Class of 1935

From the May/June 2016 Issue

Beatrice Wattman Miller (see Caryl-Ann Miller Nieforth ’59).

From the November/December 2014 Issue

Dorothy Markoff Nelson (see Gloria Markoff Winston ’48).

From the January/February 2014 Issue

Beatrice Wattman Miller, secretary and archivist of the class of ’35, celebrated her 100th birthday on Sept. 22 at a luncheon with 55 well-wishers from Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maryland, and Florida. Among the guests were Becky Eckstein ’60, David Lewis ’57, Eleanor Levinson Lewis ’59, Ann Thorndike ’58, Charlene Underhill ’59, Henry Vandersip ’56, and Phebe Phillips Vandersip ’98. A lifelong resident of Providence and Barrington Beach, Bea has been known since childhood for her keen bridge playing; she is a National Life Master. She holds a teaching certificate from Rhode Island College and a Master of Library Science from URI. She was the first of three generations to attend Brown, including her late brother, Edwin Wattman ’45; her daughter, Caryl-Ann Miller Nieforth ’59; and her grandson, Andrew Feldman ’86, ’91 MD. 

 

From the January/February 2012 Issue

Dora Beaton Sullivan celebrated her 98th birthday with friends and family in July. A longtime resident of Wakefield, Mass., Dora is now residing in Newburyport, Mass.

From the July/August 2011 Issue

Dorothy Markoff Nelson (see Joan Hoost McMaster '60).

From the May/June 2010 Issue

Lillian Hicock Wentworth is a volunteer archivist at Thayer Academy in Braintree, Mass.

From the January/February 2010 Issue

Joe Lyman, a member of the Brown Athletic Hall of Fame, celebrated his 97th birthday at a Nov. 1 lunch. Joel P. Bennett '68, a friend since 1976, hosted the event.

From the March/April 2009 Issue

Joe Lyman (see Joel P. Bennett '68).

Beatrice Wattman Miller celebrated her 95th birthday on Sept. 20 at the Brown Faculty Club. Guests included her brother, Edwin Wattman '45; her daughter, Caryl-Ann Miller Nieforth '59; Ann Thorndike '58; and Hank '56 and Phebe Phillips Vandersip '98.

From the September/October 2008 Issue

Ralph H. Seguine Jr. (Colgate Rochester Crozier Divinity School '38) and wife Marguerite Fellows Seguine (Rochester '35) observed their 70th wedding anniversary on June 24 in Brooklyn, Conn.

Sara Dowty Toney has published Gleanings of A Lifetime (Trafford 2007).

From the May/June 2008 Issue

Al Kessler celebrated his 95th birthday skiing at Utah's Alta Ski Resort surrounded by friends and family.

From the July / August 2007 Issue

Joe Lyman (see Joel Bennett ’68).

Frank John Schaberg is a retired family doctor, alive and well in N.J., reports his son, Frank J. Schaberg Jr., who lives in Providence.

From the May / June 2007 Issue

Class secretary, Bea Wattman Miller would like friends to know that her great-granddaughter Lindsey is a freshman at Champlain College in Burlington, Vt.

From the March / April 2007 Issue

Class secretary Bea Wattman Miller reports that her granddaughter Lindsey is a freshman at Champlain College in Burlington, Vt. If anyone from the class has information to report, please send it to Bea at 161 Everett Ave., Providence 02906.

Lillian Hicock Wentworth writes: “The outstanding event this year was the retirement of my daughter Francie Wentworth Claflin ’74 from the military. The ceremony at Hanscom Air Force Base near Boston was impressive. Around 200 friends arrived from as far as Virginia. There was a marching band, speeches, awards, gifts (I got a large bouquet of roses!), and food. The program pamphlet included a picture of Francie with Colin Powell.” Thayer Academy in Braintree, Mass., honored Lillian at its commencement by naming archives for her.

From the March / April 2005 Issue

Plans are under way for a memorable and enjoyable 70th reunion May 27–29. Thanks to the University, many of our events are at a reduced price and campus housing will be complimentary. If you have not yet received a reunion mailing, please contact reunion headquarters at (401) 863-1947 or reunions@ brown.edu.

