Sweet Briar Alumnae Magazine | Vol. 91, No. 2 | Fall 2021

Dear Sweet Briar alumnae and friends, If you have the opportunity to visit us at Sweet Briar this fall, you’ll see a vibrant campus where students, faculty and staff are engaged in the mutual endeavor of learning. You’ll see many fresh faces, too! We’ve recruited the largest incoming class of students in almost a decade, with 205 new Sweet Briar women joining us in August, and we have a bumper crop of new faculty members, ranging across the disciplines. You’ll also see that we are wearing masks in the classrooms and other public spaces, because we—the communities of Sweet Briar the nation and the world—have not yet been able to put COVID-19 behind us, and we have a duty to care for and keep one another safe.

We have all read the concerning news. The consequences of this ongoing emergency are widespread and not just in the realm of public health. Its economic ramifications have been particularly hard on women, many of whom have had to drop out of the job market because of layoffs or restructurings, or to care for their families. Many people in higher education are worried about the pandemic’s impact on liberal arts colleges. But despite these difficulties, I remain very optimistic about the future, both for Sweet Briar and for women—because we live in a time in which women’s leadership is surmounting obstacles and coming into its own.

Around the world, we see inspiring examples of women exerting leadership in multiple ways.

In Afghanistan, women are risking their lives to protest the Taliban’s restrictions on their rights, taking to the streets carrying signs reading, “Freedom is our motto.” As I write this, the city of Boston is about to elect a woman as mayor. Remarkably, both of the final candidates are women, and women of color, and this milestone follows the groundbreaking election, one year ago, of our nation’s first woman vice president. Many Sweet Briar alumnae are taking the lead in educating our children in the midst of the pandemic, navigating the challenges of hybrid classrooms, staggered schedules and temporary school closures.

I can feel and see these larger societal changes reflected in our students. Young women are choosing Sweet Briar because they are already attracted to the idea of becoming leaders. They are hungry for hands-on, supportive, educational experiences that will nurture their latent leadership abilities and bring them to the fore. Through the leadership core and other academic courses, opportunities for experiential learning such as the Willits Food Systems Fellows Program, participation in our varsity sports teams and more, our students are finding what they need at Sweet Briar.

Inside this issue you can learn more about what’s happening at the College, and you can read the names of Sweet Briar’s contributors in the 2020-2021 Honor Roll of Donors. I’m grateful for everyone’s contributions, and I salute the generosity of our current and past supporters, who have done so much to help us educate and graduate a pipeline of skilled, intellectually curious, compassionate and responsible women leaders. Certainly, one of the wisest and most far-seeing decisions the Sweet Briar family ever made was to ensure that this storied institution remained a college for women.

Sincerely,

Meredith Woo President

Fall 2021, Vol. 91, No. 2

MAGAZINE

This magazine aims to present interesting and thought-provoking news about the College and its alumnae. Publication of the material does not indicate endorsement of the author’s viewpoint by the College. We reserve the right to edit and revise all material that we accept for publication. If you have a story idea or content to submit for publication, contact the editor, Amy Ostroth, at aostroth@sbc.edu.

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CONTENTS

2 Higher Education in a Post-Pandemic World

We sat down with President Meredith Woo to get her take on how the COVID-19 pandemic will shape the future of higher education.

6 Up, Up Sweet: Vixen athletics take the lead

The future is bright for Sweet Briar athletics. We have a national championship in riding, softball is returning to the College and we will soon break ground on a new turf field.

10 Meet the Leadership Team

President Woo is a familiar face to the Sweet Briar community. Now, we want to introduce you to the other leaders who guide the College.

16 Food is life: Cultivating women leaders in agriculture

A gift from Laura Willits Evans ’79 and her family foundation has created learning opportunities related to agriculture for Sweet Briar students.

Scholars: A passion for knowledge and the 18 Presidential greater good

Meet some of our recent—and current—Presidential Scholars, amazing young women who exemplify the best of today’s Sweet Briar students.

22 The Theatrical Ripple Effect of Bill Kershner

After 33 years of service to Sweet Briar and its students, theatre professor Bill Kershner retired last spring.

46 Alumnae in Education

Meet four alumnae who have dedicated their careers to teaching the next generation and learn how the current pandemic has impacted their work.

DEPARTMENTS Parents of Alumnae If this magazine is addressed to a daughter who no longer maintains a permanent address at your home, please email us at alumnae@sbc.edu with her new address.

Thank you!

Donor 26 On the Quad 57 In Memoriam 92 Honor Roll 36 Giving 61 Class Notes Ashanti Brown ‘24, Taryn Leoncavallo ‘24 and Reesa Artz ‘22

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A Q&A with President Meredith Woo

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Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a lot of talk about the future of higher education. The pandemic has only intensified those conversations, so we decided to sit down with our resident expert on higher education issues, President Meredith Woo, to get her take on the pandemic, its impact and the future of higher education.

Rachael Mills ’22 drawing in the greenhouse as part of Professor Shawn O’Connor’s course in observational drawing

expanse of outdoors, and above all, a caring community.

Good planning and communication have been critical to keeping the community safe. The students took to their hearts the seriousness of this public health crisis, and they were most extraordinary in looking out for each other.

How do you think the pandemic has changed Sweet Briar?

A: It gave us confidence. When the pandemic hit, Sweet

Briar was still grappling with the long-lasting impact of the 2015 closure decision. But we met the new challenge of the pandemic head-on. While other colleges and universities continued to operate online, we declared our intention to be in-person, and we made it work. We did this while going through the decennial SACSCOC reaffirmation of our accreditation and even managed to get our bond ratings up three years in a row. We raised enough money to cover the expenses of the pandemic and ended the year with a budget surplus. We continued to invest in physical infrastructure— and welcomed the largest class of new students in nearly ten years. We proved that there is nothing that we cannot do!

What has the pandemic underscored about leadership and citizenship in the 21st century? How does the student experience at Sweet Briar address those issues?

A: In managing the pandemic, leaders must be accountable

and truthful. Above all, they must be committed to public health. The women at Sweet Briar have exemplified leader-

ship at its best, at every level. I am proud of the leadership that our students have shown, always putting the community’s interest ahead of their own convenience, and I remain grateful. This pandemic will most likely continue into 2022, and we will all rely on the leadership of everyone, and especially the students, to carry us through.

Can you reflect on the qualities and capacities that Sweet Briar’s leadership core strives to impart to our students? How are those traits relevant to life and career success today—and to shared global challenges around public health, environmental stewardship, national security, etc.?

A: Sweet Briar is a liberal arts college, and the leadership

core is our basic general education program. As in the liberal arts, the leadership core emphasizes the importance of communication—the ability to convey an idea with clarity, eloquence and subtlety. It helps train the mind to think logically, causally, based on evidence that may be quantitative. It also encourages our students to think in context, to understand social phenomena historically and comparatively. Finally, it also insists on the importance of creating and appreciating beauty in life.

Leadership is challenging to teach because it is not a skill set that can be drilled into students in the classroom.

Instead, the finest of leadership requires character attributes that can only be acquired through mental discipline, habituation and experience. That is what we try to do in four years, and we hope the Sweet Briar experience will position them well to tackle many challenges they will face in their lives, and in so doing, make a difference in the lives of others as well.

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Why do you think Sweet Briar was able to successfully navigate the pandemic?

A: We have a large, spacious campus with an extraordinary

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Rose Murphy ’22 (left) and Lizzie Martin ’22 work together in an engineering mechatronics class

The economic consequences of the pandemic have been particularly hard on women, negating many of the gains they have made in recent decades. So how can higher education, especially women’s colleges like Sweet Briar, help ensure that women achieve equity in the workforce, education and government?

A: The most significant impact of the current pandemic

may be in accelerating the pace of large-scale changes. One apparent such change is the importance of information and technology. Just as you think the rate of change cannot be faster, it becomes faster and more furious. As a result, the demands for jobs in data science, engineering, computer science and others will increase. Sweet Briar provides training in these areas and positions students well in the workplace. But our most excellent proposition has to be that we prepare students to be integrative thinkers who are mentally agile, flexible and capable of finding a solution to complex problems.

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One noticeable impact of the pandemic on higher education is the growth of online learning. What is the value of in-person higher education in today’s world?

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A: The pandemic has exposed more students to online learning, further advancing learning technologies and expanding access to education. Still, the small class, in-person instruction at Sweet Briar is pure gold—it is a beautiful learning experience you cannot get online. At Sweet Briar, education is often experiential, hands-on, based almost on apprenticeship. And it takes place in a breath-taking natural environment. Try learning online how to grow things in the greenhouse—you can’t. Try participating in the engineering regatta online—you miss out on the fun of designing and racing the boats in the lake amid all the roar and laughter.

Try looking your horse in the eye online, let alone ride it for one of the horse shows—you can’t. Education at Sweet

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Briar is not about imparting information. It is about human maturation in all aspects—intellectual, social, physical and emotional.

There has been much talk in higher education about small, private colleges closing and that the pandemic would only accelerate that trend. How do you think the pandemic has impacted existing challenges for private schools?

A: For decades, the soothsayers in higher education have

predicted the demise of small liberal arts colleges. We should be reminded that in Dante’s Divine Comedy, the soothsayers are condemned to hell, their heads twisted backward so they cannot look ahead. It’s their price for having tried to predict the future.

The dire forecast made by these soothsayers has not materialized. They missed by a wide margin. There were a couple of women’s colleges, of course, that recently threw in the towel. Mills College, the venerable women’s college in Oakland, California, was one; and the other was Judson College in Alabama. But their troubles predated the pandemic. The problems, in my view, are less about the pandemic than the difficulties attendant within liberal arts colleges to make necessary changes. These colleges, like many others, have inherited a rigid curriculum, inflexible labor and inefficient governance. So, yes, there are external challenges to small liberal arts colleges, including demographics, but they can be overcome by making the necessary internal changes, however difficult they may be.

Has the death of small, liberal arts colleges been overstated? What do they need to do to survive?

A: As Mark Twain might have said, the reports of the

“death” of small, liberal arts colleges have been “greatly exaggerated.” To survive, we must be distinctive, known for the excellent experience that very few places can provide. Sweet Briar is a niche college in a niche market: We must drive our exceptionalism. We cannot be all things to all people.

Weatherly Ryder ’22 taking notes for the Curious Naturalist class, Asha Stewart ’21 taking photographs as part of a class with Professor Medford Taylor, Professor Joshua Harris with his Music, Sound Design and Multimedia class

You and Sweet Briar know a little about reinvention. Do you think the pandemic has offered an opportunity for higher education to reinvent itself? What does “normal” look like in higher education going forward? plenty of resources into higher education to help defray the expenses of the pandemic. Public universities and community colleges benefited due to their large headcount, far more than small colleges. Then there were minority-serving institutions that received financial support that was significant enough to ensure institutional viability. But I don’t know that these supports, generous as they have been, are in the same order as the Morrill Act of 1862 that supported land grant universities or the G.I. Bill that provided benefits to veterans returning from World War II. To the extent that there will be a “reinvention” of higher education, I doubt that it will have been caused by the pandemic event itself. Instead, it will be caused by the pandemic’s large-scale social and economic changes that were perhaps speeded up.

Sweet Briar is bucking the national trends of declining enrollment and weakening financial support. Why do you think that is?

A: Sweet Briar underwent a catastrophic failure in 2015.

We are six years into rebuilding ourselves and getting enrollment up to “normal,” which should be in the range of 600 to 800 students. We are not concerned with the national trend.

We made the necessary changes to give our college the best shot at success. Now we are keeping our heads down and implementing our plans. We are focused and moving forward.

How is Sweet Briar meeting the challenges of student debt and accessibility for low-income and first-generation students?

A: A Sweet Briar education is, hands down, the greatest

bang for the buck. Our tuition is comparable to that of public flagships. In addition, we enroll a more significant percentage of Pell Grant recipients than many public flagships, and our students graduate with less debt than in most colleges.

We have been ranked by several publications over the years—including Student Loan Report and LendEDU—as a college that leaves their students and families with the lowest student loan debt. For several years running, we’ve also been ranked by U.S. News & World Report on their “Social Mobility” list, which lists schools that are successful at enrolling and graduating students who have been awarded Pell Grants.

What’s your vision for Sweet Briar’s future?

A: Sweet Briar should be known worldwide as a terrific women’s college that produces intelligent, courageous and ethical leaders of tomorrow. It should be known for its intellectually and socially vibrant community and a campus that is sustainable and beautiful. I want every parent with talented and ambitious daughters to covet the Sweet Briar education for them!

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A: During the pandemic, the U.S. government pumped

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Vixen athletics take the lead

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From championship play to academic honors, national awards to new facilities, 2020-2021 certainly was a banner year for Sweet Briar’s student athletes and its athletic program.

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One defining characteristic of Sweet Briar’s student athletes is that they exemplify hard work in the classroom as well as on the field of play. That was particularly evident this year. In August, the ODAC announced its 2020-21 All-Academic Team, which included 57 Sweet Briar student-athletes, marking the greatest number of Vixens to make the All-Academic Team in the College’s history. Annika Kuleba ’22 was named the ODAC Golf Sportswoman of the Year and an All-American Scholar by the Women’s Golf Coaches Association for the third-straight season. Riders Katie Balding ’21, Lily Peterson ’21 and Britt Larson-Jackson ’22, received NCEA All Academic Honors and 15 riders were recipients of the IHSA National All-Academic Award.

But it was a great year for Sweet Briar on the field as well.

A First-Ever National Championship The NCEA riding team claimed the first-ever National Collegiate Equestrian Association Single Discipline National Championship in Waco, Tx., this past spring. Let’s give a huge holla, holla to the members of the team: Katie Balding ’21, Kacie Freeburg ’23, Britt Larson-Jackson ’22, Emmy Longest ’24, Rachel Perry ’24 and Lily Peterson ’21!

Sweet Briar took the early lead as Britt rode to victory and Lily posted the Vixens’ highest flat score ever at an NCEA Championship. Emmy also secured a winning ride and Katie kicked off the over-fences section with a winning score.

The next Sweet Briar ride clinched the national championship as Lily again secured the highest score by a Vixen at NCEA Nationals, this time over fences. Lily’s performance

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Tennis served up a smashing season in 2021 Even while navigating the pandemic, this past spring was a memorable and winning season for tennis. The historic season ended with the most team wins, the most double wins, the most combined wins and second most single wins in College history.

Among these accolades, the tennis team was the 20202021 ODAC Championship runner-up. The doubles team of Ruth de Souza ’23 and Allison Wandling ’23 went undefeated in ODAC play and were named First Team AllODAC. After the successful regular season and conference

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earned her acknowledgment as the Equo Most Outstanding Fences Performer, and she was named to the McClennan County All-Championship Team Over Fences. Katie’s senior year excellence was recognized by the College as well, when she was named the winner of the 2021 Crysler Award, the College’s top athletic honor.

For Emmy, who was named an NCEA All-American honorable mention flat rider and Sweet Briar’s Rookie Rider Many of of the Year, the Sweet Briar’s equestrian program student-athletes have is inclusive and fun. received awards and “Everyone at the honors. Check out riding center invixenathletics.com cluding my coaches, for all the details, teammates and staff and get ready to be have made my riding impressed! experience so special,” she says. “The athletic center and Director of Sports Medicine Devon Serrano all do a great job at making sure we are in the best condition possible to compete. I can’t wait to see what the next three years have in store for myself and the riding program.”

As Britt begins her senior year, she reflects on her career at Sweet Briar and the privilege she has had as a member of the NCEA team. “I chose Sweet Briar College for the equestrian program and have been blessed by that decision both as an athlete and a scholar. Now that my senior year is underway, my time at Sweet Briar is coming to a close, but if the past is any indication of the future, I know these remaining months will be sweet.”

Sweet Briar’s NCEA assistant coach Lizzie Fisch felt a great deal of pride for how the riders competed in the national championship. “They worked hard to prepare, and

it really paid off in the end. They are such an amazing team, and I am fortunate to be a part of it.”

On the heels of coaching the Vixens to their fourth ODAC championship and again being named ODAC Coach of the Year, director of the riding program and NCEA coach Mimi Wroten emphasized how this was a team effort and each member did her part to reach the goal.

“We had a historic year in 2021,” says Mimi.

“Not just with the national championship win but also in the support of our program and students. We have a seasoned group of returning students on the NCEA, IHSA and ODAC teams who are leading our new students down the path to success through hard work and, most importantly, teamwork. Supporting each other, developing our equine athletes and having fun as we elevate each other is how we see the future.”

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Ruth de Souza ’23

battle, the Vixens finished 15th in the Atlantic South region.

What’s even more exciting, Ruth and Allison earned a nod into the NCAA Division III Women’s Tennis Doubles Championship.

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“We had success this season because, as a team, we believed that putting hard work in during the off season would help us win during the season,” says Allison. “We also were very supportive of each other during practices and match days.”

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The Vixens winning the ODAC semifinals was definitely one of the highlights of the season. Teammate Isabela Guilarte ’24 noted that “it was stressful watching Allison’s match but as soon as she won, we all ran to give her a big, sweaty hug.” This particular match helped the Vixens make history with their first ODAC Championship appearance and, of course, set up the opportunity for Ruth and Allison to earn a spot at nationals.

Ruth, Allison and Coach Dustin Hale traveled to Chattanooga, Tenn., for nationals, accompanied by a small, but enthusiastic entourage of fans. The duo finished the season 21-2 overall while making the first appearance at the NCAA Division III Women’s Tennis Doubles Championship by a Sweet Briar doubles squad since Traci Allen and Hilary Larson qualified in 1990.

“The team had the same goal and mindset throughout the whole year. From the first day of practice, we all put in

the work to achieve our goals and get to where we knew we could be,” says Ruth. “We all pushed each other to be the best players and teammates we could be, and I’m incredibly proud of all the hard work everyone put in this year.”

Coach Hale was beyond proud of the way the team played.

And, in his eyes, their hard work is what led him to receive the honor of Coach of the Year from both the ODAC and Virginia Sports Information Directors. “The recent success of the tennis program was built on the backs of our recent alums like Emily Wandling ’20 and Lacey Tucker ’20,” says Coach Hale. “They helped us attract the talented group of players we have now that came in and changed everything. I searched the world for young women that were talented and motivated, and they came in and exceeded all expectations.

The goal is simple: ODAC title. I think we have a real shot these next few years.”

Success lays the groundwork for what’s ahead “We are so proud of the coaching staff and our student-athletes for their successes on and off the field,” says Athletics Director Jodi Canfield. “The coaches are recruiting and roster sizes are growing. The College and all of its supporters—most notably alumnae and current and previous student-athlete families—have provided support in so many different and significant ways, from being spectators to supporting our social media and making gifts to the program.

All of this makes for a supportive culture of athletics, and we are grateful for this enthusiasm. These are truly impactful things that the student-athletes see and feel that motivate them to succeed.”

But Director Canfield knows the department can’t stop to rest on its previous success, which is why Sweet Briar is looking toward the future of its athletics program.

Ingrid Kalwitz Blanco ’23

Thank you!

We have completed the initial fundraising for this project and we’re incredibly grateful to our donors for being part of our team!

Stay tuned for information on next steps in upgrading our athletic facilities.

become a more competitive and winning team. I am grateful and thrilled for this advancement in our program. The team and our coaches deserve it.”

Of course, the new field will benefit the College in the long term in ways that go beyond athletics. “The investment in this field is evidence of the College’s support and enthusiasm for athletics,” observes Jodi. “We know that capital projects in the athletics department can help with recruiting and retention, not only of student athletes but also other students as well.” It will also bring in auxiliary revenue with summer camps and other events.

Up, up Sweet, indeed.

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After a four-year hiatus, softball is returning to the College’s varsity athletics offerings with a full NCAA Division III schedule of competition set for the spring of 2023. With the departure of Emory & Henry for the South Atlantic Conference in the fall of 2021 and the addition of Averett to the ODAC in the fall of 2022, Sweet Briar is set to join the ODAC as the 12th softball program in the conference.

The new coach, Brian Hensley, is already on campus and has begun recruiting players. Formal varsity competition is expected to begin the recruiting process this year and formal varsity competition is expected to start in the spring of 2023, with possible scrimmage competition in spring 2022.

The reintroduction of softball brings the total number of varsity teams at Sweet Briar to 10, while increasing the total number of NCAA Division III squads to eight.

The athletic program will get another boost when a new state-of-the-art, water-based turf field replaces the grass field behind Babcock Hall. The field should be ready for play in time for the fall 2022 season.

This new field—along with a new and improved grass field for soccer, a scoreboard, a LED field lighting system and improved access for athletes and spectators—will dramatically update the student and spectator experience at Sweet Briar.

The water-based turf is the ideal surface for field hockey and will enable the Sweet Briar field hockey team to play and practice on campus, something they haven’t been able to do for several years. In addition, the new lighting will enable the College to host and play games at night, enhancing the atmosphere of all athletic contests at Sweet Briar and positively impacting student life.

“The past few years have highlighted the eagerness to grow Sweet Briar field hockey,” says player Ingrid Kalwitz Blanco ’23. “Being equipped with a water turf will allow us to

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Meet Sweet Briar’s Leadership Team Mary Pope M. Hutson ’83

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Senior Vice President for Alumnae Relations, Development and Communications

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We talk a lot about leadership at Sweet Briar, but more than simply teaching others to lead, managing an organization as complex as Sweet Briar College requires the exercise of strong leadership.

As alumnae and friends of the College, you know a lot about President Meredith Woo and her leadership, but she can’t do it all on her own! We wanted to take a moment to introduce you to the members of President Woo’s leadership team—the other leaders at Sweet Briar who help manage the day-to-day activities at the College and keep it moving forward. The members of the team are not only the president’s direct reports, but also those whose counsel informs President Woo’s decisions and who need to communicate those decisions to a wider audience of students, faculty, staff, alumnae, friends, donors and others.

As an alumna, Mary Pope knows better than most that the Sweet Briar experience is transformational. A Charleston, S.C., native, she graduated in 1983 with a degree in international affairs. As a student, she played on the tennis team and in her senior year, was part of the doubles team that played for a national championship. She is a member of the Sweet Briar Athletic Hall of Fame.

She was an important part of the Saving Sweet Briar effort in 2015 and accepted her current position in January 2016. In her role, she leads the Office of Alumnae Relations and Development that connects and engages more than 13,000 alumnae and other constituents, while also raising the philanthropic resources that are necessary to ensure the sustainability of the College and build its reputation as a leading liberal arts college in America. She also manages the Office of Communications, which handles all the marketing and communications for external and internal audiences.

Prior to returning to her alma mater to take the reins of alumnae relations and development, she worked in the public sector

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on Capitol Hill in Washington, with the U.S. territories, and in the American embassy in Kenya. She moved home to work for the Historic Charleston Foundation and then was the director of the Lowcountry Open Land Trust. She was the first woman appointed to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Board in 1995, setting state policies for land and water resources. She helped start the “Becoming an Outdoor Woman” group in South Carolina, one of the first such groups in the nation. She continued her career in conservation, serving as the executive vice president of the Land Trust Alliance in Washington, D.C., a national land conservation organization. She has continued her work in conservation while at Sweet Briar as the current chair of the National Parks System Advisory Board, a role she has held since 2019.

It’s no surprise that Mary Pope finds a lot of satisfaction in her role at Sweet Briar. “My obligation to the institution is a deep part of being an alumna who is committed to assuring perpetual stability for the College,” she says. “I am proud of our team at Sweet Briar for stabilizing the College and for keeping our community safe during a pandemic. Together, we will continue to build a thriving institution.”

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Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the College Teresa came to Sweet Briar in fall 2019 from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., where she served as associate dean of the faculty. She also grew up in the Poughkeepsie area, but headed south during high school and attended Florida State University, where she earned an undergraduate degree in biochemistry. Fol-

lowing Florida State, she went to graduate school at Duke before taking a few years off to stay home with her two daughters.

She taught at Duke’s School of Nursing and started at Vassar in 2007, ultimately making her way to a position of professor of chemistry and associate dean of the faculty.

At Sweet Briar, Teresa serves as the chief academic officer responsible for all academic operations. That means that she evaluates academic programs, spearheads curriculum and faculty development activities, and serves as the liaison to the educational programs committee of the board of directors.

But really, her role is to empower Sweet Briar students, which she does by both caring for and challenging them. “If we want our students to impact the world, the nation and communities, we have to challenge them—academically and beyond—to have a whole, happy, sustainable life,” Teresa says. She works with faculty to ensure that the College’s academic program is robust and she works with student-facing staff to ensure that Sweet Briar has a living and learning environment that is supportive and enriching. “My role is to listen to each student and staff member so that they have the tools to succeed. In addition, I need to help be sure that we are all working toward the greater College’s vision.”

As the College’s enrollment grows over the next few years, she will need to carefully grow the academic program to meet the growth in students. To do that successfully, she will need to strategically add new academic programs that will launch graduates into careers and align with Sweet Briar’s commitment to sustainability, agriculture and leadership.

“Those times that I am able to help students to navigate the academy, find their path and then succeed are some of my proudest moments,” she says. “I am also really excited to help faculty find success here.”

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Hutson ’83 with Victoria Stacpoole ’20

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Luther Griffith

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Vice President for Finance, Operations and Auxiliary Enterprises

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Luther has been part of the Sweet Briar community since his sister, a member of the Class of 1970, came to the College.

He’s also married to a Sweet Briar alumna—Claire Dennison Griffith ’80, who serves the College as senior director of alumnae relations and development. He joined the leadership team in 2019 after having volunteered in the career services center and teaching some economics and finance courses. Luther earned his MBA from Harvard Business School and did his undergraduate work at the University of Wisconsin, where he majored in economics and minored in chemistry.

Luther serves as the chief financial and administrative officer of the College, which means his portfolio is quite large and his work impacts a wide range of activities at Sweet Briar. He is responsible for the operations of agricultural initiatives, the business office, campus safety, dining services, human resources, information technology and physical plant, as well as auxiliary enterprises such as the Book Shop and Elston Inn & Conference Center. He also oversees all construction on campus. In addition, Luther oversees the college’s endowment investments with the Board’s OCIO committee and manages the College’s legal affairs.

He is an accomplished executive with more than 25 years in senior-level operational management and finance roles, including experience in large corporate environments in both the U.S. and around the world. He’s worked in areas as diverse as global risk management, technology services, healthcare, education, insurance, startups and more. He has significant experience as a board member of public and private companies, including chairing public audit committees.

Luther’s personal style is hands-on. He believes in mentoring the growth of team members and encouraging their entrepre-

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neurial activities. Running through all of that is his commitment to ensuring that Sweet Briar remains vital and continues to grow and prosper. As a longtime member of the Sweet Briar family, Luther says his proudest accomplishments have been getting the College back on a strong financial footing, achieving a very positive financial review from our accrediting body and ensuring that our alumnae continue to believe in Sweet Briar.

“All are critical parts of ensuring that alumnae and friends continue their generous support of the College,” he says. “That support will enable implementation of President Woo’s vision for Sweet Briar and keep the College on a forward and upward trajectory.”

Jodi Canfield

Athletics Director, Title IX Coordinator and COVID Coordinator Jodi Canfield came to Sweet Briar in 2018 from St. Lawrence University in New York to serve as athletics director. Her two-decade career combines collegiate athletics administration, compliance, coaching, teaching, counseling and development.

She has coached both field hockey and lacrosse and taught courses in health and wellness. She holds a Ph.D. from Syracuse University and a Master of Education and Bachelor of Science from St. Lawrence University, where she graduated cum laude and was inducted as a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society.

At Sweet Briar, Jodi’s job is multifaceted. When she arrived, her first steps were to reorganize athletics, ensure that sports at Sweet Briar had a clear mission and purpose, and make sure that teams had the resources to improve and that rosters could grow. You might think of her as the College’s “head cheerleader.” She attends every game she can and considers herself a problem-solver and headache-remover for her coaches. “Coaches should be able to concentrate on what they do best: coaching and recruiting,” she says.

Since she arrived, Jodi’s role has expanded from athletics into student welfare and engagement. In March 2020, Jodi began managing the College’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

She chairs the College’s COVID-19 task force and has been trained to do testing and contact tracing.

She also works closely with the Office of Student Life to help manage the wellness needs of students. “Athletics shouldn’t live in a bubble,” she tells us. “It fails when it does that.”

One of her favorite sounds on campus is the ringing of the bell. It’s the sound of students supporting each other and of the community acknowledging the success of its teams. “That means we’re fostering a culture that supports athletics, and I’m very proud of that,” she says.

The future of Sweet Briar athletics is bright [you can read more about the College’s recent athletic success on page 6]. In the next few years, Jodi sees even more growth. “We should have healthy and sustainable team rosters, and I’d like to see even more success on the field. But more than that, we need to give student athletes a quality experience. Their fondest memories of Sweet Briar should be riding on the bus, team meals, putting on their uniforms. They should walk away with the feeling that their experiences were memorable and special.”

Kerry Greenstein Dean of Student Life

Kerry joined Sweet Briar in February 2020. Before coming to the College, he was the dean of student affairs at Beacon College in Florida, and before that, he worked at Georgia Southern University. He earned his B.A. from Rider University, his M.Ed. from the University of Delaware and his Ed.D. from Georgia Southern University. He is an accomplished scholar, and his latest research interest is student leadership development.

That work in leadership development, plus his years of experience in student affairs, are definite assets to Sweet Briar. Kerry

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is committed to bringing academic and co-curricular experiences together to create a holistic experience for students and he believes that his job is fundamentally to be an advocate for students. “Students are not always at the table,” he says. “But when I am, I should represent their feelings so the administration can make decisions in their best interests.” He also wants to make sure that parents are kept in the loop. “I need to be the person who can talk to parents about how we’re supporting their students and helping parents and students communicate effectively,” he says.

Although he’s been here only a short time, Kerry has already made a real difference. This fall, he expanded the College’s orientation program for incoming students. Not only did this year’s program include more resources to help students and prepare them to be successful, but he also added a track for families so that parents and other family members can help direct their students to appropriate resources.

Over the next few years, Kerry will work on creating clear processes that are understandable to students and equally applied to everyone. He also looks forward to expanding leadership development opportunities for students, in keeping with the College’s commitment to developing women leaders for the future. “I’m looking at ways to create programming and training for students so that they can better understand themselves as leaders and how to work with others who may have different styles and abilities,” he says.

Of course, he’s also focused on making sure the College is ready to manage its growing enrollment. “We need to be talking about spaces on campus, furniture and other issues related to student needs as we’re planning for Sweet Briar’s future,” he observes.

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Associate Vice President and Controller Jenni Sauer’s journey to Sweet Briar was an interesting one.

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She graduated from Virginia Tech, and her professional career started in Richmond, where she lived for 31 years. She spent 25 years working in the controller’s office at the University of Richmond, departing in 2011 as the associate vice president for business and finance. She moved to southeast Pennsylvania, where she spent seven years as a vice president of finance and administration at two small private universities. “That time was critical in my career as I learned to navigate the financial landscape at small colleges with tight resources,” she says.

She landed at Sweet Briar initially to assist with the vacant controller position, but the peaceful atmosphere, welcoming community and President Woo’s vision for the future intrigued her, so she stayed. “I’m delighted to serve the role as associate vice president and controller,” she says. “I’m developing the business office staff, building budget models, finding process improvements and assisting in whatever initiative is needed.”

In her role, she ensures the integrity of Sweet Briar’s data and internal controls. She implements best practices for both processes and staff. “Any organization is only as strong as the people, and developing staff for the long term future is a key priority,” she observes. “I’m proud of the way I have been able to hire and retain staff in the business office, and I see the dedication in each of them every day.”

The experience she’s gained from her lengthy career in higher education is valuable to Sweet Briar because almost every decision has a financial impact. Being part of the leadership team ensures that Jenni is able to make appropriate financial plans for the College.

long career in enrollment management. Most recently, she spent nearly 20 years at the University of Lynchburg, and prior to that, she worked at Roanoke College and Lycoming College, her undergraduate alma mater. She earned a master’s degree from Hollins University in 1999.

Clearly, enrollment is one of the most important areas at Sweet Briar, which is why Rita’s long experience will be so valuable to the College. She sees her leadership role as one where she engages the entire community—faculty, staff, students, alumnae, parents and others—to tell Sweet Briar’s story.

“Passion, teamwork, positivity, creativity and a highly engaged recruitment model will result in the desired enrollment outcomes for the College,” she says. “All of that hard work will help the College’s leadership achieve its strategic goals.” Though she’s only been with Sweet Briar for a short time, she looks forward working collaboratively with the entire Sweet Briar community.

“I believe that every challenge presents an opportunity,” she says. “We simply need teamwork committed to common goals for the greater good of the College.”

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Rita Detwiler joined Sweet Briar in September 2021 after a

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Although Kathleen is one of the newest members of the team, having just joined the group this fall, she’s been the grants officer at Sweet Briar since 2003. In this role, she collaborates with the faculty and professional staff to help the College obtain external grant support from a variety of funders, ranging from federal and state agencies to private foundations, corporations and individual donors. She works with faculty on their research proposals and fellowship applications, writes and edits proposals for College-wide initiatives and programs, and ensures that when a grant is awarded, Sweet Briar complies with the

donor’s regulations and requirements. Kathleen also serves on a number of committees and works closely with President Woo on presidential communications and special projects.

By training, Kathleen is an art historian. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Case Western Reserve University and did additional graduate study in American art at the University of Virginia. Before coming to Sweet Briar, she was a fund raiser at CWRU and at Monticello, and she has taught art history at several colleges, including Sweet Briar. Her position as the grants officer allows Kathleen to make good use of her humanities background, but it also requires her to

learn about new things, from the overwintering of the monarch butterfly to the needs of the riding program, because the proposals she works on cover all aspects of the College’s educational mission.

Kathleen especially loves that about her job. “I want what I do to serve a larger purpose. Whether the proposal I’m working on is in support of scholarships, a laboratory upgrade, the preservation of one of our historic buildings, or a faculty member’s research, every grant ultimately serves our students. I’m proud that in this way, I can help Sweet Briar educate and empower women.”

Letter from the Editor

I joined President Woo’s leadership team about a year ago, although I’ve been at Sweet Briar since 2017. I am a native of Blacksburg, Va., and I have a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Mary Washington and a master’s degree in English from Virginia Tech.

Before Sweet Briar, I worked as the director of development communications at Cushing Academy, an independent boarding school in Massachusetts. Prior to that, I spent 13 years at Virginia Tech, working in a variety of communications roles, but mostly in development communications.

Here at Sweet Briar, I manage the daily operation of the Office of Communications, including marketing, social media, media

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relations, videography, photography, website and emergency communications.

Managing the brand and public relations for Sweet Briar can sometimes be a challenge, mostly because I have had to counter some lingering assumptions about the College’s future—and indeed, if it is still open. And, of course, COVID-19 has brought with it a host of questions for which there are few clear answers.

But I relish the challenge—even during a pandemic—because there is so much good news about Sweet Briar. These days, the hardest part of my job is knowing which pieces of good news to talk about next. There’s plenty: our rebounding enrollment, our work in sustainability, our engineering program and our emphasis on women’s leadership.

I came to Sweet Briar partially to return to my home state, but mostly because I believe in what Sweet Briar is doing for women’s education and leadership. I therefore see my role in fairly simple terms: to find Sweet Briar’s best stories and tell them to anyone who will listen.

I think Sweet Briar’s future is bright, and I predict that in five years, everyone will be talking about the College as a role model—those conversations are already beginning, in fact—for how small, liberal arts colleges can grow and thrive in the 21st century.

It is an honor to be here and to serve the community of Sweet Briar College.

Amy Ostroth Senior Director of Communications

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Food is life:

Cultivating women leaders in agriculture

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In 2018, Sweet Briar embarked on an ambitious plan to make agriculture and sustainability a cornerstone of the campus and student experience. By leveraging the unique resources of the College’s expansive campus, we have brought our agricultural lands back to life with a 20-hive apiary, two vineyards, a wildflower pollinator meadow and a 26,000-square-foot greenhouse.

The Center for Human and Environmental Sustainability, headed up by Professor Lisa Powell, helps forge connections between agriculture and sustainability and Sweet Briar’s curriculum, ensuring that the College is able to cultivate future leaders in agriculture, conservation and natural resource management. One such connection is the new Willits Food Systems Summer Fellows Program, which was developed thanks to generous gifts from Laura Willits Evans ’79 and The Willits Foundation, which has been a generous supporter of the College since 2015. Laura, who owns a farm and vineyard in Umbria, Italy (poderecalzone.com), has been so impressed with President Woo’s vision for fully utilizing the extensive campus and with Lisa’s sustainability plans, that she wanted to help develop a program that allows students to do additional work and research over the summer.

“We are so grateful to Laura Willits Evans ’79 and her family’s foundation for the support of this program,” says Lisa. “They made this amazing experience possible for our students.”

During the inaugural year of the fellows program, students combined hands-on experiences with the pursuit of diverse endeavors related to agriculture, natural resources management and food systems, including research, community engagement, advocacy and communications.

“It was so wonderful to watch the Willits Fellows grow into leadership roles, especially in the greenhouse and community garden,” Lisa says. “The fellows took both individual and collective ownership not only of caring for plants as they grew, but also of our weekly markets and community supported agriculture subscription program. By the last few weeks of the summer, they had learned to identify what a growing area or market setup needed and took care of it.”

“Each week, I saw students innovating,” Lisa reflects with pride. “For example, after I demonstrated how to do a particular practice in managing or maintaining the hydroponics system, students would inevitably come back a few weeks later with ideas about how we could improve the process so

Lily Terwilliger ’24 and Bijou Barry ’23 work in the greenhouse

that it fit more efficiently into their workflow. I loved hearing their ideas, and we almost always implemented them! So many moments like these over the summer demonstrate the value in an extended, immersive experience where students not only have the opportunity to learn new skills, but to use those skills long and deeply enough that they have time to synthesize and build out from what they learned.”

The students experienced all of the unique agriculture enterprises available on campus. Some enjoyed the work in the greenhouse while others were fascinated with the apiary.

“My favorite part of the program this summer was working with the hydroponics in the greenhouse,” says Ella Leichty ’22. “I really enjoyed the plant care and upkeep as well as learning the engineering and setup of the hydroponics area.”

The fellows also had the opportunity to meet with public and private-sector leaders in order to learn about various environmental sciences and sustainability industries. These industry leaders included Virginia’s state conservationist and head of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Virginia Cooperative Extension agent for agriculture and natural resources, a manager at the James River Association, managers and lead growers at regional greenhouse operations and Pippin Hill Farm’s vineyard manager and staff members.

“One of my favorite parts of the Willits Fellows program this summer was having the unique opportunity to meet and learn from industry professionals across many different disciplines, from the local cooperative extension office and greenhouse specialists to vineyard managers,” says Bijou Barry ’23. “We not only got the opportunity to learn from these professionals but work alongside them. . .I enjoyed the diversity of the work, knowledge and experience we were able to engage with and in.”

Lisa says the first year of the program was incredibly successful. “Students used words like ‘profound’ and ‘formative’ to describe their summer,” she tells us. “They talked about how much they were learning through hands-on experiences and expressed that the program deepened their understanding of what they learned in their regular classes and enabled them to synthesize multiple aspects of their Sweet Briar experience.”

Kate Kotany ’23 echoed that sentiment. “This fellowship has offered me an experience that has definitely helped me gain a deeper understanding of how agricultural activities work and the types of sustainable and agricultural options to look for in my future career,” she says.

Lisa notes that this fellowship is a foundation for future careers: “For those who are looking to enter careers right after college, this summer experience shows that they are ready for full-time work either in a field directly related to agriculture and the environment—such as in a greenhouse or vineyard operation, with a nonprofit conservation organization or with a government agency like the USDA—or for work in another sector that needs the types of skills they developed and practiced this summer, like collective problem solving and anticipating what a system will need to thrive well in advance of when that need manifests.”

Lisa also notes that when other greenhouse operators visit and see the work our students are doing, they tell her that they would be eager to hire graduates with this kind of college experience. “For those who are looking at graduate school,” she says, “many of the skills they honed this summer will help them succeed. Graduate school requires students to be resilient, to adapt quickly to changing conditions, to communicate effectively, and increasingly, to work on teams.

The Willits Fellows built capacities in all of these areas.”

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Bijou Barry ’23, Lily Terwilliger ’24, Kate Kotany ’23, Danielle Saunders ’23, June Alomari ’24, Ella Leichty ’22.

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Presidential Scholars: A passion for knowledge and the greater good

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President Meredith Woo’s vision for Sweet Briar College is visible in nearly every part of the campus, from the greenhouse and vineyards to the restorations, renovations and curriculum taught in historic buildings. But above all, as President Woo often states, what would any of this be without our students?

The Presidential Scholarship is the College’s highest scholarship award. Presidential Scholarships offer full and partial tuition scholarships to Sweet Briar’s top student candidates based on academic achievements and a rigorous invitation-only interview process. The average GPA of the 29 Presidential Scholars in the Class of 2025, who arrived this fall, was a remarkable 4.15. Last fall, 47 scholars arrived at Sweet Briar.

The continued investment in this scholarship program demonstrates the commitment of Sweet Briar’s alumnae and friends to President Woo’s vision for the College. A $5 million gift from an anonymous donor in 2019 enabled Sweet Briar to build up this prestigious program.

There is a camaraderie amongst the Presidential Scholars. They all convene at Sweet Briar for a special banquet event with President Woo, faculty and administration before the start of the academic year. It’s more than an academically focused event, it’s a bonding experience and a way to solidify the connection between the goals of these newest Sweet Briar women and President Woo’s vision for the College.

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We’d like to introduce you to a few of these amazing young women.

Sophie received her B.A. in business and commerce from Sweet Briar in 2020 and went abroad to Bilbao, Spain, where she studied international business and Spanish. This spring, she will graduate with a master’s degree in global management, business and affairs from the Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University. Currently, she is editor-in-chief for Das Tor, the student-run newspaper, podcast and multimedia platform at Thunderbird.

“Being a Presidential Scholar was integral to my Sweet Briar experience,” says Sophie. “The funding I received made my dream of attending Sweet Briar possible.

My experience speaking with other Presidential Scholars during the scholarship competition weekend before I started at Sweet Briar just served to solidify my impression that the College was the perfect fit for me.”

Sophie credits Sweet Briar’s liberal arts curriculum for enabling her to gain insight from multiple disciplines and

Sophie sees both the forest and the trees, and she has an equally large vision for her future. “After graduating from Thunderbird, my goal is to facilitate a healthy dialogue between the public and private sectors to address these great global challenges proactively and collaboratively.”

Griselda Vasquez Ramirez ’22 From a young age, Zelda’s parents spoke to her and her brother about the importance of education and how it would open up a world of possibilities.

“For this reason, it was always my goal to get a college education,” she shares.

She recalled the day she stepped on campus as a Presidential Scholar and how she felt welcomed and valued. Four years later, she will graduate this spring with a degree in engineering science. In addition to being a Presidential Scholar, she was also the recipient of the Mary K. Benedict Award, is a member of the Dean’s List and serves on the Presidential Working Group on Diversity and Inclusion. This past summer, she completed an internship at Glad Manufacturing Company.

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perspectives. “My accounting classes at Sweet Briar vaulted me into the position of an informal tutor for my graduate school classmates,” she explained. “My experience in engineering helped when I moved to Phoenix and needed to use power tools to construct furniture for my apartment. My negotiation and Spanish classes helped me negotiate a private apartment contract in Spain. My honors class on sound design helped me understand podcast editing in my role as editor-in-chief. Even my time taking dance classes helped me take a creative perspective when working in business.”

For Sophie, it’s the world itself that drives her to pursue education and personal growth: “The world is incredibly complex and has infinite opportunities to learn. I know that I won’t be able to learn everything, but I love the fact that there is always a new goal or topic that I can strive towards and learn about.”

A sense of pride and responsibility is a common thread amongst these scholars.

“I have the mindset that my work reflects who I am,” shares Sophie. “I always strive for excellence in my work because when I put my name on a deliverable, I want to be proud of it and what it says about me.”

Presidential Scholars are often hardwired to lead and find their own way to express it. “To me, leadership means humility,” Sophie shared. “Leaders cannot be leaders without a team. I strive to embody humility in my leadership by showing respect and empathy for my teammates. I never take sole credit for anything accomplished by my team. Rather, our accomplishments were achieved together and speak to the strength of our team as a whole, not my own talents.”

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Did we mention how Presidential Scholars often have a long list of multidimensional goals and accomplishments?

In addition to being president of the LatinX Club for the second year, she is a member of Young Democrats, Sweet Peas, Falls on Nose, Sweet Tones and Tau Phi. “Attending a liberal arts college allows me the opportunity to take fun courses outside of my major like Economics of Wine, Introduction to Comparative Politics and Economics of Poverty,” she observed. “By doing these things, I am able to meet new people and expose myself to new concepts.”

Zelda was always opening doors during her time at Sweet Briar. “Having friends in the LatinX Club led to me running for the secretary position my sophomore year, and now I am starting my second year as club president,” says Zelda. “Because of those key friendships, I’ve been able to attend the LatinX Leads Conference for the past three years and participate in important conversations about diversity and inclusion initiatives.”

For Zelda, leadership means inspiring new ideas and working with others to pursue mutual goals. As a student leader, she often goes beyond her obvious duties to help others. For example, she has stayed friends with students from her orientation groups and been willing to offer advice whenever they need it. “I also take initiative when my friends or club members don’t know how to approach an issue,” she said.

As part of her future, Zelda sees herself as a mentor for young Hispanic girls.

“I know that just by existing in certain spaces, students of color have made me feel more comfortable, and I want to let girls know that they belong and deserve to be in these spaces.”

As her final semesters at Sweet Briar quickly approach, Zelda recently applied for the Supply Chain Leadership Development Program at Clorox. This rotational program addresses a triad of valuable elements: technical, business and manufacturing. “They’re looking for well-rounded, intelligent, driven individuals, and I believe that being a Presidential Scholar has made me an ideal candidate,” she concludes proudly.

Jesseca Ballard ’23 Jesseca is not only a Presidential Scholar, but she also was the recipient of Sweet Briar’s Girl Scouts Gold Award Scholarship. Her Gold Award project helped teach young kids how to handle challenging situations with dogs and cats by reading their body language. She’s on the IHSA equestrian team and the pre-vet track with plans to graduate this spring after just three years of study. Jesseca also is a legacy student thanks to her mother, Jennifer Jarvis Ballard ’93.

After receiving the Presidential Scholarship, she was even more driven to excel in her academics. “I want to uphold the high standards of this award and further my education with the funding it has provided me,” she says.

Jesseca is resourceful and action-oriented. She is driven to continue her education, and she sticks to her goals until they’re accomplished. “Once my mind is set on completing something I will make sure it gets done,” she says of herself. “If I am unsure of which direction to go, I simply spell out exactly what steps need to be taken to complete the goal and brainstorm all the possibilities I can think of to move forward.”

To Jesseca, a leader is someone who supports and encourages, who gives direction, who sets goals and acknowledges achievements as well as identifies shortcomings. “I was taught from a young age that you should be confident in yourself and help others around you, as well as how to work with a team to get the job done,” she shares.

Jesseca wants to change the lives of the people around her for the better. “This can be just by a smile or through a lifelong change,” she tells us. “If I have brightened their day somehow then I believe that I have left a mark on their world.” This simple value of human kindness and awareness of one’s scope of influence are key traits of good leaders and visionaries.

“I have the skills to make sound and sometimes difficult decisions, create and articulate a clear vision, establish achievable goals and provide myself and others with the knowledge and tools necessary to achieve those goals,” declares Jesseca confidently. “This is what every successful woman can do, which is who a Sweet Briar woman is.”

Emma is a Presidential Scholar who can be found all over campus, from the admissions office to Guion and the apiary.

As an admissions ambassador, she plays a vital role in connecting with future Sweet Briar students and sharing what life is like at the College. She is studying biology and chemistry, plays on the golf team, is a member of the Sustainability Club and is on the executive board of the Inner Club Council.

“Without this scholarship I wouldn’t have been able to attend Sweet Briar, so being a Presidential Scholar has impacted everything about my Sweet Briar experience and most likely the rest of my life,” Emma says.

“Learning is like a huge puzzle,” she tells us. “You’re constantly getting more pieces and slowly trying to put them together to get a massive picture of how things work.

I look at math as a bunch of formulas, and I have to learn how to put everything in the right place to get an answer. I look at biology as a tangled ball of yarn I’m constantly working to pull apart to see how it works. I look at writing as trying

time, you have to learn to be okay with not being perfect and not being able to do everything.” Kaitlin points out how many scholars underestimated the difference between being an honors student in high school and being a Presidential Scholar at Sweet Briar. But she sees how all those long nights in the Benedict basement study room are paying off.

A leader is not always the loudest or most outgoing person in a group, Kaitlin astutely points out. For her, good leadership is about contributing to the discussion, not forcing the opinions of others, and she always tries to model that role.

“I want to show others that truly anything is possible when initiative is taken,” she shares. “I feel Sweet Briar truly is a place for these hopes to come to fruition. The Sweet Briar woman can come in many forms. There is no specific persona. That’s the beauty of a Sweet Briar student. You can truly be whoever you want: scholar, athlete, artist or any combination. The sky’s the limit.”

Kaitlin Navarro ’24 Kaitlin is studying business, marketing, management and psychology at Sweet Briar. She’s also on the lacrosse team and is treasurer of the Student Government Association. Receiving the Presidential Scholarship demonstrated to her and the other scholars that their achievements prior to college are being recognized.

“I have many interests and working on my education is a way to channel my passions,” she says. “I have learned that you are responsible for the amount of effort you put towards anything. At the same fall 2021

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to convey the perfect feelings and emotions through words. Every class I take is a stepping stone to get me to my end career goals, which also helps drive my passion for learning.”

This biology and chemistry major wants her legacy in this world to be through helping animals, whether that’s through veterinary work, conservation or another wildlife biology direction. “A dream of mine would be to work with big cats at the Australia Zoo,” she says. We have little doubt she’ll achieve her dream.

Courage is another common trait amongst our Presidential Scholars — courage to try new things, and also the courage to ask for help. Emma encourages new students to reach out for help when they’re struggling. For her, leadership means trying to effect change however you can. She hopes that with everything she’s involved in, that others students see how you don’t have to hold yourself back if you’re passionate about what you’re doing.

She leads by example, stays open-minded and makes a concerted effort to show kindness and respect for others. “I try to use my voice to make a positive change when and where I can, and understand that I don’t always need to speak, sometimes I just need to listen.” More wise words from a Presidential Scholar.

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The Theatrical Ripple Effect of

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Dr. William R. Kershner is synonymous with Sweet Briar theatre. Before his retirement at the end of the last academic year, he was the center of the program for 34 years (he’s now an emeritus professor). Over the decades, he changed countless lives, helping women grow in confidence, technique, creativity, responsibility and teamwork.

Bill’s love of theatre began in high school. “I loved the idea of being part of a performance,” he reflects. “I loved being part of a group working for something larger than myself.” After his junior year, he spent a summer in England where he worked with a director on Shakespeare and fell in love with British drama and British culture. After receiving his B.A. from the University of Colorado, he went on to the University of Southern Califor-

nia for his M.A. and Ph.D. in drama.

His dissertation was on the British National Theater.

His first job was as an assistant professor of theatre at the University of Montana, where he taught for a number of years. Although he liked it there, he really wanted to be immersed in a liberal arts program. “I didn’t want to only direct or only teach directing,” Bill says. “I wanted to write. I really wanted to be able to do lots of things.”

Enter Sweet Briar College stage right.

Having come from large institutions,

Bill wasn’t sure what it would be like here. But it wasn’t long before his whole family fell in love with the campus and community. In fact, the move to Sweet Briar was a good opportunity for his wife, Nancy. While Bill was in graduate school, she had continued to work, and by coming to Sweet Briar, she had the opportunity to return to school. She graduated in 1990 with a degree in English and creative writing.

“I’m extremely grateful to Sweet Briar for giving us that opportunity,” Bill shares. “It was really a wonderful place to come for that reason and a great place to raise our children.”

As department chair, one of the most exciting challenges was the chance to build and develop a theatre and performing arts program of his own design. But for him, it’s all about the

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students. “Liberal arts students are so interesting,” he observes. “They have wide interests and that makes teaching them a joy.”

With Bill as a constant in the lives of theatre students and fans, he led the program through growth and change that was happening at a cultural and societal level. “When I was young, it wasn’t considered right to cast women in men’s roles,” Bill recalls. “This was one of the biggest shifts, and now, it’s become a legitimate artistic decision to cast women in these roles. And, you cast people of different ethnicities.

People relate to that.”

After more than 30 years and 60 productions, it is hard for him to name his favorite productions, but one piece that stands out is “Romeo and Juliet” in 2008 with Endstation Theatre, a company founded by his son Geoff.

The play took place outdoors in the grassy area in front of Benedict Hall. It was the perfect location for the play’s iconic balcony scene. Actors made use of Benedict’s double doors for dramatic entrances, and in the arcade, characters dueled.

Bill values the close friendships he formed across the College’s community.

Faculty and staff from all over campus joined students on stage. Truly, the program welcomed all: those pursuing a degree and those who joined for the

sheer fun of it and to try something new.

Indeed, that welcoming atmosphere is an inherent part of the program. “There are all different types of students involved in theatre,” says Bill. “I’ve had students who are not theatre majors play important roles. And, lots of engineering students were very interested in lighting, and some of them have gone on to tech careers where their background and experience have been useful. That’s one of the great things about teaching a liberal arts education.”

Participation in theatre teaches skills that last a lifetime. “[Actors] study the script, rehearse every night for six or seven weeks, and then perform,” observes Bill. “It is a kind of discipline that is really good for all of our characters.” In addition to discipline, theatre teaches empathy because you have to put yourself in another human being’s character. “You have to understand somebody who’s different. To do that is a wonderful experience for a student or for anybody,” he says. It also teaches a sense of obligation to others.

“There’s a sense of camaraderie in doing something difficult with a bunch of other people who have different talents—something that can’t be done unless you are all pulling together and doing your job,” shares Bill. “There’s a real feeling in that kind of performance

when you do that. You’ve been part of something that you could never do by yourself. Those are the things that are far greater than oneself, and that’s what people remember.”

Bill has left a lasting impression on Sweet Briar, been a beloved mentor to thousands of students and been a dear friend to countless others. We reached out to some of his students to see what kind of impact he had on them.

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Catherine Tooke ’11 Catherine studied theatre at Sweet Briar and received her M.A. in acting from Birmingham City University.

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She’s a secondary teacher and writer in London.

“Dr. Kershner, or DK, was always there to listen to whatever crisis I thought I had and was able to help me focus on what really mattered. The most powerful lesson I learned was to not make things too precious and that it is okay to fail because that’s how you learn. I have carried that throughout my life. Something is only a failure if you do not learn from it.

“Bill encouraged me to apply for acting grad programs during my final year, and because of that, I ended up going to the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in the UK which, in turn, gave me the confidence to travel the world.

