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ADMINISTRATION
Meaghan Blight
President
Melody Blake
Provost and Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs
Sarah McCarthy
Interim Vice President for Institutional Advancement
Drew Davidson
Vice President of Enrollment, Marketing and Communications
Carrie Ingoldsby
Dean of Students
Tonya Parker ’01
Chief Diversity Officer and Title IX Coordinator
WESLEYAN MAGAZINE STAFF
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Cathy Coxey Snow ’71
Alumnae Director
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Kayla Stroud
Web Content Manager/Graphic Design
Millie P. Hudson ’75 Director of Development
Julie Jones
Senior Director of Advancement Operations and Research
Whitney Davis
Director of Annual Giving
Susan Wheelis ’95
Class Notes Editor
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From the President
Dear Wesleyan Alumnae,
Since the day I set foot on campus, I have felt nothing but welcome by Wesleyan Alumnae. You are a truly incredible group, and your bond is nothing short of amazing.
In the months since I began my role as this College’s 26th president, I have been working hard to assess all aspects of the institution. What’s clear is that our alumnae network is one of our greatest assets. As I work to recruit new students, expand our capacity, and build our brand both at home and internationally, I know that our alumnae will be a key part of the story we have to tell.
I know many of you have questions about the strategic direction of Wesleyan College. In order for you to be part of this journey, we need to tell you about where we are going. Throughout this edition of WESmag, you’ll hear about our bold new direction for the College and what we’ve been able to accomplish over the last few months. I hope you’ll also find places where you can contribute.
In the coming months, I look forward to meeting many of you at Alumnae Weekend, at Alumnae Night at the Macon Bacon game, or at one of the countless events we have scheduled across the country.
Thank you for your continued dedication and support, and for making Wesleyan College proud.
Sincerely,
Meaghan Blight PresidentMeet Wesleyan’s 26th president
Meaghan Blight
President Meaghan Blight credits her grandmother with getting her to the position she holds today.
“My grandmother used to sit me at the dinner table with a full place setting laid out in front of me,” she says. Despite the fact that our family didn’t have much, she told me I needed to learn how to be comfortable at a fancy dinner.
She said she didn’t want me to be embarrassed, not if, but when I found myself with a seat at the table.”
This is the mentality Blight hopes to impart to the students who attend Wesleyan College during her tenure as our 26th president.
Blight grew up in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, a largely working class community about 50 miles north of Toronto, the country’s largest city. Meaghan's family regarded education as a considerable expense for lower-income folks like them. However, her grandmother continually emphasized academic achievement as a means to scholarships and postsecondary education as a path to success.
“She would show me viewbooks from Canadian universities and tell me this was my way out,” says Blight.
Blight went on to receive a bachelor’s degree in political science from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and a master’s degree in organizational leadership from the Lang School of Business and Economics at Ontario’s University of Guelph. Her commitment to higher education as a means of changing lives continued in advancement roles at the University of Calgary and as Vice President, University Growth and Chief of Staff at Huron University College where she honed her views on the value of education in a small, engaged community.
"OUR MISSION IS CLEAR.
WE ARE INTENTIONAL ABOUT RECRUITING WOMEN FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE WHO ARE GOING TO ACCELERATE EQUALITY. WE SUPPORT, NURTURE, AND DEVELOP WOMEN WHO GRADUATE TO LEAD IN THE BOARDROOM, IN THE CLASSROOM, IN THE OPERATING ROOM, AND EVERYWHERE IN BETWEEN. THESE WOMEN ARE GOING TO MOVE THE NEEDLE ON GENDER PARITY AROUND THE WORLD.”
Meaghan BlightThis idea is what brought her to Wesleyan College. The appeal of a women's college with strategically small class sizes is that it allows young women to hone their skills as leaders while earning a world class education, providing an opportunity to change the economic landscape for women of all backgrounds.
“Education is a game changer in a woman’s life,” she says. “The women we are attracting are committed to the pursuit of gender equality and know that the best way to reach parity is through the advancement of uniquely female spaces and places that make room for their perspectives and autonomy.”
"As an undergraduate, I spent four years in the back of a 400-person lecture hall acting as a passive receptacle for information and not really engaging in my learning," she says. "What if we could propel young women into leadership positions by building their confidence and their competencies with intentionality and individual attention?"
Blight is a newcomer to Middle Georgia, having moved to the region in July 2022 with her husband Kyle, her sons Jake and Cole, and her dogs, Ruby and Walter. While her oldest has traded hockey skates for football cleats, the Canadian-born family has still managed to find rinks close to home.
“Kyle has started a youth hockey/learn to skate program in Macon and has already joined a men’s hockey league up in Atlanta, and the boys love sitting in the stands at the Macon Mayhem,” she says. “You can take the family out of Canada, but you can never take Canada out of the family.”
Still, Blight and her family are embracing the life and culture in Georgia, and she is looking forward to attending as many Wolves games as she can and connecting with Wesleyan students and alumnae.
"I EXTEND MY SINCEREST GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION TO MY PREDECESSORS, WHOSE DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP HAVE SET THE FOUNDATION FOR OUR CONTINUED SUCCESS." - Meaghan Blight
Presidents, Wesleyan College:
George Foster Pierce (1836-1840)
William H. Ellison (1840-1851)
Edward Howell Myers (1851-1854)
Osborne Lewis Smith (1854-1859)
John Mitchell Bonnell (1859-1871)
Edward Howell Myers (1871-1874)
William Capers Bass (1874-1894)
Edgar H. Rowe (1894-1896)
John D. Hammond (1896-1898)
William J. Roberts (1898-1903)
Dupont Guerry (1903-1909)
William N. Ainsworth (1909-1912)
Charles Rush Jenkins (1912-1920)
William Fletcher Quillian (1920-1931)
Dice Robins Anderson (1931-1941)
Arthur James Moore (1941-1942)
Nenien Coatsworth McPhearson, Jr. (1942-1946)
Silas Johnson (1946-1951)
William Fletcher Quillian Acting (1951-1952)
B. Joseph Martin (1953-1959)
William Earl Strickland (1960-1979)
Frederick William Hicks III (1979-1983)
James Frederick Wilson Acting (1983)
Robert Kilgo Ackerman (1984-1997)
Nora Kizer Bell (1997-2002)
Ruth Austin Knox ’75 Acting (2002-2003)
Ruth Austin Knox ’75 (2003-2017)
Vivia A. Fowler (2017-2022)
A Pivotal
THE GINKGO TREE REPRESENTS HOPE AND RESILIENCE.
Native to China, the ginkgo is found in fossils dating back 270 million years. The tree is a witness to history and the only survivor in its category of species.
Moment
WHETHER YOU’RE TALKING TO THE CLASS OF 1973 OR THE CLASS OF 2023, EVERYONE HAS THE SAME QUESTIONS – “WHERE IS WESLEYAN COLLEGE GOING? WHAT CAN WE EXPECT?”
As Wesleyan enters its 187th year, what’s clear is that everyone – alumnae, students, and community members alike – is excited about the future of our school. This is a pivotal year for us. Through a new agenda that embraces our history and makes it relevant to our present, we believe we are at the forefront of another two centuries of success.
ACCELERATING EQUALITY
SINCE 1836
This starts by leaning into the rich history and the tenets on which we were founded. Wesleyan College has always been at the forefront of accelerating equality for women. We are the first institution in the world chartered to grant degrees to women – a distinction that is uniquely ours. At the time, our College was considered quite radical in its ideas, offering the women who attended courses in foreign languages, philosophy, religion, and science. Over the years, our demographics and our offerings have changed as we pushed to see women in more significant leadership roles, and our graduates have always excelled. Wesleyan has graduated doctors, lawyers, scientists, artists, and teachers who have made their mark on their professions. We have continuously educated women to be leaders in whatever fields they pursue.
NOW IS THE TIME
TO DOUBLE DOWN ON THAT MISSION.
Right now, the world is emerging from a pandemic that deeply and disproportionately affected women. According to research, between February and August 2020, American mothers of children aged 12 and under lost 2.2 million jobs compared to 870,000 lost by fathers. At the same time, working mothers reported seeing their daily work increase significantly more than fathers, as women bore extra childcare responsibilities when schools shut down.
The result:
This is far too long. At Wesleyan, we want to see gender parity in our lifetimes. To make this happen, the world needs the expertise of an educational institution that has specialized in accelerating equality for women for nearly 200 years.
FINDING Willing LEADERS
In order to move the needle on gender parity, Wesleyan College is choosing to focus on the young women who demonstrate potential but need that extra level of support to find their voices. We’re looking for willing leaders – the students who want to lead and who will genuinely benefit from the specialized attention of a women’s college.
These students will benefit from individualized attention and mentorship that builds confidence. By seeing successful women in top administrative roles, learning from innovative, educated female faculty at the front of the classroom, and getting guidance from our impressive alumnae network, our students will graduate with the knowledge that they can lead in any industry across the globe.
According to the World Economic Forum, it will take 136 years to achieve gender parity in the workforce, a number that has increased since the pandemic.
A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN HISTORY
Not only do we recognize this moment in our history, but 2023 is also a pivotal year for our hometown. As Macon enters its bicentennial year and the impact of downtown revitalization brings a new vibrancy to the city, it’s abundantly clear there is excitement across the region.
It’s important that our students feel pride in the role the women before them played in shaping this city in order for them to strive to become leaders in its future. As an institution, we need to lead by example. That’s why Wesleyan is recommitting to our presence in the Heart of Georgia.
Throughout the year, you will see Wesleyan at significant events like the Cherry Blossom Festival and the Christmas light display. At the same time, we’re thrilled to be making new partnerships and refreshing old ones across our Macon community.
Wesleyan College will host numerous events celebrating Macon’s bicentennial and the city’s history. We’re also working with the Macon Transit Authority to increase transit options between our campus and the downtown to allow our students better access to all the city offers.
Finally, we are launching a new partnership with the Macon Bacon baseball team to connect with families, highlight our own Wesleyan Wolves, and give our alumnae and friends a fun place to come together.
Join us for a Macon Bacon game at Luther Williams Field on June 24, 2023, for Wesleyan Alumnae Night. This is the perfect opportunity to catch up with old friends and find out what's new at Wesleyan College.
WESLEYAN COLLEGE IS PROUD OF OUR OWN HISTORY OF ACCELERATING EQUALITY FOR WOMEN IN MIDDLE GEORGIA.
DOLLAR MATCHMeaghan’s Million
WHEN PRESIDENT BLIGHT BEGAN HER TENURE AT WESLEYAN COLLEGE, SHE SET AN AMBITIOUS GOAL TO RAISE ONE MILLION DOLLARS DURING HER FIRST 100 DAYS.
THANKS TO THE GENEROSITY OF ALUMNAE, WE WERE ABLE TO SURPASS THIS GOAL WITH A TOTAL OF $2,213,000 RAISED. This incredible showing of support provided funds to reach new students, to increase our capacity to support and serve our community, and to provide start-up funds for a new CEO (Creating Equal Opportunity) Institute that will accelerate our students’ leadership trajectory.
Meaghan's Goal: $1,000,000
Total Raised in 100 Days...
$2,213,000
MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT ENERGIZED OUR ALUMNAE & FRIENDS! FIND OUT WHY THEY ACCEPTED THE CHALLENGE.
"I was so impressed with President Blight's desire to set an ambitious goal right at the beginning of her tenure to make a big impact on the College. I felt it was important for all of us who value Wesleyan to support her effort."
$2,213,000
- SUSAN M. MORTON
addition to providing a strong academic foundation for Wesleyan students, President Blight and her able associates are now concentrating on equipping the students with the leadership skills that will make them better prepared to compete with students from other institutions. For these purposes, we are willing to aid and assist Wesleyan in every way possible."
"Meaghan's Million Dollar Match shows not only her passion to further Wesleyan, but this act creates an enormous ripple effect that will be felt by the Wesleyan community for years to come. It was a bold and inspiring start to her presidency. It makes me lean forward and excitedly raise my hand to shout, "How can I help?"
- JESSICA KENDRICK THOMAS '08
"We are very excited about the direction the new administration has for the future of Wesleyan."
- JANE JOHNSON BUTLER '65 AND G. MARSHALL BUTLER
A newly renovatedCANDLER ALUMNAE
Those attending Alumnae Weekend in April will have an opportunity to see firsthand the newly renovated Candler Alumnae Building. Work began in May of 2022 by Spillers Design and Construction LLC and is now complete. A rededication service will take place during Alumnae Weekend at 2:30 Saturday, April 22nd, in Oval Hall, now the Katharine Payne Carnes Oval Hall, newly renamed for Wesleyan’s legendary librarian, a 1913 graduate of Wesleyan, who served in that position from 1919-1959. Special guests will include donors whose designated gifts made the renovation possible. All interested alumnae are invited to attend the event and will have an opportunity to tour the building.
ALUMNAE BUILDING
The Candler Building is part of the Wesleyan College Historic District listed in the National Register of Historic Places, which includes the entire 200-plus acre campus and arboretum. Part of the 1928 campus, the Candler Memorial Library was a gift to Wesleyan College by Judge John Slaughter Candler in memory of his parents, Samuel Charles Candler and Martha Beall Candler. Noted Atlanta architect Philip Trammell Shutze designed the library to be compatible with the Georgian Revivalstyle architecture of the new campus.
The two-story Candler Building has a portico with four Ionic columns. Curving stairs on either side provide entry to the upper story main level. The lower level of the portico has three arches; a doorway through the central one accesses the lower level.
A concrete stringcourse and keystones over the windows provide additional decorative elements. The oval hall on the main floor originally served as the library’s reading room and was furnished with sixteen reading tables, each seating eight students, and four individual tables, all equipped with specially selected reading lamps. A smaller reading room seated 65 students, and a study room seated 30 girls. Miss Carnes, Class of 1913, served as Wesleyan’s librarian from 1919 until her retirement in 1959.
When the Willet Library was constructed in 1968, the Candler Building became the alumnae center. In addition to serving as the alumnae center and venue for Wesleyan events, the building today houses Wesleyan’s Office of Institutional Advancement.
NAMED SPACES
Benson Room
Restored by Arline A. Finch '56 and Ronald M. Finch, Jr.
Advancement Suite
Restored by Ronald M. Finch, Jr.
Wesleyan Fund Suite
Restored by Marjorie '51 and William H. Squires
Candler Foyer
Restored by Marjorie '51 and William H. Squires
Historic Candler Columns
Given by the Class of 1973 in honor of their 50th reunion
Katharine Payne Carnes Oval Hall
Restored by Stanford M. Brown
In honor of Katharine Payne Carnes, Wesleyan's librarian from 1919 to 1959
Wesleyan College 1836 - 2022:
186 Years in 186 Artifacts
For 186 years, Wesleyan College has been accelerating equality for women. Now, we are telling the story of the College through its history in our latest project: Wesleyan College 1836 - 2022: 186 Years in 186 Artifacts.
Wesleyan College's Archives and Special Collections Archivist Virginia Blake and Library Director Kristina Peavy have curated this project over the course of almost two years. This project showcases 186 artifacts representing significant events and time periods in Wesleyan's
history. Through this exhibit, Wesleyan's story of race, advocacy, class names, traditions, and student experiences comes to life.
In 2020, Wesleyan College was granted a “Reframing the Institutional Saga” grant from the Network of Vocational Undergraduate Education (NetVUE) through the Council of Independent Colleges. In addition to exploring the racial history of Wesleyan College, this project connects who we are today as an institution with who we were and
explores all the ways we have evolved. It builds upon an earlier publication by Dr. Samuel Akers, The First Hundred Years of Wesleyan College
Artifacts include Catherine Brewer Benson’s diploma, the Soong Sisters’ cap and gown and collection, student publications including yearbooks, magazines, and newspapers, Class of 1926 class rings, and many other Wesleyan treasures.
PROJECT CONTRIBUTORS:
Kristina Peavy, Grant Director
Virginia Blake, Grant Co-Director
Stanford Brown
Rhiannon Bruner
Vivia Fowler
Melody Blake
Mariana Furlin
Millie P. Hudson
Dr. Timothy Miller
Dr. Brandi Simpson Miller
Dr. Teresa Smotherman
WESLEYAN COLLEGE ARCHIVES
STUDENT ASSISTANTS:
Ariana Lee
Marissa Smith
STUNT is back!
