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Mount St. Mary Academy, sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy, develops young women with a moral and intellectual foundation rooted in Catholic tradition. Mercy-minded and college-prepared, our students meet the future with wisdom, compassion and integrity.
Equipped with knowledge, our graduates leave with confidence, courage, motivation and drive. Like Catherine McAuley, they are fierce pioneers, passionate about making a difference in their communities and the world.
2023-2024
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Deborah Baldwin
Donna Chachere ’83
Jena Cupples Compton ’91
Ashley Bressinck Cunningham ’88
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Summer Khairi ’12
Sr. Diane Koorie, RSM
Mary Logan
Teresa Mendez
Edward Oglesby
Kelli Keene Sanders, MD
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Heather Allmendinger
Larry Boccarossa
Melody Brown ’92
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Rush Deacon
Megan Saer Garrison ’99
Shanti Halter
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Scott McLeod
Kathy Breyel Pahls ’88
Claire Hankinson Pittman ’93
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Lorie White ’92
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“Equipped with knowledge, our graduates leave with confidence, courage, motivation and drive. Like Catherine McAuley, they are fierce pioneers, passionate about making a difference in their communities and the world.”
The latest issue of The Messenger is definitely a tribute to the vision statement Mount St. Mary Academy adopted in 2017. When reflecting on the stories within these pages, I am filled with awe – and a great sense of pride – at the strength, ambition, leadership and passion of not only our alumnae, but also our current students, faculty and staff. Those featured in this year’s magazine represent just a glimpse at the impressive and ever-growing list of accomplishments, accolades and success stories emanating from our MSM Family. There’s no doubt about it, Mount is an incredible place encompassing an equally incredible community!
It’s not luck that has carried us to this point over the course of 172 years. And while we are blessed each year with a bright and talented student body and some of the state’s best teachers, the most important contributing factor for Mount’s continued success is that at the core of everything we do is the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Our Mercy Values, the varied curriculum and the professional excellence of our faculty and staff reflect the Catholic Christian faith upon which we
were established in 1851. It is this Catholic foundation and long-standing traditions of mercy and service that strengthen our young women’s relationships with God and inspire them to live lives of purpose and impact – all for His glory (1 Corinthians 10:31).
I’d be remiss if I did not also recognize our wonderful donors who believe in the important work we do and whose gifts represent a meaningful investment in our students. Their generosity ensures that Mount remains the top high school choice for young women in central Arkansas for affordability, commitment to student success and quality academic programs.
As you continue to read through your copy of The Messenger, please hold our school in your thoughts and prayers as we eagerly and faithfully dedicate our work to the development of so many amazing students. At Mount St. Mary Academy, we shape words, actions and thoughts through the guidance and love of God. We’ve achieved so much in our 172year history though His grace, yet I feel confident the best is yet to come!
Sara Jones, Ed.S. Head of School
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ELIZA JANE NULL EPITOMIZES THE BEST OF WHAT MOUNT ST. MARY HAS TO OFFER. AN INTELLIGENT, WELLSPOKEN, MATURE YOUNG WOMAN WITH A BRIGHT FUTURE, THE AMBITIOUS SENIOR IS ALSO PRETTY HANDY WITH A STOCK TIP OR TWO, SOMETHING SHE’S GAINED THANKS TO THE SCHOOL’S INVESTMENT CLUB.
“The Investment Club is a life skillsbased club but still interesting. That was really appealing,” she said of her decision to join. “I thought it would be good for me to get involved and learn about money and finances early on.”
Now club president, Eliza Jane joins members in managing an actual investment portfolio, something the Investment Club has done since its founding. And manage it they have; in 10 years, the Investment Club has grown its initial $100,000 stake to $261,000 as of their last report.
“It’s nice to know we have experienced adults here who can help us, but it’s really nice to have the chance to do big things ourselves, even as teenagers,” she said. “It can be very intimidating at first because you have all this money, and it’s a huge responsibility. You don’t want to make the wrong decision. But talking to the other girls, bringing ideas to the table and working together gives you a lot of confidence.”
America is in the grip of a financial literacy crisis. A 2021 study by the Milken Institute showed only 57% of U.S. adults qualified as financially literate, measured by knowledge of such concepts as risk diversification, inflation and compound interest.
The problem is worse by gender, where only 52% of women surveyed were financially literate compared to 62% of men. Lack of financial acumen can have devastating ramifications; the U.S. Census Bureau noted the poverty rate among female householders is over 23%.
The Investment Club was set up to give Mount students a real-world understanding of how money and finances work, said Kelly Wewers, MSM business manager and club sponsor.
“I was present when the idea was presented to the MSM Foundation Board of Trustees,” she said. “Our president and CEO at that time, Karen Flake, saw other schools doing something similar. She said
there wasn’t any reason why our girls couldn’t do that, and the board agreed. They authorized $100,000, and that’s how it was born.”
The new activity came with stipulations, such as a restriction against investing in anything other than blue chip stocks. The club was also to be guided by outside expertise, which for the past eight years has included volunteer Scott McLeod, a longtime financial planner and parent of two Mount girls.
“The thing I have seen change most is the participation,” he said. “Eight years ago, we may have had a dozen girls. Now we’ve got around four dozen girls meeting
Alabama, and Scott’s daughter. “I remember when I was a freshman in high school, I had no idea what any of this information meant.
“Focusing on the importance of finances in high school rather than later in life is really important, especially if you can break it down to the mindset level of a 14-, 15-, 16-year-old. It’s not just saving money, although that’s definitely important. There’s a lot more to it, such as taxes and the different types of investment accounts.”
Sarah Catherine Phillips Gutierrez ’98, founder and CEO of Aptus Financial, is an author, speaker and co-founder of the SAVE10 campaign, which empowers women to save.
“I think the outright benefits of the Investment Club are really important,” she said. “There are plenty of studies out there about women feeling intimidated by investing. Demystifying the investment world for young women is one of the most
once a month who are asking better, more sophisticated questions and are more in tune with what’s going on.”
Scott said he relishes the opportunity to prepare club members for their futures in very important ways.
“With my own daughters, I always wanted to empower them in such a way they never had to be dependent on anyone else financially,” he said. “I want the girls in the club to be just as capable of understanding finance and how to make money with investments as anybody else.”
“The Investment Club prepared me with the knowledge that the younger you are when you start saving and investing money, the better off you are,” agreed Maggie McLeod ’19, a financial analyst at BCR Wealth Strategies in Birmingham,
important things we can do, which is why I highly support the Investment Club.
“Investing and saving is not just something to do; we have to do it. It’s an incredibly integral thing, and I love the idea of normalizing it at a young age. It all comes down to confidence. I applaud Mount St. Mary for caring about this issue.”
As Eliza Jane demonstrated this fall, the lessons of the Investment Club continue to pay real-world dividends.
“In October, I turned 18 and I opened my first personal investment account. I wanted to start that early on to get in the habit of investing,” she said. “I think it’s really cool. When you’re involved in the financial world, you become part of the economy itself.”
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Investing and saving is not just something to do; we have to do it. It’s an incredibly integral thing, and I love the idea of normalizing it at a young age. ”
- SARAH CATHERINE PHILLIPS GUTIERREZ ’98
DESPITE BEING A RELATIVELY NEW FACE ON LITTLE ROCK TELEVISION, BROOKE BUCKNER LIPE ’16 SHOWS A POISE ON CAMERA THAT USUALLY TAKES YEARS TO DEVELOP. PART OF THAT COMES FROM HAVING PARTICIPATED IN BELLE TV, COMBINED WITH HARD WORK IN COLLEGE AND A DESIRE TO IMPROVE ON THE JOB.
Having a longtime TV weatherman for a dad — Ed Buckner, now retired — doesn’t hurt, either.
“He loves to give me feedback,” said Brooke, who works for THV11 in Little Rock under her maiden name. “He does that a lot, ‘Hey, did you shoot that story today? Lighting looks good,’ or maybe, ‘Lighting didn’t look so good. Work on that for next time.’ It’s helpful feedback a lot of the time. I’m just trying to make him proud and, most of all, make myself proud.”
Despite her well-known pedigree, Brooke said she doesn’t feel added pressure working in her hometown. In fact, it’s just the opposite.
“It’s a big advantage,” she said. “My first job was in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and moving there I was like, ‘How do you spell Girardeau?’ I learned quickly because I had to. Being home feels really nice; it’s a worry off my shoulders because I know my way around. It’s a confidence boost.”
Brooke is one of several Mount alums working in television news in markets across the country. All have had to pay
their dues to get where they are, and all said Mount played a big role in giving them their start.
“Senior year, I was honestly thinking about just being an art photographer for stills and stuff,” said Lauren Swaim ’14, who recently joined WANF in Atlanta after working for KARK FOX 16 in Little Rock. “I was involved in the multimedia class with Belle TV and all that. I learned a lot about video and editing, even though at that point I didn’t know I was going to go into news.”
Lauren joined her college newspaper as a freshman which set the hook for a career behind the camera that has already earned her an Emmy. She and her colleague, Alexis Wainwright, were awarded for their coverage of protest activities in Little Rock following the death of George Floyd.
“We were on top of the MLK bridge filming [the protesters],” she said. “I will say a lot of the protesters were peaceful; but some of them started firing fireworks at the police. At that point, the police started shooting tear gas at them. And we were in the middle of it.”
Students looking to go into this field
have to go outside their comfort zone, Lauren said, something that can start in high school.
“You can do the projects that people give you, but I would recommend going outside that,” she said. “If you come up with something you want to do, do it. If you want to extend Belle TV out into the community, do that. The possibilities are endless.”
Conley Grayson Norris ’16 has also seen her career path change. While she knew early on she wanted to go into broadcast journalism — again, thanks to Mount’s multimedia class — she’d originally set her eye on the sports beat.
“I played tennis growing up,” she said. “Going into college, I thought that I was going to do either tennis or golf and sports broadcasting. Then, of course, I graduated in 2020 during the pandemic, and most of the stations put their sports people on hold because there were no
sports. So, I ended up going into regular news as a multi-media journalist, and that’s where my career took off.”
After a stint with CBS/ABC affiliate WBBJ in Tennessee, Conley Grayson joined ABC News 4 in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2022. She offered three important strategies for success in the broadcast business: practice, practice, practice.
“Every single story you do, look back
at it,” she said. “It can be hilarious; I’ll watch a story from six months ago and I’m like, ‘Oh my goodness, that was so bad.’ You’re constantly growing in this industry, and you get better by practicing.
“I think one day, I would like to anchor full time. I also don’t want to rule out the opportunity of maybe going back to sports one day. My goal is truly just to keep getting better and moving up.”
“ Every single story you do, look back at it, ... You’re constantly growing in this industry, and you get better by practicing. ”
- CONLEY GRAYSON NORRIS ’16
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If you come up with something you want to do, do it. The possibilities are endless. ”
- LAUREN SWAIM ’14
“ [My dad] loves to give me feedback ... It’s helpful feedback a lot of the time. I’m just trying to make him proud and, most of all, make myself proud. ”
- BROOKE BUCKNER LIPE ’16
Kristin Oglesby ’12 had multiple sources of inspiration to go into law, including her attorney father, Edward, and her attorney sister, Katherine ’16, who pushed her to be her best. And there was Mount, which provided a solid academic and ethical foundation upon which to build her career.
“I made my way through college and law school with the same drive and the same expectation that was put on me at the Mount,” she said. “I think that set me apart in law school; I knew I had to show up every day, I had to work hard and I would reap benefits.”
Excelling as she does in the highpowered, high-pressure world of mergers and acquisitions takes a special kind of confidence and fortitude. Kristin credits the unique environment of Mount with instilling a confidence that has paid off in her career.
“Girls supporting girls,” she said. “I walked in an awkward ninth grader not sure of myself, and I walked across the graduation stage knowing that I graduated in a class of 105 people, which meant I had 104 people who would stand behind me any day of the week.
“I have my own daughter now and while we don’t live in Arkansas, I always tell my partner, ‘I want to move back to Little Rock so she can have the same experience that I did.’”
CHERYL VOGELPOHL BARNARD ’87 ALWAYS WANTED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD. WHILE AT MOUNT, SHE GRAVITATED TOWARD MODEL U.N. AND HEADED TO LOYOLA UNIVERSITY IN NEW ORLEANS WITH AN EYE ON FOREIGN SERVICE. BUT A COUPLE OF LAW CLASSES CHANGED THOSE PLANS, AND SHE SET HER SIGHTS ON LAW SCHOOL.
The decision may have changed her career direction but not her goals or aspirations. As a defense attorney within the Trial Unit of the Federal Public Defender’s Office for the Eastern District of Arkansas in Little Rock, she represents people at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder.
“I always wanted to do civil rights work and protect constitutional rights, and what I found is that indigent criminal defense as a public defender allows me to do both,” she said.
“The people I deal with are the ones that most of society wants to forget about and ostracize. The Mercy Values, to me, are the personification of what Mother Teresa did. It is getting into the trenches and reaching out a hand to the least of society, if you will, and fighting for them when nobody else will and protecting their rights as human beings.”
Robyn Phillips Allmendinger ’95 entered Mount St. Mary as an introverted freshman, hoping to get through four years without drawing undue attention. At that time, the thought of a legal career had never entered her mind, especially a history-making leadership role at Arkansas’ oldest and most storied firm. Yet that’s just what she did, serving as
the 203-year-old Rose Law Firm’s first female managing member — effectively the firm’s chief executive officer — from 2018 to 2022.
“The Mount definitely instilled confidence in me, in very large part to being an all-female school,” she said. “You were able to just be yourself. You weren’t as scared to speak up and talk in class or get up in front of your peers and give a speech or run for office. I think that’s what increased my confidence level between freshman and senior year.”
Her history-making role was not only a personal milestone but a source of inspiration for many other women. Being seen as a role model is something she finds extremely gratifying.
“I had two nieces at the Mount at that time, and they were so excited about my role,” she said. “I had many law school classmates and other people reach out to me. One in particular said he had teenage daughters, and this was something for them to see, that women can do this, too. I’d never really thought about the influence my job might have on other people, so that meant a lot to me.”
There’s a changing of the guard in the legal profession. According to the American Bar Association’s Profile of
the Legal Profession 2022, nearly 40% of attorneys in the U.S. are women, compared to less than 30% in 2000. Women also outnumber men in law school by a substantial margin, represent about onethird of federal judges and hold 41% of state Supreme Court judgeships.
Mount girls have been swept along in this revolution, with the number of graduates headed into law school and legal careers increasing by leaps and bounds. Many enter high school with no designs on a legal career, but once there, they discover their Mount education equips them with the knowledge, soft skills and confidence that lend themselves to life in the law.
Golly Easterly ’14 had several career paths in mind when she graduated from the Mount — none of them as a lawyer. Now an associate at Mitchell Williams Law Firm in Little Rock, she sees her vocation as a way to effect meaningful change in society.
“Coming straight out of college, I was your typical bleeding heart. I was like, ‘I want to change the world,’” the Vanderbilt Law School graduate said. “If you’re a woman and you’re trying to be a changemaker, you have to think very critically about the world and the space you take up in it. You have to strategically put yourself in a position to effect change, and the law allows that.
As a bankruptcy judge, Bianca Gatchell Rucker ’98 sees people enduring one of the most stressful periods of their lives. As
“It’s also one of those jobs that people have always talked about from the perspective of being a man’s world. I think there’s something tantalizing about wanting to take that role. It feels like an extra accomplishment to succeed in a field that is dominated by men.”
Every woman in the legal field today stands on the shoulders of those who came before her. For Mount girls, one early trailblazer is Marie-Bernarde Miller ’69, North Little Rock deputy city attorney.
“When I was growing up, my greatuncle, John Hibbler, was an attorney in Little Rock,” she said. “One of my first memories was sitting in his office and looking around at all of his law books. At that time, I just thought I’d like to be a lawyer and held on to that throughout my development.”
