Latest News

E-NEWSLETTER JUNE 2023-CLASS OF 1960

Greetings, ’60 Sisters!

Whatever the challenges, 1960 finds ways to connect.  We hope you enjoy this roundup of recent gatherngs.  If you’ve been part of one yourself, please send your news to Margie aronsbarron@barronAW.com or Vicki vfay1960@mac.com.

And it’s summertime—hope your livin’ is easy.

--Patsy and Vicki

Joan Hunsberger Bromage, Anne Flynt Solley, Liz Montgomery Thomas, Becky Whittlesey Brace

We had a wonderful lunch today (May 24) at the Waterfront Restaurant in Camden. The food was very good and I’m surprised we even finished lunch since we talked constantly. What a great little catch-up, and we plan to do this again—Becky

Marilyn Claster Nissenson, Linda Salzman Gottlieb, Susan Krieger Jonas, Patsy Elliott Fogarty  

While Mainer Patsy was “down south” in June, she met  in NYC with with some  of her BFF’s.

Alice Ginsburg Padwe and Vicki Garriques Fay lunching in Honolulu

Alice has visited Hawaii a number of times since her son began teaching at the University of Hawaii.

Joan Brownstein Leibovich and Andrea Kundsin Dupree on June 18th

“We’re on the banks of the Charles for our Sunday walk when Memorial Drive is closed to traffic!... Margie Arons-Barron frequently joins us but couldn't this time.”  --Andrea

And there’s always Zoom…

Peggy Decker Cohn writes,”Claflin held a zoom meeting last month with a half -dozen attendees. This seems to be a great way to keep in touch.  Barb Schowen emceed.  Will meet again in September probably.”

* * * * *

💰Wellesley’s business year ends June 30th.  This is a great month to make a donation.

* * * * *

1960 Class Officers 2020-2025: Presidents Patsy Fogarty and Vicki Fay; Vice Presidents Peggy Cohn and Liz Karet; Secretaries Margie Arons-Barron and Junia Hedberg; Treasurer Judy Lasca; Wellesley Fund Representatives Missy Moore and Mari Wright, Reunion Co-chairs Margot Topkins Tutun and Nancy

E-NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2022-CLASS OF 1960

Greetings, dear ’60 Sisters,

It’s hard to believe that we are approaching the end of another year. Your class officer team hopes that it has been a good year for you, and that the new one will be even better. For an injection of sheer pleasure along the way, we recommend participating in a dorm mini via Zoom. Catching up with Wellesley memories and long- lost friends produces a totally benign high.

Meanwhile, this month, as promised, we have yet another generous sharing of 1960 talent and expertise for you: from the Harvard -Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Center our own Andrea Kundsin Dupree will explain the latest news.

And then we have the holidays coming up to produce more festive highs. We hope you are able to spend them with family and close friends to celebrate and savor the relationships that are particularly resonant at this time in our lives.

Wishing you all a very tasty Thanksgiving, a joyful holiday season, and healthy and happy 2023.

Patsy and Vicki

Thursday Nov 10 at 7PM EST join

Andrea Dupree '60 Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

What's New in Sky?

Highlights of recent discoveries in astronomy… results from the James Webb Telescope,
nudging an asteroid with DART,  the crazy behavior of Betelgeuse and
other  wonders…

Join Zoom Meeting

https://smithsonian.zoom.us/j/85899096374?pwd=bW9yZjRWUzFvOGNzdjh1dXM4dHRDQT09

Meeting ID: 858 9909 6374
Passcode: 338469
One tap mobile
+13092053325,,85899096374#,,,,*338469# US
+13126266799,,85899096374#,,,,*338469# US (Chicago)

WHERE IN THE WORLD IS JILL UDALL?

Jill and her husband Tom are having a great adventure. Here’s a clue: they are not in the U.S.

Read all about it in Margie’s class notes in The
Wellesley Magazine.

