The 150th Anniversary Book - Woodstock School

CLASS of 1932 

JOTTINGS 

Three cheers for the Class of ’32. I have news of 

10 of us. RUTH BIERMA KRAUS represented us 

at the BC reunion last summer. She went by train 

with her brother from CA to Canada. Though a 

long tiring trip she reported events of interest. 

PEARL BISBEE WALLACE moved from 

Contoocook, NH to Alton Bay, NH. She & husband 

Ken are enjoying this new location at the foot of 

Mt. Morgan on Lake Winnepesaukee and are 

well. DAVID BLICKENSTAFF & Adi are well & 

content living in Upland, CA. After many years 

as a UN official serving many political & military 

missions he is happy to stay closer to home 

enjoying his garden, small trips & his dog. 

LOUISE COLWELL MARNELL lives in Victoria, 

BC near her sister LORNA COLWELL ALLEN. 

They enjoy their families together and trips into 

Vancouver by ferry. Lorna & husband Ed used 

to travel all over and now stay closer to home 

visiting surrounding areas by bus, sea bus & sky 

train. Their whole family looks great in recent 

photos she sent me. EUNICE JONES 

MATTHEWS & husband Jim stayed closer to the 

US this year. They did however visit and/or 

attend meetings in NYC, Georgia & San Juan, 

Puerto Rico. Jim has recovered from serious 

surgery and complications and the Matthews live 

busy lives as do their children all enjoying higher 

education. Eunice attended a meeting in DC with 

ANNE REVIS GROSVENOR & FREDERICKA 

AHERNS COBURN. GRACIE CANSICK 

WOODCOCK has retained her charm and sense 

of humor. I called her much too early one 

morning, but we had a great visit. She enjoys 

her daughters & their families and her dog 

Charlie. We had great fun recalling happy days 

at WS. What can I tell you about our classmate 

CARL TAYLOR? No Old Folks home for Carl. He 

is still teaching & advising at Johns Hopkins. 

Last year he was out of the US for 4 months 

working in India, Nepal, Tibet, Pakistan & 

Afghanistan. He has been working all these years 

to develop better health care. He and his son 

are working to protect the north side of Mt. 

Everest and have now expanded their scope to 

southern & eastern Tibet as well. They have also 

published a book. While working & trudging 

around the Himalayas, Carl managed to hike to 

18,000 ft. Of course he is only 86 years old - 

maybe 87 by now. We are proud of Carl. It was 

such fun to get in touch with many of you. I am 

fine, busy volunteering, working for my church, 

women’s groups, etc. It’s hard to beat the 

memories of ’32 - great teachers, hiking, “Cat 

and the Canary” Farewell Dinner and hiking 

down to Dehra Dun the last day of school as we 

were “Homeward Bound”. - Nancy 

Q UADRANGLE - 2 1 

The 150 th Anniversary Book 

WE WANT TO CREATE A SPECIAL BOOK FOR WOODSTOCK SCHOOL’S 150 TH ANNIVERSARY 

IN 2004 AND WE WANT YOU, WOODSTOCK’S PAST AND PRESENT STUDENTS, STAFF AND 

SUPPORTERS, TO BE INVOLVED. 

The book is intended to appeal to both the Woodstock audience and a broader audience, 

including: educators, historians, India scholars, missionaries and their descendants, 

and NGOs. 

The large format book will be 100-150 glossy pages filled with photos and original 

document facsimiles along with text in the form of articles, letters and narrative. We 

want to take the approach of a Ken Burns documentary film using first-person detail 

and quotes from original documents, diaries, and old and new interviews to illustrate 

Woodstock’s history. 

Some of the themes we want to cover are: Woodstock’s tradition of service; its role in 

enabling parents to work in remote places; the school’s egalitarian philosophy; and the 

excellence and breadth of a Woodstock education which creates graduates who are 

bridges between cultures, nations and languages. 

We need your help in our quest for: 

CLASS of 1936 

News from MARJORIE MOULTON PERKINS 

came too late for last year’s Quad, so she 

heads the list. Living in a retirement 

community in Bennington VT, she is busy as 

chair of the activities committee. She had 2 

successful invasive heart procedures, her 

blood pressure is under control and she is well 

enough to start gaining weight! Her sister, 

BARBARA MOULTON, however, had surgery 

Research Research Material: Material: Any material you have or know about that may be of interest to 

us. This includes: personal or family memoirs, photographs or other graphics, and 

anything you have already written. (Superb writing skills are not required as the 

editors will do any polishing!) 

Oral Oral Histories: Histories: In conjunction with the 150th Anniversary Book Project, we 

will establish an Oral History Archive at Woodstock School. We plan to 

interview alumni, former staff and parents on videotape. Even if we cannot 

use all our interviews in the book, they will be archived for future projects. 

Please let us know if you would like to be interviewed. 

Your our Ideas: Ideas: If you have any suggestions for themes, topics, or people 

you feel we should interview, we would love to hear from you! 

Contact Person: Deirdré Straughan 

deirdrestraughan@woodstock.ac.in or deirdres@tiscalinet.it 

Phone (home in Milan, Italy): +39 02 2614 2501, cell 

+39 348 782 0556. We also have an online 

discussion forum to share thoughts, ideas, and 

materials. If you would like to join, drop 

Deirdré a line.

22 - QUADRANGLE 

and chemotherapy for ovarian cancer and 

suffered a stroke in a Hartford, CT hospital. 

LAURA SLATER MULLIGAN wrote a newsy 

note from her home in Tucson, AZ. Her son & 

family live close by and she feels very 

fortunate to enjoy the warmth of their concern 

and the friendly neighborhood in which she 

keeps busy, in spite of “minor” aches & pains. 

JIM AHRENS’ aches & pains have not been 

so minor; while visiting his brother MARTIN 

in Edinburgh he developed a serious lower 

back & leg condition which kept him in bed 

for 3 months upon his return home. He is 

better now, walking with a cane and 

anticipating the birth of their first greatgrandchild 

whose mother is in the Army 

Medical Corps. BETTY KOENIG BULLMAN can 

hardly write of her arthritis, but as she says, 

“with the help of God & Tylenol we persevere”. 

Their children & grandchildren are all doing 

well and they enjoy the cool winter months in 

Pahrump, NV. She wishes that she could 

attend more WOSA gatherings, which is 

something that SUSANNA STRICKLER SMITH 

has been able to do. Susanna enjoyed the last 

gathering in Vancouver and one in Medford, 

OR the year before. Her brother, TOM 

STRICKLER, ‘40, visited on his way home from 

BC to Wooster, OH. JOAN CAMPBELL 

BROWNE & Frenchie have moved from KY to 

Madison, WI, to live with their daughter. They 

have yet to experience a Wisconsin winter. In 

the sunny south, DICK ROSS is not enjoying 

life much with wheelchair & walker, but 

Margaret reports that he still has his smile, 

his sense of humor and that his “brain is sharp 

as ever”. MARTHA WIENS KOEHN reports 

that her son Roy, who nearly drowned last 

year, is now able to move with a walker and 

they pray that he will continue to improve. 

Martha traveled last year with her daughter 

to Japan to visit her granddaughter who had 

taken a year’s leave of absence from medical 

school to take part in the JET program. RUTH 

COLVIN DAVIES & Phil also get around. They 

had a great 2 weeks in England in 2002 and 

plan to meet their son from Japan in Maui in 

2003. They have yet to tackle their attic & 

basement preparatory for a possible move, 

but do lots of reading. Ruth volunteers in 

various capacities. Visits from her sisters are 

welcome events. MARSTON MOFFATT spent 

Christmas in NJ with his son & family after a 

pre-Christmas visit to his daughter & 

granddaughter in VT, where he took part in 

the Christmas Revels. Marston invited me to 

go with him to the Revels, but I decamped for 

VA & WV to visit my daughters & 

grandchildren. While there I visited 

MARGARET MOORE GOTTLIEB in the 

delightful historic town of Washington, VA. We 

had a good visit, after she returned from 

volunteering in the elem. school. She spent 

Christmas in Madison, WI with son Peter & 

family. Maybe she’ll run into JOAN BROWNE 

there some day. Margaret gets around; she 

was in San Diego for Thanksgiving and has a 

family wedding in Columbus in March. TARA 

DATTA GHOSH is not getting around as much 

as she’d like and is not sure she is up to the 

trip to Landour for the 150 th . She still works 

part-time at the Pinewood School in 

Saharanpur. The school is expanding from 

elem. into middle school and has a new, larger 

building. Tara was planning to enjoy a large 

family gathering at Christmas. No news this 

time from GLENN CLEMENTS, ALICE 

FORMAN, LUCILE ROSS MCBANE, 

JOSEPHINE MILLER, DONALD WEEKS, or 

MARJORIE WHIPPLE JOHNSON. Maybe next 

year? We’d like to hear from you. - Alice 

CLASS of 1937 

We grieve the death in July 2002 of 

MARYLYNNE HILL, our long-term class 

secretary & reunion organizer. The May 2000 

reunion of ‘37s in AZ was reported by LARRY 

BURKHALTER in the 2001 Quadrangle. It 

seems unlikely that there will be another such 

gathering of ‘37s, but we are eager to keep in 

touch. JOHN BRUSH, who has become Class 

Correspondent, 

is pleased to 

report that he 

has received 

news of all 15 

living ‘37s in 

the last 6 

months. 

WILLIAM 

ALDIS & 

Kathryn write 

from Fort 

Scott, KS: 

“We keep 

busy–just at a 

slower pace.” 

They enjoy 

visits by their grandchildren from Kansas City. 

MARY BRANCH DAILEY has moved within the 

Copeland Oaks Retirement Community, 

Sebring, OH, to the main building where all 

services are available without going outdoors. 

Her address is: 800 S 15 th St., Apt. 8309. 

JOHN BRUSH & Miriam continue living 

independently in our little house in Mt. Holly, 

under a lifetime health maintenance & 

residential contract with the Medford Leas 

Continuing Care Retirement Community. We 

are doing fairly well, considering my limited 

mobility and Miriam’s diminished eyesight. 

Brother STANLEY & BEVERLY AMSTUTZ 

BRUSH ’42, moved from CT last year to a new 

section of Medford Leas’ system, about 10 

minutes from us. Our offspring, their offspring 

& extended families gathered in July in 2 

lodges in the Adirondacks, NY for our 60 th 

wedding anniversary and again for Christmas 

in NJ–18 of us in total. We feel blessed that 

so many relatives are willing to come to see 

us, instead of us having to travel. In Ames, 

IA, LAURENCE BURKHALTER & Holly moved 

from their home of 35 years to a smaller 

house. They are “blessed with good health, I 

like to think that my regular violin practice 

helps to keep me in shape to enable me to 

retain my position of concert master of the 

Central Iowa Symphony and play solos and 

chamber [music] for our church services.” 

EDWARD FRIESEN & Annabel are thinking of 

moving from their condo to other 

arrangements in the Longmont, CO, 

retirement community where they have lived 

for 15 years. “To the extent we have the 

energy we continue to be active in our local 

Class of ’37: Reunion at Maple Ridge Bruderhof Ulster Park, NY, April 2002. 

(l-r): Arthur Wiser, Douglas Moody and John Brush

senior center…drive about town but avoid the 

interstate and night driving.” ELSIE HUGHES 

FISKE stays in her house in Newcastle-upon- 

Tyne, UK with assistance from the local social 

& health services. Elsie keeps in touch by 

telephone with friends & 2 daughters and 

surprised me by trans-Atlantic telephone in 

response to my letters. DOUGLAS MOODY & 

Ruby live in Ulster Park, NY, in the foothills of 

the Catskill Mountains, in the same building 

as ARTHUR WISER & Mary: the Maple Ridge 

Bruderhof under the care of their faith 

community in the midst of family members. Doug 

& Art are semi-retired, working days in the 

Bruderhof workshop & offices. The women help 

in the kitchen & laundry. Doug writes: “Art is 

probably in the best shape of us 4, hiking to the 

top of Maple Ridge twice a week, the equivalent 

of the climb from Hostel to Kellogg’s.” JULIE 

MOORE MORRIS & Bob remain in their San 

Clemente house of 3 years until they “finally 

move to the in-house retirement home we’ve 

been waiting for.” Bob, over 87, walks a couple 

of miles a day. He was chagrined when he had 

been proceeding at what felt like a brisk pace, 

only to have people pass him! Julie’s worst 

complaint is a “pesky knee.” Julie still 

managed “to pass the behind-the-wheel 

driving test to renew my driving license.” 

DOROTHY RIGGS WERKOWSKI, our “lost” 

classmate in Indianapolis left WS in ’35. She 

was activity coordinator of the Connor Prairie 

pioneer museum outside Indianapolis in ‘97, 

“when MARILYNNE HILL made arrangements 

to have the group tour, I did not know until I 

walked through the door that it was my very 

own class that was meeting.” She was with 

the ‘37s for the 2000 Reunion in Phoenix, AZ 

and we welcome her home. KATHLEEN 

SKINNER CUNNINGTON & Peter in UK were 

disappointed that the WOSA reunion in 

London was cancelled due to low registration. 

In contrast, St. George College [her brother’s 

school] had 50 old students at their reunion 

at Slough near Heathrow. She keeps in touch 

with ELSIE FISKE & VIVIENNE GIBBS. 

GLADYS TAYLOR McGAREY writes from her 

medical office in Scottsdale that she sees 

patients 3 days a week and works with her 

nonprofit medical foundation to bring 

concepts of living medicine into the lives of 

people. “I still cherish the memories that we 

have had and the time together in ‘00 was 

truly wonderful.” FREDERICK WHITFIELD in 

Eufaula, OK, says “Little is new with me. My 

leg continues to slow me down. I haven’t 

succeeded in selling the boat, a poor market 

for sailboats hereabouts. I am taking up the 

cello. A couple of months ago I learned that 

the music dept of a nearby high school was 

starting a string class open to anybody. I’m 

making fair progress and enjoying being with 

people. There are 3 other fellows close to my 

age.” VIVIENNE WHYSALL GIBBS writes from 

Twickenham, Middlesex, UK. “My mobility is 

restricted nowadays, but Alan & I continue to 

enjoy ‘retirement’ and our family next door. 

Robert [Gibbs] gets excellent reviews for his 

violin playing, both as soloist and as 

Concertmaster to the Royal Ballet Sinfonia, 

New Queen’s Hall, London Festival and other 

orchestras. His wife Michiko keeps her bowing 

hand in with Glyndebourne Touring Opera, in 

between looking after 3 children.” In his 

Christmas newsletter from Pottersville, NJ, 

DAVID WILSON provides fascinating accounts 

of 3 trips he shared with Lillian Hemming during 

‘02. In March they took a 17-day cruise from FL 

to the Caribbean, Panama, Central America & 

Mexico. In June they went to Sweden for 

midsummer festivities with Lillian’s relatives. In 

Sept it was Turkey & Greece for a tour of 

archeological sites & museums, including the 

original Olympic Stadium & the Oracle of Delphi, 

where he was told that he would never win the 

NJ lottery. EVANS WYATT in Corpus Christi, TX, 

who continues his communications consulting 

business, writes, “The temptation to retire has 

been on my mind since age 55. But I sailed 

through 55-65-70-75-80 like I knew what I was 

doing. I collected a whole panoply of terminal 

diseases. But hey, I’m still here and a local 

cancer hospital entered me as a Leukemia 

clinical trial member and said to my joy, ‘that 

particular cancer will outlive you so enjoy’.” Still 

unmarried, Evans enjoys going out with a dinner 

“date” to stage shows. Recently, he got into 

hosting foreign students–a source of great 

satisfaction because all have done well in school 

and stayed on in TX. “The kids have become as 

close as my own and I see them 3-4 times a 

year.” – John 

CLASS of 1939 

The Class of ‘39 lost a member this year in 

the death of OLIN WAYNE THOMPSON on 

October 18 th . At the suggestion of Paul 

Harwood & Dottie Rodgers, classmates 


30S CLASS REPS 

Ruth Dudgeon Adams ‘31 

938 Ivy Lane 

Cary, NC 27511 USA 

919-481-2695 

Nancy Badley Zantiny ‘32 

252 Grand Avenue 

Long Beach, CA 90803 USA 

562-434-1231 

Fredericka Ahrens Cobren ‘33 

1915 Marthas Rd 

Alexandria, VA 22307 USA 

703-765-6909 

Zaida Harvey Chidester ‘35 

Cockroach Bay Road #87 

Ruskin, FL 33570 USA 

813-645-1033 

Alice Wright Conkey ‘36 

28 Willow Spring Circle 

Hanover, NH 03755 USA 

ajji28@aol.com 

603-643-1399 

John E. Brush ‘37 

58 Brainerd St. 

Mt. Holly, NJ 08060 USA 

Jebrush82@earthlink.net 

609-265-0407 

Clara Jo Parker Sipprell ‘38 

505 Wood Place Olympic Park Apts #1205 

Everett, WA 98203 USA 

425-252-2167 

Lorita Shull Fisher ‘39 

586 Colton Street 

Monterey, CA 93940 USA 

glenlorfisher@webtv.net 

831-375-8301 

were invited to send a contribution in his 

memory. The $250 donated will be sent to 

the WS Alumni Fund to help furnish the 

Hanifl Center for Outdoor & Environmental 

Education programs. BRUCE ANDERSON 

had a fantastic weeklong getaway in Oct 

visiting son John & girlfriend in Seattle. His 

ailing wife stayed home in Sheridan, WY 

with daughter Kathryn. PHIL AUNER 

enjoyed the reunion in Minneapolis and 

keeps busy at home in Belleville, IL with 

numerous grandchildren. HERBERT DYKE, 

the WS bell ringer, enjoyed a 20-person 

family reunion to celebrate his 80 th 

birthday. Currently he is Asst. to the 

Chaplain in the denomination’s nursing 

home. OLLIE PAUL HARWOOD & DOTTIE 

LLEWELLYN RODGERS were busy moving 

to smaller quarters, but still found time for


Christmas Eve 2002 at The Tavern, Mussoorie: (l-r) Jim Skinner, Lillian Skinner Singh ’39, Brig. 

Kim Yadav ’38, Saroj Kapadia, Sylvia Skinner Mahindroo ’57, Shawn (Lillian’s nephew), Col. 

Mahindroo 

a 4-day Elderhostel on the Queen Mary in 

dock in Long Beach. MARGARET 

WHITFIELD JOHNSON is preparing to move 

into a nice retirement facility and looks 

forward to leaving house & yard 

responsibilities. She enjoys concerts & 

theater, which Phoenix provides in 

abundance. CAMERON LYON was the sole 

representative at the reunion in BC. In June 

they celebrated the arrival of their first 

granddaughter, who will probably be totally 

spoiled by the 7 grandsons. JOHN MANRY 

wins the prize as the most widely traveled. 

He says he has slowed down since his wife 

died 4 years ago, but still his record 

includes rafting in AK, Russia, Ecuador, the 

Galapagos & Costa Rica. NORMAN MOODY 

& wife went on an Int’l Palm Society trip 

for 2 weeks of visits to gardens, nurseries 

& parks in France & the Mediterranean 

seacoast. With 160 people, then an 

extended visit with 46, they were wined and 

dined-and learned a lot about palm trees. 

HENRY (CEDRIC) SCHOLBERG, the author 

of the class, continues to publish including 

articles for the Encyclopedia of Modern Asia 

on Goa, the Jesuits, Vasco de Gama and 

Damao & Diu. He contests the recognition 

as an authority on the Portuguese in India. 

Watch for his upcoming autobiography, 

“That’s India: Memories of an Old India 

Hand.” LORITA SHULL FISHER lives in a 

very active community in Monterey, CA, 

serves on 4 boards and enjoys visitors. She 

& Glen spent 2 glorious weeks on an 

Elderhostel in London. We highly recommend 

that one. No grandchildren, alas. ARTHUR 

SMUCKER also enjoys travel-especially 

Elderhostels. This year it was to Australia. This 

winter he is off on a freighter ship in the 

Caribbean. He gives computer classes, works 

with the Mennonite Disaster Service, plays 

tennis, bridge & is online with his kids and plays 

The Lyre Tree Society 

the recorder in a small performing group. 

LAWRENCE TEMPLIN has experienced the 

cycles of life this year. His mother died at 104. 

Writing her obituary and to her friends bought 

back many memories of India in the 20s & 30s. 

JOYCE GRAHAM THOMASSON, our community 

activist, received recognition for her activities 

as one of five Citizens of the Year awardees by 

the Ingersoll Community Foundation. The 

newspaper account states, “As a citizen, Joyce 

Thomasson puts her faith into action. Edmund 

Buirke said that good example is the best 

sermon. Joyce practices loud and clear whether 

it is as a member of her church, or as a volunteer 

at Camp Hope, the Breakfast Club or the Lunch 

Bunch.” Congratulations, Joyce! MARY LONG 

VATH keeps busy with church activities. Her 

daughter died last year after 4 years of 

autoimmune diseases, but she is blessed with 3 

great grandchildren. JANET WELLONS SMITH 

lives in a retirement community in Durham, NC, 

just 2 miles from one of her daughters. She wrote 

just after NC experienced the worst ice storm 

in l00 years, which created many problems for 

the retirement home & surrounding 

communities. ELLEN MOULTON BEDINGTON, 

DAVID LITTLE, HAZEL MATHEWS BROGDEN, 

ALEX (INA) FINLAYSON BURTON, our UK 

grads, still keep in touch. David lost his wife 

last summer when she slipped away in the 

nursing home. - Lorita 

The Lyre Tree Society was established in 1995 at the initiative of the Woodstock 

Class of ’35 meeting at its annual “Tamasha”, a get together of Woodstock alumni and 

friends from the ‘30s, to recognize individuals who have made charitable provisions 

for Woodstock School in their estate plans. 

While some participants have made charitable bequests through their wills, 

revocable trusts, and retirement plans, others have created lifetime income for 

themselves or family members by means of the Charitable Gift Annuities or other 

planned giving opportunities available through the relationship between KW 

International and the Presbyterian Foundation (USA). In addition to the various tax 

benefits available under current law, members of the Lyre Tree Society enjoy the 

satisfaction of knowing that, through their planning and thoughtfulness, Woodstock 

School will be preserved for many generations to come. 

Your membership will also serve as a source of inspiration and encouragement for 

others who might consider making similar gifts. To join the Lyre Tree Society, simply 

let us know about your gift planning as it pertains to Woodstock or KWI. We would be 

delighted to add your name to our growing membership roster. Please contact Jane 

Cummings at: 425-353-8422 to let us know of your plans or to receive additional 

information.


Thomas Strickler ‘40 

1468 Rumbaugh Circle 

Wooster, OH 44691 USA 

tomstric@bright.net 

330-263-1063 

Lois Mow Snavely ‘41 

3828 Bryant Street 

Loris, SC 29569 USA 

snavely4@sccoast.net 

843-756-8424 

Thomas A. Whitcomb ‘41 

2712 S. International Blvd. #282 

Weslaco, TX 78596 USA 

956-447-2117 

Stanley Brush ‘42 

6 Woodside Dr Lumberton Leas 

Mount Holly, NJ 08060-5274 USA 

sebab1@juno.com 

609-518-7470 

Paul Coole ‘43 

13904 W 93rd St. 

Lenexa, KS 66215-3178 USA 

pcoole470@yahoo.com 

913-888-3274 

Elizabeth Cummings Deitz ‘44 

109 Hickory Hollow Dr. 

Amherst, OH 44001-2063 USA 

jdeitz@eriecoast.com 

440-988-2714 

Ruth Nave Leibbrand ‘45 

708 Lakeway Drive 

Austin, TX 78734-4432 USA 

MissyDon@austin.rr.com 

512-261-4753 

Arthur L. Merrill ‘46 

36177 Wabana Rd. 

Grand Rapids, MN 55744 USA 

artgaro@paulbunyan.net 

218-327-5492 

Wayne Wardwell Jr. ‘46 

367 Zimmerman Lane 

Hamilton, MT 59840 USA 

wardwell@bitterroot.net 

406-363-2825 

Ann Leeder Pickett ‘47 

4230 Monte Vista Way 

Cosby, TN 37722-9732 USA 

apickett@planetc.com 

423-487-2470 

Robin Parker ‘48 

3227 O’Neall Road 

Waynesville, OH 45068 USA 

robinparke@aol.com 

513-897-4676 

Harvella Bauman Stutzman ‘49 

5250 Copper Drive 

Colorado Springs, CO 80918-5000 USA 

hbstutz@worldnet.att.net 

719-260-1443 

CLASS of 1940 

BETTY STRAIT RIGHTER has found her 

activities restricted as a result of her 

husband’s TIA last summer. He has difficulty 

communicating & requires considerable 

supervision in his daily activities. Her 

youngest daughter & family live nearby, so 

they have frequent visits with them and 

occasional visits from her other daughters in 

CA. LEE HOWARD writes of the recent 

inauguration of the new Malaria Institute at 

the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, 

at which he presented his historical review 

of research in entomology. In spite of his 

ancient age (80) he says the paper was well 

received. JACKIE DOWNS CLEMENTS reports 

a functional decrease in the use of her legs 

that her neurologist has not been able to 

diagnose. Other than that, she is healthy & in 

good spirits. RACHAEL GAMBOE 

McGUIRE had a surprise party for her 80 th 

birthday, with almost all of her children & 

grandchildren, her sister Alice & a cousin. 

Rachael has fully recovered from her recent 

hip replacement. RUTH MERIAN MACKINNEY 

& husband made trips to Soperton, GA, 

Andalusia, AL, Locust Grove, OK, Catawba, 

VA & Springdale, AR for church building 

projects. They now live in their motor home 

while their house is on loan to grandson 

Nathan (back from 2 yrs in Nepal) & his new 

wife Kari (back from a year in China). BILL 

SUPPLEE & Joyce enjoy many family-oriented 

activities emanating from their home in 

Columbia, SC. A grandniece asked him to play 

for her wedding in IA. A grandson asked him 

to officiate his marriage. They joined their 

eldest son & family on his 30 th wedding 

anniversary trip through the Grand Canyon. 

Another grandson & wife visited from MI with 

their first great-grandchild. He is also 

Chairman of the Board of Elders at the church, 

choir director & active in the Audubon Society, 

to name a few. HOMER STUNTZ has been a 

medical doctor in Orange, TX for 48 yrs and 

hasn’t been run out of town yet! The city’s 

population has shrunk from 32,000 to 19,000 

but he denies responsibility for most of that 

decrease. He no longer does major surgery 

or delivers babies, but is much too busy to 

think about retirement. He has 2 daughters, 

a son & 3 grandchildren to take care of him if 

he ever grows old. RUTH GRAHAM HILLIARD 


continues her active life in Canada. Her year’s 

highlight was a visit to the Halliburton Forest 

on the Canadian Shield. A 4-hr tour of the 

forest & a walk through the canopy of an old 

growth white pine forest provided great views. 

DAVID MOOMAW took his 3 daughters & their 

families to Manchester College in IN last June 

to visit the display of the British Empire 

Medal, which had been presented to his father 

in honor of the staff of the Rural Service 

Center in Ankleshvar, Gujarat. David has 

maintained contact with this Training College 

& Vocational Center over the years. ARTHUR 

THIESSEN was heavily involved in organizing 

the BC reunion last June as he lives close by. 

At the reunion, he (cello), DICK BOLLINGER 

‘45 (violin) & ROBERT KAUFFMAN (S) (piano), 

opened “Music Development at Woodstock” 

with Beethoven’s Archduke Trio. This program, 

produced by ANN LIND (S) was one of the 

highlights of the reunion. It was disclosed that 

the same performers had played the same 

piece in Parker Hall almost 40 yrs ago while 

Bollinger & Kauffman were on staff at WS & 

Thiessen was studying at the language school. 

I’m sure that the choice of this piece, to be 

played again at the 2002 reunion, was not a 

coincidence. – Tom Strickler 

CLASS of 1941 

ALBERT AHLQUIST passed away in Apr 2002 

from cancer. ANNA L. ALLISON SKALAK was 

the only class member at the ’02 WOSA 

reunion. She particularly enjoyed Bob 

Fleming’s talk & slides on the Himalayas. Anna 

is “parenting” her 17-yr-old granddaughter for 

a semester & enjoys the challenge. TED 

BEEBE’s granddaughter was married in June 

and lives in AK. Ted’s brother JOE BEEBE ’45 

died in Jan, but other family members are fine. 

Ted arranges music for a male vocal trio and 

he & Eloise are reprinting their son Paul’s 

book of songs. Ted also writes music, some of 

which he played at our reunion in ‘85. EDITH 

BOYCE ELVIS lost her husband to cancer on 

Feb 23, ‘02. Those that went to the MT reunion 

will remember him well. BETTY RUTH 

BRABAZON & Bob enjoyed their 

granddaughter’s marriage in Little Rock. Their 

children are active in church & university 

careers. They spend the winter in FL. She is 

happy the ‘03 WOSA Reunion will be at 

Manchester College. HELEN CONSER 

MAYBURY still teaches literature to the wives


Carol Titus Pickering ’41 (center) visiting with Reis & Nima Flora 

in Melbourne, Australia, January 2001 

of World Bank Staff. She & Bob attended a 

60 th reunion of the Kodai class she would have 

been in. They also went to France for an IOCD 

meeting, then to Tunis for Thanksgiving with 

their Foreign Service son & family. Their farflung 

family will get together for Bob’s 80 th 

birthday. GRACE FREISEN SLATTER reports 

the death of Clifford on May 31 st . 2 weeks later 

her brother John’s wife passed away & Grace 

went to spend time with him. Happier events 

were the wedding of a granddaughter in AK & 

a college reunion in KS. PAUL FREISEN & his 

wife visited Grace, ID and the Freisen family 

had a reunion after Christmas. ALICE 

GAMBOE MARSHALL spent Christmas & New 

Year’s with her 2 sons & families in CO, 7000 

ft high “like WS if we had been there in 

winter”. She also took a cruise to Mexico with 

a life-long friend who went to Kodai (and who 

was on the “Brazil” returning to New York with 

a destroyer escort, zigzagging all the way). 

STAN HANSON passed away on Feb 14, ‘02 

after 24 yrs of dealing with a stroke, paralysis, 

brain tumors and loss of speech. He never 

gave up his optimistic outlook and learned how 

to write & paint with his left hand; his artwork 

sold in local shops. Phyllis says that our class 

reunion in MN was one of the highlights of his 

life. He will be remembered. DONALD ISAAC 

has completed 16 yrs teaching, reading & 

helping at the playschool. He is now Asst Dir 

but misses having as much time with the 

children. The year’s highlight for LOIS MOW 

SNAVELY was a trip to Mexico & TX with their 

grandson who wanted to see “where his 

mother grew up and add 

more birds to his life list”. 

He added 50. JOE MOW ’43 

spent a week with his family 

at the beach nearby. Her 2 

oldest grandchildren, 19 & 

16, went to Brazil alone to 

visit an exchange student 

who had been to their 

school. JOHN PACE still 

works at the Habitat 

ReStore. He visited family 

in IN, took a 33-day RV trip 

to Baja, CA and went to HI 

in Oct. The AZ Memorial 

was most impressive. 

GORDON SHULL’S big news 

was the 2-week trip he & 

Betty, their children & 

grandchildren took to AK to celebrate their 

golden anniversary. Gordon stays busy 

reading to 5 yr olds, lunch with an 8 yr old in 

the “Listen Ears” program & 6 lunch bunch 

discussion groups. He also writes a 

newspaper column and serves on church & 

community committees. JAMES STEWART is 

working full time at the Santa Barbara County 

Mental Health Outpatient Clinic. He took a 

vacation to attend a nephew’s wedding and 

visit friends in ID where he had served for 20 

yrs as a doctor. CAROL TITUS PICKERING 

writes that she took another Christmas trip 

to Melbourne, Aust. to visit her son & wife & 

their twin sons. Carol was grateful to have 

made the trip since she recently recovered 

from surgery. There she met REIS & NIMA 

FLORA (S). Nima was librarian at WS from 

1963-1990 and Reis was head of the Music 

Dept from 1963-1966. Carol also spent a day 

with EUNICE JONES & Jim MATTHEWS who 

were on a trip to Aust. & Tasmania. RONALD 

WANG says his life is quiet, no trips or exciting 

events. He reminded me how much he enjoyed 

his first Class of ’41 reunion in San Antonio, 

their 60 th . LYDIA WRIGHT BEAUMONT tells 

about her travels in ’02, first to Holland & 

Belgium with her sister Alice on a river cruise, 

then along the east coast to visit family and 

to her college class 60 th anniversary. She still 

sings in 2 choirs, goes to NYC for opera at the 

Met and sees as many plays & musical events 

as possible. She has a new job as Treas. of 

the Bethlehem Council of Churches. Our class 

lost 2 more members this last year & 2 

spouses of members. Our thoughts are with 

their families. - Lois 

CLASS of 1942 

News of our 60 th Reunion in BC is elsewhere 

in the Quad. Other news shows a pattern of 

increasing battles with health problems, a 

move for some to continuing care retirement 

communities, travel, pride in the 

achievements of offspring and personal 

accomplishments. Space limitations permit 

just a mere mention of them. LES & Peggy 

ALLISON toured the rivers of Europe. Phil & 

PEGGY MARGARET REINER are coping with 

Peggy’s arthritis problems and the limitations 

they impose. Jane & HAROLD BROCK are 

coping with Harold’s loss of vision because of 

MD. MILLIE DYE HOWARD is traveling and 

staying in touch with friends. BRUCE FOSTER 

is lovingly engaged in helping Trudy recover 

from the effects of a stroke in Jan of last year. 

JONNY JONSSON suffered the indignity of a 

gall bladder attack and had it removed in Jan. 

He & Cheryl are slowly regaining their old 

momentum. Harland & QUESSIE WYLIE 

KRELL finally sold their “quarter million mile” 

RV and are inviting us to visit them. JOHN & 

Marj LOEHLIN enjoy the pleasures of having 

both of their children living nearby in Austin. 

CAROL DOWNS MUMBY is busy living in 

Houston, Cape Cod & Lakeland, FL. Jim & 

THELMA NELSON MOWREY have had to deal 

with eyelid & leg surgery but enjoyed a trip to 

Portugal. MARGE PICKETT SAGAN made her 

way to Italy with 2 grandchildren in tow. KEN 

ROCKEY is occupied with church, condo and 

scouting duties and with far-flung Rockey 

family get-togethers. DOUG & Hazel STEWART 

trudged through the San Bernardino 

Mountains and he, in desperate nostalgia, was 

reminded of Landour. BETTY STUNTZ ALLEN 

& Dan are cruising around in a new Honda 

Hybrid feeling righteously superior to the rest 

of us in gas guzzlers. JEAN SUPPLEE CRIDER 

& Don are living testimonials to the power of 

medicine, faith & love with their continuing 

successes with heart valve surgery for “Soup” 

and a vicious brain tumor that has put Don 

on pituitary gland replacement therapy for the 

rest of his life! LIZ TEMPLIN ALLEY won a 

prestigious art award for a knitted baby 

blanket and still makes herself heard as a 

residents’ spokesperson. RATCH & JENNY 

THOMPSON are living quietly in Suffolk, VA

as retired missionaries. BETTY ANNE VESTAL 

PHILLIPS is busy with family. MARGARET 

WEEKS HOLLAND is similarly engaged with 

family, fruit and flowers at her home in 

Portland. DOROTHY VAUGH WHITCOMB has 

library duties at their retirement residence 

in Madison. BILL, with new “eyes” after 

cataract surgery, is organizing 1000’s of 

slides. MARJ HILL had a glorious visit to 

Central India, where she was a medical 

educator & nurse. HELEN MCGAVRAN 

CORNELL’s book was finally published 

(contact her for details). BEVERLY AMSTUTZ 

BRUSH & STAN continue to be absolutely 

delighted to be the representatives of the 

wonderful Class of ‘42. - Stan 

CLASS of 1943 

BETTY SMILEY BREMER & Joe 

enjoy retirement at the Village at Skyline in 

Colorado Springs. In June they visited Ouray 

& Mesa Verde with daughter Beth & family and 

daughter Karen & family, from Shizuoka, 

Japan joined the rest of the family for a 

reunion in St. Louis. MARY STEWART 

CUMMINGS & Tom are spending the winter 

at Merritt Island, FL and are working on plans 

for a Class of ’43 60 th reunion in conjunction 

with WOSA ‘03 at Manchester, IN. MARIAN 

LOEHLIN DAVIES & Dick have been on 

“fantastic & overwhelming travels,” on an 

Elderhostel trip to central Chile & Argentina, 

stopping enroute in Lima, Peru to visit their 

daughter-in-law Liliana’s family & visiting an 

old Wooster friend in Sucre, Bolivia. CLARA 

ESCH HEADRICK & Mel celebrated their 

golden anniversary at Casa Del Sol in La Junta 

at a lively reception given by their 4 

daughters. WS was represented by the 

BREMERS & HARVELLA STUTZMAN ‘49. 

ALYCE BANKER HEYBOER follows the 

changing seasons with hummingbirds, blue 

jays & chickadees at Lake Odessa, MI. She 

has distinguished herself in a Scrabble club 

at Lansing & takes part in a book club at her 

local library. JEAN DONALDSON KLEE & 

Fred greatly enjoyed the Queen’s Jubilee 

celebrations in England. They survived the 

damaging gales of Sept and are doing well at 

Gosford Close in Suffolk. BERT BENADE 

received a ton of videos. One is the story of 

the mapping of India many years ago; he plans 

to give it to WS. He is busy with the college 

reunion at U of Chicago. PAUL COOLE visited 

all 3 kids instead of having them come here, 

Cindy who mothered 2 grandchildren & Jon & 

Doug in Atlanta. He got a Sports Club 

membership for his Jan birthday, is taking 

water exercises in the pool. FAITH 

ANDERSON GORTER is in assisted living in 

Little Rock to be close to 2 of their kids. She 

says they do calm things. Husband golfs, they 

eat out, visit their kids; one in Richardson TX 

where they lived for 32 yrs. BOB ALTER made 

the air trek to India 3 times last year for 

mainly family things. One son is getting an 

advanced degree in folk music of the hills 

around Mussoorie. He is still active with KWI. 

For what he has done he is much too humble. 

He is also active in church in Wooster. My 

guess is that he is a patriarch. KATHERINE 

AHRENS (S) who was our English teacher is 

now in assisted living in Kansas City, KS. 

MARTIN AHRENS came from Scotland to help 

her move and sell her house. Remember to 

come to our 60 th reunion at Manchester, IN 

on the Wednesday before the school reunion. 

Tom & Mary are in charge of arrangements. 

HAROLD ROCKEY & Erna spent 19 days 

tooling up the Yangtze. His uncle Don was born 

on a junk on the river. He heads the board of 

a retirement home in which he doesn’t live. 

Still sings in the choir, walks and plays a 

“variable” game of tennis. Had a speed control 

implanted in Dec for atrial fib. Their 4 

daughters have 11 grandchildren. STEVEN 

ROOT still teaches flying although the yearly 

license gets harder to earn. Don’t schedule 

anything with him in Sept unless it’s elk 

hunting by bow. His son has a pair of llamas 

to haul out the bodies. He speaks of 16 

grandchildren. – Paul 

CLASS of 1944 

ANN MOORE HALL wrote after our ‘99 

reunion, “I always come away feeling so 

grateful to ‘belong’ to such a great bunch of 

people. Each time we’re together we renew 

our bond of long ago.” We’ll remember that 

as we plan our class reunion, Oct 7–10, ‘03 

at Pilgrim Park, IL. The most exciting news is 

that DOTTY POWERS and Erl Dordal were 

married Nov 29, ‘02. They met on their way 

to a U of Chicago alumni trip to Sicily. Dotty 

did her graduate work in the late 40s in 

Biological Sciences while Erl attended the 

College and Medical School. They had not met 

before. Now they plan to maintain 2 


residences; Dotty’s home in Atlanta and a 

beautiful condo in Chicago. tel: 312-644- 

6374. We wish them a wonderful life together. 

Dotty is also a member of the “WS 150” 

cabinet. BRUCE AMSTUTZ & Nan attended an 

Elderhostel in GA, spent 3 weeks in Germany 

& another 3 in France. During the summer, 

some 24 persons visited their summer cottage 

on an offshore ME island. In Dec Bruce went 

to a folk art school in NC to improve his 

dulcimer playing. He also had 2 articles 

published in genealogical journals. LOIS LYON 

NEUMANN represents us and all other grads 

on the WS School Board and on the KWI 

Council. She also is co-chair of the “WS 150” 

Campaign. These big jobs took her back to WS 

twice last year; we’re grateful for her 

willingness to work so hard for the school. 

