Class Note 1982
At this year’s GLAAD awards dinner President Bill Clinton prefaced his remarks by saying, “I was very impressed by the speech of my predecessor up here, and I cannot hope to equal it, but I’d like to say amen to it.” Clinton was referring to Steve Warren’sremarks accepting GLAAD’s Stephen F. Kolzak Award. After being introduced by his clients Charlize Theron and Leonardo DiCaprio, Steve gave a compelling speech on the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community’s fight for civil rights, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to recognize the right to marriage equality. Cathy Judd-Stein, Kathy Briscoe and Kass Spanos Ardinger attended the dinner as Steve’s guests. Steve’s intelligence and his advocacy skills, commitment to social justice and vast love for his family and friends are all evident in his speech, which I urge you to watch on the Internet as I did.
Steve is not alone in being recognized for his commitment to social justice. Illinois’s Orchard Village presented J.J. Hanley withits Advocacy Leadership Award, recognizing her demonstrated, long-term commitment to improving the quality of life for people with developmental disabilities.
The women of our class turned out in force to mark the 40th anniversary of coeducation at Dartmouth during the Greenways program. Amid the events planned by the College, our classmates gathered for Friday night dinner and talked, laughed and played pong late into the night. Attendees included Jenny Chandler Hauge, Ann MacAffer, Lillian Cousins Giornelli, Kelly Dixon Cooper, Philippa Guthrie, Emily Bakemeier, Crashy Zacher Brown, Kate Pesek Sackman, Corinne Heyes, Gail Koziara Boudreaux, Gail Kezer, Gail Sullivan, Sherri Carroll Oberg, Mary Thomson Renner, Mary Conway, Nancy Bowler Goeselt, Kristin Farrish Shaw, Carol Davis, J.J. Hanley, Susan Burkhardt, Sharon Flynn McClymonds, Heather Hazle Lambert, Betsy Leggat, Cathy Green Solomon, Martha Solis-Turner, Dana Burroughs Klinges, Alison Schmults Burns, Gray Reisfield Horan, Brook Tolley Confort and Cathy Judd-Stein.
I had dinner recently with Jay Shofet who was on a whirlwind trip through the United States to raise awareness and, of course, funds for his work as director of the Green Environment Fund in Israel. Jay told me that he would soon be moving from Modiin to Tel Aviv. Jay’s daughter Shani is studying to be a social worker and his son Nadav is serving in the Israeli army. A few days later I found myself in the office of professor Mark Chaves at Duke University. In the fall of 1978 Mark and I explored the question “Is this the best of all possible worlds?” in our freshman seminar. These days Mark’s scholarship focuses on the sociology of religion. He holds a joint appointment in Duke’s sociology and religion departments as well as in the divinity school. While my son Steven explored the campus Mark caught me up on his work, including his recent sabbatical, which he spent in Lausanne, Switzerland, with his wife, Ami Nagle, and their two sons, who are now in second and fifth grades.
—Robin Shaffert, 5044 Macomb St., NW, Washington, DC 20016; David Eichman, 9004 Wonderland Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046; dme4law@sbcglobal.net
