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Babs Tiger Rubens btigerr@alum.wellesley.edu
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| Retirement? From Nina Budde Scott |
Hello From Class President, Tucker Ayers Harris:
Hello, Members of the Class of ’59. The class officers, chairs and members of our 50th reunion committee attended Alumnae Leadership Council on campus October 12-14, 2007. Everything was and is geared up to educate us into the ways of planning and executing this important reunion. So mark your calendars now for June 12 -14, 2009!
Our reunion chairs, Jo Cornforth Coke and Ann Sherby Cole, are well along in their planning process, as evidenced by the Questionnaire mailed out to all members of the class and re-printed below. Please complete and send it to Sarah Maccracken Donnelly asap to help them take us down the Yellow Brick Road.
We are so lucky to have Babs Tiger Rubens who keeps our web page updated! She is living proof that we can pick up new skills and knowledge into our eighth decade. She had never done this particular kind of work before, although she protests vociferously that she just picked up where Pat Beers Mraz left off when she took on the assignment of Web Manager for the Class. She is inspiration for me to take on new challenges as they present themselves – something Wellesley women seem to relish.
The more news and photos you send in, the livelier the pages will be. As we head into our 50th reunion year, it will be fun to have pictures and stories about each other to whet our appetites for reunion weekend. If you haven’t already marked your calendars for reunion, do it now: June 12-14, 2009.
See you there!
Tucker Ayers Harris
President of the Class of 1959
Memo from Reunion Chairs, Jo Coke and Ann Cole
Please help us to follow the Yellow Brick Road by filling out and sending back the Questionnaire you received in the mail. It is re-printed here for your convenience. See you all JUNE 12-14, 2009.
Jo and Ann
Reunion Questionnaire: (Click here to open PDF file for printing)
And here is our formidable Reunion Committee to date, along with our Class Officers,
at Alumnae Leadership Council, October 12-14, 2007:
Back Row: Harlee Levy Chandler, Jean Crawford, Bonnie Handmaker Ulin, Pat Beers Mraz, Sally Blatz Wilkins, Barbara Brackney Melvin, Ann Sherby Cole, Jo Cornforth Coke
Front row: Alice Helpern Gross, Tucker Ayers Harris, Sarah Maccracken Donnelly, Ellen Jamieson Franck, Linda DuPlan Rieke
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Class of 1959 Continuing Education Scholarship Fund Update
The Fund was established in 1984 at the time of our 25th Reunion. Of our total dollars raised that year, $41,520 was designated for this Fund. Since then, classmates have made additional gifts to the Fund so that the total amount gifted is $244,607. Each year Wellesley’s Board of Trustees allocates approximately 5% of each endowed fund to income which, in our case, is used to fund scholarships for continuing education students. In 2006-07 that amount was approximately $26,600. The Resources Office estimates that as of last year about 35 students have received assistance from our Fund in the last 23 years. Even so, today the Fund has a market value of $602,503 – demonstrating the benefits of endowment funds plus the magic of compounding.
(About Turning 70.... The following message from Linda DuPlan Rieke to Alice Helpern Gross kind of sums it up.)
It's not all that bad, Alice. You'll like FINALLY joining the select.
And it's heartening to hear: "70??? Really?" Linda
Classmates Celebrate in a Multitude of Styles and Places
Lois Frederickson Rose writes....
Dear Babs,
I saw in the newsletter that you are collecting stories of 70th birthday celebrations. I thought you might enjoy this.
Sometime last winter I read Barbara Ehrenreich's book on public dancing, Dancing in the Streets, and decided that it had been much too long since I had danced. So I dug out some old tapes and 33's of Elvis Presley, Bill Haley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Little Richard and began to dance every morning after meditation. Soon the dancing began to eclipse the meditation and I was feeling great. Then I decided to have a 70th birthday in the summer that was a rock 'n roll party for people over 55. (That was so our kids couldn't come and laugh at us.) So that's what we did. About 30 of us gathered for a 5-8 PM (none of this late night stuff) party of rock and roll and good food and cheap wine. There were two people there who had had strokes - one in a wheelchair, two breast cancer survivors. and an unknown number with tricky knees and flat feet. However, everyone danced and it was a blast. I still grin when I remember it.
Sincerely,
Lois Fredrickson Rose
From Virginia Bush Sutton in New York....
