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1971

MB McDonald
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Serena Roth Bateman
sbateman71@skidmore.edu

Congratulations to Jil Lord Eaton on the launch of luxury Lamberino yarns, produced in a New Hampshire mill, and unique Learn-to-Knit Kits, which come with the initial cast-on already on the needle. See them at www.jileaton.com.

“What are you doing to preserve life on our planet?” asks Texas State Technical College professor of philosophy Sarah Stueber Merrill, who has spoken on global warming to audiences throughout the Lower Rio Grande Valley.

Susan Tambornini Bethune and Joan Pearson Quasnitschka ’69 held an impromptu mini-reunion during a library staff meeting when they accidentally discovered that they share an alma mater as well as a workplace.

Dana Warner Fisher got her master’s in library science from Indiana University just in time to move. Her husband is the new head of the theater department at the University of North Carolina, so look for them in Greensboro.

In April a Boston mini-reunion of Sally Stoddard Collier, Lise Bang-Jensen, and Jeri Feinberg Cooper expanded to include Lee Lustberg, who was coincidentally dining at the same restaurant. According to Sally, “The management gently ushered us out at closing time!’

Do you recall the powerful message we heard from Barbara Tsairis and Judy Willsey at Reunion? c
Their passion turned into action in the form of World Class, a micro-lending organization they founded with the enthusiastic and generous support of many ’71 classmates. In February, Barbara and Judy traveled to Ghana, where World Class extended the first round of micro-credit to 86 poor women. They say their trip was “heart-wrenching because of the extreme poverty Ghanaian women endure, and heart-warming because of the kindness and dignity they exhibit in the face of such difficult and perilous circumstances.” To learn about their work, e-mail jwillsey71@skidmore.edu or btsairis71@ skidmore.edu. Some e-mails we sent out have bounced back, so please send a current address; otherwise, you’ll miss our more detailed e-newsletters and photos.