Sweet Briar College Magazine - Fall 2019

Dear Sweet Briar alumnae and friends,
At Sweet Briar, leadership is based on the lived experience of the women it has educated
and graduated. Our alumnae have been leaders who have rolled up their sleeves
and gotten things done, without thought about who gets the credit. ln doing so, they
have been effective decision-makers, problem-solvers, collaborators and morale boosters
— and above all, they have been “useful citizens.”
I believe leadership can be defined and taught, and I believe that Sweet Briar is just
the kind of place where that can happen, which is why I launched our leadership
core curriculum. At the base of the core is the effort to habituate in the minds of our
students the skills of problem-solving, decision-making and ethical thinking, as well
as the logical and expressive ability to persuade. Not coincidentally, these are also the
fundamentals of a liberal arts education.
Last year, we rolled out the first six courses of the core, including Design Thinking
and The Mindful Writer, and this year will see us launch the final four courses.
Good leaders must have an understanding of financial resources and goals. In
Dollars and Sense, students learn from economic history, institutional economics
and entrepreneurship so that they’ll be prepared to advocate for themselves and the
organizations they lead. In Decisions in a Data-driven World, students engage with
data-rich topics from a variety of fields such as health, science and technology and
political science to develop the ability to reason and work with data, and understand
and present arguments supported by quantitative evidence.
Contemporary Ethical Questions asks students to address complex issues using the
frameworks of philosophical ethics and apply these diverse perspectives to propose
solutions for questions for which there are no clear-cut answers. Finally, in the culminating
capstone of our leadership core, the Consequential Citizen, students will travel
to presidential locations in Virginia where they will learn through lectures, conversations
and from primary documents about the principles that undergird American
leadership. These principles will inform their leadership as women in the 21st century.
I hope you’ll take the opportunity to attend events around the country and talk to
our students about these courses and what they’re learning. Further, I hope that you’ll
support the core curriculum, and the College, by making regular donations to our
annual fund. Together, there’s nothing we cannot do.
Sincerely,
Meredith Woo
President

Fall 2019, Vol. 89, No. 2
This magazine aims to present interesting and
thought-provoking news about the College
and its alumnae. Publication of the material
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Amy Ostroth, Editor
Clélie Steckel, Director of the Sweet Briar Fund
SilverLining Design, Lead Design
Cassie Foster Evans, Photographer
Contributors: Janika Carey ‘10, Jane Dure ‘82,
Alexandra Grobman ‘12, Sarah Lewis, Kathleen
Placidi, Suzanne Ramsey, Sybil Slate
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MAGAZINE
CONTENTS
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Opening Doors
Internships open doors to a world of possibilities. At Sweet Briar, we call
on our network of alumnae, parents and community partners to help us
create professional opportunities for our students.
Welcome, Dean Garrett!
Chemistry whiz and hobby cyclist Teresa Garrett has joined the Sweet
Briar community as Dean of the College. Holla, holla!
Student Visions Come to Life in VCCA Fellows’ CORE 150
Art Class
Sweet Briar students are benefiting from our close relationship with the
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. This time, they learned from three
VCCA fellows in a cross-disciplinary course that challenged them to dream
up land art installations.
Joshua Harris: Expressing Himself Through Music
Dream job? Check. Joshua Harris knew 20 years ago that he wanted to
teach at a place like Sweet Briar College.
Sweet Briar Leadership Core Takes Young Vixen Home
to Guatemala
Eleven years after leaving Guatemala, Sweet Briar student Ruth
Lechner ’21 finally returned home this summer for an internship.
A Half Decade of Sweet Work
After five years, Sweet Work Weeks has become a favorite tradition for
our alumnae.
Sweet Briar Reunion 2019
Check out pictures from the best weekend of the year!
A History of Boxwood House
As Boxwood Alumnae House approaches 100 years young, we look back
on this iconic building.
Building Sweet Briar
In 2019, Sweet Briar lost a beloved member of its campus community:
Charles “Chuck” Kestner. Learn more about his legacy.
DEPARTMENTS
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On the
43
In
95
Quad
Memoriam
38 Giving 46 Class Notes
Donor
Honor Roll

Opening Doors
For many of us graduating from college, getting that
first job was difficult. Employers want experience, after
all, and how do you get that while you’re still a student?
One answer? Internships.
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Sweet Briar’s Office of Career Services
is committed to building relationships
that help students get practical experience
while they’re on campus and open
doors as they get ready to take the next
step into the professional world. “Employers
are looking for students with
strong communication skills, customer
service experience, problem solving abilities
and research experience. Internships
and work experience allow students to
hone those skills,” says Barb Watts, who
leads the office.
And while colleges and universities
all over the country have internship
programs, the quality of those programs
is largely determined by the quality of the
partnerships the institution forms with
organizations who are willing to take on
interns.
Fortunately for students at Sweet Briar,
the College has developed a number of
relationships that lead not only to internships
before graduatio, but also to jobs
after graduation.
One of the most prestigious relationships
the College has built is with The
Biltmore Company in North Carolina.
This is partly because Dini Cecil Pickering,
the great-granddaughter of George
Vanderbilt, who built the estate, is also a
member of the Sweet Briar Class of 1979.
“To see on an
application that a
student has done
an internship
can give them
a leg up in the
experience
category.”
— Ann Ashley, Biltmore
Dini serves as president of the family
office and vice chair of the board at Biltmore.
Through that role, she has made it
possible for several Sweet Briar students
to take part in the company’s corporate
internship program.
Ann Ashley, who heads up the internship
program at Biltmore, knows just
how important internships can be to
students who are looking for that first
job. “To see on an application that a
student has done an internship can give
them a leg up in the experience category,”
says Ann. “Internships can give students
experience in their major, but more
than that, students also gain experience
working in a business environment. For
young people who have spent most of
their lives in an educational environment,
the transition to a corporate atmosphere
can be difficult. Internships help ease
that transition.”
Biltmore is an incredibly diverse
organization and as such, the company
has several internship programs that hire
more than 100 hospitality interns each
year. But the program Sweet Briar students
have been a part of is much smaller
and requires a recommendation from
an owner or a company executive. A few
years ago, in response to a request from
the College, Dini offered to sponsor two
Sweet Briar interns each year.
Annabeth Griffin ’18 was one of the
first students to take advantage of the
opportunity for an internship. Today,
she’s employed by the company. A Dallas
native, Annabeth came to know Sweet
Briar through her sister, a member of the
Class of 2014. Annabeth wanted to have
the same amazing experience her sister
had.
Annabeth was finishing up her first
year in March 2015 when the school announced
that it would close. She became
part of a group of students who actively
worked to keep the school open. She
was a class liaison to Saving Sweet Briar
and promised that if the school stayed
open, she’d be back for her sophomore
year. When school started in the fall,
Annabeth jumped in. “I felt the charge
to be involved and take ownership of my
school,” she says. She got back into riding,
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Annabeth Griffin ‘18 in front of Biltmore
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stepped up to lead the Campus Events
Organization and was captain of the
Ethics Bowl team. She was an economics
and philosophy double major and a math
minor. “I didn’t mean to be a math minor,
but took so many random classes that I
only needed to take two more to have a
minor, so I did.”
It’s that passion and curiosity that
made her such a good fit for the Biltmore
internship, which she did for two summers:
both before and after her senior
year. When she first heard about the
internship, she was confused; she wasn’t
a hospitality major, after all. She visited
the Career Services Center, where she
talked to Luther Griffith — at the time,
Luther was volunteering in the office, but
these days he’s serving as the College’s
vice president for finance, operations and
auxiliary enterprises. Luther told her the
internship was a good opportunity to
learn about how big companies work and
helped her prepare for the interview.
“The spots are coveted,” Annabeth
says. “And they place you exactly where
your interest lies. I told Ann about my
work with campus events, so she placed
me with the special events office. It
was exactly where I needed to be in the
company.”
“We don’t really care what their major
is,” Ann confirmed. “What’s important to
us is character. We want somebody who
exhibits a match with our core values and
also has academic prowess. Annabeth is a
great example of that.”
The experience was everything Annabeth
hoped it would be. Nervous in
the beginning, she was respectful of the
system and of the company. She listened
a lot and learned about the company and
why it is so successful. Her best advice to
young professionals? Learn the corporate
culture. “The way you act and portray
yourself is everything,” she says. “You
can have a great idea, but they’re going to
remember who you were.”
Of course, Biltmore isn’t the only place
where Sweet Briar students are able to get
internships and early-career employment.
A number of engineering students have
interned and gone on to get jobs with
Naval Air Systems Command, often
referred to as NAVAIR. The relationship
Sweet Briar has with NAVAIR started
with an alumna and a Sweet Briar parent.
Lance Tucker’s daughter, Lacey, is a
member of the Class of 2020. When Lacey
was looking at colleges, Lance tagged
along, as parents often do, and learned all
about Sweet Briar’s engineering program.
He was so impressed by the program and
its students that he decided to add Sweet
Briar to the colleges he visits as part of
his official recruiting duties for Cherry
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Point. The head of the recruiting department
at Naval Air Station Patuxent River
in Maryland is a graduate of Sweet Briar
who regularly attends the Federal Career
Expo at the College, helping to further
expand opportunities for students.
Samantha Schwartz ’13, ’18 works
as a mechanical engineer at the Fleet
Readiness Center East in Cherry Point,
N.C., in the subsystems department for
the V-22 Osprey. Her department focuses
on tubing and hoses, the fuel system
and the aircraft’s windscreens. “We do
maintenance and production support, but
also fleet support,” she tells us.
Sam started out at Sweet Briar as
business management major with an engineering
minor and graduated in 2013.
But after being in the business world for a
few years, she realized that she was more
drawn to engineering jobs, so she went
back to finish her engineering degree,
which she completed in 2018. Her work
with the Osprey is a dream come true.
She’s seen the Osprey do demonstrations
at airshows, which she attends with her
father, and also watched them fly while
she was working in the Outer Banks of
North Carolina. “You just have to try
not to stop in the middle of the road and
watch them,” she laughs. “I still get that
feeling working with them here every
day.”
She says her hands-on experiences in
Sweet Briar’s Margaret Jones Wyllie ’45
Engineering Program really prepared her
for professional work as an engineer, particularly
the senior capstone project. The
capstone project gives students the chance
to work on engineering projects with
organizations outside the College. During
the project, Sam says, “You can run into
communications issues and issues understanding
exactly what other people want.
I remember complaining to Dr. Yochum
and Dr. Brinkman about that and they
would just say that we would all thank
them for the experience one day. This is
probably a major ‘I told you so’ moment
for them,” she says about her current job
at NAVAIR. “I think every engineer who
graduated from Sweet Briar would agree
that the most useful experience you get at
Sweet Briar is working with other companies
and getting that real-life experience.”
In fact, this year, Sweet Briar’s capstone
students are working on two separate
projects for NAVAIR. Lance says the
capstone projects will give students
another level of understanding about the
work that happens at the station. “We’re
always looking for technical ability, and
we’ve been very happy with what Sweet
Briar students know,” he says. “But a lot
of what we look for is how they handle
themselves. They need to be able to
present projects to people from shop
Want more?
Check out our video
of Sam’s experience
on the Margaret
Jones Wyllie ’45
Engineering
Program’s homepage.
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Samantha Schwartz ‘13, ‘18 at NAVAIR
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Did you
know?
Sweet Briar College
is one of just two
women’s colleges
in the country with
an ABET-accredited
engineering
program.
personnel to admirals. Sweet Briar’s engineering
students are organized and present
themselves well.”
His first intern recruit was Sarah Cahoone
’18, who went to Cherry Point in
the summer after her junior year and was
then offered full-time employment after she
graduated. Since then, they’ve hired several
students at Cherry Point and several more at
Patuxent River.
“The quality of the interns from Sweet
Briar has been very good,” Lance tells us.
“They’re capable and self-confident. They’re
not afraid to speak their mind and hold their
ground when they need to. Being in Sweet
Briar’s small environment helps them to do that.”
Every engineering major is required to complete an internship,
and obviously internships often lead to employment, so
the relationship with NAVAIR has been a real boon to Sweet
Briar’s engineering students. “I think over the last three years,
we’ve hired about half of Sweet Briar’s engineering graduates,”
Lance says.
Practical experience is especially important for teachers.
Sweet Briar has had a Master of Arts in Teaching program
since 2005 and recently bolstered its undergraduate offerings
by launching a B.A. in elementary education and teaching. Of
course, undergraduates who have pursued teaching certificates
and M.A.T. students at Sweet Briar have always incorporated
classroom experiences into their curriculum because hands-on
learning has been central to Sweet Briar’s mission from day one.
Starting this fall, however, new MOUs (memoranda of understanding)
with Amherst and Nelson County
Schools define student-teaching opportunities,
and a new yearlong residency program is making
it possible to place M.A.T. students in classrooms
for an entire year.
Molly Harper ’19 and Morgan Rayno ’20 are
both at Amherst County High School through
the residency program.
It’s been great, Morgan says, but not without
challenges. “Although I’ve been in classroom
settings before, I haven’t been an actual student-teacher
before,” she admits. “I’m currently
student-teaching with a teacher who is doing
only government this year, so I’m with all seniors.
Three out of the five classes she teaches are
co-taught, as many of the students have IEPs [Individualized
Education Program]. I have learned a lot about accommodating
and servicing those who need just a little extra help.”
It’s early in the year, Morgan recognizes, so there’s a lot she has
yet to learn. But she’s already picking up on some core concepts.
“I have learned that building relationships, or at least building
a positive rapport with the students, is important to everyone’s
success,” she tells us. “Mutual respect and communication is
key, especially with the older students.”
For Emily Hawk ’18, M.A.T. ’19, the training wheels, so to
speak, have already come off. Last year, she student-taught at
Amelon Elementary School. This year, she has her own Kindergarten
class at Central Elementary School in Amherst. Staying
in the same school district was a deliberate choice.
“I was so impressed by the leadership of the county that I
decided to apply for a job here, hoping that I would get one at a
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Emily Hawk ‘18 in front of her classroom
school I was familiar with,” Emily tells
us. “In my earlier years in the education
department, I had a few practicums at
Central Elementary, one with a Kindergarten
teacher named Ms. Murphy.
When they called to offer me the
Kindergarten position, I was thrilled! I
walked into my classroom and, low and
behold, I was now the Kindergarten
teacher in Ms. Murphy’s room, the same
room I had been a practicum student in
years before.”
Each day, Emily is responsible for a lot
of little things that make up a big part of
her students’ development: from teaching
ABCs and finally, how to read, to educating
them about their emotions, about
how to be a good friend, and how to tie
their shoes. The day starts with breakfast,
followed by math, writing, lunch,
recess, reading, snack, content, recess and
resource.
“I think the biggest challenge has to be
controlling 18 5-year-old bodies at once,”
Emily says. “It is impossible, and it took
me a few weeks to learn that even when I
am doing my VERY best, someone will
still want to do something else. I think
the very best part came the first day I had
a sub. I left my class in someone else’s
hands and when I came back, every single
one of them came running over to me
and gave me the biggest hug I’ve ever had.
That is what makes it worth it.”
It’s hard to believe Emily never saw herself
as a teacher. Growing up, she wanted
to be many things, she remembers: a
nurse, a veterinarian, a dolphin trainer
even. “But if you had told 10-year-old
me I would be a teacher, I would have
laughed,” she says.
Perhaps Sweet Briar’s education
program had a hand in steering her in
the right direction, too — or at least
reinforcing that teaching is, in fact, the
right path for her.
“I had a wonderful M.A.T. experience,”
Emily says. “My classes with [Assistant
Professor of Education] Meredith
McCool really helped shape me into the
educator I am today. They reminded me I
was human and that may be the greatest
lesson I learned. Certainly I learned
about pedagogy, curriculum and how to
implement assessment and instruction
as my other new colleagues did, but I
learned how to let things roll off my back,
and when to let go and go home at the
end of a day. Since I was in my student
teaching placement for the entire year, I
had a whole picture view of life as a teacher.
I got to see the good, the bad, and it
made me realize that every day matters,
but each day does not define you.
“Teaching is hard. It is not what I
expected. I think that having your own
classroom is something no amount of
training can prepare you for since each
class that comes through your door is
totally different than your last. Each day
brings new challenges and sometimes
there is no way to anticipate them, but
ultimately that is what makes the job so
fun!”
Emily isn’t alone at Central. This
semester, there are three elementary education
candidates from Sweet Briar who
are placed at Central two hours a week
for their field experience, Meredith says.
She’s excited: “I am looking forward to
popping into Emily’s classroom when I’m
visiting my current students at Central
— and to the day when I can place our
teacher candidates in Emily’s classroom!”
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Welcome,
Dean Garrett!
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Teresa Garrett has a small painting of a cow on her wall, a recent purchase from the
Amherst County Fair. The painting is an outward manifestation of the dean’s embracing
of Sweet Briar. She arrived on campus in July — with her husband, Chris — once again
making the deanery home to the College’s academic dean.
Teresa came to Sweet Briar from Vassar
College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., where she
most recently served as associate dean of
the faculty. She also grew up in Poughkeepsie,
but headed south during high
school and attended Florida State University,
where she earned an undergraduate
degree in biochemistry.
“Like a lot of science- and math-minded
individuals, I went into my undergraduate
degree thinking I was going to be a
medical doctor,” Teresa says. She went
to college with enough credit to begin
as a sophomore. When she arrived, the
pre-med advisor started talking about
three years of college, taking the MCATs
and going straight to med school. That’s
when she “freaked out,” Teresa recalls. “I
remember the darkness of the sky outside
of his office during that conversation,” she
says. She took an honors chemistry lab the
following semester in which she did original
research. This turned out to be the
first step on her professional path. While
working in the lab that semester, she was
paired with a faculty member who was
doing RNA research. Teresa found that
exciting, and the experience taught her a
lot. “I was a total lab nerd from that point
on, and all thoughts of med school went
right out the window,” she says. “That’s
where I learned to be a research scientist.”
She joined a new lab that summer and
stayed in it for the rest of her undergraduate
experience, earning authorship on two
peer-reviewed papers.
Following Florida State, she went to
graduate school at Duke — along with
Chris, and the two married after their first
year. At that point, Teresa planned to get
a Ph.D. in biochemistry, do a high-profile
post-doctoral fellowship, get her own
research lab and win a Nobel Prize in
chemistry. High ambitions!
While pursuing her degree at Duke,
Teresa studied lipids from E. coli with an
amazing mentor, Chris Raetz. “He had no
trouble dealing with my rapid-fire questions
about everything,” she told us. “And
that was everything I love about science.
Working with him was a great experience.
He let me take risks and gave me hard
things to do because he assumed I’d be
able to do them.” And she did.
After three years of grad school, however,
she realized that there was no natural
place on the road to the Nobel Prize
to have children and she had to make a
choice between pursuing that dream and
having a family. She chose family and
defended her dissertation at the end of her
fourth year when she was eight months
pregnant.
She went back to the lab after the birth
of her daughter, but found that she missed
being at home, so she stopped working
and was mostly a stay-at-home mom for
almost five years. “The decision to stop
working was lonely because it felt like no
one else had ever found a way to navigate
their way back,” she remembers. “But
that’s not true. Lots of people do it; they
just don’t talk about it.” When she went
back to work, she was surrounded by
people who had not taken time off to be
with their children, but she doesn’t regret
her choice: “I had a deep desire to be with
my children.”
When she returned to work, she did
some part-time teaching at Duke in the
School of Nursing and taught a 6-week
intensive course for medical students.
Ultimately, she worked with her Ph.D.
mentor on a new endeavor where she
served as the project manager. She also
taught undergraduate biochemistry in the
summer.
In 2007, she returned to her hometown
to become a faculty member at Vassar
— her first full-time position. She
brought with her a research program on
studying lipids in E. coli and collaborated
with undergraduates. In fact, she was
drawn to Vassar because of the ability to
work closely with students while being a
researcher and teacher.
It was while she was at Vassar that she
entered the world of higher education
administration. She came to that because
of her work with assessment. The college
had been directed to do a better job with
student assessment and that work gave
her the opportunity to jump into the deep
end of administration and manage some
change on a college-wide level. She’s proud
of her work and of the way she was able
to support junior faculty. She sees her
role, then and now, as being an elevator of
people, helping them to be successful and
do good work.
That philosophy has become an important
part of her life and it’s one of the
reasons she has come to Sweet Briar. In
addition, she’ll have more opportunity
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to interact with students. Although she
enjoys her work in administration, it has
taken her away from students. She is
excited that there are lots of opportunities
to change that at Sweet Briar. “I’m
a teacher and mentor at heart and I’m
committed to supporting students and
helping them to be amazing,” Teresa says.
“It’s not just about teaching content. The
content isn’t the priority; the students
are. I don’t want the Office of the Dean
to be the place students come only when
they’re in trouble. I want the office to be a
place where students can get support.”
And knowing that she’s made a difference
to students is what makes the
work meaningful for her. “There have
been moments where I have really seen
that I’ve made a difference in a student’s
life — when they’ve come back to me
and expressed gratitude for what they’ve
learned and for her being there. The
impact we have as educators may not ever
come into the consciousness of students
— or it may come far down the road. But
that’s okay.”
She believes in the mission of Sweet
Briar College and knows that with a good
liberal arts education, a student can delve
into any field — because they’ll graduate
equipped with a broad vision of the
world and the ability to see the connections
among fields. “Students should
engage deeply in a broad curriculum,”
she observes. “Supporting a broad liberal
arts curriculum is central to the core
of Sweet Briar and will also launch our
students into success.” In fact, although
she’s a scientist, she defines herself as
deeply creative — her research fires her
imagination and she is saddened by the
fact that society often devalues creative
professions.
In addition, she’s glad to be able to work
at a women’s college. She’s grateful for
a college that designs its program for
women in a way that’s different from
what’s available at coed schools. “I’m kind
of done with women making less than
men and the tone of our voices being
called out. To be at an institution where
women can be elevated to make a difference
in the world? I’m all about that,” she
says. In addition, she appreciates Sweet
Briar’s commitment to increasing the
representation of women in positions of
leadership. She notes that what women
bring to the table is different and enriches
the research and science that is done. “As
a woman, I have experienced and seen
people being treated poorly in research
Her Charge
At her first opening convocation at Sweet Briar, Teresa offered some
excellent advice to the students:
“
Take the time to listen to one another and be authentically
present for one another. In your time here as Sweet Briar women,
I would love to hear what you’ve discovered in your explorations,
what has challenged you, and what you are connecting to. I would
love to hear your stories. And maybe I will have some to share
with you, as well, as we embark on this journey together.”
environments. As there are more of us
in the field, less of that should happen.
Humanity and kindness should be an
expected part of how science is done,” she
says.
Indeed, she has a desire to increase
the representation of all sorts of voices,
including people of color, those with
different gender identities, different
Why Lipids?
“It’s just what I study,” Teresa
says. Although she wouldn’t say
it was her childhood dream, it’s
the subject she uses to pursue
her scientific curiosity.
“It’s basic science research, and
that’s really important because
we don’t know what we don’t
know,” she observes. “We don’t
understand how bacteria work.
We need to keep researching to
understand simple things and
then understand more complex
things.”
religions and more. “We have to create an
environment where these different ideas
can move our society forward in a way
that’s really needed,” she notes. “We have
an obligation to elevate the STEM corner
of our society.”
She’ll be looking at Sweet Briar’s whole
academic program and bringing students
and faculty into the conversation about
how to move the needle on enrollment,
retention and learning. She wants to encourage
the faculty to bring students
along as they do their research and
to work hard to “settle the soil” after
the earthquake that was 2015. “This
is a fertile place for those discussions,”
she says. “I’m going to plant
a few seeds that will bloom and be
amazing.”
When not at the office, Teresa is a
triathlete and enjoys swimming and
biking in her spare time. She loves
being outside and is in awe of the
natural beauty that surrounds the
Sweet Briar campus. She also enjoys
entertaining and is looking forward
to the deanery becoming a place of community
and fellowship.
Teresa and Chris have just celebrated
24 years of marriage and they have two
daughters: a senior at the University of
Connecticut and a sophomore at the University
of Colorado Boulder. The family
dog is named Daisy, so perhaps it’s fate
that brought them to Sweet Briar.
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Student Visions
come to life
in VCCA Fellows’ CORE 150 Art Class
The summery scents of citronella and sunscreen greeted
students as they gathered below the bell tower on a
Thursday afternoon in late April. It was pleasant and warm,
even humid — hence the bug spray. “Does anybody need
more?” asked Courtney Balestier, a writer and one of three
VCCA fellows who team-taught this section of CORE 150 —
Expression and the Arts. Right beside her: conceptual artist
Shea Hembrey and composer Aaron Wyanski.
It was no ordinary outdoor class, but an
art walk led by Carrie Brown, director of
the Center for Creativity, Design and the
Arts, and a longtime professor of creative
writing at Sweet Briar College. Carrie knows
(nearly) every nook and cranny of the 3,250-
acre campus — including the lesser-known
spaces she wanted to show students today.
The students were just three days into
the course, and the art walk helped them
figure out exactly what they were going to
do for the rest of the three-week term. The
assignment was intentionally vague: Come
up with a site-specific installation created
by a fictional artist, then draft a sketch and
formulate a pitch.
This particular version of CORE 150 was
“A Multiplicity of Narratives: The Immersive
Art of Identity” and combined the
expertise of Shea, a visual artist; Courtney,
a literary artist; and Aaron, a sound artist.
Each discipline supports the others to
create deeper, richer work. Students were
encouraged to expand beyond their own
experiences and create work from a more
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Courtney Balestier teaches a session
of CORE 150 during the spring 2019
semester in the Art Barn
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imaginative place, “where a multitude of
voices reside.”
Before the walk, Aaron launched into
an impromptu talk about sound. “Who
hates the bells?” he asked. About two
or three hands went up. “Who loves
the bells?” Many more hands followed.
“Who’s indifferent to the bells?” A few.
“Think about sound and your environment,”
he challenged the two dozen
students. “Why does sound exist?”
He described a quick history of bells,
explaining that for a long time, bells
would have been the loudest sound
people would have heard — and the
loudest sound humans could produce.
Meanwhile, he was drowned out almost
entirely by the countless birds that had
gathered in the trees nearby.
The group split into three clusters led
by each fellow, while the whole pack
was guided by Carrie — past Memorial
Chapel, out of the Quad and toward
Sweet Briar Road. They passed through
the traffic circle, by the Front Dell, past
the old Bistro and the guardhouse. Then
farther down Sweet Briar Road into
the trees, toward U.S. 29. Just past the
woods, Carrie made a sharp left turn into
the field, stopping under an enormous
elm tree. Its limbs spread low and strong,
perfect for climbing on.
“It’s a display tree. You could hang pictures
from it,” remarked Shea. “Imagine
what could happen to the landscape with
minimal intervention.”
“Does anybody know where we’re
going?” asked Carrie.
Everyone did: the old campus entrance
with its small iron gates, just 50 yards
or so downfield. Carrie explained that
it’s romantic and magical and “from a
different time.” But Shea pointed out
something else: that the highway noise
disturbs that notion and brings chaos to
it. There’s no way you could have a meditative
exhibit in this space, he noted.
“This is one of those hidden spaces on
campus,” Carrie explained. “We tried to
develop an itinerary of spaces that you
might not ever have seen, moving from an
intimate scale — this little hidden place
— to bigger, most expansive areas, including
a place that’s been there all along
but which you’ve perhaps never noticed.”
And many of the students hadn’t seen
the original entrance — at least not up
close.
“I’ve heard about the old entrance since
I was a first-year, but I’d never actually
gone to see it, so taking a walk down
there was pretty exciting,” said Raven
Minyard ’20 after the session. “The
old entrance made me think about the
changes that the school experienced
before even I was born,” she said. “I think
sometimes we forget how quickly things
change in the scheme of life.”
Lily Peterson ’21 had never seen it.
“The art walk helped to ground my ideas
and inspired me to find ways to use the
resources we have at Sweet Briar in a
creative and innovative way,” she said.
“Being able to think about these spaces in
the context of art was very inspiring.”
Lauren Jones ’22 had spotted the entrance
only from a distance, out of a car.
Walking to it made her realize how much
of Sweet Briar’s history she doesn’t know,
and it made her want to know more.
“Imagine you’re an artist and this is
your site visit,” Shea said. He pointed to
a grouping of young magnolia trees that
have been planted between the old gates
and U.S. 29. Magnolias are the oldest
trees in the world, he added. “You could
use that fact to evoke time.”
Courtney took a thematic approach.
“What are you curious about? Are you
curious about land use? Environmental
concerns? The idea of a female community?”
Aaron jumped in. “How do you feel in
the space?” he added. “Let’s explore that.”
As Shea concluded, “Every little detail
is a trigger that could lead to something.”
The art walk, which also took the class
to the old barns on Dairy Road and a
water tower that overlooks campus, was
an opportunity for the students to find
inspiration for their project and choose
a specific site. The fact that students
wouldn’t have to actually create their
installation, but “merely” come up with a
concept — as well as a finished drawing
of it — opened the door to lots of possibilities.
Two weeks later, the students had
begun to understand what he meant.
Through the instructors, they’d been
exposed to dozens and dozens of works
of contemporary art: sculpture and
conceptual art, sonic art, a variety of
literary forms. Most of it was brand-new
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Two students
contemplate an
elm tree on campus
during the CORE
150 art walk.
to them. As Carrie observed, the course
“exploded their sense of possibility not
just as artists but as thinkers, as people
who are attentive to the world around
them. I promised them at the beginning
of the semester that the course would
blow their minds, and it was so much fun
to watch it happen.”
Lauren, a computer science major with
a minor in mathematics, felt inspired.
“Not having to actually create the project
has allowed my creativity to run wild,”
she said at the time. “For example, I want
running water in my art piece.” Lauren
was creating glasses that would help the
viewer see through the eyes of the visually
impaired. “It is definitely getting me out
of my comfort zone and that is why I
took this class. There are so many ways to
think about how to get to your final piece.
In programming, I can use different pieces
of code to get to my final piece.”
For Raven, an English and creative writing
major with double minors in history
and medieval and Renaissance studies,
having this much freedom was equal
parts exciting and daunting. “I think the
most challenging aspect was actually figuring
out what to do,” she explained. “We
had to think outside the box. There were
so many things we could do, and that in
itself was intimidating.”
But the art walk made all the difference
— especially once the group headed back
into the forest.
“I knew I wanted to do something in
the woods pretty soon after we walked a
bit down Sanctuary Lane,” Raven said.
“Even though there are lots of sections
of woods on campus, being surrounded
by trees away from the main part of
campus really makes you feel like you’re
somewhere else entirely, and I wanted to
invoke that feeling in my piece.”
Her artist character was a 74-year-old
woman who sculpts furniture out of
The course “exploded
their sense of possibility
not just as artists but
as thinkers, as people
who are attentive
to the world around
them. I promised them
at the beginning of
the semester that the
course would blow their
minds, and it was so
much fun to watch it
happen.”
— Carrie Brown, director, Center for
Creativity, Design and the Arts
vines, covering them with leaves and
moss. Visiting the rickety barns near the
Art Barn inspired Raven’s installation.
“I’ve been to the barns before, but it’s
always so interesting to look around at
all the things that don’t actually belong
there, like shopping carts and furniture,”
she said.
Lily, a studio art major who is pursuing
an Equine Studies Certificate, said
having no financial or time constraints
because her installation wouldn’t actually
have to be built let her develop ideas to
their fullest potential. But she’s with
Raven. “My biggest challenge was working
through the almost limitless artistic
liberties,” she said. Even though she had
already fulfilled her CORE requirements
before, having the chance to learn from
VCCA fellows during the immersive
three-week format was something she
couldn’t pass up.
“This class differed from my other art
classes at Sweet Briar by having a focus
on conceptual ideas instead of technique,
which is rarely taught in traditional
college classes,” Lily said. “Because of this,
the class required a lot of critical thinking
and creative experimentation, which was
greatly beneficial in developing my overall
artistic style.”
Raven agrees. “While Sweet Briar’s
faculty is amazing, it was kind of
refreshing to be taught by instructors
who were completely new to Sweet Briar.
Because we had three instructors, it was
like having three mini classes in one. I
enjoyed seeing how each subject came
together into our final project. This class
has been a unique experience, and I hope
we continue to offer classes like this in
the future. It’s a good way to get students
to start thinking in new ways.”
Students showed their final visions in
an exhibition in Babcock Gallery on
May 12.
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Joshua Harris in the
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JOSHUA HARRIS:
Expressing Himself Through Music
Joshua Harris knew 20 years ago that he wanted to teach at
a place like Sweet Briar College.
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As an undergraduate at Appalachian
State University in the late 1990s,
Joshua was a member of The Steely
Pan Steel Band. While on tour with
the steel drum orchestra, Joshua said
he and his band mate, Jeff Jones, would
talk about their future plans.
During one of these talks, Joshua told
Jeff he wanted to teach music composition
at a “small liberal arts college on
the East Coast.” A dozen years later, as
Joshua was finishing up his Ph.D. in
music composition, he got a call from
Jeff, who was teaching music at Sweet
Briar.
What Does a
Musician Listen To?
Obviously, different musicians listen to
different things, but in Joshua’s case,
his musical taste is pretty eclectic.
He says he reveres Beethoven
symphonies and admires operas. He
enjoys Debussy, Bach, Chopin, Anton
Webern, John Cage and Gyorgi
Ligeti. He’s moved to tears by Morton
Feldman’s quietness and simplicity.
“But my favorite kind of music — my
comfort food music,” he says, “is rock,
especially early '90s bands like Pearl
Jam, Nirvana and Counting Crows, and
all those artists from the '60s and '70s
that influenced them (The Who, Led
Zeppelin, The Beatles, Eric Clapton,
Bob Dylan) and then got popular again
in the '90s. I love the fact that my mom
and I listen to the same bands. How
many other generations have that
musical connection?”
“Jeff said he had found the kind of
college I used to talk about on our
steel band tours,” says Joshua, now an
assistant professor of performing arts
at Sweet Briar. He visited Jeff a few
times and thought the campus was
beautiful. Some happy coincidences
and good timing led Joshua to a job at
the College in 2014.
Being a music professor wasn’t Joshua’s
childhood dream, however. As a
boy growing up in the 1980s in smalltown
North Carolina, he was more
interested in airplanes and late-night
talk shows. Through most of high
school, his dream was to go to the U.S.
Air Force Academy and fly planes for
the military.
Joshua did, however, have a talent for
music. He started playing the piano
at the age of 10 and by 12 was the organist
at his church. In high school, he
played clarinet in marching band and
keyboard and guitar in a rock group.
Still, as he puts it, “I had a long-term
plan for my whole life plotted out, and
music wasn’t part of it.”
All of that changed his senior year of
high school. “I’m not sure if I thought
music was a path of less resistance or if
I just felt some kind of gravity increasing
around music as I got older, but I
decided, almost on a whim my last year
of high school, that I’d be a musician
instead of flying.”
But it really wasn’t until college that
he found out how many opportunities
there were in music. “I fell in love
with music theory — I’d never studied
theory before college — and started
composing little exercises to help me
with ear training,” he says. “I took
composition lessons from a wonderful
composer named Scott Meister and he
seemed really happy as a college professor,
so I thought I’d go for that.”
While Joshua confessed that he
wishes he had a “better story” — maybe
one where he desired to bring about
social justice through music — he said
music is just the way he’s chosen to
express himself. “I do it because I can,”
he says. “If I couldn’t, I’d have chosen
something else. Maybe I’d have been an
essayist or painter.”
At Sweet Briar, Joshua continues to
express himself through music and is
helping others do the same. He has
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composed music for the dance program, and he’s enjoyed
seeing dance professors Mark and Ella Magruder interpret
it. “Composing is intrinsically a non-collaborative activity,”
Joshua says. “I usually compose late at night, when everyone
else is sleeping. Then it goes out in the world for performers
to perform, and the composer loses some control. I actually
love that part of the
process. I love to see
what other creative
“Building a
thing is more
instructive than
buying a thing.”
people do with my
ideas.”
At Sweet Briar,
Joshua has formed
Daisy’s Harp, an
experimental student
group that he describes
as “part classical
music ensemble,
part rock band, part
arts collective, part design lab.” Daisy’s Harp has a “do-ityourself
” spirit and has collaborated with Sweet Briar’s
engineering faculty to bring technology and music together.
“We have a homemade light-sensitive ‘harp’ that can play
our homemade synthesizer or can be a [Musical Instrument
Digital Interface] controller,” Joshua says. “That’s been very
useful, and it’s pretty cool to watch it being played. The DIY
stuff is important because in the real world, people don’t
have unlimited budgets, but with some creative thinking,
you don’t have to be limited by your budget. But there’s
another reason a DIY ethos is important: If you build a
synthesizer, you know exactly how it works. So students not
only know how a synthesizer works, they can customize it to
do whatever they need. Building a thing is more instructive
than buying a thing.”
That ethos of seeing connections is in part what he wants
to teach his students: “Thinking like a musician means,
among other things, understanding time and timing (the
synchronicity of events), sensing consonance and dissonance
(what goes well together and what clashes), perceiving formal
design and structure (how a thing is built and for what
purpose), and detecting patterns on different structural
levels (the micro and the macro). These skills are useful in
a variety of disciplines across the humanities and sciences,
but also in developing relationships and in other real-life
situations.”
It’s a concept that also applies to Sweet Briar’s Design
Thinking class, the introductory class in the core curriculum,
which he taught last fall. “Design Thinking tries to develop
a bias toward action to complement critical thinking,”
he says. “Our motto is ‘do it — reflect — do it better.’ The
highly experiential process is intended to help students tap
into their creative side. For many students, it pushes them
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outside their comfort zone. It forces them to navigate
ambiguity and make quick choices. It requires them to
take risks and confront the inevitability of failure — and
to keep going despite those failures.”
When he’s not teaching, he’s often composing. In
addition to composing pieces for the Magruders, he’s
composed a film score and is in the process of composing
another. He met filmmaker Henry Johnston a few
years ago when they were teaching together and the two
shared an interest in independent films. Henry needed
help with an original score for his film “King Rat” and
Joshua asked if he could give it a try.
His job was to mimic the movie’s temporary tracks
without copying them. “I would listen to each track
once, then write down everything I could remember —
just plain English, no musical notes. Then I would wait a
few days until I was reasonably sure I couldn’t remember
the music anymore, look at my notes, and just use those
notes as a guide to composing something brand-new. So
my notes might say ‘two clarinets + strings; minor key
arpeggios in strings; long notes in clarinet,’ and I would
just go off of that. I did it all in the SArPA studio. I
don’t think I recorded a thing; all the sounds were made
with software.” The film premiered at the Indy Film Fest
in 2017, where it won the Audience Award, and it eventually
won the top juried prize at the Copper Mountain
Film Festival in Colorado. Joshua is currently working
on a score for Henry’s new film, “Hum.”
Last year, Virginia Wesleyan University commissioned
Joshua to compose a large work for choir and orchestra
to celebrate the opening of the Susan S. Goode Fine and
Performing Arts Center, the university’s new state-ofthe-art
concert hall. The VWU choirs and the Virginia
Symphony Orchestra premiered “There Will Be Stars
Over This Place Forever” (text by William Wordsworth
and Sara Teasdale) in March 2019 at the inaugural
concert of the Goode Center. “It was a fabulous performance
in such a beautiful hall. I couldn’t have been more
thrilled to hear what the VWU choirs and the VSO did
with it” Joshua says.
Joshua lives on campus with his family. His wife,
Megan, works in Mary Helen Cochran Library and the
couple has two daughters. The family loves to travel and
often finds themselves in central Florida visiting Disney
World. Joshua also lived in South Korea for a few years
in college, where he learned the language. He likes to
travel to the countryside there where, he says, “there are
no McDonald’s and no English.”
Want to Hear Joshua’s Work?
“King Rat” is about the friendship of
three characters — a college senior, a
mid-career screenwriter and a retiring
professor — who are essentially the
same person at different points in their
life. It premiered at the Indy Film Fest
in 2017, where it won the Audience
Award. It’s streaming on Amazon
Prime video now.
WHRO, the Norfolk PBS station, will
air a mini-documentary on “There Will
Be Stars Over This Place Forever”
this fall as part of a series on the arts
in the Norfolk area. You can also see
the video of the inauguration of the
Goode Center on YouTube. Joshua
appears near the end.
Joshua also made a piece in the
SArPA studio called “a tiny fleck of
blue crying light into the void” that
was presented at the International
Computer Music Conference in
Daegu, South Korea, last summer. It’s
been released on Ravello Records on
the album “Mind & Machine, Vol. 2.”
Listen to Works by Joshua’s
Sweet Briar Students
Two recent students, Briana McCall ’17
and Corin Diaz ’19, have recorded albums
of original music for their senior seminar
projects.
Briana’s website: briamccall.com
Corin’s website: corindiazofficial.com
When he’s at home, he enjoys sitcoms. “It’s one of the
only places on TV where you can be completely weird
and experimental,” he says. Among his favorites: “Seinfeld,”
“Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Arrested Development,”
“The Office,” “30 Rock,” “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”
and “Community.”
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SWEET BRIAR
LEADERSHIP CORE
Takes Young Vixen Home to Guatemala
Eleven years after leaving Guatemala, Sweet Briar student Ruth Lechner ’21 finally
returned home this summer. An internship through Maximo Nivel with Asociación
Transiciones, a microbusiness that builds wheelchairs, brought her back to the
place she had been adopted from in 2007: Semillas de Amor (“Seeds of Love”), an
orphanage just outside Antigua.
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Classmate Nora Florio came along to
witness the homecoming — and to
complete her own internship.
“I feel incredible!” Ruth told us in
June after arriving in Guatemala. And
the business major and political science
minor had a lot to take in. “When I was
adopted [at age 11], I was uneducated and
did not know much about my own culture
and country,” she admitted. “Now I
am embracing the beauty of Guatemala
and its people.”
Ruth is thankful she got to see her
home country through new eyes and
reunite with her Semillas de Amor family.
Having friend Nora with her made
it an unforgettable experience. “Nora is
amazing,” Ruth said. “We played with
nine girls who are left, and there are
three boys. I know four with whom I was
friends when I was there.”
Ruth didn’t realize elections would be
taking place while the two were there.
It made their visit all the
more special, she added
— and educational. “It’s
a little heartbreaking to
read and hear the news
of how corrupted the
country has been and
continues to be, but I
hope that someday there
will be change,” she wrote
in an email. “I have been
asked by many where I am
from, and their responses
are, ‘You will forever be
Guatemala.’ Some are
ashamed to say they are from Guatemala
or of a certain culture because of the stories
told or the standing of the country,
but not me.”
Ruth spent about two years at the
orphanage after briefly living with her
grandmother, who died shortly after her
father gave her up. “Guatemala can be
a dangerous country to live in, so now
I have more understanding for why the
adoption happened,” Ruth says. “I am
grateful for how far I have come with the
help of many, especially my father, other
family and friends.”
So, what exactly brought her back to
Guatemala from her new life in Maryland
— and the comfy campus of Sweet
Briar — more than a decade later? Ruth
says it was a dinner with Joan Parker and
Susan Richiedei, who spoke in last year’s
CORE 130 — Women and Gender
in the World class, that inspired her to
look into international opportunities.
The class is part of the College’s new
leadership core curriculum. Each week
during CORE 130, students heard from
different women leaders.
“Sweet Briar has taught me to be ambitious
and seek opportunities, which is
how I was able to find the internship with
Maximo Nivel,” Ruth told us. “Some
classes are rigorous, however the knowledge
I have gained has made me more
confident and fierce.”
Ruth met with career services director
Barb Watts to confirm that it was a good
organization to go through — and to
start the application
process. Thanks
to Sweet Briar’s
Grants for Engaged
Learning, which
provide up to
$2,000 per student,
she was also able
to fund part of her
flight.
With Ruth’s help,
studio art major
Nora landed a
teaching internship
through the same
company, Maximo Nivel. In June, the
two were off to Guatemala. They stayed
together with a host family in Antigua
and spent their free time exploring the
area: from museums to lakes to volcanoes,
the two friends explored — and
photographed — every corner of Ruth’s
childhood home. Both worked in the
mornings and took Spanish lessons in
the afternoon — a perfect balance, says
Ruth, who loved her internship from day
one.
What’s special about Asociación
Transiciones is not just that many of the
“Some classes
[at Sweet Briar]
are rigorous,
however the
knowledge I have
gained has made
me more confident
and fierce.”
company’s employees are in wheelchairs
themselves, Ruth said, but that the
company campaigns for donations to
give wheelchairs to those who can’t afford
them.
“They are all hardworking and have a
family environment,” Ruth told us a few
days in. “I have had to translate amazing
stories [about why] someone gets a
wheelchair. I have used Excel to record
patients’ information. I am also in charge
of their social media and answering
questions by supporters or new costumers.
There are a variety of things I get to
do. I even learned how to weld the wheel
of a chair!”
The internship was yet another big
step in Ruth’s professional and personal
development.
“I have not always been confident,
especially having to learn in a new
environment and language,” she says.
But the opportunities she’s been given by
her parents and complete strangers have
changed her life, she adds. “This makes
me grateful and it’s given me the courage
to keep going — with my education and
choosing to take on a role in the world
[to effect] change, wherever or whatever I
may end up being.”
And she’s not stopping anytime soon.
This fall, Ruth is studying abroad in
Spain.
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ON THE QUAD
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New year, new dean, new charge:
HOW TO OWN THE FUTURE?
A festive tune opened Sweet Briar College’s
114th session as faculty and senior
staff marched into Murchison Lane
Auditorium. It fit the mood of President
Meredith Woo, who was happy about a
number of things.
During orientation, she had hosted a
group of new students and reported she
was “thrilled” to find they had come to
Sweet Briar from all over the world. But
what made her just as happy, she added,
was to see the “massive transformation”
in returning students. “You can see as
they become wiser … more thoughtful,”
she said.
Student Government Association
President Cailey Cobb ’20 took to the
podium next to offer words of advice for
each class — and a few words for everyone
else. “Please pour into this campus,”
she said, “Everyone in this room has
something more to offer this college.”
In welcoming all new members of the
faculty and staff, President Woo also
introduced two new members of her
cabinet: Vice President of Finance, Operations
and Auxiliary Enterprises Luther
Griffith and Vice President of Academic
Affairs and Dean of the College Teresa
Garrett.
In her remarks to the gathered members
of the community, Teresa noted
the kinship she shares with the Class of
2023. “You and I together will be learning
and growing in this place,” she said.
“Look around you at the Sweet Briar
community that surrounds you. They are
here to help us succeed.” (You can read
more about Teresa on page 8.)
Looking back at her own undergraduate
experience at a larger institution,
Garrett said she realized that it planted
in her a “spirit of exploration.” Now that
she’s at Sweet Briar, Teresa said, the Blue
Ridge Mountains are calling to her. She’s
already scoped out campus, and couldn’t
believe the size of it. “I implore you to explore
this beautiful campus — all 3,250
acres of it,” she said. “It’s huge! This just
illustrates to you how much Sweet Briar
has to offer. … Let this place inspire you,
center you and ground you.”
In addition to exploring campus, students
should explore new fields of study
and take courses outside their comfort
zones, Teresa said. “In those explorations,
be sure to make connections,” she noted.
“College is this unique time to make
connections to not only the place, but the
people. So many people are deeply loyal
to the college or university they attended,
but none more so than Sweet Briar women.
Connect with each other. Connect
with the history of this place.”
Making meaningful connections takes
time, she admitted, and though she had

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Cailey Cobb ‘20
Anna Billias
Mark and Ella Magruder, who teach dance at Sweet Briar, with their
students
asked, Teresa joked, the engineering faculty was no closer to
finishing their time machine. “Take the time to listen to one
another and be authentically present for one another in your
time here,” she added. “In your time here as Sweet Briar women,
I would love to hear what you’ve discovered in your explorations,
what has challenged you, and what you are connecting to. I
would love to hear your stories. And maybe I will have some to
share with you, as well, as we embark on this journey together.”
The convocation address was delivered by longtime community
member Anna Billias, an adjunct assistant professor of music
and recipient of the 2019 SGA Excellence in Teaching Award.
Anna admitted that when she came to the U.S. 14 years ago, she
did not think she was “cut out to be a teacher.” One year later,
she was employed at Sweet Briar College and loved it instantly.
“You, the ladies of the 21st century, determined and bright, fearless
and sincere, are the reason I loved my job so much,” she said.
Recalling the College’s near-closure in 2015, Anna remembered
the sense of community that saved the College. “It is
teamwork,” she said. “It is the spirit of unity, of determination to
succeed, it is resilience, it is the spiritual overcoming the physical.”
That same attitude of resilience has helped her overcome
other obstacles in her personal and professional life. “Listen to
your gut, trust the goodness of your soul and treat others as
if this is the last time you see them,” she advised the audience.
“The universe will embrace you for the goodness that you spread
and make your life journey memorable and special.”
In her charge to students, President Woo reflected on the year
1919. That was the year that women finally won the right to vote
in the U.S. However, that effort was part of a movement that
continued to gain traction and hasn’t stopped since, President
Woo explained. “We are standing on the shoulders of giants,”
she said. “So my charge to you is this: You are part of a movement
that is the greatest movement the world has seen. The
movement of women, their struggle for equal rights has borne
tremendous fruit. So I want you to think about what it means
to be part of the world’s greatest progress. Think about what it
means to be an empowered woman, a woman who is capable of
thinking, who is capable of inquiry, who is capable of imagining,
capable of being creative. Not to become what men are. Not to
acquire what others have. But to imagine something different
in the smithy of your soul. To own the new century and your
future in new and creative, meaningful ways. And I promise you
that I will endeavor along with the faculty and the superlative
staff to help you in your journey to discover and invent creatively
what it means for you to be part of the greatest social movement
and imagine it in ways that are utterly different, utterly creative
and utterly unprecedented. The world is your oyster.”
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FEATURES SPECIAL GUESTS
AND A FOCUS ON THE LAND
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On Sept. 20, Sweet Briar’s usual
Founders’ Day celebrations to honor
its history were enhanced by a special
visit from U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
Sonny Perdue and U.S. Senator Mark
Warner. Along with Virginia Secretary
of Agriculture and Forestry Bettina Ring
and Commissioner of Agriculture and
Consumer Services Jewel Bronaugh, they
were on campus to honor the College’s
roots in farming, and to witness its inventive
renewal.
Events throughout the day focused
on the 3,250 acres of land that make up
the College’s campus. Founders’ Day
began with a reflective ceremony in a
quiet corner of that land: the Sweet Briar
Plantation Burial Grounds. Members of
the Black Student Alliance planned the
event, which has become an annual part
of Founders’ Day. It began with a prayer
by the Rev. Jasper Fletcher, a descendant
of the slaves who worked the land here.
The student leaders of the BSA read
from the Bible and from writings by
Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks
and Toni Morrison. Lilies were laid on
the stone and those in attendance ended
the ceremony by walking around the
cemetery and contemplating the lives of
the people buried there.
Later, Secretary Ring moderated an
agriculture roundtable with Secretary
Perdue, Sen. Warner, local officials and
farmers, as well as Sweet Briar officials,
students and faculty. “Agriculture is the
most important industry in Virginia,”
President Meredith Woo said in her
introduction. Sweet Briar, she added,
strives to be a “showcase for agriculture
that’s sustainable and productive.” Sen.
Warner, who has his own farm in Fredericksburg,
was visibly impressed with
President Woo’s plans. “Thank you for
your remarkable leadership and vision,”
he said. Reemphasizing agriculture’s
dominant role in Virginia, Sen. Warner
stressed that it was important to figure
out “how we do agriculture in the 21st
century.”
Secretary Perdue agreed on all points.
“I’m just enthused, excited and intrigued
by the vision that you have here,” he
said. “Agriculture really brings all of us
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together.” In that spirit, Secretary Perdue
pledged an educational partnership with
Sweet Briar that might yield internships
or other opportunities.
“We have a great opportunity here at
Sweet Briar,” said Lisa Powell, who will
start in January as Sweet Briar’s new
director for the Center of Human and
Environmental Sustainability and an
associate professor. “We’re using our land
resources not only to educate potential
farmers, but to build a community of
women who understand and can advocate
for agriculture.”
Following the roundtable, attendees got
a tour of some of the College’s agricultural
enterprises, which include an apiary, two
vineyards, a 20-acre wildflower meadow
for pollinator habitat (made possible with
support from USDA’s Natural Resources
Conservation Service under the NRCS
EQIP Program) and a 27,000-foot
greenhouse. The tour ended at Sweet
Briar’s nearly complete greenhouse, where
Secretary Perdue and Sen. Warner joined
President Woo for a ceremonial ribbon
cutting. In his remarks, Sen. Warner
again praised Sweet Briar’s vision. “The
idea of what you’re creating here with
women in agriculture is extraordinary,”
he said, adding how amazing Sweet
Briar’s journey has been. “I commend the
wonderful women of Sweet Briar for never
being willing to quit.” Secretary Perdue
joined Sen. Warner’s praise. “Your vision,
an almost counter-culture view of women
in agriculture … Your students will bring
a different perspective to the future.”
That sentiment was echoed at the
Founders’ Day Convocation. Aaron Van
Allen, who works for Congressman Ben
Cline, was first to speak. “I congratulate
you on returning to the roots of Sweet
Briar College, and for your efforts to
grow and build an agricultural juggernaut
in the Commonwealth of Virginia,” Van
Allen said on behalf of Cline. “Our community,
commonwealth and the nation
need more women farmers equipped
with academic knowledge and practical
learning, which is available to students
on this extraordinarily beautiful campus.
Simply put, the world and the agricultural
community need Sweet Briar women
and the leadership that they offer.”
Secretary Ring and Commissioner
Bronaugh were featured speakers at convocation.
The number of women leaders
in agriculture, natural resources and forestry
is growing quickly, Commissioner
Bronaugh observed, and she knows why.
“It is a lot about the way that we think,
that we lead and plan, and as President
Woo said: We are tenacious. We don’t
give up until we are successful.”
Secretary Ring spoke next. “I am excited
about the progress that is underway
and the redevelopment that is happening
on your campus,” she said. “Sweet Briar
has the opportunity to continue to lead
and to deepen the legacy of your founder.
I personally look forward to observing the
extraordinary developments that are yet
to come.” To the students, she said: “The
Commonwealth of Virginia needs you
and the world needs you. We need your
passion, your creativity, your resilience,
your conscientiousness, your diligence
and your commitment. You come from a
long line of women who get things done.”
Following convocation, the community
walked to Monument Hill for the ceremony
that honors the Fletcher-Williams
family and the mark they have made on
thousands of young women since the
school’s founding in 1901. Daisies were
laid on the stones to honor the family,
including a young girl whose life was cut
tragically short.
Walking down the hill, the campus
community then came together for
dinner in Prothro. The light from the
setting sun was golden in the dining room
as people laughed and talked and enjoyed
the wonderful food served by Sweet Briar’s
catering partner, Meriwether Godsey.
After dinner, a good crowd of alumnae,
staff, faculty and friends gathered to
hear Anna Chao “Chips” Pai ’57 speak
about her new book, “From Manchurian
Princess to the American Dream.” The
day was capped off with an opportunity
for alumnae and current students to get
to know each other better over s’mores in
the atrium.
“We’re using our
land resources not only
to educate potential
farmers, but to build
a community of women
who understand and can
advocate for agriculture.”
Lisa Powell, director, Center for Human
and Environmental Sustainability
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A Half Decade of
Sweet Work
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This year, the College’s new tradition of
Sweet Work Weeks marked its fifth year
and in that relatively short period of time,
the annual event has become almost as big as
Reunion weekend. Participants paint, weed,
mulch and more — all to welcome students
home for a new academic year. Of course, it’s
about more than just work. It’s also an opportunity
for alumnae of different generations to
get to know each other in a meaningful way.
We are so grateful for the hard work of all
of our amazing alumnae that we wanted to
take a moment to honor some of the women
— and some husbands — who have become
regular attendees at Sweet Work Weeks.
And thanks to Jane Dure ’82 for writing the
story!
Kathy Pegues ’71 and husband John
marked their 42nd wedding anniversary
on Aug. 13. They celebrated the day
where they had celebrated their past four
anniversaries: on campus at Sweet Work
Weeks. That makes Kathy and John fiveyear
veterans of the idea put into action
by Debbie Thurman ’76 and Jen Phelps
Staton ’02 mere weeks after former president
Phil Stone stepped foot on campus
in the summer of 2015.
“We heard about alumnae going to
campus, to get it ready for the students,
and we decided to go,” Kathy says about
“It was an
exhilarating
three weeks,
an amazingly
productive time…
We problemsolved,
which
speaks to our
liberal arts
education. ”
— Ann Gately ’70
the first Sweet Work Weeks. “We are in
Debbie and Jen’s debt for getting everything
started, for this thing that has
become something big.”
That Kathy would “decide to go” is in
her SBC DNA — she has served the
College and the alumnae as a member
of the board, the alumnae board and the
campaign planning committee. She is
currently her class’s co-president. She
worked as a volunteer leader of Sweet
Work Weeks for its third and fourth
years, and after the Alumnae Alliance
created a Sweet Work Weeks working
group to organize and run the projects
each year, she volunteered to lead the
working group as a co-chair.
John is no stranger to the College. John,
a retired school administrator, John first
med Kathy, a retired teacher, on campus,
on the first floor of Manson when it was
the Information Center. John went out
with Kathy’s roommate while Kathy
went out with John’s UVa roommate.
And John and Kathy, who live in Warrenton,
are also SBC parents, of Emily
Pegues ’00.
According to Kathy, the first year of
Sweet Work Weeks was a little free-form,
but everyone was passionate, and it was all
hands on deck.
“Reclaiming the Vixen Den for the
students was one of the big projects that
first year. Also getting Sweet Briar House
ready for Phil Stone,” says Kathy. “Some
50 people did touch-up painting, washed
windows, polished furniture, cleaned
floors, set out fresh flowers and then we
left notes all over the house for Phil. The
house looked good, smelled good; it was
welcoming.”
John says, “I did all sorts of things.
Someone found several teak benches
in one of the old barns that used to be
around campus. We power-washed them
and covered them with teak oil, and then
replaced them around campus. I remember
doing some weeding with Karen
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Levy ’86 and Ann Gateley ’70, painting
wood at the [Conference Center] and
rebuilding a pilaster at the admissions
office.”
Over the years, Kathy’s favorite project
has been working in Daisy’s Garden, but
this year, she got the most satisfaction
working in the Bloy Memorial Garden,
behind Memorial Chapel. “The beds were
full of crabgrass covering the existing
plants, and some of the bushes had died,”
Kathy says. “We removed all of that and
mulched. Dang, it looked beautiful.”
“Painting is the most satisfying,” John
says, “but I guess I am known for the
bamboo. The first year, the bamboo was
blocking the back exit to the Vixen Den.
I think I’ve worked on the bamboo every
year. When we arrived this summer, the
bamboo was falling over the Sweet Briar
Drive. We cut it back to the ground, and
where there was a one-foot swath between
the bamboo and the curb is now a twofoot
swath.”
After her years as a volunteer leader and
now co-chairing the Sweet Work Weeks
working group with Vikki Schroeder ’87,
Kathy is set on keeping Sweet Work
Weeks running smoothly and improving
the experience for alumnae and friends
“Sweet Work
Weeks allows
you to focus on
the community
of alumnae.”
— Ann Gately ’70
of the College. “We have learned over the
years how to use strategically the volunteers
we have,” she says. “For example,
Erin East ’00 and Kris Harris ’99 will
do anything well, but they like to mulch.
Though there were a few glitches, this year
was perhaps the smoothest Sweet Work
Weeks, and we did three weeks of work in
two weeks.”
In the summer of 2015, Ann Gateley ’70
was transitioning into retirement from her
professorship in internal medicine at the
University of New Mexico, with a practice
in sports medicine, taking care of all of the
university’s athletes.
“Because I live in an area that is low-density
in terms of fellow alumnae, I wasn’t
able to engage in the heavy lifting in the
effort to save the College,” Ann says. “I
felt fairly helpless. But when I heard about
alumnae gathering on campus in what was
that first Sweet Work Weeks, I knew I
could contribute with literal heavy lifting
on campus, and I wrangled some extra
time off work to attend.”
Ann says, “It was an exhilarating three
weeks, an amazingly productive time.
There was no real supervision on behalf of
the College, no one had taken an assessment
of what was needed; so we problem-solved,
which speaks to our liberal
arts education. Volunteers spread out over
the campus with clipboards to assess what
needed to be done.”
In the years since, Ann has become the
alumna leader of the grounds-keeping
efforts of Sweet Work Weeks, working
with the College’s horticulturalist, Donna
Meeks, even the year after Donna retired.
“Donna taught me a lot about pruning
and what plantings work best where,” says
Ann.
Ann notes that Sweet Work Weeks
has transitioned to a strong partnership
with the College, as more of the new staff
and administration have gained institutional
memory of what the alumnae can
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accomplish. Ann says, “We are forging
a partnership with the College, creating
relationships.”
This year, in terms of the grounds, Ann
noticed “evidence of proactive landscape
attention. The grounds personnel have
a considerable job with just the maintenance
of the athletic fields, let alone attending
to the signature physical beauty
of our campus.”
Ann gives a shoutout to those involved
in the effort that brought the slew of
young alumnae from the classes of 2015
to 2018 to Sweet Work Weeks over the
middle weekend this year. [Editor’s note:
That was the Young Alumnae Squad
working group of the Alumnae Alliance!]
She enjoyed having the young alumnae
on her grounds-keeping crew. “It was energizing
to see them owning the projects
they worked on. I hope they keep returning
to Sweet Work Weeks,” she says.
“We need their energy; we need continuity;
we need for them to own Sweet Work
Weeks like us older alumnae have. I can’t
do this in my 80s!”
It’s no secret among Sweet Work Week
regulars that Ann’s favorite Sweet Work
Week activity is “wine-down” after the
day’s chores have been completed. “I like
staying on campus and communing with
other alumnae, learning about them,” she
says. “When the young alumnae showed
up, we had alumnae from many decades,
and that’s good for all of us, extending
our understanding of each other.
“I like working the high-profile projects
— the upper quad, Monument
Hill, Daisy’s Garden — because they are
meaningful,” she adds. “But mostly, I like
being outside, enjoying the campus. As
students, we weren’t on campus at the
time of Sweet Work Weeks, as school
hadn’t started. It’s an interesting time to
be there. The temperature and light are
different. Sweet Work Weeks allows you
to focus on the community of alumnae,
to look at our school and enjoy the
environs.”
Classmates Brendy Reiter Hantzes ’81
and Eve Devine ’81 have been coming to
Sweet Work Weeks together for the past
five years.
“We drove down to campus on some
random weekend after the closure
announcement. The campus was so sad,”
Brendy says. “To get to go back and have
a hand in erasing that at the first Sweet
Work Weeks, to clean the place. It was
cathartic.”
“It was important to be there,” Eve says.
“I could give time and in some way give
back.”
That first year, Brendy says though they
concentrated on the Vixen Den, “My eyes
took in the campus differently. Like the
bulletin boards all over campus — they
were covered with layers and layers of announcements
of events years old. Things
looked uncared for. We hoped our small
part would be enough, so the students
would have a sense of permanence.”
And coming back each year has also
been important. Brendy’s schedule as
a realtor living in Chantilly is flexible.
Eve, who is the vice president of human
resources at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore,
has had to block out vacation time.
In the past few years, she has brought her
niece down with her.
“She went to the Naval Academy, but
she follows what’s going on with Sweet
Briar, and she’s enjoyed helping out. We
treat the whole trip as an adventure,”
says Eve. “This year on the trip down, we
stopped at the Amish marketplace on
29 and got pies at Yoder’s. In our days
as students, we didn’t appreciate what
was between campus and where we were
going. Now it’s part of the adventure.”
Brendy adds, “We have also been discovering
Lynchburg’s restaurants.”
But being on campus is the main draw,
as Eve says, “Going up the drive, my
blood pressure goes down. Brendy and I
joke that we are like pod people returning
to the mothership to be re-energized.
And we stay at the Elston Inn — I used
to work in hospitality; the inn is fixed
up nicely. It’s quiet and relaxing and our
home base during Sweet Work Weeks.”
For both Brendy and Eve, the painting
projects have been a favorite. “You can see
the before and after, when a room is more
welcoming to students,” Brendy says.
“It meant a lot to me to paint in Randolph,”
says Eve. “Freshman year I was on
the second floor and Brendy had a room
in the basement. It’s as if I came full circle
— I looked out of a window from the
second floor and remembered my parents
dropping me off.”
“I could give
time and in
some way give
back.”
— Eve Devine ’81
This year, Brendy and Eve arrived
toward the end of Sweet Work Weeks,
after a lot of the projects had been completed
or were winding down. Their main
project was pulling cards from library
books; not a sexy task, but removing the
cards from all of the books in the library
must be done, by law. And they were
happy to make a dent in the very big job.
Eve says, “I’ll do any assignment they give
me.”
Brendy and Eve also worked the last
Saturday of Sweet Work Weeks helping
the new students move in, and then
watched the Daisy Ceremony. “It was
nice to see the students arrive with their
parents. In 2015 I saw a campus practically
abandoned. This year, I was there
when 120 students moved in.”
“I hope there is always something we
can do,” says Eve. “I love having breakfast
with everyone, just like when we were
students, but instead of heading off to
class, we head off to work. I will be coming
as long as I’m physically able.”
Brendy agrees: “Sweet Work Weeks is a
new tradition.”
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REUNION 2019
Reunion
Sweet Briar
2019
This summer, we welcomed alumnae and their
families — more than 350 people — back to
campus for Reunion Weekend to reminisce, spend
time together and celebrate all that makes the
Sweet Briar College experience special.
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Reunion Weekend is one
of the best times of the
year at Sweet Briar and
we’re always grateful
for the time we get to
spend with you. Save
the date for Reunion
2020: May 29-31. We’ll
be honoring class years
ending in 0 and 5, but
all alumnae are invited
and we hope to see you
there!
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HISTORY
President Meta Glass and
Mr. Barker volunteer as soda jerks
at the Boxwood Inn, c. 1944.
A History of Boxwood House
A PLACE TO BEHOLD CAMPUS LIFE
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“The Story of Sweet Briar College,”
by Martha Lou Lemmon Stohlman,
describes a “flurry of building” during
the presidency of Emilie Watts McVea, a
president who was sometimes criticized
for her practicality.
One structure built between 1916 and
1925 was the Boxwood Inn. Constructed
in 1920 or 1922, depending on the source,
it was meant to replace a tea house then
located in what Stohlman describes as the
“old plantation office.” Not only had the
College outgrown its old tea house, there
also was a need for somewhere on campus
to house overnight guests. Stohlman
writes that “in this instance, Miss McVea’s
‘practical ways’ were approved.”
For decades, the Boxwood Inn would
be what Lynn Rainville and Lisa N.
Johnston, coauthors of a 2015 book about
Sweet Briar history, describe as a “popular
hangout for faculty, students and off-campus
visitors, decorated with art, Asian
lanterns, and wooden booths.”
The 1931-32 Alumnae News declared it
“next in rank” to the grassy dell “of those
places where an interested observer may
take up a strategic position to behold campus
life.” It added that the Great Depression
did nothing to dampen its popularity.
“The depression has not decreased the
number of morning dissipaters, spending
a vacant period over Coca-Colas and
cookies. And the Tea House temptation
is just as strong as ever to the exhausted
bloomer-clad procession that straggles up
the hill from the lower hockey field in the
afternoons.”
The Fall 1976 Alumnae Magazine,
which celebrated the College’s 75th anniversary,
included a section penned by Julia
Sadler de Coligny ’34 in which she fondly
remembers the Boxwood Inn of the early
1930s. She recalls it as “always packed and
cozy” and writes, “Those Sunday night
suppers of waffles and creamed chicken
were something to remember, although
our spending money was so scarce it didn’t
happen often unless you had a visitor.”
During World War II, with the men at
war and labor shortages at home, newspapers
across the country reported that
President Meta Glass was lending a hand
at the Boxwood Inn. Under the headline,
“College President Is ‘Soda Jerker,’” a September
1943 issue of the La Crosse (Wisconsin)
Tribune reported that President
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Glass had responded to the labor shortage
by “donning an apron and ‘jerking soda’
at the fountain in the Boxwood Inn, [the]
only oasis on the campus where students
could get milk shakes and soft drinks
before bedtime.”
Over the years, visiting lecturers and dignitaries
also visited the Inn, among them
Katherine Anne Porter, journalist, activist
and author the 1962 novel “Ship of Fools.”
As reported in the March 1967 Alumnae
Magazine, Katherine had breakfast with
students at the Boxwood Inn on two
occasions in the 1950s.
Alumnae from the 1950s and ’60s also
have fond memories of Lois Ballenger,
who spent more than 50 years working at
Sweet Briar and was manager of the Boxwood
Inn for many years. With a laugh,
Mary Smith Brugh ’57 recently described
Ballenger as “kind of formidable,” while
Mina Walker Wood ’62 recalled her as “a
nice, in-charge old girl.”
On several occasions in the 1950s and
’60s, the Inn was commandeered for dorm
space. According to the 75th anniversary
issue of the magazine, while Dew
residence hall was under construction,
“students were packed into every available
nook on campus” and 17 students lived at
the Inn.
Students were housed at the Inn in 1961,
while Meta Glass residence hall was being
built. In 1969, with enrollment described
in the winter magazine as “bigger than
ever” at 731, some students “[considered]
themselves privileged to live at the Boxwood
Inn.”
While the Boxwood Inn closed decades
ago, it continues to live on as home to the
College’s alumnae relations and development
office, and to the Sweet Briar Museum.
But there is something that’s had just
as much staying power: the Boxwood Inn’s
cinnamon toast, or at least the memories
of it.
Joan DeVore Roth ’41 writes in the 75th
anniversary magazine that during World
War II, the Boxwood Inn was a “most
popular spot” where coffee and cinnamon
toast could be had for 15 cents. In a
1986 magazine, a member of the Class of
1969 writes that a recent lunch with her
classmates was as “pleasant as coffee and
cinnamon toast at the Boxwood Inn.” And
just recently, Brugh said that when she
mentioned the Boxwood Inn to her sister,
Helen Smith Lewis ’54, “the first thing
that came out of her mouth was the cinnamon
toast.” Brugh added, “It was probably
white bread that they had baked there in
the kitchen, at the dining hall, slathered
with melted butter and they sprinkled
it with cinnamon sugar. Real butter and
then cinnamon sugar. It was really just
wonderful.”
We couldn’t find the recipe for
cinnamon toast or waffles and
creamed chicken, but we did find
several recipes from the Boxwood
Inn in “Tastes Remembered: A
treasury of recipes from the good
cooks of Sweet Briar College,”
which was compiled in 1994.
Special Spoon Bread
2 c/ water
1 c. uncooked rice
1 ½ tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. black pepper
2 tsp. prepared mustard
1 c. grated sharp cheese
1 c. milk
1 egg, beaten
1 tbsp. poppy seeds
2 tbsp. margarine
½ tsp. paprika
Put water, rice, and salt in sauce
pan. Cook over high heat. Simmer
over low heat 14 minutes.
Remove and leave lid on 10 minutes.
Stir pepper, mustard, ½ c.
cheese, milk and egg into hot rice.
Spread evenly into well-greased
shallow baking dish. Sprinkle on
poppy seen and remaining cheese.
Cut margarine over top. Cool and
refrigerate. Remove from refrigerator
at meal time and sprinkle
paprika over top. Place in broiler,
heat through and brown on top.
Serves 7-8.
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GIVING
Together, We Are
One Sweet Briar
Sweet Briar College has always been a
place where young women arrive ready
to test themselves, find their strengths
and explore their world. The College has
regularly retooled itself to meet the needs of
each generation, incorporating new ways to
learn and building and upgrading facilities,
while retaining the features that are responsible
for its distinctive character. Through
it all, Sweet Briar has continued a tradition
of cultivating engaged citizens, persuasive
communicators, ethical decision-makers
and skilled leaders — traits long associated
with Sweet Briar students and alumnae.
Your gifts to the Sweet Briar Fund make
it all possible. Donors provide support for
scholarships, faculty and academic programs
and the stewardship of our natural
and built environment.
As the College’s enrollment increases,
more tuition revenue will mean a decreased
reliance on fundraising dollars, but donations
to the Sweet Briar Fund will always
support areas of need for the College and
ensure its success going forward. With
your support, the College will continue to
be a launching pad for successful women
who will take the lead in a complex and
changing world.
The fundraising goal for the 2019-2020
academic year is $6 million in new gifts and
30% participation from alumnae. Together,
we can make it happen.
Scholarships
In today’s competitive college environment,
scholarships help convince exceptional
students to choose Sweet Briar and
because of our generous donors, Sweet
Briar has been able to provide merit scholarships
for our current students. However,
these scholarships, often supported by
restricted gifts from alumnae and families
of Sweet Briar, do not cover the total need
for merit scholarships for the 2019-2020
academic year.
Your gift to the Sweet Briar Fund will
help us cover that gap and give us the freedom
to offer competitive award packages,
increasing the appeal of Sweet Briar for
students and their families.
Faculty and Academic Program
Support
At the heart of every student’s time at
Sweet Briar are the dedicated faculty members
who guide and shape the academic
year. Faculty ignite innovation and inspire
students to learn and grow beyond their
greatest expectations. Our faculty empower
students to make positive change in their
communities and share their inspiration
with the world.
