The Onyx | Fall 2022

no.10 Fall 2022

Class News and Notes from the Alumnae of

no. 10 Fall 2022

Class News Editor: Tasida Webster ’21

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1 | Flyer for their photogram exhibit. Ann Hutchinson Beason ’62 (left) and Merri Lawrence (right). 2 | Eve Anderson Earnest ’64, center, standing with her son Merrill, left and grandson Will, right, proudly displaying the tee shirt she earned walking in the Peachtree Road Race in July. 3 | Book cover for the first novel by Carolyn Newton Curry ’64, published in August, 2022. 4 | Frances "Panny" Weltch Force ’64, has prints of the Agnes Scott Campus for sale at Charis Books on Candler. 5 | Nora "Rooche" Field ’64, and one of the huskies that led her dog sled in Alaska this past spring. 6 | Martha MacNair McMullen ’64, second from right, and her husband, Steve, far right, with the Trivia Trophy they won at the tournament at the Serenata Beach Club in Ponte Verde Beach, Fla. last spring. 7 | Nora "Rooche" Field ’64, with her award winning Great Dane, "Akhie", Akhilleus, Prince of Myrmidons.

8 | Debbie Rosen ’66 rings the end of radiation celebration bell!!!

| Martha Thompson ’66 and Nancy Bruce Truluck ’66 in Morocco. 10 | Marilyn Breen Kelley ’66 and her daughter and granddaughters. 11 | Carol Davenport Wood ’66 and husband Tom's family reunion.

1 | Susan Hunter, Carolyn Newton Curry ’66, Helen Davis Hatch ’65 and Mary Frances Kerr ’93 at celebration of Leila Ross Wilburn, ASC Graduate and early architect in Atlanta. 2 | Libby McGeachy Mills ’66 leading '66-ers in Literary Adventures. 3 | The class of 1967 honored outgoing class president Mary Jervis Hayes ’67 (right) with a lush Bromeliad, presented to her by Susan Stevens Hitchcock ’67 (left).

4 | Ellen Wood Hall ’67 and three other vendors continue to manage the Aurora Farmers Market in Aurora, New York. The Market is held on Saturdays along the shore of Cayuga Lake on the Wells College Boathouse Lawn. 5 | Jane McCurdy Vardaman ’67 and husband Lee visited Jean McCurdy Meade ’64 and husband Rick in Santa Fe, New Mexico. 6 | The class of 1967 gathered to celebrate their fifty-fifth reunion.

1 | Betsy White Bacon ’68 and Lucy Hamilton Lewis ’68 had a great trip to Montana and fortunately avoided jail time!! 2 | Mary K Owen Jarboe ’68, Dean Hammond, Jim Jarboe, Bill Hudson, Dale Kelly, Marilyn Johnson Hammond ’68 and Ann Glendinning ’68 enjoy the river house of Gué and Bill Hudson. 3 | Ann Glendinning ’68 and Dale Kelly with new pup, Darby. 4 | Sally Bainbridge Akridge ’68, Betty Whitaker Wilson ’68, Gaby Guyton-Harrelson ’68 and Peggy Whitaker ’68 traveled to Boston for a beautiful memorial for Charlotte Hart ’68. 5 | Lucie Barron Eggleston ’68 and Laurie Carter Tharpe ’68 enjoy a visit at Laurie's home on St. Simon's.

6 | 2022 was both the 50th reunion for the Class of 1972 and the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Bradley Observatory. The class celebrated this shared milestone with a cake at their Saturday night class party. 7 | The 50th reunion class party table decor included a special Agnes Scott champagne flute, used by classmates to toast their sweep of giving trophies and the many wonderful memories they shared during the weekend. 8| At their 50th reunion party during Alumnae Weekend, classmate Virginia Uhl Tinsley ’72 walked her classmates down "Memory Lane" with a presentation that included yearbook photos from Agnes Scott days.

1 | Jamie Osgood Shepard ’74 with husband Randy on New Year’s Day 2022 at Panama City Beach, Fla. 2 | Judy Carol Duncan Baxley ’74 and Louise Huff Armitage ’74 on the grounds of Hillwood, home of Marjorie Merriweather Post, in Washington, D.C. 3 | Peggy Johnston Nesbit ’69, Susan Aikman Miles ’68, Ann McClain Smith ’68 and Pat Kahnle on a Road Scholar Appalachian trip.

4 | Ellen Fort ’77 and Pat McWaters ’77 vacationing in Italy late June 2022. 5 | Nancy Bond Brothers ’62, Sabina Gentry ’22, Anne "AB" Bond Gentry ’77 celebrating Sabina's graduation from ASC in May of this year. 6 | Donna Winters Samford ’77 and husband Charles in May 2022 during their European river cruise. 7 | Martha Jane Cates ’78, Catherine McLauchlin Hylands ’78, Betsy Fletcher ’78, Elaine Wilburn Zullo ’78, Sarah Arthur Spears ’78, Lynne Oswald ’78, Judy Miller Bohan ’78, and Ann Turner Kimsey ’76 enjoying a long June weekend reunion at Snowbird Mountain Lodge in Robbinsville, N.C.

1 | Class of 1980 Atlanta Mini Reunion - (L to R) Carol Willey ’80, Carolyn "Lee" Harber Rountree ’80, Kathleen “Kathy” Hollywood ’80, Sarah Fairburn Pannill ’80, Jennifer "Jenny" Spencer Parker ’80, Judy Smith Willis ’80, Kimberly Clark Douglas ’80, and Dorothea "Dottie" Enslow Putnal ’80. 2 | LaRue Gee McIntyre ’80 and Sarah "Sally" Harris ’80 and spouses Bill and Flo enjoy exploring Nashville. 3 | Rebecca Burtz Melton ’80 and husband Wayne take in Glacier Bay. 4 | At the Illinois Monument, Kennesaw National Battlefield Park: Carol Willey ’80 (Lower Left, Front Row) with Atlanta Civil War Round Table group.

5 | A get together on St. Simons Island hosted by Rachel McConnell Palko ’84. L-R: Pam Waters Boushell ’84, Lane Edmonson Holman ’83, Cindy Foster Grace ’82, Lee Kite ’82, Judy Webb Cheshire ’60, Rachel, Julie Custer Altman ’84 and Shari Nichols Clifton ’83. 6 | Marjory Sivewright Morford ’62 biking. 7 | Joy Jun Rousso ’82, Ann Connor Harrell ’82 and Cindy Monroe Alexander ’82 at Cindy's daughter's wedding in France. 8 | Sarah Campbell Arnett ’81 and Bess McDonald Robbins ’81 enjoy catching up.

1 | Edna Gray Farrar ’84 and Patricia Ballew Hibbard ’84 visit Huntsville Ala. Botanical Gardens, March 2022

| Julie Kilgore Willis ’86 and daughter, Kate. 3 | Mercy Badia-Tavas ’86 celebrated her son's graduation.

4 | Amy Hoskins ’86 was a participant in this year's Periscope class in Nashville, Tenn. She shared her experience with her classmates on one of their quarterly Zoom lightning talks. 5 | Maria Adelina Gonzalez-Bigner ’86 and daughter. 6 | Heather Moseley Harte ’87 and Margaret Hamm Venable ’87 having fun in New York City. 7 | Donna Beck Blanton ’88 and her daughters. 8 | Gina Faye Dixon Rivers ’87 serving on a mission team in Romania.

1 | Elena Adan Esquen ’93, in the center, and her family in front of her new home in Mount Dora, Fla. From left to right: Anthony (31), Amanda (28), Michelle (26), Adriana (13), Alex (19). 2 | Louisa Parker Mattozzi ’89 and her family rocked clothes from a charity shop in London because the airline lost all their luggage. They are in front of Urquart Castle ruins on the edge of Loch Ness. 3 | Melissa Johnson ’93, Dean of Enrollment Services at Gordon State College. (Photo credit Yolanda Rouse) 4 | Ashley

Wright Dolce '96 in Scotland.

5 | Kareisha Henry Allison ’00 and her son, Benjamin J. Allison, II. Ben will attend Morehouse College in Fall 2022. 6 | The cast of The Wonder Years, including Saycon Sengbloh ’00 as family matriarch, Lillian. Credit: ABC/Matt Sayles. 7 | Amanda Shopa ’02 on a bluff above the Mississippi River. 8 | Cara Steinbuchel ’03 preparing for her first pottery show at the North Carolina Ceramic Arts Festival in Asheville, N.C. 9 | Sarah Poppens Borenstein ’02, Katherine Price Beuchert ’02 and Meredith Baum Mulford ’02.

1 | Nicole Kilby was honored as ICABA® Salutes Women of Impact 2022. She was also a keynote speaker and panelist at Thurgood Marshall College Fund and Infosys Foundation’s 2022 TQRP Summer Institute. 2 | Phoenicia Battle '03, MA’20 and Amy Hawkins Morelli ’03 both completed the 2022 Leadership DeKalb program. They were thrilled to reconnect and neither was a bit surprised to see another Scottie in their class! Picture taken during the finale event sponsored by Nelson Mullins. 3 | Rachel Wilson ’05 has been promoted to Principal - Head of Operations with Collab Capital. She also has a new Board position with Black Women in VC - BWiVC. She would love to connect with any alums or students looking to get into VC. 4 | Samantha Casne ’05 and her husband welcomed their son, Isaac (Ike) Strauss, on Mar. 12, 2022 in Seattle, Wash. 5 | Sylvie Fraide Rabinovitch, daughter of Adrienne Gonzalez ’04 and husband Gilad Rabinovitch, April 14, 2022.

6 | Wedding family and friends gathered in Julia Thompson Smith Chapel. Pictured left upper to left bottom: Karima Johnson ’13 , Dr. Jamie MontagueFischer ’08 and Cecilia Batchelor ’08. 7 | Casey McIntyre '07 and her daughter Grace Valentine Gregory. 8 | Katie Vesser Strangis ’05 visited sister Scottie, Nicoline Strom-Jensen '06 in New York in April 2022 for an early birthday vacation. They braved the gondola from Roosevelt Island and survived. 9 | Emma Gant ’05 and wife, Natasha, welcomed their son, Brooks, in February 2022. He was a little guy, 5lb 3oz and 19 inches long (he was a few weeks earlier than planned), but is working hard on catching up on all his growth. All are doing well and learning to function on minimal sleep.

1 | Members of the Class of 2008 on their bi-annual friends’ trip! 2 | Rebekah Scoggins ’08 with her husband, Justin, in their first moments as wife and husband. 3 | Scottie bridal party: Natalie Marshall ’03, Rebekah Scoggins ’08 and Rachel Scoggins ’04. 4 | Scotties in attendance at the wedding of Casey McCarthy Emerick ’09 to Chris Emerick on March 25, 2022 in Georgetown, Washington, DC. L to R: Mariette Moore, Casey McCarthy Emerick ’09, Brittney Kohler ’08, and Shannon Rodgers. 5 | Sarah Hersh ’11 and Anastasia Tsavaris ’12 at the Lake Agnes Tea House in Banff National Park in Alberta Canada in July 2022.

6 | Samantha Tanner Allen ’11, along with husband Dane, welcomed their daughter, Rosalie, on July 18, 2021. 7 | Julie Reynolds-Engel ’11 and Dani Herd ’11 reunited in April for a fun race at Disney together. 8 | Skye Conners ’11 drives a Uhaul with chimp transfer crates from Florida to Los Angeles. 9 | Xin Qiu ’11 received her first national commercial real estate award.

1 | Stefanie Donham Slack ’12 with son Theodore Slack. 2 | Courtney Faye Taylor's, class of 2015, first book, Concentrate, will be published this November. Through poetry, visual art, and micro essays, Concentrate considers the life of Latasha Harlins—a fifteen-year-old Black girl killed by a Korean-American grocer named Soon Ja Du in 1991. Her murder, along with Rodney King’s beating, served as a catalyst for the 1992 L.A. Uprising. You can preorder the book now at courtneyfayetaylor.com/preorder. 3 | Camille Hackney ’13, Ana Archilla ’13 and Dr. Ocasio in Puerto Rico. Dr. Ocasio and Camille were in PR for a conference for US teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. 4 | Mark, Allison, Mason and Rachel Branning Rieman ’13 on vacation this June.

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1 | Taylor Stewart ’17 after her graduation from UN-mandated, University for Peace in Costa Rica. 2 | Evelyn Wronkowski ’18 (left) and Ellie Vergura ’19 (right). 3 | Nella Beardall ’20 (right) with a fellow RN after the completion of their nursing residency. 4 | Erin Briggs ’20.

Maddie Brasgalla ’20 at her UMKC graduation at the Kansas City Royals Stadium. 6 | Brittany Judson ’20. 7 | Xiyuan Wu ’20 at graduation with a cap reading "My Body My Choice".

| Indy Ravenhill ’20 in graduation regalia outside the Institute of Archaeology building.

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’47

No identified class secretary. Please send any news to share to alumnae@agnesscott.edu.

Genevieve "Geva" Harper Alexander continues to live at home and work at her business. She travels a good bit with her children. Life is good!

Eleanor “Sweetie” Calley Cross has been richly blessed to be able to live at home with the help of caregivers and a loving family, plus friends; together, they provide for all of her needs and overflowing abundance of TLC. Like a roller coaster, there are many ups and downs, but Eleanor hopes to be up for her 97th birthday celebration in August. Thirty members of her family will attend. Happy day!

Charlotte Clarkson Jones just celebrated her 97th birthday. Charlotte is in good health and enjoys living at her Trezevant Home for 9 years. It meets all their needs and wants. She volunteers on the Grounds Committee, Library, and several other comittees_ there is so much entertainment, great courses, movies, exercise, fashion shows, good food, and many friends to enjoy - Charlotte hopes she makes a few more years.

Mary Ann “Mal” Craig Link continues to enjoy life as a resident of the Clinton Presbyterian community in South Carolina.

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Adele Dieckmann McKee AdeleMcKee46@msn.com

Susan Daugherty writes that she is relearning to walk. She had hip surgery in December 2021. She really enjoyed the annual decorated golf cart parade on July 4 at Presbyterian Village in Austell. “Hello to the Class of ’48!”

Mary Alice Compton Osgood was part of a big family reunion on the Connecticut Shore in July. Her daughter from Namibia planned it and came with her daughter. Mary Alice lost her husband in June; he had taught at Mt. Holyoke College and was retired.

Susan Pope Hays has gone back to wearing masks and avoiding public gatherings because of the COVID rebound. She finds this a sad time for our world.

Mary Alice Compton Osgood was part of a big family reunion on the Connecticut Shore in July. Her daughter from Namibia planned it and came with her daughter. Mary Alice lost her husband in June; he had taught at Mount Holyoke College and was retired.

Martha Hay Vardeman and her daughter Cile continue to enjoy living at Wesley Woods Towers near Emory. They were part of a 50-member family trip to Ocean Isle in August where there were four children, nine grandchildren, nine great-grands and spouses in ONE house … fun!

Nancy Deal Weaver moved to North Carolina in December to be nearer to three of her children and their families, whom she enjoys seeing more often. She says downsizing has been really hard, but she is adjusting, especially with being nearer to families.

Our class has a special connection with the renovation of the Main Building in that Anne Treadwell Surratt’s granddaughter is the on-site engineer for the work there. Go, Allie!

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Mary Price Coulling gacybergran@yahoo.com

Doris “Sully” Tippens writes that her 93-yearold memory still takes her back to fall afternoons on

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the hockey field. Orange one-piece outfits — new and dear friends and running, running, running. She is grateful for memories, grateful for friends and even grateful for Agnes Scott.

Martha Ann “Splinter” Board Howell will be 94 on Aug. 31, 2022. She has three children, three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She has lived at Presbyterian Village for 23 ½ years and lost the love of her life 17 years ago. She talks to Nancy Dendy Ryle on the phone and loves her golf cart, as she no longer drives. She still lives independently in the cottage where she and Trent moved when they came in 1999. She exercises in her pool and by walking.

Margaret Brewer Henry is happily awaiting the birth of her fourth great grandchild in September.

Martha W. Brame moved in July to an assisted living apartment within the continuing care community where she has lived since 2009.

Mary Price Coulling recently celebrated the 22nd anniversary of her move into Lexington’s retirement community — Kendal at Lexington — which was then brand-new. Happily, she is still in the cottage she moved into that day, still walking their campus daily, still enjoying friends old and new.

Olive Wilkinson Turnipseed writes, “Dear friends, Love to you, each one! - Ibby”

Julianne Cook Ashmead still plays bridge twice a week and bocce ball once a week and is still learning to shoot pool with a group of ladies. She is a voracious reader, and she enjoys jigsaw puzzles. Her health is holding up, for which she is very grateful.

