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In every issue VISI ON NOW

Cindy Trask, Head of School, reflects on falling in love with spring all over again.

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SPRING SEMESTER

Construction Q&A with Katie Chernau 10 __________________________________

IN FULL BLOOM

What’s Your Why? Community members share what makes St. Catherine’s School a special place 16 __________________________________

Once again, the campus flourished with the return of many gatherings, activities and special events that rekindled community connections.

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Retirees: Thank you for your service 17 __________________________________ Of the many Springtime traditions symbolizing the Senior class “passing the torch” to the Juniors and the Juniors’ acceptance of their new authority as leaders of the School, Junior-Senior Banquet is a favorite.

One of our oldest traditions, Banquet originated as early as 1915 at Miss Jennie’s School downtown, emphasizing etiquette and hospitable leadership. The tradition continued at the Westhampton campus, first in the original bungalow dining room. By the 1950s, it was moved to the dining arcade, and more recently to the Kenan-Flagler auditorium and now back to the Dining Hall. Changes in venue, execution and additions have only heightened the excitement. .

Where Are They Now: Marilyn Marable Brown 19 __________________________________

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REUNION We welcomed alumnae back for our second reunion during the school year.

Heavily drawn from a 2010 Chapel talk by Archivist Tyler Bird Paul ’77 and a 2018 summary by Archivist Sarah Martin Herguner ’77

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Since Banquet’s inception, the Junior class has clandestinely selected a theme, decorated the venue, prepared toasts and songs referencing school day memories, fond farewells, anticipation of the future and good humor. Juniors prepare, handaddress, and deliver formal invitations to the Senior class and faculty.

Sophomore girls and St. Christopher’s Juniors are guest servers. The “June Queen” and the “June Scholar,” outstanding members of the Senior class are announced.

By the 1960s, Step-singing was added to end the evening, with Juniors and Seniors relocating to the Portico for more song.

From concept to realization, Banquet is an opportunity for the Juniors to exhibit their skills in leadership, cooperation, performance, and design. Menus, displays, skits, special t-shirts, and the Senior Farewell Song presented by staff and faculty are cherished elements. Banquet is more than a celebration. It is the Juniors’ first test of responsibility as the new leaders of the School: putting on as a team a huge special event, thinking it through from the big picture down to the finest details, showcasing talents, creativity, resourcefulness, teamwork, organization, time management, common sense, diplomacy and social graces.

Letter from Britt Childs Staley ’01, President of the Richmond Alumnae Board 40 __________________________________

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GRADUATION The Class of 2022 leaves an indelible mark on the School.

Spotlight: Elizabeth “Buff” 51 Hanes Thomas ’65 __________________________________

69 Spotlight: Holly Lucas Emerson ’86 __________________________________ 84 Spotlight: Madeleine Dugan ’18 __________________________________ 86 Marriages __________________________________ 88 Births and Adoptions __________________________________ In Memoriam 91 __________________________________

On the Cover: Celebrating the Class of 2022

BOARDI NG ME MORI E S

Chrystal Russell ’99 shares stories of “the place I loved, and the people who loved me when I was young.”

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St. Catherine’s Now Spring 2022 Vol. 81 No. 1 Head of School

Cindy Trask Executive Editor

Theodora Miller Director of Marketing and Communications Co-Managing Editors

Dear Friends,

Laura Spratley Birdsey ’96 Director of Alumnae Affairs

The first spring of my first year in Virginia was magical. My family and I had moved to Richmond in 2006 from a small town in Vermont where winter gives way to “mud season.” Experiencing spring for the first time in RVA was extraordinary. This year, I have fallen in love with spring all over again as the beauty of our campus has marked both a new beginning and a return home.

Jennifer Harter Assistant Director of Marketing and Communications

Spring at St. Catherine’s brings Daisy Days, Class Reunions, and a reminder that Commencement is just around the corner. This year, beloved traditions and celebrations felt new, and the resumption of our fine arts performances, co-curricular activities, and athletic contests filled us with gratitude for the things we had missed. Welcoming parents back to campus reinforced our shared joy and partnership in working together to educate our girls.

After two years of disruption and uncertainty, these moments and opportunities spark connection, happiness, and hope.

Jennifer Harter Judy Carpenter Hawthorne ’75 Theodora Miller

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Dale Edmondson Publications Manager & Graphic Designer Contributing Writers

Director of Development

Debbie Andrews Dunlap ’70 Assistant Director of Development

Katherine Ferguson Director of Alumnae Affairs

Laura Spratley Birdsey ’96 Illustrations / Photography

Our campus is a living resource and spring highlights its beauty and growth. We now have an apiary at our Goochland fields, where student beekeepers are learning about vital pollinators and supporting our local ecosystem. The Arts and Innovation Center (AIC) is rising majestically from the southern end of campus and we are anticipating its completion in late 2022 and opening in early 2023. Buildings and the spaces inside reflect our values and what we believe about teaching, learning, and the connections that hold us together. St. Catherine’s students are challenged not just to adapt and master disciplines, but to innovate, invent, and imagine what the world could be. It’s hard to overstate the excitement we feel for how the new learning spaces of the AIC will enable collaboration, spark engagement, and elevate learning.

Against the backdrop of all things new, spring is also a bittersweet time as we say farewell to our seniors and retiring faculty and staff. Shared stories and memories, many of which will be repeated over the years and resurface at future graduations and reunions, create a web of connection that holds us together and defines the richness of our community. While spring is fleeting, St. Catherine’s is not. The richly textured relationships that begin on our campus extend across generations and grow in value throughout our lives. That is the blessing of a St. Catherine’s experience and it is my honor to share each season of this journey with you.

Best wishes for a wonderful summer!

Cindy Trask Head of School

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“This seemed like a great way to weave bee education and environmentallyfocused service into the curriculum,” said Harper, who researched a variety of schools with beekeeping programs and worked on the proposal and plans.

And while the project was led by the Upper School students, they received a lot of support and help from a wide range of students, faculty and staff. They learned how to use power tools from School Carpenter Kevin Reed and Charles Boling from Buildings and Grounds when constructing the hives. The kindergarten class decorated four hive feeders with Middle School students decorating the other four. The students are working with local beekeeper Doug Anderson.

“It has taken a village to get the apiary up and running,” Harper said.

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Things are buzzing at the Goochland County campus — literally. The AP Environmental Science class completed a year-long project this past spring to install an apiary with eight beehives at our Goochland campus.

“I hope to build a bee education program to include a curriculum that is relevant to Upper, Middle and Lower School science students,” said Jennifer Harper, who teaches AP Environmental Science to St. Catherine’s and St. Christopher’s Upper School students. “Eventually I would like to get our entrepreneurship class involved in marketing honey and beeswax products.”

In the fall, the students learned about the bee culture, including the life cycle and the role of the queen bee, while observing hives located near campus. Their project culminated with the installation of the hives at the School’s Goochland County campus. The eight hives hold 70,000-90,000 bees in total. There are plans for more hives to be installed.

For the past six years, AP Environmental students have researched and carried out service projects (local and international goals) to conserve biodiversity.

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Third Graders Celebrate Inspiring Women On a sunny, spring day Lucille Ball, Helen Keller, Mae Jameson, Katie Ledecky, Danica Patrick, Gabby Douglas, Dolly Parton and Harriet Tubman made their way around the Green. Third graders dressed as these women and others as part of their annual Inspiring Women project.

The girls selected inspiring women to research based on their interests. Then the students read age-appropriate biographies, took notes and composed reports. To end the project, the girls dressed up as their subjects and presented their reports to their classes. Third graders joined together on the Green to celebrate the accomplished women with a cake that included the names of their chosen women.

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A Lesson in History

Ampersand Students Inducted Into International Thespian Society

Eighth graders and juniors enhanced their research about the Civil Rights Movement in Virginia with two special speakers.

Dr. Betty Kilby Baldwin and Phoebe Kilby shared their connection discovered through the Coming to the Table Movement. A descendant of enslavers in Virginia, Kilby was inspired to connect with descendants of persons her family enslaved, who were Baldwin’s family. Baldwin was also key in the fight for integration in Virginia as the 13-year-old plantiff in the case Betty Ann Kilby, et al., vs.

Warren County (Va.) Board of Education. The two women wrote a book together, “Cousins.”

New members were inducted into the Ampersand troupe of the International Thespian Society this spring at St. Christopher’s.

This honor society recognizes, rewards and encourages student achievement and celebrates the work of students in all aspects of theatre performance and production.

Due to COVID-19, students inducted were from the groups who were tapped in during 2020, 2021 and 2022.

Baldwin and Kilby reminded the girls of the importance of learning history and growing from it. It was in history classes that both women were pushed to learn more — ultimately bringing them together.

Top Photo: 2022 Inductees from St. Catherine’s.

Front row (left to right): Sophie Levengood, Evie Wherry, Tess Delice, Madelyn Diradour SECOND row (left to right): Brook Dodson, Sophia Fernandez, Sally Ewing, Cameron Gardner and Chloe Holloway

“Know your history and don’t be afraid of it,” Baldwin told the girls. “I don’t want you to be afraid of anything.”

History teachers Maggie Nunn, Gaby Faundez and Emily Wright worked together on this new project that explores the Civil Rights Movement in Richmond and Beyond, a collaboration between the grade 8 civics and government class and the grade 11 American history class. It included oral histories from the Class of 1959, who also generously funded the initiative.

Bottom Photo: 2021 inductees from St. Catherine’s.

Front row ChiChi Lu, Sophie Davenport SECOND row (left to right): Pender Raymond, Grace Blake

A Night at the Symphony The Saints Chamber Orchestra welcomed Trinity Episcopal’s string students, their director Kimberly Ryan and guest conductor Naima Burrs for a special collaborative project, A Night at the Symphony, in St. Christopher’s Ryan Recital Hall. The Saints Chamber Orchestra is made up of Upper School students from St. Catherine’s and St. Christopher’s.

Maestra Burrs was recently appointed Music Director of the Petersburg Symphony. She also serves as conductor of the Hopkins Symphony Orchestra at John Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. In addition to being a full-time instructor at Virginia State University, she is pursuing a Doctoral of Musical Arts Degree in instrumental conducting at The Catholic University of Washington, D.C.

Model UN Honored at In-Person Conference Upper School Model UN attended the first in-person conference in more than two years in March. Twenty St. Catherine’s students participated in the Governor’s School Model UN Conference at Maggie Walker High School.

MS Raises Money for Ukraine In one day, the Middle School raised more than $1,000 and collected necessities for the Richmond-based organization Lift Up Ukraine.

The Middle School service organization, SOCKS (Supporting Our Community Kids’ Style), held a fundraiser to support Ukraine. Different grade levels donated items such as diapers, first aid kits, ibuprofen, disposable tableware and blue waterproof markers. The girls were encouraged to donate $5 and could wear jeans and a blue and yellow shirt in honor of Ukraine. Everyone who donated received a blue and yellow sticker for Ukraine.

The seventh grade club Brilliant Brushes also sold during lunch Ukraine-inspired paintings that they created during club time.

Junior Molly Hatfield won Honorable Mention for her work as Austin Demby in the Ebola Outbreak of 2014 committee. Freshmen Lucy Wootton and Scarlett Townsend, both participating in their first Model UN conference, won a verbal commendation for their work as a double delegation representing Poland in the Committee for Social, Cultural, and Humanitarian Affairs (SOCHUM), discussing how to prevent and respond to ethnic cleansing.

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St. Catherine’s students represented the countries of Brazil, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Hungary, Poland and South Sudan, as well as individual characters such as Vanessa Morrison (in the Hollywood Commission committee on gender equity), ancient poet Catullus (in the First Triumvirate: Caesar committee), and Ebola vaccine researcher Austin Demby in the (Ad Hoc) Ebola Outbreak of 2014 committee.

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Cum Laude Inductees Nineteen new students were inducted into the School’s chapter of Cum Laude Society during a service on campus.

Cum Laude celebrates outstanding academic achievement.

The Lower School Choir sang the National Anthem before the Flying Squirrels game on May 26. The Choir is directed

by Jennifer Ivens.

Congratulations to seniors: Leighton Broaddus, Guinevere Buono, Anne Edmonds, Georgia Morris, Claire Norfleet, Mary Kathryn Richards, Charlotte Robinson, Charlotte Vaughn, Saayeh Zarei Congratulations to juniors: Jane Brockenbrough, Chelsea Brown, Kayton Buerlein, Lillian Caldwell, Eva Green, Caroline Mathews, Sarah Nelson, Kiki Wallace

And congratulations to faculty and staff inductees: Dr. Gabriela Faundez, Cindy Trask They join last year’s inductees from the Class of 2022: Tess Delice, Parker Edmondson, Nadia Khan, Elizabeth Lamb, Sallie Lumpkin, Catelin Smith, Ryleigh Vallejo, Elise Williamson, Halle Wulff

Scholastic Art and Writing Awards

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Advisory Battle of the Brains Champion Crowned The Upper School Battle of the Brains champion team was crowned in early April. The Wat-Kids (No. 3) beat Bathre Bubbles (No. 8) in three rounds of questioning in Bannard Chapel.

The questions covered everything from astronomy to geography to math to sports to music. The Upper School advisories competed in Battle of the Brains tournament, which was facilitated by the Battle the Brains team.

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4 Gold Keys 6 Silver Keys 6 Honorable Mention 1 American Voices

Nominee 1 Artistic Merit Award

Saints Golf Program Grows and Excels Freshman Anna Sleeker continued an 11-year streak of Saints golfers qualifying for one of the four individual spots in the VISAA Boys Golf Tournament. She is the ninth Saints golfer to qualify.

The Saints competed in the first-ever girls VISAA State Tournament this year. The team finished second; freshman Grace Anne Haggerty finished second overall and freshman Emma Dixon tied for third.

The golf team competes against boys teams during the spring season as schools continue to add girls golf teams.

Eighth Graders Produce Video for NASA Three eighth graders participated in a pre-Earth Day Celebration webinar sponsored by NASA. Annie Bosher, Maddie Bridges and Anna Jane Reed planned and produced a video demonstrating how to make seeded recycled paper. They turned their paper into plantable Earth Day cards. They used milkweed seeds to support pollinators, especially Monarch butterflies.

Their video was shared during the Pre-Earth Day Celebration webinar on April 12. The girls participated in a Q&A after the video aired.

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Katie Chernau is the Project Manager for the new Arts & Innovation Center. She previously worked on the construction of the Julie Dayton Field, Performance Park and the chilled water piping project (2018-2019), as well as the renovations of Ellett Hall, Bacot Hall, Washington Hall, the Dining Hall/kitchen and Armfield Science Center (2007-2012). Her daughter Liza graduated from St. Catherine’s in 2012.

What has impressed you about this project?

This is a very sophisticated building with a lot of different and unique systems due to the theatre requirements. The design has involved a lot of different people who bring their expertise to the project. We have a theatre consultant, lighting consultant, and the theatre manager who all have provided valuable insight and guidance.

What is the involvement of women in the project besides yourself?

While the construction industry is still new “territory” for women, I have seen more involvement from women than on my previous projects. One of our civil engineers is a woman.

Additionally, there are more women working on the site than I have ever seen. While they still are doing much of the lower level work in the field, I have no doubt that will change in the upcoming years. Such progress!

Why was it important to you to work on this project?

I have been so lucky to be a part of the St. Catherine’s community for over 10 years. I am thrilled to be a part of such a significant project for the School. It is so rewarding to be around the people at School, see their excitement about the project, and know that I have gotten to be a small part of making it a reality.

How have you been able to interact with students during the construction?

Students Perform in State and District Events Five Middle School students and one Upper Schooler performed in the All-State Chorus and one Middle School student participated in the District Band.

St. Catherine’s students performing in the All-State Chorus (TOP ROW, left to right): Sixth graders Frances Reynolds, Ivanna Butler, Harper Huffman, Lane Burnett; eighth grader Anna Jane Reed and junior Pender Raymond.

Special Screening:

I had the pleasure of meeting with first graders (last year) to discuss the building design and construction. They were extremely engaged and interested in the building. They asked some very smart questions.

I couldn’t believe they were only in first grade. I called the architect who was meeting with them next and gave him a heads up to be prepared!

“Mending Walls: The Documentary” A special screening of “Mending Walls: The Documentary” was held in Kenan-Flagler Auditorium for the Saints community in April. Founded by Richmond artist Hamilton Glass, Mending Walls was created in the spring of 2020 as a public art project to establish empathy and connection through art. Glass paired together 30 artists from different backgrounds, ethnicities and perspectives to have conversations about their lived experiences and to create 16 murals across the city.

What have you enjoyed the most about working on this project?

The contractors and their employees who work on this project have worked on a lot of St. Catherine’s and St. Christopher’s projects before. They feel like part of the community and take great pride in what they are doing for the School. It is such a pleasure to work with them all.

Everyone is committed to making this a successful project and it shows in their work.

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What do you think people will be most impressed by when they experience the final building?

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The documentary screening was followed by a community conversation with panelists. The evening concluded with a performance by Brown Ballerinas for Change, co-founded by sophomore Ava Holloway. The evening was sponsored by St. Catherine’s Parents for Inclusive Excellence (PIE).

Panelists: Dr. Ram Bhagat — RPS Manager for School Culture and Climate, who facilitated the community conversation

I think when people enter the building they will be surprised and impressed by the size once they are in it. You don’t get a sense of the magnitude of the space from outside. Additionally, the building will be able to support all the needs of a theatre. People will be amazed at the sophistication of the productions as a result.

The Arts and Innovation Center is phase two of the School’s initiative to develop the southern third of campus with an anticipated completion of late 2022 and opening in early 2023. To learn more, please contact Debbie Dunlap ’70, Director of Development at ddunlap@st.catherines.org.

Eighth grader Miller Ambrogi (Right) is one of the first St. Catherine’s student to participate in District Band. Miller placed first in timpani and mallets and was allowed to choose between the two instrumental sections — selecting first chair timpani.

Nico Cathcart — Painter and Muralist Hamilton Glass — Painter and Public Artist, Founder of Mending Walls Pam Hervey— Producer of the documentary and Owner of Fuel & 19RED PANELISTS

Matt Lively — Artist and Mending Walls Artist and Contributor Austin Miles — Painter, Designer and Public Artist

The Mending Walls documentary originally aired on PBS and can now be viewed online for free at vpm.org/mending-walls.

To learn more about the project go to mendingwallsrva.com.

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Bright sunshine graced the Green for the return of Daisy Days at the end of April.

For 47 years, Daisy Days has brought together St. Catherine’s families, alumnae and families from across the Richmond area with two days of fun, games, performances, food and shopping. Sponsored by the Parents’ Association, this community event attracts more than 3,000 people, along with more than 60 vendors and 300 volunteers who run the engine. The Daisy Days committee, led by co-chairs Heather Kuehnle and Emily Tafel, put together a fun-filled day with record attendance. Saturday morning kicked off with Puttin’ On The Hits routines from each Lower School homeroom class. As the day progressed, fifth graders impressed the crowd with the Maypole dance.

Performances by the Censations, the Upper School a capella group, and Middle School Joni Dance ensembles showcased a wide range of Saints’ talent. As always, bouncy houses, the cake walk and the game tent were crowd favorites.

Our School Motto, “What we keep we lose; only what we give remains our own,” aptly captures the spirit of this event with so many volunteers, students, alumnae, faculty, sponsors and supporters who came together to provide a day of fun and community.

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Daisy Days Co-Chairs Emily Tafel and Heather Kuehnle.

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More than 250 parents, past parents, alumnae, faculty, staff and friends gathered at the iconic John Marshall Ballrooms to celebrate St. Catherine’s School. The evening was a big success with more than $200,000 raised from the silent and live auctions, with the proceeds going towards the new Arts and Innovation Center. A highlight of the night was a surprise announcement

by Gina Friend, Assistant Director of the Lower School, of a new (fourth) playground for the Lower School girls. After watching a video of enthusiastic Lower School girls sharing their excitement for a new playground with a Zipline, attendees matched the girls’ enthusiasm by raising their paddles once more. The additional playground will be built between McCue Hall and the Arts and Innovation Center, which was the site of the original playground removed for the construction project. We are especially grateful to our Auction Co-Chairs, Dabney Morris, Anne Schlussler and Chrystal Telfian, who navigated several postponements and changes since 2020. They, along with their

Auction Co-Chairs left to right): Chrystal Telfian, Dabney Morris, and Anne Schlussler

committee, worked tirelessly to put together a wonderful event to celebrate St. Catherine’s. Thank you to all who volunteered and contributed to this special event.

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WHAT’S YOUR

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We asked members of our community to share what makes St. Catherine’s a special place.

What I love most about St. Catherine’s is how am I able to be myself freely without the feeling of doubt or if I may embarrass myself. Being at St. Catherine’s is what has helped me build my confidence in the little time that I’ve been here. Having the ability to be myself is the most important thing to me.

JAZMINE JOHNSON Class of 2024

Attending Reunion Weekend with my class was inspiring and so much fun. Boarders and Day students of all ages came together to re-connect, remember, and recognize how much we have in common. St. Catherine’s launched us into college and beyond, ready for the world. The banner on the School website, “Girl Centered, because it makes a world of difference,” was true in 1976 and it’s true today.

LISA BONDURANT ‘76

Board of Governors

I am grateful to have the opportunity to work with every one of my students. They are all wonderfully unique and vibrant people. As someone who has the privilege to witness their individuality each day, I am motivated to celebrate each student and empower them to become the best possible version of themselves.

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St. Catherine’s Retirees:

Thank you for your service!

We celebrate four retirees who have dedicated a combined 131 years of service to St. Catherine’s School.

Sharon Arrington, Martha Bedinger Holt ’75, Judy McCallum and William Polk have touched the lives of countless students, faculty, staff and parents during their long tenures. We are deeply thankful to each of them for the many ways in which they have served the St. Catherine’s community. They will be greatly missed.

Sharon Arrington Assistant Director of Athletics Sharon Arrington dedicated 34 years to St. Catherine’s, primarily to the Saints Athletics Program. She is a championship coach, having guided Saints basketball, softball and volleyball teams through the decades. Sharon taught countless numbers of students in Physical Education and handled the complex scheduling for all Saints teams.

Sharon retired in the summer of 2021.

NOAH COGAN

Upper School Latin Teacher and Advisor

Martha Bedinger Holt ’75 Sixth Grade Science Teacher

We knew this was a special place and came with both excitement and high expectations, only to have them exceeded on a weekly basis. It’s hard to describe all the goodness we see — love, wonder, excitement, friendship, discovery, excellence. I could go on and on. But suffice it to say, we’re elated and feel incredibly blessed to be part of the Saints community!

CAMILLE BLANCHARD Kindergarten Parent

St. Catherine’s is special to me because of the people; my teachers have helped me find my academic passions, my coaches have taught me how to reach my highest physical and mental potential, and my peers have been kind and supportive. Everyone I interact with at St. Catherine’s shapes me into who I am, and I am grateful for the opportunity to learn and grow as a part of this community.

BECCA GALBRAITH Class of 2023

Martha Holt spent an impressive 50 years of her life at St. Catherine’s — as a student, parent, staff member and teacher.

During her tenure, she served on VAIS visiting teams and self study committees, led searches for key leadership positions at St. Catherines, served as a team leader, department chair, Gold/White sponsor, mentor and advisor.

Judy McCallum Fourth Grade Teacher Judy McCallum’s career in education spans 44 years, including 14 years at St. Catherine’s.

Judy first joined St. Catherine’s as the Upper School Technology Coordinator before moving to the Lower School to teach fourth grade girls. Her ability to embrace innovation and consequential change throughout her career is especially impressive.

William Polk Supervisor of Environmental Services William Polk retired earlier this school year after more than 33 years of devotion to St. Catherine’s. In his own quiet and unassuming way, he made sure no one escaped his notice or his care. His team speaks of his attention to detail, his willingness to help anyone in need, the pride he took in his work, and his infectious laugh.

Drop us an email at ideas@st.catherines.org to share what St. Catherine’s means to you.

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faculty Sharon Arne Named Head of Middle School Sharon Arne joined St. Catherine’s as the new Head of Middle School on July 1.

Prior to joining St. Catherine’s, she served as the Academic Dean at Stuart Hall School, a grade 5-12 International Day and Boarding Episcopal School in Staunton, Va. Stuart Hall is part of Church Schools in the Diocese of Virginia (CSDV) along with St. Catherine’s and St. Christopher’s.

“When I visited the campus in February, I was immediately drawn to the energy and spirit of the School,” Arne said. “The girls enthusiastically shared their experiences with me, and the passion of the faculty and staff was very evident, not only in my conversations with them but also in their interactions with each other and the students.”

She served as Academic Dean at Stuart Hall since 2014, with responsibilities for school-wide curriculum development and programming, educational technology and professional development. She had oversight of daily operations, college counseling, the Learning Center, and hiring, which included active engagement in teacher growth plans, mentoring, and coaching.

Innovation Fellows Headed to Design Thinking Institute Congratulations to the following faculty members who were named the inaugural Innovation Fellows: Raven Baytops, Upper School; Gregory Heimlich, Middle School; Caroline Kilby, Lower School; Regan Sprenkle, Middle School; Savannah Watson, Upper School; Meg Zehmer, Lower School The Innovation Fellows Program is a cohort of faculty and staff, who are interested in strengthening a culture of innovation and collaboration within the St. Catherine’s community. The Fellows will participate this summer in The Design Thinking Institute (DTI), at the Nueva School located in San Mateo, Calif. The summer institute is dedicated to sharing design thinking practices and processes with other educators. Through a partnership of the Nueva School with IDEO and Stanford University’s Hasso Plattner Insitute of Design (the “d.school”), the Institute is the first design thinking program and Innovation Lab (I-Lab) specifically designed for PreK–12 education. Participants will deepen their understanding of how to create design thinking curricula that foster creative and innovative problem solving skills.