Your gift to the Sweet Briar Fund means
we can recruit and retain the best teachers
and mentors and provide the resources they
need to develop intellectually stimulating
classes for Sweet Briar students.
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GIVING
Stewardship of Natural and Built
Environment
Sweet Briar’s founder, Indiana Fletcher
Williams, left the majority of her land
holdings to establish an institution that
would educate young women. The original
historic buildings, 21 of which are on
the National Register of Historic Places,
require stewardship and care to honor our
history and ensure their active role in each
academic year.
Sweet Briar’s buildings form the center
of our community of learning. Many
were built from bricks made on site —
created from the same red clay on which
our buildings sit — by individuals whose
descendants remain our friends, neighbors
and colleagues. These buildings embody
our shared history.
Of course, the College is more than just
buildings, it’s also 3,250 acres of some
of the most beautiful land to be found
anywhere. Indeed, that land is among our
greatest assets. It is an expansive canvas for
learning and research, giving our students
opportunities not available anywhere else.
The driveway that meanders through oldgrowth
tree sanctuaries is the first of many
sights that inspire prospective students to
choose Sweet Briar, and it is the signal that
calls our alumnae home.
Thanks to visionary investments from
donors and granting agencies, the College
has established vineyards, an apiary and a
wildflower meadow pollinator habitat, all
of which will produce revenue for Sweet
Briar. With these investments, the former
Sweet Briar Farm has been reinvigorated
in a way that will sustain the College for
decades to come. Your gift to the Sweet
Briar Fund will help us advance these
efforts, establishing Sweet Briar as a leader
in artisanal agriculture and providing
young women with a rich setting for learning,
living and leadership.
One Sweet Briar
Anyone whose life has been touched
by Sweet Briar — as a student, alumna,
parent, faculty member, staff or friend —
knows lives are shaped here. We are all
stewards of the institution that educated
us and gave us a community that will
sustain us through lifetimes.
As beneficiaries of this inheritance, we
are responsible to the next generation of
Sweet Briar women. Your gift to the Sweet
Briar Fund will leave a legacy of support
for young women who will go on to lead
the world.
This unifying experience is part of the
philosophy of One Sweet Briar: We come
together to support each other and to
support the future of Sweet Briar College.
We celebrate our triumphs and solve our
problems — together.
Together, we are One Sweet Briar.
Increased alumnae
participation:
Every gift matters!
For class leaders and staff
members alike, alumnae participation
is one of those things
that is greater than the sum of
its parts. On the surface, it’s a
simple calculation that gives us
a number. Dig a little deeper,
and it becomes a formula that
represents more than just giving.
Alumnae participation is used by
U.S. News & World Report (and
other key publications) as one of
seven factors in ranking colleges
and universities. So, the higher
the alumnae participation rate,
the higher the ranking. Many
granting agencies also use alumni
participation as a factor in considering
potential grants.
In short, your gift, of any size, increases
our alumnae participation
rate and makes us more appealing
to prospective students and their
families, as well as to potential
grantors.
Total Alumnae Donors
Total Solicitable Alumnae
Alumnae participation goal
for the 2020 fiscal year
(July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020):
30%!
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GIVING
TurnDreams
Grants
into REALITY
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Erin Pitt, Sweet Briar College assistant
professor of archaeology and ancient studies,
spent much of her summer digging.
She’s the co-director of the Roman Colonial
Urbanism Project, which investigates
sites in the Mediterranean world to compare
urban life in distant Roman colonies.
Erin and her crew opened a trench in the
public square of the southern Albanian
town of Butrint, a UNESCO World
Heritage archaeological site known as
Buthrotum when it was part of a Roman
colony. They kept expanding it as they
followed the path of a lead pipe in an aqueduct
dating from the reign of Emperor
Hadrian in the second century C.E. Along
the way, they found the remains of rooms
from houses and public buildings and a
horde of discarded bronze coins.
Another one of the dig’s intriguing
discoveries was the basin of a fountain
sourced by a spring — now a trickling
stream — that apparently served the
town’s inhabitants before the Roman
takeover. By the basin, they found shards
of broken pottery and glass from small
perfume and cosmetics vessels called
uguentaria, probably placed there to stop
up the flow of water once the fountain was
no longer used. Finding the spring and
fountain were especially gratifying to Erin,
whose current investigations, at Pompeii
as well as at Butrint, include the ways in
which ancient communities gained and
kept access to water, and how they used it
when they had it.
While Erin was in a trench 5,000 miles
away from campus, Associate Professor
Bethany Brinkman, who directs the
Margaret Jones Wyllie ’45 Engineering
Program, was working on a water issue
right here at Sweet Briar with engineering
majors Rosa Bello ’20 and Karlynn
McCarthy ’20. The team designed a filter
system made from a readily available
material: concrete, which is a step toward
establishing affordable, acceptable means
of treating water in the developing world,
where more than 700 million people lack
access to safe drinking water. Bethany,
Rosa and Karlynn created porous concrete
filters in reusable housings that can double
as water storage containers and then
tested the filters’ efficacy in removing
fecal coliforms and organic matter from
water samples gathered from the George
Washington National Forest and the
Sweet Briar campus using the project’s
self-designed automated water sampler.
Both students are motivated by the desire
to help engineer solutions to significant
problems. “This research opened my eyes
to how great an impact a common dayto-day
material like concrete can have on
global issues,” Karlynn says. “It is one of
the most widely used building materials,
but it can also be used to help solve the
water crisis.”
Down the hall from Guion Science Center’s
engineering lab, Emily Wandling ’20
and DaZané Cole ’20 were in the chemistry
and biology labs, investigating betulin,
a compound derived from birch trees and
known to have anti-microbial, anti-cancer
and anti-viral properties. Emily, a biochemistry
and molecular biology double
major, and DaZané, double-majoring in
biology and psychology, were engaged in
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DaZané Cole ’20 in Guion
GIVING
separate but related projects. Emily, after
extracting and purifying betulin from the
bark of a paper birch tree growing on campus,
synthesized a new betulin derivative,
dehydrated allobetulin. DaZané tested the
effectiveness of betulin and its derivatives
against the deadly pathogen Pseudomonas
aeruginosa, a bacterium that is one of the
leading causes of death in cystic fibrosis
sufferers. Emily feels the project has solidified
her passion to become a biomedical
scientist, while DaZané, an aspiring
veterinarian, is certain the work has honed
her “skills as a researcher, critical thinker
and scientific communicator.”
These four projects exemplify only some
of the fascinating investigations Sweet
Briar faculty and students carry out
each summer. And crucially, they have
something else in common: All received
essential support from external grants.
The Virginia Foundation for Independent
Colleges (VFIC) helped fund Erin’s
project through a Mednick Memorial Fellowship.
Emily and DaZané each earned
VFIC Summer Undergraduate Science
Research Fellowships, while the Jeffress
Trust Awards Program in Interdisciplinary
Research supported the clean water
project of Bethany and her students Rosa
and Karlynn. The VFIC and the Jeffress
Trust are two of a host of sponsors helping
to drive Sweet Briar’s educational mission.
Grants from the federal government, as
well as state agencies, private foundations,
organizations and individuals, fund more
than research. They also support academic
initiatives and agricultural enterprises,
scholarships, internships, the preservation
of historic buildings and myriad other
projects.
Grants have played an important role
in helping launch the new leadership core
curriculum, nurturing one of President
Woo’s highest priorities and spurring
Sweet Briar’s growing reputation as one of
the nation’s most innovative colleges. The
Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation,
for example, helped fund the debut of
two core courses. Design Thinking is one
of them. As the gateway into the core, the
class utilizes elements from the designer’s
tool kit such as empathy and experimentation
to broaden students’ thinking,
encouraging them to develop innovative
Students in Design Thinking in Fall 2019
solutions to a wide range of local and global
problems. Another course is The Mindful
Writer, a workshop-based intensive
writing course that helps students become
confident and effective readers and writers
using The New Yorker as its primary text.
A grant from the Andrew M. Mellon
Foundation is supporting Expression and
the Arts, in which students develop their
creative and critical capacities through the
study and practice of the arts. Specifically,
the Mellon grant funds the Fellows Studio,
taught by visiting artists who are joint
fellows at Sweet Briar and the Virginia
Center for the Creative Arts, the worldclass
residential artists’ community across
U.S. 29 from the College.
The inaugural Fellows Studio, A Multiplicity
of Narratives: The Immersive Art
of Identity [read more about the course
on page 11], was taught during the Spring
2019 3-week term by an interdisciplinary
team of three visiting artist fellows: writer
Courtney Balestier, conceptual artist Shea
Hembrey and composer Aaron Wyanski.
The class merged concepts of visual art,
literature and sound art to explore voice,
point of view and identity. The students
imagined large-scale, immersive, site-specific
artworks on the Sweet Briar campus
— but the works would not be their
own. Instead, the students used literary
concepts to imagine the fictional artists
behind these conceptual works and to
understand these artists as a literary writer
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Students in the Fall 2019 Fellows Studio created sitespecific
art with Susanna Nevison’s “The Self and the Poem”
class. Shown here: Carrie Brown, director of the Center for
Creativity, Design and the Arts, with Rachel Partington ‘20
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would understand her characters. The
SBC-VCCA fellows felt that teaching this
course was an extraordinary experience.
As characterized by Aaron, “Working
with such thoughtful and engaged students,
in Sweet Briar’s incredible facilities,
with such enthusiastic institutional
support was an ideal situation.”
The just-completed Fall 2019 3-week
session featured another Fellows Studio:
Site-Specific Art in the Sweet Briar
Landscape, taught by SBC-VCCA fellow
Laura Boles Faw. Laura and the students
carried out individual and group sculptural
explorations of the College’s land,
using a variety of methods. They produced
rubbings of the built and natural landscape,
and combined the drawings into a
collaged, quilt-like installation. They created
a “line drawing in the landscape” using
mown grass from the College’s switchgrass
fields and filmed the line’s progress using
stop-motion video. They collaborated
with English and creative writing professor
Susannah Nevison’s poetry class to
create an intervention in the landscape
that neither class could have produced
independently: writing a poem, “Over
the Grass,” inspired by a campus nature
walk and then “inscribing” the poem into
the landscape using leaves, twigs, cicada
skins and other found natural materials. “I
realized,” says junior Margie Heath, “that
art is more than a painting in a museum.
The environment around us is a canvas
and the paintbrush can be as simple as a
stone or a leaf.”
Some grants support specific programs.
Athletics received a two-year grant from
the NCAA Division III Ethnic Minorities
and Women’s Internship program, which
brings Olivia Walters, a 2018 graduate
of Georgia Southern, to the College as
assistant sports information director. Prior
to her August arrival on campus, Olivia
completed an internship at Dalton State
College and worked on the ESPN event
staff at the Gasparilla Bowl in Tampa. At
Sweet Briar, she is tasked with promoting
and coordinating athletics events, developing
website content and reinvigorating the
Visible Vixen program, in which students
earn points for attending various campus
events. Olivia is excited to be gaining additional
sports management experience at
a women’s college. “Sports management is
still such a male-dominated field that having
this internship at Sweet Briar will help
me grow and become more confident,”
she says. “I also hope what I learn here can
help me mentor other young women who
want a career in sports management.”
Perhaps grants for scholarships provide
the most powerful examples of how external
funding helps Sweet Briar educate
the young women of today who will be
the leaders of tomorrow. Sweet Briar is
fortunate to have many grant-funded
scholarships to offers its students. One of
them, from the Al Stroobants Foundation
in Lynchburg, covers the costs of full
tuition for two first-year students from
Lynchburg or Amherst, Bedford and
Campbell counties in Virginia. This year’s
recipients are Grace Primm and Leilani
Williams, both from Amherst County.
Grace plans to double-major in biology
and environmental science. Leilani hasn’t
decided on a major yet, but is interested
in environmental science. “This scholarship,”
she says, “is truly a blessing to me. It
takes all the stress off my shoulders about
having to pay for everything and lets me
focus on enjoying my school year.” Grace
heartily agrees, stating, “My scholarship
allowed me to attend Sweet Briar full time
and not have to worry about money being
a factor in my educational plans. It made it
possible for me to follow the path I chose
to take in my life.”
As these young women attest, grant
support can turn educational dreams
into reality. It happens every day at Sweet
Briar.
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inMEMORIAM
As of Sept. 19, 2019
1936
1946
1952
1963
Elizabeth Pinkerton Scott
July 27, 2019
Candace Greene Satterfield
March 29, 2019
Barbara Baker Bird
September 1, 2019
Elizabeth “Betsey” Beale
August 20, 2019
1938
Vesta Murray Haselden
June 18, 2019
1940
Blair Bunting Both
April 7, 2019
Jean Erskine Harris
July 1, 2019
Marion Phinizy Jones
March 30, 2017
Elisabeth McKeown Scott
August 21, 2016
Joan Darby West
March 16, 2019
1947
Ann Graves Gagarin
August 5, 2019
Mary “Ashley” Hudgins Rice
May 9, 2019
Ann Morse Woodliff
August 14, 2019
Joan Crouse Blythe
April 26, 2019
Martha Yost Ridenour
March 29, 2019
Priscilla Lucas Stevens
June 17, 2018
Helen Bugg Vaughan
October 7, 2018
1953
Patricia Whitner Rothwell
June 23, 2019
1969
Alberta Zotack Baigent
March 31, 2019
Barbara Hastings Carne
August 27, 2019
1970
Sarah “Sally” Campbell
April 14, 2019
1971
1941
Helen Winter Clobridge
November 4, 2018
Evelyn Cantey Marion
August 17, 2019
Margaret Craighill Price
June 24, 2019
1942
Beatrice Brown Borden
March 25, 2019
Mary Brown Griggs
June 22, 2014
Jeanne Buzby Runkle
October 11, 2018
1943
Esther Jett Holland
July 9, 2019
Mary “Jane” Steiger Wingerd
August 8, 2019
1944
Phyllis Tenney Dowd
Date unknown
Martha Lee Hoffman McCoy
June 3, 2019
Jean Andrews Peterson
April 14, 2019
1945
Mary Symes Anderson
July 3, 2019
Jane Clarke Morrow
May 19, 2019
1948
Annabell “Vickie” Brock Badrow
February 19, 2019
Jo Ann Vestal Lyon
May 20, 2019
Patricia Smith Nelson
August 14, 2019
Audrey Lahman Rosselot
June 17, 2019
Martha Owen Thatcher
August 21, 2019
1950
Nancy Thompson Baker
June 4, 2019
Susan Tucker Yankee
May 25, 2019
1951
Janet Broman Dingle
March 5, 2019
Joan Kuehnle Kaufman
August 21, 2019
Georgia Dreisbach Kegley
March 3, 2019
Katharine Phinizy Mackie
May 29, 2019
Joanne Bloom Perriens
December 23, 2016
1954
Lucy Gandy Clark
May 30, 2019
1955
Catherine Cage Bruns
May 3, 2019
Amanda McThenia Iodice
April 22, 2019
1956
Elizabeth “Betsy” Parker Paul
June 24, 2019
1957
Elaine Kimball Carleton
May 13, 2019
Katherine “Bebe” Macey Graham
April 9, 2019
1958
Nancy Dennehy Lones
February 15, 2019
1959
Marcia Payne Grant
April 13, 2019
1960
Lydia Montgomery Bond
May 3, 2018
1962
Anne Dunlap Youmans
May 30, 2019
Anne Howe Nelson
August 20, 2019
1979
Eugenie “Janie” Neimark Lewis
October 10, 2016
1980
Elizabeth Tyson
August 20, 2019
1982
Cynthia Stanford
February 13, 2019
1983
Catherine Campbell
September 12, 2017
1985
Lee Vandegrift Felts
March 30, 2019
Elizabeth “Betsy” Shanks
August 24, 2019
1989
Joy Canada Faust
March 21, 2019
1991
Yolanda Reid
August 19, 2019
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ALUMNAE BRIEFS
Chuck Kestner (left) with Harold Swisher,
former director of grounds and purchasing
CHUCK KESTNER
Building Sweet Briar
How he left a legacy on the halls and hearts of our campus
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When Chuck Kestner was born in a
small town in far southwestern Virginia
near Abingdon in 1924, Sweet Briar was
a mere 15 years from its first graduating
class. Emilie Watts McVea was the College’s
president and the Class of 1925 had
just about 36 graduates.
Chuck’s hometown of Meadowview isn’t
all that far from Sweet Briar as the crow
flies — less than 200 miles — but Chuck’s
life would take him from his hometown to
Harrisonburg, to Eau Claire, Wis., Chicago,
Ill., Boston, Mass., Blacksburg, Roanoke
and Richmond, and even England
before he landed at Sweet Briar in 1968.
As a boy, Chuck was an avid member of
the Boy Scouts, and he eventually became
an Eagle Scout, an accomplishment of
which he was very proud. By the time he
was 13, his family had moved to Harrisonburg.
Chuck graduated from the high
school there in 1943, just in time to be
drafted into service during World War II.
He embarked upon Air Force training in
Eau Claire and Fort McCoy, in Wisconsin,
where he also learned to ice skate.
He was later transferred to the Army,
re-trained in infantry and ultimately sent
to Boston, where he remembered the
“Red Cross ladies” giving them cups of
tea on the docks near the harbor. From
Boston he was sent to England on a ship, a
crossing that took about a week. Chuck’s
wife, Bonnie, remembers him telling her
that he slept on a coiled rope for much of
the journey and while on the ship, he cut
the hair of his fellow soldier using hand
clippers.
Chuck did not see combat during
his time in England. After about three
months, he injured his shoulder and was
sent home to Harrisonburg, where he
worked at the Boy Scout camp and for the
Geological Survey.
In 1946, he took a bus bound for Virginia
Tech, where he completed his degree in
civil engineering in 1952. But by then, he
was no longer a bachelor. He was husband
to Maxine, whom he’d married in 1948,
and father to Liz. A second daughter,
Valerie, soon joined the family, by which
time Chuck was working as a building
inspector in Salem, Va. Eventually, he
landed a job with the Portland Cement
Association, which required him to travel.
In 1968, however, Liz was looking at
colleges. Chuck wanted her to stay close
to home, so when a job opportunity at
Sweet Briar presented itself, it seemed like
an ideal solution. Thus began the family’s
association with the College, a relationship
that lasts to this day. Liz would go on to
graduate from Sweet Briar in 1972.
He came to Sweet Briar as director of
buildings and the family lived on campus.
The home they lived in burned down in
1970, and Chuck was given the opportunity
to design and build a new home on the
same lot. Sadly, Chuck’s wife Maxine died
suddenly in 1978.
In 1977, work had begun on the College’s
natatorium, a project that Chuck was
incredibly proud of. Naturally, with a
swimming pool comes a swim team and
with a swim team comes a coach. Yale
alumna Bonnie Jackson joined the Sweet
Briar faculty in the fall of 1977 as the
College’s first aquatics director and swim
coach. Bonnie and Chuck worked together
on the swimming pool project and after
Maxine’s death, the friendship between
the two blossomed. They were married in
1979. The couple would eventually have
two children together: Charles Wiley and
Kristen Anne.
Of course, the Kestner home and the
natatorium aren’t the only places on cam-
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pus where you can see Chuck’s work. You
can see it in the Harriet Howell Rogers
Riding Center, the bell tower, the train
station by Guion, the Boathouse and the
columbarium on Monument Hill. He
worked on agriculture projects with farm
manager Jan Osinga and helped renovate
the president’s office suite and the athletic
training room. He also added lights to the
tennis courts.
His strong attention to detail is something
his friends, family and co-workers
remember strongly, and it can be seen
in myriad ways across campus. When it
came time to build the new riding center,
the College had hired an architectural
firm, but Chuck told Peter Daniel, Sweet
Briar’s vice president and treasurer at
the time, that the price the firm quoted
was too high. He told Peter he could
build it for half the amount, and he and
Director of Riding Paul Cronin did just
that. In building the riding center, Chuck
oriented the building around Polaris, the
North Star. “It was an artistic thing that
was important to him,” says Bonnie. The
Kestner home had also benefited from
Chuck’s artistic bent. The trim is tapered
to make the house appear more pointed,
a technique borrowed from the ancient
Greeks. Visitors to Admissions House
can see that attention to detail, too. On the
top corners of the door to the building are
carved roses, which Chuck had contracted
a carpenter to make. Few people have the
chance to leave a physical legacy as lasting
as the one Chuck left at Sweet Briar.
But he left more than a brick and
mortar legacy at Sweet Briar. Chuck is
remembered as a caring man, an indelible
member of the community and a person
on whom others relied and trusted. He
was a beloved boss, as well. In remembering
Chuck at his memorial service in May,
faculty member Jeff Key remarked that
his staff often still referred to him as “Mr.
Kestner,” even following his retirement in
1990. “Working for him made them better
at whatever trade they practiced,” Jeff
observed. “He knew every building inside
and out. He knew its layout, the things
that remodeling had changed, where the
cracks were, and every pipe in the steam
system.” Even in retirement, the College
regularly called on Chuck’s encyclopedic
knowledge of Sweet Briar’s campus, and
he was always willing to lend a hand in
finding a solution.
Bonnie remembers that Chuck used to
go out onto the back porch of their house,
which overlooks physical plant. While
there, he would observe the goings-on, an
activity he liked to call “snoopervising.”
He also loved spending time at the post
office, power plant and campus safety. He
called it “doing his rounds.” When there
was an emergency on campus, he didn’t
just send his staff, he went with them. For
many years, he was often the first person
new faculty and staff met when they
moved to campus. He was always willing
to lend a helping hand to move belongings
in. He offered advice to faculty and staff
who were building their own campus
homes, like Monica Dean, former director
of college relations. “He was so helpful to
us as we built our house,” she said. “He
was always there to answer site or engineering
or building questions, with a good
dollop of advice to boot. I felt like his hand
was on our house, everywhere.”
His detailed nature made its way into
his home life, too. Bonnie says he liked to
cook and that he did much of the family
cooking. He enjoyed “fiddling” with taxes,
“by hand,” Bonnie remembers. “Never
on the computer,” she told us. “He was a
meticulous record keeper of the family finances.
It appealed to his detailed nature.”
He was also a deeply spiritual man and a
beloved parishioner at St. Mark’s Episcopal
Church in Clifford. And he demonstrated
his faith every day in the way he
lived his life.
That life is one that will be remembered
by people far and wide — by his family,
including his children, grandchildren and
great-grandchildren; those still on campus
at Sweet Briar, those who have left; and
those whose lives Chuck touched in
many wonderful ways. After his passing,
Bonnie received more than 100 sympathy
cards, and a large number of devoted
family members and friends attended his
memorial service. “I was touched at the
outpouring of love and sympathy from the
Sweet Briar community,” she says.
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CLASSnotes
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1949
Preston Hodges Hill
3910 S Hillcrest Dr.
Denver, Colo. 80237
edhillj@earthlink.net
Carolyn Cannady Evans
21045 Cardinal Pond Ter
Apt 119
Ashburn, VA 20147-6124
Carolyn Cannady Evans continues
to enjoy life in her retirement
apartment in northern Virginia.
Three of her five children live in the
area. Carolyn no longer travels alone.
One of her daughters takes her to
visit the two daughters in NC or the
family vacation in Montreat. Carolyn
expects to see Debra Carrol Conery
there in July.
Our class President, Caroline
Casey Brandt, was the only classmate
who attended our 70th Reunion.
The campus looked splendid
and beautiful weather prevailed.
President Woo welcomed all to
Sweet Briar House where she has
personalized it to make it her home.
Some Williams family pieces reside
in the museum, which Caroline
toured. She attended the annual memorial
service, where deceased alumnae
are remembered. That included
‘49ers: Katherine (Kitty) Hart
Belew, Nancy Ellen Craig Carter,
Alice Dahm Crane, Mary Goode
(Goodie) Gear DiRaddo, Margaret
(Mag) Towers Talman, Anne
Fiske Thompson. Caroline spoke
with Judy Easley Mak’s daughter
recently. She said Judy has dementia
and suffered a recent stroke. Judy is
in a care center in Washington, D. C.
Judy’s husband, Dayton Mak, died at
100 in 2019.
Preston Hill connected with
Margaret (Peggy) Cromwell Talliaferro.
She resides near Baltimore in
the same retirement complex where
Judy Baldwin Waxter and husband,
Bill, lived prior to their deaths. Classmates
will recall that the Waxter’s
endowed at SBC an annual lecture
on environmental issues. Daughter
Susan Waxter usually attends.
Margaret (Larry) Lawrence
Simmons, now retired as headmistress
of Trinity Preparatory School
in Midland, TX, resides in her own
home, continues volunteer work at
the school and community. Due to a
severe hearing loss, she rarely travels.
Katie Cox Reynolds and husband
Phil, both over 90, live in a
retirement home near Hartford,
CT. Katie has been having physical
therapy in preparation for a trip to
Portugal. Their children decided
they should not go alone so they all
planned to make it a family trip.
I, Preston Hodges Hill, am
happy to report that after turning
90 last October I still live in my
Denver home of 54 years. I plan to
spend several summer weeks at my
Aspen condo as well as a visit to my
son, Gene, and family at their home
in Nantucket. Their daughter, Alyssa
Hill, plans to be married there next
May. I seldom travel alone due to
both mobility and loss of hearing issues.
I have a child or younger friend
accompany me. I play bridge, exercise
and do volunteer work.
1952
Pat Layne Winks
312 Arguello Blvd., Apt. 3
San Francisco, CA 94118
415-221-6779; (cell) 415-350-2994
plwinks@earthlink.net
I’ve enjoyed getting back in touch
with some of you, renewing old connections
and making new ones. But
I have fewer newsy tidbits to pass
along. We travel less often — we
let the children and grandchildren
and great-grandchildren come to
us. We find our pleasures close to
home: gardening, reading, getting together
with a sadly smaller number
of friends. But we continue to have
things to look forward to. Some of us
have expressed our determination to
stay alive to vote in the 2020 election.
(I refrain from divulging our political
preferences — but feelings are high.)
Cynthia Balch Barns no longer
volunteers at the local homeless
shelter and museum, but continues
to garden and read widely (though
not on digital devices). She has lived
for many years in upstate New York,
has been widowed for 30 years, but
has the companionship of children,
grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
Becky Yerkes Rogers is
thriving in her Florida home —
without any medication. Her son
lives up the road; three granddaughters
are in California. She enjoys
talking with old friends and new,
and has embarked on a project of
organizing pictures which bring back
many good memories. Also still living
in her North Carolina home of
many years is Grace Jones Fishel.
She stays active volunteering, going
to the Presbyterian Church she has
attended for 67 years, and playing
bridge. Joanne O’Malley Foster and
Ginger Dreyfus Karren remain in
their own apartments in the heart of
Manhattan. I’m a bit envious, despite
continuing to live in every tourist’s
favorite city, San Francisco.
Trudy Kelly Morron lives with
her daughter and son-in-law in Colorado.
Though impaired by macular
degeneration, Trudy takes enormous
pleasure in audio books. She claims
to have given up politics, since she
can’t do anything about it. (But vote,
vote!)
Nancy Hamel Clark enjoys
visits from her son and daughter.
Daughter Ann travels around the
country as an educational consultant
for the Bush Foundation. Each year
Ann surprises her mother with a
trip to an undisclosed location, most
recently to the Umstead Hotel and
Spa. Son Jim’s Mayberry cookbook
has just been reissued — interest in
Andy Griffith has not diminished
over the years. We are not the only
ones who yearn for a quieter, gentler
world!
Benita Phinizy Johnson has
been working in the marketing department
of a retirement facility
since it opened 32 years ago. She will
finally retire when she moves into the
facility herself this fall.
Our wonderful class president
Joanne Holbrook Patton has been
diligently keeping up with you. Joanne
heard from DeeDee Bell Lyon,
who has been renovating the barn in
her rural property, where she welcomed
a visit from Kitchie Roseberry
Tolleson. DeeDee continues to
love life in the country, where she can
enjoy her horses and dogs.
Joannie is often asked to participate
in and speak at community
celebrations — most recently commemorations
of D-Day, Military
Services Day and the American
Legion centennial. She never lets
physical complications hamper her
volunteer activities or travels. She
hosted a lunch in Washington, D.C.,
which included Thu Nguyen (whom
we remember as Lillian Pham) and
Polly Plumb DeButts. A recent visitor
to Joanne’s Massachusetts home
was Anne Hoagland Plumb, who
now lives near her family in Wellesley,
MA. Ann Whittingham Smith,
who lives in Connecticut near her
two daughters, recently visited her
home state of Michigan. Many of us
have wandered far from our college
home base. I think Helen Graves
Stahmann, who lives in Australia,
has wandered the farthest afield.
The news that Linda Brackett
had passed away elicited a beautiful
message from Patty Lynas Ford ‘51.
When Patty went from California
to Middlebury for French summer
school, Linda and her Vermont family
gave her a warm welcome: a place
to stay and a job recommendation.
I also heard from Linda’s son Eben,
who wrote: “I know Sweet Briar
meant a lot to my mother” — and
Linda meant a lot to us.
Please do write, email, text, call.
Joanne and I are happy to pass along
your news to all the members of the
Class of 1952.
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1954
Bruce Watts Krucke
201 West 9th St. N.-Unit 184
Summerville, SC 29483
bwkrucke@gmail.com
The only class death I know
of for this month is Lucy Toy
Gandy Clark who died in May in
Ridgeland, MS. Lucy had been
an avid reader and a competitive
golfer. She had 10 grandchildren
and one great grandchild. Sympathies
and condolences from Lucy’s
classmates to her family.
Some of you will have heard
about our reunion already. We
were a small, but fun, group.
Besides me, there were Mary Jane
Roos Fenn, Faith Rahmer Croker,
Bee Pinnell Pritchard, Jerry
Driesbach Ludeke and Shirley
Poulson Broyles and her husband
Norris. We all stayed near each
other in the Elston Inn and got
to all the activities in the always
available golf cart shuttles. We
enjoyed the many things available
to us, sat together at the meals
and were thrilled at the convocation
when our class won the
prize for having given the most to
the college since the last reunion.
Besides the help from most of
you, our amount was hugely
enlarged by our classmate Nancy
Hay Mahoney, who left her entire
estate to Sweet Briar on her death
in 2018.
However at the end of the fiscal
year, the class or 1959 had inched
beyond us by a bit. But we had the
wonderful percentage of giving!
50.4%! It’s very unusual for a
class to go beyond 50% — it’s as
important as the amount. We can
be very proud of that. Thanks
to everyone who gave. The only
business that was taken care of at
the reunion was the re-election of
Mary Jane as class president and
me as class secretary.
Several notes came from classmates
who were unable to come
to reunion. Ann Henry Lake
Wilson would have come but
had a knee replacement in March
and wasn’t quite able yet. Maggie
Mohlmon Degler wasn’t quite
over a recent illness either. And
Caroline “Kobo” Chobot Garner
felt that getting around with a
walker would be too difficult. For
future note, there were walkers
there this year. Peggy Jones
Steuart couldn’t make reunion
because she was at their place in
Jamaica for three weeks, where
they celebrated the wedding
of one of their grandchildren.
Vaughan Inge Morrissette was
awaiting the birth of her eighth
great grandchild. All but one of
them live nearby. One granddaughter
is still in college — she
will make her debut next year. All
four of Vaughan’s children are fine
and all live there in Mobile still.
Mary Hill Noble Caperton
writes: I’m so sorry I wasn’t there
to stand with ’54 at reunion. We
had an event here I had to work
on. I’m the chair of the activities
committee and had to make sure
everything got done. I am doing
a little painting but not much.
I’m on too many committees here
at University Village. We need
younger people to move here so
I can retire. I can’t remember if I
told you that my son Douglas Day
died in late Feb. of pancreatic cancer.
He held out for a year and had
a wonderful attitude through it all.
We and a multitude of his friends,
siblings and cousins celebrated his
life in late April at the farm of my
daughter, Emily, and her husband,
Chip Whitworth, near Lexington.
Doug loved to camp there and
wanted his ashes to be buried
under a tree in his favorite spot.
Emily had made an unglazed vessel
for his ashes. Chip and Emily
will retire there — they still have a
few kids in grad school. Chip who
is an MD, built a beautiful bank
barn all by himself and they now
have a part of the eventual house
built too. Unbelievable views in all
directions. The cottage now has
Emily’s pottery studio and a bathroom
on the first floor and studio
apt — kitchen, bath and sleeping
area on the second. They go over
several days and nights a week.
They moved their 2 horses and 2
burros over there as well. Three of
their 4 children live in Charlottesville
so I see lots of them.
I can always count on Jerry
Driesbach Ludeke to send some
news. You should all follow her
example. Here’s what she did after
our reunion: After a few days in
Charlottesville with my sister’s
daughter and husband, I flew off
to the Dominican Republic for a
wedding. My daughter-in-law’s
nephew, raised in the San Francisco
Bay Area, was marrying his
long time Dominican sweetheart
so the family gathered. We had a
delightful time at a Punta Cana
Resort for a week. The wedding
on the beach was lovely…with
many strangers on either side and
even lined up in the ocean watching
and enjoying it with us. My
current special news is having my
22-year-old San Francisco grandson
living with me for the summer
while he has an internship in Bakersfield.
I had forgotten what fun
it is to have a young one around.
It was exciting to see Shirley
Poulson Broyles after all these
years. She looks the same — we
all said that about each other, but
she really does! She has just welcomed
her tenth grandchild, nine
of whom are boys. She and Norris
have their house on the market
while they await the finishing of
their new condo in Atlanta. It’s
promised now in November — I
told her to hope they are in by
Christmas.
One of the best things for me
about reunion was being able
to see my sister, Virginia Watts
Fournier ‘44, celebrate her 75th
reunion! She was given special
recognition as the only one from
her class to attend. Otherwise no
news from me is good news. I’m in
the last few months of my second
term as president of the Residents
Council of our retirement
community and enjoy singing in
our chapel choir. I still do a lot of
bird watching, although I don’t
get to go birding anymore. This
week I added the 58th bird to my
yard list.
Thanks again to everyone who
so generously gave to our wonderful
Sweet Briar. It’s more beautiful
than ever and is still giving young
women a superior education.
1955
Emily Hunter Slingluff
1217 North Bay Shore Drive
Virginia Beach, VA 23451-3714
emilyslingluff@aol.com
757-428-6167
The deaths of classmates are listed
at the beginning of all the class
notes, so we are told no need to list
again. But, gosh, I had written a lot
about Amanda for the spring magazine,
and she died before it came out.
Amanda McThenia Iodice died
April 22, 2019. Another sadness to
report is that Catherine Cage Bruns
died May 3, 2019. They both had
good lives. And it seems that appreciation
of life is wonderfully evident
in our classmates.
Betty Byrne Gill Ware and
Hudnall have been attending graduations
of grandchildren and they
continue to spend time at their place
at Smith Mountain Lake and part of
the winter in Naples, FL, and this
summer, went back to Wrightsville
Beach for a week with her children
and grandchildren. She recently had
lunch with Helen Smith Lewis ’54
who has moved to Richmond to
be near her daughter. Also, she said
that Barbara Pinnell Pritchard ’54
is moving this month to Texas to be
near her daughter, and she will be
missed. Betty Byrne is on committees
to encourage better stewardship
of the environment at The Country
Club of Virginia and St. James’s
Episcopal Church, both in Richmond.
In July, she had her Sweet
Briar suite mates, Jane Feltus Welch
and Phyllis Joyner, visit her in Richmond,
and a photo is enclosed. They
went to several museums, had walks
along the James River and fun being
together. They all also spent some
time with Pam Compton Ware at
her home in Richmond. And maybe
now, they are all planning to go to
reunion! As maybe, many of us! Jane
said it was so refreshing being with
Sweet Briar classmates. She said she
felt exuberant! She was wondering
exactly why she felt so much joy
being together, and why, even weeks
later, she was still feeling the joy!
She drove almost 600 miles from
Louisville, KY, to Richmond, VA,
and back to Louisville and said she
did not even feel tired after the long
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L to R: Suitemates at Sweet Briar Betty Byrne Gill Ware ’55, Jane Feltus
Welch ’55 and Phyllis Joyner ’55 in Richmond at Amuse Restaurant at
the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, July 2019
drives. We discussed why. I think I
am not supposed to do philosophy
on these notes, but I said to her that I
think it is because of the intelligence
of our classmates! Being together,
talking about anything, is interesting
instead of dull! Phyllis, too, so
enjoyed the Richmond visit. At this
time, she is still living in New York
City. Always a deep thinker, Phyllis
is studying the body alignment and
concentrating on strengthening the
body through Yoga and other ways.
Anne Williams Manchester, living
in Cohasset, MA, writes that at
her husband Eli had a surgical knee
replacement recently and they hope
that will get him back on skis and in
tennis sneakers! Two grandchildren
graduated this year — one from
Wesleyan College in Connecticut
and one from Milton Academy just
outside Boston. The first graduate,
Charlie is looking for a job in New
York and the second, Laura, will enter
Hamilton College in September.
Now only one grand will be in high
school next year. She said they have
an apartment nearby and attended
plays, games and other activities for
years, all at the same institution, and
will miss it so much! Anne says she
sends love to all.
Nancy Anderson Shepard says
it is always good to hear Sweet Briar
news. She writes that she is healthy
and happy and still loves living in a
retirement community, which she
says is very much like campus life
without any pressure! And she says
reunion would be fun to attend if she
can figure out the logistics! So maybe
she will be there, and maybe lots
of us will be there, too!
Mary Boyd Murray Trussell
is so appreciating every minute of
life. Her husband, George, has had
medical problems and is taking chemo,
but Mary Boyd says he is getting
along very well and he is very
active. They are living in the house
they built years ago in Columbus,
GA, and they also spend lots of
time at the place they have had for
some time in Panama City Beach,
FL, right on the Gulf. One son and
wife live in Panama City Beach and
have two sons, and the other son and
wife live in Columbus and have three
sons. So Mary Boyd and George
have two sons and five grandsons!
Mary Boyd helps with praying at
the weekly prayer breakfasts at her
church in Columbus.
Ethel Green Banta is enjoying
life in Natchez, and continuing to
be close to her younger sister, Ruth
Ellen Green Calhoun ‘57, who many
of us remember, and who also lives
there in one of the beautiful old
plantations as does Ethel. Ethel’s
husband, Bruce, died fifty years ago,
and after that, she moved back to
Natchez. In June, Ethel spent two
weeks in Seattle with her youngest
daughter, Kate, and said it is easy getting
there on a non-stop flight, Air
Alaska, from New Orleans! Also she
visits Richmond to see her daughter,
Alice, who enjoys her three children
and also enjoys her veterinarian
work there. Ethel’s son, Jim, also in
Richmond, is now retired from being
vice president of Capital One in
Richmond and he has a daughter,
Daisy, a graduate of Williams, who
is now a Fulbright Scholar in Brazil.
She says she so likes going to Pilates
three times a week and she likes her
monthly book club. She is also a
reader at Trinity Episcopal Church
there. She said she does keep up with
Chase Lane Bruns’ children, too.
Sweet Briar connections often seem
to last a lifetime.
Nella Gray Barkley, is still doing
her work with helping young people
with their pursuits in life. She says
all of her grandchildren have finished
the University of Virginia now.
She went to Spain in June with the
board of a School at the College of
Charleston. She sits on that board.
Her life is full.
Rebecca Faxon Knowles, Bexie,
sold her wonderful condo in Naples,
FL, and is returning full-time
to the wonderful CCRC in Maine,
where she spent the past three summers.
She says she will miss all her
tennis and pool pals in Naples, her
active and involved Episcopal parish
there, and the superb Naples Philharmonic.
Still, she plans to rejoin
committees, workouts and strong
friendships with terrific people at
Piper Shores!
Kay Roberts McHaney, who
was only with us at Sweet Briar for
two years, but appreciated it and the
friends there, too, writes that she
may come to reunion, which would
be a treat for the rest of us who will
be there! She writes that she feels
blessed to have good health at this
time. She says she tries to keep up
with tai chi and pilates classes during
the week. Kay’s husband, Jim, who
had been involved with the newspaper
her family owned, is not well, but
Kay does continue to be involved,
has an office there and serves on the
editorial board and the ethics committee
at the newspaper. That paper,
the Victoria Advocate, is Texas’ oldest
newspaper in continuous operation
since 1846. Her family began
their ownership in 1942. Also, Kay
is secretary of the M. Roberts Media
board which is made up their newspapers
owned in Victoria and in the
east Texas towns of Longview, Tyler,
Kilgore, Marshall and Carthage.
Her youngest son is the publisher
in Longview, TX. Her brother and
Kay are the family representatives in
Victoria. She says, with the papers,
they are combining or consolidating
in areas that make sense, in order to
remain viable so they can continue
to maintain their “watchdog” of government
role. As she says, democracy
will be challenged if we only get
fake news. Wow, what an important
classmate we have in Kay! We want
honest news surely. Kay continues
to travel and is also very involved in
community affairs in Victoria. Their
Bach Festival was there in June, and
Kay has been part of that since its
beginning 44 years ago. She was told
that they are among the top three
Bach festivals in the nation. She
and her husband have three other
children, two in Austin and one in
Victoria, and a dozen grandchildren.
Emily Hunter Slingluff, in Virginia
Beach, me! It is a treat to be in
touch with wonderful classmates!
Am thinking reunion, 65th? Maybe
so? Everybody? Why not? All is
well here. My new book, “Choosing
Happiness,” is on Amazon in kindle
and paperback. This one is about hatred,
the cause and the cure! I continue
to speak and write about the
importance of the job of parenting.
And oh, smart classmates, please
keep sending me info about you, so
we will still be connected! And think
about reunion coming up! It seems
that many of us are planning to go!
May 2020!
1956
Mary Ann H. Willingham
P.O. Box 728
Skyland, NC 28776-0728
hicklinw@bellsouth.net
Not only did I hear our sad news
from St. Catherine’s School in Richmond
but also from Helen Turner
Murphy (who thoughtfully enclosed
the obituary) and Jean Dowdy Von
Schilling. Betsy Parker Paul died
June 24, 2019. Betsy is survived by
5 children and 12 grandchildren. A
lifelong resident of Richmond, she
was a graduate of St. Catherine’s.
She loved her cottage, “Oak Haven,”
at Gwynn’s Island, VA, and delighted
in having friends visit there. Betsy
was an avidly successful gardener
and a master Bridge player, which
brings back memories of late nights
in the smoke filled Grammar and
Randolph. Commons during our
days at SBC. Her joy and passion
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for life will be missed by all of us
who were fortunate enough to have
known her.
Helen Turner Murphy also sent
a note saying she and Tayloe are still
in their home on a farm by the lower
Potomac River. They are 70 miles
from Richmond where they used to
go for meetings and parties, but now
they go for doctors’ appointments
and funerals. Helen is very grateful
that their physical maladies are nonlife
threatening.
Jean Von Schilling and her husband
Dutch, having moved from
their VA farm last fall, now reside in
a historical area of Boca Grande, FL.
Jean writes that it was Betsy Parker
Paul who introduced her to her
husband 55 years ago! Jean also stays
in touch with Kitty Harrison who
recently showed Jean and Dutch‘s
daughter around Chapel Hill.
Lee Chang Crozier wrote that
she and her husband, Al, recently
attended their youngest grandchild’s
graduation from UCLA which was
very impressive. Her granddaughter
now works for Lucas film, digital
media and marketing. Lee also tells
us that her cousin, Anna Chao Pai
‘57 has recently published her memoirs,
“From Manchurian Princess to
American Dream,” which includes
accounts of Chip’s life and friends at
SBC. Lee is involved in music (choir
and piano), reading good books and
is blessed with staying pretty healthy.
[Editor’s note: Chip did a book reading
and signing during Sweet Briar’s
Founders’ Day celebration in September.]
Bunny Burwell Nesbit considers
herself very lucky to have lived the
past 16 years in a retirement facility
in Sarasota, FL. She comes and
goes as she pleases, but knows that
she will have help if she needs it. The
health care there is 5 star, plus great
food and life style. She also enjoys
ballet, opera and symphony offered
in Sarasota. Her daughter tells Bunny
that Bunny’s living arrangements
are the best gift Bunny ever gave her!
Janet Monroe Marshall says that
her life in her retirement community
in Ellicott City, MD, explodes in the
summer! Who knew that she would
be competing in corn hole and pickle
ball? Much fun she says, and that
she is finding a new definition for the
word “inconsistency” as well as a level
of humility that she has never before
had to embrace and laugh about. She
hopes all our classmates are out there
having fun by any definition.
Jane Slack Sigloh writes that she
and her husband still reside at Westminster-Canterbury
in Charlottesville.
What they like most about being
there is the sense of community
with their 282 “neighbors!”
Nancy Salisbury Spencer recently
saw Jane Sigloh in Winston
Salem at a funeral in which Jane participated.
She and husband Jimmy
moved to Arbor Acres Retirement
Community in Winston-Salem in
January. She says it was hard leaving
her home of 40 some years and more
especially her beloved garden. They
are adjusting well, have a comfortable
house and a lot of friends there.
They recently attended the baptism
of a great grandchild in Atlanta, then
a grand daughter’s destination wedding
in Jackson Hole, a “Fairy Tale
Event.” In July they enjoyed their annual
family beach vacation.
Ann Adams Greer continues in
“her old age” to give piano recitals in
her home for dear friends who seem
to enjoy hearing an old lady share
Brahms, Rachmaninoff and Liset.
She hopes her piano teachers at SBC
are smiling down on her, because it
was at SBC that these seeds were
planted. Ann sends love to all!
Nancy Ettinger Minor and I had
a wonderful visit in June as she traveled
back to her retirement home in
Hilton Head from nearby Cashiers
on NC. I was reminded how longterm
friendships “just pick up where
they leave off.” Nancy and her husband
Raleigh, now deceased, once
lived in Baltimore. So our friendship
has continued since SBC. Old
friendships are the best, and face it,
we are old! Nancie Howe Roberts
writes that for the last 24 years they
have lived in a very full service retirement
home in Toledo. They have a
bus available to take residents into
Toledo for art, theater, museums,
sports etc. The food is great and
varied; the residents interesting and
fun. Many of them serve on various
committees, so they have a big say in
what goes on. They have in house
beauty and barber shops. She suggests
that we have a mini reunion in
2020 someplace like DC or NC to
prepare for 2021.
Meredith Smyth Grider again
spent the summer in Michigan with
her family. Her health has been compromised
by a disease that affects
her balance and, after 4 years she
says it is getting worse. For the past
7 years, she has lived in a retirement
community near 2 daughters who
live in Louisville. Her other daughter
lives in Charlotte. Meredith still has
fun, mostly with family. She misses
many friends now deceased, noting
the great life she and her friends have
had together. She envisions that her
friends cannot wait for her to join
them!
Karen Steinhardt Kirkbride
writes that she and her husband continue
to do reasonably well even with
Richard having Parkinson’s. They
went to NYC in May for Grandparents
Day to see son Trevor’s (and
wife, Sara’s) children participate in
school activities. Son Steven lives
in nearby VA. Although son Kevin
(wife Brett) live on the West Coast,
they visit frequently.
I have recently had summer
dinners with Catherine Lotterhos
Mills and her husband Henry, as
well as Rose Montgomery Johnston,
who come to the western NC mountains
in the summer. Catherine and
Henry are devoting a lot of time to
physical therapy to remedy ravages
of old age, and indeed are doing well!
By the time you are reading this,
Rose will have recovered from a broken
hip suffered in Durham when
she came for the high school graduation
of a granddaughter in May.
Did it exercising in her hotel room!
(There must be a lesson in all this!)
Fortunately, she was in Durham and
was able to have a very successful
operation at the Duke Hospital. She
spent much of the summer recuperating
in her mountain house. She
says this experience has been very
humbling, making her even more
aware how precious and fragile life
really is. She is thrilled to know that
SBC is still moving toward health
and prosperity!
As for me I still live in my house
and still have my gardens, with help. I
am very fortunate to be blessed with
good health, a beautiful place to live
and very caring daughters. I travel so
visit them in GA, MD and NYC frequently
as well as various other trips.
I still drive long distances, and will
choose that over air travel any day.
Definitely fly to NYC however!
I, for one, am looking forward to
our 2021 Reunion! Where have all
these years gone?
1958
Eleanor St. Clair Thorp
3 Stoneleigh #6D
Bronxville, N.Y. 10708
schatzethorp@gmail.com
Welcome to the fall Sweet Briar
Alumnae Magazine. My thanks to
all of you who responded to my pleas
for news, and I hope that I will hear
from the rest of you for the next edition.
As you read and catch up with
news from your classmates, you will
realize how important it is to communicate
with our college friends, as
well as how busy and productive our
classmates are and have been.
First, and very important, is
the news from Mimi Garrard that
she was just recently awarded the
Sweet Briar Distinguished Alumnae
Award, for which we all congratulate
Mimi. Her film “Time 2019” won
first place at the Calcutta International
Cult Film Festival in India,
and she continues to show her work
twice a month on Manhattan Neighborhood
Network.
Ann McCullough Floyd has
lived in Murrell’s Inlet, SC, since she
and her husband moved there when
they were first married. Jack died 9
years ago, but she has kept the house
and is happy to be down south. She
keeps up with her neighboring classmates
and would love to hear from
you all.
Eleanor Cain Pope sent a very interesting
report on the special public
television program on Robert Shaw
which included much of his life with
his wife, Caroline Sauls Shaw. The
program went into detail about how
important their marriage was, and
how much they meant to each other.
There is not room enough to share
the many times Eleanor and Caroline
met up together, but give her
a call to get the full story! Eleanor
and her husband Bill are still living
in Columbia, SC.
Ironically, Mollie Archer Payne
sent an email the same day, telling
me about the program which was on
American Masters PBS, titled “Robert
Shaw Series/Special.” Mollie still
spends her summers in Monterey
and enjoys the very bucolic life on
the farm.
Ethel Ogden Burwell reports
that she is still very involved with
her church and community work.
Her granddaughter, who is an art
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major at Wheaton College, spent
her spring semester in Orvieto, Italy,
and absorbed all of the spectacular
art from the ancient days to modern
works. Ethel splits her time between
her Grosse Pointe, MI, home of 55
years and her Lexington, VA, home
of five years. She loves both and welcomes
visitors.
Mary Taylor Swing and husband
Bill are still very involved with
the United Religious Initiative (he is
founder and president), which is now
in 109 countries and has more than
800 cooperation circles. She wrote
that they had just finished a two-day
conference at Stanford, honoring
George and Charlotte Shultz, longtime
supporters of, and contributors
to URI. Mary and Bill are still in
Burlingame, CA, but spend a lot of
time on the road.
Jane McAllister is still living
in Alto, NM. Her husband passed
away ten years ago, but she elected to
stay where she is rather than go back
to Fort Worth. Her children are scattered,
one in CA and one nearby in
NM. Her oldest passed away a year
ago. Jane keeps busy with bridge,
church activities, volunteering for
hospice and working part time for a
friend.
Beedy Tatlow Ritchie and her
husband celebrated their 75th anniversary
with a wonderful trip to
Paris and a cruise down to Normandy.
In May they went to New
York City to greet and meet their
new 4 month-old grandson Charles,
and then in June to granddaughter’s
graduation from pre-school. They
will be in Michigan during the summer
and then take an Amtrak 3-day
trip across the northern part of the
United States. Sounds very busy, but
I know, from my emails that Beedy
is very good about keeping up with
her classmates!
Lanny Tuttle Webster sent another
reference to the PBS special
about Robert Shaw which she was
hoping to watch. She will be going
with her family this summer back to
Montana for a family vacation and
she is looking forward to that.
Lynn Crosby Gamill lost her
husband, Stewart, on Oct. 5, 2017
and is still catching up after 57 years
of being married. She has 3 children
and 6 grandchildren, scattered
around. Her list of her main endeavors
is too long to list, but she is keeping
busy and very involved with her
community. Lynn reports that she
is the only surviving member of her
Junior Year Abroad Program!
Julie Booth Perry reappeared
to me through a mutual friend who
lives up in Maine where Julie has
been living since Charlie retired in
1993. Her 3 children are all married,
one living in Atlanta, one in
Australia and one in Washington,
DC. There are 3 grandchildren, one
getting married in September. Good
news for me is that Julie and I will
have the chance to get together in
August when Peter and I will go to
Maine to stay and visit with the mutual
friends and the Perrys.
Between her home on Skidaway
Island, GA, and her home in Bay
Head, NJ, Lynn Prior Harrington
enjoys a good time with her friends,
her gardening, her tennis, her golf
and her family. Her daughter Dana,
is still in Atlanta with husband and
family, and Sarah is in NJ with her
husband Bill and children. They all
manage to get to both GA and NJ to
visit their mother/grandmother.
Penny Meighan Martin continues
to enjoy life in Ashaway, RI,
where Peter and I had a great visit
with her this summer. Penny’s garden
is a thing of beauty, and she obviously
puts a lot of time and energy
into its productivity. As well as gardening,
Penny is very involved with
her painting, attending art classes
and learning new techniques. She is
very talented! Penny also had a knee
replacement last spring from which
she is fully recovered.
Eleanor St. Clair Thorp (that’s
me) and husband Peter continue to
spend summers on Cape Cod and
are back in Bronxville, NY, for the
rest of the year. All 3 daughters and 7
grandchildren are thriving. Our latest
news is that our grandson Henry
Rentz graduated in June from the
Severn School and is now enrolled
at the US Naval Academy as a midshipman.
A big commitment, but he
is enjoying all aspects, especially in
January, hoping to play on the freshman
lacrosse team. I hope you all
have a wonderful fall and winter, and
I will be barking at your back door
in January, asking for news for our
spring magazine!
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Ali Wood Thompson
89 Pukolu Way
Wailea, HI 96753-7710
travisnali808@gmail.com
Jana Bekins Anderson: Pretty
quiet here in the Northwest. I work
in my garden and ride my horses and
go to the shows with them. At 82,
I’m not very competitive but I love it.
It takes me twice as long to complete
my pattern but I’m still finishing the
course and still getting points. To all
my classmates: call if you ever get to
Seattle.
Betsy Colwill Wiegers: In a way,
I wish I could have been at the reunion,
but a broken pelvis precluded
me. Am well on the mend and am
back to my old feisty self.
Tricia Coxe Ware: My daughter
Mary Ware Gibson ‘83 and I just returned
from a wonderful trip visiting
my granddaughter, Mary’s daughter
in Lake Tahoe, CA. Back in Charlotte
I had a visit with Betsy Smith
White. I am sorry that more weren’t
there at the reunion, but I enjoyed
seeing those that did return. I agree
with you and Travis. The school is
very impressive, and I like the direction
it is taking.
Betsy Duke Seaman: Loved being
at SBC and seeing classmates —
just wish there had been more there!
Had a most enjoyable telephone
reunion with Kathy Tyler Sheldon.
Many thanks to Ali and to Elizabeth
for leading us and agreeing to continue
doing so.
Alice Cary Farmer Brown:
Greetings to dear Ali and Elizabeth
and all classmates, I have loved hearing
about our 60th reunion from
many of you and thanks for the
wonderful photos. Obviously, you
enjoyed a very special time together.
I HATED not to be with you. Lee
and I celebrated our 60th Wedding
Anniversary cruising on the Yangtze
River with great fanfare by our 12
travelling companions. Our entire
trip in China was our BEST one
yet. We recommend going. Before
we left, our 6th of 8 grandchildren
graduated from college — 2 more to
go. AND, I had a great lunch in New
York with Judy Welton Sargent and
Di Doscher Spurdle — two of
Sweet Briar’s most ardent supporters.
We are just back in Vienna now
after our superb 12 days in China. It
was a fabulous experience as we were
taught and shown so much. I did
HATE to miss being with all of you
….so happy you had a marvelous
time together. Much LOVE.
Penny Fisher Duncklee: I have
not done much lately. But, in July
I drove to Michigan to help my
younger sister celebrate her 40-year
partnership by getting officially married
to her sweetie. Then in August I
get to teach a tiny 2 hour watercolor
workshop about painting clouds. For
the last couple of months, I have had
fun being a “weather watcher” and
taking photos of weather and sending
them to the local NBC TV station.
It is always fun when one of my
pictures gets selected for the evening
weather report.
Courtney Gibson Pelley: My
only news is that after 10 months
and 5 days (but who is counting)
we have moved back into our hurricane-damaged
house. Gave up on
getting the floors replaced and refinished.
This is pitiful news but good
news for us!
Meriwether Hagerty Rumrill:
Probably too late, not news, but I feel
so very lucky to be healthy and working
at a job I Love and keep learning.
And wonderful family and friends.
Gay Hart Gaines: I was proud
of our class and gave a large donation
for our 60th. I think President Woo
is fabulous and if anyone can turn it
around, she will! She has made huge
progress, but the question remains,
how to attract top girls to our remote
campus going forward. Been
visiting our youngest daughter and
her family in Blue Hill, ME, and it
has been wonderful fun. I’ve eaten
enough lobster for a year! Stanley
and I also drove to Northeast Harbor
to stay with a friend for three
nights and saw many of our Palm
Beach pals and friends from the west
coast of FL. It is a beautiful part of
the world and we have had lovely
weather until today, when we have
a soft, cooling rain. We are flying to
Paris in August for one week to see a
dear French friend who is ailing, and
also to celebrate our 60th wedding
anniversary, Aug. 28! (Gulp!) We
will be in at our home Washington,
DC, for September and return to
Palm Beach in October. My “Founders
and Us” series that I started at
the Four Arts in Palm Beach will
be going into its fourth year in 2020
and I have four wonderful speakers
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Plunkers Band at a local nursing home with Ali Thompson ’59 in pink,
Gay Hart Gaines ’59 3rd from the right Judy Welton Sargent ’59 and her family in Reykjavik, Judy Sorley Chalmers-Simpson ’59
Iceland, for a Smithsonian family trip
at Reunion
Betsy Smith White ’59 and
Tricia Coxe Ware ’59 visited in
Charlotte.
Judy Welton Sargent’s family in Reykjavik, Iceland, for a Smithsonian
family trip
Jana Bekins Anderson ’59 at the
Nampa show in April 2019
coming: Dr. Joanne Freeman from
Yale, Judge Ginsburg from DC, Rick
Atkinson whose latest book, “The
British are Coming,” is fabulous and
the first of his latest trilogy and Stacy
Schiff who received the Washington
Book Prize at Mount Vernon years
ago for her marvelous book, “A Great
Improvisation.” All of our lectures
have been sold out and I am thrilled.
I enjoyed being back at SBC for our
60th.
Elizabeth Johnston Lipscomb:
I wish that many more of you could
have been with Ali and me and our
husbands at Sweet Briar for the 60th
reunion. The campus was as beautiful
as ever, and it was exciting to hear
President Woo discuss new initiatives
for both the curriculum for students
and the use of our thousands
of acres of land. Thanks to all of
you who supported our class gift to
the Sweet Briar fund — more than
$561,000 dollars! We owe special
thanks to Alice Cary Farmer Brown
and her family for their generous and
inspiring challenge grant.
Isa Mary Lowe Zieglar: I plan to
be mostly in California for the summer.
I did make a trip to Oregon to
see the famous Shakespeare theater
there. I have been in touch with Betsy
Salisbury Creekmore, Virginia
McKeithen Kitchen.
Virginia MacKethan Kitchin:
Although there not that many of us
at the reunion, there were enough to
make it lots of fun. Interesting news
that SBC is now growing the grape
vines to make its own wine.
Ginny Marchant Noyes:
WOWOWOW!! You all look great
and I was able to establish a “Who’s
who?” without a sneak-peek at your
annotations! So sorry to miss the reunion
and hope we can all “go like 70”
in a few years. Meanwhile thanks to
Ali and Elizabeth for keeping us together
through the years and across
the miles.
Lizora Miller Yonce: Lizora
was hoping to go to the reunion but
didn’t make it.
Liz Myerink Lord: So sorry to
miss reunion but I enjoyed the photos…it
was fun to see old SBC classmates
again!
Judy Nevins LeHardy: Sad to
report that Judy’s husband, Ward,
died on July 12, 2019.
Fleming Parker Rutledge: Fleming
writes to say that she was truly
sorry to miss the reunion but travelling
to Sweet Briar from the New
York suburbs is a challenge, and she
is really played out after travelling
non-stop for three months. Her
news is always the same, she writes,
“except that this time I’m going further
afield: this winter I am to lecture
and preach in London, at Oxford,
and in at least one cathedral in England.
Later next year, deep-dyed
Protestant that I am, I’m to teach at
one of the Pontifical Colleges of the
Vatican in Rome. I never thought
I’d get back to Rome, which I love,
so I’m thrilled. Of course, this all
depends on my health, and Dick’s.
So far, so good, but we are definitely
feeling my age! I’m trying to write
another book, but my energy for
such undertakings is not what it was.
Warmest wishes to my similarly afflicted
classmates!”
Susan Perry Farmer: We were
in Hawaii…just for a week in Kauai,
but oh, how I love being there. This
time we had our middle son and d-i-l
and their 3 sons with us because
they had a wedding to attend. Now
I’m not sure we’ll ever get to Hawaii
again without them…we had a marvelous
week of sun, surf, food and
golf. Jerry and I are getting ready for
our motor trip to Wyoming places
along the way. Both of us enjoy the
driving. We turn up the radio and
just zoom along with Willie Nelson,
stopping here and there to meet up
with old friends. In August we’ll
travel to Canton, Ohio to witness
our youngest son being inducted
into the NFL Hall of Fame. He’s not
a football player, but a journalist for
the LA Times and was selected to
receive the McCann honor this year.
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Eleanor Read Rice: Has a new
email: e.burns4@icloud.com
Debbie Von Reischach Swan
Snyder: Still boarding in Maine at
83 with 11-year old grandson climbing
aboard.
Ginny Robinson Harris: My
daughter, Sweet Briar, ‘88, was just
in Hawaii for her continuing education
conference with husband in
tow! She is a vet and has these somewhere
each year. Actually, she has
been there before, but her husband,
who has been almost everywhere on
the globe, had never been to Hawaii.
I am sorry to report that the weather
was not up to usual. Weather here
in mountains of NC, wet, wet and
more wet...snow.
Tabb Thornton Farinholt: I
made it to our 60th with a few of
us (“we precious few”) and continue
to be grateful for Sweet Briar in
my life and happy to see it in good
hands now, on the upswing, fulfilling
Indiana’s dream for young women.
I love envisioning the beehives and
vineyards emerging. I continue to
live both in Richmond and by the
Ware River, a peripatetic condition
that just seems necessary if nutty.
Kathy Tyler Sheldon: We, the
family, are all fine and just glad to
finally see some sunshine here up
north. It might interest some to hear
I am teaching in a diploma program
in theology and ministry at a distance
education class from our seminary
just to say we can still be a bit
useful over 80! I did appreciate your
coverage of the reunion.
Judy Welton Sargent: I was
in NYC for a week in May for the
opening of the new Liberty Museum
at the Statue of Liberty. It is fabulous!
Don’t miss it the next time you
are in the city. While I was in New
York, Di Doscher Spurdle and I
went to see a few plays, to a performance
at the ABT, dined in several
good restaurants and had lunch with
Alice Cary Farmer Brown. It was
such fun to be together, we laughed
and talked until the wait staff had to
see us out. In June I went on a trip to
the Normandy Beaches and a Seine
River Cruise which was lovely. It was
very moving to be at the beaches and
the cemetery during the 75th year
anniversary of the invasion. We visited
a marvelous World War II museum
as well. The highlights of the
cruise were seeing Monet’s home and
gardens and cruising the Seine in
Paris after dark, seeing all the lights
and people gathered celebrating the
summer solstice. From Paris I went
to London for 3 days before meeting
my family in Reykjavik, Iceland, for
a Smithsonian family trip. We had
a fabulous time seeing the southern
part of the country, the lava fields,
volcanos, a plant where they make
electricity using thermal waters, geysers,
waterfalls, a fascinating Lava
Museum, Viking museum, the divide
where the tectonic plates meet,
etc. My family climbed a glacier, and
I joined them in walking into a tunnel
in a glacier, clad in waterproof
clothing, with walking sticks and
crampons. We also went into the
thermal waters of the Blue Lagoon.
My 11-year-old grandson, John had
a lot of fun with the other kids on
the trip. If you find yourself in or
near Austin, please give me a call.
Ali Wood Thompson: Well, the
reunion was wonderful and every
one of us (10) came away with a very
good feeling about the Patch. There
were so many wonderful changes
and frankly, I will donate with pleasure
in the future! I retired from the
Kona Group, which competes every
year in the Senior Hula Festival over
in Kona on the Big Island. It was due
to lightheadedness (from problems
in the inner ears). After 25 years
of competition, it is time to relax!
Then, since reunion was coming up,
we decided to combine it with a trip
abroad. We went up to Maine to stay
at my daughter’s place in Windham
and then took her to Ireland —
which was really fun. After meeting
up with our 2 granddaughters in
Boston for dinner, we flew south to
experience the delightful reunion.
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Lura Coleman Wampler
1406 Thomas Rd.
Wayne, PA 19087-1318
lcwampler@comcast.net
Dinny Muldaur Dozier: I will
be in L.A. shooting a film this fall.
My director and leading man worked
with me in 1968 making the film
“The Lawyer” at Paramount. This is a
tiny budget film, but it should be fun
working again! I will also be racing
my boat all summer!
Carolyn Gough Harding: Nothing
new except turning 80! Dick is
not as mobile as before, so we are not
traveling as much. Our only trip this
year will be to Cape Cod to visit my
94-year-old sister.
Anne Duguid Knol: I was your
St Andrews student for a year and
as time goes by, I appreciate more
and more the wonderful friendships
I had there, the beautiful campus
and everything I learned. And I shall
never ever forget Paint and Patches
which started me off on my shortlived
theatrical career before I became
a news reporter and features
writer. I have never made it back but
do still feel connected. I now work
as a freelance fiction editor for the
historical department of The Wild
Rose Press in New York. I would
love to see anyone coming to the UK
who wants to make the journey to
our little smallholding on the Isle of
Wight.
Barbara Murphy Hale: My dear
Phil died in March, still practicing
law after 63 years. The entire family,
including two great granddaughters,
came for his funeral and gave him
a most appropriate send off. Crazy,
chaotic, and filled with love. I am visiting
my sister near Seattle and good
friends in Lake Arrowhead, California
the first two weeks of July. Can’t
find words to describe my loss.
Winkie Wimbish Chalfant: Ed
and I travelled in June from Ponte
Vedra Beach, FL, to Sedgwick, ME,
where we were greeted by the beauty
of late arriving spring. We are well
and looking forward to the addition
of Alexis, an adorable 6-year-old
miniature poodle, to our family this
week.
Nina Newton Farriss: I am very
impressed with the NEW SWEET
BRIAR! So glad we vixens helped to
make it possible!
Betsy Buechner Morris: I find
my 80s to be exhilarating. The old
passions remain: husband, kids,
grandkids, skiing, sailing, music. I’ve
just added a new one: Pickleball. It’s
a hoot!
Elizabeth Meade Howard: I am
lucky to be upright and still blowing
out the birthday candles!’ (Editorial
note: She wants no mention of her
award-winning book, “Aging Famously”,
but I am urging all to read
it)
Margot Saur Meyer: I continue
to live in upstate New Jersey where
I am involved with my secondary
school, The Kent Place School.
Gail Hayman Wilson: Two
years ago, John and I moved into a
new 55+ active adult community
in Ashburn, in northern VA, where
we find it easy to make friends because
all moved in at the same time
for the same reason. We are close to
our daughter and her one 3-year-old
child with another due in October. Is
there a prize for the youngest grandchild
due just before I turn 80?
Jane Tatman Walker: Last week
I passed the Indianapolis Alumnae
Club leadership on to the next generation
after many years. I enjoyed a
lunch visit in Florida last winter with
Linda Sims Newmark and co-hosted
an alumnae luncheon in University
Park, FL, in January.
Winnie Ward: I am certainly
not as spry as I once was; everything
is now mini hiking, mini exercising
and so on. My two grandchildren are
teenagers with one in college. Can’t
believe it!
Sue Styer Cahill: I’m still golfing,
playing tennis and downhill skiing...
plan on skiing at least once more in
Aspen/Snowmass with son Tor,
grandchildren and Bessie Bulkley
Bradley 61’.
Nancy Corson Gibbes: I am still
playing tennis, visiting art museums
and galleries and enjoying folk and
Americana local bands. I went to
Utila (island of Honduras), a beautiful
island paradise out of the 60s,
for snorkeling and scuba diving with
daughter, and since then my traveling
has included trips to visit daughters
and families in Charleston and
Gainesville, GA. I have 2 grands attending
GA Tech and Spoleto.
Rhett Ball Thagard: Still alive
and still kicking! Life is sweet.
Barbara Beam Denison: We are
in the same Maryland house after 53
years — the elders of the neighborhood.
George is still lobbying on the
Hill and I am painting, playing some
golf and spending time at the gym.
Peggy Cook Lunt: David and I
have slowed down a lot from travels
and enjoy life here in Santa Fe
— we’ve been married 16 years. I
attended my granddaughter Molly’s
graduation from Yale in May. I was
amazed to see a graduation this large
thinking back on how it was for us.
Patti Powell Pusey: We just had
45 family members from CA, FL
and Richmond for a 3-day family
reunion. We had delicious dinners,
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buried. Now to recover and enjoy
weekends at my river home and the
beach.
Linda Sims Grady Newmark:
I have enjoyed travels to SBC these
past 3 years; my granddaughter,
Mary Grace Williams, graduates in
May 2020. I enjoyed seeing Margot
McKee in MD and Frank and Jane
Tatman Walker in FL. I also see
Ann Crowell Lemmon at our Atlanta
book club. I am still living on
Lake Keowee where I play golf and
bridge, walk two miles each day and
participate in water aerobics.
Maline Gilbert McCalla: I
considered rushing out to do some
wonderful and worthy-of-conveying
activity or contribution. NO luck.
Mostly I hide inside to avoid the
Texas summer heat, making lists
each night of things that need to be
done and ignoring almost all the next
day. (Editorial note. She still has her
wonderful sense of humor!)
Teddy Hill: Liz (Few Penfield)
and I are enjoying easy life at The
Marshes (Savannah area) most of
the year and ‘roughing’ it in our cabin
in Carbondale, CO, in the summer.
Also traveling with family-the 80s,
the 50s (grown children) and the
20s (grown grandchildren) to Edisto
Beach in SC and the Biennale in
Venice this last June.
Lucy Martin Gianino: I have
had a busy year as co-president of a
volunteer organization called NYC
Parents in Action. It services the Independent
School Community with
a host of educative lectures, seminars
and Parent Talks as parents seek to
rear their children in today’s complicated
world. Meanwhile, I keep on
my acting hat working with several
TV and theatre appearances and my
favorite annual gig called VISIBLE
INK each spring at Memorial Sloan
Kettering Cancer Center. (Look it
up on U Tube). Finally, it’s a treat
for Jack and me to have all 6 of our
grandchildren (ages 2-15) and their
parents with us at the beach over the
summer. Oh, yes, and I still have my
purple hair.
Lura Coleman Wampler: First I
would like to say that without exception,
everyone who wrote asked me
to send love to all, so here it comes!
Fred and I continue to board horses
and attempt to keep up with our
pre-revolutionary house, grounds
and gardens in Wayne, PA. We have
been here almost 50 years and are
now taking down trees that we planted!
To move or stay here is a recurring
question! I am on the Alumni
Council of The Shipley School, serve
in many capacities at our church and
am a judge of photography for area
clubs. I hope to see many of you at
our 60th reunion next May! We left
our 55th crying because we learned
the college was closing – let’s return
to celebrate its renaissance!
On a sad note, Patti Pusey wrote
back in March to say she saw an obituary
for Mollie McDonald in the
Richmond Times Dispatch. She was
living in California.
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Julie O’Neil Arnheim
41 Pitt St.
Charleston, SC 29401
jarnheim@princeton.edu
Bess Hutchins Sharland
1724 Aberdeen Circle
Crofton, MD 21114
thefroghall@verizon.net
Emailing from Ecuador where
she was celebrating the big 80 with
family, Eleanor Briggs very likely
took fabulous nature photos too. A
professional photographer and photojournalist,
Eleanor travels across
Southeast Asia and South America
photographing for herself and for
the Wildlife Conservation Society
(WCS) for which she has been both
photographer and board member for
over 20 years. Fluent in French and
Khmer, her camera has sought out
the fauna and flora of Cambodia,
Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam and Ecuador
since 1991.Through her work,
she has become an ambassador for
endangered species, and she is intensely
interested in environmental
issues worldwide. Returning year
after year to WCS’s remote project
sites, she is warmly welcomed by
many longtime friends. “Tonle Sap,
the Heart of Cambodia’s Natural
Heritage,” written by Colin Poole, includes
225 of Eleanor’s photographs.
At home, she supports local artists
of NH as a board member of the
MacDowell Colony and maintains
a gallery in her studio in Harrisville
Cheshire Mills.
Mary Cosby Rinehart shares
exciting news. She and Bruce are
moving from Charlotte to Vero
Beach, FL, in early January 2020 to
a wonderful senior club community,
Oak Harbor. “It has all the amenities
of the best retirement homes and
we will own our house — 3200 sq.
ft. — on a golf course. We plan on
spending six months down there and
six months in Linville, our summer
home. Everything at Oak Harbor is
à la carte, so we only pay for meals as
we eat them. We are very excited, as
we will be able to be outdoors all the
time with great food and three golf
courses. There is full health care if
needed. We will continue our membership
at the Moorings Yacht and
Country Club. A new project, new
friends and fun! I am sure there will
be some SBC alums down there!”