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No identified class secretary. Please send any news to share to alumnae@agnesscott.edu.

Diana D. Woodson still lives in Woodstock in her own home, drives her car and takes care of herself — which is pretty good for a 92-year-old! One of her sons lives with her — he had a liver transplant one year ago but is doing well. Diana’s daughter and granddaughter live near her, and another granddaughter with two great-grandchildren lives close by. They had a birthday party for her oldest son in Sandy Springs Saturday. She would love to hear from anyone. Love, Diana.

Despite vaccinations and a booster, Cama Clarkson Merritt still contracted COVID.

Fortunately, she had a mild case. However, in the continuing care community, she had to be isolated for 10 days. She has learned that solitary confinement is cruel and unusual punishment.

Mildred Flournoy de Marcellus has six children (professor, Army colonel, Navy captain, studying at OLED in Paris, counselor and business major in the U.K.) and 21 grandchildren.

’51

No identified class secretary. Please send any news to share to alumnae@agnesscott.edu.

Barbara Caldwell Perrow misses California, although it’s good to see Georgia. She has not been to Agnes in over 40 years. Good to be back on campus; it looked good! Hopes to get together again soon. Love, all.

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No identified class secretary. Please send any news to share to alumnae@agnesscott.edu.

Edith Pertrie Hawkins retired from Texas Children’s Hospital 20 years ago; she worked as a pediatric pathologist. Edith has three children, four grandchildren and one great-grandson aged 5 months. Edith continues to work at the churchassociated food bank as well as at her local church. She still remains healthy after 90 years!

Martha Scheffler lives alone in her “medium-” sized house. Her retired son, who lives nearby, takes care of her appointments, shopping, etc. Life is good!

Elaine Blane Vafiadis is still well, except for a bad back. She attends two Bible studies a week and is enjoying seven adult grandchildren — one got married July 23, 2022. She is unable to fly alone but is still visiting out-of-state family. Loves hearing about Agnes Scott.

Adelaide Ryall Beall had a hip replacement and is doing well. She had a mild case of COVID and moved to St. Simons, Georgia, with her daughter, Cindy. She is making new friends but also missing old friends.

Helen Land Ledbetter and Ann Herman Dunwoody have been in touch for the past two years. Helen lives alone, but she has two sons who live in the area. A third son lives in New Orleans. Her only daughter lives in Delaware. She enjoys

reading and watching kids on her back patio. She walks on her treadmill most days. reading and watching kids on my back patio. She walks on her treadmill most days.

Joyce Hutcheson Huggins moved to Paris, Tennessee, in September 2021 to be closer to her son, Wally, and his family. She continues to enjoy playing the piano and listening to various news programs and game shows. She also visits with family and friends.

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No identified class secretary. Please send any news to share to alumnae@agnesscott.edu.

Keller Barron writes that after the disappointment of not being able to take a family trip to Oberammergau, Germany, in 2020, she is delighted to travel in 2022: June — Denver for the national convention of the League of Women Voters; July — Chattanooga and then to Buffalo, New York; August — Montana with Belle Miller McMaster; September — national park in Utah. She is making up for lost time!

Martha Ann Stegar’s family gained two baby boys in December 2021, and one of them made her a great-great-grandmother! The other is her sixth great-grandchild. Unfortunately, they don’t live close by, but Martha Ann says, “Thank goodness for FaceTime!” Martha Ann lives in an assisted living facility in Winchester, Virginia, three blocks from her daughter, Lisa Sipp, and son-inlaw, David. Lisa is the executive director of the Shenandoah Arts Council and president of their homeowner association (HOA).

Betty Phillips Lindsay continues to enjoy life at Carolina Meadows in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, but she does miss seeing her family — none living close by. Two of her sons have lost their wives — one to COVID and one more recently to oral cancer, so it has been difficult for them to travel to North Carolina. She does stay active with the activities there and appreciates the caring staff.

Lilla Kate Paramore Hart recently got her second booster shot. Lilla’s cousin, Catherine Redles ’52, never recovered fully from the virus. She still has help around the clock. Lilla has been enjoying the zinnias from her garden. She looked forward to going to Dallas, Texas, in August for her grandson’s (James Hart) Eagle Scout ceremony.

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No identified class secretary. Please send any news to share to alumnae@agnesscott.edu.

Marilyn Belanus Davis has written a memoir, which she hopes to have published this year. She notes that, in retrospect, she has recalled God’s blessings throughout her long life.

Carolyn Randolph DeLay states that her life is much less exciting now that her longtime mate of 66 years has died. She attends an athletic club three times weekly to ride the bike and see longtime friends. Louise Hill Reaves ’54 and Carolyn meet every other Saturday at Athens Pizza in Decatur, mainly just to catch up. Fun!

Martha Gail Simpson Connor still resides alone in her house. All 10 of her grandchildren have graduated high school, college, graduate school or medical school. She writes that the pandemic has been hard. Nevertheless, she has had three greatgrandbabies born during the pandemic in Virginia and D.C.

Florrie Fleming Corley is still living at home in Marietta, Georgia, with help from family and caregivers. She has five children, seven grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren. She enjoys doing jigsaw puzzles, reading and going to church.

Katharine Hefner Gross lives in a retirement community in Seal Beach — no stairs. She enjoys walks in the park. Katherine also enjoyed remodeling the kitchen. “Just getting older,” she states.

Barbara Northey Severinghaus is enjoying senior living residency in Joplin, Maryland, near her daughter. She has two married sons, one in Des Moines and another one in Fulton, Maryland. She has six grandchildren in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York City, Phoenix, and Warsaw, Poland. She has enjoyed flights to and from all those U.S. cities, but Poland awaits.

This summer, Adeline “Addie” Steans Morrison hit a big milestone, her 90th birthday. This was celebrated with all her family being with her in Wisconsin. She also has moved to Lake Forest Place, a

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Presbyterian Home where she has a lovely cottage surrounded by many old friends. All is good.

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No identified class secretary. Please send any news to share to alumnae@agnesscott.edu.

Vivian Hays Guthrie finally made it to the Outer Banks in North Carolina with her 4- and 6-yearold grandkids. Her favorite sight was the Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kitty Hawk. It doesn’t take much to thrill her now!

In June, Ann Hanson Merklein had a family gathering on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. With 30 of her family members representing four generations, there was always something exciting going on. In July, Ann and her youngest daughter flew to Maine and enjoyed a week with her middle daughter and her husband, who have a cottage on Saco Bay.

Mary Evelyn Knight Swezey’s husband, D.F. Charles Swezey, died in January 2022. An outdoor memorial service was held in June at their retirement home, Covenant Woods. Mary Evelyn was able to spend a few weeks in the mountains of North Carolina with family, including her 1-yearold granddaughter, Evelyn.

Julia C. Beeman says that in spite of the pandemic and politics, she is still looking for bluebirds and thankful for her years at ASC and the great friends she met there. Keeping her brain alive with crossword puzzles, jigsaw puzzles and, of course, reading. Her body is a daily challenge. Her spirit is, as always, a challenge for others.

Helen Jo Hinchey Williams and her husband recently returned from a delightful road trip to Nashville to join a boat trip on the Mississippi River to cruise down to Memphis. They had a joyful time and a great weekend. Who could ask for anything more?

Louise Robinson Singleton has had a busy and delightful year of travel to see family and friends and playing host in Santa Fe, New Mexico, while enjoying good health. She has been to Salt Lake City, Utah, where her son Rob lives, and will move to a senior residence in the next year to be near him. Greetings to all.

Margaret “Peggy” McMillan White and her husband, Bill, moved to Franklin, Tennessee, from

Nashville in 2020 to be near one of her sons and two grandsons and near other family members. She has two great-grandsons and one greatgranddaughter nearby. Her other son and his family live in Burke, Virginia, and he works for CNN in Washington, D.C. Her husband, Bill, has trouble with his eyes, whereas she had a broken shoulder repaired and had various joint replacements. They have a nice apartment in Independent Living at Somerby Retirement. Best wishes to all our Scottie friends.

Celia “Carolyn” Alford Beaty moved to a retirement home in Arden, North Carolina, with her husband, Roy. They will be near their son, Dr. David Beaty, who is an ob-gyn.

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Helen Haynes Patton  helenpatton@comcast.net

Emmie Hay Alexander Hancock’s report this summer concludes with the remark, “A challenging year, but much to be thankful for.” This sounded to me like a good theme for the experience many of us in the class of 1956 have had this year. For Emmie, she is thankful to be able to continue doing some consulting work and to serve as president of the Residents Association for The Pines in Davidson, North Carolina, where she and Jerry live. She also enjoys keeping up with the six children and 12 grandchildren who are scattered around the U.S. and beyond. But COVID has curtailed travel to visit with them or experience other parts of the world, and Jerry’s cancer surgery scheduled for August is a major challenge.

In the fall, a big challenge for Ann Alvis Shibut will be moving to the small town of Fort Defiance, Virginia, after living in Richmond for 61 years, with 57 of them in the same house. Her adventure will include moving in with her older son and his wife in the large house they have bought. This will be just 15 minutes from Staunton, where Ann was born and where one of Ann’s granddaughters and her family now live. Ann looks forward to lots of family activities and is grateful that everyone in her family remains in good health.

Virginia Love Dunaway shared with others of us the challenge of record-breaking, prolonged temperatures this summer — over 100 degrees in Dallas. It makes her thankful to be living with Dan in The Forum in Dallas, where they have everything they need and can stay inside most of the time.

Eleanor Swain All’s husband, Bill, reports that Eleanor is doing well and is healthy, except that she has dementia. She is currently living in the Assisted Living Community at The Oaks at West Cobb, and Bill lives nearby in the independent living part of The Oaks. Eleanor enjoys regularly seeing her family, including 10 grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren.

A painful challenge has come to two of our classmates who report the death of beloved husbands. Rameth Richard Owens said that Walt had been dealing with numerous health issues for several years. By late winter 2022, when they had drained most of the joy from his life, he was ready to “hang it up.” He died peacefully on March 23. He was 88 years old, and the two of them had been married for 65+ of those years. Since Walt’s death, Rameth has been making her way through all the paperwork that has followed his death. Now she has begun to downsize the “stuff” that had been accumulated through 50+ years of living in their house.

May Muse Stonecypher’s husband, Tom, became a victim of COVID and died in January 2022 after a long and happy life together. Other alumnae of Hardiman Cottage at Agnes Scott in 1956 will remember that May managed her class schedule so that she and Tom could be married in the spring of that year, and she graduated in June with her new Stonecypher name. Like Rameth, she is still dealing with the legal ramifications of her husband’s death and adjusting to new life circumstances. May is thankful to have children close enough to help her deal with successful surgery of her own in more recent times.

Mary Jo Griffin Fitts returned a “purple card” to let us know that her mother, Annette Jones Griffin, died on Jan. 19, 2021. I was glad to be able to look back to a “life is still good” note from Annette, which must have come to me shortly before her death.

The Atlanta Journal Constitution carried an obituary for Barbara Battle in May, 2022. As I remember Barbara at Agnes Scott, I was not surprised to read the description of her rich and productive life. Following graduation from Agnes Scott with an English major, “she earned a Master of Arts degree in Dramatic Arts from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and accepted a position as Professor of English and Director of Dramatics at Salem College. After a successful tenure at Salem College, which included the production and direction of a significant number of acclaimed plays,

Barbara departed for New York to further pursue her education. She earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Motion Pictures from Columbia University.” With New York as her home base for over 50 years, Barbara pursued an active career in film and theater. An example described in the obituary was her temporary move to “Perth, Australia, where she created and directed an award-winning documentary named ‘A Smashing Lady’ that highlighted the public and private life” of Australian tennis great Margaret Smith Court. “To assure a steady income as she continued to work in the film and theater arena, Barbara took advantage of her language, writing, and editing skills as an author and editor of books and textbooks at McMillan Publishing and Harcourt, Brace, and Jovanovich. She continued her work in editing and publishing until her retirement as the Manager of Publications at AmFAR.”

’57

No identified class secretary. Please send any news to share to alumnae@agnesscott.edu.

Elizabeth Ansley Allan thoroughly enjoyed the parts of Alumnae Weekend she was able to attend. She says that the renovated Main and campus are beautiful and is proud of Agnes Scott for remaining No. 1 in so many ways. Her former home on South Candler Street now belongs to Agnes Scott. She’s visited the new office there. (212 S. Candler Street – the Office of Alumnae Relations, along with Advancement Services and other College Advancement staff, are located in the Ansley family home.)

Maizie Cox Hale (nee Mary Miot Cox) is happily living in her home of 52 years in Atlanta, Georgia. At first, there was a family of five; now, she is solo. She retired totally in 2013 after a sojourn in Wellington, Florida, in a third marriage. She knew her husband from high school in Lincoln, Nebraska. Her family now consists of three tall, handsome men — her sons; seven grandchildren; and very soon two lovely little great-grandchildren, a girl and a boy. Her status? She has challenges with both of her knees and is considering getting one or two knee replacements. She wishes the best to every one of you.

Frances Cork Ross reports that there is nothing new or exciting — she is too old and too poor to continue her travels to foreign destinations any longer. She’s doing as well as she can with what she has left! She is still painting and playing bridge — she sends a hi to all her old classmates.

Helen Sewell Johnson notes that due to COVID and staff shortages in her residence, she leads a cloistered life. Although, with a cellphone, computer and Zoom, it’s not all bad. She has lots of distractions and free time for goldwork embroidery and music practice. Her sons pay her occasional visits, and in July, she enjoyed a visit to the San Francisco Bay Area with one of her sons and his family.

Lucy Robertson Greene notes that the city of Valdosta and the county of Lowndes continue having her serve as a consultant for the Moody Support Organization. This honor provides the opportunity to coordinate efforts on behalf of Moody AFB, spouses and children of military families.

Patricia Guynup Corbus has moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, to be near her family. She is now in the Cypress retirement home and would love to hear from Scotties who live in the area.

Virginia Redhead Bethune was widowed in 2020 and lost a daughter in 2021. She is still playing the piano, organ and harp.

Dede Grow and Bob made the big move to a retirement home — independent living. No more cooking or cleaning, just a lot of socialization. They are very happy with the move! They are still in the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas and living at Watermere at the Preserve in North Richland Hills, still near their children, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren.

Susanne Benson Darnell and Mary Oates Burton had a marvelous time at their 65th reunion in June visiting with classmates Elizabeth Ansley Allan, Bancy Brock Blake, Mary Kinman Flanigen, Margaret Minter Hyatt, Anne Stewart Whitfield. They also enjoyed getting to know “girls'' from other classes while staying in Rebakah dorm rooms, which by the way, have air conditioning and an elevator!

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Elizabeth Hanson Duerr ebelld@aol.com

This spring, our classmates have reported a lot of book reading and streaming of movies as their entertainment, but others are heading out to movie theaters, concerts, family reunions and other activities. A few have reported so-called mild COVID. But all in all, there is a positive return to an active life.

Nancy Alexander Johnson reports that she and Jean Clark Sparks met in early July with 27 other family members for the Johnson/Alexander/Sparks family reunion in the Tennessee mountains. While there they all gathered to celebrate Jean’s birthday with cards, cake, and the singing of Happy Birthday.

Mary “Randy” Norton Kratt, Frances Gwinn Wolf, Nancy Alexander Johnson, and Carolyn “Mug” Magruder Ruppenthal met for lunch in March in Charlotte. They all live in North Carolina.

Nancy Grayson says she has been enjoying old episodes of “M*A*S*H” and “Seinfield,” as well as reading lots of books and acing the crossword puzzles. She is especially excited to announce that her daughter, Mary Fuller, has been named chair of the MIT faculty, the first person in the humanities area to hold that position.

Ann Stein Alperin is a longtime volunteer with the DeKalb Symphony Orchestra, where her son is the principal horn. She is always excited to see subscriber Martha Davis Rosselot and get some catch-up hugs.

Caro McDonald Smith reports that she and Paul had another great lunch with Joan St. Clair Goodhew and husband Bill. Caro and Paul have ventured out to the movies again plus she has weekly cards and Bible study.

Catherine “Cat” Hodgin Olive lets us know that she and Hubert have become greatgrandparents for the second time. She enjoys tai chi and chair yoga classes to stay in shape, with reading and movies for entertainment.

Anne Blackshear Spragins-Harmuth says that she lost her husband last year but continues to live in their home on the bayou in Destin, Florida. She still enjoys her kayak but did give up tennis.

