CHAT THE MAGAZINE OF CHATHAM HALL
Featuring: CAMS, Spiritual Life, Brand Expansion, and more!
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16 OUT AND ABOUT: ALUMNAE NEWS 19 ALUMNAE AWARD WINNERS 22 CHATHAM HALL BRAND EXPANSION 26 CAMS HELPS STUDENTS THRIVE 28 SPIRITUAL LIFE REINVIGORATED 30 CLASS NOTES 34 IN MEMORIAM 39 ANNUAL REPORT 60 FROM THE ARCHIVES
COVER This year, the Chatham Hall community was able to be entirely on campus and return to Assembly in the Well!
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ADMINISTRATION
Beth Stefanik, Editor
Rachel Avery Connell, Rector
Susan Johnston Taylor, Contributing Writer
Beth Barksdale, Chaplain
Laura Benjamin Chappell P’22, Designer
Deborah Glymph, Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Rachel Balsley, Photographer
Martha Griswold, Dean of Academics
Printing by Collinsville Printing Company, Martinsville, Va.
Jennifer Hiltwine, Chief Financial Officer Christine Cutright Knight P’19, Chief Advancement Officer
Dr. Erin McHugh, Dean of College Counseling Marin Miller, Dean of Students Wynne Overton, Chief Enrollment Officer Beth Stefanik, Chief Communications Officer
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES Alison Carter-Cady ’91, Chair Michelle Thomas Supko ’02, Vice Chair Jennifer Gammill McKay ’84, P’20, Secretary Andy Lee P’20, Treasurer Nina Johnson Botsford ’72 Katharine Bulkley ’77 Judy M. Carter ’63 Clay Dunnagan P ’23 Jane M. Garnett ’73 Melanie Kirk Holton ’87 Mary Kay Karzas ’71 Sarah Monarchi Longpré ’84
Adair Hendrickson Ravencraft ’02 Mary Reynolds ’84 Robert Rodriguez P’23 John Runnells P’19 James Secor, III G’25 Robin Peake Stuart ’69 Kimberly Daniels Taws ’02 Hunt Whitehead P’22 Ex-officio member The Rt. Rev. Susan B. Haynes, Bishop, Diocese of Southern Virginia
Trustees emerita Robin Tieken Hadley ’57 Designated representatives Danielle Thomas Kimmel ’04 Alumnae Council President Amy Midkiff P’22, Parent Advisory Committee President
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LETTER FROM THE RECTOR Dear Friends, For more than a year now, we have been working to refine and confirm how we articulate the work of Chatham Hall. This past summer, our Board of Trustees unveiled our revised mission statement: equipping curious thinkers to lead lives of impact. Shortly thereafter, we introduced new language regarding how we talk about our community, including describing ourselves as intentional, courageous, compassionate, dynamic, and honorable, and valuing choosing courage over comfort, igniting the light for others, appreciating the journey, doing the right thing (even when it’s the hardest choice), and striving to be our best selves. What inspiring, uplifting work this has been! For me, all of these ideas coalesce and culminate in our belief in the potential of our students and all young women. Here, we believe that when a young woman steps beyond the boundary of her own comfort zone, she realizes the true power of her potential. Every day across campus, she’ll discover her individual passions, learn to balance joy with challenge, gratitude with ambition, and to champion others as she begins to weave together informed perspectives that will make up her worldview. With endless opportunities illuminated before her, she will feel confident taking the first steps toward a life that is all her own. The true power of her potential. Discover her individual passions. A life that is all her own. These words are simply stunning. That they so accurately describe what we work to fulfill for each of our students, even more so. At our August Convocation ceremony, I let our students, faculty, and staff know that I hope this is a year of illumination. I hope this is a year in which horizons are expanded in a multitude of ways. I hope this is a year in which everyone learns more about themselves: what makes them tick, where they benefit from support, and how they can think about what they need to build a life that is all their own. And I hope this is a year in which, through the messy, exciting, adventurous work of teaching and learning, trial and error, and stepping outside of our comfort zones, we all come to greater illumination.
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From my remarks, this is my wish. For those on campus, and those in the broader Chatham Hall family as well. Like our students, faculty, and staff, you can: Reflect on this pandemic experience and its impact on you and how the lessons learned might fortify you in the years ahead. You can dive into learning more about not only the subjects you like but those you would rather avoid because maybe you will find something new and, even if you don’t, you have stretched yourself. You can expand your friendships and see what you gain from putting yourself out there to new people. You can do all three of these things and so much more. All of them will help you better understand who you are, how you think, how you work, and, maybe most important, how you make a friend. All of them offer you the chance to see there is learning and possibility all around you. Enjoy and embrace the opportunity. In the following pages, you will learn more about what we have been up to both on campus and off. You’ll read about our triumphs, works-in-progress, and exciting beginnings. Perhaps most of all, you’ll see us together as a group of Turtles. Which, by the way, has more than one word to describe it! A group of turtles can be a bale, a nest, a turn, or a dole. I find it fitting that there are so many different ways of describing how turtles come together, as there are endless opportunities for our community and community members to define themselves and build their own lives. I hope you enjoy this issue of the Chat, and take a moment to reflect on the boundless potential within its pages. There is so much that our beloved School is able to achieve with your participation and support. Thank you for all that you do for us. Esto Perpetua,
Rachel Avery Connell Rector
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Waller Throws out Chatham Hall Night First Pitch In July, Mr. John Henry Waller threw out the first pitch at Chatham Hall Night with the new Danville Otterbots. The Otterbots are a founding member of the Appalachian League, a collegiate summer baseball league with teams in Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia. This fall, Waller celebrates 67 years at the School, which is a record for any employee!
Convocation Opens 2021-2022 School Year Chatham Hall’s annual Convocation ceremony took place on Aug. 30 this year, the evening before the first day of classes. This official opening of the school year included Rector’s remarks, recognizing students who had achieved Rector’s List and Dean’s List honors in the previous school year, and naming those who earned Scholastic Medals with the highest grade point average in each class. Bianca Garcia ’22 was recognized as the recipient of the Virginia Henry Holt Award due to her “character and deportment, industry and accomplishment, resoluteness and kindness, purpose and exactitude, and grace and good humor.” This year, 150 students are enrolled at Chatham Hall. Student homes are spread across 22 states and 11 countries including China, Egypt, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Spain, Somaliland, Turkmenistan, and the United States.
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Two Students Receive National Merit® Honors Two Chatham Hall students have been honored by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Catherine Malone ’22 has been named a Commended Student in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program, while Ellie Larsen ’22 has been named a National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist. “National Merit honors are determined by student scores on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test,” noted Dean of College Counseling Dr. Erin McHugh. “To have two of our Turtles recognized among the highest scores in the nation is wonderful; hopefully, it will broaden their educational opportunities and encourage them as they continue their academic journeys.” About 34,000 Commended Students and 16,000 Semifinalists are being recognized this year. The nationwide pool of Semifinalists represents less than 1% of U.S. high school seniors and includes the highest-scoring entrants in each state.
Beyer Publishes in Young Rider Magazine Ms. Frankie Beyer, interim director of riding, published “Home Away from Home: How to find out if equestrian boarding school is right for you” in the August 2021 issue of Young Rider magazine. Her article advised readers to think about a boarding school’s impact on riding skills, leadership opportunities, time management, and more.
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“I, Too, Have Wings” Celebrates Women’s History Month Last spring, as part of Chatham Hall’s Women’s History Month Celebration, community members came together to help create a public installation honoring the women who have taught, led, encouraged, supported, and inspired them. Students, faculty, and staff alike wrote on paper feathers the names of family members, friends, teachers, coaches, mentors, authors, artists, celebrities, and more who have contributed to their life journeys. Chair of the Visual and Performing Arts Department Kristen Morrison then crafted the feathers into a large pair of wings unveiled in the Well. “The wings symbolize the collective strength and influence of the women who have shaped our lives,” explained Morrison. All community members were welcome to have their photo taken in front of the wings. “This project is an inspiration, and the installation is gorgeous to see on display,” said Rector Connell, echoing the sentiments of many.
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School Beautifies Campus for Earth Day On April 22, the Chatham Hall community joined the world in celebrating Earth Day. Having already hosted an Earth Day Chapel in Curtis’ Garden earlier in the week, the community began the day with a sunrise walk led by Alexa Keating ’22 followed by a LINK group information session led by Kennedy Martin ’22 and Whitney Byington ’22. Later in the day, the normal afternoon sports and arts time was reallocated to several environmentally friendly activities led by the Sustainability Club. “I think it is important for all institutions and people around the world to celebrate Earth Day. In this time where climate activists are fighting for environmental reform, we must remember we are not separate from nature. It is not humans and industry versus the earth, we are one,” said Lucia Stoneman ’22, president of the Sustainability Club. In the afternoon, students, faculty, and staff had the option of joining Rector Connell to clean up the Fitness Trail; attending a creative writing workshop; reviving the campus greenhouse; working on a community garden; caring for our campus through beautification projects; or learning more about environmental justice. To cap off the day, the community enjoyed an outdoor picnic on the Front Lawn.
Chatham Hall Earns National Yearbook Excellence Honor Jostens announced last spring that Chatham Hall’s 2021 yearbook program has achieved the Silver National Yearbook Program of Excellence Award. The National Yearbook Program of Excellence recognizes engaging yearbooks that reflect a broad representation of the student body while helping students develop 21st century skills such as communication, collaboration, and information and communication technologies literacy. The Chatham Hall award-winning yearbook program was led by editor Ember Leddy ’22 and staff members Carmen Lamothe ’22, Eva Melendrez ’23, Stephanie Cano-Barranco ’24, and Ellery Blurton ’24 under the direction of Rachel Balsley, Chatham Hall’s director of digital strategy and yearbook adviser. “This is a wonderful honor not only for our yearbook team, but for our School,” said Balsley. “Putting together a great yearbook takes time, energy, and most of all creativity. I’m so glad our students’ dedication is being recognized.” Jostens’ National Yearbook Program of Excellence Awards was presented to the Chatham Hall yearbook program for achieving defined criteria in between one and three of the following categories: creating an inclusive yearbook, generating school engagement, and successfully managing the yearbook creation process.
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800 CHATHAM HALL CIRCLE Chatham Hall Celebrates 33rd Lee-Yardley Day On Sept. 21, Chatham Hall marked its 33rd Lee-Yardley Day celebrating those whose lives have impacted the School. During the Chapel service, Dr. Alexis Ehrhardt was honored with the Alice Overbey Award. Named for a beloved neighbor, past parent, and employee of Chatham Hall, the Alice Overbey Award recognizes demonstrated, outstanding commitment and service to Chatham Hall by an individual from the greater Chatham community. Ehrhardt is the executive director of state government relations and special assistant to the president of the University of Virginia. Previously, she served as the president & CEO of the Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce, the founding executive director of the Center for Community Engagement and Career Competitiveness at Averett University, and the director of admissions at Chatham Hall. “Alexis Ehrhardt was selected for the Overbey Award because of her tireless work on behalf of the people of Pittsylvania County,” noted Connell. “Her love for Chatham Hall and her love for this area started right here. It is a pleasure to give this award to a person who loves and understands this community that is Chatham Hall and who loves and supports the people who support us every day.” Dr. Alexis Ehrhardt pictured top left.
The Archive Presents The Chatham Hall Archive has opened a revolving exhibit of the history of Chatham Hall in Lee Library. Two display cases near the main entrance will hold approximately 10 different exhibits this year, each on display for three weeks. The debut exhibit depicted the earliest years of Chatham Hall from 1894 to 1905, while the second and third featured the burning of the original School and the building of Pruden Hall, and the 1910s and 1920s. Interspersed with the chronological displays will be exhibits of items from the School’s Archive including, for example, a hat from the 1920s that girls wore to go to church, as well as gloves and a hat pin from the era. “Chatham Hall has a very rich history,” said School Historian and Archivist Dr. Bill Black. “It’s important to know where we’ve been and what we’re made of - and that is strong, sturdy stuff.”
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Family Day Welcomes Loved Ones to Campus Families from across the world traveled to Chatham Hall on Oct. 1 to participate in Family Day. In addition to attending class with their students, family members were also able to attend a Chapel service, enjoy lunch with their student, and observe dance class, play rehearsal, or purple and gold athletics scrimmages. “It was wonderful to have so many of our Chatham Hall family members on campus,” said Rector Rachel Connell. “The joy our students show in introducing loved ones to their Chatham Hall home is almost unrivaled.” An afternoon parent enrichment program offered families a chance to learn more about supporting our students with School Counselor Phyllis Hollimon, Chatham Hall’s Athletics program with Director of Athletics Jeremy Eubank, and the history of the School with Historian and Archivist Dr. Bill Black. There was also a chance to tour the grounds with student leaders. Senior varsity athletes were recognized and families were invited to a Purple & Gold Cookout complete with music by local band No Charge. “There is nothing better than having our Chatham Hall family together,” said Connell. “It truly is a great day to be a Turtle!”
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Entrepreneurism Students Take a BOW A good idea can be a powerful thing, especially when combined with tenacity, hard work, and teamwork. The six students of the spring 2021 Global Entrepreneurism class had all of these characteristics and a great idea: a food truck for the Chatham Hall community. “With all the food trucks coming on campus, everyone was so excited, and we were too. We thought, ‘why bring all the trucks to campus when we can create our own?’” said Alexis Phan ’22. What started as a question about how much it cost to bring food trucks to campus turned into a full-fledged business proposal. Led by Ms. Barksdale, Antonia Lofink ’21, Quiana Rodriguez ’21, Kala Saliu ’21, Katie Spannaus ’21, Taylor Xu ’23, and Phan all spent months researching protocols, procedures, availability of food trucks, and much more in preparation for launching A Bite of the World (BOW). BOW features different cuisines from different cultures each time it’s open. According to the students’ proposal, “this business presents students a weekend activity, volunteer opportunity to gain work experience, and a space to share their culture. Simultaneously, A Bite of the World will enhance Chatham Hall’s goals and values.”
Throughout the planning process, the students pivoted a number of times, including from a food truck to a food cart when one was being sold locally. “It was a journey to the food cart,” said Phan. “As entrepreneurs, pivoting is inevitable. We were searching for a food truck or food truck rental and couldn’t find any, so we thought about contingency plans of making a food truck simulation. But then after Spring Break, a miracle happened, and we found out about a food cart right here in Chatham!” From there, students began the work of bringing the cart, and their business proposal, to life. They chose the first cuisine to feature, Mexican, with dishes courtesy of Dora Amezaga Mendoza ’22, and recruited a number of volunteers to help prepare and run the cart. After much preparation, the food cart came to life on April 18, and served up tacos al pastor, quesadillas, nachos, and more to eager students and faculty in front of Pruden Hall.
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Shlain Discusses Technology, Creativity, & “Analog Interventions” Emmy-nominated filmmaker, founder of the Webby Awards, and author of bestselling book 24/6: Giving up Screens One Day a Week to Get More Time, Creativity, and Connection Tiffany Shlain was on campus on Oct. 18 & 19 as this year’s Polly Wheeler Guth ’44 Leader in Residence. Shlain has received more than 80 awards and distinctions for her films and work, including selection by the Albert Einstein Foundation as one of the 100 visionaries who carry on his legacy, being listed as one of Newsweek’s “Women Shaping the 21st Century,” and winning the Marshall McLuhan Outstanding Book Award. She appears regularly in The New York Times and Washington Post. “Tiffany Shlain’s creative experiences are myriad,” said Rector Rachel Connell. “At Chatham Hall, we are committed to helping our students take the first steps towards lives that are all their own and Ms. Shlain has certainly created her own journey for herself. It’s been an honor having her on campus and sharing her thoughts with us.” Shlain’s residency featured lunch with Honor Council members, large group conversations with students, a visit to the Global Entrepreneurism class, and time with study groups and the rector. As part of her conversations, she asked students about excitement and worries, and how the pandemic has changed their world. “We’ve had a crazy two years ... I think these are the kinds of times that really show you who you are,” she noted, before telling students about her own journey to filmmaking, her use of social media, and her intentional “analog interventions” such as nightly journaling. While this was her first business trip since the pandemic, Shlain lectures worldwide on topics including the relationship between humanity and technology; the future of work; creativity and neuroscience; transforming ideas into reality; Jewish identity; and gender and inclusion. The Museum of Modern Art New York premiered her one-woman performance Dear Human at the start of 2020 to a sold-out crowd and standing ovation. Shlain’s keynote address to the entire School community touched on her own career, her approach to screen time and social media, and the topics and intersections of
technology, neuroscience, creativity, and women’s rights. She also discussed reframing negative views into positive opportunities. For example, instead of viewing women’s history from a position of scarcity of stories, looking at the many female leaders throughout history and adjusting to a perspective of abundance. “You all with your unique perspective, coming of age at this unique time in history … you have a lot of work to do, but every generation has had a lot of work to do,” she told students, noting that the world is shifting to what some are calling a human economy and the skills of curiosity, creativity, initiative, empathy, and multidisciplinary thinking are in demand in every field. Skills, she pointed out, that are quintessentially human. Tiffany Shlain was Chatham Hall’s 18th Leader in Residence, joining the likes of former President of Ireland and U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson, primatologist Jane Goodall, professional tennis player Venus Williams, Rear Admiral Ann C. Phillips USN (Ret.), and author and historian Doris Kearns Goodwin. The program was made possible by the legacy of Polly Wheeler Guth ’44, and welcomes female leaders in different fields to give students opportunities to see what drives these leaders and how they came to their careers, and to help students realize that they can attain goals that they set for themselves and be leaders, too, in powerful ways.
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CLASS OF 2021
Some members of the class of 2021 announcing their future plans.
CHATHAM HALL CLASS OF 2021 COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES Matriculations in Bold Alabama A & M University Alabama State University Amherst College Appalachian State University Auburn University Berry College Bethune-Cookman University Boston College Boston University Bridgewater College Case Western Reserve University Catholic University of America Christopher Newport University (x3) Claremont McKenna College Clark Atlanta University Clemson University Colgate University College of Charleston Denison University Duquesne University East Carolina University East Tennessee State University Elon University Emory & Henry College Emory University Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Florida Atlantic University Florida State University Fordham University Fort Valley State University Franklin & Marshall College Furman University George Mason University George Washington University Georgia Institute of Technology (Main Campus) Georgia State University Gettysburg College
Grambling State University Hampton University Hawaii Pacific University High Point University Hobart and William Smith Colleges Hollins University Howard University Jackson State University James Madison University John Cabot University Johnson C Smith University King’s College London Lehigh University Liberty University Longwood University Louisiana State University McGill University Mercer University Miami University (Oxford) Michigan State University Midway University Mount Holyoke College Murray State University New Jersey Institute of Technology New York University - Stern Norfolk State University North Carolina A & T State University North Carolina Central University North Carolina State University Northeastern University Pace University (New York City) Pennsylvania State University (Main Campus) Point Park University Radford University Randolph-Macon College Reed College Rice University Richmond The American International College in London Roanoke College Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Rutgers University (New Brunswick)
Saint Joseph’s University Sarah Lawrence College Seattle University Sewanee: The University of the South (x2) Southern University and A & M College Spelman College St Andrews University St. Bonaventure University St. Lawrence University Stetson University Stony Brook University SUNY at Albany SUNY at Binghamton Sweet Briar College Temple University Tennessee State University Texas Christian University Texas Tech University The College of Wooster The University of Alabama The University of Edinburgh The University of Tampa The University of Tennessee (Knoxville) Tufts University University of Arizona University of British Columbia University of California (Berkeley) University of California (Davis) University of California (Irvine) University of California (Los Angeles) University of California (San Diego) University of California (Santa Barbara) University of California (Santa Cruz) University of Central Florida University of Colorado Boulder University of Delaware University of Denver University of Glasgow University of Kent
University of Kentucky University of Louisville University of Lynchburg University of Mary Washington University of Mississippi University of Mount Olive University of New Hampshire (Main Campus) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of North Carolina at Greensboro University of North Carolina Wilmington University of Oregon University of Richmond University of Rochester University of San Francisco University of South Carolina University of South Florida (Main Campus) University of St Andrews (Scotland) University of Toronto (Canada) University of Virginia (Main Campus) University of Washington (Seattle Campus) University of York Vanderbilt University Virginia Commonwealth University Wagner College Washington and Lee University Washington University in St Louis Wellesley College Western Washington University WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management (Germany) William and Mary Winston-Salem State University Wofford College Worcester Polytechnic Institute Xavier University of Louisiana
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5 QUESTIONS WITH FACULTY MELISSA THOMPSON WHY TEACH AT CHATHAM HALL? I knew that I wanted to teach at Chatham Hall the very moment I met the Chatham Hall faculty and students during my initial job interview in May of 2020. Even during the pandemic and having to adhere to COVID protocols, Chatham Hall has felt like a true community and a home to me from the very beginning. Along with the wonderful and generous community it has, Chatham Hall has also allowed me to continue to grow as a young professional through supportive mentors and various professional development opportunities. WHAT IS THE GLOBAL SCHOLARS CERTIFICATE PROGRAM? The Global Scholars Certificate Program is a unique program at Chatham Hall that allows students to explore a global theme about which they are most passionate. For example, currently in our program we have students exploring topics such as the role that gender plays in education systems in different countries, the history and impact of imperialism on various nations, international trade and economic dilemmas, immigration policies, social movement throughout the world, and so many other fascinating topics. During their time in the program, students conduct original research on their chosen topic. At the end of their time in
the program, seniors write a 25-page capstone paper and present their findings in front of the Chatham Hall community at the end of the spring semester. Upon graduation, students who have successfully completed the program are recognized and awarded a certificate for their time and contributions to the program. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE THING IN YOUR CLASSROOM, AND WHY? It would have to be my hardwood table around which all my students are able to gather! I think that this really creates a very inviting space and allows my students to truly engage with one another during our class discussions. WHAT IS THE BEST PART OF BEING A DORM ADVISOR? My favorite part of dorm advising is getting to really know the Chatham Hall students outside of the classroom. I live on dorm with the students and see them every day, so I truly know my students and feel like I am a better educator because I know them so well. I also really enjoy being able to live on our beautiful campus and work in Residential Life because it has allowed me to immerse myself into the Chatham Hall community. Plus, I love the convenience of living right above my classroom! GO GOLD OR GO PURPLE? Go Purple!!!
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5 QUESTIONS WITH STAFF LYNNE SHELTON, R.N.
