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CLASS NOTES
38 SUMMER 2012 | ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
tions to Lucy for her extraordinary class reporting
over 34 years of service. They capture the “spirit”
of the value of our class notes.
Peter Johnston
wrote Lucy, “St. Lawrence is a signi cant part of
my life, rmly embedded in my memory. I always
look forward to the arrival of the
St. Lawrence Uni-
versity Magazine
. I applaud and appreciate your
discipline in gathering classmate information
over so many years. Your e orts have allowed so
many to feel connected. Thank you very much for
your service to our class and the University.”
A portion of
Dick Woodbury
’s email states,
“Just a note that I hope echoes the thoughts and
well-wishes of dozens of our classmates for your
amazing run of class-reporting. You’ve brought
the Class of 1956 into the spotlight for more than
three decades. This calls for a special ceremony at
our next reunion.”
Don Marshall
, a very generous supporter of
the University for many years, received a mas-
ter’s and MBA from Columbia. He was founder of
SunSource Inc., which was named one of the 10
best companies by Forbes and Peter Lynch. After
serving as CEO and chairman of the Board, he is
now retired and living in South Carolina, restoring
a 1,000-acre plantation and hunting with his dog
and shing. Under the auspices of the state’s De-
partment of Natural Resources, Don raises monies
through charity auctions so that terminally ill chil-
dren learn how to duck hunt. It is amazing how
many classmates give back to the community.
Leonard “Cap” Price
, retired M.D., lives in Santa
Barbara, Cal., plays golf twice a week and travels
to Vero Beach and to the River to visit with his
brother, Jack ’53. He reminisced about the 50th
Reunion and his get-together at the River with
Dick Contee, Steve Avery
,
Jim Barrick
,
Jim
Wilkinson
and
Dick Larson
. Jim Wilkinson and
BJ Laidlaw ’57 enjoy life in the North Country.
They see many St. Lawrence colleagues and they
all cheer on the Saints at the hockey games.
I had a very nice chat with Dick Conte, who is
enjoying his retirement lifestyle. Dick and many
of his classmates are looking forward to the next
reunion.
Marlys Manning Renner
and Bill ’58 took Am-
trak from Virginia to New York City for shows and
shopping. Bill, as a member of the ’56 hockey
team, was inducted into the Hall of Fame last fall.
His speech at the luncheon was a highlight. They
look forward to their annual get-together with
Nancy Hoyt Patterson
and Jack ’55,
Barbara
“Andy”Direnga
and Bern
Hart
,
Judi Van Dusen
Opalak
, and
Elaine Rhodes
and
Peter Schriever
.
Other snow birds,
Nancy
Hoyt Patterson and
Jack’55, and
Barbara
“Andy” Direnga and Bern
Hart,
visited in Florida; they live on opposite
coasts. Nancy stays active with youth and church
activities. Nancy and Jack enjoy the outdoors with
sailing and boating. Six months out of the year
they reside in New Jersey. They are also kept busy
with three grandchildren.
MaryWarren Eichenlaub
travels and assists her
sons with their golf course. Her travels include vis-
iting Oregon with her sister, a river cruise to Hol-
land (during tulip season) and Belgium, and then
a trip to Alaska and the Canadian Rockies.
Bob Biernacki
has retired from being a broad-
cast broker (buying and selling radio time). Both
he and LouiseWelton ’57 still love SLU.
Winnie Pisani Thorn
stays active in hospital and
hospice work plus Habitat projects. She skis, plays
golf and has added yoga. With the better weather
she enjoys gardening.
Mary Haren Prouty
has traveled to the na-
tional parks and California. Mary is very proud of
her seven grandchildren, ages 14 to 25. Two are
Norwich University graduates, as are her three
children and husband, Gene. She has served on
the Norwich Alumni Board and Board of Fellows,
having earned a degree from Vermont College,
which subsequently merged with Norwich. Mary
sees
Greta Jacobsen
when Greta visits her sister
in Vermont and the Proutys are at their summer
camp on Lake Champlain.
Greta lives in Anderson, S.C., and travels to New
York, Wisconsin and Florida to visit her four chil-
dren. She has seven grandchildren, six boys and
a girl who has the same birthday as Greta. Greta
works at a local hospital and is active in museum,
library and church activities.
1957
Joyce Caldwell Rhodes ’57
5-C Oak Crest Court
Novato, CA 94947
415-892-9351
RHDJY@aol.com
Next Reunion: 60th, 2017
Joyce Caldwell Rhodes
has agreed to serve as
class reporter. Please send her your news at the
contacts above.