Marie’s journey was even more unique in that she first went into consecrated life as a Sister of Mercy and taught at Mount before law school, from which she graduated in 1983.
“My mother and aunts were faithbased people,” she said. “I attended grade school at St. Augustine’s in North Little Rock, taught by the Sisters of Christian Charity. Then continuing into high school at Mount, spiritual life was a focal point for everything we did.
“When I practiced law, I really tried to bring what I had been given as a young woman growing up in a faithbased atmosphere to my practice. There were many times when compassion was something that a client needed as much as how to maneuver through a legal problem.”
Thanks to a varied career in the legal profession spanning nearly four decades, Marie has been able to offer this muchneeded compassion to countless clients. In addition to her current role, her public service work included stints as deputy prosecuting attorney for the Sixth Judicial District and deputy attorney general and director of the Arkansas Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, among others. Marie also
such, she never forgets compassion when issuing her rulings.
“I have a dual role as a bankruptcy judge,” she said. “My job is to interpret the law and apply it as Congress intended. I don’t create laws. I’m not writing them. That’s the legal part.
“Another part of my job is making sure people feel heard and that they are treated fairly and understand why I rule the way that I rule. I want people to walk out of that courtroom with faith in their justice system.”
Following law school, Bianca served as a staff attorney for bankruptcy judges Richard Taylor and Ben Barry, which developed her aptitude for the legal field. Then, after a decade of serving in private practice, she was appointed United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern and
Her advice to the latest generation of the Mount sisterhood is to study hard, seek out leadership opportunities and keep an open mind.
“First, it’s okay to not have it figured out at 16,” she said. “I did not have it figured out. I wanted to be an actress, and then I wanted to be a doctor and finally, I wound up in law. I did not grow up thinking I wanted to be a lawyer, let alone a judge.
So, be open to different opportunities that come along.”
William H. Bowen School of Law
“ The people I deal with are the ones that most of society wants to forget about and ostracize. The Mercy Values, to me, are the personification of what Mother Teresa did. ”
- CHERYL VOGELPOHL BARNARD ’87
You’d think the daughter of the associate dean of the Bowen School of Law would’ve envisioned a legal career early in life. Not Eliza Epps Williams ’06.
“I grew up not liking lawyers at all,” she said. “At Mount, I was like, ‘No way. Lawyers are boring. They’re terrible. I’m never going to do that.’ Even in college, I didn’t think I’d be a lawyer.”
Eliza softened her view as she started witnessing how the law can improve people’s lives. It’s something she’s reminded of every day in the public defender’s office.
“My clients are indigent, poor, people who need help,” she said. “At Mount, we had such a big focus on service. Mount helped me see lives that weren’t like mine and helped me see people as worthy because they came from God.”
Eliza, who describes herself as “not your typical lawyer,” said she’d encourage the Mount girls of today to find ways to apply the Mercy Values to life, even life in the courtroom.
“Anyone can be a lawyer,” she said. “But you don’t have to be someone else to be a lawyer. You don’t have to be angry to be a lawyer; you can be a kind, nurturing person. Don’t try to change yourself just to reach a career goal.”
ELIZA EPPS WILLIAMS ’06 Assistant Public Defender, 11th Judicial District of TennesseeSewanee: The University of the South William & Mary Law School
spent many years in private practice at several established firms in Central Arkansas, including serving as partner at what is now Gill Ragon Owen, P.A.
“It’s a great honor to have served the legal profession for almost 40 years, during which I have had an opportunity to bring the influence of Mercy in my life to many of the people I encountered in each of these legal arenas,” she said.
Today, Mount St. Mary Academy continues to empower young women by providing an environment where each can find her own strength through academic exploration and leadership opportunities. And these, say alums, are the important building blocks for any career.
“I think one of the best things about Mount is that every girl can find her niche,” said Jessica Finan Patterson ’01, a judicial law clerk at the Arkansas Supreme Court and summer adjunct professor at Bowen School of Law in Little Rock. “There are so many different clubs and friend groups and teachers with certain expertise, you can figure out where you fit really easily. One of the best things about Mount is they really encourage and appreciate leadership. It’s cool to be a leader at Mount, and I think the school takes pride in the fact it graduates a lot of leaders.”
Jessica said of all the skills and knowledge she took from four years of high school, the work ethic principle has had the most lasting impact on her life.
“There were no classes that you could succeed in at Mount without studying, at least for me,” she said. “That work
ethic carries over to work life. When you’re making your case or working as a lawyer, you have to always be really well-prepared. You can’t wing it. No good lawyer can succeed without studying their case.”
As more Mount graduates enter the legal field, it’s created family legacies within the profession, such as Katherine Oglesby ’16, an associate with Norton Rose Fulbright in Dallas, who was inspired to become a lawyer by both her father, Edward, and her older sister Kristin ’12 before her.
“We both had the same upbringing; we were both inspired by our dad, and we were both really inquisitive and analytical about things,” she said. “The fact my sister went into law, and how well she did, really motivated me. I felt like if she can do well, I can do this, too.”
Katherine, who graduated top of her class from Alabama Law, also said she had plenty of other role models in the legal field growing up, women who more firmly connected the dots between the Mount St. Mary experience and the career she wanted to have.
“Dad would always point out female lawyers in his practice in Little Rock. That was a big confidence boost to know there were women resources out there,” she said. “It was also a sense of responsibility, of living up to a certain standard. I still have the Mercy card I got when I was a freshman, and I keep it in my wallet. Whatever I do, I at least want to do it with excellence, quality and my best effort.”
Guided by a set of Mercy values promoting ideals like leadership, service, and justice, it’s no surprise so many Mount girls have been drawn to the field of law over the years. What inspires them? What do they remember most about their Mount days? What insight can they share? We put two on the stand, so to speak, to find out!
Since graduating from one of the world’s premier law schools,
Laura
JD, Yale Law School, and BA in history, University of Notre Dame
Mary Logan’s International Relations
Ring Mass, during which I received my mom’s (Ruthie Huncke Holland ’66) ring
Respect
Serving as Ms. Marilyn’s (Lenggenhager ’73) aide in the main office
Retirement
My family – my husband and 3 kids
As a big fan of the “SmartLess” podcast, I would say Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, and Sean Hayes
“There is no victory, no fee, no favor worth even a blemish on your reputation for intellect and integrity.” – Vince Foster
Research and carefully consider jobs that require a law degree before committing to the time and expense of law school.
Mount’s Class of 1994 valedictorian, Laura Holland Hoey, has built an especially noteworthy career at a leading global law firm in Chicago. Meanwhile, Anna Kate Manchester, named salutatorian of her class in 2019, recently began her studies at another top law school in Cambridge and has big aspirations of garnering similar success in her profession one day.
Anna Kate Manchester ’19 1L AT HARVARD LAW SCHOOL
Education after Mount?
Impactful high school course?
Favorite Mount tradition?
Mercy Value you hold most dear?
Fondest memory while wearing the Houndstooth?
Current career aspiration?
Proudest accomplishment to date?
Top 3 dream dinner party guests?
Best advice you follow?
Counsel to Mount Girls interested in law?
BA in legal history and political science, University of Alabama
AP Human Geography
Mercy Day, getting out in the community and giving back alongside my classmates
Recognition of the intrinsic worth and dignity of each person
Visiting a local hospital with the Concert Belles and singing Christmas Carols on a live feed broadcast to patients’ rooms
International criminal lawyer specializing in human rights
Building a website over the past 3 years that helps Alabama parents navigate separation and develop healthy co-parenting schedules
Malala Yousafzai, President Bartlet from The West Wing , and Harry Styles
Fear isn’t always something to be afraid of. Sometimes fear simply confirms you’re pushing yourself in the direction you need to be pushed.
Gain exposure to the field as early as you can. Shadow an attorney, audit classes at your local law school, or even turn on Suits ! This can go a long way in determining whether a career in law is right for you.
EVERY YEAR, HUNDREDS OF MOUNT ST. MARY STUDENTS TAKE THE TIME TO PONDER THEIR FUTURES AND CHART THE COURSE FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES, BOTH ACADEMICALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY. SOME PLAN TO ENTER THE BUSINESS WORLD OR MEDICAL SCHOOL, WHILE OTHERS DREAM OF FOLLOWING THEIR PASSION INTO THE FIELDS OF LAW, ARCHITECTURE, EDUCATION AND THE ARTS.
Most of these decisions are steeped in pragmatism and pass a litany of questions: What interests me? What do I like to do? What do I have an aptitude for? Through serious pondering, and often with the helpful advice of teachers, parents and the trusty guidance counselor, students plan their path to a career that satisfies the soul and pays the bills.
Few of these game plans probably involve eating chocolate for a living, but as Chelsey Castrodale Landwehr’s unique career proves, you can never say never.
“It’s not exactly Willy Wonka come to life,” Chelsey said of her work. “As I always tell people, if we have a chocolate river running through the factory, that means we have a really big problem.”
All joking aside, Chesley, who graduated from Mount in 2005, has spent her professional life doing what many people dream of but didn’t know was an
option, and that’s being a chocolate expert. In her various roles with chocolate and candy companies, she’s become versed in every step of the process of turning cacao into the favorite sweet treat of millions.
“There is a story from my childhood where I was 7 or 8, and I was playing with food in a restaurant,” she said. “I turned to my mom and said, ‘I’m going to be a food inventor. Not a cook, a food inventor.’ I didn’t even know until I got to college that it was a career and that is what I’d do.”
At the Mount, Chelsey balanced her aptitude in science and math with a passion for the kitchen.
“I don’t think we had the word ‘foodie’ when I was in school,” she said. “We did have a home economics class at the time. I took cooking, and I did know that I loved cooking and I loved working with food.”
After spending her freshman year at a college in Ohio, she transferred to the
University of Arkansas. There, almost on a whim, she took an interim class on food science.
“I hadn’t heard of it before, but I always really loved cooking and food, and I was always really strong in science and math. I just was looking for something to apply it to,” she said. “When I took that interim class, it all just really clicked for me. I can take the things that I love studying and apply them to the food we eat every day.
“There was an event that decided it for me; the university has a food science department that every year processes apple butter and sells it. I attended that, I think just for extra credit, and saw the entire production. I remember thinking, ‘Wow. This is amazing. We started with an apple, and we ended with a product.’ I left that day knowing this is what I want to do.”
After earning her undergraduate
degree in food technology in 2009 and a master’s in food science from the U of A in 2011, Chelsey began her career with ADM Cocao in Milwaukee, a division of food industry giant Archer Daniels Midland. Her job was to service food manufacturing clients, helping them match the right chocolate product with goods in their product line.
“OK, so, ABC Brand is introducing a new cookie,” she said by way of example. “They’d tell me, ‘We have X, Y and Z ingredients in it; we need it to look like this, taste like this. We need these words on the label, and we can’t have these words on the label. What kind of chocolate should we put in it?’
“Basically my job was owning the process, from writing the formulation to making it for the first time to getting it produced in a factory for them.”
After a brief stop with The Hershey Company in Hershey, Pennsylvania, where she worked on efficiency and process improvement on the manufacturing side, she returned to Wisconsin with Clasen Quality Chocolate, where she was back in product development and processing.
In her career, she’s been around the world learning every step in the chocolate process, from the small equatorial farms that grow cacao to the various processing that transforms a bitter, nearly inedible raw bean into the baking and confectioner’s delight beloved the world over. As she’s done so, her taste buds have become refined well beyond those of your run-ofthe-mill chocoholic.
“Sensory evaluation is only a small part of what I do, but it is definitely a learned skill,” she said. “I have what I call a trained palate; I don’t consider myself someone
who really has that natural ability, what people call a super-taster. I have learned it, and that’s because I’ve been tasting for my entire 12-year career.
“For instance, a chocolate might be dark, but a dark that tastes very much like coffee or tastes very fruity. And then, what kind of fruity is it? Like a red fruit? A green fruit? And then, knowing the characteristics in those raw materials, I can apply processing that changes it to get the desirable qualities they’re looking for.”
As fanciful as Chelsey’s journey sounds, she said such jobs as hers are fairly common in the food industry as each manufacturer has some version of herself on staff. Her advice to Mount girls looking to break into the industry is to focus on math and science and look for leadership roles that sharpen your presentation skills. Most of all, she said, dream big.
“What I felt about the Mount was there was no barrier to doing what I wanted to do,” she said “There was never the question, can I do it? I want to take a harder math class — yes I can. I want to try this new club — yes I can. There was never a question because at the Mount we were empowered to do that.
“That is what I feel I took with me into college and into the real world — that self-motivation and that feeling that there weren’t limits for me, and if I hit a barrier in the real world, I had to face it. Mount taught me I can do it, and I have done it.”
PROMOTING CULTURAL AND ETHNIC UNDERSTANDING IS THE PURPOSE OF THE DIVERSITY CLUB. THE GROUP SEEKS TO EDUCATE THE STUDENT BODY ON THE MANY ETHNIC AND RACIAL HERITAGES REPRESENTED AT MOUNT ST. MARY ACADEMY.
“It’s important to create a safe space for people of color and all the different diversities that attend Mount,” said Zashenka Cervantes ’24, club president. “It helps other people learn more about different cultures and feel more connected to everyone. And I think it really builds a sense of community for everybody here. I think it really helps people feel welcome.”
The club teaches its members about a different cultural or ethnic group each month and explores ways to spread that knowledge to the general student body as well.
ZASHENKA Cervantes
“Our main purpose is to inform other people of different cultures,” said Zashenka. “We meet during activity period, which lasts about an hour and a half. We give information about the month we’re celebrating, how it started, why it started and different cultural celebrations. And we sometimes try to bring special snacks or foods that relate to the different culture we’re talking about.”
Zashenka said appreciating different heritages and cultures are key elements of Mount sisterhood.
“The club is a really good opportunity to get to know the people you’re spending the four years of high school with on a deeper level,” she said. “You not only see how different everyone is and where they come from, you also get a chance to feel more comfortable yourself in a place where every culture, every background is accepted.”
“THE CLUB IS A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOW THE PEOPLE YOU’RE SPENDING THE FOUR YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL WITH ON A DEEPER LEVEL.”
HELPING NEW STUDENTS TRANSITION TO HIGH SCHOOL IS THE ROLE OF LINK CREW, WHICH CREATES MENTORSHIPS BETWEEN UPPERCLASSMEN AND FRESHMEN.
Ava Bravo ’24 is in her second year with the club, which celebrated its inaugural year in 2022. She said of all the campus activities Mount offers, Link Crew is the one with the most universal appeal.
“All of us have been there,” she said. “We’ve all been freshmen and afraid of joining an established sisterhood. When I was a freshman, I was a nervous wreck, but I had a pretty solid group of friends who helped me adjust to the Mount. A lot of freshmen don’t have that, and obviously, all of them are terrified out of their boots.”
Link Crew juniors and seniors are assigned a group of freshmen, to whom they act as sources of information and help them adjust by giving them a friendly face and someone who can help them assimilate into high school.
“It’s different with everyone,” she said. “Some ask just the basic questions like, ‘What do I wear to football games?’ or, ‘How do I get to my classes?’ Then there are a few who are like, ‘I don’t know who to sit with at lunch,’ or, ‘I want someone to talk to.’”
Ava said as she prepares to welcome a new group, she’s pleased to see how last year’s cohort has found their groove, in part thanks to the positive start they got from Link Crew mentors.
“It’s very heartwarming,” she said. “The Mount is, at its core, a sisterhood that is so welcoming and accepting. We want the freshmen to succeed; we want them all to find their place in the Mount environment and become their best selves.”
AVA Bravo“WHEN I WAS A FRESHMAN, I WAS A NERVOUS WRECK, BUT I HAD A PRETTY SOLID GROUP OF FRIENDS WHO HELPED ME ADJUST TO THE MOUNT.”