WHAT BROUGHT YOU TO CHATHAM HALL? I came to Chatham Hall in 2005 because I have always loved working with young people. As a nurse, I find that helping students get healthy when they are young leads to greater health as adults. WHAT DO YOU WISH EVERYONE KNEW ABOUT BEING DIRECTOR OF THE HEALTHCARE CENTER? Being the director of the Healthcare Center is 24/7. The health of the Chatham Hall community is multifaceted. It includes students, employees, MeriwetherGodsey employees, and the families of all employees. It’s fast-paced and fully involved, and I love every minute of it! WHAT IS THE MOST REWARDING PART OF YOUR JOB? When a patient gets better! Whether it’s an illness or injury, it’s very rewarding to see a patient who is struggling improve and return to normal activity. This past year the most rewarding part was watching our community avoid a COVID-19 outbreak. We came together and beat the odds. That was beyond rewarding!*
*For her leadership during the pandemic, Nurse Lynne received a heartfelt standing ovation from the entire School community during the Faculty and Staff Appreciation Chapel in spring 2021.
WHAT DO YOU LOVE MOST ABOUT CHATHAM HALL? The fact that it is a community, not just a school. We are neighbors, family, and friends. I get to see promising young people live out experiences that I could only dream of when I was a student. In fact, I couldn’t even dare to dream some of the things these girls get to do. GO GOLD OR GO PURPLE? Purple, of course - all the way!
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BY THE NUMBERS: THE BARN
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Horseshoes Used
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Weekly Lessons
Hay Bales Consumed Per Year
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Barn Staff
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IEA Riders
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Barn Cat (Bubbles)
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Horse Shows
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OUT AND ABOUT
alumnae news
Stephens ’79 Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship
Goldstein ’12 Living Her Dream as Equine Veterinarian
Dr. Beth Stephens ’79 was recently awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in the creative arts. Dr. Stephens, a professor of art at the University of California, Santa Cruz and a multimedia artist, was one of 184 artists, writers, scholars, and scientists to receive a 2021 Fellowship.
Dr. Libby Goldstein ’12 dreamt of becoming a veterinarian from a very early age. She carried this dream with her to Chatham Hall, where she was able to explore her love of horses in a variety of settings.
“Chatham Hall prepared me for being an artist and filmmaker by introducing me to different ideas and ways of seeing the world,” said Stephens. “The School also provided access to art studios where I could draw, paint, and make ceramics. Chatham encouraged making art and celebrated creativity. This made me feel at home in a world where I didn’t quite fit and allowed me to follow my passions. I also met other students at Chatham who were equally artistic, and their creativity influenced me. These long-lasting friendships are models for the kinds of relationships that nurture an artist’s art and film practices. To become an artist or filmmaker, one has to develop one’s work with care just as one must foster their friendships.” In addition to receiving the Guggenheim Fellowship, Stephens has been honored as a Eureka Fellow and a Rydell Fellow. She has also won grants from the San Francisco Arts Commission Cultural Equity Initiative, UCSC’s Arts Research Institute, and Palimpsest Productions.
“Cricket Stone Morris taught an equine-focused biology course while I was there that only one or two other people took with me, so I really appreciated the time she put into it for so few people because it gave me a definite step up in my knowledgebase,” Goldstein remembered. “She also helped me develop the topic for the Hallum Hurt Scholarship* and joined me on a trip to Spain and Germany to study the influence of Spanish breeds on modern-day sport horses.” Goldstein attended Cornell University and the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine. She earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree in 2021, and in the spring was featured on the cover of the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine magazine. She has since accepted a position with Old Dominion Equine Associates in Keswick, Va. “Going to veterinary school was the perfect combination for my analytical brain and love of animals, and becoming an equine practitioner was especially appealing as I can spend most of my days outdoors with horses,” she said. “The hours can be long, and the work is physically demanding, but it’s all worth it to know you’ve had a hand in the success of horses in their various competitive disciplines.”
*Hallam Hurt ’68 Student and Faculty Foreign Travel Award
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Penny ’17 Joins Teach for America Science. Medicine. Education. For Caroline-Daly Penny ’17, the combination of these three subjects has led to joining Teach for America in Ewa Beach, Hawai’i.
Millner Armstrong ’77 Appointed to Virginia Commission for the Arts Frazier Millner Armstrong ’77 was recently appointed to the Virginia Commission for the Arts by Governor Ralph Northam. “I’m excited about the opportunity to work to make arts and culture accessible and affordable to every Virginian,” said Armstrong. “I’m thrilled to foster support and awareness among our citizens about the value of the arts as a healing, communal, shared experience, and to advocate for arts education and increased funding to support new and emerging art disciplines as well as the necessary and important larger organizations.” For Armstrong, the arts have been a lifelong interest as well as a foundational part of a multi-faceted career. After earning a B.S. in mass communications from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), she wrote for the Waynesboro News-Virginian, and worked in marketing, public relations, and fundraising related to the arts. She has also served on the board of the Richmond Symphony among many other arts-related opportunities and has been honored as an Outstanding Woman in Media and Marketing by the YWCA of Richmond as well as one of Virginia Business magazine’s 100 People to Know in 2020. “Going to Chatham Hall gave me the confidence to try most anything,” noted Armstrong. “It gave me a respect and love for the written word. Although not published widely, I love to write and it is my fallback, my safe place and I hope to do more of it. I mostly write poetry now. I fell in love with theatre there and acted and directed a bit. I have a penchant for exploring and adventure - whether it’s meeting new people, finding new places or seeking out new ways of thinking. I love to learn.”
Following her graduation from Chatham Hall, Penny moved to Memphis to attend Rhodes College. While in Memphis, Penny also interned at St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital and worked as a GED teacher for a non-profit serving the lowest-income zip code communities in the city. “Memphis really took my love of science, medicine, and education to a new level and provided me with some truly incredible opportunities,” she said. “But it was Chatham Hall that built the foundation of my passion for education. I think it started on the trip to India I went on as a sophomore when we had the opportunity to volunteer at an all-girls school. While I knew about and understood the educational inequities faced by many, my eyes were truly opened to the realities of the barriers that exist around education for so many around the world, especially for women.” Penny’s decision to join Teach for America gives her the opportunity to directly influence the disparities and inequities she has observed. “Now I have the chance every single day to impact the lives of high schoolers, many of whom had no thoughts of college or travel or possible scholarships whatsoever because they did not even realize it was a possibility,” she noted. “Not only did Chatham Hall provide me with an exceptional academic education, but they also poured knowledge of so many fundamental skills into me that now I am able to pass on to others. There is no doubt in my mind that without my experience at Chatham Hall, where I am today would not be possible.” In addition to teaching, Penny is concurrently earning her Master’s of Science in Education degree from Johns Hopkins University.
20 22 REUNION
APRIL 29 TO MAY 1 MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Celebrating classes ending in 2 and 7 Details will be available soon. Please direct any questions to Director of Alumnae and Parent Relations Carmen Garcia at cgarcia@chathamhall.org or 434.432.5618. chathamhall.org/reunion
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2021 ALUMNAE AWARD WINNERS At the Alumnae Association Annual Meeting in May, this year’s award winners were announced including the special recognition of naming an honorary alumna. The Boyce Lineberger Award, given to an alumna who exerts a longstanding influence on the affairs of Chatham Hall, was awarded to Sarah Longpré ’84. The Nancy Gwathmey Award, given to an alumna who demonstrates superior skills in fundraising, was given to M.E. Freeman and Walker Jones of the Class of 1970. The Ellie MacVeagh Award, given to an alumna who best represents the School’s goals for fellow constituents, was given to Terri Martinez ’85. The Mildred Harrison Dent Award, given to an alumna who demonstrates an enthusiastic long-term commitment and devotion to the ideals of Chatham Hall, was given to Eleanor Owens Earle ’46. Chatham Hall’s Director of Advancement Services and Donor Relations Starlet Lemon was also recognized as an honorary alumna. This honor recognizes the outstanding service Lemon has given to the School, and her exemplification of the ideals of Chatham Hall. Lemon worked at Chatham Hall for 23 years and retired in June. She was also the 2017 winner of the Chatham Hall Employee Service Appreciation Award for her service to the School community “with selfless example and great love.”
Reunion 2021 Offered “Double the Fun” From April 30 - May 2, Chatham Hall’s Reunion Weekend offered a plethora of virtual events and celebrated classes ending in 0, 1, 5, and 6. “Unfortunately, the pandemic cancelled last year’s reunion so this year we celebrated the milestone reunions of two sets of classes,” explained then-Director of Alumnae and Parent Relations Christine Gilmore. “For example, we hosted fiftieth reunions for both the Class of 1970 and the Class of 1971. It truly was ‘double the fun.’” Also on this year’s weekend schedule was a tour of campus led by current students, a community open-mic coffeehouse, class gatherings, a gala toast, a silent auction, an historical presentation on Lucy Chaplin Lee by Dr. William Black, a journaling workshop led by Terri Martinez ’85, and a Reunion Memorial Chapel service. “A silver lining this year was that with so many virtual events, alumnae could join in from wherever they were,” noted Gilmore. “I hope they enjoyed bringing a little bit of Chatham Hall into their homes.”
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2021 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNA AWARD The Chatham Hall Distinguished Alumna Award was established in 2010 to recognize distinguished graduates representing diverse professions and interests, and who embody the characteristics and values of Chatham Hall, such as honor, respect, and integrity. Past recipients include: 2021 Martha Ann Keels ’75, Pediatric Dentist 2020 Jane Sherron DeHart ’54, Historian and Scholar 2020 Claudia Emerson ’75, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet and 2008 VA Poet Laureate 2019 Laura Brown Cronin ’72, Business and Finance 2019 Ann Blodget Holberton ’69, Finance and Community Advocacy 2018 Kathy Reynolds Chandler ’68, Hall of Fame Skier 2018 Helene “Lanie” Zimmermann Hill ’46, Radiation Biologist 2017 Kate Bulkley ’77, Journalist 2017 Sarah Morris ’72, Archaeologist 2016 Gloria Bond Clunie ’71, Playwright 2015 Nina Johnson Botsford ’72, Community Activist 2014 Polly Wheeler Guth ’44, Philanthropist 2014 Povy LaFarge Bigbee ’51, Rancher and Agriculture 2013 Leila McConnell Daw ’58, Artist 2013 Frances “Hallam” Hurt ’63, Neonatologist 2012 Anne L. Bryant ’67, Educator 2011 Diane Heiskell Schetky ’57, Forensic Psychiatrist 2010 Elinor R. Greene II ’70, Minister 2010 Penelope Perkins Wilson ’41, Philanthropist
Leader on the Rise Award Our newest accolade is The Leader on the Rise Award which recognizes Chatham Hall graduates from the last twenty years who have distinguished themselves through creativity, achievement, and/or innovation either in their profession or through commitment to an issue, project, or cause.
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DR. MARTHA ANN KEELS 2021 Distinguished Alumna Award Recipient
Dr. Martha Ann Keels ’75, a pediatric dentist currently serving on the American Dental Association (ADA) Council of Scientific Affairs and the Science Committee of the International Association of Pediatric Dentistry, was named the 2021 Distinguished Alumna Award recipient last spring. Below are her remarks delivered at the virtual Alumnae Council Annual Meeting. I am still so honored and humbled by this recognition. I fondly remember the visionary words from previous recipients of this award. Most notably the unspoken words of my classmate, Claudia Emerson, Pulitzer Prize winner in poetry whose life was taken too early - but her gift of words in her poems continues to speak to us. As a pediatric dentist you try to think of ways to motivate your patients to strive for better health. Through the past year, I have been telling my patients to “E -F-G it everyday. E is for Exercise, F is for, you guessed it, Flossing and G is for Grateful. I ask the children to think of one thing to be grateful for every day. I could easily cover many, many days of things I am grateful for just from my four years at Chatham Hall. I am grateful to my parents for sending both me and my sister to Chatham Hall. I am grateful to all my teachers and coaches who pushed me outside my comfort zone. I am grateful for the opportunity to enjoy the beautiful grounds of Chatham Hall and the solace of St. Mary’s Chapel. I am especially grateful to my classmates of the Class of 1975 for their steadfast friendship. My acronym for Chatham Hall is “R-S-T.” R is for Resilience, without which I would not have survived the trials of this pandemic. We developed resilience learning to live away from home, learning to share a room with a stranger, learning to do laundry, and complete our homework without parental nudging. Resilience is critical to being able to bounce back from life’s setbacks. S is for Soaring, from the faculty, the coaches and the staff. All had the mindset to encourage and support you to soar as high as possible in all of your endeavors. “You can’t do that” is never part of the narrative at Chatham Hall. I have memories of Dee Burch reassuring me I could handle the science courses in college even if I missed senior biology and chemistry to attend Woodberry Forest in England. I distinctly remember being scared to death when Miss Wag-
oner placed a wooden lacrosse stick in my hand for the first time and then she said “you can play this game.” I still to this day love to cradle a lacrosse stick. T is for Tradition. The Chatham Hall Traditions are memories that anchor the soul and bring us great comfort and stability. From the Chapel services, John Henry banging the gong for dinner, Archie smiling at you over a plate of fresh scrambled eggs, Sextet singing on Senior Stairs, the reblooming every year of the irises around Curtis’ Garden, Lantern Ceremony, Gathering in the Big Meadow, White Flag and Essay Boxes, and cheering for our Gold or Purple Team to singing our Alma Mater together, all of these wonderful traditions tie us together in a gold and purple ribbon of joy and happiness. In closing, I am grateful for having been given the opportunity to be a part of the Chatham Hall tradition and grateful to you for this recognition.
“I distinctly remember being scared to death when Miss Wagoner placed a wooden lacrosse stick in my hand for the first time and then she said, ‘you can play this game.‘ I still to this day love to cradle a lacrosse stick.”
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ILLUMINATE YOUR WORLD In August 2021 Rector Rachel Avery Connell sent her summer Rector’s Letter to the Chatham Hall community introducing new ways to conceptualize the School. Below is an excerpt from her introduction. The full
In summer 2020, Chatham Hall commissioned nonprofit branding
letter may be accessed on the Chatham Hall website
experts Mission Minded to assist in
at www.chathamhall.org/news.
discovering more about the community
In order for any organization to thrive, it must find a way of describing itself that encompasses many different
and how best to articulate what
experiences and perspectives. It must create a shared
the School offers to today’s young
language among its constituencies, so that its vision and
women. Together, Mission Minded and
purpose become clear to all. As our Board has articulated, our mission at Chatham Hall is to equip curious
Chatham Hall were able to synthesize
thinkers to lead lives of impact and we know that this is
a great number of experiences and
the foundation on which each of our students will build a life of her own. We know that this sets us apart from
perspectives and distill them into words
other schools and keeps our focus on the work being
and phrases designed to convey the
done in the present, right here on campus. We know that this is how we want others to come to know Cha-
boundless potential of our students and
tham Hall.
community.
Last summer, we commissioned nonprofit branding experts Mission Minded to work with us on discovering more about ourselves and how we talk about Chatham Hall.
WHAT DID WE DO?
We uncovered not only how we as a community de-
• Research of our own website and
scribe ourselves—as intentional, courageous, compassionate, dynamic, and honorable—but were able to express these concepts in short phrases describing how we work to live our values here at Chatham Hall. We choose courage over comfort, we ignite the light for others, we appreciate the journey, we do the right thing (even when it’s the hardest choice), and we strive to be our best selves. We were able to take emotions shared by many and translate them into how girls feel here at Chatham Hall, that they are unstoppable on every step of their journeys. Finally, we were able to use all of this scaffolding to construct and articulate the promise we
printed materials • Comparisons with the websites and printed materials of peer schools • Multi-stakeholder survey and accompanying analysis of more than 400 sets of responses • Interviews with parents, students, young alumnae, faculty members, and Trustees • Ten hours with a focus group
make to our students, that at Chatham Hall we will help
comprised of faculty members,
you illuminate your world.
alumnae, and administrators
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WHY DID WE DO THIS?
WHAT DO WE BELIEVE?
To ensure that we are
At Chatham Hall, we believe that when
conveying what we want others to know
a young woman steps beyond the
about Chatham Hall.
boundary of her own comfort zone, she realizes the true power of her potential.
WHAT DID WE FIND?
Every day across campus, she’ll discover
We describe ourselves as:
her individual passions, learn to balance
• Intentional
joy with challenge, gratitude with
• Courageous
ambition, and to champion each other as
• Compassionate
she begins to weave together informed
• Dynamic
perspectives that will make up her
• Honorable
worldview. With endless opportunities illuminated before her, she’ll feel confident taking
WE KNOW WE VALUE EACH
the first steps toward a life that is all
COMMUNITY MEMBER:
her own.
• Choosing courage over comfort • Igniting the light for others • Appreciating the journey
WHAT DO WE OFFER?
• Doing the right thing (even when it’s
• Students the chance to feel
the hardest choice) • Being your best self
unstoppable on every step of the journey • An environment that celebrates each individual as she steps into her power WHAT DO WE PROMISE? Opportunities and assistance for each student to illuminate her world
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THE LOGO
In addition to articulating new descriptions for ourselves in words, we also undertook the exciting work of evolving our visual identity to ensure that how we represent ourselves graphically matched this new vocabulary and these new messages. This logo tells the story of our warm and welcoming environment here at Chatham Hall. The shield honors our history and tradition in a forward-looking way. The balance of purple and gold reflects our inclusivity while the purple line on the left elevates the shield in a dynamic way and moves the eye from left to right so that the angle communicates forward movement. There’s a stained glass quality to it, reminiscent of the windows of St. Mary’s Chapel, which lets light shine and illuminate through, and in the space defining the quadrants is a cross.
The customized sans serif typography is modern. The distinctive peaks are dynamic and intentional, mirroring the confidence in the shield. Both are established, confident, and courageous.
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25 The monogram of our C and H has intentional and dynamic interactions that exude strength and dynamism. The C is also reminiscent of a horseshoe, a nod to our equestrian heritage.
The circle is a nod to our history both at the School and Pittsylvania County, as it is taken from the crest of William Pitt, First Earl of Chatham. You might remember it from both our first shield and our seal. The circle also is inclusive by nature, underscoring the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion, while also signifying our closeknit community and a sense of place.
This purple bar elevates the shield in a dynamic way and moves the eye from left to right so that the angle communicates forward movement.
The lower right quadrant is intentionally left blank to represent that there is space for each student to see herself at Chatham Hall and for each to “leave her mark” and make her contribution at the School. The fleur-de-lis is a symbol of a European iris and the iris is known to be the first symbol of the School, representing the students of Chatham Hall and how they flourish and are unstoppable here. The way it is stylized has depth and dimension that is confident in celebrating its beauty.
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CAMS HELPS STUDENTS THRIVE By Susan Johnston Taylor
“They get that moment of success and feel that they can therefore transfer that to other areas.” -Dean of Academics Martha Grisword
Chatham Hall’s academic support program, Comprehensive Approach to Mastery Support (CAMS), is entering its fifth year. It’s designed for students who are intellectually prepared for the rigors of the college preparatory environment and have an identified learning difference or demonstrate a skill deficit that would impact their ability to optimize success in the classroom. This year, the program serves more than 30 students. Dean of Academics Martha Griswold and Director of Academic Support Dr. Laura Daniel visited two other schools for inspiration for the current program. “We were pleased with what we saw in the schools,” Griswold said, “but we also realized that we’re in a situation where we got to know the kids much more quickly. Thanks to Chatham Hall’s smaller size, its staff can sometimes identify issues that would have gone unnoticed at other schools.”
When CAMS started, it was a service with an associated fee but now it’s free and open to all. Students who attend CAMS classes might have a learning difference such as dyslexia, or a diagnosis that impacts their studies such as anxiety, ADHD, or depression. The non-credit program meets as a class during the school day to provide emotional, academic, and study skills support. Daniel serves as the CAMS teacher, and students also meet with their classroom teachers for additional tutoring support during that time. “They just need some structure, they need some oversight, they need some emotional support and predictability,” Daniel said. With Chatham Hall students arriving from academic backgrounds all over the globe, academic preparation might also be a reason a student attends CAMS. “With students having been virtual for so long, there’s a variety of reasons, maybe a middle school experience or even an elementary school experience that either left some academic gaps or some study skill gaps,” Daniel added. “They come to Chatham Hall and they wouldn’t be as prepared as they would need to be to meet our curriculum.” CAMS is structured in a flexible format to allow for synergy and peer learning. “If they see one another following these good study skills, it’s going to be a million times more effective than me saying to do it,” Daniel said. “They say, ‘hey, you know, I was there. I was kind of in your position six months ago or last year, let me show you how I studied for this class.’”
Daniel also works with the School’s counseling office to make sure that students stay on track with any mental health counseling appointments. She also communicates with classroom teachers to identify what’s working and where students are still struggling, and with students’ Advisors to keep everyone on the same page in terms of supporting the students. Students can join CAMS mid-year if needed, but Daniel said the School works hard to identify potential CAMS students at the start of the year. “In the admissions process for new students, we’ve worked really hard to recommend and even require some students to participate in the program their first year,” she said. “That’s based on previous psychological testing, educational testing, and/or teacher recommendation.” Some parents also refer their student to CAMS because they know they might need that extra guidance. Once these students succeed at Chatham Hall, they’re better equipped to choose a college at which they can flourish and advocate for help if they need it. “They get that moment of success and feel that they can therefore transfer that to other areas,” Griswold said. “It also goes to their agency of being able to take control of their learning.”