I’m sure she’s had less time to enjoy her 

beautiful home in the MA woods. Since she is 

a volunteer full time, she’s had to buy a new 

computer: her new email is 

lois385@earthlink.net. LAUREL LOADER 

DOWNWARD & John welcomed a grandchild 

in Mar ‘02. They will celebrate their golden 

anniversary in June ‘03. Their family has given 

them a cruise from South Hampton to 

Amsterdam & Guernsey. With this happy 

news, there is the sad word of brother 

HARLEY LOADER’s ‘42 death in Sept from 

heart failure at 78. We send our sympathy. 

From across the ocean, MIKE JAMES & Pam 

write of the severe drought that is searing 

Aust. and impacting their son-in-law’s cottonharvesting 

business. Mike has been 

refinishing wood cabinets to rival their newlypolished 

wood floors. DORIS COLVIN BELL 

visited them and fell down their front steps 

and broke both her ankles. When the casts 

came off, Mike drove her down to 

Cootamundra, NSW where they visited CECILY 

MARTIN BOOTH. Doris then flew from Sydney 

to LA and visited ALICE ALTER & Phil Watkins 

in Santa Barbara. A mini-reunion enabled 

Alice to send a picture of RUTH SUTHERLAND 

PULLIAM, TOM ALTER ‘68, Doris & Alice. 

BARBARA reported that Doris is still on 

crutches. Alice’s letter tells of visits to Sand 

Dunes Nat’l Park, in Rocky Mt. Nat’l Park & 

the experience of a dead car in the desert (the 

telephones do work), many visitors and some 

visiting. Cecily writes that Ken is on a third 

round of chemo and is fighting a strong battle 

against the cancer. Their yearly WEC meetings


bring them near Mike & Pam so that they can 

visit. MARY LUTLEY GEE’s highlight was her 

trip to China in Sept with her son, Peter. 

Besides the main tourist sites, they visited 

her childhood places: Yantai in Shandong 

Province where they found 2 open Christian 

churches; Chengdu in Sichuan Province & the 

U campus where her parents had taught. Two 

churches were open there also. Mary helps 

in a charity shop for homeless people and 

works in the Christian Bookshop in Stroud, 

UK. MARJ HELFERS BAER continues with 

health issues and a regimen to recover her 

strength. Her knitting skills are greatly 

enjoyed by residents in their retirement 

complex. Merle no longer is a regular church 

organist but works with a fellow resident, a 

blind saxophonist who wants to learn new 

music. BARBARA PARKER EDWARDS gave Jim 

& me a tour of her apt and attractive 

community of Manistique in upper MI last 

summer. Her daughter Sue’s family lives 

nearby. Barbara continues as president of 

Women’s Aglow, Bible study teacher & singing 

weekly in nursing homes. TOM WILSON & 

Rene celebrated their 50 th anniversary on a 

sailing ship, Sea Cloud, touring the Lesser 

Antilles. Lectures were stimulating, as were 

the alums from prestigious institutions and 

the 2 gala dinners were elegant. Tom 

continues his architectural activities and Rene 

hers, in the UNA-USA. FRED OSGOOD & Anne 

write happily about their retirement, their 

garden & family nearby. Fred is a tax 

counselor in the early months of each year. 

DAVID FREYMILLER writes his monthly 

newsletter “On India” about the mission field 

where he & HULDA FREYMILLER SORENSEN 

’46 grew up. One issue recalled the process 

we went through to join our train parties, ride 

the bus from Dehra Dun & hike to WS. Made 

me nostalgic. TED WRIGHT writes about 

Eileen’s death in Jan 2002. He & ANN MOORE 

HALL have had their first Christmas without 

their spouses of many years. Supportive 

family & friends are a blessing. Ted joined his 

sister, Mary, 2 other sisters & Mary’s family 

on a Bermuda trip to celebrate her 80 th 

birthday. Ted also found healing in the time 

at his ME cottage. Ann is proud of her active 

family. She spends quality time in CA visiting 

her children & their families. For now she 

plans to stay in Everett, WA and helps at the 

KWI office close by. We will all miss Ray since 

he participated in all our early reunions. FRAN 

BRUSH SCHILLINGER wrote her Christmas 

letter camped in the southern CA desert. Fred 

has a new hip joint and gets around well. Last 

Oct they were able to visit STAN & BEV 

AMSTUTZ BRUSH in NJ & JOHN BRUSH in 

NY. Fran & Fred, Dotty & Erl, Ann, Barbara & 

Ted have plans to attend our reunion in Oct. 

Joan & Lois are working on the program. If 

you have suggestions, get in touch with Joan. 

JOAN MERRILL MACHATA had a 2 nd hip 

replacement; the recovery this time hasn’t 

been as smooth and she is taking medication 

for blood clots. They have a new 

granddaughter, Anne Genevieve, and are 

pleased with their decision to live in RI near 

family. MICHAEL LEE & Valerie were able to 

visit Kuala Lumpur and attend the wedding 

of his grandniece in Singapore in Oct, thanks 

to their son John. For 12 days they traveled 

in style, seeing friends & relatives after 23 

yrs. His eldest granddaughter finished her IB 

this summer. Mike is skillful with the 

computer, ably posting pictures on the 

Internet. If anyone would like to receive them 

let him (or me) know. BOB LUCAS & Dolly 

are glad to say goodbye to ‘02. Bob had a bout 

with cancer and is pronounced cured; Dolly 

had neck surgery which went well, though 

recovery continues. They bought a retirement 

home in Oahu and will move to HI in Feb, after 

visiting Mexico. We have news from a new 

classmate, DON MILLER, who lives in NC. He 

writes that he was born in ’27 and left India 

at the age of 10; a vivid memory is punishment 

for swimming at WS Falls without permission. 

He trained as a physician and retired in ’87 

to sail around the world in a 37’ sailboat with 

his wife Mary of 52 yrs. It took 5 yrs with side 

trips, including India. They have 4 children & 

8 grandchildren. mLmiller@coastalnet.com 

MALCOLM SUBHAN is dealing with cancer. 

Even so, at 75 he is editor of the European 

Institute for Asian Studies magazine, where 

he’s honorary VP. He also writes a weekly 

column for India’s Financial Express and is 

setting up a European Studies Centre in New 

Delhi, near the offices of 3 of his 4 children. 

ELIZABETH CUMMINGS DEITZ & Jim enjoyed 

their time in MN & with all the family for 2 

weeks. They have a new grandson, Abraham. 

Jim has been interim minister in their Oberlin 

church for 6 months and, while there is much 

he enjoys, he knows why he retired 9 yrs ago. 

Their oldest granddaughter is at Bennington 

College and is working on a newspaper in NYC 

for her winter term. Hope to see you Oct 7- 

10 ‘03 at Pilgrim Park near Princeton, IL. - 

Elizabeth 

CLASS of 1945 

GENE & Betty BURROWS spent 25 yrs as 

Baptist missionaries in Makunda Station. 

Their 7 children graduated from WS. After 

serving in Bangladesh & Central African 

Republic, their final posting was in Ivory 

Coast. After 4 yrs there they retired to a 

missionary community in Missouri. GORDON 

& Peggy YOUNG enjoy staying at home in St. 

Luis Obispo. Their big travel undertakings are 

to visit daughter Julie & family in NM. Peggy 

had spinal surgery followed by hipreplacement 

surgery, and is busy with 

recovery and rehab. Les & MASIE HAGREEN 

RIMELL celebrated their 50 th anniversary 

with Hindustani khanna with their family 

followed by a romantic holiday in Spain. 

Congratulations! Hobart & MARGUERITE 

PARRISH HOWARD returned to the US in Oct 

’01 because of the Afghan war and 

accompanying unrest in India. They spent the 

year visiting churches for their mission, and 

their daughters & families and returned to 

India in Oct. Anna Mae & DICK BOLLINGER 

started off the year with a trip to NW Mexico 

& Copper Canyon, followed by the WOSA 

Reunion. They then joined the PICKETTS & 

STODDARDS at a lovely getaway in Mt Hood 

Valley, OR. Their biggest excitement was when 

their daughter had twin boys (Nov 20 th ). DOUG 

& ANN PICKETT never seem to slow down. 

They made their first trip ever to TX, visiting 

Big Bend Nat’l Park and then me here in 

Lakeway, near Austin, attending our area’s 

first Curry Club dinner. On the way home they 

visited Mt. Rushmore & Crazy Horse 

Memorial. In Oct they went to FL to attend 

the funeral of HANK LACEY, the husband of 

Doug’s sister Elizabeth. Our heartfelt 

sympathies go to them and their family. They 

are proud great–grandparents of Lexi, the 1 st 

great-grandparents in our class. BETI WEIR 

WEISS has had a quiet year as hubby Art is 

recovering from carotid artery surgery. Peter 

& BETTY ANN SUMMERS DYKSTRA are 

constantly on the move, enjoying symphony 

orchestras, plays, operas & art museums in 

nearby cities. They took the Grand Circle tour

to Paris, Belgium & The Netherlands in Apr. 

They attended the WOSA reunion and visited 

family & friends enroute. Thanksgiving was 

spent in Chicago with daughter Flora & 

grandson David. NORMAN & Karen 

ROADARMEL are enjoying life in Westminster 

Gardens in Duarte, CA. They feel fortunate 

that Karen’s health has been stable. They had 

a big family reunion at Oceanside July 4 th . 

RUTH WILKINSON PHILLIMORE has found 

that travel is difficult so she stays home more, 

indulging in her passion for embroidery and 

enjoying the theatre & cultural attractions of 

Toronto. Tej & SITA BERY SARWAL spent time 

in London, did a coach tour of Ireland and 

spent a week in Portugal. Sita has joined the 

rest of us bionic seniors by having knee 

replacement surgery and recovered nicely. Tej 

finally retired, so they had a family holiday in 

Dubai and are moving back to India 

permanently. JOE DUERKSON went with son 

Mark to India in Mar. Joe goes regularly to 

India where he “wears multiple hats” helping 

at St. Stephens Hospital in New Delhi, the 

Christian Medical College in Ludhiana, 

hospitals of the Emmanuel Hospital Assoc. & 

the new Christian Medical College in 

Dhamtari, Chattisgarh. He was in India in 

Sept-Oct as a consultant to the new medical 

college & plans to go again in Mar ’03. Sandy 

and BOB WILLIAMS enjoy their home on HI’s 

Big Island. Sandy keeps busy quilting and Bob 

is happy tinkering & making improvements on 

their house. His latest project is transferring 

old family photos & movies to VHS for 

posterity. VIVIAN NICHOL NORDEN has had 

a full year. Besides taking a cruise with MARIE 

TEMPEST EYER & making trips to England, 

she met me in Seattle and we went to the 

WOSA reunion. We were so pleased to see 

Doug & Ann, Joyce Reynolds Coupal, Dick & 

Anna Mae, Betty Ann & Peter, Marjorie & Raj, 

and Paul & Janet Osgood Morgan, who moved 

to a retirement home this year. What a great 

time we all had together! In late Nov Vivian 

lost husband Carl and our heartfelt 

sympathies go out to her. Sally-Lyn & BILL 

DUFF are moving into a retirement home. This 

year they went to the Shakespeare Fest in 

Ashland, OR, a wedding in NC & to Albania. 

As they returned, Bill had a heart attack at 

Dulles Airport. He had angioplasty and they 

inserted a “stent”. He is recovering well, but 

says he has no plans to climb any mountains. 

His latest project is raising money to restore 

the Christian Training Inst in Sialkot, Pakistan. 

He & Sally-Lyn have met with Vivian & 

Marjorie & RAJ BERY, mainly at Curry Club 

dinners. Raj & Marjorie spent Christmas in 

India. RUTH NAVE LEIBBRAND enjoyed a visit 

from Doug & Ann Pickett in Apr. My only 

complaint was that they didn’t stay long 

enough. My big outings have been a trip to 

Denver and then the WOSA Reunion with 

Vivian and a 5-week trip to Scotland & France 

to visit friends. My youngest son Robin & wife 

Beth were with me part of the time. I keep 

busy here at Lakeway, involved with the 

Ecumenical Church, 2 dinner clubs, am 

Chairman of an ExPats group and president 

of the local Republican Women’s Club. Frank 

& JOYCE REYNOLDS COUPAL finally took 

their first trip to AK on a naturalist cruise in 

a small ship & saw lots of wildlife. They then 

stayed with their niece & family in Anchorage, 

where they were introduced to AK prices. 

After the trip they visited with family who live 

in a 19 th century house on Lake Canandaigua 

in the Adirondacks. In July Joyce visited her 

son Ed, who drove her to the WOSA Reunion. 

- Ruth 

CLASS of 1946 

JEAN ALLISON VAN HORNE took a trip this 

summer to Europe with her brother Les & 

his wife Peggy, sailing the Danube, Main & 

Rhine Rivers. Before that, she had a mini 

reunion with Nancy Aldrich Inman, Robin 

Parker, Anna Allison Skalak and Sally & Bill 

Woolever. JUNE BAUR DEWSBERRY & Art 

went to Italy in Aug, taking a granddaughter 

with them. The trip included hearing Tosca in 

the coliseum of Verona. She suffered through 

back surgery and is recovering well. She is 

the class member who makes it to all 

reunions, including Mt. Hermon School’s last 

gathering. IRENE DUNN has moved to an apt 

in Berkeley but keeps hiking in the Sierra 

Nevadas. In Sept she went to MI for the Mt. 

Hermon School reunion which she attended 

before WS. June Baur Dewsberry, GORDON 

HOSTETLER ’51 & LOIS HOSTETLER 

BJERKESTRAND ‘48 were also there. 

COLLETTE IMTIAZ XAILLE OWEN was able 

to be at the WOSA reunion. For her efforts 

for French, Francophone and Francophile 

associations, committees & campaigns, 

Collette has been award the Medal of Honor 


of the French Senate, bestowed by a French 

senator from Paris. Congratulations! FAITH 

LUBBERS BLIGHT is now a greatgrandmother! 

Surely we’re not that old yet. 

She & Dick enjoy their children, grandchildren 

& now great-grandchild. ART MERRILL did an 

Elderhostel on Trains of NM in Sept reminding 

him of the old narrow gauge trains of Assam. 

This winter he is working with AARP helping 

others with tax returns. MAC PARKER is 

pretty well retired but still does consulting. 

He had knee surgery in Aug but still volunteers 

at a Hispanic community center and with 

Marcia is a co-director for a Thursday night 

homeless shelter. MARY PROCTOR BURDICK 

& Bob sing in choir at church, including 

Handel’s Messiah & spent the Christmas 

season with their children in Burgundy, 

France. CAROLYN LYNN ROADARMEL 

KOWALSKE & Bill have been struggling with 

Bill’s illnesses but have had good help in the 

process. Lynn gets out to play bridge but they 

don’t travel as they once did, including 11 

WOSA reunions. PEGGY ROSS VAN HORN 

sends ‘Seasons Greetings’ from Princeton, NJ. 

Paul has joined the walking wounded with a 

broken shoulder while skiing in CO! She is in 

touch with ELEANOR MILLER INFORZATO 

whose husband died last year. Our hearts go 

out to Eleanor on her loss. TRUDY 

SCHROETER REUM took a trip to Europe in 

Aug/Sept to see relatives & friends. Saw many 

“churches, chapels, Roman villas, palazzos & 

frescoes”. She also visited her son in San 

Diego. JERRY SUMMERS & Georgie made the 

BC reunion, along with COLLETTE & WYNN 

OWEN. Jerry enjoyed the many parts of the 

reunion, reporting “we spoke & sang in 

English, Hindi, Sanskrit & Tamil”. He had 

surgery for a “frozen shoulder” in Mar but 

recuperated quickly to do yard work and 

play violin. JANE WALLACE ANDERSON & 

Jim also went to NM & TX this year in their 

motor home. Jim had double knee 

replacement in Sept and has made a 

remarkable recovery. WAYNE WARDWELL 

& NAOMI (S) celebrated their golden 

anniversary this year. In May, Wayne went 

fishing on a rafting trip with friends and ended 

up in 12 inches of snow. In Aug they went to 

Scotland & England. He still rings hand bells 

& plays the zither. At Presbytery he is the 

coordinator for the Commissioned Lay 

Pastor program. - Arthur


CLASS of 1947 

News comes in from around the world. JACKIE 

JAMES RILEY is seeing better after a cataract 

operation. She & Jim live near Melbourne, 

Aust. MAEVE MCALISTER FROST made a 

special trip from England to visit Jackie & time 

melted away as they recalled school days 55 

yrs ago. It was the highlight of the year for 

both classmates. VAL APPELBY was hoping 

to visit with WOSA/Europe members in 

London in Oct, but was disappointed when it 

was cancelled. Tom & JOAN CLARKE, avid 

sailors, were involved in running the Norwich 

Frostbite Sailing Club for the first part of the 

year. Later, Joan was diagnosed with 

recurring bone cancer. After an operation, she 

remains cheerful. Peter & JOYCE PARSON 

CAMPBELL spent 2 wks in spring in Istanbul 

with son Graham, then to Bangkok to visit 

daughter Allison & husband and Graham, who 

had been transferred there meanwhile. 

GORDON “GHUDIE” HENDERSON & Nelleke 

have been plagued with niggling & not so 

niggling health problems, the latest being 

gallstones for Nelleke to be treated in ‘03. 

They did get 2 weeks in Scotland and enjoyed 

a short visit with SHIRISH PATEL who was 

visiting from India. A trip to The Dordogne, 

France is coming up for Feb/Mar. Ghudie 

faithfully keeps tabs on folks in England & 

France. PIERRE “PETE” COLUMBANI had a 

rough year with sciatic nerve pain, then 

surgery for a hip replacement and a slow 

recovery. GORDON GILBERT is busy assisting 

Patricia in the home care of her mother. KEN 

SCHERLING hails from Coquitlam, BC. He is 

a retired Judge. (See the report of our 55 th 

class reunion.) LIONEL LEE attended his 50 th 

college reunion at W. Maryland College, 

renamed McDaniel College. He showed his 

half-brother Desmond the sights of Carmel- 

Monterey, joining family at the CA State Fair 

and again in HI for Christmas. He, Ken, 

Bondie, Herb, Joan, Al & Ann were at the ‘02 

class reunion. K.G. SINGH & Sneh celebrated 

his brother’s 80 th birthday in India in Sept, 

leaving behind their beloved dogs, Gautam & 

Karma. Everyone survived the separation. 

K.G. finally received his U.S. naturalization 

papers. KAY MACK still works a 40-hour week. 

She writes poetry, some of which has been 

published & enjoys attending lectures in 

Boulder. In July she was busy with the 

wedding of daughter Cindy & Brazilian fiancé. 

ERNIE FORDHAM & Betsy treated Doug & Ann 

to a delicious Indian lunch in June. At that 

time, Ernie was restoring an antique stainedglass 

window for his church. They will take a 

birding trip to Ecuador in Feb. JIM WHITE & 

Virginia were “On The Road Again”. They 

travel extensively to retreats & conferences 

and volunteer in organizations near home. 

They had 7 children & 19 grandchildren under 

one roof for Thanksgiving. After the BC 

reunion, HERB FEIERABEND & Bev took a 

cruise on the inner passage to Anchorage & 

by car into the interior of AK. In Mission TX, 

during the winter months, they coordinate 

their RV Park’s project of building homes in 

Casita, Mexico. Sponsors are from all over 

North America. HENK & GEORGIA PARSON 

traveled in their motor home from SC to 

Yosemite Nat’l Park to be summer volunteers. 

One of their duties was helping at the Visitor 

Center, where Henk surprised tourists with 

fluent German, Dutch & French. They may 

spend the winter season there. David & LULU 

BOYER stayed home nursing Lulu’s nasty 

broken ankle caused by the romping of their 

2 dogs. She still volunteers with the Family 

Counseling Service. CHUCK HAZLETT & Pattie 

took a riverboat cruise on the great rivers of 

Europe, from Amsterdam to Vienna with 14 

stops along the way. BARBARA (BONDIE) 

NUTT & Ed left the peace of their NH summer 

cabin to attend the BC reunion and other 

school reunions. Ed (75) climbed Mt. 

Washington with a granddaughter just out of 

high school. In Mar, ANN PICKETT & Doug 

drove some 4,700 miles to visit the Big Bend 

Nat’l Park in TX. Visits with JOAN GREEN 

SMITH & RUTH NAVE LEIBRAND ’45 & KITTU 

PARKER RIDDLE ‘35 were most memorable. 

They stopped at the MacDonald Observatory 

and saw the 107-inch telescope named in 

honor of Joan’s husband, Harlan. In June, they 

drove to Canada, across the prairies, through 

the Rockies & Okanagan Valley enroute to the 

BC reunion. Visits to Olympic Nat’l Park, Mt. 

Rushmore & the Crazy Horse Monument 

capped their 8,972-mile excursion. After the 

reunion, JOAN SMITH drove north to the Yoho 

Nat’l Park looking for fossils at the Burgess 

Shale site before flying home to TX. While 

visiting their daughter in Bangalore & son in 

Hyderabad, BRIJ BERY & Meena noted vast 

urban development & general progress. KAVI 

SINGH & Devika hold open house in Delhi. 

Devika works with Mobile Creches, while Kavi 

is writing a book on golfing in India and helping 

“teacher trainees” with spoken English. 

SHIRISH PATEL visits exotic places, including 

Kerala for the Sabarimala festival. In Europe 

he saw the work of Santiago Calatrava, an 

architect and engineer. In the UK he observed 

an ancient canal boat lift, a curved foot bridge 

that rotates to become an arch to let boats 

through & a Calatrava fountain. VIJAY INGLE 

must be well as he phoned Kavi at exactly 

midnight to wish him a Happy New Year. 

STANLEY SUBHAN & Helen have survived the 

year, as have all of his WS classmates from 

1947. “Dil se” - Ann 

CLASS of 1948 

AL & Kathy BAUMAN enjoyed an Elderhostel 

birding trip to Costa Rica. Al also participated 

in 2 anniversaries in Champa, Chittisgarh: 

100 yrs of leprosy work & the 75 th of the 

hospital that was started by his parents. They 

attended the BC reunion. At home, life 

continues with church work, helping various 

people in their homes & enjoying Indian 

restaurants. ARVID & Marlys BERG finally 

sold their motel - yeah! They plan a trip to 

Spain with their 2 daughters and then a visit 

with the Wenders in England. NAREN & Diane 

BISWAS enjoy the occasional curry dinners 

with the local WS gang & Naren still works as 

an attorney. IAN & June BRADSHAW do a lot 

of traveling. A trip to the Galapagos Islands 

interfered with their getting to WOSA this 

year. Al & MARGARET BROOKS HUSTON have 

just finished their first full year of Al’s 

retirement. They live in their own home and 

are busy with their own repairs. They had a 

wonderful week with family on the NC Outer 

Banks. VALERIE BURNS BESSIE & her 

daughter enjoyed a trip to Scandinavia. She 

is also photographer for her int’l Women’s 

Club. BOWEN & Gail CONSER enjoy the quiet 

life and Bowen’s new interest in golf. Gail 

hopes to quilt more upon retiring. They enjoy 

their 5 grandkids. In spring, Kirti & SNEIH 

DASS CHAREN visited their daughters in 

Vancouver, returning for the reunion in 

July. Towards the end of the reunion Kirti had 

an episode of flash pulmonary edema and had 

to be hospitalized for 4 days, but is back home 

receiving good medical care and feeling much 

better. Burt & DOROTHY FOSTER HARROLD

sailed their sailboat from FL to the Bahamas 

and back, after enjoying cool breezes, 

moonlight nights & friends in the Caribbean 

waters. The WOSA reunion with family & friends, 

physical fitness programs & their camp in the 

Adirondacks keep them busy. MARVIN & Judy 

HARPER enjoy watching 2 grandchildren grow 

up nearby. Judy is busy with the Willingboro 

Women’s Club & Marvin was Chair of an Int’l 

Photo Travel Circuit, which put on 3 photo 

exhibitions. They spent a week at the 

Photographic Society of America’s Conf in 

Pittsburgh. Bill & HELEN HILL STURBAUM’s 

granddaughter spent a semester with them. 

Helen’s brother Tom moved to Bloomington, IN 

(Helen’s hometown) and recovered from a bad 

car accident. They were all saddened when 

Marilynn, Helen’s sister, passed away. A train 

trip to ID to visit their daughter, recently moved 

there from Mexico, was a highlight. They are 

moving to a smaller house in the neighborhood, 

with fewer housekeeping chores. DAVID & LOIS 

HOSTETLER-YOUNG BJERKESTRAND are busy 

with home renovations and family. ”Lolo” has 

visited daughters in NC & MI. She attended the 

Mt. Hermon School reunion and reports that it 

was the last one due to an aging 

constituency. Lolo is the kid in the group! DAVID 

& Becky LeSHANA visited children in IN, IL, AR 

& CA, vacationed with family in HI & managed 

to host an AK cruise for the Christian Assoc of 

Primetimers. PAUL & DOROTHY LYON 

BUSHNELL enjoyed visiting family & friends at 

the BC reunion. CHARLES & Anita OGDEN enjoy 

the fruits of retirement - leisure time, 

grandchildren & church projects (particularly 

their ministry to the Dalit untouchables of UP). 

Their son Keith’s marriage at Lake Tahoe was 

fun, time consuming & memorable. ROBIN 

PARKER joined the Watkins for a car trip to 

Gangotri in Mar. WOSA in BC, visits with friends 

in IL, MI & CT, plus curry dinners with local 

Woodstockers and chores of country living keep 

him busy. ABBY SALZER STADTLANDER has 

had to learn to do many things she never did 

before the death of husband John. She spent 

the summer upgrading their cabin on Lake 

Champlain and entertaining friends & 

family. Back in CT she volunteers, hosts 

friends and is active in church. Norm & ETTY 

SCHERLING HAZEN feel blessed with family 

& friends who supported them through the 

aftermath of a bad car accident. This year they 

celebrated a joyous golden anniversary. LEO 

& Lorna TELLER once again fought the 

“tyranny of distance” felt by Australians who 

travel to Europe (and even other parts of 

Aust). Visits in France, England & western 

Aust. were rewarded by seeing their children 

surge forward with successes of their own. A 

ride across Aust. was reminiscent of trains 

known in India. Gordon & MARGUERITE 

THOBURN WATKINS visited the great nature 

reserves of India (pictures from an elephant’s 

back show 5 tigers) as well as Marguerite’s 

hometown of Jabalpur & WS, then on to 

Gangotri for memorable sights & fresh 

Himalayan breezes, under the able escort of 

MOMO NEMA ‘80 & Tsering. Momo runs these 

tours from their hospitable home in Landour. 

The Watkins entertain many guests at their Blue 

Ridge Mt. home. Ray & MARTY WEIR CLOSE are 

settling into their new home in Princeton, NJ, 

but Marty admits to fond memories of their farm 

in the Blue Ridge Mts. of VA. JOHN & Sherry 

WENDER continue life in London where they 

host many visitors from the old days. Visits with 

friends in the US enrich their lives. HOWARD & 

Kay WHITFIELD are still alive & kicking in 

Redlands, CA. ED & Betty WISER keep busy with 

research into Wiser genealogy; they even took a 

Pennsylvania German Heritage Tour to Germany 

& Switzerland. Betty keeps busy as a Director 

for the NC Div. of Public Health. Visits with family 

& grandchildren round out their days. Other 

members of the Class of ’48 remain silent about 

their activities. - Robin 

CLASS of 1949 

The class of ‘49 will hold a reunion in Cape 

Cod, MA. Sept 8-13, ‘03 at The Soundings, 

Dennisport. www.thesoundings.com. If you 

want to join us please contact: Fred Downs 3 

Osborn Snow Dr, S. Dennis, MA 02660 Tel: 

508-3858-4330 fmdowns1@yahoo.com JOHN 

DORSEY, class teacher, died in Delhi in Nov 

‘02. He is survived by his wife Mary in 

Blacksburg, SC. NANCY ALDRICH INMAN & 

Chuck moved to a single-level house in San 

Diego to better care for Chuck’s Parkinson’s 

disease & other health problems. Nancy is 

active in a writing group, hospice care and 

enjoys travel & bird watching. BETTY JO 

ATKINS SMITH lost husband Bob to cancer. 

She does volunteer work and enjoys traveling. 

BETTY BAUMAN SHELLY & her sister 

HARVELLA BAUMAN STUTZMAN enjoyed 

traveling in Canada with Harvella’s 4 


daughters before they attended the BC 

reunion with classmates, JOE CHACKO & 

Joan, JAN PALMER HUNT & Reed, PETER 

ATKINS & Eileen, DIANA BOND 

HOLTSHOUSER & ANNA MAE WHITCOMB 

LENNINGTON, BILL WOOLEVER & Sally and 

BJ SMITH. Most of the ‘49ers are retired, 

enjoying time with family and traveling. This 

year many of us celebrated our 70 th birthdays. 

DIANA BOND HOLTSHOUSER celebrated with 

a hot air balloon ride. Diana & Anna Mae took 

a cruise to Bermuda. RUTH BROCK 

GILCHRIST lost husband John. Ruth is the only 

class member with great-grandchildren. 

FRED DOWN’S father celebrated his 101 st 

birthday. Fred is hosting the class reunion in 

Cape Cod in Sep. BOB FORSGREN & Eva 

spend summers in Sweden and spent 

Christmas at Snow Mountain Ranch YMCA,CO 

with son Tom’s family. BRIAN HASKIN’S 

mother is 94 and enjoys news and happy 

memories of WS. DILSHAD NAJMUDDIN & Joy 

lost their oldest son Shahzad, 41, in July in 

Chicago. Their other son lives in Pakistan. 

LUELLA OSGOOD SPIRUP & Dick enjoy Lions 

Club activities. Dick will be the new District Vice 

Governor this year. WINIFRED PARKER 

FELLAND’s widower Jerry does volunteer work, 

makes & sells rabbit hutches and puts out 

feeders for bluebirds. The Class of ’49 is funding 

the new WINIFRED PARKER FELLAND HEALTH 

CENTER. BISHAM PARMAR makes an annual 

trip to Mussoorie and he & Kathy enjoy traveling. 

JEWEL SMILEY DI ORIO & Louie enjoys their 

new home on their tree farm. Jewel is a breast 

cancer survivor. PAUL VON TUCHER & Becky’s 

son Fritz has moved to SF. Martin is an 

administrator of the Tucher Trust in Germany 

and Lisbeth is a lawyer working for an American 

insurance company in Munich. ANNA MAE 

WHITCOMB LENNINGTON is learning to retire 

and enjoyed a cruise with Diana. - Harvella 

CLASS of 1950 

LILI VON TUCHER BOWES traveled to 

Germany for brother PAUL VON TUCHER’s ‘49 

70 th birthday party and played some of their 

deceased father’s piano compositions in his 

memory. JOHN CHACKO served on the 2002 

WOSA Reunion Committee and hosted BETTY 

JEAN SMITH & FRANK JESSER at his home 

following the reunion. BJ & Frank combined 

their trip to the reunion with a visit to Jasper 

& Banff National Parks. LI-CHUN CHU WU



Sally Hazlett Woolever ‘50 

627 Winney Hill Rd. 

Oneonta, NY 13820 USA 

woolevcw@oneonta.edu 

607-432-5513 

Judith Schiller Landry ‘51 

1801 Stone Ridge Circle 

Austin, TX 78746-7809 USA 

jlandrytx@earthlink.net 

512-327-2823 

T.Z. Chu ‘52 

12796 Normandy Lane 

Los Altos Hills, CA 94022 USA 

tzchu@tzchu.com 

650-941-5008 

Marianna Presler McJimsey ‘54 

119 E San Miguel St 

Colorado Springs, CO 80903 USA 

mmcjimsey@coloradoCollege.edu 

719-471-1765 

Verda Hostetler Bialac ‘55 

5216 Hamilton St. 

Omaha, NE 68132-1352 USA 

vbialac@omaha.lib.ne.us 

402-558-9349 

Pat McGavran Sheafor ‘56 

2678 South Shore Dr E. 

Frankfort, MI 49635-9553 USA 

psheafor@triton.net 

231-352-4879 

Judy Ebright Warner ‘57 

30 College Avenue 

Buckhannon, WV 26201 USA 

judyewarner@juno.com 

304-472-1907 

Jacquelyn Horton Benjamin ‘58 

PO Box 249 

Emmett, ID 83617-3883 USA 

jackie@bigskytel.com 

208-398-7103 

Tom Robison ‘59 

1407 Thayer Drive 

Richland, WA 99352 USA 

robisont-s@worldnet.att.net 

Li Chu ‘59 

24 Pine Lane 

Los Altos, CA 94022 USA 

LiChuCalif@att.net 

650-949-1279 

traveled to China in April & Nov. She plans a 

trip to Japan to visit the family temple where 

her father & eldest uncle are buried. LOIS 

DUERKSEN DECKERT’s husband Marion had 

a successful liver transplant. “There is a 

miracle in the events of the past year & our 

faith community & worldwide friendships take 

on new significance. We wonder at God’s 

goodness”. RUTH FEIERABEND GENDZWILL 

retired from Lake Superior State U. and enjoys 

her children, grandchildren & garden. DAVID 

GRIFFITHS became President of the Ballston 

Spa Rotary Club and sang in the Saratoga 

Choral Festival. SALLY HAZLETT & BILL 

WOOLEVER continue to work with 

international students and enjoy 

grandchildren. DAVID & Synnove MITCHELL 

were traveling in Pakistan when the Int’l 

Church of Islamabad was bombed while their 

son & family were worshipping there. - Sara 

CLASS of 1951 

Our big push this year is raising class funds 

for the water-harvesting project at Hanifl 

Centre at WS. PARTICIPATION is the key 

word. We want EVERYONE to pledge whatever 

is possible. This has also been a year of 

reunions. We had a good turnout at 

Abbotsford: Carolyn & KEN BONHAM, Pauline 

& NIRMAL CHAND, TERRY & CHARLENE 

CONNELL, WARREN CRAIN, Phyllis & GORDON 

HOSTETLER, Bob & JUDIE LANDRY, TONY 

PARKER, Dan & MARGARET SULLIVAN, 

MARGARET WARD & George & CHARLOTTE 

GOULD WARREN. CHARLOTTE’s arrival was 

very special to those who had not seen her in 

many years. DAPHNE WADE HOUGHAM has a 

connective tissue disorder that keeps her from 

walking for long, but we hope she comes to a 

reunion soon. The Sullivans met Tony & Warren 

in Seattle in May; they also welcomed many to 

their home above the Potomac, among them 

ASHOKE CHATTERJEE who travels often to the 

U.S., London & Mussoorie and updates us on 

India events; Judie & the Connells in May; WIN 

in Dec; & the LANDRYS in Jan. TONY traveled 

to England, Paris & Switzerland and to his son’s 

wedding in MC in Aug. Sadly, Peggy lost her 

battle with cancer in June, so this is a difficult 

year for KEN DYE. The Bonhams visited him 

in Las Vegas en route home from Canada; Lynn 

& STEW STRICKLER also visited Ken and had 

Indian food with Ken, Claire & GEORGIA DAHL 

SCHMUTZ. Some of our class will meet in Las 

Vegas Feb 24-26. Virginia & AL BARROWS 

write frequently about mission activities in 

Brazil. Al’s eye problems continue to be a 

concern. GORDON BARROWS is afflicted with 

Parkinson’s & Alzheimer’s but wants to hear 

from WS friends. KEN BONHAM is trying out 

a new medication, but they continue to travel. 

Their daughter Susan entertained them in Dec 

in NY where she is a nurse. Peggy Bushnell & 

STEW STRICKLER both had surgery this year 

and we wish them good health. Besides his & 

Pauline’s baby-sitting duties with grandchildren, 

NIRMAL CHAND keeps us informed of address 

changes & news. He recently contacted SUDHIR 

& Janet PATEL in Severn, MD and Sudhir wants 

to very much hear from classmates & other 

alumni. The CONNELLS spent some time in FL 

during winter holidays. WARREN CRAIN has 

been in India for several months, mainly in 

Kujaraho, and spent Christmas in Kerala. He was 

‘02 Rotarian of the Year for int’l projects he 

heads. BILL GILSON & Marianna have had 

serious health problems, but are happy that they 

will be great-grandparents in ‘03. We rejoice with 

ROSANNA HAMEL & family in the healing of 

their grandson Cosimo; she appreciates the 

thoughts and greetings that they received 

through that stressful time. LOUISE GAULT JOY 

is secretary of the Friends of Vellore-Victoria 

Assoc. and writes for their newsletter. She just 

completed an essay called “The Joy House at 

Warrandyte” for her children about their beloved 

childhood home. Phyllis HOSTETLER retired 

from the public library. She had rotator cuff 

surgery and a hip replacement this year. Their 

daughter Elaine married Reza Reyazi, June 1. 

En route to Abbotsford they enjoyed an AK 

cruise. JIM & Allie LOEHLIN missed WOSA 

because of a big family reunion in CA. He will 

sail in the Caribbean in Feb. The WINS & 

SULLIVANS took marvelous trips to China, the 

Wins also visiting the 3 Gorges Water 

Conservancy project in Tibet. The Sullivans 

are off to S. Asia in Mar. I enjoyed England so 

much in ‘01, I went again for 2 weeks. Hope 

to see you at WOSA in July! Salaam. - Judie 

CLASS of 1952 

2002 has been a year of reunions, retirement, 

overcoming illnesses & travel. We celebrated 

our 50 th graduation anniversary with 2 

gatherings & lots of sharing of WS memories. 

In July, several “regulars” met at the WOSA 

Reunion: PEGGY EWING DEVINE, JIMMY & 

Gail VIRGIN, JOSIE & Dale HERNDON, LIBBY 

& Harry SHEATHER, JIM & Joan TAYLOR, 

JEAN DOWNIE, JANE WALLBROWN, LALL 

SINGH, DAO-ZEUN (TZ) & Irmgard CHU. Jim 

MC’d the reunion and he & Janie presented 

the worship program. We had a wonderful 

time getting reacquainted with each other. It 

was at the reunion that Josie signed on for

the class tour to India after hearing that WS 

needed help testing students for special 

education. In Oct, we toured India with 

families, friends & two from Class of ’64. On 

the tour were BRUCE & Kay MERRILL, DAVID 

& CORINNE SCOTT, EVA NEUENHOFER COX, 

DITA & Tony HOLLINS, MARGUERITE 

SCHERLING SCHWEITZER, JEAN DOWNIE, 

JANE DOWNS WALLBROWN, BOB & Susan 

STEWART, DARLENE & Bill TENNISON, TZ & 

Irmgard Chu, JOSIE THOBURN HERNDON, 

LILI BERY KHANNA & RAKSHA MEHTA 

TALWAR. (See the reunions page for details.) 

It was particularly gratifying to renew 

friendship with Raksha, Lili & their husbands. 