Carol Riley McDonald reports that in January, she was inducted into The Society of Saint Anna the Prophet, an order of Episcopal women over the age of 50 who vow to live a life of simplicity, balance and creativity. Another joy for her is the birth in June of her third great-grandchild.

Shirley Spackman May is happy to report she is recovering well from surgery.

Margaret Rice Hill stays active and fit, swimming daily laps in the large lake near her home. For creative activity, she knits a lot of shawls and sweaters.

Celeste “Tissie” Rogers Thompson says she likes to brag that she went zip-lining in April and whitewater rafting in June. She also reports attending so many tribute bands with a good friend that she can’t remember all of them, though she danced a lot at the Bee Gees concert. That all surely seems brag-worthy for our classmates!

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Blanche Helm Nichols nchobo331@gmail.com

Betty Edmunds Grinnan is living in Westminster Canterbury, a lovely retirement community in Richmond, Virginia. There were several people there who went to Agnes Scott. She is enjoying running into old friends she hasn’t seen in 60 years! Betty had lunch with Pat Forrest Daves a while ago.

Kay Wilson Shurden is moving to Shannondale Retirement Center in Maryville, Tennessee, in November. She has been in Macon, Georgia, for 39 years, teaching at Mercer University. She will be nearer family with the move. This place has been wonderful, but it’s time to move on!

Audrey Johnson Webb still lives at home in Annandale, Virginia, even though Dick died in 1998. Her three sons and their families live in Texas, Florida and one nearby. She has 10 grandchildren and three great-grands. She stays busy with church and a Widow’s Outreach Team for the West Point class of ’58. She has been really busy with that lately. She also attends classes for Seniors of George Mason University and is on the board of the local Republican Women’s club. She is enjoying life and misses everyone!

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Ellen McFarland Johnson ecmcjo@gmail.com

Margaret Havron resumed volunteering at the hospital, for Habitat for Humanity Restore and weekly at her church’s respite program for caregivers of people with dementia. She still lives in Lakeshore Meadows retirement community. Margaret finds it hard to accept being the last of her generation in her family. She looks forward to learning how other classmates are doing.

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No identified class secretary. Please send any news to share to alumnae@agnesscott.edu.

Ann Womeldorf Noland reports that she is mostly staying at the coast/home. She is not traveling internationally but travels to visit family in Tennessee, Georgia and Texas. She would love to travel more and is grateful for libraries, birds, gardening, and family and friends. She still volunteers regularly and asks that you come to visit Beaufort, North Carolina!

Dee Conwell Irwin writes that she and Tom have moved from Bermuda Village retirement community in North Carolina to Augusta, Georgia, where one of their daughters lives. She is happy to be near classmate Jane Weltch Milligan again. She wonders if other nearby classmates could join them sometime since COVID interfered with their 60th reunion!

Theresa Kindred Brown is lucky to be healthy and active. She retired in December 2021 from 37 years in the travel business! She is doing writings of family history and renovating a smaller home on the fairway there in Thomasville — the 20th move — most, of course, done in the Army years! Her husband, Joe, is also well and active locally. She was honored a decade ago to be Woman of the Year in Thomasville and in a carriage in the Rose Parade!

Penny Willimas Mayronne and her husband are still enjoying their mountain home in the community of Laurel Ridge in Black Mountain, North Carolina. Deer, turkeys and black bears are regular visitors to their yard. She also notes that Asheville is 15 minutes away whenever she wants “big city” amenities. They treasure their friends and a wonderful church (PCUSA). She says that this is as close as they’ll get to paradise on this Earth!

Virginia Johnson Braswell announces that after working as executive director and volunteering with Habitat for Humanity for 29 years, she has retired. She is now adjusting with exercise class, Bible study and line dancing. She wishes all classmates health and happiness!

Dutton Lemmond Moore is sad to say that her husband, Lang, died on May 23rd.

Missy Moore Kuykendall and John are enjoying retirement living at The Pines in Davidson. There are about a dozen Agnes Scott alums there (along with scores of Davidson folks). For escape, they head to Black Mountain to their getaway home high on Allen Mountain.

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Anne Christensen Pollitzer says that turning 83 gets you attention … that is a serious number! Life is slower, but she and Rick live in paradise on their twoacre island. Anne has four sons who are doing great — three live in Florida. She has seven grandchildren and six step-grandchildren who are all fine, too. They get out on the river fairly often in boats of different sizes — Rick’s passion. She has her high school class reunion in October — her 65th!

Lucy Scales Tiller had nothing cheerful to report after 16 days being COVID-positive! But now she’s rejoicing because her test was negative today! Her dear husband, Thomas Tiller, has undergone heart surgery (still in the hospital) but will soon be home. She writes, “The Lord has blessed us indeed.”

Page Morahan’s art business, with the trademarked name of Page’s Pages Around the World, which focuses her creativity on a global mission to support health professions education and health care by FAIMER (www.faimer.org/), was selected to be featured artist by Artsy Shark for June 2022 (www.artsyshark.com/2022/06/14/featuredartist-page-morahan/). Visit her website (www. pagespagesgallery.com/) to learn more. Since 2010, the Artsy Shark (www.artsyshark.com/) “top ten” ranked art site has featured more than 1,600 artists’ individual portfolio articles from around the world.

Kathryn “Kacky” Chambers Elliott and Phil have two more great-grands! Luna, born in June 2021, is their youngest Marine greatgranddaughter, born to granddaughter Amber and her Marine husband Eddie; and Jackson, born in June 2022, to grandson Daniel and his significant other Miranda. Their older two grands, Jeffrey, age 10, and Jenny, age 4, live with their oldest Marine grandson, Jeff, and his wife, Samantha. Their third granddaughter, Elspey, is unmarried with no children, as far as Kacky knows.

Barbara “Baldauf” Anderson is still in her home of 47 years. In 2021, she marked “keeper trees” and arranged for the clearing of invasive ones (buckthorn + honeysuckle), as well as ash infected by the borer. She is reforesting with Wisconsin natives, such as tamarack, white cedar, white pine, oak and serviceberry, and currently keeping it all watered and deer-free. Recently, in March, she stopped to visit Nancy Stone Hough in Fitzgerald, Georgia.

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Mary Beth Thomas thomasmb1980@gmail.com

Following up on an idea shared at the Alumnae Board’s January Zoom Conference, “A Listening Session with Class Officers,” our officers (Gloria Ellis Pylant, president; Sandy Johnson Barrow, fund chair; Sarah “Stokie” Cumming Mitchell, program chair; and I, Mary Beth Thomas) initiated Zoom Reunions or “Zunions,” as Lydia Wammock Ramsey dubbed them.

Our first Zunion featured Betty Ann Gatewood Wylie, who enchanted us, as always, with her storytelling. That event was followed by a very lively and engaging discussion of Hemingway’s “The Short Happy Life of Frances McComber,” masterfully led by Nancy Duvall Hargrove

Our class is not short on possibilities to invite for interesting Zunions going forward. Lynn Denton’s screenplay “The Milliners” was awarded semifinalist status in Stage 32’s First Annual Female Driven Screenwriting Contest, and her autobiographical film “Scumbling” received Awards of Merit in all major production categories, including “Screenplay” and “Directing,” in the current Southern Shorts Festival 2022 season. Ipek Absugur Duben, whose retrospective in Istanbul, Turkey, closed in May, was then part of an ambitious group exhibition in Baden, Germany, titled “State and Nature” (see https://kunsthallebaden-baden.de/en/index-2/). Mimi St. Clair’s music groups are gearing back up after being shut down for a year. In June, her woodwind quintet played for Eugene, Oregon’s annual Garden Walk (see https://eugenesymphonyguild.org/music-inthe-garden-2022/). Nancy Duvall Hargrove’s discussion groups at the Starkville (Mississippi) Public Library have also resumed. Reflecting here on the artists and writers in the class of ’63 makes more poignant and painful our loss in June of Jane Gilbertson McGuffin, songwriter and poet, who was so much a part of our community (see www. legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/janemcguffin-obituary?id=35306125).

Travel by classmates is also coming back. Sandy Johnson Barrow took a “magical garden tour” in the Cotswolds, the Lake District and Wales. Ellen Hodgson Oakes had a delightful two-week trip to the Atlanta area, where she saw her son, grandson and granddaughter. She also visited with Anne Miller Boyd Helen Jones Robin and Ty spent a beach week in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, with four grown children, four spouses

and eight grandchildren ages 8-23. Nancy Duvall Hargrove’s children and her three grandchildren also spent a week at the beach. Gloria Ellis Pylant spent time both at the beach and in the mountains at Montreat, North Carolina.

Grandchildren are achieving. One of Ellen Hodgson Oakes’ granddaughters is finishing her last year in graduate school at Georgia Tech in architecture/city planning, and another has completed a summer program at Emory exploring a career in nursing. Gloria Ellis Pylant’s granddaughter will be a first-year student at Agnes Scott in the fall!

Just to be sure you are still paying attention, Becky Bruce Jones is taking flying lessons with a “darling flight instructor who is like a grandson”!

Deedie Withers Estes has had minor surgery and is in physical therapy, hopeful that she will be able to walk again. Our thoughts and best wishes are with her and with classmates whose spouses are ill.

Some classmates have moved. (Their new addresses can be obtained from the secretary or the college). After living in Atlanta for 57 years, Susan Sevier Link and her husband, Jim, recently moved to Tega Cay, South Carolina, to be closer to their daughter and family in Fort Mill, South Carolina, and their son and family in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Frances Anderson reports that she has moved four times in the past two years. That she has remained in the Charleston, South Carolina, area suggests that she is not on the lam. Helen Robin Jones and her husband will be at Big Canoe, Georgia, full time now, placing their home of 50 years in Mountain Brook, Alabama, on the market.

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Brenda Brooks Jackson beba@jacksonpnw.com

Shirley Lee has been part of the Dismantling Racism Ministry at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church in Atlanta. They have read and traveled to study the injustice of racism in our country. She writes, “I have been challenged to do all that I can for equal rights and a strengthened democracy in America.”

Norma “Betty” Alvis Girardeau continues to enjoy her work as a certified mobile notary and is hoping to eventually write a book about her experiences. She took a photography trip to

Italy in mid-April and afterward visited French friends who own the chateau where she worked before the pandemic. Visiting her children and grandchildren now that travel restrictions have lessened is a major joy.

Martha MacNair McMullen and her husband, Steve, are members of a team that continues to win trivia competitions at the Serenata Beach Club in Ponte Verde Beach, Florida.

Carolyn Newton Curry is excited to report that her first novel, “Sudden Death,” was accepted for publication in August. She writes, “Being a historian and never having written a novel, it was a big deal when it was accepted by academic press like Mercer University.” www.carolyncurry.com In her spare time, Carolyn continues to work with Women Alone Together, planning upcoming activities. www.womenalonetogether.org. She also participated in the National Conference for CARE International in Washington, D.C., in June.

Nora “Rooche” Field has every reason to be proud of her Great Dane “Akhie,” Akhilleus, Prince of Myrmidons. He has earned most of the points necessary for “champion” classification. This spring, she and her daughter cruised to Alaska, where they helicoptered to a glacier and went dog sledding. In June, Rooche and classmate Janet Hodge Emerson enjoyed getting together in Greenville, South Carolina, to attend a performance of “Hamilton.” To cap off her busy early summer, Rooche attended the NSDAR Continental Congress in Washington, D.C., with over 4,000 others.

In the spring Clarissa Cartwright Blackmore enjoyed a Viking cruise that began with the Passion Play in Oberammergau. After visiting Innsbruck, she boarded her ship in Basel, Switzerland, and sailed along the Rhine to Amsterdam. As wonderful as the trip was, she shared that her big news was the arrival of a new granddaughter, Emmeline Blackmore.

Frances “Panny” Weltch Force is happy to report that she has finally gotten back to work and is painting Rebekah Scott Hall in hopes of having it ready for our next reunion.

Mary Womack Cox and her husband, John, continue to bond with Mutti, their rescue black cat. Mary continues to walk and write “12 syllables of something” daily and is actively involved in her church’s outreach and Creative Care ministries. She and her husband were fully vaccinated and recovered quickly from a mild case of COVID in May. In June, they enjoyed returning to Sanibel, Florida.

Eve Anderson Earnest earned her third T-shirt at the Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta this summer. This time, she walked instead of running and was accompanied by her son Merrill and grandson Will. She said it was a fun way to celebrate the Fourth of July.

Sue Parkin TeStrake and her husband, Bernie, have now become the “Neighborhood Grandparents” in the neighborhood just 3 miles from the ASC campus where they bought their home as newlyweds in the ’60s. Bernie considers himself one of us ever since his work on the “Then and Now” project for our 50th reunion. They are so happy that their daughter and son-in-law have moved back to the neighborhood from New York City and are delighted to have a granddaughter nearby as a freshman at Emory.

Considering we are entering our eighth decade, the class of `64 remains quite active!

’65 Carol Sutton Lumpkin lumpkin@optilink.us

Carol Sutton Lumpkin returned from Nice, France, where she spent 2 ½ weeks visiting family — retired professors of French from Davidson College, Homer and Catherine Sutton, as well as nephew Greg who lives in Istanbul and a niece and great-niece, Elodie and Clara, who live in Bethesda, Maryland. She also mentions that her class is having a minireunion on Nov. 8-11 at Highland Lake Inn, Flat Rock, North Carolina. Everyone attending is looking forward to finally getting together!

Last summer, Betty Brown Sloop moved from her home in North Georgia on the Chattahoochee River to Lake Pointe Landing, a retirement community in Hendersonville, North Carolina. Not too long after moving, she was delighted to receive a visit from Lucia Howard Sizemore and her husband, Tom! She states that it was hard leaving her home, but she is getting used to living with a whole community of folks — a new experience since she was a “day” student at Agnes Scott College.

Her youngest son, Ross, and his wife moved from Decatur to nearby Asheville and he continues to work for Piedmont Hospital. She is happy to have Ross closer by but will miss getting to drive by the Agnes Scott campus regularly when visiting her son. Her other son, Scott, lives not far from Agnes Scott.

Betty has been diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment but is happy to have found a place that can provide increasing levels of care as needed. Her retirement community offers many activities, which makes it hard to be diligent about sorting and disposing of things she has accumulated that are currently in storage. Sister Mary Louise Forsythe ’75 is helping her find the eBay places to sell her things such as books and household items. As a closing note, she writes that she grew up in the area of Eastern Kentucky that was devastated by floods; she remembers seeing whole houses being rushed down the river by floods when she was in elementary school. Her frustrations with having too much stuff are nothing compared to having nothing at all, she notes.

Betty wishes Agnes Scott students and grads a great fall!

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Peggy Marion Ryals mryals001@sc.rr.com

Barb Symroski Mayer returned to Alaska to resume her nanny job, not only for granddaughter Eva, but also for Eva’s new little brother.

Carol Davenport Wood and Tom had a family vacation in Big Canoe in Jasper, Georgia. She says it was good to get everyone together, with the youngsters swimming, fishing, hiking, kayaking and zip-lining.

Carolyn Newton Curry shares news with both our class and class of 1964. She wrote that Women Alone Together was founded in 2002 to meet the needs of women who are alone in our culture. Even though they target women who are alone for any reason, all women are invited. They are celebrating their 20th anniversary. WAT has always had a wonderful working partnership with the ASC Alumnae Association. They have done 128 book programs conducted by the author or a professor and 68 seminars/special events where they invite experts to speak to their group. Please go to womenalonetogether.org to see plans for the fall.

Debbie Rosen happily rang the bell at her radiation center to signal the end of her five weeks of therapy.

Ginny Finney Bugg summarized the class of ’66’s first literary adventure: An intrepid group of 11 Sixty-Sixers, led by classmate and retired Davidson College English Chair Libby McGeachy Mills, met via Zoom for six sessions early in 2022 to discuss

four contemporary works of “speculative fiction.” These “Literary Encounters with Science” included Richard Powers’ “Galatea 2.2” and “Bewilderment,” along with Kazuo Ishiguro’s “Never Let Me Go” and “Klara and the Sun.” The participants, urged on by Libby’s reminder that Einstein advocated always keeping “a holy curiosity,” puzzled over issues raised by artificially intelligent robots, the human emotional costs of environmental degradation, and the moral ambiguities of raising children to be future organ donors or genetically engineering them for high academic ability. Classmates who willingly pushed themselves beyond their comfort boundaries included Alice Davidson, Bettie Anne Humphreys Mahony, Betty Rankin Rogers, Ginny Finney Bugg, Jan Gaskell Ross, Kay Roseberry McCarron, Martha Thompson, Mary Brown Bullock, Peggy Marion Ryals, Nancy Bruce Truluck and Portia Morrison. Special thanks to superb leader Libby Mills and gracious Zoom host Peggy Ryals. Would we do it again? In a nanosecond!