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By Susan Johnston Taylor “Chapel is a time of togetherness when we get to gather as a community and really listen. We learn together. We move forward together. I think that’s a wonderful thing.” -Virginia Grace Jones ’22
During the 2020-2021 school year, Chaplain Beth Barksdale and student leaders bolstered Chatham Hall’s Spiritual Life with a new approach and a lot of inclusive programming. “The evolution really began at the beginning of last year when we focused on the reality that students come to Chapel three times a week,” explained Barksdale, who is entering her third year at Chatham Hall. “That’s a lot of time for a community to be together and we wanted to ensure it was meaningful.” The thrice-weekly Chapel services are student-led, by members of the School’s Spiritual Life League, other student organizations, and
of course seniors as they give their traditional Chapel Talks. Libby Murphy ’21 was active in Bible Study and led the Spiritual Life League last year. She encouraged the League to lean into the theme of loving your neighbor which the Chapel Team introduced. The League met every Friday and picked up momentum as more and more students attended those meetings and participated in Chapel. Emphasizing that we are a supportive and welcoming environment helped reluctant classmates get more involved, said Hannah Faison ’21. “I’ve seen a lot of students go from too scared to even participate in any
type of service to assisting the crucifer and acolytes,” said Faison, who served as Crucifer, Chatham Hall’s second highest student leadership position. Since Chapel met outdoors for the fall semester and many spring services were held outdoors, the League looked for ways to create sacred outdoor spaces. “We didn’t want Chapel to feel like any other gathering at the School, and worked together to recognize each place as holy,” Barksdale said, adding that six touchstones were designated as contemplative places on campus where students can go for deeper reflection. One such space is the Peace Garden, which includes
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peace poles displaying “May Peace Prevail on Earth” in eight different languages. One hundred and fifty bulbs were planted in honor of the students. Murphy described it as “a place of reflection and relaxation.” She added that it’s especially beautiful in the springtime when the flowers are in bloom. The group also ordered small, handheld touchstones and circulated them among the Chatham Hall community. “If a student recognized that somebody needed to know someone else was thinking of them, they would give them a touchstone,” Barksdale said. “Throughout the year, the circulation of touchstones is a physical reminder that we are all connected and part of the same community.” In keeping with the year’s theme, Christmas services were designed to be inclusive of those from many religious backgrounds. “Leaning into our Episcopal heritage, our goal for all Chapel services is to create a program that instills a sense of belonging, regardless of one’s faith tradition, or lack thereof,” Barksdale said. “Even our seasonal Christian services are designed to be a time of reflection for all members of our community to seek clarity about their own beliefs and to live more faithful lives.” Students left campus for virtual learning between Thanksgiving and Christmas Break last year, so all seasonal services were pre-recorded and edited to 25-30 minutes each. This was an ambitious undertaking given that at least 60 students participated in the recordings, which included
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the lighting of the Advent wreath, the Christmas Pageant, Lessons and Carols, and more. “There’s such a wide array of ways for people to participate,” said Wynne Overton, Chief Enrollment Officer and head of the Flower Guild. “Whether it’s someone who has lots of experience in the Episcopal Church or someone who’s new, they can find ways to get involved and be part of a community. Especially this year with COVID when we were so campus-centered, it was wonderful to have those offerings.” Mission: Valentine was another project that supported the year’s theme. Murphy estimates that 100 Chatham Hall students made and delivered cards to local residents who might have
felt extra isolated due to the pandemic. “We thought that as a school we could really do our part and make valentines for them,” she explained. Most of the School community also participated in an Easter Egg hunt with about 500 eggs filled with money coupons. “If you found a $20 coupon, you could pick a charity to receive that amount of real money,” Murphy says. (Children of faculty and staff got a five-minute head start on hunting for eggs!) While Holy Week has often overlapped with Spring Break, last year was a closed Easter weekend with students on campus and Easter services held outside. Episcopal Priest Becky Crites led Stations of the Cross, a new experience for many Cha-
tham Hall students. “Our students also made a cross that we flowered on Easter in Curtis’ Garden. Members of our community participated in this ritual while Whitney Byington (’22) played the violin,” Barksdale said. “It brought the experience of what Easter means to anyone as we were focused on the season of rebirth and renewal.” Through hard work and a wide array of programs, the Spiritual Life League exemplified the theme of loving your neighbor and brought the community together. Said Murphy, “You can really see the change in our School over the past yearand-a-half between students and the faculty, and just the sense of community with the Chapel services.”
“It’s great to be able to talk about and explore your beliefs with a group of other students. Through Spiritual Life, we get to turn our faith into action.” -Ellie Larsen ’22
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CLASS NOTES Alumnae and friends gathered for a photo at the on-campus wedding of Katherine Leak ’15 and Thomas Lee. From left, Sophie Leak ’23, Schaeffer Goss Barnhardt ’06, Christine Leak ’22, Wynne Overton, Lily Chappell ’22, Sadie Hassman ’21, Amy Leak ’20, Emily Boesen ’20, Alletta Lee BodeGriss ’86, Sridha Chadalavada ’20, Srila Chadalavada ’16, Katherine Leak ’15, Frances Lee Vandell ’60, Meredith Lee ’12, Rector Rachel Connell, Peggy Lee ’50, Anna Porter ’12, Sheppard Morrison, Jane Allen ’00, Elizabeth Hollerith ’15, Claire Mayo ’15, Robin Boch ’16, Annika Tice ’15, Cathy LaDuke, Sriya Chadalavada ’15.
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Anne Lee Reath ’45 At 94, I’m doing pretty well. I live in a retirement facility and am lucky to live near two of my five children. I also have 13 grandchildren and seven greatgrandchildren with one more due in December of 2021. The Chatham years were wonderful years! I send my best to all of you.
Caroline Young Moore ’54 All is well here in Colorado. John and I managed to escape COVID-19. We lost our son Stephan last July, so sad. Our children and grands are all doing well. We are looking forward to traveling in the future when things settle down. Love living in Carbondale, a great neighborhood. We welcome friends passing through.
1953 Olivia Hutchins Dunn ’53 Absolutely nothing of any interest or importance has occurred in my life this year except...I am now 86 years old and in pretty good shape! My two boys are with me which gives me enormous pleasure as well as my grandoggie! As I have no grandchildren he is MY grandchild! I remember my four years at Chatham with great pleasure! I would love to hear from the rest of my class that is still with us!
1955 Susan Embree Parker ’55 Having survived a surreal year with good fortune and two Pfizers, I’m moving out of New York City to Madison, CT where I’ll catch up with Denny Pierce-Grove ’60. Best regards to all. Natalie Farrar Theriot ’55 My husband and I moved to Bishop Gadsden in Charleston, SC for the summer and plan to return to our house on Spring Island near Beaufort,
SC in the fall. Bishop Gadsden is a continuing care facility which takes residents who are capable of living independently during their mandatory 90 days upon entering the facility and we hope long thereafter. It was a big decision to not become burdens on our children who live in Denver and Ann Arbor.
1957 Claire Gardner Robinson ’57 Ken and I remained healthy through COVID-19 doing LOTS of jigsaw puzzles and Scrabble. My grandson got a mild case in college and he is all recovered now. The rest of the family is well. Ken and I went back and forth to our place on Long Lake in Bridgton, ME this summer.
1958 Jane Clark Warren ’58 I lost my volunteer job at our local school due to the virus, I now work at the PA Food Bank.
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1960 Anne Doyle Cross ’60 I live in the town of Beaufort, SC and if anyone comes to visit I hope they will find my house. I have a huge porch life here. I had my shots, but I’m not going anywhere. I expect visitors to start coming back to see me, but they have never stopped coming to Beaufort. Even in the midst of COVID-19, people had to get out and go somewhere and so they came to walk the streets of Beaufort and they came from near and far. If I have to be a widow, I’m glad I’m here and in town and surrounded by beauty, water, and people. Margaret Lloyd Keuler ’60 After missing last year I spent five weeks on Cape Cod with family: children, grandchildren, siblings and cousins (first to several removes) including Prue Lloyd Rosenthal ’58. Some overdue maintenance was needed including flying squirrels in the attic, but there was much time spent catching up with everyone. We enjoyed the beach almost every day and watched many games of the Cape Cod Baseball League (summer collegiate with wooden bats).
1960 Eleanore Lee ’60 Like everyone I know, we have had a challenging COVIDtime and getting back into the world is also challenging in its own way. I’ve been able to keep writing poetry. I’m now thinking of putting together a collection of my published poems. My two older grandchildren (ages 20 and 30) are both applying to law school right now - hard to believe.
1963 Anne Clement Haddad ’63 My husband Charles and I are both retired and living in a studio apartment that is attached to our daughter Jenny
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1967 Margaret Perkins Sise ’67 Taking a hike with Laurie Nussdorfer ’68 and an outdoor lunch with Mary Dykema McDonald ’69, kept me smiling in 2020.
1968 Kathryn Carter Jacobs ’68 All is well with the Jacobs family. Both daughters, our son-in-law, and our outstanding little grandson, George, will be here with us for another house party. Earlier this year we purchased a travel van and have enjoyed trips to West Palm Beach and the North Carolina mountains. For the first time in decades we had a chance to go horseback riding and loved it! We stay busy with our business, VITA Digital Productions, and with church activities. It is so good to be active again! Best wishes to all. Dianne Covey Ohlandt ’68 I’ve moved back to Alabama to be close to my daughter and two of my grandchildren.
1970 Ninna Fisher Denny ’70 The Class of 1970 celebrated its 50th/51st reunion on a Zoom call on April 30, 2021. Former head of alumnae and parent relations, Christine Gilmore, was our moderator. There were at least 35 people who participated on the call or in spirit, including Emilie Richardson ’70, along with her twin, Alison (who did not go to Chatham but who a number of us knew because of Emilie). It was a thrill to see our class in action! We had a wonderful committee who made all great things happen in honor of our
classmates who are no longer with us. A great donation was made for faculty housing. Hooray for the Class of 1970! Susie Farwell Houston ’65, Kathy Washburne Reimelt ’70 and I were on vacation together in August. Walker Johnson Jones ’70 Amazing ... three Chatham girls living next door to each other in Birmingham! Helen Mirkil ’70 “Birdsong,” an exhibition of recent paintings by Helen Mirkil ’70, will take place at Art in Bloom Gallery (aibgallery.com) from September 24 - November 7, 2021 in Wilmington, NC. Would love to have alumnae and Chatham students come and see the show!
Susie Farwell Houston ’65, Kathy Washburne Reimelt ’70 (top), and Ninna Fisher Denny ’70 (bottom left) were on vacation together in August. Walker Johnson Jones ’70, Katherine “Tink” Springs Milnor ’46, and Colleen Ireland Norton ’63, P ’86 (bottom right).
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Polly Smith ’70 I had two treats this spring and summer visiting Chatham friends. First, my husband, Bill, and I took our camper south and enjoyed a few days visiting Walker Johnson Jones ’70 and her husband, also Bill, in Alabama. I was Walker’s caddie! Then in June, my husband and I visited Charlotte Caldwell ’70 and her husband, Jeffrey, in Montana! We had a wonderful time hiking, playing games, and of course being beaten by Charlotte at ping pong! Looking forward to seeing some of our class in Washington, D.C. in October!
1971 Venita Fields ‘71 Venita was recently named to Mergers & Acquisitions’ Top 25 Most Influential Women in Mid-Market M&A list, the fifth consecutive year to be honored as such.
Elizabeth Cary Pierson ’71 A warm hello to all my Chatham Hall friends! I was sorry to miss our 50th Zoom Reunion in April but enjoyed watching the video of it afterward. Earlier in April, I had a fabulous catch-up phone call with junior-year roommate Venita Fields ’71. I’ve also been in touch with Anne Burnett ’71 and hope to do some hiking with her later this summer. I’m still loving my work as a freelance editor and also love helping out with our three granddaughters: two on Cape Cod and one nearby in Portland, ME. If anyone is passing through midcoast Maine, give a shout! Margaret Malloy Sanders ’71 Since COVID-19 I haven’t traveled much. I recently went to Arkansas to visit my sister, Mary Malloy Kelley ’72. She has a farm and grows beautiful fruits and vegetables. She also raises cows, pigs, chickens, and turkeys. I see Marion Malloy Murphy ’67 often as we both enjoy art classes together. I also had a wonderful visit with Edith Williams ’72 and Nona Pinkoson Upshaw ’71. Life is good here in SC.
Nancy Bolduc ’72 Scott Harvey and I had the pleasure of a visit with Julia Morris Kashkashian ’75 and Dikran Kashkashian at their home outside Longmont, CO. We had such a great time catching up that we visited again two days later. Julia added to the attraction of next year’s reunion (my 50th!) by saying that if sister Genie Bolduc ’77 and I both make it she’ll plan to overlap with us in Yanceyville, NC. Next Scott and I headed to Ft. Collins and had a lovely visit with my sister Susan Bolduc Hunter ’70 and nephew Luke.
1973 Jake Darby ’73 So moved by Rector Connell’s remarks at the graduation of the Class of 2020. I read every single profile and was so proud to learn about these wonderful young women. Congratulations to them and to Chatham for continuing to thrive and grow during the restrictions of the pandemic. I look forward to hearing about the Class of 2021.
1975 Julia Morris Kashkashian ’75 After two years of planning by email, and 46 years since we last parted following graduation, I connected with Margaret Towers ’75 and met for dinner in Alexandria, VA, along with Margaret’s wife Sue Johnsen. Margaret and Sue live in Hendersonville, NC but were on their way with their two dogs - in their RV! - to Maine’s Acadia National Park; Julia was visiting her mother
in Alexandria. We didn’t have nearly enough time to make up for all the years, fill in all the blanks, or share all the life adventures, but we had a wonderful time and are looking forward to connecting again. Margaret and Sue stopped in to see Chatham Hall on the way; it was Margaret’s first time back since 1975. I was also fortunate enough to spend a night in Corrales, NM with Alicia Monks Murtha ’75 and her husband Steve. Alicia has retired from her career as a nurse in the Albuquerque hospital system. She and Steve spend as much time as they can in the great outdoors, demonstrating great success in balancing life’s priorities, much to Julia’s envy. Alicia’s daughter Nan Murtha ’06 (also a Chatham gal!) and her husband Dan joined us all for dinner.
1979 Stephanie Klein-Davis ’79 After 33 years as a staff photographer for The Roanoke Times, I left the newspaper in August 2020 to take a job teaching photography at William Fleming High School in Roanoke. It’s an inner-city high school with trauma-based learning being instilled. It’s very challenging. This past year I had 110 students across five classes. Many did not work at all; it was baffling. But, only about 35 percent of the students returned for in-class learning when the virtual learning plan was optional. I’ve taken the summer off to take a few online classes for license recertification points, travel, and freelance writing and photography for South Roanoke Living magazine. I’m giving up the writing part to only do photography this fall. We traveled to Maine this summer to see my boyfriend of five years’ family. We are going to Philadelphia to visit some of my first cousins, then California to visit my siblings and parents at the end of the summer before school
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resumes. The best ending for summer will be our delayed James Taylor & Jackson Brown concert, here at the Berglund Center in Roanoke on August 11. I’ve been in touch with a few of my Chatham classmates, mostly via Facebook/ Instagram: (former roommates Alisa “Cai” Baker Congleton ’79, Andrea Lightbourn Brownrigg ’79, Maggie Taylor ’79, Sarah Wright Ryan ’79, Duggan Childers Lansing ’79, Katherine Close ’79, Pam Ray Zivari ’79, Alicia Thompson ’80, Robin Norberg Kennedy ’79 and Lucia Neutze ’79. Also a few from other classes like Grace Houghton ’78, Hunter Estes Barrat ’78, Cameron Keels Austin ’78, Semmes Evans Zazzara ’78, Janet Freed Rosser ’80 and her sister Mary Freed ’86 who I’ve known since I was four years old)... to name a few. My daughter Aria (20 in September) has become an Emergency Medical Responder with AMR and my son is a Marine based in San Diego, working as a helicopter mechanic. He will be based in Japan most of next year.
1980 Annette Kirby ’80 Hello, class of 1980! Still living in Bath County, up near the Homestead in Warm Springs, VA and loving it! Peace, quiet, wildlife and a four-month-old English Lab puppy! A single mom with three kids! Painting when I can but Purdey is taking a lot of my time.
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1984 Sherry Thompson ’84 Hi, Class of ’84. I am in Los Angeles. I retired from international flying after 30 years. I cannot believe how time has flown by! I had a bad accident in the sky three years ago and now I feel 100%. Hence, this is why I did not attend our reunion. My sister Kimberly O’Connor ’84 is retired as well in Sarasota, Florida enjoying her charity work. We both miss our fun times at Chatham and cherish our memories. Stay safe.
1989 Sarah McKinstry Keenen ’89 Susan Moorefield Wilkie ’89 and I got together for a fun weekend in Myrtle Beach, SC. We saw lots of the places from our class trip and ate at Pier 14 (Sam’s Tail is on the table).
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Sherry Thompson ’84 (top left).
Amanda Peterkin Mansfield ’05 My husband and I welcomed our son, Laurence Ellis Mansfield V, on March 30, 2021.
Sarah McKinstry Keenen ’89 and Susan Moorefield Wilkie ’89 in Myrtle Beach, SC (top middle).
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Alexis Slaybaugh Arenas ’94 My sister Justine Anastasia Slaybaugh ’97 passed away suddenly in April 2021. Justine was a devoted Chathamite, an alumna of St. Bee’s School, and a graduate of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She traveled extensively, and was a loyal and dedicated daughter, sister, and friend. Justine was an extraordinary person with a fantastic sense of humour. The world was robbed of a great shining light.
Virginia Thomas Harring ’06 Steve and I are excited to announce the birth of our son, Nicholas Robert Harring, on May 30, 2021. He is a healthy and happy baby, and is loved by everyone, including his Jamma, longtime physics teacher Mrs. Molly Thomas, and his aunt, Kate Thomas ’08. He and big brother, Caleb, are already very close. I hope all is well with my fellow classmates!
Amanda Peterkin Mansfield ’05 and husband with their son, Laurence Ellis Mansfield V. (top right). Caleb Harring, son of Virginia Thomas Harring ’06, with his new baby brother, Nicholas Robert Harring (bottom right).
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2015 Katherine Leak ’15 Thomas and I were so excited to finally celebrate our wedding on Chatham Hall’s campus on June 19, 2021, while surrounded by our loved ones and Chatham Hall family. It was so special to be back in the place where our love story began, with a ceremony in St. Mary’s Chapel officiated by Ned Edwards and a reception on the Upper Hockey Field (where Chatham students and faculty gathered to sing the alma mater!). My bridesmaids included Amy Leak ’20, Christine Leak ’22, Sophie Leak ’23, Claire Mayo ’15, and Meredith Lee ’12, and our flower girl was Joan Walden Barnhardt, daughter of Schaeffer Goss Barnhardt ’06.
Katherine Leak ’15 and Thomas Lee, Woodberry Forest School ’15 and their wedding in St. Mary’s Chapel.
IN MEMORIAM 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.
Baldrige ’45, Cynthia Murray Henriques ’50, Mary Baldrige ’72, and Mary Henriques ’73. She was predeceased by her cousins Caroline Murray ’38 and Alice Murray Ward ’40.
Katharine Hobson Sturtevant 1937 passed away on March 29, 2021. She is survived by her sister Margery Hobson Thomas ’44 and predeceased by her sister Nancy Hobson ’42.
Magalen Ohrstrom Bryant 1946 passed away on June 28, 2021. She is survived by her sisterin-law Allen Dunnington Ohrstrom ’46, and her cousins Mary Reed Spencer ’74, Sarah Reed ’81, Catherine Reed ’83, and Liza Harris ’21.
Anne Springs Close 1943 passed away on August 20, 2021. She is survived by her daughter Katherine Close ’79 and her cousin Katherine Springs Milnor ’46. Joan Stanley French 1944 passed away on March 26, 2021. She was predeceased by her sister Sally Stanley Johnson ’42. Gertrude Smith Notman 1945 passed away on December 13, 2020. She is survived by her cousins Margaret Murray
Emma Hodge Sarosdy 1946 passed away on June 29, 2021. Eleanore Walton Bequaert 1947 Passed away on June 13, 2021. Dorette Fleischmann 1948 passed away on June 6, 2021. Virginia Hilyard Whitner 1948 passed away on February 19, 2021. She was predeceased by her step-sister Katharine Howe Lovett ’51.
Martha Wadsworth 1949 passed away on December 17, 2020. Lee Edwards Anderson 1953 passed away on July 6, 2021. She was predeceased by her cousin Bonnie Bond ’50. Anne Burling 1955 passed away on April 8, 2020. Louanna Owens Carlin 1955 passed away on April 5, 2021. She is survived by her sister Eleanor Owens Earle ’46 and her niece Amanda Earle Ciccarelli ’79. She was predeceased by her sister Wilmotine Owens Bowman ’42. Margaret Wightman Kobusch 1956 passed away on February 19, 2021. Anita Arnd Seifert 1956 passed away on July 20, 2021. Jane Simmons Fairbrother 1963 passed away on May 1, 2021.
Marney Ault Wasserman 1967 passed away on April 19, 2021. She is survived by her cousin Sarah Dodderidge Dunn ’70. She is predeceased by her mother Joan Mitchell Ault ’44 and her aunts Mary Mitchell Dodderidge ’39 and Ann Mitchell Dodderidge ’43. Benn Fass 1973 passed away on February 25, 2021. Michele Reed 1985 passed away on April 7, 2021. Justine Slaybaugh 1997 passed away on April 11, 2021. She is survived by her sister Alexis Slaybaugh Arenas ’94. MacFarlane “Mac” Lafferty Cates, Jr. a former member of the Board of Trustees passed away on May 2, 2021. He is survived by his three daughters Elisabeth Cates ’73, Kathleen Cates ’75, and Mary Cates ’77.
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Magalen “Maggie” Ohrstrom Bryant 1928-2021 Magalen “Maggie” Bryant passed away peacefully at her beloved Middleburg, Va. home, Locust Hill Farm, on June 28. Maggie was an entrepreneur, conservationist, philanthropist, passionate supporter of education, champion for African wildlife, and an avid racehorse owner/breeder in the United States and France. Bryant was one of the first women of her era to serve on the board of a Fortune 500 Company, serving on the boards of
Sidney Kinkead, Jr. passed away on March 29, 2021. He is survived by his granddaughter Rebecca Knight ’09.
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Catherine LaDuke passed away on October 24, 2021. In addition to her mother Mary LaDuke, she is survived by her brothers, Patrick LaDuke and his wife Janine, and Michael LaDuke.
that “water is our most important resource,” she was a founding director of the Global
Bonnie Oliver passed away on October 10, 2021. She is survived by her husband, former faculty member Dennis Oliver. Jane H. Smith passed away on June 24, 2021. She is survived by her daughters Rebecca Smith Perdu ’10 and Emma Smith Voigt ’05, and her husband The Rev. David Smith a former faculty. Dr. Claude Stuart Whitehead, Jr. passed away on June 25, 2021. He is survived by his daughter Catherine Whitehead Huband ’91, granddaughter Annabele Whitehead ’22, and niece Marguerite Whitehead ’93. He was predeceased by his wife and former faculty member, Dixie Whitehead.
Companies Incorporated. She was also a board member of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, later becoming its chair for nine years, and of the National Wildlife Federation. Driven by her very early recognition Environment and Technology Foundation. In 2011, she received the Land Trust of Virginia’s Conservationist of the Year Award. An ardent conservationist, Maggie was one of the first landowners to place many of her land holdings in conservation easements, thereby protecting the land in perpetuity from all forms of development while also educating her neighbors and other landholders to do the same. She also financed and built the 14-mile Dulles Greenway between Leesburg, Virginia and Dulles Airport, the first private toll road in the US in more than 100 years. Maggie dearly loved her family and was always keenly interested in the activities of each one of her five children, Magalen C. Webert, W. Carey Crane III, Michael R. Crane, Kristiane C. Graham, and John C.O. Bryant, 10 grandchildren, and four great grandchildren. Maggie Bryant was 92 years young.