We were sorry that we missed AJAY & Shobha 

AGARAWAL. After the tour, we located a longlost 

classmate, Rev. RAJ MURCH, who serves 

as the pastor at St. Martins Church in Delhi. 

TZ CHU visited WS 4 times, twice for Board 

meetings, once as the commencement speaker 

and then with Irmgard on the ’52 tour. ED & 

Rachael ERNY returned from The Philippines 

to IN for Ed’s long-deferred hip replacement 

surgery. The operation was a success but he 

had a painful accidental dislocation. They plan 

to return to Philippines in Jan ‘03 to continue 

work in Bible education. BOB GRIFFITHS 

continues his research at Carnegie-Mellon U. 

on quantum numbers & computing. He & TZ 

had a good visit in Pittsburgh in July. Since 

his retirement, QUENTIN HERD is painting, 

writing and slowly unwinding from the intense 

pressure of his job. BILL WAHID NAJ has also 

retired and moved back to Chicago. A restless 

“gypsy”, he has taken a job as a flight 

attendant for a military air transport 

company. DITA KASHYAP HOLLINS’s visits her 

grandchildren in France at every opportunity. 

She & Tony have closed their foundry, giving 

them more time to travel for Tony’s volunteer 

work in Malawi and photographing steam 

engines in remote parts of the world. PHYLLIS 

HALL KING had a scare when Ed reacted 

adversely to meds after a heart bypass graft 

operation. All is now well, thank goodness. 

She is editing her parents’ 2 th book on their 

experiences as medical missionaries in India. 

The 1 st book related to their lives in Korea. 

CAROL DOUGIE DOUGLAS LAMBDIN works 

in St. Petersburg, FL caring for children with 

special needs. GINNY SERVICE McCORMICK 

is still a volunteer at the National Gallery of 

Art and enjoys writing poetry. NANCY MENCE 

celebrated Christmas with her large family 

at home. She looks forward to the America 

Cup races but plans to stay dry and watch 

them on TV. PAUL MITCHELL has retired and 

devotes more time to training for Marathon 

races. He & Donna visited his brother, David, 

in Pakistan. LIZ REES & her sisters regretted 

having to drop out of the India tour and look 

forward to having classmates visit them in NZ. 

DAVID SMITH worried for months as Elouise’s 

shoulder operation had to be postponed 

several times because she experienced 

arrhythmia. We rejoice that all is now well. 

BOB STEWART has “semi-retired” from his 

used machinery business and Susan 

convinced him to join the class tour. Bob has 

a remarkable detailed memory of time spent 

in WS & India and finally had the opportunity 

to share them with Susan “on the ground”. 

MARGUERITE SCHERLING SCHWEITZER & 

husband moved to a new home in time for her 

to join the tour with daughter Stephanie. 

DAVID & Corinne SCOTT had an enriching 18 

mos beginning in ’01 with travel to Scotland 

& Berlin en route to India to teach at the 

Eastern Theological College in Jorhat, Assam. 

They returned for fall semester at the United 

Theological College, Bangalore. The class tour 

appreciated their talks on women issues and 

religions in India. They then went on to 

Pondicherry, enjoying Diwali with close Hindu 

friends. In Bangalore, they were particularly 

touched by an interfaith Kannada drama 

Shantiduta Yasukrista, written by a Muslim 

and choreographed by a Hindu about the story 

of Jesus Christ. LALI SINGH was on the 

organizing committee of the highly successful 

BC WOSA reunion. Her heart belongs to her 

recently adopted grandson, Aman. DARLENE 

BURROWS TENNISON tested out her 

cardiovascular functions, having had bypass 

operation a couple of years ago, by visiting 

their son high up in CO. Her good experience 

convinced them to join the tour. She seemed 

in better shape than the rest of us. We hadn’t 

heard from ALEC THOMSON for some time 

and learned from Joan that Alec was 

diagnosed with bladder cancer 2 yrs ago and 

Joan’s 95-yr-old mother was moved to a 

hospital facility in San Diego. Alec has been 

cancer free since April. JANE DOWNS 

WALLBROWN’s highlights were her travels. 

She visited Iona, Scotland; the Seattle area 

to visit friends from Bali & CONNIE SANFORD 


TRAVAILLE ’54; BC to see LALI SINGH & 

family following the WOSA reunion; & Nepal 

& Tibet before joining the India tour. She was 

elected to the WOSA Council and spends time 

building alumni networks, especially with 

recent graduates. We hereby pass on the 50 th 

graduation anniversary baton with warm 

wishes to the Class of ’54 – the 

sesquicentennial class of WS. - T.Z. 

CLASS of 1954 

Increased communication among classmates 

is wonderful, some of it fueled by interest in 

the 150 th anniversary of WS & our 50 th 

graduation anniversary. RUTH BAUR 

WILLIMAN & BILL MOSHER are in charge of 

our Century Class reunion in India in ‘04, now 

only a year away. I am sad to report that our 

classmate EDDIE DAHL has died. The news 

came via Babs through JUDY SCHILLER 

LANDRY ‘51 who is in touch with Eddie’s 

sister, GEORGIA DAHL SCHMUTZ. Those of 

us at the reunion at SUNITA & Aloke BOSU’s 

home enjoyed getting reacquainted with 

Eddie. He wrote me later that he had such a 

good time there as well. BILL & JANET STARR 

are in WV and hope to join us at WS in ‘04. 

IDA ALTER STRICKLAND & Ed hosted a 15year 

old Russian, Sasha and took her touring 

from Seattle to Los Gatos. Son-in-law Paul is 

doing a PhD, on furlough from Thailand where 

they will return in summer ’03. The 

Stricklands plan to teach English in Italy in 

Mar with Global Volunteers. RUTH BAUR 

WILLIMAN & Orval’s home “Eden on the Lake” 

clearly attracts their 11, soon to be 12, active 

grandchildren. Ruth and Bill Mosher are 

organizing the Century Class reunion in India 

in ‘04. Thus far, 19 classmates have expressed 

an interest. Thank you Ruth & Bill. ANNE 

BURGOYNE HOLMAN-MADSEN & Peter have 

bought a “funky little lava rock house on the 

mountain slope above Kona on Hawaii”. 

MARGRIT BUTZ WALMSLEY enjoys being the 

Admin. Secretary in the Classics & Ancient 

History Dept. of U. of Western Aust. She had 

knee replacement surgery in April and feels 

“lucky & blessed” to live close to her 2 

granddaughters. BARBARA CATTELL 

BRANTINGHAM spent 9 mos camping in her 

home while it was renovated. The “interesting 

adventure” was relieved by visits from family 

& Julian & BOBBIE FOSTER CROWELL. Bab’s 

7 th grandchild was born in Williamsburg and


named Samuel despite grandson Nathan 

wanting to name him Goliath. Babs enjoyed 

the BC reunion. ARNOLD & Simone 

CHESHIRE attended a family wedding in S. 

France in July. Arnie is busy as editor of 

Retired Airline Pilots Newsletter. DIXIE 

CORTNER BROOKE’s son Nicholas received a 

2002 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship for 

his composition “Tone Test”. BILL CURREN 

was visited by DAVE & Molly EVANS during 

their annual cross-country trek. JEREMY 

DAVENPORT was a principal organizer of the 

BC reunion in July. We, as well as the school, 

are most grateful and thank Jerry’s wife 

Evelyn too. CLEM & Brenda DOUGLASS 

moved to Minneapolis. Brenda’s family is 

there and schooling for son Dax is excellent. 

MYRA DOWNIE VAN UXEM & John had a 

“kaleidoscopic year”. They hiked the 

wildflower pilgrimage in Door County, WI. 

Myra attended the WOSA reunion, met her 

Satir friends in Mexico & traveled in China. 

HELGA DUCKSTEIN MORITZ adopted dog #4, 

the mother of her Pekingese. She enjoyed 

taking courses and a trip to Scotland. Dave & 

MOLLY EVANS visited BILL CURREN ‘55 & his 

wife in Little Rock enroute to their summer 

home in ME. The Evans will leave Palo Alto 

in ‘03 for Murphys, in the foothills, where they 

are building a new home. We are thankful that 

Molly has recovered from breast cancer. “Life, 

freedom and the pursuit of happiness are 

precious”. ROBERT FLEMING held his 

audience rapt at the WOSA reunion with his 

knowledge of the Himalayan mountains, 

people, flora & fauna. CONNIE SANFORD 

TRAVAILLE observed, “We could have listened 

to Bob for an hour more. Myra told everyone 

that Bob was in OUR class!” ROBERTA 

FOSTER CROWELL & Julian hosted friends 

from India, Turkey & Algeria. They traveled 

to China to visit the gorges before the 

countryside is flooded. Julian’s father died 

while the Crowells were in China. We all send 

our sympathies, Julian. The reunion allowed 

Bobbie & her 3 sisters to have a mini-reunion. 

Bobbie volunteers for an orchestra, sings in 

a choir and tutors several Turks. They have 

spent 9 yrs in Turkey. PETER & Polly 

HESBACHER spent much of the year 

attending weddings & enjoyed an Aruba 

vacation as well. After investing $43 million 

for 2,000 clients in 18½ years with First 

Investors, Pete is now with MFI American 

Portfolios. Polly’s mother Elsie Smedley died 

on Mother’s Day. We send our condolences, 

Polly. Pete is on the planning committee of 

the American Baptist Convention, NJ and 

looks forward to a multicultural ministry. 

DAVE & Nancy HOLMES plan to attend the 

‘04 class reunion in India & keep in close touch 

with Bill Starr. They hope to visit friends in 

Nepal. BRUCE & Carmen JOHNSON visited 

the Yucatan with their daughter & grandsons 

and spent 2 weeks in Ecuador & Peru with 

son Russell (a CO College grad), a visiting 

professor of tropical biology in Quito, & family. 

Bruce had quadruple bypass heart surgery in 

Jan. His recovery is reflected in his & 

Carmen’s activities - tennis, climbing & hiking. 

Bruce is planning a dinner at his home during 

the ‘04 WOSA reunion. JOAN KOKEN PLANK 

& Don are busy visiting & hosting their large 

families. AK continues to hold its allure for 

them and they took a cruise from Vancouver 

through the Inside Passage. They attended 

Don’s 50 th high school reunion in OH. When 

MARIANNA & Bob MCJIMSEY visited Dick & 

BETTY ANN MCELDOWNEY CONARD, they 

received a jar of delicious guava jelly that 

Betty Ann made. She has been a national 

leader in the area of assisted living for the 

elderly. WINNIE MCGAVERN GRIFFEN & Dixie 

Cortner Brooke spent 2 weeks in a beautiful 

cabin in ME. BILL MOSHER has taken Warren 

Wilson students to S. Asia for 27 years. We 

are fortunate to have such an experienced 

organizer for ‘04. MALTI NANDA KHANNA 

calls WS friends in the US when visiting son 

Karan & family in Seattle and visited Babs & 

Connie recently. Her husband is Kamal & other 

son is Madhar. Bob & I appreciated the 

materials she sent for a course we taught on 

Indian history at Colorado College last spring. 

RICHARD & Maria PARKER moved from 

Sweetwater into an old farmhouse in Columbia 

and bid adieu to their goats, horses, chickens, 

dogs & peacocks. Maria is a nurse at Fulton 

State Prison and the 4 children are in 8 th & 

9 th grades. ILSE PAULSEN NAJ spent the year 

visiting kids & friends. She looks forward to 

accompanying her daughter to China to adopt 

a girl in ‘03. CONNIE SANFORD TRAVAILLE 

enjoyed the reunion. She wonders about a 

class gift for WS to acquire art by alumni & 

Indian artists. Our own class is honored by 

Anne Burgoyne Holman-Madsen’s watercolors 

& oil paintings, for example. Connie visits her 

parents often in LA, CA. EVA SEEGULL 

CHANDLER & Michael hear from JUNE 

HINTON in Blackpool, who would like reunion 

news. The Chandler’s son David has published 

From Kosovo to Kabul: Human Rights and 

International Intervention (Pluto Press). Eva 

is undergoing medical tests for recurring 

dizziness. LORE VON TUCHER has made 

music an important part of her life again. She 

takes piano and plays in a newly formed 

orchestra & a chamber music quartet. She 

honed her French on a 2-wk holiday in Ottawa 

& other parts of Ontario. MARIANNA 

PRESLER MCJIMSEY & Bob welcomed a 

daughter-in-law (George’s wife) & grandson 

(daughter Elizabeth’s). I led a group of 

Colorado Coll. faculty to Japan to visit 5 

universities in May, then joined Bob in London 

where he taught a course on the “Age of 

Newton”. I very much appreciate the 

opportunity to assist in class communications. 

Cheers. - Marianna 

CLASS of 1955 

We are a class in retirement, partial 

retirement, or planning retirement. ALENE 

WILSON WYATT went to halftime and husband 

David retires in June. Alene taught a course 

in daycare management this fall. They 

continue to travel to Thailand. JOHN GILSON 

is mostly retired. He likes to go frogging & 

duck hunting with his son-in-law & grandson. 

He & Tura will begin remodeling their cabin 

in NC. STEWART ROBINSON teaches part-time 

and retires this June, but will continue 

research projects. He & Glenda celebrate 

their 41 st wedding anniversary this year while 

VERNE & Shirley PHILLIPS celebrate their 

46 th . The soymilk & tofu project RANJIT SINGH 

PAL began last year is doing well in Pune and 

he is busy promoting the health benefits. 

Ranjit’s hobbies often entrap him in 

entrepreneurial enterprises. DON MACKAY 

retires from teaching in June. He & Esther 

became the grandparents of 2 sets of twins 

this year - quadruple the fun. This does not 

keep them from award-winning competitive 

ballroom dancing. BILL & Lib KINZIE, another 

dancing couple, attend large convocations for 

square dancing. They have returned to the 

church of their roots, the Church of the 

Brethren. Weddings occupied EILEEN NEEVE 

SWINFEN, CAROL LUBBERS BABCOCK, 

VERDA HOSTETLER BIALAC & BETTY ANN

MCELDOWNEY CONARD a good part of the 

year. Betty Ann’s daughter had the most 

dramatic wedding at the Victoria Falls in 

Zimbabwe. SYNNOVE SVENDBERG 

MITCHELL attended Shanna Babcock’s 

wedding. Verda & Emeline were blessed with 

the presence of BOB & SALLY STODDARD (S), 

RUTH THOBURN & HEEA HALDER VAZIRANI- 

FALES. Heea is newly assigned as counsel to 

the Congress’s Subcommittee on Civil Service. 

BOB REAM, chair of Montana’s Democratic 

Party, had a successful election season with 

7 democrats making it to the state legislature. 

SYNNOVE SVENDBERG MITCHELL ’50 & 

David were in Pakistan when the church there 

was attacked. Son Jon’s wife was injured by 

shrapnel. TEAM sent them to Pakistan again 

to support church members after additional 

attacks. Jon is back in Pakistan, but his family 

remains in the UK. They attended the Pakistan 

reunion, as did Ruth T. & JOSIE THOBURN 

HERNDON ’52. LYLE & Clare THOBURN 

attended a Thoburn reunion with all his 

siblings. Clare has successfully recovered 

from breast cancer. Ruth T. & Verda 

represented the class at the WOSA/NA 

Reunion in July. KATHY HARTLEY ORANJE has 

a spread-out family to visit. Her son lives in 

Australia, her daughter in the US. MADHU 

MEHTA returned from months on other 

continents tending her business; her children 

are both in the US but on either coast. PRAMA 

SONDHI BHANDARI has a similar situation 

with children & grandchildren in the US & 

Hong Kong. Prama wrote just before the New 

Year that her father had suffered a heart 

attack and she was caring for him. BECKY 

BECKER MOREL’s father died this year and 

Becky wrote his memorial service. She & 

Claude zoomed 7,000 miles tracing Becker & 

Houser roots in the eastern US. The mothers 

of Don Mackay, BILL KINZIE & KATHY 

BASKETTE MONOHAN are in their 90’s. Don’s 

mother is happy holding a baby. Our other 

intrepid travelers are FRANK EMERSON, 

BETTY ANN, EILEEN NEEVE SWINFEN & ANN 

WORKMAN DWYER. Trips took Frank to S. 

India; Betty Ann to NZ, Australia, Singapore, 

Bali & Zimbabwe; Ann to MD, the Isles of 

Shoals off NH, NYC, TN, Seattle, Ventura & 

next to Chile; and Eileen to S. France, Seattle 

& Vancouver to visit sisters. All were 

accompanied by spouses. PEGGY 

ENSMINGER MOE had knee surgery, followed 

by injuring her “good” shoulder using a cane. 

She is resigned to giving up her garden & 

moving into a condo, which she & Roger may 

build. The cancer that PAT DEVOL HAYNES 

survived after massive treatments including 

radiation has returned and has metastasized 

in her lungs. PRIS DEVOL COX lives nearby 

and helps care for Pat when she has 

treatments. Pat’s husband Russ reports that 

she is serene & calm, that her faith sustains 

her and that she lends others strength. All of 

our prayers are with Pat & her family. DON & 

Wedding of Carol Lubbers Babcock’s daughter, Shanna. Oct. 26 th 2002. Carol ‘55, Shanna & Jim 

Trelford, and Synnove Svendberg Mitchell ’55 


Fan CLOUD took a trip with the Traveling 

Aggies to Russia after he had knee 

replacement surgery earlier in the year. 

VERDA HOSTETLER BIALAC will once again 

be the interim director of the Omaha Public 

Library system for about 6 mos. She enjoys 

being on the WOSA/NA Council including 

helping with “Living on the Edge” which you 

must buy in ‘04. - Verda 

CLASS of 1956 

STEVE HOLM & Glenda continue to enjoy 

retirement, traveling, working with Habitat for 

Humanity, celebrating their 40 th wedding 

anniversary in Sept and looking forward to a 

HI cruise with a mini-reunion on Maui with 

Charlie & Maxine Mark and Scrib & Pat 

Sheafor in Mar. TOM MANTON is in Karlovy 

Var, Czech Republic, one of the most famous 

spas in the world & in operation for over 650 

years. He loves working from there. CHARLIE 

MARK loves the heat in Kehei, HI; flies to Oahu 

every day to keep the airline industry going. 

He also ventured back to “the big dirt” to visit 

family. Charlie “feels spry most of the time”. 

TED MOSHER is both a new grandfather 

(Ethan b. Jan 14 ’03) and an author! “The Life 

and Work of Arthur T. Mosher” is available at 

xlibris.com. He is immersed in a photooriented 

account of his mother’s ancestors. 

BECKY SNYDER PETERS & Pete are still in 

WV with their electronic and Radio Shack 

franchise that gives them opportunities to 

travel in Mexico. They added a hunting & 

fishing department targeted at tourists. 

Becky’s nutrition consulting allows her to 

minister to the poor. Becky hopes to be at the 

’04 reunion in India. ELISABETH TOYBERG 

PETTERSSON & Eric continue to globetrot in 

her retirement. She carries her professional 

skills to Gambia and Zambia teaching local 

delegates the principles of safe handling of 

medical waste and may go to Mauritius in Jan 

’03. DIANA SINGH ROY is making a major 

difference in the lives of animals in Mumbai 

working with the SPCA to rescue abandoned 

donkeys. As trucks take over transport, 

donkeys are left roaming the streets and the 

SPCA is working to move them the Dharma 

Donkey Sanctuary 800 km east of Mumbai. 

Diana was on the Times of India FM channel 

speaking on behalf of the Bombay SPCA. 

MARGARET LOEHLIN SHAFER & Byron lead 

the way in staying involved and making a


difference. She is a 2 th time proud 

grandmother. They are planning a sabbatical 

in India next fall and are back from a mission 

trip to Egypt where she experienced true 

ecumenism in a Muslim country, where people 

live their faith by caring for others less 

fortunate. The court case against NYC 

continues and is helping to increase 

awareness of homelessness. MARIAN RICE 

SIGMON retired in Aug ‘01 and is enjoying 

adjusting. She lives on a small farm with her 

children & grandchildren nearby, learning to 

quilt, gardening, hiking & biking. She hopes 

to make the ’03 WOSA reunion. PAT 

MCGAVRAN SHEAFOR & Scrib love being 

retired and are “on the road again”. Pat & 

daughter Sarah had a trip to Tanzania last 

Mar. The cottage renovation is finally 

complete and after planning to spend the 

winter in MI, they are house-sitting on Maui 

instead. Looking forward to a mini-reunion 

with Charlie, Max, Steve and Glenda in Mar. 

Please get in touch, send us news of 

classmates and remember WS needs our 

monies in addition to our hearts & memories. 

Dhaniabhad!- Pat 

CLASS of 1957 

Our 45 th Class Reunion in Black Mountain, NC 

last June was a tremendous success. There 

is a glowing report in this Quad. It’s always 

hard to describe the perfect class and the 

perfect reunion. JIM & Karen HAVENS are 

donating his Cunieform Peace Sculpture to WS 

as our class gift which we are tremendously 

excited about. JERRY & Wanda HOWARD are 

busy with their farm, horses & family and 

Jerry has the huge task of getting Jim’s 

sculpture to WS. AYESHA SINGH BERGER is 

in Zurich, Switz., teaching adult education. 

Happy news of SYLVIA SKINNER MAHINDROO 

who lives in Mussoorie and has 2 children & 

2 grandchildren. MARY ELLEN GIBB 

MILLBRANTH & Don have turned their hobby 

of building dollhouse furniture into a business 

and opened a small retail shop. ANN 

ALDRIDGE DAHL & Paul are both retiring in 

Jan and plan to travel. They were blessed with 

their 11 th grandchild. DAN & Lois KOBAL are 

active with The Explorers Club preparing for 

its centennial in ‘04 and were blessed with 

twin grandsons in July. JUDY CARPENTER’s 

good news is her marriage to Charlie Miller, 

a long time friend. They are happy in 

Washington, DC. Ken & MARY FOLSOM 

KELLER have been traveling in their camper 

to many wonderful places, visiting family & 

friends and pursuing their passion for 

genealogy & bird watching. DAVID & Eleanor 

FIOL came from India to our class reunion 

bringing wonderful up-to-date pictures & 

information on WS. MARY CAROL SNEAD still 

teaches high school but managed to travel 

with husband Dan to Nova Scotia & New 

Brunswick, and makes frequent 500 mile trips 

to see their grandchildren. Her brother LARRY 

SNEAD delights in his daughters & 2 

granddaughters who live in the Beaverton 

area. LINDA DOBSON & Bob KROGH 

hotfooted it between the births of 2 

grandchildren, born a few days & a few miles 

apart. They work tirelessly for the Democratic 

Party. JUDY DILLINGHAM just returned from 

a fabulous trip to the Himalayas including Kulu 

& Tibet. She found camping at 10,000 feet 

hard. LARRY & Ineke CUNNINGHAM were in 

NZ where Larry broke his knee but he is on 

the road to recovery. CAROLE CARPENTER 

& Ed EDISON enjoy Sun City and traveling to 

sister Judy’s house in Washington, DC and to 

the house they share in CO. ASHA GHEI & 

Vasu VASUDEVA were all set to come to our 

reunion but Vasu developed some heart 

problems that kept them from flying. DON & 

Carolyn EMMERSON couldn’t come to our 

reunion as Don was in Nikko, Japan, 

dedicating a replacement gate for a centuryplus-old 

house and visiting childhood places. 

MARIAN GRIFFITHS & John Bare are moving 

John’s office into their home and look forward 

to retirement someday. Marian sings in the 

church choir and they love visiting children & 

grandchildren. RUTH KESSELRING & Nick 

ROYAL traveled to Ontario, Quebec & the 

Maritime Provinces with sister Jean. Ruth 

writes, braids rugs & gardens. They recently 

visit PAM STALEY HERR, author of 2 books 

who is now working on a study/biography of a 

little known CA poet. FRED KOKEN has nearly 

completed a new house. One wing has a trophy 

room that will be a Natural History Museum 

open for field trips for Juneau schools. JOYCE 

LARSON LEMASTER loves having son Doug 

& wife living nearby after several years of 

work in London. BETH PARKER JACKS is the 

Education & Infection Control Coord for 

Halstead Hospital in KS and visits her 3 

children & 5 grandchildren. ASHOK & Carolyn 

MAYADAS commute into NYC together by train 

where she teaches at Hunter College High 

School and he goes to the Sloan offices in 

Rockefeller Center. They have recently 

become grandparents. MARK & Sharon 

WELCH visit their 4 children, play with their 

2 Shih Tzus and keep the class updated on 

political issues. COURT DASPIT writes grants 

for the Philadelphia government for energy 

projects & lead hazard control programs. He 

has overhauled the city housing agencies’ 

design standards for new construction & 

rehab and is not yet ready to retire. JOAN 

BENEDICT AKERS is a harried Travel Agent 

but relaxes with knitting, reading and her 3 

children & families. MARY JEAN CRAIN & Dan 

MORENO have both retired but Jeano still 

volunteer tutors. They travel a lot and spend 

winter in the TX Hill Country. BETTY & Iqbal 

KHAN are retired in Lucknow and often visit 

their 3 children & families. JANET FOSTER & 

Bill ANDERSON enjoy Ashland for its theatre 

and opportunities for physical activity: tennis, 

cross-country skiing, hiking, biking & walking. 

They keep in touch with family and indulge in 

their passion for reading. LESLIE BRYANT is 

a real estate broker & builder in Marco Island 

& Naples, FL. His son is in 7 th grade. ELLEN 

BARTLETT & Leonard NODELMAN moved to 

the family house in CT where Ellen hopes to 

write, play cello & piano, garden & sing with 

a local chorus. JON RICKEY & Dagne SOLLID 

have formed a Curry Club in NM and traveled 

6000 mi. this past summer to visit family & 

friends all around the country. Rick still goes 

on a yearly hunting expedition with Mark. 

JOHN & Joan KINZIE live in VA where John 

works with Ethyl Corporation in a lubrication 

laboratory. They look forward to retiring to 

their lot on Lancaster Creek overlooking the 

salt marshes. DAN & Linda SANFORD are still 

pastoring in MN and regrettably missed our 

reunion due to a scheduling conflict with Dan’s 

parents wedding anniversary. ESTHER SHULL 

& Barry RILEY are semi-retired; Esther 

continues freelance writing, snorkeling, 

traveling, enjoying family and keeping our 

class up-dated on political issues. JOHN 

ROBIN PILLEY hosts 2 websites and has 

started one for our class, studies under a 

Native American medicine woman and glories 

in his 75 acres near the Canadian border 

where he holds Vision Quests. GABY LASER- 

UEBEL enjoys concerts & theatre all over

Germany & Austria, visiting nursing homes 

and biking tours with her husband. KATHLEEN 

KNOX & Arch MCLEAN are busy with 6 

children & 12 grandchildren, travel, and work 

on the farm, tapping maple trees and making 

syrup. Kay volunteers in classrooms doing 

speech therapy. SUZY TRUMBULL couldn’t get 

to our reunion from Aust. where she is a 

freelance translator (Japanese to English) 

and editor in a Tokyo-based company, 

Wordcraft Inc. We missed MICHAEL & Joan 

SELZER at our reunion. We hope BOB 

WAGNER is okay in AK and want to connect 

with him soon. As for us, JUDY EBRIGHT & 

John WARNER, we glory in being 

grandparents. I play my violin in our 

orchestra, spend time with my sisters and love 

living in this little town in WV. - Judy 

CLASS of 1958 

The Class of ‘58 will hold its 45 th class reunion 

prior to the WOSA 2003 reunion July 11-14, 

at Manchester Coll, IN. TERRY CONNELL is 

looking for your ideas to make it a memorable 

one. STELLA ACTON GREENE’s husband 

Irving is gravely ill with brain cancer. JEAN 

BENEDICT & Pete HURLEY became 1 st time 

grandparents to William Andrew on Nov 12. 

They traveled to Scotland and built a cinder 

block house in Rio Bravo, Mexico in 2½ 

days. They hosted MONDIRA TALUKDAR & 

Inderjit LALL in the fall; and JEAN “spent a 

wonderful few hrs with BARBARA CHRISTY 

FILNER as well”. JUDY BENHAM WEINSTEIN 

loves retirement, visiting family in MI, CA & 

MD. Daughter Anna wed Zeph Landau in June 

in Stinson Beach, CA. She, husband Steve & 

friends from Holland & Belarus traveled up 

the CA coast to Crater Lake. Other travels 

included Jamaica, Japan & Holland. 

ROSEMARY BLICKENSTAFF & Greg 

ARMSTRONG keep busy with bird watching, 

travel, grandchildren, theatre and 

volunteering with the U. of the Third Age. Greg 

sings in a barbershop chorus. RICHARD 

BROWN was honored with a Presidential 

Distinguished Honor Award in 2001 for his 

work in USAID, from which he retired in 

2000. He says his wife Georgia is the one who 

deserved this honor. He is working for Winrock 

International and travels extensively to S. 

America, Africa, Central Asia & The 

Philippines. In Aug ‘01 he climbed Mount 

Kilimanjaro. LYNDA BUFFINGTON 

MCCREARY teaches Language Arts & Art, 

makes pottery, spins and weaves in Trinity, 

TX. Son Clay is a relief veterinarian; daughter 

Charla is a mom to 4 daughters; daughter 

Jana practices law in Dallas. BARBARA 

CHRISTY FILNER eagerly awaits the arrival 

of her 1 st grandchild, Madeline, in Feb. WALLY 

CHRISTY is at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in 

Ann Arbor, MI, doing patient care, teaching 

and admin. Daughter in Pittsburgh has given 

him the joy of grandparenting twin 3-yearolds. 

Son Steve lives in London, UK. 

TERRENCE CONNELL enjoys getting together 

with Woodstockites as Charlene edits Living 

On the Edge: Tales of Woodstock School, at 

the DC curry club, KWI & WOSA 

gatherings. These have whet his appetite for 

this summer’s reunion. MARGO ELLIOTT & 

Doyle COOK sold their home in Jan and live 

in their RV - and love it. As part of RV MAPS, 

they did volunteer building of small churches 

in TX, VA, RI & AK. They expect to go next to 

FL. Margo’s father died Dec 19. BOB FIOL 

works in the administrative offices of the 

Presby. Church in America. He has a heavy 

travel schedule but carves out time for his 

children & grandchildren. STANLEY & Delores 

FRIESEN travel, research & educate on HIV/ 

AIDS in Africa and plan to attend the 

Mennonite World Conference in Zimbabwe in 

Aug. Stanley is interim pastor of the oldest 

W. coast Mennonite church in Paso Robles. 

Delores teaches a wide variety of students at 

the seminary. She is building an endowment 

for a faculty chair at the Mennonite Brethren 

Centenary Bible College in Shamshabad, 

India. They spent holidays in FL with their 3 

children & families. LARRY HALL retired from 

the school district in Sept to a new mountain 

home about 2 hrs from Denver. He welcomes 

all to his San Felipe, Baja Mexico beach home 

or his summer home in CO. Email first! His 

dog got into a porcupine and had 126 quills 

removed. ANN HIGGINS STRUMPEN-DARRIE 

tutors ESL to adults at the YWCA and children 

at a local elementary school. She enjoys 

cross-country skiing, while husband Michael 

is an avid helicopter snowboarder. Daughter 

Christine works for Cravath law firm in 

NYC. Daughter Beth is at Northeastern U. Ann 

& Michael connected with MARGO SNYDER 

& John BENSENHAVER at a family wedding 

at William & Mary. DIANE HOLLOWAY YIM 

had 8 shows of her fabric design line this fall. 


Her sales increased and she enjoys the 

appreciation. Her digital camera aids 

sales. Cal works p/t for an orthodontist; son 

Robin is pastor of a UMC in Portland; son Chris 

is pastor of a Presby. church in Germantown, 

MD. KEITH & Janet JOHNSON welcomed their 

children for Christmas: Amy is a graphic artist 

for Persimmon Design in San Diego; Scott is 

bureau chief for Newsweek in Mexico; & Keith 

is in Afghanistan. Janet paints and cares for 

Keith’s 92-year-old mother. They traveled to 

NC, ID & Spain. Jan will find them in Mexico 

City. FRANK & Yasuyo KAWASAKI spend 3 mos 

in Japan every year and the rest in Belfast, 

ME. “I like to spend time in our cabin in the 

woods and observe what goes on among the 

flora & fauna.” He is an architect. J. PAUL 

LANDREY works for TOPIC, an int’l coalition 

of pastoral training organizations that works 

to equip 2-thirds of the world’s pastoral 

leaders. PATRICIA LEECH & Andre SONNARD 

entertained Andre’s sister from Switz. with a 

trip to BC, CA, the Cascades, OR desert, the 

N. Rockies & a cruise from Vancouver to 

AK. Daughter Janine teaches grade 2; son 

David started at the CIBC Bank. MARY ELLEN 

MACKAY STEGENGA enjoyed the BC reunion, 

driving from Toronto with a friend with stops 

to visit friends & relatives. Husband Kees had 

a heart attack while she was gone but has 

been in good health since. Her mother is 96. 

MAXINE MAY MANGES-FOSS was full-time 

contractor, designer & whip for the remodeling 

of her condo; “It was enough to drive a sane 

person over the edge and for the most part 

the job turned out beautifully”. CHARLES 

MARK ‘56 works for Aloha Airlines on Oahu, 

commuting 5 days a week from Maui. JEAN 

MITCHELL SPITZER is making small strides 

in offering ‘Grace Notes’ to local medical 

facilities as a Therapeutic Musician. She & 

Bob find life in Chicago rich with music, 

birding & friends. They were in Aurora, CO 

for Christmas with daughter Sarah & family 

and son John announced a new grandson on 

Dec 22. PAMELA MORADA & Tino TENTI 

marlin-fished in Panama in Feb - she caught 

5 sailfish! In Oct they took grandchildren 6 & 

9 on holiday. They enjoyed a week skiing in 

Dec. “Anyone coming to Switzerland, please 

visit!” SHIV & Madhu NANDA returned to 

Muscat, Oman after 12 yrs in India. He loves 

being back. The 3 children have visited them 

and their childhood haunts & memories. He


Class of ’59 (l-r): Jackson Day, Alice Clague, Joie Garlow Gray, Norman Mundhenk and Philip 

McEldowney at the boabab tree, Mali in January 2003 

runs, plays squash & does yoga. Madhu writes 

for a health magazine and fundraises for a 

school for handicapped children. Last summer 

they visited the children in NYC: Samira with 

Reuters TV; Raman with McKinsey; & Arjun a 

freshman at NYU studying Economics. 

ROBERT SHERBURNE NICOLL found us after 

44 years. He worked for the Australian 

Geological Survey in Canberra, Australia, 

from ‘71 to ’99. He is researching and 

gardening in the current drought. His wife 

Doris takes painting. Daughter Emily is a GP 

in Lismore. BRENDA NOE & Bob 

MONTGOMERY saw their 4 children & 7 

grandchildren recently. Brenda is a volunteer 

Parish Nurse for her church and orders & 

distributes food for the co-op program. They 

plan to spend more time at their summer 

cottage in Pentwater, MI. ”If you’re ever in 

our neck of the woods, we’d love to see you.” 

HELEN POONG SMITH sends her regards & 

looks forward to the class reunion & WOSA 

‘03 reunion, which she is chairing. CAROLYN 

REINOEHL BAKER teaches Family & 

Consumer Sciences in middle school. She is 

an advisor to the Reach Out Club, a community 

service program. Stu is pastor of the 

UMC. They’ve been in Stratford, CT, for 10 

years and enjoy the town. Carolyn & sister 

ANN REINOEHL BRADFORD ’54 visit their 

mother (turning 100 in Feb) in Claremont, CA, 

3-4 times a year. MARGO SNYDER 

BENSENHAVER is a p.t. reading clinician; 

John is a p.t. Veterinarian, tending 37 goats 

while in the process of selling his 

practice. They traveled to Galveston & San 

Antonio TX, to celebrate John’s 65 th birthday 

and were visited by WS roommate and ‘the 

other Margo’: MARGO ELLIOTT & Doyle 

COOK. Her mom (87) completed her memoirs 

of years in Afghanistan & Pakistan. MONDIRA 

TALUKDAR & Inderjit LALL will celebrate 

their 40 th on Valentine’s Day, ‘03. They visited 

sons in NJ & NYC during Sept. Ranjan is Head 

of Finance for the World Financial Centre in 

NYC; Rohan works in Dubai; Robin works in 

NJ. Mondira is in touch with classmates 

Pamala Tenti & Jean Hurley. MAYA TANDON 

& Promodh MALHOTRA attended the BC 

reunion, then toured the Canadian & US 

Rockies, visiting JACKIE & Immanuel 

BENJAMIN before returning home. Promodh 

made several trips to India to assist Maya’s 

father, who was 91 in June. MAYA will help 

TERRY & Charlene Chitambar CONNELL find 

their new home in ‘03. HELEN VIRGIN & 

Gordon FLANAGAN attended the Virgin 

reunion at the WOSA/NA reunion. As Gordon 

put it, “one ex-Virgin (Helen) and 3 Virgin 

brothers”. How many of us remember Helen 

talking in her sleep? Oh, the stories! MARTY 

VROON & John REINSTRA celebrated their 

40 th ; her mother turned 90; her 5 th grandchild 

was born before her eyes. Their 4 children & 

families spent Christmas with them on Lake 

Michigan. Marty launched the Network to 

Empower Women and will publish her book 

With Both Wings in Aug. ”I undertook this 

because the human race is still like a bird 

trying to fly with one wing.” Email her for 

more information. Marty also paints & sculpts. 

SYED ZAIDI retired as the head of the Delhi 

U. philosophy department at 62. He is backing 

a smartcard company that will compete with 

Mastercard & Visa. His American son is a 

senior at Princeton & his 7-yr-old daughter is 

at the British School in Delhi. He expressed 

appreciation for the Bob Stoddards in his life. 

JACQUELYN HORTON BENJAMIN, class 

secretary, has returned to the knitting she 

learned in Karachi at 12 and is learning to 

spin wool & alpaca fiber. The small town of 

Emmett, ID has allowed her to get closer to 

the earth and the crafts which it provides, e.g. 

basket weaving, soap making & fiber arts. She 

plays piano & organ again. Immanuel is still 

practicing as a general surgeon. The 

memorable voice of the year was Mondira’s 

when Jackie called her while she was with 

Robin in NJ. - Jacquelyn 

CLASS of 1959 

2002 has been fairly quiet for this class. 

CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON & MARILYN 

BECKER PETERS lost their fathers early in 

‘02 while both WELDON FRIESEN & GAIL 

PILLEY HARRIS lost their mothers. 

Christopher, Marilyn & Weldon remain 

frequent travelers, Christopher to Bangalore 

& London to visit his son. Marilyn still travels 

to Costa Rica and Weldon visited the clinic he 

supports in India. LI CHU was in India last 

spring at WS & KIS to help install the new 

alumni database shared by KWI and the 

schools as the database administrator. She is 

busy tracking down current addresses from 

her home computer in CA. BONNIE MCGRAW 

was ordained last June as an elder in the 

United Methodist Church; she serves 2 

churches in PA. In Aug, several of us met at

the BC reunion: ROBERT BONHAM, LI CHU, 

ALICE SOKOLOVE CLAGUE, MAREN 

EDLEFSEN CRAIG, LIZ FOSTER, LINDSAY 

FISKE HOFMAN, GIL OSGOOD, DICK SMITH, 

DAVID CHANCE & ALAN VICHERT. David was 

on vacation from his job at the INS at Los 

Angeles airport, while Alan & family are busy 

clearing fields to plant a vineyard. Martha, 

Gil’s wife, brought a beautiful quilt of the Lyre 

Tree that she had designed and made to the 

reunion. Robert delighted us with an 

impromptu piano concert one evening. As I 

write this, ALICE CLAGUE, JACKSON DAY, 

PHILIP MCELDOWNEY & NORM MUNDHENK 

are gathering with JOIE GARLOW GRAY in 

Bamako, Mali–they will visit Timbuktu! NORM 

MUNDHENK is still in Papua New Guinea and 

spends time in Indonesia. JOYCE DOWNIE 

CHAPMAN moved to Townsville, QLD, Aust, 

recovering well from quadruple bypass 

surgery of last summer; she stays active in 

her church choir. EMILY LANE is in London, 

an editor of illustrated books. She travels in 

Europe a lot. JUDY SCOVEL ROBINSON & 

JANE MILLER POWELL are also in the UK. 

