RE Log Spring 2021

SPRING 2021 Ransom Everglades LOG 55 – and explores the value that landscape architecture brings to a project. Designed by Irma Boom, the book offers a collage of projects, sketches, bright colours and insightful analyses, and also includes an introduction by landscape architect Charles Birnbaum. 1969 Class Agent: Lili Krech Neale (liliandy@bellsouth.net ) Candace Shedden Donnelly writes, “As I sit around during this pandemic, reading, watching TV, playing bridge on-line, doing jigsaw puzzles and playing some tennis, I certainly can’t say I don’t have time to write a little something for the ‘Class Notes.’ In fact, I have too much time on my hands and find myself sitting in my chair, aghast at the sad, crazy happenings in the news on TV. The insurrection at our Capitol was just a few days ago, and it’s hard to believe our country looked and acted like a third- world country. I hope and pray that by February, America will have regained some of our sanity and will start to heal the deep fissures in our national fabric. Mike and I are well and looking forward to getting vaccinated soon. Both of us have had to put our bridge teaching on hold since March 15, 2020, because play- ing bridge in a room full of tables is one of the most dangerous things we could do, with being in very close proximity and the hands and cards being handled by many people. We don’t know when bridge clubs will reopen, but it won’t be anytime soon. My biggest disappoint- ment during the pandemic (which in the scheme of things is pretty minor) is that my son and daughter-in-law had their seventh child (!) – a boy – this past June we and missed the birth. We had a trip scheduled to see them but, of course, had to cancel. They now have three teenage girls and four boys under 10. They’re doing wonderfully, and we can’t wait until we can go visit and hug them all. One of the joys we’ve experienced this past year was using our free time to keep in better touch with friends and family. I hardly knew one of my brothers-in-law, but we’ve been texting daily about our lives, marveling at how much we have in common and have become very close. I hope you all are faring this storm safely and that this new vaccine will bring this terrible episode to an end.” Carolyn Singer Bollinger, see Joan Singer ’71 , In Loving Memory 1970 REUNION YEAR Class Agents: Gail Beckham (gailbeckham@gmail.com ), Melinda Cowen (melinda@cowendesign.com) , Cree McDougal Scudder (creescudder@gmail.com ) Cree McDougal Scudder writes, “Hello Class of ’70!!! Since graduating from Everglades School for Girls and the University of Florida, I’ve enjoyed my life filled with opportunities in Princeton, N.J., (20 years), La Jolla, Calif., (20) and re-discovered Vero Beach, Fla., in 2017. I have been happily married to my husband Ned for over 40 years. We have a son (Ford) and daughter (Shelby), plus three granddaughters and one grandson. Ned continues to follow his automo- tive passions and I continue painting … we are both happy, which makes life extremely pleasant!” 1971 REUNION YEAR Class Agent: Debi Yohn (drdebiyohn@me.com) Joan Singer ’71 , see In Loving Memory 1972 Class Agents: Leslie Wakefield Buchanan (Tkdlb52@aol.com ), Sarah Miller (sjm2go@gmail.com ) Leslie Wakefield Buchanan writes, “The attached photo was taken in Wisconsin where the Buchanan Family was able to gather once in 2020 and considered ourselves very blessed to be able to do so.” L-R: Britt Reynolds; Buoy; Katie Buchanan Reynolds ’01 and Cooper Reynolds; Leslie Wakefield Buchanan with newest grandson, Colin Buchanan; Joe Buchanan and Missy; Ethan Buchanan; Sarah Buchanan; and Tom Buchanan ’03 Linda Rogers Buermann , see Eric Buermann ’69 Ransom School Ericka Kaplan writes, “After four-and- a-half decades of working, raising three kids and living both in and out of the U.S., this is what it’s all come to. (See photo below.) Here’s hoping the rest of my classmates of ’72 are doing well.” Ericka lives in Olympia, Wash. 1973 Please consider becoming a class agent. 1974 Class Agent: Georgia Penn Noble (gpn56@comcast.net ) Mary Kirkpatrick, see Paul Curtin ’72, In Loving Memory