Class of 1968
Class Chair:
Mark Merkens 503/697-8145; Email 
"Lucky" Robinson 617/418-5261; Email
Alice Shrock 765/966-5855; Email
Randall Shrock 765/966-5855; Email
Class Notes:
Ginny Hoagland
Ginny Hoagland had wanted to come to our reunion, but just before Christmas 2008, she was laid off from her job as an occupational therapist with a home care company. She has been on interviews, but nothing has materialized yet, and thanks President Obama for extending the unemployment benefit and the COBRA insurance premium reduction! She could use some words of encouragement from her Earlham friends and "would love to hear what happened at the reunion! Since I wasn't able to make it, I wasn't able to share with everyone. I do hope that those who attended will write about their experiences."
(Posted May 06, 2009)
Craig McClain
Craig McClain, MD is Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology & Toxicology, Distinguished University Scholar and Associate Vice President for Translational Research at the University of Louisville. He is an active hepatologist as well as a researcher and teacher. He is Principal Investigator on 6 grants funded by the NIH and the VA, including an NIH-funded Alcohol Research Center. He has mentored over 70 graduate and post-doctoral trainees, medical students, residents and fellows and junior faculty. His wife, Marion '69 works with him at U of L. She does writing/editing of papers, book chapters, grant proposals, reports, etc. for the Liver Research Center. Their offices are literally next to each other. They have one son, John, who works in Columbus, Ohio for Nationwide Insurance Co.
(Posted May 06, 2009)
Louise Lindsey
Louise (Lou) Lindsey sends her regard from Tulsa, OK, where she is a lawyer in the Mabee Legal Information Center. She included a very touching story about by Mother. On Earth Day 2000 the family laid her dad to rest, & this year her Mom honored his memory by restoring the Congressional Medal he earned in his 20's and gave her when he turned 90.
(Posted May 06, 2009)
Mike and Sandy Grover West
Mike and Sandy Grover West wrote that they were sorry to miss our reunion. They continue to live in Batesville AR. Sandy is currently teaching 7th and 8th grade math and Mike is working as Safety Director for Ronnie Dowdy Trucking, Inc. They have one daughter, son-in-law and two granddaughters in Vermont and the other daughter, son-in-law and grandson are in Batesville. Mike just finished a year long project as Construction Chairperson and Site Coordinator for the first Habitat for Humanity house in Independence County.
(Posted May 06, 2009)
Harriet McCurdy
Harriet McCurdy writes from Rabat, Morocco where she has been teaching biology and more at a small American school for the past seven years. She writes: "Now I am preparing for a move to Shanghai to a very large American school, but I will still be teaching biology, and I am delighted to pursue teaching as well as learning. Secondary education always morphs and changes--online courses and online textbooks, and I hope to continue teaching for a while. The diversity of my students adds spice to my classes. Yet, I live a quiet, routine life with lessons to plan and papers to mark. Walking to school each day is a joy, as is shopping in the open market for vegetables, meat and flowers on the weekend. Never one to learn languages with ease, I mumble along in the local Arabic, but always seem to manage. Travel is one of my diversions, and I saw 2009 begin from a tent in the desert north of Timbuktu. Mali was a fascinating place to travel with a small tour that mixed trekking with time on a boat in the Niger River and a camel in the desert. Closer to home, I often hike in the various mountains that divide up Morocco, and I can go birding at stops on the migration route that works its way down the coast. No complaints there. Really, no complaints at all. I would enjoy hearing from classmates.
(Posted May 06, 2009)
Mark Merkens
Mark and Louise '69 Merkens' daughter, Karli '04 got married March 21 to Michael Brown-Hayes '02. There were over 20 Earlhamites including the bride's parents, groom's mother and aunt & uncle as well as several of the next generation. We return to campus next Homecoming for Louise's 40th. Mark thinks that " It can't compare to the success of ours."
(Posted May 06, 2009)
Bruce McAtee
Bruce McAtee,who kept us in laughter throughout our reunion weekend, wrote in. As most everyone, I was very involved in door to door campaigning for Obama. In this same year, I was serving as President of the Big Brother Big Sisters Board of Directors for Fairfield County. This led to a discussion with the City Council President who was serving as the VP on this same board. As a fellow democrat, he and I engaged in conversations over national and local issues. It lead him to ask me to run for City Council in Ward 3. After much angst, I agreed and so I will be spending my money and that of donors as well as time campaigning. Ram and Gail Coates, Bill and Diana Hahn, Rick and Paula Briggs , and Nancy and I went to Muskogee, Oklahoma to celebrate the marriage of Jeff Hiller to Hildegard (Jeff attended one year @ Earlham) and we have all stayed in touch.
(Posted May 06, 2009)
Anne LaMar Hibbert
Anne LaMar Hibbert wrote, since July 2004 I have been working part time as the Director of Religious Education (D.R.E.) at the Unitarian-Universalist Church of Amherst, NY (near Buffalo). I'm active with various activities at the Amherst Senior Center and enjoy playing the recorder with two groups. Still enjoy birding, gardening, hiking, bicycling, and anything to do with the outdoors. Our 40th reunion will always be a special memory for me. Thanks to Sally Fleming, all the "Marmonites" made it, and now have an email distribution list to keep in touch. Any Earlhamite passing through Western New York is welcome to get in touch.
(Posted May 06, 2009)
Lucky Robinson
The class of 68 had a magnificent reunion weekend. With the largest class returning of all classes, we laughed, cried, shared, talked and talked, and talked. There were many highlights, in addition to seeing how gorgeous and handsome we all are in our early sixties. One was having time with Landrum Bolling, who is now 95 and quicker in mind and body than most of us. Another was an evening with Gerry and Barb Bakker, Lincoln and Barbara Blake, Len and Mary Jo Clark, and Joe and Billye Elmore '84 who helped us all remember what it was like not only to be students in the sixties, and teach students in the sixties, but to be young professionals/married couples/parents during those years. It was an evening none of us will soon forget. The best attendance award went to the Marmon House Gang, all of whom came to the reunion. The Scandinavian Group of 1966 came in second, with 15 returning, plus the Bakkers. Lets all put our 45th on our calendars now!
(Posted May 06, 2009)
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