MARGARET LEHMAN SCHERZINGER was 

“found” this year living in IN, having lost touch 

since 1984. LEE BROOKSHIER DAVIS in 

Washington DC, DALE ANDERSON 

FINLAYSON in Scotland & NEIL MCDOUGALL 

in NZ remain active voices in our email group. 

We hope that those of you who have been 

silent will get in touch. – Li 

CLASS of 1962 

Our Person of the Year awards go to DAVID 

EAKIN for instigating the great email 40 th 

reunion & to DOUG WILKENS for locating 

so many “lost” classmates. Now, almost 60 

“Sixty-Twoers” have been sharing memories 

ranging from detailed accounts of “what 

really happened”, adventures with TP, 

“trains and general friskiness”, contraband 

concoctions to memories of favorite 

teachers and sensory images of Landour. 

“Being ‘found’ and the subsequent flurry of 

emails is gratifying” wrote one formerly lost 

classmate. CAROL ALDRICH SANDLIN 

substitutes at a high school special ed 

center with severely mentally retarded 

students. She’s a poll officer for the new 

computer voting machines used in the Nov 

elections. Carol has given up running due 

to feet that give out on her so she walks 

nearly every day. Carol & Buddy’s oldest 

grandchild Matthew is in high school. They 

are preparing for a safari in Kenya/Tanzania 

in ‘03. DAVID BENEDICT works in Little 

Rock. He & Delores have 2 children, 

Susannah(11) and Carey(5). Married 

daughter Laura(27) lives in Pittsburgh. Son 

Geoff(23) is at Malone College. CLAIRE 

BRAIBANTI HAROLD is an interior designer 

now in Chapel Hill, NC. She has 2 sons, Ken 

& Mike. BETH BROWN HEATH & husband 

retired from farming & teaching, moved 

from their home of 37 yrs to a condo, bought 

Class of ‘59. Back (l-r): Alice Sokolove, Clague Liz Foster, Li Chu, Robert Bonham, Gil Osgood, 

Lindsay Fiske Hofman, Maren Edelefsen Craig In Front: Dick Smith, Shiv Nanda ‘58, David Chance 


a motor home and spend 9-10 mos a year 

in FL or traveling around the US. Son Bob 

develops family land into residential 

subdivisions. Daughter Bekah & husband 

lost their newborn daughter this fall. Bekah 

is a technical writer. Daughter Barbara is 

a chiropractor in Milan. JOAN BROWNE 

BOOKS & Stuart moved back to Madison, 

WI. They have made room in their home for 

Joan’s parents to help care for her Dad, 

Frenchie, whose health has been a concern. 

JUDITH BUDD STEVENSON is a real estate 

agent with Long & Foster in Cumberland, 

MD. STEVE CLARDY is the Director of 

Customer Satisfaction Management for 

Siemens ICN. On email he shared some 

hilarious escapades from his Hostel days. 

MARGARET CLOUGH SWETNAM teachs 

young children with autism. She hopes to 

retire when Stuart does in 3 yrs. They have 

5 grandchildren. Son David completed his 

BS degree & finalized his US citizen status. 

Daughter Elizabeth will start college in ‘03. 

Daughter Ruth has begun nurses’ training. 

JOE DEVOL & Judy sold their home & live 

in their motor home while their new Palm 

Springs home is built. Joe teaches in the 

Education Dept of California Baptist U. 

Every other year he takes a group of college 

students to India & Nepal but this year they 

may go to China. GEORGE DOBSON 

maintains computers, teaches literacy & 

numeracy in an Australian Aboriginal 

community 100 miles west of his home in 

Rockhampton, Queensland. Daughter 

Liz(23) is a program officer in the local 

Dept. of Health. Mark(32) is a bicycle 

courier while Matthew is in hospitality at a 

large int’l hotel. Dan(25) hopes to train auto 

mechanics. PETER DOWNS is a Foreign 

Disaster Assistance Evaluation Officer for 

USAID in DC, an agency that responds to 

worldwide humanitarian needs. Suchada 

(Nai) teaches Thai to foreign service 

officers. Son Paul (19) is a master at 

computers and attends Marymount C. 

DAVID EAKIN has a busy chimney sweeping 

business, assisted by his daughters. David 

unleashed a fury of responses when he 

wrote to all, “I’ve been thinking about WS. 

It was a long time ago and my memory is 

cloudy, filled with 40 yrs of other living. But, 

I would like to share a few of my memories 

with you and, I hope, shake loose some



Rodney W. Jones ‘60 

11632 Sourwood Ln 

Reston, VA 20191-3043 USA 

703-476-6562 

rwjones@capaccess.org 

Harriet Parker Moeur ‘61 

531 Northwestern Dr 

Claremont, CA 91711-4148 USA 

hmoeur@jsd.claremont.edu 

909-624-9102 

Sue Warner Birkinshaw ‘62 

1893 East 5725 S. 

Ogden, UT 84403 USA 

joinesbirkis@yahoo.com 

801-479-3601 

Suzanne Turner Hanifl ‘63 

41 Sandalwood Lane 

Barrington Hills, IL 60010 USA 

suzhani@aol.com 

847-381-6257 

Christine Duewel ‘64 

Box 955 Shepherdstown, WV 25443 USA 

s1b00423@mail.wvnet.edu 

304-876-2442 

Patricia Riddle ‘65 

6211 Soledad Mountain Rd 

San Diego, CA 92037 USA 

bear.press@sdccu.net 

858-459-0659 

Catherine Whitcomb ‘66 

618 Sheridan Square 

Evanston, IL 60202 USA 

CateWhitcomb@attbi.com 

847-869-6920 

Margo Warner Curl ‘67 

1468 Rumbaugh Circle 

Wooster, OH 44691 USA 

mcurl@acs.wooster.edu 

330-263-1063 

June Rodin Michealsen ‘68 

115 East Pueblo 

Santa Barbara, CA 93105 USA 

jmichaelsen@juno.com 

805-687-0661 

Mary Self Skarsten ‘69 

7 Appian Drive 

Willowdale, ON M2J 2P7 Canada 

maryselfskarsten@hotmail.com 

416-223-4787 

response from the collective memory.” 

Thank you, David! DOUGLAS ENSMINGER 

has been chaplain at the VA medical center 

in Houston for 6 yrs. He interacts with 

people of diverse ethnicity & religious 

backgrounds. Doug feels that growing up in 

multicultural multi-religious Delhi & his 

experience at WS taught him to value 

diversity. JONATHAN FISKE left WS at the 

beginning of 11 th grade & completed high 

school at the American Army school in 

Heidelberg, Germany where his father was 

stationed. Jon is a lawyer for Rotary Int’l 

and lives in Germany. RICHARD FRIESEN 

shared WS memories in the class emails. 

CHARLES GIBB & Dianne finished a 3-yr 

project designing & building their dream 

summer home on a lake, spent the summer 

there but realizing the difficulty of keeping 

2 homes & immediately sold it. They sailed 

in the Virgins with friends, saw the Northern 

Lights & polar bears in Canada, fished in 

Cabo St. Lucas to name but a few 

adventures of the year. Their 7 th grandchild 

is on the way. MARY MAE GINN MAXWELL 

works with the medical Residency Training 

Program at Cleveland VA Medical Center 

enjoying the challenge of scheduling the 

doctors’ time on the wards, ER & outpatient 

clinics. Daughter Janet does performance 

art & teaches English at Dresden U where 

her husband is a professor of German 

Literature. Daughter Nancy has 2 children 

with her physician husband. Daughter Dori 

lives on a family farm in MI. Dori & Noel’s 

son Isaac is in 2 nd grade. MARILYN GOOD 

SINGH and her Danish friend from Bombay 

days, drove to the Grand Canyon via 

Marilyn’s retirement spot in northwest AZ. 

Marilyn vowed to paint on a regular basis 

but for now is responsible for the care of 

her Dad & his wife. Daughter Melissa 

exhibits her paintings in Spokane & beyond 

and writes & illustrates nature books for 

children. Marilyn has studied Tai Chi for 8 

yrs, both the Chen and Yang forms. SUSAN 

HOSTETLER GUIPE is in elected office as 

the Registrar of Deeds for Elkhart County. 

Daughter Beth has 2 children & son John is 

expecting his first. CHARLES HORTON, at 

the Secretary of Defense Office, tests & 

evaluates major defense acquisitions 

focusing on the chemical & biological 

defense program. His wife, Nancy Wagner, 

is deputy division chief of the HIPC/PRGF 

(highly indebted poor countries/poverty 

reduction and growth facility) Division for 

the IMF. They reside in VA near DC. 

RICHARD HOLKER-INDORE, the son of the 

Maharaja of Indore, was at WS for only 1 

yr. Richard is involved with antique cars, 

polo, social work, political efforts, etc. He 

runs Ahilya Fort, a posh hotel in Maheshwa. 

DANIEL JANTZEN continues to live out of a 

suitcase. While consulting in Uttaranchal he 

visited Mussoorie and sent us an email 

updating us on the Landour bazaar & other 

favorite sites. Dan went to Tibet to identify 

sites for building “huts” for trekkers. JOHN 

S. MASON is in France with Presbyterian 

Church of America having been in Kenya 

with PCA. Previously he was a missionary 

with the Orthodox Presbyterian Church in 

Eritrea & Lebanon. Congratulations on 

completing your PhD this year! GEORGE 

MCBANE & family are in the States on 

furlough. He intended to go back to Rahim 

Yar Khan in Pakistan but their mission said, 

“Everybody out!” George & Gail’s 2 children 

are at John Brown U in Siloam Springs, AR. 

BARBARA MCELDOWNEY CARROLL worked 

hard to entice classmates to a reunion in 

her area of southern FL, which reminds her 

of Jabalpore. The family got together to 

celebrate Barby’s father turning 95 this 

year. Daughter Ginny & family live in 

Richmond, VA. Her 2 grandchildren Jake & 

Ally love to sing as Barby plays her piano. 

Son Woody, a stockbroker with First Union 

Bank, lives in Richmond, VA with his wife. 

Son Benjy & wife live near Detroit, MI. IAN 

MCKENZIE lives in Toronto. George Dobson 

has renewed contact with him. CAROLYN 

MUIRHEID PRIBBLE finds her work at as 

Dir. of Development for the U of IL’s School 

of Chemical Sciences challenging & 

enjoyable. ARUNA NAYYAR MICHIE 

interrupted the levity of our email reunion 

with concern for the political situation 

between India & Pakistan. NORMA POONG 

ST. JOHN is a project manager with 

Washington Mutual responsible for 5 

western states. She is with the mortgage 

dept and due to recent growth in refinancing 

is extremely busy. Husband Roger’s dept 

builds the projects Norma’s dept generates. 

DAVID SALMON is making full use of 

retirement. Among other projects he 

completed a solarium for his house, tried 

writing a novel & prepared a genealogy for 

a family reunion in TX. His perennial 

interest is politics of Asia and he enjoys 

sharing the information and sources he 

regularly finds. DAVID SCHOONMAKER & 

Doug W attended the BC reunion. They tried 

to generate interest in a 40 th anniversary

eunion, in the USA or India, but were 

unsuccessful. Jim & VICKI SCOVEL HARRIS 

spent 10 days in England visiting sister 

JUDY SCOVEL ROBINSON ‘59 & to see a 

cousin in Holland. Vicki works in the 

marketing dept of the local hospital & Jim 

is airport manager in Angola, IN. Daughter 

Laura is earning an MLS at the U of Mich & 

son Mike works for a Chicago law firm. SUE 

WARNER BIRKINSHAW‘s highlight of this 

year was a trip to Dallas to the ordination 

of Frederick Jensen, son of our late 

classmate MARY ANN RATZLAFF JENSEN 

into Christian Church/Disciples of Christ. 

Sue was able to meet her namesake, Laura 

Sue, Mary Ann’s daughter. Rev. Fred will 

pastor a church in Buffalo, NY starting in 

‘03. TROY WHITE & Millie enjoy retirement 

and keep busy with friends & family. Sons 

Scott & Steve, live in Olathe with their 

families. Troy is learning about raising 

cattle on a friend’s farm/ranch. Pulling 

calves, giving shots & round-ups are all in 

a day’s work at the Rager Ranch. DOUGLAS 

WILKENS has started a new company with 

a friend & business associate of more than 

30 yrs. Inter-M Americas Inc. is located in 

Chester, PA and is a subsidiary of a major 

South Korean company that manufactures 

professional audio & commercial sound 

electronics products. Doug organized a 

mini-reunion in Baltimore, with DAVE 

SCHOONMAKER, PETER DOWNS, DAVE 

EAKIN, CHARLES HORTON & himself (plus 

several spouses). Thanks for all the newly 

found classmates, Doug! KEN WIPFF, also 

known as “Jake”, has appreciated the email 

contacts and sharing of memories of WS. 

He is a Project Exec for Swinerton Builders 

in LA only getting home to OR every few 

weeks. He is trying to sell his house and 

move to the LA area. Ken is married and 

has 2 young girls, with 3 kids from a 

previous marriage.- Sue 

CLASS of 1963 

TED CHITAMBAR’s Jackie continues work on 

the house decorating both inside & out. They 

leave for India, their first trip in 2 yrs, in Jan. 

They plan to see S. India for the first time, 

touring for 2 wks. Ted flies for American 

Airlines, covering Central & S America, the 

Caribbean & Europe. With less than 2 yrs to 

retirement, post retirement activities are 

being planned. VIVIA DAY TATUM retired from 

teaching in June. “I look back at a good career 

GNID Reunion: Front Row (l-r) Meherjee Cassinath, Betsy Woodman, Barbara Garber Austin, 

David Whetstone Next Row: Vivian Day Tatum, William Neuton, Henry Lacy, Ester Jantzen, Mary 

Pollack, David Wagner, James Miller, Ted Chitambar Next Row: Laurel Burgess, Suzanne Turner 

Hanifl, David Bonham, Larry Smith, Bill Tammeus Next Row: Joy Rice, Ellen Dobson Livingston, 

Mary Shannon Murray Top Row: Karen Eskildsen Wilcock & Bunny Woolever Swingle 


and I look forward to a varied life ahead. Our 

daughter Carolyn had Michael David Miller 

on Oct 1. We were so glad to be here when he 

was born. We’re splitting our time between 2 

grandsons in NJ and one in NC. We hope to do 

some camping, sightseeing & trips to see old 

friends in addition to keeping up with the new 

family generation.” KAREN ESKILDSEN 

WILCOCK: “My significant events of the past 

year involve family. Son Drew graduated from 

college. Son Dan returned to the US from 

Japan after a year teaching English to study 

journalism. My husband David left the UN 

Food & Agriculture Org in Rome & will consult 

from Switzerland (where I work) so that we 

could be together. really loved our class 

reunion in FL & regret not being able to attend 

this year’s gathering. Though I managed to get 

back to the US 4 times last year, I’m not 

expecting that this year.” RACHEL FINNEY: 

“Yet another move for me at the end of this 

summer! I am temporarily sharing a home 

with my sister, JOY ’69 in Kitchener, ONT. I 

am busy working with preschool children as 

speech-language pathologist with the 

Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Health Unit. 

Daughter KIRSTIN ’94 has 2 children, 

Saffron(11 mos) & Zachary(almost 3). Being 

a grandmother is great fun and it’s nice to be 

able to go home in the evening! I enjoyed 

having my son, Fred for a visit from Tokyo 

where he has been for 2 yrs.” BARBARA 

GARBER AUSTIN: “I will retire in ’03 after 24 

yrs with the state of WA. I am looking forward 

to selling some investment properties & hope 

to purchase land in FL, where several WS 

classmates have relocated & in Central or S. 

America. It is wonderful to have grown 

children who are doing well & grandchildren 

to indulge. I plan on keeping involved in class 

reunions & activities, returning to India in the 

next few years”. MARILEE KEISLAR RHODY: 

“David is the UN World Food Program’s 

Emergency Operations Coordinator in 

Zambia; Marilee took a 1-yr sabbatical from 

the Western Quebec School Board to be with 

him & loved teaching at the Int’l School of 

Lusaka”. Their children are both at Canadian 

universities. Woodstockites are welcome to 

visit when in the Ottawa area.” JOY RICE 

GRAY: “In Aug, I married retired cardiologist 

John Grover at my parents’ retirement home 

in Wilsonville, OR. My siblings, TOM ’65, 

SARAH ’67 & CLIFF ’68 & families were there


for the ceremony & dinner cruise on the 

Willamette River. In addition to decorating my 

new home I enjoy retirement with daily 

exercise, classes in painting & sculpture, 

entertaining & traveling. In the past year I 

went to London, FL, China & the Southwest. 

Trips to AZ, South Africa & MN are planned 

for ‘03. VIRGINIA SANFORD MCGRAW: “The 

past year has been really exciting. Our 

publishing company has about 6 books coming 

out this next year, 3 already in catalogues. 

Our house is almost done here in Evanston, 

WY. Haven’t owned a house for 13 yrs, so this 

is a real treat.” ED SEELY: “No changes from 

last year’s update, other than being a year 

older!” BILL TAMMEUS, editorial page 

columnist for The Kansas City Star, will 

receive the Annual Distinguished Writer 

Award from the Presbyterian Writers Guild 

at the PC (USA) General Assembly in Denver. 

Tammeus’ book, “A Gift of Meaning” is 

published by the U of Missouri Press. MARY 

SHANNON MURRAY: “I truly enjoyed the time 

the Class of ’63 spent together in Ft. 

Lauderdale at Ted & Jackie Chitambar’s home. 

My husband, Rick & I live in Newbury, MA. 

May was significant for us, as our youngest 

son, Nate, graduated from SF Art Inst. He is 

a photographer. Son Josh is a chef in Boston. 

In July I became Superintendent of Schools 

in Newburyport, MA. I had a hectic & 

fascinating first year. We’d love to hear from 

GNIDers & Woodstockites whenever they are 

in the area”. SUZANNE TURNER HANIFL: 

“Golf, bowling, traveling, remodeling, 

gardening, visiting my mother, my children & 

grandchild & friends, meetings, cooking & all 

that household managing stuff keeps me busy. 

I’ve added working out at the fitness center 

every day. Highlights of ’02 were class reunion 

at the Chitambars’, golfing in Scotland, Ireland 

& France (and a wedding in Normandy) & the 

groundbreaking ceremony at WS for the Hanifl 

Center. Looking ahead for ‘03: second grandchild 

due in Feb, class reunion in Aug, first daughter 

getting married in Sept, dedication of the Hanifl 

Center and fishing for Mahseer in Oct”. DAVID 

WAGNER: “After attending (and really enjoying) 

the class reunion at the Chitambar’s in FL, wife 

Connie & I went to NZ for a 2 wk drive around 

the South Island, then to the Cook Islands where 

we snorkeled in the lagoon of Rarotonga. Other 

travels were to visit family in the SF area. I 

taught Field Botany for the summer at the U of 

OR, my main work in semi-retirement. Looking 

forward to hosting the GNID class reunion here 

in OR this summer”. BETSY WOODMAN is 

enjoying life in backwoods NH reviewing history 

& art history materials for an elem. school 

curriculum, playing recorder in a couple of 

ensembles, & dancing winter snow shoveling. 

PAUL CHAFFEE: “We’ve been busier than ever 

with the Interfaith Center at the Presidio. It was 

just an idea in ’92 and now we have 9 people on 

staff, custody of the Main Post Chapel at the 

nation’s newest nat’l park (Presidio of San 

Francisco) & have begun the creation of a new 

Interfaith Academy in cooperation with 

Graduate Theological Union (9 seminaries in 

Berkeley) and the United Religions Initiative, 

a network of 200 groups in 50 countries 

working to make peace among & within 

religions. Jan oversees the hosting staff at the 

chapel & I do the institutional and interfaith 

stuff. We love it. Our son Jove just finished 

an internship for his Syracuse master’s at 

Massive Effort, a WHO-originated 

communications NGO supporting the World 

AIDS Fund. They’ve now hired him & we have 

an excuse to visit Switzerland.” - Suzanne 

CLASS of 1964 

Greetings, classmates! Class website: 

www.wvnet.edu/~s1b00423 Please send 

address corrections to my email address. 

News is always welcome. RACHEL FINNEY 

contacted all classmates listed on the website 

earlier this year. Thanks, Rachel! She works 

as a speech-language pathologist in Canada 

& enjoys being a grandmother. BARBARA BYG 

MAHAJAN attended the birth of her first 

grandchild in Carlsbad, CA this year calling it 

the most amazing experience of her life. 

Barbara is filling her empty Delhi nest with a 

home business of acupressure with Reiki. 

JUNE CHRISTIE SHARROCK reported that 

while watching the “Lord of the Rings” with 

her 2 sons, they recognized familiar scenery 

from their NZ homeland. June teaches reading 

recovery and wishes she could see friends 

from early years at WS. MADHOOR KAPOOR, 

int’lly acclaimed artist and newly published 

author Pradakshina: Travels in India was 

chosen to represent our class in a newly 

published book Lives Entwined on 50 yrs of 

WS graduates. He writes thoughtfully of his 

WS education. NANCY LINDELL GARRISON 

also distinguished herself with a recent stint 

as vice principal at our once (still?) rival 

school Kodai, according to a classmate. PAUL 

MORRIS, after 32 years as a C & MA minister 

& missionary to India, was ordained in the 

new West Virginia Conf for the Free Methodist 

Church this year. Paul & his wife have 4 

children & 3 grandchildren. BILL RIDDLE had 

a West Coast class reunion in his Mercer 

Island, WA home in June that included PAM 

BRADBURN, LEE EDLEFSEN, DIRK 

HUGHES-HARTOGS, PAT ROWLAND & BILL 

WILSON. DAVE GARLOW couldn’t make it but 

hopes to next time. BRICK HOWARD 

WELLMAN, who attended WS for 7 th -9 th grade, 

owns his own business in Tacoma, WA, has 

been married 33 yrs and has 1 son & 3 

grandchildren. BILL VIRGIN does 

multicultural pastoral work as well as family 

and individual counseling. 2 of his daughters 

were SAGE students at WS, his wife and 3 rd 

daughter have visited & he was hoping to take 

his son with him to WS last fall. DICK YOUNG’s 

daughter Rebecca spent her junior year at WS 

last year. I surprised dean Dick with a visit to 

his U of Cincinnati office last summer just 

before he accompanied Rebecca to India. Dick 

& family also joined her for a WS India Tour 

last winter, which he called exhilarating & 

exhausting. MICHAEL SHANNON got in touch 

in ‘01. He is a manager with a Charleston, SC 

newspaper and lives in Summerville with wife 

Mary. Both daughters also live in SC. Michael 

wanted to contact DALE SEEFELDT & STEVE 

SAWATSKY. Although in my memory we 

members of ‘64 remain forever young, we are 

old enough to be losing beloved parents. PAM 

BRADBURN reported the death of her mother 

this year, as did BETH ANN WARREN BAKER. 

Beth’s mother Anita made boarding tolerable 

for me as a chut by regularly rescuing me on 

weekends. I also recall a gaggle of chutti girls 

surrounding Anita like hungry little birds when 

she filled in as a matron once. Our 

condolences to Pam, Beth and any other 

classmates suffering the loss of parents. This 

fall brought my second post-WS visit to India 

and beautiful Mussoorie. My husband Ed 

Zahniser & I joined SITA KASHYAP 

LICHTENSTERN on the 50-yr reunion tour of 

the class of ‘52, superbly organized by TZ Chu 

& Uday Travels. Our trip was exhilarating & 

exhausting and I was thrilled to share my 

childhood home with Ed. In Delhi we enjoyed 

a mini reunion with BARBARA BYG MAHAJAN

& ANNE ROBINSON, who still lives at Arpana 

Ashram in Haryana & Anne’s son Pranav. Sita 

& I represented our class on stage at Parker 

Hall, where DALE SEEFELDT, a venerable 

member of WS’s staff, joined us. SHARON 

SETO ‘79, WS’s Development Director, urged 

us to consider holding our 40 th class reunion 

at WS in ‘04, WS’s sesquicentennial year. We 

also have a large contingent of classmates on 

the West Coast, another possible site. 

Thoughts anyone? Anyone care to plan a 

reunion? Sita & I will be glad to contribute 

India travel tips. In the meantime TCWAWers, 

as I said in Parker Hall, class of ‘64 ki jai! - 

Christine 

CLASS of 1965 

JOHN & Bett ALTER live in Washington, CT 

where John is the head of the English Dept at 

The Gunnery School & Bett teaches Ethics & 

History. They have 3 children & John coaches 

basketball & writes poetry (of course). JOEL 

& Sue BJERKESTRAND live in Fountain Hills, 

AZ where Joel is Senior Pastor of Shepherd 

of the Hills Lutheran Church and Sue teaches 

elem school. Joel is presently chair of the 

Board for the division for Global Mission of 

the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. 

He was happy to hear from JONATHAN 

LARSON who took a hiatus from pastoral work 

to focus on writing and to travel & speak in 

the larger community. MARY KAY BURHALTER 

LARSON thrives at the CDC in Atlanta. DEREK 

BEAN is struggling with the sad news of his 

niece’s serious brain tumor and would 

appreciate any thoughts. DAN & Rose Ellen 

BLOSSER spent a 3 mo furlough in the US 

and enjoyed the open road driving instead of 

the “flowing like water” traffic of Cambodia– 

wherever traffic finds an opening, it goes. JIM 

BROWNE continues at Hilliard Presbyterian 

Church as pastor. He & Ginny have children 

& grandchildren in Columbus & Denver and 

enjoy being with them when they can. They 

are near 2 interstates and invite anyone to 

come visit. JIM GABRIEL CAMPBELL is based 

in Kathmandu as Dir. General of ICIMOD (Int’l 

Center for Integrated Mountain Development) 

travels throughout the 8 countries of the 

Hindu Kush-Himalayas & Europe. In ‘02, the 

Int’l Year of Mountains, the President of 

Krygyzstan gave them a special award at the 

Global Mountain Summit in Bishkek. The trail 

starts at www.icimod.org. Gabriel invites all 

friends to come visit him & Lynn. SYLVIA ANN 

SHIRK DANNELLEY teaches special needs 

children in Pecos, TX keeping in touch with 

her 3 children & 1 daughter-in-law. JOANNA 

GOUGH ROY is an illustrator & graphic artist 

and teaches knitting & crochet in NYC. Son 

Noah is working on a PhD in Neuroscience at 

Penn & daughter Sarah is applying to graduate 

school to become a reading specialist with 

young children. CAROL HALL & Roger HOGE 

& Emily went on their usual tour this summer 

of Pittsburg-Wooster-Marion-Toronto. Carol 

tacked 3 Dylan concerts on to the end of the 

trip then returned to running a day care & 

kindergarten. ALLEN JONES’ book about the 

subcontinent, “Politics in Sind: Muslim 

Identity & the Demand for Pakistan” was 

published this year by Oxford U Press and is 

available from Amazon.com. ALLAN & 

Devahuti KEISLAR live in Berkeley where she 

is a nurse assistant and their 3 children attend 

a French-American school. In fall ‘02 Allan 

retired from teaching courses on Indian 

Religion & Interfaith Dialogue at the Graduate 

Theological Union. He is fully engaged in 

promoting knowledge of God in a nonsectarian 

way trying to help people of all religions draw 

closer to each other by coming nearer to God. 

We sorrow with JESSIE LACY WENDORF over 

the death of her father, Hank Lacy. KAY 

MARING ROUSSELLE & Lee are finally 

grandparents of Alexander Benjamin 

Rousselle. Kay quit her Senior Accountant job 

of 13 yrs in an insurance agency. Their 

business, Mirror Place, is booming so they 

bought an airplane again to use for business 

& pleasure. They may fly to the ‘05 reunion in 

their own plane and we will get to meet Lee! 

KAREN MODDER BORDER continues her 

work as Asst. Director of Nursing at a nursing 

home. She has directed the Christmas 

musicals at her church for 2 yrs. Her son, 

Joshua is doing his residency in Urology in 

San Diego. MARVIN MODDER teaches high 

school English full-time & is the editor of “The 

GLUE” his union newspaper & serves as St. 

John’s Lutheran Council President. He & 

Mary, a special ed teacher, have 5 sons. They 

traveled to visit son Joshua & fiancée Jennifer 

in San Diego & had a small Fundoshi reunion 

with DELBERT & Anna FRIESEN from 

Huntington Beach & PATTY RIDDLE. DAN 

RAMLOW is Exec VP & Lobbyist for Kansas 

Contractors Assoc, Topeka a statewide trade 


assoc of heavy, highway & utility contractors. 

Spouse Debi is an interior designer. They have 

3 sons: Paul(20) studies Engineering at KS 

State U, David(18) & Erik(16) are in high 

school. PATTY RIDDLE & Terry Dutton just 

moved to Soledad Mtn. Rd. in San Diego. Patty 

bikes to work. Patty was named to the All- 

American Women’s 55+ Team at the US 

Volleyball Nat’ls & enjoys bicycle racing. At 

USVB Nat’ls she met a man who supports the 

school that RALPH MASON (deceased, Class 

of ‘67) developed in Nigeria! HILARY 

ROXBURGH & Andrew McKenzie have built a 

new house in Townsville (near Cairns), 

Queensland, Aust and would love guests. The 

Class of ‘65 is planning a reunion at Estes 

Park in Aug ‘05. - Patricia 

CLASS of 1966 

News from the Class of ‘66 focuses on children 

finishing college, marriages & new 

grandchildren. There are several classmates 

who had serious health problems in the past 

year but all seem to be improving or holding 

their own. PHIL SPOTTSWOOD continues as 

pastor of the First Congregational Church in 

Kenosha, WI. They are celebrating a new 

grandson & Phil’s good health following 

coronary bypass surgery. GINNY EBRIGHT 

KENNEDY has her first grandson following a 

difficult delivery. As an ordained minister she 

officiated the marriage of her son Marvin Jr. 

on Dec 28 ‘02. PAUL SPOTTSWOOD has fully 

recovered from his coronary surgery (both 

twins had surgery) and has lost 40 lbs. Their 

son graduated from Northwestern U and their 

twin daughters are applying for college this 

fall. PHIL SCHOONMAKER moved to MO in 

Apr ‘02 and has opened a Steinway piano 

dealership. Only daughter Ashley was married 

on Dec 28 ‘02 in MN. DAVID RUGH is studying 

whales from the Cook Inlet, AK to Carmel, CA. 

He received the NOAA bronze award for 

helping conserve Belugas and was recognized 

for the “best publication by a scientist of the 

Nat’l Marine Fisheries Services”. CLAIRE 

BLICKENSTAFF completed her MA in Human 

Development and is a child development 

consultant & parent educator. She & her life 

partner of 3 yrs are enjoying music together. 

Her daughters are well: Willow a community 

activist, Mira a published poet & Zoe a dancer. 

CARLTON HOKE has 4 kids & 5 grandchildren. 

He & wife Mary take special delight in


spending time at their cabin on Pine Creek 

not far from Hershey, PA. KAREN SMYRES 

WOLNER & John have a nearly empty nest 

with son teaching & daughter in her 3 rd yr of 

college. They are “considering” retirement 

next June. RUTH MORRIS PAIGE is about to 

leave for Abu Dhabi where Harvey teaches 

Chemistry. She is investigating job 

opportunities & seeing life in UAE. KATHY 

COLEMAN YORK following 2 surgeries & 

radiation for breast cancer has an excellent 

prognosis due to early detection. She has a 

challenging job as an RN for patients with 

schizophrenia. Her mother lives in a nearby 

retirement home. ELIZABETH PIXIE 

ROXBOROGH from NZ has just had her first 

“winter Christmas” since leaving India while 

visiting family in England. During her visit her 

mother fractured a hip & then had a heart 

attack after the surgery and is recovering well. 

SHERRY SERGEANT COX planned a surprise 

60 th wedding anniversary party for her 

parents. Daughter Sarah began college in Jan 

‘03 & Stephanie starts high school in the fall. 

Husband Steve is still with the Red Cross at 

Ft. Sill. LINDA GAMBLE MCKENDRY has been 

traveling from Toronto to Calgary once a 

month to see her parents & children. Her 

daughter had a 2 nd daughter. Linda’s 

merchandising consulting company celebrated 

its 10 th anniversary with a good year. MARY 

ELLEN FRITSCHLE NOGGLE has a 

grandchild. She & her husband had a 30 th 

anniversary trip to Spain. MARCIA MCKELVEY 

OLSEN is busy with art shows, commissioned 

work & giving private art classes. Daughter 

Stephanie works in Colorado Springs & son 

Todd is in NY tutoring Greek & Latin and taking 

Italian classes. BOB MILLEN has been on 

short term disability because of a series of 

chronic & acute illnesses which may extend 

into long term. He is studying Buddhism as 

an off-shoot of finding a place to follow a 

macrobiotic diet and is finding it helpful & 

interesting. His 3 boys are doing well. HELKE 

WOLFF FERRIE has filled her life with the 

politics of medicine including extensive 

writing for publication & working with a legal 

team on a Canadian Supreme Court case. She 

established a publishing company, Kos, and 

has plans for 5 books in the next 2 yrs. 

MIRIAM HAQQ PRABAKHAR is in Narsapur, 

India with her physician husband. Their 3 sons 

are all in the US, oldest and youngest in 

Atlanta, GA and the middle in DC. RICHARD 

FRIEDERICKS & SUZY MCCULLOCK 

FRIEDERICKS are in their 2 nd yr of teaching 

at the Hong Kong Int’l School. They were in 

the US at Christmas and visited DAVID & 

Ruthe RUGH. LINDA GARST GUPTA & PETER 

PETERSEN visited them this year in Hong 

Kong. VIKKI VROOMAN’s father passed away 

in Jan ‘02. She works for the IRS in DC where 

CATE WHITCOMB & Jack Hinz had a visit with 

her in Dec. Cate has just finished her 1 st yr as 

Asst. to the VP for Student Affairs at 

Northwestern. She and Jack stay active in 

their church & WS alumni activities including 

the Chicago Curry Club. - Cate 

CLASS of 1967 

HEATHER BEAN MCALLISTER added a lot to 

the flavor of our reunion. She is a student 

recruiter for the U of Auckland & works closely 

with several secondary schools. ESTHER 

BECKDAHL ELEY has 10 grandchildren, most 

live nearby. Esther reported that her brother 

DAN BECKDAHL edits a small newspaper in 

North Pole, AK. He has a daughter; & his son 

spent the winter at a South Pole research 

station as a plumber. PAUL BRADBURN works 

for the aerospace industry in TX. WILL 

BROWNE is Associate Dir for Ecumenical 

Partnerships in the World Ministries Division 

of the Presbyterian Church. He & his wife 

made a visit to Myanmar in July. DAVE BUNCE 

& TIYI Schippers have put out a tape of 

children’s music called “Jalebi”. JOYCE 

CALLAWAY NICHOLSON’s husband has 

worked in Thailand so feels a kinship with the 

rest of us. TOM CARTER teaches & has written 

consumer guides to wills & trusts. KATHY 

CHRISTY ROSEBERRY’s daughter Charissa 

was married Aug ’01. KJ & Jack are thinking 

of retiring soon and moving to MI to be closer 

to her. RICK DAIL is working on an MBA & 

unable to get away for the reunion. We were 

sad to learn belatedly of the death from cancer 

of MARILOIS FAIRBROTHER. ANNE 

FREDERICKS TABOR has 4 grandchildren–a 

new son born to Malcolm & Petra and twin 

daughters born to Jericho & Cass. MARG 

GROFF is at the Museum of NW Art in La 

Conner, WA, which some classmates were able 

to visit after the reunion. RANDY GROSS is 

responsible for training & development at 

Northwest Farm Credit Services. He & Susan 

are active in the Holstein Assoc with a small 

dairy herd. Susan & DALE HOWARD 

celebrated their 31 st anniversary. Dale & 

oldest daughter were able to take a trip to 

India including a visit to the house in Lucknow 

Dale grew up in. TIM LARSON is taking 

courses & student teaching in order to teach 

Math in high school, on top of a PhD & 

experience teaching at the University level. 

Sally & MAX MARBLE’s daughter Laura is a 

newspaper reporter in Hilton Head, SC, son 

Andy is doing graduate work in astrophysics 

at the U of AZ. Max was able to visit WS in 

Nov ‘01. Sam, son of Carol & the late RALPH 

MASON, was in Gujarat at the time of the 

Hindu-Muslim violence. He shaved his beard 

& friends spirited him out of the area. Kephran 

& family live in the house that Ralph & Carol 

built near Centralia, WA. BRUCE MCVICKER 

teaches in the College of Education at Cal 

State-Sacramento & helped develop an 

Internet-based educational technology MA. He 

& wife Judy have 4 children & 2 grandchildren. 

BARBIE NORRISH REYNOLDS received a 

large grant from the UK govt to produce video 

materials on parenting, marriage & extended 

family relationships for Asian families in the 

UK. MARY ELLEN REDDING KUBO moved to 

Bellevue, WA in May to be nearer her parents 

& is an obstetrical nurse at a hospital there. 

GLENYS ROBINSON & David MATHER spent 

time in North America on their way to & from 

the reunion, including visiting with a childhood 

friend of Glenys’ from Saharanpur living in 

Abbotsford, BC. Their 3 children are slipping 

into adulthood & all seem to enjoy traveling 

the world. Glenys stays active in 

environmental matters! RUTH ROBINSON 

TURVILLE is a banker in Orange Park, FL. Her 

husband works for the US Post Office. They 

have 3 daughters & 3 granddaughters. 

MARLIN SCHOONMAKER works for Foss 

Maritime in the Business Development 

division. He & wife Jeannie Neely were host 

parents this summer for a young woman from 

Denmark, Ann-Katrine Lunn. STEVE 

SCHOONMAKER is an RN & provides home 

hospice care and also enjoys woodcarving. He 

divides his time between his parents in the 

Springfield, MO area & his son, Noah, in MN. 

Ron & SUE SCOTT SWANSON are quitting their 

current jobs, selling their earthly possessions 

and going to WS in July ‘03! Sue has been 

hired to be the high school librarian; Ron will 

help out with computing & science courses if

The Bean Family: Chris, Becky, Steph, Linda, & Murray Bean ‘70 

they can keep him off the hiking trails. 

GORDIE VAN ROOY likes being a police officer 

with the Seattle Harbor Patrol. He has 3 

children & says his youngest daughter, Beth, 

keeps him hopping! MARK WAGNER has 

created a Zen garden at his house & is seeking 

the perfect rock. LUCY WILSON DORENFELD 

& husband Jim Litchfield were able to take a 

cruise to AK after the reunion and then 

“downsized” to a smaller house in the fall. I, 

MARGO WARNER CURL – keep plugging away 

at work & my garden while also providing 

some consulting help to the WS archives. Son 

JAMES CURL ’99 is in his final year at Berklee 

College of Music in Boston majoring in 

‘Contemporary Writing [composition] and 

Production.” - Margo 

CLASS of 1970 

ELDON CLAASSEN is involved with crossborder 

relief into N. Afghanistan, mainly in 

preventive health education in village clinics 

& schools. In ‘02 they hope to see a village 

involved as a whole. They live relatively far 

from the Uzbek-Afghan border. Jan home 

schools Anna(9) & Sarah(6). KAREN RASH & 

friend Andrew live in Korea & teach English 

at different private schools. Their area, 

Sokcho, is a beautiful vacation area on the 

seashore & close to mountainous nat’l parks. 

