Chat-Fall 2015

fall 2015

the alumnae magazine of chatham hall

the alumnae magazine of chatham hall

the alumnae magazine of chatham hall

the alumnae magazine of chatham hall

the alumnae magazine of chatham hall

the alumnae magazine of chatham hall

the alumnae magazine of chatham hall

the alumnae magazine of chatham hall

Honor, Spirit, Tradition PURPLE & GOLD THROUGH THE AGES

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Honor, Spirit, Tradition

letter from the rector “Are you a Purple or a Gold?”

Recently I was in Washington D.C. where I had the pleasure of

celebrating our school. At an event for young alumnae, a vibrant woman from the class of 2009 regaled a story. Employed in the hospitality industry, she checked into the hotel a mature and sagacious (those of us over age 40 prefer these descriptors) woman who immediately recognized the Chatham Hall ring. Without comment, the hotel guest posed the question “Are you a Purple or Gold?” The two women hugged in elation of the shared experience and spirit which embodies Chatham Hall.

Spirit transcends generations and time. Purple and Gold games remain an essential element of our culture. They’re also more vibrant than ever; girls demonstrate color pride decorated in the brightest of metallic face paint, regal superhero capes, and creatively constructed hair accessories (sometimes known as wigs). Purple and Gold events are fun but they also serve other important functions. They teach girls how to compete with passion. They provide opportunities for collaboration. And most importantly, they provide a sense of belonging for every member of our school community.

This is such an exciting time for Chatham Hall. Throughout the year we will embrace the strategic planning process. In so doing, we will construct our future in a manner that honors our timeless mission, and values. Traditions are an important part of our identity. By extension, Purple and Gold are a part of who we are as individuals and as a school. May this issue of Chat evoke feelings of team pride and a sense of belonging to something greater than ourselves, Chatham Hall.

Esto Perpetua,

Suzanne

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Purple and Gold events are fun but they also serve

other important functions. They teach girls how to compete with passion.

They provide opportunities for collaboration.

And most importantly, they provide

a sense of belonging

for every member of our school community. fall

Wendy Bradley 2015

ince the spring of 1895,

just six months after Chatham Hall (Chatham Episcopal Institute at the time) opened its doors to a headmistress, four teachers, and thirty-five girls, Purple and Gold has been an essential thread in the fabric of the School...

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iss Jenny Nelson, the first principal of the School, declared that “a proper school ought to have a literary magazine” (Black, 16).

She assigned several articles, and girls were tasked with bounding the “magazine.” Miss Gilmer, the art teacher, painted a cover for the magazine—a cluster of irises she had seen growing in the garden outside the former dining room. To match the purple and gold irises on the cover, the girls bound their magazine with purple and gold ribbons. “The girls were so delighted with the result that they started to wear purple and gold ribbons on their dresses as the school colors, and adopted the name “iris” for the magazine” (Black, 16).

And thus purple and gold emerged as Chatham Hall’s colors, and they have stood the test of time! Girls today don the most imaginative purple and gold costumes for the traditional Picnic Honoring the New Girls held in the Meadow each fall. It is during this picnic that new girls receive their color—Purple or Gold. Cheers can be heard from one end of campus to the other as each new girl (and new faculty member) is called to join their team! The festive evening concludes

with a spirited Purple v. Gold Tug of War—setting the tone of good-natured, sisterly competition for the year. The Picnic Honoring the New Girls can be traced back to as early as 1933 when, just like today, old and new girls would convene in the Meadow for the selection of teams, and an evening of celebration.

A walk around campus still reflects the Purple and Gold spirit at Chatham Hall. Stroll down to the Rectory and you will see the Purple

and Gold Garden given by the Class of 1986. A jaunt through the arcade connecting Dabney and Pruden features purple and gold bulletin boards galore, head up on dorm and admire purple and gold banners and festively decorated chalk boards. Purple and Gold uniforms and athletic trophies are displayed in cases in Pruden, and there is something purple and gold for everyone in the bookstore. Purple and golden pansies are found in every corner of the campus.

Generations of Chatham Hall girls, purple and gold, are bonded through traditions, some more than a century old, that are built on the foundation of Chatham Hall’s sacred honor code, “I will not lie, I will not cheat, I will not steal, I will report all infractions of Honor” and the Purple and Golden Rule. Embraced in 1990 as a replacement for the “point system,” The Purple and Golden Rule is founded upon the expectation of mutual respect, consideration, and thoughtfulness. The rule holds all members of the community accountable for their actions, creating a principled and caring sisterhood. Whether a proud purple or a glorious gold, Chatham Hall girls young and old are a sisterhood of women connected through shared experiences.

WORKS CITED

Black, William Priestly. Chatham Hall: A History of Excellence. Charleston: The History Press, 2014. Print.

The Purple and Golden Rule I will respect all people and recognize that other people may have customs and beliefs different from mine.

I will respect and follow the rules of Chatham Hall, taking responsibility for my actions and mistakes.

I will honor the concept of “White Flag”—I will respect the property and domain of others.

When faced with a choice, I will endeavor to do the honorable and right thing.

I will set an example for my peers by my actions and words.

I will support others when they are following the Purple and Golden Rule and will counsel those who are not.

A Poem for Chatham Hall

by Talmadge Ragan ’69

–ALUMNAE COUNCIL PRESIDENT, GOLD TEAM

Certain things remind you of a spirit that’s still within you— Going up the hill to see regal old buildings, “sunlit pillars.”

Smiling faces in animated conversation, and you’d hear a bell, or laughter, or the sound of a gong.

There was a picnic by the Big Oak, a roommate, the New Girls Show, WHEELS, and “Classifications.”

There was “Consultation” on Sunday afternoons… and was it an “A” day, or a “C” day or what was it? Did you go to Milk Lunch or quickly check mail?

There was Honor, White Flag, Senior Stairs, and a special step for Juniors.

We saw a scary movie on Halloween and played soccer in the snow.

We danced in DL and partied in Tearoom. Opera resounded from the art studio. There was choir rehearsal and Sextet would sing. Some dissected a frog, some learned a new language. We were starred Seniors. We talked about ethics and integrity and responsibility and what would it all mean in twenty years?

Everyone had a special place: the Chapel, the sundeck, Calf Barn, the stables. The hockey field, the Library, the meadow, the Willis stage. Were you with Phyllis waiting for the telephone to ring? Where did you go?

There were Class trips, Father’s Weekend, the Madonna, and class songs. Service League, dances, walking up the hill to see a movie, a trip to Danville, a college day.

Clubs and achievements, your heart pounding when something was so important and you had this great hope… And you learned things you never knew before, and sometimes you had a broken heart, but there was always sharing… talking…laughing.

E.E. Cummings said, “ It takes courage to grow up and be who you really are,” and here we found that courage.

And I remember a special ring, a lantern, and girls I hoped would be friends forever, because I knew there would come the time

when I am an old woman,

and I will wear purple—or in my case, gold— and how I will always remember a lot of very special times, cherishing the memories from up on the Hill at Chatham Hall.

Golden Memory I remember all of the Golds

gathering behind Pruden in 1968 and singing our song and having our picture taken. We were all bonded in Gold unity!

It’s not an exciting team victory or sports moment, but it’s a moment that captures the Gold spirit that I remember most fondly.

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– TALMADGE RAGAN ’69

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“Iris,” the original title for the School’s literary magazine was also used as the title for the yearbook for a number of years. In 1930, the yearbook was renamed “The Chathamite.”

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purple & gold through the ages

Chatham Hall’s much loved Lantern Ceremony

was introduced in 1922 by Miss Powell. The ceremony followed vespers that marked the passing of the school from the graduating class to the rising junior class.

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Ring It Forward!

Top: Opening Weekend Old Girls, also known as the “Turtle Team” welcome new girls to campus during opening weekend!

Top right: Giving Tuesday Members of the Alumnae

Council proudly display purple and gold hearts in honor of Chatham Hall’s Purple vs. Gold Challenge for the worldwide celebration of Giving Tuesday on December 1, 2015.

Bottom right: Hat Day 1994 For Chatham Hall’s

Centennial celebration in 1994, faculty, staff, alumnae, and friends gathered wearing their purple and gold for this photo. You may see a familiar face or two!

Chatham Hall’s annual athletic banquet was renamed the Purple and Gold Banquet in 1930. Throughout the year the Purple and Gold teams compete in various athletic contests earning points along the way. The victorious team for the year is announced at the Purple and Gold Banquet! fall

Do you have an unworn class ring you would like to donate to Chatham Hall? As a way to support and foster the emotional ties and traditions of Chatham Hall, you can donate your ring, a symbol of honor, integrity, sisterhood, and the Purple and Gold spirit, to be matched with a current student who is in need of a ring. “Ring it forward” to a new generation of Chatham Hall alumnae!

Esto Perpetua!

If you are interested in becoming part of this legacy, please contact Wendy Bradley at wbradley@ chathamhall.org. ©2015www.LISArichmond.com

During WWII, instead of singing the Alma Mater at Commencement, the Class of 1943 sang a new song, “Sunlit Pillars,” with words written by Emily Allen Laffoon ’43 and music written by Elizabeth Sinclair Flemer ’43. The song begins with “the ‘joyous laughter’ of day-to-day life in a school where [purple and gold] teams contend and friendships strengthen, but its second stanza changes the focus to ‘straining’ and ‘striving,’ ‘strength of soul’ and ‘dauntless spirit’” (88, Black). In 1944 Chatham Hall celebrated its 50th anniversary quietly, and by January 1945, Rector Dr. Lee observed that Chatham Hall’s joyfulness had been “tempered by the background of sadness” (90, Black). By 1945’s graduation exercises, normalcy had begun to return to Chatham Hall with girls once again celebrating the end of the year with the song contest, the Purple and Gold Banquet, and the Lantern Ceremony.

Sunlit Pillars

Chatham Hall, we sing thy praises, Faithful here or far away; Life is filled with joyous laughter As we work from day to day; Here content to win thy trophies, Team of purple, team of gold— Here is friendship, without measure, And tradition growing old.

When the great oak’s leaves are turning, Gladly we return to thee, In our hearts forever burning, Chatham Hall, our loyalty.

Sunlit pillars straining skyward.

Symbols of a strength of soul, Send us forward, striving upward, Dauntless spirits, toward the goal.

Words by Emily Allen Laffoon, ’43 Music by Elizabeth Sinclair Flemer, ’43

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Gold Team Captain 2015–2016

Purple Team Captain 1965–1966

Jane Hawthorne ,16 What makes the gold team the best team?

Well, there is a reason gold is expensive!

Everyone who is a gold is proud of it, and wears their color with pride no matter the score of the game. Golds work hard for their team, whether trying out a new sport just for a day to ensure a victory, or encouraging their team members from the sidelines. We don’t all play the same sports, but when it’s time to cheer for gold, we become family.

Muffin Dalton Grant ,66

for a purple, but I hope that my actions on the soccer field and in the horseback-riding ring prove my hard work for and dedication to the gold team.

team competition. Purple and gold members of the riding team were required to design a drill team routine on horseback, which would be presented to a set of judges. Our routines could include music, dancing, and activity both on and off What is the best part about of horses. The gold team didn’t win the being a team captain? competition, but we had a blast putting There are a lot of wonderful things a routine to Kanye West’s song Purples, march on totogether glory, about being gold team captain: I get to “Gold Digger,” capped off with a brief renWith spirit burning keen lead a group of enthusiastic, tenacious dition of the Harlem Shake. and bright; girls, I get to welcome in the future of the gold team at ourRaise Picnic Honoring high the flag

How has the Purple and and keep it ever flying; Golden Rule served you Well, there is a reason gold is expensive!

Fight with all your might, well in life?

Everyone who is a gold is proud of it, and wearsRah-rah-rah! their Although purples and golds are competcolor with pride no matter the score of theOnward game. with dauntless itive with one another both in and out of courage, sports, we all have a deep respect for the Loyalty through the New Girls, and I am privileged in What would you say if sports we play, the teams we represent, getting to represent the team I love thick and thin;and the legacy we maintain from years someone mistook you for a so dearly. One of theFight best parts about before. The emphasis the Purple and for the right member of the Purple team? being captain, however, is having the Golden Rule places on respect for others of victory I do wear a lot of purple from day to rights to our gold flag! I would love to day, so an incident like this one is not And we are is extremely important in being able to see it hanging in the walkway between entirely unimaginable; however, I know bound to win! communicate with others in a way that Dabney and Holt someday. that I am a gold at heart, no matter how much purple I wear. I’m not sure what I’d say if someone mistook me

What is your favorite Chatham Hall memory?

One particular memory relating to being a member of the gold team is of the horseback riding Purple vs. Gold drill

There goes that old Gold Team to vic-to-ry, And we are standing here and cheering thee!

Although we cannot join you in the fight, We’ll do our best to cheer you on your way, your way . . .

And though our former luck may fly away Through thick and thin we’ll stand by you and say, You’re the best Gold Team we’ve ever seen, So Gold Team, On, on, on to Victory! fall

is productive and encouraging, just like you would on a team! I know that this is something that has become engrained in my being, and in respect to my team and school as well as those around me, it is something I will continue to abide by as I move on from the Chatham Hall “bubble.”

Top: Last year students created a purple and gold quilt that was donated to the Annual Reunion Raffle benefiting the Legacy Scholarship Fund.

Top right: The Rector must remain “neutral” and is therefore not assigned a color. Here Rector Suzanne Walker Buck and Johnny Buck are pictured sporting purple AND gold!

Bottom right: In honor of his 60th year of service to Chatham Hall, much loved employee John Henry Waller was presented with this purple and gold cummerbund and bowtie!

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What does it means to be a Purple?

What is the best part about being a team captain?

As I

9 Purples, march on to glory, With spirit burning keen and bright; Raise high the flag and keep it ever flying; Fight with all your might, Rah-rah-rah!

Onward with dauntless courage, Loyalty through thick and thin; Fight for the right of victory And we are bound to win!

Purple–the calm stability of blue and For me, working with the other Chathe fierce energy of red. tham Athletic Council members under When I arrived at Chatham in the fall the supervision and mentoring of Miss of 1963, I became a Purple. It was not Wagoner was a special gift. She meant something I chose, just like I didn’t so much to so many of us and had a choose to be left-handed; I just am a lifelong positive impact on our lives.

Purple. I had no insight into the selection process. I just know that on the day What is your favorite I arrived I became a Purple. And from Chatham Hall memory? that day on, that identification became I think my favorite memory is walkan important one for me. Mind you, ing up the hill on back campus after we weren’t Turtles in that day. We were Purple or Gold, period. In the mid-60s I just know that on the day I arrived I became a Purple.

Chatham did not have the amazing And from that day on, that identification became an opportunities available today to compete against other schools. Our idea important one for me. Mind you, we weren’t Turtles of a “road game” was a quick bus ride in that day. to play our Purple vs. Gold basketball game in the Chatham Armory. In our practice, especially after the weather have examined the Purple and Gold day, we pretty much beat up on each There goes thatand old Gold TeamAs got cooler it got dark earlier.

Rule, I can say that Chatham Hall other all year long in intramural games, vic-to-ry, theto lights on campus began to come was instilling those same values in culminating in either a Purple or a it was such a peaceful minutes And we on, are standing herefew and me and in my classmates even before Gold “winner” at the end of the year… atcheering the end of a busy day…with chapel, thee! the P&G Rule was put in place. The and the bragging rights that went with dinner and study hall yet to come.

Honor Code and “White Flag” were we cannot join you it (although I can’t begin to say with Although any both foundational in teaching us the in the fight, certainty who won any year I was there). ideals of “mutual respect, considerThis year is your 50th Class I think being on a “team,” especially inWe’ll do our best to cheer ation and thoughtfulness.” There was Reunion!

What are you those first few months away from home, you on your way, and is a true sense of sisterhood at provided a sense of belonging (calm most looking to? your way . forward ..

Chatham Hall. I left there with a clear stability)…and as time went by, beingAnd though Although I’ve former been able toluck keep up our understanding of what it means to do a Purple became a fun and energetic with some of my classmates, I’m really may fly away the honorable and right thing, for my way to enjoy some friendly competilooking forward to seeing those classgood and the good of others. And I’m Through thick and thin tion (fierce energy) with our sisters, the mates I haven’t seen sincewe’ll graduation. thankful for the part Chatham played stand and say,up after 50 Golds. Go, Purples!

It willby be you such fun to catch in making me the woman I’ve “grown You’reyears! theI’m best Gold to Team also excited see them get up” to be. excited about we’ve everChatham seen, Hall again. I What would you say if have So visited GoldChatham Team, several times someone mistook you for a over the last couple of years and leave On, on, on member of the Gold team? each time energized by what I see goto It’s funny that you ask this question… ing on there now. I know that the class Victory!

When I arrived for my first Alumnae of ’66 will love what they see when Council meeting last year, my name they come back, too. tag had a gold ribbon on it instead of the purple one it was supposed Even though the Purple to have. I was really surprised that it mattered to me after all these years… and Golden Rule was not but it did. I quickly (and quietly, I in effect when you were at hope) removed the gold ribbon and Chatham, how do you see asked if there might be an extra purthat the values and prinple one around. I guess once a Purple, ciples of Chatham have always a Purple…even after 50 years!

We were Purple or Gold, period.

served you well in life?

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Legacy Parallels Lelia Carlson ’18

What is your favorite place on campus?

This year, my favorite place on campus is my dorm. It feels like my home away from home, and it helps that a lot of my friends are literally always in there.

What is your present state of mind?

Right now, I’m pretty content, if a little stressed out about a crazy week of tests and quizzes.

What word or phrase do you most overuse?

I think the words I overuse the most right now are “literally” and “honestly.”

Honestly, I literally say them all the time.

What do you love most about your mom?

It’s impossible to pick out one favorite thing about my mom since she’s such an amazing figure in my life, but one thing that I’ve just recently started realizing is how much like her I am. Not only in that I am attending her alma mater, but in the little moments as well.

Often, I’ll do or say something and think to myself that that’s exactly what she would do. I’m unbelievably lucky to have her, and I’m proud to be following in the footsteps of someone who’s always been my biggest inspiration.

What is your idea of perfect happiness?

It’s cheesy and cliche, but my idea of perfect happiness is any time that I’m with my friends and family. When I’m with them, I’m nearly always laughing, and they have the insane ability to make me feel at home wherever we are.

What is your best Chatham Hall memory?

My favorite memory of Chatham is the purple and gold picnic my freshman year, because that was the night that I truly became part of this community. I knew then that I had found the right place for me, and people who would be my lifelong friends.

What do you think you’ll miss the most about Chatham Hall?

I will miss everything about this place, but above all, I’ll miss the people. It’s hard to imagine a happier or more welcoming environment, and the girls that I live with here mean the world to me.

Donie Martin Carlson ’87

What is your favorite place on campus?

Old favorite: the lower arcade. I love the arches and have fond memories of cookie breaks. New favorite: the library.

Honorable mention: under any tree.

What is your present state of mind?

Hopeful.

What word or phrase do you most overuse?

I have no idea. My kids are mortified when I use their phrases, so I keep doing it.

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Alice Strawn ’19 and Maisie Strawn ’17 GOLD (sisters)

What is your idea of perfect happiness?

My whole family together in a beautiful place getting along perfectly.

What is your best Chatham Hall memory?

Jane Hawthorne ’16 (left) and Caroline Hawthorne ’19 (right) GOLD (Marshall Stronach Creighton ’86, cousin and Jane Hawthorne ’16, sister) and Heather Huggins ’17 GOLD (Amber Huggins ‘16, sister)

One memory?! How do I choose just one? Maybe singing “Rejoice Ye Pure in Heart” at every chapel preceding a vacation. I have great memories of lingering in the dining hall over dessert and also of the shenanigans that took place on dorm and elsewhere between study hall and lights-out.

What do you miss/what do you think you’ll miss the most about Chatham Hall?

I miss the tight sense of community at Chatham Hall. I am fortunate to have had a great college experience, a rewarding professional life, and busy and fun soccer-mom phase, each offering a valuable sense of community, but it is not the same. I am certain that I didn’t appreciate it when I was there, but once you’ve experienced the Chatham Hall level of sharing, caring, and trust, you miss it when it’s gone.

Really? I have to pick one thing? I love that she is comfortable in her own skin, certainly more so than I was at fifteen.

that I truly became part of this community.

Caroline Daly Penny ’17 PURPLE (Molly Penny ’14, sister)

What do you love most about your daughter?

My favorite memory of Chatham is the purple and gold picnic my freshman year, because that was the night

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Ellen Gray Lackey ’18 GOLD

(Mereweather Lackey ’15, sister)

Anne-Meadors Wall ’19 GOLD

(Jane Davenport Wall ’57, grandmother; Jamie Neal ’04, cousin; and Elizabeth Wall ’11, cousin)

Emma Maney ’19 and Mira Alpers ’19

PURPLE (Karin Schutjer ’83, mother of Mira)

Camille Walton ’19 and Christine Walton ’16 PURPLE (sisters)

India Moore ’19, Dasia Moore ’14, and Asha Moore ’18 GOLD (sisters)

photo by Catherine M. LaDuke

Sofia Manoy ’19 PURPLE (Kim Emmet Manoy ’89, mother)

Mary Elizabeth Lively ’16 PURPLE (Tracey Bartlett Lively ’84, mother)

Srila Chadalavada ’16 PURPLE (Sriya Chadalavada ’15, sister), Anna Zhang ’16, and Camille Walton ‘16 PURPLE (Christine Walton ’16, sister) Lelia Carlson ’18 PURPLE Megan Cornwall ’18 GOLD (Donie Martin Carlson ’87, mother)

(Adele Cornwall ’10, cousin)

Imani Brooks ‘19 and Kyra Brooks ’19 GOLD (sisters)

Regina Ortiz ’19 PURPLE (Andrea Ortiz ’15, sister)

Heather Huggins ‘17 and Amber Huggins ’16 GOLD (sisters)

I have great memories of lingering in the dining hall over dessert and also of

the shenanigans that took place on dorm and elsewhere between study hall and lights-out.

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Legacy students proudly wear the color of their family. We are delighted to have eighteen current legacy students (eight purples and ten golds!) at Chatham Hall this year!

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by Anna Broenlund ’ 18

Students in Betsy Seymour’s Photo 1 and AP Photo classes took on a project for Chatham Hall’s Think Back and Give Back Giving Tuesday campaign for the Annual Fund. The challenge presented to them was to create photographic images for words or phrases that contain the word “back.” Over the course of two weeks, the girls captured their chosen “back” words—words like “backpack,” “horseback,” “paperback”—in a way that is also reflective of life at Chatham Hall. Please enjoy this sampling of their great work!

Look Back

by Guppy Utz ’18

Commencement 2015 Class of 2015 College Attendances Bard College Barnard College Brandeis University Collin College-Central Park Campus

Swing Back

by Chandler Runnells ’19

Paperback

by Schuyler Mitchell ’16

Dickinson College Furman University George Mason University Howard University James Madison University Kenyon College Liberty University

Syracuse University The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tulane University University of California, San Diego University of Central Florida

University of Mississippi

Princeton University

by Giovanna Paz ’16

State University of New York at Albany

Miami University, Oxford

Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Looking Back

Smith College

University of Louisville

Otterbein University

by Victoria Bongard ’16

Sewanee: The University of the South

Marymount Manhattan College North Carolina State University

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We are pleased to announce that 89% of the Class of 2015 have pledged gifts to the 2015–2016 Annual Fund! The success of this drive is a testament to the class’ appreciation for their experience at Chatham Hall, and serves as a strong message of support from our newest alumnae. Thank you, Class of 2015!

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University of Michigan

Senior Class Gift

The Class of 2015 raised $1,900 for the purchase of benches to be placed in the Curtis Jackson Garden.

Photo by Victoria Bongard ’16

University of Rochester University of Virginia Virginia Commonwealth University

Senior Family Gift

Virginia Military Institute

Led by Brad and Melanie Hogg, parents of Susanna Hogg ’15, the families and friends of the Class of 2015 presented Chatham Hall with a Senior Family Gift in the amount of $24,865.

The gift will be used to assist in renovations of Pruden.

Virginia Tech

Randolph College

Washington College

Rochester Institute of Technology

Yale University

Wheaton College MA

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Ashley Judd named

2015–2016 LEADER IN RESIDENCE Parents Weekend 2015 Parents

Weekend 2015 was a fun-filled weekend featuring an academic recognition service in St. Mary’s Chapel, college counseling workshops, a special luncheon for new families hosted by the Parent Advisory Committee, senior day for fall athletics, and an evening of dancing and fun at the Rectory with a bluegrass band.

Activist, humanitarian, and actress Ashley Judd has been named the 2015–16 Leader in Residence at Chatham Hall. The Leader in Residence program is endowed by the Polly Wheeler Guth ’44 Leaders in Residence Fund and brings exceptional female leaders to campus. Ms. Judd will be in residence on January 13 and 14, 2016, with keynote address the evening of January thirteenth.

When not involved in filming movies such as The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood and Simon Burch, as well as Sundance Film Festival grand jury prize winner, Ruby In Paradise, Judd has traveled the world to do international public health work on all fronts—maternal health, child survival, human rights, HIV prevention, and malaria prevention and treatment.

Judd is also passionate about the environment. An eighth generation Kentuckian, she is an outspoken critic of mountaintop removal coal mining.

A proponent of a “green collar” economy, Judd is committed to helping find innovative renewable energy solutions. In May 2010, Judd received her Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government (where she won the Dean’s Scholar Award at Harvard Law, for her paper, “Gender Violence, Law & Social Justice”). She has spoken at many prestigious conferences around the world, including the London School of Economics’ Family Planning Summit, sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

She also hosted a talk with President Clinton on the work of the Clinton Foundation for the London School of Economics. In 2012, she spoke on the floor of the Democratic National Convention as the delegate from

Tennessee asked to cast the ballots for the party’s nominee for president and vice president.

Judd’s films—indie gems and box office blockbusters—have grossed over two billion dollars worldwide.

Working with multiple NGOs, she has traveled to 13 developing countries carrying sacred stories of the disempowered both to grassroots change makers and world leaders. A regular expert panelist at conferences such as CGI, she has addressed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the National Press Club twice, and gave the keynote on modern slavery to the General Assembly of the United Nations. Judd is also author of the New York Times best seller, All That is Bitter and Sweet.

Ashley Judd’s dedication to the arts as well as her humanitarian efforts make her a wonderful Leader in Residence choice, as both of these pursuits resonate with Chatham Hall students. Ms. Judd’s dedication to social justice causes as well as to her craft will highlight for students how following one’s passion can lead

to a meaningful life—not just for oneself, but for others, too.