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Cathy LaDuke 1964-2021 And forever and forever We’ll be true to Chatham Hall Cathy “La” LaDuke passed away peacefully at her home in Shuford Cottage, on her beloved Chatham Hall campus, on Oct. 24, 2021. La was a 34-year employee of the School, holding positions ranging from dorm parent and director of residential life, to director of the ESL program, to library technician, to teacher, to athletic director and coach, to her current role as associate director of young alumnae engagement and keeper of traditions. Yet this list is just the merest hint of the ways La was involved in the life of Chatham Hall. For decades of students, families, alumnae, and colleagues, La simply was Chatham Hall. As Rector Connell wrote in October, our field hockey championships came under La’s leadership. Our Christmas traditions and senior traditions have had her stamp on them for years. It was La who made every Ring Ceremony meaningful for generations of students. When anyone needed anything, La was the go-to person on campus and she was happy to help. Her advisees held an incredibly important place in her heart. Her athletes were beloved as well. No doubt many of you reading this remember those fabulous long conversations in the dining hall because she was always ready for a good chat. How lucky we all are to have had this time with La! Chatham Hall would simply not be the Chatham Hall it is today without her. La’s passing occurred when this issue of the Chat was going to print, and while we wanted to honor her here, we already have plans for a bigger, broader retrospective on La and her contributions to the School for the spring issue. Those with photos and memories of La are encouraged to share them with us via communications@chathamhall.org. We know you’ll join us in extending our deepest sympathies and heartfelt condolences to the LaDuke family at this time, and in grieving this great loss of a woman who was simply the very best of Chatham Hall.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF GIVING
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Dear Chatham Hall Friends, Chatham Hall did not miss a beat in 2020-2021 despite the prevalence of the pandemic. The School year opened on-time and remained open throughout the year culminating with graduation on the front lawn. Health and safety measures were at the forefront of our daily lives in a way that they had not been before and masks became the centerpiece of our dress code. And, while we have always integrated aspects of health and wellness into our student experience, we launched a comprehensive program called Living Well, a concept which was born out of a strategic plan that was developed several years ago. We Live Well, and as such, the School community was able to draw upon essential skills to make adjustments to successfully navigate the challenges and opportunities of the year. The ability to be flexible and adapt to reality is one of the ways our students are equipped to begin their life journey. Creativity emerged and ideas were put into action, including a student-run food truck during weekend activities and the introduction of a Flower Guild. Our community is at the heart of the Chatham Hall experience. With generous support from alumnae and friends, we have begun work to renovate the faculty homes distributed throughout the campus grounds. Renovation of the Stable Apartment, Brush House, and Milk House has been completed. In the year ahead, we will work on Patterson and Shuford Cottages and make our way through each of the faculty homes, many of which have not been updated in more than two decades.
The ability to come together in groups, small or large, is important to our community experience. Chapels, Assemblies, and Advisory meals were held out of doors whenever possible. We were determined to keep our community connected. In Pruden, we were delighted to benefit from a generous renovation and transformation of the Large Drawing Room, adding life and color through an art collection curated especially for Chatham Hall. Girls held club meetings, study sessions, and played games or watched shows on the screen. Faculty and staff held meetings together and with remote participants from all over the country. Technology enabled us to extend our reach to alumnae and parents in new ways. More than 650 people participated in discussions with alumnae authors, class gatherings of all generations, or connected family-to-family with grade-level “coffees.” Reunion featured a virtual showcase of talent among faculty, students, and alumnae in a coffee house format sponsored by the Alumnae Council DEI Committee. Our community is strong. We remain strong because you, our donors and friends, are interested and engaged. You support us with your positive energy and with your contributions. We celebrate all that you enable the School to do and be as we equip curious thinkers to lead lives of impact. Thank you.
Christine Cutright Knight P’19 Chief Advancement Officer
ANNUAL REPORT OF GIVING OPERATIONS 30%
CAPITAL 67% ENDOWMENT 2% GIFTS IN KIND 1%
TOTAL GIVING: $5.2 MILLION FACULTY, STAFF, & FRIENDS 2%
CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS AND MATCHING GIFTS .5%
FAMILIES 11%
ALUMNAE 86.5%
DONORS: 1,205
We extend a heartfelt thanks to our alumnae, families, and friends who comprise our philanthropic donor base. Our Chatham Hall community is a generous community eager to support the work of our faculty and the overall student experience through your support for the Chatham Hall Fund and special projects. In addition, your gifts for capital projects enable the School to address important facility needs. In 2020-2021, the stables received a new roof and barn doors for the horse stalls. Further, significant improvements to faculty houses are now underway because of the generosity of our friends who have pledged their support for this multi-year initiative. Thank you.
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Capital, Endowment, and Special Gifts We recognize and thank the donors who have made significant commitments to endowment and special programs, facilities and grounds, and support for students and faculty. Inspired by our strategic plan, these gifts enrich the community experience for everyone. $1,000,000+ Anonymous $250,000-$499,999 Lisa Rosenberger Moore ’59 Robin Peake Stuart ’69 Penelope Perkins Wilson ’41, P’67 † $100,000-$249,999 Nina Johnson Botsford ’72 Sarah Monarchi Longpré ’84 Jennifer and John Runnells P’19 $50,000-$99,999 Estate of Lea R. Parson Stacey Goodwin ’83 $25,000-$49,999 Anonymous (2) Alison Carter Cady ’91 and Adam Cady Olga and Jay Faison P’21 Irene Darden Field ’56 Walker Johnson Jones ’70 Christine Robinson Secor ’68 and Jay Secor Studie Johnson Young ’70 $10,000-$24,999 Anonymous (1) Chatham Hall Alumnae Association Katharine Bulkley ’77 Mary W. Covey Charitable Trust, Bank of America, Trustee Donna and Andrew Lee P’20 Lillian Lineberger McKay ’48, P’72, ’75, G’10 Jean Stone ’71 Michelle Thomas Supko ’02 Laurie and Donald Trexler P’17, ’20 Michele Chiocca and Hunt Whitehead P’22 $5,000-$9,999 Estate of Charles Hickox M.E. Freeman ’70
Rebecca Brown Hutcheson ’70 † Mary Kay Karzas ’71 and Warren Reiss Pauline Dent Ketchum ’70 Stephen Parson Virginia and William Slicer P’19 $2,500-$4,999 Charlotte Caldwell ’70 Venita Fields ’71 Cornelia Freyer ’70 Caroline Hawthorne ’19 Betty Hessee ’70 Polly Smith ’70 Freya and Burton Sonenstein Muffy Dent Stuart ’68 $1,000-$2,499 Anonymous (2) Beth Barksdale Jennifer and Michael Berry P’21, ’23 Shelley and Torrey Blackwell P’21 Mary Boy ’75 Sara Clay Branch ’66 Rebecca and Fred Caprio P’15 Class of 2021 Marion Connell Carolyn Davenport ’70 Ninna Fisher Denny ’70 Patricia Noojin Dudley ’67 Mary Dunbar ’71 Elaine Fiske G’21 Burt Flickinger, III Jane and Henry Hawthorne P’16, ’19 Anne Blodget Holberton ’69 Julia Morris Kashkashian ’75 and Dikran Kashkashian Martha Givens Nicol ’70 Elizabeth Connell Nielsen and Devan Nielsen Katherine Washburne Reimelt ’70 Lauren Rivers Laurie Hallenbeck Rose ’71 Scholarship America The Equitable Foundation Lizette Smith ’71 Richard Spurzem
Sarah Yancey Stipanowich ’71 Staci and Andrew Wall P’19 Less than $1,000 Anonymous (2) Darnell and William Abbott P’14 Maria and James Allen P’00 Karin Schutjer ’83 and Benjamin Alpers P’19 Elizabeth Carter Beckmann ’74 Elizabeth Myers Bonardi ’71 Camille Agricola Bowman ’71 Anne Bryant ’67 Molly Buck ’58 Robin and R. Gantt Bumstead P’21 Jill Burton P’22 Kathleen Cates ’75 Margi Cates P’73, ’75, ’77 Katharine Reynolds Chandler ’68 Gloria Bond Clunie ’71 Sarah Collie ’85 Robin and Rupert Croker Poole P’23 Gail Daves G’24 Jennifer and Joel Denny P’21 Richard Dixon Martha and Clay Dunnagan P’23 Pace Cooke Emmons ’77, P’14 Caroline Hairston English ’70 Denise and Dale Evans P’15 Missy and Gary Fountain Laurel Cobble Fountain ’93 Lynn Gammill P’84, G’20 Jane Garnett ’73 and David Booth Hollis Giddens Xiaohong Ren and Junzhu Han P’21 Charles Harris P’21 Lala Harrison ’78 Elizabeth Scott Hayes ’67 Ellen Holcomb ’75 Yvonne and Daniel Holliday P’21 Melanie Kirk Holton ’87 Madeleine Callery Hussey ’71 Sara Johnson ’70 Diane Karzas P’71 Kim Kibby P’24 Danielle Thomas Kimmel ’04 Christine Cutright Knight P’19
Sarah Knowlton P’21 Barbara Lane ’65 Lisa Leek Lucy Williams Maish ’68, P’97 Julie and Kevin Matejko P’21 Lindsay Crossfield Matthews ’71 Preston Lyon McGregor ’71 Jennifer Gammill McKay ’84, P’20 Louise McReynolds ’70 Angela Mims P’21 Sean Murphy P’21 Alicia Monks Murtha ’75, P’04, ’06 Amanda Neal P’21 Kate Johnson Nielsen ’72 Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program Elizabeth Cary Pierson ’71 Jeanette Pitt G’21 Sharon Pittman ’71 PNC Bank Sally Lesh Quereau ’70 Jill Tucker Read ’70 Mary Reynolds ’84 Frances Rockwell Bedilia Rodriguez P’21 Jacinda and Trevor Rogers P’21 Tarleton Russell ’71 Margaret Malloy Sanders ’71 Katherine Semerling P’21 Julie Anna Potts and Parks Shackelford P’21 Susan and Arthur Shaheen P’23 Anna Grace Somers ’16 Louise Wilmer Stebbins ’71 Jennifer and Jimmy Summerlin P’21 Mary Tice P’15, ’21 Alexander and Mary Ann Topping Margaret Ryburn Topping ’48 Laurie Trexler P’17, ’20 Nona Pinkoson Upshaw ’71 Monica Lucero Villarino ’92 Diane and Alexander Werth P’21 Sally and James Whatley P’23 Jane Wilson ’77 Kathleen and Robert Zentner P’16
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Named Endowment Funds Esto Perpetua. The Chatham Hall educational experience is made possible, in part, by donors who have made contributions to the endowment. These donors ensure funds will be available each year to carry out the Chatham Hall mission.
SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS Chatham Hall Scholarship Fund Alumnae Legacy Scholarship Fund Caroline S. Biedenharn ’03 Endowed Scholarship Edith Sunday Clarke ’23 Scholarship Fund Class of 1941 50th Reunion Scholarship Fund Class of 1955 Memorial Scholarship Fund Class of 1958 Memorial Scholarship Fund Class of 1959 Scholarship Fund Class of 1993 Family & Friends Scholarship Katy Close ’79 Scholarship Fund George D. Dayton II Scholarship Fund Karen von Maltitz DeWolfe ’60 Memorial Scholarship Connie Gibson Scholarship Fund Margaret Hall Foundation, Inc. Scholarship Fund Phyllis Banks Hunt Scholarship Fund Anne Winship Kelleher ’52 and Sandy Ryburn Taylor ’52 Scholarship Fund Barclay Ball McCall ’55 Memorial Scholarship Fund Sidney A. Mitchell Scholarship Fund Anne Shirley Molloy Scholarship Fund Joan C. Pittman ’55 Scholarship Fund Jeanne Gundry Rand ’51 Scholarship Reader’s Digest Endowed Scholarship Fund Wiley Patterson Reis ’27 Scholarship Fund Alison ’50 and Ross Siragusa Scholarship Fund Jerry Van Voorhis Leadership Scholarship Fund Sally B. Wallace ’44 Legacy Scholarship Fund John Henry Waller Scholarship Fund Zachar - Holt Scholarship Fund FACULTY & STAFF FUNDS: SALARY & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Faculty Retirement Fund Faculty Support Endowment Fund Mary McLean McKissick Armfield ’39 Chair of St. Mary’s Chapel Nina Johnson Botsford ’72 Endowment for Faculty Support Theodore E. Bruning, Jr. Instructorship in English Class of 1951 50th Reunion Faculty Salary & Benefits Endowment Fund Class of 1953 50th Reunion Endowment for Faculty and Staff Benefits Class of 1956 Faculty Professional Development Class of 1957 50th Reunion Fund for Faculty Salaries and Benefits Edward E. Ford Foundation Fund for Faculty Futures Madame Marie Gagarine Teaching Endowment Nellie Greene ’70 Field Memorial Fund Robin ’57 and John Hadley Instructorship in Mathematics John W. B. Hadley Instructorship in Science Diana S. Hobby ’48 English Department Chair Kate Johnson Nielsen ’72 Endowment for Faculty Salaries Kate Johnson Nielsen ’72 Endowment for Salary Increases Plant Foundation Fund Betty Thornton Endowment Fund William Woolsey Yardley Memorial Employee Endowment PROGRAM ENDOWMENT FUNDS Academic Program Funds Georgia O’Keeffe ’05 Fund The Sarah C. Benson ’47 Endowed Music Fund The Jane Garnett & David Booth Endowment for Entrepreneurship Alexandra Sterling ’03 Science Educational Materials Endowment Virginia Stewart Fund Wray Environment Fund Academic & Athletic Awards Class of 2012 Athletic Award Gene Scott Connor ’34 Memorial Championship Tennis Cup Virginia Henry Holt Award Lillian Evans Lineberger New Girl Award Catherine Ingram Spurzem ’74 Creative Writing Award Helen Gregory Yardley Award for Excellence in Sculpture
Guest Speakers/Concert Funds Joan Danforth Cook ’48 Concert Lecture Fund Polly Wheeler Guth ’44 Leaders In Residence Leadership Speakers Fund (Classes of 1944 and 1968) Shirley Baker Pond ’48 Fund for Chapel Speakers Writers in Residence Fund Library Funds Sally Witt Duncan ’44 & A. Baker Duncan Book Fund Abbie Rickert Hershey ’57 Library Book Endowment Trina Robinson Secor ’68 Leadership Library Fund Student Life & Leadership Funds Ellen Baldridge ’88 and Margaret Baldridge ’90 Dean’s Discretionary Fund Class of 1971 50th Reunion Dean of Students/Student Life Discretionary Fund Mimi Norcross Fisher ’55 Endowment Fund for Adolescent Development Julia Northington Rowe ’05 Leadership Fund Travel Program Funds Lucy M Barrett ’53 Student Travel Award Gary J. Fountain Student Travel Award Goldstein Family Endowed Student Travel Award Hallam Hurt ’63 Student and Faculty Foreign Travel Award Susan T. Lynd ’61 Student Travel Award Tebeau Student Travel Award HERITAGE FUNDS: BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS Bridge & Entrance Maintenance Fund Suzanne Walker Buck Heritage Fund for Faculty Houses Class of 1940 50th Reunion Fund for the upkeep of St. Mary’s Chapel Class of 1966 50th Reunion Fund for Rectory Garden Class of 1968 50th Reunion Fund-Curtis’ Garden Chatham Hall General Heritage Fund Heritage Fund Langhorne and Gertrude Wilson Jones ’23 Perennial Garden Fund Haddon Kirk Chapel Courtyard Memorial Fund Mars Riding Endowment St. Mary’s Chapel Fund Shaw Science Building Maintenance Fund Technology Endowment Jerry Van Voorhis Lecture Hall Maintenance Fund Penelope Perkins Wilson ’41 Heritage Fund OTHER GENERAL FUNDS Esto Perpetua General Endowment Betty Gullatt Budlong ’54 Fund Class of 1942 50th Reunion Unrestricted Endowment Fund Jeffrey Ferguson ’41 Endowed Chapel Fund Edith Porter Hickox ’38 Endowment Fund William R. Kenan Jr. Endowment Fund Ann and James Lewis Kirby Fund Josephine McFadden ’57 Fund Elizabeth Beckwith Nilsen ’31 and Robert A. Nilsen Endowment Fund Hallie Bettcher Pettegrew ’86 Unrestricted Endowment Virginia L. Radley Endowment Fund Rector’s Discretionary Fund Barbara Briggs Trimble ’39 Annual Giving Fund Mary B Wilson ’65 Fund
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Chatham Hall Fund Benefactors Society With gratitude, we recognize the 236 donors who provided leadership gifts in support of the Chatham Hall Fund. We thank you for keeping the School among your philanthropic priorities. Gifts to the Chatham Hall Fund are available immediately and are fully expended each year to benefit our students and faculty, our programs, and our campus community. FOUNDERS CIRCLE $25,000.00 + Susan Fair Boyd ’51 Olga and Jay Faison P’21 Jane Garnett ’73 and David Booth Elizabeth Lackey Johnston ’53 Adrienne and John Mars P’78 Kate Johnson Nielsen ’72 Jennifer and John Runnells P’19 Robin Peake Stuart ’69 Special Fund #6 of the Hampton Roads Community Foundation RECTORS CIRCLE $10,000-$24,999 Kathelen and Daniel Amos P’07, ’12 Lucy McClellan Barrett ’53 Povy LaFarge Bigbee ’51, G’03, ’09, ’10, ’11 Aileen and Mark Boltz P’22 Nina Johnson Botsford ’72 Katharine Bulkley ’77 Judy Carter ’63 Alison Carter Cady ’91 and Adam Cady Laura Brown Cronin ’72 Betty and Ben Davenport Beverly Edgell P’93 Sarah Martin Finn ’74 Susan Gillings Gross ’98 Melanie Kirk Holton ’87 Walker Johnson Jones ’70 Pauline Dent Ketchum ’70 Sarah Monarchi Longpré ’84 Linda Mars ’78 Jennifer Gammill McKay ’84, P’20 and Kennard McKay P’20 Lillian Lineberger McKay ’48 P’72 ’75 G’10 Lisa Rosenberger Moore ’59 Staci and Lorin Radtke P’22 Mary Reynolds ’84 Cynthia Lovelace Sears ’55 Christine Robinson Secor ’68 and Jay Secor, III Jean Armfield Sherrill ’63 and Everette Sherrill Michelle Thomas Supko ’02 Dora and Nevin Thomas P’02, ’04 Laurie and Donald Trexler P’17, ’20 Constance Flint West ’66 Michele Chiocca and Hunt Whitehead P’22 LANTERN CIRCLE $5,000-$9,999 Anonymous (1) Jennifer and Michael Berry P’21, ’23 Gwendolyn Brooks and Charles Borda P’22 Linda Lovelace Brownrigg ’53 Donie Martin Carlson ’87, P’18 Sarah Collie ’85 Rachel A. Connell Cynthia Coe Devine ’73 Diana Howard Fisketjon ’78 Laurel Cobble Fountain ’93 Stacey and Steve Garner P’24 Sarah Dabney Gillespie ’77