KATHRYN KELLY has a new job as faculty in 

the Info Systems Dept of the U of Houston- 

Clear Lake & loves it. KEVIN KOSE decided 

the politics at the VA hospital were too 

frustrating & so is at a small hospital 

specialising in heart disease & orthopaedics 

and learning to be an Operating Room nurse. 

REBECCA RABE 

KOSE ‘72 spent a 

few months at WS 

as Community 

Center dorm 

supervisor. DAVID 

JUDD married 

Laura Dickerman 

who has been in 

the Church Choir 

& Hand Bells with 

him for a few yrs 

& sang in the 

former Eureka 

Community 

Chorus. They were 

engaged at 

Thanksgiving ‘01 & married on May 18 ‘02 in 

a small ceremony at a Methodist Church just 

after midnight & then had a traditional Thai 

wedding celebration in the afternoon. DAVID 

& Carol PREWITT’s yr on Sumatra has been 

good. The school is great, kids super & the 

community supportive. The only “big” 

drawback is the isolation–3 hours from 

anywhere. Things have been tense since the 

bombing in Bali. The company has increased 

security at the school gate & placed 10-inch 

pipe around the perimeter to deter would-be 

car bombers. VINTA SHUMWAY OVIATT 

married Kevin Oviatt on July 27 at Lake Tahoe. 

MURRAY BEAN’s daughter(15) was diagnosed 

with a large brain tumour. The family has been 

up & down emotional ladders ever since. 

MARK KENOYER teaches Archaeology at U of 

WI. He goes to Pakistan yrly for digs at 

Harappa & other places. DAVID & Julie 

McCULLOCH had a busy summer at Elevated. 

David took his mother Etta to the reunion & 

they had a great time. Etta saw many students 

who had been present at her wedding, 

including the flower girl & ring bearer. MARIA 

FRANKEN-AFFOURTIT & Ton spent every 

weekend on the water kayaking. In July they 

went to sea a few times - unforgettable. Sept/ 

Oct brought a wonderful visit to Dharamsala 

& Mussoorie. First impressions of Mussoorie 

were that it has shrunk! The hills are still as 

steep as always though. RUTH TERRY 

PANTENBERG moved in & out of several jobs, 

but hopefully she’ll be at her current job for a 

while. Daughter Loala returned to WA after a 

semester of law school & stress related 

illness. She works for the same company as 


Ruth. Laila hopes to go to art school in CA. 

Katie is in high school & playing volleyball. 

NORMAN VAN ROOY made another trip to 

Mussoorie with a professional camera & 

technique. He produced a 1-hour documentary 

called Moments in Mussoorie & showed it to 

the ‘02 WOSA reunion. He also took some nice 

still shots in B&W. POLLY PETERSEN is 

shrouded in the phogs of her MA in Philosophy 

at SDSU. Jim is still trying to “get” 9 th grade 

social science. Antonia is doing a BA in 

Criminal Justice. Polly is grandmother to Mia 

(1 yr, Irene’s 1 st ) & unofficially to Meriah, 

Manuel & Faith (nephew Manuel’s 3 kids). 

Daughter Margarita recently married. 

Daughter Antonia is in college living at home. 

Priscilla(16 yr old niece & ward) keeps her 

young. Polly’s looking for a 2 nd career as she 

considers retiring from the County as a 

manager of computer applications. Jim not 

only teaches high school but scuba diving as 

well. He took a course on APs to prepare for 

teaching at WS. - Maria 

CLASS of 1972 

SHALINI PRAKASH AGARWAL’s daughter 

Sheena graduated from WS in June ‘02. Her 

son Dhruv graduated from Berkeley in Dec 

’02. “I think my vagabond days will soon end 

as I plan to start working by the end of 

summer. I first have to convince someone to 

hire me though–I haven’t worked for 12 yrs!” 

BOZENA BALUT is a lawyer in the Ontario 

Vinta Shumway Oviatt and her husband Kevin 

Oviatt, July 27 at Lake Tahoe



Maria Affourtit-Franken ‘70 

Derkingehof 24 

Assen, NL-9403 PC Netherlands 

marton.affourt@hetnet.nl 

0592-346101 

Judy King Sims ‘71 

1010 Lakeway 

Kalamazoo, MI 49001 USA 

jbirdblue@aol.com 

616-388-5220 

Daniel T. Martin ‘72 

5500 Estrellita Del Norte Road NE 

Albuquerque, NM 87111-1656 USA 

danmartin@aol.com 

505-821-9255 

Paula Unrau ‘73 

1131 Berkley Ave 

Dallas, TX 75224 USA 

pjrau@aol.com 

214-330-9355 

Liza Shumway Piercy ‘74 

28260 Via Princess #C 

Murrieta, CA 92563 USA 

lizap@jdjapc.com 

909-304-3783 

John and Velma Thiessen Grose ‘75 

81 Green Tree Trail 

Chapel Hill, NC 27516 USA 

jvgrose@mindspring.com 

919-933-5549 

provincial gov’t as labour adjudicator & 

mediator. She enjoys acting & is Mistress of 

Ceremonies & performs in the Polish- 

Canadian Society of Music’s concerts. “My yr 

at WS left me regretting I had not discovered 

it earlier.” ALEXANDER BOUDREZ is lost - 

any idea how to find him? RUTH ANDERSON 

BRADING lives near London with husband & 

sons David 20, Simon 17 & Jamie 15. Steve 

works with the “Coign’’ church in team 

leadership & Ruth as a “Practice Nurse” at a 

surgery & as a District Nurse at a community 

health centre. She hoped to run a halfmarathon 

before her 50 th but injuries & 

pneumonia have put that on hold. JANINE 

CLAYTON & RICK ALEXANDER (S) attended 

the 30 th reunion at Black Mountain YMCA. 

They also took trips to AK & to Poland where 

they visited Krakow, Gdansk, the salt mine of 

Wieliczka & the Malbork castle. SUNITA 

BORPUJARI DOUGLAS & Joe were at the 

reunion. Suzi looked great considering her 

medical status just months prior. Keep praying 

that her shunt stays & she never needs a liver 

transplant! RODNEY DYCK, Marie & son Colin 

Joy Garrison Simpson ‘76 

14 Home St #102 

Guelph, ON N1H 2E5 Canada 

nyagali@yahoo.com 

519-837-3325 

Laurel Bunce Polarek ‘76 

#3, A Dock 

Sausalito, CA 95965 USA 

reddog1@sbcglobal.net 

415-339-8964 

Susan Strickler Polstra ‘77 

Marnixkade 67-2 

Amsterdam, NL1015 Netherlands 

polstrick@hetnet.nl 

20/6224158 

Susan Downs ‘78 

3 Osborne Snow Drive 

South Dennis, MA 02660-2214 USA 

sm_downs@yahoo.com 

508-385-4330 

Carol Remington Ivance ‘78 

6559 Craig Ave 

Inver Grove Heights, MN 55076 USA 

carotsuep@attbi.com 

651-457-0497 

James Hackney ‘79 

41 Kenilworth Rd, #10 

Asheville, NC 28803 USA 

omjhack@fortunehitech.net 

828-254-1035 

were at the reunion. They, Rodney’s sister 

Doris & a friend spent 3 wks in India in Oct & 

stayed at Rokeby where DAN MARTIN lived 

30 yrs ago, treked to Dodi Tal & Gaumukh. 

Rodney writes: “Colin & I climbed to over 

14,500 ft. to the base of 22,000 ft. Shivling. 

We have lots of gorgeous pictures.” Eldest son 

Kelsey attends Carleton C. in MN; Colin is in 

11 th . Marie & I work in the local nursing home 

& look forward to our next trip.” KENYON 

ERICKSON & Betsy & their 3 kids were at the 

reunion. Ken led the soccer championship & 

was auctioneer’s assistant for the class 

auction. They enjoy their cooperative housing 

experience (Blueberry Hill Cohousing) & were 

on the Jim Lehrer News Hour on PBS (12/23/ 

02). JANE LOANE GORMAN & husband Tom, 

kids Dan(13) & Emma(10) drove from Toronto 

to the reunion. They bought a new house in 

May ‘02. Tom teaches high school English & 

Math. After teaching adult education for yrs, 

he is adjusting to the immaturity of his 

students. Jane is a speech-language 

pathologist for the school board. She sings 

with the Amadeus Choir, performing Bach’s B 

Minor Mass with Sir David Wilcox conducting. 

PATRICIA WHITCOMB GREEN-SOTOS & Peter 

were at the reunion & have since married & 

honeymooned in Tahoe. “Peter has brought a 

wonderful joy to my life. With his quiet, steady 

patience, he helps still the stormy waters that 

always seem to swirl around me.” Thanks Pat, 

for keeping the class in touch these past 30 

yrs & good luck in your new marriage! WOLF 

GRUBER & his family came from Germany for 

the reunion. Simon(16) will spend next yr as 

an exchange student with Rodney Dyck & his 

family. GILMAN HALSTED came to the 

reunion alone, as wife Stefania had to work. 

He is a reporter/producer for WI Public Radio 

& sells his stories to NPR. He did a story on 

the class action suit at a Supermax prison; 

traveled to Ukraine & Vietnam & produced a 

story on My Lai, the site of the ‘68 massacre. 

BRENDA HANNA & husband Michael Roach 

were at the reunion where Michael served as 

a capable auctioneer, helping raise $1,453.25 

for the WS Annual Fund. ANDREW 

HENNESSEY & Myra were also at the reunion. 

Andy is professor at a college in Jamestown, 

ND where Myra is a pediatrician. MARK 

JAMES & Christine had a busy yr - Mark 

worked the camera for NBC at the winter 

Olympics in Utah & Christine is producer of 

“Entertainment Tonight”. William(9) is active 

in every sport! KARLA KIRKWOOD JOHNSON 

& Greg visited friends & family on the way to 

the reunion. She is a speech clinician with 

the Moline schools. Greg celebrated 25 yrs 

with John Deere. Their kids Matt & Amy are 

at U of Iowa. LOIS KNISS JONES & DALE (S) 

came to the reunion; Dale designed the class 

T-shirt. Lois volunteers at Ten Thousand 

Villages (a non-profit int’l gift store) & sings 

with a community choir. Daughter Kristen is 

at E. Mennonite High in Harrisonburg, living 

with cousins. Kevin is saving for a bird 

watching trip to Ecuador & preparing for the 

GED exam. Dale teaches art at a nearby high 

school. No longer home schooling, Lois 

teaches piano. SUSAN MOODY & husband 

Gene Jones drove to the reunion from 

Albuquerque with daughter Alex & Caity 

Martin, Dan’s daughter. When it was time to 

leave, the power steering went out on their 

Aztec & they had to wait 3 days for repairs! 

Poor Gene will never be the same after Susan 

had all that time to go antique-ing! The same 

vehicle was totaled around Thanksgiving when

they hit a large bear. RAY KAWATA & Jennifer 

planned the very successful reunion. 

MotorWeek’s coverage of the auto industry 

keeps him busy & on the road. Despite severe 

budget cutbacks at MD Public Television, he 

did more than 20 out-of-state shoots. TARAS 

KICENIUK was located due to Bruce’s super 

sleuthing on the Internet. Check out his 

website: www.icarusengineering.com to learn 

about soaring in downdrafts! REBECCA RABE 

KOSE was at WS from July until early Oct 

volunteering at the Community Center dorm 

with 26 girls. She kept all of us online 

(WS72@uclink4.berkeley.edu) filled with envy 

with her experiences. In Sept she took an early 

morning walk to Seokholi with JUDY SMITH 

CRIDER ’69 & KAREN BOWDISH TAMMINEN 

‘69 that was particularly memorable. MARY 

CONRAD LO was at the reunion sans husband 

& family. “It was wonderful to see everyone 

again. Those of you who weren’t there were 

missed.” JOHN B. LOWE missed the reunion 

but got himself a job instead! Way to go J.B! 

MARY GROSE PROVO MARTIN hopes to go to 

India in 5 yrs. Son Luke Provo was in S. India 

as the millennia turned to visit PHIL GROSE 

‘69. Mary is a Women’s Nurse Practitioner & 

lives near her parents with son Andy(15), next 

door to RANDY GROSE ‘67. Luke is at MSU in 

Bozeman, MT in Nursing. “Life is wonderful 

& busy & thank you all for keeping the 

connections to WS.” DANIEL T. MARTIN, 

following the reunion, is at home in 

Albuquerque where his family is his focus. He 

welcomes any WS wallahs to call and/or stop 

by for a visit. He is class secretary, he also 

hopes to hear from more of you more often! 

Josh(13) scuba dives & swims for a club, 

Caity(11) loves the Albuquerque Academy & 

swims for the same club. Carolyn returned to 

work after her prolonged LOA (to take care 

of Dan & the kids). Now that Dan is driving 

again (around town) she is able to do more 

things she enjoys. DIANE MCLAIN SPRINGER 

was at the reunion. Great to see her after 30 

yrs. She’s single again for all of you bachelors! 

MARY BARR MORELL hasn’t been able to 

attend the reunions but wants to hear from 

classmates. She, husband Bill & daughter 

Shelly are living in Kona, HI on staff with 

YWAM at the U of the Nations. Families come 

for a 5 mo. program called Crossroads 

Discipleship Training School. They find it 

fulfilling. Son Peter(24) graduated from 

Northwestern C. in St. Paul, MN in ‘02. 

Andrew(21) married Tamaira this June with 

Bill conducting his first wedding. Katie(18) 

returns from outreach in South Africa & 

Mozambique. Shelly(13) enjoys her crosscultural 

friends. MARY NAVE & Tim Davis were 

at the reunion & it was great to see them. 

REBECCA KOSE NOAH & Mike have been 

married for almost 28 yrs & have lived in 

Eugene, OR for 14 yrs. They both work at Holt 

Int’l Children’s Services. They adopted their 

3 rd child, Asha, through Holt. Aaron(23) 

graduated from OSU in Graphic Design, 

Allison(21) is a junior at OSU & Asha went to 

a small college in Canada for a yr, but is back 

home working & attending a community 

college. Rebecca writes: “1½ yrs ago, we took 

our family back to India for 3 wks. We wanted 

Asha to visit her birth country & I wanted our 

children to experience the Himalayas. We 

spent 5 days in Landour with TOM & CAROL 

ALTER. Our kids got a kick out of learning how 

to play cricket on Christmas morning from the 

master himself! We walked all the familiar 

paths, while I reminisced - Mike & the kids 

were patient with me. We traveled to Delhi, 

Agra, Jaipur, Pune & Mumbai. Asha was able 

to see many of the staff who had been such a 

valuable part of her early life in the 

orphanage. She was the first Holt adoptee 

from India to open her original file & view the 

contents (all identifying information taken out 

as per Indian law). She learned some things 

about her past that none of us had known. 

That was worth the whole trip!” GRANT MARK 

PETERSON writes, “After 5 th & 6 th grade at 

WS, I returned to Dhaka American School for 

7 th & 8 th grades, then USAID posted my father 

to Nigeria. I attended the British Int’l School 

of Ibaden. I attended my 10 th & 11 th grades at 

the American School in Spain in boarding, 

then returned to Wilmette, IL to finish high 

school. I attended a local college for a yr & 

then Georgetown U, the School of Foreign 

Service. I got a job with IBM right out of 

college & just celebrated my 25 th anniversary, 

picking up an MBA degree along the way. I’ve 

been married for 15 yrs & have 2 daughters, 

Hannah(10) & Sarah(7). Sarah has a 

congenital heart defect & has had 3 open heart 

surgeries. She is doing well now. We live in 

Cary, NC. I am active in many hereditary 

groups, a legacy from my father: the 

Mayflower Society, Soc. of Colonial Wars, Sons 


of the Revolution & more (don’t ask!). Am 

planning on the India trip in 2007!” MARY 

RUTH POWELL is a cook at McDonald’s & a 

Tool Room Assistant at W. Wyoming Comm. C. 

preparing metal for welding classes & driving 

the forklift. She enjoys reading & listening to 

Celtic music. ZAHRA COX RICHARDS is 

transferring back to the US in Aug. She can’t 

attend the reunion in July but will get on the 

website to add further news. “I am totally 

committed to making it back there one day, I 

just have to have fresh jalebis one more time.” 

NOEL SEEFELDT is busy in a field service 

engineering job with Vitronics Soltec Inc, 

installing & training on surface mount 

technology soldering & wave soldering. He has 

survived a few layoffs. Linda is busy caring 

for her mother especially after her father 

passed away on Memorial Day weekend. She 

does real estate transactions for friends & 

relatives on the side. Joshua(20) studies 

computer engineering at San Diego State. 

Jeremiah is in 11 th grade. The boys play cello 

together & will play in the church orchestra 

on Sundays. Jeremiah also plays in the San 

Diego Youth Symphony & the HS orchestra. 

BRUCE SKILLICORN “needed to get out 

more”, so he joined the top choir in Brisbane, 

the Brisbane Choral. He has to brush up on 

his sight reading before the end of the yr. Good 

going Bruce! Thanks for tracking down so 

many classmates who were lost! As for the 

rest of you ‘72ers, let me hear from you before 

the next Quad is due, Jan ‘04! - Dan 

CLASS of 1973 

MARY INA FLISHER HOOLEY, husband Don 

& children Sunita(17), Robert(14) & 

David(10) live in Bluffton, OH where Don is 

Math professor & Dept Chair at Bluffton C. 

Mary Ina teaches weekly 3 rd grade Release 

Time Christian Ed classes, Sunday School & 

volunteers in an elem. special ed classroom 

& at the Mennonite Central Committee thrift 

store. They enjoyed a 25 th anniversary trip to 

Banff Nat’l Park in Canada. JIM FRIEDERICKS 

has lived in Tanzania for 8 yrs teaching soil 

science at the U of Dar-es-Salaam. He & Diane 

are serving overseas with Rafiki Foundation, 

focusing on vocational training for 

disadvantaged girls & Bible Study. Diane 

teaches Grade 2 & their youngest Peter(16) 

is with them. Son Eric is married & working 

in WI, Marc is studying pre-vet at KS State &


Megan is at the U of Nebr. They will be in the 

US this summer visiting family & friends. 

DEBORAH KENOYER lives in the Oakland, CA 

hills with her partner of 20 yrs & 4 dogs which 

they enjoy walking in the regional park, which 

often reminds her of Mussoorie. She is a Radio 

Electronic Technician for United Airlines so 

gets great flight benefits. RONDA GETTER 

REN works in the convenience store business 

& as cashier in a hospital cafeteria. Her 

husband has a night job in the dispatch office 

of a trucking company. Ronda’s parents are 

still in India. KATHY GETTER LINDQUIST ‘69 

is an OB-GYN nurse practitioner in 

Minneapolis. Her son is grown & married. She 

married into a ready made family & enjoys all 

her grandchildren. RUTH BAUMAN SWYGART 

lives in Berne, IN. Daughter Shanti(24) has 2 

kids, Victoria(4) & Michael(2). Sunita(22) 

moved to TX last yr with her daughter 

Alexus(4). Shane just turned 13 & Shad is in 

1 st grade. “Rick & I are feeling our age as we 

joke whose head is more “snowcapped!” 

SUSAN GROSS LOCKETT lives in north 

England in a bleak corner where the sun 

hardly ever shines with her husband of almost 

20 yrs Andrew, who is an educational 

Inspector for Early Yrs. Daughter Anjali(16) 

is studying for major exams & keeps both 

parents under her thumb. BONNIE SMITH 

LUTZ’s 3 daughters are in 3 different 

countries. Bronwyn(20) is at Wheaton C., IL 

majoring in German & doing a Human Needs 

Global Resources program. She will go to 

Durban, S. Africa next yr for 6 mos to work 

with street kids. She chose to go to S. Africa 

because her father was raised there. Bonnie 

Rachel(17) is a senior at WS. She finished 

Turkish HS last June, but is at WS to improve 

her academic English, study US History (she’s 

an expert at Ottoman & Turkish history!) & 

do some extra-curricular activities 

unavailable in Turkish schools. Where better 

than at WS! Her sister JUDY SMITH CRIDER 

& husband work at WS & parents live nearby, 

so Bonnie Rachel is getting to know her 

relatives better. Joellah(15)is in high school 

in Izmir. “She & I are the only 2 left at home. 

I continue to be glad to be here, to keep my 

hand at the plow. It’s been over 14 yrs since 

Randy & I came, 4½ since he died. Most of 

my time is spent counseling, discipling, 

teaching, organizing, praying & listening to 

many dear people God has put into my life.” 

LOREN CLAASSEN has been married to Pat 

for 9 yrs & has 2 boys Kenneth(6) & Kyle(4). 

They attend schools in Pune. Kenneth enjoys 

learning Hindi in school. “We head up a 

division of YWAM for S. Asia & oversee about 

250 workers in Nepal, Bangladesh & India. 

We also oversee 29 staff, travel, attend 

conferences, lead seminars & answer 

hundreds of emails weekly. But it’s a great 

joy to be able to live in Bharat Mata & fun to 

be able to visit WS periodically. We’ll be taking 

a 6 mo Sabbatical in the US in ‘03.” – Paula 

CLASS of 1974 

The Class of ‘74 will hold its 30 yr reunion 

July 9-12 ‘04 at the YMCA Black Mountain, 

NC. For information, contact Liza Piercy at 

909-304-3783. SUNEIL ANAND is in NYC & 

is making a new action thriller with an int’l 

cast. SHARON CAVE has produced the film 

“Insignificant Others”. distributed by Lion’s 

Share Pictures. She is in negotiations to 

produce 2 more movies, “Fashion Victim” 

& “If Only Eden” in ‘03. She lives in Austin, 

TX, but visits LA often. JANE KIRKWOOD 

HERR is a resource teacher & case manager 

for students with behavioral or academic 

problems. Her oldest daughter is at Ball 

State U. PEGGY NAUMANN is recovering 

from a detatched retina & looking for a 

teaching position which may mean a move 

to CA. RACHEL LINDELL NELSON & her 

husband bought 5 hilly acres in Louisville, 

KY that is wooded & has a creek. They plan 

to build a home. KEVIN MCCONEGHEY 

married Terez Fahy in July ‘02. He belongs 

to a Buddhist group & plays harmonica in a 

music group. CYNTHIA PETERS is busy at 

Duke U serving on 3 university committees. 

She is active in her church. She visited STEVE 

ALTER in Boston in Oct ‘02 while attending a 

seminar there. LYLE POWELL moved to 

Newport, RI to attend the Naval War C. He 

plans to stay in the military for another 4 

yrs & hopes to return to Europe. ANDY 

PRIOR spent time in Kosovo working with 

kids traumatized by the war. He hopes to 

go back in ‘03. He has 2 children in college 

& welcomes visitors to England. DACHEN 

SAMCHOK KYAPING visited India in Apr/ 

June ‘01 & met SWATI WORAH CHANCHANI. 

She plans to go on a pilgrimage to Buddhist 

holy sites in India & Nepal, including Bodh 

Ghaya in ‘03. BETSY SCOTT MURPHY works 

in a family practice residency program 

doing phone triage. LIZA SHUMWAY PIERCY 

is planning the ‘04 reunion along with 

Cynthia, Betsy & Peggy. She works in San 

Diego as litigation paralegal & hopes to 

attend WS’s 150 th celebration in ’04. 

DESIREE SPONNER TRATTLES is taking 

navigation courses with her husband Chris 

in anticipation of sailing around the world. 

They purchased a yacht & will live on it until 

they have saved enough to spend 3-5 yrs 

circumnavigating. CURTIS WEAVERDYCK 

may be moving to Geneva, Switzerland in 

the summer ‘04. – Liza 

CLASS of 1975 

ELISE DEWSBURY GREEN is a successful 

actress. Recent shows include a one-woman 

musical comedy called “9 Months: The 

Musical” which was written by her good buddy 

CARL RITCHIE (remember how they acted in 

plays together at WS?). It gets rave reviews! 

Another role is as Rhoda Ravitch in the Off- 

Broadway musical “Suburb.” Her other job is 

selling Jacob’s Musical Chimes. Stephen 

Green (husband for 20 yrs) is a cellist. 

Daughter Rebecca(15) is in 10 th in a gifted 

high school. CARL RITCHIE, actor & writer, 

was in SE Asia for a month last fall, including 

Rangoon, Cambodia (to research a play he is 

writing) & Angkor Wat in Indonesia. Last 

summer he acted as a ‘rather nerdy scientist’ 

in the play “Castro’s Beard” in the Berkshires 

near his NY home. DAVID WEIDMAN attends 

all of the WOSA reunions because he is on 

the WOSA Council. He & SYLVIA DUBLAND 

RUSSELL & DAWN SEAMAN BOVE met up at 

the ‘02 WOSA reunion. David toured BC, 

moved into the house that he & Tom built, 

raised a 2 nd batch of Golden Retriever puppies 

& took a yoga class. SYLVIA & Joe are busy 

inter-city missionaries in Vancouver. DAWN 

is a nurse consultant in IL, with expertise on 

nutritional treatment for fibromyalgia. As 

many of us are reaching empty nest state, 

NATE RABE & wife Yvonne, who live in 

Melbourne, Aust. are expecting their 1 st child! 

Nate went to Bali as part of the Int’l Red Cross’ 

response after the bomb blast. They traveled 

to Angkor Wat & Kovalam Beach, S. India. Nate 

reminisced about when he, Mark & Martyn 

were there in the winter of ‘75. From S. India, 

Nate went to Dubai to visit JUDI COLES 

NEUDORF, who welcomes all visitors. VELMA

THIESSEN GROSE, along with sisters KAREN 

‘73 & “KIMMY” ‘73 & their mom, made a trip 

back to Champa, Chattisgarh to celebrate the 

centenary of The Leprosy Mission Hospital. 

While in Delhi, Velma visited RITOO JERATH, 

NAUZER DARUWALLA & KIRAN GUPTA 

KAPOOR. Ritoo teaches Russian language at 

JNU & is a campus activist for women’s rights 

along with her housemate, Angelie. Nauzer 

runs the Music Dept. at St. Stephen’s C. Kiran 

& her husband have a book publishing 

company, Roli Books. Kiran sent her son & 

daughter to WS & then the UK for college, 

where they are doing well, but want to join 

Mom & Dad in the book business! KRISHNA 

KEJRIWAL got his daughter into college in 

Duluth, MN & then visited Holland, Spain & 

Portugal. Krishna has organized an online 

group for our class through Yahoo Groups, 

moderated by him, Nate & Velma. All are 

welcome to join the group. Krishna & wife 

Renu live in Kanpur, UP. Their children Sriya, 

Supriya & Akhil have all attended WS. After 

13 yrs, the children have moved on & Krishna 

sold his Mt. Hermon Estates to WS. It is being 

used to house the high school girls while 

Midlands is renovated. DEBORAH GETTER is 

an ER nurse in Montrose, CO. She has 2 active 

daughters. MARTHA MANCHESTER KAUTZ’S 

daughter Sarah(16) is a Rotary foreign 

exchange student in Hamar, Norway. Son 

Peter graduated last June & lives at home in 

Sebastopol, CA working & going to college. 

MARTYN NICHOLLS studied hard for an MBA 

in Wine at universities in France, Japan, Aust, 

CA & Chile. He graduated in Oct at the head 

of his class & is launching a wine & gourmet 

food company. He hopes to make frequent 

trips to the US & Canada as he establishes 

his company. Pam also went back to school 

for a 3-yr course in Aromatherapy & is in 

business. The family, based in the UK, planned 

to camp in the NZ wilderness in Dec. FIONA 

PRIOR WYATT teaches piano & music to young 

children & enjoys church-related activities. 

Children James, Naomi & Daniel are all in 

secondary school in Guildford, England. MILLY 

SACKMAN & DONALD HANNA are busy with 

soccer players Tina, Tim & Caleb. At least Tina 

can drive herself to practices. LIZ KEARS 

BLANCHARD & her family drove in the 

summer from home in Ontario south to 

DisneyWorld in FL. JAMES KNISS lives in PA 

& hauls a big 18-wheeler refrigerator truck 

that takes him through NC, not far from John 

& Velma. Son James Paul is in 3 rd grade. 

SAYEED CHAUDHURY & Yolanda’s daughter 

Yasmin started at Marquette U in Milwaukee, 

WI. Son Yusuf(15) is in 10 th grade in San 

Ramon, CA. Sayeed’s parents, who live in 

Dhaka wish Yusuf would finish school at WS. 

Sayeed works as Chief Operating Officer for 

a records management company. Yolanda is 

an RN but has been a full-time soccer mom 

since Yusuf was born. TOM FORSGREN & 

Tamara (with sons Ethan & Seth) had a curry 

meal with MARK BAUMAN’S family in Madison 

last yr. They live in Ames, IA & took a 3-week 

car-camping trip in England in ‘02. MARK 

enjoys his work at the Community Action 

Coalition, a non-profit agency serving lowincome 

people in a 3-county area in S. WI. 

Janice is a nurse in a county home for disabled 

people. Ben(20) studies art. Sarah & Rachel 

are in high school. Last summer the family 

drove to a family reunion in CA, with detours 

along the way. Mark’s parents(83 & 80) still 

live on a fruit farm in OH adjacent to cousins. 

Mark & Janice worship at a Mennonite Church 

& are involved with peace issues, particularly 

the Palestinian situation & protesting plans 

for war against Iraq. Shahnaz, FALI KAPADIA’s 

sister, is in Iraq so they are obviously 

concerned about her welfare. Fali reports 

from Tenn. that his broken wrists are healing 

nicely so he can hunt & play tennis again. Son 

Anand is a frequent hunting companion & they 

also enjoy riding motorcycles & playing soccer. 

Fali & Anand plan a June trip to India to see 

Saroj Kapadia. JANE PETERSEN BRANDES 

is a Professional Relations Coordinator for a 

Hospice Care provider. Paul hopes to keep his 

job at United Airlines, despite the current 

upheavals. The family enjoyed a vacation in 

France. SHIBANI GHOSE CHOTANI teaches 

part-time & is a busy mom with 2 nd grader 

Eva & golden retriever Rajah, who thinks he’s 

human. Gopal’s company, Genencor, is 

expanding into biomedical & pharmaceutical 

areas & he travels a lot. They enjoyed a Baltic 

sea cruise as well as the Midsummer Fests 

in Scandinavia. Jim & SARA LARSON 

WIEGNER are missionaries in San Jose, Costa 

Rica. Sara takes classes at a Biblical 

Seminary. Their oldest, Anna, is at Eastern 

C. The boys, Peder & David, are soccer 

players. Consider coming to Colorado in 

summer ‘04 for a class reunion. - John 

CLASS of 1976 


LAUREL BUNCE-POLAREK, Jim & Andy are 

“still floating happily on our houseboat on SF 

Bay”. Laurel is working on a book, Jim is Vice- 

President at FibroGen, Inc & Andy is happy 

at a Montessori school. LENN DITMANSON 

is setting up a new private practice in Tucson 

after 12 yrs as a teaching attending physician 

at the county hospital. She is active in the 

local & state medical societies & is president 

of Pima County Medical Society & secretary 

of the AZ State Medical Assoc. She had the 

great privilege of carrying the Olympic torch 

as it went through Tucson & has her own ‘01 

AZ Diamondbacks World Series ring as she is 

their team physician! Her family is well & their 

oldest graduates from N Ariz. U in May. MARY 

FEIERABEND GIRARD is the Administrative 

Asst at the Holocaust Memorial–Miami Beach: 

“It has been interesting learning, meeting 

survivors & being involved in teaching lessons 

of the past to the younger generation in some 

attempt to change the present & bring hope 

for the future. I am involved in Calvary Chapel- 

Miami Beach, singing in the worship band, 

teaching Bible studies & doing whatever else 

needs to be done. My daughter Renee is 12, 

son Joel is 14. I enjoy being in S FL, America’s 

Banana Republic!” JOY GARRISON SIMPSON 

& husband Dale went with MARGIE 

GARRISON AUSTMAN ‘74 & her husband, 

GORD AUSTMAN ‘73 to Calgary for a Sunrise 

School reunion (MK School originally in Nasik, 

Maharashtra). “Our dad suddenly passed 

away while we were there. Our brothers, 

David & TED GARRISON ‘73 came from the 

US for the funeral. We were blessed to have a 

lot of support from old friends & missionaries 

from India who were already there. We saw 

MILLY SACKMAN ‘75 & DONALD HANNA ‘75, 

BOB CONRAD ‘71, CHERYL BUHLER ‘76 & 

GRAHAM HANKS ‘77, BECKY ‘74 & TIM ‘73 

BUHLER, JUDI FLICKNER ‘76 & MARCIA 

FLICKNER ‘72 & VALERIE HERTZSPRUNG 

‘75. The Buhler’s mom passed away just a few 

months later from cancer. When I was in 

Vancouver for a memorial the following 

weekend, I met PAUL KRAMPITZ ‘77 & 

MARVIN ENTZ ‘78.” SUE KRAMPITZ WEIL & 

her husband Larry have been visiting the US 

this past yr, spending time with family & taking 

courses. They hope to return to Mozambique 

in May ‘03 & will teach & do administration


at the Christian Academy. SAM NORASAK 

lives in Lexington, KY with wife Ratana who 

just graduated from college with honors! They 

have 2 sons: Kirk(7 th grade) & Ron(3 rd grade). 

Sam has a degree in Electronics & works for 

Lexmark in R & D. JAN PLUMMER 

DAVIDSON’s son Mike is in school & Amanda 

is in pre-school. In addition to work (Jan is a 

lawyer & judge), kids, husband & house, “I 

have added a horse to my list of ’to do’ 

activities”. SANDHYA SRINIVASAN travels 

around India writing articles & says she is 

“obsessed with issues in medical ethics”. She 

attended a reunion in Bombay some months 

ago organized by SANJAY NARANG ’81 & met 

CAROL EVANS & TOM ALTER. Last yr 

ANDREA STUTZ MITCHELL took her family 

to India, including a stopover at WS. They 

visited many places in their month-long trip. 

STANLEY SCISM was in WS during grades 7- 

9 (‘70-’73). He is the administrator of a Bible 

college & area coordinator for India/Nepal. “I’m 

planning to visit Bhutan in Mar & Tibet/Mongolia 

in June. I volunteered for a radio station in 

Darjeeling doing children’s poetry on the air & 

also for a university in Meghalaya for their 

drama dept. Haven’t got married yet. I’ve written 

4 books: Lera, Little Lady, Northwest Passage, 

& A Look At Revelation, plus many articles. I’ve 

ministered in the UK & Republic of Ireland.” 

ANDY WEDEMAN: “I spent last yr in Taiwan on 

a Fulbright looking into the funding of Taiwanese 

political parties. While there, we traveled to 

Hong Kong, Hanoi & Beijing & toured the island. 

I’m back in Lincoln for another winter at the U 

of Nebr. -brrr.” On Nov 5 th MARK SOMERS 

became the Judge of the 19 th District Court in 

Dearborn, MI. Congratulations Mark! He has 

been a lawyer in private practice in Dearborn. 

Mark & JENNIE NANATUL saw both their sons 

off to university this yr. SUE SWAIN ’77 & 

JEFF ROLLINS will move to WS next summer 

to work. 3 of their 4 children will be in college. 

KELLY WATT is writing the 3 rd draft of her 2 nd 

book. She is active in PEN Canada, a volunteer 

org of writers who work to free other writers 

who have been persecuted for exercising free 

speech. “It’s quite a wonderful org & effective.” 

In Aug HEATHER WINDSOR DODSON, JUDI 

FLICKNER & JOY GARRISON SIMPSON met 

north of Seattle for a week & had a wonderful 

time reconnecting & meeting Heather’s family. 

HEATHER has spent the last 9 mos in the US 

& NZ visiting family & friends. After an 

extended visit with her parents, they are 

moving to Burtigny, Switzerland with their 4 

children. Heather & Patrick both teach with 

YWAM. DOROTHY BARNHOUSE just finished 

her 1 st collaboration with a choreographer, 

writing the text for a dance entitled “Frost 

Palace”, performed at Lincoln Center in NYC, 

Jan 17-19. Our next “official” class reunion 

will be summer ‘04 in S Ontario. Anyone is 

welcome to join our email list at any time. - Joy 

CLASS of 1977 

The Class of ‘77’s reunion last summer provided 

an opportunity to get back in touch with lots of 

classmates. Some of them even gave us updates 

on the past 25 yrs! DAN BAUMAN left WS after 

7 th grade, but traveled across yrs & miles to the 

reunion. Dan & wife Arlene live with sons Scott 

& Michael in Papua, New Guinea, where Dan 

works with Wycliffe, the well-known Bible 

translators. PHIL BRAUDAWAY-BAUMAN is in 

MA with wife Chris & sons Sam & Nicky. Phil is 

an administrative & info systems manager at a 

non-profit retirement home in Boston & Chris is 

a minister working at Andover Newton 

Theological Seminary. MARY BURROWS 

FREDERICK & family are in Munising, MI. She 

& Rod have 6 children, the oldest already off to 

college! Mary teaches Spanish at her children’s 

church school, works part-time & enjoys playing 

flute & singing in church. They also made our 

reunion. RACHEL CONRAD is in FL starting a 

new business. She is in 2 folk dance groups & 

plays violin in a trio which plays English country 

dance tunes. SHARON GETTER ‘77 teaches 

English at the Tibetan Academy in Lhasa, Tibet. 

LOIS FARLEY CLEMENTS left WS after jr high, 

but jumped right back into the class at the 

reunion! She & husband Bill live in Eastern WA. 

She is raising 5 children, but now that stepsons 

Devan & Rory have flown from the nest, Lois is 

down to just 3: son Ryan & twins Lindsey & Scott. 

Lois teaches prenatal fitness & nutrition classes 

& plays tennis. PETER FORSGREN & his wife 

Luisa are teachers at the Rabat American School 

in Morocco. He teaches PE & Health, & 

Portuguese-born Luisa teaches Spanish & 

French. Before Morocco they taught in Taipei & 

Kuala Lumpur. Luckily, sons Jonathan & Phillip 

adjust well! HILDA GIESBRECHT REED 

substitute teaches in Caronport, Saskatchewan 

at elem & high school levels, also filling in at the 

Christian high school where husband Darian 

teaches. Her 5 children to keep Hilda busy during 

her free time! GORDON JANZEN & wife Linda 

Enns live in Winnipeg. Gordon works with the 

mission agency of the Mennonite Church 

Canada, where he relates to mission workers & 

programs in Asia & the Middle East. Previously, 

they spent 4 yrs in the Middle East with MCC, 2 

yrs at seminary in IN & 4 yrs as a minister in 

Saskatchewan. They have 3 daughters: 

Christina, Sarah & Maya. BETHANY LINDELL 

FRIBERG brought her family to the reunion – 

including 3-mo-old Shalai! They are in rural 

Tanzania, where Steve continues medical work 

& Bethany is home schooling their twin sons 

Zaka & Nyika. ANN MORRIS BAKER left WS 

during elem school & finished in Malaysia. A 

lawyer in Pittsburg, Ann & her husband Tod have 

3 children; Katherine, Jackson & Colin. The 

family attended our reunion before going to a 

reunion of Ann’s Malaysian school! SHAONA 

PALIT BERRY brought husband Sandeep & 

children Vidur & Nishka to the reunion from 

Brentwood, TN where Shaona is a software 

consultant. She hosted a mini-reunion when 

NANCY LONG ROWE & SUBIRA CHOUDHURI 

DUKES showed up in Brentwood! DIANE 

SEAMAN MATHEWS & husband Larry work with 

SIL in Papua, Indonesia. Di is a physician caring 

for expatriats living in Indonesia - she doesn’t 

have a visa to practice, so is limited to caring 

for foreigners! Children Lizby, Jonathan & David 

are her main job; her hobby is a homesteadtype 

farm on which she shows Papuans how to 

generate income & feed a family nutritiously on 

a small plot. Larry is a pilot/mechanic. VENITA 

SHROFF LAMBERT is in St. Sebastien-Sur- 

Loire, France, where she teaches ESL to 

business people. Sons Stefan & Christophe keep 

life interesting. Venita & the boys used the class 

reunion as an excuse to tour the US & meet old 

classmates & friends along the way. SUE SWAIN 

ROLLINS & husband JEFF ’76 will be our class’ 

next donation to WS! Sue, Jeff & youngest son 

Daniel will head for WS this summer, where Jeff 

will be in computer support & Sue hopes to 

teach. They will leave their 3 oldest in the US at 

their various colleges. I’m sure we’re all just a 

bit jealous & we hope that Sue & Jeff are 

prepared for many visitors! - Susan 

CLASS of 1978 

2002 was a good yr for tracking down ‘lost’ 

classmates. PETER FORSGREN is teaching at 

the Rabat American School in Morocco. BETH 

JACOBER MATA is teaching elem Spanish &

ESL at a Christian school in Miami, FL. Her 

husband Jose, is a Lt. Col. in the Air Force & 

is a Civil Engineering Squadron Commander 

in S. Korea. He should get a different posting 

this summer where the family can join him. 

