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PAGE 2 Alpha Beta Chapter Alumnae News W e are especially thankful for the generous contributions to the Alpha Beta House Corporation made by the following alumnae in fall 2017. You make a difference in the future of Alpha Beta at Cornell University. Your gifts went toward furniture last fall. Donations sent this spring will go toward upgrading the windows. To give online, please visit www.alphabetaddd. kintera.org/donate. Below is a list of our fall 2017 contribu- tors. If an error has been made in record- ing your gift, we sincerely apologize. If corrections to your giving records are needed, please contact our campaign coordinator at (785) 843-1661. Thank you, again, for your loyal support. Jean Schultheis Brechter '49 Lucy Gale Gaven '61 Kathy Yourich Egan '77 Jean Jacobs Marcus '77 Barbara Wooten Chamberlain '78 Ann Gerber Malarcher '85 Jennifer Ritter Kelly '89 ALUMNAE DONATIONS HELP MAKE THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL Diane Cox '53 is having a great time in New Hampshire, where she is closer to her fam- ily than she was while living in California. Now retired, Diane volunteers with the New Hampshire Food Bank and makes recipes out of the commodities donated to the orga- nization. E-mail: dianecox531@gmail.com Janet DiMartino Foreman '65 retired when her husband, Bob, was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2008. She cared for him for three years until he died in 2012. Janet enjoys reading, is in a book club, does yoga, and is very active in her evangeli- cal church. She mentors elementary and middle school students in a church outreach program. Janet travels internationally with her daughter and usually does an annual international mission trip with her church. She recently went to Seoul, South Korea. Janet lives in Greensboro, N.C. E-mail: j4man1@gmail.com Christine McGredy Scott '75 and her hus- band, Mike, enjoy living in the beautiful Berkshires of western Massachusetts. They own a bed and breakfast, The Staveleigh House, which has allowed them to meet many interesting people from all around the world. "We stay busy and want to enjoy all of the cultural activities the area has to offer," she shares. Christine likes hiking, paddling, listening to great music at Tanglewood, visiting historic homes and sites, and the theater. She invites alumnae to "visit the Berkshires and stay with us!" E-mail: chris@sprucehollow.com Laura Friend Shulman '80 and her hus- band, Lee, became grandparents in April to Davis Reid, son of their daughter, Becky. "We are so lucky our kids and grandson live close to us in Chicago," she says. E-mail: laf19@cornell.edu Jacqueline Zoladz Buffon '84 has lived in Manhattan for the past 30 years, includ- ing 25 in the same apartment with her husband and daughters. She runs the New York office of a large apparel manufacturer and is interested in sustainability and reduc- ing the environmental footprint of clothing. Jacqueline's travels have taken her all over the U.S. and China. She reports "it has been great to reconnect with so many Tri Delta alumnae over the last several years!" E-mail: jackiebuffon@gmail.com Cecily Tatibouet Nisbet '95 lives in the southern part of heaven! She and her hus- band both work for the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and have a son, Graham, who is a third-grader, and a daugh- ter, Cornelia, a fourth-grader. Cecily is a Girl Scout troop leader and an active Cub Scout volunteer. E-mail: cbt1@cornell.edu Stephanie Wedekind '05 was mar- ried this past spring. She and her hus- band, David, hiked Mount Kilimanjaro for their honeymoon! E-mail: stephanie.wedekind@gmail.com A Figure Skating Alpha Beta Louise Vacca Dawe '75 on Finding Support through ΔΔΔ L ouise Vacca Dawe '75 came to Cornell University with a passion for figure skating, a sport she began learning at the age of 8. "I was dedicated to my training and devoted hours to it, even becoming the U.S. junior figure skating champion at one time," she shared. As an undergraduate, she had self-established a prerequisite that any Greek organization she joined had to sup- port her ongoing training. The women of ΔΔΔ at Cornell were not only welcoming to Louise as a potential new member, but were supportive of her figure skating. "My future chapter sisters were caring and made the Alpha Beta house a home," she stated. After joining the chap- ter, Louise stayed busy with her studies, her ΔΔΔ engagements, and training for various skating competitions. In 1972, she repre- sented the U.S. and Cornell at the World University Games in Lake Placid. After graduating from the university with her degree in human nutrition and food, Louise went to work in Canada for Toshiba, where she performed as the company's home economist, whilst also teaching figure skating from time to time. Soon after, she married a Canadian hockey player and fel- low Cornell alumnus who, coincidentally, had worked for ΔΔΔ. Louise eventually returned to school at the University of Toronto, where she earned a second bachelor's in education. She spent 17 years as a middle and high school teacher, specializing in family studies and science. Now retired, Louise keeps in touch with several of her Alpha Beta sisters, sharing, "We have mini-reunions periodically, all over the country." She serves as a referee for the World Figure and Fancy Skating Championships each year, and invites her fellow alumnae to check out the official championship website at wfc.com. Louise is the author of three books, including Patterns on Black Ice: The Art and Sport of Figure Skating. You can connect with Louise at ldawe75@gmail.com.

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