Rector Suzanne Buck remarked, “It is an honor to welcome Ashley Judd to Chatham Hall. A number of years ago I had the privilege of listening to Ms. Judd speak about her interest in world politics, global issues, human rights and social justice. She is an intelligent, informed, and articulate leader. She is not only a talented contributor to the arts but also an educated activist.

Her message will be one of resonance for our community.”

Information regarding the keynote address, for which tickets will be necessary and seating is limited, will be made available closer to the day of the event.

Ms. Judd’s dedication to social justice causes as well as to her craft will highlight for students how following

one’s passion can lead to a meaningful life—not just for oneself, but for others, too.

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All American Film Festival Congratulations to seniors Victoria Bongard ’16 and

Schuyler Mitchell ’16, who had their documentary, “Prosperity Candle: Moo Kho’s Story,” selected for screening in the 2015 All American High School Film Festival—the largest high school film festival in the world—in New York City’s Times

Square October 9–11. The documentary is the culmination of a two-year iQuest project focused around filmmaking. The short documentary highlights the inspirational story of a Burmese refugee named Moo Kho. Moo Kho describes her chilling experiences in Burma, her transition to life in the United States, and her work with the social enterprise Prosperity Candle.

Victoria and Schuyler partnered with Chatham Hall’s Fine and Performing Arts Chair, Susan Morley, whose daughter, Siiri Morley, Director of “Strong Women, Strong Girls” in Boston, is one of the founders of Prosperity Candle. Every candle purchased through Prosperity Candle helps provide a living wage for women who have recently resettled from refugee camps and are working to build a brighter future for themselves and their families in the United States.

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Congratulations to the Chatham Hall Tennis Team, winners of the spring 2015 Blue Ridge Conference Championship!

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Jingi Hairston ’15

Holly Rule ’16

Catherine Hare ’18

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Tennis 1st Team All-Conference

Soccer 2nd Team All-Conference

Jingi Hairston ’15

Jane Hawthorne ’16

Holly Rule ’16

Tennis 2nd Team All-Conference Catherine Hare ’18

CHATHAM HALL SUMMER CAMPS 2015 NEW! ROBOTICS CAMP

SUMMER RIDING PROGRAM

This camp is built around the

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Summer Investigators Science Camp for girls grades 6–8

integration of the areas of biol-

permanent hunter-trial course.

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Many School horses of all shapes

with your own mobile robot that

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Riding Camp Session II for girls ages 10–16

assume the role of crime scene

challenges for all riders to learn

demonstrations, 3-D printing, and

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mock crime.

Contact: Samantha Pleasant Fleming, sfleming@chathamhall.org 434-432-5605

along with special creative activities.

Contact: Dennis Oliver, doliver@chathamhall.org 434-432-2941

Contact: Molly Thomas, mthomas@chathamhall.org 434.728.1769

Kate Thomas ’15 Camille Walton ’16 Torey-Bates Samuel ’16

INVESTIGATORS SCIENCE CAMP

What do tutus and robots have

BRC AllTournament Tennis Team

CAMP DATES July 10–16

Riding Camp Session I for girls ages 10–16

July 10–22

Riding Camp Session III (Intensive) for ages 10–16

July 24–30

Robotics Camp for girls grades 6–8

Kate Thomas ’15

Camille Walton ’16

Torey-Bates Samuel ’16

riding Chatham Hall’s Interscholastic Equestrian Association team started off the year winning both of our opening weekend horse shows, and took home a 1st place finish at Pleasant Hill Farm in Hillsborough, North Carolina!

Left to right: Lily Porter ’19, Caroline Hawthorne ’19, Shannon Huth ’18, Hailey Johnson ’19, and Sarah Doss ’17

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to welcome Riding Instructor Frankie Beyer and Barn Manager Carolyn Meyer to Chatham Hall!

For the seventh time in ten years, Chatham Hall is the winner of the 2015 Blue Ridge Conference Sportsmanship Award!

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Hallam Hurt ’63 Student and Faculty Travel Award Through Chatham Hall’s Hallam Hurt ’63 Student and Faculty Travel Award, senior Angélica Viñas ’16 traveled to the Dominican Republic last spring to explore the contributing factors in the mobilization of women in the sport of volleyball, and how volleyball has helped women to become more successful in society. Angélica interviewed many figures who have played an important role in the development of the sport. She was able to watch the senior national team play the national Japanese team on two different occasions, she participated in practices and ran clinics with local schools and community programs, and had the opportunity to attend the third annual Women in Sports Festival.

“The Hallam Hurt Travel Award allowed me to explore home through a lens I never knew existed. My whole family is from the Dominican Republic, and ever since l was a little girl, I have gone several times a year. The routine is always the same—visit family, catch up with old friends, go to the beach—nothing has really changed over 17 years. And all of a sudden, even before stepping foot on the plane, I knew this trip would be so much more than that. I was able to spend two amazing weeks experiencing a country I thought I knew so well, only to be overwhelmed by the realities of socioeconomic disparity, the corruption within politics, and the lives of professional athletes—all within third world borders, a term I never really understood the gravity of until now. I was able to renew a passion for a sport I’ve grown up playing, and I saw how something as simple as a net and a ball can break the cycle of poverty within a family. This travel award lent me the opportunity to give back to a place that has given me so much in terms of I saw how something as simple identity and culture. After teaching clinics and donating volleyballs in several towns, I was rewarded by seeing the smiles as a net and a ball can break the on the faces of the girls and coaches we met.” cycle of poverty within a family.

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Chatham Hall Robotics mentor and Physics teacher Molly Thomas was one of only 28 teachers and mentors selected to attend the U.S. Air Force’s fourth annual FIRST Leadership Program at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado in July 2015. The program is a leadership opportunity for those teachers and mentors who are inspiring today’s youth to become the technical leaders of tomorrow.

Included in the program are character and leadership development seminars, lectures and team building exercises to provide insight on how the Air Force develops leaders, how Airmen execute their missions as it relates to STEM, and STEM career opportunities available in the Air Force.

Chatham Hall Rector Suzanne Walker Buck served as a panelist during two workshops—Leading vs. Managing-Mentoring for Success and Capture the Flag-Diversifying Your International Student Body— at the SSATB 2015 Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada in September. Rector Buck was also selected to present SSATB’s 2015 William B. Bretnall Award, given annually to a leader and educator who has made significant contributions to the field of admission. SSATB (Secondary School Admission Test Board) is an organization that serves to support the overall independent school admission process.

Chatham Hall returns to South Africa in 2016! Chatham Hall’s signature service

learning program in Cape Town, South Africa is the largest of several travel programs in which students discover the profound impact they can have on the lives of others and get the opportunity to experience new cultures and ways of life. In 2016, spend your spring break in Cape Town tutoring children at Steenvliet Primary School, constructing organic gardens through Soil for Life, working with children at Brave Heart Home orphanage, and exploring Table Mountain and Robben Island.

Registration is open to students, parents, grandparents, and alumnae!

Questions? Contact Academic Dean Martha Griswold at mgriswold@chathamhall.org or 434.432.5617

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to have had so many opportunities at School that taught me how to be part of aIa feel lteam, ufortunate mn ae from C H A T H A M H A L L but also how to be independent and to have confidence in myself and my abilities.

I was 13-years-old when I showed up at Chatham Hall, and I’m grateful that I spent the most malleable years of my life in such a supportive, and encouraging atmosphere. I learned about friendship, leadership, and what it means to be part of a community–these experiences continue to shape my life even today.

I make a monthly recurring gift to Chatham Hall’s Annual Fund because…

Arranging for a recurring credit card charge is so easy, especially as a working mom! My husband and I make Chatham Hall a priority in our monthly giving for a number of reasons—I have so many memories of Chatham—and all of them involve being in the midst of happy, confident, fun-loving girlfriends who I still love today. These friendships have lasted the test of time—15 years and counting! Equally valuable to me are the relationships I made with teachers and staff members. My monthly gift is a small way for me to make an impact on a place that is dear to my heart and a part of my life forever.

I have so many memories of Chatham— and all of them involve being in the midst of happy, confident, fun-loving girlfriends who I still love today.

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Garden Club of Virginia Historic Garden Week

Chatham Hall has been invited Chatham Hall’s riding program by the Garden Club of Virginia has been honored in the October to participate in Historic 2015 issue of Virginia Living. Each Garden Week as a premier year Virginia Living’s editorial site in Chatham on April 24, board names the top schools 2016. St. Mary’s Chapel and the and programs in the state of Rectory will be featured sites Virginia in several categories for on the tour. We are delighted their State of Education feature. to have the opportunity to This year Chatham Hall’s ridintroduce our school to visitors ing program was recognized in and to share in the beauty of the athletics section, with special mention made of the IEA team’s Reserve Championship placeChatham Hall. ment at Nationals last spring.

With an audience of more than 500,000 readers Virginia Living is the premier lifestyle magazine in the state of Virginia.

Be sure to check out Chatham

video series

Town and Country Magazine has recognized Chatham Hall as one of the “19 Most Beautiful Boarding Schools Around the World.” To see the gallery of schools, visit http://www.townandcountrymag.com/ society/news/g1526/beautiful-boarding-schools/

Hall’s new video series, Chatham Hall in Our Own Words. Enjoy and share the links with others!

More to come! http://chathamhall.org/news/ view/video-series-chatham-hallin-our-own-words

Mary Katherine Evans Rordam ’03 is the Associate Director of Influencer Marketing at 22squared, the fourth largest independent advertising agency in the country. After graduating from Chatham Hall, Mary Katherine went on to earn a B.A. in English from Davidson College.

She and her husband, Gardner, live in Atlanta, Georgia with their two-year-old son, Taylor, and their newborn son, Graham. They are active members of Central Presbyterian Church in Atlanta.

Thank you for your consideration and support of the 2015–2016 Annual Fund. If you would

like to set up a recurring gift visit www.chathamhall.org/giving or use the envelope enclosed in the Chat! You may also contact Director of Advancement Services, Starlet Lemon, at 434.432.5600 or at slemon@chathamhall.org with questions.

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Chatham Hall celebrated its 29th annual Lee-Yardley Day in September by

presenting local veterinarian Dr. Paul Erwin with the Alice Overbey Award during a special service in St. Mary’s Chapel. Each year the award is presented to a member of the greater Chatham community who has contributed to promoting the mission of Chatham Hall. Erwin cares for the School’s 35 horses that live on campus, and he is also connected to the school through many family members who are Chatham Hall alumnae, including his wife, Lucy Holmes Irwin ’93. Rector Suzanne Walker Buck remarked, “We thank Dr. Paul Erwin for taking care of our horses and the Chatham Hall community. We thank him for leading by example, demonstrating concern for others, and having the compassion to make a difference. We thank Dr. Paul Erwin for being a good neighbor and friend.”

new faces NEW ADMINISTRATOR Sean Terwilliger Chief Technology Officer

Dr. Paul Erwin is pictured with Alice Overbey, Rector Suzanne Walker Buck, and Past Alice Overbey Award Recipients.

Left to right: Dr. Paul Erwin, Alice Overbey, Marcie Cobble, Mary Lee Black, Ronald Merricks, Ashby Cothran. William Black, Fred Blair, and Rector Suzanne Walker Buck

Rector on the Road!

Eleanor “Ellie” Silliman Maroney ‘58, Florence “Floy” Schroeder Ervin ’58, Rector Suzanne Walker Buck, Katharine “Kitty” Norcross Wheeler ’57, and Wissie Thompson ’58 at a reception in Kennebunkport, Maine over the summer

Thank you to Chatham Hall alumnae and friends who have hosted events in honor of Rector Suzanne Walker Buck! Recent events have been held in Kennebunkport, Maine; Santa Fe, New Mexico; and Charlotte, North Carolina.

We extend much gratitude to our wonderful hostesses, Sarah Martin Finn ’74, Doris Beasley Martin ’48, P’74, Peter and Dee Dee McKay ’48, P’72, ’75, G’10, Brett and Libba Rule P’16, and Wissie Thompson ’58.

Sean is an expert in the area of applied technology and infrastructure.

He is renowned for his professionalism having served as an IT Director at a number of schools, including Deerfield Academy, King’s Academy ( Jordan), Hillside School, and Keystone Academy (China). Sean and his wife, Wendy Bradley, moved to Chatham Hall from China, where they helped to found Keystone Academy. Sean is currently finishing a M.S. in Project Management at the University of Liverpool.

NEW FACULTY Wendy Bradley Director of the Annual Fund

tales from chatham hall If you know what’s going on in this photo from the Chatham Hall archives, we’d love to hear from you!

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Chatham Hall Turtles Catherine Cullen ’18, her father Glenn Cullen (also a member of the Parent Advisory Committee), and history teacher Don Morley met up in Maine this summer, well representing Chatham Hall in the 80-mile Bicycle Coalition of Maine’s Lobster Ride!

Wendy brings twenty years of experience in working at boarding schools to Chatham Hall’s Office of Advancement. She served as Dean of Students at Deerfield Academy and at the Vivian Webb School, was the founding Dean of Students at King’s Academy (Jordan) and Keystone Academy (China), and has also worked in Admission. Wendy holds a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Maine and a Master of Science in Counseling and Psychological Services from Springfield College.

Vanessa Campbell

Assistant Director of Athletics and House Faculty

Vanessa earned her B.A. from Wheaton College in 2014 where she majored in

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Psychology and minored in General Education. Vanessa has worked as a Physical Education and Health teacher at the Founder’s Academy in Manchester, New Hampshire. She has also been employed in the Office of School Life at New Hampton School in New Hampton, New Hampshire.

Lisa Collis

Math Teacher

Lisa has taught math at a number of secondary schools including Randolph Macon Academy, Stuart Hall, and Burlington School. She is a member of several professional organizations including the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Mathematical Association of America, and the Association for Supervision and Curricular Design.

Lisa is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh at Jamestown with a B.S. in Mathematics and Capella University with a Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction.

Deborah Glymph

History and English as a Second Language Teacher

Deborah has extensive professional experience working in the world of education. She has taught at the secondary school level and has also served as an adjunct professor in higher education. Deborah is the founder and president of “The Brain Change Project,” an entrepreneurial enterprise committed to providing skills and education for workforce readiness.

Deborah holds a B.A. in Sociology from Stony Brook University, and a Master of Education from Mary Baldwin College.

Chinese Teacher, Director of International Student Program, and House Faculty

Lys is a 2015 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania where she earned her Master of Education in Human Development and Reading/Writing/Literacy.

Born in Taiwan, Lys is a graduate of an all-girls boarding school herself, and has experience teaching in both Taiwan and the United States. Lys brings to Chatham Hall great enthusiasm and her interest in the emotional growth of adolescent girls.

Amy Schactman Dance Teacher and House Faculty

Amy is recognized as an outstanding teacher and choreographer with extensive experience in a multitude of genres including modern, ballet, jazz, musical theater, movement analysis, improvisation, and repertory, and has also taught Pilates and Yoga. Amy earned her B.A. in Dance Theater and Education from Washington University, and after years of working in the field of dance instruction, she went on to earn her Master of Arts in Dance Education from the University of New Mexico.

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familiar faces, new roles Jane Allen

Interim Director of Athletics

Jane brings her passion for athletics to the role of Interim Director of Athletics for the 2015–2016 year. Having been an integral part of Chatham Hall’s Athletic Department since 2004, and serving most recently as the Associate Director of Athletics, Jane brings a wealth of experience to the position. She completed a M.S. in Sport Management from Drexel University in 2012.

Johnny Buck

Facilitator of External Relations (Parents)

Johnny serves both the Advancement and Enrollment Teams through his work with the Parent Advisory Committee and in helping with the execution of events. He also coaches J.V. field hockey and lacrosse.

Johnny has taught art, advised, coached, dorm-parented, served on a multitude of committees, recruited, and fundraised in independent boarding schools for more than 20 years.

Cathy LaDuke

Associate Director of Young Alumnae Engagement

After 28 years of serving in various positions at Chatham Hall, we are thrilled to announce that Cathy, affectionately referred to as “La,” has joined the Office of Advancement as the Associate Director of Young Alumnae Engagement. Cathy will be further cultivating her relationships and connections with Chatham Hall alumnae in this new position. She will continue to serve as Keeper of Traditions.

NEW TRUSTEES Donie Martin Carlson ’87, P’18

Donie Martin Carlson ’87, P’18 is Principal and Managing Member for DMC Group, LLC, a financial services firm in Birmingham, Alabama.

Donie received her B.A. from Vanderbilt University in 1991. She and her husband, Kenneth Carlson, have three children, Lelia (15), Neil (12), and Skyes (8). We are delighted to have Donie’s daughter, Lelia, as a current sophomore at Chatham Hall! Donie graciously co-hosted an event welcoming Rector Suzanne Walker Buck in Birmingham in 2014. She is a member of the Forest Park Garden Club, the Monticello Association, and serves as a member of multiple parent associations.

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Sarah L. Collie ’85

Sarah L. Collie ’85 is Assistant Vice President for Organizational Excellence at the University of Virginia, where she has also served in various administrative and academic appointments. Sarah earned her Ph.D. from the University of Virginia, her M.S. from Florida State University, and her B.S. from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She is actively involved in the Charlottesville community, working with such organizations as the Chamber of Commerce, the Leadership Charlottesville Alumni Association, and the First Tee. She was a member of the Alumnae Council from 2007-2013, and served on the School’s Audit Committee from 2009–2013.

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Diana Howard Fisketjon ’78

Diana Howard Fisketjon ’78 and her husband, Gary Fisketjon, live and commute between Franklin, Tennessee, and New York City, where Diana is active in art and literary causes. After graduating from Chatham Hall, Diana attended Sweet Briar College and graduated from the University of Alabama. In 1983, she moved from her native Mississippi to New York City and began a career in banking with Chase Bank.

After ten years, she moved to Nashville, Tennessee, and for the next decade worked as an agent and private dealer in American art. Diana served on the Alumnae Council from 2013-2015.

Alison Ardito Davis ’94

After completing a B.S. in Biology, and a minor in Business Finance, Alison went on to medical school at the University of Tennessee. She completed her residency in Pediatrics at West Virginia University. While there she did extensive research on the respiratory syncytial virus, and has since done specialty training in Global Health, Travel, and Tropical Medicine.

She currently works part-time at a private practice while working toward an M.B.A. at Auburn University. She and her husband, Barry Davis, have a Greater Swiss Mountain Dog named Eiger and are happily living in Port Saint Lucie, Florida.

Jordan Nyberg Ferris ’04

Jordan attended The University of Texas at Austin, earning a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Composite Science Teaching Certification; she graduated in 2008. Jordan taught high school biology and chemistry for five years in the Austin area, then transitioning to a business career in 2013. Jordan married Matt A. Ferris in January of 2013; she and Matt welcomed their son, Major Anthony Ferris, in April of 2015. Jordan is originally from Austin, Texas, where she and her family currently reside.

Carleton Thomas Henrich ’85

Carleton received a B.A. in history from The Johns Hopkins University and an M.A. from The New School in New York City. After working in film and television production in Chicago and New York, Carleton is currently happily raising her family and retraining a 5-year-old Off Track Thoroughbred. Carleton lives in South Salem, New York with her husband, Todd Henrich, Episcopal High School ‘86, and their four children. Eleanor and Grace are sophomores at the Hackley School in Tarrytown, New York, and Alexander (6th grade) and Charlotte (4th grade) attend Ridgefield Academy in Ridgefield, Connecticut, where Carleton was happy to serve on the Board of Trustees.

Virginia “Ginny” Worthington Marr ’55

Ginny earned a B.A. in English Literature from Smith College and an M.S. in Library Science from Simmons College.

Ginny and her husband, Dick, lived, taught, coached, and held administrative positions at three different coed boarding schools for 46 years. Their longest stint was at Milton Academy (Massachusetts) where their four children attended from K-12. In 1981 they fled west to Aspen Country Day School (Colorado). In 1984 they returned to the east coast to teach at Tabor Academy until retirement in 2003. Currently living in Pittsboro, North Carolina, Ginny has discovered that hospice work speaks to her as nothing else has. Ginny has previously served on the Alumnae Council as a dedicated member, and we are delighted to welcome her back!

Reagan Greene Pruitt ’95

Reagan holds a B.A. in Sociology from Centre College, an MBA from Northern Kentucky University, and a Certificate in Leadership and Business Acumen from UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School. She is the Director of Brand Strategy and Marketing Communications at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina. Reagan lives in Chapel Hill with her husband and daughter, and is active in the community, serving on the Board of Directors for the Chapel Hill – Carrboro Chamber of Commerce, the Leadership North Carolina Board of Directors Executive Committee, the Band Together Advisory Board, and the Habitat for Humanity Board of Directors.

Laura Spencer ’07

After graduating from Davidson College with a degree in Psychology, Laura worked in the U.S. Senate for three years as a staff and communications assistant. Laura currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia, where she works as an inpatient family liaison at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. While at Chatham Hall Laura served on the Student Council, Chatham Athletic Council, and as the Crucifer. Upon her graduation, Laura was awarded the Senior Outstanding Citizenship Award and the Purple and Golden Rule Award, and she has been a dedicated and enthusiastic Chatham Hall Class Agent since her graduation in 2007.

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9 Admission Open House, Referrals Welcome, Call 434.432.5613 for Inquiries

14 Interscholastic Equestrian Association Horse Show at Chatham Hall

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5–7 Fall Play: Wait Until Dark, Black Box Theater, 7:30 p.m

Lightweight Ladies Cut T-Shirt

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5 Senior Night in the Well, 9:00 p.m.

Hoodie with Two Color School Seal

Baby/Toddler T-Shirt

6 The Service of Lessons and Carols, St. Mary’s Chapel, 5:00 p.m.

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13–14 Ashley Judd, Leader in Residence, Details Forthcoming 18 Admission Open House, Referrals Welcome, Call 434.432.5613 for Inquiries

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february Limited Edition “Chatham Oak” Print Augusta Jogging Shorts

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26–27 Winter Musical, Van Voorhis Lecture Hall, 7:30 p.m.

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2015–2016 calendar 1 Admitted Student Day, Call 434.432.5613 for Inquiries 8 Admitted Student Day, Call 434.432.5613 for Inquiries Board of Trustees Meeting

15–17 Reunion Weekend, All Welcome, Special Celebrations for Classes Ending in 6 & 1 15–17 Alumnae Council Meeting 18–22 Gloria Bond Clunie ’71, Writer in Residence, Details Forthcoming 24 Garden Club of Virginia Historic Garden Week, Tour of Chatham Hall Campus

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10–16 Riding Camp Session I for girls ages 10–16, Contact Samantha Pleasant Fleming sfleming@chathamhall.org or 434.432.5605 for Inquiries 10–22 Summer Investigators Science Camp for girls grades 6–8, Contact Dennis Oliver doliver@chathamhall.org for Inquiries 17–23 Riding Camp Session II for girls ages 10–16, Contact Samantha Pleasant Fleming sfleming@chathamhall.org or 434.432.5605 for Inquiries 24–30 Riding Camp Session III (Intensive) for ages 10–16, Open to Chatham Hall Riders, Contact Samantha Pleasant Fleming sfleming@chathamhall.org or 434.432.5605 for Inquiries 24–30 Robotics Camp for girls grades 6–8, Contact Molly Thomas mthomas@chathamhall.org or 434.728.1769 for Inquiries

To order online or to view more great merchandise, including tervis tumblers, jewelry, notecards, and more, visit www.chathamhallbookstore.bigcartel.com. To order by phone, call 434.432.5512. All proceeds benefit the ongoing

fall 2014 operations of Chatham Hall, with the exception of Alumnae Council items, which support the Legacy Scholarship Fund.

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Looking Forward As was announced this fall, Chatham

Hall has launched a comprehensive & innovative strategic planning process. The effort is being Co-Chaired by Trustee Michelle Thomas Supko ’02 and faculty member Gwen Couch and facilitated by Ian Symmonds & Associates. This will be an outstanding opportunity for Chatham Hall to analyze that which we do, how we best do it, and to examine our position in the independent school marketplace. Building upon this information and that gathered through an extensive data gleaning process, we will then design the roadmap for our future.

Strategic Plan Timeline July & August 2015 • P lanning to plan September & October • O nline reading for committee, discussion of context, industry • C onsultants campus visit & qualitative listening sessions • C onsultants work with Board of Trustees November • S teering committee meeting, visioning, strategic issues identification December • S teering committee meeting, key findings report, preliminary goals January 2016 • F inalizing strategic goals, launch strategic goal work groups March • S trategic goal work group reports April • Strategic goal work group reports conclude, bringing it all together May • A pproval of Strategic Plan

Strategic Planning Committee Michelle Thomas Supko ’02, Co-Chair Suzanne Walker Buck, Rector

Gwen Couch, Co-Chair Stacey Goodwin ’83, Board of Trustees Chair

Nina Johnson Botsford ’72, Former Trustee Sarah L. Collie ’85, Trustee Sarah Monarchi Longpré ’84, Trustee Mary Kay Karzas ’71, Trustee Richard Hare, Parent ’18 Laurie Trexler, Parent ’17 Martha Griswold, Academic Dean Maisie Deely, Director of fallCommunications

Emily Johns, Dean of Students Christine Knight, Director of Advancement Geoff Braun, History Department Chair Amy Davis, Science Teacher Tiffany Franks, President, Averett University Sarah McMillan, Vice-President, McMillan, Howland & Spence

Call for Distinguished Alumna Award Nominations!

The Chatham Hall Distinguished Alumna Award, established in 2010, recognizes a graduate who has distinguished herself through significant, outstanding contributions in her profession and/or meritorious public service. This Alumna embodies the characteristics and values of Chatham Hall in her daily life and inspires excellence in others.

Send us your nominations! Visit

www.chathamhall.org/ alumnae/distinguishedalumna-award for detailed information on how to nominate an alumna and to read about past award recipients.

Questions? Contact Amy Blair ablair@chathamhall. org, 434.432.5508.

2 01 0 Penelope Perkins Wilson ’41 and Elinor Greene, II ’70 2 01 1 Diane Heiskell Schetky ’57 2 01 2 Anne Bryant ’67 2 01 3 Leila McConnell Daw ’58 and Hallam Hurt ’63 2 01 4 Povy LaFarge Bigbee ’51 and Polly Wheeler Guth ’44 2 01 5 Nina Johnson Botsford ’72

The Hairstons: An American Family in Black and White

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By Henry Wiencek | St. Martin’s Griffin, 2000

Henry Wiencek is an award winning historian and biographer. His numerous books include Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves, An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America, and The Hairstons: An American Family in Black and White, which won the national Book Critics’ Circle Award in Biography in 1999.

