Fall Magazine - Chatham Hall

fall 2007
the alumnae magazine of chatham hall
a lasting
mystery
the art of
maggie taylor
annual report edition
contents
letter from the rector ............................1
commencement 2007............................2
the photographic i ................................4
chat with the rector:
the art of maggie taylor ..................10
campus news ......................................12
south africa trip 2007 ..........................16
esto perpetua:
the history of chatham hall,
part nine ........................................19
gatherings ..........................................22
class notes..........................................30
tales of chatham hall ..........................35
book review ........................................36
annual report of giving ......................38
Gary Fountain, rector
Chris Hughes, academic dean
Robert Ankrom, director of
communications
Kyle Kahuda, director of student
affairs
Jean Callison Braun, dean of
students
Ron Merricks, chief financial and
facilities officer
Melissa Evans Fountain, director of
the office of advancement
Vicki Wright, director of admission
Sandi Day, director of the annual fund and managing editor of the Chat
Board of Trustees
Dora Thomas P’02, ’04, president
Nina Johnson Botsford ’72
Jo S. Brown P’02, ’04
Katharine Reynolds Chandler ’68
Patricia R. Frederick ’57
Shelby B. French
Sarah Monarchi Longpré ’84
Ellen West Childs Lovejoy ’50
Lisa Rosenberger Moore ’59
Joan Coulter Pittman ’55
David H. Robinson Jr. P’93, ’97
Robin Peake Stuart ’69
Penelope Perkins Wilson ’41, P ’67
Trustees Emeriti
Boyce Lineberger Ansley ’64, P ’90
Polly Wheeler Guth ’44, P ’70
Robin Tieken Hadley ’57
Ex-Officio Members
The Rt. Rev. John Buchanan
Donald C. Hagerman, honorary
trustee
Sandy Hockensmith ’74, P’05, ’06, ’08
Caroline Ives Howard ’76
the Chat is published by the advancement office and is distributed to those who have shown a
continued interest in Chatham Hall.
Photography credits: Robert Ankrom, Gary Fountain, Cathy LaDuke, Chris Hughes, Lisa
Richmond ’84, Paul O’Mara, David Smith, and Don Wood (school photographer)
Contributing writers: Robert Ankrom, William Black, Ashby Cothran, Sandi Day, Gary Fountain,
Emily Greve '09, Hadley Higginson, Chris Hughes, Victoria Litos '09, Faye Motley, Merritt Newton, and Mason Thompson '09
Design: Trip Eller for Collinsville Printing Co.
Printing: Collinsville Printing Co.
Chatham Hall complies with applicable federal and local laws prohibiting discrimination on the
basis of race, creed, color, age, sex, disability, religion, national origin, or any other legally
protected category.
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About the Cover:
On our cover is a detail from “Moth dancer” (2004) by Maggie
Taylor ’79. The piece (shown above) is a digital image created
with an antique tintype of a child from the 1860’s. The moths
are scans of a luna moth made on a flatbed scanner, and the
landscape in the background is a photograph that the artist took
in Spain. Read more about Maggie and her work in her interview
with Dr. Fountain on page 10.
letter from the rector
Dear Friends of Chatham Hall,
A letter in three verbal snapshots …
Snapshot 1. Early in the morning I cycle through the countryside outside of
Chatham. Hills, meadows, woods, and many old barns. One with thick cracks
between its wall boards sits on the horizon at the edge of a deep field. Every day
I slow down at the precise moment of alignment where the sky shines through the
cracks. During the winter, the sun rises directly behind the barn, filling it with
vibrant light, like a house aglow from within or an iridescent skeleton.
Last winter I wrote about this lonely, glowing place on a country road to several
of my friends, one of whom is a photographer. She replied that she would like me
to take her to the site, so that she could photograph it, and I took that as a high
compliment, indeed. To get the pieces of the scene just right, to catch the feeling,
to create the sight in someone else’s imagination. Click.
Snapshot 2. Late one morning last summer, I stood in a ghastly slum in Mumbai,
India. A thin alley snaked in one direction between dark doorways, a naked child
stood before a tub of water in the street, communal toilets were behind me, and
acres of garbage, with pigs rooting about, sprawled at the end of the roadway.
Hundreds of people streamed by. The air was thick with smoke and the smell of
waste. I had worn sandals, and thick mud clung to my toes.
I turned to my left. There was an open-air shop, its counter directly on the
street, bright candy wrappers trailing like streamers from the front beam, eggs
in a hanging wire basket, jars of brown biscuits and various spices arranged
symmetrically. Two young boys stood in front, abstract, black-paper cut-outs in
their hands. One boy had a confident look on his face, the other, a certain
bewilderment. Behind the counter, the face of a man, seemingly disembodied,
hung in darkness, with a wary look in the eyes. There it was, the ages of man
in this harsh place. I took out my camera. Click. Afterward, I noticed that a dog
had walked into the lower-right-hand corner—gaunt, low to the ground,
emerging from an alley, a sense of indifferent purpose in its pose. It completed
the shot.
Snapshot 3: Last fall a day student was in the backyard of her house in Danville
with her camera. One flower in the garden: reds and oranges shot from the
center, like a sun exploding. A frog sat on the grass. The girl picked up the frog
and placed it in the middle of the flower. Its underside picked up the red glow.
Specks of fire rippled down its back. Its black eye, in the middle of it all, wide
and attentive. The frog rode peacefully on the gorgeous violence of color.
Everything fit together. Click.
Pieces configured by nature, by chance, by human selection. An arrangement of
the world’s unrelated objects. A moment of meaning. Click. The Photographic I.
CHATHAM HALL 1
commencement 2007
Twenty-seven seniors graduated from Chatham Hall on May 26, 2007, in the 113th Commencement.
Gifty Amponsem
Brittney Barker
Caitlyn Bishop
Madalyn Crowell
Nicole Diaz
Virginia Evans
Caroline Finke
Emily Garner
Aemelia Hudson
Ashley Kime
Leandra Lambert
Elizabeth Loewenstein
Francisca Lopez
Nawrin Nujhat
Ann O’Brien
Katherine Oliver
Michelle Pfeiffer
Minyoung Rho
Elizabeth Rollins
Victoria Roussel
Charissa Sipocz
Laura Spencer
Mary Dare Thornton
Sandra Turnbull
Nikki Waterman
Emily Dale Willmott
Isabella Yeager
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NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
SAMFORD UNIVERSITY
VIRGINIA TECH
UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON (HONORS PROGRAM)
WAGNER COLLEGE
DAVIDSON COLLEGE
MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE
AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE
COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON
MIAMI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF ART & DESIGN
WELLESLEY COLLEGE
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF WOOSTER
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
WESTERN STATE COLLEGE OF COLORADO
HOLLINS UNIVERSITY
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
ST. OLAF COLLEGE
COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY
HOLLINS UNIVERSITY
DAVIDSON COLLEGE
ROANOKE COLLEGE
RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
SMITH COLLEGE
All photos by Cathy LaDuke
except where noted
photo © 2007 www.lisarichmond.com
Inductees into the Cum Laude Society
Elizabeth Loewenstein of Charlottesville, VA,
who will attend University of Virginia
Ann O’Brien of Fredericksburg, VA,
who will attend University of Virginia
Minyoung Rho of Kyungkido, Korea,
who will attend Johns Hopkins University
Victoria Roussel of New Orleans, LA,
who will attend College of William & Mary
Sandra Turnbull of Upperville, VA,
who will attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Nancy Kester Neale ’52
grandmother of Isabella Yeager and
mother of Leda Neale ’78
(Isabella's mother) and Erica Neale
’80. Nancy, who received the
Rector’s Medal upon her own
commencement 1952, was the iris
presenter at graduation 2007.
photo © 2007 www.lisarichmond.com
2006-2007
Commencement Awards
Chatham Hall and the Class of 2007 were honored to have
the Reverend Alexander Evans as speaker for Baccalaureate.
Alex and Ginger Evans, who headed up this year’s Parents
Advisory Committee, are parents of Mary Katherine ’03, and
Ginny ’07. The Evanses are a true Chatham Hall family.
Reverend Evans is a graduate of Union Theological Seminary
in Virginia, with a degree from Yale University Divinity
School in Sacred Theology and a doctorate in process at
Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia. He is
pastor at the Blacksburg Presbyterian Church and chaplain to
the Blacksburg Police Department, and, as such, served his
community this spring during the heart of its challenge.
The Catherine Ingram Spurzem Award
for Creative Writing
Elizabeth Loewenstein (see above)
Sherwood Dramatic Award
Francisca Lopez of Houston, TX,
who will attend Southwestern University
The Lillian Evans Lineberger New Girl Award
Katie Bigbee of Corrales, NM, a rising sophomore
The Senior Purple and Golden Rule Citation
Laura Spencer of Columbus, GA,
who will attend Davidson College
A group of seniors gather around the sundial as
they await the lantern procession.
Francisca Lopez with her parents and Dr.
Fountain.
Minyoung Rho with her family.
Seniors gather together on their last night
at Chapel.
The Student Council Award
Victoria Roussel (see above)
Art Department Award
Michelle Pfeiffer of Chatham, VA, and Warrenton, VA,
who will attend Hollins University
English Department Award
Isabella Yeager of Asheville, NC, and Pensacola, FL,
who will attend Smith College
Foreign Language Department Award
Charissa Sipocz of Gaithersburg, MD,
who will attend Hollins University
History Department Award
Victoria Roussel (see above)
The Dixie Hargrave Whitehead
Mathematics Department Award
Minyoung Rho (see above)
Music Department Award
Elizabeth Loewenstein (see above)
Science Department Award
Minyoung Rho (see above)
Trustees’ Scholarship Medal for Highest G.P.A.
Elizabeth Loewenstein (see above)
Rector’s Medal
Francisca Lopez (see above)
CHATHAM HALL 3
the photographic “i”
If
perspectives from
some of our own
beauty is in the eye of the beholder, then apparently beauty abounds at Chatham Hall (and
beyond). In fact, when we asked students and faculty to submit some of their own
photographs, we received an astounding array of shots – everything from a Hindu guru to a
startled vervet monkey to a well-worn soccer cleat.
Faculty members submitted subjects of their own choosing; students were given the more
immediate assignment of photographing their residence halls. All the photos are “lovely to
behold.” And all are deeply revealing: They give insight into the photographer, shed light on
the subject matter, and even help us, as viewers, see our own surroundings with fresh eyes.
Room Shot
by Rosalind
Jenkins
Junior, Music
Lover
“This shot was
taken in my room,
during study hall.
Whenever I am in
my room working
or reading, I listen to my iPod. I thought this was a
perfect image for a dorm room at Chatham Hall,
because music is always playing and people are
always working!
“I chose this photo because it shows my love for
music and comfort: I like the angle, and the fact
that the photo shows the wood on the desk, the
focus of the earphones, and the words in the book.
“I tried a lot of different angles: I tried focusing on
the earphones without getting the wood of the lap
desk, but I think the lap desk is important for the
comfortable, homey feel of the dorm rooms. I
personally liked this one the best because it showed
the duvet and the desk. I love how the book is at an
angle with the speakers surrounding it.
“I think photography is extraordinary, because it
captures a moment at the exact second. It’s a great
way to express yourself, and even to stop time –
you’re able to go back and reflect on memories and
events.”
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Campus Shot
by Cathy LaDuke
Athletic Director,
Coach,
Connoisseur of
Quiet
“After trying this shot
many times, I
realized that the
evening light would
give the photo the look and the feel that I wanted. I
shot this particular photo in both color and black and
white, but it was the color photo, with the sunset, that
really gives the viewer a sense of peace and quiet.
“You have to imagine what goes on here at this swing.
On one hand, it’s a place where we gather to have fun,
but for me, it’s also a quiet place. This isn’t an empty
or lonely area, as the photograph may initially show,
but it’s peaceful, and it’s comfortable. I love spending a
fun-filled evening here after dinner, with faculty
children who are climbing on the bench and swinging
on the swing, but it’s also a great place for a quiet
conversation with an advisee who needs a little
guidance.
“I’m a self-taught photographer – I’ve never taken a
course – and coming to Chatham Hall has allowed
my interest to really grow. I’ve taken photos for the
yearbook, school newspaper, The Chat – the
opportunities are endless! I also created a photography
I & II course in the fine arts department, as well as
worked with students on photo-related independent
studies. Having the opportunity to photograph life at
Chatham Hall and then share it with the faculty,
students and their parents is very exciting.
“For me, sharing the work is as important as the
process of taking the photos.”
Hat Shot
by Kaitlin Tebeau
Senior, Artistic Eye
“I choose this photo
because of the color the brightness of the
blue against the
shades of brown.
This is a hat my
mother gave me, one
that my father chose and added the feathers to. The
lines of the feathers and the grain of the hat take me
back to days watching my father tie flies - all the
different colors and textures.
“I didn't experiment with any different angles in this
photo, but I believe it works because of the closeness
of the subject matter and the brightness of the colors.
“Photography, to me, is a way to capture details and
emotions in a split second, to portray a mere glimpse
of life - it's not as planned as a painting, but invokes
the same emotions in the human spirit.
“I like the solitude of taking photos, the peacefulness
of being able to capture a moment of someone's
happiness or sadness without ever interacting with
them, and then to see that same emotion reflected in
the eyes of the viewer.”
CHATHAM HALL 5
Morning Shot
by David Smith
Chaplain, Coach,
Teacher, Early Riser
“This shot was taken
early one morning
while I was walking
my dogs. We take the
same route every day,
but each day the light
is different. I looked down the walkway, and noticed
the lights looked as though they were still on, but in
fact were not. I usually take my camera on early
morning and late evening walks because the light is
warm and vital, casting shadows and adding
dimension and depth to everything.
“I began taking photographs in college with my first
camera, a Nikon F2. Sadly, that camera was stolen on
a trip to Europe and I didn’t have enough money to
replace it. Time passed, and other interests consumed
my attention. However, this past November I was
walking the dogs and I realized my head was down and
my vision was no broader than the ten feet in front of
me.
“I thought back over the years of walks and realized
somewhere along the way I had stopped looking about.
I had stopped noticing the color of the sky, or the subtle
hues of winter grass, or light casting shadows. In that
moment, I remembered how taking photographs
always begged me to look and see everything.
“The world of digital photography was relatively new to
me, but I knew it was the only way to go. I began doing
research, and two weeks later I was tossing and turning,
too excited to sleep because my new Nikon D80 was
waiting. I arose, woke up the dogs, shouldered my new
companion and set out. It was 4:00 a.m. I shot for three
hours that morning and could not wait to see the
results … the joy of digital.
“Since that day, I have taken my camera practically
everywhere. I never know what I might see or what
might happen.”
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Bed Shot
by Jessica Abbott
Sophomore, Day Student, Snooze
Enthusiast
“This was taken in someone else’s room,
since I’m a day student. I like it because
to me, a bed is special – it’s somewhere
you can relax, and, more important,
sleep!
“Another reason I chose this photo was because it reminded me of home.
I love my home, and this just reminded me of it somehow: It looks
organized but still like a great place to unwind.
“I took lots of different pictures of this bed, at lots of different angles. And
some of them look terrible! This is the best because it just suits the subject,
and it captures everything I wanted to show.”
Action Shot
by Don Wood
Teacher, Coach,
Department
Head, Fan
“I chose a sports
shot in part
because sports
photography is
my favorite, and
in part because the specific photo says a lot about
the spirit of Chatham Hall girls. I like this shot not
because I consider it my best pic, but because of
what it represents.
“This was taken at a varsity basketball game; I was
court-side when Sonal Patel dove on the basketball
before her opponent could retrieve it.
“You can’t tell from the picture but Sonal, who was
Student Council President her senior year, is one of
the more intelligent, kind, compassionate, and
gentle people I have known. And as you can tell
from the picture, she is also determined and
courageous, willing to suffer physical pain to do
the job. As JV basketball coach for nine years at
Chatham Hall, I appreciate athletes who sacrifice
for the game and who do what many others are
not willing to do. Sonal loved basketball, not just
for wins and losses, but for the opportunity to
push herself and compete.”
Shoe Shot
by Laird McIver
Sophomore, Bed Pouncer
“This shows how I like to run into my room, take
off my shoes while I’m still walking, then jump on
my bed, leaving my shoes exactly where they are.
“When I take artistic pictures, I try to take several
shots, because you never know what could go
wrong! At first I tried a higher angle with this shot,
but it didn’t look good. Then I tried one from
farther back, but there were too many objects in
the picture, and you couldn't focus on the shoes.
The pink trashcan overwhelmed the rustic
color/natural
feeling of the
picture. Also from
farther back you
could see huge
dust balls.
“I like the process
of going out and
finding the
simplest things
and capturing them in a way that makes people
think. I want to make people take a second glance,
and see the beauty that they might have initially
overlooked.”
CHATHAM HALL 7
Wildlife Shot
by Chris Hughes
Academic Dean,
Teacher, Naturalist
“I’ve always been
fascinated by
wildlife, and this
was part of a trip
where I was able to
share that interest
with the rest of my family. Photography (and a good
lens) allows you to enter the world of the animals and
appreciate them as striking individual creatures –
most of my wildlife photography is made up of
isolated individuals rather than flocks, packs, or
troops. I try to capture their attitudes through their
distinctive facial expressions.
“I like catching wildlife in its own environment; in
this case, a vervet monkey mid-meal in a tree along
the Zambezi River in Zambia. I think his eyes are
striking – I have "intruded" on his space, but he's
clearly waiting to see what my next move is before he
reacts.
“Photography has been an interest of mine since
college – I went through a couple of black-and-white
phases and did some pretty abstract work. For this
trip, I was still using film cameras – in this case a
Cannon with a 400mm lens. I have moved on to
mostly digital photography, though I still break out
the big lens on occasion.”
Dorm Still Life
by Laura Spencer ’07
“This photograph was taken in my own room,
and it represents some very important parts of my
Chatham experience. The book is the book of the
St. Mary's Chapel Guild; I was a Crucifer this
year, and it was really meaningful for me. Varsity
soccer was also a favorite activity of mine – as you
can see by the well-worn cleat! And although I
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don't particularly like to read, Harper Lee's To
Kill a Mockingbird is my favorite book. It reminds
me of home, which is very close to Alabama
where the book is set.
“Personally, I like taking photos because it provides
an escape from the academic world. I like
experimenting with different angles and lightings.
And now with digital cameras, it’s particularly fun –
you can take all kinds of random photos, knowing
you can delete
them if they don’t
turn out. I also like
playing around
with different techniques on the computer.
“I like this photo because when I look back on it, I
know that it will remind me of my time here and
what that’s meant.”
Guru Portrait
by Geoff Braun
Teacher, Historian, Traveler
“I took this photo while on
tour in Katmandu, Nepal. I’d
noticed this Hindu guru earlier
in the day, and had decided not
to trouble him by
photographing him. But, six
hours later, I couldn’t resist.
“I chose this photo because I thought the subject was most
impressive in his stoic, meditative stance: He had maintained a
similar position for at least six hours, and I liked the tone that
set, both graphically and emotionally. I also have great respect
for the traditions associated with Hinduism and Buddhism, and
I appreciate the sense of place that I think this photo conveys.
“My history with photography is a long one: I started in high
school, took numerous courses and workshops in college, and
even briefly pursued photography as a career (selling work to
some national publications, and exhibiting as well). However,
during the past 20 years I’ve been only intermittently involved
with photography. I’m slowly getting back into it using digital –
but I still hope sometime to regain my passion for the magic of
the darkroom.”
Untitled
by Kathleen Burns
Junior, Truth Teller
“I like this shot because it’s
more full-frame than some of
the others I took. It also
incorporates the light from the
window, which is what I was
really going for. To get this
photograph, I had to try a lot
of angles – I even ended up
balancing my camera on a
ladder to get the right height
and steadiness. But I think this
works well because it’s
somewhere between a
silhouette of the flowers and a
normal shot of them.
“I think that photography is an
especially beautiful form of art
because, unlike painting and
other visual arts, you are
restricted to what already exists.
(In this case, flowers – they’re
mine and my roommate’s from
special events throughout the
year.) A photographer has to
capture and manipulate the real
world. And that makes
photography extremely
poignant and truthful.”
a lasting mystery
the art of maggie taylor
chat with the rector
w
hen I spoke with Maggie Taylor ’79 in mid-April, she had recently
returned with her husband, the photographer Jerry Uelsmann, from a
joint exhibition, aptly titled “Maggie and Jerry,” at the Museum of Photography
in Seoul, Korea. Both artists manipulate visual images—Jerry, his own
photographs, in black and white, in the darkroom; Maggie, mostly borrowed
images, in color, on the computer screen. They met when Maggie was in
graduate school at the University of Florida in Gainesville, where Jerry was a
professor, and married in 1989. In 1995, when a representative from Adobe
approached Jerry to create a poster image for the company with Photoshop,
Maggie joined in the project to help. She took to Photoshop and he did not,
thus their separate but parallel artistic paths. Maggie’s path:
It’s amazing to me to be able to make a living doing
something that I love. After I had completed graduate
school in ’87, there were ten years when I did not make a
living through my art at all, then a five-year period when
I could have gotten by, but it was helpful to be part of a
married couple—for a number of artists, having a
relationship with another person who has reliable income
is helpful!—but in the last five years or so, my art has
become a more steady income source. At first I did
photographic work, and then I switched to digital. It
took a while for my work to get into a groove where I felt
it was where I wanted it to be.
Why the shift to digital design?
Before graduate school, I had worked in black and white
photography, but in graduate school I switched to color. I
felt that so much had already been done in black and
white that there was no way I could do anything as well
as people I admired—Lee Friedlander, Walker Evans,
Garry Winogrand, and others. However, I didn’t like the
chemistry for making color prints. And in developing
color photographs there is none of the magic of watching
the black and white print materialize in front of your
eyes. There was less precision than I had wanted. The
chief factor for me about working with digital is that I
have control. I can change the size of something. I can
change the shadow if the light isn’t quite right. I can
change everything.
and photographing those neighborhoods was an eyeopening experience, especially since I had come from the
more privileged background of Chatham Hall. I liked the
idea of carrying my camera around and finding strange
little vignettes in the world—a rusty trash can, a bird
bath, a garden path. I have never enjoyed photographing
people, so I photographed objects outdoors that, in time,
translated into photographing objects in the studio.
Another Yale professor helped me land an internship one
summer at the Daniel Wolf Gallery in New York City.
That summer changed my long-range outlook on
photography as an occupation and helped me make up my
mind to go to graduate school. I got to see a wide variety of
work, meet artists, and learn about the business side of art.
How did you become interested in photography?
At Yale I took photography because a friend of mine was
and it looked like fun. I thought, honestly, it would be
easy, and a nice break from all my heavy reading classes.
I had the luck of getting a good and supportive teacher
who told the class to go out and photograph life around
New Haven. So I ended up producing a sort of street
photography. There’s a lot of discrepancy between the
university and the surrounding blighted neighborhoods,
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Woman in Stone Skirt
Maggie Taylor
So, a few years later, I arrived at graduate school
planning to continue my street photography, but
in color. That notion lasted for a semester. People
at the critiques weren’t very interested in it, and
they’d say, “What else can you do to make your art
more personal?” In addition to Jerry, I had several
other influential teachers who were all interested in
a more experimental approach to photography,
including painting on images and making
sculptural pieces. I struggled with trying some
darkroom experiments in color with little success.
Then I spotted a copy stand with a 4x5 view
camera attached, and I started assembling objects
under the lens. I brought in a bunch of my
family photographs and old objects (a comb and
a silk dress that were my grandmother’s, some of
my old dolls), arranged them, and added handwritten snippets of text to each one. These
collages grew out of my frustration to create
more personally meaningful work, and they were
the beginning of the transition to the kind of
work I do now. Something that Jerry learned
from one of his professors years ago is that “all
real growth involves pain,” and I would say that
certainly applied to my image making at that
point in time.
So, what is your work?
People are always asking me what I call my
work—whether or not it is photography. It’s nice
to be able to categorize things, but I’m still a little
confused when I think about this question. If I
introduce myself to someone on an airplane, I
say I’m a digital artist or an image maker. I think
of what I do as printmaking that involves
recycling old materials. I take samples from here
and there and weave them together. I’m actually
not a good studio photographer. I cannot shoot a
good portrait of anybody. But there are portraits
from the 19th century that I find captivating, so
I re-use and recycle these portraits, weaving into
them pieces of contemporary scenery, clouds,
objects, or whatever else I want to put in there. I
simply draw a number of things together.
In your weaving of images, you create, for
example, a house with papers swirling from it
or a bird in a suit on a bicycle—non-realistic
images. Is your work symbolic? Is it narrative?
Gary Fountain
I know that you were a philosophy major at
Yale, so I suspect that you think about these
kinds of issues.
It is definitely narrative. It has symbols, but they
tend to be open-ended rather than strictly
defined symbols. I think of it as a very painterly
space. In an ideal world, if I had the skill, I
would love to make oil paintings. My images
represent a dreamlike, painterly space because
they aren’t really tied to the details of the
Garden
photographic elements. When you look at a
woman in one of my works, you don’t think that
you know her or have seen that scene before. It’s
very important to me that my works have a
narrative quality and that people approach them
with their own stories. I don’t want to be
instructing people with these images. I want my
work to be more like a poem with a different
experience for each individual.
I like to work very intuitively, changing course as
I go, and on any given day when I’m working,
my personal experiences filter into the image.
Whenever I begin an image with a totally
preconceived idea, that image ends up being too
contrived. When I come upon an image by
accident, I am much more likely to be satisfied
with the result. Something magical happens, and
I’m much more committed to that image. I work
on images for a month, on the average, and
sometimes they remain in my computer for 4-6
months because I keep going back to parts with
which I’m struggling. I look for images that can
sustain their sense of mystery, images with a
lingering sense of mystery that makes me go back
to them again and again.
Give me an example of this unconscious,
intuitive personal commitment to an image—
one image’s narrative, if you will.
A number of my images have two sisters or two
brothers. Initially I become excited about the
image because, let’s say, I find a great tintype with
two sisters who look similar, yet slightly different,
and they might be wearing matching dresses.
When I think about it, I realize this parallels my
own life. I have one sister. In “One and a half
sisters,” one of the sisters is semi-transparent and
holds a small bird, while the other sister is
blindfolded and holds an egg. For me, in a way,
the egg is a symbol of creativity, but it could also
be a symbol of fertility. As I was working on that
particular image, my sister was pregnant. She has
two children, and I don’t have any, so the images
raise the idea of choosing different paths in life or
perhaps having different gifts. Yet, people
wouldn’t necessarily need to know all of this
because they are invited to come to that image
on their own personal terms.
Did Chatham Hall figure into your development
as an artist?
One of the first art experiences for me occurred
when I was at Chatham Hall, a class trip to the
National Gallery in Washington, D.C. I remember
being mesmerized by the grand scale of the Thomas
Cole paintings, and I bought reproductions to
bring back to Chatham for my dorm room walls.
There were not many different art classes at
Chatham Hall at that time, and there was no
photography except perhaps working on the
yearbook. There was a painting class one semester
in the studio in an old building near the furnace
room. I asked the teacher, Ms. Crowell, if it would
be all right for me to work on a big still-life painting
all by myself in a little unused room in the wing of
Pruden. She agreed, so I set up a big crooked canvas
and painted a really hideous vine in a bottle from
the window in Pruden for two months or so. I
loved just being by myself and making something
in a studio. And now this is kind of what I do every
day in front of my computer.
Maggie Taylor’s Web site: http://www.maggietaylor.com.
You can learn more about Maggie Taylor’s art in Adobe Photoshop Master Class:
Maggie Taylor’s Landscape of Dreams by Amy Standen (Adobe Press, 2005), in which many of Maggie’s images are reproduced.
CHATHAM HALL 11
campus news
chatham hall announces president of liberia
as 2007-2008 leader in residence
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, President of Liberia, and the
first elected female president of an African country, will
be our Leader in Residence on October 21-22, 2007.
President Johnson-Sirleaf will be the first standing head
of state to visit Chatham Hall! A tireless worker for
democracy (particularly in opposing the dictatorship of
Samuel Doe) and women’s rights, President JohnsonSirleaf had been imprisoned and forced into exile
because of her courageous commitment to Liberia
before being elected president in November 2005. Her
major political challenge has been to put her country
back together following a fourteen-year civil war,
which left Monrovia, the capital, in ruins, the
government in a crisis of leadership, and the
economy faltering.
President Johnson-Sirleaf’s personal and
professional story of international leadership is an
amazing one and we are honored to have her as our
Leader in Residence. While she is on campus, President
Johnson-Sirleaf will meet with students and faculty
who have studied her career and will address the School
as a whole. Following her visit to Chatham Hall,
President Johnson-Sirleaf will travel to Memphis,
Tennessee, where she will be awarded the The
International Freedom Award at the National Civil
Rights Museum.
Lauren Tipton
’08 with her
friends at
Washington &
Lee University
Think things slow down at Chatham Hall over the summer? Think
again.
For the 7th straight year, Chatham Hall was proud to welcome the
staff and children of Jacob’s Ladder.
Jacob’s Ladder, founded in 1991, provides academic and cultural
opportunities for gifted children from situations that make it difficult
for them to succeed or reach their full potential. The children (or
Climbers) start their year-round program with an exciting four weeks
on Chatham Hall’s campus. Classes include writing and math but
extend to unique explorations of various subjects.
“This was really a multi-cultural summer,” said Executive Director,
W. Aubrey Hall. Hall and his wife Margie run all operations of this
important non-profit. The group relies on foundation and individual
support to underwrite all programs so that there are no expenses for
the students or their families.
The eclectic group of instructors includes experts in African masks
and ancient Greek culture, a member of the Peace Corps, and a
professional storyteller.
The children start the summer after their fourth-grade year and
remain in the program through the 8th grade. This year’s summer
program included 48 participants and a staff of over 15.
“The program grows every year,” added Hall.
Over the years, seven Jacob’s Ladder Climbers have gone on to
become Chatham Hall graduates.
“Jacob’s Ladder was nothing if not God’s grace in my life,” said JL
Climber and Chatham Hall graduate, Olivia McCormick ’98.
After her involvement with JL, the Halls helped Olivia through the
process to become a Chatham Hall student.
“The four years I spent at CH were some of the most fulfilling of my
life,” fondly remembers McCormick.
Chatham Hall is thrilled to play a role in this exceptional
opportunity for these truly exceptional youth.
students & faculty continue
studies over the summer
The summer of 2007 may have been a
chance for most to vacation with family and
recharge batteries, but for many Chatham
Hall students and faculty it presented unique
opportunities for travel and study.
“I had quite a busy summer indeed,”
reported rising senior, Lauren Tipton.
“Mr. Nilsen and I explored the long-term
effect of the Highland Clearances in the 17th
and 18th centuries on Scotland’s history,”
explained Tebeau. “We traveled throughout
the Highlands for two weeks, with the intent
of writing a piece of fiction when I returned
based on my findings.”
Tipton spent a month at Washington and
Lee University studying a science and
medicine curriculum. With course topics
such as “The Evolution of Modern
Medicine” and “Chaos Theory and its
Implications in Biological Systems,” the
academic aspects were far from a walk in the
park.
Also participating in exciting summer study
programs were Sierra Moon ’09, who studied
at Brown University, and Lea Lane ’08, who
studied at Harvard University.
“The subject matter was so abstract that it
proved hard for me to wrap my mind around
the first week or so,” explained Tipton. “The
classes were taught by the actual W&L
professors and there was tons of homework.”
Students weren’t the only ones stretching their
legs during the summer months. Many
faculty members used the time to further
their already impressive academic credentials
through study and research.
Thankfully, all of the hard work didn’t come
without some great opportunities for students
to let their hair down a bit.
For example, Spanish and French teacher Dr.
Bill Leonard joined a research team in Los
Angeles. He was able to participate in this
study due to a gift from Peter and Dee Dee
’48 McKay.
“We spent a lot of time exploring the natural
beauty of the area,” added Tipton, “and there
were some great field trips.”
Rising seniors Kaitlin Tebeau and Mackenzie
Hermann spent three weeks exploring
Scotland’s vast history through a program at
Woodberry Forest School.
Tebeau’s trip was expanded through
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additional time sponsored by the Hallam
Hurt Travel award, a scholarship that allows a
student and teacher to travel abroad to study
a topic of their choice.