Rue Wallace Judd, widowed in
2016 when Ardon passed away after
their 50-year marriage, is back in
DC. She has recently seen classmates
Nancy Coppedge Lynn, Willia
Fales Eckerberg, Sally Mathiason
Prince and Celia Williams Dunn.
Mary Denny Scott Wray also sees
the peripatetic Celia when she passes
through Richmond and sees Babs
Childrey Fowler and Judy Greer
Schulz as often as possible. She
catches up with Molly Haskell and
Jeannie Bounds Hamilton when in
NYC. Mary Denny’s family is doing
well. She has two college graduate
grandchildren ( JMU and UVA), 3
currently in college and one still in
high school. Life is good, as she proclaims,
since settled into a retirement
spot in Richmond where she has
many friends and some family. Mary
Denny has lots to do, but she is always
open to having more classmates
visit. She encourages us, “Come to
Richmond!” Also in Richmond,
Susie Prichard Pace had an exciting
spring with a granddaughter’s
wedding and two more grands’ high
school graduations — and off to college!
“I hope they have as wonderful
times as I had at SBC. I am hoping
to come to our 60th!”
In Atlanta, Margaret Storey
Wasson and Ed are well but do admit
to slowing down “a teensy bit.”
Ed still plays doubles tennis and does
some exercise classes while Margaret
loves mat Pilates and walking,
particularly in Cashiers, NC. “We
spend the summer in Cashiers and
also come frequently year round.
My daughter, Win, lives in and loves
Colorado where she is with Chase in
the Monument/Colorado Springs
area. My son, daughter-in-law and
my two wonderful grandsons (17
and 15) are in Atlanta, so we see
them and most of their games! We
feel blessed.”
Bee Newman Thayer is still living
in the mountains of NH. She
will spend the winter in her apartment
at Kendal in Hanover where
two of her three children are close
by. She has many friends near too;
and, although lonely of course, Bee
is “learning day by day” in her new
life without Brad, “How fortunate I
have been; 55 years of married life
with a special man.” She plans to
go to NYC in Dec.; and, if so, she
will see classmates then. She and
her daughter, Emily, visited SBC in
April; they went to the columbarium
where some of Brad’s ashes are buried
and where she will eventually join
him and be near her parents. They
will be close also to Dr. Lawrence
G. Nelson and his wife, Toni (Antoinette),
who chaperoned the 1959
spring vacation trip to Nassau where
Bee and Brad first met. Bee reports
that the campus looks wonderful
and the College’s new programs are
really exciting.
Toni (Antoinette) Nelson, was
also our chaperone to Bermuda
in spring 1958 and was beloved
by many in our class. Susan Cone
Scott and Margaret Wadman Cafasso,
among others, took piano
lessons from her. Margaret kept
up with Mrs. N. in Lynchburg until
she passed away in 2002. Toni
was a great proponent of libraries,
chairing the SBC Friends. Dr. Nelson,
a true scholar and gentle giant
of a man, taught me, Julie O’Neil
Arnheim, English literature our
freshman year in a class composed
primarily of sophomores. I remember
Kate Groat Henchman, Susan
Cone Scott, Tita Hatcher and Bess
Hutchins Sharland as also being in
that class. I kept my eyes lowered,
head down; I doubt that I deserved
to be exempt from freshman composition.
Margaret Wadman Cafasso
made her annual summer trek to the
Berkshires of Massachusetts to get
away from the “hideous heat of Florida.”
She had a total knee replacement
in May. Fortunately, it was her left
leg, so she can drive long distances.
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She is pleased to get around so easily.
Lucky Alicia Laing Salisbury managed
to get tickets for Hamilton in
NYC last Thanksgiving, which she
recommends as a must-see. [Mea
culpa for not passing her recommendation
along in the spring bulletin.]
Penny Stanton Meyer in MD
maintains that “since half of the Eastern
Shore’s squirrels live in my backyard,
happily eating most of the bird
seed, I’ve been trapping them and releasing
them in a woods with many
oak and walnut trees. Eight squirrels
so far, 5 to go, I think! Otherwise,
my Colorado group will be here to
celebrate my 80th birthday. Hurray
for all of us who have made it.
Still working at a garden center five
mornings a week.” And ’61 co-secretary,
Bess Hutchins Sharland, also
in MD, enjoys a large nearby pool
in a park-like setting and the book
club associated with her church
while worrying about the parish’s
long-dwindling membership. “Keep
on keepin’ on,” is her advice.
Lynne Nalley Coates weighed
in for the first time! She is not only
the mother of three grown sons and
was a special education teacher for
33 years but is the author of two
murder mysteries, both available on
Amazon: “To Protect the Innocent”
and “Disordered Behavior.” She is at
work on a third book, which is not a
mystery but the story of a family in
crisis. It is entitled “Sea Glass,” a metaphor
for the ways that life tumbles
us. Lynne wishes everyone the best.
In retirement in Boca Raton,
Dale Cooper enjoys playing tennis.
She had a 33-year career in NYC
and Michigan at General Motors,
ultimately retiring in 1994 as that
corporation’s director of stockholder
relations. After 2 years at SBC, she
transferred to Goucher where she
graduated with a degree in French
literature and studied afterward at
the Sorbonne. She feels a Katherine
Gibbs course in business was instrumental
in getting her foot in the door
at GM. Dale has very fond memories
of Sweet Briar and says “hello” to all
’61 classmates.
Communicating from Florida’s
Gulf coast, Faith Bullis Mace expects
her news to improve in 2020.
She had to cancel a trip down the
Danube due to emergency gallbladder
surgery and earlier had an ablation;
plus she had basal cell removal
from a lower eyelid. She calls age 78
her year for body maintenance. Undaunted,
she has already made reservations
for a cruise in the summer of
2020 for 20 of her extended family
to celebrate her 80th birthday.
Susan Cone Scott’s words capture
what many of us may feel as we
adjust to our ninth decade of life: “I
moved to Austin almost 5 years ago
to be near my son who wanted to be
able to help me as I aged. I promptly
rewarded him with a 10-hour
back surgery followed by two heart
attacks. Since then, my heart is fine
but the back surgery was diagnosed
as “failed.” This has definitely slowed
me down. I’ve developed a network
of friends here. I read a lot for two
book clubs, make excursions in Austin
with a senior group, work out in
a warm water pool with treadmills in
the water, since I move mighty slowly
on land. I’ve moved into a sweet
condo and enjoy large gardens and
a pool with no maintenance on my
part. If my macular degeneration
continues to progress slowly, I will
be independent as long as possible.
I watch an incredible amount of
tennis, a sport I played poorly but
one I love watching. I need my eyes
for sure. I relish the many forms
of communication in our modern
world and keep up with dear friends
all over. In the past year I’ve traveled
to Birmingham, AL and Taos, NM;
but traveling is hard for someone
who is disabled. I talk to friends who
go all over the world and enjoy pictures
and stories of things I cannot
do. My life is pretty peaceful. It does
take a lot of maintenance to be 80,
almost 81. I never expected to be old,
but dealing with it is better than the
alternative. As long as I have my wits,
I am grateful for life. Occasionally I
remember something I think George
Jessel once said: “Too old, too late,
we get too smart.” There is a wisdom
that comes after 8 decades, and I like
the way my mind still works. I don’t
think it is too late to relish each day. I
have many fond memories of Sweet
Briar and our class, and I send best
wishes to everyone.”
Now living in Charlottesville’s
Westminster Canterbury, Suzanne
(Seabreeze) Seaman Berry has adequately
recovered from the 2016 car
accident where she was in the middle
car but was not crushed. She manages
with one hip and both knees now
repaired. Fritz was diagnosed with
Alzheimer’s in 2015, but nonetheless
they set out on what was a marvelous
and memorable trip through the
Northwest Passage and made it the
entire way. No airlift out was needed.
She sees Lucy Canary Church
and her husband, Ranny, who also
moved to Westminster Canterbury.
Celia Williams Dunn, and husband
Larry continue to work full
time at their real estate company
with offices in Savannah and in Bluffton,
SC. Celia says, “I am constantly
running into Sweet Briar friends and
alumnae.” In 2019 she saw Emily
Whaley Whipple in Flat Rock, NC,
Marion Lucas Fleming in Savannah
and Judy Greer Schulz in Lynchburg.
She was with Rue Wallace
Judd in St. Remy and Dominique
Siegler-Lathrop in Giverny, France,
in April and had a fabulous time. Celia
reports that Dominique moved
back to Birmingham but spends two
months a year in France. Celia also
sees Laura Connerat Lawton ’62
every Sunday at Christ Episcopal
Church in Savannah. Celia and Larry
have three grandchildren, ages 11,
6 and 3, who live in Jacksonville.
I, co-secretary Julie O’Neil
Arnheim, also confront physical
challenges as I approach 80; I walk
with a cane. In Paris this summer I
purchased the duplicate of my cane
so when I need two, I will have a
matching pair. I can move faster with
two canes and a fanny pack replacing
my purse. Throughout the years,
my children jokingly accused me of
The almost-twin sisters Faith
Bullis Mace ’61 and Starr Bullis
LaFayette ’60 are pretty in pink
and blue.
Larry Dunn is no stranger to
the classmates of his wife, Celia
Williams ’61
Eleanor Briggs ’61 actually loves the subjects of her wildlife photographs.
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“making an outfit,” and matching
canes prove their case. My mind
and my sense of humor are still intact,
and my two-cane solution beats
that of my dad who walked with
two umbrellas until the tip of one
got stuck in a manhole cover in the
middle of the street! I traveled alone
to France and remained in Paris for
5 weeks in late spring. Each year I
acquaint myself with a different part
of that city I have loved since our junior
year. I have a French phone and
number and prepay a discounted
public transport ticket (carte Navigo).
I stayed in the 12è on rue de
Charonne where there were 3 boulangeries,
a fromagerie, an épicerie,
a fabulous shellfish restaurant, two
hairdressers, a bus stop, a Métro
station and a Monoprix all on my
block. Market days were Wednesday
and Saturday, and the stalls stretched
for 3 blocks. La vie est belle. I am
amazed that Opéra Garnier offers
no handrails on its steep front steps.
The French elderly must not need
them. To ascend those stairs, I hold
onto the wall; but I did see five operas
between Bastille and Garnier.
College of Charleston’s semester begins
in late August, and I will be back
in classes. My only grandchildren are
7-year-old twins living in Chicago,
and I am continually fascinated by
how different they are. Is it nature,
nurture or simply chance?
Co-presidents, Maria Garnett
Hood and Kate Groat Henchman,
send warm greetings to all. Maria,
per usual, summered at her beloved
Camp Greenbrier in WVA overseeing
food service, tutoring and managing
countless activities for the 180
fantastic campers there.
We were sorry to learn only recently
of the deaths of five Class of
’61 classmates several years ago:
Danielle Joyce Zierer on Jan. 11,
1978
Margaret Mayher Badcock on
Aug. 2, 2010
Elizabeth (Betsy) Marble Hartwell
on Sept. 13, 2013
Sandra Wilson Johnson on Aug.
9, 2015
Terry Reece Michie on Nov. 22,
2015
1962
Parry Ellice Adam
33 Pleasant Run Rd.
Flemington, NJ 08822
peaba@comcast.net
Effie Castelli Sammis connected
with some of our classmates while
graciously soliciting economic support
for SBC. She visited Taft and
Anne Allen Symond’s at their home
in Park City last summer and has
seen Jane Aldrich in recent years
in Florence, MT. A trip to Cuba revealed
the time warp island from the
late ‘50s. Lovely old buildings abandoned
and crumbling. Lush, fertile
countryside traveled by horse-drawn
wagons, while ‘40s and ‘50s Chevys,
Fords and Pontiacs could be seen
in Havana. Even a 4–hole Buick
like Mary Sturgeon Biggs had her
senior year! Off on a trip to Europe
and Danube River in the spring to
celebrate the “Big 80”!
Caroline Coleman Stautberg
lives on a lovely farm outside Baltimore
where she breeds thoroughbred
horses to race and sell. She has
2 married children and 7 grandchildren
all living in Birmingham so lots
of backing and forthing. She was just
leaving for Saratoga where she hopes
to sell some yearlings, with fingers
crossed.
Anne Parker Schmatz and Bob
are enjoying life just north of Boston
for the past 6 years. Their cottage
looks out on a meadow, stone walls
and active bird life. Anne is known
as the “nature lady” leading a monthly
discussion group and drawing for
the resident magazine. She and Bob
have 9 grandchildren, 5 of whom are
graduated from college.
1963
Allie Stemmons Simon
3701 Guadalajara Ct.
Irving, Texas 75062
asimontc@outlook.com
Greetings to the Class of 1963!
Anne Carter Brothers barely missed
my deadline in January so I promised
to lead off with her news this time.
“I hated to miss our Reunion but
was just back from England where
I had joined my granddaughter who
was doing research on Jane Austen.
Travel is mostly grandchildren related
— another granddaughter,
Anne Peyton Brothers, graduated
from Wake Forest in May where she
received the award for outstanding
theater student. Armed with that,
she and I left for LA so my singer/
songwriter son Cary could try to find
her a job.” Don’t know about the job
but our Anne apparently had a great
time partying in California! Anne
says she feels fortunate to spend the
winter months in Longboat Key, FL,
painting, playing a lot of tennis and
simply ignoring the aches and pains.
Also celebrating “finally making
a deadline” Katharine Blackford
Collins writes, “I’m in Wyoming for
the summer gearing up for a reunion
here with my two brothers, all our
kids and grandkids, at the end of July.
We’ll canoe up through the Green
River Lakes, do some hiking in the
Wind River Mountains and go for a
boat ride on Fremont Lake.” Katharine
went to Athens in May with her
Greek neighbors and enjoyed hiking
gorgeous gorges in Crete. Earlier this
spring she traveled to DC to join
6 women from their Peace Corps
group in Ghana more than 50 years
ago. They had a great sit-down at the
Ghana Embassy with a couple of officials
who weren’t even born when
they were there!
Mary Ann Utterback Burritt
has been seeing Jim through treatments
for pancreatitis for 6 months
and when he got clear scans in
May they celebrated by buying a
4-month-old Labrador puppy! She
says he is just beautiful and they are
enjoying him although their lives
have changed to accommodate him!
As a consistent dog owner, boy do I
understand that! Mary Ann’s mother
died in June after moving from
assisted living to a nursing home.
Her daughter (and my goddaughter)
Cheri Lee Burritt Yates,’84, received
the Sweet Briar Outstanding Alumnae
Award at Reunion 2019 and
Mary Ann was able to surprise her
by attending the ceremony!
We have a number of classmates
moving closer to family and downsizing.
Ann Funkhouser Strite-
Kurz and Bill are now in Easton.
MD which Ann says is a delightful
small town and they are in a 55+
community with lots of activities. As
this is where Ann started her teaching
career she is enjoying catching up
with close stitching friends nearby.
McNair Currie Maxwell writes,
“Bob and I have big news! After 63
years I am going home — to North
Carolina! We are planning to move
in September to Twin Lakes, a retirement
community in Burlington,
NC. We have a sizeable house but
of course we are leaving our panoramic
view of the Pacific Ocean in
California. We have a guest room
and would live to have visitors! We
have joined the country club and can
entertain you there.” McNair’s new
address is 2072 Sullivan Park Circle,
Burlington, NC 27215.
Lucy Otis Anderson, our class
president, and McNair, our fund
agent, want to extend thanks to those
classmates who responded so generously
to their request for support for
the Sweet Briar Fund. According to
“The Briar Wire” I just received today,
the class of 1963 showed 41%
participation and had the highest total
giving for classes in the 60s. Good
job, ladies! Lucy reports that she and
David went on a pilgrimage to the
Holy Land in May with 37 people
from their church, 4 of whom were
Sweet Briar graduates. In June they
took their family on an Alaska cruise
and in August they’ll all be at the
beach at Pawley’s Island, SC.
Lee Kucewicz Parham and John
spent the last couple of years renovating
the house on Lookout Mountain
where they have lived almost
their whole married life and are celebrating
by taking a couple of trips
to Palisade, CO, for their niece’s wedding
and on to Portland, OR. Later
they will go to Norfolk for Lee’s 60th
high school reunion. Lee and Stevie
Fontaine Keown walk together just
about every morning as long as the
weather cooperates and they often
have lunch with Kathy Caldwell
Patten. Also visiting Oregon is Nancy
Dixon Brown who is attending a
family gathering. She plans on seeing
Jane Yardley Amos for a golf tournament
in August.
Keitt Matheson Wood and
Frank are making their annual trip to
Colorado to visit their daughter and
unfortunately we will miss them this
year as we are still in Texas where
Heinz is taking a course of therapy
which will hopefully cure his vertigo.
Keitt is still raving about their whale
watching week in Baja with a Lindblad
National Geographic cruise.
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She says they saw lots of whales but
her favorite was the “thousands of
dolphins playing in the waves of the
ship.”
Irene Pschorr Belknap sent the
following catch-up: “I have lived
in my house for 51 years. We have
had 4 weddings here and I just had
a show in the garden entitled Art in
the Afternoon. I put my paintings
out in the garden and it was a big
success. We have 4 grandchildren.
Summer activities revolve mainly
about hardening the house as fire
danger is on everyone’s mind here in
California. Just celebrated my 40th
anniversary with husband #2.”
From Pat Calkins Wilder: “Your
request for news always makes me
realize once again how fast time is
flying. After a long and difficult couple
of years my husband passed away
in March. It was really a great relief
— I would not have wanted him to
go through any more. As everything
is in life, it has been an educational
experience — both positive and negative.
I am fortunate to have lots on
my plate at the moment — several
art shows and visiting family — and
an appreciation for being fully engaged
in every day with something
creative.” Our sympathy, Pat, and
keep up your wonderful attitude.
Katharine Haskell Subramanian
writes “Aside from the usual routine
of house, garden and my business,
the most fun happenings have
been with my sister on Road Scholar
trips to Bulgaria last September and
Botswana in April. Both trips were
fascinating and mind-opening. And
we’re going on another Road Scholar
trip next April, to Israel and Jordan.
Even though I’ve been to 38 countries
so far there are still so many
places I haven’t been! Fortunately,
Ken is happy to stay home and catsit!”
Jean Meyer Aloe reports her
eldest grandchild will be off to college
in August and her 13-year-old
grandson will spend 2 weeks this
summer in a gifted program at UVA.
Her oldest daughter, a clinical psychologist,
will be director of counseling
and psychological services at
George Mason Univ. starting in August.
Her husband Ed is not well, so
they have curtailed travel.
Lynn Carol Blau’s husband Jeffrey
retired from his radiology practice
so they have more time in New
York and traveling to visit family.
They stay busy hiking, golfing, working
out and lots of healthy cooking
at home. They took an amazing trip
to Israel with the family. Granddaughters
have published their first
cookbook, “HoneySalt, a Culinary
Adventure.” Lynn saw her Sweet
Briar roommate, Polly Wirtzman
Craighill, in New York and says she
looks fabulous!
Ginger Cates Mitchell and
Mitch cruised early this summer
through the British Isles and Iceland.
Ginger says “Aging seems to require
new body parts so I’m going to buy
a new knee at the end of July and
spend the rest of summer rehabbing
and recuperating. Should be good as
new (Ha!) by fall!”
Temperance Parker writes that
Betsey Beale died Aug. 19 after a
courageous 6-month battle with metastasized
stage 4 lung cancer. She
spent her final months at Westport,
a lovely Richmond nursing home
with wonderful caregivers whom
Tempe saw in action first hand when
she drove up from Charleston and
spent 4 days with her in July. Betsey
was devoted to her pets (2 dogs, 5
birds-one a cockatoo she had for 28
years and 4 cats) and with the help
of Trista Wright ‘95 Tempe was able
to find homes for them all by phone
from South Carolina, and while in
Richmond. Tempe had her beloved
dogs brought in to her room at
Westport to say goodbye.
Great to hear from Tish Skinner
Dace after a long silence! “I spend
nearly every waking moment on the
Resistance. Ostensibly I still write
about plans and playwrights, but
only in very rare moments. I’ve lived
on Bonaire in the south central Caribbean
for 17 years but I no longer
scuba dive, instead hobbling around
with a claw-foot cane. Bonaire is one
of those sea-level islands soon to be
reclaimed by the ocean. Ninety days
a year I get my urban fix by home exchanging
to Paris, although I know
less French now than I did struggling
with 2 years of that language at
Sweet Briar. My two sons and two of
my three grandsons (ages 33, 28 and
2) live in the Midwest and the other
in his native Scotland. I dare say I’m
not the only member of the class of
’63 trying to save the world; good
luck to us all!!”
And finally, the best for last, a
wonderful note from our intrepid
exchange student, Priscilla Langley
Pay. Priscilla starts “So glad you said
you liked to hear even if we had no
news! So here is mine!” Bless her,
and I am going to copy her whole “no
news” and hope the Alumnae Office
will cut me some slack on the length
of these notes. “Unfortunately, well
maybe not, I am now 79 and a bit
and beginning to feel old! After some
years of spending about 4 months a
year enjoying France in our motorhome
we have come to the end of our
travels. Tony has medical problems
which mean he can no longer drive.
At lease we are both still here and
hopefully for a long time yet. Our
daughter Sarah and husband Ian live
next door so we have support, and as
we have given them the motorhome
we hope to enjoy hearing about their
travels in the future. I might even
be able to keep their sat-nav up to
date for them! Sarah and Ian have
4 daughters who have all flown the
nest. Two are married, one is training
for the Merchant Navy and the
youngest is studying astrophysics at
university. I am so grateful for my
year at Sweet Briar as it so broadened
my interests. I have enjoyed
looking at my Asian Studies again as
I did a family tree for Tony’s cousin.
Fascinating! I was sorry to find Mr.
Harris had died as I wanted to write
and thank him. My next project is to
tidy the book room and retrieve my
CC handouts and enjoy going over
them all again. I am a hoarder and
have all manner of items to peruse.
Wonderful days, thank you all! Anyway,
I think the reason for feeling old
is because horizons seem to be closing
in, but really I’m no older than
I was in 1962. Maybe a bit more
careworn! Could do without Brexit
though!! So there is my no news for
the moment. Very best wishes to all,
Scilla Pay.
And my very best wishes to all as
well — thanks for the great response
- Allie
1964
Peggy Aurand
26387 Oak Plain Drive
Santa Clarita, Calif. 91321
pegzaloha@yahoo.com
M. C. Elmore Harrell writes
that she and Doug enjoyed spending
the winter in St. Augustine, FL.
Had a great time exploring the town,
going to the beach and taking lots of
photographs. “We are now in Virginia
for the summer where we get to
see our children and grandchildren
who live in Virginia and Maryland.”
They had a great time at Reunion
in June and are looking forward to
Sweet Work Weeks in August. It is
always great to be on campus to see
first-hand the exciting things that are
happening.
1965
Sally Hubbard
47 Parsons Green Circle
Sewanee, TN 37375
931-598-5338
cell: 931-636-7320
sally@hubbard.net
Brenda Muhlinghaus Barger
hopes all our classmates are keeping
up with the new use of Sweet Briar’s
beautiful campus for “artisanal farming”
to include an aviary, vineyard,
wildflower field and commercial
greenhouse. Lots to look forward to
at our 55th Reunion just 10 short
months from now! Thanks to Mibs
Sebring Raney and Brenda, reunion
got a jump start last April with a
gathering of western North Carolina
classmates. Lillian Norburn
Alexander (Asheville) chose the
delightful restaurant in Morganton
and drove over with Dasha Morgan
(Mills River) and Mibs (Brevard).
Coming from the center of the
state were Nancy Collier Hitchins
(Charlotte), Libba Hangar Luther
(Lincolnton), Alice Mighell Ficken
(Winston-Salem) and Brenda (Davidson).
Did the group have a lot to
talk about? They barely scratched
the surface of past, present and
future! Regrettably other commitments
kept Sarah Porter Boehmler
(Davidson) and Connie Triplette
Barker (Statesville) from joining
the group. Summertime travels are a
great time to reconnect so get busy
encouraging everyone to make the
trip back to SBC next May 29-31,
2020.
Eugenia Dickey Caldwell and
Peter had a terrific, month-long visit
to New Orleans (ah the joys of
being retired!), seeing friends and
family, attending 2 birding festivals
and both weekends of Jazz Fest and
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of course, eating great food. They
are home now, enjoying the cool San
Francisco summer. Looking forward
to going birding next January in
Guyana, which apparently is completely
unspoiled, and as a result is
quite primitive, e.g., no hot water at
the lodges. Eugenia figures with daily
temperatures of 75-90 degrees, hot
showers are not likely to be missed!
Melinda Musgrove Chapman
now has 3 grandchildren who are
college graduates, 2 in college and
her youngest is going into 11th
grade. She is still active in real estate
but starting to slow down. Melinda
is very involved at her church—between
real estate and church she is
never bored. Her biggest change this
year was letting her beautiful white
hair emerge after 40 years of dying
it brown. Everywhere she goes, old
friends walk by and suddenly say
“Melinda! Is that you?” She’s coming
and hopes to see us all at our 55th.
Eileen Stroud Clark and her
husband are fully retired and spend
time in both Rehoboth DE and
Palm Springs, CA. Their three kids
and their spouses and 12 grands
enjoy visiting them in both places.
Eileen was glad to hear from Mary
Ellen Freese recently and she is well.
Mary Pederson Grum is off on
a Baltic cruise with a major stop in
St. Petersburg. Then she will see her
eldest grandson head off to W&L.
Bunny Sutton Healy says life is
good, although she finds it frustrating
to acknowledge that the years are
adding up! They welcomed their first
grandchild a year ago and their second
is due anytime, so they are still
on their toes. Still spending time in
MA, NH and CO, all happy places
for Jay and Bunny.
Sally McCrady Hubbard and
her brother Waring and daughter
Anna attended the second wedding
of her brother John, age 83, in Austin
in May. John and new sister-inlaw
Diane will join Waring and Sally
for a vacation in New Brunswick to
see the Bay of Fundy in September.
She was pleased to host Gideon
Byamugisha, whose vocational
school she supports in Uganda,
when he came to Sewanee to receive
an honorary degree in May. Sally is
very proud of her granddaughter
Margaret who is studying sound
design in the theatre department of
Carnegie Mellon.
Thanks to Deirdre Conley ’72,
Nancy MacMeekan and Vicky
Thome Barrette were present at the
starting point and able to see Alison
Lifka ‘13 set off to compete in the
Iditarod race in Alaska. Deirdre organized
a dinner the night before the
race with Alison’s posse of SBC people
from several generations. Gathered
for the Sweet Briar Day dinner
at Crow’s Nest Restaurant in the
Captain Cook Hotel in Anchorage.
Vicky and Nancy enjoyed a vacation
in Barcelona and on the Island
of Mallorca in April.
Bonnie Chapman McClure and
her husband are still living outside
Paris on the Seine — surviving and
even flourishing from time to time.
Kay Kaplan McDonald is finally
going to her forever home — a
darling little Craftsman cottage in
Vallejo that her step-son, Dan, and
his wife, Krista, have bought and
are renting to her. Her new contact
information is: Kay Kaplan, 1615
Napa Street, Vallejo, CA 94590,kkaplan625@yahoo.com,
916-672-7313
Come visit!
Laura Haskell Phinizy and husband
Stewart have enjoyed a visit
with almost-teenager granddaughter
Sara Frances Jones recently. They
will make their annual pilgrimage
to Kanuga in August, and then take
part in a grand Phinizy Reunion in
New Orleans in November. The Jud
Hickey Center for Alzheimers is a
“caregiver’s caregiver” for Laura and
much enjoyed by Stewart. The Augusta
Green Jackets Baseball season
does wonders for Stewart — they
sometimes go to games 7 days in a
row. What more should Laura expect
from a fellow who called her on
the dorm phone at SBC to asked her
to marry him on Oct. 2 so he could
watch the World Series on their
honeymoon?
Milbrey Sebring Raney and
Bev had a lovely family reunion at
the beach with 3 generations. Their
offspring must have thought they
looked really old, because they were
extra solicitous. Mibs and Bev also
are looking forward to a trip to Quebec,
Niagara Falls and the Finger
Lakes.
Carol Reifsnyder Rhoads’ husband
Bob plays tuba with the Salem
Band — the oldest (1771) continuous
mixed wind ensemble in the
nation. Their son-in-law, daughter
and grandkids joined them for a
great concert in Salem Square on
L to R: Lillian Norburn Alexander ’65, Dasha Morgan ’65, Libba Hangar
Luther ’65, Nancy Collier Hitchins ’65, Alice Mighell ’65, Mibs Sebring
Raney ’65
Front row: L to R - DeDe Conley ’72 in pink, Mary Alexander ’12 and Seanne
Weekes ’12. Back row, L to R: Betty Skladal ’58, Nancy MacMeekin ’65,
Marisha Bourgeois ’99, Vicky Barrette ’65 and Harriett Milks ’77
the July 4. They are enjoying their
mountain house in Boone and went
to the Highland Games at Grandfather
Mountain in July. They’ll take a
Viking River trip to Portugal in October.
After 2 cancer scares 18 years
ago, they are in good health. They
are associate members of St. Mary’s
of the Hills in Blowing Rock NC —
the church about which Jan Karon
wrote several novels.
Magda Salvesen, curator of the
Jon Schueler Estate in New York,
was involved with recent exhibitions,
publications and museum acquisitions.
She dropped in and out
of Waterhouse & Dodd Gallery’s
Schueler exhibit during Mayfair Art
Weekend in mid-summer.
Their two children, spouses and
6 grandkids joined Chris Kilcullen
Thurlow and Steve to celebrate their
50th wedding anniversary at a dude
ranch in Jackson Hole. They would
have taken a river trip through the
Grand Canyon but the grandkids
threatened to kill each other if they
were in a boat together for 6 days.
Steve and Chris have made lovely
new friends in the relaxed atmosphere
of Vero Beach, FL. They
are involved in a tutoring program
for at-risk children, and Chris is
Secretary of the Grand Harbor
Audubon Society. They are working
with a job-training program for
adults, playing lots of golf, and trying
to keep their weight under control.
They’ll spend the summer in
Greenwich to drive their grandkids
places and watch them play lacrosse
on 6 different elite teams. They are
Grand-Ubers, but it’s the best part
of life.
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Alice Haywood Robbins and
Wayne have grandsons already but
welcome this summer the first girl to
be both in their family in 64 years —
Alice and her sisters only had boys.
They make many trips to LA and
Birmingham to see their children and
grandchildren.
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Susan Sudduth Hiller
ssdh22@yahoo.com
Keenan Colton Kelsey
keenankelsey@comcast.net
Hello, once again, my wonderful
’66 classmates! Keenan Colton
Kelsey and I truly appreciate the
many responses that we have received
for the upcoming issue of our
Class Notes. We thank you!
Speaking of Keenan, she shares
that the biggest change in her recent
life has been a beau! She never anticipated
another relationship, but here
it is! After 30 years of being independent
and single, she is having to relearn
how to be part of a couple. This
was unexpected and amazing! This
summer has included a lot of travel.
She and Mark went to England to
visit his nieces in small villages. Then
soon after had the wonderful DC
reunion with SBC roommates. After
that [as in the next day] to Hawaii
with family. Next: Spokane to meet
Mark’s mother and Tahoe several
times. SBC board work continues
to be challenging and stimulating.
“The College is definitely on track
and working hard. Meredith Woo is
quite wonderful.”
Cherry Brown Peters says that
she has had an eventful year. From
record-setting rainfall in May 2018,
a tree fell onto her house and took
out 40% of the building, caving in
the roof and doing tons of damage.
They moved to a rented townhouse,
but the biggest problem was that she
has two big dogs: a standard poodle
and a lab. This was compounded by
the fact that almost all residential
rental properties have a 40-pound
limit. Unable to bring themselves to
board their dogs for eight months,
they found a corporate real estate
group with a furnished townhouse
with no limits of the size of dogs
[or people]. After being there, they
moved back home in January 2019,
even though the construction wasn’t
quite finished. Good news: there
WAS working heat and a bathroom!
The house was finished in June, “but
we’re back, and all is right with the
world.” She now realizes how much
she appreciates her own home!
Sidney Turner, in preparation for
an eventual move to a local retirement
community, was going over some old
papers and found the centennial edition
of the alumnae magazine from
2001. It gave a lot of history “on dear
old SBC.” The last article was “Visions
Realized and Visions to come
in 2000.” “If only we had known what
would happen in the next few years.”
At present she is facing hip replacement
surgery, which may be delayed
by her husband’s more urgent health
problems.Sidney’s former roommate
Julia Bush Youngman has moved to
Centennial, CO, after the death of
her husband. She seems to be adjusting
well after living so long in AZ.
Evie Day Butler has news! They
are moving back to Texas this fall!
They are looking forward to being
back in Ft. Worth, where they have
many friends — and their youngest
son and his family. They are in North
Carolina this month [Editor’s note:
in August] to avoid heat and traffic.
Her cell phone and email remain the
same, and they plan to move in October,
with the new address being 3300
Rosemeade Drive, #2512, Ft. Worth,
TX, 76116. She sends love to all!
Randi Miles Long feels fortunate
to have Penn Willets Fullerton close
by. They have watched each others’
children grow up and raise their own
families. She and Herb enjoyed seeing
all of them recently at Penn’s 75th
birthday celebration.
They are still traveling a lot but
are facing problems with her torn
meniscus. She continues to enjoy
her genealogy explorations. “Being
in an interfaith group of women
has helped me remain hopeful in
this turbulent time we live in.” Also,
she loved reading the book “Women
Rowing North” by Mary Pipher.
Katie Clay Barret relates that she
hates summer, being unable to sleep
since it is so hot. “Work is boring.”
As the department manager for an
academic department at the University
of Kentucky, many days she
is the only one there. However, she
does enjoy Farmer’s Market tomatoes,
especially heirloom varieties,
including Cherokee Purple. Since
this time of year she does a lot of
yard work — push mowing, weeding
and picking up yard debris, she is in
the best shape of the year. She mows
about one third of her 12-acre yard,
using a zero-turn mower, which is
sort of like an amusement park ride!
However, she loves doing it. She is
looking forward to the fall semester
which will begin soon and loves being
grandmother of 4-year-old twins,
a 7-year-old grandson and a 5-yearold
granddaughter.
Sally Kalber Fiedler relates that
this has been the year that medical
appointments have taken the place of
travel plans. “Nothing earth-shattering,
but big time-consumers!” Their
calendars are full with more boring
events than fun ones. “Such is life in
the 70s.” They had a great visit with
Jack and Jane Taylor Ryan as they
drove from Hilton Head back to
New Hampshire at the end of their
winter in the south. She says that
she always enjoys seeing them. Sally
sends hopes that everyone is well!
Andrea Pearson Pennington
says that they are trying to sell their
rather large home and downsize.
Two main reasons: going to the second
floor when she needs something
from her bedroom and, since there
are just the two of them, 4 bedrooms
seems like a bit “of overkill.” They
are still trying to search for a house
just right for their current needs in
the part of town they prefer. Their
5 wonderful grandchildren (3 girls:
8,3,2 and 2 boys: 8,5) add “so much
brightness in life.” Two are in DC,
and three in Birmingham, which is,
at least a bit closer to Mobile. She is
looking forward to going to the U.S.
Open Tennis in NYC. She is active
in the League of Women Voters and
in mentoring for the Girls’ Leadership
Program through the Juvenile
Court. She still officiates a lot of
tennis in Mobile and at various SEC
and ACC schools. She is truly concentrating
on looking for a new home
and selling the “much too large” home
they have now.
Bunny Cord relates that for the
past 2 years she has been taking art
classes at the art school of the Museum
of Fine Arts in Houston. She is
working hard at mixed media painting
and figure drawing, improving
slowly but surely. But loving it! “It
brightens my days.”
Betty Booker Morriss says that
Marcy Fisher, Suzy Moseley Helm,
and the sisters-in-law Betty and
Makanah Dunham Morriss had
a chance to catch up when they all
landed at Chautauqua Institution
near Erie, PA, in August. They focused
on the insights of the theme of
the week: grace. “Speaking of grace,
aren’t we all fortunate to have lasting
collegiality — and to have had access
to a high-quality education that
keeps us curious and engaged for a
lifetime?”
Penn Willets Mullin is thankful
for an awesome mini-reunion with
roommates Jane Nelson, Keenan
Colton Kelsey and Susan Sudduth
Hiller in Washington, DC! Each
year we pick a new venue — such
fun! “I think that being together is
such an especially affirming experience
as we grown older, sharing our
experiences with this, discussing our
challenges and getting advice from
each other! I feel so blessed with this
privilege.” She says that all is good in
her life, especially with being able to
see her 7 [and a half ] grandkids a lot.
[ages: soon-to-be-born to 17!] Also,
she enjoys time with her own kids,
which are all close by.She and George
continue to enjoy their 1930’s cabin
in the Sierras all year long. Fly fishing
still tops the list of her favorite
hobbies. She loves the time that she
is able to spend with SBC friends,
like Randy Long, who live nearby.
“How thrilling and rewarding it is
to see how well our college is doing!
Hooray!”
Nancy Bullard Reed has just
become president of the National
Society of The Colonial Dames of
America! In mid-July she enjoyed
visiting with Marty Rogers Brown
at her house in Fishing Bay. “This
has been a yearly get-together for
decades and is such fun.” On July 30
, she had the pleasure of representing
the NSCDA in the ceremonies
on Jamestown Island as a part of
the 400th anniversary of the first
representative legislative assembly
in America. While there she signed
a scroll, which was placed in a time
capsule and was buried. ”Wonder
when it will be opened?”
Penny Winfree Gooch reports
that she will leave for quite a trip on
the Sept. 25. She will fly to Jackson
Hole, have a day of guided fishing
and take a tour of the Grand Tetons
and Yellowstone. Then she will fly
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to Calgary, Canada, go by coach to
Banff, touring that city and Lake
Louise. Then she will catch the
Golden Leaf train for Vancouver and
tour Victoria. Her flight home to
Roanoke from Vancouver is scheduled
for Oct. 5. Wow!
Ellie Gilmore Massie says that
she has had a quiet, hot summer
there at Virginia Beach, while gradually
getting over meniscus surgery,
which took place in May. She is finally
getting back to golf, yoga and
pilates. This fall will find her heading
north to see family and friends. Then
she and Pete will go to DisneyWorld
in late October — without kids!
They just want to enjoy!
Harriette Horsey Sturgis reports
that her son Richard and his
wife “(beloved daughter-in-law)”
have moved from LA to NY, to
Louisburg, N.C. Although it had
been fun to visit both of her sons, she
is thrilled that they are both, with
families, are nearby. “Heidi keeps
saying, ‘Why do people ask me how
I am adjusting to a small town? I’ve
been visiting and loving it here for
over 20 years.’” Harriette and Buzz
are still celebrating having chosen
each other over 53 years ago. “He’s
still amazing and amusing.” She now
realizes that she enjoys reading YA
books. The most recent favorite is
“Dig” by A.S. King. “Like the title,
you find yourself digging deep to
find out more.” Harriette is looking
forward to hearing from everyone.
Penny Stekete Sidor said that
she didn’t have much to report, but
continues reading…! Retiring from
her part time tax job, she is able to
spend more time with her grandsons,
ages 7, 6 and 2, who live from
three to 25 miles away. This means
that she is able to see them quite a
bit. Oh, she is still doing taxes, on a
volunteer basis now. Mike retired after
almost 20 years of teaching and
administering. Seventeen years ago
they moved from their big old house
in the city to a wonderful condo/
townhouse community of mostly
retired people. They both enjoy
singing in their church choir. When
her former choral group disbanded,
she joined ‘Encore,’ which is new to
her area. It consists of 300+ singers,
aged 50+ in seven locations around
the Chicago area. They perform as
individual groups and then with all
groups together. She evidently is really
enjoying this. Since an arthritis
invasion and replaced knees forced
her to give up tennis, golf is now
their sport for most of the year. They
admit that they are not necessarily
getting better but certainly slower.
“Perfection is not an expectation.”
They do feel blessed to have a life of
comfort and relative ease.
Anne Ward Stern had lunch
with Jane Nelson recently and enjoyed
getting caught up with her.
Since Anne’s husband’s death in
April, she has decided to live in both
Cincinnati and Charlottesville in order
to spend more time with friends
and family in Virginia. Her sister
Dearing has an adorable cottage on
her property, which is being renovated
to be Anne’s own “tiny house.” She
is now carving out “the next chapter
in [her] life by staying positive, and
looking forward to more travel, taking
courses and enjoying new experiences.”
She welcomes words of wisdom
from any of us who have made
this transition to widowhood.
Jane Nelson said, “The past few
months have been busy, fun and
meaningful in ‘retirement.’” Her every-other-year
family reunion took
place in Culpeper in June. It was a
special time, being intergenerational
with cousins from all over. Even
though it was hot in DC, the annual
“four-SBC-roommates” reunion in
July was great. “We had tours of the
West Wing and White House, an
afternoon at the National Cathedral,
visits either to the Holocaust
Museum or the Museum of Natural
History and a river cruise on the Potomac
to Mount Vernon. We stayed
in Georgetown, within walking distance
of great restaurants!”
She also mentioned the recent
visit with Anne Ward Stern, saying
that she has been thinking of her
since the recent death of her husband
Edward in April.
Martha Madden Swanson tells
us that it has been a relatively quiet
year for her. She had cataract surgery,
and her husband underwent
some surgery and radiation. These
resulted in a lot of time with various
doctors. “(What else is new?)” They
did get 5 days in Nevis in late March,
just enjoying the sun and sea. July
took them to the Adirondacks and a
week with several siblings and their
children and grandchildren. It was
gorgeous and peaceful, and they had
good times with family. Both their
daughter and daughter-in-law have
new jobs. Her daughter’s brought
her back from London to Santa
Monica, and they plan a Christmas
visit. “We stay busy going to sporting
events and plays.” Martha continues
as president of the board of the
School of Hope Foundation, which
raises funds for a secondary school
in the Kibera slum in Nairobi. She
rejoined the board of Georgetown’s
retired faculty and staff association
as membership chair. “Lots of Excel
and email.”
Susan Sudduth Hiller — that’s
me! As mentioned earlier, Keenan
and I thank all of you for your replies,
and I appreciate her getting
the word out that we wanted them
— soon! I do enjoy reading about
what is going on and to follow each
of you, as we have similar life experiences
as the years advance. Almost
all of us can now say [or will soon]
that we have lived for three quarters
of a century. How blessed I was that
during a 5-week period surrounding
my birthday, I was able at different
times to be with my brother, his wife,
a group of Kentucky [Penn] cousins,
my daughter Penn, her husband
Christopher, their boys [Andrew,
12, and Ethan, 12], my granddaughter
Katie [17!], my husband Chuck
and our sweet Cardigan Corgi Drea!
And — my 3 SBC roomies Jane,
Keenan and Penn! As mentioned
above, our mini-reunion in DC was
wonderful, with many highlights,
including a private tour of the West
Wing and the river cruise on the
Potomac to and from Mt. Vernon.
Soon afterward, Chuck and I spent
a grand week in Snowmass mid-August.
Our lives here in Little Rock
continue to be busy and increasingly
fulfilling. He seems to be a man of
unending energy [gardening, woodworking,
bee-keeping, bicycling,
tutoring, etc.]. I am thrilled to be
serving in a number of capacities
at St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church
while continuing my passion for hospice
work [visiting patients and also
serving on one of the boards], grief
counseling and lay chaplaincy. Of
course, visiting family members and
nurturing friendships are important
to us both.
I am button-popping proud of
Sweet Briar. Keenan, thank you for
serving on the Board!! Also, kudos
to President Woo and all others who
are making this happen!! Thank you
to all of you as well.
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Gail Robins O’Quin
2651 Kleinert Avenue
Baton Rouge
Louisiana 70806-6823
cgrobins@ix.netcom.com
Gracey Stoddard was the first
one to respond to my plea for news
— thank you, Gracey! Her news is
short and happy. “I have enjoyed a
great year so far with trips to Israel
in 2018, and in 2019 to Vietnam, St.
Augustine, Florida and Monrovia,
Liberia, where I annually visit the
school I support, the African Dream
Academy. The school is doing very
well with 810 children from threeyear-olds
up through 10th graders
and will graduate their first high
school students in June 2021. Fundraising
is really tough, however, so
if any of my classmates want to be
inspired and help our school continue
to operate, please visit www.
africandreamacademy.org. Better yet,
join me on a trip to Liberia in March
2020 and see our school firsthand!”
I just wish Bill and I could, Gracey!
We’ve been to Africa 4 times and it is
a phenomenal trip!
Elizabeth Kurtz Argo reports
that she and Jimmy “are preparing
for the onset of the thundering herds
(family and friends) descending
upon us as happens every summer
in northern Michigan (where you
can’t drive more than 5 miles before
running into a body of water). But
we LOVE the visits. We retired in
a darling little Assn of 10 cottages
on Torch Lake. Jimmy put up a cute
little sign in the kitchen which says
‘bed & breakfast (you make both).’
Ed: Much better than our ‘Bed and
Bar!’ We especially love kayaking.
But I also spend a lot of time playing
duplicate bridge, Mah Jong &
gardening - all of which I love! (and
I never knew about any of this until
my last horse died). Retirement is
phenomenal!” Betsy, you are definitely
not a couch potato!
Victoria S. Jones and her husband
are living the high life of retirees
in New York on a budget,
“devoting as much of our resources
as possible to our son’s wonderful
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conservation project, the Nature
Discovery Center of Cambodia. I am
very impressed with the new SBC
and feel lucky, as life goes on, to still
be in touch with two friends from
my old SBC life, Judy Powell Martin
and roommate Jane Stephenson
Wilson. Thanks for your hard work
on behalf of keeping our Class News
going!” Vicky, it’s you classmates who
submit material that keep the class
going!
Hallie Darby Smith has continued
to enjoy riding her bike. Last
Fall she even went on another bike
trip to Scandinavia. Wow! “Most of
the riding was in Sweden, but I had
a food and bike tour of Copenhagen
and food tours in Stockholm and
Helsinki. Since I travel alone, I have
found that having a food tour in each
city is a fun way to meet interesting
people and experience the city. I am
looking forward next month to a trip
to Tuscany with my children and
grandchildren.” And I whine when I
have to walk a block or two — way to
go, Hallie!
Judith L. Bensen Stigle claims
that there is “not much happening
in the Stigle/Peterson household. I
am still working part time running a
weight management clinic in Venice,
Fla. Been 3 1/2 years and I’m still
not Skinny! Had a good winter here
with visitors and family. Now HOT
in Sunny Florida and that will last
till end of September. Fun Winter
with family and friends visiting. Always
fun to see Bonnie Blew Pierie
and Tim who are about 5 miles away.
Also played in golf tournament with
Jane Walker ’60 — no prizes but
fun!” Judy, isn’t fun, not prizes, what
these events are all about?
Carroll Randolph Barr’s highlight
of 2019 so far was UVa basketball...
“as many of you know I am a
bit of a bball junkie and this year my
passion was treated to an extremely
stressful season culminated by the
2019 National Championship. We
have season tickets to the games in
Charlottesville so that was great
fun but then I had the opportunity
to go to the regionals in Columbia,
SC, and in Louisville, KY.... it was
amazing to witness and so much
fun. I drove to Louisville with a
friend (Mike couldn’t go because of
his knee), we stayed with Jill Haden
Cooper which was delightful and
she learned a lot about basketball…
and we learned a lot about Louisville
What a marvelous city. Not sure
I turned her into a total fan but at
least she enjoyed Virginia’s run to the
Final Four, which I watched on TV
with Mike. In mid-May a group of
House 3 ladies met at Monteagle in
Nashville for a mini-reunion. Margie
Brooks hosted us at her cottage
and in attendance were Beth Glaser
Isaacs, Lisa Braden Moody, Jacqueline
Stevenson Bennett, Gayle
Dearborn Vance, Shelly Gearhart
Lindstrom, Emily Chenoweth,
Mary Bell Timberlake, Jill Haden
Cooper. We toured the Jack Daniels
Distillery, had delicious food, visited
an amazing castle and a working
mill, all in Lynchburg, TN. Of
course the majority of our time was
spent talking, eating, drinking and
sharing opinions and ideas on everything
from politics to shoes and,
naturally, our health and well-being.
The best news is that my brother-inlaw,
Jim Murray, is very close friends
with Meredith Woo; he cannot say
enough positive things about her and
the college. He was recently invited
to dinner with Meredith and a few
SBC alums and came home with
such positive news. I wish he had taken
a photo but alas, the opportunity
was missed. He is extremely positive
about the future of SBC [and] so
impressed with the farm manager
and integration of all the agriculture
into the curriculum, teaching the
students so much more than just
the usual academic offerings. Everyone
who has been following Dr. Woo’s
progress should agree with Jim’s report
and share his enthusiasm! We’re halfway
through our Michigan summer
which has been glorious. Family here
for 2 weeks and our house is camp
central. Told the cleaning ladies not
to come until they leave so you can
imagine what it looks like, BUT we
love it. Happy summer and love to
all!!!”
Victoria Baker writes, “We’ve
been traveling a lot this year: a fascinating
cruise in the Persian Gulf
for Lee’s 75th birthday in January,
another Caribbean cruise on which
I lectured in March, and a wonderful
river cruise on the Danube from
Budapest to Bucharest in April. We
keep dancing over the 7 seas, doing
volunteer work, remodeling the
house and right now I’m preparing
talks for a Panama Canal cruise later
this year. If a hurricane doesn’t upset
the plans, my sister and I will be
throwing a big family celebration for
our mother’s 100th birthday in September.
She is amazing! Our motto
continues to be: Don’t postpone doing
the things you want to do and are
still able — even if just barely!”
Kim Waters Keriakos shared
her description of her visit to SBC.
“Want to let you know I drove
through Sweet Briar campus just
a couple of weeks ago. It was wonderful.
A “young writers’ workshop”
was in progress with registration set
up in front of the chapel and young
people everywhere. We drove up
to the stables through the amazing
vineyard hills. What an adventure.
What a joy!” Yes indeed! The reports
get better and better!
Maria Wiglesworth Hemmings
says, “I won’t write much as I am on
my laptop and always manage to hit
whatever combination of keys erases
everything (I am now retyping after
an erasure.) Total bummer about
your health issues. They’re much
better now that I found the correct
medicine! One of these days I will
get my husband to travel in the USA
other than going to visit our daughters
and... we will show up on your
doorstep. I do have Louisiana roots
so....” Would love to have you and anyone
else who would like to come to the
swamp!
Page Munroe Renger claims “no
exciting news but all is well.” Isn’t
that what we all want, the well part
at least? Will see Lindsay Smith
Newsom and Sue Morck Perrin in
a few weeks and will also be taking
a short cruise to Bermuda in Sept.”
Have fun!
Direxa Dick Dearie guesses her
life’s just too dull to send in notes -
sure. “This time I do have something
exciting to report...my granddaughter,
Kate Dearie will be coming to
SBC in the fall as a member of the
class of 2023. She fell in love with
Sweet Briar when she toured the college
with her family and is very excited
about going there. It’ll be interesting
to hear her thoughts when she
gets to school and I look forward to
learning about all the wonderful new
things that are happening on campus.
Please keep us informed; we’re all
excited about a granddaughter Vixen.
Glad to hear that you and yours are
doing are doing well. I send greeting
from sweltering NYC (we’re in the
midst of a heat wave) and warm (no
pun intended!) wishes to all.” Direxa,
you ain’t seen nothing; try Louisiana
in the summertime, and spring and
fall as well!
Sad news from Margaret Mapp
Young. “My beloved husband of 42
years died in March. My life is very
different now, dare I say easier. As a
smoker all his life, he died of heart
failure and complications of COPD.
My boys are wonderful to me, but
each has a complicated life without
my troubles. I have moved back to
Accomac and enjoy this house with
the memories of raising our boys
here. My knees are not strong and
I have become a wimp about pain. I
have had one knee replacement when
Dick was with me - good success
but a lot of work on my part. I also
must be becoming lazy! I enjoy living
alone with my two yellow labs.” Our
prayers are with you, Margaret.
Barbara Tillman Kelly reports,
“Carlton and I just got back from
a wonderful trip to Tanzania. My
cousin and her friend have started
a nonprofit, Our One Community.
They sponsor a medical clinic and
a school for the Maasai people in
Olmoti, Tanzania. We have donated
to this and were so pleased to be able
to visit for two days. After the visit,
the group took a fabulous safari. We
still can’t believe that the animals
walk right up to the jeeps and in fact,
a cheetah cub jumped on the hood
of our Jeep and stayed for about 15
minutes! Have been to Tanzania and
I agree it is a wonderful country! Our
family is fine. Darcy and DJ’s daughter
is almost a year old. Time flies!
I am so glad she is here in B’ham!
Maddie arrived so early and spent
time in the NICU and now weighs
20 pounds and is the happiest baby
ever, not to mention the cutest. (Hey,
give me a break, we waited a long
time to be grandparents!) We’ll give
you a break! We had a good trip to
LA to see Dave and Morgan and
then took the train to see my cousin
in San Diego. A trip to see Trey and
Leslie in Charleston was a few weeks
after. Life is good!” Yes, it is!
Finally heard from Linda Fite;
she has not changed one iota! Here
goes: “This is how bad it’s gotten: A) I
don’t know if I already sent you anything
for this issue of our class notes
B) I can’t remember when the LAST
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time I sent in anything (and don’t
want to repeat myself ) and C) I’m
grateful you remind us to send in our
stuff (even though I cannot remember
if I’ve done so, when or what!).
Here’s the mini spin of the past year.
In the past 12 months I made lots
of trips “abroad,” on the get-it-while-
I-can principle, i.e., I can still move
and I still have some funds. In October
2018 I went to Cuba with my
youngest sister’s group, the Memphis
Bar Association — a marvelous trip!
Loved everything about it. Then in
Paris, I joined Pam Ford Kelley and
another of her pals for Thanksgiving
in Paris (bless her heart!), much to
my children’s chagrin. And in March
I went on a trip to Morocco with Susan
Bokan ‘68/transferred to NYU
and her friend, Paul. And BOY did
I love that trip. Well, now I’m pretty
well tapped out. And I stomped all
over the planet with my carbon footprint,
so I’m going to try to cool it
for the rest of the year. Sorta! (I already
flew to Wisconsin to visit one
sister, to Memphis for another and
am planning a trip to Colorado in
October for a visit to a third sister.
(Yes, our parents kept trying for a
boy.) I just finished a week of Grammy
Camp with my two Brooklyn
grandsons (ages 10 and barely 13). It
was INCREDIBLY hot, but we survived,
and no one bit anyone else. Off
for beach week in Delaware the first
week of August. I live in the Hudson
Valley and relish the Catskills and
the creeks/streams/lakes and river,
but nothing beats the ocean for its
restorative power. Peace and love, as
Ringo always says.” Keep up the good
work, Linda, and keep us dullards informed.
Toni Naren Gates finally
checked in with her news. “So great
to read what classmates are up to.
Made me feel a little selfish not to
share. So, to Linda, we summer to
the north of you in The Adirondacks,
and a crowbar couldn’t get us off the
lake between June and September.
To Betsy, yep! The B&B is open and
booked! Family, of course, and Kansas
friends who are growing to love
our greener Northeast mountains
(so different from the Rockies!). To
Carol, oh that I could turn my back
on the mess. I beg my cleaning help
to move in! And, my husband is a
basketball freak/geek just like you.
Wichita State Shockers have been
quite a team to watch! And watch
he does. And travels all over for a
front row seat. Lovely to get a peek
at the lives of our peers. Travel certainly
seems to be a common activity
for most of us. Can’t complain about
that! Best to all!”
Priscilla Blackstock Kurz reports,
“After a year that has included
major surgery and complications, I
am finally seeing better days. Rick
and I celebrated our 50th wedding
anniversary with a party for family
and friends. In August, yes, we will
cruise the Rhine and I will finally
lay eyes on the Van Gogh museum
in Amsterdam. Cheers to everyone!”
Have fun, you deserve it!
Sally Haskel Richardson has
no news but she has “the 5 most precious
grandchildren on the planet!”
She also keeps in touch with Beth
Glaser Issacs. “Was wonderful seeing
Beth yesterday. What a fabulous
class we had!” Yes, we did and still do!
Sally sends her love to all!
Virginia Stanley Douglas travels
a lot and loves it. “Last fall was northern
Italy with 10 friends, staying in a
villa with 3 people who love to cook;
my contribution was making salads
every night. My kind of trip — with
friends who cook! In February, I was
in Maui with girlfriends on a bridge/
golf week of fun. In April our daughter
Becky threw a small party for our
50th wedding anniversary. Bill and I
had a grand celebration with friends,
many of whom are Episcopal priests!
Congratulations and with whom better
to celebrate than those who believe
in the sanctity of marriage! In June I
took Becky and our grandchildren
on the Disney Fantasy for a week in
the Caribbean. I went snorkeling off
two catamaran, and even had to jump
off the bow of one of them. Told
myself at 73 this was the last time
to jump off! We were with another
friend of mine and her daughter and
grandchildren. The Disney ship was
fabulous, endless entertainment and
activity and I would NEVER do it
again…too old! I know the feeling!
However, the BEST for grandkids,
even my two, Miles (14) and Genna
(12), had a great time. Bill finally
joined me on a trip for July 4 to
Cheyenne, WY — a great time with
17 of us (mostly from the October
2018 Italy trip.) Bill (think he caught
the traveling bug) and I are off in
September to Calgary to visit with
my University of London roommate
Chargie and her husband Dennis.
There will be mountain hiking I am
sure! I have also agreed to chair the
Selection Committee for the new
dean of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral,
Sacramento, CA, and that work begins
in earnest this fall. Along with
caring for Kipling, our mini Australian
Shepherd, who turned one in
June and playing bridge, life seems
very full and we are blessed in so
many ways.” Yes you are; I don’t know
how you have time to breathe let alone
plan more trips and select a Dean!
Patsy Davis Whitehurst and Arthur
are still in Durham. She claims,
“our most exciting travel these days
is to our place at the beach. Another
traveler! Daughter Patsy and her
family live in Madison, WI, too far
away. She and her 3 children came
to NC for a week this summer. Her
twins are avid lacrosse players and
attend UNC lacrosse camp every
year. Great fun to have them here.
Son James is director of research at a
scientific company outside of Atlanta.
I stay busy with tennis, duplicate
bridge, garden club activities and
working with the board of elections.
Nothing exciting, I’m afraid.” Sounds
exciting to me! And I have a grandson
who is a lacrosse player. Maybe
they’ll all meet on the field one day!
Peggy Pittman Patterson writes,
“A wonderful year with visits to Phila
Flower Show with three friends and
stops to see lots of family in DE and
Baltimore, plus Larchmont and Dallas
grandchildren. This summer has
been trips to Lake Tahoe and Yosemite
for my first views of their Western
beauty. I will be adjunct faculty at
the Episcopal Seminary in Berkeley
(CDSP) this fall again. Very stimulating
to be back into books and
chapel. I also spend about half my
Sundays supplying at various East
Bay Parishes which is exciting and
challenging. I have seen Anne Kern
Uher this spring for a long lunch and
hope to get to Chatham to see Margaret
Williams Hurt this year. I am
headed this August to Santa Fe for a
week of friends and green chili and
music. Miss my New Mexico pals.
Here is to Reunion ’55! Yes ladies, it
is closer than we think!
Bill and I are still in Baton Rouge;
these ‘notes’ seem to signal hurricanes
although Barry was not as bad as
some of the previous ones. We had
no damage and did not even lose
power; most unusual because we do
live in an older section of town with
lots of trees just waiting to fall on
something. We’re both totally retired
although Bill is still active in several
organizations. I had some health
issues and got off all my community
boards but still play bridge. Not to
be out done by Victoria, we took two
cruises, one to the Bahamas with five
other couples and had a great time
— even had a captain and cook so
we were able to really play. We were
home for less than a week and then
took the whole blended family (15
of us) on a Caribbean jaunt, never to
be repeated (according to me). The
ship held 4,000 passengers, a few
too many for my taste, but the family
enjoyed their vacation. Given my
druthers, I’ll stick with the adults on
a much smaller vessel! Sweet Briar’s
fund-raising results have just been
announced; we did an amazing job
— $97K+ for a participation rate of
35%! SBC is definitely back in the
game! Thanks, everyone!
One small bit of housekeeping:
Several of my e-mails came back
to me claiming that I am sending
SPAM. If you’d like to be removed
from my list, please e-mail me. If
not, putting my e-mail address —
cgrobins@ix.netcom.com — in your
address book might do the trick and
you will be able to get all my notes.
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Anne Kinsey Dinan
8 Peter Cooper Road, Apt. 11F
New York, N.Y. 10010
akdinan@rcn.com
Courtney Cash Mustin: SBC’s
omnipresence continues to shine!
Last spring, in my position as business
services manager for the Virginia
Department of Small Business
and Supplier Diversity, I scheduled a
meeting with the director of eonomic
development and several others
in Powhatan, VA. On arrival, I discovered
two more Sweet Briar graduates:
Angie Cabell ’89, executive
director of the Powhatan Chamber
of Commerce and Roxanne Lewis
Salerno ’11, economic development
program manager for Powhatan
County. In late May, I vacationed at
historic Warner Hall in Gloucester,
VA. where I ran into Sue Morck
Perrin ’67. We enjoyed a wonderful
cocktail cruise on Memorial Day
evening — it was a beautiful tour of
lovely homes from the river, includ-
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ing Sue’s. Nothing quite like our
Alma Mater!
Carter Hunter Hopkins: In
September 2018, I remarried in a
special ceremony at home to Debra
Casado, surrounded by all of our
family and many dear friends. We
traveled to Cuba in January 2019.
On June 25, my daughter and her
husband, Michael Lewis, who were
married in Sweet Briar Chapel in
2011, presented us with our second
grandson, Reed Hunter Lewis. He
joins his 3-year-old brother securely
in my heart!
Amy Thompson McCandless:
Steve Wilson and I escaped Charleston’s
summer heat by traveling to the
Islands — Hawaii (Oahu, Maui, Big
Island, Kauai) in June and Jamaica
(Negril) in September. In between
our trips, Steve went fishing in Alaska
in August for the year’s supply of
salmon and halibut. I remain active
in my church, Grace Church (Episcopal)
Cathedral, and at Creekside
Tennis Club. Son Colin McCandless
and I played mixed doubles in
May and June and won all but one of
our matches (thanks to him). I also
can’t stop giving talks to local historical
societies on SC women.
Kristin Kuhns Alexandre: How
to Make a Hollywood Movie: First,
Gem City, a novel about a Dayton
gypsy . . . decent reviews. It should
be a movie! Google took me to the
American Film Market in LA. Tillie
is an orphaned high school grad. She
meets up with friends at ALTAR
ROCK. A cabdriver, Niko, shows
and romance ensues. Things heat up
when Niko’s brother brings his yacht
to town to break up the romance. If
I’d known the roadblocks! Stars K. J.
Apa and India Eisley, who are now
stars! I’ll tell you after it is sold if it
was worth it.
Phoebe Brunner Peacock: I
continue to enjoy my retirement and
the convenience of living at Watergate
South, across from the Kennedy
Center, pursuing a variety of volunteer
activities. I see Melinda Brown
Everett when she comes to visit her
grandchildren. I attended Carol
Vontz Miller’s fabulous celebration
of her 50th wedding anniversary.
Veterinarian daughter Mary (who
lives in Philadelphia with her musicologist
husband and my grandchildren)
has a new veterinary venture
to provide medical care and much
more. Check it out at Heartandpaw.
com. Daughter Anne’s book was recently
published by Routledge: “Human
Rights and the Digital Divide.”
Ann Biggs Jackson: I had a busy
summer. After spending the first
week of May on Marco Island and
especially enjoying its wonderful
shells, I headed to Normandy for
the amazing 75th anniversary of
D-Day, followed by a visit to Mont
Saint-Michel — c’est fantastique!
Daughter Win accompanied her
students to horse shows in Belgium
while daughter Cary and family took
the summer off for a 10 week trip of
a lifetime through the American west
and Canada. I enjoyed a few races in
Saratoga Springs, NY, before joining
them in Vancouver and sightseeing
all the way to Banff. In August I
checked out overly hot Palm Beach.
In between trips, I oversaw things
on the farm, including two mares in
foal, and raised (and weeded) 27 varieties
of tomatoes! Salutations!
Jennie Lyons Fogarty: I went on
a wonderful African safari with my
oldest grandchild in August. I’m now
working on contacting classmates
and making plans for a mini-reunion
next spring in Savannah or Charleston.
Watch your inbox!
Lynne Gardner Detmer: Jim
and I are muddling along after he
collapsed last winter with congestive
heart failure. He is basically fine
now, but must be careful to monitor
his activity level. Nevertheless we
enjoyed a 3-week cruise in summer
2019 along the northern reaches of
Norway and into Russia and back.
We continue to split our time between
Virginia and the Adirondacks
of NY. And my harp studies are progressing,
in spite of my aging fingers
and brain! Good wishes to all!
Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp:
Hello classmates! It was an honor
to be asked to give the commencement
address this year. It was an
absolutely gorgeous day, the campus
was breath-taking and the 30 brave,
fierce graduates of 2019 are very special
young women. Life continues at
a hectic pace, since I am still full-time
at CDC, but now have grandchildren
to occupy any free time I might
have. I hope you are finding meaning
and having fun with whatever you
are doing at this time in your life.
Much love to all.
Melinda Brown Everett: I was
in D.C. in May to see my younger
son, Jeff, and family, and attended
Barbara Dunlap ’68
Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp ’68
with her husband Ralph Allsopp,
at Sweet Briar’s commencement,
May 2019
Courtney Cash Mustin ’68 and Sue
Morck Perrin ’67 at historic Warner
Hall in Gloucester, VA.
Kristin Kuhns Alexandre ’68 at the
American Film Market pitching
her film ALTAR ROCK, due for
release soon in theaters
Nancy Hickox Wright ’68 and Gil
Wright sailing in a cat boat near
Vinalhaven Island in Penobscot
Bay, Maine, in July
Frances Kirven Morse ’68, front left, and Anne Kinsey Dinan ’68, center
back, with their families, enjoying the Loeb Boathouse in New York
City’s Central Park during a heat wave!
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Randy Rainbow’s hilarious show
with Phoebe Brunner Peacock.
I am doing a weekly radio show,
“Books from Off the Beaten Path.”
Samuel Johnson said: “Only a blockhead
writes for no pay,” but it’s fun.
It’s available as a free podcast at ncmhub.org.
Click on the cloud icon,
and go to “The Morning Show.” I’m
on during the last 20 minutes. I also
play Trivia twice a week with high
school friends. We usually finish in
the top three. We’re old — we know
a lot!
Barbara Baur Dunlap writes
that she is happy to be mended from
her pelvic fractures from a fall and
Charlie’s knee replacement and blot
clot! Onward and upward like SBC.
She had a great time seeing Jackie
Israel Blakeslee and Kathy Israel
Starnes, Marianne Schultz Galt
and Anne Stupp McAlpin at their
55th high school reunion.
Martha Bennett Pritchett Conner:
I am a bionic woman having had
my second hip replaced last April.
Three of my 4 children live nearby
and the fourth, Poston, moved
from Houston to Kansas City. Husband
C.V. and I will visit soon. My
daughters have two girls, 26 and 20
months, and are expecting boys this
fall. My granddaughter (11) and I
will be busy with babies. I’m still
working in real estate and enjoy volunteering
with The Center for Child
and Family Health and Board chair
of the Friends of Durham Public
Schools Hub Farm, a 30-acre farm.
Frances Kirven Morse: Husband
John and I somehow survived
selling our wonderful 8-room house
in Redwood City, downsized 50
years of stuff, and moved 5 miles
down the road to a 3-room unit in
Channing House — an exciting retirement
community in Palo Alto. In
July, John and I took our grandkids,
Ash and Xylia, to the east coast for a
grandparent-grandkid theater workshop
(Aints and Asses experience
was helpful) and 5 days of sightseeing
and musicals in NYC where
we had great fun wandering around
Central Park with Anne Kinsey Dinan
and her family.
Nancy Hickox Wright: Gil
and I spent the month of July back
in New England visiting family
and old friends. One old friend we
did not hope to see arrived while
we were peacefully reading in our
cozy Vermont farmhouse — a bat
which dive-bombed both of us until
Gil forced him out the door with
a broom! Sound familiar, Camilla
Reid Hazlehurst and Phoebe
Brunner Peacock?
Anne Kinsey Dinan: It was
wonderful seeing Frances Kirven
Morse here in NYC last July with
her husband John and their grandchildren,
Ash and Xylia. Terry and
I, our children, Ashley and Kinsey,
son-in-law Bobby and grandchildren,
Evie and Sebastian, all joined
them for a delightful and exhausting
Dinan-Morse family day in New
York’s ever-fascinating Central Park!
Finally, Frances Kirven Morse,
Nancy Hickox Wright and I continue
to search for “missing” classmates.
So, please, please, please — if you receive
this Alumnae Magazine but did
not receive an email requesting news,
write or email me. My street and
email addresses are above, at the top
of the 1968 class news entries.
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Kristin Herzog
20060 Tavernier Dr.
Estero, FL 33928
703-591-9929
kherzogart.hotmail.com
Mary Jane Hipp Brock writes
that they now have a first grandchild,
Lily Lawrence Deringer, born
in January 2019, daughter of our
daughter Susanna and her husband
who teaches at MIT. Susanna has
just completed her Ed.D. from
Johns Hopkins and is figuring out
what’s next in addition to being a
new mom. Her son Walker and his
wife Olivia are in Charleston and he
is busy launching a snack product
called Nutty Goodness and other
entrepreneurial endeavors and she
is a rising designer specializing in
historic homes. Mary Jane is looking
forward to reunions with fellow
classmates Jessica Holzer and Wallis
Wickham Raemer when they come
to visit me in East Hampton in August.
They arrive in time to attend a
performance by the NYC Ballet and
then to enjoy a post-performance
dinner we host for the dancers and
guests. In September, all of the
Carpe Diems (Wallis, Jessica, Frances
Gravely, Connie Haskell, Lorie
Harris Amass, May Humpreys Fox
and Katie McCardell Webb and
me) will come together in VA beach
at Katie’s home for a few days. We’ll
send a pic!
Heather Tully Click is looking
forward to seeing many classmates
at reunion in May 2020. She and
her husband Richard have been in
northern Virginia for three years
now. He finally got brave and retired
this year and has been very busy acting
as their travel agent ever since! A
long delayed rafting trip on the Colorado
River to see the full length of
the Grand Canyon is on the agenda
for this July. Their son and daughter
and their families are still close by in
Old Town Alexandria so we enjoy
seeing our four grandchildren (ages
1, 1 1/2, 3 and 3 1/2) quite regularly.
Trips to the Smithsonian museums
and George Washington’s Mt.
Vernon are particularly fun! They
will come to SBC for Sweet Work
Weeks this summer!
Kate Schlech stays active with
yoga once a week and several volunteer
jobs — docent and gallery guide
at Library of Congress, local library
book shelver, and, my newest gig as
a volunteer at the International Spy
Museum. Lots of travel, local and
foreign. Last spring she had a wonderful
2-week trip to Costa Rica to
commune with the birdies. This past
Feb was a 3- week trip to Jordan (including
Petra) and Egypt (including
6 days cruising the Nile on a small
sailing boat called a dehabeya). It’s
a trip I’ve wanted to do since I was
10 and I figured 60 years was long
enough to wait! Next up in Jan
2020 will be a tenting safari to Zambia,
Zimbabwe and Botswana with
an add-on to Capetown. Yippee!
Will be down at SBC this summer
for a week or so at Sweet Work
Weeks and hope to see some of the
classmates like Ann Gateley and
Annie Tedards.
In late June 2019, Pam Piffath
Still, Susan Lykes Mueller, Karen
Hartnett and Kay Parham Picha
joined two other couples for a
wonderful cruise up the Danube
River, from Buda Pest to Prague.
This group has gotten together with
each other frequently over the years,
but this was undoubtedly the most
“elegant” gathering — on the Tauck
ship MS Joy, and it was just that —
pure joy! Plus a lot of champagne,
of course!
Heather Tully Click ’70
encountered the sweet briar rose
in the garden of an historic house
in Annapolis while visiting at the
U.S. Naval Academy in May.
Stuart Camblos ’70 partying with
Vieve Minor ’70
Kate Schlech ’70 on her trip to
Egypt in Feb. 2019
Ann Gately ’70 and Betty Rau
Santandrea ’70 going undercover
in Albuquerque
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Back row: Susan Lykes Mueller ’70, Swedish friend Sigrid de Gere,
Kay Parham Picha ’70. Front: Karen Hartnett ’70, Pam’s neighbor Dale
Sauser, Pam Piffath ’70 on their Danube cruise
From left: Fran Griffith Laserson ’70, Pat Swinney Kaufman ’70 and
Mary Jane Hipp Brock ’70 celebrating the wedding of Pat’s daughter in
Manhattan this spring
Susan McGrath Slate and husband
Jim are thrilled to be living near
their daughter Garnet, grandson
Andrew and their four great-grandchildren,
ages 1 to 41/2! Each one
is adorable and loving, and smart
— what else could they be? They
were all here for Father’s Day! They
brought food; Garnet made a delicious
cake. By the time my angels
left, Jim and I were about to keel
over! Susan’s health has prevented
traveling much in the past several
years. Fibromyalgia has been plaguing
her for many years. It’s a painful
autoimmune disease. more so with
age. To top that off, last year, she was
diagnosed with Lymphoma. Their
“baby,” Charlie, is a 12-yr old American
Cocker Spaniel, black and white,
and the love of all of our neighbors!
