Kenyon College Alumni Magazine

Frederick J. McGavran works two days a week as a full-time chaplain at Marjorie P. Lee Retirement Community in Cincinnati ever since the regular chaplain left. “So far,” Fred updates, “the shock of getting up at 6:15 a.m. has been tolerable, but a full week of this would not. To my great delight I re-established contact with Burton J. ‘Burt’ Hurwitz and David J. Gaunt ’66. It’s amazing and gratifying to see what interesting lives our classmates and friends have enjoyed.”

Hilary Wood Koch, Waterville, Maine, submits what she says is her first class note ever: “I married my Kenyon College sweetheart, Arne Koch, after graduation. We live in Maine and have two boys (both now teens). I taught for many years, but I left teaching to be the primary caregiver for our youngest son, who has hydrocephalus and type 1 diabetes. I joined an international open-source medical project and built my son an artificial pancreas system, which has effectively managed his diabetes for almost four years. My advocacy for his health concerns led me to advocate at the state level for legislation aimed at making health care and prescription drugs more accessible and affordable.” In November, Hillary garnered 8,819 votes out of 20,236 total in her unsuccessful bid for a state senate seat.

Emily D. Torrey accepted a Dean’s Scholarship to attend Loyola University New Orleans School of Law. In August she moved there from Brooklyn mid-pandemic. “I will be pursuing a law degree focusing on social justice scholarship and clinical experience,” she informs.