Chronicle 2017

CLASS NEWS

CLASS OF 1973

$ 8,832

CLASS OF 1973 ENDOWMENT TOTAL AS AT MAY 31, 2017

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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