Class of 1962

Dear Class of 1962,

Eniko Molnar Basa:  Still keeping busy with my research in Hungarian and Comparative Literature and presenting papers at the Moden Language Association of America, the American Hungarian Educators Association and other forums. I founded and for many years led the AHEA and also started what has become the Hungarian Forum at the MLA. In connection with this work, and more recently, since my retirement from the Library of Congress, have hosted many young Hungarian interns in Washington, DC. Most recently, I was awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary. This comes following an earlier Presidential medal and a gold medal from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Green Class of 1962

Goodbye to winter!  I think all of you ladies that go South during that time have the right idea.  Marge Pinter Matson has, by the time of this reading, hosted the annual ’62 Reunion Luncheon in Naples for all those in the area:  Ginger Viens Ryan, Sally McMonagle Duffy, Sue Farren Kovatch, Aileen Christatos Bailey, Joan Friday Ewing, Sue Micone McGorty, Carol Murray Hogan, and Ann O’Hearn.  Ann spends a lot of time with her son, his wife, and the grandchildren, now eight and six.  Her Book Club, visits to the Gym, a trip to visit friends and family relatives in New England where she enjoyed a lovely visit with Sue Farren Kovatch.  Sue sadly lost her husband, George, in 2018 and Ann hopes to see Sue again in March when she makes her annual trip to Florida.

Marge had been in touch with Mia Schofield McAloon.  They are taking a cruise to Alaska in June after Marge’s daughter Jennifer’s wedding in Seattle.  She also connected with Pat McKeon Casey who sold her home in Cheshire, CT last year and is living in a condo nearby.  Pat, by the way, is very active with volunteer work for the church and the elderly.  Marge still plays tennis and duplicate bridge several times a week, attends lectures, concerts, and the theater, and does volunteer work for some of the local arts programs.  Just last July she sailed on the Queen Mary from NYC to Southampton and toured Northern Italy and the lakes region in September.

Carol has written that all is well with the Hogans.  It’s the busy season on their beautiful little barrier island, Manasota Key.  Their son, Sean, had a business commitment at a conference in Orlando mid-February and arranged for his wife and three teenage children to join him and visit their parents for a few days following the Conference; Brian Jr and Nancy have said they’ll surprise Carol and Brian with a weekend visit.  It is great to share in their lives and she and Brian are grateful that they include us in their free time.

Last year, you may recall, Cathy Chabot Fredericks mentioned being in the heart of Washington wine country and invited anyone who was visiting to let her know…she would be happy to show them around.  She was contacted by Joan Selke Sallee and her husband Tom and the three spent an enjoyable day together visiting some of the local wineries in and near Richland then enjoyed a lovely dinner together.  Cathy thought the Sallees were very knowledgeable about wines and seemed to enjoy the Washington wines. She is looking forward to a trip to THE MASTERS golf tournament in April in Augusta, GA followed by the May Miami U. graduation of her eldest granddaughter which will bring her to Cincinnati, OH.  She is hoping to touch base with Flo Connelly Koetters and Susan Smyth Tew while there.  Then Cathy’s family will gather on the Oregon coast for a celebration of family milestones over the 4th of July.

  Bette Sullivan O’Malley’s first grandchild, a granddaughter, was married this past June.  Sadly, however, in July her husband, Pat, was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and passed away in September just two days after their 55th anniversary.  Only a few weeks later Bette was with her roommate, Judy Bourtin, to be with her for her husband’s funeral.  Understandably it was a sad year for both ladies.  Bette is fortunate to have her four children nearby…the farthest away is a son in Columbus, OH, and the oldest daughter in Chicago…and Judy, of her four children has two close by, the other two in Texas and in France.

  Patty Stumph Zachwiega last year wrote that she was planning a move to Virginia Beach to be near her youngest daughter and had even started packing.  Unfortunately Hurricane Florence got in the way!  There was a mandatory evacuation two days ahead of the storm and reluctantly Patty decided to leave.  When she saw the extensive TV coverage of flooding in New Bern she was still not worried as the town had flooded in storms before and the community was always safe except for homes located directly on the water.  However, when she was able to return to New Bern the shock set in.  The entire house had been flooded to a depth of 18 inches, and the garage wallowed in five and a half feet of water.  She lost the house, the car, and most of the furniture, along with many irreplaceable mementoes!  Kind friends took her in, housed and fed her as she struggled with the trauma of the loss.  Fortunately, she had flood insurance, and FEMA was very active in helping the community.  Patty is now in Virginia Beach in a new home near her daughter.  A happy ending indeed!

Last September, Sister Anne O’Donnell traveled with a friend and colleague Elizabeth McCutcheon, Emerita, University of Hawaii from Washington DC to Paris for a conference on “Thomas More and History.”  They met at the Dominican House of Studies, near the former Benedictine convent (1651-1789) founded by Thomas More’s great-great-granddaughter Bridget More.  Sr. Anne gave her paper on five key words in a German translation of the Latin Bible (1483) and compared them with Luther’s German translation of the Greek New Testament (1522). Thomas More studied those same five words in William Tyndale’s English translation of the Greek New Testament (1526).  Sr. Anne and Elizabeth did a little sight-seeing and saw Manet’s “Luncheon on the Grass” at the Musée d’Orsay, eight of Monet’s “Water Lilies” at the Museé de L’Orangerie, and Notre Dame Cathedral. It was truly a meeting of friendship, scholarship, and culture.

All is well at the MP Lee Retirement community says Kate Tarbell Powers. She’s a Field Consultant for a local student at the Center for Guided Montessori Studies, and having a wonderful time spending time with a group of infant/toddlers and their parents.  Kate also enjoys doing a “Fun with Music” Program with folks in their Memory Loss wings.  Her husband, Jim, is still creating history classes for the Internet.  Her best news is that her granddaughter, Emily, is getting married this summer.

  Meg Acosta Martin has been on Grand Jury Duty for a month and burning the candle at both ends. She stills works full time at the Tax Law firm.  Many less books these days and more computer Reference tools!  Her eldest granddaughter, Elisa Nolasco Martin, whom many of us met at our 2017 Reunion, is graduating from NYU on May 21.  She will continue with her program through graduate school.  Her second granddaughter, Emma Nolasco Martin, will graduate high school from the American School in Madrid on June 8th.  So Meg is off to Madrid again!  She and her daughter Victoria hope to take a weekend in Prague and then she will be traveling by Europass for a month with friends all over Europe.  Emma will be coming to NY to study at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in the fall, so Grandma’s “Dormitory” will be over crowded!

