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FALL 2011 . ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE 35
Cl as s Notes
from you, so please make the next few months
perfect by sending me news and views from your
part of the world. Our 55th reunion is only two
years away; we need to begin to think about it and
plan for it. Write out or type out a few words and
send them along so my next column writes itself!
1959
Linda Marlow Castle ’59
P.O. Box 766
Lexington,VA 24450
540-460-2637
lgcastle@rockbridge.net
Next Reunion: 55th, 2014
Anne Finkler Padget sent a clipping from the
Syracuse Post-Standard,dated 4/30/11,describing the
pre-dawn party in Anne’s living room where 30-35
(out of 50 invitations sent) friends gathered at 5:30
a.m. to watch the wedding of Prince William and
Kate Middleton. All guests wore fancy hats and
most wore gloves and carried handbags. Anne has
held these parties beginning with Prince Charles
and Diana’s wedding. As always, Anne did it up
“right,” serving tea and coffee as they watched the
ceremony, followed by a complete proper break-
fast featuring mimosas and champagne, scones,
shortbread, biscuits and berries.
My ever-faithful friend, Dorothy Toth Bea-
sley, e-mailed me from Atlanta, Ga. Dottie and I
share a mutual friend who moved to Atlanta a few
years ago. Dottie and Nan finally connected over
lunch last spring to become better acquainted.
Dottie has been very involved with the Interna-
tional Club of Atlanta and in many international
projects.
Dottie and my sister-in-law, Debbie Castle
Fountain, get together from time to time and
they attended a St. Lawrence event earlier this
year. I recently had a great hour-long catch-up chat
with Debbie. She sounds happy. Her move to At-
lanta to be with her daughter and her family has
been the right one.
I also enjoyed a catch-up phone chat with Ruth
Carling Budlong, my co-chair for the Class of
1959 Scholarship. Ruth has become a “recovering
Bionic woman,” having had hip replacement sur-
gery. She was doing just fine and was hoping to be
completely ambulatory by mid-August. I brought
her up to date on the status of our scholarship: if
unfulfilled pledge payments are made, we will be
just $649 away from $75,000, the required mini-
mum necessary before we can begin awarding the
scholarship! If we reach the minimum by March
31, 2012, our first scholarship can be awarded in
the fall of 2012.
We are so close to reaching our goal! We do
recognize that the economic situation may be af-
fecting the ability of some of you to complete your
pledges, but please consider partial payment as a
possibility. Of course, we also welcome new dona-
tions any time. It will be wonderful to introduce a
worthy recipient in this column. Many thanks to
everyone!
1960
AnnYounger Moore ’60
41 Brookside Drive
Wilbraham, MA 01095-2122
413-596-9335
amoore9335@gmail.com
Next Reunion: 55th, 2015
Once again, no news from the Class of 1960, so
I will continue with some profiles from the 50th
Reunion Memory Book of 2010.
Brian Gage lives in Old Bridge, N.J., with wife
Kay. They have six daughters and 22 grandchildren
who keep them very busy! Brian is retired as a
teacher and coach. After St. Lawrence, he served
in the Army Military Police as an officer. After ac-
tive duty, he was a graduate assistant at Penn State,
coaching football. Brian’s next position was as an
instructor of physical education at the University
of Massachusetts. The next 33 years, he taught
and coached in New York and New Jersey public
schools. He completed his master’s degree in phys-
ical education and a director of athletics certificate
at SUNY Cortland. He also served as a part-time
scout for the Detroit Tigers. He retired in 1995.
His favorite St. Lawrence memories include frigid
temperatures, hockey games and a top-quality
education.
Rob Johnston and his wife, Melinda Leithead
’62, live in Perrysburg, Ohio, near Toledo, and are
the parents of two and grandparents of five. Rob-
bie is retired as an independent sales rep (G and
R Marketing).After St. Lawrence, he went into the
service, then worked for Owens Corning Fiber-
glass in sales and marketing. Next, he went into
sales, then owned a small distributorship, Young
Equipment, and ended at G and R Marketing. Rob-
bie says that all the courses at St. Lawrence con-
tributed to his life path. His favorite memories
include his fraternity, football and his associations.