“I worked on collecting data and developing
research on the Zapotec language,” said Dr.
Leonard. “It is an amazing area of linguistics
that is not really studied.”
This study was initiated by Dr. Leonard’s
UCLA professor, Pam Munro. The ancient
fireworks,
baby!
Katilin Tebeau ’08 with her history teacher Caswell Nilsen in Scotland.
language of Zapotec and its various branches are still used today by over
70,000 people in the Los Angeles area alone. So many people speak it that
there are even newspapers dedicated to the language.
There are two recent additions
to the Chatham Hall stables.
Papa’s Gold (she’ll be known as
“Suds” around the barn) was
born on the 4th of July. Her
mom is Solid Gold, also
known as “Bubbles,” who was
donated by Alexandra Sterling,
class of '03. The stud is
Paparazzo, a Hanovarian
stallion from Georgia.
“We would tape record native speakers,” shared Dr. Leonard, “and analyze
the language by reviewing the sound system, speech sounds, and tones.”
The complicated variables in Zapotec include words that change meaning
simply by the speaker adding a creaky tone to his or her voice, and fourteen
ways to say “to be.”
Dr. Leonard also reviewed and worked on translations of text from the
1740’s. He is hopeful that he will be able to participate in future research.
History and Social Sciences Head, Geoff Braun, attended a three-week
seminar at Oxford University’s Merton College. The seminar had 12
participants and was taught by an English don. Mr. Braun was one of several
Spencer Scholars in the Oxford program supported by a gift from J. Kyle
Spencer GP'07.
Earlier in the summer the barn
welcomed Waldo, a lovely grey
colt who was born to Ally.
Waldo was born on May 29 at
11:10pm.
July was a full month at Chatham Hall as Summer
Riding camps reached a full gallop.
The program, which began on July 8, entered its 6th
year with twenty-one 12-14 year-old riders, who spent
two full weeks learning all things horses. A week-long
camp for 9-12 year-olds began on July 22.
After an initial placement ride, campers dove into an
exciting and intensive session of riding disciplines. In
addition to two daily rides, the girls also took advantage
of Chatham Hall’s exceptional Mars Riding Arena while
learning all the aspects of showing. Campers have the
option of bringing their own horse or riding one of the
School’s more than 30 horses.
Several Chatham Hall alumna and full-time faculty
assisted Cricket Stone, Director of Riding, throughout
the run of the camps.
“We started with just four campers our first year,” said
Stone, “It’s really amazing to see how the program has
grown.”
Chatham Hall’s riding facilities warmed up earlier in the
summer by hosting two private Pony Club horse camps.
all-metro team
Fine Arts Department Head, Rob Mellor, on the heels of a show at Irvine
Contemporary in Washington, DC, that opened on graduation weekend, has
been hard at work on pieces for another solo show at Mary Goldman Gallery
in Los Angeles. This show will open on December 1st.
Chatham Hall’s Athletic Program received
some great recognition over the summer as
five Chatham Hall students were selected by
the Danville Register & Bee as members of
the All-Metro Teams in soccer and tennis.
“With the hard work and dedication of our
athletes and the coaching staffs, our athletic
program continues to be very competitive,”
said Athletic Director Cathy LaDuke.
Laura Spencer ’07 was selected on defense
for soccer First Team. Spencer scored three
goals and had one assist as a first-team Blue
Ridge Conference pick. She was also named
to the BRC all-tournament team.
“Because of Laura, we were able to play a
three-person defense, and only gave up 8
goals in 12 games,” said LaDuke.
Sandy Turnbull ’07
Sandy Turnbull ’07 and Shelby
Hockensmith ’08 both received honorable
mentions. Turnbull netted 7 goals and
dished out 4 assists. Hockensmith also
scored 7 goals and made 1 assist.
“Sandy was the leading scorer (goals and
assists) for the team,” added LaDuke. “And
Shelby scored dramatic last-second goals in
both of our playoff games - one to seal the
quarter-final win, and one to force overtime
in the semi-final.”
Two Chatham Hall students, Vickey Casey
’08 and Laura McCall ’09, were both named
to the 2007 All-Metro Tennis Team. Casey
was 8-4 while playing at No. 3 singles and 74 at No. 2 doubles. She was named to the
Blue Ridge second team and was recipient of
the school’s Gene Scott Connor award,
which is given to the player with the most
interscholastic wins. McCall played No. 1
this year in both singles and doubles,
compiling records of 5-7 and 3-9,
respectfully. She was named Blue Ridge firstteam all-conference and was named to the
BRC all-tournament team.
“The athletes honored on the All-Metro
team are talented leaders in our program,
and they are key to Chatham Hall's success
in the Blue Ridge Conference and the
Virginia Independent School Athletic
Association,” summed up LaDuke.
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new faces
Chatham Hall is delighted to welcome several new additions
to faculty and administration. A warm welcome to all!
Robert Ankrom joined Chatham Hall over the summer as
the new Director of Communications. A native of Florida
who earned a B.A. in English from the University of Miami,
he comes to Chatham Hall most
recently from his position of director of
development at a non-profit conflictresolution organization that works with
high schools in Greensboro. Prior to
that, he was the director of marketing and development at
The Community Theatre of Greensboro, NC. He is also a
songwriter, vocalist, and instrumentalist who has toured the
East Coast with his band, opening for groups such as the Red
Hot Chili Peppers and Jane’s Addiction. Robert brings to
Chatham Hall a range of talents! He has a strong track record
of marketing and public relations skills, a passion for
innovative planning, and an enthusiastic interest to make a
contribution to the school. We welcome his engaging and
friendly personality and are excited to have him, along with
his wife, Carol Dee, and their two-year old daughter Fiona,
join our campus community.
Jacquelin W. Crebbs, who holds M.Ed. and A.B. degrees
from the College of William and Mary, returns to Chatham
Hall in the role of a consultant for capital gifts. Jackie is
principal and founder of The Crebbs
Group, and has been an advancement
professional, non-profit administrator,
and consultant for over 30 years, nearly
seven of them as Director of
Advancement at Chatham Hall in the 1990s. Her
professional experience includes appointments at the Virginia
Commonwealth University School of the Arts, the Norton
Museum of Art (West Palm Beach, Florida), the Thomas
Jefferson Memorial Foundation/Monticello, and the College
of William and Mary, among other institutions and
consulting relationships. Among her many talents, Jackie is a
splendid pianist with concert experience.
Sandi Day joins the team in the Advancement Office as the
new Director of the Annual Fund and Advancement
Communications. In addition to planning and running the
Annual Fund campaign, she will be the
managing editor of the Chat. Sandi is a
graduate of Hollins University in
Roanoke, where she earned a B.A. in
English with a concentration in
Creative Writing. She is originally from California and has a
background in publishing, marketing, and public relations.
While completing her degree at Hollins, Sandi worked for
various non-profit organizations in Roanoke, including Mill
Mountain Theatre, where she was the House Manager for
several seasons, and The Roanoke Symphony Orchestra,
where she coordinated the very successful Painted Violins
fundraiser. She believes strongly in the importance of singlesex education and is enthusiastic about working with
Chatham Hall alumnae and students. Sandi and her dog,
Jasmine, live on campus.
Jessica Munsch joins Chatham Hall this year as a history
teacher and houseparent. Jessica earned her B.A. in History
from the University of Florida, Gainesville, and her M.A. in
History from Virginia
Commonwealth University, where she
was a very successful teaching
assistant. In addition to her strong
academic record and passion for
history, Jessica brings wit, good humor, and seriousness of
purpose to her classroom at Chatham Hall.
Dennis Reichelderfer also joins Chatham Hall as a teacher
of History. He comes to us from Winchester Thurston School
in Pittsburgh where he was associate head for academic affairs
and taught A.P. European History.
Dennis holds a B.A. and a M.A.T. in
history from the University of
Cincinnati and has taught and served
as an administrator at Kentucky
Country Day School, St. Mark’s School of Texas, and Seven
Hills School. He is known for his innovative curriculum
development, his energy and enthusiasm, and his broad and
deep knowledge of history. One former student cites Dennis
as the reason he decided to become a history teacher himself!
Dennis and his wife, Barbara, who is a special-education
teacher, have two grown children who will be visiting them at
Chatham Hall from time to time.
Vicki Wright, our new Director of Admission and Financial
Aid, comes to us from the Asheville School, where she was
the Senior Associate Director of Admission for two years,
and Director of Admission and
Enrollment Management for two
years. She has also worked in
admissions for the Dana Hall School,
Smith College, Emory University, and
Hamilton College. Vicki is a graduate of Wells College and
also attended Spelman College. Her experience and
accomplishments in admissions are significant and
impressive, and we are thrilled to have her at Chatham Hall.
Vicki is married to the Rev. Harry S. Wright, Jr., who has
served as a parish minister, a chaplain, and an admissions
officer. Vicki also holds a Diploma in Patisserie and Baking
from Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Atlanta –
which makes us even more delighted that she will be joining
our Chatham Hall community!
Chatham Hall
on the Road
The High Museum of Art Atlanta
Georgia O’Keeffe and the Women of the Stieglitz Circle
In conjunction with this exhibition, please join us in Atlanta on February
28, 2008, for a reception and lecture by Gary Fountain in honor of one of
Chatham Hall’s most famous alumnae, Georgia O’Keeffe.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
The High Museum of Art Atlanta
Stint Conference Room
5:00 – 6:00 pm Reception
6:00 – 6:30 pm Lecture by Dr. Gary Fountain,
Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz:
What Made Them Click?
6:30 – 8:00 pm Exhibition viewing
This will be the only East Coast venue for this exciting exhibition.
We hope you will join us for this very special evening of connection and discussion.
For more information, including information on area hotels and other Atlanta attractions, please contact
Ashby Cothran, Director of Alumnae Relations, at 434-432-5505 or via email to [email protected].
south africa 2007
chatham hall
goes to cape town
Photos by Chris Hughes
Helen Jones, Margaret Googe, Laura Price and Sierra Moon (all class of 2009) on Signal Hill
Over Spring Break, a group of 24 adventurers set off on a ten-day journey
to South Africa. Our fellow travelers consisted of students from every
grade, parents, alumnae, and Chatham Hall teachers and administrators.
We embarked upon our adventure for a variety of reasons and the impact
of our journey on each of us was equally diverse.
O
ur program was divided into two main parts:
environmental and humanitarian service. To start off
the week we spent a day at Lawrencia Primary School
in Bloekombos Township. We helped lead a field day
for the children; we also prepared breakfast and lunch
for them. The next few days were spent working with
more children in a township recreation center, and
preparing and distributing food and heathcare kits in
the local township. Bloekombos is a “typical” township
in Cape Town. According to the local clinic, 62% of
the township’s people are HIV-positive, and 69% have
tuberculosis.
The people in the townships were extremely amiable
and welcomed us into their communities. Sophomore
Margaret Googe says, "I was impressed by their ability
to cope with their destitution." When walking
through the townships, we found that the children
were especially excited to receive us in their
neighborhood. We were surprised by the difference
between American children and the children in the
Preparing lunch at Lawrencia Primary School
16 CHATHAM HALL
Cape Town’s colorful Malay Quarter
townships. "We found the children in the
townships were gracious and grateful to receive
the food handed to them," says Olivia Gracie,
sophomore. "One memory that still remains
with me prominently was a small girl who
understandingly waited for her serving, whereas
some American children are impatient to get
what they want." All of us became very attached
to the children at the school and recreation
center, and many of our most lasting memories
come from our time with the children.
"I found the people that we met on the trip were
extremely inspirational and left me with the desire
to do more," says Sarah Lee, sophomore. They
showed us that one person can really do
something. Our guides were walking evidence
that one person can truly make a difference in
many people’s lives. It is a shared feeling between
many of the participants of this trip that the
people we encountered were surprisingly upbeat
and optimistic about their causes. Carol, the
social worker who hosted us in the Townships;
Director of Alumnae Relations Ashby Cothran and
Chatham Hall students help to prepare food at a township recreation center.
“The people that we met were inspirational
and left me with the desire to do more."
Sarah Lee, sophomore
The second half of our trip was environmentally
geared. First, we left Cape Town for De Hoop, a
coastal reserve in a more rural area of South
Africa. There we removed trash from a oncepristine beach that had been defiled by offshore
dumping. While at De Hoop, our group also
spent a day trekking up the rugged paths of
Potberg mountain. We spent our final days at a
second reserve: back in Cape Town called
Rondevlei. There, we were able to assist the
conservationists in bird watching and recording.
After bird watching, we all headed out to open
fields and made a serious attempt at uprooting
stubborn, invasive Port Jackson bushes. Cape
Town is part of the world’s smallest – and richest
– floral kingdom, and alien plants such as Port
Jackson and eucalyptus affect the water table and
damage the native plants.
Sindiswa, our guide at De Hoop; and Penny, the
director at Rondevlei–each contributed to our
group’s learning and understanding of the issues
facing South African social workers and
conservationists on a day-to-day basis. Sophomore
Victoria Litos expressed her pride in the women we
met with while in South Africa, "The fact that
Penny and Carol were both the leaders of their
programs really showed me that women can take
charge of a situation and make a huge difference."
The beauty of the surrounding landscape was
breathtaking, in and out of Cape Town. Also,
the diversity of creatures and plants was
spectacular, and the breakers off the Indian
Ocean were equally majestic. Even just
strolling through the streets of Cape Town in
the afternoons was matchless. "Seeing and
Tug-of-war with schoolchildren.
The Chatham Hall crew performs cleanup on the beach
by the Indian Ocean.
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experiencing the environment and its creatures first hand really
put the importance of conservation in perspective for me,"
commented Mason Thompson. For the three of us, the
environmental aspects of this trip were key components to our
desire to travel to South Africa. "Conservation has always been
very close to my heart, and I was overwhelmed with joy to learn
that there are such effective people and programs assisting in the
conservation of flora and fauna in South Africa," says Emily
Greve. "Penny and Sindiswa are perfect examples of how I would
like to be when I grow up."
The overall experience of this journey and the class we all took before
the trip reinforced the importance of social and environmental service
work, and lifted our spirits with hope for the future. Being able to
take part in this trip has opened our eyes to issues that need to be
addressed and ways in which to do so. Although we may have
ventured to Cape Town for different reasons, we were all affected by
South Africa's beauty and potential, and by its wonderful people.
Enjoying the view after a hike to the top of Potberg Mountain. (photo by Gary Fountain)
Schoolchildren at Lawrencia Primary School
Ms. Yassin, Chatham Hall teacher, houseparent,
and international student coordinator, making new
friends at Bloekombos Township.
image ©2007 www.lisarichmond.com
Ashley Kime ’07 and a new friend
ANNUAL FUND
esto perpetua
the history of chatham hall
part nine
The new wing of Pruden in 1935. Dr. Lee’s first building project.
d
uring the 1930’s, most girls came to
Chatham by train, arriving at the Southern
Railway Depot at the foot of Chatham’s Depot
Hill where they were met by a rickety old school
bus driven by Mr. Crute, the superintendent of
the farm. They had met a Chatham Hall
chaperone, one or two of the teachers, at Penn
Station, New York or Union Station, Washington
for the final leg of a journey to what must have
seemed an island of quiet reason in southern
Virginia. There they traded a troubled
depression-era world for the idyllic world of
Chatham Hall. The 1930’s would turn out to be
halcyon years for Chatham Hall.
room and the small library had been torn
down, creating a brighter library that was three
times the size of the original. The Lees had
abandoned their school apartment in 1930,
moving to the rectory of Emmanuel Episcopal
Church on Main Street in Chatham as a means
of gaining space on campus for instruction and
student rooms. Throughout the 1930’s, Dr. Lee
would continue to move faculty
accommodations out of the dormitories, first to
gain additional student rooms, and, second, to
give adults more privacy.
There were other noteworthy changes at
Chatham Hall after 1930. An old two- hole
By 1933, Chatham Hall was unmistakably the golf course that had been laid out by the farm
Lees. Mrs. Lee transformed the reception well
manager was expanded to four holes. The
of Pruden Hall by painting over the dark
addition of archery and the construction of 6
woodwork with a lighter ivory. Brightly
tennis courts expanded the athletic offering,
upholstered furniture replaced the gloomy old but the chief addition to the athletic program
mission style furniture. The small drawing
was the development of a riding program.
room to the left of the entrance well received
There had been two older farm horses stabled
the same treatment. The short hall between that at the barn when Lee arrived in 1928. By
drawing room and a small private dining room 1933 there was a new stable with 21 horses
was the main entrance for the main dining
along with a new paddock northwest of the
room of the school. To the right of the main
barn. With nearly 90% of the students
entrance well, the walls between the Lee’s living participating, horseback riding had become
Chatham Hall’s major sport. This program
would remain largely trail riding until after the
Second World War.
New girls arrived the second Tuesday in
September. Old girls joined them the following
day, and after spending the remainder of the
week becoming accustomed to the academic
program, both the New Girls and the Old Girls
met under the Meadow Oak for the opening
picnic. Purple and Gold teams were chosen later
on the first of October. Both semesters were
long stretches during those years with very little
travel beyond the campus, save for hikes into
Chatham or rides across country following an
advertised 200 miles of developed riding trails.
Halloween was a highlight put on by the team
that lost the “Comic Swim Meet” at the
beginning of the semester. Juniors traveled
annually to Williamsburg, while seniors visited
Washington, DC. Otherwise, girls remained on
campus until the end of the third week in
December when they left for a two-week
Christmas holiday. Thanksgiving was a campus
holiday marked by the Sherwood Drama Club
performance, a picnic on the Meadow, and the
annual Thanksgiving Dinner.
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announced that the school was building a fourstory wing at the back of Pruden Hall in order
to enlarge the crowded dining room and add
some needed dormitory space. Its main level
housed the first new kitchen and equipment
since 1907. The former kitchen was demolished
doubling the dining space. A small private
dining room across the hall from the small
drawing room became Chatham Hall’s first
student lounge. Equally important was a music
room that took up the entire second floor. Its
Sophomores, who made the Daisy Chain with the help of the freshmen, carry the Daisy Chain on their
shoulders to graduation in 1934. This long-standing tradition was suspended during the Second World War
main room at the rear of the wing overlooked
and never revived.
the old power plant, the swimming pool, and a
small Victorian style garden behind the arcade.
Final examinations greeted the girls on their
anecdotes came from one Chatham Hall father, a Two private practice rooms were to either side of
return from Christmas holidays, but the faculty
neighbor of President Roosevelt’s Hyde Park
the hallway leading to it. Additional dormitory
cheered the exam gloom with their annual show, home. He had stopped in to visit the President at space on the top floor of the wing eased the
ratcheting up spirits for the beginning of the
Hyde Park before visiting Chatham Hall with his crowding problem, but at the expense of
second semester. There is a weeklong spring
daughter. When the president learned of the
trimming considerable space from the art
vacation, but Easter is also celebrated on campus. application he remarked: “Oh yes, I’ve heard of
studio. Since 1907 that studio had stretched
The now-traditional May Day celebration honors Chatham Hall, of course. But I understand it is
across the end of Pruden Hall. Now the hallway
the May Queen and her court. By moving the
duced hard to get in there. If they turn you down, of third floor Pruden was extended to the end of
May Day celebration from the front lawn to the I suggest you try getting in at Sweetbriar.”
the building in order to connect with the new
meadow, riders could now participate by
wing and to give window light from the north
competing before the “court” in medieval games A standard course load was 4 academic courses end of Pruden for the hallway. Old girls would
on horseback. Dancers and jugglers entertained. plus religious education that met one to three
also have been happy with moving the infirmary
times a week depending on the grade level. In
from its former quarters into the old music
Commencement exercises stretched over the
addition, each girl took a half unit course in
room on the top floor of Pruden Hall
first weekend of June. With exams ending on
home economics or an art course each semester.
Saturday, all classes turned their attention to the There were four levels of scholarship with
Equally exciting was the proposal that the school
Purple and Gold Banquet, an athletic event that corresponding rewards or strictures. Those in
would build a recreation building at the south end
had replaced the old Athletic Banquet in 1930. Level A, “Finest Scholarship,” had met the
of Dabney Hall. Unlike the new wing, the school
Seniors donned caps and gowns and then
dozen tests of citizenship and were, therefore, in would have to raise at least 50% of the $15,000
trooped to Emmanuel Episcopal Church in
complete control of their time and allowed to
estimated building cost before construction could
Chatham for their Baccalaureate Service.
study where they wished. Those in Level B were begin, hopefully in January, 1936. Lee’s most
Following Baccalaureate, relative quiet settled
permitted to study in their rooms, but
until the evening vesper service. Officers of the were not able to leave the room during
new Service League and other officers were
the two hours of study hall. Those on
installed at that final vesper service, symbolically Level C were obliged to study in the
turning over leadership of the school. At the
Dabney Study Hall. While these girls
closing of vespers, seniors took up their lanterns, did not have special privileges, they did
followed by the others for the lantern ceremony. not suffer any social restrictions. Those
Monday was Class Day with a reception at the relegated to Level D studied in the
Lee’s home, followed by the class song contest
study hall under strict supervision, had
and the senior play that evening. Tuesday
time restrictions during the day, and
morning was graduation. Once again seniors
were limited in their ability to take part
donned cap and gown. Assembling one last time in social programs.
in the Commons Room of Dabney Hall, they
received diplomas, marking the end of the
By 1935 the number of students was
school year.
greater than Pruden and Dabney Halls
could accommodate. Writing to
Chatham Hall’s academic reputation soared
alumnae in April, 1935, Dr. Lee
during the 1930’s. Writing to the Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools in 1937, Lee
reported that the Chatham Hall students were “a
Mary Cary Willcox Atkinson ’36 and
highly selective group,” representing only a
Virginia ‘Ginny’ Claus Rounds ’35 in their
dorm room in 1934.
fraction of the applicants. One of his favorite
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radical proposal was a campus residence “for Mrs.
Lee and myself.” The Lee family had abandoned
the principal’s apartment of Pruden in 1930, to
gain space for instruction, and had been living in
the rectory of the Episcopal Church on Main
Street of Chatham, a long walk up Lanier Street
from Chatham Hall. Dr. Lee was still both the
principal of Chatham Hall and the Rector of
Emmanuel Episcopal Church. Chatham Hall
students had been attending Emmanuel since its
opening as CEI in 1894. They had always been
received as honored guests at the rectory, but it was
enough of a daunting walk, that students seldom
made it aside from their usual Sunday service.
Now Dr. Lee wanted a house that would be “a
center in the life of the students, the
faculty, visiting alumnae and parents,”
to which he noted that at present it was
“quite impossible.”
The first Chatham Athletic
Council, 1931.
Class of 1935. The Pine Room was a more
informal successor to the “Tea Room” that had
been opened in a Dabney basement room in
1924 by Mrs. Crute, wife of the farm manager.
At that time it was a small restaurant where girls
would order a sandwich and a drink from a
waitress just as they would in a “real” restaurant.
First intended as means of teaching manners and
social graces, the original Tea Room had quickly
become a favorite refuge. Now the Willis Hall
Construction of a new recreation
building began during the spring of
1936. By now the commons room of
Dabney Hall had served as auditorium,
gymnasium, dance floor, and study
hall, but even with curtaining of its
stage a few years before, the room was
hardly adequate for a proper drama
program, and moving desks around to
accommodate varied functions was
hardly practical. The new building was
to be named Willis Hall honoring
Elizabeth May Willis as a token of the
school’s “great admiration and
affection.” Its auditorium would not be
raked so that it could be used for
dances and athletic events as well as
plays and other performances, but its
stage would have a permanent
cyclorama and dressing rooms on the
lower level which could be reached by
a spiral stair. Space was also given over
The garden behind the long arcade, 1934.
for set construction and storage. At the
back of the auditorium, a light booth also housed
a sound motion picture projector, an addition that Pine Room would be a place where students
would enable Chatham Hall to expand both
could relax and enjoy snacks or a sandwich. In
entertainment and instruction.
later years it would again assume the name “Tea
Room” passing through frequent metamorphoses
One of the most important features of Willis Hall as students changed, but it has always remained a
was “The Pine Room” on the lower level directly popular retreat.
under the stage. This was, as Lee described it, a
“lovely pine paneled room” furnished in early
Construction on this new recreation building
American style that opened onto a terrace where began during the spring of 1935, at the same
students lounged in warmer weather. A large
time a measles epidemic swept through the
open fireplace dominated this student lounge,
school forcing all of the “well” girls to live in
enhanced by a hand-wrought fire screen and
Dabney Hall while Pruden Hall was turned into
specially forged iron equipment given by the
a hospital ward for the 35 who had been
infected. Shortly after graduation ceremonies in
1936, just before faculty members departed for
the summer, Dr. and Mrs. Lee hosted a “Castle
in Spain” picnic in a grove of trees across from
new Willis Hall.
The building of a campus residence for the head
of the school was to be the third significant
event of 1935 that would shake off Chatham
Hall’s lingering image as a provincial school.
Mrs. Lee had organized the Alumnae
Association in 1933, and had called
together alumnae for the first annual
luncheon meeting in New York the
following year. By 1936, the annual
New York luncheon had become a
tradition. That year the construction
of the new recreation building drew
Mrs. Willis to the Hotel Roosevelt as
well as her guest and former student,
Georgia O’Keeffe. Later that spring,
Mrs. Willis finally returned to
Chatham for the dedication of the
building that was to honor her 18
years as head of the school.
Now on a warm June day, faculty
gathered where contractors had taped
out the shape of a new residence for
the head of the school. Named “The
Rectory” as its resident was both the
Rector of Emmanuel Church and
Principal of Chatham Hall, the home
would be a defining element in the
tone set by Dr. and Mrs. Lee. Their
house in Anking, China had been a
social center for the American Church
Mission. They frequently entertained
clergy and others connected to mission work.
Chinese guests were also welcomed as Dr. and
Mrs. Lee worked to span the two cultures.
Clearly, Dr. Lee viewed the Rectory at Chatham
Hall in the same manner. As soon as the family
occupied it during the 1936 Christmas holiday,
the Rectory soon became the center of campus
life Dr. and Mrs. Lee had promised.
After shaking off the lethargy of the 1920’s, the
third decade of the twentieth century saw
Chatham Hall rise to national prominence.
With such prosperity, Chatham Hall could look
forward to more monumental projects.
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boston annual meeting
gatherings
The Annual Meeting of the Chatham Hall Alumnae Association held in Boston drew classmates and friends from 16
states and Canada. The two day event began with a cocktail reception May 3 at the Chilton Club followed a docent led
tour and private lecture at the Isabella Stewart Museum by the museum's Curator of Landscape, Patrick Chassé.
Elizabeth Parsons Harper ’67, Laura Duncan ’84,
Debbie Kauders Spangler ’67
Didi Silliman Stockly ’53, Ann Taylor ’54
Cynthia Murray Henriques ’50, Floy Schroeder
Ervin ’58, Sarah Shartle Meacham ’51, Lea
Cumings Parson ’44
Debbie Kauders Spangler ’67, Wayne Jacobs, Kathy
Carter Jacobs ’68, Elizabeth Parsons Harper ’67
Director of Advancement Melissa Fountain, Laura
Brown Cronin ’72, Lisa Rosenberger Moore ’59,
Priscilla Pugh Kirkpatrick ’62
row 1: Miriam Ervin, Floy Schroeder Ervin ’58,
Wissie Thompson ’58
row 2: Carroll Taylor Clark ’58, Sally Saltonstall
Willis ’58, Amanda Mackay Smith ’58
row 1: Lea Cumings Parson ’44, Kathy Reynolds
Chandler ’68
row 2: Steve Parson, David Chandler, Westy Childs
Lovejoy ’50, George Lovejoy
Margie Meigs Blodget ’42, Anne Blodget
Holberton ’69, Tod Blodget
Ev Bullitt Hausslein ’56, Sarah Shartle Meacham
’51, Josie McFadden ’57, Director of Advancement
Melissa Fountain, Bob Hausslein
Isabel Hooker ’43, Mary Hooker Crary ’45,
Margie Meigs Blodget ’42
Lucy McClellan Barrett ’53, Didi Silliman Stockly
’53, Wissie Thompson ’58, Nina Johnson Botsford
’72, Laura Brown Cronin ’72, Trina Robinson
Secor ’68
Caroline Ives Howard ’76, Caroline Hartwell
Stewart ’44, Frances Sommers Wheelock ’75
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Mary Hooker Crary ’45, Nancy Marshall Forcier
’45, Isabel Hooker ’43, Cynthia Murray Henriques
’50, Joan Cumings Francis ’50, Rector Gary
Fountain
Alumnae Council Members
Muffy Dent Stuart ’68 congratulates award recipient Lea Cumings Parson ’44 shortly after a surprise
announcement of a $500,000 gift to Chatham
Hall in Lea's honor. Polly Wheeler Guth ’44 proposed the gift to the Partridge Foundation in celebration of Polly and Lea's decades-long friendship.
Caroline Hartwell Stewart ’44, Steve Parson, Lea
Cumings Parson ’44, Amanda Mackay Smith ’58,
Westy Childs Lovejoy ’50, George Lovejoy, Lisa
Rosenberger Moore ’59
row 1: Amanda Mackay Smith ’58, Sarah Dabney Gillespie ’77
row 2: Joan Cumings Francis ’50, Nancy Marshall Forcier ’45,
Cynthia Murray Henriques ’50, Priscilla Pugh Kirkpatrick ’62
row 3: Wissie Thompson ’58, Frances Sommers Wheelock ’75, Laura Duncan 84,
Caroline Hartwell Stewart ’44, Caroline Ives Howard ’76.
Not pictured: Kappy Gheesling Lapides ’86
Alice Blum Yoakum ’48, Rector, Gary Fountain
four alumnae receive awards at annual meeting
The Mildred Harrison Dent Award
for Long-Term Devotion to the Ideals of Chatham Hall
Ellen West Lovejoy ’50
The Nancy Gwathmey Award
for Fundraising
Jacqueline Cannon Brown ’56
The Boyce Lineberger Award
for Longstanding Influence on Chatham Hall Affairs
Lea Cumings Parson ’44
The Ellie MacVeagh Award
for the Alumna Who Best Represents The School’s Goals
Caroline Ives Howard ’76
gatherings
toast from coast to coast
Hail day of gatherings from coast to coast
A joyful, perfect time to toast
One another, young and old,
Friends and roommates, purple and gold.
Here’s to teachers and Rectors, to me and to you,
To Chapel services, to Brunswick stew,
To lanterns that sparkle in the night,
To rings that shine, to our delight
At wandering over the open fields,
To late night memorization and all it yields.
To French verbs and Latin conjugations,
To aching vacation anticipations,
To senior stairs, to field hockey sticks,
To study hall and to Brushes and Picks,
To all those horses that we rode,
And lastly to the Honor Code,
Let’s cheer and cheer, let’s have a ball,
And drink a toast to Chatham Hall!
- Gary Fountain
chatham virginia
On campus, Chatham Hall students, faculty, parents, and friends
celebrate our Toast from Coast to Coast.