Singing, dancing, class cheers, inside jokes, and lots of belly laughs were had during this year’s 2023 STUNT. It’s the first time since 2020 that the classes were able to come together for this fun-filled night of laughter and sisterhood.
“This was the first time since COVID-19 that I have experienced bonding and sisterhood like this at Wesleyan,” said Wesleyan junior and 2023 STUNT Chair Jessie Hurst.
“I grew up watching STUNT so I’ve known
This year, the Red and Golden Classes and Purple and Green Classes paired up to compete against their fellow sisters. Faculty and staff were also hands on this year, assisting students throughout the process and taking part in the “Staff Scotts,” formerly known as the “Faculty Follies.” Highlights of the night included a performance featuring President Blight and her dog Ruby, as well as the faculty and staff rendition of “Wild, Wild, Wesleyan,” written by former Wesleyan English professor, Darlene Mettler.
The 2023 “Most Class Spirit” winners were the Red Class. The 2023 “Stunt Cup” winners were the Red (Senior) and Golden (Sophomore) Classes.
STUNT PR Chair and Green Class Junior Brandi Underwood says that the turnout and participation were even better than expected.
“School spirit is a big thing. I wanted to make sure that we got the momentum up and that students will want to continue this again,” Underwood said.
“Keeping up the tradition and excitement, but also modernizing it…” is what Underwood wanted to focus on this year. She was also in charge of the shirt design, sales, distribution, and the advertisements and sponsorships that came from alumnae and local businesses.
The entire STUNT Committee would like to thank all of this year’s donors and participating businesses for their support. Local businesses include: The Macon Baking Company, Apparel Authority, Women’s Health Institute and Take Flight Performing Arts.
Plan to attend Wesleyan’s next STUNT event on February 24, 2024.
New Leadership at
DREW DAVIDSON , VP OF ENROLLMENT, MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS
Wesleyan is proud to welcome Drew Davidson as its new vice president of enrollment, marketing, and communications. Davidson previously served as associate vice president of marketing & communications at Huron University College in London, Ontario. Drew led the development and implementation of Huron’s marketing and communications strategies supporting recruitment, career development, fundraising, and student services.
Before Huron, Drew was the corporate social responsibility – education program lead at IBM. She also spent several years working in the Government of Ontario, advising two premiers and three cabinet ministers on internal and external communications. Within government, she has held senior roles such as chief of staff to the minister of child and youth services, chief of staff to the government house leader, director of communications in the ministry of finance, and issues manager for the Premier of Ontario.
She has led speechwriting and executive communications projects and handled many large-scale multimedia marketing campaigns throughout her career.
SARAH MCCARTHY , INTERIM VP, INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT
Please join Wesleyan in welcoming Sarah McCarthy as its Interim vice president of institutional advancement. Sarah brings a wealth of experience to the role, having worked in development for over 25 years, including positions at Northeastern University, the State Universities of New York, and Huron University in London, Ontario, where she led alumni relations and fundraising.
Sarah's expertise in prospect research and donor stewardship is unparalleled, and her achievements speak for themselves. She has received several awards, including the APRA Canada Award for Prospect Research and the APRA
International Researcher of the Year Award. Sarah is also a valued member of the Association of Professional Researchers for Advancement – Canada and the Association of Professional Fundraisers – London, Ontario & Region.
With a Master of Public Administration degree and a BA in English, Sarah is well-equipped to lead Wesleyan's efforts to advance its mission through philanthropy. We are confident that her leadership, passion, and commitment to excellence will take our institutional advancement efforts to the next level.
Wesleyan
CARRIE INGOLDSBY DEAN OF STUDENTS
We are excited to welcome Carrie Ingoldsby as the new dean of students! With over 17 years of experience in student affairs, she brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to our community. In addition, her background in crisis management, student conduct, budgeting, and Title IX investigation, among other areas, has prepared her to tackle any challenge that may arise.
Carrie has demonstrated a commitment to enhancing the student experience throughout her career. As the former director of campus life and student involvement at Mercer University, she oversaw all areas within the Campus Life Office and increased student involvement.
Carrie is highly qualified, holding a BS in Business Administration from Trinity University, a Master of Science in Education – Student Services Administration from Baylor University, and a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership from Mercer University. She is also a recipient of the Barry Jenkins Award for Outstanding Contributions to Student Life, a member of the Leadership Macon class of 2015, and an active member of ACPA and NASPA.
We are confident that Carrie will bring her passion and expertise to our community and positively impact our students' lives. We welcome her to our team and look forward to seeing the great things she will accomplish as our new dean of students.
KAYLA WALKER ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT OF ENROLLMENT JULIE DANIEL DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICERAPRIL 21, 22, & 23, 2023
Alumnae Weekend – It’s not just for reunion classes!
“3s” and “8s” Don’t wait! Not a reunion class? No worries. Make plans with Wesleyan friends to return to campus and join in the weekend celebration!
REGISTER TODAY! www.wesleyancollege.edu/reunionregistration
Welcome to the WCAA BOARD OF MANAGERS
In April 2022, during the annual meeting of the Wesleyan College Alumnae Association, two new members were elected to the association’s board of managers. Congratulations to:
Advanced Degree: Master of Accountancy, University of Tennessee Knoxville
Profession: IT Program Director, HCA Healthcare; Prior roles, AVP IT Service Desk, AVP IT Service Management, Internal IT Audit
Community Service: Board member (secretary) Charis Health, a non-profit health clinic in Mt. Juliet, TN.; Volunteer, Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary in Mt. Juliet, TN.; Consistent donor, The Bible Project, Grace Ministries, and Transformation Ministries
Alumnae Engagement: Class Liaison (multiple years); Reunion Chair; Candlelighter; Nashville Area Alumnae activities; Stanback Society; The Wesleyan Fund donor -yearly since graduation
Favorite Wesleyan Memory: It’s hard to pick a favorite. It’s the whole experience. Jones dorm living, Stunt prep, homecoming, breakfast in the dining hall.
Advanced Degree: PhD (Clinical Psychology)
Licensed Psychologist and Associate Professor of Community Health; Author and
Community Service: Board Member, Bay Area Trauma Recovery Center; Education Advisory Committee Member, Center for Institutional Courage; Advisory Council Member, Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation; Self-care Workshop Presenter, various Champaign-Urbana community events
Alumnae Engagement: Professional development presentations to Wesleyan Psychology majors during Alumnae Weekend; Wesleyan College Alumnae Virtual Summer Camp Presenter; Recipient, Young Alumna Award
Favorite Wesleyan Memory: Spreading hope and encouragement in the Macon community as president of the Wesleyan College Gospel Choir.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
The WCAA would like to thank outgoing board members Sally Moffett McKenna ’75, alumna trustee, and Natalie Puckett Evans ’02, member-at-large for Alumnae Weekend, for their service on the board.
The Wesleyan College Alumnae Association (WCAA), founded in 1859, is the world’s FIRST alumnae association. All former Wesleyan students who have earned 30 or more semester hours at the College – whether or not they graduated – are considered members. The WCAA promotes alumnae engagement with the College, with students, and with other alumnae by providing service, mentoring, and learning opportunities. Today the WCAA is governed by a board of managers that is composed of 16 elected members, including three alumnae trustees who also serve also on Wesleyan’s board of trustees. The board meets officially three times a year and holds an off-campus retreat each fall to discuss strategic goals. For more information about board members, job positions, and how to nominate potential members, go to wesleyancollege.edu/bom.
CONNECTIONS Alumnae
RE-Up with Wesleyan. Let’s REnew, REaffirm, and REestablish our alumnae engagement with the College and with the WCAA as we welcome Wesleyan’s new president, Meaghan Blight, into the Wesleyan family. President Blight values our continued support and our input on how to move the College forward with new alumnae initiatives. Now is the time to think “bigger than ever” as we are guided by her bold vision for the future. There are many ways to engage - schedule a virtual alumnae event or class meeting, start an area alumnae club, mentor a student, volunteer for the WCAA, start an affinity group to connect with alumnae who share your interests, participate in a Wesleyan book club, or commit to The Wesleyan Fund, to name a few. Contact the Alumnae Office at csnow@wesleyancollege.edu or (478) 757-5173 and the WCAA Board of Managers at WesleyanBOM@gmail.com for more ways to engage and to REconnect!
Alumnae Weekend 2023. We hope YOU are making plans to return to campus for Alumnae Weekend in April and join special reunion year classes in celebrating the ties that bind us together. Remember, Alumnae Weekend is not just for reunion classes!
Georgia Atlanta
In May, members of the Atlanta Club enjoyed getting together for a fun Wesleyan Women’s Walk at Blackburn Park. A virtual book club meeting was held in June (suggested reading The Liz Taylor Ring) and in September (suggested reading Lessons in Chemistry). The group’s executive board met in July to plan activities for the 2022-23 year. Fall events included a Sip and Chat social at Eclipse di Luna and an October Sisterhood Social hosted by Deidra West Smith ’96 in her home, where President Blight was the special guest. The social was sponsored by Atlanta Club past presidents. A December Holiday Gala at Lenbrook Square featured a piano concert by Wesleyan Associate Professor of Music Dr. Chenny Gan ’02 Peggy Parrish Hasty ’71 is president of the Atlanta Club. For more information about upcoming Club events, contact atlanta@wesleyancollege.edu.
Macon
Area alumnae met in December for the annual Macon alumnae holiday coffee. The Jingle & Mingle event was held in Burden Parlor, where President Blight was on hand to greet alumnae. Guests enjoyed entertainment by The Wesleyannes under the direction of Nadine Cheek ’79. Local alumnae also decorated the campus for the holidays. Macon alumnae Pioneer Book Club members continue to meet on a regular basis and offer some suggested readings for other Wesleyan book clubs that include Fresh Water for Flowers, and The Woman Behind the New Deal.
Golden Isles (Brunswick/St. Simons/Sea Island)
In October, Golden Isles alumnae met with Wesleyan’s Director of Undergraduate Recruitment Tanisha Johnson for a Happy Hour Meet-Up at Coastal Kitchen, where they discussed ways to recruit prospective students from the area.
North Carolina
North Carolina Triangle Club (Raleigh/Durham)
In December, the NC Triangle Book Club met at the Fearrington House Inn in Pittsboro for a Christmas Dutch Treat Tea and book discussion. The group’s annual meeting took place in January at The Carolina Country Club, where Dr. Toyosi Fatunase Onwuemene ’03 spoke on “Reaching the World Through Hematology.” Club members were encouraged to bring children’s books to the meeting for their WOW (Workers of Wesleyan) community service project that supports Book Harvest, a non-profit literacy organization. Pamela Henry Pate ’71 and Linda Brown Walker ’73 serve as co-leaders of the group.
Affinity Groups
Sisters of the First Five Black Alumnae Network. The executive committee of SOFF held a virtual meeting to discuss activities, plans, and initiatives for 2023. Contact Najah Webb ’13, interim president of SOFF, for more information at najahstefanywebb@gmail.com.
Sisterhood in Action: Connecting with Students
SUMMER COMMENCEMENT RECEPTION. In August, graduate students and their families enjoyed Lemonade on the Lawn in front of Porter Auditorium after the ceremony. The reception was sponsored by the alumnae office and the WCAA.
ALUMNAE WELCOME NEW STUDENTS. In August, new students received goody bags, complete with snacks and Wesleyan swag from the WCAA and alumnae office. Members of the Macon Alumnae Club prepared and tagged bags that were distributed at registration.
SENIOR CELEBRATION BREAKFAST. Anderson Dining Hall served as the venue in October for this annual “Welcome Back” event for Seniors sponsored by the alumnae office and the WCAA that featured special late night breakfast fare. Remarks from WCAA board member Dr. Vida Olivares ’02 included a preview of future WCAA sponsored spring semester events with a focus on Candlelighting, mentoring, “life after Wesleyan,” and keeping in touch with the College after graduation.
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6. Dockside Discussions. Golden Isles alumnae met at Coastal Kitchen to discuss student recruitment. (L-R) Martha Jane Thompson ’70, Lynn Moses ’77, Director of Undergraduate Admissions Tanisha Johnson, Douglas Ponder Suto ’75, and Jan Shelnutt Carriker ’71 in St. Simons, GA.
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Sympathy
The Wesleyan College Alumnae Association extends sympathy to: Beverly Burgess Meadors ’46, on the death of her spouse, Mortimer Franklin “Mort” Meadors, on November 24, 2021.
Jane Mobley Dickey ’48, on the death of her spouse, Robert Lee “Bob” Dickey II, on November 16, 2022.
Mary Webb Lockhart ’55, on the death of her brother, Morris Payne “Buddy” Webb, Jr., on August 6, 2021.
Temple Wilson Ellis ’58, on the death of her spouse, Judge Greeley Ellis, on December 30, 2022.
Nancy McCook Spence ’58, on the death of her son-in-law, Philip Broome, on July 19, 2022.
Carol Patch Mathis ’60 and Nancy Patch Pederson ’70, on the death of Carol’s spouse, and Nancy’s brother-in-law, Robert Neil Mathis, on May 4, 2022.
Peggy McKinney Youngblood ’61, on the death of her spouse, Robert Youngblood, on August 6, 2022.
Vida Gentry Beall ’62, on the death of her sister-in-law, Edwina Hall Beall ’53, on September 20, 2022.
Harriet Laslie Reynolds ’62, Martha Jean Laslie Woodward ’54, Beulah "Bootsie" Laslie Brinson Bird ’58, and Eleanor Laslie Griffin ’60, on the death of Harriet’s husband, and Martha Jean, Bootsie, and Eleanor’s brother–in-law, John D. Reynolds III, M.D. on August 19, 2022.
Alexis Xides Bighley ’67, on the death of her husband, John A. Bighley, on October 6, 2021.
Marilyn A. Vickers ’67, on the death of her spouse, Lief Hastings Carter, on January 2, 2023.
Virginia “Jenny” Crapps Johnson ’68, on the death of her brother-in-law, Donald Levin Burch, on June 14, 2022.
Melissa Lane Thomas ’69, on the death of her mother, Margery O’Kelley Lane, on May 22, 2022, her brother, Clark Hughes Lane, on April 29, 2021, and her aunt, Eleanor Adams Lane ’58, on July 31, 2022.
Gena Ware Wilson ’69, on the death of her brother, Alva "Durward" Ware III, on September 9, 2022.
Linda Ennis Johnson ’70, on the death of her mother, Betty Ann Henderson Ennis, on January 16, 2022.
Margaret Morris Creech ’73, on the death of her spouse, Lewis Melvin “Mel” Creech, on July 15, 2021.
Kathy Amidon MacGregor ’73, on the death of her spouse, Scott S. MacGregor, on June 27, 2022.
Nancy Osgood ’73, on the death of her mother, Sarah Glover Osgood ’44, on December 7, 2022.
Adriane Kelly Wood ’73, on the death of her spouse, John Leland Wood, on September 17, 2022.
Kay Hickman Beasley ’75, on the death of her father, Gene LeGrande Hickman, on June 4, 2022.
Melissa Worley Callahan ’76 and Jeanette Worley Casey ’78, on the death of their mother, Carol Northcutt Worley, on December 2, 2021.
Cathy Bradach Rockoff ’78, on the death of her mother, Carol Gray Bradach, on December 9, 2021.
Lauretta Elliott Garrett ’79, on the death of her husband, Charles Edward “Charley” Garrett, Jr., on January 20, 2023.
Diana Jones Becker ’80, on the death of her husband, William Pierce “Will” Becker, on December 23, 2022.
Louise Daniels DeLaurier ’80 and Daisy Daniels ’23, on the death of Louise’s mother, and Daisy’s grandmother, Elsie Todd Daniels, on June 17, 2022.
Jan M. Lawrence ’80 and Lindi Lemasters Lewis ’80, on the death of Jan’s mother and Lindi’s mother-in-law, Edna Mae Davis Lawrence, on October 26, 2022.
Flora Hasty McCook ’82 and Elizabeth Hasty Sutton ’86, on the death of their mother, Betty Upchurch Hasty ’55, on August 22, 2022.
Wadra Garner McCullough ’83, on the death of her spouse, Roy Alonzo McCullough, on May 31, 2022.
Lisa Shiveler ’87, on the death of her mother, Wanda Ann Whatley Kirby ’65, on June 16, 2022.
