Handover: Elenor G. Reid ’67, who began a two-year term as president of the Alumni Association in June, receives the association gavel from outgoing President John A. Riggs ’64. Riggs, who shared this year’s Shane Award for alumni service to the College with the Alumni Gospel Choir, will continue to volunteer for Swarthmore as the next general chair of the Annual Fund.
Metro NYC: The Connection will sponsor book clubs featuring a syllabus by Philip Weinstein, the Alexander Griswold Cummins Professor of English Literature. The book clubs will kick off with an opening lecture by Professor Weinstein on Thursday, Oct. 21.
Pittsburgh: Connection Chair Melissa Kelley '80 has arranged a private tour of "The Architecture of Reassurance: Designing the Disney Theme Parks" at the Andy Warhol Museum, followed by dinner and jazz at the James Street Restaurant on Thursday, Sept. 23. The Connection will visit the Carnegie Museum on Wednesday, Nov. 17.
Boston: Becky Joseph '81 organized a family walking tour of the Black Heritage Trail, while young alumni celebrated a happy hour at Flattop Johnny's in Kendall Square in June.
Metro DC/Baltimore: Professor of Classics Gilbert Rose lectured on "The Greek Tragic Vision" to launch the 1999&endash;2000 Connection book groups, whose members will read Greek literature in translation, led by Sue Ruff '60.
Paris, France: President and Mrs. Alfred H. Bloom hosted a reception for alumni, parents, and friends at the Ritz Hotel in Paris in July, assisted by Tom O'Donnell '69.
Regional Swarthmore events are run by volunteers. If you would like to organize an event in your area, please contact Jody Sanford, assistant director of alumni relations at (610) 328-8404 or jsanfor1@swarthmore.edu. The latest information on upcoming alumni events and activities is on the alumni home page: www.swarthmore.edu/Home/Alumni.
A first for Swarthmore: Alumni Weekend '99 is on the Web! A special Web site at http://- alumniweekend.swarthmore.edu. features photos of class reunions and other weekend events.
The Swarthmore community welcomed Jody Sanford in July as the new assistant director of alumni relations, succeeding Katie Bowman '94. A native of Hyde Park, N.Y., Jody graduated from Cornell University in 1994 with a bachelor of science degree in human development and family studies. Last spring, she earned a master's degree in education from the College of William and Mary.
Jody has worked in admissions at both Cornell and Marist College. As a graduate student at William and Mary, she organized campus events for the student affairs office and planned library fund-raising gatherings.
Alumni are getting acquainted with Jody as they work with her on class reunions and Alumni Weekend, Garnet Sage activities, regional Connection events, and other gatherings. She looks forward to meeting others who visit the Alumni Relations Office at the west end of Parrish Hall.
President
Elenor G. Reid '67
President-Designate
Richard R. Truitt '66
Vice President
James P. DiFalco '82
Vice President
Roberta A. Chicos '77
Secretary
William J. Pichardo '71
Zone A Delaware, Pennsylvania
Allison Anderson Acevedo '893
Philadelphia, PA
Robin Shiels Bronkema '891
Wallingford, PA
Anthony J. Cheesebrough '972
McDonald, PA
Elizabeth Killackey '862
Lansdowne, PA
Duleesha P. Kulasooriya '972
Glenolden, PA
J. Randolph Lawlace '733,4
Wynnewood, PA
Henry B. Leader '424
York, PA
Richard I.P. Ortega '731
Glen Mills, PA
Peter R. Warrington '692
Kingston, PA
Zone B New Jersey, New York
Rikki Abzug '863
New York, NY
Lauren S. Basta '983
Oyster Bay, NY
J. David Gelber '632
New York, NY
Willa Freeman Grunes '472
Ithaca, NY
Nancy L. Hengen '731
New York, NY
Karen J. Ohland '834
Lyndhurst, NY
Jed. S. Rakoff '644
Larchmont, NY
Isaac T. Schambelan '613
New York, NY
Gaurav Seth '983
New York, NY
Zone C Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont
Martha Sanders Beshers '773
Barrington, RI
Andrew Caffrey III '991
Somerville, MA
Kevin C. Chu '721
Falmouth, MA
John F. Leich '422
Cornwall Bridge, CT
Ruth Jones McNeill '702
Medford, MA
Dorothy K. Robinson '721
Hamden, CT
Zone D District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia
Olushola I. Abidoye '974
Bladensburg, MD
Margaret W. Capron '693
Arlington, VA
Catherine Livingston Fernandez '802
Bethesda, MD
Stephen L. Gessner '662
Baltimore, MD
Steven D. Gordon '711
Falls Church, VA
M. Regina Maisog '891
Baltimore, MD
David A. Maybee '623
Rockville, MD
Alice Lund Norris '554
Washington, DC
Zone E Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, West Virginia, and Wisconsin
Joanna Bailey '882
Grand Rapids, MI
Martha Easton '891
Minneapolis, MN
Richard W. Mansbach '642
Huxley, IA
Ashwin Rao '991
Hinckley, OH
Joel S. Taylor '653<
Burnham Terrell '451
Minneapolis, MN
Lesley C. Wright '793
Iowa City, IA
Zone F Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, territories, dependencies, and foreign countries
Robert J. Amdur '813
Lebanon, NH
P. William Curreri '581
Daphne, AL
Timothy M. Kuykendall '892
Mooresville, NC
Donna C. Llewellyn '803
Marietta, GA
Eric Osterweil '563
Brussels, Belgium
Katharine Winkler '931
Durham, NC
Zone G Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming
Virginia L. Boucher '731
Santa Ynez, CA
John B. Collins '592
Seattle, WA
Marian Westover Gade '562
Kensington, CA
Richard W. Kirschner '491
Albuquerque, NM
Carola B. Sullam '723
San Francisco, CA
David D. Wright '691
Santa Barbara, CA
Marialuz Castro '983
Philadelphia, PA
Boston
Jeremy Weinstein '97
Cambridge, MA
Chicago
Marilee Roberg '73
Evanston, IL
Metro D.C./Baltimore
Kathy Stevens '89
Silver Spring, MD
Metro N.Y.C.
Sanda J. Balaban '94
New York, NY
Deborah Branker Harrod '89
Jersey City, NJ
North Carolina
George Brown Telford III '84
Durham, NC
Philadelphia
Jennifer J. Rickard '86
Philadelphia, PA
Pittsburgh
Melissa Kelley '81
Pittsburgh, PA
San Francisco
Neal D. Finkelstein '86
Oakland, CA
Rebecca L. Johnson '86
Oakland, CA
Seattle
Deborah Read '87
Seattle, WA
Don Fujihira '69
New York, NY
To contact a member of the Alumni Council, call the Alumni Relations Office at (610) 328-8402, e-mail
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