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summer 2015
Game On!
The Future of
St. Mary’s Athletics
Inside: Special Graduation Section – Celebrating the Class of 2015
Depending on your years at St. Mary’s, you may have known athletics as a source
of pride or an opportunity for what our parents called “character-building.” The Mighty Turkeys
featured in this magazine demonstrate the best version of both pride in school and achievement
in team building and character. Participation in athletics has never been higher, and the options
for individual and team sports have never been broader. The Class of 2015 includes three athletes
who will play at Division III schools and two athletes who will play at the Division I level. We
have expanded our facilities with the construction of Joy Field at Second Baptist Church and our
partnership with the Racquet Club of Memphis for both tennis and swimming. As you will read in
the following pages, St. Mary’s is focused on fitness, competition, personnel, and facilities. As we
plan for a new gym, wellness center, and dining hall, we are determined to provide the right fit for
athletics within the St. Mary’s mission.
In conversations with parents this year, I have heard a wide array of helpful voices about
St. Mary’s athletics: those advocating for a program no less excellent than our academics; those
recognizing how club sports have changed the landscape of competitive play; those wishing to
preserve the ability of any student to play on a team. The athletic strategy committee of the
board began its work this year and has identified key priorities for having the program and people
in place for the opening of a new athletic center, including the recognition that the individual potential of each girl extends to athletic pursuits. And those pursuits require a new level of flexibility
and focus in staffing, curriculum, and communication.
The mission of St. Mary’s celebrates every girl and creates a culture where excellence is
rewarded, participation is encouraged, and fitness is a lifetime goal for all. We pray every day,
“Keep the students in health of mind and soul and body.” As we build for this healthy future, we are
committed to a community where each girl can
pursue her potential—academically, artistically,
and athletically.
Head of School
Head of School Albert Throckmorton
at the opening of Joy Field.
Summer 2015
In This Issue
The magazine of St. Mary’s Episcopal School is
published twice a year as a service to all alumnae, students,
parents, faculty, staff, and friends of the school.
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Game On
Head of School
Albert L. Throckmorton
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Team Players
Director of Advancement
Leanne Kleinmann
Assistant Director of Advancement
Alumnae & Special Events
Gigi Gould ’70
Director of Communication / Editor
Sally Walker Davies
Photography
Lisa Buser
Contributors
Kathryn Carpenter Swords ’83
Sutton MacQueen ’12
Zina Kumok ’07
Anna Ranson
Owen McGuire
Sally Walker Davies
Letters to the Editor:
Please address all correspondence to:
Sally Walker Davies
St. Mary’s Episcopal School
60 Perkins Extended
Memphis, TN 38117
[email protected]
901.537.1489
Unless otherwise noted, all photos, with the exception of
select photos in Class Notes, are by Lisa Buser.
On the Cover:
Varsity lacrosse goalie Grayson Lusk-Hussong ’17, center,
motivates her teammates during a pre-game pep talk.
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The future of St. Mary’s athletics
New relationships strengthen athletics
5
The Bongo Lady’s Guide to
Being the Ultimate Fan
6
In a League of their Own
Away from school, student athletes hone their skills
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She’s Got Game
Alumnae athletes reflect on winning, losing,
and lessons learned
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Campus News
Alumnae
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Outstanding Alumna 2015:
Lisa Francis Turner ’78
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Back in the Saddle:
Alumnae Weekend 2015 Photos
27 Class Notes
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Milestones
Parents of Alumnae: If your daughter no longer maintains an
address at your home, please notify Alumnae Coordinator
Gigi Gould at 901.537.1424 or [email protected].
The mission of St. Mary’s Episcopal School is to provide a
superior educational experience for girls which will encourage and
enable each student to reach her individual potential.
St. Mary’s Episcopal School does not discriminate on the basis of race,
religion, or national origin in the administration of its admission, financial
aid, educational, athletic, extracurricular, or other policies.
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Game On
The Future of St. Mary’s Athletics
By Sally Walker Davies
Time. It’s one of the most important elements of any sporting event —
beating the final buzzer, time out, record-breaking time.
In sports, time is also about strategy: How precious minutes are used.
When to substitute a player. When to engage in a full-court press.
When it comes to the future of athletics at St. Mary’s, the time is now.
Over the last year, we’ve
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improved our facilities. We’ve
Children’s Research Hospital.
reached important mile-
improved coaching and sup-
In order to bring our
stones in the building of a
port staff. We’re building key
programs to parity with our
comprehensive athletics
partnerships, including pilot-
competition and continue
and wellness program at
ing an innovative run/walk
to be able to help St. Mary’s
St. Mary’s. We’ve built or
training program with St. Jude
students reach their potential,
The Varsity lacrosse team competes at its new home, Joy Field.
our facilities must continue
nion, Father Sandy Webb, and
ual potential. From fostering
to improve. Plans are in the
the senior leadership of the
friendships and leadership
works for a new athletic and
church have been meeting
skills to creating healthy bod-
wellness center on the South
this spring with Trustees from
ies to learning the lessons
Campus, built in partnership
St. Mary’s, and plans are in
brought both by victory and
with the Church of the Holy
the works. You will hear more
defeat, a strong athletics
Communion, whose recre-
about this fourth and final
program creates strong bodies
ational leagues bring many
phase of our capital campaign
and minds, as well as a strong
families with young children
in the coming months.
community.
to our campus throughout
Athletics plays an integral
the year. The new Rector of
role in our mission to enable
Church of the Holy Commu-
each girl to reach her individ-
Let’s go,
Turkey Nation!
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St. Mary’s
Athletics
By the numbers
36 teams in 14
Upper School and 10
Middle School sports:
basketball, bowling,
cross country, golf,
soccer, softball,
tennis, track and field,
Team Players
New partnerships strengthen Turkey Athletics
T
he past year has brought major changes and improvements to athletic
facilities at St. Mary’s under the leadership of Athletic Director Sandra Pitts.
Turkey tennis and swim teams now have a permanent home at the
Racquet Club of Memphis, thanks to a long-term partnership with the
Racquet Club to provide swimming and tennis facilities for these programs,
as well as tennis coaches and junior development opportunities.
At Joy Field, the final touches, including a pavilion and scoreboard, were
in place for the spring lacrosse season. Joy Field is the result of a partnership
with Second Baptist Church and an extraordinary gift from an alumna of the
school and her family, and is home to both our lacrosse and soccer teams.
Improvements to the track around Southard Field on South Campus
were also completed in the spring, providing track athletes a better facility on
which to train for competition. The track improvements were made possible
through the generosity of two current St. Mary’s families.
Through an innovative partnership with St. Jude Children’s Research
Hospital, anyone in the St. Mary’s community can be a part of a race training
program to promote running and wellness in our community.
Whether you need a training plan for the Memphis St. Jude Marathon or
are new to running, you’re invited to be a part of Team St. Mary’s as we work
and train together to benefit St. Jude. There’s no cost for the training runs or
plans, and there’s no fundraising requirement.
The program is open to both adults and kids
of all ages, and can help prepare you for any
of the races associated with the Memphis St.
Jude Marathon, from the children’s half and full
marathon or the Grizzlies 5k to the marathon
relay. Complete information is on our website at www.stmarysschool.org.
volleyball, dance,
lacrosse, swimming,
trap, and fencing.
228
Middle School
athletes
263
Upper School
athletes
45% play 2 sports
28% play 3 sports
18 college signings
since 2005
23 honorees, 2014-2015
Commercial Appeal Best
of Preps, plus
1 Best of Preps Coach
of the Year: Dan Stringer
(Tennis)
Follow Turkey Athletics
on Social Media!
facebook.com/ turkeyathletics
@turkeyathletics
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St. Mary’s
Joining Team
St. Mary’s
Athletics
The Bongo Lady’s Guide
to Being the Ultimate Fan
By Sutton MacQueen ’12
Editor’s note: The world knows Malenda Meacham as the Bongo Lady – the energetic Grizzlies fan whose Bongo
Cam performances catapulted her to national attention. Meacham was named the NBA’s 2014 Fan of the Year,
then became a media darling, appearing on ABC’s Good Morning America and other national shows, and being
profiled by the New York Times. At St. Mary’s, we know her as Malenda Meacham, family law attorney, wife of
Rob, and mom to Hannah ‘16 and son Hayden.
Varsity lacrosse coach John Bartholomew joins the athletics
staff as assistant athletic director.
John Bartholomew, varsity lacrosse coach
and director of our lacrosse program for the
last two seasons, joins our staff full-time as
Assistant Athletic Director. John will continue
to oversee our lacrosse program and coach
the varsity team.
Kate Fairless, varsity soccer coach, adds
soccer coordinator to her title, and joins the
Middle School science faculty this fall.
Christine Mudalige, Middle School soccer
and lacrosse coach, joins the Upper School
faculty as a health and fitness instructor.
Christine will continue her Middle School
coaching duties.
Liza Fletcher joins the faculty and staff as
pre-kindergarten teacher (mornings) and
sports information specialist (afternoons). The FedEx Forum. The Grindhouse. The home of the beloved Memphis Grizzlies.
A Mecca for manic Memphis supporters who will show up rain or shine, hell or high water,
to cheer on their hometown heroes. They come to watch the spectacle that is Tony Allen,
to marvel at our All-Star Marc Gasol, and to consistently remind the opposing team that
Mike Conley is the most underrated point guard in the league.
It takes a special kind of fan to
thrive in that atmosphere and to
embrace and embolden the rough
edges of this Memphis team.
Malenda Meacham, affectionately
and nationally known as the Bongo
Lady, is that fan. A season ticket holder
who rose to fame for her energetic playing of the air bongos – better known as
the Bongo Cam – during breaks in the
game, Meacham goes all out to pump
Malenda Meacham, daughter Hannah ‘16, and son Hayden
chat with Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts.
up the crowd at Grizzlies games.
Meacham wasn’t always the super fan we know and love. She didn’t start attending
games until her sports-obsessed son, Hayden, encouraged her. Once seated in the FedEx
Forum, what else can a mom do but embarrass her children by playing air bongos to Gloria
Estafan’s “Conga?” Thus, the Bongo Lady was born.
So how does one become the ultimate fan, according to the Bongo Lady?
Have faith: “Always, ALWAYS, believe in your team.”
Show your team colors: For Meacham, that means dressing in at least one of the
three shades of Grizzlies blue almost every day.
Know your team’s chants, cheers, and songs: Meacham says Grizz fans should
know every single word to “We Don’t Bluff” and to sing those words at the top of their
lungs at every opportunity. (Turkey fans, this means you need to know the words and
actions for “Let Me See Your Turkey Trot”.)
Adore your team mascot: Meacham is adamant that Grizz is, in fact, the best
mascot in the NBA.
Get your head in the game: “Always have a pregame ritual to help seal the victory,” says Meacham, who says a pregame ritual is as important for the fans as it is for the
athletes.
In all of her super-fan glory, Meacham reminds us that the most important part of
being a Grizzlies or Turkey fan is to show off as much energy as is humanly possible and
“never underestimate where you can go in life playing instruments.”
Follow the Bongo Lady on Facebook: facebook.com/grizzbongolady
• Lacrosse • Softball • Track & Field • Tennis • Trap • Basketball • Bowling • Dance •
• Fencing • Swimming • Cross Country • Golf • Soccer • Volleyball •
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In a League of Their Own
By Zina Kumok ‘07
Savannah Ostner ‘17 and Mr. Crometastic.
B
eyond the usual school-sponsored sports offerings at
St. Mary’s, there’s a whole other group of athletes who
hone their craft outside of school – from the stage to the
riding ring. It takes a special level of dedication to compete at
a sport that requires hours of practice, weekends full of travel,
and commitments that take students away from school and
their social life.
Savannah Ostner ’17 participates in horse reining, a
Western-style competition in which riders guide their horses
through a precise pattern of circles, spins, and stops. Ostner
missed 20 days of school in her second semester of 9th grade
and 13 days in the first semester of 10th grade traveling to
competitions. Her time in the saddle paid off: Ostner, riding Mr.
Crometastic, was crowned the 2014 National Reining Horse
Association Champion in the youth 14-18 division.
Audrey Muscari ’16 said she spends about 20-25 weekends
a year showing horses, which requires a lot of out-of-town
travel. She also competes at the Germantown Charity Horse
Show, where she presided as a princess this year.
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For Ballet Memphis ballerina MacKenzie Campbell ’16, an
average week means 11 hours practicing ballet, while busier
weeks require up to 35 hours of work. Campbell spends
summer training in other cities. Last year it was New York, this
summer it’s Philadelphia.
Despite their dedication to their sports and the time
spent on the road or at the barre, the girls still find time to be
involved in a variety of activities at St. Mary’s.
Ostner is part of the Belles Lettres staff, National Beta Club,
and National Latin Honors Society. She participated in the
TMTA math competition this year and is involved in the youth
group at her church.
Muscari is a member of the St. Mary’s trap team, president
of the Financial Literacy Club, and treasurer of the Art Club.
Campbell is co-chair of the Middle School Committee of the
St. Mary’s Community Fund (her second year in that position).
She also served as Junior Class treasurer, a peer tutor for
The Write Place, a mathlete, and a member of the Cum
Laude Society.
MacKenzie Campbell ’16 performs with the Ballet Memphis School.
The girls credit the teachers and administration at
St. Mary’s for supporting their dreams by allowing them to
work ahead, catch up when they return from competitions,
and stay in the loop.
“I am lucky that the teachers are
encouraging of my sport as well as
understanding when I must travel
and miss school for horse shows,”
Muscari said.
Campbell said having a different
schedule from her fellow students
means making difficult choices, like
not going out on the weekends. But
seeing former Turkeys who have
participated in ballet reminds her why
she’s made that decision.
“I like to say that ballet and
school are both my top priority,”
she said.
These three students aren’t the only ones competing
outside of school; there are many others. For example, Abby
Baskind ’17 rides hunter-jumpers and jumpers, while Tashi Wischmeyer ’17 practices taekwondo.
Mary Elise O’Brien ’16 plays competitive volleyball. Maire Sweeney
’16 does Irish dancing and Mallory
MacDonald ’18 is an equestrienne.
Even though she doesn’t wear
the blue and white of St. Mary’s
when she dances, Campbell said
she’s always a Turkey.
“In performance I realize that I
represent not only the Ballet Memphis School but also St. Mary’s, so
it is almost impossible for me to
separate my commitment to ballet
from my commitment to SMS,”
Campbell said.
Audrey Muscari ‘16 was both a competitor and a princess at this year’s
Germantown Charity Horse Show.
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She’s Got Game
Alumnae athletes reflect on winning,
losing, and lessons learned
By Anna Ranson
Olympian Mary Lou Retton once said, “A trophy carries dust. Memories last forever.” Retton’s statement certainly
rings true for St. Mary’s athletes who went on to play at the college level. We asked a few of our alumnae athletes
to reflect on their favorite high school sports moments, and the lessons they learned through competition.
Taylor Holden Taylor ’90
Blair Carter Tait ’04
High School: Varsity tennis, member of four state
High School: Soccer, tennis, cross country championship teams
College: Duke University club tennis
College: University of Virginia tennis, team captain
St. Mary’s Moment: Winning the
St. Mary’s Moment: My best moment at St. Mary’s was when
2001 team State Tennis Cham-
I was awarded the Spirit of St. Mary’s Award at graduation. To
pionship was one of the biggest
me, this award was the highest honor I could receive regard-
highlights during my time at
less of the number of team or individual victories.
St. Mary’s. It was also an honor to
be highlighted as a Wendy’s High
Competition taught me… That one’s value and identity is
School Heisman National Finalist.
not directly tied to her success/failure on the court or playing
I loved being able to share it with
field. It took a long time for me
all my supportive St. Mary’s friends
to learn this, but once I realized
and teammates, especially after
that I was valuable as a person
coming back from an ACL injury
whether I won or lost as long as
my junior year.
I gave my best effort,
I was able to walk away proud
Competition taught me… Participating in a team sport
of myself for all of my
taught me to never give up, the importance of teamwork,
accomplishments and losses.
and to always give your best every time you step on the
court or field.
Lauren Harrington ’11
Competition taught me… How swimming is
High School: Swimming, cross country
really a team sport. The events I swim may be
College: University of Georgia swim team
individual races, but I know that even when my
races aren’t as good as I want, my team always
St. Mary’s Moment: Winning top eight in our
has my back, and they know I have theirs.
relays at the state championships as well as
Being a member of a sports team teaches
the team title. It was so fun cheering my
dedication, time management, and gives you
teammates on and seeing them succeed.
friendships for life, and those together mean
more than any trophy I have ever received.
Want to add your own story as a student athlete and beyond? Go to St. Mary’s Episcopal
School Alumnae Facebook page (facebook.com/StMarysSchoolAlumnae) and share!
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Allie Williams ’11
Susannah Taylor Marriott ’86
High School: Volleyball
High School: Basketball, volleyball, tennis
College: New York University volleyball team,
College: Princeton University crew, volleyball
team captain 2 years
St. Mary’s Moment: Our
St. Mary’s Moment: When we beat Hutchison in volleyball
basketball game against
my senior year and the whole team dog piled on the court
Bolton. We were terrified, as
after the final point.
Bolton was a huge school
compared to St. Mary’s, and
Competition taught me… How to lead others. I have been
they had a fantastic, tough
put in many different leadership roles, and each year as a
team. It was an away game,
leader has brought a
and, as we walked in to their
new set of people to
gym, we were nervous and
lead and therefore a
intimidated. Once the tip-off was over and the game was
new way to approach
underway, we were there to play. My memory is that we
leadership both on and
were competitive deep into the 4th quarter. We played our
off the court.
best game of the season that day, we fought to the end,
and we walked out of the Bolton gym with our heads held
high. We lost, but it didn’t matter. We felt like winners.
Martha Flowers ’76
High School: Volleyball, basketball, club team diving
College: University of Tennessee diving and volleyball;
first female athlete at UT to letter in two sports
Competition taught me… Having that perspective —
how to compete, how to handle both wins and losses, how
to thrive in a team environment, how to treat your body
with respect -- is central to who I am today.
St. Mary’s Moment: Every time we were in the St. Mary’s
gym to compete was a great time, but for me it was a
special honor to be inducted into the M Club. St. Mary’s
taught me so much, and being part of the sports program
Victoria Lee ’08
reinforced to me what we learned in the classroom each
High School: Bowling
and every day. Fundamental lessons such as teamwork,
College: Texas Christian University
patience, hard work, honor, good sportsmanship,
equestrian team, Student Athlete
friendship, and compassion were applicable both in the
Advisory Committee
classroom and on the court.
St. Mary’s Moment: For me, transiCompetition taught me… Sounds hokey, but St. Mary’s
tioning from high school to college
taught me that there is truly no I in TEAM. Whether you
sports was made a lot easier by my experience on the
are playing an individual sport or on a team, you all have
St. Mary’s bowling team. Competing in two separate sports,
to work together for points, titles, and especially success.
with both individual and team components, equipped me for
My role model Pat Summitt always reminded our team
team projects in college as well as the workplace. What I had
in college that, “we were students first, athletes second.
learned as a team athlete made for an easy transition when
Academics are the most
it came time to trust my team members in school and at work.
important; that’s why you
are known as student
Competition taught me… To just do my best and that
athletes. Work hard in the
sometimes you win (whether you deserved it or not), and
classroom and that trans-
sometimes you lose (whether you deserved it or not).
lates onto the court.”
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Campus News
Awards & Honors
Faculty/Staff Awards
Nanette Quinn Outstanding
Teacher Award
Marcy Kueffner
Creative Teacher Award
Sally Mansberg Rosenberg ’80
Gilmore Lynn Spirit of
St. Mary’s Award
Mimi Grossman
Fannie Warr Award
for Service
Kevin Gray
Ellen Feild Todd ’81
Staff Award
Sarah Jenks
Graduation Awards
Hazlehurst Gold Cross
Isabella Arbelaez
Ellen Feild Todd ‘81 Award
McKendree Walker
Mary M. Davis Loyalty Award
Michelle Chu
Spirit of St. Mary’s Award
Abbie Warr
Tabor Novak Award
Maggie McAtee and
Carmen Saab
Cathedral Award
Jane Morrison
Upper School
Class Day Awards
Rebecca Locke Young
Valedictorian
Aoife Shanley
Louise Johnson Young
Salutatorian
Pooja Moolchandani
Honor Student
Carmen Saab
English Award
Carmen Saab
Math Award
Pooja Moolchandani
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Science Award
Pooja Moolchandani
History Award
Olivia Landau
French Award
Liza Curran
Latin Award
Ami Agrawal and Nessa
Steinberg
Mandarin Award
Aoife Shanley and
McKendree Walker
Spanish Award
Isabella Arbelaez
Visual Arts Award
Samantha Wischmeyer
Musical Arts Award
Michelle Chu
Theater Arts Award
Liza Alrutz
Religious Studies Award
Katherine Harwell
Vicki Ladyman Athletic Award
Evelyn Roberts
Lawrence Lobaugh
Sportsmanship
Carmen Saab
Sumner Baker Athletic Award
Abbie Warr
Best All Around Athlete
Award
Martha Kay Williams
Joyce Gingold Art Award
Livia Overton
Palmer Adams Burt ’99
Art Award
Anna Katherine Roehm
Heiskell Music Award
Olivia Bernabe
Betty Lou Stidham Award
Samantha Wischmeyer
Community Service Award
Isabella Arbelaez
Jefferson Service Award
Sukanya Mittal
Scientific Research Award
Swarna Sakshi
Bausch & Lomb Honorary
Science Award
MacKenzie Campbell
Xerox Award for Innovation
and Information Technology
Meghan Lancaster
Dr. Kelly N. Ridder ’02
STEM Award
Lynley Matthews
Intellectual Curiosity Award
Olivia Landau
Patti Person Ray ’65
Citizenship Awards
A’Doriann Bradley
Caroline Ciaramitaro
Katherine Harwell
Margie Peeler
Tashi Wischmeyer
Awards of Excellence
Juliana Arbelaez
Lexi Becker
Bebe Chancellor
Book Awards
Rhodes College
Emma Mansberg
Hollins University
Olivia de Witt
Washington & Lee University
Elizabeth Waggoner
Brandeis University
Paarsa Haque
University of Pennsylvania
Katie Hieatt
George Eastman Young
Leaders Award (Rochester)
Annie Parker
Sewanee University
Halle Smith
Frederick Douglass & Susan B.
Anthony Award (Rochester)
Anusha Kheraj
Randolph College
Julia Williams
University of Chicago
Catherine Norwood
Dartmouth College
MacKenzie Campbell
Wellesley College
Allison Miller
University of Virginia
Jefferson
Molly Cline
Yale University
Hannah Simmons
Middle School Awards
Vicki Ladyman Athletic Award
Arabella McGowan
Carmine B. Vaughan Medal
for Service
Lindsey Fields
Joyous Christian Living Award
Maia Paige and Kennedy
Hamblen
Gilmore Lynn Award for
Service
Pooja Talati
Mary Paoli Award
Gabriella Perez
Geoffrey C. Butler Award
Emily Richards
Ellen Feild Todd ’81 Award
Mason Davis
Joyce Gingold Art Award
Sophia Meibohm
Art Award
Bella Zafer
Anne Westmoreland
Garrett ’79 Award
Emmy La
Scholastic Art Awards
Angela Xu (Gold Key)
Lower School Awards
Lila Phillips Gould Award
Ellayna Kate Angelakis
Moss Hall Art Award
Mackenzie Mink
Art Award
Sadie Dattel
Early Childhood Awards
Art Award
Mollie Ginn
Oh, the places they’re going!
Campus News
The 56-member Class of 2015 will attend 45 different universities and colleges, and received more than $10 million in merit-based scholarships.
Ami Agrawal
Cornell University
Mary Allen
Centre College
Liza Alrutz
Northwestern University
Isabella Arbelaez
Duke University
Elizabeth Bellott
North Carolina State University
Olivia Bernabe
Sarah Lawrence College
Madeleine Bradley
University of Mississippi
Camille Brown
University of Alabama
at Birmingham
Sara Brown
Courtney Caradonna
Tulane University
Chelsea Chin
Saint Louis University
Michelle Chu
Oberlin College
Liza Curran
Kianna Davis
Emory University
Natalie Dean
University of WisconsinMadison
Carleigh Ebbers
Tulane University
Emma Farris
George Washington
University
Lila Gordon
Temple University
Katherine Harwell
University of Tennessee
Meredith Isom
Howard University
Abby Jacobs
George Mason University
Olivia Landau
University of Southern
California
Madeleine Lee
New York University
Ivy Leet
Eckerd College
Kiraney Loving
Bowdoin College
Ayanna Martin
Vanderbilt University
Lynley Matthews
Columbia University
Maggie McAtee
Auburn University
Mary Jane McCaghren
Sewanee: The University
of the South
Kylie McDowell
New York University
Kathryn Mitchell
Pooja Moolchandani
University of Southern
California
Jane Morrison
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
Tongta Muangsiri
Rangsit University
Mary Caroline Newman
Birmingham-Southern College
Hannah Pfrommer
University of Colorado
Boulder
Kaylan Pugh
The Ohio State University
Miranda Rice
Shawnee State University
Carmen Saab
Williams College
Brooke Saharovici
University of Missouri
Aoife Shanley
Cleveland Institute of Music
Mimi Sharp
University of Oregon
Emily Shores
Clemson University
Nessa Steinberg
University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign
Olivia Tennyson
University of Richmond
Ashton Terry
University of Memphis
Mary Thompson
University of Puget Sound
Maci Twombly
Rollins College
Gretchen Vogt
Northwestern University
McKendree Walker
Rhodes College
Abbie Warr
Sewanee: The University
of the South
Sondreca Weaver
Spelman College
Meredith Wells
University of Chicago
Eliza Williams
College of Charleston
Samantha Wischmeyer
Savannah College of Art
and Design
Yue Wu
University of Cambridge
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Campus News
Academic
Achievements
T
Pooja Moolchandani (science), Jane Morrison
(general scholarship), Aoife Shanley (music), and
he 2014-2015 school year featured many moments
of academic recognition for students.