Enjoyed the '59 newsletter. Thought you might like to see my 70th birthday card to all my friends. Looking forward to June '09.
Virginia
I was born on March 2, 1938. Arriving at my advanced age, I have learned a thing or two.
One of which is that.... SEVENTY is... the new... TWO!
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Cheers to all my friends!
VBS
( I celebrated with birthday cake, bowling and beer.)
And from Betsy Turner Jordan in California....
Hi Babs....
Thanks for a super website and photos, especially of the 70th birthday reminiscences. I have no photos to contribute, but can tell everyone that my gift to myself was a snazzy new red bicycle. Actually, it wasn't really from me to me, because all my children plus husband Pete contributed too (e.g. a wheel from someone, a basket from another, hand brakes from another etc.). I just picked it out. :)
So I am tooling around Coronado in style.
See you at the 50th at Wellesley.
Thanks,
Betsy Turner Jordan
And from Barbara Welsh Austin in Georgia....
From: BarbaraWAustin@aol.com [mailto:BarbaraWAustin@aol.com]
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 12:07 PM
To: ruthta@alum.wellesley.edu
Subject: Re: Wellesley Class of 1959 - Updated Website
LOVED the "Strike up the Band" birthday card from our Class Officers!! Yes, I too had a big 70th Birthday celebration, in September, at our Yacht Club on Lake Allatoona here in Georgia!! Unfortunately no other WELLESLEY folks, much less 59'ers! I am a little "Wellesley Oasis" here in northwest Georgia. There is a big Wellesley Club in Atlanta, but we are almost two hours from 'the big city", and the older I get, the further off Atlanta seems to be. We'll be going to Rebel's "Big 50th" from MIT in June, and will probably see some Wellesley friends there. Looking forward to it!! Cheers, BARBIE
And from Mohonk Mountain House in New York....
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...where a group gathered to celebrate birthdays, past and future, and fall color.
The celebrants included (from left):
Babs Tiger Rubens, Sally Blatz Wilkins, Pat Beers Mraz, Toni Natelson Ceisler,
Marily Dwight Wilson, Ricki Washton Long, Anne Leonardson Kott,
Wini Shore Freund
Happy News:
Update from Cathie Bieser Black on her Daughter Courtenay's Post-Stroke Recovery
Dear Babs,
Tucker has asked me to forward the pamphlet (click here to view PDF version of pamphlet) that daughter Courtenay Marvin Adams put together last fall. For background, Courtenay had a massive stroke at the age of 40 in October of 2005. She lives in Jackson, WY with her husband David Adams and her children Amelia, now 11, and Cuyler age 7. They were 8 and four at the time of her stroke and they lived with me at my house in Jackson while she was hospitalized in Idaho Falls, ID for three months after her stroke. At the time of her "accident" she was running along the Snake River; when she fell she was fortunately spied by some people working for the Wyoming Fish and Game who were working along the river. Courtenay tells her own story in her "Stroke Is No Joke" pamphlet. She had been a dedicated athlete, biking, skiing, running, until that time. Doctors could never find the why for someone both young and physically fit having such a severe stroke.
At any rate, she has continued to improve; she has lost use of the left side of her body, but she can walk with a four-prong cane, she drives, constantly works with physical therapy and exercise and most exciting to her, went skiing with an adaptive device at least once a week this winter. Courtenay spent one year at Wellesley and graduated from Middlebury in '87.
I'm so proud of her. She organized Courtenay's Stroke Is No Joke, a 5K Walk and Run held on October 13, 2007, the second anniversary of her stroke. It took place along the Snake River bank where she fell. Proceeds will go to St. John's Medical Center's Visiting Neurologist Program, a service badly needed in Jackson Hole. Courtenay plans to sponsor it again next year.
Thank you for your support all along the way.
Best, Cathie
The following write-up comes from the Oakwood Register, Dayton, Ohio
Stroke Victim Channels Energy into Recovery, 5K Run/Walk
By Ryan Wineberg
Courtenay Marvin Adams, daughter of long-time Oakwood resident Cathie Bieser Black, is something of a phenom: driven, caring, active. But there’s more to her story. At 41, Adams was an avid cyclist and runner; she cycled the “Teton Pass once a week,” and ran the “13.32 mile Pikes Peak ascent six times.” So when she headed out on Oct. 13, 2005 for an “easy run,” she was not ready for what would happen next. She says, “I was having a wonderful run, watching scores of Bald Eagles fishing in the river, when I started to see black spots.” Adams was having a stroke. Unsure of what was happening, she continued to run but her symptoms only worsened: about a mile later, Adams ran off the dike and into some rocks where Wyoming Fish and Game employees came to her aid.