Since leaving Sweet Briar I have been teaching around the world including in Japan, Australia and now the UK. I was given the tools to create and balance my own artistic projects alongside my teaching career, and I reflect often on the lessons I learned in the theatre since graduating in 2011. DK’s ability to see his students as artists was ultimately the most empowering aspect of my time at Sweet Briar.”

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Erin studied theatre at Sweet Briar and is an actor and arts educator in Los Angeles. Most recently she was in an episode of “The L Word: Generation Q.” Currently, she is an acting instructor at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts as well as an instructor at the New York Film Academy and Actors Comedy Studio.

“Bill instilled in me a love for theatre arts as well as for the academic study of theater. I’m still a total nerd for theatre history. He was a steadying and nurturing presence and was a huge part of my personal and artistic growth

during my college years.

“Anytime I’m rehearsing with myself, and I don’t quite hit it, I’ll hear Bill saying ‘Can I tell you something? Not like that.’ That was my favorite direction he would give in rehearsals. It always makes me laugh.

“He taught me to stay curious and open to the world around me; that it’s okay to be vulnerable and to show people my soft side; that being a leader means creating a safe space for creative expression and ideas; to never stop seeking knowledge; and that learning something just for the sake of learning holds intrinsic value.

“So much of who I am as a teacher and an artist stems from what I learned from Bill. He had a tremendous impact on the students who were lucky enough to know and work with this brilliant and warmhearted man.”

discussed theatre. His warmth and encouragement helped me feel more confident in my abilities and made me want to keep pushing myself to be the best I could be. He used to tell me, ‘you are a fine actress,’ and that meant so much to me coming from a person I looked up to and whose opinion I respected so highly. I remember the way he taught us how to be good actors, how to think about our characters and how to try new things.

“A particularly fond memory comes from my Acting II class. There were only four of us in the class, which was wonderful because it allowed us to get a lot of personal attention on our monologues. Mine was from a play called ‘The House of Blue Leaves,’ and I was portraying a character named Bananas who, as her name would suggest, is a schizophrenic. I wasn’t altogether sure on how to approach this. I had never done anything like it before. Dr. Kershner got up and walked with me around the space and gave me a new

Mayalin Quinones ’16 Mayalin studied psychology and musical theatre at Sweet Briar and is currently working at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.

“When I think of Dr. Kershner, I think of his encouragement, his joyous expression and the passionate way he

Quinones ’16 with Professor Kershner during her sophomore year for rehearsal of Richard III where she played the Duchess of York.

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Wendy Sullivan ’91

Ebet Davey ’12/’13 Ebet studied education, musical theatre and Spanish at Sweet Briar plus received her M.A. in elementary teaching and education from the College. Currently, Ebet is a fifthgrade school teacher with a focus on integrating the gifted curriculum into a general education setting.

“I worked with Dr. Kershner every year until I finished my master’s program. He would often look at my ‘schedule conflicts’ paper, shake his head, and say I had too many commitments. Despite that, he still cast me in shows. I felt like he trusted me to work hard, and so I gave every show everything I had. He modeled the kind of person I wanted to become as a professional and mentor.

“The first life lesson I learned from Dr. Kershner was about leadership.

Being a leader and director isn’t just about telling people what to do.

Dr. Kershner would pull you aside and have discussions about what needed to happen. He would regularly explain why the show called for something or why something wasn’t working. When I work with others, I remind myself that knowing why something needs to be done a certain way can be very helpful.

“Theatre has helped me keep a straight face in the classroom more than once. I have also co-directed two shows for elementary school students and was in a community theatre production a few years ago. Theatre has helped me be flexible and reminded me that mistakes can lead to masterpieces.”

Wendy studied theatre at Sweet Briar and is currently a paralegal in Alpharetta, Ga. She has been in the legal field for over 30 years and enjoys working through the intricacies of each story.

“No other professor positively impacted my education and development more than Bill. My experience in theatre helped me evolve into a better person through various opportunities. I learned to listen, problem solve and find creative solutions.

“Playing Puck in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ was a true highlight during my time at Sweet Briar. Being trusted with a principal role performed over Families Weekend provided a performer-audience exchange that was wonderfully magical for me. As usual, Bill managed to provide the right amount of instruction, balanced with creative license to make it a successful show and so much fun!

Sullivan ‘91

“I decided to try out for ‘Cabaret’ on a lark. Getting the role of a Kit Kat girl and then subsequent roles were key in boosting my self-confidence and overcoming my fear of speaking up and out. I learned to take on and embrace risks and the value and reward of hard work.”

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perspective and approach for acting. He said, ‘We are never going to understand what it’s like to be in the head of a mentally unstable character.

It’s beyond our scope. In this instance, you have to worry less about the internal and more about the external.

What are some traits and aspects we can see or hear that will show that this character is unstable?’ Sometimes you have to look at things in a different way and take a new approach.

That was a great lesson for me as an actor but also as a person.”

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The Class of 2020 experienced a lot during their time at Sweet Briar. They arrived in the fall of 2016, just as the College began to implement President Woo’s vision as an institution focused on women’s leadership, sustainability and innovation. Then, the pandemic hit just as they were about to start celebrating their achievements. They went home for spring break in March 2020, not knowing that they would be finishing the academic year remotely.

It truly was a strange and sad time, especially for this graduating class. In October 2020, Sweet Briar hosted a virtual commencement for the class, but because of the pandemic, our newest alumnae missed out on the unique Sweet Briar traditions and events that take place right before graduation.

Those traditions are an important right of passage for Sweet Briar alumnae and the alumnae office was

committed to helping these young women experience as many of them as possible. In the spring of 2021, the College was carefully monitoring the progress of the pandemic. With guidance from health officials, Sweet Briar made the decision to not only hold commencement in-person for the Class of 2021, but also bring back the Class of 2020 for a weekend so they could properly celebrate all that they have achieved.

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The celebratory weekend for the Class of 2020 kicked off on Friday, June 11, when alumnae arrived on campus and gathered for a welcome reception and happy hour in the Wailes Center courtyard. Friends, teammates and Sweet Briar sisters delighted in seeing each other and being on campus once again. After sharing cocktails, stories and memories, a graduation dinner was served.

“Being back was actually indescribable,” says Olympia LeHota ’20. “I made sure to take in every last second of my time there because I wasn’t sure when I’d be back. It was like falling in love all over again. In some moments, I would look around and start to tear up because of how much I missed my campus. I tried my best to make my college experience worthwhile and all of the good memories came rushing back.”

The weekend continued the next morning with a buffet breakfast in Prothro Hall. Following breakfast, the rest of Saturday’s events included Phi Beta Kappa inductions and the award ceremony in the Upper Quad. Other events included a float at the boathouse, cocktails in Daisy’s Garden at the Sweet Briar House, a Dell party and the baccalaureate ceremony in Mills Chapel, where students received their roses.

Olympia LeHota ’20 receives her rose from President Meredith Woo during the rose ceremony

“The rose ceremony was my favorite part of the weekend,” says Margaret Meier ’20. “Earning a rose is such an important part of the Sweet Briar experience and what I was most disappointed about not being able to do in 2020. I decorated my hat and wore my cords and grad school stole. It was a really lovely experience.”

“My speech at the rose ceremony touched on how life is like a rose, it’s beautiful and delicate but thorns are inevitable,” says Olympia. “The petals may wilt but they will always come back stronger in the next bloom.

Something that was important for me to say to the class was to be kind to yourself. If I’ve learned anything from this pandemic it’s how to be adaptable and look at things outside of my comfort zone.”

On Sunday morning, the Class of 2020 finally attended one of the most anticipated events—their Fancy Hat Brunch—at Hubbard House and said their final goodbyes to their sisters.

“I was most looking forward to the Fancy Hat Brunch, and I was not disappointed,” says Taylor Allen ’20.

“From the crêpe bar to the martini glasses filled with shrimp and grits, everything was beyond amazing. Plus, it was a very kind gesture to receive what we always referred to as ‘those fancy Prothro Thanksgiving and

Christmas plates.’ We were all talking about how we would mount them to our walls as soon as we got home.”

“Alumnae Relations worked very hard to deliver an experience the Class of 2020 could cherish forever,” says Julie Horton ’20. “ They hit it out of the park! From the first minute on campus till that last wave goodbye after brunch, we were pampered and made to feel that we were special.

Being back was actually indescribable” How sweet it was driving through the main gate, being greeted by campus safety and realizing that ‘yes, I’m back home again.’ Sweet, indeed.”

For many, it was a thoughtful way to truly close the chapter of their undergrad experience. “ The weekend meant closure,” says Taylor. “We will never have the official graduation with the robes and scrolls, but there is so much more that goes into Sweet Briar’s graduation. Getting the chance to have that time with friends and classmates to celebrate our special traditions was really the best way to officially end our time as students.”

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Victoria Stacpoole ’20 shows off the Sweet Briar plate that the alumnae relations office gave the class at Fancy Hat Brunch

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This year, after a 2020 event in the Dell because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Opening Convocation returned to the Murchison Lane Auditorium in the Babcock Fine Arts Center. While masks were up, the Sweet Briar community enjoyed being together and socializing over ice cream after the event.

After the processional of faculty and members of the president’s leadership team, President Meredith Woo took to the podium to officially open Sweet Briar College’s 116th session. She extended a special welcome to more than 200 new students and to over a dozen new faculty and staff members.

Next, Hannah Epstein ’22, SGA president, took the stage to speak directly to each class. She challenged students to use this time to discover who they are, who they want to be and where they excel both in their personal and academic lives.

Next, President Woo recognized our Dean of Student Life Kerry Greenstein, who joined the College in March, and the expertise and experience he brings. Through his leadership and the stellar student life team, the new student orientation week that culminated with Opening Convocation was a grand success.

Dean of the College Teresa Garrett

took the podium for the convocation address, touching on contraction and expansion in life, in the world and the universe. “Recently, we have lived a contracted life—traveling

Where can we expand? Where must we restrain?

We are surrounded by expansion and live in a universe that is expanding. It can be messy, and we must be open to change.” less, interacting less—but now some restrictions are relieved,” she said.

“Where can we expand? Where must we restrain? We are surrounded by expansion and live in a universe that is expanding. It can be messy, and we must be open to change.”

She went on: “Sweet Briar is a place where we have the opportunity to grow, change and expand our lives.

Expand your voice. We all have something to say. Just like we cultivate our land, be a cultivator of your voice.

Where and how will you expand your voice? Your skills? Do something you haven’t done before. You don’t have to be an expert at it. I tried surfing and am OK at being moderately competent because, above all, I enjoyed the time with my family and being in nature. Pursue adventures that make your heart race and give you peace and calm. Where can you be more bold and adventurous?”

President Woo retuned to the podium and charged the community to listen and be ready to learn. “Democracy is an agreement that we will not kill each other through differences.

We will talk, walk and think our way through cultural and political differences,” she said. “Before you hold on to your cultural comfort level, always be beholden to truth. Your obligation is to observe facts through education and evidence. History teaches, informs, delights and, often, disappoints us. Always be ready to learn. Be a stellar example of what it means to be democratic citizens.”

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Residence Hall Refresh Arriving at college for the very first time can be a pretty intimidating feeling. You’re in a new place with new people and have a new schedule.

And, you don’t have the comfort of your familiar home and bedroom.

Residence halls and dorm rooms play an enormous role in a student’s college experience. It’s her new home, safe space, personal domain and where many memories are made and lifelong friendships are forged.

Thanks to the generous gifts from our alumnae and friends of the College, this summer, several residence halls received a few renovations to help continue to make the College a true home-away-from-home for students.

“The goal of the residence hall updates is to better utilize all the

The newly updated parlor in Randolph Hall

spaces we have to help build community amongst the students,” says Dean of Students Kerry Greenstein. “The updates right now are mostly focusing on the common areas: lounges and parlors. We want to make these spaces a place where students can gather, study, hang out with friends and enjoy each others' company. The real challenge to all of this is making the spac-

es fit the needs and wants of today's student, while honoring the historic nature of many of our residence halls.

One of the biggest things I've heard from students since arriving at Sweet Briar is the need for a community space. I think these updates are really going to move us in that direction, and the students I've shared these ideas with seem excited.”

Fiscal year 2021 was a banner year for gifts to the College, with giving to the Sweet Briar Fund exceeding the College’s initial $5 million goal. Total unrestricted giving to the Sweet Briar Fund reached $7,735,696, as alumnae and friends responded to the global COVID-19 pandemic with increased generosity. Together, restricted and unrestricted gifts totaled $12,920,395. This includes restricted gifts and grants to support initiatives such as the Willits Food System Fellows, new and increased scholarships, the rehabilitation of the Randolph Hall parlor and continued work on historic preservation.

Other contributions also supported strategic priorities including the College’s agricultural enterprises (the vineyards, greenhouse and apiary), the construction of the health center, renovations to the riding center, Presidential Scholarships, further development of the women’s leadership core curriculum, the stabilization of the Outing Cabin and Boathouse, and more. The total fundraising outcome amounts to $15.8 million.

This was also a championship year for participation, with 25.2% of our alumnae making gifts to the College—the

highest alumnae participation rate since 2016.

“Our alumnae network is vast and deep, and this year reminds us that we can accomplish so much together,” said Mary Pope M. Hutson ’83, senior vice president for alumnae relations, development and communications. “I am deeply grateful to alumnae and friends whose personal commitment to Sweet Briar is the hallmark of our community.”

President Meredith Woo also expressed her gratitude: “ This place and its people are truly superlative. Every member of this community rolls up her or his sleeves and gets to work toward our common goal: educating young women who will go on to make history. I am so grateful to all of our alumnae and friends for their support.”

Since 2015, Sweet Briar’s supporters have contributed $91.5 million to student scholarships, faculty and academic programs, the stewardship of the College’s natural and built environment, and strategic initiatives that make Sweet Briar innovative and attractive to young women across the country and around the world. Sweet Briar College is truly one of a kind.

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In August, Sweet Briar welcomed 205 new students, the College’s largest incoming class since 2013. Total enrollment for the 2021-2022 academic year is 457.

These women have joined the Sweet Briar family from across the country and world. They hail from 42 states and 19 countries: Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Nepal, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone and Venezuela.

Sweet Briar’s continued growth can be attributed to a bold rethinking of the liberal arts model under President Meredith Woo’s leadership. The College’s innovative women’s leadership core gives students a foundation in the values, skills, knowledge and perspectives essential for twenty-first century leadership and its 3-12-123-week academic calendar increases

their families. Students cite the womopportunities for intensive, immeren’s leadership core curriculum, the sive learning. The campus itself took wealth of academic and co-curricular center stage as sustainability and opportunities, the close-knit comagricultural initiatives, incorporated munity and the sheer beauty of the into academic and co-curricular life, campus as their reasons for becoming became a cornerstone of the College’s a Sweet Briar woman. strategy. The ABET-accred“Around the world, ited engineering program Read more we’re seeing a new is hard-wired to immerse about interest in and an students in project-based, Sweet Briar’s increasing demand hands-on learning right athletic for women’s equalifrom the start, and is one of excellence and ty; a real hunger for only two degree-granting success on women’s leadership,” engineering programs at a page 6. said President Woo. women’s college in the U.S. “Sweet Briar is ready In 2018, Sweet Briar also to meet this need. It’s reset its business model, becoming the destination college for lowering its tuition by 32%, making women who want to learn how to lead it a competitive alternative to flagship the world into a more just, inclusive public universities and ensuring its and sustainable future.” affordability and accessibility.

President Woo’s vision for Sweet Briar and the liberal arts clearly has resonated with young women and

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This year, Reunion was twice the fun as we celebrated two sets of class years that marked milestone reunions since graduating (5th, 10th, 15th, etc.). Due to the pandemic, Reunion 2020 was postponed, and so classes ending in 0s and 5s joined the 1s and 6s for special events during the extended weekend.

It was perfect Virginia summer weather and the campus looked amazing, as usual.

After having gone through 2020, it was especially sweet to welcome our alumnae and their families back to campus, and watch everything come alive. The traditional white tents with pink and green lights were

set up in the Quad to welcome everyone’s arrival with a reception.Throughout the weekend, the tours continued while alumnae and their families explored campus and visited all their favorite spots. The Classes of 1970 and 1971 celebrated their 50th Reunions with dinners in the Cochran Library. The Classes of 1995 and 1996 celebrated their 25th Reunion with a picnic at the Boathouse.

Then, of course, there was the Dell Party on Friday evening and the big dinner and dancing event in Prothro on Saturday night.

The food, music and dancing lived up to their reputation!

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President Woo updates Reunion attendees about what is happening at Sweet Briar

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As we do every year at Reunion, we honored the winners of the Distinguished and Outstanding Alumnae Awards. The only difference is that we had two years’ worth of amazing women to honor.

Read all about our award winners on page 48.

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“The initiatives set forth by President Woo and her leadership team have taken root and were evident throughout campus from the luscious vineyards planted along the dairy walk to the greenhouse where students were selling a wide range of vegetables. It meant so much to reconnect with my classmates on our beautiful campus for our 25th reunion!”

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– Catherine Lanter Carrick ’96

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NEW FISCAL YEAR, NEW FUNDRAISING GOALS

Since alumnae and friends of Sweet Briar saved Sweet Briar in 2015, we have made significant progress toward finding the right balance between revenue from students— tuition, room and board—and charitable contributions from donors. As our enrollment has grown over these past six years, reaching more than 450 this fall, our income from tuition, room and board has reclaimed its position as the most significant stream of revenue. That is the sign of a healthy college! And while the percentage of philanthropic gifts in the budget has decreased, giving is still critical to Sweet Briar’s operations.

The 2021-2022 goal for the Sweet Briar Fund—our unrestricted giving fund—is $5 million. The fundraising goal for restricted gifts is $500,000 to support designated areas of Sweet Briar’s educational mission.

We have reinvented the Sweet Briar experience for a new generation, while remaining true to the College’s enduring character. We invite you to become our partner in these efforts before the end of this fiscal year on June 30, 2022.

With your gift to the Sweet Briar Fund, you can help us navigate the enormous challenges of our time and deliver on our promise to our students.

Your support this year will underwrite our most vital priorities.

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Each year, Sweet Briar offers scholarships totaling nearly $4 million. However, we believe that more students than ever will need help as their families cope with the financial fallout of COVID-19. You can help us answer this need, which will not only help us retain existing students, but will also fuel enrollment growth. Scholarships are also our best tool to attract the brightest students to Sweet Briar, furthering the College’s tradition of academic distinction.

Faculty Support One of the many hallmarks of a Sweet Briar education is the devotion of our faculty to fostering our students’ academic growth. Dedicated and talented faculty make an indelible impression that ignites curiosity and inspires students to learn and lead. By making gifts in support of faculty scholarship, research and development, you invest in the lives and careers of each Sweet Briar student.

Stewardship of our Natural and Built Environment Sweet Briar’s renewal is evident from the view of Monument Hill and freshly-manicured trails to our thriving vineyards, 20-hive apiary, bustling 26,000-square foot greenhouse and newly-renovated riding center. We have also completed an assessment for the rehabilitation of our 21-building National Register Historic District. Your gift to support our campus will ensure an inviting and supportive campus where excellence thrives.

No matter how you came to know and love Sweet Briar, every member of our community—including alumnae, students, faculty and staff members, parents, family members and friends—knows how special and important women’s education truly is. As we have done in previous years, we are

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A Note About Participation At Sweet Briar, we consider all women who applied for admission and attended for Sweet Briar for one full semester to be alumnae, regardless of their degreed status. Using our traditional all-alumnae calculation, our final alumnae participation rate for the 2020-2021 fiscal year was 25.2%. This year, we have set a goal to reach 30% among alumnae. If you are interested in helping your class leadership team reach out to your classmates to encourage giving to Sweet Briar, please contact Lee Anne MacKenzie Chaskes ’83, director of the Sweet Briar Fund, at lachaskes@sbc.edu.

However, our traditional way of calculating participation is just one method. The Voluntary Support of Education (VSE) method calculates the participation rate of an institution by only factoring the participation of degreed alumni of an institution. This VSE method of calculation is used by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education and by U.S. News and World Report in its college and university rankings. This method allows us to more accurately compare Sweet Briar’s participation rate with that of other institutions. According to the VSE calculation, Sweet Briar’s alumnae participation rate for 2020-2021 was 33.9%.

Making a gift to the Sweet Briar Fund is easy to do.

1. Make a gift online. sbc.edu/give

the enclosed pre-addressed 2. Use envelope to send in a check. other types of gifts, please 3. For call the Office of Alumnae Relations and Development at 434-381-6131.

Notify Sweet Briar if you have included the College in your estate plans.

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emphasizing the value and impact of participation on our community—there is no greater demonstration of loyalty to Sweet Briar than a gift to support the needs and mission of the College.

The world is a challenging place—all the more so during the ongoing pandemic. Sweet Briar College, however, has a distinctive competency for resilience. It is a capacity honed over our 120-year history and anchored in our promise to one another and to the young women we serve. Your gift to the Sweet Briar Fund in this fiscal year will allow us to continue to be flexible as circumstances change quickly—so that there is nothing that we cannot do.

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The Sweet Briar College Athletic Association decided to build a cabin on the College grounds in the 1935-1936 school year. With the blessing of President Meta Glass, students selected a site on Paul’s Mountain the following year to erect what became known as the Outing Cabin. Students lent a helping hand to the superintendent of the Sweet Briar Farm, J. Edwin Dinwiddie, local tradesman who cut, hewed and cured the logs, which were harvested on site. The students used the lacrosse field to lay out the logs and boards for the walls and windows, and the Outing Cabin was ready for a retreat from academic life in May 1938.

The Boathouse is mentioned briefly in The Story of Sweet Briar by Martha Lou Lemmon Stohlman ’34 as the idea of John McBryde, member of the College’s first board of

Students work on the outing cabin construction in 1938.

trustees and president of Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech). McBryde became superintendent for plan-

ning the construction of the College and he spared no attention to detail in envisioning Sweet Briar’s campus.

We also have McBryde to thank for inviting Ralph Adams Cram to design a beautiful campus for Sweet Briar College. Based on historic references to boathouses on campus in a few publications, we estimate that there was a boathouse constructed on Lower Lake in the early days of the College that was later replaced with our current Boathouse, the drawings for which are dated 1941.

The importance of recreation and using our campus for learning and enjoyment has never been more obvious than during the COVID-19 pandemic.

As a result, in the spring of 2021, the college prioritized a Boathouse and Outing Cabin stabilization initiative.

This initiative addressed structural needs at the Outing Cabin including a new roof, attention to the logs hewn in the late 1930s and the chinking that joins them, as well as examining the structure for its soundness. Like the Outing Cabin, the Boathouse got a new roof. In addition, the wood siding on the addition was replaced and repainted, the logs and chinking were repaired, the stone chimney was stabilized and the windows were replaced.

The Boathouse was also updated with a splitter air conditioning unit. Thanks to our Sweet Work Week volunteers this past summer, the Boathouse also got a new coat of fresh white paint on all of the trim.

While seeking the $90,000 in funding required for the stabilization of these two historic structures—a goal

that alumnae and friends achieved quickly—we asked our community for memories and photos. We heard of many weekend retreats at the Outing Cabin, SWEBOP (the Sweet Briar College Outdoor Program) training and camping adventures, and QV gatherings. As for the Boathouse, the memories truly ran the gamut—right down to the car that almost rolled into Lower Lake. There were recollections of canoe outings, community events, past Cardboard Boat Regattas, and of course, Boathouse parties.

Sweet Briar’s campus community and students are grateful to the alumnae and friends who donated to this important project and we look forward to creating memories for many years to come.

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President Meredith Woo and Cornelia Matson ’58 toast to the newly named vineyard tract

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Stormy skies that quickly clear are a familiar phenomenon in our part of the country. Sudden shifts like these also are familiar to our Sweet Briar family. We weather storms with remarkable energy and come out on the other side with a clear purpose.

The success of Sweet Briar is possible because of tens of thousands of people over the course of its history: students, faculty, staff and donors. In late September, an exceptional group of donors joined the board of directors on campus for a series of dedication events to honor these special members of our community with a quintessentially Sweet Briar blend of wellness, faith, vineyards and horses.

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The dedication tour began at the vineyard, where Cornelia Matson ’58 was honored for her gift that helped make the acres of grapes a reality. In 2019, we planted rootstock for chardonnay, cabernet sauvignon, merlot and cabernet franc varietals, which were identified as most appropriate for Sweet Briar’s microclimate.

“Sweet Briar’s vision of revitalizing its land and investing in agricultural operations as a means of supporting both its own future and that of its students is one that is shared by Cornelia Long Matson, Class of 1958,” stated President Meredith Woo. “Cornelia’s investment in Sweet Briar’s agricultural enterprises is helping the

College realize its vision to renew its lands and foster a culture of sustainability throughout its community.”

After tasting some of the cabernet sauvignon grapes, with the picturesque backdrop of Merlot Tract #1, Cornelia shared how she came into the business of owning a vineyard.

As she and her husband Dick were looking for a home in the French countryside, they came across one with a vineyard. It was never part of the plan, but Cornelia recalled with a laugh what she said to Dick, “Well, you like wine…” Combine that with her family’s agricultural heritage, and they made the leap into viticulture.

Cornelia commended Sweet Briar for

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President Woo began by thanking her equine teachers Ray and Blues, on whom she took her first riding lessons with Mimi in 2019. “Because more than one third of our students ride, either for competition or recreation,” she said, “I felt it was important for me to learn to ride, and better understand the traditions, accomplishments and needs of our equestrian program and bond with Sweet Briar’s horsewomen.”

President Woo continued by proudly congratulating the team once again on their ODAC and NCEA championship titles. “To elevate the equestrian program to an even higher level, meet the needs and expectations of a rapidly increasing student body, and provide the best quality care to our horses, the Harriet Howell Rodgers Riding

Center had to be renovated, updated and refreshed.”

Richard “Dick” Clark Colton, Jr., understood that need. An avid horseman who breeds, trains and races, he wanted a way to honor his mother, Howell Lykes Colton ’38. From her childhood years through her time at Sweet Briar, Howell was a dedicated horsewoman.

She was the student head of riding, and her love of horses stayed strong throughout her life.

“Always quick to help others,” shared President Woo, “Dick’s philanthropic interests have been spurred by his long struggle with cancer and the desire to give back.” In his speech, Dick shared how much joy it brings him to see his gift come to fruition and be able to meet the students who will benefit from his generosity. “When’s the next championship?” he asked them with a smile. “This year!” they responded in

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its vision and keen interest in supporting Virginia’s local and growing wine industry.

Cornelia ended her remarks by calling attention to the roses planted at the head of each row of vines. “This is a centuries old practice in France,” she explained. “Roses are the first to indicate a problem with the vines. If the roses are healthy, the grapes are healthy.” The symbolism of the lush rose bushes was not lost on the guests with the College’s motto of “She who earns the rose may bear it.”

The next stop on the donor recognition tour was the Harriet Howell Rogers Riding Center. Our honorary donors, their families and our board members were greeted by Director of Riding Mimi Wroten ’93 and members of the NCEA and IHSA equestrian teams and Friends of Riding. Everyone gathered outside the west wing of the

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unison to rounds of cheers.

For Dick, renovating the stables was the perfect way to honor his mother and her contributions to Sweet Briar’s equestrian legacy. “Her time at Sweet Briar was easily the happiest days of her life,” he said. “When my sisters and I see pictures of her from that time, her face flows with joy.” Dick’s gift allowed the College to move ahead with the stable renovation project. “His contribution also helped us secure other gifts for the stables, as well as gifts for the renovation of the Riding Center’s Bailey Room and for courtyard landscaping,” explained President Woo. “Donors to the riding center renovation project, in addition to Dick Colton, include Lele Casalini, Susan Mueller, Toni Massie, William Passano, as well as an anonymous giver, and the Friends of Riding, many of whom are with us today.”

Mimi then shared how much this renovation is impacting the riding program now and how it will continue to do so well into the future. She also

honored the past by thanking Harriet Rogers, Clayton Bailey, Paul Cronin and Shelby French for their dedication, leadership and skill at developing and operating one of the top equestrian programs in the country.

In another show of generosity, Dick shared how he brought another guest of honor with him, Seeking Albert, a smokey black Thoroughbred gelding.

Seeking Albert, a promising steeplechase horse, is now the newest member of Sweet Briar’s equine family. Dick’s trainer, Arch Kingsley, Jr., shared how this special horse was a perfect fit for the College. “He’s talented, kind and good looking,” Arch said. “All the things you want in a horse.” After the ribbon cutting, Arch brought out Seeking Albert for all to admire. It was evident that he also felt the energy in the air as he strutted around the courtyard.

After a blessing of the stables by Rev. Makanah Morris ’66, donors, board members and students mingled and shared stories while touring the stables,

courtyard and beautiful new Bailey Room.

The third stop on this special day was the health center in the lower level of the chapel. “For as long as I have been at Sweet Briar,” said President Woo, “I’d been talking with the cabinet and the board about the need for an on-campus health clinic. With our enrollment growing, we were determined to address this need as soon as feasible, because a new, on-campus health center would visibly signal to the entire Sweet Briar community and to prospective students and their families, that we were committed to their health, safety and wellbeing.”

Then, the COVID-19 pandemic hit.

Suddenly, the health center became an immediate need, central to reopening the campus in the fall of 2020. The project began in May 2020 and the new health center opened in early October 2020 in partnership with HealthWorks and Horizon Behavioral Health. This investment in caring for our students will serve the campus for years to come.

“Ministering to our students’ health and wellbeing is a responsibility that speaks deeply to the concerns and interests of Keenan Colton Kelsey, Sweet Briar College Class of 1966 and member of the Sweet Briar College Board of Directors,” shared President Woo. “Keenan has been a staunch advocate of wellness of mind, through her support of education, particularly single-sex education; of wellness of the earth, through her environmental activism; and of wellness of the spirit, through her role as an ordained Presbyterian pastor.” “[Keenan] has been a visionary donor to the College,” President Woo continued. “Her contributions have included major gifts to the Sweet Briar Fund and support for the Howell Lykes Colton Scholarship Fund, which Keenan, her brother Richard, and her

sister Elizabeth established in their mother’s honor. Keenan, like her mother, exemplifies what is best about Sweet Briar women.”

As Keenan began her remarks, she noted how everyone might have figured out this day was a family affair, with her brother Dick having just been recognized for his gift to the stables. “At reunion in 2015, we were taking all the photos everywhere we could,” she recalled. Then, she encountered a group of alumnae who declared, “This is not a done deal. (l-r) Senior Director of Alumnae Relations Claire Dennison Griffith ’80, Olan Mills, Norma Patteson Mills ’60, and Not on our watch!”

Senior Vice President Mary Pope Hutson ’83 Keenan swiftly connected activities and shared how honored she stop was the chapel—a fitting end to with that group of women, was to take part in the dedication of a meaningful day.

Built in 1964, the and the rest is history. the chapel in Norma and Olan Mills’ chapel has supported the spiritual Keenan’s remarks were filled with practices of students from all faith tra- honor. “This is a gentle healing space,” words and phrases often associated she said. “We seek a holistically healthy ditions. President Woo and Vice Preswith Sweet Briar. “This place gave me and balanced life, and this has been a ident Mary Pope Hutson ’83 wanted the opportunity to find my identity, place to overcome challenges and seek to honor this special building at the my sense of responsibility,” she shared. solutions. Here, we gain new insights, heart of campus, and they determined She used her words to paint a picture new understandings and a new sense the best way to do that. When Norof what this place means to her and so of being. We come here to search, ma Patteson Mills ’60, received a call many others: loyalty, kindness, justice, to find and to be found. Norma and from the president and vice president, determination, teaching, encourageOlan’s support will ripple out over “I could guess what they might want ment, modeling, preparation, compasgenerations, bringing healing to all to talk to me about,” Norma laughed. sion, vision. who enter.”

“But I was wrong.”

Norma, who grew Keenan has been a part of the ColNorma and Olan were clearly moved up in Amherst, and her husband, Olan lege’s transformation from recovery to by the dedication ceremony. “I am Mills, were to be recognized for their a new awakening to creating a more grateful and overwhelmed,” shared support of the College by having the just and sustainable earth. Standing in Norma. “As I stand here, I am overchapel named in their honor. the courtyard outside the health center, whelmed. This is so very special.”

“They certainly harbor a deep apshe calls attention to this special corner Momentum is a powerful force, one preciation for the spiritual lives of the of the Quad that now houses health, that Sweet Briar women and their communities they are part of,” said wellness and faith services. “We must families know a little something about.

President Woo, “as demonstrated by extend health to healing to encompass These dedication events exemplify the their service to others and their many wellness,” she said. “Wellness is commomentum and energy that is building munity and to have faith in one’s ability philanthropic commitments.” at Sweet Briar.

Rebecca Dilling, visiting assistant and in the future. I dedicate this center professor of education, is involved in for the greater good.” the College’s faith-based groups and This grand dedication tour’s final

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Grants Support Sweet Briar’s Programs and Initiatives

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Sweet Briar’s innovative academic program and supportive, hands-on learning environment have not only resonated with our current and prospective students and their families—as evidenced by our increasing enrollments and the College’s growing reputation—they’ve also struck a chord with our philanthropic supporters.

If you’ve read the heartfelt messages of gratitude we’ve sent to our alumnae and friends, as well as our press coverage, you already know that gifts to the Sweet Briar Fund in 2020/2021 soared beyond our fundraising goal. That’s terrific news, but it’s not the whole story. There’s more to tell, because Sweet Briar also garnered significant levels of grant support from a variety of organizational donors, ranging from family foundations to regional and national foundations, and from government agencies to corporations.

These awards supported a wide variety of programs and initiatives. Unrestricted gifts from the Mezzanotte Foundation, the Pauley Family Foundation and the Tianaderrah Foundation supported all aspects of Sweet Briar’s educational mission. Many of our funders have a special focus on helping students. The Al Stroobants Foundation and the Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation granted scholarships to support students from the greater Lynchburg area, while a grant from the Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation funded scholarships to students from nine states across the South. An award from the Scion Natural Science Association and two grants from the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges (VFIC) supported students conducting independent research, and funding from the Willits Foundation established the Willits Fellows Program. (Read

GIVING more about the Willits Fellows and the Honors Summer Research Program on page 16).

Grants also benefitted our faculty. Thanks to a Mednick Memorial Fellowship from the VFIC, Professor Kimberly Morse Jones spent the summer carrying out archival research in the United Kingdom for her forthcoming four-volume study of British art criticism from the late 18th through the early 20th centuries. The Thomas F. and Kate Miller Jeffress Memorial Trust is funding Professor Michelle Gervasio’s research on developing computer models of the behaviors of microplastics suspended in water, as a means to help alleviate this kind of environmental pollutant.

Professor Lisa Powell’s grant from Pepsi Co.’s Zero Impact Fund is supporting composting efforts on campus, helping us all to be better environmental stewards.

Sweet Briar’s priority initiatives are also attracting grant support. The Jessie Ball duPont Fund, in the latest of a series of grants to the College supporting student retention and success, has provided funds for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, including a bridge program for students who are low-income, of color and/or first generation and a series of focus groups about the campus climate. Support from the Mountain Laurel Foundation and from an anonymous foundation helped fund renovations to the main stables and the Bailey Room at the Harriet Howell Rogers Riding Center. An award from the Richard S. Reynolds Foundation supported vegetation control and drainage repairs around the foundations of some of the buildings in the Historic District. A grant from the VFIC helped us repair

one of our major campus walkways, while funds from the Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation are supporting the campus trails.

Sweet Briar was likewise the recipient of COVID relief grants from a variety of federal and state agencies. Three respective awards from the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund of the CARES Act and subsequent federal programs gave Sweet Briar funding for both student and institutional aid. Grants from the VFIC supported the purchase of personal protective equipment as well as student relief.

A grant from the Virginia Department of Education was specifically targeted toward aiding students from the Commonwealth, while funds from the Virginia CARES Act/ State Council of Higher Education for Virginia supported the construction and operations of our new health center, much-needed technology upgrades, and PPE purchases. A U. S. Department of Commerce grant from the Amherst County CARES Nonprofit Support Program helped the College offset lost revenue from auxiliary programs that were cancelled due to the pandemic.

As these examples attest, grants from organizational donors play an essential role in Sweet Briar’s ability to invest in its curriculum, its students and faculty, and its natural and built environment, respond to the challenges of COVID-19, and more. We will continue to seek grant funding for the College’s programs, and look forward to private and public organizations partnering with us in the education of the next generation of women leaders.

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Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021 Since 2012, Giving Tuesday has grown into a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give. We hope you’ll participate in Giving Tuesday this year by giving to the organizations you care about—and if one of those organizations is Sweet Briar, well, so much the better!

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A Neverending story:

The pursuit of education From elementary to higher education and from teacher to principal to dean, these four Sweet Briar alumnae demonstrate a passion for learning, sharing knowledge and helping others succeed. We spoke to them about their own educational journeys, their professional paths and the impact of the current pandemic on their work.

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Eileen Scully works at Bennington College in Vermont and is an expert in some of the world’s most difficult challenges: human trafficking and laws that impact the coming, going and staying of destitute, physically disabled migrants.

Her educational path is certainly impressive. After receiving her B.A. in history and politics at Sweet Briar (and studying abroad at Exeter University in England), Eileen found herself at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Mandarin Training Center in Taiwan for language studies and then at Georgetown University in D.C. where she received her M.A. in Russian area studies.

After that, she tried a few different jobs before returning to Georgetown and the Pushkin Institute in Moscow for a Ph.D. in history. A Social Science Research Center MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in international peace

and security took her to Harvard Law School and to the Henry Dunant Institute in Geneva, Switzerland, and for six years she taught at Princeton University. Then in 2014, she received her M.S. in conflict mediation from Champlain College where she focused on local and regional conflicts over land use and historic preservation.

But she arrived at Sweet Briar like so many do: as a legacy. “My sister Angela Scully ’77 opened the way for me,” says Eileen. “I was drawn to Sweet Briar by its strong liberal arts focus, low student-faculty ratio and beautiful campus. After struggling through physics and coming to terms with my utter inaptitude for music, I gravitated toward history and politics.”

Eileen flourished in the single-sex environment. “It helped me find my voice,” she says. “Looking back, what is most memorable is that I was taken seriously by my

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Eileen Scully ’78 (right) and her sister Angela Scully ’77 hiked the California coast from Santa Cruz to Monterey this past summer.

dance, voice, ceramics and so on, all on Zoom! The administration really stepped up to support faculty with technology, training and a great mix of support and respect.”

“We went fully remote in March 2020, with students required to leave campus,” she says. “I didn’t appreciate how students experienced this until a group in my public history class created a pop-up museum that gathered texts, emails, images, interviews and so on, that cumulatively conveyed just how profound, and even traumatic, these experiences were and have been from the student perspective.”

Considering the possible long-term impact of the pandemic, Eileen notes that “faculty in most places have long resisted distance learning, thinking it would dilute the undergraduate experience. Now that we are moving past the emergency, it’s clear that remote teaching and learning can be done well, and that it offers valuable options for students, staff and faculty.”

When asked what advice she has for students, Eileen offers this: “Whatever your major, be sure to take an ethics course or two so that you come away from college with strong foundations in your sense of morality.”

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professors. They listened to me in class and were generous with their time outside of class.”

Some of her most memorable faculty include Joan Kent, Gerald Berg, Milan Hapala, Lysbeth Muncy, Michael Richards, Harold Whiteman and Reynold Burrows. Eileen shares three moments that delivered a range of learning experiences: “Defending my senior thesis in a session that included a professor invited from UVA; giving a presentation in Harold Whiteman’s diplomatic history class; and most valuable of all, Lysbeth Muncy listening to my explanation of German fascism then looking at me with her stern kindness and saying ‘No, that’s wrong, totally incorrect.’”

Eileen adds that it wasn’t until she attended graduate school that she appreciated how well regarded these various professors were in their fields outside of Sweet Briar.

As her Sweet Briar graduation date approached, “I realized that I should be figuring out my next steps, otherwise I would end up in my childhood bedroom with a graduation tassel hanging from the lamp.” Seeking advice, she went to the librarian, who suggested studying abroad, which led to a trip to Hong Kong to study Chinese through Yale University. Following that sojourn, she returned to her study of history.

“I naturally gravitate to history because I have always had a sort of double-vision, where I look over the shoulder of what, and who, are in front of me, to see what long chain of events brought things and people together into that moment,” Eileen explains.

When asked how she thinks higher education has changed, she remarks on its similarity to the service industry with faculty being service providers. “I don’t see this as a bad thing!” she clarifies. “It’s certainly preferable to earlier models grounded in professorial privilege. The challenge is to resist a sort of uberization of the profession, teaching on-demand, facilitated by deans of customer service.”

Eileen feels fortunate at Bennington, where she has taught since 2000. “We have a small faculty that frequently interact and even co-teach,” she notes, “and this has broadened my perspective and repertoire of teaching tools.”

“I’m amazed at how well Bennington College navigated the pandemic,” Eileen remarks. “Colleagues shifted to remote teaching with grace and creativity. I was especially impressed by colleagues in the visual and performing arts—teaching

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Since 2008, Heidi Trude has taught every level of high school French. After 11 years at Skyline High School in Front Royal, Va., in 2019, she joined Loudoun Valley High School in Purcellville, Va., where she is a French teacher, the world languages and cultures department chair and is a valuable resource for her colleagues with tech integration.

Heidi, who received her B.A. in French, went on to the University of Mary Washington for her M.Ed. and then to the University of Colorado, Boulder, for a certificate in educational and instructional technology, which she uses to integrate tech into the world language curriculum and provide faculty training. She also is a Google-certified trainer and educator and launched her website, Tech with Trude. “I have always loved integrating technology into my lessons,” she says. “Technology opens so many doors when teaching a world language.”

Heidi has presented at professional conferences such as the Foreign Language Association of Virginia (where she is the president-elect) and the Southern Conference on Language Teaching (where she is a board member). Heidi also is a member of the executive board of the American Association of Teachers of French, Virginia chapter.

In addition to receiving numerous regional, state and national awards for language education, Heidi created

an international partnership between Skyline High School and Lycée-Bazin in Charleville-Mézières, France, to engage her students with the French language and culture. “We have been working together since 2012 and have developed some amazing collaborative projects,” she shared.

When it came time to choose a college, Sweet Briar’s small class sizes and close community sealed the deal for Heidi. To this day, memories of Step Signing, Founders’ Day and Lantern Bearing linger for her. “I also cherished my time working in the chaplain’s office as a Sweet Spirit and having the opportunity to work with the others who remain some of my close friends to this day,” she shares.

Of course, as for many alumnae, it isn’t just relationships with classmates that have stood the test of time. The friendships and mentoring she received from faculty were central to her Sweet Briar experience.

In particular, she’s thankful for the lessons she learned from faculty in the history and French departments.

“I wouldn’t be the woman I am today without Angelo Metzidakis, Marie-Therese Killiam and Lynn Laufenberg. They pushed me to new levels and challenged me in ways I didn’t think possible. I entered Sweet Briar as a shy young woman, unsure of her place in the world, and as a result of the lessons I learned and the guidance

to be creators, collaborators, comof my professors, I left Sweet municators and critical thinkers.”

Briar as a confident woman “Our students want to be actively who not only knew who she engaged in the classroom. They no was, but wasn’t afraid to share longer want lectures,” she explains. those skills and knowledge with “They want to explore topics that others.” are interesting to them and are Heidi didn’t decide to be a relevant to their lives. teacher until her senior year at This focus on connection was put Sweet Briar. “I knew I wanted to the test during the pandemic. to do something with French “We started [fall 2020] completely but wasn’t quite sure what,” she virtual with four days of synchroremembers. Then, Chaplain nous instruction and one day of Adam White asked her to tutor Heidi Trude ’07 was joined by her Sweet Briar French professor Angelo Metzidakis (right) and Karl Cogard, educational attaché his daughter in French. “Work- from the Embassy of France (left), at the 2016 AATF Convention asynchronous instruction. During in Austin, Tx., where she was recognized as a Future Leader in my distance learning classes, there ing with Chaplain White’s were some classes where students daughter opened my eyes to the the American Association of Teachers of French. turned their cameras on and were possibility of teaching. I loved actively engaged and then there were other classes that only creating engaging activities and interesting ways to help his had a few cameras on. I was not going to force students to daughter understand French.”

That realization led to graduate work in education at Mary turn their cameras on, but I did appreciate the ones who did as it provided us with that human connection.”

Washington, during which she lived at home, did substitute Heidi collaborated with teaching during the day and other French teachers in took classes at night. It was Loudoun County each week hard work, but Heidi has to create lessons and activno regrets. “My students are I left Sweet Briar as a confident ities. “We had to find new my motivation and inspirawoman who not only knew ways to engage our students tion,” she shares. “I want my and make the language accesstudents to see themselves who she was, but wasn’t afraid sible to them,” she says. “Even as global citizens who make with my tech background, I positive and meaningful to share those skills and was not as prepared as I could contributions to society. have been to make distance While my students learn knowledge with others.” learning effective. There were many lessons in my classtimes when it felt like we room, what I really want were trying to fly the plane as them to discover is an unwe were still building it.” derstanding and appreciation of other cultures and people In February 2021, she transitioned to hybrid teaching by communicating in another language.” where some students attended class, but the majority were When asked how students today compare to her own still at home. “The hybrid model was probably more exexperience, she says it’s all about the method of interaction, hausting than distance learning as I now had to focus my atvoice and choice. “We are still teaching young adults, but tention on two groups of learners at the same time, keeping the ways that we engage them and interact with them have them both involved and engaged.” changed. When I first started teaching, I used some techThis fall, her school is back to in-person learning with nology, but it was more for me as the teacher and not for the masks. “I actually plan on keeping some of the lessons and students.” After trying out Chromebooks in the classroom, activities that I created during the pandemic. I do hope that she started to see the power of student voice and choice in the spirit of collaboration and support amongst colleagues the classroom. “Technology allows my students to demonwill remain present this year. We truly are better together!” strate their understanding of the curriculum in ways that were not previously possible,” she says. “It also allows them

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Marshá Taylor Horton’s parents wanted her to consider Sweet Briar, partly because her sister, Sandra Taylor ’74, had attended. So she toured Sweet Briar because she felt compelled to, all the while knowing she had options. Enter Nancy Baldwin ’57, who served as the admissions director from 1966 to 1980. “Nancy had a private one-on-one with me, and she said, ‘Marshá, we would love to have you, but it’s your choice.’ And I said, ‘OK, that’s all I needed to hear, that it was my choice,’” she recalls.

So she came to Sweet Briar with a gratifying feeling of autonomy and had a great experience and gained lifelong friends, like Keedie Leonard ’76 and Linda-Jean Schneider ’76, whom she met during their first year living in Meta Glass.

She also came to Sweet Briar with a plan to be a teacher.

Of course, it’s not uncommon for educators to be drawn to the profession at an early age. “I was the one in kindergarten with dolls and friends all lined up for teaching,” she recalls.

“As soon as the teacher left the room, I’d go up to the board

and show the kids what to do.” By the time she was in fourth grade—and maybe even earlier than that—she knew she wanted her doctorate.

When Marshá came to Sweet Briar, you couldn’t major in education. You had to major in something else and fulfill a certification requirement. As a result, in her first semester, she discovered an interest in psychology. “By the time I graduated, I only considered graduate programs that integrated the two, which led me to getting my doctorate in educational psychology,” she tells us.

After her doctorate, she got married, and she and her husband went to the Philippines for four years. There, she became a family support specialist for the Air Force where she developed family life education programs and was a counselor, among a wide variety of other work.

Upon returning to the states, she took a job at the Department of Education in South Carolina, where she worked mostly in policy development. From there, Marshá became the associate secretary of education in Delaware for the

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Department of Education. After leaving the department and consulting for a while, she returned to higher education where she has stayed ever since.

Marshá’s career in higher education has been multifaceted. She has served as dean at Virginia Union University in Richmond where she worked with the teacher education and psychology departments, as well as the Center for International Studies and the Center for the Study of the Urban Child. Then, foreight years, she was dean of the College of Health and Behavioral Sciences at Delaware State University. Today, she is in a new role at DSU, working as a special assistant to the chief administrator for DSU Downtown Campus.

She reflected on her time as dean: “The thing about being a dean is that it gives you the opportunity to effect policy changes and to make sure that students get the support they need all the way down. I can advocate for them from the department level as well as from the college level. But then, I can also advocate for them with other administrative brancheswithin an academic college or the university as a whole.”

She has a strong desire to improve the entire student experience, which demands that she gets into the nuts and bolts of how the whole process works. “We would often say to start at the end and work yourself backwards,” she explains.

“Data-driven decision making is what it’s all about at the end of the day. What is it that you want students to know

and to be able to do? It isn’t enough to say they know things.

What can they do with it?”

One can imagine the challenges that lay in the path of making change on this scale. Marshá often found herself up against ineffectual policies or practices that are not beneficial for the whole. “And, you know,” she says, “I actually feel the same way about some of the conversations we’re having now around COVID. What is going to be for the greater good?”

At the start of the pandemic last year, Marshá was involved on two different levels at DSU: as president of the board for an early college charter school and as an academic dean.

In March 2020, when students left for spring break, they did not return to campus for the rest of the semester. “We immediately shifted to a hybrid online virtual learning experience,” says Marshá. “The faculty made a Herculean effort to adapt their curriculum to a virtual modality within one to two weeks. It was amazing. We also were able to provide students with technology resources if they didn’t have it.”

“The initial challenges we were having were academic as well as social and emotional,” she remembers. “We had students who were struggling with the online modality, and in the midst of that, their families were suffering from COVID. But the university did a wonderful job navigating it all. There was a lot of virtual, personal outreach, and faculty and our administrators were very responsive to the students. And now, the students are back on campus and thriving.”

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The thing about being a dean is that it gives you the opportunity to effect policy changes and to make sure that students get the support they need all the way down.”

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Sara Shank Sims ’03

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You can feel Sara’s passion and joy for her work from the moment you meet her—a joy she learned, partly, from her experiences in theatre and education at Sweet Briar.

Sara came to Sweet Briar after attending a state school in Pennsylvania, where she felt like a number. “My advisor didn’t know who I was. My professors didn’t know my name,” she recalls. “My mother worked in academia, and so I really wanted to find a place where I felt I was going to belong.”

Sweet Briar rose to the top of Sara’s list because of its sense of community, belonging and togetherness. “This is the place where no matter what our differences are, no matter where we come from, we come together, and we share in this celebration,” she says.

After graduating and experiencing how difficult it is to find the rare open position for a drama teacher, she fell into a one-year temporary teaching position in special education at Nelson County Middle School. “I thought to myself . . . sure, I can do this, and very quickly realized that I had no idea what I was doing,” Sara laughs. “And that experience

caused me to actively pursue special education, where I’ve spent a lot of my career.”

“I taught grades kindergarten through 12 with my special education licensure,” Sara says, but she did much more than that. For various districts, she would spend three years in a school and work to bring their special education population out of priority status and up to high performance.

She also pursued a path she never thought she would follow: becoming an administrator. After Sweet Briar, Sara attended Regent University, where she says her professors and colleagues knew her better than she knew herself. There, she received multiple degrees: a master’s in special education, an education specialist degree in educational leadership and a doctorate in adult education professional development.

After receiving her degrees, Sara waited about eight years before making the switch to administration. Once she did, she was able to scale her expertise in moving schools out of priority status for special education specifically to a larger vision of elevating whole schools. ”That’s a lot of what my career has focused on,” she says, “taking schools that are

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emotional things,” struggling and she observes. “As pulling them up society changes, to high perforwe all change mance.” with it. I think if But she has there’s even one done more than remotely positive that. Sara also thing to come out has opened four of this pandemic, schools: Connors Bill retired this past it is that we are Elementary and spring after more now approaching Impact Acadethan 30 years at our kids from a my in Lewiston, Sweet Briar.

Read holistic view point: It’s about their education Maine; Jefferson-Houston Elementary in Almore about his and well-being.” exandria, Va.; and Landstown High School amazing career on During the pandemic, Sara and her team in Virginia Beach, Va. “It’s exhausting, really page 22. made a point to personally connect with all cool and really stressful,” she reflects. Openof the staff to keep their community togething a new school is a combination of past exer and provide support. This developed into periences, guesswork, believing in your best a series of fun and encouraging videos created specifically for plan and trial and error. All year you’re on your toes, and students and families. “They were super creative and lots of you’re always adjusting to something new or unexpected.” fun,” she says with a laugh. For Teacher Appreciation Week, When asked how her theatre training has influenced her Sara had parents send her videos and pictures of their kids education career, Sara has a quick response: “This summer, for a video just for the staff. during a leadership retreat, we were asked, ‘What is a skill With such a drive to connect with her students, what exyou have that you use to your advantage?’ I flat out said theactly does Sara think about kids these days? “They’re savvy,” atre, with its training in understanding the nuances of how she states. “They know a lot about life for their age. We have to read people and their personalities and how to underto really understand that they’re in a different place than we stand the depth of responding to those different character were at that point in our life. We need to really see them for traits. I use it on a daily basis, and it helps me build strong where they are. We have to grow with them—sometimes relationships with my staff, my parents and my kiddos. It that’s hard—but we still have to make that step every day.” helps me adapt very quickly to situations.”

Sara reflects on what drives her in her profession of choice.

One such “situation” was the COVID pandemic, which for “These kids need to know that they have adults outside their Sara, demonstrates the need for schools to shift from being home who are champions for them. They are standing in the strictly academic to being a place of social and emotional gap of what’s missing, and we are going to be here to support learning that looks at children holistically. them as they move forward. It’s beyond rewarding, and I “We really need to be identifying those sorts of menwouldn’t change anything.” tal health pieces, those social pieces and those everyday

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One of the faculty members who had the biggest impact on Sara was Bill Kershner.

“Bill Kershner changed my life,” Sara says.

“He brought me into the theatre world like I was one of his own. He was fair and kind and there was tough love at times when you needed it. He was willing to push you beyond your boundaries and ensure that you saw your own success. I can’t tell you how often I think of Bill Kershner and the impact that he had on me — and all the smiles.”

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Outstanding and Distinguished Alumnae Awards presented at Reunion 2021

As they are every year, the Outstanding and Distinguished Alumnae awards were presented at Reunion. Unlike other years, however, Reunion 2021 was held in July, rather than May. And, because the COVID-19 pandemic cancelled last year’s event, this year saw two years’ worth of awards presented to deserving alumnae.

The Outstanding Alumna Award was created to honor alumnae in recognition of their outstanding service to Sweet Briar in a volunteer capacity. The Distinguished Alumna Award was created to honor alumnae who have brought distinction to themselves and to Sweet Briar through outstanding accomplishment in a volunteer or professional capacity.

2021 Outstanding Alumnae Ann Gateley ’70, Kathy Garcia Pegues ’71 and Vikki Schroeder ’87 Normally, there is only one Outstanding Alumnae Award recipient each year, but the 2021 Outstanding Alumna Award was presented to three alumnae—Ann Gateley ’70, Kathy Garcia Pegues ’71 and Vikki Schroeder ’87—who make up part of the Sweet Work Weeks “Dream Team!”