WALKTOBER

As we did last year, the Class of 1960 will keep its own records.  We accumulated enough miles then to “virtually” send Patsy Fogarty from Mt. Desert Island, Maine to Miami.  This year we want to send her to Naples Florida to help with the cleanup.. Our class count for Walktober is informal and unofficial.  
Please send your estimated totals to vfay1960@mac.com

1960 Class Officers 2020-2025: Presidents Patsy Fogarty and Vicki Fay; Vice Presidents Peggy Cohn and Liz Karet; Secretaries Margie Arons-Barron and Junia Hedberg; Treasurer Judy Lasca; Wellesley Fund Representatives Missy Moore and Mari Wright, Reunion Co-chairs Margot Topkins Tutun and Nancy Dessoff Colodny.

Class website: https://alum.wellesley.edu/class-of-1960

CLASS OF 1960 NEWSLETTER-JULY 2022

READY TO MARCH (L.TO R. Margot Topkins Tutun, Patsy Elliott Fogarty, Vicki Garriques Fay, Margie Myers Arons-Barron, Joan Brownstein Leibovich. Berets were a gift from the 50th Reunion Class, 1972)

Greetings, ’60 Sisters

Managing to finally have an in-person gathering of classmates is, of course, our big news, but there’s lots more. Read on. Keep in touch. And enjoy a happy, healthy summer.

--Patsy and Vicki

MINI REUNION

JUNE 4-5 CAMPUS AND CAMBRIDGE

See many more reunion pictures at Class website:
https://alum.wellesley.edu/class-of-1960

Sixteen classmates participated in our joyous Mini Reunion, June 4 and 5: Joan Brownstein Leibovich, Ev Bullitt Hausslein, Marilyn Claster Nissenson, Patsy Elliott Fogarty, Vicki Garriques Fay, Liz Kahlo Cabot, Andrea Kundsin Dupree, Linda Lovett Crawford, Diana Merewether, Linda Salzman Gottlieb, Diane Silvers Ravitch, Bea Strand MacDonald, Margot Topkins Tutun, Roz Walters Westmoreland, Fifi Wolfner Nessen, and Margie Myers Arons-Barron. Red roses to Margje and Joan for making it all happen.

Joan started the festivities with an evening  of pizza, prattle, and photo ops at her condo overlooking the Charles in Cambridge. Sunday morning we reunited on campus to join the reunion parade under bright blue skies. We were the oldest to march as a class and received cheers, claps and whistles—especially from the red class of 1972, returning for their 50th.

The parade ended at Alumnae Hall. We gathered for a very brief meeting, during which we remembered those of our classmates lost since last year’s memorial service:  Sue Crommelin Dell, Jane Waddell Baker, Aina Niemela Barten, Mary Needham Ascot,  Judith Fellows Nelson, Mary (Molly) Cameron.

CLASS OFFICERS MEETING JUNE 20th AND 1960 GIFTS TO WELLESLEY
In the very near future, our treasury funds will be transferred to the College for management. There was considerable discussion of possible donations to be made now from those funds. It was decided to make a one-time donation to the Engineering Fund (Class of 1960 Legacy Fund) of $5000 and to the Continuing Education Fund of $1000, which would leave the Class Treasury with just over $20,000. These remaining funds would be ours to use as we see fit for reunions,
minis, and other purposes. (Also, our class treasury is replenished every year by the dividend from the 1960 Class Legacy Fund.)   
 
DORM MINIS
Severence and Freeman continue to hold virtual minis via /zoom. Others are tentatively penciled in for the fall for Beebe and Munger. Want to explore the idea of a mini for your dorm? Contact Class VP Peggy Cohen at peggycohn38@gmail.com or her co-VP Liz Karet at elizabethkaret@aol.com

DOBBS VS JACKSON SUPREME COURT RULING
If you missed Wellesley’s excellent presentation in late June, you can still watch it at the link below:

Dobbs v. Jackson Supreme Court Ruling Panel Discussion:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njqddqSjiLk

GIVING TO WELLESLEY

You can always make a personal gift online at this link: https://www.givecampus.com/campaigns/28611/donations/new?a=5520531

1960 Class Officers 2020-2025: Presidents Patsy Fogarty and Vicki Fay; Vice Presidents Peggy Cohn and Liz Karet; Secretaries Margie Arons-Barron and Junia Hedberg; Treasurer Judy Lasca; Wellesley Fund Representatives Missy Moore and Mari Wright, Reunion Co-chairs Margot Topkins Tutun and Nancy Dessoff Colodny.

Class website: https://alum.wellesley.edu/class-of-1960