From the September / October 2004 Issue

Class secretary and archivist Beatrice Wattman Miller reports: “Pembroke class of 1935 had its 69th reunion luncheon on May 29 at the Brown Faculty Club. Attending were Dorothy Markoff Nelson and myself. Lillian Hicock Wentworth writes that she had knee replacements in 2002 and now walks with ‘no pain, no cane.’ She is still driving and volunteers at Thayer Academy most mornings. Her son Larry is an attorney with the Supreme Court of Micronesia, and Frances ’74 is a U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel at Hanscom Field, in Mass. Lillian has three grandchildren. Priscilla Bennett Johnson is in a nursing home in Evansville, Ind., and Marion Nield Fairbrother has lost her sight and resides in a nursing home in Worcester, Mass.

“Sara Dowty Toney will be teaching water aerobics at her local pool this summer for the fourteenth year. She also is active in the Unitarian Church in Bethesda, Md., where she lives.

“Mary Hobby Waite Greenlaw is living at an assisted-living home. Her second husband, Arnold Greenlaw, died in April. Her son Bob Waite and her granddaughter now handle her affairs and care arrangements, her daughter-in-law Gwen informs us. Mary still enjoys getting cards from old friends."

Bruce H. Ritenburg Jr. writes that he’s looking forward to next year’s 70th reunion.

From the July / August 2004 Issue

Beatrice Wattman Miller (see Caryl-Ann Miller Nieforth ’59).

From the May / June 2004 Issue

Alma Stone Sich writes: “I’m 90. I moved to Emerald Bay Manor in August. The staff is excellent—even the residents are ready to offer help if you have a question.”

From the March / April 2004 Issue

Beatrice Wattman Miller (see Caryl-Ann Miller Nieforth ’59).

From the September / October 2002 Issue

Beatrice Wattman Miller (see Hank Vandersip '56).

Lillian Hicock Wentworth (see Janet Cameron Claflin '45).

From the July / August 2002 Issue

Albert Farwell, of Sun City, Ariz., writes: "Since Brown so clearly advocates the views of Ted Turner '60 these days, I suggest that a BAM solicitation to him might be productive."

From the September / October 2000 Issue

Bea Wattman Miller (see Hank Vandersip ’56).

From the May / June 2000 Issue

Lois Colinan Counihan ’45, widow of William J. "Bud" Counihan Jr. (see Obituaries), writes that memorial donations may be made in her husband’s name for Parkinson’s disease research to the Brown School of Medicine, Office of Biomedical Development, Box GA2, Providence 02912.

Class archivist Beatrice Wattman Miller reports: "Natalie Basford Fancher and her husband, Brainard, had a wonderful and cultural trip to Prague and several cities in the former East Germany, including Meissen."

From the March / April 2000 Issue

Beatrice Wattman Miller reports: “Pembrokers: believe it or not, it’s almost time for our 65th reunion. Alma Stone Sich and her committee are hard at work finalizing the May 26­29 events. Make plans now to join in the festivities. Anyone with questions should contact reunion headquarters at (401) 863-1947; [email protected].”

Reunion chair Irving Brodsky reports: “Plans for the men’s 65th reunion are complete. We hope that many classmates will return to campus on May 26­29. The class photo will be taken during Saturday’s luncheon at the Agawam. After our class dinner at the University Club, we will head to the Commencement concert. Thanks to the Brown Alumni Association, many events will be free or discounted. Watch your mail for registration information. Contact reunion headquarters if you have questions.”

From the January / February 2000 Issue

Jill Rossi, senior assistant director of alumni relations, reports: "Plans for the men's 65th reunion are beginning to take shape, so please reserve May 26-29. Saturday's luncheon and class photo will be at the Agawam. The class dinner will be at the University Club, just down the street from the College Green and the pops concert. Thanks to the Brown Alumni Association, many of the reunion events will be either free or offered at a discount, and on-campus housing will be complimentary. Providence has undergone startling changes since our last reunion. You will delight in artistic waterways, a spectacular Water Fire display, a ride on a Venetian gondola, and restaurants of national prominence." For more information, call reunion headquarters at (401) 863-1947.