MARK DUERKSEN spent 2½ mos. visiting 

India last yr with his father. He is an X-ray 

technician in Plano, TX. WILL FOSTER has 

joined PhDs in our class & is an Asst. 

Professor at the School of Management at 

Ariz. State. DAVID EVANS is teaching elem 

school music & is music director at Olivet 

Episcopal Church in Alexandria, VA. LYDIA 

BURROWS JOHNS is somehow old enough to 

have a high school graduate! Daughter 

Heather graduated with all kinds of honors 

last June. BARBARA GETTER ROTHGERB ‘79 

& her family are in Tanzania, Africa. They run 

a fruit farm but have a hard time finding a 

market for the produce. LINI MAZUMDAR 

married Emmett Dunbar in Sept. We also had 

some sad news last yr: BARBY WARREN 

WINDSOR lost her Mom in June after a long 

illness. KRIS SCHUMM LONG’S Dad lost his 

battle with cancer in May, & LIESBETH 

FRANKEN-POST lost her Mom in Feb. She & 

her family moved back to Holland in Julysomething 

they’d been considering for a while. 

Our sincere condolences, thoughts & prayers 

are with the 3 of them & their families. My 

email address is different, so please make 

sure you have the right one! 

carotsuep@attbi.com The Class of ’78 is 

planning a WS reunion in June ‘04. If you know 

some ’78ers who aren’t in contact with us, 

please let them know. We invite the classes 

around ours & all the wonderful staff who put 

up with us to join us. The more the merrier. 

Please contact either myself (Carol 

Remington) or Mark Windsor: 

mark_windsor@yahoo.com with any 

questions. - Carol 

CLASS of 1979 

JIM YOUNGKEN appeared from the land of 

the lost via email. He left WS suddenly half 

way through senior yr chasing a career with 

the air force around the world for about 10 

yrs. He married Theresa in ‘88, their son Ryan 

is 14 & Evan is 10. In ‘94 they moved to 

Vancouver, WA where Jim is a computer 

programmer & welcomes any calls. CLARE 

GERTSCH lives in Omaha, NE with John, her 

partner of many yrs. She had an epiphany & 

the path in the yellow wood led her to massage 

therapy. She completed school in Dec & 

passed the nat’l exam with high marks. She 

will probably work for someone else at first. I 

take this space to chastise ANITA SUNDARAM 

for not calling. Anita is in Gainsville, FL & 

has taken a hiatus (lollygagging) from her 

pursuit of alternative medicine (or is it 

alchemy?) & visited her parents in India, her 

brother Umardeep in Spain & relatives in the 

NE. The reason for TAJCHAI NAVAPANICHS’ 

silence that he is the father of 10 mo. old twins 

Alex & Ian, Zoe(4) & daughter Alyssa(14). He 

married Alyssa (yes, same name) about 5 yrs 

ago. Tajchai has an electrical engineering 

position doing government contracts & also 

does software consulting on the side. He had 

a visit from NATHAN TAYLOR, Maya & new 

son Oliver Richard (b. June ‘02). Nathan is 

Guidance Counselor at the American 

Community School in Beirut & took a break to 

visit some of his family & some of her relatives 

on the west coast. KIRAN CUNNINGHAM has 

successfully negotiated a maze of medical 

treatment with her wonderful spirit intact. 

Her family (husband Russ, Kyle & Brian) took 

off to Puerto Rico at Christmastime to 

celebrate. Kiran is a professor of Anthropology 

at Kalamazoo C. & is active in the field of 

service learning. Russ also teaches 

Anthropology while Kyle & Brian are both 

active growing kids. Kiran stays in touch with 


KEVIN SCOTT, Martha & Gareth(8) & 

Mae(1.5). They all went to witness an annual 

crane migration. Kevin is an active dad & 

Martha is an Anesthetist at a couple of nearby 

hospitals. The kids are quite the hosts & Kevin 

makes a mean sushi among other culinary 

endeavors. RICK DOWNS has moved into his 

new home in Wellesley & we sure would like 

to have some news from him soon. KEN 

POWELL & Susan have successfully adopted 

Anisha(5) & her brother Vitthal(4) from 

Poona. Susan is an MD at a rural hospital in 

central WA & Ken has his hands full at home. 

They have 4 kids(3 daughters, 1 son) within a 

couple yrs of age!! Wow, way to go! (A 

suggested book title for you Ken, ‘Estrogen 

Poisoning in the Adoptive Family’). LIPIKA 

MAZUMDAR, PHIL BITTENBENDER ‘75 & 

Lipika’s brother visited Mussoorie in May. 

They had to tell their wedding story a dozen 

times! They were in India for a second, pukka, 

Bengali wedding after tying the knot last 

summer. They are in Pittsburgh,PA, where 

Lipika teaches Anthropology & Phil is working 

on a MA in History. SHARON SETO managed 

to get away from the WS Alumni Office to lead 

a bunch of 9 th graders from Hanumanchatti 

to Dodital – great fun. Steve, Dorien(14) & 

Robin(7) went to a wedding in Spain in June 

& then spent time in Italy with DEIRDRE 

STRAUGHAN ‘81. She & Kiran are presenting 

at the WOSA reunion July 11-14 in 

January ‘02 Reunion at Oakville: Front (l-r): Vanalika Nagarwalla, Bob Alter ‘43, Robin Ediger- 

Seto Back: Shahnaz Kapadia Al-Hajieat ‘79, Ahmed Al-Hajieat, Nazneen Nagarwalla (S), Steve 

Ediger (S), Margaret Eady, Darab Nagarwalla ‘79, Andrew Alter ‘78, Ben Alter, Deepak, Dick Wechter 

(S), Sharon Seto ‘79, Nicola Alter, Ellen Alter (S), Frances Eady Alter (S)



Elizabeth Webster 

Shillington ‘80 

863 Litchfield Ave 

Sebastopol, CA 95472 

USA 

eshillington@juno.com 

707-829-6311 

Deirdre Straughan Laeng ‘81 

Via Predabissi 6 

Milano, I-20131 Italy 

deirdre_straughan@hotmail.com 

39 02 2614-2501 

Karen Fiol McKerihan ‘82 

2869 Doncaster Dr 

Charleston, SC 29414 USA 

ublak@aol.com 

843-766-7786 

Kairas Mistry ‘83 

19328 Circle Gate Dr, #201 

Germantown, MD 20874 USA 

kairas@earthlink.net 

301-428-1776 

Sisi Crotty Lance ‘84 

59 Bramblebrook Rd 

Ardsley, NY 10502-2233 USA 

ntlance@mindspring.com 

914-591-4643 

Robina David Sommers ‘85 

1721-A Graceland Ct 

Goshen, IN 46526-1634 USA 

krsommers@bnin.net 

574-534-7039 

Faisal Khan ‘86 

39 Buena Vista Rd 

S. San Francisco, CA 94080 USA 

faisalkhan@hotmail.com 

650-875-7696 

Roberta Matern-Johnson ‘87 

6089 West Megan St 

Chandler, AZ 85226-5851 USA 

bmatern@hotmail.com 

480-785-7674 

Lorrie Doman-Sheydayi ‘87 

650 S Boulder Ct. 

Gilbert, AZ 85296 USA 

domankl@cs.com 

480-539-7712 

Yuka Makino ‘88 

2801 Quebec St NW #746 

Washington, DC 20008 USA 

ymakino@worldbank.org 

202-468-9852 

Ena Singh Murphy ‘89 

9219 Briary Lane 

Fairfax, VA 22031 USA 

ena_murphy@cch-lis.com 

703-426-5753 

Manchester, IN so come & join them if 

possible. JAINA CHINAI SANGA’S twin sons, 

Sareth & Kerem, graduated in June from WS 

& then headed to the U of Mich. CAROL 

DODGSON KLOOSTER & Dale are firmly 

ensconced in St. Louis. Allison is a teenager 

& Anya is 10. Carol has been in private 

counseling practice for 10 yrs & Dale with the 

Family Resource Center for 16. They 

repainted their 90-yr-old home without 

incident & took a semi-annual trip to to spend 

Christmas with her family. HUGH STODDARD, 

Susie, Micah(8) & Aaron(4.5) took a road trip 

to Toronto last summer. Hugh continues at a 

school near Lincoln, NE & is finishing his 

course work for a PhD. He celebrated his 40 th 

birthday by running a marathon. Go Hugh! 

Susie remains retired from teaching to 

manage her 3 boys. HEATHER HILLIARD has 

started a Master Gardener Certificate & 

doesn’t remember homework being quite so 

hard. Steve still works for AudioVison & 

Sean(6) really loves Karate. Heather is trying 

to establish a Curry Club in Toronto. DEANNE 

LEHMAN adopted Vandana, a 3-yr-old girl in 

June ‘02. She is learning Dutch & English & 

is giving her new brother Christopher(3) a run 

for his money. SHAHNAZ KAPADIA is well & 

is in touch with Mrs. Kapadia every week. She 

tells her mother not to worry until Mr. Bush 

starts his Diwali. JANE NICHOLS-FOOTE has 

a new job training quarantine officers for the 

Ministry of Agriculture. Hubby Robin has had 

a dastardly time keeping work in his field, it 

seems the only work he gets is overseas. 

Rebekah(17) just finished school & placed 5 th 

in NZ in sculpture & will study graphic design. 

Nicholas(12) is quite the sportsman. BONITA 

JANZEN is in Steinbach near Winnipeg. 

Anand(15) is good at school. Anisha(8) is a 

social butterfly. Boni is working towards her 

BFA at the U of Manitoba among other 

pursuits. JAMES HACKNEY started his own 

real estate appraisal firm last Mar & in June 

started building a log cabin (OK, gourmet 

kitchen with some attached rooms) with 25 

mile views, not Mussoorie views but they will 

suffice in a pinch. Life is full & getting fuller! 

I went camping & biking with GREG WRAY ‘78 

& JOHN NAVE ‘75. I get to see & connect with 

lots of WS folks but need to hear from many 

more of you so drop me a line! We need to 

plan our 25 th reunion which coincides with 

WS’s 150 th . For best turnout it looks like it 

will be stateside, the week before or after the 

WOSA reunion. I’m open for suggestions, 

please help! - James Hackney, with thanks to 

Shari 

CLASS of 1980 

PETER SHARPE is a physiotherapist in Bath, 

UK, which he enjoys hugely. He has landed 

the role of Clinical Specialist in Hand Surgery. 

He & Nina loved their holidays & went cycling 

in Spain. They plan to be in Hong Kong in Feb 

‘03 for the Chinese New Year. KAREN 

FERNANDEZ moved to Auckland U as Senior 

Lecturer in Marketing. She & her family love 

living in the big city & being close to the 

beaches. They bought a piece of land & plan 

to build a home on it. DARLENE SEAMAN 

SILLIMAN attended the WOSA reunion in 

Abbotsford & saw several classmates. She 

reports that ROBERTA PAULS lives in 

Vancouver & has a pediatric practice & a 2 yr 

old & that VERSHA OZA was also present & 

helped to coordinate the reunion. Dar has 

been selling home-grown veggies, fresh eggs 

& goat milk to friends. She sells the goat meat 

to the local Nepali community who miss fresh 

meat & veggies. TIM WEIDMAN & family 

moved into a new home in Battle Ground, WA. 

They plan to have pet llamas whose wool 

Roxanne will learn to harvest & spin. LIANA 

GERTSCH works at a foundation that supports 

early childhood programs for disadvantaged 

populations of children. She is responsible for 

program development & mgmt in India, 

Indonesia, Thailand & Malaysia & is Director 

of the Program Dept. She & her family moved 

from Amsterdam to be closer to her work at 

The Hague & found a house near to the North 

Sea Coast. Isa is 9, Sarah 6 & Elias 2. NUPUR 

CHOUDHURI JACOB has 2 children: 

Jonathan(14) & Michal(13), who are 

beautiful, smart, funny & the joys of her life! 

Nupur lives in Perth & went back to university 

this yr to do a graduate diploma in education 

at the U of W. Aust. She is applying to high 

schools for ‘03 as an English teacher & visited 

India after 12 yrs! DAVID TAYLOR’s family has 

been growing a lot vertically. Daniel(16) is 

doing well academically & runs Cross-country 

& Track. Hannah(12), Isaiah(10) & Moses(6) 

are home schooled & love to learn. In addition 

to his business, he coaches cross-country at 

Covenant C. & had good success at 

conference, regional & nat’l levels this past

fall. He is especially grateful that his runners 

are such a joy to counsel & teach. If you know 

any good students who can run, send them to 

him! JULIA NIEHAUS SOPER has become 

good at hair wraps, is taking Tai Chi & got her 

first-ever white-colored dental filling. She & 

her family spent time in July at Barksdale & 

the Nueces River for a timeless period of 

fishing, kayaking & sunburning. In Sept she 

gave her annual workshop to certify spinal 

screeners for the state of TX. VINAY MEHRA 

has been hosting WS gatherings in his home 

in Delhi. He was in the US attending jewelry 

shows. His daughter is graduating from WS & 

hopes to be a fashion designer in NY. BETH 

NORFORD is writing a mystery novel about 

country music set in Nashville, TN. All the 

clues are in country music songs & her idea 

is to publish the novel along with a CD that 

has all the songs on it. She just returned from 

Mexico, the highlight of which was a train trip 

through the Sierra Madres. DAVY SIDHU spent 

Thanksgiving with UTTAM KEJRIWAL & 

ATTLEY BRAR at Davy & Attley’s village in the 

Punjab. Davy (or Dave) works for the Institute 

of Int’l Education in DC doing environmental 

work, particularly with projects in India. He 

enjoys spending lots of time with his son, 

Nikko. TENZING NEMA’s 2 oldest sons are 

taller than he is! Tashi is at the Delhi C. of Art 

& Gautam has finished the 12 th standard & is 

looking at a career in the merchant navy. 

Siddharth is in 10 th standard. Momotours.com 

is thriving under the directorship of Tsering. 

Like the rest of us, Momo is 40 & discovering 

that all those falls from trees & at Hanson 

are starting to revisit! ELIZABETH WEBSTER 

SHILLINGTON is working on her dissertation 

& hopes to be done at the end of the yr in 

order to graduate by spring ‘04. - Elizabeth 

CLASS of 1981 

Classmates are warmly invited to join our new 

online community to exchange emails, see 

photos, chat and post messages! Write to 

deirdre_straughan@hotmail.com to join. The 

Class of ’81 has been uncommunicative since 

our 20 th anniversary reunions in Nov ‘01 so 

what I have to report is based on personal 

meetings & gossip. In Feb ‘01 my daughter 

Rossella & I took a vacation in NYC, saw 

SARAH GALLOWAY several times & visited the 

Museum of Natural History where she works 

as a video editor. It was fun to hear her voice 

narrating some of the exhibits. During part of 

our visit we stayed with LAURI WILSON 

COULTER & her family in Brooklyn & finally 

had a chance to catch up with them after yrs. 

We all had lunch in Jackson Heights, NYC’s 

“Little India”. where we stumbled across an 

issue of Stardust magazine with a photo of 

SANJAY NARANG & his glamorous actress 

girlfriend. In June Ross & I traveled straight 

up the middle of the US visiting DURJOY 

MAZUMDAR & his family in Minneapolis. 

Durjoy & I indulged our geek natures with 

visits to various computer stores. Durj showed 

us pictures of JEET SINGH’s Boston debut as 

a rock musician. Jeet & his band perform 

under the name Miki Singh & Jetset. I made 

it to Mussoorie in Nov ‘02 to discuss the WS 

150 th anniversary book project I’m heading up. 

On the way in, I stayed in Delhi with KIEVE 

VERGHESE & his family, who organized a 

mini-reunion with YUTI MEHTA BHATT, NINA 

PANT BENHAM (with husband David & 

daughter April & a new one on the way), NITIN 

WAKANKAR & TENZING NEEMA ‘80 & Tsering. 

TIM GETTER ’81 & his wife are teaching at 

the int’l school in Dar-es-Salaam. – Deirdré 

CLASS of 1983 

ELLIE BURROWS WOOD & husband live in 

northwest MT nestled between 2 mountain 

ranges. Between caring for Jacob, geography 

whiz; Nathan, athletic with the gift of the gab 

& Anna, artistic, Ellie still finds time to teach, 

is active in her church & cares for 3 dogs & 1 

cat. KAREN HUNTER JONES & husband live 

in NW London with children Sophie(10) & 

Sam(6½). They run a charity to help at-risk 

young people “by providing counseling 

services, a dance workshop & seminars on 

issues such as eating disorders, depression, 

& child abuse”. They also provide practical 

help/provision for the poor of their immediate 

area. Additionally they “take teams of young 

people to different countries to speak at 

conferences & do practical projects for the 

poor there. It helps our young people get a 

wider, more positive view of life. We also run 

an Anglican church, which aims to be 

culturally relevant. We see ourselves doing 

this at least for the next 10 yrs.” DAVE BRUCE 

is “taking a break from life” & is working on 

an MSc in Conservation Biology at the U of 

WI-Madison. Dave enjoys living in town with 

his wife & Dylan(9) & Julia Rose(7) & is 


impressed with the diverse student population 

in his children’s classes. PEONY CHAUDHURY 

is in Aust. finishing a master’s in 

Environmental Mgmt & working full-time 

managing overseas development projects. I 

last heard from STEPHANIE TURCO 

WILLIAMS in Oct when she, husband Tom, 

Alec & Erin were enjoying the cool (95F) 

autumn days in Abu Dhabi! HEDY 

FERNANDEZ ASLAM KHAN lives in Dubai 

where her husband is an aircraft engineer 

with Emirates Airlines. They have 3 children; 

the oldest boy is 12½ & a set of twins. AMY 

WILSON PEARLSTEIN & husband Steve were 

“blessed with the birth of our son Jake on Sept 

14 ‘02” who amazes them daily! They have 

moved into the “perfect” house where Amy is 

a stay at home mom. She sounds ecstatic. 

DUSHYANT MANCHANDA is in SF. He is 

involved with the venture capital industry in 

Silicon Valley & spends his free time traveling 

in NA & Europe. PIYA CHATTERJEE is a 

faculty member at the UC-Riverside & teaches 

int’l women’s politics. She tries to visit India 

often for research, though is planning to begin 

work on women’s grassroots organizing, AIDS 

& geopolitics in southern Africa, a big shift. If 

anyone does work in public health, gender & 

AIDS in comparative perspectives, get in 

touch at piyachatterjee@yahoo.com. She is 

“settled” in Riverside, CA-whatever that 

means for a gypsy. ELAINE HOSTETLER 

writes that it has been a hectic, but positive 

yr for her. She married Reza Reyazi in June 

‘02 & is expecting a son. She’s worked in 

Dayton, OH at the Victoria Performing Arts 

Theatre since Apr ‘02 & lives in Yellow Springs 

(home of Antioch C.) but plans to move to 

Columbus after the baby is born. SERENA 

LAROIA is busy with her son(3½) & 

daughter(1). JAYA MINI SIL will complete her 

doctoral studies in Agricultural Economics, 

teach in summer & remain in Berkeley until 

mid-Aug. CAROLE LEHMAN NASRALLA 

writes: “I’m working for the Indian Health 

Service, as a family physician on the Jicarilla 

Apache reservation in NM. We live just across 

the border in Pagosa Springs, CO famous for 

its hot springs. Husband, Dave, stays at home 

with our 2 girls (lucky guy!) & when he can 

mountain bikes, hikes & skis. We have 2 

wonderful girls: Kayla(3½) & Maya(6 mos). 

“Our home is always open for visitors!” Visit 

her website www.nasralla.com VICKI ROSE


PETERSEN & husband Vic are busy juggling a 

household of children & grandchildren! Vicki 

says she lives her dream of “cooking, sewing, 

cleaning, gardening, taking turns tending to 

the little ones” although she admits that some 

days are frustrating, she says she is “doing 

exactly what I always wanted to be doing. And 

I love it”. As for me, KAIRAS MISTRY, it has 

been a yr of ups & downs, mostly ups. In Feb 

I was laid off from Marriott Int’l & was out of 

work 4 mos. As usual, tribulations are thinly 

disguised blessings. In Apr, I was able to 

donate a kidney to my mother who had been 

suffering from total renal failure for 2 yrs. 

Both, mother & child, are doing fine! I was 

hired back by Marriott Int’l in June on a 

temporary basis & am in the process of 

interviewing for some promising permanent 

positions (how’s that for alliteration?). I 

realize that those of you planning on attending 

the reunion are anxious for an update. Please 

stay tuned! Wishing all of you a prosperous, 

healthy & loving ‘03! Peace. - Kairas 

CLASS of 1984 

MONISHA AHMED has published a book 

entitled “Living Fabric-Weaving Among the 

Nomads of Ladakh Himalaya” available from 

Orchid Press at wop@inet.co.th & on 

Amazon.com. She works in Ladakh & plans to 

open an Arts Resource Centre there. She also 

teaches at Bombay U & at the Nat’l Institute 

for Fashion Technology. Son Arman is 3 & they 

are expecting their 2 th child in July ’03. 

CARINA CHATLANI launched her Body Bistro 

beauty products line at the nat’l skincare 

tradeshow in NY in ’02. She also has a new 

line of spa products (ASANA spa), which are 

carried by some Ritz-Carlton hotels in HI & 

Andrew ShamRao ’84 and Mahnoor Shahul were married October 19, 

2002 in Chicago 

FL. Daughter Sabrina loves 1 st grade & is a 

Hindi film buff. HASSAN DASHTI married 

Andrea in June ’02, in the English Lake 

District. They moved to Manchester, where 

he will embark on a yr of Pediatric Spinal 

Surgery Fellowship before settling down in 

practice. He also passed his Orthopaedic 

Board Exams. SAM EBRAHIM & Shemin 

welcomed their 1 st child, son Noah in May. 

They will leave Bermuda at the end of ’03 to 

take over his father’s business in Zambia. SUE 

STONE HAKE & Roger welcomed their 6 th child 

& 1 st son, Timothy Luke in June. Roger is 

studying to become a counselor & their eldest 

daughter Liz just began college. They home 

school their other 4 daughters. MARY 

DICKINSON HARDING & Andy Probyn 

welcomed their 2 nd daughter, Abigail Kathryn 

in Sept. MARK GLOVER & family left Nepal in 

Nov for home assignment in Aust. Jenika plans 

to renew her nursing registration & begin a 

master’s of Palliative Care program. Mark 

plans to begin an MBA. They will return to 

Nepal in Aug ’03. RAJESH KOHLI is busy with 

several businesses: corporate business 

centres, software technology parks, safe 

deposit vaults & retailing. His company is also 

involved in humanitarian causes & operates 

a dispensary of free medicines, food, blankets 

& advice for the poor. Wife Seema studies & 

paints Tanjore paintings. Daughter Upasana 

is 10 & son Harit is 9. LOUIE LEE & family 

are moving from Thailand to Taiwan. ANN 

REYDEL enjoys meeting up with LA area 

alumni such as GREGORY ZIDE ‘83. BARDIA 

“BARD” SAADATNEJAD got in touch with 

Andrew Shamrao. He is married & lives in 

Oslo, Norway. NATHAN SCOTT ran into PETER 

STANLEY in Taipei in Mar ’02. ANDREW 

SHAMRAO married 

Mahnoor Shahul in Oct 

’02. Mahnoor is an 

attorney & Andrew’s 

consulting company 

Divaker is doing well. 

JIGME SHINGSAR & 

Deki bought a house in 

Jersey City, NJ; 

NARESH TECKWANI 

lives a few towns over. 

R A J E S H 

SUKHNANDAN & Doña 

visited India & WS over 

the Christmas holidays; 

he was amazed at all the changes in progress. 

FIBI THIND married Jeanne in Scottsdale, AZ, 

where she is majoring in English. He owns a 

limousine service with his brother Gurpreet. 

His most recent celebrity client was golfer 

Jack Nicholaus. He plans to take Jeanne to 

India in the summer of ’03. SOE SOE THWIN 

is working on her dissertation while employed 

as a biostatistician at Boston U. She & Dan 

also own & operate an art gallery in Deerfield, 

NH. Daughter Setse is 6 & they are expecting 

their second child in Apr ’03. ESKINDER 

TEFERA & Maaza are the proud parents of 2 

boys, Ezana(5) & Abel(3). Maaza works for 

American Pharmaceutical Partners as a 

Quality Assurance Manager. Eskinder is with 

HSBC Bank in Buffalo, NY and was promoted 

to Asst. VP. He works in the Special Credits 

Unit managing troubled commercial loan 

portfolios. He completed an MBA in Global 

Mgmt. - Sisi 

CLASS of 1985 

Froggies, you were amazing at getting 

information to me at such short notice! It is 

great to read about people that we haven’t 

heard from in yrs. BOB CUMMINGS works for 

SAP AG in Germany as an assistant to the 

Board. This summer, he & his wife Carole & 

sons Thomas, David & Eric vacationed in the 

south of France. NIGEL SEQUEIRA, ALEX 

WAGNER, her son Fabian & the Cummings 

family had a mini reunion in Allerheiligen, 

Germany (in the Black Forest) & then drove 

down to Strasbourg for the day. “It was a really 

special day & we had a great time together 

reminiscing about our time at WS & behaving 

like we were still in high school.” MINKI YU 

visited the Cummings in Nov. LETTHANG 

HAOKIP says “the past yr has been eventful 

for me. I got promoted during Oct ‘02 to Under 

Secretary to the Gov’t of India from the post 

of Section Officer. I have also been blessed 

with a son after having 2 daughters. My 

regards to all the members of the Class of ’85.” 

ANGELA KAUL is a staff psychologist at 

George Washington U. She finished her PhD 

in Psychology last yr & did some post-doc work 

at UT-Austin. She hopes to start a private 

practice, focusing on multicultural issues with 

clients from various cultures. She would love 

to hear from any old friends if they are visiting 

the DC area. FARAH KHAN SIDDIQUI writes 

that her children Ali(9) & Aliya(6) are in

school. “The other day I ran into RAYAN 

SHUMS ‘87 (SHAHREEN SHUMS’s sister) at 

a party. I thought she looked familiar & when 

I asked her name-turned out she was someone 

I knew!” Shahreen is in Aust. married with 3 

kids. Rayan, an architect, is in touch with 

some people from WS such as MANA 

KHANDVALA who is also an architect in NY. 

Farah is in touch with KAREN SOLVIK MYERS 

who has 2 children & lives in Seattle. Farah 

went to India in the summer & spoke with 

SUMANA DASGUPTA BHASIN. She was in 

good spirits, expecting her 2 nd child & is a 

successful businesswoman. She is singing 

again. Farah also got a call from REENA 

NISCHAL. She lives in Delhi & is married with 

2 kids. Thanks, Farah, for all the info! JYOTI 

KAMP KYLE & her family stopped by Goshen 

on their way to KY where Dave volunteered 

as a physician at Red Bird Mission. They are 

in CA where Dave is at Corcoran State Prison. 

Jyoti keeps busy home schooling Emily(3) & 

Natalie(18 mo.). SABOOR HALIM lived 

outside London for 5 yrs & worked for Oracle. 

In Oct he found another job in a small company 

& is really enjoying it. He might try to go to 

Spain, Italy or France in the next couple of 

yrs. He is proud of being an uncle to sister 

Rabia’s daughter, Ayana. Saboor is in touch 

with NAVAZ BUSTANI who lives in London. 

NALINI JONES is the district administrator 

for a program called “Guardian ad litem” a 

state run law firm that represents juveniles 

who are in the custody of the state. She runs 

the firm & enjoys her work. She is thinking 

about going to law school. ALOK CHANDER is 

in the UK working as a senior project manager 

at WorldCom in Berkshire. SEUNG KUON 

YANG & his wife work in the same building for 

the federal gov’t. They moved into a new place 

in June where Sky wants a rest from home 

improvements. “We don’t have any kids yet, 

but our 2 dogs keep us just as busy. All the 

chores that come with owning dogs are mine. 

My wife just enjoys petting them. As reward 

for being nice, my wife finally let me get a 

motorcycle. It took yrs of nagging, but I am 

happy to say that I am a motorcycle rider at 

last. The weather doesn’t permit me to ride it 

as yet, but seeing it sitting in my garage 

everyday excites me like a kid.” AJAY PILLAI 

& his wife Heather are working in full time 

ministry & are excited about the upcoming 

birth of their 1 st child in Aug. KATE PETERSON 

NEWTON is looking forward to 

the birth of her 2nd child in Aug 

as well. WENDY SNONGJATI 

moved to Singapore in ‘95 to 

work in an advertising agency 

looking after clients in the 

Indochina & West African 

markets. She quit in Sept ‘01 

to concentrate on an MBA, 

which started in Nov ‘01. Her 

boyfriend, Scott (from 

Scotland) proposed to her on 

New Year’s Eve ‘01, they got 

married in June ‘02 & are 

expecting their first child in 

May. JAY ROADARMEL, wife 

Leslie & daughter Natalie went to Bangkok in 

Mar ‘02 to adopt their son, Alec. SMITHA 

DHARMARAJ DAY & husband Bill & daughter 

Karishma relocated to CA. Smitha enjoys 

getting together with CATHY MANN EVANS. 

BECKY WYSE & husband Mark keep busy with 

their son. SWETA CHANDRA & her husband 

had a son this past Apr. They were glad to 

have GINNY STROM (S) visit them. Ginny 

returned to India in Sept after a 14-mo 

furlough in which she started on a 3-yr MEd 

program from Covenant C. “It is nonresidential, 

except for a 3-week stint each 

July, so I am able to do it out here; all my 

papers, projects & so on are based at Grace 

Academy in Dehra Dun. I want to make my 

course as relevant & practical as possible to 

the Indian situation because I am starting out 

(slowly) to develop a ministry of support to 

nat’l teachers in Christian schools.” PHILIP 

THURMAN & family send greetings from MI & 

we send ours from Goshen. Benjamin turned 

4 & Priya 

turned 1 

during the 

past couple of 

w e e k s . 

M E E R A 

SINGH moved 

to Modena in 

the north of 

Italy near 

Bologna. 

Great people 

& great food! 

Her husband’s 

job has 

brought them 


Class of ’85: Nigel Sequeira, Alex Wagner & Robert Cummings 

there. They move every 3-4 yrs- still the global 

nomad she was when her father was a 

diplomat. Her son(6) is well adjusted to life 

in Italy. If you did not receive an e-mail from 

me directly, I do not have your address. Please 

send me an e-mail so that we can have an 

updated list & start thinking about our 20 th 

(what!?) reunion. Thanks! - Robina 

CLASS of 1987 

Things are pretty quiet from our classmates 

of late, but here is what I have: Lorrie & I had 

visits this past yr by MARCUS SHAW, 

CHANDRA FLINT & BONZI CROTTY. Marcus 

came through Phoenix with his wife Fabi while 

they were in the area to see Marcus’ dad in 

Las Vegas. It was neat to finally meet Carston, 

their son. (We didn’t get to meet Fabi or 

daughter Isabella, as they were visiting other 

friends.) The Shaws are moving to Sri Lanka 

to work at an orphanage that is run by Marcus’ 

sister. They are excited about the move. 

Kendal Sommers, Robina David Sommers ’85, Benjamin and Priya in Goshen, IN


www.fidsro.org A sad time in Chandra’s life 

brought her to Phoenix. Chandra’s dad passed 

away of pancreatic cancer on Dec 10 th . We 

are sad with her & only wish the healing in 

her heart could happen more speedily. 

Chandra continues her studies in law at 

Vanderbilt. Bonzi & Jill stopped by Phoenix 

as part of a greater exploration of AZ. They 

have bought a beautiful brick colonial home 

in PA. Bonzi’s son Patrick is doing well – 

deciding whether to do university in Sweden 

or the US. AJAY ZACHARIA reports his family 

is well & his sons Noah(7) & Peter(4) are 

enjoying raising a puppy for Guide Dogs of 

America. Ajay has been promoted to vicepresident 

of his company! We’re also sorry to 

share that SERENA SEQUIRA’s dad passed 

away in Nov. Serena was able to go home to 

Kuwait for the funeral. Our sympathies to all 

the Sequiras. Serena met up with PEMBA 

LAMA & SONAM GONSAR by coincidence at 

a mutual friend’s wedding in Toronto. STEVE 

SATOW, in a uncharacteristic move, spends 

more time at work & less on the court. He 

was playing competitive tennis, but I guess 

Matthew(1), Abigail(3), 7 acres of property, 

several cows & a job keep him too busy to 

practice! Kathy, Steve’s wife, has been working 

hard to develop the Newborn Lifeline Network, 

“to prevent the abandonment of newborns 

through a nationwide network of organizations 

& volunteers who assist women in need of 

immediate intervention”. I am so proud & 

impressed with her work! YASMIN PADAMSEE 

wrote an update while on holiday in India, 

prior to visiting Corbett Nat’l Park. (Reminds 

me of the adventures of our beloved Pundits.) 

“I began this yr with a trip to Beijing to train 

Chinese educators to use drama in their 

environmental education programmes. I have 

been working at the UN in NYC for 3 yrs on 

sustainable development & poverty 

eradication issues. I traveled to South Africa 

to participate in the Johannesburg Summit & 

was close to police using tear gas. In Nov 

Rayaan & myself attended Rabia’s baby 

shower. You can see pictures of the baby 

shower at www.genkigroove.com/shower/ 

Pages/Image26.html. Rabia has a beautiful 

baby girl.” LAJU SHRESTHA sends well 

wishes from Aust. “Slesha is 7 & my little 

Tessa is 2½. They are a real joy to me but it is 

also hard work trying to juggle family life & 

full-time work. My hubby is in his last term 

Families of Lorrie Doman-Sheydayi ’87 & Birdie Matern-Johnson ’87 

for his degree in Public Health (thank 

goodness!). I am still working for the AID 

agency & enjoying every minute of it. It feels 

wonderful to be working for an agency that is 

committed towards helping alleviate poverty 

in the 3 rd world.” A long lost classmate, 

RAYAAN SHUMS has resurfaced in NYC! She 

is an architect in a creative multi-disciplinary 

firm involved in branding & design, primarily 

in the retail sector. She has taken up dance 

again, this time it’s Flamenco, a vibrant & 

passionate dance similar to Kathak. We all 

remember Rayaan’s performances at school! 

As for me, BIRDIE MATERN, the highlight of 

my yr was delivering Jena & Andrei Sheydayi, 

twins of LORRIE DOMAN-SHEYDAYI & Alexei! 

They are already 2 mos old & so incredibly 

beautiful. I absolutely love delivering babies, 

but this took my breath away!” For pictures, 

see www.users.qwest.net/~sheydayi Hope to 

hear from you all soon! - Birdie 

CLASS of 1988 

After WS our lives have taken us in diverse & 

exciting directions. A total of 122 were part 

of our class between ‘75-’88, out of which 74 

are below. I had the amazing opportunity to 

speak with some of you after 20 yrs. Our class 

is spread out over 12 countries. Out of the 69 

people I have information on, 41 live in the 

US, 7 in Canada, 8 in India, 4 in UK, 2 in Nepal 

& 1 each in Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea, 

Bhutan, Switzerland, Japan & Dubai. Many 

of us were brought together again by MUSHKA 

GHOSH in ‘99 during the final 6 mos of his 

battle with cancer. The class started an email 

list & sent Mushka notes of encouragement. 

He in turn encouraged us with his energy, 

optimism & serenity. In our 15 yr update, 

along with MUSHKA (d. ‘99), we would also 

like to remember AMY SHULMAN (d. Feb ‘88), 

AJIT HENRY (d. ‘92), GUNA NAMSHUM (d. 

‘94) & SHAMPA PRINCE who are still an 

integral part of our memories of WS & our 

Class of ‘88. PAVAN AGARWAL married in ‘01 

& lives in Jersey City, NJ. SHARMISTHA 

BAIRAGI NIPA is married to Sujit & lives in 

NY. She is an Investment Accountant in 

Finance & Planning for TIAA-CREF (Teachers 

Insurance & Annuity Assoc C. Retirement 

Equities Fund) which provides financial 

services to faculty & staff of America’s 

education & research communities. 

GURBEEN BHASIN got a master’s in Int’l 

Relations & a master’s in Social Work. After 

working in MI for the Dept. of Social Services 

& the federal gov’t for 4 yrs she has returned 

to Toronto & runs a consulting firm on social 

policy & program evaluation. SUMIT BASU has 

been a lawyer & partner of the Intellectual 

Property Dept. of the firm Kochhar & Co. in 

Delhi. In May ‘02, Kristian & Karen, Naveeda 

& Bob, Sumit & Yuka got together in DC to 

have a Malaysian dinner & catch up with 

everything after 14 yrs! UMA BAGHARE is, 

as usual, energetic & giggly, but has long hair! 

She lives in Gurgaon & works at the Ansal 

Institute of Tech. as Secretary to the Director. 

She just passed her Assoc. of Mutual Funds 

in India Exam. RICHARD BALARAM has a BA 

in Art & Design & is an artist living in 

Sunderland, UK. He visited Gurpreet in AZ &

spent 3 days in Las Vegas in Nov ‘02. PAUL 

BAUER is a financial analyst for Moody 

Investors Service in NYC. Paul met up with 

Kristian in Nov for some South Indian food. 

KETAKI BHATTACHARYYA is a mother of 2 

sons Zooey(6) & Noah(1) & lives in Alexandria, 

VA with husband Josh. She just completed her 

master’s in Public Health from Johns Hopkins. 

MOHANA RAO made a whirlwind visit through 

DC & met up with Ketaki & Yuka in July ‘01. 

SHALINI BITZER lives in Palo Alto, CA with 

husband Hatim Chraibi & their 2 daughters, 

Soraya(3) & Lamia(1). She is in business 

importing Indian accessories & selling them 

at exhibitions. PHILIP BRETSKY is an MD/PhD 

student at USC. He finishes up his dissertation 

this yr & heads back to LA County Hospital 

for his clinical rotations. His research focuses 

on genetic risk factors in breast cancer. 

Before his clinical work begins, he looks 

forward to traveling as much of the world as 

possible including Mussoorie! BARBARA 

BURGER is a helicopter pilot in the US Army. 