After being rescued, Adams was evaluated at St. John’s Medical Center and flown to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center where she spent two weeks in intensive care and two months in the rehabilitation center where she had to “relearn everything.” Adams has come a long way in her recovery, “channeling her energy as an athlete,” into this new endeavor, and she is now able to walk with a cane. What is more, she stays busy shuttling her two children around town as well as holding a seat on the Board of the Jackson Hole Figure Skating Club. She is also active with Teton Adaptive Sports which offers children with disabilities a chance to participate in athletics—remarkable accomplishments all.
Courtenay Marvin Adams has also dedicated herself to “help prevent stroke and stroke related disability.” Courtenay’s Stroke Is No Joke 5K Run and Walk, a 5K sponsored by Adams and family, was developed to raise money for St. John’s Medical Center’s visiting neurologists program in order “to better serve the Jackson Hole community’s medical needs.”
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Adams, moreover, wants to raise awareness of stroke prevention and early symptoms so that others will recognize the signs and seek treatment immediately. Adams wants people to know, “strokes don’t just happen to old people.” She encourages young and old alike to take preventative measures: eat right, exercise, monitor your blood pressure and get a thorough yearly physical, including blood work. And if you or someone you know does experience stroke symptoms do not wait, seek medical attention immediately—“Time lost is brain lost.”
Courtenay’s 5K has come and gone and it was a success: over 100 people participated and raised money for St. John’s Medical Center’s visiting neurologist program. We can help to ensure that this vital service continues by making a donation to St. John’s Medical Center. We can also help Courtenay’s cause by taking stroke seriously, and seeking medical attention at the first sign of symptoms.
Pictured, left to right: Cuyler Adams, 6, Courtenay Marvin Adams, Amelia Adams, 10, and David Adams.
Retirement? From Nina Budde Scott
From: nina and james scott [nmscott@spanport.umass.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 7:06 AM
To: btigerr@alum.wellesley.edu
Subject: news
Dear Babs:
A note to let classmates know that you never can tell what retirement has in store for you! After I retired (sort of) from the University of Massachusetts/Amherst after a 34-year career as a professor of Spanish, I kept a hand in by teaching one class every spring for another three years, which I enjoyed very much -- especially not having to go to faculty meetings or be on any committees. Last May I decided that the time had now REALLY come to take down the shingle and clean out the office, which I did. (Why was I saving dittos from 1979???) It was much less traumatic than I thought it would be, and Jim and I headed for Maine and our Triton sloop "Caledonian" for the summer.
In mid-September I got a surprise e-mail from the Dean of Faculty at Mt. Holyoke
College, asking me if I would be interim Chair of the Spanish department there.
My first reaction was to say "NO!" in clarion tones, but the more I thought
about it, the more it intrigued me, as it is a very young department and an
experienced hand on the tiller could do a lot of good. So I accepted, put my
shingle back up on my office door, and began work in January. As one of my
friends, and a Wellesley alum to boot, said to me when she heard the news: "You
have just flunked retirement!"
It is intriguing to be at a small, private institution after 37 years in a
large, public university, but I find that, because of my Wellesley experience, I
can really relate to it. I can't quite get used to all the perks, but I'm
working on it. Things like free photocopying, postage, phone calls, and
professional travel allowances -- all of which one pays out of one's pocket upon
retiring -- seem just great to me now. I will probably continue in the fall,
but will not be sad to re-retire when the time comes. It's great to know that
one's long years of experience are still valued.
My best to you all,
Nina Budde Scott
Madeleine Albright Back at State Department
Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright paid a return visit to the State Department Monday, April 14, 2008, for the unveiling of her official portrait. Albright was the first female Secretary of State, and her portrait now joins those of 63 male predecessors displayed in the executive offices of the building.
A bipartisan crowd of Democrats who served with Albright in the Clinton administration, and officials of the Republican Bush administration, joined in the event honoring Albright, a post-World War Two immigrant from what was then Czechoslovakia who became the first woman to hold the top U.S. foreign policy post.