Gretchen Vogt (general scholarship).
At the 2015 Scholastic Art Exhibition and Awards,
Eight Seniors were named Academic All-Stars by The
Gold Keys were awarded to Sophomore Jasmine Huang
Commercial Appeal. Isabella Arbelaez, who was named a
in fashion and 7th grader Angela Xu, who also won the
weekly winner in the Foreign Language category, was also
Junior Division drawing award. Silver Keys were awarded
selected as the overall winner of that category at the annual
to 9th grader Lauren Mabie in photography and Jasmine
Academic All-Star luncheon. Other weekly honorees were
Huang in drawing and illustration. Honorable mentions
Ami Agrawal (mathematics), Olivia Bernabe (drama
were awarded to 8th grader Karsen Springfield in
and speech), Olivia Landau (social science and history),
drawing, and Huang in drawing and illustration.
Literacy Center Honors Former Head Of School
O
ne of the most recent programs at St. Mary’s is the
Nathaniel C. Hughes Learning Center, which offers North
Campus students – and girls and boys from other schools – the
opportunity to enhance their reading and literacy skills.
The Hughes Learning Center, named for former Head
of School Nathaniel Hughes, is made possible through a
generous gift from Ashley Moore Remmers ’72, for whom
Dr. Hughes was a transformational figure. Opening this year
as the expansion of the reading and literacy program that has
long been a part of our summer Pursuits offerings, the Hughes
Learning Center will grow to offer reading remediation and
learning enrichment programs throughout the school year, for
both St. Mary’s students and those from other schools.
Laura Hutton, formerly part of the 1st grade teaching
team, is the director of the Hughes Learning Center. Over the
last three years, Hutton has worked to build a summer reading
and literacy program that focuses on each student’s particular
needs. The success of the summer program was the catalyst for
the creation of the Hughes Learning Center.
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Students work with their instructors in the reading and literacy program last summer.
Campus News
(L-R) 2014-2015 Annual Fund chairs Julie and Mike Matthews
with Albert and Marinell Throckmorton.
Celebrating a Milestone
Annual Fund leadership donors gathered at the home of Bill and
Amy Rhodes in April to celebrate the continued success of the
Annual Fund. Hosted by Head of School Albert Throckmorton
and the Board of Trustees, the event celebrated the growth of
the Annual Fund to over $1 million for the 2014-2015 school year
- the first time in St. Mary’s history the Fund
reached that milestone.
St. Mary’s Community Fund
Grants Record Amount
The St. Mary’s Community Fund wrapped up
its most successful fundraising year ever by awarding
$35,000 to seven Memphis-area nonprofits that serve
children. $5,000 grants were awarded to Baptist Trinity Hospice, Church Health Center, the Exchange
Club Family Center, Memphis Library Foundation,
Multi-National Ministries, Porter-Leath, and Streets
Ministries. Established in 1998, the SMCF has awarded
$350,000 in grants to organizations that benefit children
in the Mid-South.
Amy Rhodes, center, at the Annual Fund celebration party.
Mock Trial Competes at State
Miriam DeCosta-Willis Named
2015 Pitcock Award Winner
The St. Mary’s Mock Trial team (pictured above)
competed in the Tennessee Bar Association’s 35th annual
state High School Mock Trial Championship. The team
advanced to the final round, claiming the runner-up spot.
Junior Swarna Sakshi won third place as best attorney for
the prosecution, and Junior Paarsa Haque won first place
as the best prosecution witness.
The recipient of this year’s Cynthia D. Pitcock
Women’s History Award is educator and author Dr.
Miriam DeCosta-Willis. Dr. DeCosta-Willis became the
first black faculty member of Memphis State University
(now the University of Memphis) in 1966 and has taught
at LeMoyne-Owen College, Howard University, George
Mason University, and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She has published nine books, including
several that highlight the history of African Americans
in Memphis.
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Student Writers Honored
Classics take the
Rose Theater Stage
Mays Award winners with, center, Diane Mays, Bethany Mays Owen ’93,
and Mary Austin Mays Smith ’03.
Beauty and the Beast
In late February, the Upper School production of Beauty
and the Beast took the stage at the Buckman. The musical
was nominated for 10 Orpheum High School Music Theatre
Awards, ultimately winning Best Front of House and Outstanding Technical Achievement. The cast performed “Be Our
Guest” at the awards ceremony.
Alice in Wonderland, Jr.
Middle School actors took audience members down the
rabbit hole with their production of Alice in Wonderland, Jr.
The girls put on four performances of Lewis Carroll’s famous
work at the beginning of May.
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The Mays Prize in Writing is St. Mary’s annual fictionwriting contest sponsored by the Mays family. Bethany
Mays Owen ‘93 and Mary Austin Mays Smith ‘03,
along with their sister-in-law Margaret Ann Klinke
Mays ’03 and parents, Dr. Kit and Diane Mays, sponsor
this contest each year, a contest which promotes and
encourages creative writing at all grade levels.
First/Second Grade
Distinguished Writers
Harper Robinson
Eden Williams
Writer of Excellence
Arianna Del Rosario
Ninth/Tenth Grade
Chelsey Chen
Sabrina Spence
Grayson Lusk-Hussong
Third/Fourth Grade
Georgia Carls
Hannah Kerlan
Sadie Kiel
Eleventh/Twelfth
Grade Distinguished
Writers
Hannah Simmons
Olivia Tennyson
Halle Smith
Fifth/Sixth Grade
Distinguished Writer
Ansley Skipper
Jennifer Ruffin
Jessica Joshi
Seventh/Eighth Grade
Sophia Meibohm
Lily Beasley
Bella Zafer
Campus News
Faculty News & Awards
U
pper School art teacher Nancy Prillaman and Middle School art teacher
Elizabeth Garat have been selected by
the Tennessee Governor’s School for the
Arts as Outstanding Teachers. They were
both nominated by Sophomore Jasmine
Huang, who was among the St. Mary’s
students selected for the 2015 Governor’s
School program.
Garat’s painting “River of Stars” was
included in Water Works II, an International
Juried Exhibition presented by the Venice
Institute of Contemporary Art and the
Porch Gallery of Ojai, California. Another
of her pieces, ”River Rain,” has been juried
into the 57th Annual Delta Exhibition,
which will be on display July 10th through
September 20, at the Arkansas Arts Center
in Little Rock.
Retiring
After 19 years
of guiding
St. Mary’s students through
the college
application
process, Mimi
Grossman is
retiring as the
director of
college counseling. Grossman joined the
St. Mary’s community in 1996, coming
from White Station High School, where
she was the first-ever college advisor
in the Memphis City Schools. She has
served on the review committees for the
National Merit Scholarship Corporation
and the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation,
among others, and is currently on the
counselor advisory boards of the University of Alabama, Samford University, and
Birmingham-Southern College. Grossman
has been an active member of the National Association for College Admission
Counseling (NACAC) and the Southern
Association for College Admission
Counseling (SACAC).
Judy Nokes is retiring as a Junior Kindergarten teacher after 18 years at St. Mary’s.
During that time, she has helped lay the
educational foundation for hundreds of
girls. Her enthusiasm for teaching her
students was evident each day in her
classroom where
learning came
alive at every turn.
Her love of math,
literature, art,
and storytelling
could be found in
every aspect of her
teaching.
Dr. Patti Person Ray ’65 is retiring as head
of the Upper School. When Dr. Ray ’65 was
named Upper School Head 15 years ago,
she was the first alumna administrator in
the school’s
history. After
a total of
40 years in
education,
including 27
years as an
administrator, Dr. Ray
graduated
her last class
of seniors this
spring. She
introduced and shaped the Upper School’s
modern curriculum, schedule, student life,
facilities, and faculty. Dr. Ray’s impact on
education extends beyond St. Mary’s. She
was the founding principal of Cordova
High School and was the first female high
school principal in the modern Shelby
County School system. Dr. Ray teaches at
Union University, Memphis Teacher Residency, and the Online School for Girls.
Gobbler 5K Supports
Scholarship Fund
Over 600 people took part in the 5th Annual
Nanette Quinn Gobbler 5K on Saturday,
February 28. Runners were cheered on by the cast
of the Upper School play Beauty and the Beast.
The race supports the Nanette Quinn Memorial
Scholarship Fund.
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Maker Culture Goes On Display
This spring, students on the North Campus demonstrated how the maker mindset comes to work - and play - at St. Mary’s.
In April, Kindergarten girls showcased their maker skills for parents
and guests at the Early Childhood Tinker Fair. The girls spent the
morning moving from station to station, hammering nails, twisting
wires, building 3D models, using hot glue guns, and chiseling wood.
Proper safety procedures were followed at each activity. The Tinker Fair
coincided with the last day of Kid Town, the annual Senior Kindergarten
project that sees girls manage and shop at fictional businesses.
The Lower School Maker Faire was held in early May. All girls in 1st-4th grades participated both as
attendees and activity leaders. The gym was set up with tables featuring a range of activities, such as
building a Rube-Goldberg-style marble track, using a soldering iron to complete a circuit, and even
playing life-size Angry Birds! The event also featured maker-themed speakers and presentations.
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St. Mary’s to Launch Redesigned, Responsive Website
This summer, St. Mary’s is launching the new
responsive, meaning it adjusts in size and functional-
stmarysschool.org, which includes an improved,
ity whether viewed on a laptop, desktop, or mobile
secure dashboard for parents that offers full ac-
device. The launch includes an app for iOS (Apple)
cess to their daughter’s class and grade information,
devices that offers users the ability to receive push
forms, calendars, and school news. The new site is
notifications, log into their secure account, and more.
St. Mary’s Wins Two CASE Awards
The Mighty Turkey logo and the Annual Fund
Superheroes can now add “award-winning” to their
names. At the Council for Advancement and Support of
Education (CASE) District III conference in Orlando, the
Mighty Turkey, St. Mary’s athletic logo launched in early
2014, won a Silver in the branding projects category.
The Annual Fund Superheroes (teachers Jeff McCalla
and Mickey Pitts, as seen in their costumes in the photo
to the left) appeared in a video which won a Bronze in
the fundraising video category. The AF Superheroes
campaign was used to support the Annual Fund during the 2013-2014 school year. Both of these entries
competed against submissions from other independent
schools, colleges, and universities.
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A Strong Finish
Athletes excel in winter, spring competition
W
rapping up the winter sports
Regional Tournament. Varsity Tennis sent
season, the Varsity dance
seven team members to state, where they
team was Runner-Up at the TSSAA State
fought hard to the end of the tournament
Tournament before they travelled to
and claimed the runner-up spot. Seniors
Orlando to compete in national
Carmen Saab and Mary Jane McCaghren
competition.
took home the 2015 TSSAA State Double
The Varsity swim team completed
Champions title.
the season with a 4-1 record. The swim
The Middle School track quartet of
th
team finished 5 out of 18 teams in the
Joy Jackson ’19, Madison Motley ’19,
th
women’s division and 8 overall out of
Kalen Ingram ’21, and Emily Taylor ’21
21 teams at the TISCA State Meet.
won second place at the Shelby League
The Middle School swim team
Championship in both the 4x100 and 4x200
st
claimed an impressive 1 place finish
meter relays. Motley also won first place in
at their Division Championship. Abby
the 100 meter dash at the Shelby League
Autry ’19, who set two county records,
Championship meet.
started the individual events off right
At the state track meet, Varsity track
with a 55.10 in the 100 meter freestyle,
runners Grace Ugwueke ’16 finished
which proved to be a new league
7th overall in high jump and Martha Kay
record, replacing St. Mary’s alumna LauWilliams placed 3rd overall for long jump.
ren Harrington’s ’11 record from 2007.
Varsity lacrosse advanced to the
In only our second year, St. Mary’s
Mary Jane McCaghren ’15.
fencing has made impressive strides
toward becoming a very competitive
program. St. Mary’s won three gold medals at the state fencing
second round of the
competition, CC Chen ’18
state tournament this
in women’s epee, Gretchen Vogt ’15 in women’s foil, and
year. Evelyn Roberts
Olivia Imig ’17 in saber. St. Mary’s finished the state
’18 and Grayson
tournament with three individual gold medals, two team
Lusk-Hussong ’17
championships, and the overall trophy.
were selected TGLA
Varsity basketball had a great season led by Senior
1st Team All-State,
Kaylan Pugh, who was named TSSAA Class A Miss Basketball.
and Mary Ashley
Murrah ’17 was
Spring Athletics
selected 2nd Team
All-State; they were
St. Mary’s Varsity tennis excelled this spring with a state
also named to the
doubles champions title, a second place state finish for the
West All-Region
team, an undefeated regular season, a first place win at the
Team, along with
Chattanooga Rotary tournament, and a first place win at the
Jordon Dale ’17 during track and
field competition.
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2014-2015 Best of Preps
Hattie Fogarty ’18.
Bebe Chancellor ’16
was selected to be
part of the 2015 U.S.
Lacrosse All Academic
Team.
21 athletes were
named to the 20142015 The Commercial
Appeal Best of the Preps
All-Metro teams, with
two athletes scoring
dual honors this year.
Carmen Saab was
Best of Preps honorees: Top row, L-R: Eliza Williams, Kiara Norris, Kaylan Pugh,
Mary Caroline Newman, Lauren Mabie. Middle row, L-R: Aubrey Guyton, Mary
a Tennis finalist and
Elise O’Brien, Ali MacQueen, Megan Tang. Front row, L-R: Olivia House, Lynley
Scholar Athlete finalMatthews and Martha Kay Williams. Not pictured: Caroline Culpepper,
Hattie
Fogarty, Mary Jane McCaghren, Mary Ashley Murrah, Grace Murray,
ist, and Martha Kay
Evelyn Roberts, Carmen Saab, Lily Saab and Grace Ugwueke.
Williams was named
to both the Soccer and
Track All-Metro teams. For the third year in a row, Tennis coach Dan Singer was named the Best
of Preps Girls Tennis Coach of the Year.
College signees ready to play
Kaylan Pugh
Basketball finalist
Aubrey Guyton
Golf All-Metro team
Megan Tang
Golf All-Metro team
Evelyn Roberts
Lacrosse finalist
Olivia House
Soccer All-Metro team
Mary Caroline Newman
Soccer All-Metro team
Martha Kay Williams
Soccer All-Metro team and
Track All-Metro team
Lauren Mabie
Swimming All-Metro team
Lynley Matthews
Swimming All-Metro team
Ali MacQueen
Swimming finalist
Kiara Norris
Swimming finalist
Carmen Saab
Tennis finalist and
Scholar Athlete finalist
Mary Jane McCaghren
Tennis finalist
Mary Elise O’Brien
Volleyball All-Metro team
Eliza Williams
Volleyball All-Metro team
Grace Ugwueke
Track All-Metro team
Mary Ashley Murrah
Lacrosse All-Metro team
Grace Murray
Tennis All-Metro team
Caroline Culpepper
Lily Saab
Hattie Fogarty
Lacrosse All-Metro team
Five members of the Class of 2015 will continue their athletic careers at the collegiate level.
(L-R) Kaylan Pugh (basketball, The Ohio State University), Mary Caroline Newman (soccer, Birmingham
Southern College), Carmen Saab (tennis, Williams College), Mary Jane McCaghren (tennis, Sewanee),
Lynley Matthews (swimming, Columbia University)
Dan Singer
Tennis Coach of the Year
(3rd year in a row)
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OUTSTANDING ALUMNA
Outstanding Alumna 2015:
Lisa Francis Turner ’78
By Kathryn Carpenter Swords ’83
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W
hen Lisa Turner first heard she had
been chosen as Outstanding Alumna
2015, she was taken aback. “I was
convinced she had called the wrong person!”. It
is no surprise to those who know her, though,
as she embodies the qualities that make her an
obvious choice.
Turner has worked tirelessly and joyfully
in her life of service and leadership not only
as an alumna, a sister, daughter, wife, and
mother, but also as a professional through her
work for 32 years at Independent Presbyterian
Church, where she currently serves as Director
of Congregational Life. She has served as a
member of the St. Mary’s Alumnae Board and as
chair of the Annual Fund. She is compassionate,
confident, humble, energetic, a leader and
mentor. And, as a wonderful added bonus, she is
very funny.
As a student, Turner was President of the
M Club, photographer for the Carillon, a multisport athlete (soccer, basketball, volleyball, and
softball), and a member of the Twelve Year Club.
Her mother Ruth Kelly Francis ’51, sister Molly
Francis Roberts ’80, and daughter Kelly ’08 all
hold close ties to St. Mary’s.
After St. Mary’s, Turner received a B.A.
in Education from Vanderbilt University. “I
graduated on a Friday and came to work on
a Monday, May 1982,” she explains. “John
Sartelle, who was the Minister at Independent
Presbyterian for 27 years, hired me. I’ve worked
at IPC in all sort of different capacities over
the years.”
During this time she married Buster Turner.
“When I was pregnant with Kelly we were
given the devastating news Buster had chronic
leukemia. In 1990, when Kelly, was just 11
months old, he passed away from complications
of a bone marrow transplant. I was by his side
and read him Isaiah 40:31 and thanked him for
loving us and told him his love would be with us
for a lifetime.” These experiences, coupled with
her deep faith, help her reach out to others also
experiencing such difficult times.
Turner continued her work at IPC where she
coordinated special events, conferences, and
retreats. “Currently I’m working on their 50th
anniversary,” she adds as she starts to laugh,
“which just so happens to be the same weekend
as the St. Mary’s reunion weekend.” She has
organized and participated in mission trips to
Africa, Mexico, Jamaica, the Bahamas, Scotland,
and other locations. “Some were medical trips,
and I would help by entertaining people’s
children while the parents were being treated.”
During all of these projects, she squeezed in
a Masters in Theological Studies from Reformed
Theological Seminary.
A favorite among the many programs Turner
organizers is her work with Camp DeSoto and
the Palmer Home for Children. Palmer Home
is a residential care facility for children in
crisis; Turner is a Palmer House board member.
“The mission of Palmer Home for Children is
to present the hope of Christ to children who,
through lack of adequate family structure, are in
need of a permanent, long-term, Christ-centered
home.”
She has directed a specially tailored summer
camp at DeSoto for the Palmer Home children for
21 years. “IPC rents Camp Desoto and takes kids
from church and from Palmer Home for a fullblown, all-out camp with crafting, rafting on the
Ocoee River, etcetera.”
All in the St. Mary’s family: Lisa with alumnae family members: sister Molly
Francis Roberts ’80, mother Ruth Kelly Francis ’51, and daughter Kelly Turner ’08.
Turner may have been surprised to be chosen
as the 2015 Outstanding Alumna, but it is clear
that she was a natural choice for the honor,
given the lives she has touched over her years of
outreach, the smiles she has put on the faces of
children through her work, and the contagious
energy and the laughter that she spreads
every day.
Web extra: Watch Lisa Francis Turner’s Alumnae
Weekend speech online, on the St. Mary’s YouTube
channel – youtube.com/ StMarysTV.
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ALUMNAE WEEKEND
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2
4
3
6
5
1 Class of 1978 friends traveled from all over the country to
celebrate Outstanding Alumna Lisa Francis Turner ’78.
2 Outstanding Alumna selection committee members: BR: Jane
Genette Slatery ’75, Alicia Harwood Baker ’77, Candy Jones
Uhlhorn ’67, Kim Brown Mullins ’76, Tabitha Francisco
McNabb ’78. FR: Katie Zanone Webb ’93, Chair Wendy Pritchartt
Ansbro ’79, & Valentina Shands-Puppione Cochran ’97.
3 The Class of 1990 gather at the Racquet Club for their 25th
reunion.
4 Margaret Stone Graham ’80 hosted the Class of 1980 at her
house during Alumnae Weekend.
5 The Class of 1975 Loyalty Cup was established and presented
to the members of the Class of 1975 for achieving 100%
participation in the Annual Fund.
6 Carrie Lawson Wills ’00, Kat Gordon ’00, Michelle Pao Levine ’95,
Anne & Joe Fisher visit at the reception.
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ALUMNAE WEEKEND
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7 Alumnae Weekend Chair for 23 years
Lisa Morrow Morten ’76 setting up the
decorations.
8 Class of 2000 friends at the picnic:
Amy Reinhardt Robinson and Mimi,
Lexie Hicks Johnston, Jennifer Kaiser &
Courtney Routt Worthman.
9 Diane Taylor Newton ’66 and Kat
Gordon ’00 are dressed in their cowboy
gear for Alumnae Weekend.
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10 Class of 1990 friends take a selfie:
Madeline Amos Rollins, Mirm Kriegel,
Kasha Winker Shaw.
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11 Cowgirls play at the picnic.
12 New Parent Party and Alumnae
Weekend picnic guests love riding
the ponies.
13 Margaret Stone Graham ’80 and
Josie Gilliland Williams ’80.
14 Leigh Mansberg, Angie Gardner &
Albert Throckmorton get into the fun
at the picnic.
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ALUMNAE WEEKEND
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4
3
1 Jane Morrison ’15 & Liza Alrutz ’15 with
daughters and granddaughters of alumnae
as part of the Alumnae Weekend Chapel
processional.
2 Class of 2005 friends: Alison West Pettus,
Erin Nolen Bradford, Director of Plays Jenny
Madden, and Grace Jensen Knight at the
reception.
3 Angie Rose ’75, Ginny Waller Zanca ’76,
Albert Throckmorton share a fun memory.
4 Alumnae Board President Julia Chesney
McDonald ’96 presents the Creative Teacher
Award to Sally Mansberg Rosenberg ’80
during Alumnae Weekend Chapel.
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5 Gigi Gould ’70, Lisa Morrow Morten, Bob & Kathy Baker Penn ’70,
Bette Gordon ’70 and Susie Hudson ’70 visit at the reception.
Former Outstanding Alumna Recipients
Lisa Moore Cook ’82, Nora Wingfield Tyson ’75, Watty Brooks Hall ’75, Lisa Francis Turner ’78,
Cristina Brescia Michta ’70, Susan Roberts Colpitts ’75, & Ashley Moore Remmers ’72.
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6 Kirk McClintock, Chalmers Peyton Valentine ’80, and
Taylor Holden Taylor ’90 visit at the reception.
ALUMNAE BOOK CLUB
7 Alumnae Association President Julia Chesney
McDonald ’96, Susan Roberts Colpitts ’75, and Ginger
Hicks Smith ’73 at the Cowgirl Up session.
A lum n ae T r i p
“BEST of ITALY”
October 7-15, 2017
Venice • San Marino • Florence • Rome
Mike Bartlett, author Beth Ann Fennelly, and Meg
Jemison Bartlett ’72 at the Alumnae Book Club.
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ALUMNAE trip to Paris and the Loire Valley
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3
1
4
1 Alumnae Trip participants in the
Loire Valley.
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2 Bette Gordon ’70, Diane
Taylor Newton ’66, Marinell
Throckmorton, Cathy Hoover
Allen ’65. FR: Jean Vaughan
McGhee ’86 & Leigh Vaughan
Jaimes ’88 at Domain de la
Tortiniere.
3 Patti Person Ray ’65 & Cathy
Hoover Allen ’65.
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4 Bill Vaughan, Carmine Vaughan,
Amy Clifton Anderson ’80, Suelynn
Parker, Jean Vaughan McGhee ’86,
Carrie Schaefer. BR: Gigi Gould ’70,
Susan McCaull Schaefer ’80, Leigh
Vaughan Jaimes ’88 in the Loire
Valley.
5 Bette Gordon ’70, Ann Gordon
McCormack ’68 & Gigi Gould ’70
at the Louvre in Paris.
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6 Knowledgeable group leader John
Lionet at the Louvre.
7 Gigi Gould ’70 & Cathy Hoover
Allen ‘65 at Chateau de
Chenonceau.
8 Paris Opera House
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9 Carrie Schaefer, Suelynn Parker,
Susan McCaull Schaefer ’80 & Amy
Clifton Anderson ’80 at the Louvre
in Paris.
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Class Notes
–1940-1960
Elizabeth Taylor Shindler
[email protected]
Punk Aycock Davidson ’57 has
been busy with several happy
occasions lately. She and her
husband spent their fiftieth
anniversary celebration in New
Orleans with the whole family.
In addition to that, they are
looking forward to the arrival of
a grandchild soon. The Davidsons
remain active in the Daffodil
Society and were proud of the
success of the National Daffodil
Show in Memphis. Kitty Perry
Taylor ’53 is planning a trip to
the Buckhorn Inn. She enjoys
helping her friends there with
the beautiful gardens. She was
so pleased to get the cookbook
written by Anne LaVesque
Johnston Dalton ’53 which was
filled with photos of Annie’s
Arkansas home. Anne Perry
Stamps ’57 is still busy as can be
with her art work in Pensacola.
Look for her work under the
name Anne Beverley if you go to
the Coast. She has many different
kinds of beach works from
paintings to pillows. Iolis Robbins
Carruthers ’48 is enjoying all of
the activities at Trezevant Manor.
She loves being there with so
many of the St. Mary’s ladies.