The Hairstons was a book that I expected would be a rather straightforward, interesting, genealogical read for a transplanted “Yankee” as myself. However, it became so much more than that with its many nuanced layers of lives lived and lost. The narrative is a clearing of the “kudzu” obscuring history, memories, and oral family stories, often filtered and fragmented. This was not an ordinary family, but a dynasty that spanned over nine generations, an old South, and their slaves dating from 1695. It is a frank portrayal of the

north feels more transient, newer in many respects, with so many families of not too distant immigrants. Wiencek’s work ripped off the entangled “kudzu” for me to examine a moving saga of so many lives trapped in slavery, segregation, Jim Crow laws, and the injustices of “justice” through the legal system. It chronicles the economic realities of reconstruction and the environment that generated the civil rights movement and so much deep-seated hatred.

It is powerful to examine all these generations, intermingled, colliding, collapsing, and triumphing. The past defines the present, and much like the tenacious kudzu, is very much a part of the landscape around us here in Pittsylvania and Henry Counties and beyond. I am grateful

Suddenly, the remaining timbers of mud and daub cabins and tobacco curing barns sprang to life, peopled It is powerful to examine all with so many ghosts of the past. lives of the largest family in America and its legacy that continues into the present, both black and white. The Hairstons were purported to be the wealthiest family in America, owning forty-five plantations in four states, and over ten thousand slaves. This book unearths hard truths, and chronicles the triumphs of the black Hairstons and the decline of an old South, reliant on slave labor to create and perpetuate wealth, primarily from tobacco.

Reading this work brought this legacy to my doorstep here in Chatham. It was no longer an abstract, rooted in my memories of reading Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind. It was not a, further South, a “deep” South, but rather, the heart of this family was right here in Danville, Martinsville, and beyond. Just between Bassett and Danville were twelve plantations. Suddenly, the remaining timbers of mud and daub cabins and tobacco curing barns sprang to life, peopled with so many ghosts of the past. I feel I have a fuller understanding of how communities here evolved over time, with such an all-encompassing legacy, both astounding and unbelievably painful and cruel.

I feel changed from reading this book. I now regard the communities and the people here through a sharper lens. I feel the tug of multiple generations and a far deeper sense of history and heritage rooted here in this rich red soil. The

these generations, intermingled, colliding, collapsing, and triumphing. for Henry Wiencek’s meticulous, dedicated research and writing that brings these painful and entangled family trees together in a story of redemption and ultimate strength.

Wiencek’s words best encapsulate his writing. “It was the destiny of the white Hairstons to enact the downfall of the Old South. Their gallantry and sacrifice exemplify the character of the Southerners, whose tragic fate gnaws at the nation’s memory. What kind of people could endure such sorrow in service to their country? We must understand them if we are to fathom the character of the nation. And, for their part, it was the destiny of the black Hairstons to enact the exodus embedded in our national story – the miraculous, astounding rise of the African-Americans from the dust of slavery. Slavery could not crush them, nor anything thereafter. What kind of people could endure such evil and still cling to the country that dispensed it? What manner of man is this?”

“The past is never past.” Robert Penn Warren –SUSAN MORLEY, FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS CHAIR

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Katharine Hobson Sturtevant I had my 95th birthday last December and live in a good retirement home. Don’t do much—read and play Bridge. Think often of my wonderful years and friends at Chatham Hall.

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Farley Walton Whetzel Living in Harbour’s Edge, a Lifespace independent living place, in Delray Beach, Florida since 2008. Wonderful!

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Joan Stanley French ’44 I have moved to Maine near my eldest daughter and am in an assisted living facility. Quite a switch from my condo in Chicago!

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Eleanor Owens Earle I happily see a lot of my Chatham roommate, Arvia Crosby Morris ’46, as she spends her winters with her son (my godson) in the town next door to my winter “home” near my youngest child, Caroline, and her family.

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Helene Zimmermann Hill I had the honor and pleasure of serving on a STEM panel at Smith at a Women’s Leadership Conference entitled “Taking the Right Risks” in March and then going back to Smith for our 65th reunion in May. I am still employed as a Professor in the Radiology Department at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark. I work with small groups of medical students in the Patient Centered Curriculum. And I am still working on a book that involves my findings as a whistle-blower. My daughter, Sarah Hill ’80, and her partner, Megan Reynolds, are tying the knot on Halloween. They have two delightful little girls, ages 7 and 10. Sarah is an Associate Professor in Environmental Sciences at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo and Megan is a lawyer for Legal Aid. Daughter, Lana Hill ’82, works for T. Rowe Price in Baltimore in their education department.

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Mervyn Adams Seldon moved to Claremont Manor, a retirement community in Claremont, California in October 2013 and completed a two year term as Director of 57 Underground Gallery in Pomona, California in March 2015. She continues to paint and visited with Cordy Ruffin Richards ’47 and Jean Ruffin Lilley ’45 in June 2015 in Maryland.

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Joanne Shartle Anderson Doris Beasley Martin ’48 and Sarah Martin Finn ’74 had a very nice gathering to meet the new head of Chatham Hall, Suzanne Buck, here in Santa Fe on July 30th. Povy LaFarge Bigbee ’51 and her husband, John, came up from their home in southern New Mexico and spent the night with us after attending the party. I have heard from Frances Black Turner ’49 and Edie Nalle Schafer ’49 as our good friend Laurie Valentine ’49 fell and broke her femur, but is recovering at her retirement home, Wake Robin, in Vermont.

My husband, Andy, and I returned from our summer home in Santa Fe to Arizona August 30 as we are going on a tour of Alaska September 10.

Elisabeth McGinty Laigle We are making the most of this thing called “old age” and continue to enjoy life. We had a great trip to New York City with a church group in March, and will go on a Caribbean cruise with my family to celebrate my brother’s 50th anniversary! Life is good! Love to all.

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Ann Cochran McCandless Unfortunately, my husband, Denny, passed away in March. He had been ill for the last two years and could not recover, so this had to be. I will stay here in the condo in Clayton and take care of Rosie (a very friendly Westie) who is good company.

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Sarah Shartle Meacham Povy LaFarge Bigbee ’51 and entourage were on a circuitous driving route to Burlington, Vermont to see a Chatham granddaughter be graduated from the University of Vermont. Christina Sawtelle Teale ’51 and I both live at Piper Shores, so we all had lunch there. As we were eating, Sally Lawrence Clark ’40 and Floy Rankin Schroeder ’58 wandered by. It couldn’t have been a more wonderful time.

Mary Driggs Pacholczyk I lost my husband of 53 years in February. He was an astrophysicist and we had a very interesting life. Am now moving with my three dogs to a new address: 11916 N. Labyrinth Drive, Oro Valley, AZ 85737. We have five children and twelve grandchildren. One daughter, her husband, and their three boys live close by, a great blessing. Still enjoy table tennis club 2 times a week. Life goes on.

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Carlotta Hellier Parsons Joan Coulter Pittman ’55 and I had a short but delightful reunion at Joan and Fred’s condo on Longboat Key in Sarasota. It had been about 13 years since we last were together, and it seemed like yesterday! We look forward to more fun times together here in Sarasota.

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mates our senior year at Chatham and have known each other even longer, our parents having been friends when we grew up outside of Chicago. The rest of the trip took my husband and me to wonderful National Parks and Monuments in the southwest and to Yosemite, none of which we had ever seen. I felt I was rounding out my American heritage.

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Judy McMurray Achre Paul and I are finally enjoying full time living on Longboat Key, Florida.

Sarasota has much to offer and I am continuing to learn about our new community. I serve as the President of the Sarasota County League of Women Voters and find that a great way to meet new people who are interesting and interested in similar issues. My exposure to the Service League at Chatham Hall was an important experience for me. My Chatham Hall roommate Randy McKean Tuthill ’54 and classmate Bendy Tracy Payne ’54 live nearby. We enjoy getting together from time to time.

Caroline Ramsay Merriam ’54 My husband, John “Duke” Merriam, and I live in the Georgetown section of Washington, have three children, seven grandchildren, and four great grandchildren. We spend six weeks each summer in Brittany, this year also in Croatia, and spend February in Jamaica. I still work at my foundation which gives to such causes as fighting sex trafficking and child labor, solitary confinement, and slavery.

Caroline Young Moore Traveled a great deal this year. Jan—safari in Africa, April—Danube River Cruise—visited son John in Vienna while in Europe, now on Martha’s Vineyard to open house—grandson Reid graduated from High School—on to college.

Carlotta Hellier Parsons ’55 and Joan Coulter Pittman ’55

Susannah W. Smith I’m moving September 1 to San Diego to be close to my daughter, Melissa Ganus. My new address: 9979 Rio San Diego Dr, #121, San Diego, CA 92108

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Molly Buck I made my annual visit with Sally Willis ’58. After catching up with her family as well as the farm animals, we headed to York Harbor to have lunch with Ellie Moran Morgan ’58, Leila McConnell Daw ’58, and Wissie Thompson ’58. After a delicious lunch at the famous Reading Room looking over the water, Sally, Leila, Ellie, and I headed up the road following Wissie to Kennebunkport, where we spent the night at her house.

We had a wonderful seafood dinner at a favorite Wissie haunt. It was a day of reminiscing with lots of laughs and endless stories. Each of us went to sleep after eating a chocolate Wissie had left on each pillow, a perfect end to our perfect day.

Robin Tieken Hadley ’57 and Fay Wilmerding Burdon ’57 during Fay’s recent trip to the USA from Australia

Janie Huntley Webster I enjoy the hospitality of Tootie Greene ’57 in Warrenton, Virginia during my drives to and from New Hampshire to Vero Beach—I see Lee Porter Page ’59 in both New Hampshire and Florida, Wissie Thompson ’58 in Maine and Florida, and Lala Mapes Maresi ’59 every Sunday in the church where she sings in the beautiful choir. Saw several ‘57 classmates this summer.

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Susan Dwelle Baxter Not too much exciting news from me—I’ve had two wonderful river cruises this year and actually will go on another in November when the weather will probably be cold, and the companies love to offer us agents special fares.

I had a great trip on Tauck’s cruise from Budapest to Prague in June with good friends here in Jacksonville. And will go on the Rhine in November. My son Parker, his wife, and almost three year old, moved to Colorado in July after living with me for a YEAR. And daughter Lucy and her husband have just bought a new house in Charlotte, so they’re very excited and happy. All else is good with me after having foot surgery a couple of months ago—I couldn’t drive for six weeks and about went crazy. I’m still working—from home—and enjoy keeping up with old friends too.

Mary Duncan Bicknell 2015 has been a good year so far. I

have been in North Carolina since the first of May and will return to Houston the first of October. Tomorrow, I will end a delightful trip to both Maine and Oregon. I am with John and his family in Portland. River, their daughter, is having her 9th birthday. Over New Year’s, I will take the whole family to Disney World. The ten of us are looking forward to being together for a few days.

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Frances Johnson Lee-Vandell ’60, Claire McIlvain ’59, and Adelaide McKenzie Moss ’60 at the Kruge Ruhe gallery in Charlottesville

Margot Steenland Cater ’60 and husband, John, in Angkor Wat, Cambodia in February

Margot Steenland Cater ’60’s daughterin-law Meghan and new grandbaby, Edie, in August

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Margot Steenland Cater We spent two months again this summer (our 13th summer here) in the mountains at Linville, North Carolina.

Our son Todd and his family came from D.C. to visit us here. We spent many beautiful days hiking, gardening, reading, and playing croquet. We returned to Houston for Labor Day with our daughter Elisabeth, her husband, Ron, and 11-year-old Edward and 8-year-old Isabel. My husband, John, is 80 now and mostly retired. However, he goes to the office most days when we are home. We enjoy traveling and I play lots of duplicate bridge, although not always very well. We are blessed with good health (fingers crossed!). I hope all our Chatham classmates are well. I look forward to reading all their updates. Love to you all.

Simone Crockett Last summer I walked/hiked 175 miles of the Camino de Santiago from Leon to Santiago. This summer I went back and did 400 miles from Logrono to Santiago. The countryside was beautiful, I met wonderful people, and I have no idea how the hell I managed to do it.

Margaret Reeder Crosbie Carol Harkey Garner ’60 and her husband, Fred, boated up to Gasparilla Island with their power boat group in March.

We met them for brunch and had such a fun visit. Lots of memories and laughter. And the husbands shared sailing experiences. Hopefully Gasparilla will soon be on the Garners’ excursion map again. Best to everyone.

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Lots of reading, some traveling (a trip to Ireland last year), visiting with kids, and having the whole family together at Little Cranberry Island off Mount Desert, Maine. I still keep my hand in at church, but am SO happy not to have to preach once a month anymore! Having my son Joe back in New York City is a great incentive for us to visit, and now my weekends are free! I see Katrina Watson ’60 on occasion, but not nearly often enough. We always have such a fun time when we get together.

Carol Harkey Garner Several years ago, I started volunteering at an elementary school helping children improve their reading. Providentially, I met an occupational therapist who invited me to work with her in a short summer school program where I learned techniques and games that I’m excited to implement! Now, two others in our Florida community volunteer with me! Other than that, Fred and I feel so fortunate to still be in good health, to be able to enjoy our grandchildren, and each other.

Jane Webster Grigsby I am doing fine after some health issues. My husband had to be put into a memory care facility. Dementia is a horrible disease.

My life revolves around soccer games.

All five grandchildren play at every level. I am still working part time in the jewelry business.

Ann Davenport Mavroleon Dixon I am absolutely in the thick of setting up Art for Youth London (see www. artforyouth.com) in the Mall Galleries

in early October...1,000 pieces of art; 78 volunteers; waiters; PR—you name it—I know I am too old to be doing this!

H.R.H. THE Princess Royal is attending our Preview Evening on 5 October, so all is go-go (that is Princess Anne). Wish you all could join us! Got a sweet invite from Denny to meet her in the airport (can’t remember which airport it was) before she sets off for Venice...sadly no time; but Sarah Perkins Smither ’60 and I might catch her on her return, before she re-crosses the pond.

Mary Potts Montgomery In June, I went to a wonderful workshop on mosaics in Orte, Italy with side trips to Rome and Ravenna. Gracie and I also caught up with Signe Shambaugh Mayfield ’60 at the Bellevue Arts Museum opening of an exhibit she had curated. We look forward to going to her lecture there in October. Aside from that, I’ve been staying busy with history projects and vestry.

Adelaide McKenzie Moss We have a “college for older adults” here in Abingdon, and classes are taught by volunteers and are usually pretty good. I am planning to work on one for next spring, modern art. It’s a lot of work and will see if it happens! I saw Frances Johnson Lee-Vandell ’60 on the way home from a wedding in Maine that I went to with my son Sasha and my husband, Dyer. We went to the Kruge Ruhe gallery in Charlottesville, the aboriginal art museum at UVa. Frances got the desk lady to take a photo of us and Claire McIlvain ’59. Now cooking tomato sauce with the biggest crop we ever had. Just gardening a little, but this is a good crop! Gotta do something with the dozens of ripe tomatoes!

Sharon Rafferty Patterson Tim and I had a fabulous Smith College trip to Peru and Ecuador in March. Really three separate parts: the Peruvian Amazon, Machu Picchu and surrounding area, and Quito and the Galapagos.

Best to all.

Caroline Tate My mind is still well enough, so I think it appropriate that I really examine my theology regarding eternal life. So I have begun reading Eternal Life: A New Vision by John Shelby Spong. Any other suggestions?

Also I am interested in learning more about recovery post rib fracture. Anybody had one? God’s peace to all.

Elizabeth Walter-Echols I am heavily into refugee work, helping families from Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Eritrea, and Pakistan among others, who come in ever larger numbers at ever increasing risk.

I’m also teaching German classes with several colleagues and trying to help them find work or training. Son Michael has built himself a life here, working about an hour away and visiting periodically. Eventually he wants to establish his own IT business. Daughter Marjorie, her husband, Dave, and their four (patchwork) kids are doing well in Greenville, South Carolina, but we hope someday they too may join us in Europe!

Katharine Watson This past year, in response to personal loss, I decided to travel while still able. Finland in search of the architect Alvar Aalto this past August, an October cruise up and down the Hudson with stops along the way, a first visit in November to the Grand Canyon and light gambling in Las Vegas, Cuba in April, Rome in May (17th trip), Toronto/Stratford in June, Denver in July, many visits to New York, Charlotte, Atlanta, and Raleigh.

Sharon Rafferty Patterson ’60 and husband, Tim, at the equator in Ecuador

The itinerary sprinkled with Chatham sightings: Marion in New York and Maine, Simone in New York, Missy by e-mail, Audie in spirit, a summer gathering to meet our new headmistress who is really wonderful, intelligent, vibrant, visionary, perceptive, delightful, etc. A new board—the Bowdoin International Music Festival—and still the Maine College of Art. And always the beauty of Maine. With affectionate best wishes.

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Priscilla Pugh Kirkpatrick Hi to all my classmates.I had a wonderful trip to France this spring.

It was fun to dust off my Chatham Hall French! Summer was spent at the Chautauqua Institution as usual. Such a lovely place to enjoy life long learning! Love to all, Petie Carol Jane Van Landingham Sheep farming in Vermont is a wonderful life!

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Judy Carter I’m still enjoying the memories from our 50th reunion...now two years ago...and I’m hoping many of us will want to come back in 2018. My partner, Susan, and I have opened our main house for vacation rentals and have been delighted with the response. We had run it as a B&B for 12 years and decided to rent out the entire house, so if you or anyone you know are planning a trip to the Asheville, North Carolina area, please check us out on VRBO #672486. If you haven’t read the latest Chat check out the TuTu Turtles...IMPRESSIVE as are all the unbelievable things Chatham is doing now.

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Buffington Clay Miller just finished building a new home

in Sonoma, California. The home is in the middle of our organic farm with a wide variety of vegetables, fruit trees, wine grapes, and Ameraucana chickens—the ones with the pale blue eggs. It’s wonderful to just wander out the kitchen door before dinner and decide what to have each evening. It’s also right next to a golf course which really suits husband, George, well.

Oldest son Buck and wife Christine are expecting their first child in mid-September.

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Caroline Cochran Boynton My life has been filled with so many unexpected outcomes: having grown up in a sprawling home in Baltimore, I learned how to raise two beautiful children in an apartment in Manhattan; after 23 years of a difficult marriage, I learned how to happily live on my own and am not lonely; though my parents never instilled in me the goal of having a profession, I have two Masters degrees and am a social worker and a deacon in the Episcopal Church. After 17 years working in a major hospital in NYC, I am about to retire, and in a year I will move to Massachussetts, close to my daughter, to a continuing care community in a newly built apartment cluster for “young people” who can live independently. I may have the Alzheimer’s gene or not, but am looking forward to settling into yet another part of the east coast for the final chapter of my life. As the saying goes: “Make plans, don’t plan the outcome.” Blessings abound if one is open to them!

Laura Bullitt Despard For someone who was ambivalent about returning for our 50th reunion, I did have a great time. It reminded me of all of the good times we had together.

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Hope Metcalf Johnston My husband, Chris, and I (married 35 years) live in Chaumont, New York. I finally fully retired in January 2015. We traveled around Florida for two months last winter, and have decided to settle for three months in early 2016 in Vero Beach. While there, I reconnected with my sophomore roommate, Anne Lanier ’65, and Hope Metcalf Johnston ’65’s grandalso had the opportunity to go to a Chatham children—John (age 6), Ryan (age 5), event and meet our fantastic new Rector and Caitlin (17 mos) Mulvany Suzanne Walker Buck. That really sparked my enthusiasm about attending our 50th Reunion. Along with all the great classmates who attended, it was especially wonderful to reconnect with all three of my very special roommates.

During the summer months we are very involved with our local yacht club where I am on the Board of Directors and in charge of the social calendar (as opposed to the racing calendar) for the summer. In September we are taking a 2nd Grand Circle River Cruise—this time from Amsterdam through Germany to Vienna, Austria. Can’t wait! Meanwhile I am back and forth to Concord, Massachussetts, where my daughter Barbara (Babbie), her husband, and my three (absolutely fantastic) grandchildren live. My son John lives in Brooklyn and still works as AUSA in the Department of Justice. Chris also has two wonderful children—daughter Amy, who with her husband and two boys lives in Marietta, Georgia, and son Allen, who works in A-V Design in Portland, Oregon. Thank you to all my Class of 65 Classmates who attended Reunion, contributed to the Annual Fund Drive, and wrote me all the wonderful email responses from which I pulled the Class Notes. Hope we will be together again very soon.

Julie Clark Goodyear My husband, Zack Goodyear, whom I met at NYU in our junior year, died in 2013. We spent our years together at Choate Rosemary Hall, where he always taught political science and I was either in Admission or overseeing a full scholarship program that my NYC Foundation sponsored. I have been continuing my work overseeing seven charter schools in the South Bronx. I split my time between NYC and our house in Washington, Connecticut, where my mother and brother also live. My father died in 2012 having continued his lawyerly work into that year—do you remember that there were 4-5 fathers from Yale ‘44 in our class? My social worker-for-the-elderly son and his wife and daughter live and work in Maryland/DC. My older lawyer son and his wife and three children just moved to Pelham New York as he left the Dept of Justice to work for a private firm in NYC. All the kids and I went to a dude ranch in June where I learned I still love western riding.

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Kate Perkins Hartsfield We’re headed to Burlington, Vermont toward the end of September. Guess it’s a little early for leaf peeping, but it’ll still be pretty. I’ve always wanted to go to Shelburne Farms and now seems like the time to go. We’ll go from there to my sister Peg’s house in Connecticut. My brother and his family live right down the road, so we’ll have a little family reunion. Peg’s husband, Dick, always puts on a steamers and lobsters extravaganza in the back yard, which is reason enough to get on a plane.

Kathryn Ratcliffe Lang I was married twice and divorced twice. Am extremely happy being single. I have a lovely condo and get together with many friends in the building. I have three gorgeous grandchildren who all live in the Pittsburgh area and with whom I get to babysit weekly. This summer, I had grandchildren from 8:30 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. four days a week. Takes a lot out of you, but I LOVE being with them! During my “down” time, I assist a friend with her company’s bookkeep-

ing. I still love living in Sewickley, Pennsylvania despite the hard winters and torrential rain all spring and 1/2 the summer. There are many people I would love to hear from, both from our class and other classes, Kathryn Ratcliffe Lang ’65’s so please contact grandchildren—Isabella me! My e-mail is (age 13), Joshua (age 10), and Alianna (age 4) krlang223@yahoo. com. I am on Facebook as Kathy Ratcliffe, so find me there also.

Pamela Wade Latta I was so sorry to miss our 50th reunion. I loved the photos in the Chat. Billy and I are still living and caring for steers, goats, chickens, and dogs on our farm outside of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. We also have several grandchildren here at any one time. We have seven in all. Would love to see classmates if there is a reunion next year.

Nina Tabor Martin My love to every one of you. Seeing many of you at the reunion was really a thrill. We all have matured since 1965, (thankfully) and the reunion was warm, caring, and very satisfying. We must not wait another fifty years. I was pleased to learn how many of us went into the helping professions. I think that is partially from the “ Chatham gene” we inherited from our Alma Mater. Please let me know if any of you are in Illinois. We have plenty of room for you.

Sarah Benson Mumford I’m shocked that I’m not a teenager anymore, but I must say that seeing so many of my friends from the Class of ‘65 this past April was really like stepping back in time! I felt young again!! Laughing, talking about our freshman play (sorry to you guys who didn’t arrive until you were sophomores), and catching up with what we’d been through and what we were doing now was exhilarating. I’m still horrible at math, can’t speak a foreign language, and what’s great is that now...I don’t care. I’m still a good dancer, but unfortunately husband number one and my present husband

are not...maybe I’ll hit the jackpot with number three! (I’m kidding...sort of. ) I take a lot of Zumba classes, but recently threw something out during a couple of Latin moves...the age thing again. I’ve been a real estate agent in Richmond since 1988 and enjoy it...didn’t need math or a foreign language to do well! I care about my two grown children and my three little grandchildren in Charleston, who are good at everything, love to dance, and call me “Muffie.” They’ve also started calling me “old woman,” which I’m not thrilled about. We missed all of you who couldn’t make it this past April and talked seriously about getting together next year somewhere...maybe in Florida...one long weekend PJ party...no White Flags...My best to all of you.

Kate Kuhlke Orlowsky We have been living in Southern California for the last 40 years—have two children and five grandchildren. Still working at PIMCO, a global investment management firm headquartered in Newport Beach, California.

Jean Worthington Queen Still living in Williamstown, Massachussetts, a mere mile or so from the Vermont border.

I share my retired (from teaching and riding instruction) life with two cats, a dog, and Boo, a Belgian/appaloosa cross mare. My husband, Doug, has lived in a nursing home for the past three years, suffering brain damage and dementia from normal pressure hydrocephalus. I am actively writing, working on (for the past six years!) a historical novel that takes place in early 19th century Cape Cod, gardening, and enjoying life. Our boys, Nick (age 37, Seattle) and Rob (age 36, Olympia,Washington) are thriving in their chosen fields, but far, far away!

Would love to see anyone if you are visiting the Berkshires! Funny where life takes each of us, isn’t it? So sorry to have missed seeing so many of you this spring, but my heart was with you...and you all have aged well, like a small grove of venerable oak trees, full, sturdy, and serene.

Jeffrey Zeiler I’ll take a run at summarizing the things that have affected me most in the 50 years since I left Chatham Hall. Thanks to the education I got at Chatham, the academics at Hollins were

Tina Basler Terry Greetings to all and sundry from Tina Basler Terry ’65 (whom you knew as Kathi Basler).

I had the best of intentions of attending our 1965 class’s 50th reunion—and then my husband, Mark, was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, and had to spend five days in the hospital in mid-April; that, plus his recuperation, including his having to be isolated for nine days for radiation therapy, precluded my being able to come to the festivities. Bad timing... no good time for cancer for Kathi Basler Terry ’65 and anyone, of course!—and the surgery to deal with it, husband, Mark but there you are. He is now on the mend, and back to work in his construction business. I currently live in central rural Arizona—Star Valley, a small town outside of Payson, where we’ve been for 21 years, and, having recently retired from teaching English at our local public school, I am now teaching yoga full-time at our local Anytime Fitness gym. Mark and I have no human kiddos, but we are owned by three beloved Chows: Panda Bear, Yogi Bear, and Pualani Bear.

