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Alumnae and the Arts
From paintbrushes to pottery, Newcomb women take their love of art beyond their campus experiences
From the DIRECTOR Dear Friends,
C “ We cultivate women’s
leadership by
close, intense, substantive
interactions between
faculty and
students and
by finding the sweet spot of synergy
ampuses are wonderful aggregations of the new and the old. We are less than a year from moving into our magnificent new space atop the Commons and yet we just celebrated the 100th move-in day in Josephine Louise Hall. We welcomed four new deans. I begin my ninth year as director in January, will celebrate my 60th birthday in March, and am in my 31st year as a professor. With so many new faces on campus, I am finally starting to feel like a senior administrator. After watching Anita Hill redux, I am taking orders for the T-shirt that says, “Release the Fury of Women as a Mighty Force for Incremental Policy Change” to replace the one I bought at Stanford to fund the successful recall of Judge Aaron Persky (the one who sentenced Brock Turner, the Stanford rapist/swimmer) which has an expletive directing action against rape culture I cannot print here. Those of us in the #metoo movement have been on a roller coaster ride of a year. Now that Tulane’s shocking sexual assault numbers are public, we struggle to discover how NCI can best contribute to assault prevention and culture change. I continue to lead the charge to ensure that Tulane holds faculty sexual harassers accountable for their actions. Each day, the news tells us just how poorly universities and other institutions have done at that task. The two most rewarding experiences of my year have been teaching women prisoners in the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women and birthing a youth peer provider program for sexual and reproductive health in Kenya. We cultivate women’s leadership by close, intense, substantive interactions between faculty and students and by finding the sweet spot of synergy between teaching, research, and community engagement. The students who actively participated in both projects had experiences that transformed their lives and touched the lives of others deeply. We will continue to create meaningful learning and leadership abilities for our students and fight for women’s equality under the mantra of Newcomb yesterday, Newcomb today, Newcomb tomorrow.
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research, and community
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Newcomb College Endowed Chair Professor of Political Science Executive Director, Newcomb College Institute of Tulane University
Inside NEWCOMB Executive Director Sally J. Kenney, Ph.D. Managing Editor Taylor Murrow
Departments 2 Newcomb Connections 4 Noteworthy at Newcomb 19 Donor Roll 21 Events
Art Director/Designer Aisha Champagne Contributors Derby Belser (SLA ’20) Mary Cross Chloe Raub (NC ’07) Anna Mitchell Mahoney, Ph.D. Taylor Murrow Carolyn Scofield Aidan Smith, Ph.D. Miriam Taylor Kyle Welch Photography Sally Asher Jessica Bachmann Paula Burch-Celentano Cheryl Gerber Newcomb Archives Rachel Weber
NEWCOMB is published by the Newcomb College Institute of Tulane University. Address all inquiries to Newcomb Magazine 6823 St. Charles Ave. Tulane University New Orleans, LA 70118 Phone: 1-800-504-5565 NEWCOMB is printed using income from interest-bearing endowed funds at the Newcomb College Institute, including the Newcomb Alumnae Periodical Fund, established through the kindness of Ann Hodge Macomber (NC ’47). Mailing costs are supported by proceeds from the Mignon Faget Newcomb Jewelry Collection. The mission of the Newcomb College Institute is to: Cultivate lifelong leadership among undergraduate women at Tulane University Empower women by integrating teaching, research, and community engagement at Tulane University
With support from Newcomb College Institute, students Isabella Smith and Sarah Jones attended the first Women’s Convention in Detroit in 2017.
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Features Preserving the Memory of a New Orleans Legend Newcomb archivists process the papers of renowned artist Ida Kohlmeyer (NC '33).
The Artist's Point of View
Contemporary artist Zarouhie Abdalian (NC '03) shares her thoughts on her art and sexism in the art world.
Uncovering an Ancient Story
Tulane Classical Studies professor takes her students on a prestigious archaeological dig in Crete.
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Newcomb Art Museum exhibition uses Newcomb and Tulane history to tell a larger story about New Orleans.
Encore Performance
Laura Waller (NC '66, SW '68) embraces a third career as an artist in her retirement.
Preserve, document, produce, and disseminate knowledge about women Honor the memory of H. Sophie Newcomb and carry forward the work of Newcomb College by providing a woman-centered experience in a co-ed institution
On the cover: Second-year art student Elinor Sachs takes advantage of the soft light from an overcast sky as she works on a painting in the Woldenberg Art Center.
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A Message from the Newcomb Alumnae Association President Dear Newcomb Alumnae, I’m pleased to introduce myself to you as the new Newcomb Alumnae Association President. Our superb past president, Meredith Beers (’07), left the NAA Board strong and has been a supportive member since I’ve begun my new position. I hope, this year and next, to work with the NAA board and NCI staff to continue our popular programs, help alumnae find ways to support NCI and current students, and to implement new programs to help our alumnae
on their own professional, postgraduate paths. This year has been a busy one for the NAA Board. We are hoping to wrap up our fundraising campaign to raise $100,000 to endow a Newcomb Scholar by December 2018. The Newcomb Scholars program provides talented undergraduate women the opportunity to pursue original research, take part in an interdisciplinary cohort with other students interested in genderbased inequities (and remedying those inequities), and develop their leadership skills. We believe the Scholars program continues the Newcomb tradition of supporting undergraduate women and strongly urge all alumnae to contribute to this fund to support the Scholars Program. Please see the NCI website for how to give, or find any NAA board member or NCI staff for more information. This year we also celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the opening of JL, the first residential building on the uptown Newcomb College campus. Kaye Courington (NC’ 80)
and Catherine Hagaman Edwards (NC ’72) head a committee of enthusiastic alums who are planning a celebratory brunch at JL on Sunday of homecoming weekend, November 11. The NAA Board will sponsor the brunch and will be in attendance: we hope to see many of you there! Special thanks to Kaye, who hosted a 100-year anniversary of the first JL move-in day on Sunday, September 16, 2018 at her home in New Orleans, and to Fergie Lewis (NC ’95), who is organizing the homecoming weekend brunch. Check out our Facebook page, 100 Years of Josephine Louise House, and post your freshman year pictures before the brunch! And, finally, we are continuing our successful programming this fall and winter. The fall 2018 Book Club is Sing, Unburied, Sing by Tulane professor Jesmyn Ward. Professor Ward won her second National Book Award for Sing, Unburied, Sing—in fact, she is the first woman to have done so in the fiction category. The Woman-to-Woman mentoring program, conceived of and implemented by our very own
NAA board, is booming and gets rave reviews from students and alums who have participated. Our annual reunion lunch at JL will take place Friday, November 9, 2018 at noon, and all classes are invited to attend. We will then be tailgating on the quad Saturday November 10, before the game. I’ll be at both and would love to meet as many of you as I can – stop by when you can! Thank you for the privilege of allowing me to serve as president of our Alumnae Association. The more I get to know all of you, the prouder I am to be a Newcomb alum. As always, if you have ideas for how your alumnae association can serve you better, please reach out and share at newcombalumnae@tulane.edu or call 800-504-5565.
Andrea Mahady Price (NC ’98)
Want to get involved with the NAA? Learn more about programs and volunteer opportunities at newcombalumnae.tulane.edu.
