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Material received on campus by September 15, 2007 will be included in the fall issue.

1960

Class Reporter:
Donald E. Coleman
247 Verna Road
Lewisburg, PA

1962 Reunion Flag 45th Reunion

Class Reporter:
Dottie Anderson
408 N. Ninth Street
Selinsgrove, Pa. 17870
570-374-1467

andersod@sunlink.net

1963

Class Reporter:
Irene Etter Schmehl
3194 Etter Road

Chambersburg, PA 17201

Robert W. Curtis '63 retired after 42 years with the federal government. Bob was the deputy assistant inspector general for audit with the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General. He and his wife, Betty, live in Fairfax Station, Va.

1964

Class Reporter:
Marjorie Brandt Waltman
317 Yorkshire Drive
Harrisburg, PA 17111

mdwaltman@earthlink.net

Gary Stone '64 retired in July 2007 from the Lehigh Valley Hospital Department of Psychiatry. Gary received his master's degree in social work from Case Western Reserve University and worked in the Lehigh Valley, Pa., area. During his career, he was the founding executive director of several organizations there, including the Valley Youth House for troubled youth and their families, and the Lehigh Valley Hospice.

1965

Class Reporter:
Susan C. Petrie
8917 Groffs Mill Drive
Owings Mills, MD 21117-6136

Susan Duerr '65 married Glenn Dodson, Dec. 10, 2005. Susan has been retired for seven years.

Joseph V. Vlcek '65 was recently awarded the Silver Beaver Award by the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America, the highest honor an adult Scouter may receive through the local council. As a youth, Joe was also recognized as the top Scout in Maryland and one of the most decorated in the nation.

1966

Class Reporter:
Carol Wentzel Felix
20 Meadowview Drive
Selinsgrove, PA 17870

James Liddle '66 partnered with two other financial advisors to form Smith, Mayer & Liddle Wealth Advisory Group within Smith Barney's York, Pa., branch office location.

1967

Reunion Flag

40th Reunion

Class Reporter:
Virginia Biniek
238 Spirit Court
Blandon, PA 19510

1968

Class Reporter:
Samuel D. Clapper
254 Barrister Drive
Somerset, PA 15501-9361

Ben Larzelere '68 is pastor of Christ Lutheran Church in Santa Fe, N.M. He and his wife, Beverly Steeley '69 Larzelere, have developed a friendship with Martin Schwab, rabbi of Temple Beth Shalom, Santa Fe, and his wife, Janet. The relationship between the two congregations and the two couples was demonstrated after the loss of the Larzeleres' son, Bart. The Schwabs made the temple's social hall available for a post-funeral reception. The Larzelere's 33rd wedding anniversary was observed at both church and synagogue.

Bill Lewis '68 was the recipient of the 2007 Boston University Black Law Students Association (BLSA) Annual Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award at the group's annual dinner in March 2007. Bill graduated from BU Law School in 1972 and, after serving as an assistant district attorney in Philadelphia, has been an attorney with the federal government for 33 years.

1969

Class Reporter:
Barbara Hitchens DePerro
333 East 80th Street, Apt. 1-A
New York, NY 10021
Mrsbhd@aol.com

W. Stevens Shipman Jr. '69 was called to be pastor of United Lutheran Church in Lock Haven, Pa., beginning Feb. 1, 2007.


Carolyn Wahler '67 and Bob '67 Miller are members of the Venice, Fla., Concert Band. Carolyn taught math in the Council Rock School District in Bucks County, Pa., and Bob taught music in the Abington School District in Montgomery County, Pa. Both are retired and live in Nokomis, Fla. Bob is a director with American Music Abroad and has toured Europe with high school musicians for the past 31 summers.

A group of alumnae met up in Lancaster, Pa., for a reunion in April 2006. Pictured are, left to right: Mary Cramer '68 Donato, Suzanne Yenchko ‘68, Alison Townsend '68 Carbaugh, Suzy Sarbacher '68 Pence, Liz Frost '69 Hardie, Kathy Livingston '68 Peck and Linda Woolbert '68 Flindt. Not pictured but attending for a portion of the weekend was Pat Frost '68 Geissler. The group also connected with Betty Charles '68 by phone.

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