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Susie Langdon Kass ’48 writes:
“I recently visited Providence to attend
my fiftieth college reunion at Brown.
I still work at the University of San
Francisco fitness recreation center part
time teaching preschoolers to swim.
I just received my 30 years of service
award. My husband Sid and I travel
every year to Hawaii for vacation, Ann
Arbor, MI to visit our granddaughter,
and Massachusetts to visit family.”
Alexander Merriman ’49 and his
wife Julia are enjoying traveling
especially to their house in Seabrook,
SC. They still live in Rhode Island with
their horse and two sussex spaniels.
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Ann R. Langdon ’56 writes: “Our
granddaughter Frida is now 2 1 /2 and
always surprising us with what she
observes about her world. Daughters
Alison and Elizabeth continue to
progress with their respective careers
(pediatrician and NYC actor). Drew is
still teaching at Yale Law School as
well as consulting with Mattison and
Foerster Law Firm in DC (Supreme
Court Division). I spend time on the
Board of Creative Arts Workshop and
on the condo-association, traveling to
Texas and occasionally doing art.”
and Alice Stallknecht Wight—whose
lives changed the course of the town’s
history. For more information visit:
historypress.net.
Lauren Wolk ’73 (photo above) writes:
“I am an assemblage artist and writer.
As the former, I believe that the world
is full of cast-off treasure that deserves
a second chance to be interesting,
beautiful and meaningful. I therefore
search for old remnants and incorporate
them into my work. I also write
novels and poems, some published:
Those Who Favor Fire (novel, Random
House 2000) and Forgiving Billy (novel).
I received the Hackney Literary Award
and have been nominated twice for
the Pushcart Editor’s Book Award. I
currently give readings, teach classes
and create literary programs for young
people as part of my work as the
Associate Director at the Cultural
Center of Cape Cod in South
Yarmouth. If any Gordon alums,
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Debra Aaronson Lawless ’73 recently
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published Chatham in the Jazz Age.
Rosamond Siggins ’31 writes: “I am
still living in Wyoming with my husband
Don of 72 years. I am 93 years
old and have wonderful memories of
Gordon School.”
Her book reveals the impressions
and innovations of five outstanding
Chatham, MA residents—Harold C.
Dunbar, Alice Walker Guild, Heman
Andrew Harding, Joseph C. Lincoln
especially those from the Class of 1973
are ever in the neighborhood, please
stop by. I would love to see you!”
Claire Beckman Morgan ’75 is directing
a free performance of the Tempest
with her theatre company, Brave New
World Repertory at Coney Island on
September 26th and 27th. This free
site-specific event is open to the public
and will feature the talents of another
Gordon alum, Emily Glinick ’98, who
is the stage production manager for
this performance. For more information
visit: bravenewworldrep.org.
8Os
Ina Anderson ’82 is completing a
masters at Tufts University in urban
and environmental planning and
policy. She is also a consultant for
the Annenberg Project at Brown
University. Her son is a freshman at
Rhode Island College and her daughter
is in the tenth grade at the High
Mowing School in Wilton, NH.
Cyd McKenna ’83 finished a two year
masters program in urban planning
and policy at MIT in 2008. She is completing
her second masters at Harvard’s
Graduate School of Education in 2009.
Her son is in the sixth grade at
Belmont Day School.
Dana Bradley ’84 and his wife Robin
are living just outside of Charlotte, NC
with son, Colin (born September 3,
2006) and daughter Maya (born March
11, 2009).
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