The highlight of the year for Margy Leahy Gerber was seeing 17-year-old granddaughter Eloise Richardson in November.  She was in NYC with the drama group from her school in Winnetka, IL.  Of course they met at The Plaza for a quick visit to the portrait of “the other Eloise,” a regular pilgrimage when she is in New York. Just recently Sheilah Wilson Kenedy and Reid celebrated their grandson Elliot’s destination wedding in Cancun.  Reid could not have been more complimented when Elliot asked him to officiate at his wedding.  Reid is a Universal Life Church Minister but he still connected with his local priest to make sure it was okay.  And so the proud grandfather wearing, of all things, his 1966 Beatles ‘Good Day Sunshine’ neck tie, married his grandson Elliot to his bride Tess!

Wonderful news from Marianne Nelson O’Donoghue! She received the Gold Medal Award from the Chicago Dermatological Society for outstanding service and academic excellence. The award had only been given to seven members in its 117 year history of this prestigious society!  Congratulations Marianne!

And here is a ‘short’ note from Lynn Terreri Blackstone.  She is alive and well in New York City!

This past summer Carol Mitchell Curran Mull took her two youngest grandsons to Barcelona.  Then later in the fall she and Jim took a cruise to Canada.  Unfortunately, the temperatures were below freezing and the waves hit 60 feet!

Jeanne Becker Lynch writes the past year consisted primarily of a trip to Paris with her two daughters in October and attendance at the swearing- in ceremony for Nancy D’Alesandro Pelosi and the interview of Nancy at O’Connor Auditorium in January.  Both were very exciting and edifying. Other than those events, life continues in stride, doing a lot of pro bono legal work to keep busy, and enjoying her grands as they grow up around her.  Patty May Halpin says three of her children are educators and one son works for the NFL in strategic planning and international business.   Nine Grandchildren ages 4-23 are all fun and thriving!  Tom is still working, still teaching, and still skiing 35 days on his age-related free ski pass!  She and Tom head to Sanibel in April.  They owe Sally McGonagle Duffy and Jim a dinner all because they lost the bet on the Celtics loss to the Cavaliers. Patty echoes Jeanne’s comments on celebrating Nancy’s swearing-in-ceremony.  She loved celebrating with friends and is amazed with Nancy’s incredible resilience, steadfast devotion to her principles and courage. Not to forget to do it all standing and walking in heels! I think all of us that were there would concur.

  Ann Wigglesworth Barbieri is still painting away at the Torpedo Factory Art Center in old town Alexandria.  Bill is still playing indoor tennis in winter months, softball in summer and singing in the Reston Chorale.  He also helps Ann with the two art shows she does annually. Ann is reminded by friends as to how lucky she and Bill are to have all their children and grandchildren in the area.  They continue to mourn the loss of their daughter-in-law, Natalia, who died a little over a year ago.  It brings joy to see the support given to Ken and his daughters by his brothers and sisters.  Her biggest excitement this year was going to Trinity for Nancy Pelosi’s interview with MSNBC the day after her swearing in. Nancy was fabulous!

It’s been a trying year for Mary Anne Browne Lyons. The grandchildren, Benjamin (11) and Phoebe (8), joined Mary Anne at her house in East Hampton for their summer vacation.  Benjamin was becoming a sailing enthusiast and Phoebe loved playing tennis.  It was so much fun!  But then came the death of their mother, Yun, Mary Anne’s son’s wife on August 26.  The family had known Yun had cancer and had the best treatment possible at Memorial Sloan Kettering hospital but the treatment and all the prayers were not enough. The family is doing its best to help each other for the sake of the children and Mary Anne is doing her best to think about all the good times she has had with Yun.  She was a wonderful wife and a loving, terrific mother.

News from Hawaii!  Elaine Zablotny Madison has just announced the publication of her first book: Can These Bones Dance. It’s a spiritual memoir, and she feels it’s a continuation of many late night conversations at Trinity. The most difficult part was writing a statement for the back cover describing the book and herself as author: A tree struck by lightning awakens the author at seven to a vision of the natural world as spiraling energy continuously creating itself. Can she connect with that energy and become fully alive? She learns to meditate and finds the bones of her Catholic tradition dancing with mystical wisdom as she follows the path of St. Francis and his Sufi friends. Earthy and enchanting, this is the memoir of a woman who learns that the Creator who sends the lightning yearns to heal her like a tender mother and, like an encouraging father, challenges her to play her part in the world.
  Elaine has chosen Leilani Madison as her Penn name but she is still “Elaine” when she visits family and friends on the mainland.  She has used the name Leilani for many years as she loves the indigenous culture of Hawaii.  And, Hula is such a gentle dance and you can do it at any age!

  Susan Watson Madigosky and Walt continue with their love of singing and just last summer they sang at Fatima (Teams of Our Lady pilgrimage), then saw their daughter, Ana, in Madrid.  Her husband, Manolo, recently crossed Antarctica by wind-sled (previously did the Arctic on sled, ski and kayak).  The eldest grandson, Cory, will marry this summer.  In the meantime Walt and daughter Wendy will sing Holy Week in Denver.

  Anita Hincliffe Weiss and Bob you will remember from last year downsized to a condo in Lancaster, PA and are loving it!  They have five children and sixteen grands:  Rosemary in Pittsburgh has six; Julie in Lancaster, PA has three; Ann in Rocky River, OH has two; Christine in North Eastham, MA has three; and Bob Jr. in Duxbury, MA has two.  The grandchildren are moving along, some in university and some already working.  This summer is Bob’s 80th and the family will celebrate together in VT. Then it’s the annual fishing trip to Canada in the fall!  In between Anita and Bob will be doing the usual – birthdays, graduations, and holidays from MA to Cleveland with stopovers in NJ with old friends. At home Bob and Anita go to auctions and pick up furniture for their daughter Julie’s business “Spruced”. A fun senior activity!  It’s great to find that at this age we’re not as old as we thought we’d be!

Eniko Molnar Basa received the Hungarian Knights Cross from the Hungarian government for her work in Hungarian studies and with Hungarian scholars and students in the US and the DC area. The prize was established for those who have accomplished distinguished work in any area of Hungary and studies as Hungrians outside of Hungary, or who have achieved significant success in their fields.  Her prize reflects her work in Hungarian literature (books, essays, papers at conferences, etc.) and notably the establishment of the American Hungarian Educators Association, a scholarly association of college and university faculty, independent researchers, librarians and scholars in Hungarian studies.