Newcomb Artist Wins Tulane Alumni Association’s Highest Honor On March 24, 2018, Mignon Faget (NC ’55) received the Distinguished Alumni Award at the 45th Tulane University Alumni Awards Gala. A fifth generation New Orleanian, Mignon Faget began her formal training in the arts at Newcomb College, from which she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a concentration in sculpture. She furthered her studies at l’Atelier de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris and the Parsons School of Design in New York. Faget returned to Tulane University to take postgraduate classes in botany and other areas of personal interest. “I’m a very determined person,” Faget said. “I think that probably started when I was a student at 2
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Newcomb. I think Newcomb had an excellent program in art history, and I’m very proud to be part of that tradition.” Faget began her design career in 1969 with the launch of her first ready-to-wear clothing collection. The success of the collection prompted her to explore creating accessories such as belts, pins and jewelry to complement the clothing. This early exercise and her studies in sculpture from Newcomb College led to her first jewelry forms. Since then, jewelry has been her all-consuming interest in the field of design. Faget has also long been an active philanthropist, preservationist, and art advocate.
When Faget launched her first collection, women entrepreneurs were a bit of a rarity in New Orleans. Today, she is committed to celebrating and advocating for women across a number of fields as well as contributing to diverse communities and groups in need. “If you’re involved in something intensely, when recognition for that comes to you, it’s somewhat shocking,” Faget said. “Because doing the work is what’s important, and that’s what motivates you. To be recognized for being successful by the institution that educated me was a big surprise. I am humbled by this.”
Celebrating 100 Years of JL Former residents of Josephine Louise Hall have a special celebration to look forward to during Homecoming weekend this year. The Newcomb Alumnae Association is planning a brunch bash on Sunday, November 11, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. that will commemorate the 100th anniversary of Josephine Louise Hall on the uptown campus. One of Newcomb College’s four original buildings, Josephine Louise House (or JL, as it is commonly referred to by residents), has been home to generations of Newcomb and Tulane women. Although the original residence hall was located on Washington Avenue with the rest of the Newcomb College campus, in 1918, Newcomb College made the move to Broadway Street, which allowed for
improved classrooms and a larger dormitory. Today, Josephine Louise Hall remains the only all-women residence hall on campus, and the Newcomb legacy continues. In 2017, Newcomb College Institute launched Spark, a residential learning community in JL for first-year women to engage in courses and programming focused on gender, leadership, and social change. To register for the JL anniversary brunch, and other Wave ’18 activities, go to homecoming.tulane.edu. Follow Newcomb Alumnae Association on Facebook for the latest updates, or join the Facebook group “100 Years of Josephine Louise House” (facebook.com/groups/JL100) to share photos from your time in JL. Tag your photos across social media
with #100YearsofJL so we can see them. (Some photos may be chosen for a slideshow that will play in JL during the event.) While there, invite a fellow alumna to the group and ask her to share her favorite memories. “Living in JL was a formative a part of my undergraduate years,” said Catherine Edwards (NC’ 72), JL Centennial Celebration committee
member. “Lifelong friendships were made. This centennial celebration will be a wonderful opportunity to not only reconnect with old floormates, but to share the experiences of other generations of Newcomb and Tulane women as well. One hundred years later, Josephine Louise Hall is a vibrant incubator for young women's development, just as it was in 1918.”
Tulane adds ‘Spark’ to nation’s capital
Members of the Spark Residential Learning Community at Tulane University pose before the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. They are, top row: Haylee Martinez, Laurel Kessler, Meghan Crowley, Joanitah Nakiggwe, Ishanya Narang. Bottom row: Sarah Wells, Jordan Hall, Maddie Grills, Maggie Conrad.
Nearly a dozen students in the Spark Residential Learning Community at Tulane University traveled to Washington, DC, during spring break to explore the city’s cultural institutions and learn from its women leaders. “In Spark, these students have been learning and developing their own leadership skills,” said Anna Mahoney, director of research at Newcomb College Institute and a residential faculty mentor for Josephine Louise Hall. “During the trip to DC they learned how they might apply those skills in the future across a range of fields.” “See it and be it” was the group’s motto for the week. Students met with policy leaders, toured the National
Institutes of Health, and visited Smithsonian museums and art exhibitions. They also connected with Tulane alumnae in the city, who shared their experiences — both challenges and triumphs — navigating the working world in Washington, DC. Drawing on the legacy of Newcomb College, Spark provides a place for first-year women to engage in Newcomb College Institute's activities, events, and programs that focus on gender, leadership, and social change. Students in Spark live in historic Josephine Louise Hall, the campus’s only all-women’s residential hall.
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Architectural rendering courtesy of Weiss/Manfredi
New Commons, home for Newcomb College Institute, opening 2019 Tulane University has begun construction on a new gathering space for the entire Tulane community. The Commons, which is scheduled to open in 2019 in the heart of Tulane’s uptown campus, is a three-story, $55 million, 77,000-square-foot marvel that will house a new dining hall, multipurpose meeting spaces, and a permanent home for Newcomb College Institute (NCI). Located across from HowardTilton Memorial Library, The Commons will connect to the western end of the Lavin-Bernick Center (LBC) with a second-floor walkway. Two floors of the new facility will offer multiple dining options and 1,100 seats for eating, studying and conversation. Student organizations and residential
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colleges will have ample space to host their programs in The Commons, and the building will be open late to accommodate students' schedules. “At their best, universities bring together people from every corner of the world and connect them in the most unexpected ways. Spaces like The Commons create these moments of synchronicity, where ideas are born and problems are solved," says Tulane president Mike Fitts. “This will be a center of campus life, for the students who eat and study there, and for the extraordinary work of the Newcomb College Institute.” The Commons places all of the operations of the Newcomb College Institute in a single location at the center of campus life. The
institute’s new space on the third floor will feature an open-air courtyard, an area for archives and special collections, a library with a dedicated reading room, a beautiful event space, and offices for the Newcomb Alumnae Association. “The Newcomb College Institute looks for that magical sweet spot of synergy between research, teaching and service,” says Sally J. Kenney, executive director of the Newcomb College Institute and professor of political science. “Integrating living, learning and active community engagement is part of the vision of the 21st-century university.” At the building's groundbreaking ceremony on September 26, 2018, Kenney added, "Our work can only be enhanced
by sharing the space with the new campus hub." In addition to NCI programs, the NCI space will expand programming opportunities for other student groups, relieving demands on the often fully booked LBC. With the opening of The Commons next year, Bruff Commons will eventually be demolished to make room for the beginnings of the new campus housing plan, which will create a more cohesive and engaged residential campus. Fundraising for The Commons project is ongoing and there are special naming options still available.
Clockwise from top left: NCI director Sally J. Kenney closes Newcomb's time capsule with President Mike Fitts; Senior Vice President of Advancement Ginny Wise, Sally J. Kenney, Carol Wise (NC '51), Paula Picker (NC '68), Helen Schneidau (NC '67); Kenney addresses guests of the groundbreaking ceremony; two time capsules to be displayed in The Commons
Newcomb summer program recruits women decision-makers Expanding on last year’s success, high school students interested in women’s leadership once again had the opportunity to participate in Newcomb Summer Session, a pre-college program offered by Newcomb College Institute. Seventy students — more than triple the number from last year’s inaugural program — took courses in Women’s Literature, Women’s Advocacy and Women DecisionMakers. “Newcomb Summer Session attracted talented and motivated young women from 18 different states,” said Molly Pulda, director of the program. “With such a broad range of perspectives, students learned as much from each other as they did from their professors.” Students in Women’s Advocacy practiced communications tactics, from public speaking to social media, to advocate for change in their communities. Women Decision-Makers put students in the shoes of women leaders facing
real-life issues in the public and private sector. Students in Women’s Literature analyzed the obstacles women writers have faced in history, and they examined works by Alice Walker, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nella Larsen, and other authors. Students from all classes came together for a midday “Leadership Lunch,” which featured women leaders from the New Orleans community. Latona Giwa of Birthmark Doulas introduced the concept of reproductive justice, advocating for every woman’s right to a safe pregnancy and birth process. Local restaurant owners Kristen Essig and Danielle Sutton (NC ’95) addressed how the #MeToo movement has sparked change for women in the restaurant industry. In daily workshops, students practiced a range of skills,
including analyzing popular media and writing the college admissions essay. Catie Mae Carey, a senior who participated in the program, said, “It’s amazing how much I learned in just one week, and how much my confidence improved as well. It’s still going to take some active practice of the leaderships skills I’ve learned, and a serious effort to try
to unlearn all of those gender biases that society has ingrained in me, but I truly believe that this program was the kickstart I needed to shift my focus to empowering women, myself included.” Next year, Newcomb Summer Session will expand into a residential program that offers a full campus experience, from dorms to dining halls.