Kay Roseberry McCarron, as the lead trustee on the Programs Team, Girls’ Learning Foundation Uganda, is focused on establishing a nursing/ midwifery opportunity for students who have completed secondary education. Jobs in Uganda today are scarce, but trained nurses and midwives are in demand, so they created this new program covering students’ tuition for advanced certification/ degrees. Being someone who had difficulty selling Girl Scout cookies, Kay never expected to be involved in major fundraising … but here she is!

Nancy Bruce Truluck and Martha Thompson traveled to Morocco together in March, where they visited medieval medinas, souks, cooking schools and several women’s development programs. They slept in a tent and rode camels into the Sahara. Traveling with a small group of women, they found Morocco to be a far more diverse and open country than they expected.

Sue Ellen Hipp Adams has been appointed by the new DAR president general as American Heritage Committee national vice chair, music for the next three years.

Suzanne Scoggins Barnhill has again been recognized as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP), a designation she has held since 1999. Microsoft presents this award in recognition of exceptional technical community leadership. In Suzanne’s case, this is for answering questions about Microsoft Word in Microsoft’s Community forums. Suzanne also has a new left

hip and has had a rapid recovery. She quickly rid herself of a walker and a cane, but she’s still going to PT twice weekly.

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Avary Hack Doubleday avaryd@juno.com

Linda Richter Barnes reports that Zoom meetings with Justice Allen, Betty Anne Domm, Day Kennon and Jane Royall were real virtual gifts during isolating COVID days. It was even more fun to see them and other classmates at our 55th reunion in June. “Agnes Scott opened the world to me and offered treasured friendships that continue,” Linda said.

Cindi Carter Bright’s grandson graduated from NCSU this past May, and her granddaughter graduated from First Flight High School in Nags Head, North Carolina, this past June. “She is our miracle after her traumatic brain injury in January 2021. No one thought she’d be able to talk or read, much less complete her senior year!”

Lucy Ellen Jones Cooley, her husband, Pem, their daughter, Laura Avary, and son, Brian, had an exciting spring getting acquainted with upstate New York. Laura married Bruce Gutelius in his hometown of Auburn, New York. Laura and Bruce both work for the CDC and live in Atlanta.

After the reunion, on her way home to St. Louis, Ann Roberts Divine detoured to Birmingham, Alabama, and spent an hour or two with Jane Davis Mahon and her husband, Pat. Jane regretted not being able to come to the reunion and enjoyed hearing about it and looking at Ann’s photos.

Grace Winn Ellis's play “Rhonda’s Rites of Passage” was produced in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, by 40+ Stage Company in early fall. It has magical elements, but the plot may seem realistic to those of us who were committed to marriage and family shortly after graduating and were able to pursue our other dreams only years later.

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Betty Derrick bderrick1968@att.net

Sally Bainbridge Akridge, Betty Whitaker Wilson, Gaby Guyton-Harrelson and Peggy Whitaker traveled to Boston for a beautiful memorial for Charlotte Hart arranged by her

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daughter, Michelle, and son, James. All had been Charlotte’s roommates over the years. The June 26 memorial celebration, on the New England coast Charlotte loved so much, took place on her birthday.

Summer 2022 Susan Davis Bennett made a very moving trip to Normandy, France, where she was present at the laying of a wreath in honor of veterans of World War II. She was privileged to be traveling on a riverboat cruise with the honored veteran.

Nancy Thompson Beane is the board of directors chair at Theological Horizons, a ministry for Christians and seekers at the University of Virginia, and on the preschool board for The Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta. She and John celebrated their 50th anniversary by taking a family trip to Greece in May.

Laurie Carter Tharpe and Lucie Barron Eggleston enjoyed a wonderful weekend at Laurie’s home on St. Simon’s Island in July.

Ann Glendinning and her husband, Dale Kelly, are spending as much time as possible in the cool North Carolina mountains and are thoroughly smitten by their new puppy, Darby.

In July Chee Kludt Ricketts visited Ann Teat Gallant and Philip in their beautiful new home in the Baltimore suburbs. Almost as exciting as seeing Ann was viewing the Joan Mitchell Exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Art!

Judy Smoot Holland has resumed traveling, with trips to Oregon and northern California as well as a Dutch waterways river cruise from Antwerp to Amsterdam.

Gué Pardue Hudson and Bill welcomed Mary K Jarboe and Jim, Marilyn Johnson Hammond and Dean, Ann Glendinning and Dale Kelly to their N. Georgia river home.

Paige Maxwell McRight has chaired The General Assembly Task Force to Revise the Rules of Discipline for the Presbyterian Church for five years. The task force reported to the 2022 General Assembly in July. Recommended revisions will be sent to the presbyteries for final approval.

Nancylee Rast Cater is serving as part-time chaplain at Magnolia Manor, Macon Campus (United Methodist Senior Living Center).

Betty Miller Layng, Alice Roberts Burkett and Cindy Carroll Pilsbury had a fun trip to Dollywood in the fall of 2022 — lots of memories,

stories and a tiny bit of wine. In May, Betty and Bill spent a week walking (not hiking) and marveling in the five national parks of Utah. The hoodoos in Bryce Canyon were showing their colors beautifully.

Vicky Plowden Craig and Bill escaped the Texas heat by gathering most of the family in Pagosa Springs, Colorado.

Christie Theriot Woodfin is receiving treatment at M.D. Anderson for malignant pleural mesothelioma caused by asbestos in talcum powder.

After almost three years at home recuperating from various medical conditions that left her mobile but unable to drive, Elaine Harper Horton decided to move to Corso, a beautiful new retirement complex in Atlanta, in February 2022.

Susan Aikman Miles and Shel moved from their home of 43 years to Presbyterian Village in Austell in March. They have a one-level home with a sunroom and screen porch. Lots of Scotties there!

Janet Hunter Ouzts welcomed grandbaby No. 5, Margaret Rose, into the family on Oct. 6, 2021, in time for Aunt Jessi’s December wedding.

Cathy Walters Gonzales is very active in ALTA tennis, serving as vice president for Senior Day Men and Senior Day Women. Her neighborhood senior team won the city championship in the spring of 2022.

The Cashiers Designer Show House has chosen Cindy Perryman as a guest artist for the fourth year.

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Lalla Griffis Mangin lallamangin1@gmail.com

Terri Langston has continued to draw and to play piano, including presenting a Brahms intermezzo at the Steinway Haus Berlin at a student recital. She has lent a hand to Ukrainian refugees, although she says the German government has taken care of them well. She will always link her 75th birthday with the Russian invasion of Ukraine. She and Stephen spent a lovely Easter weekend in Prague, Czech Republic.

Dottie Duval Nelson has become a grandmother with the birth of Sally Duval Nelson on June 29. She is hoping that her puppy skills will transfer to human babies. The new parents, Hunter and Molly, are keeping an eye on her.

In mid-July, Betsy Fuller Hill and Larry, along with children and grandchildren, went to Scotland for a much-anticipated trip. Unfortunately, of the eight of them, only daughter Kathleen Hill Brewer ’94 remained healthy. Some of them got to see some of the beauty of Scotland, while others remained at the hotel.

Dorothy Schrader and her husband, Richard, are grateful that they have lived long enough to meet their first granddaughter, Lucy. They enjoyed Richard’s 60th class reunion at USMA. Dorothy continues to participate in a Dog Walk, even though she does not have a dog. She also hikes with a group of women while in Colorado, including two who are in their 90s. She is active in Friends of the Library.

Brunette “Bunny” Teeple Sheffield wrote that “music, outdoor work and leisure, cyber connections with friends and family around the world provide much joy. Involvement with RAPP and DoForOne (google if curious) develops relationships with people close by and similarly passioned. It was good to see the ASC segment of the Kellogg Foundation in January.” She looks forward to a campus visit again someday! She enjoyed a visit from her daughter, Anna, who lives in Wellington, and their traditional summer activities.

Lalla Griffis Mangin and Al enjoyed a tour of the Southwest national parks in June. They visited the Grand Canyon, Monument Valley, Bryce Canyon and Zion national parks. They were happy just to be traveling again.

Reminder from class fund co-chairs, Marion Hinson Mitchell and Carol Blessing Ray: The college operates on a fiscal year calendar, roughly like an academic year. To be counted for the fiscal year 2022-2023, donations must be received by June 30, 2023. This is important to maintain one’s Fideles Society membership. Many in our class give in the fall of the year to take a charitable deduction for the current tax year, which ends on Dec. 31. We appreciate all of ’69’s contributors and are proud that for several years, the class of 1969 has had the highest number of Fideles members.

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Janet Pfohl Brooks JBrooks48@aol.com

Marion Gamble is happily retired and living in Greensboro, North Carolina, with her

grandchildren close by. She serves as a spiritual director and stays active in hiking groups, book groups and environmental advocacy work. She recently wrote a memoir for her grandchildren about her four years in college.

Christine Cope Pence continues to love traveling, especially her seven-state photography exploratory trip, where she studied the mating rituals of prairie chickens and grouse. She is also the CEO of a stealth startup company dealing with lithium battery recovery and recycling.

Cathy DuVall Vogel, while not traveling as much as she’d like this year, is staying busy with her work as chair of the Friends of the Decatur Cemetery. She could give a local history tour of the nearly 40,000 residents, including Dr. Alston, George Washington Scott and “our dear classmate Bonnie Johnson.”

Mary Margaret MacMillan and her husband, Larry Neumann, have relocated to Austin, Texas, where she says golf helped keep them sane during the pandemic. She is also active with a nonprofit real estate development company that has 52 projects across the country providing affordable housing for artists and their families.

Cindy Padgett Henry traveled to Ireland in June for a golf trip where they played every day for 10 days. When she returned, she attended a national meeting of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She also stays busy with her farm, hosting an event for her garden club, and still finds time for her jewelry business, Elegant Essentials by Cindy.

Mollie Douglas Turner emerged from the pandemic by taking her granddaughter on a Road Scholar trip to Paris, followed by a week in England. Later in the summer, she took a cruise on the Danube that included the Passion Play at Oberammergau. She is living in Tryon, North Carolina, with all of her siblings close by and enjoys meeting Georgia Gillis Herring ’65 often.

Ruth Hyatt Heffron and John have moved back to Maine and are updating their 1850s house there and say they are ready for guests!

Betsy Sowers and Paul are enjoying their retirement home on the South Shore of Massachusetts, although she reports there is not much “retiring.” She stays involved in climate and environmental justice activism, now working on getting fossil fuel funding out of Harvard’s

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academic research, and in their “spare time,” traveled to Iceland with a choral group.

Colleen Nugent Thrailkill published a book in 2021, “The Value of Rotting Pumpkins,” which details her 36 years of teaching K-2 students and how she used hands-on experiences to facilitate her lessons.

On a sad note, Diane Wynne Hoey reports that her husband, Fred Gimson, passed away in May. They met while she was at ASC and reconnected 10 years ago. Our hearts go out to her.

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Cindy Ashworth Kesler cindyk315@gmail.com

Betty Scott Noble thanks the class for the many cards and expressions of sympathy she received when her 100-year-old daddy died in March. She was so surprised and honored to see approximately 10 of our classmates at his service.

Margaret Funderburk O’Neal enjoyed a bucket list trip in June to several Frank Lloyd Wright houses as well as a week’s stay at Chautauqua Institution.

Christine “Tina” Adams has been nominated for the 2023 Grawemeyer Award in Psychology from the University of Louisville. The nomination is for the idea “How Emotional Conditioning Creates Omnipotent and Impotent Personality Roles.”

G.G. Sydnor Hill and Fred recently visited their son, Frederick, and his family in the Washington, D.C., area. Frederick’s mother-in-law is staying with them after fleeing Ukraine earlier this year. She looks well now and is a big help to the family, especially with the three children. Her husband, still in Ukraine, is in daily touch with her and the family; his neighbors and family help look after him.

Lyn Corder spent 17 days of June in Ireland. First, she had a few days in Dublin that included time with a friend from graduate school at Southern Illinois University and her husband. Then she and a friend from Oceanside enjoyed a fabulous 14-day Rick Steves tour.

After 38 years, Jo Perry Ely and Randy got the wedding of their dreams of their beautiful daughter, Sara. Sara and James married on April 8 in a picture-perfect wedding in Breckenridge, Colorado, with about 100 family and friends present.

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Anne Kemble Collins annekcollins@gmail.com

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Janet Bolen Joiner janet.b.joiner@gmail.com

Janet Katherine Jackson is pleased to announce the arrival of two grandchildren born to her son and his wife, Will and Rebecca Long: grandson Jackson Gerald Long, born May 30, 2020, and granddaughter Elise McNeill Long, born June 30, 2022. Janet now happily answers to the name “Nana” and enjoys being a grandmother.

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Ann Patterson Cities ann.clites@verizon.net

Suzie Blackwood Foote is currently working toward certification as a functional medicine life coach. With this certification, she will teach health and wellness in several addiction and medical practices starting in October. One of Suzie’s sons works for Southwest Airlines, which enables her to travel and visit family and friends. Her six grandchildren and four adult children are all now back in Jackson, Mississippi, just in time for her 70th birthday celebration in September!

Celeste Cox Stanley, Ann Early Bibb, and Marty Rutledge Munt enjoyed a visit in Winston-Salem, N.C. during Ann and Marty’s high school reunion (50th plus 2). They also caught up with Betty Binkley Ashby there, too.

Karen Dick Bruhns and Ann Early Bibb and Ann Early Bibb toured Portugal in May, then joined a group in Strasbourg, France, for a biking trip through Alsace.

Vivienne Drakes McKinney has had fun doing Zoom icon painting/writing classes for the past two years. She has recently read “In Search of the Sacred Image,” a book about Christianity and the visual arts, by Aidan Nichols, OP. It reminded her of a 1994 family trip with her husband, Bob, and their daughters to the Lascaux caves in Dordogne,

France. Vivienne writes, “Seeing the cave drawings had been on my bucket list ever since taking Art History from Mrs. Pepe at Agnes Scott. The cave drawings are part of man’s search for the sacred, which culminates for me in Christian faith.”

Cindy Goldthwaite Hames has moved back to her family’s farm. Cindy says, “It’s pleasant but a lot of maintenance.” She’s teaching high school English language arts part time and working on two children’s books. Her son Will is living with Cindy at the farm, but daughter Dana is in Maine and son Weston in Kitchener, Ontario. According to Cindy, by the time the class of ’74 meets again, she may be a writer and a small-scale garlic farmer!

Mary Jane Kerr Cornell’s older son, Alex Lee-Cornell, has been called to serve as pastor of Lakeview Presbyterian Church in New Orleans, Louisiana. Mary Jane learned via Facebook that Lakeview Presbyterian is Celeste Cox Stanley’s home church.

Jamie Osgood Shepard has announced her retirement from work in April 2023 but plans to continue as a contractor, teaching “Boots to Business: Introduction to Entrepreneurship” on military installations all over Florida. She’s planning a big celebration in September to mark her 70th birthday.

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Marie Newton mhnewton@sbcglobal.net

Our class extends sympathy to Linda Woodward Jacobson on the loss of her husband Mark Jacobson and Anna Case-Winters on the loss of her husband Michael Winters.

Nancy Oliver LeSourd continues 38 years of practicing law. She and Jeff enjoy life on their family homestead, Evergreen Farms, in Lincoln, Virginia. Son Luke was named producer of the four-hour television NFL pregame shows for CBS, FOX and ESPN. Daughter Cate conquered turning 30 with a trip to Australia and a triathlon charity event.

Ellen Phillips has had a difficult year. Her parents died eight months apart. Ellen had major surgery with some complications but is in great shape now. She and Stephen drove to Wyoming for a weeklong Enneagram event and later flew to Santa Fe for a wedding. In June, Ellen worked at Montreat for the Presbyterian Association of Musicians Music and Worship Conference.

Mary Louise Brown Forsythe travels to Decatur frequently to visit daughter Liz and Jonathan Block and their two children, Theo and Layla Louise. The children are her delights!

Robbie Goodall Boman hosted Marie Newton, Nancy Oliver LeSourd, and Margaret Robison Lemon in June at her new mountain cabin. It is on top of a mountain, and the scenery is spectacular. They were honored to be among the first friends to spend several days and nights there. Later, all convened at Robbie’s home in Taylors, South Carolina, where husband Harold grilled dinner outside by the lake.

