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Attending a celebration of family and friends called “Sundae Sunday” at the home of Cheryl Schlessman Bennett ’77 and Bill Bennett were the following alumni: front row from left, Diane Lanning Berberick ’55, Lee E. Schlessman ’50, and Susan Schlessman Duncan ’52; back row from left, Ethan Watel ’07, Lauren Bennett ’07, Sandy Schlessman Garnett ’75, Cheryl Schlessman Bennett ’77, Peggy Yaeger Christie ’77, Juleigh Heuston Severin ’77, and Cheryl MacDougall Sample ’77. Not pictured, but attending, were Mark Shira ’82 and Debbie Lanning Angell ’74.

John Krauss sent us word that he created a garden at the front entrance to the Indianapolis Museum of Art to honor his late wife Eleanor “Nonie” Krauss. You can see photos of Nonie’s Garden and its dedication at www.imamuseum.org/gardens­grounds; click on “Nonie’s Garden Celebration” on the right.

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Class secretary:

Jesse Sokolow
Two Spaulding Lane
Riverdale, NY 10471­-3212
jane.sokolow@lonetreemesa.com

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Sam Taylor is the director of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Sam was surprised and pleased to learn, while making preparations for a voyage to Antarctica last year where he was hosting patrons of the museum, that the ship also would be occupied by a group from Colorado College. (See story on page 9.) You can read an article about Sam at www.carnegiemuseums.org/cmag/article.php?id=90

Tom Autobee ’73 was joined by family members Andrea Autobee ’01, Joyce Baca Anderson ’75, and Pat Garcia ’76 when he received the Professional of the Decade Award from the Pueblo Latino Chamber of Commerce in February 2009. In 2009 Tom also was inducted into the Pueblo East High School Hall of Fame and received the Marketing in Excellence Award from the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

Tom Autobee ’73 was joined by family members Andrea Autobee ’01, Joyce Baca Anderson ’75, and Pat Garcia ’76 when he received the Professional of the Decade Award from the Pueblo Latino Chamber of Commerce in February 2009. In 2009 Tom also was inducted into the Pueblo East High School Hall of Fame and received the Marketing in Excellence Award from the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

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Jay Engeln, former boys soccer coach at Doherty High School in Colorado Springs, was selected as the 68th recipient of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America’s Honor Award. He was presented the award on Jan.15 at the association’s annual awards banquet, held in conjunction with the 2010 NSCAA convention in Philadelphia, Pa. As a biology teacher at Mitchell High School in Colorado Springs, Engeln organized the first public high school soccer team in southern Colorado.

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The recipient of the 2010 Citizens Project Divine Award is activist John Weiss, founder and publisher of the Colorado Springs Independent. The Divine Award is given annually to an individual in the Pikes Peak region who has worked tirelessly to create a vibrant democracy in which equal rights are protected and differences are respected. According to Citizen’s Project: “John Weiss is a visionary entrepreneur, collaborator, and community activist whose leadership has created a more diverse, progressive, and green Colorado Springs over the last 27 years.”

Friends from the Class of ’79 gathered for a reunion in Sedona, Ariz., in October 2009; from left, Nancy Levit, Linda Snow Martin, Sue Sonnek Strater, Kathy Loeb, Deb Parks Palmisane, and Julie Edelstein Best.

Friends from the Class of ’79 gathered for a reunion in Sedona, Ariz., in October 2009; from left, Nancy Levit, Linda Snow Martin, Sue Sonnek Strater, Kathy Loeb, Deb Parks Palmisane, and Julie Edelstein Best.