Following the summer institute, St. Catherine’s Innovation Fellows will use design thinking to identify and implement an actionable community challenge during the 2022-2023 school year.

Prior to Stuart Hall, Arne was the Academic Head of School at Lake Mary Preparatory School, a PK-12 international day and boarding school in Florida and Director of Academic Affairs and Middle and Upper School Teacher at Fayetteville Academy in North Carolina. She started her education career teaching fifth and sixth grades in Arlington County Schools in Virginia.

Arne graduated from James Madison University with a B.S. in Middle School Education with a specialization in math and science. Arne earned a Master in Education: Management and Innovation from Western Governors University in Salt Lake City, Utah. Throughout her esteemed educational career, she has presented at national conferences, led as Steering Committee Chairs for accreditations in Virginia and Florida, and served on the Virginia Association of Independent Schools (VAIS) Professional Development Advisory Committee.

“I am delighted to welcome Sharon to St. Catherine’s and eager to see the positive impact of her leadership as she joins our Middle School community,” Head of School Cindy Trask said.

The Search Committee spent countless hours on the process.

Arne and the other finalists met with students, faculty, staff, administrators, board members and parents.

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Director of College Counseling Honored Director of College Counseling Anthony Ambrogi received the Apperson Award at the Potomac & Chesapeake Association for College Admission Counseling (PCACAC) in Harrisonburg, Va. It is the highest honor given by the association.

The Apperson Award is given “annually to a member whose career embodies the ideals of the association — providing extraordinary service to students, to PCACAC, and to the college counseling profession.”

Teaching Chairs Announced Upper School Spanish teacher Danielle Armstrong and Middle School Chinese teacher Yi Oliff are the recipients of the Thomas Nelson Page Johns and Helen Cordier Johns Chair for Distinguished Teaching in Foreign Language. This fund was established in 1999 by Dr. Johns’ wife, Helen Cordier Johns and their children, Frank Stoddert Johns, (St. Christopher’s ’66), Jeanne Johns Cassin ’70, Helen Johns Saunders ’71, Auguste Johns Bannard ’73, Thomas Nelson Page Johns, Jr., (St. Christopher’s ’80) and Derek MacGuire Johns, (St. Christopher’s ’81), in memory of Dr. Johns, for whom the study of language was a

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fundamental discipline for an educated life. When Mrs. Johns died in 2014, their children asked that the fund be named for both of their parents. The Master Teacher Chair is named every five years.

Andrea Byrd ’06, Assistant to the Dean and the Upper School Access, Equity and Belonging Coordinator, received the Weinstein Award for Distinguished Teaching. It is given every two years to a distinguished teacher in any division who pursues experiences and education that foster tolerance of all faiths and who promotes the value of diversity in all its forms.

Marilyn Marable Brown

The unsinkable Marilyn Marable Brown looks much better on Zoom than should be allowed! Her joi de vivre and active lifestyle are clearly her fountain of youth. After retiring from St. Catherine’s in 2012, Brown and her husband Mel moved to back to her stomping grounds in Charlotte. They live in the house her father built in 1953, and she is heavily involved in neighborhood matters, particularly preservation.

Eying large houses that were replacing original homes all over Charlotte, Brown helped secure an historic designation for her neighborhood.

While she confesses she “couldn’t wait to get out of Charlotte,” after attending Bradley University in Illinois, living in Dallas, Los Angeles, then Richmond, Brown loves living in Charlotte.

She is active with her high school class, and it’s no surprise, after the many Junior-Senior Banquets and other St. Catherine’s special events she oversaw, that she was a natural at planning events for her 50th high school reunion.

She has also mentored seniors at her high school alma mater. Brown continues to fashion her distinctive and unique jewelry. Her “workshop” holds 40 large plastic bins and countless drawers full of materials she has collected for this purpose over decades. She enjoys being in control of her schedule, so she has very little web presence. She attends select jewelry shows which allows her to devote as much or as little time as she wants. “When my jewelry making becomes work,” she says, “I’m not interested!”

She and Mel keep sharp playing board and card games, and they started traveling a little again, to Texas, Florida and New Orleans.

They are looking forward to a big trip to Barbados in 2023 with a few of their friends. Always a beloved member of the Saints community, Brown remains in touch with many former students and has 90-some Facebook friends who are former students and colleagues from St. Catherine’s. She was thrilled to join some of those friends at Reunion Weekend 2022, and we hope she will be back soon.

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Spring Semester in

Full Bloom

The return from Spring Break 2022 ushered in renewed vitality and contagious

enthusiasm that could be felt in many places and spaces. The Dining Hall opened up to full capacity, its tables once again spilling over with friends congregating

together. Desks returned to normal configurations with cheers from Lower School girls (and their teachers), who reconnected over handson group projects. Our youngest students were given the green light to mix across classes and grade levels to play on the playgrounds together. The Big Sister/Little Sister Program returned, uniting Lower School and Middle School students through engaging activities and bonding.

A flurry of field trips resumed, taking the girls to Williamsburg, Monticello, Richmond Zoo and the Science Museum. Seventh graders took tours followed by community service at Evergreen Cemetery and East End Cemetery, historic African-American cemeteries.

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Throughout the spring semester, the campus flourished with many gatherings, activities, In Bannard Chapel, all of the pews filled up for chapel services. It was a brand new experience for girls in

special events, and performances.

grades 5 and 6 — their first time worshipping with the entire Middle School Division. The same holds true

Parents jumped back into

for freshmen and sophomores who joined their first in-person chapel service with the entire 300+ Upper

volunteering in the classroom,

School student body. As Easter approached, the offering of the Eucharist returned. Girls in JK through

teaching girls their “Puttin’ on

grade 8 brought blossoms to adorn the Flowering of the Cross.

the Hits” dance routines and gathering for coffee and conversations. At the heart of it all, community connections were rekindled and the campus blossomed with merriment once more.

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St. Catherine’s welcomed back to campus more than 300 alumnae from the classes ending in 2 and 7 on April 22-23 (the second reunion held in one school year!). It was a wonderful weekend reconnecting with our alumnae, and we look forward to more events in the future.

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Graduation 2022

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Intensive Studies Scholars

Eleven seniors completed the Intensive Studies Program (ISP) by conducting personalized coursework, research and service learning in the arts, global studies or STEM. Their efforts culminated with a capstone project this spring.

GLOBAL ISP Front row: (left to right):

Reed Bishop, Nadia Khan, Margaret White BACK row:

Katherine Hoge, Bella Shealy, Tess Delice

STEM ISP Halle Wulff

ARTS ISP front row: (left to right):

Brooke Zide, Avery Pelletier, Brook Dodson Back row:

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Front row (left to right):

Hannah Conway Harvard, Grace Hailes de Venoge, Caroline Scott Porterfield, Anne Humphries Edmonds,

Sophie Miller Levengood, Nadia Terrell Khan, Isabella Elena Shealy, Elizabeth Pierce Atwill, Margaret Lebre White, Emma McCleary Alexander, Camryn Janae Johnson, Sophia McIntire Davenport, Kathryn Grace Sandler, Meagan Grace White, Sophie Marie Sabino, Peyton Grace Hudson, Brooke Anglin Harper, Sara Douglas Herrington, Holland Painter Dixon, Catelin Joyce Smith, Mary Catherine Allen, Reed Elise Bishop, McKenna Marie Thornsbury, Brooke Elizabeth Zide,

Congratulations

THIRD row (left to right):

Jacqueline Cristina Herrera, Charlotte Jill Robinson, Avery Elizabeth Pelletier, Lois Elizabeth Sabo, Leighton Nightingale Broaddus, Zöe Blythe Astruc, Alejandra Logan Flota, Guinevere Elizabeth Buono, Georgia Anne Slocum, Greer Henley Martin, Elizabeth Reilly Spitzer, Joan Louise Farley, Jaya Kanta Powell, Kennedy Simone Ross, Jewell Angela Cleveland, Mary Wesbrook Dodson, Sophia Claire Fernandez, Evelyn Grace Wherry

Camryn Denay Lewis, Katherine Laughlin Little, Parker Snow Edmondson fourth row: Second row:

Taylor Shae Draves, Laura Evalyn Hill, Sarah Virginia Oley, Caroline Grace Smith, Kathryn Ryleigh Vallejo,

Charlotte Grace Baxter, Ella Joy Dougherty, Khari Alexandra Sanders, Katherine Townsend Smith,

Halle Elizabeth Wulff, Talley Belk Applewhite, Anne Wallace Chapman, Ella Elizabeth Brown, Cathryn Anne Short,

Margaret Elmore Nystrom, Ava Sheridan Dalton, Katherine Elizabeth Hoge, Elizabeth Douglas Lamb, Tess Isabella Delice,

Sallie Bryan Lumpkin, Elizabeth Grace Krey, Ainsleigh Jo Mancini, Mary Kathryn Richards, Reagan Shay Reiferson,

Cameron Elizabeth Tierney, Agnes Elizabeth Hahn, Lane Gibson Harding, Georgia Bass Morris, Margaret Sydney Simpson,

Katherine Delaney Loughran, Kylie Eileen Semo, Charlotte Anne Vaughn, Arielle Deann Ivy-Jones, Mia Christina Murphy,

Frances Hadley Hargett, Mikayla Dawn Green, Anna Grace Padgett, Rachel Ann Coleman, Anyla Lynelle Keys,

Nancy Claire Norfleet, Danielle Grace Jankowski, Anne Grayson Craig, Saayeh Rose Zarei, Lucy Page Grymes, Paris Nichole Lance

Elise Porter Williamson

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Evelyn Grace Wherry, Mary Wesbrook Dodson, Margaret Elmore Nystrom, Margaret Lebre White, Emma McCleary Alexander, Peyton Grace Hudson, Brooke Anglin Harper, Holland Painter Dixon, Georgia Bass Morris, Elise Porter Williamson

Leighton Broaddus (great great granddaughter of Hattie Tyler Blanton 1898–deceased), Sally Herrington (daughter of Frances Talley Herrington ’83, granddaughter of Peggy Johnson Lee ’50, great granddaughter of Anne Myers Talley 1913–deceased), Katherine Hoge (daughter of Carrie Featherstone Hoge ’93, great granddaughter of Martha Courtney Hoge 1934–deceased), Anne Grayson Craig (granddaughter of Pecky Harrison Bradshaw ’60, great granddaughter of Mary Calvin Watkins Harrison ’38–deceased), Hannah Harvard (daughter of Elizabeth Harvard ’76, granddaughter of Conway Fleming Harvard ’42–deceased), Anna Padgett (daughter of Julie Konerding Padgett ’90), Sophie Davenport (granddaughter of Jean Hill Davenport ’58, great granddaughter of Jane Gibson Davenport 1931–deceased)), Annie Edmonds (daughter of Elizabeth Davenport Edmonds ’89, great granddaughter of Jane Gibson Davenport 1931–deceased), Gigi de Venoge (daughter of Amy Bice de Venoge ’87), Georgia Morris (daughter of Suzanne Wishnack Morris ’89) Claire Norfleet (granddaughter of Janie Elliott Norfleet ’60, great granddaughter of Jane Seymour Elliott 1934–deceased), Pierce Atwill PICTURED ABOVE (INSET) Pierce Atwill (granddaughter of Agnes Pierce Atwill ’52)

Cum Laude inductees

Second row:

for superior academic achievement

Intensive Studies Scholars

Acceptances to

in the Arts, Entrepreneurship, Global Studies and STEM

Scholar-Athletes

competing in college athletics

full scholarship offers

Colleges in

Legacy

Frances Talley Herrington ’83, Peggy Johnson Lee ’50, Carrie Featherstone Hoge ’93, Pecky Harrison Bradshaw ’60, Elizabeth Harvard ’76, Julie Konerding Padgett ’90, Jean Hill Davenport ’58, Elizabeth Davenport Edmonds ’89, Amy Bice de Venoge ’87, Suzanne Wishnack Morris ‘89, Janie Elliott Norfleet ‘60

Front row (left to right):

Emory (Oxford) University, James Madison University

military pursuits U.S. Naval Academy

States, D.C. and 2 Countries

Community Service hours during their four years in Upper School

CLASS OF 2022 COLLEGE CHOICES Auburn University

Emerson College

Randolph-Macon College

University of Lynchburg

Belmont University

Emory University / Oxford College

Rider University

University of South Carolina

George Mason University

Santa Clara University Sewanee: The University of the South

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Boston Conservatory at Berklee Christopher Newport University

George Washington University

Clark University

High Point University

College of Charleston

James Madison University

College of William and Mary

Louisiana State University

Colorado College

Miami University

Denison University

New York University

University of Colorado, Boulder

Elon University

Old Dominion University

University of Georgia

Swarthmore College Tufts University United States Naval Academy University of Alabama

University of Virginia University of Virginia’s College at Wise Virginia Commonwealth University

Caroline Scott Porterfield, Charlotte Grace Baxter, Caroline Grace Smith, Sara Douglas Herrington, Hannah Conway Harvard, Elizabeth Pierce Atwill, Reed Elise Bishop, Katherine Laughlin Little, Grace Hailes de Venoge, Anne Humphries Edmonds, Catelin Joyce Smith

Front row (left to right):

13 Year

Virginia Tech

Second row: Lois Elizabeth Sabo, Ava Sheridan Dalton, Leighton Nightingale Broaddus, Saayeh Rose Zarei, Jewell Angela Cleveland, Elizabeth Grace Krey, Rachel Ann Coleman, Mikayla Dawn Green, Katherine Townsend Smith, Elizabeth Reilly Spitzer, Charlotte Anne Vaughn, Isabella Elena Shealy

Katherine Elizabeth Hoge, Kylie Eileen Semo, Zöe Blythe Astruc, Elizabeth Douglas Lamb, Lane Gibson Harding, Anna Grace Padgett, Cathryn Anne Short, Anne Wallace Chapman, Ainsleigh Jo Mancini BACK row:

Washington and Lee University Wofford College

June Scholar&June Queen

Mary Beth Scott Piacentini ’07 (June Scholar), Catelin Joyce Smith 2022 June Scholar, Reagan Shay Reiferson 2022 June Queen, Jean Hill Davenport ’58 (June Queen), Carroll Blair Keiger ’72 (June Queen)

Front row (left to right):

Charlotte Peete ’20 (June Scholar), Julie Konerding Padgett ’90 (June Scholar), Gussie Johns Bannard ’73 (June Scholar), Martha Bedinger Holt ’75 (June Queen)

Senior Parent Gift Co-Chairs left to right:

Amy ’87 and Frank deVenoge Julie ’90 and Vaden Padgett

BACK row:

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June Scholar Speech — May 27, 2022 Hello and welcome to you all.

I would first like to thank everyone – parents, faculty, staff, friends, and of course, my amazing peers. You’ve all shown up on this (probably) blistering hot day to celebrate the wonderful Class of 2022.

If there’s one thing you need to know about me, it’s that I despise speaking. For many of my teachers, this may be the first time you’ve heard my voice! So when I heard that I was going to be June Scholar, I initially tried to think of…creative ways to avoid my impending responsibility. Could I go into hiding?

Escape to the French country-side and join the resistance?

Eventually, I decided to embrace my fate, and in all seriousness, I am genuinely honored to be speaking in front of everyone today.

If there’s one other thing you need to know, it’s that I don’t like change and leaving something behind. Honestly, I don’t think I’ve ever properly learned how to say goodbye. There’s this nagging feeling in the back of your mind that this surely can’t be it, that 13 or 8 or 4 years could not just come to a close so quickly.

You expect there to be more. Fireworks! A marching band! Even a downpour! Something… exceptional. This is the day you never thought would really happen – either because you’re anxious to get on with your life or because you never want it to end.

It’s kind of like the new McVey (will it ever really be completed?).

But, here we are, together on the Portico up on this stage. When I close my eyes and think to the past, I think of us. Us on the bright red playground and playing tag on the hard mulch and teachers ushering us like sheep to the promised land that was Lower School recess. I think of us selling coconut babies (already budding entrepreneurs), creating an inch-worm empire, and feeling so proud to put on our bright-yellow Fourthies hats because back then we thought we ran the Lower School, that we were suave and mature, ready to face the world.

When I look into the faces of the Class of 2022, I will always remember the buzz of excitement on the first day of Middle School, crammed in the KFA, anxiously waiting to see who you had as an advisor. I will always remember watching the musical “Matilda” on the New York Trip – which involved us being stuck for hours on the side of the road and a baby coming onto one of the buses for some reason. And of course, I will always remember the chaos that was 8th grade: cracking open crabs on the Bay trip and wading through Tangier island, half consumed with water, and our banquet with its wonderful mac and cheese bites.

In all of these wonderful memories we are together. We are bound by blood, sweat, and tears — most of which came from the post-PSAT potato drop. We are bound by our unexplainable need to take a nap in the “slounge” just as prospective students and parents are walking by. But most of all, we are bound by the fond memories we share and our love for each other.

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SCHOLARSHIP HIGHLIGHTS

And in an environment that can sometimes be a bit stressful, I would like to remind you all that it’s not our defeats that define us, it’s not our shortcomings — it’s what we add to the world.

And believe me when I say, you all add so much. I could not be more proud to have grown up with such a lovely group of people (and god do I sound old when I hear myself say that). You are magnificent dancers and actors and athletes and scientists, but above all, you are wonderful people. I know a time will come when we will think back to our days here and feel some sort of nostalgia. But I don’t think it’ll just be for the place itself. I think it’ll be for each other: the friends you forged in crowded lunchroom tables and the teachers you got to know and the strange hijinxs you could only pull off in high school. Because that’s what St. Catherine’s is: it’s the community, it’s the friendships, it’s the faculty that will support you no matter what.

When I look to the future, I see a world where we are separate but not apart. Maybe we will stumble across each other in a musty Starbucks and laugh about the time we were locked in the basement of Bacot for hours during a tornado. Maybe some of y’all will see one another across your college quad and talk for twenty minutes straight about Junior-Senior Banquet or how you still have a candle from Ring Candlelight or how we, collectively as a grade, cannot sing in tune for the life of us, especially when crying.

Talley Applewhite, pictured (left) with Lieutenant Colonel Roger Gailbraith, USMCR (ret.), will play soccer at Navy. Guin Buono (right) also received an appointment to United States Military Academy West Point in addition to the U.S. Naval Academy.

Paris Lance received a Centennial Scholarship to James Madison University, a full-tuition scholarship including a multi-level academic support network.

Halle Wulff was named a Dean’s Scholar at Emory University, Oxford College. Selection is based on demonstrated academic achievement and leadership capabilities.

ATHLETIC COLLEGE COMMITMENTS

When we receive our diplomas today, we will officially enter a world without each other nearby. A frightening world where you say “girls innovate” and no one knows what you mean.

But, that does not mean we leave each other forever.

I’ve been asked to give a farewell – to the class of 2022, to our wonderful faculty and staff, but I don’t want to say goodbye.

As a language lover, I can’t help but think of the Korean word for goodbye. Whenever I leave the house to go somewhere, I tell my mom, “안녕히 계세요 (annyeonghi gyeseyo),” which is specifically said when you are leaving and the other person is staying. It seems kind of tragic. The implication that we are going somewhere that the other cannot follow. That our lives are diverging in a permanent way. Goodbyes can seem definite like that.

My mom doesn’t like it when I say that though. She wants me to say instead, “이따가 봐요 (ittaga bwayo)” meaning see you later.

In many languages, the word for goodbye literally means, “until I see you again.” So to you all, the class of 2022, and our parents and beloved teachers and faculty and staff – and, yes, to my mom – I say the same thing: “이따가 봐요: until I see you again)”. This is not the end of our story together. How could it be? Parents and faculty, you are the people who have supported us these last four years (and of course, brought wonderful food to advisory); you are the people who watched us grow from gangly 14 and 15 year-olds into the people we are today – relationships like that don’t just disappear. And as the wise man Yogi Berra once said, “it ain’t over ‘til it’s over.” As for me, and hopefully all of us, it will never truly be over. Thank you.

— Catelin Joyce Smith, 2022 June Scholar

Lane Harding, Denison Squash; Charlotte Robinson William & Mary Track; Sally Herrington, Sewanee Lacrosse; Cathryn Short, Randolph-Macon Field Hockey; Ainsleigh Mancini, Wofford Lacrosse; BOTTOM row Talley Applewhite, Navy Soccer; Sydney Simpson, Sewanee Field Hockey; Ryleigh Vallejo Swathmore Swimming; Aggie Hahn Georgia Equestrian

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DISTINGUISHED ALUMNA AWARD

A Letter from

Britt Childs Staley ’01 President, Richmond Alumnae Board

This was a big year at 6001 Grove Avenue. We welcomed a new Head of School. A new building is reshaping one end of campus. Students, faculty and staff resumed many of the wonderful traditions that had been on COVID hiatus. And alumnae returned to campus TWICE for Reunion Weekend, celebrating classes ending in 0, 1, 5 and 6, in a make-up weekend this fall and the classes ending in 2 and 7 in a more traditional fashion this spring.

The Richmond Alumnae Board, which I have the pleasure of leading for 2021-2023, traditionally helps the Alumnae Office host these weekends. We offer a whole crew of helping hands and friendly faces to welcome alumnae back to their school. For me, hosting these weekends offers a unique opportunity to observe, without attachment, the dynamics of the “High School Reunion”.

The energy was electric as droves of educated, confident women reconnect with each other and with a place that was so formative for them. Much has changed over the years – many women need directions to spaces that didn’t exist when they were last on campus – but the core is still familiar. The feet remember the brick walks, the sunshine on the Green and the opening chords of “Jerusalem” in chapel transcend time. Having such a magnificent space and community to “come home” to, as many alumnae describe it, is comforting and grounding.

But we don’t all share that experience with St. Catherine’s — it hasn’t always felt like “home” to everyone.

St. Catherine’s leadership is deeply invested in building a welcoming and inclusive community that respects differences. In the meantime, I love witnessing the bravery of those who come back despite their discomfort.

Regardless of what draws you back, and whether it fits like an old shoe or chafes at a raw spot, these weekends offer the joy of reconnecting with old friends, the curiosity of making new connections across classes and decades, the surprise of learning something unexpected about a classmate you thought you knew, the gratitude of reflecting on your time at St. Catherine’s, what the teachers and the experience taught you, and the opportunity to celebrate our shared connection to this place, its history, and its purpose of educating strong women. That’s worth coming back for and fun to host – I look forward to seeing more of you next spring!

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MORE INORMATION TO COME

Audrey Taylor Gonzalez ’57

The Distinguished Alumna Award is presented to an alumna who has made her city, state or world a better place by giving of herself in the spirit of the School Motto.

This year’s recipient has done this while wearing almost every hat that is humanly possible. Those hats are so varied that it is only possible to put a name to a fraction of them. Strap on your seat belt for an astonishing dive into the very deep life of Audrey Taylor Gonzalez, class of 1957: Six-time author; adventurer; art gallery owner; cancer survivor; TV host; FBI Citizen’s Academy graduate; rock climber, rappeler, paraglider, and zipliner; flower design judge; Camino del Santiago Compostela trekker; equestrienne and racehorse breeder; fashion editor and art critic; stakeholder in the first woman-owned professional bull riders outfit; needlepointer of 120 bears for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital; world

THE ADELAIDE RAWLES FLIPPEN ’30

OUTSTANDING SERVICE AWARD

traveler; first woman to be ordained in Uruguay; tiger tracker and elephant rider; police precinct chaplain and founder of support for policewomen dealing with cancer; volunteer at Mother Teresa’s Hospital for the Destitute and Dying in Calcutta; Commissioner of the Tenn. Commission on Childhood and Youth and Commissioner of the Consortium for Juvenile Court; recipient of countless awards including “Twelve Women of the Century in Uruguay”; selected by women journalists in Uruguay as one of seven “Viejas Bravas” (which means “brave old women”), probation officer for abused children; Founder of Juvenile Detention Alternative program in Memphis.

Is your head spinning yet?

Sustaining such unflagging service to others and inquisitive seeking seems unimaginable, but even at the age of 83, Audrey Taylor Gonzales is still going, doing, helping. Out of the incredible amalgam of talents, accomplishments and passions that make up Audrey’s life, one theme emerges: a joyful embrace of life, making deep human connections from the world’s most marginalized to the Pope. She truly lives the words “What we keep we lose; only what we give remains our own,” and we are proud beyond the telling to call her one of our own.

Tyler Bird Paul ’77

Tyler was a 13-year girl. The 1977 Quair lists her pursuits in various sports and organizations, including the mysteriously named “Lounge Club” in her senior year. Lounging is not something anyone who knows her would say was in Tyler’s DNA. An inveterate walker, she has by now worn holes in the sidewalks of Grove Avenue and Virginia Beach,

always impeccably dressed and coiffed as if she is headed to a cocktail party. A self-taught artist, she has quietly given of her talents to family and friends and even painted, at the School’s request, a watercolor of Ellett, Bacot, and Washington Halls that was sent to boarding alumnae following the School’s reluctant decision to end the boarding program in 2008.

Tyler is that most precious and rare of “Birds” — a dream volunteer and one whose actions are always louder than her soft-spoken words. She joined the Richmond Alumnae Board in 1989 and served as its president from 1990-1992. She has worked countless reunions and phonathons, served on reunion committees and hosted her class reunion. Upon the retirement of School Archivist Virginia Jones in 2000, Tyler

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was a shoo-in successor. Like her predecessor, Tyler is organized, detail-oriented, conscientious to a fault, and devoted to St. Catherine’s.

To clinch the deal, she also possesses perfect, distinctive handwriting like Virginia’s. The Archives grew, flourished and became infinitely more accessible under Tyler’s watch (2000-2012). It was to the School’s everlasting benefit that Tyler remained in this role for 12 years, even jumping in to assume the duties of Alumnae Director for several months in 2002. While St. Catherine’s has claimed the large preponderance of Tyler’s time talent, and treasure, she has also blessed other organizations with her attention, including St. James’s Episcopal Church, where she has been a vestry member and supporter of Children’s Christian Education. Following the

DISTINGUISHED YOUNG ALUMNA AWARD

Career Day

returned to the Upper School for the first time since 2019. Nineteen alumnae representing a variety of industries and professions shared their personal experiences and talked with the students.