Linda Gay Eubanks ’88, on the death of her spouse, LTC Philip E. “Phil” Eubanks USAR (Ret.), on June 28, 2022.
Virginia Bowman Wilcox ’90, on the death of her brother-inlaw, Marvin Homer Moore, on August 15, 2022.
Cindy Hershey ’91, on the death of her mother, Carol Lee Dunn Fisher, on November 27, 2022.
May Morgan Ackerman ’94 (HON), on the death of her spouse, Dr. Robert Kilgo Ackerman, former president of Wesleyan College from 1984 -1997, on October 3, 2022.
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Christina Coté Findley ’99, on the death of her grandmother, Mary Jo Winters Coté, on April 23, 2022.
Abbie Smoak Lacienski ’01, on the death of her grandmother, Frances “Kay” Austin Boyer, on November 9, 2022.
Bonne Boyd Bedingfield ’03, on the death of her father, David Boyd, Sr., on September 20, 2022.
Mary Kathryn Borland ’04, on the death of her grandfather, Emile Frank Evans, on May 24, 2022, and her grandmother, Kathryn Elizabeth “Beth” Bohnstorff Evans, on November 6, 2022.
Jan Giles Tedders ’08, on the death of her mother, Nancy Taylor Giles, on January 29, 2023.
Devyn Foti-Dickinson ’13, on the death of her grandfather, Angelo Foti, on December 10, 2021.
Abbie Price ’19, on the death of her father, John Bagley, on April 29, 2022.
FACULTY, STAFF, AND TRUSTEE DEATHS
Ferdinand Vogt Kay, M.D., former physician at Wesleyan (1960s), died on September 14, 2022.
Rick Maier, current interim chief financial officer at Wesleyan, on the death of his mother, Maybelle “Trudie” Maier, on January 22, 2023.
Dotty Ivey Morgan, retired accounts payable coordinator in Wesleyan’s business office (2000-2022), died on November 13, 2022.
Marjorie Roberson Willingham, retired assistant director of safety and Wesleyan’s physical plant, died on January 19, 2023.
Find sympathies from Summer WESmag 2022 and current classnotes: wesleyancollege.edu/classnotes
Marriages
Congratulations to:
Bingle C. Brown ’99 and Marcie McFarland who married on October 4, 2021.
Catherine “Cat” Zopfi Merschat ’06 and Robert-Jon “Rob” Andrew Pyle who married on October 30, 2021, at Saint Andrews Presbyterian in Macon, GA.
Stephanie Furst Morris ’09 and George “Joshua” McGinty who married on July 29, 2022.
Ying Tang ’09 and Anthony Kroestch (of Troy, Michigan) who married in Cleveland, Ohio, on October 30, 2021.
Hannah Gardner Doan ’12 and Mallory Nichole Jones ’16 who married on October
22, 2022, at The Lake House at Avondale in Avondale Estates, GA.
Callie Rawlins ’13 and Ryan Linch who married on November 20, 2021.
Raleigh Kate Chance ’14 and Rudy Aguirre who married on December 18, 2021.
Chrisina Mayfield ’15 and Matthew Denninghoff who married on November 6, 2021.
Alannah Shelby Rivers ’16 and Eric Wolf who married on March 5, 2022.
Destiny Wright ’22 and Zach Baldwin who married on December 11, 2022.
Births and Family Additions
Congratulations to:
Anna Cornelious Martin ’04 and Patrick on the birth of a daughter, Emily, on May 6, 2022.
Jennifer Eady Hopkins ’14 and Jake on the birth of their second son, Ezra Dwayne Hopkins, on December 28, 2021.
Brooke Hester Stanley ’18 and Ben on the birth of twin daughters, Brenlee Rachel and Brice Joy, on August 5, 2022. Twin brothers are delighted to have two new little sisters.
Denver Payne ’20 and Blake on the birth of a daughter, Huntley Rose, on May 20, 2022.
GEORGIA WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT 2023 HALL OF FAME HONORS EDUCATOR AND ACTIVIST, DOROTHY ROGERS TILLY, CLASS OF 1901.
At the suggestion of former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, Georgia Women of Achievement was organized in 1988 to honor women who have made significant contributions to the State of Georgia. The organization’s first induction ceremony was held at Wesleyan College in 1992 and since then more than 100 exceptional women have been honored.
On March 8, 2023, during Women's History Month, Georgia Women of Achievement inducted Wesleyan alumna Dorothy Rogers Tilly, Class of 1901, into the Georgia Women of Achievement Hall of Fame in a ceremony held in Pierce Chapel. Nominated by the Wesleyan College Alumnae Association, Dorothy Tilly was recognized for her work as an activist and educator who advocated for educational, social, and racial equality and justice not only in Georgia but also across the country. She was a trailblazer of the Civil Rights Movement. During her career, two Presidents of the United States, Harry Truman and John Kennedy, tapped her to serve on civil rights committees during their administrations. Her story is an important one. Wesleyan College is proud to call her an alumna.
For more information on Dorothy Tilly and to learn about GWA visit: www.georgiawomen.org
In Memoriam
1944 Sarah Glover Osgood
1945 Margaret Tillman Booth
Virginia Harris Howard
Virginia Martin Lawrence
1946 Mary Louise Davis Gavigan
Joy B. Trulock
1947 Georgann Dessau Blum
Carrie Miller Maertens
Betty Rosser Wills
1948 Betty Sealy Stephens
1949 Elizabeth Mackay Asbury
Betty Jo Watson Bowdre
Frances Jordan Moore
Jean Evans Weaver
1950 Carleen Gaulden Gardner
1951 Claude Burns Buzzell
Donna Lloyd Gardner
Betty Beusse McCool
Sara Lawhorn Kendall Wilson
1952 Claire Michaels Murray
1953 Edwina Hall Beall
Gloria Cobb Johnson
Lucia Hutchinson Peel Powe
Margaret Rodgers Whitaker
1954 Marilyn Bennett Edwards
Maryhelen Hendrix Gibson
Helen McLeroy Jenner
1955
Betty Upchurch Hasty
Patricia Beckler McWhorter
1956 Frances Cassel Berry
Sally Humphreys Searcy
Marilyn Daffin Underberg
1957 Elizabeth Brinson Bush
Nancy Edenfield Sawyer
1958 Luleen Sandefur Anderson
Eleanor Adams Scott Lane
Astrid 'Triddy' Reindel Peacock
Alma Browder Strauss
1959
Jean Sims Boudreau
Julia Elliott Greer
Carmen Moore Jackson
Suzanne Mann Lomas
Mary Louise Banks Peavy
1960 Florence Cooke Sackett
1961 Katherine Lee Tankersley
1963 Margaret Craig Bryant
1964 Emma Jo Jones Ploeger
Merri Massey Pate-Scott
1965 Wanda Whatley Kirby
1966 Connie Bazemore Hyde
Sallie Bradford Krickel
Jane Robertson Westerfield
1968 Kathryn Hafner Agnew
Linda Bowden Bennett
1969 Linda Kay Finley
1970 Susan C. Bradshaw
1971 Ellen Traylor Terrell
Jackie Bufford Wallace
1973 Anna Syrios Fuller
1977 Diane Hamilton Jackson
Rose Mary Fanguy McKelvey
1981 Brenda Lavender Porter
1987 Constance Williams
1989 Cynthia Buchanan Lynch
1992
Sylvia L. Ross
1998 Kiera Sheedy Camron
2002 Tawanda Freeman Mills-Mosley
2007 Natasha Brown Drain
2023 Mayi B. Kelley
Dr. Robert K. Ackerman
(October 26, 1933 – October 3, 2022)
Wesleyan College mourns the passing on October 3rd of Robert K. Ackerman, Wesleyan’s 22nd president (1984-1997). Dr. Ackerman’s tenure was marked by his calm, strong, steady leadership, which brought stability to the campus, strengthened the College’s relationship with the United Methodist Church, and created a focused academic program. Under his direction, alumnae of the College through the “Tradition and Vision” campaign raised significant funds to establish several new academic chairs. The College also renewed the annual baccalaureate service preceding commencement, including the traditional march by graduating seniors and faculty from the College’s original site on College Street to Mulberry Street United Methodist Church. Dr. Ackerman encouraged an emphasis on technology with a program that provided every Wesleyan student
her own computer. He strengthened the academic program with the establishment of the first-year seminar, still a hallmark of the Wesleyan experience. In recognition of his role in expanding Wesleyan’s ties with the United Methodist Church, the Board of Trustees named the chaplaincy chair in his honor upon his retirement. Later the name of legendary chaplain Bill Hurdle was added, creating the Robert K. Ackerman/William Hurdle Chaplaincy Chair. Following his retirement, Dr. Ackerman and his wife May continued to be enthusiastic supporters of the College, including as Friends of Pierce Chapel. Dr. Ackerman often returned to the Wesleyan campus, participating in the inaugurations of the next three Wesleyan presidents. We extend our deepest sympathy to May, who is an honorary alumna of Wesleyan, and to their family.
Eleanor Adams Scott Lane, Class of 1958
(August 29, 1936 – July 31, 2022)
Council of World Affairs, Georgia Women of Achievement, Career Women’s Network, Macon Food Bank and many other worthy groups. She was committed to her church, Vineville United Methodist, serving in a variety of capacities. As a Wesleyan alumna, Eleanor held a number of positions with her alma mater including class liaison, reunion co-chair, and chair of the Wesleyan Sesquicentennial Observance committee. She served two stints as a Trustee, chairing both the Buildings and Grounds and Academic Affairs committees. In 2006, Wesleyan’s Center for Community Engagement and Service was named for the Lane family, whose members have served and supported Wesleyan for more than a century. Eleanor herself embodied the ideals of the Center and was an active participant for years with the children of Aunt Maggie’s Kitchen Table, the signature program of the Center. Later, Eleanor happily supported the use of the family name when the
Center’s purpose was re-envisioned as the Lane Center for Social and Racial Equity. Honored by the Wesleyan College Alumnae Association with the Distinguished Service Award (1980) and the Valeria McCullough Murphey Award (2008), Eleanor also received the first Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award given by Wesleyan College for outstanding community service at a special dinner on Benefactors’ Day in 2016. On that occasion, President Ruth Knox expressed the feelings of Eleanor’s Wesleyan family when she said: “In recognition of your lifetime of leadership and service to the community and your continuous expressions of exemplary character and spiritual values, we are delighted to honor you this evening as the Wesleyan Benefactor of 2016 and to present to you Wesleyan’s first Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award. We thank you for being a model Wesleyan Woman and for sharing yourself so generously with us all. We love and admire you and are so very grateful that you are ours!”
2022 ANNUAL REPORT
Thanks to you
Since 1836, Wesleyan College has been blessed year after year by alumnae and friends who have an innate desire to make a difference. As investors in Wesleyan College and in her future, you have demonstrated a keen sense of pride in knowing your gifts, both large and small, make a remarkable difference in the lives of our students, women who are learning how to become tomorrow’s leaders. Our accomplished students and alumnae are everyday examples of our continued success and of our far-reaching contributions to communities around the world. Our heartfelt thanks to all of you for your immense kindness and generosity this past year – and every year!
PRESIDENT‘S COUNCIL
$25,000 or more
William N. Banks, Jr. * Bequest
Beloco Foundation, Inc.
Alexis Xides Bighley ‘67 and John A. Bighley *
Regina S. Bland ‘76 * Bequest
Patricia Grogan Borders ‘70 and Alan C. Borders
Stanford M. Brown
Sylvia Maxwell Brown ‘63
Betsy Martin Bunte ‘68 and Louis E. Bunte
Thomas C. Burke Foundation
Betty Turner Corn ‘47
A.V. Elliott, Jr. * Bequest
Glennda Kingry Elliott ‘65
Avis and Lawrence Feldman
Lawrence Feldman Charitable Gift Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Ronald M. Finch, Jr.
Mathew Fleming
Jane Mulkey Green ‘42 * Bequest
Georgia Independent College Association, Inc.
Georgia United Methodist Commission on Higher Education
Georgia United Methodist Foundation, Inc.
Judy Woodward Gregory ‘63
The Hall-Knox Foundation
Laura Lowe Harmon ‘72 and Barrie H. Harmon III
Beverly J. Held ‘85 * and Gilbert Held * Bequest
Mary Ann Pollard Houghland ‘60
Anne and Andrew H. Knox
Dorothy M. and Robert E. Knox, Jr.
Ruth A. Knox ‘75
Linda Harriet Lane Fund of the Community Foundation of Central Georgia, Inc.
Margaret T. MacCary
Margaret T. MacCary Gift Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Mary Margaret Woodward McNeill ‘60
Catharine Elizabeth Neylans ‘51 * Bequest
Ermine M. Owenby, Jr. ‘61
William I. H. and Lula E. Pitts Foundation
Nancy Stephenson Powell ‘58 * Bequest
Amy V. and Tyler J. Rauls, Jr.
Tena N. Roberts ‘60 * Bequest
Marjorie Perkins Squires ‘51 and William H. Squires
Suelle M. Swartz ‘67
Mary Beth Brown Swearingen ‘89
Lisa Ventrano
Susan Woodward Walker ‘70 and J. Otey Walker III
Watkins Christian Foundation, Inc.
Gail Thompson Webster-Patterson ‘64
Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation, Inc.
Frances Wood Wilson Foundation, Inc.
JAMES HYDE PORTER SOCIETY
$10,000 - $24,999
Hannah L. Allen ‘80
William H. Anderson II
William H. Anderson Fund of the Schwab Charitable Fund
Atrium Health Navicent Foundation
Atrium Health Navicent Medical Center
Clark and Ruby Baker Foundation
Julia G. and Cecil A. Baldwin, Jr. Bearings and Drives, Inc.
Charlotte B. and Brian E. Bogle
Priscilla Gautier Bornmann ‘68
Lois F. and Robert A. Bowen, Jr.
R.A. Bowen Trust
Candy Burgess * and Malcolm S. Burgess, Jr.
Jane Johnson Butler ‘65 and G. Marshall Butler
Ivan R. Chanin Fund of the Community Foundation of Central Georgia, Inc.
Anne Purvis Church ‘51 * Bequest
Anne P. Church Charitable Endowment Fund of the East Tennessee Foundation
Jane Price Claxton ‘68 and Joseph E. Claxton
Robert J. Edenfield
Fickling Family Foundation, Inc.
Trudie Parker Fickling and William A. Fickling, Jr.
Gifts to Wesleyan College FY2022
Katherine McArthur and Waldo E. Floyd III
Joan Shapiro Foster ‘56
Vivia L. and Richard Fowler
Courtney Knight Gaines Foundation, Inc.
E. J. Grassmann Trust
Eris M. Hall
Mary Lane Edwards Hartshorn ‘49 * Bequest Hays Service, LLC
Sharon and Cal Hays, Jr.
William R. Jenkins
Elizabeth Rogers Kelly ‘72
Bob Knox, Jr. Fund of The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area
Barbara Beddingfield Magnan ‘81 *
Janice A. Mays ‘73
Beverly F. Mitchell ‘68
Kay C. and William P. Moffitt III
Tommie Sue Montgomery ‘63
Debbie Stevenson Moses ‘89
Andy H. Nations
Elizabeth C. and W. Michael Ogie
The W. Michael & Elizabeth C. Ogie Fund of the Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley
Lori Reese Patton ‘90 and Macon Patton
Elizabeth H. and George F. Pickett, Jr.
James Hyde Porter Charitable Trust
Carla Ruiz-Ney ‘08
Ninfa M. Saunders
Cynthia D. Wright ‘75
Dorothy Smith Yandle ‘55 and T. Bruce Yandle, Jr.
GEORGE FOSTER PIERCE LEADERSHIP SOCIETY
$5,000 - $9,999
The Elam Alexander Trust
American Online Giving Foundation
Elizabeth Mackay Asbury ‘49
Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Martha Gragg Bates ‘45
Cadence Bank
Bryant Chandler
Mark B. Chandler
Weezie Chandler
Council of Independent Colleges
Five Thirty Foundation
Janet Mewbourne Genest ‘65
Goddard Foundation
Kathleen Hill Goddard ‘77 and Robert C. Goddard III
Wanda Saltmarsh Hopkins ‘70
John-Wesley Villas, Inc.
Suzanne Woodham Juday ‘69
Melvin I. Kruger
Steven L. Kruger
Janet M. Lawrence ‘80 and Lindsay Lemasters Lewis ‘80
L.E. Schwartz & Son, Inc.
