RE Log Spring 2019

SPRING 2019 Ransom Everglades LOG 41 Lisa Shaw writes, “Our three-year ad- venture in Barcelona ends this summer as my oldest daughter, Sophia, heads to Bowdoin College in Maine and my 14-year-old twins, Owen and Charlotte, enter high school in Washington, D.C. (Huge shout out to Kate Sullivan Lindseth ’75 for her exceptionally professional and skilled college counsel- ing support with Lindseth Consulting.) For now, we’re enjoying our wonderful Catalan community and knocking out our ‘You Gotta See This!’ bucket list. With our return I’m looking forward to the Shaw clan ( Scott Shaw ’78, Tom Shaw ’79 ) hosting more D.C. area events including a gathering on the tall ship Providence. For now, we’re enjoy- ing our social media connections with RE alums all over the globe like Kit Pancoast ’77 in Tokyo (Follow her gorgeous Facebook posts of art, poetry and culture!), Patty Shillington ’77 , now a professor at the University of Massachusetts, Leslie Lipton ’75 , who created a meaningful literacy foundation http://www.mjproject.org , and so many other alums who are doing amazing things every single day.” 1978 Class Agents: Meg Thomson Daly (losdalys@bellsouth.net) , Vivian Blount Schile (vbschile@aol.com) Meg Thompson Daly writes, “My husband John Daly and I welcomed our first grandchild Lucas Parker Daly into the world on May 9, 2018, in New York City. We are so proud of son Sean Daly and daughter-in-law Anna Baez Daly for being such loving and committed parents. We also are excited the grow- ing family has moved back to Miami to raise their children and pursue wonderful career opportunities in technology and architecture.” 1979 REUNION YEAR Class Agents: Chip Cole (chip.cole@ usi.com) , Lorraine Dan (grnddesign@ bellsouth.net) , Anthony Rolle (aar- olle5@aol.com) Jana Ranieri Cortina writes, “In February of 2018 I joined a law firm in Tampa as Lead Trial Attorney. After my daughter’s graduation from high school in 2017, I was finally able to return to the workforce full-time. While I loved living in Gainesville, Fla., I am happy to be close to the ocean once again. Tampa is beautiful and my work is challenging and rewarding. Come visit me anytime!” 1980 Class Agents: Arden Magoon Karson ( ardenkarson@gmail.com) , David Scharlin (david@scharlin.com ) 1981 Class Agent: Lisa Landy ( llandy420@gmail.com) Andy Ansin writes, “The Ansin Family spent the winter break on the west coast. Sophie ’25 is enjoying her first year at RE and Helen is hoping to join her in the fall. Tanya is busy at Lehrman School working on planning a new indoor gym. Andy is busy at RE as chair of the board of trustees and helping get the new STEM project out of the ground. 2019 will be an exciting year!” Lisa Landy writes, “ Alex Glaskowsky Leavell, Tammy Ho , Julie Reese Walsh and I attended a performance at Second City in Chicago on January 1, 2019. In December, we held a mini-re- union at my house. Seated L-R: Rachael Isan, Suzanne Slonim, Jodie Kurstin Ostrovsky and Diana Simonhoff Greenwell . Standing L-R: Debbie Sirkin , me and David Bloom .” Susan Smith Lilly writes, “I did take a really nice trip back home to England and Scotland in September and participated in the Make-A-Wish 28.3 mile Trailblaze Challenge in October, raising money to grant wishes to seriously ill children. I am currently a registered nurse at Western NC Community Health in Asheville, N.C. I work with the uninsured, so we face many challenges daily. I am so proud to have two grown sons, ages 32 and 30. One is a physicist and the other a pilot. I love hiking, photography, traveling and going flying with my son. I am very lucky to live in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. I hope to make it back to South Florida one of these days to get together with some old RE friends. Thanks to Facebook, we have been able to keep in touch.”