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Reunion 2006

Reunion 2006. A few of the wonderful folks that bring you Reunion …. Outgoing WCAA president Pat Pinkowski ’70, director Judy Waldron, trustee Stevie Bentzen Snook ’69 and incoming trustee Doris Ning Wong ’62 attend to last minute details. Reunion 2006.

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Reunion 2006

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  1. Reunion 2006

  2. A few of the wonderful folks that bring you Reunion … Outgoing WCAA president Pat Pinkowski ’70, director Judy Waldron, trustee Stevie Bentzen Snook ’69 and incoming trustee Doris Ning Wong ’62 attend to last minute details. Reunion 2006

  3. Student workers assist loyal WCAA staffer Kaye Wolke with registration and early arrivals at Peabody. Reunion 2006

  4. Among the early arrivals: Jean Fudge ’81, Chris Kerosky ’81, Thad Kerosky ’07 (Chris’s nephew) and Laura Zappia ’81. Together again: Judi Rosenthal Pollak ’82 and Michael Kent ’81 (far right) welcome classmates, Ron Kravitz and Doug Elsass, from the Reunion across the street. Reunion 2006

  5. A different kind of Western merger: Kent Ernsting ’78 is married to WCP Chief Divisional Advisor Kim Ernsting. The Peabody steps – always a favorite spot to hang out. Reunion 2006

  6. A sneak preview of things to come in Archives … Reunion 2006

  7. Bea Low Notley ’42 shows daughter Marianne a favorite professor in the ’42 Multifaria, and Ting Gant, the digital initiatives librarian from MU’s King Library who designed the new Archives website, receives congratulations from Carol Silvernail Swager ’56. Reunion 2006

  8. Archivist Jacky Johnson, garbed in Western blue for the occasion, is understandably happy about the latest project of the WCMA. Reunion 2006

  9. The 50-year class requested an afternoon tea, so tea and crumpets it is! Their colors, jade and gray, are interpreted in boas and beads modeled by Joyce Roark Phillips, Carol Morton Friedman, Helen Potts Felsenthal, Roberta Hoover Chafee, Joan Anderson Kafer and Carol Silvernail Swager. Reunion 2006

  10. Tuffy’s sweet rolls (and popcorn) are fun food at the Lodge for Barbara Johnson Mecklenborg, Pris Strand Berry and Mary Ann McCain Lynch from the Class of ’53, and “Van” Vandersluis, Nancy Hon Krauth, CeCe Griffin Waggoner and Ruth McVicker Rhodenbaugh from the Class of ’51. Reunion 2006

  11. Three stalwarts from the Class of ’50 who never miss a Reunion: Louise Wilson Braley, Diane Heckert Staub and Ginnie Hirschfield Tribble. Along the walk to Peabody, our Western cheerleader provides many an irresistible photo op! Reunion 2006

  12. Friday evening is for meeting and greeting! Edie Taylor Molumby ’66 and her husband meet J.B. Jones Greenfield ’66, and Anne Adkins Weissenborn ’61 greets guest Jane Russell. Reunion 2006

  13. Susan Ray Woodworth ’66 talks with classmate Suzanne Lutz May and husband Bernie. Reunion 2006

  14. Greetings continue for Carol Stone Lehman ’67 and her husband, but for roomies Patty Van Auken Robinson and Sally Derby Miller, both ’56, it’s just hugs and grins. Reunion 2006

  15. Reception under the trees. Reunion 2006

  16. while Ben Gibbons ’94 and his bride, Michelle, sit one out on the Peabody porch. Genevieve O’Malley Knight ’04 and Ann Rosenfield ’83 are deep in conversation, Reunion 2006

  17. Reunion committee chair Greta Pope Wimp ’74 awards the first prize goody basket to Yvonne Beaumont McCullough ’51, winner of the game. Neal Cantrell ’81 and Bea Low Notley ’42 help each other fill in the blanks on their “Get-to-know-your-Westerners” game sheets. Reunion 2006

