Fall 2012 - Sweet Briar College

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MAGAZINE
fall 2012
Dear
Friends:
I
n this issue of the Sweet Briar Magazine you will find several pieces on
various aspects of the arts, among them a profile of artist and alumna
Fay Chandler and an article on the new Barton-Laing Professorship in
Art History, along with highlights from the theater, dance and creative
writing programs.
At a liberal arts college, studio and performing arts play a central and rich role.
Some students make art in preparation for a career or a lifetime avocation.
Others make art to explore the possibilities for expressing ideas in new media.
Research increasingly indicates that asking students to express themselves
artistically fosters creativity that expands their ability to analyze and solve
problems in any field.
Many students who do not make art study it. The arts can be viewed through
the lenses of many academic disciplines — economics, history, psychology,
sociology, cultural studies, philosophy, religion, anthropology. And the arts
play a role in many of the professions students will enter — obviously, for
example, arts management (a very strong program here at Sweet Briar, by
the way) or education; perhaps less obviously, economic development or
psychotherapy.
Whatever their majors or career goals, students benefit from contemplating
paintings, drawings, photographs, sculptures, installations and videos by
learning to look attentively and thoughtfully. The same is true, of course, of
listening to music or watching theater or dance. If we learn how to attend to
them, the creative expressions of others open vistas that our own experiences
could never reveal. The arts of all cultural traditions are an indispensable
stimulus to thinking inclusively and broadly about what it is to be human.
For all these reasons and more, at Sweet Briar the fine and performing arts
remain at the center of the liberal arts. I hope this issue will provide you an
interesting peek at the many ways the arts infuse campus life.
Best,
Jo Ellen Parker, President
Thanks to former
editor Zach Kincaid
for his tireless
energy and creativity
in remaking this
publication.
Zach has accepted a
position as director
of marketing and communications at
another private institution.
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Contents
Sweet Briar Magazine | Fall 2012
Features
8-13
Boston Art’s
Grande Dame
At 90, still coloring
outside the lines
14-18
20-23
Big Cat-roversy
Wildlife economists
study environmental
cost of hunting ban
Real-world
Experience
Sweet Briar interns
covered the map
24-25
Stage Wright
2012 graduate
follows her passion
26-27
Home Away
From Home?
UVa’s young writers
dig this place
Departments
Cover
artwork:
“Mirror Image,” 2005,
64 x 48 inches, latex on
canvas, Fay Chandler,
from the collection of
Larry Bell
2-7
On the Quad
Summer Scholars;
Teaching Teachers;
A New Dean; Yoga
Man; Salty Winners;
Arts Galore
28-33
Because of You
21st-Century Learning
Spaces; Art History
Gets a Lift; Seniors Up
the Ante
34-69
Class Notes &
Alumnae News
Fulbright in Turkey;
The M&M Files;
Reunion Snapshot;
A Poet and a Painter
sbc.edu | Sweet Briar Magazine
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Summer Scholars
Spencer Beall ’14 was one of nine
Sweet Briar students who received an Honors
Summer Research Program scholarship
in 2012. Beall spent much of her time in
Cochran Library researching the project, in
which she translated art commentaries from
pre-20th century French writers and critics
and discussed how changes in social and
cultural norms are reflected in these texts.
Professor Marie-Therese Killiam
supervised her work.
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Wrangling Wigglers
in the Name of Science
In June, Sweet Briar and Lynchburg College
hosted the “Central Virginia Consortium Conference,” the result
of a 19-month project funded by a $199,502 grant from the
Virginia Department of Education. During the 2011-12
school year, 17 local teachers were trained in inquiry
pedagogy and developed, implemented, assessed and
reviewed experiment-driven lessons to create six fully
integrated STEM (science, technology, engineering
The project launched in March
and math) units for grades 4 and 5. During the
2011 under the lead of chemistry
conference, the 17 teachers demonstrated the new
professor Jill Granger and
lessons for their “students” — 80 of their colleagues from
across the region.
Teacher participants were walked through the hands-on lessons and
engineering director Hank Yochum,
along with adjunct biology professor
Arlene Vinion-Dubiel.
techniques, which ranged from introducing squeamish kids to live
All six STEM lessons and instructional videos can be
earthworms to racing matchbox cars carrying magnets to learning
downloaded for free at stem4teachers.org. Conference
about induction and electrical engineering. Fifth-grade lessons
instructors and attendees planned to implement the lessons
included “Earth Shaking Tsunamis,” “Dance by Numbers” and
in the 2012-13 school year in the city of Lynchburg and
“Cookie Mystery.”
surrounding counties.
25 and Counting
In October, Professor Bill Kershner
celebrated his “first 25 years” in the theater
department with a “Silver Soiree.” The party was
held following the Oct. 20 performance of the
Sweet Briar Theatre musical “The King and I.”
Kershner is theater’s longtime director and
became chair of the Performing Arts Division
when it was formed in spring 2011. The division
is composed of the music, theater and dance
programs, as well as musical theater, which was
added as a major at that time.
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Artsapalooza
Everywhere you looked on campus
Page 26). The five-week camp brought in nearly 200
this summer, a young scribe, thespian, painter or
high school students interested in fiction, non-fiction,
sculptor was liable to look back at you. The College
poetry and song- and scriptwriting.
hosted the second Blue Ridge Summer Institute for
Young Artists, known as BLUR, attracting 30 high
school writers, actors and visual artists from all over
the country.
Both art camps also engaged with Endstation’s
Playwrights Initiative through workshops and
readings and attended several performances. In
addition, they visited the neighboring Virginia Center
Meanwhile, Endstation Theatre Company, a theater
for the Creative Arts, where practicing artists-in-
troupe in residence at Sweet Briar, added an extra
residence of all genres shared their experience with
month for the fifth season of its Blue Ridge Summer
the youngsters. Even the June 29 derecho that cut
Theatre Festival, with a second outdoor Shakespeare
some sessions short couldn’t suppress the vibe brought
production. BLUR students were able to work
about by this confluence of eager young talent,
with the festival, as did the University of Virginia’s
veteran teachers and dynamic artists, all brimming
renowned Young Writers Workshop, which took
with excitement for their crafts.
place at Sweet Briar for the first time (Read more on
‘Salty’ Winner One to Watch
Leah Busque, a 2001 Sweet Briar computer science graduate,
took home the award for overall Entrepreneur of the Year at the Sweet Briar business
department’s second Salt Block Project Awards Dinner in October.
Busque is the founder of TaskRabbit, a website that lets people and companies
outsource odd jobs to pre-screened “runners” who bid against one another for the work.
Since launching in 2008, her company has raised $40 million in funding and operates
in nine U.S. cities. TaskRabbit has been profiled in The New York Times, The Wall
Street Journal, The Guardian and on CNN, Fox News and ABC News. Earlier this year,
Busque made Fast Company’s list of the “100 Most Creative People In Business,” and
Inc. Magazine named her one of “15 Women To Watch In 2012.” TaskRabbit’s most
famous runner is ABC’s Katie Couric, who recently tested the service on her show.
Other “Saltys” went to Marti Beller, CEO and co-founder of PlanG, and Bob
Vosburgh, founder and president of 9g Enterprises.
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New Dean of Enrollment
Steven W. Nape began work as dean of enrollment
management at Sweet Briar College on May 29.
Nape started his career at Gordon College in Barnesville, Ga.,
where he served as director of institutional research and director of
enrollment services. In 2000, he moved to Randolph-Macon College,
where he was director of admissions, then dean of admissions and
financial aid. From 2009 to 2011, he served as vice provost for
enrollment planning and management at Radford University. Nape
comes to Sweet Briar from Enrollment Intelligence, an enrollment
management consultancy where he worked as the managing vice
president.
He holds a bachelor’s with a double major in philosophy and
economics from the University of South Carolina, where he was
inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. He also received his Ph.D. in
economics from USC.
Slave Dwelling Project
Joe McGill of the National Trust
for Historic Preservation created the Slave
Dwelling Project to preserve and interpret
structures that once housed enslaved blacks.
On Oct. 7, McGill spent the night in the
Sweet Briar College 19th-century slave cabin
along with eight other individuals, including
Crystal Rosson. Rosson is the greatgranddaughter of Sterling Jones Sr.,
the last person to live in the cabin.
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Technological
Steppes
Professor of anthropology Claudia Chang
ancient plant and animal remains, prehistoric ceramics and
was in Kazakhstan this summer and fall, leading an archaeological
architecture at Iron Age sites circa 400 B.C. to A.D. 100.
research project in the Talgar region steppes.
She is taking notes on her fieldwork on Bento, the blog of the
Transecting endless crop rows, the team used handheld GPS
Smithsonian’s Freer and Sackler Galleries. Her writings appeared
devices to record the precise location of each artifact they
weekly during the exhibition of “Nomads and Networks: The
found. Nowadays the process is quick and easy, says Chang,
Ancient Art and Culture of Kazakhstan” in the Sackler Gallery
who began teaching at Sweet Briar in 1981 and has conducted
from Aug. 11 to Nov. 12. She also contributed an article for the
field research in Kazakhstan since the mid-1990s. Back then, it
“Nomads and Networks” catalog.
took up to 15 minutes with a compass and map.
Chang’s project in Kazakhstan was funded by a National
She marvels at how high-speed computing, satellite imagery
Science Foundation grant. She is a principal investigator on the
and “good hard field work” reveal landscapes used by ancient
collaborative research, titled “Bronze and Iron Age Prehistory
people, the size of their settlements, and the nature of their
on the Margins of the Eurasian Steppe,” with Irina Panyushkina
ceremonial and burial practices.
of the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at the University of
Arizona.
“After a long day of walking amongst the soy plants, there is
nothing better than being able to come home, plot our artifact
The researchers were trying to reconstruct prehistoric climatic
scatters or kurgan locations on a Google Earth map, and see
conditions through dendochronology — dating trees through ring
the pieces fit together,” Chang says.
analysis — and palynology and geomorphology, disciplines related
to earth science. The archaeological component involves studying
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Recently plowed earth is good hunting for archaeologists.
Many Hands, Light Work
O n the morning of S ept . 2 8 , about
campus. Sweet Day is a revival of the Patchwork Day tradition
1 8 0 students, staff and faculty participated in the College’s
when students donned their grubs and set to work with rakes,
second Sweet Day of Service. Everyone pitched in to complete
paint brushes or whatever tool the job called for.
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interior and exterior painting, and generally sprucing up the
Bend it Like Magruder
Sweet Briar College dance program director
Mark Magruder has released a CD of original music compositions,
“Yoga Dreams.” He wrote and performed the works to use
during his yoga classes.
“I wanted at least an hour of music that
could be used for relaxing, meditating
and practicing yoga postures, a
collection of soothing sounds that
would help to relieve stress from today’s
busy lifestyles,” said Magruder, who has
taught dance at Sweet Briar for nearly
28 years.
Magruder plays a number of
A Mighty Wind
For physical plant workers,
it was all hands on deck in the wake
of the June 29 derecho that left
behind widespread destruction and
power outages across the region.
instruments and frequently composes
Sweet Briar sustained some
and performs music to accompany his
structural damage and numerous
dance choreography. He wanted to combine
downed trees, limbs and power
several instruments with looping pedals and other
expression effects to create an ideal music set for yoga
practice. The result is “Yoga Dreams.”
The CD is available on iTunes and Amazon.
lines. Summer programs were
disrupted and the College closed
for a week while crews worked to
clean up debris and restore power.
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8
Color
not convention
Art Connection
founder
doesn’t mind
life as an
‘oddball’
Story by Katie Beth Ryan ’08 | Photos by Thomas Baker
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At age 4, Fay Martin Chandler ’43
was denied the chance to hold her
baby cousin, and instead was offered
a doll to play with.
“elevator music.”
“All of my life, I’ve been sort of an oddball,” she
muses. “I think it’s just been my life to be that way and
not really mind it.”
Chandler’s home is only a glimpse of what is
This was not a consolation prize that Chandler,
literally a colorful life. The term “whimsical” is often
who turned 90 in September, was willing to accept. Her
used to describe her bright, figurative paintings. She
recourse was to stick out her tongue at a photographer
uses bold hues to create the larger-than-life characters
who snapped her picture.
in her paintings, which she gives fun, unpretentious
Chandler displays the photo in the converted
titles. “Hold Tight” features a dirt bike racer and
firehouse in Brighton, Mass., that doubles as her home
“How I Wished I Looked In the First Grade” depicts a
and the studio where she paints. The image is proof that
pretty blonde girl in a blue flowered dress. The figures
her rebellious streak began early in life. It never really
dominate the canvas, inhabiting colorful micro worlds
went away, judging by the other accoutrements around
of their own.
her living space.
A sign tells visitors, “If you’re not barefoot, you’re
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Belafonte’s “Banana Boat Song.” Chandler calls it her
Fifty years ago, art wasn’t such an integral part of
Chandler’s life. She was happily married and raising four
overdressed.” A family of prickly red, orange and green
children. She had met Alfred Chandler, a former Navy
cacti in small pots line the windowsill in her kitchen,
man, in her hometown of Norfolk, Va. They married a
giving off an air of friendliness. A plush monkey in the
year after she graduated from Sweet Briar, where she’d
building’s cramped elevator serenades riders with Harry
followed her sister Alpine “Piney” Martin Patterson ’41.
At Sweet Briar, Chandler studied sociology and
enjoyed her classes with professors Belle Boone Beard
and Fritz Rohrlich. She was tapped as a Chung Mung
and elected to the May Court. She socialized on the
weekends with students from Hampden-Sydney and
UVa, and once showed up at a dance at the U.S. Naval
Academy with purple hair after a peroxide experiment
went awry.
She and Alfred moved north when he took a job
at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It was the
first stop in a storied academic career that led him to
prominence at Harvard Business School. Meanwhile,
Fay sometimes struggled in Cambridge’s academic
community. She once went to a neighborhood picnic in
blue jeans, only to find everyone else in cocktail attire.
“I felt like a misfit,” she recalls.
Nearing 40, she began to sketch and paint portraits.
Her drive to paint came from a spiritual longing; it
was “time to learn to pray,” she says. She had begun
“Vote Today,” 2008, 36 X 24
reading about spirituality, and the words of Christian
philosopher Paul Tillich — to make full use of one’s
eyes in order to see — resonated with her.
“I got the message that learning to look was very
important. It could be a very important start in learning
to pray, and a good way to learn to look was to learn to
draw,” she says.
Seeing anew the world around her, Chandler
essentially received a second education. She kept Tillich’s
words in mind as she taught herself about art. Looking
was paramount.
While visiting museums Chandler observed,
“Everybody would go and stare at something and then
everybody would go another place. I didn’t like that. So
I just would wander around and look.”
She didn’t try to overanalyze the pieces she saw. She
was learning to see the world through new eyes, and
recording her visions on paper and canvas.
While Albert was in residence at All Souls College
at Oxford, she toured the U.K. by bus, people-watching
“Face the Facts,” 2011, 36 X 24
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90th birthday celebration at Irish pub
Converted firehouse
“Sometimes if you just … let it happen, sometimes the result is quite
different than what you expected it to be. Or maybe it will lead to
something that’s more exciting than you thought it could be.”
— Fay Chandler
all the way. “I had a wonderful time, traveling all around
with a sketchbook,” Chandler says. Coupled with
pieces and draw their own conclusions about them, but
formal training at the Maryland Institute College of
she knew art has healing properties, too. She recalls a
Art, she moved from portraits to more figurative-based
client served by an Art Connection-affiliated nonprofit.
paintings.
After years on the streets, the woman had come to the
By her early 70s, she had accumulated a backlog of
nonprofit to rebuild her life. She was drawn to one
unsold work in her home. Not wanting her children to
of Chandler’s paintings: a piece juxtaposing light and
face tax liabilities on the work they inherited from her,
darkness. It was the perfect analogy for her life.
she founded the Boston-based Art Connection. It’s an
“She said, ‘I look at this painting every day. I come
exchange that lets artists display their work instead of it
and I sit beside it and I see my life on the street, which
sitting unseen and unsold in an attic. At the same time,
was no longer what I could do. … On the other side, I
nonprofit organizations can select pieces to display that
see the way it is now and the way it’s going to be.’ ”
they otherwise can’t afford.
“I always say it was the best idea I’ve ever had in
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Chandler liked that people could view the donated
Chandler pauses, letting the story take hold. “Boy,”
she says.
my life. And I’ve had a lot of ideas,” Chandler says,
Chandler’s involvement with The Art Connection
grinning. It’s also a successful idea: Some 350 artists
has solidified her status as the grande dame of Boston’s
have donated more than 3,000 pieces of art through The
art scene. In 2010, a retrospective show of her work,
Art Connection.
“Just As I Am,” was held at the Boston Center for the
Freshman fashion show
Arts, where she was one of the earliest studio artists.
1941 May Court
These days, much of the vision in her right eye is
And one of her paintings adorned the buttons worn by
gone, and she usually wears an eye cap or tinted lens
revelers at the city’s 2012 First Night celebration.
over it. Her diminished hand-eye coordination has led
“You say her name and people smile,” says Mary
Coogan, a longtime friend and former chairwoman of
The Art Connection board. “She’s extremely generous,
not only financially, but with ideas and emotional
her to stop making her multi-media mini-sculptures.
“It wasn’t because I lost interest in making things. It
was too confusing, I guess,” she says.
But Chandler has no room in her life for negative
support and helping people see how to manage their
thinking. She invites other artists into the basement
careers and manage their work.
“junk room” to sift through the plastic bins full of
“She’s a model for women artists in Boston, and
maybe all over the country.”
Chandler also recently decided to extend the
assorted objects that she once used in her sculptures.
It’s fun, she says, to see what other uses fellow artists
find for unmatched earrings, rotary telephone parts and
organization’s reach by making a $50,000 gift to Sweet
party poppers. In this sense, Chandler considers herself
Briar’s arts management program to support a local
a Pollyanna of sorts. “She saw the sunshine where maybe
partnership with The Art Connection.
it was gloomy.”
Chandler moved to her Brighton studio after Alfred
And in many ways, the visions she imparts in vivid
died in 2007. Down the street is an Irish pub where, in
colors to her canvases at age 90 are clearer and brighter
true Boston fashion, everyone knows her name. Their
than they have ever been.
faces light up when she walks through the door. “This
“Sometimes if you just … let it happen, sometimes
is Fay’s home,” a waiter explains. She’s on a first-name
the result is quite different than what you expected it
basis, too, at Big Daddy’s, the pizza joint next door to
to be. Or maybe it will lead to something that’s more
the firehouse, and at the Benjamin Moore store where
exciting than you thought it could be.”
she buys her paint samples.
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Hunt
14
ting for Data
Conservation research
informs animal rights debate
Story by Amanda Wisz Keener ’08 | Photos by Rob Alexander
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It’s not uncommon for
the work of Sweet Briar
researchers to impact
audiences far from
home. Rob Alexander,
professor of economics
and environmental studies,
hopes folks in South Africa
are paying attention to his
latest research.
Alexander, a wildlife economist, studies the economic
incentives behind human behaviors that contribute to
global species decline and endangerment. This year, in
collaboration with former Sweet Briar assistant professor
of economics Joseph Craig and researchers from the wild
cat conservation group Panthera, Alexander published a
study in the South African Journal of Wildlife Research
titled “Possible relationships between the South African
captive-bred lion hunting industry and the hunting
conservation of lions elsewhere in Africa.”
Lions are among the most coveted big-game African
trophies. According to the study, hunters visiting southern
and East Africa pay $1,800 to $3,200 a day for two- to
three-week safaris and the chance to shoot a lion. Up to
half never encounter one. Those who book trips in South
Africa, however, may spend thousands less and, 99 percent
of the time, head home with a trophy after a few days.
How? The latter participate in “put-and-take” or “canned”
hunting, which takes place in an enclosed compound
stocked with captive lions bred to be hunted.
About 90 percent of South African lion hunting
is canned hunting, but the practice remains highly
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controversial. It’s unpopular among animal welfare groups
Another claims that canned hunting increases demand for
such as the Humane Society and the International Fund for
bones of both wild and captive lions in Asia, where they’re
Animal Welfare, which recently co-sponsored a petition
used in traditional medicine.
to list the lion as endangered under the U.S. Endangered
Alexander joined his longtime collaborator Peter
Species Act. An IFAW commentary described canned
Lindsey of Panthera to bring some clarity, and data, to the
hunting as “the cruel practice of containing animals (mostly
controversy. The two had published a paper together in
lion) to fenced-in areas, with animals often drugged or
2006 gauging the potential of wild lion hunting to create
sedated and conditioned to trust humans.”
incentives that promote habitat and wildlife conservation
Some also see canned hunting as detrimental to South
in several African countries. This concept was supported
Africa’s tourism image. Earlier this year, the international
in a study Lindsey published this year that was met with
activist group Avaaz launched an ad campaign throughout
debate from animal rights groups.
Johannesburg Airport calling for an end to the practice.
In 2010, more than twice as many lion trophy exports
came out of South Africa than from the rest of Africa
combined. How a ban on canned hunting in South Africa
would influence wild populations throughout the rest of
the continent remains unclear.
“Would there be a sudden surge in demand for wild
lions?” Alexander asked.
One argument asserts that hunting captive-bred
lions should remove the pressure from wild populations.
Alexander, who is also an accomplished wildlife
photographer and has traveled in Africa, tries to remain
unbiased.
“It’s something I’ve found to be ironic,” he says. “I’m
not a hunter, but as a conservationist, I’m willing for our
society to do these things for the sake of conserving the
land and the animals that live on it. I have to acknowledge
the positive role hunting plays in conservation.”
He and Lindsey saw the potential for a ban on canned
hunting to increase danger for the species and its habitats
throughout Africa. “This is not just an animal rights issue,”
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Alexander said. “There is a whole different question
about conservation of wild lion populations.”
To determine if canned and wild hunting are
all hunters who had been on wild hunts (96 percent of
those surveyed) said they would not be interested in a
related, Alexander and the Panthera researchers asked
canned hunting trip. It’s possible the differences in cost
if the two industries share overlapping markets. They
and time needed for the two types of hunts create two
designed and administered a survey to hunters and
disparate markets, and those who can take wild hunting
operators at hunting expos in the U.S. and Germany.
trips already do. The survey also revealed, however, that
The survey helped them compare several aspects of
20 percent of hunters who have gone on canned hunts
wild and canned hunting, including length of the hunt,
would consider trying a wild hunt. According to the
hunter success rates and impressions about the two
study, such a shift could have a big impact:
types of hunting.
Alexander brought Craig into the study to
“Owing to the large size of the captive-bred lion
hunting industry, even if a small proportion of the
work on the statistics and technical aspects of the
market was transferable, the increase in demand for
analysis. This was the first project the two economics
wild lion hunts could be significant if the hunting of
professors had worked on together, and Craig’s first
captive-bred lions was ever prohibited. A shift of 20
environmental project.
percent of the captive-bred market could lead to an
“It was really cool for me to work outside of my
normal niche,” he said.
His main question was simple: “How responsive
are people to changes in lion hunting costs?” Answering
the question was not so simple. “Getting accurate data
in pricing in Africa is almost impossible,” he said.
In the end, he had too few observations to make
increase of 42.9 percent in the demand for wild lions.”
“If we did have a ban,” Alexander says, “it would be
very important for governments of African countries to
exert more control over hunting.”
He is quick to note that this study is preliminary.
Still, he hopes it will invite people to consider the
relationships observed and take precautionary
statistically supported conclusions. Craig conceded that
steps, responding to changes in demand rather than
it’s unlikely any hunting company would agree to the
dangerous changes in lion populations.
invasive study that would be necessary to really answer
his question, fearing bad publicity.
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The survey data did uncover strong trends. Nearly
i f y o u g e n e r at e t w o ,
w h at c o u l d i t d o ?
We recently challenged every member of the Alumnae Board to generate
two admission applications to Sweet Briar College. Thank you to all those
who participated; your support is critical to our success.
Now, we are extending the challenge to every alumna and parent. To
“sweeten” the deal, we will waive the fee for the two applications you refer.
What will just two applications do for the College?
Here’s the math:
50 alumnae x 2 applications
= 100 applications
100 applications = 24
young women who will find their
place at Sweet Briar College
To learn more, contact:
Steven Nape, dean of enrollment management
(800) 381-6142 | [email protected]
Paula Ledbetter, associate director of admissions
(800) 381-6142 | [email protected]
You can make a difference!
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{ w h at t h ey d i d t h i s s umm e r }
Whether you’re looking for that first job or
the perfect internship, networking often is
key. Last spring, while assisting the editorial
staff of this magazine on an assignment in
Washington, D.C., Sarah Lindemann ’13 seized
one such opportunity.
The story featured the women of Sweet Briar’s
extensive alumnae community working in and around
the nation’s capital. Susan Scanlan ’69, president of
the National Council of Women’s Organizations and
newly elected Sweet Briar board member, was among
them. Scanlan gave her card to Lindemann, who called
a week later and netted an unpaid public relations and
photography internship with the council.
“She essentially created the position for me,”
Lindemann said. “If I hadn’t followed up with her, I
never would have gotten this amazing internship!”
All summer, Lindemann photographed highprofile events in the capital, including a rally in support
of Betty Dukes’ gender discrimination case against
Wal-Mart, a briefing on the current status of Title IX
in honor of its 40th anniversary, a press conference on
the Paycheck Fairness Act, and the Girl Scouts 100th
birthday celebration.
The internship went beyond taking pictures (some of the images in this
story are hers) says Lindemann, who is still exploring career options. As an
environmental studies major with a minor in journalism, new media and
communications, her interests are varied.
“I’ve learned so much more about the inner workings of D.C. and how
important networking and maintaining professional relationships are.
“I’ve worked on teaching myself more about photographing events and
creating an efficient workflow,” she added. “I have also learned how much I
still have left to learn. Every day I have more questions about certain aspects of
photography or politics, and how they can impact one another.”
Lindemann wasn’t the only one to land a killer internship this summer.
Sweet Briar students fanned out across the globe, doing great things and gaining
incalculable experience.
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Jessica Murphy ’13
MAJORS: Liberal studies, dance
Student-teacher assistant at
R.S. Payne Elementary School,
Lynchburg, Va.
Alyssa Berkeley ’13
MAJOR: Elementary and special
education
Student-teacher assistant at
R.S. Payne Elementary School,
Lynchburg, Va.
Murphy was one of two Sweet Briar students interning at R.S. Payne
Elementary School in Lynchburg in May and June. She taught one of
the fifth-grade classes in the school’s Gifted Opportunities Center — a
perfect fit for her: “An unexpected surprise when I first began teaching
was to find that they were working on their spring musical. When I
informed my mentor teacher of my dance background, she allowed me
to choreograph several of the numbers.”
Sarah Hibler ’14
MAJOR: Business
MINOR: Anthropology
Intern at BritBound, a travel company
in London
BritBound is an international travel
company that offers assistance to people
who are moving to the UK. In addition
to connecting with “BritBounders” and
helping them to relocate, Hibler wrote
articles for the company’s website, scoped
tourist attractions, organized events, and
traveled around the country and to Italy.
Berkeley taught mostly science to fourth-graders in the gifted center.
“The best part of this internship by far has been having my students
tell me that learning science with me is the best part of their day. It has
inspired me to want to learn more and become a better science teacher
for them.”
Lilian Tauber ’14
MAJORS: International affairs, history
MINOR: German
Writer, editor at online forum E-Joussour
in Rabat, Morocco
Madeline Hodges ’13
MAJORS: History of art, studio art
Arts Management Certificate
Curatorial assistant interning for the U.S. Army Center of Military History at
its Museum Support Center at Fort Belvoir, Va.
Hodges assisted the head curator of the Army Art Collection for credit
toward her Arts Management Certificate.
E-Joussour is an online forum that
highlights the work of civil society
organizations (CSOs) and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in the
Middle East and North Africa region. As
part of the editorial staff, Tauber wrote,
edited and translated various publications
for the website on human rights issues
in the region. E-Joussour publishes in
English, French and Arabic. Tauber
posted several original reports, including
one titled “Diplomacy unlikely to ease
humanitarian crisis in Syria, despite
recent massacre in al-Houla.”
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Amanda Johnson ’14
Elizabeth Hansbrough ’13
MAJORS: Engineering science, physics
Student researcher in the Harvard-MIT Health
Sciences and Technology Summer Institute in
Biomedical Optics program in Boston
MAJOR: Business
MINOR: Government
Legislative research intern in the public policy and governmental affairs
group at Grant Thornton LLP in Washington, D.C.
Johnson was one of 20 student researchers
who were selected from the U.S. and Korea
to participate in a project at the Wellman
Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts
General Hospital. Johnson worked on a new
detection system that would “allow for more
rapid diagnosis and therapy determination
of tumors.”
“I am particularly interested in the intersection between business and
government and I think helping Grant Thornton with researching
legislation related to the accounting profession will be a great exposure
to that area. I am hoping the internship helps me decide if I would like
to pursue a career in corporate law in the future.”
Katie Holloway ’13
MAJOR: Studio art
Intern for the University of Virginia’s Young
Writers Workshop
Suzannah Feldman ’13
MAJOR: English
MINOR: Journalism, new media and communications
Public relations intern, South Carolina Aquarium in Charleston
“Being behind the scenes at the aquarium is my favorite part. I’ve already
shared a ride in the [staff] elevator with some pretty cool fish! It’s not
unusual to share a ride between floors with a sea turtle, otter or some fish
on its way to get a check-up or coming out of quarantine.”
Feldman says science just isn’t her thing, but animal species conservation
is. “I come from a long line of veterinarians, so saving animals is
definitely my passion. I knew I couldn’t contribute in that way, which is
why I’m working on publicity that raises awareness about threatened
environments.”
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Holloway gained valuable experience this
summer as an administrative intern for
UVa’s Young Writers Workshop — and she
didn’t even have to go anywhere. For the
first time, the camp took place at Sweet
Briar. “It is a wonderful experience to watch
so many brilliant, flexible people work
together and brainstorm to re-establish this
program in a new place.”
Pamela Webster ’13
MAJOR: Economics
MINOR: Business
Accounting intern at the Thomas Jefferson
Foundation, Charlottesville, Va.
“My favorite part about working at
Monticello was learning how a nonprofit
ran, and how strongly the foundation held
to its main purpose.”
Frankie Beyer ’14
MAJOR: Psychology
Intern at Kurn Hattin, a
home for at-risk children in
Westminster, Vt.
Beyer combined two of
her passions this summer
— psychology and riding
— working with at-risk
children through the
school’s therapeutic riding
program.
“Many of the children
have attachment disorders
and other psychological
issues due to their family
situations. This kind of
work is something that I
am very interested in and
could see myself doing as a
career after Sweet Briar.”
Ashley Rust ’13
Ashley Baker ’15
Noelle Ames ’13
Rust worked with
area leaders to develop
programs to enhance the
community. Such efforts
included initiatives to
attract and retain young
professionals, and to
collaborate with nonprofit
organizations and other
community partners in the
field of philanthropy.
Baker spent the summer
doing something she
has been interested in
since high school: testing
consumer products.
Besides testing, she
brainstormed editorial
projects, contributed
to blogs on the Good
Housekeeping website,
and attended research and
publishing press events.
Ames worked on a project
related to geographic
information systems and
environmental prediction.
The work expanded skills
she learned in Professor
Rebecca Ambers’ GIS
class and gave her the
opportunity to explore new
technologies.
MAJOR: History
MINOR: Spanish
Arts Management Certificate
Intern at Danville Regional
Foundation, an economic
development organization in
Danville, Va.
MAJOR: Chemistry
Intern, Good Housekeeping
Research Institute (home
appliances/cleaning products/
textiles department), New
York City
MAJOR: Environmental
science
Environmental intern with
the Naval Research Lab at
the Stennis Space Center in
Mississippi
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A ‘Quiet
Passion’
When Sierra Wright ’12
graduated from high school,
her career path was clear
— at least as far as her
parents were concerned.
They urged her to study
science, so Wright enrolled
in the engineering school at
the University of Virginia.
In May, the Prince William
County resident graduated
from Sweet Briar College —
with a degree in theater.
She also starred in the musical “Hello, Dolly!” at the
Academy of Fine Arts in Lynchburg and landed her first paid gig
as the lead actress in a North Carolina theater production this
summer.
Wright first discovered acting the summer after eighth
grade, when she auditioned for a community play. She was cast
for two roles in “Fiddler on the Roof ” — a boy and Grandma
Tzeitel. “I didn’t realize what I was getting into because I’d never
done theater before,” she remembered. “But once I got into it,
I really enjoyed it. I realized that this is something fun that I
could do.”
But she didn’t act again until her senior year, when she
studied vocal music in a magnet program. Again, Wright loved
it, but the idea of theater as more than a hobby never fully
formed. Then she took a theater class at UVa. “This was like a
turning point for me. It was the most fun I had ever had. I never
got any pleasure like that from my engineering classes.”
Wright quit the engineering program and moved back home.
After several months of working and thinking about her future,
she applied to Sweet Briar. “I said, ‘Theater is what I’m going to
do,’ ” she recalled. “It was scary because up until that point, I had
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never made major decisions for myself. But by that point, my
Wright didn’t spend all of her time at Sweet Briar in
mother was like, ‘Well, you’ve got to figure out what makes you
the theater department, and she’s glad she didn’t. She was
happy because I don’t want you to be in college for six years
involved in tap clubs, worked as a resident advisor for three
trying to figure out what I want you to do.’ ”
years and in the Annual Fund’s Phonathon. She also explored
Today, she’s happy with the decision. At Sweet Briar she
was able to gain more practical theater experience than she
would have at a larger college or university.
“If you know nothing about theater, you can come in
and work on sets or be a stage manager … you can do things
that you wouldn’t expect to be able to do right off the bat.
classes unrelated to theater and enjoyed making connections
between different subjects and with her professors.
More determined than ever to pursue acting, Wright
drove through the night for the North Carolina audition. It
was during the week and she didn’t want to miss any classes.
It was worth it. Snow Camp Outdoor Theatre, one of
When you audition for a show at UVa, a lot of times the
more than 75 companies scouting for actors at the Institute
graduate students get the lead roles and upperclass students
of Outdoor Drama, liked her immediately and offered her the
get the supporting roles, whereas you come here to Sweet
lead role of Esse in “Pathway to Freedom.”
Briar, and your first year you could get a lead role.”
Wright performed in plays every year and had
opportunities to work with professionals when companies
“It was exciting for me because I’ve never had a job offer
for a role before,” she said.
For the first time, Wright signed a contract and was
such as Philadelphia’s Walnut Street Theatre performed and
getting paid for doing what she loves. Through July and
held workshops on campus. For her senior project last fall,
August, she performed almost every day.
she directed “Doubt,” putting the entire show together —
What’s next? Wright is practical, but she has dreams.
including designing the set — in just one month. “It was a
One of them is working in New York. Graduate school is
little stressful, but I’m pleased with the results,” she said.
an option and in the short term — well, she has restaurant
When she was awarded Sweet Briar’s Jessica Steinbrenner
Molloy Theater Arts award in April, it was icing on the cake.
“I was really excited. I even started crying,” she said. “It’s
experience to help pay the bills and save money. But even
then, theater isn’t far from her mind.
“It’s funny, but last time I worked there I kept thinking
one of those things that you hope will happen, but you don’t
of the restaurant as a theater, and anytime I had to go in the
expect it. … I’m not your typical ‘loud’ theater student. When
kitchen, I’d accidentally say, ‘I’m just gonna go backstage.’
people meet me, they don’t think I’m involved in theater at all.
People thought, ‘What is wrong with her?’ ”
I guess you could say I have a quiet passion for theater.”
It’s that quiet passion coming through.
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Young Writers Dig
This Place
It’s a sultry July morning and the second
session of UVa’s Young Writers Workshop is in full swing.
In a tiny classroom, a handful of songwriting students
have picked up their guitars, their fingers searching for
notes that might inspire words. Handwritten signs taped
to the wall with bright pink duct tape read “Contribute,”
“Take risks” and “Revisions.”
In the kitchen lounge just outside the classroom,
another student is listening to hip-hop beats on his
computer, his head nodding as he scribbles down lyrics.
For 30 years, high school kids from across the
country and abroad have been
gathering during the summer to
immerse themselves in their art.
There are workshops in fiction,
poetry, non-fiction, script- and
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songwriting. Some students have been coming for
years; others became counselors and now teach some
of the writing labs. The second session, which lasts
three weeks, typically draws 50 percent of its applicants
from workshop alumni, according to assistant director
Jeff Martin.
One thing is different in 2012: It’s the first time
the workshop is taking place on the campus of Sweet
Briar College, and not at the University of Virginia in
Charlottesville.
“It’s been wonderful,” says Margo Figgins, founder
and director of the program, which admits between
150 and 200 students each year.
After renovations at UVa forced a hiatus last year,
she’s glad to have a new home for her young writers
— at least for the moment. It’s
too early to say whether Sweet
Briar will become a permanent
residence, but so far the campus
seems like a natural fit for the
program.
“The location here
is much nicer,” says
scriptwriting student
Natcher Pruett, a 17-year-old from Minneapolis. It’s his
second time participating in the workshop. “It’s nice to
wake up in the morning and see the mountains when
you look out of the window.”
Chicago native Leah Barber, 16, agrees. “I really
like Sweet Briar College as a location because it brings
character to the program.”
Some students call the landscape “inspiring.” The
campus environment emerges as a theme so often that
it prompts Figgins to speculate on its impact.
“It’ll be interesting to see what role the landscape
plays and how it enhances their experience,” she says.
There’s something else, too.
“Here at Sweet Briar they’re surrounded by other
arts programs, which wasn’t the case in Charlottesville,”
Martin says.
“Between BLUR [Sweet Briar’s interdisciplinary
arts camp] and [the College’s theater company-inresidence] Endstation, we’ve had opportunities for
collaborations that we’ve never had before, and
the effect of that is pretty powerful. After a while,
students simply accept that they’re surrounded by
all kinds of different artists, and when art becomes
the comfortable norm, the creation and sharing of it
becomes much easier to do.”
Scriptwriting students assisted Endstation
playwrights with some of their new scripts, and all
workshop participants attended at least one Blue Ridge
Summer Theatre Festival performance.
The Young Writers Workshop also collaborates
with the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, an artists’
colony just across U.S. 29 from Sweet Briar. VCCA
fellows come to campus to read from
their works and to teach
electives — classes
that fall outside of the
students’ disciplines,
but are always tied to
writing. They’ve explored
“Queer Theory in Beatles Songs,” invented a sock
puppet world based on a YouTube video of an old
MTV show, and delved into the art of a concept album,
which involved listening to “Ziggy Stardust.”
“The VCCA is such an amazing resource,” says
poetry student Zoe Jeka, 17, from Maryland.
Pruett, Barber and Jeka’s eyes light up when
they talk about their classes. One of their favorite
experiences was the 24-hour play, a workshop tradition
in which students write and rehearse an original play in
just one day. Barber and Jeka also loved finding random
science books in the library to use as inspiration for
their poetry.