Beatrice Wattman Miller reports: Believe it or not, it's almost time for our 65th Pembroke reunion. Alma Stone Sich and her committee are hard at work finalizing plans for the May 26-29 events. Make plans now to join in the festivities.

From the November / December 1999 Issue

Pembroke reunion chairwoman Alma Stone Sich reports: "Kuo Ping Chou's brother informs us that for the past year Kuo has been in a nursing home and quite content.

"The following out-of-towners hope to attend our 65th reunion: Mary Fullerton Oleksiw; Kay Jodoin Beckley; Sara Bloom Paul; Lillian Hicock Wentworth; Natalie Basford Fancher and her husband, Brainard; Esme McIntyre Bauxar and her husband, Joe; and Sallie Dowty Toney and her husband. Sallie is very busy: This is her tenth year teaching water aerobics for elders. In April she created a service at the River Road Unitarian Church in Bethesda, Md., to celebrate the 151st anniversary of the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848. She serves on the 40th anniversary committee of her church and will help present two services. She is also doing a book review of the Poisonwood Bible."

John Grossman, of West Palm Beach, Fla., writes: "My romance with Jean Alexander that began in the spring of my freshman year ended with her passing after sixty-one beautiful years of marriage. We never had a single argument. We lost our son, Jeff, at age forty-five. I enjoy our daughter, Judy Molinsky, and my four grandchildren. I enjoyed a productive business life with Grossman's and later directed the mortage-lending division of Homeowners Federal Savings until my 70th birthday. I am now involved in direct, short-term lending for a private group."

Al Kessler, of Salt Lake City, Utah, reports that during 1998-1999 he conducted a ambitious programs and projects as president of the United Nations Association of Utah. "When Brainard Fancher and Natalie Basford Fancher, of Ithaca, N.Y., attended a convention in Salt Lake City," he writes, "I hosted them on a tour of the Wasatch Mountains."

From the September / October 1999 Issue

Reunion chairwoman Alma Stone Sich reports: "The 1935 Pembroke class met for its traditional mini-reunion luncheon on Saturday, May 29, at the Faculty Club. Attending were locals Gertrude Ketover Gleklen, Frieda Lisker Corris, Beatrice Wattman Miller, Alma Stone Sich, Estelle Gould Terry, and Dorothy Blanchard Vamvaketis, along with out-of-towners Catherine O'Meara Moriarty of Osterville, Mass., and Elizabeth Blanchard Nolan of West Hartford, Conn. Welcome notes were read from Priscilla Bennett Johnson and Carolyn Troy Watts, who indicated how active she is with music, studies, and entertainment. We're sorry to hear of the deaths of Miriam Snow Rideout on Dec. 17, 1998, and Pearl Miller Wilks on Jan. 31, 1999."

Beatrice Wattman Miller (see Hank Vandersip '56).

From the November / December 1998 Issue

Louis Virgadamo (see David and Janet Levin Hawk both '67).

From the September / October 1998 Issue

Ross deMatteo received an "honor plaque" from the Longboat Key (Fla.) Centre for the Arts in recognition and appreciation of his twelve years as a member of the board of governors. Ross is also the cochair of the Asolo Angels, a group that provides support for the Asolo Theatre Co. in Sarasota, Fla.

Beatrice Wattman Miller (see Caryl-Ann Miller '59).

From the July / August 1998 Issue

Donald W. Smith retired from dentistry after fifty-five years. He has recovered from surgery on both hips.

 

From the May / June 1998 Issue

Beatrice Wattman Miller has a new granddaughter, Emily Mae, born Feb. 24 to Bea's son Donald and his wife, Debbie, of Potomac, Md. Bea also has two great-grandchildren, Lindsey, 10, and Matthew, 8. They are the grandchildren of Caryl-Ann Miller '59.

From the May / June 1998 Issue

Beatrice Wattman Miller has a new granddaughter, Emily Mae, born Feb. 24 to Bea's son Donald and his wife, Debbie, of Potomac, Md. Bea also has two great-grandchildren, Lindsey, 10, and Matthew, 8. They are the grandchildren of Caryl-Ann Miller '59.