Fifteen alumnae presented on campus while four alumnae presented by Zoom from Washington, D.C. to Los Angeles.

Elaine Minor ’02

For more than a decade, Elaine Minor, class of 2002, has worked to support and counsel underserved children in the Richmond community. After earning her master’s degree in education in school counseling, Elaine worked in Richmond Public Schools, then worked as a school group counselor and later as the Youth and Community Outreach Coordinator for Full Circle Grief Center, a nonprofit that provides bereavement counseling to children, adults and families. It was during her work at Full Circle that Elaine began partnering with the Richmond Police Department (RPD) on outreach work with underserved youth. For five years she has served as Program Manager for L.I.F.E. (Law Enforcement Intervention Focused on Education), a program aimed at reducing the number of juvenile arrests in the city of Richmond. Facilitators from the Richmond Police Department like Elaine lead sessions for at-risk youth to address their challenges and to empower them to achieve success.

In addition to her work with the RPD, Elaine volunteers with various nonprofits supporting Richmond’s at-risk and underserved children. She served as a member of the Board of Young Professionals of Greater Richmond SCAN (Stop Child Abuse Now). As a trained volunteer with Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), Elaine serves as an advocate for abused or 42

death of her beloved son Buck in 2012, Tyler, her husband Ray, and their daughter Margaret ’07 became very involved with the American Society for Suicide Prevention, “with hope that they can honor Buck’s life by heightening public awareness of depression and suicide, eliminating the stigmas attached, researching causes and cures, helping other families in their bereavement and saving the precious lives of countless others.” It says everything about Tyler that she took an unimaginable heartbreak and turned it into service to others.

Throughout her life, Tyler has remained a stalwart supporter of our School. Tyler is the epitome of “What we keep we lose; only what we give remains our own,” and the very deserving recipient of the 2022 Outstanding Service Award.

neglected children who end up in the care of social services.

Gathering valuable information to assist judges in making decisions about placement and permanency, CASA volunteers help to reduce the time children spend in the court system and/or foster care and serve as their voice.

She is also Board Chair for REAL LIFE, a local organization that supports those impacted by incarceration, homelessness or substance use disorder, helping them to overcome their challenges and get on the path to a “thriving life.” Of her work with REAL LIFE, Elaine says, “I believe in second chances.

Life is full of challenges, and too often individuals who are struggling with addiction, mental health and trauma find themselves in an ugly cycle where they are in and out of prison because they are unable to get the support they need. REAL LIFE’s holistic approach prepares individuals for a successful second chance with comprehensive support.” Elaine has helped foster meaningful connections between REAL LIFE clients and RPD police officers. By gaining perspective into clients’ lives, officers are better able to act with compassion and empathy in their law enforcement work. Similarly, these connections allow REAL LIFE clients to be more trusting and empathic toward the officers, resulting in better community relationships.

Echoing the tenet of service to others that is fundamental to our School Motto, Elaine says, “I am passionate about helping others and promoting resiliency in the community. To do this, I work to advocate for underserved youth and families who lack access to resources. With the belief that everyone deserves the opportunity to achieve personal success, I am dedicated to creating an even playing field for all.”

TOP row (left to right):

Susannah Anderson ’87, Charge artist, Global Scenic Services, Bridgeport CT • Ronda Lawrence

Bernstein ’87, National Park Service, Southeast Region, Richmond • Louise Totten Knabe ’87, taking a gap year in Charlottesville; previously Chief Platform Officer, Ariadne Labs, Boston BOTTOM row (left to right):

Courtney Page Ferrell ’92, Creative Thinking Partner, Speaker, Writer, Richmond •

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Shenée Haskell Simon ’97, Founder S.H.E. Collective, Memphis • Ada Montague Stepleton ’97

Staff Attorney, Native American Rights Fund, Missoula, MT • Jenny Sauer Holladay ’02, Senior Designer, Summer Thornton Design, Chicago BOTTOM row (left to right):

Margaret Norfleet Weismiller ’02, Recruiting Lead, Google, Bronxville, NY •

Charlotte Brown Woodfin, MD ’87, Family Physician, Telehealth, Richmond • Carter Hancock Johnston ’97, Owner, CCH Collection, Richmond

TOP row (left to right):

Maria Blackwell McAllister ’03, Marketing Operations

Manager, Sauer Brands, Richmond • Alyson Harvey ’07, Senior Brand Manager, SC Johnson, Chicago • Parisa Tabassian ’07, Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Richmond CENTER row (left to right):

Rachel Young ’15, Bio Fitness Instructor, Richmond •

Schuyler Guare ’17, Junior Project Manager, Bluetext, Washington, D.C. • Liza Williamson ’17, Group Sales Account Executive at D.C. United, Washington, D.C. BOTTOM row:

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Ella de Venoge ’15, Registered Nurse, VCU, Richmond,

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Gatherings DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

FORMER TRUSTEES

In February, we took our new Head of School, Cindy Trask on the road. Our visit to Washington, DC was the first time off campus since early 2020, and it was a big success. We had lunch with our alumnae during the day, and an evening joint reception with St. Christopher’s.

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Anne Howell McElroy ’78, Macon, Betty Davenport Wright ’65, Carroll Blair Keiger ’72, Susan Christian Coogan ’72, Ginny Reynolds Parker ’76, Annabel Morgan Edge ’64

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Patsy Davis ’59 and Cindy Trask - Head of School

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ROW 1 from l to r: Susanna Reid ’15, Liza McGraw ’15; ROW 2: Anna Dorsey ’13, Churchill Young ’13 (St. Chris), William Simopoulos ’16 (St. Chris); ROW 3: Fleet Wallace ’15 (St. Chris), John Buoyer ’13 (St. Chris), Chris Keeling, Jack English ’13 (St. Chris)

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row 2 from l to r: Helen Pinckney, Tricia Totty Sauer ’71, Roger Boeve, Caroline Morton, Marshall Morton, Judy Brown, Michael Parker, Gib Brockenbrough Staunton ’81

Laurie Hooker McCarthy ’87, Haley Gullquist ’16, Madeleine Burke ’16, Mary McCarthy ’16

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Peggy Wood Doss writes she lives in Kendalat-Longwood, a great, active retirement community founded by local Quakers in Pennsylvania. She enjoys her cottage with a porch. She stays in touch with Delaware friends of 50 years.

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she had plans with her family. With luck, she can make the next one. She has wonderful memories of her time at St. Catherine’s and benefits every day from the education she received there. Your correspondent was happy to see Ann Reeves Reed and husband Charlie at a December party in Richmond.

After Christmas, I headed to Florida to avoid the worst of the winter in Richmond. While in Delray, I was happy to have a nice long visit from Margaret Rennolds Chace ’79. I headed home to Richmond at the beginning of April.

I look forward to hearing from you for the next notes!

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Local Richmond alumnae/i from St. Catherine’s and St. Christopher’s had a great time at a happy hour in April at River City Roll.

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From L to R: Michael Amrhein ’85 (St. Chris), Windy Campbell ’85, Eddie Lumpkin ’88 (St. Chris), Andrea Rahal ’88

It was wonderful having Jean Wiltshire Lane ’42 on campus in April to celebrate her 80th reunion.

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Joan Simpson Jones writes she now has two great-granddaughters and one great-grandson. She has enjoyed getting the news about St. Catherine’s. She fondly remembers her two great years at St. Catherine’s.

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Greetings classmates. Your correspondent, Polly Cardozo had hoped to hear from more of you for this issue. Remember, you can send me news at any time and I will compile it for the notes. I know we have been thinking of Joan Parker Dilworth, who lost her husband Dick last October. I enjoyed chatting with Jane Matthias Noland several times over the winter/spring. I was happy to learn that Shirley Poulson Broyles has retained her peppy attitude. You may recall that Shirley had a bad fall in February 2021 that resulted

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Betty Ekstrom Dementi writes that all is well and she is kindly cared for at Westminster Canterbury. She has lost her hearing which is no fun.

in a broken leg and hip; since then she has had to have the new hip tweaked but she is back to yoga and is vaccinated and boosted.

She adds that she follows St. Catherine’s on Facebook so she can see all aspects of the School. Margie Morris Powell was sorry to miss the 70th Reunion! Unfortunately, it was the same weekend as her 90th birthday and

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Mary Ann Hicklin Willingham writes from Skyland, N.C., that old age and a cracked femur are challenging but she’s doing well and soon will be almost good as new!

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Eickenroht reported that the family she was hosting from Denmark returned home, so she has time for bridge and needlepoint! She’s glad all great-grands are back in school.

Martha Ann Kennedy never let travel slow her down! She is settled in Delray, Fla., with a new dog! Linda Chappell Hayes still loves her house in Spartanburg, SC, despite cellulitis in The banners made by Vienna Cobb Anderson ’53 representing major faiths of the world her left leg. One grandson is getting married in Greenville, SC. Every night in a different tent, Celeste Page Loughridge took her family to Jane Southall Bowles Mary Johnson Campbell Botswana in 2014. This was her favorite trip!

2 North 5th St. 2154 Cedarfield Lane Richmond, VA 23219 Now she spends her time in California walking Richmond, VA 23233 jane.m.s.bowles@gmail.com the boardwalk on Mission Bay, going to the mjc_804@aol.com 804-317-7927 _______________________________________ _______________________________________ nearby coffee houses and eating Cara Cara oranges. They keep her going, she says!

Believe it or not, some of our classmates are Judy Hill Lawes writes that her club, the Town Virginia Baskerville Maloney gave me a over their virus scares and talking about... travand County, has opened up more fully postshock when she said she was moving to eling!

And my gosh, what places they’re going!

COVID and they are back to meeting in perRappahannock Westminster Canterbury the Now that Alice Alexander Aumen no longer son rather than Zooming. There was a watersecond week of April. She is nearer to her manages Cataloochie Ranch, she has settled color exhibit by her friend and traveling daughter Virginia. She helped organize a great nearby with the same friends, sheep, and she companion Julie Post. Judy’s book club, January get-together at the home of Tibby takes her Border Collies into the nearby Great Reader’s Feast, met for cocktails and dinner Moore Gardner.

It was beautiful! Tibby has Smoky Mountains. She plans to visit her favorand a discussion of “Dutch House” by Ann outstanding china and crystal which made our ite niece at Lake Charles because she is a great Patchett. “Our community and state have had luncheon very special. How many of us now Louisiana State fan!

She will also go to the good leadership during COVID and mask keep our silver polished? mandates have been lifted.” When she wrote, When all was said and done Judy said she hoped to come to Richmond in we had five attend: Molly April for her first spring visit in two years.

Payne, Martha Alsop Judy also shared how much it meant to her to Faulkner, Isabel Witt, Tibby get the videos of what is going on at St. C. and your correspondent, Mary “I enjoyed seeing all three Christmas services Johnson Campbell! We had in the chapel and at St. Stephen’s. I am very so much to say about old interested to see the progress on the Arts times we did not get a picture!

Center too.” Judy’s great niece Sophie Unfortunately, Virginia Davenport, a St. C student, had a role in couldn’t come because she fell “Jesus Christ Superstar.” Betsy Sheerin hard on the floor and cracked Palmedo wrote that her niece Maria Harrison her head. She is now fully Reuge ’69 and her husband Guy are moving recovered. We missed her! to Richmond, and are in the process of lookIsabel has moved to Members of the class of 1954 gathered for lunch, ing for a house. Eva Martin Bryson and I so From L to R: Tibby Moore Gardner, Martha Alsop Faulkner, Westminster Canterbury in enjoyed being with them when we visited Mary Johnson Campbell, Mary Taylor Swing, Mollie Archer Payne Richmond; her move doesn’t Betsy in the fall pre-COVID. Kenny Darling prevent Isabel from enjoying our Richmond Rocky Mountains to see the West!

Martha Bussure writes that three months after what Symphony with Martha. Cornelia Long Walker Berger has also done a complete turnlooked to be a successful knee replacement, Mattson sadly reported she is not going to around! No longer taking care of special sheep she had increasing bouts of France because of all the shutdowns due to and cows, she has moved to Charlottesville to terrible pain. Another x-ray disclosed the COVID. She and Dick planned to go to combe closer to her children. Martha had been a kneecap was broken in half, with no trauma mencement exercises at Brown University in great volunteer for several organizations ever having occurred. After canceling their May for the graduation of their grandson, child including her church and Wildlife Wild Bunch March trip to Richmond, Kenny and Art hope of Julia Kaminski Trampe ’78. Cornelia contin(mammals, birds, etc.). She has been married to go to Oberammergau, Germany in July. ues to work on the building campaign for Marie to Junius for 66 years!

She has eight grandchilThey and their Virginia family hope to see Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, Fla. Keith dren and ten great-grandchildren.

She’s planthe Passion Play which is performed every Newton Miller still has fun with her fifth grade ning on visiting Mollie Archer Payne and decade only for one spring and summer. buddy from 75 years ago, Ann Rand Perry!

Sarah Stephens Engstler. Susan Day Dean Vienna Cobb Anderson continues to make Mary Taylor Swing has moved again, to San escaped the Tacoma, Wash., cold by reading. beautiful banners representing major faiths Mateo, Calif. I’m sure there must be a nearby “Enchanted ” by Charles Dickens, she is reading of the world and those who are seekers, golf course for her husband, the Bishop! all of his work.

Susan is no couch potato; she which have been given to Westminster Pam Gibson Farrar is full of happy news from still strolls along the Puyallup River on the Canterbury.

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she can keep up with her grandchildren.

As for your correspondent, Mary Campbell, I love going with David to his Pheasant and Waterfowl meetings! The breeders juxtapose their business with a huge collection of exotic birds, ducks, and other reptiles as well. The farms are in the Carolinas and you feel like you’re visiting a zoo! I enjoyed my trip to La Jolla where I got to see Celeste! Lots of fun!

Finally, I’m sad to share the news of the deaths of Flo Buchanan Hayward on May 5, 2021, and Cynthia Childress Tucker on January 27, 2022.

rain or shine, winter and summer. That has kept her fit, mentally and physically. She remembers all of our classmates in thought and prayer. Your scribe stayed COVID-free, as did our entire condo community, at least on its first go-round.

During lockdown I walked two to four miles daily, did 1000-piece jigsaws, and worked the New York Times, Boston Globe, Washington Post, and WSJ Crosswords.

Mary Mattingly Walker is still living in her two-story home in Shelby, N.C. that they bought in 1965, and she still loves gardening, which is fortunate since she has two acres! Mary has seven grandchildren and two greats. She enjoys spending time in Cashiers, N.C. and Litchfield Beach, S.C. We had a nice long talk.

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From L to R: Windy Campbell ‘85, Mary Johnson Campbell ’54 and Celeste Page Loughridge ‘54 at Mission Bay, San Diego, Calif., on St. Patrick’s Day

Caro Short Beebe 3115 Stony Point Rd., Unit B Richmond, VA 23235 nickybb@gmail.com _______________________________________

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Last year, Dr. O. Christian Bredrup, now deceased, established The Elizabeth Moncure Bredrup Endowment for Education at the VMFA, in honor of his wife Betsy. Betsy was a long-time Museum Council member and also taught Art History at St. Christopher’s School for 30 years. Kudos to both Chris and Betsy!!

On a side note, I, Caro Beebe, met my husband, John Beebe, at a party given by Betsy and her roommates in NYC in 1961.

Betsy, Lizora Miller Yonce, and I all married on the same day, October 6, 1962. Susan King French happily announces the birth of her first great-grandchild Daisy in Taos, N.M. A better name could not have been chosen! Lucy Davenport Wallace and South are busily monitoring bluebird boxes for the Virginia Master Naturalists in Tucker Park, Goochland, Va. Cissy Klein Peters reports from Port Dover, Ontario, that she has remained COVID-free.

Her son Chris and his family, and her daughter Lisa and husbandcaught it while skiing in Colorado. Due to the Canadian lockdown restrictions, and mandates, Cissy had to give up all her classes of aerobics and line dancing.

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For class notes from the great class of ’56: We send greetings but no particular news beyond our continuing efforts to age with grace!

Jeannie Brydon 1500 Westbrook Court, Apt 3111 Richmond, VA 23226; rucker10@comcast.net and

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Anne Shanklin Warlick 1705 Greenway Drive Fredericksburg, Virginia 22401 cwarlick@umw.edu and

Ann McDonald 18711 Ruffner Drive, Unit 3A Cornelius, North Carolina 28031 ann.mcdonald2@verizon.net _______________________________________

Ann McDonald spent a great deal of time reaching out to the Class of ’57 boarders to learn more about them to share in class notes.

She says, “I was impressed! The Class of ’57 did well!” Read from three of the boarders with whom she spoke, and we hope others will continue to share. Jane Fant: “After St. Catherine’s, I went north for college and worked in

NYC-never thinking I’d live in Richmond! But I did from 1963 to 1986. Today my granddaughters are in the Henrico public schools. In Richmond, I always worked: first at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, then teaching Economics at VCU, financial journalism, and finally 16 years with T. Rowe Price in Baltimore (VP and Mgr. Shareholder Communications).

Fascinating and fun. Years later, I retired to tiny Lyme, N.H., in hopes of never being hot again.

Life is busy but different. For over 10 years, I wrote a nature column for the town news sheet; volunteered at places such as: Friends of the Library, the town Zoning Board, Lyme Historians (president for years). Sports are big, but I do less than before. Age! Over the decades, I kept up with some boarders, especially Jean Schmidt Korycki (my junior year roommate) and Julie Howard Grimstad –both deceased, alas. I’ve traveled with Emily Bailey (S.C.), and she and Ellen Clarke Spitzer (Knoxville, Tenn) and I have gotten together periodically. My daughter, Lyle Nelson Karim ’88, was a day student at St. C. for nine years– after Miss Turner had left and the boarding department declined. Leadership was weak (my view); it didn’t seem like the same school at all. Ultimately she went to St. Andrews in Delaware and loved it. As a kid I had gone to camp in N.C. and was dying to go to boarding school. Even though St. C cost nothing compared to today, it was a stretch for my family.

My two years as a boarder were so special; I certainly had a great time. It was like camp with some work thrown in. For us, it was a boarding school, and we couldn’t imagine it would ever be so forgotten. After all, boarders were almost two-thirds of our class. I loved getting up to no good—and being independent.” From Olive Blackwood Long: “Arriving at St. Catherine’s from Mexico City, Mexico, with my sister, Betty Blackwood Calhoun ’55, was quite the adventure. Not having lived in the United States, it was quite an eye-opening experience: different food, Southern manners, only English spoken, and a demanding academic program. I was warmly received by both day and boarders and my time at St. C shaped my life; it was truly a transformative experience. After college and some travel, my husband and I settled in Baltimore where we raised two sons. We lived in the Netherlands, California, and finally Mass. Moving to Andover, Massachusetts, I continued my long friendship with Miss Abby Castle who taught History at St. C and who was my guiding light throughout my years at St. C. Miss Castle married the Head of Phillips Academy Andover and lived close by. On one occasion, Miss Susanna P. Turner (!) visited, and I had a chance to reconnect with her, as well. At St. C, and throughout the years following, 51

Mibs Whitfield Rosen and I remained good friends and shared many memorable times together; she was godmother to one of my sons. Sadly, Mibs passed away several years ago. While living in Massachusetts, I worked at the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) in Boston, as the Associate Director of Boarding Schools, and then, at Dana Hall School in Wellesley as the Director of Admission and Financial Aid, Director of External Affairs, and Associate Head for Advancement. I retired from Dana Hall after 25 years! It was a fabulous and rewarding time in my life. For over 25 years, I served on the Board of the Margaret Hall Foundation, in Lexington, K.Y., and was one of the “founding mothers” of what is now known as The

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(The software to support our system on the Hiragana Katakana keyboard was developed in our office). One of my fondest memories was of my hero, Rear Admiral Grace Hopper’s surprise visit to my office. By my retirement September, 30, 1999, we had all the latest equipment, and our old system was replaced with EPIC shortly thereafter. The happiest day of my life was when I handed in my beeper to which I had been tied 24-7. A hospital and the software that runs it knows no downtime. In 1987 I joined up with Vic who was in Manheim, Germany on another Fulbright. We also made a brief visit to Agadir, Rabat, Casablanca and Marrakesh, Morocco where Vic returned to teach for several months. In 1994 I convinced Vic to turn down a Fulbright to Bergen,

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After retiring from Dana Hall School, I returned to Baltimore and joined an Educational Consulting Group assisting U.S. and International Students considering/ applying to independent boarding and day schools. I officially retired from the group in 2021. Currently, I serve on the President’s Council of Maryvale Preparatory School in Baltimore. It has been a great run, and I think of my years at St. Catherine’s and the many friends I made there as my foundation rocks.”

Penny Hamilton Strandberg shared, “Life after St. Catherine’s, 1957-1961: Attended Pembroke College/Brown University where I majored and received a degree in English Literature. On January 28, during my senior year, I married Victor Strandberg, a graduate student in English and American Literature.

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started his teaching career at UVM. While there, I cared for infants in the nursery of St. Joseph’s Orphanage run by the Sisters of Charity until I left to start my own family. We have two daughters, Anne and Susan. 19661999: Moved to Durham, NC when Vic took a job with the Duke University English Department. A Fulbright in 1973 took us to Uppsala, Sweden where we were able to travel extensively, connect with Vic’s aunt and other relatives and learn enough Swedish to get by. By the late 70s I needed a change from a series of jobs, so l enrolled at Durham Technical Institute where I received an Associate Degree in Applied Science. We then were off to Brussels, Belgium for a second Fulbright to the University of Louvain-

La-Neuve to which Vic took the train every morning while I tutored the girls after their school using the suitcases full of textbooks we hauled along with us. Brussels is a fantastic city; incredible chocolate, cones of fried potatoes and mayo, and Belgian waffles to die for smothered in Grand Marnier, strawberries and heavy whipped cream.....and les moules (bowls of steaming hot mussels and white wine). The fall of 1980 was the beginning of my long career with Duke University Medical Center. DUMC along with two other hospitals had created one of the country’s first computerized medical systems. Our monitors were connected to a huge computer in the basement and at first all coding was done in Assembler and PL/1. IBM teamed up with us and at one point we had three system engineers from Japan, Taiwan and Korea working in our office. We were one of the beta test sites for IBM’s CICS and IBM marketed a version of our system internationally.

Norway in order to accept an invitation to teach at Kobe College in Nishinomiya, Japan.

I saved up two months of vacation so I could join him. Once back home to help install a new hospital accounting system, a neighbor’s phone call alerted me to the Kobe Earthquake. Luckily, Vic was able to phone me before the phone system became unavailable. He had many interesting stories to tell when home again and his earthquake videos were featured on our local news station. Our final Fulbright was at the University of Olomouc, in the Czech Republic. Weekends we would go by train, usually to Prague, but also to Potsdam, Berlin and a special trip to Krakow where we took a side trip to Auschwitz-Birkenau. We had visited Dachau previously, but nothing prepared us for Auschwitz. Nothing. We have also visited Alaska, Hawaii, rode a bus tour around the entire Irish Republic and Northern Ireland and a car trip with my intrepid Susan driving the

winding roads and highways of England, Scotland and Wales. We also enjoyed travel down the Nile from Cairo to Abu Simbel, Egypt, from St. Petersburg to Moscow via Russian canals, rivers and lakes, and a trip to China where we traveled up the Yangtze to the three Gorges Dam and beyond, along with trips to Xian and Beijing and my favorite, Guilin and the Li River, with its karst formations. We now reside in the beautiful countryside of Piedmont North Carolina which we share with many deer, wild turkeys and other wild critters, and on occasion with our neighbors’ chickens. Life is good.

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Peggy Williams Brockenbrough reported that it is her pleasure to lunch with Jean Hill Davenport (our June Queen) every Friday, and finds her always cheerful, positive and fun. Peggy and Austin are spending lots of quality time with their blended families as they continue to multiply! Kate Lowe Brown and her husband survived the COVID vacation from Hell in Denver, Colo. and eventually got back to their normal busy lives. Then in December, Kate exhibited various concerning symptoms and found out she had “long COVID”. For two months she was extremely inactive, depending on her husband Madison and the church ladies. She seems to be almost okay now and they are both back to their regular and varied activities.

Suzanne Sulzer Powers and her husband went to Puerto Rico for her niece’s wedding at the beautiful home of the new husband’s family. They hope to finally get in their trip to France for a river cruise, assuming Europe and the USA are not at war!! She is still in rehab for her new hip but is much improved.

They planned to travel to Seattle in June for their granddaughter’s graduation. Alice Horsley Spalding says the Bizarre Bazaar shows are up and running again, finally, and the fundraising organization Operation Healing Forces raised $200,000 in December with attendance at 30,000. The April Bizarre Bazaar had some new vendors to replace older ones and encountered some challenges, like recent lack of inventory. She is out and about as in the “old days.” Anne Reynolds Smith plays bridge with Jean Lindsey Oakey once a month, and her retirement community has pretty much opened back up for their various activities.

Sally Yeatts Taylor has been helping her husband Leon recover from a knee replacement,

and they are very involved with children and grandchildren. They even have two daughters retiring soon. My, my! Lyn Dillard O’Ferrall is extremely proud of her grandson Griff, who is the starting shortstop for the UVA baseball team as a freshman. GO HOOS!!! Page Moncure Scarselli writes she has moved back to Richmond after living 60 years in Florence, Italy. Your correspondent, Susan Cunningham Ellis, and husband Gary are plugging along and mostly healthy. Our community, too, has resumed many of its activities and events, and we could be busy all day every day if we wished. I have joined a ladies Bible study, which is quite challenging and interesting. Thanks to those who sent me some news and each of you feel free to do so at any time, particularly when magazine deadlines loom. Pray for Ukraine and for all of us.