Noteworthy at NEWCOMB Women’s New York: Today’s Newcomb Students Take the City by Storm
Undaunted in the face of blustery winter weather this February, sixteen undergraduate women headed to the Big Apple to sample the city’s feminist offerings. From a trip to the Brooklyn Museum of Art to visit one of the women’s movement's canonical art installations to a front
row seat at a conversation with today’s leading filmmakers and activists, Tulane students made the most of their time in the city. Putting their subway skills to the test, the students visited the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art for a docent-led
tour of Judy Chicago’s The Dinner Party, 1974-79. An important icon of 1970s feminist art and a milestone in twentieth-century art, The Dinner Party comprises a massive ceremonial banquet with a total of thirty-nine place settings, each commemorating an important woman from history. The settings consist of embroidered runners, gold chalices and utensils, and porcelain plates with raised central motifs that are based on vulvar and butterfly forms. The names of another 999 women are inscribed on the white tile floor below the table. The Tulane troop then headed to the Barnard College campus to attend the Athena Film Festival, which supports women filmmakers, directors, and writers, and screens films with women’s leadership at the center. With more than 6,500 attendees, the students saw films
like MANKILLER, detailing the life of Wilma Mankiller, the first woman to be Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. The film was followed by a conversation with director Valerie Red-Horse Mohl, executive producer Gale Anne Hurd, and activist Gloria Steinem, moderated by Ann Hornaday from The Washington Post. Another popular selection was I AM EVIDENCE, a documentary describing the glut of untested rape kits around the nation. Executive producer Mariska Hargitay spoke to the audience about the need to change police practices and bring justice to sexual assault survivors. Students are organizing a trip this year to The Los Angeles Women's International Film Festival in April 2019. Support from the Skau Art and Music Fund made this trip possible.
Newcomb and PLEN: A Partnership for Women’s Political Leadership For over 20 years, undergraduate women at Tulane University interested in public policy have traveled to the nation’s capital to participate in Public Leadership Education Network (PLEN) programs. PLEN offers a variety of professional seminars to prepare women students for leadership in the public policy arena. This year, PLEN celebrates its 40th year, and in that time, Tulane has sent 218 students to learn about women in public policy, business/nonprofit leadership, global policy, STEM policy, and law and legal advocacy. Newcomb Alumnae Association and PLEN board member Lisa Rice (NC ’83) says, “We are excited to celebrate the 40th anniversary of PLEN this year. My work on the NAA and PLEN boards 6
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gives me the opportunity to mentor women students on campus and in DC. I know how transformative the PLEN experience is for students who are considering careers in public policy.” Paige Montfort, a current sophomore double-majoring in political science and international development and public health, attended PLEN’s Women in Global Policy seminar in 2018. "My week at PLEN offered me the unique chance to meet and ask questions of diplomats, think tank workers, policy makers, global health professionals, and more. I now have a network of influential, passionate, and intelligent women across Washington DC, the nation, and the globe who want to see me succeed.”
PLEN site visit to the ONE campaign office
Newcomb College Institute funds PLEN attendance and travel costs for several Tulane undergraduate students each year. For more information, contact Anna Mahoney at amahone4@tulane.edu.
Girl Code: Tulane Women Share Love for Tech Careers
A flyer advertising a Python coding workshop on the uptown campus changed the career trajectory for one first-year student at Tulane University. “I had never coded in my life, but I thought that it sounded interesting so I took a chance and went,” said Tatiana Derouen, who graduated in 2018.
Inspired to hone her new coding skills, Derouen returned to the workshop weekly and eventually became a double major in chemistry and computer science. Derouen and fellow recent Tulane graduate Maya Pelichet inspired other female students as the co-chairs of a student organization called Tulane University Women in Technology
(TUWIT). Through TUWIT, the duo offers opportunities for women at Tulane to kickstart careers in technology and to provide resources for students to learn coding and programming. “We like to empower women and encourage them to be successful,” said Pelichet, who double majored in computer
science and applied computing systems and technology. “I took a computer science class for fun and loved it, so I was looking for an organization filled with like-minded people.” Founded in 2013, TUWIT creates a space for students to engage in dialogue concerning issues women commonly face within the technology industry, like the gender gap. “It’s nice to have a community that you can feel comfortable with and rely on,” said Pelichet. “We put on a lot of events where women in important positions within the tech industry can come speak about their workplace experiences and give some insight,” added Derouen, noting that the group also hosts regular skill-building workshops. “We’re all about providing opportunities for people to grow, so everyone is welcome,” added Derouen.
More than 100 students, staff, faculty and citizens from across Louisiana convened to share their experiences of sexual assault activism at their colleges at the second annual Louisiana Sexual Assault Student Activist Conference at Tulane University on October 28, 2017. The 2017 keynote speaker was Wagatwe Wanjuki (right), an activist and writer known for her work organizing the movement for an improved sexual assault policy at Tufts University, where she was a student. Wanjuki explained to the audience that their work was crucial to create cultural change on campus. “Students are incredibly powerful,” she said. “Student activists are really important in creating the connection between survivors and their community. If the community comes together as a whole and says, ‘We will not stand for this type of behavior’... you will see sexual assault rates go down.” Tulane students Hannah Novak (PHTM ’18) and Helen Robins (B ’19) organized the 2017 event, and designed it to empower and educate student activists to improve response to and prevention of sexual assault on their college campuses.