Debra and John Gilluly P’23 Stacey Goodwin ’83 Katherine Coleman Haroldson ’75 Barbara Mallory Hathaway ’39 Isabel Hooker ’43 Lydee Conway Hummel ’72 Mary Kay Karzas ’71 and Warren Reiss Meriwether-Godsey, Inc. Mickey Mericle P’24 Jane Everhart Murray ’63 Margie Hastings Quinlan ’66 Frances Wallace Robertson ’73 John Sensenbrenner Mary Shallenberger ’66 Richard Simmons † Lynna and James Spencer P’22 Linda Witherill ’49 Studie Johnson Young ’70 IRIS CIRCLE $1,000-$4,999 Anonymous (3) Robin Musser Agnew ’77 Shepard Ansley P’90, G’22 Ardon Brown Armstrong ’73 Mari Armstrong-Hough ’99 Ellen Simmons Ball ’73 Beth Barksdale Bradie Barr ’81 Katherine McKay Belk Cook ’44, P’72 Patricia Parshall Berger ’56 Mary Duncan Bicknell ’60 Glenys and J. Kermit Birchfield P’93, G’23 Shelley and Torrey Blackwell P’21 Mary Boy ’75 Sara Clay Branch ’66 Anne Bryant ’67 Molly Buck ’58 Eleanor Burke ’86 Elizabeth and Keith Burns P’19 Charlotte Caldwell ’70 Barbara and David Caldwell P’06 Campbell Insurance Company Kathleen Arey Carroll ’67 Virginia Carter ’76 Laura Myers Casellas ’86 Yingying Su and Weizhong Chen P’21 Louise Clarke ’63 Gloria Bond Clunie ’71 Barbara Collie P’85 Trygve Norstrand Cooley ’48 Carole Robertson Coviello ’62 Robin and Rupert Croker Poole P’23 Carol Babcock Davenport ’47, P’70 Gail Daves G’24 Mary-Stuart Day ’93 Jennifer and Joel Denny P’21 Ninna Fisher Denny ’70 Elizabeth Slade Driscoll ’50 Marion Hampton Dubé ’76 Patricia Noojin Dudley ’67 Mary Dunbar ’71 Helen Dunn ’60 Martha and Clay Dunnagan P’23 Joanna Edgell ’93 Angela and Matthew Edwards P’23
Pace Cooke Emmons ’77, P’14 Lucy Holmes Erwin ’93 and Paul Erwin P’23 Elaine Fiske G’21 Sara Cruikshank Foster ’46 Julia Frazier ’62 Mary Freed ’86 Iris Winthrop Freeman ’53 Cornelia Freyer ’70 Elizabeth Marshall Games ’55 Lynn Gammill P’84, G’20 Cornelia Mueller Gibson ’53, P’83 Elizabeth and Douglas Goldstein P’12 Martha Currie Green ’66 Jie Li and Xiaohui Guo P’22 Nancy Gwathmey Harris ’50 Lala Harrison ’78 Kate Perkins Hartsfield ’65 Patricia Carter Hatch ’53 Kathryn and Douglas Hendrickson P’02 Virginia Pugh Hernandez ’73 Betty Hessee ’70 Helene Zimmermann Hill ’46, P’80, ’82 Anne Blodget Holberton ’69 Lynn Rosengarten Horowitz ’67 Hallam Hurt ’63 Kerry O’Neill Irwin ’98 Kathryn Carter Jacobs ’68 Pamela and Robert Johnson P’20 Julia Morris Kashkashian ’75 and Dikran Kashkashian
FACULTY, STAFF, & FRIENDS 4%
Friends 4%
Martha Ann Keels ’75 Nancy Lee Smith Kemper ’69 Jee-Young Kim ’96 Danielle Thomas Kimmel ’04 Annette Kirby ’80 Stephanie Klein Davis ’79 Katherine Hairston La Rosa ’72 Anna Lane ’72 Dione and Robert Leak P’15, ’20, ’22, ’23 Donna and Andrew Lee P’20 Sarah and Robert Leineweber P’87, G’23 Xiuzhu Lin and Yong Lin P’23 Andrea Littman Long ’96 Ellen Childs Lovejoy ’50 Bradford Simmons Marshall ’76 Donie Martin P’87, G’18 Martha Justice Martin ’55 Susan Elder Martin ’53 Eleanor Silliman Maroney ’58 Joan Gunter McCauley ’63 Katherine McKay ’75, P’10 Sarah Shartle Meacham ’51 Alice Pack Melly ’52 Sharon Ellis Miller ’57 Joanna Sperry Mockler ’51 Katie Belk Morris ’72 Sarah Morris ’72 Leslie Lawhorn Neely ’87 Caroline and Eugene Nichols P’24 Martha Givens Nicol ’70 Mary Murrill Oakes ’69
Corporations etc 2%
CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS AND MATCHING GIFTS 2%
Families 24%
FAMILIES 24%
ALUMNAE 70%
Alumnae 70%
CHATHAM HALL FUND DONORS: $1.1 M WITH 1,151 DONORS
fall 2021 Janice Copley Obre ’67 Patricia and Michael O’Brien P’06, ’07 Wendy Wilson O’Brien ’67 Mary Norris Preyer Oglesby ’68 The Louise P. Overbey Trust Cynthia Bryant Parker ’61 Elizabeth Reigeluth Parker ’64 Elizabeth Peters ’81 Martha Maytag Peterson ’58 Hallie Bettcher Pettegrew ’86 Marian Pillsbury Lillian Headley Poole ’62 Jane Preyer ’72 Reagan Greene Pruitt ’95 Jennifer Quainton ’96 Robert Richards Suzanne and Christopher Richey P’22 Patricia Robinson ’70 Paula and David Robinson P’93, ’97 Cynthia Rodriguez P’13 Shelli Willis and Robert Rodriguez P’23 Alice Flint Roe ’63 Ellen MacVeagh Rublee ’50, P’78 Catherine Doeller Sage ’80 Robyn Raybould Schmidt ’97 Cynthia Shook P’02 William Simpson Victoria and Brian Spannaus P’21 Kathy and Tracy Spencer P’07, ’12 Doris Silliman Stockly ’53 Jean Stone ’71 Caroline and Beau Stoneman P’22 Letitia and Keith Stoneman G’22 Muffy Dent Stuart ’68 James and Dianne Stuart Barbara Billings Supplee ’53 Sallie Grace Tate ’81 Kimberly Daniels Taws ’02 Thanksgiving Foundation Natalie Farrar Theriot ’55 Elizabeth Thomas ’04 Rebecca Tucker ’96 Elizabeth Kirk Unger ’73 Margaret Horner Walker ’58 Amelia Walker Ward ’66 Katharine Watson ’60 Frances Sommers Wheelock ’75 Nancy Hanes White ’66 Katie and Christopher Whitesell P’23 Sally Saltonstall Willis ’58 Carolyn Carter Yawars ’66 Ling Zhu and Liangsen Zhang P’22 † Deceased
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Chatham Hall First We celebrate the following 148 donors for making their first gift to Chatham Hall during the 20202021 fiscal year! We extend a special welcome to you for joining our donor community. Anonymous (1) Rukshana and Mohammed Alam P’22 Anthony Amos Dan Bailey Rachel Balsley D’Metriss Bannerman-Holmes ’95 Susan and James Barnard Jane Berliner Milan Berry ’23 Tracy Bissett Annette Blackwell ’21 Jerri Blanton Kristin Bobbitt-O’Malley P’23 Aileen and Mark Boltz P’22 Tracy Bratton P’24 Grace Brooks ’22 Cliff Brown P’21 Shannon Brown Austin & Jody Brown Samuel Cabot Martha Barranco and Victor Cano P’24 Stephanie Cano-Barranco ’24 Wilbur L. Carter III and Greg L. Bradley Carol and Gerry Cates Chatham EyeCare Center Xiaoyu Luo and Bowei Chen P’24 Kirk Chewning John Clark Stephanie Dailey Gail Daves G’24 Natalie and Dave Davis Bryn and Haile DeBass P’24 Emma Denny ’21 Hillary Dwyer ’10 Angela and Matthew Edwards P’23 Stacy Ferraro Abigail Fiske George Fiske Cheryl Fontenot Yijin Wang and Zaijun Gao P’24 Isabella Garner ’24 Stacey and Steve Garner P’24 Hollis Giddens Margaret Gilluly ’23 Andrea Green Caroline Greganti ’24 Elizabeth and Mack Greganti P’24 Susan and Andrew Greganti G’24 Thomas Griffin Angela Griffin Bourbon Griffin Shannon Haberman Jonathan Hall P’21 Xiaohong Ren and Junzhu Han P’21 Leon Harbin Charles Harris P’21 Diana Harrison P’24 Virginia Hays ’82, P’22 Lee Herter Yvonne and Daniel Holliday P’21 Carolyn Jane Hooper John Hopkins P’23 Virginia Hopkins ’23 Michael Howard Caroline Ivey David Johnson Caroline Keating ’24 Helen Hindrawati and Ferry Khouw P’22
Kim Kibby P’24 Jennifer and Keith Kuechler Lauren Kuechler Brett Kuechler Ellen Gray Lackey ’18 Traci Ladd P’18, ’22 Fehintola Ladipo Lisa Leek Margaret Leinbach Lucinda Lewis P’23 Sally and John Marks Rocio Moreno Sanchez and Salvador Martinez Garcia P’23 Julie and Kevin Matejko P’21 Lindsay Crossfield Matthews ’71 Mary and Charles McCowan G’23 Madeline McCoy ’24 Amanda and Kevin McCoy P’24 Aspen McKenna Patricia McNeely Magdalena Martinez and Jose Melendrez P’23 Cindy Melson Mickey Mericle P’24 Mari and Jared Miles P’24 Marin Miller Nancy Milner Angela Mims P’21 Kristen Morrison Marjorie Mountain Ellie Murphy P’21 Alyssa Myatt Allen Nance Amanda Neal P’21 Caroline and Eugene Nichols P’24 Jeanne Niederer Richard Ortiz P’24 Joyce Page Stephen Parson Roselyn Parsonian P’24 Edwina Pellegrini Courtney Queen Karen Rasmussen Theda Ray
Rex Motor Company, Inc. Hanako Ricci ’20 Robert Richards Sybil and David Richardson Lauren Rivers Arnold Rogers Debra Rogers Dr. Jean Rohland Mary Sargent Douglas Semerling James Semerling John Sensenbrenner Susan and Arthur Shaheen P’23 The Shaheen Firm, P.C. Dian Sherrod Diane Sloane P’23 Tabitha Spencer Beth Stefanik Molly Strader Carla and Steve Swenson Brian Tanner P’20, ’23 Melissa Thompson Christina Trexler ’20 Susan and Stanley Trotman UHY Advisors MO, Inc. Charlotte Vehec G’21 Jean Vernon Nancy Walton Yiran Wang ’14 Weihong Zhu and Wenjun Wang P’23 Aaron Weiss Eric Welch Where Food Comes From Katherine Wilkerson G’21 John Woodell Veronica Woodell Rui Xiao and Bin Wu P’23 Dehong Huang and Hailin Xu P’23 Xia Shao and Yizhou Ye P’24 Xiaowen Zhao and Hui Zhang P’23
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Oak Circle The Oak Circle recognizes donors who have contributed consistently to the Chatham Hall Fund with recognition at five-year intervals. This loyal support establishes the strong financial roots of support that make a Chatham Hall experience possible year after year. This year we gratefully acknowledge 565, including 41 new five-year consecutive members and 33 individuals who have supported the School for 50+ continuous years. 50+ Consecutive Years Lucy McClellan Barrett ’53 Mary Duncan Bicknell ’60 Anne Bryant ’67 Laura Lee Bullitt ’45 Trygve Norstrand Cooley ’48 Mary Hooker Crary ’45 Audrey Sawtelle Delafield ’60 Helen Dunn ’60 Sara Cruikshank Foster ’46 Virginia Beresford Fox ’52, P’80 Cornelia Mueller Gibson ’53, P’83 Patricia Carter Hatch ’53 Evelyn Bullitt Hausslein ’56 Helene Zimmermann Hill ’46, P’80, ’82 Julia Johnson ’69 Saraellen Merritt Langmann ’51 Ellen Childs Lovejoy ’50 Martha Justice Martin ’55 Lillian Lineberger McKay ’48, P’72, ’75, G’10 Hope Rogers Metcalf ’38, P’65, ’69, ’78 Mary Murrill Oakes ’69 Laurene Berger Owen ’51 Sis and Robert Pugh P’73, ’74, ’77 Catherine Wilson Smith ’61 Kathryn Reed Smith ’45 Barbara Billings Supplee ’53 Natalie Farrar Theriot ’55 Wissie Thompson ’58 Frederica Wellington Valois ’49 Constance Flint West ’66 Eugenia Lovett West ’40 Penelope Perkins Wilson ’41, P’67 † Margot Bell Woodwell ’53 45-49 Consecutive Years Ellen Simmons Ball ’73 Josephine Gilmore Bell ’57 Molly Buck ’58 Laura Bullitt Despard ’65 Edith Bettle Gardner ’43 Walker Johnson Jones ’70 Adrienne and John Mars P’78 Margaret McElroy ’59 Kate Johnson Nielsen ’72 Laurie Nussdorfer ’68 Janice Copley Obre ’67 Diana Simrell Savory ’62 Sally Saltonstall Willis ’58 Studie Johnson Young ’70 40-44 Consecutive Years Katherine McKay Belk Cook ’44, P’72 Linda Lovelace Brownrigg ’53 Louise Clarke ’63 Richard Dixon Beth Duncan ’78, P’14 Jenifer Barnes Garfield ’50, P’79 Jane Garnett ’73 Nancy Gwathmey Harris ’50 Mary Kay Karzas ’71 Pamela Mayer ’74 Ann Cochran McCandless ’51 H. Victor Millner, Jr. P’77 Katie Belk Morris ’72 Mary Norris Preyer Oglesby ’68
Talmadge Ragan ’69 Alice Flint Roe ’63 Wanda Scearce Christine Robinson Secor ’68 Katharine Hobson Sturtevant ’37 † Sallie Grace Tate ’81 Emily Todd ’75 Margaret Horner Walker ’58 Marney Ault Wasserman ’67 † Sherley Young ’57 35-39 Consecutive Years Jane Yardley Amos ’59, P’91 Bradie Barr ’81 Katherine Lee Cole ’64 Karrick Scott Collins ’70 Mary Bilecky Drimer ’86, P’20 Elizabeth Slade Driscoll ’50 Alison Erskine Farrar ’46 Stacey Goodwin ’83 Stuart Greene ’57 Margaret and Henry Hurt P’93 Caroline Stewart Lacey ’67 Bradford Simmons Marshall ’76 Marion Benson Miller ’60 Caroline Young Moore ’54 Shelby Elliott Roberts ’55 Jean Armfield Sherrill ’63 Janie Huntley Webster ’57 Gayla and Donald Wood P’96 30-34 Consecutive Years Povy LaFarge Bigbee ’51, G’03, ’09, ’10, ’11 Burleigh Vette Blust ’58 Nina Johnson Botsford ’72 Martha Stevens Brown ’73 Alida Bryant ’76 Eleanor Burke ’86 Laura Myers Casellas ’86 Elayne and Aubrey Edwards P’89, ’91 Martha Blankarn Halsey ’47, P’70 Barbara Mallory Hathaway ’39 Isabel Hooker ’43 Kathryn Carter Jacobs ’68 Martha Ann Keels ’75 Annette Kirby ’80 Barbara Lane ’65 Sarah Monarchi Longpré ’84 Margaret Payne Mahoney ’65 Linda Mars ’78 Janey McCoy ’76 Joan Houston McCulloch ’46 Caroline Ramsay Merriam ’54 Ann and Ron Merricks P’02 Joanna Sperry Mockler ’51 Anne Lee Reath ’45 Janet Freed Rosser ’80 Belinda Thornton Ruelle ’85 Mary Blair Simmons ’54, P’77 Richard Simmons † 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 and Daniel Waters P’14
25-29 Consecutive Years Judith Ruffin Anderson ’53 Kathleen Herty Brown ’50 Katharine Bulkley ’77 Kathleen Arey Carroll ’67 Virginia Carter ’76 Maura Smith Collins ’67, P’06 Carol Babcock Davenport ’47, P’70 Dana Paulson Davis ’64 Leila McConnell Daw ’58 Mary White English ’69 Sarah Martin Finn ’74 Laurel Cobble Fountain ’93 Lynn Gammill P’84, G’20 Sarah Dabney Gillespie ’77 Nancy Evans Gruner ’47 Pauline Dent Ketchum ’70 Priscilla Pugh Kirkpatrick ’62 Cathy LaDuke Eleanore Lee ’60 Jean Ruffin Lilly ’45 Martha Patterson Martens ’57 Susan Elder Martin ’53 Jennifer Gammill McKay ’84, P’20 Prudence Lowe Miller ’50 Kerrington Ramsey Molhoek ’93 Jane Everhart Murray ’63 Hallie Bettcher Pettegrew ’86 Jane Preyer ’72 Lisa Richmond ’84, P’20, ’22 Anna Lineberger Stanley ’58 Doris Silliman Stockly ’53 Robin Peake Stuart ’69 Frances Sommers Wheelock ’75 Nancy Hanes White ’66 Jane Wilson ’77 Sarah Jones Winmill ’49 † 20-24 Consecutive Years Anonymous Carol Culver Bitting ’56 Joday Litton Blevins ’56 Dee Burch P’85 Alison Wright Cameron ’52 Lois Hart Coleman ’46 Barbara Collie P’85 Sarah Collie ’85 Mary Allen Cox ’61 Laura Brown Cronin ’72 Mary-Stuart Day ’93 Andrea Dedmon ’00 Bonnie Dodson Mary Dunbar ’71 Mary Edmonds Lucy Holmes Erwin ’93 Jean Clark Eysenbach ’49 Mary Freed ’86 M.E. Freeman ’70 Cornelia Freyer ’70 Susan Overbey Funderburk ’63 Allison Sutton Fuqua ’80 Elizabeth Marshall Games ’55 Wanda Gammon Kathryn Granger Haines ’75 Katherine Coleman Haroldson ’75 Mary Fry Edmunds Haywood ’65 Caroline Jeanes Hollingsworth ’50 Mollie Hunt Holmes ’68, P’93
Susan Farwell Houston ’65 Hope Metcalf Johnston ’65 Julia Morris Kashkashian ’75 Starlet Lemon David Lyle Isabel Merrill Lyndon ’57 Jane Schaff Odell ’48 Susan Embree Parker ’55 Elizabeth Reigeluth Parker ’64 Lee Porter Page ’59 Betty and Charles Prouty P’88 Sarah Belden Ravndal ’61 Judy Treppendahl Robinson ’62 Alice and J. Glenn Shelton P’79, ’81 R. Alan Spearman Terry Overbey Stafford ’68 Ann Hoxton Taylor ’64 Ann Taylor ’54 Dora and Nevin Thomas P’02, ’04 Molly Thomas P’06, ’08 Sara Thompson Catherine Van Rensselaer Townsend ’49 C. Jane Van Landingham ’62 15-19 Consecutive Years Anonymous (1) Jane Allen ’00 Kathelen and Daniel Amos P’07, ’12 Priscilla Wade Belsinger ’67 Amy Blair Lee Sullivan Born ’52 Susan Bruce ’75 Patricia and Howard Burkart P’92 Barbara and David Caldwell P’06 Charlotte Caldwell ’70 Katharine Reynolds Chandler ’68 Carole Robertson Coviello ’62 Fitzalan Crowe ’99 Eleanor Owens Earle ’46, P’79 Beverly Edgell P’93 Pace Cooke Emmons ’77, P’14 Missy and Gary Fountain Anne Clement Haddad ’63 Shannon Hinderliter Hembree ’91 Joanna Caldwell Henderson ’06 Kathryn and Douglas Hendrickson P’02 Cynthia Murray Henriques ’50, P’73 Anne Blodget Holberton ’69 Kim Jackson Mary Lyman Scott Jackson ’75 Virginia Johnson P’70, ’72 Dana Nossaman Keilman ’87 Donna Vroman Kreidler ’54 Anna Lane ’72 Sarah Lannom ’05 Andrea Littman Long ’96 Nuna Washburn MacDonald ’62 Priscilla Mapes Maresi ’59 Eleanor Silliman Maroney ’58 Laura Rand Matheny ’06 Vivian and Norman McGowin P’06 Mary and Robert McIver P’10 Tanya Mahdi McMain ’96 Sheppard Morrison P’10 Caroline Nichols ’76 Betsy Kenney O’Brien ’53 Jane and Thomas O’Neill P’98 Caroline Ives Pearce ’76
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2020-2021 Board of Trustees Sarah Monarchi Longpré ’84, Chair Alison Carter-Cady ’91, Vice Chair Jennifer Gammill McKay ’84, P’20, Secretary Sarah Collie ’85, Treasurer Nina Johnson Botsford ’72 Katharine Bulkley ’77 Donie Martin Carlson ’87, P’18 Judy M. Carter ’63 Olga Faison P’21 Jane M. Garnett ’73 Melanie Kirk Holton ’87 Mary Kay Karzas ’71 Andrew C. Lee P’20 Mary Reynolds ’84 John Runnells P’19 James Secor, III Robin Peake Stuart ’69 Michelle Thomas Supko ’02 Laurie Trexler P’17, ’20 Hunt Whitehead P’22
Margie Hastings Quinlan ’66 Mary Reynolds ’84 Rebecca Roberts ’58 Frances Wallace Robertson ’73 Anna Robinson ’93 Mary Katherine Evans Rordam ’03 Catherine Doeller Sage ’80 Margaret Malloy Sanders ’71 Karin Schutjer ’83 Mary Shallenberger ’66 Nancy Comer Shuford ’64 Lizette Smith ’71 Audrey Warner Speer ’64 Penelope Stout Strakhov ’65 Michelle Thomas Supko ’02 Lockett and Jerry Van Voorhis P’94 Nancy Evans Wahmhoff ’89 Maureen Webb Virginia Willson Welch ’63 Linda Witherill ’49 James H. Wright Sarah Yardley ’66 Carolyn Carter Yawars ’66 10-14 Consecutive Years Anonymous (1) Maria and James Allen P’00 Bonnie and Victor Ardito P’94 Emily Arents ’59 Frazier Millner Armstrong ’77 Mari Armstrong-Hough ’99 Jennifer Hinson Bamigboye ’03 Schaeffer Goss Barnhardt ’06 Susan Dwelle Baxter ’60 Elizabeth Carter Beckmann ’74 Kathryn Bennett ’11 Anne Hathaway Bowes ’63 Virginia Cates Bowie ’73 Camille Agricola Bowman ’71 Mary Boy ’75 Sarah Boy ’64 Rachel Boyd ’65 Adele Cornwall Brady ’10
Ex-officio member The Rt. Rev. Susan B. Haynes, Bishop, Diocese of Southern Virginia Trustees emeriti Robin Tieken Hadley ’57 Penelope Perkins Wilson ’41, P’67 Designated representatives Jennifer Hinson Bamigboye ’03 Alumnae Council President Jennifer Denny P’21, Parent Advisory Committee President
Amanda Brady ’84 Marian Bray ’66 Laura Mascharka Brucker ’88 Campbell Insurance Company Judy Carter ’63 Laura Myers Casella ’86 Ansley Chapman Cella ’91 Sallie Wise Chaballier ’72 Saradha and Raja Chadalavada P’15, ’16, ’20 Gretchen Blair Clark ’92 Julie Cleveland ’72 Jebbie Crowe P’99 Mary Walton Curley ’42 Carolyn Davenport ’70 Lelan Dunavant Davidson ’05 Alison Ardito Davis ’94 Molly Davis ’79 Karen Dedmon P’00 Ninna Fisher Denny ’70 Martha and Thomas Dixon P’15 Patricia Noojin Dudley ’67 Judith Duncan ’86 Joanna Edgell ’93 Elizabeth Evans ’50 Jordan Nyberg Ferris ’04 Irene Darden Field ’56 Venita Fields ’71 Caroline Finke ’07 Elizabeth Stout Foehl ’67 Gillian Lakhan and Sean Forbes P’12 Rebecca Frackelton ’97 Samantha Franklin ’05 Nan Freed P’77, ’80, ’86 Iris Winthrop Freeman ’53 Grace Fulop ’09 Charlotte Rettberg Gallandt ’10 Angela Winthrop Getchell ’54 Elizabeth and Douglas Goldstein P’12 Muffin Dalton Grant ’66 David Greer P’78 Martha Griswold Susan Gillings Gross ’98
Virginia Thomas Harring ’06 Betty Hessee ’70 Jennifer Hiltwine Lynn Rosengarten Horowitz ’67 Mary Norman Huguley ’68 Debbie Humphreys Jones ’67 Grace Hwang ’10 Maibeth Deas Keith ’98 Jane Fuller Killough ’72 Danielle Thomas Kimmel ’04 Virginia Evans Kowalski ’07 Elizabeth Landes ’69 Frances Johnson Lee-Vandell ’60 P’86 G’12 Tracy Bartlett Lively ’84, P’16 Mary Austin Lowery ’60 Jill Sedlmayr MacMillan ’66 Lucy Williams Maish ’68, P’97 Chester Mayo P’15 Taylor McCall ’06 Holly Fry McGowan ’62 Elizabeth Anne McGowin ’06 Laird McIver ’10 Laura Anne Roquemore McLaurin ’05 Barbara McMillan ’59 Helen Mirkil ’70 James Morris Danielle Dillon Munkelt ’02 Maggie Oakes ’08 Patricia and Michael O’Brien P’06, ’07 Mary Kathryn Atkinson Pendleton ’10 Sally Whately-Smith Pilkington ’66 Lillian Headley Poole ’62 Reagan Greene Pruitt ’95 Jane Clark Reeder ’53 Virginia Wulsin Roberts ’69 Virginia Plews Robey ’48, P’80 Ann O’Brien Singh ’07 Dicke Tredway Sloop ’63 P’92 Celia Lippitt Snow ’76 Kristin Reese Solomon ’08 Laura Spencer ’07 Mary Reed Spencer ’74
