class notes

1920s | 1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | MALS | UWW
People & projects | In Memoriam

1940s

1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949

1942

Cynthia Taft Lathrop

Two of Jean Brickwood Slocum’s grandchildren are getting married. Jean loves living in Boothbay, ME, with her daughter and enjoys trips back to Connecticut to visit her son.
Alathena Smith Miller has wonderful memories of her freshman year at Skidmore. These days she travels to attend weddings, anniversaries, and other family gatherings (including her husband’s college reunion), despite being confined to a wheelchair (the result of contracting polio as a child).

Marjorie Scott Ott says, “Life is good.” She has lived in Florida since 1957 and loves traveling to Antarctica and Brazil. She adds, “I am so proud of all the great things Skidmore is doing and offering.”

I received a touching letter from Liz Westbrook Hydes ’80 informing me of
the death of her mother, Betty Estey Westbrook, last April. Liz writes, “I know my mom had many wonderful friends at Skidmore, and she always enjoyed her reunions. I take comfort in knowing her illness was very brief, and she lived an extraordinary life with very few ailments.” Betty was indeed an extraordinary woman who inspired us with her physical vitality and commitment to enriching her community.

As for your class secretary, I still enjoy playing tennis and spending time with our 14 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.