These three amazing women have devoted countless hours to weeding, pruning, painting, power washing and countless other tasks during seven years of Sweet Work Weeks. Together, they are proof that women whose life experiences have been very different can come together for the betterment of Sweet Briar College. We are truly grateful to them for their leadership and advice with Sweet Work Weeks.

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Ann Gateley grew up in Wichita Falls, Texas, and was influenced by the Prothro family to attend Sweet Briar. She attended St. Stephens Episcopal High School in Austin and then earned her degree from Sweet Briar in biology. She went on to the University

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daughter, Emily Pegues ’00. Kathy and her husband, John, have been on the Sweet Work Weeks leadership team since its start in 2015 and they have truly scoured almost every inch of Sweet Briar’s campus.

Kathy tells us that over the years, her favorite project has been working in Daisy’s Garden, especially getting it ready for Virginia Garden Week. This year, however, she received the most satisfaction from working in the Bloy Memorial Garden, which is located behind Memorial Chapel at the entrance to the new health center. She and John planted more than 300 daffodils there and in the traffic circle.

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of Texas at San Antonio Medical School and graduated in 1977.

Dr. Gateley became a sports medicine specialist in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as a team doctor for the University of New Mexico Lobos, members of the Mountain West Conference, and as a program director for internal medicine at the School of Medicine. She has more than 44 years of experience in the medical field and co-authored “It’s in the Bag: A Practical Guide to the Team Physician’s Medical Supplies While on the Road.”

Along with Katie McCordle Webb, Ann has been a tireless fund agent leading up to her 50th Reunion, which was extended a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vikki Schroeder ’87 earned a dual degree in math and computer science and technical theater studies. She was an active student: She was a member of Paint n Patches, an Honor Guide, was in the Softball Club and SWEBOP, to name just a few.

After she graduated, she went on to work for Target and was a senior supervisor and business analyst, overseeing energy management processes and programs. She was also a senior business analyst for the J&B Group and is currently working as a strategic analyst and inventory manager for a startup retail clothing business with another Sweet Briar alumna.

Kathy Garcia Pegues received her degree in English in 1971 and an M.Ed. from the University of Virginia in 1974.

She was an English teacher and educational consultant and taught language arts in grades 6 through 12 for more than 20 years. Kathy is also listed in “Who’s Who in American Education.”

Prior to becoming a teacher, Kathy was a proofreader for the National Geographic Society. She has served as an emerita trustee and is a former member of Sweet Briar’s Board of Directors. She was also president of the Alumnae Association.

During her years at Sweet Briar, Kathy was a Sweet Tone, Chung Mung and member of the field hockey and lacrosse teams. She has been responsible for recruiting at least 13 students to Sweet Briar over the years, including her own

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Vikki has always been described as a creative problem-solver, and her fresh take and future-forward solutions to issues and challenges in this environment has been invaluable to Sweet Briar. In particular, Vikki helped to coordinate painting 200 rooms in Sweet Briar’s residence halls in the summer of 2017. Her organization and leadership helped to get the job done; the volunteers even finished the project early so they could get more accomplished during their time here.

class everything she has, whether she’s on Zoom with them or writing one of her trademark update emails to her “dear ones!”

In 2015, Lucy once again agreed to be class president, and Elizabeth said, “She’s led the charge with youthful humor, vigor and unfailing affection. She’s the mother of three grown children and many grandchildren whom she welcomes in all seasons. She’s dyed her hair purple and promises not to retire. Fierce? And then some!!!”

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Lucy Martin Gianino ’60

Nan Stuart ’75

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The recipient of the 2020 Distinguished Alumna Award is Lucy Martin Gianino ’60.

Lucy’s time at Sweet Briar was marked by excellence. She excelled in drama, as well as in giving her time and energy to Sweet Briar activities, from the News and the Briar Patch to theater and being junior class presi-

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One of her classmates, Elizabeth Meade Howard, said it best: “Lucy Martin Gianino always gives her all…whether on or off stage, whether for family or friends.”

Lucy pursued an acting career that has seen her perform on television, film and the New York stage. She starred in the soap opera, “The Edge of Night” and was understudy to Lynn Redgrave in “The Constant Wife.” She is known for The Producers (2005), Person of Interest (2011) and numerous appearances on Law and Order.

When she’s not in front of the camera, she’s a busy New York realtor. Lucy also gives back to her community, working with mental health organizations and substance abuse programs in her local area. However, nothing matches her service to Sweet Briar as class president—she truly gives her

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The 2021 Distinguished Alumna Award goes to a truly entrepreneurial businesswoman: Nan Stuart ’75. Nan has also performed humanitarian feats in response to disasters that have helped take care of people and animals.

Nan is a founder of Code 3 Associates, a non-profit dedicated to providing professional training for first responders and emergency assistance to pets and livestock affected by natural disasters. She has been intimately involved in the evolution of the Colorado State University’s Animal Cancer Center—she has established the first endowed chair in oncology to support the development of surgical teaching models for veterinary students. She has also acted as board member of the Humane Society and helped to create numerous other companies. To say that Nan is a visionary is an understatement.

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in MEMORIAM 1935

Dorothy Barnum Venter April 27, 2021

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Helen Harris Napolitano

Catherine Caldwell Cabaniss

Elizabeth Plunkett Williams

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Susie Venable Jamison

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Jeanne Crawford Kean June 13, 2021

March 8, 2021 Mary Webb Miller

Jane Garst Lewis February 28, 2021

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Glen Moncrieff

Ann Preston Vick

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Louise “Lou” Moore

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Charlotte Coan Biren

Floride “Flo” Buchanan Heyward

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Jane Shipman Kuntz

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Virginia Tyson Lawrence

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Carol Tanner Cover

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Linda Knickerbocker Ford

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Betty Mundy Littrell

Jane Hawkins Lemon

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Laura “Laurie” Saunders Spratley July 2, 2021

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in MEMORIAM:

Mary Elizabeth Hannah ’62 tional Association of School Psychologists and also from their affiliates in Ohio, California and Michigan. In addition, the National Association of School Psychologists awarded her their Presidential Certificate of Recognition and Appreciation in both 1978 and 1992. The NASP also awarded her their Presidential Award for Outstanding Service in 1981 and 1996.

UDM presented Mary with their Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research, and Service in 1993.

Mary retired from the University of Detroit Mercy in 2011 after 33 years of service and became a devoted and active volunteer for a number of organizations including the Henry Ford Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan, the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Baldwin Public Library. fall 2021

Mary Elizabeth Hannah ’62 passed away in May 2021 just short of her 80th birthday. She graduated from the Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn in 1958 and from Sweet Briar College in 1962 with a degree in psychology. She was a loyal alumna to both schools and was her

class president at Sweet Briar until her passing. She was instrumental in saving Sweet Briar from closure.

She earned a master’s in school psychology at Alfred University in New York before receiving her Ph.D. in 1974 from the George Peabody College at Vanderbilt University. After that, she worked as a school psychologist in public schools as well as a lecturer at Rockford College in Illinois.

Leaving Illinois, she spent many years at the University of Detroit from serving as a professor, the director of the school’s doctoral program in psychology and its psychology specialist program. She was the chairperson of the University of Detroit Mercy’s psychology department from 1990 to 2011.

Mary was widely recognized and honored by her colleagues. She received certificates of recognition from the Na-

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in MEMORIAM:

Margaret Simpson, Professor Emerita of Biology

Margaret Simpson, professor of biology emerita, passed away in August 2021.

Born in 1935, in what was then the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong, her father was a British national and her mother was an emigre from Russia. As a child, she traveled many places around the world with her mother, and their lives often intersected with major historical

events. She and her mother were in Vienna in 1938 at the time of the Anschluss, when Germany annexed Austria. In 1940, Margaret and her mother were evacuated to Australia, then set off in 1941 for the United States. On a stopover in Honolulu, they witnessed the December 7 attack on Pearl Harbor.

When the war ended, the family returned to Hong Kong, where young Margaret refused to study domestic science at her school—insisting that she be allowed to take real science courses in chemistry and physics, as did the male pupils. After her father’s retirement, the family was once again back in the U.S., and Margaret became a naturalized citizen in 1953. She earned her B.A. from Immaculate Heart College (Los Angeles) in 1956, followed by respective M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in zoology from Catholic University of America.

After teaching at St. Francis College (now New England University) and Adelphi University, Margaret joined the faculty

of Sweet Briar in 1973, where she taught biology until her retirement in 2003. Her teaching portfolio included vertebrate morphology, invertebrate zoology, comparative animal physiology, and histology.

A rider, she served as the pre-vet and pre-med advisor and periodically offered a January course on equine science. She came out of retirement in 2015/2016 to teach histology once more, helping Sweet Briar recover from the attempted closure of 2015. Professor Simpson was known as an exacting teacher who challenged her students and set high expectations.

She had myriad interests, reading widely in history and science and, in her retirement, studying Mandarin. She was an avid gardener, taking great pride in her vegetables.

She will be fondly remembered by many within the Sweet Briar family, from current and retired community members to an entire generation of alumnae.

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Kenneth Townsend Wright, Jr., who taught classical studies at Sweet Briar for nearly 30 years, died on May 2, 2021, after a brief illness. Professor Wright graduated

from Loyola College in 1955 with a degree in Latin.

His first teaching assignment was as assistant instructor at the University of Missouri, Columbia, where he also earned his M.A. in 1957. He went on to be an instructor in classical languages at Villanova University, while studying for his doctorate at the University of Pennsylvania.

He taught at Villanova until 1967, when he became associate professor of classical studies at Sweet Briar College. Granted tenure in 1979, Ken was a dedicated and popular teacher at Sweet Briar until his retirement in 1996.

Ken taught many different courses at Sweet Briar—including ancient history and literature, archaeology and mythology—but his first love was teaching Latin

and ancient Greek. In addition to his deep knowledge of classical history, politics and literature, Ken was a student of American history, in particular the military histories of the Civil War and World War II. When he retired from Sweet Briar, he and his wife returned to his hometown of Towson, Maryland. They filled the house with books, cared for numerous adopted cats and did volunteer teaching and charity work. They cheered on the Orioles at Camden Yards and attended many lacrosse games at Johns Hopkins and Loyola Universities.

Ken is survived by his loving children, Katherine Baumgartner and Kenneth Townsend Wright III; his siblings, G. William Wright and Margaret Rowley; and nine nieces and nephews.

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CLASS notes Florence Apy 40 Riverside Ave., Apt. 6Y Red Bank, NJ 07701 floapy@verizon.net Once again the 1953 class notes are due. Unfortunately, because of the pandemic, which I thought would be over by this summer, news is sparser than usual. I have 2 deaths to report: one classmate and one husband, neither attributed to COVID. Carolyn Smith died on Sept. 23, 2020, at age 88. She was a lifelong resident of Baltimore, MD. Graveside services were held at a local cemetery. At Sweet Briar, Carolyn majored in English. She was active in the music club, the French club, the classical club, a member of the SBC News staff and treasurer of the English club. In 1955, Carolyn earned her master of arts degree from Johns Hopkins University and in 1968 a master of science degree from Columbia University. She was a librarian and a museum guide at Homewood House Museum, a National Historic House on the Johns Hopkins University campus in Baltimore and had an avid interest in the local history of the city.

I am very sad to report that my husband, Chester Apy, died on May 30 of congestive heart failure at the age of 89. He also had dementia, not Alzheimer’s, but was active until 2 days before his death here at our apartment. Again, due to the pandemic we had a memorial ceremony 2 months later in August.

We had been married a week before he graduated from Princeton in 1954. Sug Cantey and Kay Amsden were bridesmaids. We spent the next 3 years in New York City while Chet attended Columbia Law School and I was employed by the College Entrance Examination Board, which produced the SAT and ETS in Princeton. We then returned to Red Bank and then the adjacent town of Little Silver where

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Emily Hunter Slingluff 1217 North Bay Shore Dr. Virginia Beach, VA 23451-3714 emilyslingluff@aol.com As we know from the email Mitzi Streit Halla sent out, Ginger Chamblin Greene died on Aug. 12.

She had been living in Charlottesville for many years. After having a stroke and being in the hospital, she had returned to her cottage at Westminster Canterbury in Charlottesville which she shared for some years with Fred Landess. Not only was she tops in our class academically but also I had thought she was the youngest. Now find me younger by several months! Ginger was remarkable in all she did and enjoyed. Oh, what super classmates we had those years at Sweet Briar.

Our 65th class reunion was held via Zoom on July 16 and we had 12 of us, all but one with photos on the screen. It was so special seeing each other! The first half hour was spent helping some connect properly which is understandable since we did not grow up with Zoom.

Then, Emily Sadler ’18, a recent SBC graduate who is now with

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alumnae relations and development at Sweet Briar, spent some time talking lots about SBC, including various athletics, riding and tennis, and about the greenhouse and boathouse and honors given recently to SBC by magazines. Not sure there was any mention of academics, but maybe I missed it. She was really nice and then left us classmates to talk with each other. Before she left, she said that for updates on what is going on at Sweet Briar, we can go to sbc.edu/alumnae/stay-connected.

Then, each one of us spoke for about 3 or 4 minutes each and kept saying how much we loved “seeing” each other and as one said, being able to recognize each other!

Those at the online reunion were Anne Lyn Harrell Welsh, Pam Compton Ware, Sue Lawton Mobley, Phyllis Joyner, Bar Plamp Hunt, Nella Gray Barkley, Nancy Anderson Shepard, Petsy Gautier

Mezey, Mary Boyd Murray Trussell, Betty Byrne Gill Ware, Mitzi Streit Halla and Emily Hunter Slingluff. Mitzi said that some who were not there but had wanted to be and had called in to explain why they could not be there were Renis Siner Paton, Kay Roberts McHaney, Camille Williams Yow and Lumina (Diane) Verney Greenway. Mitzi, our class president, sent a letter to all about what was said there.

Also, Mitzi has already forwarded the email that Betty Byrne Gill Ware wrote about her visit to Sweet Briar with her husband, Hudnall, for the real reunion there. Betty Byrne’s computer was not connecting totally for the Zoom reunion, so we did not see her picture there and she said she missed some of what was said.

But how wonderful that she had the pleasure of really going to Sweet Briar and nice to have our class represented for our reunion time by

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he spent 36 years as a “country lawyer” (his words) and 10 years as a judge and I spent 26 years as an elected member of the board of education. We raised 3 sons who produced 10 grandchildren, 7 of whom live in CA. I must mention that Chet was the first husband of a class member to attend a Class of ’53 reunion. It began a tradition. We stayed at Boxwood Inn. Next time I brought my oldest son. It did not create a tradition. Our next reunion, the 70th, is in 2023. Unfortunately, I already anticipate a conflict if it is held on its customary date.

Special request to all of you: Please send me a Christmas card with news of yourselves and your families. News columns need news.

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Betty! She told me that the campus looked really great and that everything there seemed upbeat. She even was invited to the president’s house for a gathering and had a chance to talk with Meredith Woo which she said was such a nice talk.

Since then, there is more info from classmates to report here: Gretchen Armstrong Redmond wrote a few words that will probably make all smile and be a bit sad too with understanding. She said that “all is well at Westminster Canterbury in Winchester in spite of a rise in Winchester area COVID cases requiring a return to mask wearing. Pretty pathetic when that is all the news I can come up with.” Her words are perhaps foremost in the minds of all.

Ethel Green Banta writes from Natchez, “No news here I am afraid.

This COVID has kept everyone at home. All my children and grandchildren are doing fine and are having a reunion right now.” (That was written in August.) “I had to miss the reunion because my doctor said it was not wise to fly with this dreadful Delta variant! I was and am so disappointed to miss seeing them.”

Jane Feltus Welch in Prospect, KY, close to Louisville, said she is feeling really good after about a week’s visit from all 3 children at the same time. Her daughter, Lucy, turned 60, so all came to celebrate Lucy’s July birthday. They were Lucy Welch vanTine from Newport News, VA; Jim Welch and his wife from Québec, where they have a large and famous garden there that is open to the public; and Eliza Welch and her wife, Claire, from San Fran-

cisco, CA. The garden in Québec is The Gardens of Quatre Vents in La Malbaie. Jane said she was next heading to the kitchen to make Southern grits for a late breakfast for all of them.

Jeanette Kennedy Hancock is feeling fortunate to be living in Kirkwood by the River in Birmingham.

It is run by the Presbyterian Church where she grew up. Because her husband, Jimmie, was an Episcopalian, she was glad to join him at St. Luke’s where their family was always active. But she knew this place is where they would move when it was the appropriate time. And she says it is even more filled with love than she could have imagined. There is a chapel with full service once a week plus weekly bible classes and “a great variety of religions live there so it is great to have such wonderful diversity of thought, word and deed.” She said that her view from her screened porch is so pretty as it is “high among lots of deciduous trees.” Plenty of time for socialization and for quiet time, too, she says. She feels blessed to be living there. Also Frances Bell Shepherd is there in Memory Care and it was Frances’ husband Jimmy who founded that wonderful place over forty years ago.

Renis Siner Paton, who was with us at Sweet Briar for 2 years, is living mostly in Maitland, FL, but spending some time at their place in Rehoboth Beach, DE. Her husband, Bill, had a fall and broke his hip while they were in Rehoboth so they have stayed there for over a year.

They have 5 daughters and 5 son-inlaws. In addition, they have 9 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.

A luncheon with Ronde Kneip Bradley ’59, Phyllis Girard ’59, Sue Roessel Gibson ’59 and Mary Mahan Marco ’59 in March

Her daughters, starting with youngest, are Sara, Katie, Polly, Betsy and Renee and they live, in the same order as named, in Mechanicsburg, PA; Maitland, FL; Richmond, VA; Cashiers, NC; and Wilmington, DE. Renis said she is feeling mediumly healthy and enjoying both FL and Wilmington beaches.

Phyllis Joyner is continuing to appreciate life in NYC. Her time spent painting has diminished, she says, because she is working on keeping herself healthy and even taking some courses on Zoom about exercising and about spiritual things. She enjoys the ancient Chinese exercising, which is a mystery to many of us.

Phyllis has been enjoying studying it.

We know she is a deep thinker! In truth, probably all 1955 SBC classmates are deep thinkers. Maybe that is one of the many reasons we like each other so much!

Kathleen Peeples Ballou is enjoying living at Carlyle Place, which she says is an especially nice retirement place in Macon, GA. Kathleen grew up in Macon. She enjoys seeing many interesting people who live there and enjoys playing Bridge there. Recently, Kathleen was named a Ruby Life Master in Bridge, a big honor in the world of Bridge! One of her daughters lives at The Villages near Orlando and another lives in Atlanta, and Kathleen has 3 little great-grandchildren.

Nella Gray Barkley said she has fared fortunately during COVID as her office is a block and a half away from her home in Charleston.

She went to check out NYC, where she hadn’t been for well over a year and where she usually “convened

clients, and concluded the city isn’t quite there yet” and that meanwhile, Charleston serves as an apparently attractive substitute. She is enjoying a few more events, Spoleto among them, and plans to be in Santa Fe for the end of their opera season but continues to be careful—sometimes with masks—as she moves around.

She says she feels totally blessed. She writes “Love to all” and thanks to me for keeping us in touch which I add is a treat for me. And Nella deserves thanks for helping many people find their best place in life. Nella said that she received a call one morning in July from Bexie Faxon Knowles, her SBC roommate. Bexie, who is continuing to live in ME now where she is near family and is barely missing Naples where she lived mostly for some time, was in Charleston for her sister Sally’s husband’s funeral. Nella wrote that she managed to steal her away for a night and they had a great reminiscing dinner together. Nella said Bexie was looking very stunning and I add, as always.

Emily Hunter Slingluff, me, is enjoying life in Virginia Beach with my daughter and husband. I live a few houses away and my son and his wife live in Charlottesville where I visit for various reasons so enjoy seeing him there, too. I have 4 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren, all so dear. I am busy bringing out another book, probably by November. I also enjoyed ocean swims this summer in spite of this mature age!

And I am thankful for the friendship of all of you super dear classmates.

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Ann Young Bloom 77 Middle Rd, #364 Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 610-283-5949 (preferred/no texting) annbloomie@gmail.com Lizora Miller Yonce had a great time reconnecting with Alice Cary Brown. Alice’s grandson was married in Boca Grande in February.

Lizora picked her up at The Gasparilla Inn where she and Lee were staying, drove her around Boca Grande and brought Alice back to her house. Now, as this was written, both Alice and Lizora are on Fishers Island. Alice organized an amazing 85th birthday dinner for Lee at The Fishers Island Club attended by 50 plus guests with family pictures, cocktails, a delicious seated dinner, birthday cake and ice cream. Family and guests gave wonderful toasts and 3 guests sang their toasts. Alice’s daughter, Cary, also did a great job.

“Lucky me,” she says.

Ali Thompson Wood and Travis are hanging in for these mid-80 years.

They both have health problems but have each other to cope. They are still able to drive. She says Maui is such a wonderful place to live. Ali usually walks the beach in the early morning. Frequently, they meet friends on the beach for a picnic supper. She recently retired from her Plunkers Band which she led for 26 years at 5 different nursing homes. Now Ali is taking a zoom class in calligraphy from their senior center.

The Reverend Fleming Parker Rutledge and Dick just had their 21st family reunion at Kanuga Camp and Conference Center in the Blue Ridge Mountains. In spite of all the challenges of the pandemic, they had a wonderful time with all their generations. Extended family filled 3 large cottages. They heartily recommend Kanuga as a place to celebrate for a week with relatives.

Sue Hight Rountree recently talked with Valerie Stoddard Loring, now living in ME, about visiting them in NH when they make a quick trip early fall. They have not been in 3 years and have not seen Val for awhile. They plan to go if COVID allows. They have had all 3 shots and hope they do not have to cancel due

in 1787 when asked what kind of government we had, “A Republic if we can keep it!” “We Patriots have much work to do to save our Republic. In the past 62 years since we have graduated, the changes have been phenomenal,” he said. On Aug. 28 Gay and Stanley celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary! She says it has been a long and fully packed marriage. She is grateful for all they have experienced and their children, grands and 2 great-grandsons! Gay thinks President Woo has done an incredible job at Sweet Briar and the recent success of our College is a direct result of her innovation, commitment and hard work. To this she is grateful. She sends her best to all the remaining Class of 1959!

Tabb Thornton Farinholt had a lovely, virus-free visit with Judy Sorley Chalmers- Simpson. Judy rented a nearby cottage in mid-August when she came to Ware Neck with her daughter’s family. Tabb is fully vaccinated and is still “holed up” in the country feeling grateful for safety.

She thinks she will continue this life for the duration.

Meriwether Rumrill enjoyed a beautiful wedding of her oldest grandson, Christopher, and his new wife, Katya, with the ocean as a backdrop. She is so very blessed with family. Two kids in VA, one in NY, one in SD and 9 grands keeps her on her toes. Sadly, she shares that her former husband died in the summer coupled with the misery in Afghanistan where 2 of their children were born. Meriwether says she is so lucky to still work in landscaping. “Taking care of nature helps take care of us,” she says. She would love to see old classmates and sends much love.

Ann Young Bloom feels as if she is now ready to begin writing a book of her years with the Philadelphia Orchestra. She was fortunate to be with “The Fabulous Philadelphians” between the years Eugene Ormandy and Riccardo Muti were the music directors. And concurrently she hopes to commission an orchestral version by a well known poet she first heard at Sweet Briar as an undergraduate.

Having read all the wonderful responses from our classmates, I am so proud to be a member of the class of ’59. You are resilient, sensitive to losses many have suffered during the

pandemic and on a much happier note, love to be with other members of our class. Thank you for getting back to us! —Ann Young Bloom, Class Secretary

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Allie Stemmons Simon 3701 Guadalajara Ct. Irving, TX 75062 asimontc@outlook.com For SBC 1963 this is the year of 80th birthdays and reunions with family and friends as COVID becomes more manageable! Unfortunately aging brings with it the loss of 2 of our classmates; Cecil Collins Scanlan died on Feb. 11, 2021, after a long decline with Alzheimers, and Virginia Schanzer de Laureal died on May 13, 2021. We send our sympathy to their families. There have been many exciting 80th birthday celebrations! Rinda King deBeck says “to celebrate being vaccinated I had an 80th birthday party with all my children, grands and my brother’s family. It was great fun except for the grands who banged through my back door and got stung by yellow jackets nesting there, unbeknownst to me. Then the friends I grew up with and all of us turning 80 have partied together. Now we’re masked up again and I want to be first in line for a booster. A bit angry at those who won’t get the shot!” Laura Lee Brown reports “My amazing husband gave me 80 stunning trees in celebration of my 80th! Ginger Cates Mitchell came for the planting, it was a glorious day. Canada borders opened too late for me to go to our camp as I have broken my wrist and wouldn’t be able to paint or kayak so I am at my sister’s beautiful farm further in the KY country for a month and I love it. Do plan to travel to a couple of art fairs and other smaller events if they are not canceled.”

From Betsy Parker McColl, “Jim and I did nothing noteworthy during the pandemic but were able to go back and forth to our mountain home in Blowing Rock, NC, which provided a much-appreciated change of scenery. I intend to celebrate my 80th in Sept. by thanking Almighty

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to airline problems. Sue’s husband, Joe, gets around quite well despite a stroke but his memory is not always cooperating. They are in the middle of downsizing and find it to be a daunting project. There were not too many hobbies she didn’t tackle along the way. Sue is still involved with her garden and herb groups, miniature group and has furniture projects in various stages of completion in connection with books done for Colonial Williamsburg.

At least her goal of getting things/ supplies to community groups who will use them within the community has gone well so far. Sue is thrilled Sweet Briar College is doing exciting things in new programs, attracting new students and attracting positive attention around the country.

Elizabeth Johnston Lipscomb shares that this past year has brought new experiences and new words to us all: COVID, pandemic, masks with eyes that smile above them, personal losses and new connections to family and friends. Lloyd and Elizabeth had treasured family visits in Jamestown, RI and Millboro Springs, VA. They also had Saturday night Zooms linking VA, CO and the Carolinas.

“In a way, the pandemic separation has brought us closer together,” she says. Elizabeth and Lloyd were also delighted with our reunion at Sweet Briar and our time with Ann Young Bloom and her friend, Allison Baur.

One of the highlights was visiting Sweet Briar House and seeing the handsome historic clock Ann has just given to the college.

Gay Hart Gaines and Stanley had a lovely, quick 1-week trip to Paris to attend a wonderful birthday party and see French friends and more. Stanley was hampered by a bad back so Gay did more during the day than he did but they returned home with wonderful memories. In July, they rented a house named “Top Notch” at The Greenbrier for 3 weeks and were very lucky to have fabulous weather. They invited members of their family to come and stay. The youngest was a great-grandson who is 18 months old. They golfed, hiked, played tennis, spent time in the pool and on and on. Gay is alarmed at the bad place our Republic is in and hates to think that under our watch, America has declined so terribly. She is reminded of Ben Franklin’s answer

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God for allowing me to reach what I used to think of as a truly ancient age!”

Lynn Carol Blau and Jeffrey are vaccinated, including boosters, and have stayed at home but their family has been able to visit over the summer—daughter bought a house on the beach in Brewster, Cape Cod, and grandkids got to go to overnight camp. Jeffrey celebrates his 80th in Sept. and Lynn, the baby, has another 10 months to go and would like to plan a trip abroad but that remains to be seen.”

Keitt Matheson Wood and Frank finally saw their family when they went to KS to help celebrate Graham’s graduation from the University of Kansas and a week later Kenton’s graduation from high school. He is also going to Kansas.

Graham’s field is mechanical engineering and he has a job, much to his parents’ delight. Their daughter Helen was also there so they had a great time with lots of hugs. Last Sept. they were scheduled to go to Sedona to celebrate Frank’s 80th—now this year they hope to make it and include Keitt’s 80th as well.

It is always a joy to hear from Priscilla Langley Pay. “I’ve forgotten what normal is! We have hardly been out since COVID began except for rare hospital appointments for Tony, “rare” because the medics here are not seeing patients, everything is done on the phone. Our car has done about 80 miles in 18 months. We spend a lot of time watching TV, mostly sports, and I’ve read loads of books.”

Her son Andrew lives in Hampshire and daughter Sarah and family right next door but grandchildren are scattered literally all over the world.

Tony is 80 now and Priscilla says she has probably beaten many of us to 81 however she has to shake herself to remember because she is still very young!

Karen Gill Meyer and Jim have had a tough year but are still working and remain positive. Jim had serious eye surgery on his only working eye but can now see enough to read and function well. Karen lost her sister, Candy, to pancreatic cancer at age 66.

They haven’t traveled but continue to be active in the community.

From Anne Carter Brothers, “After my recovery from the ear virus and COVID, I have decided to

give my children some peace of mind and move into a retirement center in Nashville which has all step down facilities on one campus. They are adding a 5-story wing which will be finished in Nov. of 2022, hopefully.

Among other great features will be an art studio. Also I won’t have to do much cooking. In the meantime I am decluttering and painting for a Nov. show and Christmas commissions. Can’t hear worth shooting even with my hearing aid but want to tell anyone with hearing issues the good news—they make a captioned telephone called CapTel which has made such a difference in my life. It is free with a script from an audiologist. I saw 2 of my children for the first time in a year and a half recently.

What a crazy world!”

The Rev. Elizabeth Keeler, daughter of Lisa Wood Hancock, has just been called to be the next Rector of Trinity Church, DC, a parish at the foothills of the Shenandoah mountains in Rappahannock County. Elizabeth has served a number of parishes in the DC and northern VA area.

Jane Goodridge says “COVID continues to mar any travel plans for the time being. This has to end soon.

One of my friends thinks I’m becoming a recluse!”

Cynthia Hubard Spangler is currently in MT enjoying the cooler weather, the beauty of Glacier National Park, and reconnecting with Charles’s family. Their planned cruise in 2020 never happened so this is their first big adventure since early 2019. “So far we remain COVIDfree and stay as active as possible, mostly outdoors. Pickleball has joined tennis in our lives and for as long as we can keep playing we still feel young in spite of the accumulation of years.”

Not far away, Katharine Blackford Collins is enjoying WY outdoors where she doesn’t have to worry about the county’s miserable vaccination rate. She’s been on one solo 3-day backpacking trip and will shortly embark on another with a friend. She celebrated her 80th on Lopez Island, kayaking in Puget Sound with kids, daughter-in-law, grandkids, both brothers and sistersin-law. She’ll return to Seattle at the end of Sept.

Stevie Fontaine Keown and Mark and Lee Kucewicz Parham

and John recently escaped to Highlands, NC, where the Keowns’ daughter and family own a vacation home. Both their families are safe and well. Stevie and Lee are so excited about the wonderful showing our class made in fundraising this past fiscal year and are thrilled at the news that this year’s first-year class is over 200 students, from 41 states and 17 countries!

Lucy Otis Anderson recently had a nice conversation with Betty Stanly Cates and a family trip to the beach joined by her brother and sister-in-law whom she had not seen in a year and a half. Everyone is enjoying happy reunions and we hope for a special one for our class, right around the corner in 2023.

Class notes have finally gotten too big to handle and from now on classes ending in odd numbers will be published in the fall and those ending in even numbers will be published in the spring. However if it’s OK with everyone I’ll continue to collect news in the spring and email it just to our class. Everyone please be sure I have your correct email address!

All the best – Allie

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Sally McCrady Hubbard 47 Parsons Green Circle Sewanee TN 37375 931-636-7320 sally@hubbard.net Brenda Muhlinghaus Barger is so proud of us because our class achieved a 39% in SBC giving participation for 2020-2021. Thanks to all who contributed to sustaining the superlative path our college is traveling!

Connie Triplett Barker writes that she placed her husband Bill in Memory Care in Dec. in Winston-Salem. He has never questioned why he is there or how long he has to stay, or asked to go home.

He seems to find it unremarkable that she lives in Statesville while he lives somewhere else. He is thrilled to see her and sad when she leaves, but forgets all about her visit the second she is out the door. For the first few months after his move, she was

miserable with grief and guilt, but she now realizes that it was the best thing for him as well as for her. She has lunch with the girls once a week and goes to the gym 3 times a week.

She’s begun reading the Hilary Mantel trilogy of historical novels on the life of Thomas Cromwell, which is a challenge. She is happy to be home and in her pajamas by late afternoon.

Eugenia Dickey Caldwell writes: “I’m getting a hip replacement replacement (not a typo) in a month or two. The old hip replacement was guaranteed for 20 years and lasted 23. The new one should last twice that long, which should just about see me out. All this from an orthopedic surgeon who could be my grandson. Egad!”

Melinda Musgrove Chapman is happily retired and enjoying life. She moved into an independent living facility and loves it. She is laughing at herself constantly, doing old-people stuff—playing bingo and bridge, going to a seated exercise class, etc.

Her youngest granddaughter left for college in August, youngest grandson turned 21 and is a senior in college and her oldest 4 have all graduated and live in different cities. Most of them have steadies so she hopes for weddings and great-grandchildren in the near future.

Alice Virginia Dodd says that her father, who died in April 1965, had recommended that she become a librarian. So she earned a degree in library science at the UK-Lexington.

She lived on one of her grandfather’s central Kentucky farms, now hers.

She first worked at the Louisville Free Public Library. After earning an MAT in French at the UL, she worked in a number of high schools, 28 years in a middle school and then 9 years at a local technical college where the adult students did not scream and yell and run in the hall.

Her handsome brilliant brother Edward, who was at W&L during our time at SBC, died at age 39. The daughter of Edward and Sherry, Laura, was a producer at 60 Minutes.

She thanks each of us for sharing about our lives, and is so glad that our beautiful college is ongoing.

Sally McCrady Hubbard is having more trouble than usual keeping up with regular obligations, because she has been dating a dear 84-yearold retired math professor and

provost since June. Whatever next.

This was a total surprise but all her friends and relatives say carpe diem.

Quit questioning everything and enjoy! Her granddaughter Margaret will graduate from Carnegie Mellon in May, and spent the summer in upstate NY as stage manager or assistant stage manager of 9 operas at the Seagle Festival. The festival is the oldest summer vocal training program in the US and is celebrating its 106th season in 2021. She went directly back to school and managed a wedding. Her next project is opening a show that a friend and she are lighting designing in the first month of the semester. This is not a lazy girl.

Bonnie Chapman McClure is celebrating her booster shot! Her daughter is competing in the US Eventing Championship this week in KY. Carol Reifsnyder Rhoads and her husband will visit their son in AR for her 78th birthday in September and their son in Tucson in November for his 50th birthday. In 2022 they will travel to Australia and New Zealand, COVID willing, with Rice University, her husband’s alma mater. Their sons will join them; the trip is limited to 24 people.

They are being cautious and wearing masks whenever they are out. Carol is Zooming with her roommates Anne English Wardwell, Katy Weinrich Van Geel and Susan Strong McDonald once a month.

They are enjoying their mountain home near Boone off the Blue Ridge Parkway, where it’s much cooler than their home in Clemmons, NC, where their daughter and family also live. They love NC’s mountains and beaches. They’ll celebrate their 55th wedding anniversary in late Aug. at Atlantic Beach NC. So far her family is vaccinated and COVID-free.

Magda Salvesen has elaborate plans in Sept. 2021 to go to Scotland and England for a round of seeing family and friends once again. A few days of houses, gardens and designed landscapes, including a Bloomsbury emphasis in Sussex, are included— but of course all might be cancelled as COVID rages on. The work for the Jon Schueler Archive continues in NY and the touring exhibition Lost Man Blues: Jon Schueler—Art and War goes to its third venue in early Fall.

After 51 years of marriage, Kathleen Watson Taylor and Marshall are doing well in NC. Their 3 children are happily married and they have 9 grandchildren. Two of their 3 children live down the street and the other family lives in Greenville NC which is only about 30 minutes away.

She remains involved with church activities and Bible study, and enjoys gardening, playing piano, going to the gym and attending many sports events in which the grandchildren are involved. Their oldest grandchild is a freshman in college this year.

Kathleen has farm property about 30 minutes from home and they keep a few horses. She continues to ride, and 2 of their granddaughters enjoy riding. The farm requires a lot of mowing and other activities so they are never lacking for something to do.

Meredith Leslie Welch got to hug all 11 grandchildren in reunions this spring, and to witness 2 high school graduations. The 4 oldest are now in college and the 2 youngest are in first and second grade. There is so much that can no longer be taken for granted, like hugs. May you all be well.

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Claudette Harloe Dalton 175 Rosewood Drive Nellysford, VA 22958 cla.dal2t@gmail.com This will be a lean letter since our last one was relatively recent.

The alumnae office has split the class newsletters into 2 batches—the odd years in the fall and the even ones in the spring. Hence our deadline in late summer for their fall edition.

Still, you can send updates anytime it suits. Just remember that if you send them right after a publication, then it might be old news by the time I wrestle the next one to the printers.

We all want to hear from everyone!

Hattie Coons Babbitt and her husband, Bruce, have kept up a strenuous exercise routine and stayed well. Their motto is “There is no such thing as bad weather, just bad wardrobe choices.” They have clocked hundreds of miles hiking and even added a personal trainer.

As I sit here with 20 extra COVID pounds, I am in awe of their get-up and go attitude. Be inspired!

Less Guthrie Keller retired in Jan. as CEO of Episcopal Community Services in San Diego. Needless to say, that organization was busy as an essential link during lockdown and they stayed busy adapting to the changing needs. But Less is not sitting around in retirement—she is a non-profit executive coach and on the board of PACE (a program giving medical care to elderly patients).

When not doing good deeds, she sees her family, who are all living in San Diego, and zooms weekly with Ginny Stanford Perdue, Haden Ridley Winborne and Mary Nelson Wade.

There is probably no more loyal SBC alum than Ann Tremain Lee. She stays busy traveling with Saint and having fun with family. They went to the Outer Banks with family and are contemplating a Sept. trip to ME. Like many of us, they rejoiced in the relaxing of some of the COVID restrictions but are leery that the situation is worsening again and may require going backwards.

They have a Charlottesville residence so they can see their granddaughter from CA who is at UVA without much worry about COVID. (UVA is doing a very good job of monitoring the students and following stricter protocols than many schools.) She says she is learning to slow down and treasures leisurely mornings but she sounds busy enough!

There is a wonderful update from Keithley Rose Miller in Palm Beach.

She continues her creative career in design and her Kremble Interiors has gone online thanks to her daughter, Tory. Check it out. She has been to Richmond and Locust Valley recently and saw May Humphries Fox ’70.

For those that remember May, she was a lobbyist in Richmond and I used to see her in the halls of the legislature from time to time. She was very good at her job! Keithley has also seen Cathy Hall Stopher and Keithley let us in on some Aints and Asses nicknames: Cathy Hall was “Bathroom Stall,” Keithley Rose was “Keen to Pick Her Nose” and Lucille McKee Clarkson was “Come Feel My Knee.”

I was excited to hear from Ronde Kneip Bradley who lives in Center

Philadelphia with good friends nearby. Her 2 daughters and 5 grandchildren live in the Philly ‘burbs, so she can see them often. She stays very busy with vegan cooking, furniture refinishing and spiritual refreshment from her 20 years of Buddhism and her Focusing (Gene Gendlin) practice. I admit to not knowing about the Focusing practice but would like to learn about it.

Mary Mahon Marco is also in Philly and she hooked up with Ronde for a reunion. Mary sent a picture of their meeting with Ronde on the left, Phyllis Girard and Sue Roessel Gibson in the middle and Mary on the right. Mary also relayed that she and her husband have been traveling. Marblehead, MA; Williamsburg, VA; Aptos, CA; and Maui. If COVID allows, they will be near SBC in October for a nephew’s wedding in Pharsalia, VA. Congratulations’ go to Bryan Alphin Bente on celebrating her 50th wedding anniversary with husband, Paul! Well done! They marked the occasion in a rental in Island Park, ID, close to Yellowstone and with plenty of hiking (her) and fishing (him) opportunities. The trip to ID was after driving to CO to see their newest grandson and this summer, they went back to CO to celebrate the 50th again with vaccinated family in Teton Village. They certainly picked spectacular scenery for their trips! She misses church choir but does Bible study by Zoom.

The award for “Most News” goes to Betsy West Dripps, who stays very active as always! She golfs, swims, walks or bikes every day. She is Ladies Champion at 2 golf courses on the Vineyard. Given all the celebrities that go there, I am sure those courses are not easy ones. She is the oldest one to do this and the only one to win on both courses! Way to go! She volunteers with school science groups to lead them through the Arboretum and works to protect the Vineyard ponds and beaches.

Husband, Craig is well and grows fruit and veggies in their greenhouse when he’s not hiking or golfing. This interest in the environment has been transferred to their children—the eldest, Wes, is an earth science professor and director of sustainability at Furman and the youngest, Perry, is in the sustainability department at

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Penn State. The girls teach kindergarten in Indianapolis and elementary art in Jackson Hole respectively.

Lots of excuses to travel to wonderful places! Betsy reminded me that a hospital I worked in in NC was actually started by her grandfather and that her dad is a doctor as well. Who knew? I will reach out to her for more info. Betsy’s dad had COVID apparently but survived it and she also reminds us that many of our classmates are sick or have lost family members. Reach out to them with a smile and a hug if you can and let us know if we have missed a chance to support anyone.

Almena Hill Pettit sends a really great photo taken pre-COVID at a mini-reunion in GA: Anne Rhett Taylor, Ann Arnspiger Canipe, Almena Hill Pettit and Carolyn Mapp Hewes hardly look a day older than when they graduated.

Almena has 10 grandchildren! (Is this the record?) And, her mother is 101—this is truly a multi-generational family!

Anne Crawford Bent, “Crawford” (as she is fondly and forever known to us), spotted the first bear of the season in July and the first since moving there 4 years ago.

Love her description of how it “pigeon-toed along” which is exactly what they do. (When not rooting around in garbage cans—we have an ordinance here that no trash cans go out the night before pickup lest the ursines dine a la carte. And no bird feeders after April. Such are the joys of country living in the mountains!)

And, instead of allowing Peter to go to a painting workshop in France, the family rented a house between MA and NY and enjoyed clean air and silence. Finally, Henri, the storm, didn’t do much damage—a lucky break for New England!

As noted in our last news update, Mary Frere Murchison Gornto moved into a development known as God’s Waiting Room, due to the age of the residents. That seems a little harsh and is probably a nickname for the complex but she is liking having free maintenance and being on one floor especially after nursing along a 134 year-old house for so long! She and Dean have remained healthy and managed to attend 2 spring graduations—granddaughter Charlotte from W&L (now with a PR firm in DC) and granddaughter Lily from

high school (now at UNC). They did get to their Wrightsville beach house that some of us know and love for a few weeks. Foreign travel is still likely on hold.

I must end on a sad note. I know you all got the SBC notice of Sue Scanlan’s death. What a loss to the College and to all the women of the world. Sue had reached out to Martha Brewer and once, to me. She had a true friend in Martha who would not let her hide under the covers and her nieces and dog, Lefty, were there until the end. She had a sort of rare GI tumor that had spread widely but she researched it, made her choices on treatments or not and set herself to wrap up what can only be called, a life well lived. We owe Scan much.

In school, her humor and ability to write and speak gave clarity to all she did and carried us all with her into rationality. Her work for Women (with a capital W) is well catalogued in the SBC obituary, but it was her courage as a board member that we are most grateful for. Because, if you think about it, the decision to close the school ended up lighting a fire that would save it. She endured social media and personal bullying by alums—even being accosted on the streets of DC—and while it saddened her, she forgave it with a grace most of us could never muster.

She met her end with the same grace and a sense of both humor and awe about the next world. As your leadership works to find a suitable way to honor her, we would love to keep a record of your memories of Scan and we ask you to share them with us. And all of our classmates are special in their own ways. Please share any memories of any of our deceased classmates and we will keep them along with the Memory Project archives from the 50th reunion.

So, it is hard to find a way to end on a happy note, still, I find myself smiling at all of your news and views.

Here is a quote from Agatha Christie’s husband, Max Mallowan, an archaeologist, about his days at University: “Never again did one have the opportunity of making friends with whom one lived at irresponsible ease in conditions where the means of entertainment was both easy and cheap!”

We were lucky to share irresponsible, easy days. What memories we made, and how lucky were we to be

Quilted batik by Anne WIglesworth Munoz ’71 titled Desert Sages

(L to R) Mim Washabaugh Meglan ’71, Kathy Beaudreau (Burns) Halperin ’71, Wendy Weiler ’71, Linda “Trixie” Hatten Chambers ’71 and Jacque Penny ’71 at reunion in July

in this class, in this school, at that time. Keep those masks on, get your shots and stay vigilant and remember your Alma Mater.

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Barbara Brand 3415 Fairfield Road Gettysburg, PA 17325 babrand@embarqmail.com Anne Sniffen Cates 4700 Lindstrom Drive Charlotte, NC 28226 acates.pa@gmail.com Alix Sommer Smith 39 Goose Creek Circle Fredericksburg, VA 22406 alixsmith9@hotmail.com Mim Washabaugh Meglan 332 Magnolia Circle Frederick, MD 21701 mwmeglan@gmail.com

Dre Bateman reports that she is still living and working in FL— nothing else new, as COVID put a halt to everything.

Denise Beardsworth Costa moved back east in 2019 after 25 years in the west, settling in Richmond near her daughter. After her husband died this March, one of her sons moved his family from OR, so now all the family is back east. Denise retired from a career in journalism in 2019 and is now active in the Osher Institute at the University of Richmond, plus several book clubs.

Beryl Bergquist and her choirmates sang the National Anthem at the July 2020, Atlanta Braves vs. Milwaukee Brewers game (the Braves won). She is renovating a three-story 1905 Craftsman and continues to practice immigration law. Recently, she volunteered at the East Lake Tour PGA Championship, and she also volunteers on the restoration crew of Fernbank Forest, removing non-native invasive plants. Cleaning

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Susan Greenwald ’71 safe during the pandemic with books and her cat

Jacque Penny ’71, Ann Gateley ’70, Wendy Weiler ’71, Vice President for Finance, Operations and Auxiliary Enterprises Luther Griffith, Kathy Garcia Pegues ’71 and Caroline Chappell Hazarian ’09 tour the new greenhouse during reunion in July

the copperhead habitat was a challenge in July, and no one was bitten!

Barbara Brand says that reunion was “a blast and a half!” After 3 days of fun, she stayed on campus for 3 more days for Sweet Work Weeks, alongside Kathy Garcia Pegues and many other alumnae. Her job at the library in Gettysburg is still very rewarding and often challenging.

She has recently been in emailing with Jean McIlhenny Gaskins, who sends greetings to all from NC. Judy Brown Fletcher says that extensive house repairs rule their lives. She mentions men in the attic, crawl spaces, basement, etc. They are looking forward to their 2—Kate and Will—visiting in Sept. along with other family members. They are also looking forward to the Greater Swiss Mountain Dog National in MA. Sadly, their dog, Easter, passed

away so they will be spectators and volunteers rather than owners.

Kathy Burns Halperin is still in awe of our 50th reunion, reconnecting without missing a beat, and celebrating the SBC experience that gave us wings. She admires President Woo for bringing us a vision of women’s leadership and for genius use of the campus. She is filled with hope and gratitude and will continue cultivating seeds of joy on the planet.

Deborah Chasen Wyatt says she enjoyed the reunion dinner and seeing old friends after decades—her first trip back to SBC since college!

Louise Dempsey McKean and husband have just returned to NH from their home in Québec where very strict COVID guidelines are still in place. Ambitious travel destinations have been substituted by places closer to home. Their grand-

son (16) has been appointed to be a Senate page, so they hope to travel to DC and VA for a long overdue visit to that beautiful part of the country.

Michaela English enjoyed seeing classmates at our 50th reunion. “The campus looks great, and the college seems to be coming back strong.” She and her husband now reside full time at Gwynn’s Island, VA, on the Chesapeake Bay, but she is still involved on corporate and non-profit boards.

She will be getting a labradoodle puppy soon, and she looks forward to taking her granddaughter (4) to Disney World. Best to all!

Mimi Fahs reports that before the recent hurricane activity her band, the Mudflats, played an outdoor concert, performing traditional American old time music, with twin fiddles (herself and Helen Hooke— who makes her sound good!), guitar,

banjo, mandolin, bass and drums.

Her goal was to be a good “old-lady” fiddler when she retired—so she guesses that’s who she is now!

Seeing so many classmates during reunion filled Kathy Garcia Peques with joy. She loved sharing stories and strolling together through time and the magical space on campus.

Thinking of those who missed reunion this year, she hopes they will visit anytime. She says, “I’m grateful for our new class leadership; thank you for stepping up! And to those who worked the phones and emails to bring in our largest class gift and greatest percentage of participation, just know how much you are valued and loved.”

Elizabeth Glassman declares, “What a time in life. It’s like adolescence all over again—don’t know where I live, what I do, nor who I am.

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(l to r) Linda “Trixie” Hatten Chambers ’71, Kathy Garcia Pegues ’71, Pamolu Oldham ’71, Mim Kathy Beaudreau (Burns) Halperin ’71, Pamolu Washabaugh Meglan ’71, Susan Schmidt ’71, Debbie Chasen Wyatt ’71, Wendy Weiler ’71, Jacque Oldham ’71 and Linda “Trixie” Hatten Penny ’71 and Kathy Beaudreau (Burns) Halperin ’71 at their class dinner at reunion in July Chambers ’71 at reunion in July

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But I’m happy.” After 20 years with Terra Foundation for American Art, she divides her retired time between Santa Fe and Chicago. She’s engaged with many boards and finding the work rewarding. “I very much look forward to traveling again but have no complaints—healthy and life is good. Cheers to all.”

Barbie Gracey Backer enjoyed reunion, loved seeing all who attended and left feeling good about life, old friends, SBC and the future.

She’s grateful for excellent health, a happy marriage, nurturing friendships, 3 children and 5 grandchildren all in Delray Beach, satisfying volunteer work, a challenging career, croquet tournaments, social outings and a home she loves. The reunion dance reminded her to celebrate everything!

Susan Greenwald cheers, “Hooray for the great reunion turn out of the class of 1971! Seems like just yesterday I was zipping out the front gates and on to the adventure that is my life. Stay safe and keep having fun.”

Linda Hill Krensky reports from MD that all is well. With 2 new grandsons in 2021, she is now a grandmother to 12! The children are happy to be back to in-person school even with restrictions. She and husband Steven still run a dry-cleaning business. Linda hopes all is going as well for all her SBC friends.

Carol Johnson Haigh has done some traveling—33 countries visited with husband Steve since graduation! There have also been children and grandchildren. During COVID she learned to play the banjo and Scottish bagpipes and to snow ski.

“Sweet Briar is a wonderful memory with equally wonderful people.”

Carolyn Jones Walthall reflected philosophically on her 50th reunion visit. She likes the changes she saw and progress toward sustainability and is proud of SBC’s adaptability and vision for the future. She’s equally grateful for the 4 years as a student there. “Being on campus and recalling that time in my life helped me realize how much my perspective about life and other people has changed and grown in these 50 years—thank goodness!”

K.J. Jones Youell and her husband, John, live in Chester, VA. She reports that they recently moved from their 3-story house to a more

easily navigated 1-story home and are delighted in their new digs, especially after her total hip replacement.

Her son and daughter and 5 grandchildren live nearby. K.J. and John are well and send their greetings to all.

Now vaccinated, Dee Kysor and husband George have finally visited their daughter and family. In her role as church choir director, Dee has created a virtual choir and made a Lessons and Carols video for her congregation. She adopted a rescue puppy in June and is working on dog training—successfully! She and John travelled to the Adirondacks in Sept.

Jean Mackenzie Thatcher enjoyed a long-overdue visit with Alison Jones over Labor Day weekend.

Lots of reminiscing and laughter!

Alison is working on a book for her foundation, No Water-No Life, detailing her many river expeditions and illustrated with her fabulous photos. Jean continues as mayor of Lloyd Harbor, NY, and president of a foundation for wildlife rehabilitation and education. Both note the great photos of SBC featured in college publications!

Lynne Manov Echols has finished her book, A Good Seat: Three Months at the Reinsitut von Neindorff, about her time studying with an icon of classical dressage. You can find it at www.facebook.com/RiderSeatMD/ .

Maggie Mather Feldmeier missed reunion but was very impressed by President Woo’s livestreamed address. She said, “We are happy and healthy in upstate NY— preparing to head south for the winter in Hilton Head, SC.” She hopes to resume some postponed travel in 2022 and will be taking their grandsons on a trip out west and going to Italy in May. She sends, “A toast to you all and wishes that 2022 be full of good memories.”

For Wendy Norton Brown the 50th reunion was the highlight of her year though we have to mention her 50th wedding anniversary in June. Family members enrich her life, both Lee in his Memory Care facility and 2 sons with 4 grandchildren in her same community. She’s trying to declutter accumulated possessions after 43 years in one house.

Mary Francis Oakey Aiken had fun at reunion seeing so many classmates back on our beautiful campus.

She and John still split their time

between Naples, FL, and Richmond, VA. They are kept busy by their 7 grandchildren and remain active with church groups, book clubs and limited travel.

Jacque Penny missed seeing those who were unable to come to reunion and wishes all a safe and healthy year.

Carol Remington Fogelsong enjoyed seeing classmates at reunion where she talked with friends for hours, danced a lot, rode all over campus (thanks to Mary Lyman Ray) and visited the Outing Cabin, a place her mother visited as a student at the College. She loves her new home and has started exercising, something she hasn’t done in years.

The move to Chiang Mai, Thailand, has proven to be positive for Trudy Slade McKnight, providing caring helpers for husband Jack’s progressing Alzheimer’s, travel, food and new friends among the expats.

Alix Sommer Smith writes that, after reunion, Denise Wisell O’Connor visited her in Fredericksburg, VA, for a week. The day after a pleasant visit to Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay, they and the 2 cats survived a 5-minute hailstorm that caused $25,000 damage to her home. Thank heavens for insurance!

At reunion, Anne Sniffen Cates loved “inhaling the beauty of Sweet Briar’s campus” once again. She and her husband, Ward, are in Charlotte near their daughter. Retired for 4 years, Anne fills her time with knitting, reading, feeding the birds and walking. She looks forward to traveling.

Among the “still employed,” Martha Stewart Crosland is an attorney at the Department of Energy on nuclear energy issues and has enjoyed teleworking from Palm Beach Gardens during the winter! She loves that her grandson (almost 3) lives within walking distance.

Caroline Tuttle Murray has had recent sadness in her life, with the death of her husband 3 years ago, and the loss of a grandchild and her mother in 2021. She felt she needed a life change and a project, and the result is the building of a new home 20 miles away in Greensboro, NC, across the street from her daughter!

Bev Van Zandt stayed for part of Sweet Work Week after reunion and highly recommends its “summer camp” aspects. Then she headed to

NYC to visit her daughter Roberta’s family and Anne Holler, to the Outer Banks, then Charleston to visit her daughter Beverly and her family before returning to San Miguel de Allende.