On weekends, counselors organize field trips to
local orchards and farmers’ markets; during writing labs,
students occasionally visit coffee shops and antique
stores in Lynchburg. Sometimes, activities are meant
to inspire, other times they’re just for fun. But the one
thing everyone wants to do — all the time — is write.
With just days left in the workshop, all three
students say the time has gone by too fast. They’re not
ready to part from newly found friends and return to
high school, where writing is just one of many subjects.
“I wish it was all summer,” Barber says with a sigh.
Martin steels himself for “lots of tears” come
closing day. “Which is a little sad to watch, but it also
means we did our job.”
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Moving Forward
All across campus, philanthropy is remaking
Sweet Briar’s learning spaces.
Fletcher, Benedict and Pannell
Makeovers of seven seminar rooms are nearly complete
and funding is in hand to renovate eight additional
“smart” classrooms across campus by fall 2013. The
College matched $310,000 in foundation grants to
make it possible. New features include:
› Crestron touch-panel controls to operate all audio/
visual equipment, with help screens and instruction
video for easy use
› True videoconferencing capability using H.323/SIP
standards
› Interactive smart board
› Widescreen TV, Blu-ray and DVD player
› Document camera for projecting non-digitized
images
The Margaret Jones Wyllie ’45 Engineering Program
used its endowed funding to refurbish and improve
several classrooms and labs, including better storage,
wheeled tables, extra whiteboards, dedicated studentfaculty research space and personal workstations for
engineering students.
“The renovations have not only bonded our class by
giving us [the circuits lab] to work out of both as a
› Standard ceiling-mount or short-throw projectors
study group or individually, but it has also made us
› Mac mini computers with AirServer software for
proud of the engineering department.”
simultaneous projection of multiple mobile devices
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Guion
— Grace Caskey ’14, engineering major
Cochran Library
The $8.8 million donor-funded historic renovation
and expansion project is slated for completion in 2014.
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With new drywall and wainscoting, window treatments,
flooring, fresh paint, and new audiovisual equipment,
the piano studio is a much-improved space for teaching,
Plans call for preserving and honoring the original Ralph
Adams Cram building while creating a library for the
21st century — filled with digitally plugged-in “people
spaces” to learn, research, study and collaborate.
rehearsing and performing. A group of individual
“The best academic libraries today provide points of
donors got together to redo the room in honor of music
connection between scholars, locally and globally.”
professor Rebecca McCord.
— President Jo Ellen Parker
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Inspired
Teaching,
Inspired
Giving
Eleanor Barton and Aileen “Ninie” Laing ’57
didn’t know each other despite both arriving on campus in 1953.
Laing studied chemistry and left for George Washington University
after two years, never taking a course with the art history professor.
In 1971, Barton, who chaired the art department for much of her
18 years at Sweet Briar, had a hand in recruiting Laing for a vacancy
in art history just as she was leaving.
Bridging these slim karmic gaps is Winnie Leigh Hamlin ’58,
who knew one as a teacher and the other as a contemporary — and
who grasps the profound influence of both women. That’s why she
gave the College $1 million to establish the Eleanor Barton and
Aileen “Ninie” Laing ’57 Endowed Professorship in Art History. The
Barton
new chair was announced in August along with the appointment
of the first person to hold the title of Barton-Laing Professor in Art
History, Christopher L.C.E. “Chris” Witcombe.
“We can all remember the teacher who made the biggest
difference in our lives, the one who inspired us to work our hardest
and to explore new fields,” Hamlin says.
Over the years, Hamlin has heard from Laing’s students, too. “I
realize that they appreciated her as much as we did Eleanor Barton,”
she says. “Hopefully, starting the Barton-Laing Professorship will
motivate others who benefitted from their courses to contribute to
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Elizabeth Glassman ’71 echoed the rigors of the
discipline, noting that today more than ever it’s important
to be able to decode the images in front of us. “Art history
educates you on how visual images take their meaning and
helps you create the larger context for that meaning.”
Glassman is president of an international art
organization, and credits Barton with nurturing her passion
for art history. “Being in her class as a young college student
was like lifting a veil on a whole new world of history, images,
ways of looking at things,” she says.
She remembers a tall woman with great presence who
seemed at once distant and yet generous. Barton was patient
with students even as she pushed them. And she stressed
Laing
seeing original works, although it meant a three-hour drive to
the National Gallery of Art. Her emphasis on learning how to
look has stuck with Glassman.
the fund in their honor, or to establish a professorship named
for the professor who most affected their lives.”
The gift supports one outstanding faculty member and
can be used for salary, research or professional development
— a significant benefit to any department.
Laing could hardly have been
expecting the tribute when the
phone rang last summer. “When
Heidi [McCrory] called I thought
she was going to ask me for
money,” she said.
Instead what she heard from
the vice president for alumnae and
development was validation and
appreciation for her years of service.
“I was very honored,” she says.
Thirty years later Emily Pegues ’00 and her classmates
hustled to keep pace with Ninie Laing, now professor emerita
after retiring in 2002.
“You used to have to sprint to keep up with her because
she went walking down the National Mall at Mach speed,”
“I fell into the thing
Pegues said, describing a brisk, organized
that I absolutely adored,
your socks and get on with it.”
I love art history and I
tough but kind. And funny.
love telling other people
person who was apt to tell you to “pull up
Like Barton, students say Laing was
“She was teaching you but she was also
keeping her eye on the big picture of trying
about it. I still love the
to develop young women. And she did that
discipline.”
Pegues said from London, where she is
And pleased, too, with
the support for what she sees
as a quintessential liberal arts major. Art historians must
understand the culture that produced a work of art and be
–Ninie Laing
both in teaching but also as an example,”
studying for her doctorate in art history at
the Courtauld Institute of Art.
“I think students [wanted to be like her] and in every
aspect,” she says.
“She was always doing interesting things, she had classes
able to interpret and articulate what they are seeing, which is
bulging with students who wanted to be there. I think in
not so easy, she says.
some ways my being here is trying to emulate Ninie.”
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Pegues isn’t the only one. Amy Barton ’90 switched from
biology after taking an elective with Laing. “I wanted to be the
type of professional art historian she represented,” Barton says.
“Today I investigate and make discoveries about the 19th-century
art in the U.S. Capitol.”
There seems no mystery to how these women inspired their
students. Each was accomplished and widely published.
Barton earned her art history degree from Vassar in 1938,
her master’s at New York University and her Ph.D. from Harvard.
She was considered an authority on sculpture and wrote her
dissertation on Alessandro Algardi, for which she spent a year in
To join in honoring Barton and Laing, gifts may be
Rome as a Sachs Fellow. She taught at Smith for 11 years prior to
made to the Eleanor Barton and Aileen “Ninie”
Sweet Briar and later at the University of Hartford. She died in
Laing ’57 Endowed Professorship in Art History,
1987 in Windsor, Conn.
Sweet Briar College, P.O. Box 1057, Sweet Briar,
Laing was a certified medical technologist at the GWU
hospital when she completed her undergraduate degree in art
VA 24595. Call (434) 381-6131, (888) 846-5722 or
email [email protected] for more information.
history at the university. Encouraged to go to graduate school, she
won two Woodrow Wilson Fellowships to support her doctoral
studies and dissertation at Johns Hopkins. A medievalist with a
so compelling to students. It’s why among the professional
focus on manuscripts, she later studied the decorative arts and
accolades on her curriculum vitae, none means more to Laing
architecture of England and America.
than the 1990-91 SGA Excellence in Teaching Award.
She had discovered her love for art history while traveling
“I fell into the thing that I absolutely adored,” Laing says.
abroad; she stumbled on teaching in graduate school. The passion
“I love art history and I love telling other people about it. I
for both is what unites these two women and it’s what made them
still love the discipline.”
First of a Kind
Chris Witcombe, Sweet Briar’s
first Barton-Laing Professor
maintains Art History Resources, a top Google-ranked website that
turned 17 in October. He has also produced a popular series of
podcasts called “Art History in Just A Minute,” available on iTunes.
in Art History, has taught at
Being named to the chair is immensely gratifying, Witcombe
the College for nearly three
says, because it reflects the College’s strong support for faculty
decades and is a prolific scholar.
scholarship as well as teaching. And one is informing the other.
He has published more than 30 articles and essays and three books,
He and his colleagues are working on changes to the art history
including the award-winning “Print Publishing in Sixteenth-Century
program at Sweet Briar — some of them based on his research and
Rome: Growth and Expansion, Rivalry and Murder” in 2008. A
writings on vision and perception over the past decade.
fourth book is due out next year and three others, including a novel,
The new approach is intended to ensure students acquire the ability
are in progress. His third book is an interactive digital iBook Author
to analyze and understand how images work and how they affect
textbook for the Apple iPad, “The Visual Experience of Art.”
us. One goal is to better articulate the value of image studies and
Witcombe has long embraced digital technology in the classroom
bring them to the fore more than they have been in the past, as an
and began teaching web-based courses in 1996. He created and
essential skill students need to have today, he says.
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Because of You
From left: Lauren Morgan ’13, President Parker, Sarah Lindemann ’13 and Torry Mott ’13
at the Senior Campaign Kick-off event for the Annual Fund. The senior class surpassed its
goal of $6,000, thanks in part to two anonymous $1,000 gifts.
sbc.edu/gift
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N O T ES
C L ASS
Fulbright
Scholars:
Destination
Turkey
Erin Dalvini ’12 is the second
Sweet Briar graduate in as many years
to receive a 10-month Fulbright
English Teaching Assistantship in
Turkey. She is teaching at Amasya
University in Amasya. Kat Alexander, a
2011 graduate in government, recently
completed her assistantship in Trabzon,
on the Black Sea in the country’s
northeast.
Dalvini, who graduated from
Sweet Briar in the spring with a
degree in anthropology, has returned
to a country she fell in love with on
two previous visits. Her most recent
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Frances Bailey Brooke
405 Jackson Ave.
Lexington, VA 24450
1942
Ann Morrison Reams
771 Bon Air Circle
Lynchburg, VA 24503
[email protected]
Reunion was great, though I missed
you! Even though I was the only one
representing our class, everybody
welcomed me into their functions. As
always, the panels of faculty, administrators, students and other alumnae
were fascinating. I hope all of you
read the College magazine and keep
up with all the additions and renovations. However, the overall look and
feeling of the campus we love remains
the same. Unfortunately, none of you
have sent any news. I saw Sally Schall
VanAllen at the Mother’s Day tea,
given each year by her son Kent and
wife Kay. Once in a while, I hear news
from one of your grandchildren. Lucy
Call Dabney’s granddaughter, Lucy,
continues to do a good job running
the dining facilities at the Craddock
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experience there was on an eight-week
Critical Language Scholarship from the
U.S. State Department last summer.
Dalvini sought the State
Department scholarship because she
wanted an experience that would allow
her to learn a language while “fully
immersed in the society that it belongs
to,” she said.
The intensive language instruction
and cultural enrichment program,
which she attended at Ankara
University TÖMER, provided just
that, and affirmed her affection for
Turkey and its people.
Terry Hotel. Laura Graves Howell’s
daughter, Laura Howell James, is an
outstanding artist in Annapolis. I’m
still in pretty good health, still live in
my home of 50-plus years and enjoy
my yard. I continue to go to SBC for
the summer theater and Friends of
Library. The new expansion is unbelievable. We mourn the loss of our
dear friends, Virginia “Beasle” Thayer
Boothby, Jessamine Boyce Morris,
Nancy Goldbarth Glaser, Elizabeth
Chamberlain and Mary Stone
“Stoney” Moore Rutherfoord. I’d love
to hear from you whether or not you
have any news.
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Alice Lancaster Buck
21085 Cardinal Pond Ter., Apt. 106
Ashburn, VA 20147
[email protected]
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Dale Sayler Morgan
486A Beaulieu Ave.
Savannah, GA 31406
[email protected]
She didn’t speak a word of Turkish
when she arrived, and her host mom
spoke no English.
“It led to some pretty confusing, as
well as hilarious, situations,” Dalvini
says. “Despite the initial language
barrier, we lived well together. She
really took it upon herself to introduce
me to her family and friends. These
interactions allowed me to experience
how open and hospitable Turks are
with those who want to learn about
their way of life.”
Those eight weeks made applying
for the Fulbright a no-brainer and, she
believes, made her a stronger contender
for the prestigious grant.
“I loved the CLS experience —
having to rely on myself and my new
language skills to navigate through
everyday life,” she said. “When I was
in Turkey, every day was an adventure.
Waking up in the morning and knowing
that you are not going to understand
most of what is being said around you is
an experience like no other.”
Julie Mills Jacobsen
4416 Edmunds St. NW
Washington, DC 20007
[email protected]
Mary Haskins King
501 Kimberly Dr.
Greensboro, NC 27408
Our class numbers 52 today. Julia
Mills Jacobsen, whose sight is impaired, ran her electric scooter into
the side of the house a year ago. She
nearly lost her leg and had a lengthy
hospital stay. She hopes to visit SBC
one more time—our 70th? Julie stays
in touch with Peggy Wyllie.
Anne Dickson Waldrop and her second husband are living in Salem, Va.
In Roanoke she sees Edie Page Gill
Breakell, who suffered a stroke in Jan.
and is still recovering.
Amanda Parsley Worth was widowed
in 1991 after 43 years. She has 3
children, 3 grandchildren and 5 greatgrands. She reads, cooks, walks, knits
and visits the beach.
Mary Kathryn Frye Hemphill says:
“Find a good retirement place, a good
solution to your children’s worries
about what to do with Mama.”
Wyline Chapman Sayler (88) and
husband Henry (my brother, 91) still
love St. Petersburg. They have their
circle of travel, church and Racquet
Club; she still drives. Of 4 boys, 2
are in town—one across the state
and one in Ellijay, Ga. They have 10
grandchildren.
Jean Ridler Fahrenbach had a busy
summer with a cruise on the Great
Lakes and trips to Portland, Maine for
family reunions. She looks forward to
a Rhodes Scholar Program at Glacier
Park in Sept. She stays busy with
Mah Jong, volunteer work and her
computer/iPad.
Betty Gray is in a retirement community. She keeps in touch with friends.
Mary Haskins King sees her Lookout
Mt. friends occasionally. Hilda Hude
Chapin and her husband, Ed, are still
in their home. Mary’s daughter is taking her to visit SBC in Oct.
Frances Estes Seibels has 11 greatgranddaughters and another on the
way—amazing after having 2 daughters and 2 sons.
Hedy Edwards Davenport built a
house on the brow of Lookout Mt. at
age 72. She plays golf and bridge,
travels and spends winters in her
house in Fla. She goes to Spoleto in
Charleston, S.C., every year and the Music
Festival in Aspen, Colo., in the summer.
She has 9 great-grandchildren.
Cappy Price Bass has 4 children, 8 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. Her
husband Bruce is 94, and they’re celebrating 66 years together.
Lile Tucker Bell (90) lives at Westminster
Canterbury, Richmond. Her dear Tom died
in 1997. She has 3 daughters, 6 grands
and 4 great-grands. A son and daughter-inlaw live in Staunton. Recent highlight was
a grandson’s wedding in Raleigh.
Mildred Carothers Healy has lived in an
assisted living facility since her Bill died
2 years ago. They had been at Vicar’s
Landing Retirement Community in Ponte
Vedra, Fla. for 18 years. They have 8
grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
Nancy-Ellen Feazell Kent and her husband
divide their time between Atlanta and
Hilton Head. They have 4 grands and 5
great-grands (4 boys, one girl).
Harriett Porcher Barnwell is in a retirement home in Charleston, S.C. She’s a
widow; has 3 children, 3 grandchildren
and 6 great-grandchildren. She uses a
walker, reads constantly, does water aerobics, drinks martinis and tries to laugh!
Sarah Temple Moore is having fun with
old friends, going out to social events,
family reunions held at the Homestead,
Richmond and Savannah. She’s a proud
matriarch of 22 grandchildren and 12
great-grandchildren. She still lives in the
same “yard” where she was born 89 years
ago. She keeps up with Mary Haskins King
and Hedy Edwards Davenport.
Ellen Marcus Kates says that her son and
daughter-in-law, who live nearby, bring her
much pleasure. She reads, knits, goes
cruising, works word puzzles and studies
earth sciences.
Mary Symes Anderson celebrated her
90th birthday (in Woody Creek, Colo.) with
her 5 children, 6 of her 9 grandchildren
and assorted in-laws and friends.
After graduation, Doreen Brugger Wetzig
worked in a research lab where she met
her future husband, a Dr. from Colo. They
moved from N.Y., with a son and daughter,
and lived in Colo. for 60 years; where they
had another son and daughter. She now
has 3 great-grandchildren. Her husband
passed away in 2006. She has had a
stroke, but improves daily.
Mary Herbert Taylor in Columbia, S.C.,
still lives in the house they built 57 years
ago. Edward (96) still plays tennis and she
walks 1 1/2 miles each day. They’re indeed blessed with lots of family and a first
great-grandchild (girl) born 8/28/12.
I, Dale Sayler Morgan, lost my dear Philip
10 years ago and have missed him every
day. I’m still active with Trustees’ Garden
Club, Colonial Dames; needlepoint, bridge
twice a week, attending church, civic
events and social events. My thanks to
Sarah Temple Moore for sending me a
clipping with my picture from The Garden
Club of America August Bulletin, greeting
the delegates at the GCA Annual Meeting
held in Savannah last April. My 2 sons
and their families live here. My daughter
Diane and her husband Dick Viall are still
in Sewickley, Pa., except for late Nov. thru
April when they’re in San Martin de los
Andes, Argentina. I have 7 grandchildren.
My fondest memories are of SBC and the
friendships made when we were there.
1946
Mary Vandeventer Saunders
955 Harpersville Rd.
Newport News, VA 23601
1947
Linda McKoy Stewart
18 Osprey Ln.
Rumson, NJ 07760
[email protected]
1948
Nancy Vaughn Kelly
4800 Fillmore Ave., Apt. 614
Alexandria, VA 22311
[email protected]
Peggy Sheffield Martin
2525 Peachtree Rd. NE, Apt. 24
Atlanta, GA 30305
[email protected]
1949
Catherine C. Reynolds
20 Loeffler Rd.T408
Bloomfield, Ct. 06002
[email protected]
I’m writing this column on 8/20/12, having just returned from a reunion in Aspen,
Colo. with Preston Hodges Hill and Carolyn
Cannady Evans. We stayed for a week in
Preston’s condo talking about old times,
attending many concerts, lectures and
plays and taking scenic walks and rides.
Preston Hodges Hill is busy with children
and grandchildren as well as activities in
Denver. She still plays tennis and participates in a book and bridge club.
Carolyn Cannady Evans lives in a retirement community in Ashburn, Va. She’ll be
taking over as our class secretary with the
next edition of the SBC magazine. Please
send news to her at 21045 Cardinal Pond
Ter. No.1199, Ashburn, VA 20147-6124,
tel.(703) 729-1133 or email ccevens49@
verizon.net.
My last report was inadvertently omitted
from the SBC magazine. Those of you
without email may not have received it
from the college. Sadly my news contained
many obituaries. A more recent death is
that of Judy Baldwin Waxter who died July
30 in Cockeysville, Md. She and Bill lived
at Broadmead, a retirement community
outside Baltimore. Bill survives.
I’ve enjoyed being in touch with so many
of you as your class secretary. I’m sure
Carolyn will do a fine job as my successor.
Please send her your news and start thinking about our next reunion in May of 2014.
1951
Patty Lynas Ford
2165 West Dry Creek Road
Healdsburg, CA 95448
[email protected]
Thank you all for contributing to our class
notes.
I am sorry to report that we lost 2 of our
classmates this year: Joan Widau Marshall
died on 4/17/12 and Anne Adams
Coulbourn died on 8/31/12. Should you
wish to write to the families, please contact the alumnae office.
Lynne McCullough Gush: We’re performing
“Midsummer Night’s Nightmare” 4 times
before 9/1, then on to “The Nutcracker”
for Dec. I’m much engaged with fall schedule, working until 7:30 each night.
Janet Broman Dingle: In 11/11 I moved
into a retirement village. My new address
is: 200 Hamlet Hills Dr., Chagrin Falls,
OH 44022. My husband, Larry, resides
in a nearby Alzheimer facility and, sadly,
his health is declining. I enjoy visits from
my 2 daughters and their families. How
surprised I was to be reading my College
magazine this past fall and run across a
picture of my grandson, Jeff Carl, who was
performing a concert at my alma mater!
Rosalie “Pinkie” Barringer Warnham: I’m
Tom’s caregiver. I still swim a half mile
every day at the Bishop’s pool. We recently
adopted Charlie (Cairn/poodle). I keep
up with my Altar Guild duties at St. James
by the Sea. I never thought I’d live to be
almost (Nov.) 83. Cataract surgery scheduled for fall.
Angie Vaughan Halliday: Susan Taylor
Hubbard came to visit us on 4/25 for the
Wildflower Weekend at Natural Bridge
State Park, Ky., and returned to Norfolk on
the 30th. She had not been to Louisville
for many years—wonderful time!
Jean Graham “Randie” Randolph Bruns:
We’re slowly recovering from the wild
storm. Wonderful community spirit, but
everyone is still frazzled. For the first time
in 30 years the sound of the approaching
wind sent me into my inner closet with
lamp and flashlight. Lightning was blinding
long into the night.
Ruth Oddy Meyer: I’m still a hospital volunteer and attend painting and exercise
classes, but had our last visit to London in
June as our eldest son and family returned
home after 7 years of living in the U.K. We
now have a freshman granddaughter at
U. Richmond, another one a junior at U.
Miami, Fla., a third who graduated from
Middlebury a year ago and is now living
and working in N.Y., and a 4th who is a
freshman in h.s. Mona Wilson Beard and
I keep in touch by email, but if anyone
has any news of Sis Hayden D’Wolf, I’d
greatly appreciate hearing from them at
[email protected].
Sue Lockley Glad: I’m at Black Butte
Ranch for the summer enjoying golf,
bridge, family. Two quick trips, one to
L.A. to see the USS IOWA, now open as
a museum in San Pedro Harbor. My husband, Ned, had served on the ship from
1943-1945. Accompanied my daughter
and granddaughter to N.Y.C. to check out
Columbia U. Having lived in N.Y.C. for 9
years, I acted as tour guide.
Ann Mountcastle Gamble-Blechta: In
2/12 I lost “The Love of My Life” George
Blechta (98). He died peacefully, quietly
and quickly. I went to Richmond, Va. this
spring and had lunch with Mary Pease
Fleming and Sue Taylor Hubbard. I’m off
to Paris this week until the end of Aug. I do
this every year. My 5 grandchildren are 16,
17, 17, 21, 24.
Ann Benet Yellott: Excerpts from an
article written by daughter Andie Yellott
’67. “…She took every opportunity to ride
anything and everything available, riding at SBC as Huntsman to a pack of 2
½ couple foxhounds with her roommate
Billie Herron as her Whipper-in, and finding horses to ride on the various Marine
Corps bases she lived on as a young bride
with her beloved husband, Kin. Raising
2 children then took precedence and her
riding career was back-burnered until the
mid-70s when she returned to riding with
More class notes online
sbc.edu/magazine
a vengeance...Thereafter she hunted…
before turning to dressage in the early
90s. In addition, she has owned many
horses, and most recently her Century
Club ride, the Andalusian Icastico ‘Ferdie’
(18)…On 5/26/12, the pair received a
score of 60.645% at First Level, Test 3,
at MDA’s Heavenly Waters’ Recognized
Dressage show to join the Century Club!…
Annie has volunteered for MDA, MCTA and
the Therapeutic Riding Program of Carroll
County to name a few.”
Mary Pease Fleming: We moved to
Cedarfield on 5/30/12 and are happy, but
gradually settling in to a 3-room, 2-bath
apartment. New address: 2300 Cedarfield
Parkway, Apt 368, Richmond,VA 23233;
new email address: rfleming2300@
comcast.net. Our tel.is the same: (804)
288-4835.
Patty Lynas Ford: We recently had lunch
with Julie Micou Eastwood and Dick in
our favorite restaurant in St. Helena in the
Napa Valley. We had a brief visit with our
daughter and family in Leesburg, Va. in
May. Watching our great-grandson grow
up is a pleasure. Alas, we didn’t have
time to drive down to see Jean Graham
“Randie” Randolph in Warm Springs, Va.
I’m now in my 16th year as a volunteer
at the Healdsburg Animal Shelter. I don’t
work with big dogs anymore, but there are
plenty of little ones who need cuddling
and walks.
1952
Jane Russo Sheehan
600 S. Main St.
Mansfield, MA 02048
[email protected]
Thanks to Pat Layne Winks and Joanne
Holbrook Patton for help with these notes.
Our 60th Reunion was a blast. The weekend was beautiful, but went by too quickly.
Joanie and I flew to Washington where
we met Nancy Morrow Lovett and drove
to SBC together. We caught up on the
ride. Joanie was in process of negotiating with the Town of Hamilton to gift the
Patton estate to the town. (It has since
been accepted.) She’s about to move into
a smaller house down the street: 135
Asbury St., Topsfield, MA 01930. Nancy
is active with DAR, traveling, dancing and
more. Others present at Reunion were:
Grace Wallace Brown, Nancy Hamel
Clark, Grace DeLong Einsel, Grace Jones
Fishel with husband Harry, Mary Barcus
Hunter, Sue Judd Silcox with husband
Jack, Patricia Beech Thompson with
husband Calvin and daughter Jennifer,
and Pat Layne Winks with partner Henry.
Pat Beech Thompson impressed everyone with her one-woman show, “Women
Thru the Ages.” Beginning with women in
antiquity, Pat brought to life the contributions of famous women, including SBC’s
founder, Indiana Fletcher Williams. I think
we have a lot to be proud of in SBC’s efforts to preserve the best and keep up
with the times to prepare young women
for a rapidly evolving world. Our 60th
Reunion Class Gift, with a participation
rate of 65%, was $55,683! $11,280.19 of
that was from a fund from income earned
by the note cards and shirts with folk art
scenes of life at SBC provided by Grace
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Wallace Brown and sold at the bookstore.
Sunday morning we ended Reunion with
a memorial service in the chapel. Our
classmates who passed away this past
year were remembered: Winifred Collins
Brister, Edith Marsh Fonda, Mary Gesler
Hanson, Suzanne Bassewitz Mentzinger
and Catherine Coxe Page. Shortly after
Reunion, we heard the sad news that
Donna Reese Godwin had died in Jackson,
Miss., on 6/08.
Other news: Kate Shaw Minton has moved
from her home of 54 years to 122 Palmers
Hill Rd., Stamford, CT 06902. Joanie
Patton and Ginger Dreyfus Karren met for
lunch in N.Y.C. with Suzanne Bassewitz
Mentzinger a few months before her
death. Nell Dumas Herff regretted missing Reunion, but her grandson was being
married on their ranch. Martha Legg
Kates and Bill cited health issues holding
them down, but said they’re taking care
of each other. They were able to get to
Fla. with family (15 of them in all) to see
sister Sallie (SBC ’49) shortly before she
died. Lillian Thu Pham sent regrets, but
had a granddaughter graduating from law
school. Nancy Morrow Lovell visited her
after Reunion in Washington, D.C. Kier
Henley Donaldson also had a granddaughter graduating from college. She’s still active with the Pawling, N.Y. Concert Series,
selecting artists and doing promotions.
She has 2 sons, 2 granddaughters, works
out, reads and plays bridge. Ann Hoagland
Plumb Kelsey went on a cruise through
the Panama Canal, then flew to Boulder,
Colo. for Jack’s grandson’s graduation
from U. Colo. Granddaughter Sarah Plumb
graduated from Dartmouth. Polly Plumb
deButts had surgery this year, which kept
her down. Benita Phinizy Johnson spent
Christmas in N.C. with her sons. Mary Lois
Miller’s husband High has been having
health problems. Carroll Morgan Legge
has moved to Blakehurst Community,
1055 Joppa Rd. Apt #206, Towson, MD
21204. She has 3 married daughters and
8 grandchildren—4 boys, 4 girls. She still
plays golf and bridge, takes art, writing
and other courses. She tells us that Louise
Warfield Stump hasn’t been well. She also
is in touch with Marianne Vorys Minister,
who has sold her decorator business
and moved to a retirement community in
Columbus. I also heard that Peggy Nelson
Harding lost her husband Nort, and that
she had been ill.
Pat Layne Winks and Henry had a trip
to Paris. I see Betsy Wilder Cady from
time to time. Betsy told me that she saw
a film about Harvey Milk in which our
classmate Sally Gearhart plays a big part.
Coincidentally, I just learned that one of
Sally’s former drama students in Texas
in 1963, Carla Blumberg, has endowed
$1.2 million to U. Ore. for the Sally Miller
Gearhart Chair of Lesbian Studies. Sally
had already donated her papers there.
Carla said, “I wanted to honor Sally because she is one of the bravest women
with the most integrity of anyone I have
ever met.”
Nancy Laemmel Hartmann and Bruce
are still in Nashville and enjoying the
grandchildren.
Dick and I are still in our farmhouse. I still
ride, but gave up dressage judging. I went
to Dallas in June to my granddaughter
Julia’s Bat Mitzvah. Diana and Ethan, Julia
and Emmett were here several times over
the summer. The rest of the family isn’t
too far.
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Joanne mentioned that her reunion report
to Marion “Shug” Graves was returned
from her last Lexington, Ky. address. Do
any of you know about her? The alumnae
office has quite a list of our classmates
classified as “lost” or “no mail.” Any help
in locating those folks would be welcome.
Please send me your news for the next
issue. I wish I had known all of you better
when we were students, but I am trying to
make up for it now!
1953
Florence Pye Apy
67 Rivers Edge Dr.
Little Silver, NJ 07739
[email protected]
Shortly after submitting the last class
notes, Edie Norman reported that Shirley
Rankin Dumesnil’s husband, Ed, died
on 1/29/12 of leukemia. Edie expressed
her condolences at a later date at lunch
with Shirley. Edie also reported that Jane
Dawson Mudwilder of Anchorage, Ky., died
on 5/18/12. Jane was a retired realtor.
Her husband Robert predeceased her. She
was survived by 4 children and 6 grandchildren. Caroline Miller Ewing attended
the viewing. Our class extends sympathy
to both families. Our sympathy also
goes to the family of Louise Somerville
Krotzer, who died in Philadelphia, Pa.,
on 11/10/2008. She was survived by
her husband, Henry, 3 daughters and 3
grandchildren. I spoke with Louise several
months before she died. She had completed her freshman year at Sweet Briar.
June Arata Pickett’s husband Bob died
on 5/8/12. C. J. and Katzy Bailey Nager
attended the funeral. June and Bob’s son
had already made plans before Bob’s
death to move to Vero Beach to be near
June and Bob. Again, our sympathy to June
and her family.
Happier news: Jack and Kirk Tucker
Clarkson celebrated the 60th anniversary
of her Junior Year in France with her Paris
roommate. She saw all the members of
her French family and stayed in a country home near Tours with the son of the
lady with whom she had lived. This was
followed by a trip to England to visit her
World War II pen pal.
Caroline Miller Ewing wrote that she had
moved to a “smaller place.” She added
that the skills in theater and set design
she learned as a member of Paints and
Patches have helped her in “downsizing.”
She takes joy in having her granddaughter
matriculate at Georgetown U., husband
Bud’s alma mater.
Nan Locke Rosa and Frank are looking
into a Panama Canal cruise to celebrate
their 55th wedding anniversary. For Nan’s
80th birthday her daughter, son-in-law and
husband feted her with a surprise party for
30 friends and family members.
Polly Sloan Shoemaker and Jimmy and
Betty Behlen Stone spent a weekend in
April with Jack and Kirk at their Fla. home.
Kirk also sees Eleanor Johnson Ashby and
Katty Turner Mears frequently. In May the
last 2 of the Clarkson’s 4 grandchildren
graduated from college, Jack III from Ole
Miss and Tucker from U. of Ga.
The Apys expect the last of their 10 grandchildren to graduate in 2033 on a date
which may conflict with our 80th reunion!
In the meantime we enjoyed a mini-reunion with Princeton’s Class of ’54, which
took us to Portugal and Spain via the
Douro River. Hope to see all of you in May
at our 60th Reunion (May 31-June 2).
1954
Bruce Watts Krucke
7352 Toogoodoo Rd.
Yonges Island, SC 29449
[email protected]
Our sympathies and condolences go to the
families of classmates who have passed
away recently. We can be proud of their
lives of service. We lost our May Queen,
Fran Reese Peale, last March and Nancy
Maury Miller in July. It’s a shame that
the first we’ve ever heard about Louise
Skinner McLaughlin is that she has died.
Full obituaries for these classmates can
be read in the online version of the notes
located on the alumnae website.
Sally Gammon Plummer had a family
reunion in July. She rented a cabin near
Bozeman, Mont. Eldest daughter Lisa and
husband Bill came from Portland, Ore.;
son Dave came from Missoula, Mont.; and
Sally drove up with her younger daughter
Nancy, who lives in Arvada, Colo. On Sept.
8 Sally leaves for a weeklong birding trip
to Cape May, N.J., and has high hopes
for reaching 500 North American species
seen. She still volunteers weekly at the
Denver Museum of Nature and Science
and is active at church.
Lamar Ellis Oglesby lost her husband in
Feb., had her knee replaced in May and
will have cataract surgery in Aug/Sept.
Her knee op was successful, and she is
walking without pain. She and 19 family
members are going to Costa Rica together
after Christmas. Lamar solicits our prayers
for her daughter Frances who has been
fighting cancer for 7 years.
Jean “Sissy” Morris Long writes: We’ve
just moved and love our new digs. Anne
White Connell is across the street. She
just got home to stay from Houston and
her long round of successful chemo. Our
Friday night supper club has dwindled, and
Betty Gene Orr Atkinson is mostly at home
now. I visit her often. I do see “Peaches”
Davis Roane. She lost Jack on Mother’s
Day in May. She went to Sea Island this
summer with her daughters. I published
my book, “Finding Kate,” last Dec. (history of my grandmother who came to Ark.
from Va. to teach school in 1885). Elaine
Colmer ’55 also lives here in an apt. with
husband Bob.
Magaret “Peggy” Jones Steuart writes
from Jamaica: We’re in Jamaica right now
with some of our family, Brad, middle son
and his 5 children. All 28 have been here
this summer at one time or another. Ages
of the grandchildren range from one to 28!
I see Doreen Booth Hamilton occasionally
and a group of alumnae in other classes,
Tuttie Webster, Kay Diane Bowles ’57 to
name a few. We’re fortunate to have 4
lovely daughters-in-law and a great son-inlaw. Everyone lives about 15 minutes from
us. Still volunteering as chair of the garden
committee at the Washington Cathedral
and on the Board of Tudor Place Historic
Home and Gardens in Georgetown.
Jerry Dreisbach Ludeke: My big trip this
year was to Iceland and Greenland with
Overseas Adventure Travel. Since then I’ve
had 2 camping trips in the High Sierra.
One was an Elderhostel starting with a
hike from 6000’ to 8000’ elevation in
the first mile and finally settling down at
7600 for a week. The second one was
a week with my San Francisco family at
Camp Mather on the Hetch Hetchy road
bordering Yosemite. Our older son is still
in Costa Rica where he and his wife both
work for the American Embassy. Their 3
children are all in the states, 2 in Calif.
and the married one in Washington, D.C.
Our younger son and wife plus 3 sons (10,
13, 15) are still in San Francisco.
Dallas “Dilly” Johnson Jones: Daughter
Louise ’84 and Jim have son Charlie,
a sophomore at Wofford playing soccer, and son Giles, a freshman at W&L
playing soccer. Their daughter Lucia is
a freshman at the Atlanta International
School. They still live in Atlanta. Daughter
Sanford and husband Gene are in Great
Falls, Mont. where Gene is president of
the Univ. of Great Falls. Their triplet boys
are freshmen in h.s. (Dilly might get to
see Vicky Toof Johson when visiting in
Great Falls.) In May, Ann Collins Teachout
and Bill came to visit and later Vaughan
Inge Morrissette spent a night! The news
from Ruth Frye Deaton and Hugo is not
so cheery. Several years ago Ruthie had
bone surgery on one of her ankles, and
it hasn’t gone well. Hugo has had cancer.
He’s had a procedure and chemo. They’re
home with help. Last I heard from Merrill
Underwood Barringer and Paul, they were
taking a condo in Charlottesville, but
were also keeping a place in Weldon. One
more thing: I recently received an invite
to a party in Highlands, N.C., to educate
people about a Historic Trust house here
in Macon. The hostess for the party was
listed Mrs. Frank McLain. When I called
to regret, I told the lady that I had a classmate named Mary Lee McGinnis McLain
and her husband was Frank. Could this be
the same person? Indeed it was!
Ann Collins Teachout says Dilly will be
visiting them in Oct. She and Bill are busy
volunteers and have had an eventful year
with grandchildren: 2 graduating from college and one of those marrying, another
producing twin girls making them greatgrandparents. They also took a spring
cruise to the Caribbean with his older sisters. Their oldest daughter moved to New
Haven last year and they love that excuse
to visit New England.
Ann Thomas Donohue had news of the
derecho in June. In Arlington, where Ann
lives, it consisted of a weird ‘sturm und
drang’ with lots of lightning and formidable
winds, which did in countless trees and
wiped out electricity for a spell. Ann and
Tom spent a few days on the eastern shore
with kids, grandkids and dogs.
Our London classmate, Joan Oram Reid,
wrote: Husband Bob and I still live in
central London as he’s still the chairman
of ICE Futures, the oil trading exchange.
I’m still busy with my historical research,
mainly to do with Benjamin Franklin. I’m
also curating a small exhibition at The
Wallace Collection Feb. through April
2013, showing the 300-year silver inscription collection of the Past Overseers
Society of Westminster. The family is
busy with 4 small businesses starting
up. Cirrus Communications, Frog, Fish
and Scoobits. Fish has just sold some
software to the FBI in Washington. Joan’s
grandchildren are all growing up, with 2 of
the Australians with them at the moment
for their work and gap year activities. Joan
noted that they’re devastated by the loss
of Anne Sheffield Hale and her husband
Bradley.
I spent a week with a friend who lives in
Merida on the Yucatan Peninsula in Feb. In
May I spent a long weekend in Savannah
with a photo club from Southern Pines,
N.C., as the guest of a member. June saw
us at North Topsail Island, N.C., for another get together with my sister, Virginia
Watts Fournier ’44, and family. In July, Bill
and I enjoyed a boat trip down the Elbe
River from Hamburg to Prague. I’m into
photography, gallery website, journaling
trips, choir, folding bulletins and driving
senior citizens to appointments. It doesn’t
take much to keep in touch—email me!