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We were sorry to hear from Anne Pinckney Gay that her husband Jim died in January of cancer. She says, “I am so fortunate to have been married to him for 58 years”, and adds that her four children have been incredibly helpful during this stressful time. Betsy Chambers Shindlebower says her husband Wolf has been diagnosed with dementia but they are both well physically. She sends best wishes to the class as we all age as gracefully as we are able. Harriet Dick Brown wrote from Leipzig, Germany, where she enjoyed time with a young musician friend she had helped several years ago, who saved for several years in order to present her with a “certificate” for transportation. Back in Columbus, NC, she likes her move to a retirement community, Tryon Estates. Children and granddaughters are doing well and excelling in all they attempt. Jane Gregory Loving is still practicing law but has not been doing jury trials for the last couple of years due to COVID. Her oldest granddaughter graduated from Brown University last year. Martha Cole Glenn had a big back infusion in February and is working hard on rehab so she can get back to walking like a real person! Your correspondent, Nancy Moss Hahn, is disappointed that she did not hear from more classmates. I am finally training my replacement in the family

business so I might get to retire in the near future. I am still needlepointing in my spare time and taking long weekend trips with friends. Family is doing well, just growing up too fast, but I am so blessed to be able to watch the great-grands as they grow. Kudos to the more than 20 members of the Class of ’59 who raised almost $45,000 to fund a St. Catherine’s study unit titled “The Civil Rights Movement in Richmond and Beyond.” The unit was offered this past spring as part of the 8th Grade Civics and Government class and the 11th Grade American History class.

Over a six-week period students learned the story behind the Movement, evaluated its successes and shortcomings, and examined its impact on St. Catherine’s, the Richmond community, the Commonwealth of Virginia and the United States as a whole. The unit built on relevant knowledge which the students acquired in earlier classes. This enabled each student to use her insight as a mirror to understand current discussions about race, racism and race relations, and why these discussions continue to be important. As part of the course, the 8th graders were invited to a talk by Betty Kilby Baldwin and Phoebe Kilby, whose book “Cousins” relates the story of one black woman and one white woman who discovered they are cousins through the institution of slavery and describes their plans for a reparations project (see pg. 6). More than 15 of our classmates participated in an oral history project with the 8th and 11th graders. The goal was to share what it was like for us growing up in the segregated world of the 50s and how our ideas toward race and racism have evolved over the years.

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Hi to all! And thanks to those who responded with their latest news. Beth Allen Cuthbert writes that her granddaughter Sarah (named after our classmate Sarah Townsend Harrison) will be at St. Catherine’s in the fall and will be on the White Team just like her grandmother and aunts. Receiving an award from Virginia Professional Communicators for her appropriately named “To Us on the Cusp of 80” was Frances Bailey Crutchfield. She also read some of her poetry, “All Rev’d Up for Equality’’, at the event in March. She continues writing poetry daily in her Coronavirus Diary, begun on the Ides of March 2020, and is hoping for its publication. In addition, she was featured in Women’s History Month as a leader 53

and because of her contributions and generosity to the Boy Scouts of America and the Heart of Virginia Council. Her son, Henry Broaddus, Vice President for Strategic Initiatives & Public Affairs from William and Mary, has just been appointed to head the Church Schools in the Diocese of Virginia. What an accomplished family! Wibs McLain visits Richmond more often now since her daughter, Ann Deppman, and her daughter’s husband, Vance DeBouter, moved to RVA last year. Her daughter is Assistant VP of Gift Planning at VCU and Vance’s job allows him to work from anywhere.

Wibs also wrote she enjoyed catching up with Gilpin and Pam Wright Brown. Frances Johnson Lee-Vandell is in PT and doing better following a December fall from an Uber scooter and a total hip replacement. She is now a great-grandmother as grandson Will Lee and his wife Stephany in Durham, N.C., just had a baby. It was nice to receive a lovely and long email from Sallie MacPherson Duell mainly regarding historic Middleton Place outside of Charleston, SC, which was inherited by her husband Charles. Sallie cites a recent book, commissioned by the Middleton Place Foundation and written by another St. C alumna, Virginia Christian Beach ’75. The book traces the history of Middleton Place from its creation in 1741 to present day, including America’s early leaders. Middleton Place boasts the famous and oldest landscaped garden in America which were restored following the Civil War by another St C alumna, and Charles’ grandmother, Heningham Lyons Ellett Smith, 1907. In addition, there are reunions of all those families whose ancestors were connected to the former plantation, a coming-together celebration of past and present. Sallie hopes that perhaps there can be a book talk or reading at St Catherine’s at some point. Those interested can purchase the book either through Amazon or from the Middleton Place Foundation. Thanks to Mary Donnan Todman Harrison who sent an email and address correction for Annette Frischkorn White, Annettefw@cox.net, Annette is now at Richmond’s Westminster Canterbury. I loved catching up with Janie Elliott Norfleet, Pecky, (who now goes by her given name, “Mary”) Harrison Bradshaw, Townsend Daniel Kent, Bev Hershey Guy, Sue Eve Fowlkes and Beth Cuthbert at the luncheon portion of the October 2021 St. C reunion. Pecky’s husband shared a lovely brochure on their community near Ft. Myers, Fla., since my husband Mike and I are looking at a possible relocation to a more perpetually warm climate. Sue Fowlkes says they are healthy and enjoying life. “Children 54

and grandchildren are often in and out of our house, as they live nearby in Richmond. We still go to Bermuda every year, even though last summer was challenging with all the island’s strict COVID restrictions. Most restrictions have been lifted now, so I’m looking forward to traveling once again.” Janie Norfleet has been a wellspring of information about many classmates, as well as her own goings-on. She hopes everyone is doing well and, at last, able to enjoy a return to a more normal life now that the pandemic appears to have subsided. This spring Janie had the delightful experience of attending a session of the St. Catherine’s Cum Laude Society in which her youngest granddaughter, Claire Norfleet, a senior, was inducted into membership. She says that it was nostalgic to say our School Prayer and sing “Jerusalem,” noting that St. Catherine’s continues to hold dear so many of those values and traditions instilled in all of us. Claire, a Varsity lacrosse Co-Captain, graduateed in May and will head to Colorado College, her first choice.

With pride, Janie notes that “she is a versatile young lady and performed beautifully as a Joni Dancer this February” in the new St. Christopher’s Performance Hall. Janie also proudly shared that granddaughter, Virginia Norfleet ’20, is a sophomore at Sewanee, University of the South, where she is a Dean’s List student hoping to spend a semester abroad next year. Janie continues, “Carter Norfleet ’18, my eldest granddaughter, a senior at Colorado College, will graduate this spring with a Math and Arts major and will then attend the McIntire School of Commerce at UVA. We all look forward to having Carter back close to home. She has loved her four years in Colorado, but we have missed her. All the family is looking forward to the traditional St. Catherine’s graduation ceremony on the Green this May with long white dresses and the always magnificent Daisy Chain. Pecky Bradshaw and I will be cheering on our granddaughters, Ann Grayson Craig and Claire Norfleet, as we remember and cherish our own experience 62 years ago. Rob and I are still happily living in our house which we purchased 35 years ago. We share the house with our fourth Golden Retriever, Beau, who seems to feel that he needs to take care of his aging foster parents. Lastly, I should mention that we feel so fortunate to have our two sons, Rob and Brian, in Richmond, where both work in the investment area of large, regional banks. All in all, life is good, and we count our blessings that we seem to be aging somewhat gracefully.”

Sally Gump Berryman writes she is trying to stay safe and well and is still busy on the farm.

She is proud to be a class of 1960 alumna. Your correspondent Carol Manning Walker and Cookie Richardson Horn keep up periodically, mostly at Christmas. Cookie is in Jacksonville Beach, Fla., and still working with dogs. Since our late devoted correspondent Kate Roy Massie Christian was kind enough to report all my news the last time; there isn’t much else to add about me. We are still working at the painting/construction business and trying to stay somewhat healthy at our “young” ages.

Thanks again to those who responded.

Hopefully for the fall edition there will be news from those of you who haven’t sent in any tidbits recently or maybe ever. I realize for many it is long ago history, but everyone has stories to tell about the intervening years and we all are interested in reading about them, so please email me.

youngest boys (12 and 10) are in 6th and 4th grades. Dabney looks forward to spending three months this summer at her cottage in Maine. Ellen Black Seabring’s younger daughter Courtenay lives in Alexandria, Va., with three of Ellen’s grandchildren, and her older daughter Virginia lives in Mill Valley, Calif., with 14 year-old twins. Ellen and her husband Bob have lived in Bronxville, NY for 52 years, with the exception of a move to Tokyo for three of those years. She feels fortunate to still be playing tennis after having to give up paddle ball several years ago. She has enjoyed playing in her church’s adult handbell choir for more than 30 years. Ellen has acquired a new unintended skill, setting up Zoom meetings during COVID for her book and investment clubs, all of which have helped

boat was docked there for the winter and Sara enjoyed being back on the water again. Sara’s granddaughter Townsend Dotterer ’19 has received an internship for the summer working at Harriman State Park in Idaho and Sara hopes to visit her there. Sara and her daughter Betsy Macon Dotterer ’83 have planned a trip to Tanzania and Kenya in November, a Washington & Lee group trip. Sara adds, “Something I have always wanted to do. It’s now or never. Hope I haven’t waited too long.”

Your correspondent Betsy Burke Trow still finds much joy in gardening and flower arranging for the fun of it and at this writing I am counting the days until I can be outside in the garden again! My husband Randy and I joined our daughter Marshall Trow Lynch ’89, and husband Dennis, our son Randolph and

Croquet Association) Weekly Croquet Break.

She thinks maybe this is her calling late in life and recalls her mother saying “she was a late bloomer.” Nan Seton Hall’s grands have been growing up fast! Her oldest grandson, Jonas Asner, graduated in May from UNC and is now working in Baltimore, Md. Her youngest grandson, Carter Hall, enrolled at Ole Miss and found it too far from home, so he is now taking Zoom courses at Reynolds in RVA. Sophia Hall is off to college in the fall – but not sure where yet. Nan’s remaining eight grandchildren are doing “their thing” in activities and sports and “probably driving their parents a bit crazy.” Nan went to visit her daughter, Laura Townes ’86, for two months in spring 2021 in Greenfield, Mass. Nan continues playing tennis and singing and loves her home at

Sara Riley Gibson 300 N. Ridge Road #48 Richmond, VA 23229 sarargibson@verizon.net and Betsy Burke Trow 415 Somerset Ave. Richmond, VA 23226 betsytrow@gmail.com ______________________________________

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In March of 2021, Patsy Jameson Williamson sold her Richmond house and bought a house in Winter Park, Fla., where she now lives about five blocks from her daughter Polly Williamson McArthur ’88 and her family.

Patsy feels her life has changed dramatically with the loss of her husband George on July 14, 2021. Classmate Torrence McClure Harmon officiated at George’s service and burial in Richmond. Susu Woodward Ravenel feels COVID has probably changed patterns for all of us. She writes that she is moving around with a mask on and fully vaccinated…going between her home in Charleston, S.C.; Debordieu Island, S.C.; Augusta, G.A.; and Vermont, as kids keep them on the move. Susu feels lucky to have St. C friends Sallie MacPherson Duell ’60 and Virginia Christian Beach ’75 close by. She hopes all of us are safe and healthy. Dabney Williams McCoy took a wonderful Viking cruise from Paris to Normandy this past September. She writes that most of her time is occupied with church work, Mah Jongg, Netflix, and countless football, basketball, baseball and lacrosse games!

Her oldest grandson (22) is a junior at Hamilton College on the crew team. Second grandson (21) is a sophomore at UNC/Chapel Hill and has joined the same fraternity as his grandfather, father, and uncle. Two grandsons (18) are seniors in high school, another (16) is finishing his sophomore year, and the two

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ROW 1, FROM L TO R: Courtenay Sands Wilson, Tali Brawner Alcorn, Bonnie Blanton Shelor, Marty Rogers Brown, Nancy Thompson Palumbo, Lucy Reed Morison ROW 2: Kenzie Sinnickson Hubard, Smokie Fairlamb Crews, Mary Nelson Davenport, Mitzi Cooper Scott, Tracy Williams Barron, Nancy Conkle Swann, Jeanne Anthony Knox, Gwen Brannon Weeks ROW 3: Nan Seaton Hall, Virginia Williams Stanley, Kathy Powell Rolph, Lovejoy Reeves Duryea, Jan Norman Orgain, Leslie Thompson Brockman

her keep her sanity while waiting to get together again in person. Ellen adds that she and Bob “have enjoyed many trips in the past and are hoping to take a few more before we need our walkers!” Susan Luck is looking forward to an October week in Norway cruising the fjords. Shortly after her return, she will travel with three friends to Pennsylvania to visit Longwood Gardens, attend a Texas Tenors Concert and go to the Sight and Sound Theatre to see “David.” Susan’s twin grandchildren, who live in Atlanta, are off to college in the fall. Hayden will attend Georgia Tech and Chase will attend JMU. She is so excited to have her granddaughter nearby in Virginia.

Your correspondent Sara Riley Gibson spent several days in February with her brother Dick Riley and wife Anne in Palm Beach, Fla. Dick’s

grandsons Coley and Baxter during spring break in a beach cottage on Boca Grande, FL. A relaxing, peaceful, sunny time was had by all.

Susan Luck and I have enjoyed time with Kitty Anderson Carling since Kitty and husband Dick have moved to Cedarfield. We are so happy to have Kitty back in Richmond. Sara and I thank you for your news and wish each of you and your families a healthy, HAPPY summer.

Gwen Brannon Weeks P.O. Box 208 Manakin Sabot Va 23103 nauticalgourmet67@verizon.net _______________________________________

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Lovejoy Reeves Duryea is using her artistic talents in a different way, as she is going to be a regular feature in the USCA (United States

Westminster Canterbury. She finds the people there so very interesting and there is so much to do. Tali Brawner Alcorn and Joe have enjoyed visiting their youngest daughter, Brawner, who lives in Manhattan with two Siberian Huskies, Samson and Delilah. Tali loves walking the dogs along Riverside Drive which parallels the mighty Hudson River. Tali’s oldest daughter Heather is recovering from a knee replacement. Bonnie Blanton Shelor reports being wobbly after her second hip replacement. Two of her grandsons, First Sergeant Matt Malone of the Coast Guard and Zack Hunnicutt, are headed to the Middle East for duty. Let’s keep them in our prayers.

Bonnie’s granddaughter, Madeline Eliza, recently had 12 discs fused in her back and plenty of rods and screws installed.

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attended their first reunion. Distance was not an obstacle as Mitzi Cooper Scott came from Oregon and Lovejoy from Palm Beach. Buffy Morgan, our beloved English teacher, was our dinner guest. We all loved seeing her and enjoyed her recollections of our class. Nancy Swann said “It was a wonderful reunion seeing so many lifelong friends. We always are able to pick up just where we left off - even when it has been at least five years or more.”

Virginia Williams Stanley shared, “The whole weekend was extraordinary- and bonding in a way I don’t remember other reunions— the weather certainly helped that so many came.

I’ll always remember the joy of being there.”

Please get your boosters, stay safe and have a great summer.

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Gwen Brannon Weeks ’62 hosted her classmates for a Sunday brunch at her home on Reunion Weekend.

recovering like a rock star with all that metal in her back. Another grand, Lily Hunnicutt, is a goalie for the water polo team at JMU. A third granddaughter, Mackenzie Sinclair, is playing the piano and the violin while attending the Appomattox School for the Arts.

Bonnie has an 18-month old great-granddaughter, Carter Rayne, who tells Bonnie “she wuvs me.” Besides keeping up with the grands, Bonnie is trying to outguess Putin’s moves and consequences so she can play productively in the stock market. Her broker said she should be a hedge fund manager on Wall Street. Maybe we can get her to share her tips or better yet write a financial column for the alumnae bulletin. Leslie Bullington Alexander has completely retired — no more teaching. Fortunately, all of her family escaped COVID and only her four-year-old grandson in Baltimore is unvaccinated. Jean Anthony Knox and her husband are spending more time in her home town of Chestertown, Md., and have enjoyed reconnecting with childhood friends and family. Her granddaughter in California graduates mid-May and another granddaughter will graduate from high school. Nancy Conkle Swann spent six weeks in St. Barths and enjoyed having a friend from Asheville come to visit to keep her company and enjoy French food and walks on the beach. Nancy found a fabulous hat to wear to a pre-Derby party in Louisville, Ky., where she celebrated a long weekend with her late husband David’s W&L Phi Delt pledge class. Cia Ashbrook Wenzel was thrilled COVID restrictions were lifted in time to enjoy ski season in the Colorado Rockies and to have meals out in restaurants. Last summer she took a thrilling trip to Antarctica, enjoying

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penguins, fur seals, fun travel companions and Conrad Anker the mountaineer. Alex Schnerr Wilson proudly reports, “I have two wonderful grandsons, one here in Birmingham Ala., and one in Boise, Idaho.

The grandson from Idaho is working on his master’s degree in Nottingham, England, at the University of Nottingham. Guess who is going to England next year?” Susannah Hagerty Farley reports she has had COVID twice; the first time was a mild case and the second time she felt “wretched.” Sadly, she experienced the loss of two dear friends to COVID during the pandemic. Delighted to see society open back up, they have visited children and grandchildren in Indialantic, Fla.,and enjoyed Hilton Head, S.C. with friends.

Susannah has also become a Lay Minister with Trinity Cathedral and has found the experience to be very rewarding. Your correspondent, Gwen Brannon Weeks, had a knee replacement in November and has great range of motion and no pain. Unfortunately, I had “the nurse and doctor curse” of an unrelated medical complication. My extra nine days in the hospital increased the income of the hospital and three MD’s. I realize how lucky I was to be in the hospital when it occurred, and it makes me very fearful of traveling any distance from a good medical center as it can happen again. I am now in my last year as Corresponding Secretary of the Tuckahoe Woman’s Club and I am looking forward to spending more time playing Mah Jongg and Bridge. The class of 1962, now in our “vintage years,” had a great turnout for the reunion, one of the largest class representation at the reunion! A few of our classmates, including Lovejoy and Tracy Williams Barron,

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Please send us your news Cathy Hayden 3011 Libby Terrace Richmond, VA 23223 libbyterrace@gmail.com _______________________________________

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Sally Guy Lynch Brown reports that “Tom and I have been quarantining for the past two years, except for a glorious trip to the National Parks out West.” Next is a July trip on a Disney Cruise in the Caribbean with their daughter, her husband, and three grandchildren. Perry Sinnickson Guy and husband Johnny, who have moved to their summer home on the river, joined Sally Guy and Tom for dinner in March. Lisa Mabley Kirby continues to enjoy her clergy work at Christ Episcopal Church in New Bern, N.C. at a 300 year-old church in the Historic District. During COVID, church was held in the outdoor chapel “and folks walking around downtown would occasionally just drop in or, if we were saying the Lord’s Prayer, some would stop at the fence and say it with us.” Her primary work is with those who struggle with alcoholism and addiction and their families. She still enjoys her vegetable gardens and woodworking.

And your correspondent Cathy Hayden is in the midst of moving from the Far East End in Richmond to the far West End. I have loved my 18 years in Historic Church Hill overlooking the James River view that inspired the name of our city (from Richmond-on-the-Thames) but it is time to be closer to my two girls’ families. I live in an HOA and have a view and use of a lake. Life changes can be good! Hope all are enjoying this summer!

Elizabeth “Buff” Hanes Thomas ’65 COVID response and care has taken a tremendous toll on doctors, nurses, firefighters, police officers, and professionals of every stripe. Now, the tables have turned, and they are the ones needing healing. Buff Hanes Thomas ’65 joined longtime colleague Kerry Malawista in a project to bring healing to those who served so courageously in the face of the pandemic.

“COVID brought first responders to their knees,” says Thomas, “and they had nowhere to go with their pain.

All they knew was to keep going, move from one dying person to the next, with no time to process what they were experiencing. It was brutal.”

The Things They Carry Project (TTTCP), the brainchild of Malawista, fosters healing and trauma processing. When TTTCP launched, Thomas jumped in, facilitating TTTCP groups, then training medical students and community organizers. The project now reaches caregivers across the country and around the world.

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Lillian Glover Young (Fall notes) 1180 Courtyard Dr. Charlottesville, VA 22903 lillgyoung@aol.com

and Barbara Montgomery O’Connell (Summer Notes) 17388 Antigua Point Way Boca Raton, Fla., 33487 barboconn47@gmail.com ______________________________________

Happy Birthday to all of us turning the big milestone of age 75!! Or as my husband would say, “Welcome to the fourth quarter!”

Keithley Rose Miller plans to celebrate with Beth Herring Baylor and Rita Daniels MacNelly in Richmond and then take her family to Italy! She has been trying to retire from Kemble Interiors in Palm Beach but since “Florida seems to be the place to move to, I am still full time.” She sees her daughter Tory daily, as Tory runs the Kemble Shop, and Keithley’s son Gib recently married, so “my family is complete.” Mary Rainey Belser writes that after 45 years in their home on Wheat Street in Columbia, S.C., she and Clinch have decided to split time between the Belser family farm (it’s been in the family

to work through their trauma by writing. Participants are prompted to identify and write about their “safe place”… a walk in the woods… the memory of a grandmother. One ICU nurse wrote about her car because it was quiet and she could cry. This exercise helps ground participants before another writing exercise. Participants read their writings to the group, which the group affirms. Next, participants are prompted to describe and share a bad day – not the worst, but a six or seven on a scale of 10. Finally, participants are asked to share what brought them to their profession, reconnecting them with the dedication that originally motivated them for their work.

“Working with these groups has been a profound experience for me,” says Thomas. “I am so moved by their aching humanity.”

since 1920!) and their pied-a-terre in Columbia at Still Hopes Episcopal Retirement Community. She and Clinch have been married 47 years. Sandy Cadwalader and Margie Massey Couch were her bridesmaids and they all still stay in touch. Mary fondly remembers St. C as “a special time in my life.”

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Classmates from 1965, Cathy Hall Stopher and Betty Davenport Wright have enjoyed seeing each other both in Richmond and Florida.

Piedmont Virginia Community College in Charlottesville. She is also working with the Native Plant Program at Wintergreen where she now lives. Margaret Epps Curtis and Ted have been married for 55 years! She keeps in touch with St. C friends and “I occasionally pull out my Quair and think about old friends and old times. Some of the messages written the week of graduation are funny, but very meaningful!” Elizabeth LeSueur continues to stay busy on St. Simons Island, GA, as VP of the local chapter of the Chaine des Rotisseurs. She hopes to travel to San Antonio, TX, for the annual meeting in October. She is also chair of the exhibitions committee for the Glynn Visual Arts and is active in the Cassina Garden Club. Carolyn Mapp Hewes and husband Lem are very involved with charities, especially Emory University’s Alzheimer’s Research Center.

They hope to be able to have a live event this year as they did before COVID. In 2019, they raised $1,000,000! She and Lem have 11 grandchildren ranging from age 3 to 25 and she gladly helps out with the younger ones who live near her in Atlanta. “In our free time we squeeze in golf.”

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Cathy Hall Stopher writes from her winter home in Gulfstream, Fla., that she plays lots of Mah-Jongg, canasta, bridge and golf. In fact, she and Betty Davenport Wright and their husbands were part of a golfing house party in March. Cathy also sees Keithley Miller at bridge. Lila Lohr is a good friend and Cathy was so glad St. Catherine’s had her as an interim head. As for me, Barbara Montgomery O’Connell, my husband Jack and I will celebrate 50 years of marriage in July at The Homestead Hotel with family. In August we plan to take the Pearl Cruise through the Great Lakes. We are so glad to be traveling again after being cooped up with COVID restrictions!

Louise Hayman 1 Cumberland Ct. Annapolis, MD 21401 louise.lake.hayman@gmail.com ______________________________________

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It can’t be true that right after I send off these notes, I’m stopping by the drug store for my second COVID booster. But it is. Will this plague ever leave us? I am hoping that our class has been minimally affected though I know, sadly, that we did not escape unscathed. To cheerier topics. It was wonderful to see the 20 or so of us who convened at school for our 55th last October. The weather was spectacular, and so all of the outdoor activities were very enjoyable. It’s never long enough and several of us decided we need to do an annual unsanctioned reunion just to try to slow down Time’s Wicked Path. Let me know if you’d like to take part in a convening later this year. One of the happiest outcomes of the reunion was that it ferreted out the latest info from old friends – and roommates – Janie Mebane McCall and Daphne Pottle Coley. It was great to catch up with them by phone. Louisa Tobias Campbell attended the reunion and, may I say, would have received the “Looks Absolutely the Same” award had we presented one. It is always surprising to me that we can spend hours just catching up, though the conversations always seem that they are continuations of those we had more than 50 years ago. Wait. Can that be? Math was never my strong suit, as you may recall.

I was treated a Christmas card from Corbin Kendig Rankin, who also attended the reunion. Corbin’s beautiful family gathered in the Bahamas to celebrate husband Tom’s Platinum (look it up) birthday. Janie McCall and her eight handsome grandchildren likewise appeared in my mailbox. Cindy Parke Beukema’s holiday letter affirmed that she made it through shoulder replacement surgery last fall right after our reunion. We hope

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that she and husband John were able to take a planned Rhone River cruise this spring.