My parents moved in 1977 from Kingston, Jamaica, back to retire in Honolulu, my dad’s ancestral home, where he and his mother had been born. We have gazillions of relatives there. Miraculously, my parents are still living (at 96 and 97!) AND still living in the house in which my dad was born, but unfortunately, they are not at all well, and hard decisions are about to be made. I shall be flying to Honolulu soon to try to help them with making a transition to full-time home care or relocation to a care facility. I hope this letter finds everyone well and happy. It’s amazing how 50 years have flown by since our being at Chatham. My contact information is: Phone: 928-595-0528; Mailing address:106 East Bonita, #22, Payson, AZ, 85541, and email is tinaterry@mypayson.com. I’m also on Facebook: Tina Terry - Payson, AZ.

easily managed. The hard was trying to figure out what kind of “grown up” I wanted to be and how to balance work and social life (frankly, I still struggle with that balance!). After college I came straight to New York and feel lucky to have lived here ever since. I enjoyed a successful, fulfilling career in advertising for 25+ years, married fairly late—at 33—and had two children just under the 40-year wire. My husband handled their primary care when the children were small and then we reversed roles and I took the lead when they were teenagers.

He adored the little ones and I was much better handling sassy young adults.

As I look back, we were a good match in every way. And I use the past tense because Peter died two years ago of a rare form of cancer at the age of 67. Nothing can prepare you for the upheaval that the death of your spouse causes! The first year was a blur of sadness and a jumble of organizing estate taxes and deciphering the myriad tasks that Peter had always handled. Year II, I started a renovation of our New York apartment to make it fresh—I felt I had to change it up or move. The renovation has proved a healthy distraction; that and continuing to work 2–3 days a week have kept me sane. My part time job at Columbia University is with Community Impact, which provides free adult education classes to low income adults in Manhattan. I help administer the GED and ESL programs in the community and supervise the Columbia students who provide the direct service. The job is far from lucrative, but it is quite satisfying.

I feel the skills I honed in a demanding corporate job are put to good use, and that my efforts do make a difference in the quality and consistency of the programs. I am also grateful to have my two adult children nearby and many good friends to ease the inevitable loneliness.

Forgive me for going on in such detail about widowhood coping strategies, but I thought it might be helpful if any of you find yourselves in a similar situation. My mantra has been to keep busy every day, travel lots, and stay in close touch with friends. That’s the best advice I can offer at this point—reinventing my life without Peter is still a work in progress. So sorry to have missed the reunion!

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Sarah Benson Mumford ’65’s daughter, Katie, her husband, Jimmy, and their three children, Lilly, Parker, and Wilde

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Constance Flint West I have just been in Paris and Lexington, Kentucky, babysitting my grandson while my daughter and son-in-law attended a friend’s wedding, and connected with Mimi Walker Ward ’66 and Sara Clay Branch ’66 (who happened to be cousins of the bride) for lunch. Laying plans for our 50th next year. By chance I visited with Nancy McRae Jamison ’66 the week before for a day or two at the beach on the New Hampshire shore. And I have been walking dogs with Hilary Drorbaugh-Probst ’66 in Manchester, Vermont this past month. I’ve been having a mini Chatham reunion. Looking forward to seeing everyone next year!

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Kathryn Carter Jacobs Life is good! Wayne and I have been traveling a good deal this past year and are spending the month of September filming in the south of France and in the Cinque Terre region of Italy.

Our younger daughter, Sarah, is now working for us and is editing virtual treadmill walks and cycling videos. We love seeing her every day and value her input in the family business. Our older daughter, Susan, and her husband are living and working in Columbus, Ohio, where we’ve just celebrated her 30 year remission from cancer. We were in Ohio this year for the Pelotonia, a 180mile bike ride to raise funds for cancer research at the James Cancer Center.

Susan and her husband both rode for the 5th year, and together raised over $5,000 for this 2-day epic event. I am also in training for my 6th Half Marathon this November in Wilmington.

Dianne Covey Ohlandt I am enjoying retirement in the Tampa Bay area after finishing a 33 1/2 year career as an Air Force civilian. I now have five grandchildren and enjoy seeing them either here or in Alabama where they live.

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Kathleen Arey Carroll I enjoyed being in Chatham at the end of May, and had a delightful visit with Kathi Carter Jacobs ’68, Mollie Hunt Holmes ’68, Terry Overbey Stafford ’68, Beth Parsons Harper ’67, Grace Yeatts Copeland ’66, and Alice Overbey.

Christine Robinson Secor When Jay and I first met at age 16, he showed me his first paycheck saying, “Look at what was taken out for Social Security. I will start receiving it when I retire at age 65 in June of 2015.” It seems like yesterday.

Married to each other for 43 years, we are each now retired from our busy, full, and very rewarding lives in independent education—Jay as a two school founding Head in Virginia and Tennessee, and me as search consultant. Trying to figure out

what retirement actually means for us, we know one thing for sure—it means more time for grandchildren! We have eight—six boys and two girls living in Charlotte, Nashville, and Lake Forest.

Additionally, we are very minimally involved with a new Episcopal school under design to serve the children of East Nashville. It is a school our son Ketch has gotten started and, with God’s grace, where Muffy Dent Stuart ’68’s son Harrison is the founding Head! I hope to see all of you ‘68ers at our upcoming soon 50th reunion. Again, it seems like yesterday...

Muffy Dent Stuart I continue to live in Lexington, Kentucky and enjoy seeing Lucy Williams Maish ’68 as she lives close by in Cincinnati. We enjoy Colonial Dames outings together as well as a monthly art tour at the Cincinnati Art Museum which Lucy coordinates.

Lucy, Julie Johnson ’69, and I traveled to Knoxville in April to join in a retirement celebration for Trina Robinson Secor ’68’s husband, Jay, as founding head of the Episcopal School of Knoxville. Great party and festive evening! My family has grown tremendously, as I have been given seven grands in six years!!! Son Harrison and wife Katherine (former dorm RA and weekend activities coordinator at Chatham) have just moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where he is the Founding Headmaster of the Episcopal School of Nashville. They moved with four kids, including a set of twin girls, a rambunctious lab, and lots of energy to devote to this new undertaking. Exciting as they are only 3 1/2 hours away!! Son Sandy and wife Alana live in Lexington with their three children who keep me busy and are lots of fun! Sandy is in

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Katherine Ivey Ward I guess this note is a circle of life one. My grandson, Dalton Fessenden Dana turned one on May 19, and my dad, George M. Ivey, Jr., passed away two days later on May 21at 91.

Dad’s illness was sudden, but we were all at his hospital bedside when he passed. In better news, our son Colton has taken his sustainable energy start-up company to Medellin, Colombia after living for seven years in San Francisco. Fingers crossed. Peirce and I still live in Charlotte, only about a 15 minute drive from our daughter Whitney and her family, so we get to see them almost daily.

Left: Kit Ivey Ward ’69’s dad and her grandson, Dalton, the first time her dad held him on May 24, 2014 Right: Dalton’s celebrating his first birthday party on May 19, 2015

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Left: Laura Brown Cronin ’72, Kate Johnson Nielsen ’72, Jane Garnett ’73, and Nina Johnson Botsford ’72, winners of the 20th Annual Ladies Golf Invitational at the Roaring Gap Club Middle: All the Chatham Hall alumnae who played in the member-guest golf tournament in Roaring Gap, North Carolina: Carolyn Carter Yawars ’66, Nina Johnson Botsford ’72, Elizabeth Kirk Unger ’73, Jane Garnett ’73, Laura Brown Cronin ’72, Kate Johnson Nielsen ’72, Anne Sabiston Leggett ’74 Right: Jane Preyer ’72, Jane Garnett ’73, Kate Johnson Nielsen ’72, Laura Brown Cronin ’72, Nina Johnson Botsford ’72, Elizabeth Kirk Unger ’73, Lili McKay Teigland ’72, and Gail Conrad Stanley ’73 gathered for a dinner hosted at the home of Elizabeth Kirk Unger ’73 in Roaring Gap

Thoroughbred business and Alana is a preschool teacher taking a break to raise children. I continue to coordinate a scholarship for kids whose parents work on central Kentucky Thoroughbred farms. Very fulfilling work. I play tennis and enjoy a busy life here. I am starting to think about our class reunion in 2018 and look forward to as many of us as possible gathering to catch up. Thanks to Lucy keeping us up-to-date on news, we are all in touch by email and I can’t wait for us to gather in person and share stories. Esto Perpetua, y’all.

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Charlotte Caldwell has just published a new book, Kirby’s Journal: Backyard Butterfly Magic. The North American Nature Photographers Association chose ten insect photographs from Kirby’s Journal: Backyard Butterfly Magic (University of South Carolina Press) for presentation at their 2010 Annual Summit show. The American Association for the Advancement of Science has requested that Kirby’s Journal be submitted for the 2016 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books for their Middle Grade Science Book Prize. Charlotte is also the author and photographer of Visions and Voices: Montana’s OneRoom Schoolhouses, The Cow’s Boy: The Making of a Real Cowboy, and The Cow’s Girl: The Making of a Real Cowgirl. Visit Charlotte’s website, www.

CharlotteCaldwell.com, to learn more!

Ninna Fisher Denny I visited Nellie Greene ‘70 the last weekend in May. We roared with laughter over an old joke.

It was as if we were 15 years old again.

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Camille Agricola Bowman is in the process of moving home to Alabama. She enjoyed seeing Burt Flickinger, Brooks 1971 Exchange with Chatham. They caught up on 45 years of mutual friends, history, accomplishments, and losses, and Burt left a generous check for Chatham Hall and a deep desire to be included in our future Reunions, newsletters, and events. Google Burt—he’s a very interesting financial advisor. And join me in welcoming Burt as a sorta kinda honorary classmate. Burt’s e-mail is burt@ srginsight.com. He would enjoy hearing from fellow Chatham Hall “classmates!”

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Susan Wilson Manson-Bahr I have been married to Dr. Gordon Manson-Bahr for five years. He has three sons and six grandchildren, and I have three daughters and four, about to be five, grandchildren. We are both retired and live a country life in Norfolk England, and are busy with our young and travelling the world.

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Susan Bruce Had a fabulous time at my 40th reunion this year at Chatham, which looked wonderful and vibrant. I love how friendships age and deepen with my Chatham classmates. Went on a beautiful hike recently with Kate McKay ’75 up Shrine MounSue Bruce ’75 and Julia Morris Kashkashian ’75 carving out some hiking time (Mount Sanitas) in Boulder, Colorado

Glad Schaff Markunas ’68, Janey Schaff Odell ’48, and Kate Bulkley ’77 in Michigan in July

tain near Vail. Loving my new job creating “Beyond Africa”—a portfolio of international destinations for Rothschild Safaris, a boutique award-winning luxury travel company. We specialize in wildlife and culture-oriented journeys.

Was in Ecuador in June (fabulous) and will go to Chile and Morocco this fall.

And recently saw “Stinky” the corpse flower in Denver. Convenient living next door to the Botanical Gardens. The flower was amazing.

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Cameron Keels Austin My daughter Sarah is heading to Auburn this fall to study engineering.

Would love to see friends from Chatham now that I will be an empty nester!

Hunter Estes Barrat I live right on the Shenandoah River outside of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, and thanks to my screened-in porch and kayak, as well as ability to telecommute to work several days a week, feel like I’m living in a state of semi-vacation, in the summer time, that is! I love my job as corporate editor for CSR, Inc., a small government contractor based in Arlington, Virginia. I’ve had a couple of near

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misses of getting together with fellow classmates Grace Houghton Myers ‘78 and Tish Berlin ‘78 when they visited Washington DC, but alas and alack, it was not to be—maybe next time!

Facebook has put me back in touch with several Chathamites, including an extended posting started by Melissa Hilbish ’77, and joined by many on the death of Joan Boyle. What a long strange trip that was!

Letitia Berlin My partner Frances Blaker and I got married December 30!

We’ve been together for 24 years and are happy to be legally married in all 50 states now. I’ve enjoyed seeing classmates Lala Harrison ’78, Sue Metcalf ’78, Beth Duncan Berkun ’78, Fay Freed Morlock ’77, and Alice Rodgers Alsterberg ’78 lately. Hoping to see more next year! Come visit us in the San Francisco Bay area anytime. You can reach me at tishberlin@sbcglobal.net or on Facebook.

Susan Metcalf I was fortunate to meet up with different Chatham friends this summer. There’s nothing better than a gathering of Chatham girls of all ages!

Sue Metcalf ‘78, Robin Musser Agnew ‘77, Hope Rogers Metcalf ‘38, and Babbie Metcalf ‘69 in Ann Arbor, Michigan

Tish Berlin ‘78, Beth Duncan Berkun ‘78, Kaylee Berkun ‘14, Katie Wallace, daughter of Sue Metcalf ’78, and Sue Metcalf in western Massachusetts

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Allison Sutton Fuqua Enjoyed being back at Chatham Hall for the 35th reunion in May—it was only myself and Annette Kirby ’80, so everybody plan on coming for the 40th!

Caroline is working in Charlotte and Sarah Randall recently graduated from University of South Carolina and is also living and working in Charlotte. Randy and I are still enjoying Summerfield, North Carolina and I enjoyed my first mission trip to the Yucatán in June for 10 days.

Theresa Walsh Marchioni Same stuff, different day! All four parents/grandparents continue to enjoy good health.

Our extended families are all doing well in various locations throughout the US. Bob is still working full time at the VA as well as most weekends at the local hospital. I’m still resource (per diem) at the local ER and also now in PACU and do some volunteer work with a couple local organizations.

Danny is still enjoying living and working in China. Jeff is happy to be a civilian again and is living, working, and schooling in Orlando. Bobby will be in his senior year of high school and is contemplating pursuing music full time after graduation (plan B is the Marines). Jimmy will be a junior in high school and has talked about joining the Navy once he graduates. Bob and I occasionally think about what our retirement will look like and if we will “fly” from our nest once it is empty. It is fun to think about at times, but still too soon to make any firm plans. Louisa Young McClanahan ’80 and I finally got together this past year and enjoyed some great weather and hiking at Hocking Hills, Ohio. Recreation is such an important part of life!

Louisa Young McClanahan ’80 and Terri Walsh Marchioni ’80, May 24 at Old Man’s Cave in Hocking Hills, Ohio

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Sallie Grace Tate and Ashley Dotger were married on October 25, 2014, at the Inn at Park Winters in Sallie Grace Tate ’81 and Winters, California. Ashley Dotger The ceremony was performed by our beloved Associate Pastor of the Davis Community Church (Presbyterian), Bill Habicht. After a dozen and a half years together and by the grace of God, we celebrated our love and commitment surrounded by loving friends and family. A joyous day!

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Michele Smith Beveridge Hey folks! Maybe I am getting old, or maybe I have just been too busy, but it has taken me a long time to start getting back in touch with some of my old friends from Chatham Hall! After two careers (Economics/Computer Geek), I live on St. Simons Island, Georgia and am a Realtor with Sothebys. I have twin boys who are 16 years old and a fantastic husband (Landscape Architect/now Builder). I don’t have any super recent photos, but I will send you a photo I should have sent about 10 years ago!

For a more recent photo, you will have to get in touch. Would love to hear from you if you are in the area.

Mary Elizabeth Culler Hi everyone, I don’t think I have ever submitted a class note since graduating—but always enjoy reading other classmates’ updates in the Chatham Chat. Recently there have been very few notes from our class, and so I have been inspired to write and send a recent picture. I am currently living in Birmingham, Michigan with my three kids—Jackson (13), Ainsley (11), and William (7) and my husband, Andy. I have worked for Ford Motor Company for the last 15 years primarily in government relations and moved to Michigan three years ago from the Chicago area. Andy still works for a Chicago based real estate development company and is originally from there, so we have a lot of excuses to go back and forth. Realizing that our graduation from Chatham was over 30 years ago is crazy. Please send updates.

I hope everyone is doing great—and happy belated 50th birthday to all!

Mary Culler ’83 and family

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Augusta Harrison Dunstan Hi 1984 Chathamites!! Writing in to say how fun it was to come back to Chatham for the all years reunion a few months ago. Chatham looks great!! Our family is currently in Belgrade, Serbia, where Woody is a Foreign Service Officer at the Embassy. Harrison (9) is going to the International School in Belgrade (where I hope to substitute teach in the fall). Our two girls will be in the states in school; Millie (18) will be attending Parsons School of Design and Guen (15) will be returning to Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia. I hope to make it back to Chatham for a bigger reunion!!

Sherry Thompson Hello Class of ’84. I turned 50 this year, cannot believe it. I still fly for United Airlines, 25 years now, can’t believe that either. I fly out of San Francisco to Shanghai, Hong Kong, Sydney, Paris, Singapore, all over.

I love the lifestyle and freedom. I am celebrating being 50 this year by jet setting all over the world on my days off. I fly two weeks on with two or three weeks off in a row. When I am not flying and I am off work, I will take my suitcase and pick a City or Country and just land. Similar to the movie Eat, Pray, Love. Please send me your emails and city locations. If I

land in your area, I would love to meet up. Here are some recent pictures of me celebrating worldwide being 50. My Birthday was July 4th. Photos are of me recently in Hong Kong, and Peninsula Paris having champagne. Kim is doing well and she will send her update soon.

Be safe everyone. Love, Sherry Thompson, Eurosherry@aol.com

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Sarah Collie The Network for Change and Continuous Innovation: Higher Education’s Network for Change Leadership, named Sarah Collie ’85, assistant vice president for organizational excellence at the University of Virginia, one of two 2015 Leaders of Change. Collie was recognized at the network’s annual conference in July, held in Nashville.

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Judith Duncan It was lots of fun catching up with Laura Myers Casellas ’86 in Connecticut this summer.

I am looking forward Laura Myers Casellas ’86, to moving to ConnectiKathleen Canzano, and Judy cut soon and seeing her Duncan ’86 more often. Also got to see Nini Hadjis ’89 and Lollie Hadjis ’90 at the opening of the movie Old Fashioned in Lake Placid, New York, which Nini acted in and produced.

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Left: Gussie Harrison Dunstan ’84 and husband, Woody, with children Millie, Guen, and Harrison at Millie’s Exeter High School graduation in June 2015

Bob and Terri Walsh Marchioni ’80, April 1 at Clifton Gorge, Ohio

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Nini Hadjis ’89, Judy Duncan ’86, Laura Duncan ’84, and Lollie Hadjis Hannan ’90

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Lori Palmore Heath This past year has been a very full and wonderful one for our family.

On August 12, 2014, we Brandon and Lori Palwelcomed Scarlett more Heath ’98, celebrating their 10-year wedding Caroline Heath. anniversary She joins big sister, Parker Leigh (5). On June 11th of this year, Brandon and I also celebrated our 10-year wedding anniversary. We were blessed to celebrate this milestone with a glass of wine in hand, with a celebratory trip to San Francisco and Napa Valley. All is well at our rural residence in Southeast Missouri, where the 4-legged “children” include two horses, a Shetland pony, and one very mischievous goat.

Sending much Scarlett Caroline Heath, love to the Chatham born on August 12, 2014 and Parker Leigh Hall family, especially Heath, daughters of Lori the class of 98!

Palmore Heath ’98 Dede Mante Pearson My husband, David, and I proudly announce the birth of our son, David Sargent Pearson, Jr. David was born on December 14, 2014 at 8:32 A.M. weighing 9 pounds, 9 ounces.

David Sargent Pearson, Jr., son of Dede Mante Pearson ’98

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Mari Armstrong-Hough I was so happy to have the chance to hang out with Elaine Lao Campbell ’98 and Morgan Brawley Rhodes ’99

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while teaching at Davidson College over the last year. Davidson was a big change from Tokyo; I’ve sorely missed my weekly get-togethers with Yuka Nagata ’97 and city life in general. After a brief summer stint in New York, where I got to see Cannon Hodge ’00, Jacob, Rutherford (our Great Dane mix puppy), and I are now in the midst of a move to New Haven, Connecticut, where I’m starting a training program in applied biostatistics and epidemiology at Yale. We would love to see any Chathamites living in or passing through the area!

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Cherie Bowlin Madison Alexander Conrad Madison arrived on August 12, 2015 at 11:22 a.m. He weighed 10 lbs 4 oz and was 22 inches long. Cherie, Chad, and big sister Natalie are thrilled to welcome this precious gift from God. The Madisons are enjoying living life as a family of four!

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Sarah Arnn Parrish A little overdue, but this summer my husband, Michael, and I will be celebrating the 1st birthday of our daugher, Charlotte McClure Parrish, born June 27, 2014. We have thoroughly enjoyed our first year as parents to this future member of the Purple Team!

Mary Elizabeth Wilkes I started a new job this spring and I’m now working as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker for a program with Tulane University.

Our Drop-in Center and Clinic provides a variety of services for homeless adolescents and I provide individual and group psychotherapy for the kids we serve. This position has also offered up an opportunity to do research with the University and I’ve really enjoyed the opportunity to learn more about that process.

dance. Following a honeymoon trip to Spain, Abby and Patrick have settled in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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Jordan Nyberg Ferris ’04 My husband, Matt Ferris, and I welcomed a happy and healthy baby boy on April 2, 2015!

His name is Major Anthony Ferris!

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Rebecca Jones I graduated with my Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) from North Carolina State University in May! I’m planning to stay in Raleigh for at least another two years as my significant other begins a PhD in Chemical Engineering and I pursue a residency in Poultry Health Management. If you’re in the area, give me a holler!

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Abigail Murnick Jones ¢ married Patrick Jones at Chatham Hall on June 20, 2015. Several members of the Class of 2006 including Schay Goss Barnhardt ’06, Lindsay Hockensmith ’06, Rimes McGinn Kirk ’06, Taylor McCall ’06, Elizabeth Anne McGowin ’06, Taylor Nyberg Taliaferro ’06, and Sally Norman ’06 were in atten-

Saskia Thiessen After 4.5 years in the great city of Berlin, Germany and working in the music industry, it is now time for a change—I am moving to Copenhagen, Denmark in the fall to be part of the MBA class of 2016 at Copenhagen Business School. Getting very excited and happy to hear from any alumni in that area!

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Michelle Pfeiffer Come November 2015, I will be making the move from North East, Maryland to Greensboro, North Carolina! I’ve spent

Sally Norman ’06, Elizabeth Anne McGowin ’06, Schaeffer Goss Barnhardt ’06, Taylor McCall ’06, Lindsay Hockensmith ’06, Rimes McGinn Kirk ’06, Abby Murnick Jones ’06, and Taylor Nyberg Taliaferro ’06

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Kristin Reese On August 31, my fiancé, Mike Solomon, and I welcomed our baby girl and future Turtle, Reagan Elizabeth, into the world. At a whopping 8 lbs 11 oz, she is a very

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Madison McAdams Midfielder for Sewanee Tigers Women’s Field Hockey.

Pledged Kappa Delta Sorority, following in the footsteps of Chatham Alumna Georgia O’Keeffe (Beta—Chatham Episcopal).

Reagan Elizabeth, daughter of Kristin Reese ’08

The Chatham Hall community extends its deepest sympathy to the families and friends of the following alumnae and friends of the School who have recently passed away.

Mary Hodnett Mathews ’28 died August 9, 2015.

Rebekah Shipler Myers ’36 died June 28, 2015.

Laura Chandler Marshall ’47 died April 17, 2015. She was a past member of the Alumnae Council and the Board of Trustees.

Evelyn Henry Sargeant ’37 died March 19, 2015. She is survived by her cousins Judith Ruffin Anderson ’53, Jean Ruffin Lilly ’45, and Cordelia Ruffin Richards ’47. She was predeceased by her cousisns Jane Ruffin Ayerst ’50 and Lucy Ruffin Sprague ’48.

Mary Fleming Bolduc ’48 died August 24, 2015. She was the mother of Chatham Hall alumnae Clare Bolduc Richards ’79, Eugenie Bolduc ’77, Nancy Bolduc ’72, Susan Bolduc Hunter ’71, Mary Bolduc McKeown ‘76, and was the sister of Clare Fleming Sprunt ’43.

Mary Eliza Brown Gillespie ’38 died May 3, 2015.

Anita Caine Schenck ’52 died June 18.

Marguerite Hillman Purnell ’38 died March 26, 2015. She is survived by her sister Sally Hillman Childs ’45, and was predeceased by her sister Audrey Hillman Hilliard ’43.

Abby Murnick Jones ’06 and husband, Patrick Jones

the last 3.5 years working at a large/ private residential summer camp— coordinating their off season calendar and booking rental groups. It’s been fun, but I miss the South and need a little bit of an adventure!

Kimmie Stuart Sloane ’41 died May 5, 2015. Kimmie served on the Board of Trustees from 1964-1970 and was also a member of the Alumnae Council for several years, serving as both the President and Vice President. She is survived by her sister Elizabeth Stuart Stelle ‘46 and niece Elizabeth Cary Pierson ‘71.

Elsie Hilliard Hillman ’43 died August 4, 2015.

Cynthia Blair Miller ’57 died in April 2015.

Marion Stroud Swingle ’57 died August 22, 2015. She is survived by her cousin Lynn Rosengarten Horowitz ’67.

Caroline Little ’69 died June 19, 2015.

She is survived by her sister, Ida Little ’67.

Hadley Scott ’89 died May 2, 2015.

Julie Ward Brady ’93 died September 11, 2015. She is survived by her sister Christina Ward ’96.

Mary Katherine Morrison Younger ’00 died March 16, 2015.

Edmund B. Games, husband of Elizabeth Marshall Games ’55, died March 31, 2015.

Tom Taplin, husband of Cornelia Freyer ’70, died April 25, 2015.

Elisabeth Brown, mother of Laura Brown Cronin ’72, died September 15, 2015.

Mary Granger, mother of Kathy Granger Haines ’75, died July 6, 2015, and James Granger, Kathy’s father, died September 7, 2015.

James Lewis Kirby, Jr., father of Annette Kirby ‘80, died May 7, 2015.

Walter Burch, father of Noramah Burch Marshall ’85 and husband of former faculty member and honorary alumna Dee Burch, died July 8, 2015.

Thomas Jones, husband of Monique Duncan-Jones ’93, died July 17, 2015.

Miss Joan Boyle, former English teacher and librarian, died July 11, 2015. Miss Boyle was employed at Chatham Hall from 1962–1978.

Former Chatham Hall nurse, Rachel Marie Terry Mitchell died July 22, 2015.

Tommy Thornton, husband of former staff member Betty Thornton, died June 12, 2015.

Emma Charlotte Woelfel Van Voorhis, mother of former Chatham Hall Rector Jerry Van Voorhis, died August 12, 2015.