He goes to visit each of them every
day and loves his visits, as do they!
He’s another reason that we don’t
travel. We don’t want to put him in
a kennel. We have taken him across
country twice by car, but we were all
younger and more spry then!
Sandy Hamilton Bentley says
she and Bob are still enjoying our 6
grandchildren in North Carolina.
She met up with Fran Dornette
Schafer in Bermuda for a few days
in April, then joined her in DC in
June to see the visiting Tintoretto exhibit
at the National Gallery — and
took in a couple of Nationals baseball
games. She and Bob head off to
some of the wilder parts of England
and Scotland for a couple of weeks in
September, part family visit and part
tramping around the countryside.
May Humphreys Fox reports
that she is enjoying a semi-retired
status and using new found free
time to travel and see coast to coast
grandchildren (5 of them ages 6, 5, 4,
2 and 2) She and Charlie spent time
in New Zealand earlier this year and
loved it so much they are heading
back next February and have added a
trek in Tasmania too! They will also
head to Ukraine this September. But
the most important upcoming “trip”
is the annual gathering late September
of the Carpe Diems at Katie
Webb’s House in Virginia Beach.
Seven of us (Katie, Wallis, Mary
Jane, Jessica, Lorie and Frances —
Connie unfortunately can’t make it)
will spend 4 days with lots of good
food, reminiscing and making more
memories!
Lawson Calhoun Kelly writes
that even in retirement they are
still crazy busy! She went with her
church on a fabulous trip to Greece
and Turkey trying to retrace the
“Footsteps of Paul.” It was amazing
the conditions Paul endured to witness
to the love and healing power he
encountered on the road to Damascus.
Even though we went to some
of the cities Paul visited, like Phillipi,
Thessaloniki, Athens, Corinth and
Ephesis, we couldn’t begin to recreate
the beatings, ship wrecks and
imprisonment Paul suffered. His
perseverance and courage earn him
a platform to be heard even today.
They also took a trip to Iceland this
summer. It was such a fascinating
country that we want to go back to
see the Northern Lights during the
winter. The people are marvelous
entrepreneurs, harnessing the same
destructive power of volcanos that
destroy their homes to heat 98% of
their intact homes with geothermal
energy. They have a 99% literacy rate
and little crime. A beautiful place to
visit! Besides traveling, she is enjoying
grandchildren, gardening and
golf. Life is good! Hope to see my
SBC friends soon!
Nia Eldridge Eaton reports that
Year 1 of retirement has been good,
with a few re-adjustments to the
cadence of volunteer life from the
drive/drive/drive of business. Been
a joy to re-connect with people, explore
new interests & generally smell
the flowers — trite but true. She
loves her volunteer guide work at
Winterthur, HF Dupont’s fabulous
estate, and hopes to enter the docent
program at Brandywine River
Museum (AKA Wyeth), dog rescue
and other volunteer activities. She
enjoyed a fun week at condo in Bethany
Beach, DE, with friends getting
it ready for rental.
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Class Secretaries:
Mary Frances Oakey Aiken
jmaiken4@me.com
Anne Milbank Mell
anne.mell@yahoo.com
Beverly Van Zandt
beverlyvz@gmail.com
Frances Barnes Kennamer happily
turned 70 in May with her two
precious granddaughters. Catherine
is 3 1/2 and Francie just turned
one. She spends a great deal of time
in Nashville with daughter, Helen,
her husband, and these two. Husband,
Seabie, joins her when he can
although he has not yet “let go” of
several commitments in Montgomery.
During the summer, she leaves
Montgomery to divide her time
between Nashville and Highlands,
NC. She thanks the good Lord for
her health so she can safely make
so many road trips.Frances’s other
passion is golf! She has made several
sweet new friends through golf in
Nashville and Highlands and plays
wherever and whenever she can. Her
goal is to achieve an 18 handicap,
and although she is fairly close, she
is certain she is already playing at her
peak ability!
Frances had an unexpected
mini-reunion with Linda Whitlow
Knight at the Nashville airport.
Linda was putting her daughter on
a plane back to Italy where she lives.
In just a few short minutes they
managed to catch up on twenty plus
years. Linda looks stunning, just like
she did in 1971 except that she has a
head full of gorgeous white hair. Linda
plans to come to our 50th reunion
in 2021 as do I.
Frances stays in touch with Martha
Roton Terry, Amanda Megargee
Sutton and Brooke Thomas
Dold. As she reported earlier, they
had a mini reunion in 2017 at her
Highlands house to celebrate the
total solar eclipse. The eclipse was a
total bust because of a heavy cloud
cover, but they had so much fun
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Susan Greenwald ’71, her
husband, George, and Dee Kysor,
out to dinner in Philadelphia last
fall
Frances Kennamer ’71 and
grandchildren
together. They are planning a 2020
winter get-together somewhere on
the Gulf Coast to celebrate their
70th birthdays. She can’t wait to see
EVERYONE at SBC in 2021!
Dre Bateman reports that she is
still working and writing. Her sister
moved to Florida and her niece and
family are in Tallahassee. Dre enjoys
being active in her local Sweet Briar
Club. She sends love to all.
Ron and Barbie Gracey Backer
are expecting another grandchild in
January 2020 to add to their collective
brood. They are both still working
and taking some time off to travel;
with plans to go to the Far East in
March of 2020. Barbie loves reading
about our classmates and hopes everyone
is in good health.
Claire Kinnett Tate writes that
all is well at the old age of 69 though
some of these numbers astound
her: married to John for 47 years, 2
wonderful children and their equally
wonderful spouses and 4 adorable
grandchildren under the age
of 4! Life is busy with lots of travel,
babysitting 2 little ones in Charlotte,
NC and 2 in New Zealand. Claire is
trying to balance her good life with
community service with preschool
children, women’s giving circle and
church. She enjoys precious time
with old friends and her big family.
And it is still difficult getting accustomed
to being the oldest generation
— missing Mom and Dad! Claire is
looking forward to our BIG Sweet
Briar reunion!
Dee Kysor reports that it has
been a busy time for her and her
family. During a lovely visit to Philadelphia
with Susan Greenwald and
her family, she injured her knee. It
required arthroscopic knee surgery
in December but is now fully healed.
Last year Dee bought a retired lesson
horse, named Badger. She hasn’t
been able to do much with him due
to the knee injury, but is now starting
groundwork with him and hopes to
be riding again soon. She continues
to love her job as music director of
Grace Episcopal Church in Goochland,
VA. Dee’s daughter, Jenn, is still
a professor of psychology at Canisius
College in Buffalo. Jenn and her
colleagues just landed a huge grant to
study aging and autism.
Jill Lowry Wiemer has had a
blessedly quiet year. She welcomed
her 8th grandchild who lives in Sweden.
George and she went to meet
him and then traveled on to Africa
in February to celebrate turning 70!
They fell in love with Tanzania and
Kenya and highly recommend travelling
there. Most of the summer
was spent in Highlands, NC, enjoying
their stateside grandchildren.
George and she also took a fun trip
to Italy with one of their daughters
and her family. They continue to be
blessed with relatively good health
and wish the same for all her fellow
SBC roses and their families.
Maggie Mather Feldmeier says
that work, travel and grands pretty
much describe her life today. Blessed
with good health, Jake and she are
enjoying this chapter of life. Their
next big trip is to South America in
the fall! Daughter Kate (and their
2 adorable grandsons, 9 and 6) live
nearby in Cazenovia. They love
watching their soccer, lacrosse and
other activities. Julie has just moved
to Charlottesville, VA (old stomping
grounds for Maggie!), with Matt
taking a job at UVA (part of liver
transplant team) so they are delighted
to have a drivable distance to see
3-year-old Mather (Maggie’s little
namesake!).
Wendy Norton Brown loves
seeing, being with and loving her
4 grandchildren! She and Lee are
blessed! Aren’t grandchildren the
best? She sends her best to all!
Alix Sommer Smith writes that
she retired from the Stafford County
Public Schools (VA) in 2004, but
continues to interview candidates for
the Governor’s School and coordinates
evaluations of Virginia’s Governor’s
Schools. She also is active
with two book groups, a needlework
group, her church’s food pantry and
also serves on the Board of the girls
camp where she previously worked.
Alix lost her second husband to lung
cancer in 2015. Alix said she loves
reading about “fierce” Sweet Briar
and has even started collecting “vixen”
pieces. She thinks our 50th reunion
will be monumental and plans
to be there!
Martha Stewart Crosland writes
that she became a grandmother Jan.
15, and is loving it. Plus, best of all,
grandson Edward’s family moved to
a new house that is a 5-minute walk
from Martha and her husband’s
home. Martha is still working for the
Department of Energy on nuclear
legal issues, and she and Ed continue
to enjoy trips to their home in Palm
Beach Gardens, FL. Daughter, Mallory,
lives in New Jersey and is engaged
to the head golf pro at Arcola
Country Club just outside of NYC.
Anne Wiglesworth Munoz
writes that she and Milton have had
a really busy and challenging year.
Anne had a stroke last November
while traveling in India and Nepal.
but received excellent (and inexpensive!)
care in Jaipur, and they were
able to continue their tour. Within
a week she had no more symptoms
and was able to dance with some local
high school performers in Chitwan
NP! Anne feels very lucky and
is feeling great now. Anne also reported
that in February they bought
a house in Tucson so that they can
be closer to their daughters and their
families. Later this year she and Milton
will take his mother’s ashes to
Colombia and will also spend a little
extra time exploring Medellin.
Nesi Wisell O’Connor writes
that her husband, Jim, died in Dec.
2017, and that she has been traveling
a lot and visiting friends to try to
make a new life for herself. She visits
Alix Smith and has had an occasional
lunch with Carol Remington
Fogelsong. Nesi spent last August in
Guernsey and is headed there again,
plus going to the Shetland Islands
and France.
Rosanne Woodruff emailed
that as for news from her, there’s
not much to relate. She is making
improvements to the landscaping
around her house, along with pruning
and weeding the various plants/
beds! She is contemplating some
time at SBC during Sweet Weeks
but has no definite dates yet — who
else will be going? Rosanne also included
suggestions for our 50th. She
would like to have a list of all of our
classmates — those that are located,
as well as, those we need to locate
and to include all who began as classmates
our freshman year. She said
she has enjoyed seeing all classmates
at recent SBC reunions and also suggested
having a list of those who are
deceased, with dates if possible.
Barbara Wuehrmann wrote that
the past year was a huge travel year.
She spent last summer in Frisco,
CO, and then traveled to Australia
in October for a 3 1/2 week birding
trip that included Tasmania. Then to
Washington, DC, for Thanksgiving
with her brother and another trip to
Colorado to ski. On to New Zealand
in February for a hiking trip with the
Sierra Club where they covered most
of the South Island. Barbara is now
back in Colorado escaping the summer
heat of Arizona.
On a very sad note, Sally Uptegrove
Lee lost her husband Bob to
cancer in July.
In closing, please put Reunion
2021 on your calendars. Bev, Mary
Frances and I send our best to all!
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Jill Johnson
MarySue Morrison Thomas
98 Pine Bluff
Portsmouth, VA 23701
72sweetbriar@gmail.com
Ellen Apperson Brown lives in
Asheville, NC, and works part-time
as a companion caregiver for clients
with dementia. As part of her duties
she enjoys using literature therapy,
or reading aloud from classics, such
as “Anne of Green Gables” and “Because
of Winn Dixie.” Otherwise,
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Jean Andrews and DeDe Conley during March 2019 visit to San Francisco
DeDe Conley and Marisha Bourgeois ’99 of Juneau, Alaska, part of the
Iditarod Alumnae team reconnecting at Reunion
President for Life Marion Walker and board chair Georgie Vairo with
Leigh Ann White ’86. They’re ready to BBQ!
Ellen still enjoys researching and
writing about her favorite topics: the
New York Adirondacks and the Virginia
Frontier. She is thinking about
donating her large family archive to
the college, someday soon.
Dale Shelly Graham and husband,
James, are thrilled that both of
their children, Fielding and Lily, are
engaged to wonderful people. After
years of waiting, Dale reports that
she’s going to be a MOB and MOG
both in 2020!
Claudine Clarke Elian is currently
living in Switzerland, near Lucerne,
and travels to the U.S. as needed
to continue her art activities. She
works under the name of C.C. Elian
and is known for developing Elian
script; please Google it to see. She
travels back to Manhattan, mostly,
and does her rounds between there,
Sedro-Woolley, which is North of
Seattle, and L.A. Chances are good
that she will relocate to the U.S. soon
since her companion recently retired
from University teaching. Contact
from former classmates is most welcome!
Jeannette Pillsbury hopes that
by the next set of class notes, she will
be settled in Virginia. She is working
to sell her house in Iowa and to
find a place in Amherst/Sweet Briar.
By the end of July, she will be truly
retired from her many years as a professional
teacher. As you know, she
continues to rally for Sweet Briar.
Jeannette really appreciates the interaction
she has with her classmates. It
is a gift to work together with friends
who shared a formative time in their
lives.
Georgene Vairo continues to
enjoy the challenge of chairing the
Sweet Briar Board of Directors and
working with President Woo to
chart our future. She enjoyed a fortuitous
visit from Marion Walker,
along with Vixen sisters Leigh Ann
White ’86 and Alexa Schriempf ’97.
They picked favorites from Georgie’s
garden and had a great BBQ.
Deirdre Conley reports that she
had an amazing trip to the Iditarod
in Alaska in March along with 8 other
alumnae to support musher Alison
Lifka ‘13! Snow, ice, dogs racing,
wild Alaska, Denali, the Northern
lights and brilliant alumnae were all
on tap! She saw Liz Clegg Woodard
‘72 and Brooke Thomas Dold ‘71 in
Houston while getting a visa to China.
DeDe traveled for two months
in China with husband Gerard. She
says China is welcoming and impressive,
historic and more modern than
imaginable. On her way back from
China, DeDe spent several fun days
with Jean Andrews and her husband
in San Francisco. She made it to reunion
and saw Jeannette Pillsbury
and plans to see Jean Chaloux Miani
in Milan in October!
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Evelyn Carter Cowles
PO Box 278
Free Union, VA 22940
ecc52@icloud.com
Glenys Dyer Church: I am enjoying
retirement and getting a lot
of scrapbooking done. I had a great
time at reunion last year. It was wonderful
to see classmates and the campus
again. Hearing President Woo
speak on how the college is doing
was very heartening. I returned for a
couple of days in August to visit with
Chris Mendel Prewitt during Work
Days. It was wonderful to visit and
catch up after too many years.
Lisa Fowler Winslow: It’s been
a real busy summer full of travel for
me. I started off by going to my 50th
high school reunion in Hawaii…so
much fun! I spent time up in Lake
Tahoe and then off to Canada (Lake
Louise, Calgary, etc). I am looking
forward to the fall and taking some
classes. life and retirement are great!
Alison Baker: I always love my
annual visits with Abigail Allen
Rennicamp who has inspired me
with her knowledge of plants and
horticulture (plus experiencing her
fabulous gardens in KY). I currently
enjoy working at Atlanta Botanical
Gardens and sharing a love of nature
with all our visitors.
Sandie Schwartz Tropper: The
only thing I have to report is that
I have been made a fellow in the
American Society of Appraisers,
the organization that accredits appraisers.
This is the highest level of
membership and an honor by fellow
professionals.
Kathy Pretzfelder Steele: My
husband Dave and I continue to enjoy
retirement and our life in Florida.
We have happy news: our daughter,
Tracy, was married in 2018 in Atlanta
and is expecting a baby boy
in November. This will be our third
grandchild, and the first boy in the
family so it should be interesting!
When not spending time with our
2 granddaughters, who live nearby,
we keep busy serving on community
boards and clubs, playing pickleball,
swimming and traveling two or three
times a year to our favorite getaway
on Hilton Head Island. This past
summer we also took our granddaughters
to Marco Island; and Dave
and I spent a week in Breckenridge,
CO enjoying the mountains and visiting
good friends.
Trish Gilhooly O’Neill: I just
got back from Tibet, which has always
been a place I have wanted to
visit. I went to my 50th high school
class reunion of the Hong Kong International
School in July. The location
was put to a vote and we ended
up in Seattle. My husband just fully
retired and we live between Greenwich,
CT, and Hawaii. Our two sons
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are in NYC area and we see them
often. We spend a lot of our time in
Europe, where we have lived longer
than anywhere else.
Mary Buxton: I have settled
into retirement by working on CA
climate legislation with the 350 Silicon
Valley Legislative Team and
on protecting the environment as a
member of Sierra Club Loma Prieta
Executive Committee. Pretty interesting.
I am have been fly fishing and
spending lots of time in Lake Tahoe.
We plan a Mississippi River Cruise
from New Orleans to Memphis in
October so I am reading lots of history
and literature.
Diane Wood Keyser: After running
Wake Smiles, a volunteer dental
clinic in Raleigh, NC, for 6.5 years, I
retired Aug. 2. My career in dentistry
is ending. I have been a dental assistant,
a dental assisting instructor
and an executive director of a dental
clinic for the past 40 years. My next
project is to become certified to teach
English as a Second Language (ESL)
part-time. I’ve got to have something
to keep me from watching Netflix all
day! I also have lots of unread books
at my house, an overgrown garden
and growing grandsons to keep me
busy.
M. Christina Hegarty Savage:
I’m so enjoying my two year old
and newborn grandsons. Sometime
around Nov. 8 I’ll be enjoying grandchild
#3. So far the gender of this
baby is a surprise. I’ll still be babysitting
2 days a week for the 2-year-old
and then also the new baby in February.
Between babysitting for the little
ones and pickleball the other 3 days a
week (followed by coffee, donuts and
gab). I’m keeping out of trouble and
enjoying a wonderful retirement.
Kathyn Thilking Maginnis: I really
enjoyed going to my Hawaii high
school class’ 50th reunion this year.
followed by a transatlantic cruise on
Queen Mary II. We have relocated
to the Del Webb Ponte Vedra community.
Diane Dale Reiling: Our family
took a “bucket list” trip to France this
summer We went barging through
Burgundy! Great wine and terrific
memories. I am amazed at how
much French vocabulary I have retained!
In September, I attended my
50th high school reunion in Chicago.
Strangely enough, no one from
my family lives in Chicago anymore,
so it seems odd to visit there. My
Airbnb suite is available for you if
you find yourselves coming to southern
Oregon for Rogue Valley wine or
Shakespearean plays!
Renee Renata Sterling: I spent
a glorious week in Colorado for the
July 4th holiday. Those mountains
are spectacular. Wearing my pink
SBC T-shirt at a Saturday open
market, I was stopped by a Kathy
W(?) ’75. Small world!
Ann Major Gibb: Our big news
is the addition of our first granddaughter
born in June. She joins older
twin brothers and we are thrilled.
They are in Wynnewood, PA, so
close enough to visit often. Our son
is in LA so we have been there recently
as well.
Noreen Conover Reed: Busy
summer! My second granddaughter,
Lucy Maddox Reed, was born on
June 24, 2019. Her daddy, my son
Craig, just finished his fellowship at
UNC in gastroenterology and will
be joining the faculty there as an associate
professor. My daughter, Melissa,
married her Prince Charming
on Sept. 1. Gee, I need a vacation!
Susan Dern Plank: I had lots of
fun playing with grandchildren (3
and 7) visiting from TN for 2 1/2
weeks. I see Laurie Norris Coccio
(an excellent instructor) from time
to time to play Mah Jongg. Great
fun! Have a kayaking trip planned
to Muskegon Bay, ME, in Aug., a
friends’ 50th anniversary party in
Chicago and my youngest niece
will spend her semester break with
us from Ross Univ. School of Vet.
Medicine as part of a family gathering.
I will then have a visit from St
Andrews friends in Sept. and a TN
visit in Oct.
Jeanne Schaefer Bingham: I am
still a base voice in the church choir
and I crochet with a church group
at my house to make giveaways for
the needy. I visit VERY often with 3
grandsons who live next door.
Evelyn Carter Cowles: I have
still been painting, riding, gardening
and fishing as usual. Reynolds and
I just spent a month at our house in
MT, taking 2 side trips. The first was
a 2-day fishing excursion on the Missouri
River with fantastic dry fly fishing.
The second was in the Bob Marshall
Wilderness in northwest MT.
We packed in 2 days with horses and
mules, spent one day wade fishing in
camp and then floated out fishing the
last 3 days. The scenery, the fishing
and the people taking care of us were
all fantastic. A trip of a lifetime!
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Bonnie Chronowski Brophy
160 Bellevue Avenue
Summit, NJ 07901
b.c.brophy@comcast.net
Vickie Bates writes that she
and David moved from Tallahassee,
FL, to Oceanside, CA, two years
ago where they’re loving the cooler,
sunnier weather and waking up to
ocean and mountain vistas. David
continues to advise math students,
mostly in Europe, and is learning
electric guitar. Vicky teaches Tai
Chi in Poway and San Diego, treats
(osteopathically) a few friends and
neighbors in exchange for donations
to SBC, takes harp and Spanish lessons
and enjoys bird watching and
photography clubs in their 55+ community.
They have a couple of cruises
planned for the coming year!
Nancy Blackwell Marion writes
that she’s still working, publishing
books — mostly local history and art
ones. She’s renovating an old house
for one of their daughters and hubby
to live in. The plan is to downsize
and move to the daughter’s existing
house, (the site of Nancy’s old office
in downtown Lynchburg) where
she’ll relocate her current office as
well. Since the three kids are grown
and independent, she and Dave
are rattling around in their big, old
house for now.
Bonnie Chronowski Brophy
writes that she and Helen Travis enjoyed
catching up on the trip down
and back to SBC for reunion in May.
Sadly, her vacation plans were precluded
by her step-mom’s sudden
death in July, and she’s still in FL
settling her dad’s affairs, preparing
to bring him to NJ: no pilgrimage
to the only US Marian Shrine (in
WI) with the Order of Malta, no
girls weekend in Lake Geneva, WI,
and no time on Nantucket. But visiting
with Pam Cogghill Graham in
Palm City for her annual Derby Day
bash was great fun even though her
horse was disqualified! She’s looking
forward to playing again with her
grandson, resuming the 13th year of
bible study she leads for 40 women,
and volunteering at St. Ann’s soup
kitchen in Newark.
Mary Landon Darden writes
that she and Susan White Hough
enjoyed reunion and spending time
with Holly Hoffman Frazier. She
just signed a contract for a second
book on the future of higher education,
and her company trains college
presidents in entrepreneurism and
innovation. Mary hopes to retire in
3-4 years and to be able to join the
SBC August work crews with classmates.
Pam Cogghill Graham and
Debbie Hooker Sauers enjoyed
visiting Sue Castle Rolewick at her
new home in Lake Geneva, WI, in
late July, an annual tradition.
Ruthie Willingham Lentz was
sorry to miss Reunion this year since
it coincided with a Willingham family
trip to the beach to scatter the
ashes of her brother Dick (RIP May
2018). She’s winding down her Wells
Fargo Advisors practice (introducing
clients to her partner who’ll take
over), traveled to Spain and Italy in
August, serving in her church soup
kitchen and participating in civic
commitments (Leadership Memphis).
We’re invited to Google Women’s
Suffrage Anniversary for all the
exciting events planned around the
100th celebration, and visit her in
Memphis so she can show us a grand
time in the Bluff City! Our condolences,
Ruthie.
After connecting with 1974
classmates at our 45th Reunion,
Elaine Mills and her husband Bob,
spent an enjoyable two weeks on
the road visiting friends and family
in Charlotte, Atlanta and Asheville.
While there, she had an opportunity
to visit four lovely gardens and
took several thousand photos for her
ongoing contributions to a photo library
of native plants for her Arlington/Alexandria
unit of the Master
Gardener program. The trip ended
with a relaxing stay at a mountain
cabin with daughter Jenny and son
Chris and his family.
Rossie Ray Spell writes that she
and hubby moved from Atlanta to
I’On in Mt. Pleasant, SC in Nov.,
2018 and are enjoying being so close
to Charleston. She’s learning to play
Mahjong and Canasta with a fun
group of ladies, sees Tricia Barnett
Greenberg and hubby, Phil often,
and had a nice visit last year with
Elizabeth Andrews Watts and Bobby
in Atlanta. Rossie shares a love of
fly fishing with her other half and
made their annual trip to Missou-
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la, MT in June for three days. They
missed seeing Meredith Thompson
Sullivan and John (since she had just
had surgery). Rossie had her two
granddaughters visit for the July 4th
weekend, and will have a 2nd hip replacement
soon to be in good shape
for our 50th. Contact her if in the
area!
After reunion, Susan Stephens
Geyer, Leslie Elbert Hill, Jane
Hutcherson Frierson and Elizabeth
Andrews Watts spent a wonderful
few days at The Greenbrier
enjoying the facilities and each other.
This summer Elizabeth and hubby,
Bobby have had fun boating and welcoming
visitors, and are planning a
Caribbean cruise aboard the Queen
Mary 2 in October.
Marcia Brandenburg Martinson
had a wonderful time reconnecting
with classmates at our 45th
Reunion in May. She is honored to
serve as our class president for the
next 5 years, and hopes that many
more of our classmates will join us in
2024 for our 50th. Thank you, Marcia,
for your yes!
Lynn Watson Norfleet writes
that she and husband Ian are enjoying
retirement and have had an active
14 months from IA to SC. All
of their children are married now:
stepson, Dan Norfleet; son, Andrew
Philpott; and daughter, Dr. Katherine
Philpott, and traveling to visit
them keeps them happily busy.
Drea Peacock Bender had her
left knee replaced in July, 2018, and
was still recuperating the first of ‘19
when Deb Hooker Sauers, Gary
and their sweet golden retriever,
Duke, visited. (Sadly, Duke passed
away not long after they got home!)
During the last 7 months, Drea’s
been remodeling the house she
bought while hubby, Mark was in the
hospital. Wanting a smaller, one level
one on the lake, her long anticipated
garden shed is being completed
as she writes. After Labor Day the
family is headed to CT for youngest
son, Scott’s wedding. The future
in-laws met on the Isle of Palms in
late July, and everyone got along famously.
Oldest grandchild, Austen,
just started at Tufts, and will spend
her first semester in Peru. The other
3: Ian, 14, Catherine, 12 and Gracie,
almost 6, begin 8th, 6th grades and
kindergarten, respectively. Now that
they are only 7 minutes away, the
Benders hope to help out more with
their after school activities.
Last April, Julie Shuer became
an Israeli citizen, spending 5 months
a year there, facilitating her travel to
the Baltics, Morocco, So. Africa, England
and Berlin in recent years. Son
Benji and his wife Rachel live in Jerusalem
with first grandchild, Maia
Yaira. Daughter Gaby lives in their
apartment in Tel Aviv. The weather is
always best in LA which is where she
and hubby are every summer where
third child, Sofia, is in pastry school.
( Julie hopes to enjoy samples!)
Jana Sawicki lives in Southern
VT with her partner of 31 years,
Laurie, and two East German Shepherds.
She teaches philosophy at
Williams College and is currently
chairing the department.
Carey Thomas Slesinger writes
that she and husband Victor have
been living in Wellington, FL, for
the last 25 years. She’s been teaching
Spanish and French in the U. of
Cambridge program at Park Vista
high school. They are planning on
retiring at the end of this year to
either NC or VA (which would be
full circle)! Daughter Noel lives in
Chicago, and is working on her PhD
at Northwestern. As empty nesters,
they’d be happy if anyone dropped
in!
Mary Witt remarks that at reunion,
it’s as if we’re still students
at SBC, and finds President Woo’s
accomplishments and vision for our
alma mater impressive. A highlight
for her was spending extra time
with roomie and matron of honor,
Liz Thomas Camp in Lynchburg’s
Craddock Terry Inn and touring
part of “downtown.” Volunteer activities
keep Mary busy: St. Mary’s Hospital,
UVa School of Medicine and
reading (along with hubby Fritz) for
a service for the print-handicapped
(those with visual impairments and
neurological conditions that make
it difficult to hold newspapers and
books). She loves her own reading
and lunching out with friends,
among whom is Sandra Taylor. A
big vacation is planned in October to
Spain: Barcelona, the Alhambra in
Granada and Madrid.
Tracy James remembers Sweet
Briar and the environs vividly and
with great fondness, and is happy
to see SBC reaffirming and reinventing
her mission. The people,
environment and challenges nudged
(and sometimes booted) her forward
with love and support. Tracy retired
from her law practice early in 2019
(after 38 years in public and private
sectors), continues to serve as
a mediator (12 years) and on several
boards, is starting her third year of
acting studies at Denver Center for
Performing Arts Theatre School,
and volunteers in legal clinics. In
2017 Tracy had a wonderful pointto-point
ride across Cowal Peninsula
in SW Scotland (85 miles in
4.5 days) on Ava “with an Attitude”
(Tracy’s nickname), an athletic and
very forward horse — a marvelous
trek with unforgettable scenery and
the ultimate focus of 2.5 weeks travel
through England and Scotland. She
graduated from Colorado College
as an art studio major and served as
exhibit designer for the Children’s
Museum in Denver (along with other
endeavors) prior to going to law
school. She’d love to host any classmates
who live in CO or are passing
through the Denver area.
After reunion, Elaine Mills and
hubby Bob spent an enjoyable two
weeks on the road visiting friends
and family in Charlotte, Atlanta and
Asheville which included photographing
four lovely gardens for her
ongoing contributions to a photo library
of native plants for her Arlington/Alexandria
unit of the Master
Gardener program. The trip ended
with a relaxing stay at a mountain
cabin with daughter Jenny and son
Chris and his family.
Mimi Hill Wilk enjoyed a mini
reunion with Lou Weston Rainey
and hubby Rip at their beach house
in DeBordieu, SC, riding bikes, touring
the botanical gardens, concerting
at the beach club and Brookgreen.
Back in AZ, grandson Heath turned
2 as big brother, Georgie helped out.
Ginny Sutton Wood is semi-retired,
still living in Marietta, GA,
with her dog and parrot, teaching
undergrad psychology part time at
Kennesaw State U., and would love
to hear from anyone living close by
or just passing through!
Helen Travis writes that she
continues to manage the old family
property: The Homestead Farm.
Her great accomplishment (and
great sorrow) has been to quit drinking;
her sober date is Oct. 6, 2017.
She continues to work full time at
The LiRo Group near her home in
Syosset, NY. Though not planning
to visit Beirut, Lebanon this year, she
looks forward to her sister traveling
to NY in February 2020.
Ann Stuart McKie Kling and
L to r: After Reunion, Susan Stephens
Geyer ’74, Leslie Elbert Hill ’74,
Jane Hutcherson Frierson ’74
and Elizabeth Andrews Watts ’74
spent a wonderful few days at The
Greenbrier enjoying the facilities and
each other.
The “Dancing Queens” rocking
out at the ABBA concert there!
L to r: Sue Castle Rolewick ’74,
Pam Cogghill Graham ’74 and
Debbie Hooker Sauers ’74
hubby Bill have much going on:
STILL building their “forever” home
on Lake Lewisville, TX, hoping to
move in by Thanksgiving; starting
a small winery 2 years ago where
Ann is chief taster; and an upcoming
cruise along the New England
coast this fall. Their son, a hopeful
entrepreneur, lives nearby, and their
daughter works in Chicago for an
executive search firm that serves the
insurance industry.
Wendy White writes she always
loves getting back up on a horse and
riding across our beautiful campus
at Reunion. One daughter finished
a Tuck MBA in June and moved to
NY — looking for a job with a “startup”
or young company — any leads
appreciated! The other interned
at Mars Petcare in Nashville and is
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starting her second year of Fuqua
MBA. Wendy and hubby Paul lost
their 17-yr-old puppy, Millie, in late
March, but a week’s trip to London,
Dartmoor Forest and Bath was a
successful distraction. In February
she went to Thailand for a nephew’s
wedding followed by a few days in Japan,
and just returned from a week at
The Hideout Lodge & Guest Ranch
in Shell, WY.
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Anne Cogswell Burris
1437 Headquarters Plantation
Drive
Johns Island, SC 29455
acburris@comcast.net
Karen Bewick: I am very busy
(as usual). I am restarting a residential
real estate career with the
Long and Foster Warrenton, VA,
office. My spouse and I are building
an Equine Assisted Mental Health
Therapy practice, and we are increasing
the number of beehives while still
renovating our farm. In addition, we
are building our Buddhist sangha.
This past year I finished remodeling
the horse run in shed/blacksmith
shop into our little house overlooking
the pond and gutting/redoing
the main house kitchen. This fall, I
plan to remodel the master bath.
If anyone needs a place to stay
outside Washington, DC, we’d love
to host you. I am so proud of SBC
and am looking forward to seeing everyone
next year at our reunion.
Betsy Brooks Jones: Tombo and
I visited our son Thomas in London
recently. Our daughter Brownrigg
has two children Jack (6 1/2) and
Libby (4) who live in Arlington, VA,
so we love having them visit us at the
beach and in Franklin. In March I
had a fun trip to Nashville with Patty
O’Mallely Brunger, Cathie Grier
Kelly, Carol Brewer Evans, Ellen
Harrison Saunders and Pam Myre
Turner. I look forward to seeing everyone
next May!
Cece Clark Melesco: I have
spent a lot of my time especially in
last few years caring for my mother
and more recently my 98-year-old
mother-in-law. They are both in
assisted living, but I go for several
hours a day. We spend the majority
of our time at Smith Mt. Lake which
is only 25 minutes from our other
home. The kids all love the lake, and
we usually have two or more of them
on weekends. We visit our daughter
and her fiancé in Mt Pleasant, SC, as
well as our son and daughter-in-law
in Falls Church, VA. The other three
kids live close enough to visit us regularly.
Our exciting news is a second
grandson is due in September, and
our first is now Everyone comes with
dogs so we can have up to 7 or more
visit us. I’d love to see or hear from
other alums who find themselves
near me in southern VA.
Coni Crocker Betzendahl:
Richard and I are doing well. We
have a new puppy, Odin, an Australian
labradoodle. He is so smart.
Our eldest daughter and family will
be moving down to Pennsylvania
so we will have everyone close with
grandchildren. I have not been painting
as much as I should. I travelled
to Iceland for my second trek on
horses Summer 2019. It’s incredibly
wonderful. My veggie garden is overwhelming
me with produce! I use
my tomatoes for salsa canning.
Betsy Burdge Murphy: I keep
busy and young by helping to take
care of my new granddaughter, Cora,
who is just the most juicy and delicious
and luscious baby ever born.
She was 1-year-old in July. Other
than that, I am working hard and
enjoying the shore life here in South
Jersey.
Catherine Cranston Whitham:
This has been a good year chez
Whitham. Whit is enjoying retirement
after 40+ years of practicing
law. When we are not traveling, entertaining
grandchildren or spending
time at our mountain place in
Cashiers, NC, I am enjoying volunteering
in job search counseling with
women re-entering the workforce,
something I used to do regularly. I
also enjoy working in my garden and
swimming daily to keep me healthy.
Last winter I had the privilege of
introducing Dr. Meredith Woo at
The Woman’s Club in Richmond.
She spoke to a large gathering of
members and guests about South
Korea and the ongoing conflict with
North Korea. I was proud to introduce
her as current president of
alma mater. This past spring, Beth
Montgomery, Terry Starke Tosh
and I got together in Richmond with
our fourth roommate from SBC JYF
‘73/74 Melinda Wellvang (Mt Holyoke).
Great fun with lots of happy
memories of our time together in
Paris chez Mme Riviere. I see Randy
Anderson Trainor and Libby
Whitley regularly. I also bumped
into Jody Anderson Wharton and
Kathleen Ryan during Historic
Garden Week in Richmond and
had an impromptu catch up. SBC
remains a sustaining constant in my
life, for which I am grateful. (On a
side note, Catherine reminded me:
Cogs, remember the days of cramming
life onto a postcard for the class
Corresponding Secretary to decipher?)
My have we come a long way!!
Beverly Crispin Heffernan:
Three years ago I started competing
in mounted archery. It is way
fun! Attached is a photo of me in a
competition in Alaska. I also retired
3 years ago, and don’t know how I
ever had time to go to the office. Last
year Jim and I traveled Europe and
China, but this year we stayed closer
to home. We did go to Scotland
in September for a fun time with
Nancy Haight and Cynde Manning
Chatham. Among other things we’re
going to spend a few days hiking
Hadrian’s Wall. In my spare time,
I am doing lots of volunteer work
(board member of Back Country
Horsemen of Utah, and Les Amis
du Vin Utah, among other things)
and otherwise I spend as much time
as possible playing with my 3 horses.
Planning to make our 45th reunion
next year! (Secretary’s Note: Hey Bev,
check again, I did get your notes in Fall
2018 magazine! The SBC staff is very
cooperative! See you in May 2020!)
Chris Hoefer Myers: I continue
to enjoy fulltime fundraising for the
University of South Carolina. Gardening
has been a lifelong passion.
My garden was recently featured in
the Columbia Green Tour of Gardens.
While not working or gardening,
I am cross country skiing, river
rafting and hiking with family in
Bend, Oregon. Having 5 grandchildren
make for fun!
Thanksgiving 2019, the whole
family will be on South Andros Island
in the Bahamas for some spear
fishing and scuba diving.
Mary Dubuque Desloge: I am
happily divorced and 2 of my 3 sons
have darling daughters. My third son
was married in Richmond, VA, in
October 2019. I am thrilled!
Cathie Greer Kelly: I had a wonderful
mini reunion in Nashville in
spring 2019 with Ellen Harrison
Saunders, Betsy Brooks Jones, Carol
Brewer Evans, Patty O’Malley
Brunger and Pam Myers ‘74. Nashville
is a fun city. We had a great time
enjoying the sites as well as catching
up and reminiscing our SBC days.
My family is fine. I continue to work
as a teaching assistant in Kindergarten
at St. Martin’s Episcopal School
in Atlanta. I enjoy the children, and
I also like getting out of the house
to do something purposeful. Our
younger son Stuart lives with his
family in Atlanta, and we enjoy being
grandparents to their two young
children. Thomas lives and works in
Charlotte and seems settled there.
Bill continues to work in banking,
and he surprised me with a great trip
to Mackinac Island in summer 2019.
Lisa Hall Isbell: I continue to
live in Fairfax, and to work as a senior
conservator at the National
Archives in College Park, Maryland.
Linda Lucas Steele: 2019 has
been crazy and monumental for us.
Our first grandchild came 5 weeks
early, on tax day before Notre Dame
burned. While grandson Hampton
was born at UVA, Roger and I were
at Duke where Roger was undergoing
a complex bone marrow transplant.
The three-month journey in
Durham was long and complicated,
which we made adventurous with
books (thanks to my Sweet Briar
sisters), friends and sports. The
highlight was watching our beloved
Cavaliers win two national championships.
I anticipate much travel in
2020: Spain where daughter Molly
and beau Callum live in Valladoid;
Richmond, VA, where our son Austen
lives and for the Hopper exhibit
at the VMFA; Lexington, KY, for
the elegant Keeneland Races with
Ashley Randle Averell; PLUS seeing
you all at our 45th reunion in
May!
Margaret McFaddin: I am
working as a housing and community
development consultant from my
home office in Columbia, SC. I have
seen Jody Anderson Wharton and
Heather MacLeod Gale a couple of
times this past year on trips to DC
and to Pawleys Island, SC. I had fun
trip with Jody and Kathleen Ryan in
spring to Historic Garden Week in
Virginia. We toured homes and gardens
in Gloucester and Richmond.
I even learned some history at battlefield
sites in Yorktown and Cold
Harbor near Richmond.
Denise Lynn Montgomery: I
wound up retiring a year earlier than
I expected due to an unexpected
hospital stay in late April 2017. I
appeared to be having a heart at-
fall 2019
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Bev Crispin Heffernan ’75
competing in Alaska
Nashville mini-reunion for ’75ers! L to r: Patty Brunger, Cathie Kelly,
Betsy Jones, Carol Evans, Ellen Saunders and Pam Turner
Patti O’Desdy ’75 watches Linda
Maggard ‘75 blow out her candles!
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tack which caused me to cancel a
long-planned trip to New Mexico.
However, after 5 days of tests, it
turned out I hadn’t had a heart attack.
It was stress that had made it
appear like one. So, I immediately
decided if my job was doing that
to me, I was only going to stay till
June 2018, when I would finish my
contract and be able to apply for
Medicare. So, I began clearing out
and packing up my house in preparation
for a move to Staunton, VA,
where I was lucky enough to close
on a house in January 2018. I filed
for social security and Medicare in
the spring, got my financial accounts
consolidated under one account and
moved a few days after my birthday
in August 2018. I’m very happy here
and highly recommend it as an ideal
place to retire, especially if you want
to return to Virginia. The arts have
a very strong and vibrant presence
in this town, and history buffs are
well served by the historical societies,
the Woodrow Wilson Presidential
Library and Museum, and
the Frontier Culture Museum. And
if you’re a gourmet, it has excellent
restaurants, breweries and wine bars.
In the last couple of years, I have
managed to take a wonderful road
trip to Woodstock and Stowe, VT,
in the Fall of 2017; a trip to Portugal
in March 2019; 2 trips to New
York in spring 2019 which included
seeing three Broadway plays and the
Frida Kahlo exhibit at the Brooklyn
Museum; and a trip to Sweet Briar
in May 2019 for Bill Smart’s Memorial
Service at which I delivered one
of the eulogies. I shared memories
along with Wendy White ‘74 and F
Caperton Morton ‘84.
Celia Robertson Queen: We
have been babysitting for a wild
grandchild! I haven’t sent any news
for many years. Our Mothers have
been the focus of our lives lately. My
mother, Mary Barrett Robertson ‘48,
died followed by the death of Mike’s
mother at the age of 93. The good
news is that we’ve been traveling to
Nova Scotia, Glacier National Park,
NYC and other historic cities in
the Northeast. We own a home in
the mountains of western NC and
spent an evening in Cashiers in late
July with President Meredith Woo.
News from SBC is amazing.
Ann South Malick: We are trying
to stay dry here in Pittsburgh.
There has been a lot of flooding in
our town. I am enjoying my Social
Security and Medicare although the
shoulder replacement was horrific.
I am back to swimming, gardening
and fiber arts. Mark and I are hopeful
that Kacer (27) and Mary Frances
(28) will settle down and provide
a grandchild or two...we aren’t holding
our breath. Looking forward to
seeing everyone at 45! Gulp!
Terry Starke Tosh: I see Louisa
Dixon and Sarah Dowdey regularly,
nowadays mostly in Staunton, where
Louisa is keeping her 101-year old
mother busy. The 3 of us were all in
Paris for Junior year together, and
speaking of Paris: I roomed with
Catherine Cranston Whitham,
Beth Montgomery and a non-SBC
girl named Melinda. All 4 of us were
in Richmond and had supper together
this summer. Such fun! Those
memories dated back to 1973-74! I
am looking forward to our 45th next
spring.
Nan Stuart: It is amazing at our
age how time flies and gets away from
us! I am as busy as I have ever been
even though I have cut back on a few
things. I still run Code 3 Associates
which is a non-profit organization
that responds to disasters and trains
animal professionals, vets, feds, law
enforcement personnel and anyone
else who handles crimes against animals
(neglect included). I have Kinsco
which is a public safety equipment
retail store, and Surgireal a company
that makes synthetic body (animal)
parts to help train vet students. I
partner with Stewart-Haas Racing,
a NASCAR team, and with RLL
Racing (Bobby Rahal) which is an
Indy car racing team. In my spare
time, I build houses and spend time
promoting “One Cure” which was
founded on the principle that cancer
affects all creatures. Google “W5
Animal Cancer” and you’ll get the
whole story as well as see me and my
dogs!! Hi to everyone! (Secretary’s
Note: Whew! I’m exhausted just reading
all this! Nan’s “busy life” since SBC
has certainly aided, improved and
even saved the lives of many. Thank
you, Nan, and we all hope to see you
next May at our 45th!)
Gray Thomas Payne: It has
been a busy 5 years for us, weddings,
babies and travel between Maine,
Richmond and our new home in
Nashville. My married grown children
and grandchildren James (5),
Helen (2) and Nell due in October
are all living in Nashville. I love my
new role as a GiGi. Our summers are
spent in Maine, and Tom and I travel
as much as we can. We celebrated
our 25th anniversary in Vietnam.
For me, this phase of life is about
relationships, family, friends and
decluttering everything that is not
important. Life is good!
Dorsey Tillett Northrup: Frank
and I are plugging along, visiting
family, enjoying the summer and
planning to check off bucket list
July 2019 lunch at The Edition
in New York City. L to r: Anne
Cogswell Burris, Beth Montgomery
and Wendy Wise Routh
items. We are healthy and feel very
fortunate these days. Our youngest
child and only daughter will be getting
married in Flagstaff, AZ, in September.
Many Boxwood friends are
coming and we are looking forward
to a fun reunion there. We checked
off Alaska and the Canadian Rockies
in Summer 2018. Anybody want to
go to Antarctica with me in January
2021? Frank won’t go. In the last
15 years, I have given up smoking,
drinking and cooking! I have added
art, grandchildren and 10 pounds! In
the next 15 years, I plan to give up
gray hair, wrinkles and memory loss!
See you ALL next May! We need to
elect a new president!
Patti Tucker O’Desky: Now
that Billy and I have retired, and sold
our house with pool, big yard and
trees, we are living the life! We’ve
rented an apartment on the bay front
in Newport Beach and spend the extra
time we have watching the boats,
paddle boarders, kayakers, fishermen,
Duffy electric boats, gondolas
and yachts cruise by! It’s so wonderful
that we have decided to stay here
another year and so. Fortunately,
we were able once again to rent out
our townhome in Corona Del Mar!
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This year Linda Poole Maggard
celebrated her birthday on our lanai.
Oh, did I mention we had a tequila
tasting. It was super fun! Ole! As I
am part gypsy (seriously, according
to my genetic background) Billy and
I are traveling a lot! Another reason
we like our apartment living. We are
traveling so much this year that my
New Year’s Resolution is not to travel
so much next year. We’ve been to
Cancun; Baja California’s Magdalena
Bay to see the gray whales and their
babies; 5 weeks in Europe in April
(Paris, Barcelona, Majorca, Amsterdam,
Delft, Germany, France and
Lucerne including a river boat cruise
down the Rhine River); Santa Fe,
NM, in August to visit our daughter;
Alaska aboard the Nat Geo expedition
ship Venture in September;
and finishing the travels this year
in November to Maui! Phew! Billy
is exhausted. Of course, not me!
No weddings yet, so fortunately no
grandchildren. My mom is going to
be 92 in September and she is doing
great! We have a great guest room
with King size bed and private bathroom.
Come visit! Our extra-large
covered lanai is just like being in Hawaii
but you don’t have to travel that
far! And that’s a lot of news!
Bonnie Walton Mayberry: Jerry
and I are both retired and loving it.
We now have six grandkids: Larissa
(22), Thaxton (12), Ashlynn (11),
Platini (10), Chadrack (8) and lastly
Raelynn (2 1/2). All were adopted
by my daughter, Megan and son in
law, Judson. Larissa is from Brazil,
and Platini and Chadrack are both
from the Congo. We do a lot of
babysitting and a little gardening
and fishing. Every October we take
a family trip to the Outer Banks. We
work in our church and volunteer in
the community. Life is good and we
are truly blessed!
Carroll Waters Summerour:
We had two great trips. All 14 of us
went to Jamaica to celebrate my 65th
birthday. It was great family time
involving tennis, golf, sailing and
swimming. Then Toby and I went
on a trip down the Danube from
Prague to Budapest to celebrate our
45th wedding anniversary. The only
problem was that Europe was experiencing
a drought so we were bussed
down the Danube! We enjoy our
family time with our 6 grandchildren,
ages 2 to 12.
Ann Wesley Ramsey: My life
is full with 5 grandchildren, ages
10 and under! Our youngest child,
Garrett, is finally getting married to
the lovely Caroline Estill in Nevis, in
January 2020.
Rick and I are playing some golf,
(sometimes together) and have loved
the US Seniors group we travel with.
I have enjoyed having Beth Montgomery
in Richmond. We swim
laps, play bridge and spend quality
time just goofing off. Other SBC
friends are seen less, but not forgotten!
I am also enjoying my involvement
with Stratford Hall Plantation
in the Northern Neck of Virginia. I
see Ginger Upchurch Collier ‘72 frequently
while at Stratford Hall. It’s a
wonderful place to visit, and you can
stay the night if anyone is ever in the
area! (Secretary’s Note: According to
Ann, she thinks she lives a boring life!)
Kathy Wilson Orton: I retired
from 43 years in banking at the end
of December and am loving the freedom
of retirement. We are spending
more time at our home in Colorado
— skiing this winter and hiking,
biking and playing golf this summer.
We had a wonderful trip to the Baltic
and Iceland in August. John is
slowing down but still practicing law.
His offices are in both Houston and
Aspen, Colorado, so life is good!
Wendy Wise Routh: I had a
great spring, and summer is looking
even better weather wise. I had literally
a front row seat at the Tonys (my
daughter Lexi works for them) and
was lucky enough to see most of the
nominees and meet some of them
(thank you Lexie). I still love being
in Florida during the blizzards and
in the surf up north in the summer.
I saw Ann Wesley Ramsey when
she and husband Rocket played in
the Seniors in East Hampton in the
spring. I spent a day with Anne Cogswell
Burris in Charleston for Jane
Perry Burden’s mother’s funeral. We
got together again with Beth Montgomery
for a laughter filled lunch in
NYC in July when both Cogs and
Beth just happened to be in town!
And I, Anne Cogswell Burris,
remain your faithful scribe. Life in
general is good. Lon still loves working
with Wells Fargo Advisors, but,
I think, most of his work is done on
the golf course. I’m still at my parttime
job as bookkeeper for a local
boutique law firm. It’s the best job in
town as I make my own hours! This
allows me to play golf and bridge at
least once a week. We are so fortunate
to have our 3 living children
in the Charleston area. We have 4
beautiful and happy grandchildren:
Thomas (6), Birdie (3), Ben (2) and
Billy (1). Our daughter Carrie is
expecting her second (and our #5)
in October. Daughter-in-law Katie
(married to Will) was diagnosed
with breast cancer (HER2Positive)
in March. Her challenge is tedious,
but her attitude is stupendous. As
a young mother of 2 toddlers, her
prognosis is very good as she is receiving
state-of-the-art treatment.
We are all looking forward to 2020.
I enjoyed a day in June with Wendy
Wise Routh when she slipped
into town for the funeral of Jane
Perry Burden’s mother. Then again
in July, Wendy and I got together in
NYC with Beth Montgomery for
a fun-filled lunch. In September, I
will spend time with Ann Wesley
Ramsey at my niece’s wedding at
Kiawah Island, SC. While everyone
is downsizing, Lon and I are building
a new house. We are so excited
as we will be much closer to town,
a golf cart ride to the Country Club
and no longer in a flood zone!! As
President of the Alumnae Board for
Ashley Hall School for Girls, I reference
Sweet Briar and its powerful
alumnae all the time, and each time
people are astounded at what SBC
alumnae accomplished. I continue
to be thankful for my SBC experience
both as a student and now an
alumna. Your class notes contributions
help to solidify the SBC connection.
I thank each of you for your
contributions and words of thanks
and encouragement. It is truly my
pleasure to do this. Everyone needs
to mark May 29-31, 2020 for our
45th Class Reunion. I look forward
to seeing all who return! (Note: Did
we ever find the banner?)
1976
Peggy Weimer Parrish
862 Main Street
Danville, VA 24541
peggyparrish@gmail.com
Melanie Coyne Cody’s big news
is her first grandbaby was born in
mid-May to daughter Sarah Gallas
and her husband Mark: Charles
Henry Gallas aka Charlie (never to
be known as Chuck). As of June 1
she is the immediate past president
of the Woman’s Club of Evanston.
While Melanie really enjoyed the
role, it almost threw her over the
edge as she is still toiling away as VP
Director of Talent at Wunderman
Thompson. She and her husband
hope to take a trip to South Africa in
the next year with a group of friends;
so far their planning sessions have
involved a lot of wine and not much
progress.
Virginia Spangler Polley write
that she is in the middle of horse
show season, and is having success
with my fine harness mare. Last
year they were reserve world champion
junior (4-year-old) fine harness
mare, and are trying again. Karen
and husband David are working on
our business of importing flooring,
and the China tariffs are making us
look at other import options, so we
will be going to South Korea and
Viet Nam soon, and hopefully combine
some pleasure with business.
Karen Adelson Strauss now
calls Park City, UT my home, and
welcomes all classmates, and would
love to know who else lives/vacations
in UT so she can reconnect
with SBC grads. Karen has two delightful
grandchildren. One daughter
now lives in CT, and her son lives in
MN. Her second daughter also lives
in Park City, and will happily direct
that generation to the best places to
explore/experience. Karen is grateful
for good health, lots of hiking and
skiing, some fun travel and a chance
to take some of those classes she never
took in college, like art and theater,
and dance.
Karina Schless is still enjoying
vacationing out in Jackson Hole,
WY, anf going to Red Rock Ranch
in September. She still has her
28-year-old QH “Angus” who she
still trail rides, and her 3+ year old
Spencer-cat who is a lovebug! Karina
stays busy fence judging cross-country
at Fair Hill CCI 4* in October
as usual and down at Tryon as well.
Debbie Mutch Olander has
some troubling news to report. She
has just been through a lengthy evaluation
for a kidney transplant so is
feeling dejected and tired. Let’s send
her some love because there’s nothing
that she cannot do!
Margaret Milnor Mallory and
husband Bart are both retired and
doing the travel bit in between enjoying
our place in the Ozarks and
Memphis where they just bought
fall 2019
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a new house. Margaret reports
that while there are no weddings
or grandchildren, everyone is employed!
Norris Judd Fergeson is building
a house next to her current
house, much smaller and easier to
deal with, as it is now just Norris
and the doggie. It will still function
as an office/business as well, as people
still seem to want art appraisals
and assistance with collections
management. Daughter Katie is still
enjoying her work at nonPareil Institute
Houston, writing code and getting
ready to move on to level design.
Norris is the advisory board chair,
and even though nonPareil Institute
is a fledgling nonprofit organization
in Houston, they have managed to
attract some serious grant money to
support the mission of helping prepare
young adults with high functioning
autism for the workplace.
Daughter Cecily is in her final year
of getting her certification to teach,
in St. Louis, where she will remain
after graduation.
As for me, please accept my apologies
for sending out the notice so
late; these are the shortest class notes
we’ve had, so will have to make up
for it in the Spring issue! I am still
teaching accounting and law at John
Tyler Community College in Midlothian,
VA. I just returned from six
days in New Orleans visiting my
youngest son Alexander and Elliott
Graham Schoenig and JoElla
Schneider Samp (1977) came along
as well. Next month I have plans to
see Margaret Milnor Mallory and
Teesie Costello Howell when Margaret
comes to Virginia to visit for a
few days.
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Dee Hubble Dolan
451 Dunlin Ct.
Midlothian, VA 23114
hubble43@yahoo.com
Linda Uihlein writes: Happy
on Little Owl Natural Farm in VA.
Walked graduation (finally...) with
Class of 2018. Enjoyed many visits
to SBC for Sweet Weeks and lectures
thanks to Dowina and Nelly
Osinga Branson ‘75. See Ieke Osinga
Scully ‘78 many times. They all
look great! Keedie Grones Leonord’s
‘76 daughter was honored by FFA.
Hoping she may sell a Jersey or two
for my farm. Any SBC’er is welcome
at my farm for work, internships,
gardening or simply personal R&R.
1978
Suzanne Stryker Ullrich
820 Waverly Road
Kennett Square, PA 19348
suzullrich@aol.com
Typically, I am a person who
would rather be outside, but I am
grateful to be inside taking care of
our class notes as the temperatures
outside have been a bit oppressive
here in PA. But I know from experience
the heat intensity of the south
as well…so I won’t complain! By
now I can only hope that things have
cooled down and everyone is enjoying
the fall!
There were weddings and babies,
loss of parents and travel for many,
so…we’ll get right to it.
Barbara Behrens Peck spent
time this past summer between
home in NC and Hartland, VT.
There was just a little motivation to
get all the renovations completed in
time for their daughter Sarah’s wedding
on Aug. 17. They were “excited
to have a lovely spot to host some
of the wedding celebrations.” Once
the wedding was over, Barbara was
looking forward to seeing any SBC
friends, including nearby Lauren
Place Young, and anyone else who
might be traveling nearby.
Deb Davison Klein was excited
to be a grandmother again! Daughter
Whitney and husband Alex
(living in Atlanta) welcomed their
daughter Callie Lee McLean in early
summer, while youngest son Peter
Weidner and his wife were about to
celebrate a 2nd birthday for daughter,
Brooke! When Deb went to
Atlanta to visit Whitney, et al, she
got a chance to catch up with Anne
Yauger who came by to meet Callie.
“As always, Yauger looks great and
makes me laugh!” When home in
CA Deb continues to sell real estate
and ride horses as often as possible.
Elizabeth Perkinson (Perk)
Simmons survived Hurricane Florence
last September, but both the
house and cottage (Topsail Beach)
did take on some damage, as well
as water! (30+” of rain and Cat 4
winds!) Many trees came down at
the house, with “one on the house,
but not in the house!” The cottage,
and some of the porch furniture
were properly sand-blasted! All
is well now, with time for feet up
on the railing, looking out over the
ocean taking priority! Perk was
able to head north up to The Devon
Horse Show where her niece
was competing (“She ribboned in
her first class!”) and was able to see
Mimi Borst Quillman, Dee Hubble
Dolan ’77 and Claire Dennison Griffith
’80, Suzanne Stryker Ullrich
and many other SBC ladies at the reception
held by Sweet Briar as they
sponsored Junior Rider Events at
the show Memorial Weekend. President
Woo was in attendance with
Mary Pope Hutson ’83, discussed
the many initiatives on campus. Perk
admitted that her “Southern GPS
didn’t work in PA!” Luckily, Suzanne
was able to talk her around the traffic
trouble spots by taking back roads!
Perk was able to attend a wedding
“40 years in the making” between
Carolyn Burbick Owenby ’80, and
Ralph Owenby (W&L)!” Tish Tyler
’80 and Perk gave a Bride’s Luncheon
that Friday, and Mary Ames Booker
’82, Cari Thompson Clemens
’80 and Julia Grosvenor Sanford
’80 were also there for the weekend
festivities. “Hard to believe that the
W&L guys out numbered the Sweet
Briar girls!” When not on the road,
Perk spends time in her garden, and
is selling real estate in her area, admitting
that she loved learning the
new technology used! She is with
Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage,
and gets to work with Carolyn
Burbick Owenby ’80, who founded
the company.
Donna Gigliotis Lee continues
to be a prolific writer! Her second
book of poetry, “Intersection on
Neptune,” which came out this past
February, was winner of Prize Americana
(http://www.americanpopularculture.com/prizeamericana.
htm ), with one of the poems in the
book being published at Verse Daily.
(http://www.versedaily.org/2019/
subscribinginthe suburbs.shtml ).
Nancy Robinson Lindberg
continues to log many miles hiking
around the world! Not only does she
tackle some of the more challenging
trails here in New England, but
also in other parts of the world! She
survived an Everest Base Camp trek
last October (“survival being the key,
lack of oxygen is really tough. Made
it to a little over 17K feet. Lesson
Cassandra Smith Babbitt ’78,
Lauren Place Young ’78 and a few
other Vixens in Burlington for the
Vermont Quilt Show
Armando and Jamie Murray
Ferreria ’78 in Lisbon, May 2019
Mary Lewis ’76 and Nancy
Lindberg ’78 in Sudtirol, Italy
Friends of Art in Baltimore. L to r:
Mary Page Stewart ’78, Suzanne
Stryker Ullrich ’78, Anne Taylor
Quarles Doolittle ’78 and Barbara
Behrens Peck ’78
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learned that I will hike at lower altitudes
in the future!”) More recently,
Nancy went on a wonderful trip to
the Sudtirol, Italy (border between
Austria and northern Italy) where
she, husband Mike and hiking pal,
Mary Lewis ’76, spent a hiking vacation
in a ‘beautiful and remote region.’
When not hiking with Nancy,
Mike continues to work at Monadnock
Community Hospital, while
Nancy tries to “bend his mind to
retirement!” All three sons are busy
– eldest, Andy, is a police officer in
Newington, CT; second son, Tim is
a nurse with the Red Cross in CT;
while third son, Alex, is a data analyst
in Greensboro, NC.
Carol Baugh Webster is still
running her marketing consulting
business, Cassel International, but
“thinking wistfully of retiring to the
beach!” Husband Tim is officially retired
but stays busy volunteering his
gardening skills at state parks, historic
site gardens and other community
gardens after receiving his Master
Gardener certificate! “Grandparenting
is a joy and we look forward to
celebrating the wedding next year of
Logan, our eldest grandson, and his
lovely fiancée Kara. Evan is a senior
in HS playing football and basketball,
so we know where we are going
to be spending Friday nights in the
fall! Youngest, Rylie, turns 4 in October
and we are excited that she will
have a new sibling in December!” So,
bottom line…Can you believe that
some of us are perhaps becoming
GREAT grandparents soon? Wonderful!
Carol had a hip replacement
in March and reported that she was
ready to go dancing again! “Facebook
has its faults, but what a joy
to keep up with old classmates Sally
Ann Polson-Slocum (who I got to
see when she came to Nashville on
business last spring), Jane Hemenway
Sullivan, Becky Dane Evans,
Lu Litton Griffin and a few more.”
Carol was also able to reconnect with
her former German professor, Ronald
Horwege.
From St Louis Cathy Mellow
Golterman writes that son Woody
was continuing at Western Michigan
Law School, after studying abroad
and in Canada last summer, while
also doing triathlons. Daughter
Christen and husband Peter Grote
celebrated a first anniversary and
continue to work on their house near
Cathy, while daughter Catherine
loves her job working with special
needs children and coaching Girls on
the Run/St Louis. Cathy appreciates
Catherine’s help at Burr-Oak Camp
where Cathy has been a counselor
for 25 years. “Yikes!” Everyone was
looking forward to their summer
vacation in Minocqua, WI, before
Cathy started another year of teaching
pre-school and baby/dog sitting
on weekends.
Katherine Powell Heller still
gets to travel with husband John
when he attends medical conferences.
This past year she was able
to go to the southwest (AZ, UT),
where they were able to explore the
Grand Canyon and other area national
parks for the first time. “I can’t
believe we never visited those stunning
places with our children when
they were young!” John has another
spine conference in that area again
next year so the word ‘glamping’
was tossed around, to explore the
southwest some more then! There
were several weddings to attend in
the southeast as well. After being
spoiled on a Seaborn cruise around
New Zealand and Australia last
year, Katherine and John signed up
for another cruise but this time to
the fjords of Norway this past June,
spending nearly a whole month.
Katherine remarked that it was a
bit cold for that time of year! Their
younger daughter purchased a home
in Atlanta so immediately upon returning
from the cruise they hit the
ground running, moving furniture
across town. “With both girls living
in town, our house is definitely too
big for 2 people, but we have no intention
of moving anytime soon. I’m
converting all extra rooms into Hotel
Heller, so everyone come visit!”
Ieke Osinga Scully and husband
Mark are still working on “a fun and
challenging project,” restoring an historic
building in Simsbury, CT. “We
are still talking!” Things are moving
along and they are hoping to have
it finished and occupied by the end
of the year. While Ieke missed Reunion
last year, she was hoping to
get to Sweet Work Weeks this past
August!
Carrie Ruda Carlsen reflected
on an upcoming first anniversary in
September, as well as marking her
10th with American Bankers Association.
Long weekend trips revolve
around Notre Dame football, as well
as trips to “west TN to see my precious,
lively 96-yr old aunt, and Mystic,
CT, to the Wooden Boat Show
Mimi Borst Quillman ’78, Claire Dennison Griffith ’80, Suzanne Stryker
Ullrich ’78, Dee Hubble Dolan ’77 and Elizabeth Perkinson Simmons ’78
at the Devon Horse Show in May
Checking out Baltimore beehives with Mary Gearheart ’78, Muffy
Hamiltom Parsons ’78, Suzanne Stryker Ullrich ’78 and Mary Goodwin
Gamper ’78
Paula Brown Kelley ’78, Liz Williams ’78, Michelle Youree Hostler ’78 and
Bobby, Suzanne Stryker Ullrich ’78, and Carey Johnson Fleming ’78 on a
trip to a dude ranch
(There really is a Mystic Pizza!). Jim
flunked retirement and accepted the
role of executive director for the Veteran’s
Consortium in DC where he
had been providing pro-bono legal
services. So, the romance of first-year
marriage is commuting downtown
together!” Carrie also reports “there
is such tranquility with a home on
the water it’s hard to get motivated
to travel.”
Melanie Bowen Steglich reports
“Life is good in ‘Big D’ and oh, so
busy!” She got to see Mary Moore
Garrison (Los Angeles, CA) and
husband, Michael, for a fun lunch
with hubby Lee, where the 4 of them
“laughed, talked, ate and had a good
time!” They are well on their way
with seven grandchildren thanks to
their Taiwanese kids. “I have shared
before that Grandma and Grandpa
Steglich may win the Guinness
World Book record with the most
grandkids one day!” With age, Melanie
feels she has become more adventuresome!
“Lee got us a kayak for
my birthday — oh my — what fun!
Now I can be like Ann Thrash Jones
and all her wonderful adventures! I
have even been riding horses on the
trails at the 7R Ranch! Drusie Hall
Bishop is definitely laughing at me!”
Melanie continues to help a dear
friend with her showroom at the
World Trade Center in preparation
for the Dallas Markets. “I love it and
thank goodness it keeps me involved
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with the Fashion Industry. Life is
definitely good!”
Toni Christian Brown and Jim
were able to break away from their
real estate company in Lexington,
VA, for a week in BVI and mentioned
“Can’t wait till next pre-Reunion
party at the farm!” (Neither
can so many!)
Mary Gearheart wrote in from
Raquette Lake in upstate NY, “resting
up between boat rides, chores
and BBQs.” Son, Cobi worked at the
general store for the summer before
returning to Champlain College at
the end of August. Mary stays busy
teaching computer coding part-time
in area schools and part-time eldercare,
with home improvement projects
filling any spare time! This past
spring Mary was able to catch up
with Mary Goodwin Gamper, Suzanne
Stryker Ullrich and Muffy
Hamilton Parsons when Muffy was
on her east coast excursion! Lots of
laughs and fun, and almost getting a
chance to see Mary G. at work with
her many beehives! We sat and talked
over a delicious lunch instead!
With a daughter, and granddaughter,
living in Alexandria, VA,
Maggie Laurent Gordy is able to
get away from the FL heat sometimes.
One trip allowed Maggie and
Janet Rakoczy to spend time at an
area farmer’s market, and then spend
many hours over coffee. “It was a
wonderful way to spend a Saturday!”
Son John is a USN corpsman teaching
winter and summer mountain
medicine courses at Marine Corps
Mountain Warfare Training Center
— basically high altitude medicine
which involves skiing! “Why would
John and his Marine buddies climb
to 14 thousand feet with 70-pound
packs on their backs? Because they
can! Go Navy!” Another trip north
in August meant more time with
granddaughter Rowan (3), and
daughter Megan and her husband
Alex. “Visits with Rowan are always
interesting!” Driving north for this
particular visit meant a slow ride
south, through the Shenandoah Valley,
a night in Lexington, with some
time in Brevard, NC, before returning
to the heat of FL. Maggie’s first
year of retirement has meant “playing
in the yard, enjoying not having a
schedule and reading, reading, reading.
Every day is Saturday!”
Katie Renaud Baldwin has had
another busy year traveling back and
forth to Michigan to see family and
friends, for her 45th high school reunion,
as well as trips to Mexico for
an Alaskan friend’s son’s wedding
and to the Outer Banks to celebrate
her dad’s 97 years of life. “Had a great
get-together with the AK girlfriends
and a trip to CA to see daughter Emily.
Lots of fun times and babysitting
granddaughters too! Time sure does
fly when you are retired.”
From Maine Cassandra Smith
Babbitt wrote that she and Lauren
Place Young met in Burlington, VT,
for the quick visit and to go to the
VT Quilt Festival. It was a wonderful
time at a B&B, dinner and a
full day of seeing wonderful quilts!
(I would imagine we will be seeing
some of Cassandra’s quilts there
eventually!) She is still taking care of
settling her mother’s estate, but was
looking forward to going to Victoria,
BC, to visit her granddaughters!
Lauren Place Young also remarked
on the wonderful time with
Cassandra – our own Quilter-extraordinaire,
stating that having
Cassandra at the Quilt Expo made it
even more special! Their time at the
B&B, the meals and shopping “were
so memorable and so fun! Thanks to
Cassandra for driving over 5 hours
— each way!”
Liz Williams stated that she
had a “wonderful SBC summer!
In June I somehow managed to
convince Carey Johnson Fleming,
Suzanne Stryker Ullrich, Paula
Brown Kelley and Jack, as well as
Michelle Youree Hostler and Bobby
to spend a few days on a dude
ranch! Lots of fun, great scenery,
memorable trail rides and fun SBC
memories!” A week after that there
was a relaxing weekend of sailing
on the Chesapeake Bay with Mickie
Gupton McKelway and Hank. “It’s
funny how the older I get, the more
it means to me to spend time with
these old friends (well, not OLD,
just long time…)” Well said, Liz!
So, that brings me to Muffy
Hamilton Parsons~ What a whirlwind
of a trip she took again this
year! In March and April she was
able to see Anne Baldwin Mann
and Mary Page Stewart in FL,
then spent a few days in PA with
Suzanne Stryker Ullrich. What a
great time having dinner with Mimi
Borst Quillman and Meg Richards
Wiederseim followed by lunch a
couple days later with Mary Goodwin
Gamper, Mary Gearhart and
Suzanne. In June, while visiting
the Atlanta area for a wedding, she
was able to get together with Ann
Yauger, Jane Lauderdale Armstrong,
Francie Root ’80 and Sue
Griste Russell, who had just recently
moved from Norfolk, VA. When
at home, Muffy sees Cindy McKay
regularly, “and she continues to make
me laugh!” Muffy’s family continues
to follow her niece, Kendal Gretsch,
on her journey as a para-athlete who
is training and competing internationally
in the paratriathlon, hoping
to qualify for the Tokyo 2020. Kendal
medaled in PyeongChang 2018 in
the Nordic biathlon and cross country.
“Lastly, it is so fun being in touch
with our Sisters of ’78, planning
upcoming events and working with
Suzanne!” You never know what will
be next!
As for me, like so many others,
I end up traveling to see kids and
grandkids (Laurel, 3, and Leo, 2)
and on work excursions with Rick,
always trying to fit in visits with dear
friends from SBC! This past spring,
I was able to visit Baltimore when
Friends of the Arts had their meeting.
It was great to see those ladies
in action! Catching up with Barbara
Behrens Peck, Anne Taylor
Quarles Doolittle and Mary Page
Stewart, as well as Claire Dennison
Griffith ’80, and other ladies in the
group. (Mary makes some of the best
crab cakes, by the way!)
With our youngest in Madison,
AL we get the chance to visit many
in the south as well. Stopping in
Lexington, VA, to see Toni Christian
Brown and Jim is always fun!
Their garden produces some of the
largest asparagus I’ve ever seen! One
trip included seeing Carey Johnson
Fleming and David for a couple of
days in Pendleton, SC. Another
visit allowed time in Nashville with
Drusie Hall Bishop who kept the
laughter flowing through horses
being shod and meeting her friends
who were kind enough to include me
before taking off for home. There are
always lots of phone calls to friends
near and far, always looking forward
to the day that we can truly set some
time aside to catch up in person!
Some trips overseas for work with
Rick also give me great opportunities
to explore, most recently a week in
Athens, Greece. Poor Rick was hotel
— locked at a conference, but I was
free to truly experience much of the
city and nearby islands — including
some cooking classes, wine and olive
oil tastings! We were able to meet
at the Acropolis by chance when he
was there for ‘team building’ and the
other visiting ladies ‘just happened’
to be there as well! Luckily, Rick and
I were able to spend a few days on
Santorini, with the cooler February
temperatures not preventing us from
hiking the rim of the caldera! And
the archeology was amazing! In May
we were able to travel to Cascais,
Portugal. One of the many highlights
of that trip was seeing Jamie
Murray Ferreira. She and husband
Armando took us all over Lisbon,
and then to a lovely little seaport
where we had some of the freshest
fish and clams ever! And let’s not forget
the wonderful coffee and ‘pasteis
de nata’! Great fun, and also wonderful
to share some interesting perspectives
with ‘the locals’! Closer to
home, Rick and I were recently able
to see Anne Taylor Quarles Doolittle
and Bob in Bethany Beach, DE,
with SO many laughs with Bob’s
college friends (Lehigh) and their
wives. (Oh, what fun lies in store for
the Class of ’78 in 2020! Yes, that’s a
teaser! Stay tuned!)
