Class News – October 2026
MARK Your December Calendars
Our next Zoom Get-together will be a Pre-Holiday Social
Sunday, December 6, 2026, from 4-5:30 pm ET
More details to come.
Leonardo da Vinci: Art and Anatomy
Noelle Parsons Granger, PhD
Class Connections Presentation
Sunday, October 4, 2026
In just 45 minutes, Noelle presented highlights from her two-year research study into the origins of anatomical art. We all know Leonardo da Vinci (b. 1452 in Italy – d. 1519 in Paris) as one of the world’s greatest painters and sculptors. How many slides of his art did we see in our Baby Art class as Professor Cogswell clicked away on her two slide projectors?
But an authority on anatomy? That was never mentioned. Yet he was one of several artists of the Renaissance who studied human anatomy to improve their art. However, he was the only one to make anatomical art a study of its own. Da Vinci is shown as an artist of great talent in his anatomical drawings, some of which were prescient of how anatomy would be presented centuries later.
ANNOUNCING:
Dues:
13.4% have paid dues. This is less than usual. This will be the last dues cycle. Dues mostly support the web site and any other class communication we may plan. $25 for 5 years is a bargain.
Click the following link, select the $25 dues option and fill in the requested information including credit card. If you want to check whether you have already paid, click “Dues & Donations” at the top of your web site screen.
Questions? Contact Bev Braman Harrison or Martha Dolkart Bernstein at: treasurer@mhc65.com. Submitted by Bev Braman Harrison, Treasurer – 08-23-2026/updated 10-12-2026.
Class Web Site Updates (MHC65.com):
Go visit our web site to secure interesting updates. Headings on the opening page each lead to more information. At the bottom of this introductory page, green tabs--when clicked--lead you to: past Alum Magazines, 60th Reunion information/photographs, our 60th Reunion book, class business documents and the Alum Association web site.
The "In Memoriam" heading on the opening page brings you to news about classmates who have died. Recently deceased are shown first and are:
Elizabeth "Liza" Maxwell Lee - d. 09/12/2026 (See More)
Barbara "Boo" Easter Price - 08/04/2026 (See More)
Barbara "Barb" Beth Howell Seabury - d. 07/08/2026 (See More)
Then an alphabetical list of all known deceased classmates, confirmed as deceased by the Alum Association, follows. If there is a tag "See More," click it to learn about a classmate's life.
Submitted by Di Howland McIntyre, Web Coordinator - 09-10-2026/updated 10-22-2026.
Class Results for FY 2026 Mount Holyoke Fund Campaign:
Our class goals: $250,000 with 75% participation. We raised more than $300,000 and received contributions from 71% of the “solicitable” classmates. It appears only one other class reached at least 70% class participation, and only a few classes topped 60%. Mount Holyoke’s Class of 1965 is both a loyal and very generous group of women. As we know, Mount Holyoke College needs and is worthy of our continuing support. Our class is ready to meet the challenge in the coming year. Submitted by Jackie Berkowicz, Co-Head Class Agent (for Ebba Wikander McArt, Susie Beers Betzer, Caroline Fuller Sloat and Jackie Berkowicz, the Co-Head Class Agent Team) – 8/25/2026.
MHC Alum Magazine/Class Notes:
Got news? Your two scribes love to hear from you for ‘65 Class Notes in the Alum Magazine. (Formerly the Quarterly.) Let us know what’s happening in your life. Send your news to Kathy or Jo. (katharine.swan@gmail.com or jogriff@aol.com) Submitted by Jo Griffith Domingue, Class Scribe 8/23/2026.
Class News – June 2026
MHC’65 Class Zoom Social June 14, 2026, 4-5 pm EST
Roberta Aber, class president, opened our Zoom Social a few minutes past 4. First, she summarized the results from the early 2026 email survey sent out by the Board. Thirty-four per cent of the class responded voting to continue the popular zoom meetings; however, to reduce them to two per year. Second, responses to the question about our use of the web site indicate that we are making limited use, but the Board voted to continue its sponsorship.
Roberta further explained that delays, resulting from the college’s implementation of the new DASH system, shifted our original social scheduled for May 17 to June 14. In spite of numerous earlier phone calls, the Zoom Social announcement didn’t go out from the Alum Association until June 11.
By our fall Zoom Social, our expectation is that word will be out well in advance, along with reminders from the Class of 1965. Roberta then turned the Social over to Bev Braman Harrison to explain the discussion group format.
With Bev’s dedicated guidance, 13 MHC’65ers shared experiences and tips about Traveling in Your 80’s, Downsizing/Moving, and Good Reads. Board members Jackie Berkowicz, Noelle Granger and Di McIntyre each managed a discussion group. The 13 participating classmates live in seven states on both coasts and in the middle of the country and in an overseas country—Arizona (1), California (4), Connecticut (1), Indiana (1), New York (2), N. Carolina (2), S. Carolina (1), and Germany (1). That distribution reminds us of how widely scattered we now are, but with Zoom, we can spend a full hour, easily chatting and connecting together.