From more frequent correspondents: Lynn Hornor Keith and husband Taylor enjoyed their multi-month escape to Coronado, CA, this winter. Emily Borden Ragsdale was all packed for a trip to Dubai only to have it scuttled by travel warnings this winter. She soothed her disappointment by taking her family for a little sunshine and seaside at a favorite Caribbean destination. In late February, I was thrilled to find myself sitting next to Kathy Barnes Hendricks at the Colonial Williamsburg Antiques Forum. She continues to contribute mightily to history and preservation causes, among them Stratford Hall, the Lee home in Virginia. I’ve been sticking close to home these past

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Corbin Cowart Bettencourt

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Marblehead, MA 019451 rbetten265@gmail.com ______________________________________

Judy Ruble Kane shares “I’m still selfemployed. My business is Aligned Consciousness. I help people take out their head trash. I absolutely love helping people change beliefs that are keeping them from reaching their goals. To better help people understand how beliefs can impact them, and where those beliefs come from, I wrote a book that was published last November: “Your 4 Truths: How Beliefs Impact Your Life.”

It even hit the Amazon best seller list in three categories on my launch day – it was pretty exciting. I’ve also been a guest on a variety of podcasts and written a few

Roddy Payne Tattersall’s granddaughter married her high school sweetheart in a very small outdoor wedding (COVID). Roddy says, “It couldn’t have been more perfect!”

Then Roddy and her husband flew to Wisconsin, Michigan, and Arkansas for some great golf with friends. They cashed in on the crazy Florida house prices and moved into a condo on the beach. “Spring Break every day!” She sends big hugs to the Class of ’67. Pam Ward Howard spent a great week in D.C. with 11-year-old grandson Wyatt and daughter Christie. “We did many things including a night bicycle tour of D.C. What we do for those kids. St. Patrick’s eve we had dinner with Holly Flint at her home in Bethesda, MD. She even dyed the spaghetti noodles green for Wyatt. Great fun catching up, and it was her first time seeing Christie in 40 years.” The next spring break for the Atlanta granddaughters was in Orlando the first of April. After that, Pam says that Grammy needed a rest. My, those lucky grandkids! Pam is sorry that she missed the reunion but sends hugs to everyone. Jo Jennings Yvars shared that “Greg and I have returned to St. Johns County, Fla, just south of Jacksonville, where we met 30 years ago.”

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ROW 1, FROM L TO R: Judy Ruble Kane, Jacqueline Rice Whalen, Corbin Cowart Bettencourt, Laurie Pross ROW 2: Jody Dennis Branch, Pam Higgins Stone ROW 3: Beth Fleming Skidmore, Kendall Willis Kellum ROW 4: Julia Borden Neal Rose, Elizabeth Fore Keatinge, Kathy Fleming Barton

months but look forward to venturing forth when I can. I divide my time between Annapolis Md., and the Eastern Shore of Virginia. I could fill more space saying what I am not doing than revealing interesting details of my daily life. But still, I am grateful for much, not the least of which are my four years at St. Catherine’s and the sustaining friendships that began there so long ago.

articles. I enjoy that and am always looking for more opportunities to share what I know. On a personal note, I enjoy living in Tarpon Springs Fla. I’m about 35 minutes from my older daughter and their two children. My younger daughter lives in Richmond and I enjoyed visiting with her during reunion weekend. Now, I live with two rescued cats, but you never know what might happen next.”

co-fostering him with Lisa Wickham ’69.

Lucy McCullough Schneider ’69 and Doris Blackwell Stimpson ’69 helped us in our four-month search to find ‘Ollie’ a home. He ended up with Marilyn Rausch, who has five to six rescue dogs, depending on which day you talk to her. Her place is truly dog heaven and Ollie struck it rich by ending up there.

What I loved was that the search for a home involved so many St. Catherine’s folks. Even after all these years of not seeing a lot of each other, the bond is still there. Marilyn, Leah and I spend most of our time down at the river and have taken up bridge again.

We’re all in a ‘modern bridge’ class together.”

Helen Harrison Tripp says that “although the pandemic was complicated, it did push me to declutter and get rid of many unused things in our home. A few trips to Goodwill certainly felt ‘good.’”

Holly Materne Antrim holly.antrim@gmail.com and Tassie Bosher tassbosher@gmail.com ______________________________________

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Correspondents Retiring

Ginger Harrison Adamson gingeradamson49@gmail.com; and Elsie Dickinson Hovis elsie.hovis@gmail.com; and Helen Harrison Tripp, hhtripp@aol.com _______________________________________

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lovely week in Langosta, Tamarindo, Costa Rica, in February with friends. It was wonderful to get out of the cold and into the Pacific Ocean. Spring seems a long way off right now but my daffs are poking up, so there is hope.” We heard from Marilyn Muhleman Rausch who wrote, “So glad winter is coming to a close. It has been a very cold and snowy one here in the beautiful Northern Neck of Virginia. My great news is that our son Kent is leaving New York City and moving to Baltimore. He will just be three hours away, so we will be able to see him more often. I do get to see some members of our class who are also living here

Ann Roy Patteson Richardson shares, “This is not news per se, but a vivid memory of St. Catherine’s which I have just recently recalled while watching the world news regarding Ukraine. I believe we were in seventh grade. A notice went home to our parents requesting that they indicate, in case of nuclear war, whether we were to walk home or to remain at school in the underground levels. This must have been in connection with the Cuban Missile Crisis. At the time I did not care what was happening in the greater world, but I did care that my parents opted for me to stay at school. I wanted to walk home to be with my parents and brothers. (My parents made the same decision for them to stay at St. Christopher’s.) In hindsight I realize that ‘father knows best’, and I also realize what faith my parents had in St. Catherine’s. Here’s to St. Catherine’s never getting to that point again with future generations.” Ann Souder writes that she “had a

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ter Nancy Brown ’07, holding Laura’s newest granddaughter, Anne Conway Brown, born in November 2022 to Jane Garnet Brown and Tyler Brown (St. Chris ’01)

such as Muff Bugg Hughes and Leah Waller Golden. Leslie Reed and Mary Ruffin Register Randolph came for a weekend and we all were able to have lunch together. Art and I went to Richmond recently and had a great time at lunch with Carolyn Preston Kendig and her husband John. Retirement is a fun time.” Susan Nash McClellan has big news:, “My big news is that I’m planning on going to the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund new conservation and science center in Rwanda in June for the postponed opening (due to COVID). As you know, it’s really hard to plan with the world as COVID is still unstable.”

Leslie Reed reports that Martha Bosher Wasserman made her annual visit to Virginia and made a stop in Irvington to see Leah Golden. Leslie Reed joined a number of classmates at Leah’s house, including Mary Ruffin Randolph, Marilyn Rausch and Alice Satterfield Tor. Martha was in rare form and a good time was had by all. Leslie also writes, “I found a feral dog in the woods near my house in Kilmarnock and ended up

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Anne Conway Brown, granddaughter of Laura Leake Brown ’69; Anne Conway has many other Saints relatives as well: great-great grandmother Anna Beveridge Leake 1914, great-grandmother Nancy Butcher Leake ’43, aunt Nancy Brown ’07 and many other great-aunts, cousins and more!

Members of our class wrote that they are beginning to venture out into the world post-pandemic, making travel plans and seeing grandchildren and other family members.

For those of you who told me about wonderful trips you are planning, please write again with news of your trip after you are home!

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Boeing/ Philadelphia. We were sad to know that Kim and Betsy recently lost their mother Betty Williams Gookin ’40. Betsy Meyer Anderson reports that she is busy writing fiction and volunteering at her church and at a local nonprofit, of which our classmate Mary Ashton is president. Betsy and Kim used to have tea every Sunday afternoon at their mother’s house in Warrenton, VA. Betsy Epperly has been working as the contributing consultant for a web exhibition, presenting and exploring the whole manuscript of L. M. Montgomery’s “Anne of Green Gables.” The exhibition is supported by Digital Museums Canada, and the partners are the Confederation Centre of the Arts and the University of Prince Edward Island’s Robertson Library and L.M. Montgomery Institute. The web exhibition will be free on-line and will launch in late summer. Look for annemanuscript.ca in August 2022. “Apart from that” she says, “it is a treat to be around the four grands with my partner, Anne-Louise.”

Page Murrell Woltz and her husband Bill wintered in Florida this year. She’s having fun with five grandsons, no girls. Her husband Bill says she deserved it for being so boy crazy! Page still serves on the Stratford Hall board with 28 other great women from all over the country.

No boys allowed on that 90 year-old board!

Martha Legare writes that her new motto is, “Don’t retire, rewire!” Since she still enjoys working, she has “rewired” to pursue a flexible schedule and work she can do from anywhere.

She completed training and is now a certified executive coach. “Ironically,” she says, “I’m not just coaching leadership development, but often helping executives explore ‘What do I want to do next?’” Anne Gant writes, “My mother is still going strong at 93 but she is functionally blind with macular degeneration, so we are in our 11th year of living together.

How many daughters can grow old together with their mothers? We are most compatible and enjoy each other’s company!” Anne and her mother’s latest adventure was going to the Greensboro Coliseum to a Billy Strings Bluegrass concert. Their grandson/nephew is the lighting specialist for the band! Laura Leake Brown retired in June 2020 after working for 31 years at St. Christopher’s School. She loves retirement and especially the free time it affords her to spend with her grandchildren, three of whom live in Richmond, including a brand new granddaughter born in November 2021. Future Saint? Her other three granddaughters are in Salisbury, CT. Laura’s daughter Nancy Brown ’07 moved to Richmond from NYC after COVID broke out in March

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2020 and luckily has settled here. A group of 69ers gathered at Lacy Williams’ home for an annual Christmas lunch (which we missed in Dec. 2020): In addition to Laura and Lacy, Andy Harrison Bennett, Holly Materne Antrim, Betsy Moore Tompkins, Melinda Williams Davis, and Lindsay Burns Wortham joined in. As for your correspondent, Tassie Bosher, I enjoyed a couple of weeks in Florida visiting Anna Moore Butzner at her winter condo near Naples, Fla. Golf, then more golf, was the theme of the visit. We had a great time at clinics, private lessons, and playing a round every day.

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Molly Carpenter Sprouse, having returned happily to her home state of Virginia, set a heart-warming tone for this issue’s peripatetic notes: “As so many of us are notching our seventh decade, we are reminded how very important our bonds are as friends. We’re celebrating it by taking walks, groaning through yoga, swapping books, laughing about the challenges of creaking joints, loving our grand-parenting, and debating which retirement community might have the worst food. I feel the grounding of those deep roots that extend back, for some of us, even to kindergarten, and I give thanks every day for the gift of my St. Catherine’s friends.” Read on for classmates’ notes from across the U.S. about what we are learning and exploring. Also in Virginia, Mary Palmer Trice Legare writes that she is learning about the colonial history of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia by serving on her Diocesan Ministry for Racial Justice and Healing. “I am very proud of the commitment to heal some of the wounds that still remain today.” Tighe Easterly Antrim and Hugh anticipated a spring trip down the Colorado River, emerging to climb out of the Grand Canyon. In New Mexico, Kate Parker Horsley is delving into wu-wei, which she explains is a taoist acceptance of reality—“a kind of continuation of my long experience with Zen Buddhism with some Socratic wisdom thrown in.” Kate’s keeping busy with writing, tennis, and friendships, and is sponsoring students who otherwise couldn’t afford a good education, including a Vietnamese girl and the yearly recipients of a scholarship at Central New Mexico Community College in memory of her son. Kate and Morgan planned to spend the month of May on the coast of Brittany. In South Carolina, Frère Sands Miller says she starts her day off with Wordle and is golfing,

biking, hiking, kayaking, and learning to paint Ukranian eggs. Frère attended our 50th with husband Mark and says it was the highlight of her year. Also in the Palmetto State, Holt Erwin has been taking a year-long class on dealing with trauma that “teaches tools to recognize negative emotions and manage them so we live fully human.” In Arizona, Mimi Hill Wilk’s grandsons, Georgie and Heath, are keeping her on her toes. They went to see snow in the White Mountains over spring break. Mimi loves the dramatic Arizona elevation that leads their lives from desert to the snow in just three hours. Mimi has also enjoyed being an instructional aide for learning resource center students. In New Jersey, Pril Swalm has been discovering more about geography and the movement of deep tectonic plates, like the Pacific and North American plates whose shifts created the Cascade Range—a still-active volcanic region.

Pril notes that similar tectonic movement has made Alaska the most seismically active place in the United States. In Connecticut, Mary Shaw Halsey Marks became a commissioner on the Historic District Commission for the Town of Greenwich, which enables her to stay involved with local architecture and preservation. She and Rob are undertaking a landscaping project to build a walled garden so she can enjoy her flowers without “donating” them immediately to the marauding deer. In New York, Christine Brandon Stonbely is being honored by her organization, Clarion, for service over 14 years and counting. Plans include a concert on the main stage of Carnegie Hall.

Chris was asked to join the Metropolitan Opera Guild, which deals with the opera’s educational programs. And she’s joined a 55+ chorus with a spring concert at the New York Public Library. She’s also become head of the sustainability committee at the Cosmopolitan Club. In Texas, Alice Gant Coder is learning the ins and outs of nonprofit status for one of her main causes, Wellspring Counseling Center. Alice says that Father Richard Rohr’s daily meditations, which focus on the great, enormous and creation-wide love of God for all creatures, drive her creativity. “I encourage everyone to register for these meditations,” Alice says.

“They have opened me to God in wonderful ways.” In California, Laura Funkhouser Ruml has rejoined friends from her local chapter of the American Association of University Women in an annual two-month foreign policy discussion group, “Great Decisions.” Laura recommends finding one of these ubiquitous groups. “It’s especially nice to be part of a women-only activity—kind of like being at St.

Catherine’s again,” she says. In Pennsylvania, your correspondent, Kristin Rehder, is learning the practice of Qigong and beginning a collaborative photo documentary on energy and vibration related to Parkinson’s. We’ve moved to a fabulous continuous care community just south of Lancaster, with a view of the Amish farmlands. Come see us!

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New correspondent

Julia Mobley Rodenbeck juliarodenbeck@gmail.com _____________________________________

Thank you for responding with news, Class of ’71! First, thanks to St. Catherine’s Alumnae Office and classmates who helped plan the 50th reunion yearbook and the fun weekend,

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1971 Classmates at their Reunion class party in October 2021, From L to R: Dorothy Young, Janet Lewis Sauer, Julia Mobley Rodenbeck, and Ashton Williams Harrison who hosted the party

especially to Ashton Williams Harrison who hosted our class party at the October Reunion! After the long cold gray winter, Ashton has bought a condo near Delray Beach, Fla., and invites classmates to let her know if we’re in the area! Katie Currin Hammond, who deservedly received the 2021 Distinguished Alumna Award at the October reunion, commented that “combining with 1970 was great! I was in awe of those seniors…but 1971 is just the best, best class.” Julie Gamble Grover writes that the highlight of her day is FaceTime with her daughter Katie Grover Oswald ’07 and her Atlanta granddaughters, Julie (2) and Meg (1). Julie’s son Dun has bought a house on Church Hill in Richmond and her son Teddy is living in Winchester, VA. Julie is active with the garden club and her husband Peter attends every W&L and VMI sports event available. Martha Ware Stone Bryan reports that she and Tom finally got some sun in

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Martha Ware Stone Bryan ’71 with her husband Tom in February 2022

February and went fishing in Sugarloaf Key, FL. Tricia Totty Sauer and Conrad had a long winter visit in Rosemary Beach, FL, and hosted daughters Ashley Sauer Oswalt ’98 and Jenny Sauer Holladay ’02 and five grandchildren. They visited with Robin Upchurch Allen and Steve on their way to Florida. I, Rosamond Lawson, saw classmates Susan Adams Bance and Hilary Heistand Long at a baby shower in March.

Hilary’s 65 and up tennis team at the Country Club of Virginia will have its fourth year in competition. Her teammates include fellow Saints Eleanor Smith Wellford, Christine Kjellstrom Douglas, Mary Tompkins Miller ’69, Betsy Holmes Richardson ’74, and Anne Taylor Leitch Moorman ’68. Christine hopes to see many of our classmates when she travels to see her daughters in Richmond and Charleston, S.C.

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From L to R: Rosamond Lawson, Julia Mobley Rodenbeck, Elizabeth Sumwalt Clark, Liz Small Lipscomb

She has a young Bassett Hound Winnie who is a great travel companion. Gray Thomas Payne agrees that the reunion was great but that we needed one more day to catch up with each other. Lynn MacDougall-Fleming reports that she made it through winter with just enough firewood to spare. She goes to Chicago frequently to stay with her mom, who is in good hands with caregivers. Lynn has traveled periodically for continuing education and hopes to do more in the future.

Liz Small Lipscomb writes that she is grateful to have been at the nostalgic reunion and that she is grateful for long friendships and

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The 1971 “Sunday Bridge Group” was thrilled to relocate their game to St. Maarten in January 2022. From L to R: Liz Watkins Carson, Rosamond Lawson, Liz Small Lipscomb, Preston Lee

the opportunity to renew them. She looks forward, as many of you also remarked, to the next reunion. Here’s a fun St. Catherine’s story: My weekly virtual bridge group (Liz Lipscomb, Liz Watkins Carson, Preston Lee and I) traveled to St. Maarten in January.

As we departed for a day trip to St. Barth, Liz Lipscomb grabbed her reunion bag with the school seal on it. At the restaurant where we were lunching, a woman came up to Liz and said that her husband had noticed the bag with the seal. Liz said that we had all attended the school. The woman, Polly Byrd, told us that her daughter, Annie Byrd Hamnett ’98, had been a boarding student!!

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Another group photo from the 1971 50th Reunion, From L to R: Mecklin Stevens, Julia Mobley Rodenbeck, Liz Watkins Carson, Sarah Gayle Carter, Randy Anderson Trainor, Marshall Souder Lawson, Sarah Glenn, Susan Stevens, Dorothy Young, Lina Gilles, Betsy Rawles

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encounter was a highlight of our trip. Since the reunion I have been fortunate to visit with several classmates, including Sara Flemer Simpson (children live here in town), Julia Mobley Rodenbeck (son lives here), and Elizabeth Sumwalt Clark. Elizabeth told me that she sees Chaplain Whitehead at her church in Columbia, S.C. and she sent a great picture of them together. Thank you to Julia Rodenbeck, my intern for this newsletter. Julia will hopefully be the author next time! Have a great summer, Y’all be in touch if you’re in the Charleston area!

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Elizabeth Sumwalt Clark ’71 enjoys seeing Chaplain Whitehead in Columbia, SC. Holly Eason Holden HollyHoldenLtd@aol.com and Jane Blanton Stout jbgar831@aol.com _____________________________________

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One of my, Jane Blanton Stout’s, great regrets was having to miss our 50th. I am proud that my husband was being honored, but wish it had not been the same weekend.

Here, I have included news that did not make the 50th Reunion yearbook. Sine Anahita retired from her long-time faculty position at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and is now a full time Art MFA student at UAF. She is creating a graphic novel and a children’s picture book. She has been suffering from long-haul COVID, so her energy levels are low. She and her spouse live in a log cabin on the edge of the Alaskan wilderness, where wildlife sightings are common and sometimes a nuisance. Holly Eason Holden savors each moment of spending time with family again: from Park City, Utah, Berlin, Germany; and Connecticut. They were all together (eight grands now!) for Christmas in Farmington, Conn.. She serves as an Ambassador for The Salvation Army, Palm Beach County, Fla. She is Chair of their 100th anniversary gala celebration, which

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will take place at Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach.

Margy Priddy writes, “I’ve been busy the first quarter of this year with selling my house in Fayetteville and looking for, purchasing, and moving into a new home in Lancaster County, where I grew up. Also helping my daughter (in Virginia Beach) get the kids to and from school while sonin-law is in training. I continue as faculty at Fayetteville Technical Community College Associate Degree Nursing Program, where I’ll be teaching Pharmacology online. I have registered in my new parish and begun singing in the choir there.” Susan Ray Karlson writes that she and Ron have retired “in place” (Elkton, M.D.) and travel the US quite a bit in their Sportsmobile camper van. They enjoy off-the-grid camping with solar and use a 4x4 to get into some rugged places. They spend summers at Lake George in the Adirondacks. She inherited her family’s 1847-era cabin which needs constant work, but is a delightful refuge from the southern heat and humidity.

Their son Henry comes up from Texas for several months. They hike, kayak, and play a lot of golf and tennis. Their daughter Tavenner brings grandboys (6 and 8) up for family time. She still has her own business, helping people with Medicare and Long Term Care insurance. She is never far from her computer, even on the road. Susie Satterfield Neligan says, “I moved from Charlottesville after 35 years, and now my main residence is in Cape May, N.J., where my family ran the Chalfonte Hotel for many years. I bought a summer cottage there years ago and now spend about six months there in the warmer months. The rest of the year, I travel between the Bahamas, Florida, and Kiawah Island in South Carolina where I bought a villa. My children are all married and live in Charleston, S.C., Asheville, N.C., and Austin. Dena Higgins’s son AC lives in Charleston, near my son Boone and family

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Susan Karlson ’72 with her family

and they have become great friends, which makes me very happy.” Gayle Johnson writes that she was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia and what turned out to be COVID in January 2020. She was in the hospital 37 days because of COVID –intubated and on a ventilator for a week. They thought the leukemia went into remission and she only had to deal with chemo brain and Long COVID. Last April an MRI showed that the leukemia had hitchhiked a ride on COVID into her brain and her oncologists prescribed a bone marrow transplant to provide a lasting cure. Her son donated his bone marrow and the transplant was done last August at Johns Hopkins, all out-patient. She is finally beginning to feel normal again! Whew! Dale Hargrove Alderman’s life is quite full these days since she is still very active in central Virginia, just stepping down from serving as Chairman of the Republican Party for Hanover County, Va. She also serves as Chief of Staff for a Virginia Legislator and spends quite a bit of time coordinating a variety of campaigns. Her husband is retired as a circuit court judge and their two children are both grown and working in Richmond and Washington, D.C.

Classmates from 1972, From L to R: Caroline Wilson McClean, Keith Tabb Wylie, Sally Blanchard Rawls, Liliboo Rawles Cronly

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ROW 1, FROM L TO R: Sherri May Sale, Judy Refo Hall, Price Mears Clarke, Susie Neligan Satterfield, Holly Eason Holden, Grace Wysor, Carroll Blair Keiger ROW 2: Susan Christian Coogan, Anna Leake Smith, Kitty Hall Jensen, Dale Hargrove Alderman, Sally Blanchard Rawls ROW 3: Margie Priddy, Carol Woodward, Liliboo Rawles Cronly, Caroline Wilson McLean ROW 4: Emily Budd, Beth Moore Fairservice, Frances Hungerford Delaney

shouldered alone for years! For me, being in touch with many of you during the pandemic made me feel happily bound to you all, our fellow alumnae, and St. Catherine’s.

It’s such a treat, through social media, to Hello, Classmates! Lisa Stein Woodruff and see the amazing talents of class artists like I, Mimi Sadler, are delighted and somewhat Peggy Wilton Larmore, Sally Vitsky Ucci, daunted by the honor of being your new and Mary Crenshaw; to read the eloquent, class correspondents, especially following illustrated fashion histories in Caroline in the footsteps of Jennifer Wright Rennolds Milbank’s posts, and to follow the Fitzgerald who gave heart and soul to the travels and exploits of our classmates’ chileffort. Hats off to Jennifer for valiantly dren, grandchildren and pets (hello, staying in touch and maintaining an accuAnnette Davis Jones!) Speaking of travels, rate list with our contact information.

Lisa Woodruff had the unexpected pleasure It’s taking two of us to do the job Jennifer of crossing paths with Anna Wells Skeen when Lisa and her husband were vacationing in St. Lucia. The resonance of these exchanges is undeniable, and we’d like to capture some of this magic in our correspondence with you all. As you can tell, Lisa and I have barely had a chance to get our feet wet, but we’re hoping that you’ll all be generous in responding when we put out the call early this fall, in advance of our 50th reunion (youngest-looking 50th reunion class ever, no doubt.) We want to know what you’re up to, whether it’s a great adventure or the simple pleasures, or travails, of everyday life. Please share! You Lisa Stein Woodruff ’73 and Anna Wells can reach us at the email addresses above.

Skeen ’73 happened to be in St. Lucia the same

Mimi Sadler sadler@sadlerandwhitehead.com and Lisa Stein Woodruff leftylis3@aol.com _____________________________________

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week! They were thrilled to spend an afternoon together.

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Scottie Emery-Ginn scottie.emeryginn@gmail.com _______________________________________

Laurie Hutchins Johnson and Elizabeth Evins Martin met Binford Jennings in September at Biltmore House in Asheville, NC. Binford (aka Bumpert) was an original ninth grade boarder who only stayed a year.

Laurie and Elizabeth hadn’t seen Binford since 1970. She showed them around the beautiful gardens, and they had loads of fun catching up. Ruth Fox Jordan writes: “Jay and I have been married for 45 years and live in Wilmington, NC. We have three kids and eight grandkids. Life is wonderful.

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Laurie Hutchins Johnson, Elizabeth Evins Martin and Binford Jennings at the Biltmore House in Asheville together

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Moreover, I get to see the final stages of the Arts and Innovation Center at St Catherine’s.

Such an important investment in our School!”

Thank you Gigi for highlighting this major accomplishment and addition to our campus.

Also on the move is my co-correspondent Susan Chitwood who shared, “I celebrated my 65th with a bang-up trip to Portugal.

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LEFT: Ruth Fox Jordan’s ’74 three children Sara Anlyan, Smith Jordan, and Allen Lee pictured with Ruth’s mom, Kate Fox. RIGHT: Ruth Fox Jordan ’74 with her eight grandchildren: Cabe Lee, Thomas Jordan, Hazel Lee, Henry Jordan, Hattie Anlyan, Izzy Lee, Kate Anlyan, and June Anlyan

my mother, and Jay and myself along with our grands. Couldn’t be prouder of my brood!” Denise Brooks writes, “Thanks to all of you who contacted me after my mother’s death. The early days of the pandemic made for a peculiar stay in Richmond to settle her estate with my sister Donna. Elva Mapp brought us dinner at least once a week and gave us shelter each time we had to clear out of the house. My old cat Roger thought that Elva’s house was the best, claimed one of her kitchen chairs as his own, and abandoned himself to sleep during our long dinner conversations. Four months later, having sorted and sold our childhood home, Donna and I decided to continue the adventure in her house in Connecticut, where (now in our sixties) we continue to live together peaceably without parental supervision. We still have ‘Zoom dinner’ with Elva every weekend. We were able to visit with Julie Shorter Plumbley a few times, once for lunch in her lovely garden. Robyne Crews Hill suggested communicating with old-fashioned letters, which has been a true retro-pleasure.