Mary Stephens Malone ‘80
Sally Moffett McKenna ‘75
McNair, McLemore, Middlebrooks & Co., LLC
Belinda Person
Charlotte Smith Pfeiffer ‘66
Yehudi B. Self-Medlin ‘96
Betty Cook Shull ‘73 and Michael M. Shull
Betty and Michael Shull Charitable Fund of The U.S. Charitable Gift Trust
Mary Langel Stults ‘81
Jessica Kendrick Thomas ‘08
Melissa Lane Thomas ‘69
Marilyn A. Vickers ‘67
Geovette E. Washington ‘89
Kirsten Johansen Welch ‘71
Wesleyan Academy for Lifelong Learning
Kay B. and Wayne J. West
CANDLER CIRCLE
$2,500 - $4,999
Elsa George Antony ‘02 and Syam Antony
Catherine T. Baker
Lorinda Lou Beller ‘64
Birdsey Family Fund of the Community Foundation of Central Georgia, Inc.
Barbara Summers Blevins ‘93
Kathleen DeBerry Brungard ‘67
Marsha Lynn Christy ‘73 and John D. Christy
Gayle Attaway Findlay ‘55
Georgia Power Company, Atlanta
Georgia Power Company, Macon
Georgia Power Foundation, Inc.
Norma D. Hanley
Juliette Adams Hawk ‘57
Rosalind Turner Jeter ‘70 and James M. Jeter
Andgelia Proctor Kelly ‘68
Eleanor Adams Scott Lane ‘58 *
Law Offices of John D. Christy, P.C.
Melanie Filson Lewis ‘93
Patricia Shriver Mancuso ‘60
Margaret M. Mathews ‘73
Susan Thigpen McDuffie ‘53
D T McNeill Foundation
Donald T. McNeill, Jr.
Ruth McNeill
Margaret Thompson Monahan ‘67
Lynn Boswell Moses ‘77
Casey and Wilds M. Ogie
The Wilds M. Ogie Fund of the Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley
Pamela Henry Pate ‘71 and Barry Pate
Piedmont Macon
Stephen A. Reichert
Stephen A. Reichert Fund of the Community Foundation of Central Georgia, Inc.
Cathy Coxey Snow ‘71
Caroline Eagerton Upperco ‘53
Susan C. Wheelis ‘95
Judith L. Whitaker ‘75
Andrea G. and Lawrence B. Williford
GIFTS BY FUND
CATHERINE BREWER BENSON SOCIETY
$1,000 - $2,499
May Morgan Ackerman ‘94 (HON) and Robert K. Ackerman *
Deborah Wedgworth Altman ‘72
Anonymous
Carla T. Asbell Dennis ‘87
Virginia Pritchard Ashby ‘76
Ashcourt Family Foundation Inc.
Automatic Data Processing, LLC
Carolyn Wade Barry ‘59
Mary Carole Fisher Battle ‘84
Linda Bowden Bennett ‘68
Susie Black ‘75
Melody and Christopher Blake
Madeline and Edward S. Brewton
Sandra Lumpkin Bryan ‘66
Barbara A. Bryant ‘67
Margaret Craig Bryant ‘63 *
Jan Bull Burgess ‘70
Laura M. Calhoun ‘98
Pamela Stott Callihan ‘67
Linda Goulding Camp ‘70
Daphne Murph Chapman ‘67
Charities Aid Foundation of America
Jo An Johnson Chewning ‘66
Carolyn and F. Bradford Clifton
Walter Clifton Family Fund of the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc.
Mary N. Cobb ‘50
Nannette Coco ‘73 and Karlyn A. Sturmer ‘75
Victoria Buxton Cork ‘77
Betsy Dasher ‘69
Linda Haygood Davis ‘77
DC Productions, Inc.
Manita Bond Dean ‘59
Cheryl League Dennis ‘68
Emily Hardman Dickey ‘58
Mary Ann Ward Dudley ‘68
Mildred Fincher Efland ‘42
Beverly Ellars
Natalie Puckett Evans ‘02 and Dave Evans
Ann Lavender Faulk ‘60 and Carlton S. Faulk
Trudie Parker Fickling ‘65 and William A. Fickling, Jr.
Lisa Hullender Filkins ‘96
Amy M. Fletcher ‘06
Leesa Akins Flora ‘87 and Roger L. Flora
Evelyn LeRoy Fortson ‘52 and Norman J. Fortson
Gena Roberts Franklin ‘71 and George W. Franklin
Carol Broome Fraune ‘69
Ruth White Fruit ‘54
Rachel A. Fullerton ‘10
Leonard T. Furlow, Jr.
Gwen Futral Gallagher-Howard ‘88
Jane Ward Gault ‘70
Carol A. Goodloe ‘75
Selma Middlebrooks Gore ‘75
Susan Reynolds Gregory ‘70
Joan B. and Warren Griffin, Jr.
Katherine Arnold Hale ‘70
Ann and J. Ellsworth Hall III
Peggy Jones Hall 1983 and Kirk Hall
Elizabeth W. Hardin
Emily Sawyer Hart ‘56 and Howard R. Hart, Jr.
Martha Bielmann Hastings ‘52
Peggy Parrish Hasty ‘71
Georgia W. and Robert F. Hatcher
Betsy K. and Robert F. Hatcher, Jr.
Arlyn Mathews Hawley ‘70
Christy and Russ Henry
Rita Mitchell Higgins ‘88 and Thomas F. Higgins
Dawn Gochnour Hoffman ‘95 and Christopher Hoffman
C. Terry Holland
Susan L. Holloway ‘82
Virginia Ann Daniel Holman ‘75 and Calvin M. Holman
Cal and Virginia Ann Holman Funding Trust of the Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust, Inc.
Houghland Foundation
Millie Parrish Hudson ‘75 and W. Quinn Hudson
Ann McDonald Hurt ‘64
Janet Friberg Jarrett ‘78
Vicki Page Jaus ‘68
Martha V. Johnson ‘74
Suzanne Jones Kahn ‘61
Robert H. Kahn, Jr. Family Foundation
Ann Kinnick Keane ‘69
Janis and Ernest Doyle Kelly *
Susan Mann Kimbrell ‘72
Susan Taylor King ‘63
Nancy C. Kinzer
Frances Y. and Thomas F. Knight, Jr.
Abbie Smoak Lacienski ‘01
Betty Sweet Simmons Ladson
Kathleen Propps Langford ‘72 and Bruce Langford
Dana Flanders Laster ‘86 and Scott Laster
Sharron Mays Lawn ‘71 *
Lucille A. and Joseph W. Little
Margaret Strickland Lovein ‘75
Diane A. Lumpkin ‘63
Macon Power
Jane Magrath ‘72
Susan Gallas Mazzola ‘90
Ann Hunter McCandless ‘55
Carolyn Martin McCrea ‘65
Rita Parker McGarity ‘75
Marybelle Proctor Menzel ‘62
MetroPower, Inc.
Namita Mohanty ‘03
Elizabeth Gibbons Montis ‘66
Anne McGee Morganstern ‘58
Susan M. and B. Douglas Morton III
Newbern Foundation
Judith Miller Newbern ‘67
Linda Chance Newiger ‘72
Nike
Emily P. Norton ‘45 * Bequest
Susan Kirvin Ogburn ‘67
Mary Catherine Collins O‘Kelley ‘72
Nancy Jackson Osmundsen ‘72
Stephanie E. Parker ‘81
May Powell Parks ‘70
Lynda Brinks Pfeiffer ‘63
Kasey Carneal Phillips ‘67
Sherryl Senna Pollard ‘72
Lynn Golson Priester ‘72
Emmaline Haddle Pursley ‘69
Harriet Laslie Reynolds ‘62 and John D. Reynolds III
Bryndis W. Roberts ‘78
Julie G. Rogers ‘16
Kelly M. Russell ‘80
Kathryne Meeks Sanders ‘65
Judith Kuhn Schlichter ‘64 and Ralph Schlichter
Elizabeth D. Shavers ‘12
Nancy Peterson Shaw ‘58
Lane W. and Tim Sheridan
Jane Courtenay Shockley ‘56
Karen Connor Shockley ‘63
Betty Westmoreland Shuster ‘66
Simmons Charitable Trust Fund of the Community Foundation of Central Georgia, Inc.
William P. Simmons, Jr. *
Deidra West Smith ‘96 and Taylor W. Smith
Felecia Pearson Smith ‘74
Jennifer L. and Dana L. Smoak
South Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church
Starr Electrical Contractors, LLC
Bonnie and Joe Starr
Joyce Brandon Starr ‘63
Linda McElroy Steed ‘58
Louise Cross Stewart ‘71
Kathryn and Matthew T. Strickland
Ann Scott Terry ‘70
Julie St. John Thornton ‘78
Robert M. and Lilias Baldwin Turnell Foundation
Ashling Thurmond Osborne ‘05
Eileen Vickery Thurmond ‘72
Reba Thurmond ‘57
Verah Dorsey Turner ‘88
Deborah C. van der Lande
Elizabeth Loflin Vech ‘71
Kate Stickley Watson ‘60 and H. Mitchell Watson, Jr.
Watson Family Charitable Fund of the The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina, Inc.
Jane Powers Weldon ‘59
Jane Manley Wheeless ‘67
Allison McFarland Wilcox ‘80
Almonese B. and Ralph W. Williams
Katherine C. Wilson
The Katherine Corn Wilson Fund of the Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley
Beth Milstead Wilson ‘96
Sarah J. Wittstruck ‘59 * Bequest
Hilda A. Wright ‘65
Jiarui Xu
Virginia Sumerford York ‘60
FOUNTAIN CLUB
$500 - $999
Alumnae listed in the class giving section.
William H. Allen
Amazon Smile Foundation
Patricia W. Bass
Holly L. Boettger-Tong
Booz Allen Hamilton
Debra J. Brook and Michael F. Kemp
William A. Burns
Brad Busbee
Christ United Methodist Church
Charles M. Cook
Whitney A. Davis
Janet E. Dawson
J. David Deck
Charles L. Ellison
Equitable Life Assurance
H.R. Todd Fund of the GiveWell Community Foundation
Floyd C. Hale
Clinton G. Hobbs
Benjamin Kantor
Michael F. Kemp
Dine and William Lambos
John Laska
G. Bryan Leskosky
Lucile Adams Mathews Fund of the Schwab Charitable Fund
Sidney E. Middlebrooks
Mary T. Monfort Fund of the Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc.
Morning Music Club
Ann and James L. Moses
Susan M. and G. Robert Parkerson III
Kristina Peavy
W. Warren Plowden, Jr.
Robert G. Robbins
Sarah B. Rogers
Rotary Foundation
SAP Software
Catherine Schmitt Whitaker
Sally and John H. Stevenson
The Walt Disney Company Foundation
1836 CLUB
$250 - $499
Alumnae listed in the class giving section.
Allen Gifting Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Suzie and Fletcher C. Anderson
Anonymous Gifts
AT&T Foundation
Robert W. Batten
Veronica W. and William P. Brooks
Joanna Buffington and William D. Brook
Christopher B. Duncan
Jerry Elder
James B. Ferrari
James Fleenor
Harry W. Gilmer
William L. Hammond
Eugene T. Harrison III
Quintress L. Hollis
Mary Ann Howard
Robert C. Hughes, Jr.
Emily and Michael D. McCord
Merck Partnership for Giving
Mightycause Foundation
Ryan Miller
Susan Corn Oliphant
William W. Oliver, Jr.
Mary E. Plowden
Bebe and Albert P. Reichert, Jr.
Warren H. Robinson *
Bridges W. Smith, Jr.
Claire M. and G. Boone Smith III
Ronald D. Stubbs
Ernst Takacs
The Walker Family Charitable Giving Fund of the Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc.
Barbara S. Woodson
Mary Jane M. and Pat M. Woodward
CONTRIBUTORS
Up to $250
Alumnae listed in the class giving section.
Theresa A. Abercrombie
Albany First United Methodist Church
Alston United Methodist Church
Eleanor W. and Walter Angoff
Anonymous
Dennis L. Applebee, Jr.
Charles E. Atchley, Jr.
Atlanta Wesleyan Alumnae Club
Libby Bailey
Lisa B. Barksdale
Timothy H. Baughman
Bethany and H. Brannon Bennett, Jr.
Brooke Bennett-Day
Seth Berkebile
Jack K. Berry *
Kenvoris Blair
Virginia Blake
Cynthia Blunt
Bold Springs United Methodist Church (Cairo Charge)
Susan M. Bond
Frances A. and Thomas T. Bosley
Susan S. Bowers
Karen Bray
Lindsey Bray
Catherine I. Brewer
Thanesha Brezial
Rhiannon Bruner
John M. Burns
Candice Cagle
Helen Carter
Susan D. Champlin
Sergey Chernokov
John Christopher
Holly Cole
Verda M. Colvin
Ann F. and John W. Copeland Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Mary C. and Vincent J. Coughlin, Jr.
Timothy Crosby
Cuthbert United Methodist Church
William J. Cutler, Jr.
Kay L. and Stuart C. Davis III
Meagon Davis
Russell Davis
Tammy M. Davis
Saralyn H. DeSmet
Katherine O. Discher
Melanie Doherty
Jane A. Dolan
Deidra D. Donmoyer
Laurie B. and James T. Douglas
Bonnie C. Dowling
Kevin Duke
M. Boyd Edwards
M. Paul Efland III
Kel-Ann S. and James W. Eyler
Vi Ann S. and Paul R. Foster
Whitney Foster
Friendship United Methodist Church (Cairo Charge)
Sirena S. Fritz
Stephanie K. and Thomas D. Gaither, Jr.
Samuel Gandy
Benjamin M. Garland *
Charles F. Gattis, Jr.
Amanda Greechan
Ann T. Griffeth
Diane G. and Joseph W. Griffin, Jr.
Steven Haberlin
Alexis Hall
James W. Halloran
Anne C. Hanse
Toni and Kevin Harrington
James W. Hart
Tonya Harter
Christine H. and Channing S. Haskell
Kortney Hatcher
Martha E. and John L. Helgerson
Kyle Herring
Emily J. Higdon
Hilton United Methodist Church
Denise W. Holloway
Karen E. Huber and Nicholas Steneck
James W. Hughes
IBM Corporation
Barbara D. Jenkins
Sallie R. and Marcus K. Jocoy
Thomas H. Johnson
Julie A. Jones
Cedrella C. Jones-Taylor
Ruthyle N. Julien
Katherine M. and David M. Kalish
Mark L. Kelley
Aaron Kirkwood
Barbara Knight
Robert G. Kopp
Anne C. Krabacher
Kroger Company Foundation
Cathy and John B. Lafitte
Lamon Family Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Charles A. Lanford *
Troy D. Lawson
Laura K. and Joseph Lease
Sudy V. Leavy
Lee Street United Methodist Church
Linton United Methodist Church of Sparta
Huichun Liu
Frazer B. Lively
Fred W. Livezey
Karen Lockwood
Mark R. MacMahon
Macon Music Teachers Association
Linda Z. Malkin
Kathy L. Malone
Monty T. Martin
Robert S. Martin
Dennie L. McCrary
McCrary Family Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Michael C. McGhee
Megan McMahon
Heather W. Melvin
Glenna D. and J. Patrick Meyer, Jr.
Microsoft Matching Gifts Program
Brandi Miller
Ashley C. and Daniel Miller
John Mitchell
Arthur Thomas Mixon
Mary A. and James R. Moore
Dotty I. Morgan *
Walter E. Morris, Jr.
Peg K. and John H. Morrison, Jr.
John H. Morrison, Jr. and Margaret Knox Morrison Fund of the Cabarrus County Community Foundation
Melinda and Robert L. Moye II
Paul M. Murrell
Anthony M. Nardotti
Frances and Walter P. Neely
Mallory Neil
Network for Good
Neurology Associates LLP
Oak Grove United Methodist Church
Shane Odom
Cindy and George Campbell Oetter, Jr.
Regina B. Oost and Joseph A. Iskra, Jr.
Park Avenue United Methodist Church
Gene D. Paulsson
Julia R. and Rush A. Peace
T. Leonard Perkins Jr.
Elizabeth C. and H. P. Persons III
Thomas E. Phillips
Yasmin Pineda
Judith and Michael Plaut
William A. Pointer
Joye M. and Mark A. Preston
W. Alan Randolph
Damon R. Riggs
Marsha A. and Andrew M. Roberts
Barbara and James D. Rowan
Sydney H. and T. Alfred Sams, Jr.