All is good on my end.  I too enjoyed being at the swearing-in ceremony for Nancy and the Town Hall Meeting the following day at Trinity. I commend Pat McGuire for hosting this event.  It was obvious that a lot of time and energy went in to making it such a special day. My seven grands, and the great grand, are all doing well.  Fortunately I get up to Toronto a few times a year for family visits and also to DC for the Hereditary Society meetings.  Come June I will be taking a 15 day cruise from Oslo up the Norwegian Coast to the Arctic Circle then down the Norwegian Sea to the Shetland and Orkney Islands, Edinburgh, with the final stop in London.  Life is good!

Thank you all for your contributions to our newsletter. With all good wishes for a wonderful year, and much love,

Joan Littley Clark
2605 Banner Drive
Bethlehem, PA 18017-7713
joanclark62@gmail.com

As I write this, the NE has been hit with yet another Nor’easter. I hope by the time you read this it will be summer! Several of you bemoaned the tough weather in the NE but fortunately escaped to various destinations: Catherine White to Aruba, Mary Sullivan Henry (Sully), her sister and brother-in-law, and Mary Ann (Mia) Schofield McAloon to Ireland. Others like Carol Murray Hogan and Sarahleah (Mary Lou Swiggard) Hankes live in FL full time.

Carol and Brian have had a good year and she is ever so grateful for attending Reunion and spending time with so many classmates. Last year was a springtime of grandchildren graduations in their family: Colin graduated from Williams College and is presently doing a two-year commitment with Teach For America at a high school in MS; Maeve graduated from the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Greenwich, CT, and is now at Columbia U. Carol remembered that Patricia “Cookie” Glennon Whamond and her sisters and cousins all attended that same Sacred Heart in Greenwich, CT. Carol and Brian are lucky that the children, busy as they are, fit in a few times a year to come their way. And, her sister, Sarah Ann, Green Class of 1966, and her husband came up from Naples to join Brian and Carol for a St. Patrick’s Day celebration! Also, Carol and Brian, avid gardeners that they are, continue to put their talents to work with maintaining the public gardens of the Association on Manasota Key Barrier Island. Sarahleah loves FL and is ever so happy she and Lynn made the move there. Lynn continues to lecture and teach at Florida Atlantic University (my son, Matthew, the geologist, graduated from FAU). The Hankes children are doing well in their respective careers: Bill, a public relations executive and former journalist, founded SQOOP for Reporters; Lisa is an artist; and Nancy, who is getting her master’s at Stanford, was accepted for a fellowship in Japan. Of course, the little ones are always a pleasure to be around! Sarahleah, ever busy, started four new businesses, building a new site for Jewish meditation and practical spirituality and spiritual coaching.

Ann O’Hearn is FL-bound for the month of April and looking forward to the annual Family Reunion in Naples and catching up with TC friends. Her joy in life is the grands who will soon will be 6 and 8 years of age. Mary Catherine McGarraghy Beyda, like so many of us, laments the very long, very cold winter. Fortunately, though, Joe is recovering from a fall he took in November when he broke his arm and shoulder.

Joan Selke Sallee has had a wonderful year. The family grew by two when their youngest daughter, a professor at SUNY Buffalo, had two beautiful little girls whom they visited for several weeks. Also, last year the Sallees visited their eldest daughter and her family who were on sabbatical from Berkeley in Berlin, stopping along the way in Paris and London. Their middle daughter is in Sacramento. Trips to the East Coast to Philadelphia, NYC, the Finger Lakes and Buffalo capped the year but the trip to ID to see the total solar eclipse with the entire family seemed to be the highlight. Joan is still on the Dean’s Advisory Council at UC-Davis and has joined a third book group.

Do you remember Mary Helen Wallace, formerly Sr. Mary Helen (Holiney), SND? She was at our 50th Reunion in DC. Unfortunately her sister passed away last year and her husband just this past February. Needless to say, she is spending her days taking care of their affairs, making decisions and asking God to help her understand everything and do it correctly. The same could be said of Betty McGowan Pirrmann and Barbara Glavin Coleman who both lost their husbands last November. Barbara and her husband had just last May moved from Mobile, AL, to Jamison, PA, to be nearer to the children and grandchildren. She was invited by Mary Liz Fitzgerald Popp to attend the Army/Navy game with her family and enjoyed a lovely day with them. You may recall Barbara and Liz were roommates at TC and their husbands were roommates at the Naval Academy.

Ann Wigglesworth Barbieri wrote that the Barbieri family was marred by the loss of their lovely daughter-in-law, Natalia, who died of breast cancer in November 2017. Her son, Kenneth, and their little girls live in nearby Vienna so she and Bill can help out. Ann still goes to her studio at the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria; Bill still sings in the Reston chorale; and all the other kids and grands are doing well. Ann and Bill enjoyed St. Patty’s Day in Delray Beach. Kate Tarbell Powers and her husband moved to a retirement community outside of Cincinnati and on St. Patrick’s Day she sang “Top of the Morning” to her breakfast mates!

Cathy Chabot Fredericks would love to know if anyone is visiting the Richland, WA, wine country. She would love to show them the sites. Her email is cfred468@gmail.com. Susanne Kuttner Potts has no news except that her husband and three children and six grandchildren are all wonderful. She did say, though, how very proud she is of women’s growing activism and feels it is making a difference. Marianne Nelson O’Donoghue MD continues practicing dermatology two days a week, but now works for her son! Her husband’s mother was also a Trinity graduate.

Meg Acosta Martin has had a few changes since Reunion and, like so many of you, thought it was wonderful to see everyone. She is still working full time at the tax law firm and recently moved to new, smaller quarters down the block from The Tonight Show…tourist country, surrounded by enormous tall buildings! The Library print collection was cut by 75 percent, which broke her librarian’s heart to have to dispose of so many books. At least she convinced the upper echelon to keep their wonderful Legislative History Collection of all the Tax Acts back to 1913! Now she is trying to get Bloomberg-Bureau of National Affairs to put much of it online. You may recall for those of you at our Reunion Dinner last year that Meg’s eldest granddaughter, Elisa Nolasco, joined us. She is finishing her junior year at NYU and taking extra graduate classes so she can finish both degrees in five years! Emma, the second granddaughter, is taking her SATs this year and baby Alexandra is 12. Meg is going to Spain for Holy Week and is hoping to see some of the Processions. Sixty years since her first trip to Spain!

Susan Watson Madigosky and Walter toured castles in Ireland to celebrate their 55th anniversary and were joined by their daughter, Sharon, and her husband Gene, who were celebrating their 25th. Sue and Walt will be traveling to CO and MD for the confirmations of their three granddaughters and Sue plans to attend her 60th high school reunion from Notre Dame Associates in DC. They both anticipate singing in Fatima during the XII International Pilgrimage of the Teams Our Lady during which time they will reunite with their Spanish families. As always, they are grateful for the influence of SNDs in their lives.

