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’48
Harry Hoth was inducted into the Gold Circle of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The award recognizes Harry for 50 years of contributions to the television industry and to the communities served by Pikes Peak Broadcasting Company stations. Harry is the chairman of the board of the Pikes Peak Broadcasting Company. Additionally, Harry was inducted into the 2003 Colorado Springs Sports Hall of Fame at a ceremony in November. • Marjorie Kopfman lives in Auburn, Calif., where she is retired but remains active doing volunteer work. She has two sons, three grandsons, and one granddaughter.

’51
Guy Gibbs was inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame at a ceremony in January 2003. Guy coached the basketball team at Regis High School in Denver for 28 years. During his tenure at the school, he also coached the school’s football, track, and cross country teams, in addition to serving as the athletic director and dean of students. Guy was also instrumental in opening the doors for private schools to become members of the Colorado High School Activities Association.

’53
Jane Wallace Dillard wrote in to tell us about a delightful luncheon she had in Mancos, Colo., with Mary Allerton Jones ’51, Cissy Doherty Mannelly ’51, and Doris Kotrich French ’52. Jane also ran into Jentra Jarvis Barker ’52 at a fundraiser for the Mesa Verde Foundation. In June, Jane had an “extremely successful” hip replacement and her orthopedic surgeon was alumnus Mac Wyman ’81. • Grace Wenzell Glassgow lives in Dunedin, Fla., where she is retired.

’54
50th Reunion, Oct. 8-10, 2004!
Two years ago, Kathleen Smith Scott’s two-volume book “Later Gothic Manuscripts 1390-1490” won the Modern Language Association inaugural prize for distinguished bibliography. Kathleen has been invited by Oxford University in England to give the five Lyell Lectures in Bibliography for 2004 before the faculty of the university in May. She will speak on 15th-century English manuscripts with illustrations, her lifelong area of research.

’55
Bruce Kellner is the successor trustee of the Van Vechten Estate and the author of “Carl Van Vechten and the Irreverent Decades” and “The Splendid Drunken Twenties, Selections from the Daybooks, 1922-1930.” • Van Skilling spoke to Colorado Springs business leaders at a Downtown Partnership meeting in November. This annual meeting brings together 200 community leaders to examine the state of downtown Colorado Springs. Van is the president of the Board of Trustees at Colorado College. • Joyce Somerville Tombre lives in Oslo, Norway, and is a retired school librarian. She enjoys painting and drawing, and traveled last year to France, Greece, and California. She is widowed and has three children and five grandchildren. She’s looking forward to the 50th reunion in 2005.

’56
Art Elder was co-curator of a museum exhibit featuring fine glass paperweights, titled “Stars of Texas.” The exhibit was displayed in San Antonio, Texas, for the national convention of the Paperweight Collectors Association in May, and the Forsyth Center Galleries at Texas A&M University from June to November. The exhibit received high international acclaim and reviews.

’57
Carolyn McClintock Seibel lives in Sun Valley, Idaho, with her husband Robert.

’58
Robert Jones retired after 30 years of coaching, teaching, and principalship in the Cheyenne Mountain School District in Colorado Springs. He is married with five children, and is recovering from brain tumor surgery. He reports that “Everything is going great!” • Ray Myers is retired and living in Saint Helena, Calif. • Mary Rogers Wullschleger had a mini-reunion of long-time CC friends including Molly Bradshaw Adams, Jeanette Barton Kandt, Suzi Althouse Lodden, and Leslie Davis Storr. One day they drove to Colorado Springs to visit Dottie Duell Henry. This was their last get-together before Suzi’s untimely death in March 2003. Another guest was Marit Opsahl, who was an exchange student from Oslo, Norway. This was her first visit back to the U.S. in over 45 years. After leaving Colorado, Marit traveled to Florida to visit Joan Hatchette Wolfe ’57.

Class Secretary:
Nancy Cunningham Pike
217 Cerro Street
Encinitas, CA 92024-4823
mnpike@earthlink.net

’59
John Fernald accepted a part-time position as instructor/observer-controller with the National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center, headquartered at Texas A&M University in College Station. NERRTC is responsible for conducting both national and international training exercises for weapons of mass destruction and terrorist incidents. John’s areas of focus are law enforcement, fire-rescue, hazmat, and EMS operations.