So, for now, remember to stay
in touch with each other and let us
know how you are all doing next
time! Hugs to all, Suzanne
1979
Anne Garrity Spees
1136 Springvale Road
Great Falls VA 22066
nelson.anne@gmail.com
Amy Smith: Did not make it to
class reunion this year. I take care of
my 94-year-old Dad and don’t like
to leave him in the house alone overnight.
I retired from law firm marketing
about 3 years ago after moving
home. I now do The Original Ghost
Tour in Colonial Williamsburg. It’s
a blast. Staying close to home this
year after traveling with Dad the
past 4 going all over Europe: Paris,
Jerusalem, Greek Isles, Italy, Prague
and Germany. Hope to get one more
overseas river cruise in next year.
Betsy Byrne Utterback: It was a
fun-filled year. Spent vacation time
with Sally Ann Sells Bensur in FL
and SC and at our reunion with Julie
Muchmore Cooney, Louise Wright
Irwin and all of you! I’ve been busy
with our 4 grandchildren in NYC
and PA. Our daughter and husband
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are in LA which means many West
Coast trips as well! We moved to
Bluffton, SC, last year where I continue
to work as a residential interior
decorator. Golf, kayaking, tennis,
painting, traveling and working fill
the days!
Beth Bogden Tetrault: I saw
Amy Smith in Williamsburg in June
and Aimee Kass at Sweet Work
Weeks last August. I was there with
my sister Debbie Bogdan Hill ‘73. I
recommend it; always great to come
back home.
Judy Williams Carpenter:
Dean and I love living in the house
we renovated, a stone’s throw from
St. Catherine’s, where I still work.
Dean’s commute is even shorter;
he just walks across the breezeway
to his studio. My daughter Melinda
and her husband Eric live in the
Church Hill neighborhood of Richmond.
Son Hunter, his wife Jillian
and my grandson Braxton (who will
be 1 in Oct), live in Atlanta. That’s
way too far away for me but will be
fun to have everybody with us in
Maine, along with 5 dogs!
Leslie Forbert Miller: Have a
great little house in Saratoga Springs
— 5 miles to my parents, 3 miles to
my sister and her kids, half a mile
from work and, as always: near horses!
A grandmother twice now thanks
to my daughter Victoria and her
great husband. They live in DC and
I can visit Taylor’s grave at Arlington
when I visit. You just don’t get over a
blow like that but I’m living the good
life as best as possible.
Aimee Kass: It’s been a good year
for me professionally. My client was
looking at 15 years in prison and I
got the charges dismissed. Another
client was accused of 15 forms
of abuse in a nursing home and I
proved there was no abuse. Spent
a very productive few days at Sweet
Work Weeks in August. I still teach
elementary school and work pro
bono independently as an attorney.
Lauren McMannis Huyett: Bill
and I still live in Concord, MA, and
in the summer are mostly on Cape
Cod. We have three of the 5 kids
near us, most significantly our little
granddaughter Charlotte, thanks to
Megan and Phil! Phil is an ENT
surgeon at Massachusetts Eye and
Ear. Peter and his girlfriend Katie are
also in Boston. Our oldest, Kate in
is Manhattan and is director of marketing
at Bombas Socks. Chip has
been here in Boston with Wayfair
for 3.5 years. Susan, our youngest is
in set design and currently goes to
grad school in London but worked
on a movie in Iceland this summer.
Bill is COO at a Pharma company in
Cambridge and I am still loving my
job as a decorator (interior residential).
I also am loving golf, and still
play a lot of tennis.
Katie Ewald Brooks: Vermont
life has been good to me. I retired
from Vermont Wood Pellet Co.,
but serve on my hospital board,
The Green Mountain Club board
(caretakers of the Long Trail for
the Manchester section, and lead
hikes year round) you can also find
me on Bromley Mountain where I
am on the Ski Patrol. I advocate for
SBC at college fairs in VT, NY and
MA. I love telling juniors about the
affordable tuition and the experience
that awaits them at Sweet Briar. I
see Graham Maxwell Russell in
Palm Beach occasionally; and Joanie
Dearborn Choremi, Kelly McBride
Hudson and Holly Harrison Crosby
in NYC. Anyone want to join us
for an annual lunch at the Colony
Club?
Susan Andrews Cruess: It was
great seeing everyone at reunion! My
husband Leigh and I are just wrapping
up 4 weeks in Deep River, Ontario,
at my in-laws’ cottage on the
Ottawa River. The boys couldn’t get
out here this year but the dogs had a
great time playing Frisbee in the river!
We hosted a mini 40th reunion
with three of Leigh’s buddies from
Queens University and their spouses
at the cottage and everyone instantly
reconnected after many years — reminded
me of our SBC Reunion!
Jim (33) is married and living in Toronto,
working as an assistant crown
prosecutor while his wife Kate is
a corporate lawyer, specializing in
anti-trust law. Andrew (30) lives 15
minutes away in Calgary and works
as an IT consultant focusing on data
analytics. I’m still very active with the
Junior League of Calgary.
Karen Jaffa McGoldrick: It was
great to see SBC thriving at reunion.
News from Georgia is that our own
Teresa Tomlinson is running for U.S.
Senate. Teresa more than proved
herself in the battle to save SBC. After
reunion Lawrence and I travelled
to Charlottesville to celebrate our
40th wedding anniversary. I hope to
finish a work-in-progress novel that
features a bit of history of the area
as well, so we visited some historical
sites. Lawrence retired from his law
practice. We sold our beloved horse
farm in Alpharetta, GA. We moved
to Canton, GA, and back up to a
pond where Lawrence often canoes.
Prudence Saunders Pitcock and I
do stay in touch although I don’t see
her as often as I wish. Her husband
also has retired, and the two of them
have done a lot of camping and hiking
trips.
Piper Allan Severns: I am starting
my second year as a kindergarten
teacher at a new charter school here
in Orlando. I enjoyed my eight years
of teaching first graders, but love
kindergarten. My daughter begins
her “fresher” year at “Uni” at the University
of St Andrews in Scotland in
September. My husband Keith and I
will be taking her over a week early
so we can all play tourist together
and do some power shopping for
her before orientation begins. We are
excited about her big adventure, but
know we will miss her desperately!
The good news is, if you have a 75 lb.
Labrador retriever, you really aren’t
an empty nester. LOL!
Saralee Cowles Boteler: Celebrating
30 years of marriage to
George UVA ’75. New member of
the family: a beautiful 15 year-old
Arabian gelding. Had dinner with
Becky Truelove Symons over the
winter, as Becky passed through Alexandria
while moving her daughter
to NYC.
Cheri Harris Lofland: Thanks
in large part to my Sweet Briar Junior
Year in France, I’ve lived and
worked in Europe since 1990, the
last 25 years in London. I still get
back to Atlanta to see family but am
happy in this fascinating city. I’m
close to Kensington Palace, regularly
serve as a tour guide and visitors are
welcome!
Robin Behm: Life is very good
in Palm Springs. Wendy and I are
blessed with a growing pod of family
either living here in Southern CA
or visiting from all over. My brother
is now in San Diego, and it is so
wonderful to have him nearby. Some
SBC alum-fun to share: We just returned
from an amazing Caribbean
trip to beautiful Bequia in the Grenadines
where we visited our besties,
Kevin and Drasi Carr ‘78. Three
years ago, Drasi and Kevin moved
to the island and proceeded to grow
their amazing restaurant into Bequia’s
finest for gathering, cocktails
and delicious sea-side dining. What
a gift to be together, celebrate and
share in the joy of all their favorite
places and wonderful new friends
—a phenomenal good time!
Ashley Wilson Brook: Reunion
2019, our fortieth, was beyond fabulous.
We felt the years melt away,
enjoyed our time together and loved
every minute! I say, we, because it
was relaxing, energizing and rein-
L to r: Janel Hughes Wiles ’80,
Sally Gray Lovejoy ’80 and Kim
Wood Fuller ’80, in the Algarve,
Portugal, in October 2018
Louise Starling Wiles,
granddaughter of Janel Hughes
Wiles ’80
Ralph Ownby (groom), Carolyn
Birbick Ownby ’80 (bride), Elizabeth
Perkins Simmons ’78 (behind
Ralph), Tish Longest Tyler ’80, Cari
Thompson Clemens ’80, Mary
Ames Booker ’81 and Sandy Meade
Turturro ’82
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vigorating. This reunion was special.
Loved seeing everyone and missed
those who were not with us! The
campus looks wonderful and is in
capable hands with Meredith Woo
at the helm.
Cindi Little Townsend: It was
great seeing all the ‘79ers at our 40th
Reunion! Tom and I love life on the
York River and are extremely thrilled
that our daughter and son in law,
who live close to us, are expecting
their first child (a baby girl) in January
2020. Our son and his wife
moved from Richmond to Phoenix
in 2018 so trips to AZ are always
on the calendar. We continue to enjoy
various get-togethers with SBC
roommate, Susan Anthony Lineberry
and husband Neal.
And as for me, Anne Garrity
Spees, I love seeing so many of us
at reunion! I retired last year and
have loved it. I do as much traveling
as possible, most recently a Danube
cruise. My eldest son Justin works in
Bethesda, MD, at a non-profit serving
the areas homeless, middle son
Jonathan is a teacher at the Nysmith
School and my daughter Emily lives
in Edinburgh and works for the
NHS as a dietician. She recently
became engaged so will be busy
planning her upcoming wedding in
Scotland!
Nancy White asked me to let
everyone know that Jeanette Rowe
Cadwallader is administering our
new class Facebook page, so log on
see the latest. Thanks everyone for
your news!
1980
Myth Monnich Bayoud
6269 Oram St.
Apt. 21
Dallas, TX 75214
mythbayoud@yahoo.com
Mary Callahan Arnold writes
that Washington and Lee hubby,
Chip, is retired. Mary is playing golf
and learning to play Bridge. Her sister,
Annie Callahan Keech ’81, has
a 9-month-old grandson “who is
adorable and a fun addition to our
family!”
When Florence Rowe Barnick
picked up her child from college in
VT last summer, she drove home
not with a son but with a daughter.
Scott is becoming Skye. Their
love is immeasurable. She is brave,
kind, beautiful and happy. There
will be challenges for Skye and for
their family she writes. Florence
and her family look forward to our
class’ love and support more than
ever. And Florence is sorry that this
change didn’t come about sooner so
she could have attended Sweet Briar
College!
Life is good writes Lind Robinson
Bussey. They were just blessed
with their 6th grandchild (5 boys
and 1 girl). Lind says that she hopes
this decade includes lots of visits
with Sweet Briar classmates!
Kim Wood Fuller says that she
is working part–time as a travel
agent for Journey House. She spent
a week in Portugal last October
with Sally Gray Lovejoy and Janel
Hughes Wiles. They had a great
time together…beautiful country,
fantastic food…lots of laughs and
plenty of wine!
Lisa Sturkie Greenberg and
husband downsized and moved to a
townhome in Inman Park in Atlanta.
They are expecting their first grandchild
in September and are looking
forward to a biking trip from Prague
to Krakow with Laurie Newman
Tuchel and her husband Chas this
summer.
Lisa Heisterkamp Davis is hoping
that Hampshire College (where
she graduated from) can take the
lessons learned from Saving Sweet
Briar and run with them. She writes
that she had a delightful reunion
with Vickey Clarendon Richter at
Parc in Philadelphia when she was
in Philly with the psychoanalysts.
Looking forward to our 40th reunion!!
Jeannine Davis Harris lives in
Princeton, NJ, and works as an outside
sales rep for Lucas Alexander
based out of the Philadelphia Design
Center, selling high end fabrics and
furniture. Also she is a NJ Chapter
Leader for GRITS: Girls Really into
Shooting! Jeannine often sees Lillian
Sinks Sweeney in Philadelphia. The
60th birthday was celebrated in St.
Thomas with Lillian Sweeney, Barbara
Wesley Bagbey, Lisa Schneider
Thornton. True Dow-Datillo,
Georgia Schley-Ritchie, Ginny
Faris Hoffman, Catherine Flaherty
and Carol (last name). Jeannine recently
saw Jill Steenhuis at an art
show in NJ.
Ginny Faris Hoffman writes
that a few of our classmates descended
on Louisville last year to see Liz
Swearingen-Edens. They visited
Sandra Padilla ’80 and Evangeline Taylor ’00 connect at Evangeline’s
release event for the U.S. Embassy-sponsored book about Dennis
Martinez, the Nicaraguan perfect game pitcher.
Julia Grosvenor Sanford ’80, Tish Longest Tyler ’80, Carolyn Birbick
Ownby ’80 (bride), Cari Thompson Clemens ’80, Elizabeth Perkins
Simmons ’78 and Mary Ames Booker ’82
bourbon distilleries to get their “passports”
stamped for a Louisville bourbon
trail t shirt. Ginny also writes
that she is going to the mountains in
Highland to hike around with Georgia
Schley-Ritchie this summer. Get
together with your classmates when
possible. Ginny had word earlier
this year that her roommate of Senior
Year, Cynthia Stanford ‘82 had
passed away. I will miss her voice and
her easy laugh…I will miss her.
Catherine “Cackie” Mills Houlahan
writes that son Connor is
settled in Seattle. Daughter, Shelby
graduated from Virginia Tech
in business management and has
returned to Japan this summer.
Daughter, Rose graduated from
High School in Yokosuka, Japan,
and is now working there. I was
happy to be there for Rose’s graduation
in June, my first time to Asia.
During this “empty nest” year, I plan
to sell my home and downsize, in any
location.
Michele Baruch Jeffery tells us
that life is good and she and husband
Jim are busy. She is working at Lenox
Hill Hospital. They summer in
CT and her Mom turns 91 this year.
Charlie (33) is a bartender downtown.
He and Sarah are off to Paris.
Daughter Jane got her master’s from
Hopkins then spent a year working
at Mass General in Boston. She is
heading to Duke Medical School at
the end of July. Michele is looking
forward to going to Patagonia with
Jim next winter.
Phyllis Watt Jordan is still
in Washington D. C. working to
Georgetown University. Her think
tank, FutureEd, recently hosted
an event on the future of teaching
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tagged along with him to London
and Hawaii. In May, her daughter,
Miranda, graduated from Emerson
College in Boston with a degree in
film and screen writing. Son Jake is a
sophomore at the University of Vermont.
He spent his summer in Thailand
studying Buddhism. Phyllis got
together with Lisa Ward Connors,
Emily Quinn McDermott, Cindy
Stover Motka and Ann Connolly
Simpson on the Eastern Shore in
July.
Our fearless leader, Amy Campbell
Lamphere writes that she
connected with some University of
Virginia pals during the Final Four
basketball tournament in Minneapolis.
They got a new puppy in April,
Max the Brittany. Amy has taken
trips to New Orleans, Jackson Hole
and Lincoln, NE, where they celebrated
her mother’s 90th birthday
during a July 4th family reunion.
Can’t WAIT to see you ALL at
OUR reunion next June.
Annie Ivey Leonard writes that
she was surprised by a recurrence of
breast cancer in April after a 10-year
remission. She is currently scheduled
for chemo infusions every 3 weeks
through June 2020 and is thankfully
tolerating treatment with no side
effects. The outpouring of love, support
and prayers from the Class ’80
has been tremendous, empowering
and humbling. See you at our 2020
reunion!
To celebrate her 60th birthday
last October, Sally Lovejoy rented a
Villa in Portugal. Kim Wood Fuller
and Janel Hughes Wiles came to
visit.
Silky Hart Michero writes that
she entered four juried art competitions
this past Spring. She and Laurie
Newman Tuchel spent a week in
New Mexico exploring the area with
our paintbrushes. One of our stops
was Santa Fe where we had a great
visit with Megan Coffield Lyon.
Judi Wright Noel is enjoying retirement
and is helping out at flower
shop she used to own. She tells us
that her husband at 78 is looking
after the farm.
Sandra Rappaccioli Padilla
writes that son Felipe graduated
from TCU and is working in Dallas
at ISNetwork. She has seen Francie
Root in Atlanta and Evangeline
Taylor Sweet Briar 2000 works at
the embassy in Nicaragua. Evangeline
has an 18-year-old son and we
spent the day with her family at our
beach house.
Laurie Newman Tuchel has
had a busy year finishing art school
and conenecting with Tinsley Place
Lockhart and Silky Hart Michero.
Lisa Sturkie Greenberg and husband
Steve joined Laurie and husband
Chas for a 2-week cycling trip
from Prague to Krakow. A reunion
with Leslie Ludwick Bires, Martha
Fruehauf, Lisa Sturkie Greenberg
was at Lisa’s lake house in Alabama.
Laurie’s paintings have been included
in several exhibitions in the past
year.
Susan Gentry Taylor writes that
she will be married to Patrick Taylor
for 41 years this September. She
has been with British Airways for
nearly 30 years. She hopes to get to
reunion!
Toni Santangelo Archibald celebrated
15 years of working at her
high school Alma mater, School
of the Holy Child in Rye, NY. She
spent an amazing ten days in South
Africa in June which included spear
fishing in 400-year-old fishing traps,
game drives, seeing the penguins at
Boulders Beach, and exploring Cape
Town, Robben Island, where Mandela
was imprisoned for 17 years,
and the Cape of Good Hope. She
enjoyed visits this year from my SBC
roommates Jill Steenhuis and Hollis
Volk to New York and says, “I
look forward to Reunion in May and
catching up with the Class of ‘80.”
1981
M. Claire McDonnell Purnell
Five Park Place, Apt. 408
Annapolis, MD 21401
cpgd@verizon.net
Carol Hays Hunley is living in
Charlotte, NC, and, after having
been “downsized,” is enjoying a trial
retirement with lots of time spent in
the pool, traveling and with family.
Carol writes “Our daughter, Chrissy,
and her husband (and our grand-dog
and grand-horse) relocated to Charlotte
in Feb. and we have enjoyed
helping them get settled and love
seeing them often. Travels have included
visiting friends and family as
well as a few fun trips to Santa Monica,
CA; Asheville, NC; and London.
The best of all was a reunion trip to
the mountains of PA to enjoy a long
weekend with Vickie Archer and
Vickie Archer ’81 and Tad Imbrie, Carol Hays Hunley ’81 and Tom, and
Maggie McCarthy Stoeffel ’81 and Dave recreate a 1983 photo in 2019.
husband Tad and Maggie McCarthy
Stoeffel and husband Dave for
a combined celebration of our milestone
birthdays! The trial ends soon,
as I begin a new consulting role — it
was fun while it lasted.”
Kearsley Rand writes: Bad news:
getting divorced. Good news: had
an amazing surprise 60th birthday
hosted by friends and family (Claire
McDonnell Purnell was one of the
hostesses). Lots of friends in attendance,
old and new, including Lori
Faust Williams. More good news:
my women’s charity group, The
Daughters of the British Empire, is
taking off. Only 2 years old and we
have had a bunch of fundraisers,
the most recent a tea/ fashion show
hosted by Monte Durham of Say Yes
to the Dress.
Felicia Nelson Baker sent her
news from Sicily where she is travelling
with Bert and their children.
Their son, Austin, graduated from
the University of Texas and works
in Austin, TX, as an engineer for
Applied Materials. Dahlgren, their
middle daughter, graduated from
Washington University in St. Louis
and has launched a business in floral
design here in Houston. Their
youngest daughter, Catherine, will
be a senior at Texas A&M this fall.
Felicia says: “Bert and I still live in
Houston, TX. I get to see Jane Losse
Momberger who lives in Austin every
few months, and I enjoyed a visit
with Martha Freeman Brousse last
year. I am always happy to see Sweet
Briar friends!”
DJ Stanhope has been running
the Inland Empire Bob Hope USO
in Southern California for the past
two years. “When I arrived in 2017
I had one center at Ontario Airport,
added a second in 2018 at March
Air Reserve Base, and will stand up a
third at Fort Irwin before the end of
the year. It’s been a very busy couple
of years and I am so looking forward
to taking some time off to visit family
in Maine and travel to England with
friends. Hugs to all my classmates!”
Tiffin Hartman Fox works with
many volunteers and non-profit
organizations and travels with husband
Trent visiting children and
grandchildren. They travelled to Jordan
visiting Petra, taking mud baths
in the Dead Sea and spending the
night in the Arabian Desert at Wadi
Rum. In January, she took a class on
the art of making French macarons.
Tiffin writes: “In April I spent Easter
week in NYC with my son, Alexander,
his wife and their two children,
Abbey and Daniel. My visit was a
stop-over on my way to a conference
in Dallas where I was able to spend
a couple days afterwards with my
niece, Jessie, who was taking a year
abroad at UT Austin from the University
of Glasgow. Our biggest news
however is the arrival of our fourth
grandson, Samuel Jonathan Fox.”
Stirling Cassidy Smith: Our son
Alec married a darling girl, Claire
McNulty Chewning, in Georgetown,
SC, this June. They are living
in Beaufort, SC. Beth Newberry
Phillips ‘80 and family came in from
Texas. Have seen Elizabeth Webster
Cotter from Columbia, SC, as
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Tiffin Hartman Fox ’81 and Trent in Petra, Jordan
Nan Dabbs Loftin ’81, Jane Terry ’81, May Carter Barger ’81 and Allison
Roberts Greene ’81 in Portugal
they also have a Place at DeBordieu
as does Lou Shore Winship ‘82.
In Jacksonville, I always see Julie
Brooke Davis. In NYC, I also see
Camille Taylor McDuffie and Warren
Moore Miller ‘72.
Allison Roberts Greene: May 1
was our 25th anniversary and Carson’s
Birthday. We celebrated with a
blessing of our marriage and a party
with family and friends. Jane Terry,
Theresa Blane Lange and Consuelo
Michelle Martinez Quattrocchi ‘82
were in attendance. The following
week, Carson and I celebrated the
occasion on a Viking cruise of the
Baltic Sea. In July, we took a family
trip to Park City, UT. It was a fun
time! We have enjoyed a couple of
trips to Hayward, WI, for relaxation
and fishing. I hope that everyone in
our class turning 60 enjoys their Diamond
Jubilee!
Lelee Frank Hazard spent June
in Monteagle, TN, opening their
summer cottage and enjoying the
Chautauqua program. Their next
stop was a family trip to John’s family’s
cottage on Cape Ann in Rockport,
MA. Lelee writes: “I will be
at SBC for Sweet Work Weeks the
week of Aug. 10. I look forward to
seeing friends old and new. Always a
great experience.”
Bobin Bryant Williams’ son,
Rowdy, graduated from SCAD with
a BFA in visual effects and is spending
the summer traveling Europe.
Daughter, Ginx, is a rising junior at
the University of South Carolina, a
Kappa Delta and loving SEC football!
Bobin says: “We’re in the middle
of building a house!”
Vickie Archer wrote that “good
times, great friends and hilarity
rolled again” when Maggie McCarthy
Stoeffel and Dave invited Carol
Hays Hunley and Tom, and Vickie
and her husband, Tad Imbrie, for a
get together in the Endless Mountains
of Pennsylvania. Although
Vickie can’t remember the last time
they were together, Tad brought
photo evidence of the 6 of them at
Carol’s house in 1984 which they
then recreated and posted on Facebook.
Almost immediately afterwards,
daughter Annie Imbrie ’14
writes to her dad “you’re famous now
lol.” Vickie writes that she “can’t remember
the last time Imbrie parents
impressed any Imbrie kids. Imbrie
kids, however, continue to impress
Imbrie parents: Annie is finishing
University of Dublin’s international
business graduate program, son
James is heading off to South Korea
to teach, and son Addison is off to
join the military as a pilot.”
Pam Wood Valle has been busy
keeping up with her growing college
admissions consulting business, Valle
Educational Consulting. She and
husband, John, spend a lot of time
with their assorted kid-couples. Pam
says that she “celebrated a 60th birthday
which was thankfully kept lowkey
this year. The summer has been
spent re-landscaping the acre property
we purchased last spring. We
are totally enjoying living out in the
country again surrounded by protected
wetlands, cornfields and trees.
Nature abounds! Looking forward
to several campus visits out east this
fall, which will include a long overdue
visit to SBC.”
Sharon Resener Miller: I’m still
loving beach life in New Smyrna
Beach. It makes my CPA working
world so much easier when I know
a beach walk is just a few steps away!
Susan Clay Russell and Fred
are still living in Richmond. She
celebrated her 60th birthday with
friends, including Barrie Jeffrey
McDowell. Susan’s oldest daughter,
Pricey, is engaged to be married in
June 2020. Susan writes: “I will continue
my involvement with JDRF
and plan to do another Ride for A
Cure in October. My daughter Libby
and a friend will do the ride with me.
I went to Alaska with my husband
and mother-in-law in June. The natural
beauty in Alaska is amazing. We
saw bears, eagles, a humpback whale,
icebergs and glaciers.”
Cammie Bethea Mills visited
Susan Clay Russell at the beach
where they had fun catching up.
Cammie is a hospitalist in Conway,
SC. Her son, Luke, is starting med
school at the University of South
Carolina this fall. The same school
that Cammie and her husband, Billy,
attended.
Sigrid Carlen Veasey writes:
that she “just celebrated my 35th
with Doug. Boys are all great. One
more year or college for Wylie and
Campbell is applying to med schools
and Carlen is developing commercial
real estate in Seattle. I’m at Penn,
loving my research and patients.”
Ellen Hagan Brown and her
husband Whitney have loved living
in Roanoke for the past 26 years,
after stints in Chicago and Memphis.
Their sons have left the nest.
“Whitney III, is an Army helicopter
pilot stationed at Ft. Bragg; Hugh
is a new attorney who is headed to
Charlotte. Always look forward to
seeing Nina Brown MacDonald
and her husband Leo when visiting
our boys in NC.” Ellen also enjoys
seeing Daughty Hagan Godfrey
when she comes to town and other
SBC friends when their paths cross.
Quinne Fokes just completed
her master’s in Human Computer
Interaction in May 2019 and has
been doing user experience research
projects. She is currently seeking an
ongoing role. Quinne had a showing
of artwork in July, in Fairfax, CA.
Barbara Bush Cooper is very
busy this summer as Sophie decided
to transfer to Bryant University
in Smithfield, RI. She is interested
in business and excited to pursue
their entrepreneurial business major.
Barbara and Doug will drop her off
and spend the week exploring Block
Island over Labor Day. Barbara says
that being a transfer parent is much
easier. She enjoys getting to see Tania
Voss Ryan and her husband Stephen
more frequently over dinner in
Old Town Alexandria.
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ed 14 months as a night nurse in
oncology/hematology in May. She
is taking a break and is currently
in Fairbanks, AK. She writes:
“My husband and I sold our home
and are in an RV for now. Homeless
and unemployed! We’ve driven
across the country, through Canada
and the Yukon Territory, completing
the Alaska Highway. Hoping
the ferry strike is over before our
sailing to Washington on Sept. 2.
If not, we will have to backtrack on
the Alaska Highway. My son, Jeff, is
chairman of the Democratic Party
in Buncombe County, NC, and my
son Tom is an interpretive guide at
Biltmore House. We plan to settle
near them when this adventure is
over. Then I plan to work again as a
hospice nurse.”
May Carter Barger, Allison
Roberts Greene, Nan Dabbs Loftin
and Jane Terry have just returned
from a glorious week in Portugal!
They visited Lisbon, Porto and relaxed
at a perfect spa in the Douro
Valley. May says “We enjoyed a glass
of port in the evenings while listening
to fado, toured amazing cathedrals
and villages, had lunch on a
private boat as we cruised the Douro
River and we ate the best food ever!”
Ansley McKenzie Browning
and husband, William, live in
Winston-Salem, NC. They just
welcomed their second grandchild.
Daughter, Liz, and son-in- law Nick,
granddaughter Ellison (2) is joined
by Harold Topper White. They live
in Charleston, SC.
Liz Seacord is still living on the
Upper West Side of Manhattan. She
completed an amazing opportunity
to test her astrological journalistic
abilities as a ghostwriter for her
friend’s column at the New York
Daily News. She is now spending
time renovating their weekend house
in Woodstock, NY, and managing
her family’s rustic woodland cabin
in the Adirondack Mountains where
she’ll hopefully connect with Claire
McDonnell Purnell. Liz also keeps
in touch with Lelee Frank Hazard
and Stephanie Stitt Fitzpatrick. Liz
is VERY proud of her daughter Iris,
a recent Cum Laude graduate from
UCLA with a BA in philosophy.
Iris is currently interviewing with
various talent agencies pursuing her
interest in talent management. Any
additional networking leads in the
Los Angeles area from the SBC community
is greatly appreciated!
Molly Davis Garone and her
husband, John, turned the big 6-0
in April on the very same day and
they are taking a trip to the Amalfi
Coast and Naples in October to
celebrate. John is still with Wells
Fargo running the Northeast private
banking division. Molly is still busy
with her art — mainly pastel, and
she posts photos of her paintings on
Instagram. Her 2-year-old lab, and
playing plenty of golf keeps her hopping!
She hopes all her classmates
are happy and healthy entering their
6th decade!
Harriet Harrison Leavell’s
31-year-old son, Walton, married a
wonderful young lady from Italy, Giulia
Avoltini. He is a software consultant
and they live in Houston so
they see each other often. Harriet’s
daughter, Brooks (26), is in commercial
real estate in Atlanta and
also coaches women’s club lacrosse
at her alma mater, the University of
Georgia.
Sarah Martin Herguner spent 5
days with Debra Kertzman in NYC
this July and attended “Fiddler on
the Roof ” in Yiddish with her son
Will on the night of the blackout.
Mary Stuart Bolling Smith and
Sarah share a meal occasionally; Sarah
is amazed with her work as an EL
Educator at a county public school.
Her children Lale and Levent are
adults now; Lale works at Davenport
& Company in Richmond and
Levent practices law at Jones Day in
Washington, D.C. Sarah says: “I am
grateful they live nearby and continue
with my work at St. Catherine’s
School, and caring for our precious
pets Rosa Velvet, Beau Bidik, Chincha
and Siyaz (three pups and a kitty).
All the best to the Class of 1981.”
Sharon McGrath Gardner
moved from Long Island to Frenchtown,
NJ, where she and Buddy live
on a small horse farm. Sharon writes:
“I have switched my attention from
showing horses to showing Greater
Swiss Mountain Dogs and am planning
for a litter of pups later this
fall. I have 3 beautiful grandchildren
who I can’t get enough of! Bud and I
will be married 37 years in a couple
weeks and several times a year Joy
Gillio Biaocco and I get together to
make a little trouble.”
Claire McDonnell Purnell: John
Carol Searles Bohrer ’82 with daughter Emily visiting Valerie Youree ’82
in Ecuador
and I are still living in Annapolis,
MD. Our daughter Mary and her
husband, Paul, live in Telluride, CO.
Mary teaches 9th and 10th grade
English and history. Our daughter,
Liz, graduated from Fordham
University last May and is living in
NYC. I am sending these notes from
Long Lake, NY, in the heart of the
Adirondacks. I am hoping to see
Liz Seacord while we are here. I am
signing off for now as we are headed
off the grid. Thanks for sending your
news.
1982
Patti Snodgrass Borda Mullins
15 Tenth Avenue
Brunswick, Md. 21716
pattibmullins@gmail.com
Patti Snodgrass Borda Mullins:
I have begun my third year as
communications manager/public
information coordinator for the city
of Frederick, MD. I keep busy with
public relations, social media, video
production, graphic design, script
and speech writing. While I coordinate
communications, retired husband
Earl continues to sail. In May,
he checked off a bucket-list item: a
transatlantic voyage. He sailed with
a group of 10 on Rubicon 3 Sailing’s
60-foot Starling. They departed St.
Lucia and arrived in Portsmouth,
UK, about 6 weeks later. WhatsApp
kept us from being completely without
communication. Daughter Virginia
is starting at the University of
Maryland this fall to pursue everything
college, and to study biology/
Alice Dixon ’82 with the daughter
of Carol Searles Bohrer ’82, Emily,
at her Hawaii Pacific University
graduation. Far right: Price Bohrer
(W&L ’14)
zoology. Grateful for those who responded,
I regret you will read only
a few updates here. Responses this
time were slim to none. If anyone
knows if there is a disconnect, let’s
get it fixed.
Polk Green: I’m good. Busy with
work and attending grad school in
the fall at Colorado State University.
Working on a master’s degree in mechanical
engineering. Wish me luck!
Libby Lee Gantt Castles: Guy
and I celebrated the graduation of
our triplets from college back in May
of this year. The boys graduated from
Clemson, and our daughter from the
University of South Carolina. We
are proud to now have 6 college graduates,
2 of whom have their master’s
degrees! Our oldest daughter is
working as a physician assistant in
Birmingham, AL, while her husband
is training to be an endodontist. Our
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Wendy Chapin Albert ’83 and her
husband, Tolly, daughters Annie
and Eleanor
Melissa Byrne Partington ’83 and her husband, Robert, celebrated their
25th anniversary in Paris with their daughter Rachel ’20.
Bobbie Serrano Black ’83 and her
husband, Paul
Leslie Wright Root ’83 enjoyed a
wonderful SBC girls family gettogether
on Hilton Head with her
mother-in-law Mary Ann Root ’53
and sister-in-law Francie Root ’80.
Jewett Winn Rothschild ’83,
Virginia Claus Buyck ’83, Bet
Dykes Pope ’83, Mimi Kitchel
DeCamp ’83, Ellen Clare
Gillespie Dreyer ’83, Melissa
Cope Morrissette ’83, Lee Anne
MacKenzie Chaskes ’83, and
Miriam Baker Morris ’83 in the
Bahamas
Peyton Millar (daughter of
Lucy Chapman Millar ’83) and
Cameron Millar (daughter of
Gretchen Wulster Millar ’83)
Leslie Wright Root and Lucy
Chapman Millar ’83
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oldest son is engaged and has a landscaping
business in Charleston, SC.
Third child is a special education
teacher and behavior analyst living
with us right now. One of triplets is
a horticulturalist, working in landscaping;
one is in Wyoming, working
on a ranch; and one is getting her
master’s in sports management. We
have no grandchildren yet, but love
our granddogs, enjoy cooking for
crowds of young people and play a
lot of golf.
Carol Searles Bohrer is busy in
Greensboro working on events for
several non-profits. Her husband,
Jason, now works in Chicago during
the week. It has been a fun adventure
exploring the Windy City! Her son
Price (W&L ‘14) works in Richmond.
Her daughter, Emily, graduated
from High Point University
in December. Alice Dixon is like a
favorite Aunt to Emily and was there
for her graduation! Carol and Emily
celebrated with a mother/daughter
trip to Ecuador. They visited the
Galapagos and Quito, but the highlight
was spending a week with Valerie
Youree in Guayaquil!
Monika Kaiser: This is a year of
travel and weddings. In May, Richard,
Alexa, Julius and I celebrated
the wedding of my niece in Germany.
I brought my mom back to the
US for a few weeks and then back to
Germany. Two more weddings will
be celebrated in October. We finally
got the flat roofs of our house done,
which was a nightmare and took 3
contractors. Then the fridge gave up
its life and leaked, resulting in a ruined
kitchen floor which we will still
have to fix. Otherwise all is well.
Gay Kenney Brown’s book,
“Living With A Green Heart,” is
out, available on Amazon. It’s about
environmental health and how to
protect yourself in our increasingly
toxic world. Book signing tour dates
are on her website, gaybrowne.com.
1983
Virginia Claus Buyck
1896 Park Drive
Columbus, GA 31906
vbc414@aol.com
Sarah Sutton has relocated from
Oahu to Tacoma, WA, and is loving
discovering the Pacific Northwest.
Sarah so appreciated her time in
the natural setting of the Hawaiian
Islands, but in her wise words “Paradise
is where you choose it” and
for her, that is family AND reduced
GHG emissions. She is near her
sons Taylor (29) and Parker (26),
and continues to consult with museums
and now works globally to
advance the cultural sector’s role in
addressing climate change.
Amy Boyce Osaki continues her
magical 23-year experience of owning
a specialty travel company. She
wrote from Tromso, Norway, where
Sarah Sutton ’83
she was leading a Mountain Hiking
Holidays trip, and is leading trips
to Patagonia, Dolomites and China
this year. An SBCJYF alum was on
her Dolomites trip! Amy and John
are celebrating 30 years of marriage,
and enjoying the new experience
as parents of a university student
— daughter Helen is a sophomore.
Amy is looking forward to seeing
Sarah Sutton in Seattle, and has
enjoyed keeping up with Desiree
Bouchat and Marijtje van Duijn,
and reconnecting with Val Johnson
Peterson and Claude Becker Wasserstein
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After 37 years living in New York
City, Elena Quevedo relocated to
Miami, FL, as chief development
officer with Miami City Ballet. Being
from South America, Elena thought
this move would be easy, but it has
been like moving to another galaxy!
She loves her job which keeps her
on her toes 24/7. To escape the heat,
Elena and long-time partner Kevin
are going to the Norwegian Arctic
Circle, to the Svalbard Island archipelago
to watch the Northern Lights
and savor the cold weather. Daughter
Olivia has returned to live in New
Orleans, and Sebastian is in Miami,
torturing Elena by insisting on weekly
visits to the Miami Seaquarium
to watch Lolita the semi-blind killer
whale.
Deirdre Platt lives with her three
children in Loja, a nice, cultural,
small city in the south of Ecuador.
She speaks on several radio stations
about environmental matters, chemicals,
pollution and health related
issues. The past few years have been
a time of beginnings and endings for
their family, but Deidre has very courageously
navigated a new life for her
children filled with a future wedding,
better educational opportunities and
a natural environment. And lest
you think that Deirdre has changed
at all, fear not, she signed off by saying
she needed to get milk from a
cow across the valley!
Blair Redd lives in Marblehead,
MA, and welcomes all fellow Vixens
to come and visit! She recently spent
a wonderful week in beautiful Maui.
Her daughter Raleigh just graduated
from the College of Charleston and
is a junior equity analyst at Stephens,
Inc. in Little Rock, AR. Blair’s son
is looking at colleges in VA and NC
— loved HS-C! While in VA, she
was happy to return to Sweet Briar,
catching up with Mary Pope Maybank
Hutson, Lee Anne MacKenzie
Chaskes and other SBC friends
at the Alumnae House.
Diana Waterman Duffy is still
very involved with the Maryland Republican
Party, serving for her second
year as president of the Maryland
Federation of Republican Women,
and on her County’s Republican
Committee. Diana and her family,
including daughter Caty Waterman
’11, are headed to Hungary in August
for a river cruise on the Danube.
Wendy Chapin Albert and Tolly
are busy with Harvey, their active,
mischievous, sweet, 1 ½ year old
standard poodle. Wendy is retired
from real estate and Tolly is a stock
broker with Chapin, Davis. Their
daughter Eleanor (22) works for
the Maryland Jockey Club, and Annie
(27) is working on two masters
at UPenn in Historic Preservation
and City Planning. They are looking
forward to a Mediterranean cruise in
October. Hoping for success for their
race horses in 2019!
Mason Bennett Rummel spent
two wonderful weeks with family
on Cumberland Island, GA where
she has gone on and off most of her
life. Mason and Rick are now empty
nesters and have downsized and are
renovating again — it’s possible this
could be the ONE! Mason does lots
of volunteer board work in Kentucky
and nationally, and says life at the
James Graham Brown Foundation
is great, with lots of fun travel across
the country. Their daughter Emma
graduated from Sweet Briar in May
— Rick and Mason loved getting to
dance again at the Boathouse during
the festivities.
Laura Mixon Camacho just celebrated
the 10th anniversary of her
own boutique communication skills
training firm (Mixonian Institute) in
Charleston, SC. She does private and
corporate coaching to help people’s
communication skills. Laura’s last
child just graduated from college —
she is happy and so is her bank account.
She keeps in touch with Mary
Ware Gibson and Elena Quevedo.
Leslie Wright Root and her husband
are happily celebrating their
35th anniversary. They are enjoying
retirement in Telluride, CO, filling
their time with lots of travel, skiing,
hiking, biking and golf. She keeps up
with Lucy Chapman Millar and her
husband. Leslie travels to Texas and
Jacksonville, FL, to visit children and
grandchildren as often as she can.
She just returned from a wonderful
SBC girls family get-together on
Hilton Head with her mother-in-law
Mary Ann Root ’53 and sister-in-law
Francie Root ’80.
Leslie Malone Berger works as a
speech language pathologist for Roanoke
County Public Schools, starting
this year at a small rural school. She
has also accepted a part-time position
as an adjunct clinical supervisor
at Radford University and is looking
forward to this new opportunity as
well as working with graduate level
students. Leslie and Kevin are enjoying
the “mostly” empty nest, with
occasional visits from their children
and granddog.
Melissa Byrne Partington and
her husband Robert celebrated their
25th anniversary in Paris. Sweet
side note — Robert proposed at our
10th class reunion in front of Sweet
Briar House! They were fortunate
to visit their daughter Rachel Catherine
’20 who was studying with
SBC Junior Year in Paris, and spent
time in Bourgogne, cycling through
the vineyards and touring towns in
the region. Melissa and Robert enjoy
getting together with Anne Little
Woolley and her husband Doug
and grabs lunch with Anne and Blair
Clark Swoope when they can.
Lucy Chapman Millar shared
beautiful photos from their daughter
Peyton’s wedding in May. Gretchen
Wulster Millar’s daughter Cameron
was in the wedding. Lucy noted how
special this was — Gretchen was
one of Lucy’s bridesmaids when she
married Ken, and Gretchen met her
future husband John (Ken’s brother)
at their wedding! And to top it all off
the Voltage Brothers were the band
for Peyton’s wedding — an amazing
and wonderful night.
Pam Weekes has hit a huge home
run with Levain Bakery. They just
opened location #5 this week on the
Upper East Side of Manhattan, with
#6 coming to NoHo (downtown
NYC in the fall).
Ellen Chaney Webster is a sales
associate at J. Jill in Fairfax, VA. She
is enjoying several creative outlets —
has recently joined a local art club
and enjoys jewelry making. Sons
Andrew and Robbie are 18 and 16.
Andrew will attend Northern Virginia
Community College this fall,
with an interest in astronomy, while
Robbie continues to excel in high
school. Ellen has enjoyed vacationing
in Wrightsville Beach for the past
five years with her extended family,
noting that her 12-year-old niece is
the sixth fastest female runner in her
age group in the country!
Bobbie Serrano Black and Paul
were recently in Amelia Island, FL,
where they had a mini-reunion with
Janet Lewis Shepherd. They weren’t
the only ones at the hotel, turns out
the Rolling Stones were also staying
there, and Mick Jagger was at the
pool. Bobbie didn’t get a chance to
chat with him, alas, you can’t always
get what you want.
Grayson Harris Lane and David
are empty nesters and have been busy
traveling and renewing old hobbies.
The latest is scuba diving and their
children have joined them on trips
to Thailand and Belize. Grayson is
still in the Bay Area and volunteers
as a literacy tutor and art teacher at
local underserved schools. Their oldest
daughter lives and works nearby,
and their son hopes to return to the
area after graduating from Duke next
year.
Virginia Claus Buyck: Work, life
and family are good in Florence, SC.
My youngest, Brooks, is interning in
Boston this summer, so I have gone
“home” to Wellesley several times to
visit. Had a wonderful mini-reunion
at Bet Dykes Pope’s beautiful home
in Bakers Bay, Bahamas, this past
Spring with Bet, Jewett Winn Rothschild,
Melissa Cope Morrissette,
Mimi Kitchel DeCamp, Lee Anne
MacKenzie Chaskes, Ellen Clare
Gillespie Dreyer and Miriam Baker
Morris. I’m also looking forward
to playing golf in Linville, NC with
Mary Pope Maybank Hutson in
August.
Loved hearing from so many,
thank you!
1984
Louise Jones Geddes
2590 Woodward Way NW
Atlanta, GA 30305
LJGeddes5@gmail.com
Our 35th Reunion has come
and gone! After many months of
anticipation and work helping to
generate enthusiasm for Reunion,
I am pleased to report that we had
a GREAT turnout to Reunion as
30 of us came back for part or all of
reunion in May 2019. Everyone had
fun, the campus looked beautiful and
all of us were impressed with President
Woo and were happy to see
things looking so positive on campus.
Here are just a few of the comments
from classmates who attended
our 35th Reunion: Debbie Jones
wrote that she has a deeper appreciation
for our classmates and our common
bond in SBC, which she finds
incredibly special! She had so much
fun seeing people she hadn’t seen
in years!” Ginger Reynolds Davis
loved being back at SBC with Class
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of 1984 classmates. She especially
loved seeing new faces at reunion
and appreciated Cheri Burritt Yates
making us all look good! Patsy Roby
Gotfredson wrote that it was a special
treat to be back at SBC and a
blessing to see the campus looking
so beautiful. Patsy was so impressed
by President Woo and really enjoyed
listening to her at Convocation, and
Patsy looks forward to returning to
campus again soon. Beth Slayman
Nubbe reported that it was so great
to catch up with people, whether we
knew each other well back in the day
or not. She really enjoyed hanging
out on the Carson porch with everyone.
And she loved that we all look
exactly the same as we did in 1984
(or better)! She is already looking
forward to seeing everyone at the
40th! Tracy Glaves Spalding found
a renewed feeling of all of life’s possibilities
while being back on our
beautiful campus. Liz Rodgers Boyd
reported on the joy of greeting old
friends and laughing, always laughing,
at Reunion. She thought the
campus looked so much better than
in 2014, and she is so pleased that
SBC is really being brought back to
its glory. Virginia Spigener found
that it was so heartwarming to be
in such a beautiful place surrounded
by fond memories and friends from
35 years ago! Being back at the barn
and on an SBC trail ride was really
special.
Others attending reunion included:
Elizabeth Harley Willett,
Camille Mitchell Wingate, Penney
Parker Hartline, Sharon Ingham
Brown, Helen Pruitt Butler,
Courtney Warrick Cherna, Cindy
“Skip” Pierce Kohlenberger, Cathy
Cash Mays, Mary Earle McElroy,
Kathleen “KP” Papadimitriou,
Chris Svoboda, Sue Walters, Wendy
Hyland Warren, Karen Williams
Wickre, Michelle Scherrer
Klimt, Cheri Burritt Yates, Mary
Baker Brockman, Sue Croker Fisher,
Cathy Toomey Gregorie, Betsy
Becton Hannah and Juliet Jacobsen
Kastorff. Beth Richmond Hyder
and Margaret O’Connor met
up with a group of us who arrived
in Richmond a day early, but due to
work and other commitments these
two couldn’t make it to campus.
Some big news during reunion
was that our own Cheri Burritt
Yates received the Outstanding
Alumna award at Reunion! Cheri
Class of 1984 front and center at
the band party during Reunion
2019
was recognized for her quiet but
diligent work in helping to renovate
and restore the Florence Elston Inn.
With a very limited budget and some
donated furniture, Cheri worked her
magic to get the Inn looking beautiful,
and with her hospitality expertise
she helped to establish clear procedures
and processes for running
the Inn. Congratulations Cheri!
A final note from reunion is
that Ginger Reynolds Davis and
Debbie Jones have stepped up and
agreed to co-lead the class of 1984
as co-presidents! We are grateful to
them for agreeing to take on this fun
but sometimes demanding volunteer
job! And a big thanks to Liz Rodgers
Boyd for her work over the past
5 years!
Beyond the reunion news, several
classmates also sent updates. Lisa
Burwell Reichard writes that 2019
has been a year of endings and new
beginnings for her family: Her eldest
son and his wife are expecting twins
in the late fall (Lisa’s first grandchildren!);
her daughter is transitioning
from being a Young Life area director
to being a middle school teacher;
her third, a son, just graduated from
Messiah College (Grantham, PA)
and is working a summer job while
seeking more permanent employment;
and her youngest son has just
graduated from high school and is
headed off to Lipscomb University
(Nashville, TN) in the fall. Since
the business she co-owned/ran for
25+ years is now closed, and she
has finished home-schooling her
children, she is sending out resumes
and applications for full-time work
outside the home. Lisa was sorry to
miss reunion, but it coincided with
Members of the Class of 1984 pose with the class banner before
Saturday’s dinner and dance at Reunion 2019.
her youngest son’s graduation ceremony
and party. She doesn’t see too
many SBC friends as events seem to
mostly be held either in Baltimore or
DC (both an hour or more away);
but she does occasionally have the
opportunity to get together with
Patsy Roby Gotfredson during her
annual summer trips to hers and
Patsy’s hometown of Grosse Pointe,
MI, where Patsy resides.
Ginger Reynolds Davis reports
that she and Lynn went to beautiful
Eleuthera in May, and she heartily
recommends it. They headed to
Debbie Jones’s for July 4 and are
looking forward to visiting Seagrove,
FL, in Sept/Oct. Ginger loved seeing
everyone at reunion!
Ann Alleva Taylor was sad to
miss reunion, but, alas, her nephew
was graduating the same weekend.
She is still in Vero Beach with Carter,
Cabot, Caroline and Charlotte.
She has been visiting with Patsy
Kraeger ‘85 and meeting great alums
in both Vero and Palm Beach! She
is sending her youngest to boarding
school (St Tims) this fall. It is both
exciting and sad for her but on a very
bright note, her dorm supervisors
are from SBC which makes Ann feel
really great sending her away for the
first time. Now we just need to find
the right college for our oldest Cabot
who will be applying to colleges, but
no word about SBC, yet!
Debbie Jones loved opening her
farm to so many classmates and
co-hosting, with Mary Earle McElroy
and Chris Svoboda, a pre-reunion
dinner in Richmond the night
before the start of reunion. It was
a fun night and reunion was fabulous!
Debbie had an incredible time
re-connecting with so many people
she hadn’t seen since graduation.
She is still loving life with her horses,
still running Capital Markets for
Citizens Bank and helping her sister,
when she can, with Square One Organic
Vodka. Debbie is looking forward
to staying connected over the
next few years.
Sharon Ingham Brown has been
busy with travel as she has spent time
on the west coast visiting son Davis
and grandson Thomas. Sharon is
thrilled to report the good news that
doctors believe that Davis’s brain tumor
has been eradicated! Hooray!
Sharon also traveled to the UK to
visit her daughter Caroline who was
studying in Ireland. Sharon is about
halfway through a Master’s Degree
at Florida State University and she
is enjoying global travel with her job.
She says another highlight of this
year has been visiting with Sweet
Briar friends.
Robin Cannizzaro writes that
she is busy in her holistic Veterinary
Practice. She works from a home
office and her office “help” consists
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At Ankida Ridge Vineyards in Amherst County with NC friends, L to
r: Caperton Morton ’85, Chris Smith ’85, DeAnne Blanton ’85, Dick
Higgins, Chris’ dad and stepmom
DeAnne Blanton ’85 with Abigail
during visit with Caperton
Morton ’85 and her husband,
Chris.
Lee Vandegrift Felts ’85
December 4, 1962-March 30, 2019
of four Frenchies, one rescue Boxer
and a Doberman. She enjoys riding
horses in the morning, training both
dressage and jumping. Robin and
her partner of 21 years, Debbie, enjoy
trail rides as well. They still live
on a farm in Brooksville, FL, and
Robin also happily does some public
speaking.
I, Louise Jones Geddes, had a
fantastic time at reunion and was so
happy to see how wonderful Sweet
Briar looks and was so gratified
by our class’s response and enthusiasm
for reunion. Re-connecting
with SBC classmates continues to
be a blessing. During the summer
while visiting my kids in DC I also
caught up with Cindy “Skip” Pierce
Kohlenberger and Chris Svoboda.
Of course it was fun seeing those
girls!
On a sad note, I report the passing
of classmate Lee Vandegrift
Felts in May of this year. Lee was
claimed by both the Class of ’84 and
the Class of ’85. She spent much of
her adult life in Lexington, KY, and
fell victim to cancer. Please keep her
family in your thoughts.
Finally, you should’ve received an
electronic class directory containing
class of 1984 names, addresses, telephone
numbers and email addresses,
by email. If you didn’t receive it, then
the college doesn’t have an up-todate
email address for you! If you
want to get a class directory by email,
either send me your current email
address or send it to the college.
1985
Caperton Morton
30 E 55th Street
Kansas City, MO 64113
cape1916@gmail.com
Catty Hubbard Andry and her
husband, Michael, have enjoyed living
in Asheville for the last nineteen
years. She keeps up with Jane Cox
Childress, Patti Dolan Stuebe,
Brigid McGlynn Lengyel and Carrick
Winkler ’88. Catty’s 90-yearold
mother, Susan Taylor Hubbard
’51, is still in Virginia Beach, living
independently with her sweet dog,
Winky. Catty’s eldest son is an engineering
student at NC State. She’s
hoping that her second son will soon
figure out where he’ll be attending
college. Her daughter will be a high
school sophomore this fall. Catty
enjoys playing tennis and work with
her garden club, which will be hosting
the GCA annual meeting next
spring. But, her number one passion
and hobby is still garment sewing.
She loves seeing her SBC sisters on
Facebook.
Vicki Vidal Blum continues
loving to work from home for Black
Knight, a mortgage banking technology
company. She had a fun time visiting
Heidi Belofsky Cromwell and
Suzanne Weaver Zimmer at Heidi’s
new home in Fort Lauderdale
this Spring. Heidi often hosts “Martini
Night” at her home in Tysons,
VA, where other alumnae gather,
including DeAnne Blanton. Vicki
took a painting vacation to the Dordogne
region in France in 2018 and
stayed at a converted convent turned
artist retreat. She enjoyed excursions
with beauty at every turn and fab
food every day. She also took a painting
vacation in Vermont in 2019 and
visited with Whitney Machnik. She
often visits with Barbara Tragakis
Conner in Middleburg, VA.
This year has been incredible for
Barbara Tragakis Conner. “Becoming
a grandmother is simply wonderful!”
She is thrilled that Margaret,
Alex, and the baby are nearby. She is
hoping everyone in the class is doing
well and would love to meet us for
lunch or dinner if we travel to Middleburg,
VA.
So far, Laura Fry says that 2019
has been crazy. Her twin daughters
are heading off to college in the fall
(both in honors programs). Laura
and her husband, Todd, are moving
Laura’s special needs sister in with
them. Laura is back to teaching at
the college level and applying as a
PhD candidate. Meanwhile Todd is
in the process of turning their farm
into an AirB&B. “Life is truly grand.”
Kim Knox Norman and husband
Bart are still in Atlanta where
she works for Emory University.
Their daughter Sally (23) finished at
UGA last year and son Joseph (20)
is a sophomore at UNG-Dahlonega.
Kim loves how often she sees ‘85
Vixens Ann Gonya, Chris Corcoran
Trauth, Katie Hearn, Lenetta Mc-
Campbell and Karen Nickles ’86.
DeAnne Blanton loves her home
in Bridgewater, VA, even if she only
gets to be there with her husband,
Dick, on weekends. She still works at
the National Archives and is looking
forward to retirement from Federal
service in February 2020.
Joyce Coleman has three fun
things that she enjoys most — traveling,
working and Bocelli concerts.
In the last year, she has been on
the Danube River, a cruise around
Iceland and a train trip across Switzerland.
She says, “Work is not work
when you love what you do.” She
represents children in court. Bocelli’s
voice continues to delight her and
she sees him at least twice a year.
Since Mitzi Morgan and her
husband, Chris, knocked a trip to
Hawaii off their bucket list last year,
it’s been nose to the grindstone for
them both. This summer, they’ve
enjoyed road trips with friends. They
kicked it off at Art Fields in Lake
City, SC, with an artist-friend who
won a merit award. Then, Mitzi
took a solo trip to North Carolina
and central Virginia, where she visited
new towns and old cemeteries,
connecting dots of her family history.
And, she stopped in for a visit with
Madge Hall Vosteen and Caperton
Morton, coinciding with reunion
weekend. She and Chris have made
a point of being tourists in their own
town by visiting more local destinations
like Flannery O’Connor’s
Andalusia Farm and the real Whistle
Stop Cafe in and around Millidgeville.
When she’s not escaping the
fall 2019
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During a quick visit to campus on
Reunion Weekend, Madge Hall
Vosteen ’85 and Mitzi Morgan ’85
ran into Chris Svoboda ’84 and
Helen Pruitt Butler ’84.
Kim Knox Norman ’85, Chris Corcoran Trauth ’85, Katie Hearn ’85 and
Suzanne Weaver Zimmer ’85 at JazzFest in New Orleans
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Beth Anderson Kearns ’85,
Rushton Callaghan ’86 and Sally
Engleby Farrell ’86
Atlanta grind, or taking a break from
much appreciated obligations as a
realtor and property manager, she
works on modern quilting projects
and volunteers in the breast center
at the local hospital, which she finds
“beyond gratifying”. Her fur baby,
Baxter (an older, sweet natured, Siamese
ragdoll-mix), is doing fine and
really enjoys the heat of the driveway.
Raising Sophia Rose has been
Ellen Reed Carver life’s greatest
blessing. Sophia is now 15-years-old
and full of girl power. Ellen is celebrating
her fifth year as executive director
of Girls on the Run Hampton
Roads. They build girls’ confidence
and health at the critical time of early
puberty. She married Will Redfern
3 years ago, which is keeping life full
of adventure. They love volunteering
and traveling together.
Molly Hanley Callahan has
been with the Drug Enforcement
Administration for the past 20 years.
She was posted to the Houston,
Newark and Austin Offices and was
a Unit Commander at DEA Headquarters
in Arlington, VA. In June
2018, she underwent a twelve-level
thoracic and lumbar fusion after
more than 20 years of back problems
and numerous fusions. She realized
she could no longer perform her job,
so she applied for a disability retirement,
which was approved in March.
Now, she and her 2 English bulldogs
live with her 92-year-old mother, in
Victoria, TX, while she continues
her estimated year-long recovery.
She and Tracy Birch, Kate Byrne
Mitzi Morgan ’85, Caperton
Morton ’85 and Madge Hall
Vosteen ’85 at Virginia Distillery
Company in Amherst County
and Joan Byrne Voss enjoy seeing
each other along with other classmates.
Molly adds, “Enjoy every day,
Vixens!”
Katie Hearn is still in the “great
city” of Baltimore. She’s a senior VP
and runs the Mid-Atlantic office of
Redgate, a real estate advisory and
development company. She enjoys
getting together with several Vixens
often during the year, including
in May at JazzFest in New Orleans
with Suzanne Weaver Zimmer,
Kim Norman and Chris Corcoran
Trauth. She can’t wait for our
35th Reunion next year. Katie says,
“I hope to see all of the Class of ‘85
there!!
Nancy Finley Worcester is still
living in Virginia Beach! Her kids
are all doing fine and life is good.
She’s looking forward to September
travels to Turkey and Spain.
Beth Anderson Kearns is looking
forward to spending time with
Rushton Haskell Callahan ’86 and
Sally Englby Farrell ’86. Sally lives
nearby in Exeter, NH, and Rushton
has a home in the Monadnock region
— so they are all meeting in the
middle for a mini reunion.
Now empty nesters, Ann Martin
Gonya and her husband work in
Baltimore and enjoy spending time
Cheryl Bishop Gilman ’90, Jenna
Lindsey ’10 and Caperton
Morton ’85 have a serendipitous
meeting at Crows Coffee in
Kansas City, MO.
on their farm near Charlottesville.
Their daughter, Caroline, graduated
from law school in LA. She is
gainfully employed and has a federal
clerkship in LA for the next eighteen
months. Their son will be a junior
at Colorado College. She sees many
Vixens during the year with visits to
SBC for the Alumnae games — golf
and lax organized by Katie Hearn.
She enjoys Vixen vacations to St.
Maarten with Katie Hearn, Lenetta
McCampbell, Kim Knox, Chris Trauth
and Karen Gonya Nickles ‘86.
She’s also looking forward to seeing
everyone at Reunion next year!
“Wow, 35 years!”
Rebecca Atha Cain works parttime
as an anesthesiologist at University
Hospital in Augusta, GA.
She and her husband Mark Cain
who’ve been married for 28 years,
have three daughters: 23, 20 and 14
years old. She says, “Call me if you
need Masters housing. We usually
have a spare bedroom.” She’s involved
in children’s ministry and missions
at their church. She teaches Bible
class to elementary school kids and
is a math tutor as well. Biking and
playing pickleball are a couple of the
hobbies Rebecca enjoys.
Martha Shorter Lanier Dougherty
her husband Geoff still enjoy
their life in Cleveland with their gorgeous
dog, Saba. But, they are selling
their home in town for more elbow
room back out in the country.
My husband, Chris, and I, Caperton
Morton, are still in Kansas
City. We get back to Virginia as
often as possible to my family farm
near Sweet Briar. I’m still working
on my podcast, which I’ll launch
this fall. Meeting and interviewing
people as well the technical side of
story production are all joys to me.
I am saddened by the death of Professor
William E Smart, Professor
of Creative Writing and English
literature, last February. I spent a lot
of fun times with Bill and [his wife]
Aynura in Amherst and then after
they moved to the Bronx with Chris
too. In April, I went to the Bronx
to stay with Aynura and to attend
and speak at Bill’s memorial service.
Denise Montgomery ‘75 attended
the service too. Denise Montgomery
’75 and Claire Dennison Griffith ’80,
were among the many who shared
their great Bill tales [at a memorial
service at the columbarium on campus].
Chris and I [visited] DeAnne
Blanton and Dick Higgins at their
lovely home in Bridgewater, VA, on
the North River. Mitzi Morgan and
Madge Hall Vosteen along with
her husband, Paul, and their oldest
daughter, Vaden, and joined us
at Cherrywood. Madge, Mitzi and
I took a walk at Sweet Briar where
we ran into Chris Svoboda ’84 and
Helen Pruitt ’84. Later that week,
Linda DeVogt ’86 and her husband
Robert Freis along with her momma,
Ann, brought our very own Aunt
Sadie along to the farm for dinner.
On that same trip, I picked [Car-
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ol McMurtry Fowler ’57] and her
dog Spice Almighty up at the Garden
Cottage. We had the best time
driving around Amherst County,
getting lost and having lunch. [Chris
and I] had a July 4 adventure with a
group of family and friends, including
DeAnne Blanton and her husband
Dick Higgins, at the beautiful
Ankida Ridge Vineyards in Amherst
County. Jenna Lyndsey ‘10 and I
tried arranging a luncheon in with
KC alumnae group, but didn’t have
many takers, so we met for coffee/tea
with Cheryl Bishop Gilman ’90. In
May, I was contacted by Taylor Felts,
the eldest daughter of Lee Vandegrift
Felts who wrote to let me know
the sad news of her momma’s passing
on March 30. After graduating with
us in 1985, Lee’s love of horses took
her to Louisiana Downs where she
learned to ride racehorses. Then, in
2000, she started Elizabeth Station
Farm in Lexington, KY, where for
17 years, she bred and foaled mares,
broke yearlings and so much more.
The saying on one of her favorite
fridge magnets was, “Courage is being
scared to death and saddling up
anyway.” Though Lee begin with her
freshman year with the Class of ’84,
she became part of our graduating
class of ’85. I’m personally glad for
the time Lee and I spent together
while at Sweet Briar. She was both
kind and lots of fun, plus that lovely
smile of hers! It was contagious.
Lastly, compiling the Class Notes for
the Class of ’85 continues to be an
honor for me. Take care y’all and see
you next year at our 35th Reunion!
1988
Maia Free Jalenak
605 Camelia Avenue
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
maiajay@att.net
Stacy Sickels Locke writes, “Aren’t
we fortunate to have Katie Keogh
Weidner serving SBC as major
gifts officer? I’ve had such fun hearing
about SBC from her perspective.
Thank you Katie! Lea Harvey ‘90
also keeps me updated. I got to celebrate
Tina Savage Lytle’s daughter’s
graduation at their beautiful home in
May. Kate Cole Hite and I keep in
touch as we are neighbors. Thanks
to SBC sparking a love of learning,
I completed my MBA this summer.
I continue to serve the University of
Maryland as a fundraiser. My older
son, Kent, got married last September
to his college sweetheart, Jami,
in Cleveland and they are living in
Annapolis near me. My younger son,
Leland, returns to Principia College
this fall as a sophomore. I’m definitely
now in the “sandwich” generation
caring for my mother who has a
number of health issues. Sometimes
that feels like a part-time job, but I
am grateful she is around. Now that
I have an empty nest and my degree
is finished, I am trying my hand at
other hobbies (dancing, gardening
and skating again). I love being
connected in person and virtually to
Sweet Briar.”
Jennifer Crawley Lewis writes,
“my husband, Max and I have enjoyed
living in Jacksonville, FL, so
much we decided to make our move
here permanent and purchased a
home near our country club.
I enjoy my frequent lunches with
Nancy Wright ‘68 and Michelle
Klimt ‘84. Our daughter Diana got
into her first choice college Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute and will
start there in the fall. We are very
pleased she was given a very substantial
four-year academic scholarship
and has chosen to swim butterfly
and mid distance free for RPI. I enjoy
seeing what my classmates and
their children are doing on Facebook
— keep posting!”
Stephanie Sprouse Ward is still
in Conn. and enjoys it very much.
She was sorry to miss Reunion last
year and misses her vixen sisters.
Working for a homecare agency, she
is busy and challenged daily (in a
good way mostly!) along with finding
herself humbled by her staff and
amazing clients. She celebrated her
10-year anniversary this year with
husband, Phil. Her son, Jackson (18)
graduated high school this year, and
is still working out his future plans
(but in the meantime is working and
really enjoying himself ). Stephanie
saw Staci Stockburger Fritzges and
her family last 4th of July when they
came from Arkansas with their boys
and everyone all had a blast. Stephanie
noted that she was reliving her
youth when she took Phil to an English
Beat concert in May — “it was
awesome! They still sound great and
brought the house down.” Stephanie
and Phil are really looking forward
to a trip they have coming up to Vancouver
and Alaska.
Tracy Tigerman Goodman is
going into her 32nd year of teaching
and will be teaching pre-k. She notes
that she is married to the love of her
life and they will be celebrating their
first year of marriage on July 29. In
August, her daughter (17) and son
(24) will both celebrate their birthdays.
Denise Landau Blind shares, “as
I write this, we are enjoying another
beautiful summer evening on our
patio in Glen Rock, NJ! It’s been
so much fun having our daughter,
Chelsea home this summer after she
studied abroad in Australia for the
semester. We traveled to Fiji (for my
birthday!) on our way to visit Chelsea.
My son, Tyler and his girlfriend
joined us and we all flew home together
from Sydney. It was a great
trip and my husband and I enjoyed
the time away from our company.
Tyler just left his job at one of the
big accounting firms in NYC for
a great opportunity with a smaller
hedge fund … hoping to see him
more often now that he will have
more normal work hours. As always,
I’m hoping our crew can get together
soon (Julie Martin Collins, Cameron
Cox Hirtz, Denton Freeman
and Paige Shiller Okun)!
Nici Fraley Pechman’s daughter,
Fraley, will be a senior and son, Jake,
will be a junior at W&L where he is
president of his fraternity, Phi Gam/
Fiji. He’s home this summer doing a
12-week internship with RX Benefits.
She recently enjoyed family trips
white water rafting on the Ocoee in
TN, and a week to Lake Santeetlah
in NC. Nici is traveling to Virginia
Beach to visit Kristen Petersen
Randolph and for her brother Gus’
wedding there in August.
Mariam Kahn writes from Potomoc,
MD, that she’s doing well and
enjoys keeping up with our classmates
on FB.
Kelly Meredith Iacobelli and I
share a love for bulldogs and recently
enjoyed exchanging photos of our
darling, furry children. Kelly’s adorable
human daughter, Kathleen is
about to start her senior year in high
school. Kelly is teaching marketing
at a community college and enjoys
attending SBC alumnae events in
Atlanta.
Jay and I, Maia Free Jalenak,
just celebrated our 13th wedding
anniversary with a trip to the Florida
Keys rounded out with a visit to see
my parents who live in Fort Myers.
I am excited to be going to DC this
weekend to visit Jeanne Rovics Dees
on the happy occasion of her son’s
Blake remission party. Blake (21) has
made an extraordinary recovery since
being diagnosed with Lymphoma in
January. He’ll return for his junior
year at Ole Miss this fall.
1990
Jean Spillane Benning
484-744-5449
jeanbenning@outlook.com
Heather Colson Ewing: It’s been
quite a year. David (HS-C ’91) and
I celebrated 25 years last April, and
we both turned 50. Nick is a senior
at the University of the South where
we get to see a few SBC friends and
Olivia is a sophomore at Denison
University. We are still in Atlanta
and hope that if you find yourself
nearby, you’ll call! I look forward to
seeing everyone next May at reunion.
Also if you’re interested in helping
with SBC admissions as an admissions
ambassador send me an email!
It’s been a summer of comings
and goings north and south for Lea
Harvey and her wife, Kiki Galvin.
The highlight was a weeklong road
trip from Shenandoah National
Park to the Great Smoky Mountain
National Park along the Blue Ridge
Parkway in July. Lea is enjoying her
role with the College as director
of foundation and corporate relations
and Kiki’s fly-fishing service,
Ms.Guided, is gearing up for a busy
fall season in the Blue Ridge.
Julie Brooks Nyquist and her
family moved last year to Wayne,
IL, about an hour outside of Chicago.
They purchased a mid-century
modern home on 13 acres that needs
a great deal of TLC. Current projects
include milling downed trees,
clearing neglected tennis courts and
renovating the kitchen. Her 10-yearold
son Andrew is in 4th grade and
enjoys lacrosse. Julie and husband
Stephen spend the weekends working
on the house and yard with the
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tractor and gator. Julie enjoyed a
weekend back on SBC campus with
Debbie Lee and Lea Harvey in
April. She also spent some time with
family on the shores of Lake Michigan
during the summer.
Brandi Beck: Hey Vixens! Life
finds me still living in NYC with
Andrew and our 14-year-old daughter,
Dasha. Luckily I still enjoy being
a clinical psychologist. Last spring,
we traveled to Puerto Rico where
I had the pleasure of visiting with
Dolly Garcia. In July we traveled to
South Africa, Namibia and Botswana.
It had been 20 years since I was
in South Africa, so the trip was filled
with memories of life in my twenties.
I hope all is well with each of you.
Please let me know if you visit NYC.
Cheryl Gilman: We are still
in Kansas City with our youngest
starting her junior year of high
school. SBC is on her college visit
list! Our oldest daughter lives in
Asheville, NC. Our oldest son, his
wife, a 15-month-old daughter and
babe in utero are moving in October
to Cherry Point, NC, for 3-year
duty station with USMC. Our middle
son is managing a breakfast shop
here in Kansas City and enjoying
it. Our youngest son is stationed at
Fort Leonardwood, MO, completing
dispel engineering school enlisted
with the USMC. Crazy that
we have two Marines! One of my
highlights for August was ranch sitting
for Beth Babbitt Bowen while
she took her youngest to UVA. I’m
enjoying riding and keeping up with
other Vixens around town when I’m
not catching babies. Scott and I look
forward to celebrating our 29-year
anniversary this winter.
Sarah Andres Sale: I am living
in Staunton, VA, with my husband
Lamar and our two Boston Terriers,
Sally and Daphne. Recently, I decided
to take a break from teaching and
am currently working in the office
at a local independent school which
has been a great change. I see Joie
Roderick Tankard out and about, as
she also lives in Staunton. Last fall, a
group of us got together to celebrate
our 50th Jubilee which included
a visit to SBC! I would love to see
other ‘90s at Sweet Work Weeks;
it’s a lot of fun! Neither of the dogs
demonstrates much potential for being
a successful college student.
Jen Brennan Rucker: I am starting
my 7th year of homeschooling
my 2 daughters who are now a
freshman and sophomore in High
School. I sold the nanny agency I
owned for 10 years in Newport, RI,
to focus full time on homeschooling
and I will be visiting SBC with my
oldest this year as we begin college
tours! My husband and I are about
to celebrate our 17th wedding anniversary
and can’t believe we have a
daughter about to begin driver’s ed. I
have been fortunate to see classmate
Jean Benning when she travels to
Newport for business and I have almost
weekly phone chats with one of
my favorite Vixens, Joan Clickner.
All roads lead to Sweet Briar and I
am especially excited about getting
back to campus in the near future!
Debbie Lee is still with the
USPTO but now teleworks from
Jacksonville Beach, FL. She is loving
the weather, the beach and kayaking!
She keeps in touch with her Class
of 1990 classmates Lea Harvey,
Vanessa Rhodes and Julie Brooks
Nyquist. Lea, Julie and Debbie held
a mini-reunion at SBC in April. It
was wonderful to be together with
old friends at SBC.
1993
Dianne Hayes Doss
didoss@comcast.net
Norma Bulls Valentine
norma_v0@yahoo.com
Jennifer Jarvis Ballard writes
that it has been a whirlwind year in
her household as her twins, Jesseca
and Ethan, graduated high school
this June. They have spent the last
year visiting schools, filling out forms
and celebrating. Jesseca is going to be
a member of the Sweet Briar class
of 2023! She is super excited to be
joining our sisterhood and can’t
wait for move-in day! After much
consideration, Ethan will be attending
our local community college to
get his degree in heavy equipment/
diesel mechanics with a certification
in welding. So excited to see these
young adults make their way in the
world.
1994
Lenora Farrington
3255 Read Mountain Rd
Roanoke, VA 24019
LenoraFarrington@kw.com
Jennifer St. Julian Wooden was
named a “Top 30 Influential Women
of Houston” Texas this year.