Adele Wolf Grilli ’57 plans to
retire this year after many years
at Lyon College in Batesville,
Ark. It was sad news to hear
that Adele’s sister Florence was
killed in a car wreck in Memphis
recently. It was great to compare
notes with Sarah Loaring-Clark
Flowers ’47. Mary Joy Prichard
Knowlton ’57 was busy planning
a big family celebration. Her
twin grandchildren James and
Julia will carry on the Memphis
tradition of Cotton Carnival this
year as pages for the King and
Queen. Sue Gray Burgess ’52
is enjoying a beautiful spring
in Marietta, Ga. She is just fine
and is busy gardening. Her sister
Naomi Gray May ’47 is in rehab
therapy recovering from a fall. It
was nice to talk to Kay Allenberg
Cohen ’53 and Ruth Kelly Francis
’51 and to know all is well.
Ruth’s daughter Lisa Francis
Turner ’78 was recently named
St. Mary’s Outstanding Alumna.
Mary Walton Glass Walker ’54 is
planning a graduation celebration
for her grandchildren. Her sister,
Lynne Glass Rice ’57 will be
coming from Heber Springs, Ark.
for the occasion to see McKendree
Walker ’15 graduate. Lynne plans
to sell her home in Arkansas
and move back to Memphis. We
enjoyed going over lots of St.
Mary’s memories.
–1962
Judy Lawrence McKay
[email protected]
Our class may be small, but it is
definitely busy. Carolyn Bullard
is thrilled with her brand-new
titanium hip! She had the surgery
in February, and returned to work
in March! “My recovery has been
so easy and quick,” she writes.
“It’s wonderful to be able to walk
without pain or limping! My
smarty pants colleagues will no
longer be able to call me HopAlong! My physical therapist, a
beautiful woman named Maya,
says I am an A-plus student.
When I attend the wonderful
Fort Worth Opera Festival in May,
I will be able to sit comfortably
through every opera. Believe it or
not, sitting used to be the hardest thing to do.” Nancy Whitlock
Hubbs is still working full time
with her Child Welfare kids. She
is busy transitioning her developmentally delayed kids early
into the adult care system. They
used to keep the severe cases
until age 21, but they are now
moving them at about 18. No big
trips since last November. Nancy
and her husband recently cruised
to the Panama Canal again. The
next cruise will take place when
the leaves change color starting
in Montreal and cruising down
to Boston. It is a get together
with old college friends. Nancy
and her husband may travel to
Europe next June when they have
a Vienna reunion...where Nancy
went 50 years ago on her junior
year abroad. Nancy was able to
recently visit her younger sister,
Suzanne Whitlock Floyd ’65 in
Gulfport. Suzy is almost back to
normal after fighting bone cancer.
Beth Whitlock Peterson (Nancy’s
twin sister) and her husband Lee
rented a house in The Villages,
Florida this winter to get out of
the coldest part of winter and to
have an adventure!! “I was sad
to hear of the death of Patricia
Waddell Smith’s brother, Duke
Waddell in February. Pat and her
son Dylan were in Memphis for
Duke’s funeral. Pat wrote that he
had been dealing with kidney
disease for a long time. A sad
time, but great to have the family all together. Pat is planning
to be in Santa Barbara for a few
weeks after Easter to catch up
with friends and get some sun.
Judy Lawrence McKay says this
has been a busy year for her but
nothing big just trying to keep up
with five grandchildren (all boys
ages one through twelve) and lots
of short trips. Right now she and
her husband are getting ready to
plant at home and at the farm.
This is my favorite time of year,
the pool has been redone, the lake
is looking great and it’s going to
be a great summer!
–1963
Jenny Emison Ewing
[email protected]
We are all looking forward to
getting together at my home in
Ten Mile, Tenn. this summer. We
decided last fall that after our
fiftieth two years ago that we
can’t wait another five years to
get together. We will take some
pictures and be more ready to tell
more next time.
–1964
CLASS SECRETARY NEEDED
Contact Gigi Gould at
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–1965
Julia Malone
[email protected]
More than half of our class came
for our 50th reunion, which
turned out to be a day of laughter
and happy nostalgia. The eight
of us strode through the old
cafeteria (almost exactly the
same as we remember) and took
our place in the sanctuary (also
the same, although we were now
without chapel caps) for Chapel
and wondered if we would be the
oldest ones there. And we were,
almost! Those who came included
Cathy Hoover Allen, our class organizer who lived up to her senior
class title of “friendliest”; Kathy
Sweany Bertram, who confessed
to being less than studious in
high school but later made up for
it by earning her M.D. at Vanderbilt University and who continues
in the practice; Susan Hoefer
Foster, who was in the midst of
preparations to sell the family’s Memphis home so she and
husband Brad can spend most of
the year at their Montana dream
home; Sally Pace Gingras, who
recently closed her architectural
firm after 30 years of designing
homes in Palm Beach, Fla., where
she lives when not in Montana;
Marion West Hammer, who is
reducing her teaching load to
allow for more grandchild visits;
Joyce Burkett Scruggs, who won
the “coming from a long distance”
award, had just put her house on
the market in Cave Creek, Ariz.
She and husband Dan might
move back to Memphis. Julia
Malone came from Washington,
D.C., where she continues to work
part-time for a public relations
company, loves photography,
captains a tennis team and (as
of last week) raises a new puppy.
One very important member of
our class didn’t have to come to
reunion. Patti Person Ray was
already at St. Mary’s hard at work
as Head of the Upper School even
on reunion day, which included a
special recognition of her contribution to St. Mary’s and education
in Shelby County. As we all know,
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Class of 1965 at Alumnae Weekend
Susan Hoefer Foster, Sally Pace Gingras, Marion West Hammer, Julia Malone, Patti Person Ray,
Kathy Sweany Bertram, Joyce Burkett Scruggs, and Cathy Hoover Allen.
Patti Person Ray is retiring from
her post at the end of the school
year. She will remain active in
education, including teaching
her innovative exchange course,
which allows St. Mary’s students
to converse with students in
other counties. Patti gave her
classmates a tour of the new St.
Mary’s, whose facilities are truly
eye-popping compared to those
we had back in the day. Examples:
a library with a fireplace and soft
seating that students can move
around; more science labs than
we could count; a 3-D printing
lab where two incredibly poised
9th graders showed us how they
are building robots that toss and
receive balls; a music room and
a choral arts room. What has not
changed, we were happy to hear,
is the informality and friendliness
of the school. Students smiled
and welcomed us warmly. As we
visited the middle school, a fifth
grader asked Patti, “Are you going to show them our 5th grade
commons?” because she was so
proud of the room, which is lined
in wood-paneled lockers and has
upholstered seating. The Class
of ’65 ended their reunion day
at Interim restaurant, where we
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had a private room that spared
the other diners of the gales
of laughter as we reviewed our
senior year annual and read old
Tatler newspapers and pooled
our memories of teachers, May
Day dance costumes, and our 9th
grade trip to Washington. Cathy
read a message from Ellen Rumsey Bellenot reminiscing about 12
years at St. Mary’s. “I didn’t really
care for quite as much school as
they dished out,” Ellen wrote in
a long missive. “So Mother and
Grandmother let me stay home
about once a week to have a Stop
Day to do whatever it was I was
interested in, playing with my old
Spencer microscope or reading
Dickens or drawing. St. Mary’s allowed me to do that and my life’s
the richer for it.” Toward the end
of her very long email, Ellen said,
“If brevity’s the soul of wit, I’ve
dropped that watermelon. But I’ve
had a good time writing this.”
Ellen, who credits St. Mary’s and
geographical distribution for getting her into Scripps College in
California, is an artist and lives
“with my favorite husband
Steven,” in Tallahassee. She is still,
as she was chosen in 1965, the
“wittiest” member of our class.
–1966
Diane Taylor Newton
[email protected]
–1967
Bette West Bush
[email protected]
In early December all of us
local girls met at Lynn Bledsoe
Buhler’s for an elegant luncheon
to visit with each other and
especially Lee McGeorge Durrell
while she was in town. She is
pleased that after months of
preparation her U.S. tax-exempt
status, the Durrell Wildlife Trust
is now in operation. Lynn is
proud of “our very own and very
clever Margaret Barton of the
interior design firm Margaret
Barton Designs” for completely
redoing her upstairs bedroom.
Now “everyone is invited to
spend the night.” Jean Stitt Otto
has embarked on a “new era”
after retiring from critical care
nursing in December by spending
3 months at her and husband
Tom’s active retirement community condo in Green Valley,
Ariz., just 20 miles south of
Tucson. Tom enjoys photography,
and Jean joined the hiking club,
which pushed her to scramble to
the top of a local peak, Elephant
Head, a feat that she says she
would not have accomplished
without the club’s training and
encouragement. She and Tom
returned home outside Seattle
in early April, but they plan to
continue traveling and may even
get to Memphis. Wouldn’t that be
fun for us! Maybe stay in Lynn’s
redone bedroom? Shelley Smith
has also retired by closing her
day-to-day litigation practice, but
she still does occasional mediation/arbitration and serves as
special counsel for those who do
not like the courtroom, allowing
her to travel to Japan and South
Africa, spend a month in Maine
and Florida, and take shorter
jaunts including a trip to Santa
Fe last July for Kappa Kappa
Gamma’s reunion. She now has
a standard poodle, her constant
companion, and focuses on wellness rather than weight, enjoying
her family including husband,
two sons, and daughter-in-law.
Lynn Clark White took a family
trip, including husband Jon, two
daughters and their guys, to San
Francisco, down the California
coast on Route 1 to L.A., on to the
North Rim of the Grand Canyon
and finally to Zion National Park.
She highly recommends hiking
the Narrows at Zion and loved
the beauty of looking down at the
Grand Canyon and up at Zion.
Like Shelley, she is also training
her beautiful standard poodle
puppy, including “middle of the
night pee outings!!” Jeannie
Whitman Esdaile, like Lynn B.,
has been remodeling by adding a
new room for her piano. She still
plays the organ at two churches
and sings in the local choir. Her
job with James Purdey and Sons
has changed to running the retail
operation in the West End, something she knows “how to do and
finds much more fun!” She and
husband Christopher plan to host
sister Nancy Whitman Manire ’64,
son Robert and his wife Marion,
and hopefully other family in
the coming year, but meanwhile
they enjoy Christopher’s grand-
sons, great nephews and niece,
“all under 7 and very funny.”
Jan Patrick enjoyed lunch with
Debbie Boehme Salter when
Debbie came to Nashville with
daughter Elizabeth and granddaughter Elyse while son-inlaw Jesse coached 3 basketball
games. “Deb and Jan laughed as
they realized they were amazed
by every little thing Elyse did!”
Debbie now has a new grandson,
Mason Cromer McMillan, born in
February. Our ever cheerful cancer
survivor Susan McNeely Nicholas
is stable with no new activity of
cancer cells after a short round
of radiation in January and
February. Lastly, I reconnected
through email with Suzanne
Brescia Cochran’s daughter
Emily Cochran ’97, who lives in
Nashville and works at the business school at Vanderbilt. She
sent pictures of herself with boyfriend Will and niece and nephew
Suzy Marie (named for Suzanne)
and Wally as well as a picture of
sister Elizabeth Cochran Hill ’95
with her family.
–1968
Jan Cone Davis
[email protected]
Thank you to all of you who sent
me news. I know that we tend to
think that our own lives are not
“class newsworthy,” but we are all
interested in what our St. Mary’s
classmates are doing. Please
continue to send me news! Elinor
Baker Jones stays busy working
with her design business and
helping with her five grandchildren – two year-old triplets, a
three-year-old and a nine-monthold baby. Elinor, you could run
your own daycare… Not! Elinor
is also doing some work with
renovation projects at her church
in Atlanta. She is happy that her
mother is able to fly frequently
from Memphis for family events.
Holly Rogers is still working full
time and is on the board of her
condo association. Her home
in Orlando is in the process of
improving the commuter traffic
situation, which makes driving
BR: Bette Gordon, Gigi Gould, Andrea Holmes Lugar. MR: Charlotte Turner Peck, Kathy Baker Penn,
Susan Hall Wilson, Lynn Schadt Thomas, Cristina Brescia Michta. FR: Susie Hudson,
Linda Stratton Hancock, and former lower school faculty member Rachel Martin.
a mess right now. Orlando is the
vacation capital of the country!
Carolyn Mayo stays really busy
in her retirement. She is slowly
moving in to her newly renovated
condo in Germantown. She says
this is her LAST move! Carolyn
volunteers for MIFA and is planning on helping at the Germantown Animal Shelter. She was
recently appointed to a three-year
term on the Carnival Memphis
Board of Directors and is a new
member of Les Passées. Carolyn
went to Key West last spring
and will be traveling to Australia
and New Zealand in November.
Carolyn is thrilled that she will
be a great-aunt in September. Her
niece’s baby will be the first baby
born into her immediate family
in over 30 years. Her nephew
will be getting married next
year. Mary Helene Lee Hamlin is
another busy retiree. She retired
and remarried several years ago.
She started doing some volunteer
work which led to her starting a
nonprofit, the Pass Job Connection. This group assists people
with their job search activities.
Once a week they host the Pass
Job Club in the morning and work
with the inmates at the county
jail in the afternoon. She also
works with several drug recovery
facilities helping their clients.
Mary Helene also has a two-yearold granddaughter. I am enjoying
my retirement, although I have
not settled in to a regular schedule yet… but, do I need a schedule? I have been substituting at
St. Mary’s a lot and also subbing
as a reading coach at an inner city
school. Once a week I volunteer in
the library at my granddaughter’s
school. Once a month my retired
teacher friends from St. Mary’s get
together for lunch. We also have a
book club. I have also been able to
help out a lot with my grandchildren if they are sick, have a snow
day, or holiday. Last December I
had a dog walking accident. I was
walking my golden doodle, Nicholas. As we were walking along a
muddy sidewalk, Nicholas saw a
squirrel and down I went! I broke
my wrist, and had a cast for seven
weeks. My older granddaughters
helped me wrap presents and fix
Christmas dinner. It was an oldfashioned Christmas. Hank and
I will be going to the mountains
near Blowing Rock, N.C. in August
with our supper group. In the
spring we are going to Hawaii
with some friends.
–1969
Pam McNeely Williams
[email protected]
Greetings to the class of 1969
and I hope everyone is well and
happy! We heard from Marta
Richards who has a grandson,
Benjamin George Massony, born
on her birthday last year, in
Arlington, Va. Marta has been
taking annual trips to England to
visit friends and is still practicing law and doing dog rescue
work in Baton Rouge, La. Sadly,
Candace Keirns-Bitensky’s
husband Mark passed away last
year after a prolonged illness.
She has remained in the greater
Boston area and has returned
to Spanish interpreting at the
MA General Hospital and the
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital.
It’s an extremely rewarding and
challenging job. Candace has also
taken on a daunting but stress-re-
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lieving task of emptying two very
large storage units and believes
she has that process figured out!
She will be traveling to Mexico in
the near future for a trip and we
pray that all we will go well for
her! Jean Phillips Lorton reports
that there is nothing new on
the Lorton home front. They are
doing well as are her daughters
and their families! Our son, Scott
Williams is a Juvenile Probation
Officer in Harrisburg, Ark. and is
finding the job enlightening and
he enjoys working in the different
area courts. Our daughter, Ellen
LeVaughn Kowalchuk ’96 and her
family and mother-in -law decided to drive a RV to Yellowstone
Park from Rapid City, S.D. They
had a fantastic time touring this
beautiful part of the country. I recently returned from a trip to S.D.
and visited the children’s Classical
Conversation home school classes
and after one hour of diagramming sentences, decided I needed
to return immediately to elementary school for much needed refresher classes! I also met our son
and daughter-in-law, Matt and
Hannah Williams, in Colorado
Springs, Colo. for an anniversary
party for friends and then flew to
their home in Albuquerque, N.M.
where both are stationed as 2nd
Lieutenants at Kirtland AFB.
–1970
Cristina Brescia Michta
[email protected]
It›s a happy time in Susan Hall
Wilson’s family with the arrival of Samuel Harris Wilson,
Class of 1970 friends: Lynn
Schadt Thomas & Susie Hudson.
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son of SY and Claire. The proud
grandparents are looking forward
to watching this little one grow
and loving him along the way.
Susan says she now understands
why new grandparents have
to pull out a satchel of pics to
show whenever someone asks
about the new arrival. Linda
Stratton Hancock writes and
Cary attended their niece Erin’s
wedding in Austin, Texas and
enjoyed family time together.
She continues to enjoy working
with Dr. Ryu who assumed Dr.
Lyle’s dental practice. Linda lost
her father in February. Mr. Leslie
Stratton will always be remembered as “dancingest Dad” at the
Father- Daughter banquet. Bette
Gordon writes that she waited
until the last possible minute to
send in her news because she
wanted to report on the 45th class
reunion. ‘Fantastic’ is the only
word she could use to describe
the weekend. Bette also reported
that she traveled to Paris (the one
in France) and the Loire Valley
on the St. Mary’s Alumnae trip
in March. Fabulous! The trip was
such a success that another trip
(to Italy) is being planned for
2017. Bette still works at St. Jude
Children’s Hospital, loves her
job, but is headed to Crater of
Diamonds State Park in Arkansas
with the hope of finding a big
enough diamond that she can
retire someday. She sends her
thanks to all who attended and
helped with the reunion and
her love to all who were missed.
Gigi Gould is looking forward to
becoming a grandmother to Lily,
daughter of her son Louis, and Jill.
Hats off to Gigi and the entire St.
Mary’s staff for the best Alumnae
Weekend ever! The only way
to top it would be to have 100%
participation for our 50th reunion
so mark your calendars now for
the last weekend in April 2020!
Betty Coe Cruzen Manuel reports
that the Memphis ZTA Alumnae
Chapter recently honored her
Mother for 75 years of membership. Betty Coe and husband
David enjoy life in Springfield,
Mo., where David serves as
President of Drury University,
and Betty Coe is a lovely first
lady. Peg Dixon and precious pup
Annie live in Louisville, where she
supports animal rescue organizations. She fosters rescued dogs
and puppies by helping them find
forever homes, and administers
fund-raising auctions for abused
dogs. Lynn Schadt Thomas and
husband, Bill, are spending a
lot of fun times in Florida. Son,
Christopher, is traveling in South
America. Susie Hudson had a
wonderful time visiting western Canada aboard the Rocky
Mountaineer Train! She traveled
from Vancouver to Jasper! Way
to go Susie! The 45th reunion
was fun from beginning to end!
During the weekend I learned
that Ruthie Stratton Samaha and
husband, Joe are enjoying their
six grandchildren and are awaiting two more. Kathy Baker Penn
and husband, Bob, are awaiting their first granddaughter.
Denise DuBois Taylor’s son Will
(Princeton ’14) is now at Brown
University working on his Ph.D.
in astroparticle physics. Husband
Sledge is traveling extensively
this year as Chairman of the
National Cotton Council while
Denise enjoyed a “sibling week”
with her two brothers in Paris in
June. A special treat included seeing Mrs. Presh Gill, Kathy’s dear
Mom, and Mrs. Rachel Martin,
two of our former teachers. Other
classmates who attended our
reunion included Carroll Reese
Craft, Mary Edna Parish, Elaine
Summers Travis, Charlotte
Turner Peck, Susan Cooley,
Elizabeth Kenworthy Farrar,
and Andrea Holmes Lugar. Your
loyal secretary is on the move
again with husband, Andrew to
Newport, R.I. where he will be
a Professor of National Security
Affairs at the Naval War College
in Newport. Daughter, Chelsea
is completing her Master’s at
Cambridge and will begin her
doctorate at Oxford in the fall. We
loved seeing all who could join
us at our 45th reunion, and we
certainly missed those who could
not be with us! We all really look
forward to the upcoming 50th!!
The Class of 1970 Rocks!
–1971
Carolyn Cockroft
[email protected]
Deborah Abernathy is going into
her second year as executive director for Main Street. Right now
they are sponsoring an art popup shop featuring local artists.
Deborah says it really is fun to
come up with ideas and festivals
for downtown. She visited Atlanta
for the national convention and
saw some college friends. Julia
Sprunt Grumbles says that she
and Bill are doing what every
other retired couple does…lots
of travel, visiting family and his
three grandsons, playing mahjong, enjoying a couples book
club, and sleeping past 6:30 am.
Living in Chapel Hill is “incredible
because of the interesting people,
walking distance to sports, performing arts, lectures and theater
with little to no traffic and surrounded by lots of young people.”
As I write this, I am preparing for
my association’s 21st Training
Conference on Impaired Driving.
I am completing my 28th year at
the International Association of
Chiefs of Police. When I joined, I
was one of the youngest. Now I
am among the top 4-5 of the oldest! Husband Chris and I took our
annual ski trip in Lake Tahoe, so
I guess I’m still young enough to
keep from falling. Jan Carruthers
Sturdivant attended Christie
Stratton Moody’s glass art show
in April at Christian Brothers
University. Also there were
Nancy Johnson Foster and Avery
Malone Kaserman. Catherine
Dailey Berger, Julia Henry Archer,
Susan Williford Montgomery,
Deborah Abernathy, Bond Nunn
Moore and Happy Stratton
Heckle regretfully already had
other plans. Jan also had dinner
with Ann Vandeventer Ince
one evening afterwards. Jean
Schelhorn, who has been taking
care of her dad, also sends her
regards. All are doing well.
–1972
Christine Mayer Todd
[email protected]
The Class of 1972 is having a great
time with their animals and families. Jackie Pentz Watkins said:
“We recently rescued a 10-yearold Yorkie with health issues from
an older couple and are in the
process of getting Precious situated with our other fur-babies. All’s
quiet on the travel front as we
haven’t cruised in a year, opting
for DisneyWorld last December
and attending the Dallas Comic
Convention in May.” Musette
Sprunt Morgan wrote, “My
husband is retired so we split our
time in a few places, but mostly
love being home in Memphis.
Daughter Musette Morgan ’03
continues her art career in NYC
and son Worth is running for
City Council District 5 here in
Memphis so I am rolling up my
sleeves to be in the back office of
his campaign– All are welcome to
join!! Take care!!!” Karen Adelson
Strauss wrote, “I am still in
Conn., with Mom in Memory Care
Facility nearby. With children in
Minneapolis, Park City, and Haifa,
I’ve got some great traveling to do
in the coming months. Anybody
coming to Boston or NYC, I am 90
minutes away, so would love to
see you!” Several of the 1972ers
went to Ashley Moore Remmers’
wedding where we tried to
conjure up our 7th grade selves
from the Harpeth Hall/St. Mary’s
basketball game talent show. We all donned blue feather boas
and danced to Carla Thomas’
“B-A-B-Y”. We wished Barbara
Cook, Kate Wilson, and Mandy
Richards had been there to choreograph and direct the chorus.
I really enjoyed several months
of retirement and now have accepted a part-time position at
Calvary Church as Coordinator of
Community Ministries where we
focus on poverty issues, women’s
missions, and children’s concerns.
If you want to get involved in one
of Calvary’s many service opportunities, please call me . . . or
I know Musette would appreciate
a call if you could help her with
Worth’s campaign. Does anyone
feel moved to take on this role of
Class Secretary? Come on, girls
. . . please. The Class of ’72 is so
proud of Ashley Moore Remmers
who has given a 3-year matching
grant to any class achieving over
50% participation in annual fund
participation. If you haven’t sent
your St. Mary’s contribution (of
any size) yet, I know Ashley would
really appreciate it if you would
email [email protected].
Our love and thoughts go out to
Mary Leatherman Carr.
–1973
Olivia Montgomery
[email protected]
Bron Gayna Schmit and her
mother have taken on the HUGE
task of updating their house and
says it’s like getting a face lift,
teeth whitening, and liposuction
all at the same time!!!!! Deborah
Caldwell Halvis has big news...
she’s retired!! After working at
her 1st job as a Nature Counselor
at Camp Merry Acres with dear
Mrs. Betty when she was 16, she
is now officially retired at 60! And
she loves spending unstructured
time with husband Jim and their
three grandchildren– Olivia 7,
Luka 5, and Leo 16 months. Her
family went to St.Lucia in May to
celebrate. Molly Hudson Calvo
has been retired for about two
years and enjoys having more
time to read. Last summer, she
returned to volunteer tutoring
with the Nashville Adult Literacy
Council. Her parents are both
86, and she spends a good bit
of her time with them. Sarah
Peeples Hodges is either going to
Mongolia or Tunisia this summer.
Ginger Hicks Smith celebrated
38 years working in the library at
Emory University. At some point,
she counted up all the work titles
she’s had over the years and the
total was 18. Currently, she works
with the library’s communications, events, and exhibitions. She
continues to serve as President of
the Delta Delta Delta Foundation.
From time to time, Ginger and
her sister Janie Hicks Jeter ’69 get
together for dinner with Cathy
Wilson LaMon, Lawrie Canale
Peyton, and Bron Gayna Schmit
and catch up on Cathy’s real
estate business, Lawrie’s work
at Camp Riva-Lake, and Bron
Gayna’s unending adventures as
an elementary school principal.
Milner Stanton is getting back
in the tennis scene- playing on a
USTA team. She’s also playing lots
of bridge and is also planning a
trip to Scandinavia and Russia in
July. Judith Jay reports she has a
job, decent health and a wonderful husband. She also has a
boatload of cats, a few dogs, a few
goats and a few horses. Although
Virginia Withers Buchanan
stopped teaching a couple of
years ago to be a consultant, this
year she returned to St. Andrews
to help out with the math curriculum in the Lower School. When
some of the teachers had the
idea to name their home rooms
she told them about “Murddie’s
Birdies” and “Garrison’s Gorillas.”
Anne Armour-Jones got married
on March 28 to Chuck Morgret,
a retired aerospace engineer.