After being posted to Germany for several yrs, 

she is training in GA & Honduras until Apr 

‘03. MARK BURKE is in Winnipeg, Canada 

working for Compugen Inc. as a Systems 

Integration Specialist. Mark & wife Teresa 

have 2 girls, Michaela(8) & Tazia(6). Yuka 

missed seeing Mark on her trip through 

Winnipeg to Churchill, MB, the polar bears 

were more exciting! INA CHAUDHURY-ISLAM 

is married to Reaz & lives in NY with son 

Amer(3). SAMIR CHRISTIAN works with 

Fidelity Investments in NH in computer 

engineering. He has been married to Sylvia 

for 2 yrs & expecting a child in May ‘03. He & 

Sylvia will start a dental practice next yr– 

Sylvia drilling. SONAM CHODEN lives in 

Timpu, Bhutan, is married to Wangdi Jamyang 

Dorji & has a son, Tenzin Wangchuk (TW) & a 

girl, Drayang Lhamo(19 mos). She is presently 

looking for a suitable boarding school for him, 

perhaps WS?! Sonam started a travel agency 

called White Tara Tours & Travel a few yrs 

ago which has expanded to include the hotel 

industry. SARAH CLARKE is a Novice, i.e. 

Sister, in an Anglican Convent in Toronto & 

working her way through the 6½ yr process 

until she takes the Life Profession. Sarah 

insists that she does NOT look like a penguin, 

nor dress like one! She is in Montreal & enjoys 

practicing her French. www.ssjd.ca 

MARJORIE CONNER-DAWKINS attended 6 th 

grade at WS. She lives 

in Philadelphia, PA & 

has been married to 

Tim for 10 yrs. She has 

2 daughters, 

Amanda(8) & 

Claire(5). Marjorie is 

an aspiring writer of 

children’s books. 

REENA DATTA lives in 

Delhi with her 

husband & 2 

daughters. ROHINI 

DATTA lives in Bombay 

& is at Channel V. 

KEVIN DUNN joined 

the Army Reserves in 

‘87 & is presently a 

Sergeant. He graduated in Construction 

Engineering in ‘92 & worked in his field until 

‘00. Then he worked for the army taking & 

teaching courses such as Mountain 

Operations Instructor. He is presently at 

Police C. & will be with the Ont. Provincial 

Police starting in Jan. Kevin married Cheryl 

in ‘94 & they are proud parents of Zachary(6) 

& Joshua(5 mos). They run a business since 

‘97 called Extreme Adventures Canada where 

they make custom gear selling products 

worldwide. www.extremeadventures.com 

BEKKI ELMORE lives in Chapel Hill, NC. Bekki 

graduated with a master’s in Public Health at 

the U of NC researching the impact of 

voluntary acquisition programs which aim to 

move people out of the floodplains. EMILY 

FIELDS will marry Will Saunders on May 10 

‘03. She lives in Seattle, WA & works for MIR 

Corporation which conducts tours to the 

former Soviet Union & its neighbors. Emily 

majored in Russian at college & is fluent. She 

just got back from guiding a tour to 

Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan & Iran. JONATHAN 

FROST lives in LA & owns & runs an 

automotive repair shop. More about them at 

www.jonathanfrostandfamily.net. Jon & Annie 

have been married for 14 yrs & have 2 

children, Alex(12) & Katrina(8). He graduated 

from UHN & is continuing his education at 

LOLC. If you want to find out what that means, 

contact him! KATE GORDON lives in CO with 

son James(15 mos) & is in the process of 

writing a novel. JASON GUPTA lives in Dallas, 

TX and is a minister, while finishing his ThM 

in Historical Theology & Pastoral Ministries 


’88 gathering in DC (l-r): Kristian Stark, Yuka Makino, Naveeda Khan 

& Sumit Basu 

at Dallas Theological Seminary. He was at WS 

for 8 & 9 th grade & then returned to Toronto. 

He obtained a BS in Electrical Engineering & 

then worked on an engineering project on 

board a ship in Asia & Africa for 2 yrs before 

moving to CO to work with NCR 

Microelectronics (LSI Logic) for 5 yrs. Jason 

married Kerri in ‘98 & has a baby girl named 

Casey(2 mos). www.TheGuppy.com. SHARON 

HAWTHORNE is in Edinburgh writing up her 

PhD on goddess/serpent mythologies in 

ancient religion, particularly the Near East. 

She loves lecturing & is a part-time lecturer 

in Critical Theory & the Study of Religions at 

the School of Oriental & African Studies, U of 

London & is the chair of the Centre for Gender 

& Religions Research. She married Dr. Simon 

Brodbeck, a Sankritist who works on Indian 

Philosophy, in Sept ‘01. She strongly advises 

Yuka to get her PhD done! FIONA HUNTER is 

in the UK, married & expecting a child soon. 

LYDIA HYDE was at WS in 10 th grade. She is 

getting an MA in Speech Pathology from Cal 

State-Hayward & is a massage therapist. She 

is married to Gerald Conger & lives in 

Oakland, CA. MAYA JARIWALA lives in Black 

Mountain, NC. She earned a certificate in 

Western Herbalism at the Rocky Mountain 

Center for Botanical Studies in Boulder, CO. 

She completed an apprenticeship in Oct ‘02, 

where she learned to gather local plants & 

make herbal medicine. She considers herself 

an “herbalist in training” & plans to study 

Clinical Herbalism in the spring at a school in 

Asheville, NC. NAVEEDA KHAN is doing her 

PhD in Anthropology at Columbia U. Her


fieldwork is in Pakistan. Naveeda & husband 

Bob live in Baltimore, MA expecting their 1 st 

child in Feb. REHAN ABBAS KHAN studied 

(Wisconsin & Drexel) & worked 

(pharmaceuticals, venture capital) in the US 

for 9 yrs & then headed to the UK. He spent 4 

yrs in London as a Management Consultant & 

then moved to Switzerland in Oct ‘01 to work 

as Head of Global eMarketing for Novartis 

Pharma AG. He married Farzana in Feb ‘00 

who was raised in Peshawer & MA. He met 

up with ZAFAR & PAVAN in NY. TUSHANEE 

KURUPPU is married to Leshan Jayasekera 

& living in HI. BARKHA MADAN lives in the 

SF Bay Area. She is mother to a set of twins 

(Sept ‘02). When not “mom-ing”, she is an 

engineer. She did her undergrad & master’s 

degrees in Electrical Engineering. YUKA 

MAKINO lives in DC working for the World 

Bank as a natural resources & disaster 

management specialist for the South Asia 

region & hopes to be posted there soon. She 

is trying to complete her PhD in Himalayan 

Ecosystem Management at the same time & 

is failing miserably. Yuka visited Churchill, 

Canada in ‘01 to visit with polar bears & this 

yr is heading to Patagonia, Argentina to visit 

with penguins! RANDHIR (ANDY) MALHAN is 

in Delhi running a small graphic design 

business – doing what he loves & making a 

living out of it! Andy married Anvita (who he 

claims loves him far more than he deserves) 

in Feb ’00 & they are due this May. RANJIT 

MAYADAS is an Education Specialist for the 

Orange County Dept of Education coordinating 

Academic Events & Competitions & anything 

else that falls onto his plate! He & wife Kim a 

Class of ’88, Imran’s wedding photo (l-r): Ashirvad Kakodkar, Rajesh 

Jatakia, Imran Siddiqui, Imran’s wife Aparna, Ranjit Mayadas and 

Pranay Kumar 

competitive ice figure 

skater, celebrated their 

10 th anniversary in Aug 

‘02. Daughter 

Simran(8) will be 

competing in her 1 st 

figure skating 

competition & son 

Satyajit just turned 2. 

CAROLYN MCCASLIN is 

a nurse in Calgary & 

plans a long trip to 

Nepal or somewhere in 

Africa in ‘03. PROMILA 

MCMULLEN is married 

to Ranjeev Ghuman & 

has a daughter, Meher(1). Promila works for 

the Toronto Dept of Social Services as a case 

worker. JIM MEYER is married to Jennie (nee 

Bliss) & has 2 children Oliver(3) & Delilah(1). 

Jim completed his MD training at Tufts U in 

‘01 & is in a Diagnostic Radiology residency 

in Springfield, MA. RASHMI MICHAEL lives 

in Lawrenceville, NJ. She is married to 

Deepak Mallick has son Suhail(2) & is 

expecting a baby girl in Dec ’02. NATASHA 

MAROLIA was a flight attendant for Kuwaiti 

Airways, is married to Vivek & lives in Pune 

with her son Surya(2). ERIC NORD is married 

to Andrea with a son, Joel Tobias(2). After 

working in an NGO in Honduras for 3 yrs they 

returned to the US in Jan ’02. Eric is an Assist. 

Professor of Biology at Goshen C., IN. RATHI 

NIYOGI lives in Bethlehem, PA. Since college 

he started 2 ongoing businesses, CriticalTool 

(founded in ‘93) & EqualSoft (‘01) & applied 

for a patent for FreeTrader, a software 

application utilized in 

supply chain 

management. Rathi is 

also Venture Fellow at 

Lehigh U’s Graduate C. of 

Business & Economics 

and is overjoyed to be 

getting married on Nov 23 

‘02 to Kimberly & heading 

to Morocco & Spain for 

their honeymoon. Since 

‘98, he has been trying 

unsuccessfully to sell 

Kim’s cat, the evil Ms. 

Kim & Ranjit Mayadas ‘88 

Emily LeFleur. SO 

YOUNG PARK lives in 

Seoul, Korea with her 

husband, Jin Woo Kim whom she married in 

‘95 & daughter Songeun(9 mos). She worked 

as director in an exporting company but has 

decided to stay at home with her daughter. 

So Young & INA CHAUDHURY met up in Dhaka 

in Dec. YASMIN PATEL is in Montreal in her 

last yr of residency & will start practicing as 

a medical doctor next yr. She has been in 

Canada for the last 10 yrs. I asked her about 

her French & she says she is slowly picking it 

up! SONGYOT POTIKET works for Cathay 

Pacific in Hong Kong as an aircraft flight 

engineer. He says we should not worry about 

him because he is having a lot of fun with the 

flight attendants! ANUDAN RANA lives in 

Nepal & provides helicopter tours of the 

Himalayas. NAOMI RANA is married to RAJIV 

THAPA ’89 & lives in Seattle with 2 children, 

daughter Natasha(5) & son Roshane(2). 

Naomi used to work as a medical technologist 

for American Medical Laboratories in 

Chantilly, VA but enjoys being a full-time mom. 

SHANAZ PADAMSEE is in St. Paul, MN with 

her husband, Micheal Harley & son, Mehdi(3). 

She has a master’s in Forestry from the U of 

MN & worked for an environmental company 

analyzing organizations involved in water 

quality management in MN, but now enjoys 

being a mom. OLINDA SEQUIERA was an 

entertainment news broadcaster on Kuwait 

Television for 4 yrs until she married Michael 

Belt. They just moved to Tampa, FL & have a 

daughter, Cheyenne(4) & on Apr 24 ‘02, had 

a boy, Logan Armstrong. ARUN SHARMA has 

been in Portland, OR since ‘92. He began as 

an art broker in ‘96, dealing in works by int’lly 

recognized artists, from Picasso to Salvador 

Dali, specializing in contemporary Chinese

art. He is also the General Manager at 

Motocorsa, a specialty motorcycle dealership 

featuring Ducati, Apria & MV Agusta 

motorcycles. He still manages to travel quite 

a bit–spent time in London with Rehan a few 

yrs back. He returned to India with his family 

last winter. To date, he has managed to keep 

clear of marriage. Check out his websites: 

www.theartbroker.com and 

www.motocorsa.com GAUTAM SHARMA lives 

in Columbia, SC working as process engineer 

responsible for new product/process 

development in the electronics industry. His 

degree in Chemical Engineering is from Cal 

State- Long Beach. He is married to Vivian & 

has 2 beautiful girls, Maya(2) & Tanya(1). 

YASMIN SHERRING is a home health nurse 

living in Temecula, CA with husband, Ben 

Chung & son, Alexander Dustin(2). ANJU 

SHRESTHA & husband Sarju live in 

Kathmandu and are proud parents of daughter 

Anushka(4) & son Avaneesh(1). Anju got a 

master’s in Applied Environmental Science in 

Aust. & works for ActionAid Nepal as 

Fundraising & Communications Manager. 

RAHUL SIKRI has been through several 

careers - ranging from a family furniture 

business to his own leather apparels business 

(named Rebel Leather!) & is in Mumbai. RENU 

SINGH works on immigration law for a US law 

firm in Singapore. Renu & Manish are 

expecting their 1 st child in Mar ‘03. IMRAN 

SIDDIQUI lives in Chicago. He graduated with 

a master’s in Computer Engineering from the 

IL Inst. of Tech. & has his own business 

providing software, solutions & services to 

physicians & healthcare insurance companies. 

He married Aparna in Aug ’02 & ASHIRVAD 

Ena Singh Murphy ’89 married Neil Murphy in March 2002. 

KAKODKAR, RAJESH 

JATAKIA, RANJIT 

MAYADAS & PRANAY 

KUMAR joined him for the 

celebration. KRISTIAN 

STARK lives in 

Trumansburg, NY with 

wife Karen with whom he 

just celebrated his 3 rd 

wedding anniversary. 

Kristian works for 

Dataflow, a reprographic 

company, as an IT 

manager. On the side, he 

does photography. DAVID 

STOREY did his BSc in 

Natural Resources at 

Newcastle, England & MSc in Ecological 

Silviculture from the Netherlands. David 

works for Concern, an Irish NGO & has been 

posted to Tanzania, Laos, Uganda & East 

Timor. He & his wife, Natasha from Bombay, 

have 2 daughters, Zea(2) & Jasmine(7 mos) 

& are planning to move to Auroville, Tamil 

Nadu where David hopes to work as a forester 

& strategic planner. GURPREET THIND has 

been in Phoenix, AZ for the last 2 yrs running 

a limousine service with his brother Fibi 

Thind. If you want to find out anything that 

happened during elem. school, contact 

Gurpreet, he has an amazing memory! SAM 

TOBA is married & in Japan working for a 

company that produces the chips that are put 

into cellular phones. I have never seen Sam 

as happy as he looked in his wedding photo & 

his father concurs! ANUP TIKKU lives in the 

SF Bay Area. He is married & expecting his 

1 st child early next yr. Anup is an intellectual 

property attorney in 

private practice with 

the int’l law firm of 

Preston Gates & Ellis 

LLP. He has 

represented clients in 

high stakes patent 

litigations including: 

Microsoft, Sony, & 

Cable & Wireless. 

CHIMIE TOPDEN is 

married to Tsewamg 

Pemba & lives in NY 

with her 2 daughters, 

Tara(2) & Remay(7 

mos). Chimie works for 


Class of ‘89: Shruti Mangla, Shalini Bath & Anita Gupta at Ena 

Singh Murphy’s wedding in March 2002 

Mizuho Corporate Bank as Asst. VP of 

Corporate Finance. Chimie & Yuka had lunch 

together in the World Bank cafeteria in 

summer ‘01. JYOTI XAVIER is married & lives 

in Mayo, Rajasthan. KRISTIAN STARK has 

started a website for our class http:// 

woodstock88.dyns.cx He has also started a 

mailing list. To subscribe send an email to 

olras88-request@jkstark.dyns.cx - Yuka 

CLASS of 1989 

LOBSANG DORJEE lives in AK & visited India. 

SHALINI BATH is at HP in Houston, TX as a 

worldwide Product Marketing Manager for 

wireless solutions for notebooks. She is 

marrying Sunil Jacob, who she met at 

graduate school. Sunil is a Corporate Strategic 

Consultant at Accenture. They will have 2 

weddings, 1 in Chicago in Aug ‘03 & 1 in 

Rajasthan in Nov ‘03. PRADEEP TANDON lives 

in Asheville, NC & works as a Project Engineer 

for Eaton Corp. He plans to visit India & Nepal 

in Nov ’03. MADHUBAN KUMAR & MONISH 

DAYAL married in Delhi in Feb ‘02. Madhuban 

is studying Corporate Finance at the London 

Business School. RUTH SALE lives in England 

& works for WWF. BALGOVIND PANDE 

married in Dec ‘01 & is in Montreal. He works 

in community development with Aboriginal 

communities in the north. He also passed his 

exam for a brown belt in Karate! WASIM 

RAHMAN lives in NJ with his wife, Sara & son 

Shan(3). He works in NYC in garments. 

SHIKHA SHARDA is in England. MARTIN 

CAUGHLEY & his wife, Jenny, welcomed their 

first child, Macey Kay in Sept ’02. Jenny is a 

full-time mom while Martin works as an


electrical wholesaler. VIJAY PILLAI is in 

Aberdeen, Scotland studying Theology. 

WANDA WERNICKE is in Germany enjoying 

life with Jens & son Luis(1). She takes her 

last exam in ‘04 to become a full fledged 

lawyer! CYBELE MCKAGUE lives in 

Burlington, Canada & for the past yr has been 

working for the Canadian Imperial Bank of 

Commerce. SARA LOBB is in London 

expecting her 3 rd child. SMITA CHAUDHURI 

completed her master’s from the London 

School of Economics & lives in London. As for 

me, I married in Mar ‘02 & live in Fairfax, VA 

right outside DC. I work for a legal services 

company in DC. Please keep the emails 

coming! – Ena 

CLASS of 1991 

NESA ABRAHAM works for an int’l franchise 

in marketing/sales in Denver. RAJEE ARYAL 

& Swadesh are in MN where he is a computer 

programmer. LEIF BAIMBRIDGE is making 

films in LA. He just bought property in Fiji. 

MONIPODA BANERJEE BRISON & Jean Marc 

are in NJ. She will complete her MBA from 

Columbia U in May ’03 to start with Salomon 

Smith Barney in NYC. They went to France 

last summer & really enjoyed it. SUSIE BAUER 

EADELMAN & Toby visited the Ivory Coast. 

They have an adorable baby boy, Zander. She 

is a nurse in Belmont, MI. NATASHA 

CASSINATH is spending a year in Angola with 

Right to Play, an 

NGO working with 

children in refugee 

camps. She would 

love a “drop in” any 

time. SABER 

CHOUDHURY is at 

an insurance 

company in 

Bethesda and living 

in Rockville, MD. 

Shamir met Saber 

this year. 

SHAMSHER 

DHANOA moved to 

Millbrae, CA to 

work for Microsoft as an engineer. He & his 

wife Romana visited India & Italy last year. 

YASMEEN FAIROOZ, an HR officer for ONE 

Bank Limited in Dhaka, loves her job. ASHOKA 

FERRIE works in Toronto and plans to start a 

bartending career. BRYCE FERRIE completed 

his 2 nd master’s, is teaching in Toronto, but 

plans to pursue a PhD soon. JONLYN 

FREEMAN finished her master’s and is in NYC. 

She sees Moni often & visited Chris Green in 

the fall. SAMI & CLAUDIA GAUTAM MEYER 

are in Germany but did visit Dubai & the US. 

ANUPAMA GEORGE JACOB is a Project 

Associate at the Center for Social 

Development, Washington U, St. Louis where 

she lives with her husband. SANJAY GUPTA 

Get together at Vikas Goyal’s house Front (l-r) : Monica Bansal Gupta ’90, Simran Singh ’90, Richa 

Goyal ’92, Anita Bansal Gupta ’89, Shruti Goyal Mangla ’89 Back: Ronjoy Chatterjee ’90, Ashok 

Mittal ’90, Vikas Goyal ’90, Ajit Sherring ’89, Gaurav Suri ’90 

Class of ’91: Rajee Aryal, Julia Saini Leaphart, Moni Banerjee Brisson, 

Jonlyn Freeman, and Ethel Kawesa 

is a Laser Weld Processor Engineer. His wife 

Sharmila just completed her MBA. They are 

in Detroit, MI. Sanjay returned to Zambia to 

visit family. SUSIE HOLST is traveling 

extensively spending a month in the US and 

visiting Puerto Rico. SMITA JHA & Ajay are in 

Binghamton, NY. She is a Software Engineer 

for Universal Instruments Corp. Every year 

she visits her parents in Saudi Arabia also 

traveling to NYC, Boston & DC. ETHEL 

KAWESA studies Interior Design and works 

part-time for an interior design firm in Boston. 

MORIC WERAPUN LIMESETTOE & his wife 

live in Bangkok where he works for Dusit Thani 

Hotels. This year he saw Fares & Neeta. BRIJ 

MAHAJAN moved to set up his business in 

Dubai. FARES ZAIDI is in marketing there. 

Neeta, Sami & Claudia, Brij & Fares all met 

in Dubai this year. CHIHO MAKINO travels 

between Hong Kong & Tokyo working as a 

Worldcom Pricing Specialist. She saw Rahat 

twice in Hong Kong. Chiho plans to visit 

Boracay, Philippines. DEVI MISHRA REAMS 

& husband live in Bloomington, MN where she 

works for Clarke/Bardes. SUMI MISHRA 

SARKAR & husband are in LA while Sumi 

pursues a Cancer Research PhD. RUCHI 

NARAIN is in Bombay producing her first film! 

She hopes to begin shooting in May. PREETHA 

NARAYAN is in NY working for a French 

cosmetics company & traveling worldwide. 

NIHAT PARVEZ is enjoying himself in Aust. 

where he is in management. NEETA PATEL is 

a Marketing Manager for a biotech-related 

firm in the Bay Area. She is kept busy with 

the house she bought last year & visiting 

Egypt, Tanzania, UAE & Thailand meeting up 

with Fares, Moric & SHAHEEN IRANI ‘90.

Shamir & his wife, Sami & Claudia visited 

Neeta. BETTY ANNE PENNER SIEBERT & 

Matthew live in Winnipeg. Betty Anne is a 

labor & delivery nurse and Matthew teaches 

in a local high school. They plan to move so 

Matthew can pursue becoming a professor in 

Europe. ANUJA RAJKARNIKAR NEPALI is a 

full-time mom in Sunderland, UK. She was 

with family in Nepal for Diwali. TARA 

RANDHAWA works in accounting for an 

engineering company in Zurich. She lives in 

Wettingen, a nearby town. She saw Anupama 

this year in the US. ARYAN RANJBARAN works 

as a Project Architect for Shora Consulting 

Engineers in Tehran, Iran. In his free time he 

visits architectural heritage sites (some 

remote) & treks and skis with colleagues. 

PARTHA RATHORE & Viju are in NY where 

Partha works for BNP Paribas. RAHAT RAZA 

is a writer in Hong Kong. JULIA SAINI 

LEAPHART & Alvin are in Atlanta, GA where 

Julia stays at home raising her beautiful 

daugher, Amelia. Alvin is an attorney in his 

own practice. Julia saw Rajee, Jonlyn, Moni 

& Ethel in Boston last Oct. PRARTHANA 

SHAHI works for the Taj Hotels Group as a 

Manager in their India office. SHAMIR SHAHI 

& Laura relocated to DC where Shamir is Asst. 

to the Exec VP for the UN. Shamir & Laura 

visited Neeta & Saber and plan to visit Nepal 

this year. Any classmates in the area should 

contact them. SAMIR SHARMA is in Orlando 

and plans to go to India later this year. 

APOORVA SHRIVASTAVA & Cecilia live in Delhi. 

They have a girl, Akayla, born on June 8 ‘01. 

Apoorva is a director in Unitech Metal Ltd. 

traveling to China, Thailand, UAE, 

Switzerland, UK, US & Libya where he is head 

of construction projects. VIKRAM 

SHRIVASTAVA has taken a year off, moved to 

India and will remain there until Oct ’03. He 

has plans to visit some WS alumni throughout 

the year. RAHUL THOMAS & his wife are in 

Bangalore where he works for Infosys. 

PALDEN TSHERING & Chuni live in Thimpu, 

Bhutan with their 2 beautiful daughters, Red 

& Bleu. Palden has retired from journalism 

after 7 yrs; he was a Web editor and started 

an online daily. He works in his father-in-law’s 

mining industry but continues as a freelance 

journalist. ALKA WALTER is completing her 

residency at CMC Vellore, India. She visited 

her sister in NY. KATE WOOD lives with Eric 

in Ottawa where she is a lawyer in the 


Vikas Goyal ‘90 

305, Manjusha 57 Nehru Place 

New Delhi, DL 110 019 India 

motilal@del2.vsnl.net.in 

57-4794/5293 641 

Kerrie Dodge Van Woerden ‘90 

16 Oriana Crescent 

Christchurch, 8004 New Zealand 

vanwoerden@paradise.net.nz 

64 3 942 3952 

Nesa Abraham ‘91 

2559 South Gaylord St 

Denver, CO 80210 USA 

nesa_abraham@hotmail.com 

303-722-5804 

Neeta Patel ‘91 

204 Forest Creek Lane 

San Ramon, CA 94583 USA 

neetakpatel@yahoo.com 

Jae Young Oh ‘92 

431 Fair Dr Apt 203 

Costa Mesa, CA 92626 USA 

jyoh@aol.com 

Machutmi Shishak ‘93 

2126 R Street, NW 

Washington, DC 20008 USA 

mshish8i@gwu.edu;mshishak@hotmail.com 

202/588-9635 

Kim Paes ‘94 

417 West Clay #2 

Houston, TX 77019 USA 

ktpaes@hotmail.com 

713-521-4767 

Canadian Dept. of Justice. JOYCE WYSE 

GREEN & Eric moved to Ashland, OH. Joyce 

works for the Nat’l MS Society from their 

newly purchased house. – Neeta & Nesa 

CLASS of 1992 

ARSHDEEP SAHNI is in NYC happily married 

to a banker from Canada. He managed his own 

electronic & int’l trade business for the past 

5 yrs. Contact him whenever any ‘92ers are 

in NYC. Also in the Big Apple: PRIYA SATOW 

graduated with an MPH from UNC-Chapel Hill 

last May. She’s Senior Regional Manager for 

Africa, Latin America & the Caribbean for an 

NGO focused on blindness prevention but 

wants to pursue her passion; int’l HIV/AIDS 

work. She saw Dana, Romana & Malini during 

her recent trip to SF. KAPIL GUPTA who 

married Tara Maria in June ’01 is half way 

through law school (good luck!) working in 

NYC this summer at Kelley, Drye & Warren. 

VINEETA (Vinny) WARD is moving to NYC. She 


Saumitra Jha ‘95 

Landau Economics Bldg 579 Serra Hall 

Stanford, CA 94305 USA 

saumitra@stanford.edu 

Zarine Pardiwalla ‘96 

3 Hughes St 

Stoke-on-Trent, ST62HB UK 

z_pardiwalla@yahoo.com 

01782 507018 

Deepika Lal ‘96 

Woodstock School 

Mussoorie, UA 248179 India 

deepalal@woodstock.ac.in 

91 135 632610 

Ruth Benjamin ‘97 

34 Asheigh Gardens 

Sutton SM1 33M UK 

Ruthcbenjamin@aol.com 

Anna Corpron ‘98 

4604-B River Road 

Buhl, ID 83316 USA 

acorpron@hotmail.com 

208-543-2229 

Sangeeta Kumar ‘98 

Jeevan Sangram, Plot 24, Flat 4 Sector 2, 

Charkop, Khanivili (W) 

Mumbai, MH 400067 India 

sangeeta.kumar@timesgroup.com 

022-8684267 

Sakshi Mihi Singh ‘99 

3620 Third Ave Apt 202 

San Diego, CA 92103 USA 

sakshisingh@hotmail.com 

619-692-3866 

started her own company called Mera-Pyar, 

a dating service with events around the 

country. Are there any events in LA? I’m still 

single! SAMIR BANDHU GUPTA won’t be 

needing Vinny’s help. Samir tied the knot with 

Kodai graduate, Karin Elizabeth Lockwood on 

Nov 30 ‘02. DEVIKA KHOSLA, ISHAN MOHAN, 

ASHISH SETHI, ASHIMA NARAIN, DAVID 

KAWESA, MOA YADEN along with other ‘92ers 

attended. Samir is General Manager for 

Baldwin India, a leading print manufacturer, 

based in Delhi. David is Senior Network 

Administrator for a leading communication 

company in Uganda; MTN Uganda. Unlike 

Samir he is “STILL single”. Talking about 

weddings there is a rumor going around that 

ASHIMA NARAIN married recently in India. 

Any proof? RAHUL BHANDARI & Gitanjali 

have been married almost 3 yrs. They manage 

a children’s apparel business in Delhi 

targeting the European market. ASHISH 

SETHI is on the WOSA-India Council and


makes regular trips to Mussoorie. In addition 

to his dedication to our alma mater, he is 

managing his family business, diversified his 

farming to floriculture & horticulture, & 

started his 3 rd semester of law school. ABHRA 

BHATTERCHARJEE consults for WS on the 

“WS 150 Campaign” along with his 

responsibilities as a WS Board member, while 

Sandy’s work with autistic kids & their families 

continues. They are expecting their first child 

in May ’03 and plan to move back into Delhi, 

from Gurgaon. Abhra will continue to travel a 

great deal in ‘03, mostly to the US & hopes to 

catch up with old friends. DANA SMITH 

married NAUSHER ALI ’90 in ‘01 and is “ready 

to be done!” with her pregnancy. She teaches 

piano full-time in Alameda, CA and plans to 

continue working as much as she can after 

the baby is born. “I’m afraid that having a baby 

kind of fills my thoughts most of the time, not 

just my tummy, ha-ha.” ROHIT SINGH has 

been married to Rakshya for 1½ yrs and are 

expecting this year. Rohit finished his MBA in 

Dec ‘00 and works as an HR officer in 

Kathmandu. PRIYA LEHMAN married DAVID 

RASKINO ’97 in the summer of ‘02 in 

Mussoorie. They work at WS along with NIGEL 

KUMAR. Nigel married Selena George this 

summer in Hyderabad. Selena works in 

Mussoorie with a local NGO, Prakriti, run by 

DARAB NAGARWALLA ’81. HELEN GODON 

TREMENHEERE & Chris had a girl last year. 

Jessica Corinne was born July 24 ’02. 

“Jessica’s gorgeous and has given us lots of 

Priya Lehman ‘92 married David Raskino ‘97 at 

St. Paul’s Church, Mussoorie. 

Anil weds Kajal Sept 2002 (l-r): Anil McMullen ’93, Promilla McMullen ’88 & daughter Meher, 

Kajal Chander (Shonila Chander’s niece), Clarence McMullen, Rajiv McMullen ’86 and his wife 

Manjinder & daughter Nandita, Cathy McMullen 

joy!” The family plans to settle in India soon. 

She invites all ‘92ers to her home in Gurgaon. 

MAYA RAO sends her greetings from Dubai 

where she lives with son Akira(5). Maya works 

for HSBC and adds, “all in all life is good and 

the weather is great here.” SANGEETA KARLE 

& Abhijeet still live in Houston. People don’t 

call her “Pudge” anymore. Sang works at UT- 

Houston researching a HIV vaccine. Though 

the vaccine is far from found she is really 

enjoying this important work. They went white 

water rafting & hiking in a Costa Rican rain 

forest. The whole class thanks MALINI ANAND 

for all the great work she did as Class 

Secretary for the past 10 yrs. I just hope that 

I can fill her large shoes. She is extremely 

busy with her OB/GYN residency at UCLA & 

Olive View Medical Centers. She complains 

that she has no life and “no curtains” for her 

new apt in Santa Monica but she “truly loves 

the work and the program”. She “promises” 

that she is going to invite me to dinner soon. 

Finally 2 ‘92ers in LA! PRASHENJIT PAL 

works in Detroit for an automotive supplier. 

He regrets not being in touch “mainly due to 

laziness.” We want to hear from you! AMIT 

CHRISTIAN is a pilot flying for US Airways 

Express based in Boston. He joined us in SF 

last May for the 10 yr reunion. JAE OH lives 

in Orange County, CA but is moving to 

downtown LA. In Boston since ‘97 as an 

engineer for a laser optics company he 

resigned in May ’02. Since then Jae works as 

a financial Consultant/Stockbroker for AXA 

Advisors. Jae met DAEWI KANG in Korea last 

summer and confirmed that IN HONG is with 

the LG Group in Korea. Jae is single and feels 

a little left behind by the majority of married 

‘92ers (some with children, even). He is under 

tremendous pressure from his parents to 

marry. His brother, DAVID OH ’91 succumbed 

to parental pressure and married May ‘02 in 

Korea. On a serious note, I encourage all 

‘92ers to keep in touch with one another. I 

extend an open invitation to all ‘92ers who 

visit LA to contact me. If you are looking for 

updated contact info of any ‘92er, please email 

me. -Jae 

CLASS of 1993 

NINA GUHR & David’s son Alexander was born 

on Nov 24 ‘02 ushering in an era of sleepless 

nights. In the midst of graduating with a Master’s 

in Organizational Psychology, Nina & David had 

a small intimate wedding on Dec 17 ’01 and 

honeymooned on the Thai island of Koh Samui. 

She is a Program Coordinator at a residential & 

behavioral treatment facility in Oshkosh, WI and 

will continue part-time until Aug. SRIKAR 

VADLAMANI is in NYC working for the same 

company but not traveling as much which suits 

him fine. SEKHAR VADLAMANI is engaged; the 

wedding scheduled for Sept. GAURAV AURORA 

& wife Rebecca are expecting their first child in 

Aug. Gaurav works as an emergency physician 

in a small town outside Indianapolis. ANIL 

MCMULLEN married Kajal Chander in 

Saharanpur, UP on Sept 6 ‘02. The wedding

eception was in Batala, Punjab. They live in 

Toronto where Anil has been since graduation. 

NAVEEN BHALLA is at a credit hedge fund 

platform in NYC and is considering business 

school in ‘04. NEERU EUSEBIUS VARESE 

married Vincent Varese on Nov 9 ‘02! They had 

a fantastic honeymoon in Thailand, Italy & Spain. 

They moved into a new house and love married 

life. Neeru works for Monash U and plans to 

complete her MSc by year’s end. ANDREW 

CRIDER & Sonya are in Clearwater, FL where 

Sonya teaches high school Marine Biology and 

Andy 8 th Grade Social Studies in the public school 

system. Their daughter Charis Elizabeth is 3 & 

son Micah Andrew 2. They enjoy the sun, 

beaches & family in the land of citrus, seniors 

and botched elections. SHAMINI NAVAGAMUWA 

lives in VA with her husband and works for a 

consulting company. PHILIP CADMAN is doing 

the law firm thing while waiting for his musical 

boat to come in. With a full-length album 

recorded in Dec ’02, look out for a chart-topping 

Woodstocker and his band “Beggardawn”. 

JOASH & REBECCA HOUSHOLDER RAJ are in 

Grand Rapids, MI, where he is a medical resident 

and she is a nurse. They enjoy their time there 

& regularly see ROBIN ZAHIR, who has returned 

to Grand Rapids from NYC to complete the 

English major he started in college. SHASHI 

JATIANI married Asavari on Dec 29 ‘02 in 

Shillong & honeymooned in the Seychelles. 

JAMES & WILLI BARTON (S) were in attendance 

and Machut made it to the reception. Another 

reception was in Bombay on Jan 12. VAMSEE 

KANCHI works at World Bank in DC and bought 

Joy Shepherd-Upputuru ’93 married Emmanuel 

Upputuru in Parker Hall, December 12, 2001 

his first apt. MACHUT SHISHAK had several 

wonderful weeks over Christmas back in 

Nagaland visiting family and saw Shashi after 9 

yrs. He began his training with the US Foreign 

Service in Jan and will remain in DC until getting 

posted abroad. - Machut 

CLASS of 1995 

2002 has been a memorable year for the 

Class of ‘95, as many have perambulated 

forward on their respective life-cycles. 

Indeed, the number of the class feverishly 

pedaling towards conjugal bliss has hit 

epidemic proportions. Beginning in TX, with 

the marriage of NATHANIEL SAYLOR 

(Booch) to Catherine, the tour moved to CO 

where KRIS RUBESH married Stephanie, 

and into Canada with ISAAC ARIEL also 

getting the chequered flag. Back in Waco, 

TX, ADRIAN JONKLAAS wed Rebecca. 

RAJAT KAPOOR & KESANG DORJI are also 

nearing pole position in coming months. 

Ahead of the pack, the frontrunners include 

WASIM ZOHA (Poats), Londoner & proud 

father of Zubir. HAKEE OM DORJI returned 

to Bhutan with her husband & child. BRIANA 

NOBLE MARK, has moved to New Orleans 

with AMIT MARK (S) & her daughter to 

attend Tulane. She met KACHINA CHAWLA, 

hobnobbing with the Eurocrats in Brussels. 

Among the expectant, Nathaniel is teaching 

elem. school & preparing for paternity, 

while KARMA TSERING is looking forward 

to life as a civil servant and mother in 

Thimphu. Our Bhutanese comrades are 

forging ahead in other areas too. A 

charismatic media presence even in his 

school days, UGEN PENJOR is well set to 

launch his Bollywood career, with 

Bhutanese media credits already on his 

resume. With him at the Bhutan 

Broadcasting Service is KESANG DORJI. 

Chances are ZILNON, detained at His 

Majesty’s pleasure, has featured in her 

news broadcasts. Elsewhere in India, 

expect a spirited welcome from ASHISH 

CHELVAM at WS & PAGGA in Delhi. With 

SAUGATA BOSE’s meteoric rise up the 

corporate ladder in Calcutta he has minions 

to do his bidding. In London, MANEESHA 

SARIN & OLAF TAYLOR are enjoying life 

under New Labour. JONNY MENDIES, 

having mastered the social graces at 

Switzerland’s most exclusive resorts, is 


Neeru Eusebius ’93 married Vincent Varese on 

November 9, 2002 in Melbourne, Australia. 

plying his trade at the Hilton Towers in DC. 

SHAWN PAES is on a muscle beach 

somewhere on the Gulf Coast. NJ has been 

a centre of activity. HIROKO MIYAGI’s place 

in Hoboken has played host to visitors as 

far south as the Mason-Dixon Line, with 

ANDREW SAILO visiting from MD. A girl’s 

night on the town was organised with 

SABINA KHAN, at Lehman Brothers, PEMA 

NORBU, pursuing an MSC in photojournalism 

at Columbia & ROBIN 

(Gwendolen) BARR, having returned from 

Kenya is at Yale. The draw of the Lone Star 

rivals even that of the Garden State. Our 

most faithful correspondent, SAMEER 

GUPTA designs high-end vehicles at 

Motorola in Austin, home too of the guiding 

spirit behind the Tabasco Reds & the Talons, 

ADITYA ANAND. MAHJABEEN HASAN & 

BANDANA SHRESHTA are both in Dallas 

where Mahjabeen teaches the 5 th grade. 

Expect JIMMY NAM to descend there in the 

coming months. In the Midwest, PAVEL 

KAPINOS remains a student of the dismal 

science at Urbana, while ROSHAN 

NAVAGAMUWA & MARK BRADBY are both 

working in Chicago. TINA BROWNE is doing 

a master’s degree in Columbus. KRISHAN 

JHALANI has joined a public policy 

programme at Michigan, while ABIRAL 

MALLA is enjoying the mundane pleasures 

of Provo, UT. Finally in the Golden State, 

WOO JIN CHOI, RICHIE CHAUHAN & 

PRITICA SHAH live in LA, where Pritica just 

completed her MBA and works as a 

consultant. Richie drove all the way from


Nathaniel Saylor’s wedding in Houston, Texas in July (l-r): Kris Rubesh ‘95, 

Jeannette Waldock Saylor ‘97, Joel Saylor ‘97, Nathaniel Saylor ‘95, Pavel 

Kapinos ‘95, Saumitra Jha ‘95, Isaac Ariel ‘95 and Beth Hudson ‘97 

FL. KIMULI is trolling the depths of 

dissertation research in Political Science 

at Stanford & looking forward to her 

fieldwork in Africa. I have just returned 

from Slovenia, trying to escape from my 2 nd 

yr learning about poverty, both theory & 

practice, as a graduate student in 

Economics. Do keep in touch or drop by, for 

auld lang syne. - Saumitra 

CLASS of 1996 

Abraham Fowler: “Early in the morning on Dec 

3, Ernest Chun-sung Fowler, was born into this 

world! He was delivered safely at home with the 

help of a professional midwife & her assistant. 

