Chronicle 2017

Marassi moved to the University of Pennsylvania for post-doctoral research and, from there, to La Jolla where she works as a professor at the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute. Her husband is a professor of chemistry at UCSD. Catherine (Kate) Sharpe is reclaiming her work/life balance now that the Mentor-Coaching Institute and her book have been launched. Lucy White has recently joined the board of TheMusical Stage Company (formerly Acting Up Stage Co.). The company has launched a capital campaign to expand its education programs, invest in Canadian talent

and double the number of annual performances. Kathleen Wynne awarded Lisa Grogan-Green the Women’s Leadership Urban Development Award for her volunteer work with the Valley Park Go Green Cricket Field project, an innovative sustainable biodiverse recreational space for the Thorncliffe Park and Flemingdon Park communities. It is centred around a large, multi-use cricket field. We look forward to seeing many of you on Saturday, September 23, 2017 for Celebration Saturday and our Reunion Year Cocktail Reception and Class Party.

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CLASS REPS: Karen Jewett Allen, Anne Langford Dotsikas and Naomi Sedgwick Schafler For many of us without children at home, the empty nest is filled instead with the needs of aging parents. Still, reports Naomi Sedgwick-Schafler , “we are enjoying a time of good health, strong family ties and great, great friendships.” Anne Langford Dotsikas self-published her food memoir, with love and sugar: recipes and rituals for the sweet life . Robyn Johnston Stafl was among her test bakers. Read more about Anne’s adventures on page 14. Karen Jewett Allen is looking ahead to her first empty nest holiday this October with her husband Tim. Kimberley (Kim) Jones MacLaurin says that she’s “always trying to learn something” and this year, that included a memoir-writing course last summer, beginner Italian in the fall and, now, night school for intermediate Mandarin. Deborah (Deb) Grant Aben is “super happy in her ‘dream job’ as executive director of The Kawartha Haliburton Children’s Foundation. Even better was hearing my endocrinologist tell me that I am officially cancer-free!” Fiona Gillberry Spizzirri has a new home with more space for “big loud energetic boys who have lots of wonderful friends who shower less than I’d like.” Busy board member Michelle Koerner (National Ballet School, Art Canada Institute, National Gallery) spends her free time at art galleries with her three young kids in tow and

will soon become a HC parent, as her oldest daughter starts Grade 7 in the fall of 2017. Others with kids still at HC include Eva Kowalski Langford, Karen Beatty, Anne Lawrence Harrop and Pauline Chan-Thomas . Those reporting rewarding volunteer work include Sybil Browne Taylor , who frequently makes public speaking appearances addressing college and university students, and also volunteers as chair of the advisory committee for Georgian College’s advertising and marketing communications program. Nancy Peterson mentors young entrepreneurs “as much as I can” after selling HomeStars to the U.S. company, HomeAdvisor. Nancy is also tipping her hat to Bell’ s Let’s Talk campaign for raising awareness about mental health, as she helps someone close to her through some personal struggles. Also facing health challenges with courage and strength this year was Elizabeth (Beth) Morson , who

returned to work after breast cancer treatment only to face further surgery for a herniated disc. Beth plans to take the summer off at her cottage on Rideau Lake and invites us all to drop by. Mary Little suffered a stroke last Christmas that affected her right arm and leg, but found

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