August 1996

Alumni Council Members for 1996-97

For the address or telephone number of any member of the Alumni Council, call the Alumni Office (610) 328-8402, or e-mail alumni@swarthmore.edu.

Officers of the Alumni Association

President

Alan A. Symonette '76 (Zone A)

President Designate

Elenor G. Reid '67 (Zone F)

Vice President

Glenda M. Rauscher '69 (Zone G)

Vice President

John A. Riggs '64 (Zone D)

Secretary

Jacqueline Edmonds Clark '74 (Zone F)

Members of Alumni Council

Zone A (Delaware, Pennsylvania)

Mitchell K. Black '74

Greeley, Pa. Doris Morrell Leader '44* York, Pa. Matthew R. Lieberman '95 West Chester, Pa.

David Newcomer '80
York, Pa.
Joseph M. Ortiz '72
Merion Station, Pa.
Anne Matthews Rawson '50
Swarthmore, Pa.
Jack Schecter '96
Quakertown, Pa.
Barbara Seymour '63*
Swarthmore, Pa.
Anne Titterton '86
Philadelphia, Pa.

Zone B (New Jersey, New York)

Penelope Owens Adelmann '66*
Scarsdale, N.Y.
Alice Higley Gilbert '48
Garden City, N.Y.
Mark F. Guenther '94
Blairstown, N.J.
John W. Harbeson '60
Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y.
James A. Perkins '34
Princeton, N.J.
Robin Mery Potter '72*
Westfield, N.J.
Susan A. Rech '79
Plattsburgh, N.Y.
Harlan Stabler Sexton '79
Bronx, N.Y.

Zone C (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont)

Christine Frasch Caldwell '74
Stratham, N.H.
Roberta A. Chicos '77*
Arlington, Mass.
J. Andrew Daubenspeck '66*
Lebanon, N.H.
Dean W. Freed '43
Acton, Mass.
Margaret D. Gold '95
Hartford, Conn.
Marilyn Modarelli Lee '56
Greenfield, Mass.
Lisa A. Steiner '54
Cambridge, Mass.

Zone D (District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia)

Sarah A. Adams '94
Baltimore, Md.
Margery G. Dunn '63
Washington, D.C.
Cynthia Norris Graae '62*
Washington, D.C.
Anne Newman Hirshfield '70*
Columbia, Md.
Colleen A. Kennedy '72
Arlington, Va.
Betty Jo Matzinger Lash '87
Alexandria, Va.
Barbara D. Merrill '69
Washington, D.C.
Andrew D. Pike '72
McLean, Va.

Zone E (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, West Virginia, Wisconsin)

Diana Scott Beattie '56
Morgantown, W.Va.
Charles L. Bennett '77
Chicago, Ill.
Andy Feldman '96
Whitefish Bay, Wis.
Dagmar Strandberg Hamilton '53*
Austin, Texas
Jean L. Kristeller '74
Terre Haute, Ind.
Linda J. Lee '69*
New Berlin, Wis.
Melissa Dietz Lojek '72
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Dorothy Watt Williams '50
Urbana, Ill.

*Elected to Council in 1996

Zone F (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, territories, dependencies, and foreign countries)

Eileen Nixon Meredith '65*
Atlanta, Ga.
Elizabeth Letts Metcalf '42
Coral Gables, Fla.
Christine L. Moe '79
Atlanta, Ga.
Mark T. Shullenberger '72*
Paris, France
Jean R. Sternlight '79
Tallahassee, Fla.

Zone G (Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming)

C. Geoffrey Davis '73*
Burlingame, Calif.
Stratton C. Jaquette '66
Los Altos, Calif.
Judith Aitken Ramaley '63
Portland, Ore.
Joanna Dalrymple Stuart '55
Portland, Ore.
Richard R. Truitt '66*
Portland, Ore.
Members at Large
Cynthia A. Jetter '74
Philadelphia, Pa.
Debby Van Lenten '90
Hamden, Conn.

Connections Representatives

Chair of Connections: Don Fujihira '69
New York, N.Y.
Boston: Rishi Reddi '88
Roxbury, Mass.
Los Angeles: Walter Cochran-Bond '70
Altadena, Calif.
New York: Jim DiFalco '82
New York, N.Y.
North Carolina: Priscilla Coit Murphy '67
Chapel Hill, N.C.
Paris: Elizabeth McCrary '83
Paris, France
Philadelphia: Martha Salzman Gay '79
Fort Washington, Pa.
San Francisco: Sohail Bengali '79
Redwood City, Calif.
Seattle: Deborah Read '87
Seattle, Wash.
South Florida: Mark Shapiro '88
Miami, Fla.
Washington, D.C.: Dorita Sewell '65
Chevy Chase, Md.

Recent Events

New York: In May the New York Connection gathered for Swarthmore Symposium IX-"Wines of Germany with Peter Sichel." David Wright '69 and Don Fujihira '69 organized the wine tasting. In June the group enjoyed Al Carmines' ['58] musical play Martyrs and Lullabies. Theatre By The Blind's Blind Spots was on tap later in the month. Ike Schambelan '61 organized the event. On June 26 Swarthmoreans enjoyed a performance by Vaneese Thomas '74 and Rob Mathes at the New Life Cafe at Middle Collegiate Church. Freeman Palmer '79 hosted the event.

North Carolina: North Carolina Swarthmoreans turned out in Durham for food, swimming, and a potluck dinner on June 15. The afternoon was organized by George Telford '84 and Priscilla Coit Murphy '67. Philadelphia: Swarthmore seniors joined the Philadelphia Connection for the Phillies vs. Dodgers game in May. San Francisco: The San Francisco connection enjoyed a screening of Cold Fever, produced and co-written by Jim Stark '71. Jim joined the group for dinner before the film. Seattle: In June Seattle Swarthmoreans watched Cold Fever, then gathered at the Big Time Brewing Company for casual conversation. The outing was organized by Deborah Read '87. Washington, D.C.: On June 2 the Washington, D.C., Connection met at la Madeleine for a wine tasting featuring French wines. Dorita Sewell '65 planned the event.

Luce Scholarships to Asia

Alumni under age 30 with no previous career interest or academic concentration in Asian studies, and little or no exposure to East or Southeast Asia, are invited to apply for the Luce Scholars Program, which funds a year in Asia. For more information on the program, contact the Career Planning and Placement Office at (610) 328-8351.

Upcoming Events

Note: In the College's 1996 engagement calendar, the dates for the October holiday are incorrect. Please note that it is the week of Oct. 14th- not the 21st.

Volunteer Leadership Weekend/ Alumni Council Fall Meeting September 20-21

Homecoming October 5

Fall Weekend October 25-27

Parents Council Fall Meeting October 27

Black Alumni Weekend/Alumni Council Spring Meeting March 21-23

Parents Weekend April 18-20

Alumni Weekend June 6-8

A performance by Theatre by the Blind is planned for the New York Connection in late May. Planned for early summer is a wine tasting-Swarthmore Symposium X. The Connection continues to schedule its Third Tuesday lunch at Annie Moore's Pub & Restaurant. For more information, contact Julia Stock '95 or the Alumni Office at (610) 328-8404.

Alumni Weekend

More than 1,000 alumni, along with guests and children, returned to campus for the annual rites of Alumni Weekend.

For information on alumni events, call the Alumni Office at (610) 328-8402, or e-mail alumni@swarthmore.edu.

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