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Ida Kohlmeyer Papers The
PRESERVING MEMORY THROUGH ARCHIVAL PROCESSING by Kyle Welch, Archives Assistant
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ast fall, the Newcomb Archives received the papers of renowned New Orleans artist, Ida Kohlmeyer (November 3, 1912–January 29, 1997), as a donation from her daughter, Jane Lowentritt (NC ’66). After a semester of processing work, Kohlmeyer’s papers are now available for use at Newcomb Archives. Ida Kohlmeyer was an accomplished artist who graduated Newcomb College in 1933. Kohlmeyer majored in English but acquired a passion for art while traveling on her honeymoon. In 1950, she returned to Newcomb to pursue an M.F.A., heavily influenced by artists of the New York School and Abstract Expressionism. Kohlmeyer held her first exhibition at the New Orleans Museum of Art in 1957, but her 1959 show at the Ruth White Gallery in New York garnered national spotlight and acclaim. While showing her work across the country, Kohlmeyer taught art at Newcomb College from 1956-1964, and at the University of New Orleans from 1973-1975. The height of Kohlmeyer’s career came later in life, between 1983-1990, when she completed several landmark commissions that still populate New Orleans: Krewe of Poydras, a work of five painted metal sculptures, standing over forty feet tall, at 1515 Poydras Avenue; Aquatic Colonnade, twenty ocean-inspired sculptures lining the riverwalk at Audubon Aquarium; and the remarkable stained-glass windows at Touro Synagogue. I became intimately familiar with Kohlmeyer’s life when I processed her papers this spring. I found in my senior year that archives and libraries presented rich opportunities to bridge the conceptual work of academia and the hands-on work of community-driven projects. Committed to this field, I leapt at the chance to work with the Newcomb Archives. But what exactly is “processing” and how do collections, like the Ida Kohlmeyer papers, make it to the shelves? Processing, for archivists, refers to the protocols that render materials available for researcher use. With the Kohlmeyer papers, I first took important preservation measures, like removing damaging fasteners, such as paper clips and staples, which, when rusted, burn into documents. I then rehoused every item in acid-free folders and boxes to prevent further damage over time. For a collection the size of Kohlmeyer’s—about fifty linear feet—this process took three months. In the meantime, I reviewed each item to determine its significance in the larger collection. I asked myself, for example, was there a natural grouping of things like photos, correspondence, and administrative records? Finding those answers was important to understand how we should arrange the collection, or in which order a researcher should encounter each group of documents. Arrangement is critical for archival collections because, in addition to facilitating researcher use, once established, it typically remains unaltered. After settling on an arrangement, I entered data from the entire collection, like folder titles and box numbers, into an online finding aid. From the finding aid, researchers can see exactly what’s in the collection and where everything is located before coming to the archives. Finally, we published the collection in Tulane’s archival catalog (archives.tulane.edu), and the rest is history. Archival processing may seem unglamorous, and in fact, it can be tedious; but it is an important and necessary step in preserving the memories of our most beloved Above: Ida Kohlmeyer, Box of Artificial Flowers, painted community members, like Ida Kohlmeyer. Good things take time, after all. I am glad I aluminum, around 17 feet in height, ca. 1986-1988 gave mine to this collection. Oppostite page: Ida Kohlmeyer, 1978
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Above: Photo by Amy Snyder; Opposite page: Joint (ii), 2016. Mirrored hand tools. 3-3/4 x 4-3/4 x 3-1/2 in. Photo by Robert Divers Herrick.
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Zarouhie Abdalian
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arouhie Abdalian (NC ’03) knew she wanted to be an artist ever since she was a child. A native of New Orleans, Abdalian majored in studio art at Newcomb, and in the years since then has had solo exhibitions at the Berkeley Art Museum, the Philadelphia Cathedral, and the Exploratorium in San Francisco, among other venues. Her work has been featured in major international exhibitions like Prospect.3: Notes for Now in 2014, and the Whitney Biennial in 2017, and can also be found in public and private collections including the Whitney Museum of American Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. Her sculptures and installations are often site-specific and encourage viewers to engage with their surroundings. “I typically employ modest materials to effect measured shifts in the viewer’s perception of otherwise quotidian materials or settings,” she said. “These sensibilities were nurtured by my studies at Newcomb: my study of artistic methods and materials in the art department were complimented by coursework in history and sociology, which helped me develop my thinking about place and the socio-political context of my artwork.” When asked if she had faced any obstacles in her career because of her gender, Abdalian noted that the art world is no stranger to discrimination. “Sexist oppression by people in power at (art) schools, art magazines, museums, galleries, etc., is extremely pervasive. I have been personally affected and frustrated by my own unsuccessful attempts to pursue justice. Art spaces are often unregulated, highly unequal spaces where workers, including artists, are typically unorganized. Ending sexist oppression in the art world requires that workers organize with the understanding that sexism functions to enforce existing (obviously highly unequal) power relations; sexism threatens the security of workers in order to safeguard the outsized power of the exploiting class. Until workers band together to change the systems in place, pursuing justice will remain elusive; it is not enough to remove known offenders while doing nothing to end exploitative systems that thrive on sexual violence or the threat thereof.” Abdalian has advice for those seeking a career in the arts: “Though a career artist should value the work of making art, making artwork does not necessarily lead to a career. I recommend avoiding debt while pursuing meaningful connections with other artists. This may mean doing studio visits with people you respect, exhibiting your work with others, pursuing subsidized graduate study, or any number of other approaches to finding spaces and conversations you are interested in contributing to.” Abdalian will have a solo exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans that runs from November 3, 2018 through February 10, 2019.
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Putting the Pieces Together The “Life and the Afterlife” of the House of the Frescoes
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or nearly a century after archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans discovered it in the 1920s, the House of the Frescoes in Knossos was left mostly untouched. That is, until 2016, when the British School at Athens invited Dr. Emilia Oddo, a professor in the department of Classical Studies at Tulane, to work on this prestigious project. Over the last two summers, she has brought students with her to Crete to help her organize and study this ancient material. This past summer, Newcomb College Institute funded the journeys for students Renee Trepagnier and Isabelle Johnsen. “Last year I took two classes, Greek Art and Archaeology and Aegean Bronze Age, with Prof. Oddo and really fell in love with the subject,” said Trepagnier, a sophomore studying Classical Studies. “I felt a connection to the material and wanted to explore it more. I went on this trip to learn about Classical archaeology, work with ancient Minoan artifacts, and determine if this is a possible career field for me.” Evans, who is widely considered the father of Cretan archaeology, found the House of the Frescoes near the monumental palace of Knossos. The building, which is dated to the early Late Bronze Age, around 1700 BCE, was covered in frescoes, a rare find. Evans also found stone vases and other inscribed pieces inside, but he never published his work on the excavation. Oddo, who is writing a book about her research on the House, is not interested in just a list of finds. “I want to know how the excavation in the 1920s can still be used to say something about the story of the building and the people. What happened to the House of the Frescoes? What was the function of this building, and why was it left untouched?” Over a five-week period each summer, Oddo and her research team of students methodically combed through 1,800 fragments of ceramics. Oddo trained students how to properly handle the material and organize it into discrete groups by pattern that can tell a story. Her research has brought to light more details than the ones Evans talked about briefly so long ago, and she intends to produce a new plan of the building as a result. This past summer she made a discovery that revolutionized her methods of working with the pottery. Between the 1920s and today, the objects from the site have been moved back and forth to different storage facilities, which Oddo realized caused the boxes that hold the objects to be mislabeled. “Now I’ve figured out how to actually locate the pottery from the box and attribute it to its original find spot. The mislabeling created a lot of problems, but now it’s showing me new information that I can use to describe the life of the building,” she said. “This trip made me aware of my interest in Aegean Prehistory and handling ancient artifacts. I learned much about my work ethic, my passions, my potential career and the kind of life I want to live,” Trepagnier said. The House of the Frescoes was abandoned, but never built over or reconstructed. Oddo suspects that it was inhabited and used for a special purpose, possibly ritual. Once it was deserted, it may have been taboo for anyone to touch it. “This building must have had a special meaning for the people who lived there,” she said. “I tell the students, we’re discovering its ‘life and afterlife.’”
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EXPLORES THE STORY OF NEW ORLEANS USING TULANE AND NEWCOMB HISTORY
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ewcomb Art Museum’s tricentennial exhibition, EMPIRE, presented in partnership with A Studio in the Woods and Pelican Bomb, tells the story of New Orleans through the lens of Tulane’s material culture. Through the assembly of 400 objects from ten different archives and special collections, artist collective Fallen Fruit has transformed the entire museum into one immersive artwork. Rather than acting as an encyclopedic exhibition, with detailed labels and objects in chronological order, the show groups artifacts in a non-linear fashion, inviting visitors to determine their own path of exploration. Each room has a title and suggested theme that loosely link together the art and artifacts displayed: objects that relate to patriarchal power structures and the struggle for Louisiana are on display in The Men’s Room while in The Women’s Room (a nod to Tulane and Newcomb’s historically gendered systems) a mix of images of Newcomb women and representations of New Orleans symbols and social constructs explore pageantry, carnival, monuments, mausoleums, and the psychological divisions of public and private personas. The gallery named Empire replicates the behind-the-scenes, backstage look of the archives at Tulane. Jars of fish specimens from the Royal D. Suttkus collection are next to artifacts from the Middle American Research Institute and the Latin American Library as well as Katrina-damaged artwork from Newcomb and scale-models from the Southeastern Architectural Archive. By not highlighting one object or collection over the other, the artists elevate all stories on view to equal hierarchies, leaving it up to the viewer to explore, select, and interpret their own story of New Orleans.