’60
Hap Curran Reubens teaches workshops in woodcutting and printing at the Coos Bay Art Museum in Coos Bay, Ore., and at the University of Oregon bookstore in Eugene.

’61
Richard Givan is vice president of engineering at Sun Health Corporation in Sun City, Ariz.
• Glenna Maxey Goodacre and her husband Mike Schmidt were in Philadelphia, Pa., in October to attend the dedication of The Irish Memorial sculpture, which was created by Glenna. Glenna was also inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum’s Hall of Fame at its annual induction luncheon in November.

’62
Sue Hoyt Aiken resigned from her position as program chair for career development at the JFK University’s School of Management. She will move to Paso Robles, Calif., where she plans to stay involved in distance career counseling, as well as teaching and developing a Web-based business. • William Geary authored the book, “Scandinavian Glass – Creative Energies.”

’63
Ben Eastman reports that he is now teaching Spanish to students at Hill Middle School in Denver. “Fathoming the depths of the mind of a 13-year-old is not easy,” he says. “Maybe I’m fishing too deep or too shallow. I’m not sure they appreciate the majesty of the verb at this point in their lives. But some day they will.” Ben and his wife Gloria continue their commuter marriage between Denver and Gloria’s teaching position at Buffalo State College in New York.

• Ben Lewis and his wife Barbara celebrated their 40th anniversary in August by bicycling in Ireland. Using Shannon as a home base, they cycled the west coast of the island. “It required a lot of compromise on Barbara’s part,” Ben says. • Stephanie Ames Manly teaches adult education for the Cleveland Municipal School District. Stephanie lives in Shaker Heights with her husband Cornelius. • Joan Seelig McCarty is owner of Harrison Boat Storage in Harrison, Idaho. Joan and husband Louis still live on Lake Coeur d’Alene. They have five grandchildren.

• Roger Morgan is C.E.O./owner of Posadas Del Sol in Bonita, Calif. • Caroline Putnam Paletta is a licensed mental health counselor and is a school-based clinician for Health Care & Rehabilitation Services of Southeast Vermont. She also has a private psychotherapy practice at the Springfield Wholistic Wellness Center. She teaches drama for the Boys and Girls Club of Springfield and for the Union Street School. Additionally, Caroline teaches alpine skiing at the Okemo Mountain Resort on the weekends.

Class Secretary:
Ben Eastman
2020 Julian Way
Denver, CO 80211
ben_eastman@comcast.net

’64
Bill Hybl was inducted into the Colorado Business Hall of Fame at a ceremony in February. • Ron Sher was featured in Pacific Northwest Magazine, a Sunday supplement in The Seattle Times. The cover story highlighted Ron’s transformation of East Bellevue’s Crossroads Mall. Once a magnet for gangs, it has become the “social heart” of Lake Forest Park.

’65
Fred Elkins M.A.T. lives in Caldwell, Idaho, with his wife Sharon. He is semi-retired but still operates Massage by Elkins.

’66
After a bout with breast cancer, Roberta Saponas Dechert is celebrating her fifth cancer-free year. She has renewed her love for choral singing and has joined a number of choirs. Last spring, Roberta was part of a national group that performed Orff’s “Carmina Burana” at Carnegie Hall. • Ann Babcock Henderson lives in North Palm Beach, Fla., where she teaches seventh grade language arts.

• Lynne Johnson is working on a Ph.D. in musicology at the University of Hawaii and has received the school’s musicology prize twice. She enjoys teaching music history to non-majors and “passing on the joy and inspiration of classical music I received so well at CC.” Lynne’s daughter, Juliet Johnson-Moore ’04, plays violin in the CC orchestra and sings in an all-female a-cappella group (see related story on page 10).

’68
Class Secretary:
Jan Metcalfe Mahony
1730 Wood Avenue
Colorado Springs CO 80907-7355
jamah@adelphia.net

’69
35th Cluster Reunion, Oct. 8-10, 2004! Jim Swanson lives in Sedona, Ariz., where he is retired.

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