Sandersville United Methodist Church
Alain R. Sappi
Nancy Scarbrough
Alan J. Schneider
Tyler Schwaller
Seth D. Selke
Shelton Chapel United Methodist Church
Penny Siqueiros and Jessica White
Marguerite H. and Elliott H. Sisson, Jr.
Tina Smith
Teresa P. Smotherman
Rosemary and John Spiegel
St. Peters United Methodist Church of Fitzgerald
John F. Stewart
Laura Strausberg
Kayla Stroud
Isabelle Sullivan
Angie H. Swearingen
Deonna S. Tanner
Leolene M. and Ben Tate
Theo Thevaos
Dr. Theo G. and Artemisia D. Thevaos Family Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Erin Thompson
John G. Thompson
Blair K. Train
Stella Tsai and Kenneth Deaton, Jr.
Jessica L. Tucker
Elizabeth A. and David J. Ulfik
Kevin L. Ulshafer
Brandi T. Vorhees
Gail S. and J. Kenneth Walker
Kayla Walker
Joseph A. Wall
Katharine Warner
LaTeshia Warren
Margaret M. and Elmer J. Waterman
Wesleyan College Alumnae Association
Westtown United Methodist Church
Andrew Wheeler
Jessica White
Willacoochee United Methodist Church
Jane D. Willingham
John L. Wood *
Woodland United Methodist Church of Cairo
Arthur G. Wroble
Hang Xia
Robert Young
Ying Zhen
MATCHING GIFT COMPANIES
We are grateful for these companies and corporate foundations who matched their employees‘ gifts to Wesleyan during this last fiscal year.
American Online Giving Foundation
AT&T Foundation
Automatic Data Processing, LLC Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Equitable HCA Florida Palms West Hospital
Merck Partnership for Giving
Microsoft Matching Gifts Program
Nike
SAP Software
The Walt Disney Company Foundation
GIFTS IN KIND
Many thanks to alumnae and friends who generously donated in-kind gifts or services to Wesleyan in the last fiscal year.
Catherine T. Baker
Wanda Saltmarsh Hopkins ‘70
Beverly F. Mitchell ‘68
Tommie Sue Montgomery ‘63
Susan C. Oliphant
Belinda Person
Lisa Ventrano
Katharine Warner
Judith L. Whitaker ‘75
BEQUESTS
Wesleyan College is grateful for these legacies we received from donors during the past year.
William N. Banks, Jr.
Regina S. Bland ‘76
Anne Purvis Church ‘51
A. V. Elliott
Jane Mulkey Green ‘42
Mary Lane Edwards Hartshorn ‘49
Beverly J. Held ‘85 and Gilbert Held
Catharine Elizabeth Neylans ‘51
Emily P. Norton ‘45
Nancy Stephenson Powell ‘58
Tena N. Roberts ‘60
Sarah J. Wittstruck ‘59
May Morgan Ackerman ‘94 and Robert K. Ackerman *
Betty Smith Addison ‘51
Nancy Reeder Akins ‘60
Hannah L. Allen ‘80
Susan Brown Allen ‘17 (HON)
Debra McGee Ambrose ‘84
Linda G. Anderson ‘71
William H. Anderson II
Ruth Wong Arnow ‘56
William E. Baird, Jr.
Julia and Cecil A. Baldwin, Jr.
Kathleen P. Ballou
Patricia W. Bass
Martha Gragg Bates ‘45
Edwina Hall Beall ‘53 *
Lorinda Lou Beller ‘64
Alexis Xides Bighley ‘67
Loyd H. Black, Jr.
Regina S. Bland ‘76 *
Georgann Dessau Blum ‘47 *
Priscilla Gautier Bornmann ‘68
Kathy A. Bradley ‘78
Beulah Laslie Brinson Bird ‘58
Barbara A. Bryant ‘67
Patricia Sterling Brzezinski ‘84
Betsy Martin Bunte ‘68 and Louis E. Bunte
Margaret and Mark S. Burgessporter
Cynthia Costello Busbee ‘92
Carol Hindman Butler ‘78
FOREVER FIRST SOCIETY
Chartered in 1989, Wesleyan's planned giving society recognizes alumnae and friends who make estate plans benefiting Wesleyan College. To best reflect the Society's significant, lasting impact well beyond the 21st century, it is now named the Forever First Society. We are grateful to Forever First Society members who strengthen and sustain the future of Wesleyan and her students through their generous commitments.
Jane Johnson Butler ‘65
Helen E. Cannon ‘60 *
Jo Ann Johnson Chewning ‘66
Susan Lott Clark ‘46
Susan A. Cobleigh ‘68
Nannette Coco ‘73 and Karlyn Sturmer ‘75
Frances Oehmig Collins ‘47
Barbara Roland Colwell ‘70
Anne M. Cordeiro ‘92
Gloria Boyette Corker ‘60
Betty Turner Corn ‘47
Pamela Davis Corvelli ‘98
Peggy Chesnutt Daniel ‘91
Mildred Taylor Dennis ‘57
Emily Hardman Dickey ‘58
Berta Dodd-Marbut ‘58 *
Mary Nunn Domingos ‘46 *
Eloise Maxwell Doty ‘68
Jo Duke ‘84
Beth Mason Duncan ‘61
Ann Lee Alley Earnshaw ‘59
Robert J. Edenfield
Mildred Fincher Efland ‘42
Annetta Zimmerman Elliott ‘67
Glennda Kingry Elliott ‘65
Bee Seckinger Epley ‘58
Trudie Parker Fickling ‘65
Arline Atkins Finch ‘56 * and Ronald M. Finch, Jr.
Gayle Attaway Findlay ‘55
Amy M. Fletcher ‘06
Leesa Akins Flora ‘87 and Roger L. Flora
Joan Shapiro Foster ‘56
Vivia L. and Richard Fowler
Gena Roberts Franklin ‘71
Jean Cain Gaddis ‘61
Tina D. Gann ‘94
Ashley Garrett ‘90
Maria Shackelford Gause ‘90
Jackie Herron Gilmer ‘76 and Harry W. Gilmer
Caroline Oliver Goff ‘92
Lisa DiMuro Gosnell ‘82
Judy Woodward Gregory ‘63
Eleanor Laslie Griffin ‘60
Charlotte Jolly Hale ‘62 and Floyd C. Hale
Mary Pierpont Riley Hall ‘57
Laura Lowe Harmon ‘72 and Barrie H. Harmon III
Robyn Harmon ‘77
Carol Anne Rollins Harrison ‘62
Mary Lane Edwards Hartshorn ‘49 *
Betty Upchurch Hasty ‘55 *
Beverly J. Held ‘85 * and Gilbert Held *
Pamela Lohr Hendrix ‘88
Cynthia L. Hershey ‘91
Carol Inman Heyward ‘60
Nancy Hill-Bates ‘61
Betty Smith Hipps ‘68
Sally Blake Hodo ‘69
C. Terry Holland
Susan L. Holloway ‘82
Virginia Ann Daniel Holman ‘75 and Calvin M. Holman
Julie Houston Trieste ‘98
Anne Scarborough Hughes ‘78
Mollie Elizabeth Hughes ‘06
Anita Stern Isaac ‘76
Jessica L. Jarman ‘99
Janet Friberg Jarrett ‘78
Parrish Smotherman Jenkins ‘06
Suzanne McNatt Johnson ‘60
Catherine Gibbons Jost ‘70
Carla DuBose Kalec ‘57 *
Dana Karstensen-Bryan ‘99
Elizabeth Rogers Kelly ‘72
Carol Bacon Kelso ‘73
Julia Stillwell Ketcham ‘58
Kari Goellner Kitchens ‘91
Dorothy M. and Robert E. Knox, Jr.
Ruth A. Knox ‘75
Abbie Smoak Lacienski ‘01
Nancy L. Lamb ‘95
Eleanor Adams Scott Lane ‘58 *
Kayron McMinn Laska ‘87 (HON) and John Laska
Janet M. Lawrence ‘80 and Lindsay Lemasters Lewis ‘80
Melanie Filson Lewis ‘93
Betty Kemper Lhotka ‘57
"It’s not about the gift. It’s about the opportunity. It’s about paying forward what was so graciously given to me. It’s leaving a legacy not tied to my name, but rather tied to a generation of women destined to do great things."
-Morgan L. Felts '07
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Betty Jordan Lippitt ‘74
Betty I. Lo ‘95
Nancy Middleton Lucia ‘65
Diane A. Lumpkin ‘63
Margaret T. MacCary
Beverly Hinely MacMahon ‘74
Nan G. Maddux ‘75
Patricia Shriver Mancuso ‘60
Nancy Van Aken Marti ‘64
Jane Silverman Mason ‘66
Virginia Mason ‘65
Jeanon M. Massien ‘84
Lucile Adams Mathews ‘66
Elizabeth N. Mathis ‘96
William M. Matthews
Harriett E. Mayo ‘71
Carolyn Martin McCrea ‘65
Michele L. McDuffie ‘99
Rita Parker McGarity ‘75
Sally Moffett McKenna ‘75
Barbara Bird McLendon ‘60
Mary Margaret Woodward McNeill ‘60
Sally Griffie Mehalko ‘67
Wende Sanderson Meyer von Bremen ‘80
Sally Eisen Miller ‘65
Beverly F. Mitchell ‘68
Mary Ainsworth Mitchell ‘47
Tommie Sue Montgomery ‘63
Elizabeth Gibbons Montis ‘66
Mary Jo Moody ‘64
Caron Griffin Morgan ‘73
Anne McGee Morganstern ‘58
Deborah Stevenson Moses ‘89
Lee B. Murphey
Gail Fulton Murphy ‘68
Claire Michaels Murray ‘52 *
Sherry V. Neal ‘96
Linda Chance Newiger ‘72
Diane Bridges Nix ‘81
Laura Ruth Norris ‘77
Mary Catherine Collins O‘Kelley ‘72
Leah Wallat Odden ‘54
Sara Lee Lane Ogilvie ‘56
Vidal E. Olivares ‘02
Patricia Davis Oliver ‘66 and William W. Oliver, Jr.
Cacia Morris Orser ‘70
Ermine M. Owenby, Jr. ‘61
Joyce Paris ‘54
Stephanie E. Parker ‘81
Carrie Anne Parks-Kirby ‘76
Heather Peebles-Bradley ‘90
Charlotte Smith Pfeiffer ‘66
Linda Vogel Pfleger ‘61
Loretta L. Pinkston-Pope ‘84
Mary Belle Gardner Quesenberry ‘43 *
Harriet Laslie Reynolds ‘62
Shirley Wise Richardson ‘63
Gayle Langston Ricklefs ‘61
Bryndis W. Roberts ‘78
Julie Benge Rogers ‘16
Meredith Young Rogers ‘60
Kelly M. Russell ‘80
Joan Maddox Sammons ‘57
Ann Harrell Saunders ‘53
Kenlyn G. Sawyer ‘86
Joyce Reddick Schafer ‘55
Muffy Gordy Schladensky ‘83
Harriet Holland Schmitt ‘62
Jeanette Loflin Shackelford ‘61
Susan McDonald Sheehan ‘72
Sandra Bell Shipp ‘66 and Robert Shipp
Susan Moses Shropshire ‘72
Sally Husted Shuford ‘61
Marsha Fernald Sichveland ‘68
Martha Kinsey Skirven ‘61
Melissa Spradley Slaughter ‘01
Amy-Christine Vinson Smith ‘99
Betsy Palmer Smith ‘60
Joyce Hussey Smith ‘53
Rowena Dawson Smith ‘63
Sarah Turnbull Snow ‘74 and Claude H. Snow, Jr.
Marjorie Perkins Squires ‘51 and William H. Squires
Preston Stevens, Jr.
Sylvia Newton Summers ‘64 and Roland S. Summers
Willard E. Summers, Jr.
Ann Scott Terry ‘70
Martha Clower Thomas ‘64
Betty A. Thompson ‘47
Mary E. Thompson ‘79
Casey J. Thurman ‘65
Eileen Vickery Thurmond ‘72
Virginia Rushing Trapnell ‘46
Kathryn Smith Vinson ‘99
Charlotte Little Walker ‘49
Marianna Patton Walker ‘79 * and Carroll A. Walker
Susan Woodward Walker ‘70
Geovette E. Washington ‘89
Katherine Stickley Watson ‘60 and H. Mitchell Watson, Jr.
Gail Thompson Webster-Patterson ‘64
Susan C. Wheelis ‘95
Judith L. Whitaker ‘75
Beth Milstead Wilson ‘96
DeSira Palmer Williams ‘17
Linda J. Withrow ‘63
Janet Eidson Woods ‘75
Sandra Grist Woods ‘66
Martha Jean Laslie Woodward ‘54
Cynthia D. Wright ‘75
Dorothy Smith Yandle ‘55 and T. Bruce Yandle, Jr.
Georgiana Hsueh Yang ‘49
“As a Society member, I reflect upon Wesleyan as a period in my life where I was given needed direction and a safe place to explore new concepts and abstract thinking all within a supportive extended family. Wesleyan nourished my thoughts, fed my soul, and heightened my aspirations. My hope is that this gift, along with the gifts of other members, will help to continue this legacy for more women.”