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birmingham
alabama
Mountain Brook Club
Hosted by Nina Johnson Botsford ’72
and Frances Sommers Wheelock ’75
Maibeth H. Deas ’98, Carolyn Dickinson
Tynes ’52, Mary Garner Robinson ’76, Kate
Johnson Nielsen ’72
Nina Johnson Botsford ’72, Frances
Sommers Wheelock ’75, Alison Fennelly
Siragusa ’50, P’71
Pauline Ireland ’58, Julia Rowe P’05, Rory
Jelks ’00, Donie Martin Carlson ’87, Louise
Potts Thibadeaux ’62
Anna Robinson ’93, Emily Blair ’93, Jane
Garnett ’73
“Candy” Robinson Weiss ’64, Gwendolyn
Wright ’64, Karen Dedmon P’00, Andrea
Dedmon ’00, Josie McFadden ’57, Janet
Tufaro, Lee Rigby Robinson ’73
Leandra Baptiste P’07
Nadja and Francis Byrd P’10, Christina
Fountain
brooklyn
new york
Vivian McGowin P’06, Nina Johnson
Botsford ’72, Katherine B. McLean ’98,
Ann Ward Morgan ’48
Cannon Hodge ’00, Elizabeth Yarborough
’98
HOME OF JANE GARNETT ’73
Hosted by Jane Garnett ’73
and David Booth
Karen Dedmon P’00, Cristy Parks ’00,
Cannon Hodge ’00, Andrea Dedmon ’00
jackson
naples
mississippi
florida
NICKS
Hosted by Sarah Dabney Gillespie ’77
Cynthia Bryant Parker ’61, Nell Beach
Wade ’73, Sally Levings Martin ’73, Sarah
Dabney Gillespie ’77, and Carol
Biedenharn P’03
THE CLUB PELICAN
Hosted by Trig Norstrand Cooley ’48
portland
chicago
maine
illinois
Hosted by Sarah Shartle Meacham ’51
Sitting: Didi Silliman Stockly ’53, Lea
Cumings Parson ’44, P’65, ’68,
Diana Simonds ’72, Judy Duncan ’86,
Cynnie Murray Henriques ’50, P’73, Robin
Morris Aikman ’48, Katharine Watson ’60
Standing: Audrey Sawtelle Delafield ’60,
Floy Schroeder Ervin ’58, Westy Childs
Lovejoy ’50, Shirley Grange ’62, Sarah
Shartle Meacham ’51, Laura Duncan ’84,
Jennifer Hinson ’03, Kitty Norcross Wheeler
’57, Livvy Waterbury Cole ’46, Noni
Goodfellow Ames ’63
BIN 36
Hosted by Stacey Goodwin ’83
Jody Noel Dietz ’56, Mary Bovard
Sensenbrenner ’49, Elisabeth Swan Weitzel
’54, Billie Hodge Sarosdy ’46, Maggie Malloy
Sanders ’71, Trig Norstrand Cooley ’48
Front Row: Nina Tabor Martin ’65, Venita
Fields ’71, Irene Siragusa Phelps ’71, Mary
Kay Karzas ’71, Teresa Fox P’04
Back Row: Ellie Farrell ’94, Dana
Nossaman Keilman ’87, Stacey Goodwin
’83, Nicole Fox ’04
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denver
colorado
HOME OF SARAH AND JOHN FINN
Hosted by Sarah Martin Finn ’74, Julia
Morris Kashkashian ’75
Deborah Weseloh P’10 and former Director
of Capital Gifts, Sharon Barton
Evan Landvik and Charlotte McDavid
Landvik ’89, Adrienne Burdette ’85, Alletta
Lee Bode ’86 and Kirk Bode
John Finn, Sandy Ebling ’70, Steve Wilson
santa fe
new mexico
Robin Tieken Hadley ’57, Doris Martin
Beasley ’48, P ’74
Sarah Martin Finn ’74, Mary Tiederman
Hoagland ’42, Don Hoagland
HOME OF JOHN AND JANE YARDLEY
AMOS ’59, P’91
austin
raleigh
texas
north carolina
BESS BISTRO
Hosted by Lindsey Copeland ’97
and Laura Robinson ’97
Back Row: Lawrence S. Graham P’80, ’86,
Laura Robinson ’97, Lindsey Copeland ’97,
Jason Long, Kim Waters ’92
Front Row: Joy Sablatura ’74, Merrell Anne
Graham Shearer ’80
A SOUTHERN SEASON
Hosted by Caroline Ives Howard ’76,
Caroline “Taddy” Nichols ’76, Martha
Ann Keels ’75, Margaret Horner Walker
’58, Amanda Mackay Smith ’58
Former Trustee Bill Wotherspoon P’67, ’73,
his wife Mary Ruth Wotherspoon, Polly
Wotherspoon ’67, and Jane Yardley Amos
’59, P ’91. Not pictured John Amos P’91
Camille Agricola Bowman ’71, Michael
Southern
Mary Fry Edmunds Haywood ’65, John
Haywood
Joan Womble Stone ’75, Maura Smith
McGinn ’67, P’06, Gwyn Womble Dunn
’78
Jerome Adamson, Caroline Ives Howard
’76, Jo Ruffin Adamson ’52
Elizabeth Kellogg Ruble ’74, Elizabeth
Hairston Steere ’73, Ellen Holcomb ’75
Danielle Pickup Quiocho ’96, Elizabeth
Reiguluth Parker ’64
Martha Ann Keels ’75, Ellen Holcomb ’75
Tanya Ives Jorgensen ’78, Toby Ives,
Caroline “Taddy” Nichols ’76
Caroline Ives Howard ’76, Charlotte Kirk
Reynolds ’65, Elizabeth Reigeluth Parker
’64
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lexington
kentucky
THE LEXINGTON CLUB
Hosted by Muffy Dent Stuart ’68
Front Row: Jessica Bell Nicholson ’67, Beth Robinson Willmott ’77, P’03, ’07, Cissy Scott Collins ’70, Elayne Edwards P’89,’91, Kerry O’Neill
’98, Mary Clay Smith ’77, Kim Knight P’09, Genie Hintzpeter Redman ’61, P’88, Muffy Dent Stuart ’68
Back Row: Mary Lloyd MacDonald ’64, Joe Brown Nicholson, Dick Collins, Buddy Edwards P’89,’91, Adnée Hamilton ’77, Flora GarnerPlatt, John Platt, Henry Knight P’09, Don Redman P’88, Alumnae Relations Director, Ashby Cothran
Toasts were also held in the following cities:
aspen
arlington
nokomis
toluca lake
colorado
virginia
florida
california
Hosted by Barkie Supplee ’53
SETTE BELLO
Hosted by Sally Armstrong ’99
Hosted by
Mary Evelyn Guyton Miley ’75
bellaire
atlanta
texas
georgia
Hosted by
Frannie Wallace Robertson ’73,
Sally Brittingham Wallace ’44, P’73,
GP’08, John and Connie Wallace P’08
Hosted by Talmadge Ragan ’69,
Sky Yancey Stipanowich ’71
Hosted by
Boyce Lineberger Ansley ’64, P’90,
Anna Ansley Davis ’90
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family day
gatherings
Breana Coleman ’10, Mary Fitzgerald
GP’10
Carolyn Moon P’09, Sierra Moon ’09
Chris Laughorn P’10, Leigh Laughorn
P’10, Christen Laughorn ’10, Madeline
Hicks ’10, Peggy Bosworth GP’10
Emily Dale Willmott ’07, Beth Robinson
Willmott ’77, P ’03,’07
Mary Minor Henderson P’09, son, Peter,
Whitney Henderson ’09, Polly Mingledorff
’09, Peter Henderson P’09, Libba Wood
GP’09
Helen Becker GP’07, Charissa Sipocz ’07,
Cindi Becker P’07
Family Day Chair, Doris Shirey GP’06,
’07, Ann O’Brien ’07, Bill Shirey
GP’06,’07, Mike and Patty O’Brien
P’06, ’07
Nancy Tebeau P’08, Kaitlin Tebeau ’08
Mary McIver P’10, Laird McIver ’10
Mary Beth Finke P’07, Caroline Finke ’07
Bernar Ogzewalla P’08, Rebecca Cartmell
P’08, Helen Cartmell ’08
Teresa Turpin P’10, Marjorie Turpin
GP’10
Maggie Oakes ’08, Dorothy Meadows
GP’08, Sarah Oakes P’08
John McCarty GP’07, Betty McCarty
GP’07, John Turnbull P’07
Mary Beth Finke P’07, Brenda Rappaport
P’08, Board of Trustees, Westy Childs
Lovejoy ’50, Board President, Dora Thomas
P’02,’04
Nancy Tebeau P’08, Celeste Phelps P’09
Reva Thomas GP’09, Caitlin Heston ’09,
Cecil Thomas GP’09
Susannah Calhoun ’09, John Bigbee
GP’03,’09,’10
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help us find
Please help us locate these missing members of this years reunion classes. If you know how we can reach any of these alumnae
please contact Ashby Cothran, Director of Alumnae Relations, at 434-432-5505 or email Ashby at [email protected].
1927
1938
1963
1977
1992
Anita Andrews
Ellen Bond
Ruth Breedon
Dorothea Brown
Clare Carwile
Ruth Carwile
Elizabeth Darlington
Virginia Goode
Elizabeth Johnstone
Jane Markle
Virginia Moss
Emily Pemberton
Margaret Rickertts
Lydia Birckhead
Patricia Appleton McLane
Louisa Bridge Woods
Camilla Hair Bain
Martha Flinn Cook
Beverly Cox
Nancy Hubbard Darrach
Sara Gordon
Farwell Hudson
Norah Ingersoll Stubbs
Deborah Wood
Dorothy Wood
Rosalee Bullington
Sarah Davis
Brunhilda Campo de Rubin
Jeanne Fox Harris
Laura Hooper
Barbara Jones
Darby Rowland
Debra Rowland
Judith Ashe Tollas
Sara Walton
Dana West
Alison Beckner
Satoe Fujii
Gloria Herrero
Celeste Jenkins
Carla Lentz Miller
Miranda A. Moffitt
Betsy Richards Wisenbaker
1928
1942
Keith Lee Irvin
Annis Davis Powell
Anne Rudolf Warburton
1943
Katharine Cate English
1947
Frances Folsom
Linn Mitchell Mack
Joanne Williams
Mildred Carlson
Helen Havens
Alice Howe
Margaret Beard McMichael
Evalene Harnsberger
McQuinn
Anne Merritt
Hope Morgan
Barbara Davis Sanderson
Mary Sheets
Jean Campbell
Helen Davidson
Mary Gilman
Jean Carraci Groff
Catherine Coxe Page
Katherine Kunkel Stark
1932
1953
Nell Maluf Brown
Estelle Penn Henry
Rita Lessner
Margaret Scott Post
Carolyn Wrenn Rome
Lenore Saners
Patty Pickslay Walker
Carol Dale Belfield
Margaret Dupuy
Jane Ewing Moore
Grace Richardson
1933
Carman Barr
Virginia Cosmus
Marian Dorrier
Mary Gray Hastigan
Elizabeth Hamilton Ingle
Patricia Kip
Virginia Lewis McGann
Margaret Mosby
Belle Stoneman Potts
Barbara Smith Rogers
Thelma Todgham Vick
1937
Molly Barrow
Ann Leach
Mary Montgomery
Elizabeth Gratz Reed
1948
1958
Jane McGreevy Atkins
Vail Juhring
Milicent Mead Kane
Glenn Howlett Kenyon
Elizabeth Reif Near
Marcella Fragapane San
Martini
Margaret A. Walker
Patricia Wightman
Kay Wilson
Margaret Zimmerman
1962
Mary-Stuart Baker Aszman
Susan Constance
Duncanson
Nancy Heyward Leslie
Katherine McCann
Susan Stutenroth
Alicia Weber Wilson
1967
Laurie Adams
Gina Buck
Michele Crill Cornwall
Melissa Jones
Elizabeth Thomson Jurado
Sara Jones Konhaus
Dorothea Corbyn Lasater
Barr Lewis
Marion Malloy Murphy
Amelia Milliken Rowell
Barbara Halsted Rzepecki
1968
Monique Milley Boyriven
Pamela Bryan
Leslie Donaldson Ferguson
Corinne Mauldin Hadaway
Joan Hatfield
Hilary Ingham Hickman
Martha Fidanque Meissner
Janet Millar
Mary Brown Moran
Mildred Willis Paden
Patricia Carpender Robinson
Lysa Burrage Rowe
Heidi Brant Weiss
Mary Beth Kirk Wyeth
1972
Dorothea Barrett
Blair Cox
Carol Cross
Marion Harris Foster
Mariana Toland Hankow
Catharine Hollerith
Robin Merritt Smith
Elizabeth Wilkins
1973
Theresa Ashe
Elizabeth Stendig Cook
Sara Dall Melchiorre
Suzanne Nine
Barbara Weeks Pitha
Leslie Urruela
1978
Karen Brixius
Jennifer Myrick Hamlin
Kenlee Hardesty
Kelly Henderson
Mary Jo Oliver
Kay Reid
1982
Cynthia Anderson
Louise Butler
Ileana Casares
Janice Hoover
Cynthia Longwill Lehew
Sharon Reagin Switzer
Linda Kottmeier Vecchiarino
1983
Kim Craig
Elizabeth Shuford Daigle
Tatiana Fernandez
Jennifer Gibson
Kimberly Mowbray
Rachael Nolde
Jane Monroe Patterson
Lisa Francis Smith
Jane Harpenau Williams
1993
Jody M. Carnes
Elizabeth M. W. Hurt
Sheryl Jimenez
Elizabeth B. Litchfield
Gabriela Padilla
Alana Reynolds
Maria Sanchez Perez
1997
Sarah Dababnah
Haley Glennie-Smith
Micki Carlyle Michael
Erika Morrell
Kokoro Watanabe
1998
Clairice Erdner
Amanda Evans
Olivia McCormick
Mona Pasha
Erin Steen
Rebecca Wells
Annie Wright
2002
Michelle Sinnott
2003
Briana Fuller
Jiemei Geng
1987
Sophia Gajwani
Katherine Hamilton
Christina Martin Hermetz
Georgia Jones
Christina March Perrin
Ann Leineweber Renner
Stacy Strickland
Michelle Warren
1988
Jennifer Bromley
Rosemary Davies
Elizabeth Flynn
Elise Franklin
Mary Puckett
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classnotes
Left to right: Jody Shartle Anderson, Edie Nalle
Schafer, Laurie Valentine, and Frances Black Turner
(all class of 1949), in front of Arenal Volcano, Costa
Rica, February 2007.
1927 Next Reunion 2008
1928 Next Reunion 2008
1932 Next Reunion 2008
1933 Next Reunion 2008
1935
Nita Easley Pepper I have no
news except to let you know I’m
still here in Miami Beach, FL, and
my sister, Nancy Easley Larkin
’35, just moved from Florida to
Castleton, VT, where she lives
with her son, Dr. John E. Larkin.
1937 Next Reunion 2008
Elisa Mitchell Olsen My life goes
on serenely. I wish I could say that
about everyone in the world!
Please! Love to all.
1938 Next Reunion 2008
1942 Next Reunion 2008
Mary Porter Glorious winter in
Key West. The clean up from
Wilma is finally over. Off now to
see results of mini tornado in
Lenox! But not in time for Boston
get-together. 83 years old. Could
be worse – I guess.
1943 Next Reunion 2008
Anne Campbell Clement Life is
good at Chester Village. We love
it and are both well. Ten
grandchildren — three greatgrands. We love it!
1946
Nancy Ober Bowman writes that
Ann Mitchell Throop ’46 lives in
the same condo association so they
see each other often. Saw Betty
Wiedersheim Lloyd Carter ’39
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Family Day, April 20, 2007 (left to right): Povy
LaFarge Bigbee ’51 and husband John with
granddaughters Katie Bigbee ’10 and Susannah
Calhoun ’09. Photo Credit: Cathy LaDuke
briefly also. Nancy says she is
becoming more bionic all the time
and all is well!
Joan Houston McCulloch We
have been going on river cruises
lately. Last September we took a
gorgeous trip down the Rhine,
through miles of vineyards, quaint
towns, and looming castles. This
March we fulfilled another longheld ambition and traveled down
the Mississippi from Memphis to
New Orleans aboard the paddlewheel steamer Delta Queen.
Scenery wasn’t quite as beautiful
here, and many towns, though
interesting, seemed a bit
depressed and sad. Surprisingly,
the business center and French
Quarter of New Orleans were
humming along as if there had
never been a Katrina.
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Jane Schaff Odell Loving
retirement here in Orange
County and six months in our
lovely Northern Michigan
cottage. Grandchildren, ages 2
to 20, doing very well. We
are blessed.
1949
Paula Polk Lillard I'm teaching
three-to-six-year-old children in
our Montessori school this year.
One is a grandson. Daughter,
Paula, now Head of School.
Eda Williams Martin During
our mild Virginia winter, I spent a
week in February with sister,
Roberta Williams Lee ’52. We
talked non-stop, lots about our
Chatham Hall years.
Avery (age 9), Natalie (age 4), and Nicholas (age 12),
grandchildren of Natalie Farrar Theriot ’55.
1950
1956
Kathleen Herty Brown My
music is now being published by
Deerwood Music –
www.deerwoodmusic.com on the
web. Haven’t stopped arranging
since the “senior quartet.”
Joday Litton Blevins Bob and I
enjoyed spending January and
February at Marco Island, FL. We
go to Litchfield Beach, SC, a
couple of times a year. I'm still
playing tennis, Mah Jongg, and
reading as much as possible.
Margaret Johnson Lee All four
children and seven grandchildren
live in Richmond, VA. Arthur
and I have moved to a retirement
home. My youngest daughter
lives in my former house making
four generations in the house my
mother and father built.
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Alison Wright Cameron Four
grandchildren, all ages six and
under, are now living near me in
West Chester County. It’s great
fun to have the two families here!
1953 Next Reunion 2008
Gail Lassiter Malin Love seeing
Pat Carter Hatch, Margot Bell
Woodwell, and Loulie Glenn
McCulloch (all class of 1953).
Loulie just had a very successful
show of her recent paintings in
Hobe Sound, FL.
1954
Judith Turben Walrath Moving
after 40 years and building a new
house. Retired from Carlisle. Lots
of time in Naples. Call me.
1955
Natalie Farrar Theriot Turning 70
and a 45th wedding anniversary
make a memorable year. With two
wonderful children and their special
spouses, plus five grandchildren, we
feel blessed. I have come a long way,
lived a full life, since 1955.
1957
Alice Williams Vining writes
that on May 5th she and Joe
welcomed their third grandchild,
a little girl Ella Josephine Vining,
the first child of their son Spencer
and his wife Tessa, who live in
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn and work
in Manhattan.
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Pauline Ireland and dance
partner Fabian Sanchez, recently
placed in the World Pro-Am
Championship competition in
Argentina. Competing against
some 200 dancers from around
the world, Pauline came in fourth
in the over-50 category for
rhythm dancing, which covers
salsa, cha-cha, mambo, merengue
and other dances while in
Argentina. While in Argentina,
Pauline participated in the parade
of flags which opened the contest
in Buenos Aires. She also had the
opportunity to take group tango
lessons. Pauline has also competed
in Las Vegas, Miami, and in
Birmingham.
Prudence Lloyd Rosenthal My
husband Ami and I continue to
live in Ann Arbor, MI, between
trips to see children and
grandchildren. Still right around
the corner from Alice Williams
Vining ’57.
Amanda Mackay Smith ’58 was
part of a lay delegation that went to
Viet Nam in March to accompany
the Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh on
a journey of peace and
reconciliation. She appears on the
right in the picture of Monastic (in
brown habits) and lay (in grey
temple dress) members of the
delegation.
Julia Frazier ’62
and daughter
Annie at
Willow Farm,
Marquette, MI.
Debbie Humphreys Jones ’67
and grandchildren Davis, Nate,
Sarah and Campbell.
1959
1965
Maria Gallagher Truslow I just
returned from China: Kunming,
Guilin, and Shanghai. I traveled
with People to People
Ambassadorships, a group of
medical people, mostly R.N.s. We
visited six medical facilities and
conferred with their leaders.
Wonderful dialogue back and
forth. When we couldn't converse
in English, we had a pediatrician
from China interpreting for us.
Sarah Benson Mumford In my
19th year selling real estate in
Richmond. Daughter, Katie, was
married last May at Bald Head
Island, NC, and lives now in
Raleigh. Other children married
with children – I am now a
grandmother of seven!
1961
Mary Allen Cox My second
grandson was born October 4,
2006. My first (age 2 1/2) broke
his femur at preschool December
4, 2006. Busy time in Houston!
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Julia Frazier Missy Fountain
from Chatham Hall reports
visiting Julie Frazier ’62 and
daughter Annie in Marquette,
MI, last May (see picture). Missy
toured Julie’s business, Willow
Farm, including stables for more
than 40 horses and a large riding
arena.
1966
Muffin Dalton Grant Sad that
only three of us showed up for
our 40th reunion. Please plan
now to be there for our 50th!
Margie Hastings Quinlan Frank
and I enjoyed a lovely cruise
down the Rhone River in France
in October with our daughter
Katie, who works in Manhattan’s
financial district. Our son, Dan,
will finish his junior year at Penn
this spring. I’d love to hear from
any classmates passing through
Orange County, CA!
1963 Next Reunion 2008
Suzanne Shaw Spradling I’m
still enjoying working with preservice teachers as Dean of
Education at St. Gregory’s
University and visiting my three
grandchildren — Adelaide (3
1/2), Conrad (21 months) and
Thomas (10 months) with my
husband Scott.
1964
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C. Jane Van Landingham I can't
wait for our 45th reunion.
Elizabeth Reigeluth Parker I
spent a wonderful day on Fishers
Island with Candy Robinson
Weiss ’64 and Tink Caffery
Friedrichs ’64. It has also been
great fun to reconnect with
Chatzie Kirk Reynolds ’65
during the past year.
Kathleen Arey Carroll Many of
you already know that I bought a
house in Frederickburg, VA, this
past spring and moved in at the
end of May. Life is good, work is
busy, Fredericksburg is as hot as
Houston this time of year (but
with the relief of cooler nights
and mornings), and I’m off to
Seattle and Victoria, BC, next
Lydee Conway
Hummel ’72 during a
visit with Gary
Fountain in June.
week for a short vacation. I hope
this message finds you all healthy
and enjoying life.
Left to right: Elizabeth “Babe” Kirk Unger,
Gail Conrad Stanley, and Julia Carr Day
(all class of 1973), at wedding of Will
Stanley, son of Gail.
Culver, IN. I have accepted an
offer to rejoin the development
team at Culver Academies,
effective mid-August.
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Annie Clarke Ager I am still at
home on the farm. Jamie and
Amy (my son's wife) are raising
grass-fed beef, pork, and lamb.
Annie Louise, daughter of my
sister Susie Clarke Hamilton
’64, raises organic vegetables. I
have six grandchildren – one girl
amongst them. I see Laurie
Nussdorfer ’68 and would love
to see anyone who's on the way to
Asheville.
Caroline Darby Wehner Son,
William Pennock Wehner, age 22,
class of 2007 at Lehigh University,
Sigma Phi Epsilon, will graduate
with honors in mechanical
engineering.
1970
Ninna Fisher Denny Our
daughter, Liza Denny, was
married to Daniel Sterling
Oneglia on April 28, 2007. One
other Chathamite was there,
Liza's grandmother, Carter
Mac Rae Chatfield ’46.
1971
Venita Fields was featured in the
spring 2007 alumni magazine of
the Kellogg School of
Management where she was
recognized for her
entrepreneurship and her
willingness to embrace change.
Mary Kay Karzas After spending
the last two years commuting
back and forth while I worked at
Kenyon College, I’m pleased to
report that Warren and I are
together again under one roof in
Elizabeth Cary Pierson Hello to
all Chatham friends! I still think
of Chatham often and hope you
are well. My life continues to be
full of magic, if a bit too busy at
times. My husband and I
celebrate our 30th anniversary
this year. Older daughter will
graduate from Middlebury in
May, and youngest is a first year
at Tufts. I'm still writing and
editing and involved in various
community activities. If any of
you are coming through
Brunswick, ME, give a shout!
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Rector Gary Fountain saw Lydee
Conway Hummel ’72 in New
York City where he took the
picture appearing above. Lydee
lives in New Canaan, CT but is
in the City often, Gary Fountain
reports.
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Mia Miller has moved to
Anchorage, AK, after her husband
got promoted to a regional
manager of Qdoba Restaurants in
the state. I work as a chargeback
investigator with the First
National Bank of Alaska here in
Anchorage. We moved up here
last summer (2006) and it is a
wonderful change.
Rigby Robinson I now live in
Greenport and Sound Beach, NY.
I am retiring in June. I look
forward to taking art classes,
writing, and enjoying my life with
my partner, Janet.
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Family Day, April 20, 2007 (left to right): Betty Jo Beard
(grandmother), Shelby Hockensmith ’08, Lindsay Hockensmith
’06, Ashley Hockensmith ’05, and Sandy Beard Hockensmith
’74 (mother). Photo Credit: Cathy LaDuke
Linda Morgan Stowe Enjoyed
getting together with Kerry
Cogburn Tietjen ’73 for a last
visit before moving from St. Paul’s
School, NH to Dallas, TX, where
I’ll be Choirmaster/Organist at St.
Mark’s School. We still maintain
our permanent residence in
Madison, WI, and continue work
on our historic home, the Spring
Tavern. Will has just graduated
from St. Paul’s and will be at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison
in the fall. John graduated from
Johns Hopkins a year ago and is
working at Georgetown in a
neuroscience research lab before
going to grad school. Hope I’ll be
able to reconnect with all the
Chatham Texans!
1975
Mary Lyman Scott Jackson We
are all getting together in April to
celebrate our 50th birthdays!
Charleston, SC, here we come!
1976
Caitlin McManus Schouchana
Still here in Paris. If anyone
comes through, look me up.
Oldest son Mitchell is in his
first year at the University of
Sussex; number 2, Pascal, still
in middle school.
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Ellen Bess Kettler,
daughter of Karen Gates
Kettler ’82, with Missy
Fountain, director of
advancement at
Chatham Hall, during
an April visit to campus.
Raleigh, NC. Sarah Randall (13)
is also wonderful and enjoying
her year as Beta president.
1981
Sallie Grace Tate writes in July
2007: “On August 1, I will begin
a new chapter in my career. I am
assuming the role of Vice
President of Advancement at
Warren Wilson College. I’m
pumped! It’s a treat to return to
the Tar Heel state.”
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Karen Gates Kettler writes in
June: “I am not employed but
spend my time running the
summer tennis program at my
club (five years now) and being
captain of a ladies’ tennis team
(nine years now). Peter is a
chemist at Colonial Metals in
Maryland. Hugh is 18 and has
just finished his freshman year in
engineering at University of
Delaware. David is 17 and will
graduate from Tower Hill in June,
then head to his freshman year at
Stanford University in September.
Ellen is graduating from 8th
grade at Tower Hill, and she ejoys
her saxophone, cello, jazz dance,
and pony club. She will ride her
horse in Pony Club Nationals in
Kentucky (July 2007) in Eventing
representing the Eastern
Pennsylvania region.”
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1980
Allison Sutton Fuqua I had such
a fabulous time at the 25th class
reunion! Everyone looked great
and the weekend was a blast.
Randy and I are doing well in
Kentucky. Caroline (16) spent last
summer touring Australia and
also spent some time in the
outback during her trip. She is a
sophomore at Saint Mary’s in
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Tamara Pottker I now work at
Phoenix Children's Hospital as a
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Physician. Alex is 7 1/2 years old
and Gabrielle is six years old.
How time flies!
1984
Sian Jones Hi everyone! I'm
getting married to a great guy in
June. Can you believe it? Finally!
Eleanor Burke Farris ’86
with son Will who
graduated from pre-K.
Left to right: Emily Page Murray ’91,
Carly Jane Murray (age 3), Emma Tess
Murray (age 1), Jane Yardley Amos ’59,
John D. Amos, Michael Garrison Murray
(age 5), and Kirby M. Murray.
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Judy Currie Hellmann Hi Class
of 1987 — Looking forward to
our reunion next year! Keep in
touch, [email protected],
845.803.3889.
Candice Dickinson Hamilton
Hi friends. Wow! Where have the
last ten years gone? Since I last
saw most of you in 2002, I have
been on the move, literally. I
graduated in December 2003
from Southeastern Baptist
Theological Seminary in Wake
Forest, NC, with a M.A. in
Marriage and Family Counseling.
I moved to Memphis, TN, where
I met my husband, Bryan. We
were married December 17,
2005. In attendance, were John
and a very pregnant Danielle
Pickup Quiocho ’96 and
Brandon and Lori Palmore
Heath ’98. Lori Heath also
hosted a baby shower for me on
October 28, 2006. (Until just a
few weeks ago, Lori and I lived
about five minutes from one
another and I have really enjoyed
having a Chatham girl so close
by.) Our son, Joseph Allen
Hamilton, II, was born
November 15, 2006, weighing 10
lbs. and measuring 19 inches
long! I love being a stay-at-home
mom to one of the happiest
babies. What a blessing! If any of
you are ever traveling through
Memphis, please give me a call.
We have a guest bed and we're
not too far from the airport.
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1991
Ashley Ramsey Blurton
Greetings from Houston, TX!
Our daughter, Ellery Ford
Blurton, turned one on May 1st.
She is so fun and growing up fast.
We are enjoying Texas. I am a
resident in Nuclear Medicine and
my husband is a Radiologist at St.
Lukes Episcopal Hospital. Please
call us if you are ever in Houston.
Emily Page Murray It's hard to
believe a whole year has flown by
and I have not sent in a picture of
our youngest child, Emma Tess,
born January 16, 2006. The
photo above was taken of our
family when we had Tess baptized
after the Christmas holiday. We
were joined by my parents John
and Jane Yardley Amos ’59 and
Ben and Sarah Edwards Pember
’91, Tess' godparents. Sarah is
great and we are all excited about
her baby due to arrive in April!
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1993 Next Reunion 2008
Julie Ward Brady I am doing well in
Charleston. Bill just got home from
deployment. I spent a week with Ava
Ann Vrooman ’93 in May.
Taylor Logan I will be attending
school at the University of
Georgia this fall for a second
degree in Landscape Architecture.
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1994
1999
Alison Ardito I received my
M.D. from the University of
Tennessee College of Medicine in
Memphis on May 25th and will
be starting my residency in
Pediatrics this summer.
Shannon Murphy Hi Ladies,
Good things have been
happening! I graduated from
Radford University in 2004 with
a B.S. in Liberal Arts. I am in my
third year working as a teacher
Maria and Lorena Vega (both ’06) in
their lacrosse gear at Southwestern
University.
assistant at a local high
school with special ed
students. I am also pursuing
my master’s degree in
education with plans to
teach high school English.
But the best news of all…I
got married April 7, 2007. I
am now Mrs. Peter L.
Barker. (I finally found my
“Dean”) I love him so much
and we are having a great
time fixing up our house in
Blairs. I would love to hear
from my fellow classmates,
especially the class of 1999!
Send me an e-mail at
[email protected].
Hope to hear from
you soon!
2001
Chelsea Saunders received
her Masters in Education,
Summa Cum Laude, from
Virginia Commonwealth
University and will be
teaching English at
Tuckahoe Middle School in
Henrico County.
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Sarah Arnn graduated from
Elon University with a
Bachelor of Arts degree in
Human Services.
Katherine Peery graduated
from Virginia Tech with a
B.S. in Mathematics and will
be attending grad school at
Tech in Education.
Mary Elizabeth Wilkes
After graduating from
Washington College this
past May, I have been lucky
enough to pursue my dream
job working with teenagers
Wilson 3 years and
Maryleigh 4 months —
Maryleigh Nolan Moroz
was born on December 18,
2006 to Justine Shuford
Moroz ’89 and Brian
Moroz and big brother
Wilson!
Paula Russell Eure ’91, Andrew
Eure, and son Drew announce the
birth of Chloe Janette Eure on
February 6, 2007.
in New Orleans, LA. I’ve
only been here a month, but
I absolutely love it, despite
the many rainy days and the
hot weather. I have also been
able to rekindle old
Chatham Hall friendships
with other alumnae who live
in the area, which only
makes the already great city
that much more wonderful.
Dr. Beth Gilbert Instructor
of piano at Chatham Hall
1974-78 (Miss Gilbert
then), writes that she has
been teaching piano at
University of WisconsinSuperior since 1983,
currently department chair
in music, and principal
keyboard of the DuluthSuperior Symphony
Orchestra. Would love to
hear from former students
and faculty!
2006
Lorena Vega wrote in April
2007: This weekend we had
a very important lacrosse
game against Rice in
Houston. We were both
undefeated in our division,
therefore we had to beat
them. We ended up
winning the game 12-8 (I
think) with my sister Maria
Vega ’06 helping the score
with two goals. This win
put us in the playoffs as the
number one seat and Rice
as the number two.
Maria Vega Maria writes:
"Thanks to Chatham I have
been able to get a job as a
Sports Official for
intramurals." In March, she
reported that lacrosse at
Southwestern University was
going great. They were 3-0
in their division and then
3-3 overall.
Other Notes
Lavona Currie, mother of
Judy Currie Hellmann ’87,
writes that she attended the
Toast from Coast to Coast
event in Atlanta at the home
of Shepard and Boyce
Lineberger Ansley ’64 and
said it was "such fun to see
parents and alumnae."