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and withdrawn. Chatham Hall turned out to be the perfect fit for me. I was allowed to come out of my shell, and left as an extremely well-rounded and confident student. I admire Chatham Hall’s strong honor code, beautiful traditions, and dedication to single-sex education. Through my continued connection to Chatham Hall over the years, I am blessed to know that the School is going strong, and still upholds the values and traditions I love.

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I am proud to be a part of the Esto Perpetua Society.”

Annette Kirby ’80 earned her undergraduate degree at Hollins University, where she later earned a Master of Liberal Arts Study with a concentration in Studio Art in 2013. Annette lived in Roanoke, Virginia for 25 years, working with children at the Blue Ridge Autism and Achievement Center for a decade. In 2012, she moved to Bath County, Virginia, where she enjoys painting in her studio. Annette served on the Alumnae Council for 12 years, and has been a loyal supporter of the Annual Fund for 32 years.

Annette has included Chatham Hall in her estate plans, and her gift will make it possible for future girls to continue Chatham Hall’s legacy of honor, tradition, and distinction.

What is the Esto Perpetua Society? Chatham Hall welcomes into the

Esto Perpetua Society individuals who have included the School in their estate plans. If you have designated Chatham Hall as a beneficiary of your estate, retirement plan, life insurance, of other assests, you are a member! Just let us know. Esto Perpetua!

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If you would like to become a member of the Esto Perpetua Society, we would be glad to help you! For information, please contact Director of Advancement Christine Cutright Knight at 434.432.5549 or at cknight@chathamhall.org.

For online resources including eBrochures on a range of estate planning topics, visit our website at http://chathamhall.planmygift.org/.

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2014–2015 BY the NUMBERS

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Alumnae DONORS who have given to CH for FORTY or more consecutive years

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$940K

We are deeply grateful for the extraordinary philanthropic leadership of these individuals and for each of the 1,150 alumnae, parents, grandparents, teachers, staff members, and friends who give so generously to Chatham Hall.

The percentage of Board of Trustees, PAC, Alumnae Council, Faculty & Staff members who contributed to the Annual Fund

raised for unrestricted use

Nearly 800 Chatham Hall friends and family visited with our new Rector, Suzanne Walker Buck at 24 events across the country this past year

The average gift made to Chatham Hall

PURPLE DONORS vs. GOLD DONORS

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50% 63%

FIRST time Chatham Hall DONORS

Constituent Giving 9%

Parents of Alumnae

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Parents & Grandparents

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Faculty Staff & Friends

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donors who have given to the Annual Fund for FIVE YEARS or more and are CH LOYAL!

We have new Social Media members (FACEBOOK, TWITTER,

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$1.18 million

TOTAL AMOUNT RAISED IN 2014–2015 ANNUAL FUND

In 2014–2015, gifts from the Benefactors Society—a group of 240 donors who gave gifts of $1,000 or more to the Annual Fund, the endowment, and/or for other purposes—once again provided the foundation of financial support for Chatham Hall. The Benefactors Society includes five Founders Circle members and 40 Rector’s Circle members.

The following Benefactors gave gifts directed to the Endowment, to Capital Projects, and Special Gifts:

Heidi Hand Evans ’75 Sean Forbes and Gillian Lakhan P’12 Laurel Cobble Fountain ’93 Muffin Dalton Grant ’66 Mary Evelyn Guyton ’75 Mollie Hunt Holmes ’68, P’93 Martha Ann Keels ’75 Priscilla Pugh Kirkpatrick ’62 Richard Lynd Jennifer Gammill McKay ’84 Sarah Morris ’72 Frances Wallace Robertson ’73 Christine Robinson Secor ’68 Jean Armfield Sherrill ’63 Tracy and Kathy Spencer P’07, ’12 Muffy Dent Stuart ’68 Frances Sommers Wheelock ’75 Alice Blum Yoakum ’48 Sherley Young ’57

Estate of Mary M B Wilson ’65

These Benefactors have directed their gifts to the Annual Fund:

Chatham Hall Benefactors Society Founders Circle - $25,000+ Rector’s Circle - $10,000 to $24, 999 Lantern Circle - $5,000 to $9,999 Iris Circle - $1,000 to $4,999 Purple & Gold Circle for Young Alumnae 1 to 5 years - $100 to $499 6 to 15 years - $500 to $999

$1,000,000+

$100,000–$999,999

Anonymous Robin Tieken Hadley ’57 Hallie Bettcher Pettegrew ’86

$50,000–$99,999

Lisa Rosenberger Moore ’59 Janie Huntley Webster ’57

$25,000–$49,999

Estate of Janet Ketchum Grayson Whitehouse ’43 Stacey Goodwin ’83 Robin Peake Stuart ’69

$10,000–$24,999

Anonymous Nina Johnson Botsford ’72 Stuart Greene ’57 Linda Mars ’78 Estate of Kimmie Stuart Sloane ’41 Constance Flint West ’66

$5,000–$9,999

J. Belk Daughtridge P’13 Douglas and Elizabeth Goldstein P’12 Susan Gillings Gross ’98 Sally Saltonstall Willis ’58

$1,000–$4,499

Alumnae Association Anonymous (2) Fay Wilmerding Burdon ’57 Carole Robertson Coviello ’62 Mary-Stuart Day ’93 Joanna Edgell ’93

founders circle $25,000+

Jane Garnett ’73 Special Fund #6 of the Hampton Roads Community Foundation Pauline Dent Ketchum ’70 Linda Mars ’78 Penelope Perkins Wilson ’41, P’67

rector’s circle $10,000–$24,999

Anonymous Lucy McClellan Barrett ’53 Povy LaFarge Bigbee ’51, G’03, ’09, ’10, ’11 Nina Johnson Botsford ’72 Magalen Ohrstrom Bryant ’46 Katharine Bulkley ’77 Katharine Reynolds Chandler ’68 Mary W. Covey Charitable Trust, Bank of America, Trustee Katherine Cravens ’55 Laura Brown Cronin ’72 Ben and Betty Davenport Sarah Martin Finn ’74 Diana Howard Fisketjon ’78 Stacey Goodwin ’83 Polly Wheeler Guth ’44, P’70 Robin Tieken Hadley ’57 Katherine Coleman Haroldson ’75 Barbara Mallory Hathaway ’39 Channing Howe P’69 Walker Johnson Jones ’70 Sarah Monarchi Longpré ’84 John and Adrienne Mars P’78 Josephine McFadden ’57 Jennifer Gammill McKay ’84 Lillian Lineberger McKay ’48 and Hamilton W. McKay, Jr. P’72, ’75, G’10

Carol Monarchi P’84 Lisa Rosenberger Moore ’59 Katie Belk Morris ’72 Kate Johnson Nielsen ’72 Lea Cumings Parson ’44, P’65, ’68 Joan Coulter Pittman ’55 Brett and Elizabeth Rule P’16 Cynthia Lovelace Sears ’55 Christine Robinson Secor ’68 Jean Armfield Sherrill ’63 Robin Peake Stuart ’69 Michelle Thomas Supko ’02 Nevin and Dora Thomas P’02, ’04 Barbara Briggs Trimble ’39 † Xiangdong Wu and Guofeng Luo P’18

lantern circle $5,000–$9,999

J. Kermit and Glenys Birchfield P’93 Susan Fair Boyd ’51 Suzanne Walker Buck and Johnny Buck Beverly Edgell P’93 Gary and Missy Fountain Muffin Dalton Grant ’66 Alice Lineberger Harney ’56 Isabel Hooker ’43 Andrea Littman Long ’96 Eleanor Silliman Maroney ’58 Carmen Carmichael Murphy ’65 Jane Everhart Murray ’63 The Louise P. Overbey Trust Frances Wallace Robertson ’73 Wen Wang and Wei Liu P’17 Linda Witherill ’49

iris circle $1,000–$4,999

Kathelen and Daniel Amos P’07, ’12 Anonymous Joanne Shartle Anderson ’49 Boyce Lineberger Ansley ’64, P’90 Ellen Simmons Ball ’73 Ming Bao and Xingxing Ye P’17 Richard and Neely Barnhardt Katherine McKay Belk-Cook ’44, P’72 Mary Duncan Bicknell ’60 Fred and Brenda Blair P’92, ’00 Virginia Cates Bowie ’73 Mary Boy ’75 Linda Lovelace Brownrigg ’53 Theodore Bruning Anne Bryant ’67 John and Susan Buck Eleanor Burke ’86 Mary Kemp Callaway ’58 Campbell Insurance Company Kenneth and Donie Carlson ’87 P’18 Kathleen Arey Carroll ’67 Judy Carter ’63 Virginia Carter ’76

MacFarland and Margy Cates P’73, ’75, ’77 Hongsheng Chen and Wenfang Wei P’15 Jerry and Judith Clark P’04 Louise Clarke ’63 Class of 2015 Lois Hart Coleman ’46 Barbara Collie P’85 Sarah Collie ’85 Trygve Norstrand Cooley ’48 Carole Robertson Coviello ’62 Mary Hooker Crary ’45 Jenny Crisp ’81 Alice Cromer Van Lennep and Katie Van Lennep ’84 Carol Babcock Davenport ’47, P’70 Sally Dunham Davis ’50 Yuewen Deng and Li Yu P’15 Frederick B. Dent P’68, ’70 Cynthia Coe Devine ’73 Jian Ding and Yi Wang P’16 Thomas and Martha Dixon P’15 Elizabeth Slade Driscoll ’50 Patricia Noojin Dudley ’67 Mary Dunbar ’71 Sally Witt Duncan ’44 Olivia Hutchins Dunn ’53 Joanna Edgell ’93 Florence Schroeder Ervin ’58 Dale and Denise Evans P’15 Jan and Dagmar Fahr P’15 Rong Fei and Ran Liao P’16 Mary Applegate Fisher ’36, P’64 Sara Cruikshank Foster ’46 Laurel Cobble Fountain ’93 Julia Frazier ’62 Mary Freed ’86 Iris Winthrop Freeman ’53 Cornelia Freyer ’70 Stewart and Lynn Gammill P’84 John and Elizabeth Gardner P’18 Gary and Carol Gibson P’09 Sarah Dabney Gillespie ’77 Zachary and Felicia Hairston P’15 Nancy Gwathmey Harris ’50 Mary Fry Edmunds Haywood ’65 Wenbiao He and Weihong Min P’18 Douglas and Kathryn Hendrickson P’02 Betty Hessee ’70 Elsie Hilliard Hillman ’43 J. Brad and Melanie Hogg P’15 Herman and Elizabeth Hollerith P’15 Caroline Jeanes Hollingsworth ’50 Melanie Kirk Holton ’87 Lynn Rosengarten Horowitz ’67 Lydee Conway Hummel ’72 Hallam Hurt ’63 Virginia Johnson P’70, ’72 Elizabeth Lackey Johnston ’53 Jean Merritt Johnston ’62 Mary Kay Karzas ’71 Julia Morris Kashkashian ’75

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Martha Ann Keels ’75 Nancy Lee Smith Kemper ’69 Danielle Thomas Kimmel ’04 Christine Knight Katherine Hairston La Rosa ’72 Anna Lane ’72 Barbara Lane ’65 Dione and Robert Leak P’15 Bo Li and Xin Cui P’15 Ellen Childs Lovejoy ’50 Gladding Schaff Markunas ’68 Bradford Simmons Marshall ’76 Karla Hudson Martin ’02 Martha Justice Martin ’55 Robert and Mary McIver P’10 Alice Pack Melly ’52 Joanna Sperry Mockler ’51 Ann Ward Morgan ’48 Martha Givens Nicol ’70 Clare Harwood Nunes ’52 Janice Copley Obre ’67 Michael and Patricia O’Brien P’06, ‘07 Mary Norris Preyer Oglesby ’68 Erika Olson ’96 Elizabeth Peters ’81

Hallie Bettcher Pettegrew ’86 Joseph and Susan Pinyard P’15 Lillian Headley Poole ’62 Jane Preyer ’72 Margie Hastings Quinlan ’66 Billie Reynolds P’82, ’84, ’85 Michael and Donna Robertson P’15 Patricia Robinson ’70 Ellen MacVeagh Rublee ’50, P’78 Catherine Doeller Sage’80 Dennis and Cynthia Samuel P’16 Isabelle Selby ’73 Mary Shallenberger ’66 Song Shao and Xiaojing Lu P’15 Marc and Cynthia Shook P’02 Richard Simmons Bradford and Angela Sims P’15 Herk and Sherry Sims G’15 Kimmie Stuart Sloane ’41 † Kathryn Reed Smith ’45 Janet Tremaine Stanley ’68 Caroline Hartwell Stewart ’44, P’67 †

Robert and Jeanine Stewart P’15 Eugene and Kathryn Stuart P’15 James and Dianne Stuart Barbara Billings Supplee ’53 Sallie Grace Tate ’81 Natalie Farrar Theriot ’55 Richard and Christina Thomas P’15 Wissie Thompson ’58 William and Mary Tice P’15 Lucie Wray Todd ’49, P’75 Margaret Horner Walker ’58 Ross Walton P’16 Amelia Walker Ward ’66 Katharine Watson ’60 Ann Robinson Weiss ’64 Anne Wynn Weissinger ’74, P’01 Constance Flint West ’66 Nancy Hanes White ’66 Harriet Simons Williams ’48 John and Patricia Wilson P’16 Sarah Jones Winmill ’49 John and Lara Wyss P’17 Carolyn Carter Yawars ’66 Studie Johnson Young ’70 Jeffrey Zeiler ’65

purple & gold circle for young alumnae

Young Alumnae donors of $500– $999 who graduated between six and 16 years ago, and Young Alumnae donors of $100–$499 who graduated within the past five years Mary Kathryn Atkinson ’10 Schaeffer Goss Barnhardt ’06 Emma Smith Castro ’05 Victoria Fitzgerald ’13 Madeline Hicks ’10 Elizabeth Goldstein ’12

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Eleanor Pennell ’48 Anne Perkins Cabot ’47 Lynn Pixley Scott ’61 Polly Porter ’42 Mary Reed Spencer ’74 Elizabeth Reigeluth Parker ’64 Anne Rodgers Feldman ’57 Patricia Schoen Gile ’45 Mary Shallenberger ’66 Joanne Shartle Anderson ’49 Sarah Shartle Meacham ’51 Frances Sommers Wheelock ’75 Sallie Grace Tate ’81 Ann Taylor ’54 Maris Wistar Thompson ’58 Emily Todd ’75 Janet Tremaine Stanley ’68 Lisa Vilas Weismiller ’69 Courtney Vletas ’87 Lucy Webster Archie ’87 Polly Wheeler Guth ’44, P’70 Elizabeth White-Hurst ’99 Jane Wilson ’77 Sally Witt Duncan ’44 Virginia Worthington Marr ’55 Jane Yardley Amos ’59, P’91

Chatham Hall proudly inducts these donors—all of whom have given in five or more consecutive years—to the Chatham Hall Loyal Circle.

45–49 years of consecutive giving

Founded in 1996, the Esto Perpetua Society celebrates the vision and commitment of individuals who will shape Chatham Hall’s future through their estate plans. More than 106 donors have included Chatham Hall in a will or trust, or by making the School a beneficiary of life insurance or an IRA. We invite you to visit www.chathamhall.org/giving/ and click on the interactive, professionallysupported link Estate & Financial Planning for information relevant to your personal and philanthropic goals. To join the Esto Perpetua Society, contact Christine Cutright Knight at 434 432-5549 or cknight@chathamhall.org.

Janie Huntley Webster ’57 Caroline Jeanes Hollingsworth ’50 Kate Johnson Nielsen ’72 Nina Johnson Botsford ’72 Studie Johnson Young ’70 Walker Johnson Jones ’70 Mary Kay Karzas ’71 Patricia Kellogg Maddock ’77 Margaret Ker Gotz ’48 Annette Kirby ’80 w Povy LaFarge Bigbee ’51, G’03, ’09, ’10, ’11 Boyce Lineberger Ansley ’64, P’90 Jane Lineberger Huffard ’56 Lillian Lineberger McKay ’48 and Hamilton W. McKay, Jr. P’72, ’75, G’10 Andrea Littman Long ’96 Amanda Mackay Smith ’58 Barbara Mallory Hathaway ’39 Linda Mars ’78 Janey McCoy ’76 w Josephine McFadden ’57 Katherine McKay ’75, P’10 Margaret Meigs Blodget ’42, P’69 Frances Menefee Weeks ’45 Saraellen Merritt Langmann ’51 Julia Mitchener Turnipseed ’84 Katherine Norcross Wheeler ’57 Laurie Nussdorfer ’68 Lynn Painter Dillard ’56 Patricia Parshall Berger ’56 Dana Paulson Davis ’64 and William Cole Davis

The Chatham Hall Loyal Circle recognizes those alumnae, parents, teachers, staff and friends who have made a gift to the Chatham Hall Annual Fund in each of the past five or more consecutive years.

Through their loyalty and generosity they lead the way, year after year, and provide annual support for Chatham Hall’s highest priorities.

† Deceased

the esto perpetua society* Alumnae * Anonymous (7) Mary Applegate Fisher ’36, P’64 w Kathleen Arey Carroll ’67 Jennifer Austell ’82 Jenifer Barnes Garfield ‘50, P’79 Barbara Billings Supplee ’53 Mary Blodgett ’35 Anne Bryant ’67 Cynthia Bryant Parker ’61 Charlotte Caldwell ’70 Jacqueline Cannon Brown ’56 Judy Carter ’63 Elizabeth Cary Pierson ’71 Cynthia Coe Devine ’73 Joan Coulter Pittman ’55 Jane De Hart ’54 Muffy Dent Stuart ’68 Mary Dunbar ’71 Cynthia Dyer Hancock ’71 Joanna Edgell ’93 Claudia Emerson ’75 † Susan Fair Boyd ’51 Elizabeth Farmer ’64 Natalie Farrar Theriot ’55 Alison Fennelly Siragusa ’50 and Ross Siragusa P’71 Patricia R. Frederick ’57 Jennifer Gammill McKay ’84 Josephine Gilmore Bell ’57 Marguerite Hillman Purnell ’38 Mary Hooker Crary ’45

chatham hall loyal circle

parents and friends

Anonymous (2) Janice Coleman (former faculty) J. Belk Daughtridge P’13 Channing Howe P’69 Nancy Langford Carolyn E. Lecque P’88 C. Thomas and Eleanor May P’85 H. Victor Millner, Jr. P’77 Pattie R. Motley P’81, ’85 Michael and Patricia O’Brien P’06, ’07 Celeste Phelps P’09 Sara Sterling P’03 Dora Thomas P’02, ’04 Francis and Patricia West P’90, ’97

bequests and planned gift disbursements

Estate of Janet Ketchum Grayson Whitehouse ’43 Estate of Kimmie Stuart Sloane ’41 Estate of Mary M B Wilson ’65 *Alumnae appear by maiden name in the list. wNew Esto Perpetua Society Members † Deceased

Boyce Lineberger Ansley ’64, P’90 Lucy McClellan Barrett ’53 Mary Duncan Bicknell ’60 Anne Bryant ’67 Laura Lee Bullitt ’45 Anne Campbell Clement ’43, P’63 Mary Hooker Crary ’45 Katherine Cravens ’55 Barbara Townsend Crawford ’48 Audrey Sawtelle Delafield ’60 Judith Fenn Duncan ’56 P’77, ’78, ’79, ’84, ’86, G’14 Helen Dunn ’60 Joan Kurtz Ferguson ’47 Sara Cruikshank Foster ’46 Virginia Beresford Fox ’52, P’80 Cornelia Mueller Gibson ’53, P’83 Edith Gwathmey Grassi ’41 Patricia Carter Hatch ’53 Evelyn Bullitt Hausslein ’56 Helene Zimmermann Hill ’46, P’80, ’82 Elizabeth Lackey Johnston ’53 Saraellen Merritt Langmann ’51 Ellen Childs Lovejoy ’50 Martha Justice Martin ’55 Lillian Lineberger McKay ’48 and Hamilton W. McKay, Jr. P’72, ’75,G’10 Hope Rogers Metcalf ’38, P’65, ’69, ’78 Gainor Ingersoll Miller ’47 Lisa Rosenberger Moore ’59 Mary Murrill Oakes ’69 Laurene Berger Owen ’51 Lea Cumings Parson ’44, P’65, ’68 Robert Pugh P’73, ’74, ’77 Joan Dodge Rueckert ’46 Kimmie Stuart Sloane ’41 † Kathryn Reed Smith ’45 Barbara Billings Supplee ’53 Natalie Farrar Theriot ’55 Wissie Thompson ’58 Barbara Briggs Trimble ’39 † Frederica Wellington Valois ’49 Ann Staples Waldron ’57 Elisabeth Swan Weitzel ’54 Constance Flint West ’66 Eugenia Lovett West ’40 Noel Barnes Williams ’47, P’70 Penelope Perkins Wilson ’41, P’67 Margot Bell Woodwell ’53

40–44 years of consecutive giving

Joan Cass Adams ’53 Ellen Simmons Ball ’73 Jacqueline Cannon Brown ’56 Trygve Norstrand Cooley ’48 Laura Bullitt Despard ’65

Anne Foley Doucet ’49 Edith Bettle Gardner ’43 Karin Fagerburg Jackson ’50 Walker Johnson Jones ’70 John and Adrienne Mars P’78 Margaret McElroy ’59 Ann Ward Morgan ’48 Kate Johnson Nielsen ’72 Laurie Nussdorfer ’68 Janice Copley Obre ’67 Janet Lewis Peden ’69 Emma Hodge Sarosdy ’46 Diana Simrell Savory ’62 Anita Caine Schenck ’52 † Catherine Wilson Smith ’61 Joan Miller Tait ’46 Harriet Simons Williams ’48 Sally Saltonstall Willis ’58 Studie Johnson Young ’70

35–39 years of consecutive giving

Katherine McKay Belk-Cook ’44, P’72 Josephine Gilmore Bell ‘57 Beth Duncan Berkun ‘78, P’14 Sarah Robbins Bradshaw ’41 Molly Buck ’58 Fay Wilmerding Burdon ’57 Diamond Paper Company, Inc. Richard Dixon Sally Witt Duncan ’44 Jenifer Barnes Garfield ’50, P’79 Jane Garnett ’73 Elsie Hilliard Hillman ’43 Mary Griswold Horrigan ’50 Gail Lassiter Malin ’53 Pamela Mayer ’74 Ann Cochran McCandless ‘51 William Mellen P’80, ‘81 H. Victor Millner, Jr. P’77 Katie Belk Morris ‘72 Mary Norris Preyer Oglesby ’68 Talmadge Ragan ’69 Alice Flint Roe ’63 Wanda Scearce Alison Fennelly Siragusa ’50, P’71 Emily Todd ’75 Margaret Horner Walker ’58 Marney Ault Wasserman ’67

30–34 years of consecutive giving

Jane Yardley Amos ’59, P’91 Bradie Barr ’81 Louise Clarke ’63 Karrick Scott Collins ’70 Ethel Hix Darrell ’41 Susan Towers Dennard ’72 Stuart Greene ’57

Nancy Gwathmey Harris ’50 Henry and Margaret Hurt P’93 Mary Kay Karzas ’71 Caroline Stewart Lacey ’67 Bradford Simmons Marshall ’76 Caroline Young Moore ’54 Sally Reese Pryor ’50 Shelby Elliott Roberts ’55 Christine Robinson Secor ’68 Jean Armfield Sherrill ’63 Katharine Hobson Sturtevant ’37 Sallie Grace Tate ’81 Janie Huntley Webster ’57 Frances Menefee Weeks ’45 Katherine Norcross Wheeler ’57 Donald Wood P’96 Sherley Young ’57

25–29 years of consecutive giving

Nina Johnson Botsford ’72 Alida Bryant ’76 Eleanor Burke ’86 Louanna Owens Carlin ’55 Edith Patterson Cates ’66, P’96 Katherine Lee Cole ’64 Mary Bilecky Drimer ’86 Elizabeth Slade Driscoll ’50 Olivia Hutchins Dunn ’53 Aubrey and Elayne Edwards P’89, ’91 Stacey Goodwin ’83 Martha Blankarn Halsey ’47, P’70 Barbara Mallory Hathaway ’39 Isabel Hooker ’43 Annette Kirby ’80 Barbara Lane ’65 Page Nelson Loeser ’58 Margaret Payne Mahoney ’65 Mary Speer Marr ’39 Linda Mars ’78 Allen Craig Mears ’58 Ron Merricks P’02 Marion Benson Miller ’60 Janet Freed Rosser ’80 Belinda Thornton Ruelle ’85 Richard Simmons Mary Blair Simmons ’54, P’77 Muffy Dent Stuart ’68 Lillian McKay Teigland ‘’72 Mary Bell Timberlake ’63 Margaret Ryburn Topping ’48 Elizabeth Peters Turner ’54 Elizabeth Kirk Unger ’73 Tammy Waters P’14

20–24 years of consecutive giving

Sally Thacher Amory ’43 Joanne Shartle Anderson ’49

Judith Ruffin Anderson ’53 Anonymous Florence Hunter Ault ’46, P’72, ’75, G’04, ’06 Povy LaFarge Bigbee ’51, G’03, ’09, ’10, ’11 Mary Bilecky P’86 Burleigh Vette Blust ’58 Martha Stevens Brown ’73 Katharine Bulkley P’77 Virginia Carter ’76 Lee Stuart Cochran ’42 Maura Smith Collins ’67, P’06 Carol Babcock Davenport ’47, P’70 Leila McConnell Daw ’58 Deborah Detchon Dodds ’61 Mary White English ’69 Nancy Evans Gruner ’47 Polly Wheeler Guth ’44, P’70 Samuel Hairston P’70, ’72, ’73 H. Winston and Betty Holt Channing Howe P’69 Kathryn Carter Jacobs ’68 Martha Ann Keels ’75 Pauline Dent Ketchum ’70 Catherine LaDuke Eleanore Lee ’60 Sarah Monarchi Longpré ’84 Martha Patterson Martens ’57 Susan Elder Martin ’53 Doris Beasley Martin ’48, P’74 Janey McCoy ’76 Joan Houston McCulloch ’46 Elizabeth Blanton McHargue ’55 Jennifer Gammill McKay ’84 Meriwether-Godsey, Inc. Caroline Ramsay Merriam ’54 Prudence Lowe Miller ’50 Joanna Sperry Mockler ’51 Kerrington Ramsey Molhoek ’93 Sherri Murphy P’99 Martha Snowdon North ’49 Hallie Bettcher Pettegrew ’86 Joan Coulter Pittman ’55 Anne Lee Reath ’45 Lisa Richmond ’84 Kent Brain Rogers ’51 Kenneth and Susan Sommerkamp P’90 Anna Lineberger Stanley ’58 Robin Peake Stuart ’69 Anne Osborne Swain ’48, P’70 Mary McChesney Ten Eyck ’45 Judith Turben Walrath ’54 Nancy Hanes White ’66 Sarah Jones Winmill ’49

