RE Log Fall 2019

FALL 2019 Ransom Everglades LOG 69 1971 Class Agent: Debi Yohn (drdebiyohn@me.com) Susan Schreiber writes, “Thought that I would share this pic of Claudia Aronow ’71, Susan Matson Lampen ’71 and me. The occasion was my daughter’s wedding in Naples, Fla., on March 2, 2019. It was a really nice re- union! I look forward to our 50th.” 1972 Class Agents: Leslie Wakefield Buchanan (Tkdlb52@aol.com ), Sarah Miller (sjm2go@gmail.com ) Laurel Ann Keeley , see In Loving Memory. 1973 Please consider becoming a class agent. 1974 Class Agent: Georgia Penn Noble (gpn56@comcast.net ) During Laurel Allen’s trips to England, the British complained to her that American diplomats were not well informed about British social skills and social norms. The result was that the American diplomats caused the British distress. For more on this, see Robert Hardman’s new book entitled Queen of the World . It documents a number of such incidents. The British inspired Laurel to do something about this problem. The problem was discussed in some of her classes at Teacher’s College Columbia University. Today, Laurel and a British company are developing a knowledge test of British manners. Those who cannot pass this test are urged to take a course concerned with British social skills. Additionally, Laurel has founded a charity entitled “Friends of International Cultural Education” ( www.friendsice. org ). This charity was founded so that others who are interested in this problem may also be involved in fixing it. 1975 Class Agent: Kate Sullivan Lindseth (katelindseth@gmail.com) Jeri (Waxenberg) Wolfson writes, “Women artists on the rise! Just wanted to share that after 37 years building a collection of women modernists I will have paintings represented at The Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Mass., July 6-October 6, 2019: ‘Escaping Georgia’s Shadow’ – the paintings of Ida O’Keeffe that originated at the Dallas Museum of Art. At the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Feb-June 2021: ‘Another World: The Transcendental Painting Group, 1938-1945,’ Agnes Pelton. At the Whitney Museum of Art, N.Y., March 13-June 28, 2020, ‘Desert Transcendentalist,’ Agnes Pelton. Other museums include: Crocker Art Museum, Philbrook, Albuquerque, Palm Springs, New Mexico Museum Santa Fe, Phoenix, Anchorage, Nevada Art Museum, Beijing, China.” Over 75 alumni gathered for the annual New York City area alumni reception hosted by Ransom Everglades at the Yale Club on January 29, 2019. Pictured L-R: Roxana Vadia Morgenstern ’75 , Head of School Penny Townsend, Jennifer Newman Bernstein ’99, Ed Casal ’75 and Kate Sullivan Lindseth ’75. Ransom Everglades School 1976 Class Agents: Beth Kaiser (beth33156@yahoo.com) , Chris Moore (shotmasterpro@yahoo.com ), Debbie Turner (djt_jd4sobe@yahoo.com) Seth Rosen writes, “Our daughter Samantha graduated from the University of Maryland College Park with two degrees – journalism and govern- ment – graduating with honors from both schools. She is now working in Washington, D.C.” 1977 Class Agent: Lisa Shaw (LisaShaw@aol.com) Tom Flipse, see Annie Flipse ’86. 1978 Class Agents: Meg Thomson Daly (losdalys@bellsouth.net) , Vivian Blount Schile (vbschile@aol.com) Meg Thomson Daly , Founder of Friends of The Underline, spoke to Ransom Everglades upper school stu- dents last April as part of an assembly in honor of Earth Day. There, she shared her story: When she broke both arms during a fall from her bicycle six years ago, her incapacity and the accompany- ing inconvenience led to the best idea she’s ever had. She couldn’t drive, so she traveled on the Metrorail and traversed the walking paths underneath to her doctor’s appointments. As she surveyed the neglected swath of land under the