Births
Sarah Abbott Weitzenkorn
’91 and William
Weitzenkorn announce the
birth of a son, Ben Leggett
Weitzenkorn, on
May 31, 2006.
Courtney and Ginger
Crawford Phillips ’93
wanted to let you know that
their son Courtney Stuart,
Jr. arrived on April 29, 2007.
“He is doing great as we all
are.” Anne is now 2 years old
and loves being a big sister.
Hope to see lots of you
at our next reunion
(see photo).
Kiely Sinclair Van Voorhis
MacKnight ’94 and Paul
MacKnight announce the
birth of a daughter Katie
Sinclair MacKnight on
November 17, 2006. Katie
joins her sister Elle Lockett
MacKnight, born
March 15, 2005.
Rob Mellor, head of the art
department at Chatham
Hall, and wife Susanna
announce the birth of Ian
Mellor on January 8, 2007.
Courtney Stuart, Jr., son of
Courtney and Ginger
Crawford Phillips ’93, born
April 29, 2007.
Joseph Allen Hamilton
II, son of Candice
Dickinson Hamilton
’97, born November
15, 2006.
An Ode to the Mythic Polly Guth
On the Occasion of Her Birthday
March 4, 2007
She has spirited ponies, but not so spirited as herself.
–Chatham Hall Yearbook, 1944–
Let’s toast you now—no huff, no puff—
A dignified “Hooray!” for Polly Guth!
Cheers for your triumphs, from one and all,
Particularly from us at Chatham Hall!
Your yearbook picture? Flowing hair
And references to horses everywhere;
That smile, yes, easy to recognize,
And that magical glitter in the eyes!
From Chatham, you rode off pell mell,
Alighting at Pine Manor, Harvard, and Cornell.
Like Antaeus, your power did resound,
Each time you touched intellectual ground.
Your horses took on wings, a delight to us
(Polly Guth, our Athena on Pegasus!),
Flying around the world, homes to maintain,
In Corning, New York, Vaud, and Maine,
Spreading good deeds around the clock,
Through your benevolent birds: Partridge, Woodcock.
They have alighted at Chatham Hall,
Delivering to us Jane Goodall.
The campus has an intellectual glow
Thanks to Benazir Bhutto.
Learning? It is better and better,
Thanks to our Pantheon, the Science Center.
And soon we’ll gather—Socratic dialogue for all!—
In an airy, graceful lecture hall!
Where has one seen a bigger heart
And social conscience a finer art?
Simply put, dear one, “You do great stuff!”
Gallop into a new decade, beloved Polly Guth!!
by Gary Fountain
CHATHAM HALL 33
Candice Dickinson ’97 and
Bryan Hamilton at their
wedding December 17,
2005.
Allie Giddings ’99, Alan
Crowe ’99, Mari
Armstrong-Hough ’99, and
Mary Giddings ’03.
Gathering
People’s
Stories
Patsy Cravens ’54 is a photographer, artist, writer, and occasional
video producer in Houston, Texas. Her photographs have been
displayed in the traveling exhibit, “Colorado County Memories:
Everyone has a Story to Tell,” and in numerous photography
shows over the years. She also wrote and produced an awardwinning oral history documentary called Coming Through Hard
Times, which has appeared on several PBS stations and won
several awards.
In 2006, University of Texas Press, Austin, published Patsy’s
Leavin’ a Testimony, Portraits from Rural Texas. In this book, Patsy
has captured the faces and voices of the “ordinary folks” of
Colorado County, Texas. She collected the stories and took blackand-white photographs of the elders who tie today’s rural Texas to
its past. In the book’s introduction, Patsy says, “I am a
photographer and a lover of the Texas landscape. I spent many
hours walking through the fields and woods, exploring and taking
pictures, but I never really knew the people, and that felt sad to
me.” So Patsy decided to visit an elderly neighbor to take his
picture and hear his story. She says, “I had only one idea in mind:
to spend time with Ivory and get to know him better before he
died. But Ivory had a lot to teach – and I had a lot to learn. It
never entered my mind that this one visit would lead to twenty
years of work.” The work has included the photographic exhibit,
the documentary and now this book.
In the Foreword to Leavin’ a Testimony, John B. Boles, Professor
of History at Rice University, says, “The photographs and the
words of Patsy’s subjects speak to us with power, with insight, and
with courage.” He continues, “This is a shocking, powerful,
moving, disturbing, ultimately hopeful book. We all stand in debt
to Patsy Cravens for having the imagination, the determination,
the skill, and the heart to capture this almost-forgotten portion of
the past and preserve those fragile memories that could so easily
have been lost.”
Information for this article was taken from the Foreword and
Introduction to Leavin’ a Testimony.
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Shannon Murphy ’99
and Peter Lee Barker at
their wedding on April 7,
2007.
Amy Merricks ’02 married Adam Michael Kendrick, on April 21,
2007. Katie Peery ’03 (back row, fourth from left) was maid of
honor.
Jonathan Beal, Sarah Dababnah, '97, Beth Parr-Campola, '96,
Jacob Corbin-Beal, Madeline Corbin-Beal, '97, and Ann Beal.
Marriages
Amy Spencer Dodson ’96 married
Michael Steven Quinn II on February
10, 2007.
Saturday, May 26th, Alan Crowe ’99
was married to Justin Gorman at a bed
and breakfast/farm outside of
Blacksburg, VA. They reside in Falls
Church, Virginia. Allie Giddings ’99
was Alan’s maid of honor. Also present at
the celebration was Mari ArmstrongHough ’99 and Mary Giddings ’03
(see photo).
Katherine Dennis Currin ’01 married
Jeremy David Braun on Saturday, May
19, 2007 at St. Stephen’s Episcopal
Church in Oxford, NC. Lieutenant
Junior Grade and Mrs. Jeremy David
Braun will be living at 1400 Hampton
Blvd., C-3, Norfolk, VA 23517. Jeremy
is the son of Jean Callison Braun, dean
of students at Chatham Hall and Geoff
Braun, head of the history department at
Chatham Hall.
Dianah Wilson Resnick ’02 writes: "I
got married on January 6, 2007 to
Brandon Resnick in Key West, FL. We
are expecting our baby, Abigail Kaitlyn
Resnick, on May 31, 2007."
Madeline Beal '97 was married to Jacob
Corbin on Saturday July 14 in the
Coastal Redwood Forest of Jedediah
Smith State Park near Gasquet,
California. Sarah Dababnah ’97, was
one of the bridesmaids and Beth ParrCampola ’96 was in attendance.
Madeline's brother, Jonathan, was a
groomsman. The couple recited love
sonnets by Pablo Neruda as part of the
wedding ceremony. Guests gathered after
the wedding at Middlefork Ranch in
Gasquet for a reception, including
swimming, games, and dinner. The
wedding party and close friends and
family spent much of the week prior to
the wedding at the Ranch on the Smith
River. Madeline and Jacob are living in
Baltimore. Madeline, who completed her
masters at Johns Hopkins University
Bloomberg School of Public Health in
May of 2006, is a researcher at NIH in
Bethesda. Jake renovates houses and
manages rental property in Baltimore.
The couple met a few years ago in
Berkeley, CA.
Obituaries
Katharine Montague Flory ’23 died
December 29, 2006.
Betty Beckwith Nilsen ’31 died
October 31, 2006.
Florence Cary Carwile ’35 died April
27, 2007.
Sara Hastie Low ’39 died May 4, 2007.
Dorinda Pell Crucikshank ’40 died
May 4, 2007. She was predeceased by
her sister Polly Pell Marsh ’38.
Emily Allen Laffoon ’43 died April 22,
2007.
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Do you know
what’s happening in this photo from Chatham Hall
archives? If so, tell us the story. If not, make something up. If your version is accurate, or even
believable (assuming you stump the editor), your name will be placed in a drawing for a gift
from the bookstore. Send your story by email to [email protected] or by regular mail to
Sandi Day, Managing Editor of the Chat, Chatham Hall, 800 Chatham Hall Circle, Chatham, VA
24531. Watch for the winning story in the next issue.
go out to
Jane Upson Hubbard ’66 for knowing
what was happening in the photo (or for
stumping the editor). According to Jane,
the photo was taken at the Class of 1966
Senior Picnic. Jane explained, “We held
our picnic at the home of our class
sponsor, English teacher Ted Bruning.
With his help and guidance, we built a
tripod using a huge kettle, and created
homemade Brunswick stew. One
significant part of this memory for me is
that it contained squirrel! This menu for
the Senior Picnic was definitely a novelty
since most previous senior picnics
featured a steak dinner!”
Margaret “Retta” Ferguson
McDowell ’43 died May 18, 2007.
Ann Journeay Peake ’43 died
March 13, 2007. Ann is the mother
of Chatham Hall alumnae Robin
Peake Stuart ’69 and Susan Peake
’79. Ann served on the Chatham
Hall Alumnae Council from 19841991.
Jean Morehead Larkin ’46 died
April 25, 2007. Jean was predeceased
by sisters, Mary Morehead Chatham
’41 and Lindsay Morehead Dickson
’49, and a cousin Mary Belden
Cluett ’47. She is survived by nieces,
Lucy Chatham ’67 and Louise
Chatham Neaves ’79.
Margaret “Margie” Martin Passon
’60 died June 20, 2007.
Mrs. Bonneau Ansley, grandmother
of Anna Ansley Davis ’90, died April
9, 2006.
Alease Wilson Atkinson,
grandmother of Courtney Atkinson
’06 and Mary Kathryn Atkinson ’10,
died January 21, 2007.
N. Neiman Craley, Jr., husband of
Virginia Thornton Craley ’57, died
suddenly in June of 2006.
Mary Virginia Gillam, who taught Latin
and history at Chatham Hall from 1946 to
1983, died March 10, 2007 at Rosefield, her
home in Windsor, NC. Mary Virginia was
92. She is survived by her brother, Moses
Braxton Gillam, Jr. of Windsor, a brother-inlaw, Keith A. Huston of Naples, FL, and two
nephews, Braxton Gillam of Windsor and
Robert Starr Gillam of Raleigh.
Linda F. Higgison, mother of
Hunter Higgison ’01, and trustee at
Chatham Hall from 2002-2006, died
February 2, 2007.
Dr. George Keller, trustee at
Chatham Hall from 1992-1996, died
February 28, 2007.
We are sad to report the death of Archie Womack, a long time
and beloved member of the Chatham Hall community. Archie
passed away on July 26, 2007. An outstanding chef, friend,
and inspiration to all who saw his signature smile, Archie
retired after 34 years of service in 2000. Though his Brunswick
stew, cinnamon toast, eggs benedict, and cherries jubilee are
legendary, Archie is known for the superb person that he really
was. He never met a stranger. Archie will be held in the hearts
of many.
Cornelius “Corny” W. Provost,
former dean of faculty and biology
teacher at Chatham Hall from 19681971, died March 17, 2007. He is
survived by his wife, Joan, who was
alumnae secretary at Chatham Hall
from 1969-1970.
Mary Louise Kendall Robinson,
mother of Rigby Robinson ’73, died
January 11, 2007.
Dr. Girard Vaden Thompson, Jr.,
parent of Carolyn Thompson Dudley
’77, and Chatham Hall’s school
physician, died April 14, 2007.
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book review
Jesus for the Non-Religious, Recovering the Divine in the Heart of the Human
John Shelby Spong
Harper San Francisco, 2007, 316 pages
God and truth cannot be incompatible
At the end of my junior year in college, I stared,
mentally immobilized, at a final examination
question: “What does Dietrich Bonhoeffer
mean by ‘religionless Christianity’?”
from mythology, and from the miraculous
claims that derived from a supernaturally
oriented world” is what Spong believes
Bonhoeffer meant by “religionless Christianity.”
I should have seen it coming. We had
concluded this course on contemporary
theology with Bonhoeffer’s Letters and Papers
from Prison, and “religionless Christianity” was
the key, mysterious term in the book. But, it
was a political time, and I had prepared for this
exam by thinking about the German Lutheran
pastor and theologian’s opposition to Nazism,
his involvement in an assassination plot against
Hitler, his imprisonment, and his death by
hanging in 1945, three weeks before the prison
in which he had been kept was liberated. I was
prepared to write about Christianity and social
action, pacifism, dying for a cause—all of the
topics that had obsessed me during these
Vietnam War years.
Spong’s conclusion? At Easter Jesus broke the
boundaries of the ways in which the disciples
experienced God, and the disciples were faced
with expressing and communicating an
experience unlike any they had had before.
Thus, they “reverted to the best thing they
did have, which was the language of liturgy,
in which human beings believe themselves to
be united in spirit with whatever they think
God is.” In the resurrection narratives, then,
we are not reading history (nor are we
throughout the Gospels), but theological
interpretation from the Old Testament. “Any
attempt to literalize this liturgical
language…is to miss completely the meaning
of the resurrection experience.” “To literalize
Easter…has become the defining heresy of
traditional Protestant and Catholic
Christianity.” Strong stuff, indeed.
I blew the answer to that question big time,
and Bonhoeffer’s phrase has gnawed at me ever
since. How wonderful, then, to come upon
John Shelby Spong’s Jesus for the Non-Religious,
his answer to my failed exam question,.“There
is a sense in which I have been writing this
book for my entire lifetime,” writes the
Episcopal priest and former bishop.
Spong writes from a deep commitment to Jesus
of Nazareth, who “has always stood at the
center of [his] faith tradition,” and an equally
“deep alienation from the traditional symbols
and forms through which the meaning of this
Jesus has been communicated through the ages.”
A Heaven “above,” a God who affects events in
daily life, people “rising” from the dead, water
turned into wine, etc., are all unbelievable
mythical creations to him. Decades of critical
biblical scholarship—which has taken a
scholarly look at the historical contexts, world
views, dates of composition, interrelations,
language, etc. of the books of New Testament—
lead Spong to argue points that will make many
self-proclaimed Christians nervous: “Jesus was
born in a perfectly normal way in Nazareth”
(not Bethlehem), He did not have precisely
twelve disciples (who, also, were both male and
female), He did not literally give sight to the
blind nor raise the dead, Judas did not exist,
“Jesus died alone,” and there was no resuscitated
body that emerged from the tomb on the third
day, to list a very few. Separating the Jesus of
history from the “layers of interpretive material,
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first transformed the resurrection into “a
physical account of the resurrected body.” And,
Luke’s interpretation entails tremendous
borrowing from Hebrew antecedents,
specifically a magnification of Elijah’s
ascension in 2 Kings 2 and many liturgical
elements from synagogue life.
“God and truth cannot be incompatible,” Spong
writes. A case in point … If there were no
literal, physical resurrection, why does the Bible
claim so? Spong believes that the Easter event is
“the crucial moment that made Christianity
possible” by bringing the disciples back together,
empowering them with courage to face
persecution and martyrdom, and transforming
their understanding of God so that they saw no
separation between Him and Christ. The
Resurrection was real. However, details of it in
the Gospels are contradictory and confusing.
Also, historical realities speak against some
aspects of the event: for example, “an elaborate
burial for the body of a convicted and executed
felon (which is what Jesus was) was all but
unknown.” Finally, supernatural elements (that
is, the physical resurrection) are only added in
the later Gospels, those furthest removed from
the actual event. Luke was the Gospel writer
who (in the late ninth or beginning of the tenth
decades, fifty or sixty years after the Crucifixion)
If He is not the “literal” Son of God, who is
this Jesus? Spong argues that rather than
coming “down” to earth from a theistic God
in the clouds, Jesus comes “up” from
humanity, opening us to God. Jesus broke all
the barriers restricting our humanity, our
completeness as human beings: He “was and is
divine because his humanity and his
consciousness were so whole and so complete
that the meaning of God could flow through
him.” Christ was and is able to open us to the
fullness of life and love—that “being” we call
God. In his complete humanity, Jesus is “the
ultimate expression of God.”
Spong does not believe that “God is served by a
defensive clinging to the time-warped
explanations of the past.” Much to his
disappointment, Spong finds current Christians
clinging to them more than ever—he
characterizes ours as an age of aggressive and
defensive Christian hysteria. Christians have
incorrectly made Jesus an end in Himself, when
He is “but a doorway into the wonder of God.”
Some will consider Spong’s work an exhilarating
challenge, others the devil’s work. No one can
deny its reverential bravery. No one who calls
herself or himself a Christian can ignore it.
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contents
giving
benefactors ....................................................40
benefactors – esto perpetua..........................43
planned gifts, bequests ................................43
endowed funds, capital projects,
special programs ......................................44
in-kind gifts ....................................................45
senior class family gift ..................................45
annual fund ....................................................46
rector’s circle ..................................................46
lantern society, centennial club,
iris association, oak circle ........................47
purple and gold society ................................48
century club ..................................................49
alumnae..........................................................52
alumnae council ............................................58
current parents & grandparents ....................58
parents of alumnae ........................................59
friends ............................................................59
faculty & staff ................................................60
corporations & foundations ..........................60
board of trustees ............................................61
named endowed funds ..................................61
memorial & honorary gifts ............................62
volunteers ..........................................................63
2006-2007
board of trustees
Dora Thomas P’02, ’04, president
Nina Johnson Botsford ’72
Jo S. Brown P’02, ’04
Katharine Reynolds Chandler ’68
Patricia R. Frederick ’57
Shelby B. French
Sarah Monarchi Longpré ’84
Ellen West Childs Lovejoy ’50
Lisa Rosenberger Moore ’59
Lea Cumings Parson ’44, P’65, ’68
Joan Coulter Pittman ’55
Billie W. Reynolds P’82, ’84, ’85
David H. Robinson, Jr. P’93, ’97
Robin Peake Stuart ’69
Penelope Perkins Wilson ’41, P’67
Trustees Emeriti
Boyce Lineberger Ansley ’64, P’90
Polly Wheeler Guth ’44, P’70
Robin Tieken Hadley ’57
Ex-Officio Members
The Rt. Rev. John Buchanan
Ginger Evans P’03, ’07
Caroline I. Howard ’76
Honorary Trustee
Donald C. Hagerman
August, 2007
Dear Supporters of Chatham Hall,
One morning early this summer, a colleague walked into my office in
a bit of a panic. “What are those earth movers doing in front of the
school?” I looked out the window, and, indeed, there they were—
grunting and smoking.
“The new walkway to town,” I said. The old one, extending from
Pruden to Peach Street at the bottom of the hill, macadam crumpled
and scaled, was about to be dug up and replaced with fresh macadam
and a lamppost or two.
“Ah,” she responded, and smiled.
I smiled, as well. There it was. The perfect conclusion to the
fundraising year. The gift from the senior class and its parents,
grandparents, other relatives, and supporters to the School. A gift
from students who will not be around to use it to current and future
students who will. And a better walkway between the School and
Chatham. Connections. Between the present and the future. Between
communities.
That is the spirit of the year of fundraising at Chatham Hall—the
most successful in the history of the School. The largest Annual Fund
ever. The largest number of Rector’s Circle contributors ever. The
largest amount of money given for capital and other needs ever.
You all made the connections when you sent your contribution—the
teacher who was important to you or your daughters, the Chapel, the
riding program, the art studio, the roommate or best friend, the field
hockey team, the chance you had for foreign travel at Chatham Hall,
the new program that you believe in, the student who needs financial
aid, and on and on. Every dollar is a connection to something or
someone. Every dollar solidifies the community.
And every dollar allows us to preserve and create pathways.
Thank you all for your outstanding generosity.
total private gift
income summary
2006-2007
2005-2006
The Annual Fund
$1,171,910
$1,085,000
Capital & Special Gifts
$1,583,096
$628,237
Endowment
$1,124,774
$1,435,761
Gifts in Kind
$622,286
$331,063
TOTAL
$4,502,066
$3,480,061
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giving
benefactors
2006-2007 leadership and
lifetime leadership donors
We are grateful to our many Benefactors who generously gave
$1,000+ to the Annual Fund, the endowment, capital projects or
for other purposes last year and to donors whose lifetime giving
has significantly shaped our School’s future.
Mary Applegate Fisher ’36
Kathleen Arey Carroll ’67
Jean Armfield Sherrill ’63
Carol Babcock Davenport ’47
Martha Bacon Stimpson ’47
Linsey Ballas ’06
Jenifer Barnes Garfield ’50
Bradie Barr ’81
Elizabeth Bayard Tallman ’66
Sanders Beard Hockensmith ’74 and
Mr. Albert Kent Hockensmith
Katie Belk Morris ’72
Virginia Beresford Fox ’52
Dorothy Bettle Delano ’37
Barbara Billings Supplee ’53
Anne Blodget Holberton ’69
Eulalie Bloedel Schneider ’48
Mary Bovard Sensenbrenner ’49
Laura Bradley-Pierucci ’67
Barbara Briggs Trimble ’39
Sally Brittingham Wallace ’44
Laura Brown Cronin ’72
Anne Bryant ’67
Cynthia Bryant Parker ’61
Nan Bryant Grayston ’56
Eleanor Burke Farris ’86
Charlotte Caldwell ’70
Carolyn Carter Yawars ’66
Judy Carter ’63
Virginia Carter ’76
Virginia Cates Bowie ’73
Ellen Childs Lovejoy ’50
Louise Clarke ’63
Katherine Close ’79
Lydia Cobb Perkins ’38
Alexandra Coe ’79
Katherine Coleman Haroldson ’75
Nancy Cone Hanley ’55
Lydee Conway Hummel ’72
Janice Copley Obre ’67
Joan Coulter Pittman ’55
Katherine Cravens ’55
Sara Cruikshank Foster ’46
Joan Cumings Francis ’50
Lea Cumings Parson ’44
Ruth Curtiss Leggat ’45
Irene Darden Field ’56
Olga Davidson ’70
Muffy Dent Stuart ’68
Pauline Dent Ketchum ’70
Deborah Detchon Dodds ’61
Catherine Doeller Sage ’80
Mary Dunbar ’71
Mary Duncan Bicknell ’60
Sally Dunham Davis ’50
Allen Dunnington Ohrstrom ’46
Jane Everhart Murray ’63
Susan Fair Boyd ’51
Natalie Farrar Theriot ’55
Alison Fennelly Siragusa ’50
Venita Fields ’71
Ninna Fisher Denny ’70
Constance Flint West ’66
Julia Foraker ’38†
Susan Fox Beischer ’59
Julia Frazier ’62
Patricia R. Frederick ’57
Cornelia Freyer ’70
Margaret Gammage Nicol ’50
Jennifer Gammill McKay ’84
Jane Garnett ’73
Sarah Dabney Gillespie ’77
Frances Gilmore Scaife ’52
Stacey Goodwin ’83
Mary Evelyn Guyton Miley ’75
Nancy Gwathmey Harris ’50
Caroline Hairston English ’70
Helen Hanes Welsh ’67
Nancy Hanes White ’66
Robin Hanes ’73
Lois Hart Coleman ’46
Caroline Hartwell Stewart ’44
Clare Harwood Nunes ’52
Betty Hessee ’70
Stephanie Hewitt Hedge ’89
Elsie Hilliard Hillman ’43
Marguerite Hillman Purnell ’38
Jessica Hobby Catto ’54
Margery Hobson Thomas ’44
Cannon Hodge ’00
Isabel Hooker ’43
Mary Hooker Crary ’45
Margaret Horner Walker ’58
Hallam Hurt ’63
Olivia Hutchins Dunn ’53
Lucy Ireland Smiley ’66
Caroline Ives Howard ’76
Nancy Jenkins ’72
Alumnae are listed by maiden name.
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Julia Johnson ’69
Kate Johnson Nielsen ’72
Nina Johnson Botsford ’72
Sara Johnson ’70
Studie Johnson Young ’70
Walker Johnson Jones ’70
Sarah Jones Winmill ’49
Martha Justice Martin ’55
Martha Ann Keels ’75
Catherine Kirk Fogarty ’70
Charlotte Kirk Reynolds ’65
Elizabeth Kirk Unger ’73
Sarah Knapp Sprole ’42
Povy LaFarge Bigbee ’51
Anna Lane ’72
Marian Larkin ’65
Leslie Lawhorn Neely ’87
Anna Lineberger Stanley ’58
Boyce Lineberger Ansley ’64
Jane Lineberger Huffard ’56
Lillian Lineberger McKay ’48 and
Dr. Hamilton W. McKay, Jr. P’72, ’75
Andrea Littman Long ’96
Sara Love Downey ’53
Cynthia Lovelace Sears ’55
Linda Lovelace Brownrigg ’53
Allene Lummis Russell ’42
Frances Lyndon Snyder ’45
Carter Mac Rae Chatfield ’46
Amanda Mackay Smith ’58
Robin Mactaggart Symonette ’75
Ellen MacVeagh Rublee ’50
Barbara Mallory Hathaway ’39
Linda Mars ’78
Nancy Marshall Forcier ’45
Sarah Martin Finn ’74
Lucy McClellan Barrett ’53
Josephine McFadden ’57
Katherine McKay Cook ’44
Katherine McKay ’75
Ray McLean Gordon ’49
Anne Meigs Larkin ’40
Margaret Meigs Blodget ’42
Joan Miller Tait ’46
Julia Mitchener Turnipseed ’84
Sarah Monarchi Longpré ’84
Centes Morrill Papes ’50
Julia Morris Kashkashian ’75
Alice Murray Ward ’40
Margaret Murray Baldrige ’45
Katherine Norcross Wheeler ’57
Trygve Norstrand Cooley ’48
Magalen Ohrstrom Bryant ’46
Nancy Olmsted Kaehr ’56
Alice Pack Melly ’52
Patricia Parshall Berger ’56
Dana Paulson Davis ’64
Robin Peake Stuart ’69
Dorinda Pell Cruickshank ’40†
Eleanor Pennell ’48
Anne Perkins Cabot ’47
Penelope Perkins Wilson ’41
Jean Phelan Wagoner ’59
Paula Polk Lillard ’49
Jane Preyer ’72
Mary Norris Preyer Oglesby ’68
Priscilla Pugh Kirkpatrick ’62
Marcia Pyle Welch ’56
Anna Rankin Lineberger ’31
Kathryn Reed Smith ’45
Elizabeth Reynolds ’82
Katharine Reynolds Chandler ’68
Catherine Roberts ’74
Mary Robertson Torras ’45
Christine Robinson Secor ’68
Patricia Robinson ’70
Lisa Rosenberger Moore ’59
Lynn Rosengarten Horowitz ’67
Sally Saltonstall Willis ’58
Mary Shallenberger ’66
Joanne Shartle Anderson ’49
Sarah Shartle Meacham ’51
Virginia Shuford Yates ’57
Doris Silliman Stockly ’53
Eleanor Silliman Maroney ’58
Emily Sinclair ’85
Irene Siragusa Phelps ’71
Elizabeth Slade Driscoll ’50
Sally Smith Dommerich ’39
Frances Sommers Wheelock ’75
Joanna Sperry Mockler ’51
Olivia Sprunt Dowell ’70
Diana Stallings Hobby ’48
Phyllis Statter Oxman ’64
Mary Stewart Young ’57
Martha Stokes Price ’42
Nina Tabor Martin ’65
Vanessa Tarazon Pittman ’91
giving
benefactors
Robin Tieken Hadley ’57
Emily Todd ’75
Barbara Townsend Crawford ’48
Janet Tremaine Stanley ’68
Toinette Tucker ’60
Farley Walton Whetzel ’40
Ann Ward Morgan ’48
Katherine Washburne Reimelt ’70
Ray Watkin Strange ’32
Polly Wheeler Guth ’44
Fay Wilmerding Burdon ’57
Jane Wilson ’77
Iris Winthrop Freeman ’53
Linda Witherill ’49
Sally Witt Duncan ’44
Eleonore Wotherspoon ’73
Lucie Wray Todd ’49
Suzanne Wrench Gillespie ’81
Sarah Wright Ryan ’79
Catherine Young Lyons ’89
Lila Young White ’82
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Amos
Dr. Richard Annson, M.D.
Anonymous
Jim and Susan Bailey
Dr. Peter G. Ballas II
Ms. Carol A. Biedenharn
Mr. and Mrs. F. Matthews Bigbee
Mr. and Mrs. J. Kermit
Birchfield, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Barry K. Brown
Dr. and Mrs. J. Dixon Brown
Mr. Theodore E. Bruning
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Burns
Dr. and Mrs. David C. Caldwell
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Cambre
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight L. Carlisle, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Jaime S. Carrion
Mr. Thomas J. Carroll
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Cates, Jr.
Chatham Hall Alumnae Council
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry E. Clark
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Coleman
Mrs. Barbara Collie
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin B. Conner, Jr.
Mr. David A. Cooke
Mary W. Covey Charitable
Remainder Trust
Dr. and Mrs. John R. Crawford III
Mr. and Mrs. J. Christopher
Dalrymple
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Daniels, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Davenport, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy De Clercq
Mr. Frederick B. Dent
Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Dunbar
Mrs. Beverly Edgell
Ms. Mary Beth Hamlin Finke
The Edward E. Ford Foundation
Dr. Gary Fountain and
Mrs. Melissa E. Fountain
Gaddie-Shamrock, LLC
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Gammill III
Gatewood, Hughey & Company
Mr. Robert Gerard
Mr. and Mrs. Troy K. Gibson
Dr. and Mrs. Dennis B. Gillings
Ms. Marsha Gintis
Dr. and Mrs. Paul B. Googe
Mr. and Mrs. Helmut Graf
The Guilford Foundation
Ms. Susan Haines
Ms. Kate Haisch
Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Hamlin
Mr. Frank B. Hanes
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Harrington
Mr. Frederick A. Haycox
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Henderson
Mr. and Mrs. Doug A. Hendrickson
Dr. and Mrs. Mark C. Hermann
Mrs. Jane Hockensmith
Mrs. Cheryl Hodge
Mr. and Mrs. Channing Howe
Parents
Purchase
Portable
Scoreboard
for
Chatham
Hall Teams
Prof. and Mrs. Matthew C. Hudson
Mrs. Henry C. Hurt
Mrs. Caroline Ireland
Evelyn F. James Foundation
Mrs. Virginia G. Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Jones
Ms. Virginia G. Kennedy
Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Knight
Mr. and Mrs. W. Edmond Laird
Ms. Nancy Langford
Drs. Jaeshik and Sunyoung Lee
Mr. and Mrs. Wen-Chien Lee
Mr. Berk Lee
Mr. and Mrs. Fred B. Leggett, Jr.
Dr. John A. Logan, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilton D. Looney
Mr. and Mrs. G. Albert Lyon III
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Mars
Mr. and Mrs. William Mascharka
Ms. Carolyn Master
Mr. and Mrs. B. Franklin
Matthews II
Mr. and Mrs. C. Thomas May, Jr.
Mrs. Katherine R. McCurdy
Mr. Morey W. McDaniel
Meriwether-Godsey, Inc.
Ms. Patricia Miebach
Mr. and Mrs. H. Victor Millner, Jr.
Chatham Hall Receives
4-Star Rating
Sherley Young ’57 reports that
Charity Navigator, America’s
premier independent charity
evaluator, gave Chatham Hall
four out of four stars for
financial health. Based on the
School’s IRS 990 Form,
Chatham Hall was rated on
Organization Efficiency,
Organizational Capacity, and
Performance. The bottom line is
that a dollar given to Chatham
Hall is well-spent! For more
information, see
www.charitynavigator.org.
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giving
benefactors
Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Mills, Jr.
Ms. Elizabeth T. Mingledorff
Mr. and Mrs. Frank M.
Mitchener, Jr.
Mrs. Beatrice Momsen
Mrs. Carol Monarchi
Julie and Jobe Morrison
Ms. Virginia Mumford
Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. A. Nelson
Dr. and Mrs. Michael B. O'Brien
The Louise P. Overbey Trust
Mr. Jongcheul Park and Mrs.
Jungsook Koo
Dr. and Mrs. Douglas S. Price
Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Pugh
Mr. and Mrs. Julius M. Ramsay
Prof. and Mrs. Ted Rappaport
Mr. and Mrs. Rocky Reagan III
Mrs. Diana H. Reese
Mrs. Laura B. Revitz
Mrs. Randall O. Reynolds
Ms. Paula W. Ripley
Mr. and Mrs. David H.