Lenora Farrington-Sarrouf
published a children’s book, LACY’S
MAGIC TREE, under the pen
name L. F. Sarrouf. She shortened
her name back to Lenora Farrington
and moved from Massachusetts to
Roanoke, VA, where she works as a
realtor with Keller Williams.
Katherine Cook: I am living in a
tiny yellow house with way too many
cats and a bunch of misfit dogs. I
enjoy my garden and my practically
perfect in every way OTTB, Ned.
I am getting increasingly set in my
ways and I am thinking about transitioning
to a career in witchcraft when
I retire from being a paramedic.
Nellie Kan Zamborsky: I am
sorry to have missed reunion but
took my daughter to Taiwan for 2
months of Mandarin Chinese camp.
She loved it and I sweated to death.
Of course, we ate great food and
hung out with family and friends.
Real hubby only got to stay with us
for 3 weeks.
Belinda Smith Struckmeyer: I
am still living the adventure of homeschooling
our 4 children with 3
in high school this year and one in
junior high. That actually takes up
the majority of my time, while trying
to get in more moments to read the
ever-growing pile of books, graphic
novels and manga under my nightstand.
Amy Davis: I’ve mostly been
working hard. I’ve got a couple of
academic papers coming out in the
upcoming months, I’ve been named
to the editorial board of “Animation:
An Interdisciplinary Journal,” and
I’ve recently finished an edited collection,
“Discussing Disney,” that’s
coming out as a monograph later
this year. But the best thing in recent
times has been to become an aunt for
the first time! I’m looking forward to
my upcoming study leave when I
finally get to meet my nephew after
spending many hours FaceTime-ing
with him.
Tysha Noel Calhoun: I’ve had a
great year theatrically, playing “The
Witch in Into The Woods,” and directing
“Steel Magnolias” later this
year. Pat and I continue to get the
homesite ready in preparation for
our build in 2021 and have added to
our pack: we have four dogs! Rumor
has it if you even look at our house
you’ll get hair on you...Pat and I also
continue to volunteer our time for
the theatre in Lockhart (that turns
100 next year!) and our second favorite
non-profit, the Old Settlers
Music Festival. Life is good.
Molly Phemister: I am raising
a creative and spirited kid and her
cat-brother in Lincoln, NE, where
I double as both the executive director
for the Southern Heights Food
Forest (yes, we are planting an edible
forest!) and the Education Coordinator
for Community Crops. Both
non-profits are valuable, but alas,
not always able to value their folk as
they’d like, so slowly but surely, I’m
also creating Gardenary People, an
online garden coaching service.
Heather McKoy Shumaker: I
am currently serving as the administrative
coordinator for Napa Valley
Nursery School (a parent cooperative
preschool), the board chair for
Stone Bridge School (a Waldorf-inspired
elementary charter school),
a stay-at-home mom to our 2 kids
Emily, who is 10 years old, and Jack,
who is almost 8 years old, and a wife
to my husband, Erik.
Lorelei Bahret Mote: I was just
on a wonderful cruise with my family
to the Caribbean. We were able
to visit Nassau Bahamas where I
met my husband 25 years ago. Boy
has that island changed and apparently
the club we met at is no longer
there. My kids both still love dance
and my daughter is gearing up for
another competition year. I can’t wait
to watch her new tap solo. We also
had the opportunity to be extras in
2 movies over the summer. One of
which is Tollywood film set to be
released sometime next year here
in the US and in India. The other
film, “John Light,” has been released
and we can be seen in the stands at a
basketball game sitting behind Dean
Cain. Other than that I have been
keeping busy with helping out my
Mom.
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Lida Anne Elliott ’95, Shannon Daut ’95 and Jane Rabadi ’95 in May
2019 taking a water taxi from Homer to Halibut Cove in Alaska
Cari Miller James ’95, Karen
Giorgetti ’95, Kelly Hall ’95 and
Jen Parker Raudenbush ’95
enjoyed their annual mini-reunion
in Pennsylvania.
1995
Katie Maxwell Schellhammer
22914 Goldenrod Dr.
Brambleton, VA 20148-6967
Katie@schellhammer.net
Gwen Hickey Babcock reports
that she moved to their new house.
She says, “The view up on this hill
is phenomenal. Kaeden has her
driver’s license now and is in 11th
grade. She’s very interested in going
to SBC, which steals my heart. Rory
is in 6th and stealing my heart with
her love of swimming. I get to Coach
her from time to time which is fun.
Hope to see everyone in May 2020!”
Jane Rabadi has been living in
Santa Monica for the past 3 years
with her partner, Shannon, and their
2 kittens, Norma and Gordon. She
is working at a Los Angeles-based
architecture firm, Frederick Fisher
and Partners, doing graphic design
and marketing, and continue making
art in her free time. Lida Anne Elliott
met her in Alaska in May where
they enjoyed an amazing adventure
together spotting wildlife, having
beach fires, boat rides, hanging out
with our Alaskan friends and road
tripping through the mountains.
Cari Miller James, Karen Giorgetti,
Kelly Hall and Jen Parker
Raudenbush enjoyed their annual
mini-reunion in Pennsylvania. Kelly
Hall traveled to the UK, Spain and
Iceland in January (alas, no Northern
Lights!). She says, “I am enjoying
my new job as the director of global
initiatives at Cedar Crest College in
Allentown, PA. Next spring I’ll be
leading their Sophomore Expedition
to London. I now live near Jennifer
Raudenbush, and got to see her and
Cari James and Karen Giorgetti
last month. We do a pretty good job
of getting together every summer.”
I, Katie Maxwell Schellhammer,
got to spend a few hours with
Kate Steptoe Fisher at our hometown
fishing and swimming hole,
Oral Lake in Bridgeport, WV. Kate
lives in Ohio with her husband and
three kids. I also see Heather Aspinwall
Chiles and Anna Reilly occasionally
around the DC area. Heather
is teaching preschool, and Anna
received a job promotion. Congrats
Anna!
Mark your calendars for our
25th Reunion in May 2020. All
are welcome, and we’re going to have
fun!
1996
Eileen MacMurtrie Zuckerman
718 Larchwood Ln.
Villanova, PA 19085
eileenrita@gmail.com
Jesse Durham Strauss is still
living in Alexandria, VA, with Oron
and her three kids Anna (12), Audrey
(11) and Ari (9), as well as their
two chocolate labs Coco and Rosie.
After 17 years at the company, she
left Strategic Analysis, Inc, starting
her own LLC, and consulting parttime,
so she could spend more time
at home. She has quickly learned
that means she is never ‘home’ and
always in her car! She has taken
advantage of the extra time to meet
up with Janeen Sharma for a trip
to Honolulu, HI, to visit Laura
Lechler Hornef and a trip Myrtle
Beach, SC, for Audrey’s gymnastics
meet and visit with Sarah Chaffee
Paris and her family.
Mary Copeland Stockton and
her family recently moved to Vista,
CA. Currently, a partner at The
Clearing Center, Mary is a grief recovery
specialist and certified transformational
breath group leader.
Jen Beck Locke moved her
family back to Huntsville, AL, this
summer. Marte (16) will be in 10th
grade at Whitesburg Academy and
has a 4.9 GPA! Thomas (13) will be
at Huntsville Achievement School
and Trae (11) will be in 6th grade
at Whitesburg Academy. Hunter
is continuing to wear many hats at
WestRock including the director of
operations for the Southeast. Jen is
staying busy volunteering at the kids’
schools and traveling with the family
as much as possible. Never home.
Loving life. Truly blessed.
Sarah Reidy-Ferguson writes
that she enjoyed a mini reunion in
May in Waynesville, NC, that was a
total blast! She had so much fun being
with Sarah Chaffee Paris, Catharine
King Laufer, April Collins
Potterfield, Janeen Sharma, Jesse
Durham Strauss, Rachel Baltus
Price and host Jen Beck Locke. She
is super excited to be volunteering
with the Alumnae Alliance and cochair
of the Communications Working
Group. She reminds everyone to
follow our daily posts on Twitter @
sbcalumnae, Instagram @sbcalumnae
and Facebook @sweetbriaralumnae.
She looks forward to being on
campus in September! Lastly, we’d
like to express our sincere gratitude
and thanks to the Class of 1996 for
their continued support of Sweet
Briar College during the 2018/2019
fiscal year of fundraising. For the
second year in a row, the Class of
1996 are the leaders in class participation
percentage and in the top
three for class gift giving, within the
1990s class bracket. Our success is
truly a team effort. We are fierce and
fired up for Sweet Briar!
1997
Melanie Vracas
6641 Wakefield Dr No 608
Alexandria, VA 22307
mevracas@comcast.net
Kate Hall: Busy getting Grace
ready to start her first semester at
SBC. Max starts high school this
year and my new shop is flourishing!
Life is great!
Courtney Lammers Hemmer:
I am living just south of Boston in
Hingham, MA, where my daughter,
Sydney (15), is going into her
sophomore year in high school. Enjoying
working for San Diego based
company DEXCOM. I am very
passionate about bringing CGM
technology to patients at Children’s
Hospital Boston and the Joslin Diabetes
Center who are living with
diabetes. Keep up with many Vixens
from ’96 and ’97 — recently had a
blast with Leighton Barrett Strong,
Jennifer Lister and Kacey Farber in
NYC. We love getting our kiddos
together. Already planning our next
adventure!
1998
Cynthia Hineline
1613 Finefrock Rd.
Fremont, OH 43420
Cyndi.hineline@gmail.com
Sara Stracey: Enjoying weekends
out of NYC in the Hudson Valley,
NY, where I’m busy transforming a
Dairy barn space into an art / design
studio. The views remind me of
SBC! Adele (4) loves it too.
Mary Gheen Bennett: I am engaged
and hope to marry in 2020! I
won Teacher of the Year for Appomattox
County in 2018.
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Elizabeth Rae (L) and Katie Anne Mitchell, spring 2019, children of Rush
Mitchell ’98
Rush Harris Mitchell: Rush,
Jory and Katie Anne (8) welcomed
Elizabeth Rae (Rae) to the family
Sept. 25, 2018. She is very active,
enjoys food, books and petting her
2 dogs and 2 cats. Katie Anne, an
amazing big sister, is excited to start
2nd grade while entering her 4th
year in piano and 5th year in ballet.
Rush’s little farm acquired 24 new
laying hens this spring and Jory’s
bike shop, Southern Carnage, continues
to thrive in its new location
in the old general store/restaurant
across the street from their home in
historic Mooresville, AL.
Joanne Hopkins: I’m busy chasing
after 2 toddlers, working parttime
as a consultant in the electric
utility industry and competing in
local swimming and triathlon events.
I’m also on the SBC Alumnae Alliance
working with the alumnae club
leaders around the country and planning
alumnae events.
Chantel Bartlett: Nothing big
in my world these days. I was promoted
to director in January and it’s
been crazy busy ever since. We did a
big internal restructure so we’re all
trying to figure things out. Visited
with Candice Broughton Maillard
in Los Angeles late Feb. after my
big business trip to Las Vegas. As
always, it was such a joy spending
time with Candice and the family.
Anna Wade Meres was in town
for a few days at a conference so we
were able to spend an afternoon together
catching up. My mom and I
are more and more settled into the
house. I was off for the entire week
of July 4th so we stay-cationed and
spent the week doing more painting
and decorating. My personal project,
to become a mom, is coming along
slowly. It’s quite a journey, to say the
least, but hopefully someday there
will be future peanut to write about.
I’m incredibly blessed with the support
of friends and family, especially
my Vixens!
Cyndi Hague Hineline: I’ve
been my usual busy self, still working
for The Blonde Swan as an office
administrator. I have recently performed
in “Titanic: the Musical” and
“The Vagina Monologues,” and will
have wrapped up Verdi’s “Macbeth”
with The Toledo Opera by the time
everyone is reading this. My family
has done a bit of traveling this year:
We visited DC over spring break,
where we were able to have a fun
evening with Kelli Rogowski ‘99. In
July, we were also able to visit Alison
Burnett and her family at their beautiful
farm in WI. As always, I love
staying in touch with fellow Vixens
via social media, and it is wonderful
being able to connect so easily with
those around the world!
1999
Kelly Turney Gatzke
105 Shaw Creek Ct.
Elizabethtown, KY 42701-4638
warriorwomankelly@hotmail.com
Donna Hoogland Harwood:
I continue to work in Hanover
County Public Schools coaching
and consulting to special education
teachers and using my knowledge as
a behavior analyst. My husband and
I live in Charles City, VA, with our
two dogs, though I try to get home
to NJ as often as possible. Attending
reunion was definitely a spring time
highlight! It was so fun getting to
return to campus and catch up with
everyone!
Meghan Pollard: It was wonderful
to be back on campus for our
class’ 20th Reunion. I loved catching
up with everyone and seeing how
well everyone is doing. I didn’t want
the weekend to end. Piper (10), Lex
(8) and I have had a wonderful summer
and spent a week at the beach
at Tybee Island. Work continues
to keep me busy in Admissions at
Duke.
Heather McLeod: Heather and
her partner, TJ, live in central Austin
with their son (12) and daughter
(10). Heather got her MFA from
Texas State University in 2018 and
is currently freelancing, writing and
being a mom. She and TJ both work
from home. They can’t get enough
of their new sweet little house and
neighborhood. Other family members
include Jobi the three-legged
dog, Max the cat (professional
tormentor) and Clover the elderly
toothless chihuahua.
Aimee Armentrout Peacemaker:
I am getting ready to start my
2nd year teaching at The Carmel
School, an independent school in
Ruther Glen, VA. I moved from
public school last year, and I absolutely
love it! This will be my 14th
year of teaching, all in kindergarten. I
live with my husband, Jesse, and our
beagle rescues, Ella and Gracie. I lost
my mom in Feb., so I am trying to
adjust to a new normal. I loved seeing
everyone at reunion in May!
Kris Harris: Was lucky to travel
to 7 countries so far this year, but my
favorite “vacation” to date was coming
back for the 5th year of Sweet
Work Weeks with Erin East ‘00 and
getting to work side by side with
other alumnae, alumnae families and
friends of the college. So exciting to
see what the “buzz” is about with
the apiary, see the grapes growing in
the newly planted vineyard and the
ground-breaking of the greenhouse.
I welcome anyone in class of ‘99 to
visit in Tampa to escape the winter.
Elizabeth Wells Melvin:
Switching it up after 10 year of
teaching, currently working as a project
administrator for a commercial
concrete construction company. Living
in downtown Durham with husband
and our 2 yorkies. It was great
to see everyone at the 2019 Reunion.
Kim Bolz-Andolshek: For over
a decade Kim has been working and
consulting in the software world.
Her specific focus has been in educational
technology in the U.S. K-12
market. Currently she is VP of sales
for a small start-up based in Iowa.
She is also a certified coach through
iPEC and Gallup. She has found her
passion in helping others become
successful. Her children are busy and
getting older!! Her daughter (16) is
playing volleyball all over the midwest
and her boys are 15 and 11. Life
is good and busy! She loves seeing
vixens when it works!
Liz Wiley Wiznerowicz: Blaire
and her family are settled in Richmond.
She spends her days managing
the menagerie of her household:
2 teens, Eva and Miranda; 2 dogs,
Sprocket and Digby; her grandmother,
Molly; and lots of assorted
houseguests, relatives, extra kids and
friends. Earlier this year, she reunited
with Christy Carl Allison and
her family. Blaire also enjoyed a trip
to Miami Beach, FL, with Melissa
Butler Cicotello in April. In Aug.,
Blaire’s family just returned from
their annual pilgrimage to Frankenmuth,
MI. They enjoyed a week of
beer, bratwurst and polka, and even
learned to zip line.
Jera Niewoehner-Green: Jera
and her husband Phillip welcomed
their son Bodhi Kai to the world on
Friday, Aug. 9. They are completely
in love with their little nugget and
excited about a lifetime of adventures.
Jera will return to work as an
assistant professor of community
leadership at Ohio State in mid-October.
Sarah Elkins Ince: Loved attending
our 20th Reunion. Thank-
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Evangeline Taylor ’00 organized
the first American University
Alumni Fair in Nicaragua with
almost 2,000 attendees and
represented SBC!
ful for class leadership team: Kelly
Turney Gatzke, Donna Hoogland
Harwood, Sarah Kingsley and
this is my subversive lean on Devon
Vasconcellos to make it official,
too. I remain in Concord, NC with
Asa (9) and husband Keith. Working
on energizing the Charlotte
alumnae club. Happy to host vixens
who travel through. Recently hosted
Deborah Lanham Bushek and Betsy
Wilbun Ranson. Thrilled to have
three students enrolled at SBC from
Gray Stone where I am in my 6th
year as college counselor. Two of my
seniors have SBC as their top college
this year.
2000
Marilen Sarian Crump
212 Rock Creek Court
Yorktown, VA 23693
artinspiredme@gmail.com
Evangeline Taylor: My family
finished our assignment in Nicaragua.
For work at the US Embassy, I
coordinated the first American University
Alumni Fair in Nicaragua by
using over 30 alumni representing
25 universities to staff the booths, I
represented SBC! There were almost
2,000 attendees! Now we are headed
to Istanbul for our next assignment.
2001
Meredith Taylor Eads
1905 Vandover Rd
Henrico, VA 23229
meredithk8eads@yahoo.com
Angela Rodrigues Newman
writes that her family said goodbye
to beautiful Winterset, IA, and
moved to Great Falls, MT, in May.
Her husband, Paul, found a family
friendly job so they are all looking
forward to having him home each
day. Crosby (8) loves the long days
of summer and picking berries from
their yard. Hannah (13) is loving
her dance and art classes. Angela is
excited to be homeschooling them
both this coming year. They just
returned from a road trip to UT
to visit Rami Achterberg Heers!
They had the best time relaxing and
watching the children play. The week
was filled with delicious meals (made
with fresh veggies from Rami’s garden),
kayaking at Bear Lake and evening
talks with wine. She can’t wait
to return next year, and thanks to
Rami for hosting them!
Megan Thomas Rowe loves
spending time with other local Fredericksburg
alumnae at their monthly
wine night outings. She enjoyed her
time with her daughter at reunion
and enjoyed connecting with Anne
Jones ’99, who is also a Fredericksburg
alumna, at reunion. It was
exciting to watch ’99 celebrate their
20th reunion. Megan had a great
time at Sweet Work Weeks and seeing
alumnae of all ages working together
to enhance the beauty of the
campus. In addition, she is overjoyed
that Cynthia Plaugher ‘23 will be
joining the sisterhood as an incoming
freshman. Holla Holla!
Sarah Belanger Levinson, Anna
Lundberg Baso and Dawn Martin
visited Sarah Houston Kenning at
her beautiful home in Albany, NY, in
June. From there, they drove to the
Adirondacks for a girls’ weekend in
celebration of their 40th birthdays.
We enjoyed Lake Placid, hiking in
the mountains, great food and drinks
and spending time together, which
was the best part of all.
This Spring I, Meredith Taylor
Eads, was thrilled to celebrate the
birth of Tia Trout Perez’s ’02 third
child at her shower in her new home
in Falls Church, VA. It was great to
catch up with Tamara Trout Murphy,
Amy Mullen ’02 and Jee Park
Pae ’02, while we celebrated Tia at
the shower. Before the baby came,
Tia and I also snuck in a road trip
to Philadelphia on my 40th birthday
in March to see Mike Nesmith
and Micky Dolenz in concert — it
was a hoot! I enjoyed spending time
at Sweet Work Weeks for the third
year in a row with Megan Thomas
Rowe. We painted the heck out of
first floor Dew, and enjoyed spending
time with alumnae from so many
other classes. SWW has quickly become
our favorite Sweet Briar tradition.
We’d love to see you there next
year!
2002
Amy Mullen
2534 North Granada Street
Arlington, VA 22207
amye.mullen@gmail.com
Ashley Trantham Saunders has
been busy traveling around North
America for work and is looking
forward to a 40th birthday vacation
in Nov. Ashley recommends the
following podcasts – “Up and Vanished,”
“Best Case Worst Case” and
“My Favorite Murder.”
Mariah McGill is living in the
woods of Waitsfield, VT, with her
husband and 8-year-old daughter
Maisie. She is the director of the
Early Childhood Leadership Institute
at the Snelling Center for Government.
The best book she’s read
lately is “Spinning Silver” by Naomi
Novik, an epic retelling of the story
of Rumplestiltskin set in medieval
Poland.
Alicia Markham Morris and her
husband, David, welcomed a baby
girl, Lillian Summersill on April 18,
2019. Lily joins her sister Alice and
proud parents who live in Cary, NC,
where Alicia is a history teacher at
Cary Academy.
Liz Taylor Borntrager has been
working in non-profit administration
since her graduation from
Sweet Briar in 2002. She shifted
her career focus from arts to health
in 2015 and has become an accomplished
fundraiser in Cincinnati.
Liz is passionate about safeguarding
women’s reproductive health care
and is honored to serve as director
of development for Planned Parenthood
Southwest Ohio Region. “I feel
privileged to work at a place that is
protecting equitable opportunities
for women,” Liz said. “The ability to
plan if and when to become a parent
has deep and lasting community
impact on things like high school
graduation rates, childhood poverty
and maternal mortality.” When she’s
not at work, Liz enjoys playing video
games with her 8-year-old son
or doing puzzles and coloring with
her 4-year-old daughter. Liz and her
husband just celebrated their 11th
anniversary.
Liz Waring McCracken is living
that mom/academic life this summer!
She and her family had an epic
trip to Japan in April, where they did
All The Things, including a visit to a
hedgehog café in Tokyo. Liz is looking
forward to a beach vacation in a
few weeks, in which she is planning
to do None Of The Things, except
sit in a chair with a cold beverage.
Her girls are 6 and 9, and are in the
midst of learning piano and multiplication
tables. Her husband Chris,
is still being a doctor, when he is not
learning guitar or juggling or renovating
their house. They are happy
as clams down in Boone, NC! Liz’s
recent reads have been “The Cupcake
Fairy” and “The Oxford Handbook
of Dance and the Popular Screen.”
Rachel Roth Allred will begin
her 13th year of teaching in Prince
George’s County, MD, this fall. She
is still teaching at Ridgecrest Elementary
school in Hyattsville. This
will be her sixth year at the school
teaching 5th grade math and science.
Rachel will be embarking on a new
adventure as co-sponsor of the science
bowl team — they will begin
practices in September and their
match is in December. She and her
husband Toby will be celebrating
their 13th wedding anniversary in
August. Last Christmas, Rachel’s
family took her daughter and husband
on their first trip to Disney
World. Rachel and Toby’s daughter
will be entering the 4th grade in the
fall. In June, she became a Junior Girl
Scout. This fall, Rachel will be entering
her 3rd year as the troop cookie
mom.
Stacey Armentrout Fallah
writes that at the end of June her
family took their annual vacation
to Topsail Island, NC. The weather
was perfect for the entire week
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Lindsay Keller Sullivan ’02 with
husband, John, and sons Easton
and Asher in Disneyland
Meg Fronk Nice ’02 was married to Casey Ryan Nice on July 21, 2018.
The ceremony and reception took place in Orange County, VA, where
the couple resides. In attendance were 2002 classmates: Dr. Michelle
Dunn, Joanna Mullen, Amy Mullen and Ashley Trantham Saunders.
Stacey Armentrout Fallah ’02
son helping my daughter build a
sandcastle at the beach.
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Amy Mullen ’02 with her
illustrated book “My First Lift-the-
Flap Animal Book” at Target.
and the ocean was gentle and calm
pretty much every day! Their son
Jackson got to participate in a shark
study camp while there and daughter
Emma learned the finer points
of building sand castles ... and then
knocking them down! July marked
Stacy’s start as the parent representative
on the advisory board for the
preschool that Emma will be attending
in the fall, something that Stacey
still hasn’t come to terms with yet.
Amy Mullen is still working,
freelancing and living the general life
in Arlington, VA, with her husband
Luke and son Bruno (5). She is planning
a trip to New York in Sept. to
see the Downton Abbey movie with
Aja Grosvenor Stephens. Amy is
currently reading the Agatha Raisin
series by M.C. Beaton for the second
time (counting down the days till
book #30 hits shelves in November).
Aja Grosvenor Stephens reports
that she’s decided to add barre classes
to her mix of workouts, and it’s
a 60-minute glimpse into hell, but
maybe she’ll get Michelle Obama
arms. These days, Aja mostly reads
fiction featuring witches, fairies, or
other supernatural beings, because
why not? She highly recommends
the “Discovery of Witches” series
(now a tv miniseries) and “Children
of Blood and Bone” (the sequel comes
out in fall 2019). On the non-fiction
front, “The F*ck It Diet” by Caroline
Dooner has been liberating on many
fronts. She now shares donuts with
her son Jace [mostly] guilt free. Aja
looks forward to seeing Amy Mullen,
Jee Yon Pae and Tia Trout-Perez
over the summer.
Tia Trout-Perez is currently
enjoying maternity leave. She will
be heading back to work in Oct.
Tia hasn’t had much time to read
books recently, but over the past year
enjoyed “The Goldfinch” and “The
Nightingale.” She also recommends
watching “Poldark.”
Mary Tassone Dunlevy and her
daughters just finished a trip to RI
and Cape Cod for their family reunion.
Mary’s two girls, Ariana (9)
and Lorien (5), had their first airplane
ride and they loved it!
Lindsay Keller Sullivan is living
it up in Highlands Ranch, CO, with
her boy squad. Easton is 8 heading
into 3rd grade, Asher is 4 heading
into pre-K and loving husband, John,
is continuing his work in web design.
Lindsay has taken a break from stage
management to be a stay-at-home
mom for the time being. Happy,
healthy and good.
After 14 years, Joanna Mullen
has finally... and I mean FINALLY
moved out of the dump she called
home to a nicer home in a nicer
neighborhood. Although she and her
mother will miss the convenience of
the sketchy neighborhood bodega,
you’ll be pleased to hear that there is
a 7-Eleven in walking distance that’s
just as sketchy. Joanna is currently
reading “Paperbacks from Hell” by
Grady Hendrix.
Brook Tucker Buck and her husband
Trey moved back to Raleigh
last summer and are starting to feel
a little more settled. For Memorial
Day, they went to Richmond to get
together with Lori Smith Nilan and
Denise McDonald Gentry. Their
sons played together and it was a lot
of fun! Brook and family recently got
back from a much needed vacation
to the Balearic Island of Menorca,
Spain. It was beautiful and they
loved the island safari! The wedding
they attended was gorgeous and
Trey played cricket! This August,
Brook will be getting together with
Lori Smith Nilan, Maria Thacker
Goethe, Ashley Johnston McGee
’03 and Kelly Monical Goossens for
a girls trip to Asheville, NC.
Jenn McDonaugh Swiatek is finally
sending in an update! She and
her husband Joe (married in 2005)
are currently living in Baltimore and
she is enjoying her work as a digital
forensic analyst with Booz Allen
Hamilton. She is a mentor for Booz
Allen’s “Women in STEM” interns
and was excited to return to Sweet
Briar for a career fair in November.
She has visited with Paula Brice, Jaime
Henna and Prof. Raina Robeva
during recent work trips to NC and
Charlottesville. Jenn loves distance
running and volunteering with Back
on My Feet, an organization that
uses running as a catalyst to build
community and empower individuals
experiencing homelessness and
fighting addiction. The national
nonprofit has 13 chapters across the
United States and Jenn is currently
Alicia Markham Morris ’02 and
her husband, David, welcomed
a baby girl, Lillian Summersill, on
April 18, 2019.
the leader of a Baltimore team which
serves military veterans living in a
residential treatment facility. She
hopes all of her Vixen sisters are doing
well!
Meg Fronk Nice and her husband
Casey are enjoying the newlywed
life. This past year they both
accepted new jobs: Meg is an elementary
program specialist and Casey
is an assistant principal in King
George County, Va. They are very
happy to be employed in the same
school district and enjoy being career
educators. In their spare time, they
love volunteering at a local animal
shelter and have a special place in
their hearts for pit-bulls.
2003
Nicole Crowder
11003 Howitzer Drive
Fredericksburg, VA 22408
swtnic@gmail.com
Kristin Farris Bergquist: I spent
a fabulous week walking all over Albuquerque
and Santa Fe, NM, with
Ann Gateley ’70. We met up with
alums Betty Rau Santandrea ’70 and
Megan Lyon ’80 for lunches while
there.
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Anne Benham Willson ’04 and Grace Farnsworth Loughhead ’04 spent
time together with their children this January in Lexington, VA.
2004
Virginia “Ginny” Wood Susi
2929 Dorell Ave
Orlando, FL 32814
ginnysusi@gmail.com
Camille Simmons Smalling and
her husband were thrilled to welcome
a new baby girl on Christmas
Eve 2018. They were also excited
to catch up with Khadine Fisher
during the festive season.
Autum MatysekSnyder Fish’s
oldest Xavier turned 10, loves swimming
and playing the trombone,
Daisy, her daughter, is fierce and finishing
up her last t-ball season and
cannot wait to play softball. In April,
Autum met up with Merri Morris
Park, Megan Owens Thompson
and Sarah Lindsey in Williamsburg
for an amazing girls’ weekend. She is
happy to report she and Jeremiah are
doing great and are enjoying running
around with their children and traveling
whenever able.
Kelly Gibbons Schell added another
sweet addition to her family.
Asher Gibbons Schell was born on
March 7, 2019. He surprised them
by coming a few weeks before big
brother Rowan’s first birthday.
Erin Coleman and Lizzie moved
this year to a new apartment in the
greater LA area, closer to Lizzie’s
work. It came with a guest room
open to all visiting Sweet Briar girls!
She’s excited to announce that Lizzie
has been staffed as a writer on ABC’s
‘Blackish.’ Erin had fun performing
this year at the San Francisco
Sketchfest and the Chicago Funny
Women Festival. She continues to
teach and coach at several studios/
theaters around Los Angeles. Her
dogs are crushing it on all levels.
Anne Benham Willson and David
celebrated 14 years of marriage
in June. They have three children,
Maggie (10), Ellie (8) and Gus (6).
After being in college coaching for
14 years, David accepted the varsity
basketball coaching position at his
high school alma mater, Memphis
University School, in Memphis, TN.
Their family is grateful to be moving
closer to family in both Memphis
and Texas. She spent some time
with the great and good Grace Farnsworth
Loughhead and family in
January.
Ginny Wood Susi is still
shocked she’s married and living in
Orlando with her 3 kids and 2 tiny
nincompoops of dogs. She edited
class notes on her phone while her
husband drives to Maine for the
month of July. She’s looking forward
to seeing Breanne Liebering Wyman
tomorrow while she’s in the DC
metro area.
Jozanne Summerville is gaily living
her life in DC; Dancing, traveling
and working. She’s enjoying my new
role as Auntie JoJo Extraordinary.
Recently got a postcard from the
lovely Stephanie Gleason while she
was at reunion.
2006
Victoria Chappell Harvey
8618 Waldon Heights
San Antonio, TX 78254
victoria@gidgette.com
Nicki Brandt Turner and Brian
bought an old farmhouse in Loveland,
CO, where they live with numerous
chickens, ducks and their
rescue dog Gus. Nicki is still working
for the National Park Service
but was able to take some time off
to explore parts of southern Thailand
this spring. The Turners will be
welcoming their first little on in early
March 2020.
Jodie Kavanah Weber currently
lives in Northern Virginia with her
husband and 3-year-old son. This
past spring, she was promoted to her
dream position as regional asset protection
leader with CarMax. It’s been
an adventure traveling around the
country learning her new role!
2007
Emily N. Olson
5238 Lake Shore Drive
Waco, Texas 76710
emilynicoleolson@gmail.com
Megan Meighan Carlson and
her husband, Capt. Jon Elliott Carlson
recently celebrated the baptism
of their daughter, Sally Marine Carlson
at St. Mary’s Church in Balboa,
Panama and also celebrated her
first birthday on July 16. They are
renovating a house in the Panama
Canal Zone and hope to be living
in it within a year and look forward
to having Sweet Briar visitors! As
always, please reach out if you are
planning a trip to Panama!
Heidi Trude will be starting a
new job in Aug. 2019 as the French
teacher at Loudoun Valley High
School in Purcellville, VA. She’s
looking forward to this opportunity
and the changes it brings. Heidi
spent the summer presenting at state
and national conferences. This fall,
Heidi will present at ACTFL, the
premier convention for world language
educators, in DC.
Erica Kennedy McCallie is celebrating
11 years at the Tennessee
Valley Authority as a senior benchmarking
and enterprise performance
analyst. She loves giving back to the
community and is involved in many
volunteer activities educating young
people about careers in engineering
and the electric utility industry in
the Chattanooga area. She is also
involved in the mentoring and intern
program for financial services
for recent college graduates, and she
led the electrical engineering activity
table at a TVA sponsored event for
the Chattanooga Girls Leadership
Academy. Erica also serves as the
committee outreach chair for the
Chattanooga chapter of the Society
for Women Engineers (since Sept.
2018) and recently received the
Exceptional Leadership Award for
leadership duties above and beyond
expectations of duties as the committee
chair.
Maggie Saylor Patrick wrote,
“Last September I visited campus
and was so amazed at the change.
For the first time since 2015, it felt
like OUR Sweet Briar again —
maybe even better. President Woo is
incredible, and the new plan is going
really well.” Meanwhile, she started a
new job. Maggie changed careers and
left fundraising to be an organizational
researcher for Korn Ferry. In
May she had a hysterectomy and was
so grateful to Natalie Pye, who came
for a week to be her caretaker. She
writes, “Miss you all lots and hope to
see you soon!”
Whitney Wheeler is currently a
property manager with FCA Management,
LLC at Gateway West Uptown
Flats in Charlotte, NC.
In March, Morgan Roach Viña
transitioned from the U.S. Mission
to the United Nations in NYC to
the Pentagon as chief of staff for
international security at the Department
of Defense. Morgan, her
husband, Stephen, and their corgi,
Jackson, settled in Old Town Alexandria,
VA. and are loving their new
home. When she’s not dreaming up
overly ambitious home improvement
projects and hosting friends, including
Elizabeth Kilgallin ’14, Morgan
and Stephen make an effort to beat
the Northern VA, hustle and get
out of town (Note: McCall, Idaho
is quickly becoming the worst kept
secret). In March, Morgan spoke at
the Hoover Institute’s annual board
meeting, in June, she spoke at the
National Conference for the Network
of Enlightened Women on
women in national security, and in
July she was a featured guest lecturer
on political management at George
Washington University. Recently,
Morgan enjoyed dinner with Barbara
Denison ’60 at the Congressional
Country Club.
This spring Laura Schaefer
Grace and family welcomed Elizabeth
(Ellie) Grace to the world and
she came home in June. Meanwhile,
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her daughter, Maisie, is ready for kindergarten.
When Laura heads back
to work, she will continue to guide
the Oregon National Primate Research
Center’s participation in the
My Green Lab certification program.
She says, “Our campus will renew its
Green Business Award and, as part
of that, I’ll be leading our first effort
to complete a campus-wide GHG
emission inventory. Finally, as a relatively
new Sustainability Associate
through ISSP, I will be preparing for
the next step and taking my CSP
exam — wish me luck!”
Emily Wiley continues to live
and work in NYC and horses are
still a big part of her life. In May she
and a friend checked a big one off her
bucket list and went on a riding holiday
in Scotland. After spending two
days exploring Edinburgh, they took
a train up to Inverness, had a quick
look for Nessie and then continued
to the northeast coast where they
met up with Highlands Unbridled
who were their guides for the next
seven days. She writes, “We rode
from the east coast to the west coast
along a northern route, covering 130
miles on horseback. We got to gallop
on the beach and saw amazing scenery
and views while riding through
the mountains of the highlands. We
stayed at remote hotels, including
the most remote inn on mainland
Britain. I made sure I got a picture in
a Sweet Briar shirt so I could share it
with everyone. I highly recommend
the trip, feel free to contact me for
details!” Emily was also recently
elected Master of Fox Hounds at
her fox hunt, Windy Hollow Hunt,
where she has been riding her whole
life.
Danielle Briggs-Hansen moved
to Olympia, WA, in March, got engaged
to Jesse Chase in April and
will be getting married on Sept. 1!
I, Emily Olson, just finished up
my 5th and final year of high school
theatre teaching and directing. It was
a busy but exciting year. In April I
traveled to VA, on a whirlwind college
tour with my youngest sister,
Valerie. We stopped at Sweet Briar,
of course, and it was wonderful! In
June I traveled to Lacey, WA, for
the wedding of Sarah Kindschuh
to Kyle Garrison. It was beautiful!
After the wedding, I traveled down
to Portland, OR, where it was great
to catch up with two classmates,
Kimberley Battad and Rebekah
McSpadden Burger over dinner.
I then began a road-trip down the
Pacific Coast Highway from Cannon
Beach, OR, to Fort Bragg, CA,
with a friend. It was a fabulous trip!
In July I packed up and moved to
Waco, TX, where I am thrilled to be
starting an M.F.A. program in theatre
directing at Baylor University
in August. I look forward to a visit
from Eleanor O’Connor in my new
home this fall. If anyone else is traveling
to or through Waco, feel free to
reach out!
2008
Jessica Wilson
122 Berkshire Pl.
Lynchburg, VA 24502
henson08@sbc.edu
Lucy Sutherland Knaus has
been living and working in NYC
since graduation, using her Economics
degree as VP of sales and
production for Sweet Romeo and
Theo and Spence, a sweater and knit
top womenswear line. She is still best
friends with Natasha Bullard who
is also living and working in NYC
in Marketing. She currently mentors
FIT students, and has interns
throughout the year. She would be
happy to speak with any current or
former students interested in a career
in fashion! Go Bums!
Caroline Byrd Dozier and husband,
Blake (HS-C ’05) celebrated
10 years of marriage this past year
and welcomed their 4th child, David
Blake Dozier.
Alyson Napier Oseguera and
Mario Oseguera wed on June 23,
2018, in Chase City, Virginia.
Virginia Moncure Jamerson is
excited to announce that their family
is moving back to Richmond, VA
after 6 years of being in Washington,
D.C. They also welcomed their first
child, George, a year ago.
Rebecca Penny Humphrey is
still living in Grand Rapids, MI, with
her husband and daughter, Laurel
Anne Humphrey (15 months).
Jessica Wilson is still living in
Lynchburg, VA, with her husband
Mike and 3 children Michael (9),
Adalaide (5) and Rosalie (4). She
runs her online business from home
and is excited to be returning to
teaching this coming year.
2009
Jenny Walkiewicz Dill
13938 SW Crist Court
Tigard, OR 97223
Jenny.Dill11@gmail.com
Laura Cromwell is still living
in Denver and working for a digital
marketing agency which she
loves. She is currently in the throes
of her MBA program and trying to
survive accounting and finance. She
had an absolute blast at our 10-year
reunion, reconnecting with the incredible
class of ’09 and being back at
the Briar. No matter how much time
passes, it still feels like home!
Heather Theunissen Gregg
and her husband, Bradford, recently
moved to Leesburg, VA, in the heart
of wine and horse country. While
they both still work near Washington,
D.C. (and the commute can be a
doozy), they enjoy coming home to a
community that is walking distance
from local shops, farmers’ markets,
festivals and breweries! Heather still
works as an account/project manager
at Fathom Creative full-time,
teaches horseback riding lessons
part-time and promotes safer beauty
(for people and the environment!)
as a Beautycounter consultant parttime!
For fun, Heather dabbles in
the photography world and hopes
to get into lifestyle photography in
Northern VA in the future. Heather
and Bradford will be welcoming
their first child into the world, baby
boy Gregg, in Oct. 2019. They are
super excited for this new season
and can’t wait for all that is to come!
In the meantime, Heather and Bradford
have been taking advantage of
long-weekends and road-trips with
their 9.5 month-old Bernese Mountain
Dog, Bubba, up and down the
east coast from NC to ME, visiting
friends along the way. They even
went on an awesome babymoon to
multiple national parks out west in
NV, UT and AZ!
Kimberly Butterfield met up
with class mate Lucy Hankinson
in Dakar, Senegal in June while Kim
was visiting for work. She had dinner
with Lucy and her husband, Konrad,
and enjoyed learning about their adventures
in West Africa.
Maggie Nicholson was recently
accepted to Georgia Tech’s Master
of City and Regional Planning
Alyson Napier Oseguera ’08 and
Mario wed on June 23, 2018, in
Chase City, VA.
program and will begin classes in
fall 2019. Her studies will focus on
urban design, specifically the sustainability
impacts of public green
space within the urban environment,
and how the melding of architecture
and vegetation can create healthier,
happier urban places. This will compliment
her current master’s work in
Georgia State University’s historic
preservation program for which she
traveled to Cuba in May for a study
abroad course focused on the economic
impact of heritage tourism to
the island as well as its sustainability,
resiliency and urban agriculture initiatives.
Maggie recently moved to
Chamblee, GA, and is in the midst
of a historic home renovation.
Elizabeth Zuckerman married
Ned Kolpan on June 29 in Philadelphia,
PA. Caitlin Nealon ‘10, her
PnP sister, officiated the wedding.
Julia Patt, Jessica Baker and Cheryl
Seaver, who somehow survived living
with Liz senior year, were bridesmaids
in the wedding. They valiantly
rushed her to the indoor venue just
before it started to rain!
Lara Salyer D’Antonio graduated
from Eastern Virginia Medical
School in May with a master’s in
Healthcare Delivery Science. She
and her husband, Steven D’Antonio
(HS-C ’07), will be celebrating their
10th wedding anniversary in Oct.
They are expecting their 3rd baby in
early fall!
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Heather Theunissen Gregg ’09
with her husband Bradford.
Caitlin Nealon ’10 (center)
officiated the wedding of Elizabeth
Zuckerman ’09 (left) to Ned
Kolpanon June 29 in Philadelphia,
PA. Caitlin and Elizabeth were PnP
sisters at Sweet Briar!
Cherly Seaver ’09 (left), Jessica Baker ’09 (second from left) and Julia
Patt ’09 (third from left) were bridesmaids in the wedding of Elizabeth
Zuckerman ’09 to Ned Kolpan on June 29.
I, Jenny Walkiewicz Dill, have
been keeping busy chasing our
3.5-year-old daughter, Alexa, and
2-year-old German Shepherd,
Emma, around! This spring I was
blessed to enjoy family trips to Carmel,
CA, Wayzata, MN and the Big
Island of Hawaii. Over Memorial
Day weekend, I spent an amazing
three days in Scottsdale, AZ, with
Kathryn Brock Hankinson and
Alison Sims Courtney. As I’m sure
most of my Sweet Briar sisters will
agree, no matter how much time
passes these friendships never fade.
So lucky to still have these incredible
women in my life!
2010
Rosalie Morgan Louis
403 Whitney Ave.
New Haven, CT 06511
Rosalielouis02@gmail.com
Natasha Haugerud Boraas
married Matthew Stanley Van Donsel
H-SC ‘08 on May 21, 2019, in
Carsix, France. In attendance from
Sweet Briar were Lindsay Arnett ‘12,
Taylor Ryan, Andria Pasquel, Rosalie
Morgan Louis, Lindsay Arnold
and Lindsey Davis Aurigemma.
Natasha and Matt live in Minneapolis,
MN, where she works for 3M
and he works for Allina Health.
Lindsey Davis Aurigemma
married Erik Aurigemma on May
14, 2019, in a private ceremony in
Mallorca, Spain. They are enjoying
married life and recently purchased a
house in Brooklyn, NY.
Katie Dodge Taylor just welcomed
twin girls! Katie is already
planning 2 spots for Sweet Briar
Class of 2040. She is very excited to
have added to her family.
Kirsten Miller started a new
job with Dermatology Associates of
Virginia, and is looking into getting
her LPN or RN. She is still in Richmond
and enjoying it very much.
2011
Heather Marianne McTague
1065 Brennan Drive
Warminster, PA 18974
HMMcTague@gmail.com
Ebie Baker Starling married Jason
Starling on May 4, 2019. Amelia
McDaniel ‘94, Virginia Edahl
Molan ‘10, Maggie Balderston and
Nell Malbon were in attendance.
Ebie currently works with Amelia
at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in
Richmond, where so many amazing
Sweet Briar women are members!
2012
Carol Ferguson
978 Ravine Drive
Villa Hills, KY 41017
ferguson12@sbc.edu
Eleanor Bryant moved from
Alaska to Miami to work as a director
for global expeditionary ships
at Silversea. Eleanor runs and owns
an Airbnb in Savannah, GA, and is
currently heading to Monaco and
Singapore for extended work travel.
She recently worked expeditions in
Antarctica and Iceland, and hit her
50th country visited this year! She
also accidentally adopted the most
perfect dog in the world, HRH Ethel.
Eleanor still kayaks multi-days in
Alaska and Mexico frequently, does
stand-up comedy and eats as many
empanadas as possible.
Emily Prince defended her dissertation
this June as part of her clinical
and developmental psychology
Ph.D. at the University of Miami.
She is now leaving Miami after 5
years to complete a clinical psychology
internship at the University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill. There,
her primary rotation will be at the
Carolina Institute of Developmental
Disabilities.
Caroline Heltzel Overstreet
and her husband, Frank, have recent-
Natasha Haugerud Boraas married Matthew Stanley Van Donsel (HS-C
’08) on May 21, 2019. In attendance from Sweet Briar were Lindsay
Arnett ’12, Taylor Ryan ’10, Andria Pasquel ’10, Rosalie Louis ’10, Lindsay
Arnold ’10 and Lindsey Davis Aurigemma ’10.
Lindsey Davis Aurigemma ’10
married Erik Aurigemma on May
14, 2019.
Ellie Bryant ’12 operating zodiac
in Antarctica
fall 2019
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Victoria Ramsey ’13 with husband,
Drew, holding their newborn
daughter Eleanor
Cody Ann Gross ’13 welcomes
home husband from a deployment
with 2-month-old daughter Aven
and 1-year-old daughter Clover.
Jackie Montero ’13 and Ryan Sharpe were married on June 22, 2019,
at Sweet Briar College. Bridesmaids were (l-r) Emma Dittoe, Julie
Moorhead Devine ’13, Karen Montero (sister of the bride), Jessica
Vasquez, Lee Grove ’13 and Julie Dopheide Robinson ’13.
sbc.edu
ly PCSed to Fort Stewart/Savannah,
GA, for (at least) the next 2.5-3 years.
Otherwise, nothing too new to share
on her end! She’ll be looking for employment
and maintaining her ‘Silent
Rank’ while running ‘Household
6’ — Ha! If you’re passing through
the Savannah area, be sure to let her
know!
2013
Jackie R. Montero
jackiermontero@gmail.com
I am so happy to write that
Ryan Sharpe and I, Jackie Montero-Sharpe
were married on June
22, 2019, at Sweet Briar College in
the Memorial Chapel. Bridesmaids
were Emma Dittoe, Julie Moorhead
Devine, Karen Montero (sister of the
bride), Jessica Vasquez, Lee Grove
and Julie Dopheide Robinson. A
huge thank you to everyone at Sweet
Briar who made our day remarkable.
Ryan and I have also bought a house
in Goochland County and are enjoying
being back in Central Virginia.
Additionally, I have accepted the
position of director of international
enrollment at Fork Union Military
Academy.
Dani Humphrey Daniels writes
that “Lady Dani and Lord Tim” adopted
2 kittens in October 2018.
“Their names are Arya and Sansa of
#HouseDaniels. Fall is coming.”
Cristina Thomas accepted a position
as an assistant attorney general
for the State of Connecticut in
March of 2018. She works in the
child protection unit. She and her fiancé
are getting married on Aug. 24,
2019, at Cristina’s childhood home
in East Haddam, CT. They bought a
house last June where they live with
their 2 rescue puppies named Cato
and Flutie, a cat named Hamilton
and a bunny named Dil Pickle.
Scarlett Leigh Reel is teaching
and training at her horse farm, Magnolia
Lane Farm, operating 2 turkey
houses and working as an agronomist
for the Commonwealth of Virginia.
She and husband Clint and their 5
dogs are expecting our first child in
September 2019.
Victoria Mills Ramsey lives in
her hometown of Amherst, VA, with
spouse of 6 years, Drew Ramsey.
She has her MBA from the University
of Lynchburg and is a manager
at Genworth Financial. She enjoys
volunteering at her local elementary
school’s Girls on the Run program
as head coach. She and her husband
have welcomed their newest addition
to the family, Eleanor Grace Ramsey,
who was born on May 2, 2019.
Kate Macklin graduated in May
with her MS in parks, recreation and
tourism from the University of Utah.
She recently moved to CO where she
works for the Colorado Outward
Bound School and Colorado College
Outdoor Education.
2015
Lea Gray
2606 Hanover Ave Apt 2
Richmond, VA 23220-3540
graylm27@gmail.com
Allie Raifsnider and longtime
boyfriend Taylor are living just outside
Philadelphia and welcomed their
first baby boy, Bennett Hudson Eudy,
into the world in June. Chloe Bandas,
Sarah Cooper and Courtney Kockler
Jefferson joined Allie’s family and
friends to help celebrate at her baby
shower in May — love an excuse to
get together with great friends! After
a difficult delivery, mom and dad are
loving their new normal, and the dog
and cat have warmed up to the idea
too!
Arielle Sperrazza Morgan has
had lots of changes this year. She got
married on June 15 in Warrenton,
VA. “My husband and I bought a
house in Manassas, VA. I will now be
teaching in Fauquier County Schools
as a special education teacher.”
Ryan Sharpe and Jackie Montero-
Sharpe ’13, in front of the Sweet
Briar bell tower
Allie Raifsnider ’15 and Taylor Eudy welcomed Bennett Hudson Eudy on
June 24.
Chloe Bandas, Allie Raifsnider,
Sarah Cooper and Courtney
(Kockler) Jefferson ’15 came
together over Memorial Day
weekend 2019 to celebrate Allie’s
baby shower.
Verena Joerger ’15, Sarah Yarber ’15
and Christina Zaranka ’15 joined
Kaitlin Schaal ’14 in Frauenfeld,
Switzerland, on May 24, 2019, to
celebrate her wedding to Gilles Pütz.
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HONOR ROLL OF DONORS
2018-2019 • JULY 1, 2018–JUNE 30, 2019
VISIONARY SOCIETY
The Visionary Society recognizes and honors
our largest donors with gifts in one year totaling
$1,000,000 or more.
The Honorable and Mrs. William Lee Lyons
Brown, Jr. (Alice Cary Farmer Brown ’59)
Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Fitzpatrick III (Kelley
Manderson Fitzpatrick ’85)
Mr. and Mrs. Fred B. Griffin (Elizabeth Pearson
Griffin ’62)
Keenan Colton Kelsey ’66
Luke 6:38 Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Olan Mills II (Norma Patteson
Mills ’60)
Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Mitchell (Virginia Cates
Mitchell ’63)
Mr. and Mrs. Heinz K. Simon (Allison
Stemmons Simon ’63)
Nan Stuart ’75
MONUMENT SOCIETY
The Monument Society recognizes and honors
donors with gifts in one year totaling
$500,000-$999,999.
Community Foundation of Greater
Chattanooga, Inc.
Mills Fund at the Community Foundation of
Greater Chattanooga, Inc.
DELL SOCIETY
The Dell Society recognizes and honors donors with
gifts in one year totaling $100,000-$499,999.
Anonymous
Charla Borchers-Leon ’81
Mrs. Caroline Casey Brandt ’49
Estate of Ruth Simpson Carrington ’21*
Anne Taylor Quarles Doolittle ’78
Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund
Winborne Leigh Hamlin ’58
Martha C. Holland ’72
Holland-Iribe Family Foundation
Jessie Ball duPont Fund
Edward J. Kelly III
Estate of Nanci Hay Mahoney ’54*
Tracy Scheriff-Muser
Stemmons Foundation
The Hadley and Marion Stuart Foundation
Jamie L. Tokich
Doctors Glenn and Gilberte Van Treese*
W. L. Lyons Brown, Jr. Charitable Foundation
Claude Becker Wasserstein ’82
COLUMN SOCIETY
The Column Society recognizes and honors donors
with gifts in one year totaling $50,000-$99,999.
Martin S. Brown*
Donna Pearson Josey Chapman ’64
Community Enterprises, Inc.
Laura W. Evans ’79
Sally Mott Freeman ’76
Sarah Dabbs Fryer ’72
Gay Hart Gaines ’59
Allison Roberts Greene ’81
Kathryn Trogdon Hightower ’67
Josey Foundation
Katherine W. Bienvenu Charitable Trust
The Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation
Jeanne Morin
Kay Parham Picha ’70
Estate of Gail Garner Resch ’72*
Roller-Bottimore Foundation
Letitia Sanders ’62
Mr. Albert H. Small
Stephanie Dance Tancredi ’90
Mildred Newman Thayer ’61
The Atticus Trust
Georgene M. Vairo ’72
Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges
Elizabeth C. Walbridge ’72
Charlotte Heuer Watts ’57
* Donor Deceased
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FOUNTAIN SOCIETY
The Fountain Society recognizes and honors donors
with gifts in one year totaling $7,500-$49,999.
The Al Stroobants Foundation
Margaret Ryan Ale ’76
Anonymous (4)
C’Anne Anderson ’68
Sarah G. Babcock ’83
Bama Rags Recordings, LLC
Ann Ritchey Baruch ’62
Mary Brush Bass ’62
Leslie Basten and David D. Basten
Beryl Bergquist ’71
Sarah Porter Boehmler ’65
Emily Black Burns ’01
The Honorable and Mrs. William J. Cabaniss, Jr.
(Catherine Caldwell Cabaniss ’61)
Charles L. and Carter D. McDowell Charitable
Fund of the Community Foundation for a
Greater Richmond
Mr. Dixon Wallace Christian
Kate Roy Massie Christian ’64
Clara Weiss Fund
Component Fund of the Community Foundation
for a Greater Richmond advised by Mr. and
Mrs. Clarke H. Crenshaw
Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham
Bonnie Cord ’66
Cord Charitable Foundation
Carol Tanner Cover ’43
The Covington Family Fund of the Community
Foundation for a Greater Richmond
Lucy H. Coyle ’79
Flora Cameron Crichton ’46*
Anne Frothingham Cross ’66
Susan Andrews Cruess ’79
Laura L. Crum ’79
Betty Rae Sivalls Davis ’58
Estate of August F. Davis* (Virginia Cummings
Davis ’42*)
Dixon W. and Kate Roy M. Christian Fund
of the Community Foundation for a
Greater Richmond
Jane R. Dure ’82
Estate of Henrianne Early ’13*
Lucy Boyd Lemon Edmunds ’63
Heather Colson Ewing ’90
Fiduciary Charitable Foundation
Flora Cameron Foundation
Florence S. and William J. Cabaniss Advised
Fund of the Community Foundation of
Greater Birmingham
Carol McMurtry Fowler ’57
Frances and John Morse Charitable Fund, a
donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment
Charitable Gift Fund
Frank and Mary Roach Fund of the Community
Foundation for a Greater Richmond
Martha Stewart Fruehauf ’80
Caroline Chobot Garner ’54
Eileen P. Gebrian ’72
Louise Jones Geddes ’84
Susan Stephens Geyer ’74
Maj. Gen. L. H. Ginn III H’55
(Kathleen Button Ginn ’55*)
Robert L. Gipson
Sarah Giddens Glenday ’69
Ann Martin Gonya ’85
Ann Winfree Gooch ’66
Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Gooch
Greater Washington Community Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Carson Geddes Greene
Claire Dennison Griffith ’80 and
Luther T. Griffith
Mary Sutherland Gwinn ’65
D. Maybank Hagood
Hampton Roads Community Foundation
Cassandra Streett Hamrick ’66
Mary Elizabeth Hannah ’62
Adelaide H. Hapala
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Harlow
The Harrison Foundation
Ashton Williams Harrison ’75
Eleanor Frank Hazard ’81
Katherine A. Hearn ’85
Estate of Dorothy Compton Marks
Herbruck ’51*
Sandra G. Herring ’74
Katharine Pauley Hickok ’72
Ann Ramsey Hill ’78
Mr. and Mrs. Leverett Hubbard, Jr.
John and Sarah Freeman Foundation
Lucy Kiker Jones ’43*
Judith Haskell Brewer Fund of the Community
Foundation for a Greater Richmond
Judy W. Sargent Gift Fund, a donor advised fund
of Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund
Jane Johnson Kent ’48
Jo Ann Soderquist Kramer ’64
Helen Murchison Lane ’46
Laurel Charitable Trust
Deirdre A. Leland ’68
Elizabeth Wray Longino ’78 and
G. George Longino III
Luther and Claire Griffith Foundation
Susan Jahn Mancini ’64
Marie G. Dennett Foundation
Mary E. Hannah Charitable Gift Fund
of TIAA Charitable Inc
Antonia Bredin Massie ’77
Cornelia Long Matson ’58
Matthew & Genevieve Mezzanotte Foundation,
Bank of America, N.A., Trustee
Ashley Harper Matthews ’96 and Dave Matthews
McNair Currie Maxwell ’63
Gay Reddig Mayl ’55
Mary Lee McGinnis McClain ’54
Margaret Graves McClung ’53
Estate of Aimee Des Pland McGirt ’47*
Rebecca Towill McNair ’60
Margot Saur Meyer ’60
Makanah Dunham Morriss ’66
Frances Kirven Morse ’68
Mountain Laurel Foundation
Gillian Munson
Munson White Family Fund,
a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment
Charitable Gift Fund
Jane W. Nelson ’66
Newcastle Foundation
Norfolk Southern Foundation
Cynthia Wilson Ottaway ’57
Elizabeth Rowland Overmyer
Mary Hamilton Parsons ’78
William M. Passano, Jr. H’55 (Helen Addington
Passano ’55*)
Joanne Holbrook Patton ’52
Stanley F. and Dorothy Pauley
The Pauley Family Foundation
Perkins-Prothro Foundation
Charlotte Prothro Philbin ’95
Susan B. Piepho
The Piepho Charitable Fund
of Vanguard Charitable
Katherine Irene Polevitzky ’93
Elizabeth Dykes Pope ’83
Patricia P. Pusey ’60
Louise Weston Rainey ’74
Mr. and Mrs. Robert McElwee Rainey
Ann Wesley Ramsey ’75
Bettie Katherine Arnold Reed ’64
Estate of Lucy Giles Richey ’61*
Elizabeth Beltz Rowe ’48
Mason Bennett Rummel ’83
Judith Welton Sargent ’59
Mr. and Mrs. Whitney G. Saunders
(Ellen Harrison Saunders ’75)
Sweet Briar College Alumnae Club of Atlanta
Cecil Collins Scanlan ’63
Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving
Marshall Metcalf Seymour ’64
sbc.edu
* Donor Deceased
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R. Anne Pankoski Sherman ’96
Jane Reeb Short ’74
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Smiley
Southwestern Energy
Elynor Neblett Stephens ’57*
Mary Lane Bryan Sullivan ’58
Grace E. Suttle ’60
Christina A. Svoboda ’84
Marianne Oliveri Svoboda ’60
TIAA Charitable Inc
Tianaderrah Foundation
Teresa Pike Tomlinson ’87
Gail Rothrock Trozzo ’64
Sally Gipson Tully ’69
Anne Hinshaw Vanderweil ’68
Vanguard Charitable
The Wade H. and Teresa Pike Tomlinson
Fund, a component fund of the Community
Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley
Marion F. Walker ’72
Judith Atkins Wall ’61
Katherine G. Warner ’95
Betty S. Weiss
Wells Fargo & Co
Hedi Haug White ’64
Wendelin A. White ’74
William M. Bird & Co., Inc. Endowment of
Coastal Community Foundation of SC
The William and Salomé Scanlan Foundation
Winnie and Davis Hamlin Gift Fund, a donor
advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable
Gift Fund
Ariana Jones Wittke ’46
Woodland Foundation
Cecilia Kirby Wraase ’74
Wraase Family Foundation of Greater
Washington Community Foundation
Susan Snodgrass Wynne ’72
Wynne Family Fund of Hampton Roads
Community Foundation
BOXWOOD CIRCLE SOCIETY
The Boxwood Circle Society, Sweet Briar’s oldest gift
society, recognizes and honors donors with gifts in
one year totaling $2,500-$7,499.
Anne Ellice Adam ’62
Leslie Carson Albizzatti ’90
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Alford, Jr. (Courtney Blair
Banton Alford ’87)
Kristy Winstead Anderson ’98
Anonymous (2)
Victoria Leigh Archer ’81
Jan Huguenin Assmus ’69
Barbara Gracey Backer ’71
Sally Twedell Bagley ’67
Bank of The James
Brenda Muhlinghaus Barger ’65
Nella Gray Barkley ’55
Victoria Bates ’74
Jane Roulston Beaver ’62
Colleen Bradley Bell ’89
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carlyle Benjamin
Bryan Alphin Bente ’69
Kristin Farris Bergquist ’03
Betty Gill Ware Charitable Trust, a donor
advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable
Gift Fund
Drusilla Hall Bishop ’78
Clare Newman Blanchard ’60
Blanchette Chappell Maier and Frank H. Maier,
Jr. Fund of the Community Foundation for
Greater Atlanta
Elizabeth Rodgers Boyd ’84
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin C. Boylston
Boylston Family Fund of Coastal Community
Foundation of SC
Amy Gibbs Brown ’99
Antoinette Christian Brown ’78
Mary Lanman Brown ’50
Rosamond Sample Brown ’64
The Bruce Ford Brown Memorial Trust
Margaret Price Bruno ’83
Ethel Ogden Burwell ’58
Cathy and Dennis Foose Charitable Fund, a
donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment
Charitable Gift Fund
Carla Pellegrino Cabot ’84
L. Clay Camp, Jr.
Ann Sheldon Campbell ’51
Suzanne Jones Cansler ’63
Rew Price Carne ’59
Eugenie Carr ’68
Carrie S. Camp Foundation, Inc.
Georgia Graham Carroll ’66
Elizabeth Dickson Frenzel Casalini ’82
Heather L. C. Aspinwall Chiles ’95
Mr. and Mrs. F. Hudnall Christopher, Jr.
(Claire Cannon ’58)
Glenys Dyer Church ’73
Mara Wegerski Ciciarelli ’03
Nan Robertson Clarke ’73
Jeannette Singleton Cloyd ’75
Virginia Upchurch Collier ’72
The Comegys Bight Charitable Foundation
Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
Deborah Carroll Conery ’49
Deidre S. Conley ’72
Connie Burwell White and William W.
White Foundation
Nancy Webb Corkery ’81
Jane Ellis Covington ’60
Ann Kiley Crenshaw ’76
Nannette McBurney Crowdus ’57
Thomas I. Crowell (Mary Wheat Crowell ’42*)
Scheline H. Crutchfield
Jane McKenzie Davis ’03
Christine Witcover Dean ’68
Janet Myers Deans ’77
Direxa Dick Dearie ’67
Virginia S. deBuys ’64
Stephen Neal Dennis
Anne Kinsey Dinan ’68
Alice Warner Donaghy ’62
The Dorothy Kopmeier Vallier Foundation
Dianne Hayes Doss ’93
Diana Muldaur Dozier ’60
Alison Burnett Dunn ’98
Putnam Mundy Ebinger ’70
Martha Meehan Elgar ’67
Debra A. Elkins ’93
Ellen Mitchell Redd Foundation
Wendy Worthen Elliott ’79
David Ellis
Helen Scribner Euston ’65
Max G. Fink
Janna Staley Fitzgerald ’61
Anne Riordan Flaherty ’78
Cathy Patton Foose ’78
Four G’s Charitable Trust
Mary Carter Frackelton ’72
Mary Frank
Jane Hutcherson Frierson ’74
Natalie Roberts Funk ’66
Mrs. Judith F. Gager* and Mr. Forrest L. Gager, Jr.
Heather MacLeod Gale ’75
Virginia Del Greco Galgano ’64
Michele A. Gargano ’88
Ann Gateley ’70
Mary Ware Gibson ’83
Mark Whitney Gilkey
Suzanne Lockley Glad ’51
The Glenridge Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Carol Goodman
Jane Goodridge ’63
Valerie Gordon-Johnson ’74
Michelle Lennane Gorman ’89
Karen Greer Goss ’89
Gracey Stoddard Family Fund of Bank of
America Charitable Gift Fund
Patricia Paterson Graham ’79
Mary Pederson Grum ’65
* Donor Deceased
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H. Community Foundation of North
Central Wisconsin
The H. Dallon Weathers Family Fund of Coastal
Community Foundation of SC
Mary Elmore Harrell ’64
Elizabeth Trueheart Harris ’49
Caroline Camp Harrison ’07
Karen J. Hartnett ’70
Laurel Lea Harvey ’90
Martha Mattern Harvey ’64
Diane Hatch ’64*
Alison Huang and Jonathan Howe
Beverley Crispin Heffernan ’75
Susan Hemphill
Kathryn Barnes Hendricks ’70
Jacqueline Geets Henry ’92
The Henry Foundation
Henry Laird Smith Foundation
Anne Day Herrmann ’64
Jessica M. Hiveley ’97
Renate Weickert Hixon ’60
Ethel Ann Holladay ’83
Janet Storey Honick ’73
Lesley Bissell Hoopes ’68
Kathy Jackson Howe ’78
Jing Wang Huang ’68
Mary Jane Schroder Oliver Hubbard ’62
Carol Hays Hunley ’81
Ms. Elizabeth Hunter
Mary Pope Maybank Hutson ’83
IBM International Foundation
Jane Frierson Charitable Giving Fund, a donor
advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable
Gift Fund
Elizabeth Washabaugh Jarvis ’75
The Jill Moses Kohlmann/Jennifer Bach
Rosen Fund of The Greater New
Orleans Foundation
John S. and Katharine W. Orton Fund, a donor
advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable
Gift Fund
Grace Butler Johnson ’66
Ann Thrash Jones ’78
Deborah H. Jones ’84
Phyllis Watt Jordan ’80
Mary A. Kelley ’70
Mrs. Janet Kemp
Jean Felty Kenny ’53
Margaret Waters Keriakos ’67
Kathleen S. Kilpatrick ’74
Holly Caswell King ’92 and David King
Sally Old Kitchin ’76
Ann Stuart McKie Kling ’74
Cynthia Pierce Kohlenberger ’84
Florence Baldwin Langford ’81
Lanier Goodman Foundation
Mary Anne Van Dervoort Large ’57
Elizabeth Blackwell Laundon ’69
Mary Scales Lawson ’70
Ann Tremain Lee ’69
Debra Lee ’90
Roberta H. Lehet ’78
Colleen Kuebel Lewis ’84
Marcia Pace Lindstrom ’66
Brooke Allison Linville ’04
Elizabeth Johnston Lipscomb ’59
Susan Posey Ludeman ’80
Catherine A. Lumsden ’78
Christina Savage Lytle ’88
Margot Mabie
Mr. and Mrs. Brendan C. Magner
Helene Bauer Magruder ’57
Blanchette Chappell Maier ’73
Anne Baldwin Mann ’78
Matchstick Charitable Fund, a donor advised
fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable
Gift Fund
Elizabeth W. Matheson ’64
Donna and Stephen Maxwell
McCallum Family Foundation
Jennifer McCallum-Fulton ’92
Lenetta Archard McCampbell ’85
Deborah Koss McCarthy ’77
Martha Hoffman McCoy ’44*
Mary Lee McDonald ’65
Sarane McHugh ’81
Cynthia A. McKay ’78
Marjorie Rebentisch McLemore ’70
Dorothy Woods McLeod ’58
Tia Campbell McMillan ’66
Carol Vontz Miller ’68
Mr. and Mrs. William Sheppard Miller III
MDRT Foundation
Sue Lawton Mobley ’55
Morgan Stanley GIFT
Susan Lykes Mueller ’70
Elisabeth Muhlenfeld, President Emerita
Valeria Murphey ’71
Kathleen Bailey Nager ’53
Mary Johnson Nelson ’64
Mellie Hickey Nelson ’67
Mary Burwell Nesbit ’56
New York Community Trust
Margaret deLashmutt Newlyn ’62
Linda Sims Newmark ’60
Mr. and Mrs. Kent Newmark (Pat Winton
Newmark ’69)
Tennessee Nielsen ’76
Margaret Swann Norris ’45
Grace Mary Garry Oates ’64
Lamar Ellis Oglesby ’54
Gail Robins O’Quin ’67
Katharine Wilson Orton ’75
Shana-Tara Regon O’Toole ’95
Carol Barnard Ottenberg ’60
Kathryn Taylor Paine ’99
Kathleen “kp” Papadimitriou ’84
Mollie Archer Payne ’58
Kathleen Garcia Pegues ’71
Deborah Haslam Peniston ’66
Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance
Greta Barksdale Brown Peters ’66
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Pierce
Jeannette N. Pillsbury ’72
Susan Dern Plank ’73
Andria Calhoun Plonka ’67
Catherine Tift Porter ’44
Florence A. Powell ’80
M. Anne Powell ’88
Louise E. Pulizzi ’75
The Quarterdeck Foundation
Leslie Armstrong Ramsey ’72
Josephine England Redd ’64
Carol Reifsnyder Rhoads ’65
The Richard Foundation
Lynne Riley-Coleman ’64
Sarah Archibald Roberts ’83
Diana Robin ’57
Jennifer Bach Rosen ’88
Rouse-Bottom Foundation
Traylor Rucker ’65
Frances Dornette Schafer ’70
Scion Natural Science Association, Inc.
Jane Russo Sheehan ’52
Hannah J. Silva ’05
Jana Portman Simmons ’82
Sarah Garrison Skidmore ’56
Elizabeth Gallo Skladal ’58
Susan Hendricks Slayman ’60
Ellen S. Smith ’87
Martha Schley Kemp Smith ’12
Wendy Weiss Smith ’71
Erin E. Sobotta ’99
Christina Spada ’89
Susan Spurrell Andrews ’91
Anne Stanley ’64
Nancy Sanders Starr ’46*
Tracy L. Steele ’92
Jessica Steinbrenner ’86
Mr. and Mrs. Brad Steinle
sbc.edu
* Donor Deceased
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DONOR HONOR ROLL
Mary Page Stewart ’78
Gracey Stoddard ’67
Katherine Haskell Subramanian ’63
Kay Pierce Sugarbaker ’93
Meredith Thompson Sullivan ’74
Virginia Wood Susi ’04
Anne Allen Symonds ’62
Katherine Upchurch Takvorian ’72
Ann B. Tedards ’70
Jane (Kitchie) Roseberry Tolleson ’52
Virginia Hudson Toone ’53
UBS
The UBS Donor-Advised Fund of the National
Philathropic Trust (NPT)
Holly Silsand Ulrich ’81
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Margaret West Valentine ’55
Valerie Gordon-Johnson & Doug Johnson
Charitable Fund, a donor advised fund of
Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund
Vincent S. and Nancy P. Jones Advised Fund 1 at
the Rochester Area Community Foundation
Vincent S. and Nancy P. Jones Advised Fund 2 at
the Rochester Area Community Foundation
Katherine Kummer Varughese ’03
Jane Tatman Walker ’60
Wendy Igleheart Walker ’78
Carolyn Jones Walthall ’71
Walthall-Jones Family Charitable Fund of
Vanguard Charitable
Anne English Wardwell ’65
Betty Byrne Gill Ware ’55
Margaret Smith Warner ’58
Carolyn Judy Weathers ’66
Pamela S. Weekes ’83
Wendy C. Weiler ’71
Jane Feltus Welch ’55
Leigh Ann White ’86
Nancy C. White ’79
Mr. Thomas E. White
Pamela Hellmuth Wiegandt ’64
Elizabeth Colwill Wiegers ’59
Cassandra Whaling Wierman ’85
Patricia Wilder ’63
Elizabeth Harley Willett ’84
Lois Peterson Wilson ’26*
Florence Barclay Winston ’57
Winston-Salem Foundation
Meredith Woo
Diane Duffield Wood ’57
Shannon M. Wood ’87
Dana Dewey Woody ’58
Gwendolyn Wray-Samans ’01
Nancy Hickox Wright ’68
Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp ’68
Lizora Miller Yonce ’59
The Yonce Family Fund of the New York
Community Trust
Margaret Mapp Young ’67
Suzanne Weaver Zimmer ’85
DONOR SOCIETY
The Donor Society recognizes and honors the
importance of donors with annual gifts
under $2,500.
Margaret Dally Abate ’99
Louise Brandes Abdullah ’54
Angela Conklin Abell ’96
Dorothy J. Abernathy ’11
Christen Anderson Abernethy ’89
Jessica A. Abramson ’08
Accutype Services, Inc.
Melissa Jill Ackerman ’87
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Ackermann
The Ackermann Foundation
Act for Alexandria
Park Adams
David P. Adams
Phoebe DeFoe Adams ’52
Priscilla Powell Adams ’78
Dr. and Mrs. Robert John Adams
Susan Finn Adams ’86
Pearl Riggan Adamson ’66
Natalie Brown Adee ’96
Mr. and Mrs. L. Parker Harrell, Jr. (Adele Vogel
Harrell ’62)
April Adelson ’86
Aetna Foundation, Inc.