15–19 years of consecutive giving Carol Culver Bitting ’56 Susan Fair Boyd ’51 Kathleen Herty Brown ’50

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Theodore Bruning Katharine Bulkley ’77 Walter †and Dee Burch P’85 Anne Burling ’55 Alison Wright Cameron ’52 Kathleen Arey Carroll ’67 Susan McKnew Caskin ’44 Sally Hillman Childs ’45 Mary Fox Church ’48 Sarah Collie ’85 Mary Allen Cox ’61 Virginia Thornton Craley ’57 Laura Brown Cronin ’72 Margaret Reeder Crosbie ’60 Ben and Betty Davenport Dana Paulson Davis ’64 Mary-Stuart Day ’93 Harriett Dayton ’50 Andrea Dedmon ’00 Frederick B. Dent P’68, ’70 Josephine Noel Dietz ’56 Bonnie Dodson Mary Dunbar ’71 Mary Edmonds Lucy Holmes Erwin ’93 Hilda Farmer P’81 Sarah Martin Finn ’74 Laurel Cobble Fountain ’93 Mary Freed ’86 M.E. Freeman ’70 Cornelia Freyer ’70 Susan Overbey Funderburk ’63 Allison Sutton Fuqua ’80 Elizabeth Marshall Games ’55 Stewart and Lynn Gammill P’84 Wanda Gammon Sarah Dabney Gillespie ’77 Shirley Grange ’62 Kathryn Granger Haines ’75 Robin Hanes ’73 Katherine Coleman Haroldson ’75 Mary Fry Edmunds Haywood ’65 Mary Fishburne Heuchert ’59 Caroline Jeanes Hollingsworth ’50 Mollie Hunt Holmes ’68, P’93 Susan Farwell Houston ’65 Hope Metcalf Johnston ’65 Sian Jones ’84 Nancy Olmsted Kaehr ’56 Kyle and Pam Kahuda Julia Morris Kashkashian ’75 Stephanie Dozier Kirkman ’83 Priscilla Pugh Kirkpatrick ’62 Starlet Lemon Jean Ruffin Lilly ’45 David Lyle Isabel Merrill Lyndon ’57 Mary Pugh Manning ’74 Virginia Worthington Marr ’55 Nina Tabor Martin ’65 Josephine McFadden ’57 Carol Monarchi P’84 Jean Connelly Mooney ’53 Pattie Motley P’81, ’85 Jane Everhart Murray ’63 Harriett Sayre Noyes ’41 Clare Harwood Nunes ’52 Jane Schaff Odell ’48 Phyllis Statter Oxman ’64 Lee Porter Page ’59 Elizabeth Reigeluth Parker ’64 Elizabeth Peters ’81 Jane Preyer ’72 Charles and Betty Prouty P’88 Sarah Belden Ravndal ’61 Judy Treppendahl Robinson ’62 Ellen Day Ross ’57 Kristin Caldwell Schad ’73 Tyler Norman Scott ’75 J. Glenn and Alice Shelton P’79, ’81

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Diana Simonds ’72 R. Alan Spearman Terry Overbey Stafford ’68 Caroline Hartwell Stewart ’44, P’67 † Doris Silliman Stockly ’53 Ann Taylor ’54 Ann Hoxton Taylor ’64 Nevin and Dora Thomas P’02, ’04 Molly Thomas P’06, ’08 Sara Thompson Catherine Van Rensselaer Townsend ’49 Joan Chickering Volberg ’51 Marcia Pyle Welch ’56 Frances Sommers Wheelock ’75 Jane Wilson ’77 Susan Wright ’83

10–14 years of consecutive giving

Jane Allen ’00 Kathelen and Daniel Amos P’07, ’12 Margaret Dayton Ankeny ’51 Ann Woolfolk Austin ’54 Priscilla Wade Belsinger ’67 Cheryl Bentley ’83 Amy Blair Joday Litton Blevins ’56 Sara Clay Branch ’66 Susan Bruce ’75 Magalen Ohrstrom Bryant ’46 Charlotte Caldwell ’70 David and Barbara Caldwell P’06 Mary Kemp Callaway ’58 Jerry and Judith Clark P’04 Lois Hart Coleman ’46 Barbara Collie P’85 Carole Robertson Coviello ’62 Jane Webb Crawford ’63 Alan Crowe ’99 Margaret Cushing ’59 Carolyn Borders Danforth ’52 Sara Love Downey ’53 Eleanor Owens Earle ’46, P’79 Beverly Edgell P’93 Pace Cooke Emmons ’77, P’14 Jean Clark Eysenbach ’49 Gary and Missy Fountain Kathleen Horne Graff ’50 James and Mary Granger P’75 Anne Clement Haddad ’63 Robin Tieken Hadley ’57 Shannon Hinderliter Hembree ’91 Douglas and Kathryn Hendrickson P’02 Cynthia Murray Henriques ’50, P’73 Anne Blodget Holberton ’69 Paul Hough and Ingrid Nelson P’99, ’10 Abigail Haymes Ibarra ’04 Kim Jackson Mary Lyman Scott Jackson ’75 Virginia Johnson P’70, ’72 Julia Johnson ’69 Dana Nossaman Keilman ’87 Donna Vroman Kreidler ’54 Anna Lane ’72 Sarah Lannom ’05 Ada Long ’63 Andrea Littman Long ’96 Sidney Lovett Nuna Washburn MacDonald ‘62 Priscilla Mapes Maresi ’59 Eleanor Silliman Maroney ’58 Norman and Vivian McGowin P’06 Tanya Mahdi McMain ’96 Alice Pack Melly ’52 Sue Wolf Moore ’56 Sarah Morris ’72 Sheppard Morrison P’10 Caroline Nichols ’76 Betsy Kenney O’Brien ’53

Thomas and Jane O’Neill P’98 Susan Embree Parker ’55 Caroline Ives Pearce ’76 Polly Porter ’42 Rebecca Roberts ’58 Frances Wallace Robertson ’73 Anna Robinson ’93 Mary Katherine Evans Rordam ’03 Ellen MacVeagh Rublee ’50, P’78 Catherine Doeller Sage ’80 Margaret Malloy Sanders ’71 Karin Schutjer ’83 Mary Shallenberger ’66 Nancy Comer Shuford ’64 Margaret Perkins Sise ’67 Lizette Smith ’71 Audrey Warner Speer ’64 Penelope Stout Strakhov ’65 Michelle Thomas Supko ’02 Richard and Nancy Tebeau P’08, ’13 Margery Hobson Thomas ’44 Elizabeth Towers P’09 C. Jane Van Landingham ’62 Jerry and Lockett Van Voorhis P’94 Nancy Evans Wahmhoff ’89 Virginia Willson Welch ’63 Linda Witherill ’49 James H. Wright Sarah Yardley ’66 Carolyn Carter Yawars ’66

5–9 years of consecutive giving

William and Darnell Abbott P’14 James and Maria Allen P’00 Anonymous (2) Margaretta Gallagher Archie ’78 Victor and Bonnie Ardito P’94 Emily Arents ’59 Mari Armstrong-Hough ’99 Mary Kathryn Atkinson ’10 Taylor Hall Bandyke ’98 Schaeffer Goss Barnhardt ’06 Susan Dwelle Baxter ’60 Elizabeth Todd Beall ’86 F. Matthews and Beth Bigbee P’10 Lee Sullivan Born ’52 Anne Hathaway Bowes ’63 Virginia Cates Bowie ’73 Mary Boy ’75 Sarah Boy ’64 Amanda Brady ’84 Marian Bray ’66 Laura Mascharka Brucker ’88 Anne Bryant P’61, ’62, ’67, ’76 Betty Gullatt Budlong ’54 Howard and Patricia Burkart P’92 Lisa Burton ’78 Campbell Insurance Company Judy Carter ’63 Emma Smith Castro ’05 Ansley Chapman Cella ’91 Sallie Wise Chaballier ’72 Katharine Reynolds Chandler ’68 Susan Beekman Clough ’63 Marcie Cobble P’93, ’96 Adele Cornwall ’10 Jenny Crisp ’81 Mary Walton Curley ’42 J. Belk Daughtridge P’13 Lelan Dunavant Davidson ’05 Mary Wolcott Davis ’69 Amy Davis Molly Davis ’79 Karen Dedmon P’00 Ninna Fisher Denny ’70 Thomas and Martha Dixon P’15 Patricia Noojin Dudley ’67 Judith Duncan ’86

Florence Schroeder Ervin ‘58 Heidi Hand Evans ’75 Virginia Evans ’07 Jordan Nyberg Ferris ’04 Irene Darden Field ’56 Venita Fields ’71 Sean Forbes and Gillian Lakhan P’12 Iris Winthrop Freeman ’53 Angela Winthrop Getchell ’54 Gary and Carol Gibson P’09 Paul and Robin Giddings P’99, ’00, ’03 Patricia Schoen Gile ’45 Margaret Worthington Gilson ’59 Douglas and Elizabeth Goldstein P’12 Helen Dempwolf Goodhue ’46 Martha Griswold Susan Gillings Gross ’98 Judy Currie Hamilton ’87 Louise Towers Hardage ’69 Martha Bacon Hartfiel ’47 Emily Blair Harvey ’93 Custis Preston Haynes ’50 Joanna Caldwell Henderson ’06 Betty Hessee ’70 Charles Hickox, Jr. Jennifer Hiltwine Florence Hines ’80 Jennifer Hinson ’03 Mary Tiedeman Hoagland ’42 Lynn Rosengarten Horowitz ’67 Mary Norman Huguley ’68 Grace Hwang ’10 Robert and Sandra Jackson P’98 Jean Merritt Johnston ’62 Debbie Humphreys Jones ’67 Kate Lynn Jones ’90 Sarah Bugbee Keidel Maibeth Deas Keith ’98 Warren Kelleher Jane Fuller Killough ’72 Danielle Thomas Kimmel ’04 Marion Jones Kingsford ’45 Linder Laffitte P’14 Elizabeth Landes ’69 Frances Johnson Lee-Vandell ’60 P’86 G’12 Andrea Cannon Little ’93 Tracy Bartlett Lively ’84, P’16 Mary Austin Lowery ’60 Jill Sedlmayr MacMillan ’66 Lucy Williams Maish ’68, P’97 Laura Rand Matheny ’06 Elizabeth Anne McGowin ’06 Robert and Mary McIver P’10 Laird McIver ’10 Laura Anne Roquemore McLaurin ’05 Arthur and Sandy Meister P’99 Christine Meyer ’03 Polly Mingledorff ’09 Eleanore Morgan Moran ’58 Don Morley Susan Morley Mary MrDutt ’04 Jessica Bell Nicholson ’67 Sara Norman ’06 Jean Northington ’70 Maggie Oakes ’08 Ann O’Brien ’07 Michael and Patricia O’Brien P’06, ’07 Josephine Cornwell Parman ’52 Sarah Arnn Parrish ’03 Carlotta Hellier Parsons ’55 Eleanor Pennell ’48 Denny Fowler Pierce-Grove ’60 Sally Whately-Smith Pilkington ’66 Mary Catherine Sours Plaster ’53, G’97, ’00 Lillian Headley Poole ’62 Tamara Pottker ’83 Margaret Bullitt Pough ’58 Margie Hastings Quinlan ’66 William and Kimberly Rand P’06

Jane Clark Reeder ’53 Kristin Reese ’08 Mary Reynolds ’84 Virginia Wulsin Roberts ’69 Virginia Plews Robey ’48, P’80 Katherine McLean Ryan ’98 Jane Carney Scully ’61 Susan Shelton ’79 Marc and Cynthia Shook P’02 Lindsay Shook ’02 Laura Spencer ’07

Mary Reed Spencer ’74 Jane Allen Street ’62 Trish Blackwell Synan ’01 Taylor Nyberg Taliaferro ’06 Cassidy Tebeau ’13 John Thorndike Theresa Cass Turko ’61 Sandra Turnbull ’07 John and Kathleen Turnbull P’07 Kenneth Tyburski Lorena Vega ’06

Paul and Marguerite Vosteen P’13, ’14 Ava Ann Vrooman ’93 John Wallace P’73 Elizabeth Walter-Echols ’60 Katharine Watson ’60 Maureen Webb Janet Holley Wegner ’64 Lisa Vilas Weismiller ’69 Anne Wynn Weissinger ’74, P’01 Elizabeth White-Hurst ’99 Lynn Kitson Williams ’66, P’91

Laura Willoughby ’87 Pauline Harrison Winans Finn ’43 Jonathan and Rebecca Winebrenner P’12 Helen Gregory Wise ’63 Frank and Paige Wiseman P’12 D. Oliver and Mary Semmes Wright P’87 Alice Blum Yoakum ’48

endowed funds

The Chatham Hall family of supporters has established a variety of funds that support the School’s endowment, valued at $58,103,856 on June 30th, 2015. These endowed funds provide both annual income for the School and support for specific program areas, including: Scholarships, Student Support, Faculty & Staff Support, Academic and Awards, Guest Speakers & Concerts, Library, Maintenance, Chapel, and Technology.

Unlike annual gifts, which cover yearly operating expenses, endowed funds provide long-term financial support to assist with Chatham Hall’s fiscal needs, as noted in each fund’s description.

This year Chatham Hall celebrates the addition of four newly endowed funds to its portfolio.

The Hallie Bettcher Pettegrew ’86 Unrestricted Endowment With gratitude to her father, Laurence

Chatham Hall curriculum by engaging students, and the

Bettcher, and in recognition of her Chatham Hall education-

larger Chatham Hall community, in a hands-on learning

al experience, Hallie Bettcher Pettegrew ’86 established

experience and dialogue with a notable author from a

this fund for the benefit of the School with no restrictions.

variety of genres and modes of literature: poets, short

Headquartered in Birmingham, Ohio, Bettcher Industries,

story, fiction, and nonfiction writers. Each guest writer

The Writer in Residence Program enhances the

Inc. was founded by Louis A. Bettcher in 1944 in the meat-

spends two or three days on campus, gives a public read-

packing district on Cleveland’s West Side. Bettcher Indus-

ing, teaches classes, hosts writing workshops, and meets

tries, Inc. is a supplier of meat trimmers and cutting products

students, faculty, and community members.

with subsidiaries and operations in Western and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Asia. In 2014, Bettcher

Contributions to this fund are invited. Please contact

Industries completed a transition to 100% ESOP company.

Christine Cutright Knight, Director of Advancement

In addition to this endowment gift, Hallie has created

434-432-2900 or cknight@chathamhall.org.

the Pettegrew Renovation Fund for the renovation and beautification of public spaces.

The John Henry Waller Scholarship was established in honor of John Henry Waller, a longtime employee of

The Claudia Emerson ’75 Writer In Residence Endowed Fund The Class of 1975 has provided seed

Chatham Hall. The Scholarship benefits eligible students

money to name the Writer In Residence program in mem-

County, North Carolina.

from the greater Chatham area and extends into Caswell

ory of their classmate, Claudia Emerson. Claudia Emerson was a native of Chatham, a member of the Class of 1975,

The Mary B. Wilson ’65 Endowed Fund was

former Dean and English teacher at Chatham Hall. Claudia

established with a gift from the Estate of Mary B. Wilson

Emerson was a Pulitzer Prize winning author and former

’65. The Library Commons was named in recognition of

Poet Laureate of Virginia.

this gift.

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alumnae giving We are most grateful to our dedicated Alumnae who honor Chatham Hall by their continued connection and financial support of the School. The following lists include donors to all funds at Chatham Hall. Alumnae are listed by class year and alphabetical by maiden name.

Overall Alumnae Participation: 34% | Young Alumnae Participation (Classes 1999–2014): 26% Alumnae Co-Chairs: Joanna Edgell ’93 and Jane Everhart Murray ’63 Honorary Alumna

Dee Burch C Ashby Cothran Alice Cromer Van Lennep B Melissa Evans Fountain B C Alice Overbey Dora Thomas B C Lockett Van Voorhis C

1936 100%

Mary Applegate Fisher E B

1937 67%

Mary Dykema McGuire Katharine Hobson Sturtevant E B C

1938 100%

Hope Rogers Metcalf C

1939 56%

Barbara Briggs Trimble † B C Frances Grimball Maclean Elizabeth Lasell Whipple† Barbara Mallory Hathaway E B C Mary Speer Marr C

1940 ¡ 67%

Barbara Johnson Suddath Eugenia Lovett West C Anne Meigs Larkin Farley Walton Whetzel

1941 55%

Edith Gwathmey Grassi C Ethel Hix Darrell C Penelope Perkins Wilson B C Sarah Robbins Bradshaw C Harriett Sayre Noyes C Kimmie Stuart Sloane † B C

1942 29%

Polly Porter E C Lee Stuart Cochran C Mary Tiedeman Hoagland C Mary Walton Curley C

1943 44%

Patricia Anderson Dolan Edith Bettle Gardner C Anne Campbell Clement C Pauline Harrison Winans Finn C Elsie Hilliard Hillman B C Isabel Hooker B C Sally Thacher Amory C

1944 38%

Anonymous Lea Cumings Parson B C Caroline Hartwell Stewart † B C Margery Hobson Thomas C Katherine McKay Belk-Cook B C Susan McKnew Caskin C Polly Wheeler Guth E B C Sally Witt Duncan E B C

1945 ¡ 50%

Diana Beebe Richardson Sally Hillman Childs C Mary Hooker Crary E B C Marion Jones Kingsford C Laura Lee Bullitt C Anne Lee Reath C Mary McChesney Ten Eyck C Frances Menefee Weeks E C Margaret Murray Baldrige Kathryn Reed Smith B C Jean Ruffin Lilly C Patricia Schoen Gile E C Carolyn Vreeland Le Boutillier

1946 48%

Sara Cruikshank Foster B C Helen Dempwolf Goodhue C Joan Dodge Rueckert C Alison Erskine Farrar Lois Hart Coleman B C Emma Hodge Sarosdy C Joan Houston McCulloch C Florence Hunter Ault C Mary Lee Muromcew Joan Miller Tait C Magalen Ohrstrom Bryant B C Patricia Osborne Smith Eleanor Owens Earle C Helene Zimmermann Hill C

1947 67%

Anonymous C Mervyn Adams Seldon Carol Babcock Davenport B C Martha Bacon Hartfiel C Noel Barnes Williams C Martha Blankarn Halsey C Nancy Evans Gruner C Hester Fogg Saxon Cecily Hogg Morrow Gainor Ingersoll Miller C Joan Kurtz Ferguson C Anne Perkins Cabot E Cordelia Ruffin Richards Eleanore Walton Bequaert

1948 44%

Doris Beasley Martin C Alice Blum Yoakum B C Mary Fox Church C

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Lillian Lineberger McKay E B C Jane-Kerin Moffat Trygve Norstrand Cooley B C Anne Osborne Swain C Eleanor Pennell E C Virginia Plews Robey C Margaret Ryburn Topping C Jane Schaff Odell C Harriet Simons Williams B C Barbara Townsend Crawford C Ann Ward Morgan B C

1949 43%

Jean Clark Eysenbach C Anne Foley Doucet C Patsy Hardie Forrest Sarah Jones Winmill B C Elisabeth McGinty Laigle Joanne Shartle Anderson E B C Martha Snowdon North C Ann Trowbridge Richter Catherine Van Rensselaer Townsend C Frederica Wellington Valois C Linda Witherill B C Lucie Wray Todd C

1950 ¡ 53%

Jenifer Barnes Garfield E C Ellen Childs Lovejoy B C Harriett Dayton C Sally Dunham Davis B Elizabeth Evans Karin Fagerburg Jackson C Alison Fennelly Siragusa E C Louise Gilliam Hopkins Mary Griswold Horrigan C Nancy Gwathmey Harris B C Kathleen Herty Brown C Kathleen Horne Graff C Caroline Jeanes Hollingsworth E B C Margaret Johnson Lee Prudence Lowe Miller C Ellen MacVeagh Rublee B C Cynthia Murray Henriques C Custis Preston Haynes C Sally Reese Pryor C Elizabeth Slade Driscoll B C

1951 36%

Laurene Berger Owen C Kent Brain Rogers C Joan Chickering Volberg C Ann Cochran McCandless C Margaret Dayton Ankeny C Susan Fair Boyd E B C Povy LaFarge Bigbee E B C Saraellen Merritt Langmann E C Christina Sawtelle Teale Joanna Sperry Mockler B C

1952 41%

Virginia Beresford Fox C Carolyn Borders Danforth C Anita Caine Schenck † C Josephine Cornwell Parman C Clare Harwood Nunes B C Ann Kirkpatrick Runnette Alice Pack Melly B C Alison Ruder Thomas Lee Sullivan Born C Mary Webster Kampf Alison Wright Cameron C

1953 66%

Cecily Allen Mermann Margot Bell Woodwell C Barbara Billings Supplee E B C Anne Bourne Rose Patricia Carter Hatch C Joan Cass Adams C Jane Clark Reeder C Jean Connelly Mooney C Susan Elder Martin C Olivia Hutchins Dunn B C Betsy Kenney O’Brien C Elizabeth Lackey Johnston B C Gail Lassiter Malin C Sara Love Downey C Linda Lovelace Brownrigg B Lucy McClellan Barrett B C Cornelia Mueller Gibson C Judith Ruffin Anderson C Doris Silliman Stockly C Mary Catherine Sours Plaster C Iris Winthrop Freeman B C

1954 36%

Mary Blair Simmons C Sandra Butler Gardner Betty Gullatt Budlong C Elizabeth Jefferys Dees Elizabeth Peters Turner C Caroline Ramsay Merriam C Janet Sawtelle Houghton E Esto Perpetua Society members are individuals who have included Chatham Hall in their estate plans.

B Benefactors Society members are donors who contribute $1,000+ to the Annual Fund or for other purposes.

C CH Loyal members are donors who contribute 5+ consecutive years to the Annual Fund or other purposes. † Deceased Classes that celebrated Reunion ¡ in 2015

Elisabeth Swan Weitzel C Ann Taylor E C Judith Turben Walrath C Donna Vroman Kreidler C Angela Winthrop Getchell C Ann Woolfolk Austin C Caroline Young Moore C

1955 ¡ 35%

Elizabeth Blanton McHargue C Anne Burling C Alexandra Comstock Dane Joan Coulter Pittman E B C Katherine Cravens B C Shelby Elliott Roberts C Susan Embree Parker C Natalie Farrar Theriot E B C Carlotta Hellier Parsons C Martha Justice Martin B C Cynthia Lovelace Sears C Elizabeth Marshall Games C Louanna Owens Carlin C Virginia Worthington Marr E C

1956 52%

Doris Balkcom Keen Evelyn Bullitt Hausslein C Jacqueline Cannon Brown E C Carol Culver Bitting C Irene Darden Field C Judith Fenn Duncan C Dina Kauders Leonard Alice Lineberger Harney B Jane Lineberger Huffard E Joday Litton Blevins C Dandridge Logan Ince Dorothy Mallan Fullerton Josephine Noel Dietz C Nancy Olmsted Kaehr C Lynn Painter Dillard E Marcia Pyle Welch C Sue Wolf Moore C

1957 55%

Sally Bramstedt Richards Ellen Day Ross C Sharon Ellis Miller Josephine Gilmore Bell E C Stuart Greene B C Diane Heiskell Schetky Janie Huntley Webster E B C Josephine McFadden E B C Isabel Merrill Lyndon C Martha Moffitt Carlstrom Katherine Norcross Wheeler E C Martha Patterson Martens C Anne Rodgers Feldman E Virginia Shuford Yates Ann Staples Waldron C Virginia Thornton Craley C Robin Tieken Hadley B C Alice Williams Vining Fay Wilmerding Burdon B C Sherley Young B C

1958 51%

Gray Baird Ethel Baskerville Powell Molly Buck C Margaret Bullitt Pough C Jane Clark Warren Allen Craig Mears C Margaret Horner Walker B C Mary Kemp Callaway B C Anna Lineberger Stanley C Amanda Mackay Smith E Leila McConnell Daw C Eleanore Morgan Moran C

Page Nelson Loeser C Rebecca Roberts C Sally Saltonstall Willis B C Florence Schroeder Ervin B C Eleanor Silliman Maroney B C Anne Smith Paul Wissie Thompson E B C Burleigh Vette Blust C

1959 37%

Helen Anderson Shaw Emily Arents C Margaret Cushing C Helen Eggleston Bellas Mary Fishburne Heuchert C Maria Gallagher Truslow Priscilla Mapes Maresi C Margaret McElroy C Barbara McMillan Lee Porter Page C Lisa Rosenberger Moore B C Margaret Worthington Gilson C Jane Yardley Amos E C

1960 ¡ 46%

Mary Austin Lowery C Marion Benson Miller C Marjorie Canby Lallemand Simone Crockett Mary Duncan Bicknell B C Helen Dunn C Susan Dwelle Baxter C Elizabeth Walter-Echols C Denny Fowler Pierce-Grove C Susan Huntington Fisher Frances Johnson Lee-Vandell C Jo Alice Laughlin Kelly Eleanore Lee C Margaret Lloyd Keuler Adelaide McKenzie Moss Sharon Rafferty Patterson Margaret Reeder Crosbie C Audrey Sawtelle Delafield C Molly Taylor Pope Katharine Watson B C Lucy Wise Iliff Eliza Wolcott Morehead

1961 29%

Mary Allen Cox C Sarah Belden Ravndal C Jane Carney Scully C Theresa Cass Turko C Deborah Detchon Dodds C Josephine Fisher de Give Sandy Maxson Shalleck Rebecca Robinson Preston Sarah Ellen Tredway Webster Catherine Wilson Smith C

1962 41%

Jane Allen Street C Rose Bryant Woodard Olivia Cheever Jo Rainey Evans Tisdale Julia Frazier B Holly Fry McGowan Shirley Grange C Lillian Headley Poole B C Jean Merritt Johnston B C Louise Potts Thibodaux Priscilla Pugh Kirkpatrick B C Carole Robertson Coviello B C Diana Simrell Savory C Judy Treppendahl Robinson C C. Jane Van Landingham C Nuna Washburn MacDonald C