They’re honeymooning this summer on an Alaskan cruise. She
also rescued a pug, Calpurnia,
from a puppy mill. Callie is finally
learning to be a dog and not a
breeding machine.
1974
Beth Williford Carson-Wallace
[email protected]
At the writing of these class
notes, a tragedy has occurred that
has shaken our class to the bone.
We collaboratively agreed that
this was not a time for sharing
our news, it pales unequivocally
to the news we received and feelings we are sharing as a group.
Our Anna Puckett Paccone lost
her daughter, Alexandra Paccone, who was killed on March
16 in a car accident. We choose to
honor Anna with our silence and
reverence. Alex was only twenty
years old. If you read what all her
friends say about her, you find
that she was dearly loved and
respected. She had many talents,
and one of the finest ones was inclusion of all kinds of folks. Most
of us never had the pleasure of
knowing her, few of us have been
able to spend time with Anna
over the years, but our sisterly
love remains strong. She has spoken over the years in our notes
about her Alex proudly. We stand
in silence to honor our friend; I
know you will all understand.
–1975
Laurie Walpole
[email protected]
The Class of 1975 had a blast
celebrating their 40th reunion
on Alumnae Weekend. We had a
great turnout and really enjoyed
laughing at high school stories
and catching up on what has
gone on in our lives since. Betsy
Olim and Stevy Levy hosted us for
dinner at their home on Friday
night after the cocktail party
at the school. Thanks to them
and to all our Memphis-based
classmates who brought all the
delicious food. On Saturday night
Angie Rose and her husband Lou
Kerns hosted a fabulous party at
Lou’s design studio downtown.
Other activities were a brunch
in Overton Square (we were
thrilled to see it looking even
better than it did in its (and our)
heyday in the 70s), receiving the
trophy at Friday’s luncheon for
the only class so far to have 100%
participation in alumnae giving
3 years in a row, and a discussion about our establishment of
a scholarship fund in memory
of our classmate Dianne Hill.
Classmates who came to one or
all activities were Angie Rose,
Betsy Olim, Cissy Sights Sares,
Deborah Adelson Johns, Deborah
Stahl Hasty, Gay Patterson
Prewitt, Jana Fletcher Markowitz,
Jane Genette Slatery, Jennifer
Jones, Jill Jemison Margolin,
Kathy Stroud Benton, Laurie
Lamar, Lisa Francisco Abitz,
Margaret Flowers Ferguson,
Margaret Nettleton Bell, Mary
Belcher Page, Mary Elizabeth
Partin, Murfy Watson Stewart,
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BR: Murfy Watson Stewart, Laurie Lamar, Laurel Drake, Debbie Stahl Hasty, Jana Fletcher Markowitz,
Whitney Jones DeVine, Robin Bartusch Goertz, Jane Genette Slatery, Angie Rose. MR: Betsy Olim, Lisa Francisco Abitz,
Jennifer Jones, Deborah Adelson Johns, Flo Sights Sares, Margaret Flowers Ferguson, Rebecca Burr Bigler.
FR: Laurie Walpole, Mary Belcher Page, Susan Page Gates, Nora Wingfield Tyson, Susan Roberts Colpitts,
Watty Brooks Hall, Gay Patterson Prewitt.
Nora Wingfield Tyson, Penny
Spiegelman Register-Shaw,
Rebecca Burr Bigler, Susan Page
Gates, Susan Roberts Colpitts,
Watty Brooks Hall, and Whitney
Jones DeVine. We were even
joined by some of our classmates who had been with us in
earlier years at St. Mary’s but who
hadn’t graduated with us, among
them Louise Salmon, Laurel
Drake, Jenny Love Prewitt, Nancy
McWaters Cowan, and Kim Austin
Parrish and her mom Cece Austin,
who looked exactly the same as
she did when she taught us in
8th grade. And I couldn’t believe
my eyes when I saw Fannie Warr
looking exactly as she did when I
started at St. Mary’s in 5th grade.
Barry Markowitz was there taking
great photos of us as he always
has, although I think he has to
work a little harder nowadays to
make us look as good as he does.
I’m so glad I came! And I learned
that there’s such a thing as
spray-on makeup (Jana and Susan
Page both have daughters getting
married soon, and that’s the thing
now for brides). Many thanks go
to Angie, Gay, Watty, Betsy, and
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the rest of the group who made
this weekend so successful!
–1976
Allison Brown Coates
[email protected]
Well, we have two more women
joining the “Empty Nester” Club!
Jack Mullins, son of Kim Brown
Mullins, will begin his college career this fall at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg,
Va. His sister, Carson ’12, will be a
senior there as well. They are so
excited to be at the same school!
“It makes a mother’s heart kind
of mushy to know the babies
will be together!” (I think so too!)
Kim helped coach the incredible
St. Mary’s Mock Trial Team this
spring. The team came in 1st in
Shelby County, and went on to
finish in 2nd place in the Tennessee State tournament in Nashville. She loved working with the
girls! Kim also found time to help
the indefatigable Lisa Morrow
Morten with Alumnae Weekend.
It was a yippee-ki-o-ki-aye fun
time! Once again, a big thank
you to Lisa and her team for all
of their hard work! Kaky Ossorio
Wingfield’s boys, Will and Michael are graduating in June then
headed to University of Texas at
Austin in the fall. They will NOT
be living together though. Finally
some non brother time! In anticipation of echoing walls around
her house, Kaky began substitute
teaching at a pre-school this year
and has loved being a part of little
people’s lives again. (Amen, I love
my little ones too!) John Barton,
son of Julie Davidson Barton, got
his Master’s degree in Accountancy in January and went to
work for Pope Asset Management
in March! Julie is still working for
Lisa Mallory. The shop has moved
to Ella’s space in the Chickasaw
Oaks...stop by and see Julie and
the shop! Love to all! –1977
Janey Butler Newton
[email protected]
Lucy Walt Wepfer has exciting
news in her family. Son Walt is
getting married! And more exciting news is that daughter Annie
has made her college selection
and will be heading to Mississippi State University. Congrats
to Walt and Annie! Lisa Britt
Colcolough’s twins will be the
photographers for Walt’s wedding – way to keep it in the SMS
family. Laura Sanderson Healy
has also been college touring
this year with her daughter Lucy.
They have looked at Tulane, SMU,
Georgia, Ole Miss, and Bama. We
will stay tuned to see if she heads
to the land of sweet tea and SEC
football. I never thought I would
become a fan of college football
but with my daughter Lucy ’13 at
Bama, it’s been fun to follow the
Tide. Palmer Thomason Jones
has also caught the football bug
cheering on the Razorbacks of the
University of Arkansas. Daughter
Sarah is a student there and very
happy. Palmer’s daughter Mia
attends Grace St. Luke’s school.
The high school search is coming
soon! Adele Orgill Wellford’s
daughter Liza will be teaching
JK at St. Mary’s and will also be
the sports coordinator. Liza has
been a Kindergarten teacher
at Promise Academy, a charter
school in Memphis. Liza will be a
fantastic addition to SMS! Barbara
Cape O’Brien’s son Edward is
making a college choice too and
Barbara thinks it will be an SEC
school. Daughter Brandon ’09 has
moved to NYC and is working in
the marketing department for an
event planning company. Barbara
thanks Val Hoyt for helping Brandon in the job search. Val says
that Brandon is exceptional and
that it was a pleasure. Val is celebrating 25 years at Christie’s! Well
done, Val, we all knew you would
do something fabulous. Leslie
Eason Shuford’s son, William,
has gotten married recently. He
is a CPA. He and his bride Blakely
are living in the Atlanta area.
Jane Daily Duell would probably
love to be closer to her grandbaby
Ezekiel James, who is the son
of Jane’s daughter Anna. Anna
and Brennen live in Ft Myers, Fl.
I know they love when Grammy
Jane comes to visit. Jane’s son
Peter is studying abroad in Great
Britain. Daughter Lily has made
her decision to attend University
of Arkansas. In case you missed
it last time, Gretchen Perkins got
married to George (Will) Thorogood. Gretchen’s daughter Peggy
and her husband had a baby boy
named Addison Graham Mclallen Duncan (awesome name).
Gretchen’s daughter Kate graduated with an MBA from University
of East Anglia in England. All the
children live close by in Nashville.
Life is good!
–1978
Tracy Walko Balton
[email protected]
“WOW! “ was the word Lisa
Francis Turner so perfectly used
to express her acceptance of the
2015 Outstanding Alumna Award.
Shocked and overwhelmed by
her nomination, Lisa humbly professed her “lack of professional
and academic achievements”
while in the midst of other St.
Mary’s over-achievers. She then
proceeded to entertain us all the
way she always has. She jokingly
admitted that she never really
understood our favorite math
problem about…If a train leaves
Chicago going West at 100 mph
and another leaves Denver traveling East… You remember the
rest. Our favorite “class clown”
earned this award by using her
ready smile and grace to quietly
give her humor and time to those
in need. Through her work at
Independent Presbyterian Church,
she leads by example and in
her speech, encouraged us all to
seek a servant’s heart. “If you see
a turtle sitting on a fence post,
you know he didn’t get there by
himself.” She then counted a long
list of friends and family who
tirelessly supported her through
the misery of husband Buster’s
death and life as a single mom of
daughter Kelly ’08. The Alumnae Chapel, Lisa’s phenomenal
speech, the following luncheon
and her honorary dinner at Memphis Country Club created the
perfect ’78 mini-reunion. The 19
of us who were there thoroughly
enjoyed seeing each other and as
BR: Leslie Strong, Meg Loeb Stecher, Elizabeth Van Brocklin Still.
MR: Rachel Darnell Heath, Margaret Stone Graham, Molly Francis Roberts,
Josie Gilliland Williams. FR: Sally Mansberg Rosenberg.
Kate Wellford Pritchard noted,
we all once again stepped back
in time to our old high school
personalities. Kate sported some
limber moves after her recent hip
replacement. We sorely missed
those who could not attend.
Nancy McFadden Cannon, Carole
Klein, Pam Hyde Bell and Laura
Vookles each emailed to sadly
regret their absences. Tabitha
Francisco McNabb enjoyed a visit
with Sunita Sheth last Thanksgiving and a trip to Charlotte, N.C. to
see her stepson this spring. She,
Jekka Ashman Pinckney, Christy
Smith Mestemacher, Kathy
Daniel Patterson and Lynn Hitchings Albano ’77 have occasional
dinners together as well. Kathy
proudly celebrates 20 years as a
professional wedding, portrait,
product and special event photographer. Daughter Allyson ’11 graduates from Vanderbilt in May and
will use her double major in Human Organizational Development
and Studio Art at her new job at
Planning Design and Research (an
architectural, engineering firm in
Houston, Texas). Kathy Edmondson Riley just returned from Madrid where she played nursemaid
to daughter Claire ’09 who broke
her ankle. She managed to sneak
in a little fun while picking up a
bit of Spanish including words
for crutches and pain meds. And
the grandbaby count is growing! Debby Waltz Hayes loves
spending time with her newest
grandson, Noah, and is planning
another mission trip to Honduras.
Stephanie Riggs Markham’s Annual Easter Eye Dyeing Party was
a hit once again for the 28th year!
Heather Holmes Andersen leaves
us with a sweet poem and invitation to San Francisco:
Our children have left the nest,
So we thought this year would
be best,
To live in a park,
From light until dark,
In the Golden Gate of the West.
–1979
Elizabeth Brown Dunn
[email protected]
The ladies, and their families, of
’79 never cease to amaze me.
Jane Tillman Germany and her
husband, Brad are in a fun filled
whirlwind. Their daughter, Anna,
will be married here in Memphis in May. Anna and her new
husband will then be moving to
Kansas City, then to Shanghai.
Their son, Brad, lives in Chicago
and is now headed to London.
Their youngest son is transferring to Auburn. He is only 2 hours
away from their home in Atlanta.
They have a lot of fun trips to
plan. Jan Lettes Zauzmer and
husband Bobby are happy empty
nesters. Their children are embarking on very fun adventures.
Their daughter, Julie, is a reporter
at the Washington Post in D.C. Ben
is headed to Los Angeles to be a
sabermetrician; yes, I had to look
that one up. He will be with the
Dodgers. Emily, their youngest, is
embarking on an internship this
summer with People Magazine
in NYC. Susan Browne Law was
in town for her daughter Meg’s
play. Meg moved here last fall.
She was in Come Back to the Five
and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
at the TheatreWorks in Overton
Square. She did a fabulous job.
Melanie Fisher Rice will see
her last daughter Miranda ’15,
of 3, graduate this year. She has
definitely been a constant at St.
Mary’s for many years. My sons
are back in the south, for a bit.
Christopher just turned 30 and is
working at The Golf Club of Tennessee in Nashville and Brook, 27,
is here, in Memphis working with
a company that refurbishes and
resells homes. I know they will
be heading back out west soon. I
am loving having them close by
for now.
–1980
Margaret Stone Graham
[email protected]
It’s hard to believe that it’s been
more than 35 years since our
class graduated from St. Mary’s,
but we spent a fun Alumnae
Weekend marveling at that very
fact and catching up with all the
changes since 1980! Our first big
surprise was at the Alumnae
Chapel program: the announcement that Sally Mansberg
Rosenberg had won the Creative
Teacher Award. Her family was
present to see her handed the
award that her Mother won back
in 1981. Many from our class were
there as well, including Elizabeth
Van Brocklin Still, Leslie Strong,
Rachel Darnell-Heath, Meg Loeb
Stecher, Josie Gilliland Williams,
and myself. Chalmers Peyton
Valentine made it to school in
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time for the Alumnae Luncheon,
and that evening we were joined
by a few more, including Margaret
McDearman Green, Dana
Anderton Miller, Alex Eddings
Walter, Jan Holmes Crosby, and
Kathy Buckman Gibson. We
spent Friday evening visiting
with the large alumnae group in
the Buckman Center at school
before moving on to the Grove
Grill to catch up with each other.
Saturday evening we had a “girls
only” party at my house. More
classmates were able to come
that evening, so we saw the addition of Elisa Brock, Blake Burr,
Nancy Carlson Cupp, and Kathy
Smith Krieger. We had so much
fun and so many laughs over
the weekend! We played “Trivia
Night” at my house to test our
memories about St. Mary’s and
specifically about our class. The
game brought out so many stories
about teachers, the senior den,
friendships, and the occasional
high school prank. We discussed
where our classmates were that
had not been able to make it and
all agreed that we would work
even harder to have more friends
attend the reunion in 2020! One
classmate who was unable to
make it was Fontaine Carpenter
Pearson. She was in Memphis
during the reunion weekend,
but the events conflicted with
the opening of her photography exhibit at West Memorials
on Broad Street, which is now
a revitalized art and restaurant
area. Fontaine has some beautiful and innovative photographs
of things she sees in nature.
Rachel Darnell-Heath is going to
be the Artist in Residence at St.
Mary’s in 2016. She is going to
have an exhibit in Levy Gallery
in the Buckman Theatre and she
is going to work with students
in all divisions and teach them
during her residency. I was also
able to see Helene Norcross
Rayder very briefly at her sweet
daddy’s funeral earlier in the
spring. Susan McCaull Schaefer
and Amy Clifton Anderson
spent spring break with the St.
Mary’s Alumnae travel group on a
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fabulous trip to France. I saw the
photos and heard that it was a
wonderful trip. Gigi Gould ’70 says
that the next trip will be to Italy
in October 2017, so watch for information. Many of us agreed that
it would be a fun trip, especially
if we get a group from our class
to all go! Thanks to all classmates
who came out for a really special
Alumnae Weekend.
–1981
Carey Stanton
[email protected]
Ashley Richardson Sheridan has
returned from “Oz” (Sydney,
Australia) with her husband, Tony.
They are living in Dayton to be
close to Ashley’s mom, Gloria.
Gina Knapp Northcutt was elected to the Longview Independent
School District Board of Trustees.
Her oldest daughter, Conlan,
graduated from Baylor and will be
pursuing her masters in Interior
Design at Marymount this Fall.
LeGrand is a rising junior at W&L.
Ashley Uhlhorn Fricano’s older
daughter, Ripley, graduates from
Greater Atlanta Christian School
and is headed to Presbyterian
College in Clinton, S.C. in the fall;
and her younger daughter, Carter,
a rising Junior, who continues to
play volleyball almost year round.
Cindy Wlilmott Belisle’s oldest,
Sarah, is graduating from Holy
Innocents’ Episcopal School and
will head to Furman in the Fall.
(Henry Brown, son of Claire Halle
Brown ’84 is in Sarah’s graduating
class and Cindy says it’s fun to
see Claire around school.) Cindy’s
younger daughters: Mollie is a
rising Junior there and Caroline is
a rising 7th grader at St. Martin’s
Episcopal School. I had the great
pleasure of visiting with Claudia
Broeker Egger on one of her
recent trips to Austin. Claudia’s
oldest daughter, Dominique,
is graduating from UT-Austin
this month and her youngest,
Cassie, is headed to Ireland for
the summer. Congratulations
to all of our graduates this year
and Congratulations to Celeste
Alexander, who married the love
of her life, Rick Bailey, this spring!
–1982
Lee Anne Johnson Roehm
[email protected]
–1983
Bonnie Bolton Lopez
[email protected]
Brandon Garrott Morrison has
graduated her last daughter from
St. Mary’s! Jane ’15 will attend
UNC Chapel Hill in the fall. Her
youngest, Murray, will be a senior
at MUS in the fall. After 18 years
with J&J, Therese Kavanagh
Despeaux is now working for a
Spanish company, Grifols, selling
plasma infusion for rare disease.
She and Lisa Page May recently
discovered that they both have
parents living at The Village
in Germantown, a retirement
community. Catherine Trippeer
Jameson may get the award for
celebrating her 50th year with
the most pizzazz, but there are a
few others helping her out. She
recently made a southern tour
beginning in Memphis where
she had dinner with Cissy Bruce
Jackson, Lela Bellows SimpsonGerald, Margaret Jones Fraser,
Posey Saunders Cochrane, and
Tasha Pretorious Kawell, and all
their husbands. She then headed
to her previous hometown of
Mt. Pleasant, S.C., and on to
Beaufort, S.C., and Savannah, Ga.
She finally rested at her house
in Tarpon Springs, Fla. But she
is not finished! In late summer
she is taking the “trek of a lifetime” in the Alps from Italy into
Switzerland! Along for the trip
will be Elise Kilpatrick Atkins and
her two sisters, Kara Kilpatrick
Preston ’85 and Laura Kilpatrick
Lamar ’80, and Tasha and Posey!
Fifty years does not seem to
slow these women down at all!
Cynthia Hodges Cobb is hardly
stopping these days either. We
try to get our families together
every year or so, but when I
contacted Cynthia about dates,
she was just returning from out
of town with son William who
has recently completed his Eagle
Scout project. She was about to
leave for a rowing regatta with
William and Hudson who were
also completing multiple AP
exams. Finally, they were capping
off the month with a trip to Bald
Head Island. Sadly for me, our
visit will have to wait! Kathryn
Carpenter Swords gets my award
for the most exciting news. She
has just gotten a new job as the
1st, 4th, and 7th grade art teacher
at Ensworth School in Nashville!
Congrats, Kat! Son John is a freshman there, and daughter Sara is
a junior at Harpeth Hall. Eppie
Lunsford-Ozen and husband
Ergun decided to relocate from
Istanbul to London after son Ellis
graduated from high school. They
are still in transition as Eppie
and daughter Emily (14) are fully
relocated, but Ergun is sharing
time between the two cities temporarily. Kathy Murphy Anderson
is doing a few things you might
expect of her. She is active in her
Episcopal church and sings in
the choir even as she helps with
confirmation classes. Her daughter is now at Wentworth Institute
of Technology working on her
mechanical engineering degree to
follow in her dad’s footsteps. But
there are two unexpected pieces
of news: Kathy is taking bluegrass
fiddle lessons, and she leads
camping trips in the mountains!
She said, “If you remember me
from St. Mary’s, you know that
camping is something I learned
AFTER graduation!” At first I
couldn’t picture Kathy playing
the fiddle or going camping, but
as long as I think of her around
a campfire while fiddling, it fits
perfectly! Her guide work is done
Mindy Hamilton ‘84 enjoys
snowboarding.
BR: Margaret Frazier Gardner, Carrie Mook Bridgman, Trecia Knapp Tapolsky, Lisa Breazeale Roberts.
MR: Beeland Dill Voellinger, Melissa Thrasher Peeler, Trina Traywick Sippey, Nancy Dilts, McKenzie Aiken Crisp,
Meredith Ciscel Milowski. FR: Kara Kilpatrick Preston, Lucy Cheek Gordon, Tino Sage, Polly Piper Rickard.
with the Appalachian Mountain
Club’s Family Outing group. They
make it easier for families to get
outdoors with children without
its costing too much. They take
care of meal planning, shopping,
etc., so the families can feasibly
take the trips. It does not surprise
me at all that Kathy has sought
out new passions and continues
to do great things! Happy 50th
year to all my classmates!
–1984
Vanessa Allen Dobbins
[email protected]
Kimberly Patterson Walpert practices general neurosurgery in Athens, Ga., taking care of patients
and teaching as an assistant
clinical professor. She is the team
neurosurgeon for the University
of Georgia Athletics and loves expanding to sports medicine. Her
true love is neuro-oncology, and
with her sister Karen Patterson
Williams ’87, they have been de-
veloping one of the few community-based Palliative Medicine
programs for patients with brain
tumors. Kim’s son Cole, 16, loves
mountain biking and wrestling,
as well as working on a farm.
Zach, 15, plays basketball and
trains his border collie. He has
started a business customizing
athletic shoes, and has division I
college athlete customers. Also in
Georgia, Clare Halle Brown’s sons
Elliott and Henry enjoy playing
lacrosse together at school. Henry
looks forward to college. Melia
Miller Murphy’s son Will graduated Rhodes College and Andrew
finished his freshman year at Ole
Miss. Melia and Drew are active
with Rhodes Parent Council, and
Melia enjoys being on the board
of Tennessee Shakespeare Company. Mindy Hamilton’s son Max
is two and a half and the highlight of her life. She is celebrating
four years at Paramount Pictures
and wishes Max were old enough
so she could get “Cool Mommy
credit” for the first run movies
she is working on. Mindy loves to
snowboard too. Celeste Barzizza
Stallings’ oldest son Will loves
his first year at UVA. Emily, tenth
grader, is juggling cross country,
lacrosse, and FOCUS. The family
soon travels to Belize for snorkeling and fishing, and then Memphis for a wedding in September.
Carolyn Thompson has planned
a surgical mission trip to Malawi
to perform hysterectomies and
cervical cancer screenings. Meade
Jones Hanna facilitates community building weekends and
weekly discussions on race and
class at the Potter’s House in D.C.
Son Zach is an accomplished
baritone-sax jazz musician.
Patrick loves percussion classes
and daughter Grace loves tennis.
Also in D.C. Anne Crocker Hefter
works at Compass nonprofit consulting. Daughter Allison majors
in psychology at Gettysburg.
Ted junior plays football, drums,
and loves history. Billy, ninth
grader, plays soccer, basketball,
and lacrosse and loves math and
science. Alison Potts Hollewand
teaches yoga and meditation
classes in Brisbane. Daughter Isabella 11 is a very happy, life-loving
girl with many gifts and interests.
Our other yoga instructor, Cathey
Turner Alexander, encourages
all of us with creaky bones to
try yoga. Daughter Elizabeth ’14
completed her freshman year at
University of San Diego, while
Elizabeth will be a junior at ECS.
Ally Burr-Harris is still in Portland, Ore., married, with three
kids, although one has now been
successfully launched. Ally is a
child psychologist, slightly burnt
out and having increasingly intrusive fantasies of making garden
art in her backyard and finishing
three books she started a decade
ago. She is proud that she can do
impressive corn rows, box braids,
African threading, and other assorted styles on her daughter’s
hair. Molly Brown writes from
Corvallis, Ore. where son Coby, 13,
loves basketball, lacrosse and is in
the school play. Coby’s brother Michael, 27, teaches fourth grade in
the Chicago Public Schools. Their
new addition, Jeter, is a 60 pound
standard poodle puppy! Merri
Leigh Masters Johnson continues
her PT career with presentations
at conferences. Those presentations have spawned other
speaking opportunities within
her hospital which has been very
rewarding. Jack will be in seventh
grade and has taken up tuba,
while Charlie, third grader, is an
avid reader. Our fourth grade
teachers, Kelly O’Shields Klinke
and Carrie Jaeger Carpenter, love
teaching at PDS and St George’s,
respectively. Kelly’s son August
will attend college in the fall
and Zachary is a sophomore at
MUS. Carrie and Stephen are now
certified as foster parents and are
anxiously waiting to see who will
be joining their family. Martin
and I are well. The house is quiet
without a furry friend, but I am
routinely visiting Mewtopia in
search of my purrfect new pet.
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Allison Mallory Morris, Kasha Winker Shaw, Mirm Kriegel, Madeline Amos Rollins, Hilary Davis Robinson,
Kristen Thompson Keegan, Tricia Hood Thomas, Susan Hearn Morgan
–1985
Polly Piper Rickard
[email protected]
Happy 30th reunion year! We
missed those of you who could
not come. Lisa Breazeale Roberts
has one left at home in 9th grade
at St. Mary’s, Evelyn ’18. Chandler
’12 is nearing the end of her nursing degree at TCU. Jackson is loving Furman and playing lacrosse
there. They will travel to Germany
and Prague with the whole family. Lisa currently occupies her
time rocking babies in the Le
Bonheur NICU, playing tennis
with Ken and traveling to Evelyn’s
lacrosse games. Lisa was generous enough to host Trecia, Nancy
Dilts and Carrie Mook Bridgman
at her house for the weekend. It
was exciting to see Carrie and
hear about her life in Louisville
with husband, James (a rock
drummer) and son, Ben, 16. Ben
loves theatre. Carrie serves part of
her time at a small Presbyterian
church in a small town outside
Louisville and the other part
she works on community access
for disabled adults. Elizabeth
Pounders and her girls are doing
great. Dorothy loves SMU. Nisha
Tahiliani Sundram’s oldest son
Shiv is at Berkeley majoring in
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Applied Math and Computer
Science. Daughter Shaila is at the
University of Chicago. Her third is
in high school. Nisha is busy helping her husband build his new office for his practice. She asks that
we call her if we get to Chicago.
