ELIZABETH BUES WITTEMANN MALS’92

ELIZABETH BUES WITTEMANN MALS’92, a journalist and pioneer in travel writing, died Jan. 30, 2017, at age 75. She graduated from the College of New Rochelle and began her career as a reporter in Rochester, N.Y., before spending a year teaching in Greece. She then returned to Connecticut to work at the Hartford Times. She also worked in public relations for several years. A pioneer in travel writing, she wrote multiple travel guides about New England, and she wrote travel features for publications including The New York Times, Boston Globe, and Coastal Living. She received a master’s degree in creative writing from Wesleyan in 1992. In recent years she worked part-time as a tutor in the writing center at Manchester Community College and was on a volunteer breakfast team with the House of Bread in Hartford for more than 20 years. She also loved watercolor painting and creative writing. Predeceased by her husband, Ross Gardner Wittemann, survivors include two children, two grandchildren; and her brother.