Beverly Knapp Pullis lives in Pittsford, N.Y.,
with husband Bill.They have three children, one of
whom (Timothy) graduated from St Lawrence in
1986.They also have six grandchildren. Bev is re-
tired as an English/reading specialist. She received
a master’s degree from Temple University in 1981
and taught English and reading at the high school
and college levels in both Connecticut and Roch-
ester, N.Y. She volunteers at the Rochester Muse-
um and Science Center and sings with the Eastman
Rochester Chorus and in her church choir. She
enjoys golf, bridge and travel with her husband of
50 years--a good life for sure!
Virginia Mikus Reker s lives with her hus-
band, Howard, in Rochester, N.Y. They have two
children and two grandchildren. Ginny is retired
from Eastman Kodak as a computer programmer
and Boddery and Rekers Construction Company
as a bookkeeper. Since graduating from St. Law-
rence, she has enjoyed skiing, sailing, jogging, fruit
and vegetable gardening, traveling and Hospice
volunteering. Her favorite college memories are
Dean-Eaton third floor and ADPi life and friends!
Come on, Class of 1960, please send some
news!
1961
Hulit Pressley Taylor ’61
1713 Surrey Lane, NW
Washington, DC 20007
202-625-0203
hulitpaul@comcast.net
Next Reunion: 55th, 2016
I’m compiling this column one week after our 50th
Reunion and I’m still on a “high.” The weekend is
one I’ll never forget – the weather was fabulous,
the food delicious, renewed friendships priceless.
Ken Shilkret asked me to thank Craig
Ruhm (co-chair) and all of the other Planning
and Development Committee volunteers “for
their outstanding assistance with the activities, and
Kim Robinson Hissong ’94 and the staff of SLU for
their assistance and support. ”
Kay Robertson Tomasi wrote, “The beau-
tiful St. Lawrence campus is awesome, and I was
so impressed with its many new facilities.The best
part of the weekend was the endless conversation
as we picked up where we left off 50 years ago
and renewed old friendships.The camaraderie was
contagious.”
Steve Anderson added, “Three aspects of
our 50th reunion days stand out, and they were
enhanced by some high-quality experiences:
● The student staff were genuine, hands-on help-
ful, and friendly in such a consistent way that if I
were an anthropologist I would say they represent
the SLU culture.
● Thoughtful conversations with classmates were
the core of my experience, with discoveries of
who we have become out of the core that we
brought, and I found nearly everyone was primarily
interested in meaningful conversations.
● It was so peaceful on the campus. Looking out
my window at the crack of dawn with the trees
blowing in the wind and catching the sun light,
walking across the campus from one place to
another and the open space, trees, grass, mingled
with the buildings reduced my heart rate by about
10%.”
From Andy Nevin :“I especially enjoyed getting
reacquainted with people who shared our com-
mon experience at SLU, who we knew only casu-
ally. The invitation to visit us in Delhi still stands.”
The festivities started with a reception at the
President’s House and, oh, the joy of recognizing
people I’d not seen in 50 years — like Marty
Nuttall Heath! She and Joe ’62 could only stay
for dinner. Their road had been flooded since the
end of April and was not expected to open for
several more weeks.
Tom Maltby also came just for Thursday’s
events. He said he came because it was the only
time he’d get inside Dean-Eaton! Among others
I’d not seen since graduation: Dave and Mar-
gie Young Myers, Bob Kraft, Dick Eg-
gar, Ruth Douglas, Sheila Walsh Cassin,
and Paul Liebhardt, who’d recently moved to
Oregon.
Tim Stritter and Pat Linderoth Taylor
took charge of our class dinner, which was a high-
light. Jim Finke prepared a wonderful slide show
recapping our years on campus. Willie Cassin
led an open mic session for reminiscing, and what
laughter the stories brought! At the close, Nan-
cy Allen Ducatte, accompanied by Sandee
Huebenthal Fleisher, led us in the Alma