-Virginia Ann Holman '75
Class Giving
Giving Levels
1942
Participation: 60.00%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $250.00
Total All Gifts: $41,911.00
President’s Council
Jane Mulkey Green * Bequest
Benson Society
Mildred Fincher Efland
1836 Club
Margaret Smith Carruth M❤
1945
Participation: 18.75%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $6,658.23
Total All Gifts: $6,658.23
Pierce Society
Martha Gragg Bates M❤
Benson Society
Emily P. Norton * Bequest M
Contributors
Virginia Martin Lawrence *
1946
Participation: 4.35%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $50.00
Total All Gifts: $50.00
Contributors
Virginia Rushing Trapnell M
1947
Participation: 3.13%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $49,626.38
Total All Gifts: $199,626.38
President’s Council
Betty Turner Corn M❤
1948
Participation: 6.45%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $950.00
Total All Gifts: $950.00
Fountain Club
Pauline Phelps Deck M❤
1836 Club
Jane Mobley Dickey M
1949
Participation: 18.18%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $7,350.00
Total All Gifts: $22,350.00
Porter Society
Mary Lane Edwards Hartshorn * Bequest
Pierce Society
Elizabeth Mackay Asbury M❤
Fountain Club
Betty Jo Watson Bowdre * M❤
Susan Gragg Cash M❤
Mildred Roads Griffith M❤
1836 Club
Betty Jane Daniel Robinson
Contributors
Patricia Johnson Childs M❤
Jerrye Griffeth Short M❤
Julia Weathers Wynne
1950
Participation: 10.00%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $1,060.00
Total All Gifts: $1,060.00
Benson Society
Mary N. Cobb M❤
Contributors
Myra Jane Holman Bird
Martha Ann Wood Robertson M❤
1951
Participation: 12.82%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $10,100.00
Total All Gifts: $1,276,135.64
President’s Council
Catharine Elizabeth Neylans * Bequest M
Marjorie Perkins Squires M❤
Porter Society
Anne Purvis Church * Bequest M❤
Contributors
Robin Chesney Hopkins M❤
Mary Baldwin Woodland M❤
1952
Participation: 7.14%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $1,100.00
Total All Gifts: $2,100.00
Benson Society
Evelyn LeRoy Fortson M❤
Martha Bielmann Hastings M❤
Contributors
Patricia Berry Faust M❤
1953
Participation: 13.79%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $7,400.00
Total All Gifts: $7,400.00
Candler Circle
Susan Thigpen McDuffie M
Caroline Eagerton Upperco
Fountain Club
Helen Blackmarr Outler M❤
1836 Club
Merrilyn Welch Eastham M❤
Contributors
Claire Houser-Dodd M
Julianne Withers Roland M
Gary Still Suters M❤
Frances Bruce Van Horn M❤
1954
Participation: 10.53%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $2,600.00
Total All Gifts: $2,600.00
Benson Society
Ruth White Fruit M❤
Fountain Club
Elizabeth Gaunt Bryan
Varese Chambless
Contributors
Natalie Brewton Barfield M❤
Athelyn Wade Buttrill M❤
Leah Wallat Odden M
1955
Participation: 21.74%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $15,775.00
Total All Gifts: $15,775.00
Porter Society
Dorothy Smith Yandle M❤ Candler Circle
Gayle Attaway Findlay M❤
Benson Society
Ann Hunter McCandless M❤
Contributors
Phyllis Clough Davis M❤
Gerda Paul Goodrich
Frances Moulthrop Gordon
Betty Upchurch Hasty *
Judith Fuller Johnson M❤
Ada Morris Lamon M❤
Patricia Beckler McWhorter M❤
1956
Participation: 13.56%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $24,084.48
Total All Gifts: $24,084.48
Porter Society
Joan Shapiro Foster M❤
Benson Society
Emily Sawyer Hart M❤
Jane Courtenay Shockley M❤
Fountain Club
Mary Jo Mixon Sibbald
1836 Club
Jo Ann Copeland Chapple M❤
Contributors
Frances Cassel Berry * M❤
Lloyd Young Flanders M❤
Carolyn Freund Hail
1957
Participation: 18.92%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $6,440.00
Total All Gifts: $6,440.00
Candler Circle
Juliette Adams Hawk M❤
Benson Society
Reba Thurmond M❤
Fountain Club
Nancy McClellan Flowers M❤
Contributors
Gray Rowland Curlee M
Joyce Bell Dauler
Sylvia Kartsonis Demopoulos
Anita Bruce Etheridge
Martha Sisson Gaston
Harriette Wilkes Grimes M
Jean Middlebrooks Morris
Sandra Deisch Ringdahl
Joan Maddox Sammons M❤
Eleanor McDonald Still
Marguerite Malcolm Yarboro M❤
1958
Participation: 15.31%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $7,575.00
Total All Gifts: $265,121.98
President’s Council
Nancy Stephenson Powell * Bequest
Candler Circle
Eleanor Adams Scott Lane * M❤
Benson Society
Emily Hardman Dickey M❤
Anne McGee Morganstern M
Nancy Peterson Shaw M❤
Linda McElroy Steed M❤
Fountain Club
Julia Stillwell Ketcham M❤
Paula Pritchard Todd
1836 Club
Temple Wilson Ellis
Louise Sawyer Whipple M❤
Contributors
Beulah Laslie Brinson Bird M❤
Nancy Cook Hollingsworth M❤
Sarah Duncan Kinsey
Martha Carter MiddlemasBryant M❤
Nina Sheppard Terrell M❤
1959
Participation: 22.86%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $7,785.00
Total All Gifts: $7,785.00
Benson Society
Carolyn Wade Barry M
Manita Bond Dean M❤
Jane Powers Weldon M❤
Sarah J. Wittstruck *
Fountain Club
Anne Swetnam Barton M
Ann Lee Alley Earnshaw M❤
1836 Club
Lee Brenaman Holmes M❤
Contributors
Elizabeth Blalock Butler M❤
Marcia Adams Cashin M❤
Julia Elliott Greer M❤
Janace Fender Griffin M
Carmen Moore Jackson M❤
Carmella Christopher Kelsey
Yvonne Grant Lindsey M
Mary Terrell Mitchell M
Carol King Pope M❤
1960
Participation: 17.69%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $26,245.00
Total All Gifts: $138,370.54
President’s Council
Mary Ann Pollard Houghland M❤
Mary Margaret Woodward McNeill M❤
Tena N. Roberts * Bequest
Candler Circle
Patricia Shriver Mancuso M❤
Benson Society
Ann Lavender Faulk M❤
Kate Stickley Watson M❤
Virginia Sumerford York M❤
Fountain Club
Gloria Boyette Corker M❤
Martha Bell Lewis M❤
Doris V. Manning M❤
Barbara Betts Tuck M❤
1836 Club
Margaret McCready Cornell M❤
Meredith Young Rogers M❤
Betsy Palmer Smith M❤
Contributors
Kay Carroll Barnes M❤
Anne Holderfield Ficken
Marcilla Jacobs Heath M❤
Lydia Jordan Hickam M❤
Lynn Lightfoot Hutcheson M❤
Barbara Bird McLendon M❤
Nan Millwood Solomon M❤
Molly Mallory Wilkes M❤
Mary Amerson Willingham Burt M
1961
Participation: 23.40%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $29,807.78
Total All Gifts: $29,807.78
President’s Council
Ermine M. Owenby, Jr. M❤
Benson Society Suzanne Jones Kahn M❤
Fountain Club
Jo Anne Miller Gaede M❤
1836 Club
Mary Jo Porch Floyd M❤
Jeanette Loflin Shackelford M❤
Nancy Bowden Wiley M❤
Contributors
Ann Frost Copeland M❤
Janice McCord Doe M❤
Jean Edwards Dukes M❤
Ernestine Cole Fulmer M❤
Andrea Morris Gruhl M
Kay Watkins Hanson
Norma Mullings Hunt M❤
Sandra Combs Lewis M❤
Bebe Blalock Littles M❤
Muriel Decker Mortensen M
Linda Vogel Pfleger M❤
Gayle Langston Ricklefs M❤
Sheila Leto Scott M❤
Janice Boland Smith M❤
Lynn Cochran Thompson M
Linda Lee Belford Turek M❤
1962
Participation: 27.42%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $5,285.00
Total All Gifts: $5,385.00
Benson Society
Marybelle Proctor Menzel M❤
Harriet Laslie Reynolds M❤ Fountain Club
Charlotte Jolly Hale M❤
LaTrelle Blackburn Oliver M❤
1836 Club
Jane Flemister Batten M❤
Carol Anne Rollins Harrison M❤
Rhoda Morrison Joyner
Martha E. Weldon M❤
Contributors
Eleanor Hagins Bradwell M❤
Janella Sammons Brand
Sherry Staples Hubbard M
Ellen Cone Lynn M❤
Frances Parker McCrary M
Sonya Shipman Otte M❤
Jill Jayne Read
Elizabeth Daves Ream
Sarah Calhoun Savage M
1963
Participation: 18.52%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $86,568.54
Total All Gifts: $206,768.54
President’s Council
Sylvia Maxwell Brown M❤
Judy Woodward Gregory M❤
Porter Society
Tommie Sue Montgomery M❤
Benson Society
Margaret Craig Bryant M❤
Susan Taylor King M❤
Diane A. Lumpkin M❤
Lynda Brinks Pfeiffer M❤
Wesleyan Star
Established in 2014 to recognize those alumnae just beginning to support Wesleyan in consecutive years, the Wesleyan Star honors alumnae who have given for two, three, or four consecutive years. Special recognition of Wesleyan Stars includes a M following their names in the alumnae Class Giving section and special recognition during Alumnae Weekend.
Love X 5
For the past 26 years, the Love X 5 program has been recognizing our faithful alumnae who have made a gift to Wesleyan for five or more consecutive years. In recognition of their loyalty to Wesleyan, these faithful donors are honored with a ❤ following their names in the alumnae Class Giving section. When attending Alumnae Weekend, Love X 5 faithful are also presented with a special pin honoring their continued support of their alma mater.
Winner’s Circle
A 2014 addition to our recognition of consecutiveyear donors includes the Winner’s Circle. These faithful alumnae have supported Wesleyan with gifts for ten to nineteen consecutive years. To recognize this loyalty, Winner’s Circle faithful are honored with a following their name in the alumnae Class Giving section, as well as special recognition during Alumnae Weekend.
Stanback Society
Established in 2001, the Stanback Society recognizes alumnae who have given to Wesleyan for twenty or more consecutive years. These faithful donors are honored with a following their names in the alumnae Class Giving Section. The Stanback Society is named in honor of Florence Elizabeth Cawthon Stanback who contributed to the Annual Fund faithfully, giving every year from her graduation in 1925 until her death in 2002.
Forever First Society
Because we are forever grateful for those who remember Wesleyan with a planned gift, these alumnae are now recognized in the Class Giving section. The names of current Society members will appear in bold typeface and those from whom we have received a legacy gift will appear in italics.
Karen Connor Shockley M❤
Joyce Brandon Starr M❤
Fountain Club
Shirley Wise Richardson M❤
Ann Ewing Shumaker M❤
Sally Irwin Williams M❤
1836 Club
Ann Lyn Lightner Allen M❤
Anne Valentin Hutcherson
Barbara Johnston Plaxico M❤
Rebecca Bullard Powers M❤
Contributors
Linda Quinn Hickman M❤
Virginia Barber Perkins M❤
Renate Butler Ryan M❤
RoxAnna Arrington Sway M
1964
Participation: 39.47%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $12,335.09
Total All Gifts: $112,485.09
President’s Council
Gail Thompson Webster-Patterson M❤
Candler Circle
Lorinda Lou Beller M❤
Benson Society
Ann McDonald Hurt M❤
Judith Kuhn Schlichter M❤
Fountain Club
Diana P. Jeffreys M❤
Suzanne Gosnell Joye M❤
Harriette James Simmons
Martha Clower Thomas M❤
Martha Simmons Woodall M❤
1836 Club
Madelaine Mackoul Cosgrove M❤
Gena Sewell Davidson M❤
Mary Russell George M❤
Nancy Van Aken Marti M❤
Sally Hutchinson Vermillion M❤
Contributors
Agnes D. Albright M❤
Emelyn Arnold M❤
Dorothy Groh Cutler M❤
Mary Helen Pope Daniel M❤
Jane Brockinton Earhart M❤
Elizabeth Hartley Filliat M❤
Rosalyn Moye Forsyth M❤
Willanna Anderson Gibbs M
Elaine Kaloostian Hall M❤
Ann Lichtenwalter Hernandez M❤
Beth Bramblett Hirzel M❤
Susan Lillyman Hyland * M❤
Mary Helen Johnson Johnson M❤
Mary Ann Moore Johnson
Robin Hickman MacCurdy M❤
Virginia Bowen Maier M❤
Frances Strickland Masse
Carolyn McDonald Parham M
Margaret Freeman Patterson M❤
Suzanne Whidden Pennington M❤
Emma Jo Jones Ploeger M❤
Sandra McElroy Preston M❤
Mary Helen Hall Ringe M❤
Elizabeth Humphrey Roberts M
Lucy Guggenheimer Ross M❤
Margaret Mannheim Sease
Frances White Skoglund M❤
Eileen Mullings Smith M❤
Nancy Filer Waite M❤
Linda Maria Willson M
Pamela Watkins Young M❤
1965
Participation: 16.08%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $34,340.00
Total All Gifts: $65,114.00
President’s Council
Glennda Kingry Elliott M❤
Porter Society
Jane Johnson Butler M❤
Pierce Society
Janet Mewbourne Genest
Benson Society
Trudie Parker Fickling M❤
Carolyn Martin McCrea M❤
Kathryne Meeks Sanders M❤
Hilda A. Wright M❤
1836 Club
Mary Jane McCarren Brantley M
Margaret Shoemaker Gordon M❤
Gloria Dollar Knight M❤
Jean Webb Tippins
Contributors
Sharon Harp Campbell M❤
Helen Kendall Elder M
Olivia Lopez Hartenstein M❤
Silvia Gonzalez Kenneweg M❤
Barbara Chapman Kortemeier M
Janice Parks Mahoney M❤
Brenda Freeman Manucy M❤
Sally Eisen Miller M❤
Mildred E. Neville M❤
Katherine Champion Smelley M❤
Julia Stancil Sparks Stepp
Carol Banks Wilburn M
1966
Participation: 14.29%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $12,856.00
Total All Gifts: $12,856.00
Pierce Society
Charlotte Smith Pfeiffer M❤
Benson Society
Sandra Lumpkin Bryan M❤
Jo An Johnson Chewning M❤
Elizabeth Gibbons Montis M❤
Betty Westmoreland Shuster M❤
Fountain Club
Marion Spencer Bluestone M❤
Jane Silverman Mason M❤
Lucile Adams Mathews M❤
1836 Club
Beth Childs Brooks M❤
Maxine Maddox Dornemann M
Patricia Davis Oliver M❤
Bonnie Smith Slovis
Dona D. Vaughn M❤
Contributors
Elizabeth Girlinghouse Bernard M❤
Mary Thrift Chambers M❤
Carol Adams Garland M
Rosemary George
Pamela Easmann Holmes M❤
Darlene Hassler Jackson
Suzanne Spence Joyce M
Becky Gleaton Mynatt M❤
Cathy Bloor Servais M
Sandra Grist Woods M❤
1967
Participation: 20.00%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $97,670.00
Total All Gifts: $125,670.00
President’s Council
Alexis Xides Bighley M❤
Suelle M. Swartz M❤
Pierce Society
Marilyn A. Vickers M❤
Candler Circle
Kathleen DeBerry Brungard M❤
Margaret Thompson Monahan M❤
Benson Society
Barbara A. Bryant M
Pamela Stott Callihan M
Daphne Murph Chapman M❤
Judith Miller Newbern M❤
Susan Kirvin Ogburn M❤
Kasey Carneal Phillips M
Jane Manley Wheeless M❤
Fountain Club
Sally Farren Benoy M❤
Charlotte Babcock Ellis M
Anne Hilger Manley M❤
Karen Moore McDonald M❤
Susan Rau Middlebrooks M❤
Janie Hudson Williams M
1836 Club
Flora Phillips Grindstaff M❤
Maribeth Wills Lowe M
Sally Griffie Mehalko M❤
Kay Williams New M❤
Harriett Willcoxon Palmer
Nancy Condes Whitsett M
Jean Widney Wynn
Contributors
Susan Cooke Bickelhaupt M
Judy Warren Edwards M
Helen Neal Kleiber M
Susan Barnes Lamb
Jane Inman Young
1968
Participation: 24.73%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $71,841.06
