RE Log Fall 2018

70 Ransom Everglades LOG )$// Class N e Jan Rose Peltz writes, “My husband, Arvin, and I just sold our Coral Gables home of 29 years. We are retiring in beautiful Telluride, Colo. We are thrilled to have our two-month-old grandson, Liam, in our lives.” 1975 Class Agents: Kate Sullivan Lindseth (katelindseth@gmail.com) , Jeri Wolfson (jlw@jlwcollection.com ) Mary Cole Binder, Kate Sullivan Lindseth and Jaymie Meyer attended the wedding of Ed Casal and Adora Fou in New York City last May. Debbie Massey Cavanaugh won eight medals in the women’s 60-64 age group at the YMCA Masters National Championship at the Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Complex last April as her husband &DY ZRQ ¿YH JROG PHGDOV 7KH PHHW attracted some 425 swimmers from 47 <0&$ WHDPV IURP DFURVV WKH 8QLWHG States. Participants ranged in age from 19 to over 90. Debbie won bronze medals in the 50-yard backstroke, 200 back, 50 back, 100 individual medley, 100 breast and 200 medley. She claimed silvers in the 200 breast and 100 back. A former swim and water polo coach at RE, Debbie swam IRU WKH 8QLYHUVLW\ RI 0LDPL DQG ZRQ WZR national team championships (1975-76 and 1977-78). 1976 Class Agents: Cherry Krech Fulcher (cnfulch@aol.com) , Beth Kaiser (beth33156@yahoo.com) , Chris Moore (shotmasterpro@yahoo.com ) Debbie Turner (djt_jd4sobe@yahoo.com) Rob Koeppel , see In Loving Memory, page 88. Michael Lesser is the Hazardous Material Manager for Crowley Liner & /RJLVWLFV IRU WKH 8QLWHG 6WDWHV &DQDGD Caribbean and Central America. Jamieson Thomson Thomas gradu- ated from School of Visual Arts in New York City in August with an MFA in Art Practice. In July, she presented her MFA Art Practice thesis exhibit called “The 5LSSOH (ɣHFW ´ 7KH WLWOH DGGUHVVHV KHU RZQ family’s environmental legacy – posi- tive and negative – across generations, according to a news release from Parasol Projects in New York City. She was deeply LQÀXHQFHG E\ KHU JUHDW JUDQGPRWKHU and recalls sitting in a circle with her and other family members as they knitted and shared stories about their lives. Jamieson views knitting as an act of nurturing, sharing and bonding that stands in stark contrast to our failed stewardship of the natural environment. The project com- menced with her research into myth, history and environmental science. “This was followed by 175 hours of transcrib- ing culturally diverse stories and myths of the aqueous world – benign and feared – onto strips of scavenged plastic trash, which she knitted into a massive 22-foot blanket,” the release stated. “By collect- ing trash, cleaning it, writing on it and NQLWWLQJ LW LQWR D VFXOSWXUH >-DPLHVRQ@ highlights the centrality of domestic skills WUDGLWLRQDOO\ LGHQWL¿HG DQG EHOLWWOHG DV female. With a series of photos, sculptures DQG D FRQFHSWXDO LQVWDOODWLRQ >VKH@ SUR- vocatively conveys the damage caused by our feckless despoiling of the air, soil and atmosphere that is our lifeblood. Creating this work was an extended mediation that deepened her personal commitment to HQYLURQPHQWDO VWHZDUGVKLS WKH ¿QLVKHG work compels each of us to reassess our own.” Jamieson currently lives and works in Orlando. Her work can be viewed at www.jamiesonthomas.com. 1977 Class Agent: Lisa Shaw (LisaShaw@ aol.com) Jon Goldstein , see Scott Tornek ’83. Lisa Shaw writes, “Hola! Still enjoying life with three teenagers in Barcelona and love having friends pass through our adopted hometown. On frequent visits EDFN WR 8 6 , WKRURXJKO\ HQMR\ FDWFK- ing up with Georgia Penn Noble ’74 , Kathryn Lotspeich Villano ’83 , David Villano ’79 , Kate Sullivan Lindseth ’75 and other longtime RE pals. We’ll KHDG EDFN WR WKH 8 6 LQ -XO\ ɳɱɲɺ DIWHU my eldest daughter graduates from high school here and gets ready to start college in New England. My younger kids and I will make our new home in Alexandria just outside Washington, D.C., as they enter high school. (Yes, they’re young; I’m not.) For now, following RE pals on Facebook keeps us happily connected to everyone’s crazy life adventures.” (Photo L-R: Charlotte, Owen and Sophia) 1978 Class Agents: Meg Thomson Daly (losdalys@bellsouth.net) , Vivian Blount Schile (vbschile@aol.com) Marina Angleton and Nancy Coudriet Bolen had a mini-reunion in April in New York City when both traveled there for work and to visit their adult children. They missed Megan Walker Rose but all stay in touch on a regular basis. Meg Thomson Daly writes, “Lucas Parker Daly was born May 9, 2018, at Mt. Sinai in New York City to proud parents Anna Baez Daly and Sean Daly, grandparents Meg Thomson Daly and John Daly and aun- tie Alex Daly ’06 . We hope to lure little Lucas Parker and his parents KRPH ZLWK WKH IXWXUH 8QGHUOLQH DQG D great education at Ransom Everglades.”