Jayne (Holmes) Arnold: I've marked my calendar for our 50th reunion - May 25 - 28, 2023 - and hope to see many classmates there. 

We've been able to see our daughters and their families quite often this past year. It's been fun cheering the grand-kids on in their respective sports (soccer, swimming and baseball) and having "gramma camp" for the 4 "grands" ages 4 - 14. Our previously cancelled trip (due to Covid, what else) to New England and the Maritime Provinces was rescheduled and we were lucky to have a wonderful trip. We returned home two weeks before Cyclone Fiona made landfall in Canada which was lucky for us, but not so much for the Canadians. We've managed to explore some new places and revisit some old ones this past year. I'm hoping for more adventures in the coming year.

Kitsy (Hanson) Abbott: Dealing with Alzheimer’s with both my mom and my husband. Challenging but a sense of humor is key. I have so much material for a sitcom!

Lee Alward: For more than twenty years I have volunteered with Orbis, which has a flying eye hospital that travels the world teaching eye surgery to ophthalmologists in areas with minimal resources. During the pandemic the plane was grounded. To keep the mission moving forward we began giving lectures by Zoom. I taught courses on glaucoma management in Mongolia and Zambia. I gave more Zoom lectures than any other volunteer faculty member, which led to my designation as a "Hero of Orbis". 

Jeff Bennett: I'm looking forward to the 50th reunion of Kenyon's undefeated 1972 football team! It will be great to see everyone!  

I am working part-time doing research in the archives of the "Collections" department of the Sloan Museum of Discovery in Flint, Michigan and am enjoying it very much. I am hoping to add a few more days to my schedule as time permits. I'm also doing some expert witness work for an attorney in Ohio. Susan and I are doing great! We're very involved with our four grandchildren and having a great time. All the best to my fellow classmates for a happy and enjoyable fall season!

Andrew Brilliant: I have just started a Master’s Program in Creative Writing at University of Massachusetts Boston. Going from being a Lord to an Owl and now becoming a Beacon, is that like being both a wave and a particle? You can email me at Andrew.Brilliant001@umb.edu with the answer. Also I can put you on the list for notice about readings and publications.

Scott “Commander” Douglas: After forty plus years of battling Greater Atlanta traffic, Debra and I have moved to Hilton Head and are enjoying semi-retirement. We were delighted when Dr. David Snell and his wife Kathy moved here from Southern California and are currently saddened that they are moving to the Pacific North West. We recently had a delightful visit from Andy Bourland and his wife Karan during which we were able to refresh many of the bad habits we so enjoyed as undergraduates. I am trying to stiff arm reality by working and working out part time in a gym and Debra is active in local charities and in retro-fitting EVERY room in our home. Most days I wake up and think: "Who ever dreamed we would live this long?"

Cathi (Sonneborn) Gilmore: My heart is repeatedly warmed by my new, and renewed, Kenyon connections. Among them: I have gotten to know Ingrid Goff-Maidoff ’85 whose most recent book of poetry, Wild Songs, speaks to our connection with the natural world and with each other. During these trying times, her poetry is a good reminder of what truly matters. In addition, Ingrid has opened an artisan gift shop, Tending Joy, in West Tisbury, MA; it is a delightful, colorful shop, full of poetry, inspiring cards, and international wares. I am also delighted by regular dinners with Kaj Wilson ’72, Laurie Sherwood, Joan Silverman, and Gail Woodhouse ’74. Kaj gets credit for bringing us together for evenings full of laughter and Kenyon memories. All of these connections make me excited for our 50th (what?) reunion!

Pegi Goodman: Looking forward to seeing ALL OF YOU at our reunion in May. Jan Guifarro and I (your social chairs) are working on plans for the weekend events. If you have any, send suggestions to pegi@pegigoodman.com. Be there or be square!

Bonnie Levinson: Enjoying living near the beach and working in my studio in the Arts district of Delray Beach. Looking forward to exploring the beauty of the natural habitats in Florida and discovering how it effects my artwork. Follow me @bonnielevinsonarts and Bonnielevinson.com.

James Loomis: I'm beginning my 42nd year with Cincinnati Public Schools in one capacity or another. I see the irony that someone who was such a mediocre student should spend so long in education. Perhaps I'm striving to atone for all my shortcomings as student. I know I've learned a lot as an adult working in high schools. I feel so privileged to go to school each day and contribute to the well-being of our community.

Edward “Mel” Otten: It has been 49 years since graduation and I have been working in the Emergency Department at The University of Cincinnati for 49 years. I would retire but I don't know how to do anything else and besides teaching a whole new generation of emergency physicians is quite fun.

