Class of 1974 - Wheaton College Massachusetts

Welcome

Dear Class of 1974,

Hoping you have already registered for reunion weekend, May 17 – 19! Over the next few weeks you will hear from classmates sharing why they plan to attend and encouraging each of us to join them. Please read below to read the current classmate stories.

Warmly,

Priscilla Brown Carey

Class Leadership

Secretary/Class Notes- Sarah Adams
Class President- Priscilla (Brown) Carey
Wheaton Fund Co-Chair- Nancy (Tuck) Echlov
Wheaton Fund Co-Chair- Nancy Lord
Class Treasurer- M. J. Morrow
Class Vice President- Michelle Ritz

Classmate Stories

Kim Bedle Robey

I have been to most of our reunions and I can honestly say I have enjoyed them all. In the early ones it was great to catch up with Wheaton friends. In the later ones I found equal reward by hearing the stories of classmates I did not know at Wheaton. We have a strong common bond which becomes more precious as we age.

One of my favorite quotes which is sometimes used as the benediction at the end of an Episcopal service is “Life is short, and we do not have much time to gladden the hearts of those who make the journey with us. So be swift to love and make haste to be kind.” -Henri Frederic Amiel.

Krys Kornmeier

I’ve been to all but one reunion, and despite the differences from one to the next, the word that best describes my take away every time is CONNECTION. At this point our classmate connection has broadened far beyond our years at Wheaton; it is the shared experience of being women our age in these times, and all that entails.

I don’t know what our 45th will bring, but I do know when it’s over I will have strengthened connections with old friends and forged new connections with others, marveled at Wheaton’s campus, likely consumed a few glasses of wine, reminisced about the old days, speculated about the days ahead, and laughed til my sides ache. I will also feel more connected to a marvelous group of women, to a place that continues to nurture the minds and hearts of the next generation, and to myself.

Maxine Phillips Blackman

In the forty-five years since graduation, I have often thought about how well the years I spent at Wheaton with y’all were an exact fit in the jigsaw puzzle that is my abundant life. Having been involved in the life of the college in different ways over the years, I was proud to attend our 25th, 35th and 40th class reunions. On these occasions, I had opportunities to spend more time with the people I knew, while at the same time getting to know classmates whom I hadn’t known as well. My memories of the grown-up comforts of the reunion dorm, the music played by the band at the reunion party, and the hours we spent catching up on each other’s lives makes me eager to sit down with you in a few short weeks at our 45th Reunion to continue this conversation.

Save the Date

45th Reunion

May 17–19, 2019

Long “Lost” Classmates

Over the years, Wheaton has lost touch with a number of our alumni. Please take a minute to review the following “lost” classmates for whom we do not have mailing information. We would like for all alumni to receive information from the college and be invited to attend reunions. Do you have information on a classmate listed below?

Please email wheatonfund@wheatoncollege.edu or direct a classmate to update their information here.

Valerie (Harrold) Alston
June Anderson
Audrey Burchell
Marjorie (Branson) Byrne
Linda Byron
C. Suzanne “Susie” (Otto) Carter
Kathryn (Giordano) Cianci
Christine Coburn
Mary Coupe-Mitchell
Cathy Cushing
Gayl (Gonczewski) Czaplicki
Elizabeth “Betsy” Densmore
Terese (Kozlowsky) Fernandez
Patricia Ferrara
Diane Florini
Marilyn Formal
Sylvia Gaylord
Carol (Simpson) Guthe
Johanna Haagen-Smit
Mary Jean Howard-Hill
Louise (Warwick) Hutchinson
Sara (Yang) HuYoung
Laverne Ifill
Martha “Molly” Ingram
Cynthia (Shanley) Johnson
Beth Levin
Berta (Bermudez) Long
Sarah “Sukey” Lutman
Leslie (Bermingham) Madden
Doralen Marshall
Caroline McCarley
Gwendolyn (Wall) Merrill
Margaret “Meg” (Brinster) Michael
Gayle (Gilman) Michalec
Allie Middleton
Martha (McCurdy) Moran
Billie Jean Nebesky
Patricia (Nazzaro) Newman
Melissa Phillips
Cynthia Prescott
Judith Princz
Susan (Flatley) Schroeder
Ellen (Royal) St. Germain
Mary (Johns) Sullivan
Sandra Thomson
Delmire Tillman-Fisher
Linda (Smith) Unland
Elizabeth (Lee) Varley
Pamela Walton
Cynthia (Swett) Watson
Karen (King) Williams
Denise (Saba) Wood