Newcomb History Featured in EMPIRE Treasured objects, books and ephemera from the Newcomb Archives appear throughout Newcomb Art Museum’s EMPIRE exhibition, interweaving the legacy of Newcomb College and history of gender equality in Louisiana among over 400 items on display. Favorites from Newcomb College founder Josephine Louise Newcomb’s personal collection adorn the galleries, including books from her personal library, marble busts of Newcomb and daughter Sophie, and of course, Sophie’s iconic corkscrew curls. The exchange of hair among close friends and family was a common, sentimental practice in the Victorian era, so it is not unusual that Mrs. Newcomb would have kept her child’s hair as a memento. In 1886, sixteen years after Sophie’s death, Mrs. Newcomb founded the H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College for Women, creating an enduring monument to the memory of her beloved daughter. Several zines from the Vorhoff Special Collections Zine Library are part of an interactive display, inviting visitors to touch and read these unique pieces of literary ephemera. Broadly defined as paper-based, self-published texts created and shared within the context of a subculture, zines have long been a critical component of what is known as D.I.Y. feminism — a political outlook centered on communicating and elevating ideas through independent cultural production. Also included are collections documenting New Orleans’ Second-Wave Feminist Movement, particularly the effort to pass the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in Louisiana. The ERA is a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution, designed to guarantee equal legal rights for all Americans regardless of sex. Originally conceived in 1921, the ERA was re-introduced in 1971, following the
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rise of the women’s movement. The U.S. House of Representatives and Senate quickly approved it, but fell short by three of the thirtyeight states required to ratify the amendment by legislative vote. Louisiana is one of fourteen states that has never ratified the ERA. In the tradition of a Jazz Funeral, New Orleans feminists took to the streets with doubloons, banners and bumper stickers reading “ERA: A New Day” — on display in exhibit cases — to praise the amendment, rather than bury it. These are just a few of the unique items on loan from the Newcomb Archives in EMPIRE. You can visit the exhibit through December 21st to explore these collections, and you can contact the Newcomb Archives to learn more about the work they do to collect, preserve, and provide access to the history of women and gender in the Gulf South. FIRST FRIDAY NEWCOMB POTTERY TOURS Have you ever wanted to get a behind-the-scenes look at Newcomb Art Museum's incredible collection of Newcomb Pottery? If so, then drop by on the First Friday of each month at noon for a guided tour highlighting their permanent collection of Newcomb Pottery and the history of the Newcomb Enterprise. The tour is free but STRICTLY LIMITED to the first 10 people due to space restrictions. Please reach out to Tom Friel at tfriel@tulane.edu regarding any questions and to RSVP for a tour. Free and open to the public. For a full list of EMPIRE-related events, check newcombmuseum.tulane.edu.
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Alum Finds Her Way Back to Art in her ‘Encore Career’ ome people have one career in their lifetime. Others have two. Laura Rhodes Waller (NC '66, SW '68) is now on her third. After she graduated from Newcomb, she earned her master’s degree in social work at Tulane and began a career as a therapist. Eleven years later, she became a financial planner, and ran her own company for decades. When she retired in 2012, she sold her business to her son (who is also a Tulane graduate) and began her third career: full-time artist. She admits the transition may seem strange, but her enthusiasm for art started long before she began making it. She credits her Newcomb art history professor Roberta Murray Capers for generating her interest in researching art. Waller was assigned a term paper for class, and she chose an artist whose work she had just seen at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, Jules Bastien-Lepage. “I saw his massive painting of Joan of Arc, and I was just floored by it. But [Capers] came back and said, that’s not a prominent enough artist to do a whole paper on. I said, you’re trying to teach us enough so that we can walk into any gallery or museum and identify good art, and this is what I did, I used what you taught me. It worked out and I got an A on the paper. But that class stayed with me, and taught me how to see things, not only art but the world around me at more than just a brief glance.” But it would be years before she turned her interest in art into something more. First, there was the financial planning. It was a great career move, but it came with a high stress level. “To relieve that stress I would go to watercolor workshops. It was a way to totally get away from the market,” she said. When she decided to pursue art full time, she had the advantage of her business experience to help jump start her career. “I also switched at that point to oil paints; I studied one-on-one with a woman artist to make that transition, partly because I think oils are taken more seriously, even though I love watercolors and still do them too.” Today, Waller is about to start her fifth residency at the Vermont Studio Center. Many of her paintings focus on urban landscapes; one series was on the Port of Tampa Bay. “I love what I call ‘drop-ins,’ where you enter a new world that you’ve gone by all the time, but you’ve never been in it, and maybe it’s also a place where very few women have entered. So painting the Port of Tampa Bay meant going to our port and getting sponsored in; there are very few women in the port. I got in and learned something totally new.” She is represented by two galleries now, one in Maine and one in Florida. She divides her time between the two places. Both galleries are run by women, she notes. “I had two solo shows this year that were initiated by women curators, and I have a large show that will be opening in Florida in January that again was initiated by a female curator. I point that out because I think it’s interesting the way all of a sudden women—and particularly older women—are being discovered by the commercial side of art. The Whitney Museum just had the first retrospective of Carmen Herrera’s work when she was 101. So, maybe I’m just entering the prime of my career.” “The nice thing about having an encore career like art is you’re giving up managing people and all the extraneous things you have to do in a business career, and you can just focus on learning your craft, and developing what you want to create through your art. I think we’re forging a new way of looking at this stage in life, which used to be you retired and died, but now you retire and if you’re lucky you may have 20 to 30 years. To me, playing golf or whatever is not enough. If you’re at this stage in your life just go for it. This is the time to try what you’ve always wanted to do, have some adventure.” Laura Waller’s next solo exhibition Rockland, Tampa and New York: Recent Works by Laura Waller opens January 11, 2019 until March 1, 2019 at Dunedin Fine Art Center in Dunedin, Florida.
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Student VOICES, Student ACTION Derby Belser (SLA '20) is a rising junior, pursuing a dual degree in Music Composition and English. She was the recipient of an internship grant from Newcomb College Institute.
When I’m not composing or writing poetry, I’m teaching yoga, directing my a cappella group (THEM a cappella), or representing Greek life. Even when I’m busy, I try to keep my life saturated with music, which is why I was excited to intern with JoAnn Kane Music Service (JKMS) last summer. I would love to compose for films, work in songwriting, or be a music supervisor, and this opportunity allowed me to see the ins and outs of all of those careers.
Williams (composer for Star Wars), Alan Silvestri (The Avengers), and my favorite, Randy Newman (Princess and The Frog, Monsters Inc., etc.), among others. So when my boss told me to hold because Diana Ross was calling, I suppressed shock. I had no idea that I would be sitting in an office with some of Berklee College of Music’s finest musicians, or sharing an office space with the composer for Black Panther.
typical scoring session, the director (Robert Zemeckis), producer, orchestrator (Mark Graham), conductor and/or composer (Alan was both), and all of the instrumentalists gather in a large studio stage to record the sound track for whichever film they’re working on. All of the musicians are top in their field; our pianist was Randy Kerber, the mastermind and hands behind every Harry Potter piano solo.
