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CLASS CORRESPONDENTS Simone Gennette O strander 543 N orth Trout Lake Drive Sanger, CA 9365 7

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Pat Gannon Roberts 1426 Boyle Avenue Escondido, CA 9 2027

Trudy (Crampton) Fabian '58 and today :l.&50&

:1.9&:I. CLASS CHAIRS Elizabeth (Korander) Bradley Elli (O'Donnell) Lorch Tippy (Gary) Thibodeau Mary Jane Tiernan CLASS CORRESPONDENTS Martha (Fiorino) Dowell 676 West Timberbranch Parkway Alexandria, VA 2230 2-3614

Bermuda shorts and smoking - two of the biggest trends in the 1950s. One of which was strictly prohibited at the San Diego College for Women. If you thought lighting up was forbidden, you'd be wrong, recalls Trudy (Crampton) Fabian, president of the Class of 1958. "Many of us smoked, and that was accept– ed," she says."But we certainly couldn't wear Bermuda shorts or pants. If we were going out, we'd wear trench coats over the shorts until we got off campus." The Religious of the Sacred Heart, who founded the college, set down well-defined rules and regulations, Fabian says, but none of the stu– dents minded. In return for abiding by curfew, dressing up for dinner and not holding hands on campus with their boyfriends, College for Women students were educated by some of the brightest scholars they would ever meet. Although the student body and faculty were small in those early years - "We rattled around in one building;' Fabian says - most of the nuns held doctorates. Lively discussions in the class– room carried over to evening talks in the resi– dence halls, where the nuns could often be found visiting with students. "The religious were very connected to the students," Fabian says."They had such a warm interest in each of us." When not studying, Fabian and her class– mates ordered up snacks at the soda fountain in Sacred Heart Hall or played cards (bridge was the game of choice) in a common room. Of course, venturing off campus to explore the city was as popular a pastime as any. Friday and Saturday nights were the best time for stealing away, with curfew as late as I a.m.Thanks to Fabian and her fellow student body officers, a successful campaign to change Wednesday night curfew from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. made a nice midweek getaway possible. The natural born leader is now a third– grade teacher in Menlo Park, Calif. She knew from a young age that education was her calling, and studied diligently while at the College for Women. But her most valued lesson wasn't from a book. The nuns taught this lesson by example. "The sisters taught me about accepting each child exactly as they are," Fabian says."They never gave up on anyone."

:1.953 CLASS CHAIR Therese (Truitt) Whitcomb, H onorary Chair :1.954 llll 45-Year Reunion Celebration Nov. 12-14, 1999

CLASS CHAIR Katite (McGonigle) Murtha

D ennis H alloran 1910 East Linger Lane Phoenix, A Z 850 20-442 7

:1.955 CLASS CHAIR Mary Scott

:1.9&2 CLASS CHAIRS Janet (Halla) Trily N ed Wilson

:1.95& CLASS CHAIRS Carol Dusler James V. Freed, H onorary Chair

UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Peggy [D'Agostino) Thompson recently retired from teaching in Las Vegas, Nev. Peggy and her husband, Don, also have spent 40 years in music ministry, and currently are music minister and choir director, respectively, for their church, St. Joseph H usband of Mary. Peggy plans on devoting more time to her ministries and her three children and grand– children.

CLASS CORRESPONDENT D iane (Sinclair ) Drew 2854 C reekside Road Santa Rosa, CA 95 405 :1.95& CLASS CORRESPONDENT N adine Israel Thomas

:1.9&3 CLASS CHAIRS H ank Acquarelli Penny (Nutting) G uthrie CLASS CORRESPONDENT Martha (Spiers) Lepore 750 F Avenue Coronado, CA 9 2 118 :1.9&4 llll 35-Year Reunion Celebration Nav. 12-14, 1999

2538 Tupelo D rive Augusta, GA 30909 nthomas204@aol.com

:1.959 40-Year Reunion Celebration Nov. 12-14, 1999

CLASS CHAIRS Angel (Kraemer) Kleinbub

GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI Mary E. Harvey (J.D.) has been retired for 10 years, and she's spending the time "catching up on 70 years of non-law reading."

CLASS CHAIR N oel H all

:I.S&C> CLASS CHAIRS John J. Bowman Karene (Lemke) Evenson

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