Association news & class notes
1965
Stan Makover and Judy are still living in Syosset, Long Island, and enjoying their eight grandchildren. They just experienced the first wedding of a granddaughter. Stan is playing a lot of tennis and Judy is still a snowbird. They continue to spend winters in Boynton Beach, Florida, and recently had breakfast with some WMC alumni and dear friends, Irwin “Ozzie” Stewart ’61, Howie Wagner ’63, and Rich Eigen ’66.
After 41 years in Washington, D.C., Simma and Ron Liebman are now living full time in what had been their weekend home on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Simma spends her days in her painting studio on their property, while Ron continues to work on what he hopes will soon be his latest novel. They see their daughters and their husbands, and the five grandkids, all of whom live in New York, as much as they can. Ron often thinks about his time at WMC and says they were great years that brought him so much in so many ways.
Susan and Greg Tassey moved about 40 miles north of Seattle 10 years ago after Greg retired from NIST. He continues to do consulting work in technology-based economic growth policy and publishes on this topic. They really like Washington, both the people and the beauty of the state, and they are blessed to be near their daughter and grandchildren.
Mark Kappelman continues to enjoy retirement from thoracic and vascular surgery and splits his time between New Orleans and Miramar Beach, Florida, with his wife, Susan. Fishing, boating, and golf occupy his time.
Ed Daniels and Sally O’Neil live in Baja, Mexico, and absolutely love the culture, the gracious people, the climate, and the cost of living. From his home in Mexico, Ed continues to supervise and oversee a psychological practice in Philadelphia, where his associate works. Ed keeps active with golf and skiing. He skied the Alps for the first time last year at 78 years of age and hopes to continue with a few days each year out west.
Ginny Krebs Wright and Steve are well after knee surgery for Ginny in November 2021 and hip surgery for Steve in December 2022. They never missed a beat and spent two months in Florida at their daughter’s home in Winter Park and all of March 2022 at Bonita Beach. Steve and Ginny traveled to Maine in fall 2021 visiting his frat brothers and then touring the state, where they hit beautiful weather with changing leaf colors. In July 2022, they went to Alaska on a cruise with their daughter’s family, and in September they took the postponed Viking cruise from Italy (Lake Como) through Switzerland, stopping at Lucerne for lunch then on to Basel where they boarded the ship. They enjoyed a beautiful trip through Germany and the Netherlands, ending in Amsterdam, where they stayed for two days visiting the museums, taking a canal ride, and a walking tour. The rest of the summer they spent at their lake cottage with family visits. Ginny is still quilting and won two more awards at a fall show.
Carole Price Frederick taught music for 36 years, the last 30 at Severna Park High School in Maryland. Since retirement, she has served as corresponding secretary and recording secretary respectively for both The Kent Island Heritage Society and Friends of Historic Christ Church. She has lived her whole life on Kent Island, Maryland, and grew up in this Episcopal church. Playing bridge is her favorite pastime, either in person or online. She remembers the days when several people played bridge in the Grill, which always made her want to learn the game. Connie Bue Schlee and Carole text or talk almost every day. There are about 10 others who meet for a couple of days of museums and dinners and lots of conversation.
Pat Mullinix continues to enjoy the beauty of Garrett County, Maryland, even in the winter when there are so many days of snow, ice, and cold winds. However, there have been lots of changes in her life over the past few years. Following five years of being full-time caregiver to her husband, Bud, who suffered from Parkinson’s disease, and an aunt, she now finds herself adjusting to life on her own. Bud died in 2021 and her aunt, Ann, passed away at age 102 in 2020. In the process of seeking homes for an extensive collection of books last year, she found herself visiting the library at McDaniel with a large box of donations. It was a wonderful experience to see the many changes on the campus and to walk through a larger and more elegant Hoover Library than when she worked there as a student so many years ago.