1955
Emily Hunter Slingluff
1217 North Bay Shore Dr.
Virginia Beach, VA 23451
[email protected]
It’s sad to report the deaths of 2 of our
classmates. Mary Judith Trevor Nettles
died on Jan. 21. Carolyn Neighbors Hart
died on July 2. Their names will be read
at the memorial service during Reunion
2013. I know we all send love to their
families.
Frankie Marbury Coxe writes from
Menerbes, France: Tench and I loved
Atlanta and for 40 years, threw ourselves
into the life of the community. Our 2 children, Tench and Molly, went to Dartmouth,
Princeton and Harvard. Today we live in
the medieval village of Menerbes, France,
in a restored 11th-century chateau. Tench
Jr. is a venture capitalist in Palo Alto, Calif.,
and Molly is writing and illustrating children’s books in Bellingham, Wash. They all
come to Provence at least once a year for
2 or 3 weeks.
Camille Williams Yow writes from Atlanta:
In June, I spent a week in Rome immersed
in music provided by Robert McDuffie’s
Rome Chamber Festival, now in its 10th
year. (Robert McDuffie is Camille’s son-inlaw and a famous violinist.) The music was
performed in the Palazzo Barberini in the
Quirinale area and, also, one evening at
the residence of our ambassador to Italy.
Then on to Paris for another week of music
and a day trip to Normandy. In Aug. I spent
a week in Aspen. All 4 of my grandchildren
are now in college.
Newell Bryan Tozzer sees our Atlanta
classmates often. Kathleen Peebles
Ballou had a luncheon for Mary Reid
Daugette, who moved to a retirement
area. Classmates who attended were
Newell, Sue Lawton Mobley and Camille
Williams Yow.
Meta Space Moore in Charleston, S.C.
is very involved with ministry at St.
Michaels Episcopal Church. She sees a
lot of her children, some in Charleston,
and also keeps up with our classmates
Derrill Maybank Haygood and Nella Gray
Barkley.
Betty Byrne Gill Ware writes from
Richmond about their travels and their visits with their children. She plays lots of golf
and bridge plus does important volunteer
work; she and Hudnall exercise regularly
when in Richmond and in Naples, Fla., in
the winter.
Honey Addington Passano writes from
Gibson Island, Md., where they spend
much of their time, that life there is full as
always with family and friends and boating. When in Baltimore, they enjoy living in
a nice retirement place.
Emily Hunter Slingluff, Virginia Beach: Life
is full and exciting. Friends tell me that it
is good that I am busy rather than bored,
but I think of my mother telling me, and I
agree, that an educated person is never
bored. Love to all. We’re the tops!
1956
Frances Shannonhouse
Clardy
1700 Queens Rd. W
Charlotte, NC 28207
[email protected]
Nancy Salisbury Spencer
2580 Club Park Rd.
Winston-Salem, NC 27104
[email protected]
Before our last reunion, our classmates
received questionnaires asking for the
news of their lives. Half of the news appeared in the last magazine. The remaining classmates’ news appears here. First
we received sad news that our classmate,
Catherine Colquitt Blue of Shreveport,
La. died. After 2 years at Sweet Briar she
graduated from the Univ. of Ok. She is
survived by a son, daughter and several
grandchildren.
Sally Ann Hyde McMillin lives in Ithaca,
N.Y., and is a ticket manager for the
Cornell Concert Series. A widow, her
husband’s book on musical theater was
published posthumously and won the
George G. Nathan Award in 2007. She has
3 children and 4 grandchildren.
Anne Parker “Parksie” Carroll Mulhollend
and husband Jack, a retired doctor, divide
their time between Fort Myers, Fla. and
Charlottesville, Va. She received a degree
in radiologic technology from John Hopkins
Univ. and is a retired radiologic technician.
They have 3 children and 7 grandchildren.
She enjoys the winters in Fort Myers and
plays lots of golf.
Helen Turner Murphy and husband Tayloe
still live in the country near Mount Holly,
Va. Tayloe is now retired. They have a
daughter and grandson. Helen enjoys all
outdoor activities including fishing, tennis,
sailing and gardening. She has served on
many boards and has been Senior Warden
of her church.
Margaret Anne “Peggy Anne” Rogers
received an M.A. in journalism on a grant
at Univ. of Iowa. She worked for Saturday
Evening Post and Lippincott Publishers in
N.Y. She also served as a guidance counselor at a Catholic school and worked as
a truant officer. Now she lives in a retirement community and enjoys traveling.
Allison Scott “Scottie” Boykin Parsons
received her B.A. at Univ. of Md. She and
husband Jim live at a retirement home
in Glenwood, Md. Jim worked at the U.S.
Senate Sergeant of Arms Office and
Scottie worked for the National Cathedral
and Hillwood Museum. She keeps active through exercise, tennis, bridge and
5 book clubs. Five of her 6 children live
nearby. They also have 11 grandchildren.
Betty “Bett” Forbes Rayburn received
an A.B. from Univ. of Ga. She and her
husband Donnie live on her 150-year-old
family farm. She’s a farmer and he’s a
great gardener and tractor driver. She has
3 children and 5 grandchildren.
Brandon Forrest Rohr graduated from
George Wash. Univ. A widow, she and her
husband both had careers in the insurance business. They were married 53.5
years with 2 children, 7 grandchildren
and 2 great-grandchildren. She is a liberal
Democrat and a devout Episcopalian.
Ann Train Ross, our Scottish classmate,
received a degree from the U. of St.
Andrews in Scotland. She retired from
medical research and training and lives
in England with her husband. She volunteers at the Village Primary School as a
reading tutor. They have 3 children and 6
grandchildren.
Kathryn “Kay” Smith Schauer spent a year
at Stanford after Sweet Briar. She teaches
elementary school, is a book keeper and
tax preparer. Kay and husband Bob have
been married for 51 years. They have 3
children. She has enjoyed participating in
political activities and is currently organizing her community’s plans to deal with
natural disasters.
Nancy Salisbury Spencer and husband
Jim, a retired captain airline pilot, live in
Winston-Salem. Nancy has 2 children.
She and Jim, between them, have 12
grandchildren. Nancy remains a “passionate gardener.” Her beautiful garden is well
known in the state, and she generously
opens it to visitors throughout the year.
She is also active in her Episcopal Church
and has served on the board of visitors of
Kanuga Episcopal Conference Center.
Jane Street Steele lives in Raleigh. Her
husband Henry is an adjunct professor at
Maryland College and an industry consultant. Jane has a son and daughter. She
served as a docent at the N.C. Museum of
Art for 20 years and currently serves as a
Stephen Minister at her church. She and
Henry have traveled extensively.
Leila Thompson Taratus graduated from
Emory Univ. with a B.A. degree. Her husband Kenneth is a retired orthodontist.
She had open heart surgery in 2011. She
enjoys golf. They have 3 children and 8
grandchildren. Her daughter, Leila, married Helen Wolf Evans’ son, Thomas.
Recently, she had lunch with Weesie
Grant, Laura Bowen and Pryde Brown,
whose daughter is an art professor at
Emory.
Marguerite Geer Wellborn graduated from
Univ. of Ga. Her husband Marshall is a
retired banker. They have 4 children and 9
grandchildren.
Mary Ann Hicklin Willingham has been
married 12 years to husband Jim. She
lives in her family home in Asheville and is
a retired realtor. She has 3 daughters and
6 grandchildren. She is blessed with good
health and continues to be active in her
community and church.
Joan Broman Wright and husband Jim, a
retired account executive at Merrill Lynch,
live in Charlottesville, Va. They chose to
retire there after living many years in Fla.
They have 2 children and 2 grandchildren.
She is active in a gardening club and
opera guild and enjoys gardening and
reading.
Frances Shannonhouse Clardy has lived
in the same house in Charlotte, N.C. for 47
years. A widow, her husband Jim for who
she was married to for 51 years was an investment banker. She has 2 children and
5 grandchildren. She enjoys spending time
with her grandchildren, gardening and
volunteer work. She continues to be very
active with the Colonial Dames.
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1957
Carol McMurtry Fowler
10 Woodstone Sq.
Austin, TX 78703
[email protected]
Notes were written by Nannette McBurney
Crowdus and Jane Pinckney deButts.
The Class of 1957 was well represented
at our 55th Reunion last May. Attending
were Judith Ruffin Anderson, Kay Diane
Moore Bowles, Mary Landon Smith
Brugh, Nannette McBurney Crowdus,
Jane Pinckney deButts, Baba Conway
Debicki, Catherine Meacham Durgin,
Ninie Laing, Joy Peebles Massie, Cynnie
Wilson Ottaway, Virginia Marks Paget,
Chips Chao Pai, Dee Robin, Sandra
Stingily Simpson and Charlotte Heuer
Watts. Accompanying them were John
Bowles, Bill Crowdus, Hunter deButts,
Jimmie Massie, David Pai and Bob Watts.
Honorary class member and former president, Betsy Muhlenfeld, and her husband,
Larry Wollen, joined us. Jane Fitzgerald
Treherne-Thomas, Margie Scott Johnson
and Day Gibson Kerr planned to come,
but were unable to because of illness or
injuries. We missed everyone who wasn’t
there! The scrapbook that Carol McMurtry
Fowler put together was poured over from
cover to cover by all who attended. Thank
you, Carol, for your usual fabulous job.
It is indeed a great way to catch up with
everyone.
Friday evening we gathered for cocktails
and picture taking on the deck of the
Elston Inn. We enjoyed a brief visit from
President Jo Ellen Parker and Louise and
Scott Zingaro. Our “hangout” was the reception room at the Inn, wonderful spot!
Sat. morning we found our way to the
Prothro Dining Room for a fine breakfast
featuring omelets made to order, which
fortified us for the bean bag toss challenge
from the Class of 1982. Cynnie’s daughter
Lele is a member of ’82 and had set up
everything in front of the Senior Stairs.
For “everything,” think Bloody Marys,
Mimosas, water, etc. plus the bean bag
boards made by Lele and her daughter
featuring Vixens. The winner received a
bottle of champagne (we won, of course).
There will be a rematch during our 60th,
so practice.
President Parker’s college update meeting
Sat. was packed. She’s quite attractive
and held our attention completely with
reports concerning the strategic plan.
One thing which caught our attention was
the information that a matching grant of
$20,000 is available for every $20,000
raised to renovate classrooms with cutting
edge technology. We have been challenged by the Class of 2007 to match their
gifts up to $10,000. If you want to be a
part of this effort, let Nannette know.
The Reunion luncheon and the evening
cocktail buffet were held in the gymnasium of the new Fitness and Athletics
Center, which is an impressive multipurpose facility with rooms and offices donated by some of our class members. We
announced that our lifetime gifts to Sweet
Briar total $12 million! No other class is
even close to that number! The applause
was deafening. And of course, we still hold
the record for the most ever given by any
class at any Reunion with our gift for our
50th: $617, 657.57. Pictures were taken
at Prothro in front of the plaque commemorating our achievements. Thanks
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to all of you who participated in our 55th
Reunion Gift to establish scholarships
for students who will be named “Class of
1957 Scholars.” By the way, you can still
donate to our scholarship effort with any
Annual Fund gift.
Nannette agreed to continue as class
fundraiser and Carol as our permanent
journalist. Note: Jane and Nannette are
writing this because Carol messed up her
dates and was in France during Reunion.
No comment on her planning. Jane was
elected president because she hasn’t
done it before; she will do a good job and
she is back in Va. Many thanks to Cynnie
for serving for the last 5 years.
Quite a few of us visited Nancy Godwin
Baldwin in her nursing home in Amherst.
She was thrilled to see us and she was all
dressed up for us, wearing her wonderful
frog necklace.
Breakfast with Jo Ellen Parker for the 55th
ladies was on the agenda Sunday morning, followed by church, then a visit to
Sweet Briar House where we were entertained by Daisy Williams, a most charming
young lady. It’s time to mark your calendars for our 60th!
1958
Jane Shipman Kuntz
4015 Orchard View Pl., No. 1
Powell, OH 43065
[email protected]
1959
Ali Wood Thompson
89 Pukolu Way
Wailea, HI 96753
[email protected]
For those of you that sent in your news, so
many thanks to you! Mark your calendars
for our 55th Reunion in 2014, May 30June 1!
Passings: Susan Timberlake Thomas of
Staunton, Va. died Monday, 8/20/12.
Contact Updates: Mary Boyd Davis: 1000
Vicar’s Landing Way # D201, Ponte Vedra
Beach, FL 32082. Tel. (904) 285-7118.
Pat Davis Stuker: 8548 Pepper Tree way,
Naples FL 34114. Tel. (239) 417-4012.
Lucy Frost Dunning: lucdunning37@gmail.
com
Mary Boyd Davis: Irvin and I are moving to
a local (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.) life care
community on Aug. 14. We hate to give up
our home of 25 years, but the time has
come. We still have a guest room! I plan to
meet with Jini Jones Dyer, Sarah Murdock
Moore, Erna Arnold Westwig and Sandi
LaStaiti Sylvia in Williamsburg in Oct.
Pat Davis Sutker: We just sold our summer cottage, hurrah!
Betsy Duke Seaman: Hope everyone’s well
and surviving the summer heat. Thanks to
Judy for organizing a reunion.
Alice Cary Farmer Brown: We’re at our
summer house on an island off the coast
of R.I., but just leaving now to go down to
Fla. for a week where we’re renovating my
recently deceased mother-in-law’s house.
Pat Frawley Gates: Three years later a
beautiful display from our 50th Reunion
Sweet Briar Rose—the dear little blooms
lasted all of 10 days, then I gave it a
drastic hair cut. Anyway, it’s all good, and
I knew if I kept singing our College song it
would finally bloom its heart out.
Jini Jones Vail: In the last 12 months I was
on book tour most of the time, giving 26
talks and loving my new life! Still working
full time—breaking records! Photos on
Facebook and website: jinijonesvail.com.
Virginia MacKethan Kitchin: Spent a trip at
our Sandbridge Beach cottage in Aug. with
our 6 grandchildren, 7th due in December.
Still working at selling real estate and being a docent at the Chrysler Museum in
Norfolk. I am not playing tennis anymore,
but I love watching the pros.
Jane “Puss” Moore Banks: At 75 I decided
to turn the day-to-day operation of the
family assisted living business over to my
daughter, Bunny. She has worked with me
side by side for more than 20 years and
has taken on the mantle with grace and
dignity.
Judy Nevins LeHardy: Ward and I and all
our family were very proud to attend our
grandson Barrett LeHardy’s graduation
from West Point in May. He won special
recognition as the fastest runner on the
cross country team. His sister Annie will
be a sophomore at UNC this year. She is
on a full scholarship for her running! The
other 8 grandchildren are ages 11 to 31,
and our youngest son, Peter, was married
last year. They live in Annapolis. The other
3 families live in Fredericksburg, Arlington
and Roanoke. Three adult grands live
in Los Angeles. None are married, but
the eldest is engaged. I enjoyed going to
Judy Chalmers Simpson’s luncheon for
the “Richmond gang” in June and seeing
classmates I hadn’t seen for years.
Debbie Von Reischach Snyder: What a
beautiful summer; great weather, grandchildren (7), sailing, tennis, golf. We’ll be
in Maine until the beginning of Oct. Have
to leave for a week to go to Shelter Island,
N.Y. to my great aunt’s 100th birthday
party. Don’t want to leave Maine, but it
could be worse. We travel to Portugal and
Spain for 3 weeks the day after Labor Day,
return to Maine for 10 days and then drive
home to Williamsburg.
Ann Smith Heist: We took the 4 grandchildren and Mommy on a week’s cruise
to Bermuda where they snorkeled till they
dropped. Our daughter is sorry to leave the
Boston area, but they will make Ridgefield,
Conn., home now—2 hours less for us to
drive up from Fla. I still write schedules
and do flower shows through GCA and
Federated, and John stays a step ahead
of new technology. If our health holds up
we may head out for the islands in the
Baltic in the spring. Traveling with oxygen
gets tricky, but we have surmounted all
obstacles so far.
Polly Space Dunn: Playing lots of golf,
painting and enjoying our home in the
mountains. My daughter Eleanor and her
son Austin (5) live in Statesboro, Ga. about
50 miles from Savannah. Elizabeth, our
older daughter, lives in Rumson, N.J. with
her daughter (12) and son (9).
Tabb Thornton Farinholt: Several of us
gathered at the cottage Judy rents in
Gloucester each summer. For that occasion (in June) Barbara Sampson Borsch
came to stay with me for several days
on her way to Los Angeles! It’s so good
to reconnect with classmates. Blair and
I are just about to fly to N.H. to Camp
Pasquaney’s final weekend to see grandsons perform in plays: “Mark Antony” in
“Julius Caesar” and “The Paperboy” in
“Our Town.”
Ali Wood Thompson: I guess it’s time to
get the calendar out to find out what I have
done in the past 6 months…My cousin
(80) from Maine came out for a visit so
we decided to go paddling in a 6-man
outrigger canoe twice. Off to Nice in April
for a week and then caught a plane to
Amsterdam where we picked up an 11-day
boat trip up the Rhine to Zurich and then
home to Maui. In early June, it was off to
Freeport, Maine to see my oldest granddaughter graduate from Cheverus HS.
Then a few days later we went on down
to N.J. to see Travis’ sister for a nice visit.
I thought it would be good to get some
more exercise at the senior center, so I
signed up for a Line Dance and Diva Ball
and Stretchy Bands class right after Line
Dance (a lot of stretching to jazzy music).
In July we hosted the top 4 teenage girls
(ages 15-17) from the state of Ariz. for the
Girl’s Junior America’s Cup Tournament
here in Wailea. There were 18 teams from
the western third of the U.S. And lastly,
we had to fly off to Bellevue, Wash. for
a memorial service, but we were able to
see many of our old friends and meet up
with our son because he was in Seattle
on business—hadn’t seen him in 2 years,
a real treat!
Keep me abreast of all address, phone
and email changes. Remember, if you
want me to resend you the address list
just drop me an email and I will send it
on to you.
1960
Carol Barnard Ottenberg
1420 41st Ave. E
Seattle, WA 98112
[email protected]
1961
Elizabeth Hutchins Sharland
1724 Aberdeen Cr.
Crofton, MD 21114
[email protected]
1962
Parry Ellice Adam
33 Pleasant Run Rd.
Flemington, NJ 08822
908-782-3754
[email protected]
Since so many of us gathered at Reunion,
much news was shared then. It was a
spectacular event (including the weather)
with about 50 classmates in attendance. A
lovely memorial service was held on Friday
evening prior to our class dinner. We certainly missed those of you who were unable to attend and hope to hear from you
in the near future.
Just a repeat of how to access the
Scrapbook: you can download it for a
limited period of time at the following link:
http://wikisend.com/download/138974/
classof1962(1).pdf .The password is:
sbc1962. Please be advised that there
may be some compatibility problems
between WikiSend and Internet Explorer,
which may prevent it from downloading correctly to your computer. Should
that happen, or if you prefer, you can
send Adele Vogel Harrell a check for
$6. She will send you a CD with a copy
of the Scrapbook on it. Adele’s address
is: Stonewall Farm, Box 234, Hume, VA
22639.
Photo by Nathan Weber
Medaling in the Arts
Elizabeth “Liz” Glassman ’71 will flatly
tell you that her junior year abroad changed her life.
She arrived in Paris in the fall of 1969 as an
international relations major eying a career in diplomacy.
“I went back my senior year as an art history major,”
In Bonheur’s day, achievement in arts and culture could
only be officially recognized through the Order of the Legion
of Honor. Since the government established the Order of
Arts and Letters in 1957, American recipients have included
author Paul Auster, jazz artist and composer Ornette
she said by phone from her Chicago office at the Terra
Coleman, architect Richard Meier, and actors Robert
Foundation for American Art. “I was seduced by the
Redford, Morgan Freeman and Meryl Streep.
discipline and the excitement of looking at original
masterpieces.”
Nor was Glassman immune to France’s charms, then
Glassman appreciates France’s efforts to acknowledge
cultural contributions.
“To recognize achievements in the arts and letters with
or in the ensuing years. Her charge as president and CEO
one of its highest honors says something about the country,”
of Terra is to share American art with the rest of the world.
she said. “And it makes the recipient that much more
Yet the foundation has a special relationship with France
attached to the country.”
that dates back to 1992, when founder Daniel Terra
For Glassman, the journey that led to the recognition
opened a museum in Giverny. Since Glassman became the
began even before her junior year — international relations
organization’s leader in 2001, she has demonstrated both her
is a useful background to have in her position. After Sweet
devotion to her mission and to the country.
Briar, she earned a master’s in art history from the University
The French government took notice. Not long ago,
of New Mexico and an M.B.A. from the University of
she opened a letter informing her that she had been named
St. Thomas, Houston. Her accomplishments include
an officer in the Order of Arts and Letters. The distinction,
establishing the Georgia O’Keeffe Foundation, of which she
signified by a medal corresponding to the rank awarded,
is president emerita.
recognizes “eminent artists and writers, and people who have
Nonetheless, when the medal is placed around her neck
contributed significantly to furthering the arts in France and
in a ceremony later this year, she will know it’s because she
throughout the world.”
chose to study abroad, she says.
Glassman remembers calling Terra’s Paris office. “I
“I think this is really about Sweet Briar’s Junior Year in
said, ‘What does this mean? Who do I write to say yes?’ ”
France program and how an international experience has
she recalled. “One of my associates there told me that the
grown into a lifelong passion.”
[renowned] French artist Rosa Bonheur was the first woman
to receive the honor.”
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1963
Jane Goodridge
31-C Archdale St.
Charleston, SC 29401
[email protected]
Our class co-presidents Betty Stanly
Cates and Allie Stemmons Simon want to
remind you to put the dates of our 50th
Reunion on your calendar—please save
May 31-June 2, 2013. Do it now! We’re
counting down and hoping for a huge
turnout!
The artists among us have been busy.
Irene Pschorr Belknap is getting ready
for a show in Paris in Sept.; her son was
going to be married in her garden in July;
her stepdaughter lives in Wash. and has a
one-year-old, and her daughter is moving
back to Manhattan. Jean Meyer Aloe received 3 awards from the National League
of American Pen Women and the Biennial
Celebration in D.C. in May: one for a prose
poem, one for a free verse poem and one
for a one-act play. Then she was invited to
read her poetry at the Library of Congress.
In July 2 of Nerissa vom Baur Roehrs’
piano pieces were performed in Leipzig
and were reviewed in the local paper. In
Dec. 2013 the famous St. Thomas Boys
Choir (Bach’s church) will perform a 4-part
Christmas carol with organ accompaniment. A couple of her art songs were sung
recently in Beijing, Shanghai and Sydney;
her 2 songs for contralto will be sung in
recital in Zwickau (Schumann’s birthplace)
in March 2013. She has CDs of her music
and next year will make a 4-CD version of
collected works taking the best of each
and adding a couple of new things.
Sue Jones Cansler and Chuck will mark
their 10th year of retirement and relocation to St. Simons Island, Ga. They volunteer for the regional symphony and the
St. Simons Land Trust. This year they traveled to Australia and New Zealand, then
visited Israel for 2 weeks with a church
group. This summer they were back on
the road again (literally) as they took 2 of
their grandchildren to a family reunion in
Leesburg, Va., and then on to Gettysburg
and Williamsburg.
Allie Stemmons Simon and Heinz continue to go back and forth between Texas
and Colo. Ann Clute Obenshain had a
great family reunion at their cottage on
Seneca Lake in upstate N.Y. and is planning a trip to Paris and London over the
holidays with daughters Liza and Meg.
Ginger Cates Mitchell came to Charleston
for the Spoleto Festival with Laura Lee
Brown and Cecil Collins Scanlan! She and
Mitch had an adventure in the Arctic this
summer watching wildlife, hiking on the
tundra and in the Norwegian fjords among
fields of wildflowers. Back in Ga. they have
welcomed their son Edward and his family
back from years in Mexico. Their other 2
children continue with their own entrepreneurial endeavors in N.Y. and N.C. while
raising 3 more grandchildren.
Susan Scott Robinette retired from real
estate sales in Litchfield, S.C., married her
husband and moved to the Clemson, S.C.
area. They live with 4 dogs and 2 donkeys
on a 37-acre farm near Clemson. They
hike, go boating on nearby lakes, and
attend concerts and lectures at the university and in Greenville and Atlanta. They
travel a lot, mostly to Europe, and try to get
back to the beach twice a year.
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Cynthia Hubard Spangler was treated by
her son and daughter-in-law to a glorious
70th birthday dinner party. That was followed by a family vacation at her partner
Charles Askew’s family cabins in Glacier
National Park, Mont. They had all daughters, spouses and grandchildren along
with her son and grandchildren.
Mary Trabue Meyer went to Teotihuacan,
about an hour’s drive from Mexico City, in
June to see the temples and pyramids of
the Toltec. Her daughter Molly opened a
yoga studio, Studio Dakini, in Nashville;
her son Will has an architectural business
in N.Y., Meyer Davis Studio. She continues
with her artwork and is working in watercolor. Her mom (95) is still a big part of
her life.
Marta Sweet Colangelo had a visit with
Cathy Detmar Nicholls and her husband
Peter prior to traveling around in England,
Scotland, and Wales in May and June.
Cathy lives near the English coast in
Somerset. In summer 2011, Marta and
Susan Terjen Bernard had a delightful trip
to Greece and Turkey.
Lee Kucewicz Parham, Stevie Fontaine
Keown, Kathy Caldwell Patten and May
Bowers Morris were going on a “girl” trip
to Sedgwick, Maine, in mid-Sept. and will
stay at Kathy’s home there. Lee is still
involved in the DAR, as is Keitt Matheson
Wood, who is regent of her chapter in
Louisville. Lee is also in 2 very active book
groups.
This is the last year of teaching history at
UNC-Greensboro for Rinda King deBeck.
Parker McColl and Jim enjoyed many
beautiful days in Blowing Rock, N.C. during
the summer with lots of tennis. Their 2
granddaughters in Charlotte (4 and 2 ½)
are a joy. Nancy McDowell still works. She
has cut her clinical hours to about 20 per
week. She’s still struggling with health issues; last year she had spine surgery.
Lynn Gabel-Brett is retired, but her spouse
Leslie is supporting both of them and
is the director of education and public
affairs for Lambda Legal, the largest
gay rights legal organization in the U.S.
They have an apartment in Park Slope
and a home in West Hartford, Conn. She
alternates between the 2 and visits her
mother in Rochester who just celebrated
her 101st birthday and is doing well. They
have 3 granddaughters; the oldest is at
Hampshire College (Mass.) and the youngest is Jasmine (4).
I want to thank everyone for contributing
to the column, and I hope to see you at
Reunion.
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Virginia “Ginny” deBuys
H16 Shirley Ln.
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
[email protected]
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Sally Hubbard
52 Sherwood Trail
Sewanee, TN 37375-2166
[email protected]
Vicky Thoma Barrette took a 4-day
windjammer cruise in Aug. while looking
forward to a big trip in the fall: Nancy
MacMeekin and Vicky will be off for 7
weeks of travel in Australia and New
Zealand.
Melinda Musgrove Chapman is going to
Germany in Oct. to visit her son and his
family. His oldest son has just started college in Fla. so he won’t be there.
Lurline Tolbert Sweet sent her news since
1990. Her husband Paul Buppert died
at age 47 in 1990, and she was on her
own for 11 years, preparing taxes and
working as a church secretary. In 2001
she married Jim Sweet, a pastor and
widower, so abruptly had 3 stepsons, 3
daughters-in-law and 6 grandchildren. Jim
has served as interim pastor in several
churches—in Port Charlotte, Fla., where
Hurricane Charley demolished their home;
in Cleveland, Ohio; and now in Ocala, Fla.
Life with him has been an adventure.
Gabrielle “Babette” Fraser Hale is expecting her first grandchild in Sept. She has
retired from her energy job and re-entered
the publishing world. Her husband Leon
has celebrated his 91st birthday, and
they’ll continue to spend a lot of time at
their country place and fit in grandbaby
visits to N.Y.
Sally McCrady Hubbard’s husband Charles
died at home on 8/19/12 under hospice
care. His 81st birthday and their 38th
anniversary were in June. Their children,
stepchildren and several of his 10 grandchildren came to Sewanee for his funeral
Sept. 8. Thanks to all of you who sent kind
encouragement.
Harriotte Dodson McDannald invites
Sweet Briar friends to the Oct. 8 lecture
in the Dodson Memorial Lecture Series
at St. John’s-Roanoke. The Rev. Fleming
Rutledge ’59 will speak on “Jesus Christ
and the New Skepticism.”
Nancy MacMeekin and Vicky Barrette
skied twice this year, at Zermatt and
Crested Butte; and went to Austria in May.
This summer she made weekly early morning kayak outings, exploring the local tidal
creeks of southern Md. She’s been riding
bike trails with her kayak friends. She also
tutors literacy/ESL, and stays busy with
church work, home maintenance and watering flowers.
For Laura Haskell Phinizy, it was the year
of the grandchild. She flew to D.C. to help
daughter Laura drive the twins, Spencer
and Sarah Frances, to Augusta for 2 1/2
weeks. Then she met daughter Marion in
south Ga. to pick up Stewart and Wesley.
Four grandchildren (6 to 9) played baseball and other sports in the yard. Then
they all went to Kanuga for vacation.
Milbrey Sebring Raney and her husband
Bev are well and enjoying their grandchildren in Charlotte and Austin and some
travel.
Carol Reifsnyder Rhoads and her husband Bob went to China in June with their
Chinese daughters-in-law and 3 grandsons
(6 to 14). Bob is nearing retirement, but
will work one more year as chairman of
biochemistry at LSU Medical Center. Soon
they plan a life of 6 months in Shreveport
and 6 months in Colo.
Magda Salvesen, curator of the Jon
Schueler Estate, sends news of 2 Schueler
exhibitions in N.Y. this fall. The current
exhibition of 5 very large paintings is in
the Lobby Gallery at 499 Park Ave. until
Jan. 5. The next exhibition, “Jon Schueler:
The Mallaig Years, 1970-75,” will be at the
David Findlay Jr. Gallery with opening reception on Sept. 6. Magda spent 3 weeks
in Pompeii in June and is preparing the
course on Ancient Roman Gardens that
she will give at N.Y.U. this semester.
Saralyn McAfee Smith and husband
Hamp will attend his 50th high school
reunion near Haddonfield, N.J. Their older
granddaughter Sierra (7th grade) debuted
in a local production of “Persephone.”
Their younger granddaughter Cheyenne is
in kindergarten. Saralyn is on the board of
their local senior center.
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Penn Willets Fullerton
124 Linden Ln.
San Rafael, CA 94901
[email protected]
Susan Sudduth Hiller
4811 Garrison Rd.
Little Rock, AR 72223
[email protected]
Keenan Colton Kelsey
101 Hawthorne Ave.
Larkspur, CA 94939
[email protected]
Jane W. Nelson
407-C N Hamilton St.
Richmond, VA 23221
[email protected]
Our SBC 50th is not too far away! Let’s
start preparing now to be there! Our 45th
was a meaningful weekend at Sweet Briar.
The best part, I think, was sitting around
and getting to know classmates whom we
perhaps hadn’t gotten to know well when
we were at SBC. Thanks for your news! Let
us know if you did not receive the email
requests so that we won’t miss you next
time.
Robin Cutler Maw’s 2 high school reunions last fall were wonderful. She still
lives in N.Y.C., but commutes often to Calif.
to see children and grandchildren. So
Keenan, Randi Miles Long and I hope to
hook up with her soon! Robin got together
with Ann Mason Curti and Ginny Butters.
Robin is in the midst of publishing a book.
Penny Steketee Sidor’s first grandchild,
Danny, was born this past Christmas Eve,
and on Labor Day weekend her second
son was married.
Randi Miles Long and Herb went to their
50th high school reunion in Westport,
Conn. and 2 more in Md. this fall.
Preparing for her mother’s 90th birthday
has been a huge focus: boxes of letters,
genealogy, finding people she thought
were lost, all rewarding but overwhelming!
Randi has 4 grandchildren from daughter
Melissa in Charlotte, and son Kent lives
nearby in the Bay Area. She looks forward
to seeing everyone at Reunion!
Andrea Pearson Pennington welcomed
her first 2 grandchildren born in 2011. She
retired after 28 years as juvenile court
referee and now volunteers with children.
She works with the League of Women
Voters. Another project is civic engagement with teens from a distressed community in Mobile.
In D.C., Martha Madden Swanson and
David enjoy classes at Georgetown as well
as athletic events on campus, especially
the sailing team. They’ve been traveling
abroad this past spring. She and David
continue to raise funds for a Jesuit school
in the slums of Kenya, for children whose
parents are AIDS victims. Martha and
Dave’s children live in the D.C. area and
in L.A.
Joe and Pamala Jones Brown celebrated
46 years of marriage in Aug. and enjoy
living close to their 4 sons and 5 grandchildren. Pam’s jewelry design business,
“Stoneprints Jewelry,” is going well. Pam
uses her French major often and feels that
Sweet Briar prepared her for every aspect
of an entrepreneurial business.
Muriel Wikswo Lambert continues to
teach and do research at N.J. Medical
School. She too has a new granddaughter
and expects the second one mid-Dec.! All
3 of her children are in medical school!
Tom and Mary Anne “Coon” Calhoun
Farmer have been on the road since Tom’s
retirement from real estate: South Africa,
Zimbabwe, Portugal, Spain and France!
They now have 6 grandchildren and celebrated their 45th anniversary in Oct.
A note from “Memaw”—do you know
who this classmate is? Anyway, we are
sending her news, because many of you
probably do know! She’s blessed with 5
beautiful grandchildren to enrich her life,
with a granddaughter off to college this
fall! Memaw is a real estate specialist
for Baltimore County, Md., and has just
bought a second home on Lake Champlain
in upstate N.Y. where she plans to spend
the better part of the year when she finally
retires.
A cross-country trip took Sally Kalber
Fiedler and Jay (Richmond, Va.) to see
their grandkids last Christmas. A Black
Sea holiday was scheduled for this fall.
You may have heard that our class has lost
3 wonderful people in the past year. It is
with great sadness that I relay the news
of their passing: Anne Mercer Kornegay,
Cindy Michel Blakely and Patricia Martin
Rodier. If you should want to contact their
families, the alumnae office can supply
you with addresses.
Sidney Turner in Baltimore has polycystic
kidney disease. Her husband also shares
this same condition! She’s exploring
whether or not she is a candidate for a
transplant. Sid and her husband are both
participating in a study at the Rogosin
Institute in N.Y.C.—they’re the only married
couple with this same disease!
Judy Wilson Grant writes from Denver that
she plans for her 2-year-old granddaughter
to be Sweet Briar bound! Her new grandson arrived July 24!
Jeannie Jackson Exum and Marcia Pace
Lindstrom have had wonderful times over
duplicate bridge, even attending a workshop with Nancy McLean Parker ’67.
Four others who have managed an annual visit each year (!) are Keenan Colton
Kelsey, Jane Nelson, Susan Sudduth Hiller
and Penn Willets Fullerton. This year’s
venue is N.H. to see fall colors. Last year
we gathered for Penn’s daughter Lucy’s
wedding in the Calif. wine country.
Jane loves her work as chaplain at
Westminster Canterbury, Richmond, where
many alumnae live. She enjoyed a Holy
Land pilgrimage last Feb. with a church
group. High school and family reunions in
Culpeper have been wonderful.
Susan and husband Chuck celebrated
their 15th wedding anniversary last
spring with a trip to Warsaw and Krakow,
Stuttgart and Budapest. Her life includes
regular visits to see her daughter and
grandchildren, as well as continuing work
with 2 hospices and one lay chaplaincy
group in Little Rock.
When we meet in N.H. it will be partly to
celebrate Keenan’s retirement after 18
years of active Presbyterian ministry! In
the midst of a compelling career she managed to travel to the Baltic area last year
and Cuba recently. She gets to care for
grandbaby Betty every Friday and vacations with grandboys Miles and Sammy
whenever she can.
Penn has 5 grandkids, 3 of whom are
close by. She teaches creative writing
in the public schools and is trying to get
some picture books published. She and
George have a little place in the Sierras for
weekends.
Once again, many, many thanks to those
of you who helped create this class message. Mark your calendars for Reunion,
May 2016. Let’s aim for a record turnout!
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Gail O’Quin
2651 Kleinhert Ave.
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
[email protected]
As new class secretary, I now know what a
job Toots has performed over these many
years. Many thanks, Toots.
Those attending our 45th Reunion:
Gretchen Bullard Barber, Katharine
Barnhardt Chase, Stephanie Ewalt
Coleman, Diane ‘Toots’ Dalton, Linda Fite,
Pam Ford Kelley, Lynn Lyle, Mellie Hickey
Nelson, Lindsay Smith Newsom, Gail
Robins O’Quin, Bonnie Blew Pierie, Page
Munroe Renger and Judi Benson Stigle.
Toots was honored for all of her service
to Sweet Briar. Our class raised the most
money that we ever have; our Annual Fund
total was $65,254 and our 5 Year Giving
total was $196,465! We also have 40
Consistent 5-Year donors and 78 Silver
Rose members, classmates who have
included Sweet Briar in their last will and
testament.
Reunion was fantastic. Some roommates
were even paired together in their old
dorms. I won’t recount the discussions
that took place in the smoker after everyone had been celebrating, but I will
say that we are still a fun-loving class—no
holds barred!
Lindsay Smith Newsom and Page Monroe
Renger want everyone to make it to our
50th. Page and husband Mac are spending the summer at Atlantic Beach, N.C.
Feb. saw them in Cambodia and Vietnam
where they had a wonderful visit with
Lindsay’s goddaughter and her family in
Ho Chi Minh City. She calls the week they
spent outside Verona in June “agritourism”
because of all the wineries, cheese making, balsamic vinegar making, etc. places
they visited.
Judi Benson Stigle and Bonnie Blew Pierie
were once again roommates in Grammer
where they started as roommates in 1963!
Judi, still our class president, has organized calling lists from those who attended
the 45th. She and her committee will be
contacting class members to attend the
BIG 50TH in 2017. If you need encouragement for the 50th, Judi states that she
and Bonnie had “lots of wine and lots of
laughs!” For Judi’s off-campus activities,
she’s still working and playing lots of golf.
She has a new Yorkie puppy.
Diane Mann Lankford still works in the
interior design and architecture industry.
Diane has 5 grandchildren (1 mo. to 8
years) living close by. She’s going to the
antique market with Melissa Sanders
Thomas, still talks to Kay Hightower and
Susan Tucker, and sees Mimi Harrison
and Flossie Mobley a couple times a year.
Barbara Tillman Kelley and Carlton are
still in Birmingham; they’re both retired
now and love traveling. Two years ago, they
visited Egypt! They take 2 or 3 big trips a
year. Barb reports, “Dave, our oldest, is
a manager at Gramercy Tavern in N.Y.C.