ONE OF THE CLUBS THAT HAS MOUNT BUZZING — LITERALLY — IS THE HONEYBELLES BEE CLUB. THE GROUP EDUCATES MEMBERS AND THE STUDENT BODY ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF BEES IN THE ECOSYSTEM, WHILE PROVIDING A SWEET FUNDRAISING OPPORTUNITY.
“I was never interested in bees, didn’t know the school had a beehive or really understood anything remotely revolving around bees,” said Kylie Bui ’25, who’s in her third year with the club. “As a freshman, I thought this looked very interesting, and I decided to try something new to get out of my comfort zone.”
HoneyBelles tend the bees and create an environment where they can thrive. They then collect honey and create items that they sell at local community festivals.
“I am not one of the people who tends the hive, but we do have a chairperson who deals with that, and she has students who help her,” Kylie said. “They go and check on them and make sure the bees are fine. There are also club members who go out and plant flowers for the bees.
“During our activity time, we extract the honey from the frames. Then we clean and label the bottles and fill them with honey. We also make jewelry or lotion bars and lip balms.”
Kylie said in addition to gaining an appreciation for pollinators, the club provides other benefits to its members.
“Going to meetings and participating in the club, I’ve met many new friends and developed leadership skills,” she said. “I would recommend our club to anyone who wants to do something different and meet some really interesting people.”
KYLIE Bui
“GOING TO MEETINGS AND PARTICIPATING IN THE CLUB, I’VE MET MANY NEW FRIENDS AND DEVELOPED LEADERSHIP SKILLS.”
ONE OF THE NEWEST CLUBS AT MOUNT ST. MARY, THE HONOR COUNCIL, HELPS LOOK INTO ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF THE SCHOOL’S HONOR CODE BY STUDENTS.
According to Clara Principe ’24, the club is not set up as a court, but rather it seeks to gather the facts from the student’s perspective once a report of a potential violation has been made.
“We’re more of an advocate for the student than anything,” she said. “If you are accused of cheating, you have a pre-meeting, and we’ll be there and help talk with your teachers. We’re not there to punish you per se; we’re more like a line of communication between faculty and students about academic integrity.”
All members of the Honor Council are chosen via a nominations process. Clara, who’s been a member for two years, said the council grew out of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Academic integrity is important, especially after we were online,” she said. “There are lots of things you could get away with that you couldn’t necessarily get away with in person.”
Given this, Clara said she wanted to get involved in the group to help uphold the school’s high standards of conduct and academic integrity.
“I think we’re fostering a community of trust,” she said. “Life at Mount emphasizes Mercy Values and educating the whole person. By having the Honor Council and stressing integrity, I think it really aligns with Mount’s mission. And I think that mission is great in a lot of ways in that it’s not just about shuttling you in and out. It’s about making sure you become a good person in the process.”
CLARA Principe
“BY HAVING THE HONOR COUNCIL AND STRESSING INTEGRITY, I THINK IT REALLY ALIGNS WITH MOUNT’S MISSION.”
EVER WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD?
MOUNT HAS A CLUB FOR THAT! THE YOUNG CHANGEMAKERS CLUB IS A NONPARTISAN ORGANIZATION THAT LOOKS TO EDUCATE CLUB MEMBERS AND THE STUDENT BODY AT LARGE ON A VARIETY OF ISSUES.
“Young Changemakers is a group of girls who want to be a part of change,” said Sarah Siria ’25, club president. “It’s not a political group or anything like that. We have people from both sides of the political spectrum. We have people with completely different ideas. What we have in common is we’re girls who want to make a change.”
The group examines various social issues and devises ways to raise funds through bake sales and other means to make a difference locally.
“Last year for Women’s History Month in March, we donated over 200 items to women’s shelters,” Sarah said. “Also for that month, we donated tons of supplies to organizations that help and get supplies to women refugees.
“During Mount’s Robin Hood Days canned food drive, we raised $150 as a club. During those two months, our club focused on the issue of hunger.”
Sarah would like to see more students take an interest in the club’s activities, saying it fits neatly into the Mercy Values.
“I’ve been very lucky to grow up with parents who are very passionate about helping others, especially coming from a Catholic background, where we’re taught to help others, no matter what,” she said. “I know the girls at Mount are good people, and we all have different ideas about how to make the world a better place. This club is a great way to put those ideas into action.”
“WE HAVE PEOPLE WITH COMPLETELY DIFFERENT IDEAS. WHAT WE HAVE IN COMMON IS WE’RE GIRLS WHO WANT TO MAKE A CHANGE.”
SARAH Siria
SAVVY STRAESSLE ’24 FIRST GOT TO EXPERIENCE AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE (ASL) THROUGH A SERIES OF FREE CLASSES THAT A DEAF COLLEAGUE OF HER MOTHER’S WAS CO-HOSTING AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY WITH ASL INTERPRETER CORA MAJAN, A 2017 GRADUATE OF MOUNT.
“I really enjoyed it,” Savvy said. “I have a language disorder, so I didn’t have to take a language at Mount. However, if the school had this as a language class option, it would have been wonderful. I find ASL easier to learn than Spanish or French.”
Last year, Savvy decided to establish the American Sign Language Club as a way of introducing her classmates to a new way to communicate.
“I felt this would be a great thing for students to learn. I founded the club with the purpose of helping provide ASL skills and knowledge of the deaf and hard-of-hearing community,” she said. “I plan on pursuing a career in the medical field and knew it would be a great skillset we may even need in our jobs someday.”
The club meets weekly after school, during which time they practice fundamentals of the language.
“We learn the alphabet, finger spelling, how to spell your name, and everyday words like boy and girl,” she said. “We also learn to be expressive as we sign as that helps to show meaning. Technically there’s no homework, but we encourage practice on our own time outside of meetings.”
Savvy, club president, said she would like the school to carry the club on after she graduates in the spring.
“I’m hoping maybe Mount can pick it up and even offer it as a class as I hear they once did,” she said. “ASL expands your world by being able to interact with those you wouldn’t have been able to before.”
“ I FIND [SIGN LANGUAGE] EASIER TO LEARN THAN SPANISH OR FRENCH.”
SAVVY Straessle
LONG-TIMER TOM DOWNING TAKES HIS ROLE ON CAMPUS SERIOUSLY
For nearly two decades, Tom Downing has been one of those attributes. Tom, who is in his 17th year with the school, is one of the longest-tenured staff members on Mount’s roster and is a fixture in the lives of the hundreds of students who have attended MSM during his career.
“It’s a great place,” he said of Mount. “It helps girls become the best they can be, and I’m happy to be able to be some small part of that. It’s just a joy to be here knowing that I can pass something on that might help somebody down the line.”
Tom’s time on the payroll represents only a small piece of his overall connection to the school. Raised in a large family, he attended Our Lady of Good Counsel School and graduated from Catholic High. Not only did that bring him onto the MSM campus for various events, but his mother, four of his sisters and one of his two daughters were all Mount girls.
“Well, it’s kind of like being at home,” he said. “Mount here has been in my life for so long, even when I was a teenager and I would come up here. It’s been part of my life for more than two-thirds of my life.”
Originally hired as a maintenance helper, Tom showed early his desire to help improve the campus. In fact, it led him to disobey direct orders from his first boss, so strong was his desire to contribute.
“For the first two weeks of my job up here my supervisor told me, ‘You sit in the shop. Read the paper. I don’t care what you do, just stay there. I’ll let you know if I need you,’” he said. “Well, I got bored with doing that, ventured out of the shop and started doing things on my own. I’ve never looked back.”
Tom’s desire to be hands-on, coupled with the passage of time, has worked his fingerprints into the fabric of the campus. Through various renovations and remodels, he’s laid on hands in every
room of Mount St. Mary, in some cases right down to the bare walls.
“We actually did a huge renovation of the ’53 wing and the ’77 wing the summers of 2008 and 2009,” he said. “We had to move all the furnishings from the buildings out so they could do the asbestos abatement of those two wings. My first two years, I was doing a lot of physical moving of furniture and books; we moved every single book out of the library and put it back in there.”
Now the director of facilities, Tom tends to any number of issues concerning Mount’s physical plant. The days are interesting because he never knows what might await him on any given shift.
“I see my job as making everybody else’s job here easier by maintaining the buildings,” he said, “making it
All of that would have been enough to enshrine him in the lore of the place, but a move he made last year cemented his status among the students. It was an idea reminiscent of his first act of rebellion on the job, where he saw something he thought needed doing and he took matters into his own hands.
“Ever since we’ve had all these incidents with school shootings and that kind of stuff, we’ve tightened up our security,” he said. “I’ve posted myself at the front door in the mornings, and I greet everybody as they come in. I want them all to feel some type of connection when they walk in the door — that they are in a safe place, that they are cared for here and loved.”
Tom said while not every student returns his greeting, many do. At least one took to social media to post a photo of him at his post, referring to him as her “school dad” in the comments. The response to the post — relayed to him second-hand because he’s not on Instagram — tells Tom that the feeling among many Mount girls is mutual.
comfortable for them. Helping them accomplish things by moving things around for them or setting things up. I help Joel, our technology director, a lot when we’re doing new things, rolling new things out. Right now, my assistant, Mark, Joel and I are moving some equipment over to our new area in the convent that we just renovated this summer.
“The building lives whether somebody is here or not, so I’m a 12-month person. We just make sure that everything inside and outside of the building is holding together and operating.”
“That was pretty neat,” he said. “It really touches my heart because I didn’t know I made that kind of impact on people. But I’m happy that I do. I want to make a positive impact on all of these girls.”
At age 59, Tom likely has several more years on the job and with it, several more classes of students to connect with. And for however long he’s here, you will know where to find him leading up to the opening bell.
“I’ll be at that spot every morning, greeting them,” he said, “and I’ll keep doing it until they force me out the door.”
EVERY DAY, MOUNT ST. MARY STUDENTS ARRIVE ON CAMPUS TO MANY FAMILIAR SIGHTS. THE OLD GATE, MCAULEY CENTER GYMNASIUM AND MANICURED GROUNDS ARE BUT A FEW OF THE CAMPUS FEATURES THAT ARE SO UBIQUITOUS TO THE MOUNT EXPERIENCE, IT BINDS THE GENERATIONS TOGETHER.
“ Well, it’s kind of like being at home. Mount here has been in my life for so long, even when I was a teenager and I would come up here. It’s been part of my life for more than two-thirds of my life.”
- TOM DOWNING
3X WINNER IN 2022-2023
43 HOURS
AP courses plus an AP Capstone Diploma Program
THROUGH
(compared
ATTENDING 35 DIFFERENT COLLEGES
AND UNIVERSITIES IN 16 STATES
26 24.3 average ACT COMPOSITE SCORE EARNED $15.7 million
5
STUDENT-ATHLETES SIGNED TO PLAY IN COLLEGE (DIVISIONS I, II, & III)
14% enrolled in an AP SCHOLARS
9,597 hours
27 TOTAL
SERVICE
90 HIGHER EDUCATION
TWO NATIONAL MERIT FINALISTS ACCEPTED TO INSTITUTIONS
2022-2023
This report gratefully recognizes the generous support from our alumnae, parents, parents of alumnae, grandparents, faculty, staff and friends. Everyone at Mount St. Mary appreciates the unwavering commitment to our school as demonstrated by all those who made contributions in various capacities during the 2022-2023 year. Their dedication to our mission, and to helping ensure a strong future for Mount St. Mary, is truly an inspiration.
To err is human; to forgive, divine.
The MSM Foundation Office has worked diligently to ensure the accuracy of this report of gifts. If your name was omitted or improperly noted, please accept our apologies. If you notice such an error, we ask that you notify Database Coordinator Vic Gerbholz at 501-476-3375 or vgerbholz@mtstmary.edu so our records can be corrected. Thank you.
2022–2023 GIFT IMPACT *
Annual Fund
Endowment Gifts
Designated Gifts
Tuition Assistance
Total Contributions Endowments for School Operations
ENDOWED FUNDS
* unaudited year-end figures
THERE’S NOT A LOT REMAINING IN THE MOUNT ST. MARY CURRICULUM THAT RESEMBLES WHAT HAVEN HORNIBROOK WATERS ’63 EXPERIENCED DURING HER TIME AT THE SCHOOL. STUDENTS DON’T ENROLL AS FIFTH GRADERS ANYMORE, AS HAVEN DID; THEY AREN’T LED THROUGH THEIR LESSONS BY NUNS AS SHE WAS; AND THEY DON’T FOCUS ON SUCH SECRETARIAL SKILLS AS SHORTHAND AS THEY DID DURING HER ERA.
But that doesn’t keep Haven from feeling an intense kinship to succeeding generations of MSM students, right up until the present day. Once a Mount girl, always a Mount girl, could be her credo.
“It’s a legacy and a tradition,” she said. “I just cherish my years there. I was always proud to say I was a Mount girl.”
Part of what has kept Haven so close to the spirit of the school are the legacies she produced. Both of her daughters are alums ― Leigh Ann Crain Raper ’87 and Erin Crain Brady ’90 ― who were instrumental in keeping their mother connected to Mount through the years.
“My daughters were the ones who got me involved and connected me with the alumnae association,” Haven said. “When Leigh Ann was president of the alumnae board, she asked me to come on as the secretary. I was secretary of the board for several years.
“They were wonderful volunteers and gave a lot of their time and energy between chairing Dinner Belles and other fundraisers. It was such a privilege and honor to be able to serve with my daughters, and it was so much fun. They’ve been an inspiration to me, honestly. And I think we’ve passed that on to their children,
too. We have deep roots in Mount St. Mary.”
Those roots have now borne the fruit of a third generation of Belles. Haven’s granddaughters both graduated from here, Anna Brady ’18, who also works for MSM, and Ellen Brady ’22. She’s even got a Mount girl to-be in granddaughter Cate Bradley Raper. Currently a sixth grader at Christ the King Catholic School in Little Rock, she will be a member of the Class of 2030.
Haven has also maintained a long history of giving to her alma mater, a spirit of generosity and gratitude that she shares with her husband of 22 years, Bill Waters, whose daughter, Amy Waters Starr, graduated from Mount in 1988.
“We want the legacy to continue and to enable young women who want a Catholic education the opportunity to attend Mount St. Mary,” Haven said. “We love the Bible verse, ‘To whom much is given, much will be required.’ We are very blessed to be able to contribute. We’re not big-time donors, but we do something every month. Mount is just near and dear to our hearts and such a worthwhile endeavor, and it’s never too late to start donating.”
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Mount is just near and dear to our hearts and such a worthwhile endeavor, and it’s never too late to start donating.”
JULY 1, 2022 –
JUNE 30, 2023
The McAuley Society is comprised of lead donors committed to the future of Mount St. Mary Academy. Membership is open to all individuals, families and organizations that make a minimum $1,000 annual gift to the school.