Charles Manning, Hon. LL.D. ’05 and Sherry Fischer Manning, Hon. L.H.D. ’79 report that two of the 16,000 canceled flights over Christmas were to bring their girls and their families to the ski house on top of Schweitzer Mountain, to join their brother and his family, and Charlie and Sherry for Christmas. They successfully rescheduled Christmas over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend and loved it. With grandchildren whose ages range from almost 21 years to 17 months, and six more in between, they had a chaotic and quite wonderful celebration. Charles and Sherry say the irony is that by the time they can afford a ski-in/ski-out property on top of a ski mountain, they are both too old to ski; but hey, one can’t have everything. When they are on top of the mountain in Idaho over the ski season, they are above the clouds many mornings, have blue sky and brilliant sunshine and great views of Lake Pend Oreille through the Walt Disney trees. But they only get The Wall Street Journal once or twice a week, and several days late, so Sunday mornings, Sherry has a catch-up day, and her own personal “Week in Review,” really a lot like being on vacation. Reading the news late, and mostly once a week, is an interesting perspective, and at this age, she kind of likes it.
Bob Dinger and Char-Lu Swenson Dinger continue to enjoy life in Chico, California. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, they avoided getting the virus. However, in January 2023, they both came down with a very mild case. In October 2021, they visited with Bob’s sister, Margery Dinger Gillikin ’74, and her family in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, then drove to Pennsylvania via Salisbury, Maryland, where they visited with Vicki Weber Greene. During the visit with Char-Lu’s sister in Hanover, Pennsylvania, Bob and Char-Lu drove down to McDaniel for a visit, their first since the 25th Reunion in 1990, and said it was great to see the campus again. Bob backpacked with son Eric and family in March 2022 in the coastal mountains near Santa Barbara, California. Otherwise, Bob continues his woodworking and Char-Lu her knitting and genealogy.
Ed Scheinfeldt wishes he had exciting news to report but says he doesn’t. His wife, Mary, and he are just living their lives in Marble Falls, in the Texas Hill Country about an hour west of Austin.
Ed Welch, Hon. L.H.D. ’12 is still active on the Vandalia Health System and Charleston Area Medical Center boards as well as chairing the West Virginia Drug Intervention Institute board.
Debbie Dudley Michaels’s Zoom group of more than a dozen Class of 1965 graduates continues to meet. They started by meeting once a week for an hour every Wednesday in 2020. Initially, it helped them get through the pandemic by sharing experiences. Now that their worlds have opened back up a bit, they share travel experiences, family news, good reads, favorite movies, sports wins and losses, and college news and memories, and they still provide support for those facing health issues and other concerns.
Joyce Russell Miller reported that following hip replacement surgery that didn’t go well in December 2021, she had a repair done in January 2022. Many months of physical therapy later, she was well on her way to total recovery and even made a train trip to Maryland to reunite with a dozen girls from 1965. However, 2021 ended with Christmas in the hospital as Joyce suffered a stroke. Last year was spent with more PT and all is back to normal with her right arm and her speech. Right leg is a different story, and she continues with rehab hoping to get back with walking with a cane. She’s turning 80 this year and is looking forward to driving again and a reunion with the same girls from ’65. Her daughters refer to her as a “tough old broad,” so she is hoping to prove them correct. Jim continues to cope with his loss of vision but practices law with the help of his computer and Joyce as his paralegal.
Dianne Briggs Martin lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, near her daughter, son, and grandchildren. Dianne continues to teach information policy and computer ethics for both George Washington University online and for the University of North Carolina in person. She stays active by leading three exercise classes a week at the local senior center. During the COVID-19 lockdown, she started a regular Zoom call with a number of our classmates who call themselves the McDaniel Divas (Joyce Russell Miller; Mara Dilson Walter; Debbie Dudley Michaels; Carole Price Frederick; Sylvia White Winterling; Connie Bue Schlee; Susan Snodgrass Case, M.Ed. ’84; Nancy Whitworth McIntyre; Judy Hobart Pearson; Meredith Hobart Crew; Marge Engel; Claire Rolker Oates; Peggy Van Dyke Tapager; Carla Smith Moxon; Fran Sybert Baroch; and Joy Hollaway DeLopez coming in from Mexico). Ten of them had an in-person get-together in Havre de Grace, Maryland, in May 2022 for several days where they enjoyed a trip to the Andrew Wyeth museum, a walk about Chesapeake City, and lots of good eating at local restaurants.