Ivy Wilroy Caravati will send
her oldest, Charlie, off to UVA,
her alma mater, for college. Her
family will visit Africa. Colleen
Kavanagh has gotten together
with Tino Sage, Talia Puzantian
and Trecia Knapp Tapolsky in
California. Her company ZEGO
and her non-profit work keep her
time filled. Tino will start a new
business venture soon. Melissa
Thrasher Peeler is great. Mary
’11 will head to Johns Hopkins
for medical school! Glynn Feild
Dean is recovering from back
surgery. We missed her along
with many others. Many thanks
to Lisa, Melissa, Margaret Frazier
Gardner and Kara Kilpatrick
Preston for organizing the weekend activities. Thank you Kara
for opening your lovely home
for our dinner. You have a very
welcoming family. Everyone was
also thrilled to see Julie Huettel
Lowe. Katrina Traywick Sippey is
busy with her gallery and her art
in Berkeley. Lucy Cheek Gordon
sends her second off to college
and she still enjoys working
with her husband and living in
Arizona. Mary Gowen Simmons’
son Scott will head to William and
Lee. Congratulations Mary! –1986
Jean Vaughan McGhee
[email protected]
–1987
Allison Tonkin
[email protected]
With her positive BRCA1 status,
Kim Justis Eikner is thriving
after bravely undergoing “the full
Angelina Jolie.” Kim and Flip enjoy
MUS work where Brooks, 16, finished sophomore year and loved
performing in an St. Mary’s play
(landing a girlfriend!). Nora James
’22 had fun in Alice in Wonderland
Jr. After last year’s chickens, Paula
Jernigan’s Josh, 6, and Libby, 4, are
now beekeepers! Janelle Zarecor
Ranieri’s family visited John at
his Puerto Rico position. After a
hockey-related clavicle fracture,
JJ now plays lacrosse and soccer
with Lucy’s track meets bringing back St. Mary’s track memories. Suzanne White Howell’s
son Jack, 13, loves reading and
fencing. Audrey, 9, plays soccer,
with first love caring for babies
(just like Mom!). Missy Huettel
Carter’s boys excel in MUS grades
and sports. Joe attended the St.
Mary’s Prom in a group including
Courtney Morris Monaghan’s
daughter Stuart ’18. Tom plays
MUS tennis and runs track. Ellie
’23 looks forward to St. Mary’s
south campus with Stuart who’s
excited about St. Mary’s Italy
trip and camp with Laura Halle
Nunnally’s Anna, 14. Laura’s girls
keep busy, with Lizzie now driving. Lauren Moran Waddilove’s
Taylor will attend Rhodes College
and play football while David
starts high school, with Matthew
in fifth grade. They have five rescued animals. After a championship-winning basketball season,
Beth Reynolds Bowen’s Tom, 8,
plays baseball. Ella, 11, danced
her way through middle school
first year. Beth can’t wait for the
family South Africa trip. In pharmaceutical/biotechnology clinical
research Sandi Perel Vermeulen
works from home and runs trails.
Aaron’s architecture firm focuses
on restaurant design. After going
to North Lake Tahoe for professional cyclist oldest son’s training
for the national championships
the family visits Richmond for
the world championship. Sandi’s
middle son loves building and
mechanics. Youngest son focuses
on school, college and hockey.
Assistant director/stage manager Mary Louise Mooney took
Kathleen Warnock’s The Further
Adventures Of . . . , to Dublin for
the International Gay Theatre
Festival. ML acted in a Polaris
North Theater Collective musical
Homeland Security, or C*Y*A, with
demo featuring her solo “Hooker
Blues.” Nervous but excited,
Anne McCarroll McWaters soon
teaches MUS eighth and tenth
grade English with Smith in ninth
grade and Boo in St. George’s
eighth grade. Delighted to have
Anne and Fontaine Taylor Brown
attend a Playback Memphis
Matters performance Virginia
Reed Murphy and Joe are grateful Abel, 9, and Harlan, 7, love
Harbor Town Montessori School.
Gwynne Keathley and Catherine
Fogelman purchased new homes
in Baltimore and San Francisco,
respectively. Ruth Cheney Patton
now cares for children at a
South Memphis clinic providing
underserved healthcare. Working
at MIFA, with girls at St. Mary’s,
Cindy Cates Moore feels blessed
after celebrating two years with
Scott’s new lungs. Gail Borod
Giacobbe sees sister Emily Borod
Gallagher ’91, now at Seattle
Children’s Hospital. At Microsoft
Gail manages Skype product
development, visiting with Eppie
Lunsford-Özen ’83 in London,
sharing fond memories of Mrs.
Strock’s English class. Andras’ and
my big news – we’re finally starting our family, as our wonderful
surrogate is now carrying our
son!!
–1988
Anna McQuiston Holtzclaw
[email protected]
Frances Coughlin Fenelon’s
daughters will be in 5th and 7th
this fall. She was lured back to
the Waller law firm which opened
a Memphis office that we hope
she will work out of from time to
time. Jennifer Miller Buhler and
Jon’s daughter Mary Taylor ’25 will
be in 3rd grade at St. Mary’s this
fall and she swims on the Turkey
swim team. Jon owns Leafguard
Gutters and Jennifer works as a
RN for Dr. Podraza OB/GYN who
manages natural hormone replacement and thyroid problems.
Emily Ragen Smith and her family are moving back to Columbia,
S.C. this summer. She says “it’s
hard to leave Memphis but if we
have to move we are excited to go
back to S.C.”. Becca will start her
sophomore year in the fall and
Mateo will be in the 5th grade.
Christy Reed just celebrated 15
years at AT&T. She and her sisters
Candy Reed Pearson ‘79 and
Angela Reed Yakel ’82 are excited
that their parents relocated to
Texas and they all live relatively
close (for Texas)! Pidge Colbert
Macdonald’s daughter Mallory
’18 had Madame Bell (aka Mary
Lacy Bell ’88) as her French
teacher last year and Pidge’s son
is headed to Lausanne this fall.
Pidge works in the OR at Le Bonheur. Margaret Malone Rosser
and her family visited her sister
Kim Malone Scott ’86 this spring
in Calif. Kim has twins the same
age as Elsie and they say “it’s very
fun to see all the cousins get to
hang out with each other”! They
also enjoyed the good California
sun after a long, cold winter in
D.C. Lisa Wright Moses and her
daughter Mary participated in
their second theatre production
this spring – “SHREK The Musical”
at The Fair Theatre in Somerville,
Tenn. Their performances were
in memory of Lisa’s Mom, Beverly
Howell Wright who passed away
very suddenly in December. What
a nice tribute! Moriah McStay
Lee’s daughter Madeleine ’15 will
be at NYU studying film this fall.
Moriah is busy promoting her
first published novel Everything
That Makes You and finishing
her second, which will hopefully come out in 2017. They are
taking a family trip to Scotland
and London this summer and are
most excited about a day trip on
the Harry Potter train. Jennifer
Hanemann Chandler’s fourth
cookbook The Southern Pantry
Cookbook released this fall and she
also helped open Lafayette’s Music Room in Overton Square. She
also has a new radio program on
WKNO-FM called “The Weekly
Dish”. She writes, “I am having fun with it as I get to write
and talk about all my favorite
food finds!” It airs on Tuesday
mornings during NPR’s Morning
Edition. As for me, we are excited
that Caroline will be starting at
St. Mary’s this fall, I am busy with
work and Tod and I are starting to
play tennis - we take lessons from
Detra’s mom.
–1989
CLASS SECRETARY NEEDED
Contact Gigi Gould at
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–1990
Mirm Kriegel
[email protected]
It was great seeing so many of
you back in April at our 25th! I
must admit, I did wonder whether
anyone would actually show
since we seem to get a (curated)
glimpse into each other’s lives
on Facebook at regular intervals.
So I was pleasantly surprised by
the solid turnout. Clearly there’s
no better substitute for a chapel
sing-along in real time. Speaking of reunions, big, loud sorority
snaps to Allison Mallory Morris
for taking the reins and organizing our class events, which went
swimmingly. Her twins Mallory
’27 and Marley ’27 are at SMS,
and she just started a new job at
First Tennessee, where she wrote
in from a conference in Austin
on Identity and Access Management. (Work with me here and
just pretend we know what I’m
talking about.) Ellen Rawlins
Uzarowicz reports that after
selling her company, Right Bank
Babies, she has officially become
a cat lady. The family — including
her 10 and 11-year-old daughters
— are now the proud owners of
three: Bubba Jack, Ulysses and Dr.
Jones. Rachel Lightman is thrilled
to be teaching fourth grade after
spending three years teaching
seventh. After this experience,
she’d like to make a public apology here and now to our middle
school teachers on behalf of our
entire class for the torture we put
them through. “I don’t know how
you all kept at it as long as you
did. We were extremely fortunate
that you tolerated us.” Amen.
Caroline Archer Baker, Laurie
Smith Hooper, Susannah Murphy Malek, and Beth Kreamer
West each wrote in to say how
sorry and disappointed they were
to have missed the reunion. They
actually all sounded quite sincere,
and they (almost) all promised
to be at our 30th. (Nothing like
a little public pressure to force
a commitment.) Tricia Hood
Thomas completed her third year
in admissions at St. George’s-
Memphis. She and husband Brian
celebrated their 18th anniversary
in June. (Clearly they got married
when they were 12). To celebrate,
they headed to Boston, taking in a
couple of Red Sox games, a Dave
Matthews concert, lots of seafood
& some sightseeing. It was great
to see Ali Reeves Smith, who
made her reunion debut in April
since graduating 25 years ago! Her
son Cole wrapped up Pre-K at St.
George’s, and she’s a veterinarian at Hillcrest Animal Hospital
in Bartlett. Jenny Kate Herring
McMullan, husband Paul and the
six kiddos are rocking along in
Brentwood/Nashville to their own
reality show, Jenny Kate + Eight —
er, Seven. Most astonishingly, her
family finished up the first official
school year smoothly, with one in
fourth grade, one in second, four
in kindergarten and — wait for
it — no nanny. (Just when I was
starting to feel on my A-game…)
Anne Copper DiFronzo was sorry
to miss the reunion but had family in town for her daughter’s first
communion. Her twins, Dominic
& Olivia, are almost two, and
they, along with eight-year old
Sofia, keep her busy. She’s looking
forward to a special motherdaughter trip to London with
Sofia this summer. Mary Anne
Kish Seibert still loves Hendrix
College (as a staffer, not a student) and missed seeing everyone
who couldn’t make the reunion.
She reports that her husband Rob
ran across the Grand Canyon —
and back— in the same day and
that she’s excited to spend the
summer with her kids, Zoe, 11
and Turner, 8. And to those of you
who remember her brother Sarko
(everyone’s favorite prom date),
he’s now engaged to Grace Megel,
who graduated from Hutchison
in ’90 as well. The wedding is
this November. Mazel tov! Missy
Kramer, honorary SMS grad,
joined us in April and reports
that she and her family still love
N’awlins, where her daughters
are at the Lycee Francais. Missy
now sits on the board of the ADL
(Anti-Defamation League) there,
as chair of the Education Com-
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mittee. Missy, who knew you’d
grow up to be such a macher?
(Don’t speak Yiddish? Google it).
Stacy Goldate missed seeing everyone back in April, but she just
couldn’t escape her job editing a
TV show about cold cases. When
she’s not editing murder, she and
hubby Craig are making their
own documentary about aging as
well as designing a new droughttolerant front yard for their home
in thirsty LA. Taylor Holden
Taylor is the Director of Sales and
Marketing at The Racquet Club.
(Which reminds me, big thanks,
Taylor, for a lovely Saturday
evening reunion event there.) Her
daughter Holden ’25 is in second
grade at SMS, and son Bruce is
in 4th grade at Grace-St. Luke’s.
Both are active in sports and
enjoy acting and reading. Alexis
Zanone was sorry not to be able
to see everyone in April. She was
buried in Kleenex and doused in
Mucinex. (Lex, we missed you,
but is it terrible if we say it’s a
good thing you didn’t show?) She
recently worked an event with
Jessica Alba, who shared her
story about building The Honest
Company, and now Alexis reports
she has gone even greener. Hilary Davis Robinson loved seeing
everyone at Sweet Grass back in
April and was looking forward to
basking in summer days. Kasha
Winker Shaw, Caydie Brown
Nickey, Elizabeth Robbins, Kristen Thompson Keegan, Madeline
Amos Rollins, Susan Hearn,
and Sujata Tejwani loved seeing
everyone at the reunion and can’t
wait until our 30th. (They didn’t
exactly tell me this—or write in at
all, for that matter — but I could
tell they had a great time… Plus,
anyone who showed up deserves
a special shout out. So there you
go.) Shaila Bheda was glad to be
able to make it to the tail end of
the reunion events from Brooklyn
for a less than 24-hour visit. She’s
digging her job at the NYC Health
Department. And she has the
great pleasure of having me barge
in nearly every Saturday morning
since we’re just a few blocks away
from each other. In the annals of
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home renovations, I continue to
channel Erin Brockovich as I take
on the New York Department of
Buildings, (which makes the US
Post Office look like the Apple
store). Life in Brooklyn is grand,
and most of it–with the exception of a crowded Manhattan
commute–takes place within a
3-block radius. Just like Mayberry,
only with a few more languages
spoken. And with that, it’s a wrap.
See you all at our 30th. May we
continue to beat the odds and
meet up in real time. But if not,
there’s always Google Hangouts.
–1991
Camellia Koleyni
[email protected]
Greetings! First of all, sincere
apologies are due to Alison
Taylor Nooks for the mistakes
in the last newsletter! Just to
make sure I get it right, Alison
states, “I teach online for Georgia
Perimeter College only and
adjunct in MO ‘now and then’ at
Kirk’s institution but not online.”
Also, she is not a teacher for
Northern Virginia Community
College’s (NOVA) Marketing and
Communications. She actually
does PR/marketing for them and
is the editor of a weekly publication. As for her new updates,
Alison and husband Kirk have
enjoyed visits to see their childhood friends (in Dallas) and also
enjoyed having family (Kirk’s
brother and his family as well
as Alison’s father) visit them in
their hometown. They registered
daughter Anniston (who’s making
A’s in 8th grade in advanced classes) for high school and she will be
attending a young scholars program at Truman State University
in the summer. Congratulations
to Anniston! Twins Konnor and
Kaydence are growing up quickly
and are keeping the whole family laughing! Congratulations
to Holly Hilsenbeck who is now
president of Duckworth Pathology
Group in Memphis! Holly
graduated with an MBA from UTKnoxville last year while continu-
ing to work full time as a pathologist. Her son Chance is in junior
kindergarten at Grace St. Luke’s
and Margaret Craddock McLean’s
youngest child, Campbell, is one
of his classmates. Megan Saxon
Murphree had a wonderful reunion at the beach with 16 of her
college friends. They get together
for a reunion every other year.
Megan is also looking forward to
our 25th class reunion next year!
Malini Gupta-Ganguli is busy as
ever. She and her family enjoyed
a trip to Venice, Italy. She also
added a new physician to her
endocrinology practice G2Endo
in Memphis. On top of all this,
Malini is also taking Taekwondo
classes. We are doing well in
Nashville and really enjoying all
the growth that’s happening and
exciting things this town has to
offer. We are also slowly getting
settled into our new place as we
continue to work, spend time
with family, and travel a bit here
and there. I truly hope all of you
are doing well and would love to
hear from you when you have
time.
–1992
Alison Roesler Coons
[email protected]
–1993
Kristen Mistretta Wilson
[email protected]
Courtney Mainardi Burger
recently transitioned from
fundraising to admissions at
St. John’s School in Houston,
Texas. She now serves as the
Director of Admissions. She is
enjoying the career change after
many long years in fundraising. Her twins Ellie and Alexis
will be in 3rd grade at St. John’s
and son William will be entering Kindergarten. Katherine
McQuiston Bush continues to
love her job at St. Mary’s, her
twin boys are happy at Grace-St.
Luke’s Episcopal School, and her
husband Stephen continues to
be fulfilled by his challenging
work. Amelia Treadwell Howard’s
daughter, Anna Laura, is finish-
ing 3rd grade at Christ Methodist
Day School. George graduates
from Christ Methodist in May
and will be attending MUS this
fall. Both of Amelia’s children
play competitive soccer, which
keeps Amelia and her husband
Nathan busy! She is looking forward to a much needed summer
break! Julie Bhattacharya Peak
is juggling work and raising her
children, Shyla and Seth. Her law
practice has grown to include
12 attorneys across the state of
Tenn. Angie Reed Tull is busy
working and keeping up with her
daughters, Riley and Amelia, and
their many activities, including
tennis, ballet, soccer. Kathryn
Brookfield shared that the high
school volleyball team that she
coaches won the State tournament! Lisa Bratton Chiles’ daughter, Margaret, is now 22 months
and will be going to Emmanuel
United Methodist Preschool this
fall. Lisa is enjoying this sweet,
fun stage with Margaret. Carrie
Evans Hanlon is enjoying living
in Memphis and selling houses
with Hobson Realtors. Her son
James (6) is active and full of
life. Julie Wilson is an Assistant
Professor of Communication
Arts at Allegheny College in
Meadville, Pa. Alison Simmons
Boyd moved to Denver almost 2
years ago. Alison and Lee Raines
Buchmann love having fellow St.
Mary’s visitors in Colo.! Alison
continues to work for FedEx and
is about to celebrate her 10-year
anniversary with FedEx. Her son,
Mason, (3) keeps her busy! Kim
Lupo and Deb continue to enjoy
living in Seattle. They took a
recent vacation to Palm Springs
for a week of sunshine and desert
hiking. Kim is running her first
1/2 marathon in years this May
in Eugene, Ore. Jo Cowles Ellis
lives in Atlanta where she and
husband John have 4 beautiful
children: 3 girls and 1 boy. She
is a director of product development for First Data. She was in
Memphis recently and was able
to catch up with Aparna Murti
Givens. Allison Keltner Musick
and husband Matt welcomed
Calder Britt Clark, Katherine Hasen Le Denmat, Allison Roberts, Sonia Torrey, Natasha Heflin Davis,
Michelle Pao Levine, Ragini Gupta, Sarah Trosper Olivo, Cybil Mah Lieu, Allison McConomy Davenport.
son William Quinton Musick in
November. William is named
after 2 of his great grandfathers.
His favorite thing is their dog
Edie! They are looking forward
to a fun summer with William!
Kirsten Brown Buerkle, husband
Scott, and 3 sons Adler, Noah,
and Stefan now live in Ramsey,
NJ, where they are enjoying their
new home. Kirsten is ready for
summer and hot weather and
said the winter was too cold and
snowy for her! Mindy Kronenberg
recently took a luxurious vacation to Berlin and Prague. Katie
Moran Lindenschmidt loves
motherhood thanks to her sweet
daughter, Ray, who is 6 months.
Katie works from home, making it easier to be close to Ray.
Katie and her husband, Jason,
have had fun introducing Ray to
friends and family over the past 6
months. Alexia Fulgham Crump
is busy with work, remodeling
her home and traveling with her
husband Kevin. Gretchen Wollert
McLennon recently vacationed
in Mexico. She and husband Kojo
will be in NOLA this spring with
Juli Elam Hurdle, Leigh Weinberg
Abbay and their husbands to
celebrate 40th birthdays! Leigh
Weinberg Abbay continues to enjoy her job with Cantor Fitzgerald
as well as balancing life with
work and 2 boys. Her son Bo is
finishing 7th grade at MUS and
Van is finishing 4th grade at PDS.
They took a great family spring
break trip to Grand Cayman
and she and her husband, Rob,
recently returned from Miami
for her 40th birthday celebration!
Bradley Ray Crawford, her husband Rich, and their 3 children
Corinne, William and Emerson
(2 yrs) have settled into their
new home in Richmond, Va. They
celebrated their first Christmas
together in their new home, with
visits from family and new traditions. Bradley’s sister and her
son visited for Easter, a 2nd year
tradition they hope to continue!
She recently went on a few fun
trips, her first travel in years. She
took a walk down memory lane
with her father and siblings to
Tucson, Ariz. where she grew up
visiting her grandmother. She
also recently visited Blackberry
Farms in Tenn. with her husband
where she took a few cooking
classes and many walks in the
beautiful woods! Price Phillips
Massey is enjoying time with her
son Matthew (4). Her family lake
house was recently featured on
the television show Treehouse
Masters. She has a new family
member– a labradoodle named
Cooper. She is looking forward to
some fun summer trips! Benares
Finan-Eshelman Angeley
recently opened the Children’s
Art Lab, a creative art studio for
children focusing on open ended,
process oriented art making. She
has been open since mid-January
and says things are going great!
Her children Penelope (4) and
Silas (2) love to stop by and help
out. Ginny Robinson Burbank’s
daughter Blaise ’20 returned to
St. Mary’s this year where she is
a 7th grader. As for my family, we
moved from Memphis to Baton
Rouge, La. almost 2 years ago
for my husband’s work. South
Louisiana is truly a place like
no other! My sweet little boys
Jacob (6) and Alexander (4) have
adjusted well. The boys have even
become LSU fans, much to the
horror of my friends and family!
Thank you to the many members
of our class who reached out with
updates!
–1994
Edith Ritterband Goody
[email protected]
As Joann Self Selvidge wrote,
“Bad@$$ women unite!” I believe
that can be a collective call for
the class of ’94. The top contenders for major life changes begin
with Sophie Askew Parker who
got engaged last July, moved back
to Memphis in August, began
working as a Senior Art Director
at St. Jude Children’s Research
Hospital in October, was married
in February (honeymoon to follow
in June), and has become an “extra mom” to 3 amazing children.
Sigrid Longsworth Orr has lived
in NY since her freshman year in
college but will be leaving both
her fantastic 14-year-position as
Director of Studio Arts at the JCC,
and newly established company,
Bird River Studios, to move closer
to family in Cleveland, Tenn.
around the end of June. She’s purchased a big house, expects lots
of visitors, and has contacted former classmate Carol Walker who
lives in the area to help her make
a teaching connection. Jamie
Morano Re was recently hired at
the VA to launch their telemedicine project. She’ll continue to
be a professor at USF and travel
for additional opportunities like
the one that recently presented
itself in Beijing, and it sounds like
she enjoys spending time with
her new husband. Missy Alpert
Lurie is enjoying her new baby
girl Lila and her career change to
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Realtor at Crye-Leike with hubby
Brian. Sarah Lacy is proud of the
reporting by her editorial teams at
Pando, and mentioned write-ups
in Fast Company and Marie Claire.
What she seems most proud of,
though, is her determined, boot
stompin’ girl and sweet boy who
remind her of the joy in life.
Joann, whose daughter sounds as
feisty as Sarah’s, has been busy
with her new house, selling the
old house, editing “The Keepers”,
a film about zookeepers which
premiered at the Nashville Film
Festival this April, pre-production work on juvenile justice in
America, and getting to know
her son who was born last year
during our 20th Reunion. She’s
looking forward to hubby Steve
being home from touring, playing
in some local shows. Laura Foster
Gettys has also been moving into
her “new, old house” following a
fire last summer. She anticipates
a quieter summer with trips
to the beach and mountains,
spending time with her “2 short
people.” Sarah Gross Little reports
having bought a house in Dallas
unintentionally, with a quick
sale of their old one. She is now
working in the world of options
trading and says that it’s a good
fit for her “love of puzzles and a
combo of high and low mathematics.” She looks forward to
catching up with SMSers over the
summer when she brings her kids
for “Grammie Camp.” In addition
to her new baby boy, Virginia
Ralston Jaramillo, also has a new
home to add to the insanity of her
“crazytown” of new mommy sleep
deprivation. She was looking forward to her reunion in Memphis
with sister Olivia Ralston ’95,
and reflected on how great our
20th reunion was. Time flies by
so quickly, and Elizabeth Lake
Lovett is trying to take advantage
of every minute with her little girl
when she’s not carpooling her
son to play dates and birthday
parties. Rathi Rao entertained us
with her description of her 3 boys,
“loud, smelly and all boy” noting
that she is constantly breaking up
a fight. Her work in immigration
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law is going well and her practice
is growing, as she recently opened
2 new offices in S.C. and Ga. She’s
looking forward to her parents
moving closer since they have
now retired, but reflects on the
loss of no longer having a home
in Memphis. Sarah Cole-Turner
Vincent has been settling into her
new job as a speech-language pathologist in a local school district
and feels she has found what she
was meant to do. Her kids seem
happy with their school and all
their activities, but since hubby
is only on his 2nd year at Elon
University, she’s a little hesitant
to become too settled before he’s
offered tenure. As for our joyful,
“unboxable” and “unmarried with
no children” gang…Kathryn Leigh
DeRossitt loves having her own
criminal defense law practice,
enjoys her runs past old stomping grounds, and looks forward to
seeing how “things will fall into
place.” Sarah Ledbetter is trying
to decide whether to move to
Asheville, New Orleans, or stay in
Memphis (where she has someone she is “very much in love
with”) to expand upon her education, help her grow as an artist,
and build her creativity coaching
and counseling practice. Mid-July,
Sarah will be at Reed College in
Portland, Ore., performing at the
Body Mind Centering Conference
as part of her project that investigates Americans’ experiences of
their bodies, industrial farming,
and the politics of space. Jessica
Johnson, on her way to Fort
Myers, spent time with Mrs. Burr
at the Atlanta airport. Mrs. Burr
was on her way to visit Helen
Burr who still lives in Spain. As
Jessica said, it’s such a small
world. I’m constantly amazed
how different our lives are, yet
still share so much in common.
