A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E - Colby-Sawyer College

Diane Rumore Woods ’76 and her family on Christmas morning.
She’s looking forward to a summer
internship at a law firm. I try
and get up to Boston when I can.
My parents used to winter in FL
and I would visit them, but now
we have a role reversal, and I live
in FL and head north. They are
both 88 and reside at North Hill
in Needham. Please stay in touch,
as I would love to hear your news
of any kind.
1974
Sue Brown Warner
48 Spring Street, unit 7
Greenwich, CT 06830-6129
(203) 629-1454
e-mail: Susan.Warner@terex.com
1975
Class Correspondent Needed
Please send your news to the
Office of Alumni Relations
and Annual Giving
541 Main Street
New London, NH 03257
e-mail: alumni@colby-sawyer.edu
Please See In Fond Memory
1976
Janet Spurr
52 Rowland Street, Apartment 1
Marblehead, MA 01945
(781) 639-1008
e-mail: spurr1@msn.com
Since May 2008, I’ve sold over
3,500 copies of Beach Chair
Diaries. In Nov. 2010, a new
edition was reprinted by a publisher
in HI. They set up 7 book
signings on Maui and Oahu,
which was so much fun. Then
in Feb. 2011, I gave birth to my
e-book edition of Beach Chair
Diaries and hope to make it into
a bestseller so I can write full
time. I’m also teaching writing
workshops on Promoting Your
Book. Also in Jan., Marybeth
McEvoy Webster, Heidi Scheller
’75, other great CSC friends
and I went skiing at Sunapee.
Wendy Dow Miller connected
with Joan Heffernan Meek ’77
last year. Joan has won awards
for her photos in the Lyme Land
Trust contest in prior years and
Wendy won Honorable Mention
this past year! Katherine Burke
writes, “My daughter Anastasia,
age 22, graduated a semester
early from Columbia with a
degree in American studies and
economics, and spent 4 months
traveling in Asia doing community
service and exploring. She
taught English to novice monks
in Lao and helped build a community
center in Cambodia. She
started working at JP Morgan
as an oil trader in Sept. I am in
my 5th year with my consulting
Alumni
Fall Festival
business, CertifEYED Associates,
LLC, working with biotech
companies doing clinical trials
for ophthalmic drugs. My husband
of 26 years, Ted Alt, is the
treasurer and managing director
of Advanced Wealth Solutions,
an investment advisory firm in
NYC.” Janice Hoadley McGuire
recently completed her director
of special education certification.
Both of her kids are in college
and pursuing education majors.
Her daughter is completing her
5th and final year at Quinnipiac
U. and her son is a sophomore
at UNH. Barbara Carroll writes
from Alexandria, VA, that she’s
left the airline industry after 20
years, and is now working as a
concierge at a health and rehabilitation
center. She still sees
Anne Tilney Brune, Katherine
Burke and Carol DiGennaro
Meyer ’78 on a regular basis. She
wants to catch up with Ellen
Moorman Helms and Melinda
Miller Sexton, who are in the
area. Barbara planned to head to
the Boston area in May for her
niece’s graduation from Emerson.
Carla Pearson Marshall continues
to live in Wilmot with her
husband, David. Her younger
daughter, Devon, is getting married
on the coast of ME this
June. Carla went back to school
for massage therapy when she
turned 50 and has worked out of
her home for the last 3 years. She
and David take every opportunity
possible to travel on their motorcycle,
including recent trips to
Ireland and Costa Rica. They are
the “friendship family” for a CSC
student, Fan Feng from China,
so have been spending quite a
bit of time on campus this year.
They also remain in touch with
a Japanese CSC alum, Emiko
Save the Date!
Our next Alumni
Fall Festival is
September 30–
October 2, 2011!
Reconnect with friends and
classmates, and celebrate
your college memories.
www.colby-sawyer.edu/
alumni/fallfestival/
Joan Heffernan Meek ’77 and
Wendy Dow Miller ’76.
Udagawa ’96, whom they hosted
15 years ago! She came back for
their daughter Kate’s wedding 4
years ago and will be here again
in June. Diane Rumore Woods
writes, “Our family grew by 4 feet
this year! Our youngest daughter,
Sally, got married over Labor
Day weekend and our 1st granddaughter
was born to our daughter
Jessica in Nov., bringing the
total count to 5 grandchildren. I
have been married to Don Woods
for 33 years. Fortunately for us
our 4 children still live in FL.
Don is an ophthalmologist and
I run his practice. More recently,
Sally, her husband, Enrique, and
I went to Washington, DC, for
Lupus Advocacy Day, where we
petitioned to keep the funds
allocated for lupus research and
education and hopefully increase
them. Unfortunately, we found
out about lupus because one or
our daughters came down with it
at 12 years old.”
Please See In Fond Memory
1977
Wendi Braun
5 Carnegie Place
Lexington, MA 02420
(781) 863-1502
e-mail: Wendi_Braun@msn.com
Hello, everyone! My son went off
to Lafayette College in Easton,
PA, in the fall and loves it. He is
a double major in theatre and
biology. My daughter is a junior
in high school. Kathy Manning
is still living in VT and working
as a medical technologist after all
these years. “Working at Gifford
Medical Center has been the
best and most fulfilling experience,”
she writes. Kathy took the
winter off to go south with her
husband and their sailboat to
enjoy a warm winter. On their
way north in Apr. they planned
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