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Ingeborg Hegemann Clark
iehegemann@yahoo.com

Nancy Reeves Reardon
nreardon@charter.net

A 1979 graduate of Albany Law School, Jeffrey Armstrong has lived and worked in the Capital District for the past 25 years. He practices education and transactional intellectual-property law for colleges and universities at Pattison, Sampson, Ginsberg & Griffin, PC. His primary client is Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. In 2004 he acquired an LLM (summa cum laude) from Albany Law, with a concentration in intellectual property, and recently published a number of articles in that field (see www.psgglaw.com/jra.htm). Jeffrey’s wife, Pam, is a professor at Albany Law. The couple has two children: Ryan, 10, and Brendan, 8.

Julie Mayne Baker, Amy Simons Abramovich, Grace Meade Diggs, and Leslie Zack convened in NYC in October for a mini-reunion and to celebrate the big 50! “There was lots of laughing over Skidmore antics, and reminiscing about •the good old days.’” In addition to some spa pampering and restaurant sampling, the group enjoyed the show Wicked. They are all looking forward to reconnecting with classmates at our 30th reunion next year.

After 26 years with the same company, Steven Hanson decided to go the entrepreneurial route. He is now president and CEO of Pace Medical Inc., a public company in the medical device field, with offices in Boston and London. Steven commutes from San Diego, CA, where he and his wife, Fatma, recently celebrated their 25th anniversary.

“Some women at work dyed my hair soft black,” confesses Matt Rosen, “so I’m looking quite youthful. I really got a kick out of it!” He lives in Columbus, Ohio, and is human resources manager and VP for administration for THK Manufacturing of America in Hebron. He has three children, ages 2, 6, and 8. He stays in touch with Douglas Dreishpoon, curator of contemporary art at the Albright-Knox Museum in Buffalo, NY, and Peter Appelbaum, who owns an export business in Miami, FL.

Meg Steele Wingerath teaches art to grades five through eight at the Salemwood School in Malden, MA, a magnet school for the visual and performing arts. She finished a master’s degree at Cambridge College in May 2003. Daughter Sara graduated from William Smith in 2002 and received a master’s in public administration from Suffolk in 2004. She is a match advocate for Big Brothers of Massachusetts Bay in Boston. Son Jack is a senior architecture major and art minor at Hobart College.

Eileen Crowley Sullivan has been an alumni admissions correspondent for Skidmore for 28 years. As program coordinator in physical education and health at Boston University’s School of Education, she has complete responsibility from faculty hiring to curriculum development. This summer she received a special birthday gift: Alison Shattes McLaughlin, who she had not seen in 28 years, came from Arizona. The pair then connected with Vikki Farrell Lyons ’77 and had a blast sightseeing and “laughing hard about our great college days!” The group called up Betsy Davis Jamison to include her in the fun. Eileen’s daughter Cassie is a senior at St. Mark’s School in Southborough, MA; Skidmore is one of her top college choices. Brendan, 20, is studying physics and math at Hamilton College. Eileen’s husband, Billy, is still at Raytheon Company.

Ellen Waters’s daughter Dana Sciafani ’05 is majoring in business with a minor in economics. Ellen has stayed in contact with Skidmore faculty members John Thomas, Ken Johnson, Pat Lee, and Tad Kuroda. Although delighted by Dana’s academic experience, she was concerned that some students “run naked across Case Green every parents’ weekend, for shock value.” Dana has already secured a position in Lehman Brothers Investment Banking Program in NYC for 2005. Ellen’s son, a freshman at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, CA, is loving his classes and is on the swim team. Retired for five years now, Ellen herself stays busy with family, house, and volunteering for the Garden Center of New Canaan, CT. She was the chair of the Garden Center’s biennial fundraiser, the Festival of Trees, last year. Her husband has started his own firm in NYC. The couple is building a beach house on Figure 8 Island in Wilmington, NC.

Polly Vail Walsh is a consultant for the lending organization Opportunity International, which helps women in third-world countries start small businesses. The typical start-up is a fruit and vegetable stand; the average loan amount is $200.

Sally Williams Cook has been enjoying visiting schools and libraries to discuss her children’s book, Good Night Pillow Fight, illustrated by Laura Cornell and published by HarperCollins. For more information, e-mail Sally at swcook@rcn.com.

Bonnie Ashton-Brooks is office manager for Cannon Design’s office in Washington, DC, and coping with the challenges of raising a teenage daughter.