Bobbie Cresci Kunath and Karl enjoy their visits to CT to see the granddaughters. Their only regret is that they are in CT and so far from the West Coast. Bobbie is still active in the Juvenile Court Book Club, which is a literacy program serving incarcerated teens in the San Diego juvenile justice system. She also chairs a scholarship program at the Assistance League of Greater San Diego, which awards scholarships to students transitioning from community college to four year colleges and universities. Just recently Bobbie and Karl enjoyed a visit from Jeanne Becker Lynch, who was embarking on a cruise with her brothers Dick and Paul, and Paul’s wife. She commented that the cruise was very interesting and a lot of fun, although there was not that much to see on the west coast of Central America. Costa Rica and Cabo San Lucas were beautiful, and the Panama Canal was very interesting. Jeanne then enjoyed more time with Bobbie and Karl in San Diego before heading home to VA where she continues practicing law, albeit part time, doing wills, trusts and an occasional divorce. Jeanne is looking forward to spring and opening the house in CT.

Margy Leahey Gerber and Richard did a combination business/family visit trip to London and Dublin. Margy’s son John (now a tenured full professor at the College of Charleston) visited in May and she hopes to get to Chicago this spring to see daughters Anne and Marga and granddaughter Eloise. Richard’s son, James, a FDNY Lieutenant in Red Hook, Brooklyn, was married on October 21. The bride is a forensic accountant with a British-based company. R & M Gerber Books had a booth at the Greenwich Village Antiquarian Book Fair in February 2018. Margy said it was a good experience.

Patty Stumpf Zachwieja, after 30+ years, is selling her house in New Bern. Tackling 30 years accumulation of “stuff” is indeed a daunting task but now she will be in Virginia Beach near her youngest daughter. Anita Hinchliffe Weiss and Bob retired in 2017 and spent four months trying to clean out their home of 53 years. Then came the move to Lancaster, PA, near her daughter, Julie. Her latest occupation (of three) before the move was as a personal chef for the Xavierian Fathers at their Order House. Bob and Anita continue their trek to Canada each year for their annual fishing trip; they visit each of their kids as often as possible to keep up with all the events in their lives. This year they celebrate their 55th anniversary and already six grandchildren will have graduated from college! They are very proud that several of the grands are doing a year of service before starting their careers. You can reach Anita at aweiss640@aol.com. She would love to hear from you.

The last year has been one of blessings for Carole Eisenhauer Updyke. Some have been her trips to our 55th TC Reunion, to Dallas for NCCW Convention and twice to WV in June and December/January. Surviving Hurricane Harvey with no damage was another blessing, as well as hearing from many friends offering well wishes and prayers for all there in Houston in harm’s way. Maintaining status quo health for a year and a half on hormone treatment to keep cancer at bay, along with beaucoup prayers and God’s blessings, has been the best! Carole is thankful to still be active in her parish with stewardship in the Council of Catholic Women, as well as working with Wellsprings Village, which helps homeless and abused women. Patti May Halpin continues to help raise money for the Catholic elementary schools. And Tom is still working and skiing! The kids and grandkids are all doing well: the oldest grand graduated and is working in New Orleans; the youngest is three and entering preschool in NYC; the seven in between are fun and funny!

Mary Anne Browne Lyons spent last summer with her grandchildren, Benjamin (10) and Phoebe (7). She enjoyed watching them as they learned to sail. Mary Anne had made plans with good friends of long standing to take a Central American cruise but, a few weeks beforehand, the husband became very ill and the trip was postponed until later. At the end of 2017 Mary Anne’s daughter-in-law, Yun, became very ill. Around Thanksgiving she became slightly ill, but by Christmas her signs appeared worse and then by the beginning of 2018 she was admitted to a hospital in NYC. Mary Anne said she is really living on family prayers. She asks for more prayers for Yun.

It was so good to hear from Joan Sees Castillo! Her husband passed away in 2010, but she is blessed with two wonderful grandchildren, both boys, from her son Huascar. Daughter Joanne just got married and is very happy. Eric never got married and runs away from the thought! Joan considers herself to be very blessed. She keeps very busy in a Spiritual Marian Movement, Schoenstatt, and does a lot of voluntary work in her parish. She went on to say how difficult this year has been in Puerto Rico due to Hurricane Maria. Most people are doing just fine, yet struggling day after day with the normal problems that appear. In Joan’s home town, Ponce, they are almost 90 percent recuperated, yet there are many mountain families without homes or any light as yet. They have had a lot of help, but since the damage was so intense it really has been hard to recuperate any faster. The people’s attitude is with a lot of hope and patience. Before the hurricane, Joan was able to make a pilgrimage to the Jubilee of Fatima in Portugal and to Lourdes, France. Both were rewarding spiritual experiences. She travels quite often to the Dominican Republic for family affairs and on one of those trips, Joan connected with Ellen Ducy, who is married to a friend of Joan’s husband. It was a wonderful reunion with lots of great memories of Trinity days.

Frank and Barbara Onderchek Black are both doing well and continue their travels. Last May, they traveled to Scotland and the Lake District in England (Frank enjoys driving on the other side of the road!). This May, they will be on a Rhine River Cruise from Basel to Amsterdam, having spent a few days in Lucerne and Murren in the High Alps beforehand. Otherwise, they spend most of their time in Bethesda and head to their vacation home in Garrett, PA, once a month. Their grandson Chris is a junior at Bishop O’Connell HS, on the varsity baseball team and is starting to look at colleges. Granddaughter Kate is a seventh grader and looking at high schools.

Suzy Kramer Glynn spent most of last year recovering from hip surgery. Good news is she is now back to playing a little golf. Soon, she and Jamie are heading back to Long Island for the summer months and she is looking forward to sailing on the bay and spending more time with the family.

I am still in recovery mode after some fairly extensive back surgery last October, but no golf for me, alas. Even so, life in Bethlehem is good. I am blessed to be so close to my youngest son Matthew, his wife Eileen and the twins, Emilia and Brianna, who continue to amaze me. They will be 4 in August! The other two sons are in Toronto along with the other five grands. And, let’s not forget Henry “the Great” (he being the son of my oldest granddaughter Samantha). We will all be celebrating a family reunion in Niagara-on-the-Lake over the Queen Victoria holiday weekend. Also, I continue my involvement with the Hereditary Society Community and sit on four boards. Life is good!