Spring Critchlow Swinehart ’68 Taylor Nyberg Taliaferro ’06 Mary Tice P’15, ’21 Maria Vega Tovar ’06 Kathleen and John Turnbull P’07 Sandra Turnbull ’07 Emma Smith Voigt ’05 Elizabeth Walter-Echols ’60 Amelia Walker Ward ’66 Katharine Watson ’60 Janet Holley Wegner ’64 Elizabeth White-Hurst ’99 Sara Norman Wielgus ’06 Lynn Kitson Williams ’66, P’91 Laura Willoughby ’87 Elizabeth Yarborough ’98 5-9 Consecutive Years Walker Abbott ’14 Alice Rodgers Alsterberg ’78 Sonja Fields Andrews ’89, P’22 Shepard Ansley P’90, G’22 Ardon Brown Armstrong ’73 Cameron Keels Austin ’78 Cameron Ayres Esta Baker ’68 Mary Baldrige ’72 Richard Hunter Barnhardt III Eleanore Walton Bequaert ’47 † Patricia Parshall Berger ’56 Frankie Beyer Glenys and J. Kermit Birchfield P’93, G’23 Samuel Bissbis Mary Lee and William Black Mary Jo Blake ’84 Robin Boch ’16 Anna Bodnar Christal and Matthew Boesen P’20 Victoria Bongard ’16 Cristina Bornhofen ’81 Judith Boyd P’20 Wendy Bradley and Sean Terwilliger
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2020-2021 Alumnae Council Jennifer Hinson Bamigboye ’03, President Kerry O’Neill Irwin ’98, Vice President Danielle Thomas Kimmel ’04, Vice President Melissa Hilbish ’77, Treasurer Margaret Googe ’09, Secretary Pace Cooke Emmons ’77, P’14, Past President Mari Armstrong-Hough ’99 Molly Buck ’58 Emily Calhoun James ’03 Kathryn Carter Jacobs ’68 Ellen Cartmell ’08 Emmalyn Cochran ’02 Terri Coleman Martinez ’85 Sonya Cummings Penny ’83 Grace Fulop ’09 Kappy Gheesling Lapides ’86 Lala Harrison ’78 Adair Hendrickson Ravencraft ’02 Jessica Hills ’06 Shannon Hinderliter Hembree ’91 Annette Kirby ’80 Lynn Kitson Williams ’66, P’91 Stephanie Klein-Davis ’79 Monica Lucero Villarino ’92 Dasia Moore ’14 Lori Palmore Heath ’98 Elizabeth Parr-Campola ’96, P’22 Rebecca Smith Perdu ’10 Amanda Stewart González ’09
Suzanne Branch ’65 Olivia Brooks Mary Lee Bethune Brown ’84 Suzanne Walker Buck and Johnny Buck Lindsay Burkart ’05 Elizabeth and Keith Burns P’19 Donie Martin Carlson ’87 P’18 Elizabeth Robinson Carroll ’77 P’03 ’07 Alison Carter-Cady ’91 Ellen Cartmell ’08 Alexandra Casker ’19 Catherine Cates ’85 Margi Cates P’73, ’75, ’77 Sirila Chadalavada ’16 Sridha Chadalavada ’20 Sriya Chadalavada ’15 Emma Scott Christopher ’56 Owen Clay Gloria Bond Clunie ’71 Emmalyn Cochran ’02 Sarah Meister Coco ’99 Lisa Collis Carolyn Huntoon Connell ’72 Laura Daniel Danny Davis Josephine Fisher de Give ’61 Jane De Hart ’54 Susan Towers Dennard ’72 Laura Duncan ’84 Barbie Eanes Sandra Ebling ’70 Robin Emmons ’14 Nancy Campbell Fales ’57 Diana Howard Fisketjon ’78 Samantha Fleming Margaret and Arthur Foster G’18 Julia Frazier ’62 Patsy Gibson P’77, G’14 Deborah Glymph John Goodhue Martha Currie Green ’66 Ellen Baldridge Gregan ’88 Monica Dee Guillory ’83 Nini Hadjis ’89 Melinda Fera Hain ’85 Lisa Schmid Halpin ’65 Adnée Hamilton ’67 Elizabeth Parsons Harper ’67 Babs Harrison ’74 Lala Harrison ’78 Pamella Harbin Jane and Henry Hawthorne P’16, ’19 Carleton Thomas Henrich ’85 George Herndon Melissa Hilbish ’77 Ellen Holcomb ’75 Melanie Kirk Holton ’87 Catherine Whitehead Huband ’91 Amber Huggins ’16 Mary Dare Thornton Hume ’07 Hallam Hurt ’63 Dandridge Logan Ince ’56 Kerry O’Neill Irwin ’98 Lori Braun Jackson ’74 Emily Calhoun James ’03 Martha and Wayne Johnson P’19 Pamela and Robert Johnson P’20 Jennifer Bess Jones ’89 and Hugh Jones P’22 Abigail Murnick Jones ’06 Nancy Hilliard Joyce ’91 Kimber and Matthew Keating P’20, ’22, ’24 Nancy Lee Smith Kemper ’69 Christine Cutright Knight P’19 Pamela Wade Latta ’65
Brenda Lawrence Amy Leak ’20 Dione and Robert Leak P’15, ’20, ’22, ’23 Katherine Leak ’15 Anna Best Lee ’68 Margaret Johnson Lee ’50 Karen Anderson Leonard ’91 Mary Elizabeth Lively ’16 Sharon Lu ’99 Amanda Mackay Smith ’58 Susan Staton Maday ’89 Paula Sommerkamp Magargle ’90 Claire Mayo ’15 Carol Harlocker McBee ’69 Catherine McCormick ’83 Katherine McKay ’75, P’10 Sarah Crosby McKay ’20 Sarah Shartle Meacham ’51 Cecily Allen Mermann ’53 Sarah Foscue Merrell ’72 Sonny Merryman Inc. Susan Metcalf ’78 Jackie Miller Odester Miller Sharon Ellis Miller ’57 Eliza Wolcott Morehead ’60 Sarah Morris ’72 Elizabeth Mullen ’83 Mary Newcombe ’73 Dennis Oliver Cynthia Bryant Parker ’61 Kea Parker P’19 Dimpal and Mukesh Patel P’19 Sharon Rafferty Patterson ’60 Janet Lewis Peden ’69 Rebecca Smith Perdu ’10 Elaine Petty Irene Siragusa Phelps ’71 Elizabeth Cary Pierson ’71 Molly Taylor Pope ’60 Ethel Baskerville Powell ’58 Laura Price ’09 Adair Hendrickson Ravencraft ’02 Ann Hay Reeves ’57 Katherine Washburne Reimelt ’70 Patricia Robinson ’70 Cynthia Rodriguez P’13 Jennifer and John Runnells P’19 Tarleton Russell ’71 Ann Lee Stephens Sarpy ’66 Florence Farwell Schmidt ’66 Mary Tiffany Schweitzer ’67 Janet Scott ’81 Sandy Maxson Shalleck ’61 Lynne Shelton Elizabeth Simpson William Simpson Caroline Slicer ’19 Anna Sloan ’10 Hannah Early Snodgrass ’12 Kearney Steele ’64 Amanda Stewart González ’09 Sarah Yancey Stipanowich ’71 Jean Stone ’71 Alice Strawn ’19 Judy and James Strawn G’17, ’19, ’21 James and Dianne Stuart Christina Sawtelle Teale ’51 J.C. Thompson Annika Tice ’15 Jo Rainey Evans Tisdale ’62 Elizabeth Trexler ’17 Laurie and Donald Trexler P’17, ’20 Mary Lynn Thomas Van Wyck ’66 Connie and John Wallace P’08 Staci and Andrew Wall P’19 John Henry Waller
Ross Walton P’16, ’19 Nancy Howland Washburne ’46 Kathryn Waters ’14 Alexandra Walker Wechter ’09 Sarah Abbott Weitzenkorn ’91 Jaclyn Westfall
Acorn Club The Acorn Club recognizes donors who set up automatic, recurring donations to the Chatham Hall Fund over the course of the fiscal year (July 1 – June 30). We are grateful for these donors who maximize their impact on Chatham Hall by setting up credit card or other payment method donations that automatically process monthly, quarterly, or with another preferred frequency. Visit www.chathamhall.org/give or contact Adina Blake, ablake@ chathamhall.org, to set up your impact and easy to remember recurring donation today! Jennifer Hinson Bamigboye ’03 Beth Barksdale Schaeffer Goss Barnhardt ’06 Frankie Beyer Anna Bodnar Molly Buck ’58 Laura Clay Lisa Collis Rachel A. Connell Michelle Cressida-Bliss Keely Criddle Robin and Rupert Croker Poole P’23 Jebbie Crowe P’99 Sumner Dalrymple ’09 Pace Cooke Emmons ’77, P’14 Christine Gilmore Deborah Glymph Pamella Harbin Jennifer Hiltwine Kathryn Carter Jacobs ’68 Martha Ann Keels ’75 Danielle Thomas Kimmel ’04 John Kingery Christine Knight P’19 Virginia Evans Kowalski ’07 Emma Lane Claire Mayo ’15 Marin Miller Kerrington Ramsey Molhoek ’93 Donna Moroni Sheppard Morrison P’10 Cassandra Patterson Rebecca Smith Perdu ’10 Beth Stefanik Amanda Stewart González Laura Price ’09 Reagan Greene Pruitt ’95 Mary Katherine Evans Rordam ’03 Florence Farwell Schmidt ’66 Daniel Waters P’14 Tammy Waters P’14 Lynn Kitson Williams ’66, P’91
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Alumnae Giving The Chatham Hall alumnae network extends across the globe. Alumnae live in 48 United States, Washington D.C., one US territory, and 43 different countries. You stay engaged with classmates and connect with the School through a variety of channels. You demonstrate your on-going interest in Chatham Hall, in part, through your philanthropic support. Thank you to the 728 alumnae donors (29% participation) who supported Chatham Hall in 2020-2021. Alumnae are listed by class in alphabetical order by maiden name. Participation is recognized for donations for all purposes. 1937 Total Participation: 100% Katharine Hobson Sturtevant O† 1938 Total Participation: 100% Hope Rogers Metcalf O 1939 Total Participation: 25% Barbara Mallory Hathaway BOE 1940 Total Participation: 50% Eugenia Lovett West O 1941 Total Participation: 25% Penelope Perkins Wilson O† 1942 Total Participation: 20% Mary Walton Curley O 1943 Total Participation: 25% Edith Bettle Gardner O Isabel Hooker BO 1944 Total Participation: 22% Anonymous BO Katherine McKay Belk Cook BO 1945 Total Participation: 37% Agent: Mary Hooker Crary Mary Hooker Crary OE Anne Lee Reath O Laura Lee Bullitt O Margaret Murray Baldrige Kathryn Reed Smith O Jean Ruffin Lilly O 1946 Total Participation: 47% Agent: Eleanor Owens Earle Sara Cruikshank Foster BO Alison Erskine Farrar O Lois Hart Coleman O Joan Houston McCulloch O Nancy Howland Washburne O Patricia Osborne Smith Eleanor Owens Earle O Helene Zimmermann Hill BO 1947 Total Participation: 55% Agents: Carol Babcock Davenport, Nancy Evans Gruner Carol Babcock Davenport BO Martha Blankarn Halsey O Esther Coke Nancy Evans Gruner O Anne Perkins Cabot Eleanore Walton Bequaert OE†
1948 Total Participation: 30% Doris Beasley Martin Lillian Lineberger McKay BOE Trygve Norstrand Cooley BO Virginia Plews Robey O Margaret Ryburn Topping O Jane Schaff Odell O 1949 Total Participation: 50% Jean Clark Eysenbach O Anne Foley Doucet Sarah Jones Winmill O† Sally Shoemaker Robinson Ann Trowbridge Richter Catherine Van Rensselaer Townsend O Frederica Wellington Valois O Linda Witherill BO 1950 Total Participation: 45% Agent: Cynthia Murray Henriques Jenifer Barnes Garfield OE Ellen Childs Lovejoy BO Elizabeth Evans O Mary Griswold Horrigan Nancy Gwathmey Harris BO Kathleen Herty Brown O Caroline Jeanes Hollingsworth OE Margaret Johnson Lee O Prudence Lowe Miller O Ellen MacVeagh Rublee B Cynthia Murray Henriques O Elizabeth Slade Driscoll BO Theresa Williams Webb 1951 Total Participation: 44% Agent: Sarah Shartle Meacham Laurene Berger Owen O Ann Cochran McCandless O Susan Fair Boyd BE Povy LaFarge Bigbee BOE Saraellen Merritt Langmann OE Christina Sawtelle Teale O Sarah Shartle Meacham BOE Joanna Sperry Mockler BO 1952 Total Participation: 24% Virginia Beresford Fox O Alice Pack Melly BE Frances Shannonhouse Clardy Lee Sullivan Born O 1953 Total Participation: 67% Agent: Barbara Billings Supplee Cecily Allen Mermann O Margot Bell Woodwell O Barbara Billings Supplee BOE Anne Bourne Rose Patricia Carter Hatch BO Jane Clark Reeder O Susan Elder Martin BO Beverly Hammer Dickinson
Olivia Hutchins Dunn Betsy Kenney O’Brien O Elizabeth Lackey Johnston B Gail Lassiter Malin Sara Love Downey Linda Lovelace Brownrigg BO Lucy McClellan Barrett BO Cornelia Mueller Gibson BO Judith Ruffin Anderson O Doris Silliman Stockly BO Iris Winthrop Freeman BO 1954 Total Participation: 30% Agent: Ann Taylor Mary Blair Simmons O Sandra Butler Gardner Jane De Hart OE Elizabeth Peters Turner O Caroline Ramsay Merriam O Ann Taylor OE Donna Vroman Kreidler O Angela Winthrop Getchell O Caroline Young Moore OE 1955 Total Participation: 36% Barbara Barker Elizabeth Blanton McHargue Caroline Colburn Gilbert Shelby Elliott Roberts O Susan Embree Parker O Natalie Farrar Theriot BOE Martha Justice Martin BO Cynthia Lovelace Sears B Elizabeth Marshall Games BO Virginia Worthington Marr E Susan Zurn Malabre 1956 Total Participation: 44% Evelyn Bullitt Hausslein O Carol Culver Bitting O Irene Darden Field O Joday Litton Blevins O Dandridge Logan Ince O Mary Nichols Josephine Noel Dietz Patricia Parshall Berger BOE Marcia Pyle Welch Emma Scott Christopher O Nancy Wertz Sandercox Sue Wolf Moore 1957 Total Participation: 46% Nancy Campbell Fales O Sharon Ellis Miller BO Josephine Gilmore Bell OE Stuart Greene O Ann Hay Reeves O Janie Huntley Webster OE Isabel Merrill Lyndon O Martha Patterson Martens O Virginia Shuford Yates Virginia Thornton Craley Alice Williams Vining Sherley Young O
1958 Total Participation: 53% Agent: Margaret Horner Walker Gray Baird Ethel Baskerville Powell O Molly Buck BOA Jane Clark Warren Margaret Horner Walker BO Mary Kemp Callaway Anna Lineberger Stanley O Amanda Mackay Smith OE Martha Maytag Peterson B Leila McConnell Daw O Eleanore Morgan Moran Rebecca Roberts O Sally Saltonstall Willis BO Eleanor Silliman Maroney BO Wissie Thompson OE Burleigh Vette Blust O 1959 Total Participation: 33% Helen Anderson Shaw Emily Arents O Margaret Cushing Helen Eggleston Bellas Maria Gallagher Truslow Priscilla Mapes Maresi O Margaret McElroy O Barbara McMillan O Lee Porter Page O Lisa Rosenberger Moore B Jane Yardley Amos OE 1960 Total Participation: 36% Agent: Frances Johnson Lee-Vandell Mary Austin Lowery O Marion Benson Miller O Simone Crockett Mary Duncan Bicknell BO Helen Dunn BO Susan Dwelle Baxter O Elizabeth Walter-Echols O Frances Johnson Lee-Vandell OE Eleanore Lee O Adelaide McKenzie Moss Sharon Rafferty Patterson O Audrey Sawtelle Delafield O Molly Taylor Pope O Katharine Watson BO Eliza Wolcott Morehead O B
Benefactors Society members who donated $1,000+ to the Chatham Hall Fund or for other purposes.
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Oak Circle members who have contributed to the Chatham Hall Fund for 5+ years.
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Acorn Club members who support the Chatham Hall Fund through automatic monthly or quarterly donations.
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50 1961 Total Participation: 19% Agent: Cynthia Bryant Parker Mary Allen Cox O Sarah Belden Ravndal O Cynthia Bryant Parker BOE Josephine Fisher de Give O Sandy Maxson Shalleck O Catherine Wilson Smith O 1962 Total Participation: 37% Agent: Jean Merritt Johnston Jane Allen Street Katherine Bowman Burton Jo Rainey Evans Tisdale O Julia Frazier BO Holly Fry McGowan O Lillian Headley Poole BO Louise Potts Thibodaux Priscilla Pugh Kirkpatrick O Carole Robertson Coviello BO Diana Simrell Savory O Judy Treppendahl Robinson O C. Jane Van Landingham O Nuna Washburn MacDonald O 1963 Total Participation: 47% Agent: Jane Everhart Murray Jean Armfield Sherrill BO Susan Beekman Clough Mary Bell Timberlake O Judy Carter BOE Louise Clarke BO Anne Clement Haddad O Jane Everhart Murray BO Alice Flint Roe BO Joan Gunter McCauley B Anne Hathaway Bowes O Hallam Hurt BO Ada Long Susan Overbey Funderburk O Elena Schupp Darden Dicke Tredway Sloop O Jane Webb Crawford Virginia Willson Welch O 1964 Total Participation: 46% Anonymous BO Josephine Bayard Sarah Boy O Lorraine Caffery Friedrichs Crawford Nancy Comer Shuford O Anne Dickerson Janet Holley Wegner O Ann Hoxton Taylor O Laura Law Katherine Lee Cole O Mary Lloyd McDonald Dana Paulson Davis OE Elizabeth Reigeluth Parker BOE Joan Richardson Doty Kearney Steele O Mahala Tillinghast Beams Audrey Warner Speer O 1965 Total Participation: 30% Holly Bowles Blanton Rachel Boyd O Suzanne Branch O Laura Bullitt Despard O Mary Fry Edmunds Haywood O Susan Farwell Houston O Barbara Lane OE Hope Metcalf Johnston O
Catherine Michael Quainton Margaret Payne Mahoney O Kate Perkins Hartsfield B Lisa Schmid Halpin O Penelope Stout Strakhov O Pamela Wade Latta OE 1966 Total Participation: 46% Agent: Muffin Dalton Grant Anonymous BO Elizabeth Bayard Tallman Marian Bray O Carolyn Carter Yawars BO Sara Clay Branch B Martha Currie Green O Muffin Dalton Grant O Florence Farwell Schmidt OA Constance Flint West BO Nancy Hanes White BO Margie Hastings Quinlan BO Lynn Kitson Williams OA Nancy Ruark Jill Sedlmayr MacMillan O Mary Shallenberger BOE Suzanne Shaw Spradling Ann Lee Stephens Sarpy O Mary Lynn Thomas Van Wyck O Amelia Walker Ward BO Sally Whately-Smith Pilkington O Elizabeth Whitehead George Sarah Yardley O 1967 Total Participation: 53% Agent: Debbie Humphreys Jones Anonymous (1) Kathleen Arey Carroll BOE Marney Ault Wasserman O† Jessica Bell Nicholson Louise Boyd Cadwell Anne Bryant BOE Janice Copley Obre BO Adnée Hamilton O Debbie Humphreys Jones O Ida Little Patricia Noojin Dudley BO Elizabeth Parsons Harper O Margaret Perkins Sise Lynn Rosengarten Horowitz BO Elizabeth Scott Hayes Maura Smith Collins O Caroline Stewart Lacey O Elizabeth Stout Foehl O Mary Tiffany Schweitzer O Priscilla Wade Belsinger O 1968 Total Participation: 50% Agent: Lucy Williams Maish Esta Baker O Anna Best Lee O Katie Carlson Houston Kathryn Carter Jacobs BOA Annie Clarke Ager Dianne Covey Ohlandt Spring Critchlow Swinehart O Muffy Dent Stuart BOE Cecily Fowler Grand Jane Howard Cheever Mollie Hunt Holmes O Julia Mattingly Mary Norman Huguley O Laurie Nussdorfer OE Terry Overbey Stafford O Mary Norris Preyer Oglesby BO Corinne Rafferty Katharine Reynolds Chandler O Christine Robinson Secor BO
Wendell Shepard Chisholm Mary Stone Smith Lucy Williams Maish O 1969 Total Participation: 40% Agent: Mary Murrill Oakes Linda Alford Sahl Anne Blodget Holberton BO Carol Harlocker McBee O Paget Humphreys Dackman Julia Johnson O Jane Keeney Elizabeth Landes O Janet Lewis Peden O Michael Lynn Alice Moore Mary Murrill Oakes BO Robin Peake Stuart BOE Talmadge Ragan O Nancy Lee Smith Kemper BO Tucky Stout Pogue Lisa Vilas Weismiller E Mary White English O Mary Wolcott Davis Virginia Wulsin Roberts O 1970 Total Participation: 49% Agents: Carolyn Davenport, Ninna Fisher Denny Anonymous (1) Rebecca Brown Hutcheson† Charlotte Caldwell BOE Carolyn Davenport O Pauline Dent Ketchum BO Susan Dent-Gushue Sandra Ebling O Ninna Fisher Denny BO M.E. Freeman O Cornelia Freyer BO Lee Gates Crosby Martha Givens Nicol B Caroline Hairston English Cynthia Halsey Mernick Betty Hessee BO Sara Johnson Walker Johnson Jones BOE Studie Johnson Young BO Sally Lesh Quereau Helen Mirkil O Louise Nash Gardner Patricia Robinson BO Karrick Scott Collins O Polly Smith Jill Tucker Read Katherine Washburne Reimelt O 1971 Total Participation: 57% Agent: Camille Agricola Bowman Camille Agricola Bowman O Gloria Bond Clunie BO Madeleine Callery Hussey Elizabeth Cary Pierson OE Lindsay Crossfield Matthews Mary Dunbar BOE Venita Fields O Laurie Hallenbeck Rose Mary Kay Karzas BOE Preston Lyon McGregor Margaret Malloy Sanders O Elizabeth Myers Bonardi Nona Pinkoson Upshaw Sharon Pittman Tarleton Russell O Irene Siragusa Phelps O Lizette Smith O Jean Stone BO
Louise Wilmer Stebbins Sarah Yancey Stipanowich O 1972 Total Participation: 50% Mary Baldrige O Katie Belk Morris BO Nancy Bolduc Anne Bowman Gowing Laura Brown Cronin BO Julie Cleveland O Lydee Conway Hummel B Sarah Foscue Merrell O Jane Fuller Killough O Katherine Hairston La Rosa B Carolyn Huntoon Connell O Karen Johnsen Baldwin Nina Johnson Botsford BOE Kate Johnson Nielsen BOE Anna Lane BO Margaret Lovett Simpson Lillian McKay Teigland O Sarah Morris BO Jane Preyer BO Kem Shackelford Courtenay Diana Simonds Sandra Sweatt Hull Susan Towers Dennard O Sallie Wise Chaballier O 1973 Total Participation: 25% Agent: Virginia Cates Bowie Anonymous O Ardon Brown Armstrong BO Virginia Cates Bowie O Cynthia Coe Devine BE Farnell Cowan Holton Jane Garnett BO Mary Henriques Meredith Johnson Landry Elizabeth Kirk Unger BO Mary Newcombe O Virginia Pugh Hernandez B Ellen Simmons Ball BO Martha Stevens Brown O Margaret Sugino Frances Wallace Robertson BO 1974 Total Participation: 24% Julian Anderson Shauna Bonk Thompson Lori Braun Jackson O Elizabeth Carter Beckmann O Babs Harrison O Sarah Martin Finn BO Pamela Mayer O Mary Pugh Manning Mary Reed Spencer OE 1975 Total Participation: 41% Agent: Susan Bruce Mary Boy BO Susan Bruce O Kathleen Cates Katherine Coleman Haroldson BO Kathryn Granger Haines O Heidi Hand Evans Ellen Holcomb O Martha Ann Keels BOAE Katherine McKay BOE Alicia Monks Murtha Julia Morris Kashkashian BO Mary Lyman Scott Jackson O Frances Sommers Wheelock BOE Emily Todd OE Joan Womble Stone