Reconnecting with long-ago friends, either with the scratch of pen on paper or the videophone talks of The Jetsons’ cartoons, has been the silver lining in a stressful time.”

Susie Briere Shafer writes: “After moving to Boston a few years ago, I semi-retired from my interior design practice and pivoted to become a Master Gardener. But life has a funny way of working out. I was recruited by my daughter Whitney and son-in-law Evan to help them on a house they are renovating for themselves in Saratoga Springs, NY. It was such a challenging project that it caught the attention of producers of the TV show ‘This Old House’ who picked it as one of their project houses. Episodes started airing at the end of April. Not only are we having to deal with supply chain issues, construction crews minimized by COVID and scrambling

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Ginger Munsch Crichton ’75 and Joyce Thompson ’75 at Joyce’s home in Henderson, Nev.

to meet filming deadlines, but the latest challenge has been a pesky squirrel who keeps eating the wiring of the exterior webcam of the TV crew. Never a dull moment on this project!

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Susan Chitwood ’75 enjoyed wine tasting in Pinhao, Portugal in the Douro Valley. She notes, “It was great but I still don’t get port!”

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Amie Rennolds ’75 and Honey Trigg Sachs ’75 enjoyed a spring evening together with their husbands in RVA.

Highlights were wine-tasting in the Douro Valley and Porto, a private walking tour of Lisbon’s historic, cobble-stoned center (my shins hurt for days), practicing my Portuguese, and a reception at the American Ambassador’s residence for a Black History month exhibition of Luso-African art. So cool!”

Ginger Munsch Crichton is embracing transition: “My husband Doug and I both retired recently from long-time careers in journalism.

Susan Chitwood chitwood.susan@gmail.com and Lindsay Belew Paul lindsaypaul@charter.net _____________________________________

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Greetings fabulous Class of ’75! Thanks for sharing news of getting back into the world, traveling and reconnecting with family and friends. Celebrating our milestone 65th birthday year is a recurring theme. Gigi Rawles Miller writes “I’m pulling together a 65th birthday trip to Austin with Alice Trice Szumski, Honey Trigg Sachs and Martha Bedinger Holt! We will wait until 2023 due to weddings planned this year. We’ll just celebrate all that much harder in 2023! Shep and I are spending more time in Richmond; he has taken on a new job and is there usually five or more days a week. I thought we were retiring!

However, this allows me to get together more easily with my St. C classmates and my family.

delighted to stay with Joyce Thompson and Rocky in Henderson, Nev. I keep in close touch with other St. C classmates, including Jan Bracken Wright and Debbie Frable (whom I visited in Bemidji, Minn. last summer) and hope to see everyone in person at our 50th. We feel fortunate that two of our four children still live in Des Moines, Iowa, and we visit the others (in California and Colorado) as much as we can. No grandchildren yet, but one can always hope, right?”

Lucy Leake sends this happy update: “The best news I have to share is I saw Mimi Stickley in Vero Beach, Fla. in February! She has not changed a bit! And she was kind enough to say I haven’t either! My ‘better half,’ Chick Jordan, and I are well and happy.

I am still busy with my design business as well, but retirement is looking really good!”

In some good news for the human race, Eleanor Deane Bierbower’s progeny were busy procreating during COVID, producing three baby granddaughters! “One lives on the West Coast and two live in the Chevy Chase, Md.,/D.C. area close by. It took four months to meet the first one, born on my birthday 12/31/20! These babies and their

parents were all together for the first time (along with four-year-old Henry) at Thanksgiving in Florida. Working in the garden and playing with the babies has kept me happy. Mark and I are looking forward to postponed adventures this summer! I have loved seeing Margy Valentine Brown and Ida Valentine Farinolt ’80 in Florida as we follow in our parents’ footsteps. I really enjoy going to Richmond to visit my mother (who turns 95 this year!) and can’t wait until we gather as a class again.” We are sorry to share news that Molly Elmer Wooden took a really bad fall last year, triggered by her efforts in helping a student. Her wrist has required three surgeries. Fusion surgery is scheduled for her heel this August, and her torn rotator cuff will require additional surgery. With remarkable grace and positivity, she wrote that she is grateful that this was all on her left side and that she was spared head injury. On a happier note, she loves her work in Admissions at The Buckley School and her husband Andrew has loved his year as interim Director of the Episcopal Schools of the Southwest. Sending powerful healing vibes to you Molly from the Class of ’75!

Finally, it is well worth noting to you all that Virginia Christian Beach’s latest book, “American Landmark: Charles Duell and the Rebirth of Middleton Place” has just been released! Charles Duell is the husband of St. C alumna Sallie McPherson Duell ’60, who highlights that Virginia “has done intense research, uncovering facts previously unknown, and has written a compellingly good read, addressing the evolution of this historic property outside of Charleston, warts and all.” Sallie noted some additional details in the 1960 class notes on (Pg. 54) Wishing you all good health, happy travels and happy 65th birthdays!

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Ginger Munsch Crichton ’75 and her husband Doug in Big Sur, California

We celebrated our 40th anniversary last September and now are pursuing our dream…

LOTS of travel! We’ve been to Colorado, Arizona, Florida, Virginia, California and Nevada in the last six months and have several more planned. Most recently, we were

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Two more grandchildren for Eleanor Deane Bierbowers ’75; Haskell born in January 2021 and Julia born August 2021

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Eleanor Deane Bierbower’s ’75 granddaughter Kiana with whom she shares a New Year’s Eve birthday

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Susan Goodale sgoodale@live.com _____________________________________

The theme of this class note seems to be children, grandchildren and life two years into the pandemic. Mary Frances Allen shared the story of her amazing adventure to Norway. “When Norway opened to travel in February, my husband George and I immediately went with two photographer pals to shoot the northern lights and landscapes above the Arctic circle for a few weeks. It was just stunningly beautiful, and invigorating after two years of pandemic lockdowns.” Ginny Williams Poole became a grandmother on March 1 to Nina Judith Poole. She writes, “there is a special love that is stirred in one’s heart when a grandchild is born.” For those of us who are grandparents, I think we can all agree!!

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in 2021 to Bruce Everett Congdon.

Lynn Davis also became a grandmother in December 2021 to Bruce Everett Congdon.

Liza Halsey Perrin has three grandchildren and spends her time babysitting and caring for her father. She is also involved with many home projects at their place in Fishing Bay. Ellen Blackwell Pons says her life is divided between home in Maryland and sporadic getaways to her Goochland farm, Clover Hill, which is a thriving vacation rental thanks to Airbnb and Vrbo. Her oldest son Josh and wife Shelby live in Denver, Colo. Her younger son August is in Santa Cruz, N.M., but bounced to Breckenridge, Colo. for one winter since COVID supported some work opportunities. Ellen continues to work as a freelance photographer. Her husband Josh continues writing for “The Blood Horse” and her photos accompany his stories of life and his family history growing up on a thoroughbred farm. Kenan Lewis White is busy on her farm caring for many animals including cows, pigs, ducks, chickens, horses and goats! Liz Harvard writes that she is enjoying work and reconnecting with her community. She and her daughter, Hannah ’22 spent a relaxing spring break in Ft. Lauderdale. Hannah has decided to attend the University of Lynchburg next year (very exciting!!) Liz is starting to work in the yard, which reminds her fondly of our Zoom call with Kenan last March! She hoped to see Tinsley Place Lockhart when Tinsley flies through Richmond in April. Finally, she is racing through John Sanford’s crime novels if anyone is looking for an entertaining summer series. Terrell Horsley Welch shares that all is well and busy in sunny Florida. She is

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still working as a mental health therapist with clients who currently range in age from 3 to 65 with a wide variety of needs. She is very active in her church and is busy trying to wrangle her sons. Her older son asked when she was going to retire and she informed him, “Never.” :) She hopes to travel some to visit family and friends this summer and in the fall to celebrate her birthday. She also plans on participating in her church’s Vacation Bible School in July.

I, Susie Goodale, and Peyton Buford Valentine had lunch together with our husbands in November but forgot to take a picture!! My husband and I are busy finishing up our five-year plan for our 12 acres in Wisconsin. I am now on retirement track as a pediatrician which means no call or weekend work but I will still be working several days a week for a few more years. Let’s keep in touch!

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Becky Pugh becky@bonejour.com _____________________________________

I’m afraid that this will be short. Ladies, if you like to read about your class, then you need to contribute! Thanks to you who did respond….I’ll start. My son Connor Jabs married Kaley Markham on April 23 in Atlanta! I happily and sadly missed our reunion. Pictures to follow! Bone Jour has blossomed; our doggie daycare is full of precious pups, boarding is filling and we won “Best Grooming Shop.” Mary Stuart Bolling Smith has a wedding in her future.

She sums up her life, “It has been a busy six months! I’ve bought a new house and Sarah Martin Herguner helped me move. I totally love my house and all of my furniture fits.

PLUS, my daughter Lucy Gordon, who has had a two-year engagement due to the coronavirus, is getting married July 9!

So lots of wedding prep! I’m happy!”

Happy Martin is at it again….traveling…she was all over Kenya in January. I’m not sure how many safaris Happy has been on, but her wildlife pictures are always fantastic! Ann Taylor Atwill and Nancy Jennings Grey sent a text saying that they were in my home state of Arkansas in March with the Womans Club.

Trip highlights: visiting and touring Moss Mountain with P. Allen Smith and then Crystal Bridges Museum. I’m jealous as I have not experienced these places yet! Mary Lou Henderson Clarke reports, “Interior design business is chugging along but definitely affected by long lead times for furniture and fabric. Welcoming grandbaby number two, a girl, to Louise Bance Clark ’05 and Seldon, Jr. at the beginning of May and identical twin boys at the end of May for Crawford and Hannah (married in September). Seldon and I will be quite busy for sure! Our oldest son is getting married next January and the family will welcome another daughter-in-law. If I’m not working, I am busy with my two girl Goldens, Daisy and Georgia, who keep me sane.” Jill Ellis Traywick says “All is well with the Traywicks. Son Crisman was married last summer here in Richmond. He and Haley live in Mount Pleasant, S.C. with two dogs.

Daughter Ellis and her husband are still in Florida. And Cris and I still live across from St. C, where we have been for over 35 years.”

More good news! Nancy Hill Goodall’s son Ches will be going to UVA Law. Elizabeth Craig Parkinson has returned to her roots, at least when the Chicago snow starts. She says, “It is our second year of spending the winter in Florida near the town of Lake Wales where I

grew up. The pandemic pushed us into it last year. We are enjoying it. The big news is that our oldest son is engaged! I am looking forward to catching up with you all at Reunion.”

On a very sad note, Betty Mitchell’s father, Arthur Lee Mitchell, Jr. of Blue Grass, VA, passed away December 17, 2021. He was 94 and was devoted to the advancement of agriculture all his life. Betty was his only child and she continues his legacy. We are sorry for your loss Betty. Next issue….reunion pictures and stories…but only if you send them in! You can reach me at becky@bonejour.com!

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New correspondent Missy Way Goode

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Diana Churchman Mason writes, “We are starting to travel again, including a trip to see our San Francisco daughter, who is a print and pattern fabric designer for Stitch Fix. My parents live five minutes from me. Every once in a while they get a visit from Grace Morgan ’77, whose aunt lives in the same retirement community.” Jody Farley McGrew has two new grandbabies! She was in Richmond in April for the Ellett (National) Alumnae Board meeting. Ellen Efird Gould has four girls, including Lauren Ellen who teaches French at UMS in Mobile, AL; and Elizabeth, who is working in real estate with NTB in DC. Ellen misses all her St. Catherine’s friends. It was great hearing from a few classmates; we hope everyone is well and safe.

COVID is improving and hopefully life is starting to feel a little more normal for you and your family.

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Retiring correspondent Colston Freeman McEvoy colstonmc@bellsouth.net

New correspondent

Heather Hofmann Speiss pheba2019@gmail.com _____________________________________

Heather Hofman Spiess has agreed to take over as class correspondent! Her husband just retired and they are living the good life in Palm Springs, Calif.

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Bucci Rennolds Zeugner, Marian Galleher Fitzgerald, Tyler Bird Paul Joseph, Nancy Hill Goodall ROW 3: Grace Morgan, Margaret Talman Corwin, Jill Ellis Traywick, Betty Mitchell, Betsy Gunter Daly ROW 4: Bev Bryan Vernon, Leezie Paul Ott, Ashby Sharpe, Sarah Martin Herguner, Suzanne French Keesler ROW 1, FROM L TO R:

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grandchild, a boy named Calder, born in May to daughter Carter and her husband Ryan Feldhoff

Madeline Hutcheson Mayhood madeline7@gmail.com ______________________________________

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Cecelia Faulkner Soscia ’81, Cecelia’s husband John, and Virginia Cox Evans ’81 at Wintergreen

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Julia Michael Given Julia.given@gmail.com ______________________________________

Emily Irby Grimes writes that since January she has been enjoying an indefinite sabbatical, leaving time for traveling to Figure Eight Island (where she got together with Aurelia Stafford Monk), plus trips to Arizona, California and New Mexico. In her spare time, she has been cleaning out her house for sale and downsizing. This may be something many of us can relate to! Virgina Baker McFerran and Anne Douglas Freeman met up in New York City for a fun girls’ weekend.

They were both sorry to miss each other and their classmates at the reunion last year, so they made a promise to catch up with each other after COVID calmed down. Virginia flew all the way from California. They had a splendid time seeing the David Byrne “Utopia” musical on Broadway, walking miles, shopping, looking at art and of course, dining together. Anne Douglas exclaimed that there is “nothing like old friends. We’ve been friends since second grade. It was a very memorable trip!” Susan Crenshaw Cary is retiring from St. Christopher’s after running the Little Saints program since 2008. Little Saints is a Preschool/Child Care facility for the faculty and staff at St. Christopher’s and St. Catherine’s. Susan says “My heart has always gone out to all the working parents in the world. Finding a place where you know your child is loved, safe, and learning is of utmost importance, and I feel privileged to have helped so many.” Susan looks forward to continuing work on her art career, enjoying her small farm and animals, traveling to

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see friends and places not yet explored, and painting. Sarah Gibson Wiley and her husband Jimmy have celebrated the first marriage of their eight combined children.

Jimmy’s middle son Ross was married to a great gal, Hanna, in April. The groom’s mother is Anne Howard Smithers ’86 and his aunt is Mary Margaret Smithers Kastelberg. Sarah continues to enjoy creating memories and art using interior design fabrics. Check her wares out at HugerMemories.com. Sarah is proud to report that her daughter, Sally Smith ’13, has written a book: “Spirituality Will Save the World: The Beginner’s Guide to Self Realization”, which can be found on Amazon.

Sarah recently had lunch with Morgan Pauldron on Morgan’s visit to Richmond from Minneapolis. Cecelia Faulkner Soscia spent many weekends at Wintergreen last winter working as a ski instructor. She and her husband John have found time to do this every winter for almost 30 years! They

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always enjoy getting together with Julia Michael Given and her husband Paul, who are at the resort many weekends as well. This winter Cecelia also reconnected with Jen Cox Evans, who recently moved to Wintergreen from Kentucky. Welby Whiting Fairlie writes that after a semester at James Madison University, her daughter Hannah decided to return home and go to community college in the Williamsburg area and continue working at The Meadows. Welby’s son James turned 15 in June and has developed a love of photography. Welby is still doing mud runs and went to San Antonio recently for a grueling Spartan race.

Carrie Clement Banwell writes that after living in Germany, she and her husband Ian moved to London last April. She was delighted to be able to meet Susan Norman McAlister in Paris recently. Susan gave her a contemporary art seminar every day!

Carrie says “Who’s next for a visit? I will meet anyone anywhere!”

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Lynn Broos Grassell lynn@yellowberry.com _____________________________________

It was wonderful to hear from so many of you with or without publishable notes! I hope you’re all enjoying a stellar 2022! I spent the winter in Provence and enjoyed a long pause from the Jackson, WY winter. I remain COO at Yellowberry, and am fortunate to do what I love. Jenny Schuh Stallings and her husband Scott bought a sailboat in June after dreaming about it for 26 years. Ironically, the boat’s name is J Lynn! They have been busy working on the boat so she is ready to sail to the Bahamas.

One of Jenny’s good friends joined their real estate firm, The Stallings Group, in January. Jenny and her husband are busy getting her up to speed quickly with the

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Holly Lucas Emerson ’86 Global events of the last two decades have increased pressure on the manufacturing sector to pursue sustainable, renewable and clean alternatives, making the work of thought leaders and climate strategists like Holly Lucas Emerson ’86 all the more critical.

At St. Catherine’s, Emerson showed math and science aptitude, but knew little about the field of engineering. At her father’s urging she pursued a mechanical engineering degree at U Penn. Graduating in 1990, she began a career that has always centered around industrial manufacturing.

During her nearly 18-year career at Ingersoll Rand, she started the company’s first sustainability program and as part of its center of excellence, guided sustainability strategy. In 2020, after earning an MBA at Duke’s Fuqua School, she managed global sustainability at Johnson Controls.

Currently Director, ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) at Dialight, a UK based company, Emerson’s experience in the intertwined worlds of innovation, engineering and sustainability by definition included climate strategy paired with business acumen. Her work has encompassed an array of industrial manufacturing from industrial pumps, paper manufacturing and pharma-

ever-changing real estate markets. Jamie Buchannan has hung up her work boots and safety glasses, and retired as of December 31, 2021. She is enjoying her garden and hopes everyone is well. She invites all to stop in anytime if you are in Baltimore.

Catherine Boyle is enjoying Durango, CO. They were happy to receive some badly needed snow and the skiing was stellar! She and her husband had COVID in January and canceled a trip to Italy, but made a quick trip to Belize after being fortunate enough to recover well from that health adventure.

COVID has otherwise kept them close to home and in semi-retirement mode.

Catherine’s executive and team development consulting business was horribly affected by COVID, but then they adapted to Zoom. The business has become a hybrid, and she is as busy as she could hope, or wants, to be. She is praying things in Ukraine come to a quick and peaceful resolution for the people of the entire region, so we can all focus on recovering from the last two years, helping the people of the Eastern European region and the world heal, and finding balance in whatever the “new normal” will be.

ceuticals to HVAC equipment to LED lighting for harsh/hazardous conditions. As climate change awareness grew, she witnessed an investor-driven transformation in the industry. Demanding companies apply “non-financial factors as part of their analysis process to identify (climate-related) material risks and growth opportunities,” investors now expect goals of diversity, inclusion and labor rights.

Emerson says, “I am passionate about driving innovation that contributes to a cleaner economy. My meandering career path has led me to a field where I am excited to make a difference every day. Meaningful action to address climate change can be driven by industry. I am so proud to have helped companies think strategically about leveraging strengths and areas of greatest impact for profitable growth and meaningful change.”

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Heather Hettrick Brugh hhb4103@gmail.com ______________________________________

Hello 1984 Saints! With things opening up and seeming to get back on track, surely there is much new and exciting news to report - please send me updates on how you are doing and what your life on the other side of COVID looks like!

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McGuire and Paige Conner Totaro in Tappahannock, Va.

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Anne Beebe mannebeebe@me.com ______________________________________

Hi everyone. We finally have some news to share so put on your readers to find out what some of us have been up to. Gracen Duffield, our global ambassador, returned from China mid-pandemic wondering what she’d do next. So, like any of us would do, she headed to Spain and hiked Camino Frances. She met loads of people, reflected often and returned with a killer attitude. She’s now settled in Asheville, N.C. and would love for you to call on her if you’re in the area. Karleen Vincent Gardner accepted a new position at the Philadelphia Museum of Arts as the Kathleen C. Sherrer Deputy Director for Learning and Engagement. If you’re ever in Philly, she’d love to see you. Congratulations Karleen!

Heather Maguire McGuire and Paige Conner Totaro met in Tappahannock, VA for a little disco session to catch up and talk travel. They sent in a photo, and how great do they look?

After a breast cancer diagnosis, Kelly Motley decided to fight back - hard. She’s written a book, “The Fight For My Life: Boxing Through Chemo,” which inspires others to 69

the states that make up the SEC, and near a National Park site, let me know so I can say hi if I get to travel there. It was wonderful seeing so many of you during our 35th Reunion, and your correspondent ReRe really enjoyed hosting the party. Big thanks to Susannah Anderson for being the Reunion artist, Anne Weldon Smith Griffin for the flower arrangements and everyone who participated as Career Day speakers and on the Reunion Committee. Round of applause for pulling off a successful weekend.

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Sabra Ayres sabra1570@gmail.com ____________________________________

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Brandy Wood woodbjazz@gmail.com and Heather Morgan Zifchak mheatherm@yahoo.com ______________________________________

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ROW 1, FROM L TO R: Re Re Lawrence Bernstein, Copeland Sakowski Casati, Shannon Conner ROW 2: Laurie Hooker McCarthy, Mary Deane Davis, Shannon Roberts Weatherford ROW 3: Susannah Anderson, Claiborne Ewing Yarbrough, Anne Walker Godfrey, Sarah Pinckney Whitmire, Charlotte Brown Woodfin, Daniella Katz White, Louise Totten Knabe

strengthen mind, body and soul when faced with one’s worst enemy. Be sure to get a copy.

And Kelly - thank you for helping others during your fight. We are sending you loads of strength, love and healing. Until next time, I wish you all health, happiness and peace.

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Sally Yowell Barbour,

sallybarbour@yahoo.com

and Ashley Power O’Connor, abpoconnor@yahoo.com ______________________________________

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ReRe Lawrence Bernstein r_r_bernstein@msn.com and Copeland Sakowski Casati copeland@copelandcasati.com _____________________________________

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In December Mary Deane Davis graduated with her Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) from University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) *and* she ran a 100miler in October! Anne Walker Godfrey’s son Jay graduated from SCAD in May. She and her husband are very proud, but also

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sad not to have an excuse to visit Savannah anymore! Louise Totten Knabe is settling back into southern life in Charlottesville.

She writes that the people there have been amazingly lovely and welcoming. Even the lady at the DMV welcomed her back to Virginia. (Yikes! Their records go that far back! ReRe can attest to the veracity of that statement as the same happened to her.)

Elizabeth Peters Aldridge raises money for the Emily Krzyzewski Center, a downtown after-school center that was founded by the Head Coach of the Duke University Men’s Basketball team, Mike Krzyzewski, better known as Coach K. Named in honor of his mother, the center equips traditionally under-represented children and young adults with the skills needed to complete higher education, find promising careers, and give back to their communities.

Gina Haney revealed that her five-year plan includes a move to New Zealand with her Kiwi husband. This, of course, will be scheduled for after our 40th reunion.

Clai Ewing Yarbrough reports that her daughters, Kate and Maggie, spent fall semester abroad at Oxford and had a great time being in England. Laurie Hooker

McCarthy and husband Bill made a very quick trip to Milan over spring break to visit daughter Katie ’19 who was studying abroad in Rome. Eileen Cabiling is still doing the circuit for her short film, “Basurero”, which has received much critical acclaim. The film has been nominated for two New Filmmaker LA Awards for Best Actor in a Drama and Best International Drama. As of this printing, awardees had not yet been announced. Eileen is about to begin work on another movie AND a television series. Can’t wait to hear more about her upcoming projects. Michael White, husband to Daniella Katz White, has been taking advantage of all the productions that film in Richmond to be cast as a series extra.

You can currently see him as “Handsome Doctor” in Episode 2 of Hulu’s new series, “Dopesick”, but he has also done extra work for “Homeland” and “The Walking Dead: World Beyond.” Who knows, that next zombie you see with half an arm and trailing his broken leg, just might be Michael. Re Re Lawrence Bernstein started her dream job in the fall as Historical Architect for the National Park Service Southeast region. If you are in N.C., Puerto Rico, USVI or most of

Hello friends! The class of 1989 has done a great job of safely seeing each other this past year. Thanks to everyone who sent news. If you want to keep in touch more often, join us on our Facebook page, St. Catherine’s Class of 1989. Suzanne Wishnack Morris shares, “We had a wonderful joint 50th birthday celebration in Vail, CO in September 2021. We ate, hiked, shopped, ate, giggled and ate some more!

Cindy Levinson Lefkoff organized and hosted the get-together which included Elizabeth Davenport Edmonds, Key Giles Michel, Breene Farrington Wesson, Eve Grandis Campbell, Paige Hazell, Melisa Dray Hudson, Jane Wright Hunter, Anne Redford Schleusner, Marshall Trow Lynch and me.” In May, Suzanne Morris’ daughter Georgia and Elizabeth Edmonds’ daughter Annie graduated as members of St. Catherine’s Class of 2022. They’ve been together since kindergarten and will have four more years together at UVA. Breene Wesson says,“I enjoyed the fabulous weekend in Vail with my St. Catherine’s friends.

We celebrated our collective 50ths and acted like teenagers, shopping, gabbing, and singing karaoke. My kids are back in school, two high schoolers and one in college in Chicago at CCPA.” Monica Feldmann Blacker shares, “I’m traveling and speaking with work again. One of my talks is about empowering women and minorities in the workplace. My oldest son is a sophomore at Colorado School of Mines and my daughter

is a sophomore at the Law Magnet High School. After a divorce in 2019, I’m dating my high school boyfriend again and spending a lot of time with our collective five children. I hope to be in Europe for six weeks this summer if you want to see me!”