Beth Wickenberg Ely had a second stem cell transplant in the spring of 2022. She was diagnosed with cancer in 2013. Her first transplant held for about three years; then Beth took various medications over the years until the second transplant became mandatory. Beth and Duncan live in the Charleston, South Carolina, area where they are close to their son Penn, his wife, Amanda, and three grandsons — Owen, born in 2020; Samuel, born in 2021; and Adam, born in 2022.

Margaret Samford Day and John have enjoyed lots of family time with their four children and 11 grandchildren. John continues stage 4 lung cancer treatments. Margaret went with their church group to Israel in February 2022 and completed her trip by visiting family in Turkey and exploring the ancient ruins of Ephesus. Her mother, Mary Aichel Samford ’49, has moved to a memory care facility close to Margaret’s home.

Victoria Burgess Stephan retired in February 2022. She has enjoyed trips to San Antonio, Charleston, Savannah and Nashville, where she visited with Charlotte Gillis , and a long lunch in Naples, Florida, with Margaret Robison Lemon . She is involved with the Junior League Sustainers and Rotary and takes art classes and Zumba dancing. Her happiest pleasure is her first granddaughter, Sophia Victoria.

Charlotte Gillis and Tracy Brown had a wonderful time with M.A. Bleker at her new beach house on St. George Island. Charlotte said that it was paradise, with fresh seafood and the beautiful beach.

Anna Case-Winters misses her husband, Michael Winters. He helped to advise on and edit Anna’s fourth book, which came out prior to his terminal diagnosis of glioblastoma. He was holding hands with Anna at the time of his death.

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Margaret Williams Johnston has become a pro at moving and unpacking — she recently helped her daughter Mary move into her first house in Michigan. Margaret and Rip moved several times in the past few years.

Linda Woodward Jacobson's husband, Mark, was diagnosed with GBM, an aggressive brain tumor, in June 2021. He died on Feb. 11, 2022, in Minnesota.

Lyn Satterthwaite, Charlotte Gillis, Mary Frances Shine, Allison Grigsby Spears, Ruthie McManus Mansfield, Mary Jones Underwood, M.A. Bleker and Lou Anne Cassels Rainey enjoyed lunch together in May 2022. They plan to do it again in the fall, and anybody who would like to join is welcome.

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Brandon Fortune ebbfortune@gmail.com

Catherine DuPree Shields has nine grandchildren, all age 7 and younger, who bring her great joy. Two more are expected before the end of 2022. Only one of her children lives nearby, though. She is training to be a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for children in Alabama, a very worthwhile nonprofit program, and one that will be a great use of her time in retirement Looking forward to our 50th!

Lark Todd Sessions and John helped their son, William, and his wife, Elisabeth, move from a one-bedroom downtown apartment in Memphis to a lovely old house that has been beautifully renovated. For the second time in 12 months, John drove a U-Haul truck from Augusta to Memphis to bring their remaining things that had been stored for the past year. William began a three-year fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine, and Elisabeth works as a vascular neurologist. Lark and John continue to lead discussion groups in Bible Study Fellowship, September through May, and are excited to be meeting in person again. They are parents to Abby, a sweet, rescued racing greyhound, and grandparents to Molly, a playful and brilliant German shepherd/Siberian husky mix. Lark enjoys keeping in touch with Win Anne Wannamaker Chewning and welcomes visits from any Scotties who may be passing through Augusta!

Susan Grier recently bought a house in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, and is relocating there from Charlotte. She’s very excited about coastal versus city living and being closer to her younger

son, Will, who’s a hospital pharmacist in Savannah. Her older son, Bradley, just completed his first year of medical school (at age 42) at the University of California, San Diego.

Jane Maas Edwards is still enjoying the “island life” and is serving on the board of the Jekyll Island Arts Association in Georgia. In May, she and Bruce traveled to Kansas City to celebrate the wedding of their son, Christopher. He is a third-year law student, and his wife is an ICU nurse ’77

Ruth McMullen Bursi ruthbursi@bellsouth.net

Lynn Wilson McGee and her husband, David, had a very busy summer visiting their four sons, all of whom are serving in our country’s military. Santa Fe, New Haven, Washington, D.C., and San Diego were covered by Lynn and David in their travels, which included hiking a total of 80 miles on the Appalachian Trail in Connecticut and Virginia. Mission accomplished, stated Lynn, who may need a vacation from her vacation!

ASC class of ’22 graduate Sabina Gentry is a thirdgeneration Scottie following in the footsteps of her mom, Anne “AB” Bond Gentry ’77, and her aunt, Nancy Bond Brothers ’62. AB is proud of Sabina’s undergraduate accomplishments as well as her acceptance into the ASC graduate program for the fall of 2022. Congratulations, AB, Nancy and Sabina — you are now a three-ring family!

Class Reunion chairs Ellen Fort and Pat McWaters say THANKS for all the hard work by a wonderful reunion planning committee! They hope everyone enjoyed reconnecting and celebrating 45 years! To recuperate from the reunion, they spent two weeks in Tuscany in late June, sampling delicious food and wine; touring Siena, Florence and surroundings; and sharing “la dolce vita” at a villa rented with eight other friends/ family. Despite the heat, some airline challenges and crowds in some spots, it was a wonderful experience! Additionally, Ellen is celebrating one year with her nonprofit, BEGINNINGS for Parents of Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, and the 5th birthday of her granddaughter, Gigi, who lives in Konigstein, Germany.

Donna Winters Samford THANKS for all the hard work by a wonderful reunion planning committee! They hope everyone enjoyed reconnecting and celebrating 45 years! To recuperate from the

reunion, they spent two weeks in Tuscany in late June, sampling delicious food and wine; touring Siena, Florence and surroundings; and sharing “la dolce vita” at a villa rented with eight other friends/ family. Despite the heat, some airline challenges and crowds in some spots, it was a wonderful experience! Additionally, Ellen is celebrating one year with her nonprofit, BEGINNINGS for Parents of Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, and the 5th birthday of her granddaughter, Gigi, who lives in Konigstein, Germany.

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Mimi Holmes mimiholmes@mindspring.com

After Tennessee, Texas, North Carolina and Minnesota, Paula Starr Lipford and her husband, George, retired and relocated to Cumming, Georgia, in October 2021. Benefits include being closer to their two grandchildren. While enjoying retirement, they haven’t actually found time to slow down. In fact, with house projects (theirs and their two sons’), babysitting and serving with Community Bible Study, retirement is just a different kind of busy! Now back in the Atlanta area, they look forward to getting together with old college friends!

Ron and Janet Kelley Jobe threw their own 65th Medicare party in May 2021 for almost a hundred at a local restaurant overlooking the Tennessee River. They also host “Aunt Janet Art and Science Camps” periodically for great-nieces and -nephews. Janet loves doing slab pottery in her garage alcove that reminds her of Dana’s art department cubicles up on the top floor.

Marty Morris Knight is enjoying retirement in her hometown of Cartersville, Georgia, and being a grandmother to eight!

Marguerite Booth Gray is enjoying having daughter Lindsey’s (Kyle) family back in Texas from Baltimore, as they are now only a three-hour drive away. The current grandchild count is three girls and four boys!

After prolonged searching at the wrong time to buy a house, Mark and Mary Brown Diehl bought their “faux mountain” retirement home in Stokesdale, North Carolina, between WinstonSalem and Greensboro. It’s proving to be a great place to live and explore, with easy drives to the mountains and beach. Mary is extremely grateful to have been back and close enough to visit regularly

with her mother, spending the last two weeks of her mother’s life with her. Mary had the honor and privilege to help usher her gently out. Mary McCulloch Templeton Brown ’40 died on Good Friday after a long, full life of over 102 years.

Sarah Arthur Spears enjoyed a long June weekend reunion with Judy Miller Bohan, Elaine Wilburn Zullo, Catherine McLauchlin Hylands, Martha Jane Cates, Betsy Fletcher, Lynne Oswald,and Ann Turner Kimsey ’76 at the Snowbird Lodge in North Carolina. On the heels of that trip, Sarah and her mom journeyed by train through the Canadian Rockies and on to the Calgary Stampede and Glacier National Park. Beautiful! When not traveling, Sarah can be found on the tennis court or at the bridge table enjoying retirement!

Lynne Oswald officially became a NC resident in July. Visitors welcomed!

Cindy Peters continues her work in student services at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment, where she supports graduate professional degree students in a variety of areas. As COVID goes from pandemic to endemic, Cindy is getting out a bit more, traveling by car. Cindy lost her mom, Jean, in February 2022 after a short illness. Family has taken on new significance following her mom’s passing. Cindy was blessed to spend a long weekend with most of her family in Boone, North Carolina, celebrating their parents’ lives of love and service.

Theresa Crane is “plugging away” at Duke Energy and in contact with Sarah Marshall, Martie Lovvorn Moore, Sarah Workman and Marlene Munden Laboureur. Theresa’s granddaughter Jane Kelly turned 4 and is so much fun.

Mimi Holmes joined Elaine William ’77 in Charleston, South Carolina, for Spoleto in late May. Then to Atlanta, where Carole Langston ’77 joined them for the ASC Reunion Weekend. Mimi enjoyed catching up with Frank Holt ’77 at dinner Saturday night. On Sunday, Mimi and Elaine, along with Judy Bartholomew McBride, attended the memorial service for Melanie Best ’79 and brunch with many of the class of ’79 afterward at Patrick and Suzi Gomez Boutier’s home in Atlanta.

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Leslie Doyle lesliedoyle26@gmail.com

Chaille Winston Hawkins and hubby just returned from tee time in southern Ireland with several heat-prone couples from their Texas neighborhood. They were so very relieved by the cooler weather after all the hot, dry days that central Texas has had this summer. They recently welcomed grandbaby No. 8, a little girl named Blakely. Youngest daughter Cadi just got engaged, so Chaille is busy with wedding planning and finishing their new home.

Laurel Kramer has been using her reiki training to support her psychology talk therapy. She has found the reiki to be particularly helpful for patients returning from long COVID in dealing with pain, memory issues, fatigue and anxiety. Husband Dennis is completing his first year of hormone therapy for cancer and has one more year to go. Laurel and Dennis traveled outside Missouri for the first time since the fall of 2019, visiting her brother’s farm in Ohio. There she learned to paddleboard on their lake and now has the challenge of teaching her golden retriever, Lola, to sit quietly in the front so as not to end up “in the drink.”

Sandra Eichelberger hosted Judy Bartholomew McBride ’78 for Alumnae Weekend and has recently had a catch-up dinner with Linda McInnis. Sandra’s youngest is learning to be a MARTA bus driver and can now parallel park one on either side of the street. Sandra is no longer regretting those expensive driver’s ed classes. Her boys have all moved out, and Sandra says she is “living single” again.

Evelyn Kirby Jones is finally meeting her 2019 retirement goal of traveling. Their trip to Russia was canceled for two years due to COVID and has been postponed again due to the current situation, but their adventures in Porto and Madrid were worth all the wait. The highlight was being placed in a cable car with one of the U.S. National Soccer Team members, Reggie Cannon, who is playing for Porto.

Virginia “Ginny” Lee McMurray and her husband, Shawn, recently traveled to New York to hear their daughter Margaret sing in Carnegie Hall with her church choir. In addition to New York City, they visited the Hudson Valley via train and went to Hyde Park, the FDR Library and Museum, Roosevelt’s home, and Eleanor Roosevelt’s home in Val-Kill.

Lynden Harris, Ginny Lee McMurray, Eleanor Graham, Susi Gomez Boutier, Eliabeth Wells Lang, Sandy Fowler, Virginia Rockwell and Jeffrey Trester, Melanie’s partner, gathered on campus to participate in a memorial service for dear friend and classmate Melanie “Mel” Best. There were other Scotties and staff in attendance to honor this wonderful friend.

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Sarah Fairburn Pannill thepannills@gmail.com

In April, an Atlanta area “Mini” Kop reunion was held at the home of Jennifer “Jenny” Spencer Parker. A great time was enjoyed by Carol Willey, Carolyn “Lee” Harber Rountree, Kathleen “Kathy” Hollywood, Sarah Fairburn Pannill, Judy Smith Willis, Kimberly Clark Douglas and Dorothea “Dottie” Enslow Putnal. Jenny’s patio was radiant with spring blooms and party lights! Many laughs and hugs were shared. Longtime friends are the best friends.

In July, Kathy Hollywood was blessed with her second grandchild – grandson Jett. His sister, Weatherly, is two.

Cynthia Evans proudly reports that her son, Langley, graduated from Emerson College in May — B.A., Visual Media Arts.

Margaret "Maggie" Evans Porter's 14th novel, proudly reports that her son, Langley, graduated from Emerson College in May — B.A., Visual Media Arts. (www.margaretporter.com).

As of 2020, Rebecca Burtz Melton and her husband, Wayne, are both retired. In June, they celebrated their 42nd wedding anniversary. In July, they ventured out on a cruise to Alaska, finding beautiful scenery, and unfortunately came home with a COVID souvenir. For 34 years, Rebecca has lived in Alpharetta and enjoys regular lunch dates with Dawn Sparks Shields and Becky Durie Cottingham ’81.

LaRue Gee McIntyre and her husband, Bill, showed Sarah “Sally” Harris and her wife, Flo, around Nashville when they traveled to Tennessee in April for a family wedding. Sally reports that LaRue was a fabulous tour guide! LaRue was delighted that she and Bill were able to attend their granddaughter’s high school graduation in May, as COVID kept them from being “in person” for her

brother’s graduation.

While many of us are retiring, Ann Huffines Neel has started a new job as a product manager at Aptos Retail for point-of-sale software used around the world. Ann relayed that she was quite proud of keeping her age confidential and winning this role.

Susan Dotson Shewbridge is excited about the arrival of their sixth grandchild — making three granddaughters and three grandsons! In June, Susan was crowned Ms. Georgia Senior and will be competing in the Ms. Senior America pageant with 44 other state winners. She reports that the crown is a great way to advocate and serve. She can tell her ASC years have shaped her ability to communicate under pressure.

Carol Willey has been delving into genealogy and exploring history in metro Atlanta. She has toured most of the metro Atlanta battlefields and has been using her newspaper skills to edit and update newsletters for the Atlanta Civil War Round Table (Battle Lines) and Daughters of the American Revolution. Most recently, she wrote about the Battle of Decatur, which took place on July 22, 1864, and included the Agnes Scott campus.

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Liz Steele Forman yellowpages1981@gmail.com

The Yellow Pages were so excited to host a multiclass Zoom gathering in February for the Mid-Century Scotties, featuring guest speaker Sarah McCullough ’84, director of the Southern Literary Trail. We hope to host more gatherings for alumnae from the 1940s-1980s, so please find us on Facebook to find out how to join in!

Sarah Campbell Arnett has had a roller coaster of a year, including losing both a dear cousin and a precious sister-in-law. In May, she retired from her job at Cone Health after 32 years and shifted her part-time consulting job to full time. You can find Sarah at ampersandbox.net. Other exciting news was that Sarah was interviewed on the “What’s your AND?” podcast (#457) last January. Host John Garrett asks people in addition to their jobs — “What do you like to do?” (your “AND”), and Sarah talked about the genealogy work she did during COVID. Sarah had great fun seeing sister Scottie Alice Harra ’82 when she stayed with her on her way to a wedding. On a trip back to Arkansas to see her dad and brother, she saw Bess McDonald Robbins in Tupelo, Mississippi. This

summer, she headed to San Diego, California, and spent time driving and camping up to Portland, Oregon, with her daughter, Catherine. While in Portland, she visited with both Alice Harra and Marjory Siverwright Morford ’82.

Maryanne Gannon Deaton spent a lot of the past summer at their home in Michigan. It is about 6 miles west of Holland, Michigan, with a lovely view of an inland lake and glimpses of Lake Michigan. While there, she enjoyed reading, sewing and long walks with their black Lab. Their kids visited a few times over the summer, taking breaks from their lives in Chicago and enjoying their time together. This is quite the family tradition! They have gathered regularly during the rest of the year since they started “at home Sunday suppers” during the pandemic. Maryanne reports that she really enjoyed having the summer off. She has been substitute teaching in the local Catholic elementary schools for several years, teaching one to three days a week to put a little structure in her week. Recently elected to be a trustee for the local library, she has also taken on the leadership of her town’s 127-yearold Woman’s Club with another women’s college graduate. The club’s focus is mostly philanthropic and is geared toward women, with two significant scholarships awarded to local high school seniors.

