Beth Pendleton Clark '35, an interim minister for
the United Church of Christ, has always given of herself. So she was entirely
in character last February 22 when she donated a kidney to her daughter,
Barbara Daggett, who suffers cystic kidney disease, the same hereditary disease
that took Clark's husband 40 years ago. "I'm so grateful. I couldn't help him, but I could help her," Clark said of
the operation at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. "This was destiny. I
just had to do this.
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NEWSMAKERS
Bonnie Roberts Hathaway '41 was awarded the Shaklee Community Caretaker
Award from the New England Shaklee Corp. for her work to raise awareness of
environmental issues and to educate people on steps they can take to help
protect the planet. . . . B. A. Royal Spiegel '42
published a poem, "Lessons from the Pond," in Highlights for Children
magazine.
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