Robinson, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson D. Robinson
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Rowe
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Schwartz
Mr. Richard E. Shaw
Mr. Richard D. Simmons
The Siragusa Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Sloan, Jr.
Ms. Jill Soderquisi
Mr. Donald H. Spence, Jr. and
Mrs. Cynthia A. Becker
Mr. J. Kyle Spencer
Mr. Tracy E. D. Spencer
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Sterling
Ms. Karen K. Stewart
Miss Carolyn D. Stone
Mr. Robert D. Stuart Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis H. Stumberg, Jr.
Mr. Steven Tarshis
Mr. and Mrs. Nevin C. Thomas
Ms. Amanda Thompson
The Hon. Carrington Thompson
Mr. and Mrs. J. Christopher
Thompson
Mr. and Mrs. Garland S. Tucker III
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Van Every
Mr. William M. Walker and
Dr. Diane M. Walker
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Wallick
Mr. Richard T. Watson
Mr. Charles W. Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Willis
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wood
Mr. William B. Wrench
Dr. and Mrs. Stewart R. Wright
Dr. Robert F. Yeager
Riding Facilities
Receive Facelift
Thanks to a generous
friend of the Riding
Program who wishes to
remain anonymous, the
office and conference
room of the Riding
Center have a new look.
Interior designer Jane
Smith directed the
renovation of both
rooms including
painting, new ceramic
tile floors, and new
furniture. Beatrice
Momsen, whose
daughter Cricket Stone
heads the riding
program, also put her
dollars into action. The
riding faculty and staff
are so grateful for this
comfortable work space.
Donors and Volunteers
Support Career Exploration
Program for Students in
Washington, D.C.
Thanks to Maggie Ohrstrom Bryant ’46
who underwrote Chatham Hall’s 20062007 week-long Destinations Program,
five students from the class of 2008
visited businesses, government agencies,
and the White House to explore a range
of career options. Twelve alumnae, a
parent, a grandparent, and a parent of an
alumna joined in to host our students at
their offices, in their homes, or to provide
the additional financial support that
made this week so successful.
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giving
esto perpetua
Created in 1996, the Esto Perpetua Society celebrates the vision and commitment of
individuals who will shape Chatham Hall’s future through their estate plans.
Anonymous (10)
Mary Applegate Fisher ’36
Kathleen Arey Carroll ’67
Jennifer Austell-Wolfson ’82
Jenifer Barnes Garfield ’50
Bettie Beckwith Nilsen ’31 †
Dorothy Bettle Delano ’37
Barbara Billings Supplee ’53
Mary Blodgett ’35
Sally Brittingham Wallace ’44
Anne Bryant ’67
Charlotte Caldwell ’70
Jacqueline Cannon Brown ’56
Judy Carter ’63
Paige Cartmell Alford ’40
Elizabeth Cary Pierson ’71
Lydia Cobb Perkins ’38
Cynthia Coe Devine ’73
Nancy Cone Hanley ’55
Joan Coulter Pittman ’55
Ruth Curtiss Leggat ’45
Jane De Hart ’54
Muffy Dent Stuart ’68
Mary Dunbar ’71
Cynthia Dyer Hancock ’71
Joanna Edgell ’93
Cynthia Ellis Stewart ’52 †
Claudia Emerson ’75
Susan Fair Boyd ’51
Elizabeth Farmer ’64
Natalie Farrar Theriot ’55
Alison Fennelly Siragusa ’50 and
Ross Siragusa P’71
Sally Ferguson ’37
Julia Foraker ’38 †
Patricia R. Frederick ’57
Jennifer Gammill McKay ’84
Josephine Gilmore Bell ’57
Sara Hastie Low ’39 †
Eleanor Herrick Stickney ’37
Marguerite Hillman Purnell ’38
Jessica Hobby Catto ’54
Mary Hooker Crary ’45
Janie Huntley Webster ’57
Lucy Ireland Smiley ’66
Caroline Jeanes Hollingsworth ’50
Kate Johnson Nielsen ’72
Nina Johnson Botsford ’72
Studie Johnson Young ’70
Walker Johnson Jones ’70
Mary Kay Karzas ’71
Patricia Kellogg Maddock ’77
Margaret Ker Gotz ’48
Sarah Knapp Sprole ’42
Povy LaFarge Bigbee ’51
Boyce Lineberger Ansley ’64
Jane Lineberger Huffard ’56
Lillian Lineberger McKay ’48 and
Dr. Hamilton W.
McKay, Jr. P’72, ’75
Amanda Mackay Smith ’59
Barbara Mallory Hathaway ’39
Linda Mars ’78
Nancy Marshall Forcier ’45
Margaret Martin Passon ’60 †
Josephine McFadden ’57
For information about how you might join the Esto Perpetua
Society through a will, trust, life insurance, real estate, or
retirement plan or by contributing to Chatham Hall’s Pooled
Income Fund, please contact :
Katherine McKay ’75
Margaret Meigs Blodget ’42
Frances Menefee Weeks ’45
Saraellen Merritt Langmann ’51
Julia Mitchener Turnipseed ’84 and
R. Keith Turnipseed
Alice Murray Ward ’40
Katherine Norcross Wheeler ’57
Laurie Nussdorfer ’68
Lynn Painter Dillard ’56
Patricia Parshall Berger ’56
Dana Paulson Davis ’64 and
William Cole Davis
Dorinda Pell Cruickshank ’40 †
Eleanor Pennell ’48
Anne Perkins Cabot ’47
Lynn Pixley Scott ’61
Polly Porter ’42
Ethel Randolph Chapman ’40
Mary Reed Spencer ’74
Elizabeth Reigeluth Parker ’64
Anne Rodgers Feldman ’57
Joan Schoellkopf Chamberlain ’42
Patricia Schoen Gile ’45
Mary Shallenberger ’66
Joanne Shartle Anderson ’49
Sarah Shartle Meacham ’51
Frances Sommers Wheelock ’75
Mary Stewart Young ’57
Sallie Grace Tate ’81
Ann Taylor ’54
Emily Todd ’75
Janet Tremaine Stanley ’68
Lisa Vilas Weismiller ’69
Courtney Vletas Sloane ’87
Ray Watkin Strange ’32
Lucy Webster Archie ’87
Polly Wheeler Guth ’44
Jane Wilson ’77
Mary B. Wilson ’65
Sally Witt Duncan ’44
Virginia Worthington Marr ’55
Jane Yardley Amos ’59
Sherley Young ’57
Miss Janice Coleman
Mr. and Mrs. Channing Howe P’69
Mrs. Carolyn E. Lecque
Dr. John A. Logan, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Thomas May, Jr.
P’85
Mr. Morey W. McDaniel
Mr. H. Victor Millner, Jr. P’77
Ms. Pattie R. Motley P’81, ’85
Mr. Robert A. Nilsen
Mr. Oliver J. Stark
Mrs. Sara Sterling P’03
Mrs. Dora Thomas P’02, ’04
Mr. Francis T. West, Jr. P’90, ’97
Mr. Francis T. West, Sr. GP’90, ’97
† Deceased
Planned Gifts
Bequests
Alison Fennelly Siragusa ’50
and Ross D. Sirgusa, Jr.
Amanda Mackay Smith ’58
Julia Foraker ’38†
Barbara Jacobi O’Reilly ’57†
Stefanie Zachar ’54†
Melissa Evans Fountain
Director of the Office of Advancement, Chatham Hall
800 Chatham Hall Circle, Chatham, VA 24531
(434 432-5549 or [email protected]).
Estate planning conversations are confidential.
Alumnae are listed by maiden name.
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giving
endowed funds
Donors Contributed to 24 Funds and Created 5 New Funds
Jean Armfield Sherrill ’63
Dorothy Bettle Delano ’37
Jean Brundred Murray ’38
Anne Bryant ’67
Nan Bryant Grayston ’56
Charlotte Caldwell ’70
Ellen Childs Lovejoy ’50
Joan Coulter Pittman ’55
Lea Cumings Parson ’44
Pauline Dent Ketchum ’70
Judith Fenn Duncan ’56
Alison Fennelly Siragusa ’50
Ninna Fisher Denny ’70
Cornelia Freyer ’70
Lynette Gaido Bertolatus ’70
Lee Gates Crosby ’70
Mary Glenn McCulloch ’53
Caroline Hairston English ’70
Betty Hessee ’70
Estate of Barbara Jacobi O’Reilly ’57†
Kate Johnson Nielsen ’72
Nina Johnson Botsford ’72
Sara Johnson ’70
Walker Johnson Jones ’70
Martha Justice Martin ’55
Sally Lesh Quereau ’70
Joan Miller Tait ’46
Helen Mirkil ’70
Sarah Monarchi Longpré ’84
Julia Morris Kashkashian ’75
Josephine Noel Dietz ’56
Nancy Olmsted Kaehr ’56
Patricia Parshall Berger ’56
Marcia Pyle Welch ’56
Christine Robinson Secor ’68
Patricia Robinson ’70
Maura Smith McGinn ’67
Olivia Sprunt Dowell ’70
C. Jane Van Landingham ’62
Katherine Washburne Reimelt ’70
Sherley Young ’57
Estate of Stefanie Zachar ’54†
Mrs. Joan W. Baldridge
Mr. and Mrs. Barry K. Brown
Ms. Kitty Caldwell
Chatham Hall Alumnae Council
Julie and Jobe Morrison
Mr. Caswell Nilsen
Mr. and Mrs. David H. Robinson, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Rowe
Ms. Karen K. Stewart
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Topping, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Topping
University Publishing Corporation
New Endowed Funds
Jeffrey Ferguson ’41
Endowed Chapel Fund
Connie Gibson Memorial
Scholarship Fund
Kate Johnson Nielsen ’72
Faculty Support Fund
Barbara Jacobi O’Reilly ’57
Fund to Secure Faculty
Salary and Benefits
Student Travel Award Fund
capital projects & special programs
Donors Brought Speakers to Campus and
Are Enhancing Campus Facilities
Linsey Ballas ’06
Muffy Dent Stuart ’68
Constance Flint West ’66
Patricia R. Frederick ’57
Jennifer Gammill McKay ’84
Jane Garnett ’73
Boyce Lineberger Ansley ’64
Robin Peake Stuart ’69
Christine Robinson Secor ’68
Maura Smith McGinn ’67
Robin Tieken Hadley ’57
Polly Wheeler Guth ’44
Jane Wilson ’77
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Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Amos
Dr. Peter G. Ballas II
Ms. Carol A. Biedenharn
Dr. and Mrs. David C. Caldwell
Dr. and Mrs. Frank J. Courts
The Edward E. Ford Foundation
The Guilford Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Channing Howe
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Mars
Dr. and Mrs. Norman F.
McGowin III
Dr. and Mrs. Michael B. O'Brien
The Partridge Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald F. Pottorf
Dr. and Mrs. Douglas S. Price
Mr. Tracy E. D. Spencer
Ms. Angela Brown Sweeting
Mr. and Mrs. Nevin C. Thomas
Benazir Bhutto
Former Prime Minister
of Pakistan
2006-2007 Leader in Residence
funded through the generosity of Polly
Wheeler Guth ’44 and the Partridge
Foundation.
giving
in-kind gifts
Donors Taught Classes, Hosted Events, Provided Printing and Landscaping
Services, Helped Students, Contributed Horses, and More
Jane Allen ’00
Anna Ansley Davis ’90
Barbara Billings Supplee ’53
Sally Brittingham Wallace ’44
Charlotte Caldwell ’70
Lindsey Copeland ’97
Olga Davidson ’70
Muffy Dent Stuart ’68
Jane Garnett ’73
Sarah Dabney Gillespie ’77
Stacey Goodwin ’83
Mary Evelyn Guyton Miley ’75
Margaret Horner Walker ’58
Caroline Ives Howard ’76
Bruce Jacobs ’72
Nina Johnson Botsford ’72
Martha Ann Keels ’75
Boyce Lineberger Ansley ’64
Amanda Mackay Smith ’58
Sarah Martin Finn ’74
Julia Morris Kashkashian ’75
Caroline Nichols ’76
Talmadge Ragan ’69
Laura Robinson ’97
Sarah Shartle Meacham ’51
Frances Sommers Wheelock ’75
Frances Wallace Robertson ’73
Sarah Yancey Stipanowich ’71
Jane Yardley Amos ’59
Ms. Susan Amos
Dr. Richard Annson, M.D.
Jim and Susan Bailey
Dr. Stephen Barton and
Mrs. Sharon Barton
Mr. and Mrs. F. Matthews Bigbee
Mrs. Jean Braun
Mr. Thomas J. Carroll
Mr. and Mrs. W. Smoot Carter
Ms. Kathy Constable
Mr. David A. Cooke
Mrs. Ashby Cothran
Miss Alice Cromer
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Davenport, Jr.
Mrs. Alice Doctor
Dr. Mary K. Edmonds
Dr. Gary Fountain and
Mrs. Melissa E. Fountain
Mrs. Margaret Gardiner
Mr. Robert Gerard
Mr. and Mrs. Gary M. Gibson
Mr. and Mrs. Troy K. Gibson
Ms. Marsha Gintis
Ms. Kate Haisch
Mrs. Lari Hatley
Mrs. Cheryl Haymes
Ms. Virginia G. Kennedy
Mr. Kahil Khan
Mr. and Ms. Robert L. Kirk
Miss Catherine LaDuke
Ms. Susan C. Lane
Ms. Nancy Langford
Mr. Berk Lee
Mrs. Starlet L. Lemon
Ms. Carolyn Master
Ms. Mary Medlin
Mr. Robert Mellor
Mr. Ronald Merricks
Ms. Patricia Miebach
Mrs. June Minter
Ms. Virginia Mumford
Ms. Merritt Newton
Mrs. Sherry Payne
Ms. Cathy Petty
Ms. Paula W. Ripley
Mrs. Lynne G. Shelton
Dr. and Mrs. David H. Smith
Ms. Jill Soderquisi
Miss Carolyn D. Stone
Mr. Steven Tarshis
Ms. Amanda Thompson
Troy’s Lawn Care
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Wallace
Mr. Charles W. Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Willis
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wood
senior class family gift
Students, Parents and Grandparents of the Class of 2007 contributed
$76,596: $30,591 to the Annual Fund and $46,005 to restore the pathway
from School to town and renovate the Student Center Viewing Room.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Amos
Ms. Leandra V. Baptiste
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Barker
Mrs. Helen Becker
Mr. and Mrs. R. Winn Bishop
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Chapman
Class of 2007
Mr. and Mrs. George Crowell
The Rev. and Mrs. Alexander W.
Evans
Ms. Mary Beth Hamlin Finke
Mr. William G. Finke
Mr. and Mrs. Adelbert Garner
Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Hamlin
Mr. Mathew Henning
Prof. and Mrs. Matthew C. Hudson
Dr. C. J. Loewenstein and Dr.
Jacqueline A. Rice
Mrs. Shirley Pfeiffer Lovely
Ms. Leda Neale ’78
Dr. Nancy Kester Neale ’52 and
Dr. Russell Neale
Dr. and Mrs. Michael B. O'Brien
Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Oliver
Mr. and Mrs. E. Thomas Royster
Ms. Augusta Siribuo
Mr. Donald H. Spence, Jr. and Mrs.
Cynthia A. Becker
Mr. J. Kyle Spencer
Mr. Tracy E. D. Spencer
Mr. and Mrs. Harold E.
Thornton, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John Turnbull
Mrs. Constance M. Van Blarcum
Mr. John M. Waterman
Ms. Elizabeth Robinson Willmott ’77
Dr. H. V. Yeager
Dr. Robert F. Yeager
Dr. M. Azaduz Zaman and
Ms. Nusrat Razee
The pathway into town starts by the benches in the front
of the School.
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giving
annual fund
Annual Fund Celebrates Record Giving
Annual Fund 2006-2007
Percent
Number
of Donors Participation Amount
$1,171,910
$1,085,000
$1,031,528
$948,650
$803,146
The Annual Fund reached the highest
level in Chatham Hall history
924
37%
$668,987
Alumnae
84
61%
$170,943
Parents
41
27%
$34,905
Grandparents
176
38%
$129,383
Parents of Alumnae
59
98%
$20,621
Faculty and Staff
$64,673
Friends
$82,398
Foundations,
Corporations
& Matching Gift
Companies
Total
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
Constituency
$1,171,910*
* Trustees gave $168,355
The Rector’s Circle*
(Gifts of $10,000 or more)
Jean Armfield Sherrill ’63
Mary Bovard Sensenbrenner ’49
Barbara Briggs Trimble ’39
Laura Brown Cronin ’72
Ellen Childs Lovejoy ’50
Lydee Conway Hummel ’72
Joan Coulter Pittman ’55
Katherine Cravens ’55
Lea Cumings Parson ’44
Natalie Farrar Theriot ’55
Constance Flint West ’66
Patricia R. Frederick ’57
Jane Garnett ’73
Kate Johnson Nielsen ’72
Nina Johnson Botsford ’72
Povy LaFarge Bigbee ’51
Lillian Lineberger McKay ’48 and
Dr. Hamilton W. McKay, Jr.
Linda Mars ’78
Sarah Monarchi Longpré ’84
Magalen Ohrstrom Bryant ’46
Robin Peake Stuart ’69
Penelope Perkins Wilson ’41
Katharine Reynolds Chandler ’68
Christine Robinson Secor ’68
*Donors to these clubs are also recognized as benefactors of
Chatham Hall on pages 40-42
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Lisa Rosenberger Moore ’59
Robin Tieken Hadley ’57
Ray Watkin Strange ’32
Polly Wheeler Guth ’44
Iris Winthrop Freeman ’53
Anonymous
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Amos
Dr. and Mrs. J. Dixon Brown
Mary W. Covey Charitable
Remainder Trust
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Davenport, Jr.
Ms. Mary Beth Hamlin Finke
Dr. Gary Fountain and
Mrs. Melissa E. Fountain
Dr. and Mrs. Dennis B. Gillings
Dr. and Mrs. Paul B. Googe
Mr. and Mrs. Channing Howe
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Mars
Mrs. Carol Monarchi
Julie and Jobe Morrison
Dr. and Mrs. Michael B. O’Brien
The Louise P. Overbey Trust
Mr. and Mrs. David H.
Robinson, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson D. Robinson
Mr. J. Kyle Spencer
Mr. and Mrs. Nevin C. Thomas
Mr. and Mrs. J. Christopher
Thompson
giving
annual fund
Lantern Society*
(Gifts of $5,000-$9,999)
Sally Brittingham Wallace ’44
Virginia Cates Bowie ’73
Olga Davidson ’70
Pauline Dent Ketchum ’70
Susan Fair Boyd ’51
Julia Foraker ’38†
Susan Fox Beischer ’59
Mary Hooker Crary ’45
Studie Johnson Young ’70
Walker Johnson Jones ’70
Sarah Knapp Sprole ’42
Cynthia Lovelace Sears ’55
Robin Mactaggart Symonette ’75
Barbara Mallory Hathaway ’39
Sarah Martin Finn ’74
Josephine McFadden ’57
Eleanor Silliman Maroney ’58
Mary Stewart Young ’57
Mr. and Mrs. J. Kermit
Birchfield, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Cambre
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry E. Clark
Mr. and Mrs. Troy K. Gibson
Mr. and Mrs. Helmut Graf
Prof. and Mrs. Matthew C. Hudson
Mrs. Virginia G. Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Knight
Drs. Jaeshik and Sunyoung Lee
Mrs. Diana H. Reese
Mrs. Randall O. Reynolds
Mr. Richard E. Shaw
Mr. Robert D. Stuart Jr.
Iris Association*
(Gifts of $1,000-$2,499)
Mr. and Mrs. Barry K. Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Burns
Mrs. Beverly Edgell
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Harrington
Mr. and Mrs. Doug A. Hendrickson
Dr. John A. Logan, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. G. Albert Lyon III
The Mars Foundation
Mr. Jongcheul Park and
Mrs. Jungsook Koo
Prof. and Mrs. Ted Rappaport
The Siragusa Foundation
Miss Carolyn D. Stone
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wood
Centennial Club*
(Gifts of $2,500-$4,999)
Anonymous
Sanders Beard Hockensmith ’74 and
Mr. Albert Kent Hockensmith
Barbara Billings Supplee ’53
Katherine Coleman Haroldson ’75
Nancy Cone Hanley ’55
Ruth Curtiss Leggat ’45
Muffy Dent Stuart ’68
Mary Dunbar ’71
Stacey Goodwin ’83
Caroline Hartwell Stewart ’44
Isabel Hooker ’43
Boyce Lineberger Ansley ’64
Jean Phelan Wagoner ’59
Elizabeth Reynolds ’82
Mary Robertson Torras ’45
Sarah Shartle Meacham ’51
Mary Applegate Fisher ’36
Kathleen Arey Carroll ’67
Carol Babcock Davenport ’47
Bradie Barr’81
Katie Belk Morris ’72
Virginia Beresford Fox ’52
Anne Blodget Holberton ’69
Laura Bradley-Pierucci ’67
Anne Bryant ’67
Cynthia Bryant Parker ’61
Eleanor Burke Farris ’86
Carolyn Carter Yawars ’66
Virginia Carter’76
Louise Clarke ’63
Alexandra Coe ’79
Janice Copley Obre ’67
Sara Cruikshank Foster ’46
Joan Cumings Francis ’50
Deborah Detchon Dodds ’61
Catherine Doeller Sage ’80
Mary Duncan Bicknell ’60
Sally Dunham Davis ’50
Jane Everhart Murray ’63
Venita Fields ’71
Margaret Gammage Nicol ’50
Jennifer Gammill McKay ’84
Sarah Dabney Gillespie’77
Mary Evelyn Guyton Miley ’75
Nancy Gwathmey Harris ’50
Lois Hart Coleman ’46
Clare Harwood Nunes ’52
Stephanie Hewitt Hedge ’89
Elsie Hilliard Hillman ’43
Jessica Hobby Catto ’54
Cannon Hodge ’00
Margaret Horner Walker ’58
Hallam Hurt ’63
Olivia Hutchins Dunn ’53
Caroline Ives Howard ’76
Julia Johnson ’69
Sarah Jones Winmill ’49
Martha Justice Martin ’55
Martha Ann Keels’75
Anna Lane ’72
Leslie Lawhorn Neely ’87
Anna Lineberger Stanley ’58
Andrea Littman Long ’96
Sara Love Downey ’53
Linda Lovelace Brownrigg ’53
Allene Lummis Russell ’42
Frances Lyndon Snyder ’45
Nancy Marshall Forcier ’45
Lucy McClellan Barrett ’53
Katherine McKay Cook ’44
Katherine McKay ’75
Ray McLean Gordon ’49
Ellen MacVeagh Rublee ’50
Anne Meigs Larkin ’40
Centes Morrill Papes ’50
Julia Morris Kashkashian ’75
Trygve Norstrand Cooley ’48
Alice Pack Melly ’52
Dorinda Pell Cruickshank ’40 †
Eleanor Pennell ’48
Paula Polk Lillard ’49
Jane Preyer ’72
Mary Norris Preyer Oglesby ’68
Priscilla Pugh Kirkpatrick ’62
Anna Rankin Lineberger ’31
Kathryn Reed Smith ’45
Catherine Roberts ’74
Lynn Rosengarten Horowitz ’67
Sally Saltonstall Willis ’58
Mary Shallenberger ’66
Joanne Shartle Anderson ’49
Irene Siragusa Phelps ’71
Elizabeth Slade Driscoll ’50
Frances Sommers Wheelock ’75
Joanna Sperry Mockler ’51
Diana Stallings Hobby ’48
Phyllis Statter Oxman ’64
Martha Stokes Price ’42
Nina Tabor Martin ’65
Janet Tremaine Stanley ’68
Farley Walton Whetzel ’40
Ann Ward Morgan ’48
Jocelyn Wilmerding Burdon ’57
Linda Witherill ’49
Sally Witt Duncan ’44
Catherine Young Lyons ’89
Lila Young White ’82
Mr. and Mrs. F. Matthews Bigbee
Mr. Theodore E. Bruning
Mrs. Barbara Collie
Mr. and Mrs. J. Christopher
Dalrymple
Mr. and Mrs. Guy De Clercq
Mr. Frederick B. Dent
Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Dunbar
Gaddie-Shamrock, LLC
Gatewood, Hughey & Company
Ms. Kate Haisch
Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Hamlin
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Henderson
Dr. and Mrs. Mark C. Hermann
Mrs. Jane Hockensmith
Mrs. Cheryl Hodge
Evelyn F. James Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Wen-Chien Lee
Mr. and Mrs. Wilton D. Looney
Meriwether-Godsey, Inc.
Mrs. Beatrice Momsen
Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. A. Nelson
Mr. and Mrs. Julius M. Ramsay
Mr. and Mrs. Rocky Reagan III
Mrs. Laura B. Revitz
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Schwartz
Mr. Richard D. Simmons
Mr. Donald H. Spence, Jr. and
Mrs. Cynthia A. Becker
Mr. Tracy E. D. Spencer
Ms. Amanda Thompson
The Hon. Carrington Thompson
Mr. William M. Walker and
Dr. Diane M. Walker
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Wallick
Mr. Richard T. Watson
Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Willis
Dr. and Mrs. Stewart R. Wright
Dr. Robert F. Yeager
Oak Circle
(Gifts of $500-$999)
Marney Ault Wasserman ’67
Jenifer Barnes Garfield ’50
Cheryl Bentley ’83
Betsy Burrows ’45
Sandra Butler Gardner ’54
Jacqueline Cannon Brown ’56
Sarah Collie ’85
Nancy Cravens Chamberlain ’50
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giving
annual fund
Ellen Day Ross ’57
Laura Dick Moses ’88
Dorothy Dudley Thorndike ’47
Susan Elder Martin ’53
Cynthia Ellis Stewart ’52†
Elizabeth Fall Goddu ’45
Alison Fennelly Siragusa ’50
Sally Ferguson ’37
Ninna Fisher Denny ’70
Alice Flint Roe ’63
Cornelia Freyer ’70
Katherine Hairston La Rosa ’72
Beverly Hammer Dickinson ’53
Debra Hardy-Cartwright ’75
Eleanor Herrick Stickney ’37
Betty Hessee ’70
Eugenie Hintzpeter Redman ’61
Janie Huntley Webster ’57
Caroline Jeanes Hollingsworth ’50
Margaret Johnson Lee ’50
Mathilde Kingsland Burnett ’42
Elizabeth Kirk Unger ’73
Laura Lee Bullitt ’45
Janet Lewis Peden ’69
Lillian McKay Teigland ’72
Michelle McKee ’06
Caitlin McManus Schouchana ’76
Margaret Meigs Blodget ’42
Ellen Moore Maye ’83
Sarah Morris ’72
Cornelia Mueller Gibson ’53
Margaret Murray Baldrige ’45
Anne Osborne Swain ’48
Louanna Owens Carlin ’55
Edith Patterson Cates ’66
Margaret Peterson Braden ’43
Elizabeth Reigeluth Parker ’64
Mary Reynolds ’84
Patricia Robinson ’70
Jennifer Sawyer Sweeting ’83
Patricia Schoen Gile ’45
Mary Lyman Scott Jackson ’75
Virginia Self Terry ’83
Suzanne Shaw Spradling ’66
Donors Invest in Chatham Hall’s Global Outlook
Donors provided generous support for Chatham Hall’s service
trip to Cape Town in which twenty-four Chatham Hall students,
faculty, staff, parents, and alumnae spent nearly two weeks in
South Africa making, serving, and cleaning up after meals,
counting birds, pulling non-native plants, cleaning beaches,
offering comfort, and making friends.
Doris Silliman Stockly ’53
Bradford Simmons Marshall ’76
Ellen Simmons Ball ’73
Caroline Spencer ’70
Kearney Steele ’64
Kimmie Stuart Sloane ’41
Sandra Sweatt Hull ’72
Maris Wistar Thompson’58
Victoria Thomson Romig ’46
Emily Todd ’75
Barbara Townsend Crawford ’48
Mary Wilson ’65
Elizabeth Woltz ’77
Joan Womble Stone ’75
Katherine Wood Palmer ’34
Dr. Stephen Barton and
Mrs. Sharon Barton
Mr. Greg M. Bennett
Mr. and Mrs. E. Conrad Bowlin
Dr. and Mrs. David C. Caldwell
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Cates, Jr.
Class of 2007
Miss Alice Cromer
Mrs. Lois Davenport
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Doherty
Mr. William G. Finke
Ms. Shelby D. French
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Gammill III
The Hon. and Mrs. Samuel M.
Hairston
Mr. Mathew Henning
Mr. Kevin Heston and
Dr. Anita Heston
Mr. Donovan L. Humphries
Mrs. Henry C. Hurt
Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Hurt, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Roger W. Jenkins
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen C. La Rosa
Miss Catherine LaDuke
Dr. William Leonard
Mrs. Shirley Pfeiffer Lovely
Dr. and Mrs. Harry R. Maxon III
Mr. and Mrs. William R. McCall
Ms. Elizabeth T. Mingledorff
Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Oliver
Mr. and Mrs. Brien B. Peterkin
Ms. Cathy Petty
Dr. and Mrs. Douglas S. Price
Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Pugh
Ms. Sue Riggs
Mr. and Mrs. Marc A. Shook
Dr. and Mrs. David H. Smith
Ms. Karen K. Stewart
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Tebeau
Troy’s Lawn Care
Mr. and Mrs. John Turnbull
Mr. and Mrs. Francis T. West, Jr.
Alumnae are listed by maiden name.
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Mr. and Mrs. D. Oliver Wright
Dr. M. Azaduz Zaman and
Ms. Nusrat Razee
Purple & Gold Society
(Gifts of $250-$499)
Catherine Adams Ashton ’95
Jane Allen ’00
Anna Ansley Davis ’90
Natalia Barrett-Rose ’93
Doris Beasley Martin ’48
Sharon Bell Kolk ’84
Marion Benson Miller ’60
Deborah Berlin ’81
Hallie Bettcher Pettegrew ’86
Dorothy Bettle Delano ’37
Mary Bilecky Drimer ’86
Clare Bolduc ’79
Eugenie Bolduc ’77
Mary Bolduc McKeown ’76
Nancy Bolduc ’72
Susan Bolduc Hunter ’71
Suzanne Branch ’65
Katharine Bulkley ’77
Evelyn Bullitt Hausslein ’56
Ashley Burkart ’92
Anita Caine Schenck ’52
Carmen Carmichael Murphy ’65
Jane Carney Scully ’61
Kathryn Carter Jacobs ’68
Theresa Cass Turko ’61
Sara Chase Byers ’59
Lydia Cobb Perkins ’38
Ann Cochran McCandless ’51
Haley Collins Poole ’90
Mary-Stuart Day ’93
Margaret Dayton Ankeny ’51
Kathan Dearman ’85
Stephanie Dozier Kirkman ’83
Joanna Edgell ’93
Claudia Emerson ’75
Susan Fisher Lavenstein ’53
Mary Fleming Bolduc ’48
Anne Foley Doucet ’49
Janet Freed Rosser ’80
Mary Freed ’86
M.E. Freeman ’70
Kappy Gheesling Lapides ’86
Josephine Gilmore Bell ’57
Kay Graham McCullough ’60
Jonye Green Briggs ’63
Nancy Hanes White ’66
Ann Hay Reeves ’57
Audrey Hillman Hilliard ’43
Sally Hillman Childs ’45
Shannon Hinderliter Hembree ’91
Emma Hodge Sarosdy ’46
giving
annual fund
Joan Houston McCulloch ’46
Florence Hunter Ault ’46
Mary Thomas Joseph Coady ’73
Cameron Keels Austin ’78
Janet Ketchum Whitehouse ’43
Annette Kirby ’80
Ann Kirkpatrick Runnette ’52
Barbara Lane ’65
Gail Lassiter Malin ’53
Katherine Lee Cole ’64
Dandridge Logan Ince ’56
Prudence Lowe Miller ’50
Joan Madry Kligerman ’87
Elizabeth Mavar Spratlin ’88
Ann Maxwell Haslam ’42
Pamela Mayer ’74
Rhonda McComas Jacob ’49
Sally McCrillis Eldredge ’45
Cynthia Murray Henriques ’50
Mary Murrill Oakes ’69
Laura Myers Casellas ’86
Laurie Nussdorfer ’68
Nancy Olmsted Kaehr ’56
Susan Overbey Funderburk ’63
Martha Patterson Martens ’57
Dana Paulson Davis ’64
Elizabeth Peters ’81
Lee Porter Page ’59
Talmadge Ragan ’69
Caroline Ramsay Merriam ’54
Sara Reese Pryor ’50
Carole Robertson Coviello ’62
Janet Scott ’81
Kem Shackelford Courtenay ’72
Virginia Shuford Yates ’57
Alden Smith Shriver ’49
Nancy Smith Kemper ’69
Martha Snowdon North ’49
Ann Staples Waldron ’57
Caroline Stewart Lacey ’67
Elisabeth Swan Weitzel ’54
Sallie Grace Tate ’81
Sally Thacher Amory ’43
Ann Thomas Lynch ’69
Belinda Thornton Ruelle ’85
Sarah Ellen Tredway Webster ’61
Judy Treppendahl Robinson ’62
Christina Turner Wick ’45
Frances Wallace Robertson ’73
Mary Walton Curley ’42
Katherine Washburne Reimelt ’70
Catherine Whitehead Huband ’91
Elizabeth Wicker Thompson ’53
Angela Winthrop Getchell ’54
Virginia Worthington Marr ’55
Lucie Wray Todd ’49
Semmes Wright Calvert ’87
Jane Yardley Amos ’59
Sarah Yardley ’66
Caroline Young Moore ’54
Miss Martha-Anne Albro
Mr. Robert S. Atkinson
Mr. J. Burchenal Ault
Mrs. Adam Bilecky
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Chapman
Mrs. Ashby Cothran
Ms. Jacquelin W. Crebbs and
Mr. Graham Evans
Mr. and Mrs. George Crowell
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Currin
Ms. Karen Dedmon
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Dwyer
Ms. Mittie Lou Edmunds
Equine Health Alliance
The Rev. and Mrs. Alexander W.