Julie Oliver Link is living the life she always wanted as a wife, mother, grandmother, parttime editor and volunteer/activist. She has three adult children with wonderful spouses and two grandchildren. She and her husband offer their time and resources to their kids and grandkids, friends in need, their church, a local brewery, two private schools, and a couple of political organizations. They read, study, exercise, garden and enjoy life. They couldn’t ask for more!

Diane Shaw spent nearly three weeks on a fabulous sightseeing trip in Vienna, Austria, and Berlin, Germany, in April. She will be retiring from the Smithsonian Libraries & Archives later this year after 30 years working there as a rare materials cataloger (one of the best jobs in the world!). She is hoping to go to Morocco for a couple of weeks in January for sightseeing and promises to send in an update about her trip!

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Lee Kite lee.kite@alum.agnesscott.edu

Wow! Forty years gone by! A smaller group than usual at the reunion, but lots of chatter before and

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after on social media. A huge thank-you to Lu Ann Ferguson and Cindy Foster Grace for organizing our reunion. Y’all are awesome!

Carol Reaves Wilson thoroughly enjoyed staying in Rebekah Scott Hall. After the reunion, she headed west to see the three grands in Colorado and Oklahoma. Much of the rest of the summer was spent playing at her local yarn shop.

Cindy Monroe Alexander’s daughter Keaton was married in Avignon, France, this summer. Joy Jun Rousso and Ann Connor Harrell were among the guests.

Martha Jenison Efird was awarded her firm’s Sally & Bill Van Allen Public Service Award for making significant service contributions to her community.

Cathy Garrigues Szelistowski has been enjoying life since her husband retired last fall. They are catching up on long-planned travel and enjoying five grandchildren, the youngest born this past March.

Cindy Foster Grace has traveled plenty — to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, with Cristy Clark and LuAnn Ferguson. A Texas wildflower drive with Lee Kite. A Scottie get-together on St. Simons Island hosted by Rachel McConnell Palko ’84. In attendance were Cindy, Lane Edmondson Holman ’83, Shari Nichols Clifton ’83, Judy Webb Cheshire ’60, Julie Custer Altman ’84, Pam Waters Boushell ’84 and Ann Conner Harrell. A Broadway trip with Cristy. The DAR Continental Congress in D.C. with LuAnn. This summer, she is renovating her house and tackling new board positions at the Sautee Nacoochee Cultural Association and the Historic Clarkesville Cemetery Preservation Inc.

Joanie Mackey Thomas retired from public school 10 years ago but couldn’t stop … so she works three days a week as the technology coordinator in a very small private school. “I LOVE IT! It’s like having grandkids … I get to have fun with them for an hour and then give them back,” she writes.

Margaret Clark Waterbury’s eldest son had a small pandemic wedding but is planning another celebration in October with family and friends. Her younger son, Michael, received his doctorate from UCLA-Irvine in 2021. He got a job in Israel, but between the pandemic and tension with Syria, he didn’t make it over there until this past spring.

Katherine “Kitty” Cralle Tuttle worked through the pandemic and never skipped a beat. She and her husband have also been traveling.

Lisa Edenfield Harwood’s dad was diagnosed with cancer. The pandemic made it hard, but he pulled through. Her youngest daughter had to postpone her wedding twice before finally getting married in October 2021. Her elder daughter and grandbaby got COVID last year, but luckily, their cases were on the milder side.

Margaret Sheppard Slaton and her husband have been traveling to New York quite a bit to visit their son and father-in-law. But it may be an excuse to go and have fun.

Last month, Maureen Smyth Wilkins passed through Atlanta after visiting with her mom. She stayed with Melissa Kelly for a night before heading home to Providence, Rhode Island.

Patty Higgins-Thomas in her spare time, leads the Atlanta Pirates and Wenches Guild, with 1,000 local supporters. Find them on Meetup. Some events are family-friendly; others are pub crawls for adults, and many require wearing full pirate garb.

Marjory Sivewright Morford and her husband, Mark, are biking the Trail of the Coeur d’Alene in Idaho on a tandem. They report, “Pretty trail, scorching temps.”

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Margaret Kelly Parry maggieparry@comcast.net

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Linda Newland Soltis Linda.soltis@international.gc.ca

Fran Ivey Lemmen franlemmen@gmail.com

During the pandemic, Tracey Veal, Ph.D. chaired the Los Angeles (California) County Department of Health COVID-19 Vaccine Equity Committee. Focusing on the underserved, Tracey’s leadership brought together public and private organizations, resulting in the nation’s largest county (population of 10M) achieving a more than 70 percent vaccination rate. This accomplishment led Modern Healthcare Magazine to bestow a prestigious national honor, naming Tracey a Top 2021 Diversity Leader to Watch, honoring her at a Chicago gala with a feature in the Modern

Healthcare December 2021 special edition. On Jan. 12, 2022, Tracey lost her father, Jonas Veal, of Decatur, Georgia, after a prolonged battle with Lewy body dementia.

Lizanne Edwards Stephenson welcomed a grandson, Benjamin Miles Webber, on Oct. 28, 2021. Classmate Meg Jenkins Locke traveled from her Hickory, North Carolina, home to Atlanta to attend Miles’ baptism on Jan. 10, 2022. Lizanne was happy to resume international travel with a January 2022 trip to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. On Feb. 8, 2022, she celebrated her 70th birthday with friends and family. Lizanne serves on two nonprofit boards, is a member of her church choir and, in July 2022, was elected to the ASC Board of Trustees.

On Jan 10, 2022, Fran Ivey Lemmen and her husband, Tim, attended the College Football Playoff in Indianapolis, Indiana, to see their beloved University of Georgia win the championship. She was joined by Karla Sefcik MacKenna ’83 and her husband, Jay. In June 2022, Fran helped her daughter Meghan relocate to Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she is doing a pediatric residency at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital. Fran fully credits a visit and conversation with classmate Tina Roberts Kennedy, M.D., as the inspiration for her daughter’s decision to attend medical school.

Fara Haney Avery of Dublin, Georgia, began the first three months of 2022 by temporarily relocating to her hometown of Panama City, Florida, to serve as a caregiver for her parents, Judy and Ted. Fara anticipates spending much of the year as part of a family team navigating elder care challenges. Upon her return to Dublin, she helped husband Don recuperate from a health issue. In July 2022, she helped daughter Amelia, whose husband is a U.S. Army officer, move from Savannah to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Fara enjoyed a huge Haney family gathering on July 4 in Panama City.

On October 23, 2021, Rachael McConnell Palko married David Palko on St. Simons Island, Georgia.

Patti Pair-Martin of Alpharetta sent her fourth child, Molly, to college in the fall of 2022, which leaves one child, Lilli, at home as a high school junior. In 2024, Patti and her husband anticipate being empty nesters, a major change after rearing five children. Patti retired from teaching in 2021 but selectively substitutes.

July 16, 2022, avid golfer Allison Boyce Hudson shot a hole-in-one at Chenal Country Club, Little

Rock, Arkansas. Now that she is back in her home state, she really enjoys being close to/seeing her family.

Patricia Ballew Hibbard’s elder daughter, Sarah, and husband, Brian, welcomed baby EmmaKate in April 2021. Patricia and her husband, John, are enjoying being grandparents! In March 2022, Patricia visited classmate Edna Gray Farrar in Huntsville, Alabama, in her new home. On Sept. 5, 2021, Patricia’s beloved older sister, Janice Lemonds Elrod, died from COVID. Patricia gave one of the eulogies at her funeral, available at phibbard.blog. In July 2022, Edna gave Patricia’s daughter, Lucy, an engagement luncheon at Atlanta’s Swan Coach House. Patricia is busy sewing flower girl dresses from her aunt’s heirloom wedding dress.

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Ellen Grant Walker arizonascarlett@yahoo.com

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'86

Holland Markwalter hmarkwalter@yahoo.com

Lena Ansley Scoville is waiting on knee surgery (occupational injury with USPS) and hopes to return to work soon in a desk position. She feels she took the ability to play golf and tennis, walk, stand, dance, and do yardwork for granted. The time off from work this past year blessed her with valuable time spent with family and working on future projects she hopes to share later.

Andrea Morris Kasuya returned home to Marietta after two years in Japan. Her daughter is moving to Los Angeles to pursue acting after working in the field in Georgia. Her son is moving to Miami after working for Hawaiian Bread Co. in Los Angeles. Andrea and Keishi sold their home and leave for Japan to serve again as the host and hostess of a guesthouse in Mitaka, Tokyo, for the coming year! Andrea’s life is busy with selling, packing, helping kids move and closing things out where they have called home since 2001. While on a church retreat in England, Keishi caught COVID again, but thankfully nothing like his first illness in Tokyo when he was hospitalized. Andrea never tested positive but had some minor symptoms.

Holly Rogers Markwalter enjoyed 10 days on Chincoteague Island, where their whole crowd gathered from around the country for the first extended time together in several years (Brian, Holly, four kids, three spouses, one serious boyfriend and two grandchildren).

Roberta “Robin” Thorp MacLeod retired from teaching on May 15 after 21 years at Eaton Academy in Roswell. Retirement is a big change, but she is slowly learning the new lifestyle. She is well and thriving, as is her family.

Laura Smith started a new job as VP, chief of staff, therapeutics at Mammoth Biosciences. Mammoth is a CRISPR company based in the Bay Area. She is super excited to be part of the team, and Cooper has already mastered saying mammoth!

Mercy Badia-Tavas celebrated her oldest, Gabe Tavas, as he graduated from UIUC with a B.S. in sustainable design with highest honors. There was a great family party to celebrate in Chicago at their home.

Amy Jackson Hoskins is part of this year’s Periscope Class, an Artist Entrepreneur training that culminates in a Pitchfest and showcase on Sept. 7. The class lasted eight weeks this past spring, and now Amy is in the mentorship phase for six months. Amy is creating a short film called “Rebekah’s Closet,” an art film about healing from child abuse. Amy talked about her journey on our most recent class Zoom lightning talk.

Julie Kilgore Willis spent several days in Colorado with high school friends to celebrate their 40th reunion. From Colorado, she went to Los Angeles to spend several weeks with her daughter, Kate, to help her prep for the California bar exam.

’87

Melissa Martin Calandro melissajcalandro@gmail.com

Margaret Hamm Venable and Heather Mosely Harte spent a long weekend during the summer of 2022 in New York City, shopping, eating, seeing Broadway shows and visiting with Heather’s daughter Rachel who lives in New York City and daughter Emily who joined them for the weekend. They enjoyed seeing “Moulin Rouge,” “Wicked” and “The Music Man” (with Hugh Jackman!). Margaret and Heather shared much laughter and a few tears.

June 2022 was an eventful month for Ellen Parker Gaffney. She thoroughly enjoyed attending the class of ’87’s 35th reunion, especially staying in Rebekah Scott Hall, where Jennifer Spurlin Barnes and Julie Blewer created a hospitality suite that was truly the envy of all the other alumnae on their hall. During Alumnae Weekend, Ellen was installed as president of the Alumnae Association at the annual convocation. Two days later, Ellen and her husband, Chris, celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary before returning to their home in North Carolina, where Ellen is on the summer staff at Camp Crestridge for Girls. Sadly, her father, Bob Parker, died the following week at the age of 91. Ellen was grateful for the Scottie network, as she was comforted by the presence of Beth Carpenter Welker, who drove up to West Palm Beach, Florida, for the memorial service.

Gina Faye Dixon Rivers spent three weeks (May 25-June 15, 2022) in Sibiu, Romania, as an “ablebodied helper” with a mission team of 19 adults and teens, supporting the Romanian Christian volunteers who are serving Ukrainian refugees. Gina’s favorite experience was worshiping in the Romanian language with Russian subtitles at Deo Gloria, the congregation which had invited the mission team.

Skotti Ray Frese’s daughter Mary-Carter is practicing private equity fund finance law in New York City and living her best life in a cute Tribeca apartment. Skotti and her husband, Tony, happily visit every two months to see a show and eat the kind of food not found in Dawsonville, Georgia! Her son Jim is in his third year of law school at UGA.

Melissa Martin Jayne Calandro was promoted in January 2022 to director of Legal Support Services at Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, where she has enjoyed working for five years. She loves spending time in Athens, Georgia, on Saturdays, visiting her three grandchildren and daughter Hannah.

’88

Susan Martz Hutchinson suzaruuu@gmail.com

Donna Beck Blanton and her husband, Robbie, celebrated their 32nd wedding anniversary last spring, and since then, they’ve adjusted well to having an empty nest (well, besides the adorable antics of their two “perpetual toddler” chihuahua mixes). Their two daughters are loving their college adventures and are now sophomores — Sylvie at Georgia Tech (chemical

engineering major and computer science minor) and Hannah at Berry College in Rome (biology pre-med major). Last summer, Donna and Robbie’s daughters enjoyed fantastic research experiences — Sylvie relished her ChemE internship in polymer research at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory near Knoxville, and Hannah continued her research on soil bacterial strains and equine lipoma begun in the spring under the auspices of Berry’s biology department faculty. Mom and Dad feel like they’re in the Dark Ages compared to what their girls are learning and experiencing! Cheers to women in science!

Monica Gowen reports that it has been an exciting summer for her family! Her youngest son wrapped up his senior year playing baseball for the University of Georgia and was named an AllAmerican 1st Team. He was drafted by the Miami Marlins as a relief right-handed pitcher. Monica’s son Will graduated from law school, and he will take the bar this summer and will be married in September. Monica’s oldest, Drew, and his wife, Taylor, live in Gainesville, Florida, as she begins her last year in residency as a pediatrician.

Susan M Hutchinson is enjoying her two grandsons, the youngest of whom has just begun to crawl in a valiant attempt to keep up with his bigger brother. Susan enjoyed visiting the ASC campus earlier this year at Alumnae Weekend and was grateful for the return trip to ASC as the sun sets on the pandemic and the world is opening up again.

’89

Elsa Jann Schaefer elsa.schaefer@gmail.com

In June, Rebecca Earnshaw started a new job as senior director, Digital Products at World Book. “It’s hard work, but I am loving the challenge,” she says.

Jeanne Bressoud Higgins just finished her first year as a chaplain for Community Hospice in Jacksonville, Florida. “I love the work,” she says. “I wish I had figured out what this is and what to do with my life before I was so old!”

Louisa Parker Mattozzi’s daughter, Louisa Margaret, got into a study abroad program in Scotland through her university (James Madison University) for two courses at the University of Edinburgh and at the University of St. Andrews. Louisa, of course, decided it was a great opportunity to take the whole family for two weeks before classes started. Her son, Michael, is

a rising senior in high school and hiked the Rocky Mountains in July at Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico. They hiked 10 miles a day!

After a year of grueling DIY renovations, Mary Ruth Oliver Ray and her husband, Chuck, have been enjoying a lot of time in their vacation home in coastal McIntosh County, Georgia. When she is not busy spoiling grandchildren, Mary Ruth enjoys working with Dolly Purvis at the Professional Association of Georgia Educators (PAGE).

When not working in a variety of communications roles at PAGE (designing for print and web, taking photos, shooting video, and writing), Dolly Purvis continues to rise early on most Saturday mornings to focus her lens on volunteers working with NW Metro Atlanta Habitat for Humanity. Her team’s work at PAGE recently received a silver and bronze award from the Georgia Schools Public Relations Association (GSPRA).

’90

No identified class secretary. Please send any news to share to alumnae@agnesscott.edu.

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’91

Annmarie Anderson Anderson.Annmarie@gmail.com

Heather Kelley was promoted to associate teaching professor at Carnegie Mellon University, where she teaches game and playful interaction design at the Entertainment Technology Center. Heather's spring 2022 also featured multiple public performances by musical ensemble the May Day Marching Band, in which she plays bass drum.

Davina McGrail Hawkins and her husband, Eric, bought a new home in July 2021 in the Memphis suburb of Germantown and are thrilled with the gorgeous, quiet location and one-level living. They celebrated the high school graduation of their youngest child, Kai, in May 2021, becoming empty nesters! They miss their kids but love the new lifestyle. Their oldest, Alexandra, graduated in May of this year with a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and will soon move to Indiana to pursue a master’s in engineering management at Purdue University. Davina has battled psoriatic arthritis for 22 years.

