveside service in Bristol, Vt. Afterward, we enjoyed a
lunch together at Bobby’s home. Dr. Edward Keenan was honored as
grand marshal of the Essex Junction parade. Typical of Ed — he walked.
Don Moran enjoyed a trip to New Zealand and Australia recently. He also
still works as a manufacturer’s representative. Charles Wilmot continues
to pursue his hobbies of travel, volunteer work, and computer exploration.
He is beginning his 23rd year as a docent at the Arizona Sonora Desert
Museum in Tucson. He would welcome email messages from friends at cwilmot@jboxford.com.class
of ‘43 secretary We have lots of messages this time around. My pleas have not fallen on deaf ears. Patty Page Terrill was sorry to miss reunion this year. She had to be in Denver for a grandchild’s high school graduation. Patty commented that she always looks forward to the UVM luncheon in Sarasota, Fla., in mid-March. To quote Patty: “UVM always sends top-notch speakers.” That’s good to hear. Celia Paquin wrote that her granddaughter, Jennifer Paquin, graduated from UVM in 2001. Both of her parents are alumni. Red and I have a grandson, Zak Cassady Dorion, at UVM now. He is a junior and is enjoying his UVM experience. Another grandson, Jeff Look ‘99, is a physical therapist at the hospital in Plattsburgh, N.Y. Ralph Goss reported that he is “contentedly living in retirement in Shelburne after 42 years with Uncle Sam.” He feels that he has retired to the right place at the right time. Sometimes we make good decisions. Jean Blume Schpero sent me a nice “hello.” Jean occasionally sees Marguerite Benoit Downes and Eleanor Berig Bloom and husband Jack. Finally, a comment by George Little stated that he enjoyed a visit with Milt Kaufman and his wife at reunion. The Kaufmans’ son, Jeff, now lives in Stowe, Vt. As coincidence would have it, the weekend of reunion, I was in Hyannis, Mass., and happened to run into another Kaufman…Morton ‘50. We happened to be standing in line at a restaurant, waiting to be seated. Since I always talk to strangers, a conversation ensued, and the fact that we were both UVMers came to light. It was great. When I returned home, I called Milt in an effort to sort out the Kaufmans and had a nice conversation with him. This job of being secretary is not all that bad. I’ll be waiting to get more news for the next issue.
Hello again! May the class of ‘04 be as settled in as we were all those years ago and may they be more mindful than I was that mid-years are closer than they think. Norma Charest Konefal, writing from Tucson, Ariz., said that she enjoys the Quarterly, especially articles relating to research and the accomplishments of faculty and students. Harvey Goodell and wife Nan are retired in Williamstown, Mass. Harvey was with Sprague Electric in the area for many years. About the time of our 50th reunion, they were on Kodiak Island in Alaska visiting their son and his wife. Both daughters are in Washington state. Altogether there are seven grandchildren; the youngest are twin boys. Not all our news can be as joyous as that last sentence. It’s sundials that “count no hours but unclouded ones.” Helene Levesque Harper’s husband, William, died last May. Bill enjoyed many UVM reunions with our class. He left Helene, a son, and a granddaughter. Helene is in Hobe Sound, Fla., and our thoughts are with her. Stanley Feldman is a busy retiree living with his wife, Barbara, in New Rochelle, N.Y. He is on the board of the West End Day School, an alternative school for children in Manhattan. Barbara is a premier special events planner in the city. Between them, they have four children and seven grandchildren. Stan looks forward to showing the 17-year-old the UVM campus. Dorothy Moore was at UVM for our freshman year. Her father, James Howard Moore ‘14, attended UVM before her. “The war came,” she wrote, “and I was married the next year.” Some years later she was remarried to John Halstead. She remembers Priscilla (then) Perkins (now) Johnson very well. She has done a lot of sailing and now lives at Lighthouse Point, Fla. Dr. Louis Fishman and his wife, Dorothy, live in Auburn, Maine. They are retired and “enjoying every minute of it.” Louis enjoys his computer, too.
