Class: 1968
Major: Sociology
Deceased: October 13, 1993
Alumni survivors: Mr. Paul F. Wagschal ’68 W68 (Widow/Widower)
Betsy’s own words about her life after Carleton, written for the 25th reunion bio book in 1993 are the “best and most ‘alive’ information about [her]” according to her husband, Paul Wagschal. She described how she “happened into a professional direction about which [she] felt passionate,” viz. clinical psychology/family therapy, and she traced her pursuit of this in Minneapolis, San Jose, CA, and Vancouver, BC as the family moved for Paul’s career. She was looking ahead to the “challenges and transformations” of the next 25 years. She died just four months after that 1993 reunion.
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It may not be much, but I remember that Betsy had a truly wonderful smile.
Richard Rose ’68
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In the spring of 1963, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke at the University of Minnesota. Carleton ran a bus to the university to give students an opportunity to hear Dr. King. Betsy and I had planned to go, but couldn’t make it. She went and was impressed by Dr. King and his message. About 10 years ago, our local public television station, tpt, announced it had found outtakes of the filming it had done when Dr. King spoke at the university in the spring of 1963. In celebration of Martin Luther King Day, the station announced it would run the outtakes. The footage showed Dr. King speaking in an outdoor location with people sitting in groups listening to him. Much of the camera footage was of various groups of people, but at one point the camera focused on Betsy, listening to Dr. King speak. The outtakes celebrated Dr. King but also, for me, were a reminder of a good friend.
Barb Sommer ’68
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It may not be much, but I remember that Betsy had a truly wonderful smile.
In the spring of 1963, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke at the University of Minnesota. Carleton ran a bus to the university to give students an opportunity to hear Dr. King. Betsy and I had planned to go, but couldn't make it. She went and was impressed by Dr. King and his message. About 10 years ago, our local public television station, tpt, announced it had found outtakes of the filming it had done when Dr. King spoke at the university in the spring of 1963. In celebration of Martin Luther King Day, the station announced it would run the outtakes. The footage showed Dr. King speaking in an outdoor location with people sitting in groups listening to him. Much of the camera footage was of various groups of people, but at one point the camera focused on Betsy, listening to Dr. King speak. The outtakes celebrated Dr. King but also, for me, were a reminder of a good friend.