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The past three to four years have been especially trying, as the damage has accumulated in joints, tendons and the spine, resulting in two lumbar surgeries in 2018 and 2019, and a massive spinal fusion (from pelvis to T10) performed at Duke University in early February 2020, just before COVID lockdowns began. This year, she had shoulder surgery in March after multiple rotator cuff tendons detached. Just three months later, she had reconstructive foot/ankle surgery and shoulder surgery in July after a fully torn tendon and fallen arch became unbearable. They can’t wait for the ankle to heal so they can celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary with a beach vacation!

In June, Cara Cassell and Nkenge “Ayoka” Shakir ’99 celebrated former students’ graduations in Decatur, Georgia. In July, Cara and Kerri Williams M.A.T. ’95 left their fur-baby-filled house for a few hours to catch up with Olivia Roller ’97 at High Point Restaurant in Monteagle, Tennessee. This summer, Cara took short breaks from her part-time work at the Chattanooga Public Library and Dalton State College to camp in Georgia and Tennessee and to go to the beach south of St. Augustine. The dogs enjoy these outings, and the cats enjoy their routines at home.

’92

Aida Najarian aidanajarian@gmail.com

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’93

Elena Adan Esquen elenaesquen@gmail.com

Melissa Johnson has accepted a new position as dean of Enrollment Services at Gordon State College. Here’s a link to the official announcement: www.gordonstate.edu/newsroom/2022/06/gordonstate-college-appoints-new-dean-of-enrollmentservices/index.html.

Jennifer Malone is thrilled to announce she has recently become engaged. Pictures coming soon!

Elena Adan Esquen purchased a home in July and moved to Mount Dora, Florida.

’94

Nikki Webb Alger nicolealger@me.com

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’95

Emily Stone emilyrdstone@outlook.com

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’96

Mary Carol Patterson Sheffield msheff@uga.edu

Ashley Wright Dolce and family were finally able to visit Scotland after their trip was postponed in 2020 due to COVID. She enjoyed the beautiful scenery, history and Scottish culture and brought back lots of Scottie dog souvenirs!

’97

Deanna Turner georgiagirl121@gmail.com

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’98

Ann Malkoc anntaylormalkoc@gmail.com

Kim Phillips Sasso is celebrating 21 years of happy marriage this fall and wishes she could find Jessica Crawford Gibson, the Wonder Woman responsible for this union. Kim currently spends her work life enjoying audiobooks and podcasts while driving a semi crosscountry...a wild-hair idea that turned out to be bliss! On Twitter: @kim_sasso

’99

Amelia Tomlinson scottiegossip@gmail.com

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’00

Yalonda Rice yalondarenee@gmail.com

Kareisha Henry Allison proudly announces her son, Benjamin J. Allison II, graduated with high honors on May 27. Ben will attend Morehouse College as a legacy student and plans to become a primary care physician.

Emily Morris Kemmerer accepted the position of assistant dean of Student & Alumni Affairs for the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health (Oregon Health & Science University and Portland State University collaborative school).

Crystal Taylor Perry and her nonprofit organization Melanated PEARL Corp. (MelanatedPearl.org) were highlighted by local news outlet 11Alive for their work supporting families negatively impacted by COVID. Also, in June 2022, Crystal was interviewed and selected by “Who’s Who in America.” First published in 1899, “Who’s Who in America” remains the pre-eminent biographical reference registry and has garnered praise throughout its 120-year history.

Saycon Sengbloh returns this fall as “Lillian” in ABC’s reboot of The Wonder Years. The show has been renewed for a second season.

’01

Cristy Sellers Smith csellerssmith@pacificu.edu

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’02

Deborah Vincent Scianna deborahscianna@yahoo.com

Brandi Collins recently took the role of Associate Research Director at The Technology and Social Change Project (Harvard Shorenstein Center) and has a book coming out in September, Black Skinhead: Reflections on Blackness and our Political Future. She has a couple of chapters in it on Black feminism that draw inspiration from and reference her time at Agnes Scott.

Amber Raley was unanimously voted as chair of the Planning & Zoning Commission of Farmers Branch, Texas, an appointed board. In that role, she will also chair the upcoming comprehensive plan for the city.

Erika Robinson was named as the general counsel for Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, in August 2021.

This summer, Amanda Shopa found out her breast cancer is in remission. To celebrate, she purchased a stunning ring by Nicollete Morgan ’03 of Hireth Jewelry and took a hard solo hike up a bluff along the Mississippi River in southeastern Minnesota.

Liz Hayes-Golding and her wife, Megan, finalized the adoption of their children Olivia (4) and Ryleigh (13). They are going into their sixth year living on a high school boarding school campus in western Massachusetts. After living for so long in Atlanta, they love the small-town life, the fresh air and the snow!

Katherine Price Beuchert was in the U.S. for a month this summer, visiting from Austria, and spent five days with Meredith Baum Mulford in Carolina Beach, North Carolina. Sarah Poppens Borenstein joined them, and they had a great time catching up.

In June, Rebecca Baum Knowles was promoted to director of development for the Academy Prep Center of Lakeland (Florida). Academy Prep is a private college preparatory middle school for students from low-income backgrounds. Students attend for free and are exposed to a rigorous middle school curriculum and enrichment program that prepares them to succeed in high school and beyond, coupled with ongoing graduate support. Rebecca lives in central Florida with her two children and loves meeting up with fellow Scotties visiting the area!

’03

Anla Gisclair Etheridge butterflyanla6318@gmail.com

Megan Cornwell Thomas recently joined a local federally qualified health center, practicing medicine for the underserved in southwestern Virginia. She continues to love spending time with her 12-year-old twins and her ASC besties.

Whitney Miller Ott graduated from Leadership Atlanta in May 2022. She passed the baton as Agnes Scott Alumnae Association president in June 2022. She will celebrate 20 years with Jackson Spalding, the PR and marketing agency she coowns, in June 2023.

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Cara Steinbuchel has been an apprentice at The Village Potters in Asheville, North Carolina, this year, pursuing her passion for working with clay. Keep up with her work on her Instagram or Facebook @caramaeskincare.

In April of 2022, Tanya Garnett was featured on a “CNN Inside Africa” episode titled “Explore the Liberia of Today,” showcasing her work as an academic, restaurateur and musician. In May 2022, she released an EP titled “One by One” under her band name Gaya Verse (available on all streaming platforms!). In July 2022, she was appointed as the first female director of the Ibrahim B. Babangida School of International Studies at the University of Liberia Graduate School.

Phoenicia D. Battle accepted a position as the assistant director of Communications and Operations in the Office of Internship and Career Development at Agnes Scott. She is also a staff fellow working in the Gay Johnson McDougall Center for Global Diversity and Inclusion.

Kelly Williams accepted a director position at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and will focus on raising money for cancer research. She hit 750 Pure Barre classes in 2022. She is planning a birthday party for her comical, one-eyed dachshund, Scooter, as he will be turning 13.

Sharon Kelly Powills and her husband, Nick Powills (Drake ’03), and their two elementary schoolaged boys have relocated to the Chastain Park area of Atlanta after residing in Chicago for the past 10 years.

Anna Hoppmann-Lemoine and her family are continuing their journey across the globe. They spent an amazing two months in France, Spain and Portugal this year. Nimes, France and Amarante, Portugal, were two of their unexpected favorites. You can follow along with their travels on Instagram (@thetraveling5) or their website: www. thetraveling5.com.

’04

Martha Gaston magaston@aol.com

Julianna “Jill” Carson was promoted to director of Design and Print Production at Wake Forest University in July.

This summer, April Hathcock achieved tenure as a faculty member at New York University, where she is the director of Scholarly Communications &

Information Policy. April and her fiancé, Armando Velez, live in northern New Jersey.

Lindsay Deriso King and her family recently moved to the Chattanooga, Tennessee, area after 16 years in San Antonio, Texas. She is excited to be able to spend more time with family and friends and drive only two hours to class reunions!

Stephanie Large graduated in May with her doctorate in nursing science from Texas Woman’s University. She lives in Irving, Texas, and works as a researcher in Alzheimer’s disease in Fort Worth.

Gwen Sunkel released a comedy album, “No More Tears,” which debuted at No. 1 on the Apple Music and Amazon comedy charts (humble brag, she says!).

Adrienne Gonzalez and her husband, Gilad Rabinovitch, welcomed their daughter, Sylvie Fraide Rabinovitch, on April 14, 2022. The new family is enjoying life together in Tallahassee, Florida, where Adrienne has gone back to school to become a nurse.

Shannen Williams began a new position as associate professor of history at the University of Dayton for the fall 2022 semester. Her book, “Subversive Habits: Black Catholic Nuns in the Long African American Freedom Struggle,” was published by Duke University Press on May 17, 2022. It provides the first full history of Black Catholic nuns in the United States and received a starred review from Publishers’ Weekly.

Alexandra Pajak started her second year as a graduate student at the University of South Carolina for her Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Educational Practice and Innovation. Her research focuses on trauma-informed teaching practices in the classroom. In addition to school, Alexandra owns a private practice in which she provides trauma-informed therapy to clients. She lives in Atlanta with her husband and son.

Ann Willard Fiddler was elected president of the Lookout Mountain Bar Association in Georgia.

’05

Ruth Owen Sambuco ruth.sambuco@gmail.com

Sarah Faber married David Catanese on Jun. 24, 2022 in Norfolk, Va.

Megan Skelton King published her first book, “Designing the Modern World Language Classroom.” It is available at most online book retailers.

As Chief Scientific Officer, Ruth Napier helped start a nonprofit foundation, Raiden Science Foundation, which is centered around finding a treatment for children with the ultra-rare pediatric disease “UBA5.” They have raised over $400,000 for research and have obtained the “biomedical innovator program award” (i.e., grant) through Oregon Health & Science University. This will pay for the development of a rare-disease drug screening platform called “UBAray.”

Stacey Lunsford Olfe has been promoted to director of Finance for the Knox County Criminal Court, General Sessions Court Criminal Division and 4th Circuit Court.

Ruth Owen Sambuco accepted a new, fully remote (from Tennessee) position as marine account manager for an insurance brokerage in New York City. She lived and worked there from 2008-2012, and after a decade away and much pursuit, they got her back on board in April 2022.

Alison Trendell Williams accepted a new position as director of Alliances with a fintech company, EngageSmart, for the Utilities Sector with Invoice Cloud starting August 2022.

’06

Courtney Ware Lett courtneydware@gmail.com

No news was submitted. Please send your news to your class secretary.

’07

Kristin Hall krelhall@gmail.com

Casey McIntyre is very excited to announce the arrival of her daughter, Grace Valentine Gregory, born via gestational carrier on April 23 to happy parents Casey and Andrew Gregory.

Katie O’Brien Murray and her husband, Stephen Murray, welcomed their son, Robert O’Brien Murray, on July 6, 2022. Katie, Stephen and Robbie live with their two dogs outside Madison, Wisconsin.

Callie Tyner andand her husband, Daniel Portillo, welcomed their first child, Carolyn Emiliana Portillo-Tyner, on July 9, 2021.

’08

Dominique Khan dkhan08@gmail.com

Sabrina Cintron Cassell sabrina.cintron@gmail.com

Combined submission from class of ’08 members: Members of the class of ’08 traveled to New Orleans for their biannual trip — a tradition dating back to senior year!

Dr. Maryam Robinson and Mr. Ronald Edgecomb were wed at Agnes Scott College in March, witnessed by a host of family and friends, including fellow alumnae and bridesmaids Dr. Jamie MontagueFischer, Cecilia Batchelor and Karima Johnson ’13. The wedding was beautifully captured by fellow alumna and photographer Jamenda Whitehead

Liz Hartnett Santamaria was promoted to Director of Leadership Giving at Agnes Scott in July.

Evan Joslin was promoted to associate professor of chemistry at Sewanee: The University of the South after a successful tenure review.

Katie D’Entremont moved earlier this year to the Cape Ann area of Massachusetts and has accepted a new position as a senior associate project manager, EH&S at McKesson.

After being in Georgia since graduation, Alyson Porwoll Coffman and her family moved west to Reno, Nevada. They are enjoying living in the high desert and being near Lake Tahoe. Be sure to reach out if you are ever in the area!

Anastasia Ball Johnson is working at ThINC Academy as a psychology and ELA teacher. She achieved her master’s in social work in 2018 and is living in LaGrange, Georgia.

Lyndsey McAdams received the Astor Fellowship, which she completed in Berlin and Kassel, Germany, this July. The focus of the fellowship was on The Power of Stories: Contemporary Art, Identity, and Race. She looks forward to bringing her research back to her classroom this fall.

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Rebekah Scoggins married Justin Boulton in an intimate wedding in the foothills of Tennessee on April 23, 2022. The ceremony took place on a warm, sunny day in a gazebo against a wooded backdrop, and the reception was in a barn nestled between two lush, green hills.

Lily Takata recently relocated back to the Atlanta area. They started their own talent agency last fall promoting aerial artists, models and actors, especially those in the LGBTQIA community, called PHX Entertainers. Takata also just became an instructor with CorePowerYoga in Sandy Springs. They’ll be teaching C2 classes. Finally, they were also featured in several fall/winter magazine issues, winter fashion shows, a fashion video that’s now on Amazon Prime and an ad for Advanced Auto Parts.

’09

Tiffany Claiborne tiffanydaniellec@gmail.com

The class of 2009 has stayed busy yet again, with weddings, new children, and academic achievements occupying class members’ time.

Imani Irving-Perez and her husband, Nile, welcomed their fourth child, Amahd, in January 2022. Amahd joins an already bustling household, with brothers Chinua, Kosan and Asahd taking turns holding him every day.

Casey McCarthy Emerick married Chris Emerick on March 25, 2022, at Dumbarton House in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. Other Scotties were also in attendance, including Mariette Moore, Shannon Reiner Rodgers and Brittney Kohler ’08. Casey and Chris have spent their time since the wedding in Maine.

Shannon Yarbrough graduated in May 2022 with an M.F.A. in Creative Nonfiction from Georgia College & State University. While in the program, she received the college’s Flannery O’Connor Award and placed as a finalist for Ruminate Magazine’s VanderMey Nonfiction Prize. She also received support from the Bread Loaf Environmental Writers’ Conference, Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing, The Hambidge Center, Wildacres Retreat and In Cahoots, located in Petaluma, California. Next on the menu: a book publication!

’10

Renu Sagreiya rsagreiya@gmail.com

Olivia Greene-Knight ogreene87@gmail.com

No news was submitted. Please send your news to your class secretary.

’11

Sarah Bowen Hersh sbowen314@gmail.com

Hannah Marlowe and her husband, Yigit Aytac, welcomed their second child, Eleanor Marlowe Aytac, on July 7, 2022.

In July 2022, Ruth Reveal started a new role as executive director of Muse Machine, an arts education nonprofit in Dayton, Ohio.

Julie Reynolds-Engel relocated back to the Washington, D.C., area and is now working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of General Counsel.

Xun Qiu with Olive Tree Holdings, recently received her first national commercial real estate award and was also honored by Globest as a 2022 woman of influence under the Innovator category. Link: www.event.globest.com/ womenofinfluenceawards/2022-honorees

On July 11, 2022, Caity Walker was promoted to Faculty Records Coordinator at the University of North Georgia.

After a wonderful tenure as the director of Emerging Technology and National Security for the Wilson Center’s Science and Technology Innovation Program, Melissa Griffith has joined the newly minted Alperovitch Institute for Cybersecurity Studies at Johns Hopkins University - Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). She looks forward to continuing her work on pressing policy challenges at the intersection between technology and national security from her new perch.

In June 2022, Skye Conners had the unique opportunity to travel cross-country to help facilitate the transfer of seven chimpanzees in need of rescue. She drove transfer crates in a large truck from Florida to California and helped transport the chimps to the LA airport, where they “boarded” a plane to fly to their new home at Save the Chimps.

After their quarantine period, she will be working to introduce them to a large social group in Florida.

In early July 2022, Sarah Bowen Hersh and Anastasia Tsavaris ’12 traveled to the Canadian Rockies together with their husbands and two other couples. The group explored Banff, Jasper and Yoho national parks. Of note, Sarah and Anastasia completed a 4-mile hike from Lake Louise to the Lake Agnes teahouse, where they enjoyed tea, hot chocolate and biscuits with jam!

’12

Devin Alford dlalford@comcast.net

Tally Deushane Klinefelter was accepted into the Instructional Technology Specialist degree program at Valdosta State University and got her dream job as a school media specialist. She is doing her best to get her dog, Lemonade, a job as “Official Library Mascot.”

’13

Rachel Branning Rieman rbranning@gmail.com

Megan McCulloch recently accepted a promotion to supervising attorney at Georgia Legal Services Program, Piedmont Regional Office.