Our
class had a great 55th reunion celebration. Classmates who attended reunion
festitivites included Eleanor Anderson Reed, Betsy Dole Durfee, Mary Jean
Dunsmore Cox, Mary Lou Robinson Adsit, Ginny Coffman Allen, Betty Johnson
Bahrenburg, Virginia Benedict Peltier, Anna Capen Webster, Mary Boardman
Ciaschini, Nancy McNamara Harris, Connie Brownell Hall, Ruth White Lyon,
Alberta Reed Read, Joan Garrity, Peggy Miller Logan, Jackie Swasey Smith,
Florence Reid Gardner, Ruth Schoppe Propst, and a number of spouses. Ruth
got the prize for traveling farthest — from California. At the Green
and Gold luncheon, Connie enjoyed a special chat with her childhood playmate,
UVM Interim President Ed Colodny. Joan and Ed O’Brien will travel
to Germany for their son’s wedding. The bride and groom are both
European models. Laurel Hansen Reed and husband Fred live in Vinalhaven,
Maine. They sent regrets for reunion, because two weeks later they traveled
to Vermont for the National Conference of Attorneys General at which Fred,
a former Vermont attorney general, was honored. Bette Mansfield Rhodes
regrets not being able to be at our reunion. Her oldest grandson graduated
from high school the same weekend. Bette’s oldest granddaughter recently
graduated from MacQuarie University in Sydney, Australia, and she will
continue her education at the University of Sydney Law School. Barbara
Morgan Adams also wrote regrets for reunion. Her husband is an officer
in Washington’s Army at Valley Forge Descendants, and a national
encampment coincided with our reunion. Daughter Carolyn ‘79 was a
Phi Beta Kappa at UVM. Having recently attended a Burlington High School reunion at which I got together with Mae Johnson Corbett, Jean Carlton Denton, and Jane Cellar McGrath, I am now looking forward to our 55th reunion next May 30-June 2. If we all encourage one another to be there, we’ll have a great reunion. If any classmates are interested in helping to create or update our class reunion web page, please contact Annabel Khouri at the UVM alumni office at her email ad-dress, annabel.khouri@uvm.edu. Mary Kinerson Quimby wrote that she is very proud of UVM. They’re nicely settled in Brevard, N.C., and they appreciate the warmer climate very much. Mary remembers the beauty of Lake Champlain and the UVM campus, but she added, “Though, I’m not sure I could find my way around now.” Billings was the library then, and she had mastered the route from the top to the bottom of Old Mill.
Sherman Sprague of Montpelier, Vt., retired as county supervisor district and state director of the Farmer’s Home Administration. He worked for National Life Insurance before establishing his own business in consulting and real estate appraisal. Sherm has three children and five grandchildren. He enjoys skiing and boating. Vincent Ashtone is retired from the U.S. Army Reserve as well as from North Brunswick Volunteer Fire Company #2. He videotaped videotaped visits to Maine, Florida, Arizona, and Texas. With his MS in chemistry from the University of Rhode Island, he has been applying this expertise in conquering “every housewife’s dreaded enemy — housework.” Arthur Gillman, M.D., is a child-adolescent psychiatrist at Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center. He has two children, two grandchildren, and three step-grandchildren. He enjoys skiing and kayaking. Carolyn Kelley Young, a retired French teacher, lives in Palm Harbor, Fla. She has a son and a daughter, and she enjoys church and community activities, photography, and the Florida sunshine. The Youngs are proud of being native Vermonters. Pat Jones Loll, who retired from teaching in 1990, now snowbirds between Palm Bay, Fla., and South Hero, Vt. She is active in Panhel, AAUW, and retired teachers’ associations, and she enjoys golf and bridge in her spare time. Pat has six children and nine grandchildren. Jean Clark Weaver retired from UVM’s botany department, and husband Lee is a UVM Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry. They have traveled to Alaska and the Maritime Provinces. Their two sons are UVM graduates. Robert Ker plans to move to Brewster, Mass., when he retired from New England Stone Company. He and his wife have three children and five grandchildren. Robert enjoys tennis and travel, and he serves on several boards. Cynthia Wriston Massey is retired from the Seneca Falls Central Schools. She has two children and four grandchildren. Cynthia enjoys skiing, sailing, and playing bridge. She has traveled the globe and spends her summers in Maine. Barbara Clark Abbot retired from teaching English at Monte Vista High School in Danville, Calif. For many years, Barbara took charge of a student trip to England. She has four children and six grandchildren. Congratulations to Barbara and her husband on their 50th wedding anniversary! After serving in the Air Force in World War II, Henry Atherton returned to teach dairy science at UVM for 36 years before retiring. He and his wife, Phyllis Hardy (‘46) Atherton, have three sons, 11 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. Henry volunteers in several local service organizations and was chosen Volunteer of the Year in the Burlington, Vt. area last February. Joanne Goulart Weber retired from teaching art at Candor Junior and Senior High School. She and husband Dave have traveled in Canada, Portugal, Tunisia, and the Azores. She enjoys entering art contests and volunteering with the Candor Historical Society and Friends of the Library. Virginia Hamel of Brookline, Mass., is enjoying her retirement from Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She is interested in genealogy and trying to beat the Stock Market. Watercolor painting, golfing, and playing tennis have kept Irwin Becker, M.D., busy since retirement from his surgical practice. He and his wife, Lucille, have five children and two grandsons. |