Mim Washabaugh Meglan reports that COVID isolation at home in Frederick, MD allowed her to do more of what she does anyway: gardening, reading, walking and patio visits with friends. She got a knee replacement, so she feels better than new. And she took up a new sport: sporting clays shooting!

Wendy Weiss Smith and her sisters Chris and Cathy (’74) celebrated their mother’s 105th birthday in Cleveland. She also enjoyed trips to NC beaches and Richmond museums and gardens. She completed a big project refinishing all the floors in her house and is now looking forward to trips to Istanbul and Athens in Oct. and to southern Italy in the spring.

Anne Wigglesworth Munoz reports that the desert around Tucson is gorgeous due to a great monsoon season and that she is working on several new quilted batiks for shows.

She was sorry to miss reunion but loved all the photos.

Kathy Wilson Lamb and her husband, Rex, just celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary and summered in northern MIgan.

Denise Wisell O’Connor returned from New Zealand the day before the lockdown began in 2020, celebrated completion of her house renovation with a Christmas gala and is now planning a trip to the Galapagos Islands in Jan., 2022. She and Carol Remington Fogelsong enjoy “international” lunches as often as possible.

“With great memories of Dr. Wright, Latin was my one true love,” says Beverly Wright Miller. And, after 50 years of sharing that love teaching Latin and English from elementary through college levels, as well as serving as regional director for Odyssey of the Mind, she has retired to read, quilt, garden, share at book club, play with her 4 chihuahuas and hopefully travel.

Alisa Yust Rowe and Richard have lived in the same house in Houston for 44 years and have a farm about 90 miles away. There, she is involved with a non-profit that brings art education to children in a

county-wide rural area as well as art exhibitions to the community. She feels blessed that her daughters and their families are nearby.

Diana Zeidel and her husband, Jon, still split their time between Richmond and West Palm Beach.

She sees Mimi Dixon Pitts and Caroline Tuttle Murray when in Richmond.

Wendy Weiler offers this message to our classmates: “What a fabulous 50th reunion we had! What an amazing group of women we have in our class. We are so blessed to have each other in our lives. Let’s make an effort to stay in touch on a more regular basis. We plan to have some interim class events, but please save the date for our 55th reunion in 2026! Meanwhile, be well, be happy and carpe diem!”

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Evelyn Carter Cowles PO Box 278 Free Union, VA 22940 ecc52@icloud.com Marion McKee Humphreys: ”After an extended stay in Cape May, NJ, this past June (due to a fall off my bike and consequent hip replacement) we returned to Memphis. Our newest addition, a white English lab, has been a wonderful nurse and all is well! Hunter is busier than ever. My co-teacher and I are deciding whether to delay the Sept. start of the chronological Bible study we teach.

Between teaching, going to a class, swimming and grandkids my days fill up! We are adding on at home as well. Hopefully that won’t be too disruptive.”

Virginia Woodward Gast: “We are downsizing from our house of 35 years to a smaller home in a retirement community that has a monthly booklet of at least 100 activities! It’s like camp. Oldest, Mike is a Southwest pilot. He lives nearby with his family. Katie also lives close with her growing family. Caroline lives in SC with her family and Annelyse is studying business marketing at London School of Economics.”

Glenys Dyer Church: “I have spent this year in many Zoom meetings making cards with friends and

with our son volunteering by playing musical instruments, singing, reading stories and more. All have been very enjoyable but it is nice to actually go scrapbooking in person. Our son is back in his day program 3 days a week and he loves seeing his friends.

We are actually able to visit my Dad again in-person as well as talking on the phone. That was a big one as he moved into assisted living last March on the last day that visitors were allowed. Seeing SBC friends on Facebook has helped a lot.”

Betsy Thayer: “I now live in Burlington, VT, and love it on the shore of Lake Champlain, after growing up near Lake Michigan. I am in the process of retiring from my second career as a clinical social worker in private practice. I plan to have time for longer visits to my older daughter, granddaughter and son-in-law in Washington, D.C., and my younger daughter and her fiance in Denver, while I figure out my next phase in life. I’ve had fun pandemic Zoom visits with Candy Sheffield Nielson, Sharon Sanders Williams and Chris Sherwood Warner. Sadly, Chris died from cancer this past winter. I am looking forward to our 50th in a year!”

Kathleen Cochran Schutze: “In 2020, we renovated our kitchen. The next March our downstairs flooded because a screw penetrated a water line (it should have been shielded) during the renovation. We have been in the process of remediation ever since. We anticipate moving back into our downstairs sometime in October of 2021. The good news is we have updated all the colors and trims! We added a new puppy in January, an Eurasier, and he has loved being around all the various workmen. They say early socialization is important! Our sons and their families continue to thrive, giving us 4 grandchildren to date. Our daughter Emily ’11, lives with us and is preparing a change in career to technology through online classes. Steve and I continue to love our home in MS, the friendliest state. I expanded my memberships recently to include DAR and PEO. We are having a lot of fun in retirement.”

Weezie Blakeslee Gilpin: “Life on our island is beginning to wind down towards Labor Day following the week filled with Illumination

Night and the Agricultural Fair.

Happily, the summer crowds are thinning. Things are busy in the libraries and I love my weekly time at our local thrift store known as Chicken Alley and I make sure to bring in donations to balance out whatever treasures I find to bring home! Bob’s college consulting business has become simpler working remotely via phone, Zoom and Facetime. Blake and his 2 boys spent 6 weeks with us this summer (yes, we were exhausted) and he is back in NOLA just in time for Hurricane Ida. Alexa’s 2 happily went back to school in VA this week in-person.

Christopher and his family are now experiencing real lockdown in Sydney. I am so grateful for my health, even more than ever, and wishing the same for all. Here’s to getting my booster this fall. See you in 2023.”

Sue Dern Plank: “Despite COVID we have been fortunate to see our grandchildren (6 and 9) who live in TN. We were there in May for end of year school activities and in July they spent nearly a month with us here in NY. We visited SBC and our Belizean daughter Elisa, Class of ’22. She has had a busy and active summer on campus doing an honors engineering and music research project and then assisting with an engineering program for high school students. Before leaving, we stopped at The Briar Patch in Amherst which continues to serve tasty meals and a new breakfast/lunch spot, It’s a Blessing, in the shopping plaza nearby. We also visited longtime friends in Buffalo before returning home.

I see Laurie Norris Coccio on occasion to play Mah Jongg and stay in touch with Ginger Woodward Gast.”

Barbara Alison Baker: “I hope all you classmates and old friends have traversed these strange COVID years with strength and courage, traits many of us learned at Sweet Briar. I continue to live and work in Atlanta, enjoying life as it comes, yet amazed how fast these years have gone by.”

Kathy Pretzfelder Steele: “Dave and I continue to stay busy in our FL community with our committees and activities. Exercise classes, line dancing and pickleball help me to stay active. As president of the Women’s Club this year I will be extra

busy planning meetings and events.

We spend much of our time with our sweet granddaughters (6 and 9) who live nearby, and visit our grandson (2) in GA as often as possible.

Although we are mostly staying close to home due to the pandemic, we are planning trips to Breckenridge, CO, and Charleston, SC, in the fall and a family vacation in Hilton Head in June 2022. Looking forward to our 50th reunion in 2023!”

Mary Buxton: “My retirement career is working with 350 Silicon Valley on CA and US climate legislation and with the Sierra Club on conserving 30% of CA land and water by 2030. We are grateful that we are all healthy and cautiously re-entering our community. I hope for the same for all connected with SBC.” Sandie Tropper Schwarzt: “I was recently elected to serve as a governor on the Board of Governors of the American Society of Appraisers, a position I held 2 years ago as well.

In addition to my appraisal work and teaching courses for appraisers, I will be teaching a class this fall on the art market at George Washington University.”

Diane Dale Reiling: “We are heading off to Charlotte next week to pick finishes on our new home at Trilogy Lake Norman, NW of Charlotte, NC. We should move next spring. We toured both Carolinas in April, seeing Karol Kroetz Sparks in Greenville, Jane Potts in Charleston and Nan Robertson Clarke in Charlotte. Chuck, who hates humidity, loved the amenities at this 55+ Community. We are hiding inside now from smoke and tired of wildfires, drought and smokefilled skies, so we are making a huge lifestyle change. Both of our kids have already moved to NY!” Kristy Alderson: “I am still teaching high school math in St. Pete, FL, and Mark is still renovating properties. Tegwyth is in NYC getting back into acting after this long shut down. We took a nice trip up there in July and saw lots of family and ball games. Looking forward to our 50th, after thinking we would not have one! Well done, Alum!”

Christina Savage Hegarty: “I’m enjoying retirement immensely and playing lots of pickleball with many wonderful new friends. After living in Colorado Springs for 6 years, my

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younger son, wife and now 2 year old, have moved back to the Cleveland area. They are expecting a baby girl in early October so I will have both sons and families close by and 4 grandkids to spoil!”

Molly Dunn Martin: “I was honored to be one of the judges at the 2021 Westminster Kennel Club dog show. Although the show is traditionally held in NYC in February, this year, due to COVID, it was held outdoors in Tarrytown, NY, at the Lyndhurst Estate in June. When not judging dog shows all over the country, I stay busy trying to keep up with my grandchildren (8 and 5) and my retired but more active than ever husband William. We hope to make his 50th UVA law school reunion in October Like so many other things, it has been rescheduled from the original dates.”

Jane A. McFaddin: “We are still here in Charleston, SC, trying to weather these challenging times. I had a breakout week in July 2020 when I went to my first Sweet Work Week on campus where Lisa Fowler

Winslow and I contributed to the new flower plantings at the entrance circle in memory of our beloved Peggy Cheesewright Garner. I have also been working with several family members, including Margaret McFaddin ’75, rebuilding a new “old” beach house on the site of our family place at Pawleys Island, SC. After 2 years we were able to offer it for rent, beginning Memorial Day weekend and ended up having a very busy first rental season. I saw Betsie Meric Gambel there in May in the midst of her road trip through the SE. I am still practicing probate law with a smaller case load and office which has helped during this COVID isolation time. After 2 years one of our daughters and her 2 children were able to visit from Prague. Our other daughter and family in Switzerland are still waiting to safely plan a visit and we now get to see our son, William, in Charlotte, who manages social media communications with the Carolina Panthers. Love to read all about the sustainable environmental practices on our beautiful campus

President Woo and Janet Richards Oikawa ’75

Sarah Clement ’75 lets her dog out for a run

Beverly Heffernan ’75 taking place in a mounted archery event, riding Luke

and am proud of the directions our smart alums, faculty and staff leaders are taking!”

Nancy Lenihan Conaty: “Jay and I have now been in Hilton Head for 15 years! I have recently started working at JMcLaughlin. If anyone is visiting HHI, please stop by to say hello!”

Noreen Conover Reed: “Pandemic blues still exist in sunny NC. Needless to say, we have felt the isolation from friends and family to the core. Both of our children are in the medical profession, so we have worried about them constantly. Finally being able to hug our grands has been delightful. Looking forward to more normal days.”

Nan Robertson Clarke: “First, thank you so much to all our ’73 classmates who participated in the 2020-21 Sweet Briar Fund. A participation rate of almost 33%, our highest in years, is making my cochair Diane Reiling and me look terrific! We are already making plans to ensure a great 50th reunion in spring 2023. Hal and I were able to

travel to see our 4 grown children (TX, NY, DC and here in Charlotte) and our 6.5 grandchildren.

Probably the most exciting thing I did last year (the bar for that is on the ground) was participating in the Pfizer COVID vaccine trial last fall and then in their COVID booster trial last month. Given my abysmal record in science classes at SBC, I am enjoying the irony.”

Linda Lipscomb: “I am still working from home and beginning to adjust to the fact that I will be back in the office after Labor Day. The pandemic has cramped my travel, but with luck, I will be in Portugal in October with my family for a delayed 70th birthday celebration.

Looking forward to our 50th reunion which will hopefully have this pandemic behind us!”

And lastly I am thankful to be in such a gorgeous area during lockdown. We did get away to MT this summer as well. We enjoy seeing our grandchildren growing up—2 boys with jobs in engineering in Raleigh, one girl working in Richmond

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Anne Cogswell Burris 1611 Cuthbert Street Charleston, SC 29412 ac_burris@comcast.net Bet Bashinsky Wise: “As I write this, I just returned from 9 days on the Colorado River with AzRA. The trip was postponed from 2020, and it was now or never for me. I had one acquaintance on the trip, so it was very strenuous as a single with all the camping, hiking and daily routine.

But, the full moon and Milky Way memories are for a lifetime. Doug and I are still spending summers in Whitefish, MT, but, unfortunately, it’s been discovered. Glacier Park now has a ticketed entry system so unless you plan months ahead or drive 50 extra miles to access a dif-

ferent gate you can’t get in. Winters will be spent with Doug whacking golf balls on Dataw Island, SC, and surrounds while I explore the low country marshes and the Atlantic coast. Our son still lives outside of Nashville, TN, so I’m back and forth a lot looking in on him. He, actually, was able to participate in a couple of adaptive races at the Master’s National Regatta in Oakridge, TN, in Aug. His huge smile warmed this Mom’s heart!”

Karen Bewick: “As with many, this past year and a half has been challenging. My Dad died of COVID in January, 2021 after a 2-month battle.

He was 92 and wasn’t in great health, but COVID is a terrible disease.

We’re still dealing with estate issues.

Ugh! On a happier note, my step daughter is pregnant and will have a little boy in November I’m looking through my childhood toys and books for him and enjoying going down Memory Lane. We continue to renovate the farm and have almost finished our “modern Victorian” master bath. I’m also almost finished re-doing the bed at the front of the house: I finally tore out some ugly, huge, overgrown shrubbery and am replacing it with various pollinators.

(I’ve included some perennial starts from my Mom’s garden along with

Janet Oikawa ’75 at Sweet Work Week

some of her stones and statuary.) It’s nice to have her presence in the garden. I was sorry to miss the reunion but the timing was bad for us and I was worried about the Delta variant (even though we’re both vaccinated).

Everyone please take care. Hope to see everyone at the next reunion.”

Sarah Clement: “I retired from the federal government in 2019 and was starting to figure out what my new life would look like when the pandemic hit. All plans went out the window, but I’ve adapted well by now. I’ve been enthralled by my 2 sisters’ grandchildren—2 great nephews and a darling 8-month-old great niece named Poppy—and forgot how much I loved helping them with babies 35 years ago! I’ve managed to keep biking with my bike club with pandemic restrictions and spend a lot of time hiking parks, preserves and trails with my young Golden

Retriever. Beloved senior Golden Crispin, who helped Save Sweet Briar, crossed the rainbow bridge in April at 13 1/2 years of age. In June, I joined Lele Casalini ’82 and Jane Dure ’82 for our pandemic-postponed annual visit with Cindy Conroy ’74 at her cool vintage house and shed on the Cape, and Hannah Pillsbury ’74 road-tripped up from a family reunion on the Jersey shore to join us for a week of great food, beach walks, and laughs. Finally, I’m about to attend my 50th high school reunion later this month, which means it’s only 4 years till our class’s 50th! I hope we can all gather in person and hug it out by then. Our high school reunion will be masked! Might be a blessing in disguise.”

Catherine Cranston Whitham: “I am in regular contact with Beth Montgomery, Randy Anderson Trainor and Libby Whitley. Hap-

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pily, much of my time is spent doing grandmother things with Ford (10), Eleanor (7 1/2), and David (1). I’ve taken on one last big volunteer job for 2 years as co-chair of the flower guild at our church. Meanwhile, I am anticipating a 2022 trip with friends to Morocco and traveling with BackRoads. Whit enjoys retirement and plays lots of golf. We are mighty thankful to have dodged COVID.” Beverly Crispin Heffernan: “2020 was of course the year of COVID so all our travel plans were scrapped except commuting between our homes in northern and southern UT. I did go to AL twice and MI once to compete in mounted archery.

2021 was much the same on the travelling side except for mounted archery competitions and Sweet Briar in July for the reunion. We hope to really travel in 2022! Jim continues to work as acting chief administrative law judge for the Office of Hearings and Appeals at the Interior Department. I’m enjoying retirement except for perennially overextending on volunteer gigs! Sons Jimmy and Chris are doing well. We have 3 dogs, terriers Bandit and Toddy, and Irish Wolfhound Reilly and 3 horses, Bo, Luke and Firefly, the latter being pregnant so a fourth will arrive next spring. I do keep in touch regularly via Zoom with roomies Cynde Manning Chatham, Nancy Haight, and Robin Singleton Cloyd.”

Cathie Grier Kelly: “My husband, Bill, and I have decided to downsize from a 2-story, 4-bedroom house to a condo in Buckhead (Atlanta). We want to be closer to our church. Living in a condo will be a big change, but we want to make the move while we are still young and healthy. Bill plans to retire in December, so we hope to travel more (COVID permitted). I am still exercising regularly and subbing at St. Martin’s Episcopal School where I taught for 6 years. Our Zoom cocktails have continued with Ellen Harrison Saunders, Betsy Brooks Jones, Carol Brewer Evans, Pam Myre Turner and Patty O’Malley Brunger. SBC friends are the best!

Love to all my classmates!”

Chris Hoefer Myers: “Hats off to our new Class President Wendy Wise Routh, and all ’75s who answered the call to support SBC! While on a marathon trip in Au-

gust, I made my first visits to Las Vegas, Hoover Dam, Valley of Fire, Sedona, Monument Valley, Garden of the Gods, Pikes Peak, several National Parks: Bryce Canyon, Arches, Canyonlands, Grand Canyon and Great Sand Dunes. I also enjoyed the Heard Museum, Taliesin West, Arcosanti and Frank Lloyd Wright’s luxurious Arizona Biltmore. What a whirlwind trip!”

Linda Lucas Steele: “The last few years have been challenging with husband Roger’s illness and COVID saying “no” to our daughter’s wedding in Spain. We found joy celebrating our 44th wedding anniversary, serendipitously on the day Roger and son Evan were named Virginia’s Cattlemen of the Year. In August, daughter Molly and husband Callum were able to celebrate their marriage with our family in VA and later with his in England. Son Austen continues to live and work in Richmond and travels home frequently to help out.

I had a wonderful experience participating in our class calling team effort, recreating SBC memories, which emphasized the importance of friends and family in navigating difficult times. I love the quote that Ashley Randle Averell just shared with me: ‘Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.’ So appropriate!”

Margaret McFaddin: “Wow, what a year. We finally finished construction of our family beach house at Pawleys Island and opened it up for rental this summer. It only took us 3 1/2 years to complete!

(Nothing like construction during a pandemic!) I am still cutting back on my consulting hours and plan to stop working completely by the end of the year. I was able to catch up with SBC classmates Kathleen Ryan, Lisa Walker and Heather MacLeod Gale and my sister Jane McFaddin ’73 at Jody Anderson Wharton’s son’s wedding. We are hoping to get together again this year at my new beach house! I am looking forward to traveling again. I hope all remain well.”

Beth Montgomery: “I have nothing to report and have threatened Cogs to not make up anything. That being said, I can report that I remain in contact with Catherine Cranston Whitham. I also see a great deal of Ann Wesley Ramsey. I am so hap-

py I made the decision to move back East to Richmond, VA, and I look forward to working with our class leaders in the coming years.”

Missy Nesbitt Voigt: “Hi all!

Greetings from the most under-vaccinated state in the union! Ugh! Despite it all, we are healthy and feeling very blessed and about to start traveling again. I am also embracing the COVID (silver) hair! Not sure if I have already sent this info, but our middle child John married a Sweet Briar graduate. The wedding was actually at Sweet Briar. We had the best time! It was such a walk down memory lane even though I was only there for one year. We hosted the rehearsal dinner at the boat house.

We still have only one precious grandchild—our Rosie (9)—but are hoping for more from our other 2 children. Fingers crossed! Love and best wishes everyone!”

Janet Richards Oikawa: “Shio and I volunteered for Sweet Work Weeks ’21. It was our first time. Five hot and humid days of working in different areas around campus was never so much fun. The camaraderie we experienced, the reconnection with friends and the making of new ones was wonderful. I met President Woo when she invited the volunteers to Sweet Briar House for a picnic dinner. Her leadership has been remarkable. SBC is thriving! We were impressed by the new equestrian complex, green house, apiary, vineyard and field of wildflowers.

I bought the incredible hand soap, lotion and bath scrub containing SBC honey at the Book Shop, smells divinely sweet! SBC is leading the way in sustainability and innovation.

Looking forward to seeing you all at reunions and other events, especially our 50th!”

Ginny Shipe Cameron: “Not too much news from me except that I remain cancer free after 3 years!

(Secretary’s note: Best news ever!)

The family is healthy, I’m healthy and not too much matters besides good health. I am still working but starting to slow down and spending more time at the beach (Ocean City, MD).

My friend David and I are meeting Elaine Altice and her husband Saman in St. Augustine in October for a 4-day weekend. I can’t wait to see them! I heard from Betsey Clay and she lost her brother Ritchie last

year (remember him from UVA?).

We also lost my old boyfriend Pete Eldredge (also UVA). I remain in touch with Anne Ross Shipe, Heather McLeod Gale, Betsey, Elaine and Helen Harrison Witty.

Ann South Malick: “Today (Sept. 1, 2021) is my 68th birthday!

I remember when I was sure I would never see the age of 30. . .blew that one. Despite COVID, Afghanistan and Hurricane Ida, life has settled into a form of sameness. Our big excitement is the upcoming wedding of our daughter Mary Frances in October 2021. It’s hard to believe that my daughter is 30 and getting married!

Kacer (28) is working for the River Hounds, a pro soccer team in Pittsburgh. Mark (hubby) is working with a nonprofit here in the burgh that provides legal work for immigrants. They have been overwhelmed recently. As for me, I continue to spin, weave and knit. I swim and go play with horses weekly to maintain my sanity!”

Gray Thomas Payne: “Not much to write about thanks to COVID. Tom and I are in Camden, ME, for the summer and in the winter we are hanging out in Nashville, TN, where both of my married children live, each with 2 children. Other travel plans were curtailed by COVID, but we are looking forward to more adventures when we can escape. All is well with us.”

Dorsey Tillett Northrup: “I have been painting for some years but now I am learning illustration. I have written a story for a children’s book, starring my grandson, Max. I am going to do all the artwork! I imagine it will take me a full year but I am really looking forward to it. I’m also continuing with photography, trying to keep moving forward with painting. I have written 1/3 of a novel with characters awaiting my return and am trying to advance in piano!

Why did I study all that math and science? I am taking a fall 2021 trip up to WI to Madeline Island in Lake Superior where I will be attending a photography workshop. But you can see that I am trying to keep learning as Sweet Briar taught us to do.

I would love to hear from any of you who are also working on fun hobbies. Stay well.”

Juliana Tu: “I am on pins and needles. Stress and old age are taking

its toll, and I’m hoping acupuncture and cupping will help. It’s not fun being a human pin cushion but if it gets me out of the office. California real estate is still going crazy and so is the settlement industry that I am in.

I started my own YouTube channel during the pandemic, to educate the general public regarding what happens when a transaction enters into escrow. So, of course, the channel is called “Think Escrow!” I do post about my life on Facebook so feel free to friend me or you can visit me at my own website—https://julianatu.com/ Cheers to all!

Patti Tucker O’Desky: “We finally had a marriage in our family.

Our son Charley was married in Oct. 2020 in a tiny wedding with 9 people—including the bride and groom! We planned and systematically cancelled 2 engagement parties and one wedding reception. So Billy and I spent a lot of time and money for no return. COVID Times!

Our son and his wife are (at this writing) in France on their belated honeymoon. First stop Paris then on to see Rachel’s father who lives in Bordeaux and finally the south of France. Our daughter Aly is living in Boulder, CO, and we are planning to visit her in October. In September, we are flying to Nashville where we plan to see Missy Nesbit Voigt from our SBC class. Gray Thomas Payne also lives in Nashville part of the year, but we will just miss seeing her as she will be headed back to ME for end of the season stuff. Otherwise we have held up fine. Orange County, CA, has been a reasonable place to live during COVID. We still live in our apartment on the Newport Harbor so plenty of activity to watch with boats, outrigger canoes, paddle boards and the regular sea life happening all the time. Life is good!”

Bonnie Walton Mayberry: “I am doing well! I have been retired from teaching for 15 years and loving it.

My husband, Jerry, is now retired and our days are spent fishing, enjoying grandkids and just enjoying our time together. Our daughter, Megan, and son-in-law, Judson, have 6 adopted kids from all different places! Larissa (25) is from Brazil, Thaxton (14) and Ashlynn (13) are local, Platini (12) and Chadrack (10) are from the Congo and, last but not least, Raelynn (4) is also local. Our

lives are full of joy and love. I couldn’t be more blessed.”

Ann Wesley Ramsey: “I know this hasn’t been an easy year for any of us. COVID lockdown did give us a chance to spend quality time with the family members in our pod, but I am happy to begin to travel once more and eat in restaurants! As is the circle of life, in June my mother passed at age 96, and we welcomed our 6th grandchild, baby Griffin, born to son, Garrett, and Caroline in June. Stay well my friends!”

Wendy Wise Routh: “COVID has colored every aspect of our lives.

I was happy to have Lexie and JohnCarlos home, both working remotely.

They hadn’t spent much time under our roof since boarding school so it was a delight to have a family dinner every night. (I think they tired of it and wanted to get back to the dating scene, truth be told). Given that we are all immunocompromised, we got our vaccines in January and headed to our home in FL. The dogs were able to come too! We visited with Ann Wesley Ramsey on the way home, as she graciously hosted us and the dogs (3 labs) overnight. The weather was perfect in Water Mill this summer, and the ocean even got to 72 degrees in July! I remotely finished decorating a house in Shelter Island (clients were from CA so a lot of fedex!) Carlos is finishing a “McMansion” in Southampton. Lexie is still working for The Broadway League, with hopes of the return of the Tony Awards. JohnCarlos is with Hello Fresh, so he is eating well!

As a final note, allow me to thank Dorsey Tillett Northrup for nominating me to be your class president.

I am honored to have been elected, and will try to fill those huge shoes.

(Class leaders are listed at the end of Class Notes.) We will be reaching out to you to catch up and report news as it happens. I am SO thrilled that Sweet Briar is proverbially the Phoenix that rose from the ashes. I was just fly-fishing in a remote area of NY (The Beaver Kill River). At the family style dinner, my dinner partner remarked that he had gone to W&L. I said I had gone to Sweet Briar! He said, “I just knew that you were a SBC girl” and our conversation bored the rest of the table! We will be talking soon!”

And, I, your faithful scribe, am

still living in limbo in Charleston (still the #1 city to visit in the U.S.) Lon and I did sell our house and moved Oct. 1, 2020, to a rental home across the street from our lot where we have been planning to build for 3 years! (I feel Margaret McFaddin’s pain!) After several pauses (for various reasons), we are planning to have the foundation laid before the year ends with construction beginning in Jan. 2022 (depending on where construction costs are). We love our new location—10 minutes to work for both Lon and me—and we use our golf cart to get to the golf course (5 min). I am still working part time, playing golf 2 to 3times a week (finally got my handicap out of the 30’s!), and enjoying time with my grandchildren Thomas (8), Birdie (5), Ben (4), Billy (3) and Charlie (2) often as they all live in the Charleston area. I’ve also managed to involve myself on 3local boards, something I swore off years ago. Lon still loves working with Wells Fargo Advisors—no retirement anytime soon!

Sorry to have missed reunion, but I am so proud of our class for having 36% participation in giving to SBC for the 2020-21 fiscal year! After our Zoom class meeting in Aug., we all agreed we need to do it more often.

It was fun catching up and enjoying lots of laughs!

Class of 1975 Class Leaders: President—Wendy Wise Routh Vice President—Beth Montgomery Secretary—Anne Cogswell Burris Fund Agents—Chris Hoefer Myers & Ann Wesley Ramsey Stewardship—Sarah Clement

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M. Claire McDonnell Purnell cpgd@verizon.net Hillary Lewis Bennett retired from teaching and is living parttime in Old Town Alexandria, VA, and part time in western PA at her lake cottage. Hillary writes that she has “recently fallen in love with pickleball. Looking forward to a trip to Spain next spring with SBC classmate Dana McBride Jackson.”

Diana Landau McCulloch writes “The wheel turns here in PA,

as my daughter, Pepper, has graduated college (cum Laude, Randolph-Macon in Ashland, VA) and has spent her summer in the CO Rockies as a wrangler. I am hoping that she decides to return home! I am finally downsizing and have my farm on the market. I will rent for now, to stay closer to my 92-yearold dad now that mom is gone.

Although very sad to part with my lovely place, I confess that I am looking forward to no maintenance! I am still riding, playing tennis and trying to paint better landscapes. Also, I am soon to be the new mom of a Tibetan spaniel, a totally new breed for me and in keeping with my new downsized life! Recently I had the delightful opportunity to hike with my old roommate, Stephanie Snead, at Fair Hill in MD. Great SBC friendships last a lifetime!”

Stephanie Rinaldi Charlip writes “My oldest, Allie, will be getting married in September. My middle child, Annie, will be having her first baby, and our first grandchild in November. Jeff, our youngest, has a great girlfriend who he is crazy about. We are so fortunate all 3 of our kids live not too far from us in the Boston area. Steve is still practicing law on his own and I am still riding my horse every day and competing in the jumper ring on my Irish Sport Horse, Chilmark, when I can.

I have no plans to retire from riding and jumping, so that means I’ll keep on working, training and boarding dogs to support my riding habit.”

Sandra Meads Tuturo and Michael are still living in Roswell, about 20 miles north of Atlanta, GA. Michael is busy building distribution centers all over the country for ChikFil-A and loves it! Sandy writes “I just started my 40th year teaching and this is my first year without my own classroom. I’m teaching Reading and ESOL in third and fifth grades and am really enjoying it! Our oldest, Rick, and his wife still love living in San Diego. Our middle daughter, Becca, just opened her own private practice in NH. They are very busy with our 2 grandchildren, Annabelle (3) and Jackson (8 months). Our youngest, Katie, is engaged! She is busy finishing her nurse practitioner degree and planning a May 2022 wedding. Life is good!”

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very busy “in spite of the state of the world right now. I am serving on our hospital’s foundation and working with the Catawba Lands Conservancy helping plan a new 25 mile stretch of the Carolina Thread Trail.

And to add to the chaos, we just got a new Bernidoodle puppy last week.

It’s been lots of fun, but her energy is relentless!”

Susan Clay Russell and husband Fred are living in Richmond, VA. Susan writes “Our daughter, Pricey, was married in a small backyard ceremony in June 2020 to Jesse Hawthorne. It was not the wedding that was originally planned. Luckily, they were able to have the big celebration with all their friends and family in June 2021! Cammie Bethea Mills attended the wedding as well as Barrie Jeffrey McDowell and Terrell Luck Harrigan. Cammie and I also met in NYC one weekend in April.

We had dinner with our daughters which was really fun. We bought a house on the Chesapeake Bay last September. It is close to Richmond

so we can use it as a weekend getaway. Two of our children are living in Richmond and one daughter, Libby, is in NYC working for Acquolina Catering and Event Management. I have taken up golf and continue to play bridge.”

Margaret Robinson Talmadge and husband, Dan, are living in Cincinnati, OH. Margaret continues to teach chemistry labs at University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College. Their son, Douglas, lives in Seattle, WA, and works for SpaceX. They enjoy visiting him in Seattle and watching the rocket launches online. They had a great visit with Peggy Walz Galdi and her husband Gary in FL at the beginning of July. She writes “Dan and I loved seeing all who attended reunion, and missed many who were unable to get there this year. I hope to be able to better connect with them electronically in the coming year.”

Anne-Marie McAndrews Pagli writes “John and I celebrated our 36th wedding anniversary in Aug. at

our favorite place Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz, NY. We also celebrated his new investment business. His only regret is that he didn’t do it 30 years ago! I have been so busy in real estate with people exiting the cities due to COVID and now being able to work remotely. All 4 boys are thriving. Christian our second son has found the love of his life Rachael so we have our first wedding Sept. 24! We are all getting very excited! As I like to say, I finally have my girl!”

Harriet Harrison Leavell’s son, Walton, married Giulia Avoltini, a wonderful young lady from Italy, in March 2019. They live in Houston where he is a software consultant.

Harriet’s daughter, Brooks, is an investment manager with a commercial real estate company. She moved to Austin from Atlanta in 2020. Harriet writes “After 36 years with Merrill Lynch, Whitney retired at the end of 2019. Also in 2019, my mom, Sarah Swift Harrison Voyles ’53, moved to Houston after spending all her adult life in Waco, TX. In Feb., 2020, I went on a fabulous trip to Machu Picchu and the Galapagos Islands, returning just before the COVID shutdown. I retired at the end of July 2021 after 23 years as the tax manager for an international electronics distributor. We just finished a renovation of our house on Galveston Bay so we will spend more time there now that we are both retired. We are looking forward to several ski trips as well as a trip to Yosemite in the spring. I am staying busy with my mom along with gardening, tennis and my new favorite, pickleball! I see Dana Painter Parkey regularly as we are in the same garden club and often travel together.”

Lori Faust Williams and husband, Rusty, are living in White Post, VA. She writes “My son, Ted, is looking to buy a house, with his fiancé, Holly. She is a phlebotomist at a family practice in Winchester, VA. He is still in maintenance at a nursing home. Rusty is still head of maintenance at Grafton School. Between the 3 of them, I was kept updated on all things COVID and vax info. Shelby is working at getting her degree and becoming a teacher. She is currently at Old Dominion University but has applied to East Carolina University. We haven’t heard yet.

I am still battling with my shoulder,

after the rotator cuff surgery. I had 2 holes to sew up in there, something my orthopedist said he has never seen or heard of before. Rehab has been long and slow—ugh. I will be flying out to Palm Springs, CA, in November to visit with my mom, who has Alzheimer’s. I plan on going as often as I can now, while she still recognizes me about half the time. I am desperately hoping I can return to training/showing my reining horses next spring/summer.”

Kearsley Rand is living in Arlington, VA, and writes “In April I finally got to see my dad in FL after 16 months of COVID restrictions with an extra bonus of visiting my eldest son Angus—also in FL. I spent a relaxing week in Cape Cod in July visiting friends and have a trip planned for September to see my baby Duncan in Chicago. I had a great time at our SBC reunion and my only complaint was that more of you didn’t attend.”

Stephanie Snead reconnected with her sophomore year roommate, Diana Landau McCulloch, for a hike at Fair Hill in Elkton, MD. They had a great time getting together and they are planning more outings in the near future. Stephanie writes “My granddaughter Mia is now 2 and she has a 1 month old sister Sophia. I love being a grandmother. The Mount Kilimanjaro Climb I had planned to go on in 2020 has been further postponed until 2022 but I’m still looking forward to attending. All 3 of my children are doing well. I’ll have 40 years in government service in October.

I’m leading a branch of software developers. These are interesting times with a lot of challenges, but the work is very rewarding. I’m eyeing retirement but with no plans yet.”

Thanks to reminders from Carol Hays Hunley and Vickie Archer and Annie Imbrie ’14, her daughter and Carol and Tom’s god daughter, made it to the reunion. What fun!

Vickie writes “Annie has been living overseas so it was her first time to campus since her SBC 2014 graduation. She definitely made the most of her visit (after ditching her mother) linking up with old SBC buddies and lots of new ones she met as she crashed in on the hilarity of the 1990s class parties in Manson’s common room. Also, thanks to the special friend who supplied hangover

CLASS NOTES Ireland! Campus looks great! We had a beautiful, re-decorated hospitality suite in Randolph thanks to a generous donation from classmate Allison Roberts Greene. Other news: had a great family trip (Barbie and boyfriend Ray; Chrissy and husband Mac and Tommy) to CA and hit San Fran, Yosemite, Napa and Half Moon Bay. Highlight of the trip was a gender reveal for our first grandbaby due in February—a little girl—and her parents live here in Charlotte, so we are super excited to have them and our grandbaby nearby! My MS is progressing, but still blessed to lead a full life. I am trying to keep moving, and partying, so I appreciate my classmates and family for helping me with both this summer. Let’s try to connect more of us from ’81 before our 45th!”

Lelee Frank Hazard was glad to hear that our 40th was a success and sends her thanks to Brendy and all who made an effort. Lelee writes that she “was sorry to miss the reunion and SWW. I have really enjoyed SWW in years past, especially the chance to be with the dynamic women who take charge. So great to meet new friends of all ages and reconnect with alumnae. President Woo is an impressive leader and being on campus is fabulous. I hope my summer plans can include Sweet Work next year… we shall see!”

Carrie Maynard Nichols and Tommy are still in Charlotte where Tommy works in finance. Her son, Austin, graduated from UNC Greensboro and is looking for a job.

Bucky lives at home and goes out into the community with a caregiver on weekdays. Carrie writes “I am an assistant teacher in first grade at a local elementary school, I tutor after school, and I am completing my practicum for the associate level in Orton-Gillingham. Reunion was so much fun! I drove up with Carol Hays Hunley. It was great to see everyone who attended. The college looks wonderful and is as beautiful as ever!”

Betsey Simpson Hilberts writes “All good here right now! Started a new position as a math specialist in the school district of Philadelphia.

Pandemic really took a toll on our students! Our 3 daughters are in NYC and enjoying being together, and my parents are hanging in there.

I had a great time with Harriet Bielitsky Anderson last month! Sorry I missed reunion. Next time!”

DJ Stanhope just celebrated 1 year as executive director for USO Nevada. She writes “Las Vegas is quieter than usual due to the impact of COVID, but I hope we’ll see a turnaround in the next year.

The best news I have to share is the sense of relief and accomplishment from assisting an Afghan USO employee and his family escape Kabul.

We still have a lot to do to support troops struggling with the end of the mission. I love that the USO is there for them from the front lines to the home front. Thanks for supporting my work over the years!”

Brendy Reiter Hantzes’s big family news is the welcoming of a grandson. Brendy writes “It’s wonderful and I’m enjoying helping out and watching him a few days a week.

My big news is I’ve closed my appraisal business (what a relief ) and am doing work here and there. Our reunion was fun, and we all enjoyed spending time in the beautifully redecorated Randolph parlor made possible by our generous classmate Alison Roberts Greene. And lastly, I want to thank and welcome 3 new class officers: Carol Hays Hunley, co-president; K Ellen Hagan, stewardship secretary and Anne-Marie McAndrews Pagli, secretary ( Jan. 2022)” Claire McDonnell Purnell writes “I have had the most wonderful time being your class secretary and I am sad to let it go. Classmates have been so sweet to thank me when they send their news and I appreciated it very much. Anne-Marie, you will really enjoy this volunteer job. John and I are still living in Annapolis, MD, where I continue to work in freelance graphic design.

The children’s book that my mother and I wrote (and I illustrated) has not piqued the interest of any literary agents. My plan is to just send the manuscript to literary agents and see what happens. Next up for me is to be president of my garden club. Our daughter Mary and her husband live in Rico, CO, where they run an online tutoring business that they began in early 2020. Our daughter Lizzie is living in Brooklyn and working part-time for a sustainability foundation, an issue that she

is very passionate about. Since Liz is a wiz at Excel, she is working part time for John as well.”

Thank you all for sending your news. Have a safe and happy year ahead.

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Virginia Claus Buyck vbc414@aol.com As always, it is so great to hear from our classmates. I know it’s not always easy to take the time to write but I appreciate it when you do!

Ann Sterling Hart sold her farm in May and moved with her boyfriend to Ocala, FL. Ann still has Kashmir (retired) and added Ike to the family. She continues to run dressage horse shows. Ann’s daughter Stephanie was married in Nov., 2019 and lives in Seattle, WA, and Ali will be marrying in October this year (fingers crossed it doesn’t get cancelled again because of COVID) and is living in Shreveport, LA. Ann’s mother successfully underwent quadruple bypass last year and is better than ever and riding her horse again at 85!

Lucy Chapman Millar shared the very sad news of the loss of her beloved husband Ken on March 8 after surgical complications to address bile duct cancer. Lucy noted this is a hard cancer to diagnose, and once it was found and confirmed, everything happened very quickly. She thanked everyone who sent notes and support to help her get through this difficult time. I know our class joins me in sending our deepest condolences. Lucy is splitting her time

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breakfast for our drive home. Annie and I shared lots of remembrances and happy tears over the mountain to Lexington. BTW: The comestibles and the bands were fantastic— we want to do it all over again real soon!”

Tiffin Hartman Fox writes “We took a trip to the East Sea area of Germany and enjoyed taking long walks and touring. We came home and celebrated my birthday with our family coming to visit. It was fun reading to my 4-year-old Annabelle and drawing with our 2-year-old Samuel. We ate outside and took walks together. Recently my husband had a conference in the Bavarian Alps and invited me to come. We turned it into a family visiting time as well stopping to visit our oldest son and family near Stuttgart, then hiking in the Austrian Alps, attending the conference, and hiking some and afterwards visiting our youngest son, Edward, and his wife Alice (newlyweds) who live in beautiful Lake Constance on the Swiss border.

Then we headed home.”

K Ellen Hagan has been living in Gainesville, GA, for 4 years where she spends her time mentoring students in the Hall County and Gainesville City School Systems. K Ellen writes “I was able to go to Big Sky, MT, in March 2020 to visit my brother and sister-in-law. I got home just on March 10 just before everything went upside down! During the down time, I took care of some long-needed house projects. Looking forward to visiting Fripp Island, SC, in Nov. for a few days. That’s an advantage to being retired. Hate that I missed reunion, but I enjoyed seeing everyone’s pictures. Thankful for Facebook and Zoom to stay in touch with friends! I would encourage each of us to reach out to our classmates.

Please help us round up contact info for our friends. If you have contact info for some of our classmates, please share. We are working on improving class communication. Thank you! End of PSA!” Carol Hays Hunley had a blast at the reunion and says that it was “so great to reconnect with classmates, some of whom I hadn’t seen in, well, 40 years! Especially great to see roomie Vickie Archer and her daughter Annie Imbrie, SBC class of 2014, who was visiting from Dublin,

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Ann Sterling Hart ’83 and Ike

between Atlanta and Bluffton, SC, and welcomes anyone visiting the Low Country. She did have a great visit in May at Melissa Byrne Partington’s family lake home in VA with Blair Clark Swoope, Bridget O’Reilly Holmes, Barb Paulson Goodbarn, Leslie Malone Berger and Anne Little Woolley. Lucy also said that Leslie Wright Root and her husband Randy were just in SC visiting and looking at property nearby, so fingers crossed that another Vixen will be in the area!

Barb Paulson Goodbarn shared the wonderful photo of the gathering mentioned above. Look closely at their fabulous hats! What a special and fun reunion.

Kathy Barrett Baker is enjoying retirement and spending time with their 4 teenage step-grandchildren who are 21, 18, 13, 11. She enjoys their annual family trip to Emerald Isle, NC. Kathy ran into pretty Tish Littleton Eliades at a friend’s birthday party. Kathy stays busy doing yard work on their “Gentleman’s farm”, working on an international travel etiquette program for her little manners blog (www.betteretiquette. blogspot.com), writing short stories, and possible travel with Sixth Star Entertainment cruise ships. Kathy and Jim still enjoy their annual vacation to St. Maarten and will be back this year for their 22nd year.

Wylie Jameson Small and Stuart stay busy traveling between Rochester and their second home on Kiawah Island, SC (SBC classmates—you are welcome to drop in anytime!) Wylie is still running and golfing. Her big news is the near completion of her historical novel, Gray: The Life of Sir Thomas de Gray, which she hopes to publish in 2022. It is a novel based on the life of a 14th century English knight and has been a joy to research and write.

Keep your eyes peeled on Amazon for its release.

Great to hear from Mary Ann Albright. Her sweet dog Tessa just turned 13. Lea Sparks Bennett also said hello and that she misses everyone!

Amy Boyce Osaki is thrilled to lead their first hiking trips since March 2020! She is leading (with John and their European guides) mountain hiking trips to the Dolomites of Italy, and to Croatia, in Sept.

2021. Their daughter is studying abroad for 3 months in Siena, Italy with the Global Education Oregon (GEO) program of the University of Oregon.

Miriam Baker Morris and Clay enjoyed having their son, daughter in law and 18-month old granddaughter living with them while they completed a renovation. They are expecting their second child in Nov. Miriam and Clay’s daughter Sally and her husband are moving back to Birmingham, AL after 3 years in Paris. They will be living with Miriam until they get settled.

Elena Quevedo started a full consulting service, Cardinal Consulting for Nonprofits, and reports it is going really well. She still dreams of starting a distillery in a post-pandemic world. Daughter Olivia, 27, moved back to NYC to start an MFA program at the New York Academy of Art. Sebastian, 25, has settled well in a group home in Miami, where Elena visits him every week and they often travel together. She is based in Jupiter with her partner Kevin Shea. Elena wants to know if there is interest for a mini reunion in FL during the winter— please send word if interested.

Alice Cutting Laimbeer is still teaching art at Highland School in Warrenton, VA. She and Rick live on their farm which is filled with retired horses and mischievous corgis.

They continue to lead trips to Kenya which support rural Masai schools.

They also cherish their Bark Licker retreats with Anne (Little) and Doug Woolley, Wylie ( Jameson) and Stuart Small, and Lucy Chapman Millar.

Alicia Nygaard Formagus is looking forward to retiring their dental practice after 42 years in November. Their plan is to spend more time with their 4 grandchildren and travel.

Melissa Seay Harshaw (also known as “Seay” Seay Harshaw Delgado) shared lots of exciting news.

She is living in Nashville, working as an artist producer and running her multimedia music company Tuscan Sun Music. They have won several awards this year with music in film and video in Milan, Florence and the United Kingdom. Melissa was also guest vocalist this year on some great music including iconic com-

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She is renovating her house and married to Jules with 2 dachshunds Will and Teddie. Melissa can be contacted at www.tuscansunmusic. com and www.seayinthegarden.com.

Melissa has been working with Cate McNider, who has become an amazing painter/visual artist. Melissa and Cate lived together in the UK after graduating so it’s been very fun to reconnect. Melissa will (hopefully, weather and travel permitting) go on a diving trip to Jamaica to celebrate her birthday. She sends lots of love to all of our classmates and looks forward to our next reunion.

So great to hear from Cate McNider. She lives in the same rent-stabilized apartment in the East Village in New York City. Cate is president of The Listening Body (on FB and Instagram) and has practiced somatic movement therapies and bodymind techniques for 30 years, now available through Zoom lessons and in-person lessons (if vaccinated).

Cate has also been accumulating a lot of paintings and works on paper since 1994 and has assembled select ones for sale catemcnider@artstorefronts.com. Additional works are displayed at https://catemcnider. com/. In addition, Cate’s first collection of poetry, Separation and Return, 2010 is on the website for purchase, with a second collection in the works.

Sarah Sutton transitioned her woman-owned business Sustainable

Museums into the nonprofit Environment & Culture Partners in Aug. 2021, taking on a partner and staff to meet the expanded demand for climate action among museums, zoos, gardens, aquariums and historic sites. She expects to attend the Conference of the Parties in Glasgow in November to continue national and global work on climate but will cap off the trip with a week in Malta, a first visit for her. Son Taylor (31) is taking a year in Mexico to plan next steps, having spent 8 years as an engineer with Boeing, and Parker (28) is attending Park Ranger Law Enforcement Academy in Mt. Vernon, WA. She’s loving being in Tacoma on her little plot of land in a walkable community with gardens, chickens, a bike and a kayak to play with.

Wendy Chapin Albert celebrated her 61st birthday this year.

COVID has been hard, especially since Wendy’s mother passed in May 2020. Wendy’s family has been celebrating their daughter Annie’s engagement and are looking forward to the wedding in Nov., (fingers crossed they will not have to revise wedding and receptions plans.) Annie and her fiancé Thomas live and work in Tallahassee, FL. Wendy and Tolly’s daughter Eleanor are excited to be moving to her first home in Columbia, MD. Wendy has been busy with wedding plans, gardening, walking their standard poodle and many other projects. Tolly still works from home with Chapin Davis and

Members of the Class of 1983 (l-r): Anne Little Woolley, Bridget O’Reilly Holmes, Barb Paulson Goodbarn (back row L to R) Leslie Malone Berger, Lucy Chapman Millar, Melissa Byrne Partington, Blair Clark

takes breaks to visit and watch their racehorses.

Martha Riggs Lowry is still working in her interior design business, Design of the Times. Martha and Ron live in Winston-Salem, NC. She had a marvelous 60th birthday at the Greenbrier Resort in WV joined by Hannah Davis Emig.

Martha and Ron are looking forward to traveling this next year, heading to Ireland, Scotland and Disney World (which they love). In early Sept., Ron will celebrate 20 years out from his kidney/liver transplant.

Barbara Rose Page sent the most wonderful email. She is a retired teacher from the Nelson County Public Schools, and until COVID, was a musician for church services.

After retirement, Barbara worked as a substitute teacher (including the classroom of her daughter, an SBC alumna), and volunteered for Habitat and the Nelson County Historical Society. Barbara attended the Inauguration Ceremony of President Woo and enjoyed seeing Mary Pope Maybank Hutson, Phil Stone and Dean Robert Barlow (and made many new friends who attended to her as she wilted from the day’s heat!) She loves the growing and green movement at Sweet Briar and tends to her own raised beds in the summer, and herbs and plants in the winter. Barbara enjoys her large family and shared wonderful news of the accomplishments of her siblings, children, grandchildren and

first great grandchild. Barbara also mentioned Professor John Shannon and his account of the Camille Flood of 1969, and how Sweet Briar College helped to rebuild the Nelson County community. She recalled the devastation of the Oak Hill Church and School in Massies Mill, a facility that had long been supported

by Sweet Briar, and where Barbara served as the musician for 14 years.

In the 1930’s, Othello Wilson, an African-American teacher, principal and musician organized a student choir in Massies Mill that changed the course of many lives and helped shape their community during a sensitive time in America’s history. Barbara’s son Jonathan Page completed a video documentary in 2012, Let Your Light Shine, (currently private screenings only) based on one of the student choir’s songs, and inspired

by Barbara’s Sweet Briar senior thesis and interviews with Wilson’s former students. Barbara’s son Jonathan posted a moving tribute during the saving Sweet Briar efforts as he fondly recalled our college community, in particular the library and student lounges as his mother Barbara and her sister studied. Barbara recently had a very special milestone, turning 80 last Sept. Happy, happy birthday Barbara!

Our family had a great trip this summer to ID and WY to celebrate Mark’s 60th. Our oldest Elizabeth is in DC and Mark and Brooks are in SC (Columbia and Florence). I’ve

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(L to R) Heidi Cromwell ’85, Barbara Connor ’85, DeAnne Blanton ’85, Suzanne Zimmer ’85 and Ginger Church ’85 at reunion

seen a few SBC friends in 2021—Ellen Clare Gillespie Dreyer and Suzanne Turner in DC and Bet Dykes Pope in NC (along with Perry Liles Lucas ’85). Had dinner with Mary Pope Hutson in Charleston in August. Our fearless leader gave herself a hip replacement for her 60th birthday. She is on the mend and will, fingers crossed, have the other hip repaired later this fall. Wishing everyone all the best in the coming year.

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Catty Hubbard Andry writes “We are still in Asheville, with our last child at home. What a funny time to be looking at colleges. I sure wish she would consider SBC, to keep the legacy going, but she is determined to attend a big school! I am enjoying flower arranging and entertaining on our back porch. It was super fun to be back at Sweet Briar with my 92 year-old mother, Susan Taylor Hubbard ’51 for her 70th reunion!”

Vicki Vidal Blum says it must be Groundhog Day because everything is the same from last year. She is still SVP at Black Knight, a mortgage tech company. She is painting in her spare time and is proud of her Oct. 2021 show. Check out her art at www.vickiblum.com. Son David is a sophomore at Radford playing soc-

cer (cheer on #29). Vicki and husband Dave love going to his games.

Cathrien de Liagre Böhl sends greetings from The Netherlands, Utrecht area, where she lives on a farm. She states “I love living in the countryside, tending to my garden and being able to witness farm life, without being the responsible person! Sometimes I help when a cow is calving, a sheep is lambing or with other activities. But not that often, because I work almost full-time for the Union for Ethical BioTrade in Amsterdam, where we work on making herbs, spices and botanical supply chains more sustainable. My 4 children all left the house and are in university enjoying all aspects of student life. If ever in The Netherlands, you’re most welcome to visit.”

Gale Oertli Braswell writes “There’s lots of moving parts in the Braswell household. My son started law school in Santa Clara. I dropped off my daughter at Scripps for her senior year (at least I got her to attend a women’s college), and my youngest daughter started her sophomore year at Belmont. My husband and I still live in St. Louis on our little farm. I love my chickens and mini donkeys and horses. I mainly trail ride these days. I have a large vegetable garden and bees that keep me busy. Now that I’m an empty nester, I work at my chiropractor’s office part time.”

Ellen Reed Carver sent our class a heartfelt message: “I am feeling sentimental coming off our 36th reunion to our beautiful campus. Since I birthed Sophia at 40, she is among the youngest children of the class of 1985. She arrived in somewhat miraculous circumstances, after the

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untimely death of her older sister Rebecca. I am blessed to say that she has made it to her senior year of high school in Norfolk, VA. As impressive as so many of us have been in our careers, the legacy of raising children to adulthood is unmatched in my humble opinion. I am shouting from the rooftops that we are alive, and in this space, after 2020-21 tried so hard to derail us. So many of you good classmates helped to prop me up during the raw months after we lost sweet Rebecca 19 years ago. I thank you for being Sweet Briar sisters to me during the best of times and the worst of times.”

Laura Morrissette Clark is doing well in Mobile, waiting for the pandemic to end, but greatly enjoying her 4 grandchildren. She writes that it’s “such a treat to experience the joys of life through their eyes!”

Barbara Tragekis Connor writes “since I work year-round at Foxcroft School in Middleburg, it was nice to work from home from Cape Cod this summer. I was able to meet with my students by Zoom and write a lot of college recommendation letters during the workday, then spend time with family in the evenings, including my daughter, Margaret and grandson Aaron. At 3, he is a bundle of pure joy! I am looking forward to visiting my son Kit on his houseboat in Richmond a little later this fall—it was great to have extended time with him on the Cape this summer! I look forward to another year as director of college counseling—this will be my twelfth senior class!”

Martha Boxley Creasy and husband Grimes are still in Roanoke and looking forward to their

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middle son Mead’s wedding Sept.

2022 in Hot Springs, VA. Oldest son Grimes Jr. is living in Atlanta and youngest daughter Claiborne is finishing up her last year at Roanoke College. Martha says one of the highlights of her year was Zoom visits with SBC classmates Perry Liles Lucas, Laura Morrissette Clarke, Jeannie Guthans Wilkins, Susan Scagel Young, Betty Sayler Youles, Allison Bennett Pishko, Frances Clardy Hooper, Lesly Allen Bell, Susan Lazarus Bailey and Mary Bliss McGrath. Martha writes “we were heartbroken at the loss of Mary Bliss McGrath who died in March of cancer. Frances Clardy Hooper and Lesly Allen Bell represented

CLASS NOTES dogs and a cat. The farm also has an apiary managed by Elysium Honey, the same organization and beekeeper that Sweet Briar uses. She loves country living and the Charlottesville community.