Our daughter, Darcy, is a veterinarian here
in Birmingham. Trey, our youngest, is in
Charleston, S.C., and is a financial manager with a large company. I just retired
as the president of Assistance League of
Birmingham, spending most of my free
time volunteering with Assistance League.
I’m still a docent at our local history museum. Carlton still enjoys backpacking and
he and Trey are taking a trip to Australia
and New Zealand and going backpacking
there in Dec.”
Victoria Baker is still dancing and enjoying
retirement with dance partner/life partner
Lee. She was working on 12 anthropology
lectures she will give in an enrichment
lecture series on a Panama Canal cruise
in Nov.
Jane Stephenson Wilson is enjoying this
time of life, especially her grandsons. They
are close by, one 4 years old and his twin
brothers almost 2.
Diane ‘Toots’ Dalton sent in a brief report:
“After a busy year of retirement, I’m enjoying a month in Canada mostly off the grid.”
Anne Stuart Brown writes, “Suffice it to say
I’m still married to the same husband (45
years so far), have 2 married sons who live
nearby, and am blessed to have 2 grandsons and 3 granddaughters. I’ve lived in
Bethesda, Md. since 1975.”
Eleanor Crossley sadly reports the passing
of her beloved husband of 56 years. He
died a few months ago, and she is bravely
trying to make a new life for herself. When
she started Sweet Briar, she was the first
married student with children they had
ever had; her 3 preschoolers are now in
their 50s. Eleanor, our prayers are with
you and your family.
Toni Naren Gates writes: “I still have hair
(sometimes in places I wish I didn’t, but a
good magnifying mirror takes care of that);
glasses? You bet! Hearing? Selective—at
least that’s what I tell everybody (deaf
is such an ugly four-letter word). And assorted aches and pains that seem to have
settled in for the rest of the ride. But really,
at 67 I’m feeling well, staying active, and
having fun. We spend 9 months in Wichita
being real people and 3 months in upstate
N.Y. relaxing. My recent passions are tennis, pilates and Zumba, planning events
for our art Museums, some continuing
education, movies, books and Girls Night
Out! We have 2 grandchildren and one on
the way. Every Christmas we have been
going to the Turks and Caicos. This year
we’re attempting a trip to South America.
Definitely on the list is a trip to Chile and
Argentina wine country.” Toni keeps up
with Betsy Kurtz Argo.
Maria Wigglesworth Hemmings writes: “I
haven’t retired. I’m a staff nurse in an ICU
step-down unit at Norwalk Hospital. My
husband, Jeff, retired last Nov. and that
is another reason for me to keep working. We continue to travel, having visited
the Ukraine/Black Sea last year and
Morocco this year, and go to Australia to
visit my brother next year. Eldest daughter
Emery is still in Jackson, Wyo. and has
her own landscaping/gardening business
and daughter Anne is in N.H. having just
sbc.edu/magazine
received her MBA. I guess our next reunion in 5 years is the 50th one!”
Barbara Annan writes: “I missed the
45th Reunion as I was trekking in Tibet in
the spring. I live in Madison, Wis. with 2
Siamese cats. I will be completing a certificate in folklore studies from U.W. this fall,
a hobby after years as a Ph.D. psychologist. I am enjoying active travel and last
week went on a kayaking trip in Canada.”
Judi, Bonnie and I drove over on Sun. after
Reunion to see Randy Brown on the Va.
coast. Randy has had health issues and
has bought a darling house close to her
son and her mother. She still sees Hallie
Darby Smith who was not able to come to
Reunion; Hallie is an Episcopal priest and
had duties Reunion Weekend.
As for me, I am in Baton Rouge, La., waiting for Hurricane Issac. My husband Bill
and I live with 2 standard poodles and
a junkyard dog. We have 4 grandchildren with one on the way. My daughter
Madeleine lives 4 blocks away with her
9-year-old and 2-year-old—great, but I am
not a good grandmother nor frequent
babysitter. Please, if you’re ever in this
part of the world (New Orleans, although
a third world country, is included), please
get in touch with me. We have lots of room
and run a B&B for wayward travelers, not
Bed & Breakfast but Bed & Bar—kitchen is
closed here!
Best to everyone and keep in touch so my
job will be easy. I do hope Sarah Ramage
is not rolling in her grave over this report.
I’ll never forget that you “raise chickens
and rear children,” nor should you!
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Lynne Gardner Detmer
448 Styles Brook Rd.
Keene, NY 12942
[email protected]
1969
Nancy Crawford Bent
14 Dopping Brook Road
Sherborn, MA 01770-1049
[email protected]
News from classmates has been scarce,
except from those I’m personally in touch
with, and I feel reluctant to share their
news every time because that doesn’t
keep faith with the idea of CLASS notes.
Maybe it’s because SBC doesn’t send the
postcards out anymore. Or because all of
you are on Facebook except for me? How
about putting me on your holiday card
lists?
I did hear from Almena Hill Pettit
(Tallahassee, Fla.) a while ago. Brooks and
she had 9 grandchildren at the time and
were still involved in community volunteer
efforts, but were backing off more and
more “to let the younger people have
opportunities!” And I heard from the alumnae office that our 45th Reunion weekend
is on the calendar: May 30 - June 1, 2014.
Please save the date and make your best
effort to be there. As always, Reunion will
certainly be fun and, given the way things
are going with the Class of ’69 (or is it
me?), it may be the only way for us all to
catch up.
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Stuart Davenport Simrill
4945 Dupont Ave. S
Minneapolis, MN 55419
[email protected]
1971
Carol Remington Foglesong
1750 Chippewa Trail
Maitland, FL 32751
[email protected]
Anne Milbank Mell
16 Valley View Ave.
Summit, NJ 07901
[email protected]
Beverly Van Zandt
220 North Zapata Hwy No. 11
Laredo, TX 78043
[email protected]
Rhoda Allen Brooks’s son and his wife
and baby moved back to Cincinnati last
summer. Rhoda and John have a cottage
in northern Mich. for recuperating and
escaping the Midwestern heat.
Louise Archer Slater purchased Brighton
Pavilion in 5/99 after a career as a founding regional director and national marketing director for the Worth Collection.
Brighton Pavilion (a furniture-making
company) has won the prestigious “MADE:
In America Build It in America” Award,
the only company owned by a woman to
be selected for this honor. Also in 7/12,
Louise was selected as one of the 90
women honored for the “90 Years, 90
Women of Achievement” award by the
Junior League of Memphis, of which she
is a member. Carol Remington Foglesong
and Louise hoped to meet up when Carol
is in Memphis in 8/12.
Frances Barnes Kennamer and husband,
Martha Roton Terry and several friends
visited southeast Germany, Austria, the
Czech Republic and then took a Danube
river cruise from Nuremberg to Budapest.
Back home in Montgomery Frances plays
golf often. Since she visits her married
daughter in Nashville frequently, she has
also joined a fun ladies’ golf group there.
They’re considering a second home in the
Nashville area and have already been in
touch with Linda Whitlow Knight.
Andrea Bateman was officially 63 on
7/30, but is still working. She stays busy
and runs into Carol Remington Foglesong
and another alumna from time to time at
the library.
Kristi Bettendorf’s son, an Air Force
captain in N.M., has married another Air
Force officer. Her “baby” daughter finished
graduate school at G.W. in political management. They went on a graduation trip
for her around France at the end of July
2012. Two years until retirement for Kristi;
she’s enjoyed the last 33 years as a prosecutor and doesn’t know what retirement
holds beyond more time to spend on her
botanical illustration hobby.
Becky Bottomley Meeker (Gloucester,
Va.) says they’re now happy grandparents
of 3 boys and 2 girls with one more on
the way—all 3 years and under! They’re
fortunate to see their 3 sons and their
families often either at home or by traveling to Bethesda, Jacksonville or Sebring,
Fla. Their daughter Ashley is still between
Napa and San Francisco in the wine
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business. Kathy Wilson Lamb and Becky
have gotten together in Lexington.
Judy Brown Fletcher says: “I’m having
fun in the dog show world with a bitch I
bred and co-own. She’s currently the top
bitch in her breed (GCH Sawmill’s Nymph
of Riverwalk). We took ‘Daphne’ and her
mother Deme down to Perry, Ga., for the
Peach Blossom Cluster—at the GSMDCA
Cotton Classic Daphne won the Specialty
and her mother CH Riverwalks Lunar
Diademe won Best Veteran.
Katharine Brown Grala is still working at
Provident Bank in N.Y., running and biking.
She just watched her youngest finish the
N.Y.C. Ironman. He works at JPMorgan in
the private bank. Her daughter is a resident at Johns Hopkins and her oldest is
living and working in Vt. in between mountain climbing, skiing and rock climbing.
She looks forward to retirement soon.
Jeannette Bush Miller had an emergency
appendectomy in 7/12. All is healing, but
the “bugger” ruptured while she was waiting for the surgery to begin, which made it
a bigger pain. Thankfully, she’s doing well.
Cami Crocker Wodehouse hiked with
friends for 10 days in Grindelwald and
Zermatt, Switzerland in 9/11 (bucket list).
Her second grandson, Austin, was born to
her son and his wife in 10/11, joining his
brother, Trent, who is 17 mos. older. The
family recently moved to Birmingham from
Richmond. Cami’s daughter and husband
are still in Richmond. In 9/12 she went
on a cruise to Greece and Turkey. Cami
volunteers at an elementary school, tutoring in reading and math and serves on the
Leadership Development Committee at
Sawgrass CC.
Rosemary Dunaway Trible works with
students and helps her husband Paul at
Christopher Newport U., where he is president. In 2010 Rosemary published a book,
“Fear to Freedom,” in which she shares
her journey from fear to freedom after being raped at gunpoint when she was 26.
She has launched a nonprofit (www.fear2freedom.org) dedicated to helping others
who have suffered sexual abuse and to
making college students aware of this
issue. Her daughter, Mary Katherine, just
gave birth to Rosemary’s second grandchild, Truitt, in Richmond. Her son, Paul
III, also lives in Richmond and started the
online men’s fine shirt company, Ledbury
(www.ledbury.com).
Betty Duson and husband Al spent this
last year settling estates, negotiating the
sale of rice farms and learning about
types of soil, mineral rights and farm
subsidies. Betty and her husband, also a
psychologist, will present a workshop in
Oct. in Newport, R.I. to university counseling center directors on ethical decisionmaking. Then they’ll add onto that a trip
through Maine and N.H. Betty will be
joining family in N.Y.C. earlier in Oct. for a
surprise celebration of her sister-in-law’s
50th, and will then spend 10 days with
hubby in Honolulu and on Kauai right after
Christmas.
Michela English writes to report that she
and her husband Rob moved into a hip
urban condo between Dupont and Logan
Circles in D.C., 11/11. They spend many
weekends at their house in Mathews
County, Va., on the Chesapeake Bay.
Their daughter Eleanore was married over
Memorial Day weekend. Rob and Michela
then took off for 2 weeks in Morocco with
Martha Holland ’72 and her husband.
Kathy Fisher Morland loves retirement.
She’s hiking regularly with a great group
of women friends, teaching adult ESL, and
keeping up with 2 grandsons in Boston
and parents (92 and 95) in Ohio. The big
event of the summer was their younger
son’s wedding in 9/12.
Kathy Garcia Pegues and her husband retired 2 years ago. They bought a condo in
Charlottesville. At home in the Warrenton,
Va. area, they’re serious gardeners. Kathy
teaches seminars at the governor’s school
and works as an educational consultant.
They’re looking forward to the SBC trip to
France in Sept.
Liz Glassman was awarded the rank of officer by the Order of Arts and Letters of the
Legion of Honor of French Government.
Certainly this is no indication of the
strength of her French capacities from
SBC, but her Sweet Briar Junior Year in
Paris did start her on a road of loving
all things French. She will be “medaled”
sometime during 2012 or early 2013. Liz
remains president of the Terra Foundation
for American Art in Chicago and Paris, and
their work was featured in the 3/15/12
New York Times.
Lendon Gray continues to teach dressage
focusing on programs for youth riders at
the local, national and international levels.
Sioux Greenwald still works. She crossed
paths with Gil and Wendy Weiss Smith in
Tokyo in 5/12, as they were on different
vacations to Japan. She visited with Mollie
and Robi Randolph at the end of 7/12 for
D.C. touring and catching up.
Anne Helms Cooper went on a trip to
England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales this
year. She discovered her husband’s family
is from the Edinburgh area in Scotland.
She has grandsons (13 and 11) as well as
a granddaughter (3). Anne and her husband retired in the fall 2011. They’ve been
working on projects at their home and
their house at Smith Mountain Lake.
Pam Henery Arey writes, sadly, that
her husband Pat died from pulmonary
fibrosis on 7/31/11. They were married
for 40 years and have 4 children (2 with
spouses). Pam is adjusting to widowhood
and still teaches 3-year-olds and serves
as the director of His Kids Preschool. She
sings in her church choir and serves on
the Steering Committee for Camp Amazing
Grace that serves children whose parents
are incarcerated. She is sorry to have
missed Reunion.
Louise Jackson loves retirement. She’ll
host Christmas Eve dinner again, where
she feeds hordes of family and relatives.
Carolyn Jones Walthall writes: “I’ve been
retired from my youth leadership development work for about 2 years, and Julian
retired May 31 as a full-time Presbyterian
minister. We have our first grandchild,
Madeleine Douglas Walthall, born in Dec.
2011 to our son Claiborne and wife Beth
outside Albany, N.Y. Our son, David, still
lives in Siena, Italy.”
Carol Johnson Haigh and her husband
returned from 7 weeks in England,
Scotland and Wales. Their travels included
the Henley Regatta, Wimbledon and
the Olympics. They sold their house in
Sudbury, Mass., 10/11, and divide their
time between Boston and Ludlow, Vt.
Linda Lewis Brauer moved into a condo. In
less than one year they lost 3 parents and
had one wedding for their daughter. She
says she’s lost track of a lot of people and
it’s time to find them. She needs some
good laughs!
Gina Mancusi Wills and Ashley are living
in Arlington, Va. Gina retired in 5/12 from
her job in the U.S. State Dept. Their son
Zachary is working in the finance sector in
N.Y.; daughter Olivia married in 6/12 and
is a therapist in Los Angeles.
Lynne Manov Echols (note the new name)
was married on 7/28/12 and plans to
bring Frank to our next reunion.
Amanda Megargee Sutton reports that
things have changed since 2007. That is
when Robert Goodman (aka Goody), her
beau when she was in graduate school
at UVa got in touch with her. And he did
it through SBC! He wrote to the alumnae
office and asked them to forward an email.
They corresponded regularly, and visited
when they could. Amanda’s mother died
that Friday, 1/9/9, of a sudden heart
attack. Goody came to Md. from N.Y. to
be with her. Later, Amanda retired and
moved to N.Y. Amanda loves retirement
and is involved at church, garden club,
the library and her garden. She’s now a
Master Gardener. Amanda’s son Jamey is
living in her house in Va. He finished grad
school in 12/9 with an M.L.S. in archiving
and works at the Petersburg Public Library.
Anne Milbank Mell and John are still working, although retirement is looking better.
Daughter Meredith and husband in San
Francisco have 2 boys, while John, his
wife, and Caitlin are still in N.Y.C. Daughter
Meredith and her boys came to Summit
for 2 weeks.
Liz Mumford writes that she’s still in her
house in Hyannis Port, painting, taught
summer school at the community college
(art history intro class). Her son (24) is living here as well. She got a new knee last
winter so is enjoying golf and gardening.
Wendy Norton Brown had her first grandchild in 9/11 and got to babysit him 4
days a week for almost 3 months. His
parents are in town so they can see him
often.
Mary Frances Oakey Aiken reports, last
year they sold their Roanoke, Va. home
and their Naples, Fla. condo and bought
another home in Naples and a summer/
holiday home in Manakin Sabot, Va. They
love being closer to their children (4 of the
5 live in Richmond) and grandchildren at
least part of the year. She and John are
looking forward to the Sweet Briar trip to
France in Sept.
Jacque Penny is heading to Newfoundland
this summer to visit relatives. And then
she’s going on to Prince Edward Island to
stay with her parents for a week.
Carol Remington Foglesong now has
4 grandkids and another will arrive in
11/12, and the son with 3-plus kids has
moved into her neighborhood. She’s finished up her terms as volunteer president
of 2 national groups involved with land
records, thinking of retirement.
Rene Roark Bowditch retired 2 years ago
from being an adjunct professor of law
at the William & Mary Law School and
volunteers full time at the breast health
organization she cofounded 5 years ago,
Beyond Boobs! It focuses on women who
are diagnosed with breast cancer before
menopause, as she was. They plan to go
nationwide. Check out their website
(beyondboobs.org). Their annual “A
Calendar to Live By” for 2013 will premiere on 9/15/12 in Williamsburg at the
BB! Rene is also helping her husband,
David, and his brother with their B&B in
Yorktown, the Hornsby House Inn. Lastly,
their daughter Tilden is starting her senior
year at Washington & Lee. Son, David (24),
is working in Bel Air, Md.
Martha Roton Terry and Frances Barnes
Kennamer went to southeast Germany,
Austria, Czech Republic and then down
the Danube from Nuremberg to Budapest.
Fantastic trip! Martha and her son,
Caldwell, have purchased (as of 8/1/12)
the Wild Birds Unlimited franchise in
Mobile. Her daughter has just begun a
new career as a copywriter for J. Jill in
Boston.
Trudy Slade McKnight moved back to
her home in Atlantic Beach, Fla. with her
husband, Jack. She has enjoyed spending
time with Kathy Burns Beaudreau. She
loved her 17-year adventure of moving
around the country but is happy to be
home. She works part time in her life
coaching business.
Martha Stewart Crosland reports that she
and Ed celebrated their 40th wedding
anniversary in early Aug. They’re trying to
spend more time at their house in Palm
Beach Gardens.
Brooke Thomas Dold and Wylie still live in
Houston. Two of their 3 children are married, no grandchildren. Brooke is a paralegal at a public/municipal law firm and has
worked with the same lawyer since 1998.
They did get out to Calif. in 6/12 to visit with
their daughter Lindsay and husband Conor.
Caroline Tuttle Murray and Rick still live
in Reidsville, N.C. She spends most of her
time enjoying their 2 grandkids, Lilly (4)
and Caleb (1). Their daughter, Cassidy, is
a CPA with E & Y in Greensboro, and son,
Scott, graduated from UNC Law, works
in Raleigh, and is getting married in Dec.
Rick closed his law practice many years
ago due to health. She sees Diana Zeidel
and Mimi Pitts Dixon from time to time.
Libby Tyree Taylor works on projects
and boards that focus on education and
women’s issues in the Bay Area. She travels the world and U.S. with her husband.
Daughter, Alexa, is getting married 5/13.
Her son, Lee (also a UVa grad), lives in
San Francisco and works at a high tech
company. Libby has seen Anne Milbank
Mell, Jeannette Bush Miller and Kathy
Cummings Catlin recently.
Beverly Van Zandt still loves living in San
Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Both daughters
are doing well. Beverly is back in school
heading toward a new career in medicine,
and Roberta continues with Blackstone
in N.Y.C.
Miriam Washabaugh Meglan and Vaughn
vacationed in the Canadian Rockies and
are making major home improvements.
She is happy in her church job but finds
herself growing weary of maintaining the
schedule.
Wendy Weiss Smith wrote that overlapping trips allowed her and Gil to enjoy
Sioux Greenwald’s company in Tokyo this
spring. They now have a Plott hound, the
N.C. state dog. Wendy is teaching ESL and
volunteering with the woman’s organization at Duke Plus at Duke Gardens. She
enjoyed celebrating her mother’s 96th
birthday this summer with Sweet Briar ’74
sisters, Cathy Thompson and Chris Pfeil.
Kathy Wilson Lamb and Rex continue to
love their retired life in Lexington, Va. They
were expecting their third grandchild (a
boy to join his sister and his boy cousin)
in 9/12. Kathy spent a night with Becky
Bottomley Meeker last spring, and spent
a night with Lee and Wendy Norton Brown
in 6/12.
Nancy Young Gilpin told us that she’s moving to Boston for a few years and asked
about classmates in the Boston area. We
provided her with information on those in
the area, so you may be hearing from her.
Alisa Yust Rowe is still a board member
for Arts for Rural Texas and is running the
auction in Nov. She always needs original
art to auction if any generous artistic
classmates would like to donate. Rowan
(16 mos.) makes grandchild number 4.
Alisa and Richard celebrated their 40th
anniversary in spring 2012.
1972
Jill Johnson
2012 Wolftrap Oaks Ct
Vienna, VA 22182
[email protected]
Facebook Private Group: Sweet Briar Class
of 1972. Please consider joining. There
are great posts, photos and lots of good
info sharing.
How can I not mention Reunion? Our 40th.
Can it really be? First, let’s pat ourselves
on the back for yet another amazing fundraising success led by Susan Snodgrass
Wynne. The Class of ’72 has now achieved
a fifth Reunion Class Gift award. NOTE: We
hold 4 current Reunion Class Gift Award
records on the Award Wall in Glass—the
most of any SBC Class! Next, check out
the photos from Reunion Weekend at sbc.
edu/reunion2012 to view the fun.
Susan sends a big Thank You to all our
classmates who participated in our 40th
Reunion fundraising effort and found it
great catching up with those who were
able to attend. When not leading the
charge for ’72, Susan and husband John
“Dubby” enjoy their 3 young grandchildren,
2 girls and a boy (3, 2 and 1), living in
Virginia Beach and Charlotte. They enjoyed
a wonderful 40th anniversary trip this
summer to France and Italy.
Alumna Explains Why One M&M Isn’t Enough
Alexandra Gold
DiFeliceantonio ’08 is the
lead author behind a recent
study that explains why we
can’t stop eating chocolate.
The study was published
in the journal Current
Biology and is featured in
the Smithsonian’s online
magazine.
The question they asked was: What is it in our neural
system that prevents us from knowing when we’ve had
enough? To find out, the researchers measured enkephalin
levels in rats. Enkephalin is an opium-like chemical naturally
occurring in the neostriatum, an area of the brain supposedly
related to craving.
In the first step, the rats were offered unlimited amounts
of M&Ms, while their enkephalin levels were monitored.
When they started to eat, enkephalin levels surged. In the
second step, the researchers injected synthetic enkephalin
into the neostriatum to determine whether the chemical
might actually cause the rats to eat more. The results were
astonishing. With the stimulation, the rats ate twice as many
candies as they did before.
“They ate the equivalent of a 150-pound human
consuming seven pounds of M&Ms,” said DiFeliceantonio,
a Ph.D. candidate in biopsychology at the University of
Michigan.
“We then asked whether the injection was making the rats
just want to eat more or actually making the M&Ms taste
better.”
Through a test using lip-licking as an indicator, the
researchers found that while the rats ate more, they didn’t
like the M&Ms any more than before. “So, enkephalin in
this area is a purely motivational signal saying, ‘Eat more
now!’ ” DiFeliceantonio explained.
“This means that the brain has more extensive systems
to make individuals want to over-consume rewards than
previously thought,” she said in the Smithsonian article.
“It may be one reason why over-consumption is a problem
today.”
The study may also explain some of the underlying mental
reasons behind other addictions, the magazine notes.
“It seems likely that our enkephalin findings in rats mean
that this neurotransmitter may drive some forms of overconsumption and addiction in people,” DiFeliceantonio said.
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In Memoriam
If you wish to write to a member of the family of someone recently
deceased, please contact the Alumnae Office for name and address.
Waxter Forum Creator Dies
The Sweet Briar community was
saddened to learn of the death of Julia “Judy”
Baldwin Waxter ’49 on July 30, 2012.
Waxter, who earned her degree in political
economy, had a strong interest in the sciences
and environmental issues. A longtime supporter
of the College, she and her husband, Bill,
created a fund to host the annual Julia B.
Waxter Environmental Forum at Sweet Briar.
Since 1999 the forum has featured such
notable speakers as naturalist E.O. Wilson,
environmental journalist Mark Hertsgaard, and
food journalist and activist Michael Pollan, as
well as a spirited debate between Virginia state
climatologist Patrick Michaels and climatologist
Michael Mann on global warming.
Her survivors include her husband, her
children Susan and Peter, and grandson James
Waxter.
A memorial service was held Aug. 12 at
Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Baltimore. The
family requests that memorial contributions be
made to Irvine Nature Center, 11201 Garrison
Forest Road, Owings Mills, MD 21117.
An obituary appeared in the Baltimore Sun
on Aug. 3.
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1933
1941
1948
Belle Hancock
Mrs. Asa I. Atkins
Nov. 20, 2001
Doris Albray
Mrs. D.A. Bardusch
May 12, 2012
Clarita Fonville
Mrs. Neal Buie
July 5, 2011
Janet Blood
Mrs. William K. Brown Jr.
Oct. 15, 1993
Juliet Fisher
Mrs. Winfield Firman
July 24, 2012
Joyce Sentner
Mrs. Joyce S. Daly
Jan. 4, 1995
Margaret Nelson
Mrs. William Hartman
May 8, 1997
Marion Webb
Mrs. Barclay Shaw
June 11, 2012
1949
1934
1942
Sallie Legg
Mrs. Robert B. DeMartine
May 6, 2012
Dorothy Prince
Mrs. George S. Oldfield
Jan. 1, 2012
Mary Stone Moore
Mrs. Julian H. Rutherfoord
Aug. 1, 2012
Patricia Davin
Mrs. Alexander C. Robinson
June 29, 2012
1938
1943
Emma Glass
Mrs. Emma G. Beasley
June 12, 2010
Marion Graves
Mrs. Robert Arrington
Dec. 10, 1996
Jean Taylor
Miss Jean G. Taylor
May 27, 2012
Amelia Hewlett
Mrs. Marion Bowers
March 24, 2004
Primrose Johnston
Mrs. Arnold B. Craven
Sept. 9, 2012
Cornelia Armfield
Mrs. Cornelia A. Cannon
June 16, 2007
Margaret Swindell
Mrs. M. Paul Dickerman II
Sept. 4, 2011
Jean McLean
Mrs. Richard Davis
Aug. 16, 2012
Genevieve Clary
Miss Genevieve A. Clary
Oct. 21, 1998
Jane Gilbreth
Mrs. George P. Heppes Jr.
Jan. 10, 2006
Barbara Favill
Mrs. Barbara F. Marshall
July 13, 2012
Billie Smith
Mrs. Joseph T. Dickinson
April 20, 2012
Helen Rawn
Mrs. Lockwood Miller
Jan. 15, 1994
1951
Dorothy Mather
Mrs. John E. Goyert
Jan. 18, 2012
Louise Moore
Mrs. Louise M. Nelson
Aug. 14, 2012
Margaret Kearns
Miss Margaret C. Kearns
June 23, 2004
Barbara Briggs
Mrs. William Y. Quinn
March 23, 2010
Jane Job
Mrs. W. B. Manning Jr.
April 14, 1997
Catherine Parker
Dr. Catherine Silverman
July 31, 2009
Elizabeth Loudon
Mrs. William S. Steele
Aug. 13, 2007
1944
1939
Martha Williams
Mrs. Robert Norman Alday
Sept. 10, 2012
Cherrie Willson
Mrs. Cherrie W. Arrington
July 1, 2012
Virginia Gowen
Mrs. Robert G. Brown III
May 15, 2012
Jane Miessner
Mrs. Richard K. Beauchamp
June 27, 2012
Cecile Waterman
Cecile W. Essrig
June 29, 2012
Suzette Boutell
Mrs. John H. McLeod Jr.
Oct. 24, 2011
Marion Saunders
Ms. Marion Montgomery
July 10, 2012
Julia Gray Saunders
Mrs. Richard A. Michaux
Sept. 11, 2012
1945
1940
Anna Mary Chidester
Mrs. Anna Mary Heywood
Aug. 22, 2012
Marion Daudt
Mrs. Thomas W. McBride
April 6, 2012
Rosemary Newby
Mrs. C. Sutton Mullen Jr.
July 2, 2012
Amanda Hamblett
Mrs. Robert W. White
April 19, 2012
Julia Baldwin
Mrs. William D. Waxter III
July 30, 2012
1950
Anne Adams
Mrs. Robert M. Coulbourn III
Aug. 31, 2012
Joan Widau
Mrs. Gordon E. Marshall Jr.
April 17, 2012
Lois Annette Aitken
Mrs. Robert H. McRoberts Jr.
May 18, 2012
1952
Donna Reese
Mrs. George W. Godwin Jr.
June 8, 2012
1953
Anne Clark
Mrs. Michael M. Gildea
Aug. 28, 2012
Louise Somerville
Mrs. Henry Krotzer
Nov. 10, 2008
Jane Dawson
Mrs. Robert Mudwilder
May 18, 2012
1954
Louise Skinner
Mrs. Edward H. McLaughlin
Aug. 10, 2012
Anne “Nancy” Maury
Mrs. Bruce Miller
July 28, 2012
1955
Carolyn Neighbors
Mrs. Lamar Hart
July 2, 2012
Judy Trevor
Mrs. Lawrence B. Nettles
Jan. 21, 2012
1956
Catherine Colquitt
Mrs. Robert Bruce Jr.
May 24, 2012
1959
Susan Timberlake
Mrs. Colin J. S. Thomas Jr.
Aug. 20, 2012
1961
Barbara Stanford
Mrs. Keith T. Mason
May 21, 2012
1963
Frances Graham
Mrs. William L. MacIlwinen
July 5, 2012
1964
Sheila Carroll
The Rev. Sheila Cooprider
Feb. 8, 2012
1966
Anne Mercer
Mrs. Anne Mercer Kornegay
May 28, 2012
1970
Katharine Potterfield
Miss Katharine B. Potterfield
July 22, 2012
1971
Paula Sherrill Marks
Mrs. Sherrill M. Byrd
April 27, 2012
1973
Pamela Ivens
Mrs. Michael D. Renner
Nov. 26, 2010
Non-alumnae
Susan Kitchen, staff
July 20, 2012
Emma Johnson, staff
Sept. 19, 2012
Patricia Rodier (right)
Remembering a Pioneer in Autism Research
Patricia Martin Rodier, Ph.D., Sweet
Briar College Class of 1966, died May 3 at Strong
Memorial Hospital in Rochester, N.Y. She was 68.
A professor in the Department of Obstetrics
and Gynecology at the University of Rochester
Medical Center, Rodier was the “first scientist
to formulate and study the idea that autism can
originate long before a child is born,” according to
an article on the university’s website. Her research,
along with advanced clinical work conducted at the
medical center, earned the autism program national
recognition. From 1998 to 2008, the program was
designated by the National Institutes of Health as
one of 10 Collaborative Programs for Excellence in
Autism in the United States.
Rodier was also a world expert on mercury
toxicity, analyzing how single exposures to the
chemical during pregnancy influence a baby’s brain
development. Much of the research on mercury
exposure and birth defects continues to rely on
Rodier’s early findings. Rodier served as a key
government witness for the highly publicized court
cases regarding vaccines containing thimerosal,
a mercury-containing preservative. She played a
key role in determining that the preservative and
vaccines are not linked to autism.
A native of Roanoke, Va., Rodier received
her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Sweet
Briar, where she graduated in 1966 alongside her
twin sister, Donna Martin Zahorik. Rodier later
completed her master’s and doctorate degrees in
psychology at the University of Virginia. Her career
at the University of Rochester began in 1980,
where, after studying anatomy and embryology as a
post-doctorate fellow, she taught anatomy until the
early 1990s.
Rodier was a passionate traveler and loved
art, frequently visiting museums around the world
with her husband, Robert Kern. She also enjoyed
the opera and was an avid sports fan “able to recite
statistics on any sport, from professional baseball to
NCAA basketball,” according to the article.
Aside from her husband, Rodier is survived
by her twin sister, as well as a younger brother and
two stepchildren.
It was Rodier’s wish that her body be donated
to the Anatomical Gift Program at the University
of Rochester Medical School to further medical
education. A memorial to honor and celebrate her
life was held this summer. sbc.edu | Sweet Briar Magazine
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Marion Walker, our Class President in
Perpetuity, reports she felt the 40th
Reunion was a wonderful success.
Connecting at the campus was as special
as ever. After 6 years with Ford & Harrison,
Marion went out on her own and is now
sharing office space with some law school
friends in downtown Birmingham. She is
still a labor and employment defense and
business litigation attorney. Fortunately
there is time for golf, sailing, reading and
gardening. Her grandniece is adorable;
another nephew to graduate law school
next year and marry; nephew Jesse Walker
graduated from Ga. this year and was
inducted as a second Lieutenant in the
Marines; her niece, Mary Kathryn, has
moved back to Birmingham and has a
darling boyfriend.
In Tallahassee, Rosie Brache Leparulo
and husband William have 2 grandchildren—Gracie (4) and Anthony (2). In 7/10,
Rosie retired from teaching after 32 years.
William is still on the faculty at FSU, and
they’ll soon celebrate their 38th anniversary. Their sons are 36 (single) and 34
(married with children). Her mother lives
on her own about a mile away; at 88 and
twice widowed (Rosie lost her Dad in ’92),
she is doing well.
Carol Cody Herder and husband Charlie
are busy building a new home that is
half an hour outside of Aspen on a horse
ranch. Carol has just moved her mother
into a retirement home. Carol continues to
be an active volunteer in her DAR chapter
and the annual Theta Charity Antiques
Show. Both kids, Sarah (29) and Charles
(25), are happily married.
Vivian Finlay is enjoying living in Homer,
Alaska, in her new home of almost 3
years. She and husband Clyde Boyer are
active in their Rotary service clubs and
have again traveled to Siberia in June
for Rotary (the last trip of many in recent
years). They were able to visit Vivian’s
sisters in England and Ireland en route to
and from Russia. Vivian also participated
in a vocational and cultural exchange
through Rotary as leader of a maternal
and child health professional team to New
Zealand and Fiji in March and April. Vivian
continues a very limited part-time practice
doing psychotherapy in Homer.
“So enjoyed Reunion last May,” writes Bev
Horne Dommerich. Her first! Later in May,
John, her brother Coco, and Bev took a
back roads trip to the Piedmont area of
Italy. After a week of riding bikes through
the Piedmont area, they took a train
down to the Italian Riviera for a week and
walked Cinque Terre as well as to Portofino
from Santa Margherita.
Holly Smith has been made a trustee of
Sulgrave Manor, the ancestral home of
George Washington’s family, near Oxford,
England. She does fundraising for the
charity, a task she is also carrying out in
her role as a trustee of the International
Friends of the Natural History Museum
(the one in London). Holly and her husband Neil Osborn have just returned from
a vacation in Calif., where Holly lived in her
mid-teens.
From Richmond, Barbara Tessin Derry has
taken up bridge again and thinks fondly
of the marathon bridge sessions she and
Marcia Wittenbrook played in the basement of Grammar and the Pit instead of
studying. Her son Will (27) is a radiology
resident at UCLA; daughter Alice (25) is a
Spanish teacher at Thoreau Middle School
in Vienna, Va. She enjoyed catching up
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with our classmates who came to Reunion
and is still playing Words With Friends with
Carter Frackelton.
DeDe Conley and her husband went to
France at the end of April and planned to
go home by boat via Southampton in Oct.,
so organized 2 weeks in southern England
before sailing, their first visit to London
and England. She had a wonderful summer, a week in Venice, visits with friends,
construction on their house, working on
their garden and lots of good food and
open air markets. In Aug. she took a 2-day
“organic” gardening class near Grenoble
at “Terre Vivante.” She belongs to an
organic coop there, and in the summer
she put on an Organic Festival. In Sept.
DeDe went to Tunisia where she was a
Peace Corps volunteer just after SBC. She
had meetings with the American Embassy
personnel and more to try to jump start
a development project to help Kasserine,
where I served. Dede is VP of the Friends
of Tunisia that represent the 2600 Peace
Corps volunteers that have served in
Tunisia, and they think a memorial center
for the 6,500 Americans who died at
Kasserine Pass during WWII (first battle
with Rommel) could be a visitor center
that would attract tourism and create jobs.
Mary Sue Morrison Thomas was truly
delighted to reunite with close friends
and classmates at our 40th Reunion and
is inspired about helping to increase our
class attendance for the 45th in 2017
and beyond. She was able to locate some
of the ‘lost’ members of our class and
has pledged to try to find more. She also
urges all ‘72ers’ to check our Facebook
page frequently for pictures, information,
announcements, etc. and to keep up with
news at SBC by following Pres. Jo Ellen
Parker’s blog at sbc.edu/blogs.
I (Jill) continue to have a wonderful time
with forever friends from SBC. This past
June Karen Medford entertained Mary
Heller, Eileen Gebrian, Janet Nelson
Gibson and me at her lovely Rehoboth
Beach house. Ginnie B Payne Sasser and
Carter Frackelton would have joined us,
but Ginnie B got a bad cold and Carter
had to prepare for a trip to Mich. and then
her “camp” in the Adirondacks. Karen
continues to travel a lot, with a trip to
London and Bath in the fall and then off
to N.Y. for a 3-month extended play in the
Big Apple. Eileen Gebrian has been after
me for years to visit her and husband Tim
Barberich at their Nantucket beach house.
I overcame my fear of little planes by finding a 2-leg jet trip and had a wonderful
time with Eileen and Tim, as they were
preparing for daughter Sophie’s wedding
on the island in Sept. Eileen looks terrific
and I thought I looked the same, too, until
I saw the photos. Oh well.
Please, please consider joining the Sweet
Briar Class of 1972 Facebook private
group. Post some photos and share your
news or non-news. From the experience
at Reunion, I can tell we all want to know
what’s happening in our classmates’ lives,
mundane or not.
1973
Evelyn Carter Cowles
PO Box 278
Free Union, VA 22940-0278
[email protected]
Kathy Pretzfelder Steele and husband
Dave built a house on a lake in Mount
Dora, Fla., and moved from N.J. in June. “I
work remotely for my N.J.-based company.
Our daughter Kelly delivered our first grandchild, Hailey Brynn, on July 1. Our other
daughter Tracy moved from Chicago to
Atlanta. Can’t wait until our 40th next year!”
Renee Sterling sent a notice: “Morgan
Stanley Smith Barney’s Renee Sterling is
recognized as a 5 Star: Top 100 Wealth
Manager appearing in Texas Monthly…
Renee Sterling has been recognized
for the second time in 4 years in Texas
Monthly as one of the 2012 5 Star: Top
Wealth managers in the Dallas/Fort Worth
area. The article appears in the August
2012 issue of the publication and less
than 4 percent of licensed wealth managers in the area were recognized.”
Lisa Fowler Winslow: “I still work as a
law librarian at a law firm in Century City
(L.A.) My son and daughter are attorneys. I
keep busy with travel, golf and Bocce ball
league. I hope to make Reunion.”
Trish O’Neill is in the process of moving to
Greenwich, Conn. “As one son is in N.Y.C.
working on his M.B.A. and the other is
in Fla. doing the same, they’re happy to
have us closer by. We still visit Hawaii and
consider it home. I went to Oman for a few
days last month.”