Albright and current Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice are close friends of long-standing. Rice was a student and protégé of Albright's father, the late Joseph Korbel, who was a professor of international relations at the University of Denver.
Former Secretary of State |
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, |
The following report came from Wini Shore Freund after attending the unveiling of Madeleine Albright’s portrait at the State Department.
Yesterday I went to Washington to attend the unveiling of Madeleine’s portrait at the State Department. It was wonderful! Madeleine was greeted by cheers when she entered. Secretary Rice was very gracious to all of us (I was included with the family in the pre-event reception) and, as you will hear when you click on the link below, very gracious in her introduction. About 350 people were there from Nancy Pelosi and Barbara Mikulski to many of Madeleine’s security detail, who loved her and were delighted to see her again . Madeleine’s speech was perfect given the somewhat awkward timing of the event. It was quite a nostalgia trip for everyone. After the reception, there was a lovely buffet dinner at the elegant new offices of The Albright Group.
Wini
A few Excerpts from the Remarks at the Unveiling of the Portrait of Madeleine K. Albright 64th Secretary of State follow:
Madeleine Albright, the first female U.S. secretary of state, saw her official portrait unveiled on Monday and joked that the walls may shake when it is hung beside her whiskered and pinstriped predecessors.
Albright, a Democrat who was the top U.S. diplomat from 1997 to 2001, and Republican Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had nothing but praise for one another at a ceremony to unveil the portrait despite their policy differences.
The former secretary called Rice "my sister" and recalled the intellectual debt they both owed her father, Josef Korbel, an emigre Czech diplomat and professor whose university class inspired Rice to study international relations.
They are the first two women to have served as U.S. secretary of state.
"When I was in office, I was called everything from a snake to a witch to 'elderly but dangerous,"' Albright said, adding that her portraitist "did a marvelous job of concealing each of those qualities."
"On my first day as secretary, after being sworn in, I walked down the corridor to my new office, and in so doing, I had to pass by the paintings of all those men with whiskers and suits and I was worried that someone would call ... security," she said.
"In the future, my portrait and that of Secretary Rice -- and who knows which of our sisters -- will compete for space with the men and -- I don't know, Condi -- when this portrait goes up, maybe the walls will shake," she added.
Rice, a pianist who did not feel she was good enough to play professionally, said that Albright's father had saved her from a life of musical obscurity and set on a path that eventually took her to the State Department.
"I was in college at the University of Denver trying to figure out my way in life and coming to the realization that if I stayed a music major I would end up playing at Nordstrom or perhaps at a piano bar," Rice said.
"Then one day I walked into a course on international politics ... with that one class, I was hooked. Suddenly I knew what I wanted to do. and so I owe a great deal to Dr. Josef Korbel, Madeleine's father," she said.
"My father would be so incredibly proud that we were here together," Albright replied. "We did have the same intellectual father."
Click on the link below to see the video of the complete remarks made by both Secretary Rice and Former Secretary Albright on the occasion of the unveiling of Madeleine Albright’s portrait at the State Department.
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2008/04/103554.htm
From: Marilyn Hunt [mailto:hunt.mm@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 5:15 PM
To: hunt.mm@gmail.com
Subject: my Native American DVD "Dancing from the Heart": a request
Dear friends,
In the department of indie-filmmakers-have-to-be-brazen, I just got an excerpt from "Dancing from the Heart" up and running properly on YouTube, so I'd really appreciate it if you want to have a look. It would be good for my YouTube statistics, too! (You probably know already that it runs smoother if you let it load before you watch it.) If you feel like making a comment on the page (good or bad) or make a rating (on the stars), that would great as well!
The link is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06RWjDyWoho
Of course, if you haven't considered purchasing the DVD or suggesting it to a library, and would like to do so, that would be the best of all!
I'd be grateful if you pass on this message to other people who might be interested. And maybe they would pass this message on, too. That's viral (in a good sense) marketing!
Many, many thanks,
Marilyn
New Santa Fe home phone #: (505) 820-6690
Website: www.dancingfromtheheart-movie.com "Three generations of a family of dancers, led by Andrew Garcia. I defy you to find a more honest man on film talking about his past struggles and his subsequent triumphs. Very inspiring stuff." Musings of the Dreadlocked Flaneur, 5/22/06,