Kerry Pechter: I paused my weekly newsletter, Retirement Income Journal, on July 1 in an effort to semi-retire and celebrated with trout fishing near Akureyri, Iceland, combined with writing a monograph on Iceland's pension system. But manic is evidently my only gear (besides zero) so I've started some new writing projects (re: retirement finance) and am now back to 80% self-employed workaholic mode. A hip issue eliminated running but I can hike and wade and have avoided titanium with Pilates and turmeric capsules. Since cataract removal, I can see the indicator or dry fly on the fishing line. It's all good... or at least not too bad.

Mary (Wampler) Rhodes: I’m busy making up for lost time since we didn’t have a women’s swim team at Kenyon in the early ‘70s. Swam a mile across the Hudson River this summer with my son (the Great Newburgh to Beacon Hudson River Swim) which I can’t wait to do again, and then last weekend won a bronze medal in the Illinois Senior Olympics for the 500-freestyle. Does anybody remember the old school pool in the dilapidated airplane hangar? Kenyon has come a long way!

Rob Rockhold: I retired June 30 as Deputy Chief Academic Officer at the University of Mississippi Medical Center after 39 years as researcher and administrator. Currently enjoying rural Southern life with wife of 43 years, who also recently retired from her rheumatology practice. Will return as Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology on Oct. 1. Looking forward to 50th reunion in 2023.

David Snell: Simultaneously gave up on the South Carolina 'Low Country" and retirement--relocating to Seattle to serve as Deputy Regional Flight Surgeon (acting) for the FAA NW/Mtn Region--7 states, 90K pilots and 1500 Air Traffic Controllers. Not much in the way of flying (only a desk) but more than angst from Controllers and Pilots. Spousal unit has only lived in California before heading to SC--lack of Trader Joes within driving distance and availability of water made the Pacific NW the choice of back to the workforce. Now in the position to certify senior airline pilots that I flew with in the USAF (back in the day when we both had the rank of captain). We'll miss the ongoing company and tales from Deborah and Scott Douglas - permanent residents now of Hilton Head Island--(known longer than most in my circle) but have been assured that their upstairs room is always available for short stays.

Douglas Thomson:  Douglas continues to practice medicine in Bowling Green, KY, but now as a part-time hospice physician and health department Tuberculosis physician. He still enjoys being married to Lucinda Neff Thomson. They stopped by Gambier this summer in route to the Finger Lakes and enjoyed seeing the campus and new construction. They escaped the tornado that hit Bowling Green this past December. “Total devastation just a few miles from our home but somehow, we managed to sleep through the whole thing.”

Julie Miller Vick: Jim Vick ’74 and I just returned from three weeks of traveling through Greece. We wandered there for our honeymoon in 1977, again in 1997 and 2001 with our children and just the two of us again in 2017. As Kenyon's first woman Classics major my study of and love for Greek history, language and culture has been a thorough line of my adult life. The trip started with the wedding of the cousin of our Canadian-Greek son-in-law on the island of Paros where two of our grandchildren were a flower girl and ring bearer. We traveled with them for a week exploring Paros, Naxos and Athens. When they left Greece to go home, we took off on our own, deep into the Peloponnese to Mystras, Monemvasia and Kardamyli stopping to visit archeological sites, abandoned mountain villages, and beaches when we needed a swim. In Kardamyli I was thrilled to visit the home of Patrick Leigh Fermor, an English writer and philhellene, I’ve long admired. We then flew to Crete where we revisited the old city of Chania and the resort area of Elounda on the east side of the island. We found the spot where Special Operations officer Patrick Leigh Fermor and Cretan resisters captured a German general during World War II. We also fulfilled my longtime desire to hike the Samaria Gorge, one of the largest gorges in Europe. The food was delicious, the people welcoming, the weather sunny, and we stayed healthy. I was briefly mistaken for being Greek at a restaurant when I was speaking Greek with a waiter – made my day! – although it was short lived when I had to ask him to speak slower.

Read notes from the Class of 1974 and the Class of 1972. 