Linda Lipscomb: “I have now moved to my
new place in Richmond. My first guests
for some wine and inspection tour were
Jane Potts, in town for the weekend, Lisa
Wickham Haskell and Lacy Williams.”
Kristy Alderson: “We just came back from
a 6-day road trip looking at colleges with
our daughter Tegwyth. I will gladly tell you
how the search comes out at our 40th!
Or Tegwyth will tell you since she (and
Mark) have been to every single reunion
with me.”
Jane Potts: “I was just in Richmond in Aug.
and got together with Lisa Wickham, Lacy
Williams and Linda Lipscomb. Linda has
moved to Richmond from Dallas and has
a job at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
I’m going to Highlands, N.C. with Deborah
Zeigler Hopkins over Labor Day and hope
to see Harriett Broughton Holliday who
has a house in Cashiers. Also in June, we
had a dinner party in Charleston at Jane
Perry McCutcheon McFadden’s house,
with lots of SBC classmates: Mac Cuthbert
Langley, Susan Craig, Robin Harmon
O’Neil, Diane Leslie, Lisa Marshall, Nan
Robertson …and more I think!”
Nan Robertson Clarke: “Our 2 youngest
sons Charlie and Robbie both engaged.
They plan to get married in the summer
of ’13, one in Charlotte and the other in
Fort Worth, Texas, only a month apart.
I also went to a mini-reunion this past
spring at the beach and saw Susan Craig,
Emily Garth Brown, Diane Leslie, Robin
Harmon O’Neil, Lisa Marshall Chalmers,
Mac Cuthbert Langley, Jane Potts, Jane
McCutcheon McFadden, and I may have
left someone out!”
Marion Humphreys: “I’m now dividing my
time between 3 grandchildren, Hunter
(5), Madelyn (2) and Tucker (1). I’m still
swimming, lifting and now biking on our
fabulous new green line. We go to our lake
house in Ark. about 2 weekends a month.
Everyone is now in Memphis, and one
son is a lawyer (like Dad) and the other
teaches at Soulsville Academy, a charter
school. I’m involved in a chronological
Bible study that keeps me on track.”
Ann Major Gibb: “Our son David got his
M.D. and Ph.D. from VCU in May and has
moved to New Haven to begin his residency and fellowship at Yale. Our daughter
Emily is in Philadelphia with our twin
grandsons (2). Ernie is looking forward to
retirement in a few years, and I continue to
write grants for Snow Hill, Md.”
Diane Dale Reiling: “We’re enjoying sunny
Medford, Ore. Chuck and I plan to be at
Reunion 2013. We have a Class Facebook
page at “Sweet Briar College, Class of
1973” and would love to have everyone
join as we approach Reunion. We already
have 39 members! Homecoming is Oct.
19-21, 2012 and will be a great planning
session, if you are close enough to come
to both! I cannot wait to see y’all, so start
planning your road trip now.”
Mary Buxton: “My son graduated from h.s.
I’m learning outrigger canoe and do other
sports. I’m traveling to see my mom a lot
more. I hope to attend Reunion.”
Kristin Howell writes “still in Key West halftime and on the Cape Fear River half-time!
Going to Belize in Nov., Texas as usual for
Christmas, and to Peru in Feb. (Texas is
always the wildest!)—still love adventure
and the animals!”
And right now I am in Mont. enjoying fishing, hiking and photography with some Va.
friends. Still riding, painting and gardening
when in Va. and Reynolds is still working.
I will be attending homecoming to start
planning our reunion and attend the
Riders Visiting Committee weekend. I went
to the riding reunion weekend at SBC, and
it was a blast. Join our Facebook page and
try to come to Reunion. I know the last one
was great!”
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Rosalind Ray Spell
2710 Orchard Knob SE
Atlanta, GA 30339-4625
[email protected]
Meredith Thompson Sullivan
PO Box 1283
Livingston, MT 59047-1283
[email protected]
With sadness I report the passing of our
classmate Peggy Crawford Reichard on
4/14/12 after a courageous battle with
cancer. Peggy was a resident of Amherst
and was a primary school teacher for
many years in schools in Va., Ohio and S.C.
Sally Brice-OHara writes, “On July 1, I
retired from the U.S. Coast Guard. In my
37-year career, I reached the rank of Vice
Admiral and for the final 2 years, was the
Vice Commandant, which is the second
highest position in the Coast Guard. I’m
on the boards of 2 nonprofit organizations
and the Board of Trustees at the Coast
Guard Academy. I only spent one year at
Sweet Briar, yet my experience and friends
are never forgotten!”
Lynn Watson Norfleet loves her retirement job in finance at the U. of Mary
Washington. Daughter Kate is finishing
her doctorate in physical therapy, and son
Drew is finishing his undergrad in civil
engineering technology. Lynn caught up
with roommate Carol Martin after 38 years
thanks to Facebook!
Carol Martin married a Spaniard and has
been living in Madrid since 1975. After
working in the travel industry for 35 years
she is now retired.
Mary Shaw Halsey Marks still lives in
Greenwich, Conn., doing architecture
work, traveling with husband Rob to places
like India and China. Oldest son Ned is
an executive recruiter in N.Y.C. Daughter
Caroline graduated in June from Stanford
where younger son Tyler also attends.
Kathleen Kavanagh writes, “I’m still in
philanthropy for nonprofits, a career that
started way back in 1974 when SBC gave
me my first job. I moved into consulting in
1995 when I joined GG+A; I get to work
with a terrific set of colleges, universities,
independent schools, medical centers
and cultural organizations. I moved from
downtown Boston to downtown Chicago 6
years ago.”
Elaine Mills and husband Bob Kline, parents of son Chris (25) and daughter Jenny
(21), have lived in the same Sears bungalow in Arlington, Va. for 27 years. When
not working in her garden, Elaine sings in
the church choir, and in July she and Bob
joined about 25 other choir members for a
performing tour of Wales and Ireland.
Jane Piper Gleason writes, “The week
after our 35th Reunion in 2009 Joe and
I moved from our house in Webster to a
condo in Clayton on the 23rd floor. Nine
months later Joe was dead from a massive stroke. I was in England in 6/11 and
went with Sherrie Snead McLeRoy to the
Trouping of the Colour. This June, I was in
London for the Jubilee celebrations.
Mimi Hill Wilk is excited to have oldest
son Beau back from Alaska and living in
Ariz. where he is a department chair at
Northern Pioneer College in the White
Mountains; daughter Liz still lives close by.
Mimi had the best time with Lou Weston
Rainey and Rip traveling in Ariz. last
summer.
Lee Wilkinson Warren joined the international hunger and relief organization Stop
Hunger Now in 2006 and now serves as
the community relations manager. Lee and
her husband have been married almost
40 years and have one granddaughter
with another baby on the way. She stays in
close touch with Ruthie Lentz and Susan
Stubbs Brown. Debbie Pelham Bigum
and Randy have relocated to Miramar
Beach, Fla.
Ruthie Willingham Lentz still works as a
financial advisor for Wells Fargo Advisors,
where she was recently awarded the
“Premier Advisor” distinction for the firm’s
highest level of client service and production. She’s active in her church’s More
Than a Meal neighborhood meal program,
the West Tennessee Haiti Partnership
and Leadership Memphis. Ruthie enjoyed
a week at Edisto Island with Liz Thomas
Camp and Robin Christian Ryan, whom
she’ll also join in Philadelphia with her
aunt Ruth Preucel ’49 over Labor Day
weekend.
Betsy Banks Daley is back in school
learning sign language, which she hopes
will help aid her in teaching children with
autism. She and her husband celebrated
their 30th anniversary.
Andria Francis still lives in northern Calif.
and works at CTB/McGraw-Hill (her 26th
year) developing educational tests. She
and her sister took a transatlantic cruise
from Fla. to Rome with a stop for shopping in Provence on Market Day. Andria’s
daughter Ashleigh (27) was in Kazakhstan
last year on a Fulbright scholarship and
has just returned to England, where she is
completing her doctorate in archaeology.
Ann Pritchett Van Horn loves being grandmother to her son’s 3 boys (5, 2, 4 mos.)
In May, she was in Cardenas, Cuba with a
group from her church installing a Living
Waters for the World clean water system.
Barbara Ashton Nicol and Robert are both
still working in Tuscaloosa, Ala., but hope
to retire in 2014. Three of their 4 boys are
engineers—Robinson (recently married) in
Atlanta, Sage in Corpus Christi and Ben in
Tuscaloosa. Chris is still figuring out what
he wants to do with his life. Barb joined
Ellie Plowden Boyd, Nancy Lea Houghton
and Beth Jones Elkins (’75) at the wedding of Liz Thomas Camp’s son in Mobile.
Emory Furniss Maxwell: “We had a minireunion when my daughter, Christy ’03,
was married in Atlanta last spring. Jane
Hutcherson Frierson, Edie McRee Bowles,
Liz Thomas Camp, Barbara Ashton Nicol
and Mary Bush Norwood were there.
Other SBC alumnae present were Mary
Emory Hill Rex ’42, Aline Rex McEvoy
’67, Kimberly Olmsted Calhoun ’92, Amy
Gardner Adams ’02, Shandy Hamner
’04, Sonya Truman ’02 and Kylene Smith
DeFrate ’03. Charles is retired and we still
live in Ariz.”
Ellie Plowden Boyd is pursuing a long-term
interest in painting with a focus on portraits and landscapes. She just organized
a plein-air group, Pomperaug Outdoor
Painters (POP), which meets and paints
around Southbury, Conn. Oldest son
Clayton lives in Brooklyn and is a photographer for Gilt Group. Youngest son John
is studying engineering at Vanderbilt and
Ellie hopes to catch up with Wendy White
Feinberg (whose daughter also attends
Vandy) at parents’ weekend. Ellie and husband Doug have been married 28 years.
Ceci Kirby Wraase still lives outside
Washington, D.C. with husband Dennis
and is most involved with Neighbors in
Need, a program to assist safety net charities, and the Trust for the National Mall.
Daughter Beth is in her second year as
a Teach for America elementary school
teacher in eastern N.C. Stepson Reid
and family live about an hour away. Karla
Kline Bradshaw and Ceci enjoy visits at
the Wraase’s lake house in the Allegheny
Mountains.
Bonnie Chronowski Brophy’s daughter
Meghan is PR manager at J. Mendel so
Bonnie gets to go to Fashion Week every
year. Son Chris, asst. brand manager for
ketchup at Heinz in Pittsburgh, is engaged.
Bonnie took up bridge and is going to a
tourney in Bermuda in Jan. 2013. She has
coordinated Bible study in her parish for 6
years with a good friend.
Jan Renne Steffen and husband Jim
have been married 15 years and live in
Fallbrook, Calif. Jan has retired, but still
quilts and teaches quilting. They travel in
their 5th wheel about 3-4 months a year
and just returned from a 2-month vacation through northern Calif., Ore., Wash.
and Vancouver, B.C. They drove to Coeur
D’Alene, Idaho, then down to Meridian to
visit family before heading home.
Haideh Khosrowshahi Partovi writes, “I
have been enjoying grand-motherhood
for the past 16 months! Little Rochanne
(meaning light) is half French and responds to Farsi, French and English. I’m
still enjoying working as a therapist in a
hospital and privately.”
Elizabeth Andrews Watts and Bobby are
planning to retire in 2014 after a long
career at Episcopal HS. Daughter Betsy
had a baby girl, Elaine “Laney” Andrews
Metcalf, on July 9. Son Rob lives in Norfolk
with his wife and 2 young sons. Elizabeth
had a mini-reunion in 10/11 at the
Greenbrier with Jane Hutcherson Frierson,
Susan Stephens Geyer and Leslie Elbert Hill.
Marcia Brandenburg Martinson and
husband Terry are moving to the town of
Plymouth, Mass. after living in a church
parsonage for the past 34 years. Marcia
and Terry became grandparents with the
birth of granddaughter Hadley Jane on
Aug.15. They spent 2 weeks in England
(with family) and France (with friends) in
July.
Tricia Barnett Greenberg and Phil spent 2
weeks in Spain and France this summer.
Daughter Patty is getting married April 6 in
Charleston, S.C., son Barnett is in real estate in Charleston and son Andy practices
dentistry there. Tricia and Phil divide their
time between Debordieu, Charleston and
Florence, S.C.
Laurene Sherlock’s first job as a travel
agent took her to many interesting places
over 25 years. Then her best friend,
Sandie Schwartz Tropper ’73, suggested
that she consider becoming a personal
property appraiser. “And so here I am in
career 2 after a few years of courses and
apprenticeship to get to accredited antiques appraiser.”
Sandra Taylor will become the Alumnae
Association president in 2013, joining
Janie Reeb Short, who is currently serving
on the Alumnae Board.
At the time of this writing, Meredith
Thompson Sullivan and husband John
were spending Labor Day weekend at
their condo on Flathead Lake in Mont.
Fortunately, their home in Livingston,
Mont. was spared from forest fires.
Rossie Ray Spell: I had my best birthday
ever on Omaha Beach in Normandy,
France in July. My husband, Penn, planned
a memorable trip to celebrate my 60th.
I am also thrilled to have begun serving
on the Board of Trustees of Atlanta Girls
School along with fellow SBC alumna Anne
Mobley Hassett. My daughter Anna graduated from AGS in 2011. Mark your calendars: Reunion 2014 will be May 30-June 1.
Hope to see everyone there.
1975
Johna Pierce Stephens
1703 Beard’s Creek Ct.
Davidsonville, MD 21035
[email protected]
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Cissy Humphrey
5016 Les Chateaux Apt. 234
Dallas, TX 75235-8750
[email protected]
Kari Andersen Shipley writes: “1977
classmates Angela Scully Elser, Cindy
Webb, Linda Guardabassi Michael, Paula
Brumm Hennessey, Vera Blake Theirs and
Janet Williams Osborne spent a 4-day
weekend together at the Shipley home.
They celebrated Cindy Webb’s recent retirement from the CIA where she was head
of counter-intelligence and was awarded
the Presidential Award for Meritorious
Service by President Obama and General
Petraeus. Kari continues to fundraise for
4 charities and paint. Youngest son Matt
will finish his 2-year Peace Corps term in
Paraguay this year. Middle son is off to law
school; oldest son is working in south Fla.
Beth Bates Locke’s husband Claude
produced 2 Texas Health Resources commercials. Daughter Becky finished summer school and will continue her studies
at Brookhaven College in Dallas. Beth is
still in agent sales at Briggs Freeman/
Sotheby’s in Dallas.
Sherry Buttrick continues her work (20
years!) for Virginia Outdoors Foundation
as assistant director of Easements in
Charlottesville, Va. Sherry and her husband Forbes are building a house on
about 80 acres they own.
Teesie Costello Howell’s youngest child,
Suzannah, graduated from William and
Mary. Oldest child, Jackson, finished a
year of teaching in France and is now in
N.Y.C. Teesie continues to originate mortgage loans, and husband Chris is still at
Dom. Resources. Teesie’s father passed
away in 2/12, so she is spending more
time with her mom.
In Chicago, Melanie Coyne Cody has just
finished renovating her home. The Cody
family went skiing after a train trip from
Chicago to Colo. last Jan. They spent
Easter in Hilton Head, and in July sweltered in the hottest week in Wis. (over
100 degrees) with Missy Briscoe McNatt.
Fun connection—Melanie hired a summer
intern from Scripps College (daughter
Sarah’s alma mater) who turned out to be
Julie Pettinga Stalnecker’s daughter Zoe
Stalnecker.
Galvin Gentry called in her update from
Baltimore, Md., saying she appreciated
being contacted and her news was “she
has had a heart attack and stroke, but still
is glad to be alive!” We all wish Galvin a
speedy recovery!
Lynn Kahler Rogerson is living in her 1815
home in Old Town Alexandria, Va. Her
daughter is now in 8th grade at National
Cathedral School in D.C. and continues
with piano and is on Pointe in ballet.
Lynn continues organizing exhibits for
museums.
Ann Kiley Crenshaw’s son Clarke married
Whitney Walker in Charlottesville on July 7.
Classmates Sally Old Kitchin, Lisa Nelson
Robertson, Catherine Adams and Melanie
Rice Holland were there for the festivities.
Clarke Jr. is living in Houston. Younger
son, Gordon, lives in N.Y.C. In Virginia
Beach, Ann stays busy with law practice
at Kaufman & Canoles and volunteering.
Ann had a mini-reunion with Mary Beth
Hamlin, Sally Mott Freeman, Sally Old
Kitchin and Cathy Slatinshek Prillaman in
northern Va. in Aug.
From Rye, N.Y., Mare Moran works as
marketing and client relations director for
the law firm of Dorf & Nelson, LLP. She enjoyed some time off traveling to Phoenix,
Scottsdale, Sedona, Grand Canyon, Myrtle
Beach and Colo. Son Chris (h.s. junior)
works as a part-time photographer.
In 2011, Tennessee Nielsen joined Jewish
Family Services of Dallas as an employment counselor. She enjoys facilitating an
employment networking group for Women
50+. Daughter Kelsey Indorf relocated
from Atlanta to D.C. to be a campus recruiter for PricewaterhouseCoopers.
In April, Dede Ryan Ale moved from
Houston to Santa Monica, Calif. John is
now general counsel of OXY (occidental
petroleum). Son John graduated from
UVa in 2010; son Matt graduated from
Vanderbilt in 5/12. Both boys are working
in Richmond, Va.
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1 From left: Preston Hodges Hill ’49, Katie
Cox Reynolds ’49, Ann Millardi (Preston’s
childhood friend) and Carolyn Cannady
Evans ’49 at Maroon Lake and Maroon Bells
near Aspen, Colo.
2 2006 classmates Lindsey Cline, Kelly Rogers
Bell, Abby Adams, Jodie Weber Kavanah
and Emily Burke at Jodie’s wedding on
March 31, 2012.
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3 Jesse Durham Strauss ’96 threw a birthday
pool party with classmates, left to right:
Sarah Chaffee Paris with Bella (9) and
Charlie (2); Bridget Bayliss Curren with Aoife
(1); Jesse Durham Strauss with Anna (5),
Audrey (4) and Ari (2); Lee Foley Dolan with
Henry (10), Mattie (7) and Fred (4); Laura
Lechler with Sarah’s son Stevie (5); Rachel
Baltus Price with Winona (1).
4 Stacey Sickels Locke ’88 and Lyn Locke
were married in Annapolis, Md., July 2011.
5 Lisa Thompson Barnes ’88 and Trevon
Barnes, Nov. 2011, Vero Beach, Fla.
6 Kat Allen ’12 (left), visiting the sites in
Cambodia.
7 Ginny Wood Susi’s (2004) baby girl, Evelyn
“Evie” Sheffield.
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8 Betty Skeen ’07 and fiancé Hunter
Gorinson.
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9 Morgan Roach ’07 and fiancé Stephen Vina
in Aruba.
10Allie Garrison Bridges ’10 and Kevin Bridges
married at Sweet Briar on June 2, 2012.
111976 classmates gathered in August; front
row: Sally Mott Freeman and Mary Beth
Hamlin; second row: Ann Kiley Crenshaw,
Cathy Slatinshek Prillaman and Sally Old
Kitchin.
12Bev Horne Dommerich ’72 with her
husband John on their summer bike trip in
Italy.
13Owen (preschool) and Jackson (third grade),
sons of Sarah Dennis Roberts ’96.
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14Katie Niemeier ’05, far left, hosted a tea
party at the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond,
Va. The following alumnae were in
attendance: Lauren Wade ’05, Laura
Denson ’05, Karen Dennehy Godsey ’05,
Krystal Dean Tucker ’05, Laura Brockman
Bryan ’05, Lyndsay Welsh Chamblin
’05, Angela Grisby Roberts ’02, Tiffany
Williamson Norwood ’02, Hilary Cooper
Cook ’05 and Ashley Forehand Oakley ’05.
15 From left: Morgan Harris ’14, Grace
Herion ’15, Mehegan Morgan ’15, Caroline
Baker ’15 and Kristen Frey ’16 at Sally Old
Kitchin’s annual Hampton Roads back-toschool event.
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16 Vivian Yamaguchi Cohn ’77 with her
husband and sons in Japan on a family trip.
17 Bev Horne Dommerich ’72 with her brother
Coco on their summer bike trip in Italy.
(Many in our class know Coco well.)
18 Mary Copeland Dellinger ’96 and her
fiancé, Martin.
19 Jeff and Ashley Forehand Oakley ’05
welcomed their first daughter, Bradleigh
Scott Oakley, on 8/3/12.
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20 2002 classmates Monique Moshier, Jen
Brown Robinson, Heather Minor Gelormine,
Leigh Riddell, Corinne Wieland Zeruto and
Shannon Robison.
21 Alumnae from the class of 1977, back row:
Janet Williams and Cindy Webb; front row:
Kari Anderson Shipley ’76 and husband
John, Vera Blake Thiers, Linda Guardabassi
Michael, Angela Scully and Paula Brumm
Hennessy.
22The wedding of Samantha Adams ’12,
with alumnae from left to right: Caitlin
Philips ’11, Petra Weisbrich ’10, Samantha
Adams Newburn ’12, Katheryn Coombs ’12
and Megan Moncure ’12
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231988 classmates Katie Keogh Weidner,
Kathryn Ingham Reese, Kate Cole Hite,
Mary Halliday Shaw and Whitney Bolt Lewis.
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24Bridesmaid Nancy Kleinhans Carr ’06,
bottom left, and husband Chris Carr
with family celebrating at the Sinner/
Kleinhans wedding with bride Megan
Sinner Kleinhans ’04 and groom Hugo
Kleinhans IV.
25Megan Owen Thompson’s (’04) son Aiden
Michael.
26 Betty Stanley Cates and Allison Stemmons
Simon, co-presidents for the Class of 1963.
27Victoria Bradley Gentry ’12 surrounded by
Sweet Briar wedding attendees and friends.
281974 classmates had a mini reunion in April
in Atlanta at Emory Maxwell’s daughter
Christi’s (’03) wedding. Left to right: Liz
Thomas Camp, Mary Bush Norwood,
Edie McRee Bowles, Jane Hutchison
Frierson and Barbara Ashton Nicol at the
bridesmaid’s luncheon.
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29 1974 classmates at Liz Thomas Camp’s
son’s wedding in Mobile, left to right:
Nancy Lea Houghton, Sophia Camp, Ellie
Plowden Boyd, Barbara Ashton Nicol, Liz
Thomas Camp, and Beth Jones Elkins ’75.
301996 classmates at an Easter mini reunion.
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Karina Schless is still working at Shire
Pharma in HR Ops, riding her quarter
horse Angus (now 21 but doing great) and
off to Jackson Hole for ranch holiday.
In Tenn., Gina Spangler Polley and husband David are doing fine with their carpet
business. Gina is starting to show her Jack
Russell Terrier in rally obedience classes.
She got her therapy dog certification and
is taking her dog to schools and nursing
homes. Gina and David will take a river
cruise in China next Aug.
Susan Verbridge Paulson is still the principal at Ranch Creek Elementary School in
Colo. Springs, and is awaiting the birth of
her first grandchild in Nov.
Sue Walton Klaveness retired from The
Coca-Cola Company after 25 years! Susan
and husband Mike are making travel
plans, beginning with N.Y.C. then Ireland.
They still enjoy ballroom dancing, Indie
movies and their cats OK and Thomas.
Mary Woodford has been in Pinehurst,
N.C. for 2 years. She works part time and
on her golf game. Mary’s 2 stepdaughters
continue to impress; one has completed
her Ph.D. in history from Yale, the other
is working on Ph.D. in public health at
Berkeley. Mary and husband Jim were
to connect, albeit briefly, with Sally
Crickenberger Brady and husband Gordon
at their son’s wedding in June.
Gail Ann Zarwell Winkler continues her
job in sales management for Doncaster in
Neenah, Wis., while husband John works
for the Small Business Development
Center for Wis. Daughter Laura is back
from graduate school in Wales and working on her thesis in event management
while son William is in his second year of
business school at William and Mary.
And I, Cissy Humphrey, continue to work
in Dallas and occasionally have dinner
and fun times with Beth Bates Locke,
Tennessee Nielsen and Kay Ellisor
Hopkins. Keep sending me your news and
notes!
1977
Sally Bonham Mohle
5039 Lewisetta Dr.
Glen Allen, VA 23060
[email protected]
Reunion was fun! Vivian Yamaguchi
Cohn made SBC and our class proud as
National Reunion Giving Chair. If you didn’t
get an email from me soliciting this news,
please send me your email address.
Ebet Little Stevens: “Sad to report that
my mother (93), who lived just a few miles
away in Chapel Hill, died in June. Daughter
Liz and her family, including baby Libby
who was born in Jan., are still in Houston.
Daughter Anne and her husband have
moved back to N.C. to Raleigh. Son Rob is
off to Madrid for a semester. Reunion was
a lot fun.”
Barb Bernick Peyronnet: “I enjoyed a fun
time at our 35th Reunion. We’re planning
a Nov. wedding for Maggie and searching
for colleges for Annie!”
Linda Guardabassi Michael: “Some of us
had our own mini-reunion in Delray, Fla., at
Kari Shipley’s (’76) house. In attendance
besides Kari and me were Cindy Webb,
Angela Scully, Paula Brumm Hennessey,
Janet Williams and Vera Blake Thiers.
Vera wins the prize for coming all the way
from Germany. This spring Doug and I
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picked up our youngest, Krista (21), from
her semester abroad in Barcelona. After
her program we flew to Milan and traveled
between there and Amsterdam. Best of all,
we visited Vera’s home in Frankfurt.”
Vivian Yamaguchi Cohn: “We took a family
trip to Japan to visit son Cliff (23) who is
working for Rakuten in Tokyo. Oldest son
Clay (25) trades options in L.A. Youngest,
twins Charlie and Will (18), are heading to
Colo. College and U. of Denver this fall. Stu
and I will celebrate our 30th anniversary
in Sept.”
Dee Hubble Dolan: “I enjoyed seeing everyone who attended our 35th Reunion.
I still work in sales and marketing at
Brandermill Woods Retirement Community
in Midlothian, VA. At home, I still take
in rescue animals until a foster home is
found.”
Debbie Koss McCarthy: “It was great
seeing a small but stalwart group of classmates at Reunion. The Augustine Literacy
Project continues to thrive and grow. David
and I have a new grandbaby: Miles David,
born in June, joining sister Anna Grace (3).
Alex has met a special girl.”
Ellen Sellers McDowell: “We had a great
time at Reunion and wished for more
classmates to attend. After Reunion our
family took a trip to France to celebrate
Mary Susan’s graduation from TCU. We
stayed with Jill Steenhuis ’80 who gave us
an artist’s tour of Provence to see where
Cezanne and Van Gogh painted. Then we
met my sister Susan Sellers Ewing ’71 in
Paris with her daughter Caroline. Emily
and Mary Susan are working in Houston,
Ginny is working in Dallas and Kate is a
junior at Samford in Birmingham, Ala. I enjoyed having lunch with Lochrane Coleman
Smith ’76 and Eve Jackson London’ 78
when I was in Birmingham.”
Missy Flanigan Clark writes that her
daughter and husband made her a grandmother this year thanks to baby Isabelle.
Gay Owens Gates: “Bob and I are finally in
the same residence again after 3 years.
Lily heads to Westfield State U. on 9/2 majoring in special education. Lauren graduated in May and is juggling different theater jobs in Philly. Seeing Lisa Carangelo
’80 soon, can’t wait!”
Roxane Clement: “I’m working on the
Obama campaign and will be going to
the Democratic National Convention in
Charlotte next month.”
Sarah Bruce Kelly: Last winter, my historical novel, “Vivaldi’s Muse,” won an international literary award. I’m still teaching
music and Latin at St. Michael Catholic
School as well as courses at Coastal
Carolina U. Last Nov. I was invited by the
university to lead a student trip to Italy.
Frank came and we celebrated our 32nd
anniversary. Mary Catherine is married
and living in Bethlehem, Pa., and Frankie
is in San Diego.
Pete and I, Sally Bonham Mohle, took our
first overnight trip in 4 years in July. Drove
up through New England, flew to Nova
Scotia, all to see friends and family and
eat lobster…then turned around and came
home. I really enjoyed Reunion in May.
1978
Suzanne Stryker Ullrich
820 Waverly Rd.
Kennett Square, PA 19348
[email protected]
1979
Mary “Robbie” McBride
Bingham
2044 Murdstone Rd.
Pittsburgh, PA 15241
[email protected]
1980
Phyllis Watt Wilson
3939 Livingston St. NW
Washington, DC 20015
[email protected]
Fran McClung Ferguson
1917 Maylin Dr.
Salem, VA 24153
[email protected]
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send your news to either of us!
Felecia Bernstein and John live near the
ocean in a small N.J. town. Son Sam (29)
lives in Sonoma Valley, Calif. Felecia works
as a surgical coder and has launched a
nonprofit called Rose’s Fund for Animals
(rosesfund.org).
Lisa Faulkner O’Hara took daughter
Evan to Paris. Next spring, her son Bud
will graduate from Boston College and
Evan will graduate from h.s. Lisa works in
advertising.
Karen Black Meredith continues to love
being a real estate agent in Santa Fe,
N.M.!
Catherine Mills Houlahan works 2 parttime jobs in Newport News and Hampton,
Va. and is a full-time single mom. She
enjoys her jobs as a course administrator
and a paralegal at a software company
while waiting for one to hire her full time.
Her eldest is in college 6 states away. She
has one daughter in h.s. and one in middle
school.
Amy Campbell Lamphere’s son graduated
from Nebr. Wesleyan U. Daughter Sarah is
at KU. Amy and Jim celebrated 25 years
last Nov. She dances, teaches Nia and
baby ballet/tap, and writes. “Business-y”
trips have given her a chance to see
Mary Cowell Sharpe, Eithne Broderick
Carlin, Ann Connolly Simpson, Mimi
Walch Doe, Ashley Wilson Brook, Beth
Blair McKinney, Megan Coffield Lyon and
Catherine Flaherty.
Eithne Broderick Carlin writes from Cape
Cod where she’s building DJ’s Family
Sports Pub #2 in Falmouth. Her husband
and children (a senior and a junior) love
life. Eithne got to visit with Amy Campbell
Lamphere, Mary Sharpe and Missy Gentry
Witherow.
Carolyn Hallahan Salamon enjoys living in
Frederick, Md. Her son (13) and daughter
(11) are both in middle school. She works
in IT in project management.
Phyllis Watt Jordan saw Lisa Ward
Connors and Kevin, and Flo Rowe Barnick
this year. Phyllis works as a communications consultant for nonprofits and foundations to get children to attend school and
learn to read by 3rd grade. (Her kids, 8thand 10th-graders, read just fine.) Lisa’s
last child left for college this fall. She
works for World Education Services in N.Y.
Barbara Wesley Bagbey teaches preschool in Richmond. Her daughter is also a
teacher and her son is in his second year
at Clemson. Her husband is back from
Iraq, Italy and Germany.
True Dow-Datilio’s sons have gone to
school in Kent, Ohio and Lake Forest, Ill.
True has left her job of 12 years for a new
career path in the arts.
Brooks Cunningham Dykes’ 3 boys are all
in college, one at SCAD, one at Tulane and
the youngest in school in Colo.
Pam Koehler Elmets’ twins have graduated from college and are employed! Her
youngest, Caroline, is a h.s. junior. Pam
enjoyed a visit with Missy Gentry Witherow
this spring. Missy’s eldest daughter,
Somer, graduated from h.s. and is a freshman at Skidmore.
Both of Fran McClung Ferguson’s children
graduated from college in the past year.
Robert is an educator at Discovery Place
in Charlotte, N.C. Carol graduated from
Sweet Briar and is now studying at Union
Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, Va.
Jill Steenhuis Ruffato’s book “Art, Soul
& Destiny” is available on her website
(jillsteenhuis.com) and the SBC Bookshop.
She’s still painting and having shows and
still with Serge, now a full-time sculptor
and lithographer. They had a show in Paris
and in Aix in 2011. Jimmy Lee is a h.s.
senior, Sergio graduated from SCAD, and
Alexander is married to Erin and does marketing for semis-Paris.com.
After many years in D.C./Bethesda, Mary
Jane Young Thistlethwaite and family
moved to rural Ky. Mary Jane is a founder
of the Museum of American Music in
Helena, Ark., serves on the Advisory
Council for the Governor School of Arts, is
finalizing 2 screenplays and writing music.
Bill (W&L) is a surgeon. They have 2 sons:
Taylor (26) works as an American specialist with Case Antique and Auction in
Knoxville. Clay (17) is a junior at Glasgow
HS.
Betsy Thomas Rook’s husband Roger
had prostate cancer last year, but has
been cancer free since March 2011. He
is a retired actor and president of the
Southwest Herpetological Society in LA.
Son Wiley (18) attends community college
in Salt Lake and works as a nursing assistant. Son Kirby (14) is in h.s. and big into
sports. Betsy is writing and auditioning,
and will be participating in “Monologue,” a
show on Pasadena public access TV similar to “America’s Got Talent.” She enjoyed
seeing Susan Boline Thompson and Myth
Monnich Bayoud in Dallas last year.
Laurie Newman Tuchel’s eldest son
graduated from Emerson College (Boston)
in May and is relocating to LA. Her youngest has entered his final year at the U.
of Edinburgh, Scotland. She and Chas
have a home in the Bahamas and one in
Edinburgh.
Sandra Rappaccioli Padilla and husband Max live in Managua where Max
is a full-time coffee grower. Their eldest
son Max Carlos works in Atlanta. Jorge
graduated from SMU and is back working in Managua. Sandra Lucia is studying
culinary arts at Johnson and Wales U. in
Miami. Violeta just started her freshman
year at Villanova. Felipe is a sophomore
in h.s.
Anne Secor and husband live in the
Laurentian Mountains north of Montreal
and have opened a store called TECHSPA,
which specializes in technology. Anne also
started a new full-time job in Jan. as art &
design director for a community newspaper called Main Street (themainstreet.org).
Her twin girls, Romy and Naia (6), are now
first-graders!
‘Art, Soul
& Destiny’
Jill Steenhuis ’80
recently published “Art,
Soul & Destiny: An Artist’s
Journey from America to
Provence.” The 162-page
book is a culmination
of Steenhuis’ 31 years as
an American living in
Provence.
Diana Tarride Palmer was diagnosed with
breast cancer in March. After chemo in Ft.
Worth in Oct. she was scheduled to go to
MD Anderson in Houston for radiation. Her
daughter Anna is a senior in h.s. this year.
Francie Root had a fascinating trip to
Cuba with Georgia Schley Ritchie in Jan.
Francie’s summer was spent recouping
from bilateral knee replacement and waiting for the bionics to kick in. Georgia’s
son Addison moved to Ohio Wesleyan for
his freshman year. Georgia is headed to
Marrakesh in Sept.
Nancy Bade Fuller and Drew travel to see
their daughter Caroline and her husband
Tee and baby Tripp in Philadelphia, where
Tee goes to business school. Elizabeth
works in Houston and Craig, their youngest, is a sophomore at Ga.
Lind Robinson Bussey plans to spend
a lot of time in Charlottesville, Va.,
where daughter Jenny Lind lives. They
were expecting a baby boy in early Oct.
While visiting her daughter this summer,
Lind ran into Missy Gentry Witherow
and her daughters, Ann Darden Self
with her daughter who is a sophomore
at UVa, Martha Fruehauf, and Lisa
Sturkie Greenberg whose youngest son
Christopher is at UVa. Back home in
Jackson, Miss., her son John is working
with his dad. Her youngest son, Anderson,
is a senior at Ole Miss.
Liz Swearingen-Edens enjoyed a summer
visit to Canada. Her eldest is driving and
her “baby” has started h.s. Her design/illustration business continues, as does Liz
Paper (lizpaper.com).
Toni Santangelo Archibald (Rye, N.Y.) is
divorced, happily living in a great apt. at
Westchester Country Club, and working at
her h.s. alma mater, Holy Child. Her eldest
Johnny (25) works in Denver. Her other
kids are 23 and 20.
Beth Blair McKinney feels content in
Wilson, N.C. Her law practice is going well
and Mac is in D.C. working on the Hill.
Shannon Thompson Eadon’s son Logan
graduated from MICA in June and is
looking for a job in graphic design in N.Y.
Tucker is a junior at Endicott. Shannon
fundraises for the Count Basie Theatre,
an arts and education venue. Gordie is an
investment banker. They’re coming up on
30 in May.
Ann Connolly Simpson traveled this summer in Va. and N.C. with her new beau and
celebrated 22 years at The Dragon’s Nest
toy store. Hannah (23) is in grad school at
Simmons for her M.Ed.
Claire Dennison Griffith works with juniors
and seniors on SAT and ACT prep through
Direct Hits Education and oversees the
publishing and sales of 2 vocabulary
books. Find her on twitter @directhitsfan.
Ted (26) works in Atlanta and Charlie (20)
is a sophomore at TCU. Luther is in venture capital.
Florence Rowe Barnick is still with the
newspaper (associate publisher of the
Free-Lance Star). Her twins received associate degrees from Landmark College
and are now at Wentworth Institute of
Technology in Boston. George is a sophomore at Stafford HS.
Catherine Flaherty has sent her eldest, Killian, to college at Creighton in
Omaha. He’s there with his cousin, son
of Catherine’s sister-in-law Anne Riordan
Flaherty ’78. Catherine’s son Callaghan
is a junior at Benilde St. Margaret’s and
a starting linebacker on the varsity team.
Macartan is a h.s. freshman and plays
soccer. Her direct mail business, Money
Mailer, is doing well. She mentioned good
times with Fannie Zollicoffer Mallonee,
Ginny Faris Hoffman and Amy Campbell
Lamphere.
Wishing there was room for every word
from Ginny Faris Hoffman! Even though,
or maybe because we’ve all skidded past
50, Ginny is more grateful than ever for
her Sweet Briar sisters. She’s “had as
good times with my SBC buds as ever
before, maybe even better” with friends,
“each a remarkably resilient, smart and
funny vixen.”
So, who’s ready for Reunion? Lots of
us, apparently! 2015 is just around the
corner!
1981
Claire McDonnell Purnell
4 Thompson St.
Annapolis, MD 21401-3833
[email protected]
Facebook page: SBC Class of 1981—We
have 44 members!
May Carter Barger is taking a weeklong
visit to Jill Steenhuis ’80 and oil painting
in Aix, France. May writes, “Daughter Josie
(17) is a senior. Son Ben (15) is in 9th
grade. My husband’s glass fabrication
business is picking up.” May’s kids are
also learning to drive!
Elaine Arozarena splits time between N.
Y. and Madrid, Spain. She writes, “I’m on
some boards for some nonprofits and very
busy trying to get some new ventures going. My husband Carlos (Spanish), retired
some years ago, but is very active as a
historian, a Chevalier of Malta.” Elaine
stays in touch with Wendi Wood, Sandra
Rapaccioli ’80 and Wendy Weiler ’71.