I’m about 6 months into a new job
as a supervisor of occupational
and physical therapists in two
different schools. I’m not home as
much as I’d like but I’m learning
how to make it work. I’m looking
forward to hearing more from, as
Sigrid says, “you turkey nuggets!”
–1995
Carrie Sue Casey Hanback
[email protected]
Well, we are fresh off of our 20th
reunion! The energy surging in
the River City was awesome, but
it was just the cherry on top of
getting to see how the women in
the Class of 1995 have come into
their own, both personally and
professionally. Can 40 really be
the new 30? Say yes. We enjoyed
two great evenings out – and
some lunches and get-togethers,
too. (I remain dejected over missing the Mrs. Gill sighting on the
St. Mary’s campus.) Cybil Mah
Lieu did a bang-up job planning
the reunion, and we appreciate
all the work she put in. (By the
way, Cybil is still going strong at
Points of Light in Atlanta, and her
little boy and husband are great,
too.) Before the reunion rundown,
I’ll try to be engaging without
being dull. If I fail, I blame Olivia
B. Elizabeth Cochran Hill and
her husband have bought a home
in the Atlanta area where they
plan to raise their sweet family.
Ashley Goldstein Allen visited
Elizabeth to celebrate Elizabeth’s
son Wally’s first birthday! Ashley
and her husband also bought a
new home in D.C. and plan to
renovate soon. Patricia Graue is
back in New York City after a fun
few years in San Francisco. During
a recent visit, we talked into the
wee hours about family and fried
food. Carolyn Seelbinder Boetger,
who recently got her real estate
license, tells me that she and her
family are soon off on their first
trip to Disney World. They are
also starting construction on their
new home on the Holston River!
Sounds beautiful! Meanwhile,
in Birmingham, Hallie Bourland
Wagner and husband Martin
recently celebrated the birth of
their second son, William Thomas
Wagner. And now – reunions:
Doing her part to inject even more
awesomeness into Memphis,
Dawn Law rocked a mean cobalt
blue dress at our Friday night
gathering at Mellow Mushroom,
a restaurant that she opened as
part of her professional role with
the beloved Atlanta company. It
was a nice place to mainline tasty
carbs and reconnect – thanks,
Dawn! No big deal – Sonia
Torrey placed 3rd overall and
1st female at a race in Lakeland
during reunion weekend. She is
moving to New Mexico with her
boyfriend and sees counselingrelated higher education plans
in her future. Kathryn Wiseman
drove in from Ark. – and is still
liking her job at Walmart, traveling (most recently to England),
and when she’s in D.C., enjoying bourbon on my porch. Olivia
Ralston (in killer shoes, natch) is
updating the London home she
and her husband purchased. It
was fun to see her sister, Virginia
Ralston Jaramillo ’94, at Mellow
Mushroom with her cutie third
baby Oscar in tow. Speaking of
babies, I enjoyed nuzzling Murff
Oates Galbreath’s third, Mary
Abbay, at Murff’s house. It was
great chatting with everyone
on Saturday at Local in hopping Overton Square, including
Natasha Heflin Davis, Gwen
McVean Coffey, Blair Bobo
Geer, Calder Britt Clark, Carolyn
Seelbinder Boetger, Katherine
Hasen Le Denmat, Sarah
Trosper Olivo, Elizabeth Schatz
Passarella, Ragini Gupta, Allison
Roberts, Gabrielle Rose Chang,
and Kristen Boswell Amonette
about all manner of topics, including high heels, Crossfit, Texas,
anesthesia, and that time Patricia
left her car running in the parking
lot. Meeting Lisa Mulrooney’s
fiancé, Glen Coombs, on Saturday
night was a treat. We send y’all
best wishes and remain jealous
of your sun-burnished vacation photos! Fun fact: Elizabeth
Richardson Fitzgerald – teacher
and photographer extraordinaire
– is taking photos at their wedding! It was so good to hug Lee
Davidson Holt and her husband
as they awaited the birth of their
baby. Lee was a trooper for coming out both nights – when I was
“with child,” I enjoyed nothing
more than a couch. I learned
that Dhevi Kumar Broecker’s
husband Arndt is fully embracing Seattle life – and now cures
his own salmon! Gabrielle Rose
Chang is enjoying Chicago with
her husband and their little girl.
Katherine Crone Wilson is still
doing well at her Atlanta law firm.
As we all thumbed through old
photos of us in white dresses,
in hats, and (in some cases)
bikinis on Black Friday’s nighttime scavenger hunt, some of
us may have hatched a plot to
crash the St. Mary’s Prom, which
was that same night, but I cannot confirm. More scoop: Aussie
Allison Roberts is stateside, full
of stories about her animal-filled
homestead and her travel plans in
America. Sarah Carlson Landers
shared stories of her teenage children and gave those of us with
teeny ones hope that we will one
day emerge from the early years
of parenthood intact – and maybe
even awesome. Ragina Gupta did
the same – swapping stories with
Sandra Koh, Katherine Crone
Wilson, Kathryn Wiseman, and
Allison McConomy Davenport
about what truly matters in life,
including the value of community. In case you were wondering,
Allison McConomy Davenport still
has no sense of direction and will
lend you an umbrella in a gale.
Members of the class enjoyed
lunch at Michelle Pao Levine’s
Mosa Asian Bistro and tried out
new places on Broad. (Michelle
continues to receive recognition for her contributions to the
Memphis community and it’s not
hard to see why.) Meanwhile,
they were out of everything at the
restaurant on Broad, and we were
photo-bombed – see Facebook.
Nonetheless, reunion weekend
was a blast – I loved trading new
stories and falling out over old
ones. We missed those of you who
could not make it – and I hope to
hear from you soon! Email me.
–1996
Jaime Newsom
[email protected]
Emily Middlecoff Anderson has
some fabulous news: Slade will
finish his last chemo treatment
at St. Jude this summer! Emily
writes, “We are so excited and
thankful for all the prayers and
support along the way! St. Jude is
the most amazing place on earth
and we will always be indebted!”
I know that many of us have
been following Slade’s story on
Facebook and we are all excited
to hear that he is doing so well.
Emily says that is has been a fun
but busy year, with Slade finishing 2nd grade, Elizabeth finishing
kindergarten, and Louise graduating from 4th grade. Bernice
Chen is expecting a baby girl this
summer to join son Landon. With
their expanding family, they will
soon be moving to a larger place
in the bay area. Brooke Douglas
Looney and her husband are also
expecting their third child, a girl.
Her older daughters are so excited
that another girl will soon join
their family. Laura Ray Logue and
her son Tommy enjoyed an Easter
visit to Richmond to see her sister
Bradley Ray Crawford ’93 and
her family. Tommy is all ready
to book another adventure, this
time “with at least three airplane
rides.” The whole family is looking
forward to Jess’ visit this summer
from Hungary as they always
have such an amazing time with
her. Sharlene Sidhu Keithley is
adding Girl Scout Troup leader
to her list of roles. She is excited
because now she gets to finally
be a Girl Scout, something she
has wanted to do since she was a
child. She is still remotely working at the Desoto Children’s Clinic
and she has joined the board
of the Circle of Friends, which
supports the Colorado Children’s
Campaign. Leslie Forell Boyle
and her husband Doug recently
purchased a house in San Francisco. She reports that they have
been busy nesting and making
updates. They are excited to have
more space and will soon be
ready for visitors! Ellen LeVaughn
Kowalchuk and her family are
in Rapid City, S.D., loving the
Black Hills. Ellen just got her
master degree in Curriculum and
Instruction and is now teaching
language arts to upper elementary kids. Her husband leaves this
summer for his 5th deployment
overseas. She says that life is full
but wonderful! Courtney Shove
enjoyed a visit with her mother
over Easter weekend and is looking forward to a family reunion in
Connecticut this summer. Natalie
Nussbaum escaped the freezing
Chicago winter by taking a much
needed trip to Mexico in January.
Ron and I welcomed our second
daughter earlier this year and are
now adjusting to life as a family
of four. We have several trips
planned for the rest of the year
and are excited to be able to take
the girls on some new adventures.
–1997
Hollye Ferguson Stigler
[email protected]
Happy summer everyone. Best
wishes to Paige Frazier who
is getting married–she’s engaged to Anthony Shupert
and is planning a wedding for
later in the year. Paige lives
on Kiawah Island writes that it
is just as beautiful as it always
is! We also have several new
babies who joined our families
the past few months! Rebecca
Hanover Kurzweil welcomed
her second son, Quincy Dexter,
who joins big brother Leo. Mary
Elizabeth Hickey Maynard and
her husband, Fletcher, also
welcomed a new baby, Mims
Elizabeth; big sister Bliss is a
great big sister! The Maynards
live in Durham, NC where they
both work with students at UNC
and Duke. Ashley Wilson and
her husband Solomon welcomed
a baby boy, Hudson Omar, on
April 1. Celia Watson, Emily
Wills Hale, Jeanne Hartzog, and
Katie Irish and threw a fantastic
girls shower weekend in NYC for
Ashley and even imported Central
BBQ from Memphis! Also in New
York, Sara Paratore Keller and
her family survived the especially
tough winter this year and are so
thankful that spring did finally
arrive in NYC. Her girls, Kate and
Lucy, are 2 and 4 now. Congrats
to Sara who is going to nursing
school at Columbia soon! Clare
Levy writes that her daughters
Eden and Norah are 2 and 4 and
recently visited Tennessee where
they were able to see Abby Taylor
Frazer and her family in Memphis
and Anne Spence Lucas and
Beverly Stevens in Nashville.
Jamie Richards Whitney writes
that her youngest, Janet, is 18
months, Robert is 3 years old, and
Cynthia is 5. She recently changed
jobs leaving private practice and
is now a staff attorney in the
same federal courthouse where
she did her clerkship after law
school. Autumn Witt Boyd also
changed jobs recently, starting
her own law practice earlier this
year (www.awbfirm.com) helping
entrepreneurs and small businesses with copyright, trademark,
and business issues. Autumn’s
twin boys are 3 and a half and full
of energy! Autumn and her family
met up with Melissa Ohsfeldt
and her family in Chattanooga
recently. Melissa lives in Nashville
and also changed jobs earlier this
year. We also welcomed a new
addition this year, a daughter,
Amelie Catherine. Her big sisters
Abby and Ruthie are so proud! –1998
Laurin Maddux
[email protected]
Patience Chambliss Wiggins has
a great new job at United Health
Group working in their State Government Solutions department.
Patience and husband Chris are
enjoying watching their boys,
Prince Harry and Christopher (4)
play T-ball this Spring. Elisabeth
Callihan writes that she and
husband Will moved to Minneapolis so she could assume the
role of Head of Multi-Generational
Learning at the Minneapolis
Institute of Arts. She writes that
they have enjoyed it so far, but
this winter was really COLD! Sally
Self Helms and husband Nate
are also enjoying new territory…
as new parents! They welcomed
Anna Vail Helms into their family in December and are enjoy-
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ing their new roles as parents.
Jennifer Fong writes that she
enjoyed visiting with Anne Claire
Bellott Jordan and her family in
Savannah, Ga. over the holidays.
Jennifer also writes that she also
recently went on a volunteer
vacation to Buenos Aires with
Habitat for Humanity. Anne Claire
reports that she and husband
Jeff are enjoying being parents to
Henry and Emma and are planning their 10th anniversary trip
this year. Congratulations are in
order for Nupur Sidhu Bal who
wrote in that she was named as
one of the 40 Influential Women
in Virginia. Congratulations also
go out to Monica Wilson Barton
and husband Derek welcomed
Wyatt Charles Barton this past
Fall and also recently moved into
a new house in Bloomington, IL.
Meggan Wurzburg Kiel is in her
5th year as Director of College
Advising and Alumni Support
at The Soulsville Charter School
and is excited to report that 100%
of this Senior class this year has
been accepted to college! She also
writes she made a trip to NYC to
visit Lauren Webb Mitchell and
got to spend time with Lauren
and husband Luke’s adorable little
boy Henry. I can also attest to his
adorableness as I got to meet him
over the holidays when both Lauren and I were visiting family in
Oklahoma City. As many of you
may have heard, Meg Kinnard
lost her amazing father suddenly
this Spring. Although this was a
huge blow to her family, Meg and
Adair are doing well. Meg writes
that Adair will be starting school
in the Fall and that she has been
very busy lately with work, covering the President and candidates
for the upcoming presidential
campaigns. Ashley Bellet also has
work related news as she will be
moving to Madison, Wisconsin
to be a PhD candidate in their
interdisciplinary theater studies
program. In addition, she was officially made Commissioner of the
Education commission of USITT
and was nominated for the Board
of Directors.
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BR: Lisa Ansley Clapper, Lauran Glassman Stimac, Mary-Kathryn Millner Herrington, Phyllis Huang.
MR: Katie Garrett Harris, Megha Karkera Kanjia, Walton Allen Webster, Kat Gordon, Jennifer Kaiser, Tami Sawyer.
FR: Kim Fleischauer Cook, Amy Reinhardt Robinson, Carrie Lawson Wills, Whitney Baer,
Lexie Hicks Johnston, Lessie Calhoun Rainey.
–1999
Kelly Buckner Dallas
[email protected]
Thanks to everyone who
responded with news! First,
congratulations are in order for
Hilary Dinkelspiel on completing
the Boston Marathon and gearing
up for the Ironman Copenhagen
in August. What an accomplishment! She’s enjoying living in
New York City now and practicing employment law. Also in New
York, Lauren Hinson is designing stores for Cole Haan as well
as working on two residential
design projects of her own. Libby
Lawson Foster and her husband
are loving Spain and are studying
at the University of the Rioja. She
writes that they’re generally feeling old since they’re surrounded
by mostly college students. They
will be there until September
and extend an open invitation
to any SMS-ers in Spain! Susan
Wunderink has also recently
moved to Minneapolis to work
for Thrivant Financial in their reMemphis. She loves having Anne
search and strategy department.
Elise ’29 at St. Mary’s and watchShe is still working on a Gates
ing her play her first team sport,
Foundation contract for Duke
soccer. Erin Bower loves Nashville
that will help prevent nutrition
and is the head of the women’s
deficiencies in kids around the
health program at St. Thomas
world. Way to go, Susan! Other
Hospital. She moved to the upbig news is that Meg Parker is
and-coming Germantown area
engaged to Cory Prewitt with a
in Nashville and loves spendwedding planned in New Orleans
ing her free time with her two
in November. Best wishes, Meg!
nephews! Allison Davies Ford is
Meg is still working at Dixon
doing well and looking forward
Hughes Goodman with Courtenay
to a move to the San Marco
Adams who writes that she’s
area of Jacksonville where her
approaching her 11th year there.
sisters and mom live. It’s a great
She still loves living in
midtown and fostering
dogs and is looking
forward to her trip to
Scandinavia in June. I
would be too! Rebecca
Fones Rhea is also
still in Memphis and
is looking forward
to a great summer
with her girls. AnneMorgan Brookfield
Class of 1999 friends at Halloween party:
Morgan is still workSidney Hawkins Gargiulo, Brittany Blockman
Pelletier, & Ashley Gaillard Clark.
ing for Eli Lilly in
school district for her two boys
and closer to work. Good luck
with the move, Allison! Brittany
Blockman Pelletier writes from
San Francisco that she is set to
graduate in June from her residency in Pediatric Leadership for
the Underserved at UCSF. She will
then be UCSF’s first fellow in pediatric integrative medicine and
palliative care. Congratulations,
Brittany! Brittany writes that
she loves spending time with
Ashley Gaillard Clark and Sidney
Hawkins Gargiulo and their two
little boys in San Francisco. Annie
McLaren Neufeld is also still out
in Calif., in Pasadena. She was
actually in town for a conference in Memphis. I loved getting
to catch up with her! As for me,
we’re loving Memphis and being
near family and friends. My girls
Julia ’29 and Mae ’27 are enjoying
St. Mary’s, and Mae’s particularly
excited about being a flower girl
at graduation in a couple weeks.
Love those St. Mary’s traditions!
Thanks again for the great news.
Let me know if you’re in town!
–2000
Katie Garrett Harris
[email protected]
Our 15th reunion came and went
in the blink of an eye, but it was
fun to see everyone who made
it. A big thanks to Mary-Kathryn
Millner Herrington, Courtney
Routt Worthman, and Amy
Reinhardt Robinson for all their
planning and hard work. We hope
to see even more folks in 5 years!
I think Carrie Lawson Wills
summed it up best in an email
to our class. “It is comforting to
know that while most of us have
changed in many ways, we’re
basically the same smart-aleck
girls from 15 years ago. I was glad
to see that Lexie could be pep
club president for the Grizzlies,
Lisa and Sarah can still bicker like
sisters then giggle 2 seconds later,
Tami can teach a class on Kardashian family systems, Megha
still laughs ALL the time, MK and
Amy are gorgeous pregnant people who can rock heels at night
even if one of their toddlers threw
poop on the floor that morning,
and Kat Gordon subsists on a diet
of buttercream frosting…” We all
agreed– Well put, Carrie! Here are
more of the things we discussed
over the weekend. As well as
buttercream frosting, Kat Gordon
has recently been consuming
cheddar sour cream potato chips
and vodka tonics in the bathtub.
Whitney Baer adores stealthy
missions for fast food fries and
devours them under the cover of
nightfall, circling the parkway in
order to avoid detection. Lessie
Calhoun Rainey has recently
been eating peanut butter from
the jar with a spoon inside the
pantry while pretending to
contemplate healthier options.
Kate Wichlinski reports that a
spoonful of peanut butter is also
her addiction; she’s partial to PB&
Co’s crunch time. Kristine New
Farnsworth loves dark chocolate
squares & honey roasted peanut
butter (separately) while hiking
the Pacific Northwest, behind
the monkey bars, in the car, etc.
The key is to hide it from her
preschooler so he doesn’t eat
more than she does. Megha Karkera Kanjia admits that she eats
peanut butter everyday at work...
it turns out that the baby she had
last year wasn’t the 20 lb baby
she thought he would be. It was
just 20 lbs of peanut butter and
Oreos. Amy Reinhardt Robinson
has been enjoying a sugar binge
in 2015. Cupcakes, brownies, ice
cream, you name it...perhaps the
“baby” she is carrying is just a
stockpile of cookies. Liz Palomo
has developed a fondness for Jack
Link’s Beef Steak strips, which she
noisily masticates at her desk,
horrifying surrounding coworkers. Tami Sawyer falls asleep in
a superman cape after inhaling tater tots from Sonic. Lexie
Hicks Johnston went to Krystal
on Saturday after the reunion,
and found a Krystal in her purse
the next day. Ellis Dixon’s new
health regimen includes heaping
portions of roasted goat paired
with an entire bottle of 2 euro
vinho tinto. As the Portuguese are
not into the idea of doggie bags,
she has collected dozens of cloth
napkins soaked in the remnants
of her dinner. Her purse is starting to smell like the senior den
in 1999. Lisa Ansley Clapper has
mastered the skill of splitting her
time between hovering over the
cookie boxes in Fresh Market in
order to select the perfect box
of Chocolate Chunk Cookies,
waiting in line at Baskin Robbins
for a hand packed half gallon
of Chocolate Chip ice cream,
sneaking brownies from Wang’s
while visiting with her mom, and
washing down Glazed Donuts
from Gibsons with milk. Carrie
Lawson Wills sneaks chicken and
waffles in the rain in a Little Rock
hospital parking lot. Emily White
is still eating Eggo waffles every
morning and Reese’s peanut
butter cups every afternoon in an
attempt to relive her SMS days.
I personally had to stop buying
pimento cheese recently because
I was eating the entire container
myself. I also hide stashes of dark
chocolate covered almonds to
snack on when my husband and
kids aren’t looking! It’s been a
fun and hilarious spring with the
Class of 2000. We have to thank
the class of 2016 for inspiring us
with their yearbook photos. Can’t
wait for the next issue! Cheers.
–2001
Lauren Anderson Stone
[email protected]
Big things continue to happen for
the Class of 2001! Hayley Bower
Gerber, Charlie, Cole and Cartter
recently moved to a new house
that they built. Kemper Kelso
Brennan is also getting settled
in a new home after a 10 month
renovation! Elizabeth Laws is
living in Paris and says if anyone
heads over there, be sure to look
her up! Stephanie Vieron Leary
reports that things are moving
along as usual in Baltimore, and
they recently celebrated James’
second birthday! Morgan Raines
checked in to report that life in
London is lovely. Claire Davies
Rhodes is still teaching com-
munication courses at FSCJ. She
and Andrew love Florida and “will
never live away from the beach
again.” Sounds reasonable to me!
Katherine Eder McDonnell and
Daniel are enjoying married life
in Nashville. Sudipa Sarkar, Saira
Mahmood and Kathy Chen Budde
were bridesmaids in her wedding.
Kathy Chen Budde and John are
adjusting to life with a newborn.
Claire Lois Budde was born in
March, and they are completely
in love with her! Congratulations!
Ashley Ayres Bryant, Josh and
Mac are expecting baby boy #2
in June, so they’re gearing up for
two boys under two this summer!
Nishta Mehra reports that Shiv
will be 3 in July and is talking up a
storm during every waking hour.
Nishta is excited to be English
Department Chair next year at
her school and was really thrilled
that her essay published at Guernica Magazine was linked to on the
NPR website in March. Way to go,
girl! Liz Keltner will be opening
her new venture, hOMe Collective, this summer. It is a wellness
center committed to health and
healing that provides clients with
individual, group, and community
offerings such as yoga therapy,
nutrition workshops, acupuncture, and much more. Liz is living
into her belief that people must
cultivate wholeness from the
inside out to lead the vibrant,
authentic lives they deserve.
Check her out if you’re ever in
Denver! Emma Self also owns her
own business, Green Girl Produce,
growing Micro greens indoors
downtown at Emerge Memphis
(www.greengirlproduce.com), selling to local chefs at all the major
hotels, small biz restaurants,
and to the good people running
CSAs. When she’s not working,
Emma spends time with her family, Sally’s little girl, Anna Vale,
and Joann’s two kids, Stevie and
Frannie, and her own four legged
kiddos, Roxy and Bubda. Susan
Buckner will marry Cullen James
Rose on August 1st in Memphis.
Best Wishes, Susan! She was
slated to speak at alumnae chapel
at St. Mary’s in February, but it
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ended up being Snowmageddon
week, so she’s hoping to find a
date next year that will work.
Courtney Taylor Humphreys
reported that their house was on
the market at press time, which
has been a real adventure with
two young children! Tucker (3.5)
and Heloise (2) are so fun and are
becoming sweet little buddies (at
least most of the time). Courtney
misses seeing the Memphis St.
Mary’s crew and demands that
we have a Memphis get together
soon, which I second! Clifton,
Anderson and I were in the midst
of moving to a new house at press
time, and we’re anxiously awaiting the arrival of our second baby
boy later this summer. As always,
it’s great to hear about all the
exciting things our classmates
are up to. Everyone mark your
calendars for our 15th (!) reunion
in April 2016 so we can catch up
in person!
–2002
Polly Klyce Pennoyer
[email protected]
Another successful and exciting 6 months in the life of the
Class of 2002! Our perennial
student Wendi Muse continues
her Virginia-to-New York odyssey
each semester, with stop-offs in
Brazil (and now Argentina). She
is doing research and writing
on multiracial Brazilian female
samba dancers /models/performers from the 1960–80s and is
presenting at conferences and
knocking out exams with the
best of ‘em! Elsa Monge DeGroot
is happily relocated in Dallas,
where she is enjoying working in
marketing for Chili’s International
and enjoying getting settled in
her new digs and her new neighborhood. Lindsey Coates is still
doing amazing counseling work
in Orlando; she has just joined a
new practice in Orlando (as their
first female counselor!) and she
continues to do counseling and
ministry at a women’s prison in
Orlando, where she is also teaching life and emotion-management skills. She is also teaching
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and lecturing around Orlando on
therapeutic issues, including an
upcoming seminar on addiction, alcoholism and substance
abuse. We are so proud of her
courageous and generous work
she is doing in her community.
In New Orleans, Laura Hettinger
and her husband George bought
a 100-year-old house. They are
enjoying the perks and perils of
home ownership, and Laura continues to work as a legal secretary,
with a calligraphy business on the
side—y’all should definitely send
projects her way! I can personally
attest that she does great work.