Evans
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. Fannin
Ms. Mary Ellen Finnegan
Mr. Dugald A. Fletcher
Dr. and Mrs. Paul W. Giddings
Mr. and Mrs. C. Ronald Greve
Mr. Michael Gruening and
Ms. Marie-Christine GrueningCrouzet
Mrs. Lari Hatley
Mrs. Linda Higgison†
Mr. Christopher A. Hughes
Mr. and Mrs. W. Stephen Jones
Mrs. W. Mifflin Large
Ms. Joan C. Leisure
Mr. and Mrs. Mark S. Liebendorfer
Dr. C. J. Loewenstein and
Dr. Jacqueline A. Rice
Mr. and Mrs. Bradley S. Lomax
Dr. and Mrs. James G. Lyerly
Dr. and Mrs. Norman F.
McGowin III
Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. McIver
Mr. William R. Mellen
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Merricks
Mr. and Mrs. H. Victor Millner, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas J. O’Neill
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry K. Oakes
Mr. James B. Ogzewalla and
Ms. Rebecca H. Cartmell
Mrs. Lynne G. Shelton
Mr. Jim Stuart
Mr. and Mrs. Harold E.
Thornton, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Wallace
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Weseloh
Century Club
(Gifts of $100-$249)
Camille Agricola Bowman ’71
Emily Allen Laffoon ’43
Jane Allen Street ’62
Mary Allen Cox ’61
Patricia Anderson Dolan ’43
Mari Armstrong-Hough ’99
Jennifer Austell-Wolfson ’82
Martha Bacon Stimpson ’47
Gray Baird ’58
Noel Barnes Williams ’47
Ethel Baskerville Powell ’58
Martha Battle Stathers ’60
Diana Beebe Richardson ’45
Elizabeth Beidler Tisdahl ’64
Mary Bell Timberlake ’63
Laurene Berger Owen ’51
Mary Bernard Hamilton ’26
Guthrie Birchfield Schweitzer ’93
Joan Bishop Cameron-Chistolini
’60
Marillyn Black Watson ’40
Emily Blair ’93
Martha Blankarn Halsey ’47
Carolyn Borders Danforth ’52
Mary Boy ’75
Rachel Boyd ’65
Kent Brain Rogers ’51
Sally Bramstedt Richards ’57
Eva Brown Mitchell ’88
Rebecca Brown Hutcheson ’70
Susan Bruce ’75
Jean Brundred Murray ’38
Alida Bryant ’76
Molly Buck ’58
Mary Bullard Rousseau ’36
Margaret Bullitt Pough ’58
Adrienne Burdette ’85
Anne Burling ’55
Lorraine Caffery Friedrichs ’64
Kristin Caldwell Schad ’73
Madeleine Callery Hussey ’71
Anne Campbell Clement ’43
Katie Carlson Houston ’68
Patricia Carter Hatch ’53
Joan Cass Adams ’53
Catherine Cates ’74
Kathryn Cawood ’00
Joan Chickering Volberg ’51
Jane Clark Warren ’58
Madeleine Clark Johnson ’41
Buffington Clay Miller ’64
Sara Clay Branch ’66
Laurel Cobble Fountain ’93
Nancy Comer Shuford ’64
Barbara Cone McPhail ’62
Jean Connelly Mooney ’53
Heather Cook ’91
Elizabeth Cooper Smith ’41
Helen Cordier Johns ’43
Sarah Cottet ’97
Allen Craig Mears ’58
Patsy Cravens ’54
Daphne Crocker-White ’59
Sonya Cummings Penny ’83
Judy Currie Hellmann ’87
Margaret Cushing ’59
Kimberly Daniels ’02
Caroline Darby Wehner ’68
Virginia Davidson McNaughton ’49
Molly Davis ’79
Maibeth Deas ’98
Andrea Dedmon ’00
Eleanor DeFrance Jaschen ’57
Carolyn Dickinson Tynes ’52
Martha Dickinson Griffin ’55
Danielle Dillon ’02
Virginia Downing Wiseman ’37
Lorraine Droulia Abercrombie ’81
Isabel DuCharme Child ’37
Lillian Duffee Dortch ’73
Mary Duncan Berkun ’78
Margaret Dunham Griggs ’40
Helen Dunn ’60
Mary Dykema Orazem ’69
Elizabeth Echols Walter ’60
Sally Edwards Hager ’42
Sarah Edwards Pember ’91
Shelby Elliott Roberts ’55
Susan Embree Parker ’55
Sylvia Ericson ’51
Alison Erskine Farrar ’46
Nelson Ervin Holland ’93
Elizabeth Evans Morton ’41
Nancy Evans Gruner ’47
Susan Farwell Houston ’65
Judith Fenn Duncan ’56
Melinda Fera ’85
Margaret Finney McPherson ’39
Mary Fishburne Heuchert ’59
Josephine Fisher de Give ’61
Rachel Fisher Renkert ’56
Marjorie Flory ’47
Rebecca Frackelton ’97
Holly Fry McGowan ’62
Maria Gallagher Truslow ’59
Helen Garfield-Morris ’79
Flora Garner-Platt ’86
Rosa Garrison Ronalter ’77
Jane Gates ’77
Louise Gilliam Hopkins ’50
Claudia Gonzalez de Petri ’83
Carolyn Good Morgan ’35
Pamela Gray ’62
Stuart Greene ’57
Frances Grimball Maclean ’39
Mary Griswold Horrigan ’50
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Elizabeth Hairston Steere ’73
Dana Hallenbeck Mallozzi ’68
Adnée Hamilton ’67
Robin Hanes ’73
Babs Harrison ’74
Anne Hathaway Bowes ’63
Lillian Headley Poole ’62
Marian Henley ’73
Ivey Henson Hannon ’89
June Herrick ’41
Patricia Hewes Pierson ’44
Ethel Hix Darrell ’41
Lucy Holmes Erwin ’93
Kathleen Horne Graff ’50
Sara Houstoun Lindsey ’41
Jane Howard Cheever ’68
Susan Huntington Fisher ’60
Gainor Ingersoll Miller ’47
Alice Jaques Roberts ’38
Elizabeth Jefferys Dees ’54
Jacqueline Jones Foster ’50
Sian Jones ’84
Ann Journeay Peake ’43†
Mary Kay Karzas ’71
Dina Kauders Leonard ’56
Elizabeth Kellogg Ruble ’74
Mary Kemp Callaway ’58
Betsy Kenney O’Brien ’53
Nancy Kester Neale ’52
Katharine Kidde ’48
Pauline Kingsland Dall ’37
Joan Kurtz Ferguson ’47
Elizabeth Lackey Johnston ’53
Elizabeth Lasell Whipple ’39
Eleanore Lee ’60
Jung Youn Lee ’06
Helen Lewis Smith ’41
Pamela Lewis Thornton ’75
Alice Lineberger Harney ’56
Jane Lineberger Huffard ’56
Louise Lineberger Roberts ’53
Prudence Lloyd Rosenthal ’58
Eugenia Lovett West ’40
Marion Lowry Pennell ’39
Preston Lyon McGregor ’71
Carter Mac Rae Chatfield ’46
Amanda Mackay Smith ’58
Caroline MacNichol Orser ’48
Margaret Malloy Sanders ’71
Priscilla Mapes Maresi ’59
Mary Marsh Washburne ’48
Elizabeth Marshall Games ’55
Julia Mattingly ’68
Lee McDaniel Proctor ’63
Elisabeth McGinty Laigle ’49
Carol McGown Blaine ’59
Frances Menefee Weeks ’45
Lucia Mercer ’70
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Saraellen Merritt Langmann ’51
Elisa Mitchell Olsen ’37
Jane-Kerin Moffat ’48
Isabel Moore Harvey ’48
Jean Morehead Larkin ’46†
Linda Morgan Stowe ’73
Marilyn Morss MacLeod ’45
Sylvia Morton Kingsley ’46
Mary Blair Motley Peluso ’85
Michele Motley Wilson ’86
Anne Mott Booth ’49
Tamara Mowbray-Berry ’81
Mary MrDutt ’04
Alice Murray Ward ’40
Patty Neff McCormack ’72
Judith Nelson ’66
Page Nelson Loeser ’58
Sarah Nelson ’77
Caroline Nichols ’76
Josephine Noel Dietz ’56
Mary Norman Huguley ’68
Tyler Norman Scott ’75
Jordan Nyberg ’04
Karen Olson O’Brien ’72
Patricia Osborne Smith ’46
Eleanor Owens Earle ’46
Emily Page Murray ’91
Patricia Parshall Berger ’56
Elizabeth Parsons Harper ’67
Margaret Payne Lannamann ’65
Anne Perkins Cabot ’47
Sarah Perkins Smither ’60
Elizabeth Pierpoint Kerrison ’79
Edith Porter Hickox ’38
Mary Porter ’42
Tamara Pottker ’83
Melissa Poynter Whitton ’86
Priscilla Pruden Garretson ’46
Mary Pugh Manning ’74
Virginia Pugh de Hernandez ’73
Kerrington Ramsey Molhoek ’93
Margaret Reeder Crosbie ’60
Jean Reynolds ’85
Lisa Richmond ’84
Ann Robinson Weiss ’64
Anna Robinson ’93
Elizabeth Robinson Willmott ’77
Laura Robinson ’97
Lee Robinson ’73
Rebecca Robinson Preston ’61
Alice Rodgers Alsterberg ’78
Hope Rogers Metcalf ’38
Laura Anne Roquemore ’05
Jane Ruffin Ayerst ’50
Josephine Ruffin Adamson ’52
Tarleton Russell ’71
Christina Sawtelle Teale ’51
Jane Schaff Odell ’48
Florence Schroeder Ervin ’58
Emma Scott Christopher ’56
Justine Shuford Moroz ’89
Thayer Sibley ’55
Harriet Simons Williams ’48
Mary Sloan Shoemaker ’49
Gertrude Smith Notman ’45
Lizette Smith ’71
Maura Smith McGinn ’67
Teresita Sparre Currie ’39
Mary Speer Marr ’39
Diana Stafford Cheseldine ’53
Caroline Staub Callery ’49
Margot Steenland Cater ’60
Helen Stephenson Magee ’38
Martha Stevens Brown ’73
Jean Stewart Clutsam ’38
Elizabeth Stout Foehl ’67
Lee Stuart Cochran ’42
Emelie Sullivan Born ’52
Ann Taylor ’54
Carroll Taylor Clark ’58
Jennifer Taylor Carsten ’85
Margaret Taylor ’79
Michelle Thomas ’02
Virginia Thornton Craley ’57
Ann Thoron Hale ’46
Mary Tiedeman Hoagland ’42
Martha Tinkham Price ’44
Cathy Towers Hardage ’69
Jill Tucker Read ’70
Judith Turben Walrath ’54
C. Jane Van Landingham ’62
Catherine Van Rensselaer Townsend
’49
Mary Bailey Vance Suitt ’69
Pamela Wade Latta ’65
Martha Wadsworth ’49
Jane Webb Crawford ’63
Frederica Wellington Valois ’49
Nancy Wertz Sandercox ’56
Suzanne West ’97
Florence Wiggin Hamilton ’35
Garnett Wilbourn Hutton ’88
Alice Williams Vining ’57
Nell Willis Twining ’70
Virginia Willson Welch ’63
Catherine Wilson Smith ’61
Jane Wilson ’77
Serita Winthrop ’61
Sallie Wise Chaballier ’72
Augusta Wolcott Howes ’43
“The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere”
(1931) by Grant Wood
“Freedom of Speech”
(1943)
by Norman Rockwell
Chatham Hall was just selected to receive a pilot We the People
Picturing America grant from the National Endowment for the
Humanities (NEH) thanks to a proposal written by English Teacher
Dr. Mary Edmonds. In collaboration with the American Library
Association, this NEH program introduces young people to some of
America's art treasures and is designed to promote the teaching,
study, and understanding of American history and culture in K-12
schools. In November, Chatham Hall will receive a set of 20 largescale reproductions, which will be incorporated into the 2007-2008
teaching curriculum of classes across disciplines (literature, art,
photography, history).
giving
annual fund
Sue Wolf Moore ’56
Suzanne Wrench Gillespie ’81
Alison Wright Cameron ’52
Susan Wright ’83
Joan Wyeth Griggs ’39
Sue Yates Hiller ’83
Sherley Young ’57
Charlotte Zachry Ervin ’45
Paula Zaug Kline ’48
Barbara Zimmermann Johnson ’44
Helene Zimmermann Hill ’46
Mr. and Mrs. David R. Abbott
Mr. Peter D. Adams
Mr. and Mrs. Carl L. Anderson
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Ardito
Mr. and Mrs. David W. Barrow
Mrs. Betty Jo Beard
Mrs. Maxine Bearden
Dr. and Mrs. Gerald D. Bell
Mrs. Barbara J. Bennett
Mr. and Mrs. David R. Bennett
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Bentley, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. William Black
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Blair
Mrs. Jean Braun
Mr. and Mrs. James Bulkley
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Bunn III
Mr. and Mrs. Howard H. Burkart
Mrs. Barbara P. Bush
Mrs. Joan Carter
Mrs. Dorothy P. Cary
Mr. and Mrs. U. Roger Casey
Mr. John C. Chester
Ms. Marcie Cobble
Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Conrad
Mr. and Mrs. David F. Cook
Mr. and Mrs. G. Rodney Cook
Mrs. John N. Critchlow, Jr.
Mrs. Lavona Currie
Mr. Charles W. Dedmon
Mr. and Mrs. L. Mark dePaulo, Jr.
Diamond Paper Company, Inc.
Mr. Richard Dixon
Mr. and Mrs. William F. Donovan
Dr. Mary K. Edmonds
Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey L. Edwards III
Mrs. Florence Ervin
Mr. and Mrs. Fred E. Farmer, Jr.
Mr. Francis C. Farwell II
Miss Caroline M. Finke
Mrs. Bruce C. Fisher
Mrs. Virginia Flagg
Mrs. Nan Freed
Reverend and Mrs. Robert E. Fulop
Dr. and Mrs. Timothy E. Fulop
Mr. and Mrs. Adelbert Garner
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gibson
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Googe
Mr. and Mrs. Dean C. Goss
Mr. and Mrs. James M. M. Granger
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Grew
Mr. Richard Gunn
Mr. and Mrs. John Hagins, Jr.
Mrs. Margaret Handsley
Mrs. Betsy Hardy
Mrs. Elizabeth Harris
Mr. Magnus Harris and
Mrs. Victoria Doe
Dr. and Mrs. James W. Harrison
Ms. Margaret S. Hart
Mr. and Mrs. Andy Haymes
Ms. Nellie R. Jenkins
Mrs. Mary B. Johnson
Mr. Kyle Kahuda
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Karsman
Mr. Warren F. Kelleher
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Kenworthy
Mrs. Mary B. Kenworthy
Mr. and Mrs. Caswell P. Lane
Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Lane, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Lannom
Mr. and Mrs. Rob Lansing
Dr. and Mrs. James L. Lapis
Gift benefits through the Pension Protection Act of 2006
If you own a traditional or Roth IRA and are 70 1/2 years of age or older, you are now able to contribute a gift
directly from your IRA to Chatham Hall during the year of 2007. The law provides for gifts up to $100,000.
IRA gifts offer a number of advantages. You will avoid paying income tax on funds withdrawn from your IRA. Your
gift will count towards your minimum distribution requirement. If you have a small IRA that is more a bother than
an asset, if you are a non-itemizer, or if you expect to reach the maximum charitable tax deduction in 2007, a gift
from this source might make sense. An IRA gift also might be attractive if you live in a state such as Indiana,
Massachusetts, or Ohio that does not allow itemized deductions for state income tax purposes.
Mrs. Starlet L. Lemon
Mr. Sidney Lovett
Mrs. Margaret C. Lynch
Dr. and Mrs. Hugh B. Lynn
Mr. Stephen J. McCusker
Mr. Morey W. McDaniel
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony G. McKee
Mr. and Mrs. Cobb Milner
Mrs. June Minter
Mrs. Suzanne K. Morris
Ms. Pattie R. Motley
Mr. and Mrs. Archie R. Murphy, Jr.
Cmdr. and Mrs. Roger E. Nelson
Mr. and Mrs. Dean G. Norman, Sr.
Mr. Ralph S. O’Connor
Mrs. Sherry Payne
Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson E. Peters
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Prouty
Mrs. Phyllis S. Pruden
Mr. and Mrs. Carlton L. Ramsey
The Rt. Rev. David Reed, D.D.
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas P. R. Rivers
Mrs. Judith W. Saunders
Mrs. Wanda Scearce
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Schilling
Mrs. Rita Sharp
Mrs. Helen Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Sommerkamp
Dr. H. L. Taylor
Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Thomas
Dr.† and Mrs. G. V. Thompson, Jr.
Miss Sara Thompson
Mr. and Mrs. John O. H. Toledano
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Turpin
Mrs. Marjorie P. Turpin
Mr. Kenneth C. Tyburski
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Van Voorhis
Mrs. George F. Vietor
Virginia Interscholastic Athletic
Administration Association
Mrs. Tammy Waters
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin D. Wilcox
Mr. Mark Wilhoit
The Rev. and Mrs. Jim Winborn
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wood
Mr. and Mrs. William W.
Wotherspoon
Dr. James H. Wright
Dr. H. V. Yeager
Dr. Stephen Yokeley
For further information about IRA gifts or information about other tax-wise gifts, contact Melissa Evans Fountain,
director of the office of advancement, 434.432.5549 or [email protected]
We would be happy to assist you and your advisor in planning a method of contributing to Chatham Hall that best fits your financial situation.
Chatham Hall may not legally provide personal financial advice.
Alumnae are listed by maiden
name.
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The following lists include donors to all funds at Chatham Hall.
Alumnae are listed by class year and alphabetically by maiden name.
Participation All Funds 43%
Participation Annual Fund 37%
Class of 1937
Class of 1940
Class of 1943
Class of 1945
Participation All Funds 50%
Participation Annual Fund 50%
Participation All Funds 47%
Participation Annual Fund 47%
Participation All Funds 50%
Participation Annual Fund 50%
Honorary Alumnae
Dorothy Bettle Delano
Isabel DuCharme Child
Virginia Downing Wiseman
Mary Dykema McGuire
Sally Ferguson
Eleanor Herrick Stickney
Katharine Hobson Sturtevant
Pauline Kingsland Dall
Elisa Mitchell Olsen
Marillyn Black Watson
Paige Cartmell Alford
Margaret Dunham Griggs
Eugenia Lovett West
Anne Meigs Larkin
Alice Murray Ward
Dorinda Pell Cruickshank†
Farley Walton Whetzel
Emily Allen Laffoon†
Patricia Anderson Dolan
Edith Bettle Gardner
Anne Campbell Clement
Helen Cordier Johns
Pauline Harrison Finn
Elsie Hilliard Hillman
Audrey Hillman Hilliard
Isabel Hooker
Ann Journeay Peake†
Janet Ketchum Whitehouse
Mary McGuire Gilliam
Margaret Peterson Braden
Mary Sheldon Burns
Sally Thacher Amory
Joan Williams Graham
Augusta Wolcott Howes
Participation All Funds 72%
Participation Annual Fund 72%
Class Agent:
Mary Hooker Crary
Participation All Funds 71%
Participation Annual Fund 71%
Donna Burch
Faye Motley
Alice Overbey
Betty Thornton
Lockett Van Voorhis
Class of 1926
Class of 1941
Participation All Funds 100%
Class of 1938
Participation Annual Fund 100% Participation All Funds 53%
Mary Bernard Hamilton
Participation Annual Fund 53%
Participation All Funds 71%
Participation Annual Fund 71%
Jean Brundred Murray
Lydia Cobb Perkins
Class of 1927
Participation All Funds 100%
Marjorie Fletcher Balboni
Participation Annual Fund 100% Julia Foraker†
Rosalie Allen Grasser
Alice Jaques Roberts
Helen Owsley Heard
Edith Porter Hickox
Class of 1931
Participation All Funds 100%
Hope Rogers Metcalf
Participation Annual Fund 100% Helen Stephenson Magee
Mary Hammer Heron
Jean Stewart Clutsam
Anna Rankin Lineberger
Class of 1939
Class of 1932
Participation All Funds 67%
Participation Annual Fund 67%
Mary Holley Doremus
Ray Watkin Strange
Class of 1934
Participation All Funds 29%
Participation Annual Fund 29%
Lisa Kneeland Faithorn
Katherine Wood Palmer
Class of 1935
Participation All Funds 50%
Participation Annual Fund 50%
Carolyn Good Morgan
Florence Wiggin Hamilton
Class of 1936
Participation All Funds 29%
Participation Annual Fund 29%
Mary Applegate Fisher
Mary Bullard Rousseau
Elmina Tilden Edmonston
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Participation All Funds 67%
Participation Annual Fund 67%
Barbara Briggs Trimble
Helen Daniel Rodman
Margaret Finney McPherson
Frances Grimball Maclean
Elizabeth Lasell Whipple
Marion Lowry Pennell
Barbara Mallory Hathaway
Anne Rose Hilliard
Effie Siegling Bowers
Teresita Sparre Currie
Mary Speer Marr
Elizabeth Wiedersheim Carter
Marcia Williams Bradley
Joan Wyeth Griggs
Joan Brewer
Madeleine Clark Johnson
Elizabeth Cooper Smith
Elizabeth Evans Morton
Edith Gwathmey Grassi
Dorothy Hardin Dillon
June Herrick
Ethel Hix Darrell
Sara Houstoun Lindsey
Tina Jewett Hartshorne
Helen Lewis Smith
Penelope Perkins Wilson
Sarah Robbins Bradshaw
Harriett Sayre Noyes
Kimmie Stuart Sloane
Class of 1942
Participation All Funds 52%
Participation Annual Fund 52%
Sally Edwards Hager
Lucy Charles Jones Bendall
Mathilde Kingsland Burnett
Sarah Knapp Sprole
Martha Lowell Densmore
Allene Lummis Russell
Ann Maxwell Haslam
Margaret Meigs Blodget
Polly Porter
Edith Snowden Dewey†
Martha Stokes Price
Lee Stuart Cochran
Mary Tiedeman Hoagland
Mary Walton Curley
Class of 1944
Participation All Funds 50%
Participation Annual Fund 50%
Class Agent:
Caroline Hartwell Stewart
Elizabeth Barton Ross
Sally Brittingham Wallace
Elaine Cruikshank Luckey
Lea Cumings Parson
Barbara Eisner Gerry
Caroline Hartwell Stewart
Patricia Hewes Pierson
Margery Hobson Thomas
Katherine McKay Cook
Susan McKnew Caskin
Joan Stanley French
Martha Tinkham Price
Polly Wheeler Guth
Sally Witt Duncan
Barbara Zimmermann Johnson
Diana Beebe Richardson
Betsy Burrows
Ruth Curtiss Leggat
Elizabeth Fall Goddu
Sally Hillman Childs
Mary Hooker Crary
Marion Jones Troussoff
Anne Lee Reath
Laura Lee Bullitt
Katherine Lloyd Mead
Frances Lyndon Snyder
Nancy Marshall Forcier
Mary McChesney Ten Eyck
Sally McCrillis Eldredge
Frances Menefee Weeks
Marilyn Morss MacLeod
Margaret Murray Baldrige
Eleanor Ogg Cooper
Kathryn Reed Smith
Mary Robertson Torras
Jean Ruffin Lilly
Patricia Schoen Gile
Gertrude Smith Notman
Charlotte Streeter Goodhue
Christina Turner Wick
Charlotte Zachry Ervin
giving
alumnae
Class of 1946
Class of 1948
Class of 1949
Class of 1950
Class of 1952
Participation All Funds 61%
Participation Annual Fund 61%
Participation All Funds 59%
Participation Annual Fund 59%
Class Agent:
Harriet Simons Williams
Participation All Funds 64%
Participation Annual Fund 64%
Class Agent:
Alden Smith Shriver
Participation All Funds 61%
Participation Annual Fund 61%
Participation All Funds 35%
Participation Annual Fund 35%
Class Agent:
Clare Harwood Nunes
Doris Beasley Martin
Mary Fleming Bolduc
Mary Fox Church
Anne Gulliver Frey
Gurdon Howells Metz
Margaret Ker Gotz
Katharine Kidde
Lillian Lineberger McKay
Caroline MacNichol Orser
Mary Marsh Washburne
Jane-Kerin Moffat
Isabel Moore Harvey
Trygve Norstrand Cooley
Anne Osborne Swain
Eleanor Pennell
Margaret Ryburn Topping
Jane Schaff Odell
Harriet Simons Williams
Diana Stallings Hobby
Margaret Studdiford Stein
Harriet Taylor
Barbara Townsend Crawford
Ann Ward Morgan
Paula Zaug Kline
Mary Bovard Sensenbrenner
Jean Clark Eysenbach
Virginia Davidson
McNaughton
Anne Foley Doucet
Sarah Jones Winmill
Rhonda McComas Jacob
Elisabeth McGinty Laigle
Ray McLean Gordon
Terrell Moreland Griggs
Anne Mott Booth
Edith Nalle Schafer
Paula Polk Lillard
Joanne Shartle Anderson
Sally Shoemaker Robinson
Mary Sloan Shoemaker
Alden Smith Shriver
Martha Snowdon North
Caroline Staub Callery
Ann Trowbridge Richter
Catherine Van Rensselaer
Townsend
Martha Wadsworth
Frederica Wellington Valois
Eda Williams Martin
Linda Witherill
Lucie Wray Todd
Sara Cruikshank Foster
Helen Dempwolf Goodhue
Joan Dodge Rueckert
Alison Erskine Farrar
Lois Hart Coleman
Emma Hodge Sarosdy
Joan Houston McCulloch
Florence Hunter Ault
Mary Lee Muromcew
Carter Mac Rae Chatfield
Joan Miller Tait
Ann Mitchell Throop
Jean Morehead Larkin†
Sylvia Morton Kingsley
Nancy Ober Bowman
Magalen Ohrstrom Bryant
Patricia Osborne Smith
Eleanor Owens Earle
Priscilla Pruden Garretson
Victoria Thomson Romig
Ann Thoron Hale
Helene Zimmermann Hill
Class of 1947
Participation All Funds 54%
Participation Annual Fund 54%
Carol Babcock Davenport
Martha Bacon Stimpson
Noel Barnes Williams
Martha Blankarn Halsey
Dorothy Dudley Thorndike
Nancy Evans Gruner
Marjorie Flory
Cecily Hogg Morrow
Gainor Ingersoll Miller
Joan Kurtz Ferguson
Anne Perkins Cabot
Cordelia Ruffin Richards
Mary Schmidt
Annette Shelden Dykema
Eleanore Walton Bequaert
Jenifer Barnes Garfield
Sally Boyd Polk
Ellen Childs Lovejoy
Nancy Cravens Chamberlain
Joan Cumings Francis
Harriett Dayton
Sally Dunham Davis
Elizabeth Evans
Karin Fagerburg Jackson
Alison Fennelly Siragusa
Margaret Gammage Nicol
Louise Gilliam Hopkins
Mary Griswold Horrigan
Nancy Gwathmey Harris
Kathleen Herty Brown
Kathleen Horne Graff
Caroline Jeanes Hollingsworth
Margaret Johnson Lee
Jacqueline Jones Foster
Prudence Lowe Miller
Ellen MacVeagh Rublee
Centes Morrill Papes
Cynthia Murray Henriques
Sara Reese Pryor
Jane Ruffin Ayerst
Elizabeth Slade Driscoll
Theresa Williams Webb
Class of 1951
Participation All Funds 41%
Participation Annual Fund 41%
Class Agent:
Povy LaFarge Bigbee
Laurene Berger Owen
Kent Brain Rogers
Joan Chickering Volberg
Ann Cochran McCandless
Margaret Dayton Ankeny
Sylvia Ericson
Susan Fair Boyd
Povy LaFarge Bigbee
Saraellen Merritt Langmann
Christina Sawtelle Teale
Sarah Shartle Meacham
Mary Shoup Gardner
Joanna Sperry Mockler
Mary-Stuart Waterbury Alvord
Virginia Beresford Fox
Carolyn Borders Danforth
Anita Caine Schenck
Carolyn Dickinson Tynes
Cynthia Ellis Stewart†
Clare Harwood Nunes
Nancy Kester Neale
Ann Kirkpatrick Runnette
Alice Pack Melly
Josephine Ruffin Adamson
Emelie Sullivan Born
Mary Webster Kampf
Alison Wright Cameron
Class of 1953
Participation All Funds 74%
Participation Annual Fund 71%
Class Agent:
Barbara Billings Supplee
Cecily Allen Mermann
Margot Bell Woodwell
Barbara Billings Supplee
Anne Bourne Rose
Patricia Carter Hatch
Winston Case Wright
Joan Cass Adams
Jean Connelly Mooney
Lee Edwards Anderson
Susan Elder Martin
Susan Fisher Lavenstein
Mary Glenn McCulloch
Beverly Hammer Dickinson
Olivia Hutchins Dunn
Betsy Kenney O’Brien
Elizabeth Lackey Johnston
Gail Lassiter Malin
Louise Lineberger Roberts
Sara Love Downey
Linda Lovelace Brownrigg
Lucy McClellan Barrett
Sue Moschler Baradell
Cornelia Mueller Gibson
Judith Ruffin Anderson
Lois Shelton Wilson
Doris Silliman Stockly
Mary Catherine Sours Plaster
Diana Stafford Cheseldine
Elizabeth Wicker Thompson
Iris Winthrop Freeman
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Class of 1954
Class of 1956
Class of 1958
Class of 1960
Class of 1963
Participation All Funds 38%
Participation Annual Fund 38%
Class Agents:
Ann Taylor
Judith Turben Walrath
Participation All Funds 56%
Participation Annual Fund 53%
Class Agent:
Jacqueline Cannon Brown
Participation All Funds 54%
Participation Annual Fund 54%
Class Agent:
Margaret Horner Walker
Participation All Funds 29%
Participation Annual Fund 29%
Participation All Funds 51%
Participation Annual Fund 51%
Class Agent:
Susan Overbey Funderburk
Doris Balkcom Keen
Elizabeth Blagden Strawbridge
Nan Bryant Grayston
Evelyn Bullitt Hausslein
Jacqueline Cannon Brown
Carol Culver Bitting
Judith Fenn Duncan
Rachel Fisher Renkert
Dina Kauders Leonard
Alice Lineberger Harney
Jane Lineberger Huffard
Joday Litton Blevins
Dandridge Logan Ince
Josephine Noel Dietz
Nancy Olmsted Kaehr
Lynn Painter Dillard
Patricia Parshall Berger
Marcia Pyle Welch
Emma Scott Christopher
Nancy Wertz Sandercox
Sue Wolf Moore
Gray Baird
Ethel Baskerville Powell
Molly Buck
Margaret Bullitt Pough
Jane Clark Warren
Allen Craig Mears
Margaret Horner Walker
Mary Kemp Callaway
Anna Lineberger Stanley
Prudence Lloyd Rosenthal
Amanda Mackay Smith
Leila McConnell Daw
Page Nelson Loeser
Rebecca Roberts
Sally Saltonstall Willis
Florence Schroeder Ervin
Eleanor Silliman Maroney
Carroll Taylor Clark
Maris Wistar Thompson
Burleigh Vette Blust
Mary Blair Simmons
Sandra Butler Gardner
Patsy Cravens
Jessica Hobby Catto
Elizabeth Jefferys Dees
Judy McMurray Achre
Elizabeth Peters Turner
Caroline Ramsay Merriam
Janet Sawtelle Houghton
Elisabeth Swan Weitzel
Ann Taylor
Judith Turben Walrath
Donna Vroman Kreidler
Angela Winthrop Getchell
Ann Woolfolk Austin
Caroline Young Moore
Class of 1955
Participation All Funds 39%
Participation Annual Fund 39%
Elizabeth Blanton McHargue
Anne Burling
Alexandra Comstock Dane
Nancy Cone Hanley