1973
Annual Fund Total: $179,808  
Class Participation: 49.60%

Presidents Society
Donors of $50,000 or more
Bruce W. Duncan H'05*
Mark C. Rosenthal H'98*

Kokosing Society
Donors of $25,000 to $49,999
David H. Cannon*

Philander Chase Society
Donors of $10,000 to $24,999
Joan Andorfer (widow of Gregory P. Andorfer H'90) 
Steven A. Fineberg*
Alan E. Goldsmith*
Jan S. Guifarro*
Peter J. Pappas*
Thomas P. Stamp*

Bexley Society
Donors of $2,500 to $9,999
Jack Y. Au H'96*
Marcia Barr Abbot*
Kathryn Batchelder Cashman*
Peter M. Bloomfield*
John A. Davis*
Lauren Elliott Woolcott*
William R. Gorski MD*
Julia F. Johnson H'99*
Kurt Karakul P'03 '06 '08 '11 H'15*
James F. Loomis*
Julia Miller Vick P'12 H'97*

Richard S. Mulligan*
Susan E. Schroeter-Stokes P'11*
David J. Snell MD*
Robert C. Stoddart*
Candy D. Wallace P'01 '06*

Kenyon Society
Donors of $1,000 to $2,499
Thomas E. Allen*
Cathy A. Carter Godshall P'06*
Charles V. Contrada P'03*
Dixie Davidson Furlong*
Michael Duffy*
Robert B. Fath Jr. MD*
Linda A. Friedman*
Alan F. Frigy MD*
Cathi S. Gilmore*
Barbara J. Johnson P'99 '07*
Johnnie L. Johnson P'99 '07*
John A. Kirkpatrick III*
Christiana Maxwell*
M. Suzanne Mize, MD P'04*
Kristina Peterson H'98*
Dennis Pojani*
David L. Roberts*
Ross E. Tanoue MD*
James W. Taul Jr.*

Kenyon Society
Donors of $1 to $999
Wallace L. M. Alward MD*
Anonymous
William Bechtel*
Jeffrey L. Bennett*
Lynda J. Bernays*
Christopher A. Bloom Esq. P'04 '09*
Rodger C. Boe*
Michael W. Borkowski*
Michael J. Bradley DO*
James A. Brokaw II, PhD*
Marie Charvat*
Anne L. Dealy*
Patricia M. Eanet*
James T. Elliott Jr.*
Joseph P. Finnegan*
William K. Fuller*
Pegi Goodman P'09 '18*
Rick Gould*
Shelley A. Hainer*
Ulysses B. Hammond H'95*
Katherine Hart Sigrist*
Anita T. Havas 
Robert G. Hayes Jr.*
Robert Heaps 
John P. Higgins*
John M. Himmel*
Michael A. Hirschfeld*
Mark V. Holderman*
Jayne Holmes Arnold*
Robert Horowitz MD*
Margaret E. Howard*
Stephen H. Huber Sr.*
Mitchell L. Jablons MD*
Donna Kantey Parker*
Robert E. Kirkpatrick*
David L. Landefeld*
Bev Langstrom (widow of Michael Langstrom)*
Todd P. Leavitt P'10*
Doretha S. Leftwood*
Bonnie Levinson*
Laurel H. Libby*
David H. Linnenkohl*
James B. Lucas P'10 '11*
Lorene E. Ludy 
Laurel Marmel Leibowitz*
Eugenia V. McKee*
Barbara Milberg Sanders P'01*
Michael J. Miller*
Scott T. Miller MD*
Pamela Morgan Lutz*
James F. Musbach*
Ellen Pader 
Martha A. Palar*
Bintoar Palar*
Susan Paley Weaver*
Jeff Parker*
Kerry H. Pechter*
Edward H. Perry*
John B. Quinter 
Robyn N. Quinter 
Mark E. Rakoczy*
Mary W. Rhodes*
Jacqueline E. Robbins*
E. Robert Schellhase Jr.*
Linda A. Schuller 
Ronald A. Schwartz 
Stanley Sears (widower of Linda A. Sears)*
Charles H. Semple III*
Thomas P. Shantz*
Joan G. Silverman*
Ann Starr 
Robin C. Stevens*
Thomas L. Teicher*
David H. Thomas-Train*
Scott M. Univer 
Betsy Upton Stover H'95*
Jerrold C. Wood 
David C. Wright Jr.*
Lavinia A. Wright*
Marsha A. Wurtz*

George Wharton Marriott Society
These alumni have included Kenyon in their estate plans or have made other planned gifts.

Marcia Barr Abbot '73
Marie Charvat '73
John A. Davis '73
Bruce W. Duncan '73
Carol E. Eyler '73†
Steven A. Fineberg '73
Alan E. Goldsmith '73
Pegi Goodman '73 P'09 P'18
William R. Gorski '73
James H. Hodge '73 and Carole Artman-Hodge '73
Thomas W. Howard '73
Beverly A. '73 and Michael Langstrom '71†
Bonnie Levinson '73
James F. Loomis '73
James B. Lucas '73
Eugenia V. McKee '73
David L. Roberts '73
Thomas P. Stamp '73
Robert C. Stoddart '73
Thomas L. Teicher '73
Julia Miller Vick '73 P'12 H'97 and James W. Vick '74 P'12

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