1958
Lennelle“Lennie”Dougherty McKinnon ’58
5 Jay Street
Canton, NY 13617
315-386-8216
Cell: 315-323-5267
lmckinnon@twcny.rr.com
Next Reunion: 55th, May 30-June 2, 2013
Although it seems hard to believe, our 55th Re-
union is next year, and I want to make a plea now
for each of you to mark your calendar (add a post-
it if your calendar does not go as far as 2013) for
next year and plan to attend. Much more infor-
mation with be forthcoming soon, but it is never
too early to begin to put some plans in motion.
Ann Wilson Wohlhueter
will be treading the
boards this fall. The little theater group in her
community is resurrecting itself, and Ann will be
appearing in the fall show, a collection of skits,
improvisation and readers' theater.
It was great fun to hear from
Pete Bloomer.
He
recently caught up on more than a few years at
a lunch with John Rostenberg '59 in Boulder, Col.
John has a home in Steamboat, but ventures
down to Denver occasionally. Pete is teaching
golf (I could use a lesson), and the unusually good
weather has a orded him the opportunity for
some great cycling. Summer will be spent at their
cottage on Albemarle Sound next to the Outer
Banks in North Carolina.
It is always inspirational to hear from
Ruth Wil-
son.
In spite of troubles with her prosthesis, her
love of travel is unabated. A long-awaited trip to
Cuba provided some challenges as she toured
the country from end to end with great satisfac-
tion. Future plans include a trip down the Dan-
ube to the Black Sea. Meeting up with some
Czech friends will make the Budapest stop great
fun and the sights beyond Budapest will be new.
Between trips, occasional subbing and enjoying
all that San Francisco has to o er keep her busy.
I learned a little too late that
Richard Gershon
lives in Bonita Springs, Fla., or, as he calls it, Para-
dise. The St. Lawrence softball team (my grand-
daughter Brady is a member) stayed there over
Spring Break while on a spring training trip. Rich-
ard says he is probably the only person in the area
who does not play golf, tennis or sh. However,
his enjoyment of both the good food and the
good wine necessitates regular visits to the gym.
The pleasures of a small sailboat and lots of read-
ing on the beach with his wife, Christine, do make
it sound idyllic.
Just in time,
Paul Fideler
dropped a line. Paul
is still a professor of history and humanities at
Lesley University in Boston, while his wife, Liz,
is a freelance writer. Her most recent book will
be published in June. She is already at work on
a companion study of men 60 and older who
remain in the paid work force full- or part-time).
Anyone willing to participate in her survey should
contact her through Paul.
Paul and Liz took advantage of a sabbatical se-
mester to travel to the UK where Paul was doing
research for his next book. They were also able
to take advantage of vacation weekend stays in
London's Bloomsbury area and in Edinburgh, two
of my favorite places.
A recent visit to Bretton Woods, N.H., raised con-
cern for
Margot FordWolf,
whowas dismayed by
erosion. She reports that the snow on Mt. Wash-
ington was melting before her eyes as skiers were
still on the slopes.
Better news from Margot is that granddaughter
Kari appears to be heading to SLU next year fol-
lowing also in the footsteps of her mother, Kari
Wolf Keightley '89 and Uncle MattWolf '85. I hope
that means that I will see a little more of Margot.
Africa was the destination for what
Dodie
Potts Giltz
called the "trip of a lifetime" for her
and Rod '59. They boarded a train in Dar Es
Salaam,Tanzania and traveled 3,700 miles to Cape
Town. Highlights included riding with the engi-
neer and blowing the train whistle; a helicopter
ride over Victoria Falls; game drives rich with
views of lions, leopards, elephants, white rhinos,
cheetahs, wildebeests, zebras, wild dogs and a-
mingos; and an excursion to the Cape of Good
Hope.
Claire McGarrahan Strang
missed her grand-
son's spring concert with the Laurentian Singers,
but for a good reason. Her son was getting mar-
ried in Carolina, and there was no way to be two
places at once. Grandson Matt will be spending a
semester in Jordan next year.
The University has received the sad news that we
have lost two classmates,
David Betts
and
James
Dunbar
. Our sympathy goes out to each of their
families.
Almost daily, we are learning the hard lesson that
time is not always kind in enabling us to grasp a
friend's hand or recall a moment from our past.