With all good wishes for wonderful year, and much love,

Joan Littley Clark
joanclark62@gmail.com

This has been a changing year for the Sisters of Notre Dame at Trinity.  First they saw Sister Margaret’s move to Mt. Notre Dame’s Health Facility in Cincinnati and then the remaining Sisters’ move to their new dwellings, some in DC and some at Villa Julie in Stevenson, MD.  Susan Smyth Tew has been to see Sr. Margaret in Cincinnati and has so enjoyed their conversations.  She has been so much fun to spend time with and is dealing with living out her days where the SNDs had their beginning in this country with the founding of their first School, the Summit Country Day School. It has been pure joy for Susan to “encounter the woman who formed so many of us”.

Then, on June 15, Sr. Anne M. O’Donnell moved with Sr. Mary Hayes ’57 out of the Trinity convent into an apartment across from the TC campus.  “Many of the other Sisters had lived at Trinity for an average of fifty years so their move was a great uprooting.” Sr. Anne lived at Trinity for about seven years as a younger Sister, for two years as a middle-aged Sister and for eight years as a senior Sister — some 17 years! Retired Sisters remember their former students lovingly and prayerfully and the memory of Sr. Anne’s former teachers is a source of strength and inspiration.  Sr. Anne will spend eight months as a visiting scholar at Arizona State Univ. from September 2016 to April 2017.  A colleague had planned a collection of essays on Thomas More’s daughter Margaret and, after she died, her friends decided to dedicate a book in memorial to her. Sr. Anne needs to polish her essay on Margaret’s translation of Erasmus’ commentary on the Lord’s Prayer and will help the editor-in-chief to see the book through the press. There are six Sisters of Notre Dame in the Phoenix area and Sr. Anne will live with two of them. “Thanks be to God for giving me a ‘sabbatical’ in my mid-seventies!”

Then there was the move of the piano!  Thankfully, Sr. Margaret had suggested the piano the Class of ’62 had donated several years ago for the Sister’s Chapel at TC be relocated to Villa Julie in Stevenson, MD.  The move took place April 15.  I went to the school first and had a lovely visit with Sr. Anne while waiting for the movers.  She has been very devoted to our class over the years and her friendship is much appreciated.  Then the journey to Stevenson, MD!  Cathy Schulz Mattingly, Jill Keefe Long and Stephanie McKernan Warring joined me there and we were given a very warm welcome by Sr. Collette and several of the other Sisters.  Cathy, Jill, Stephanie and I enjoyed a lovely afternoon with the sisters including Sr. Joan Kerrigan, Sr. Mary Pat Donnelly, and Sr. Catherine Horan, who we learned was in the Class of ’62!  (She and I decided we were in a few classes together.)  Sr. Mary Pat brought out the Trinilogue from ’62 and we all had great fun going through it and reminiscing about the “good old days”.  Then we were given a tour of the mansion and the Sisters’ quarters.  All in all, Cathy, Jill, Stephanie and I walked away ever so grateful that Sr. Margaret suggested Villa Julie for the piano’s new home.  It is in the right place in a truly magnificent surrounding and has made the Sisters at the Villa ever so happy.

“C’est la Vie” says Susan Watson Madigosky…daily Mass, frequent singing, local pool, almost daily exercise, and a parish that bounds from good to better, plus six grand-kids (Sharon’s) just down the block and two more (Wendy’s) out of town.  She and Walt have enjoyed trips to France 2015, Australia 2016, and love their annual trips to FL and nightly dates at home with an old movie!  “So much of the good is tinged with Trinity.”

Eniko Molnar’s involvement with the American Hungarian Educators Association(AHEA) continues, this year organizing the annual conference at the Univ. of Maryland.  The theme is Migration and Emigration On the 60th Anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution 1956.  Presenters from U.S. universities as well as scholars from Canada and Europe participated.   In 2017, the AHEA will hold its conference in conjunction with the major Canadian Humanities and Social Sciences Conference in Toronto, Canada.  AHEA meets in Hungary or the Carpathian Basin every five years and this year, the 60^th anniversary of the Revolution of 1956, Eniko has been involved in the programs of the Hungarian Embassy to commemorate this event.  Continuing her literary interests, Enikő has contributed two articles to the online Literary Encyclopedia (Sándor Petőfi and Bálint Balassi).

Barbara Onderchek Black and Frank are doing well other than dealing with the “aches and pains of aging”.  They continue to travel and enjoy spending time at their vacation home in the mountains of western PA.  Last year saw a 26 day cruise to New Zealand and Australia, this year 12 days in France, six of them in Paris, then on to Giverny, Lisieux, Bayeux and the Normandy beaches, spending the last day at Mont St. Michel.  (The French people were happy for visitors despite their sad problems.)  The grandchildren are growing up too quickly:  Chris will be a sophomore at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington, VA and Kate, a 6^th grader, attends St. Timothy’s in Chantilly.  This year Barbara has her 50^th Medical school reunion at Georgetown, which will be celebrated in October.  As a Class Ambassador she has enjoyed contacting classmates and encouraging them to return, Patty Bresan Dovi being one of them.

Mary-Margaret Donnelly Gillen and Neal traveled to South East Asia in the spring and toured Vietnam Nam and Cambodia including a week long cruise down the Mekong River with a group of Georgetown, Columbia, and Cal alums.  “It has reinforced all those feelings from the late ’60s, to wit: why on earth were we bombing rice paddies, jungles, and people as well as having our own killed?”  Next up…their youngest daughter Donnelly’s wedding in the Bay Area in September.  Sara Street Hardner and Jerry have also been busy traveling the past couple of months. They have hiked the Andes in Peru, hiked across Panama along the canal and made their way on foot through much of Cuba.  Recently the Hardners met with their entire family, five children and 10 grandchildren, at Niagara Falls. Meanwhile Cathy Schulz Mattingly and George are off to the beaches of Normandy and Carol Mitchell Curran Mull and Jim are off to Israel for 30 days.

Margy Leahey Gerber and Richard are definitely “not retired”.  R & M Gerber Books and Avon Rare Books keep them very busy and Margy does all the “back office” duties (two web sites, electronic listings, “the books” for the books, etc.). The Gerbers have met some really wonderful people – book collectors, dealers, writers – and they love being in the Hudson Valley, within commuting distance of the greatest city in the world!  Last December Richard surprised Margy with a trip to New Orleans to celebrate the ‘big’ birthday and recently they’ve been to London and Dublin.  Richard had made a trip of his own to London on book business and had a lovely visit with his son and his family.  His two little grandchildren (Ronin, 5, and Keava, 2-1/2) are a delight and the British accents are a fun bonus.  Margy’s daughter, Anne, and granddaughter Eloise (now 14) have visited, as have daughter, Marga, and her husband Wes.  Richard and Margy also visited her son, John, and his wife, Alicia, in Charleston where John is an English and film professor at the local college.  Lots to be grateful for…not least lifelong friends from Trinity days!

