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Reunion I medalists (left to right) W. Rochelle Calhoun ’83, Leslie J. Gianelli ’83, Margaret E. Broadbent ’38, Sandra Klamkin Schocket ’58, Carolyn Bump Marsh ’58
seventy years. Her many volunteer roles include class president and vice president, sixtieth-reunion chair, class agent, and reunion gift caller. She also served on the Alumnae Development Committee and the Nominating Committee of the association. She has been an active member of the Cape Cod Club, organizing class reunions and events for more than twenty years. W. Rochelle Calhoun ’83 began her long career at the college in 1986 as assistant dean of students, and then went on to make her mark as ombudsperson, director of diversity and inclusion, and associate dean of the college/dean of students. Five years ago, she became executive director of the Alumnae Association and has worked to respond to the needs and wants of alumnae with judiciousness and empathy. Always
willing to go the extra mile to strengthen and honor the growing membership of the association, Calhoun moves on to Skidmore College as dean of student affairs. Leslie J. Gianelli ’83 began serving her class and the college before she graduated, assuming leadership as class president in her sophomore year— and stuck with that job for the next twelve. She also served as a class agent, reunion gift caller, and Nominating Committee member. She has been active in the Hartford Club, and the Washington, D.C. Club, and held the positions of Ways and Means Committee chair, second vice-president, and assistant admissions representative, as well as Clubs Committee chair for the Alumnae Association. Gianelli served two years as a member of the
Reunion II medalists Arax Simsarian ’43 (left) and Suzanne Lenz Janney ’68
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