Jessica Farmer Chait is starting a second bachelor’s degree program in computer science through Simmons University. After seven years of lobbying for innovation-friendly policies, she is excited to shift into a technical engineering role.

Ruby Bloom and her wife, Ashlee, adopted their son, Sydney, in November 2021. His adoption was finalized in April 2022. He is a very happy baby and loves to show off his dimples. They sold their Decatur home and moved into a new home in Kirkwood. Syd goes to daycare at the Early Care Connection at the Morgan Oliver School for AntiRacism in Kirkwood, which was founded by fellow classmate Sanidia Oliver-Stone.

Camille Hackney started a business in 2022! Sheppard Lane Creative is a thank-you note and greeting card company! She runs the business on the side while still teaching full time in Nashville, Tennessee.

Natalie Jorges-Castellanos, her husband, Austin, and their daughter, Zora Anne, are thrilled to announce the arrival of Walter Byron on June 15. Natalie and Walter are both doing very well. They moved to Maryland just a year ago and are so thankful for the community of wonderful Scotties who have supported them and even thrown them a baby shower!

Rachel Branning Rieman and her husband, Mark, welcomed a son, Mason Andrew, on February 9. He loves his big sister, Allison, and is currently mastering the art of rolling over.

’14

Aminah Hussain aminah4488@gmail.com

Aminah Hussain graduated medical school and started her pediatric residency at Atrium Health Navicent in Macon, GA.

Abigail Scanlon accepted a new job as the executive director of the Children’s Museum at Holyoke in Holyoke, Massachusetts.

Alexandra Wagner Buffie and her husband, Tyler (Georgia Tech ’12), welcomed their son, John “Jack” Wagner, in June 2022. Alexandra will be joining the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center as an ob/gyn this fall.

Morgan Briles, a two-day “Jeopardy!” champion, is now the open educational resources librarian at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma.

Dr. Brittney Brown Jones is a Stanford University School of Medicine postdoctoral fellow in psychology. Before her tenure at Stanford, she was a psychology resident at Harvard Medical School. In 2021, she graduated from Mercer University’s clinical psychology doctoral program. After her Stanford fellowship ends in September 2022, she plans to return to Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband, Christopher Jones. There, she plans to delve into her career as a clinical psychologist, further demystifying mental wellness and toppling barriers to mental health care along the way.

Alex Ambrose completed her adult psychiatry residency at VCU in Richmond, Virginia. She will be continuing her training as a Consultation Liaison Fellow at VCU.

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Brittany Starr Clark landed her dream job as a PACT social worker with the Harry S. Truman VA in January 2020. Less than six months in, her spouse received orders to another state. Brittany is now a licensed clinical social worker with an Embedded Behavioral Health Clinic at Fort Campbell and loving every minute of it!

Phoebe Perry recently accepted the role of creative producer at Metahaven, an art and design studio in Amsterdam. This November, she is debuting “Normaal Genoeg,” her first solo show in Dutch. Wat leuk!

Abigail Vaka is currently enrolled in Utica University’s Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing program, is a Dean’s Honor List student, and is expected to graduate in 2023. She is currently serving on the Executive Board of UU’s Student Nurses Association and as a student ambassador and is a member of several honor societies. She recently purchased and renovated a home in St. Petersburg, Florida, with her fiancé, Taylor, and their puppy, Beau. They are planning to be wed in May 2023 at the Palma Ceia Golf & Country Club. Abigail continues to serve her community at various organizations throughout the Tampa Bay area. She plans to continue her education by obtaining her Doctor of Nurse Practice (DNP) degree with a concentration in acute adult-gerontology.

Na’Nette Ashford earned her doctorate.

On June 12th, Brittani Magee pledged Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated - Tau Pi Omega chapter in Stone Mountain, Georgia. She is the first member of her family to join one of the Divine Nine. Brittani also started a new tech position as a customer success manager at Cypress.io.

Kaili An received her M.B.A. degree from INSEAD.

Elizabeth “Betsy” Apple Eldridge moved to Little Rock, Arkansas, with her husband, Daniel. She is the director of Corporation and Foundation Relations within the Institutional Advancement Department at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Both Betsy and Daniel are delighted to be closer to family and friends in the South after several years of adventuring in the Pacific Northwest.

’15

Shekinah Phillips sphill@uab.edu

Courtney Faye Taylor's first book, “Concentrate,” will be published this November. Through poetry, visual art and micro-essays, “Concentrate” considers the life of Latasha Harlins — a 15-year-old Black girl killed by a Korean-American grocer named Soon Ja Du in 1991. Her murder, along with Rodney King’s beating, served as a catalyst for the 1992 L.A. Uprising. You can preorder the book now at courtneyfayetaylor.com/preorder.

In April 2022, Alison Footman graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham with a doctorate in health behavior. She is now a Postdoctoral Fellow in the HPV Cancer Prevention Program at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. She also recently adopted a dog named Otis!

’16

Claire Kircharr clairemk14@gmail.com

Anna Munsey-Kano just finished a social studies teacher certification program and is now embarking on an extended road trip across the continental U.S.! Upcoming destinations include Asheville, North Carolina; Memphis, Tennessee; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Los Angeles, California; and more still to be decided. The plan is to explore and hopefully find her next permanent home! If interested, you can follow her musical, dramatic and educational exploits on Instagram and Facebook @animated.annacaroline.

Ayesha Nizhoni graduated from Wake Forest University School of Law in May 2022. She was also appointed as a Presidential Management Fellow beginning in June 2022.

’17

Jessica Luegering jessica.marie.luegering@gmail.com

The class of ’17 enjoyed their five-year Class Reunion this year at Alumnae Weekend. We anticipate many more to come and hope the turnout is even better at our ten-year Class Reunion!

Miranda Gammon Coker graduated from the Lincoln Memorial University Duncan School of Law in May 2022.

Eva Rosen graduated from the Emory Rollins School of Public Health. Last August, she moved to Baltimore, Maryland, to accept a job as a program specialist with the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs.

Rebecca Cupp graduated in May 2022 with a Master of Science in Human Genetics from Virginia Commonwealth University. She has moved back to the Atlanta area and now serves as a genetic counselor at Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, Georgia.

Joanna Risby graduated in May 2022 with her Doctor of Pharmacy from Northeastern University and matched with a residency in Nashville, Tennessee.

Shakira McCoy graduated in May 2022 with her Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) from Valdosta State University. Last Halloween, she adopted a black cat aptly named Lucipur, or Lucy for short.

Sophia Kumin moved to San Francisco, California, and will begin her graduate program for counseling this fall.

Samikshya Siwakoti moved to Washington, D.C., and would love to connect with Scotties in the area! She’s currently working at the World Bank for the World Development Report, which focuses on global migration.

Taylor Stewart graduated in May with her Master of International Law and Human Rights from the UN-mandated University for Peace in Costa Rica. While completing her degree, she confirmed her passion for law and has decided to pursue law school. As she begins her law journey, she has been applying her advocacy skills in her volunteer work with a rehab center in Costa Rica.

’18

Abigail Camden camden.abigail@gmail.com

Evelyn Wronkowski married Ellie Vergura ’19 in Chicago, Illinois, on March 26, 2022, followed by a honeymoon in Paris, France.

’19

Catherine Curtin catherine.e.curtin@gmail.com

No news was submitted. Please send your news to your class secretary.

’20

Madeline Brasgalla mbrasgalla11@gmail.com

Nella Beardall graduated from the University of Miami with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Since graduation, she passed her NCLEX exam to become a registered nurse, completed a nursing residency program and started working as an orthopedic/neuro spine nurse at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida.

Madeline “Maddie” Brasgalla graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in May 2022 with a Master of Fine Arts in Theatre Design and Technology with a specialization in Stage Management. She has been lucky enough to work with the Kansas City Ballet on their productions of “The Nutcracker” and “The Wizard of Oz” and will be joining them again for their ’22-’23 season.

Erin Briggs was recently hired at Robinson Franzman LLP as a legal assistant working in commercial real estate law. She is currently enrolled in a paralegal certificate program through Kennesaw State University.

Mackenzie Brown accepted a job at a global company not far from her home after recently finishing an associate degree. She credits her success to her leadership and team-building skills gained during her time at Agnes Scott. She was also able to successfully negotiate a salary $5K higher than what was being offered, and she encourages her fellow Scotties to “Know your worth! Don’t sell yourself short!”.

Brittany Judson recently celebrated her oneyear anniversary at Guidehouse as a senior consultant in commercial sustainability. She is loving the work she gets to do — carbon footprinting, target setting, carbon reductions (also known as abatement) and calculating financed emissions.

Indy Ravenhill officially graduated with an M.A. in Principles of Conservation from University College London’s Institute of Archaeology. She is

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currently halfway through an M.S. in Conservation of Archaeology and Museums.

Xiyuan Wu graduated from George Washington University in May and is currently participating in a fellowship program with DC Jobs with Justice.

’21

Teresa Enriquez Texis tenriqueztexis@gmail.com

No news was submitted. Please send your news to your class secretary.

’22

Ziyana Greene amil.greene1@gmail.com

No news was submitted. Please send your news to your class secretary.

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births

The Agnes Scott Alumnae Association is happy to announce the births of these alumnae children.

’00

Linden Kemmerer, born to Emily Morris Kemmerer, March 2021

’04

Sylvie Fraide Rabinovitch, born to Adrienne Gonzalez and husband Gilad Rabinovitch, April 14, 2022

’07

Carolyn Emiliana Portillo-Tyner, born to Callie Tyner and husband Daniel Portillo, July 9, 2021

Grace Valentine Gregory, born to Casey McIntyre and husband Andrew, April 23, 2022

Robert O’Brien Murray, born to Katie O’Brien Murray and husband Stephen Murray, July 6, 2022

’09

Amahd Irving-Perez, born to Imani Irving-Perez and and husband Nile, Jan. 2022

’11

Eleanor Marlowe Aytac, born to Hannah Marlowe and husband Yigit Aytac, July 7, 2022

’12

Stephen Isaac Lain, born to Christen Thompson and husband Carson Lainon, March 19, 2022

Theodore Frederick Slack, born to Stefanie Donham Slack and partner James, June 24, 2022

’13

Mason Andrew Rieman, born to Rachel Branning Rieman, February 9, 2022

Walter Byron Jorges-Castellanos, born to Natalie Jorges-Castellanos, June 15, 2022

’14

John “Jack” Wagner, born to Alexandra Wagner Buffie and husband Tyler, June 2022

’16

Blaire Josephine Beemon, born to Taylor Brooks Beemon and husband Corey Beemon, on Nov. 12, 2021.

deaths

The Agnes Scott Alumnae Association offers condolences to the classmates, alumnae and families who lost loved ones over the last reporting period.

’35

Jaqueline Eugenia Woolfolk Mathes, sister of Elizabeth Woolfolk Moye '31 and Anita Woolfolk Cleveland '41, mother of Rachel Clarke Mathes '62 and Elizabeth Ann Mathes '70, April 16, 2022

’40

Mary Templeton Brown, mother of Mary Brown Diehl '78, April 15, 2022

Celeste Stockdale Wright, July 17, 2022

’41

Mary Kirkpatrick Reed, November 18, 2021

Ethel Hartwell Rutledge, December 17, 2021

’43

Marjorie Weismann Zeidman, December 20, 2021

Helen Smith Woodward, March 29, 2022

Dorothy Holloran Addison, June 24, 2022

’44

Claire Bennett Kelly, January 23, 2022

Ann Bumstead Morrison, June 25, 2022

’46

Helga Stixrud Rose, December 30, 2020

Elizabeth Horn Johnson, May 17, 2022

’47

Eleanor "Sweetie" Calley Cross-Waldkirch, August 6, 2022

Ann Faucette Niblock, August 24, 2022

’48

Mary Manly Ryman, mother of Martha Manly Koch '73, March 17, 2022

Dr. John Osgood, husband of Mary Alice Compton Osgood, June 15, 2022

‘49

Olive Partee Braley, May 21, 2021

Josephine Barron Atchison, sister of Alae Risse Barron Leitch '34 and Dorothy Ailene Barron Penick '42, April 24, 2022

’51

Nancy Cassin Smith, March 2, 2022

Henry Hayes, husband of Louise "Twig" Hertwig Hayes and brother of Anne Hayes Berry '48 and Ellen Hayes '46, June 30, 2022

Anna Wells Belli, September 2, 2022

’52

Mildred Evans, November 3, 2021

Alta Waugaman Miller, December 25, 2021

Sylvia Williams Ingram, September 23, 2022

Julia "Betty" Holland Boney, September 20, 2022

’54

Donald Swartwout, husband of Martha "Marty" Duval Swartwout, July 5, 2022

’55

Charles Swezey, husband of Mary Evelyn Knight Swezey, January 20, 2022

’56

Annette Jones Griffin, January 19, 2021

Tom Stonecypher, husband of May Muse Stonecypher, January, 2022

Walt Owens, husband of Rameth Richard Owens, March 23, 2022

Barbara Battle, May 2, 2022

’58

Emil F. “Jim” Kratt, husband of Mary “Randy” Norton Kratt, May 1, 2022

Delores Taylor Yancey, June 6, 2022

Marilyn Tribble Wittne, August 10, 2022

’59

Mary Hammond-Cordero, October 26, 2021

’60

Margaret Collins Alexander, daughter of Olive Weeks Collins '32, Neice of Margaret Weeks '31, Lilly Weeks McLean '36, and Caralou Ligon Millar '50, and aunt to Rachel Alexander McMahan '76, August 18, 2022

’61

Karel Kwass Copenhaver , October 30, 2021

Lawrence Moore, Jr., husband of Guthrie "Dutton" Lemmond Moore, May 23, 2022

’62

Jean Haynie Stewart, July 8th, 2022

’63

Leewood Bates Woodell, May 18, 2022

Jane Gilbertson McGuffin, June 2nd, 2022

Clara Buchanan Rollins, June 15th, 2022

’64

Glenn Limbird, husband of Mary Jo Beverly Limbird '64, September 21, 2022

’65

Joseph R. Gladden, Jr., husband of Sarah "Sally" Bynum Gladden '65, March 15, 2022

Gregg O'Neal, husband of Sandra Robertson O'Neal, May 20, 2022

Polly McLean, daughter of Louse McCain Boyce and granddaughter of Dr. James R. McCain, the second president of the college, July 1st, 2022

Jerry Leitzes, husband of Betsy Dykes, May 12, 2022

’66

Suzanne Holt Lindholm, step-sister of Sarah Bainbridge Akridge '68 and Betsy Bainbridge '65, March 14, 2022

’68

Avis Dale Reeves Seabolt Sutton, October 9, 2021

Larry Jackson, husband of Laura Warlick Jackson, August 31, 2022

’69

Joan Warren Ellars, April,2020

’70

Fred Gimson, husband of Diane Wynne Hoey, May 1, 2022

’71

The Rev. Dr. James Phillips Noble, father of Dr. Betty Scott Noble, March 12, 2022

William "Bill" Funk, husband of D. Gayle Gellerstedt, daughter of Mary Duckworth Gellerstedt '46, September 7, 2022

Mary Carolyn Cox, September 8, 2022

’74

Richard Inman, Jr., husband of Mary Starling Inman and brother of Carol Inman Dubberly '77, August 7, 2022

’75

Margaret “Peggy” Robertson Robison, mother of Margaret Robison Lemon, December 9, 2021.

Mark Jacobson, husband of Linda Woodward Jacobson, February 11, 2022

Thomas Caldwell Phillips, father of Ellen Phillips, February 20, 2022

Mike Winters, husband of Anna Case-Winters, April 28, 2022

Eugenia Summers Phillips, mother of Ellen Phillips, June 3, 2021

’77

Larry Stephens, husband of Nancy Burnham Stephans, August 14, 2022

Juanita Gaines, mother of Barbara Byrd Gaines and grandmother of Bevin Gaines '05, September 23, 2022

’79

Melanie S. Best, December, 2022

’82

Dr. Thomas Robert Sprenger, father of Becky Sprenger Belis, Spring 2021

Dr. John L Foster, father of Cindy Foster Grace, February 2022

J C Jennings, father of Janine Jennings Joseph, July 2022

’84

Jonas Veal, father of Tracey Veal, Jan. 12, 2022

Janice Lemonds Elrod, sister of Patricia Ballew Hibbard, Sept. 5, 2021

’87

Bob Parker, father of Ellen Parker Gaffney, June 13, 2022

’99

Patricia Friedrich, February 23, 2022

’09

Nolan Leslie McCraney, son of Leah Anderson McCraney (born July 9, 2020; died July 14, 2020)