2007 Alumni Survey Highlights
Class of 1942 - Corinne Veale Selinger
Favorite teacher: Elinor Rice (Theatre)
Favorite extra-curricular activity: I now participate in volleyball, yoga, exercise and volunteering
Class of 1947 - Nancy Sproul Collins
Favorite teachers: Elizabeth Lang (Science), Jeanne McAllister (French)
Favorite Classes: Science (chemistry and physics); French
Most Memorable Classmate: Everyone was special. We had a great class.
Favorite extra-curricular activity: Field hockey
Special memory: It was wonderful to have such fine, dedicated teachers.
Class of 1957 - Mary Jane Young Barnes
Favorite Class: Math
Most Memorable Classmate: Ann Pond, Debby Lundstrom – still in touch with Ann
Favorite extra-curricular activities: Basketball and field hockey
Special memory: I only spent one year at Roycemore. The small classes were wonderful. If it was not for Roycemore, I would have never been able to attend Northwestern!
Class of 1957 - Lisbet Musaus Przybycski
Favorite teacher: “Madame” (Whiting, French)
Favorite Class: French and Latin
Most Memorable Classmate: Olga Guardia
Favorite extra-curricular activity: Basketball
Special memory: Coming from a foreign country, it was good to come to a mall school like Roycemore where I didn’t get lost in a crowd. All the girls were so friendly and I just remember having a lot of fun. Nothing but good memories.
Class of 1962 - Corinne Hesbol Seckler
Favorite teacher: The French teacher, history teacher, gym teacher. We used to ALL flirt with the young male science teacher [Mr. Pikul] and he would get flustered.
Most Memorable Classmate: That’s easy – Kaila, Stefanie, Katie, Susanne and Susan, Barbara, Patti, and Mary
Favorite extra-curricular activity: Chorus
Special memory: We had a wonderful reunion five years ago. I got together with Barbara Riding last Christmas – did the Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Ft. Lauderdale and Miami tour with me being the guide.
Class of 1967 - Fran Ashby Burger
Favorite teacher: Mrs. Eisner (English, Latin), Madame McAllister (French), Mr. Pikul (Science), Stu Smith (Upper School Chair), Mrs. Masek (English), Mrs. Anderson (Phys Ed)
Favorite Class: ALL of them
Most Memorable Classmate: All my class – we were a wonderful varied group! The unique qualities of each one made the Class of ’67 who we were!!
Favorite extra-curricular activity: Drama, sports, yearbook
Special memory: Our Senior Study, in the upstairs of the Kindergarten – we had posters of Paul Newman, Marlon Brando and James Dean – It was our private space. We were trusted to use it wisely.
The breakfasts we made for the teachers celebrating “The Day the Buzzards Return to Hinkley, Ohio” – We’d cook up a storm and serve them before school in the a.m.
Class of 1977 - Kris Fugelso Dunwoody
Favorite teacher: Mrs. Charlotte Rosenwald (English)
Favorite Class: English and Spanish class with Mrs. Grossman
Most Memorable Classmate: Amelia Rix, Robin Reitherman, Stacy Gustin
Favorite extra-curricular activity: Drama – helping out with play with Mr. [Will] Porter
Special memory: Sitting on the stairs with Anne Head. Going to a cast party at Mr. [Peter] Kapenga’s house.
Class of 1977 - Steve Mihina
Favorite Teacher: Mr. Alps (mathematics)
Favorite Class: Math
Class of 1977 - Tina Vulgaris
Favorite teacher: Many – Mrs. Rosenwald (English), Mr. Spica (science), Mr. Boardman (history), Mrs. Wunder (phys ed), Mr. Alps (mathematics), Madame Whiting (French)
Favorite Class: Creative writing with Mrs. Rosenwald
Most Memorable Classmate: Dave Royko
Favorite extra-curricular activity: Basketball, yearbook
Special memory: I remember the closeness among the students and teachers – especially the personal commitment of the teachers. Twenty-five years later I run into them around town and they still remember my name and ask about my parents.
Class of 1987 - Kenneth Newton
Favorite teacher: Mr. Eugene Beiringer (History), Mr. Frank Spica (Biology)
Favorite Class: History
Most Memorable Classmate: Jason Shapiro, Adam Moschel, Brooke, Mitch, Liam, god all of them
Favorite extra-curricular activity: Going to the Lighthouse
Special memory: Great opportunity for education, great fun. Best memory was trip to Europe for IMUN
Class of 1992 - Sabrina Kapulski Patino
Favorite teacher: Mr. Giles (4th grade), Mr. Spica (science)
Most Memorable Classmate: Laura Storto
Favorite extra-curricular activity: violin
Special memory: upper school overnighters. They were a blast, and also my winter ecology trip during JST.