Anonymous (5)
Dorothy Saenger Ackfeld ’52
Angela & Chad+ Aduddell
Heather+ & Scott Allmendinger
Jan & Dave Allmendinger
Terry Angtuaco
Bernie Balest Ardemagni ’64 & Richard Ardemagni
Melody Ashley ’78
Shannon Benafield Aston ’85 & David
Aston
Curtis Bailey
Deborah Baldwin+ & Jim Metzger
Nancy Wilhite Bartlett ’72 & David Bartlett
Desi & Andrew Beers
Pat Black
Patti & Larry+ Boccarossa
Corinne Bonner
Jane & Doug Bown
Brown Foundation
Tricia Brown ’75
Marie & Lyle Burdine
Stephanie & Daniels Bynum
C.B. Foundation
Allison & Keith Caldarera
Joni Johnston Calva ’76 & D.J. Calva
Pat Carlisle
Abby & Jay Carman
Becky Carroll ’72 & Linda Spink
Christine & Jay Castillo
Catholic Business Women’s Club
Donna Chachere ’83+
Chevron Matching Gift Program
CHI St. Vincent
Jane Ferrill Colclasure ’63 & Bruce Colclasure
Jena Cupples Compton ’91+ & Adam Compton
Miranda Roberts Crawford ’04 & Nathan
Crawford
Barbara & Rich Crews
Flora Bittner Croft Endowment
Kristie & Michael Cronkhite
Beth & Jeff Crowder
Patti Murphy Dailey ’64 & Jim Dailey
Ron Davis
Debbie & Rush+ Deacon
Margaret Cassidy Dearing ’71 & Bill Dearing
Tracy Taylor Dietrich ’82
Beth Lipsmeyer Dunn ’66 & Ted Dunn
Theresa Sprenger Dunn ’73 & Jim Dunn
Katie Sprenger Dupslaff ’82 & Scott Dupslaff
Anne McAdams Dyke ’85 & Merritt Dyke
Patty Berg Enderlin ’73 & Charles
Enderlin
Sue Fredrich Enderlin ’64 & Amos
Enderlin
Entergy Services, Inc.
EOG Resources, Inc.
Jenny Crews Faulkner ’95 & Andrew Faulkner
Trisha Fitzgerald Filipek ’69 & David Filipek
Karen Goodhart Flake ’65 & John Flake
Msgr. Lawrence Frederick
Lou Ann & Wally Gieringer
Rosalind & Phillip Gillam
Conley & Alex Golden
Missy Dishongh Griffy ’75 & Tim Griffy
Eleanor Mary Guilford Living Trust
Sharon Strack Gunter ’85 & Marc Gunter
Theresa Goshen Hall ’78 & John Hall
Shanti Halter+ & Bill Halter
Debbie Wright Harris ’75 & Bill Harris
Mike Hart
Janet & Greg Hartz
Sarah Hartz
Laura & Jeff+ Hathaway
Mary Bea Couch Hiegel ’57 & Ken Hiegel
Kathy Dailey Hightower ’63 & Ray Hightower
Holy Souls Men’s Club
Liane Rhein Humble ’53 & Bill Humble
Stephanie Dailey Kelley ’73 & Hank Kelley
Sharon Kresse ’76
Kroger
Melissa & John Lipsmeyer
Kristin Fletcher Litzinger ’85 & Steve Litzinger
Traci & Michael Lock
Sr. Donald Mary Lynch, RSM ’61
Lou & Frank Ma
Bill Mabrey
Kallie & Thomas McCullough
Scott McLeod+
Cecilia & Beau McNeff
Rebecca & Nicolaus McNeill
Katie & Mark Melton
Vickey Hum Metrailer ’69 & James Metrailer
Ruth Straessle Metzger ’53 & Clarence Metzger
Susan May Miller ’80 & Andy Miller
Sloan Johnson Milton ’05 & Tyler Milton
Anne Hiegel Mines ’82+ & Tim Mines+
Janet & Philip Miron
Lucia Trujillo Morris ’09 & Jared Morris
Matt Morris
Angela Nutt-Nguyen ’85 & Duong Nguyen
Christi & John Oliver
Fr. John Oswald
Cathy Hastings Owen ’76 & Steve Owen
Kris & Cam Patterson
Diana & Ken Pearson
Lisa Petursson ’88
Dorothy Pumphrey
Beth & Scott Pursley
Cheryl Chandler Rainey ’78 & Russell Rainey
John Renick
Becky & Robert Schulte
Meredith Hartz Shelton ’02 & Luke Shelton
Susie+ & David Smith
Kelly Wortsmith Snook ’86 & Roy Snook
Robyn & Jason Stewart
Annette Barringhaus Stipak ’84 & John Stipak
Roy and Christine Sturgis C&E Trust Arkansas
Becky Clement Sullivan ’74 & Charley Sullivan
Tarco, Inc. – Matching Gift Program
Tate Family Foundation
Anne & Alan Tedford
Lu Tlapek
Tracy’s Glass and Mirror, Inc.
Deane Wallace*
Haven Hornibrook Waters ’63 & Bill Waters
Leighton & Doug Weeks
Nancy & Stephen White
Kathy Whiting
Harrigan Wortsmith
Cheryl & David Wren
+ 2022-2023 board member
* deceased
The following list recognizes all donors who have expressed their loyalty and commitment to our school in the form of a monetary gift that has helped advance the mission of Mount St. Mary Academy and ensure the continuation of our rich legacy of academic excellence. These gifts range from tuition assistance, school endowment contributions, memorial gifts, major designated gifts, acquired planned gifts and bequests, and unrestricted contributions to the Annual Fund. Thank you for your generosity!
Sr. Catherine McAuley
Legacy Circle
$10,000+
Anonymous (2)
Brown Foundation
Tricia Brown ’75
CHI St. Vincent
Flora Bittner Croft Endowment
Eleanor Mary Guilford Living Trust
Janet & Greg Hartz
Dorothy Pumphrey
Roy and Christine Sturgis C&E Trust Arkansas
Becky Clement Sullivan ’74 & Charley Sullivan
Deane Wallace*
Harrigan Wortsmith
MSM Founders’ Circle
$5,000-$9,999
Anonymous
Jan & Dave Allmendinger
Bernie Balest Ardemagni ’64 & Richard Ardemagni
Donna Chachere ’83
EOG Resources, Inc.
Jenny Crews Faulkner ’95 & Andrew Faulkner
Missy Dishongh Griffy ’75 & Tim Griffy
Kathy Dailey Hightower ’63 & Ray Hightower
Lou & Frank Ma
Sloan Johnson Milton ’05 & Tyler Milton
Janet & Philip Miron
Kathy Whiting
Legacy of Leadership Circle
$2,500-$4,999
Anonymous
Angela & Chad Aduddell
Heather & Scott Allmendinger
Deborah Baldwin & Jim Metzger
Corinne Bonner
Marie & Lyle Burdine
Pat Carlisle
Catholic Business Women’s Club
Jena Cupples Compton ’91 & Adam
Compton
Tracy Taylor Dietrich ’82
Entergy Services, Inc.
Karen Goodhart Flake ’65 & John Flake
Kroger
Sr. Donald Mary Lynch, RSM ’61
Kallie & Thomas McCullough
Rebecca & Nicolaus McNeill
Katie & Mark Melton
Anne Hiegel Mines ’82 & Tim Mines
Lucia Trujillo Morris ’09 & Jared Morris
Angela Nutt-Nguyen ’85 & Duong Nguyen
Diana & Ken Pearson
Meredith Hartz Shelton ’02 & Luke Shelton
Robyn & Jason Stewart
Tarco, Inc. – Matching Gift Program
Anne & Alan Tedford
Lu Tlapek
Tracy’s Glass and Mirror, Inc.
Leighton & Doug Weeks
Sisters of Mercy Circle
$1,500-$2,499
Anonymous
Melody Ashley ’78
Patti & Larry Boccarossa
Beth & Jeff Crowder
Margaret Cassidy Dearing ’71 & Bill Dearing
Katie Sprenger Dupslaff ’82 & Scott
Dupslaff
Msgr. Lawrence Frederick
Theresa Goshen Hall ’78 & John Hall
Shanti Halter & Bill Halter
Debbie Wright Harris ’75 & Bill Harris
Holy Souls Men’s Club
Liane Rhein Humble ’53 & Bill Humble
Rosalind & Phillip Gillam
Conley & Alex Golden
Sharon Strack Gunter ’85 & Marc Gunter
Mike Hart
Sarah Hartz
Laura & Jeff Hathaway
Mary Bea Couch Hiegel ’57 & Ken Hiegel
Stephanie Dailey Kelley ’73 & Hank
Kelley
Sharon Kresse ’76
Melissa & John Lipsmeyer
Kristin Fletcher Litzinger ’85 & Steve
Litzinger
Traci & Michael Lock
Bill Mabrey
Scott McLeod
Vickey Hum Metrailer ’69 & James
Metrailer
Ruth Straessle Metzger ’53 & Clarence Metzger
Susan May Miller ’80 & Andy Miller
Christi & John Oliver
Fr. John Oswald
Baker Cunningham
Sarah Davies ’97
Liz Dolan ’69
Tom Downing
Amber & Stephen Duch
Buff & Jay Easterly
Margaret & Ray Fizer
Laura & Mark Freville
Dottie & Frank Funk
Giglio Plumbing Co., Inc
Karen Kerr Glover ’73 & Bruce Glover
Rita Lynch Goodgame ’46
Jeannine Huard Hart ’60 & Arthur Hart
Aubrey & Jay Harton
Lauren Nash Hendrix ’01
Rhonda Schneider Jansen ’98 & Brian Jansen
Maddie Oxner Johnson ’15 & Sam Johnson
Mary Prichard Johnson ’60
Sarah Filipek Johnson ’97 & Joel Johnson
Sara & Larry Jones
Patty Cox Juniper ’89 & Mike Juniper
Cecilia & Beau McNeff
Matt Morris
Beth & Scott Pursley
Becky & Robert Schulte
Angelus Bell Circle
$1,000-$1,499
Dorothy Saenger Ackfeld ’52
Terry Angtuaco
Shannon Benafield Aston ’85 & David Aston
Curtis Bailey
Nancy Wilhite Bartlett ’72 & David Bartlett
Desi & Andrew Beers
Pat Black
Jane & Doug Bown
Stephanie & Daniels Bynum
C.B. Foundation
Allison & Keith Caldarera
Joni Johnston Calva ’76 & D.J. Calva
Abby & Jay Carman
Becky Carroll ’72 & Linda Spink
Christine & Jay Castillo
Chevron Matching Gift Program
Jane Ferrill Colclasure ’63 & Bruce Colclasure
Miranda Roberts Crawford ’04 & Nathan Crawford
Barbara & Rich Crews
Kristie & Michael Cronkhite
Patti Murphy Dailey ’64 & Jim Dailey
Ron Davis
Debbie & Rush Deacon
Beth Lipsmeyer Dunn ’66 & Ted Dunn
Theresa Sprenger Dunn ’73 & Jim Dunn
Anne McAdams Dyke ’85 & Merritt Dyke
Patty Berg Enderlin ’73 & Charles Enderlin
Sue Fredrich Enderlin ’64 & Amos Enderlin
Trisha Fitzgerald Filipek ’69 & David Filipek
Lou Ann & Wally Gieringer
Cathy Hastings Owen ’76 & Steve Owen
Kris & Cam Patterson
Lisa Petursson ’88
Cheryl Chandler Rainey ’78 & Russell
Rainey
John Renick
Susie & David Smith
Kelly Wortsmith Snook ’86 & Roy Snook
Annette Barringhaus Stipak ’84 & John
Stipak
Tate Family Foundation
Haven Hornibrook Waters ’63 & Bill
Waters
Nancy & Stephen White
Cheryl & David Wren
Mercian Cross & Shield
Club
$500-$999
Lynne Breen Alpar ’79 & Alan Alpar
Melissa & Michael Angtuaco
Archway Graphic Designs
Carol & Fred Auger
Diane & Kirk Babb
Patti Callahan Bernstein ’65 & Davis Bernstein
Michie McHardy Bissell ’62
Suzette & Donnie Bridges
Anne Jansen Broadwater ’78 & Ralph Broadwater
Lori & Chad Brown
Melody Brown ’92
Rosemary Balest Bryant ’61 & Charles Bryant
Linda Grady Byrne ’70 & Rob Byrne
Amanda & Adam Cadorette
Mary Kay Bergman Cashion ’75 & Paul Cashion
CIA-Grant Fund
Class of 1975
Michele Conners ’89
Annie McFadden Cross ’08 & Michael Cross
Ashley Bressinck Cunningham ’88 &
Tamara & Raouf Kassissieh
Ashley Kersey ’99
Dana & Joe Kleine
LeMay Photography
Dianne & Jim Lincicome
Elizabeth Lipsmeyer ’56
Susie Wallace Lowther ’75 & Ed Lowther
Mary Lyon ’77
Karen & John Mangiaracina
Ritchie Clark Maxwell ’72 & Alan Maxwell
Jennifer Schueck McCarty ’87 & Mark McCarty
Ashley Boccarossa McNatt ’03
Elizabeth Seredynski Moix ’62
Melanie & Edward Oglesby
Wendy & Ray Parker
Lorre Parrish
Pax Christi USA – Little Inc.
Gretchen Wewers Pierce ’90 & Randy Pierce
Kim & Jason Polk
Beth & Charlie Porter
Amanda Hall Potts ’96 & William Potts
Ginney Pumphrey ’67
Beth & Bruce Saad
Tiffany Galchus Senavinin ’93 & Roc Senavinin
Angela Maynard Sewall ’64 & Frank Sewall
Stanley Hardware & Lumber
Talmage Mullen Steele ’61 & Eric Steele
Caroline Stephens ’92 & Bruce Stephens
Donna French Strack ’75 & Joe Strack
Angie & Phillip Suffridge
Kay & James Tribo
Mary Alice Makoski Veitch ’57
Sharon & Carl Vogelpohl
Brenda & Dave Walter
Peggy Wells ’72
Sally & Topf Wells
Kelly & Eric Wewers
Sarah Meier Wherry ’97 & Chris Wherry
Susie & Mike Whitacre
Lori & Bush Williams
Kirk Wilson
Laura & Jeff Woford
Mary Yancey
Belles Purple & White Club
$250-$499
Anonymous (2) Action, Inc
Michele & John Allgood
Arkansas Luxury Lawns and Greens, LLC
Carole Pabian Arkin ’60 & Charles Arkin
Jean Bishop Armstrong ’62
Cindy & Andy Arnold
Kimberly & Ben Bailey
Bank of England
Mary Ann Wollhower Bellas ’54
Natalie Carr Bell-Shy ’85
Alicia Selig Berkemeyer ’86 & Kenny Berkemeyer
Barbara Martin Blaes ’55 & Marvin Blaes*
Cindy & Seth Blomeley
Denice & Caleb Bozeman
Chucki & Curt Bradbury
Rhonda Bradley
Donna Bowers Bressinck ’64
Matthew Britt
Cameryn Miller Burch ’08 & Justin Burch
Suzanne & Hugh Burnett
Braun Ray Campbell ’83 & John Campbell
Jean & Dan Carter
Carolyn Cerrato Chalmers ’64 & Glenn Chalmers
Meg Taylor Chase ’84 & Jim Chase
Ashley & Brandon Cliff
Patty Bergman Commerford ’71 & Joe Commerford
Natasha & Mark Cottingham
Tony Crifasi
Karen Cruce
Janet Kirspel Deeter ’63 & Mort Deeter
Lucille Kelly DeGostin ’68 & Robert DeGostin
Mary & Tom Devine
Robert Doolos
Entergy Corporate Social Responsibility
Sheila & Marc Fitts
Joe Franzetti
Sheila & Joe Frederick
Nancy Frost ’75
Megan Saer Garrison ’99 & Justin Garrison
Laura & Brian Gehrki
Lindy Smith Gordon
Stan Hastings
Heather Hayes ’86
Marc Haynes
Lauren White Hoover ’99 & Joel Hoover
Christy & Mark Hopkins
Dee James
Angie Staley Johnson
Charlene Dillon Julian ’74
Sr. Judith Keith, RSM ’51
Mary Bray Kelley ’62
Sr. Teresa Kelone, RSM ’66
Carol Gangluff Kordsmeier ’87 & Brian Kordsmeier
Kelly & Wes Lasseigne
Michelle Young Leding ’85 & Carl Leding
Jeannie & Jason Lee
Krista Allmendinger Lewis ’93 & D.K.
