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1968

Jeanne Shipp Waldinger
Jwaldinger@skidmore.alumni.edu

Marlene Marcello McKenna celebrated her 60th birthday and 20 years since her diagnosis of terminal cancer. This year she is publishign a new edition of When Hope Never Dies, her account of her recovery through complementary and holistic therapies. Marlene has also created a Web site offering macrobiotic education and herbal and natural remedies (www.medmacro.com). The mother and grandmother of five, she is still working in residential mortgage lending in Rhode Island and taking college courses to become a certified nutrition counselor. She has appeared on radio and TV talk shows and was featured in Ladies Home Journal and Your Health. Her recovery story will be featured on the New Leaf Cable television program called The Incurables. She encourages anyone in the Skidmore community who is afflicted or has a family member with cancer to contact her.

Judy Schapiro Yogman and husband Bob traded their weekend/vacation house in South Wardsboro, VT, for a cozier one in Saxtons River. She would love to hear from others who are
in the area full- or part-time.

Katy Kramer is six years into her “second evolution.” After leaving a career in elementary education, she is teaching composition at Southern New Hampshire University and Northern Essex Community College and freelance writing. “I haven’t reached economic parity yet with my former career (being a principal has big advantages), but I actually have a life now.” She gave
her third vocal recital in September and mourns the passing of her Skidmore voice teacher Ruth Lakeway, who she credits with starting her off on a singing career. “What a talented and inspiring lady she was.”

Andrea Fenton Campbell enjoys teaching at SUNY-Delhi. Husband Bill retired from teaching
there a few years ago and is now Delaware County elections commissioner. Andrea serves on the college council at SUNY-Oneonta, is active in local politics and civic groups, and is a liturgical deacon at her church. She and Bill became grandparents in October when Cruz was born to middle child Andrew and wife Ashley. Their youngest, Ben, was married in July, and daughter Johanna teaches at Hartwick College. In August the Campbells sold their home of 25 years and bought another one that Andrea has long admired.

Niki Holbrook Sabbath loves her job as a technology resource teacher in the Loudon County public schools in Virginia. She is constantly learning and adapting to changes in technology, which
can be frustrating but “invigorating.” After a safari in the Madikwe Game Reserve in South Africa this summer, Niki toured the outskirts of Cape Town. While eating lunch, she found herself speaking with nursing graduate Linda Juszczak ’73. “I never imagined I would meet another alumna 12,000 miles away!” Niki’s daughter Stephanie, a senior at University of Virginia, spent the summer in Morocco on a study-abroad program. Husband Larry has established his own government-relations firm and is enjoying the flexibility of working from home.

Judith Etelis Farber enjoys working in the health services department of the Hartford (CT) public schools. Son Joshua is an addiction psychiatry fellow at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He
and wife Kimberly, a social-services agency director in Manhattan, made the Farbers first-time grandparents with the arrival of son Ethan last April. Daughter Stacy is an audit supervisor at
an accounting firm in Connecticut. Judi and Michael visited Saratoga Springs last summer and marveled at the changes in landscape over the past decade.