“To be entering an arena with few women predecessors is a bit terrifying, but makes my work that much more important.” JKMS is a company that prepares clients’ music so that the pieces are rehearsal/performance ready. My job was to help re-organize their library and fit every piece in our archive with a database barcode. While this may not sound exciting, getting to hold the original score to The Sound of Music, Star Wars, or 22 Jump Street (Mark Mothersbaugh doodles on his scores) is thrilling. Eventually, I learned how to not look like a child at Disneyworld every time one of my bosses or co-workers dropped a huge industry name. But I did not get used to reading and filing brilliant original scores from the greats; some of the clients at JKMS include John
Hitting the high note of my internship On our breaks, we were allowed to take any score from the archive shelf and study it all we want. (I spent a lot of time in the Randy Newman section.) While analyzing scores provides a world of education, the office discussions offer applicable lessons as well. I listened to my co-workers debate things like which key acts as the best transposition for a un-released score, and in the process learned what it means to make a successful composition. One day, I attended Alan Silvestri’s scoring session at SONY music for Welcome to Marwen. In a
I can tell that my time at the internship has sharpened my composition, communication and music history recollection skills by the way I was able to participate in conversation and deliberation with the musicians at the session. I’m really proud of how I handled myself; as one of only a few non-instrumentalist women, I had to rely on my own competency and poise. To be entering an arena with few women predecessors is a bit terrifying, but makes my work that much more important. That is why having this opportunity through NCI and through my professor, Dr. Barbara Jazwinski, meant the world to me.
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IN MEMORIAM
MARY HOLT MYRICK LANGLOIS (NC ’58) left behind
a legacy of public service when she died in New Orleans on March 10, 2018. Born in Monroe, Louisiana, Mary graduated from Newcomb College with a degree in sociology. After her undergraduate years, Mary attended the Tulane School of Social Work and became a child welfare case worker in both Jefferson and Orleans Parishes. Later, Mary added Newcomb to another line of her resume when she became the Director of Newcomb Alumnae Affairs and later, in 1986, the Director of the Newcomb College Centennial Celebration. “Mary Holt and I were lifelong friends,” said Carol Cudd (NC ’59). “She had a natural inclination for outreach which was a great asset as a social worker and as the director of volunteers at Tulane Medical Center, the director of the Newcomb College Alumnae Association, and for her volunteer service with Young Audiences of Louisiana, the board of Poydras Home, the Orleans Club, Newcomb College and her church.” As a member of both the Director’s Advisory Council and the Newcomb Alumnae Association Board, Mary remained involved with Newcomb long after her employment. In recent years, she extended her generosity further by sponsoring a Newcomb Scholar. In the 2016 issue of NEWCOMB Magazine, Scholar Madeleine Nicholson (PHTM ’16), pictured above, said, “Mary is an impeccable woman—driven, witty, intelligent, poised, gracious, and insightful. I feel so fortunate to have her in my life as a friend, mentor, and guide as I navigate post-grad life.”
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Newcomb alumna FELICIA KAHN was a political activist who advocated for civil rights and women’s rights for nearly 70 years. She died on June 21, 2018 at the age of 91. Kahn majored in sociology at Newcomb College and graduated in 1948. While there, she worked with the League of Women Voters of New Orleans and helped women register to vote. Later, she became president and then a board member of the League of Women Voters. Her civic engagement also extended to the Historic District Landmarks Commission and the Central Business District Landmarks Commission, as well as the National Council of Jewish Women, the Independent Women's Organization, the New Orleans Coalition, the National Women's Political Caucus, Common Cause, the Alliance of Concerned Taxpayers, and the Alliance for Affordable Energy. In 2016, Kahn was the recipient of a lifetime achievement award from the state Democratic Party. That year she was also the second oldest delegate at the Democratic National Convention at the age of 90. A longtime supporter of Newcomb, Kahn remained heavily involved throughout the years, and was often a familiar face seen at many Newcomb events, lectures, and programs. Her papers are in the Newcomb Archives. Most recently, Kahn worked on New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s election campaign, and even appeared in a commercial for her. In a statement to Times-Picayune journalist John Pope, Cantrell said Kahn was “an icon and institution for generations, and... an inspiration for me as a champion of equal rights and women’s rights. Her legacy is hard to overstate. I am grateful to have known her, and to have benefited from her relentless efforts on behalf of the women of this country.”
NEWCOMB Donor Honor Roll We appreciate the financial support of alumnae, parents, and friends. We proudly announce the donors to Newcomb College Institute, including those that have made gifts to the Newcomb Alumnae Association, during the 2017-2018 fiscal year. Thank you for your support. The Newcomb monies benefit today’s undergraduate women, just as they benefited alumnae who attended Newcomb College. Funds functioning as endowment support the Newcomb College Institute. That amount is now valued at approximately $42 million and generates almost $2 million for our programs each year. The Newcomb Foundation Board ensures that the Newcomb College Institute spends that money wisely. Named endowments support a variety of other activities, including lecture series, research grants, and the Newcomb Archives.
HARRIETT BOBO (NC ’64) was born in
Florence, Alabama in 1948. Throughout her career she spent time in Denver, Dallas, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., but no matter where she was, she always had a strong devotion to her alma mater in New Orleans. Bobo died on July 14, 2018. During her time at Newcomb College in the early 1960s, Bobo was active in a number of clubs, and was president of the Newcomb student body during her senior year (19631964). After graduation, she started working with the Shell Oil Company in Houston, Texas, and then moved back to New Orleans to work for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. She would continue her career there for nearly 38 years. A collection of Bobo’s personal items related to her time at Newcomb are in the Newcomb Archives. She donated photographs, correspondence, and memorabilia related to her experience as a student at Newcomb in the 1960s, including records related to her campaign for student body president. These materials include Bobo’s campaign platform, campaign planning notes, promotional pins, and the transcript of a campaign speech. Harriett is pictured above with another notable Newcomb alumna, Lindy Boggs (NC '35), who served in the U.S. Congress and later as ambassador to the Vatican. Bobo was known to be appreciative of how Newcomb taught her to be a leader, and her generosity back to her alma mater has helped pave the way for future generations of Newcomb leaders.