Joan Coulter Pittman
Katherine Cravens
Martha Dickinson Griffin
Shelby Elliott Roberts
Susan Embree Parker
Natalie Farrar Theriot
Martha Justice Martin
Cynthia Lovelace Sears
Elizabeth Marshall Games
Louanna Owens Carlin
Thayer Sibley
Virginia Worthington Marr
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Class of 1959
Class of 1957
Participation All Funds 59%
Participation Annual Fund 59%
Class Agent:
Patricia R. Frederick
Sally Bramstedt Richards
Ellen Day Ross
Eleanor DeFrance Jaschen
Patricia R. Frederick
Josephine Gilmore Bell
Stuart Greene
Ann Hay Reeves
Janie Huntley Webster
Josephine McFadden
Isabel Merrill Lyndon
Katherine Norcross Wheeler
Martha Patterson Martens
Anne Rodgers Feldman
Virginia Shuford Yates
Ann Staples Waldron
Mary Stewart Young
Virginia Thornton Craley
Robin Tieken Hadley
Alice Williams Vining
Jocelyn Wilmerding Burdon
Sherley Young
Participation All Funds 46%
Participation Annual Fund 46%
Mary Amos
Sara Chase Byers
Daphne Crocker-White
Margaret Cushing
Mary Fishburne Heuchert
Marian Foster Clifford
Susan Fox Beischer
Maria Gallagher Truslow
Priscilla Mapes Maresi
Margaret McElroy
Carol McGown Blaine
Jean Phelan Wagoner
Lee Porter Page
Lisa Rosenberger Moore
Brenda Taylor Babcock
Jane Yardley Amos
Martha Battle Stathers
Marion Benson Miller
Joan Bishop CameronChistolini
Mary Duncan Bicknell
Helen Dunn
Elizabeth Echols Walter
Kay Graham McCullough
Susan Huntington Fisher
Eleanore Lee
Sarah Perkins Smither
Sharon Rafferty Patterson
Margaret Reeder Crosbie
Audrey Sawtelle Delafield
Helen Shoemaker Haggart
Margot Steenland Cater
Class of 1961
Participation All Funds 31%
Participation Annual Fund 31%
Mary Allen Cox
Sarah Belden Ravndal
Cynthia Bryant Parker
Jane Carney Scully
Theresa Cass Turko
Nancy Clark Tune
Deborah Detchon Dodds
Josephine Fisher de Give
Eugenie Hintzpeter Redman
Rebecca Robinson Preston
Sarah Ellen Tredway Webster
Catherine Wilson Smith
Serita Winthrop
Class of 1962
Participation All Funds 37%
Participation Annual Fund 37%
Class Agent:
Priscilla Pugh Kirkpatrick
Jane Allen Street
Gaye Barker Godell
Barbara Cone McPhail
Jo Evans Tisdale
Holly Fry McGowan
Shirley Grange
Pamela Gray
Lillian Headley Poole
Priscilla Pugh Kirkpatrick
Carole Robertson Coviello
Diana Simrell Savory
Judy Treppendahl Robinson
C. Jane Van Landingham
Nuna Washburn Cass
Jean Armfield Sherrill
Mary Bell Timberlake
Louise Clarke
Anne Clement Haddad
Jane Everhart Murray
Alice Flint Roe
Jonye Green Briggs
Marilyn Greene Rork
Helen Gregory Wise
Anne Hathaway Bowes
Dana Hubbard Roscoe
Hallam Hurt
Kirby Kittredge Johnstone
Ada Long
Gwynne Macrae Pfeifer
Lee McDaniel Proctor
Mary Michael
Susan Overbey Funderburk
Jane Webb Crawford
Virginia Willson Welch
Class of 1964
Participation All Funds 33%
Participation Annual Fund 33%
Elizabeth Beidler Tisdahl
Lorraine Caffery Friedrichs
Buffington Clay Miller
Nancy Comer Shuford
Ann Hoxton Taylor
Laura Law
Katherine Lee Cole
Boyce Lineberger Ansley
Dana Paulson Davis
Elizabeth Reigeluth Parker
Ann Robinson Weiss
Phyllis Statter Oxman
Kearney Steele
Mahala Tillinghast Beams
Audrey Warner Speer
giving
alumnae
Class of 1965
Class of 1967
Class of 1969
Class of 1971
Class of 1973
Participation All Funds 30%
Participation Annual Fund 30%
Participation All Funds 37%
Participation Annual Fund 37%
Class Agent:
Deborah Kauders Spangler
Participation All Funds 30%
Participation Annual Fund 30%
Class Agent:
Talmadge Ragan
Participation All Funds 42%
Participation Annual Fund 42%
Participation All Funds 26%
Participation Annual Fund 26%
Kathleen Arey Carroll
Marney Ault Wasserman
Jessica Bell Nicholson
Laura Bradley-Pierucci
Anne Bryant
Janice Copley Obre
Adnée Hamilton
Deborah Kauders Spangler
Elizabeth Parsons Harper
Margaret Perkins Sise
Lynn Rosengarten Horowitz
Elizabeth Scott Hayes
Maura Smith McGinn
Caroline Stewart Lacey
Elizabeth Stout Foehl
Priscilla Wade Belsinger
Anne Blodget Holberton
Mary Dykema Orazem
Pamela Howe Small
Paget Humphreys
Julia Johnson
Janet Lewis Peden
Mary Murrill Oakes
Robin Peake Stuart
Talmadge Ragan
Nancy Smith Kemper
Ann Thomas Lynch
Cathy Towers Hardage
Mary Bailey Vance Suitt
Sally Verner German-Rucker
Mary White English
Camille Agricola Bowman
Susan Bolduc Hunter
Madeleine Callery Hussey
Elizabeth Cary Pierson
Mary Dunbar
Venita Fields
Irene Grant
Mary Kay Karzas
Preston Lyon McGregor
Margaret Malloy Sanders
Kathleen Pittman
Tarleton Russell
Irene Siragusa Phelps
Lizette Smith
Sarah Yancey Stipanowich
Kristin Caldwell Schad
Virginia Cates Bowie
Farnell Cowan Holton
Lillian Duffee Dortch
Jane Garnett
Elizabeth Hairston Steere
Robin Hanes
Marian Henley
Kaia Holcomb Mates
Meredith Johnson Landry
Mary Thomas Joseph Coady
Elizabeth Kirk Unger
Linda Morgan Stowe
Virginia Pugh de Hernandez
Kathleen Ray Creekmuir
Lee Robinson
Ellen Simmons Ball
Martha Stevens Brown
Frances Wallace Robertson
Sarah Benson Mumford
Nena Bowman Adams
Rachel Boyd
Suzanne Branch
Laura Bullitt Despard
Carmen Carmichael Murphy
Mary Fry Edmunds Haywood
Susan Farwell Houston
Barbara Lane
Hope Metcalf Johnston
Margaret Payne Lannamann
Mary Potter Vero
Penelope Stout Strakhov
Nina Tabor Martin
Emily Tilghman Goodwin
Pamela Wade Latta
Mary B. Wilson
Class of 1970
Class of 1966
Participation All Funds 29%
Participation Annual Fund 29%
Class Agent:
Edie Patterson Cates
Karen Burns Blakey
Carolyn Carter Yawars
Sara Clay Branch
Muffin Dalton Grant
Florence Farwell Smyth
Constance Flint West
Katherine Hallowell Noyes
Nancy Hanes White
Margie Hastings Quinlan
Judith Nelson
Edith Patterson Cates
Mary Shallenberger
Suzanne Shaw Spradling
Jane Upson Hubbard
Amelia Walker Ward
Sarah Yardley
Class of 1968
Participation All Funds 37%
Participation Annual Fund 37%
Class Agent:
Terry Overbey Stafford
Anna Best Lee
Virginia Brewer
Katie Carlson Houston
Kathryn Carter Jacobs
Annie Clarke Ager
Caroline Darby Wehner
Muffy Dent Stuart
Dana Hallenbeck Mallozzi
Jane Howard Cheever
Mollie Hunt Holmes
Julia Mattingly
Mary Norman Huguley
Laurie Nussdorfer
Terry Overbey Stafford
Mary Norris Preyer Oglesby
Katharine Reynolds Chandler
Christine Robinson Secor
Janet Tremaine Stanley
Rebecca Young Royston
Participation All Funds 42%
Participation Annual Fund 32%
Rebecca Brown Hutcheson
Charlotte Caldwell
Olga Davidson
Pauline Dent Ketchum
Ninna Fisher Denny
M.E. Freeman
Cornelia Freyer
Lynette Gaido Bertolatus
Lee Gates Crosby
Caroline Hairston English
Betty Hessee
Sara Johnson
Studie Johnson Young
Walker Johnson Jones
Sally Lesh Quereau
Lucia Mercer
Helen Mirkil
Patricia Robinson
Karrick Scott Collins
Caroline Spencer
Olivia Sprunt Dowell
Jill Tucker Read
Katherine Washburne Reimelt
Nell Willis Twining
Class of 1972
Participation All Funds 36%
Participation Annual Fund 36%
Class Agents:
Laura Brown Cronin
Katie Belk Morris
Mary Baldrige
Katie Belk Morris
Nancy Bolduc
Laura Brown Cronin
Lydee Conway Hummel
Katherine Hairston La Rosa
Bruce Jacobs
Kate Johnson Nielsen
Nina Johnson Botsford
Anna Lane
Lillian McKay Teigland
Sarah Morris
Patty Neff McCormack
Karen Olson O’Brien
Katherine Pieters DeNes
Jane Preyer
Kem Shackelford Courtenay
Diana Simonds
Sandra Sweatt Hull
Susan Towers Dennard
Elizabeth Watson Brodsky
Sallie Wise Chaballier
Class of 1974
Participation All Funds 22%
Participation Annual Fund 22%
Julian Anderson
Sanders Beard Hockensmith
Catherine Cates
Babs Harrison
Elizabeth Kellogg Ruble
Sarah Martin Finn
Pamela Mayer
Mary Pugh Manning
Catherine Roberts
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Class of 1975
Class of 1977
Class of 1980
Class of 1983
Class of 1986
Participation All Funds 54%
Participation Annual Fund 54%
Class Agent:
Mary Evelyn Guyton Miley
Participation All Funds 33%
Participation Annual Fund 33%
Class Agent:
Katharine Bulkley
Participation All Funds 33%
Participation Annual Fund 33%
Participation All Funds 38%
Participation Annual Fund 38%
Class Agent:
Stacey Goodwin
Participation All Funds 28%
Participation Annual Fund 28%
Class Agent:
Mary Freed
Mary Boy
Susan Bruce
Kathleen Cates
Katherine Coleman Haroldson
Claudia Emerson
Kathryn Granger Haines
Mary Evelyn Guyton Miley
Heidi Hand Evans
Debra Hardy-Cartwright
Ellen Holcomb
Martha Ann Keels
Pamela Lewis Thornton
Robin Mactaggart Symonette
Katherine McKay
Julia Morris Kashkashian
Tyler Norman Scott
Elizabeth Peacock Moss
Maria-Matilde Pieters-Gray
Mary Lyman Scott Jackson
Frances Sommers Wheelock
Emily Todd
Joan Womble Stone
Eugenie Bolduc
Katharine Bulkley
Pace Cooke Emmons
Tamara Finch Jones
Fay Freed Morlock
Rosa Garrison Ronalter
Jane Gates
Sarah Dabney Gillespie
Elizabeth Suddarth Penland
Patricia Kellogg Maddock
Robin Musser Agnew
Sarah Nelson
Jillanne Newman-McInnis
Elizabeth Robinson Willmott
Jane Wilson
Elizabeth Woltz
Cheryl Bentley
Sonya Cummings Penny
Stephanie Dozier Kirkman
Caroline Dunstan Smeltz
Claudia Gonzalez de Petri
Stacey Goodwin
M. Dee Guillory
Ellen Moore Maye
Elizabeth Mullen
Tamara Pottker
Jennifer Sawyer Sweeting
Karin Schutjer
Virginia Self Terry
Susan Wright
Sue Yates Hiller
Hallie Bettcher Pettegrew
Mary Bilecky Drimer
Eleanor Burke Farris
Judith Duncan
Mary Freed
Flora Garner-Platt
Kappy Gheesling Lapides
Barry Kudner O’Brien
Michele Motley Wilson
Laura Myers Casellas
Melissa Poynter Whitton
Class of 1976
Participation All Funds 28%
Participation Annual Fund 28%
Class Agents:
Alida Bryant
Caroline Nichols
Mary Bolduc McKeown
Alida Bryant
Virginia Carter
Susan Chandler
Mary Garner Robinson
Jean Ruth Glover
Caroline Ives Howard
Celia Lippitt Snow
Janey McCoy
Caitlin McManus Schouchana
Caroline Nichols
Bradford Simmons Marshall
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Class of 1978
Participation All Funds 23%
Participation Annual Fund 23%
Class Agent:
Beth Duncan Berkun
Letitia Berlin
Beth Duncan Berkun
Susannah Evans Zazzara
Lisa Glover
Cameron Keels Austin
Linda Mars
Susan Metcalf
Nancy Neale
Katherine Rivers Georges
Alice Rodgers Alsterberg
Class of 1979
Participation All Funds 20%
Participation Annual Fund 20%
Clare Bolduc
Alexandra Coe
Molly Davis
Helen Garfield-Morris
Stephanie Klein-Davis
Elizabeth Pierpoint Kerrison
Susan Shelton
Margaret Taylor
Catherine Doeller Sage
Janet Freed Rosser
Annette Kirby
Jane Redd
Susan Sampson Twyman
Catherine Simmons Garrett
Suzanne Story Lowe
Allison Sutton Fuqua
Louisa Young McClanahan
Class of 1981
Participation All Funds 25%
Participation Annual Fund 25%
Bradie Barr
Deborah Berlin
Lorraine Droulia Abercrombie
Jennifer Matney Rucker
Tamara Mowbray-Berry
Elizabeth Peters
Patricia Roberts Lowe
Janet Scott
Sallie Grace Tate
Suzanne Wrench Gillespie
Class of 1982
Participation All Funds 21%
Participation Annual Fund 21%
Class Agents:
Elizabeth Reynolds
Lila Young White
Jennifer Austell-Wolfson
Karen Gates Kettler
Patricia Krivohlavek Hallman
Elizabeth Reynolds
Lila Young White
Class of 1984
Participation All Funds 31%
Participation Annual Fund 31%
Class Agent:
Tracy Bartlett Lively
Tracy Bartlett Lively
Sharon Bell Kolk
Mary Jo Blake
Amanda Brady
Laura Duncan
Jennifer Gammill McKay
Sian Jones
Sarah Monarchi Longpré
Mary Reynolds
Lisa Richmond
Class of 1985
Participation All Funds 29%
Participation Annual Fund 29%
Class Agent:
Blinny Thornton Ruelle
Adrienne Burdette
Sarah Collie
Sara Curtis Robinson
Kathan Dearman
Leah Drake
Melinda Fera
Mary Blair Motley Peluso
Jean Reynolds
Ingrid Scott
Jennifer Taylor Carsten
Belinda Thornton Ruelle
Class of 1987
Participation All Funds 23%
Participation Annual Fund 23%
Judy Currie Hellmann
Rachel del Campo Gatewood
Mary Frazier Pickel
Leslie Lawhorn Neely
Joan Madry Kligerman
Dana Nossaman Keilman
Kimberlee Scott
Laura Willoughby
Semmes Wright Calvert
Class of 1988
Participation All Funds 15%
Participation Annual Fund 15%
Eva Brown Mitchell
Laura Dick Moses
Natalie Labouchere
Elizabeth Mavar Spratlin
Garnett Wilbourn Hutton
Class of 1989
Participation All Funds 17%
Participation Annual Fund 17%
Class Agent:
Justine Shuford Moroz
Nancy Evans Wahmhof
Sonja Fields Andrews
Nini Hadjis
Ivey Henson Hannon
Stephanie Hewitt Hedge
Justine Shuford Moroz
Catherine Young Lyons
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alumnae
Class of 1990
Class of 1996
Class of 2000
Class of 2005
Graduating Class of 2007
Participation All Funds 8%
Participation Annual Fund 8%
Participation All Funds 25%
Participation Annual Fund 25%
Anna Ansley Davis
Haley Collins Poole
Kelly Doss
Andrea Littman Long
Tanya Mahdi McMain
Kathryn Tissue Ribovich
Sarah Wood Anderson
Participation All Funds 32%
Participation Annual Fund 32%
Class Agent:
Cannon Hodge
Participation All Funds 20%
Participation Annual Fund 20%
Class Agent:
Laura Anne Roquemore
Participation All Funds 100%
Participation Annual Fund 100%
Class Agent:
Laura Spencer
Jane Allen
Cherie Bowlin Madison
Elizabeth Call
Kathryn Cawood
Andrea Dedmon
Florentina Frangiamore
Sarah Giddings
Cannon Hodge
Rory Jelks
Rebecca Jones
Sarah Lannom
Margaret Pakron
Laura Anne Roquemore
Melissa Staples
Laura Stocke
Gifty Amponsem
Brittney Barker
Caitlyn Bishop
Madalyn Crowell
Nicole Diaz
Ginny Evans
Caroline Finke
Emily Garner
Aemelia Hudson
Ashley Kime
Leandra Lambert
Elizabeth Loewenstein
Francisca Lopez
Nawrin Nujhat
Ann O’Brien
Katherine Oliver
Michelle Pfeiffer
Minyoung Rho
Elizabeth Rollins
Victoria Roussel
Charissa Sipocz
Laura Spencer
Mary Dare Thornton
Sandra Turnbull
Nikki Waterman
Emily Dale Willmott
Isabella Yeager
Class of 1991
Participation All Funds 29%
Participation Annual Fund 29%
Class Agent:
Catherine Whitehead Huband
Sarah Abbott Weitzenkorn
Jennifer Abel LaRue
Karen Anderson Leonard
Heather Cook
Sarah Edwards Pember
Shannon Hinderliter Hembree
Emily Page Murray
Ashley Ramsey Blurton
Catherine Whitehead Huband
Class of 1997
Participation All Funds 39%
Participation Annual Fund 39%
Class Agents:
Morgan Karsman Robertson
Suzanne West
Ashley Burkart
Katherine Sloop Campbell
Madeline Beal
Amanda Burr Parker
Lindsey Copeland
Sarah Cottet
Rebecca Frackelton
Morgan Karsman Robertson
Alyson Kent
Taylor Logan
Laura Robinson
Brooke Steinke Smith
Suzanne West
Class of 1993
Class of 1998
Participation All Funds 36%
Participation Annual Fund 36%
Class Agents:
Virginia Crawford Phillips
Anna Robinson
Participation All Funds 13%
Participation Annual Fund 13%
Class of 1992
Participation All Funds 8%
Participation Annual Fund 8%
Natalia Barrett-Rose
Guthrie Birchfield Schweitzer
Emily Blair
Laurel Cobble Fountain
Virginia Crawford Phillips
Mary-Stuart Day
Joanna Edgell
Nelson Ervin Holland
Lucy Holmes Erwin
Kerrington Ramsey Molhoek
Anna Robinson
Julie Ward Brady
Class of 1995
Participation All Funds 8%
Participation Annual Fund 8%
Class Agent:
Merritt Adams Ashton
Merritt Adams Ashton
Carrie Nagel
Susan Alexander
Maibeth Deas
Taylor Hall
Elaine Lao Campbell
Class of 1999
Participation All Funds 19%
Participation Annual Fund 19%
Sally Armstrong
Mari Armstrong-Hough
Rebekah Crowe Gorman
Kristine Velasco Pincock
Elizabeth White-Hurst
Class of 2002
Participation All Funds 16%
Participation Annual Fund 16%
Class Agent:
Elisabeth Campbell
Kimberly Daniels
Danielle Dillon
Emily Hedrick
Michelle Thomas
Class of 2003
Participation All Funds 19%
Participation Annual Fund 19%
Class Agents:
Mary Katherine Evans
Whitney Jones
Averil Liebendorfer
Lydia Beresford
Mary Katherine Evans
Jennifer Hinson
Whitney Jones
Averil Liebendorfer
Carleen Morris
Isabelle Randolph
Class of 2006
Participation All Funds 53%
Participation Annual Fund 50%
Class Agents:
Joanna Caldwell
Laura Rand
Paige Abe
Courtney Atkinson
Linsey Ballas
Joanna Caldwell
Nell Gilliam
Eleanor Goss
Victoria Ireson
Jung Youn Lee
Elizabeth Anne McGowin
Michelle McKee
Sydney McKinney
Abigail Murnick
Sara Norman
Sonal Patel
Haley Price
Laura Rand
Erin Renn
Amanda Smith
Virginia Thomas
Lorena Vega
Maria Vega
Class of 2004
Participation All Funds 26%
Participation Annual Fund 26%
Class Agent:
Marguerite Logan
Meredith Brown
Ying-Hui Fang
Sallie Harrington
Abigail Haymes
Marguerite Logan
Mary MrDutt
Jordan Nyberg
Sarah Wideman
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Alumnae Council
Participation All Funds 100%
Participation Annual Fund 100%
Sarah Abbott Weitzenkorn ’91
Jennifer Abel LaRue ’91
Jane Allen ’00
Sally Armstrong ’99
Joanna Caldwell ’06
Joan Cumings Francis ’50
Sonya Cummings Penny ’83
Laura Duncan ’84
Kappy Gheesling Lapides ’86
Sarah Dabney Gillespie ’77
Caroline Hartwell Stewart ’44
Margaret Horner Walker ’58
Caroline Ives Howard ’76
Marguerite Logan ’04
Amanda Mackay Smith ’58
Nancy Marshall Forcier ’45
Julia Morris Kashkashian ’75
Cynthia Murray Henriques ’50
Susan Overbey Funderburk ’63
Priscilla Pugh Kirkpatrick ’62
Laura Rand ’06
Jean Reynolds ’85
Elizabeth Robinson Willmott ’77
Laura Anne Roquemore ’05
Ingrid Scott ’85
Maura Smith McGinn ’67
Frances Sommers Wheelock ’75
Maris Wistar Thompson ’58
Catherine Whitehead Huband ’91
Current Parents
& Grandparents
Participation All Funds 62%
Participation Annual Fund 61%
Current Parent Chairs:
Virginia and Alexander Evans
P’03,’07
Sandy and Albert Kent Hockensmith
P’05,’06,’08
Participation All Funds 27%
Participation Annual Fund 27%
Grandparent Chair:
Julie M. Morrison GP’08
Class of 2007
Parents
Participation All Funds 72%
Participation Annual Fund 63%
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Amos
Ms. Leandra V. Baptiste
Mr. and Mrs. R. Winn Bishop
Mr. and Mrs. George Crowell
The Rev. and Mrs. Alexander W.
Evans
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Ms. Mary Beth Hamlin Finke
Mr. William G. Finke
Prof. and Mrs. Matthew C. Hudson
Dr. C. J. Loewenstein and
Dr. Jacqueline A. Rice
Dr. and Mrs. Michael B. O’Brien
Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Oliver
Ms. Augusta Siribuo
Mr. Donald H. Spence, Jr. and
Mrs. Cynthia A. Becker
Mr. Tracy E. D. Spencer
Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Thornton,
Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John Turnbull
Mr. John M. Waterman
Ms. Elizabeth Robinson Willmott
Dr. Robert F. Yeager
Dr. M. Azaduz Zaman and
Ms. Nusrat Razee
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Schwartz
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Tebeau
Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Thomas
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Wallace
Ms. Julie A. Workman
Mrs. Suzanne Youles
Grandparents
Class of 2009
Parents
Participation All Funds 38%
Participation Annual Fund 38%
Mrs. Helen Becker
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Chapman
Mr. and Mrs. Adelbert Garner
Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Hamlin
Mr. Mathew Henning
Mrs. Shirley Pfeiffer Lovely
Drs. Russell and Nancy K. Neale
Mr. and Mrs. E. Thomas Royster
Mr. J. Kyle Spencer
Mrs. Constance M. Van Blarcum
Dr. H. V. Yeager
Class of 2008
Parents
Participation All Funds 65%
Participation Annual Fund 65%
Mr. and Mrs. David R. Abbott
Mrs. Barbara J. Bennett
Mr. Greg M. Bennett
Mr. and Mrs. U. Roger Casey
Mr. and Mrs. Troy K. Gibson
Mr. and Mrs. Helmut Graf
Dr. and Mrs. Mark C. Hermann
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kent
Hockensmith
Mr. and Mrs. Wen-Chien Lee
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry K. Oakes
Mr. James B. Ogzewalla and
Ms. Rebecca H. Cartmell
Mr. Jongcheul Park and
Mrs. Jungsook Koo
Prof. and Mrs. Ted Rappaport
Mrs. Diana H. Reese
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Reese, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry P. Sakellaris
Grandparents
Participation All Funds 23%
Participation Annual Fund 23%
Mrs. Betty Jo Beard
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gibson
Mrs. Jane Hockensmith
Mr. and Mrs. Caswell P. Lane
Mrs. Dorothy Meadows
Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Minardi
Julie and Jobe Morrison
Mrs. Algie Phelps
Dr. and Mrs. John M. Wallace
Participation All Funds 67%
Participation Annual Fund 64%
Mr. and Mrs. David W. Barrow
Dr. and Mrs. J. Dixon Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Burns
Mr. and Mrs. W. Smoot Carter
Mr. and Mrs. J. Christopher
Dalrymple
Mr. and Mrs. L. Mark dePaulo, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Flaherty
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy E. Fulop
Mr. and Mrs. Gary M. Gibson
Dr. and Mrs. Paul B. Googe
Mr. and Mrs. C. Ronald Greve
Mr. Magnus Harris and
Mrs. Victoria Doe
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Henderson
Mr. Kevin Heston and
Dr. Anita Heston
Mr. and Mrs. Roger W. Jenkins
Mr. and Mrs. W. Stephen Jones
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Kenworthy
Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Knight
Drs. Jaeshik and Sunyoung Lee
Mr. and Mrs. William R. McCall
Ms. Sally McCusker
Mr. Stephen J. McCusker
Ms. Elizabeth T. Mingledorff
Ms. Carolyn Moon
Dr. and Mrs. Douglas S. Price
Mr. and Mrs. J. Christopher
Thompson
Mr. William M. Walker and
Dr. Diane M. Walker
Grandparents
Participation All Funds 23%
Participation Annual Fund 23%
Mrs. Maxine Bearden
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Bigbee, Jr.
Mrs. Jane Cotter
Reverend and Mrs. Robert E. Fulop
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Googe
Mrs. Mary B. Kenworthy
Dr. and Mrs. James G. Lyerly
Mr. and Mrs. Cobb Milner
Mrs. Alma Roberts
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wood
Class of 2010
Parents
Participation All Funds 45%
Participation Annual Fund 45%
Mr. and Mrs. David R. Abbott
Mr. and Mrs. David R. Bennett
Mr. and Mrs. F. Matthews Bigbee
Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Conrad
Mr. and Mrs. Guy De Clercq
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Dwyer
Mr. Richard L. Herman
Dr. and Mrs. Mark C. Hermann
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Laughorn
Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. McIver
Ms. Katherine C. McKay
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Morrison
Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. A. Nelson
Mr. and Mrs. Rocky Reagan III
Dr. and Mrs. David H. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Turpin
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Weseloh
Grandparents
Participation All Funds 22%
Participation Annual Fund 22%
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Bigbee, Jr.
Ms. Peggy Bosworth
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Cambre
Mr. Richard Gunn
Mrs. Margaret Handsley
Mr. Donovan L. Humphries
Dr. and Mrs. Hamilton W.
McKay, Jr.
Mrs. Phyllis S. Pruden
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas P. R. Rivers
Mrs. Judith W. Saunders
Mrs. Helen Smith
Mrs. Marjorie P. Turpin
giving
parents of alumnae, friends
Parents of Alumnae
Participation All Funds 40%
Participation Annual Fund 38%
Parents of Alumnae Chair:
Dora Thomas P’02, ’04
Mr. and Mrs. Carl L. Anderson
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Ardito
Mr. and Mrs. Alvah C. Arnn
Mr. J. Burchenal Ault
Mrs. Joan W. Baldridge
Dr. Ann Beal
Dr. and Mrs. Gerald D. Bell
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J.
Bentley, Jr.
The Rev. and Mrs. Jacob B. Berlin
Ms. Carol A. Biedenharn
Mrs. Adam Bilecky
Mr. and Mrs. J. Kermit
Birchfield, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. George O. Blackwell
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Blair
Mr. and Mrs. E. Conrad Bowlin
Mr. and Mrs. Barry K. Brown
Mr. and Mrs. James Bulkley
Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Burch
Mr. and Mrs. Howard H. Burkart
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore J. Burr
Mrs. Joan Carter
Mrs. Dorothy P. Cary
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Cates, Jr.
Mrs. Caroline Church
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry E. Clark
Ms. Marcie Cobble
Mrs. Barbara Collie
Mr. and Mrs. David F. Cook
Mr. and Mrs. G. Rodney Cook
Mr. and Mrs. Travis P. Cook
Cmdr. and Mrs. J. Edward Craig,
USN, (RET)
Mrs. John N. Critchlow, Jr.
Mrs. Lavona Currie
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Currin
Mrs. Lois Davenport
Mr. Charles W. Dedmon
Ms. Karen Dedmon
Mr. Frederick B. Dent
Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Dunbar
The Hon. Ralph Earle II
Mrs. Beverly Edgell
Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey L. Edwards III
Mrs. Florence Ervin
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. Fannin
Mr. and Mrs. Fred E. Farmer, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. R. Michael Farrell
Mr. Francis C. Farwell II
Mrs. Bruce C. Fisher
Mrs. Virginia Flagg
Mrs. Nan Freed
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Friend, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Chris W. Furlough
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Gammill III
Dr. and Mrs. Paul W. Giddings
Dr. and Mrs. Dennis B. Gillings
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Goodwin
Mr. and Mrs. James M. M. Granger
The Rev. and Mrs. David Greer
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Grew
Mr. Michael Gruening and Ms.
Marie-Christine GrueningCrouzet
Mr. and Mrs. John Hagins, Jr.
The Hon. and Mrs. Samuel M.
Hairston
Mrs. Betsy Hardy
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Harrington
Mrs. Elizabeth Harris
Dr. and Mrs. James W. Harrison
Mr. and Mrs. Andy Haymes
Mr. and Mrs. Doug A. Hendrickson
Mrs. Linda Higgison†
Mrs. Cheryl Hodge
Mr. and Mrs. C. Anderson
Hostetler, Jr.
Mr. Paul A. Hough
Mr. and Mrs. Channing Howe
Mrs. Henry C. Hurt
Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Hurt, Jr.
The Rev. and Mrs. Robert C.