Mary Kate Ferguson is living in Baltimore
and writes that she “got back into horseback riding last spring with Brendy Reiter
Hantzes. It took me back to my first experience with riding 31 years ago at Sweet
Briar.”
Susan Graham Campbell is living and
working in Philadelphia. She writes “I had
a great time on a riding trip in Carmona,
Spain in early July and then went to my
first away horse show (Saugerties, N.Y.)
in late July. My daughter Sarah (26) has
moved back to the Philadelphia area after
almost 7 years in N.Y.C.”
Lynn Croft Reeves and husband Jack are
still living in Hanover, Va. Lynn says: “I enjoy playing tennis and volunteering at my
church. Son Henry (19) began his first year
at VMI. Savannah (17) is a senior in h.s.
This past May I got to see Naomi Weyand
Smith and her daughter Emily.”
Deborah Donigan Bullett (Ashburn,
Va.): Son Xavier is graduating from
Randolph Macon Coll. in Ashland and Jax
(Jacquelyne) is a sophomore at SBC.
Hope Keating is still living in Tallahassee,
Fla. She and her fiancé, G.W. Harrell, are
looking forward to their upcoming spring
2013 wedding.
For so long I (Claire McDonnell Purnell)
have written how things are the same in
Annapolis, but now they are different since
my older daughter Mary (18) has left for
the U. of Del. We’re looking forward to
Parents Weekend in Oct. Lizzie (15) is a
sophomore. A note to everyone: With each
issue of the magazine, I get a new set of
email addresses from SBC. I send out the
request and still, many of them bounce
back to me. However, email seems to be
the best way to reach you. PLEASE contact
SBC and give them your correct email address. Thanks and take care.
1982
Jennifer Rae
1013 Debeck Drive
Rockville, MD 20851
[email protected]
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Mary LaVigne’s daughters, Eugenia and
Henley, will be together in h.s. Eugenia is
preparing for the college process. Henley
will be a freshman. She and her daughters
all ride together. They played polo cross
at camp, and Eugenia has been invited to
ride in Nationals! Mary went to a 2-day intensive seminar at Joel Salatin’s Polyface
Farm.”
Cathy Miller and husband had a trip to
Russia in May. They took a cruise from St.
Petersburg to Moscow. After a summer
family trip to Blowing Rock, N.C., they’ll
take the girls off to their colleges, Ferrum
and Randolph-Macon.
Mary Ames Booker is still enjoying work
as the curator on the Battleship NORTH
CAROLINA in Wilmington. In her Episcopal
church she assists with stewardship, finance and the annual fundraiser. Her aunt
Suzanne VanHorne ’47 and uncle still live
in Columbus, Ohio.
Heather Pirnie Albert is getting settled
in Fate, Texas. She took a job as a district manager for Ace Cash, a financial
services company, and runs a district
in east Dallas. Michael is looking for a
teaching job. Her oldest, Rebecca, is getting married in Nov. Heather’s youngest,
Samantha, graduated in May from the U.
of the South, and is a business analyst for
Mercer Capital in Memphis.
Monika Keiser Neheim shares Alexa graduated from the U. of Miami, Frost School
of Music with a double major in musical
theatre and English literature, as well as a
minor in music business. Julius will start
his senior year in h.s. this Aug. She and
Julius visited her family in Germany for 2
weeks in June. Richard is still with Pepsico
International. They’ll celebrate their 25th
in Jan. She’s still volunteering at school
with the PTSO, the school calendar committee and the drama dept.
Heidi Willard was in a life-threatening
horse riding accident in July out in Mont.
She has a broken back and her shattered
left leg. She’s so glad that she saw everyone at Reunion and sends her love and an
open hand for those reunion donations!
Chip McPheeters was sorry to miss
Reunion, but she went to the riding reunion in April with her daughter. Her son
James and his wife had their first child,
Mary Elizabeth McPheeters, on 1/27/12.
Daughter Heather Ann McPheeters ’10
became engaged this July. They’re busy
planning her wedding for 5/18/13!
Francie Belliveau’s son Ned (20) is in his
third year at Hampden-Sydney. Michael
(18) is getting ready for college next year.
Anna (16) may be an alumna one day!
Scott is still at VMI writing, teaching and
occasionally acting! She still loves teaching 3-year-olds!
Ethel Burwell Dowling and her family
love living in Lexington, Va. She sees
classmates Anne Edmunds Hansen and
Francie Mantho Belliveau. Over the summer Molly Johnson gave the Dowlings a
tour of Chicago, including a tour of Molly’s
favorite tire store.
Martha Cordell will be an empty-nester in
2 weeks with a son at Tulane and a daughter at TCU. She continues to serve as dean
of students at The U. of Tulsa Coll. of Law,
plays bridge, belongs to a book club and
continues to run and play tennis. In their
free time, David and she like to spend time
at their condominium on the Gulf Coast.
Early this summer, she met her dear friend
Althea Hurt Randolph ’80 in N.Y.C.
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Anne Pridgeon Bortz is married and living
in Brentwood, Tenn. She’s the founder
and CEO of Franklin Card Company, a new
photographic e-card website. In 2010, she
climbed to Mount Everest Base Camp for
her 50th birthday. She enjoys staying in
touch with Jennifer Rae and Heidi Willard.
Rosemary Hardy works as a behavior/
autism specialist in the Shawnee Mission
School district—been with them now for
23 years. She vacationed in Mass. with
her brother and his family. In all, she now
has 15 nieces and nephews ranging in
age from 30 to a newborn—loves being the
doting aunt.
Jean Bryan is back from their family reunion and has 2 children in college! Jean
had a blast at Reunion. Peter and she
celebrated 24 years of marriage.
Marie Engel Earnhart shares that Mary
Whitney is a junior at SBC. She’s doing a
semester abroad in Panama City, Panama.
Son Chandler starts college this fall.
Angela V. Averett has been living the
dream, retired in Jaco Beach, Costa Rica
this past year. Son Daniel (25) lives and
works in Brest, France; daughter Claire
(23) lives in Brooklyn and works at Time,
Inc. in Manhattan; daughter Catherine
(22) lives and works at an Equestrian
SurgiCenter in Tampa, Fla.
Beth Reed retired from teaching in 2011.
A number of years ago she began showing
Cavalier King Charles Spaniels. Besides
showing in AKC, she trains for obedience
and therapy. Daughter Kate (Vanderbilt)
is now an area coordinator for housing
and residential education on the Peabody
Campus at Vanderbilt just 3 hours away.
Son Matthew, after graduating from the
U. of the South (Sewanee ’10), works in
Birmingham. Kate hopes that even more
of the class will be able to attend our
reunion in 2017, and as our current class
president, she welcomes all communication any one would like to share.
Jennifer Rae was thrilled to be at a class
reunion. She has been busy with rebranding of her public relations consulting LLC.
She enjoys conversations with Anne Bortz
and reconnecting with all of our classmates as class secretary. She reached
out with some phone calls and thanks
those for talking. She sends a big thank
you to all of our classmates connecting on
LinkedIn and Facebook. Want to extend
a big thank you to our past class board
2007-2012! Well done, you all! Her hubby,
Luigi, enjoyed being with a handful of our
class at Molly Grenn’s.
1983
Cary Cathcart Fagan
329 Kelford Ln.
Charlotte, NC 28270
[email protected]
As I’m writing these notes my beautiful
city of Charlotte is being frenzied with the
Democratic National Convention. It has
brought back a great memory of when
Nancy Trimble Howell ’82 and I were 2 of
the 8 delegates from ZBT representing
N.M. at the W&L Mock Convention in May
1980. We built a float, rode in the parade
and were on the floor when we nominated
Ronald Reagan. He called and thanked all
of us over the loudspeaker! More recently,
my stepson Christopher Fagan II finished
his tour of duty in the Air Force, has graduated from college as a medical assistant
and continues living in San Antonio, Texas.
Thanks for the great responses. Chris and
I can’t wait to see everyone at Reunion!
Alice Cutting Laimbeer and Rick still foxhunt. They have 2 Welsh pony broodmares
in foal. Rick and Alice are traveling to Italy
to pick up Margot when she finishes her
semester in Florence. Alice hopes to get
together with Wylie Jamison Small, Lucy
Chapman Millar and Anne Little Woolley
for sporting clays in the fall. Alice will see
everyone in May!
Alicia Nygaard Formagus and Nace were
proud to present Mr. and Mrs. Lee William
McNutt IV on 7/28/12 in Knoxville, Tenn.
The couple lives 2 miles from Alicia and
Nace while son William returns to law
school and new daughter-in-law Michelle
begins teaching 3rd grade at a nearby
school. Thankfully, younger son Thomas
was out of the area during the Texas
A&M shooting, 100 yards from his home.
Alicia continues her work as a business
consultant working primarily with First
Responders.
Leslie Malone Berger is a speechlanguage pathologist for Roanoke County
Public Schools. Leslie’s son Alex is a junior
at Washington and Lee. Kiernan started
his freshman year at High Point U. Emilie
is a sophomore in h.s. Leslie looks forward
to Reunion!
Amy Boyce Osaki is celebrating being
self-employed since 1996. Their travel
business is thriving and has 2 websites:
mountainhikingholidays.com for mountain
hiking trips and walkingsoftly.com for walking trips with a focus on art/history/architecture. Amy has been married 26 years
and has a daughter (12) in 7th grade this
year. She saw Desiree Bouchat last year.
Amy is considering attending Reunion.
Amy Painter Hur is divorced and still living in Austin. Her daughter attends U. of
Texas, Austin. Her oldest daughter is a
senior at the U. of Ala. Amy is attending
Reunion!
Angelia Goodwin Ashley lives in
Richmond, Va. and still works in bio-tech
sales. Jimmy and Angelia went to the
Olympics in London! Angelia is riding again
at a farm next to Kathy Barrett Baker and
her husband Jim and sees them often.
Ann Sterling Hart has been working hard
running dressage horse shows and dodging Hurricane Isaac. Ann began Mixed
Martial Arts classes 2 years ago. Youngest
daughter Ali is a senior at U. of Fla. and
applying to vet schools. Her oldest, Steph,
is in Vail, Colo.
Anne Little Woolley has a senior at Elon
U., a freshman at U of Ga. and a sophomore in h.s. Anne has seen some SBCers
over the year—Melissa Byrne Partington
and Elizabeth Taylor Seifert. Anne is still in
Richmond, Va.
Bobbie Serrano Black’s 2 oldest girls
are at Sewanee. Her oldest, Lizzie, is a
senior and her middle daughter, Anna, is a
junior. Bobbie’s youngest, Gracie, is a h.s.
senior. Bobbie has enjoyed seeing Sally
Davis Daniels ’82, Ellen Claire Gillespie
Dreyer and Lilli Gillespie Billings ’84, all
with kids at Sewanee. Bobbie and Paul
celebrated their 27th wedding anniversary
last summer!
Carolyn Hall Ringhoffer is a practicing OB
GYN in Mobile, Ala. She and husband Joe
have 2 daughters, Alexandra (13) and Ava
(18). Alex is a freshman at SMU. Joe is an
investment broker in Mobile.
Deirdre Platt (Pto Lopez, coastal Ecuador)
spent most of last year concentrating on
her physical health and well-being. After
defying her doctor’s advice to have radical surgery, she regained her wellness
thanks to her wildlife garden, daily yoga,
a session of reiki and E-lyber treatments
and consuming only the most wholesome
foods. She and her husband gave up their
government jobs in 11/11 and are now
awaiting positive outcomes regarding a
couple of proposals for either ecological
fieldwork or a conservation awareness
campaign. She misses daughters Tanya
Salas Platt ’10 (23) and May (16), both
excellent students: one is at CalArts, the
other is in her last year of h.s. in Quito.
Deirdre writes son Martin (8) isn’t keen on
school and prefers cooking!
Diana Duffy Waterman had just returned
from Tampa, Fla., where she had been a
Md. delegate at the Republican National
Convention. Her daughter Caty Waterman
’11 flew in from London (where she had
just finished her master’s at the London
School of Economics) to come along.
After the convention, Diana was heavily
involved in the Republican politics in Md.:
Eastern Shore of Md. coordinator for the
Romney campaign, the county coordinator
for her congressman’s re-election campaign, chairman of her County Republican
Central Committee, and up to her eyeballs
in Republican state party activities! Last
summer Diana and her husband visited
Caty in London. They’re also excited that
their son and daughter-in-law live so close
because they can see their grandson Liam
(16 mos.) often.
Elena Quevedo has been dating a wonderful man, Kevin, for the past 2 years.
They have had adventures in Nova Scotia,
Hungary, Poland, El Salvador and last July
to Turkey! Elena and Kevin both have 2
children the same ages. Elena’s daughter, Olivia, left the coop to attend Bates
College in Lewiston, Maine. Son Sebastian
(16) is doing beautifully in his school, in
spite of his disability. Last year he was
invited to participate year-round, once a
month, in a mentoring leadership program
at the camp he attends in the summer in
upstate N.Y. While at the camp he learned
to mentor other children with autism.
Elena still fundraises and manages the
major gifts program for The MacDowell
Colony’s N.Y.C. office. She looks forward to
seeing everyone 30 years later!
Ellen Claire Gillespie Dreyer’s daughter
Gilly is a junior at Sewanee and is studying this fall in Madrid. Daughter Sissy is a
freshman at SMU. Son Stone is a sophomore in h.s.
Gigi Harsh Mossburg was thinking about
Sally Ride, the first woman astronaut in
space because she passed away in 7/12.
Sally Ride was a guest lecturer at SBC in
1983. Gigi was impressed meeting her
and thinking how great it was to be a student at SBC.
Kathy Barrett Baker and Jim vacationed in
Bermuda last year for a belated birthday
present. Kathy keeps busy with her 4 stepgrandchildren. Her nephew (16) visited
them from Miami for a month last summer. Kathy’s step-granddaughter Ashley
(12) is quite a dancer and artist. Please
send prom, wedding, graduation, and any
other life event photos to Kathy for our
class scrapbook (with this being a reunion
year we really want to fill it up!) Send to
[email protected] , through FB or
snail mail.
Last summer, Kim Howell Franklin and
husband shared a week in Paris with their
daughter Isabelle “Izzy.” Izzy is in 10th
grade at St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes School
in Alexandria, Va. Kim had a fabulous
Reunion Weekend last May in Chicago
with Melissa Pruyn Vaughan, Dani Depaul
Morganthaler ’85 and Ellen Howard Attar.
Kim is still working in the Relocation &
Immigration Team at Booz Allen Hamilton
in the D.C. area and her husband continues his career as a preservation architect on Capital Hill. Kim plans to attend
Reunion.
Libby Glenn Fisher and husband Charlie’s
son Wil is in his junior year at Pepperdine;
daughter Mary Kathryn is a freshman at
UVa. Charlie retired from P&G last June
and has started a consulting business
that doesn’t tie them down to a city, so
they have bought a house in Santa Rosa
Beach, Fla.! Libby plans to attend Reunion.
Lucy Chapman Millar dropped off her
son Schuyler at SMU last summer. He
joined the freshman class along with
Ellen Claire’s daughter Sissy. Daughter
Peyton will graduate from UGA in Dec.
Lucy sells Etcetera women’s clothing and
is in charge of her local agency. Elizabeth
Sprague O’Meara sells with her. Lucy plays
lots of tennis, shoots sporting clays and
goes to tournaments. She is co-chairing
a big 3-day sporting clays charity event in
the spring that will benefit local Atlanta
children’s charities! Lucy will attend
Reunion.
M. Churchill Bird McMurrain is living in
Vail, Colo. She dropped off the first of her
4 children at college last summer, SBC
that is! Churchill has lived in Vail for 7
years. She caught up with Tish Littleton
Byrne Eliades.
Mandy Beauchemin’s son Zachary (Zack,
18) is now a 4/C Cadet at the U.S. Coast
Guard Academy in New London, Conn.!
Mandy was promoted to practice administrator and manages about 45 employees.
Mandy is looking forward to Reunion and
hopes to attend.
Mary Ware Gibson still teaches 3rd grade
at the Charlotte Latin School and writes
they have several alumnae there! Husband
Brian continues his ENT practice in
Charlotte. Taylor (24) is an EMT with Medic
and part-time student at UNCC; Andrew
(21) is a senior at Appalachian State U.;
and Claire (19) is in the Textile School at
N.C. State. Mary enjoyed the girls’ weekend with Mason Bennett Rummel, Lea
Sparks Bennett and Kathy Barrett Baker.
Mary and Brian are attending the 30th.
Mason Bennett Rummel is almost finished with her master’s degree in philanthropic studies. Oldest son, Bennett, lives
in N.Y.C. Daughters, Annie and Emma, are
at U. of L. Mason expanded on the girls’
weekend getaway in W.Va. Mason, Mary,
Lea and Kathy stayed in a cabin and lost
power for the entire weekend the thunderstorms came through. She and Rick are
planning to visit Costa Rica. Mason will
attend Reunion.
Mimi Kitchel DeCamp’s younger son
will graduate from h.s. the weekend of
Reunion, so she won’t be attending. Her
older son will be graduating from college.
Mimi is still in Nashville, still selling residential real estate.
Miriam Baker Morris oldest son,
Claiborne, started working in Birmingham
at an accounting firm. Daughter, Sally, is a
senior at College of Charleston.
Pamela Weekes spent most of last spring
traveling between N.Y.C. and Williamsburg,
Va., where her parents retired to from
N.Y. Pam’s mother is struggling with
Parkinson’s. Back in N.Y. Pam has 3 stores
open full time, running between N.Y.C.
and the Hamptons. Pam is still loving the
peace that practicing yoga brings her.
Ruth Lewin met family at the Vineyard,
where she calls home, for a reunion. It’s
been 7 years since they’ve been there.
Sarah Sutton Brophy attended the riding
reunion with Sarah Babcock. Son #1 is
finishing up an aerospace engineering degree at Drexel and son #2 started at Paul
Smiths in natural resource management.
Sarah’s environmental sustainability consulting to museums is full time, and she is
co-leading the national summit on green
standards for museums.
Sharon Patton Massie and husband
Sammy are still with Massie Insurance
Agency Inc. on Main St. in Amherst.
They’re no longer on the farm but have
moved further up the mountain. Sharon
is still working, healthy, and happy to no
longer be farming.
Susan Hughes Huffman has received
her master’s in school library media from
Longwood U. and has moved from the
classroom to be the librarian at Tye River
Elementary School. She and Roger are
busy with their picture framing and custom
furniture/cabinet business.
Tracy Gatewood is putting her real estate
license to good use. Please send Tracy
every single referral from your friends
sending their kids to the U. of Ala. [email protected]
Wendy Chapin Albert is doing well in
Ruxton, Md. Daughter Annie is spending
fall semester in Perugia, Italy! Daughter
Eleanor is a junior at St. Paul’s School
for Girls. Both girls ride and show.
Wendy is trail riding with their large pony
Boysenberry. Tolly is a stockbroker at
Chapin Davis, plays golf and trains race
horses! Wendy sells residential real estate,
loves gardening and riding. She is taking
an oil painting class.
Wylie Jameson Small’s son Rudy (18)
started his freshman year at Hobart &
William Smith College. Wylie and Stuart
are thinking of getting another Jack
Russell to add to their brood of Peyton (5)
and Maris (15). In May, Wylie will be taking
on the presidency of a Rochester club that
her grandmother founded in 1923! She
can’t wait for Reunion in May!
Wynn Henderson, Atlanta, is working
at her mom’s jewelry store and is the
assistant to children’s ministries at her
church. Wynn has 2 children, Adelaide
(18) and Jack (16). She also has an exchange student from Germany, Florian.
Adelaide spent last year (as a junior) in
Germany and was awarded a scholarship
from the State Dept. Jack and Wynn loved
being able to visit her overseas. When
Adelaide returned, the family went to
St. Martin. Wynn has exchanged emails
with Tracy Gatewood, Joan McGettigan,
Kim Howell Franklin, Ellen Howard Attar,
Lizzie Pierpoint Kerrison, Penney Hartline
’84, Bobbie Serrano Black, Dani DePaul
Morganthaler ’85 and Nancy Cunningham
Mauck trying to arrange a reunion but has
yet to be successful, but will keep trying!
I have an idea Wynn, why don’t all of you
from ’83 plan on coming to the 30th in
May? Tracy G. has great idea of organizing an Amtrak trip for all the girls on the
southern train route to take the trip to SBC
together and arrange a shuttle from the
Amherst Station. Sounds like a blast!
1984
Debbie Hodgkinson
Jones
4416 Bromley Ln.
Richmond, VA 23221-1140
[email protected]
Debbie Jones: Staying connected with
Ginger Reynolds Davis ’84 with fun trips.
Still riding my horses, working in mortgage
banking and helping my sister with her
Square One Organic Spirits biz.
Juliet Jacobsen Kastorff: Running whitewater trips internationally during the winter along with a business in N.C., and this
year our new RioQuijos Eco-Lodge opened
up in Ecuador.
Ginger Reynolds Davis: Jeffery has graduated. He now drives heavy equipment.
Carter has just begun his junior year at
Presbyterian Coll. Can’t wait to see y’all at
Reunion.
Vida Henry Fonseca: I’m back in the
Nashville area to be around family and
care for my dad and looking for a job.
Shannon Young Ray: The triplets (Megan,
Taylor and Carson) are seniors this year
so we’re busy with all that entails x3! Our
“middle child” Peter is a junior at Texas A
& M, business school. Our oldest, Breck
Jr., graduated 2 years ago from St. Louis
U. and has now returned to Fort Worth
as a private banker. He’s engaged to be
married June 2013—right after the triplets
graduate and before we take them to their
3 separate colleges.
Sloane Yeadon Mills: Mary Pate (21) is
at King’s College in London for JYA. She’s
majoring in art history with pre-med focus.
Daisy is a senior at Wesleyan and editorin-chief of the school paper. Jack is in 7th
grade at Wesleyan. Sloane is going on 23
years with FDIC.
1985
Ellen Reed Carver
1315 Bolling Ave.
Norfolk, VA 23508
[email protected]
1986
April Adelson Marshall
7809 Coddle Harbor Ln.
Potomac, MD 20854-3253
[email protected]
Leigh Ann White
165 Gray St., Apt 2
Arlington, MA 02476
[email protected]
Holly McGovern Barber was working on
the 2012 Republican National Convention
since March 2011. Holly and Ralph have
sent their oldest, Chas (18), to Ole Miss
this summer. Caroline (17) is in her junior
year in an International Baccalaureate
program, and Will (7) is starting first grade.
Holly had a reunion this spring with Ashley
Simmons Bright, Meme Boulware Hobbs
and Linda Cudd Miller in New Orleans,
where Ashley’s daughter Ella was named
the Queen of Mardi Gras. Holly will have
a fall reunion with Linda Cudd Miller and
Ann Irby Smithey.
From Hermosa Beach Calif., Shelby Burns
writes in to say she’s working, doing some
freelance web-writing and taking care of
her 3 boys Jack (12), Calvin (10) and Sam
(7). Sadly, Shelby’s father died last year.
Harriette Cooper Liederbach has a new
career teaching 8th-grade science at the
school her children attend. Harriette’s
oldest is a sophomore at N.C. State U.;
her second is a freshman at Appalachian
State U. Their youngest is in 8th grade.
Burke Morrow is still teaching h.s. earth
science and chemistry. She had a blast
seeing everyone at Reunion.
Beth Ann Trapold Newton reports that son
Gus (19) received his Eagle Scout award
last year and is a freshman at Christopher
Newport U. in their Presidential Leadership
Program. Her daughter Bonnie (17) went
to the summer Explore Engineering course
at Sweet Briar—loved it! Annie (10) is in
5th grade. Beth Ann is in her third year as
the executive editor at The Social List of
Washington (aka: The Green Book).
Mary Jo Biscardi Brown and Frank still reside in the Philadelphia area. They visited
Portland, Ore., for the first time in June,
followed by a relaxing week in Cancun.
Mary Jo serves on the Boxwood Circle
Giving Committee. Thank you for your gifts
to the College!
Michelle Miller Haddad and Sam celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary in
March, followed by the marriage of their
oldest daughter, making Michelle and
Sam in-laws! Michelle is nostalgic about
her study abroad in Spain as her middle
daughter prepares to take off for a year
in Madrid.
Elizabeth Lindsay is doing contract copyediting for the United Methodist Publishing
House again. She still takes figure skating
and ballet lessons and continues to drive
Elsinore Basset-Hound to her monthly
“job” at a hospice.
Mimi Holland Dinsmore is still living in
Charleston, W.Va. She and Tyler celebrated
their 25th wedding anniversary. Son Mac
is a freshman at Dickinson Coll. in Carlisle,
Pa.
Ingrid Weirick Squires is still teaching 2nd
grade in Virginia Beach, Va., married to
Dave and mom to Thomas, in 6th grade.
Thomas went to Australia for 2 weeks this
summer without his parents. He plays
lacrosse in Williamsburg every spring so
Ingrid visited with Sue Finn Adams and
Mike who came out for Thomas’ game.
Missy Duggins Green’s son Miles is in 8th
grade; Nancy is in 7th. Ken celebrated his
50th birthday in March and they continued
celebrating it for several months after by
visiting Las Vegas in May and then Cabo
san Lucas in July. She catches up with
nearby Jennifer Frost Holden. Katie Hearn
and Karen Gonya Nickles will join Jennifer
and Missy for the Chiefs versus Ravens
in Oct.
McKenzie Reed van Meel has 2 middle
schoolers: Mercer in 6th grade and
Madison in 8th. McKenzie is a soccer and
field hockey mom. While the kids are in
school, she tends to her growing homebased reiki practice in Old Greenwich,
Conn.
Colleen Handte Jones lives in Charlotte,
N.C. with husband Jonathan and daughter Emma (8), who is in 3rd grade at St.
Patrick Catholic School. Colleen enjoys
working part time at Emma’s school as a
teacher assistant for 3 different grades.
They had a fun summer visiting D.C., Tenn.
and Hilton Head, S.C.
Meme Boulware Hobbs spent a great
extended weekend in New Orleans last
Feb. with Holly McGovern Barber and husband Ralph. They were guests of Ashley
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Poetry Her Way
Sweet Briar last reported on 2010 graduate
Carina Finn when she was nominated for a 2012 Pushcart
Prize. Now her first book of poetry, “My Life Is a Movie,”
has sold out of its first run and gone into additional printings
since its release in June.
“That’s not just remarkable for a small [publisher] like
Birds of Lace,” says poet John Casteen, Finn’s teacher and
mentor at Sweet Briar. “It’s unheard of for first books of
poetry. ... In the poetry world, this is a home run.”
He oversaw Finn’s honors thesis, which included “I Heart
Marlon Brando,” the poem cycle that eventually earned her
the Pushcart nomination.
“She’s a spectacular writer with a raw, gritty, ferocious
talent, and it comes as no surprise to me … that she has found
such profound and early success,” Casteen says.
Except given Finn’s non-traditional approach to
publishing her work.
“I’d never want something in a magazine, however
‘prestigious,’ if I don’t respect the writing or the way they
operate, and I only submit manuscripts to presses I actively
read,” she says.
Hers is not the quickest route to a tenure-track teaching
position, something she thinks she’ll want one day. In May,
she completed a Master of Fine Arts at the University of Notre
Dame, then immediately returned to New York City after
spending last summer there on a Nicholas Sparks Fellowship
and working for a big publishing house.
She snubbed subsequent 9-to-5 jobs to immerse herself
in the city’s bountiful poetry scene, freelance, bartend, and
make art through poetry and playwriting, music and film.
She’s involved in The Poetry Society of New York, runs
the interdisciplinary performance series Bratty Poets and
occasionally blogs at ladyblogblah.
It’s all research for that “steady-ish” teaching gig down the
road. “I’ve had more amazing teachers than any one person
could hope for, and I’m going to pass on all the knowledge
and energy that has been given to me,” she says.
“I feel like it’s important, though, for students to get a
perspective from way outside of academia, to have teachers
who can show them many ways of making the same thing.”
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Simmons Bright and Edgar whose daughter, Ella, was the Queen of Carnival. As for
Meme’s children, Libby (18) is a freshman
at Texas Christian U. in Ft. Worth Texas
and Whit (16) is a junior at Woodberry
Forest School in Orange, Va.
Sarel Cousins has her master’s in natural
resources from Virginia Tech. She’s looking for a job in the environmental field
with the government or a nonprofit in the
Baltimore-D.C. area.
Catherine Stevens works as an analyst at
the Southern Virginia Higher Education
Center (South Boston, Va.). She completed
a graduate certificate program in higher
education assessment through JMU. Son
Henry started 7th grade and plays on 2
soccer teams, plays baritone saxophone,
takes voice lessons and serves as patrol
leader for his Boy Scout troop.
Linda Thoma Parson retired from teaching
math, and Bill retired from project management at the Nevada Test Site. Linda
had a transatlantic vacation to Italy with
Jean Notestein and Bea Fore. Linda and
Bill are enjoying their horses, gardening
and traveling.
Gail Glifort completed a 3-year adoption
process and brought Emerie (4) home
with her from Russia. Emerie is a sweet,
animated, affectionate little girl.
Mary Beth Miller Orson is still living in
Scottsdale, Ariz. with her husband Carl
and children Caroline (13) and Eric (9).
She is still VP and associate general counsel in charge of the business law function
at Apollo Group, Inc., still active in the Ariz.
Alumnae Club, and still busy with work,
family, friends, travel, school and various
sports and activities!
Eve Hill was married 2 years ago to Henry
Claypool, a disability health policy expert.
Eve was appointed senior counselor to the
assistant attorney general for civil rights at
the Dept. of Justice where she supervises
the Civil Rights Division’s disability rights
work. Eve and Henry live in Arlington, Va.
with Eve’s cat (20) and dog (14).
Laura Hand Glover says it feels incredible
to be back at home in Okla. She loves her
new job, being close to her mother and
daughter again and gardening in good
Okla. dirt. Her son’s concert and jazz band
contributed to his h.s. being the first to win
the sweepstakes in every band category at
a state contest.
From Boston, Leigh Ann White and Brian
and their 2 cats have moved into a home
in Arlington, Mass., 2 1/2 blocks down on
the same street. Her job as a health economist at Biogen Idec has been by far her
favorite; it’s both rewarding and challenging to work toward the hopeful success of
a new drug for ALS.
April Adelson Marshall is now a Virginian,
still single, and an official empty nester!
April needed a change, said goodbye
to Potomac, Md., and moved to Tysons
Corner, Va., where she is renting an apt. in
Heidi Belofsky Turk’s (’85) home. April is
recruiting for the IT industry.
Evie Newell Angevine is living in
Earlysville, outside of Charlottesville, with
her husband, son (10) and daughter (12).
She’s involved in her children’s schools
and works part time in property management. Evie reports that a poetry professor
at SBC helped her organize an overnight
trip at the Outing Cabin with her Girl Scout
troop 2 years ago—it was great!
Terry Cerrina Davis, an at-home mom,
is busy running around with daughter
Lindsay Claire (11). This summer they
went to Disney World with Lindsay’s dance
school. Also this year, Terry begins a 2-year
term as co-president of her school’s PTO
and looks forward to continuing as leader
of the girls in the Girl Scout Troop.
Dayna Avery Hulme is still a carpool mom
with 9th-grade daughter, Alexandra, who
is at Harpeth Hall School. Older daughter
Courtney is a sophomore at TCU in Ft.
Worth. More recent alumnae and current
students from Nashville gathered for a
Back-to-School event at a local frozen yogurt
favorite, Sweet CeCe’s. Among the group including some parents (and me) were Allison
Stansberry ’11, Noelle Adams ’13, Lydia
Ethridge ’15, Tobi Adegore ’16, Elizabeth
Lindsey and Jonna Lee Ashwood ’87.
Liz Maraffi Michaud is still enjoying, after
18 years, her job at PC Connection and
her current position as operations manager. Her 2 daughters are both in middle
school this year. Liz will be leading their
Girl Scout Troop again this year.
Robyn “Bynnie” Bailey-Orchard is busy
teaching 8th-grade English, directing
plays, coaching forensics, advising the
school newspaper and cheering for son
Jem (17) at soccer games. Her older son
Tatt (20) is pursuing a culinary career.
BTW: Her 1986 yearbook was damaged
beyond saving; does anyone have a suggestion about how she can get another
copy, if at all?
Louanne Woody teaches at the Dare
County Alternative School, Outer Banks,
N.C. She’ll be coordinating and teaching
in a program that will give suspended h.s.
students a second chance at improving
their behavior and academic performance.
On the family front, her daughter-in-law is
expecting twin girls!
Sally Engleby Farrell still lives in Bedford,
N.Y. Her oldest son finished his first year
of college in Durango, Colo. He is an EMT
and very involved in the local volunteer fire
dept. Sally’s twin boys will be starting h.s.
this fall. Husband Chris works for Verizon.
Sally finished her first year as director of
St. Mark’s Nursery School in New Canaan,
Conn. She is the interim director of children’s ministries at St. Mark’s Church.
Sally is earning her M.A. of Christian formation at Virginia Theological Seminary.
1987
Lee Carroll Roebuck
11423 Mays Chapel Road
Lutherville, MD 21093
[email protected]
Pamela Miscall Cusick
1328 Rayville Road
Parkton, MD 21120
[email protected]
Holla Holla to our very own Teresa Pike
Tomlinson, recipient of Sweet Briar’s
Distinguished Alumna Award for 2011.
Along with a host of other accomplishments, Teresa was elected the first female
mayor of Columbus, Ga. in 11/10. Teresa
writes, “My husband Trip and I had an
incredible time at our 25th reunion. It was
wonderful to see Verda Andrews Colvin,
Vikki Schroeder and others in Columbus,
Ga., this summer for the Distinguished
Alumna Award. Trip is still practicing law
and I’m headed into my 20th month as
mayor. Heading to Sweet Briar in fall to
speak to a few classes on government and
leadership.”
Shannon Wood Bush writes from Texas,
“We finished building our house and
the kids are at boarding school! Eleanor
will be a junior at Cranbrook in Mich.
and Bennett is in 8th grade, starting
the boarding school search. I’m sailing
competitively about once a month. Sorry
to miss Reunion, but I was back for the
annual alumnae Old Lady Lacrosse Game
in April.”
Mary Hunter Adams and Jim have one
son, Hunter (13), and have lived in
Barboursville, W.Va. for 12 years. Mary is a
family nurse practitioner for a nonprofit.
Louise Gilliam Williams was married in
Charlottesville on 6/9/12 to Jim Williams.
Kem McCoid Roth ’88 and Brooke
Rinehart Dunn ’88 attended.
Mary Yorke Robison Oates is still coaching
8th-grade field hockey at Charlotte Latin.
“Taking my oldest son to BirminghamSouthern Coll. this fall; he’ll be playing
lacrosse.”
Carol Sue Jones Smith lives in
Kathmandu, Nepal, with her husband Will
and 4 children (2 in h.s. and 2 in primary).
“We love living in this crazy country! I’m
involved with a group of women seeking to
battle sex trafficking throughout the sub
continent.”
Angela Callis Ellis got her M.Ed., teaches
full time and lives in the northern neck of
Va. She married Mike Ellis (VMI ’86) and
has 2 children, Quinn, a third-year at VMI
this year, and Mary Katherine, in the 8th
grade.
Sydney Marthinson Coffin lives in
Charlotte, N.C. with Charlie and 3 kids,
Detlow (12), Hugh (10) and Kit (8). “I have
a small stationery business and keep up
with Dede Connors King in Spartanburg,
S.C. and run into Mary Yorke Oates. I
touch base with Ellen Carver ’85. Every
summer, Catty Hubbard Andry ’85 and I
spend a girls’ week at her family’s cabin
near Mount Mitchell, N.C.”
Anne Farrell has been busy practicing veterinary medicine in Antioch, Ill., for almost
20 years. “Occasionally, I’ll get to some of
the Chicago SBC events.”
Melanie Nelson Gibbons is senior director of marketing at CoStar Group in
Washington, D.C. She gets together with
Christina Knowles for beach time.
Caroline Trask Wallace writes, “I work for
Brownell Travel and book high end trips
worldwide— carolinetravelstheworld.com.
Our oldest daughter Lizzie is a senior at
St. Catherine’s in Richmond, Va., and our
youngest daughter Anna is in 9th grade. I
keep in touch with Blair Beebe Smith, Liz
Wilson Parrish, Amy Watkins Tankard,
Cameron Clark Sipe, Ansley Merritt
Conner and Carol Goodman Doty.”
Paige Taylor Hall lives in Mount Pleasant,
S.C., with her husband and 2 children,
Taylor (8) and Breeden (6). “We went
to Jupiter, Fla. for a year or so, but are
pleased to be back in the Charleston
area. Evan Wright Castelo and I met in
D.C. this summer with our families and
had fun touring Mount Vernon and the
International Spy Museum.”
Angelyn Schmid writes, “I’m a stay-athome mom. My daughter (12) and son (9)
both play sports and piano. My husband
John weathered the telecom meltdown,
landing a great job he enjoys at Eaton
Corp. I’ve got a blog: angelynschmid.com.”
Amy Watkins Tankard lives on a farm
in the eastern shore of Va. on the
Chesapeake Bay with husband Ed and
2 daughters. “I have spoken with Paul
Cronin numerous times this year about
some foxhunting advice in the Va. area.
He reminds me of all the support I have
received over the years through my Sweet
Briar contacts.”
Beth Nelson Suhr has lived in Denmark
since 1990. “It was through a Sweet Briar
friend (Marianne Jensen ’88) that I ended
up here. My husband Johannes and I have
2 kids: Caroline (13) and Johannes (11). I
enjoyed our 25th—looking forward to next
reunion.”
Deborah Brennan Leslie moved to Perth,
Australia, for her husband’s job. “With the
kids beginning an age of independence, it
has allowed me to reevaluate my life.”
Paige Franson is in Falmouth, Mass., on
Cape Cod working for MEDITECH in the
Fall River, Mass., building. “I have been
there for 25 years as of 6/12, programming software. I play softball, take figure
skating lessons and play ice hockey. In
the spring, I coach youth lacrosse. I visited Elizabeth Lindsey ’86 in Nashville in
2011.”
Blair Beebe Smith, her husband and 3
children have been in Richmond since
1990. “Sarah attends Denison U. and
is spending her junior year in Prague.
Peyton is a freshman at William and
Mary, and Harvard (15) is the last one at
home. I keep up with Cameron Clark Sipe,
Caroline Trask Wallace, Liz Wilson Parrish
and Mary Via Cuoco.”
Cameron Clark Sipe is still in
Charlottesville. Charles is a freshman
at Hobart Coll. in N.Y. where he will play
lacrosse. Clark (16) and Ann Carter (11)
are still home.
Verda Andrews Colvin writes from Macon,
Ga.: “I’m assistant U.S. attorney for the
Middle District of Ga. serving as anti-gang
coordinator and POC human trafficking.
