June 2018 Update from Ann Richardson Berkey, Class President
Hello, Classmates!
It has been a while since you have heard from your class board, so we want to bring you up to date with a couple of brief reports.
From our Nominating Committee (Arleen Heiss, chair; Helen Disenhaus, Pam Stuart, Martha Doolittle McIver)
Due to health issues, Susan Swart Rice and Karen Myers have regretfully resigned as class president and coscribe, respectively. We are grateful for their energy and dedication to the class and will keep them as involved as they wish to be. Thank you, Susan and Karen . . . and please take good care of yourselves.
As required by our class bylaws, the following individuals were appointed to open positions and will serve the remaining 2 years of this term that will conclude in May 2020.
Class Leadership Changes:
Our new class president is Ann Richardson Berkey, formerly our class VP. A resident of Oakland, CA, Ann retired as a senior executive with McKesson Corp. She travels extensively with board and client work and hopes to connect with classmates on some of these trips. Watch for emails if she is in your area! Contact: ann.berkey@gmail.com
Our new class VP is Katherine (Katy) Hart. Katy has an MLS from Syracuse University. She retired as the arts and humanities librarian at Trinity College in Hartford, CT, where she is living. Contact: Katherine.Hart@trincoll.edu
Class communications/IT: Jill Vollmer Blackwood will fill Susan Rice’s role in managing our class website and communications. Jill will help ensure you are in the loop re: class activities and prep leading up to our 50th reunion! A resident of Portland, Maine, Jill has an MEd from the University of Southern Maine. She is the former principal of Portland’s Riverton Elementary School and retired as assistant school superintendent. Contact: jblackwood48@gmail.com
Ellen Cochran Hirzy, an editor/writing consultant in Washington, D.C., has agreed to join Diane Mayer Murphy as a class coscribe, replacing Karen Myers. Ellen has previously served as a class coscribe. Ellen has also volunteered to lead the development and publication of our 50th reunion class book and is looking for classmates who want to help her pull this very special edition together! Please contact her with ideas for a class survey, bios, memorial section, and photos: ellenhirzy@gmail.com.
Replacing Ann Berkey as Connections Class Chair is Linda Morehaus Goodwin, ably aided by Linda Phelps Graves. Both “Lindas” have been very engaged in supporting the activities of the committee, which links our class with our connection class of 2020. Linda Goodwin has a MAT from Northwestern University. She worked at the Pomfret Community School and lives in Pomfret, CT. Linda Graves has an MSW from the University of Connecticut. She worked at the Jewish Home and Hospital and now lives in Branford, CT. Contact: Linda Goodwin: lgoodwin486@gmail.com; Linda Graves: peter.graves1@verizon.net
A complete list of our class board with email addresses can be found on our class website.
Please reach out to any of us to get involved, offer comments or ask questions. With the rapid approach of our 50th reunion in May 2020, we need your help to make it as special as we would all like it to be!
Quarterly:
Class notes are due to our class scribes by July 15. Please send news to either of the following:
Any special photos should go to Jill Vollmer Blackwood at jblackwood48@gmail.com for posting on our class website.
Notes on our recent class mini-reunions in Washington, D.C., and Monterey, CA, will appear in the Quarterly. Help us continue to celebrate in gatherings by city or region this year as the Class of ’70 Turns 70! Happy, happy birthday to each of you.
Wishing each of you good health and a happy summer.