Laura Groppe is in San Diego, practicing pilates and grateful that her family is healthy. She writes that she has a senior in high school immersed in the college app and testing craze.

Katie Hearn emailed “I don’t have any notes other than it was so much fun to see everyone at reunion!”

Karla Kennedy Hicks, who works as a financial advisor for Vanguard, is on something like day 550 of working from home. In April, she was visited on Hilton Head by Stacy Zackowski Lukanuski and Martha Shorter Lanier Dougherty.

Maha Kanoo reports that life is back to normal in Dubai so she has been travelling around the United Arab Emirates and visiting places she hasn’t been previously.

Beth Anderson Kearns writes “my big news is really my retirement!

After 23 years with Fidelity Investments, I could not say no to a buyout opportunity—so my last day was June 30. I have been in corporate learning and development for most of my professional career, so I’m hoping I can bring my experience to bear elsewhere, either in a volunteer capacity or with non-profits here in NH. For now, I’m enjoying some time to think and reflect on what’s next, and doing a bit of traveling, working on the ever-present list of home improvement projects, and practicing karate. My son, Jack, graduated from Seattle University in 2020 and has returned to NH to teach at the same school that he attended in seventh and eighth grades.

I’m happy he’s back east. I’m looking forward to serving our class as president until our next reunion in 2025!”

Laurie Limpitlaw Krambeer relays “my older daughter is in her senior year of college and has been accepted into her master’s program in teaching. She spent the summer working in Estes Park, CO, and the rest of us were able to visit her and enjoy one of the most beautiful places on Earth. My younger daughter just began her freshman year at Emory. Craig and I are empty nesters.

It is very quiet here but the house is clean and I’m not complaining.”

Lenetta Archard McCampbell experienced tiny house living for the past year while working remotely and having her home in Annapolis fully remodeled. She used to find the concept somewhat appealing, but no longer! She’s very happy to report that she and her kitties moved back into her house in June. “What a relief and joy!” She is now looking forward to restoring her yard. She also writes that “seeing so many fellow Vixens at reunion in July was wonderful!

Mom, Barbara Hale, ’60 was there, too, which made it even more special.”

Caperton Morton completed work on Sweet Stories in the Dell, a podcast she wrote and produced for SBC. Be sure to check it out wherever you get your podcasts! She is now turning her attention to launching another podcast, as well as more writing projects. Cape and husband Chris threw their annual fourth of July party at their VA farm, Cherrywood, and lots of Sweet Briar folks were in attendance, including classmates Madge Hall Vosteen, Mitzi Morgan and DeAnne Blanton.

Kim Knox Norman loved being back on campus recently and seeing everyone at reunion. She reports that all is quite well in Atlanta and with her job in the Preservation Office of Emory University Libraries. She and husband Bart are so happy to have son Joseph (22), back in town as he finishes college at Georgia State.

They are busily planning a July 2022 wedding for daughter Sally (25) and her fiancé, Adrian D’Avanzo. Such an exciting time!

Madge Hall Vosteen writes “Paul and I recently bought a farm in Highland County, VA. It is a short drive over the Allegheny Mountains to our jobs at the Green Bank Observatory, WV. If you need a place to disconnect from technology, come visit us at Waltzing Fox Farm.”

Madge was part of Caperton Morton’s Pod Squad, along with El Warner, Mitzi Morgan and DeAnne Blanton.

Cheryl Fortin Young has been active sailing (second place in her summer race circuit), playing tennis, cooking, and travelling to see her grown children in Key West, FL; Cape Coral, FL; and Laramie, WY.

She is hopeful that her granddaughter will be part of the Class of 2037!

Suzanne Weaver Zimmer writes “Jeff and I live in Montrose, AL, on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay. We’ve been here since 2003 and are currently building a new house.

We are hoping to be in by December.

Josh (26) got married March 7, 2020.

He’s an architect and Emma teaches high school science in Auburn, AL. James (24) is a mechanic. He lives in Daphne about 10 minutes from us so we enjoy seeing him pretty regularly. We still own our record company and put out 3 records last year.

Jeff and I go to see lots of live music and treasure the friends we’ve made along the way!”

As for me, I’ve returned to the museum and historical society lecture circuit speaking about various aspects of the Civil War. Most of my presentations have been on Zoom, but in June, I was privileged to speak about Civil War musicians in-person to the U.S. Army Fife and Drum Corps at Fort Myers in Arlington, VA. The highlight of my year, of course, was attending reunion in July and reconnecting with so many of you.

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Carey A. Bates 418 7th Avenue #4 Brooklyn, NY 11215 c.bates.c@gmail.com Connie Gehrman reports that she had a great time seeing everyone at reunion and is currently packing up their house and moving to Wilmington, NC, on Sept. 10. She is excited to live the beach life!

Penelope Tadler completed her 30th year in the classroom. This last year was spent teaching 52 fourth graders in a virtual classroom, with no training. She states, “using what I learned at SBC helped me to stay focused on the challenge. Every spare moment was used to take classes online. I became certified in a variety of virtual education platforms that helped me keep my students engaged. It was a successful year, but not one that I want to repeat anytime soon!” She also mentioned that Allene Doucette, Judith Kobliska

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SBC at the service held in Beverly Farms, MA, in Aug.” Heidi Belofsky Cromwell says “Doug and I had such a wonderful time at reunion! While COVID has thrown a monkey wrench in our lives just like everyone else’s, we are empty nesters this semester as both Devin (Goucher) and Grant (Christopher Newport) are back on their campuses taking in-person classes. Carter is back at his day program Service Source which he very much enjoys.

I am riding regularly and now on the board and honorary treasurer of the Warrenton Hunt. We are snowbirding down to Bal Harbour, FL, in the winter but it is not as much fun in quarantine.”

Linda Manley Darling spent much of the past year travelling around the U.S. Her trip highlights include the Corvette Museum in KY; Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum in AL; the state capitals of AL and MS; Midway Aircraft Carrier in San Diego; Pima, AZ; the Air Museum in Tucson; the Titan Missile Museum in Tombstone; and the San Diego Zoo, NC Zoo and Abilene and Dallas Zoos. In June, she celebrated her 58th birthday at Agate Beach on the OR coast. When she’s home in Kennewick, WA, she enjoys hanging out with her cat, Royce.

Renata Leckszas Davis writes “since the pandemic has put a bit of a kibosh on foreign travel, Bill and I have been focusing on U.S. travel.

We caught up with Suzanne Weaver Zimmer in New Orleans, went out to CO twice, down to FL and up to ME. We are about to depart on an epic driving tour around the country. Bill retired in Dec. 2020.

The 4 children are grown. Morgan teaches at Rollins College, Kyle and his wife Nikki have just relocated to the DC area, James manages a large luxury apartment building for Bozzuto Corporation and is starting his masters degree at Georgetown, and Andrew is halfway through his bachelor’s degree at Penn State. I volunteer in the community with the homeless shelter and a mentoring program for disadvantaged girls.

And, yes, I’ve joined the pickleball craze. I’m still cycling.”

Ann Martin Gonya lives in Keswick, VA, on a farm with chickens, 2 miniature donkeys, 2 dwarf goats, 2

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Kelly Langdon Wooster ’91 and Kristy Langdon Whitesides ’90 at a cooking class in FL

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Susie Sickels ’91 and Stacey Sickels ’88 at reunion Dell Party

Goetz and Elliott Pitts helped to keep her sane this year!

Lorraine Haire Greer says that it has been a busy and challenging year. She is entering her 5th year

Kimberley Hattis Ellis ’91 and her husband

with the Regional Services and Education Center serving as director of the early childhood program. She loves the position working with special needs kiddos. Tom recently retired. He is enjoying his hobbies and projects. Alex starts his freshman year at Pinkerton Academy. He is a busy and accomplished young man.

He graduated from Chester Academy with NJHS, Presidential Silver and the Community Service Award.

He is a second degree blackbelt and is working on his Eagle Scout project. She and Tom remain active in BSA. Jennifer Vance says that Hurricane Ida tried her best. They are climbing back up, although they look like a refugee camp. It was scary. She hopes everyone is safe and looks forward to next reunion!

Mamie Farmer Farley writes that it has been a fun summer since travel restrictions were lifted! Their

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oldest 2 children, Miller and Harry, are now back at college and definitely set to enjoy a fall with normal college activities like parties and football games! Their youngest, Joanie, is a senior in high school, working on her college search. It was a terrific mini reunion in Richmond when Beth Robinson Dean and Christine Flint Canterbury joined her, along with Anne Crow Galanides, at Dawn Monahan Nelson’s daughter’s wedding. Mamie is now working part-time, helping independent seniors through a new company called Naborforce.

Suzanne Petrie Liscouski reports that she is thrilled to be out of the crazy government and IT jobs she’s had and is now loving running her farm (Briar Creek Farm) full time while homeschooling their son, Bobby, for 1 more year until COVID is past. Suzanne and her husband Bob hope to travel with his company this year, visiting Greece, London and UAE. She loved reunion and treasured seeing our classmates— amazing after all these years, we are closer than ever and so present for each other!

Melanie Duke said she had a great time at reunion and looks forward to catching up with a few more Vixens soon!

Kathryn Hagist Yunk said it was great to see everyone at reunion!

She loves how this class never skips a beat and it’s as if we were still students living on campus. Her daily life is full with a high school senior.

All of us are learning a lot this final year of high school. If you’re looking for more ways to support SBC, reach out about volunteer activities with

Norma Valentine ’93 and Jen Hoskins ’93

the Alumnae Alliance. It’s great to give back and meet alums from other decades.

Kelly Langdon Wooster has lived in Norfolk, England, for 20 years with her husband, Paul, and both continue to consult in the development and humanitarian sectors. Kelly is currently the evaluator for a global executive leadership initiative being conducted by partners from the United Nations, Harvard University and the US Agency for International Development. Kelly has been to FL twice this year to visit her sister, Kristy Langdon Whitesides ’90, where she has bought a new house and has a beautiful dachshund puppy, Kensi.

Karen Hott is still in Atlanta, yet COVID has allowed her to refine her FaceTime skills and work remotely this year on projects in FL, SC, KY, NC, VA and GA. All roads have led to SBC friends this summer.

She saw Laura Ferrazzano ’88, Georgiana Conger Wolcott ’87 and Beth Hensley Martin in Aiken. After visiting family and clients in Richmond, she went to visit Leigh Ann White ’86 in Marshall. They enjoyed driving down to reunion together and it was wonderful to see everyone!

D’Andra Simmons had a great time catching up with our class at our 30th reunion. She keeps in touch on a group chat with many friends.

It is nice to have these long lasting friendships. After 4 years on the Real Housewives of Dallas, she is moving on to scripted acting and has exciting news coming about an equity stage production in the coming year. She is also focusing on her podcast, The D’Andra Simmons Show. Lastly, she

Norma Valentine ’93 and Mimi Wroten ’93

and her family are working on some YouTube cooking shows and other things. Stay tuned!

Laura Rose Martin enjoyed seeing everyone at reunion! She and her husband Chris celebrated their 30th anniversary in March and have been in Dothan, AL, almost as long. He’s still at the nuclear plant and she is working in retail. Their daughter, Elizabeth is SBC ’22, so Laura gets to campus a couple of times a year.

Their oldest, Kyle, made the bench for reunion. Middle child, Nathan, and his wife live in Cincinnati. Kana Roess Goldsmith has almost an empty nest. They just got their second son settled in at Sewanee. Their daughter, Sara Margaret (16), is interested in SBC! She would love to hear from Sarah Clinton.

Joan Dabney Clickner is still in Charlottesville, enjoying her work as a health coach for a DC based firm. Working remotely allows her the flexibility to play with her 5 backyard chickens and boxer puppy, practice bouldering (climbing), assist her husband in carpentry projects and finally repaint every room. Both kids are home and doing well. Ian (20) has started community college and Georgia (14) is in high school.

Joan had a fantastic time at our 30th reunion and looks forward to more frequent in-person gatherings as well as Zoom get-togethers.

Kimberley Hatter Ellis still lives in Nellysford with her husband of 28 years. Danny-Boy is now 26.

Hard to believe. She saw her great friends at the 30th reunion: Kristin Walberg, Jen Kemper Wallis, Stephanie Berger, D’Andra Simmons, Connie Gehrman, Amy

Lemieux Mita, Laurel Lestrange Barrow, Melanie Duke, Katherine Black ’92 and some great girls from the class of ’90. She is excited about her stewardship class office position.

Cathi Tavi Goslau Rainold is still in Summit County, CO. She and her husband celebrated 15 years of marriage in Aug. AJ (14) is all teenager! She is not teaching this year to stay home and drive AJ all over the place with activities. Her husband, Anton, is crazy busy with his blind business so she is helping him with that. Her horse, Trix, is 24 and she still gets to ride and enjoy him. It is a true blessing. Her parents moved to NM after being in CO for 50 years!

“We are all happy and healthy and wish everyone the best for 2022!”

Bonnie Dawson writes that in 2019, her husband of 36 years lost his battle with cancer. She was so grateful that he survived 10 years, and she learned so much about herself during those years. In 2020, she met a wonderful man by accident!

She actually parked on his front lawn to take a picture of a funeral going on across the street from his house. His name is Kevin Damon.

They are the same age and from the same state (NY). They are getting married on Oct. 17, 2021. She feels so blessed.

Susie Sickels Dyer enjoyed our 30th reunion! Sister Stacey Sickels ’88 was her roommate, topping Will Ferrell on Saturday Night with the Cow Bell! She recently finished extensive renovations of a 1756 farmhouse in the Berkshires and is now starting a remodel of their childhood home in Annapolis. Her husband Ken is still practicing law and is an

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avid cyclist. Their son Teddy is finishing a master’s at Johns Hopkins University and son Kenny is studying to be a psychoanalyst. She is looking forward to creating an outdoor skating rink on the farm in the Berkshires this winter. Please come visit!

Tammy OMalley Fein writes that she and her family are moving from Jupiter, FL, to Palm Coast, FL, to begin their next chapter.

They are taking up boating in their new hometown. She still has her horse, Bruno, and continues to do really well at shows. They were AllAround Select Amateur and highpoint fence horse! They are heading back to the AQHA World Show in November. Their son Ethan started college at University of North Florida, Zach started sixth grade and Ben is finishing up his prerequisites for pharmacological school.

Suzanne Ziesmann reports that she had a bit of a struggle this year, losing her job and contracting COVID. She is focusing on things around the house, selling little things online while enjoying her garden and pets. She has enjoyed transforming her home, which she formerly shared with her mother who passed away 2 years ago, into her own. She is selling items, discovering lost treasures and installing new things for herself.

She is discovering hobbies that she finds pleasurable, including gourmet cooking with her late mother’s fully equipped kitchen and excelling at putting on makeup! She says it’s a form of artistry and enjoys the colors, as her mother was an artist. She has embraced her real self and is discovering that person, which she never could whilst in the role of care-

taker and provider. She has made several new friends even when she could barely leave the house (which is pretty much the entire past year)!

She has started doing some volunteer work, which she finds fulfilling. She is pleased to have grown a healthy, abundant garden for the first time in over 15 years. “All in all, it has been a great year!”

Al Doucette says they are still living in Pensacola, FL. Alastair started ninth grade and is doing well.

Billy has been busy flying patients, including lots of COVID positive people, from the oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico (please, if you can, get vaccinated). Their Boston Terrier pups are great. Logan is 11 and Tobin is 4.

Al is staying busy (and going a little crazy) being the parent of a teenager, volunteering and being creative whenever she can. She feels very lucky to have wonderful Sweet Briar friends in her life!

Elliott Pitts is still happily living in Portland, ME, and working hard, raising needed funds for 36 different children’s hospitals in the northeast.

Her entire extended family went on an Alaskan cruise in August, which was delightful (and fattening). In trying to stay busy and sane during COVID, she volunteered nearly 200 hours at the local soup kitchen. She has been so grateful for SBC friends this year and the opportunity to catch up with so many of you on Zoom and/or in person.

Laurel LeStrange and her husband, Doug, continue to live in the foothills of NC with their 2 dogs and 3 cats. They love living in the mountains and enjoy their life there. She continues on her mission to protect as many children as possible from neglect and abuse. She said reunion was so enjoyable. They missed those who weren’t there. Almost everyone that wrote wishes good health and safety for all!

Roberta Fagan says “2021 has been a year of healing, awakening and growth. My husband Larry and I celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary. On the professional front after 15 years advocating/lobbying in the energy industry, I made a big transition by accepting a position in my community as the Jamestown, RI, town clerk. Life is gracefully full with our combined 5 kids (Amanda 36 Matt 34, Callie 33, Mason 24 and Maggie 21) and 1 grandchild (Elle).

Amy Tyler’s ’97 daughter leading a horseback riding tour

Hello and love to all my fellow classmates!”

As for me, I am moving on from my role with BNY Mellon to Morgan Stanley. It has been an emotional year, losing both parents within 10 months of each other. I stay in close touch with Suzanne Petrie Liscouski who has been my rock this year.

Look for the next edition in a year!

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Katie Maxwell Schellhammer Katie@schellhammer.net Cat Ehlen Breeden says she “moved yet again and is living in Jackson, WY, with my husband, Jeremy and our 98 lbs 18 month old puppy. I am running an interior design showroom and getting lots of hiking, skiing and outdoor time. Happy to be our class steward!”

Jennifer Cumby reports she “lives in Ann Arbor, MI, with her partner Ashton and 2 of her 3children, Russell, 19, and Sam, 14. Hannah, 22, lives in Chicago. She works in communications in the SaaS space.

She recently moved from the Upper Peninsula of MI and is looking forward to winter where it doesn’t snow 300+ inches a year. She is currently working on her memoir titled, Cotton Candy Raccoon, and hopes to have it finished in 2022. She recently saw the wonderful Chandra Garcia ’94, who is still amazing and beautiful as ever. No surprises there.”

Tricia Lynn says she is “still a professor at Palm Beach State Col-

lege and am now adDepartment chair. I’ve been busy working on grants and creating new courses. My step daughters are both doing well, and are the typical angsty teenagers.

The 2 rescue dogs are getting older but are happy and healthy.” In September, Tricia won her college’s highest teaching award! Holla, holla!

It only took a pandemic for Kimberly Roda Moorhead to decide she wants to try new things! She created a Fifty Things To Do at 50 list and has begun chipping away at it. She overcame her fears of water temps below 90 degrees and picked up wake-surfing. She has also become an avid kickboxer, which she tries to do several times a week. She learned how to drive a speed boat (without crashing) and she is currently coaching high school tennis. Last spring, Kimberly completed her certification to be a guardian ad litem and she now represents foster children in the courts of NC. She and Nicole File had a great time catching up over lunch and a few glasses of Prosecco!

Kimberly looks forward to representing the Class of 1995 as a newly-elected officer and reconnecting with dear friends from Sweet Briar!

Kelly Hall bought a house in PA and is looking forward to taking the Cedar Crest College women abroad to Costa Rica and Morocco this year.

She saw Cari (Miller) James and Jennifer (Parker) Raudenbush this summer, and she got plans to see Gwen Hickey Babcock at the end of Sept.

Gwen Hickey Babock did get a visit from Dawn Leary Schwarting this summer at Gwen’s home in PA.

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Melanie Vracas mecracas@comcast.net Courtney Totushek Brown: I am still living in McLean, VA, with my husband, Adam, 2 boys, Fletcher (14) and Corbin (12) and our 8-month-old sheepadoodle, Ruthie Barker Dogsberg, our notorious D.O.G. I changed careers right before the pandemic and am in my second year as a real estate agent with Evers & Co., a Long & Foster Company and loving helping people sell and purchase homes. Looking so forward to our 25th reunion this year.

Painting the dorms during Sweet Work Weeks: Megan Thomas Rowe ’01, Meredith Taylor Eades ’01 and Matthew Rowe HSC ’03

Megan Thomas Rowe ’01 and Angela Rodriguez Newman ’01 visiting Great Falls, MT

Katrina Bills: Well let’s see—we spent ALL of last year totally together, the 4 of us working away in our home office, making the best of a weird year. The kids actually did great as distance learners, but are now very happy to be back in school.

We are very lucky. Keara (sixth grade) and Kenny (12th grade) keep Kevin and I very busy with their Girl and Boy Scouts, youth group and horse riding activities. We added a wonderful young paint horse to our herd, a kill pen rescue and Kevin named him Free Bird because he has a white eagle shape on his hindquarters. In addition to training Bird and running my Mary Kay business, I’ve written a book this year, about my Fella, the horse I had while at Sweet Briar (and for many years thereafter).

We hope it will be published soon, so make sure to look for “Dragon: the story of a fiery Thoroughbred and the girl who loved him.” Fingers crossed. I was so unbelievably proud to be able to be at our niece, Katie Balding’s graduation from SBC in May. That was absolutely one of the highest points of the year. I was a hot mess all day long, and held it together until I saw her hugging and crying with her roommates and classmates, because I remember doing exactly the same thing with our 97 sisters.

Can’t wait to celebrate with everyone at our 25th in June!

Alicia King Anderson: Ridiculously busy, and never bored! I’ve just completed a cross-country move from GA to NM, and I’m learning whether red chile or green chile is right for me. I’m in the midst of

writing my dissertation in the Ph.D. program at Pacifica Graduate Institute, and leading the SEO team at the marketing agency ROI-DNA. Would love to connect with any vixens in the northern NM area!

Amy Tyler: I am living in Puerto Rico with my partner and 3 kids. We are doing some farming and growing lots of fruits, some vegetables and running our small business La Vista Rides. Riding lessons and horseback riding tours into the rainforest is our specialty. We see mostly tourists and some locals too. I am also getting my transformational coaching certification. I am hoping one day to make it to a reunion. Sending hellos to you all! Holla, holla!

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Sarah Houston Kenning 2192 Monterey Drive NW Atlanta, GA 30318 sarah_e_houston@yahoo.com Dawn Martin and her daughter enjoyed a mother-daughter trip to Eleuthera, Bahamas, this summer.

Dawn and Serena Basten ’02 visited over the holidays and Dawn hopes to see other SBC friends soon.

Megan Thomas Rowe continued to participate as a Sweet Work Weeks volunteer visiting the college often to help with projects like chopping wood for the new kiln, pulling weeds in Daisy’s Garden and painting dorms. She wrote that, “The time spent connecting with alumnae of all

Megan Thomas Rowe’01 and Rami Achterberg Heers ’01 posing with our favorite baker, Robin Mays, while visiting campus for reunion

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Gwen’s daughter is a first-year at Sweet Briar.

I (Katie Maxwell Schellhammer) am still living in Brambleton, VA, with my husband, 2 sons, daughter and rat terrier. Sadly, our guinea pig passed in July. In spring, I was a teacher assistant for an in-person special ed preschool class.

That was rewarding. This fall, I am substitute teaching, playing tennis, volunteering for the high school marching band and helping my oldest son search for colleges. I see Katrina Balding Bills ’97 occasionally at my daughter’s barn. Katrina set her up with an amazing riding instructor and I now have a possible future Sweet Briar girl in training!

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ages is rejuvenating and giving back to the college is rewarding.” She enjoyed going on a cross country road trip this summer to visit Angela Rodriguez Newman in MT and Rami Achterberg Heers in UT. She had a blast celebrating our 20-year reunion this summer with Meredith Taylor Eades, Tana Malm Baber and Rami Achterberg Heers.

Natasha Nickodem Stevens and her family moved from Chicago to Geneva, IL, last year. Natasha is a volunteer at the St. Charles History Museum and works part-time at her children’s school.

Sarah Belanger Levinson is still living in IL with her husband and 2 twin girls that started first grade.

She recently bought a new home and survived a full kitchen renovation.

You can find her at the local famer’s market every Saturday, on the Peloton every morning, sending hilarious memes to her SBC friends and drinking fine wine every night.

Sara Foltz recently started working as director of operations for Canine CellMates. Canine Cellmates is a jail dog’s program in Atlanta and she has been working on the new headquarters for the organization and assisted in getting the new Beyond the Bars program component launched in late August. Beyond the Bars is a first of its kind diversionary program in the country, utilizing shelter dogs to help break the cycle of recidivism.

And I, Sarah Houston Kenning, moved from Upstate NY to Atlanta in Jan., 2020. I had the pleasure of reconnecting with several SBC women

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since moving to Atlanta and was especially excited to have the talented Amy Gibbs Brown ’99 perform her comedy at my house. I see Nicole Redwine weekly and our children attend the same school. I have also had the pleasure of seeing Lys Burdette Paulhus several times, as well as Sara Foltz. I continue to work as an acute care speech language pathologist at Piedmont Atlanta Hospital, but also started working as an assistant teacher at Arbor Montessori School. I am also happy to report that my niece, Emily Dixon, transferred to SBC this year and became a member of the Class of 2023.

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Nicole Crowder 11003 Howitzer Drive Fredericksburg, VA 22408 swtnic@gmail.com As we have all been dealing with the still ongoing COVID pandemic, I hope all of you are staying safe and healthy, both mentally and physically.

Courtney Arnott Silverthorn reports that she completed her master’s degree in leadership from Washington University in St. Louis in May 2020. After serving as the acting director of the technology partnerships office at NIST, she began a new position as the associate vice president for research partnerships at the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health in June 2021.

(L to R) Ferrell Lyles ’07, Maggie Saylor Patrick ’07, Rachel Reynolds Baxtresser ’07, Jennifer Wolf ’07, Laura Wolf Richardson ’11, Natalie Pye ’07 and Laura Jane Schaefer ’07 pose with a vixen at the National Museum of Wildlife Art in June 2021

Caroline Diaz Williams also has a new position as an account director for Europe, Middle East and Africa in an artificial intelligence company.

The new job let her relocate back to Spain, and she is also working on a masters at the Inesdi Business School.

Shirley Pinson Hendricks has also relocated to FL, where she is continuing to teach. She talks to Courtney Pfaff Kimble regularly, and they are planning a mini-reunion for the spring.

Margaret Van Hook Stevens is in her 17th year teaching with Fayette County Public Schools in KY. Last year, her son Grant (7) starred in a feature film entitled Little Town.

Be sure to look for it on IMDb! The whole family has gotten involved with filming a live cooking show for Splendid Spoon, and both kids were booked for a fashion week runway show.

Our 20th reunion will be here before you know it, so start planning for your trip back to the Pink Bubble! Stay well, Class of 2003!

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Emily N. Olson 5234 Lake Shore Drive Waco, TX 76710 emilynicoleolson@gmail.com Lisa Wolff Terwey had a whirlwind of a summer with lots of sailing. She says the highlight was participating in the Trans-Superi-

or International Yacht Race: 4 days of sailing the open waters of Lake Superior from Sault Ste. Marie to Duluth. She writes, “Next summer when the kiddos (3, 5 and 6) are a little older, we plan to do about a month on our boat on Superior to see if we like boat life enough to cast the lines and do a sabbatical in the near future. I’m really looking forward to the reunion next year, and hope to see lots of ’07 girls!”

Brittany Lambert Loomis and her husband, Joe, welcomed their son, Leo, to the world on Aug. 7.

They live outside Birmingham, AL, where Joe owns his own tree company and Brittany works as a surgical tech.

Laura Jane Schaefer left her work at the Oregon National Primate Research Center at the beginning of Aug. and looks forward to the next chapter of her career. She and her husband, Devon, drove out to WY for the wedding of Jennifer Wolf to Alan Smith where they also saw Maggie Saylor Patrick, Rachel Reynolds Baxtresser, Ferrell Lyles and Natalie Pye. Heidi Trude married John Rowe on June 1, 2021. Heidi and John look forward to celebrating with friends and family once it is safe to do so. Heidi began her 14th year of teaching this year. She was named the world language department chair and is excited for this new opportunity.

Carlina Muglia is happy and healthy working as a freelance filmmaker. She also teaches at The Yoga Dojo in Richmond, VA, on Satur-

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Lisa Wolff Terwey ’07 participating in the Trans-Superior International Yacht Race

Heidi Trude ’07 and John Rowe were married on June 1, 2021

days for fun. She is a mom to a vibrant and fun 5-year-old. You can find out more on her website: www. carlinamuglia.com.

I, Emily Olson, started my third and final year of my M.F.A. in directing program at Baylor University in Waco, TX. I am currently directing my thesis production, a play called The Last Night of Ballyhoo, which will perform in September. I will defend my thesis early next year and graduate in May just in time to attend reunion in June before heading off to whatever new adventures await me. I am looking forward to traveling to NC in October for the wedding of Eleanor O’Connor and John Roy.

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Jenny Walkiewicz Dill 13938 SW Crist Court Tigard, OR 97223 Jenny.Dill11@gmail.com 2020 was a crazy year for the world, but a personal whirlwind for Rebecca Adams Kaeberle! On Jul. 2 she married Justin Kaeberle. The wedding was held at their home which they had purchased a few weeks prior. The house is a mid1800s barn that has been converted into a house in Clifton, VA. The next month they got a puppy named Summer, and to round out the year

they had their daughter, Eleanor Rae Kaeberle, on Nov. 29.

Nikki Soulsby Stabler wrote and published a book this year! So far it has received great reviews and she is scheduled to speak on the corporate circuit in Raleigh this fall. She and her husband also had a baby boy.

Preston Thomas Stabler was born June 22 at 3:14pm.

Laura Cromwell Starita and her husband, Scott, have moved to Colorado Springs and are loving it!

Lara Salyer D’Antonio and her husband, Steven (H-SC ’07), welcomed their fourth baby, Emma, in June. They now are a family of 6 with William (6), Kate (4), Scott (2) and baby Emma.

Heather Theunissen Gregg and her family welcomed their baby girl, Harlow, to the family in the spring of 2021. They’ve been settling into life as a family of 4 and spend their time chasing toddlers, and hiking and adventuring around Leesburg, VA. Ashlee Kidd’s oldest child, Skylar, graduated preschool and started kindergarten this year. Ashlee was also able to get together to celebrate the impending arrival of Meagan Bell Bigham’s baby!

Meagan Bell Bigham and her husband, Justin, are expecting their first child, a girl, this fall.

Melissa Viar Carver, Cassidy Jones DeWitt ’11, Grace Jones ’08, Dawn Martin ’08 and Krystal Ellis Harris ’08 were all in attendance at Meagan’s baby shower as well!

Brooke Agee is currently working on becoming a financial adviser for Prudential. She is happy to report that she was also in the first live theater performance since the pandemic shutdown this summer at Cunningham Creek Winery in VA. The production was Moon over Buffalo put on through the community theater, Persimmon Tree Players.

Brooke now sits on the board for PTP as well!

After starting the process 2 or 3 years ago, and postponing their original date due to the pandemic, Reda Masincup and Jonathan Blake were finally married on May 22 at Faithbrooke Barn and Vineyards in Luray, VA. Friends and fellow alumnae Bethany Melendy and Alexandra Cobb were in attendance. She is also pleased to note that May marked her 15th year working at Luray Caverns Corp and this October will be her

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Meagan Bell Bigham ’09 with Melissa Viar Carver ’09 at Meagan’s baby shower

Rebecca Adams Kaeberle ’09 and her husband, Justin, were married at their home in Clifton, VA, on July 2, 2020

Brooke Agee ’09

Alexa (5) and Emmeline (2), daughters of Jenny Walkiewicz Dill ’09

Reda Masincup ’09 at her wedding to Jonathan Blake on May 22

Ashlee Kidd ’09 with her daughter, Skylar, at Skylar’s preschool graduation in spring 2021

Nikki Soulsby Stabler ’09 and her son, Preston Thomas Stabler, born June 22

Heather Theunissen Gregg ’09 with Harlow, Brooks, and her husband, Brad, in spring 2021

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fifth year as a monster imagineer at DarkWood Manor Haunted House.

I, Jenny Walkiewicz Dill, have spent the better part of 2021 with my house under construction. I am thrilled to say that after 5 years of non-stop projects, our house is fully remodeled. My husband, Jon, and I are looking forward to hosting friends and family in our house for years to come. My oldest daughter, Alexa (5), starts kindergarten this fall and I am looking forward to one-on-one time with our youngest, Emmeline (2). I love reading our class notes and it is an honor and a privilege to pull them together each fall. Wishing everyone a wonderful rest of 2021!

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Heather Marianne McTague 1065 Brennan Drive Warminster, PA 18974 HMMcTague@gmail.com mctague11@sbc.edu DJ Abernathy got a new job.

She will be fundraising for the Johns Hopkins Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation, specifically working with the breast cancer program at the Kimmel Cancer Center.

Brittney Bolin Casale and her husband Garrett welcomed their daughter Calliope Rose Casale on Aug. 4, 2021. They are excited to be a family of 3 plus their dog Winnie!

(Back L to R) Sarah Jones ’11, Kat Alexander ’11, Annie Colpitts ’11 and Caroline King ’11 (Front L to R) Melaina Macone ’11, Melissa Raymond ’12, Kayt Colburn ’11, Quinn Plummer ’11 and Heather Marianne McTague ’11 in the vineyard during reunion

She also has recently moved to Royal Oak, MI, and is enjoying exploring a new state and being near fellow vixens.

Wendie Harder Charles and John are proud to announce the birth of their baby boy. Atticus Donatello was born April 5, 2021, at home in Scottsville, VA. He weighed 9lbs 5oz and was 20 3/4 inches long.

Tiera Owens Davidson and Veronica Williams ’12 celebrated Tiera’s son’s 2nd birthday at Braehead Farm with Veronica’s little one.

Alexandra J. Herrera is celebrating 5 years with Linder Global Events and was promoted to event director.

Melaina Macone started a new position as the associate director, customer solutions and innovation for Mondelez International. She is splitting her time between Los Angeles and New York City.

Heather Marianne McTague had a wonderful time with her fellow 2011 classmates, Caroline King, Melaina Macone, Annie Colpitts, Quinn Plummer, Kayt Colburn, Sarah Jones and Kat Alexander at reunion.

Alexandra Schlomer finished her master’s of science in library and information science with her concentration in archives management in Dec. 2020 from Simmons

Wendie “Harde” Charles ’11 and Atticus, April 5, 2021

Brittney Casale ’’11 with her husband Garrett, daughter Calliope and dog Winnie

University. If anyone works in archives or knows of any job opportunities please get in touch with her at afschlomer@gmail.com.

Laura Wheatley moved to TX from AL in 2019 and started a new job as a reference and collection development librarian at College of the Mainland. Then in 2020, launched Cottage & Cauldron, a weird, whimsical and witchy shop.

Laura Wolf is excited to share that she is launching an outdoor adventure company, based in Nelson County, VA. Three Ridges Touring provides private, guided, tours in the scenic Blue Ridge Mountains. We offer unique hiking, mountain bik-

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Lara Salyer D’Antonio ’09 with her husband Steven HSC ’07 with their children William (6), Kate (4), Scott (2) and Emma (born June 2021)

Veronica Pegram Williams ’12 and Skyiah Williams and Tiera “Owens” Davidson ’11 and Sterling Davidson at Braehead Farm celebrating Sterling’s 2nd birthday

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Laura Wolf ’11 on Three Ridge Mountain (Appalachian Trail), Nelson County, looking at The Priest Mountain and in the direction of SBC

Sarah Gray ’15 saying YES to her best friend

CodyAnn Anders Gross ’13, husband CPT Seth Gross and daughters Clover and Aven in Fort Hood, TX

Acacia Salazar Robinson ’15 and husband, Jimmy Robinson, with their daughter Violet, born on June 19, 2021.

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ing, trail running and backroad bike tours designed for clients. “Whether you are hiking your very first mile, want to explore new trails on your mountain bike or you are a seasoned trail runner, we have the adventure for you. I strongly believe that adventure should be accessible to all,” she says.

Her goal is to help clients to find their adventure and live the adventure!

When she’s not playing outside, she is continuing her career in education as an autism/behavior consultant for Piedmont Regional Education Program.

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Jackie Montero-Sharpe jackiermontero@gmail.com Cody Ann Anders Gross recently moved to Fort Hood, TX, with her husband CPT Seth Gross and 2 daughters Clover (3) and Aven (2).

There her husband took Troop Command of Eagle Troop, 2nd Squadron 3CR. CodyAnn spends her days volunteering as the family readiness group leader, and the funds advisor for Eagle Troop while also volunteering for the squadron’s family readiness group.

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Amber MacKay 1703 N Cliff St Alexandria, VA 22301 amberlmackay@gmail.com Acacia Salazar Robinson and her husband, Jimmy, welcomed their baby girl, Violet, into the world in June 2021.

Kathryne Richard Stockinger and her husband, Chris, welcomed their first child, Charlotte “Charlee” Paige Stockinger, Nov. 2020. Charlee is their world! Kathryne is working as an energy modeling engineer for a startup technology company in Aus-

tin, TX, and recently completed her M.E. from the A. James Clark School of Engineering in engineering project management. They are enjoying life as a family of 3 plus their 2 adorable dogs!

Kait Goodwin is still loving her job as a youth services assistant at the Rochester Public Library in Rochester, NH. When she’s not at the library, you can find her talking about all things book related at her website, Kait Plus Books. You can follow her at kaitplusbooks.com and @kaitplusbooks across social media. Kait talks to fellow alumnae Danielle Lowery ’15 and Emily Wartella ’15 several times a week, and hopes to see them in person as soon as travel is safe again.,

Hayley Foraker McClendon ’15 and her husband, Matt

Kathryne Richard Stockinger ’15 and husband, Chris Stockinger, with their daughter, Charlotte “Charlee” Paige Stockinger, born on Nov. 19, 2020

Kate Dobson is still living and working in the Northshore of MA. She recently switched career paths and joined Randstad USA as a site manager. She enjoys singing with her choir and spending time with her parents’ cats, Ghost and Hunter.

Allison Hassard recently moved to Charlottesville, VA, where she continues her work virtually for SWIFT. She has recently adopted Annabel, a chunky, senior cat.

Rebecca Mill holds a new position as caseworker with Berks County Children and Youth Services. She purchased a home in Exeter, PA, and has recently begun a MSW program at Marywood University!

Jessica Schwarcz Taylor is living in Bethlehem, PA, with her 2 cats Linus and Jinx. She is currently the marketing manager at Fuel Ox, LLC. with her husband, Alec.

Camille Reding has been a self-employed large animal veterinarian in Sumterville, AL, since Nov. 2020. She visits Epiphany Soward ’15 often and had a blast at the SBC 2021 reunion.

Caroline Baker and her fiancé, Russel, just purchased a home in Richmond where she works with defense attorneys focusing on medical malpractice. She visits fellow alumnae in Richmond often and will be getting married in Oct. 2022!

Epiphany Soward is diving into her new role as class steward. She continues to serve her community as the City of Lynchburg’s stormwater engineer. She spends spare time with her horses and her beloved boyfriend, Shaun.

Marissa McCord is living in Tucson, AZ, with her husband and 2 boys. She is working as a nurse and enjoys spending time with family on her days off.

Caitlin Daniel lives in Mechanicsville, VA, where she runs an online community for women with chronic illness and disabilities called The Brave Girl Collective which will launch an online store in the near future. In her down time, she loves to FaceTime fellow alumnae, binge watch new TV shows and craft. She is honored to serve her classmates as the recently elected class president.

Rebecca Matheson lives with her husband in Tuscaloosa, AL. She loves spending her time with their first baby girl born in April 2021.

Hayley Foraker McClendon and her husband, Matt, are celebrating 5 years of marriage this fall, which they recently celebrated early with an Alaska road trip vacation. They currently reside in West Richland, WA. Hayley is an environmental scientist for CPCCo at the Hanford Site, where she works in environmental regulatory compliance.

Abigail Dwire currently lives in Charleston, SC. She recently got engaged in August. She is finishing her graduate degree (master’s of science in wildlife conservation) and will be graduating this fall. Most of her time is spent on her thesis and going on adventures in Charleston with her fiance.

Allie Raifsnider is still enjoying life in the Philadelphia area with her fiancé (Taylor Eudy) and their 2 year-old son (Bennett). The couple are excited to finally buckle down and start wedding planning after getting engaged at Monument Hill in Oct. 2019!

Kimberly Orchowski and fiancé, Kyle Quinn, are currently planning their April 2022 wedding.

Verena Joerger enjoyed catching up with classmates and fellow alumnae at this year’s reunion, as well as seeing all of the exciting changes and additions to campus. She recently retired her horse, Soleil, who also attended Sweet Briar all 4 years.

Lindsey Hawkins is currently living and working in Cleveland, TN, with her boyfriend Brandon and their 3 year-old son Colsen.

Alyssa Sarmiento is working as a scientist in early phase pharmaceutical drug and dosage form development at Thermo Fisher Scientific in Bend, OR. She has been working in this field for about 6 years, primarily with anti-cancer compounds, but also on anti-inflammatory drugs, some HIV treatments, and most notably in the past year, COVID treatments. About 3 years ago she got into running and since has completed 3 marathons and 3 50k ultramarathons. She has also become a mentor for the local training program.

Earlier this year, she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, and is currently recovering from that.

Morgan Garrison is living and working in her hometown of Plymouth, IN. Last year she changed industries and started a new job at a

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local, family-owned jewelry store. In addition to sales, she’s been writing, working on the store’s website, doing social media and photography. She’s still an avid reader and enjoys spending time with family and her 3 cats.”

Elizabeth Cobb has been living in Kansas City, MO, since Jan. 2017.

She and Jesse Schaaf were room-

mates for several years and later became coworkers at a high school in Kansas City, KS. Elizabeth and her husband, Josh, are celebrating their first wedding anniversary this September. They also adopted an adorable dog named “Frankie.”

Arielle Sperrazza Morgan is still living in Prince William County, VA,

with her husband and rabbit. She is a teacher for students with Autism at an elementary school.

Shannon Williams lives in CT and has been working at Valisure for the last 2.5 years. She’s currently screening pharmaceuticals for carcinogens and other impurities using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and writing up findings as research articles or company blogs.

Sarah Gray recently said yes to marrying her best friend, and is now in the heat of wedding planning with her SBC bridesmaids. She does not recommend planning a wedding during a pandemic to anyone, as it just adds an extra layer of stress.

She and her fiancé bought their first home this year and now live in La Plata, MD. Luckily they didn’t struggle as much as other buyers during this very hot housing market since they knew the sellers. After getting the keys they began a month-long DIY renovation where they reconfigured the kitchen, painted the entire house and installed all new floors.

It was a whirlwind but so worth the effort. She also started on as a staff rider for a farm that restarts off-track thoroughbreds right off the track. If any of our Vixens are looking for new mounts she would be happy to chat.

Carter Garrett received her master’s in curriculum and instruction from Randolph College in May 2021. She is now in her second year as a special education teacher in Lynchburg City Schools.

Hannah Kowitz purchased her first home in Richmond, VA, in Jan. 2019. Rumor has it you can see her hot pink front door all the way from Sweet Briar.

Mehegan Morgan is living and working in Richmond. She and her dog, Sophie, love being in the city and close to fellow alums.

Kelsey Barta purchased her first home in Baltimore, MD, this past summer. She enjoys running around the inner harbor.

Amber MacKay is still living and working in the DC area. She makes time to catch up with her classmates often and is enjoying the flexibility working from home has given her.

She and her boyfriend recently moved into their first home in the Del Ray neighborhood of Alexandria, VA, and adopted a dog named Finn.

Juliette Michael is working as an attorney in Lynchburg, VA. She recently joined the Junior League of Lynchburg and is looking forward to becoming more active in the community. In her free time she enjoys getting together with her Sweet Briar friends.

Ariel Harper is currently working as financial advisor in Staunton, VA. In her free time she enjoys riding her horse Mimosa and keeping in contact with her Sweet Briar friends.

Kaitlyn H. Van Buskirk is still working and living in Roanoke, VA. She was recently appointed as the new development officer for the Roanoke Higher Education Center Foundation, after 2 years of service with the Community Foundation Serving Western Virginia. Her husband, Eric Van Buskirk, Jr., is the new vice president of private banking and treasury services with Freedom First.

When Kaitlyn’s not working you can find her spending time with her family and rescue pup, Lulu, or hanging out with friends at Roanoke Country Club.

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Alumnae Office alumnae@sbc.edu Kayla Kishbaugh is currently living in Easton, PA. She joined Robert Half as a talent manager in Nov. 2020.

Shelby Lynott Macurak and her husband are excited to announce that they are expecting a baby Vixen in Nov. They are so excited for their next chapter of life and to raise her in the Sweet Briar way!

Jessie Schuster graduated from the University of Florida, Levin College of Law with her juris doctorate.

She has accepted a position with the United States Army Judge Advocate General Corps and will begin training in April 2022. She graduated alongside her roommate and SBC alumna, Shelby Benny ’18.

Chelsea Alvarado purchased her first home with her boyfriend in Sterling, VA. She is starting a new position as a junior biomedical data scientist working with Alzheimer’s research.

CLASS NOTES Asha was contacted by a publishing company to publish a short story, so she is working on that.

Natalie Carroll is currently working on her B.S. in tourism and events management at George Mason University. She works part time in the Mason LIFE Office on campus. She plans to graduate with her second bachelor’s degree by the summer of 2023.

B Wray has an adult job now working as a paraprofessional at Lakeview Elementary School. The opportunity came as a surprise and she is grateful for it!

Madison Harpham has accepted a position as a tradeshow marketing coordinator for PMMI: The Associ-

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Ellen Stacey Smith 404 -085-469 ellensmith10@att.net

Linda C. Stewart 732-741-1391 lmckstewart@verizon.net

Pres Hill 303-881-2321 HillPreston49@gmail.com

2019

Cecilia Mahan 400 Whitworth Way Williamsburg, VA 23185 Mahan19@sbc.edu Cecilia Mahan is in her last year of law school, looking for a post graduate job and enjoying being in-person with her classmates again.

Nicole Sabovik has started working with Jules Sudol ’18 in commercial landscaping. Nicole and her significant other bought a house in Henrico, VA, and look forward to renovating it together!

Emily Schlosberg is coaching the IEA Team at Freedom Farms.

Caroline Thomas recently received an internal job promotion with Sherwin-Williams, and is now running a branch in Baltimore, MD. Caroline, her fiancé, and their dogs are enjoying their new adventure and are excited to plan their upcoming May wedding. They just took en-

Class of 1957 gagement photographs at Hampden-Sydney where they met nearly 4 years ago. If anyone is in the Baltimore area, please do not hesitate to reach out!

Heather Lakner is working in private wealth management in McLean, VA. She was married to her husband Andrew in October at the Annapolis Maritime Museum. They live in Annapolis and are currently fixing up the ’66 home they purchased last year.

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Sarah Straczek straczek22@sbc.edu Asha Stewart moved to Blacksburg, VA, and currently is working as a behavior technician at Blue Ridge Autism and Achievement Center in Roanoke. She also works part time as a direct service professional at New Life Rehabilitation in Radford.

Carol Fowler 512-551-9404 duxfeminafacta@gmail.com

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Celia Dunn 912-844-5901 celia.dunn@sothebysrealty.com Rue Judd 713-574-0153 ruejudd@icloud.com

Class of 1967

Gail O’Quin 225-252-7125 cgrobins@ix.netcom.com

Class of 1977

Dee Dolan 804-855-9323 hubble43@yahoo.com

Kristen June Carter 757-685-1117 kcarter757@gmail.com

Class of 1989

Emmy Leung 804-304-7741 fan-han@prodigy.net

Class of 1993

Dianne Doss 678-386-2534 didoss@comcast.net Norma Valentine 803-522-2709 norma_v0@yahoo.com

Class of 1999 Kelly Gatzke 912-492-5167

warriorwomankelly@hotmail.com

Class of 2005

Lynsie Steele 434-284-0401 lynsie@getvie.com

Class of 1979

Anne Garrity Nelson 703-981-3191 nelson.anne@gmail.com

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Caroline Thomas ’19 and her fiancé

ation for Packaging and Processing Technologies in Northern VA. Angelika Lindberg was hired as a mechanical engineer at Midrex Technologies, Inc. in Charlotte, NC, in July. There she assists in designing and purchasing equipment for direct reduction iron facilities.

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DONOR HONOR ROLL

HONOR ROLL OF DONORS 2020-2021 • JULY 1, 2020–JUNE 30, 2021 VISIONARY SOCIETY

The Visionary Society recognizes and honors our largest donors with gifts in one year totaling $1,000,000 or more.

Anonymous Fund at Schwab Charitable Keenan Colton Kelsey ’66 Mr.* and Mrs. Stanley F. Pauley The Pauley Family Foundation

MONUMENT SOCIETY

The Monument Society recognizes and honors donors with gifts in one year totaling $500,000$999,999.

Anonymous (2) Commonwealth of Virginia Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Fitzpatrick III (Kelley Manderson Fitzpatrick ’85) Luke 6:38 Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Olan Mills II (Norma Patteson Mills ’60) Mills Fund at the Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Virginia Department of Education

DELL SOCIETY

The Dell Society recognizes and honors donors with gifts in one year totaling $100,000-$499,999.

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Marcia Carabell Estate of Ruth Simpson Carrington ’21*

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Elizabeth Dickson Frenzel Casalini ’82 Richard C. Colton Jr. Nancy Webb Corkery ’81 Elizabeth Webster Cotter Anne Taylor Quarles Doolittle ’78 Mr. and Mrs. Fred B. Griffin (Elizabeth Pearson Griffin ’62) The Hadley and Marion Stuart Foundation Winborne Leigh Hamlin ’58 Martha C. Holland ’72 Holland-Iribe Family Foundation Jeffress Memorial Trust Estate of Debrarae Karnes ’76* Constance P. Lincoln Antonia Bredin Massie ’77 Cornelia Long Matson ’58 Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Mitchell (Virginia Cates Mitchell ’63) Mountain Laurel Foundation John L. Nau III Kay Parham Picha ’70 The Quarterdeck Foundation Nan M. Stuart ’75 Mildred Newman Thayer ’61 Estate of Jane Parrish Fitzgerald TreherneThomas ’57* Norma Stieh Bulls Valentine ’93 Estate of Langhorne Tuller Webster ’58* William Webster Dr. and Mrs. Carrington Williams Jr. (Emory Gill Williams ’40)*

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

COLUMN SOCIETY

The Column Society recognizes and honors donors with gifts in one year totaling $50,000-$99,999.

Anonymous (2) Barbara Gracey Backer ’71 Mrs. Caroline Casey Brandt ’49 Community Enterprises, Inc. County of Amherst Laura W. Evans ’79 Charles Hildreth Ewald Heather Colson Ewing ’90 Sarah Mott Freeman ’76 Allison Roberts Greene ’81 Katharine Pauley Hickok ’72 Kathryn Trogdon Hightower ’67 John and Sarah Freeman Foundation Katherine W. Bienvenu Charitable Trust (Estate of Katherine Washburn Bienvenu*) Mary A. Kelley ’70 Ann Stuart McKie Kling ’74 The Kling Family Fund at The Dallas Foundation Min Ho Kwaan ’60 The Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Estate of Suzanne M. Little ’68* Frances Kirven Morse ’68 Cynthia Wilson Ottaway ’57 Perkins-Prothro Foundation Charlotte Prothro Philbin ’95 Letitia Sanders ’62 Mr. and Mrs. Heinz K. Simon (Allison Stemmons Simon ’63)

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LANTERN SOCIETY

The Lantern Society (new for 2020 – 2021) recognizes and honors donors with gifts in one year totaling $25,000-$49,999.

The Al Stroobants Foundation Sarah G. Babcock ’83 Ann Young Bloom ’59 Sarah Porter Boehmler ’65 Jane R. Dure ’82 JRD Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Judith Brown Fletcher ’71 Carol McMurtry Fowler ’57 Sarah Dabbs Fryer ’72 Estate of Mrs. Judith F. Gager* and Mr. Forrest L. Gager Jr.* Robert L. Gipson Glendora Partners, Ltd. Estate of Dorothy Compton Marks Herbruck ’51* Linda and Isaac Stern Charitable Foundation Lisa Wray Longino ’78 and George F. Longino III Rebecca Towill McNair ’60 Makanah Dunham Morriss ’66 Susan Lykes Mueller ’70 Gillian Munson Munson White Family Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund NCAA April Collins Potterfield ’96 Patricia P. Pusey ’60 Mr. Richard S. Reynolds III Richard S. Reynolds Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Whitney G. Saunders (Ellen Harrison Saunders ’75) Mr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Smiley Linda Reynolds Stern ’66 Tianaderrah Foundation

Sally Gipson Tully ’69 Sarah P. vonRosenberg ’72 Hedi Haug White ’64 John T. White, EdD, MS, CDP Estate of Norma White* Thomas E. White Woodland Foundation

FOUNTAIN SOCIETY

The Fountain Society recognizes and honors donors with gifts in one year totaling $7,500-$24,999.