  18. Four trustees ready to open the gift shop! Reunion 2006

  19. It’s a bird, it’s a … tree! Genevieve Knight and Judy Waldron lead the tree walk very early Saturday morning. Reunion 2006

  20. We still love a parade! And it never rains on ours. Reunion 2006

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  23. A very strong showing by the 25-year class! And a new flag for the Class of ’84! Reunion 2006

  24. Staff and trustees from the WCAA and WCP review the year’s activities at the annual meeting. Reunion 2006

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  26. Charles Nies, Assistant Dean, explains the WCP academicexperience and introduces Shaina Horner ’06, who is completing her senior project, titled The Impact of Border Cultures on Gender Roles: Tijuana as a Case Study. Reunion 2006

  27. Anne Towne ’09, talks about the WCP community experience followed by a presentation on changes in the WCP by Advisory Council Chair Ben Gibbons ’94 and Dean Bill Gracie. Reunion 2006

  28. and Reunion chair Greta Pope Wimp ’74 presides over the induction ceremony. At the Meily Society luncheon, Nancy Hon Krauth ’56 gives the invocation, Reunion 2006

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  30. Our Wise Able Vital Elders flash "the W-A-V-E." Reunion 2006

  31. Alums participate in an interactive presentation of the experience of Freedom Summer ’64 on the Western campus, led by Miami students. Reunion 2006

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  33. Miami theatre professor Ann Elizabeth Armstrong is the coordinator of a number of interdisciplinary and collaborative projects planned over the next several years to tell the story of Freedom Summer ’64. The presentation ends at the Freedom Summer Memorial amphitheater, with small group discussions of the book, Letters from Mississippi. Reunion 2006

  34. Westerners of all eras pack Peabody fourth to plan the strategy for presenting to the Miami Board of Trustees an argument in favor of continuing the Western Program. Reunion 2006

  35. A tent, a martini bar, and a musical ensemble make for plenty of summertime congeniality on Patterson Place lawn. Reunion 2006

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  37. Meanwhile, back on the Patterson Place porch steps the awesome Class of ’81 gathers for yet another picture. Reunion 2006

  38. Could smiles be any broader than those of WCP alums (below) Stephanie Wagner '84, Genevieve O'Malley Knight '04 and Ann Rosenfield '83? How about the grins (right) of Debbie McDuffie '71, Rita Greene ’73 and Renee Harris Yates ’72? Later at the Saturday evening banquet, Ann and Debbie were introduced as winners of the 2006 Alumnae Service Award. Reunion 2006

  39. Retiring WCP faculty Gail DellaPiana and Terry Perlin are honored at the banquet. Reunion 2006

  40. Our hearts are touched by the words of three Western deans: Bill Gracie, Curt Ellison and Phyllis Hoyt. Reunion 2006

  41. Greta Wimp sings "The Prayer," from her CD The Western Spirit Lives On, in Kumler Chapel. Reunion 2006

  42. We form an “unbroken circle” at the conclusion of the program. Thanks are owed to program participants Betty “Van” Vandersluis ’51, Greta Pope Wimp ’74, Eleanore Vail FF, Anne Adkins Weissenborn ’61, Barbara Kuemmerlein Beesley ’56, John Rego ’81 and Curt Ellison HA. Reunion 2006

  43. Phyllis Hoyt's memoir, Where the Peonies Bloomed, is still a best-seller at Reunion. Reunion 2006

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  45. Sunday morning’s farewell brunch – a family affair! John Rego, chapel speaker, and family, Nelle Sicher Frisch ’46 and daughter. Reunion 2006

  46. Sunday brunch: one final delicious meal for the road, featuring edible orchids and -- what else? -- blueberries! Reunion 2006

  47. Reunion 2007, June 15-17: Western Around the World! Will you be there? Reunion 2006

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