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1979

Kim West
kwest@usc.edu

Bill Slusky drove to campus from Connecticut “on a whim,” wondering if anyone at Reunion would remember him. A lot of people did, he reports. He was surprised at how many of us “have changed or quit jobs to be at home for their children…considering the ’80s were the ‘have it all’ era of feminism.” And, he noticed, “a lot of people traded their lives of being corporate hacks to putting their business knowledge into nonprofit organizations. My classmates have turned out to be a great bunch of talented, intelligent, and committed people…and I’m very proud to be part of the class of 1979.” Bill was also reminded that “we always knew how to throw a great party!”

Lisa Lavieri—who played a significant role in making Reunion so wonderful—comments, “I’m not sure that words can express how exhilarating, fun, and great it was to see so many of you at our 25th. From ‘up on the roof’ of Leslie Vanden-Handel DiCarlo’s City Tavern (with outstanding entertainment by Laura Anderson), to watching the third leg of the Triple Crown race at President and Marie Glotzbach’s home, to our class luau, we were successful at recapturing a bit of our youth and rediscovering that feeling of being ‘home’ when back at Skidmore.”

Kathy Melén Lawton had a wonderful time at Reunion, seeing people she hadn’t “seen or even thought about for years.” She enjoyed being back on campus while daughter Emily, 17, was having an admissions interview.

Jeri Waxenberg was invited to serve on a museum panel for the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, DC, and notes, “It is rewarding to think about engaging and uplifting lives through the arts and creativity.”

The spring issue of Scope mistakenly identified Rebecca Maestri as an attorney (although she did work for a law practice). For more about Rebecca, see page 42.

Leigh McKay Garrity lives in Worcester, VT, and teaches science in East Montpelier. Daughter Mckalyn earned a BA in biology from Middlebury and is a NYC teaching fellow this fall; son Patrick is studying English at Wesleyan. Leigh’s married stepdaughter Shannon has an MBA from UVM and gave birth to a daughter in May.

Maura Connelly is married to Rob Rhodin, an orthopedic surgeon. They have three children: Thor, a freshman at Roanoke College; Maren, a sophomore at Millbrook Boarding School in New York; and Callie, a 5th-grader at Beaufort Academy in South Carolina. Maura is a photographer. She gets together with Cambridge, MA, resident Deborah Monosson every year and is frequently in touch with Abbie Swift Kennedy in Fairport, NY, and Lisa Ochs Arnold in Manhattan.

I am just getting used to saying that I went to my 25th college reunion and having my students look at me oddly.

(I know they are thinking, and graciously not saying, “Do you think she’s that old?”) My kids enjoyed their first trip to Saratoga and now have a better understanding of those Skidmore shirts they wear. I took some great video at the Saturday luau—which I guarantee will show up at a future reunion.