Susan Abel and Russell Abel Judith Acomb and Ryan Acomb Amie Adams Haley Ade Nira Agrawal Marianne Aiken Laura Albert and Justin Albert Amanda Albin and Keith Murphy Vanann Allen Jane Allsopp Janet Allured Debra Alpert and Daniel Alpert Kathryn Anderson and Larry Anderson Christina Anderson and Paul Anderson Anonymous Donors Linda Argote and Dennis Epple Lory Arnold and Jacob Bryan Teresa Auch and Michael Auch Rebecca Baker Brian Barcelo Georgia Barlow Amanda Barnett and Barry Barnett Lynn Barton and David Barton Virginia Bass Nina Baumgartner Ariel Baverman Elaine Baylor and Elgin Baylor Cynthia Beaird and Brice Beaird Joanna Bean Meredith Beers Annie Bell Susan Bell and Douglas Bell Laura Bellas and Sam Bellas Elizabeth Bellino and Peter Towns Joan Benjamin and W. Benjamin Jennifer Berman E. Bernie Tamara Bernstein * Julia Berry Lisette Betancourt Danielle Bias Lavinia Bircher and Edgar Bircher Sue Blackshear Sarah Blanchard Ellen Blue Lucile Bodenheimer and James Holiday Jordan Bond Sarah Borgatti Claudia Borman * Margaret Boudreau Margaretta Bourgeois and Lionel Bourgeois Kelly Boyd and David Boyd Eleanore Boyse and Matthew Boyse Carolyn Brath Carole Bratter * Thomas Bratter Lillian Breard Barbara Bridges Elizabeth Brinkley Erin Brock Hannah Broussard Norma Bruce and Robert Bruce Katherine Brucker Stephanie Buckwalter Barbara Burgess Barbara Burk Jessica Burt Nicole Bush Denise Butler Brenda Byrne
Nancy Cadwallader Yvonne Caldera Janice Campbell Lauren Caplan Delia Carr Jaimee Carreras and Jeffrey Carreras Alicia Castilla and Mark Zelek Jane Cease and Ronald Cease Tina Celenza Remillard and Laura Kutch Robin Chace Bonnie Chapman and William Chapman Sabina Chapman-Altman Julia Chen Rebecca Cheskes and Issy Cheskes Elsie Chisholm Chun-Chih Chiu and I-Ping Chiu Carrie Chou Joanie Cleary Holly Clement and Stephen Clement Jane Cohen and Richard Cohen Cory Cole Jan Coleman and Ronald Coleman Sandra Cook Susan Cook and Clayton Cook Charlotte Cooksey Cynthia Cooper and Scott Cooper Jean Cooper Heather Corbett Bonny Cotlar and David Cotlar Amber Countis Rachel Couper and Eric Couper Kaye Courington and Lance Rydberg Sarah Covert Sally Cox and John Cox Annalisa Cravens Lisa Cristal and Bruce Cybul Alexandra Cudney Jeanne Cummings and Charles Cummings Lindsey Curewitz Ann Curtis Marley Cyrluk and Jonathan Cyrluk Jeri D'Lugin Allison Dandry Clare Daniel Jennifer Daniel and Sara Slaughter Suzanne Danilson Barbara Danos and Robert Danos Frank Daspit Anna Davis Yvette Davis Nancy Pariser and William Dean Barbara Dickson Mary Dickson and Brooke Dickson Jean Dillahunty Sandra Discepolo and William Discepolo Nancy Dixon and Michael Dixon Christine Dobie and Robert Dobie Linda Dodenhoff Nancy Donoghue and Patrick Donoghue Joan Donovan and Robert Donovan Annette Doskey Clare Doyle Anne Ducanis Nancy Ducoff Khristina Dunn Elizabeth Duplantier Marcella Durand and Richard O'Russa Elizabeth Dwyer Catherine Edwards and David Edwards Paula Eichenbrenner
Jane Emling Margaret Engman and Edward Engman Kyna Epstein and Richard Epstein Betty Ernewein and Edmund Ernewein Rebecca Espach and Ralph Espach Donna Esteves and Richard Esteves Anna Etheridge Leslie Evans Merri Ex and Mitchell Ex Kathryn Facchiano Fairfax Fair Danielle Fam Mercedes Fast Martha Fazio and Steven Fazio Debbie Felsenthal and Steven Felsenthal Diane Fernandez Elizabeth Fiato Kristina Fink and Zachary Fink Marsha Firestone and Monroe Firestone Briah Fischer Luella Fitzgerald Camille Fitzsimmons Ellen Fleishmann and Robert Fleishmann Carter Flemming and Michael Flemming Regen Foley Louise Foreman and Mark Foreman Ann Owens and Robin Forman Eleanor Foster Linda Foster Diane Frank Sandra Frankel and Neil Frankel Gail Frasier Linda Friedman and Richard Friedman Nancy Gajewski Emily Galik Naomi Gardberg Lauren Garfunkel Emilie Garoutte and John Garoutte Mary Garrard Dana Gerard and Quin Gerard Elizabeth Gerhart and Stephen Gerhart Mary Edith Germeau Barbara Ginsberg and Howard Ginsberg Clare Glassell Eileen Gleason Carole Gloger Stacie Goeddel and Michael Etheridge Felice Goldberg and Alan Goldberg Doris Goldstein and Martin Goldstein Jodi Goodsitt Amanda Gordon and Ben Kornblet Peggy Gordon and Raymond Gordon Sheila Gorey * Jackie Gothard Sol Gothard Breea Govenar Anna Clare Green Julie Greenwald Jane Grimshaw Mia Groedel Elizabeth Gross and Phillip Gross Jane Grubin and Simon Grubin Patricia Gruenberg and Alan Gruenberg Julianne Grundfest Roberta Guillory and Joseph Guillory Adrienne Haden and Victor Quiroz Kristin Hall Allyson Halperin Marilyn Hamly Grace Hanchrow and Jack Hanchrow
* deceased This information is accurate to the best of our knowledge as of July 31, 2018.
NEWCOMB Donor Honor Roll Amanda Hardy George Harley Sue Harrell and Tommy Harrell Ann Harris Nita Harris Martha Hart and Charles Hart Tootie Haskins Rosaria Heide and Rudolph Heide David Heleniak Julie Hellman Jacquelynn Hendershott and Charles Hendershott Jean Hendrickson and R. Hendrickson Julie Henriquez Aldana * Charlotte Herman Eliane Herring and James Goltz Rachel Herschlag Susan Herschlag and Richard Herschlag David Hervas Gayle Hill and Robert Hill Paula Hill Susan Hill Ashleigh Hite Betsy Hockstein Nancy Hoffman and Phillip Hoffman Paula Hoffman Emily Holm and Theodore Holm Reva Holmes and Michael Holmes Louise Horn Benaz Hossain Jacquelyne Howard and David Howard Adonija Hoyt and Wade Hoyt Emma Hurler Alice Hurler and Joseph Hurler Patricia Hurley and Kim Hill Dolliann Hurtig Mary Lynn Hyde and Steven Rossi * Mary Irvine Lanier Isom and Hugo Isom Rebecca Ivester and Julius Ivester Eva Jacobson Lauren Elkin and Matthew Jasie Lisa Jeremiah and John Jeremiah Sarah Jernigan Jean Jew Peggy Johnson Melinda Jones and Albert Jones Emily Jones Anne Joseph Jane Joyner and Owen Joyner * Felicia Kahn Hydi Kalmin and Bruce Kalmin Randy Kammer and Jeff Wollitz Ricki Kanter and Joel Kanter Charel Katz Gala Kaufman Sarah Kearney and Patrick Kearney Angela Keesee Elizabeth Keightley Esther Kelly and Francis Kelly Ann Kenney and John Kenney Sally Kenney and Norman Foster Ann Keogh Lindsey Kiefer Margot Kimmel Suzanne Kinney and David Kinney Anne Klaus Samantha Klein and Mike Melrose Anne Kocher Mary Kock Lynn Koff Jennifer Kottler and Robert Kottler Diane Kreisher Molli Kuenstner Catherine Kuhlman and William Kuhlman Kirsten Kuhlmann Barbara Kurshan and Richard Kurshan Andrea Lapsley and Robert Lapsley Constance Larimer Sandra Lassen