Anonymous (2) Accutype Services, Inc. Margaret Ryan Ale ’76 American Endowment Foundation Baltimore Community Foundation Estate of Martha Davis Barnes ’48* Merrill Underwood Barringer ’54 Ann Ritchey Baruch ’62 Mary Brush Bass ’62 Leslie Basten and David D. Basten Beryl Bergquist ’71 The Blackbaud Giving Fund Blanchette Chappell Maier and Frank H. Maier, Jr. Fund at the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Margaret Price Bruno ’83 The Honorable and Mrs. William J. Cabaniss Jr. (Catherine Caldwell Cabaniss ’61*) Rushton Haskell Callaghan ’86 Estate of Mary E. Cave ’53* Claire Cannon Christopher ’58 Lucy Canary Church ’61 Clara Weiss Fund Nan Robertson Clarke ’73 Jeannette Singleton Cloyd ’75 Collins Potterfield Charitable Fund at National Philanthropic Trust Florence S. and William J. Cabaniss Advised Fund at the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham Bonnie C. Cord ’66 Cord Charitable Foundation Susan Andrews Cruess ’79 Laura L. Crum ’79 Betty Rae Sivalls Davis ’58 Jeanne Duff ’53 Putnam Mundy Ebinger ’70 Lucy Boyd Lemon Edmunds ’63 Fidelity Foundation Hunley Giving Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

Max G. Fink Blair Cooper Foltz ’05 Mary Carter Frackelton ’72 Gay Hart Gaines ’59 Caroline Chobot Garner ’54 Ann Martin Gonya ’85 Ann Winfree Gooch ’66 Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation Claire Dennison Griffith ’80 and Luther T. Griffith Mary Sutherland Gwinn ’65 Susan S. and John O. Wynne Fund at Hampton Roads Community Foundation Cassandra Streett Hamrick ’66 The Harrison Foundation Ashton Williams Harrison ’75 Katherine A. Hearn ’85 Katherine Powell Heller ’78 High Point Community Foundation Linda Schwaab Hodges ’65 Kathy Jackson Howe ’78 Mr. and Mrs. Leverett Hubbard Jr. Carol Hays Hunley ’81 Mary Pope M. Hutson ’83 Ruth Schmidt Igoe ’66 John and Katherine Heller Charitable Fund at Schwab Charitable Rose Montgomery Johnston ’56 Jane Johnson Kent ’48 Kenton and Amy Brown Fund at the WinstonSalem Foundation Sally Old Kitchin ’76 Jo Ann Soderquist Kramer ’64 Helen Murchison Lane ’46 Deirdre A. Leland ’68 Luther and Claire Griffith Foundation Blanchette Chappell Maier ’73 The MCF Charitable Fund at Schwab Charitable Marie G. Dennett Foundation Matthew & Genevieve Mezzanotte Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee Mr. David S. McClung II (Margaret Graves McClung ’53*) Lynne Pottharst McMillan ’69 Subhi Ali Mehdi ’80 Anne Milbank Mell ’71 Margot Saur Meyer ’60 June Speight Myers ’87* Jane W. Nelson ’66 Anna Chao Pai ’57 Muffy Hamilton Parsons ’78 William M. Passano Jr. H’55 (Helen Addington Passano ’55*)

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Estate of Jane (Kitchie) Roseberry Tolleson ’52* Elizabeth Tyree-Taylor ’71 Taylor-Tyree Family Trust Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Georgene M. Vairo ’72 Georgene Vairo Charitable Fund at Schwab Charitable Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges Elizabeth C. Walbridge ’72 Jane Tatman Walker ’60 Claude Becker Wasserstein ’82 The Willits Foundation Cecilia Kirby Wraase ’74 Wraase Family Fund at the Greater Washington Community Foundation

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DONOR HONOR ROLL Joanne Holbrook Patton ’52 Kathleen Garcia Pegues ’71 Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Greta Barksdale Brown Peters ’66 Peter and Ruth Schmidt Igoe Charitable at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Louise Weston Rainey ’74 Ann Wesley Ramsey ’75 The Rose Montgomery Johnston Family Foundation Mason Bennett Rummel ’93 Marshall Metcalf Seymour ’64 Estate of Dorothy Wyatt Shields ’58 * Jane Reeb Short ’74 Grace E. Suttle ’60 Christina A. Svoboda ’84 Marianne Oliveri Svoboda ’60 Katherine Upchurch Takvorian ’72 Estate of Margaret Cromwell Taliaferro ’49* Stephanie Dance Tancredi ’90 MarySue Morrison Thomas ’72 Alice Wood Thompson ’59 Joan Vail Thorne ’51 Virginia Hudson Toone ’53 Taylor-Tyree Family Trust Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Ann Martin Goldmann Uloth ’83 U.S. Department of Agriculture Anne Hinshaw Vanderweil ’68 Marion F. Walker ’72 Charlotte Heuer Watts ’57 Betty S. Weiss Estate of Patricia Wilder ’63* Mr. and Mrs. Matthew David Willis Meredith Woo Susan Snodgrass Wynne ’72 Barbara Smith Young ’71 Suzanne Weaver Zimmer ’85

BOXWOOD CIRCLE SOCIETY

The Boxwood Circle Society, Sweet Briar’s oldest gift society, recognizes and honors donors with gifts in one year totaling $2,500-$7,499.

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Anonymous (5) Anonymous Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation Parry Ellice Adam ’62 Leslie Carson Albizzatti ’90 Kristy Alderson ’73 Allison and Kincaid Mills Fund at the Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga AmazonSmile Foundation

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Victoria L. Archer ’81 Pamela Henery Arey ’71 The Argo Foundation Sallie Bernard Armstrong ’76 Sally Twedell Bagley ’67 Bama Rags Recordings, LLC Brenda Muhlinghaus Barger ’65 Rebecca Carter Barger ’81 Victoria Bates ’74 Jane P. Batten Jane Roulston Beaver ’62 Brandi Beck ’90 Colleen Bradley Bell ’89 Ruth Marshall Bell ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew C. Benjamin Kristin Farris Bergquist ’03 Leslie Ludwick Bires ’80 Drusilla Hall Bishop ’78 Bob and Holly Ulrich Fund at the Community Foundation for a Greater Richmond Charla Borchers-Leon ’81 Barbara Sampson Borsch ’59 Martha L. Boudreau ’79 Elizabeth Rodgers Boyd ’84 Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin C. Boylston Boylston Family Fund of Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Beatrice Totten Britton ’65 Antoinette Christian Brown ’78 Mary Lanman Brown ’50 The Bruce Ford Brown Memorial Trust C. H. Herbert Fund at Vanguard Charitable Coca-Cola Company Eleanor Sledge Burke ’64 Anne Cogswell Burris ’75 Ethel Ogden Burwell ’58 Carla Pellegrino Cabot ’84 Suzanne Jones Cansler ’63 David N. Carne (Barbara Hastings Carne ’69*) The Carpenter Donor Charitable Fund at Vanguard Charitable Eugenie W. Carr ’68 Georgia Graham Carroll ’66 Carter-Barger Family Fund at the Community Foundation of Gaston County, Inc. Donna Pearson Josey Chapman ’64 Latta Chapman Charles W. and Kristin A. Swain Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Heather L. C. Aspinwall Chiles ’95 Claire C. Christopher Donor Advised Fund at the Winston-Salem Foundation Colleen and Bradley Bell Charitable Fund at Morgan Stanley GIFT

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

Virginia Upchurch Collier ’72 The Comegys Bight Charitable Foundation Courtney Willard Conger ’53 Deirdre S. Conley ’72 Jane Ellis Covington ’60 The Covington Family Fund at the Community Foundation for a Greater Richmond Margaret A. Craw ’72 Ann Kiley Crenshaw ’76 Cullen Crispen Nannette McBurney Crowdus ’57 Thomas I. Crowell (Mary Wheat Crowell ’42*) Gina Pollock Davis ’89 Christine Witcover Dean ’68 Janet Myers Deans ’77 Direxa Dick Dearie ’67 Catherine Newman Detering ’76 Anne Kinsey Dinan ’68 Alice Warner Donaghy ’62 Maria Shields Duke ’76 Alison Burnett Dunn ’98 Celia Williams Dunn ’61 Lynne Manov Echols ’71 Edward J. Wardwell and Anne W. Wardwell Donor Advised Fund at Schwab Charitable Martha Meehan Elgar ’67 Eli and Anne W. Manchester Gift Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Michela A. English ’71 Patricia Dolph Fallon ’84 Margaret Mather Feldmeier ’71 Laura M. Ferrazzano ’88 Fiduciary Charitable Foundation Janna Staley Fitzgerald ’61 Carol Remington Foglesong ’71 Four G’s Charitable Trust Alexandria S. Francis ’74 Sheila Nolan Fuller ’66 Natalie Roberts Funk ’66 Heather MacLeod Gale ’75 Virginia Del Greco Galgano ’64 Eileen P. Gebrian ’72 Louise Jones Geddes ’84 Katherine A. Gibson ’83 Mark W. Gilkey The Glenridge Charitable Foundation, Inc. The Honorable Robert Goodlatte Jane H. Goodridge ’63 Michelle Lennane Gorman ’89 Lendon F. Gray ’71 Mary Shaw Halsey Marks ’74 Adelaide H. Hapala* Mary Hapala Milan Hapala Jr.

DONOR HONOR ROLL Debra A. Lee ’90 Roberta H. Lehet ’78 Keedie Grones Leonard ’76 Whitney Bolt Loeber ’88 Martha Watson Lombardy ’82 Love Wins at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Ann Turnbull Lowry ’59 Lucy Donor Advised Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Margot Mabie Tonia W. Macneil ’68 Helene Bauer Magruder ’57 Karen L. Malmquist ’90 Anne Williams Manchester ’55 Susan Jahn Mancini ’64 Anne Baldwin Mann ’78 Margaret A. Craw Charitable Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Mary F. Miller Donor Advised Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Mary Lane and John K. Sullivan Charitable Fund at Vanguard Charitable Matchstick Charitable Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Ashley Harper Matthews ’96 and Dave Matthews Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Maxwell Gay Reddig Mayl ’55 Andrew S. McAllister Susan McCaslin and Victor W. Henningsen III Mrs. Kelli McCoy Mary Lee McDonald ’65 James M. McKinnon Dorothy Woods McLeod ’58 Tia Campbell McMillan ’66 Madeline E. Miller and H. Gordon Leggett Jr. Mary Fitzhugh Miller ’64 Mr. and Mrs. W. Sheppard Miller III Allison and Kincaid Mills The Milstein Family Charitable Fund at Schwab Charitable Sue Lawton Mobley ’55 Betty Booker Morriss ’66 Lisa Harvey Morton ’67 Rick S. Myers Kathleen Bailey Nager ’53 Mary Johnson Nelson ’64 Mary Burwell Nesbit ’56 Newcastle Foundation Margaret deLashmutt Newlyn ’62 Mr. and Mrs. James W. Newman Jr. Linda Sims Newmark ’60 Mr. and Mrs. Kent Newmark (Pat Winton Newmark ’69)

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

Molly Reeb Nissman ’77 Norfolk Southern Foundation Denise Wisell O’Connor ’71 Lamar Ellis Oglesby ’54 Gail Robins O’Quin ’67 Katharine Wilson Orton ’75 Susan C. O’Toole ’73 Carol Barnard Ottenberg ’60 Elizabeth Conner Pace ’86 Pam Weeks Donor Account at Morgan Stanley GIFT Margaret Weimer Parrish ’76 Maggie Saylor Patrick ’07 Deborah Haslam Peniston ’66 Jacqueline C. Penny ’71 Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Pierce Jr. Jeannette N. Pillsbury ’72 Susan Dern Plank ’73 PNC Bank Foundation Lisa Lucas Popera ’88 Florence A. Powell ’80 Publishing Concepts, Inc. (PCI) Lynn Rainville Leslie Armstrong Ramsey ’72 Bettie Katherine Arnold Reed ’64 The Richard Foundation Lynne Riley-Coleman ’64 Norma Neblett Roadcap ’76 Sarah Archibald Roberts ’83 Virginia Luscombe Rogers ’50 Lynn Kahler Shirey ’76 Rouse-Bottom Foundation Elizabeth Beltz Rowe ’48 Traylor Rucker ’65 Susan Griste Russell ’78 Helen Jenkins Ryan ’68 Margaret Christian Ryan ’74 Tracy G. Savage ’70 Sweet Briar College Alumnae Club of Atlanta Mr. William Scanlan Jr. (Cecil Collins Scanlan ’63*) Frances Dornette Schafer ’70 Barbara Pratt Schelhorn ’83 Elizabeth Kopper Schollaert ’64 Schwartz Rainville Fund (a fund of American Endowment Foundation) Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Scott Patricia L. Shannon ’74 Jane Russo Sheehan ’52 Courtney Arnott Silverthorn ’03 Sarah Garrison Skidmore ’56 Susan Hendricks Slayman ’60 The Sledge Foundation Ellen S. Smith ’87

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Elizabeth Trueheart Harris ’59 Stephanie Lucas Harrison ’67 Karen J. Hartnett ’70 Laurel Lea Harvey ’90 Martha Mattern Harvey ’64 Jessica Hatch Beverley Crispin Heffernan ’75 Kathryn Barnes Hendricks ’70 Jacqueline Geets Henry ’92 The Henry Foundation Henry & Mary Warden Foundation (a fund of American Endowment Foundation) Charlotte Hoskins Herbert ’67 Sandra G. Herring ’74 Anne Day Herrmann ’64 Hershey Trust Company Jessica M. Hiveley ’97 Renate Weickert Hixon ’60 The Homestead Foundation, Inc. Janet Storey Honick ’73 Lesley Bissell Hoopes ’68 Karen T. Hott ’91 Dr. and Mrs. Philip D. Houck Jing Wang Huang ’68 Lauren MacMannis Huyett ’79 Huyett Family Charitable Fund at BNY Mellon Charitable Gift Fund IBM International Foundation Carol Dickson Jahnke ’86 Jane Feltus Welch Fund at the Community Foundation of Louisville Elizabeth Washabaugh Jarvis ’75 Grace Butler Johnson ’66 Ann Thrash Jones ’78 Deborah H. Jones ’84 Keeley Sullivan Jurgovan ’92 Thomas S. Kenan III Kenbridge Construction, Co Frances Barnes Kennamer ’71 Jean Felty Kenny ’53 Margaret Waters Keriakos ’67 Virginia Lynch Kiseljack ’84 Susan Walton Klaveness ’76 Dr. and Mrs. Scott A. Kleiner The Kleiner Foundation Brooke Patterson Koehler ’65 Anne Richardson Lackey ’90 Florence Baldwin Langford ’81 Shapleigh Donnelly LaPointe ’86 Mary Anne Van Dervoort Large ’57 Latta Chapman Donor Advised Fund at Morgan Stanley GIFT Elizabeth Blackwell Laundon ’69 Mary Scales Lawson ’70

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Engineering graduate Ruth Lechner ’21

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Martha Schley Kemp Smith ’12 Sheila Haskell Smith ’61 Wendy Weiss Smith ’71 Lorna Allen Sorley ’68 Southwestern Energy Anne Stanley ’64 Sarah Anderson Stanton ’89 Anne Stelle ’78 Mary Page Stewart ’78 Stillfield Fund I at the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation Katherine Haskell Subramanian ’63 Kay Pierce Sugarbaker ’93 Mary Lane Bryan Sullivan ’58 Meredith Thompson Sullivan ’74 Super K Investments LLC Virginia Wood Susi ’04 Kristin Amylon Swain ’74 Ann B. Tedards ’70 Elodie Taylor Thompson ’71 Tom and Joan Tyree Memorial Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Terry Starke Tosh ’75 Harriet Newman Twigg ’74 Mr. and Mrs. David B. Tyree Holly Silsand Ulrich ’81

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Vincent S. and Nancy P. Jones Advised Fund 1 at the Rochester Area Community Foundation Vincent S. and Nancy P. Jones Advised Fund 2 at the Rochester Area Community Foundation W. D. Campbell Insurance Anne English Wardwell ’65 Betty Byrne Gill Ware ’55 Katherine G. Warner ’95 Pamela S. Weekes ’83 Mara Wegerski ’03 Wendy C. Weiler ’71 Ellen L. Weinberg ’87 Jane Feltus Welch ’55 Lynn V. Westine ’79 Jay White Nancy C. White ’79 Wendelin A. White ’74 Elizabeth Harley Willett ’84 Estate of Lois Peterson Wilson ’26* Florence Barclay Winston ’57 Ariana Jones Wittke ’46 Diane Duffield Wood ’57 Dana Dewey Woody ’58 Jennifer E. Young ’11 Young Giving Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

OAK SOCIETY

The Oak Society recognizes and honors donors with gifts in one year totaling $1,000-$2,499.

Anonymous (3) Anonymous Facebook Donors through Network For Good Louise Brandes Abdullah ’54 Dorothy J. Abernathy ’11 Mary Frances Oakey Aiken ’71 Katherine Cann Akers ’73 Ramona K. Akins ’77 Cecilia C. Albert ’72 Elizabeth Edwards Anderson ’70 Jana Bekins Anderson ’59 Judith B. Anderson Kristy Winstead Anderson ’98 Wendy Birtcher Anderson ’84 Harriette Hodges Andrews ’53 Ann Dunlap Youmans Fund at the Community Foundation of Central Georgia, Inc Ann R. Smith Charitable Fund at Schwab Charitable The Ann and Frank Cahouet Foundation Jan Huguenin Assmus ’69 Fritz Aude (Marjorie Whitson Aude ’57*) Pamela Rutledge Ausley ’67

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Catherine Lanter Carrick ’96 Carrie S. Camp Foundation, Inc. Mary Leigh Woltz Carrison ’70 Candida M. Casey ’76 Elizabeth Brewer Caughman ’70 Paige N. Chamblin ’18 Charities Aid Foundation of America Lee Anne MacKenzie Chaskes ’83 Cynthia Manning Chatham ’75 Mr. and Mrs. James A. Chatt II Sharon Bradford Christhilf ’65 Ingrid A. Christner ’79 Barbara Little Chuko ’64 Glenys Dyer Church ’73 Citizens Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Bruce E. Clark Clark Family Foundation at the Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund Kirkland Tucker Clarkson ’53 Sarah Preston Clement ’75 Heather Tully Click ’70 Mary Lee Bell Coffey ’69 Margina Dunlap Cogswell ’67 Alexandra Carpenter Cole ’58 Virginia Marks Collier ’92 Mary Henningsen Collins ’75 The Columbus Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Connors ( Jocelyn Palmer Connors ’62) Connors Family Fund of the Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation Martha Tisdale Cordell ’82 Evelyn Carter Cowles ’73 Mary King Craddock ’68 Paula Wirtzman Craighill ’63 Martha Baird Boxley Creasy ’85 Lisa C. Crego ’92 Faith Rahmer Croker ’54 The Cromarty Foundation, Inc. Martha Stewart Crosland ’71 Mr. and Mrs. William Cross Daniel Kress and Peggy Glick Fund at Vanguard Charitable Jane R. Davenport ’70 Katherine Robison Davey ’83 Jane McKenzie Davis ’03 Calvert G. de Coligny Jr. Virginia S. deBuys ’64 Elise Wachenfeld dePapp ’55 Lynne Gardner Detmer ’68 Donor Advised Funds at Schwab Charitable Dianne Hayes Doss ’93 Douglas G. Lindsey Giving Account at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Barbara Bolling Downs ’64 Peter P. Drake Margaret McClellan Driscoll ’92 Judith Kingman Driskell ’58

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

Mr. and Mrs. William Craig Dubishar Jane Yoe Duggan ’53 Duke Energy Foundation Dunlap Cogswell Foundation Helen C. Dunn ’64 Edgar & Ashley Bright Family Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Leslie A. Eglin ’84 Elise W. de Papp, M. D. Donor Advised Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Jacqueline Littell Ellis ’58 The Elizabeth Sinclair Liberty Fund at Vanguard Charitable Kenneth G. Elzinga Carol Brewer Evans ’75 Charlotte Ann Evans ’73 Julia Johnson Evans ’73 Marianne C. Fahs ’71 Mr. and Mrs. Rodger W. Fauber (Ann Sims Fauber ’64) Kimberly Harden Fella ’00 Dr. and Mrs. Marc Carpenter Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Jack and Moira Lawrence Charitable Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund James and Marilyn Bamborough Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund JMD Donor Advised Fund at the Foundation for the Carolinas John M. Gross Charitable Gift Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Sarah Kalber Fiedler ’66 Mary Fleming Willis Finlay ’66 Grace Jones Fishel ’51 Elizabeth Potts Fisher ’75 Libby Harvey FitzGerald ’68 Margaret Handly Fitzgerald ’67 Anne Riordan Flaherty ’78 Catherine M. Flaherty ’80 Cathy Patton Foose ’78 Jeanne Brassel Ford ’68 Fort Trustee Fund at the Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley May Humphreys Fox ’70 The Frances Smith Charitable Fund at Schwab Charitable Frank and Mary Roach Fund at the Community Foundation for a Greater Richmond Page E. Franson ’87 Catherine Gornto Freeman ’92 Mrs. Eric G. Friberg Martha S. Fruehauf ’80 Fuller Family 1620 Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation Gail Sims Furniss ’64 Margaret Highlands Gale ’65 Ann Gateley ’70 Nancy Corson Gibbes ’60

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Ashley Randle Averell ’75 A. Hopie Carter Avery ’94 Michelle L. Badger ’06 Mr. and Mrs. R. Russell Bailey Mr. and Mrs. Irving W. Bailey II Margarete Baisley Benjamin S. Baker (Susanne Nifong Baker ’97*) Dorothy Tobin Baldwin ’44 Mary Fran Brown Ballard ’49 Marilyn Hopkins Bamborough ’49* Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund Nella Gray Barkley ’55 Martha Isdale Beach ’54 Marianne Muse Beard ’60 Carol S. Bebb ’74 Cynthia A. Beller ’04 Sophie MacKenzie Belouet ’68 Jennifer Slade Belovsky ’71 Henrietta Bryan Alphin Bente ’69 Melissa Lohr Berge ’63 Mary Jane Berry ’73 Sara Gump Berryman ’64 The Betty Bentsen Winn Foundation Eleanor B. Bibb ’83 Suzanne Edinger Boas ’68 The Boeing Company Patricia Ashby Boesch ’58 JoAnn Bogolin ’89 Mary Morris Gamble Booth ’50 Desiree M. Bouchat ’83 Christine Davis Boulware ’77 Glory McRae Bowen ’67 Patricia Brown Boyer ’49 Anne S. Briber ’69 Ashley Simmons Bright ’86 Mary-Dame Stubbs Broad ’50 The Honorable and Mrs. William Lee Lyons Brown Jr. (Alice Cary Farmer Brown ’59) Harold G. Brown Mary Jo Biscardi Brown ’86 Rosamond Sample Brown ’64 Margaret Hayes Brunstad ’72 Heather Shettle Buerger ’88 Mary D. Burton ’04 Susan Heitmiller Busch ’78 Evelyn Day Butler ’66 Mary M. Buxton ’73 Jean Shaw Byrne ’65 Margaret Wadman Cafasso ’61 Ann Walsh Cahouet ’54* Craig J. Cain Rebecca Atha Cain ’85 Eugenia Dickey Caldwell ’65 L. Clay Camp Jr. Jodi and Gary Canfield Anita Crossingham Cannon ’77 Martha Baum Carlton ’62 Victoria White Carpenter ’72

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Cynthia Livingstone Gibert ’63 Mary Ware Gibson ’83 Giddens Glenday Family Charitable Fund at Schwab Charitable Marion P. Girard ’69 Jane Piper Gleason ’74 Sarah Giddens Glenday ’68 Mary Elizabeth Ryan Glenn ’78 Patricia S. Glick ’86 Gail N. Glifort ’86 Suzanne Wright Godfrey ’75 Nancy L. Golden ’81 Wayne Stokes Goodall ’48 Barbara Paulson Goodbarn ’83 Google, Inc. Elizabeth Williams Gookin ’44 Valerie Gordon-Johnson ’74 Karen Greer Goss ’89 Patricia Roby Gotfredson ’84 Valerie Norris and Joel Green Nancy Hall Green ’64 M. Keating Griffiss ’60 Ila Lane Gross ’62 Jimmie Groves The H. Dalton Weathers Family Fund of Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Alison S. Hall ’97 Mr. and Mrs. John T. Hall The Hampton and Carter Morris Charitable Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Richard P. Hankins Jr. The Harbor Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Byron B. Harder Mr. and Mrs. Paul X. Harder Mr. and Mrs. L. Parker Harrell Jr. (Adele Vogel Harrell ’62) Harrell Charitable Gift Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Harris Jr. Caroline Camp Harrison ’07 Deborah R. Harvey ’82 Connie G. Haskell ’70 Elizabeth Haynie Wainstein ’86 Barbara Cain Hegarty ’73 Maria Wiglesworth Hemmings ’67 Katrina Groat Henchman ’61 Anne Johnston Henderson ’62 Fred D. Herring (Helen Chapman Herring ’61*) Anne Willis Hetlage ’56 Susan Sudduth Hiller ’66 Mr. and Mrs. Emory M. Hodges Paula Hollingsworth-Thomas ’74 Margaret Millender Holmes ’63 Nancy Lea Houghton ’74 Howe Foundation, Inc. Wanda Cronic Howell ’74 Mary Jane Schroder Oliver Hubbard ’62 Susan M. Hudson ’78 Hallam Hurt ’67

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Irving W. & Catherine T. Bailey, II Fund at the Community Foundation of Louisville J. M. Huber Corporation Ann Biggs Jackson ’68 Louise Jackson ’71 Suzan Faist Jagger ’77 Jane Rush Davenport Fund at Schwab Charitable Elizabeth V. Jensen ’08 Jewish Foundation of Greater New Haven, Inc. Jill Moses Kohlmann / Jennifer Bach Rosen Fund at The Greater New Orleans Foundation Laura Rihl Joiner ’96 Wendy Bramlett Jolly ’00 Dona Van Arsdale Jones ’64 Mary Sexton Jones ’53 Mr. and Mrs. Paul N. Jones Jr. Phyllis A. Joyner ’55 Ruina Wallace Judd ’61 Judy W. Sargent Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Ellen Nichols Jump ’60 Janet Hutchison Karpowicz ’70 Hilary Carlson Katerberg ’96 Pamela Ford Kelley ’67 Carolyn Pyle Kennedy ’98 Jeffrey E. Key Mr. and Mrs. William A. Kientz III Mr. Gabor Kotany Alice Johnson Krendel ’72 Ann Lindquist Krikos ’92 Amy J. Kroeger ’90 Elizabeth Landen Krone ’81 Priscilla Blackstock Kurz ’67 Pembroke Herbert Kyle ’68 Muriel Wikswo Lambert ’66 Blair Walker Lawrence ’68 Moira Erickson Lawrence ’80 Dorothy Moore Lawson ’59 Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Leach Kelly Collins Lear ’96 Ann Tremain Lee ’69 Elizabeth M. Lee Virginia Bennett Leeds ’88 Ann Crowell Lemmon ’60 Ava Lennane Scottie Newell Lennon ’64 Ruth Willingham Lentz ’74 Ellen T. Lenz Colleen Kuebel Lewis ’84 Elizabeth M. Lewis ’69 Lynn D. Lewis Marian Li ’68 Nancy Palermo Lietz ’86 Marcia Pace Lindstrom ’66 Susan Anthony Lineberry ’79 Miriam Wyse Linsky ’50 Brooke A. Linville ’04 Elizabeth Johnston Lipscomb ’59 Linda Lipscomb ’73 Suzanne Petrie Liscouski ’91

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

Cheryl Harris Lofland ’79 Nan Dabbs Loftin ’81 Virginia Page Love ’50 Sally Gray Lovejoy ’80 Stacy Ludington ’12 Faith Bullis Mace ’61 Mr. and Mrs. John A. MacKinnon Nancy E. MacMeekin ’65 Marion MacRae ’67 MacRae Family Foundation at Act for Alexandria Matheson Giving Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Meta Bond Magevney ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Mark M. Magruder (Ella Hanson Magruder ’75) Marie C. Reed Foundation at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Mariah Smith Malik ’86 Fannie Zollicoffer Mallonee ’80 Marian Li Charitable Fund at Schwab Charitable Laura Gredys Martin ’90 Eleanor Gilmore Massie ’66 Barbara Offutt Mathieson ’70 Estate of Mary F. Mays* Emily Dick McAlister ’78 Anne Stupp McAlpin ’68 Lenetta Archard McCampbell ’85 Allison Jennings McCance ’64 Deborah Koss McCarthy ’77 Gardner V. McCormick (Pamela Drake McCormick ’72*) Harriotte Dodson McDannald ’65 Sarah Dean McGill ’66 K. Holly McGlothlin ’78 Sarane C. McHugh ’81 Lauren Friend McKelvey ’03 Marjorie Rebentisch McLemore ’70 Caroline Bickel McLoughlin ’76 Elizabeth D. McMullen ’68 Susan Somerville Menson ’68 Carolyn Foster Meredith ’61 Meriwether-Godsey Michael Joseph Lewis and Colleen Kuebel Lewis Family Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Microsoft Corporation Carol Vontz Miller ’68 Rebecca Moats Miller ’97 Elaine L. Mills ’74 Katharine Crommelin Milton ’62 Meri T. Minatel-Schreiber ’89 Farida L. Mohammed ’20 Cecilia A. Moore ’88 Sally Hamilton Moore ’61 Megan L. Morgan ’76 Morgan Stanley GIFT Carter Heyward Morris ’73 Vaughan Inge Morrissette ’54 Miriam Molander Moss ’62 Audrey H. Mullen ’89

DONOR HONOR ROLL Melissa Greenwood Riemer ’75 Mary Cosby Rinehart ’61 Rinehart Family Charitable fund at Schwab Charitable Mary Reid Roach ’74 and Frank W. Roach Alice Haywood Robbins ’65 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nancie Howe Entenmann Roberts ’56 Lisa Nelson Robertson ’76 Ann T. Rockwell ’80 Deborah Warren Rommel ’70 Jennifer Bach Rosen ’88 Jewett Winn Rothschild ’83 Jennifer A. Rotman ’84 Wendy Wise Routh ’75 Jill Steenhuis Ruffato ’80 Adelaide M. Russo ’68 Sacramento Region Community Foundation Christie Calder Salomon ’64 Mr. Mario F. Salvadori Dicksie Lee Waterhouse Sandifer ’61 Judith Welton Sargent ’59 Sallie F. Scarborough ’75 Gracie Tredwell Schild ’82 Katherine A. Schlech ’70 Mr. and Mrs. Edgar W. Schneider Jr. Stone Family Fund at Schwab Charitable Scion Natural Science Association, Inc. Prudence Sandifer Scott ’59 Mary Lou Morton Seilheimer ’63 Seilheimer Foundation Elizabeth Hutchins Sharland ’61 Mr. and Mrs. Peter Sherman (R. Anne Pankoski Sherman ’96) Margaret Shortlidge ’06 Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Shuford Jr. Amy A. Simmons ’86 Elizabeth Sinclair Martha Bickham Singleton ’71 Louise Archer Slater ’71 Stephanie Wilt Smirnov ’88 Alix Sommer Smith ’71 Ann R. Smith ’74 Emily Pleasants Smith ’65 Frances Street Smith ’52 Erin E. Sobotta ’99 Susan Moorman Southworth ’66 Christina Spada ’89 Cynthia Hubard Spangler ’63 Nancy Salisbury Spencer ’56 Starke Foundation Melanie Bowen Steglich ’78 Stephen & Clara Smiley Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Mr. and Mrs. Brad Steinle Lisa Claypool Stevenson ’89 Gracey Stoddard ’67 Elizabeth Smith Stone ’58 Hattie Hughes Stone ’54 Jesse Durham Strauss ’96

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

Lynn Gullett Strazzini ’67 Stupp Bros Bridge-Iron Co. Cindy Sorenson Sutherland ’74 Susan T. and Eric Friberg Fund of Costal Community Foundation of South Carolina Martha Madden Swanson ’66 Jennifer McDonaugh Swiatek ’02 Mary Taylor Swing ’58 Anne Allen Symonds ’62 Rebecca Trulove Symons ’79 Paulett Long Taggart ’44 Margaret Robinson Tallmadge ’81 Joie Roderick Tankard ’90 Claire Kinnett Tate ’71 Tate Family Fund at the Foundation for the Carolinas Kathleen Watson Taylor ’65 Grace Quirk Thompson ’88 Eleanor St. Clair Thorp ’58 Lida Matthews Tingley ’61 Deborah Dunklin Tipton ’72 Sherilyn Irving Titus ’69 Mary Montelle Tripp ’82 Sandra Schwartz Tropper ’73 Juliana Yon Tu ’75 Kathleen Stevenson Turner ’64 Sidney P. Turner ’66 Suzanne DuVivier Ullrich ’78 Valerie Gordon-Johnson and Doug Johnson Charitable Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Sally Schall Van Allen ’42 Beverly F. Van Zandt ’71 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Vandegrift Mr. and Mrs. Barry J. Vine Cynthia H. Volk ’83 Victoria McClintock Wade ’95 Virginia Joachim Wade ’63 Jennifer M. Wagner ’97 Karen H. Waldron ’75 Carolyn Peyton Walker ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Roger D. Warren, Sr. Carolyn Judy Weathers ’66 Katharine McCardell Webb ’70 Mr. and Mrs. Marvin W. Webster Jr. Suzanne Reitz Weinstein ’60 Meredith Leslie Welch ’65 Wells Fargo & Co Elizabeth Kemper Wharton ’58 Elizabeth McLemore White ’70 Leigh Ann White ’86 Alysha Wiegand ’09 Pamela Hellmuth Wiegandt ’64 Cassandra Whaling Wierman ’85 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Wilcoxson Patricia and William Wilkerson The Wilkerson Family Fund at National Philanthropic Trust Eleanor Keen Williams ’68 Elizabeth Plunkett Williams ’48* fall 2021

Valeria Murphey ’71 Catharine Adams Murphy ’72 Caroline Tuttle Murray ’71 Margaret Gillmer Myers ’66 Nancie H. Entenmann Fund of the Greater Toledo Community Foundation National Philanthropic Trust Carol D. Newman ’71 Barbara Ashton Nicol ’74 Victoria G. Nilsson ’10 Louise Konsberg Noll ’44 Kimberly Knox Norman ’85 Beth Slayman Nubbe ’84 Grace Mary Garry Oates ’64 Martha Bulkley O’Brien ’59 Mr. and Mrs. Kevin M. O’Connor Barbara Falge Openshaw ’57 Orange Tree Foundation Shana-Tara Regon O’Toole ’95 Wilma L. Packard ’70 Alica Hart Palmore ’00 Clifton W. Pannell Kathleen “kp” Papadimitriou ’84 Mr. and Mrs. Archie Patterson II Paulett and Ganson Taggart Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Mollie Archer Payne ’58 Phoebe Brunner Peacock ’68 Barbara Behrens Peck ’78 Perrin Henderson Fund at the Foundation for the Carolinas The Peter & Gail Furniss Fund at Vanguard Charitable Elaine Newton Peters ’57 Almena Hill Pettit ’69 Pettit Family Community Fund at the Community Foundation of North Florida Darelle A. Pfeiffer ’98 Emily Vermilya Phillips ’08 Bonnie Blew Pierie ’67 Mr. and Mrs. William D. Place Pleasants Family Fund at the Foundation for the Carolinas Andria Calhoun Plonka ’67 Anne Litle Poulet ’64 Judith B. Powell ’69 M. Anne Powell ’88 Catherine Slatinshek Prillaman ’76 Gail Anderson Ramey ’64 Milbrey Sebring Raney ’65 Carolyn King Ratcliffe ’60 Betty Forbes Rayburn ’56 Rebecca Trulove Symons Donor Advised Fund at Nancy and philip Greer Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Marie Louise Carney Reed ’62 Diane McCabe Reid ’70 Sarah Reidy ’96 Michael F. Resch (Gail Garner Resch ’72*) Carol Reifsnyder Rhoads ’65

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DONOR HONOR ROLL Mary Ann Hicklin Willingham ’56 Marguerite Smith Willis ’71 Patricia Layne Winks ’52 Winks Charitable Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Betty Bentsen Winn ’53 Mary Gordon Winn ’66 Bet Bashinsky Wise ’75 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen B. Wittle Molly Poole Wolfe ’65 Johanna Yaple Wolski ’70 Kathleen Harris Wray ’63 Nancy Hickox Wright ’68 Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp ’68 Mr. George Youmans Kathryn Hagist Yunk ’91

DAISY SOCIETY

The Daisy Society recognizes and honors the importance of donors with annual gifts under $1,000.

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Anonymous (10) Margaret Dally Abate ’99 Angela Conklin Abell ’96 Christen Anderson Abernethy ’89 Jessica A. Abramson ’08 Ann Greer Adams ’56 Catherine F. Adams ’76 Mr. and Mrs. Crosby L. Adams Phoebe DeFoe Adams ’52 Priscilla Powell Adams ’78 Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Adams Sally Whittier Adams ’56 Susan Finn Adams ’86 Victoria Lee Adams ’82 Pearl Riggan Adamson ’66 Natalie Brown Adee ’96 April D. Adelson ’86 Brittany Nicole Agee ’16 James S. Agnew Amorette Witt Aitken ’93 Deborah Butteri Akers ’77 Anne Chapin Albert ’83 Heather Pirnie Albert ’82 Mary Ann Albright ’83 Harriet McNair Alexander ’86 Lillian Norburn Alexander ’65 Sarah Alexander ’93 Susan R. Alexander ’63 Shannon Fountain Alipour ’96 Alicia Allen ’97 Aline Payne Allen ’59 Julia Hunt Allen ’63 Sarah Martin Allen ’07 Susan Norton Allen ’72 Mr. and Mrs. John F. Allison

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Holly Pflug Allport ’84 Ally Financial Inc. Corporate Citizenship Jean Meyer Aloe ’63 David Alter Altria Group, Inc. Chelsea Ximena Alvarado ’17 Loring Harris Amass ’70 American Online Giving Foundation-Benevity America’s Charities Amherst County High School Jane Yardley Amos ’63 Katherine Amsden ’53 Alicia King Anderson ’97 Cynthia Bekins Anderson ’73 Harriet Bielitsky Anderson ’81 Judith Ruffin Anderson ’57 Kelley Dize Anderson ’99 Lisa Aumiller Anderson ’96 Lucy Otis Anderson ’63 Augusta Marshall Andrews ’65 Jean M. Andrews ’72 Joelle M. Andrews ’06 Catharine Hubbard Andry ’85 Jessica Mercier Andryshak ’06 Caroline Curme Angelica ’79 Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Annable Anne Sinsheimer Charitable Gift Fund at The Community Foundation of San Luis Obispo County Sara Green Ansell ’66 AON Corporation Florence Pye Apy ’53 Raynelle Muench Araque ’91 Margaret Arcadia ’96 Deborah Pollock Arce ’73 Laura M. Arceneaux ’92 Elizabeth Kurtz Argo ’67 Joanna D. Arias ’75 Heather Thomas Armbruster ’98 Mr. Christopher F. Armstrong Laura Warren Armstrong ’93 Thomas Armstrong Lindsay S. Arnett ’12 Julie O’Neil Arnheim ’61 Lindsay Kay Ellen Renee Arnold ’10 Mary Callahan Arnold ’80 Robin Parkinson Arnold ’05 Frazier Miller Aronhalt ’96 Corinne Davies Asakevich ’07 Mary Jinks Ashbrook ’90 Susan Wilson Ashcom ’66 Laurel LeStrange Ashley ’91 Elizabeth Boswell Athey ’65 Megan Foran Atkins ’99 Amanda Atkinson ’00 Doyne M. Atkinson Ellewn Howard Attar ’83 Barbara Kent Attie ’69 Amelia Dudman Atwill ’96

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

Pamela Fine Auble ’98 Melinda Wick Aufmuth ’92 Dr. and Mrs. D. C. Augustine Jr. Margaret H. Aurand ’64 Rosemary E. Austin ’21 Diana Jordan Avery ’98 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Axtell Elizabeth Groves Aycock ’96 Nursat I. Aygen ’76 Cassandra Smith Babbitt ’78 Gwendolyn Hickey Babcock ’95 Adrianna Carpenter Baber ’18 Linda and Wayne Badger Ciel Bailey Susan Lazarus Bailey ’85 Susan Parr Bailey ’81 and Steve Bailey Robyn Bailey Orchard ’86 Abby Starke Baird ’65 Eleanor G. Baird ’62 Barbara Baisley ’92 Felicia Nelson Baker ’81 Katherine Barrett Baker ’83 Lizzie L. Baker ’20 Olivia Chaplin Baker ’81 Dr. and Mrs. Paul S. Baker Victoria J. Baker ’67 Carrie Bake-Wong ’92 Laura Sickman Baksa ’70 Mr. and Mrs. David W. Balding Katie L. Balding ’21 Kathryn Renaud Baldwin ’78 Mary Dixson Baldwin ’67 Pamela Larson Baldwin ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Ballard ( Jennifer Jarvis Ballard ’93) Kathleen Peeples Ballou ’55 Maia Pearson Bannan ’97 Holly McGovern Barber ’86 Sophia C. Barbieri ’19 Charlotte R. Barbour ’16 Martha Barchowsky ’76 Jean Beard Barden ’78 Katherine Fons Barkley ’87 Pamela Ythier Barkley ’87 Carol V. Barlow ’83 Robert H. Barlow Jane S. Barnes ’68 Kristin D. Barnes ’08 Florence Rowe Barnick ’80 Carroll Randolph Barr ’67 Kate Clay Barret ’66 Cynthia Noyes Chilton Barrett ’92 Bruce Barrett ’72 Mr. and Mrs. John William Barrett Vicky A. Thoma Barrette ’65 Christina Chubb Barrille ’04 Courtney R. Barry ’18 Kelsey R. Barta ’15 Victoria Michaelis Bartholow ’72

DONOR HONOR ROLL Elisabeth Brawner Bingham ’51 Jeanne Schaefer Bingham ’73 Dr. and Mrs. Richard E. Bird Nancy Schmitt Bishop ’66 Mary Margaret Dixon Biss ’96 Phebe Harris Blackburn ’65 Kendall T. Blake Jacqueline Israel Blakeslee ’68 Clare Newman Blanchard ’60 Danielle Schofield Blanchard ’99 Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence J. Blanchard Jr. D. DeAnne Blanton ’85 Denise Landau Blind ’88 Joan Clinchy Blood ’65 Boas Family Fund at the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Susan C. Bobb ’00 Harriet McCormick Bobbitt ’63 Bobby and Maryilyn Thalhimer Family Fund at the Community Foundation for a Greater Richmond Cassidy E. Bodkin ’20 Liesl Veazey Bogar ’89 Patricia McClay Boggs ’55 Ici Ollison Bojarczyk ’89 Diane Dunaway Boles ’82 Mr. and Mrs. Nelson M. Bolton Pauline Wells Bolton ’52 Bolton Partners Kimberly N. Bolz-Andolshek ’99 Alicia Bounds Bomhardt ’89 Allison Akeson Bond ’86 Martha Neill Boney ’72 Mary Ames Booker ’82 Jody N. Booze-Daniels ’79 Mary Green Borg ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Scott Borgemenke Elizabeth Taylor Borntrager ’02 Natalie R. Bosch ’18 Susan Desmet Bostic ’72 Saralee Cowles Boteler ’79 Mary Blair Both ’65 Elizabeth Harder Botzis ’93 Mr. and Mrs. Ros Bowers Edith McRee Bowles ’74 Kay Diane Moore Bowles ’57 Deborah Ohler Bowman ’70 Elizabeth Williams Bowman ’72 Laura T. Bowrey ’08 Ellie Donahue Boyd ’08 Mr. and Mrs. James N. Boyd Lee Carollo Boyes ’78 Eleanor Guild Bozoyan ’93 James Brachman Sarah Bradford ’01 Sarah Longstreth Bradley ’77 Katherine Hollister Bradley-Black ’92 Sue P. Brady and Thomas G. Honaker III Barbara A. Brand ’71

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

Dorothy Wetzig Brand ’71 Ann Hallsey Brandt ’16 Elizabeth Sprague Brandt ’84 Robert David Brandt Nelly Osinga Branson ’75 Rachel A. Bratlie ’99 Alison Brown Breene ’01 Diane Ball Brendel ’78 Susanne Turner Brennan ’83 Madeline A. Brewer ’10 Martha J. Brewer ’69 Paula M. Brice ’02 Allison Garrison Bridges ’10 Jamee Thompson Briggs ’94 MaryAnne Haslow-Hall Briggs ’11 Bright Funds Foundation Kay A. Brimijoin Claire Marie Cieszko Britt ’83 Ms. Jennifer Britt Anne E. Brodie Allison Egbert Brokaw ’78 Margaretta Bredin Brokaw ’70 Joan Eltonhead Bromley ’73 Ashley Wilson Brook ’79 Anne C. Brooke ’54 Julia Skilinski Brooks ’93 Rhoda Allen Brooks ’71 Bonnie Chronowski Brophy ’74 Anne Carter Brothers ’63 Leslie Wilkinson Brotman ’78 Candice Broughton ’98 Brianna Boswell Brown ’82 Carrie M. Brown and John Gregory Brown Corinne Cunningham Brown ’86 Courtney Totushek Brown ’97 Ellen Apperson Brown ’72 Ellen Hagan Brown ’81 Ellen Moseley Brown ’71 Emily Garth Brown ’73 Emily McNally Brown ’72 Grace Wallace Brown ’52 Kathleen McNamara Brown ’02 Laura Lee Brown ’63 Nancy Dixon Brown ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Richard Brown Sharon Ingham Brown ’84 Susan Glasgow Brown ’64 Wendy Norton Brown ’71 Avis Brown Yount ’69 Gay Elizabeth Kenney Browne ’82 Herbert H. Browne Jr. (Frances Gilbert Browne ’56*) K. Aliza Brownell Shirley Poulson Broyles ’54 Nancy Hagar Bruetsch ’72 Mary Landon Smith Brugh ’57 Mr. and Mrs. James W. Brunson Jean C. von Schrader Bryan ’82 Kia F. Bryan ’09

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Chantel N. Bartlett ’98 Barton Malow Foundation Aaron Basko Sarah Young Bass ’95 Andrea R. Bateman ’71 Carey Bates ’91 Natalie Batman ’08 Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Battad Melissa Halstead Baugher ’86 Nicholle L. Baugher ’01 William Baumgarten Jill Goolsby Baumhover ’95 Susan Dwelle Baxter ’64 Hannah C. Beall ’17 Mona Wilson Beard ’51 Harriet Beazley Nancy Neighbors Becker ’57 Phyllis G. Becker ’74 Peggy Pattillo Beckham ’56 Beth Beckner-Mills ’69 Gabriella M. Bedsworth Josie E. Beets ’00 Robin E. Behm ’79 Mr. and Mrs. Alex W. Bell Julia E. Bell ’21 Phyllis Schulman Bell ’76 Sylviane P. Bellamy Carol Covington Bellonby ’70 Brianna Belter ’13 Lea Sparks Bennett ’83 Lisa Leigh Ringler Bennett ’86 Bennett Pritchett, Inc. Sally Ann Sells Bensur ’79 Pamela Burwell Benton ’68 Leslie Malone Berger ’83 Stephanie L. Berger ’91 Leslie Bergman ’82 Claire Carson Berlat ’08 Lynne Miller Bernard ’76 Susan Terjen Bernard ’63 Mary Dance Berry ’08 Claudia K. Berryhill ’72 Ana Simic Beskin ’96 Kathleen E. Bessette ’16 Betsy Perry Donor Advised Fund at Morgan Stanley GIFT Karen R. Bewick ’75 Elizabeth Gilgan Bianco ’94 Mary Biathrow Lisa Henderson Bice ’82 Joan Moore Biddle ’64 Marina R. Biel ’18 Julia Corte Bierster ’84 Mr. and Mrs. Irvin G. Bieser Sidney A. Bieser ’10 Krista Biggs ’89 Laura D. Billings ’96 Katrina Ann Balding Bills ’97 Janet Whitehurst Binder ’75

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Caileigh R. Bryant ’15 Cecilia A. Bryant ’68 Sara H. Brydges ’67 Isabel Deprosper Bucher ’74 Margaret Tucker Buck ’02 Marilyn Meyers Buckey ’68 Eileen Buckingham Gretchen L. Buis ’69 Edward G. Bulgin Mr. and Mrs. Clive H. Bullard Sidney Cauthen Bullard ’93 Bobby Stieh Bulls Nancy C. Bulls ’93 Susan L. Bundy ’73 Isabel Ware Burch ’60 Sharon Fitzgerald Burchard ’63 Emily M. Burke ’06 Felicia Dunn Burke ’03 Joan Phelps Burkett ’56 Julianne C. Burkhardt ’87 Shelby Burns ’86 Wynn Cole Burr ’96 Henry Burr Richard C. Burroughs Rebecca A. Burt ’76 Amy E. Burton ’90 Terese DeGrandi Busch ’76 Deborah Lanham Bushek ’99 Mr. and Mrs. David M. Butcher Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Butcher Jill E. Butcher ’97 Cornelia Radford Butler ’76 Elizabeth J. Butler ’91 Helen Pruitt Butler ’84 Coleen Dee Butterick ’74 Virginia Lee Butters ’66 Virginia Claus Buyck ’83 Rebecca Bynum Laurel Bryant Byrd ’93 Victoria Campo Byrd ’91 The C. & K. Roth Family Foundation Jeanette Rowe Cadwallender ’79 Mr. and Mrs. David K. Cahoone Margo Ten Broeck Calkin ’91 Emily Virkus Calle ’98 Helen S. Camblos ’70 Anne Richards Camden ’69 Angela Aiken Cameron ’01 Virginia Shipe Cameron ’75 Rose Thomas Camp ’74 Amy Leigh Campbell ’97 Benita B. Campbell Dana Varnado Campbell ’93 Jennifer Sirois Campbell ’05 Mary Johnson Campbell ’58 Melanie H. E. Campbell ’06 Susan Graham Campbell ’81 Mr. and Mrs. William A. Campbell Paige Vaught Campion ’96

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Nancy Hanger Canada ’81 Elsa Mittelholtz Cannon ’07 Gretchen E. Canova ’96 Charlotte Anne Cantrell-Doran ’90 Mary Noble Caperton ’54 Chelsea Capizzi-Walsh ’08 Susan M. Capozzoli ’80 Jason Aaron Capps Anthony Caprio The CarMax Foundation Betty Noland Caravati ’63 Christie Cardon ’96 Hallie Powell Cardwell ’78 Mary McKee Carmichael ’70 Judith Williams Carpenter ’79 Carolyn and Lemuel Hewes Account, a donor advised fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Angela Walton Carpita ’99 Alison E. Carr ’08 Tiffany McCabe Carr ’04 Carrie Clark Carlson Charitable Fund at Schwab Charitable Theresa V. Carriveau ’21 Lee Huston Carroll ’64 Mary Miller Carroll ’52 Natalie J. Carroll ’21 Sigrid Zirkle Carroll ’93 Victoria McCullough Carroll ’84 Abigail Carter ’89 and Eric Rudenshiold Ann MacDonald Carter ’97 Anne Babson Carter ’61 Jennie Frazier Carter ’09 Jessica A. Carter ’04 Joan Carter Kristen Kreassig Carter ’87 Ellen R. Carver ’85 Amelia Gray Casey ’61 Katherine Connors Cassada ’86 Elizabeth Gantt Castles ’82 Kerstin Chrisman Castronuovo ’91 Anne Sniffen Cates ’71 Margaret S. Caulk ’90 Miriam Choi Cave ’06 Rhea Chablani Sarah Chaffee Paris ’96 Jennifer Burton Jahos Chaladoff ’86 Marydee Wimbish Chalfant ’60 Jean S. Chaloux ’72 Jacqueline Razook Chamandy ’52 Bettye Thomas Chambers ’62 Linda Hatten Chambers ’71 Lyndsay Welsh Chamblin ’05 Jamila Hyder Champsi ’80 Leigh Matzdorf Chancler ’91 Estate of Ernestine M. Chandler ’44* Janna McLarty Chandler ’96 Deborah and Charles W. Chaney Candace Buker Chang ’70

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

Margaret Rand Chapman ’65 Kenneth Chappelle Lynn Mather Charette ’86 Wendie A. Charles ’11 The Charles K. and Mary H. Fox Fund at Vanguard Charitable Charles M. Caravati Foundation Charles S. and Beth D. Baldwin Advised Fund at the Winston-Salem Foundation Charis Lease-Trevathan Chase ’06 Danielle Briggs-Hansen Chase ’07 Katharine Barnhardt Chase ’67 and Robert L. Chase Mr. and Mrs. John Chaussee Courtney Warrick Cherna ’84 Cara C. Cherry ’06 Chevron Products Company Chichi Steiner and Tom Rassieur Charitable Fund at Schwab Charitable Patricia Chick Jane Cox Childress ’85 Jennifer Roach Childs ’88 Rosinne Kaliff Chlala ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Chope Patricia F. Christian ’89 Christine Gempp Love Foundation Mrs. Joan V. Churchill Melissa Cicotello ’99 Elizabeth and Santo Cimino Sandra Ahern Cimons ’83 Ellen Kelley Cinq-Mars ’67 Sharon Van Cleve Cipriano ’64 Edith Knapp Clark ’58 Eileen Stroud Clark ’65 Florence Flanigan Clark ’77 Laura Morrissette Clark ’85 Nancy Hamel Clark ’52 Dr. and Mrs. Terrence T. Clark Carrie Ruda Clark Carlsen ’78 Anne Rienecke Clarke ’60 Jennifer Clarke Katherine Wood Clarke ’65 Suzanne Elisabeth Stovall Clarke ’84 Lucile McKee Clarkson ’69 Jan Schnibbe Cleary ’75 Ann C. Cleland ’81 E. Anne Clement ’78 Carol Clement Knapp ’76 Joan Dabney Clickner ’91 Lindsey S. Cline ’06 Clorox Company Cailey N. Cobb ’20 Laurel Norris Coccio ’73 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Cochran Mr. and Mrs. Leonard J. Coffey Sara J. Coffey ’06 Lucy Darby Cole ’78 Marissa Ashe Cole ’93 Madeleine R. Coleman ’16

DONOR HONOR ROLL Kerry Elizabeth Coleman-Proksch ’97 Stephanie Alford Collett ’84 Anne Collins ’96 Cissel Gott Collins ’72 Jennifer J. Collins ’06 Karen R. Collins Susan Hayward Collins ’55 Colonial Pipeline Co. Anne M. Colpitts ’11 Mr. and Mrs. O. Kirby Colson III Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Colvin Verda Andrews Colvin ’87 Syreeta R. Combs-Cannaday C. Victoria Coxe Commander ’64 Community Foundation for a Greater Richmond Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Helen Compton-Harris ’80 Kathryn Davis Conger ’05 Georgianna Conger Wolcott ’87 Mr. and Mrs. Martin J. Conley Anne White Connell ’54 Barbara Tragakis Conner ’85 Elizabeth Snider Conner ’98 Martha Bennett Pritchett Conner ’68 Mellena Conner Catherine L. Connor ’77 Elisabeth Ward Connors ’80 Marion Thorington Conover ’58 Cynthia M. Conroy ’74

Michelle Mac Murtrie Constable ’93 Tara L. Conte ’03 Maureen C. Conway ’71 Hilary Cooper Cook ’05 Joan Kells Cook ’55 Katherine Cook ’94 Sarah E. Cooke ’17 Shirley P. Cool Susan Stevens Cooley ’57 Kathleen Cooney Anne Helms Cooper ’71 Anne Peyton Cooper ’50 Barbara Bush Cooper ’81 Catharine Spessard Cooper ’57 Harriet Y. Cooper ’56 Mr. Leslie Kent Cooper Octavia Wood Cooper ’68 Meredith Cope-Levy Dr. and Mrs. Kevin Coppersmith Madeleine Blanchard Corbo ’89 Celia Corley-Davis ’78 Yuliya Rigg Cormier ’13 Anna Coroneos ’76 Sarah Hart Corpron ’06 Caroline F. Corum ’88 Elizabeth Meyer Costello ’74 Page Phelps Coulter ’57 Cary Lamond Courier ’62 Dorothy Courington ’72

Susan Swagler Cowles ’86 Lenore L. Cox ’78 Mr. Patrick J. Coyne Heather Swenberg Craft ’93 Rachel L. Craig ’14 Steven and Janet Craig Virginia S. Craig ’78 Polly C. Crawford ’93 Virginia Ramsey Crawford ’59 Emily Gooch Crenshaw ’70 Lisa Crispin Kelly Crist ’06 Cutler Bellows Crockard ’72 Susan Brush Croft ’68 Sally L. Croker ’92 Madison Mae Cromwell ’16 Cheryl Cronin Holly Harrison Crosby ’79 Katherine N. Crowder ’03 Katherine T. Clarke ’09 Leona Chang Crozier ’56 Crum Charitable Foundation Sherrill Milnor Crump ’70 Ameka Reeves Cruz ’01 Stacey Vilar Csaplar ’88 Grace E. Culley ’17 Emily Ward Culp ’64 Electa Hoffman Culver ’68 Jona Cumani ’18

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

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The fountain outside the library is a favorite study spot

