IN MEMORIAM
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VIRGINIA TISHMAN MEYERSON ’46 It is with great regret that we issue a correction to the obituary of Virginia Tishman Meyerson ’46, beloved alumna, trustee, and longtime supporter of the College. Mrs. Meyerson died on January 26, 2013, not January 26, 2012, as we erroneously printed in the summer 2013 issue. Former trustee Virginia Tishman Meyerson ’46 died on January 26, 2013, at the age of 89. At Bennington she studied architecture, city planning, literature, and art, and she spent her senior Non-Resident Term at the architecture firm Harrison, Abramovitz, and Wiggins, which invited her back after graduation. There she researched projects and publications and assisted with the plans for the Life offices in the Time-Life building in New York. As an alumna, she represented the Alumni Association on the College’s board of trustees, an appointment that would extend to an 11-year trusteeship. Mrs. Meyerson also served as Bennington’s ambassador at the inaugurations of the presidents of New York University and Florida Atlantic University. She supported a number of charitable organizations beyond Bennington, including the Red Cross, the Boca Raton Community Hospital, and the Boca Raton Museum of Art, where she created and led the docent program. She also chaired the board for the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America–Florida Gold Coast Chapter. Mrs. Meyerson was interested in environmentally sustainable land use and was a steward for Shelburne Farms in Shelburne, Vermont. Her imprint can be found on the Bennington campus: The architecture studio was dedicated in her honor in 1983; and Tishman Lecture Hall was named for her father, David Tishman, who also served as a trustee of the College. Mrs. Meyerson is survived by two daughters, Deane R. Stepansky (Paul) and Alison Rand; two grandsons, Michael Stepansky (Jane Kohuth) and Jonathan Stepansky (Sy Mano); two stepsons, Richard Meyerson and Bruce Meyerson; stepdaughter Lynn Funk; and four step-grandchildren. Mrs. Meyerson was predeceased by her son, David Rand, Jr., and her husband, George Meyerson.
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