Sheherazade spun records for a lousy 1001 nights: I’d been spinning records, tapes and discs for over 6001 nights until April 28, 2007. I retired as the all-night classical DJ at WQXR radio in New York City after 26-1/2 years. A semi-retired obstetrician-gynecologist and expert in infertility, he is still involved, after helping make many babies, with endocrinological research and teaching. Hussein is widowed, with two children and three grandchildren whom I’m enjoying getting to know better. Hussein Amin-Salem, whom I met when giving a talk to a group of Egyptian-Americans. It’s nice to be reconnected with BMC friends and to know that the bonds are still there.įrom Nimet Habachy: On June 24, 2007, I married Dr. We stopped in Zurich for a brief visit with Sibyl Kleeman Frischknecht, her husband Max and daughter Stephanie. Soon after the reunion my husband and I traveled to Bregenz, Austria, where I lectured at an exhibition of “my” artist, Angelica Kauffman. I’ve been telling everyone how much fun it was to spend time with so many smart, accomplished, interesting, and interested women of a certain age. Wendy Wassyng Roworth: Reunion was a wonderful, energizing experience.
Bev’s Saturday soirée gave me a new food passion: scroppino, the lemon sorbet blended with Prosecco. I’m so glad that Elana was the co-manager this time around. Renée Allard Betts: It was quite amazing how many people came to reunion, and so many with spouses or significant others or with daughters. The individual write-ups are treasures we will keep.
We thoroughly enjoyed the President’s dinner, getting acquainted with Rockefeller dorm, touring the campus, and the Illumination event. Hilary Hosmer: Bob and I had a wonderful time. The good feelings generated by our reunion have rippled out like the rings from a pebble dropped in a quiet pond. He said the warmth and gladness among the men there was startling. My Significant Other, David, was so moved that he attended his own reunion at Christ Church, Oxford–something he has never done. Robin Kadison Berson: The reunion was a deeply reassuring few days I guess at this moment we can recognize the value of human connectedness. We owe it all to the tireless work of Renée Allard Betts and Elana Klausner Vikan, Reunion Co-Managers, to Terry and Lynette Palmer Perkins, Class Collectors, to Penny, to Alma, and to Jeanne Lance for coordinating and editing our reunion book, Continuing Reflections. Equally stunning was the news from Class Collector Terry Newirth that we’d contributed $292,729 to the Annual Fund this year–at 73% participation–the largest gift of any class. Sunday morning we paraded to Goodhart Hall and heard a stunning speech by Class President Penny Milbouer about literature and life. (Hear Ruth’s commentaries at That night we dined at Wyndham and gathered at the home of Beverly Lange Baserga for conversation and Margaret Edwards’ valuable instructions on writing memoirs.
Ruth Levy Guyer read selections from her new book, Baby at Risk, at a book-signing event. At our class meeting, Joan Zakon Borysenko helped us remember who we were and how we’ve grown. Carol Banquer instructed some of us in Pilates early Saturday morning. We ate with Nancy Vickers and sang with songmistress Alma Lee Carpenter Friday night. Reunion was wonderful! A total of 74 of us were on the Bryn Mawr campus that weekend.