1963 45%

Jean Armfield Sherrill B C Susan Beekman Clough C Mary Bell Timberlake C Judy Carter E B C Louise Clarke B C Anne Clement Haddad C Jane Everhart Murray B C Leslie Fenn Gershon Alice Flint Roe C Charlotte Gignoux Dwyer Helen Gregory Wise C Anne Hathaway Bowes C Hallam Hurt B Ada Long C Gwynne Macrae Pfeifer Susan Overbey Funderburk C Dicke Tredway Sloop Jane Webb Crawford C Virginia Willson Welch C

1964 46%

Josephine Bayard Sarah Boy C Nancy Comer Shuford C Anne Dickerson Elizabeth Farmer E Janet Holley Wegner C Dorothy Howard Verney Ann Hoxton Taylor C Katherine Lee Cole C Boyce Lineberger Ansley E B C Dana Paulson Davis E C Elizabeth Reigeluth Parker E C Joan Richardson Doty Ann Robinson Weiss B Phyllis Statter Oxman C Julia Suddath Mahala Tillinghast Beams Audrey Warner Speer C Paula Wright Lipman

1965 ¡ 53%

Sarah Benson Mumford Christina Boben Orr-Cahall Holly Bowles Blanton Rachel Boyd Suzanne Branch Laura Bullitt Despard C Carmen Carmichael Murphy B Julie Clark Goodyear Caroline Cochran Boynton Anita de Braganca Stockbridge Mary Fry Edmunds Haywood B C Susan Farwell Houston C Helen Howard Kate Kuhlke Orlowsky Barbara Lane B C Anne Lanier Marian Larkin Sally Lindsley Kroll Hope Metcalf Johnston C Catherine Michael Quainton Margaret Payne Mahoney C Kate Perkins Hartsfield Lisa Schmid Halpin Penelope Stout Strakhov C Nina Tabor Martin C Pamela Wade Latta Jeffrey Zeiler B

1966 45%

Anonymous Marian Bray C Carolyn Carter Yawars B C Sara Clay Branch C Martha Currie Green Muffin Dalton Grant B

OVERALL DECADE PARTICIPATION % 1930s 64% 1940s 47% 1950s 46% 1960s 42% 1970s 29%

1980s 27% 1990s 18% 2000s 28% 2010s 23% Florence Farwell Schmidt Constance Flint West B C Katherine Hallowell Noyes Nancy Hanes White B C Margie Hastings Quinlan B C Lynn Kitson Williams C Laura Moore Buddine Edith Patterson Cates C Jill Sedlmayr MacMillan C Mary Shallenberger E B C Ann Lee Stephens Sarpy Mary Lynn Thomas Van Wyck Jane Upson Hubbard Amelia Walker Ward B Sally Whately-Smith Pilkington C Elizabeth Whitehead George Sarah Yardley C

1967 42%

Kathleen Arey Carroll E B C Marney Ault Wasserman C Jessica Bell Nicholson C Anne Bryant E B C Georgia Cadwalader Bennett Janice Copley Obre B C Debbie Humphreys Jones C Patricia Noojin Dudley B C Elizabeth Parsons Harper Margaret Perkins Sise C Ann Potts Lynn Rosengarten Horowitz B C Elizabeth Scott Hayes Maura Smith Collins C Caroline Stewart Lacey C Elizabeth Stout Foehl Mary Tiffany Schweitzer Priscilla Wade Belsinger C

1968 44%

Katie Carlson Houston Kathryn Carter Jacobs C Annie Clarke Ager Dianne Covey Ohlandt Spring Critchlow Swinehart Muffy Dent Stuart E B C Jane Howard Cheever Mollie Hunt Holmes B C Julia Mattingly Mary Norman Huguley C Laurie Nussdorfer E C Terry Overbey Stafford C Mary Norris Preyer Oglesby B C Corinne Rafferty Katharine Reynolds Chandler B C Christine Robinson Secor B C Gladding Schaff Markunas B Janet Tremaine Stanley E B Lucy Williams Maish C

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1969 30%

Anne Blodget Holberton C Carol Harlocker McBee Julia Johnson C Elizabeth Landes C Janet Lewis Peden C Mary Murrill Oakes C Robin Peake Stuart B C Talmadge Ragan C Nancy Lee Smith Kemper B Tucky Stout Pogue Louise Towers Hardage C Lisa Vilas Weismiller E C Mary White English C Mary Wolcott Davis C Virginia Wulsin Roberts C

1970 ¡ 44%

Wendy Bailey Hamilton Rebecca Brown Hutcheson Pamela Burns Charlotte Caldwell E C Carolyn Davenport Pauline Dent Ketchum B C Sandra Ebling Ninna Fisher Denny C M.E. Freeman C Cornelia Freyer B C Lynette Gaido Martha Givens Nicol B Caroline Hairston English Betty Hessee B C Walker Johnson Jones E B C Studie Johnson Young E B C Sally Lesh Quereau Helen Mirkil Jean Northington C Patricia Robinson B Karrick Scott Collins C Polly Smith Katherine Washburne Reimelt Catherine Williams

1971 26%

Camille Agricola Bowman Gloria Bond Clunie Mary Dunbar E B C Venita Fields C Mary Kay Karzas E B C Margaret Malloy Sanders C Sharon Pittman Tarleton Russell Lizette Smith C

1972 36%

Mary Baldrige Katie Belk Morris B C Laura Brown Cronin B C Julie Cleveland Lydee Conway Hummel B Jane Fuller Killough C Katherine Hairston La Rosa B Carolyn Huntoon Connell Nina Johnson Botsford E B C Kate Johnson Nielsen E B C Anna Lane B C Margaret Lovett Simpson Lillian McKay Teigland C Sarah Morris B C Jane Preyer B C Diana Simonds C Sandra Sweatt Hull Susan Towers Dennard C Sallie Wise Chaballier C

1973 23%

Anonymnous C Kristin Caldwell Schad C

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Julia Carr Day Virginia Cates Bowie B C Cynthia Coe Devine E B Farnell Cowan Holton Robin Hanes C Jane Garnett B C Elizabeth Kirk Unger C Mary Newcombe Isabelle Selby B Ellen Simmons Ball B C Martha Stevens Brown C Frances Wallace Robertson B C Mary Elizabeth Wroth Susan Zimmerman Meyer

Margaretta Gallagher Archie C Diana Howard Fisketjon B Cameron Keels Austin Tara Mactaggart Linda Mars E B Susan Metcalf Alice Rodgers Alsterberg

1974 23%

1980 ¡ 23%

Sanders Beard Hockensmith Elizabeth Carter Beckmann Babs Harrison Sarah Martin Finn B C Pamela Mayer C Mary Pugh Manning C Mary Reed Spencer E C Cristina Ryplansky Anne Wynn Weissinger B C

1975 ¡ 50%

Mary Boy B C Susan Bruce C Katherine Coleman Haroldson B C Kathryn Granger Haines C Mary Evelyn Guyton C Heidi Hand Evans B C Ellen Holcomb Martha Ann Keels B C Pamela Lewis Thornton Robin Mactaggart Symonette Katherine McKay E Alicia Monks Murtha Julia Morris Kashkashian B C Tyler Norman Scott C Maria-Matilde Pieters-Gray Mary Lyman Scott Jackson C Frances Sommers Wheelock E B C Emily Todd E C Clay Ward Roberts Leigh Wilson Joan Womble Stone

1976 28%

Alida Bryant C Virginia Carter B C Caroline Ives Pearce C Linder Lane Celia Lippitt Snow Janey McCoy E C Victoria Middleton Caroline Nichols C Bradford Simmons Marshall B C Sara Stoneburner Martha Wynn Weissinger

1977 22%

Katharine Bulkley B C Pace Cooke Emmons C Camlyn Craig-Brown Sarah Dabney Gillespie B C Melissa Hilbish Frazier Millner Armstrong Elizabeth Robinson Willmott Polly Slater Glover Jane Wilson E C Elizabeth Woltz

1978 28%

Letitia Berlin Lisa Burton C Beth Duncan Berkun C

1979 11%

Molly Davis C Johan Newcombe Peers Robin Norberg Kennedy Susan Shelton C Margaret Taylor

Catherine Doeller Sage B C Janet Freed Rosser C Florence Hines C Annette Kirby E C Jane Redd Allison Sutton Fuqua C

1981 25%

Bradie Barr C Cristina Bornhofen Erin Conner Blair Jenny Crisp B C Lorraine Droulia Abercrombie Margaret Motley Merritt Leslie Olcott Elizabeth Peters B C Sarah Reed Harris Sallie Grace Tate E B C

Carleton Thomas Henrich Belinda Thornton Ruelle C

1986 34%

Anna Avery Alison Berger Patterson Hallie Bettcher Pettegrew B C Mary Bilecky Drimer C Eleanor Burke B C Judith Duncan C Mary Freed B C Flora Garner-Platt Laura Myers Casellas Melissa Norton McKinley Melissa Poynter Whitton Caroline Sloan Elizabeth Todd Beall C

1987 32%

Judy Currie Hamilton C Elkin Cushman Taylor Rachel del Campo Gatewood Melanie Kirk Holton B Leslie Lawhorn Neely Joan Madry Kligerman Donie Martin Carlson B Dudley Melton Berry Dana Nossaman Keilman C Kimberlee Scott Laura Willoughby C Semmes Wright Calvert

1988 19%

Elizabeth Reynolds Lauren Waters Luczkow

Ellen Baldridge Gregan Laura Dick Moses Laura Mascharka Brucker C Abbie Story LeFevre Martha Thomas Waugaman Garnett Wilbourn Hutton

1983 31%

1989 26%

1982 8%

Cheryl Bentley C Stephanie Dozier Kirkman C Claudia Gonzalez de Petri Stacey Goodwin B C Monica Dee Guillory Elizabeth Mullen Amy Nolde Tamara Pottker C Catherine Reed Karin Schutjer C Michele Smith Beveridge Susan Wright C

1984 45%

Tracy Bartlett Lively C Mary Lee Bethune Brown Mary Jo Blake Amanda Brady C Laura Duncan Jennifer Gammill McKay E B C Sian Jones C Julia Mitchener Turnipseed E Sarah Monarchi Longpré B C Mary Reynolds C Lisa Richmond C Katie Van Lennep B Sarah Walker Benz

1985 ¡ 26%

Adrienne Burdette Catherine Cates Terri Coleman Washington Sarah Collie B C Melinda Fera Ana Evangelina Quinonez Novoa Jean Reynolds Jennifer Taylor Carsten

Jennifer Bess Jones Erika Braun Coppen Kim Emmet Manoy Nancy Evans Wahmhoff C Nini Hadjis Lloyd Henson Hannon Brooks Koella Heiser Justine Shuford Moroz Susan Staton Maday

1990 ¡ 8%

Kate Lynn Jones C Paula Sommerkamp Magargle

1991 28%

Sarah Abbott Weitzenkorn Jennifer Abel LaRue Karen Anderson Leonard Ansley Chapman Cella C Heather Cook Barnes Sarah Edwards Pember Nancy Hilliard Joyce Shannon Hinderliter Hembree C Kitchi Joyce Victoria Keyser Emily Page Murray

1992 8%

Gretchen Blair Clark Monica Lucero Villarino

1993 29%

Natalia Barrett-Rose Guthrie Birchfield Schweitzer Emily Blair Harvey C Andrea Cannon Little C

Laurel Cobble Fountain B C Mary-Stuart Day B C Joanna Edgell E B Nelson Ervin Holland Lucy Holmes Erwin C Kerrington Ramsey Molhoek C Anna Robinson C Ava Ann Vrooman C

2000 ¡ 22% Jane Allen C Katherine Blair Farmer Cherie Bowlin Madison Elizabeth Call Andrea Dedmon C Tina Frangiamore Adams

1994 21%

Trish Blackwell Synan C Katherine Currin Sarah Pannell

2001 8%

Alison Ardito Davis Eleanor Farrell Amanda Sink Wydner Alexis Slaybaugh Arenas

2002 27%

Anonymous C Emmalyn Cochran Kimberly Daniels Taws Danielle Dillon Munkelt Karla Hudson Martin B Lindsay Shook C Michelle Thomas Supko B C

9% 1995 ¡

Reagan Greene Pruitt Brittain Redcay Haney

1996 28%

Kelly Doss Jee-Young Kim Andrea Littman Long E B C Tanya Mahdi McMain C Erika Olson B Jennifer Quainton Sarah Wood Anderson

2003 23%

Sarah Arnn Parrish C Lydia Beresford Mary Katherine Evans Rordam C Jennifer Hinson C Christine Meyer C Isabelle Randolph Mary Elizabeth Wilkes Fielden Willmott

1997 10%

Rebecca Frackelton Morgan Karsman Robertson Laura Robinson Kerr

2004 34%

Sarah Burton Graper Joan Goss Sallie Harrington Abigail Haymes Ibarra C Marguerite Logan Andrews Mary MrDutt C Jordan Nyberg Ferris C Ann Pope Danielle Thomas Kimmel B C Elizabeth Thomas

1998 20%

Maibeth Deas Keith C Susan Gillings Gross B C Megan Grant Lawrence Taylor Hall Bandyke C Katherine McLean Ryan C Kerry O’Neill Irwin Elizabeth Yarborough

1999 19%

Mari Armstrong-Hough C Morgan Brawley Rhodes Alan Crowe C Sarah Meister Fazzino Elizabeth White-Hurst E C

2005 ¡ 34%

Lindsay Burkart Lelan Dunavant Davidson C Samantha Franklin Hammond

A special thanks to the Class Agents with the highest participation by decade CAROL BABCOCK DAV E N P O RT ’ 4 7

LUCY McCLELLAN BARRETT & BARBARA BILLINGS SUPPLEE ’53

67%

M A RY B OY ’ 7 5

66%

50% JENNIFER GAMMILL M C K AY ’ 8 4

45%

ANNA ROBINSON ’93

H O P E M E TC A L F J O H N S TO N ’ 6 5

53%

29%

TAY LO R N Y B E R G TA L I A F E R R O & SCHAEFFER GOSS B A R N H A R DT ’ 0 6

43%

Rebecca Jones

Catherine Merwin

Sarah Lannom C Amanda Peterkin Laura Anne Roquemore McLaurin C Allison Rosser Julia Rowe Emma Smith Castro B C

2012 24%

2006 43%

Joanna Caldwell Henderson C Nell Gilliam Schaeffer Goss Barnhardt B C Jessica Hills Lindsay Hockensmith Taylor McCall Rimes McGinn Kirk Elizabeth Anne McGowin C Abigail Murnick Sara Norman C Taylor Nyberg Taliaferro C Amy O’Brien Covert Olga Ramsay Laura Rand Matheny C Virginia Thomas Lorena Vega C Maria Vega Tovar

2007 28%

Virginia Evans C Caroline Finke Ann O’Brien C Laura Spencer C Mary Dare Thornton Sandra Turnbull C Emily Dale Willmott

2008 27%

Ellen Cartmell Vickey Casey Shelby Hockensmith Maggie Oakes C Kristin Reese C Lauren Tipton Sophie Youles

2009 24%

Anonymous Sumner Dalrymple Grace Fulop Margaret Googe Laura McCall Mary McCusker Polly Mingledorff C Marion Tilghman Alexandra Walker 30% 2010 ¡

Mary Kathryn Atkinson B C Adele Cornwall C Quincy Goss Amy Hendricks Madeline Hicks B Grace Hwang C Laird McIver C Lila Nelson Charlotte Rettberg Anna Sloan Rebecca Smith

2011 12%

Kathryn Bennett Elizabeth Ferlise

Hannah Early Elizabeth Goldstein B Meredith Lee Anna Porter Mary Kate Winebrenner Randall Wiseman

2013 11%

Victoria Fitzgerald B Cassidy Tebeau C Stephanie Tuck

2014 33%

Juliana Avery Kathleen Berkun Amanda Booth Michaela Campbell Robin Emmons De’ja Flowers Lily Fulop Madison McAdams Dasia Moore Stryker-Ann Vosteen Kathryn Waters

2015 100%

Caitlin Aberg Margaret Bentley Nina Best Katherine Buckner Eliza Caprio Sriya Chadalvada Lian Chen Mary Craft Karen Dedegbe Ruijing Deng Erin Dixon Delaney Evans Tabea Fahr Margaret Fletcher Keming Fu Clarice Gardner Jingi Hairston Susanna Hogg Elizabeth Hollerith Mereweather Lackey Katherine Leak Jia Yun Li Yolanda Mantilla Martha Mayo Rachel Neller Alyssa Parrish Mary Evelyn Pearsall Abby Pinyard Annabelle Poston Mary-Michael Robertson Sofia Rose Jingyi Shao Ivy Shelton Emily Simanskis Zoey Sims Margaret Stewart Sara Stuart Katherine Thomas Annika Tice Katerina Wilhelm Jacquelin Wilson Kelsey Woody Sara Young Jessica Zhou

DA S I A MOORE ’14

33%

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parents & grandparents Parents and Grandparents who make contributions to the Annual Fund are expressing a strong and clear message about the standard of academic excellence and care that their daughters and granddaughters receive at Chatham Hall. We thank you, for entrusting your daughters and granddaughters to us, and for your philanthropic support to the School community.

Congratulations to our Parents and Grandparents for increasing 2014– 2015 Annual Fund participation by 8% over the 2013-2014 fiscal year!

Parent Participation: 63% | Grandparent Participation: 13% Senior Parent Chairs: Melanie and Brad Hogg P’15 Parent Chair: Kristin Mitchell P’16 class of 2015

Stacey Bentley Jonas and Rosalind Best Martha Buckner Fred and Rebecca Caprio Raja and Saradha Chadalavada Hongsheng Chen and Wenfang Wei B Thomasin and Paul Chrisman Yuewen Deng and Li Yu B Thomas and Martha Dixon B C Dale and Denise Evans B Jan and Dagmar Fahr B Theodore Fletcher and Ann Kidder Zachary and Felicia Hairston B J. Brad and Melanie Hogg B Herman and Elizabeth Hollerith B Robin Johnson Lynnette Lawson and Richard Mills Dione and Robert Leak B Bo Li and Xin Cui B Cesar and July Mantilla Chester Mayo Michael and Cristie Neller Joseph and Susan Pinyard B Holly and Walt Rhea Michael and Donna Robertson B Song Shao and Xiaojing Lu B Van and Janet Shelton Ed and Erin Simanskis Bradford and Angela Sims B Robert and Jeanine Stewart B

Parent Participation

by Class

2 0 1 5 2016

70%

57%

2017 2018

68%

Eugene and Kathryn Stuart B Richard and Christina Thomas B William and Mary Tice B Kristin Wilson Joseph and Debra Woody Joseph and Bernadette Young Lei and Anna Zhou

class of 2016

Christopher and Taboth Boch Victor Bongard III and Taylor Albright Clarence Brooks Raja and Saradha Chadalavada Jian Ding and Yi Wang B Rong Fei and Ran Liao B Henry and Jane Hawthorne Dexiang Jiang and Yucheng Zhao A. Shereen Khan-Bricker James and Tracy Lively Kristin Mitchell Wayne and Marie Mitchell Tony and Evelyn Paz Bobby and Irina Rains Brett and Elizabeth Rule B Dennis and Cynthia Samuel B Jack and Ginger Somers Kandice Walton Ross Walton B John and Patricia Wilson B Robert and Kathleen Zentner

class of 2017

Anonymous Ivano and Karen Alliata Ming Bao and Xingxing B Mark and Nancy Cranmore Terry and Cynthia Dittrich Warren and Susan Hawkridge Tim and Karen Hayes Leslie Minervini Michael Minervini Joan Morris Kathleen O’Hare William and Lynn Penny Robert and Jennifer Plemmons Maria Pucsinszki Mark and Rachel Strawn Donald and Laurie Trexler Wen Wang and Wei Liu B John and Lara Wyss B

class of 2018

Kenneth and Donie Carlson B Glenn and Angela Cullen John and Elizabeth Gardner B Richard and Charlotte Hare Wenbiao He and Weihong Min B Glenn and Brenda Huth Richard and Sarah Hylton Lynnette Lawson and Richard Mills David and Lynne McBride

Tango Moore Paul and Laura Mumford Kristina and Brian Plaster Jerald and Jennie Smith Gang Wu and Jing Feng Xiangdong Wu and Guofeng Luo Rodolfo and Brenda Yvellez

grandparents

Richard and Barbara Bashford Nancy Carter Henry and Catherine Cullen Sumner and Patricia Denmark Gladys Dixon William and Adele Fletcher Arthur and Margaret Foster Diana Huth Mike and Ann Lewis Cornelia Mayes Lynda Mills William and Betty Penny Mardene Roberson Herk and Sherry Sims B Nancy Stewart James and Judy Strawn W. Elizabeth Wachendorfer

E Esto Perpetua Society members are individuals who have included Chatham Hall in their estate plans.

B Benefactors Society members are donors who contribute $1,000+ to the Annual Fund or for other purposes.

C CH Loyal members are donors who contribute 5+ consecutive years to the Annual Fund or other purposes. † Deceased Classes that celebrated Reunion in 2015 ¡

Congratulations to Brad and Melanie Hogg, parents of Susanna Hogg ’15, and the 2015 recipients of the Peter and Dee McKay Award. The award is presented annually to a parent or couple who provide leadership to the School.

Brad and Melanie served on the Parent Advisory Committee beginning in 2011, taking the lead as co-Presidents for the 2014–2015 year. They have volunteered at

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countless events and have been central in welcoming prospective families to Chatham Hall. Thank you for your tireless work, Brad and Melanie!

parents of alumnae It is a true testament to the connections formed between our families and Chatham Hall that 48% of Alumnae Parents continue to contribute to the Annual Fund. Your commitment to the School remains strong and is of great value to us here at Chatham Hall.

Parents of Alumnae Participation: 48% William and Darnell Abbott P’14 C James and Maria Allen P’00 C Jane Yardley Amos ’59, P’91 E C Kathelen and Daniel Amos P’07, ’12 B C Anonymous Boyce Lineberger Ansley ’64, P’90 E B C Victor and Bonnie Ardito P’94 C Florence Hunter Ault ’46, P’72, ‘75, G’04, ’06 C Anna Avery ’86, P’14 Margaret Murray Baldrige ’45, P’72 John and Carol Baughman P’01 Katherine McKay Belk-Cook ’44, P’72 B C Beth Duncan Berkun ’78, P’14 C F. Matthews and Beth Bigbee P’10 C Mary Bilecky P’86 C J. Kermit and Glenys Birchfield P’93 B Fred and Brenda Blair P’92, ‘00 B Holly Bowles Blanton ’65, P’90 Mauren Briceno P’11 Anne Bryant P’61, ’62, ’67, ’76 C Katharine Bulkley P’77 C Walter † and Dee Burch P’85 C Howard and Patricia Burkart P’92 C David and Barbara Caldwell P’06 C Samuel and Diane Calhoun P’03, ’09, ’11 Dorothy Cary P’71 Edith Patterson Cates ’66, P’96 C MacFarland and Margy Cates P’73, ’75, ’77 B Jerry and Judith Clark P’04 B C Anne Campbell Clement ’43, P’63 C Marcie Cobble P’93, ’96 C Barbara Collie P’85 B C Maura Smith Collins ’67, P’06 C J. Edward and Shirley Craig P’77, ’79, ’84 Jebbie Crowe P’99 George and Gretchen Crowell P’07 Carol Dabbs P’89, G’03 J. Belk Daughtridge P’13 E B C Carol Babcock Davenport ’47, P’70 B C Charles William Dedmon P’00 Karen Dedmon P’00 C Frederick B. Dent P’68, ’70 B C Judith Fenn Duncan ’56 P’77, ’78, ’79, ’84, ’86, G’14 C Frederick and Susanne Dwyer P’10 Eleanor Owens Earle ’46, P’79 C Ralph Earle II P’79 Beverly Edgell P’93 B C Aubrey and Elayne Edwards P’89, ’91 C Pace Cooke Emmons ’77, P’14 C Florence Ervin P’93 Alexander and Virginia Evans P’03, ’07 Hilda Farmer P’81 C Michael and Karen Farrell P’94 Mary Applegate Fisher ’36, P’64 E B Sean Forbes and Gillian Lakhan P’12 B C Ellen Fort P’05 Virginia Beresford Fox ’52, P’80 C Nan Freed P’77, ’80, ’86 Stewart and Lynn Gammill P’84 B C Jenifer Barnes Garfield ’50, P’79 E C Cornelia Mueller Gibson ’53, P’83 C Gary and Carol Gibson P’09 B C Paul and Robin Giddings P’99, ’00, ’03 C Douglas and Elizabeth Goldstein P’12 B C

Dean and Joan Goss P’04, ’06, ’10 James and Mary Granger P’75 C David Greer P’78 Michael Gruening and Marie-Christine Grüning-Crouzet P’04 Polly Wheeler Guth ’44, P’70 E B C Samuel Hairston P’70, ’72, ’73 C Martha Blankarn Halsey ’47, P’70 C James and Linda Harrison P’74, ’78 H. Anderson and Cheryl Haymes P’04, ’05, ’12 Douglas and Kathryn Hendrickson P’02 B C Cynthia Murray Henriques ’50, P’73 C Helene Zimmermann Hill ’46, P’80, ’82 C Sanders Beard Hockensmith ’74, P’05, ’06, ’08 Mollie Hunt Holmes ’68, P’93 B C Paul Hough and Ingrid Nelson P’99, ’10 C Janet Sawtelle Houghton ’54, P’78 Channing Howe P’69 E B C Henry and Margaret Hurt P’93 C Robert and Sandra Jackson P’98 C Virginia Johnson P’70, ’72 B C Anne Labouchere P’85, ’88 Linder Laffitte P’14 C Mary Langley P’93 Anne Meigs Larkin ’40, P’65 Carolyn E. Lecque P’88 E Christopher and Arlene Lee P’12 Frances Johnson Lee-Vandell ’60 P’86 G’12 C Sylvia Stallings Lowe P’72, ’75, ’77 Margaret Lynch P’91 Lucy Williams Maish ’68, P’97 C John and Adrienne Mars P’78 B C Doris Beasley Martin ’48, P’74 C Rogers and Susan McCall P’06, ’09 Norman and Vivian McGowin P’06 C Robert and Mary McIver P’10 B C Katherine McKay ’75, P’10 E Lillian Lineberger McKay ’48 and Hamilton W. McKay, Jr. P’72, ’75, G’10 E B C Arthur and Sandy Meister P’99 C William Mellen P’80, ’81 C Ron and Ann Merricks P’02 C William and Mary Frances Merwin P’11 Hope Rogers Metcalf ’38, P’65, ’69, ’78 C H. Victor Millner, Jr. P’77 E C Carol Monarchi P’84 B C Andrew and Sheppard Morrison P’10 C Pattie Motley P’81, ’85 E C Alicia Monks Murtha ’75, P’04, ’06 Teresa Nelson P’10 Michael and Patricia O’Brien P’06, ’07 E B C Thomas and Jane O’Neill P’98 C Alice Overbey P’68 Lea Cumings Parson ’44, P’65, ’68 B C Celeste Phelps P’09 E Charles and Betty Prouty P’88 C Robert Pugh P’73, ’74, ’77 C Catherine Michael Quainton ’65, P’96 Carlton and Linda Ramsey P’91, ’93 William and Kimberly Rand P’06 C Thomas Randolph P’03 David Reed P’74, ’81, ’83 Billie Reynolds P’82, ’84, ’85 B Virginia Plews Robey ’48, P’80 C

Ellen MacVeagh Rublee ’50, P’78 B C Rita Simpson Sharp P’87 J. Glenn and Alice Shelton P’79, ’81 C Marc and Cynthia Shook P’02 B C Mary Blair Simmons ’54, P’77 C Alison Fennelly Siragusa ’50, P’71 E C Dicke Tredway Sloop ’63, P’92 Kenneth and Susan Sommerkamp P’90 C Tracy and Kathy Spencer P’07, ’12 B Caroline Hartwell Stewart ’44, P’67 † B C Barbara Johnson Suddath ’40, P’64 Anne Osborne Swain ’48, P’70 C Richard and Nancy Tebeau P’08, ’13 C Mark and Molly Thomas P’06, ’08 C Nevin and Dora Thomas P’02, ’04 E B C Lucie Wray Todd ’49, P’75 B Elizabeth Towers P’09 C John and Kathleen Turnbull P’07 C Jerry and Lockett Van Voorhis P’94 C Paul and Marguerite Vosteen P’13, ’14 C John and Connie Wallace P’08 John Wallace P’73 C Daniel and Tammy Waters P’14 C Sarah Ellen Tredway Webster ’61, P’87 Anne Wynn Weissinger ’74, P’01 B C Lynn Kitson Williams ’66, P’91 C Noel Barnes Williams ’47, P’70 C Elizabeth Robinson Willmott ’77, P’03, ’07 Penelope Perkins Wilson ’41, P’67 B C Jonathan and Rebecca Winebrenner P’12 C Frank and Paige Wiseman P’12 C Donald and Gayla Wood P’96 C D. Oliver and Mary Semmes Wright P’87 C Virginia Shuford Yates ’57, P’81, ’83 Suzanne Youles P’08 E Esto Perpetua Society members are individuals who have included Chatham Hall in their estate plans.

