1960s & 1970s Class Notes

Carol Stern Gendel A'67 (HCW) is the president of the San Marcos Community Foundation, a city created grant making organization whose board are appointed by the mayor and city council. She is in her seventh year on the Foundation and second year as president. Working with a $1 million endowment set up in 1987, they have given over 830 grants, valued at almost $2 million, to more than 330 non-profit organizations that serve the San Marcos community.

Of all the community and volunteer activities in which she has participated over her life, this board gives her the most joy and personal satisfaction. Philanthropy, in whatever amount, is profoundly impactful and she is grateful to be able to be an active philanthropist.

Carol resides in San Marcos, CA and is a member of both the Founders' and Rosen Societies.

Lynn Davis A’66 (A&S) has written two memoirs – A Frog Hollow Childhood – a Memoir of Hartford and recently A Memoir of Two Cities – Hartford and Tel Aviv. Books can be purchased online via Amazon or Barnes & Noble. A third book, for children, based on the first memoir, titled Growing Up in Frog Hollow is soon to be published.

Allan Hoffman ’72 (ENHP) was named President Emeritus at the Institute for Clinical Social Work (ICSW) in Chicago. ICSW is a regionally accredited graduate school offering both PhDs and MS degrees in clinical counseling. Allan is a member of the Rosen Society.

In his retirement, Joe Wocoski '73 (Barney) merged horror with haiku and published on Amazon, a seasonal book titled Halloween Horror Haiku, A Trick-or-Treat for the Silly or Squeamish. He also published a regular book of haiku on Amazon titled, Wakizashi Haiku, Haiku cuts short and to the point like a Wakizashi Sword, under his pen name, JB Wocoski.

Lee Woodman M'75 (HAS) has successfully helped bring the world of art and literary arts to America for over four decades. Her award-winning television and radio production work with the Smithsonian Institution and The Library of Congress – and her collaboration with Hollywood studios DreamWorks, Showtime, and Columbia Pictures -- has reached millions of people. Now, pivoting in her 70s, she is creating art with her own words.

Colorscapes, published by Shanti Arts Publishing, is the sixth in a series of Scapes poetry books by Lee. Each book explores a singular subject: Lifescapes (love and relationships), Mindscapes (wishes, lies, and dreams), Homescapes (cultural identity and place) and Artscapes (artwork) Soulscapes considers spirituality, and “other ways of knowing.” Her collections have received critical attention from leading publications and industry awards, including The Independent Press Gold Award for Poetry 2025, the Nautilus Gold Award for Poetry 2025, and the Independent Press Award for Distinguished Favorite in Poetry 2024. She is also winner of the 2020 William Meredith Prize for Poetry, the 2021 Atlantic Review International Poetry Competition Merit Award, and First Prize in Poetry and Prose Contest for Carve Magazine 2022.

Woodman is a member of the Rosen Society.

William Denert Jr. '76 (A&S) retired from the corporate world in 2019, but has kept active with many interests especially in radio. Since 1968, he has been involved with radio, primarily with Wesleyan University's WESU.

In his sophomore year at the University of Hartford, he was a member of the original AM staff through SAM Radio where he continued to hone his skills in broadcasting. He has had a Jazz show at WESU since 2007.

He has recently been volunteering as a Jazz DJ at UHart's own WWUH albeit on a substitute basis. He is pleased to be part of such an outstanding radio staff at the University.

Denert is a member of the Rosen Society.