Claire Therese Affleck ’03
Brooke D. Agee ’09
Mary Frances Oakey Aiken ’71
Deborah Butteri Akers ’77
Ramona K. Akins ’77
Amy Mosher Albair ’01
Erin A. Alberda ’01
Anne Chapin Albert ’83
Cecilia Albert ’72
Heather Pirnie Albert ’82
Kristy Alderson ’73
Harriet McNair Alexander ’86
Lillian Norburn Alexander ’65
Susan R. Alexander ’63
Kristin Kuhns Alexandre ’68
Alicia Allen ’97
Aline Payne Allen ’59
* Donor Deceased
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Julia Hunt Allen ’63
Mr. and Mrs. Kent Allen
Susan Norton Allen ’72
Alliance Data
Christine Carl Allison ’99
John and Renee Allison
Holly Pflug Allport ’84
Jean Meyer Aloe ’63
Mr. David Alter
Nessim A. Al-Yafi ’97
Loring Harris Amass ’70
AmazonSmile Foundation
Beverley Sharp Amberg ’65
Julia Kientz Ambersley ’01
American Express Company and AXP Political
Action Committee
Thomas Ammons III
Jane Yardley Amos ’63
Alicia D. Anderson ’97
Cynthia Bekins Anderson ’73
Harriet Bielitsky Anderson ’81
Jana Bekins Anderson ’59
Judith B. Anderson
Judith Ruffin Anderson ’57
Lisa Aumiller Anderson ’96
Lucy Otis Anderson ’63
Harriette Hodges Andrews ’53
Jean Andrews Gasarian ’72
Joelle M. Andrews ’06
Catharine Hubbard Andry ’85
Caroline Curme Angelica ’79
Lea Osborne Angell ’63
Anonymous (16)
Aoife’s Closet, LLC DBA Life’s A Beach
AON Corporation
The Ann and Frank Cahouet Foundation
Ann Sinsheimer Charitable Gift Fund, a fund of
The Community Foundation San Luis
Obispo County
Florence Pye Apy ’53
Deborah Pollock Arce ’73
Laura M. Arceneaux ’92
Toni Santangelo Archibald ’80
Joanna D. Arias ’75
Heather Thomas Armbruster ’98
Mona Thornhill Armistead ’65
Laura Warren Armstrong ’93
Mark Armstrong
Armstrong Family Foundation
Lindsay S. Arnett ’12
Julie O’Neil Arnheim ’61
Richard Arnheim
Emily Spivey Arnold ’15
Frazier Miller Aronhalt ’96
Mr. and Mrs. George Arsnow
Corinne Davies Asakevich ’07
Lucinda Converse Ash ’47
Jade N. Ashley ’20
Laurel LeStrange Ashley ’91
Lauren Ashwell
Allison Davis Atkinson ’00
Amanda Atkinson ’00
Ellen Howard Attar ’83
Barbara Kent Attie ’69
Amelia Dudman Atwill ’96
Hannah G. Atwood ’14
Simone Aubry ’61
Marjorie Whitson Aude ’57
Dr. and Mrs. D. C. Augustine, Jr.
Margaret H. Aurand ’64
Aline Hope Carter Avery ’94
Diana Jordan Avery ’98
Ayco Charitable Foundation
Elizabeth Groves Aycock ’96
Nursat I. Aygen ’76
Cassandra Smith Babbitt ’78
Michelle L. Badger ’06
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Dennis Badger
Blyth Steere Bailey ’79
Linda Wallace Bailey ’66
Mary K. Bailey ’17
Mr. and Mrs. R. Russell Bailey
Susan Lazarus Bailey ’85
Robyn Bailey Orchard ’86
Anne Goebel Bain ’82
Edith Ann Baird ’78
Barbara Baisley ’92
Elizabeth Beach Baker ’69
Elizabeth R. Baker ’11
Lella Baker
Olivia Chaplin Baker ’81
Paul and Joanna Baker
Victoria J. Baker ’67
Laura Pearson Balach ’04
Ann Works Balderston ’76
Mr. and Mrs. David W. Balding
Dorothy Tobin Baldwin ’44
Kathryn Renaud Baldwin ’78
Mary Dixson Baldwin ’67
Pamela Larson Baldwin ’64
Jennifer Jarvis Ballard ’93
Mary Fran Brown Ballard ’49
Kathleen Peeples Ballou ’55
Baltimore Community Foundation
Marilyn Hopkins Bamborough ’49
Bank of America
Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Patricia Carroll Bankenstein ’74
Mary Newton Banks ’77
Dorothy A. Bannish ’55
Mr. Julian W. Banton
Charlotte R. Barbour ’16
Ms. Patty Barbu
Michelle Storey Barclay ’03
Jean Beard Barden ’78
Jeanne Stoddart Barends ’54
Ashton Barfield ’64
Rebecca Carter Barger ’81
Kathy Primm Fons Barkley ’87
Carol V. Barlow ’83
Jane S. Barnes ’68
Kristin D. Barnes ’08
Lisa Thompson Barnes ’88
Susan M. Barney ’98
Florence Rowe Barnick ’80
Lani Barovick
Carroll Randolph Barr ’67
Kate Clay Barret ’66
Anne A. Barrett
Cynthia Noyes Chilton Barrett ’92
Vicky A. Thoma Barrette ’65
Christina Chubb Barrille ’04
Kelsey Rae Barta ’15
Chantel N. Bartlett ’98
Dede T. Bartlett
Sarah Embrey Bass ’70
Sarah Young Bass ’95
Dixie Boring Bassett ’68
Karen Herschbach Bates ’59
Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Battad
Kimberley J. Battad ’07
Melissa Halstead Baugher ’86
Patricia Sadtler Baxter ’67
Susan Dwelle Baxter ’64
Robin L. Bayless ’80
Myth Monnich Bayoud ’80
Martha Isdale Beach ’54
Marianne Muse Beard ’60
Mona Wilson Beard ’51
Carol S. Bebb ’74
Brandi Beck ’90
Nancy Neighbors Becker ’57
Jeanne Fenrick Bedell ’57
Page Breakell Beeler ’79
Josie Erin Beets ’00
Robin E. Behm ’79
Megan E. Behrle ’09
Irene Pschorr Belknap ’63
Mr. and Mrs. Alex W. Bell
Phyllis Schulman Bell ’76
sbc.edu
* Donor Deceased
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Ruth Marshall Bell ’67
Sylviane P. Bellamy
Melissa Jean Bellan ’00
Cynthia A. Beller ’04
Frances Mantho Belliveau ’82
Sophie MacKenzie Belouet ’68
Mary Littlejohn Belser ’53
Karen Alex Bender ’79
Josephine Benedek
BenefitFocus Fund of Coastal Community
Foundation of SC
Jacquelin Stevenson Bennett ’67
Lea Sparks Bennett ’83
Jean Spillane Benning ’90
Heidi A. Benson ’05
Sally Ann Sells Bensur ’79
Nancy Crawford Bent ’69
Pamela Burwell Benton ’68
Linda H. Berenberg
Leslie Malone Berger ’83
Stephanie Lee Berger ’91
Leslie Bergman ’82
Amanda Priddy Berkey ’90
Lynne Miller Bernard ’76
Susan Terjen Bernard ’63
Mary Dance Berry ’08
Claudia K. Berryhill ’72
Sara Gump Berryman ’64
Justine E. Betzler
Karen R. Bewick ’75
Anne Traynor Biasiolli ’04
Eleanor B. Bibb ’83
Lisa Henderson Bice ’82
Joan Moore Biddle ’64
Sidney Albers Bieser ’10
Krista Biggs ’89
Devon Vasconcellos Bijansky ’99
Laura D. Billings ’96
Katrina Ann Balding Bills ’97
Janet Whitehurst Binder ’75
Anne Carr Bingham ’67
Elisabeth Brawner Bingham ’51
Jeanne Schaefer Bingham ’73
Edith Lasher Birch ’64
Nan C. Bird
Mr. Franklin T. Birdsall, Jr.
Leslie Ludwick Bires ’80
Ana Serrano Black ’83
Regan J. Blackwood ’02
Barbara Blair
Kendall T. Blake
Jacqueline Israel Blakeslee ’68
Patricia H. Blanchard
DeAnne Blanton ’85
Lynn Carol Blau ’63
Denise Landau Blind ’88
Cynthia Craig Bliss ’66
Joan Clinchy Blood ’65
Ann Young Bloom ’59
Victoria Vidal Blum ’85
Jo Ellen Lenoir Blunk ’75
Mrs. Daniel L. Boardman
Susan Christine Bobb ’00
Veronica Boda
The Boeing Company
Patricia Ashby Boesch ’58
JoAnn Bogolin ’89
Carol Lynn Searles Bohrer ’82
Ici Ollison Bojarczyk ’89
Diane Dunaway Boles ’82
Robert Bolton
Sydney Elizabeth Bolton ’14
Martha Neill Boney ’72
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Windsor Bonham
Mrs. Robert J. Bonini
Mr. and Mrs. R. Michael Bonnell
Mary Ames Booker ’82
Mary Morris Gamble Booth ’50
Jody N. Booze-Daniels ’79
Natasha Haugerud Boraas ’10
Mary Green Borg ’64
Susan Desmet Bostic ’72
Christa Perry Boston ’96
Saralee Cowles Boteler ’79
Mary Blair Both ’65
Elizabeth Harder Botzis ’93
Desiree M. Bouchat ’83
Martha L. Boudreau ’79
Christine Davis Boulware ’77
Glory McRae Bowen ’67
Edith McRee Bowles ’74
Kay Diane Moore Bowles ’57
Deborah Ohler Bowman ’70
Elizabeth Williams Bowman ’72
Ellie Donahue Boyd ’08
Elinor Plowden Boyd ’74
Patricia Brown Boyer ’49
Lee Carollo Boyes ’78
Susanna D. Boylston ’87
Jessica Dennig Bozymowski ’99
Ms. Derby D. Brackett
Sarah Longstreth Bradley ’77
Deborah Purvis Bramhall ’93
Carlisle Morrissett Branch ’44
Barbara A. Brand ’71
Dorothy Wetzig Brand ’71
Elizabeth Sprague Brandt ’84
Ann Hallsey Brandt ’16
Rachel A. Bratlie ’99
Alison Brown Breene ’01
Jenny Kelsey Breining ’79
Susanne O’Neill Turner Brennan ’83
Madeline Adelle Brewer ’10
Martha J. Brewer ’69
Anne S. Briber ’69
Rod and Janet Brickey
Jamee Thompson Briggs ’94
Mr. Richard O. Briggs
Brighton Jones LLC Corp
Kay A. Brimijoin
Phyllis Herndon Brissenden ’55
Claire Marie Cieszko Britt ’83
Beatrice Totten Britton ’65
Kathleen D. Britton ’70
Mary Jane Hipp Brock ’70
Ms. Anne E. Brodie
Allison Egbert Brokaw ’78
Margaretta Bredin Brokaw ’70
Joan Eltonhead Bromley ’73
Ashley Wilson Brook ’79
Anne C. Brooke ’54
Frances Bailey Brooke ’38*
Kathryn Ewald Adams ’79
Nicole Hlusko Brooks ’90
Rhoda Allen Brooks ’71
H. Virgina Pennel Brooks ’66
Bonnie Chronowski Brophy ’74
Anne Carter Brothers ’63
Leslie Wilkinson Brotman ’78
Karen T. Brott
Brianna Boswell Brown ’82
Elizabeth Huggins Brown ’83
Ellen Apperson Brown ’72
Ellen Hagan Brown ’81
Ellen Moseley Brown ’71
Emily McNally Brown ’72
Mr. Harold G. Brown
Jean Rushin Brown ’69
Carrie M. Brown and John Gregory Brown
Kathleen McNamara Brown ’02
Laura Lee Brown ’63
Mary Jo Biscardi Brown ’86
Mary Perkins Traugott Brown ’45
Nancy Dixon Brown ’63
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Brown
Sharon Ingham Brown ’84
Susan Glasgow Brown ’64
Wendy Norton Brown ’71
Gay Elizabeth Kenney Browne ’82
* Donor Deceased
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Amanda Cash Browning ’07
Shirley Poulson Broyles ’54
Mary Landon Smith Brugh ’57
Patricia O’Malley Brunger ’75
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Brunson
Ann-Barrett Holmes Bryan ’49
Jean C. von Schrader Bryan ’82
Amanda Prine Bryant ’08
Cecilia A. Bryant ’68
Cecilia Bryant Gift Account, a donor advised
fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable
Gift Fund
Cdr. and Mrs. Michael L Bryant, USN, PE
Sara H. Brydges ’67
Julia Watts Buchanan ’59
Isabel Deprosper Bucher ’74
Margaret Tucker Buck ’02
Marilyn Meyers Buckey ’68
Nina Wilkerson Bugg ’60
Gretchen L. Buis ’69
Mr. and Mrs. Clive H. Bullard
Sidney Cauthen Bullard ’93
Dr. Bobby Stieh Bulls
Marie Ironmonger Bundy ’51
Susan L. Bundy ’73
Isabel Ware Burch ’60
Emily M. Burke ’06
Joan Phelps Burkett ’56
Courtney Lynn Burkey ’01
Julianne C. Burkhardt ’87
Wynn Cole Burr ’96
Anne Cogswell Burris ’75
Rebecca Burt ’76
Susan Heitmiller Busch ’78
Terese DeGrandi Busch ’76
Kathryn M. Buster ’68
Mr. and Mrs. David M. Butcher
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Butcher
Jill E. Butcher ’97
Cornelia Radford Butler ’76
Evelyn Day Butler ’66
Helen Pruitt Butler ’84
Kimberly Shrader Butterfield ’09
Linda Williams Buttrill ’70
Mary Buxton Buxton ’73
Virginia Claus Buyck ’83
Jean Shaw Byrne ’65
C. B. Fleet Company
Jennifer Brodlieb Cacioppo ’92
Jeanette Rowe Cadwallender ’79
Margaret Wadman Cafasso ’61
Mr. and Mrs. David Cahoone
Ann Walsh Cahouet ’54
Mrs. Craig J. Cain
Eugenia Dickey Caldwell ’65
Evelyn B. Caldwell
Louise Phinney Caldwell ’60
Tysha Noel Calhoun ’94
Rushton Haskell Callaghan ’86
Emily Virkus Calle ’98
Laura Mixon Camacho ’83
H. Stuart Camblos ’70
Anne Richards Camden ’69
Rose Thomas Camp ’74
Amy Leigh Campbell ’97
Benita B. Campbell
Dana Varnado Campbell ’93
Illona Petrovits Campbell ’74
Ms. Jean Campbell
M. Lin Campbell ’66
Mary Johnson Campbell ’58
Melanie H. E. Campbell ’06
Susan Graham Campbell ’81
William and Lynnette Campbell
W. D. Campbell Insurance
Paige Vaught Campion ’96
Nancy Hanger Canada ’81
Jodi and Gary Canfield
Ann Arnspiger Canipe ’69
Mary Noble Caperton ’54
Capital Concrete
Chelsea Capizzi-Walsh ’08
Anthony Caprio
Betty Noland Caravati ’63
Jonita E. Carder ’74
Hallie Powell Cardwell ’78
Lucy Kreusler Carey ’50
Eithne Broderick Carlin ’80
Karen Holland Carlisle ’91
Carrie Ruda Carlsen ’78
Catherine Dillingham Carlson ’63
Dudley Pender Carlson ’58
Martha Baum Carlton ’62
The CarMax Foundation
Frank J. Carnabuci III
Barbara Hastings Carne ’69*
Victoria White Carpenter ’72
Carolyn and Lemuel Hewes Account, a donor
advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable
Gift Fund
Alison E. Carr ’08
Katherine M. Carr ’98
Catherine Lanter Carrick ’96
Mary Woltz Carrison ’70
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Carroll
Lee Huston Carroll ’64
Sigrid Zirkle Carroll ’93
Victoria McCullough Carroll ’84
Abigail Carter ’89 and Eric Rudenshiold
Ann MacDonald Carter ’97
Anne Babson Carter ’61
Eleanor Jane Wells Carter ’83
Jessica Anne Carter ’04
Joan Carter
Mr. and Mrs. Maculey Carter, Jr.
Carter-Barger Family Fund of the Community
Foundation of Gaston County, Inc.
Vera LeCraw Carvaillo ’64
Ellen Reed Carver ’85
Amelia Gray Casey ’61
Caitlin E. Cashin ’07
Katherine Connors Cassada ’86
Elizabeth Gantt Castles ’82
Jennifer Taylor Catano ’02
Elizabeth Stanly Cates ’63
Elizabeth Brewer Caughman ’70
Ashley Celis Cavalier ’93
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Cavalleri
Mary E. Cave ’53
Miriam Choi Cave ’06
Elaine Horton Cavener ’65
Mr. Paul Chaconas
Sarah Chaffee Paris ’96
Jacqueline Razook Chamandy ’52
Bettye Thomas Chambers ’62
Champion Plastics
Nell G. Champoux ’05
Jamila Hyder Champsi ’80
Janna McLarty Chandler ’96
Kristin M. Chapdelaine ’08
Kenneth Chappelle
Lynn Mather Charette ’86
Charities Aid Foundation of America
Wendie Charles Charles ’11
Charles Jago Elder Foundation, Inc.
Charles M. Caravati Foundation
Charles Lee Smith, III Family Fund of Triangle
Community Foundation
Charles S. and Beth D. Baldwin Advised Fund,
a donor-advised fund of The Winston-Salem
Foundation
The Charlotte H Herbert Fund
of Vanguard Charitable
Charis Lease-Trevathan Chase ’06
Danielle F. Briggs-Hansen ’07
Katharine Barnhardt Chase ’67 and
Robert L. Chase
Lee Anne MacKenzie Chaskes ’83
Cynthia Manning Chatham ’75
Mr. and Mrs. James Allan Chatt II
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Cherna
Courtney Warrick Cherna ’84
sbc.edu
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Annette Teng Cheung ’79
Chevron Products Company
Patricia Chick
Mary Montgomery Childers ’72
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Chope
Sharon Bradford Christhilf ’65
Patricia F. Christian ’89
Ingrid Christner ’79
Lt. Col. and Mrs. Wallace G. Christner
Barbara Little Chuko ’64
Ginger Ryon Church ’85
Melissa Cicotello ’99
Sandra Ahern Cimons ’83
Sharon Van Cleve Cipriano ’64
Citizens Charitable Foundation
Citrix Systems, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce E. Clark
Edith Knapp Clark ’58
Eileen Stroud Clark ’65
Laura Morrissette Clark ’85
Lynn Adams Clark ’61
MJ Clark ’15
Nancy Hamel Clark ’52
Temma Clark-Braverman ’10
Elizabeth Hodges Clarke
Ms. Jennifer Clarke
Katherine Wood Clarke ’65
Kirkland Tucker Clarkson ’53
Lucile McKee Clarkson ’69
Mr. and Mrs. David R. Clayton
Jan Schnibbe Cleary ’75
Carol E. Clement ’75
E. Anne Clement ’78
Sarah Preston Clement ’75
Kristin K. Clemons ’99
Heather Tully Click ’70
Joan Dabney Clickner ’91
Clifton Foundation, Inc.
Barbara Darnall Clinton ’56
Mr. and Mrs. John Christopher Clough
Cailey N. Cobb ’20
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Cobb
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Cochran
Vereen Coen
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard James Coffey
Sara J. Coffey ’06
Sheila Cohig
Harriotte Bland Coke ’48
Christopher Colburn
Alexandra Carpenter Cole ’58
Lucy Darby Cole ’78
Stephanie Ewalt Coleman ’67
College For A Day In Colorado, Inc.
Stephanie Alford Collett ’84
Virginia Marks Collier ’92
Ann H. Collins ’76
Anne Collins ’96
Cissel Gott Collins ’72
Mrs. Karen R. Collins
Kelly Collins Lear ’96
Elaine Dies Colmer ’57
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Colvin
C. Victoria Coxe Commander ’64
Community Foundation of Gaston County, Inc.
Community Foundation of North Florida
The Community Foundation of Western
Carolina, Inc.
Nancy Lenihan Conaty ’73
Mr. and Mrs. Martin J. Conley
Anne White Connell ’54
Barbara Tragakis Conner ’85
Christine Strous Conner ’63
Elizabeth Snider Conner ’98
Catherine Louise Connor ’77
Jocelyn Palmer Connors ’62
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Connors ( Jocelyn Palmer
Connors ’62)
Marion Thorington Conover ’58
Cynthia M. Conroy ’74
Tara L. Conte ’03
Elizabeth Moore Conti ’78
Maureen Conway ’71
Hilary Cooper Cook ’05
Mr. and Mrs. James B. Cook
Joan Kells Cook ’55
Katherine Cook ’94
Louise Mueller Cook ’79
Foy Roberson Cooley ’65
Susan Stevens Cooley ’57
Barbara Bush Cooper ’81
Dale A. Cooper ’61
Elizabeth B. Cooper ’05
Gloria J. Cooper
Harriet Y. Cooper ’56
Jill Haden Cooper ’67
Mr. Leslie Kent Cooper
Octavia Wood Cooper ’68
Anne Peyton Cooper ’50
Christine Francis Copeland ’71
Meredith Cope-Levy
Dr. and Mrs. Kevin Coppersmith
Madeleine Blanchard Corbo ’89
Martha Tisdale Cordell ’82
Maria Corpora
Caroline F. Corum ’88
Elizabeth Meyer Costello ’74
Cary Lamond Courier ’62
Melinda Treutle Courtland ’79
Mary Cowell Sharpe ’79
Evelyn Carter Cowles ’73
Mr. Frederic H. Cox, Jr.
Lenore L. Cox ’78
Virginia Baldwin Cox ’69
Mr. and Mrs. William B. Craddock
Susan M. Craig ’73
Virginia S. Craig ’78
Craig and Emily Wall Family Foundation
Molly Rogers Cramer ’81
Mr. and Mrs. Page D. Cranford
Rose Toppin Cranz ’75
Mackenzie R. Crary ’18
Margaret A. Craw ’72
Virginia Ramsey Crawford ’59
Martha Baird Boxley Creasy ’85
Lisa C. Crego ’92
Emily Gooch Crenshaw ’70
Kelly Crist ’06
Michael Crites
Cutler Bellows Crockard ’72
Susan Bronson Croft ’64
Susan Brush Croft ’68
Faith Rahmer Croker ’54
Sally L. Croker ’92
The Cromarty Foundation, Inc.
Laura K. Cromwell ’09
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Cromwell
Margaret Reeder Crosbie ’64
Martha Stewart Crosland ’71
Bruce Croushore
Lynne Smith Crow ’64*
Katherine Nicole Crowder ’03
Katherine T. Clarke ’09
Crum Charitable Foundation
Sherrill Milnor Crump ’70
Ameka Reeves Cruz ’01
Stacey Vilar Csaplar ’88
Emily Ward Culp ’64
Culter Charitable Account, a donor advised fund
of Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund
Electa Hoffman Culver ’68
Mr. and Mrs. William K. Curling
Molly Currens ’89
Jaquelin Ambler Cusick ’57
Robin R. Cutler ’66
Caroline T. Czarra ’22
Penelope Czarra ’75
Mrs. Charlotte Gmelin Dabney
Gerald Dackin
Alexandra G. Dagher ’17
* Donor Deceased
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Suzanne Gay Dailey ’83
Daks Nongkran
Bergen Hall Daley ’95
Elizabeth Day Dalrymple ’78
Claudette Harloe Dalton ’69
Shannon L. Dalton
Susan Holbrook Daly ’70
Mr. James R. V. Daniel
The Daniel Kress and Patty Glick Fund of
Vanguard Charitable
Pamela Boyd Daniel ’68
Roberta T. Daniel
Rebecca Klauder Danziger ’85
Mary Landon Darden ’74
Linda Manley Darling ’85
Page Darney ’98
Lisa Buckingham Darr ’95
Jane R. Davenport ’70
Elizabeth Ripley Davey ’47
Katherine Robison Davey ’83
David and Deana Sullivan Fund,
a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment
Charitable Gift Fund
Mr. and Mrs. James Davidson
Lisanne Purvis Davidson ’78
Nancy Daugherty Davidson ’82
Amy Calandra Davis ’90
Holly Chaikowski Davis ’61
Carolyn Foster Davis ’75
Elizabeth Haeberle Davis ’01
Gina Pollock Davis ’89
Ret. Col. and Mrs. James W. Davis, Jr.
Julia Brooke Davis ’81
Lisa Heisterkamp Davis ’80
Mary Reynolds Davis ’84
Michael R. Davis, Jr.
Jacqueline A. Dawson
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Day
Constance Williams de Bordenave ’68
Calvert G. de Coligny, Jr.
Amanda de Coligny ’68
Mary Donaldson De Figard ’68
Georgia Riley de Havenon ’68
Jennifer Grimm de Mello e Souza ’92
Donna J. Mateski De Sanchez
Rapti M. de Silva ’88
Jean Lindsay de Streel ’58
Morgan Nicole Deal ’16
Monica F. Dean and Robert A. Steckel
Toni Duffield Dean ’88
Polly Plumb deButts ’52
Emily Kitchel DeCamp ’83
Ellie Spivey Decker ’67
Dianne Delledera ’80
Marlene Weber Delledera ’81
Delta Air Lines
Marianna V. deLyon ’13
Victoria Hutcheson DeMichele ’91
Margaret T. Dempsey ’84
Debrah L. Denemark ’70
Suzanne M. Denning
Sarah Strapp Dennison ’10
Hannah G. Denson ’22
Emily Marie Dent ’12
Hilda H. Dent ’76
Elise Wachenfeld dePapp ’55
Beverley Birchfield Derian ’59
Rolfe Joyner DeShazor ’82
Mr. Christopher Davis Desloge
Mary Dubuque Desloge ’75
Mr. Patrick Henry Dessart
Lynne Gardner Detmer ’68
Susan C. Detweiler ’88
Eva M. Devine ’81
Linda C. DeVogt ’86
Pamela J. DeWeese
Ms. Caroline Dewey
Cassidy Jones DeWitt ’11
Amanda Diamond Ring ’98
Corin A. Diaz ’19
Adriana Beckman Diaz-Farias ’89
Jennifer L. Dick ’07
Rebecca Dick
Eleanor L. Dickinson ’95
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence F. Dickson
Eleanor Griggs Diemar ’66
Ann King Dietrich ’53
Elizabeth and Luther Dietrich
Jenny Walkiewicz Dill ’09
Leigh Darrell Dillon ’06
Yennifer Dineen
Alice Elizabeth Dixon ’82
Emily Pitts Dixon ’71
Louisa S. Dixon ’75
Mrs. Joseph M. Dixon, Jr.
Meredith Dixon
Alice V. Dodd ’65
Vincent J. Doddy
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Carlton Dodge
The Dodger Fund of the Baltimore
Community Foundation
Angelique Milone Dodson ’03
Emily B. Dodson ’18
Ms. Margaret Dodson
Lee Foley Dolan ’96
Brooke Thomas Dold ’71
Margaret S. Doley ’94
Dominion Resources, Inc.
Elizabeth Kyle Donahue ’82
Misty D. Donathan ’99
Ann Thomas Donohue ’54
Michele Dore ’74
Joelle Jackson Doss ’98
Douglas G. Lindsey Giving Account, a donor
advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable
Gift Fund
Tria Pell Dove ’64
True Dow ’80
Ethel Burwell Dowling ’82
Barbara Bolling Downs ’64
sbc.edu
* Donor Deceased
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Joan Lamparter Downs ’58
Sarah Margaret Doyle ’09
Dr. and Mrs. Marc Carpenter Fund, a donor
advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable
Gift Fund
Kathleen Walsh Drake ’72
William B. Drake, Jr.
Elizabeth White Drbal ’77
Patricia Markle Dresden ’65
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas John Dresing
Ellen Clare Gillespie Dreyer ’83
Lynne Higgins Dreyer ’86
Lucy Elizabeth Drinkwater ’15
Marion West Dripps ’69
Amy Ayers Peck Driscoll ’92
Susan Page Driver ’66
William and Kathy Dubishar
Judy Loving Dudley ’73
Donna M. Duff
Jeanne Duff ’53
Roberta Ellen Duffie Fritz ’89
Anne Merriman Duffy ’86
Jane Yoe Duggan ’53
Anne R. Duguid ’60
Ann Plumb Duke ’58
Maria Shields Duke ’76
Melanie C. Duke ’91
Susan Hancock Duke ’73
Duke Energy Foundation
Mimi Galloway Duncan ’42
Anne Fisher Duncklee ’59
Cathleen Brooke Dunkle ’85
Barbara Baur Dunlap ’68
Dunlap Williamson Youmans Fund of the
Community Foundation of Central
Georgia, Inc.
Elizabeth Space Dunn ’59
Helen C. Dunn ’64
The Dunn Foundation
Sonja Gruhl Dupourque ’90
Catherine Meacham Durgin ’57
Helen Masters Durham ’81
Annette C. Dusenbury ’97
Mr. and Mrs. Donald S. Dusenbury
Courtney A. Dwyer ’16
Elizabeth Walker Dykes-Steib ’54
Meredith Taylor Eads ’01
Paula K. Eanes
Marie Engel Earnhart ’82
Brentz Basten East ’05
Erin Wright East ’00
Melissa C. Eaton ’96
Virginia Eldridge Eaton ’70
Lynne Manov Echols ’71
C. Cliff Edahl, Sr.
Donna H. Edgerton ’68
Mary Evans Edwards ’64
Mildred A. Edwards ’20
Anne Wrightson Efird ’63
Leslie Eglin ’84
Mr. and Mrs. James G. Ehlen, Jr.
Cynthia Seiler Eister ’76
El Mariachi
Harriet Thayer Elder ’52
Virginia Jago Elder ’53*
Leslie Smith Elger ’63
Patricia Littleton Eliades ’83
Elise W. dePapp, M.D. Fund,
a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment
Charitable Gift Fund
Mr. and Mrs. David S. Elkins
Caroline Robinson Ellerbe ’56
Jordyn L. Elliott ’17
Jacqueline Littell Ellis ’58
Sarah Baxter Ellison ’75
Pamela Koehler Elmets ’80
Andrea Dickson Elu ’93
Margaret Jenks Emerson ’68
Hannah Davis Emig ’83
Emily and Zach Smith Donor Advised Fund of
the Foundation For The Carolinas
The Employees Charity Organization (ECHO)
of Northrop Grumman
Dana Dotten Endacott ’78
Alan M. Engler
Jane Campbell Englert ’57
Kenneth A. Englund
Sarah Colhoun Engram ’79
Kathy Knox Ennis ’60
Catherine Erickson
Katherine Taylor Erickson ’80
Nancy Erickson
Mary Jane Eriksen Ertman ’51
Louise Wright Erwin ’79
Maria Ward Estefania ’69
Eva and Calvert de Coligny Fund of Community
Foundation Serving Western Virginia
Mrs. Betty A. Evans
Carol Brewer Evans ’75
Julia Johnson Evans ’73
Rebecca Dane Evans ’78
Teresa Lear Evans ’74
Virginia Brent Evans ’65
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard L. Everett
Melinda Brown Everett ’68
Chloe Briscoe Ewalt ’73
ExxonMobil Foundation
Simone Margaret Faas ’14
Genevieve and Tim Fadool
Marianne C. Fahs ’71
Keri L. Falk ’11
Patricia Dolph Fallon ’84
Paula Kilbourne Steers Farese ’93
Tabb Thornton Farinholt ’59
Mary Anne Calhoun Farmer ’66
Suzanne Gipson Farnham ’57
The Family Associates Inc. Fund of
Vanguard Charitable
Anne Marie Farrell ’87
Sarah Engleby Farrell ’86
Lenora L. Farrington ’94
Mr. and Mrs. Rodger W. Fauber (Ann Sims
Fauber ’64)
Kory Aldrian Faulkner ’92
Lisa Koob Fawcett ’89
Nancy Banfield Feher ’64
Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Fein
Phyllis Feddeler Fejzuli ’83
Margaret Mather Feldmeier ’71
Kimberly Harden Fella ’00
Laura Penick Felt ’66
Mary Jane Roos Fenn ’54
Carol Holbrook Ferguson ’12
Frances McClung Ferguson ’80
Laura Marie Ferrazzano ’88
Alice Mighell Foster Ficken ’65
Sarah Kalber Fiedler ’66
Nicole J. M. File ’95
Robyn Peckol Filimaua ’96
The Filling Station
Shelbie Brooke Filson ’91
Elizabeth Finfeis
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest G. Fine
Linda S. Fink
Mary Fleming Willis Finlay ’66
Gretchen Smith Finley ’93
Susan Bassett Finnegan ’54
June Eager Finney ’49
Kirkland Wohlrab Fiorella ’04
Leslie Hertz Firestone ’82
Elizabeth Fisch
Ulrike M. Fischer ’90
Autum MatysekSnyder Fish ’04
Robin Bettger Fishburne ’96
Grace Jones Fishel ’52
Elizabeth Potts Fisher ’75
Elizabeth Weil Fisher ’47
Libby Glenn Fisher ’83
Frances Butt Fisher ’66
Susan Croker Fisher ’84
Diana Howard Fisketjon ’83
Linda A. Fite ’67
* Donor Deceased
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Martha Field Fite ’56
Mr. and Mrs. Gary M. Fitton
Charlotte Marie Prassel FitzGerald ’82
Fitzgerald Family Charitable Fund, a donor
advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable
Gift Fund
Libby Harvey FitzGerald ’68
Margaret Handly Fitzgerald ’67
Emily FitzHugh ’61
Stephanie Stitt Fitzpatrick ’81
Catherine Flaherty ’80
Heather Willson Flaherty ’84
Jacqueline Weiner Flaherty ’98
Elizabeth Engelsmann Flanigan ’82
Mary-Linda Morris Flasche ’94
Margery E. Fleigh ’64
Carey Johnson Fleming ’78
Marion Lucas Fleming ’61
Catherine Watjen Flemings ’59
Judith Brown Fletcher ’71
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Charles Florio
Lucile Redmond Flournoy ’82
Ann McCullough Floyd ’58
Susan Seitz Jackson ’02
Abby E. Flynn ’72
Jennie Lyons Fogarty ’68
Judy Schlatter Fogle ’67
Carol Remington Foglesong ’71
Janet Foley
Stacey Foraker
Jeanne Brassel Ford ’68
Patricia Lynas Ford ’51
Sarah Ford
C. Ashley Forehand Oakley ’05
Leigh McDonald Forrester ’78
Deborah Blair Forrey ’84
Margaret White Forsberg ’90
Thomasin A. Foshay ’93
Dabney Bragg Foshee ’77
Joanne O’Malley Foster ’52
Sally Bianchi Foster ’50
Barbara Childrey Fowler ’61
Kathleen J. Fowler ’02
Anne Gwinn Fox ’57
May Humphreys Fox ’70
Theresa Walters Fox ’96
Ms. Ann Edwards Fragale
Ms. Sandy Fraley
Alexandria S. Francis ’74
Eugenia Francis
Frank and Ann Sidles Charitable Fund of the
Lincoln Community Foundation, Inc.
Daun Thomas Frankland ’74
Page E. Franson ’87
Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Franson
Catherine Gornto Freeman ’92
Ms. Monica G. Freeman ’73
Nancy Powell French ’62
Rebecca Nelson Freudigman ’94
Kristen Noelle Frey ’16
Mrs. Eric G. Friberg
Kelleigh Klym Friesen ’90
Nancy R. and Stephen P. Friot
Mary Stockburger Fritzges ’88
Caroline Bailey Fritzinger ’50
Deborah A. Fritzler
Rex Fritzler
Betty Works Fuller ’72
Fuller Family 1620 Fund of The Chicago
Community Foundation
Kimberly Wood Fuller ’80
Patricia I. Fuller ’71
Sheila Nolan Fuller ’66
Penn Willets Fullerton ’66
Gail Sims Furniss ’64
Ria Fyffe-Freil ’11
Carolyn Gabel-Brett ’63
Chesley Phillips Gaddis ’03
Rebecca L. Gagne ’16
Deborah Walz Gaither ’84
Anne Crow Galanides ’91
Jaimie Del Monte Galbreath ’92
Susan Soriero Galbreath ’67
Carol Provence Gallivan ’73
Joan Fisch Gallivan ’56
Marianne Schultz Galt ’68
Betsie Meric Gambel ’73
Gambel Communications, LLC
Ann Mountcastle Gamble ’51
Lynn Crosby Gammill ’58
Charles Richard Gamper, Jr. (Maria Rixey
Gamper ’78*)
Mary Goodwin Gamper ’78
Mr. and Mrs. Lanny Gantz
Kristin Palbicke Garces ’06
Gardeners of the Junior League of
Washington DC
Bridget Wray Gardner ’79
Mr. and Mrs. Ray L. Garland
Carolyn Garneau
Elza Long Garnett ’72
Heather Ayers Garnett
M. Lee Garrison
Mary Moore Garrison ’78
Mary Cox Garry ’83
Virginia Carson Garver ’41
Virginia Woodward Gast ’73
Barbara Gastel
Frances Diane Dilworth Gates ’80
Gay Owens Gates ’77
Patricia Frawley Gates ’59
Ms. Dawn Gatewood
Tracy Gatewood ’83
Laura Powell Gatling ’96
Katrina Evans Gatti ’88
Kelly Turney Gatzke ’99
Jill E. Gavitt ’97
Nancy E. Gavitt
Anne Pinckney Gay ’63
Karen Greer Gay ’74
Mary Bryan Gay ’72
GE Foundation
Genevieve Hammel Geer ’50
Constance A. Gehrman ’91
Heather Minor Gelormine ’02
The Generosity Trust
Victoria Bradley Gentry ’12
Thomas W. George
Georgia Power Company
Allison A. Gerber ’98
Edward R. Gerber
Lucy Martin Gianino ’60
Nancy Corson Gibbes ’60
Margaret Works Gibbs ’51
Cynthia Livingstone Gibert ’63
Janet Nelson Gibson ’72
Katherine Artley Gibson ’83
Susan Roessel Gibson ’69
Melissa J. Giggenbach ’96
Anne Green Gilbert ’69
Barbara McCullough Gilbert ’52
Nancy Hawbaker Gilbert ’58
Penelope Walsh Gilbert ’72
Elizabeth Gilgan Bianco ’94
Anne Kilby Gilhuly ’55
Gerald Gill
Jill Berguido Gill ’67
Robert M. Gill
Mary McGuire Gilliam ’47
George and Melanie Gillies
Cheryl Bishop Gilman ’90
Weezie Blakeslee Gilpin ’73
Nancy Young Gilpin ’71
Edith Dobyns Gilson
Gilson Investments, Inc.
Tracy Worthington Ginn ’89
Edward J. Ginty
Marion Phyllis Girard ’69
Leigh Glaeser
Ashley Wheeler Glass ’96
Glaxo Wellcome, Inc.
Courtney Yerdon Gleason ’03
sbc.edu
* Donor Deceased
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Jane Piper Gleason ’74
Stephanie Gleason ’04
Mary Elizabeth Ryan Glenn ’78
Gwen Maureen Fisher Glew ’91
Patricia S. Glick ’86
Susan Hill Glick ’68
Gail Nancy Glifort ’86
Laura Hand Glover ’86
Barbara Glynn
Elizabeth Freeman Goetz ’78
Mr. and Mrs. Victor R. Gold, Jr.
Kathleen Anne Golden ’77
Nancy L. Golden ’81
Goldman Sachs & Co.
Laura Radford Goley ’52
Rebecca Frost Good ’77
Wayne Stokes Goodall ’48
Barbara Paulson Goodbarn ’83
Barbara Ross Goode ’62
Lucy Regester Goode ’51
Janice van den Heuvel Goodman ’86
Elizabeth Williams Gookin ’44
Helen Milner Gordon ’77
Patricia Groesbeck Gordon ’46
Tarl Gordon
Margaret Laurent Gordy ’78
Cheryl L. Gorman ’84
Mary Murchison Gornto ’69
Anne Evans Gorry ’64
Mary Ann Gosser
Patricia Roby Gotfredson ’84
Jane E. Gott ’70
Claire Christensen Goves ’96
Anna Nicolaisen Graham ’04
Dale Shelly Graham ’72
Kathryn Keys Graham ’72
Pamela Cogghill Graham ’74
Sara E. Granath ’68
Mercedes Gravatt Grandin ’72
Jo Gulick Grant ’50
Priscilla R. Grant ’83
Anne Lee Gravely ’62
Mr. and Mrs. Greg G. Gray
Lea Marie Gray ’15
Lendon F. Gray ’71
Mr. and Mrs. Michael K. Gray
Rachel Cooper Gray ’96
Beth Hodgkins Green ’89
Clara Barton Green ’89
Elizabeth Duggins Green ’86
Elizabeth Miller Green ’68
Mary Polk Green ’82
Mr. and Mrs. William D. Green
Virginia Chamblin Greene ’55
Susan E. Greenwald ’71
Kelly Bowman Greenwood ’98
Katherine LaRoche Greer ’68
Greer Family Foundation
Jennifer Anne Gregg ’91
Mary Shine Gregg ’62
Catharine Toomey Gregorie ’84
Elizabeth M. Gregory ’02
Marian Finney Grenn ’82
Mary E. Gress ’68
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bruce Grey
The Greyson and Garland Tucker Charitable
Fund of the National Christian
Foundation Carolinas
Greyson Lucas Designs
Ann Crowe Griffin ’66
Annabeth Griffin ’18
M. Keating Griffiss ’60
Mr. Jeff Griffith
Leza M. Griffith ’89
John Grigsby
Courtney Kneece Grimm ’89
Cecelia Williamson Grinstead ’68
Dawn Everett Grobe ’98
Alexandra F. Grobman ’12
Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Grobman
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Groesch
* Donor Deceased
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Marie Pickering Grose ’61
Betsy Shure Gross ’62
Ila Lane Gross ’62
Susan Griffith Grossman ’77
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Grover
Gryphon Financial Partners
Isabelle Viguerie Gsell ’86
Lindsay Drake Guenther ’04
Camelia Washington Gunn ’89
Barbara Sublett Guthery ’62
Sheila Miller Guttenberg ’95
Lottie Lipscomb Guttry ’56
Brigitte C. H. Guttstadt ’52
Percy Clarke Gwinn ’68
Mary Koonz Gynn ’56
Ann Morton Young Habliston ’82
Leah Marie Haes ’16
K. Ellen Hagan ’81
Jane Eastin Hager ’67
Margaret C. Hager
The Rev. and Mrs. Donald F. Hague
Nancy H. Haight ’75
Barbara M. Hale ’60
Gabrielle Fraser Hale ’65
L. Pryor Hale ’65
Alison S. Hall ’97
Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas Hall
Elizabeth Nott Hall ’86
Kate Hall ’97
Kelly E. Hall ’95
Metta Streit Halla ’55
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Malcolm Halliday, Jr.
Jennie Bateson Hamby ’76
Elizabeth Taylor Hamilton ’69
Jeanne Bounds Hamilton ’61
Hamilton Community Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Hammock
Mary M. Hammock ’08
Patricia M. Hammond
Frances G. Hanahan ’64
Elizabeth Wood Hancock ’63
Jeanette Kennedy Hancock ’55
Juliet Young Hancock ’65
Sudie Clark Hanger ’42
Richard P. Hankins, Jr.
Elizabeth Becton Hannah ’84
Anne Edmunds Hansen ’82
Brendy Reiter Hantzes ’81
Mary Beverley Taylor Haque ’73
The Harbor Foundation
Elisabeth Sartor Harden ’68
Margaret May Harden ’73
Dr. and Mrs. Byron B. Harder
Jean Mann Hardesty ’72
Carolyn Gough Harding ’60
Rosemary C. Hardy ’82
Susan Negaard Harley ’78
Heather Riegel Harper ’83
Sandra Elder Harper ’58
Sarah Jennings Harper ’11
Kara Elizabeth Harpham ’17
Harrell Charitable Gift Fund, a donor advised
fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable
Gift Fund
Terrell Luck Harrigan ’81
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip R. Harrill ’66
Lynn Prior Harrington ’58
Elizabeth Harris
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey P. Harris
Jennica A. Harris ’08
Kathryn H. Harris ’70
Mary C. Harris ’99
Mary Lawrence Harris ’79
Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Harris, Jr.
Trudy Harris
Harris Foundation
Katherine G. Harrison ’56
Martin Leigh Harrison
Penelope Parker Hartline ’84
Nancy Laemmel Hartmann ’52
Deborah R. Harvey ’82
Donna Hoogland Harwood ’99
Kristen Lisa Summers and
Joel St Claire Hasbrouck
Connie G. Haskell ’70
Anne Mobley Hassett ’87
Mary Patterson Hatcher ’84
Mr. and Mrs. Jack J. Hatfield
Anne Booth Hauser ’64
Meghan M. Hauser ’03
Kathryn L. Haw ’92
Emily B. Hawk ’18
Penny Oliver Hawkins ’68
Judith Williams Hawthorne ’79
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon B. Hayden
Louise L. Hayman ’70
The Haynes-Eskrigge Fund of The Community
Foundation of Western Carolina, Inc.
Caroline Chappell Hazarian ’09
Camilla Reid Hazlehurst ’68
Elizabeth Sutton Healy ’65
Ann B. Hearin ’59
Ramona Achterberg Heers ’01
Barbara Cain Hegarty ’73
Jaime L. Heimbegner ’04
Elizabeth Biggar Hellmuth ’74
Susan Calhoun Heminway ’58
Courtney Lammers Hemmer ’97
Maria Wiglesworth Hemmings ’67
Ann Stewart Matthews Hemphill ’68
Katrina Groat Henchman ’61
Achsah Easter Henderson ’50
Anne Johnston Henderson ’62
Henderson Foundation
Rickey L. Hendricks ’68
Shirley Pinson Hendricks ’03
Mayde Ludington Henningsen ’48
Vida Henry-Fonseca ’84
Stephanie Giles Hensley ’07
Catherine Goodhart Henson ’77
Gillian M. Heptinstall ’73
Anna Fines Herbert ’03
Charlotte Hoskins Herbert ’67
Carlisle Adams Hernandez ’10
Dr. and Mrs. Rafael E. Hernández
Heather Hernandez-Theis ’95
Alexandra Herrera ’11
Fred Deen Herring (Helen Chapman
Herring ’61*)
Ann Banks Herrod ’68
Jessica R. Crowley ’96
Deborah and James Hershman
Karen Goodspeed Hertlein ’84
Kristin Herzog ’70
Hannah E. Hesser ’10
Elizabeth G. Hester ’79
Anne Willis Hetlage ’56
Carolyn Mapp Hewes ’69
Trienel Ahearn Hickman ’92
Karla Kennedy Hicks ’85
Jill A. Higginbotham ’94
Elizabeth Simpson Hilberts ’81
Brandi Whitley Hilder ’99
Elizabeth Hill ’67
Eve L. Hill ’86
Latané Spencer Hill ’89
Leslie Elbert Hill ’74
Mary A. Hill ’00
Melissa Henning Hill ’99
Preston Hodges Hill ’49
Susan Sudduth Hiller ’66
H. Therese Robinson Hillyer ’83
Cynthia Hague Hineline ’98
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Hines
Abigail Phillips Hinga ’96
Cameron Cox Hirtz ’88
Nancy Collier Hitchins ’65
Katherine Cole Hite ’88
Melissa Schoen Hitt ’85
Dorothy Duncan Hodges ’57
Mr. and Mrs. Emory Melvin Hodges
Linda Schwaab Hodges ’65
sbc.edu
* Donor Deceased
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Elizabeth Carper Hoffman ’54
Katherine Cooper Hoffman ’91
Louise Chapman Hoffman ’61
Sally Thomas Hoffman ’66
Katherine M. Hoffner ’84
Ms. Deborah K. Hogan
Meaghan K. Hogan ’14
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hoilman
Jennifer Frost Holden ’86
Katherine Judd Holland
Lucie Stevens Holland ’82
Paula Hollingsworth-Thomas ’74
Elsbet Smith Hollywood ’04
Bridget O’Reilly Holmes ’83
Margaret Millender Holmes ’63
Emily Moravec Holt ’70
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney G. Holthaus, Jr.
Jessica L. Holzer ’70
Barbara Lee Homiller ’69
Zeda Elizabeth Homoki-Titus ’94
Maria Garnett Hood ’61
Kristen Blair Hooper ’93
Ruth S. Hoopes ’69
Kathryn Levi Hoover ’81
Betsy Benoit Hoover ’65
Cynthia Heye Hopkins ’72
Joanne E. Hopkins ’98
Margaret Ellisor Hopkins ’76
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Horbatt
Laura Lechler Hornef ’96
Leslie A. Hornor ’83
Elizabeth Mason Horsley ’90
Julie M. Horton ’20
Marshá Taylor Horton ’76
Elizabeth B. Hoskinson ’82
Ms. Elizabeth Bailey Hoskinson and
Mr. Gary Finger
Sue B. Hostetler
Dr. and Mrs. Philip D. Houck
Nancy Lea Houghton ’74
Dr. and Mrs. Alan Frazier Houston
Elizabeth Meade Howard ’60
Pamela Howard
Ruth Faulkner Howe ’48
Howe Foundation, Inc.
Samuel Howell
Sarah Butcher Howell ’95
Wanda Cronic Howell ’74
Nancy Gilbert Howland ’42
Carolyn Barr Hoyt ’70
Sarah McCrady Hubbard ’65
Susan Taylor Hubbard ’51
Jessica Gindlesperger Hubbell ’96
How Kum Kuan Hubler ’83
Susan Miller Hudson ’78
Tricia Hudson
Alexandra Hanson Huebner ’92
Martha Bugg Hughes ’72
Mary Farmer Hughes ’99
Dayna Avery Hulme ’86
The Hulme Family Foundation
The Humana Foundation, Inc.
Arthur F. Humphrey III
Cissy Humphrey ’76
Marion McKee Humphreys ’73
Conover Hunt ’68
LuAnn Haag Hunt ’90
Susan Thorndike Hunt ’64
Amy Schroeder Hunter ’95
Louise Lambert Hunter ’77
Sarah W. Hunter ’16
Rebecca Doyle Huppert ’91
Courtney Louise Hurt ’10
Hallam Hurt ’67
Katherine Hoelz Hurt ’11
Joan Anson Hurwit ’54
Lori A. Husein
Katherine Grosvenor Hutcheson ’83
Lauren MacMannis Huyett ’79
Huyett Family Charitable Fund (a donor advised
fund) of the BNY Mellon Charitable
Gift Fund
Alice Wright Hyde ’65
Elizabeth Richmond Hyder ’84
Kathleen Meredith Iacobelli ’88
Ruth Schmidt Igoe ’66
Carolyn Gaisford Imbriglia ’75
Sarah Elkins Ince ’99 and Keith A. Ince
Sarah Paradise Ingber ’68
Lynn Rosemarie Hanna Ingram ’82
Investment Charitable Gift Fund
Mary Amanda McThenia Iodice ’55*
Paul Irwin
Isabel Ware Burch Fund, a donor advised fund of
Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund
Kim E. Izquierdo ’98
J. M. Huber Corporation
J. P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated
The J.P. Morgan Securities Charitable Giving
Fund of the National Philanthropic
Trust (NPT)
Jack & Moira Lawrence Charitable Fund, a donor
advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable
Gift Fund
Ann Biggs Jackson ’68
Karen Jackson
Nancy Ord Jackson ’53
Alice Preston Jacobs ’68
Marian Shanley Jacobs ’44
Juliet Jacobsen Kastorff ’84
Julie Lindauer Jacobson ’88
Virginia Moncure Jamerson ’08
Catherine Blaik James ’94
Deanne Dawson James ’86
Jane Knutson James ’73
Murray Armstrong James ’48
James and Marilyn Bamborough Fund, a donor
advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable
Gift Fund
Rebecca Garrett Jamison ’80
Susie Venable Jamison ’61
Margaret Enochs Jarvis ’83
Michelle Francesca Johnson Jay
Jay and Jennifer Mills Fund at the Community
Foundation of Greater Chattanooga, Inc.
The Jean M. and Benjamin A. Hardesty Fund of
the Ayco Charitable Foundation
Jeff and Julie Harris Family Fund, a donor
advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable
Gift Fund
Elizabeth Gallagher Jeffery ’86
Elizabeth V. Jensen ’08
The Jewish Community Foundation of the West
Kaufman/Weinberg Philanthropic Fund of The
Jewish Community Foundation of the West
JMD Donor Advised Fund of the Foundation
For The Carolinas
Mr. and Mrs. Rolf Joerger
John M. Goss Charitable Gift Fund, a donor
advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable
Gift Fund
John and Mary Camp Foundation
Karole Boggs Johns ’86
Dearing Ward Johns ’63
Abigail Ryalls Johnson ’12
Mr. and Mrs. Brian E. Johnson
Cynthia Jill Johnson ’72
Jan Pettypool Johnson ’74
Jennifer Brown Johnson ’02
Jorgee Boyles Johnson ’03
Margaret K. Johnson ’13
Melville Johnson
Molly Katherine Johnson ’82
Priscilla Johnson
Sarah Harrington Johnson ’88
Vicky Toof Johnson ’54
Alice Johnson Krendel ’72
Nicole Johnson Kaler ’96
Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Johnstone, Jr.
Laura Rihl Joiner ’96
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Joiner
Alison Jones ’71
Andrea Niles Jones ’73
* Donor Deceased
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Bambi Jones
Anne Smith Jones ’61
Deborah L. Jones ’70
Dona Van Arsdale Jones ’64
Elizabeth Brooks Jones ’75
Elizabeth Ellisor Jones ’57
Emery Jones ’86
H. Daniel Jones III
Lise Anne Boutiette and James D. Jones
Andrea Renee Covault and Jeffrey Allan Jones
Judith Cowen Jones ’60
Lauren E. Jones ’22
Louise Coleman Jones ’51
Mary Sexton Jones ’53
Mr. and Mrs. Paul N. Jones, Jr.
Peggy Jones ’65
Becky and Bill Jones
Rosanna Jones-Thurman ’90
Whitney Smith Jordan ’01
Ms. Roberta Jorgensen and Mr. David Muga
Ruina Wallace Judd ’61
Julie S. and Thomas B. Rentschler, Jr. Fund at the
Hamilton Community Foundation
Diane Jumet
Ellen Nichols Jump ’60
Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Kable
Serena Basten Kachinsky ’02
Meghan M. Kaiser ’17
Monika Kaiser ’82 and Richard Baray
John H. Kallis
Karen Cole Kallis ’89
Emily Clark Kang ’99
Gwen Speel Kaplan ’60
Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Kaplan
Courtney Gross Kappler ’99
Susan Ray Karlson ’76
Katherine Seder Karon ’97
Neal Kassell
Hilary Carlson Katerberg ’96
Ellen Marcus Kates ’45
Mr. William E. Katz (Martha Legg Katz ’52*)
Lizbeth Lynn Kauffman ’82
Patricia Swinney Kaufman ’70
Kathleen A. Kavanagh ’74
Elizabeth Keating Michaels ’00
Hope Keating ’81
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard J. Keating, Jr.
Alice Mitchell Keister ’70
Briggett J. Keith ’72
Janet Sheppard Kelleher ’75
Nicole Kelleher-Linkonis ’97
Lesslie Guthrie Keller ’69
Arthur Kellerman
Adele Laslie Kellman ’67
Barbara LaLance Kelly ’70
Catherine Grier Kelly ’75
Elizabeth C. Kelly ’79
Anna Platt Kemper ’64
Sara K. Kemper ’03
Carolyn Pyle Kennedy ’98
Kenton and Amy Brown Fund, a donor-advised
fund of The Winston-Salem Foundation
Mary Stevenson Fontaine Keown ’63
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Irwin Kerley (Donna C.
Kerley ’10)
Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Kerlin
Elizabeth Adair Pierpoint Kerrison ’83
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kerschl
Nancy D. Kershner ’90 and William R. Kershner
Debra J. Kertzman ’81
Bonnie and Charles C.* Kestner
Alexandria Hiribarne Khalsa ’96
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Kientz III
Kevin Paul Kiger
Elizabeth J. Kilgallin ’14
Christina Cotter Kilhefner ’98
Kimberly-Clark Foundation
Elizabeth Scott Kimmel ’75
Brenda Darden Kincaid ’68
Kincaid and Allison Mills Fund at the
Community Foundation of Greater
Chattanooga, Inc.
Caroline Hamilton King ’11
Cary Davis King ’73
Elizabeth Gilkeson King ’93
Elizabeth Markgraf King ’50
Sarah Strother King ’64
Harriet Heiden Kirchhoff ’51
The Kirchhoff Family Charitable Fund of
Vanguard Charitable
Karen Steinhardt Kirkbride ’56
Katherine Anne Kirkwood ’04
Virginia Lynch Kiseljack ’84
Virginia MacKethan Kitchin ’59
Page M. Kjellstrom ’70
Deborah Davison Klein ’78
Mr. and Mrs. William F. Klein
Dr. and Mrs. Scott A. Kleiner
Charlotte Evans Klett ’73
Michelle Scherrer Klimt ’84
Jeanie Kline
Laure Klopsis
Linda Whitlow Knight ’71
Sarah Johnston Knoblauch ’74
The Rev. and Mrs. Peter N. Knost
Rebecca Faxon Knowles ’55
Crayton Benson Knox ’98
Brooke Patterson Koehler ’65
Kyle Koehler
Martha Wallker Konvicka ’79
Kama Boswell Koudelka ’85
KPMG U. S. Foundation, Inc.
Lynda Krause
Melville Douglass Krebs ’69
Leanne Weber Kreis ’85
Creigh Casey Krin ’73
Amy Jane Kroeger ’90
Cathleen Cummings Krolczyk ’95
Elizabeth Landen Krone ’81
Bruce Watts Krucke ’54
James Kulikowski
Jane Shipman Kuntz ’58
The Kuntz Foundation
Priscilla Blackstock Kurz ’67
Kurz Family Giving Fund, a donor advised fund
of Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund
Susan Herbert Kyle ’68
Sally Byron LaBarre ’79
Peter M. Labombarde
Barbara Bullis LaFayette ’60
Ashley Rogers LaGanga ’05
Aileen H. Laing ’57
Dorothy Senghas Lakner
Jennifer Stringfellow Lamanna ’01
Karen Holt Ashworth Lambert ’89
Muriel Wikswo Lambert ’66
Amy Campbell Lamphere ’80
Anna T. Lane
Margaret Johnson Laney ’62
Hibernia Cuthbert Langley ’73
Willie Ann Newbury Lansing ’62
Shapleigh Donnelly LaPointe ’86
Reyhan Tansal Larimer ’62
Cara Ardemagni LaRoche ’92
Kirsten Vold Larsen ’84
Mary Pat Behnke Larsen ’66
Andrew Loy Larson
Jeannine Petersen Laskey ’75
Wesley Powell Lassen ’89
Nancy Dew Lathrop ’67
Lynn M. Laufenberg
Catharine King Laufer ’96
Blair Walker Lawrence ’68
Katherine Schuhmacher Lawrence ’60
Moira Erickson Lawrence ’80
Dorothy Moore Lawson ’59
Kathryn Elizabeth Lawson ’04
Laura Connerat Lawton ’62
Marilyn Clark Leathers ’54
Harriet Harrison Leavell ’81
Martha Dabney Leclere ’54
Donna Mihalik Gelagotis Lee ’78
sbc.edu
* Donor Deceased
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DONOR HONOR ROLL
Elizabeth M. Lee
Nancy Fink Leeds ’57
Virginia Bennett Leeds ’88
Daniel Alexander Leggett
Madeline E. Miller and Mr. H. Gordon
Leggett, Jr.
Rachel Bostain Legum ’03
Judy Nevins LeHardy ’59
Susan C. Lehman
Olympia A. K. LeHota ’20
Sarah Hall Lehtinen ’09
Leslie Braginetz Lemish ’89
Nancy Newell Lennon ’64
Ruth Willingham Lentz ’74
Ann Colston Leonard ’47
Keedie Grones Leonard ’76
Harriet Ivey Leonard ’80
Rachel E. Leonard ’08
Jessica E. Leonardi ’07
Diane M. Leslie ’73
Page Brydon Leslie ’54
Emmy Sau Han Leung ’89
Christine Eng Leventhal ’73
Karen Harcum Levy ’86
Susan Mann Levy ’86
Cortney D. Lewandowski ’12
Naomi Lewin
Elizabeth M. Lewis ’69
Helen Smith Lewis ’54
Jean Graceanne Lewis ’87
Jean Price Lewis
Larry Lewis
Lynn D. Lewis
Sarah E. Lewis
Lorie Teeter Lichtlen ’82
Virginia Sheaff Liddel ’52
Nancy Palermo Lietz ’86
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Lightbody
Jane Perry Liles ’53
Camelot J. Lindauer ’93
Nancy Robinson Lindberg ’78
Wendy and Ryk Linden
Karin Lindgren ’75
Susan Lynne Dickinson Lindner ’84
Mr. Douglas G. Lindsey (Sara McMullen
Lindsey ’47*)
Elizabeth R. Lindsey ’86
Mrs. Susan Lindsey
Susan Anthony Lineberry ’79
Linda Lipscomb ’73
Kathryn Bird Lischick ’09
Suzanne Petrie Liscouski ’91
Suzanne M. Little ’68
Astrid M. B. Liverman ’98
June Krebs Liversage ’49
Gail P. Lloyd ’60
Jennifer Beck Locke ’96
Peggy Jean Fossett Lodeesen ’58
Whitney Bolt Loeber ’88
Rebecca Loewenthal
Cheryl Harris Lofland ’79
Nan Dabbs Loftin ’81
Edna-Ann Osmanski Loftus ’72
Kelly Straughn Logan ’89
Katharine Fish Lohr ’09
Sarah Bryant Loken
Martha Watson Lombardy ’82
Carroll C. Long ’67
Ellis B. Long ’63
Mary E. Long
Randi Miles Long ’66
Savannah Humphrey Long ’05
Johanna Brown-Woodfin Lopez ’89
Harrah Lord ’66
Valerie Stoddard Loring ’59
Stephanie Belk Loter ’98
Hannah Lott
Amy Tyler Louthan ’97
Mary C. Love ’70
Virginia Page Love ’50
Love Wins, a donor advised fund of Fidelity
Investment Charitable Gift Fund
Sally Gray Lovejoy ’80
Nancy Morrow Lovell ’52
Candida Connard Low ’68
Anne Simonds Lowe ’78
Katharine Tilghman Lowe ’57
Virginia Bramlett Lowrance ’54
Kristen Whitney Lowrey ’87
Christine Smith Lowry ’57
Ann Key Lucas ’78
Perry Liles Lucas ’85
Wendy S. Lucia ’93
Jerry Dreisbach Ludeke ’54
Stacy Ludington ’12
Virginia Timmons Ludwick ’53
Ms. Carol Lukemeyer
Betty Phillips Lupton ’58
Lisa M. Lussier ’03
Elizabeth Hanger Luther ’65
Barney Walker Lutsk ’65
Cheryl Lux ’76
Ary Jane Lotterhos Lyle ’60
Mary Lynn Lyle ’67
Mary Stollenwerck Lynch ’63
Patricia Sparks Lyndon ’68
Jennifer Swisher Lynes ’97
Elizabeth Francke Lynn ’74
Jennifer N. Lynn ’06
Jennifer Lyon
Megan Coffield Lyon ’80
Mary Rhoda Mabry ’80
Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. MacDonald III
Mary Steketee MacDonald ’62
Faith Bullis Mace ’61
Mrs. Marian D. MacGregor
Sarah C. Machinist ’01
Whitney W. Machnik ’85
Amber Lee MacKay ’15
Elizabeth Eisinger Mackes ’86
Julie Whitehurst MacKinlay ’66
Brooke Hamilton MacKinnon ’62
Mr. and Mrs. John A. MacKinnon
Monna Simpson MacLellan ’51
Nancy E. MacMeekin ’65
Tonia W. Macneil ’68
Marion MacRae ’67
MacRae Family Foundation Fund of ACT
for Alexandria
Jordan P. Macurak ’21
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Madden
H. Owen Maddux
Kristen Kestner
Meta Bond Magevney ’63
Linda Poole Maggard ’75
Cecilia J. Mahan ’19
Sarah Mahan
Katherine Cooley Maher ’68
Monica C. Mahoney ’89
Jennifer Schmidt Major ’99
Ann Vandersyde Malbon ’80
Ann South Malick ’75
Mariah Smith Malik ’86
Margaret Milnor Mallory ’76
Karen Malmquist ’90
Ann Marie E. Beatty Malone ’90
Audrey S. Malone ’21
Frances Redmond Malone ’77
Jane A. Maloney ’74
Laura A. Mangus ’89
Sue Corning Mann ’49
Alexandra Stewart Manwarren ’94
Marathon Oil Company
Cynthia Wacholtz Marbut ’86
Mary Mahan Marco ’69
Mr. and Mrs. Dale R. Marfell
Margaret A. Craw Fund, a donor advised fund of
Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund
* Donor Deceased
Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status
fall 2019
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DONOR HONOR ROLL
Marie C. Reed Foundation, a donor advised fund
of Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund
Nancy Blackwell Marion ’74
Jeffrey Markert
Mark and Ieke Scully Charitable Fund, a donor
advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable
Gift Fund
Mary Shaw Halsey Marks ’74
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
Anne Randolph Marshall ’77
Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Marshall
Diana E. Marshall ’04
Eleanora L. Marshall ’70
Edna L. Martin ’81
Harriet Wall Martin ’65
Jesse K. Martin ’02
Laura Rose Martin ’91
Molly Dunn Martin ’73
Peninah Meighan Martin ’58
Susan Elder Martin ’57
Ms. Delia E. Martinez
Marcia Brandenburg Martinson ’74
Judith Harbottle Maselli ’68
Susan Hickman Mason ’95
Eleanor Gilmore Massie ’66
Lourine Mays Massie ’67
Elinor Vorys Matchneer ’54
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Mather
Fionna J. Matheson ’98
Mary Matheson ’68
Ann C. Mathews ’69
Melanie Stembal Mathews ’68
Kathryn Carroll Mathewson ’66
Barbara Offutt Mathieson ’70
Mathieson Giving Fund, a donor advised fund of
Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund
Elizabeth Howard Mattingly ’89
Mr. and Mrs. Richard V. Mattingly, Jr.
Nancy Fox Cunningham Mauck ’83
Helen Chatt Mauney ’10
Laura Maus
Sarah Madison Maxey ’02
Emory Furniss Maxwell ’74
Judy Addison Mayberry ’67
Paul Mayberry
Cathy Cash Mays ’84
Mr. and Mrs. William N. Mays
Mary U. Mazgaj ’09
Caitlin Webber Mazzucca ’04
Karen Jaffa McGoldrick ’79
Virginia Tripp McAdams ’05
Emily Dick McAlister ’78
Andrew Scott McAllister
Anne Stupp McAlpin ’68
Elli McBride
Cynthia Hardy McCabe ’75
Erlend Carlton McCaffree ’54
Maline Gilbert McCalla ’60
Barbara Beury McCallum ’61
Allison Jennings McCance ’64
Amy Thompson McCandless ’68
Shannon M. McCarthy ’16
Marilyn K. McClelland ’76
Bonnie Chapman McClure ’65
Polly Parker McClure ’83
Elizabeth Parker McColl ’63
Gary McCombs
Meredith Leigh McCool
Elizabeth Waring McCracken ’02
Amelia Wyly McDaniel ’94
George W. McDaniel
Dorothy and Matt McDaniel
Nancy Moss McDaniel ’65
Harriotte Dodson McDannald ’65
Emily Quinn McDermott ’80
Kathryn Mendelson McDonald ’60
Susan Strong McDonald ’65
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel McDonough
Carter Donnan McDowell ’57
Elizabeth Kennon McElroy ’16
Mary Earle McElroy ’84
Sorrel Mackall McElroy ’59
Fiona Margaret McFadden ’12
Margaret Hoy McFadden ’72
Jane A. McFaddin ’73
Margaret S. McFaddin ’75
Joan M. McGettigan ’83
sbc.edu
* Donor Deceased
Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status
112

DONOR HONOR ROLL
Ms. Nancy Call McGill
Sarah Dean McGill ’66
Dorothy Courington McGinley ’72
K. Holly McGlothlin ’78
Martha E. McGrady and Yeong Kheavy Loke
Thelma Houk McGrory ’57
Mary Boyd McGuire ’89
Catherine Roberts McHaney ’55
Comber R. McHugh ’86
Louise Dempsey McKean ’71
Virginia Ready McKeel ’62
Lauren Friend McKelvey ’03
Becky Mulvihill McKenna ’78
Ms. Renee McKenney
Stephanie Lyon Pratt McKinney ’91
Sarah E. McLemore ’08
Mary Horner McLeod ’57
Sherrie Snead McLeRoy ’74
Kathryn Cunningham McMahon ’97
Elizabeth J. McMartin ’79
Carl McMillan
Lynne Pottharst McMillan ’69
Ms. Jacqueline McMillian
Elizabeth D. McMullen ’68
Janie Willingham McNabb ’67
Barbara Bailey McNeal ’68
Leyte C. McNealus ’18
Ms. Lisa McNealus
Heather Marianne McTague ’11
Sheila M. McWilliams ’92
Caren J. Meade ’06
Frances deSaussure Meade ’68
Mr. Robert S. Meade
Mary Beeler Meadows ’69
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Meadows III
Katherine Turner Mears ’53
Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Hill Mebane
Medica Health Insurance
Rebecca Bottomley Meeker ’71
Miriam Washabaugh Meglan ’71
Carson Freemon Meinen ’80
Virginia Borah Meislahn ’62
Linda Pattberg Meixner ’68
Anne Milbank Mell ’71
Anne Ford Melton ’57
Frances Crispin Davis Menefee ’98
Susan Somerville Menson ’68
Carolyn Foster Meredith ’61
Eve G. Mergenthaler ’16
Meriwether-Godsey
Angela Elliott Merrick ’98
Anne Rhett Taylor Merrill ’69
Wendy B. Merrill
Carolyn M. Mertes
Jane Jamison Messer ’59
Mary Watt Messer ’83
Lisabeth S. Metzler ’81
Helene Mewborn
Mary Trabue Meyer ’63
Patricia Stanton Meyer ’61
Petsy Gautier Mezey ’55
Jean Chaloux Miani ’72
Deborah Glazier Michael ’62
Rosalinda Guardabassi Michael ’77
Scott Michaels
Estate of Julia Gray Saunders Michaux ’39*
Amy Daugherty Michel ’96
Joan Hess Michel ’51
Joan Adriance Mickelson ’69
Julie Elizabeth Midgley ’08
Carolyn Grant Milden ’88
Lucy Chapman Millar ’83
Jarrett Dudley Millard ’70
Barbara Yocom Miller ’63
Catherine Adams Miller ’82
Chasity Clarke Miller ’04
Frances J. Miller
Warren Moore Miller ’72
Jeannette Bush Miller ’71
Jenaveve Hoskins Miller ’93
Kathryn Montz Miller ’69
Keithley Rose Miller ’69
Kirsten Emma Miller ’10
Leslie Forbert Miller ’79
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis N. Miller, Jr.
Paul M. Miller
Rebecca Denise Miller ’97
Sharon Resener Miller ’81
Laura McGlamery Million ’96
Elaine L. Mills ’74
Mr. and Mrs. James Mills
Mr. and Mrs. Kincaid Mills
Lindsay Elizabeth Mills ’09 and
Stephanie Althoff Mills ’09
Julia Walton Milstead ’86
Katharine Crommelin Milton ’62
Meri T. Minatel-Schreiber ’89
Catherine Hollberg Minor ’90
Nancy Ettinger Minor ’56
Minor Foundation, Inc.
Katharine Shaw Minton ’52
Kimberley Schmidt Miscavage ’01
Jennifer Green Mitchell ’86
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Mittelholtz
Katharine A. Mockett ’66
Sarah Bonham Mohle ’77
Kelly Schmitt Molique ’94
The Mona and Robert Armistead Fund,
an advised fund of Silicon Valley
Community Foundation
Juliette Monet
Carolyn Westfall Monger ’57
Sue Monk and Joe Monk
Mary Gillespie Monroe ’67
Mr. and Mrs. Carrington Montague
Jackelinne R. Montero ’13
Angela Browning Montgomery ’01
Denise L. Montgomery ’75
Elizabeth Apple Montinaro ’88
Benjamin Mooney
Dorothy Lear Mooney ’78
Jane D. Mooney ’77
Catherine Taylor Moore ’78
Cecilia A. Moore ’88
Franklin Moore
Kara D’Ambra Dickey Moore ’95
Maria Kitchin Moore ’04
Mary Varn Moore ’72
Sally Hamilton Moore ’61
Sarah Jane Murdock Moore ’59
Kimberly Roda Moorhead ’95
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Daniel Mooza
Mrs. Diana W. Moran
Hannah Craighill Morehead ’79
Daria O. Morgan ’65
Mr. and Mrs. John Luther Morgan III
Megan Lincoln Morgan ’76
Lena Marie Morrill ’11
Carter Heyward Morris ’73
Christina Babcock Morris ’86
Drs. David and Susan Morris
Laurel Roe Morris
Marilyn Garabrant Morris ’66
Miriam Baker Morris ’83
Jane Clark Morrison ’79
Morrison Family Foundation,
a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment
Charitable Gift Fund
Ms. Norma Morrison
Betty Booker Morriss ’66
Melissa Cope Morrissette ’83
Vaughan Inge Morrissette ’54
John Morrissey
Margaret Moran Morrow ’67
Elvira Whitehead Morse ’48
Jenny Mortimore
Caperton Morton ’85
Mary Payne Morton ’64
Monique Moshier ’02
Marguerite McKee Moss ’66
Virginia Blair Moss ’98
* Donor Deceased
Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status
fall 2019
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DONOR HONOR ROLL
Virginia Harsh Mossburg ’83
Lorelei Bahret Mote ’94
Joy Reynolds Mouledoux ’84
Mr. and Mrs. Frank F. Mountcastle, Jr.