B Benefactors Society members are donors who contribute $1,000+ to the Annual Fund or for other purposes.

C CH Loyal members are donors who contribute 5+ consecutive years to the Annual Fund or other purposes. † Deceased ¡Classes that celebrated Reunion in 2015

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faculty & staff

friends & current students

Our teachers and staff remain one of our greatest assets!

Tireless daily effort in the classroom and beyond is just one measure of faculty and staff generosity and commitment to Chatham Hall. 100% participation to the Annual Fund is a statement of confidence and appreciation for what Chatham Hall delivers and hopes to be.

Thank you to our many friends for their support, and to our current students who are well on their journey to becoming CH Loyal donors!

Faculty and Staff Participation: 100% Faculty and Staff Co-Chairs: Jane Allen ’00 and Amy Davis Jane Allen C R. Hunter Barnhardt Schaeffer Goss Barnhardt B C Shannon Bird Samuel Bissbis William Black Amy Blair C Geoffrey Braun Suzanne Walker Buck B Jacqueline Comola Gwendolyn Couch Laura Daniel

Amy Davis C Maisie Deely Bonnie Dodson C Callie Dungan Barbie Eanes Mary Edmonds C Ned Edwards Samantha Fleming Wanda Gammon C David Grimes Martha Griswold C Cheryl Haymes

Carney Heavey-O’Brien Jennifer Hiltwine C Kim Jackson C Emily Johns Cara Kinsey Christine Knight B Tad La Fountain Catherine LaDuke C Starlet Lemon C Yanjun Liu David Lyle C Laura Rand Matheny C

Ron Merricks C Don Morley C Susan Morley C James Morris Sheppard Morrison C Sherri Murphy C Dennis Oliver Wanda Scearce C Elizabeth Seymour Lynne Shelton Elizabeth Simpson R. Alan Spearman C

Molly Thomas C Kenneth Tyburski C Kelley Ann Walsh Tammy Waters C Maureen Webb C Sharon Williams Don Wood C Katie Wood Dina Yassin

Why do you like working at Chatham Hall? ​I am here to support our mission of educating girls. It’s such a great environment. We aren’t corporate. We are a family. And it’s a great place for girls to live and learn.

If you were to encourage someone who has never made a gift to Chatham Hall to give, what would you tell them? ​That all gifts count, no matter what the size. My opinion is that your gift is part of the big wheel of Chatham Hall. What I fully

Wanda Scearce Chatham Hall Bursar Wanda Scearce, Chatham Hall’s Bursar, has been a staple in the school Business Office since she arrived for her first day of work on July 5th, 1978. A fiercely loyal employee, Wanda has the longest Annual Fund giving history of any employee at Chatham Hall supporting the School by making a gift every year for 37 consecutive years! Thank you, Wanda, for your dedi-

believe in is 100% participation. Everyone should donate! It’s just another Chatham Hall tradition, and a wonderful way that we can all join together!

After 37 years, what is it that inspires you to continue to give to Chatham Hall? ​From where I sit in the Business Office it’s easy to see. We need funds to run a great school! Something I know as an insider, that

cation and for your embodiment of the Chatham Hall spirit!

other people might not know, is that the Annual Fund is used to

Looking back 37 years, do you remember why you made your first gift to Chatham Hall?

growth and change, and to maintain our beautiful campus.

​Because the Annual Fund Director requested it! If someone asks you for it, you just do it! ​Period!

offset the cost of daily operations, to keep up with educational These are the things that inspire me and I hope will inspire you!

Bursar: “A person who guards the Business Office like Fort Knox.”

Meet Wanda! Wanda’s longevity and commitment to the School is exceptional.

Every Business Office needs a “Wanda,” a person who never hesitates to question an expenditure and will not hesitate to let you know she doesn’t

Alumnae Association B Anonymous Christine and William Baggerly Richard and Neely Barnhardt B Ryland and Dot Bennett G’11 Rhonda Brown Theodore Bruning B C John and Susan Buck B Jennifer Carrington Ellen Clark Class of 2015 B Alexander Colhoun Ashby Cothran Jacquelin Crebbs and Graham Evans

Alice Cromer Van Lennep B Ben and Betty Davenport B C Erin Dixon ‘15 Richard Dixon C Linda Flannery Dugald Fletcher Burt Flickinger Gary and Missy Fountain B C John Goodhue Beth Griffin Jingi Hairston ’15 Aubrey and Margie Hall G’13, ’14 Charles Hickox, Jr. C Cheryl Hogg

Anna Holman H. Winston and Betty Holt C Heather Huggins ’17 Caroline Ireland Lisa Jacobson Kyle and Pam Kahuda C Sarah Bugbee Keidel C Warren Kelleher C Michelle Hopkins Lawrence Sidney Lovett C Richard Lynd B Joy Mangano Sam and Helen Peavler Susan Poulton

Jane Ramsey Mary-Michael Robertson ’15 Milton and Joan Schaeffer G’04, ’06, ’10 V. R. Shackelford III Richard Simmons B C Margaret Strawn ’17 James and Dianne Stuart B Sara Thompson C John Thorndike C James and Ellen Walker Greg Winn James H. Wright C

corporations, foundations, & matching gift companies Chatham Hall is deeply appreciative of the generous gifts received from foundations, corporations, and matching gift programs each year corporations and foundations

Alcyon Foundation AmazonSmile Foundation America’s Charities Anonymous (2) The Arkwright Foundation Holton Family Fund of the Ayco Charitable Foundation John M Belk Endowment Katherine and Thomas Belk Foundation John H. and Susan T. Buck Charitable Foundation Campbell Insurance Company B C Central Carolina Community Foundation Cochran Family Foundation The Thomas B. & Robertha K. Coleman Foundation Inc. The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley Mary W. Covey Charitable Trust, Bank of America, Trustee B C J. Crisp Properties, LLC Diamond Paper Company, Inc. C S. Downey Fund of the Northern Trust Charitable Giving Program Driscoll Foundation The Elster Foundation Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Foundation for the Carolinas Zachary P. Hairston, D.D.S. Family Dentistry

Special Fund #6 of the Hampton Roads Community Foundation B C Claire Adair Hendrickson Foundation Elsie H. Hillman Foundation Phil & Carole Coviello Fund of the Indian River Community Foundation Jefferson Scholars Foundation Kittrell Animal Hospital, P.C. Meriwether-Godsey, Inc. C The Minneapolis Foundation Network for Good The New York Community Trust The Louise P. Overbey Trust B C Piedmont Direct, Inc. Henry B. Plant Memorial Fund Lunsford Richardson Preyer Charitable Lead Unitrust Razoo Foundation Schwab Charitable Fund Sherrill Family Fund/Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund The Sledge Foundation Stoney Creek Veterinary Hospital Stuart Family Foundation Charles B. Sweatt Foundation Tara Foundation, Inc. Target Thanksgiving Foundation James W. Thornton Family Foundation Topfield Foundation Trident United Way United Way of the Columbia-Willamette The Uplands Family Foundation

matching gift companies

AARP Allianz Global Assistance ConocoPhillips GE Foundation Hewlett-Packard Intermountain Gas Industries Foundation Land O’Lakes Foundation Penguin Random House LLC Matching Gifts Program Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program Quest Diagnostics Roche Diagnostics ServiceNow Inc Wells Fargo Foundation YourCause, LLC Trustee for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NC Did you know that your gift to Chatham Hall could be doubled, or even tripled, by your company’s matching gift program? Matching gifts allow Chatham Hall to continue its tradition of academic excellence and global opportunities. You can make a difference by: • Contacting your Human Resource Office for matching gift instructions.

• C ompleting and signing your matching gift form.

• S ending the completed matching gift form, along with your annual fund donation to Chatham Hall Advancement Office, 800 Chatham Hall Circle, Chatham, VA 24531 Both your donation and your matching gift total will be calculated in your cumulative giving for the year and count towards membership in any of the Chatham Hall Benefactors Societies.

If you have any questions contact Starlet Lemon at 434 432-5600 or slemon@chathamhall.org.

agree with it. I appreciate her years of service to Chatham Hall.

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honorary gifts Jane Allen ’00 Lucy McClellan Barrett ’53 Kathryn Bennett ’11 Margaret Bentley ’15 Nina Best ’15 Nina Johnson Botsford ’72 Geoffrey Braun Katherine Buckner ’15 Eliza Caprio ’15 Lelia Carlson ’18 Erin Casey ’06 Sriya Chadalavada ’15 Chatham Hall Faculty & Staff Chatham Hall Health Care Center Lian Chen ’15 Amanda Earle Ciccarelli ’79 Class of 2006 Marcie Cobble Gwendolyn Couch Catherine Cullen ’18 Lois Anne Daughtridge ’13 Ruijing Deng ’15 Yuchen Ding ’16 Erin Dixon ’15 Mary Giddings Dunlap ’03 Hillary Dwyer ’10 Mary Edmonds

Delaney Evans ’15 Tabea Fahr ’15 Patrick Fera Mary Applegate Fisher ’36 Margaret Fletcher ’15 Gary Fountain Melissa Evans Fountain Mary Freed ’86 Claire Gardner ’15 Whitney Labouchere Gerache ’85 Sarah Giddings ’00 Elinor Greene ’70 Megan Grissett ’05 Teresa Guzman Kathryn Granger Haines ’75 Jingi Hairston ’15 Nancy Gwathmey Harris ’50 Sarah Reed Harris ’81 Cheryl Haymes Jennifer Hills ’04 Jessica Hills ’06 Susanna Hogg ’15 Nelson Ervin Holland ’93 Elizabeth Hollerith ’15 Heather Huggins ’17 Shannon Huth ’18 Allison Giddings Jackson ’99

Kim Jackson Emily Johns Natalie Labouchere ’88 Mereweather Lackey ’15 Katherine Leak ’15 Jia yun Li ’15 Anne Prouty List ’88 Sarah Monarchi Longpré ’84 Paula Sommerkamp Magargle ’90 Yolanda Mantilla ’15 Claire Mayo ’15 Robert McIver Lisa Rosenberger Moore ’59 Carolyn Stone Morris Jennifer Jackson Moulton ’98 Rachel Neller ’15 Alyssa Parrish ’15 Mary Evelyn Pearsall ’15 Molly Penny ’14 Caroline Penny ’17 Kilraine Pinyard ’15 Annabelle Poston ’15 Catherine Reed ’83 Adelaide Comstock Roberts ’47 Mary-Michael Robertson ’15 Cinny Rockwell Jingyi Shao ’15

Ivy Shelton ’15 Jean Armfield Sherrill ’63 Emily Simanskis ’15 Zoey Sims ’15 R. Alan Spearman Mary Reed Spencer ’74 Margaret Stewart ’15 Margaret Strawn ’17 Muffy Dent Stuart ’68 Sara Stuart ’15 Sallie Grace Tate ’81 Molly Thomas Katherine Thomas ’15 Annika Tice ’15 Carol Dabbs Viser ’89 Marguerite Vosteen ’13 Stryker-Ann Vosteen ’14 John Vrooman Samantha Wall ’08 John Henry Waller Penelope Perkins Wilson ’41 Ana Wilson ’16 Ellen Wilson ’15 Donald Wood Kelsey Woody ’15 Sara Young ’15 Jessica Zhou ’15

memorial gifts Elizabeth McCarty Allen ’54 Malcolm Baldrige Ann Beal Susan Fox Beischer ’59 Mary Weare Birdsall ’50 Michael Blair Wilmotine Owens Bowman ’42 Olivia Thorndike Cheever ’38 Deborah Clark ’65 Susan Adams Comfort ’65 Anne Csaszar Mildred Harrison Dent ’41 Megan Edwards ’89

Claudia Emerson ’75 Marjorie Milbank Farrar ’53 Emily Norcross Fisher ’55 Sarah Huntington Fletcher ’52 Constance Gibson Charlotte Streeter Goodhue ’45 Harriett Graves-Beckley ’72 John and Sarah Hallowell Edith Porter Hickox ’38 Diana Stallings Hobby ’48 Virginia Holt Anne Winship Kelleher ’52 Carin Moore Laughlin ’45

Michelle Lee ’89 Edmund Lee Richard Loftus Joan Campbell Lovett ’45 Susan Thompson Lynd ’61 Nanette Mengel ’52 Margaret Morris ’77 Patricia Pyke Munn ’45 Flavia Pediconi Nonis ’45 Martha Ann Pugh ’77 Nancy Remley Whiteley ’68 Sally Loop Ruddick ’53 Caroline Hartwell Stewart ’44

Jane Allen ’00 C Rhonda Brown Jennifer Carrington Gwendolyn Couch Mark and Nancy Cranmore P’17 J. Belk Daughtridge P’13 E B C Terry and Cynthia Dittrich P’17 Mary Edmonds C Ned Edwards Linda Flannery

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David Grimes Lisa Jacobson Sarah Monarchi Longpré ’84 B C Joy Mangano Ron Merricks P’02 C Michael Minervini P’17 Don Morley C Susan Morley C Susan Poulton Lisa Richmond ’84 C

Frances Wallace Robertson ’73 B C Jack and Ginger Somers P’16 R. Alan Spearman C Caroline Hartwell Stewart ’44, P’67 † B C Robin Peake Stuart ’69 B C Margaret Taylor ’79 Greg Winn Winston Case Wright ’53 †

Thank you to our dedicated volunteers who work tirelessly on behalf of the School. You are our greatest advocates! Your gifts of time, talent and resources support the mission of Chatham Hall in unique and extraordinary ways. You have enriched our academic, athletic, and student life programs.

You have helped us recruit new students, have hosted and coordinated events, and have raised much-needed funds to balance our budget and strengthen our programs and provided invaluable investment advice. Thank you for all that you do! board of trustees Chair

Stacey Goodwin ’83 Lucy McClellan Barrett ’53 Nina Johnson Botsford ’72 Katharine Bulkley ’77 Katharine Reynolds Chandler ’68 Laura Brown Cronin ’72 Sarah Martin Finn ’74 Jane Garnett ’73 Zachary Hairston P’15 Katherine Coleman Haroldson ’75 Mary Kay Karzas ’71 Sarah Monarchi Longpré ’84 Robert McIver P’10 Lisa Rosenberger Moore ’59 Robin Peake Stuart ’69 Michelle Thomas Supko ’02 Ross Walton P’16, ’19 Penelope Perkins Wilson ’41, P’67

Trustees Emeriti Tom Taplin Dorothy Dudley Thorndike ’47 Ann West Vivarelli ’53 Susan Reynolds Walker ’65 Jane Davenport Wall ’57 Sally Brittingham Wallace ’44 Selma Waller Loring and Susanne Walton David Webster Dixie Whitehead Ed Wohlwender Archie Womack

Boyce Lineberger Ansley ’64, P’90 Polly Wheeler Guth ’44, P’70 Robin Tieken Hadley ’57

Ex-Officio Members

Melanie Hogg P’15 Parent Advisory Committee The Rt. Rev. Herman Hollerith IV P’15, Bishop, The Diocese of Southern Virginia Talmadge Ragan ’69 President, Alumnae Council

alumnae council President

gifts in kind Thank you to donors who helped the School with Gifts in Kind. Examples include, but are not limited to, the hosting of special events, equipment, furniture for classrooms and meeting spaces, maintenance vehicles, paintings, and trees and other plantings.

volunteers

E Esto Perpetua Society members are individuals who have included Chatham Hall in their estate plans.

B Benefactors Society members are donors who contribute $1,000+ to the Annual Fund or for other purposes.

C CH Loyal members are donors who contribute 5+ consecutive years to the Annual Fund or other purposes. † Deceased Classes that celebrated Reunion in ¡ 2015

Talmadge Ragan ’69 Cheryl Bentley ’83 Lydia Beresford ’03 Martha Stevens Brown ’73 Ansley Chapman Cella ’91 Leila McConnell Daw ’58 Pace Cooke Emmons ’77, P’14 Diana Howard Fisketjon ’78 Mary Freed ’86 Muffin Dalton Grant ’66 Nini Hadjis ’89 Melanie Kirk Holton ’87 Frances Johnson Lee-Vandell ’60 P’86 G’12 Tracy Bartlett Lively ’84, P’16 Lucy Williams Maish ’68, P’97 Gladding Schaff Markunas ’68 Hallie Bettcher Pettegrew ’86 Margie Hastings Quinlan ’66 Mary Reynolds ’84 Frances Wallace Robertson ’73 Isabelle Selby ’73 Lindsay Shook ’02 Taylor Nyberg Taliaferro ’06 Amanda Sink Wydner ’94

parent advisory committee Co-Presidents

J. Brad and Melanie Hogg P’15 Glenn and Angela Cullen P’18 Dale and Denise Evans P’15 Richard and Charlotte Hare P’18 Warren and Susan Hawkridge P’17 Henry and Jane Hawthorne P’16, ’19 Herman and Elizabeth Hollerith P’15 Glenn and Brenda Huth P’18 David and Lynne McBride P’18 Kristin Mitchell P’16 Kathleen O’Hare P’17 William and Lynn Penny P’14, ’17 Joseph and Susan Pinyard P’15 Bobby and Irina Rains P’16 Jack and Ginger Somers P’16 Mark and Rachel Strawn P’17, ’19 Donald and Laurie Trexler P’17 Robert and Kathleen Zentner P’16

class agents

Lucy Charles Jones Bendall ’42 Mary Hooker Crary ’45 Carol Babcock Davenport ’47, P’70 Harriet Simons Williams ’48 Ellen Childs Lovejoy ’50 Sarah Shartle Meacham ’51 Lucy McClellan Barrett ’53 Barbara Billings Supplee ’53 Ann Taylor ’54 Martha Justice Martin ’55 Florence Schroeder Ervin ’58 Margaret Horner Walker ’58 Simone Crockett ’60 Frances Johnson Lee-Vandell ’60 P’86 G’12 Cynthia Bryant Parker ’61 Jean Merritt Johnston ’62 Jane Everhart Murray ’63 Boyce Lineberger Ansley ’64, P’90 Elizabeth Reigeluth Parker ’64 Hope Metcalf Johnston ’65 Margie Hastings Quinlan ’66 Debbie Humphreys Jones ’67 Terry Overbey Stafford ’68 Lucy Williams Maish ’68, P’97 Carolyn Davenport ’70 Ninna Fisher Denny ’70 Camille Agricola Bowman ’71 Virginia Cates Bowie ’73 Mary Boy ’75 Virginia Carter ’76 Patricia Kellogg Maddock ’77 Jennifer Gammill McKay ’84 Belinda Thornton Ruelle ’85 Mary Freed ’86 Judy Currie Hamilton ’87 Laura Willoughby ’87 Catherine Whitehead Huband ’91 Anna Robinson ’93

Sandra Van Haaften Heasley ’94 Reagan Greene Pruitt ’95 Morgan Karsman Robertson ’97 Susan Gillings Gross ’98 Morgan Brawley Rhodes ’99 Elizabeth White-Hurst ’99 Elizabeth Call ’00 Katherine Currin ’01 Michelle Thomas Supko ’02 Kimberly Daniels Taws ’02 Mary Katherine Evans Rordam ’03 Whitney Jones Allen ’03 Danielle Thomas Kimmel ’04 Marguerite Logan Andrews ’04 Emma Smith Castro ’05 Lelan Dunavant Davidson ’05 Taylor Nyberg Taliaferro ’06 Schaeffer Goss Barnhardt ’06 Virginia Evans ’07 Laura Spencer ’07 Ellen Cartmell ’08 Maggie Oakes ’08 Adele Cornwall ’10 Grace Hwang ’10 Kathryn Bennett ’11 Mary Kate Winebrenner ’12 Stephanie Tuck ’13

alumnae volunteers

Boyce Lineberger Ansley ’64, P’90 Gray Baird ’58 Lucy McClellan Barrett ’53 Natalia Barrett-Rose ’93 Cheryl Bentley ’83 Erin Conner Blair ’81 Nina Johnson Botsford ’72 Martha Stevens Brown ’73 Eleanor Burke ’86 Donie Martin Carlson ’87, P’18 Emma Smith Castro ’05 Ansley Chapman Cella ’91 Katharine Reynolds Chandler ’68 Sarah Collie ’85 Laura Brown Cronin ’72 Mary Walton Curley ’42 Carol Babcock Davenport ’47, P’70 Lelan Dunavant Davidson ’05 Olivia Hutchins Dunn ’53 Joanna Edgell ’93 Venita Fields ’71 Sarah Martin Finn ’74 Susan Huntington Fisher ’60 Diana Howard Fisketjon ’78 Jane Garnett ’73 Stacey Goodwin ’83 Muffin Dalton Grant ’66 Emily Blair Harvey ’93 Rebecca Taylor Heery ’88 Helene Zimmermann Hill ’46, P’80, ’82 Ashley Hockensmith ’05 Melanie Kirk Holton ’87

Lydee Conway Hummel ’72 Walker Johnson Jones ’70 Mary Kay Karzas ’71 Julia Morris Kashkashian ’75 Pauline Dent Ketchum ’70 Caroline Stewart Lacey ’67 Frances Johnson Lee-Vandell ’60 P’86 G’12 Sarah Monarchi Longpré ’84 Ellen Childs Lovejoy ’50 Margaret McElroy ’59 Josephine McFadden ’57 Barbara McMillan ’59 Alice Pack Melly ’52 Kerrington Ramsey Molhoek ’93 Lisa Rosenberger Moore ’59 Kate Johnson Nielsen ’72 Phyllis Statter Oxman ’64 Lee Porter Page ’59 Jennifer Quainton ‘96 Talmadge Ragan ‘69 Mary Reynolds ’84 Catherine Roberts ’74 Frances Wallace Robertson ’73 Anna Robinson ’93 Jean Armfield Sherrill ’63 Robin Peake Stuart ’69 Barbara Billings Supplee ’53 Elkin Cushman Taylor ’87 Ann Taylor ’54 Wissie Thompson ’58 Stephanie Tuck ’13 Elizabeth Kirk Unger ’73 Alexandra Walker ’09 Frances Sommers Wheelock ’75 Sarah Jones Winmill ’49

parent / friend volunteers

Glenn and Angela Cullen P’18 J. Belk Daughtridge P’13 Dale and Denise Evans P’15 Richard and Charlotte Hare P’18 Warren and Susan Hawkridge P’17 Henry and Jane Hawthorne P’16, ’19 J. Brad and Melanie Hogg P’15 Herman and Elizabeth Hollerith P’15 Glenn and Brenda Huth P’18 Lynn Gammill P’84 Christopher and Arlene Lee P’12 Adrienne Mars P’78 David and Lynne McBride P’18 Kristin Mitchell P’16 Kathleen O’Hare P’17 William and Lynn Penny P’14, ’17 Joseph and Susan Pinyard P’15 Bobby and Irina Rains P’16 Jack and Ginger Somers P’16 Mark and Rachel Strawn P’17, ’19 Dora Thomas P’02, ’04 James H. Wright Robert and Kathleen Zentner P’16

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how to make a gift to Chatham Hall Gifts of all sizes keep the mission of Chatham Hall alive and well by supporting the lives of our girls, their academic programs of study, faculty professional growth and development, and the daily operations of the School.

There are many ways you can make a donation to Chatham Hall this year: • Online gifts, • Checks or cash, • One-time or recurring credit card gifts, • Stocks & bonds, • Personal property, • Corporate Matching Gifts, • Gifts in Kind, • P lanned Gifts made through wills, trusts, insurance, IRAs and other estate planning vehicles.

Your tax-deductible check may be made payable to Chatham Hall and mailed to: The Office of Advancement Chatham Hall 800 Chatham Hall Circle Chatham, VA 24531

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We appreciate all that you do to support Chatham Hall.

Every effort has been made to ensure that these listings are accurate and complete. If there is an omission or an error, please accept our apologies and notify us at Chatham Hall Office of Advancement, 800 Chatham Hall Circle, Chatham VA 24531.

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