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Ryan Curet Mr. and Mrs. William K. Curling Molly Currens ’89 Anne Mason Curti ’66 Robin R. Cutler ’66 Cutler Charitable Account at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Penelope Czarra ’75 Charlotte G. Dabney Alexa K. Dahlin ’18 Suzanne Gay Dailey ’83 Beverley Stone Dale ’95 Bergen Hall Daley ’95 Elizabeth Day Dalrymple ’78 Susan Holbrook Daly ’70 Charlene La Fleur Damp ’98 Mary T. Danford ’73 Caitlin Bondurant Daniel ’15 Pamela Boyd Daniel ’68 Roberta T. Daniel Joan Danzansky Elizabeth Spruill Darby ’78 Mary Landon Darden ’74 Linda Manley Darling ’85 Page Darney ’98 Lisa Buckingham Darr ’95 Colleen Losey Daughtry ’93 Davenport & Company, LLC Elizabeth Ripley Davey ’47 Lisanne Purvis Davidson ’78 Nancy Daugherty Davidson ’82 Amy M. Davis ’94 Holly Chaikowski Davis ’61 Elizabeth Haeberle Davis ’01 Julia Brooke Davis ’81 Mary Boyd Davis ’59 Mary Reynolds Davis ’84 Nancy Davis Renata Leckszas Davis ’85 Terry Cerrina Davis ’86 Winifred Storey Davis ’61 Angela Withers Dawson ’02 Sara Lopez Dawson ’02 The Dayton Foundation Anneke and Klaas de Boer Constance Williams de Bordenave ’68 Amanda de Coligny ’68 Mary Donaldson De Figard ’68 Georgia Riley de Havenon ’68 Jennifer Grimm de Mello e Souza ’92 Rapti M. de Silva ’88 Judith Barthold De Simone ’66 Mr. and Mrs. Josue de Souza Morgan N. Deal ’16 Elizabeth Robinson Dean ’91 Monica F. Dean and Robert A. Steckel Toni Duffield Dean ’88 Jane Pinckney deButts ’57 Polly Plumb deButts ’52

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Emily Kitchel DeCamp ’83 Ellie Spivey Decker ’67 Jeanne Rovics Dees ’88 Kylene Smith DeFrate ’03 Nancy Wingate DeLapp ’75 Sara Ostrow DeLeo ’06 Dianne C. Delledera ’80 Carolyn Williams DeLong ’85 Danielle Delude Victoria Hutcheson DeMichele ’91 Margaret T. Dempsey ’84 Debrah L. Denemark ’70 Monica Paul Dennis ’96 Emily Marie Dent ’12 Hilda H. Dent ’76 Kelly Ann DePaolo ’04 Kathryn N. Deriso-Schwartz ’88 Rolfe Joyner DeShazor ’82 Patrick H. Dessart Sophia M. Dessart ’20 Susan C. Detweiler ’88 Margaret Twohy DeVan ’84 Julie Moorhead Devine ’13 Linda C. DeVogt ’86 Marcia Hill Diamantis ’58 Emily A. Diamond ’15 Amanda DiamondRing ’98 Christina M. Diaz Corin A. Diaz ’19 Jennifer L. Dick ’07 Jan M. Dickel ’71 James Dickinson Comer Schmoeller Diehl ’71 Eleanor Griggs Diemar ’66 Ann King Dietrich ’53 Mr. and Mrs. Luther R. Dietrich Jenny Walkiewicz Dill ’09 Leigh Darrell Dillon ’06 Martha Gamble Dillon ’86 Mary Nevitt Holland Dinsmore ’86 Alice E. Dixon ’82 Leslie MacNeil Dobbins ’81 Katharine H. Dobie ’06 Kaitlin Ann Marie Dobson ’15 Alice V. Dodd ’65 Vincent J. Doddy Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Dodge The Dodger Fund at the Baltimore Community Foundation Angelique Milone Dodson ’03 Mr. and Mrs. Barry Dodson Lee Foley Dolan ’96 Brooke Thomas Dold ’71 Dominion Resources, Inc. Don and Barbara Gilbert Charitable Gift Fund at Schwab Charitable Donna and Byron Rubin Living Trust Charitable Gift Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

Elizabeth Kyle Donahue ’82 Timothy Donahue Keir Henley Donaldson ’52 Misty D. Donathan ’99 Adelaide Eshbach Donnelly ’78 Ann Thomas Donohue ’54 Donor Advised Fund at Schwab Charitable (4) Sarah J. Dorminey ’99 Joelle Jackson Doss ’98 Allene R. Doucette ’91 Virginia Stanley Douglas ’67 Tria Pell Dove ’64 Barbara Birt Dow ’51 True Dow ’80 Ethel Burwell Dowling ’82 Martha and Robert A. Dowling Joan Lamparter Downs ’58 Elizabeth White Drbal ’77 Patricia Markle Dresden ’65 Ellen Clare Gillespie Dreyer ’83 Lynne Higgins Dreyer ’86 Lucy Drinkwater Valandra ’15 Marion West Dripps ’69 Amy Ayers Peck Driscoll ’92 Jennifer Toomey Driscoll ’92 Susan Page Driver ’66 Natalie Elizabeth Dubishar ’14 Ellen Hunter Dudley ’69 Judy Loving Dudley ’73 Anne Merriman Duffy ’86 Ann Plumb Duke ’58 Clark Woods Duke ’12 Melanie C. Duke ’91 Penny Fisher Duncklee ’59 Barbara Baur Dunlap ’68 Leslie Hardy Dunville ’99 Beau Dure Rhonda Griffith Durham ’72 Annette C. Dusenbury ’97 Susan Sickels Dyer ’91 Elizabeth Walker Dykes-Steib ’54 Sherri Brockwell Dymon ’89 Paula K. Eanes Frances Early ’62* Marie Engel Earnhart ’82 Mary W. Earnhart ’14 Brentz Basten East ’05 Melissa C. Eaton ’96 Virginia Eldridge Eaton ’70 Cathy L. Eberly Willia Fales Eckerberg ’61 Mr. and Mrs. John E. Ecklund Kira Flores Ector ’86 Donna H. Edgerton ’68 Mr. and Mrs. James G. Ehlen Jr. Thomas A. Ehrgood Jr. Grace DeLong Einsel ’52 Andrea Eis Cynthia Seiler Eister ’76

DONOR HONOR ROLL Christina Stoltz Feldkamp ’89 Laura Penick Felt ’66 Karen Fennessy-Ketola ’86 Cassandra C. Fenton ’18 Mr. and Mrs. Greg P. Fenton Norris Judd Fergeson ’76 Frances McClung Ferguson ’80 Jennifer Stockwell Ferguson ’73 Ferguson Family Charitable Account at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Jamie Anne Murray Ferreira ’78 Alice Mighell Foster Ficken ’65 Nicole J. M. File ’95 Robyn Peckol Filimaua ’96 Shelbie B. Filson ’91 Linda S. Fink Gretchen Smith Finley ’93 Kirkland Wohlrab Fiorella ’04 Leslie Hertz Firestone ’82 Elizabeth Fisch Ulrike M. Fischer ’90 Autum MatysekSnyder Fish ’04 Robin Bettger Fishburne ’96 Elizabeth Weil Fisher ’47 Libby Glenn Fisher ’83 Frances Butt Fisher ’66 Diana Howard Fisketjon ’83 Linda A. Fite ’67 Lauren E. Fithian ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Gary M. Fitton Charlotte Marie Prassel FitzGerald ’82 Emily E. FitzHugh ’61 Elizabeth Taggart Fitzsimmons ’66 Heather Willson Flaherty ’84 Jacqueline Weiner Flaherty ’98 Mary-Linda Morris Flasche ’94 Lydia Nichole Fleck ’16 Margery E. Fleigh ’64 Carey Johnson Fleming ’78 Carolyn Swift Fleming ’57 Marion Lucas Fleming ’61 Catherine Watjen Flemings ’59 Nora D. Florio ’21 Lucile Redmond Flournoy ’82 Renee Rose Flowers ’93 Ann McCullough Floyd ’58 Abby E. Flynn ’72 Jennie Lyons Fogarty ’68 Kelly Knappenberger Foit ’96 Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Foraker Patricia Lynas Ford ’51 Leigh McDonald Forrester ’78 Deborah Blair Forrey ’84 Stephanie Edwards Forsythe ’13 Elsa Jones Forter ’70 Dabney Bragg Foshee ’77 Elizabeth A. Foster ’12 Joanne O’Malley Foster ’52 Barbara Childrey Fowler ’61

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

Jaclyn Marie Fowler ’07 Kathleen J. Fowler ’02 Anne Gwinn Fox ’57 Christine Fox ’72 Lucinda R. and Daniel L. Fox Theresa Walters Fox ’96 Frank and Ann Sidles Charitable Fund at Lincoln Community Foundation, Inc. Kimberly Howell Franklin ’83 Linda L. Frazier-Snelling ’75 Margaret M. Frederick ’93 Timra and Mark Freedman Monica G. Freeman ’73 Mary Ann Robb Freer ’54 Nancy Powell French ’62 Rebecca Nelson Freudigman ’94 Kristen N. Frey ’16 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Friend Jill C. Frier ’06 Jane Hutcherson Frierson ’74 Mary Stockburger Fritzges ’88 Caroline Bailey Fritzinger ’50 Deborah A. Fritzler W. Tell Fritzler Betty Works Fuller ’72 Kimberly Wood Fuller ’80 Patricia I. Fuller ’72 Penn Willets Fullerton ’66 S. Hewitt Fulton III Allison N. Funkhouser ’03 Carol A. Furman Carolyn Gabel-Brett ’63 Chesley Phillips Gaddis ’03 Rebecca L. Gagne ’16 Anne Crow Galanides ’91 Jaimie DelMonte Galbreath ’92 Susan Soriero Galbreath ’67 Sharon Mendelson Gallery ’75 Marianne Schultz Galt ’68 Betsie Meric Gambel ’73 Gambel Communications, LLC Charles R. Gamper Jr. (Maria Rixey Gamper ’78*) Mary Goodwin Gamper ’78 Catherine Ireys Gandel ’66 Clara Jackman Garbett ’79 Kristin Palbicke Garces de Marcilla ’06 Jane Wheeler Garcia ’59 Chandra D. Garcia-Kitch ’94 Dolly Garcia-Simonet ’90 Mellora Burrell Garden ’77 Bridget Wray Gardner ’79 Elizabeth Moore Gardner ’58 Michele A. Gargano ’88 Mr. and Mrs. Ray L. Garland Elza Long Garnett ’72 Garnett Family Charitable Fund (a fund of American Endowment Foundation) Teresa A. Garrett

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Haley Nicole Elder ’15 Harriet Thayer Elder ’52 Patricia Littleton Eliades ’83 Tarah J. Eliason ’12 Debra A. Elkins ’93 Cara Heard Ellicott ’86 Jordyn L. Elliott ’17 Kimberley Page Hatter Ellis ’91 Britt Kristen Ellison ’93 Andrea Dickson Elu ’93 Elaine Jenks Emerson ’68 Hannah Davis Emig ’83 Dana Dotten Endacott ’78 Jane Campbell Englert ’57 Kenneth A. Englund Sarah Colhoun Engram ’79 Caroline Szak Erickson ’82 Katherine Taylor Erickson ’80 Kelly Wood Erickson ’90 Andrea Staton Eridani ’04 Mary Jane Eriksen Ertman ’51 Louise Wright Erwin ’79 Katherine Rinehart Eskew ’98 Kimberly Bramley Estep ’94 Charade Marquitta Estes ’86 Norma F. Etheridge Kristie F. Evans Rebecca Dane Evans ’78 Stephany A. Evans ’10 Stuart Bohannon Evans ’61 Corlis F. Everett Melinda Brown Everett ’68 Renee Merion Everett ’90 Mr. and Mrs. Douglas H. Everngam Chloe Briscoe Ewalt ’73 ExxonMobil Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Michael Anthony Faas Genevieve and Tim Fadool Olivia Claire Fagan ’15 Roberta J. Fagan ’91 Jill S. Fahy ’91 Gladden Adam Falivene ’90 Keri L. Falk ’11 Charna Manning Falls ’90 FannieMae Foundation Tabb Thornton Farinholt ’59 Mary Anne Farmer Farley ’91 Mary Anne Calhoun Farmer ’66 Susan Perry Farmer ’59 Suzanne Gipson Farnham ’57 Sue Wakeman Farquhar ’63 Anne Marie Farrell ’87 Sarah Engleby Farrell ’86 Mr. and Mrs. William Faulkner Lisa Faulkner-O’Hara ’80 Lisa Koob Fawcett ’89 Nancy Banfield Feher ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Fein Phyllis Feddeler Fejzuli ’83

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Mary Moore Garrison ’78 Bronwyn Beard Gartland ’98 Virginia Carson Garver ’41 Gay Owens Gates ’77 Patricia Frawley Gates ’59 Toni Naren Gates ’67 Dawn M. Gatewood Tracy Gatewood ’83 Laura Powell Gatling ’96 Susan and Andrew Gatto Kelly Turney Gatzke ’99 Nicole J. Gauthier ’91 Jill E. Gavitt ’97 Nancy E. Gavitt Anne Christovich Gay ’73 Anne Pinckney Gay ’63 Karen Greer Gay ’74 Mary B. Gay ’72 Angie Gazdziak GE Foundation Constance A. Gehrman ’91 Heather Minor Gelormine ’02 The Generosity Trust Victoria Bradley Gentry ’12 Patricia Mast George ’70 Georgia Power Company Sara Ellen Ghrist ’89 Lucy Martin Gianino ’60 Ann Major Gibb ’73 Robert C. Gibbons Catherine Gibbs Dorothy Gibbs Melissa Meyers Gibbs ’60 Janet Nelson Gibson ’72 Susan Roessel Gibson ’68 Dr. and Mrs. Joe H. Gieck Melissa J. Giggenbach ’96 Barbara McCullough Gilbert ’52 Nancy Hawbaker Gilbert ’58 Penelope Walsh Gilbert ’72 Anne Kilby Gilhuly ’55 Elisabeth Elmore Gilleland ’50 Katherine McCartney Gilliam ’97 Mary McGuire Gilliam ’47 Kaitleen M. Gillis Tasha Purcell Gillum ’04 Weezie Blakeslee Gilpin ’73 Nancy Young Gilpin ’71 Juanita Frost Giusti ’80 Ashley Wheeler Glass ’96 Kathleen Obenchain Glass ’68 Kathryn Johnson Glass ’91 Elizabeth J. Glassman ’71 Elizabeth Glassman at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Gwen Maureen Fisher Glew ’91 Susan Hill Glick ’68 Global Charitable Fund Laura Hand Glover ’86

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Barbara Davis Godbout ’71 Elizabeth Freeman Goetz ’78 Judith Kobliska Goetz ’91 Mr. and Mrs. Victor R. Gold Jr. Elizabeth F. Goldring ’05 Kana Roess Goldsmith ’91 Laura Radford Goley ’52 Catherine M. Goltermann ’78 Rebecca Frost Good ’77 Lucy Regester Goode ’51 Jennifer Elise Gooding ’09 Janice van den Heuvel Goodman ’86 Kelly Monical Goossens ’02 Ms. Anne Gorman Cheryl L. Gorman ’84 Mary Murchison Gornto ’69 Anne Evans Gorry ’64 Jane E. Gott ’70 Jenness S. Gough ’13 Claire Christensen Goves ’96 The Grace Wallace Brown Charity Fund at Vanguard Charitable Anna Nicolaisen Graham ’04 Dale Shelly Graham ’72 Kathryn Keys Graham ’72 Lauren Michelle Perhala Gramlich ’12 Sara E. Granath ’68 Mercedes Gravatt Grandin ’72 Priscilla R. Grant ’83 Frances C. Gravely ’70 Jane Powell Gray ’72 Lea M. Gray ’15 Ms. Nancy T. Gray and Ms. Jean H. Stewart Rachel Cooper Gray ’96 Beth Hodgkins Green ’89 Clara B. Green ’89 Elizabeth Duggins Green ’86 Elizabeth Miller Green ’68 Elna Green Julia C. Green ’13 Mary Polk Green ’82 Margaret Mallory Green ’84 Mr. and Mrs. William D. Green Virginia Chamblin Greene ’55* Kerry Greenstein Susan E. Greenwald ’71 Dianne Verney Greenway ’55 Kelly Bowman Greenwood ’98 Evelyn Lorraine Haire Greer ’91 Katherine LaRoche Greer ’68 Jennifer A. Gregg ’91 Catharine Toomey Gregorie ’84 Elizabeth M. Gregory ’02 Greif Bros. Corporation Marian Finney Grenn ’82 Mary E. Gress ’68 Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Grey Maryanne F. Grey ’12 Roberta Hauck Gribble ’76

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Ann Crowe Griffin ’66 Annabeth Griffin ’18 Mr. and Mrs. Gerald J. Griffin Lura Litton Griffin ’78 Brittany E. Griffith ’14 Leza M. Griffith ’89 John Grigsby Courtney Kneece Grimm ’89 Cecelia Williamson Grinstead ’68 Susan Stetson Grist ’80 Dawn Everett Grobe ’98 Alexandra F. Grobman ’12 Paulina Maria Grochala ’10 Rachel Giles Gronsky ’82 Marie Pickering Grose ’61 Susan Griffith Grossman ’77 Isabelle Viguerie Gsell ’86 Lydia M. Gullicksen ’18 Camelia Washington Gunn ’89 Mary B. Guthrow Jennifer Milby Gutierrez Alvarado ’08 Sheila Miller Guttenberg ’95 Brigitte C. H. Guttstadt ’52 Percy Clarke Gwinn ’68 Mary Koonz Gynn ’56 Mr. William Haas Ann Morton Young Habliston ’82 Margot H. Hackett ’85 Medora Marie Hackler ’04 Elizabeth Bennett Haga ’88 K. Ellen Hagan ’81 Jane Eastin Hager ’67 Margaret C. Hager Rachel R. Hahn Carol Johnson Haigh ’71 Nancy H. Haight ’75 Marie Wright Halder ’91 Barbara M. Hale ’60 L. Pryor Hale ’65 Elizabeth Nott Hall ’86 Jessica N. Hall Mr. and Mrs. John Hall Kate Hall ’97 Kelly E. Hall ’95 Marion Dean Hall ’63 Metta Streit Halla ’55 Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Halliday Jr. Brandy Hall-Matson ’06 and Gene-Paul Matson Lisa La Londe Hamaker ’93 Jennie Bateson Hamby ’76 Elizabeth Taylor Hamilton ’68 Jeanne Bounds Hamilton ’61 Teresa Hamilton Hamilton Home Loans Marybeth Connor Hamlin ’75 Mary M. Hammock ’08 Elizabeth Foothorap Hancock ’71 Elizabeth Wood Hancock ’63 Jeanette Kennedy Hancock ’55

DONOR HONOR ROLL Robin Rodger Heller ’76 Elizabeth Biggar Hellmuth ’74 Norma L. Helton Mr. and Mrs. Emmett R. Heltzel Mr. J. Callender Heminway Jr. (Susan Calhoun Heminway ’58*) Ann Stewart Matthews Hemphill ’68 Achsah Easter Henderson ’50 Rico Henderson Rickey L. Hendricks ’68 Shirley Pinson Hendricks ’03 Marnie Tokaruk Henry ’98 Sherrye Patton Henry ’56 Catherine Goodhart Henson ’77 Gillian M. Heptinstall ’73 Carol Cody Herder ’72 Sharon McKinney Herman ’85 Heather Theis Hernandez ’95 Alexandra Herrera ’11 Ann Banks Herrod ’68 Mr. and Mrs. James H. Hershman Jr. Jessica Hershmann ’06 Kristin E. Herzog ’70 Hannah E. Hesser ’10 Carolyn Mapp Hewes ’69 Kristina Pody Hibdon ’95 Sarah A. Hibler ’14 Patricia P. Hickerson Susanna Broaddus Hickman ’88 Trienel Ahearn Hickman ’92 Karla Kennedy Hicks ’85 Paula D. Higginbotham ’02 Rachel M. Higgins ’17 Ms. Rachel Gouyer High Elizabeth Simpson Hilberts ’81 Brandi Whitley Hilder ’99 Debra Bogdan Hill ’73 Elizabeth B. Hill ’67 Eve L. Hill ’86 Harry H. Hill III Katherine P. Hill Latané Spencer Hill ’89 Leslie Elbert Hill ’74 Mary A. Hill ’00 Preston Hodges Hill ’49 Mỹ-Xuân Hillengas ’21 H. Therese Robinson Hillyer ’83 Catherine Driskill Hindman ’92 Cynthia Hague Hineline ’98 Emma H. Hines ’21 Abigail Phillips Hinga ’96 Ashley C. Hinkle ’11 Cameron Cox Hirtz ’88 Katherine Cole Hite ’88 Mary Boulware Hobbs ’86 Carson Scheppe Hobby ’95 Emily Koch Hodge ’12 Dorothy Duncan Hodges ’57 Mary Lizzie Hodges ’21

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Elizabeth Carper Hoffman ’54 Katherine Cooper Hoffman ’91 Louise Chapman Hoffman ’61 Sally Thomas Hoffman ’66 Virginia Faris Hoffman ’80 Katherine M. Hoffner ’84 Meaghan K. Hogan ’14 Jennifer Frost Holden ’86 Ethel A. Holladay ’83 Lucie Stevens Holland ’82 Gail Haugan Holley ’57 Harriet Broughton Holliday ’73 Deborah Wilson Hollings ’72 Elsbet Smith Hollywood ’04 Constance Grace Holman ’96 Emily Moravec Holt ’70 Polly Mason Holt ’75 Sharon Holt and Michael Zuckerman Mr. and Mrs. Sidney G. Holthaus Jr. Jessica L. Holzer ’70 Barbara Lee Homiller ’69 Anne Gatling Honey ’60 Elaine Mathews Honeycutt ’06 Maria Garnett Hood ’61 Kristen B. Hooper ’93 Betsy Benoit Hoover ’65 Dianne Powell Hope ’76 Carter Hunter Hopkins ’68 Cynthia Heye Hopkins ’72 Joanne E. Hopkins ’98 Margaret Ellisor Hopkins ’76 Margaret Ledyard Hopkirk ’92 Mr. and Mrs. William R. Horbatt Laura Lechler Hornef ’96 Julie M. Horton ’20 Marshá Taylor Horton ’76 Elizabeth B. Hoskinson ’82 Sue B. Hostetler Laura Swope Hottel ’95 Catherine Mills Houlahan ’80 Elizabeth Traylor Howard ’96 Ruth Faulkner Howe ’48* Mary Costello Howell ’76 Samuel Howell Sarah Butcher Howell ’95 Ann Pegram Howington ’59 Patricia Hoyt Sarah McCrady Hubbard ’65 Susan Taylor Hubbard ’51 Jessica Gindlesperger Hubbell ’96 Brooke Hubbuch Josephine Hamilton Hudson ’77 Kelly McBride Hudson ’79 Laura Thomas Hudson ’95 Mr. and Mrs. James W. Huffman Martha Bugg Hughes ’72 Deaun and Harold Hughey Jr. Dayna Avery Hulme ’86 The Hulme Family Foundation

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Juliet Young Hancock ’65 Marilyn F. Hand Kathryn Brock Hankinson ’09 Elizabeth J. Hannon ’12 Laura E. Hanold ’10 Daphne Johnson Hanrahan Wendy B. Hansbrough Meredith Shaw Hansen ’04 Brendy Reiter Hantzes ’81 Mary Beverley Taylor Haque ’73 Louise Towers Hardage ’73 Margaret May Harden ’73 Jean Mann Hardesty ’72 Carolyn Gough Harding ’60 Caroline G. Hardy Rosemary C. Hardy ’82 Lindsay Perkins Hargrave ’00 Ariel Harper ’15 Heather Riegel Harper ’83 Sandra Elder Harper ’58 Mary Elmore Harrell ’64 Terrell Luck Harrigan ’81 Mr. and Mrs. Phillip R. Harrill ’66 Lynn Prior Harrington ’58 Jeannine Davis Harris ’80 Jennica A. Harris ’08 Joshua K. Harris Kathryn H. Harris ’70 Mary C. Harris ’99 MaryLea Martin Harris ’98 Ruth T. A. Harris Erin Packard Harrison ’01 Katherine Gordon Harrison ’56 Andrea Stassi Hart ’04 Henriette Minor Hart ’39* Penelope Parker Hartline ’84 Victoria Chappell Harvey ’06 Donna Hoogland Harwood ’99 Allison Hassard Hassard ’15 Kim Hershey Hatcher ’78 Pamela Willett Hauck ’80 Anne Booth Hauser ’64 Meghan M. Hauser ’03 Alexandra Hiniker Hausler ’09 Kathryn L. Haw ’92 Katie E. Hawk ’21 Lindsey P. Hawkins ’15 Penny Oliver Hawkins Chapell ’68 Kiersten E. Hawthorne ’20 Louise L. Hayman ’70 Caroline Chappell Hazarian ’09 Camilla Reid Hazlehurst ’68 Elizabeth Sutton Healy ’65 Mary Groetzinger Heard ’63 Campbell Hearn Allison Martell Heath ’06 Ramona Achterberg Heers ’01 Lisa Heisterkamp Davis ’80 Mary E. Heller ’72

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Arthur F. Humphrey III Cissy A. Humphrey ’76 Jacqueline Mabie Humphrey ’60 Rebecca Penny Humphrey ’08 Marion McKee Humphreys ’73 Mikia K. Hundley ’19 Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hunley Barbara Plamp Hunt ’55 Conover Hunt ’68 LuAnn Haag Hunt ’90 Susan Thorndike Hunt ’64 Amy Schroeder Hunter ’95 Ms. Elizabeth Hunter Louise Lambert Hunter ’77 Steve Huppert Amy Painter Hur ’83 Courtney L. Hurt ’10 Katherine Hoelz Hurt ’11 Kerry Pollock Huskey ’93 Katherine Grosvenor Hutcheson ’83 Jenine Bonnet Hutton ’02 Alice Wright Hyde ’65 Karen Looker Hyde ’54 Elizabeth Richmond Hyder ’84 Renee Hylton

Kathleen Meredith Iacobelli ’88 iGive Donors Elizabeth E. Ike ’96 Carolyn Imperato ’93 Sarah Paradise Ingber ’68 Intel Paul Irwin Elizabeth Glaser Isaacs ’67 Isabel Ware Burch Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Kim E. Izquierdo ’98 Mr. and Mrs. J. Ros Bowers, Jr. Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Mr. and Mrs. Joe W. Jackson Karen Jackson Nancy Ord Jackson ’53 Mia T. Jackson Alice Preston Jacobs ’68 Sonya Truman Jacobs ’02 Juliet Jacobsen Kastorff ’84 Julie Lindauer Jacobson ’88 Mr. and Mrs. Evan W. Jahos Maia Free Jalenak ’88 Virginia Moncure Jamerson ’08 Caroline Miller James ’95

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Catherine Blaik James ’94 Deanne Dawson James ’86 Elisabeth Widdifield McClung James ’97 Jane Knutson James ’73 Rebecca Garrett Jamison ’80 Elizabeth Farmer Jarvis ’76 Margaret Enochs Jarvis ’83 Barbara M. Jastrebsky ’87 Leah Ann Jorgensen ’96 Taylor E. Jefferson ’19 Elizabeth Gallagher Jeffery ’86 Jeffrey S. Lehman Giving Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Kathryn McDonald Jenevein ’77 Carol Williamson Jenkins ’80 Susan Jester Jenkins ’67 Verena M. Joerger ’15 Mr. James M. John John Oberteuffer & Katharine Mockett Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Karole Boggs Johns ’86 Dearing Ward Johns ’63 Cynthia Jill Johnson ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Brian E. Johnson Jennifer Brown Johnson ’02

DONOR HONOR ROLL Barbara Tillman Kelley ’67 Adele Laslie Kellman ’67 Barbara LaLance Kelly ’70 Catherine Grier Kelly ’75 E. Connor Kelly ’79 Jennifer Noble Kelly ’95 Jody L. Kelso Karen Bender Kennelly ’98 Stephanie Maxson Kenyon ’77 Katie Keogh ’88 Thomas F. Keogh Jr. Mary Stevenson Fontaine Keown ’63 Elizabeth Scott Kepus ’91 Kathryn Waldrop Kerkering ’70 Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Kerlin Karen D. Kerlin ’83 Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kerschl Debra J. Kertzman ’81 Melissa McGee Keshishian ’71 Dianne Wood Keyser ’73 Alexandria Hiribarne Khalsa ’96 Catherine Khoo Kathleen S. Kilpatrick ’74 Kimberly-Clark Foundation Courtney Pfaff Kimble ’03 Lucy Kimbrough ’77 Elizabeth Scott Kimmel ’75 Stacey Kimmel-Smith Brenda Darden Kincaid ’68 Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey C. King Caroline Hamilton King ’11 Cary Davis King ’73 Elizabeth Gilkeson King ’93 Elizabeth Markgraf King ’50 Holly Caswell King ’92 and David King Michaelle Palmer Connors King ’87 Sarah Strother King ’64 Sarah Kingsley ’99 Harriet Heiden Kirchhoff ’51* The Kirchhoff Family Charitable Fund at Vanguard Charitable Jeffrey C. Kirchoff Karen Steinhardt Kirkbride ’56 Leigh Mason Kitchin ’96 Virginia MacKethan Kitchin ’59 Page M. Kjellstrom ’70 Mr. Philip W. Klaus and Ms. Sandra Mihaloff Deborah Davison Klein ’78 Michelle Scherrer Klimt ’84 Jeanie Kline Linda Whitlow Knight ’71 Sarah Johnston Knoblauch ’74 The Rev. and Mrs. Peter N. Knost Brantley B. Knowles Rebecca Faxon Knowles ’55 Crayton Benson Knox ’98 Jenny Hogan Koehn ’98 Andrew M. Koenig Mikaela E. Koetz ’16

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

Cynthia Pierce Kohlenberger ’84 Ann Elizabeth Knoke Kohudic ’92 Martha Wallker Konvicka ’79 English Griffith Koontz ’95 Ms. Kathryn T. Kotula and Mr. David R. Fronk Kama Boswell Koudelka ’85 Kelly Kraft-Meyer and Richard G. Meyer Tamra S. Krahn ’06 Cheryl Keeney Kraus ’84 Lynda Krause Mary Hulse Krebs ’65 Leanne Weber Kreis ’85 Michaela Krohn ’03 Elizabeth B. Krol Cathleen Cummings Krolczyk ’95 Bruce Watts Krucke ’54 Shannon H. Kuehlwein ’86 Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Kuleba Jane Shipman Kuntz ’58* KVA Foundation Amy Katherine Kvien ’15 Margaret Moffett Kyle ’78 L3Harris Foundation, Inc Emily Leming La Jeunesse ’91 A.C. LaFiandra LaFiandra Family Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Ashley Jean Rogers LaGanga ’05 Alice Cutting Laimbeer ’83 Aileen H. Laing ’57 Ellen and David Lake Heather McPheeters Lake ’10 Heather N. Lakner ’19 Victoria Munn and Bruce Lamb Karen Holt Ashworth Lambert ’89 Amy Campbell Lamphere ’80 Margaret L. Meier ’20 Alexandra L. Lane ’16 Anna T. Lane Hibernia Cuthbert Langley ’73 Diane Stephenson Lankford ’67 Willie Ann Newbury Lansing ’62 Courtney A. Lanute Elizabeth M. Larabell Reyhan Tansal Larimer ’62 Cara Ardemagni LaRoche ’92 Kirsten Vold Larsen ’84 Mary Pat Behnke Larsen ’66 Andrew L. Larson Laura Whitehurst Lascara ’82 Jeannine Petersen Laskey ’75 Wesley Powell Lassen ’89 Nancy Dew Lathrop ’67 Irfan Lorraine Kiratli Latimer ’90 Lynn M. Laufenberg Catharine King Laufer ’96 Mary E. LaVigne ’82 Christina Lawes Josephine Shaw Lawson ’70

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Jorgee Boyles Johnson ’03 Lee Weaver Johnson ’72 Margaret K. Johnson ’13 Margaret Sexton Johnson ’77 Molly K. Johnson ’82 Johnson & Johnson Nicole Johnson-Kaler ’96 Katherine E. Johnston ’12 Katherine L. Johnston ’97 Mary Claiborne Johnston ’60 Megan Kaitlyn Johnston ’16 Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Johnstone Jr. Anne Smith Jones ’61 Deborah L. Jones ’70 Elizabeth Brooks Jones ’75 Emery Jones ’86 Evelyn Smith Jones ’96 Jasmine M.D. Jones ’10 Judith Cowen Jones ’60 Louise Coleman Jones ’51 Natalie E. Jones ’21 Sarah C. Jones ’11 Victoria S. Jones ’67 Becky and Bill Jones Deborah F. Jordan Clark Jordan ’96 Phyllis Watt Jordan ’80 Charlotte Lykes Jorgensen ’72 The Jorgensen Foundation JPMorgan Chase & Co. Julie Harris Family Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Kable Julie S. and Thomas B. Rentschler, Jr. Fund at Hamilton Community Foundation Jay and Jennifer Mills Fund at the Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Serena Basten Kachinsky ’02 Alexis Sacks Kahn ’05 Monika Kaiser and Richard Baray Marilyn Mallett Mr. Keith C. Kanaga Gwen Speel Kaplan ’60 Katherine Knopf Kaplan ’65 Lauren Kaplan ’01 Courtney Gross Kappler ’99 Susan Ray Karlson ’76 Stacey McKimmey Karmen ’15 Anne-Claire Wackenhut Kasten ’98 Ellen Marcus Kates ’45 Erin Elizabeth Katz ’91 Lizbeth L. Kauffman ’82 Patricia Swinney Kaufman ’70 Kathleen A. Kavanagh ’74 Dharma M. Kear ’21 Beth Anderson Kearns ’85 Elizabeth Keating ’00 Briggett J. Keith ’72 Janet Sheppard Kelleher ’75

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Susan S. Lea ’06 Mr. and Mrs. Carville B. Leaf Jr. Amy A. Leake ’96 Harriet Harrison Leavell ’81 Susan Cash Leazer ’82 Ruth E. Lechner ’21 Donna Mihalik Gelagotis Lee ’78 Paula Victoria Lee ’89 Sally Uptegrove Lee ’71 Stacey Lawrence Lee ’91 Frances Johnson Lee-Vandell ’64 Carroll Morgan Legge ’52 Maren Howard Leggett ’95 Jeffrey Lehman Susan C. Lehman and John Dalzell Olympia A. K. LeHota ’20 Lynda Leibel ’82 Sandra A. Leibowitz Amy J. LeMieux ’91 Leslie Braginetz Lemish ’89 Richard Lemivex Bridget McGlynn Lengyel ’85 Ann Colston Leonard ’47 Harriet Ivey Leonard ’80 Jessica E. Leonardi ’07 Diane M. Leslie ’73 Page Brydon Leslie ’54 Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Leslie Dorothy Wood Letts ’50 Emmy Sau Han Leung ’89 Christine Eng Leventhal ’73 Jeffrey Levin Reneca Rose Levine ’97 Karen Harcum Levy ’86 Susan Mann Levy ’86 Cortney D. Lewandowski ’12 Mr. and Mrs. David Lewandowski Jean G. Lewis ’87 Jennifer Crawley Lewis ’88 Sarah E. Lewis Lorie Teeter Lichtlen ’82 Virginia Sheaff Liddel ’52 Mr. and Mrs. Gary Lightbody Sarah M. Lightbody ’12 Jane Perry Liles ’53 Camelot J. Lindauer ’93 Angelika M. Lindberg ’21 Nancy Robinson Lindberg ’78 Sarah M. Lindemann ’13 Karin I. Lindgren ’75 Elizabeth R. Lindsey ’86 Shelley Gearhart Lindstrom ’67 Christina K. Link ’02 LinkedIn Corp Kathryn Bird Lischick ’09 Tiffany K. Little ’20 Betty Mundy Littrell ’52* Astrid M. B. Liverman ’98 Eric Liverman

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Gail P. Lloyd ’60 Jennifer Beck Locke ’96 Stacey Sickels Locke ’88 Peggy Jean Fossett Lodeesen ’58 Edna-Ann Osmanski Loftus ’72 Rachel E. Logan ’21 Catherine London Clayton ’99 Carroll C. Long ’67 Ellis B. Long ’63 Mary E. Long Randi Miles Long ’66 Mr. and Mrs. Raymond C. Lonick Harrah Lord ’66 Valerie Stoddard Loring ’59 Hannah Lott Rosalie Morgan Louis ’10 Barbara Fountain Love ’85 Christine Love ’70 Nancy Morrow Lovell ’52 Candida Connard Low ’68 Kristen Whitney Lowrey ’87 Martha Riggs Lowry ’83 Ann Key Lucas ’78 Perry Liles Lucas ’85 Jane Garland Lucas ’73 Wendy S. Lucia ’93 Jerry Dreisbach Ludeke ’54 Susan Posey Ludeman ’80 Mary F. Ludington ’76 Stacy Zackowski Lukanuski ’85 Margaret Cook Lunt ’60 Michele Williams Lusby ’91 Elizabeth Hanger Luther ’65 Barney Walker Lutsk ’65 Cheryl Lux ’76 Ary Jane Lotterhos Lyle ’60 Mary Lynn Lyle ’67 Patricia Sparks Lyndon ’68 Jennifer Swisher Lynes ’97 Elizabeth Francke Lynn ’74 Henry S. Lynn Jr. Jennifer N. Lynn ’06 Michael A. Lynn Nancy Coppedge Lynn ’61 Edith Bell Lyon ’52 Megan Coffield Lyon ’80 Christina Savage Lytle ’88 Christian Falcon Maasbach ’81 Mary Rhoda Mabry ’80 Anne MacClintock ’65 Ellen R. MacDonald ’91 Mary Steketee MacDonald ’62 Sarah C. Machinist ’01 Whitney W. Machnik ’85 Madeleine J. MacIntire ’10 Amber L. MacKay ’15 William MacKenzie Elizabeth Eisinger Mackes ’86 Julie Whitehurst MacKinlay ’66

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

Brooke Hamilton MacKinnon ’62 Monna Simpson MacLellan ’51 Josephine Wiens MacMichael ’67 Nivin Snyder MacMillan ’65 Eileen MacMurtrie-Zuckerman ’96 Melaina Macone ’11 Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Madden Diane Magasich Linda Poole Maggard ’75 Kathryn Thilking Maginnis ’73 Cecilia J. Mahan ’19 Katherine Cooley Maher ’68 Monica C. Mahoney ’89 Jennifer Schmidt Major ’99 Ann South Malick ’75 Elizabeth Malley-Lowe ’86 Ann Marie E. Beatty Malone ’90 Audrey S. Malone ’21 Frances Redmond Malone ’77 Jane A. Maloney ’74 Donna Mandarakas Laura A. Mangus ’89 Sharon T. Mangus ’74 Sue B. Manhart Cristina N. Paxton ’03 Mr. and Mrs. Brent Mansfield Megan C. Manubay ’08 Alexandra Stewart Manwarren ’94 Melissa Clough Manzo ’12 Cynthia Wacholtz Marbut ’86 Mr. and Mrs. Dale R. Marfell Mark and Ieke Scully Charitable Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Brian Q. Marker Mr. and Mrs. Felix D. Markham IV Markham Charitable Gift Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Ella Ivey Marks ’72 Sarah Elizabeth Maroney ’10 Ashley Winters Marot ’11 Olivia Ungerer Marschall ’06 Anne R.h Marshall ’77 Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Marshall Emily Suzanne Marshall ’15 Barbara D. Martin ’01 Mr. and Mrs. D. Grier Martin III Harriet Wall Martin ’65 Jamie Planck Martin ’81 Jesse K. Martin ’02 Laura Rose Martin ’91 Anne Welton Martin ’96 Molly Dunn Martin ’73 Stella Wright Martin ’77 Susan Elder Martin ’57 Valerie L. Martin ’82 Mr. and Mrs. Walter Martin Mercedith Nuesca Martineau ’05 Delia E. Martinez Linda J. Martinez

DONOR HONOR ROLL Harriet Kendrick Pascoe McFadden ’82 Jane Perry McCutchen McFadden ’73 Margaret Hoy McFadden ’72 McFadden Family Fund at the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham Jane A. McFaddin ’73 Margaret S. McFaddin ’75 Lynn Ulrici McGarvey ’57 Stephen McGehee Nancy C. McGill Karen Jaffa Mc Goldrick ’79 Christopher McGowan Sarah Kennedy McGroarty ’77 Thelma Houk McGrory ’57 Hubertina Tolpa McGuire ’10 Maureen K. McGuire ’06 Catherine Roberts McHaney ’55 Comber R. McHugh ’86 Roland G. McIntosh Ann Gregg McIver ’61 Cynthia A. McKay ’78 Louise Dempsey McKean ’71 Janine Brockie McKee ’70 Virginia Lord McKee ’71 Virginia Ready McKeel ’62 Bernadean Gupton McKelway ’78 Becky Mulvihill McKenna ’78 Jordan McIntire McKenzie ’11 Stephanie Lyon Pratt McKinney ’91 Ellen A. McKneally ’83 Sarah E. McLemore ’08 Katharine N. McLeod Kathryn Cunningham McMahon ’97 Elizabeth J. McMartin ’79 Ms. Jacqueline McMillian Mary Clare Briscoe McNatt ’76 Barbara Bailey McNeal ’68 Leyte C. McNealus ’18 Ms. Lisa McNealus Carolyn Ream McPheeters ’82 Heather McPherson Heather Marianne McTague ’11 Sheila M. McWilliams ’92 Frances DeSaussure Meade ’68 Caren Joanna Meade-Runaldue ’06 Lola Brock Meakin ’77 Katherine Turner Mears ’53 Karen Medford ’72 Rebecca Bottomley Meeker ’71 Donna B. Meeks Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Meeks Miriam Washabaugh Meglan ’71 Carson Freemon Meinen ’80 Linda Pattberg Meixner ’68 Kimberley Dickey Melcher ’90 Bethany M. Melendy ’09 Cecelia Clark Melesco ’75 Emily Hawk Melson ’18 Anne F. Melton ’57

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Karen Black Meredith ’80 Eve G. Mergenthaler ’16 Angela Elliott Merrick ’98 Amy Bryan Merselis ’91 Mary Watt Messer ’83 Dr. and Mrs. John Robert Meyer (Louellen Brooks Meyer ’85) Louellen Brooks Meyer ’85 Mary Trabue Meyer ’63 Patricia Stanton Meyer ’61 Petsy Gautier Mezey ’55 Elizabeth Maraffi Michaud ’86 Amy Daugherty Michel ’96 Joan Adriance Mickelson ’69 Carolyn Grant Milden ’88 Harriet Dinegar Milks ’77 Lucy Chapman Millar ’83 Barbara Yocom Miller ’63 Catherine Adams Miller ’82 Charlotte Taylor Miller ’55 Chasity Clarke Miller ’04 Dayton L. Miller ’71 Douglas Miller Warren Moore Miller ’72 Jeannette Bush Miller ’71 Kirsten Emma Miller ’10 Lee Mackubin Miller ’66 Leslie Forbert Miller ’79 Mariah M Miller ’16 Nancy Morris Miller ’83 Sara B. Miller ’02 Sharon Resener Miller ’81 Stephen N. Miller Laura McGlamery Million ’96 Jennifer and Jay Mills Julia Walton Milstead ’86 Alice MacKroth Minassian ’64 Lydia Marsh Mindling ’12 Nancy Ettinger Minor ’56 Minor Foundation, Inc. Katharine Shaw Minton ’52 Zareen T. Mirza Julie Harju Misakinis ’99 Jennifer Green Mitchell ’86 Joette Keaton Mitchell ’91 Judith M. Mitchell Molly F. Mitchell ’06 Pamela Ramsdell Mitchell ’79 Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Mittelholtz Jennifer W. Mix ’15 Katharine A. Mockett ’66 Sarah Bonham Mohle ’77 Virginia Edahl Molan ’10 Kelly Schmitt Molique ’94 Amy Andrews Monahan ’80 Lauren K. Moneymaker ’07 Sue Monk and Joe Monk Mary Gillespie Monroe ’67 Sarah Smith Freeman Monroe ’75

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Marcia Brandenburg Martinson ’74 Elizabeth Eager Marvel ’05 Ashley and Jonathan R. Marx Judith Harbottle Maselli ’68 Shirley and George Mason Katherine Rodgers Mason ’77 Olivia A. Mason ’21 Susan Hickman Mason ’95 Lourine Mays Massie ’67 Sharon and John Masterson Elinor Vorys Matchneer ’54 Elizabeth W. Matheson ’64 Ann C. Mathews ’69 Melanie Stembal Mathews ’68 Kathryn Carroll Mathewson ’66 Shirley A. Matzdorf Nancy Cunningham Mauck ’83 Helen Chatt Mauney ’10 Kristin Liljegren Maurice ’92 Laura Maus Elizabeth Hoffman Maust ’85 Sarah Madison Maxey ’02 Myrna Godshall Maxfield ’58 Judy Addison Mayberry ’67 Nickcole K. Maynard-Errami Ashton D. Mays ’18 Cathy Cash Mays ’84 Erin G. Mays ’05 Mr. and Mrs. William N. Mays Caitlin Webber Mazzucca ’04 Virginia Tripp McAdams ’05 Wendilynn Wood McAfee ’81 June Neighbors McAllister ’58 Linda Lee McAndrew ’64 Eleanor Vawter McBride ’05 Cynthia Hardy McCabe ’75 Erlend Carlton McCaffree ’54 Amy Thompson McCandless ’68 Mr. and Mrs. Michael McCarthy Shannon M. McCarthy ’16 Stacey D. McClain ’93 Hayley Foraker McClendon ’15 Kate Gorman McClung ’11 Elizabeth Schmitt McClure ’83 Polly Parker McClure ’83 Elizabeth Parker McColl ’63 Gary McCombs Elizabeth Waring McCracken ’02 Lashlee C. McCray ’20 Amelia W. McDaniel ’94 Emily Quinn McDermott ’80 Kathryn Mendelson McDonald ’60 Susan Strong McDonald ’65 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel McDonough Anne Billings McDougall ’73 Martha Benn McDowall ’64 Ellen Sellers McDowell ’77 Mary E. McElroy ’84 Fiona M. McFadden ’12

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Mr. and Mrs. Carrington Montague Susan Taylor Montague ’59 Hailey Beaudry Montalbano ’16 Jennifer Leigh Montfort ’01 A. Elizabeth Montgomery ’75 Mr. and Mrs. Raphael B. Montgomery Isobel Alice Moody ’06 Jane D. Mooney ’77 Catherine Taylor Moore ’78 Kara D’Ambra Dickey Moore ’95 Maria Kitchin Moore ’04 Marie L. Moore ’70 Mary Varn Moore ’72 Sarah Jane Murdock Moore ’59 Kimberly Roda Moorhead ’95 Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Mooza Diana W. Moran Hannah Craighill Morehead ’79 Arielle S. Morgan ’15 Daria O. Morgan ’65 Mr. and Mrs. John L. Morgan III Patricia A. Morgan ’15 Susan Van Royen Morgan ’82 Lena M. Morrill ’11 Patricia Morrill Alicia Markham Morris ’02 Drs. Susan and David Morris Laurel R. Morris Marilyn Garabrant Morris ’66 Miriam Baker Morris ’83 Jane Clark Morrison ’79 John Morrissey Margaret Moran Morrow ’67 Mary Burke Morrow ’86 Elvira Whitehead Morse ’48 Katherine W. Morse ’01 Tyler Morse Caperton Morton ’85 Jennifer Woodson Whorton ’05 Mary Payne Morton ’64 Margaret Mundy Mosby ’62 Margaret Moss ’92 Marguerite McKee Moss ’66 Virginia Blair Moss ’98 Virginia Harsh Mossburg ’83 Lorelei Bahret Mote ’94 Cynthia Stover Motyka ’80 Joy Reynolds Mouledoux ’84 Patricia Mountrey ’68 Ellen Murphy Clement Mouri ’80 Sarah Mouri ’06 Sara Stone Mueller ’89 Sutapa Mukherjee ’93 Meredith Davis Mulhern ’99 Anne Carroll Mulholland ’56 Rong Jiang Muliadi ’98 Amy E. Mullen ’02 Mr. and Mrs. Mike G. Mullins Patti Snodgrass Mullins ’82

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Melissa Gist Mundy ’03 Anne Wiglesworth Muñoz ’71 Kennedy Elspeth Munro ’11 Dagmar Stoll Murphy ’64 Mary Jo Petree Murphy ’70 Matilda Bishop Murphy ’80 Bettina Patterson Murray ’64 Christine Kulczycki Murray ’68 Courtney Cash Mustin ’68 Katherine Johnston Myatt ’64 Anne Myers Christina Hoefer Myers ’75 Susan Waller Nading ’72 Catherine Crowell Latimore Namorato ’96 Claire Williams Navarro ’90 Hannah B. A. Neal ’21 Emma M. Neave ’12 Judy Gutches Needham ’63 Candace Sheffield Neilson ’73 Anne Garrity Nelson ’79 Harriet Hurley Nelson ’60 Howard P. Nelson Jennifer M. Gaudette Nelson ’95 Julie Hildebrand Nelson ’96 Kristin Chapdelaine Nelson ’08 Mellie Hickey Nelson ’67 Netflix, Inc. Network For Good New York Life Foundation Anna L. Newberg ’11 Jessica and Alex Newmark Beth Ann Trapold Newton ’86 Betsy Knode Newton ’65 Thu Pham Nguyen ’52 Carrie Maynard Nichols ’81 Martha Clay Nichols ’56 Mattie L. Nicholson ’18 Neil and Jennifer Nicholson Susan Carr Nickel ’86 Karen Gonya Nickles ’86 Britton Hassell Nielsen ’67 Diana Crandall Nielsen ’84 Tennessee Nielsen ’76 Catherine Winship Nihem ’95 Frances Stith Nilsson ’72 Donald P. Noble Lindsay Davis Noble ’13 Nordstrom Corp Lynn Watson Norfleet ’74 Anne Garrett Norloff ’72 Julie Sellers Norman ’07 Mary Kyger Norman ’70 Mary Humelsine Norment ’68 Dorsey Tillett Northrup ’75 Julie Seibels Northup ’68 Mary Bush Norwood ’74 Jean Notestein ’86 Loretta Fitzgerald Nowlan ’77 Virginia Marchant Noyes ’59

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Blanche B. Nusbaum Julie Brooks Nyquist ’90 Oak Rigde Medal Finals Ann Shipper Oates ’71 Mary Robison Oates ’87 Nathalie C. Oates ’10 Danielle Ross Oberg ’03 Anita McVey O’Connor ’73 Eleanor R. O’Connor ’07 Beth Gottlieb O’Connor ’89 Mr. Lawrence N. Odence H’55 (Susanna Bernard Odence ’55*) Libby M. O’Donnell ’21 Magnolia F. O’Donnell ’18 Linda J. Odum ’72 Ashley Thorner Oelrich ’96 Janet Richards Oikawa ’75 Paige Shiller Okun ’88 Deborah Mutch Olander ’76 Josephine Noland Old ’66 Pamolu Oldham ’71 Deborah Fischer Oleisky ’85 Jacqueline Alexander Oliver ’14 Shirley M. Oliver ’84 Anne Von Rebhan Olsen ’67 Emily N. Olson ’07 Mr. and Mrs. James A. O’Neal Jr. Megan C. O’Neal ’08 Nora S. Oney ’92 Dina R. Orbison ’00 Kimberly A. Orchowski ’15 Erica I. Orr ’18 Aelica Ingenthron Orsi ’91 Mary Beth Miller Orson ’86 Amy Boyce Osaki ’83 Mary A. Osborn ’73 Ilana Osten Mr. and Mrs. Albert V. Osterholm Jr. Amy M. Ostroth Dejerianne Ostrow ’96 Mr. and Mrs. Jerold M. Ostrow Drucilla Springer Oswalt ’78 Peggy Morrison Outon ’72 Elizabeth R. Overmyer Elizabeth Donald Owen ’89 Elizabeth Farmer Owen ’62 Hannah I. Oybkhan ’16 Mr. and Mrs. Michael Oybkhan Ann Prichard Pace ’61 Barbara Rose Page ’83 Margaret Morse Paige ’06 Frances Oliver Palmer ’62 Nicole Brittany Palmer ’15 Mr. and Mrs. William D. Palmer The Pam and Pat Arey Charitable Gift Fund at T. Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Mrs. Winnie P. Pannell Cristina M. Paolicchi ’01 Kathy Gagnon Pappas ’81

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Stacey Eisenberg Payne ’94 Suzanne G. Payne Aimee Armentrout Peacemaker ’99 Lucy Eubank Peak ’77 Mr. and Mrs. Larry E. Pearson Parker Shultis Pearson ’90 Angelina M. Peck ’14 Sally Shapard Peek ’82 Carolyn Clark Pegg ’63 Emily Pegues ’00 Susan M. Peltier Carol Cole Pelzer ’65 Cristina M. Peniche ’12 PepsiCo Foundation Alan Perdigao Virginia Stanford Perdue ’69 Sandra Martin Pereira ’89 Tia Trout Perez ’02 Christa M. Perry ’96 Elizabeth G. Perry ’73 Helene Perry ’57 Julie Boothe Perry ’58 Samara C. Perzanowski ’03 Stephanie Lynne Pesakoff ’86 Mr. and Mrs. John J. Petchul Melanie Chriscoe Peters ’97

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C. Gregg Petersmeyer Ruth Magee Peterson ’51 Mr. and Mrs. William J. Petrie Olivia Hardin Pettifer ’86 Barbara Bernick Peyronnet ’77 Lauretta Scovel Pfeifer ’84 Bobbie Jo and Jay Phaup Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Phillips Laura Haskell Phinizy ’65 Kristen File Phoenix ’93 Rachel A. Pietsch Robert Martindale Pilch Hannah L. Pillsbury ’74 Estate of Virginia Noyes Pillsbury ’44* Helen Raney Pinckney ’66 and C. Cotesworth Pinckney Lauren Martin Pinion ’06 Kathryn M. Pinner ’70 Kathleen Abel Pione ’93 Nancy Mortensen Piper ’74 Ellen Ober Pitera ’93 Bonnie L. Pitman ’68 Ruth Carpenter Pitts ’58 Sarah E. Pitts ’91 Pitts Giving Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund

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Virginia Conley Pappas ’73 Kimberly Willock Pardiwala ’89 Leila Kucewicz Parham ’63 Leslie Parham Constance C. Paris ’99 Julia Paris ’99 Mr. and Mrs. Jerry A. Parker Patricia V. Parker ’75 Elizabeth Pidgeon Parkinson ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Will Parrish Megan Fletcher Parry ’96 Sara Buttine Parsatoon ’11 Nina Pastuhov ’83 Mr. Joseph S. Patch Elizabeth McElroy Patterson ’16 Emily Sartor Patterson ’99 Margaret Pittman Patterson ’67 Marjory S. Patterson Taylor Renee Patterson ’16 Olivia Cantey Patton ’53 Cathryn Gray Paul ’69 Lindsay Eneguess Paulette ’11 Marie-Elysse B. Paulhus ’01 Susan Verbridge Paulson ’76 Brenda Childress Payne ’88 Gray Thomas Payne ’75

