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CLASS OF 1973
CLASS OF 1973 ENDOWMENT
TOTAL AS AT MAY 31, 2017
$
8,832
CLASS REPS: Lolly Gillen and Shelagh Speers
Pamela (Pam) Baker Glassoff
has been a Californian
for 43 years! She went west to study est, got married
and raised a son on a commune, earned a BA in ethnic
studies and has worked for 20 years for a San Francisco
non-profit.
Lorraine Baker
sold her home in Quebec
and moved into a bungalow in Perth, ON to give her
new pooch a backyard. She is still golfing and curling. In
Newfoundland,
Liz Belshaw
volunteers and works part
time. With both sons in Toronto, Liz and Bill visit often
and also travelled to St. Lucia, Jasper, Ottawa and Florida.
Patti Bunston Gunn
, proud grandma to 3-year-old
granddaughter Brooke and year-old grandson William, says
“It’s the best!” In B.C.,
Janet Frost
and Brian are preparing
for daughter Clare’s summer wedding in Switzerland and
B.C. Clare is a clinical psychologist in Zurich and daughter
April is a research scientist in D.C. Janet’s sister bought a
summer home in P.E.I. on the advice of
Janet (Jan) Davies
.
As president of Squash Canada,
Lolly Gillen
attended
WSF meetings in London and Hong Kong to make squash
an Olympic sport. Inducted into the Toronto Cricket
Club Squash Hall of Fame, Lolly won her 50th doubles
title while juggling real estate clients. She recently sold
Lollywood with an option to rent.
Anne Grosskurth
went
to London in 1980 for a master’s at University College
and never returned! Married for 35 years, Anne and Julian
have two adult sons. After a career in the U.K. civil service
in public health regulation, Anne took early retirement for
MS but doesn’t let it stop her from enjoying life!
Susan (Sue) Jones Escoffery
’s visit to China with her
daughter on a birth-parent search yielded no answers,
but turned her daughter into a social media darling! Her
story was on national TV and trended everywhere.
Judy
Lamb-Jacobs
’s son Michael and his wife, who have a
darling 18-month-old, are expecting identical twin girls –
three grandbabies under two!
Mairy Lloyd Merkley
has
taken up flamenco and Argentine tango dancing. During
a month in Morocco, she rode a camel into the Sahara
and slept under the stars!
Leslie (Helga) McLeod
, still
at Osgoode, will travel with Ignace to England in May
to see daughter Olivia receive her PhD in biochemistry
from the University of Cambridge. On Salt Spring Island,
B.C.,
Anne Palmer
’s creating a self-sufficient mini-farm
with hens, greenhouse, fruit trees, herb and vegetable
gardens and water catchment tank, and loving island life
year-round.
Lynn (Plummer) Morse
and Paul sold their home,
bought and renovated a condo, moved, became empty
nesters and took a Caribbean cruise. No retirement plans
for Lynn!
Sara (Sally) Southey
lost her battle with an
Ottawa high-rise developer, and joined the boards of
Consumers Council of Canada and the Blue Sea Lake
Watershed Association. She enjoys consulting as well as
travelling with Ben, newly retired.
Shelagh Speers
, back
in Toronto for “three funerals and a wedding” this year,
just finished authoring an English-language textbook for
children.
Julie Todd McMeekin
’s daughter Anna got
married, and daughter Eve got engaged. Julie enjoyed
welcoming classmates to ArteMbassy in May.
Make plans NOW to attend our 45th Reunion in
October 2018!
All smiles in the Class of 1973.
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