Susan Laudeman and W. Laudeman Ruth Lebovitz and Paul Lebovitz Danielle Lee and Benjamin Lee Blaine Legum-Levenson Katie Lentz Mary Ann Leo Sophia Leonard Andrea Leverentz Fergie Lewis and Patrick Lewis Barbara Lief Alyssa Liehr Joyce Lobrano and Francis Lobrano Loretta Loftus Geneva Longlois-Marney Elizabeth Lopez Hua Lu Sandra Luxenberg and Malcolm Luxenberg Janet MacDonell Elizabeth MacKay Carolyn Mahady Amanda Mahnke Anna Mahoney and Patrick Mahoney S. Mahorner Catherine Makk Frances Manley Barbara Marcus Sylvia Margolies and Lawrence Margolies Meghan Marks Helen Marsh Leslie Marsh and Leo Marsh Mariana Martinez and Adam Martinez Jo Oshiro and Wells Matthews Carolyn McCall and William McCall Anne McCulloch and Edgar McCulloch Judy McEnany and Michael McEnany Kimberly McGeever Lucinda McIntyre Jean McKinley Amanda McKnight Sandra McNamee and Douglas McNamee Claire McVadon and M. McVadon Judy Mead and Robert Mead Julie Meckstroth Kimiko Meyers and Charles Meyers Naomi Meyers Carline Mildor Elaine Miller and Aaron Stambler Nancy Miller Jennifer Mills Priscilla Mims MaryAnn Moats Casey Mochel Andrea Moffitt and Steven Moffitt Eduardo Moreno Janet Morgan Samantha Morris Shannon Morris and Steven Morris Anne Morse and James Morse Andree Moss Colleen Murphey Linda Murphey and Donald Murphey Lamar Murphy and William Murphy Nancy Murray Taylor Murrow Sarah Musich Jill Nagiel and Shahak Nagiel Roopa Nalam Natasha Navejar Alison Nelson and David Nelson Heather Nelson Tina Nguyen Sharon Ninno and Mark Ninno Lisa Norris Hannah Novak Kacey O'Brien and John O'Brien Joan O'Connell and James O'Connell Colleen O'Donnell Jeanne Olivier and Robert Dineen Judith Olson and Leonard Olson
Joanne Omang and David Burnham Statira Overstreet and W. Rich Carey Paret Harriet Parham Sybil Patten Cynthia Patterson Jacqueline Peacock Nan Peacocke Elizabeth Pedersen Sofia Pendley and Shane Pendley Clara Perry and Michael Schwartz Jessalyn Peters Kathleen Peto and Daniel Rice Davita Petty Suzanne Phelps and Ashton Phelps D. Phillips Ida Phillips and Stuart Phillips Margaret Phillips Thaia Pick Paula Picker and Joel Picker Jill Pinsky and Michael Pinsky Genevieve Pope Janet Postell and John Postell Helen Louise Pozza Cecile Prager Andrea Price and Todd Price Leslie Price and Seth Price Rosemary Priede and Florentino Priede Evelyn Prince and Julian Prince Molly Pulda and Gary Sernovitz Laura Purswell and Michal Purswell Ann Queen Linda Quick Doris Quigley Maureen Quinn Sarah Quintano Mary Radford and Robert Dana Ruth Radin-Legum and Edward Legum Diane Rankin and Alexander Rankin Annette Rau and Jack Rau Shirley Reddoch and Gregg Petersen Regina Reed Jill Reynolds Eva Rezza Cassandra Rice Lisa Rice Saralyn Richard and Edward Richard Andrea Richardson and Christopher Richardson Gracibel Rickerfor Nadezda Robb and Christopher Robb Amanda Roberts and Sean Roberts Jessica Roberts Winifred Robinson and R. Robinson Joan Rogers Regina Rogers Sonja Romanowski Alice Roque Betty Lee Rosen and Howard Rosen Emily Rosen Judith-Ann Rosenthal and Haskell Rosenthal Sylvia Roy and John Roy Elizabeth Ruppert Erin Rusonis Lindy Russell Kathryn Rydberg Sara Saber and Joel Saber Jennifer Sachs Emma Saltzberg Ann Salzer and Earl Retif Samantha Sanacore Aracelly Santana Olive Sartor Susan Sartor and Walter Sartor Carolyn Saunders * William Saunders Sallie Scanlan Susan Schaefer Theresa Schieber and Ray Rybak
Janet Schinderman Kathy Schlesinger Laurie Schloss and Lawrence Schloss Elizabeth Schneidau and J. Schneidau Ellen Schneidau and Marc Schneidau Helen Schneidau Jackie Schornstein Rhonda Schornstein and Michael Schornstein Sandra Schwarcz Alexa Schwartz Nancy See Sandra Segel and Kenneth Segel Samantha Seigman and Peter Seigman Jill Selati and Robin Selati Karen Seltzer and Steven Seltzer Susan Shafton BJ Shannon Carolyn Shapiro and Michael Shapiro Michelle Sharp and Jeremy Sharp Chloe Raub and Daniel Shedd Brittney Sheena Helene Sheena and Ronnie Sheena Linda Sheff Carole Shlipak and Louis Shlipak Mary Clare Siegel Whitney Silverman Dee Silverthorn and Andrew Silverthorn Jane Simmons Jenny Simoneaux and Robert Simoneaux Cynthia Skaalen Sherri Sklar and Jeffrey Sklar Aidan Smith and Patrick Sullivan Carol Smith Charlene Smith Shari Sokolowicz Katherine Somich Skylar Souyoul Marcia Spielberger David Stacy Judith Steinberg and Sylvan Steinberg Jerome Steiner Rosina Stephenson and Robert Stephenson Susan Stine Carol Stivrins and Timothy Stivrins Carolyn Stolz Samantha Stover and Oliver Stover Jenifer Kelly-Strauss and David Strauss G. Stricklin and Stephen Nichols Madeleine Swanstrom Andrew Sykes Langston Symon and Robert Symon Michelle Tabor and Samuel Tabor Katherine Tek Sarah Therriault and Russell Therriault Joyce Thibodeaux and William Thibodeaux Patrice Thomas Diane Thompson Mary Thompson and Robert Thompson Karline Tierney Samantha Tigner P. Traficanti and Bryan Traficanti Betsie Tremant Janis Trossman and Don Trossman Sandra Turkel and Richard Turkel Christine Turner Patricia Turner and Edmond Turner Leslie Tutle Ruth Ulmer Cranch Janie VanDeventer Carol Vatz and Joel Rosch Allie Verlander and David Verlander D. Jean Veta and Mary Dutton Beverly Viilo and W. Viilo Germaine Vorhoff and Robbert Vorhoff Boihoang Vu Shirley Wall and John Wall Diana Ward and Stacey Michel
Teresa Warkentin and Jonathan Warkentin Susan Wedlan and Harold Rosen Kathy Weil Jocelyn Weinberg Betty Weinberger and Stanley Weinberger Julie Weinstein Riki Weinstein and Daniel Morrison Patricia Weiss Martha Wells and Max Wells Patricia Westerman Lauren Wethers Bridget Wicklander Nancy Wiener Carol Wise Judilyn Wise and Michael Wise Laura Wolford Tara Wolman and Steven Wolman Carolyn Wood and Charles Wood Heather Yanak Julie Young Keela Young Peggy Young Monica Younghein and John Younghein Barbara Zinker Elana Zucker and Brian Zucker Kathleen Zucker
Corporations and Foundations
Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, LLC Baton Rouge Area Foundation Betancourt Stuttering Center Boston Foundation Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Dallas Jewish Community Foundation Deloitte Foundation Collins C. Diboll Private Foundation Edward G. Schlieder Educational Foundation Emerson Charitable Trust ExxonMobil Foundation Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Hampton Roads Community Foundation IBM International Foundation Jewish Endowment Foundation Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta, Inc. Joseph Charitable Trust Kahn Education Foundation Out of the Box Foundation Phillip and Elizabeth Gross Family Foundation Principal Financial Group Foundation, Inc. Regions Financial Corporation Renaissance Charitable Fondation SC Johnson Fund, Inc. The Schloss Foundation Schwab Charitable Fund The Greater New Orleans Foundation U. S. Charitable Gift Trust M.B. and Edna Zale Foundation
* deceased This information is accurate to the best of our knowledge as of July 31, 2018.
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2019 Roe V. Wade Lecture January 22, 2019
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