“How thankful we should feel that God has blessed us to be here and to enjoy our friendships” writes Mary Anne Browne Lyons.  She spent a wonderful vacation in FL with Bette Sullivan O’Malley and enjoyed a TC ladies luncheon in Pelican Bay in February.  Marge Pinter Matson was kind enough to send the names of the additional ladies in attendance:  Joan Friday Ewing, Carol Murray Hogan, Aline Christatos Bailey, Sally McMonagle, and a few guests.  They had a delightful time reminiscing about our times at Trinity and how our friendships have endured.  Marge spent a very stimulating and fun-filled week at Chautauqua with Roger Rosenblatt and several of his author friends.  Chautauqua is an intellectual, cultural, stimulating place with lectures, theater, opera, ballet, golf, tennis, water sports and classes in every imaginable topic, and runs for nine weeks every summer.  Marge also enjoys tennis, bridge, and concerts and, on the travel side, she is taking a cruise from Barcelona to Lisbon in September.  Carol Hogan was pleased to join her classmates in February; she also spent a lovely afternoon with Pat Kenny Blagden who was in Sarasota visiting her daughter-in-law.  In May, the Hogans traveled to Yale for their oldest grandson’s graduation. Brett was a graduation week speaker having graduated with top honors and was Captain of the Yale Men’s Swim Team.  He set several distance records in his competitive swimming which qualified him to participate in the Olympic Trials in Omaha, NE in July.  He didn’t qualify, but did do his own personal best.  Carol and Brian are heading to Martha’s Vineyard for another celebratory family gathering.  Oldest son, Brian Jr, and his wife, had bought five acres there a few years ago and after all the planning, design and build, they are beginning occupancy.  The Hogans will share the final week of summer at the Vineyard with the entire family before everyone heads back to school and work.  Aline, unfortunately, lost her husband, Richard, last November.  They had 30 wonderful years together, and Aline is left with many great memories.

Doris O’Brien Casale also lost her husband last year after a brief illness.  She was so fortunate to have celebrated their 50^th wedding anniversary with the whole family, last June in Positano, and is grateful for her beautiful memories and her wonderful family.

Time seems to fly by faster every year, writes Patty Stumpf Zachwiega.  Once she was able to shake off the immediate tragedy of losing Zach in 2014, she started catching up with her own medical issues. There were many easy things but the not so easy meant a full knee replacement and then a laminectomy.  Fortunately both surgeries were successful and Patty is now hoping she can get ‘back to life’ and do some more traveling.

Life has settled into an annual routine of fall and winter in the Washington area, writes Jeanne Becker Lynch, although usually interrupted by a visit or two to South Carolina to see Suzy Kramer Glynn and Jeanne’s brother, Paul, followed by six weeks in Connecticut in late spring and early summer, then a trip to Seattle and Denver to see children.  Early fall finds more time in CT along with the annual visit to the Cape…then it starts again!  This year there is a Disney cruise out of Barcelona with two children and three grands.  In her spare time Jeanne does a lot of pro bono legal ‘stuff’ at her law firm.

Cathy White continues her work as an Of Counsel position.  “It means that she can come and go as she pleases though right now it seems that she goes more as she pleases!”  Otherwise all is good.  Meg Acosta Martincontinues her work at the tax law firm but laments the firm is going paperless so “the writing is on the wall”.  She fears that as technology keeps evolving much will be lost and obsolete.  Last summer, the morning after a lovely 75th birthday party with all her family and lots of friends, Meg collapsed and had to call 911.  It took hours and many tests to find she had a staph infection in her kneecap.  One operation, a week in the hospital, two months at home, a walker for months, Meg is now getting around much better, and hopefully she can get back to her hiking. Through it all Meg, with computer at home, was able to keep up with her work.  Her eldest granddaughter, Elisa, has come stateside from Spain, and is living with her.  Elisa has completed her freshman year at NYU and is enjoying her summer break back home. Emma, the middle granddaughter, finished junior high at the American School in Madrid and is now on to the higher school. The “Baby”, Alexandra, who is ten, made her first communion in June in a wonderful rustic old church in the mountains north of Madrid.  Meg made her annual trek to Spain for the event.

Patty May Halpin continues her volunteerism serving on town boards and raising money for Catholic schools in the Diocese of Worcester and Tom continues with his medical practice.  Their oldest granddaughter is a senior at Dartmouth, the youngest is 19 months.  Bobbie Cresci Kunath and Karl love it in San Diego and look forward to their trips to CT to visit with the granddaughters, ages 10 and 8.  Nan Kelley Ryan and Tom are still in Hillsborough, CA.  Nan continues to design kitchens/baths and sits on the Architectural Design Board in Hillsborough.  The grandchildren range in age from 13-23 years.

Joan Selke Sallee and Tom, still in Sacramento, celebrated their 50th anniversary in June with a family weekend, including some of their bridal party in Pacific Grove, a lovely coastal community near Carmel where they have spent many happy vacations over the years. Among the guests was Nancy Oberdorf Peterson Webster, Joan’s big sister from Trinity, who has remained a dear friend. The weekend before the celebration, the Sallees’ three daughters surprised them by having a bench installed in their honor at the local Davis High School performing arts facility. (You may recall Joan sat on that School Board.)  The local State Senator, Mayor, former Superintendent of School, and other friends all spoke at the ceremony.  The amazing thing was that the three girls pulled it off without a single clue being dropped!  The daughters are all doing well: Kristie, Michael, and their three boys are in Germany for a year’s sabbatical, Claire and her family are nearby, and Margaret continues to teach at SUNY Buffalo.  Joan enjoys annual Christmastime visits in San Francisco with Ann O’Hearn, Ellen Ducy de Perez, and Mary Jane (Janie) Lehman Burton.  All in all, life is very busy and the Sallees feel very blessed.

Sheila O’Brien Onuska now lives in downtown Annapolis around the corner from the Naval Academy in an old house, “except it is not so very old in Annapolis terms”.  Her daughter, Kate, and her husband, Seth, and children Tommy, 10 1/2 and Emma age 8 live in Vienna, VA halfway around the Beltway.  Sheila finds it very interesting to be back surrounded by family after so many years living in St. Louis and thinks she has changed some in the intervening years.  Sheila, like so many of you, is happy that Trinity continues to evolve and grow in great ways.