My son is a senior in h.s. and my daughter a 4th-grader. I went to the ceremony
honoring Teresa Pike Tomlinson as SBC
Distinguished Alumna. I’m so proud of my
classmate and road trip buddy.”
Kim Houtman lives in San Francisco and
works at PG&E as a compensation manager. “My domestic partner, John, and I
are happily child-free. We enjoy frequent
travel. I keep in touch with Robyn Bailey
Orchard ’86.”
Sam Lewis Guergai just joined Fairfax
County Public Schools teaching Spanish at
McLean HS.
Ellen Tozzer Smith just helped oldest
daughter, Gingy, move into her dorm at
Agnes Scott in Ga. Mamie is a junior in h.s.
and Asa is a freshman. Ellen and Powell
(W&L ’87) will celebrate their 25th anniversary in Sept. Ellen was glad to visit Stacy
Lee Pae at her art studio in Calif. last
spring. “We miss the Blue Ridge Mountains
and our college friends and would love to
hear from you: [email protected].”
Stacy Lee Pae reports, “Just visited SBC
with my second daughter in Aug. while
driving through Va. to visit family. I’m living
in Irvine, Calif. and opened up an art studio, Art Smart Studio & Gallery, in Tustin
(artsmartsg.com). My daughter Emily (19)
is a sophomore at Fordham U., N.Y. Ashley
(16) is a senior at Beckman HS. Been happily married 22 years to Peter who is the
technology editor for the LA TIMES.”
Sharon Staley Kelly is still caretaking for
her grandmother (100) as well as her
daughters Contessa (5) and Kendall (9).
“My husband, Steve, and I celebrated our
12th anniversary in April. I still work with
seniors to keep them active.”
Malinda Bradley Bergen lives in
Savannah, Ga. with her husband, Fred.
Their 23rd anniversary is this Oct. Fred Jr.
is a junior at UGA and Fontaine is a freshman at UT-Austin.
Mary Sue Cate Mayes is still in Iowa with
her husband Larry. “We celebrated our
25th anniversary. I’m still on the staff at
Iowa State U. I’m an assistant scientist
in the Animal Science Dept. Andy is a
freshman at Simpson Coll. and Jenny is a
sophomore at Gilbert HS.”
Tami Trebus-Ross is still living in
Morristown, N.J. with husband Eban and
2 boys, Jack (12) and Sam (10). She is
a graphic designer and works out of her
home. She’s still in touch with friends,
Moira Carroll, Dana Ostrowsky and
Charlotte Hudson. Dana lives in N.Y.C.,
Moira in Chicago and Charlotte in Va.
Maggie Fogarty, husband Tim and their
2 children Danny (14) and Mary (11) are
enjoying life in Dover, N.H., making annual
return trips to Bolivia where they lived for
almost 4 years when the children were
younger. Maggie is a community organizer
and policy advocate for the American
Friends Service Committee, a Quaker
organization working on peace and social
justice.
Brooke von Maur Fleming lives in Duxbury,
Mass. and has 3 children, daughters
Peyton (15), Quinn (13) and son Jan (11).
“I now work as a gardener/landscaper.
Since graduation I’ve started 2 businesses, one private and one nonprofit and
worked several corporate jobs. I often visit
Dena Driver and her family who live in
Brooklyn.”
Pam Miscall Cusick and I, Lee Carroll
Roebuck, have both ended up in
Baltimore. Pam and Ted (VMI ’88) have 2
sons, Conor (12) and Colin (10). Pam is
special projects manager for a healthcare
consulting firm based in Norfolk. When
Pam travels to Norfolk, she sees Kristen
Kreassig Carter, husband Dave (VMI ’88)
and son Scott (12). Charles and I will be
celebrating our 20th anniversary in 2013.
Our children, C.J. (16) and Emily (14) are
busy high schoolers. I volunteer and coach
field hockey. Emily plays club field hockey,
so I travel with her to national tournaments. Missy Ackerman and I were able
to catch up at a tournament in Richmond,
Va. where Missy is athletic director at St.
Gertrude HS. Our 25th reunion was a lot of
fun. A special shout-out to our classmates
who attended: Beth Nelson Suhr all the
way from Denmark! Julianne Burkhardt,
Teresa Pike Tomlinson, Junie Speight
Meyers, Kristen Kreassig Carter, Teeki
Taylor, Vikki Schroeder, Teresa Aagaard,
Pam Miscall Cusick and me. Look forward
to seeing more of you in 2017!
1988
Maia Free Jalenak
605 Camelia Ave.
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
[email protected]
Our class presidents Katie Keogh Weidner
and Kathryn Ingham Reese are actively
planning for our big 25th reunion the
weekend of May 31-June 2, 2013. A highlight of the weekend will be a Boathouse
sbc.edu/magazine
party especially for our class. Please make
plans to be there!
Kathryn Ingham Reese (Wilmington, Del.)
keeps busy with her 2 daughters and their
activities. She continues to teach 5thand 6th-grade English at Tower Hill and
coaches middle school lacrosse. She looks
forward to Reunion.
In Pa., Katie Keogh Weidner’s oldest
son Jake is a sophomore at Penn State.
Second son, William, is a senior in h.s.
Daughter Caroline is in 8th grade.
Kate Cole Hite reports from Md. that she,
Katie Keogh Weidner, Kathryn Ingham
Reese, Whitney Bolt Lewis and Mary
Halliday Shaw got together in Feb. in D.C.
for their annual girls’ weekend. She writes,
“We had a blast—a given when we get together.” She adds, “Son Chase is a junior
this year, Mackenzie is in 8th grade, and
my youngest, Cole, will be in 4th grade.
This year I attempted not one, but 2 halfironman triathlons.”
Amy Gould-Pilz sends greetings from
Bonsall, Calif. (in north San Diego County)
where she lives with daughter Maddie
(16). She writes, “Since getting my teaching credentials in 2008, there have been
few openings, so I’ve been scrambling with
long-term substitute positions and shared
contracts for a few years. I have found my
passion in teaching! I’m looking forward to
coming to the reunion with my daughter.
We’ll do a college seeking/trolling mission
this summer as our annual trip.”
Caroline Corum returned to the D.C. area
and started nursing school. Caroline sees
Beth Stookey Sargent regularly. Caroline
and Beth got together with Cecilia Moore
last Christmas. Cecilia still teaches at the
U. of Dayton.
Denton Freeman writes from Richmond,
“I’m bringing back my handbag firm,
Poesis (poesisonline.com), with a limited
edition release of some of the bags featured in Lucky and InStyle magazines.
Connect with me on Facebook (Poesis
Handbags) to check them out!”
Kelly Meredith Iacobelli (Marietta, Ga.),
husband John and daughter Kathleen are
attending our 25th. She went to reunions
for our sister classes in her role on the
alumnae board—such fun to see everyone.
Kelly is a Girl Scout leader, Sunday school
teacher and still loves her job at CocaCola. Daughter Kathleen (10) is a competitive gymnast.
Kathryn Deriso Schwartz’s daughter Kacki
(20) will be a senior at FSU and then is
heading off to medical school 2 years
early. Twins, Burgen and Webb (18), will be
seniors in h.s. Daughter Chandler (13) will
be in 8th grade and is in the photography
magnet program. “I’ve been busy playing
duplicate bridge and getting ready for
tournaments. I have also picked up a new
sport—stand-up paddle boarding. Alan and
I will be celebrating our 22nd wedding anniversary in Jan.” She is looking forward to
the reunion.
Susan Detweiler (in Jackson Hole) and
partner Ned guided climbers in the Tetons
this past summer. Jennifer Bach Rosen’s
son Matt (15) was in one of her tour
groups. Suz and Ned hope to be working
together in Antarctica guiding scientists
this fall. She and Jennifer Roach Childs
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will attend Reunion. She enjoyed a visit
with Kim Belcher Harvey’s son AJ (20).
Liza Dalehite Brinkmann (SBC our freshman year and transferred to UT Austin)
lives in Austin with husband Johannes
and their 3 children. Their oldest, Patrick,
is in college at UT Austin, and daughters
Monika (15) and Robin (10) are in 10th
and 5th grades. She’s a pediatric nurse
practitioner at a pediatric endocrinology clinic. Her husband is the CFO with
an Austin based semi-conductor related
company. Liza writes, “Warm greetings
to my old SBC third floor Reid buddies
Robin Frazier, Lisa Thompson Barnes and
Stacey Meadows Apter.”
Lisa Thompson Barnes says “It’s been
almost a year since I married Trevon.
We’ve traveled to La. (Trevon’s home
state) for his daughter Emily’s h.s. graduation and to Key West. My law practice is
busy and serving as chair of trustees for
First Presbyterian of Vero. Stacy Meadows
Apter and I keep in touch and plan to attend Reunion.
Stephanie Wilt Smirnov went on a family vacation to the London Olympics and
renovated their home. Stephanie was promoted to CEO of DeVries Public Relations,
the PR agency in N.Y. at which she’s
worked for the past 12 years. She keeps
up with Kate Cole Hite, Tina Savage Lytle,
Stacey Sickels Locke and Kelly Meredith
Iacobelli on FB.
Stacey Sickels Locke has a new job working in development for the University of
Md. She’s enjoying life with husband Lyn
and her boys.
Lee Ann Conard is a pediatrician. She
moved to Cincinnati to work at Cincinnati
Children’s Hospital Medical Center in the
Division of Adolescent Medicine.
Denise Landau Blind visited with Julie
Martin Collins when she and her family
came to visit in N.J. in May. She writes,
“We’re looking forward to Reunion next
year!” Denise’s son, Tyler, is a senior in
h.s. He hopes to be recruited to play college baseball. Daughter Chelsea starts
h.s. this year. She’s on the competitive
gymnastics team. Denise and husband
Fred continue their work in the family truck
tire business.
Heather Gregory Skeens writes from
Raleigh that her daughter, Mckinsey
Skeens, is a senior at SBC (class of 2013),
a double major in religion and creative
writing and editor of the newspaper—The
Voice. Son, Taylor, is entering N.M. Military
Institute as a freshman this year.
Brenda Payne writes about her granddaughter, “Kenzie Dawn Godsey was born
on 6/29/10 at 5:50 a.m. in Lynchburg,
Va.” They celebrated her mother-in-law
Elizabeth “Dolly” Ball Payne’s 95th birthday in April and son, John, and grandson,
Austin, came in from Calif.
Jeanne Rovics Mexic married Scott Dees
on St. Simons Island, Ga., on 4/7/12.
Jeanne now has stepdaughter Madeleine
(8). Her son Blake (14) isn’t quite sure
what to do with a little sister. Jeanne loves
her job with Hilton WorldWide, which continues to take her to many international
cities. Kristen Petersen Randolph was at
Jeanne’s recent wedding.
I (Maia Free Jalenak) had the pleasure
of seeing Jeanne and meeting her new
husband this summer when his family in
Ocean Springs, Miss. had a party celebrating the recent wedding. My son is a sophomore at LSU and daughter is in 8th grade.
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Husband Jay and I look forward to his H-SC
reunion in Oct. and to my reunion in May.
1989
Emmy S. Leung
7102 Wynnewood Ct.
Richmond, VA 23235
[email protected]
Lisa Claypool Stevenson found our class
banner! It’s ready for our next reunion!
Raquel Hickman Thiebes and family have
moved to the resort town of Garmisch,
Germany! Husband George is attending
the Marshall Center there. Alex is in 10th
grade at the Munich International School,
and Matthias is completing the 8th grade
at the school on the U.S. Army base.
Raquel’s blog: lifelessonsmilitarywife.com.
Elizabeth Fokes is working on her master’s
in information technology with a focus on
information security and digital forensics.
Ellen Duffie-Fritz, Keith and their 3 teenage daughters have relocated to the
Philadelphia area. Ellen leads Strategic
Consulting & Analytics Practice for the
global marketing products division of GSI
Commerce, an eBay company.
Pauline Hanson Palm and husband Chris
celebrated their 20th anniversary and her
20th year of teaching.
Kimberly Willock Pardiwala lives in
Larchmont, N.Y. with husband Cyrus and
their son Becket (2). She keeps in touch
with Lisa Claypool Stevenson, Sarah
West Reeves and Heather Daly Jones ’92.
Kimberly and other like-minded classmates are raising funds for the SBC music
dept.! The long-term vision is to support
the growth of the music program. If you
are interested, contact Kimberly at [email protected].
I have enjoyed catching up with many
of you. Other than work, I’m continuing
my fundraising and volunteer work for
the American Heart Association and Lab
Rescue of Greater Richmond. I still trail
ride. Feel free to send news and photos.
I’ll start working on the next update and
our scrapbook, too! Take care!
1990
Kelly Wood Erickson
104 S Winterberry Ct.
Smithfield, VA 23430
[email protected]
Kelly Wood Erickson: Started a new job in
a different school district as a K-5 reading specialist. Husband Steve is finally
stationed back in Hampton Roads. Jack
(14) starts h.s. this fall. Sophie (12) will be
in 7th grade.
Julie Brooks Nyquist: We’ll be moving to
Chicago at the end of 2012 where my
husband Stephen has taken a position
with Ernst and Young. I completed 10
years at the John S. and James L. Knight
Foundation. Andrew (3) looks forward to
being near grandparents.
Kelleigh Klym Friesen: I went to the SBC
riding reunion in April. We have 3 foals.
Ava (4) has a pony, Tippy-Toes, and was in
her first lead-line. Pediatrics is super and
we have a new colleague to assist with
clinical coverage and teaching. I hope to
be out in Va. next spring.
Brandy Beck: After 16 years in Los
Angeles, Dasha (7) and I moved to N.Y.C.
Rosanna Jones Thruman (Papillion, Neb.):
I have private psychology practices in
Omaha and Council Bluffs, Iowa—work in
both states. My oldest son (22) manages a
fitness center. My other 2 sons are in h.s.
and junior high. My husband manages a
fitness center as well. We travel with my
husband’s power lifting and see family in
Calif., Va. and Fla.
Allison Novellino: I keep up with Sallie
McIlheran Wunner who is living in Freising,
Germany. She’ll be in Dallas at the
Norwood Flynn Gallery this Nov.
Elizabeth Horsley: I moved into a new
house this summer. Still in Richmond
working at Williams Mullen and was
selected as a Va. “super lawyer” in trust
and estate litigation. I ride in my free
time and catch up with Lisa Waldrup
Hammerschmidt at local shows.
Sallie McIlheran Wunner: I joined a delegation from Ft. Worth, Texas in April and
went to Guiyang, China with the Fort Worth
Sister Cities Organization and represented
Fort Worth as an artist. I had a showing in
Vienna, Austria in March. 11/10/12, I’ll
be having a solo-exhibition at the Norwood
Flynn Gallery in Dallas, Texas. Website:
sallie-mcilheran.de.
Amy Donnelly Tobik: We moved from Fla.
to Fort Mill, S.C. over the summer when
Siemens transferred my husband, Steve,
to the Charlotte, N.C. facility. After 8 years
as the main feature writer for a Fla. newspaper, I now work from home as a technical writer for a financial website. Daughter
Katie (16) travels with her new h.s. marching band and daughter Emily (13) keeps
us busy with her intense Charlotte United
soccer schedule.
1991
Lorraine Haire Greer
38 Maple St., Unit 2
Derry, NH 03038
[email protected]
Carey Bates is an independent consultant
for a software company in Manhattan,
creating her own LLC and running her
own business. She has had a couple of
visits with Amber Vellenga. She enjoys
keeping up with Karen Hott, Suzanne
Petrie Liscouski and Kathryn Hagist Yunk
on FB. Carey has plans to go to Paris this
summer.
Joan Dabney Clickner writes from
Charlottesville that Ian (10) and Georgia
(5) are great playmates. Joan may soon
work from home as a copy editor for an
Atlanta-based publishing firm.
Karen Holland Carlisle still lives in Fla.
and works at Chico’s. Hayden is starting
kindergarten. Keeping in touch with Elise
Scott. Bless Karen Hott, who keeps us all
informed.
Kristen L. Walberg: Moving from D.C. to
R.I. and will be working for the U.S. Sailing
Association as director of membership. My
daughters are entering 5th and 6th grade.
Laura Rose Martin: Chris and I will be
celebrating our 22nd anniversary in ’13!
We’ve been in Dothan, Ala. for 20 years.
We have 3 kids: Kyle (17) is a senior and
is hoping to attend VMI; Nathan (15) is a
sophomore; Elizabeth (12) is in 7th grade.
Our family keeps busy with Boy Scouts,
swim team, SCUBA diving, dock dog diving
and our 3 Morgan horses.
Mamie Farley: My youngest Joanie (8) and
I went to Austin to visit Christine and her
family. We’ve had lots of family events—my
brother-in-law got remarried in May in
Rocky Mount, N.C., and my youngest sister Katharine had her first baby in Aug.,
a girl. My husband Matthew and I have
been helping his mother and stepfather
through health issues. We made a trip to
Tybee Island with my family in June, and
then Matthew took Harry (11) to N.Y. while
Joanie and I were in Texas. My oldest
Miller was away at camp.
Allene Doucette: Alastair started kindergarten this year.
Mary Price (Fairfield, Va.): I’m writing for
VMI’s newsletter, the Institute Report. My
husband, Tim, is a computer programmer.
Ginny and Elaine, fraternal twins, turned
7 in May. Tori Hutcheson and I met at the
Virginia Horse Center for a show in March
and saw Tori’s daughter Megan (10) ride in
a jumper class.
Lorraine Haire Greer: We re-located to
New England. Alex is growing so fast.
I’ve been doing lots of volunteering in
various groups including (of course) SBC
Riding. I’ve been traveling to obtain some
specialized training certificates/endorsement. I plan to start my own educational
consulting services. I’ve been grateful for
the support of some of my close SBC and
N.C. friends, such as Jen Kemper Wallis,
Beth Hensley Martin, Stephanie Berger,
Melanie Duke, Karen Hott and Amber
Vellenga. I hope to send a class newsletter every quarter to keep us focused on
giving back to SBC. Be on the lookout for
the next newsletter in late Nov.—ideas/
comments welcome. Please update your
personal information with the Alumnae
Office in order to receive our quarterly
newsletter, etc. Much of our personal
class information is outdated. In regards
to our 20th reunion scrapbook, please
submit your photos and captions to me.
For those who were able to attend you will
receive a small questionnaire to be added
to the book of memories. Al Doucette has
offered to head up and coordinate a minireunion for next year. Please contact her
directly if you are interested and she will
be able to provide you will all the details
of the trip. Check the FB page for updates.
Thanks to Elliot Pitt for helping it. Thanks
to our class president Karen Hott for keeping us focused.
1992
Charlotte Bonini
PO Box 145
Ashburn, VA 20146
Amy Peck Driscoll
3848 Thalia Drive
1993
Stacey McClain
1856 Christopher Point Rd. N
Jacksonville, FL 32217
[email protected]
Tracy Meir Mason and husband Derek
are proud to announce the birth of Jacob
Burbank Shaw Mason on 5/22. They had
a great visit from Carolyn Imperato and
her family this summer.
Our 20th reunion is set for May 31-June 2,
2013. Save the date and be on the lookout for more information—check our FB
page regularly for updates! facebook.com/
groups/sbc1993/
1994
Mary-Linda “Molly”
Morris Flasche
152 N Remington Rd.
Columbus, OH 43209
[email protected]
1995
Beverley Stone Dale
2006 Ashcrest Ct.
Richmond, VA 23238
[email protected]
1996
Sarah Reidy Ferguson
1915 Edinburgh Ter. NE
Atlanta, GA 30307
[email protected]
Mrs. Kelly Collins Lear
24 Prescott Dr.
Hudson, OH 44236
[email protected]
Abby Phillips Hinga: Still in Denver and
having fun with Laura Powell Gatling and
her 3 kids! We also went back to D.C.
to visit friends, including Easter at the
Durhams’ with Jesse Durham Strauss,
Bridget Bayliss Curren and Rachel Baltus
Price. We’re also very excited to be expecting baby #2 this fall.
Annie Pankoski Sherman: Enjoying summer in Larkspur, Calif. Found time to visit
Janeen Sharma in Boulder, Colo. Annie
and husband Peter have 2 children, Max
(6) and Elsa (3). Annie is a busy stay-athome mom as she shuttles Max to various
therapies; Max was diagnosed with autism
in 2009.
Mary Copeland Dellinger: Just got engaged! We’re living in Pala, Calif., and
planning the wedding for 2013.
Jennifer Smith: I’m going into my second year as a h.s. administrator in
Charlottesville City Schools. In Dec., I visited Andie Thomas-Young ’95 and husband
Terance in N.C. as they were preparing for
the arrival of their son Christopher, born in
Jan. I’m in constant communication with
Yolanda Davis Saunders as we prepare for
our 20th h.s. reunion!
Jesse Durham Strauss: I enjoyed a pool
party birthday on 8/1 with several classmates: Laura Lechler; Rachel Baltus
Price and her daughter Winona (1);
Sarah Chaffee Paris, husband Jon and
children Bella (9), Stevie (5) and Charlie
(2); Lee Foley Dolan and children Henry
(10), Mattie (7) and Fred (4); and Bridget
Bayliss Curren, husband Rich and daughter Aoife (1). My children Anna (5), Audrey
(4) and Ari (2) loved getting to play with
their Sweet Briar pals!
Sarah Reidy Ferguson: I sell hand-selected
vintage decor and one-of-a-kind finds
through One Kings Lane. My blog, Duchess
Fare: duchessfare.com.
Robin Bettger Fishburne: Joseph “Parker”
was born on 7/7/12. Gibbs (7) is in 2nd
grade. Sarah Betz Bucciero ’97 is Parker
and Gibbs’ godmother. We see them more
often now that they moved to Greenwood,
S.C. Sarah’ son Carter (3) lost his battle
with cancer on 8/13/12. Carter and
big brother Mason (4) are our blessed
godsons. Thank you to everyone who
has contacted me from SBC and all your
messages. I’ve been in real estate for 11
years.
Tara Moran Weyer: Celebrating 15 years
working for Discovery Channel and living in
Md. with my husband of 10 years and Julia
(5) and Evan (3).
Catharine King Laufer: We moved to
Aiken, S.C. in June for Jordan’s new job. I
started teaching at a private school and
Jackson attends the 3K program there
as well.
Sarah Dennis Roberts (Oklahoma City):
Jackson (9) and Owen (3) are happy
attending Crossings Christian School.
Jackson enjoys playing whatever sport is
in season, and Owen is trying gymnastics.
Sarah is working at Inasmuch Foundation
and Hayden is working at Western Heights
Public Schools. Over the summer, we took
a great trip back to Tenn. for the 4th of
July and we look forward to a trip to N.Y.C.
this fall.
Heather Baskett: My partner Layla and
I purchased a townhouse in March and
have been enjoying northern Va. I’m
a biologist in the Dept. of Nutrition at
Smithsonian National Zoo. I keep in contact with Penelope Spain and Melanie
Vracas.
Amy Daugherty Michel: Sam and I are
expecting baby #3 around 10/5, a girl!
Xander (5) is in Kindergarten. Owen is 3.
Paige Vaught Campion will visit later in
the fall.
Jen Beck Locke: Hunter is the general
manager for RockTenn Corporation in
the Jacksonville and Gainesville areas.
We just moved (move #8). Marte (9) is in
4th grade and is playing soccer and golf.
Thomas (6) is in K. Trae (4) is in Pre-K
and playing sports. I volunteer at the
school, as well as several local autism and
Asperger’s support groups. I’m the proud
aunt of Chris and Susan’s first child, Ann
Mason “Macey” Chastain Beck.
Kelly Collins Lear (Hudson, Ohio): Evelyn
is in first grade, Teddy is in K. I’ve been
volunteering in school and am home with
Penelope (2). Aaron is practicing sports
medicine at Akron General Hospital.
Amelia Dudman Atwill: Thank you to my
fellow Vixens for your love, prayers and
support during Pierce’s surgeries last fall.
Pierce is doing very well, has grown about
2.5 inches and thriving. We aren’t out of
the woods (all clear will be when she is 1718), but we have jumped a hurdle. (Pierce
has a condition called craniosynostosis.)
On 4/14/12, Charles Bailey Atwill III arrived! Janna McLarty Chandler and her
kiddos passed through Richmond on their
way to a family event. Looking forward to
our next reunion.
1997
Amy Leigh Campbell
PO Box 134
Sweet Briar, Virginia 24595
[email protected]
If you haven’t yet visited and fallen in love
with MacaroyKangaroo.com, you should!
The cute shop for mamas and kiddos is
run by our very own Kristen McCowan
DeLargy! Kristen and her husband are living in Leesburg, Va., with kids Daniel (8),
Davis (6) and Sullivan (3). This past spring,
Kristen and kids took a beach vacation
with Nicole Kelleher Linkonis and Holly
James Trent. Nicole and her husband,
Rich, make their home in Richmond, Va.,
with their 3 children Gabi (5), Valentina
(3) and Porter (14 mos.). Nicole completed her radiology residency and then a
breast imaging fellowship at MCV in 6/11.
Since then, she has been with Radiology
Associates of Richmond, where she works
at the HCA Breast Centers.
After 12 years of locking up drug dealers
while in the narcotics unit of the Richmond
City Police Dept., Amanda Acuff is now
on the Mounted Squad. Yes, she rides a
horse around the city conducting PR and
enforcing law! She’s planning her Oct.
wedding to Scott, a Va. State Trooper.
“Whoomp” and Scott have been living together in Chesterfield for close to 3 years
with their 3 dogs.
Cassie Thomas Campbell and Katrina
Balding Bills ride as often as they can.
Cassie works at Peaks View Animal
Hospital and lives in Lynchburg, Va., with
her daughter Lexi, boyfriend Tim and Tim’s
son Timothy. Together, they’ve been traveling to places like Bonaire and Fla. Cassie
is becoming an amazing photographer,
too!
Katrina Bills and hubby Kevin are building 2 businesses. Her Mary Kay business
continues to grow, and Kevin is now, in
addition to his job at Sprint, a full-fledged
BrewMaster for and co-owner of Corcoran
Brewing Company in Waterford, Va. Keara
(3) started preschool and Kenny (9) is in
3rd grade. Katrina writes that all sister
Vixens are welcome in Corcoran Brewery’s
tasting room. Kerri Rawlings Burtner was
the first one to give it a try!
Kathryn Black Watson still calls Jackson,
Miss., home. She and Allen celebrated
their 15th wedding anniversary! She
is teaching again. Caroline is in 8th
grade, Elizabeth in 5th and Robert in
Kindergarten.
Jill Gavitt is in her second year teaching
h.s. Spanish in Staunton, Va., where she
lives with her hubby and 2 dogs. Besides
seeing the crew at Reunion, she’s been
keeping in touch with Kathy Johnston
and Jill Butcher. She also saw Alicia
King briefly this summer as Alicia and
friends embarked on a week of hiking
the Appalachian Trail. Alicia and 5 of her
friends completed their 50-mile hike, and
she’s now safely back in Atlanta, Ga., doing SEO for WebMD and walking down the
aisle in Nov!
Alicia Allen is stationed in Mauritania with
the Army. She writes that she truly sees
the resilience of the human spirit in her
work there, and I promised to send out
a loud Holla Holla to her favorite Vixen,
Christy Jordan, who is halfway through her
graduate program at Notre Dame.
Lisa DuCharme Elwell and Tristan are enjoying life in London with their 2 boys Evan
(3) and Edward (1). She works part time at
Fidelity International and enjoys belonging
to the American Women’s Group.
Rachelle Colquitt Rose and husband
Lenny lived in England for 2 years after
they were married in 2009. Rachelle is VP
of Colquitt Company, a land development
company in Chaparral, N.M. and VP of
Lake Section Water Company in the same
city. Rachelle and Lenny moved to San
Antonio, Texas. That means she can hang
out with Lucretia Bock, our new class
president! Lucretia lives in her hometown
of New Braunfels, Texas, in a very cool
1850s cottage retro-fitted with running water and electricity. In addition to hanging
out with Rachelle, who is only 50 minutes
away, Lucretia recently caught up with
CeCe Valentine ’95.
In Aug., Gina Miller Brown and family
moved to Pittsford, N.Y., just outside of
Rochester. Gina’s husband has been working there for 1½ years so they’re thrilled to
be together again! Mason (5) just began
Kindergarten and Garett (3) in now in
nursery school. Plus, Baby Brown #3 will
arrive late Feb.!
Stephanie Pappanikou Foley is expecting
a baby girl this winter! Good thing that
Steph and her husband recently moved
into a 4-bedroom home in Raleigh, N.C.
What they thought would be a guest room
will come in handy as a nursery for a baby
sister for Parker (4) and Conner (1). Leigh
Wilson gets to play Auntie and visit the
Foleys on occasion!
Alison Hall also enjoys the role of aunt
for her 2 nephews, Trevor and Preston.
Dothan lives in Auburn, Ala., serving as the
city’s community and special programs
director. She’s also been named county
chair for the United Way of Lee County
fund drive! Dothan did take time to travel
back to SBC and have a blast at Reunion,
which she followed up by traveling to various civil war sites with Jess Hiveley.
Way up in New England, Christina Benson
Stanton works part time and lives in
Stamford, Conn., with her husband, 2
boys, a cat and a dog.
Katherine Seder Karon and Ticia Harbour
Berg caught up in Aug. while Ticia was in
Boston, where Katy lives with her husband
and 2 boys, Stephen (2) and Max (5 mos.).
Katy previously worked for a hedge fund,
but is now staying at home. Ticia and her
husband live in Vienna, Va., with their 3
kids, 2 of whom are in French Immersion
school.
Northern Va. is also home to Becky Moats
Miller and Kerry Coleman-Proksch. Becky
and husband Chip, along with Michael (4),
live in Warrenton, Va. They enjoy working
in their real estate business, as well as on
their farm raising Angus beef. Becky sees
Julie Nelson ’96 and her growing family
regularly. In addition to attending our class
reunion in May, Becky had a mini-reunion
with Vaiana Teriitehau Williams and
Tasha Swales Newill. Kerry still lives in
Woodbridge, Va., with husband Steven and
their 2 sons, Jack (6) and Patrick (3), and
works part time as an adjunct professor
at NOVA-Woodbridge. Kerry visited Tanya
Ketchum Young and her daughter Talley
while she was in Tenn. in July, and took the
boys on their annual visit to see Amy Cook
Rexrode and her family in Petersburg,
W.Va.
Cape Healey Boyd lives in Charlotte, N.C.,
with husband Brian, twins, Aiden and
Katherine (6), and Brendan (3). Cape is a
stay-at-home mom. Aiden loves baseball
and basketball, while Katherine loves
soccer and her Daisy Troop. They also
swim and are already prepping for their
First Communion to take place during 2nd
grade. Brendan attends preschool.
Tamber Marea Hannah graduated from
nursing school and lives in Miles City,
Mont., with her fiancé, Doug Dalton. They
enjoy horseback riding, camping, fishing,
hunting, their chickens, cats, dogs, turkeys
and tending to their large garden.
After moving all over for med school and
residency, Jennifer Swisher Lynes lives
in her hometown of Tallahassee, Fla.,
with her husband, Richard and daughters
Morgan (4) and Madison (18 mos.). She
commutes to a small ER in Cairo, Ga., and
loves the job, which she’s been doing for
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the past 3 years. Being a doctor came in
handy, to put it mildly, when her dad had
a cardiac arrest while driving just outside
her home. Jen’s training and quick action
saved his life! She writes that he is almost
back to normal, and is even playing baseball again.
As for me, Amy Leigh Campbell, 2012
marks my 10th year as an entrepreneur!
Pink Collar (pinkcollarink.com) has grown
to include e-learning and training, and
the web programming/mobile apps piece
of our business has grown large enough
to be self-supporting. The new entity is
branded HTMelle (thehtmelle.com), and
will be my day-to-day focus beginning
Nov. 1!
2012 has been a roller-coaster year for
so many 97ers, but none more so than
immediate past class president Sarah
Betz Bucciero. In 8/11, Sarah gathered
10 of our amazing classmates to focus
on Reunion Giving, and thanks to her
leadership and all of your generous contributions, the Class of 1997 broke not
one, but 2 giving records! Reunion was
a wonder-full, joy-full, and tear-full event,
highlighted by our class’ generosity in giving to SBC, but also in another special way.
Lucretia Bock organized and pulled off a
Not-So-Silent Auction, assisted by many of
our classmates and fellow alumnae, which
raised over $10,000 for Sarah’s son,
Carter, who was diagnosed with a brain
tumor in 10/11. Carter and his big brother
Mason (5) were a huge hit at Reunion,
entertaining everyone and enjoying the
festivities with Sarah and their dad, Paul.
Despite treatment at St. Jude, and an
army of prayer warriors pulling for him,
Carter earned his angel wings on 8/13
and was buried in Cincinnati, Ohio, on
8/20. Stacy McKimm Stevens, who lives
in Memphis, Tenn., with husband Rich and
2 girls, Mattie (5) and Lily (1), made several trips to visit Sarah while Carter was receiving treatment at St. Jude’s Children’s
Hospital in Memphis. Stacy also attended
Carter’s funeral in Ohio and carried to
Sarah all our love and sympathy. Over 30
alumnae from our class and sister classes
traveled to Concord, N.C., after Carter’s
passing to support our dear Sarah, and attend Carter’s memorial service.
Sarah and her family have established
Sweet Briar’s Carter Bucciero Memorial
Scholarship, which will ease the financial
burden of a student that has survived a
bout with cancer or has been impacted
by a sibling or parent with cancer. Please
visit CarterBucciero.com or contact SBC’s
development office for more information
and ways to give!
Cancer has touched so many lives in our
Sweet Briar family, and we’re not taking it
lying down! In Sept. 2011, Ticia Harbour
Berg completed a century ride (100-mile
bike ride) and raised $6700 for breast
cancer research in honor of her little
sister, who is a survivor after a double
mastectomy and chemo in 2011. Rachelle
Colquitt Rose was diagnosed with thyroid
cancer our senior year at SBC and it took
her 8 years, but she beat it, and now she
helps other women who have the disease
and runs marathons to raise money!
Cancer took the life of my nephew Thomas
(2) in May, as well as my aunt Becky this
past July, and Liz Drendall Zinckgraf is
also praying for a cure after losing both
her mother and grandmother to breast
cancer.
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Let’s all join together to support Alison
Hall as she walks in honor of Carter
Bucciero, as well as her nephew Preston,
in the St. Jude 5K in Dec. in Memphis. She
welcomes all classmates to join her! If you
can’t walk, you can still give—donate to her
walk page at heroes.stjude.org/alisonhall!
Stay in touch on our class Facebook page
and send your updates to me at [email protected]!
1998
Chantel Nicole Bartlett
7775 Tiverton Dr.
Springfield, VA 22152-2021
[email protected]
Cynthia Bumgardner
Puckett
7123 High St.
Floyds Knobs, IN 47119-9538
[email protected]
Our 15th reunion is about 9 months away!
You’ll be hearing from a fellow classmate
very soon with Reunion updates and
fundraising.
Valerie Walston still lives in Santa
Barbara, Calif. She works from home
writing freelance. This allows her to work
as an EMT for the Santa Barbara County
Search and Rescue.
Another Calif. girl, Candice Broughton
Maillard’s husband Richard became an
American citizen on 8/24.
Rush Harris’ Kattie Anne just celebrated
her first birthday. Her town of Mooresville,
Ala. (only 53 residents) will be featured in
the Dec. Southern Lady Magazine.
Bobbie Hedrick Atristain was recruited by
IBM, so now works near Atlanta. She flies
down on Mondays and returns home on
Thurs. for the weekends. She’s in charge
of the web infrastructure for online sites
of Macy’s and Bloomingdales. She’ll
celebrate her 10th wedding anniversary
in Nov.
In Aug., Anne-Claire Wackenhut Kasten
started her 5th year of teaching at the
Friends School of Atlanta. She and Scott
took Jacques (b. 04/30/11) on his first
trip to France, where he thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Anne-Claire and
Jacques have also connected several
times with fellow Atlanta-area alumnae:
Tanya Ketchum Young ’97 and Lisa Tedder
Baker ’97. Anne-Claire’s sister Sophie
Wackenhut Szymanski ’02 has also returned to town with her children this past
year, and her parents now live there permanently as well.
Diana Jordan Avery is part-time job sales
associate at Soma Intimates in Richmond.
Daughter Meredith started 2nd grade.
She keeps asking when she gets to go to
college and can’t wait to get to SBC! Son
Aaron started 3-day preschool in Sept.
Kelly Bowman Greenwood caught up
with Sophie Simonard ’97 on her recent
trip to Calif. They had a blast with Helen
Greenwood (class of ’28, if a double major
in drumming and paleontology is offered)
at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Page Darney is now Deputy Attorney
General in the Civil Litigation Section for
the Pa. Office of Attorney General. She is in
love with her new white German Shepherd
puppy, Samson!
Cady Thomas visited with Serena
Putegnat and sister Tara ’00 this summer in Texas to celebrate their brother’s
(William HSC ’04) 30th birthday. Cady
hopes as many of you as possible with
participate in Reunion.
Heather Smith is relocating to
Birmingham, Ala., this fall for her job. She
still works as a dietetic technician in enteral nutrition.
Chantel Bartlett is 5 months into her new
job. She’s looking forward to Reunion.
Babies born: Jacqueline “Jake” Weiner
Flaherty announced the arrival of Jack
Liam Flaherty born on 7/5/12. Tonya
Grudier Montgomery welcomed baby
girl Ryan Marie in July. Jenny Hogan
Kohen and husband David welcomed a
son, Alden Burke, on 6/14/12. He joins
big sister Adella (2). This Sept., Cynthia
Bumgardner Puckett welcomed her 4th
child, a 2nd son! In addition to homeschooling, she’s co-chairing our Reunion
Committee. She looks forward to reconnecting with fellow classmates! Alicia
Foster Wilbun announced the birth of their
3rd daughter, Roslyn Victoria (Dec. ’11).
Krista Wigginton Gravatt ’99 came for a
visit in April. Estelle (2nd daughter) had to
have her adenoids removed. Alicia’s dad
was in the hospital for a while with blood
clots in both lungs and legs, but he has recovered. Alicia is trying to keep her sanity,
being a mom of 3 little girls!
Expecting babies: Courtney Morgan
Harris is expecting baby #2, a boy, in Dec.
Courtney also told me that Emily Meger
will be getting married in Oct. to Ohad
Braha.
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Ms. Lindsey Neef Kelly
15012 Ashby Way E
Carrollton, VA 23314
[email protected]
Devon Vasconcellos Bijansky left a bad
job situation earlier this year and has
been enjoying exploring opportunities in
sustainability-related fields and especially
loved reconnecting with Lindsay Watrous
during a trip to Phoenix.
Rachel Bratlie and husband Chris Taylor
welcomed their first child, Zachary Ryan
Taylor, on 10/14/11. They still live in
Oakland, Calif.
