Greetings! I hope that by the time this reaches you all that the winter of 2014 is well behind us and warmer weather is on the way. 


News comes from Stefani Valar that she and husband Ed Hauck celebrated their 25th anniversary in October with a trip to Siena, Italy, with Smithsonian Journeys. She’s worked in fundraising for Franklin & Marshall in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, for the past 18 years. In addition she has been our class link with the Bartlett Tower Society, linking estate planning with the benefit of the College in alums’ plans. Thanks to Steffi for all she’s done over the many years she’s served the class in this and other capacities.


Brita Sardella Reed writes that she’s been working at the Veteran’s Administration Hospital in Hampton, Virginia, where she’s been able to blend her background in gynecology with her work in mental healthcare to focus on healthcare for female vets with post-traumatic stress disorder and military sexual trauma. She says that it’s a great environment to work in and it addresses an important need that isn’t necessarily in the forefront of the news. She said that she stays in contact with Carolyn Allenby, who is living in Phoenix. Brita said that they met in the Bema in the fall of 1972 and that it’s been wonderful having her friendship through all of these years. 


Andy Gettinger forwarded a piece from Lewiston Auburn (Maine) Magazine. The magazine article was about Andrea Quaid, who is on the staff of Congressman Michael Michaud, who represents the Maine counties of Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford. She joined his staff after having worked in New York and then in France with La Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, the finance arm of the French government, where fluency in French was required. She returned to the United States, where she took a temp job within the Maine House of Representatives majority office at the statehouse in Augusta. She worked with the congressman on a number of projects and when he campaigned for the House seat she joined him. In addition to working with a number of civic and economic development groups on behalf of the congressman she can be found performing on stage at area theaters. She recently played the character of Aunt Abby in Community Little Theatre’s October production of Arsenic and Old Lace.


I’m writing this as the Sochi Olympics are wrapping up. If anyone hasn’t made the connection between Mikaela Shiffrin and Jeff Shiffrin, you can get it now. She is Jeff’s 18-year-old daughter, World Cup slalom champion and Olympic gold medalist. Congrats to both Mikaela and the entire family. 


Anyone that knew Harry B. Wilson ’77 had to be pulling for the Seattle Seahawks in the Super Bowl. Harry’s son Russell QB’d the team with the same perseverance, dedication, grace and humility that Harry did on campus, the football field and the baseball field. The class act continues. Congrats to Russell, his family, and team. Harry, we miss you.


—Jay Josselyn, 304 Sussex Circle, Noblesville, IN 46062; (317) 804-2349; jayjosselyn@hotmail.com