fall 2021 1976 Total Participation: 32% Agent: S. Y. Mason-Watson Alida Bryant OE Virginia Carter BO Marion Hampton Dubé B Rebecca Harrison Wood Caroline Ives Pearce O Linder Lane Celia Lippitt Snow O S. Y. Mason-Watson Janey McCoy OE Victoria Middleton Caroline Nichols O Bradford Simmons Marshall BO 1977 Total Participation: 27% Agent: Pace Cooke Emmons Katharine Bulkley BO Pace Cooke Emmons BOAE Fay Freed Morlock Sarah Dabney Gillespie BO Melissa Hilbish BO Selene Junius Lambert Patricia Kellogg Maddock E Frazier Millner Armstrong O Robin Musser Agnew B Elizabeth Robinson Carroll O Elizabeth Suddarth Penland Jane Wilson OE 1978 Total Participation: 26% Margaret Desmond Dahm Beth Duncan O Lala Harrison BO Diana Howard Fisketjon BO Cameron Keels Austin O Linda Mars BOE Susan Metcalf O Alice Rodgers Alsterberg O 1979 Total Participation: 12% Agent: Amanda Earle Ciccarelli Molly Davis O Amanda Earle Ciccarelli Stephanie Klein-Davis B Susan Shelton 1980 Total Participation: 23% Agent: Louise Allen Kemprecos Louise Allen Kemprecos Catherine Doeller Sage BO Janet Freed Rosser O Annette Kirby BOE Jane Redd Allison Sutton Fuqua OE 1981 Total Participation: 22% Agent: Janet Scott Bradie Barr BO Cristina Bornhofen O Susan Carlson Balderrama Margaret Motley Merritt Elizabeth Peters B Sarah Reed Janet Scott O Sallie Grace Tate BOE 1982 Total Participation: 13% Virginia Hays C. Jean Poindexter Bartlett Sharon Reese
51 1983 Sonya Cummings Penny Stacey Goodwin BO Monica Dee Guillory O Catherine McCormick O Elizabeth Mullen O Amy Nolde Catherine Reed Karin Schutjer O 1984 Total Participation: 38% Agent: Jennifer Gammill McKay Tracy Bartlett Lively O Mary Lee Bethune Brown O Mary Jo Blake O Amanda Brady ‘O Laura Duncan O Jennifer Gammill McKay BOE Sian Jones Sarah Monarchi Longpré BO Mary Reynolds BO Lisa Richmond O Katie Van Lennep 1985 Total Participation: 22% Agent: Terri Coleman Martinez Catherine Cates O Terri Coleman Martinez Sarah Collie BO Melinda Fera Hain O Whitney Labouchere Gerache Jean Reynolds Carleton Thomas Henrich O Belinda Thornton Ruelle O 1986 Total Participation: 29% Anonymous (1) Hallie Bettcher Pettegrew BO Mary Bilecky Drimer O Eleanor Burke BO Judith Duncan O Mary Freed BO Kappy Gheesling Lapides Alletta Lee Bode-Griss Laura Myers Casellas BO Caroline Sloan 1987 Total Participation: 25% Agent: Laura Willoughby Adelaide Davenport Naumann Rachel del Campo Gatewood Melanie Kirk Holton BO Leslie Lawhorn Neely Joan Madry Kligerman Donie Martin Carlson BO Dana Nossaman Keilman O Jenny Stone Abed Laura Willoughby O Semmes Wright Calvert 1988 Total Participation: 9% Agent: Laura Mascharka Brucker Ellen Baldridge Gregan O Laura Mascharka Brucker O Abbie Story LeFevre 1989 Total Participation: 17% Agent: Melissa Edwards Bibb Jennifer Bess Jones O Melissa Edwards Bibb Nancy Evans Wahmhoff O Sonja Fields Andrews O
Nini Hadjis O Susan Staton Maday O 1990 Total Participation: 8% Anna Ansley Davis Paula Sommerkamp Magargle O 1991 Total Participation: 27% Agents: Ansley Chapman Cella, Catherine Whitehead Huband Sarah Abbott Weitzenkorn O Karen Anderson Leonard O Alison Carter-Cady BO Ansley Chapman Cella O Nancy Hilliard Joyce O Shannon Hinderliter Hembree O Emily Page Murray Ashley Ramsey Blurton Catherine Whitehead Huband O 1992 Total Participation: 12% Agent: Gretchen Blair Clark Gretchen Blair Clark O Elizabeth Blocker Tonelis Monica Lucero Villarino 1993 Total Participation: 22% Agent: Anna Robinson Laurel Cobble Fountain BO Mary-Stuart Day BO Joanna Edgell BOE Lucy Holmes Erwin BO Sarah Jenks Kerrington Ramsey Molhoek OA Anna Robinson O 1994 Total Participation: 11% Alison Ardito Davis O Eleanor Farrell 1995 Total Participation: 13% Agent: Cristina Murphy Valdez Reagan Greene Pruitt BOA D’Metriss Bannerman-Holmes Cristina Murphy Valdez 1996 Total Participation: 29% Agent: Jennifer Quainton Jee-Young Kim B Andrea Littman Long BOE Tanya Mahdi McMain O Elizabeth Parr-Campola Jennifer Quainton B Rebecca Tucker B Sarah Wood 1997 Total Participation: 15% Lindsey Copeland Long Rebecca Frackelton O Robyn Raybould Schmidt BE Laura Robinson Kerr 1998 Total Participation: 16% Agents: Susan Gillings Gross, Lori Palmore Heath Maibeth Deas Keith O Susan Gillings Gross BO Taylor Hall Bandyke Kerry O’Neill Irwin BO Elizabeth Yarborough O
1999 Total Participation: 24% Agents: Morgan Brawley, Elizabeth White-Hurst Sally Armstrong Mari Armstrong-Hough BO Fitzalan Crowe OE Sharon Lu O Sarah Meister Coco O Elizabeth White-Hurst OE 2000 Total Participation: 16% Agents: Elizabeth Call, Cannon Hodge Jane Allen O Elizabeth Call Andrea Dedmon O Cannon Hodge 2001 Total Participation: 8% Class Agent: Katherine Currin Katherine Currin Sarah Pannell 2002 Total Participation: 39% Agents: Emmalyn Cochran, Kimberly Daniels Taws Anonymous (2) Emmalyn Cochran O Kimberly Daniels Taws B Danielle Dillon Munkelt O Adair Hendrickson Ravencraft O Christine Littlejohn Chalko Lindsay Shook Braidwood Michelle Thomas Supko BO 2003 Total Participation: 24% Agent: Mary Katherine Evans Rordan Sarah Arnn Parrish Emily Calhoun James O Mary Katherine Evans Rordam OA Nan Futrell Liles Mary Giddings Dunlap Jennifer Hinson Bamigboye OA Jaquette Page Gilbert Mary Elizabeth Wilkes Chand 2004 Total Participation: 11% Agents: Danielle Thomas Kimmel Jordan Nyberg Ferris O Danielle Thomas Kimmel BOA Elizabeth Thomas B 2005 Total Participation: 33% Agents: Lindsay Burkart, Lelan Dunavant Davidson Lindsay Burkart O Lelan Dunavant Davidson O Samantha Franklin O Honor Hostetler Sarah Lannom O Emily Pulliam Laura Anne Roquemore McLaurin O Allison Rosser Julia Rowe Cullimore Emma Smith Voigt O
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Young Alumnae and Students Giving We recognize and celebrate the following 103 young alumnae donors and the 11 student donors for their support of Chatham Hall during the 2020-2021 fiscal year. PURPLE AND GOLD CIRCLE BENEFACTORS Classes 2006 to 2015 - $500 to $999 Classes 2016 to 2020 - $100 to $499 Schaeffer Goss Barnhardt ’06 Margaret Hudson Mauldin ’07 Kathryn Waters ’14 Robin Boch ’16 Sirila Chadalavada ’16 Jane Hawthorne ’16 Camille Walton ’16 Margaret Strawn ’17 Christina Trexler ’20 Elizabeth Trexler ’17 Emma Maney ’19 Sridha Chadalavada ’20 2006 Total Participation: 41% Agents: Schaeffer Goss Barnhardt, Taylor Nyberg Taliaferro Joanna Caldwell Henderson O Nell Gilliam Searles Schaeffer Goss Barnhardt BOA Jessica Hills Victoria Ireson Taylor McCall O Elizabeth Anne McGowin O Abigail Murnick Jones O Sara Norman Wielgus O Taylor Nyberg Taliaferro O Laura Rand Matheny O Erin Renn Virginia Thomas Harring O Lorena Vega Maria Vega Tovar O 2007 Total Participation: 35% Agents: Virginia Evans Kowalski, Laura Spencer Virginia Evans Kowalski OA Caroline Finke O Margaret Hudson Mauldin B Francisca Lopez Ann O’Brien Singh O Laura Spencer O Mary Dare Thornton Hume O Sandra Turnbull O
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2008 Total Participation: 27% Agents: Ellen Cartmell, Ellen Cartmell O Vickey Casey Maggie Oakes O Kristin Reese Solomon O Kaitlin Tebeau Katherine Thomas Lauren Tipton
2012 Total Participation: 9% Agent: Mary Winebrenner Anonymous (1) Hannah Early Snodgrass O
2009 Total Participation: 43% Agents: Margaret Googe, Amanda Stewart González, Alexandra Walker Wechter Carlyn Carter Sumner Dalrymple A Grace Fulop O Margaret Googe Whitney Henderson Caitlin Heston Rosalind Jenkins Wilson Helen Jones Rebecca Knight Laura McCall Laura Price OA Vivian Roussel Amanda Stewart González OA Mason Thompson Alexandra Walker Wechter O
2014 Total Participation: 13% Class Agents: Robin Emmons, Madison McAdams Walker Abbott O Robin Emmons O Yiran Wang O Kathryn Waters BO
2010 Total Participation: 27% Agents: Adele Cornwall Brady, Grace Hwang Mary Kathryn Atkinson Pendleton O Adele Cornwall Brady O Hillary Dwyer Amy Hendricks Grace Hwang O Laird McIver O Charlotte Rettberg Gallandt O Anna Sloan O Rebecca Smith Perdu OA 2011 Total Participation: 14% Agent: Kathryn Bennett Kathryn Bennett O Isabelle Dunham Varlan Kelly Kim
2013 Total Participation: 8% Anonymous (1) Greer Chapman
2015 Total Participation: 14% Agents: Mary-Michael Robertson, Annika Tice Eliza Caprio Sriya Chadalavada O Katherine Leak O Yolanda Mantilla Claire Mayo OA Annika Tice O
2018 Total Participation: 11% Agents: Shannon Huth, Claudia Mohamed Catherine Hare Ellen Gray Lackey Asha Moore 2019 Total Participation: 19% Agents: Caroline Hawthorne, Hailey Johnson, Emma Maney Alexandra Casker O Emily Grass Caroline Hawthorne Hailey Johnson Cheney Knight Emma Maney B Hyunji Rhee Caroline Slicer O Alice Strawn O 2020 Total Participation: 15% Sridha Chadalavada BO Amy Leak O Sarah Crosby McKay O Hanako Ricci Christina Trexler B
2016 Total Participation: 36% Agent: Mary Elizabeth Lively Robin Boch BO Victoria Bongard O Zaphry Brooks Sirila Chadalavada BO Jane Hawthorne B Amber Huggins O Mary Elizabeth Lively O Anna Grace Somers Camille Walton B Xinxin Zhang
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2017 Total Participation: 24% Agents: Margaret Strawn, Elizabeth Trexler, JiaYi Wang Alysha Cranmore Gabrielle Hawkridge Margaret Strawn B Elizabeth Trexler BO JiaYi Wang
2023 Anonymous (1) Milan Berry Margaret Gilluly
2021 Lucy Blackwell Emma Denny Hannah Faison Mary Semerling Louise Strawn 2022 Grace Brooks Lily Chappell Caroline Midkiff
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Parents, Guardians, and Grandparents Giving We recognize the following families of current students who contributed to the Chatham Hall Fund during the 2020-2021 school year. Together, they support countless aspects of the student experience and daily campus operations, and their participation sends a loud and clear message of their belief in the Chatham Hall community. CURRENT FAMILY BENEFACTORS FOUNDERS CIRCLE $25,000+ Olga and Jay Faison P’21 RECTORS CIRCLE $10,000-$24,000 Aileen and Mark Boltz P’22 Michele Chiocca and Hunt Whitehead P’22 LANTERN CIRCLE $5,000-$9,999 Jennifer and Michael Berry P’21, ’23 Gwendolyn Brooks and Charles Borda P’22 Stacey and Steve Garner P’24 Debra and John Gilluly P’23 Mickey Mericle P’24 Lynna and James Spencer P’22 IRIS CIRCLE $1,000-$4,999 Shepard Ansley P’90, G’22 BO Shelley and Torrey Blackwell P’21 Yingying Su and Weizhong Chen P’21 Robin and Rupert Croker Poole P’23 Gail Daves G’24 Martha and Clay Dunnagan P’23 Angela and Matthew Edwards P’23 Lucy Holmes Erwin ’93 and Paul Erwin P’23 Elaine Fiske G’21 Jie Li and Xiaohui Guo P’22 Dione and Robert Leak P’15, ’20, ’22, ’23 Xiuzhu Lin and Yong Lin P’23 Sarah and Robert Leineweber P’87, G’23 Caroline and Eugene Nichols P’24 Suzanne and Christopher Richey P’22 Shelli Willis and Robert Rodriguez P’23 Victoria and Brian Spannaus P’21 Caroline and Beau Stoneman P’22 Letitia and Keith Stoneman G’22 Katie and Christopher Whitesell P’23 Ling Zhu and Liangsen Zhang P’22 CURRENT FAMILY PARTICIPATION BY CLASS CLASS OF 2021 Participation: 63% Anonymous (2) Jennifer and Michael Berry P’21, ’23 B Shelley and Torrey Blackwell P’21 B Cliff Brown P’21 Robin and R. Gantt Bumstead P’21 Yingying Su and Weizhong Chen P’21 B Bifang Zeng and Chongjun Chen P’21 Jennifer and Joel Denny P’21 B Olga and Jay Faison P’21 B Jonathan Hall P’21 Kirke Hall P’21 Charles Harris P’21 Yvonne and Daniel Holliday P’21 Sarah Knowlton P’21
Angela Mims P’21 Ellie Murphy P’21 Amanda Neal P’21 Sarah Reed ’81, P’21 Bedilia Rodriguez P’21 Jacinda and Trevor Rogers P’21 Katherine Semerling P’21 Julie Anna Potts and Parks Shackelford P’21 Victoria and Brian Spannaus P’21 B Rachel and Mark Strawn P’17, ’19, ’21 Mary Tice P’15, ’21 O Diane and Alexander Werth P’21 CLASS OF 2022 Participation: 74% Rukshana and Mohammed Alam P’22 Sonja Fields Andrews ’89 and Elgin Andrews P’22 Mary Hart and Michael Blackburn P’22 Aileen and Mark Boltz P’22 B Clarence Brooks P’16, ’19, ’22 Gwendolyn Brooks and Charles Borda P’22 B Jill Burton P’22 Kathleen Rose-Byington and Patrick Byington P’22 Elizabeth Parr-Campola ’96 and Louis Campola P’22 Laura and Brett Chappell P’22 Peter Craven P’22 Anna Ansley Davis ’90 and Archibald Davis P’22 Jodie and Alex Faulds P’22 Jie Li and Xiaohui Guo P’22 B Virginia Hays ’82, P’22 Jennifer Bess Jones ’89 and Hugh Jones P’22 Kimber and Matthew Keating P’20, ’22, ’24 O Helen Hindrawati and Ferry Khouw P’22 Traci Ladd P’18, ’22 Rachel and Erik Larsen P’22 Dione and Robert Leak P’15, ’20, ’22, ’23 BO Lisa Richmond ’84 and Jeff Leddy P’20, ’22 Sarah Venezian and Brian Malone P’22 Kristie and James Martin P’22 Amy and James Midkiff P’22 Elissa and Nicholas Nelson P’22 Kerry Norman P’22 Suzanne and Christopher Richey P’22 B Lynna and James Spencer P’22 B Caroline and Beau Stoneman P’22 B Grier and Craig Thomason P’22 Susanne and Alexander Vogel P’22 Michele Chiocca and Hunt Whitehead P’22 B Ling Zhu and Liangsen Zhang P’22 B CLASS OF 2023 Participation: 70% Anonymous (1) Suzanne and Brendan Barry P’23 Jennifer and Michael Berry P’21, ’23 B Kristin Bobbitt-O’Malley P’23
Patricia and Timothy BowersYoung P’23 Robin and Rupert Croker Poole P’23 BA Sarah and Paul Deigl P’23 Martha and Clay Dunnagan P’23 B Angela and Matthew Edwards P’23 B Lucy Holmes Erwin ’93 and Paul Erwin P’23 B Debra and John Gilluly P’23 B Allegra and Joseph Helms P’23 John Hopkins P’23 Dione and Robert Leak P’15, ’20, ’22, ’23 BO Sarah and Robert Leineweber P’87, G’23 B Lucinda Lewis P’23 Xiuzhu Lin and Yong Lin P’23 B Rocio Moreno Sanchez and Salvador Martinez Garcia P’23 Mary and Brett Mason P’23 Magdalena Martinez and Jose Melendrez P’23 Shelli Willis and Robert Rodriguez P’23 B Susan and Arthur Shaheen P’23 Heather and Jacob Stinson P’23 Brian Tanner P’20, ’23 Weihong Zhu and Wenjun Wang P’23 Sally and James Whatley P’23 Katie and Christopher Whitesell P’23 B Rui Xiao and Bin Wu P’23 Dehong Huang and Hailin Xu P’23 Xiaoyu Yu and Shaoxia Xu P’23 Xiaowen Zhao and Hui Zhang P’23 CLASS OF 2024 Participation: 73% Ashley Ramsey Blurton ’91 and Matthew Blurton P’24 Tracy Bratton P’24 Martha Barranco and Victor Cano P’24 Xiaoyu Luo and Bowei Chen P’24 Bryn and Haile DeBass P’24 Yijin Wang and Zaijun Gao P’24 Stacey and Steve Garner P’24 B Elizabeth and Mack Greganti P’24 Diana Harrison P’24 Kimber and Matthew Keating P’20, ’22, ’24 O Kim Kibby P’24 Min Hong and Jiahai Lin P’24 Amanda and Kevin McCoy P’24 Mickey Mericle P’24 B Mari and Jared Miles P’24 Caroline and Eugene Nichols P’24 B Richard Ortiz P’24 Roselyn Parsonian P’24 Xia Shao and Yizhou Ye P’24 GRANDPARENTS Anonymous (1) Shepard Ansley P’90, G’22 BO Rosemary Atkinson G’22 Katherine and Donald Britt G’21 Gail Daves G’24 B Elaine Fiske G’21 B Susan and Andrew Greganti G’24 Walter and Judith Hall G’21
Russel Harris G’23 Sarah and Robert Leineweber P’87, G’23 B Cornelia Mayes G’17, ’19, ’21 Mary and Charles McCowan G’23 Jeanette Pitt G’21 Linda and Carlton Ramsey P’91, ’93, G’24 Bernice Sowah G’23 Letitia and Keith Stoneman G’22 B Judy and James Strawn G’17, ’19, ’21 O Page Sullenberger G’23 Charlotte Vehec G’21 Claude Whitehead P’91, G’22 † Katherine Wilkerson G’21
2020-2021 Parent Advisory Committee Jennifer and Joel Denny P’21, President Amy and James Midkiff P’22, Vice President Sonja Fields Andrews ’89 and Elgin Andrews P’22 Shelley and Torrey Blackwell P’21 Clarence Brooks P’16, ’19, ’22 Sarah and Paul Deigl P’23 Lucy Holmes Erwin ’93 and Paul Erwin P’23 Kirke Hall P’21 Debra and John Gilluly P’23 Ellie Murphy P’21 Sean Murphy P’21 Victoria and Brian Spannaus P’21 Grier and Craig Thomason P’22 Michele Chiocca and Hunt Whitehead P’22 Katie and Christopher Whitesell P’23
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Parents and Guardians of Alumnae Giving With gratitude, Chatham Hall recognizes the following parents of alumnae for their investment in the well-being of the Chatham Hall community during the 2020-2021 fiscal year. Their continued support of the School is a true testament to connections formed between families and Chatham Hall, and we are grateful for their lasting impact on today’s student experience. Anonymous (1) Darnell and William Abbott P’14 Taylor Albright P’16 Maria and James Allen P’00 O Kathelen and Daniel Amos P’07, ’12 BO Bonnie and Victor Ardito P’94 O Carol and John Baughman P’01 Glenys and J. Kermit Birchfield P’93, G’23 BO Christal and Matthew Boesen P’20 O Judith Boyd P’20 O Dee Burch P’85 O Patricia and Howard Burkart P’92 O Elizabeth and Keith Burns P’19 BO Barbara and David Caldwell P’06 BO Rebecca and Fred Caprio P’15 Margi and MacFarland Cates P’73, ’75, ’77 O† Saradha and Raja Chadalavada P’15, ’16, ’20 O Barbara Collie P’85 BO Jebbie Crowe P’99 OA Karen Dedmon P’00 O Martha and Thomas Dixon P’15 O Beverly Edgell P’93 BO Elayne and Aubrey Edwards P’89, ’91 O Denise and Dale Evans P’15 Ann Kidder and Theodore Fletcher P’15 Gillian Lakhan and Sean Forbes P’12 O Nan Freed P’77, ’80, ’86 O Lynn Gammill P’84, G’20 BO Patsy Gibson P’77, G’14 O Elizabeth and Douglas Goldstein P’12 BO Robert Grass P’19 David Greer P’78 O Steven Grossman P’19 Marie-Christine Grüning-Crouzet and Michael Gruening P’04 Jane and Henry Hawthorne P’16, ’19 O Kathryn and Douglas Hendrickson P’02 BO Ingrid Nelson and Paul Hough P’99, ’10 Margaret and Henry Hurt P’93 O Martha and Wayne Johnson P’19 O
Pamela and Robert Johnson P’20 BO Virginia Johnson P’70, ’72 O Christine Cutright Knight P’19 BO Adrienne and John Mars P’78 BO Chester Mayo P’15 O Susan and Rogers McCall P’06, ’09 Vivian and Norman McGowin P’06 O Mary and Robert McIver P’10 O Ann and Ron Merricks P’02 O Mary Frances and William Merwin P’11 H. Victor Millner, Jr. P’77 OE Sheppard and Andrew Morrison P’10 OA Pattie Motley P’81, ’85 E Patricia and Michael O’Brien P’06, ’07 BOE Kathleen O’Hare P’17 Jane and Thomas O’Neill P’98 O Kea Parker P’19 O Dimpal and Mukesh Patel P’19 O Betty and Charles Prouty P’88 O Sis and Robert Pugh P’73, ’74, ’77 O Paula and David Robinson P’93, ’97 B Cynthia Rodriguez P’13 BO Rita Simpson Sharp P’87 Alice and J. Glenn Shelton P’79, ’81 O Cynthia Shook P’02 B Virginia and William Slicer P’19 Susan and Kenneth Sommerkamp P’90 Kathy and Tracy Spencer P’07, ’12 B Dora and Nevin Thomas P’02, ’04 BOE Molly and Mark Thomas P’06, ’08 O Laurie and Donald Trexler P’17, ’20 BO Kathleen and John Turnbull P’07 O Lockett and Jerry Van Voorhis P’94 O Staci and Andrew Wall P’19 O Connie and John Wallace P’08 O Kandice Walton P’16, ’19 Ross Walton P’16, ’19 O Tammy and Daniel Waters P’14 O Scott Watson P’99, G’22 Frank and Paige Wiseman P’12 Gayla and Donald Wood P’96 O Mary Semmes and D. Oliver Wright P’87 Kathleen and Robert Zentner P’16