Patricia Mountrey ’68
Sarah Mouri ’06
Mr. Alan F. Rothschild, Jr. through The Fort
Trustee Fund, CFCV
Mr. and Mrs. James F. Gallivan, Gallivan Family
Advised Fund of The Community Foundation
of Middle Tennessee
Blanche Mudry
Jeanne Weaver Mueller ’80
Anne Carroll Mulholland ’56
Amy Elizabeth Mullen ’02
Audrey H. Mullen ’89
Patti Snodgrass Mullins ’82
Linde Mullis
Carole E. Munn ’67
Catharine Adams Murphy ’72
Dagmar Stoll Murphy ’64
Elizabeth Burdge Murphy ’75
Helen Turner Murphy ’56
Kelly Lauren Murphy ’10
Mary Petree Murphy ’70
Bettina Patterson Murray ’64
Caroline Tuttle Murray ’71
Christine Kulczycki Murray ’68
Courtney Cash Mustin ’68
Kerry Keins Mutschelknaus ’04
Katherine Johnston Myatt ’64
Christina Hoefer Myers ’75
Katharine Vaughan Myers ’06
Susan Waller Nading ’72
National Christian Foundation Carolinas
Frederika Merriman Naylor ’55
Emma Malone Neave ’12
Jan Jennings Need ’05
Candace Sheffield Neilson ’73
Anne Garrity Nelson ’79
Courtney L. Nelson ’20
Harriet Hurley Nelson ’60
Howard Page Nelson
Jennifer M.Gaudette Nelson ’95
Julie Hildebrand Nelson ’96
Patricia Smith Nelson ’48
Network For Good
Jan Armstrong Neuenschwander ’57
Susannah M. Nevison
New York Life Foundation
Anna L. Newberg ’11
Carol D. Newman ’71
Meredith B. Newman ’09
Lindsay Smith Newsom ’67
Beth Ann Trapold Newton ’86
Betsy Knode Newton ’65
Louise Cooke Newton ’82
Pamela Tipton Newton ’69
Lillian Pham Nguyen ’52
Joseph J. Nicholls
Martha Clay Nichols ’56
Karen Gonya Nickles ’86
Barbara Ashton Nicol ’74
Anne Irvine Nicolson ’83
Britton Hassell Nielsen ’67
Diana Crandall Nielsen ’84
Catherine Winship Nihem ’95
Molly Reeb Nissman ’77
Nancy Nix-Karnakis ’63
Louise Konsberg Noll ’44
Nicole Noll
Lindsay Crumpler Nolting ’42
Lynn Watson Norfleet ’74
Anne Garrett Norloff ’72
Kimberly Knox Norman ’85
Mary Kyger Norman ’70
Mary Humelsine Norment ’68
Dorsey Tillett Northrup ’75
Julie Seibels Northup ’68
Ms. Mary Norvell
Mary Bush Norwood ’74
Pamela Noyes ’69
Virginia Marchant Noyes ’59
Beth Slayman Nubbe ’84
Mercedith M. Nuesca ’05
Julie Brooks Nyquist ’90
Andrea Williams Oakes ’89
Ann Shipper Oates ’71
Nathalie C. Oates ’13
Mrs. Donald R. Ober
Martha Bulkley O’Brien ’59
Susan Murphy O’Brien ’74
Anita McVey O’Connor ’73
Cecily Bay O’Connor
Denise Wisell O’Connor ’71
Eleanor R. O’Connor ’07
Beth Gottlieb O’Connor ’89
Shawn William O’Connor
Mr. Lawrence N. Odence H’55 (Susanna
Bernard Odence ’55*)
Janice P. O’Donnell ’75
Magnolia F. O’Donnell ’18
Linda J. Odum ’72
Ashley Thorner Oelrich ’96
Deborah Mutch Olander ’76
Josephine Noland Old ’66
Old Dominion Box Foundation, Inc.
Deborah Fischer Oleisky ’85
Shirley M. Oliver ’84
Suzanne Marie O’Loughlin ’98
Mr. and Mrs. James A. O’Neal, Jr.
Leslie Sidwell O’Neal ’03
Barbara Callahan O’Neill ’84
Nora S. Oney ’92
Barbara Falge Openshaw ’57
Ellen O. Oppenheimer
Orange Tree Foundation
Dina Ruth Orbison ’00
Mary Beth Miller Orson ’86
Amy Boyce Osaki ’83
Carol Osborn ’69
Mary Anne Osborn ’73
Mr. and Mrs. Albert V. Osterholm, Jr.
Anne Osterholm ’96 and Gregory Pribble
Amy Marian Ostroth
Dejerianne Ostrow ’96
Drucilla Springer Oswalt ’78
Susan C. O’Toole ’73
Caroline Heltzel Overstreet ’12
Elizabeth Donald Owen ’89
Elizabeth Farmer Owen ’62
Ann Prichard Pace ’61
Elizabeth Conner Pace ’86
Wilma L. Packard ’70
Barbara Rose Page ’83
Ben Page
Donna G. Page
Anna Chao Pai ’57
Jennifer Trzupek Pala ’96
Mr. James Lee Palazzolo and Ms. Barbara L.
Wuehrmann, MD
Mr. and Mrs. Carmen J. Palermo
Clifton W. Pannell
Mrs. Winnie P. Pannell
Kathy Gagnon Pappas ’81
Leila Kucewicz Parham ’63
Julia Paris ’99
Dr. and Mrs. Jerry L. Parker
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry A. Parker
Patricia V. Parker ’75
Margaret Weimer Parrish ’76
Megan Fletcher Parry ’96
Sara Buttine Parsatoon ’11
Dr. Lynn Pasquerella
Nina Pastuhov ’83
Maggie Saylor Patrick ’07
Emily Sartor Patterson ’99
Taylor Renee Patterson ’16
Olivia Cantey Patton ’53
Cathryn Gray Paul ’69
Lindsay Eneguess Paulette ’11
sbc.edu
* Donor Deceased
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DONOR HONOR ROLL
Paulett and Ganson Taggart Fund, a donor
advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable
Gift Fund
Marie-Elysse B. Paulhus ’01
Susan Verbridge Paulson ’76
Leslie Davis Paxton ’62
Brenda Childress Payne ’88
Aimee Armentrout Peacemaker ’99
Phoebe Brunner Peacock ’68
Susan Kirby Peacock ’73
Mr. Franklin V. Peale, Jr.
Parker Shultis Pearson ’90
Angelina Marlene Peck ’14
Barbara Behrens Peck ’78
Sally Shapard Peek ’82
Ms. Helen C. Peemoelle and Mr. Ben Simon
Carolyn Clark Pegg ’63
Carol Cole Pelzer ’65
Jacqueline Coles Penny ’71
PepsiCo Foundation
Mitzi Perdue
Virginia Stanford Perdue ’69
Lauren Michelle Perhala ’12
Mr. David W. Perkins
Perrin Henderson Fund of the Foundation For
The Carolinas
Helene Perry ’57
Sally Sharrett Perryman ’62
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Petchul
Elaine Newton Peters ’57
Melanie Chriscoe Peters ’97
C. Gregg Petersmeyer
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Petrie
Desiree A. Petrus ’86
Almena Hill Pettit ’69
Pettit Family Community Fund of the
Community Foundation of North Florida
Lauretta Scovel Pfeifer ’84
Darelle A. Pfeiffer ’98
Christine Weiss Pfeil ’74
Anne Allen Pflugfelder ’54
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Phaup
Mr. and Mrs. George G. Phillips, Jr.
Laura Haskell Phinizy ’65
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Stanley Phister, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Edward H. Piepmeier, Jr.
Lucinda Lawrence Pierce ’72
Margaret Booth Pierce ’45
Bonnie Blew Pierie ’67
Rachel A. Pietsch
Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Pike
Hannah L. Pillsbury ’74
C. Cotesworth Pinckney
Helen Raney Pinckney ’66
Lauren Martin Pinion ’06
Nancy Mortensen Piper ’74
Stephanie Beaudouin Piper ’69
Ellen Ober Pitera ’93
Bonnie L. Pitman ’68
Briana Beckham Pitt ’04
Pitts Giving Fund, a donor advised fund of
Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund
Betsy Brawner Pittman ’59
Julia S. Pittman ’11
Amy Jo Downing Pitts ’99
Ruth Carpenter Pitts ’58
Kathleen S. Placidi
Claudia Forman Pleasants ’70
Virginia Penn Plexico ’61
PNC Bank Foundation
Janice E. Pogue ’71
Dana Bordvick Poleski ’98
Virginia Spangler Polley ’76
Saynor Johnson Ponder ’57
Miranda Ponton Ponton-Dean ’05
Emily L. Poore ’99
Eleanor Cain Pope ’58
Poplar Grove
Ardis Fratus Porter ’48
Catherine Porter ’68
Elisabeth Scott Porter ’64
Kirsten A. Porter-Stransky ’09
April Collins Potterfield ’96
Thom Potts
* Donor Deceased
Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status
fall 2019
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DONOR HONOR ROLL
Averala Paxton Poucher ’57
Anne Litle Poulet ’64
Catherine Cleveland Powell ’95
Jeanne Forsyth Powell ’68
Judith B. Powell ’69
Margaret Morris Powell ’54
Ann Kerr Preaus ’66
Barbara Prentiss ’73
Ann Tippin Prestney ’71
Barbara Mendelssohn Price ’78
Mary Lanford Price ’91
Rachel Baltus Price ’96
Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP
Elizabeth Cate Pringle ’62
Pringle-Read Endowment of Coastal
Community Foundation of SC
Martha Bennett Pritchett Conner ’68
Anne K. Proctor ’07
Elizabeth Proctor ’84
Cynthia Gridley Pruden ’71
Cynthia Bumgardner Puckett ’98
Elissa Pugh ’00
Dana W. Purcell ’98
Robin Sue Purcell
Virginia Stevens Purcell ’72
M. Claire McDonnell Purnell ’81
Louise Durham Purvis ’62
Serena K. Putegnat ’98
Daisy E.A. Quarm ’70
Leslie Heye Quarrier ’62
Consuelo Martinez Quattrocchi ’82
Cecilia Robertson Queen ’75
James B. Query
Elena Quevedo ’83
Meredith Borst Quillman ’78
Catherine Catlett Quinlan ’76
Stacey Hannan Quinn ’89
Melissa Murray Quinones ’87
Catherine Raeder
Wallis Wickham Raemer ’70
Marcia Pollock Ragsdale ’70
Carolyn Rogers Rainbow ’70
Dr. and Mrs. Dudley A. Raine, Jr.
Lynn Rainville
Janet Rakoczy ’78
Shanti Ramesh ’06
Gail Anderson Ramey ’64
Mr. and Mrs. Raul Ramos
Bonnie Damianos Rampone ’75
Col. and Mrs. Donald A. Ramsay, Ret.
Melody McCormick Randall ’64
Milbrey Sebring Raney ’65
Pamela J. Rasche ’73
Nancy Pesek Rasenberger ’51
Carolyn King Ratcliffe ’60
Mary Scott Rauch ’62
Shaina Jetha Rawji ’93
Katherine Rose Rawls ’75
Mary Lyman Ray ’71
Shannon Young Ray ’84
Betty Forbes Rayburn ’56
Melissa Gail Raymond ’12
Michelle D. Raymond ’09
Raytheon Company
Ellen Pringle Read ’60
Cynthia Rakow Readyhough ’96
Estate of Ann Morrison Reams ’42*
Red Hat Matching Gifts Program
Gretchen Armstrong Redmond ’55
Nancy Bullard Reed ’66
Patsey Carney Reed ’62
Kathryn Ingham Reese ’88
Kimberly H. Reese ’04
Barbara L. Regester ’12
Elisabeth Burwell Reichard ’84
Ashton E. Reid ’17
Mary Reid Roach ’74
Brian Reidy
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald P. Reidy
Sarah Reidy-Ferguson ’96
Diane Dale Reiling ’73
Kirsten M. Reinhart ’20
Ann Moore Remington ’44
Alicia Mariane Renfrow ’03
Page Munroe Renger ’67
Robin Ould Rentsch ’60
Julie Smith Rentschler ’80
Mary Beirne Rewcastle
Anne Leavell Reynolds ’63
Catherine Cox Reynolds ’49
Mr. and Mrs. Kerry Reynolds
Marguerite Morgan Reynolds ’65
Vanessa K. Rhodes ’90
Lucy Batten Ricardo
Susan Bloomer Rice ’69
Anne H. Richards ’84
Melissa Farmer Richards
Michael D. Richards
Robbin Richardson ’71
Sarah Haskell Hulcher ’67
Meredith K. Richel ’05
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Richel
Celia Loving Richeson ’58
Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Richeson
(Celia Loving ’58)
Victoria Clarendon Richter ’80
Amy Dickson Riddell ’92
Deborah Luby Rie ’68
Melissa Greenwood Riemer ’75
Dr. and Mrs. Robert H. Rihl
Elizabeth Hansbrough Riley ’13
Hollylane Riley ’06
Mary Cosby Rinehart ’61
Carroll Weitzel Rivers ’57
Alice Haywood Robbins ’65
Sabryna McClung Roberson ’93
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Nancie Howe Entenmann Roberts ’56
Sarah Dennis Roberts ’96
Roberts and Allison Brokaw Family Fund, a
donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment
Charitable Gift Fund
Brooke Robertson
Katie Clarkson Robertson ’97
Edith Brooke Robertson ’50
Jane Nexsen Robertson ’69
Raina S. Robeva
Susan Scott Robinette ’63
Deborah Schmidt Robinson ’89
Captain and Mrs. Evan D. Robinson
Julie Anne Dopheide ’13
Kelly L. Robinson ’04
Olive Wilson Robinson ’63
Mr. and Mrs. Roby Robinson
Kathryn Robinson Hillestad ’89
Nicole Balding Roca
Ann T. Rockwell ’80
Laurel Speilman Rodgers ’03
Sarah Weigel Rodriguez ’89
Lee Carroll Roebuck ’87
Thomas Allyn Rogers
Virginia Luscombe Rogers ’50
Lynn Kahler Rogerson ’76
Kelli M. Rogowski ’99
Sarah Bradford Rohr ’01
Blair Josephs Rohrer ’69
Susan Castle Rolewick ’74
Ms. Melissa Rollosson and Mr. William Murphy
Frances A. Root ’80
Leslie Wright Root ’83
Mary Ann Mellen Root ’53
Mary K. Rora ’12
Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Rora
Nan Locke Rosa ’53
Rachelle Colquitt Rose ’97
Carla L. Rosenbloom and H. David Rosenbloom
Anne Sargeant Rosenthal ’81
Amy Biathrow Ross ’94
Katharine M. Roth ’88
Nancy Buckey Rothacker ’86
Jewett Winn Rothschild ’83
Jennifer A. Rotman ’84
sbc.edu
* Donor Deceased
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Mr. and Mrs. Karl Roulston
Susan Hight Rountree ’59
Wendy Wise Routh ’75
Megan Thomas Rowe ’01
Victoria Nalle Rowland ’66
Nancy Rubens
Donna Daniels Rubin ’76
Paige Kaylor Ruddy ’10
Eden L. Rue ’89
Jill Steenhuis Ruffato ’80
Suzanne Ruffin ’61
Teresa Baldus Rugeley ’84
Meriwether Hagerty Rumrill ’59
Caitlin Sundby Russell ’94
Cornelia Sage Russell
Graham Maxwell Russell ’79
Lynn Pearson Russell ’69
Susan Clay Russell ’81
Adelaide M. Russo ’68
Fleming Parker Rutledge ’59
Mary Leith Rutrough ’52
Helen Jenkins Ryan ’68
Kathleen E. Ryan ’08
Margaret Christian Ryan ’74
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E. Ryan
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Ryan
Key S. Ryang
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Ryder
Emelia Weatherly Ryder ’22
Eugenia Bull Ryner ’67
Nicole M. Sabovik ’19
Jessica Porter Sadeq ’04
Acacia Marie Salazar ’15
Sarah Andres Sale ’90
Shelby Lewis Salerno ’11
Hilary Harris Salley ’87
Shannon Salmon ’71
Christie Calder Salomon ’64
Jessica Salvatore
Magdalena Salvesen ’65
Margaret Lyle Samdahl ’72
Courtney L. Sames ’06
Fernanda Castelli Sammis ’62
Nicholas E. Sanders
Julia Grosvenor Sanford ’80
Betty Rau Santandrea ’70
Margaret Elizabeth Stookey Sargent ’88
Jessica McCarthy Sarolli ’08
Polly Sattler ’88
Deborah Hooker Sauers ’74
Catherine Callender Sauls ’86
Elma L. Savage ’68
M. Christina Hegarty Savage ’73
Mr. Robert. E. Savage (Ann Orr Savage ’48*)
Jennifer Kirby Savin ’84
Wendy Savino
Diana Simrell Savory ’66
Jana L. Sawicki ’74
Elizabeth Miller Sayler ’55
Ms. Laurie Bell and Mr. Charles Saylor
Sweet Briar College Alumnae Club of Roanoke
Laura Jane Schaefer ’07
Kathryn Smith Schauer ’56
Deborah Byers Schechter ’72
Debra Schellhammer
Katherine Maxwell Schellhammer ’95
Christina Bacchiani Schieffelin ’68
Gracie Tredwell Schild ’82
Georgia Schley Ritchie ’80
Kathryn Sell Schlosberg ’59
Anne Parker Schmalz ’62
L. Angelyn Schmid ’87
Jennifer Wiley Schmidt ’06
Marylew Redd Schmieg ’83
Julia M. Schmitz, PhD ’03
Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Schmitz
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar W. Schneider, Jr.
Linda-Jean Smith Schneider ’76
Elizabeth Kopper Schollaert ’64
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Schreiber
Alexa T. Schriempf ’97
Vikki A. Schroeder ’87
Judith Greer Schulz ’61
Mary Boehling Schwartz ’81
Nancy Hatch Schwartzmiller ’79
Anna Garrer Scott ’60 ’60
Constance A. Scott ’74
Glenn Scott
Joyce M. Scott ’05
Prudence Sandifer Scott ’59
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Scott
Margaret Scouten
Cornelia Harrison Scribner ’62
Ann Harwood Scully ’64
Ieke Osinga Scully ’78
Elizabeth Duke Seaman ’59
Stella Mae Renchard Seamans ’67
Mr. and Mrs. John Raymond Sears III
Mary Lou Morton Seilheimer ’63
Seilheimer Foundation
Bonnie L. Seitz ’01
Pamela Dickens Sellars ’83
Sandra Compton Sellman ’89
Mira Selm
Anne Frierman Sewell ’84
Antoinette F. Seymour
Cannie Crysler Shafer ’78
Harriet Houston Shaffer ’64
Pamela Leary Shandrick ’66
Patricia L. Shannon ’74
Elizabeth Hutchins Sharland ’61
Janeen K. Sharma ’96
Elizabeth Cahill Sharman ’84
Rosemary Smith Sharp ’67
Andrea L. Sharretts ’99
Mary MacKenzie Shaw ’61
Dr. Travis Shaw
Laura Wolcott Shea ’12
Kathleen Tyler Sheldon ’59
Shell Oil Company Foundation
Nancy Anderson Shepard ’55
Rebecca Patton Shepard ’63
Cindy Harper Sherrell ’88
Julia Shields ’62
Shields1117B Fund for Charitable Enrichment:
Stockholdings Unsold, a donor advised fund
of Fidelity
Anne Ross Shipe ’75
Mr. and Mrs. E. Reiman Shober, Jr.
Erin Shore
Margaret Shortlidge ’06
Virginia Yelverton Showalter ’67
Anne Whitney Bay Shuck ’89
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Freeman Shuford, Jr.
Megan E. Shuford ’16
Heather Dorothy Shumaker ’04
Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Sidles
Penelope Steketee Sidor ’66
M. Todd Sigler ’66
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Courtney Arnott Silverthorn ’03
Anne Smith Simet ’63
Amy Ann Simmons ’86
Elizabeth Perkinson Simmons ’78
Margaret Lawrence Simmons ’49
Gloria R. Simon
Sophie Simonard ’98
Joseph Simons
Diana K. Simpson ’08
Ann Connolly Simpson ’80
Kendra Hawkins Simpson ’07
Martha L. Simpson
Susan D. Sinclair and Louis Burns
Mary Todd Singh ’59
Martha Bickham Singleton ’71
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Sinner
Anne Sinsheimer ’51
Sirius XM Radio, Inc.
Judith E. Sirkis
Betty C. Skeen ’07
Ginger Carter Skoog ’97
Jennifer Slade Belovsky ’71
* Donor Deceased
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Carter Van Deventer Slatery ’49
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Slattery
Emily Hunter Slingluff ’55
Jacqueline Sloves
Deborah B. Slutz ’10
Wylie Jameson Small ’83
Catherine Brownlee Smeltzer ’59
Alene Smith
Ann R. Smith ’74
Ann Whittingham Smith ’52
Anne G. Smith ’86
Bethannie Swisher Smith ’01
Blair Beebe Smith ’87
Carolyn L. Smith ’53
Catherine Cassidy Smith ’81
Charles Lee Smith III
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Noel Smith
Elizabeth Oakley Smith ’73
Ellen Bryan Tozzer Smith ’87
Emily Pleasants Smith ’65
Frances Street Smith ’52
Gloria Smith
Hallie Darby Smith ’67
Jacob Wade Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth K. Smith
Lochrane Coleman Smith ’76
Margaret Lotterhos Smith ’54
Olivia Trees Smith ’14
Peggy Arduser Smith ’58
Sally Smith ’63
Sheila Haskell Smith ’61
Teresa Powell Smith ’82
Nancy Gayle Smith-Jackson ’82
Elizabeth Shelton Smolens ’75
Alice Allen Smyth ’62
Amy Hess Snawder ’00
Susanne Williams Snead ’64
Judith Whitacre Snider ’62
Kathleen M. Snyder ’20
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis S. Soliwoda
Jane Hamill Sommer ’65
Andrea Beerman Sonfield ’68
Suzette Morton Sorenson ’47
Lorna Allen Sorley ’68
Nikki M. Soulsby ’09
Katherine Blythe Southerland ’69
Susan Moorman Southworth ’66
Epiphany Danielle Soward ’15
Nancy Lumpkin Sowers ’89
Tracy Glaves Spalding ’84
Judith Dunn Spangenberg ’64
Cynthia Hubard Spangler ’63
Rosalind Ray Spell ’74
Arielle Sperrazza ’15
Virginia Beeland Spigener ’84
Monica Saumweber Spillias ’73
Katharine Osborne Spirtes ’75
Joan Hobbs Spisso ’72
Marian Spivey-Estrada ’01
Laura Saunders Spratley ’66
Ingrid Weirick Squires ’86
Elizabeth Morriss Srinivasan ’85
Amy B. St. John ’06
Carol Ann Leslie St. John ’75
Victoria A. Stacpoole ’20
Helen Graves Stahmann ’52
Wenllian Jenkins Stallings ’47
Caville Stanbury-Woolery ’06
Jane Johnson Stanek ’68
Mrs. Gloria T. Stanford
DJ Stanhope ’81
David Stanley
Virginia Williams Stanley ’66
Mr. and Mrs. James Beach Stanton (Christina
Benson Stanton ’97)
Gary Stanton
Margaret Stanton
Sarah Anderson Stanton ’89
Peter Marcus Staples
Sarah Riggs Stapleton ’01
Starke Foundation
Andrea Marie Stassi ’04
Clélie D. D. Steckel and Joshua A. Barrow
Estate of Louisa Steeble ’23*
Jane Street Steele ’56
Kathleen Pretzfelder Steele ’73
Linda Lucas Steele ’75
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Steele, Jr.
Victoria K. Steele ’70
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Steenwyk
Janice Renne Steffen ’74
Melanie Bowen Steglich ’78
Mr. and Mrs. Lars Steib
Lucinda Lowry Stein ’61
Barbara H. Steiner
Celia Newberg Steingold ’68
Stephanie B. Steinmetz ’93
Anne Stelle ’78
Stephen and Clara Smiley Fund,
a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment
Charitable Gift Fund
Aja Grosvenor Stephens ’02
Jocelyn M. Stephens ’11
Tamara Stephens
Patricia Cesak Stephenson ’73
Dr. and Mrs. Steven L. Stephenson
Renee Sterling ’73
Annie Ward Stern ’66
Margaret Jones Steuart ’54
Amanda Davis Stevens ’02
Catherine McNease Stevens ’86
Elizabeth Little Stevens ’77
Stacy McKimm Stevens ’97
Lisa Claypool Stevenson ’89
Alice Fales Stewart ’64
Philip and Joan Stewart
Charlotte Snead Stifel ’52
Amanda Stiff
Still Waters Fund, a donor advised fund of
Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund
Alison Stockdale ’00
Mary Copeland Stockton ’96
Anne Stoddard ’68
Anne K. Stokes ’75
Anne Green Stone ’53
Elizabeth Smith Stone ’58
Hattie Hughes Stone ’54
Jacqueline Hekma Stone ’59
Stonehall Farm
Bonnie Moe Stook ’72
Catherine H. Stopher ’69
Suzanne Elisabeth Stovall Clarke ’84
Jesse Durham Strauss ’96
Lynn Gullett Strazzini ’67
Jill O’Ree Stryker ’87
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Stuckwisch
Prudence Gay Stuhr ’63
Stupp Bros Bridge-Iron Co.
Harriette Horsey Sturges ’66
Pamela Sinex Subalusky ’69
Elizabeth Nelson Suhr ’87
Mr. and Mrs. David B. Sullivan
Rachael Sullivan
Carroll Waters Summerour ’75
Susan T. and Eric G. Friberg Fund of Coastal
Community Foundation of SC
Marie E. Sushka ’67
Cornelia Kennedy Suskind ’81
Amanda Megargee Sutton ’71
Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Sutton
Sarah Sutton ’83
Kristin Amylon Swain ’74
Scarlett E. Swain ’98
Martha Madden Swanson ’66
Lurline Tolbert Sweet ’65
Melinda Moore Sweet ’60
Sweet-Held Charitable Trust,
a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment
Charitable Gift Fund
Dr. and Mrs. James A. Swenberg
Jennifer McDonaugh Swiatek ’02
Mary Taylor Swing ’58
sbc.edu
* Donor Deceased
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Elizabeth Smith Swoope ’83
Katharine Baker Sydnor ’66
Sarah Herndon Sydnor ’01
Sandra LaStaiti Sylvia ’59
Rebecca Trulove Symons ’79
Angela Szczesny
Sophie Wackenhut Szymanski ’02
T & N Printing, Inc.
Caroline L. Tade ’08
Ms. Ariana Tadler
Penelope Tadler ’91
Paulett Long Taggart ’44
Margaret Cromwell Taliaferro ’49
Marcia Dutton Talley
Margaret Robinson Tallmadge ’81
Amelia Watkins Tankard ’87
Joie Roderick Tankard ’90
Caroline Lewis Taraschi ’87
Leila Thompson Taratus ’56
Carol Moseley Tash ’69
Taylor-Tyree Family Trust Fund,
a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment
Charitable Gift Fund
Ann Alleva Taylor ’84
Ann T. Taylor ’58
Carol Eckman Taylor ’64
John K. Taylor
Kathleen Watson Taylor ’65
Evangeline Easterly Taylor ’00
Mary Satterfield Taylor ’74
Sandra A. Taylor ’74
Sarah Goldstein Taylor ’09
Ann Collins Teachout ’54
Madeleine Long Tellekamp ’67
Mary Kimball Temple ’52
Toni E. Termotto and David J. Termotto
Patricia Hassler Terrell ’47
Martha Roton Terry ’71
Ms. Ashley Tessmer
Beth Bogdan Tetrault ’79
Deborah L. Thacker ’77
Maria Thacker Goethe ’02
Elizabeth Ball Thagard ’60
Jean Mackenzie Thatcher ’71
Penelope Writer Theis ’64
Caroline Keller Theus ’64
Cynthia Thiele ’92
Emma G. Thom ’18
Catherine L. Thomas ’98
Caroline M. Thomas ’19
Kay Morcom Thomas ’96
Mary Sue Morrison Thomas ’72
Penelope A. Thomas ’72
Cassandra Lynn Thomas ’97
Marcia J. Thom-Kaley
Alice Wood Thompson ’59
Cathy Weiss Thompson ’74
Christie Sears Thompson ’05
Grace Quirk Thompson ’88
Patricia Beach Thompson ’52
Susan Boline Thompson ’80
Joan Vail Thorne ’51
James Edward Thornhill
Elizabeth Schneider Thornton ’80
Leslie C. Thornton ’75
Mary Catherine Hawley Thornton ’11
Eleanor St. Clair Thorp ’58
Christopher Kilcullen Thurlow ’65
Deborah Massie Thurman ’76
Ellen R. Thurman ’68
Payson Jeter Tilden ’65
Mary Bell Timberlake ’67
Lida Matthews Tingley ’61
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Tinsman, Jr.
Maria Jones Tisdale ’75
Katherine Paige Tisher ’13
Sherilyn Irving Titus ’69
Janet Smalley Todd ’78
Elizabeth McMahan Tolbert ’57
Toledo Community Foundation, Inc.
Edward Deal Tompkins
Tompkins Giving Fund, a donor advised fund of
Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Carlton Tosh
Terry Starke Tosh ’75
Tara Day Toth ’98
Mary Craighill Tourgee ’81
Angela H. Toussaint
Laura Ann Humphress Toussaint ’06
Anita Grymes Towell ’60
Katy Warren Towers ’70
Linda W. Towers ’96
Cynthia Little Townsend ’79
Anne P. Toxey ’86
Christine Corcoran Trauth ’85
Travelers Companies, Inc.
Helen W. Travis ’74
Holly Brooke James Trent ’97
Cathy Trezza
Kathy Ann Trimble ’69
Mary Montelle Tripp ’82
Stephanie Banton Troutman ’91
Genivieve Ann Troxell ’03
Heidi L. Trude ’07
Victoria Anne Trudeau ’11
Ann Kays Tsuji ’96
Carol Exnicios Tucker ’53
Gretchen Gravely Tucker ’98 and Scott Tucker
Greyson Shuff Tucker ’72
Lacey C. Tucker ’20
Susan Enns Tully ’63
Kathleen Stevenson Turner ’64
Lee Daughtridge Turner ’64
Louisa Z. Turner ’62
Nicole Brandt Turner ’06
Pamela Myre Turner ’75
Sidney Turner ’66
Harriet Newman Twigg ’74
Michal S. Twine ’68
Miranda A. Tyler ’16
Patricia Lynn Longest Tyler ’80
Elizabeth Tyree-Taylor ’71
Amy Tyson
Linda R. Uihlein ’77
Suzanne Stryker Ullrich ’78
Ann Martin Goldmann Uloth ’83
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy H. Ulsaker
Virginia Everett Ulsaker ’07
Lori Waller Underwood ’85
Susan Knapp Hurley Upshaw ’99
Pilar Uribe ’84
The U. S. Charitable Gift Trust
Elizabeth Byrne Utterback ’79
Carolyn Rose Vaccaro ’11
Virginia Jones Vail ’59
Mary Blair Scott Valentine ’59
Norma Stieh Bulls Valentine ’93
Sally Schall Van Allen ’42
Barbara Dublin Van Cleve ’66
Katharine Weinrich van Geel ’65
Ann Pritchett Van Horn ’74
McKenzie Reed van Meel ’86
Beverly Van Zandt ’71
Lucy Dennington Van Zandt ’73
Sharon Singletary Vanzant ’69
Kelly Brown Varga ’88
Susanna Varghese ’84
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Vari
Mr. and Mrs. Roy B. Varnado
Lyssa Ann Vaught ’95
Paula A. Veale ’86
Melissa Leib Veghte ’74
Mrs. Megan Combs Veney ’09
Dorothy Barnum Venter ’35
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Verbridge
Susan Hampton VerNooy ’70
Wanda Vest
Annabelle B. Vesterman ’16
Britt Vice
Marion Harrison Vickers ’67
Virga Ventures LLC
Virginia Commission for the Arts
* Donor Deceased
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DONOR HONOR ROLL
Lindsay Mactavish Vogt ’96
Cynthia H. Volk ’83
Elizabeth Volkmann
Anne Souder von Weise ’86
Sarah P. vonRosenberg ’72
Madge Hall Vosteen ’85
Sarah Swift Voyles ’53
W. M. Jordan Company, Inc.
W. Robert Paine Gallery
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard W. Wackenhut
Wacker Wealth Partners
Lauren M. Wade ’05
Victoria McClintock Wade ’95
Virginia Joachim Wade ’63
Amanda K. Wager ’14
Yana Wagg ’95
Kearsley Rand Waggoner ’81
Marye Taylor Wagner ’73
Marian Roberts Wahlgren ’84
Margaret Walbridge
Nan Sirna Waldstein ’51
Carolyn Peyton Walker ’64
Elissa C. Walker ’75
Julia Snodgrass Walker ’83
Laura Campbell Walker ’68
S. AtLee Walker ’69
Wendy Webb Walker ’99
Carrie M. Walkiewicz
Marie Bandy Wall ’96
Edith Brainerd Walter ’42
Susanne Walters ’84
Lisa Moore Walton ’04
Lura Coleman Wampler ’60
Jessica Bemis Ward ’63
Phyllis Blythin Ward ’70
Winifred Ward ’60
Christine Devol Wardlow ’63
Pamela Compton Ware ’55
Patricia Coxe Ware ’59
Jane Oxner Waring ’58
Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Waring
El Warner ’85
Pamela Walsh Warren ’82
Patricia Anderson Warren ’61
Mr. and Mrs. Roger D. Warren, Sr.
Wendy Hyland Warren ’84
Catherine R. Waterman ’11
Diana Duffy Waterman ’83
Lalita Shenoy Waterman ’70
Mr. and Mrs. Jon Waters
Sarah Lawrence Watkins ’68
Suzanne Thompson Watkins ’69
Lindsay Hicks Watrous ’99
Mr. and Mrs. George E. Watson
Hallie N. Watson ’08
Nancy Cunningham Watson ’75
Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey V. Watts, Jr.
Barbara Watts
Elizabeth Andrews Watts ’74
Andrew D. and Elaine S. Weaver
Katharine McCardell Webb ’70
Maj. Gen. William Webb, Jr.
Barbara Chase Webber ’54
Elizabeth Taylor Webster ’83
Ellen B. Webster ’83
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin W. Webster, Jr.
Annegret P. Weckerle ’93
Jane Best Wehland ’57
Heather Bayfield Weidle ’94
Katie Keogh Weidner ’88
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald F. Weigle
Nancy J. Weigle ’95
Pamela Weiler ’79
sbc.edu
* Donor Deceased
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Ellen L. Weinberg ’87
Mr. and Mrs. Gary B. Weinberg
Liisa-Ann Fink Weinberg ’90
Ellen R. Weintraub ’71
Meredith Leslie Welch ’65
Marguerite Geer Wellborn ’56
Elizabeth Melvin Wells ’99
Anne Harrell Welsh ’55
Edith Duncan Wessel ’72*
Lynn V. Westine ’79
Robin Platt Wetherbee ’82
Nan Tull Wezniak
Alice Anderson Wharton ’75
Elizabeth Kemper Wharton ’58
Mr. and Mrs. J. Jeremy T. Whatmough
Courtney Huffman Whetstone ’95
Susan Whetstone
Emily Whaley Whipple ’61
Caroline W. White ’79
Elizabeth McLemore White ’70
Ms. Jesse A. White ’86
Kimberly Diane Shaheen White ’96
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen W. White
Joan McCarthy Whiteman ’49
Linda Learnard Whitfield ’56
Catherine Cranston Whitham ’75
Frances Ruth Fowler Whitlow ’82
Mary and Lyndon Whitmore
Mr. and Mrs. F. Mark Whittaker
Susan Curran Whitus ’79
Jane Merriam Wickens ’69
Karen Williams-Wickre ’84
The Widgeon Point Charitable Foundation
Margaret Richards Wiederseim ’78
Alysha Wiegand ’09
Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Neil Wigder
The Wilbur S. Smith and Sally J.
Smith Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Wilcoxson
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Wiley
Emily C. Wiley ’07
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin E. Wilke
Mr. Vance Wilkins
William and Sherrie McLeRoy Family
Charitable Fund at the North Texas
Community Foundation
Charlotte Moore Williams ’67
Dianne Hunt Williams ’68
Eleanor Keen Williams ’68
Elizabeth M. Williams ’78
Elizabeth Plunkett Williams ’48
Lacy Williams ’73
Louise Spilman Williams ’78
Margaret B. Williams ’97
Carol C. Williamson
Mary Ann Hicklin Willingham ’56
Faye Rathgeber Willis ’57
Regina Mancusi Wills ’71
Ann L. Wilson ’54
Courtenay Sands Wilson ’66
Gail Hayman Wilson ’60
Hildee Williams Wilson ’89
Janet H. Wilson
Madeline Wilson Wilson ’12
Jane Stephenson Wilson ’67
Nancy Ray Wiltshire ’86
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Wimmers
Haden Ridley Winborne ’69
Christine Jones Winder ’86
Camille Mitchell Wingate ’84
Gail Zarwell Winkler ’76
Patricia Layne Winks ’52
Winks Charitable Fund, a donor advised fund of
Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund
Mary Gordon Winn ’66
Lisa Fowler Winslow ’73
Winton Farm
Bet Bashinsky Wise ’75
Jennifer Solveig Wistrand
Patricia Witcher Jordan ’89
Melissa Gentry Witherow ’80
Karin Wittenborg
Marcia G. Wittenbrook ’72
Sallie Witting
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen B. Wittle
Georgianna Conger Wolcott ’87
Betsy M. Wolfe ’68
Molly Poole Wolfe ’65
Johanna Yaple Wolski ’70
Patsy Perkins Wolverton ’62
Edith Norman Wombwell ’53
Swee-Lan Wong ’80
Anthony C. Wood
Joan Wright Wood ’83
Keitt Matheson Wood ’63
Nancy Trask Wood ’52
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Wood III (Mina Walker
Wood ’62)
Elizabeth Clegg Woodard ’72
Helen Cantey Woodbridge ’44
Madison Woodward and Thomas Woodward
Anne Little Woolley ’83
Nancy Finley Worcester ’85
Rosalie Barringer Wornham ’51
The Worrell Foundation
Barbara Burns Wray ’81
Kathleen Harris Wray ’63
Mary Denny Scott Wray ’61
Joan Broman Wright ’56
Marty B. Wright
Mary Aiken Wright ’76
Mtesa Cottemond Wright ’94
Merrilee Davies Wroten ’93
Barbara L. Wuehrmann ’71
Joan Collins Wyatt ’85
Alexandra Bernard Wyllie ’86
Jaquelin Nicholson Wysong ’64
Cheri Burritt Yates ’84
Suzanne Yates ’70
Susan Wooldridge Yeatts ’95
Laura J. Yim ’98
Ariel Alyannah Yoder ’12
Anne Dunlap Youmans ’62*
Anne Kendig Young ’63
Jacqueline Lowe Young ’53
Jennifer E. Young ’11
Lauren Place Young ’78
Julia Bush Youngman ’66
Deshee Ann D. Young-Mitchell ’22
Avis Brown Yount ’69
Kathryn Hagist Yunk ’91
Letha Dameron Zackowski ’81
Catherine C. Zahrn ’98
Shannon Bazar Zahrn ’99
Mr. and Mrs. David Zak
Amanda Ottaway Zambetti ’89
Janis Thomas Zeanah ’52
Katherine Schupp Zeringue ’94
Christy Holterman Ziegler ’01
Eileen MacMurtrie Zuckerman ’96
Ms. Sharon Holt and Mr. Michael Zuckerman
YOUNG ALUMNAE BELL
TOWER SOCIETY
New to 2018-2019, The Bell Tower Society
recognizes the importance of the bell tower in life
at Sweet Briar College. This new society recognizes
leadership giving by our youngest donors as it fits
in their stage in life, whether gifts are made through
monthly installments or as one-time gifts. The F
Bell recognizes annual gifts of $250 - $649 from
alumnae within 3 years since graduation. The C
Bell recognizes annual gifts of $750 - $999 from
alumnae within 4-6 years since graduation. The G
Bell recognizes annual gifts of $1,000 - $1,999 from
alumnae within 7-9 years since graduation. The
* Donor Deceased
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A Bell recognizes annual gifts of $2,000 - $2,499
from alumnae within 10-12 years since graduation.
And finally, the D Bell recognizes annual gifts of
$2,500+ from alumnae within 13-15 years since
graduation.
F Bell (Classes of 2016 – 2019)
Ashton E. Reid ’17
Miranda A. Tyler ’16
C Bell (Classes 2013-2015)
G Bell (Classes 2010-2012)
Martha Schley Kemp Smith ’12
Stacy Ludington ’12
A Bell (Classes 2007-2009)
Caroline Camp Harrison ’07
D Bell (Classes 2004-2006)
Hannah J. Silva ’05
Brooke Allison Linville ’04
Virginia Wood Susi ’04
INDIANA FLETCHER
WILLIAMS ASSOCIATES
The Indiana Fletcher Williams Associates
recognizes and honors Sweet Briar College’s faithful
donors who follow in the philanthropic footsteps
of our founder, Indiana Fletcher Williams, by
providing for the College in their estate plans. If
you are not listed below but have included SBC in
your estate plans, please notify Claire Griffith at
cgriffith@sbc.edu.
Mary Oakey Aiken ’71
Deborah Butteri Akers ’77
Sheila K. Alexander and Robert R. Alexander
Jean Meyer Aloe ’63
Martha Garrison Anness ’48
Anonymous (19)
Anonymous ’07
Carolyn Scott Arnold ’57
Sarah G. Babcock ’83
Anne Goebel Bain ’82
Mary Fran Brown Ballard ’49
Kathleen Peeples Ballou ’55
Nella Gray Barkley ’55
Chantel N. Bartlett ’98
Melissa Halstead Baugher ’86
Rachel Reynolds Baxtresser ’07
Myth Monnich Bayoud ’80
Kathryn Beard ’55
Robin E. Behm ’79
Katharine Hart Belew ’49*
Polly Benson-Brown ’58
Beryl Bergquist ’71
Kristin Farris Bergquist ’03
Mary Morris Gamble Booth ’50
Barbara Sampson Borsch ’59
Kay Diane Moore Bowles ’57
Elizabeth Rodgers Boyd ’84
Mrs. Caroline Casey Brandt ’49
Dr. and Mrs. Owen W. Brodie
Alice Cary Farmer Brown ’59
Antoinette Christian Brown ’78
Laura Lee Brown ’63
Mary Jo Biscardi Brown ’86
Nancy Dixon Brown ’63
Rosamond Sample Brown ’64
Catherine Cage Bruns ’55*
Sarah Betz Bucciero ’97
Sarah M. Bumbaugh ’54
Ethel Ogden Burwell ’58
Evelyn Day Butler ’66
Mr. and Mrs. Carl W. Calandra
Mary Cooke Carle ’59
Eugenie Carr ’68
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Carroll
Elizabeth Frenzel Casalini ’82
Elizabeth Stanly Cates ’63
Bettye Thomas Chambers ’62
Lynn Mather Charette ’86
Kirkland Tucker Clarkson ’53
Sarah P. Clement ’75
Lucy Darby Meston ’78
Richard C. Colton, Jr.
Barbara Tragakis Conner ’85
Hilary Cooper Cook ’05
Kim Patmore Cool ’62
Barbara Bush Cooper ’81
Carol Tanner Cover ’43
Janet G. Crandall
Susan Bronson Croft ’64
Faith Croker ’54
Paul D. Cronin
Lynne Smith Crow ’64*
Nannette McBurney Crowdus ’57
Susan Andrews Cruess ’79
Molly M. Currens ’89
Jaquelin and Ralph Cusick ’57
Diane Dalton ’67
Jane McKenzie Davis ’03
Monica F. Dean and Robert A. Steckel
Elise Wachenfeld dePapp ’55
Lynne Gardner Detmer ’68
Linda C. DeVogt ’86
Ariana K. Wolynec-Werner ’01
Alice Elizabeth Dixon ’82
Marian Dolan ’76
Julie G. Dorsett ’87
Wilma Dotson
Margaret McClellan Driscoll ’92
Frances Early ’62
Lynne Manov Echols ’71
Michela A. English ’71
Eleanor Crosby Erdman ’60
Maria Ward Estefania ’69
Kimberley McGraw Euston ’92
Carolyn Cannady Evans ’49
Caroline Miller Ewing ’53*
Kimberly Harden Fella ’00
Katherine Guerrant Fields ’53
Mary-Fleming Willis Thompson ’66
Libby Glenn Fisher ’83
Linda A. Fite ’67
Elizabeth Harvey FitzGerald ’68
Cathy Patton Foose ’78
Carol McMurtry Fowler ’57
Mary Carter Frackelton ’72
Dorothea M. Fuller ’53
Natalie and Geoffrey Funk (Natalie Roberts
Funk ’66)
Mrs. Judith F. Gager* and Mr. Forrest L. Gager, Jr.
Lynn Crosby Gammill ’58
Janice K. Garfield ’73
Ann Gateley ’70
Reed Johns Gay ’53
Maj. Gen. L. H. Ginn III H’55 (Kathleen Button
Ginn ’55*)
Jane Piper Gleason ’74
Laura Hand Glover ’86
Jane H. Goodridge ’63
Jane E. Gott ’70
Clara Barton Green ’89
Julia Charlotte Green ’13
Virginia Chamblin Greene ’55
Lorraine Haire ’91
Lura Litton Griffin ’78
Claire Dennison Griffith ’80
Margaret Van Peenen Grimes ’54
Roshani M. Gunewardene ’85
Jon Halberstadt
Barbara M. Hale ’60
sbc.edu
* Donor Deceased
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Mary Elizabeth Hannah ’62
Sandra Elder Harper ’58
Adele Vogel Harrell ’62
Elizabeth Trueheart Harris ’49
Jeanne Harris ’40
Virginia Robinson Harris ’59
Vesta Murray Haselden ’38*
Katherine A. Hearn ’85
Katherine Powell Heller ’78
Mayde Ludington Henningsen ’48
Dorothy Compton Marks Herbruck ’51*
Anne Day Herrmann ’64
Preston Hodges Hill ’49
Betty-Potter Kinne Hillyer ’43
Esther Jett Holland ’43*
Martha C. Holland ’72
Anne Gatling Honey ’60
Kathleen M. Horan ’71
Ann Pegram Howington ’59
Leverett Hubbard, Jr.
Cissy Humphrey ’76
Mary Pope Maybank Hutson ’83
Mary Bailey Izard ’52
Carol Dickson Jahnke ’86
Nancy Jenkins ’72
Grace Butler Johnson ’66
Gwen Speel Kaplan ’60
Kathleen A. Kavanagh ’74
Jane Johnson Kent ’48
Rebecca Faxon Knowles ’55
Brooke Patterson Koehler ’65
Jane Shipman Kuntz ’58
Ashley Rogers LaGanga ’05
Aileen H. Laing ’57
Amy Campbell Lamphere ’80
Helen Murchison Lane ’46
Frances Griffith Laserson ’70
Elizabeth Blackwell Laundon ’69
Ann Colston Leonard ’47
Jane Perry Liles ’53
Karin I. Lindgren ’75
Lucia Woods Lindley ’59
Elizabeth R. Lindsey ’86
Sarah R. Lindsey ’04
Linda Lipscomb ’73
Stacey Sickels Locke ’88
Cheri (Harris) Lofland ’79
Steven J. London (Lillian Dugger London ’73*)
Randi Miles Long ’66
Elizabeth Wray Longino ’78
Valerie Stoddard Loring ’59
Virginia Timmons Ludwick ’53
Marion MacRae ’67
Blanchette Chappell Maier ’73
Harriet Wall Martin ’65
Cornelia Long Matson ’58
Emily Dick McAlister ’78
Mary Lee McGinnis McClain ’54
Margaret Graves McClung ’53
Margaret Katterjohn McCollom ’40
Dr. Rebecca McCord, Professor of Music Emerita
K. Holly McGlothlin ’78
Cynthia A. McKay ’78
Mrs. Peyton F. McLamb
Dorothy Woods McLeod ’58
Rebecca Towill McNair ’60
Karen Medford ’72
Heidi Menzel
Karen Gill Meyer ’63
Margot Saur Meyer ’60
Norma Patteson Mills ’60
Mary Street Montague ’51
Denise L. Montgomery ’75
Catherine Taylor Moore ’78
Louise P. Moore ’50
Makanah Dunham Morriss ’66
Vaughan Inge Morrissette ’54
Frances Kirven Morse ’68
Joy Reynolds Mouledoux ’84
Frank F. Mountcastle, Jr.
Elisabeth Muhlenfeld, President Emerita
Helen Turner Murphy ’56
June Jacqueline Speight Myers ’87
Kathleen B. Nager ’53
Tennessee Nielsen ’76
Denise Wisell O’Connor ’71
C. Gail Robins O’Quin ’67
Mary A. Osborn ’73
Cynthia Wilson Ottaway ’57
Anna Chao Pai ’57
Jo Ellen Johnson Parker H’10 and
Richard G. Manasa
Mary Hamilton Parsons ’78
William M. Passano, Jr. H’55 (Helen Addington
Passano ’55*)
Joanne Holbrook Patton ’52
Kathleen Garcia Pegues ’71
Ivana Pelnar-Zaiko H’06
Jacqueline C. Penny ’71
Elaine Newton Peters ’57
Susan and Lee* Piepho
Jeannette N. Pillsbury ’72
Susan Dern Plank ’73
Andria Calhoun Plonka ’67
Sally Gammon Plummer ’54
Catherine Tift Porter ’44
Averala Paxton Poucher ’57
Anne Litle Poulet ’64
* Donor Deceased
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Judith B. Powell ’69
Patricia P. Pusey ’60
Elizabeth Kernan Quigley ’48
Bettie Katherine Arnold Reed ’64
Catherine Cox Reynolds ’49
Nancie Howe Entenmann Roberts ’56
Lynn Kahler Rogerson ’76
Mary Ann Mellen Root ’53
Graham Maxwell Russell ’79
Margaret Christian Ryan ’74
Acacia Marie Salazar ’15
Betty Rau Santandrea ’70
Judith Welton Sargent ’59
Noma Greene Satterfield ’46*
Ellen Harrison Saunders ’75
Susan P. Scanlan ’69
Linda Mae Visocan Gabriel ’87
Christina Bacchiani Schieffelin ’68
E. Elaine Schuster ’58
Harriet Houston Shaffer ’64
Scott C. Shank
Mary Alexander Sherwood ’53
Dorothy Wyatt Shields ’58
Polly Sloan Shoemaker ’53
Jane Reeb Short ’74
Susanna Judd Silcox ’52
Allison Stemmons Simon ’63
Anne Sinsheimer ’51
Jane Collins Sjoberg ’53
Dawn W. Slekis ’08
Wylie Jameson Small ’83
Anne Haw Spencer ’89
Jeannine Corbett Squires ’66 and
Jay Squires, MD
DJ Stanhope, Class of ’81
Janice Renne Steffen ’74
Melanie Bowen Steglich ’78
Jean Blanton Stein ’44
Anne Stelle ’78
Renee Sterling ’73
Judith Bensen Stigle ’67
Anne Allen Symonds ’62
Paulett Long Taggart ’44
Katherine Upchurch Takvorian ’72
Margaret Cromwell Taliaferro ’49
Sandra A. Taylor ’74
Mildred Newman Thayer ’61
Catherine L. Thomas ’98
Douglas Dockery Thomas ’62
Jane (Kitchie) Roseberry Tolleson ’52
Teresa Pike Tomlinson ’87
Virginia Hudson Toone ’53
Newell Bryan Tozzer ’55
Jane Fitzgerald Treherne-Thomas ’57
Linda R. Uihlein ’77
Norma Bulls Valentine ’93
Sally Schall Van Allen ’42
Lucy Dennington Van Zandt ’73
Sarah Underhill Viault ’60
Jane Tatman Walker ’60
Marion F. Walker ’72
Wendy Igleheart Walker ’78
Dawne Cotton Ward ’81
Jessica Bemis Ward ’63
Betty Byrne Gill Ware ’55
Barbara K. Warner ’46
El Warner ’85
Joan Davis Warren ’51
Mrs. Janet A. Warrick
Charlotte Heuer Watts ’57
Langhorne Tuller Webster ’58
Ann K. Weigand
Wendy C. Weiler ’71
Gwendolyn Weiner ’62
Anne Lyn Harrell Welsh ’55
Elizabeth Smith White ’59
Kenneth S. White
Catherine Cranston Whitham ’75
Elizabeth Colwill Wiegers ’59
Patricia Wilder ’63
Emory Gill Williams ’40
Sallie Yon Williams ’63
Susan Whitten Williams ’78
Florence Barclay Winston ’57
Helen Pender Withers ’48
Diane Duffield Wood ’57
Keitt Matheson Wood ’63
Susan Snodgrass Wynne ’72
Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Yeager (Kathryn Prothro
Yeager ’61)
Susan Wooldridge Yeatts ’95
Jacqueline Lowe Young ’53
FIRST TIME DONORS
In special recognition of those who joined the
Sweet Briar Donor Community in the 2018-2019
fiscal year ( July 1, 2018-June 30, 2019),
Thank you!
Richard Arnheim
Jade N. Ashley ’20
Ms. Patty Barbu
Anne A. Barrett
Karen Alex Bender ’79
Linda H. Berenberg
Mr. Franklin T. Birdsall, Jr.
Mrs. Daniel L. Boardman
Lise Anne Boutiette and James D. Jones
Ms. Derby D. Brackett
Rod and Janet Brickey
Evelyn B. Caldwell
Jodi and Gary Canfield
Jean F. C. Carter
Mr. Paul Chaconas
Kenneth Chappelle
Elizabeth Hodges Clarke
Christopher Colburn
Meredith Cope-Levy
Scheline H. Crutchfield
Caroline T. Czarra ’22
Daks Nongkran
Shannon L. Dalton
Stephen Neal Dennis
Hannah G. Denson ’22
Yennifer Dineen
Donna M. Duff
Anne R. Duguid ’60
Mildred A. Edwards ’20
Nancy Erickson
Elizabeth Fisch
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Charles Florio
Stacey Foraker
Margaret White Forsberg ’90
Ms. Ann Edwards Fragale
Ms. Sandy Fraley
Ms. Monica G. Freeman ’73
Nancy R. and Stephen P. Friot
Rex Fritzler
Mr. and Mrs. Lanny Gantz
Heather Ayers Garnett
M. Lee Garrison
Barbara Gastel
Edward J. Ginty
Barbara Glynn
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Groesch
Patricia M. Hammond
Richard P. Hankins, Jr.
Trudy Harris
Mr. and Mrs. Jack J. Hatfield
Jaime L. Heimbegner ’04
Hannah E. Hesser ’10
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Hines
Tricia Hudson
Lori A. Husein
Karen Jackson
Melville Johnson
Priscilla Johnson
Elizabeth Ellisor Jones ’57
Lauren E. Jones ’22
Mr. and Mrs. Paul N. Jones, Jr.
Diane Jumet
Neal Kassell
sbc.edu
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Arthur Kellerman
Edward J. Kelly III
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kerschl
Lynda Krause
Andrew Loy Larson
Naomi Lewin
Jean Price Lewis
Larry Lewis
Rebecca Loewenthal
Mary E. Long
Ms. Carol Lukemeyer
Jordan P. Macurak ’21
H. Owen Maddux
Audrey S. Malone ’21
Jeffrey Markert
Paul Mayberry
Bonnie Chapman McClure ’65
Gary McCombs
Ms. Renee McKenney
Wendy B. Merrill
Carolyn M. Mertes
Frances J. Miller
Paul M. Miller
Jeanne Morin
Courtney L. Nelson ’20
Susannah M. Nevison
Joseph J. Nicholls
Ms. Mary Norvell Thomson
Susan Murphy O’Brien ’74
Shawn William O’Connor
Magnolia F. O’Donnell ’18
Ellen O. Oppenheimer
Elizabeth Rowland Overmyer
Donna G. Page
Dr. Lynn Pasquerella
Barbara Jo Phaup
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Stanley Phister, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Edward H. Piepmeier, Jr.
Miranda Ponton Ponton-Dean ’08
Dr. and Mrs. Dudley A. Raine, Jr.
Kirsten M. Reinhart ’20
Brooke Robertson
Ms. Melissa Rollosson and Mr. William Murphy
Nancy Rubens
Emelia Weatherly Ryder ’22
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Ryder
Wendy Savino
Dr. Travis Shaw
Joseph Simons
Betty C. Skeen ’07
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Slattery
Jacqueline Sloves
Alene Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Noel Smith
Jacob Wade Smith
Mrs. Gloria T. Stanford
David Stanley
Peter Marcus Staples
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Steenwyk
Mr. and Mrs. Brad Steinle
Angela Szczesny
Toni E. Termotto and David J. Termotto
Ms. Ashley Tessmer
James Edward Thorhill
Mary Catherine Hawley Thornton ’11
Jamie L. Tokich
Lacey C. Tucker ’20
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Vari
Cynthia H. Volk ’83
Mr. and Mrs. George E. Watson
Susan Whetstone
Susan Curran Whitus ’79
Carol C. Williamson
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Wimmers
Karin Wittenborg
Ariel Alyannah Yoder ’12
Deshee Ann D. Young-Mitchell ’22
DONORS TO JUNIOR YEAR
IN FRANCE
Donors to the Junior Year in France program and
scholarships for the 2018-2019 fiscal year
( July 1, 2018-June 30, 2019)
Administered by Sweet Briar College since 1948,
the JYF program offers an advanced and immersive
learning experience in Paris for qualified students
from American colleges and universities.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Ackerman
The Ackermann Foundation
David P. Adams
American Express Company and AXP Political
Action Committee (PAC)
Anonymous
Julie O’Neil Arnheim ’61
Lauren Ashwell
Anne A. Barrett
* Donor Deceased
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DONOR HONOR ROLL
Dede T. Bartlett
Josephine Benedek
Kendall T. Blake
Mary Morris Gamble Booth ’50
Lise Anne Boutiette and James D. Jones
Anthony Caprio
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Carroll
Mr. and Mrs. Maculey Carter, Jr.
Maria Corpora
Bruce Croushore
Vincent J. Doddy
David Ellis
Alan M. Engler
Eugenia Francis
Nancy R. and Stephen P. Friot
Robert M. Gill
Edith Dobyns Gilson
Gilson Investments, Inc.
Mary Ann Gosser-Esquilín
Mercedes Gravatt Grandin ’72
Alice C. Grover
Margaret C. Hager
Kelly E. Hall ’95
Cassandra Streett Hamrick ’66
Arthur F. Humphrey III
Michelle Francesca Johnson Jay
Diane Jumet
Kevin Paul Kiger
Caroline Hamilton King ’11
Peter M. Labombarde
Dorothy Senghas Lakner
Martha E. McGrady
Carl McMillan
Helene Mewborn
Kelly Schmitt Molique ’94
Juliette Monet
Anne Litle Poulet ’64
Carla L. Rosenbloom and H. David Rosenbloom
Cornelia Sage Russell
Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving
Antoinette F. Seymour
Marshall Metcalf Seymour ’64
Martha L. Simpson
Alene Smith
Charles Lee Smith III
Gary Stanton
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Steele, Jr.
Barbara H. Steiner
Philip and Joan Stewart
Angela H. Toussaint
Cathy Trezza
Triangle Community Foundation, Inc.
Wendy C. Weiler ’71
Nan Tull Wezniak
Mary and Lyndon Whitmore
Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Neil Wigder
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Wimmers
Jennifer Solveig Wistrand
FRIENDS OF ART
Donors to the Friends of Art for the 2018-2019
fiscal year ( July 1, 2018-June 30, 2019)
The Friends of Art maintains and collects art for
Sweet Briar’s permanent teaching collection, funds
financial scholarships for off-campus internships,
offers prizes for student art contests, sponsors gallery
events and the Living With Art initiative as well as
annually publishes Visions, a magazine highlighting
the arts at Sweet Briar.
Nessim A. Al-Yafi ’97
Anonymous
Florence Pye Apy ’53
Mary Fran Brown Ballard ’49
Rebecca Carter Barger ’81
Anne Carr Bingham ’67
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Windsor Bonham
Elinor Plowden Boyd ’74
Laura Lee Brown ’63
Ann-Barrett Holmes Bryan ’49
Catherine Caldwell Cabaniss ’61
Evelyn B. Caldwell
Claire Cannon Christopher ’58
Kristin K. Clemons ’99
Clifton Foundation, Inc.
Community Foundation of Gaston County, Inc.
Barbara Bush Cooper ’81
Susan M. Craig ’73
Flora Cameron Crichton ’46*
Jean Lindsay de Streel ’58
Monica F. Dean and Robert A. Steckel
Anne Taylor Quarles Doolittle ’78
Mr. and Mrs. David S. Elkins
Helen Scribner Euston ’65
Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund
Flora Cameron Foundation
Carol McMurtry Fowler ’57
Mary Frank**
Mr. Forrest L. Gager, Jr.
Kathleen Anne Golden ’77
Allison Roberts Greene ’81
Mary Sutherland Gwinn ’65
Alison S. Hall ’97
Jessica Gindlesperger Hubbell ’96
Anna Platt Kemper ’64
Page M. Kjellstrom ’70
The Rev. and Mrs. Peter N. Knost
Muriel Wikswo Lambert ’66
Margaret Johnson Laney ’62
Reyhan Tansal Larimer ’62
Mary Scales Lawson ’70
Sarah E. Lewis
Gail P. Lloyd ’60
Nan Dabbs Loftin ’81
Elizabeth Wray Longino ’78
Eleanora L. Marshall ’70
Peninah Meighan Martin ’58
Laura Maus
McNair Currie Maxwell ’63
Anne Ford Melton ’57
Lindsay Crumpler Nolting ’42
Gail Robins O’Quin ’67
Barbara Falge Openshaw ’57
Deborah Schmidt Robinson ’89
Magdalena Salvesen ’65
Marshall Metcalf Seymour ’64
Sarah Garrison Skidmore ’56
Catherine Cassidy Smith ’81
Ellen Bryan Tozzer Smith ’87
Renee Sterling ’73
Mary Page Stewart ’78
Still Waters Fund, a donor-advised fund of
Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund
Leila Thompson Taratus ’56
Susan Enns Tully ’63
Wanda Vest
Cynthia H. Volk ’83
Nan Sirna Waldstein ’51
Elizabeth Andrews Watts ’74
Pamela S. Weekes ’83
Wendy C. Weiler ’71
The Widgeon Point Charitable Foundation
Hildee Williams Wilson ’89
Dana Dewey Woody ’58
Mr. and Mrs. David Zak
FRIENDS OF ATHLETICS
Donors to the Friends of Athletics for the 2018-
2019 fiscal year ( July 1, 2018-June 30, 2019)
Friends of Athletics sustains and promotes
the College’s commitment to sports by funding
enhancements to intercollegiate athletics, including
team travel, the annual Athletic Awards Banquet,
uniforms, equipment not covered in the budget,
and communications to build enthusiasm and
increase attendance at students’ games and other
community-building efforts.
Melissa Jill Ackerman ’87
Anonymous
Michelle L. Badger ’06
Megan E. Behrle ’09
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DONOR HONOR ROLL
Ellie Donahue Boyd ’08
Jodi and Gary Canfield
Christopher Colburn
Mr. and Mrs. William B. Craddock
Monica F. Dean and Robert A. Steckel
Emily Marie Dent ’12
El Mariachi
Debra A. Elkins ’93
Carol McMurtry Fowler ’57
Mrs. Judith F. Gager* and Mr. Forrest L. Gager, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Gonya (Ann Martin Gonya ’85)
Claire Dennison Griffith ’80 and Luther Griffith
Mr. and Mrs. Jack J. Hatfield
Katherine A. Hearn ’85
Bonnie Kestner
Sally Old Kitchin ’76
Jo Ann Soderquist Kramer ’64
Mr. and Mrs. Brendan Christopher Magner
Gary McCombs
Caren J. Meade ’06
Jenaveve Hoskins Miller ’93
Beth Ann Trapold Newton ’86
Anna Chao Pai ’57
Julia Paris ’99
Brenda Childress Payne ’88
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Stanley Phister, Jr.
Lee Carroll Roebuck ’87
Nan Locke Rosa ’53
Jennifer Wiley Schmidt ’06
Alexa T. Schriempf ’97
Jacqueline Sloves
T & N Printing, Inc.
Mildred Newman Thayer ’61
Christine Corcoran Trauth ’85
Wanda Vest
Virga Ventures LLC
W. M. Jordan Company, Inc.
Pamela S. Weekes ’83
Wendy C. Weiler ’71
Shannon M. Wood ’87
FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY
Donors to the Friends of the Library for the
2018-2019 fiscal year ( July 1, 2018-
June 30, 2019)
The Friends of the Library seek to encourage an
understanding of the needs of the Mary Helen
Cochran Library, as well as its available services,
and to attract resources through gifts or bequests
including monetary donations, books, manuscripts
and other appropriate material.
Nursat I. Aygen ’76
Anonymous (2)
Michelle L. Badger ’06
Karen Herschbach Bates ’59
Mrs. Caroline Casey Brandt ’49
Rhoda Allen Brooks ’70
Mary Landon Smith Brugh ’57
Louise Phinney Caldwell ’60
Rushton Haskell Callaghan ’86
Barbara Hastings Carne ’69
Kenneth Chappelle
Mr. and Mrs. David R. Clayton
Gloria J. Cooper
Anne Peyton Cooper ’50
Mr. and Mrs. William B. Craddock
Michael Crites
Mrs. Charlotte Gmelin Dabney
Linda Manley Darling ’85
Monica F. Dean and Robert A. Steckel
Sarah Strapp Dennison ’10
Elizabeth and Luther Dietrich
Alice V. Dodd ’65
Genevieve and Tim Fadool
Mary Fleming Willis Finlay ’66
Ulrike M. Fischer ’90
Mrs. Judith F. Gager* and Mr. Forrest L. Gager, Jr.
Thomas W. George
Marion Phyllis Girard ’69
Gail Nancy Glifort ’86
Jane Goodridge ’63
Mr. and Mrs. William Donald Green
K. Ellen Hagan ’81
Alison S. Hall ’97
Lesley Bissell Hoopes ’68
Rebecca Doyle Huppert ’91
Mr. and Mrs. Rolf Joerger
Vicky Toof Johnson ’54
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hall Johnstone, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Joiner
Ellen Nichols Jump ’60
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Irwin Kerley (Donna C.
Kerley ’10)
Bruce Watts Krucke ’54
Helen Murchison Lane ’46
Mary Pat Behnke Larsen ’66
Lynn M. Laufenberg
Sarah E. Lewis
The Reverend and Mrs. C. Lloyd Lipscomb
(Elizabeth Johnston Lipscomb ’59)
Catherine A. Lumsden ’78
Anne Stupp McAlpin ’68
Marjorie Rebentisch McLemore ’70
Rebecca Towill McNair ’60
Mr. and Mrs. Olan Mills II (Norma Patteson
Mills ’60)
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Mittelholtz
Laurel Roe Morris
Katharine Vaughan Myers ’06
Kimberly Knox Norman ’85
Gail Robins O’Quin ’67
Ben Page
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry A. Parker
Aimee Armentrout Peacemaker ’99
Kathleen Garcia Pegues ’71
Mr. David W. Perkins
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Petchul
Susan Dern Plank ’73
Andria Calhoun Plonka ’67
Catherine Tift Porter ’44
Nancy Pesek Rasenberger ’51
Mr. and Mrs. Kerry Reynolds
Anne H. Richards ’84
Michael D. Richards
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Emmett Ryan
Judith Greer Schulz ’61
Grace E. Suttle ’60
Marcia Dutton Talley
Toni E. Termotto and David J. Termotto
Maria Thacker-Goethe ’02
Jane (Kitchie) Roseberry Tolleson ’52
Wanda Vest
Nan Sirna Waldstein ’51
Jessica Bemis Ward ’63
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin W. Webster, Jr.
Wendy C. Weiler ’71
Betty S. Weiss
Helen Cantey Woodbridge ’44
Laura J. Yim ’98
FRIENDS OF RIDING
Donors to the Friends of Riding for the 2018-
2019 fiscal year ( July 1, 2018-June 30, 2019)
Friends of Riding promotes Sweet Briar’s riding
program, paying special attention to the unique
nature of the program. The program provides a
range of opportunities, from constructive competitive
experiences to recreational riding activities, while
students pursue a quality liberal arts degree. Friends
of Riding aims to augment the Riding Program by
offering special clinics, assisting with uniform costs,
maintaining the facilities, and supplementing team
travel and expenses.
Claire Therese Affleck ’03
Erin A. Alberda ’01
Thomas Ammons III
Sarah G. Babcock ’83
Susan Lazarus Bailey ’85
Mary Brush Bass ’62
Mona Wilson Beard ’51
* Donor Deceased
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fall 2019
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DONOR HONOR ROLL
Linda H. Berenberg
Justine E. Betzler
Katrina Ann Balding Bills ’97
Saralee Cowles Boteler ’79
Elinor Plowden Boyd ’74
Barbara A. Brand ’71
Jennifer Brodlieb Cacioppo ’92
Susan Graham Campbell ’81
Elaine Horton Cavener ’65
Deidre S. Conley ’72
Jean Lindsay de Streel ’58
Christine Witcover Dean ’68
Monica F. Dean and Robert A. Steckel
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas John Dresing
Annette C. Dusenbury ’97
Katherine Taylor Erickson ’80
Jane Frierson Charitable Giving Fund, a donoradvised
fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable
Gift Fund
Still Waters Fund, a donor-advised fund of
Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund
Elizabeth Fisch
Catherine Gornto Freeman ’92
Jane Hutcherson Frierson ’74
Sarah Dabbs Fryer ’72
Chesley Phillips Gaddis ’03
Mrs. Judith F. Gager* and Mr. Forrest L. Gager, Jr.
Gardeners of the Junior League of
Washington DC
Virginia Woodward Gast ’73
Katherine A. Hearn ’85
Beverley Crispin Heffernan ’75
Elizabeth Mason Horsley ’90
Nancy Lea Houghton ’74
Carolyn Gaisford Imbriglia ’75
Margaret Enochs Jarvis ’83
Alice Johnson Krendel ’72
Deborah H. Jones ’84
Sarah Johnston Knoblauch ’74
Shapleigh Donnelly LaPointe ’86
Keedie Grones Leonard ’76
Sarah E. Lewis
Edna-Ann Osmanski Loftus ’72
Elizabeth Wray Longino ’78
Alexandra Stewart Manwarren ’94
Eleanora L. Marshall ’70
Jesse K. Martin ’02
Antonia Bredin Massie ’77
Paul Mayberry
Elizabeth D. McMullen ’68
Rebecca Denise Miller ’97
Jackelinne R. Montero ’13
Makanah Dunham Morriss ’66
Mountain Laurel Foundation
Pamela Tipton Newton ’69
Catherine Winship Nihem ’95
Mrs. Donald R. Ober
Martha Bulkley O’Brien ’59
Kathleen “kp” Papadimitriou ’84
Lindsay Eneguess Paulette ’11
Parker Shultis Pearson ’90
Bonnie Blew Pierie ’67
Ellen Ober Pitera ’93
Andria Calhoun Plonka ’67
Averala Paxton Poucher ’57
Mary Lanford Price ’91
Elizabeth Hansbrough Riley ’13
Nicole Balding Roca
Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving
Joyce M. Scott ’05
Janeen K. Sharma ’96
Jane Russo Sheehan ’52
Megan E. Shuford ’16
Sarah Anderson Stanton ’89
Prudence Gay Stuhr ’63
Mary Taylor Swing ’58
Katharine Baker Sydnor ’66
The Harbor Foundation
Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges
Melissa Leib Veghte ’74
Marian Roberts Wahlgren ’84
Elizabeth Andrews Watts ’74
Wendy C. Weiler ’71
Wendelin A. White ’74
Alysha Wiegand ’09
Charlotte Moore Williams ’67
Gail Zarwell Winkler ’76
Dana Dewey Woody ’58
Merrilee Davies Wroten ’93
NEW BARN RESIDENTS
Sweet Briar is home to one of the country’s most
renowned equestrian programs, and for decades, our
program has set the standard for collegiate riding.
We offer among the finest indoor and outdoor riding
facilities and a well-schooled string of horses with
wins and placings in USEF-rated competitions.
During the 2018-2019 fiscal year, donors provided
the Sweet Briar Riding Program with 5 new horses.
Asher
Jake
Phantom
Wes
Xavi
sbc.edu
* Donor Deceased
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CLASS NOTES
Start
Planning
Your
Legacy
In 1899, Indiana Fletcher Williams
founded Sweet Briar College
through a visionary planned gift.
Indiana’s vision of a college for the education of young women
inspired her to establish a trust of land and other assets that became
her enduring legacy. This planned gift has provided transformational
education opportunities for generations of young women for more
than 100 years.
Please join us as a Williams Associate to ensure that her
legacy — and yours — will prosper in perpetuity.
Become a
Williams
Associate
Not sure how to get started?
Visit: sbc.edu/planned-giving
For questions, contact:
Claire Dennison Griffith ’80
434-381-6479 | cgriffith@sbc.edu

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