Chat Fall 2013

fall 2013

the alumnae magazine of chatham hall

the alumnae magazine of chatham hall

the alumnae magazine of chatham hall

2 letter from the rector \ 4–14 chat with the rector: looking forward 15–26 campus news \ 27 sports news \ 28–29 summer travel

30–31 greatest generation \ 32 book review: Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth 33–47 class notes \ 48 tales from chatham hall \ 49 calendar \ 50–64 annual report

English 1 students at The Phillips Collection in Washington, DC, studying Jacob Lawrence’s The Migration Series. See page 10 to learn about our iQuest program.

on the cover

Cadyn Davis ’17 Photo by Stephanie Klein-Davis ’79

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Laura Rand ’06, Editor Design by Christine Walker Printing by Collinsville Printing Company, Martinsville, VA

chatham hall administration

Gary Fountain, Rector Robert Ankrom, Director of Communications Ned Edwards, Chaplain Melissa Evans Fountain, Director of the Office of Advancement

ex-officio members Martha Griswold, Academic Dean Emily Johns, Dean of Students Ronald Merricks, Chief Financial and Facilities Officer Robin Revis-Pyke, Director of Admission and Financial Aid Sharon D. Williams, College Counselor

board of trustees

Stacey M. Goodwin ’83, Chair Lucy McClellan Barrett ’53 Nina Johnson Botsford ’72

Katharine Reynolds Chandler ’68 Laura Brown Cronin ’72 Sarah Martin Finn ’74 Jane M. Garnett ’73 Susan Gillings Gross ’98 Zachary Hairston P’15 Katherine Coleman Haroldson ’75 Robert G. McIver P’10 Lisa Rosenberger Moore ’59 Robin Peake Stuart ’69 Ross Walton P’16 Penelope Perkins Wilson ’41, P’67

The Rt. Rev. Herman Hollerith, IV P’15 Mary C. Freed ’86, President, Alumnae Council Lin Lafitte P’14, President, Parent Advisory Committee

trustees emerti

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

Chat is published by the Office of Advancement and is distributed to alumnae and those who have shown a continued interest in Chatham Hall. For comments and suggestions, or to request a copy of Chat, please send an e-mail to lrand@chathamhall.org.

Contributing Writers: Robert Ankrom, Ned Edwards, Gary Fountain, Melissa Fountain, Emily Johns, Catherine M. LaDuke, Margaret McColley, Ronald Merricks, Dasia Moore ’14, Laura Rand ’06, and Carolyn Stenzel Photography Credits: Robert Ankrom, Stephanie Klein-Davis ’79, Catherine M. LaDuke, Laura Rand ’06, Lisa Richmond ’84, and Don Wood Chatham Hall complies with applicable federal and local laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, creed,color, age, sex, disability, religion, national origin, or any other legally protected category.

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letter from the rector

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Dear dear Chatham Hall Family, I posted this photo on my Facebook page with the comment “A day in the life…” That it is. And was.

The layers of time: the recent past, the present, and the future intersecting in that one moment around the seminar table

one moment around the seminar table. Add the Facebook comments of my former students from two other girls’ schools where I worked—a reach even deeper into the past.

These much older students immediately saw themselves in the photo, and they saw a much, much younger me. I think that they missed the grey hair. I didn’t.

My favorite comment on Facebook, from a former student at Miss Porter’s: Still that wonderful smile, Mr. Fountain. My response: Still loving the job. Not hard to smile.

I smile about this photo because it is about the future.

There are the freshmen, the youngest in the School. All promise. There is Schay, representative of the new hires—and don’t forget Laura Rand ’06, new Editor of the CHAT and Associate Director of Advancement—building the future of the School to which they are devoted. All about moving forward.

Such is the topic of this issue of the CHAT—the current Chatham Hall (which is the new Chatham Hall to many of you) and the future Chatham Hall. How we have built upon the past for a present that is a springboard to the future.

Get to know your School a bit better. Your new School.

And smile a bit, with pride—and with me.

Worth Sustaining

It matters to her.

Traditions help make Chatham Hall the unique place that it is. The Annual Fund is a tradition that financially ensures an excellent education and compassionate community for the next generation of girls. Last year, hundreds of alumnae, parents, and friends of Chatham Hall contributed gifts—both large and small —to support the program and people that keep Chatham Hall strong. The Annual Fund supports tuition, travel opportunities, competitive athletic programs, guest speakers, and much, much more!

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Give to the 2013–2014 Annual Fund.

Please use the envelope included in this magazine to make a gift or pledge to the 2013–2014 Annual Fund.

You can also make a gift online by visiting the Chatham Hall Website at www.chathamhall.org.