Mary Katherine Owen Redd writes, “I am still in Memphis with my husband Mitchell.

My son John is in 9th grade. My daughter Josephine is a junior at Texas Christian University and Katherine is a freshman at the University of Mississippi!” Leslie Abercrombie Noland shares, “I have a new job in Marketing and Communications at Fairfield Country Day School. Our youngest Chris is graduating from high school this spring and our daughter is a junior at SMU in Dallas. Will, our oldest, graduated from Pepperdine in Malibu. I visited Charleston, SC, last summer and saw Mallory Wood Norvell. I did a quick stop by St. Catherine’s while on college tours. It was great to be back!” Brandy Wood, “I’m the marketing manager for a

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public radio station. After two years, I’m back listening to live music. I celebrated my 50th birthday in downtown Richmond in July with Mary Lissenden Haley, Katrin Cisne Currens, Lesly Shepardson Love, Jennifer Toone Taylor and Heather Morgan Zifchak.” Happy Frable Menard: “Greetings

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From L to R: Mary Lissenden Haley, Katrin Currens, Lesly Shepardson Love, Brandy, Heather Morgan Zifchak

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Some members of the Class of 1989 enjoying a vacation in Vail, Colo. ROW 1 From L to R: Anne Redford Schleusner, Suzanne Wishnack Morris; ROW 2: Marshall Trow Lynch; ROW 3: Elizabeth Davenport Edmonds, Key Giles Michel, Breene Farrington Wesson, Jane Wright Hunter, Paige Hazell, Cindy Levinson Lefkoff, Eve Grandis Campbell, Melisa Dray Hudson

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from the post-hurricane Ida recovery zone.

Only a few shingles off my house, so I am very grateful! I was part of the hurricane Ida Code Grey team at UMCNO Hospital.

We kept our hospital safe through the storm. My daughter Monet is a sophomore at Northwestern. She’s majoring in legal studies and minoring in Korean and English.” Jane Molster Hines: “I am in London and have an Interior Design firm.

I’ve launched a needlepoint accessories business, Boodlah. Our four children are in universities and schools here in the UK. We get back to the US as often as possible, and I am looking forward to reconnecting with the Class of ’89 at the next reunion.” Biz Elder Read: “Thinking so much about all of our classmates after these historically difficult two years. I have re-entered the workforce as an Executive Function coach. I am so lucky to work with high school students living in scarcity through a non-profit called UP RVA. Look them up. It will put a smile on your face and give you hope for the future!” Dagny Jackson Waldron: “I’ve still been writing a lot of plays and another novel. My husband Matt and I have enjoyed lots of time fishing on the river. My oldest son lives in Fredericksburg and my middle son lives and works in Richmond. Our daughter will be a senior next year so we’re getting close to being empty nesters. I have mixed feelings about that, but I’m so happy everyone is close by and we can see them often.” As for me, your correspondent, Heather Morgan Zifchak, I closed and sold my fabric shop in September, but couldn’t stay still for long. I now volunteer three to four days a week at my beloved Salem College here in Winston-Salem, NC. I oversee the 250th celebration merchandise and get to see my daughter as she is a 9th grader at Salem Academy. When I’m not a volunteer, I needlepoint and enjoy my family and friends.

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Missy Rainey Ferguson reports that a group of alumnae got together at her home in Jackson Hole, WY in September. It was super fun catching up. Tanner Gibson Neibert says “it was really special to hang with the St. Cat’s ladies. We stepped out of our comfort zones, took a lesson in rodeo riding and we went white water rafting. We

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were so afraid but took on the challenge.”

Below is an adorable picture that was taken in the world famous Million Dollar Cowboy Bar. Monique Cheng Joe joined the Ellett (National)Alumnae Board last September and has really enjoyed reconnecting with the School and alumnae. She hopes to be able to get back to campus again soon. She is also serving on the International Trademark Association’s Board of Directors, which has given her a chance to practice Robert’s Rules of Order. “I decided this was the year that I was going to play regular tennis, so I am sure that I’ll get to see more of Tanner Neibert at our tennis club, the

with plenty of ideas for a return trip!...as for normal life here, our older son is finishing his second year of college. Our younger son is signing up for classes for his upcoming first year of high school.” Ann Lassotovitch Flaherty lost her husband in 2018 and is raising her two sons on her own. She splits her time between Puerto Rico and Colorado. She shares: “My 17 year-old, William Flaherty, a bone marrow transplant survivor, had the honor of representing his beloved island of Puerto Rico in the Beijing Olympics in February. He was a flag bearer and alpine ski racer. He met his goals of skiing his best, finishing all of his runs, and

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Francine Brown Sundon, Parker Spratley Jones, Finley Bugg White, Jennifer Marxen Phillips, Tanner Gibson Neibert, Missy Rainey Ferguson, Lee Addison Lesley

Mulholland Tennis Club.” Monique’s husband just shot a television pilot for ABC called “Josep”, starring Jo Koy. They enjoy raising their 14-year-old son and are happy to be back to normal life. Sally Smith Sweeney and her family moved to Charleston, S.C. a year ago and are living on James Island. She had a great lunch with Amy Bowmer Baker and Ferebee Holt Smith last summer in Kiawah, S.C. Sally’s girls, Jarrett and Flynn, are 15 and doing well in their freshman year in high school at Bishop England on Daniel Island. Koo MacQueen will be leaving her job at Honeywell in Charlotte, NC to take a new role with Live Oak Bank in Wilmington, NC. Good Luck Koo! Caroline Fogel Ellis reports that things are well and she and her family have been enjoying home renovations and traveling. Last summer, they traveled to Italy. Then they were off to Hawaii for spring break. “We had a really good trip with lots of family bonding. We came up

making his island proud. He finished 40th out of 89 and was absolutely thrilled.”

Ann’s 21 year-old son is a junior engineering student at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Ariz. “He loves what he is doing and is thrilled to have found his passion in mechanical engineering/propulsion. He also represented Puerto Rico in the 2018 Pyeong Chang Olympics as the first winter Olympian the island allowed to compete in 20 years.” Ann reports that she is a crazy busy mom, nurse, off-shore sailor, and occasional jogger, always looking to have fun and help others. Cathryn Taylor Perry says she and her husband Chris love living in Virginia Beach. “Our son Charles is in 5th grade at Norfolk Academy and plays on several sports teams with Dunn Lesley, Lee Addison Lesley’s youngest son. I enjoy seeing Lee at practices and games when we’re both able to be there. Our daughter, Anna Cathryn, is a senior at NA and has been awarded the Morehead-Cain scholarship at UNC-CH, where she will be a

freshman this fall. I’m thrilled that she will be continuing the Tarheel tradition in our family.

Congratulations Anna Cathryn!” Cathryn was thrilled to run into Nick Stephenson (former Upper School Chorale instructor) last fall in northeastern N.C. and reports that he has not aged or changed one bit! Lyle Hull Davis’ two oldest girls will both be attending college in Virginia next year. “My oldest is a swimmer at W&L (one of her teammates, Tess Deyerle ’20 went to St. Catherine’s!) Her little sister will be a first year at UVA and her roommate is a St. Catherine’s grad! Amazing!” Through the Virginia connections, she has been able to catch up with Ellie Brown Caplice and Sudie Croft Pasco. “I got to catch up with Anne Bell Ostler ’88 in Jackson Hole over Spring Break and with Brooks Turley Klepper ’89 and Mary Katherine Owen Redd ’89 on many sidelines and school events in Memphis. I am working with a nonprofit teacher training and mentoring program and coaching middle school lacrosse in Memphis. We are heading up to Nashville in April to celebrate 50 years of growth in women’s sports with Vanderbilt Women’s Lacrosse team and trying to keep up with teenagers.” Rosy Lokhorst is taking the year off work to travel and write among other things. Currently, in San Francisco, she will head to Greenland and the Arctic. She does not have many set plans on purpose and will be doing some consulting and teaching in gaming and storytelling along the way. Her last project, “Shadow’s Edge”, helped over 100,000 teens with their mental health.

2022 will be spent getting inspired, learning what direction she wants to go in. “We are planning a mini reunion this year with a few ladies from St. C and who knows, perhaps I get to see others while I travel.” Julie Konerding Padgett and her family are doing well. She completed her first full Ironman race with her husband Vaden in November.

Congratulations Julie! More races to come in 2022! Julie’s son Vaden is a sophomore at William & Mary and her daughter Anna graduated from St Catherine’s in May. Your correspondent, Meghan McAuley Davis is so excited that my son McAuley is in his first year at Woodberry Forest and his roommate is Susanne Coley McMillan’s ’89 son. It has been so much fun being with Susanne again and watching our boys start their boarding school paths. Susanne and I were recently in Islamorada, Fla., where we were able to catch up with Branch Harper Feagans and her family.

Cary Jamieson for lunch; they see each other frequently at their kids’ school. Finally, thank you to Susan Teal, who wrote that she and Alice Gold Sharp got to travel to St. John’s together this winter. Check out the picture of the two of them looking tan and relaxed! I hope everyone has similar wonderful summer adventures and has much to report for the next edition of class notes!

Liz Booker Staub lizbstaub@gmail.com and Beth Cooper Lawing bethlawing@gmail.com ______________________________________

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Susan Teal ’91 and Alice Gold Sharpe ’91 in St. John’s together this winter

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Betsy Trible Reid betsytreid@gmail.com _____________________________________

Greetings, Ladies! I, your correspondent, Betsy Trible Reid, have a few exciting notes to share about members of our class who are continuing to leave their mark on the world. First, I’d like to congratulate Dr. Leona Harris, who started a new position as Director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion for the American Mathematical Society in January 2022. Leona is a member of the Ellett (National) Alumnae Board and the Black Alumnae Alliance for St. C. I also have to brag about Morgan Hardage Engel, who decided over the pandemic to take Spanish, other classes and work on getting her certification as a yoga teacher. She is happy to report that she has completed this 200hour training and is now certified. Morgan, congratulations and namaste! Morgan caught up with Krista Cametas Jones and

Happy 30th Year Reunion, Everybody! The Class of ’92 is literally all over the map in a variety of different “Ages and Stages” right now. One thing is for sure: we are staying super-active in this world! It was so nice to hear from our friend in the Pacific Northwest, Bonnie Martin Lochner. Bonnie reports, “I just wrapped up a great season teaching skiing on the weekends with my 18-year-old daughter (a senior) and my 13-year-old daughter (who assisted). My son is a sophomore at Tulane and an NROTC midshipman. I’m currently working at a local high school, teaching language arts.

We have a new family project boat: a Cal 40.

We plan to cruise the Canadian Gulf Islands this summer now that border restrictions have eased. Life is busy!” Meanwhile, Helen Hoppe is currently living in Palm Beach, FL, and working as a brand ambassador for Peter Millar on Worth Avenue. They are blessed to have you on their team, Helen!

Boarding school life still blooms for Lanier Coles. Lanier shares, “My daughter started ninth grade at Episcopal High School as a boarder. In fact, she played St. Catherine’s

92 Lanier Coles ’92 a board member of a local, San Francisco-based Democratic Club at breakfast with Nancy Pelosi.

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KK Harris McCart harris2k@hotmail.com and Meg Morton Sauer megsauer@gmail.com _____________________________________

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ROW 1, FROM L TO R: Courtney Page Ferrell, Sara Desvernine Reed, Lanier Coles ROW 2: Courtney Allen Bender, Sami Qureshi, Helen Hoppe, Martha Evans, Jenni Royster Boyd, Tanner Smith Pilcher, Liz Booker Staub, Jacqueline Fields Bourgeois, Leslie Butrico Waff, Jean Davenport Hershey ROW 3: Jennifer McGuire Bartholomew, Sarah-Peyton Joyner McCormick, LisaPage Carter, Laura Edge Kottkamp

boarder. In fact, she played St. Catherine’s in squash. In 2022, I became a board member of a local, San Francisco-based Democratic Club and got to have breakfast with Nancy Pelosi.” Lanier serves on the St. C Ellett (National) Alumnae Board.

Tanner Smith Pilcher is enjoying the juggle of being a mom to her second-grade boy while also running her own law practice.

Her practice focuses on guardian ad litem work, health law, and serving as a Special Justice for mental health hearings. Thank you for all that you do for our world, Tanner! It was great to hear from LisaPage Vincent Carter, too. LP notes, “One exciting development is that our family is involved in planning a church in Chester, VA. Although we don’t anticipate having public worship until the fall, we have really been growing together relationally with the other core group members during monthly fellowship brunches, monthly vision meetings, and bi-weekly small group Bible study. It’s been exciting! In addition, we are enjoying hosting through-cyclists at

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our house through a network called Warm Showers, which provides cyclists with a place to camp and have a warm shower as they are on their cycle-touring adventure.

When we can, we provide a bed, a shower, and at least one meal. We were the recipients of such hospitality multiple times on our family’s 2018 cross-country bicycling adventure, so it’s been fun and thrilling to ‘pay it forward.’ And we are thoroughly enjoying getting to meet so many different people who have such interesting stories to share!” Jacqueline Fields Bourgeois provided us with this northern-Virginia scoop: “I am still living in Alexandria with my husband and two kids, Clementine, 14, and Ferdinand, 11. I run into a lot of former Saints up here regularly as my daughter goes to school with Randolph Minor’s (St. Chris ’92) daughter Caroline and KK Harris McCart’s ’93 daughter Anna. My son is in class with another of Randolph’s daughters named Viviane and with Susan Grymes Lafferty’s ’88 daughter Teagan (also Anne Grymes’ niece). My son also has played on

the same soccer team with Francie Makris Toof’s ’91 son for several years, so I am really lucky to be surrounded by so many great old friends who I frequently get to see. I am currently working for a hedge fund group as regulatory and marketing counsel. We bought a home out on Kent Island on the eastern shore of Maryland and split our time between Alexandria and there. We would be happy to host any classmates!” Since I, your correspondent Beth Cooper Lawing, have a high school senior who graduated in May, lots of fun memories of Junior/Senior traditions and Daisy Chains are running through my head daily. My son Peter will attend NC State in the fall to study chemistry. Thankfully, Raleigh classmates Tivey Clark and Fleming Harris Samuels are already offering to be there for our family — what a blessing! I continue to enjoy my days teaching sixth grade at Charlotte Country Day School. If you are ever in the Queen City, please reach out so that we can get together!

Megan Evans Matthews took her girls (Harper, 4th grade St.C, and Virginia, 3rd grade St. C) on their first trip to NYC for spring break! They had a blast sightseeing.

After two years of the pandemic, Ashley DiYorio Slemp is excited to connect with people again. She is a stay-at-home mom with three part time jobs and two volunteer positions. She works from home during the day doing social media management for a local marketing agency. In the evening, she teaches tap and ballet at two different studios. She is also an instructor and the chapter liaison for her local Darby’s Dancers, an international non-profit that offers dance classes to students with special needs. Her husband Noah, while continuing to work for the government, is also starting his own business – which means Ashley will be starting a fourth job as a bookkeeper. Wow! Ashley’s daughter Adriana is a senior who graduated in May. She hopes to teach advanced high school Math classes and help with the marching band wherever she ends up. Ashley’s daughter Katherine is a rising junior. Ashley’s newest hobby is sitting at local craft breweries, trying the beers, and catching up with friends - she invited

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everyone to join her and catch up! Your correspondent, Sophie Milam, went to St. Petersburg, FL with her family in March. It’s their third year participating in the annual Canadian-American Amateur Shuffleboard Tournament. They picked up the hobby in Chicago and have continued playing since moving to Colorado on a makeshift shuffleboard court in their basement. Sadly, they did not make the finals, but they had a great time spending time with friends and enjoying the palm trees.

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Lots of news to share! Maria Tucker Frostic’s COVID-pivot landed her, Pete, and their four boys on Oahu in late July. “We love our new island lifestyle! I am painting a big series on reef fish, doing communications work for an organization called Whale Trust, and have renewed my love of tennis by joining a women’s league. In April I will venture out on the water as part of the Women’s Novice Regatta with the Lanikai Canoe Club, where I will join a crew of women who race double hulled canoes.” Georgia Heyward Youngquest reports, “To my great surprise (particularly to my 16-year-old self), I have moved back to Richmond and am now living across the street from my parents. Not only that, but my daughter is a ninth grader at St. Catherine’s. For us it was the Arts - she is in chorale, Joni, doing plays, and getting ready to dig into drawing and graphic design.

Besides being a happy mom to an interesting teenager, I am spending lots of time with my extended family and with my oodles of side hustles, which include being a jeweler and mediator. I still have a house in Olympia,

Ashley DiYorio Slemp ’95 with her family

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Diego Zoo with her daughters, and Zoo Board member, Susan Nash McCllelan ’68

WA and we go out there as much as we can. I think I said previously that I work in education research/policy. I just got a new dream job managing a fellowship program that develops the research chops of people working in colleges, particularly community and technical colleges. I am really excited to help two-year colleges get clearer on what is working (or not) and then use that knowledge to drive institutional change.”

Victoria McMakin Wei traveled to Richmond for the first time since 2016 for a soccer tournament, and really enjoyed walking around Carytown again! “It was good to be back!

The impressive variety of candy at the store ‘For the Love of Chocolate’ was a huge hit with my daughter and her team. We are looking forward to upcoming ski and beach trips and possibly a trip to NYC this summer.

The kids continue to keep us incredibly busy.”

Rendall Harris shares that a small group of ’96ers were in a NCAA Men’s basketball tournament bracket challenge; “maybe next year we should get the whole class involved!”

Oli Walker Billcheck lives in Charlottesville and works as a Licensed Veterinary Technician in the Plastic Surgery Research Department at UVA. “I have a daughter named Elsa and a son named Yates. Plus two giant labs, Shakey and Avett. Super busy but doing well.”

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Laura Spratley Birdsey reported on a Spring Break trip to California recently “I was able to catch up with one alumna, Susan Nash McClellan ’68, who lives in San Diego and is on the Board of the San Diego Zoo. She was kind enough to meet me and my family at the Zoo, and we were there for the first day of the Wildlife Explorers Basecamp opening.

The Zoo was amazing and nothing like anything we had ever seen. It was a great day.

Unfortunately, the stars were not aligned for me to see Robyn Melzig Broughton, as she was on her way to Utah. It just gives me another excuse to get out to California.”

Louise Irwin Welch’s three girls, Charlotte, Ashley and Annabelle, are “all at St. Catherine’s and enjoying sixth grade, third grade and Kindergarten. We are busy with activities and sports, are starting to travel again and have been back West to see family.

I started a new job end of April and am looking forward to the change (with a little break in between companies)!”

point, the family had to take a day off from the parks because they were spent! They did their last park on Monday before coming home the next day. Whitney’s kids are doing well with the boys diving into all the spring sports, and 20-month-old Finley is just along for the ride. The loudest voice in the room is usually coming from the smallest member of the family. Annie Lewis O’Donnell lives at the beach in Naples, FL with her husband Neil and two girls, Carrie-Anne (9) and Georgia (6). After a 12-year career with Teach For America, she launched her own education consulting business to support schools and education non-profits that are striving to serve diverse populations of students equitably and with excellence. Over the last year, her work has

been with the National Student Support Accelerator, a program of the Annenberg Institute at Brown University that is devoted to translating promising research about how tutoring can benefit students into action on the ground. Her efforts focus on supporting early literacy tutoring, a high-priority need as our nation comes out of the pandemic and reckons with the effects of disrupted learning for our youngest students. Outside of work, she shuttles her girls to dance, tennis, and gymnastics and enjoys life at the beach. Your class correspondent, Darley Newman, just completed the 51st half-hour episode of her PBS series and is currently filming a new documentary series on history and architecture. Still traveling and seeing the world and especially getting to know NYC.

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Darley Newman darley@dcncreative.com _____________________________________

Ada Montague Stepleton took a position with the Native American Rights Fund in October 2021 to pursue her long-time passion for water law in a more directed way.

This new job opportunity is a dream come true for Ada. Check out the organization here: www.narf.org. As a result, her family will leave their long-time home in Montana and move to Boulder, Colo. The Virginia Montagues are happy she will be just one flight away now and a little closer to some of the family’s favorite ski spots. Meanwhile, the move will allow her to be closer to her husband’s family in the Denver area. Ada’s husband graduated from law school this spring and had an article published in the Montana Law Review on judicial nominating committees. Ada also had some work published in the Duke Environmental Law Forum this spring with an article covering renewable leasing on state trust lands. Nerd alert!

Their son Jasper just turned 3 and loves trucks, cuddles, riding his strider, skiing, sledding, mud, and finger painting. Whitney Dunlap McLeod had a good start to 2022, returning from a trip to Disney World where Whitney ran in the three races as part of runDisney’s Princess Half Marathon Weekend. She did a 5K on Friday morning before the family hit the parks, a 10K on Saturday morning before another park and a half marathon Sunday morning. At that

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Caroline Tilghman Packard, Lucy Williams Hall Anne Jenkins Logue, Whitney Dunlap McLeod ROW 3: Elizabeth Brown Peay, Lile Trice Benaicha, Sara Chapman Waechter ROW 1, FROM L TO R:

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Brooke Bates bbatesnyc@gmail.com

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In Richmond, Brooke Ford Barnard works as a realtor, raising her three kids with husband Hayden. Ford is in fifth grade at St. Christopher’s, Ritchie in third grade at St. Catherine’s and Linley Kate is in first grade, also at St. Catherine’s. Whitney Jenkins Fogg is in her third year as the Director of Human Resources for the Children’s Museum of Richmond. In the fall, Whitney and John’s oldest son Jackson will enter the ninth grade, William will be in sixth grade, and Madeline in third grade. Life in the Fogg household is never boring. The family fosters kittens for several local rescue groups which keeps things busy! Kate Mahan Groat lives in Wilmington, N.C. where she is Director of Corporate Philanthropy at Live Oak Bank.

Kate keeps up with Weezie Hood Davenport, who also resides in Wilmington with her family. Rachel Hiner, her husband Andrew and sons Jett, 6, and Theo, 3, traveled the country in a converted school bus for six months during 2020 and now plan to move back to Virginia. Ashley Holmes lives in Raleigh with her husband and dog; she continues to practice law and stays connected on social media.

Yuna Lee continues to work as a morning television anchor for the ABC and CW affiliates in Arkansas. Yuna also owns a classic children’s clothing line called Jetson Cubbington. All pieces are custom, handsewn and made in Texas. Tovia Martirosian Smith continues to practice urogynecology in Richmond and is also a Saints parent with Tovia, 8, at St. Cat’s and Lee, 10, at St. Chris.

Lindsay Jesse Slaughter lives in Troy, NY, where she teaches visual arts at Emma Willard School. She and her husband

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Kate Davenport ’98 in Richmond with her two boys, visiting the families of Lang Robertson Liebman ’98 and Sarah Evans Hogeboom ’98.

Matthew welcomed their second daughter, Margaret “Margot” Kathryn Slaughter, born on November 12, 2021. Lindsay is also a practicing artist and has exhibited in Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, and Berlin. Carolina Zuppardi currently works on design and development of online courses for executive education at Emeritus (emeritus.org) as Product Development Head for Brazil. She’s active on social media, but mostly in Portuguese! Kate Davenport came back to Richmond with her two boys in March and met up with Lang Robertson Liebman and Sarah Evans Hogeboom. Lang also enjoyed seeing Blakley Edwards Olson, Ann Hallberg Crews, and Blanton Greene Halliday when Blanton came to town on two trips, in September and February. Loren Livick Zambrana and her family recently made the big move from South Florida to Northern California in October. She is enjoying the change of scenery and loving all the opportunities California has to offer. She asks if anyone is in the area, please reach out! She looks forward to reconnecting! Your class correspondent, Brookie Bates, has spent the past

Classmates from 1998, From L to R: Blanton Greene Halliday, Blakley Edwards Olson, Ann Hallberg Crews and Lang Robertson Liebman

20 years in NYC, working mostly in fundraising and development for museums and schools. She is now working at her alma mater William & Mary as a major gifts officer in the northeast. This year, she and her boyfriend Josh plan to move back to Richmond to join family and look forward to reconnecting with old friends.

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Lizzie Harris Oglesby, lizzieoRVA@gmail.com ______________________________________

Congratulations to so many of our classmates who are celebrating milestones!

Mary Catherine Bain Endom had her second baby, Peter Bain Endom on January 4 .Chrystal Russell will start her MBA this summer at Case Western Reserve. See her Boarder Memories in this issue (on Pg. 93)!

Sayako Earle’s baby Asa arrived last May, and he’s been eager to keep up with his sister (Lyra) and brother (Gaius) ever since.Lassiter Wall Stone is celebrating 10 years at the Martin Agency. Julia DuVal Ziegler is the new Director of Marketing for Oakwood Homes (a Berkshire Hathaway company). She leads the marketing team for the firm’s largest division in Denver, CO. Christa Rasberry Balom and her husband Ian welcomed their daughter, Hunter Phoenix Balom, on February 17, 2022. Everyone is doing well and they are loving every minute with little Hunter. In January 2022, Audrey Wagner led a team of three women to qualify for and compete at Wodapalooza, a major international CrossFit competition in Miami, Fla. In March, Audrey competed in the worldwide CrossFit Open entirely in the Rx division for the first time. Audrey was also recently elevated to the co-head position of her law firm

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Evan Garrison garrison.evan@gmail.com ______________________________________

Happy news to share! Your correspondent Evan Garrison and her husband Josh welcomed their son, McAllister “Mac” Ryan Watkins, born on July 2, 2021 Julie Griffith Goodman and her husband Leo welcomed a daughter, Anne Elizabeth, to the world on January 4, 2022.

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Audrey Wagner ’99 has competed in several CrossFit competitions this year,including the worldwide CrossFit Open in the Rx division, which she competed in for the first time.

Dechert LLP’s LGBTQ Affinity Group. Katie Logsdon Sheets started a new position as a Tax Senior at Deloitte in June 2021 and loves her fully remote work lifestyle. She writes, “T-shirts and elastic waist pants are the best work attire on the planet! Wendell is 6 and Esther is 2, and they both started at Richmond Montessori School this past year.

