Skidmore College - Scope Magazine Fall 2018

34 SCOPE FALL 2018 stead of collecting it. Barbara is pretty sure she has done her last craft show. Elizabeth Wadleigh Leary’s painting Dawn at the Bluffs is causing quite a stir. Her art- ist’s statement sets the stage for this slice of Cape Cod history: “It’s quiet just before dawn; there’s a heavy haze hanging over the island, but off on the horizon the warm- ing sunlight appears to be rising out of the sea. On the southern point of Plum Island there used to be a small group of cottages set high on a ridge known as ‘the Bluffs.’ The view in this painting is what would welcome the summer people arriving by rowboat from Newbury and Ipswich.” The Willoughby Fine Art Gallery, which is exhibiting Elizabeth’s work, calls it “one of her most elegantly painted architectural portraits.” Carolyn Brown Straker observes, “People tell me I should be happy that I have reached this age but look a few years younger.” Brownie and eight family members celebrated her birthday in San Diego and Los Ange- les, Calif. She is grateful for her two wonderful children, who are “sweet, kind and successful,” as well as for three “delightful” grandchil- dren, ages 9, 10 and 11. Her son is a psychiatrist like his father and grandfather, and her daughter is a television screenwriter who won an Emmy for her work in the acclaimed Hulu series The Handmaid’s Tale . “I am very proud of them,” she says. Joey Haufler Rosenthal enjoyed a lovely lunch with Dan and Sue Collard Fanning before an evening with Dick and Pam Bartholomew Arm- strong at Tanglewood in Lenox, Mass. The evening included a surprise visit from Steve and Janet Lucas Whitman , who joined them for a joyful lunch, during which many memories were shared. The Rosenthals later headed to Doug and Ginger Clark Keare ’s home on Cape Cod. JoEllen Steinfeld Snowman and husband Alfred moved from their home of more than 50 years to an apartment in Englewood, N.J. JoEllen writes, “We recently had the pleasure of visiting Linda Eisenberg Hardy and Rich- ard in Las Vegas. Linda and I were bridge partners during our time at Skidmore, and we had great fun recalling the old days. It was a special trip in many ways.” One of JoEl- len and Alfred’s daughters runs a safari company in Tan- zania; the other is a labor and delivery nurse in Boston. Linda Eisenberg Hardy visited with JoEllen Steinfeld Snowman “at our vacation home in Las Vegas and then at Jo’s new apartment in Englewood, N.J. We played bridge together for first time in 60 years!” Back home in Se- attle, Linda still goes to work every day at a family machine shop, where she writes and tests documentation for the construction of flying parts and tooling for the aerospace industry. Her eight grandchil- dren are almost grown, but “there are no greats yet!” Nancy Rae Scully enjoys reading the news of ’59ers. She and Dennis enjoyed the summer in NYC. “The city thins out somewhat so you can do more with greater ease,” she notes. Nancy has been taking mindfulness classes and finds them very energizing. Rose Lee Schainman Halper came to Philadelphia for a two-day visit in April. I en- joyed showing her the Japa- nese Garden, Rodin Museum and some of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Roe felt inspired by the fiber work of Yvonne Bobrowicz, but re- acquainting herself with the sculpture of Auguste Rodin was her primary objective. Check out her website at roehalperart.com . At age 81, she finally has an art dealer, Machamux Gallery owner Reed Seifer. To see Roe’s work, go on artsy.net/mach- amux; you’ll find two shows: The Struggle in Common (works from the ‘60s to the ’80s) and Roexplosion (paintings of abstract move- ment in color). Roe shared great news about Elana Scaglia ’15 , our Class of ’59 scholarship recipient for four years. On July 29, Elana married E. Austin Stokes ’15 . Elana has completed a master’s in library sciences and archival studies. The couple have moved to Chicago, where Austin will be pursuing a doctorate in clinical psychology. Evelyn Schawbel Rosenkrantz lives in Marblehead, Mass., but winters in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Evie is recovering fromback surgery and hopes to get back to her golf and travel soon. Now that she has retired from real estate, she is spending more time with her two daughters and five grandchildren in Kiawah, S.C., and keeping up with old friends. Anne-Marie Philippe deTourbet loves to hike, re- cently in France’s Chamonix Valley, where she enjoys very hot, sunny weather. (I have a postcard from that area and it is absolutely beautiful!) Anne- Marie’s son and his family are in Florida touring and visiting relatives in Miami. Daugh- ter Isabelle toured Croatia and enjoyed the country. Daughter Christine and her spouse spent two weeks in Scotland. Granddaughter Lisa, 22, is attending McGill University to study marketing (and e-marketing of course). Anne-Marie writes, “Avec toutes mes amitiés.” Barbara Lecky Benjamin stopped in Saratoga in late July on the way to a family reunion at Willsboro Point on Lake Champlain. “Saratoga is the same beautiful, exciting town, especially during track season. But it has come a long way since 1959.” Back home in Florida, she encourages anyone traveling there to reach out to her at barbarab38@gmail.com. After spending many years in Naples, Fla., Abby Lewis Warman and her husband are moving to Wilmington, N.C., where their daughter and her family live. Abby is “looking forward to a new adventure!” She continues to love painting and recently shipped one of her works to the Haggin Museum in Stock- ton, Calif., for the American Women Artists Exhibition (she is a Signature Member). She saw Terry Alcorn Foster and husband Frank in Winter Park, Fla., this spring. They’re both great and enjoying lots of travel. Abby encourages classmates in the Wilmington area to contact her. Anne Sawyer Manners shares wonderful news: she became a great-grandma June 19. Granddaughter Rosie gave birth to Franklin, who has lots of brown hair and weighed 9.5 pounds at birth. Anne flew to London in August to meet him and visit with other family members. Her far-flung grandkids include a granddaughter who worked in New Hampshire this summer and another cur- rently working in China. “The world seems to get smaller all the time,” says Anne. We honor the memories of four classmates who will be greatly missed (see “In Memo- riam” in this issue). Alice Law- rence Roehrig died in January. Linda Amerling Scull lost a long and courageous battle with liposarcoma in February at age 80. We all remem- ber her ever-present smile, wonderful sense of humor and contagious laugh. Roberta Ev- elyn Young Shafer , a devoted Skidmore volunteer, passed away in April. Nancy Shonyo Rahm died in May. We remem- ber her as an accomplished cellist and pianist as well as a game enthusiast. Evalyn Zoda Shippee, Sally Gray Perry, Sheila DeNadal Salvo and Bev Sanders Payne worked hard planning our 60th reunion for next year, so keep your calendars clear for May 30 to June 2, 2019! Sandra Stees Sudofsky sansatham@yahoo.com ’60 Becky Martin Watson married longtime friend Al Wilder in February. His late wife was a dear friend of hers as well. They celebrated the marriage with a July gathering at the day camp that the Martin family has run for four generations in Williamstown, Vt. Suzanne Denby Pelton and I joined the crowd and enjoyed meeting several of Becky’s children and grandchildren. Beth Perles Gillman is involved with the New Ro- chelle Opera Company. She serves on the Wetchester board of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America. She plays the piano at the White Plains Hospital in the ortho- pedic unit and also lectures on health care advocacy. Debby Davenport Brooks says she is “still a knit-wit.” She spends 60 days a year in C L A S S N O T E S