Skidmore College - Scope Magazine Fall 2018

44 SCOPE FALL 2018 and she has two wonderful daughters-in-law and two adorable grandsons. She invites nursing majors to ex- change email (mrsbdg1@aol. com) and text info in prepara- tion for our 40th reunion. Wendy McAllister has sold her Vermont house and will be in Vero Beach, Fla., for January through March. If anyone is there, she’d love to see you! Email her: wmac28@aol.com. Patty Abbott Michl in Dorset, Vt., says there’s no retirement in sight as long as she can still sit on and get up from the floor. Her 18-month- old grandson is the smartest/ cutest ever, but he lives on Long Island so visits aren’t as frequent as she would like. They rented a house outside of Charleston, S.C., in April and assembled both daugh- ters and their husbands for a week of big fun. Patty is inter- ested in other classmates in the Charleston area, because that will be her landing place once she retires. Sue Sahlman Stoffel and Ann Kuhn Levitan celebrat- ed with Kate Grandin ’78, Becky Crumb and Shelley VanClief ’78 at the MFA thesis show of Jamison Thomson Thomas ’80, who also had a pop-up exhibition of her artwork on the Lower East Side in July.  Martha Van Gelder recently had dinner with Maura Con- nelly as she traveled up from Beaufort, S.C., to Nantucket and with Linda Winnard in Chicago in the spring. We hope that those of you who have not attended a reunion in the past will make the trip next spring. Saratoga bears almost no resemblance (oth- er than the Tin & Lint) to our days when Mr. Jacks, Mabou and the Pharmacy were the only stores on Broadway. Debbie Monosson debbie@bfec.com ’80 Katharine Coulter- Steeger ’s daughter, Amelia ’18 , has joined the alumni ranks after graduating with a degree in management and business in June! Sister Julia ’20 , is continuing the tradition. Jane Doherty Cassidy ’s daughter Colbie graduated from Elon University and is exploring opportunities. If anyone knows of an oppor- tunity in the fashion industry in NYC or Boston, you can contact both Colbie and Jane on LinkedIn and Facebook. Wendy Collins Gutfarb and husband Bill were in Saratoga for this summer’s race meet. Their partnership, Mosaic Racing, currently has two horses in training that they hope to run at Belmont this fall. In 2014 they enjoyed a win with their horse Analy- sis, who has since retired and now is “learning his new job as a hunt horse.” Wendy is retraining another horse, Electrified, and hopes to run her in the Retired Racehorse Competition in Kentucky this fall. Wendy was honored by her recent appointment to the position of “master of fox- hounds” by Aiken Hounds in Aiken, S.C. She and Bill have been full-time residents of the city since his retirement. Wendy has fond memories of fox-hunting as a Skidmore student under the tutelage of Chris Smith . She continues to get together with Collette Reifers Huidekoper, Jane Bennett Low, Linda Cooke Ashley, Alyssa Oxley and Liz Martin Gross . After teaching English to speakers of other languages for 21 years, Linda Dufford Jewett will retire at the end of the school year. She has enjoyed “a wonderful and enlightening experience learning about new cultures and languages from my students and their extended families.” Husband Robert is retiring in December, and the couple will start building a home in South Carolina, where they will spend half the year (and the remainder in Connecticut). Daughter Lauren graduated in May with a master’s in divinity from the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, Calif. She is pursuing ordination through the National United Church of Christ. Peri Snyderman specialcat@msn.com ’81 Amy Kapps has fond memories of Skid- more and Saratoga. Last year, she was an artist-in-residence at Salem Art Works, about 20 miles from campus. She hopes to be invited to the Tang Museum at some point. A performance and instal- lation artist in Venice, Calif., since 1996, she previously lived in Chicago and spent 13 years in Cologne, Germany. In June she performed “Experiments in Stripes” at the REDCAT Theater in Los Angeles. Now in residence at the Museum of Art and History in Lancaster through Nov. 25, she is exhibiting photographs within a large- scale installation and giving performances in the space. Amy enjoyed a visit from Skidmore’s Jeanne Urquhart ’82 when she was visiting Los Angeles. Amy Todisco Braunstein, Maureen Hille, Kathleen Colquhoun Halm, Christine Balevic Brown, Hildy Schuler Aldridge, Suzanne Cooperman Gill, Ann Marie O’Keefe and Sally Byrnes Tanner ’82 got together at the Country Club of Fairfield in Fairfield, Conn., for a picnic (see alumni.skidmore.edu/ classnotes for a photo). Amy observes, “We all look great, for 59-year-olds!” Karen Bradley McElroy bkccamac@gmail.com ’82 Lisa Tesar Capretta and hus- band Ric celebrated their 20th year in Mill Valley, Calif. Their kids are finally out of the house! Son Alex, 28, worked in private equity in Austin, Texas, for four years and is now pursuing an MBA at Wharton. Sofia, 25, enjoys living in NYC and working for American Express. The youngest, Bianca, is a senior at Tufts, majoring in computer science and music. Lisa and Ric stay busy remodeling and building homes and enjoy weekends at their ranch in Sonoma, Ariz. Lisa observes, “Aside from our 3-year-old dog, Brando, our newest babies are our grapes. We look forward to our first crush this fall!” Lisa would love to reconnect with Skidmore friends and encourages them to contact her when in the Bay Area. Lesa Stramondo Botti bottifamily4@gmail.com ’83 Anne Alzapiedi was recently named to the board of directors of the Connecti- cut Red Cross. She is a human-resources executive at General Electric. Jan Halper Scaglia ’s father died in October, but her family had lots of joy to pull everyone through. In May both of her daughters became graduates: Leigh earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Vermont and is now working in Boston as a legal assistant, and Elana ’15 earned her MLIS from Pratt. In addition, Elana and Edward Austin Stokes ’15 were mar- ried July 29. The wedding was an amazing experience, with 18 alumni in atten- dance: Rose Lee Schain- man Halper ’59 (grandma), Coline Paimblanc Riviere ’86, Holly Cressy ’86, Linda Perry Feaster ’86, Kiley Columbo ’12, Carly Stokes ’13 (Austin’s sister and groomswoman), Erin Curran ’13, Kiki Pohland ’13, Carolyn Shapiro’15 (bridesmaid), Adam Strauss ’15 (groomsman), Brad Cray ’15, Layla Lakos ’15, Kim Snow ’15, Kate Tarbell- Lipman ’15, and Ryan Davis ’17 . The newlyweds will be in Chicago for Austin to pursue his doctorate in psychology, and Elana will be working. Jan asks alumni in Chicago to reach out. Clifford S. Nelson 48 Sagamore Road, Apt. 28 Bronxville, NY 10708  914-310-1881 ’87 In the past 18 months Julie Ross has remarried, moved to the north shore of Boston and gained two stepsons, Max, 12, and Noah, 11. Her son Harrison, 23, graduated from UMass-Amherst and is the head swim coach at the Northampton YMCA; daughter Jess, 16, recently C L A S S N O T E S