In Memphis, Leslie Guinn Jerkins
and her husband Jonathan have
just welcomed baby number
three: George Raymond Jerkins
was born in May and we are delighted to welcome him into our
Class of 2002 family. Congrats on
a beautiful family to a wonderful
mother! In related and exciting
news, both Juliette and Molly
Jerkins will be starting St. Mary’s
in the fall. Hooray for our newest
turkeys, too! Also in Memphis is
De Beazley Ervin, where she has
gone back to full-time working at
Baptist Women’s hospital, where
she is working the over-night
shift while spending daytimes
with her son Grayson. What an
amazing and generous schedule—her family is so lucky to have
her, as are all the women that
she cares for! Melissa Lawson
Romero, her husband Carlos and
their daughter Etta continue to
thrive in Colorado. Melissa continues to work as a clerk at the
Court of Appeals, and she is looking to represent kids in adoption
and foster care proceedings when
her clerkship ends. She is also
guest-lecturing for class at Denver
University’s Graduate School of
Social Work (the Law in Social
Work Practice) and is contemplating co-writing a book on the same
topic. Anna Coplon Suen is still
enjoying life in Madison, Wis.,
despite the winters. She has just
started a new job as a buyer for
Thermo Fisher, which provides
scientific supplies. She and husband Garret are anticipating some
exciting changes in their lives
in the new future, and we are so
excited for them! Nicole Osborne
Steck continues to show us all up
with her hard work and athletic
prowess—she has recently completed a 10-mile race, and she has
begun training for a marathon! In
the meantime, she is keeping
busy at Glaxo-Smith-Kline and
running after her adorable son,
Braden. In Lexington, Kentucky
Katie Ross has just started a new
job, as the Executive Director of
the Kentucky Horse Council; it’s
a big change from her previous
job in law, but she’s loving the
chance to work with horses and
get professional credit for all her
time logged at horse shows. Congrats to Katie! Finally, I continue
to live the nomadic life, schlepping between New Haven and
New York City, now with a baby in
tow! Victoria and I are spending
two nights a week in Manhattan and the rest of our time in
Connecticut, while I continue to
slave away a the grindstone of big
bank corporate law, and Robbie
continues to thrive at divinity
school. One more year of this
crazy schedule for us. And then?
Who knows! It’s always lovely to
hear from everybody. Please stay
in touch!!
–2003
Alexandra Bicks
[email protected]
Laurence Goodwin
[email protected]
So many exciting updates
from our class! We seem to be
experiencing a baby boom, with
quite a few little ones on the way
(more information about them
when they actually arrive). In
other news, Mary Milton Kelly
has moved to New York City to
continue her work with a Calif.based EdTech company. Rachelle
Carolino Drouin and husband
Zach are also in NYC. Julia McMillen is enjoying life in Madison
and “handing ‘The Winter’ like a
champ. Louise Schumacher Timmons had a baby girl in January
(congratulations Louise!) and has
just headed back to work recently.
Anne Taylor Tipton Manning is
still enjoying life in south Texas
with husband Reid. Katie Hobson
Novikoff and her husband Chris
are continuing their work with
Rebirth East St. Louis; she reports
that she misses living in Memphis
“a ton”! Mary Austin Mays Smith
will finish her residency in June
and plans to start working with
a pediatric dentist in July. Rachel
Bresinger Ashkenazi loves living
in Israel and is looking forward to
catching up with Suzie Loveless
when she visits. Suzie has been
travelling like crazy this year,
with a 22-day-trip to Morocco this
past winter and trips planned
to Israel, the UK and Columbia.
I can’t wait to see her when she
is here in September! Suzie and
Sarah Machin are living in the
same building in Oklahoma City
and see each other almost daily.
Anna Schwarz Shabtay has just
been promoted to Senior Vice
President of Communications
and Special Projects at the Jewish Community Center. Nicole
Henderson Trenholme will start
her emergency and critical care
specialty residency at the University of Missouri in July and plans
to take her boards in 2018. Carey
Faber Campbell is finishing up
her fourth year of her plastic surgery residency in Dallas and sees
Chloe Lackie Zingaro often. Chloe
opened her psychotherapy private
practice in October and has been
busy building her practice. She
and husband Joe are enjoying the
McKenzie Mears ’30, daughter
of Mary Washington ’04.
new house they bought in July.
Lizzie Gill is planning summer
programs for her students at No
Limits Tutoring and helping her
brother York recover from a plane
crash in March. Jessica Pfeffer is
in her fourth year of her PhD at
Tufts concentrating on the idea
of “the body” in early modern
England. She recently presented a
paper in Vancouver at the Shakespeare Association of America.
Brianna Winsett Chapman’s
daughter, Grace, turns one in May.
Carmen Carson Gorospe is the
COO of Wholesome2Go, a private
chef and meal delivery service in
LA, and is considering a degree in
Genetic Counseling in the future.
Margaret Ann Klinke Mays is
finishing up the penultimate
year of her radiology residency
and will then head to Vanderbilt
for a one year Women’s Imaging
fellowship. Brittney Rogers Rowe
is now head of Business Development at Paragon Bank; she has
been teaching financial literacy
classes to St. Mary’s juniors and
seniors this year. Anna Taylor
Halton has been working with her
husband Andrew in his custom
home building business in Austin,
Texas as well as working with
an entrepreneur and investor in
private equity. Vi West is enjoying
travelling around the country as
part of her role as the Training
Manager for the Pei Wei brand.
Kelly Sandefer and her husband
Andrew married in Highlands,
N.C. last October and have just
closed on their first house. After
a very brief spell in Toronto,
Elizabeth Fong is now living in
Chicago working as a surgical
nurse at Rush University Medical
Center. She is looking forward
to running the Chicago Rock N
Roll half marathon in July with
Emily Edwards. Mary Kneeland
Metcalf is looking forward to her
wedding in January after which
she will gain the last name ‘Nice’.
Very nice! As for me, I am still
living and working in Oxford as
a teacher and college counselor,
planning a trip with my mother to
Riga, Latvia this summer and production managing for a comedy
group who will be performing at
the Fringe in Edinburgh in August.
I can’t wait for the next round
of updates from our wonderful,
talented class.
–2004
Shea O’Rourke Quraishi
[email protected]
Ah, spring. That time of celebrations, new beginnings, storming through parking lots in
Braveheart attire, and posing
for photos that prompted many
a college friend to ask, “Were
you all getting married?” Jokes
aside, there is much to celebrate.
Lauren Brooks Foti and husband
Alex welcomed their first child,
Michael Alexander Foti. They are
enjoying living in Roswell, Ga., an
Atlanta suburb. Martha Ferguson
Burke and husband Chris are
excited to welcome Baby Burke
in October! Martha still works in
school counseling in Melbourne,
Fla., and she looks forward to
seeing some SMSers at Lucy
Harris and Laine Peeler’s upcoming weddings! Jennifer Weaver
Tucker graduated from UAB with
her master’s of science in neonatal nursing in December and has
stayed busy wrangling her twins
and getting ready for her third
baby boy due in June! Meanwhile,
Abby Kostka Farley reports that
she is loving life in Colorado,
where she still teaches first grade
and enjoys time with her son,
John North, whom she hopes
sisters Kat Kostka ‘00 and Mamie
Kostka ‘06 can come visit soon
for his first birthday! Elisabeth
Sandlin Maynard and husband
Hunter welcomed their second
son, Harding Patrick Maynard, last
June. Elisabeth is enjoying staying
at home with her boys during this
season and reports that Hunt, 3, is
a wonderful big brother. Speaking
of boys… it’s wedding season!
Jessica Walker is engaged to
marry Chris Wiley in October, and
Angela Wilcox will marry Tommy
Palmer in September. Angela also
is busy enjoying her neurosurgery
residency in Arkansas and flying
her newly purchased airplane.
Connor Trott married John David
Fortner on New Year’s Eve and
is working on her final clinical
rotation at a program for community reintegration of people
with spinal cord and traumatic
brain injury. After she graduates
in May with her Doctorate of
Physical Therapy from Western
Carolina University, Connor
and her husband will move to
Oxford, Miss., where he will start
Ole Miss’ Medicinal Chemistry
program on the PhD track. Huge
congrats to all! In the world of
academia, Elizabeth Jemison
soon will finish her PhD in
Religion at Harvard and will begin
as Assistant Professor of Religion
at Clemson University. She and
husband Andrew are excited to
move to Greenville, where she’ll
get to see Elizabeth Stevenson,
who recently ran the Cooper River
Bridge Run in Charleston and is
looking forward to a 5K and summer break! Also, Elizabeth reports
that she and Sasha Castroverde
both survived the 110 inches of
snow that hit Boston over the
winter, which is an accomplishment in itself. Camille Wingo
soon will graduate with her MBA
from Duke and is excited that
Shane Battier will be the commencement speaker. Camille then
will work for Frito-Lay in Dallas,
where Victoria Luke Morich
happens to be working this summer while pursuing her MBA in
finance and strategy at Georgia
Tech. Victoria also is about to celebrate the arrival of her brother’s
third son. Rachel Bearman is now
the Rabbi of Temple B’nai Chaim
in Georgetown, Conn., where she
officiates at life cycle events like
Bar and Bar Mitzvah services. She
is enjoying working with the local
interfaith clergy and preparing
her 10th graders for their confirmation service. Rachel also has
an awesome, funny dog named
Vashti. Shelby Deeney has a new
job as a Deputy Colorado State
Public Defender in the Appellate
Division. She recently ran a half
marathon at Zion National Park
and is gearing up for another
one at Rocky Mountain National
Park in August. Brittany Johnson
Hernandez also has a new job; after eight years with Congressman
Steve Cohen, Brittany will be doing federal relations for the March
of Dimes. Go get ‘em, ladies!
Natalie Hartmann is still loving
life in Atlanta and is working as
a Physical Therapist for the inpatient rehab department at DeKalb
Medical Center in Decatur, Ga.
Also in Atlanta is Blair Carter Tait,
who enjoys seeing Natalie and
Laine often. Blair and husband
Tom still dote on their Westie,
Addie, and just joined a church
that they love. Taylor Fisher is
now Chair of Kids in the Kitchen
in Dallas, where she enjoys reconnecting with Betsy Matthews
Rhodes and Lauren Lazar. On
the west coast, Zoe Kahn lives in
the mountains of Topanga, Calif.
with her dog, Ringo. She provides
surf therapy for several addiction/
treatment centers in Los Angeles
after helping her colleague with
the pilot program at an addiction
center on the west side. She also
works as a school psychotherapist in Beverly Hills and Santa
Monica area middle and high
schools. As for George and me,
we’re planning to move to Tampa/
St. Petersburg, Fla. this summer
to be closer to family and to The
Wizarding World of Harry Potter. I’ll
be buying stock in SPF 400. Hope
y’all will visit!
–2005
Sarah Atkinson Ball
[email protected]
Lauren Wiygul Riley
[email protected]
We had a wonderful time
celebrating our 10th reunion at
Alumnae Weekend! Thanks to
chairs Megan Bailey, Catie Jane
Berger, and Grace Jensen Knight,
who orchestrated a fabulous
weekend; to Erin Nolen Brafford
for her planning contributions; to
Sarah Atkinson Ball for hosting
our Friday night get-together; and
to all the non-Memphis Turkeys
for making the trip. Friday night
was a wild ride down memory
lane. A major highlight, brought
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BR: Grace Jensen Knight, Alison West Pettus, Miles Kueffner, Megan Bailey, Erin Nolen Brafford, Lauren Kennedy Dake
2nd row from top: Laura Montague Haltom, Rebecca Harris, Marianne Rizk, Weezie Cannon Finlay, Lauren Wiygul Riley, Rainey Ray Segars.
3rd row from top: Claire Arnett Sumner, Hillary Edwards Musice, Emily Watts
FR: Falconer Robbins, Abby Schwimmer Fox, Emily Templeton Gray, Erica Evans, Katie Brookoff,
Sarah Atkinson Ball, Elizabeth Batchelor Calkins, Faye Kenner Rainer.
to us by Megan Bailey and her
unrivaled video editing skills,
was a series of hilarious, bizarre,
and often frightening throwback
videos. These videos took us back
to the days in which we portrayed young males, in complete
obfuscation of our true identities,
with zest and aplomb; gave us
a window into the clandestine
world of BC calculus, wheretofore
only the math-iest of Turkeys
had gone; and provided definitive proof that the Class of 2005
carried out the wiliest, wildest,
and most legendary senior prank
ever: dressing up as pirates and
scattering sticks throughout the
parking lot (pirate ship wreckage, duh). Ladies of ’05, we can’t
be tamed. The Head of School
himself, Albert Throckmorton,
graced the Friday night soirée
with his presence, and was
regaled with tales of the glory of
days of old by Catie Jane Berger,
official co-keeper of ’05 lore (along
with Laura Blount, if you had to
ask). Mr. Throckmorton was a delightful and indispensable party
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guest: he took our group photo
and coined our reunion hashtag,
in one fell swoop. Our class has
much to report besides reunion
memories. Sarah Atkinson
Ball and husband Erik are now
parents to two kittens, Withnail
Tony Allen Ball and Terence “Li’l
T” Ball. Withnail came from the
streets as a tiny kitten (read: he’s
a rescue), and, notwithstanding his
heart of gold, attacked his parents
ferociously and without ceasing
for his first few (feral) months as
a Ball. Enter Li’l T of the illustrious House of Mews, who became
the perfect wrestling mate for
thenceforth gentle-as-a-lamb
Withnail. Aptly-named Li’l T has
grown in mid-section but not in
limb length, and Sarah hopes this
pattern continues. He looks like
a mini, chunky version of Claire
Arnett Sumner’s cat Roy, who is
still striving toward that 25-pound
mark. We believe in you, Roy! And
we love you just as you are. In
more normal news, Erin Nolen
Brafford and husband Penn
moved to Chicago, and Erin has
been working in the Production
Office of the NBC television show,
Chicago Fire. In the spring, she had
a lovely brunch with classmates
Margo McCawley and Danielle
Lewis who are also in Chicago!
Lizzy Rhea Cook graduated from
Covenant Theological Seminary
with a Masters of Religion and
Culture, and she says, “Every time
I graduate from an institution of
higher ed, it feels like a miracle
haha!” Marianne Rizk still loves
life in Iowa City, especially now
that it is warmer. This fall, she
will begin conducting group
and individual therapy with
veterans at the Iowa City VA
Hospital, and she will continue
working on her dissertation. She
says getting closer to earning
her PhD feels great. Marianne
is also SUPER excited to love on
Rainey Ray Segars’ baby and to
become a surrogate auntie! Emily
Templeton Gray is still working in
the ER, and she and her husband
love living in midtown Memphis!
Alison West Pettus said she had
fun at the reunion, and they cele-
brated their white lab Piper’s first
birthday in the spring. Elizabeth
Tipton Musick graduated from
the University of Montana School
of Law in May and moved to
Bozeman, Mont., where she is
working for Oracle doing contract
negotiations for cloud storage
sales. She and her husband Matt
are in the process of buying their
first house! Hillary Edwards
Musice will return for her 11th
summer as a counselor at the
Tennessee Girls State Program.
Why, you ask? Hillary answers
your question with a question:
“Who doesn’t love citizenship and
civic responsibility?!?!” Touchée,
Hillary. Touchée. Grace Jensen
Knight and husband Ethan have
big news—they are preparing
to welcome a baby boy in June,
and daughter Mary can’t wait to
be a big sister! Elizabeth Pryor
Batchelor Calkins was thrilled to
have the chance to see everyone
at the reunion “before the USMC
ships the husband and [Liz] off
to Okinawa, Japan for the next
three years!” Liz is also happy
about the recent expiration of
her passport, the unflattering
photo on which has long elicited
expressions of sympathy from
customs agents around the world.
Liz, you show those Walgreens
photographers who the model
is now! Faye Kenner Rainer and
husband Jimbo are new parents
to Ruth Ellen Rainer, born in
the wee hours in March. Faye is
snatching hours of sleep here
and there, changing millions of
diapers, and washing gazillions
of bottles—but thrilled to be a
mother. We are so happy for you,
Faye! Miles Kueffner is still working in “sunny, springy, non-rainy
Seattle” in organ donation. Miles
stalks dogs that are up for adoption on the internet and talks
herself out of bringing all of them
home. Lest we fear that she has
given up, Miles wants all to know
that her dream of pursuing an
advanced degree in underwater
basket weaving is alive and well.
And last, but not least—nay, the
most notable alumnae accomplishment of 2015—Rebecca
Harris swept the 2015 Tony Allen
Karaoke Contest, receiving a perfect score from every judge. Her
flawless performance earned her
the honor of singing alongside
the Grindfather himself. Rebecca
selected “Whoomp, There It Is”
to sing with Tony, a choice the
Commercial Appeal described
as “just about perfect.” This has
not been Rebecca’s only brush
with fame of late. Another recent
Commercial Appeal article quoted
Rebecca at length on tips for
overcoming the “late-night Griz
morning-after doldrums” and her
approach to “winding down” after
a game. She’s one to watch, ladies
(and gentlemen). This ain’t no
fifteen minutes.
–2006
Rebecca Anderson
[email protected]
Becky Bicks
[email protected]
Lots of exciting things are
happening for the class of
2006! Chelsey Diffee is living
in Memphis, working as a dog
trainer. She’s had the chance to
train quite a few dogs of SMS
teachers and students! Katie Bell
recently got engaged to Jeff Berry,
and she is still in New York working at Goldman Sachs. Lauren
Bunch became ABD in December
2014, and she is currently doing
bioethics research, finishing up
her dissertation, and planning
a trip to Italy. She’ll be teaching
an intro to Philosophy course
this fall. Neelam Khan is finishing up a dermatology research
fellowship at the University of
Pennsylvania, and she will head
back to her last year of medical school at Georgetown in the
fall. Amanda Ayerst Jemison
recently finished working at
All Saints Presbyterian Church
as their Director of Operations,
and she is now the development coordinator at the New
Memphis Institute. She and Frank
still live in midtown, right down
the street from Ellen Bransford!
Chandler Ford is working at CD
Projekt Inc., which is a video
game company in Venice, Calif.
She is also working on her own
illustrations and has attended
several major conventions to sell
her artwork! Mimi Arnold is moving to NYC with her boyfriend,
cat, and dog to start a doctoral
program in Politics and Education
at Columbia University. Holly
Hendrix just bought a house in
East Memphis, and she says that
in- and out-of-town SMSers are
always welcome there! Also, one
of her projects at LRK, Pressbox
Lofts in Downtown Memphis,
won the Memphis Business Journal’s
Building Memphis Project of
the Year Award. Katie Camille
Friedman is working in the
Netherlands for her PhD research
with ceramic water filters. If anyone is heading to Europe, let her
know! Kimberly Johnson Radant
is living in downtown Detroit,
where she survived her first
Detroit winter! She is working as
a school counselor at an urban
charter school. Lindsey Edwards
Rushing has fallen in love with
teaching senior psychology at the
Bowie Center in Memphis. She
has also finally experienced the
joy of puppy-motherhood! She
recently had the chance to catch
up with Ellen Bransford, Holly
Hendrix, Lauren Bowden, and
Elliott Machin at an unofficial
’06 reunion in Memphis! Lauren
Bowden moved back stateside
this year after 4 years in the
Virgin Islands, where she was
working as a Merchant Mariner
Captain. There, she worked on
a 40-foot monohull Benetau
sailboat and and a 27-foot racing
catamaran. She and her fiancé,
Thomas Elvrum, recently got engaged, and they will be attending
business school and law school,
respectively, in the fall. Courtney
Foreman Guilfoile and her
husband Russell celebrated their
one year wedding anniversary.
Russell recently graduated from
JAG school, and they are now
stationed in Fort Leonard Wood,
Mo. Courtney continues to work
at Aon Hewitt. Chloe Bailey will
graduate from Baptist Theological
Seminary at Richmond on May
23rd, and she received her M.Div.
Jenay Gipson just finished up
her 3rd year at Cornerstone Prep
in Binghampton. Soon, she will
be marrying her fiancé Alex
Boggs. Becky Bicks moved away
from Brooklyn in April to spend
a year traveling and continuing
her freelance writing work. She
most recently lived in a charming
town in the Catskill Mountains
that had more cows in it than
people. Rachel White is getting
married to Iain Johnston on June
24th in Cambridge, UK. She has
balanced wedding planning with
work on her dissertation. Kristi
Ryan is recently engaged to her
fiancée, Bridget. Lulu Wilson is
graduating in three weeks from
VCU with an MFA in Interior
Design and has accepted a job
working for the VCU Interior
Design Department after graduation. Also in graduation news,
Ellen Page just received her MBA
from Vanderbilt and has a very
busy summer planned: getting
married in July, moving to Seattle,
and beginning a new job doing
product development at Kindle
for Amazon. Evie Lyras also just
graduated from City University
London with an MSC earlier this
year and is now living in Santa
Monica working as a director
of digital marketing for a tech
company. She catches up with
Chandler Ford, Ellen Makowsky,
Kristi Ryan, Morgan Robbins,
Maddy Pryor ’07, and Jillian Smith
’09 frequently. Allison Watts just
finished her internship and will
start her residency in July for
dermatology. She enjoys seeing
Ellen Bransford and Holly Hendrix
in Memphis. Elize Mercer was
promoted in December and is still
enjoying her job in digital marketing in the heart of Charlottesville.
Mamie Kostka is still working on
her licensing exams for landscape architecture and hoping to
hear good results on the fourth
and final section soon. Rebecca
Anderson recently enjoyed a
lovely bridal shower in Memphis,
which was hosted by Minor
Moore and Ellen Bransford and
attended by Grace Wheeler Davis,
Ellen Page, Courtney Foreman
Guilfoile, and Holly Hendrix.
–2007
Caitlin Clark
[email protected]
Caitlin Colcolough
[email protected]
Caroline Fentress is still living in
LA working as a producer in video
games. Krupa Bhakta is working in Dallas as an Occupational
Therapist. Chelsea Cook is finishing up her first year at Emory
Law and will be spending her
summer in Atlanta working for
the Farmworker Rights Division
of Georgia Legal Services Program.
She’s been volunteering regularly at an urban farm in Atlanta
and will be working on Clinton’s
campaign quite a bit this coming
fall with the Emory Law School
Democrats. Caitlin Colcolough is
still loving living in Charleston,
S.C. and working on transitioning her photography business to
focus more on Super 8 and digital
video production. She gets to
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work with Cameron Colcolough
Reynolds a lot in the coming
months and she is really looking
forward to working as a photo/
video duo more in the future!
Rachael Brown is still in Hong
Kong enjoying work, and volunteering as an English teacher at a
children’s charity. She is planning
to visit Tibet this summer. Mary
Louise Carrick is in New Orleans
working on her Master of Arts in
Teaching degree, concentrating in
Elementary Education and Mild
to Moderate Disabilities. She’ll
be graduating this December
after fulfilling student teaching
requirements in the fall. This
summer she will be working as
a camp counselor at a historic
estate called Longue Vue Home
and Gardens. Charlotte Eagle
recently moved to Washington
D.C. and took a job with an art
conservation company called
Page Conservation as a studio
apprentice. Lauren Lieberman is
finishing up her second year of
law school and will be working
this summer in the Dallas office
of the law firm Locke Lord in the
Corporate & Securities practice.
Ann Atkinson Schnuerer moved
back from the UK after about
three years there in December,
got married a week later to an
American she met over there
who was working for the same
company, and now lives in NYC!
Anna Bearman is moving back to
Memphis to attend the Memphis
College of Art. Zina Kumok is
newly married this spring, and
still in Indianapolis working in
marketing and keeping up her
blogging and freelance writing
business on the side. Alexandra
Mims has a year or two left
at Johns Hopkins and is getting married in November! Julie
Markowitz is still loving her job
at Wayne State University Press
in Detroit, and she got engaged
recently! Cory Yandell Lewis is
happily living in Chattanooga
and working at Erlanger Medical
Center as a social worker.
Brittain West is graduating from
Vanderbilt graduate school with
a Masters in School Counseling.
She also had fun running the
Cooper River Bridge Run in
Charleston this March with
Caitlin Colcolough and Cameron
Colcolough Reynolds. Victoria
Rizk is in her second year of
Internal Medicine residency at
USF in Tampa. Linley Prosterman
Stokes has started her own
wedding planning business in
Nashville. Caitlin Clark matched
to an Anesthesiology residency
in Kansas City, Mo., and recently
purchased her first home. She
graduated from medical school
in May. Maddy Pryor is still
living in LA – she just got back
from 6 months of travel in South
America, practicing yoga, living
on eco farms, and volunteering at
a holistic healing center in Peru.
2008 classmates Allie Morrison, Ashley Edge,
& Divya Moolchandani.
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–2008
Katelyn Ammons
[email protected]
Margaret Liddon
[email protected]
Edie Miller
[email protected]
Elizabeth Holt loves Memphis
and her new job in National
Direct Marketing at ALSAC/
St. Jude Children’s Research
Hospital. Ariel Mason will be
locked in a room for 10 hours a
day during the summer to study
for the bar. Prayers are appreciated. Morgan Jordan is working
as a personal shopper and editorial stylist this summer. She is
excited to move on to the styling
world full-time. Sarah Kramer is
still Accent editor for the Delta
Democrat-Times in Greenville, Miss.
After three years on the job, she’s
finally taking a weeklong vacation
to the Caribbean with her boyfriend, Andy. Molly Himmelstein
is spending the summer training for her first triathlon. She
won two Emmys for her work at
the Sochi Olympics in the following categories: Outstanding
New Approaches – Sports Event
Coverage and Sports Event
Programming. Congratulations
Molly! Margaret Liddon enjoyed a
wonderful trip exploring northern
India this spring and is looking
forward to a relaxing summer.
Cristen Garrett took her boards in
January and celebrated afterward
by going to New Zealand. Hanna
Gordon Oysel still loves her job
at Adams Keegan. She and Franck
were excited to finally take their
honeymoon this past June. Anisa
Allad is wrapping up her first
year as a low incidence special
education teacher at Dupont
Hadley Middle in Old Hickory,
Tenn. Margarett Frisby spent
the summer running across the
country from San Francisco to
Baltimore. She led a team of 27
other young adults to raise money
and awareness for the Ulman
Cancer Fund. She ran in memory
of Nanette Quinn. Annie Ostrow
Anderson is continuing to progress through her PhD program in
Political Science. She began her
dissertation research this summer. Jenny Guyton continues to
enjoy working in the Corporate
Strategy Group at the Advisory
Board Company, a health care
research, consulting and technology company, in Washington, D.C.