Jackson
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Jiranek
Mrs. Virginia G. Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Karsman
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen C. La Rosa
Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Lane, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. James L. Lapis
Mrs. W. Mifflin Large
Mrs. Carolyn E. Lecque
Mr. and Mrs. Mark S. Liebendorfer
Mrs. Margaret C. Lynch
Dr. and Mrs. Hugh B. Lynn
The Hon. and Mrs. Julian Mann III
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Mars
Dr. and Mrs. Harry R. Maxon III
Dr. and Mrs. Hamilton W.
McKay, Jr.
Mr. William R. Mellen
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Merricks
Mr. and Mrs. H. Victor Millner, Jr.
Mrs. Carol Monarchi
Dr. and Mrs. John T. Monroe
Mr. and Mrs. David B. Morris
Ms. Pattie R. Motley
Dr. and Mrs. John O. Mullen
Mr. and Mrs. Archie R. Murphy, Jr.
Cmdr. and Mrs. Roger E. Nelson
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas J. O’Neill
Mrs. Diana Olcott
Mr. and Mrs. Franz M.
Oppenheimer
Mr. and Mrs. Ran V. Overbey, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson E. Peters
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Prouty
Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Pugh
Mr. and Mrs. Carlton L. Ramsey
Mr. Thomas N. Randolph
The Rt. Rev. David Reed, D.D.
Mrs. Laura B. Revitz
Mrs. Randall O. Reynolds
Mr. and Mrs. David H.
Robinson, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Schilling
Mrs. Rita Sharp
Mr. and Mrs. J. Glenn Shelton
Mr. and Mrs. Marc A. Shook
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Sommerkamp
Dr. H. L. Taylor
Mr. and Mrs. Nevin C. Thomas
Dr.† and Mrs. G. V. Thompson, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John O. H. Toledano
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Van Voorhis
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Wallick
Mr. and Mrs. Francis T. West, Jr.
Dr. Hugh H. Willis, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Wilmer
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wood
Mr. and Mrs. William W.
Wotherspoon
Mr. and Mrs. D. Oliver Wright
Dr. and Mrs. Stewart R. Wright
Mr. Charles H. Yarborough, Jr.
Dr. Stephen Yokeley
Friends
Mr. Peter D. Adams
Miss Martha-Anne Albro
Ms. Susan Amos
Anonymous
Dr. Richard Annson, M.D.
Mr. Robert S. Atkinson
Mr. and Mrs. William Baggerly
Jim and Susan Bailey
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Berkun
Mrs. Pamela Board
Dr. and Mrs. Merrill N. Bradley
Mr. Theodore E. Bruning
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Bunn III
Mrs. Barbara P. Bush
Ms. Kitty Caldwell
Mrs. Priscilla Campbell
Mr. Thomas J. Carroll
Chatham Hall Alumnae Council
Mr. John C. Chester
Mrs. Diane G. Collie
Ms. Kathy Constable
Mr. David A. Cooke
Ms. Jacquelin W. Crebbs and Mr.
Graham Evans
Ms. Lesslie A. Crowell
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Davenport, Jr.
Mr. Jason Denby
Mr. Richard Dixon
Mrs. Alice Doctor
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Doherty
Mr. and Mrs. William F. Donovan
Mrs. Kathleen B. Dow
Ms. Mittie Lou Edmunds
Mrs. R. Scott Ehrhardt
Equine Health Alliance
Mr. Francis C. Farwell II
Ms. Mary Ellen Finnegan
Mr. Dugald A. Fletcher
Ms. Shelby D. French
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Friend, Jr.
Mrs. Eunice Fulcher
Mrs. Margaret Gardiner
Mr. Robert Gerard
Mr. and Mrs. George Gibbons
Dr. Beth Gilbert
Ms. Marsha Gintis
Mrs. Ivey Lloyd Hannon
Mrs. Betsy Hardy
Mr. and Mrs. Brantley Harris
Ms. Margaret S. Hart
Mr. H. Winston Holt
Ms. Nellie R. Jenkins
Mrs. Mary B. Johnson
Mr. Warren F. Kelleher
Ms. Virginia G. Kennedy
Mr. Kahil Khan
Mr. and Ms. Robert L. Kirk
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Krusz
Ms. Susan C. Lane
Ms. Nancy Langford
Mr. and Mrs. Rob Lansing
Mr. Berk Lee
Ms. Joan C. Leisure
Dr. John A. Logan, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilton D. Looney
Mr. Sidney Lovett
Mr. and Mrs. G. Albert Lyon III
Ms. Carolyn Master
Mr. Morey W. McDaniel
Mrs. James G. McGuire
Ms. Mary Medlin
Ms. Patricia Miebach
Mrs. Beatrice Momsen
Mrs. Suzanne K. Morris
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giving
friends, faculty & staff,
corporations & foundations
Ms. Virginia Mumford
Mr. Ralph S. O’Connor
Mrs. Charlotte Paris
Ms. Cathy Petty
Ms. Sue Riggs
Ms. Paula W. Ripley
Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson D. Robinson
Mr. V. R. Shackelford III
Mr. Richard E. Shaw
Mr. Richard D. Simmons
Mr. Frederic N. Smith
Ms. Jill Soderquisi
Mr. Jim Stuart
Mrs. Katherine Stuart
Mr. Robert D. Stuart Jr.
Mr. Steven Tarshis
Miss Kaitlin R. Tebeau
Ms. Amanda Thompson
The Hon. Carrington Thompson
Miss Sara Thompson
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Topping, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Topping
Mrs. George F. Vietor
Mr. Richard T. Watson
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin D. Wilcox
Mr. Mark Wilhoit
Mr. Charles W. Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Willis
The Rev. and Mrs. Jim Winborn
Dr. James H. Wright
Faculty & Staff
Annual Fund Participation 98%
Faculty/Staff Chair:
David Smith
Miss Jane M. Allen ’00
Mrs. Sharon Barton
Dr. Stephen Barton
Dr. Ann Beal
Mrs. Mary Lee Black
Dr. William Black
Mrs. Amy Blair
Mr. Geoffrey Braun
Mrs. Jean Callison Braun
Mrs. Ashby Cothran
Miss Alice Cromer
Miss Sheila Dixon
Mrs. Bonnie Dodson
Mrs. Barbie H. Eanes
Dr. Mary K. Edmonds
Dr. Gary Fountain
Mrs. Melissa E. Fountain
Miss Wanda J. Gammon
Ms. Kate Haisch
Mrs. Lari Hatley
Mrs. Cheryl Haymes
Mrs. Stephanie Hedge ’89
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Mr. Christopher A. Hughes
Ms. Kim Jackson
Mr. Kyle Kahuda
Miss Alyson M. Kent ’97
Miss Catherine LaDuke
Mrs. Starlet L. Lemon
Dr. William Leonard
Mr. David Lyle
Mr. Robert Mellor
Mr. Ronald Merricks
Mrs. Gilda Millner
Mrs. June Minter
Mrs. Sheppard Morrison
Ms. Faye Motley
Ms. Victoria S. Muradi
Mrs. Sherri Murphy
Ms. Merritt Newton
Mr. Caswell Nilsen
Mrs. Sherry Payne
Ms. Ann Pflugshaupt
Mrs. Wanda Scearce
Mrs. Lynne G. Shelton
Ms. Sherry Slayman
Dr. David H. Smith
Dr. R. Alan Spearman
Ms. Karen K. Stewart
Ms. Sally Stewart
Miss Carolyn D. Stone
Mrs. Doris Strader
Mrs. Molly H. Thomas
Mr. Kenneth C. Tyburski
Mrs. Tammy Waters
Ms. Maureen Webb
Ms. Catherine Wisenberg
Mr. Donald Wood
Ms. Dina Yassin
Corporations &
Foundations
Abbott Laboratories Fund
Alcyon Foundation
Ankeny Foundation
Anonymous (2)
The Arkwright Foundation
Katherine and Thomas Belk
Foundation
The Boston Foundation
Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation,
Inc.
Ruth Camp Campbell Charitable
Trust
Catto Foundation
Central Carolina Community
Foundation
Chapman Foundation
Charles B. Sweatt Foundation
Cochran Family Foundation
The Thomas B. & Robertha K.
Coleman Foundation Inc.
Collinsville Printing Co., Inc.
Communities Foundation of Texas
Community Foundation of
Louisville
The Community Foundation of
Greater Birmingham
Community Foundation of Greater
Greensboro
Community Foundation of the
Chattahoochee Valley
Constellation Energy Matching
Gifts Program
The Country Vintner of West
Virginia
Frank J. Courts, D.D.S., Ph.D
Pediatric Dentistry
Mary W. Covey Charitable
Remainder Trust
Dewitt Families Conduit
Foundation
Diamond Paper Company, Inc.
S. Downey Fund of the Northern
Trust Charitable Giving Program
Driscoll Foundation
Elastic Therapy, Inc.
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift
Fund
Fisher-Renkert Foundation
The Edward E. Ford Foundation
Foundation for the Carolinas
Gaddie-Shamrock, LLC
Gatewood, Hughey & Company
GE Foundation
GlaxoSmithKline Foundation
GoodSearch
The Guilford Foundation
The Bryant & Nancy Hanley
Foundation Inc.
Hobby Family Foundation
Houston Endowment Inc.
ING Community Matching Gifts
Evelyn F. James Foundation
The Kalamazoo Foundation
David Woods Kemper Memorial
Foundation
Land O’Lakes Foundation
Lyon Foundation, Inc.
The Mars Foundation
Mellon Financial Corporation Fund
The Alice Pack Melly & L Thomas
Melly Foundation
Meriwether-Godsey, Inc.
Douglas and Sands Coleman Fund
of The Minneapolis Foundation
Geraldine M. Murray Foundation
Neiman Marcus Matching Gift
Program
The Louise P. Overbey Trust
Partridge Foundation
Peter Henderson Oil Company
Pharmacia Foundation
Piedmont Financial Trust Company
Henry B. Plant Memorial Fund
Marjorie Merriweather Post
Foundation
Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving
The Siragusa Foundation
The Sledge Foundation
The Whitney and Anne Stone
Foundation
Stuart Family Foundation
Sun Trust Bank Atlanta Foundation
Target
Thanksgiving Foundation
James W. Thornton Family
Foundation
Troy’s Lawn Care
U.S. Bancorp Foundation, Matching
Gifts
United Way of Rhode Island
United Way of Tucson & Southern
Arizona
University Publishing Corporation
Virginia Interscholastic Athletic
Administration Association
Wachovia Matching Gifts Program
Wallick Family Foundation
West Aluminum Products Co.
Westchester Management Trust
The Helen B. & Charles M. White
Charitable Fund Cleveland
Foundation
The Woodcock #2 Foundation
giving
board of trustees
Board of Trustees
Participation All Funds 100%
Participation Annual Fund 100%
Board Chair:
Dora Thomas P’02, ’04
Ellen Childs Lovejoy ’50
Joan Coulter Pittman ’55
Lea Cumings Parson ’44, P’65, ’68
Patricia R. Frederick ’57
Caroline Ives Howard ’76
Nina Johnson Botsford ’72
Boyce Lineberger Ansley ’64, P’90
Sarah Monarchi Longpré ’84
Robin Peake Stuart ’69
Penelope Perkins Wilson ’41, P’67
Katharine Reynolds Chandler ’68
Lisa Rosenberger Moore ’59
Robin Tieken Hadley ’57
Polly Wheeler Guth ’44, P’70
Mrs. Jo S. Brown P’02, ’04
Mrs. Virginia Evans P’03, ’07
Ms. Shelby D. French
Mrs. Randall O. Reynolds P’82, ’84, ’85
Mr. David H. Robinson, Jr. P’93, ’97
Mrs. Dora M. Thomas P’02, ’04
named endowed funds
Scholarships
Alumnae Legacy Scholarship Fund
Caroline S. Biedenharn ’03 Endowed
Scholarship Fund
Chatham Hall Scholarship Fund
Edith Sunday Clarke ’23 Scholarship
Fund
Class of 1941 50th Reunion Scholarship
Fund
Class of 1955 Memorial Scholarship
Fund
Katy Close ’79 Scholarship Fund
George D. Dayton II Scholarship Fund
Karen von Maltitz DeWolfe ’60
Memorial Scholarship Fund
Connie Gibson Memorial Scholarship
Fund *
Margaret Hall Foundation, Inc.
Scholarship Fund
Phyllis Banks Hunt Scholarship Fund
Anne Winship Kelleher ’52 and Sandy
Ryburn Taylor ’52 Scholarship Fund
Barclay Ball McCall ’55 Memorial
Scholarship Fund
Sidney A. Mitchell Scholarship Fund
Anne Shirley Molloy Scholarship Fund
Joan C. Pittman ’55 Scholarship Fund
Reader's Digest Endowed Scholarship
Fund
Wiley Patterson Reis ’27 Scholarship
Fund
Zachar - Holt Scholarship Fund
Faculty and Staff Support
Mary McLean McKissick Armfield ’39
Chair of St. Mary's Chapel
Nina Johnson Botsford ’72 Endowment
for Faculty Support
Theodore E. Bruning, Jr. Instructorship
in English
Class of 1951 50th Reunion Faculty
Salary & Benefits Endowment Fund
Class of 1953 50th Reunion
Endowment in support of faculty and
staff benefits
Class of 1956 Faculty Professional
Development Fund
Class of 1957 50th Reunion Fund for
Faculty Salaries and Benefits
Faculty Retirement Fund
Faculty Support Endowment Fund
Edward E. Ford Foundation Fund for
Faculty Futures
Madame Marie Gagarine Teaching
Endowment
Greene Field Fund in memory of Rocky
Delano and Peggy Pile and in honor of
Nellie Greene
Robin ’57 and John Hadley
Instructorship in Mathematics
John W. B. Hadley Instructorship in
Science
Kate Johnson Nielsen ’72 Faculty
Support Fund *
Georgia O'Keeffe 1905 Fund
Barbara Jacobi O'Reilly ' 57 Fund to
Secure Current Faculty Salaries and
Benefits *
Plant Foundation Fund
Virginia Stewart Fund
Betty Thornton Endowment Fund
William Woolsey Yardley Memorial
Employee Endowment Fund
Academic Funds
The Sarah C. Benson ’47 Endowed
Music Fund
Alexander Sterling ’03 Science
Educational Materials Endowment
Wray Environment Fund
Awards Funds
Gene Scott Connor ’34 Memorial
Championship Tennis Cup Fund
Virginia Henry Holt Award for a
sophomore who is a superior student,
who best exemplifies the character,
deportment, energy, kindness and grace
of the ideal student at Chatham Hall
Lillian Evans Lineberger New Girl
Award Fund
Catherine Ingram Spurzem ’74 Creative
Writing Award Fund
Helen Gregory Yardley Award for
Excellence in Sculpture
Guest Speakers/Concert
Funds
Joan Danforth Cook ’48 Concert
Lecture Fund
Leadership Speakers Fund Made Possible
by the Classes of 1944, 1968 and
Other Individual Donors
Shirley Baker Pond ’48 Fund for Chapel
Speakers
Library Funds
Sally Witt Duncan ’44 and A. Baker
Duncan Book Fund
Abbie Rickert Hershey ’57 Library Book
Endowment Fund
Trina Robinson Secor ’68 Leadership
Library Fund
Maintenance Funds
Class of 1940 50th Reunion Fund for
the upkeep of St. Mary's Chapel
General Heritage Fund
Heritage Fund
Haddon Kirk Chapel Courtyard
Memorial Fund
Langhorne and Gertrude Wilson Jones
’23 Perennial Garden Fund
Mars Riding Endowment
St. Mary's Chapel Fund
Shaw Science Building Maintenance
Fund
Penelope Perkins Wilson ’41 Heritage
Fund
Miscellaneous Funds
Jeffrey Ferguson ’41 Endowed Chapel
Fund *
Rector's Discretionary Fund
Technology Endowment
Student Support Funds
Ellen Baldridge ’88 and Margaret
Baldridge ’90 Dean's Discretionary
Fund to help girls in crisis
Mimi Norcross Fisher ’55 Endowment
Fund for Adolescent Development
Hallam Hurt ’63 Student and Faculty
Foreign Travel Award
Julia Northington Rowe ’05 Leadership
Fund
Student Travel Award Fund *
Unrestricted
Annual Giving Endowment
Class of 1942 50th Reunion
Unrestricted Endowment Fund
General Endowment
William R. Kenan Jr. Endowment Fund
Kirby Fund
Virginia L. Radley Endowment Fund
Marlene R. Shaw Endowment Fund
* New Endowment Funds created in
2006-2007
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giving
memorial & honorary gifts
During the year gifts were received in memory of:
Virginia Allen MacStravic ’66
Jane Austin ’71
Mary Bleecker Simmons ’55
Jean Campbell Farwell ’40
Joan Campbell Lovett ’45
Virginia Chaplin Atkinson ’47
Sarah Church ’68
Ruth Cunningham Dunbar ’38
Roxane Delano ’70
Jeffrey Ferguson ’41
Mildred Harrison Dent ’41
Sarah Huntington Fletcher ’52
Ann Journeay Peake ’43
Flavia Pediconi Nonis ’45
Martha Ann Pugh ’77
Judith Selverstone Shaw ’69
Parker Shackelford Crosland ’47
Edith Snowden Dewey ’42
Anne Winship Kelleher ’52
Mr. Garwood Abbott Braun
Mary Montgomery Duffee
Mrs. Constance Gibson
Miss Mary Virginia Gillam
Miss Virginia H. Holt
Ms. Edith Kirsch
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur J. Kupfrain
Dr. and Mrs. Edmund J. Lee
Dor and John Mercer
Mrs. Lorine Faulconer Paulson
Mr. James Shelton
Miss Jeanne Wagoner
Ms. Lili Wallace
Mr. and Mrs. John M. White-Hurst
Mrs. James M. Wilson
During the year gifts were received in honor of:
Gray Baird ’58
Sanders Beard Hockensmith ’74
Sharon Bell Kolk ’84
Caitlyn Bishop ’07
Ashley Burkart ’92
Charlotte Caldwell ’70
Judy Currie Hellmann ’87
Katherine Currin Braun ’01 and
Mr. J. D. Braun
Nelson Ervin Holland ’93
Virginia Evans ’07
Lyell Flagg ’86
Virginia Flagg ’89
Caroline Finke ’07
Allison Giddings ’99
Mary Giddings ’03
Kathryn Granger Haines ’75
Elinor Greene ’70
Anne Gwaltney Meath ’62
Suzanne Hagins Smith ’88
Ashley Hockensmith ’05
Lindsay Hockensmith ’06
Lillian Lineberger McKay ’48
Julia Morris Kashkashian ’75
Ann O’Brien ’07
Robin Peake Stuart ’69
Dorinda Pell Cruickshank ’40
Erin Renn ’06
Christine Robinson Secor ’68
Christine Robinson ’06
Julia Rowe ’05
Amanda Smith ’06
Laura Spencer ’07
Robin Tieken Hadley ’57
Sandra Turnbull ’07
Marcia Williams Bradley ’39
Nell Willis Twining ’70
Sally Willis ’65
Elizabeth Yarborough ’98
Isabella Yeager ’07
Amy Zimmerman Geyer ’81
The Class of 1939
The Class of 2006
Miss Mary Kathryn Atkinson
Mrs. Jean Braun
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Mr. Theodore E. Bruning
Chatham Hall Dance Department
Chatham Hall Teachers
Mrs. Ashby Cothran
Miss Alice Cromer
Dr. Mary K. Edmonds
Dr. Gary Fountain
Miss Wanda J. Gammon
Ms. Maggie Gardner
Mrs. Cheryl Haymes
Miss Anne R. Heyl
Miss Shelby M. Hockensmith
Miss Jennifer L. Howard
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher A. Hughes
Mr. Curtis Jackson
Miss Rosalind Jenkins
Miss Helen G. Jones
Miss Katie J. Jones
The Kahuda Family
Miss Frances A. Kenworthy
Mr. David Lyle
Miss Laura D. McCall
Dr. Hamilton W. McKay, Jr.
The Mellor Family
Ms. Maureen C. Miller
Miss Brittney Minardi
Ms. Faye Motley
Mrs. Anne Murnick
My Amazing Horse Bob
Mr. Caswell Nilsen
The Sally Norman ’06 Family
Mrs. Charlotte Paris
Mr. and Mrs. Julius M. Ramsay
Kerr Scott
Mrs. Christine McDowell Smith
Dr. and Mrs. David H. Smith
Miss Ella S. Stancill
Ms. Karen K. Stewart
Miss Carolyn D. Stone
Ms. Dina Supernault-Kinsley
Mrs. Dora M. Thomas
Mrs. Molly H. Thomas
Miss Anna Claire Turpin
Mr. John Henry Waller
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wood
Chatham Hall’s Director of Music, Dr. Stephen
Barton, Leads Sectional Rehearsal With
Accompanist, Ms. Karen Stewart, Chatham
Hall’s College Counselor
Twenty-nine members of St. Mary's Choir participated in the
VAIS (Virginia Association of Independent Schools) Choral
Festival at Norfolk Academy on March 25-26. The festival's
conductor was Mary Jane Pagenstecher, director of fine and
performing arts at the Holton-Arms School in Bethesda,
Maryland. The combined choir of 200 students, representing
nine independent schools, performed a variety of choral pieces
including songs from the Renaissance era, spirituals, folk, and
world music.
Stephen Barton, director of music at Chatham Hall, and Karen
Stewart, director of college counseling and accompanist,
conducted one of the girls' sectional rehearsals during the
intensive two-day preparation.
Several Chatham Hall alumnae and grandparents in the Norfolk
area attended the final performance, and visited with the girls
afterward. Their final performance received a standing ovation.
volunteers
Trustees and Trustees
Emeriti
Boyce Lineberger Ansley ’64, P’90
Nina Johnson Botsford ’72
Jo S. Brown P ’02, ’04,
The Rt. Rev. John Buchanan
Katharine Reynolds Chandler ’68
Virginia Evans P’03, ’07
Patricia R. Frederick ’57
Shelby French
Polly Wheeler Guth ’44, P’70
Robin Tieken Hadley ’57
Donald C. Hagerman
Caroline Ives Howard ’76
Sarah Monarchi Longpré ’84
Ellen Childs Lovejoy ’50
Lisa Rosenberger Moore ’59
Lea Cumings Parson ’44, P’65, ’68
Joan Coulter Pittman ’55
Billie W. Reynolds P’82, ’84, ’85
David H. Robinson, Jr. P’93, ’97
Robin Peake Stuart ’69
Dora M. Thomas P’02, ’04
Penelope Perkins Wilson ’41, P’67
Alumnae Council
Parent Advisory Committee
Jane Allen ’00
Sally Armstrong ’99
Joanna Caldwell ’06
Laura Duncan ’84
Nancy Marshall Forcier ’45
Joan Cumings Francis ’50
Susan Overbey Funderburk ’63
Sarah Dabney Gillespie ’77
Cynthia Murray Henriques ’50, P’73
Caroline Ives Howard ’76
Catherine Whitehead Huband ’91
Julia Morris Kashkashian ’75
Priscilla Pugh Kirkpatrick ’62
Kappy Gheesling Lapides ’86
Jennifer Abel LaRue ’91
Marguerite Logan ’04
Amanda Mackay Smith ’58
Maura Smith McGinn ’67, P’06
Sonya Cummings Penny ’83
Laura Rand ’06
Jean Reynolds ’85
Laura Anne Roquemore ’05
Ingrid Scott ’85
Caroline Hartwell Stewart ’44, P’67
Maris Wistar Thompson ’58
Margaret Horner Walker ’58
Sarah Abbott Weitzenkorn ’91
Frances Sommers Wheelock ’75
Elizabeth Robinson Willmott ’77,
P’03, ’07
David Bennett P’10
Karen Bennett P’10
Rebecca Cartmell P’08
Chris Dalrymple P’09
Liz Dalrymple P’09
Alex Evans P’03, ’07
Ginger Evans P’03, ’07
Peter Henderson P’09
Mary Minor Henderson P’09
Mark Hermann P’08, ’10
Wendy Hermann P’08, ’10
Albert Kent Hockensmith P’05, ’06,
’08
Sandy Beard Hockensmith P’05,
’06, ’08
Henry Knight P’09
Kim Knight P’09
Chris Laughorn P’10
Leigh Laughorn P’10
Jared Loewenstein P’07
Robert McIver P’10
Mary McIver P’10
Michael O’Brien P’06, ’07
Patty O’Brien P’06, ’07
James Ogzewalla P’08
Diana Reese P’08
Jacqueline Rice P’07
Rik Tebeau P’08
Nancy Tebeau P’08
Billy Walker P’08
Diane Walker P’08
Bob Yeager P’07
Academic Program
Volunteers
Dr. Olga M. Davidson ’70
Jane Preyer ’72
Event Hosts and
Coordinators
New Jackets Help Turtles Win in the Long Run
Current parents, Henry and Kimberly Knight encouraged the Cross
Country team with sporty new team jackets. This show of support
was just what the girls needed to persevere in the long run.
Jane Allen ’00
Jane Yardley Amos ’59, P’91
Boyce Lineberger Ansley ’64, P’90
Sally Armstrong ’99
Nina Johnson Botsford ’72
Sarah Collie ’85
Trygve Norstrand Cooley ’48
Lindsey Copeland ’97
Anna Ansley Davis ’90
Lelan Dunavant ’05
Sarah Martin Finn ’74
Jane Garnett ’73
Sarah Dabney Gillespie ’77
Stacey Goodwin ’83
Kathleen Horne Graff ’50
Caroline Ives Howard ’76
Catherine Whitehead Huband ’91
Julia Morris Kashkashian ’75
Martha Ann Keels ’75
Amanda Mackay Smith ’58
Sarah Shartle Meacham ’51
Mary Evelyn Guyton Miley ’75
Kerrington Ramsey Molhoek ’93
Sarah Morris ’72
Caroline Nichols ’76
Sonal Patel ’06
Talmadge Ragan ’69
Elizabeth Reynolds ’82
Frances Wallace Robertson ’73
Laura Robinson ’97
Doris Shirey GP’06, ’07
Sarah Yancey Stipanowich ’71
Muffy Dent Stuart ’68
Barbara Billings Supplee ’53
Margaret Horner Walker ’58
Connie and John Wallace P’08
Sally Brittingham Wallace ’44,
GP’08
Frances Sommers Wheelock ’75
Destinations Hosts
Joan Adams ’01
Madeline Beal ’97
Nancy Booth ’88
Adelle Copeland ’94
Kem Shackelford Courtenay ’72
Guy De Clercq P’10
Joan Richardson Doty ’64
Laurel Cobble Fountain ’93
Kathleen Horne Graff ’50
Shannon Hinderliter Hembree ’91
Caroline Ramsay Merriam ’54
Roshni Patel ’04
Kristine Velasco Pincock ’99
Katherine Velasco ’00
Admission Volunteers and
Representatives at School
and Camp Fairs
Liz Dalrymple P’09
Monika Davis P’10
Ginger Evans P’03, ’07
Celeste Phelps P’09
John Turnbull P’07
Brian Turpin P’10
Dr. Diane Walker P’09
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volunteers
Cooking Club Trip Hosts
and Volunteers
Annual Fund Volunteers
Natalia Barrett-Rose ’93
Rebecca Cartmell P’08
Jose Diaz P’07
Judy Currie Hellmann ’87
Jennifer Quainton ’96
Diana Reese P’08
The Weseloh Family P’10
Co-Chairs
Esto Perpetua Society
Co-Chairs
Patricia R. Frederick ’57
Jennifer Gammill McKay ’84
Advancement Student
Ambassadors
Gifty Amponsem ’07
Mary Kathryn Atkinson ’10
Brittney Barker ’07
Sarah Anne Barrow ’09
Caitlyn Bishop ’07
Vickey Casey ’08
Madalyn Crowell ’07
Morgan dePaulo ’09
Emily Garner ’07
Amelia Gibson ’08
Caroline Gibson ’09
Constance Harris ’09
April Hile ’08
Leandra Lambert ’07
Victoria Litos ’09
Francisca Lopez ’07
Gloria Mejia ’08
Sierra Moon ’09
Nawrin Nujhat ’07
Ann O’Brien ’07
Whitney Phelps ’09
Charissa Sipocz ’07
Laura Spencer ’07
Mary Dare Thornton ’07
Emily Dale Willmott ’07
Isabella Yeager ’07
Patricia R. Frederick ’57
Stacey Goodwin ’83
Alumnae Chair
Jacqueline Cannon Brown ’56
Current Parent Chairs
Virginia and Alexander Evans P’03,
’07
Sandy ’74 and Albert Kent
Hockensmith P’05, ’06, ’08
Grandparent Chair
Julie M. Morrison GP ’08
Alumnae Parent Chair
Dora M. Thomas P’02, ’04
Faculty/Staff Chair
David H. Smith P’05, ’10
Class Agents
Caroline Hartwell Stewart ’44
Mary Hooker Crary ’45
Harriet Simons Williams ’48
Alden Smith Shriver ’49
Povy LaFarge Bigbee ’51
Clare Harwood Nunes ’52
Barbara Billings Supplee ’53
Ann Taylor ’54
Judith Turben Walrath ’54
Jacqueline Cannon Brown ’56
Patricia R. Frederick ’57
Margaret Horner Walker ’58
Priscilla Pugh Kirkpatrick ’62
Susan Overbey Funderburk ’63
Edith Patterson Cates ’66
Deborah Kauders Spangler ’67
Terry Overbey Stafford ’68
Talmadge Ragan ’69
Laura Brown Cronin ’72
Katie Belk Morris ’72
Mary Evelyn Guyton Miley ’75
Alida Bryant ’76
Caroline Nichols ’76
Katharine Bulkley ’77
Mary Duncan Berkun ’78
Elizabeth Reynolds ’82
Lila Young White ’82
Stacey Goodwin ’83
Tracy Bartlett Lively ’84
Belinda Thornton Ruelle ’85
Mary Freed ’86
Justine Shuford Moroz ’89
Catherine Whitehead Huband ’91
Virginia Crawford Phillips ’93
Anna Robinson ’93
Catherine Adams Ashton ’95
Morgan Karsman Robertson ’97
Suzanne West ’97
Cannon Hodge ’00
Katherine Currin Braun ’01
Geneva Campbell ’02
Mary Katherine Evans ’03
Whitney Jones ’03
Averil Liebendorfer ’03
Marguerite Logan ’04
Laura Anne Roquemore ’05
Joanna Caldwell ’06
Laura Rand ’06
The 2006-2007 Advancement Office Student Ambassadors
64 CHATHAM HALL
Who Open to all members of the Chatham Hall family –
Students, Parents, Alumnae, Faculty & Administrators
Where Cape Town, South Africa
What • Collaborating with teachers and preparing meals at the
Lawrencia Primary School.
• Constructing and cultivating community gardens with
Soil for Life.
• Visiting Table Mountain, the Malay Quarter, and Robben
Island, where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 18 years.
• Also, at the invitation of Lerato Nomvuyo Mzamane, Head
of the Academy, and her daughter, Chatham Hall senior
Zola, visiting the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for
Girls in Johannesburg.
When March 9-21, 2008
How Much $4990
For further information, contact Gary Fountain,
[email protected], by October 15, 2007.
Learn more about Chatham Hall in South Africa 2007
by viewing the blog at http://chathamhallsouthafrica.edublogs.org/
Do you have property
that you are not using and
may even be a burden to
you to maintain?
Would you like to
avoid paying capital
gains tax on the sale
of your property?
Would you like your
property to provide
income for you?
Would you like to
support the mission
of Chatham Hall with
a significant gift?
Amanda Mackay Smith ’58 owned property bought years ago at $4 an acre,
now worth $4000 an acre. She contributed this land to a Charitable Remainder
Trust, allowing her to avoid a heavy capital gains tax and to take an income tax
deduction. The managers of the trust sold the property and invested the
proceeds in the trust. The trust will provide Amanda with a steady income for
the rest of her life and at her death will make possible significant gifts to
Chatham Hall and her church. Amanda writes: “This trust is a blessing. If I had
sold the property outright I would have lost half of the proceeds to the
government. Now I have a steady income until I die and am helping two
institutions I care about.”
For more information about Charitable Remainder Trusts
and other ways to include Chatham Hall in your estate plan,
contact Melissa Evans Fountain, Director of Advancement
434-432-5549 or [email protected].
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