Ann Wigglesworth Barbieri continues her painting at the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria.  She is participating in a Visiting Artists program and has had a young artist in her studio for the month of August.  She and Bill go back and forth to their beach house and are fortunate to have all four of their children nearby to join them, although scheduling their comings and goings to the beach sometimes presents a problem.  Bill still plays senior softball and sings in the Reston Chorale; Ann unfortunately threw out her knee in April playing tennis and hasn’t played since.

Carolyn Mezzadri sent a lovely note about Eileen Gormley.  They remained good friends, living close by to each other, and did quite a bit of traveling together, their favorite countries, Italy and Ireland.  Eileen had been a financial analyst on Wall Street and only retired 10 years ago. Alice McMahon Bender attended Mary Lou McAskill Pijar’sfuneral Mass.  The church was full and her eulogies talked of her constant kindness to others.  Mary Lou and Alice had been friends since the days of riding to TC every day together.  Alice and Mick, along with their granddaughter, Becca, went to Kenya in May to visit their youngest child, Kevin, his wife and 3 daughters ages 10, 8, and 4.  Kevin’s family left Kenya in July for an around the world trip that started in Greece, then on to Lebanon and Jordan and Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Viet Nam, Mynmar, Singapore.  They end their trip next summer in Alaska. (Go to https://goingmobile.org/ to follow the Benders.)  Alice and Mick also stayed in Amsterdam where Alice was able to see the tulip gardens at Keukenhoff at their peak, a sight never to be forgotten.  One last trip for the year…a river cruise starting in Prague and ending in Budapest.

My identical twin granddaughters, Brianna and Emilia, just turned two years of age and I am so blessed to live near them.  My oldest granddaughter Samantha, 27, and her husband, Chad, are expecting their first child, a boy.  By the time of this reading I will be a great grandmother!  I continue my genealogical research and sit on a few boards for Hereditary Society organizations, plus I serve as chair for the Architectural Review Committee here where I live.  Most recently I have enrolled in a class concentrating on World History at the Lehigh Valley Campus of Penn State U.  It’s a Senior Audit class, which means no homework for me!  Life is definitely good, and I look forward to seeing all of you at our Reunion next year.

With much love,
Joan Marie Littley Clark

What a wicked cold winter we had this year! I don’t think anyone was spared, but by now you are all enjoying some warm weather. Our coastal California friends, Ann O’Hearn and Roberta “Bobbie” Cresci Kunath, fared better with 70 degree temperatures and some much-needed rain. Ann is enjoying life and a visit to Florida where she will reconnect with family and Trinity friends. Her favorite pastime is spending as much time as she can with the two grandchildren (5, 3) who live in the LA-area.

Another Patriots fan, Ann Philbin, headed south for the winter and so escaped the Boston weather. After that she took a trip to Tokyo with the Boston Symphony.Bobbie and Karl made two trips to Connecticut last year to visit with son David and his family: in December for Christmas and in September when Bobbie flew to Bethlehem. She stayed a night with me, then we drove to Connecticut for a wonderful lunch with her family, then on to the Cape. There we connected with Jeanne Becker Lynch, Diane “DD” Newell Jacko, Patty May Halpin, Suzy Kramer Glynn, Susan Micone McGorty, Carol Mitchell Curran, Lenora “Lee” Shannon Williams, Rhea Picotte Clark, Mary Sullivan Henry, and Patricia “Cookie” Glennon Whamond for a fun-filled couple of days filled with talk and laughter and good Trinity memories. Jeanne, Patty and I became grandparents again recently: Jeanne in July with the birth of Alice Flaherty Lynch, Patty in January with the birth of Emily Patricia Halpin, and me in August with the birth of identical twin girls, Brianna Nicole and Emilia Elizabeth Clark. We are truly blessed. Patty’s oldest grandchild is a sophomore at Dartmouth; the others are thriving and keeping their parents busy. Daughter Mary is head of school at Derryfield in Manchester, NH. Trish is teaching at Wayland High School, Tom is teaching at Wayland Middle School and Chris is working for the NFL. Chris invited Patty and Tom to go with him to the Super Bowl, and so they did! She said it was a lifetime experience and extra-special since the Patriots won! Tom continues to love work, mentoring and teaching med students, and skiing; Patty is busy with town boards and efforts to raise funds for Catholic schools.

Joan Selke Sallee writes that she and Tom have had a very family-centered year particularly as the four grandsons (10, 9, 8, 6) are close at hand. Their daughter, Margaret, had her second book, on faculty fathers, published last fall. You can imagine how touched Joan and Tom were to have the book dedicated to them. Tom was honored in October for 25 years as president of college prep math (CPM), the program now taught in 47 states, and remains active in CPM as well as the No CA Math Project at UC Davis. He even “does math” in the grandsons’ classrooms on a weekly basis! Joan’s term on the Letters and Science Deans’ Advisory Council at the UC Davis, was renewed for another three years but still she finds time to sing in the Davis Chorale, take exercise classes and read for two book clubs. She also stays in touch with several of her classmates from Mills College in Oakland, where she received her master’s. The Sallees enjoy attending plays, operas, lectures and concerts, and enjoyed a wine tasting trip in the fall to Willamette Valley in Oregon and to the theater festival in Ashland, Oregon.  Speaking of Oregon, Ron and Tessa Merdler Green are looking to move from Albany to Portland and, hopefully, if the timing works for the sale of their home, they will enjoy a trip to Poland. In the meantime, Ron continues with his music and Tessa with her art and writing. They both contribute their time to community causes.

Sue Watson Madigosky and Walt are doing well. Walt is ever-busy as Mr. Fix-it and last year participated in the 60th anniversary of the Korean War activities. Sue recently sang at the SND convention at Trinity and reports her eyesight is considerably better, which is very good news, although driving is still not an option. Of their eight grandchildren, six live down the block! Both Walt and Sue continue their involvement with the Teams of Our Lady, a Catholic lay movement of spirituality for married couples who want to develop their relationship with God both personally and as a couple. (Please refer to www.equipes-notre-dame.com/en for more information about Teams.) During the past five years they have been in leadership as the Mid-Atlantic regional couple serving some 45 active groups with over 130,000 members in 78 countries. Their involvement has taken them to California, Massachusetts and Texas, where they visited with Carole Eisenhauer Updyke. Sadly, I have to report that Carole’s husband, Joe, passed away last June.  They had been married for 48 years, during which time their life was blessed with many travels including both abroad and here in the US. Their last trip was to Alaska and the Northern Pacific, ending in Tokyo. Joe loved teaching adult ed classes and teaching and welcoming RCIA students into the Catholic church. Carole says both she and Joe grew over the years in their faith life. Also, I have to report that Veronica “Ronnie” McKenna Feerick’ s husband, Dick, died in November, 2013, after a brief illness. The good news is that she is doing better now and still lives in the Chicago suburbs not far from her six grandchildren, ages 9 to 13. Her son and his wife, who live in Arlington, VA, are expecting their first child in May. Please remember both Carole and Ronnie in your thoughts and prayers.