Amy Brown got together with Megan
Leypoldt in Atlanta.
Christy Carl Allison is in Leesburg with
husband James and Laurel (3). When
she’s not working for conscious-awareness
expert Suzanne Scurlock-Durana, she’s
singing and assisting worship at Unity of
Loudoun County.
This past spring, Marisha Bourgeois traveled to Austin, where she visited Catherine
Zahrn ’98 and Shannon Zahrn and met
their magnificent baby, whom she calls
“Koala,” along with Heather McLeod
and Devon Bijansky. In Dallas, she saw
Jennifer Crutcher. Nessim Yafi, Julie Harju
and Kelly Gatzke visited her in D.C. She
moved cross-country and met up with
Jill Meadows in W.Va., Erin Vlasaty in St.
Louis, and Becky Hamby in Oklahoma City.
Now she is a speech language pathologist
at a rehabilitation hospital in Ariz. and the
southwest correspondent for Cool Like Pie.
Kristine Brown had a baby boy, Tyler
Alexander Brown, on 1/16/12. Kristine
continues to work at Connecticut
Renaissance and has been there for almost 6 years.
Angela Walton Carpita, husband Chris and
son Tommy (2) welcomed baby Morgan
Christopher Hughes Carpita with open
arms and hearts on 3/26/12. Angela continues to be in touch with Kibby Ferguson,
Astrid Liverman and Mary Lea Harris.
Constantly she remembers Jessica Tinfo
with deep fondness, pure laughter and
now loves her from a greater distance.
Sarah Dorminey is working at Earth Fare
and coaching JV field hockey at Charlotte
Country Day School. She is also designing
landscapes on the side.
Kelly Turney Gatzke and family are still
stationed at West Point (Ben is teaching
math). Amelia and Cameron are getting
big. The Gatzkes will be on to new adventures in summer 2013 to wherever the
Army sends them! She also had a minireunion in D.C. this spring with Julie Harju
Miskinis, Kelli Rogowski, Erin Vlasaty and
Marisha Bourgeois!
Becky Hamby has been working as an
executive assistant at Chesapeake Energy
in Oklahoma City. Just celebrated her 5th
year with the company. She’s training for
her first triathlon. She looks forward to
traveling to the UK this fall!
Lindsey Neef Kelly and Sean are proud to
be sending their oldest, Catherine (5), to
Kindergarten this fall. Rachel (4), Alice (3),
and Joe (1) are still at daycare/preschool.
Lindsey’s taken up running, sewing, homebrewing, thrift store shopping, fantasy
football and making homemade spices.
In her free time (otherwise known as 9-5
job), she continues her crusade to keep
the banks and mortgage servicers afloat.
Deborah Lanham finally joined Facebook
and has been having a great time reconnecting with so many great SBC friends!
She and the kids still live in Sneads Ferry,
N.C. on the coast.
Heather McLeod and TJ Griffin are still in
Austin and have children who are 3 and 5.
Heather recently took up freelancing with
Simon & Schuster again after taking several years off to parent full time.
Emily Sartor Patterson and husband
Brad are celebrating having both kids in
preschool this year: Claire (3) and Tyler
(2)! Emily continues to work part time at
Duke Medical Center providing marriage
and family therapy for those affected by
cancer.
Tina Hansel Snover and family now live in
Grand Junction, Colo. She is still maintaining her résumé business and is also the
graduate coordinator at Colo. Mesa U.
in the Center of Teacher Education. Her
oldest, Brenae (6), started Kindergarten.
Lizzie is 3. Tina has also started playing
soccer again and put together a whole
team of moms. Their team name is the
“Mom Squad.”
Tiffany Tyler just got married to Jesse
Rodriguez, a wine director for a resort, and
lives in San Diego; Tasha White Gamboa
was in attendance. The reception was in
Palm Springs.
Erin Vlasaty is unexpectedly enjoying being
a grantwriter in St. Louis. She and husband, JP Cooper, are expecting their first
son and first child in Nov.
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Marilen Jordas Sarian
212 Rock Creek Ct.
Yorktown, VA 23693
[email protected]
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Julia Varner Kientz
Ambersley
912 N Glenwood Trl.
Southern Pines, NC 28387
[email protected]
Julia Kientz Ambersley was so excited to
see Ashley Moring Voss, Angela Browning
Montgomery, Leigh Harpel, Emily Keating
Haag and son Nicholas and Dawn Martin
and daughter Katie when they all came to
visit for Gus’s 6th birthday party in Sept.
Julia is Nicholas Haag’s godmother, and
she was able to go to Philadelphia to visit
him in April and again for his christening
in May. She’s busy teaching 5th grade at
Vass-Lakeview Elementary and serving as
the grade level chair. Ashley Moring Voss
and her husband, Jason, are expecting
their first baby at the end of Oct. Angela,
Leigh and Julia all attended Ashley’s
baby shower in Sept. Angela Browning
Montgomery is busy working towards
her real estate license. She and her husband, Joey, are closing on a new house
in Fairhope, Ala. Emily Keating Haag and
Nick have been very busy with Nicholas
(6 mos.)
Both Natasha Nickodem Stevens and
her husband got promotions this summer! Natasha is an associate director
for Individual Giving at the Art Institute
of Chicago and her husband Matt is now
a VP for Insurance at Mesirow Financial.
Natasha and Matt are godparents of
Stephanie Sherrard’s son Cullen Hawkins.
Natasha traveled with Christine Rangel
to Baltimore for Misa Sarmento’s (’02)
wedding to Rob Francis on 9/8/12. Sarah
Bellanger Levison also returned to the
east coast in Sept. for Misa’s wedding
and enjoyed a great reunion with Casey
Perlow Davidson ’02, Whitney Bryant ’02,
Allison Funkhauser ’02, Donyele Gibson
Wilkerson ’02, Sarah Belanger Levinson
and Victoria Zak Rosenthal ’00. Sarah
enjoys living in St Louis. She has started
to volunteer with the local chapter of Girls
on the Run. Christine Rangel was happy
to attend the wedding of Kim Martin ’02
at the Four Seasons Hotel in Palm Beach,
Fla., in June. She also got to see Megan
Beley-Withrow and her husband Brett
and meet their new baby, Avery. Christine
was lucky enough to catch some of the
London Olympics excitement during a
trip to Scotland this summer, with sisters
Victoria ’04 and Jane ’06. She was also
happy to see Natasha Nickodem-Stevens
in Chicago.
Sarah Houston Kenning announced that
Lauren Elizabeth Kenning was born 7/24.
Sarah stays home with Lauren. Her son
Jackson is in preschool.
Meghan Frier Stawasz and husband
Nick welcomed Katherine Elizabeth on
5/15/12.
Erin Wiley still works as a speech pathologist in Seattle. She and her husband have
been traveling a lot this year due to his job
with the Seattle Sounders soccer team;
they were fortunate to go to London in
Feb. and Sydney, Australia in June. Their
daughter Holiday just started preschool
and will turn 3 in Nov. Over Labor Day Erin
met up with Elizabeth Puckett Haworth,
Sarah Riggs Stapleton, Marian Spivey
Estrada and Rachel Souder Arguedas in
Sedona, Ariz. for their annual get-together.
Olive Eiley lives in her hometown island of
Ambergis Caye in Belize. She got married
in 2009 and has a girl (2) and a baby boy.
Olive and her husband have a cleaning
service and a restaurant. Olive says she
“has been very lucky to meet up with SBC
family here in Belize, such as Natasha
Stevens ’01, Professors Leigh and Susan
Piepho and family of Lori Kovatch Long.”
Erin Packard Harrison and Phill just celebrated 11 years of marriage. They also
welcomed their 2nd son Zayne in July.
Catherine Peek and Ariana WolynecWerner are writing these class notes
jointly over weekly Sunday night dinner.
Catherine just moved to North Bethesda,
Md., to continue her architectural creativity and legacy in the national capital
region. Her husband and twins enjoy their
new home. Thank you to everyone for
your votes in favor of Catherine’s submission, “Field of Stars,” to the Washington
Monument Ideas Competition. She’s
served on several expert panels and
taught underserved students how to express their budding architectural prowess
to redesign the 11th Street Recreation
Bridge over the Ancostia River. Catherine
and her work have been featured by
National Public Radio and highlighted in
Metropolis Magazine (a solicited authorship for their blog, “Point of View”), the
Washington Post and other renowned
periodicals. Follow Catherine on Twitter
@cpeek. Ariana is training for her 7th
long-distance endurance event and looks
forward to the 5-mile Austin Turkey Trot on
Thanksgiving Day. At this writing, Ariana is
actively pursuing unsuspecting victims on
eHarmony and Catholic Match.
Lori Kovatch Long and her husband are
enjoying their new bundle of joy, Caelee
Brooklyn Long who was born 4/3/12.
They are still living in Massanutten, Va.
She is enjoying the challenges of her job
at Merck.
Erin Alberda has had a busy couple of
months juggling her acupuncture practice and campaigning for the London
Paralympics. Erin did not make the team
this time, but she is grateful for all the
support of her Sweet Briar sisters, and
Rio is just 4 years away! Erin still lives in
Woodinville, Wash., with her longtime boyfriend Brian.
Erin Bronson Phillips still lives in Charlotte,
N.C., with husband Josh and daughter,
Libby (3), who is in preschool. In April their
family moved to a house right down the
road. Meg Bronson Braddy lives down
the road from Erin with her husband and
their 2 children, Colston (3) and Laine (15
mos.). Meg and Erin plan to have lunch
with Meg Eubanks soon.
Alden Rivers Potts had a baby boy, Brooks
Pinckney Potts, on 9/13/11.
Jana Putnam Sayler and husband Erik
welcomed their 2nd child, Kirk Putnam
Eiriksson Sayler, on 9/4/12.
In May, Tamara Trout completed an M.S. in
biomedical sciences with an emphasis in
medical sciences from Marshall U. She’s
now working as a lab technician and medical scribe and applying to medical school.
Her daughter Elyse (10) will be playing
Flounder in a local production of the Little
Mermaid, Jr. Her twins, Layth and Nadia,
are 4 and in Pre-K. She divorced in 2010
and is now in a committed relationship
with a third-year medical student.
Elizabeth Finch Wright graduated with a
B.S. in dental hygiene from Old Dominion
U. in May and is working as a registered
dental hygienist for a progressive dental
practice in Virginia Beach.
Katherine Morse is taking college courses
toward a degree in nursing. Her M. K.
Wellington Art, LLC business has grown,
and starting this fall a new location will
be added. Plus she’s expanded into
doing outdoor portraits. Katherine has
completed her second show by doing the
Shrimp & Grits Festival on Jekyll with the
help of Sarah Peterson ’03 this Sept.!
Katherine has now been with Jekyll Island
Club Hotel for over 6 years and has met a
few SBC graduates that have stayed. She’s
been able to see Nathalie Benton not
only in D.C., but also in Hilton Head this
summer, and Rachel Roth ’02 and Sarah
Peterson ’03 for lunch in D.C.
Nia Fonow Ravenstahl had a busy
year. She assumed department leadership for special education at Cherry
Run Elementary school in the ’11-’12
school year. This past summer Nia and
her daughter Cassidy spent 6 weeks in
Beijing visiting family and consulting for
an English summer camp. When they got
home the family was in one place for a
few weeks and then Maris, Nia’s oldest
stepson, left for his freshman year at VCU.
Seth (15) is the starting freshman quarter
back and Cassidy (3) started preschool.
Nia’s husband Matt continues to work on
his doctorate at Durham U. in northern
England, which means Nia gets to enjoy
her annual catch up with Jessica McClosky
over Thanksgiving this year.
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Lori Smith Nilan
14600 Windjammer Dr.
Midlothian, VA 23112
[email protected]
Margaret Brooks Buck
4436 Yoruk Forest Ln
Charlotte, NC 28211
[email protected]
We had a great turnout at Reunion this
past May! For those of you unable to attend, please plan to come to our 15th!
Aja Grosvenor Stephens still lives in the
Detroit metro area. She’s expecting her
first, a boy, in Oct. She recently saw Amy
Mullen, Tia Trout Perez, Ashley Trantham,
Alicia Watson, Jee Park Pae and Katie
McNamara in Washington, D.C.
Liz Waring McCracken and her family have
been settled in Boone, N.C. Chris is busy
with his family medical practice, and she’s
busy raising Isadora (3). They’re expecting
their 2nd daughter, Athena Lee, in early
Sept. Liz writes it was great seeing old
friends at Reunion.
Corinne Weiland Zeruto and husband
welcomed a little girl, Cynthia Grace, on
3/5/12.
Alicia McCartney’s boyfriend was transferred back from Paris in 10/11. They
spent their last weekend in Europe visiting
Nice, Cannes, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat and
Saint-Paul-de-Vence. They are settled in
D.C. Alicia returned to Freddie Mac in June
and works as a project management analyst in the Multifamily Division. They visited
Istanbul during Thanksgiving 2011 and
London, Scotland and Geneva for a week
after Labor Day 2012.
Brook Buck and her husband Trey are selling their townhome and are excited about
moving into a house with a backyard for
their lab, Beaufort. Brook recently saw
Maria Thacker Goethe, Sonya Truman,
Kelly Monical Goossens and myself during a girls’ trip to Oak Island, N.C. Ashley
Johnson McGee ’03 hosted us all at her
family’s beach house. I am still working
in my family’s lighting showroom and am
currently training for my third marathon
in Nov.
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Courtney Arnott Silverthorn
152 Clubhouse Dr. SW, Apt 203
Leesburg, VA 20175
[email protected]
Courtney Yerdon Gleason and husband
David welcomed Rosemary Ruth Gleason
on 7/5. Lindsay Kinyon Ashton threw
her a shower in Richmond Va., which
Danielle Ross Oberg, Jane Mckenzie Davis
and Lara Hansen attended. Sara Shank
Sims and husband Tim had a baby girl,
Adelaide Temperance Sims, on 7/26.
Shirley Pinson Hendricks and her husband
welcomed their first child, John Rallson
Hendricks, on 12/23/11. Shirley is looking forward to seeing everyone at Reunion
next year!
Megan Gaillerdet Steiner is expecting her
first child around 12/25—she says “it’s a
girl!” She’s still working for a national insurance company in downtown Charlotte,
N.C. while her husband owns an executive
recruiting firm also in Charlotte.
Tiffany Williamson Norwood received a
promotion to senior analyst at BrownGreer
PLC. She made time to visit Angela Grisby
Roberts and Megan Gaillardet Steiner.
Angela and husband Gregory joined
Tiffany and her husband for a vacation in
Jamaica in 4/12. They missed Megan on
the trip, but recently visited her outside of
Charlotte. Their next mini-reunion was in
10/12 for Megan’s baby shower.
Tica Stoevhase Fetiveau is now leading a
team of women responsible for customer
success. She adopted a cat, “Chaussette.”
Laurel Speilman Rodgers recently moved
to Winchester, Va., and is starting a position as assistant professor of biology at
Shenandoah U.
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Virginia Wood Susi
7975 Dunstable Cir.
Orlando, FL 32817
[email protected]
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Our facebook page: Sweet Briar c/o 2004
Ginny Wood Susi and her husband Phil
welcomed Evelyn Sheffield on 2/28/12.
On 8/4/12, Ginny hosted Sarah Ruff,
Diana Marshall, Denva Jackson ’05,
Michelle Badger ’06, Alex Grobman ’12,
Lindsay Profenno ’15, Kait Goodwin ’15
and incoming first-year Madi Cromwell at
her summer house for the Maine Back-toSchool Barbecue.
Sarah Ruff purchased 19 acres in
Waterville, Maine, and is currently having it cleared for building. She got to
see Michelle Badger ’06 when Michelle
stopped in on her way back from Canada
with her parents. Denva Jackson ’05 also
came to spend a couple days with Sarah
before heading to the SBC Maine Backto-School event that was hosted by Ginny
Wood Susi.
Stephanie O’Sullivan Fitzpatrick loves
living in Falls Church, Va., and working in
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Washington, D.C., at FBI Headquarters.
Along with husband Brendan and son
Bailey, she welcomed Chloe Amelia on
7/2/11. She planned to attend Shannon
Smith’s wedding in 11/12 and Lisa
Moore’s wedding in 9/12.
Cat Scheer Rymer gave birth to Samuel
Thompson on 3/13/12.
Briana Beckham Pitt and husband John
have just moved to Knoxville, Tenn., to
begin his medical residency, specializing
in family medicine. Briana takes care of
Beckham (16 mos.) and works part time
as an online contract editor for American
Education Corporation in Oklahoma City,
Ok.
Brienna McLaughlin Pruce and her husband are ecstatic about their first baby
due this winter as they transition from
England to Calif. Brie continues teaching
yoga and selling her art at brienna.net.
Andrea Staton Koplowitz and husband
Dale are buying their first house near
Charlottesville, Va., and will move in Sept.
Andrea continues to work full time for UVa
Medical Center Laboratories while making
art and exhibiting in galleries. She exhibited 3 drawings in a group show, titled
“Sin,” at Firefish Gallery in Charlottesville,
Va., during the month of Feb. She sells
prints on Etsy.com.
Erin Coleman continues her Hollywood
pursuit and signed with a commercial
agent. She also has a film premiering at
the Seattle Bumbershoot Music and Film
Festival. This past March, she ran the Los
Angeles marathon. This fall she’ll be participating in the Los Angeles AIDS walk.
Tiffany McCabe Carr is starting her 9th
year of teaching elementary music for
Southampton County Public Schools in Va.
She still lives in Franklin with her husband
Joseph, son David (3) and 2 wild dogs—
Lola and Ruger. Last June, Tiffany participated in the local Relay For Life event in
honor of fencing coach Jennifer Crispen.
Jozanne Summerville and Sascha Rogers
visited campus during the spring semester
to host the Black Pearls’ Sparkling Cider
Brunch. Jozanne has a new position in the
Navy and lots of traveling. Looking forward
to Rio’s World Cup in 2014!
Kerry Keins Mutschelknaus left her
marketing career in 2011 to stay home
with son Connor (2). Kerry and husband
Joe welcomed second son Quinn Walsh
on 8/9/12. Kerry and family still live in
Arlington, Va.
Schyler Ellis Burke’s husband Peter received a promotion with Halliburton. He’s
now the account manager for EQT. Schyler,
Peter and their 3 children, John, Victoria
and Marin, will be moving to Pittsburgh.
Lisa Moore married Marshall Walton on
9/2 at Beale Manor in Parkesburg, Pa.
Lisa and Marshall live in Hendersonville,
Tenn.
Virginia Fowler Voigt is still happily living
in Nashville, Tenn., with her husband John
and daughter Rosie. Virginia teaches 3rd
grade at The Ensworth School. Virginia
and Rosie traveled to Va. this summer
where they enjoyed a visit with old roommate Erin Keck Walsh ’03 and her 3
daughters.
Anne Oakes lives with her partner, Randi,
in Durham, N.C. She manages a group
home for adult men with autism and enjoys fishing and volunteering at Carolina
Tiger Rescue on weekends.
Jennifer Warde Darrell is in her 5th year
at Yale, hoping to finish her dissertation
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and graduate with a Ph.D. in Spanish
next spring. She and her husband enjoy
biking and running together. She caught
up with Sarah Ruff while biking the Trek
Across Maine this past June. She has also
loved singing with her church choir, with
whom she had the opportunity to travel to
England and sing in Westminster Abbey,
St. George’s Chapel at Windsor, and
Gloucester Cathedral in 8/11.
Megan Owens Thompson and husband
Mike welcomed their first son, Aidan
Michael, on Mother’s Day. Two weeks
before Aidan’s arrival, they moved from
Charlotte to Concord, N.C., to where
Megan works. Megan just returned to work
at Cannon School, where she is the middle
school counselor and community outreach
coordinator.
In April, Nicole Basbanes started her
first full-time library job serving children
and young adults at a local public library.
She married Billy Claire on 6/16/12 at
Nashoba Valley Winery in Bolton, Mass.
They honeymooned in London, Paris, and
Rome for 17 days.
Camille Simmons is starting her 8th year
of teaching middle school Spanish in
Bermuda. She was able to hang out with
Caville Stanbury ’06 and Khadine Fisher in
the Big Apple in Dec.
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Mindy Wolfrom
5925 Almeda Road
No. 10711
Houston, TX 77004
[email protected]
Mindy Wolfrom has been living in
Houston, Texas, for the past year and
teaches Latin and ancient Greek at a
private school. She and Virginia Myers
(Amherst County native and daughter of
SBC alumna Margaret Gillmer Myers ’66)
hosted a large Cinco de Mayo rooftop
party, and Carolyn Burton came out from
Colo. to plan, coordinate and attend.
Brentz Basten East is a portfolio manager
at API Funds and Portfolios. Her children,
Rosa (4) and William (19 mos.), had a full
summer of swimming and beach trips.
Brentz still plays a lot of tennis and has
had only one loss in the 4.0 Lynchburg
Women’s Summer League. Brentz caught
up with Laura Densen, who was passing
through. In Nov., Brentz will head down
to Disney with Lauren Byrne ’04, Cat
Brumley and Tamara Himelright Helton to
brave the Mickey’s Jingle Jungle 5K.
Lynsie Watkins Steele still lives in
Charlottesville with husband Colin. They’re
building an addition to make room for
their newest “addition,” Declan Shea,
born 3/26/12. Lynsie tries to see Megan
Knight and Samira Hossain when she
can. Lynsie is still training for and running
races: her next race is a half-marathon
in Nov.!
Sarah Kidd Burchett lives in Richmond and
has been working at Renew Dermatology
as an aesthetician for 2 years. She recently
passed her NCEA exam to earn a national
certification in aesthetics. Sarah enjoyed
attending a back-to-school gathering held
at Hilary Cooper Cook’s house in Richmond
and had fun meeting a variety of alumnae.
Sarah hopes that she and other alumnae in
Richmond can set up a happy hour.
Leah Reedy Revelle and her husband welcomed Mary Clay Marlowe “May” Revelle
on 11/12/11.
Erin Mays started graduate school at
Purdue U. (an online program, so she’ll
be staying in northern Va.). She hopes to
complete a M.S. in education in spring
2014. Erin was elected president of the
Braddock Dogs Assoc. in June, which is
working to build new dog parks in Fairfax
County. She said they’re now collecting pledges of support for the first dog
park, which will be located in Burke, Va.!
Otherwise, she went to Kings Dominion
with Liz Churchill Beazley and her husband in June, and she sees Diane Lotz
Warren when she joins her role-playing
group on the internet.
Heather Wright is still working with the
Dept. of State. She just started her next
assignment in Lisbon, Portugal. She is
working on energy, environment, science,
tech and health issues and is currently filling in as acting economics unit chief.
Liz Eager Marvell finished her first year
of graduate school at Gordon-Conwell
Theological Seminary where she is working on an M.A. in history. She and husband
Brett are expecting a baby girl at the
beginning of Oct.! She plans to continue
school part time this fall and return full
time next spring. In Aug., Liz spent a week
at the beach with Lauren Wade, Karen
Dennehy Godsey, Kerry Martin Sprurill,
Erin Gibbs and Maggie Murray Watts ’06.
She also met up with Lyndsay Welsh
Chamblin in Boston this summer.
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Nicole Brandt
105 Prestwick Ct.
Yorktown, VA 23693
[email protected]
Abby Adams is in grad school for her
master’s in Advanced Practice Pediatric
Nursing. She’s still working full time as a
nurse caring for newborns. She lives with
her boyfriend and their “zoo”: 2 dogs, 2
cats, 2 bearded dragons and a snake. She
keeps in touch with Jenn Wiley Schmidt,
Meg Shortlidge, Joanna Meade and
Lindsay Cline. On 3/31, Abby served as
maid of honor at Jodie Weber Kavanah’s
wedding to William Kavanah. Kelly Rogers
Bell, Emily Burke and Lindsey Cline attended the wedding. Jodie is working for
CarMax in Charlottesville as a senior sales
consultant and received a promotion to
sales manager in training.
Jennifer Jones Collins and husband
Thomas still live in Germany. Jennifer welcomed her first child, William Thomas, on
4/5/12. They moved for the third time in 2
years and now live in Birkenfeld, Germany.
She was sad to leave her teaching job at
Heidelberg Middle School, but enjoys being a stay-at-home mom. Jessica Mercier
Andryshak came to visit in May.
Ivey Tabor Godfrey lives near Raleigh,
N.C. She has established her own graphic
design company called Godfrey Design
Company while husband Ryan Godfrey
(HSC ’05) works towards a Ph.D. in philosophy of religion. Their kids Caroline (4),
Gabriel (2) and Levi (1) are happy and
healthy.
Nancy Kleinhans Carr is so happy to
have Megan Sinner Kleinhans ’04 as
her sister-in-law! Megan was married to
Nancy’s older brother Hugo in 5/11. In
the fall, Nancy will be attending the U. of
South Fla. to receive a master’s in English
education.
In June, Cara Cherry moved to St. Paul,
Minn., to start her residency in Veterinary
Public Health and Preventative Medicine
at the U. of Minn. She is working on her
master’s in public health along with her
residency duties and will be in the Twin
Cities for the next 2 years.
Julie Drake is in San Jose enjoying starting her 4th year teaching 2nd grade at
Challenger School.
Melissa Massy graduated from Colo. State
U. with a master’s in social work in May.
She took advantage of time off and visited
family and friends in the Fla. Keys, Santa
Barbara, Atlanta and Charlotte, as well as
a few relaxing weeks in Trinidad. Melissa
just began a new job as a school-based
therapist at an elementary school.
Victoria Chappell Harvey is looking at her
last year in Japan as an ESL teacher. She
hopes to travel with her husband around
Japan, and possibly venture to South
Korea, Hong Kong and Thailand.
Michelle Badger spent time on a mini
cruise to Boston on the T.S. Kennedy and
is beginning a new job with the Mass.
Maritime Academy.
Kerri Faust de Monsalve lives in Columbia,
teaches school and is enjoying her first
year of marriage with Felipe. They’ve been
working with indigenous shelters in downtown Bogota, teaching English and working
with the children’s ministry.
And I, Nicki Brandt, will be returning to
St Augustine, Fla. for another winter near
the beach, working with Florida Fish and
Wildlife doing aerial surveys to study North
Atlantic right whales. I spent the summer
in San Juan Island, Wash., working for the
Soundwatch Program, a boater education
program conducting research and monitoring of boat/whale interactions, specifically
with endangered Southern Resident killer
whales; and working towards my USCG
Captain’s License. During road trips between the 2 locales I was able to visit with
Melissa Massy in Denver.
2007
Emily Olson
382 E. Scripps Rd.
Lake Orion, MI 48360
[email protected]
The class of 2007 held our first reunion
in May. I, Emily Olson, had a fantastic
weekend! At our reunion class meeting it
was decided that I would continue as class
secretary and Rachel Moretta and Martha
Loftin were elected co-presidents. Our
class will partner with the Class of 1957 in
sponsoring a new classroom on campus.
Our efforts are being coordinated by our
new presidents and class giving chairwoman, Maggie Saylor Patrick.
On 5/29, Morgan Roach’s boyfriend
of 2 years, Stephen Viña, proposed
while they were vacationing in Scotland.
Stephen, from McAllen, Texas, is counsel
for the Senate Homeland Security and
Government Affairs Committee. They’ll
be married next May in Washington, D.C.
Morgan’s sister Ryan Roach ’10 will be the
maid of honor. Morgan continues to work
at The Heritage Foundation where she
leads the Africa portfolio. In July, she traveled to Johannesburg, South Africa and
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Megan Meighan lived and worked in N.J.
and N.Y. for the last 3 years at SRSsoft,
an electronic health records software
company. She recently moved back to
Charlotte, N.C., and continues to work for
SRS from her home.
Danielle Briggs-Hansen continues to work
at Systems Planning and Analysis as an
accountant. She writes, “I’ve been working
on some commissioned paintings in my
spare time. I’m still playing volleyball and
will be playing for 2 teams this fall.”
Heidi Trude was planning on attending
Reunion, but was ill and couldn’t make it.
She writes, “I traveled to France and Spain
with 20 students in 6/12. I’m entering my
5th year of teaching at Skyline HS. I’ll be
returning to campus in Oct. to participate
in the Modern Languages Career event.”
Maggie Saylor Patrick writes, “This past
May I headed down to Washington, D.C.,
where I helped plot the secret proposal to
Rachel Reynolds on the part of her boyfriend, Dean. Natalie Pye, Laura Schaefer,
Jennifer Wolf and Margaret Loebe ’06
were also there. We then all traveled down
to SBC together for Reunion!” Maggie is
working towards her M.A. in political science part time, as she works full time in
the development office at Miami U. She
and husband Martin recently adopted a
retired racing greyhound named Temi.
Emily Fitzpatrick is starting grad school
at the U. of West Florida and is a graduate
hall director for the Village West apartments on campus.
Laura Schaefer writes, “I made the trip out
to Va. for Reunion, coming a few days early
to celebrate Rachel Reynolds’ recent engagement. I loved being back on campus
and catching up with everyone.”
Betty Skeen is getting married! She met
the man of her dreams 4 years ago and
they’re tying the knot next Sept.
Caitlin Ashley still works for the State of
W.Va. She passed the CGBP exam in May
and then reached her 5-year anniversary
in Jun. She writes, “My last trade mission
was to Santiago, Chile. I’m working on an
upcoming trade mission to Seoul, South
Korea.” She recently had lunch with Carey
Fleming ’78 and says, “It was great to
connect with another Vixen in Charleston.”
In May, Caitlin made a visit to Rosanna
Hawkins Winner and celebrated her
sister’s graduation from Shenandoah U.
She says, “I also got to see Avarose—what
a personality! Her baby brother Wade will
be here soon!” Following that visit she
drove through Va. to attend Erin Coyne’s
(’08) bridal shower. She got to see several
alumnae including Claire Bryan. This fall
Caitlin is planning a trip to N.Y.C. to visit
Betty Skeen and also to visit Rosanna and
her new baby in Va.
Whitney Wheeler earned her M.B.A. in organizational leadership/management and
Certificate of Adv. Grad. Studies in human
resources management from Johnson &
Wales U. in Providence, R.I. She moved
back to hometown Charlotte, N.C., and
is a personal stylist/sales consultant at
Nordstrom, Inc. She is an active member
of The Junior League of Charlotte (JLC).
“First of all, I want to say that I had a fantastic time at our 5-year Reunion” writes
Jennifer Dick. In June Jennifer moved
to Centreville, Va., from her hometown
Staunton, to be with boyfriend Adrian (VT
‘06), and also for more job opportunities. She says, “I hope to finish my M.A.
once I adjust to life here. I’m working at
a preschool right now. If you live in the
NOVA area, I’d love to get together! I have
had phone dates with SBC friends and
have been able to meet up with Eleanor
O’Connor and Elsa Mittelholtz Cannon
since my move!”
Natalie Pye graduated cum laude from
A.U., Washington Coll. of Law in May and
accepted a position at Shiffman & Ricci,
P.C., a boutique personal injury law firm
in Washington, D.C. She writes, “I enjoyed
seeing my fellow class of ’07 members
who made it to the one evening of Reunion
that I could attend and can’t wait for 10year! I also enjoyed the mini-reunion of
Laura Schaefer, Jennifer Wolf and Maggie
Saylor Patrick who were in D.C. to celebrate Rachel Reynolds’ engagement.”
2008
Kathryn Purnell Mills
6004 Treyburn Pl.
Glen Allen, VA 23059-5483
[email protected]
2009
Julia McClung
5111 Block House Ct. Apt 728
Charlotte, NC 28277
[email protected]
2010
Alaina Cavelier McKee
100 Kimball Ave.
Apt. M149
Salem, VA 24011
[email protected]
Katie Taylor is a behavior analyst for
Individual Advocacy Group in Romeoville,
Ill. In July, Catherine Gumpman was promoted to assistant director of admissions
at Sweet Briar.
Sydney Davis works for a mortgage firm
called Dominion Capital Mortgage as
a licensed mortgage loan originator.
Alysha Norbury works in Real Estate and
volunteers with Rising Tide, a therapeutic
equestrian center for people with disabilities, and will soon be teaching there.
Laura Jett lives in San Diego with her
roommate Michelle Anderson ’11 and is
a market research analyst with Cricket
Communications. This year Laura also
received her M.B.A. from Claremont
Graduate U. Alaina McKee graduated with
her M.A. in history from UNC-Greensboro
and began her job this past April as the
education coordinator for the History
Museum of Western Virginia in Roanoke,
Va.
Celeste Rustom has moved to Wash. and
is stationed at Joint Base Lewis McChord.
She’s now officially an engineer officer. On
Memorial Day weekend Celeste got a visit
from her family as well as Rachael Vaughn
and Alle Taylor.
Helen Bradshaw completed an M.A.
in Anglo-Irish literature and drama at
the University College Dublin in 2011.
Since then she has been working as a
bookseller for Bubray Books. She lives
in Bray, Ireland. Next year Helen will be
working towards a second M.A. in children’s literature at Trinity College Dublin.
Helen Phillips is in the M.A.T. program at
Randolph Coll. and also teaches biology
at Brookville HS in Lynchburg, Va. This fall
Alli McGill is earning a Psy. D. in clinical
psychology from Antioch University New
England in Keene, N.H.
Lindsey Davis has started the DVM program at St. George’s U. Ashley Carroll
started a graduate program at Hollins
U. for a degree in liberal studies with a
concentration in humanities. Carina Finn
graduated with an M.F.A. in poetry and
a minor in gender studies from the U. of
Notre Dame in May. She has since moved
to N.Y.C. and is working in the proposals
dept. at Sotheby’s, N.Y. Carina serves
as a coordinator/publicity assistant for
the Michael Mut Gallery’s Love Yourself
Project. Carina has also published “MY
LIFE IS A MOVIE,” been interviewed by
Thethe Poetry & PANK magazine, reviewed
by The Poetry Foundations’ Harriet the
Blog, and became a contributor to the literary/cultural theory blog Montevidayo.
Last Dec., Sarah Maroney graduated with
her master’s in criminal justice from the
John Jay College of criminal justice in
N.Y.C. She has since graduated from the
South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy
and is now a certified law enforcement
officer. She works as a police officer with
Clemson U. Madeline Davis has accepted
a teaching position at Kecoughtan HS in
Hampton, Va. She’ll be teaching sculpture.
Kathleen Thomas graduated in May from
the U. of Mass. with an M.A.T. in Latin and
classical humanities. In Aug., she started
a job teaching Latin in Pembroke, M.A. In
addition, Kathleen is engaged to Joseph
Gamache and the wedding will take place
in the summer of 2013. Also working
towards her M.A.T. is Melissa Ramos who
has been accepted into the M.A.T. program at UNC at Charlotte.
In 8/11 Paige Kaylor graduated with her
M.B.A. from Loyola U. of Md. She lives with
Leighanne Arnold and Cynthia Roden in
Va. In Jan. Paige became engaged to Jack
Ruddy (HSC ’10). Allie Garrison Bridges
married Kevin Bridges on June 2 at Sweet
Briar College. Alumnae present included
the maid of honor, Alaina McKee, Melissa
Ramos, Misty Purvis and Caroyln Vaccaro
’11. Allie and Kevin honeymooned in
Jamaica and currently live in Greensboro,
N.C. Since the wedding Allie has started
a new position as a h.s. Spanish teacher.
Heather McPheeters became engaged
to Will Lake on 7/7 at his new home in
Charleston, S.C. They’ll be married on
5/18/13 in Columbia, S.C. Leigh Anne
Arnold will be Heather’s maid of honor.
Petra Weisbrich started boot camp on
July 24 for the Air Force where she has
taken a job as a medic. She was also a
bridesmaid at the wedding of Samantha
Adams to Bradley Newburn on 5/26. The
maid of honor was Caitlin Phillips ’11 and
the other bridesmaids included Katheryn
Coombs ’12 and Megan Moncure ’12.
Changes of Address: Carina Finn, 157 E
2nd Street, Apt. 4b, New York, NY 10009.
Alaina McKee, 100 Kimball Ave., Apt.
M149, Salem, VA 24011.
sbc.edu/magazine
2011
Ms. Ashley Corren Hinkle
1124 Lady Ginger Ln.
[email protected]
2012
Elizabeth Davey
1317 North Decatur Rd.
Atlanta, GA 30306
[email protected]
Only 3 months after graduating from
beloved Sweet Briar, the swans of ’12
waste no time in living up to their motto,
“Actions not words.” From William and
Mary’s School of Accounting to the U.
of Essex, alumnae are traveling far and
wide to change the world. Katarina
Allen has ventured to Phnom Penh,
Cambodia, to receive TESOL certification
via LanguageCorps. During this training,
she teaches at the International School in
Phnom Penh. She’ll later travel to China
to complete a one-year teaching contract,
educating children from ages 4 to 18.
Follow her blog at katsmanyadventures.
blogspot.com.
Victoria Bradley Gentry married Jesse
Gentry (Longwood ’12), her fiancé of 2
years and h.s. sweetheart, in Suffolk,
Va., June 1. Sarah Melvin ’11 served as
maid of honor, Jordan McIntire ’11 as a
bridesmaid and Khristian Salters read
scripture during the ceremony. Simone
Morris ’11, Hilary Bowie, Chiquita Sharp
’14, Eleftheria Treklas, Lydia Marsh,
Emily Jones, Martha Schley Kemp, Kelly
Mosher, Brook Watts, Caroline Heltzel,
Lauren Babineau, Rachel Lasky, Carolyn
Hicks, Tiffany Hunter, Caitlin Daniel ’15
and Peggy Hoy McFadden ’74 also attended the wedding. In July, Victoria and
Jesse moved to Lynchburg and they now
attend Liberty U. School of Law to pursue
law careers with a Christian foundation.
We congratulate Victoria and all other
members of the Class of 2012 for the
achievements already accomplished so
soon after beginning this new chapter in
their lives.
Please submit your notes to
[email protected] as follows:
•Spring 2013 magazine by February 18, 2013
•Fall 2013 magazine by August 19, 2013
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Reunion 2012
Reunion student assistants
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Ann Morrison Reams ’42 (center)
with President Parker and
Joanne Holbrook Patton ’52
Vivian Yamaguchi Cohn ’77,
national reunion giving chair
Class of 1962 celebrated its 50th Reunion last May
Class of 1952
Class of 1957
Saturday night dinner and dance
65
2012 Outstanding Alumna Award recipients Diane Dalton ’67
(left) and Nancy Hudler Keuffel ’62 (right) with Mollie Johnson
Nelson ’64, president of the Alumnae Association
Class of 1967
Class of 1972 celebrates gift
Class of 1972
Class of 1977
Class of 1982
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Members of the Class of 1952 with Vixen mascot, Indie
68
Class of 1987
Class of 1992
Class of 1997
Class of 2002
Class of 2007
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May 31-June 2, 2013
If you are a member of a class ending in a “3” or “8,” or if you
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Fall 2012 - Sweet Briar College

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