Lewis
Janie Lienhart ’76
Patti Del Donno Lienhart ’73 & Mike
Lienhart
Denise Hanson Lipin ’66 & John Lipin
Bonnie Wellborn Malzewski ’95 & Al
Malzewski
Kay Marak ’72
Mary-Margaret Rasco Marks ’98 & Matthew Marks
Natasha & Cary Marlow
Becky Semasek May ’57 & Bill May
Cheri & Dick McIlroy
Valerie & Robert McLean
Mary McMillan
Julie Baker Menke ’80 & Paul Menke
Grace Kelley Mickelson ’04 & Luke
Mickelson
Holly Larrison Mills ’85
Jennifer & John Milwee
Kip A. Moore Associates PA
Kristy & David Morris
Jenny Moses
Catherine Weakland Murphy ’62 & Lawrence Murphy
Lauren Naeyaert ’08
Becky Smith Neighbors ’89 & Robert
Neighbors
Patty Binz Neumeier ’78 & Bernard
Neumeier
Kristen & Hank Pfeifer
Christina Deuerling Pilkington ’78 & Pete Pilkington
Amber Pruss ’07
Betty Catlett Pullam ’63 & Joe Pullam
Pegi & Richard Redix
Carolee & Mike Riley
Nan Hennelly Rindahl ’85 & Marty Rindahl
Karen & Lewis Ritchey
River City Turbo, Inc.
Gabby & Vicente Robledo
Elizabeth Sellars ’98
Joan Eichler Simon ’86 & David Simon
Jody Simpson ’84
Melissa & Keith Smith
Christy Snowden-Davis ’77 & Mark Davis
The Sportstop, Inc.
DeeDee & Wallie Sprick
Maria & Chris Stiles
Candace Weekley & Joel Tanner
Pat & William Tedford
Tricia Tresp ’75
Becki & Larry Vassar
Yemina Vazquez
Theresa Straessle Vogelpohl ’64 & Raymond Vogelpohl
Gus M. Vratsinas
Janie Ward
Mary Ellen & Steve Ware
Claire Saenger Weiler ’55
Stephen Henry Wells Revocable Trust
Lorie White ’92
Charles Williams
Angie Muzquiz Wilson ’53 & Larry Wilson
Marcy Hall Wright ’04
Lori & Aaron Yacavone
Peter Yang
Jacqueline & Ed Zeneski
Guardians of the Mount Club
$100-$249
Anonymous (3)
Mallory Shiver Abate ’05 & Matthew Abate
Racheal & Jeff Adams
Kathy Handloser Aday ’74 & Wade Aday
Laura Strack Aday ’02 & Steve Aday
Chris Allen ’64
Chelsea & Braden Allman
Amazon Smile
Penny Reeves Amundson ’85 & Jeff Amundson
Margaret Dickmann Arney ’67 & Don Arney
Sharon Wilk Ashley ’75 & Randy Ashley
Brenda & Raymond Ashmore
Sharon Waters Aureli ’81
Betty Sutton Avants ’53
Frances Benita Baggett née Cicero
Ann Bailey Bain ’72 & James Bain
Sue Jenders Balest ’74 & Phil Balest
Robin & Hardy Banks
Beth Hathaway Barnes
Anna Pursley Barcus ’04 & Matthew Barcus
Ann Limberg Bartrem ’73
Mary Swope Battreal ’57 & James Battreal
Sarah & Gene Behrens
Deborah Dober Belyeu ’84 & Lee Belyeu
Halona Bergman
Edward Birdsong
Beth & David Bisceglia
Carol Faryewicz Bishop ’74 & Robert Bishop
Peyton Crawford Bishop ’58
Mimi Baldwin Blackwood ’72 & Mark Blackwood
Rebecca & Kyle Blakely
Lauren Blair
Pam Chudy Boehmer ’71
Donna Bosley
Megan & Todd Boswell
Denice & Caleb Bozeman
Erin Crain Brady ’90 & Justin Brady
Sarah Smith Brantley ’01 & Russell
Brantley
Jan & Bill Brass
Christine Kelly Braun ’73
Janet & John Breen
Beth Ortega Brewer ’91 & Bryce Brewer
Judy & Benny Bright
Cari & Brendan Britt
Kathy Broussard
Kelly Browe-Olson
Robin Brown
Donna Bentrup Brunson ’60
Barbara Menz Bryan ’67 & Houston
Bryan
Frances Rogers Buchanan ’63
Mildred Metrailer Buddenberg ’46
Irene & Toan Bui
Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts
Becky & Smitty Burgess
Carrie & John Burkhead
Mary Catherine & Brad Burney
Rosey Seguin-Calderon & Vince Calderon
Maureen Calhoon & Ken Calhoon
Ashley Younger Caldwell ’98 & Christopher Caldwell
Jerrie Farmer Campagna ’68 & Nicholas Campagna
Deborah & Jerry Carman
Blaine & Pat Carr
Cindy Casto
Debbie Uekman Chandler ’73
Lange Robinson Cheek ’84 & Richard
Cheek
Christina Brown Christie ’98
Teresa & Mark Chudy
Amy Kordsmeier Clark ’95 & Jeff Clark
Elizabeth Johnson Clark ’00 & Aaron
Clark
Class of 1970
Pat Kirspel Claud ’70
Denise Clayton
Virginia & Stuart Cobb
Eden Coker & Cody Jones
Donna & David Cone
Karen & Dale Coy
David Craig
Rose Kelley Cranford ’62 & Bill Cranford
Laura & Eddie Crow
Edith Jack Crowell ’83 & Michael Crowell
Alice Hickey Cruse ’96 & Joseph Cruse
Joseph Cvengros
Dena Wortsmith Daniel ’91 & Shawn
Daniel
Mary Lewis Dassinger
Amy & Scot Davis
Kate Milligan Davis
Tad Davis
Lauren Clay Day ’06 & Aaron Day
Vita Caldarera Debin ’58 & Robert
Debin
Dorris Karcher Deislinger ’51
Joanna & Brian Delavan
Lori & Andrew Delfos
Sharon & John Denery
Dillard›s Department Stores, Inc.
Joy Dillingham ’73
Elizabeth Couch Dober ’61
Janet Handloser Dolan ’75 & Chris Dolan
Shelli Bonner Dominick ’83 & John Dominick
Mary Jo Dumboski ’69
Mary Glenn O›Donnell Dunaway ’66
Jennifer & Ronnie Dunlap
Ellen & Russ Dykes
Christine Ray Eades ’78 & David Eades
Marilyn & Bo Eagan
Jill & John Eanes
Tracy & John Eddy
Karen & Clint Elliott
Selena Duncan Ellis ’64
Carolee Sroka Emerson ’95 & Matt Emerson
Alicia & Sam Emmerling
Trish & Daryl England
Ari Fason
Nallivi Favela
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Nolann & Jack Finch
Jennifer Fitts Finnegan ’85 & Thomas Finnegan
Martha Hiznay Flynn ’56 & O.C. Flynn
Jim France
Margie & Gene* France
Tonya Stringer Franzetti ’92 & Jeff Franzetti
Bridgette & Mark Frazier
Cynthia & Tom Frazier
Teresa Schieber Freyaldenhoven ’08
Laura & Don Frost
Kristin Noor Gable ’92 & Kevin Gable
Lisa & Jay Gaddy
Nancy & David Gambill
Missy Gazette
Lindsey Gearhart
Lisa & Tinker Gibbons
Sydney O›Quin Gilbert ’00 & Luke Gilbert
Sara Schneider Glazer ’08
Phyllis Grasser ’72
Denise Graves ’73
Brittany Greenwood ’12
Marlene Bailey Gremillion ’68 & Richard Gremillion
Amber & Cody Griffin
Jamie & Neil Groat
Patty Gray Guanella ’57 & Tom Guanella
Ashley Fotioo Gunderman ’92 & Chris Gunderman
Patty Hamilton Gustafson ’66 & Phil Gustafson
Paige Fraser Hadfield ’99 & Charlie Hadfield, III
Pam Yaniger Halter ’77 & Michael Halter
Lauren Hamilton ’98
Meredith Battreal Hankins ’93 & Vaughan Hankins
Carole Hansen and Steve Hansen
Selma Gilmore Metzger Hardin ’52* & Howard Hardin
Catherine Lensing Harper ’75
Cynthia & Matthew Harris
Louise & Dan Hartman
Paula Hastings ’84
Rosalyn Jones Hastings ’48 & Harry Hastings
Marty & Tim Heiple
Jana Hendrix
Carolyn Hall Henry ’71 & Danny Henry
Cathey* & Bob Henry
Paris Upshaw Henry ’78 & Perry Henry
Drew Ford Herget ’09
Claudia Mendez Reyna & Carlos Hernandez
Allison Lasiter Hester ’94 & Stephen Hester
Deanna & Jeff Hildebrand
Michelle Ward Hill ’03 & Stacey Hill
Mary Rita Schlatterer Hoffman ’49
Linda Hoffmann ’70
Natalie Polk Hoffmann ’81 & James Hoffmann
Karen Hooks ’86
Carol Greeley Hopkins ’80 & Jeffrey Hopkins
Paige & Eric Horras
Patricia Horsley
Nancy Huckabay
Carly Hugg ’19
Robin Evans Huggins ’80 & Darwin Huggins
Laura Gowen Humphries ’73 & Mark Humphries
Jana & Mark Hunter
Amy & Jeremy Hyde
Adele & Lee Jackson
Terry Jefferson
Denice Jeter
Denise & Anthony Johnson
Paula Johnson
Robin & Russ Johnson
Sharon Butler Johnson ’58 & Rex Johnson
Ashley Jones ’06
Beth Saer Jones ’97 & Drew Jones
Patsy Cooper Kelly ’54 & Paul Kelly
Brenda Edgar Kent ’66 & Terry Kent
Kacie Johnson Kindrex ’02
Kathy Cupples King ’71
Joan Dickmann Kircher ’55 & Anthony Kircher
Cynthia Chudy Kita ’57
Irene & Edward Kitta
Pamela & Edward Kleitsch
Michelle & Mark Koch
Sr. Diane Koorie, RSM
Janet Gibson Korenblat ’82 & Scott Korenblat
Jennifer Smith Kuhn ’96 & Chase Kuhn
Olivia Smith Kuhn ’96 & Brandon Kuhn
Christy Kresse Leach ’70 & James Leach
Wendy & Jim LePage
Joan Lipsmeyer ’65
Betsy Calhoun Lomas ’80
Mary Alice Pushkarsky Lomason ’55 & Harry Lomason
Timothy Long
Stella & Troy Lowe
Anne Rankin Macaluso ’49
Deidra Williams Mack ’88 & Dan Mack
Sara & Edward Mader
Monica Madey ’06
Anne Thompson Mancino ’76 & Michael
Mancino
Flora & Juan Mares
Kim & Quentin Markland
Patty Martin ’74
Erin Lynch Mason ’01 & Drew Mason
Tori Niedzwiedz Massey ’13
Marilyn Mitchener Mathias ’60 & Thomas Mathias
Mariana & Moluwa Matute
Chelle McKenzie McCarroll ’02 & Greg McCarroll
Lindsay Hale McCaslin ’02 & Chris McCaslin
Chantel McCollum
Lorena & Rick McConnell
Jamie Billie McCormack ’00 & Shawn McCormack
Elizabeth Kennon McFadden ’77 & Dan McFadden
Rachael & Larry McGrew
Sandra Monroe McKay ’84 & Jeff McKay
Bobbie Cupples McKenzie ’62 & Ron McKenzie
Rachel McLemore
Pamela Tucker Meeks ’88 & Cooper
Meeks
Mary & Chris Michaels
Tonya Cannon Middleton ’98
Elaine & David Miller
Kristie McCown Mitchell ’90 & Adam Mitchell
Kim & Jim Moix
Dorothy Nosal Montague ’58 & James Montague
Shannon & Blake Montgomery
Kathy Moore ’83
Susan & Darren Moore
Kathleen Buzan Moorhead ’78 & Samuel Moorhead
Cathy Wortsmith Moran ’61 & Mike Moran
The Saint Thomas More Society of Arkansas, Inc.
Manja Morris Counts F. Morton
Kay & Todd Mueller
Martha & Vent Murphy
Toni Nabholz ’62
Allison & Gary Nash
Courtney & Casper Nehus
Ashley Porter Nguyen ’97 & Anthony
Nguyen
Ellis Noland
Liza & Ray Nolan
Jaime Tarkington Norton ’94 & Phillip Norton
Linda & George Norton
Shirley Ruffer Nutt ’57 & Fred Nutt
Michelle Thompson Oakley ’74
Marguerite Edelmann Olberts ’77 & Leo Olberts
Carolyn Johnson O›Malley ’83 & Pat O’Malley
Leslie Mahan O›Malley ’86 & Mike O’Malley
Judy & Chuck Ortega
Deborah Scroggin Osredker ’78 & Gary Osredker
Judy Langham Oswald ’59
Cheryl Kordsmeier Overstreet ’73 & Dean Overstreet
Bonnie Chambers Owens ’67 & Doug Owens
Andrew Park
Judy Snow Parks ’70 & Michael Parks
Marilyn Pasierb ’70 & Matthew Bloch
Anita Kordsmeier Paul ’81 & Brad Paul
Martin Perez
Leslie McGrew Perry ’90 & Scott Perry
Judith Kitta Peterson ’78 & Kevin Peterson
Patrick Petursson
Sr. Joan Pfauser, RSM ’64
Ruthie Pineda & Antonio Abad
Claire Hankinson Pittman ’93 & Chris Pittman
Mary Margaret Beck Plunkett ’61 & Joseph Plunkett
Marilynn & Rob Porter
Robin Porter
Lauren & OJ Posey
Alice & Christopher Price
Jeanie & Frank Pruss
Mary Chudy Pruss ’71 & Mark Pruss
Leah Lange Quandt ’62 & Robert Quandt
Virginia Quinn ’11
Tucker Raney ’69
Debora Simon Ray ’90 & James Ray
Peggy Althoff Reagan ’71 & Mike Reagan
Lisa & Dan Reber
Roz & Mike Rector
Dana Murski Renard ’81 & Kelley Renard
Brittney Wilkerson Renfro ’05 & Phillip Renfro
Debra & Joseph Repya
Sr. Jonella Rhoda, RSM
Kim Richard ’78
Mary Ellen Richards ’84
Melanie Hart Riley ’73 & Rick Riley
Dana Rodriguez
Angelica Luna Rogers ’91
Peggy & John Rogers
Vanessa Cerda Ruiz & Juan Ruiz
Ashley Saer ’93
Josh Salman
Vicki & Kevin Scanlon
Jena & Jacob Schmidt
Bella Schmitt ’20
Susie & Donald Schneider
Martha Zell Schulte ’66 & Thomas Schulte
Shirley Binz Scott ’81 & Steve Scott
Sharon Olberts Sellars ’70 & Rick Sellars
Barbara Linsky Silaski ’55
Jeanette Sims ’72
Brannon Sloan
Terry Borden Sloane ’67 & Ralph Sloane
Heather Smith
Kathy Smith
Margaret Smith
Maureen LoPorto Smith ’75
Rebecca Richards Smith ’77 & Gary Smith
Robin & Michael Smith
Ronnie Dobrovich Smith ’62 & Robert Smith
Jane Gasper Snyder ’70 & Jerry Snyder
Cecelia Walker Soderberg ’69 & Bob Soderberg
Missy Worley Solomon ’69 & Joe Solomon
Jamie Lapington Soos ’98
Mary Southard
Micki Sowell
Martha & Warren Stephenson
Annette & Hans Sterl
Carolyn Bergman Stewart ’72 & Danny Stewart
Michelle Poe Stewart ’97 & Jason Stewart
Catherine Bienvenu Stone ’01 & Matthew Stone
Emily & Jeff Stotts
Ira Strack
Naomi & John Strojek
Karen Hagood Stuthard ’75
Lynda & Buford Suffridge
Carolyn Hepp Sullivan ’75
Natalie Tatom Summerlin ’91 & Allen Summerlin
Kim Smith Swindler ’74 & Courtney Swindler
Brenda Miles Tarver ’81
Gwen Brittain Taylor ’78 & Siisi AduGyamfi
Lindsey Taylor ’19
Norman Teltow
Barbara & Bruce Thalheimer
Nancy & Allen Thomas
Charlotte Woodie Thompson ’65 & Herbert Thompson
Larrie Gouldman Thompson ’59 & Ben Thompson
Sarah Brewer Thompson ’71
Karen & Chuck Tlapek
Janna & Matthew Toland
Karen & Bill Toland
Brook & Long Tong
Nancy Tresp ’68
Teresa Tresp ’73
Sr. Deborah Troillett, RSM ’73
Douglas & Alan Turner
Kristin Tursky
Brandy & Richard Uekman
Amber Uptigrove & Matt Hoffine
Deborah & Richard Urquhart
Gema Vargas Valentine ’03
Brittney Vora
Carol & Jim Waggoner
Jill Waldrop
Mary Winzerling Wallin ’81 & John Wallin
Anita Gring Ward ’77 & Terry Ward
Lisa Reynolds Warden ’78 & Don Warden
Susie & David Wardlaw
Rebecca Hall Warner ’11
Kristina Weaver ’89 & Timothy Bolduc
Stacie Paladino Wharton ’86 & Allan Wharton
Lara & Walt White
Gerritt & Ron Whittaker
Jana & Trey Williams
Teri Thompson Williams ’89 & Carl Williams
Wren Ward Williams ’04 & Sammy Williams
Shana & Malcolm Williamson
Diane Dobbins Wingard ’80 & Tommy Wingard
Patty Larrison Wingfield ’72 & Keith Wingfield
Karen Schubert Wolfe ’63 & Ken Wolfe
Patti & James Womble
Laurie Sims Woods ’79 & Michael Woods
Karen & Jody Woody
Rebecca & Paul Wynne
Robin & Michael Zimmer
Sharon Zimmerman ’82
Friends of the Mount Club
$5-$99
Anonymous (5)
Betty Zimmerebner Adams ’73
Diane Allen ’62 & Renie Bressinck
Christy Engster Alsbrook ’73
Heather & Kyle Anderson
Margaret & David Anderson
Susana Anderson
Tish & Robert Anderson
Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield
Karla & Larry Back
Jennifer Reed Bakalekos ’91
Mary Baker ’72
Melissa Mayhan Baldwin ’00 & John Baldwin
Barbara Jean, Ltd.