On one of my trips back to DC since the move to Bethlehem, PA, last May (you may recall I made that move to be closer to family), I enjoyed a lovely evening with Jeanne Lynch, Carol Curran, Ann Wigglesworth Barbieri, ConnieKrisman Hart, Rita Murray Meyer, Mary Catherine McGarraghy Beyda, Stephanie McKernan Warring, Mary-Margaret Donnelly Gillen, and Cathy Schulz Mattingly. Jeanne spent several months in Connecticut last year and hopes to do the same this year. She has traveled to Seattle and Denver to visit children and grandchildren and to South Carolina to visit her brother, Paul, and his wife, also Suzy and Jamie Glynn. She also continues her law practice, mostly wills and trusts. Carol and her husband, Jim Mull, had a good travel year, a month cruising around the Far East, including a visit to see the Great Wall of China, and a nostalgic trip to Vietnam for Jim, who had served there during the war. They also took a trip to the Turks and Caicos with their children and grandchildren.

Bill and Ann Barbieri recently celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary in Puerto Rico. They rented a villa in Rincon, a surfer town, and were able to house all 17 of their family minus daughter-in-law, Gabrielle, who was studying for the Bar examination. However, they made it back to DC in time for her graduation from Catholic University Law School. Ann says she and Bill are lucky that all kids and grandkids live close by (except at rush hour), which allows for many visits. Bill is threatening to make this his last year in senior softball but he’s still singing in the Reston chorale; Ann is still “making art” at the Torpedo Factory and will have an exhibit at the Arts Club of Washington in March, 2016.

Pat Anderson Henderson and George also celebrated their 50th with family and friends.  They continue to enjoy retirement with occasional trips, occasional bridge and community involvements. Pat is ever thankful to Trinity for a “questioning and open mind.” Elizabeth “Betty” Ruzzin Lurie echoes those same thoughts and wonders if others in our class realize how privileged we were to attend Trinity when we did. “It still remains one of the most important experiences of my life.” Since her husband died, Betty has continued her work in clay, but on a reduced level. She no longer does shows as, since 2008, many of the galleries she used to deal with have closed. There are no grandchildren so she spends a great deal of time caring for her mid-20th century modern house and garden. Recently she had foot surgery and hopes to regain the same level of physical activity she had before, including annual hiking trips to such places as the south of Spain and the Italian lakes. A trip to Provence is in the “thinking stages.”

Cathy Chabot Fredericks says all is well in the Pacific Northwest. The oldest of the four grandchildren will graduate from high school in May. Cathy extends best wishes to all for a Happy Birthday, for many of us a milestone year. She and Jim enjoyed a visit last fall from Carol Rhodes Donovan and Hugh before their journey to Hawaii. 50 years ago the Donovans went to Minnesota to be in their wedding. The Fredericks have done some traveling of their own with trips to Great Britain, Alaska and Western Europe. By this time they will have taken a Mediterranean cruise, and Cathy will have traveled to NYC with some of her friends.

Although all the children are in the Northeast, Carol Murray Hogan is happy to be living in Florida. Francie and John sold their old federal colonial home in Ashby, MA, that they had totally renovated and moved to an equally lovely home on the Connecticut shore, which seems to have simplified their lives. They spent the past two weeks in Florida with Carol and Brian during which time they all spent three days in Orlando, exploring and riding every attraction in the Magic Kingdom. The two oldest grandchildren attend Yale and Williams College and another is at Sacred Heart in Greenwich, CT. All the Hogans were together for Thanksgiving in Scarsdale at son Brian’s home, quite a feat given the business of all. Small world: Carol’s Sarasota physician is the daughter-in-law of Pat Kenney Blagden, which gives Carol hope that at some point she’ll get to see Pat when she visits.

This past Christmas season was a big one for Alice McMahon Bender and her husband, Mick. They had their son’s family, including three granddaughters (2, 7, 9) from Nairobi home for Christmas, the first time they’ve been home during Christmas in about eight years. Just two days later Mick celebrated his 80th birthday with about 47 nieces, nephews and other family members. Last May, Alice’s grandson, Will, graduated from college and then in August the oldest granddaughter, Kelly (25), was married. The reception was in a 100-year-old barn near Erie, PA, that she and her daughter, Leslie, made into a virtual fairyland.

My own granddaughter, Samantha (25), was also married last year in a beautiful setting in Northern Ontario. She and her husband reside in a little town in Saskatchewan, CA, where she teaches grades six, seven and eight. It is hard to believe that we have grandchildren getting married!

Meg Acosta Martin is still working full-time running the library for a tax law firm in NYC. Her big news is that her eldest granddaughter, Elisa Nolasco, is graduating from the American School in Madrid in June and coming to study at NYU in the fall. Mary Anne Browne Lyons has continued her volunteerism as a director with the East Hampton Ladies Organization, where the volunteers work for the general welfare of the village of East Hampton and vicinity. Like so many of us, grandchildren are a big part of her life. She “finds it hard to believe, though, that we are now old, or at least what was considered old when we were the age of our grandchildren.”  Maybe, she says, we are not old but have just reached a very mature age bracket.

Ever-busy Eniko Molnar Basa attended a conference in St. Catherine’s, Ontario, for the Congress of Humanities and Social Sciences and another conference at University of Florida for the American Hungarian Educators Association. She serves as the executive director of the association and enjoys working with the university, the local community, and the Hungarian consul. On her return trip home to Maryland, Eniko stopped in Chapel Hill to donate some books to the university library on Hungarian history and folklore; she is very happy the library is eager for more materials written in Hungarian. Eniko looks forward to continued contacts with UNC, her graduate alma mater. In recent years Eniko has served as a guide for visiting young Hungarian professionals, here in the US on internships, to places of interest in the DC-area. “It has been a good way to keep up with young people as well as learn what is going on in Hungary and Europe.” Congratulations to Eniko whose work has been recognized by the Hungarian American Coalition. A well-deserved honor, indeed. She looks forward to reading about Trinity and all of us from that very meaningful period of our lives.

From my desk, I continue to look forward to hearing from all of you and thank you for your support over these last 25 years. Till next year and with all good wishes for a happy, healthy 2015, and much love,

Joan Littley Clark