This summer, Meg Fowler concluded her Peace Corps service in
Morocco, where she worked for
two years in youth development,
running projects in entrepreneurship education, environmental
awareness, English as a second
language, and creative writing.
Ashley Edge is still living in
Memphis and working at Grizzlies
Prep Charter School where she
fundraises and runs the mentor program. She loves living in
Memphis around friends and
family and being able to cheer
on the Memphis Grizzlies and
Tigers. Katelyn Ammons is enjoying serving as a Daisy Girl Scout
troop co-leader for first graders
at her school in Greenville, S.C.
Sarah Wortham is excited to be
finishing her first semester of
George Washington University’s
Accelerated Nursing program.
Kelly Turner is in nursing school
at the University of Memphis.
Anna Wheeler is grateful to be
working at First Presbyterian
Church in Nashville. Tina Xie
moved to Singapore last summer and is continuing to work on
a retail development project in
Hong Kong that is just about to
break ground. She is studying for
her architecture licensing exams,
designing an office building in
Singapore, and getting her scuba
license. Mary Ward Pollard is
finishing up her final doctoral
classes and is writing her dissertation. Edie Miller is living up her
last summer in Memphis before
moving to Birmingham in the
fall to pursue a MHA/MBA dual
degree. Mary Greer Simonton
completed her first year of grad
school at Duke and has internships in both NYC and D.C. this
summer.
Cara Greenstein, Sahar Mokhtari, Emmaline Carrick, Nica Cabigao, Mary Stevenson, Lucy Foster.
–2009
Bailey Bethell
[email protected]
Sylvia Brookoff
[email protected]
Jillian Smith is still living in LA
with Eliza Leatherman, McKenzie
Fields, and their pet pugs Susan
and Theodore. Jillian works in
reality TV (unfortunately not
The Real World…yet) and is very
excited about earning a credit
on her first show, Fat Guys in the
Woods on The Weather Channel!
Lindsey Driver loves her job
as Director of Social Media at
Magnolia Homes in Germantown.
She also recently became a homeowner in Memphis! Bailey Bethell
is a scribe in the Emergency
Department at Methodist
University Hospital and teaches
high school Sunday school at
Calvary Episcopal Church. Karen
Stein was recently promoted to
Brand and Consumer Insights
Associate at Spanx!! She was
recently asked to speak at UGA
Terry College of Business about
her career and experiences.
Karen and Natalie Earwood live
together in Atlanta with Karen’s
furbaby Albert Ein-Stein (Alby).
You can follow him on Instagram
@babyalbydointhings. Reagan
Bugg is finishing up her second
year at Mississippi State College
of Veterinary Medicine and starts
clinical rotations in July. Aubree
Penney currently works as a
Creative Consultant for a D.C.
based NGO which encourages
millennials to broaden their perspectives through international
travel. In her spare time, she
explores the nuances of human
relationships and online dating in her blog at TinderButtons.
wordpress.com. Erin Fischer
Turberville had a baby!! Andrew
Cole Turberville was born in
February and the new family is
very happy. Natalie Jacewicz got
engaged to Adam Kern! She will
attend UC Santa Cruz’s Science
Journalism program followed
by either NYU or Yale Law (stay
tuned). It’s all downhill from
here. Zuzanna Stepniakowska
has recently moved to Seattle to
start a new job at Amazon and is
looking forward to exploring all of
the coffee shops! Ruthie Morrison
is beginning her third year of
medical school in Memphis and
is looking forward to the hands
on experience of being in the
hospitals. Olivia Lawson is finishing up her master’s program in
June! After that she’ll trot around
Argentina for the summer before
joining the workforce. She is
still living in Denver with newly
engaged Leah Bearman! Gracie
Gelfand is finishing her second
year of law school and working
on a health law certificate. She is
enjoying an editorial position on
The Mental Health Law and Policy
Journal and clerking for Kustoff
and Strickland. Wallis Tosi
bought a house in Memphis and
is enjoying work. She is looking
forward to Sylvia visiting home
for a week to explore Memphis!
Sylvia Brookoff is a production
coordinator at Nickelodeon. She’s
currently taking an improv class
at Upright Citizens Brigade and
maximizing her young person’s
false sense of being indestructible
by eating 3 desserts a day.
–2010
Erin Stuart
[email protected]
It’s our first reunion year—hard
to believe it’s already been five
years. Since moving back to
Memphis, Cara Greenstein has
been enjoying the opportunity to
host and attend class dinners and
brunches. She has also recently
joined the Alumnae Board, as
well as the Rock N Soul Museum
Board. Allie Baker Shields will be
graduating from Vandy Nursing School in August with her
masters in nursing and is looking
forward to beginning work as a
pediatric nurse practitioner in
Houston, Texas. She and husband
Joseph are also expecting their
first baby, due early June! Elise
Heuberger just finished her first
year of Law School at Vanderbilt
and will be spending the summer
working for the Tenn. Department
of Treasury. Come fall, she will
begin working for the state Attorney General while she completes
her second year of classes. Carey
Segal recently returned from her
eight-month voyage dancing for
Royal Caribbean’s Serenade of
the Seas, on which she had the
opportunity to dance through the
Caribbean, across the Atlantic,
and all over Europe. Also travelling the world is Hensley Loeb,
who followed up her graduation
last May—with BAs in International Studies, Philosophy, and
a minor in French—with hiking
Mount Shasta and the Incan Trail/
Machu Picchu this summer. In
September, she began an internship in organizational leadership
development in Green Bay. In
January, she travelled to Angkor
Wat/Cambodia, Thailand and
Vietnam, then moved to Nashville
the next month and was certified
by the State department to place
international students with host
families. In addition, she is now
doing commercial real estate for
Jones Lang Lasalle. Katherine
Smith is also beginning a fascinating new career. Still living in
Saint Paul, Minn., Katherine has
chosen to leave McNally Smith
College of Music in favor of pursuing a career in midwifery and
Reiki healing. Folake Thomas is
finishing up her first year with
Teach for America right here
in Memphis, where she’s been
teaching sixth graders at KIPP
Collegiate Middle. Also soon to be
a teacher is Kendall Hennessy,
who graduates this May with her
masters in Early Childhood Education. She’ll be moving to Nashville shortly to begin teaching
kindergarten at William Burrus
Elementary School. Alex Fountain
is currently living in Colorado
Springs, Col. and enjoying her
career at a national PR firm called
SSPR. Erin Stuart is finishing up
her first year at Princeton Theological Seminary, and is looking
forward to her summer field education placement at Asbury First
UMC back in Rochester, N.Y. At
the Easter Vigil service on the university campus this year, she was
delighted to see Sarah Jemison ’11
and reminisce with her about St.
Mary’s Chapel and the Episcopal
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Class Notes
hymnal. Last but not least, she
has recently begun working on
the Princeton Dead Sea Scrolls project as one of the student editors;
the project publishes the non canonical works found at Qumran.
Mary Jensen Nease is enjoying
married life and being back in
Memphis where she can see
fellow alumnae. She is working as
a nurse at LeBonheur and starting
school this fall to become a nurse
practitioner. In December, Julia
Peredo graduated from UTHSC
College of Nursing with her BSN.
She began working in the NICU
at LeBonheur Children’s Hospital
and she loves every second of
it! In the next couple of years,
she hopes to go back to school
to pursue her nursing doctorate
as a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
(NNP). Family wise, she recently
got to see her sister Luisa Peredo
Ewing ‘01 and nephew Mattias
visiting from London, and she is
looking forward to the birth of her
niece in July.
–2011
Meg Cornaghie
[email protected]
Allyson Patterson
[email protected]
Louisa Boyd is graduating from
UVA with a B.S. in Biology and
plans on traveling in Asia immediately afterwards with her
friends. Next year she will be
working at the National Institutes
of Health in D.C., conducting clinical research on patients who are
undergoing gene therapy for rare
diseases. After her one year training at the NIH is completed, she
plans to attend medical school.
Shelby Chambliss is completing
student teaching at OIS with her
5th graders, and she is graduating
from Ole Miss. She will then begin
graduate school at The University of Mississippi to receive her
masters in Elementary Education.
Meg Cornaghie finished her term
as President of her college and
is graduating from Rice University, where she was awarded
a campus-wide Outstanding
Senior Award. She will be starting
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medical school at Baylor College
of Medicine in August! Caroline
Frisch finished her degree from
Northwestern in March, and she
is working at a growing tech startup in Chicago, Uptake (and fitting
in a Europe trip!) before beginning
her full time job as a Consultant
at Strategy& in September! Teresa
Hendrix graduated from the
University of Mississippi Honors
College as the valedictorian of the
Meek School of Journalism and
New Media and a Taylor Medalist, the highest academic honor
given by the University. Sarah
Jemison is thrilled to be moving
to D.C. after graduation where
she can hang out with Louisa
Boyd and Lauren Harrington and
have some reprieve from New
Jersey winters. She will be working as the Special Projects Fellow
at Achievement Prep, a charter
school serving students in Ward
8 of the city. Mackenzie Leake is
graduating from Scripps in May,
and she looks forward to beginning the PhD program in computer science at Stanford in the
fall. Anna Morten will be working
for a market research consultancy in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Allyson Patterson completed her
fine art video animation thesis
show and will graduate with a
B.S. in Human and Organizational
Development and a B.A. in Studio
Art from Vanderbilt University.
She will be working for an architecture and environmental design
firm in Houston. Christina Pu will
be traveling to six countries in Europe before starting med school at
UVA SOM! Allie Williams graduated from NYU and now she is
working for 18 Rabbits, an organic
granola bar company in San Francisco! She also has a ridiculously
cute kitten named Bonsoir. Olivia
Grace Wolfe will graduate from
Butler and then continue on to
the University of Denver for their
International and Intercultural
Communications M.A. program.
She will also be getting Peak
Pilates comprehensively certified
from May to October to complement her Pilates mat certification. Whitney Wortham is going
to Graduate school at Fordham
University in NYC and is excited
to eat bagels and $1 pizzas. Maria
Zoccola graduates Emory University and will be starting a master’s
program in professional writing at
Falmouth University in Cornwall,
England.
–2012
Ellery Ammons
[email protected]
Chandler Roberts
[email protected]
Lauren Pate is enjoying being back at Notre Dame from
studying abroad in Uganda and
is looking forward to writing a senior thesis and serving
as an RA in the fall. Amritha
Kanakamedala is finishing up her
junior year as Student Association
External Vice President and will
be interning at Memorial Sloan
Kettering Cancer Center in New
York. Lesley Stevenson accepted
an internship with The Tonight
Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and
looks forward to learning Jimmy’s
coffee order this summer! She’s
also crazy excited to tackle a
senior thesis on the Harry Potter
movies next year. Renee Yang is
getting her Aggie Ring, which is
a very important event at Texas
A&M. It is almost as important
as graduation. Frances Hord is
concluding her junior year at the
University of South Carolina with
a mission trip to Sweden. She is
also gaining experience in physical therapy with an internship at
Semmes Murphey this summer.
Kyra Scheiterlein helped start
a volunteer organization called
BoulderASSETS that works with
elementary kids to improve their
self-image during first semester.
She has also spent this semester studying abroad in Dunedin,
New Zealand. Sutton MacQueen
spent most of this year working
with tribeTHON (a dance marathon), and spends the rest of her
time being an Orientation Area
Director while figuring out what
the mythical land of “post grad”
will look like. Chandler Roberts
has loved her pediatric and labor
and delivery clinical rotations
this past semester in nursing
school. Melissa Byrd enjoyed a
year dedicated to fundraising
for St. Jude and leading the U of
Memphis Up ‘til Dawn program
to raise $206,000 this year – the
highest collegiate fundraiser in
St. Jude’s history. She was named
a Truman Scholarship Finalist
and now is looking forward to
studying abroad in Florence, Italy.
Brooks Wingate got accepted
into the University of Tennessee
Pharmacy School in Memphis.
She will finish up her semester
at Ole Miss and then move back
to Memphis in the fall to begin
Pharmacy School. Alix de Witt
has had the amazing opportunity
to serve as the President of her
Kappa Delta chapter. She also
plans to study Shakespeare at
the Globe Theatre in London this
summer. Liz Carter has returned
from her time abroad in Helsinki,
Finland and has declared a
secondary major in EnglishTechnical Communications. She
continues to study architecture
at the University of Tennessee.
Joy Brown has loved living in
Nashville and working in the
music industry. This summer
she will be working for Primary
Wave Music in New York City as
a Management and Marketing
intern. Alex Buford started her
first semester of student teaching and loves her pre-k class.
She also loves spending time
with her Young Life sophomore
girls. V. Ellen Mitchell is enjoying being Panhellenic President
this year and is still loving
working in the Ole Miss Athletic
Department. Ellery Ammons will
be in Memphis for the summer
researching with the Rhodes
Institute and continuing work on
an Urban Preservation Fellowship.
–2013
Anna Stukenborg
[email protected]
Olivia Summitt
[email protected]
Anna Utley
[email protected]
Anna Utley is going to be in
Memphis for the summer interning with York Binkley Interior
Design firm. Anna Stukenborg
will be studying abroad for five
weeks in Cape Town South Africa
and is an elementary education
major. Lida Kruchten is working in Jackson, Miss. over the
summer at an internship with
CSpire. Grace Bettis just changed
her major to criminal justice
and sociology and will be taking
classes in Memphis this summer. Alexa Fila will be working at
Newk’s restaurant over the summer. Anna Peeler was accepted
into nursing school and will be
working as an EMT this summer.
Lillian Norcross has an internship in London this summer. Zoe
Van Deveer declared her major
in business administration with
concentrations in marketing
and finance and will be studying
abroad in Prague this fall. Elianna
Landau will be studying abroad
in Seville in the fall. Helena
Anderson will be studying acting
at the Tisch School of the Art’s
Experimental Theatre Wing in
the fall. Mashal Mirza declared
her major in biology and will be
conducting research under Dr.
Omar Skalli at the University
of Memphis this summer. Katie
Heard is interning at an investment bank in London this summer. Emma Less is interning at
the Levitt Shell again, but this
time focusing on community
outreach and music programming. McKenzie McClanahan is
taking classes and shadowing at
PT clinics this summer, she also
got a position on the Samford
Recruitment Team. Sarah Spiers
was hired as a game designer
for a startup company in Boston
and is currently the writer and
co-director of an animated short
being produced at Emerson. Anna
Taylor declared her Microbiology
major and is working as a medical
scribe this summer. Kim Taylor
will be working as an orientation leader for TCU this summer.
Bhavya Jha declared international
politics with a concentration
in foreign policy and is pursuing a certificate in international
development; she also completed a health care report for
the Embassy of India this past
year. Lily Yant will be in Oxford,
Miss. this summer taking classes
and working at the Second Line.
Emily Rosenthal will be interning
in Israel this summer. Rebecca
Park declared her environmental
science major and is interning in Atlanta this summer and
will be studying in Seoul, South
Korea in the fall. Rachel Chu will
be living in the Women’s Center
next year, is a tour guide, her
sorority’s pledge trainer, and
will be studying ecology on St.
Catherine’s Island in May. Rachel
Ostrow recently presented her
research: The Instrumentation of
an Orthotic Boot at The University
of Alabama Undergraduate
Research Conference and will be
interning with Brose in Vance,
Ala. this summer. Amber Bryan
will be interning with Deloitte in
Miami this summer and studying abroad in Brazil next spring.
Claire Fogarty is going to Israel
for ten days then studying abroad
in Prague for seven weeks this
summer. Hannah Stein has a job
working at Kendra Scott and will
be studying abroad in Dublin this
summer. Olivia Stevens is an
elementary education major and
is going to New Zealand in May
to study their public education
system. Callie Wallace is completing her Spanish minor through
NYU at their Madrid campus this
summer for six weeks, and will be
working in Oxford for the rest of
the summer. Catherine Moore got
accepted into pharmacy school at
Samford and will be working at
Crestline Pharmacy this summer
in Birmingham.
–2014
Lacey Chaum
[email protected]
Miles Schaeffer
[email protected]
Elizabeth Alexander joined Alpha
Chi Omega at University of San
Diego and was on the Philanthropy Committee that planned their
major fundraiser. She is involved
with the Changemaker Hub, the
rock climbing club, and Boys
and Girls Club. Camille Cowart
also joined Alpha Chi Omega at
Vanderbilt University and will
be spending her summer as Day
Camp counselor at St. Mary’s.
Maddie Droke will lifeguard this
summer in Memphis and has
loved raising money for St. Jude
through Tri Delta at Ole Miss.
Abby Huber just finished her
term as Morale Captain for Up ‘til
Dawn at U of M, raising $206,811
for St. Jude, and was appointed
Spirit Coordinator for Alpha
Gamma Delta. Sarah Steuer is the
manager of Alpha Gamma Delta’s
intramural basketball team at
UCLA and is casting for a show
she is directing in June called
Showcase. Adira Polite was elected
chair of the Bowdoin LGBTStraight Alliance and represented
Bowdoin at Yale during the Black
Solidarity Conference. Iqra Siddiq
helped organize a charity basketball tournament benefitting MIFA
and executed Discover Islam
Week at Rhodes College, where
Maddie Rhodes is still playing
Division III golf. Dena Frisch
became a member of Sigma Delta
Tau and joined Tulane Jewish
Leaders. She was invited to join
Tulane’s Alpha Lambda Delta
honor society. Lacey Chaum has
also joined Sigma Delta Tau at the
University of Pa. and became a
school tour guide. At Emory, Haley
Steinman joined Sigma Delta
Tau and Gurbani Singh joined
Alpha Delta Pi and was elected
as a Representative At-Large for
the Emory Student Government
Association. Judy Latta has joined
Alpha Delta Pi at Samford and
will be participating in Summer
Beach Project and working as an
Hallie Katz ’14, lacrosse player at
University of Southern California,
with her mom, Janet.
ophthalmic assistant. Katherine
Donovan and Elle Prosterman
love being YoungLife leaders and
will be working at Camp Bear
Track and Camp Greystone respectively as counselors. Phoebe
Fulmer will be spending her 11th
summer at Camp Illahee as a
senior counselor and rushed local sorority Theta Pi at Sewanee.
Mary Allison Pritchard joined Phi
Kappa Epsilon at Sewanee, where
she has her own radio show. Keila
Mumphord sang at the White
House at a prayer breakfast in
April, and Caroline Kaltenborn’s
women’s swimming and diving
team won their NCAA Division 1
Mid-Atlantic Conference Championship. Alana Olswing joined
Gamma Phi Beta at Northwestern
and is the Programming Coordinator for Wildcats for Israel.
She will be doing cerebral palsy
research at NorthShore University Health System this summer.
Caroline Wellford joined Kappa
Kappa Gamma at the University
of Wisconsin and will be interning for the Methodist Foundation.
Gabrielle Taylor organized the
Black Excellence Gala at Wellesley, and Ellen Cowens joined Tri
Delta at Wake Forest. Zara Ali and
Adair Smith are enjoying their
second semesters in New York
City, and Neely Battle is active
on the DePaul Activities board
and planning DePaul’s May music
festival in Chicago. Rosemary
Dunn switched majors from prenursing to Economics at UTC, and
Bailey Archey is taking an Animal
Science class working with farm
animals at Miss. State.
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Milestones
Marriages
Anne Armour-Jones ’73 to Chuck
Morgret, March 28, 2015
Rachel Bresinger ’03 to Moshe
Ashkenazi, December 4, 2014
Gretchen Perkins ’77 to George
Thorogood, September 2014
Kelly Sandefer ’03 to Andrew
Mary Kavanagh Day ’82 to Dan
Daniels, January 17, 2015
Connor Trott ’04 to John David
Fortner, December 31, 2014
Sophie Askew ’94 to Mat Parker,
February 28, 2015
Ann Atkinson ’07 to Rick
Schnuerer, December 27, 2014
Jamie Morano ’94 to Sergio
Joseph Re, December 20, 2014
Zina Kumok ’07 to Samuel
Leffers, April 25, 2015
Dennis, October 18, 2014
Class 0f 2001 friends at Katherine Eder McDonnell’s wedding:
Sudipa Sarkar, Saira Mahmood, McDonnell, & Kathy Chen Budde.
Births/Adoptions
Evelyn Walker Morgan to
Susan Hearn Morgan ’90,
January 3, 2015
William Quinton Musick to
Allison Keltner Musick ’93,
November 4, 2014
Anna Vail Helms to Sally Self
Helms ’98, December 19, 2014
Scarlet Hertweck born to
Elizabeth Sawyer Hertweck ’00,
February 9, 2015
Jessica Simmons Boyd to Allison
Simmons Boyd ’93, April 24, 2015
James Andrew Walker Rainey to
Lessie Calhoun Rainey ’00,
April 9, 2015
Lila Piper Lurie to Missy Alpert
Lurie ’94, November 12, 2014
Lela June Wills to Carrie Lawson
Wills ’00, December 1, 2014
Luis Oscar Jaramillo to Virginia
Ralston Jaramillo ’94,
March 9, 2015
Claire Lois Budde to Kathy Chen
Budde ’01, March 31, 2015
Mary Abbay Galbreath to
Murff Oates Galbreath ’95,
February 25, 2015
Dorothy Ruth Holt to
Lee Davidson Holt ’95,
April 29, 2015
George Raymond Jerkins to Leslie
Guinn Jerkins ’01, May 5, 2015
Anne Parkes Timmons to Louise
Schumacher Timmons ’03,
January 8, 2015
Michael Alexander Foti to Lauren
Brooks Foti ’04, April 30, 2015
William Thomas Wagner to
Hallie Bourland Wagner ’95,
May 5, 2015
Ruth Ellen Rainer to Faye Kenner
Rainer ’05, March 31, 2015
Edith Patricia Newsom Smith to
Jaime Newsom ’96,
January 19, 2015
Helen Marie Yacoubian to
Laura Jennings Yacoubian ’05,
November 15, 2014
Mims Elizabeth Maynard to Mary
Elizabeth Hickey Maynard ’97,
December 12, 2014
Graham Robert Haltom to
Laura Montague Haltom ’05,
February 3, 2015
Quincy Dexter Kurzweil to
Rebecca Hanover Kurzweil ‘97,
November 5, 2014
James Luis Mendez to Kate
Messenger Mendez ’05,
March 6, 2015
Amelie Catherine Stigler to Hollye
Ferguson Stigler ’97, May 14, 2015 Hudson Omar Prophete to Ashley
Wilson ’97, April 1, 2015
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Andrew Cole Turberville to
Erin Fischer Turberville ’09,
February 28, 2015
Zina Kumok ’07 marries Samuel Leffers.
Graduate Degrees
Ellen LeVaughn Kowalchuk ’96,
Masters in Curriculum and
Instruction, Regent Univ,
May 2015
Lauren Coleman Robinson ’03,
Doctor of Medicine, Univ of
Tennessee, May 2015
Jennifer Weaver Tucker ’04,
Masters of Science in Neonatal
Nursing, Univ of Alabama at
Birmingham, December 2014
Lizzy Rhea Cook ’05, Masters of
Religion and Culture, Covenant
Theological Seminary, May 2015
Elizabeth Tipton Musick ’05, J.D.,
Univ of Montana School of Law,
May 2015
Ellen Page ’06, Masters in
Business Administration,
Vanderbilt Univ, May 2015
Caitlin Clark ’07, Doctor of
Medicine, Univ of Texas Medical
School Houston, May 2015
Tushina Jain, ‘07, Doctor of
Medicine, New York Univ School
of Medicine, May 2015
Brittain West ’07, Master’s
Degree in School Counseling,
Vanderbilt Univ, May 2015
Ariel Mason ’08, J.D., Vanderbilt
Univ School of Law, May 2015
Kendall Hennessy ’10, Masters
in Early Childhood Education,
Univ of Tennessee, May 2015
In Memoriam
Annabelle Paine Whittemore ’38
Norma Hooker Battle ’44
Thank you for helping us grow the Annual Fund to new heights.
For the first time, we raised more than $1 million!
$1,000,000+
Alumnae reached 50%
participation for the
FOURTH year in a
row and claimed the
$100,000 Ashley’s
Challenge prize!
TWO Alum classes —
1975 and 1972 — reached
100% participation.
So did the entire faculty
and staff, in the first
week of school!
Parents reached
90% participation,
and one class —
the 4th grade,
Class of 2023 —
gave at 100%!
THANK YOU for
supporting the 2014-15
Annual Fund, and
special thanks to the
campaign leadership and
volunteers. We couldn’t
do it without you!
Every girl, every day.
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2015-2016
season XIX
The Buckman Performing Arts Center
presents 10 incredible shows!
Blind Boys of Alabama Sunday, September 27, 2015, 7 p.m.
Alvin Ailey II American Dance Theater Thursday, October 15, 2015, 7 p.m.
Enra Sunday, October 18, 2015, 7 p.m.
Marshall Crenshaw Saturday, November 7, 2015, 8 p.m.
Ana Gasteyer Friday, January 22, 2016, 8 p.m.
Time for Three Thursday, January 28, 2016, 7 p.m.
STREET BEAT Friday, February 5, 2016, 7 p.m.
River North Dance Chicago Thursday, March 3, 2016, 7 p.m.
Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars Saturday, April 16, 2016, 8 p.m.
Leo Kottke Friday, May 13, 2016, 8 p.m.
See all 10 shows for $225!
For tickets, visit buckmanartscenter.com
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