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We are looking forward to the warmer weather so we can enjoy more time outside as a family.” Thanks for the notes, ’99! I hope to see you and many other alumnae at the 55th Anniversary of Ampersand this fall. I’m excited to be on the planning committee for the event. You won’t want to miss it!

XO Lizzie O.

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Keenan Caldwell was recently promoted to QA Business Analyst at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, and she is excited to return to Richmond after almost 15 years in New York City. She is looking forward to reconnecting with family and friends this summer! Whitney Adams Newland recently celebrated the tenth anniversary of ownership of her store, Bella Bridesmaids, in Baltimore, MD. Congrats on the milestone, Whitney! And finally, checking in from Richmond, your class correspondent, Carter Southworth Padgett,

We look forward to catching up at our 20-year reunion and will report back in the fall notes!

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Carter Southworth Padgett carter.southworth@gmail.com ______________________________________

Hello Classmates! Hope everyone is looking forward to warmer temperatures, upcoming vacations, and deserved time off. Maria Blackwell McAllister and her husband Ryan welcomed baby Colin on February 12, 2022.

He joins big sister Margaret, who was born on April 30, 2020. Maria is a marketing manager at Sauer Brands in Richmond. Caroline Baldwin recently joined the Hay Runner team as an interior designer. She relocated to Portland, Maine and has been enjoying the Northern winters, including snow on the beach! Scottie Caldwell spent a busy winter in Chicago. She finished her term as a Warden at All Saints’ Episcopal Church, preached her first sermon, and bought a condo! All in the same weekend! Scottie loves Chicago and welcomes everyone to come visit. She has also been busy visiting sister Keenan Caldwell in New York and is planning trips to Wisconsin and France. The latter trip includes some Saints Ampersand friends. Prior to the pandemic, Scottie was still working in theatre, most recently a tour with Chicago Children’s Theatre to Florida.

She was part of performing a special show designed to be accessible to those with low vision or blindness. Scottie found that she absolutely loves children’s theatre and hopes more opportunities will come her way in the future. In Scottie’s words, “The last two years have been incredibly challenging, but my friends and loved ones have been such a source of strength and community and I hope the same has been true for all of you.”

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Ann Tripp Carlson attripp@gmail.com ______________________________________

Mo Karnage quit their job to relaunch their construction business full time! Karnage Construction LLC is owned and operated

by Mo Karnage and licensed for anything residential from small jobs to brand new houses. Mo is stoked for this new chapter!

Mary Childs’ book “The Bond King” was released in March by Flatiron Books and had a wonderful review by the Wall Street Journal. Sara Seward McGlothlin is busy growing her natural foods company, Gratisfied, which she launched with her husband Alex in January 2019. She and Alex welcomed their first son, Mason Alexander, in June 2021. Additionally, she hosts “The Healthified Podcast”, runs the online magazine “Healthified”, has a handful of health coaching clients, and still teaches barre at friend Polly Marshall Taylor’s barre studio barReVA. Please keep your updates coming.

We love hearing from you!

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Mary Via mary.m.via@gmail.com ______________________________________

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Caroline Baldwin ’03 relocated to Portland, Maine where she enjoys the snow on the beach!

enjoys seeing many of our classmates at our monthly needlepoint stitching group. Our group is made up of many Saints, including Sara Jessee Meredith, Katie Branch Durham, Sloan Howell Loving, Emily Jumet Horne, Anne Taylor Trexler ’04, and Aubrey Lawrence Moore ’05.

Lots of wonderful news to share from the Class of 2005! Catie Finley married Tommy Robertson on September 25, 2021 in Kilmarnock, VA. Catie and Tommy met at Anna Starnes Blair and Reed Blair’s wedding in 2017. Catie moved from DC to Richmond in 2019 and recently started working as a legislative fiscal analyst on the Virginia Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee.

Congratulations, Catie! Lucy Trice Tillou welcomed her third child, David Whitcomb Tillou, back in October 2021 and reports that big sisters Nellie and Sawyer are great helpers who love to dote on their brother.

Likewise, Alexandra Dahl Brooks is pleased to share that big brothers Frank and James have been extra sweet to their new baby brother, Walls “Wally” Boyce Brooks, born on February 23, 2022. Elizabeth Redford is excited to share that the Next Move Program finally opened a brick and mortar bakery space in Westover Hills in Richmond.

Tablespoons Bakery opened in November 2021 and is now open to the public for dining!

Rita Root (who lives in the neighborhood) has stopped by, along with several of our classmates. We hope you’ll come by to say hello and support the mission of this incredible organization!

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Janie Coleman Daniels janecolemandaniels@gmail.com and Preston Wright Buxton elizabeth.p.wright@gmail.com ______________________________________

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Margaret Reynolds Jones welcomed Oliver David Jones, who was born October 18, 2021.

His sweet big brother Dudley and sister Lola are in love.

Eliza Blackwell Conrad eliza.conrad88@gmail.com and Margaret Shaia Peixoto, margaret.s.peixoto@gmail.com ______________________________________

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Congrats to Courtney Brannan, in NYC, who was promoted to Principal at

Champalimaud. Otherwise, it’s babies, babies everywhere! The Brooke twins were in sync: Eliza Brooke Hester and husband Clay welcomed Robert Lewis Hester, and Caroline Brooke Englert and husband Alex welcomed Charles “Charlie” Lawrence Englert. Dr. Maggie Anderson Lincoln delivered Eliza Brooke Hester’s baby Robert.

Mary Beth Scott Piacentini and husband Chris welcomed Sabina Ruth in January.

Mac McEachin and wife Amelia welcomed Joseph Gael McEachin on March 1, and your correspondent, Eliza Conrad, welcomed Williams “Willa” Ball Conrad who was born November 17. We loved seeing everyone at our 15-year reunion and will report on the weekend in the fall magazine.

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Members of the Class of 2008, and friends, got together for a playdate with their children. From L to R: Charlotte Baker (Jean Goodman Baker, formerly in admissions at St.C ), Sterling Bronson (Melinda Carpenter Bronson ‘08) Palmer Grymes (Meg Szumski Grymes ‘08), Thomas Holzbach (Eliza Valentine Holzbach ‘08), Jack Larkin (Elizabeth Skilling Larkin ‘08)

Maggie Thomas Karchmer ’08 with her husband Andrew in Charlottesville

Mamie Robertson robertsonm14@mail.wlu.edu and Jane Taylor Partee janetaylorpartee@gmail.com ______________________________________

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Caroline Kasper carolinekasper212@gmail.com ______________________________________

Your correspondent Caroline Kasper is back in NYC and enjoying the city. Most recently I joined the CityLax Junior Advisory Board.

CityLax is a non-profit organization dedicated to changing the lives of the students through the game of lacrosse; I’m proud to help plan their annual Gala while also coaching lacrosse in NYC. Back in Richmond, the class of 2008 family has grown and classmates are enjoying having their babies get to know one another. Check out the picture of some class of 2008 babies on a playdate.

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ROW 1, FROM L TO R: Ella Smith, Margaret Paul Frye, Katie Carleton Gallalee, Nancy Brown, Alyson Harvey ROW 2: Abigail Parker, Ashley Davey Harris, Mary Beth Scott Piacentini, Eliza Blackwell Conrad

Our updates are baby updates this spring!

Andrew and Emily Lawrence Morris welcomed Blair Aubrey Morris on January 5, 2022. Justin and Allie Gullquist Hartman welcomed Lucas Carl Hartman on January 7, 2022. Taylor and Sarah Davenport Quinn welcomed Shepherd Reese Quinn on January 22, 2022. A little delayed on the announcement, but Jason and Anne White Batliner welcomed Huntley Richard Batliner way back on January 17, 2021. In other news, Lauren Paige Johnson Feldmann recently took a job with the Virginia Eye Institute as a Nurse Practitioner. She sees Dr. McGehee (Eliza’s dad) and Dr. Jones (Taylor’s mom) often! Your correspondent, Parks Daniel, recently made the permanent move across the pond to London. Reach out if you’re ever in town!

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husband Jason and son, Huntley Richard Batliner

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Katherine Saffelle Corey recently earned an exciting promotion at Markel Talent Development and is looking forward to an exciting year ahead with her husband Mason and their growing family. Charlotte Gomer has joined BerlinRosen as an Account Supervisor doing communications and PR for their issue advocacy section. Emery Rivera recently started a nursing program and spends most of his free time riding bikes and eating desserts with his girlfriend Cate.

Sydney Schreiner Wertz graduated with a Ph.D. in applied economics from Ohio State last August, and started working for the U.S. Department of the Treasury after relocating to Washington, DC with her husband. Kitty Schaffernoth Yunger made senior associate

(at her architecture firm in Portland, OR. In addition, she and her husband bought a house in April 2021 and have been busy painting, planting a vegetable garden and getting AC installed. In their free time, they enjoy backpacking, hiking, camping and skiing. Charlotte Thomas received her MBA from University of Texas and lives in San Diego working as General Manager Accelerator Program for Republic Services.

Laura Fitzgerald Hines married Niall Hines on October 9, 2021 at Wilson Creek Farm, her family’s farm in Gloucester, VA. Finally, your correspondent Jane Taylor Partee’s daughter, Grace Taylor Partee, was born on February 7, 2022. We hope to hear more news from you for next time!

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Charlotte Thomas ’10 (in pink dress) and friends at her University of Texas Business School graduation.

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Grammys, so I was on-site with my team to help on the red carpet.” And, tune in to “60 Minutes” to see the work of Eliza Costas, who works as a Broadcast Associate on the show.

Fraser Mayberry frasermayberry4696@gmail.com; and Ellie Wallace elliewallace3@gmail.com ______________________________________

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Ryan Hodgson graduated from the George Washington University School of Medicine this spring and matched for residency at New York Presbyterian doing Emergency Medicine. Kate Salter Duggan married Nic Duggan last fall. Abby Williams married Mark Schreiber on January 29, 2022. Mia Harris is an Associate Attorney in the Food, Drug and Medical Device Compliance and Enforcement group in the firm’s office in Boston. She advises clients on a range of matters related to the Food and Drug Administration.

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Cabell Doswell cabell.doswell@gmail.com and Anne Peyton Leitch Maloney apleitch12@gmail.com ______________________________________

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Lily Damgard ldamgard@gmail.com and Lily Gray grayl1996@gmail.com ______________________________________

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Marshall Moore marshallmoore93@gmail.com ______________________________________

The class of 2012 is looking forward to coming together for our 10th Year Reunion.

Congratulations to classmate Kaki Jennison who married fellow Duke University graduate Adriaan Venter in South Africa last fall.

Alexis Crittenden recently became an Enterprise Account Manager at FareHarbor,

the world’s #1 booking software for Tours, Activities and Attractions. Martha Blair Reynolds, who serves as Senior Marketing Manager at Nice Life Recording Company, celebrated an exciting night for her clients who took home album of the year (Jon Batiste’s ‘We Are’) at the Grammy Awards

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Please send us your news!

Molly Bowers, Sarah Brugh, Schuyler Guare, Callie Fleet Liddy Custer, Claire Moore, Abby Nichols

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Ann Prideaux, annbev374@gmail.com and Franny Blanchard frannyblanchard@outlook.com ______________________________________

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Raven Baytops, Lillibo Rawles Cronley ’72, Liz Pace, Barrett Haynes

Hello to the class of 2013! Congratulations to Taylor Jasper, who married Alexis Turner in December. Congratulations also to Emily Vaeth Stolle who married Ross Stewart Stolle in April. She had seven members of the class in her bridal party. See the photos for both weddings on pg. 87. Taylor Miller finished up her master’s in teaching and will be student teaching this fall at a high school in Henrico.

Sarah Casasnovas joined Uber as a Senior Communications Associate for Safety. Sally Smith, who is currently studying philosophy, cosmology and consciousness at the California Institute of Integral Studies,

published her first book, “Spirituality Will Save the World: A Beginner’s Guide to SelfRealization.” Catherine Snead is a music publicist based in Nashville. “We had several clients nominated/performing during the

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Claire Moore clairemoore1016@gmail.com ______________________________________

Claire Moore reports that she enjoyed skiing in Park City, Utah with fellow classmates, Callie Fleet, Anna Brugh, Ryan Dotter, Abby Nichols, and Mallory Flores.

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Classmates from 2017 in Park City, Utah. From L to R: Callie Fleet, Claire Moore, Anna Brugh, Ryan Dotter, Abby Nichols, Mallory Flores

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Madeleine Dugan ’18 From a young age Madeleine Dugan ’18 loved art and learning. She relished visits to the VMFA and got happily “lost” in the galleries at age 7, a consequence of having her signature curls straightened – even her mother didn’t recognize her.

Her St. Catherine’s advisor Diego Sanchez recalls, “As a student Madeleine was a very perceptive, talented and hard-working young woman.” He pushed Dugan to make connections in the arts community that would later serve her well. Though she was a talented artist, her goal was never to show her work in galleries.

At VCU, Dugan majored in craft and material art, specifically ceramics, with a double minor in art history and criminal justice. The latter paired with her strong sense of social justice, and she considered working in forensics. During her sophomore year at VCU, Dugan’s St. Catherine’s teacher Sarah Powers encouraged her to apply for the job of assistant to VMFA’s chief curator – her husband, Michael Talyor.

Taylor would oversee the Man Ray exhibit, and he needed a hard worker with the skills, drive and passion to bring it to life. As the curatorial assistant, Dugan conducted intensive research. She subscribed to “Vanity Fair” to gain access to their archives and happily “wrote back into history” the stories of subjects like Ruby Richards who had languished in obscurity.

Sanchez observed, “She was and continues to be thoughtful and passionate about social justice issues.”

Dugan’s responsibilities also included authoring a chronology for the catalog, creating marketing material, doing TV interviews and leading tours. Planning the exhibit, she arranged tiny replicas of each image around scale maps of the galleries and selected wall colors. It was a dream job for someone with Dugan’s high level of knowledge and innate ability coupled with her thirst for learning and interest in social justice. Shortly before the Man Ray exhibit closed, Dugan graduated early from VCU. She now assists Taylor researching new acquisitions for VMFA.

We knew Caroline Reinhart was a rock star on the hockey field at Stanford, but we loved seeing her article about the effects of lead pipes published in the Washington Post this spring. Sixteen members of the Class of 2019 will be sponsors of the Sheltering Arms Institute’s annual Bal du Bois in June. They look forward to celebrating with each other in support of one of the nation’s leaders in the science of recovery and rehabilitation.

We are looking forward to a busy summer of interning and resting, and an exciting and fulfilling senior year of college— it has flown by!

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Lindsay Everhart lindsaygeverhart@gmail.com ______________________________________

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Bronwyn Mitchell, bronwynmmitchell@gmail.com and Isabel Molster, isabelmolster@gmail.com ______________________________________

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The class of 2019 has been busy in their junior year of college! Many of us have chosen to spend a semester studying abroad. This semester, we’re quite spread out, with members of our class living in Copenhagen, London, Paris, Florence, Barcelona, and Madrid. Our abroad girls have thoroughly enjoyed experiencing new cultures, and many have been able to share these experiences together! Ella Spruill, Lucy Farrell, and Lily Gottwald all lived on the same street in London and loved having the comfort of their St. Catherine’s classmates in their new homes. We’re so happy for Dickinson College squash player Doxey Loupassi, whose team’s reinstatement to varsity status this year triggered a movement to bring Dickinson

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Hannah Ballowe ‘19 graduated from Virginia Tech in three years with a 4.0 GPA as a three-season Division I athlete. She earned AllACC, All-American and Phi Beta Kappa honors.

She will continue to compete for the Hokies for two more seasons.

athletics into full compliance with Title IX. Caroline Lynch continues to wow us with her performances with JMU’s a cappella group “The BluesTones,” whose music is available to stream on Apple Music and Spotify!

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Claudia Lamb, clamb2@tulane.edu ______________________________________

I hope everyone in the class of 2020 is doing well! Callie Clements received early admission into Auburn’s Harrison College of Pharmacy and will begin Pharmacy School in the Fall of 2023. This summer, Hannah Jennison will play the lead, Sophie, in Virginia Repertory’s production of “Mamma Mia.” It is playing in downtown Richmond until August 7 for those interested. Love you old sports! Keep me updated this year!

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Marriages 05 Saints at Catie Finley Robertson’s ’05 wedding to Tommy Robertson in September. ROW 1, FROM L TO R: Sarah Lawson Breeden ’01, Catie, Alexandra Bassett Musto ’05, Anna Starnes Blair ’05; ROW 2, FROM L TO R: Ellie Dew Wilton ’03, Virginia Satterfield ’01, Ann Kamps Kramer Taliaferro ’01, Katherine Helm Traynham ’05, Catherine Purdy ’05, Jane Starnes ’08

08 Laura Fitzgerald Hines ’08 married Niall Hines on October 9, 2021 at Wilson Creek Farm, her family’s farm in Gloucester, VA.

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Catie Finley to Tommy Robertson

Laura Fitzgerald to Niall Hines

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2011

Mary Frances Buoyer ’11 married Wilson Albright on April 23, 2022.

2012 Kaki Jennison to Adriaan Venter

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Savannah Salter to Bucka Watson

Kate Salter to Nic Duggan

Amanda Lockett Garnett to Stephen Fraser Davis

Polly Ukrop to Kacy Yuhas

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2009

Mary Frances Buoyer to Wilson Albright

Taylor Jasper to Alexis Turner

Jennifer Rose to Rob Valentine

Many, many Saints were in attendance at the wedding of Jennifer Rose Valentine ’09 and Rob Valentine (St. Christopher’s 2008) on October 16, 2021

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Emily Vaeth to Ross Stolle

Abby Williams to Mark Schreiber Margaret Luck to Jan Heylen

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The wedding of Taylor Jasper ’13 (left) to Alexis Turner (right) on December 12, 2021

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Saints at the wedding of Emily Vaeth Stolle ’13: FROM L TO R: Liz Spruill ’13, Whitney Busch ’13, Garland Kughn ’14, Peyton Van der Wolk ’13, Ali Doswell ’13, Coco Van der Wolk ’13, Meredith Doswell ’13, Emily, Hayley Foster ’13, Anne Harp Vaeth ’83, Morgan Powell ’13, Mary Margaret Allen ’13, Kelsey Hilner ’12, Audrey Scruggs ’12

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1998 1

Lindsay Jesse and Matthew Slaughter, a daughter, Margaret “Margot” Kathryn Slaughter

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Mary Catherine Bain ’99 with her family, including their newest addition, Peter Bain Endom

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The children of Ryan and Maria Blackwell McAllister ’03; Colin, born on February 12, 2022, with his big sister Margaret

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Christa Raspberry Balom ’99 and her husband Ian welcomed their daughter, Hunter Phoenix Balom on Thursday, February 17, 2022.

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Walls “Wally” Boyce Brooks, born on February 23, 2022 to James and Alexandra Dahl Brooks

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David Whitcomb Tillou, son of Lucy Trice and John Tillou

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Sayako Earle and Brad Polansky, welcomed their son, Asa Wesley Polansky in May 2021.

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Oliver David Jones born October 10, 2021 to Will and Margaret Reynolds Jones ’06

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Anne Elizabeth, daughter of Leo and Julie Griffith Goodman ’01, born on January 4, 2022 Evan Garrison ’01 and her husband Josh welcomed their son McAllister “Mac” Ryan Watkins on July 2, 2021

Mac McEachin ’07 and wife Amelia S. McEachin, welcomed a son, Joseph Gael McEachin on March 1, 2022.

Eliza Blackwell Conrad ’07 a and husband Matthew welcomed Williams “Willa” Ball Conrad on November 17, 2021 Eliza Brooke Hester ’07 and husband Clay welcomed Robert Lewis Hester on December 13, 2021.

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1953

1965

Carlisle Morrissett Branch

Norvelle Plowden Walker

Helen Hodges Rawles

Elizabeth Williams Gookin

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Caroline Brooke Englert ’07 and husband Alex welcomed Charles “Charlie” Lawrence Englert.

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Paulett Long Taggart

Cynthia Childrey Tucker

1967

Patricia Anne Winship

Katherine Jones Youell

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1968

Lillian Blake Hart

Ellen Lynn Hall

Anne Bliss Whitehead Buford

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1973

Alice Lee Harvie Garey

Nancy Young Pennington

Elizabeth McBroom Hester

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1975

Margaret Virginia Cone

Kimbell Price Gabor

1942 Elizabeth Forster Comstock

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Mary Beth Scott Piacentini ’07 and husband Chris welcomed Sabina Ruth Piacentini in January.

Helena Crump Lewis

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Frances Nicholson Tarry

1948 Jane Kelly Baugh Donna Robinson Cart

1949 Eliot Thompson Armistead

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Ann Hill Williams

1959 Read McBryde Spence

Josephine Dillon Gayle

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Lindsay Graham Halsey

Kate Roy Massie Christian

1982 Macon Craven Rogers

Former Faculty Charles D. Burch III Charlotte Hines Forrester

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1961

Aizhu Lu

Katharine McKemie Pearsall

Susan Burket Vallozzi

Laura Maree Rosenblum

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Andrew and Emily Lawrence Morris ’09 welcomed Blair Aubrey Morris on January 5, 2022.

Sarah Davenport Quinn ’09 with her husband Taylor and their son, Shepherd Reese Quinn, born on January 22, 2022

Marie-Louise Rosanelli Metzger

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Ann Lemon Mumford

Allie Gullquist ’09 and Jason Hartman, a son Lucus Carl Hartman

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Helen Schumpert Wagner

Mary Meek Brown Semler

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Grace Taylor Partee, born on February 7, 2022, with parents, Jane Taylor Partee ’10 and Peter Partee (St. Christopher’s ’10)

1952 Nellie Anne Barrow Everman

Geraldine Kantner Jones

Lucy Pyle Summerell

1963 Charlotte Casler Carroll Josephine Calvert Powell Nancy Barrett Simpson

Virginia Bell Trice Winifred Sorg Vogt

Former Board Member George Anderson Harrison

Boarding Memories

Chrystal Russell ’99

Between the hours of 9-10 p.m., the ladies of Ellett 3 would crank the music and dance.

When Kate Mahan Groat ’98 graduated, she gifted all of us a mix to commemorate that year.

The faithful received a 90-minute tape which would be the soundtrack to that magical and quite frankly my favorite of years. For nine months, we resided in the ‘Disco Inferno,’ and I got to live, play, work, and hang out with some of the best friends that I would ever have.

It’s because of that year that I still wear my class ring, to remind me of the teenager I was, the place I loved, and the people who loved me when I was young.

Beloved resident faculty member Terry Angle called me Clifford (as in the Big Red Dog,) and as a 5’10” athletic teenager with an affinity for engulfing willing people in bear hugs while shooting a goofy, toothy, grin at them, it kinda made sense. We were unlikely friends, but for every inch I towered over her, she made up in unconditional love. Terry Angle loved us, remembered the big events of our lives, and had a knack for sending a kind note when most needed. Beyond loving us, she shared her family with us, and years after I graduated from college and became a working professional, I would make a point when in town to spend time with her daughter Katie, who opened up her home to me just as her parents did during sit-down dinners all those years ago.

The Switchboard (Switchbo’ as Julia Royall ’97 called it) was my favorite place at 6001 Grove Ave. It was a gathering place for many of us and switchboard queen Frances Smith was the Pied Piper. We all knew that she was a champion of the boarders and on the nights she worked, there would be a flurry of activity. All night there would be doors swinging open, girls flopping on the couch/floor/captain’s chairs, and the sound of voices and laughter would echo down Bacot’s halls. Years after graduating, many of us would call 804.288.2804 in the hopes of catching up with our friend, whom we loved so much.

Fran Fields Nugent ’75 grew up a stone’s throw from St. Catherine’s and, like her mother, she was a 13-year day student. Fran’s mother, Kitty Guerrant Fields ’49, instilled in Fran a deep love for and devotion to the School.

When I think of my time as a St. Catherine’s student, I think most of how I felt, and in a nutshell, I felt loved. Coach Arrington taught me how to drive the lane on the basketball court and drive a car in a very large parking lot. Teacher Sue Jenkins included me in her family’s Easter Day celebration. Admissions Director Noel Blyler, Head of School Gussie Bannard and Upper School Director Cathy McGehee trusted me with their children. Sheryl Pedigo at the switchboard and Sherry Trainum, Mrs. Bannard’s secretary, stopped me almost daily for a hug and a quick check-in. These are just a few of the people who mattered to me when I was a kid, and in this note I just wanted to say thanks and that I remember.

After losing her mother in late 2020, Fran had time to reflect on the example her mother had set in making St. Catherine’s part of her estate plan. By spring, Fran had made the decision to follow in her mother’s footsteps by joining The Arcade Society. Despite the fact that she is the mother of a son and lives out of state, it was important to Fran that she support her alma mater not just in the here and now, but that she help preserve the future for the Saints of tomorrow.

“It really was a no-brainer to join The Arcade Society,” says Fran. “I am grateful for the many friends I made during my 13 years and the education I received. I would encourage everyone to do this. It is a painless way to support our School and leave a legacy.”

Won’t you consider joining Fran and the more than 385 other members of our School family who have chosen to remember St. Catherine’s in their estate plans?

For more information please contact: Debbie Andrews Dunlap ’70

Director of Development, ddunlap@st.catherines.org

Judy Carpenter Hawthorne ’75

Chrystal Russell ‘99 was a three-year boarder who matriculated to The US Naval Academy for a year, then Peace College; she graduated from UNC-CH in 2004. She now works as Director of Undergraduate Admission at Case Western Reserve University.

Senior Development Officer, jhawthorne@st.catherines.org

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Boarders, please share for future issues your stories of roommates and dormmates who shaped your lives.

Send to alumnae@st.catherines.org.

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