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Faculty and Staff Giving With gratitude, Chatham Hall recognizes its 85 employees (100% participation) who chose to support the 2020-2021 Chatham Hall Fund. Faculty and Staff Co-Chairs: Laura Clay and Dan Waters. Dale Adkins Shrelle Allen Anthony Amos Tammy Anderson Cameron Ayres O Rachel Balsley Beth Barksdale Schaeffer Goss Barnhardt ’06 BOA Frankie Beyer O William Black O Kirsten Blaesing Amy Blair O Anna Bodnar OA Ryan Bradley Olivia Brooks O Laura Chappell P’22 Laura Clay A Owen Clay O Lisa Collis OA Rachel A. Connell BA Michelle Cressida-Bliss A Keely Criddle Rebecca Crites Laura Daniel O Danny Davis O Bonnie Dodson O Danielle DuCré Barbie Eanes O Mary Edmonds O Stacy Ferraro Cierra Fitzgerald Donna Franklin William Tell Fritzler Wanda Gammon O Christine Gilmore A Deborah Glymph OA
Andrea Green Martha Griswold O Jenneil Gross-Kreiver Donna Hancock Ward Leon Harbin Pamella Harbin OA Johnny Hayes George Herndon O Jennifer Hiltwine O Linda Hobbs-McGuire Kim Jackson O Linda Johnson Olivia Judd John Kingery Christine Cutright Knight P’19 O Cathy LaDuke O Emma Lane Brenda Lawrence O Starlet Lemon O David Lyle O Erin McHugh Patricia McNeely Jackie Miller O Marin Miller Odester Miller O Gilda Millner Donna Moroni A James Morris O Kristen Morrison Sheppard Morrison P’10 OA Scott Motley Kathleen O’Hare P’17 Dennis Oliver O Wynne Overton Cassandra Patterson A Elaine Petty O
Wanda Scearce O Lynne Shelton O Elizabeth Simpson O R. Alan Spearman O Beth Stefanik Molly Thomas P’06, ’08 O J.C. Thompson O Melissa Thompson John Henry Waller O Daniel Waters P’14 O Tammy Waters P’14 O Maureen Webb O Jaclyn Westfall O Nathan Witkowski
Community Friends Giving Chatham Hall recognizes the following friends of the School for their generous contributions to the Chatham Hall Fund or other special funds during the 2020-2021 fiscal year. Anonymous (2) Dan Bailey Susan and James Barnard Dot and Ryland Bennett G’11 Jane Berliner Samuel Bissbis Tracy Bissett Jerri Blanton Wendy Bradley and Sean Terwilliger O Austin & Jody Brown Shannon Brown Suzanne Walker Buck and Johnny Buck O Samuel Cabot Wilbur L. Carter III and Greg L. Bradley Carol and Gerry Cates Kirk Chewning John Clark Marion Connell Alice Cromer Van Lennep Stephanie Dailey Betty and Ben Davenport B Natalie and Dave Davis Harold and Cathy Dayton Brian Denny Richard Dixon O
Kaye Dowd Mittie Lou Edmunds Anthony Edwards Abigail Fiske George Fiske Samantha Fleming Burt Flickinger, III Cheryl Fontenot Margaret and Arthur Foster G’18 O Missy and Gary Fountain O Hollis Giddens John Goodhue O Megan and Steven Gould Angela Griffin Bourbon Griffin Thomas Griffin Shannon Haberman Margie and Aubrey Hall G’13, ’14 Lee Herter Carolyn Jane Hooper Evan Hume Caroline Ivey David Johnson Pam and Kyle Kahuda Keith Krusz Brett Kuechler Jennifer and Keith Kuechler Lauren Kuechler
Fehintola Ladipo Lisa Leek Margaret Leinbach Sidney Lovett Sally and John Marks Aspen McKenna Andy Mead Cindy Melson Nancy Milner Susan and Thomas Moore Marjorie Mountain Britt Myers Allen Nance Nancy Ely Newlin Jeanne Niederer Elizabeth Connell Nielsen and Devan Nielsen Cecil North Joyce Page Stephen Parson Edwina Pellegrini Marian Pillsbury B Bernice Pitt Courtney Queen Karen Rasmussen Theda Ray Robert Richards B Sybil and David Richardson
Lauren Rivers Frances Rockwell Debra Rogers Mary Sargent Douglas Semerling James Semerling John Sensenbrenner B Dian Sherrod Richard Simmons BO† William Simpson B Freya and Burton Sonenstein Tabitha Spencer Richard Spurzem Molly Strader James and Dianne Stuart BO Carla and Steve Swenson Sara Thompson O Alexander and Mary Ann Topping Susan and Stanley Trotman Mike Vandever Jean Vernon Nancy Walton Aaron Weiss John Weiss Eric Welch John Woodell Veronica Woodell James H. Wright O
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Corporations, Foundations and Organizations Including Matching Gifts CORPORATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS Agnew Family Foundation/Raymond James Charitable Alcyon Foundation AmazonSmile Foundation American Online Giving Foundation The Daniel P and Kathelen V Amos Fund of the Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley The Arkwright Foundation Ardon & Tobin Armstrong Jr. Giving Fund at Schwab Charitable Josephine Linder duPont Bayard Fund of Fidelity Charitable Blodget/Holberton Family Fund of Fidelity Charitable Botsford Family Fund of the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham Sara and George Branch Donor Advised Fund at Schwab Charitable Brooks Family Fund of Fidelity Charitable A.L. Bryant Giving Fund of Fidelity Charitable Campbell Insurance Company Carlson Family Fund of the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro The Martha & Wilbur Lee Carter, Jr. Family Endowment DAF of Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Chatham EyeCare Center Chatham Hall Alumnae Association Clevelands on the Cape Fund of Maine Community Foundation Marion Fitch Connell Fund at Schwab Charitable Mary W. Covey Charitable Trust, Bank of America, Trustee Phil & Carole Coviello Fund of the Indian River Community Foundation Cronin Family Fund of Fidelity Charitable S. Downey Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation Dozier Gardner Family Fund of Fidelity Charitable Driscoll Foundation Edgell Family Charitable Fund of the Community Foundation of Henderson County, Inc The Elster Foundation English Family Charitable Fund of Fidelity Charitable Olga Faison Donor Advised Fund of Foundation for the Carolinas Louise Nash Farnsley Gardner Fund of Community Foundation Louisville The Jane Garnett & David Booth Charitable Fund of Vanguard Charitable Special Fund #6 of the Hampton Roads Community Foundation Jane & Henry Hawthorne Gift Fund of The Community Foundation of NC East HBP Fund Vanguard Charitable Claire Adair Hendrickson Foundation Holton Family Fund of the Ayco Charitable Foundation Jean Carol Harper & Melvin C. Vernon, Jr. Fund of Fidelity Jill E. Burton and Associates, PLLC Walker & Bill Jones Family Foundation of the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham The Johnston Family Charitable Fund of T. Rowe Price Charitable Jonathan & Nancy LeeKemper Fund of Greater Kansas City Community Foundation The Kalamazoo Foundation Gerard & Margery Thomas Fund Dr. Richard M & Eleanor Klein Family Trust of Fidelity Charitable L&K Partners LTD Landes Levenstam Family Charitable Fund of UBS Donor Advised Fund Matthew David Lee Memorial Fund of Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro
Gifts in Kind Carolyn Davenport ’70 Steven Grossman P’19 Sarah Monarchi Longpré ’84 Terri Coleman Martinez ’85 Sarah Shartle Meacham ’51 Helen Mirkil ’70 Alyssa Myatt RADIUS BOOKS Dr. Jean Rohland Catherine Williams ’70
Isabel M. Lyndon Charitable Gift Fund of Fidelity Charitable Virginia W. Marr Giving Fund of Fidelity Charitable Meriwether-Godsey, Inc. Merryman Charitable Foundation Merwin Family Charitable Fund At Schwab Charitable The Minneapolis Foundation Morgan Stanley Gift Fund William M. & Jane E. Murray Charitable Giving of Fidelity Charitable Nielsen Charitable Fund at Schwab Charitable The I. Gordon & Jane S. Odell Charitable Fund at Schwab Charitable The Louise P. Overbey Trust Piedmont Finance Service, Inc. Lunsford Richardson Preyer Charitable Lead Unitrust Reimelt Family Fund of Fidelity Charitable Rex Motor Company Inc Scholarship America - The Equitable Foundation Schwab Charitable Fund - Various Donor Advised Funds James Jay Secor III & Christine Robinson Secor Charitable Fund of Schwab Charitable The Shaheen Firm, P.C. The Sledge Foundation Virginia and Will Slicer Charitable Gift Fund of Fidelity Charitable T. Scott & Suzanne S. Spradling Fund at Oklahoma City Community Foundation Margaret Jean Stone Charitable Fund at Schwab Charitable Charles B. Sweatt Foundation Tate Philanthropy Fund of Fidelity Charitable Lillian & Chris Teigland Donor Advised Fund of Foundation for the Carolinas Thanksgiving Foundation James W. Thornton Family Foundation Topfield Foundation UHY Advisors MO, Inc. The Uplands Family Foundation Where Food Comes From, Inc. Woodson Family Foundation, Inc. Young Family Fund of the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta MATCHING GIFT COMPANIES American Online Giving Foundation Applied Materials Foundation The Blackbaud Giving Fund ConocoPhillips Elasticsearch MoneyPLUS/Union Pacific Matching Gift Program Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program PNC Bank Qualcomm Synchrony Financial Verizon Foundation Wells Fargo Foundation YourCause, LLC Trustee for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NC
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Tributary Donations MEMORIAL GIFTS Nena Bowman Adams ’65 Doris Allday ’71 Boyce Lineberger Ansley ’64, P’90 Jane Austin ’71 Ann Beal P’97 Mary Fleming Bolduc ’48, P’71, ’72, ’76, ’77, ’79 Martha Bowles ’71 Wilmotine Owens Bowman ’42 Joan Boyle Pamela Burns ’70 Mary Campbell ’39 Louanna Owens Carlin ’55 Anne Campbell Clement ’43, P’63 Sue Overton Carter G’68 Joel Dackman Catherine Davis ’70 Roxane Delano ’70 Mildred Harrison Dent ’41, P’68, ’70 Claudia Emerson ’75 Laura Nancy Fields Marion Kellogg Frankson ’71 Constance Gibson Mary Virginia Gillam Joan Gillings P’98, G’06 Charlotte Streeter Goodhue ’45 Emily Tilghman Goodwin ’65 Harriett Graves-Beckley ’72 Barbara Green Elinor Robinson Greene ’41, P’70 Elinor Greene ’70 Margaret Habermeyer Susan Clarke Hamilton ’64 Grace Heffelfinger ’65 Amanda Birdwell Hodges ’02 Virginia H. Holt Phyllis B. Hunt Rebecca Brown Hutcheson ’70 Curtis Jackson Martha Jackson Henry H. Knight Margaret Wightman Kobusch ’56 Jane and David Leak G’15, ’20, ’22, ’23 Lyell Flagg LeBron ’86 Edmund J. Lee Michelle Lee ’89 Carmen Flowers Liebert ’71 Joan Campbell Lovett ’45 Rachel Maurer ’73 Mary McLean ’70 Carol Monarchi P’84 Terry Murbach Marty Snowdon North ’49 Alice H. Overbey P’68 William B. Parshall P’56 Lea Cumings Parson ’44, P’65, ’68 Ann Journeay Peake ’43 Elizabeth Ann Phillips Margaret Pile ’70 JoAnn Pugh Martha Ann Pugh ’77 Elizabeth Rathjen ’18 Rev. William Reeves Nancy Remley Whiteley ’68 Billie and Randall Reynolds P’82, ’84, ’85 Sally Bramstedt Richards ’57 Sally Loop Ruddick ’53 Mary Ann Scruggs and Graninger Carruth Mary Bovard Sensenbrenner ’49 Esther Sherry Margaret Sullavan ’27 Jeanne Wagoner
Lillian Waller ’71 Dixie Whitehead Philip Williams P’68, G’97 Penelope Perkins Wilson ’41, P’67 Archie Womack HONORARY DONATIONS Raifah Alam ’22 Jane Allen ’00 Mira Alpers ’19 Virginia Fowler Arey ’48, P’69 Mari Armstrong-Hough ’99 Cameron Ayres Schaeffer Goss Barnhardt ’06 and Richard Hunter Barnhardt III Sloan Berry ’21 Frankie Beyer Povy LaFarge Bigbee ’51, G’03, ’09, ’10, ’11 Annette Blackwell ’21 Amy Blair Emily Boesen ’20 Madelyn Boltz ’22 Ava Caroline Bratton ’24 Cary Maish Brodie ’97 Julia Brown ’21 Margaret Bumstead ’21 Donie Martin Carlson ’87, P’18 Judy Carter ’63 and Susan Sluyter Chatham Hall Administrative Leadership Team Chatham Hall Faculty and Staff Class of 1968 Laura Clay Barbara Collie P’85 Rachel A. Connell Michelle Cressida-Bliss Fitzalan Crowe ’99 Laura Daniel Avery Deigl ’23 Sarah and Paul Deigl P’23 Emma Denny ’21 Jennifer and Joel Denny P’21 Ninna Fisher Denny ’70 Danielle DuCré Mary Edmonds Madison Edwards ’23 Hannah Faison ’21 Roberta Fields P’71 Sarah Martin Finn ’74 Samantha Fleming Catherine Simmons Freeman ’03 W. Tell Fritzler Christine Gilmore Muffin Dalton Grant ’66 Caroline Greganti ’24 Leying Guo ’22 Caroline Hall ’21 Liza Harris ’21 Elinor Harrison ’24 Jane Hawthorne ’16 Zoe Holliday ’21 Debbie Humphreys Jones ’67 Mary Kay Karzas ’71 Alexa Keating ’22 Caroline Keating ’24 Kimber and Matthew Keating and Family P’20, ’22, ’24 Pauline Dent Ketchum ’70 Cheney Knight ’19 Cathy LaDuke Carmen Lamothe ’22 Kappy Gheesling Lapides ’86 Lars Laubinger Katherine Leak ’15 and Thomas Lee
Sarah Leineweber ’23 Starlet Lemon Sarah Monarchi Longpré ’84 Sarah Matejko ’21 Sarah Matista ’01 Claire Mayo ’15 Madeline McCoy ’24 Sarah Crosby McKay ’20 Pam McKenzie Deborah A. Mickle Caroline Midkiff ’22 Jackie Miller Katherine Mims ’21 James Morris Kristen Morrison Sheppard Morrison P’10 Elizabeth Murphy ’21 Camille Neal-Harris ’21 Martha Nicols Georgia O’Keeffe 1905 Mary Evelyn Pearsall ’15 Catherine Reed ’83 Sarah Reed ’81, P’21 Chunxi RenHan ’21 Quiana Rodriguez ’21 Kyra Rogers ’21 Kala Saliu ’21 Jilianne Schroeder Mary Semerling ’21 Ella Shackelford ’21 Caroline Slicer ’19 David Smith P’05, ’10 R. Alan Spearman Laura Spencer ’07 Margaret Spencer ’12 Beth Stefanik Alice Strawn ’19 Louise Strawn ’21 Margaret Strawn ’17 Muffy Dent Stuart ’68 Robin Peake Stuart ’69 Hannah Summerlin ’21 Molly Thomas P’06, ’08 Margaret Ryburn Topping ’48 Lockett and Jerry Van Voorhis P’94 Marguerite Vosteen ’13 Stryker-Ann Vosteen ’14 Anne-Meadors Wall ’19 John Henry Waller Anne and Tommy Webb Gwendolyn Werth ’21 Carolyn Whatley ’23 Pauline Harrison Winans Finn ’43 Donald Wood P’96 Ana-Christina Zentner ’16
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The Esto Perpetua Society 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. Nearly one hundred donors have included Chatham Hall in a will or trust, made the School a beneficiary of life insurance or an IRA. We invite you to visit www. chathamhall.org/plannedgiving 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. ALUMNAE * Anonymous (4) Kathleen Arey Carroll ’67 Jennifer Austell ’82 Jenifer Barnes Garfield ’50, P’79 Barbara Billings Supplee ’53 Alida Bryant ’76 Anne Bryant ’67 Cynthia Bryant Parker ’61 Charlotte Caldwell ’70 Judy Carter ’63 Elizabeth Cary Pierson ’71 Cynthia Coe Devine ’73 Pace Cooke Emmons ’77, P’14 Joan Coulter Pittman ’55 Fitzalan Crowe ’99 Jane De Hart ’54 Muffy Dent Stuart ’68 Mary Dunbar ’71 Cynthia Dyer Hancock ’71 Joanna Edgell ’93 Susan Fair Boyd ’51 Elizabeth Farmer ’64 Natalie Farrar Theriot ’55 Alison Fennelly Siragusa ’50 Patricia R. Frederick ’57 Jennifer Gammill McKay ’84, P’20 Josephine Gilmore Bell ’57 Mary Hooker Crary ’45 Janie Huntley Webster ’57 Caroline Jeanes Hollingsworth ’50 Frances Johnson Lee-Vandell ’60, P’86, G’12 Kate Johnson Nielsen ’72 Nina Johnson Botsford ’72 Walker Johnson Jones ’70 Mary Kay Karzas ’71 Martha Ann Keels ’75 Patricia Kellogg Maddock ’77 Margaret Ker Gotz ’48 Annette Kirby ’80 Kyla Kirkland Jefferson ’91 Povy LaFarge Bigbee ’51, G’03, ’09, ’10, ’11 Barbara Lane ’65 Lillian Lineberger McKay ’48, P’72, ’75, G’10 Andrea Littman Long ’96 Amanda Mackay Smith ’58 Barbara Mallory Hathaway ’39 Linda Mars ’78 Janey McCoy ’76 Katherine McKay ’75, P’10 Frances Menefee Weeks ’45 Saraellen Merritt Langmann ’51 Katherine Norcross Wheeler ’57 Laurie Nussdorfer ’68 Alice Pack Melly ’52 Patricia Parshall Berger ’56
Dana Paulson Davis ’64 Robin Peake Stuart ’69 Lynn Pixley Scott ’61 Robin Raybould Schmidt ’97• Mary Reed Spencer ’74 Elizabeth Reigeluth Parker ’64 Mary Shallenberger ’66 Sarah Shartle Meacham ’51 Frances Sommers Wheelock ’75 Allison Sutton Fuqua ’80 • Sallie Grace Tate ’81 Ann Taylor ’54 Phyllis Tenney Dowd ’39 Maris Wistar Thompson ’58 Emily Todd ’75 Janet Tremaine Stanley ’68 Lisa Vilas Weismiller ’69 Courtney Vletas ’87 Pamela Wade Latta ’65 Eleanor Walton Bequaert ’47 † Lucy Webster Archie ’87 Elizabeth White-Hurst ’99 Jane Wilson ’77 Virginia Worthington Marr ’55 Jane Yardley Amos ’59, P’91 Caroline Young Moore ’54 PARENTS, FAMILIES, AND FRIENDS Anonymous (2) Celeste Brown P’09 Janice Coleman (former faculty) J. Belk Daughtridge P’13 William Cole Davis 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 Patricia and Michael O’Brien P’06, ’07 Sara Sterling P’03 Dora Thomas P’02, ’04 Katherine and Francis West P’90, ’97
wellness.
Living Well inspires our community members to reflect on the multidimensional nature of their lives and the holistic nature of overall health.
empowerment.
At Chatham Hall, it is our mission to equip curious thinkers to lead lives of impact every day.
BEQUESTS AND PLANNED GIFT DISBURSEMENTS Estate of Lea Cumings Parson ’44, P’65, ’68 • H. Newcomb Eldredge Charitable Remainder Unitrust • Estate of Charles Hickox • Katherine Hobson Stuertevant ’37 1989 Revocable Trust • Estate of Helen Gregory Wise ’63 *Alumnae appear by maiden name in the list. •New Esto Perpetua Society Members
inspiration.
Dedicated faculty and staff share their passions every day, illuminating new possibilities for intellectual growth and curiosity.
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partnership.
From long-time donors to dedicated volunteers, members of the Esto Perpetua Society are confident in the mission of Chatham Hall and are committed to igniting the light for future generations.
connection.
During the 2020-2021 school year, we brought our global community together for several meaningful conversations.
The generosity of Esto Perpetua Society members elevates our campus and community by ensuring the longevity of the Chatham Hall experience. Empowerment, connection, wellness, partnership, and inspiration are just some of the pillars of impact made possible by a planned gift. Learn more about leaving a legacy at Chatham Hall and connect with a gift planning officer today.
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Connection has long been a hallmark of Chatham Hall. Deep relationships develop not only in the classroom, but on dorm, during afternoon activities, via off-campus excursions, and of course during community time like our beloved Cookie Break. At Chatham Hall, we intentionally create more opportunities to appreciate being present with each other, to experience the liveliness of our campus, and to create thoughtful and joyful experiences where teens can be teens—and we have for decades.
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