Bobbi & Bobby Barrett
Katy Barrett ’16
Cindy Morgan Barron ’68 & Michael Barron
Whitney Barron ’96
Maria Batres ’92
Kim Baxter ’73
Sarah Beadle ’11
Carrie Bell
Patti Carter Belote ’63 & Jim Belote
Elizabeth Carter Binz ’45
Kathy Black Bishop ’73
Cindi Evans Bond ’78 & Jason Bond
Gabriel Wood Bond ’89 & Will Bond
Keri & Brennan Bosley
Dianne Hooper Brady ’66
Lee Brandon
Andrea Jones Branson ’92 & Chad Branson
Amy Bressinck Bratcher ’89 & Kevin
Bratcher
Liz Beadle Breen ’09
Mary Helen Sick Briggler ’06 & Andrew Briggler
Sharon Brooks
Aimee Colvin Brown ’87 & Bunny Brown
Sr. Agnes Brueggen, RSM
Jolinda & Robert Bryant
Wesley Burney ’19
Patti Johnston Burton ’79 & Bruce Burton
Stephanie Caldwell
Martha Farris Campbell ’62 & Gene Campbell
Lisa Carey ’78
Sidney & Larry Carter
Rebecca Catlett Cate ’73
Silvia & Marcos Cervantes
Joan Doolittle Chambers ’72
Lisa Tresp Chavez ’83
Cindy & Doug Chenault
Martha & Ronald Clark
Kelley & Mark Coca
Lana Coelho
Ann Coleman
Addie Grace Coleman ’20
Lee Ann Rosin Cook ’74
Katie Wells Coomes ’95
Kay Sick Corso ’61 & Michael Corso
Dana & Barry Craiglow
Sue & George Cronkhite
Beverly Hanson Crookham ’69 & Bill Crookham
Sarah Fizer Culbertson ’02 & Alex Culbertson
Cheryl & Tom Daughenbaugh
Bevie Hain Davies ’77 & Shell Davies
Emily Mayes Davis ’71
Karyn Davis ’92
Lindann Blair Day ’03 & Neil Day
Sr. Anita DeSalvo, RSM ’65
Jeanette Schulte Donahue ’66
Annette Ruckstuhl Doskey ’48
Paula & Justin Draeger
Julie Drew
Sr. Sarah Ducey, RSM
Jessica Pipkin Duff ’02 & Brandon Duff
Caitlin Quinn Dunn ’05 & Bradford Dunn
Kristy Hood Dunn ’00 & Steven Dunn
Mary Dyer
Jan & Bill Eastwood
Katherine Saer Edwards ’91 & Jamie Edwards
Margo Rogers Eubanks ’75 & Ralph Eubanks
Linda Thompson Fanning ’58
Bailey Newcomb Faulkner ’99 & William Faulkner
Patty Reagan Feinstein ’73 & Robert Feinstein
Terri & Chad Files
Joan Campbell Finnegan ’70 & Mike Finnegan
Jennifer & Tim Fisk
Florence Kaplon Fitch ’66 & Donald Fitch
Mary Kay Fitzgerald ’79
Celeste Adams Flanagin ’93
Alice Rothwell Fleming ’90
Pat Mivelaz Foster ’71 & David Foster
Janet Fotioo
Caroline Ward Fox ’80 & Mark Fox
Retta & Doyle Fulmer
Marly Jeffries Gammill ’05 & Taylor
Gammill
Anna & Edmund Gangluff
Victoria Gerbholz
Claire Gibby ’12
Noel Gieringer ’06
Tara Gilmore
Jeanette & Tim Glancy
Brooke Wewers Glover ’97 & Matt Glover
Sharon Atwood Gray ’61 & Sam Gray
Sandra Lutz Gray ’78
Mary Ellen Rosell Greer ’79 & Dyer Greer
Brenda McNeil Grenier ’66 & Lauren Grenier
Marilyn Wirtel Guilliams ’62 & Dick Guilliams
Emily Grace Fitz Hagood ’12
Donesia Hall ’89
Emily Hall
Victoria & David Hall
Melissa & John Hampton
Patti Bowers Haness ’65 & Richard Haness
Connie Bargiel Harkins ’78 & Al Harkins
Christin Harper ’99
Dorothy Mancini Harriman ’52
Miriam Hasson
Mary Renick Hauser ’03
Sunny & Bo Hawk
Mary Healey
Anne Price Heiselmann ’84 & John Heiselmann
Jackie Grant Helton ’72
Elizabeth Walker Henry ’67 & Kirby Henry
Kay Werner Henze ’72 & David Henze
Jenny & Rob Holder
Ruthie Huncke Holland ’66 & Alan Holland
Joyce Gangluff Hood ’78 & John Hood
Maria Hain Hooper ’72 & Bob Hooper
Barbara Hoover ’61
Jennifer Horne ’78 & Don Noble
Matt House
Mary Jane Danner Hunt ’42
Janice Lohstoeter Hutchinson ’73
Star Hy ’97
Teresa & Phillip Isgrig
Sheri & Gregg Jablonski
Dana Jackson
Deborah Jackson
Lucy & Dorsey Jackson
Carol Knittig Janowicz ’73 & Andy Janowicz
Becky Johnson ’73
Katibel Johnson
Pam Halinski Johnson ’71 & Randy Johnson
Alice Worley Jones ’73 & Philip Jones
Judy Jones & Jerry Jones
Martha Deacon Jones ’01 & Grant Jones
Peggy McNeil Jordan ’67 & Louis Jordan
Mary Serio Kallenbach ’64
Melody Kaplon
Kay & Frazier Kennedy
Summer Khairi ’12
Kimberly Clark Foundation
Ellen Rutherford King ’60 & Harry King
Pat Land Kirchner ’52 & Joe Kirchner
Cathy Knox Koehler ’78
Reese Kollar ’26
Debbie Jegley Korte ’73 & Danny Korte
Andrew Kumpuris
Sheila Atwood Kuonen ’65 & Joe Kuonen
Michele Reynolds Kuykendall ’74 & Rick Kuykendall
Laura Kuehner Larrison ’74 & Charles Larrison
Carolyn & Paul Lasseigne
Peyton Lasseigne ’23
Lauren Ramsey Lawrence ’08 & Colin Lawrence
Neal Lea
Marilyn Lenggenhager ’73
Ann & Gene Lewis
Daniel Lien
Barbara Lienhart ’72
Mary Ann Jackson Lipin ’96
Cecilia Gangluff Lody ’69 & Gerald Lody
Diane Hudgens Logan ’66
Kathy Logan
Margaret & Ahmann Love
Kay Cook Makatche ’67 & John Makatche
Carolyn Piechocki Malchaski ’77 & Steve Malchaski
Nancy Hastings Marks ’73
Susie Marshall
Juan Martinez
Cheri Bonner Martinka ’85 & Tom Martinka
Susan Hudgens Massey ’72
Joy Lowe Matlock ’92 & Lester Matlock
Laura Booles Matthews ’95 & Donnie Matthews
Margie Murphy McCain ’67
Lynley McCollum ’26
Tammy McCollum
Carolyn & Craig McCone
Deana & John McCormack
Bethany Gustafson McFadden ’97 & Stephen McFadden
Cathleen McFarlin
Melanie Ray McKinney ’84 & Gregory McKinney
Jennifer Bowman McKinzie ’92 & Shawn McKinzie
Oceanna Kuonen McMahon ’00 & Kyle McMahon
Catherine Piazza McMains ’06 & Conner McMains
Marcella Melandri & Benjamin Batten
Deirdre McManus Metrailer ’01 & James
Metrailer
Andrea Rossi Meurer ’64 & Carl Meurer
Sr. Stephanie Miller, RSM ’58
Margaret Miller
Patrick Miller
Virginia Knoedl Miller ’64 & Jimmie
Miller
Peggy Watkins Mitchell ’75 & David Mitchell
Olga Muzquiz Montalvo ’52*
Amanda Moore
Genie Halsey Moore ’61
Jean & David Moore
DeeDee & Richard Morehead
Debbie & Louis Morgan
Theresa Miller Murtha ’84 & Patrick Murtha
Dana Nahlen ’73
Sherry Nehus
Betty Dill Nieburg ’50 & Bill Nieburg
Margaret & Donald Nixon
Janice Nottenkamper ’79
April & Kenneth Null
Kristin Oglesby ’12
Amy & Paul Owens
Karen Lienhart Oxner ’79 & Tom Oxner
Amy & Jeff Palmer
Audrey Dimond Pascual ’03
Angela Berkemeyer Payne ’92
Christy Reeves Peletz ’97
Tina & Todd Pence
Jill Penick
Kelly Mago Pesano ’84
Terri Frost Pesnell ’70 & Larkus Pesnell
Polly Baldwin Petty ’80
Sunny Wilkie Powers ’64
Gen Kerr Proctor ’62
Mimi Pruniski ’73
Cindy Pruss ’83
Ann Dixon Pyle ’85 & Hoyte Pyle
Shelly Straw Quick ’00 & Matt Quick
Ginger & Brian Quinn
Donna Higgins Rainey ’62 & James Rainey
Doie DiCosmo Raley ’67
Mary Lou & Terry Rasco
Linda & Ronald Rhude
Cheryl Harvey Ripper ’77 & Ricky Ripper
Ann Truemper Rogers ’81
Mary Margaret & Paul Rolhman
Brita Sward Rook ’01 & Carter Rook
Sara Rose ’92
Nicolina Serhijiw Rosen ’74 & Ronald Rosen
Sophie Rudder ’16
Susie Russenberger ’76
Jordan Rutledge
Billie & Skip Rutherford
Sylvia Luyet Savoy ’60 & Lionel Savoy
Marty & Mike Schaufele
Shawn Schouweiler ’80
Jane Hardin Schubert ’67 & Rick Schubert
Rachel Elam Scott ’98
Michelle Scotter ’02
Jennifer & Michael Selig
Elizabeth Moore Shackelford ’92 & Scott Shackelford
Libby Brandon Sheard ’76
Cas Claud Shelton ’73 & Kenneth Shelton
Kay Yada Shields ’88 & David Shields
Joan Land Shofner ’89 & Greg Shofner
Carolyn Connelley Simmons ’65 & Gregory Simmons
Erika Butler Simpson ’89
Heather Bohannan Smith ’92 & Shane Smith
Jossie Valentin Smith ’95 & Stephen Smith
Whitney Calliotte Smotherman ’03 & Amos Smotherman
Betsy Speck-Kern ’74 & David Kern
Cindy Miller Stabnick ’73 & Pete Stabnick
Mary Ann Stafford
Myra & Andrew Steinkamp
Jaclyn Morgan Stewart ’00 & Britt Stewart
Maureen Riley Stover ’78 & Rob Stover
Kathi Stoyanov ’75
Sandi & Brent Taschetti
Mary Pat Smith Tate ’74 & Byron Tate
Ellen North Taylor ’75
Jane and David* Teed
Ellen Thayer
Janis Parham Thibault ’85 & Scott Thibault
Beverly Martin Thornton ’87
Cynthia Tobin
James Truemper
Bobilu Fredrick Tucker ’78
Devon Tucker
Mary Ann & Kermit Tucker
Whitney Vandiver ’00
Amelia Vestal
LB Vogel
Catherine Kopp Walz ’44
Candace Bennett Watkins ’74 & Trevor Watkins
Fran Jansen Webb ’83
Elizabeth Casper Weidner ’60 & David Weidner
Lane Vassar West ’89 & Joel West
Sherry & Michael Whitacre
Janet Kresse Williams ’73
Kendra & Jim Williams
Susie Stull Williams ’89 & Jan Williams
Hardy Winburn
Carol Dober Wold ’85 & Scott Wold
Nancy Wood
Nedra & Jim Wood
Cindy & Matt Woolard
Lydia Turpin Worden ’73
Cathy Rohrbacher Wright ’66 & Bill Wright
Dolores Luyet Zajac ’56 & August Zajac
Gretchen & Leonard Zell
Mike Zimmerebner
Sr. Carolyn Zionce, RSM ’64
* deceased
JULY 1, 2022 – JUNE 30, 2023
Class of 1942
Mary Jane Danner Hunt
Class of 1944
Catherine Kopp Walz
Class of 1945
Elizabeth Carter Binz
Class of 1946
Mildred Metrailer Buddenberg
Rita Lynch Goodgame
Class of 1948
Annette Ruckstuhl Doskey
Rosalyn Jones Hastings
Class of 1949
Mary Rita Schlatterer Hoffman
Anne Rankin Macaluso
Class of 1950
Betty Dill Nieburg
Class of 1951
Dorris Karcher Deislinger
Sr. Judith Keith, RSM
Class of 1952
Dorothy Saenger Ackfeld
Selma Gilmore Hardin
Dorothy Mancini Harriman
Pat Land Kirchner
Olga Muzquiz Montalvo
Class of 1953
Betty Sutton Avants
Liane Rhein Humble
Ruth Straessle Metzger
Angie Muzquiz Wilson
Class of 1954
Mary Ann Wollhower Bellas
Patsy Cooper Kelly
Class of 1955
Barbara Martin Blaes
Joan Dickmann Kircher
Mary Alice Pushkarsky Lomason
Barbara Linsky Silaski
Claire Saenger Weiler
Class of 1956
Martha Hiznay Flynn
Peggy Buddenberg Hernandez
Elizabeth Lipsmeyer
Dolores Luyet Zajac
Class of 1957
Mary Swope Battreal
Mary Bea Couch Hiegel
Cynthia Chudy Kita
Becky Semasek May
Shirley Ruffer Nutt
Mary Alice Makoski Veitch
Class of 1958
Peyton Crawford Bishop
Vita Caldarera deBin
Linda Thompson Fanning
Sharon Butler Johnson
Sr. Stephanie Miller, RSM
Dorothy Nosal Montague
Sr. Angela Murdaugh, CNM
Class of 1959
Judy Langham Oswald
Larrie Gouldman Thompson
Class of 1960
Carole Pabian Arkin
Donna Bentrup Brunson
Jeannine Huard Hart
Mary Prichard Johnson
Ellen Rutherford King
Marilyn Mitchener Mathias
Sylvia Luyet Savoy
Marilyn Mattingly Stiefvater
Elizabeth Casper Weidner
Class of 1961
Rosemary Balest Bryant
Kay Sick Corso
Elizabeth Couch Dober
Sharon Atwood Gray
Barbara Hoover
Sr. Donald Mary Lynch, RSM
Genie Halsey Moore
Cathy Wortsmith Moran
Mary Margaret Beck Plunkett
Talmage Mullen Steele
Class of 1962
Diane Allen
Jean Bishop Armstrong
Michie McHardy Bissell
Martha Farris Campbell
Marilyn Wirtel Guilliams
Mary Bray Kelley
Bobbie Cupples McKenzie
Elizabeth Seredynski Moix
Catherine Weakland Murphy
Toni Nabholz
Gen Kerr Proctor
Leah Lange Quandt
Donna Higgins Rainey
Ronnie Dobrovich Smith
Class of 1963
Frances Rogers Buchanan
Jane Ferrill Colclasure
Janet Kirspel Deeter
Kathy Dailey Hightower
Betty Catlett Pullam
Haven Hornibrook Waters
Karen Schubert Wolfe
Class of 1964
Chris Allen
Bernie Balest Ardemagni
Donna Bowers Bressinck
Carolyn Cerrato Chalmers
Patti Murphy Dailey
Selena Duncan Ellis
Sue Fredrich Enderlin
Mary Serio Kallenbach
Andrea Rossi Meurer
Virginia Knoedl Miller
Sr. Joan Pfauser, RSM
Sunny Wilkie Powers
Angela Maynard Sewall
Theresa Straessle Vogelpohl
Sr. Carolyn Zionce, RSM
Class of 1965
Patti Callahan Bernstein
Sr. Anita DeSalvo, RSM
Karen Goodhart Flake
Patti Bowers Haness
Sheila Atwood Kuonen
Joan Lipsmeyer
Carolyn Connelley Simmons
Charlotte Woodie Thompson
Class of 1966
Dianne Hooper Brady
Jeanette Schulte Donahue
Mary Glenn O’Donnell Dunaway
Beth Lipsmeyer Dunn
Florence Kaplon Fitch
Brenda McNeil Grenier
Patty Hamilton Gustafson
Ruthie Huncke Holland
Sr. Teresa Kelone, RSM