Marty Taylor Dzioba and her husband, Ed, retired to New Bern, North Carolina, in 2009. She spent about 30 years as a trusts and estates paralegal, probating wills and administering estates for law firms in Manhattan, the last being a big one in Midtown. Her husband is a Bayside (Queens) boy and they lived there for 35 years. Their children, Jennifer, and Jim Day (son of Jack Day ’63) were raised there. Jimmie died of cancer in 2016, a grief she’d wish on no one. Marty had the great good fortune, she believes, to make Miss Smith proud of her theatre training at WMC. In New York, at Douglaston Community Theatre, she got to play Sister Mary Amnesia in “Nunsense,” Mrs. Noah in “Two by Two,” and appeared in a host of other plays. Since they have been there, she auditioned on a lark for “Driving Miss Daisy” at a respected local theatre and got the part. She got to age 40 years in a play that’s as relevant today as it was when it was written. COVID-19 kept them at home like everyone else for an extended time, but she is to appear as Abby Brewster, the older sister, in “Arsenic and Old Lace.” Learning lines is nowhere as easy as it used to be! Marty quilts and serves as an election day judge and generally tries to get into “good trouble,” as John Lewis said.
Ron Garvin and Joan Smith Garvin are grateful for their good health and that they are still able to be active. Joan says that so far, they have all their original body parts and no major medical issues. Since moving to Shepherdstown, West Virginia, two years ago, their church has become their primary focus — Ron in men’s ministry and Joan in hospitality. Ron still rides on a long trip each summer with his motorcycle buddies. Joan still loves growing flowers to share. They travel back to Vermont several times a year to visit their sons and their families.
Frank Kidd says the past year has been a busy one for him and Ann Marie. In February 2022, they went downhill skiing at Crested Butte, Colorado, for a week. In July 2022, they took a 10-day cruise to Alaska via the inland passage, plus a five-day land extension into Denali National Park. In November 2022, they took a 10-day cruise through the Panama Canal, Costa Rica, Honduras, Belize, and Cozumel. In December 2022, they had the pleasure of spending the weekend with Cal Fuhrmann and his wife Denise at their new home near Kennebunkport, Maine. In February 2023, they skied 81,000 vertical downhill feet over five days at Vail, Colorado. Over the course of the past 12 months, Frank has stayed active on his road bike with his local bike group with a total of 2,500 annual miles. He is still working with his facilities maintenance business, TLCMAN LLC, with clients such as 7-Eleven, Panera Bread, and other restaurants and commercial chains. He stays in touch on a regular basis with good buddies Art Renkwitz, Dennis Amico, John Trainor, Eric Wagner, Ben Laurence, and Cal Fuhrmann just to make sure that they are all on the right side of the grass.
Pam Gebhard Wicklein ’68 and Jerry Wicklein continue to live in Timonium, Maryland. Pam retired from her counseling practice last year and Jerry continues his part-time ministry at a small rural congregation in northern Baltimore County. He has been at this church since he retired from full-time ministry 17 years ago. They are enjoying part-time retirement. Their oldest grandson, Jack Bayne ’22, graduated from McDaniel and their granddaughter, Sadie Bowman ’25, just finished her sophomore year in the Honors Program and as a lacrosse player on McDaniel’s women’s lacrosse team. Pam and Jerry visit the Hill often and enjoy seeing the growth of the college. They celebrated 57 years of marriage and have great memories of their wedding at Little Baker Chapel with Ira Zepp officiating.