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Little had I suspected the response from my students of, well, long ago. Last year was a watershed year for me: two former students showed up with daughters as prospective students. I remember myself thinking, Oh my goodness.

This photo? The ninth-grade girls in one of my current sections of English 1 are looking at a photo (on my MacBook) that I had received just before class. The year of the cyberspace photo that we are looking at: 2003–2004, my first at the School. Sitting with me is a group of students including Schay Goss ’06, who is now Schay Barnhardt.

She was a sophomore; she is now Assistant Director of Admission (with a husband, Hunter, who is Advancement Associate: Annual Fund and Special Gifts.)

The layers of time: the . recent past, the present, and the future intersecting in that

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trators-teachers who are crafting the new and future Chatham Hall. They direct the academic, residential, and Chapel (and religion) programs. They made their ways to the School from various places, for various reasons, and with various backgrounds.

Although I had hired each of them, I had never talked with them about what had drawn these marvelously talented educators to this school in southern Virginia. What had they seen that they could accomplish for girls? What were they imagining for the future?

So, one afternoon, we sat together and talked.

Gary WHAT ATTRACTED YOU TO CHATHAM HALL AND PROVIDED A FOUNDATION HERE FOR YOUR WORK? Martha The global nature of the stu-

dent body, the forward-looking thinking of the faculty, and the engagement of the students. The girls are here to improve themselves in many different ways, and they are curious—curious about the world. All of this is exciting because it means that new ideas and new directions for the academic program have promise. Students and faculty are willing to accept challenges and take risks with the academic program and in their classes.

Emily I wanted to be at an all-girls

school—that was a huge draw for me. Also, Chatham Hall’s large percentage of boarding students and dominant boarding culture were important to me. I liked the rural nature of Chatham Hall: coming from a city, I felt as if there were breathing room and a different pace that allowed contemplation. Chatham Hall girls struck me as being down-to-earth, intellectually curious, and forward-thinking. I remember

attending a Chapel service during my campus visit and thinking, “Well, where else do you see girls rushing to the front of the Chapel to sing for a friend?” The initial feeling I had was hard to wrap my brain around, but it had to do with the spirit of the girls, their participation, a sense that the School is a safe place that allows them to be who they are and allows their talents and gifts to emerge and be shared with the community. There was something unique about that spirit that drew me in.

room to be who you are. I remember that last year in Chatham 101 we did an exercise on relationships, healthy friendships, and setting the tone for an inclusive and accepting community.

I was fascinated that so many students identify themselves as “outside the box.” They don’t view themselves as mainstream girls. They see themselves as smarter than that, as bolder than that, as individualistic and intellectual and different. I had not expected that. They are just cool girls. photo ©2013www.LISArichmond.com

Martha Griswold, Emily Johns, and Ned Edwards are three adminis-

Martha I used to think that my

ural part of who one is. Here, it’s what we do; it’s assumed. Since everyone assumes this spiritual focus, I saw a lot of opportunity for exploring aspects of spirituality in adolescent girls. That is exciting for me. Good work in the past has engrained religion in the culture here and provided a wonderful foundation for new possibilities, for us to widen the spectrum.

advisee group was quirky, but many Chatham Hall girls are individualistic in wonderful ways that allow them to appreciate that uniqueness in everyone else around the table—and thrive on it.

comes to mind to me.

hungry for this spiritual movement forward. I see it in their participation in Chapel and their ideas for the services—they are so responsible in all that they do. They were ready and have run with it.

I AM WONDERING IF THERE IS SOMETHING INHERENT IN SOMEONE WHO WOULD FIND HER WAY TO AN ALL-GIRLS SCHOOL IN PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY. EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS PLACE—OR RATHER ABOUT GIRLS’S SCHOOLS IN GENERAL— IS SO COUNTER-CULTURAL: OUR CULTURE STILL FOCUSES ON GIRLS THROUGH THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH BOYS. IN ADDITION, OUR JOB IS TO CONVINCE A THIRTEENYEAR-OLD GIRL TO SPEND FOUR YEARS OF HER LIFE IN TINY, RURAL CHATHAM! A SERIOUS MARKETING CHALLENGE.

Emily You can feel it in the Well at

Ned I think of the student this morning

Martha In my mind, they look

Martha I think that we allow the girls to be genuine.

Emily That’s the word I kept saying over and over.

Ned Authenticity. That’s a word that

Assembly. They feel close. They feel connected. They are real.

Ned There’s an aspect of community

spirit that drew me here: the girls and the adults not only are open to spirituality but also recognize it as an integral part of life. Schools that I have been a member of in the past are not church-related schools.