Brenda Edgar Kent
Denise Hanson Lipin
Diane Hudgens Logan
Martha Zell Schulte
Mary Williams Walter
Cathy Rohrbacher Wright
Class of 1967
Margaret Dickmann Arney
Barbara Menz Bryan
Elizabeth Walker Henry
Peggy McNeil Jordan
Kay Cook Makatche
Margie Murphy McCain
Bonnie Chambers Owens
Ginney Pumphrey
Doie DiCosmo Raley
Jane Hardin Schubert
Terry Borden Sloane
Phyllis Hanson Thessing
Class of 1968
Judy Lukas Arnold
Cindy Morgan Barron
Jerrie Farmer Campagna
Lucille Kelly DeGostin
Marlene Bailey Gremillion
Georga Carroll Loyd
Nancy Tresp
Class of 1969
Beverly Hanson Crookham
Liz Dolan
Mary Jo Dumboski
Trisha Fitzgerald Filipek
Cecilia Gangloff Lody
Vickey Hum Metrailer
Tucker Raney
Cecelia Walker Soderberg
Missy Worley Solomon
Class of 1970
Linda Grady Byrne
Pat Kirspel Claud
Joan Campbell Finnegan
Mary Dee Heim
Linda Hoffmann
Christy Kresse Leach
Judy Snow Parks
Marilyn Pasierb
Terri Frost Pesnell
Sharon Olberts Sellars
Jane Gasper Snyder
Class of 1971
Pam Chudy Boehmer
Patty Bergman Commerford
Emily Mayes Davis
Margaret Cassidy Dearing
Pat Mivelaz Foster
Carolyn Hall Henry
Pam Halinski Johnson
Kathy Cupples King
Mary Ann Chudy Pruss
Peggy Althoff Reagan
Sarah Brewer Thompson
Class of 1972
Ann Bailey Bain
Mary Baker
Nancy Wilhite Bartlett
Mimi Baldwin Blackwood
Becky Carroll
Joan Doolittle Chambers
Paula Halter Dempsey
Phyllis Grasser
Jackie Grant Helton
Kay Werner Henze
Maria Hain Hooper
Barbara Lienhart
Kay Marak
Susan Hudgens Massey
Diane Yetter Morgan
Jeanette Sims
Carolyn Bergman Stewart
Peggy Wells
Patty Larrison Wingfield
Class of 1973
Betty Zimmerebner Adams
Christy Engster Alsbrook
Ann Limberg Bartrem
Kim Baxter
Donna Hanson Bennett
Kathy Black Bishop
Christine Kelly Braun
Rebecca Catlett Cate
Debbie Uekman Chandler
Joy Dillingham
Theresa Sprenger Dunn
Patty Berg Enderlin
Patty Reagan Feinstein
Karen Kerr Glover
Denise Graves
Laura Gowen Humphries
Janice Lohstoeter Hutchinson
Carol Knittig Janowicz
Becky Johnson
Alice Worley Jones
Stephanie Dailey Kelley
Debbie Jegley Korte
Marilyn Lenggenhager
Patti DelDonno Lienhart
Nancy Hastings Marks
Dana Nahlen
Cheryl Kordsmeier Overstreet
Mimi Pruniski
Melanie Hart Riley
Cas Claud Shelton
Teresa Tresp
Sr. Deborah Troillett, RSM
Janet Kresse Williams
Lydia Turpin Worden
Class of 1974
Kathy Handloser Aday
Sue Jenders Balest
Carol Faryewicz Bishop
Lee Ann Rosin Cook
Charlene Dillon Julian
Michele Reynolds Kuykendall
Laura Kuehner Larrison
Patty Martin
Michelle Thompson Oakley
Nicolina Serhijiw Rosen
Betsy Speck-Kern
Cecelia Loyall Storey
Becky Clement Sullivan
Kim Smith Swindler
Mary Pat Smith Tate
Candace Bennett Watkins
Class of 1975
Sharon Wilk Ashley
Tricia Brown
Mary Kay Bergman Cashion
Janet Handloser Dolan
Margo Rogers Eubanks
Nancy Frost
Missy Dishongh Griffy
Cathy Lensing Harper
Debbie Wright Harris
Carla Graves LeMay
Susie Wallace Lowther
Peggy Watkins Mitchell
Kathi Stoyanov
Donna French Strack
Karen Hagood Stuthard
Carolyn Hepp Sullivan
Ellen North Taylor
Tricia Tresp
Class of 1976
Joni Johnston Calva
Sharon Kresse
Janie Lienhart
Anne Thompson Mancino
Cathy Hastings Owen
Susie Russenberger
Libby Brandon Sheard
Anita Binz Spence
Class of 1977
Bevie Hain Davies
Pam Yaniger Halter
Mary Lyon
Carolyn Piechocki Malchaski
Elizabeth Kennon McFadden
Marguerite Edelmann Olberts
Cheryl Harvey Ripper
Rebecca Richards Smith
Christy Snowden-Davis
Anita Gring Ward
Class of 1978
Melody Ashley
Cindi Evans Bond
Anne Jansen Broadwater
Kathleen Brandon Brown
Lisa Carey
Christine Ray Eades
Sandra Lutz Gray
Theresa Goshen Hall
Connie Bargiel Harkins
Paris Upshaw Henry
Joyce Gangluff Hood
Jennifer Horne
Cathy Knox Koehler
Kathleen Buzan Moorhead
Patty Binz Neumeier
Deborah Scroggin Osredker
Judith Kitta Peterson
Christina Deuerling Pilkington
Cheryl Chandler Rainey
Kimberlee Richard
Maureen Riley Stover
Gwen Brittain Taylor
Bobilu Fredrick Tucker
Lisa Reynolds Warden
Class of 1979
Lynne Breen Alpar
Lisa Garel Barnes
Patti Johnston Burton
Mary Kay Fitzgerald
Mary Ellen Rosell Greer
Janice Nottenkamper
Karen Lienhart Oxner
Laurie Sims Woods
Class of 1980
Teresa Baker
Caroline Ward Fox
Carol Paladino Habarka
Carol Greeley Hopkins
Robin Evans Huggins
Betsy Calhoun Lomas
Julie Baker Menke
Susan May Miller
Polly Baldwin Petty
Shawn Schouweiler
Diane Dobbins Wingard
Class of 1981
Sharon Waters Aureli
Lorri Estell
Natalie Polk Hoffmann
Anita Kordsmeier Paul
Dana Murski Renard
Ann Truemper Rogers
Shirley Binz Scott
Brenda Miles Tarver
Mary Winzerling Wallin
Class of 1982
Lisa Estell Batterton
Dana Monroe Caldarera
Tracy Taylor Dietrich
Katie Sprenger Dupslaff
Janet Gibson Korenblat
Anne Hiegel Mines
Sharon Zimmerman
Class of 1983
Braun Ray Campbell
Donna Chachere
Lisa Tresp Chavez
Edith Jack Crowell
Shelli Bonner Dominick
Keli Coburn Jacobi
Kathy Moore
Carolyn Johnson O’Malley
Cindy Pruss
Fran Jansen Webb
Class of 1984
Deborah Dober Belyeu
Gina Scerbo Bilger
Meg Taylor Chase
Lange Robinson Cheek
Alisa Craig Crabill
Paula Hastings
Anne Price Heiselmann
Sandra Monroe McKay
Melanie Ray McKinney
Theresa Miller Murtha
Kelly Mago Pesano
Mary Ellen Richards
Jody Simpson
Annette Barringhaus Stipak
Class of 1985
Penny Reeves Amundson
Shannon Benafield Aston
Natalie Carr Bell-Shy
Suzanna Barnett Cooper
Donna Dailey
Anne McAdams Dyke
Jennifer Fitts Finnegan
Christi Troutman Flannery
Sharon Strack Gunter
Michelle Young Leding
Kristin Fletcher Litzinger
Cheri Bonner Martinka
Holly Larrison Mills
Angela Nutt-Nguyen
Ann Dixon Pyle
Nan Hennelly Rindahl
Janis Parham Thibault
Carol Dober Wold
Class of 1986
Alicia Selig Berkemeyer
Kiki Hamilton Capps
Heather Hayes
Karen Hooks
Jennifer Ferguson Malone
Leslie Mahan O’Malley
Joan Eichler Simon
Kelly Wortsmith Snook
Stacie Paladino Wharton
Class of 1987
Cheryl Vogelpohl Barnard
Dottie Skarda Benedetti
Aimee Colvin Brown
Miesha Weaver Dumboski
Carol Gangluff Kordsmeier
Jennifer Schueck McCarty
Leigh Ann Crain Raper
Elizabeth Thomas Smith
Beverly Martin Thornton
Class of 1988
Ashley Bressinck Cunningham
Amy Fraiser
Hope Harmon Hankins
Deidra Williams Mack
Cris Chase Mammarelli
Pamela Tucker Meeks
Lisa Petursson
Kay Yada Shields
Class of 1989
Nancy Parker Bagwell
Kristina Weaver Bolduc
Amy Bressinck Bratcher
Michele Conners
Jamie Gilbert Garrett
Donesia Hall
Missy Thomas Irvin
Patty Cox Juniper
Becky Smith Neighbors
Robyn McCoy Reeves
Joan Land Shofner
Erika Butler Simpson
Kristina Weaver
Lane Vassar West
Susie Stull Williams
Teri Thompson Williams
Class of 1990
Anonymous
Erin Crain Brady
Kelly Quinney Camp
Alice Rothwell Fleming
Kristie McCown Mitchell
Leslie McGrew Perry
Gretchen Wewers Pierce
Debora Simon Ray
Kathryn Bishop Stanley
Class of 1991
Jennifer Reed Bakalekos
Beth Ortega Brewer
Christina Rossi Clark
Jena Cupples Compton
Dena Wortsmith Daniel
Katherine Saer Edwards
Coleen Schwan Finnegan
Liz Ratchford Jasper
Laura Foster Landreaux
Angelica Luna Rogers
Natalie Tatom Summerlin
Class of 1992
Maria Batres
Andrea Jones Branson
Melody Brown
Karyn Davis
Beverly Thomas Edmonson
Tonya Stringer Franzetti
Kristin Noor Gable
Ashley Fotioo Gunderman
Tricia Mariani Hudson
Joy Lowe Matlock
Jennifer Bowman McKinzie
Angela Berkemeyer Payne
Sara Rose
Elizabeth Moore Shackelford
Heather Bohanan Smith
Caroline Stephens Stephens
Lorie White
Class of 1993
Celeste Adams Flanigan
Meredith Battreal Hankins
Krista Allmendinger Lewis
Claire Hankinson Pittman
Ashley Saer
Niki Williams Scoggins
Tiffany Galchus Senavinin
Brooke Butler White
Class of 1994
Allison Lasiter Hester
Leigh Ann Simpson Newton
Jaime Tarkington Norton
Nicole Chavez Schafer
Errin Calhoun Stanger
Class of 1995
Amy Kordsmeier Clark
Catherine Hickey Cole
Katie Wells Coomes
Carrie Drewenski Dannaway
Carolee Sroka Emerson
Jenny Crews Faulkner
Kara Pabian Giddings
Bonnie Wellborn Malzewski
Laura Booles Matthews
Jossie Valentine Smith
Taylor Rucks Wells
Class of 1996
Diana Adams Allen
Whitney Barron
Alice Hickey Cruse
Jennifer Smith Kuhn
Olivia Smith Kuhn
Amanda Hall Potts
Class of 1997
Fayla Rector Cunningham
Sarah Davies
Brooke Wewers Glover
Star Hy
Sarah Filipek Johnson
Beth Saer Jones
Bethany Gustafson McFadden
Ashley Porter Nguyen
Christy Reeves Peletz
Michelle Poe Stewart
Sarah Meier Wherry
Class of 1998
Margaret Pruss Albright
Kelleigh Boerner
Ashley Younger Caldwell
Christina Brown Christie
Lauren Hamilton
Amanda Parker Holt
Rhonda Schneider Jansen
Mary-Margaret Rasco Marks
Tonya Cannon Middleton
Rachel Elam Scott
Elizabeth Sellars
Jamie Lapington Soos
Class of 1999
Bailey Newcomb Faulkner
Megan Saer Garrison
Paige Fraser Hadfield
Christin Harper
Lauren White Hoover
Ashley Kersey
Class of 2000
Lauren Kidd Anderson
Melissa Mayhan Baldwin
Elizabeth Johnson Clark
Kristy Hood Dunn
Meg France
Sydney O’Quin Gilbert
Jamie Billie McCormack
Oceanna Kuonen McMahon
Mary Kathryn Temple Nelson
Kathryn Hurst Pannell
Shelly Straw Quick
Jaclyn Morgan Stewart
Whitney Vandiver
Class of 2001
Sarah Smith Brantley
Lauren Nash Hendrix
Martha Deacon Jones
Erin Lynch Mason
Deirdre McManus Metrailer
Jessica Finan Patterson
Brita Sward Rook
Catherine Bienvenu Stone
Class of 2002
Laura Strack Aday
Elizabeth Thiedeman Bridges
Jessica Pipkin Duff
Kacie Johnson Kindrex
Chelle McKenzie McCarroll
Lindsay Hale McCaslin
Michelle Scotter
Meredith Hartz Shelton
Class of 2003
Lindann Blair Day
Mary Renick Hauser
Michelle Ward Hill
Ashley Boccarossa McNatt
Audrey Dimond Pascual
Whitney Calliotte Smotherman
Gema Vargas Valentine
Class of 2004
Anna Pursley Barcus
Miranda Roberts Crawford
MaryBeth Johnston
Grace Kelley Mickelson
Wren Ward Williams
Marcy Hall Wright
Class of 2005
Mallory Shiver Abate
Barbara Lagasse Day
Caitlin Quinn Dunn
Marly Jeffries Gammill
Sloan Johnson Milton
Brittney Wilkerson Renfro
Class of 2006
Mary Helen Sick Briggler
Lauren Clay Day
Noel Gieringer
Ashley Jones
Monica Madey
Catherine Piazza McMains
Class of 2007
Brandi Mayhan
Amber Pruss
Class of 2008
Cameryn Miller Burch
Annie McFadden Cross
Teresa Schieber Freyaldenhoven
Sara Schneider Glazer
Lauren Ramsey Lawrence
Lauren Naeyaert
Class of 2009
Liz Beadle Breen
Drew Ford Herget
Lucia Trujillo Morris
Class of 2011
Sarah Beadle
Connelly Weeks Dakil
Katie Easley McClanahan
Virginia Quinn
Rebecca Hall Warner
Class of 2012
Claire Gibby
Brittany Greenwood
Emily Grace Fitz Hagood
Summer Khairi
Kristin Oglesby
Class of 2013
Tori Niedzwiedz Massey
Class of 2014
Laura Miron
Class of 2015
Anonymous
Maddie Oxner Johnson
Class of 2016
Katy Barrett
Michelle Gonzalez
Sophie Rudder
Class of 2018
Aryn Angyal
Class of 2019
Dana Allen
Emily Angyal
Wesley Burney
Carly Hugg
Lindsey Taylor
Class of 2020
Addie Grace Coleman
Bella Schmitt
We wish to recognize CHI St. Vincent for its $25,000+ Platinum Level sponsorship during the 2022-2023 school year. The commitment marked CHI St. Vincent’s 9th consecutive year of participating at the highest level of our annual sponsorship program. The organization’s continued financial support contributes significantly to Mount St. Mary Foundation’s ability to support and promote the mission of Mount St. Mary Academy. We appreciate this special partnership!