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Kathleen S. Placidi Claudia Forman Pleasants ’70 Janice E. Pogue ’71 Dana Bordvick Poleski ’98 Mr. and Mrs. Dale W. Polley Sr. Virginia Spangler Polley ’76 Christina and Robert W. Pollock Jr. Sally-Ann Polson-Slocum ’78 Saynor Johnson Ponder ’57 Audrey Dickson Pool ’01 Emily L. Poore ’99 Ann Bruce Porter ’86 Catherine T. Porter ’68 Elisabeth Scott Porter ’64 Kirsten A. Porter-Stransky ’09 Caroline R. V. Potts ’21 Jane G. Potts ’73 Averala Paxton Poucher ’57 Lisa J. Powell Mr. and Mrs. Rankin E. Powell Marsha Decker Powers ’75 Ann Kerr Preaus ’66 Barbara Prentiss ’73 Ann Crompton Tippin Prestney ’71 Jennifer Preston Christine Mendel Prewitt ’73 Anne Osterholm ’96 and Gregory Pribble Barbara Mendelssohn Price ’78 Mary Lanford Price ’91 Rachel Baltus Price ’96 Carol Holbrook Ferguson Prickett ’12 Sally Mathiasen Prince ’61 Pringle-Read Endowment of Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Elizabeth Proctor ’84 Julia and Frank E. Proctor Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James Proctor Cynthia Gridley Pruden ’71 Prudential Foundation Sarah Scales Puckett ’95 Mr. and Mrs. Steven R. Pugh Dana W. Purcell ’98 Robin Sue Purcell Virginia Stevens Purcell ’72 Claire McDonnell Purnell ’81 Patricia Owens Purvis ’50 PWC Charitable Foundation, Inc. Leslie Heye Quarrier ’62 Consuelo Martinez Quattrocchi ’82 James B. Query Elena Quevedo ’83 Meredith Borst Quillman ’78 Catherine Catlett Quinlan ’76 Stacey Hannan Quinn ’89 Mayalin Quinones ’16 Christina C. Rabuse ’18 Jennifer Rae ’82 Catherine Raeder Carolyn Rogers Rainbow ’70

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Dr. and Mrs. Dudley A. Raine Jr. Catherine Goslau Rainold ’91 Janet M. Rakoczy ’78 Mr. and Mrs. Wendell G. Rakosky Walter Ramberg Shanti Ramesh ’06 Clair Clancy Ramsay ’85 Col. and Mrs. Donald A. Ramsay, Ret. Mr. and Mrs. Scott Ramsay Kimberly Riccardi Ramsey ’73 Victoria Mills Ramsey ’13 Kearsley R. Rand ’81 Melody McCormick Randall ’64 Mary Clemens Randolph ’70 Molly F. Randolph ’67 Mary Kendig Rankin ’70 Pamela J. Rasche ’73 Mary Scott Rauch ’62 Jennifer Parker Raudenbush ’95 Elizabeth D. Rawles ’75 Katherine Rose Rawls ’75 Mary Lyman Ray ’71 Shannon Young Ray ’84 Melissa Gail Raymond ’12 Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund Raytheon Company Ellen Pringle Read ’60 Cynthia Rakow Readyhough ’96 Red Hat Matching Gifts Program Anna Carmichael Redding ’99 Gretchen Armstrong Redmond ’55 Nancy Bullard Reed ’66 Noreen Conover Reed ’73 Patricia Talbott Reed ’76 Kathryn Ingham Reese ’88 Catherine D. Reeve ’88 Suzanne Evans Reeves ’68 Elisabeth Burwell Reichard ’84 Kathleen Sheahan Reid ’66 Mr. and Mrs. Gerald P. Reidy Karen W. Reidy Diane Dale Reiling ’73 Renaissance Charitable Foundation, Inc. Alicia M. Renfrow ’03 Page Munroe Renger ’67 Julie Smith Rentschler ’80 Mary B. Rewcastle Amy Cook Rexrode ’97 Anne Leavell Reynolds ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Kerry Reynolds Catherine Cox Reynolds ’49 Marguerite Morgan Reynolds ’65 Marquita Belzer Rhodes ’98 Vanessa K. Rhodes ’90 Lucy B. Ricardo Daniela N. Ricci ’95 Melanie Holland Rice ’76 Susan Bloomer Rice ’69 Amanda Steel Rich ’79

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Rich Michael D. Richards Barbara C. Richardson Holly Froman Richardson ’10 June Lee Richardson ’86 Robbin Richardson ’71 Meredith K. Richel ’05 Mr. and Mrs. Steven Richel Victoria Clarendon Richter ’80 Deborah Luby Rie ’68 Marguerita Chandler Riggall ’68 Dr. and Mrs. Gary H. Riggs Dr. and Mrs. Robert H. Rihl Ursula Jerianna Rij ’10 Amy Waite Riley ’93 Elizabeth Hansbrough Riley ’13 Hollylane Riley ’06 Jennifer Lauren Mooney Risey ’93 Carroll Weitzel Rivers ’57 Kathy L. Robbins ’70 Joanne Hicks Robblee ’70 Sabryna McClung Roberson ’93 Jessica K. Roberts ’24 Sarah Dennis Roberts ’96 Roberts and Allison Brokaw Family Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Brooke Robertson Katie Clarkson Robertson ’97 Edith Brooke Robertson ’50 Susan Scott Robinette ’63 Acacia Marie Salazar Robinson ’15 Sarah Ashburn Robinson ’82 Nicole B. Roca Josephine Wells Rodgers ’53 Laurel Speilman Rodgers ’03 Madeline Hodges Rodriguez ’13 Sarah Weigel Rodriguez ’89 Emma Matheson Roe ’57 Lee Carroll Roebuck ’87 Rebecca Yerkes Rogers ’52 Susan Castle Rolewick ’74 Ms. Melissa Rollosson and Mr. William Murphy Frances A. Root ’80 Leslie Wright Root ’83 Mary Ann Mellen Root ’53 Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Rora Nan Locke Rosa ’53 Jennifer Memmott Rosenberg ’86 Anne Sargeant Rosenthal ’81 Jean Platt Rospondek ’73 Amy Biathrow Ross ’94 JoAnn and Martin Ross Ross & Wallace Paper Products, Inc. Daniel Roth Katharine M. Roth ’88 Nancy Buckey Rothacker ’86 Mr. and Mrs. Karl Roulston Susan Hight Rountree ’59 Gary Maxwell Rousseau ’56

DONOR HONOR ROLL Jennifer Franklin Sawyer ’93 Elizabeth Miller Sayler ’55 Ms. Laurie Bell and Mr. Charles Saylor Laura J. Schaefer ’07 Kathryn Smith Schauer ’56 Catherine Scheer ’04 Katherine Maxwell Schellhammer ’95 Linda Mae Visocan Scherr ’87 Christina Bacchiani Schieffelin ’68 Dorothy Norris Schipper ’64 Georgia Schley Ritchie ’80 Emily E. Schlosberg ’19 Anne Parker Schmalz ’62 L. Angelyn Schmid ’87 Susan G. Schmidhauser ’92 Emily Harris Schmidt ’02 Jennifer Wiley Schmidt ’06 Mary Susan Schmidt ’71 Marylew Redd Schmieg ’83 Julia M. Schmitz, PhD ’03 Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Schmitz Linda-Jean Smith Schneider ’76 Elliott Graham Schoenig ’76 Alexa T. Schriempf ’97 Vikki A. Schroeder ’87 Lisa A. Schubert ’76 Sara Selby Schueneman ’96 Judith Greer Schulz ’61 Donor Advised Fund at Schwab Charitable Dr. Bettina P. Murray Charitable Fund at Schwab Charitable Gail and John Schwartz Nancy Hatch Schwartzmiller ’79 Glenn Scott Jill A. Scott Joyce M. Scott ’05 Nancy Pendergrass Scott ’67 Angela M. Scully ’77 Ieke Osinga Scully ’78 Elizabeth Duke Seaman ’59 Stella Mae Renchard Seamans ’67 Mabelle Garrard Seawright ’58 Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Sedelow Jr. Carolyn Williams Seeling ’77 Jamie Ann Beard Seigel ’80 Bonnie L. Seitz ’01 Pamela Dickens Sellars ’83 Mira Selm Cannie Crysler Shafer ’78 Harriet Houston Shaffer ’64 Dayna Kinnard Shah ’70 Mary Beth Hamlin Shannon ’76 Adam Shapiro Lisa Brundage Shapiro ’77 Janeen K. Sharma ’96 Elizabeth Cahill Sharman ’84 Rosemary Smith Sharp ’67 Mary MacKenzie Shaw ’61 Margaret Haley Sheehan ’77

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

Britt K. Sheinbaum ’98 Mr. and Mrs. Brian J. Shelburn Jr. Kathleen Tyler Sheldon ’59 Nancy Anderson Shepard ’55 Cindy Harper Sherrell ’88 Mary Alexander Sherwood ’53 Julia Shields ’62 Kari Andersen Shipley ’76 Eva Lee H. Shober* Joseph S. Shocket Susan E. Shoulders ’73 Anne Whitney Bay Shuck ’89 Megan E. Shuford ’16 Will Shumadine Heather McKoy Shumaker ’94 Betsy Shure Gross ’62 Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Sidles Penelope Steketee Sidor ’66 Hannah J. Silva ’05 D’Andra C. Simmons ’91 Mr. and Mrs. Edward Simmons Elizabeth Perkinson Simmons ’78 Margaret Lawrence Simmons ’49 Diana K. Simpson ’08 Kendra Hawkins Simpson ’07 Emily Cox Sinagra ’80 Louis Burns and Susan D. Sinclair Sara Beattie Sinkler ’59 Mr. and Mrs. James W. Sinner Jessica Michelle Sinnott ’86 Anne Sinsheimer ’51 Wendy Anne Sivik ’14 Sarah J. Skaggs ’79 Betty C. Skeen ’07 Mary L. Skinner ’71 Ginger Carter Skoog ’97 Gracia Walker Slater ’62 Carter Van Deventer Slatery ’49 Diana Rediker Slaughter ’66 Rosa McGowin Slaughter ’79 Dawn W. Slekis ’08 Emily Hunter Slingluff ’55 Kristen Swenson Sloop ’93 Maureen O’Hearn Slowinski ’76 Deborah B. Slutz ’10 Wylie Jameson Small ’83 Catherine Brownlee Smeltzer ’59 Aimee Olivia Nelson Smith ’82 Albert J. Smith Ann Whittingham Smith ’52 Anne G. Smith ’86 Bethannie Swisher Smith ’01 Caroline Newton Smith ’92 Julie and David M. Smith Elizabeth Glass Smith ’70 Elizabeth H. Smith ’72 Elizabeth Oakley Smith ’73 Ellen Bryan Tozzer Smith ’87 Emily A. Smith ’13

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Alisa Yust Rowe ’71 Carrick Winkler Rowe ’88 Megan Thomas Rowe ’01 Victoria Nalle Rowland ’66 Donna Daniels Rubin ’76 Jennifer Smith Rucker ’96 Eden L. Rue ’89 Holly E. Rueger ’17 Raymond G. Ruff Samantha C. Runyon ’21 Elizabeth Stough Rush ’75 Lauranah Ison Russell ’03 Lynn Pearson Russell ’69 Susan Clay Russell ’81 Russell Family Charitable Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Fleming Parker Rutledge ’59 Sharon Ruvane ’76 Ginger L. Ryan ’23 Jane Taylor Ryan ’66 Kathleen A. Ryan ’75 Mary Johnson Ryan ’86 Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E. Ryan Shanna P. Ryan ’08 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Ryan Lindsay Ryland Eugenia Bull Ryner ’67 Nicole M. Sabovik ’19 Jordan A. Sack ’20 Emily Dodson Sadler ’18 Sarah Andres Sale ’90 Sonia Haddad Salfity ’91 Marie Salgado Hilary Harris Salley ’87 Shannon Salmon ’71 Khristian K. Salters ’12 Jessica Salvatore Magdalena Salvesen ’65 Margaret Lyle Samdahl ’72 Courtney L. Sames ’06 Mary T. Ziebold Sampson ’87 Jane Hubbard Sams ’79 Charlotte R. Sanders ’91 Nicholas E. Sanders Heather McGowen Sanford ’91 Julia Grosvenor Sanford ’80 Betty Rau Santandrea ’70 Caroline A. Sapp ’09 Margaret Jenkins Sapp ’97 Jessica McCarthy Sarolli ’08 Molly Haskell Sarris ’61 Virginia Payne Sasser ’72 Polly Sattler ’88 Jennifer M. Sauer Deborah Hooker Sauers ’74 Catherine Callender Sauls ’86 Elma L. Savage ’68 Robert. E. Savage (Ann Orr Savage ’48*) Diana Simrell Savory ’66

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Gloria Smith Hallie Darby Smith ’67 Jennifer Smith Julie Capodanno Smith ’03 Katharyn Kelly Smith ’76 Kathryn Niemeier Smith ’05 Lochrane Coleman Smith ’76 Margaret Lotterhos Smith ’54 Olivia T. Smith ’14 Peggy Arduser Smith ’58 Ruth Sanders Smith ’54 Nancy Gayle Smith-Jackson ’82 Elizabeth Shelton Smolens ’75 Amy Hess Snawder ’00 Stephanie Snead ’81 Susanne Williams Snead ’64 Judith Whitacre Snider ’62 Rachel M. Snider ’03 Amber E. Snyder ’20 Paula Campredon Snyder ’83 Jane Hamill Sommer ’65 Andrea Beerman Sonfield ’68 Elizabeth Jackson Sonntag ’83 Nikki M. Soulsby ’09 Katherine Blythe Southerland ’69 Epiphany D. Soward ’15 Tracy Glaves Spalding ’84 Judith Dunn Spangenberg ’64 Ava L. Spanier ’86 Karol Kroetz Sparks ’73 Caroline Hawk Sparrow ’81 Heather-Anne Speer ’06 Rosalind Ray Spell ’74

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Michelle Spence Annamarie Lichtenberg Spencer ’13 Monica Saumweber Spillias ’73 Katharine Osborne Spirtes ’75 Joan Hobbs Spisso ’72 Marian Spivey-Estrada ’01 Wanda T. Spradley ’09 Laura Saunders Spratley ’66* Glenn King Springer ’77 George Loring Squires Ingrid Weirick Squires ’86 Elizabeth Morriss Srinivasan ’85 Amy B. St. John ’06 Carol Ann Leslie St. John ’75 Anne Wise Staat ’06 Helen Graves Stahmann ’52 Wenllian Jenkins Stallings ’47 Caville Stanbury-Woolery ’06 Jane Johnson Stanek ’68 DJ Stanhope ’81 David Stanley Virginia Williams Stanley ’66 Gary Stanton Margaret Stanton Wendy Congdon Stanton ’77 Catherine Calello Staples ’79 Shelby Staples ’91 Elizabeth Baker Starling ’11 Clélie D. D. Steckel and Joshua A. Barrow Kristen Lawlor Steege ’00 Kathleen Pretzfelder Steele ’73 Linda Lucas Steele ’75 Tracy L. Steele ’92

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

Victoria K. Steele ’70 Ann Maricle Stefano ’78 Janice Renne Steffen ’74 Lucinda Lowry Stein ’61 Ashley Kraas Steinberg ’91 Barbara H. Steiner Celia Newberg Steingold ’68 Aja Grosvenor Stephens ’02 Kaitlin Eckenberger Stephens ’13 Dr. and Mrs. Steven L. Stephenson Renata Sterling ’73 Annie Ward Stern ’66 Amanda Davis Stevens ’02 Catherine McNease Stevens ’86 Elizabeth Little Stevens ’77 Stacy McKimm Stevens ’97 Jean Morris Stevenson ’60 James Steward Alice Fales Stewart ’64 Asha S. Stewart ’21 Kelly Stewart Patricia C. Stewart Charlotte Snead Stifel ’52 Amanda Stiff Nedra Greer Stimpson ’51 Alison Stockdale ’00 Kathryne Richard Stockinger ’15 Mary Copeland Stockton ’96 Anne Stoddard ’68 Susan L. Stoebner ’89 Margaret McCarthy Stoeffel ’81 Jacqueline Hekma Stone ’59 Bonnie Moe Stook ’72

DONOR HONOR ROLL Deborah L. Thacker ’77 Elizabeth Ball Thagard ’60 Mr. and Mrs. William B. Thalhimer III The Arthur J. Gallagher Foundation Penelope Writer Theis ’64 Caroline Keller Theus ’64 Cynthia B. Thiele ’92 Cynthia Kendree Thieringer ’77 Vera Blake Thiers ’77 Emma G. Thom ’18 Angela Anton Thomas ’80 Caroline M. Thomas ’19 Eugenia Stark Thomas ’95 Kay M. Thomas ’96 Penelope A. Thomas ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Thomas Sue J. Thomas Cassandra Lynn Thomas ’97 DeAndrea Thomas Young ’95 Cathy Weiss Thompson ’74 Courtney A. Thompson ’18 Jessica Cronin Thompson ’98 Joanne Bossert Thompson ’59 Patricia Beach Thompson ’52 Susan Boline Thompson ’80 Tracy E. Imse Thomson ’93 Thomson Reuters My Community Program Elizabeth Schneider Thornton ’80 Leslie C. Thornton ’75 Canice McGlynn Thynne ’92 Mary Bell Timberlake ’67 Maria Jones Tisdale ’75 Katherine Paige Tisher ’13 Elizabeth McMahan Tolbert ’57 Lisa Lynne Redd Toliver ’86 Teresa Pike Tomlinson ’87 Daniella Ceccarelli Toomey ’93 Leslie C. Toro ’95 Mary Craighill Tourgee ’81 Laura Ann Humphress Toussaint ’06 Anita Grymes Towell ’60 Katy Warren Towers ’70 Cynthia Little Townsend ’79 Anne P. Toxey ’86 Ingrid Zensen Trachtenbarg ’03 Randolph Anderson Trainor ’75 Christine Corcoran Trauth ’85 Travelers Companies, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne G. Travell Helen W. Travis ’74 Patronella Sykes Treadwell ’58 Treadwell Charitable Gift Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Rosemary Dunaway Trible ’71 Stephanie Banton Troutman ’91 Gail Rothrock Trozzo ’64 Heidi L. Trude ’07 Victoria A. Trudeau ’11 Carol Exnicios Tucker ’53

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

Gretchen Gravely Tucker ’98 Brice McRae Tunison ’91 Louisa Z. Turner ’62 Sharon Watts Turner ’91 Annamarie Tush TY Ink Promotions, Inc. Patricia Lynn Longest Tyler ’80 Amy Tyson UBS Linda R. Uihlein ’77 Carolyn Black Underwood ’52* Dr. and Mrs. Robert M. Ungerer Susan Knapp Hurley Upshaw ’99 Pilar C. Uribe ’84 Carolyn Rose Vaccaro ’11 Meeta Vaidya Lisa R. DuBois and Paul Vail Karen Valanzano ’93 Mary Blair Scott Valentine ’59 W. Kent Van Allen Jr. Barbara Dublin Van Cleve ’66 Alis E. Van Doorn ’86 Katharine Weinrich van Geel ’65 Ann Pritchett Van Horn ’74 McKenzie Reed van Meel ’86 Pamela Van Tassel ’73 Lucy Dennington Van Zandt ’73 Jennifer C. Vance ’91 William S. Vance Lacie Normandy Vanderlip ’11 Kelly Brown Varga ’88 Jeri L. Vargo Mr. and Mrs. Michael Vari Mr. and Mrs. Roy B. Varnado Claire Cartwright Vaughan ’78 Lyssa A. Vaught ’95 Paula A. Veale ’86 Sigrid Carlen Veasey ’81 Melissa Leib Veghte ’74 Michelle E. Venema ’84 Mrs. Megan Combs Veney ’09 Victoria Chainski Verity ’66 Verizon Dorothy Legare Davis Vest ’89 Wanda F. Vest Annabelle B. Vesterman ’16 Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Via Marion Harrison Vickers ’67 Catherine R. Viette ’93 Sally Estes Vigezzi ’93 Morgan Lorraine Viña ’07 Lindsay Mactavish Vogt ’96 Mary Nesbitt Voigt ’75 Elizabeth Volkmann Nancy Liebowitz Voss ’71 Madge Hall Vosteen ’85 Melanie E. Vracas ’97 W. Duncan & Nivin MacMillan Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Bernard W. Wackenhut

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Catherine H. Stopher ’69 Kimberly Mounger Storbeck ’94 Valeria Parker Storms ’58 Storms Family Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Rick Story Bettie Roberson Stovall ’68 Sally C. Strain ’63 Jill O’Ree Stryker ’87 Katherine M. Stuart ’02 Prof. and Mrs. John Stubbs Prudence Gay Stuhr ’63 Harriette Horsey Sturges ’66 Rachel M. Sullivan ’09 Wendy Pressel Sullivan ’91 Carroll Waters Summerour ’75 Kristen L. Summers and Joel S. Hasbrouck Leslie Williams Summers ’80 Patricia Sagasti Suppes ’93 Cornelia Kennedy Suskind ’81 Amanda Megargee Sutton ’71 Sarah W. Sutton ’83 Scarlett E. Swain ’98 Carey Cleveland Swan ’70 Nancy Elizabeth Swann ’66 Martha L. Swanson ’85 Vinca Swanson ’94 Elizabeth B. Swearingen ’80 Lurline Tolbert Sweet ’65 Amy Swoboda Elizabeth Smith Swoope ’83 Katharine Baker Sydnor ’66 Sarah Herndon Sydnor ’01 Sandra LaStaiti Sylvia ’59 Sophie Wackenhut Szymanski ’02 Mr. and Mrs. Tim G. Tade Penelope S. Tadler ’91 Kelly Winer Takacs ’13 The Talbott and Ann Bond Family Foundation Marcia D. Talley Joy Powell Talmon ’01 Mallihai Lawrence Tambyah ’85 Deborah Griffin Tanner ’74 Caroline L. Taraschi ’87 Leila Thompson Taratus ’56 Hilary Bowie Tate ’12 Ann T. Taylor ’58 Lori Mayesky Taylor ’91 Evangeline Easterly Taylor ’00 Mary Rachel Taylor ’10 Elizabeth Doyle Teare ’86 Kimberly Martin Tecklenburg ’03 Madeleine Long Tellekamp ’67 Mary Kimball Temple ’52 Elizabeth F. Tennant ’88 Amanda Beck ter Stege ’04 Martha Roton Terry ’71 Helen B. Tetenbaum Beth Bogdan Tetrault ’79

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DONOR HONOR ROLL Celeste C. Wackenhut ’08 Anne Rubel Waddell ’77 Anna Meres Wade ’98 Lauren M. Wade ’05 Maya White Wade ’19 Yana Wagg ’95 Marye Taylor Wagner ’73 Margaret Walbridge Star Hollis Waldron ’86 Arney E. Walker ’02 Elissa C. Walker ’75 Julia Snodgrass Walker ’83 Kelly K. Walker ’96 Laura Campbell Walker ’68 Carrie M. Walkiewicz Marie Bandy Wall ’96 Annabel Metson Wallace ’15 Jennifer Kemper Wallis ’91 Diana Bradford Walsh ’92 Mr. and Mrs. John J. Walsh Jr. Margaret Erin Keck Walsh ’03 Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Walters Jr. Kristen Green Walters ’11 Carolyn Jones Walthall ’71 Anne Newton Walther ’66 Andrea Sharretts Waltman ’99 Lisa Moore Walton ’04 Lura Coleman Wampler ’60 Barbara Sullivan Wanamaker ’63 Emily N. Wandling ’20 Mr. and Mrs. John J. Wandling Jessica Bemis Ward ’63 Winifred Ward ’60 Christine Devol Wardlow ’63 Pamela Compton Ware ’55 Patricia Coxe Ware ’59 Jane Oxner Waring ’58 Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Waring El Warner ’85 Margaret Smith Warner ’58 Pamela Walsh Warren ’82 Wendy Hyland Warren ’84 Elizabeth Warshawsky Margaret Storey Wasson ’61 Catherine R. Waterman ’11 Diana Duffy Waterman ’83 Patricia W. Waters ’77 Barry S. Watkins Sarah Lawrence Watkins ’68 Hallie N. Watson ’08 Nancy Cunningham Watson ’75 Barbara Watts Brandy Cash Watts ’00 Elizabeth Andrews Watts ’74 Margaret Murray Watts ’06 Dwana Waugh Jenny Waybright Candice Pride Waycaster ’06

Andrew D. Weaver Barbara Chase Webber ’54 Tracie Allen Webber ’93 Elizabeth Taylor Webster ’83 Annegret P. Weckerle ’93 Jane Best Wehland ’57 Elva Weigle Pamela Weiler-Colling ’79 Katharine Harrington Welder ’95 Anna H. Wells Anne Harrell Welsh ’55 Kyra Jean Meelan Werner ’92 Amy Larsen West ’93 Robin Platt Wetherbee ’82 Tara Moran Weyer ’96 Alice Anderson Wharton ’75 Mr. and Mrs. J. Jeremy T. Whatmough Courtney Huffman Whetstone ’95 Emily Whaley Whipple ’61 Joel Whitaker Caroline W. White ’79 Ms. Jesse A. White ’86 Mr. and Mrs. Kemble White III Kimberly Diane Shaheen White ’96 Nancy White Charles L. Whited Jr. Susan M. Whitehead-Froehlich ’96 Patricia Davis Whitehurst ’67 Catherine Cranston Whitham ’75 Frances Ruth Fowler Whitlow ’82 Mr. and Mrs. F. Mark Whittaker Karen Williams Wickre ’84 Clifford C. Widmayer Dr. and Mrs. Herbert N. Wigder Sarah Nutt Wigert ’70 Wendy J. Wilcoxson ’93 Mr. and Mrs. Marvin E. Wilke Jean Guthans Wilkins ’85 Margaret Butler Wilkinson ’72 Brittany Schneider Williams ’10 Dianne Hunt Williams ’68 Lacy Williams ’73 Lori Faust Williams ’81 Louise Spilman Williams ’78 Margaret B. Williams ’97 Mary G. Williams ’20 Ann L. Wilson ’54 Courtenay Sands Wilson ’66 Gail Hayman Wilson ’60 Katie T. Wilson ’08 Kimberly A. Wilson ’06 Madeline R. Wilson ’12 Margaret Sefeldt Wilson ’73 Mary Elizabeth Friberg Wilson ’98 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Wilson Jane Stephenson Wilson ’67 Nancy Ray Wiltshire ’86 Christine Jones Winder ’86

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Camille Mitchell Wingate ’84 Patricia Wood Wingfield ’73 Ciara K. A. Winingham ’21 Gail Zarwell Winkler ’76 Lisa Fowler Winslow ’73 Kimberly Ann Cutting Winter ’93 Mr. and Mrs. Roland M. Witt Jr. Marcia G. Wittenbrook ’72 Camilla Crocker Wodehouse ’71 Karen Gagnon Wojciak ’81 Betsy M. Wolfe ’68 Edith Norman Wombwell ’53 Swee-Lan Wong Dolan ’80 Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wood Katherine Decker Wood ’14 Kimberly J. Wood Keitt Matheson Wood ’63 Helen Cantey Woodbridge ’44 Rosanne L. Woodroof ’71 Mr. and Mrs. John L. Woods Cornelia Redington Woodworth ’86 Anne Little Woolley ’83 Lori Edgar Worley ’77 Betsy B. Worthington Barbara B. Wray ’81 Brianna C. Wray ’21 Mary Denny Scott Wray ’61 Gwendolyn Wray-Samans ’01 Christie Newman Wright ’95 Joan Broman Wright ’56 Joanne B. Wright Merrilee Davies Wroten ’93 Barbara L. Wuehrmann ’71 Jeanne O. Wurster Deborah Chasen Wyatt ’71 Joan Collins Wyatt ’85 Alexandra Bernard Wyllie ’86 Jaquelin Nicholson Wysong ’64 Maeve A. Xavier ’18 Laurie Starrett Yanacek ’87 Cheri Burritt Yates ’84 Suzanne Yates ’70 Carolyn Griffin Yeager ’92 Susan Wooldridge Yeatts ’95 Samantha Yew ’18 Laura J. Yim ’98 Lizora Miller Yonce ’59 June Youatt Katherine Jones Youell ’71 Elizabeth K. Young ’11 Katie C. Young Lauren Place Young ’78 Morganne Therese Young ’11 Z. V. Pate Foundation, Inc. Catherine C. Zahrn ’98 Amanda Ottaway Zambetti ’89 Nellie Min-Ju Kan ’94 Mr. and Mrs. Ken Zaniewski ’77

DONOR HONOR ROLL Christine Marie Carriere Zazulak ’90 Janis Thomas Zeanah ’52 Diana L. Zeidel ’71 Jenneane Jones Ziesenhenne ’75 Suzanne M. Ziesmann ’91 Mr. and Mrs. Roger L. Zissu Lindemann Rollenhagen Zook ’97

YOUNG ALUMNAE BELL TOWER SOCIETY

The Bell Tower Society recognizes the importance of the bell tower in life at Sweet Briar College. This society recognizes leadership giving by our youngest donors as it fits in their stage in life, whether gifts are made through monthly installments or as one-time gifts. The F Bell recognizes annual gifts of $250+ from alumnae within 3 years since graduation.

The C Bell recognizes annual gifts of $750+ from alumnae within 4-6 years since graduation. The G Bell recognizes annual gifts of $1,000+ from alumnae within 7-9 years since graduation. The A Bell recognizes annual gifts of $2,000+ from alumnae within 10 – 12 years since graduation.

And finally, the D Bell recognizes annual gifts of $2,500+ from alumnae within 13-15 years since graduation.

F Bell (Classes of 2018 – 2021) Cassidy E. Bodkin ’20 Paige N. Chamblin ’18 Lashlee C. McCray ’20 Farida L. Mohammed ’20 Emily Dodson Sadler ’18 Amber E. Snyder ’20 C Bell (Classes 2015-2017) G Bell (Classes 2012-2014) Martha Schley Kemp Smith ’12 Stacy Ludington ’12 A Bell (Classes 2009-2011) Dorothy J. Abernathy ’11 Alysha Wiegand ’09 Jennifer E. Young ’11 D Bell (Classes 2006-2008) Maggie Saylor Patrick ’07

INDIANA FLETCHER WILLIAMS ASSOCIATES

The Indiana Fletcher Williams Associates recognizes and honors Sweet Briar College’s faithful donors who follow in the philanthropic footsteps

of our founder, Indiana Fletcher Williams, by providing for the College in their estate plans. If you are not listed below but have included SBC in your estate plans, please notify Margaret Driscoll ’92 at mdriscoll@sbc.edu.

Anonymous (15) Deborah Butteri Akers Sheila K. Alexander and Robert R. Alexander Jean Meyer Aloe Martha Garrison Anness Pamela Henery Arey + Carolyn Scott Arnold Sarah G. Babcock Anne Goebel Bain Mary Fran Brown Ballard Kathleen Peeples Ballou Nella Gray Barkley Chantel N. Bartlett Melissa Halstead Baugher Rachel Reynolds Baxtresser Myth Monnich Bayoud Kathryn Beard Robin E. Behm Polly Benson-Brown Beryl Bergquist Kristin Farris Bergquist Clare and Robert E. Blanchard Mary Morris Gamble Booth Barbara Sampson Borsch Kay Diane Moore Bowles Elizabeth Rodgers Boyd Mrs. Caroline Casey Brandt ’49 Dr. and Mrs. Owen W. Brodie Alice Cary Farmer Brown Antoinette Christian Brown Laura Lee Brown Mary Jo Biscardi Brown Nancy Dixon Brown Rosamond Sample Brown Sarah Betz Bucciero Sarah M. Bumbaugh Ethel Ogden Burwell Evelyn Day Butler Mr. and Mrs. Carl W. Calandra Eugenie Carr Mr. and Mrs. Joe Carroll Elizabeth Frenzel Casalini Elizabeth Stanly Cates Bettye Thomas Chambers Kirkland Tucker Clarkson Sarah P. Clement Lucy Darby Meston Richard C. Colton Jr.

Barbara Tragakis Conner Hilary Cooper Cook Kim Patmore Cool Barbara Bush Cooper Dorothy Courington + Janet G. Crandall Susan Bronson Croft Faith Croker Paul D. Cronin Nannette McBurney Crowdus Susan Andrews Cruess Molly M. Currens Jaquelin and Ralph Cusick Diane Dalton Jane McKenzie Davis Monica F. Dean and Robert A. Steckel Elise Wachenfeld dePapp Lynne Gardner Detmer Linda C. DeVogt Alice Elizabeth Dixon Meredith Dixon + Marian Dolan Julie G. Dorsett Wilma Dotson Barbara Bolling Downs + Margaret McClellan Driscoll Lynne Manov Echols ’71 Michela A. English Eleanor Crosby Erdman Kimberly Harden Fella Libby Glenn Fisher Linda A. Fite Elizabeth Harvey FitzGerald Cathy Patton Foose Carol McMurtry Fowler Mary Carter Frackelton Dorothea M. Fuller Sheila Nolan Fuller and Robert F. Fuller* Natalie and Geoffrey Funk Lynn Crosby Gammill Janice K. Garfield Ann Gateley Reed Johns Gay Kathleen Button Ginn* and Maj. Gen. L. H. Ginn III Jane Piper Gleason Laura Hand Glover Jane H. Goodridge Jane E. Gott Clara Barton Green Julia Charlotte Green Lorraine Haire Lura Litton Griffin Claire Dennison Griffith

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DONOR HONOR ROLL Roshani M. Gunewardene Barbara M. Hale Sandra Elder Harper Adele Vogel Harrell Anonymous Alumna Elizabeth Trueheart Harris Jeanne Harris Virginia Robinson Harris Katherine A. Hearn Katherine Powell Heller Anne Day Herrmann Preston Hodges Hill Betty-Potter Kinne Hillyer Martha C. Holland Anne Gatling Honey Kathleen M. Horan Ann Pegram Howington Leverett Hubbard Jr. Sarah McCrady Hubbard + Cissy Humphrey Mary Pope Maybank Hutson Carol Dickson Jahnke Nancy Jenkins Grace Butler Johnson ’66 Gwen Speel Kaplan Sara Kaplan Kathleen A. Kavanagh Briggett J. Keith + Jane Johnson Kent Katie Keogh + Sarah Johnston Knoblauch + Rebecca Faxon Knowles Brooke Patterson Koehler Ashley Rogers LaGanga Aileen H. Laing Amy Campbell Lamphere Helen Murchison Lane Frances Griffith Laserson Elizabeth Blackwell Laundon Ann Colston Leonard Jane Perry Liles Karin I. Lindgren Elizabeth R. Lindsey Sarah R. Lindsey Linda Lipscomb Stacey Sickels Locke Cheri (Harris) Lofland Steven J. London Randi Miles Long Elizabeth Wray Longino Valerie Stoddard Loring Virginia Timmons Ludwick Marion MacRae Blanchette Chappell Maier

Harriet Wall Martin Cornelia Long Matson Emily Dick McAlister Shannon M. McCarthy + Mary Lee McGinnis McClain Dr. Rebecca McCord, Professor of Music Emerita K. Holly McGlothlin Cynthia A. McKay Mrs. Peyton F. McLamb Dorothy Woods McLeod Rebecca Towill McNair Karen Medford Heidi Menzel Karen Gill Meyer Margot Saur Meyer Charlotte Taylor Miller + Anonymous Alumna Norma Patteson Mills Denise L. Montgomery Catherine Taylor Moore Makanah Dunham Morriss Vaughan Inge Morrissette Frances Kirven Morse Joy Reynolds Mouledoux Frank F. Mountcastle Jr. Elisabeth Muhlenfeld, President Emerita Kathleen B. Nager Tennessee Nielsen Denise Wisell O’Connor C. Gail Robins O’Quin Mary A. Osborn Cynthia Wilson Ottaway Anna Chao Pai Mary Hamilton Parsons William M. Passano Jr. Joanne Holbrook Patton Kathleen Garcia Pegues Ivana Pelnar-Zaiko Jacqueline C. Penny Elaine Newton Peters Susan and Lee* Piepho Jeannette N. Pillsbury Susan Dern Plank Andria Calhoun Plonka Sally Gammon Plummer Catherine Tift Porter Averala Paxton Poucher Anne Litle Poulet Judith B. Powell Patricia P. Pusey Elizabeth Kernan Quigley Bettie Katherine Arnold Reed Diane Dale Reiling + Catherine Cox Reynolds

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+ New for 2020-2021 Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

Norma Neblett Roadcap + Nancie Howe Entenmann Roberts Acacia Marie Salazar Lynn Kahler Shirey Mary Ann Mellen Root Graham Maxwell Russell Margaret Christian Ryan Betty Rau Santandrea Judith Welton Sargent Ellen Harrison Saunders Susan P. Scanlan Linda Mae Visocan Scherr Christina Bacchiani Schieffelin E. Elaine Schuster Harriet Houston Shaffer Mary Alexander Sherwood Jane Reeb Short Susanna Judd Silcox Allison Stemmons Simon Anne Sinsheimer Jane Collins Sjoberg Dawn W. Slekis Wylie Jameson Small Anne Haw Spencer Jeannine Corbett Squires and Jay Squires, MD DJ Stanhope, Class of ’81 Janice Renne Steffen Melanie Bowen Steglich Jean Blanton Stein Anne Stelle Renee Sterling Judith Bensen Stigle Carey Cleveland Swan + Anne Allen Symonds Paulett Long Taggart Katherine Upchurch Takvorian Sandra A. Taylor Mildred Newman Thayer Catherine L. Thomas Teresa Pike Tomlinson Mary-Fleming Willis Thompson Virginia Hudson Toone Newell Bryan Tozzer Gail Rothrock Trozzo + Linda R. Uihlein Norma Bulls Valentine Sally Schall Van Allen Lucy Dennington Van Zandt Sarah Underhill Viault Sarah P. vonRosenberg, PhD Jane Tatman Walker Marion F. Walker Wendy Igleheart Walker Dawne Cotton Ward

DONOR HONOR ROLL

Angelica Hardianto ‘20 (left) and Emma Zak ‘20 at the Fancy Hat Brunch

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FIRST TIME DONORS

In special recognition of those who joined the Sweet Briar Donor Community in the 2020-2021 fiscal year ( July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021), Thank you!

Thomas M. Armstrong Rosemary E. Austin ’21 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Axtell Adrianna Carpenter Baber ’18 Ciel P. Bailey Lizzie L. Baker ’20 Katie L. Balding ’21 Courtney R. Barry ’18 Aaron Basko Jane P. Batten Nicholle L. Baugher ’06 Harriet L. Beazley Cassidy E. Bodkin ’20 Natalie R. Bosch ’18 Corinne Cunningham Brown ’86 K. Aliza Brownell Eileen Buckingham Edward G. Bulgin Rebecca Bynum Charlotte Anne Cantrell-Doran ’90 Marcia Carabell

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

Theresa V. Carriveau ’21 Kerstin Chrisman Castronuovo ’91 Rhea Chablani Deborah and Charles W. Chaney Elizabeth and Santo Cimino Mr. and Mrs. O. Kirby Colson III Syreeta R. Combs-Cannaday Shirley P. Cool Kathleen Cooney Ryan Curet Anneke and Klaas de Boer Mr. and Mrs. Josue de Souza Monica Paul Dennis ’96 Sophia M. Dessart ’20 Christina M. Diaz Timothy W. Donahue Martha and Robert A. Dowling Peter P. Drake Lisa R. DuBois and Paul Vail Beau Dure Cathy L. Eberly Cara Heard Ellicott ’86 Kenneth G. Elzinga Charles Hildreth Ewald Mr. and Mrs. Greg P. Fenton Nora D. Florio ’21 Lucinda R. and Daniel L. Fox

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Jessica Bemis Ward Betty Byrne Gill Ware Pamela Compton Ware El Warner Joan Davis Warren Mrs. Janet A. Warrick Charlotte Heuer Watts Ann K. Weigand Wendy C. Weiler Gwendolyn Weiner Anne Lyn Harrell Welsh Elizabeth Smith White Kenneth S. White Catherine Cranston Whitham Elizabeth Colwill Wiegers Sallie Yon Williams Susan Whitten Williams Florence Barclay Winston Helen Pender Withers Diane Duffield Wood Keitt Matheson Wood Susan Snodgrass Wynne Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Yeager Susan Wooldridge Yeatts Jacqueline Lowe Young

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Timra and Mark Freedman S. Hewitt Fulton III Susan and Andrew Gatto Kaitleen M. Gillis Margaret Mallory Green ’84 Mr. and Mrs. Gerald J. Griffin Mr. William Haas Margot H. Hackett ’85 Rachel R. Hahn Jessica N. Hall Mr. and Mrs. John Hall Brandy Hall-Matson ’06 and Gene-Paul Matson Teresa Hamilton Caroline G. Hardy Ruth T. A. Harris Katie E. Hawk ’21 Lindsey P. Hawkins ’15 Kiersten E. Hawthorne ’20 Norma L. Helton Mr. and Mrs. Emmett R. Heltzel Rico Henderson Ms. Rachel Gouyer High My-Xuân Hillengas ’21 Emma H. Hines ’21 Carson Scheppe Hobby ’95 Mary Lizzie Hodges ’21 Patricia Hoyt Deaun and Harold Hughey Jr. Mikia K. Hundley ’19 Mia T. Jackson ’21 Taylor E. Jefferson ’19 Lee Weaver Johnson ’72 Natalie E. Jones ’21 Alexis Sacks Kahn ’05 Marilyn Kallett Dharma M. Kear ’21 Catherine Khoo Mr. Gabor Kotany Elizabeth B. Krol Ellen and David Lake Heather N. Lakner ’19 Margaret L. Meier ’20 Courtney A. Lanute Susan S. Lea ’06 Ruth E. Lechner ’21 Richard Lemivex Jeffrey Levin Constance P. Lincoln Angelika M. Lindberg ’21 Tiffany K. Little ’20 Rachel E. Logan ’21 Ellen R. MacDonald ’91 Donna Mandarakas

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Sue B. Manhart Mr. and Mrs. Brent Mansfield Mr. and Mrs. D. Grier Martin III Valerie L. Martin ’82 Ashley and Jonathan R. Marx Shirley and George Mason Olivia A. Mason ’21 Sharon and John Masterson Susan McCaslin and Victor W. Henningsen III Mrs. Kelli McCoy Stephen McGehee Katharine N. McLeod Heather McPherson Douglas Miller Zareen T. Mirza Judith M. Mitchell Patricia A. Morgan ’15 Rick S. Myers Hannah B. A. Neal ’21 Donald P. Noble Blanche B. Nusbaum Libby M. O’Donnell ’21 Erica I. Orr ’18 Ilana Osten Mr. and Mrs. William D. Palmer Leslie Parham Mr. Joseph S. Patch Suzanne G. Payne Susan M. Peltier Cristina M. Peniche ’12 Samara C. Perzanowski ’03 Dianna Pfeiffer and Garry McGuigan Christina and Robert W. Pollock Jr. Caroline R. V. Potts ’21 Mr. and Mrs. Rankin E. Powell Julia and Frank E. Proctor Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Scott Ramsay Karen W. Reidy Mr. and Mrs. Peter Rich Barbara C. Richardson Holly Froman Richardson ’10 Jessica K. Roberts ’24 JoAnn and Martin Ross Samantha C. Runyon ’21 Ginger L. Ryan ’23 Lindsay Ryland Mr. Mario F. Salvadori Jennifer Franklin Sawyer ’93 Gail and John Schwartz Adam Shapiro Joseph S. Shocket Mr. and Mrs. Edward Simmons Julie and David M. Smith

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

Emily A. Smith ’13 Jennifer Smith Amber E. Snyder ’20 Elizabeth Jackson Sonntag ’83 Michelle Spence George Loring Squires Asha S. Stewart ’21 Kelly Stewart Amy Swoboda Helen B. Tetenbaum Mr. and Mrs. William B. Thalhimer III Sue J. Thomas Courtney A. Thompson ’18 Mr. and Mrs. Wayne G. Travell Annamarie Tush Meeta Vaidya William S. Vance Maya White Wade ’19 Kelly K. Walker ’96 Mr. and Mrs. John J. Walsh Jr. Elizabeth Warshawsky Barry S. Watkins Dwana L. Waugh Anna H. Wells Jay White John T. White, EdD, MS, CDP Nancy White Charles L. Whited Jr. Ciara K. A. Winingham ’21 Brianna C. Wray ’21 Joanne B. Wright June Youatt Katie C. Young

FRIENDS OF ART

Donors to the Friends of Art for the 2020-2021 fiscal year ( July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021) The Friends of Art maintains and collects art for Sweet Briar’s permanent teaching collection, funds financial scholarships for off-campus internships, offers prizes for student art contests, sponsors gallery events and publishes Visions, a magazine highlighting the arts at Sweet Briar.

Kathleen Peeples Ballou ’55 Rebecca Carter Barger ’81 Mary Jo Biscardi Brown ’86 The Honorable and Mrs. William J. Cabaniss Jr. (Catherine Caldwell Cabaniss ’61*) Rushton Haskell Callaghan ’86 Carter-Barger Family Fund at the Community Foundation of Gaston County, Inc.

DONOR HONOR ROLL Barbara Bush Cooper ’81 Laura L. Crum ’79 Linda Manley Darling ’85 Anne Taylor Quarles Doolittle ’78 Stuart Bohannon Evans ’61 Florence S. and William J. Cabaniss Advised Fund at the Community Foundation Greater Birmingham Elizabeth A. Foster ’12 Four G’s Charitable Trust Christine Fox ’72 Mary Ann Robb Freer ’54 Mary Sutherland Gwinn ’65 Alison S. Hall ’97 Jeanne Bounds Hamilton ’61 Caroline G. Hardy Deborah Wilson Hollings ’72 Jacqueline Mabie Humphrey ’60 Cary Davis King ’73 Page M. Kjellstrom ’70 Ms. Kathryn T. Kotula and Mr. David R. Fronk Muriel Wikswo Lambert ’66 Mary Scales Lawson ’70 Paula Victoria Lee ’89 Olympia A. K. LeHota ’20 Nan Dabbs Loftin ’81 Lisa Wray Longino ’78 and George F. Longino III Elizabeth W. Matheson ’64 Laura Maus Maureen K. McGuire ’06 Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Meeks Jessica and Alex Newmark Barbara Falge Openshaw ’57 Kathleen S. Placidi Susan Dern Plank ’73 Sarah Reidy ’96 Mary Cosby Rinehart ’61 Susan Hight Rountree ’59 Lynn Pearson Russell ’69 Magdalena Salvesen ’65 Ms. Laurie Bell and Mr. Charles Saylor Prudence Sandifer Scott ’59 Marshall Metcalf Seymour ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Heinz K. Simon (Allison Stemmons Simon ’63) Stephanie Wilt Smirnov ’88 Caroline Newton Smith ’92 Martha Schley Kemp Smith ’12 Michelle Spence Amy B. St. John ’06 Renata Sterling ’73 Mary Page Stewart ’78

FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY

Charlotte Snead Stifel ’52 Caroline L. Taraschi ’87 Wanda F. Vest Cynthia H. Volk ’83 Wendy C. Weiler ’71 Suzanne Reitz Weinstein ’60

Donors to the Friends of the Library for the 20202021 fiscal year ( July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021) The Friends of the Library seek to encourage an understanding of the needs of the Mary Helen Cochran Library, as well as its available services, and to attract resources through gifts or bequests including monetary donations, books, manuscripts and other appropriate material.

FRIENDS OF ATHLETICS

Donors to the Friends of Athletics for the 20202020 fiscal year ( July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021) Friends of Athletics Sustains and promotes the College’s commitment to sports by funding enhancements to intercollegiate athletics, including team travel, the annual Athletic Awards Banquet, uniforms, equipment not covered in the budget, and communications to build enthusiasm and increase attendance at students’ games and other community-building efforts.

Chelsea Ximena Alvarado ’17 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Axtell The Blackbaud Giving Fund Eileen Stroud Clark ’65 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Colvin Mr. Patrick J. Coyne Laura L. Crum ’79 Marion West Dripps ’69 Maria Shields Duke ’76 Karen Fennessy-Ketola ’86 Laura M. Ferrazzano ’88 Jo Ann Soderquist Kramer ’64 Patricia Mast George ’70 Dr. and Mrs. Joe H. Gieck Catherine M. Goltermann ’78 Michelle Lennane Gorman ’89 Katherine A. Hearn ’85 Barbara Tillman Kelley ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Kuleba Joan Adriance Mickelson ’69 Anne Carroll Mulholland ’56 Hannah I. Oybkhan ’16 Lee Carroll Roebuck ’87 Nancy Buckey Rothacker ’86 Alexa T. Schriempf ’97 Amy B. St. John ’06 MarySue Morrison Thomas ’72 Wanda F. Vest Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Via Wendy C. Weiler ’71 Wells Fargo & Co.

Anonymous (2) Nursat I. Aygen ’76 Ciel P. Bailey Mary Green Borg ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Butcher Kenneth Chappelle Mary King Craddock ’68 Laura L. Crum ’79 Charlotte G. Dabney Mr. and Mrs. Luther R. Dietrich Nancy Banfield Feher ’64 Carolyn Swift Fleming ’57 Elna Green Alison S. Hall ’97 Norma L. Helton Katherine P. Hill Renee Hylton Elizabeth E. Ike ’96 Priscilla Blackstock Kurz ’67 Sarah E. Lewis Elizabeth R. Lindsey ’86 Laura Maus Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Mittelholtz Mr. and Mrs. Carrington Montague Harriet Hurley Nelson ’60 Jessica and Alex Newmark Leslie Parham Kathleen S. Placidi Susan Dern Plank ’73 Elizabeth Kopper Schollaert ’64 Nikki M. Soulsby ’09 Prof. and Mrs. John Stubbs Marcia D. Talley Madeleine Long Tellekamp ’67 Deborah L. Thacker ’77 Wanda F. Vest Maya White Wade ’19 Andrew D. Weaver Wendy C. Weiler ’71 Suzanne Reitz Weinstein ’60 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Wilcoxson Lisa Fowler Winslow ’73

Gift(s) to Friends of Athletics Gifts of books to the library

Lacrosse

Golf

Field Hockey

Soccer

Tennis

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Gift of art to the Sweet Briar Collection

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DONOR HONOR ROLL FRIENDS OF RIDING

Donors to the Friends of Riding for the 20202021 fiscal year ( July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021) Friends of Riding promotes Sweet Briar’s riding program, paying special attention to the unique nature of the program. The program provides a range of opportunities, from constructive competitive experiences to recreational riding activities, while students pursue a quality liberal arts degree. Friends of Riding aims to augment the Riding Program by offering special clinics, assisting with uniform costs, maintaining the facilities, and supplementing team travel and expenses.

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Anonymous Alysha Wiegand donor-advised fund at Schwab Charitable Mary Brush Bass ’62 Mona Wilson Beard ’51 Brianna Belter ’13 Melissa Lohr Berge ’63 Kathleen E. Bessette ’16 Katrina Ann Balding Bills ’97 Elisabeth Brawner Bingham ’51 Harriet McCormick Bobbitt ’63 Marcia Carabell** Sue P. Brady and Thomas G. Honaker III Eleanor Sledge Burke ’64 Carolyn and Lemuel Hewes Account at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Kristen Kreassig Carter ’87 Heather Tully Click ’70 Courtney Willard Conger ’53 Deirdre S. Conley ’72 Laura L. Crum ’79 Christine Witcover Dean ’68 Elise Wachenfeld dePapp ’55 Elise W. DePapp, M.D. Fund, a donor-advised Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Katherine Taylor Erickson ’80 Carey Johnson Fleming ’78 Abby E. Flynn ’72 Jane Hutcherson Frierson ’74 Sarah Dabbs Fryer ’72 Carol A. Furman Lauren Michelle Perhala Gramlich ’12 Lisa La Londe Hamaker ’93 The Harbor Foundation Katherine A. Hearn ’85 Beverley Crispin Heffernan ’75

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Gift of a horse

Marnie Tokaruk Henry ’98 Carolyn Mapp Hewes ’69 Nancy Lea Houghton ’74 Arthur F. Humphrey III Margaret Enochs Jarvis ’83 Melissa McGee Keshishian ’71 Alice Johnson Krendel ’72 Shapleigh Donnelly LaPointe ’86 Keedie Grones Leonard ’76 Mr. and Mrs. Gary Lightbody Constance P. Lincoln Mary E. Long Lisa Wray Longino ’78 and George F. Longino III Faith Bullis Mace ’61 Madeleine J. MacIntire ’10 Jamie Planck Martin ’81 Laura Maus Mrs. Kelli McCoy Rebecca Moats Miller ’97 Makanah Dunham Morriss ’66 Betsy Knode Newton ’65 Mr. and Mrs. Albert V. Osterholm Jr. Kathleen “kp” Papadimitriou ’84 Kathy Gagnon Pappas ’84 Taylor Renee Patterson ’16 Barbara Behrens Peck ’78 Bonnie Blew Pierie ’67 Robert Martindale Pilch Nancy Mortensen Piper ’74 Ellen Ober Pitera ’93 Meredith Borst Quillman ’78 Nancy Bullard Reed ’66 Sarah Weigel Rodriguez ’89 Raymond G. Ruff Virginia Payne Sasser ’72 Emily Harris Schmidt ’02 Jane Russo Sheehan ’52 Sledge Foundation Olivia T. Smith ’14 Katharine Baker Sydnor ’66 Kathleen Watson Taylor ’65 Cynthia Little Townsend ’79 Mr. and Mrs. Wayne G. Travell Norma Stieh Bulls Valentine ’93 Wanda F. Vest Carolyn Peyton Walker ’64 Wendy C. Weiler ’71 Alysha Wiegand ’09 Cassandra Whaling Wierman ’85 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Wilcoxson Merrilee Davies Wroten ’93

New Howell Lykes Colton ’38 Stables Residents

Sweet Briar is home to one of the country’s most renowned equestrian programs, and for decades, our program has set the standard for collegiate riding.

We offer among the finest indoor and outdoor riding facilities and a well-schooled string of horses with wins and placings in USEF-rated competitions.

During the 2020-2021 fiscal year, donors provided the Sweet Briar Riding Program with three new horses.

Bree Hemingway Jetson

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CLASS NOTES

Start Planning Your Legacy

In 1899, Indiana Fletcher Williams founded Sweet Briar College through a visionary planned gift.

Indiana’s vision of a college for the education of young women inspired her to establish a trust of land and other assets that became her enduring legacy.

This planned gift has provided transformational education opportunities for generations of young women for more than 100 years.

Please join us as a Williams Associate to ensure that her legacy—and yours—will prosper in perpetuity.

Donors who are 70 1/2 or older may find an IRA charitable rollover gift to be particularly beneficial to you and Sweet Briar College. Visit our website to learn more.

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