GLORIA (YOUNG-EUN) FOWLER is in good 

health. We thank God for bringing this new 

person into the world safely. As I write this, he 

is sleeping on my lap…” Visit 

www.abraham.fowler.org/personal/ernest for 

some amazing pictures. ARCHANA UNIYAL 

BRAMMALL is busy running an eco-tourism 

adventure company in Tasmania with husband, 

Tim. Congratulations to RADHIKA KARLE who 

married Vikram on Dec 29 ‘02 in Mumbai. The 

Houston reception is on Mar 7 ‘03. REMY 

KHARABHANDA has been in NY since Feb 

working as a part-time Research Asst for both 

Amnesty Int’l and Human Rights Watch. She sees 

Meilin Rohrer regularly and others in NY. She is 

also married and bought an apt. Congratulations 

REMY and all the best for the future! NAWANG 

DORJEE and son (over a year old) are doing 

well in Bhutan. MEILIN ROHRER has been a 

frequent visitor to India since she is in charge of 

tops for BILL BLASS JEANS & thought of us 

enroute from India to spend holidays with ELTON 

& her parents in BALI! She is happy, though hard 

work and living in NY can be a stressful 

combination at times! She has met up with 

GAURAV KAPOOR, 

STEVENS NEWTON, 

ANIL SINGH, SONAM 

W A N G M O , 

LALITESH, who 

works in Delhi and 

NISHKAR who is in 

LA, to name a few. 

HUBERT TALIB has 

moved back to Bali 

from Austria. 

GAURAV KAPOOR is 

in Delhi running a 

successful home 

furnishings business with a trip to Europe 

planned. STEVENS NEWTON works hard in Delhi 

and is well. TANVIR SINGH is doing well in 

Canada. MENDY DORJEE is the Money & 

Banking Asst. Officer at the Royal Monetary 

Authority in Thimphu, Bhutan and reports being 

head over heels in love with her fiancé. SONAM 

WANGMO is at the Graduate School of Int’l 

Studies at the U of Denver, focusing on Int’l 

Development. IMKONG YADEN & PRAMOD 

GURRUNG are also in Denver. ELTON ROHRER 

is with Daimler Chrysler working on the “2006 

Program”. He is also in touch with several 

Woodstockers and is planning a trip out west in 

summer. He has bought a house and is happy. 

SABITA RANA is pushing ahead with her degree 

and hopes to settle in Europe but not for another 

7 yrs because she loves university so much! 

ARUN SINGH has moved into an apt close to his 

medical school which he enjoys thoroughly 

though lack of sleep, leisure and nutrition make 

life difficult. After completing his BBA, 

MAHBUBAR RAHMAN inaugurated a Thai 

Handicrafts Shop called Na Ra Ya in Bangladesh 

in Dec ‘01. He has also started looking for a job 

and plans to head to North America for further 

studies. DOLMA RODGER had a summer 

internship at the Ethnographic Museum in 

Zurich. It was a stroke of luck and a good learning 

experience. “It is what I imagined one of those 

treasure chambers in the Arabian Night Tales 

to look like!” LISA NAGATA is doing well in Tokyo. 

TIMOTHY MOMIN is in Mumbai working with a 

church as an intern and doing his theological 

studies in Pune. He enjoys Mumbai & meets 

other Woodstockers regularly. ARAM BANNAYAN 

is doing well in CA and moved in with JESSICA 

CHAUHAN. They are excited about their life 

together. RAJESH AGARWALA is doing well in 

Calcutta with his wife Renu. ANIL SINGH is still 

with GE Capital Int’l Services in India. SANDHYA 

RATHI is studying interior design in Atlanta. She 

& husband Vivek have been there 1½ yrs. She 

hopes to be in India & at WS for the 150 th 

celebrations. PASHA SIDDHU is a Government 

Auditor in Toronto. Tedious work but interesting. 

He spoke to ADHIRAJ TAGORE SEN who spends 

time in India studying filmmaking and music-sounds 

like he’s having a good time. After 

graduating from WS, ANNETT HEISSE played 

volleyball for the German nat’l team, then quit 

to study. As an Occupational Therapist with her 

own practice she teaches an occupational 

therapy class. In ‘00 she visited WS, stayed with 

the Roberts and met up with AJAY BHALLA there 

for his sister’s wedding. In Delhi, she stayed with 

KARISHMA NURSINGH who, according to 

Annett, hasn’t changed one little bit! Last year 

she met up with DOLMA RODER in Heidelberg. 

For nearly 5 yrs, Annett has been with Frank, 

her first love! WOW! How romantic! GAMA 

NAMGYAL graduated in Apr ‘01 with a BA in 

Philosophy, Politics & Economics. She 

vacationed in Laos and then taught a group of 

disabled children in Bhutan. She organized a 

“Summer Jam” concert, which was a big 

success! Gama is now a Junior Program Officer 

with an NGO called the Youth Development Fund. 

MISS GINNY STROM (S) is doing well, relaxing 

and slowly getting over exhaustion and lethargy 

brought on at WS. She visits alumni all over the 

world spreading joy & happiness. I have happy 

news to share with everyone. I married Daniel 

in June ’02 and went to India to celebrate with 

family & friends. We are Ceramic Designers 

living in Stoke-on-Trent, UK. A heartfelt message 

for those unmentioned: Please get in touch. We 

would all love to hear from you! Thanks to all 

those who wrote in. All the best for ‘03. - Zarine 

CLASS of 1997 

Meherdad has, er, reluctantly relinquished his 

role as Class Secretary to me, Ruth Benjamin. 

You can visit our current Class website at http:/ 

/www.geocities.com/classof97_nirvana/ 

wosa1997.html and sign the guestbook! RYAN 

BLOCHER is a client relations director for an 

Internet Marketing company in Hollywood, also 

writing editorials & reviews for a professional 

videogaming site & screenplays on the side. I 

was pleasantly surprised to hear from JUVEEZA 

CHADHA (5 th Grade!). She is in Stockholm but 

on an overseas programme in Copenhagen. She’s 

visiting London and staying with me! As the plot

Wedding of Joel Saylor ‘97 & Jeanette Waldock Saylor ‘98. In 

front (l-r): Johann Soares ‘97, Kristine Hunerwadel ‘99, Kimberly 

Yoder & Nathan Saylor ‘95 

thickens, she met: ABHAY GEORGE (5 th & 6 th 

grade) at her church/youth group. He was 

studying law but now relies more on his 

modeling. They meet up regularly in Copenhagen. 

ANNA AFKE SOL is touring Holland with the 1woman 

show that she wrote. She’s traveling 

throughout S. America this year so if anyone’s 

in the area get in touch! KHANDU-OM DORJI is 

back in Bhutan. DR. & MRS. BARTON were at 

her place over Christmas. She has been involved 

with a lot of charity work hoping to join UNICEF, 

or if her visa comes through, join her sister 

CHUKIE-OM DORJI ‘98 in Japan. KARUNA 

WINKLER is finishing her studies in Social Work 

in Germany and most importantly is engaged to 

boyfriend Alex! Wedding invitations will be issued 

later this year! They are the most recent in the 

growing list of “married off” ‘97ers. BETH 

HUDSON (married in Sept & living in DC) plus 

JOEL SAYLOR & JEANNETTE WALDOCK ‘98, 

KENNETH WALDOCK, TANYA BANGA & ABRA 

WIEBE beat everyone to it! Congratulations also 

to DAVID RASKINO & PRIYA LEHMAN ’92 

married this summer in Mussoorie! DANIELLA 

RUSH is in Cairo and enjoying herself immensely. 

She sent great pics which are on the site. SINGYE 

DORJI is in Aust at the U of Canberra doing a 

BA in Communication & Multi-Media & Media 

Production. HONOHOLI CHISHI completed a 

degree in Architecture in Aust and depending 

on a job she will remain there or return to 

Nagaland! She is still the ardent writer, so for 

details on an interesting life, email her. I heard 

also from SHADAB PARVEZ after 5 yrs and he 

didn’t forget to call me Darth Vader! He’s enjoying 

the “party life” as he calls it in Aust (see pics) 

and continues to study. PRIYA KAPOOR 

graduated from LSE in Sept 

and works in London/ 

Chancery Lane. We have 

met up a few times. MADH 

KARLE is doing well in the 

US and DIYA KURIEN is 

apparently back in Mumbai. 

ANANDIT MANGALWADI 

was in Mussoorie with 

NIVEDIT MANGALWADI 

SINGH ‘95 & Edwin & her 

new twin nephews but is 

back in CA at Loma Linda U 

doing research in perinatal 

biology & starts med school 

in Aug. PIYUSH TODI works 

at a bank in Santa Clara, CA 

and is in touch with other ’97ers in the area. 

DAVID MENDIES graduated from Santa Barbara 

in May. SAGAR GURUNG graduated in Dec and 

is in NY with ROHAN DUGGAL. CHERYL 

SEEFELDT moved from Chicago to her 

grandparent’s house in Bluffton. She plans 

starting a master’s in Art Therapy in the next 

year or 2. NISHA THYLE looks absolutely 

stunning in Beth’s wedding pic. (see site) Nish 

is in the finance dept. of the Chicago Women’s 

Foundation. ARPANA RAI is back in the US and 

enjoying herself thoroughly. (Photo Album 2) She 

is in her final year at university and then will be 

in London or Hong Kong for further studies. 

BRYAN OOMENN is a medical engineer in the 

States and the last contact he had with anything 

WS was Kenneth’s wedding last year! PRIYANKA 

DUBE is in TX with a new IT job at an 

architecture firm. ANNIE GHOSH has shifted 

from Pune, where she was at Symbiosis, and is 

in Mumbai working as a Christian counselor 

amongst youth. She loves her job and has carved 

a niche for herself in Mumbai! SONAL 

BHANDARI is tired of people thinking she is 

almost certainly married or engaged; she 

confirms that she is NOT! In Delhi, she is running 

her own successful export/import business. 

Email her for details! She was in London this 

year and we knew nothing about it! ASHISH 

DATTA is in Mumbai working as a Production 

Asst. He is still with girlfriend Pinky. Is marriage 

on the cards? Meherdad & he are in touch. 

Speaking of MEHERDAD BEHRUZI: I met up 

with him in Bandra on my ‘02 trip back to India. 

DEVIN ARRINGTON would probably be 

interested to know that he (Murdy) is still an 

avid bass player! TAMARA D’MELLO & I also 


got to meet up in Bangalore. We drove down 

(with David) to SIACS where we assumed we 

might be able to track down LOVILY VITO but 

she had finished her master’s in Christian 

Counseling at SIACS and was back in Nagaland. 

We just snooped around the campus (a wary 

watchman looking on), took loads of pictures & 

then drove all the way back! Tamara is in Mumbai 

doing an internship with the New York Times! 

NEIL SINGH is an eligible bachelor at Loyola 

Law in his 2 nd semester. He’s enjoying New 

Orleans and has met up with Ryan a couple 

times. The elusive ABRA WIEBE never sent in 

an update but her website introduction reads, 

“As for myself, this meager outline will have to 

suffice. I am in my early twenties, married and 

living in MN. I just finished writing my first novel, 

“Serenade of Blood and Silver” and am in the 

process of procuring an agent.” I completed my 

master’s last year and am working in IT/ 

Business-Financial Analysis in Central Hendon, 

London still persisting with sending out the 

manuscript for my first novel to literary agents. 

I frequently visit India and am looking forward 

to a Middle Eastern tour (Egypt, Turkey & 

possibly even Israel!) this June/July if anyone 

wants to join! Visit the website! God bless! - Ruth 

CLASS of 1998 

2002 has been a year of transition for many of 

us: We graduated, found jobs, traveled & some 

are still figuring out what comes next. 

ABHISHEK BHANDARI got his BA in Accounting 

& Finance and works for KPMG, NZ. AKSHAY 

SARIN is the Associate Production Manager of 

Manufacturing for S.C. Johnson in Racine, WI, 

near Chicago. For New Year’s, he, ANUJ 

CHADHA & JATIN were in Austin, TX where Anuj 

works for Dell. ALVIRA SHAH graduated from 

Wooster this May with a 4.0, receiving the Weber 

Award of Medicine. She spent the summer in 

Saudi Arabia working with a surgeon and is at 

the U of Connecticut School of Medicine. AMY 

MALL returned from India in Feb and is back at 

the Art Inst in Chicago. She has a show opening 

on Mar 1 st and works with kids to pay the bills. 

ANDREAS HENNIG graduated from Purdue in 

Dec and starts a job in Milwaukee, WI. ANNA 

CORPRON presented her design thesis in Dec 

and all that stands between her and her BArch 

is a thesis book for Cornell’s library. She’s putting 

that together along with her portfolio, working 

as a freelance web designer to make ends meet. 

ANNA KEUNING is traveling a lot with Cathay


Pacific still working reservations & ticketing. She 

plans to study Sales & Marketing to prepare for 

a job in her dad’s company which she will 

eventually take over. She is planning a trip to 

India & WS with her younger sister. ANOUCHKA 

WILKINS CHATELIER graduated from 

Melbourne U with a BA in English & History and 

is at Tabor C. getting a teaching degree. Her 

husband, Steve will finish his Art degree next 

year. ANU DEAN has a degree in social work 

from a school in MN. She teaches at a Christian 

school, Logan Hope in Philadelphia. She codirects 

her church’s mentoring program. BOBBY 

LAL was promoted to sales manager but plans 

to move to Victoria and get a degree in Computer 

Science. BONNIE CRIDER DEYHLE as you can 

tell from her new name, recently married 

Cameron Deyhle. They are living in Dayton, OH 

where Bonnie works and Cameron is finishing 

college. CAUVERY GANDHI works at the “French 

Connection” in London. CHUKIE-OM DORJI 

works as an English conversation teacher in 

Japan & studies Hotel Management. She hopes 

to go to Bangkok or Aust to get a degree in 

Business Management. DANE SHELLY interned 

as a researcher & writer for a non-profit that 

promotes religious freedom. He has 1 year left 

at Eastern C. doing a double major in History & 

Political Science & teaching SAT prep classes 

on the side. Minam, Amy & DANIEL SMITH ‘00 

went to Macalester for the graduation of Lizzy, 

Kelli & Dechen. DECHEN RODER took her BA 

in History to NYC & now works at Café Lalo 

(think, You’ve Got Mail). She just finished an 

internship at a film studio & plans to take up 

freelance photography. DEBANJALI BANERJEE 

received her MCSE this year and plans to take 

the GMAT. In June she’ll visit her sister in Ireland 

where she hopes to go for graduate school. 

ELIZABETH SEEFELDT, another Mac Grad, has 

a BA in Economics & Anthropology and teaches 

at the Thai Christian School in Bangkok. She’s 

slowly learning Thai and loves living there. 

EMILY VIRGIN HILLIER is teaching at a 

Montessori school in Branpton, ONT. She’s 

applying for teacher’s college hoping to start in 

Sept. Husband Keith is a youth pastor at 

Richmond Hill Pentecostal Church. GED 

SAENKHAMWANG works for a mobile phone 

company in Thailand. SOENAM DORJEE is 

studying in Thailand so they speak once in a 

while. HANNAH MACINTOSH is starting 

teachers’ college in Hamilton, NZ. She plans to 

teach elem. children and to learn Maori since 

many schools are bilingual. JULIA 

DEUTSCHMANN works for TEAR Fund and 

studies Business Management. She was the 

most recent ’98er to visit Kelli and Rochita at 

WS after 9 years! JADE ARCHULETA is at 

Berkeley enjoying the good weather and doing 

lots of biking in his spare time. JAE SEONG YUN 

will complete his term with the Korean Army in 

Feb, receiving an honorable discharge from the 

Navy, and will go back to Aust to continue his 

studies in Commerce & Economics. JASON 

DOWMAN is getting his master’s in Electrical 

Engineering with Management Studies in 

London. He saw ARIANE ’97 in Japan for 

Christmas & New Years. JATIN MEHTA is at 

Purdue, going for his master’s in Aeronautical 

Aerospace Engineering. JEANNETTE WALDOCK 

SAYLOR & JOEL ’97 are in Istanbul, Turkey, 

teaching English and learning Turkish. They have 

applied to grad schools for ‘03. JENNY KISHAN 

is at Jawaharlal Nehru U doing her Political 

Science post grad. JEN RAJ took a road trip to 

AZ & UT and is in Singapore. JOSHUA JOHN 

finished his BA at St. Stephen’s and works with 

his Delhi church making murals & large canvas 

paintings. He also runs a Friday night coffee bar 

& started a graphic design/video editing course 

and a theological course through 

correspondence. JOSHUA MOORE is switching 

from Computer Science to Commerce & Finance 

at Grant MacEwan in Edmonton, Canada. JULIE 

RUDENCO is in her last semester of university 

in Canada. Last yr she was in Guatemala 

learning Spanish. She’s there again working with 

an org dedicated to the development of 

indigenous communities & also teaches English. 

JUNIKA GURUNG works at the Hilton Hotel, 

London and hopes for a permanent management 

post soon. KARISHMA 

CHOWFIN is at Hawaii 

Pacific U finishing in 

spring. She works with 

a hotel chain in their 

front services dept. 

KELLI SMITH, 3 rd Mac 

Grad, now has a BA in 

Anthropology & 

Psychology and is 

editing this issue of the 

Quad while at WS. This 

summer she stayed 

with SARENA 

ABRAHAM in 

Edinburgh who is in 

The newly married Rhonda Blosser Michael ‘98 

with husband Scott Michael 

her last semester of a Computer Science degree. 

KOANG JIN SHO is going to school in NZ and 

was in Auckland playing basketball for the Fiji 

Club. KRISTIE HOLLAND graduated from 

Occidental in May and has been living on 

Catalina Island working as a trash boat driver. 

She holidayed in Vietnam, Laos & S. Korea and 

spent Christmas in Seattle. She began her 2-yr 

service for the Peace Corps in Feb as a “youth 

development” worker in Bangladesh. LANGLEY 

KREUZE graduated from Berkeley with a BA in 

Southeast Asian Studies & Psychology and is 

applying to law schools & working with disabled 

people. MEETU SOLOMON was in India for the 

holidays. She has a semester left in her master’s 

program in Canada. MINAM APANG graduated 

in May and worked in NYC at Starbucks. She is 

in India visiting family. NAMRATA TAMANG is in 

Albania doing software development after 

receiving her advanced diploma in Web and Ecommerce. 

NIKHIL CHOUGHLEY works in 

France at a youth resort while completing his 

MA in Economics. PAUL CHAUHAN works for 

Graduation at Macalester May 2002: Dechen Roder ‘98, Elizabeth Seefeldt 

‘98, Amy Mall ‘98, Minam Apang ‘98, Daniel Smith ‘00 & Kelli Smith ‘98

Convergys, an int’l company in Delhi. PRADEEP 

DANIEL is a copywriter at Contract Advertising 

in Delhi and plans to do an MBA. PRIYA 

NARAYANAN is at the School of Oriental & 

African Studies in London reading for an MSc in 

Int’l Politics. She and Kelli had a blast in 

Barcelona after her graduation from Durham. 

PRIYANKA ANAND finished her degree at UC- 

Berkeley and will be moving to Santiago, Chile 

for an internship teaching English for a year or 

two. This summer she met up with THINLEY in 

DC & MINAM in NYC. PUJA UPPAL is pursuing 

acting in Vancouver and waitressing at The Keg 

and Café Bombay. Look for her in Micky Narula’s 

upcoming music videos. In Sept she will also act 

in a play called “Suburbia”. This year she starts 

a broadcasting performance program at 

Columbia Academy. RACHAEL FLAMING is back 

in school, studying Mechanical Engineering at 

Cal Poly. She also tests websites for a design 

firm. RACHEL KRISS spent spring at the U of 

Havana working on her Spanish. She has one 

year left at Eastern in Philadelphia and wants a 

job as a newspaper reporter. RADHA RAI is premed 

at UC Davis & works as a cancer research 

scientist. Graduating this June she wants to 

volunteer with Americorps & then go to med 

school. REEM KHOKHAR is at Jawaharlal Nehru 

U working towards a master’s in Sociology then 

it’s off to Bangalore. REKHA YADAV graduated 

from Pace U with a Marketing BA. She is an 

Asst. Media Planner for an advertising agency 

which has the Mercedes Benz account. RHONDA 

BLOSSER MICHAEL married Scott on Aug 9 and 

then moved to Bloomington, IN, where Scott is 

getting his PhD from IDU in Astrophysics. 

Rhonda graduated from Bethel with a Liberal 

Arts degree concentrating in Psychology, 

Sociology & Missions. They’re in the process of 

buying a townhouse. RINENGI VARTE is getting 

a BA in Applied Theology at Redcliffe, UK. After 

graduating, she plans to do social work in Asia. 

ROCHITA RAO got TEFL certified in Thailand & 

works at WS with Kelli dormparenting & teaching 

ESL. SANGEETA KUMAR works at Times of India 

writing for Filmfare and is teaching Sunday 

school at her church, thinking of getting into the 

child & youth ministry, God willing. SAILESH 

AHUJA is back in Nigeria working for his family. 

SHANIT LALL is teaching part-time for Purdue’s 

Physics & Chemistry Depts, researching a better 

interface for sequence alignments computer 

programs & has applied to grad schools to study 

genetics or biophysics. SHIVI PANDIT is finishing 

a degree in Hotel Management. SIMON KAMBOJ 

is at the U of London pursuing a degree in int’l 

hospitality management. Jason & him meet up 

on occasion. SOENAM DORJEE is in Bangkok, 

4 th yr of BBA marketing. He’s seeking a 

theoretical path to financial freedom so that he 

can retire after working less than 7 yrs. Still 

playing basketball & hoping to coach soon. 

SONYA DATTA-SANDHU is in her last year at 

Michigan U-Kalamazoo majoring in Anthropology 

& Latin American Studies. TAE-YEUN KIM 

graduated from Cornell spending time with 

family and working in Korea. TAIRON KIMURA 

studies in SF & lives with his father. MOMO ’00 

works at a vitamin store, living nearby. TANYA 

D’MELLO is getting her master’s degree in HR 

and works at the Royal Bank of Canada as HRD’s 

Asst. Trainer. TASHI CHODEN is in Thimphu 

working at the Center for Bhutan Studies, a 

research institute focused on Bhutanese history, 

culture and contemporary issues. She & her 

sister run a disco. TENZIN CHOPHEL is in 

Toronto working at a bank & taking online 

courses. THINLEY CHODEN graduated in May 

from Beloit and is in the Asia Pacific Leadership 

Program at the East West Center in Honolulu. 

VARUN KAPOOR works in DC for an accounting 

firm, KPMG. VIKESH PATEL is at King’s College 

in London doing a master’s degree in Forensic 

Science after graduating at the top of his BSc 

class last year. VIKRAM GUMASTE is at York U 

in Toronto specializing in Accounting. He met 

up with Tenzin Chophel. VININOLI CHISHI is in 

her final year of med school. She attended 

HONOHOLI’s ’97 graduation in Aust. ZEBA 

KHAN is in her 3 rd yr of MBBS in Manipal, India 

at Kasturba Medical C. After a year’s internship 

she moves to the States. It’s been 5 years since 

graduation. Kelli & Rochita are planning a 

reunion at WS and would love anyone and 

everyone to come up to Mussoorie. Heads up! 

There might be another one in the UK. 

Interested? kellismith@woodstock.ac.in; 

rochitarao@woodstock.ac.in Keep the news 

coming. It’s always great to hear from you guys. 

– Sangeeta & Anna 

CLASS of 1999 

It’s hard to believe that almost 4 yrs have 

passed since the Class of ‘99 parted ways. 

Once again a major chapter in our lives comes 

to a close as many fellow Utopians prepare 

to graduate from college and move on to larger 

and more exciting prospects. TIM ROOT is on 


a 1 year exchange program at Sichuan U in 

China. He is still enrolled at U of WA-Seattle 

graduating in May ‘04. MANU MANTHRI is 

doing a master’s in Economics at Oxford. For 

6 wks this summer she’s in Andhra Pradesh 

volunteering & visiting family. RADHIKA JAIN 

spent Thanksgiving ‘02 in Las Vegas. She is 

working on her senior thesis, graduates in 

May, & hopes to find a job/internship in DC, 

Chicago or Boston. SHRUTI KHARE graduates 

this May (summa cum laude) and hopes to be 

in NYC working in finance. She reports that 

she is a “fantabulous” cook! Singapore this 

winter visiting her parents who moved from 

Brunei. SONAM KHANGKAR graduated in 

June ‘02 and spent 2 mos last summer in 

Barcelona learning Spanish. She is a Program 

Coordinator at a new hotel management 

school in Delhi and hopes to begin an MA. 

HATAIKAN KAMOLSIRISALKUL graduates in 

July & is doing an internship at Siam Cement 

Group. SEONG JIN LEE is taking a break from 

his Electrical Engineering studies at Hanyang 

U, S. Korea. He is president of his church’s 

youth missionary team and plans to enlist in 

the Army for mandatory military training. 

ANNELI TERRY is majoring in Geology & has 

2 yrs left at Macalester. She spent spring ‘02 

in the WS Alumni Office and saw Radhika & 

Shin Shin at the ’02 graduation. HARSH 

MADHOK graduated from Monash U in Nov 

and plans to emmigrate to Aust as soon as 

his papers are processed. He will be at WS 

for his brother’s graduation in June ‘03 and 

hopes to meet up with some people there. 

MANISHA HANDA received her B.Com this 

year and was promoted to the Sales Dept. for 

Avis at the Oberoi Hotel in Delhi. She is the 

first female sales executive there. MARK 

TRAYLING got his BSc with honors in 

Economics from the U of London last June. 

He is doing a master’s in Business Law at 

Monash U. He was made an affiliate of the 

Aust. Inst. of Banking & Finance. An article 

of his on tax havens and domestic taxation 

reform will be published in the Feb issue of 

the Journal of Banking and Financial Services. 

YEON HEE KANG is doing a 1 year exchange 

program in NZ and plans to graduate in a year 

& a half. SHARON JOHN is teaching at an int’l 

school (similar to WS) which features a home 

schooling curriculum in Delhi. She enjoys her 

job and plans to do further studies in 

education. NEHA MANGALWADI works as a



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dorm parent at Edgehill and has met up with 

Smita & Mark during her time at WS. RUTH 

SAMSON is doing a post grad in Journalism 

at Xavier’s, Mumbai. She hopes to have a job 

by Mar & begin her master’s in English. JOSH 

GRAHAM works as a carpenter/painter for 

new homes near Seattle, WA. He is leader of 

the junior high youth group at his church and 

building his own custom truck for off-roading! 

STEPHAN KAMBOJ is in his 3 rd yr of European 

Studies at King’s C. London and the London 

School of Economics (LSE) and is spending a 

year in Germany at the Humboldt U of Berlin. 

KAPIL KAPOOR graduated from LSE in June 

’02 and took a summer publishing course at 

Columbia, NYC & is at Phaidon Press 

publishers in London. For the past 2 yrs, 

ANNIE KIDDER has been going to school, 

hiking, rock climbing & contra dancing. She 

went to Mexico last summer for a friend’s 

wedding & hopes to go to Africa this summer. 

And I, SAKSHI SINGH, plan to graduate in Dec 

’03 and am working as a lab technician at 

Applied Molecular Evolution, a biotech 

company in San Diego. Taking the MCAT in 

Apr, I plan to matriculate in medical school 

by fall ‘04, hopefully in CA. - Sakshi 

CLASS of 2000 

BRONWYN LUTZ is at Wheaton C. majoring in 

German & minoring in Math & Bible Studies. In 

May, she will begin a six month internship with 

HNGR (Human Needs & Global Resources) in 

Durban, S. Africa. ARIADNA KHAFIZOVA is 

plugging away at an Economics major at Yale. 

She was back at WS in Nov for a Winterline 

Foundation “business trip”. RISHIKESH 

MAINALI is at Grant McEwan College - his 3 rd 

college in 3 years! NORDON CHOPHEL studies 

commerce at Jesus & Mary in S Delhi. GAURAV 

SHRESTHA is at Franklin College in Switzerland. 

KRISTINE HUNERWADEL graduates from 

Malone College in May with a Bio/Pre-med 

degree - I think this will be the 1st degree for us 

Prodigians - way to go girl! JAIME BAURA 

MARAK, Houghton College, has been around the 

world completing her Psychology & Intercultural 

Studies majors. She just got back from 

Melbourne and is off to Tanzania. ARJUN SIKAND 

has recently been working for a branch of Park 

& Plaza Hotels in Delhi. EUN SHIN LEE will take 

a break from Bennington to study at Peking U. 

ANGUS DOWNING is doing an Arts/Law course 

at Melbourne U. He will be touring Europe with 

the Chamber Strings of Melbourne - very cool. 

He also works for Camp Australia. LINDA BRUST 

is in Berlin studying Psychology. She hopes to 

audition for acting school. TENZING TEKAN, at 

Georgetown U., is cruising through a Finance & 

Int’l Business Major with a minor in English. 

He’s an Outdoor Education leader, an RA and 

continues his work with Free Tibet. SHRUTI 

GANGULY is at Northwestern U majoring in Art 

& Communications, minoring in Business. She 

is also an RA. Over the summer she interned 

with Reuters in NYC, and interviewed some big 

shots like Puff Daddy/P. Diddy (hehehe). Unlike 

these crazy people, DANIEL SMITH is not double 

majoring & minoring but merely majoring in 

Studio Art - what a bum, but he is an RA. Over 

the summer he interned at a printing company 

in the UK. He’s involved in an improv troupe 

called VoodooBarbie. – Daniel Smith 

CLASS of 2001 

All information is subject to change and all errors 

are entirely unintentional. Email me your 

adventures so we can include them next time. 

JONATHAN ABRAHAM is apparently at Calvin 

in the same dorm as SU JIN YOON. RAMEEZA 

AHSAN is in Webster U in Thailand enjoying the 

perks of being in that country. PETER 

ALDERTON is legitimately computer gaming his 

way through the U of Teeside in N England. 

CASSANDRA BREDT has been busy in 

Melbourne; since grad she has been a waitress, 

joined university, got engaged and is now 

recovering from cervical cancer, gosh! MARIA 

CHACKO is another of the Calvin gang and 

enjoying her Biology major. SHIVANGI 

CHATURVEDI is now studying how to run a hotel 

with HEE JIN JUNG at Glion in Switzerland. 

RAHUL CHERIAN, oh where is Rahul? Rumour 

is he is in the UK. SUNG MIN CHOI is at Taylor U 

hanging out with the int’l crew. SONAM CHUKI 

was in the cornfields of IA but has since moved 

to Trent in ONT where she joins LETICIA 

WAITARA. ANGELO DAIMARI is a badmash in 

Delhi. ANNA DAVYDOVA is studying and partying 

hard at Wellesley. DEEPAK EBENEZER was seen 

floating through India. MUJAHID 

ELECTRIWALLA: Hey Man! Muj is at the U of 

New Brunswick. AYESHA GAREWAL is at Lady 

Sri Ram in Delhi and active in the Western Music 

Society. ANDREAS GERGAN is at Lehigh U. 

CARRIE GRAHAM apparently is on a mission but 

details are unclear. The U of Wales at 

Aberyswyth greatly appreciates SAHAJO 

HAERTEL, as does her new boyfriend. A 

recovered SANG HYUNHAN is back in S Korea 

and well. TANUSHREE HAZARIKA this is a 

changed girl! She is partying her way through 

Boston. ROHINI UPPAL, studying to be a nurse, 

met up with SHASHWAT MODY, SIMONI TODI, 

BHAVESH JAIN & TSERING WANGDI in the 

autumn. Shashwat picked up some tips from Dr. 

Love and is now a college stud. The BIG gossip 

is that Bhavesh & Simoni are finally an item-we 

all knew it guys. She is at Babson in MA and 

Bhavesh isn’t far away. JOON HUR & JAE IL 

SHIM are always on MSN and plan to be pilots. 

SOTISOLA IMKONG loves living in Madrid but 

is heading to the US soon. LALRINTLUANGA 

JAHAU is living the Dublin life as a diligent 

student at the Royal C. of Surgeons. NITIN JAIN 

is enjoying the intellectual stimulation at 

Concordia. TIA JAMIR is at St. Stephen’s in Delhi. 

HAN-NA JEON is in LA. RAY KALLIMEL & 

ASHISH THOMAS are making Bombay their own. 

JAYA KAPUR is at LSR in Delhi as are ESTHER 

KONYAK & JANGSENARO LONGKUMER. 

ANDREW KEMP has been jumping out of 

aeroplanes as part of his army training, which

he loves. DALIA MAJUMDER is busy with 

English & Biology in Nova Scotia. SRIYA 

KERJIWAL is in Delhi. SHAHED KHAN is at 

North East U in Dhaka being a good boy. 

DECHEN KHANGKAR studies Law at Oxford U. 

ZOMAWII KHIANGTE is in NY having much fun. 

KINLEY KLEIN, SONAM PENJOR & TSERING 

WANGMO form the Bhutanese posse at the U of 

New Brunswick. LIANMAWII is making the most 

of Delhi U life. SAIRA MAILK is busy at the U of 

IL. MINAL MEHTA is studying Fashion in Delhi 

and there is a rumour of an engagement. 

MINIUSHKA MUJTABA has a charming boyfriend 

to spice her life up in Swansea. EKATERINA 

OSSENEVA is in Moscow studying Art & Design. 

DIEZEMETO PESIEYE is at the Centre of 

American Ed. in Bangalore along with ROHIT 

SINGH & RAMOLA RAMESH. Some people have 

disappeared without a trace: PRIYANKA 

PRASAD, MARIO WYON & TENZIN YUTHOK. 

RAJIL RISAL is quite the waiter & studying hard 

in the US. TSERING SADUTSHANG has moved 

to the U of Waterloo in Ont. BIPASANA SAKYA is 

at Knox, no Jigme in her life any more. BENITA 

SAMUEL, DAVID SMITH & SABINA THYLE are 

all part of the WS crowd at Calvin. AKBAR SHAH 

is proving to be a genius at university in the US. 

THINLEY TENZIN, PALDEN THINLEY & JIGME 

NAMGYAL form yet another Bhutanese posse in 

Canada, this time at St. Francis Xaiver’s. They 

are apparently inseparable. DEENA TULADAR 

is in Nepal dating a guy named Jigme & enjoying 

being young. HARUKO UEDA is at the U of Mich. 

studying Psychology and enjoying the US. 

SOLVEIG TAYLOR is working in Italy for a year 

before going to Cambridge. MEGAN DAVIS has 

qualified to become a masseuse. YANGCHEN 

WANGCHUK is at Worchester Polytechnic Inst 

in MA. As for DANIEL RUSSELL, he is in London 

studying History & Politics at the SOAS while 

working p.t. and spending hours on the phone 

to Dalia. – Daniel Russell 

CLASS of 2002 

Time after graduation for Euphorians has been 

eventful: meeting each other during winter 

breaks, Thanksgiving, inter-collegiate games, 

stressing over midterms, eating like mad & 

piling on the ‘Freshmen 15’, among many 

other trivial & not so trivial things. Everyone 

seems settled in well and generally enjoying 

their new lives. About 9% of the class is taking 

a “gap” year. Apart from being spread out all 

over India, SE Asia, Europe & No. America, 

there are a few ‘herds’ of Euphorians living 

happily in the same colleges. Enrolled in 

Calvin C., Grand Rapids, MI are: SUNG AE 

CHOI, MONIKA GUNNAR, DEENA THOMAS, 

SEUN DO CHAE & SAARA TERRY, who see 

CHRIS SMITH who is studying in MI. At St. 

Scholastica, MN are: AYESHA MARK, SUPRIYA 

KEJRIWAL & DEA SIN HWANG, always busy 

cooking Indian food. At Northeastern U, MA, 

JONATHAN CRIDER & JULIA AYSCOUGH, who 

took a semester off, see each other on campus. 

In NY, RAD RAHMAN & TENZIN NAWANG 

TEKAN are enjoying themselves at Bard. In 

Canada, PEMA TENZIN, NAWANG EDEN & 

SONAM RABGYE attend Trent C. DEKI 

PHUNTSO (St. Francis Xavier’s), joined 

BHUTILA KARPOCHE & TENZIN GONSAR, 

who are both at Carleton C. with ASHER 

MCRAE. JEFFERY MCALEER is finally home 

in Canada, taking time off from school, 

working, while SONAM CHODEN DORJI is at 

the U of Brunswick and SREYASA MAINALI is in 

Edmonton. In Europe, SUNAINA SALDANHA 

(Sheffield C.) is enjoying the British scene and 

met JETSUN DELAPLANQUE in Bombay 

during winter break. NADIA MUJTABA is at 

in Kent C. and met PETER ABRAHAM, BEN 

BODEN & TY CHADFIELD, all of whom are 

taking a gap year. NATALJA JARULINA is at a 

Latvian university busy flying all over Europe 

for meetings pertaining to her study. In India, 

SANJANA SETHI has found her true calling 

at the Law School of Pune and met up with 

VARUN JOHN & YUVRAJ KOHLI who is 

juggling his studies & other pursuits very well. 

NUPUR MATHUR is majoring in Design. 

DANIEL MENDIES is taking a year off and 

doing various odd jobs e.g. a paper cutter 

and sees ROMONG LEPCHA, who is working 

on his visa. SHRUTI AILAWADI is at JMC in 

Delhi. ZAID AHMED & AMAN ROUL are in 

Bangalore. LOBSANG ASO & JOHN 


PAKONGTE are both in Delhi. MEDHA 

GHOKALE is at Gargi C. & MOLONA WATI is 

at LSR and recently met YO HAN KIM 

(Handong U Korea) at the favorite WS hangout 

place: GK. KEZIA YEPTHOMI is relaxing and 

getting ready to enter medical college after a 

good break in Nagaland along with 

THEJAVINUO KEDITSU who is also in 

Nagaland. DEEPA VARGHESE is busy with 

medical studies in Vellore, while Rebecca Bast 

is in Bombay. In the state of OH are: SATOKO 

KANAHARA (Oberlin), YOWA KIMURA 

(Hiram), JI HYUN AHN & HAI DANG NGUYEN 

(both at Wooster), KARA MAE HUNERWADEL 

(Malone) & JUNG HYUN RYU (Wesleyan)–they 

get together on and off. Satoko has been 

traveling out of state as well meeting up with 

SARATH SANGA (U of Mich) & NATHAN 

MCDANIEL (George Fox U) while JI HYUN 

visited JUNG HYUN, SOLOMON PUDAITE 

(Greenville C.), SEUN DO, PETER KONYAK 

(Alderson Broaddus C.), AADIT SHRESTHA (U 

of Colo.) & LALREMPUII (Temple U) for 

Thanksgiving. PERNIA QURESHI (George 

Washington U.), Vani Talwar (Penn State), NAI 

LAICER (Moorhead U), KILANG YANGER 

(Carleton), ALISHKA ANAND (New York Tech) 

& SHEENA AGARWAL (UCSB) all met up in 

Pittsburgh for Thanksgiving. RAJAT 

BHARGAVA (U of So. Ill.) & KYU YEON CHO, 

who is at art college in CA, met up with 

Sheena. ANJALIKA KAPUR is at Knox C., along 

with other WS graduates. Shiny LALL is in 

Ozark Christian C. enjoying herself. KEREN 

SANGA changed his plans from U of Mich. to 

U of TX-Austin. JEREMY BASS is continuing 

his History & Guitar studies. TANDIN 

NAMGYAL is studying in Bangkok, Thailand. 

JACOB BAYNHAM is taking a year off and is 

very busy teaching English to children in Laos 

and patiently observing the growth rate of silk 

worms. - Kilangsungla 

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