We also extend our heartfelt gratitude to the sponsors of our signature biennial luncheon celebrating Mercy-inspired leadership held on April 5, 2023, at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock. More than 500 guests filled the Wally Allen Ballroom to hear best-selling author Kari Kampakis speak. Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, and the support of those who attended, this year’s Mercy & Me luncheon raised nearly $174,000 for Mount St. Mary Academy. These proceeds directly impact students by enabling the school to increase tuition assistance opportunities, enhance innovative educational programs, make technology upgrades and facility improvements, recruit and retain top-notch faculty, and so much more. We are so thankful!
Presenting Sponsor
CHI St. Vincent
Silver Sponsors
Karen Goodhart Flake ’65
Angela Moody
Purple Sponsors
Kathleen Brandon Brown ’78 & Lilah Brown ’17
Nabholz
Liza & Ray Nolan
White Sponsors
ACS Roof Maintenance, Inc.
Arkansas Capital Corporation
The Beers Family
Belles of the Ball
Stephen J. Binz – Bridge-B.com
Bloom Bible Study Group
The Boccarossa Family
The Browe-Olson Family & Friends
By Invitation Only
Dillard’s
Jenny Crews Faulkner ’95 & Andrew Faulkner
The Finnegan Family
First Security Bank
Glass Erectors
The Hathaway Group
The Hum & Metrailer Families
Scott McLeod – Morgan Stanley
Mercy Education
Anne Hiegel Mines ’82 & Tim Mines
Mount Moms & Friends
MSM Class of 1987
MSM Class of 1989
MSM Class of 2000
Becky Norris
Wendy & Ray Parker
Jessica Finan Patterson ’01
The Saer Family
Saracen Casino Resort
Scenic Hill Solar
Simmons Bank
The Stuckey Family
Studio H Salon & MSM Class of 1992
Anne & Alan Tedford
Susie Whitacre & Friends of MSM
Gerritt Whittaker & Friends
Holy Ghost Sponsors
Bank of Little Rock
The Cronkhite Family
Encore Bank
GastroArkansas
Dana & Joe Kleine
Lake Liquor
Landmark CPAs
Ruth & Charles Mabry
Drs. Kathleen & Derek Marks
Phelan Orthodontics
Tiffany Galchus Senavinin ’93 & Roc Senavinin
Smile Dailey Dental
The Wewers Family
THE FIRST CHAPTERS OF REBECCA CLEMENT SULLIVAN’S LIFE UNFOLDED IN WAYS FAMILIAR TO GENERATIONS OF MOUNT ST. MARY ALUMS. A NATIVE OF LITTLE ROCK AND A PRODUCT OF LIFELONG CATHOLIC EDUCATION, REBECCA ARRIVED AT MOUNT FROM OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL SCHOOL.
She befriended her future husband, Charley, in high school (he attended, where else, Catholic High); they reconnected later in life and married. The only thing missing from the script was the Sullivan girls growing up and carrying on their mother’s legacy in houndstooth. Having relocated to Northwest Arkansas at that time, such was not to be.
But no matter how many job opportunities and new addresses life held for them, the Mount always felt as close as home.
“Mount St. Mary gave me the background, the Catholic foundation, to which I still subscribe today,” Rebecca, who graduated from Mount in 1974, said. “To me, that was very important — equally as important as the academic side. From grade school, the idea of incorporating my faith into whatever I was doing just seemed natural. It was a part of my life; going back to my parents making that decision for a Catholic education and back to the Mount that reinforced that connection daily.”
Today, the path has come full circle in more ways than one. In 2010, Rebecca and Charley retired to Little Rock. One of their girls, Sara Mader, is a member of the Mount faculty and lives with her family in the Holy Souls neighborhood, down the hill from the MSM campus.
The Sullivans made a point of paying back their respective alma maters through the years and recently decided to pay it forward as well. The couple established an endowment to assist future students who otherwise might not be able to afford a Mount education.
“We always wanted to do this, and we knew we would leave
some money to the school when we passed away,” Charley said. “Then one day we just said, ‘Why are we waiting?’ That’s how it started.”
The couple was pleased with how easy the school’s development staff made the process of setting up the endowment and said they enjoy seeing students benefit from the fund now rather than have it set up after they’re gone.
Rebecca said even if she doesn’t meet the students who will benefit from the gift, knowing it is making dreams come true for deserving students is satisfaction enough.
“To see the richness of the education they’ll receive at the Mount, wrapped around a framework of spirituality and the social aspect, is something very unique,” she said. “Allowing someone else to experience that sisterhood is what I would hope this endowment will do, allowing future students to learn and become who they are meant to be.”
The endowments at Mount St. Mary address key areas of need for the school and occupy an important place in its future financial security. If you would like to contribute to any of the existing endowments or scholarship funds, please contact Mary Catherine Burney in the Foundation Office at 501-476-3366. New endowments for scholarships and tuition assistance can be established as a living tribute or in memory of a loved one with a minimum gift of $25,000. This may be paid at the time the fund is established or over a multi-year period of up to five years.
Endowments for Operations
Academic Programs Endowment
Development Endowment
Employee Benefit Endowment
Facilities Operation & Maintenance Endowment
Faculty & Staff Professional Development Endowment
Faculty Salaries Endowment
Sr. Declan Faculty Compensation Endowment
Sr. Mary Teresa Farrell Endowment
Student & Staff Leadership Development Endowment
Technology Endowment
Endowments for Scholarships and Tuition Assistance
Bernadette Balest Ardemagni ’64 Scholarship Fund
Norma Bacon Fund
John S. & Patricia S. Bailey Distinguished Teaching Awards
Agnes Marie Birdsong and Jane Birdsong Stacy Scholarship Fund
The Jennifer Boccarossa Music Scholarship Fund
The Bornhoft Scholarship Fund
The Bella Brown “THINK” Scholarship Endowment Fund
Cavin Scholarship Fund
The Donna Chachere ’83 Endowed Scholarship Fund
Class of 2007 Scholarship Fund
The John L. and Jane K. Corley Endowment
Sr. Frances Coutlee ’21 Endowment
MSM Dad’s Club Scholarship
Olivia DiGregorio Scholarship Fund
Karen Doolos Scholarship Fund
Mary Drake Scholarship Fund
Juanita Baer Enderlin Scholarship Fund
The Flake Family Endowment
Dorothy Hanson Flanagan ’39 Scholarship Fund
Catherine West Frederick ’33 Scholarship
General Need Scholarship Fund
Griffy Scholarship Fund
Harding Family Fund
Greg & Janet Hartz Family Endowed Scholarship Fund
Lake & Ann Harvell Scholarship
Clelia Hawn Scholarship
Sandra Gueydan Hickey ’66 Merit Scholarship Fund
Keith Family Scholarship Endowment
Lucille Metrailer Kelly ’39 Scholarship Fund
Becca Kutait Memorial Scholarship
Sister Norma Lipsmeyer Scholarship Fund
The Melissa Ma ’98 Endowed Scholarship
Ma Family Endowment Scholarship
McAuley Achievement Award Scholarship
Annalissa “Magdalena” McClendon Travel Grant
Mercy & Me Endowed Scholarship
Clarence and Ruth Straessle Metzger Endowment
Philip & Janet Miron Scholarship Fund
Nabholz Charitable Foundation Tuition Assistance Fund Endowment
Rose Marie Nabholz Scholarship
Msgr. John O’Donnell Scholarship Fund
Barbara H. Oglesby Memorial Scholarship
Retired Sisters of Mercy Scholarship Fund
Dolores Hooks Sanderson Scholarship
Schulte Family Endowed Scholarship Fund
The Sister Scholarship – Class of 2009
The Andrea Maier Smith Memorial Scholarship Fund
Spirit of 1995 Scholarship Fund
Frederick Carson Springstead Scholarship Fund
Rebecca Clement Sullivan ’74 Endowment
Luann Tharp Scholarship Fund
Evelyn Josephine Coulter Thomas ’30 Scholarship Fund
Sarah Travis Scholarship Fund
Sr. Deborah Troillett, RSM ’73 Endowed Scholarship
Vassar-West Scholarship Endowment
Martha Vroeman Scholarship Fund
Wells Pre-Engineering Scholarship
Alana Wolfe Memorial Scholarship
The Sherry Wilkins Wortsmith ’63 Scholarship Fund
Judith Wrappe Art Scholarship
THERE’S LITTLE IN JOY LOWE MATLOCK’S EARLY BACKGROUND THAT WOULD HAVE SUGGESTED SHE WAS HEADED FOR MOUNT ST. MARY ACADEMY. HER FAMILY WASN’T CATHOLIC AND DIDN’T HAVE ANY FAMILY ALLEGIANCE TO THE SCHOOL. YET SOMEHOW, JOY, A PROUD CLASS OF 1992 GRADUATE, KNEW FROM THE MOMENT SHE ARRIVED THAT SHE’D FOUND A HOME.
“I think I’m an anomaly in a lot of ways in that I was Protestant, a minority and didn’t have a connection to the school,” she said. “My father is from South Arkansas. My mother is from West Africa. Mount St. Mary Academy was new to both of them once they moved to Central Arkansas.”
The daughter of an educator and a medical professional, Joy said the school’s reputation for academic excellence proved the magnet that drew her here. Despite the many ways she stood out, she said she always felt embraced by Mount.
“Was it hard for me to fit in? No,” she said. “I found my place quite quickly there because I was a student who wanted to do well in school, and I came from a family where God was important in our household. Those are what’s important at Mount, so that felt familiar from the beginning. It wasn’t hard to find like-minded girls.”
Following graduation, Joy attended UA Little Rock studying international relations and Spanish, then earned a law degree from Washington University in St. Louis. After years with a nonprofit, her career wound into marketing, ultimately leading her to her current role at the Little Rock Zoo. Each step of her educational journey, and the career it made possible, she credits to the foundation she received at Mount.
“My college experience would have been quite different had it not been for Mount,” she said. “The Mount shaped me and got me ready for college because of the study skills, because of the discipline that needed to happen, because of the work ethic that one needs to take to that rigorous education.”
Joy does more than pay lip service to her alma mater; she and her husband, Lester, have regularly given back to the school and are among the youngest members of the 1851 Society. They’ve also made provisions in their estate for a gift to create the Joy Lowe Matlock ’92 and Lester P. Matlock Endowed Scholarship after their passing. She said the ability to help another benefit from Mount as she did is humbling.
“I know that there are students out there who have the academic discipline, who have talents, who have absolutely everything that can make them excel, do well and blow everything out of the water at a school like Mount St. Mary,” she said. “The only thing that might be prohibitive to them is the cost. What a shame.
“I’ve seen this school be transformative in young ladies’ lives, and if we can do something to let that little girl have a great experience, then we’re honored to do it.”
The 1851 Society is comprised of individuals and families who have made or will make the school a beneficiary in their estate plans. If you are considering remembering Mount St. Mary in your will or trust to receive money, property, stock or other valuables, please contact Mary Catherine Burney in the Foundation Office at 501-476-3366.
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Cecilia Ballard*
Bobbi & Bobby Barrett
Ann Limberg Bartrem ’73
Agnes Marie Birdsong*
Tricia Brown ’75
Patricia Page Bruich ’48*
Pearl Smith Bujarski*
Becky Carroll ’72
Patricia Johnson Clark ’53*
Flora Bittner Croft*
Dorothy Guidos Endres ’42*
Bernadine Lipsmeyer Evans ’39*
Karen & Dennis Ferra
Karen Goodhart Flake ’65
Bobbie Forster ’29*
John Gazzola*
Andrea Williams Gonzales ’92
Melissa Dishongh Griffy ’75 & Tim Griffy
Dawn Guerra
Eleanor Guilford ’38*
J. Fred Hart*
Margaret Rose Hogan ’50*
Ruthie Huncke Holland ’66 & Alan Holland
Msgr. John A. Janesko*
Mary Lou Womack Jaworski ’54*
Pauline & Larry Jegley
Charlene & James Kaminski
Mary Rumbach Karlan ’28*
Sr. Judith M. Keith, RSM ’51
Sr. M. Werner Keith, RSM ’44*
Mary Ann Keith ’41*
Mel Kemp*
Norma Bacon Kennedy ’27*
Carol Lipsmeyer ’62*
Mary Logan
Lily & John Manning*
Joy Lowe Matlock ’92 & Lester Matlock
Sr. M. Amata McGee, RSM*
Bobbie Cupples McKenzie ’62 & Ron McKenzie
Charlotte Miller*
Grace & Leo Nonnenkamp*
Ginger & Brian Quinn
Betty Renaud*
Terry Renaud
Dolores Hooks Sanderson ’48* & Sydney Sanderson
Dorothy Fiori Sbanotto ’39*
Dorothy Severson Schofield ’35*
Henry Senac*
Valora Bornhoft Smith*
Mary Catherine Springstead ’63*
Evelyn Josephine Coulter
Thomas ’30*
Martha Vroeman ’34*
Annette Wahlgreen ’48
Lynnette & Michael Watts
Peggy Wells ’72
Diane & Keith Wolfe
Mary Anne Woods ’62*
Sherry Wilkins Wortsmith ’63*
Mary Zarnoski*
Helen Zylko*
* deceased
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