Total All Gifts: $86,671.06
President’s Council
Betsy Martin Bunte M❤
Porter Society
Priscilla Gautier Bornmann M❤
Jane Price Claxton M❤
Beverly F. Mitchell M❤
Candler Circle
Andgelia Proctor Kelly M❤
Benson Society
Linda Bowden Bennett
Cheryl League Dennis
Mary Ann Ward Dudley M❤
Vicki Page Jaus
Fountain Club
Virginia Crapps Johnson M❤
Leila K. Kight M❤
Suzanne Sebring Moncrieff M
Mary Jo Fincher Plowden M❤
Virginia Hiers Roebuck M❤
Sally Plowden Stevenson M
1836 Club
Helen Jackson Burgin M❤
Patty Pearce Cardin M❤
Marian Pointer Clements M
Susan A. Cobleigh M❤
Katherine Wilson Johnson M❤
Geranne Hutchinson Mills M❤
Martha Herring Stubbs M
Contributors
Anne Adams Atkinson M
Rebecca Mathews Beal
Eve L. Birmingham M❤
Beth Rogero Bowen M❤
Lynn Hays Davis M❤
Cheryl Grantham Fee M
Nancy McMeen Freeman M
Robin Hood Geisler M❤
Lynda Ogburn Hathorn
Betty Smith Hipps M❤
Louise Cole Kelley
Laura Byington Ludman
Ellen Beard Martin M❤
Cheryl Maund Page
Ruth Anne Gray Randolph M❤
Martha Pafford Schindhelm M❤
Virginia Larson Schneider
Susan Jones Shulman M❤
Peggy Ray Sichveland M❤
Nancy Lowe Taylor M❤
Mary Abbott Waite M
Diane G. Walker
Ginger Sanders White M❤
1969
Participation: 20.11%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $23,670.00
Total All Gifts: $23,670.00
Pierce Society
Suzanne Woodham Juday M❤
Melissa Lane Thomas M❤
Benson Society
Betsy Dasher
Carol Broome Fraune M❤
Ann Kinnick Keane M❤
Emmaline Haddle Pursley M
Fountain Club
Alice Peninger Beasley M❤
Karen D. Garr M❤
Betty Hood Lydick M❤
1836 Club
Sharon Malone Boyd M❤
Lou Ellen Semler Boyes M❤
Ann Reaves Burr M❤
Linda Smith Gregg M❤
Margaret Yarbrough McCranie M❤
Gloria Garrett Seymour M
Contributors
Emily Vardaman Adams
Ann Brown Austin M❤
Dell Hitchcock Bailey M❤
Sandra Eversole Bowman M❤
Barbara Jo Bugg
Jan Stewart Cook
Dale Parker Craig M❤
Susan Isaacs Dodson M❤
Cecelia A. Frecker M❤
Judith Haisten Gattis M❤
Janet Burkhalter Haworth M❤
Angela Fulton Kirby M
Susan Ewing Maddox M❤
Susan Byrd Mathews M
Sally Cox Noori M
Gwynn Johnson Polidoro M
Linda L. Rich M❤
Diana Hall Richardson M❤
Pat Ondo Snyder M
Dorothy Smith Stewart M
Barbara Marble Tagg
1970
Participation: 20.59%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $25,894.30
Total All Gifts: $73,546.95
President’s Council
Patricia Grogan Borders M❤
Susan Woodward Walker M❤
Pierce Society
Wanda Saltmarsh Hopkins M❤
Candler Circle
Rosalind Turner Jeter
Benson Society
Jan Bull Burgess M❤
Linda Goulding Camp
Jane Ward Gault M❤
Susan Reynolds Gregory M
Katherine Arnold Hale
Arlyn Mathews Hawley
May Powell Parks M❤
Ann Scott Terry M❤
Fountain Club
Emily Chase Cook M❤
Carolyn Wills Garrard
Catherine Gibbons Jost M❤
Martha Jane Thompson M❤
1836 Club
Carol Crow Lineberger M
Shirley L. McFadden M
B.J. Molpus Posey M❤
Contributors
Mary Ella Gibson Bernard M❤
Chris vonLehe Burns M
Janet Jones Cagle
Kathryn Nettles Clark M❤
Jan Drury Cox M
Margaret Lane Evans M
Susan McMahan Fink
Sally Myhand Flannagan Neal
Charlene Payne Kammerer M❤
Deborah Giugni McMillan
Sally Dietler Murrell M
Cassandra M. Poulos
Diane Dennington Robertson
Patricia L. Voyles
Patricia Hammock Wall M❤
Jane Woodward Wilkinson M
1971
Participation: 22.89%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $18,393.44
Total All Gifts: $23,393.44
Porter Society
Kirsten Johansen Welch M
Candler Circle
Pamela Henry Pate M❤
Cathy Coxey Snow M❤
Benson Society
Gena Roberts Franklin M❤
Peggy Parrish Hasty M❤
Sharron Mays Lawn *
Louise Cross Stewart
Elizabeth Loflin Vech
Fountain Club
Helen Ferguson Zachry M❤
1836 Club
Rebecca Edenfield Lingerfelt M❤
Kathryn Warren Powell
Contributors
Linda G. Anderson M❤
Janice Moody Cayton M❤
Donna M. Cook
Cynthia Bittner Funderburk M
Harriett E. Mayo M❤
Derrill Dunn McRae M❤
Linda Sheffield Shepherd M
Ellen Cobleigh Tomter M
1972
Participation: 47.62%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $84,894.00
Total All Gifts: $84,944.00
President’s Council
Laura Lowe Harmon M
Porter Society
Elizabeth Rogers Kelly M❤
Benson Society
Deborah Wedgworth Altman M❤
Susan Mann Kimbrell M❤
Kathleen Propps Langford M
Jane Magrath
Linda Chance Newiger M❤
Mary Catherine Collins O’Kelley M❤
Nancy Jackson Osmundsen
Sherryl Senna Pollard M❤
Lynn Golson Priester M❤
Eileen Vickery Thurmond
Fountain Club
Kasse Andrews-Weller
Joyce Rice Ellison M❤
Christine Everett
Marianne Graeme Fortuna M
Sonya Tomlinson Holland
Dena Rix Radley
Susan McDonald Sheehan M❤
1836 Club
Florence Barnes
Susan Wyllys Wallace
Marsha Witham Whitman
Contributors
Dianne Walden Claussen
Jane Farmer Fastje M
Elizabeth Walker Heckman
Pamela Ingram Jordan
Leslie Brooks McDonnell
Carol Ann Para
Pamela Huston Rosenburg
Jane R. White
1973
Participation: 32.79%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $30,180.00
Total All Gifts: $33,205.00
Porter Society
Janice A. Mays M❤
Pierce Society
Betty Cook Shull
Candler Circle
Marsha Lynn Christy M❤
Margaret M. Mathews M❤
Benson Society
Nannette Coco
Fountain Club
Hazel Mims Mathis M❤
Katharine Johns Olson M❤
1836 Club
Betsy McPherson Farr M
Linda Brown Walker M❤
Contributors
Carroll Ricketson Bolton M
Hale Coble Edwards M❤
Mary Graham Ponder Foster M❤
Carol Bacon Kelso M❤
Lisa T. Kuhn M❤
Kathleen Amidon MacGregor M
Anne Thornton Reynolds M❤
Patricia H. Ryan M❤
Jill Gerber Smith M
Susan Paul Tyler
Adriane Kelly Wood
1974
Participation: 20.78%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $5,360.00
Total All Gifts: $5,510.00
Benson Society
Martha V. Johnson M❤
Felecia Pearson Smith M❤
Fountain Club
Lisa McKinney M❤
1836 Club
Susan Powers Champion M❤
Gail Murphy Oden M❤
Margaret Andrews Willis M❤
Contributors
Peggy Jones Cobb
Laura Hunt Edenfield M
Patricia Stillwagon Kessler M❤
Marian Elliott Lewis
Kathleen Russell Leysath M
Beverly Hinely MacMahon M❤
Debra Maund M
Hazel Burns Struby M❤
Cristina Farkas Williams
Mary Ellen Sheehan Wroble M❤
1975
Participation: 31.46%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $76,236.00
Total All Gifts: $133,131.88
President’s Council
Ruth A. Knox M❤
Porter Society
Cynthia D. Wright M❤
Pierce Society
Sally Moffett McKenna M❤
Candler Circle
Judith L. Whitaker M❤
Benson Society
Susie Black M❤
Carol A. Goodloe M❤
Selma Middlebrooks Gore M
Virginia Ann Daniel Holman M
Millie Parrish Hudson M❤
Margaret Strickland Lovein M
Rita Parker McGarity M❤
Karlyn Sturmer
Fountain Club
Susan Lovette Dobbyn M
Bonnie Hunter Hunt M❤
1836 Club
Lisa Sherman Hammond M❤
Beth Sullins Hughes M❤
Sandra Davis Townley M❤
Contributors
Brenda Gilliland Allen M
Kay Hickman Beasley M❤
Jean Bargeron Bender M
Carolyn Bowman Biggs
Marina Showalter Chancery
Catherine L. Hinman
Mary Coble Kirkley M
Gloria McIntosh McDonald M
Betty Snooks Moses M❤
Deborah Bell Roberds M❤
Jacalyn Street Wilson
1976
Participation: 31.11%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $3,810.04
Total All Gifts: $54,810.04
President’s Council
Regina S. Bland * Bequest M
Benson Society
Virginia Pritchard Ashby M❤
Fountain Club
Patricia A. Henry M❤
Carrie Anne Parks-Kirby M❤
1836 Club
Jackie Herron Gilmer M❤
Janice Cromer Holbrook M
Elizabeth O’Donnell Menkhaus M❤
Contributors
Selma Bohannon Bernard
Karen Hughes DeLoach
Linda Wing Duckworth M
Barbee A. Dyer
Carolyn Field Hall M❤
LuAnn Weeks Holden
Meg Renfroe Hundley
Dorothy Claytor Jackson
Mary Jones Jobson
Deborah J. Johnston
Mary Caile Mattox
Cynthia H. McMullen M❤
Judith Young Orange
Debra Decker Philips
Jane Gardner Preston
Joye Mims Preston M
Lynn Bissell Reed
Mary Knight Robinson M❤
Henrietta Craddock Schoonover M❤
Jenny Gatliff Smith
Nancy Williamson Witek M❤
1977
Participation: 9.64%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $11,235.00
Total All Gifts: $11,235.00
Pierce Society
Kathleen Hill Goddard M❤
Candler Circle
Lynn Boswell Moses M
Benson Society
Victoria Buxton Cork M❤
Linda Haygood Davis M
1836 Club
Lauren Drinnon Leskosky M❤
Berylanne Miner Crutchley
Contributors
Lucia Chapman Carr
Nancy Katherine Webb M
1978
Participation: 19.81%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $8,189.96
Total All Gifts: $8,189.96
Benson Society
Janet Friberg Jarrett M❤
Bryndis W. Roberts M❤
Julie St. John Thornton M❤
Fountain Club
Laura Shippey Gafnea M❤
1836 Club
Janet L. Keys M❤
Lucy F. Lee M❤
Laurinda Murphy Norris M❤
Catherine Bradach Rockoff M❤
Contributors
Kathy A. Bradley M❤
Janet Rumler Brooks
Jeanne Anthony Gibbs M
Katherine Harvin Gibbs
Leigh Lambert Goff M❤
Virginia Stein Hubbard
Anne Scarborough Hughes M❤
Mary McMillan Mancin
Laura E. Perdue M❤
Janet Williams Sills M❤
Stefni Olson Stephens
Patricia L. Tate M❤
Dawn Sapp Taylor M❤
1979
Participation: 15.38%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $2,480.00
Total All Gifts: $2,480.00
Fountain Club
Margaret Dilbeck Garland M❤
Teresa D. Morrow M❤
1836 Club
Rebecca Tuten McClain M❤
Contributors
Nadine Cheek M❤
Gail Bacon Ford M❤
Lynne Anthoine Hueglin M❤
Denise Sarver Jewell M❤
Nora Kay Appling King
Anita E. Marchman M❤
Theresa L. McKenna M❤
Sarah Johnston Miller M
Catherine Haye Sauter M❤
Patricia Gingold Weinman
Linda I. Young
1980
Participation: 30.19%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $27,580.00
Total All Gifts: $32,280.00
Porter Society
Hannah L. Allen M❤
Pierce Society
Janet M. Lawrence M❤
Lindsay Lemasters Lewis M❤
Mary Stephens Malone M❤
Benson Society
Kelly M. Russell M❤
Allison McFarland Wilcox
Fountain Club
Lynn K. Daley
Paula Flannery Lytle M
1836 Club
Lisa Martin Darden
Crystal Bell Davidian M
Laura N. Osoinach M
Contributors
Anne Armstrong
Marcia A. Bronson M❤
Gwendolyn Perry Brooks
Deena Harrell Cherry M❤
Jody Childs Faulkner
Melinda S. Fraiser
Eloise Terrell Gray M
Jeanne Myers Haslam
Susan Robertson Jaeger M
Mary L. Johnson
Janet A. Leininger M
Gena Odom Masciello
Bonny Denton McGarity M
Sally P. Morris
Jill I. Myers M
Linda Carey Nardotti M❤
Helen Anne Richards M❤
Susan Snider M❤
Patricia R. Varela Koblensky M
Barbara Georgia Ward M
Katherine E. Weekes M❤
1981
Participation: 27.27%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $21,050.00
Total All Gifts: $21,050.00
Porter Society
Barbara Beddingfield Magnan * M
Pierce Society
Mary Langel Stults M❤
Benson Society
Stephanie E. Parker M❤
Fountain Club
Patricia Chapman DuBose M
Leslie Eberhardt Highsmith
Mary Thompson Monfort M❤
Contributors
Jo Cheezem Abney
Colleen Brown M
Molly O. Burleson
Cynthia L. Cobb M❤
Nanette Shaw Coleman M
Dawn Field Hargrove
Hilda Cook Hilliard M
Diane Bridges Nix
Caroline Thomas M
Janet Hicks Tweed
Lynne M. White M
Donna L. Woods
1982
Participation: 20.00%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $5,274.00
Total All Gifts: $5,274.00
Benson Society
Susan L. Holloway M❤
Fountain Club
Mong-Zang Lin Chang
Jennifer Houser Chapin M❤
Suzanne L. Colter M❤
Lisa DiMuro Gosnell M❤
Mona M. McLean
Rebecca Moore Robbins M❤
Contributors
Shari Ginster Abney
Leslie Buice Carson M
Susan Murphree Ebersbach
Rhonda Helton Hambright
Linda C. Johnson
Karen A. Martin M
Jennifer Willis Payne M
Claire Peterson Schwall
Mary Ellen Skowronek Sutphin M
1983
Participation: 16.67%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $3,057.00
Total All Gifts: $3,057.00
Benson Society
Peggy Jones Hall M❤
1836 Club
Cynthia E. Bell-Lee M❤
Contributors
Beth Parker Davis M
Mary Ann Aiken Fitzgerald M❤
Ellen Futral Hanson M❤
Irene Shovelski Huston
Anne Elizabeth Koon-Spiwak M❤
Mary Lisa Boyer Millican M
1984
Participation: 14.58%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $1,511.00
Total All Gifts: $1,511.00
Benson Society
Mary Carole Fisher Battle
1836 Club
Loretta L. Pinkston M
Contributors
Patricia Sterling Brzezinski M❤
Jo Duke M❤
Amanda S. Jacobs M❤
Jeanon M. Massien M❤
Carswell Hannon Patterson
1985
Participation: 12.73%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $955.00
Total All Gifts: $892,409.97
President’s Council
Beverly J. Held * Bequest
1836 Club
Sara King Pilger M❤
Lisa Ahl Duncan M❤
Contributors
Marianne R. Brotschul
Lori Alcorn Campbell M❤
Betty Bivins Edwards M❤
Holly T. Heath M❤
1986
Participation: 17.39%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $3,656.00
Total All Gifts: $3,656.00
Benson Society
Dana Flanders Laster M❤
Fountain Club
Janie Chien Golden M❤
Dana Grinstead Tanner M❤
1836 Club
Kenlyn G. Sawyer
Contributors
Elizabeth Marecki Alberding
Tamara Mullis Hawkins M❤
Celia Hughes Hohnadel
Patricia Potts Wells M❤
1987
Participation: 17.57%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $3,665.00
Total All Gifts: $5,015.00
Benson Society
Carla T. Asbell Dennis M❤
Leesa Akins Flora M❤
Fountain Club
Kayron McMinn Laska (HON)
Barbara Roe Wallace M❤
1836 Club
Stacy L. Stinson M
Contributors
Jill Amos M❤
Lisa Morgan Edwards M❤
Meredith Gaither Garrett
Margaret H. McKnight
Lynn Lasseter Prater
Katherine Brennan Riner
Lisa D. Shiveler M❤
Melissa Tolbert Smith
Sharon Clark Thornberry
1988
Participation: 11.29%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $5,072.00
Total All Gifts: $5,072.00
Benson Society
Gwen Futral Gallagher-Howard M❤
Rita Mitchell Higgins M❤
Verah Dorsey Turner M❤
1836 Club
Ana N. Fernandez M
Beth A. Herndon M❤
Karen Melton Soeltz M
Contributors
Jody Bethea Riggs
Kathryn Lawrence Spada M❤
1989
Participation: 16.92%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $46,338.60
Total All Gifts: $47,938.60
President’s Council
Mary Beth Brown Swearingen M❤
Porter Society
Debbie Stevenson Moses M❤
Pierce Society
Geovette E. Washington M❤
1836 Club
Kristin N. Claus M❤
Pamela Hissing Jacobson
Contributors
Denise Cheek Brown M❤
Jennifer Kane Chacosky
Julia Baker Huster M
Cynthia Buchanan Lynch *
Robin Blue Wilcox M
1990
Participation: 19.77%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $13,870.00
Total All Gifts: $14,770.00
Porter Society
Lori Reese Patton M❤
Benson Society
Susan Gallas Mazzola M❤
Fountain Club
Ashley Garrett M❤
1836 Club
Hayley Burch Goldhagen M
Sarah Moseley Gardner M❤
Theresa Castruccio Hurst M❤
Kym Preuss Lukosky M❤
