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1980
Peri Snyderman
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Lisa Harden Brickey and family moved to Williamsburg, VA, in July and love all the area has to offer. Lisa and husband Michael are also busy parents; their older daughter graduates from the College of William and Mary in May, and the younger one is finishing her freshman year at the University of Richmond. Lisa welcomes hearing from classmates at lbrickey@cox.net.
Peggy Bresnick Kendler enjoyed our mini-reunion at the rail at the Saratoga racetrack last August. She has also managed to reorganize her household after
divorcing her husband. She and her children are looking forward to this new phase in their lives.
On top of his corporate work, Steve Morrow helped organize the Sarah Palin for VP push and is excited to be continuing to work with Sarah at the Heritage Foundation, the leading conservative national think-tank in Washington, DC.
Rhonda Shipley opened a retail store in San Anselmo (Marin County), CA, in March. Studiolo features antiques, decorative arts, lamps, linens, and gift items. Rhonda looks forward to visits from alumni in the Bay Area.
Alison Wachtler and Barry Braunstein’s son Bradley was admitted to the Brown University Class of 2013. Daughter Meredith is at Weston High School; Alison sees a lot of other Skidmore alumni with children there, including Carol Snow ’76, Liz Hochberger ’82, Susan Cronin Burchard ’81, and Harriet Schnitman Crockett ’79. Over the summer Alison and Barry got together with Jonathan MacCornack and Larry Lichtenstein ’79. They also met up in Martha’s Vineyard with Susie Saitow Allen ’87, Scott Allen ’83, Peter Hill ’82, and Philip Wachtler ’84.
A December issue of the New York Times featured an op-ed piece by Judith Flanders, who has written extensively about life in Victorian England. In the article she examines the roots of Boxing Day, when employers traditionally gave boxed gifts to their servants, and remarks that given the current worldwide economic crisis it would be wise to remember this tradition of charity. She is the author of Inside the Victorian Home: A Portrait of Domestic Life in Victorian England and A Circle of Sisters, a biography of four lower-middle–class English sisters who married relatively famous men during that period. She is managing editor of Penguin Books, UK.
In Ballston Spa, NY, Mary Passaretti is co-founder and president of Aztech Geothermal, an offshoot of the environmental services business she has run for more than 15 years, Aztech Technologies. Geothermal heating and cooling systems, which are environmentally friendly and cost-effective, are being widely utilized—including at Skidmore. The new company will focus on retrofits and new construction of both residential and commercial buildings.
Dana Pearce Van Voorhis and husband Roger became the proud parents of twins Spencer and Caroline in 2007. Everyone is healthy and doing well. Dana and Roger are “bursting with happiness!”
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