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Volume 11, Number 4, 2003


Class Notes

40 years and counting

They met when they moved into Kent Hall/Harrington E--a time when newbies at the University wore beanies and blazers--and these UD alumni have sustained their friendship for four decades. Members of the Class of 1963, they have pursued a variety of careers, including teacher, social worker, retail shop owner, banker, author, professor, extension agent, nurse and event promoter--but they have always made time for their annual reunion. After 40 years, the 19 Blue Hen friends say they still find their 46 children and 45 grandchildren to be suitable subjects for conversation. Standing, from left, are Judy Wofford Francis of Hockessin, Del., Jane Mack Groundland of Newark, Del., Connie Parvis of Milford, Del., Beverly Pepper Steen of Berlin, Md., Bobbi King Longyear of Wilmington, Del., Lorna Hoehn Landis of Harbeson, Del., Sandy Salzenberg Scheibe of Wilmington, Del., Karen Wilhelm Smith Bryson of Dover, Del., Debbie Clifton Rapkin of Mt. Laurel, Del., and Golda Gebhart Davis of Stevensville, Md. Seated from left are Georgeann Keen Stack of Lewes, Del., Joyce Warrington Simpson of Seaford, Del., Bev Wild Finch of Montchanin, Del., Nancy Shaw of Wilmington, Del., Jean Newsome Renaud of Berlin, Md., and Gretchen Steinmetz Collins of Fenwick Island, Del. Unable to attend this year's gathering were Dotty Bryant Booher of Jacksonville, Fla., Paula Batchelder Young of Doylestown, Pa., and Nancy Jilk Devlin of Lewes, Del.