George Harmeyer and Phyllis are still in good health and continue to spend the winter in Texas and the summer in Arlington, Virginia. Someday they will have to stop moving between two places. Last summer, they drove to Montana so George could fish with his Warriors Afield Legacy Foundation companions on the Bighorn River. While he was fishing, Phyllis visited friends in Butte, Montana. He joined her for the drive back home through Jackson Hole, Wyoming, to visit friends and then on to Steamboat Springs for two days. They enjoy driving through this beautiful country, staying off the interstates to see how wonderful it is. They plan another drive to Montana again this summer then back through North Dakota and South Dakota.
Fran Sybert Baroch and Jerry Baroch ’64 continue to live in Sarasota, Florida, where they are active in golf and tennis. However, they now spend summers in Washington, D.C., because of their 4-year-old grandson, Porter, son of daughter Amy and her husband, John. Porter is, and will be, their only grandchild, so they are trying to see and enjoy him as much as possible. They love every minute with him, and he’s keeping them young. They have continued annual visits to France in the Loire Valley, where Jerry celebrated his 80th birthday this year with a visit from said grandson and family — a big surprise! Now they will probably travel closer to home and began that idea recently with a cruise to the Caribbean. They enjoy keeping in touch with some of their McDaniel classmates, especially when they are in D.C.
Colin Thacker and his wife continue to travel, having three trips planned for 2023: Florida, California, and Alaska. His mobility is somewhat limited due to weak legs so he uses a walker when traveling. Colin continues to fix watches for six different charities and, as an avid stamp collector, donates duplicates to these same organizations. He had to give up on his garden, so no more homegrown tomatoes for friends and neighbors.
Margorie “Marge” Engel is now living in Maryland at Charlestown. She is finally traveling again. Her multiple myeloma has been under control for four years and she has two new hips. Most of her travel is by train instead of airplanes. She has five daughters, 16 grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. She is proud that she can still remember birthdays! When not visiting, she stays in touch via texting because the kids have moved on from email and Facebook.
Sylvia White Winterling found a fun and interesting career in her retirement as a tour guide. She has given biking tours of the monuments in Washington, D.C., and Old Town Alexandria, Virginia. She is currently working at Carlyle House Historic Site and Woodlawn/Pope-Leighey, both in Alexandria. Both of her children and their families are close by, so she gets to attend lots of baseball games and tennis matches for her grandsons. She also enjoys being one of the McDaniel Divas as they celebrate their 80th this year.
Marilyn Hahnefeld Wockley writes that life is good at the beach in Delaware, where the description “Lower Slower Delaware” is well earned, especially in the off-season. She and Ray Wockley ’63 enjoy the beach, the many restaurants, and the overall lifestyle there. It is peaceful, and they appreciate the friendly, kind people. Ray and Marilyn participate in local clubs and church activities and do some volunteering. Marilyn still gardens (with Ray’s help) and claims photography as her hobby.
After working four decades with a St. Louis nonprofit, Sandra Roeder returned home to Maryland in June 2018 to research early women elected to city and county governments. She started with Western Maryland. In October 2020, she was connected with Janet Lawler-Heavner and they cofounded The Western Maryland HERStory Project (WMHP). Last fall, Sandra moved to Baltimore to continue her work and connect with The Maryland Women’s Heritage Center. Her mother’s story connects to the early YWCA movement in Tokyo and YWCA National Canada. In early 2023, Sandra envisioned a second pilgrimage to Mount Fuji this summer. She first experienced Mount Fuji 60 years ago with the first Student Opportunity Service (SOS) Project. This time, she hoped for a longer visit to research, write, and be. Sandra is grateful to be fairly healthy and still curious.
As for me, I have not done any major traveling since COVID-19 hit but hope to get back to normal soon. Although I live near Ocean City, Maryland, I continue to vacation at the shore in Ocean City, New Jersey. I have been quilting to stay busy, including making quilts for veterans in hospice care.
Victoria “Vicki” Weber Greene1965 Class Reporter117 East Isabella St.Salisbury, MD 21801vgreene43@gmail.com