Contributors
Tammy Sapp Bailey
Melissa Adkins Brown
Jennifer L. Collier M
Alice Armitage Fendley M
Amanda F. Harris M❤
Michelle Carter Messa
Kathryn Reumann Mullen
Karene Harron Nebel M❤
Anne Duffes Weldon
Angela Kerr Wittmann M❤
1991
Participation: 34.72%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $2,495.00
Total All Gifts: $2,495.00
1836 Club
Lara Blanchett Carlton M❤
Felisa Hicks Cooper M
Contributors
Mary Raines Caldwell M
Katherine S. Compain M❤
Melissa Malone Constable
Teresa Morris Futral M❤
Trina L. Hammonds M❤
Catherine Lee Harp
Cynthia L. Hershey M❤
Heather Harden Jones
Beth A. Kargel M❤
Kari Goellner Kitchens M❤
Katherine Wagner Marcum M
Christie Reed Marsh
Robyn Miller Schopp
Hope Hahn Shields M❤
Sheila Taylor Southerland
Jamaree Pugh Stokes M
Lizzie Wahab
Stacey Stanton Walker
Michelle Toole Westbrook M❤
Jeanmarie Desmond White
Christine Ruotolo Wynn M
Teresa Morgan Wyrick M❤
Kristin Van Brero Yashko
1992
Participation: 7.53%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $1,505.00
Total All Gifts: $1,505.00
Fountain Club
Cynthia Costello Busbee M❤
1836 Club
Katie S. Garrett M❤
Contributors
Anne M. Cordeiro M
Mariana dos Santos Furlin M❤
Rachel Glidden Humphrey
Jennifer A. Johnson
MaryStewart Glendenning Lewis M
1993
Participation: 14.67%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $6,665.00
Total All Gifts: $6,665.00
Candler Circle
Barbara Summers Blevins
Melanie Filson Lewis M❤
1836 Club
Melissa Bell Shelton M
Lyubena Savova Smith
Contributors
Elizabeth Morrison Burch
Cheryl Anderson Ciucevich
Ginger Holmes George
Cynthia Paige Getty
Hallie Suber Prince M❤
Ruth Powell Storts M❤
Heidi Hacia Suydam
1994
Participation: 9.86%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $1,410.00
Total All Gifts: $1,410.00
Benson Society
May Morgan Ackerman (HON) M❤
Fountain Club
Michelle Smith Green M❤
Contributors
Cara Carroll Baity M❤
Melissa McKenzie Crowder M❤
Tiffany M. Gordon
Valerie S. Knopik M❤
Alexis F. Long
Annette M. Nassir M
1995 Participation: 10.00%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $2,995.00
Total All Gifts: $4,545.00
Candler Circle
Susan C. Wheelis M❤
Benson Society
Dawn Gochnour Hoffman M❤
1836 Club
Keena Hammond
Contributors
Jennifer Aiello-Jones M❤
Catherine H. Atchley M❤
Jennifer Shermer Pack
Stacy Bray Shires
1996
Participation: 29.49%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $15,100.00
Total All Gifts: $15,825.00
Pierce Society
Yehudi B. Self-Medlin M❤
Benson Society
Lisa Hullender Filkins M❤
Deidra West Smith M❤
Beth Milstead Wilson M
Fountain Club
Chiebonam Ezenwugo
Ezekwueche M❤
Elizabeth Hodges McKeever
1836 Club
Laura Meyer McAvoy M❤
Sherry V. Neal M❤
Lisa M. Peppin-Castro
Contributors
Valerie Huron Brewer
Sharon Brim Chappelle M❤
Heather Goodwin Grahek
Elizabeth Leaman Hague
Katherine Worley Hammes M❤
Michelle McCluney Horgan M❤
Joy Mastrangelo Kaczor M❤
Shirley Hendrick Lanford
Elizabeth N. Mathis M❤
Melissa English Moore
Joy Moten-Thomas
Monica M. Santamaria
Susan M. Selensky
Peggy Likins Templeman M❤
1997
Participation: 15.25%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $1,340.00
Total All Gifts: $1,340.00
Fountain Club
Teresa A. Lawson M❤
Contributors
Sherry L. Boyd M❤
Evelyn Leatherman Griffin
Kara Bollmeier Jagger-Miller
Stephanie Pate Lewis M❤
Mary Mitchell McKinnon
Beth Hitt Rogers
Jena Forehand Tinsley
Elisabeth A. Waterman M❤
1998
Participation: 9.59%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $1,825.00
Total All Gifts: $1,825.00
Benson Society
Laura M. Calhoun
1836 Club
Julie E. Houston Trieste M❤
Nartaya Jumpasorn Miller M
Contributors
Sarah Weeks Callender M❤
Amelia Armstrong Carmichael
Brandy M. Hayes M❤
Melinda Caspers Thompson M❤
1999
Participation: 10.26%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $2,305.00
Total All Gifts: $2,455.00
Fountain Club
Lachrisha D. Swafford M
Kathryn Smith Vinson M❤
Contributors
Amy Maleia Barry M❤
Carrie Walker Dumm M❤
YaNawn LaPread Johnson M
Yvonne Wiggins Jones M❤
Lizabeth K. Sanden M❤
Daphne Ristau Stellato M
2000
Participation: 11.36%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $1,810.00
Total All Gifts: $1,810.00
1836 Club
Kelly P. Baete
Amanda Driggers Grau M❤
Jessica D. Salter
Lisa A. Sloben M❤
Contributors
Lindsay C. Abernethy M❤
Lareine Danforth Archer M
Melissa Graham Meeks M❤
Rhonda K. Pierce
Shauna L. Stotler
Erin E. Young M
2001
Participation: 13.33%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $2,565.08
Total All Gifts: $2,565.08
Benson Society
Abbie Smoak Lacienski M❤
1836 Club
Sophia N. Hall M❤
Annthonette M. Watkins M
Contributors
Jywanya Smith Dillinger M❤
Joanne Sales Ingram
Brandy Morris Kirkwood M❤
Laretha Urett Lockhart
Stephanie Dunda Owens M❤
LaTonya S. Parker M❤
Emily Helmick Parr M
2002
Participation: 18.09%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $6,890.00
Total All Gifts: $6,890.00
Candler Circle
Elsa George Antony M
Benson Society
Natalie Puckett Evans M❤
Fountain Club
Crystal Rogers Cheyne M❤
1836 Club
Chenny Q. Gan M❤
Vidal E. Olivares M
TOP TEN LISTS FOR CLASS GIVING 2021 - 2022
PARTICIPATION
GIFTS TO ALL FUNDS 1951 $1,276,135.64 1985 $892,409.97
1958 $265,121.98
1963 $206,768.54
1947 $199,626.38
1960 $138,370.54
1975 $133,131.88
1967 $125,670.00
1964 $112,485.09 1968 $86,671.06
GIFTS TO THE WESLEYAN FUND
1967 $97,670.00
1963 $86,568.54
1972 $84,500.00
1975 $76,236.00
1968 $71,841.06
1947 $49,626.38
1989 $46,338.60
1965 $34,340.00
1980 $32,780.00
1973 $30,180.00
Contributors
Suzanne Smith Burnett
Sarah E. Chandler
Erin McGavin Dalton M❤
Taylor Johnson-English
Bria Andrew Kitchens
Kathryn V. Marshall
Jody Swink Miles M❤
Christina Miner Noble
Patricia Deal Perry
April L. Prince
Saralyn S. Stewart
Beth A. Williford
2003
Participation: 12.64%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $4,285.00
Total All Gifts: $4,285.00
Benson Society
Namita Mohanty
Fountain Club
Rachel A. Garcia M❤
Oluwatoyosi Fatunase Onwuemene M❤
Contributors
Danielle Wiggins Becker M❤
Abbie Brannon Covenah M❤
Emily Neal Duke M❤
Tennille Everett-Battle M❤
Nessa Cruthirds Griffin
Hope McMichael Pendergrass M❤
Lauren Haney Provost
Sherrie N. Randall
2004
Participation: 7.02%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $1,880.00
Total All Gifts: $1,880.00
Fountain Club
Monica Harper Dekle M
1836 Club
Mary Kathryn Borland M❤
Anna Cornelious Martin M❤
Alexandra Aldica Willis M❤
Contributors
Juliana S. Cabrales
Jodi Miller Hardee M
Erin Zinko McKenna M❤
Christine Harness Thompson M❤
2005
Participation: 5.04%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $2,270.00
Total All Gifts: $2,270.00
Benson Society
Ashling Thurmond Osborne M❤
Fountain Club
Megan A. Quinn M❤
1836 Club
Ashley Wheelus McKenna M
Contributors
Natalie Chambliss-Beach
Jyoti Danes Coffelt M
Kathleen Loski Cummings M❤
2006
Participation: 12.90%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $4,863.93
Total All Gifts: $4,863.93
Benson Society
Amy M. Fletcher M❤
Fountain Club
Mollie Elizabeth Hughes M❤
Lindsay Rosenquist Burns M❤
1836 Club
Shelly Walden Gable M
Parrish Smotherman Jenkins M❤
Jaime F. McQuilkin M❤
Contributors
Lauren Hamblin Beaty M❤
Kimberly S. Elliott
Sylvia M. Gonsahn-Bollie M
Cynthia Dsauza Jefferson
Jenna Miller Jones
Elizebeth Catherwood Kanupp
Stephanie Kanady Niave M
Danielle C. Sawtell M
Jennifer Shy-Coates
Melanie Reed Williams
2007
Participation: 5.80%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $660.00
Total All Gifts: $660.00 1836 Club
Morgan L. Felts M❤
Contributors
Portia P. Blackwell
Leslie Caceda Langley
Angela C. O’Neal M❤
2008
Participation: 15.07%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $20,769.00
Total All Gifts: $20,789.00
Porter Society
Carla Ruiz-Ney M
Pierce Society
Jessica Kendrick Thomas M
Fountain Club
Pragna Halder M❤
1836 Club
Jan Giles Tedders M❤
Contributors
Shih-Yu Chen M❤
Catherine E. Dermody M❤
Jessica Dermody Gibson M❤
Victoria L. Johnson M
Tanya S. Parker M❤
Missy L. Poole M❤
Faith Z. Sumpter M❤
2009
Participation: 4.49%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $455.00
Total All Gifts: $455.00
Contributors
Melissa Ward Angalla M
Caroline C. Smith
Ying Tang M
Laney J. Turner M❤
2010
Participation: 3.16%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $1,800.00
Total All Gifts: $1,800.00
Benson Society
Rachel A. Fullerton M❤
Contributors
Kristen Ellsworth Applebee M❤
Silvia Gheorghita M
2011
Participation: 8.33%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $905.84
Total All Gifts: $955.84
1836 Club
Annabel L. Fowler M
Contributors
Katie Clenney Blount
Shirley Mosher Blunk M
LeAnne Nicholson Challenger M
Sarah A. Hudson M❤
Anh P. Le M
Georgia Belle Thomas M❤
2012
Participation: 11.69%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $2,410.00
Total All Gifts: $2,422.00
Benson Society
Elizabeth D. Shavers M
1836 Club
Marta D. Kurshumova M
Contributors
Taylor Bishop Deal M❤
Hannah G. Doan
Mary Katherine Dunn
Suzzanne R. Griffiths M❤
Susan Yandle Middleton M❤
Betsy Herlong Powers M
Danielle L. Ross
2013
Participation: 3.80%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $120.00
Total All Gifts: $220.00
Contributors
Kendal C. Binion M❤
Katherine N. McIntosh M
Najah Yasin Webb
2014
Participation: 4.65%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $320.00
Total All Gifts: $320.00
Contributors
Blake M. Binion-Holliday M❤
Doreathea Doral Brown
Ashlee G. Day
Ansley K. Teipel
2015
Participation: 4.65%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $271.00
Total All Gifts: $391.00
Contributors
Kimberly Edgefield Hill M❤
Wallace J. Hudson
Chelsea Wessells Madden M
Christina Mayfield Denninghoff M❤
Ekaterina Zaynullina Chernokov M❤
Yu Qin
2016
Participation: 4.00%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $1,195.00
Total All Gifts: $1,195.00
Benson Society
Julie Benge Rogers M❤
Contributors
Brooke F. V. Bosley
Mallory N. Jones
Melissa I. Rodriguez
2017
Participation: 1.82%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $270.00
Total All Gifts: $270.00
Fountain Club
Susan Brown Allen (HON) M❤
Contributors
Jayme L. Hitchcock M
Rut N. Leon-Kulak M
2018
Participation: 1.15%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $160.00
Total All Gifts: $160.00
Contributors
Monica Mohanty M
Mary Ann Steinbach M❤
2019
Participation: 1.67%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $90.00
Total All Gifts: $90.00
Contributors
Katlyn A. Durden
Sofia M. Ramirez
Chelsea E. Robbins
2020
Participation: 0.00%
Total Wesleyan Fund: $0.00
Total All Gifts: $0.00
2021
Total Wesleyan Fund: $209.99
Total All Gifts: $209.99
Contributors
Margaret O. Howard M
Andrea W. Winters
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Hannah L. Allen '80
Alexis Xides Bighley '67
Meaghan Blight
Charlotte B. Bogle
Priscilla Gautier Bornmann '68
Stanford M. Brown
Betsy Martin Bunte '68
J. Cannon Carr, Jr.
Jane Price Claxton '68
Verda M. Colvin
Chiebonam Ezenwugo Ezekwueche '96
Trudie Parker Fickling '65
Amy M. Fletcher '06
Leesa Akins Flora '87
Waldo E. Floyd III
Rachel A. Fullerton '10
Robyn Grimes Gobin '06
David W. Graves
Robert F. Hatcher, Jr.
Sue Haupert-Johnson
J. Calvin Hays, Jr.
H. Craig Hutto
Ruth A. Knox '75
Margaret T. MacCary
Janice A. Mays '73
Michael D. McCord
Sally Moffett McKenna '75
Beverly F. Mitchell '68
Debbie Stevenson Moses '89
Andy H. Nations
Wilds M. Ogie
Lori Reese Patton '90
Amy V. Rauls
Bryndis W. Roberts '78
Carla Ruiz-Ney '08
Ninfa M. Saunders
Yehudi B. Self-Medlin '96
Felecia Pearson Smith '74
Jennifer Stiles Williams '93
Mary Beth Brown Swearingen '89
Jessica Kendrick Thomas '08
Susan Woodward Walker '70
Kay B. West
Cynthia D. Wright '75
EMERITI TRUSTEES
Julia G. Baldwin
Betty Turner Corn '47
Cathy Cox
Robert J. Edenfield
Gayle Attaway Findlay '55
Gena Roberts Franklin '71
Judy Woodward Gregory '63
Gene A. Hoots
Robert E. Knox, Jr.
Dennie L. McCrary
Samuel A. Nunn, Jr.
William W. Oliver, Jr.
Lynda Brinks Pfeiffer '63
Elizabeth H. Pickett
T. Alfred Sams, Jr.
Marvin R. Schuster
WESLEYAN COLLEGE ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION BOARD OF MANAGERS
Mary Kathryn Borland '04
Juliana S. Cabrales '04
Leesa Akins Flora '87
Robyn Grimes Gobin '06
Abbie Smoak Lacienski '01
Janet M. Lawrence '80
Teresa A. Lawson '97
Anna Cornelious Martin '04
Vidal E. Olivares '02
Yehudi B. Self-Medlin '96
Jas'min Shy-Coates '06
Cathy Coxey Snow '71
Doneshia P. Starling '06
Najah Yasin Webb '13
Jane Manley Wheeless '67
Susan C. Wheelis '95
Judith L. Whitaker '75
INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT
Susan Brown Allen '17 (HON)
Assistant to the President - Advancement
Whitney A. Davis
Director of Annual Giving
Millie Parrish Hudson '75
Director of Development
Julie A. Jones
Senior Director of Advancement Operations and Research
Monty Martin
Advancement Services Specialist
Sarah McCarthy
Vice President of Institutional Advancement
Julie Benge Rogers '16
Director of Major and Planned Giving
Lisa A. Sloben '00
Curator of Collections
Cathy Coxey Snow '71
Director of Alumnae Affairs
THE RECOGNITION EXTENDED TO THOSE LISTED IN THIS PUBLICATION IS ONE SMALL WAY TO THANK THE MANY CONTRIBUTORS TO WESLEYAN COLLEGE BETWEEN JULY 1, 2021 AND JUNE 30, 2022.
An asterisk indicates a donor passed away prior to publication. Italicized names in the class giving section indicate the alumna gave to Wesleyan via a planned gift.
Although every attempt was made to ensure accuracy, it is possible that errors may have occurred. We apologize for any inconvenience such errors may cause. We encourage you to call any corrections to our attention by notifying Julie Jones, senior director of advancement operations and research, at jjones@wesleyancollege.edu or (478) 757-5130. Thank you.
Please note that publication of the names of contributors is strictly for the purpose of grateful acknowledgement by Wesleyan College; no other use of these lists is authorized.