April 19, 2006

Dear Classmates,

Our 45th Reunion is looming…this June 1-4, 2006, to be exact. Have you blocked out those dates for that all important weekend and started making plans to head up to Saratoga? By now, you should have received your Reunion registration materials. Please respond right away so we can plan for all the wonderful events.

Our class has many reasons to be proud of our classmates and their accomplishments since graduation. During Reunion 2006, Skidmore will be honoring TWO of our own. Marlene (Linny) Oberkotter Fowler will be receiving the Distinguished Achievement Award. This award goes to one alumna in her reunion year who has translated her Skidmore experience into a distinguished achievement through professional work and/or community service for ten years or more. Pamela White Leighton will be receiving one of the five Outstanding Service Awards. This award is given to an alumna celebrating her reunion year, who has demonstrated outstanding service to the College, as a class officer, trustee, faculty member, parent or friend for a period of 10 or more years. Way to go Linny and Pam!

As you know, from an earlier letter from Jacki Jung, our 45th reunion gift to the College is to fund a Term Professorship. This honor will be awarded to a senior, tenured professor presently at Skidmore. He or she will be selected by the College and will be invited to join us for dinner on Saturday night at The Surrey Williamson Inn. What a wonderful opportunity we have to honor a professor for a lifetime of teaching. As of this writing, we have gifts and pledges close to $600,000. Our goal is $750,000 to $1,000,000. So you can see, we still have work to do before we meet at Reunion. For those of you who have not yet made your gift to this marvelous cause, please do so as soon as possible. We are really counting on your support.

Zelda Jacobson Schwartz has a theme for this June's special Reunion session on Saturday afternoon. Unlike previous years, Zelda would like everyone to reflect on themes of graceful aging. During our session with Zelda, we will hold elections for Class President and Class Secretary. If anyone is interested in filling these jobs, or would like to nominate a classmate to fill the positions, please let me know ahead of time by e-mail @ Sue10533@aol.com. This writing gives me an opportunity to thank all of you who have served the class so well during my ten years as president. You are the heart and soul of our class

We are very fortunate to have Pam White Leighton as our Reunion Chairperson. She and her committee have worked hard to plan a fun and meaningful Reunion for all of us. It’s our goal this year to inspire great attendance for the class of ’61 so, get on that band wagon and ride on up to Skidmore. Can’t wait to see you all in June! Fondly,

Sue

Sue Prior
Class President