Skidmore College - Scope Magazine Fall 2018

43 SKIDMORE COLLEGE condolences to Emily Pav- lovic Chiles , whose husband, Jerry, passed away in June. Our thoughts and healing wishes are with her. It’s not too early to start thinking about and making plans to attend our reunion in spring 2019. Stay tuned for more news of the plans being made by our volunteer committee. Regina N. Carbon rcarbon14@gmail.com ’75 Dina Gluckin Tranen ’s daughter, Lara, delivered her second son, Gavin, on June 28. Dina says, “He is a delicious little peanut and already looking up to big brother Ryan, 4.” She now has five grandchildren (between New York and Los Angeles). “It’s pretty great!” says Dina, and it gives her a great excuse for regular bicoastal visits. Jean Bidlack continues her career as a professor of phar- macology and physiology at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Earlier this year, she received an NIH grant to determine if the hormone known as fibroblast growth factor 21 can reduce the preference for opioids in mice. This inquiry opens a new potential target for treat- ing opioid use disorders. The Feb. 23 edition of Rochester’s Democrat and Chronicle published an article (with a video online) detailing Jean’s research. She and husband Carl Helm- ers visited Saratoga Springs in August, taking in the Philadelphia Philharmonic Orchestra and enjoying great food. children and two grandchil- dren are well (more to come in that department). Cynthia was greatly saddened to hear of the death of her roommate, Kathy Kirk Meyers , in May, adding, “It was a great loss.” Art Richardson art.richardson@earthlink.net ’79 REUNION ’19 Lisa Lavieri reports that son Christopher spent the summer working as sailing race coach for the Hingham Maritime Center before heading off to UVM to start his junior year. Daughter Suzanne is finishing a master’s in biomedical sciences at Tufts University and working for Boston-based Xenothera- peutics, a startup that develops skin grafts for burn victims. Lisa provides test prep and subject support for students in grades 3-12 and works in the local school system. “I’m not sure who has more homework, me or my kids!” she quips. Lisa was one of a dedicated crew of classmates who gathered on campus in July to plan our 40th reunion next year. Carol Visger, Mark Rakov, Ann Kuhn Levitan, Lori Gedon, Gail Capobi- anco, Janet Macht Boosz, Jim Gluckson and I met with College staff to coordinate a stellar lineup of activities. Elaine Pantages Conti and Jill Wemple Lampe are crafting a video com- memorating our class, while Joyce Kiehnle DeGregorio is collaborating with fellow nursing majors on some special offerings. Stay tuned for more news about this exciting milestone weekend. The list of reunion volunteers continues to grow; let us know if we can add you to the team! Elaine Pantages Conti and her husband moved to the beach and welcomed incred- ible sunsets daily. But this was no more fabulous than becoming grandparents for the first time. Granddaugh- ter Remy is beautiful (I’ve seen the photos). For our 40th reunion, she and Jill Wemple Lamp are putting together a slideshow/video and want everyone included, so even if you can’t attend Reunion please forward us a few photos from our time at Skidmore or present-time photos with you and your Skidmore friends. They will include as many as they can and will share the video with the class immediately after the weekend. Please send photos, with names and loca- tions if possible, to photosfor- skidmore40th@gmail.com. Martha Van Gelder has just joined the U.S. Center for SafeSport as chief marketing and business development officer. Based in Denver, the center is an independent nonprofit committed to ending all forms of abuse in sport; it adjudicates cases of sexual abuse in the Olympics and Paralympics. Ann Kuhn Levitan writes that, with most of the 60th birthday celebrations com- plete ( Karin Liljestrand Puff, Meltem Tekeli Ozpay ), she is enjoying celebrating friends’ children’s weddings. In July her dear friend and Elm-C roomie Mary Bates ’s son was married in Virginia. Such a great time, so much history. Ann had fun at the 40th-re- union planning weekend on campus and says Skidmore and Saratoga have never looked better! She zipped back to NYC to attend the MFA thesis show of Jamie- son Thomson Thomas ’80 . Afterward they enjoyed a “third reunion dinner” with Skiddies from the third floor of Howe-Rounds 1977–78, Kate Grandin ’78, Shelley Vanclief ’78, Sue Sahlman Stoffel and Rebecca Crumb . On the homefront, Ann is excitedly planning the wedding of eldest daughter Sarah, a lawyer in Manhattan. Second daughter Emily lives in LA and just started an exciting new job at Netflix. Ann has been working as co-presi- dent of the Social Service Association of Ridgewood and Vicinity, an emergency relief agency and food pantry serving six towns in Bergen County, N.J. Madeline Black (Dean) pre- sented her work on human gait at the Cognition and Movement Conference held at Harvard Medical Center in July. She lives in Sonoma, Calif., and travels extensively with her work, the Madeline Black Method.  Robin Safeer married Eddie Southgate in June, with Julia Mutch in attendance. Robin became grandmother to a precious granddaughter in July, making for quite a memorable summer! Penny Studwell Matallana is teaching high-school spe- cial education in Fishersville, Va. She and husband Jorge travel to NYC frequently to visit their daughter Alix, who lives and works in Manhattan. She is passionate about pas- tel painting and in June she traveled to France to attend a plein air workshop. Penny is looking forward to retiring next year and moving on to a new chapter of life. Joyce Keihnle DeGregorio says “life is good” on the west coast of Florida, where she has become an avid scuba diver and loves to sail. Both of her sons are married, Marianne Boswell is launch- ing a startup based on her work at Massachusetts General Hospital. This new company provides software and decision support sys- tems for genomics. Marianne also started a community- based nonprofit in Lexington, helping refugees and their families with tutoring and mentoring, which is produc- ing successful results. Rumor has it that Reed Manville and Liz Everett Manville ’76 relocated their home base to Paradise Valley, Ariz. I’m going to guess the new hometown has some decent golf courses and cigar shops! Noni Reilly noreen.reilly@verizon.net ’76 Susan Flanagan recently moved from Washing- ton, D.C., to Harwich, Mass. Although she loves her new home, Susan continues to work in D.C., so trekking to airports in Providence or Boston is a challenge. Ingeborg Hegemann Clark iehegemann@gmail.com ’77 After moving to Colorado two years ago, Cynthia Staats Weed and family finally feel settled and at home. She and husband John enjoyed a wonderful hiking holiday in Croatia in June. Both are active in a local bicycle club, and Cynthia has taken up pottery again. She continues to substitute teach. Their