There isn’t a tradition that spirituality is a nat-

Chatham Hall girls

struck me as being down-to-earth, intellectually curious, and forward-thinking.

Martha I feel that the students were

in Chapel who talked about being an atheist with a Muslim background and Buddhist tendencies.

TALK ABOUT THE UMBRELLA OF OPENNESS! SHE WAS SAYING, ”I’M COMFORTABLE HERE. I CAN BE ACCEPTED. I DO NOT HAVE TO BE FORCED TO BE SOMETHING.”

Emily It is rare to find a community

of adolescents like that, and specifically in a girls’ school, since girls are so inclined to conform. Here there is

beyond that. That is a factor that I thought about as I was making the decision to come down here: we are geographically sheltered but the students are excited about having this group of people here, about moving out into the world through all of our programs, and about having intellectual and spiritual experiences. They have found this safe, comfortable place–as you say, there’s room to breathe–that allows them to do what they want to do but, again, take it beyond the borders of the county.

I THINK THAT THEY ENJOY BEING ADOLESCENT, TOO. THERE IS NO PRESSURE TO BE OLDER THAN THEY ARE. THEY DON’T HAVE TO BE PUSHED BY SOCIAL CONVENTIONS OR BY BOYS. THERE’S SOMETHING VALUABLE ABOUT BEING ISOLATED HERE.

Ned We had a discussion in Psy-

chology today about peer pressure, and the girls could not identify with it. They said the pressure they feel is much more an expectation from adults than it is peer pressure to conform. That is wonderful. They could not identify something that they felt peer-pressured about.

WHAT OTHER HIGH SCHOOL COULD SAY THAT? SO, LET’S SHIFT FOCUS A BIT. WHAT KIND OF A CHALLENGE WAS IT FOR YOU TO COME HERE? WHAT WERE THE RISKS FOR YOU?

Martha Chatham, Virginia is farther

south than it looks on the map. I wondered about acceptance. After I had been here a while, I thought that perhaps I was not the right person: I felt that people wondered if I would try to change them into one of those “Northern” types. I thought about that a lot. I felt myself stereotyped, at first.

There was also that feel of a slower Southern way of life, which is kind of pleasing. The professional and personal reasons I took the job all made sense to me, but there were those other pieces, and I simply needed to be here to learn the answers.

YOU MADE PERSONAL SACRIFICES TOO. YOU REARRANGED FAMILY LIFE TO DO THIS.

Martha My son says that my coming

here, and entering into a commuter marriage, gave him the courage to tell Bill and me that he wanted to go to boarding school.

WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH QUALITY OF FAMILY LIFE. WE’VE ALL MADE SACRIFICES AND DECISIONS.

Emily The biggest challenge for

me was taking our daughter out of a dynamic magnet elementary school in a city. So, we had to get down to a values check of what is most important. We considered the kind of family life and the kind of community we would have. We started thinking of the teenage girls we wanted to surround our daughter with, her role models. Different schools have different climates and different kinds of girls. They could be the fast-track, social kids who are running around spending money, shopping, going out to restaurants, driving everywhere–and, of course, many of these are great kids–or those in an environment that slowed them down and allowed them time to do what matters. A critical factor for me was returning to the meaning and purpose that brought me into education. Walking the halls here I felt this vibe that was meaningful. Chatham Hall is not flashy, it is not materialistic. We felt that as a family we could be rooted here, and surrounding our daughter with that kind of culture felt good to us. There are ways that we can supplement her education that we can live with. Though there is still an educational void, there is also the huge added benefit of having a better family life. We can get to the city, too, when we want it.

students I was fascinated that so many identify themselves as

“outside the box.”tream girls.

mains They don’t view themselves as r than that, as They see themselves as smarte and bolder than that, as individualistic intellectual and different.

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Ned A commitment to girls’ edu-

cation was really important to me.

However, the biggest piece was that when I visited here, I felt as though this was a school on the cusp. Things are happening here. The School is moving forward, and I wanted to be a part of that. I have been in organizations that were resting on their laurels, and to me that is not fun. Being a part of something that’s being built, that’s moving forward, that’s expanding, that is opening possibilities—that was it.

Emily That was a factor for me, too.

There seemed to be creative energy and collaboration; being around that table where we could move the School to an exciting place was a draw.

I FELT A COMMITMENT TO CHANGE WHEN I WAS HIRED. I FELT THAT THE TRUSTEES WERE WILLING TO

Save the Date

Saturday May 3, 2014

for the dedication of the renovated Lee Library. The library is the most exciting place to be on campus, and a model facility for 21st century teaching, learning, and collaboration as well as reading, private study, and research. The School has raised 85% of the $1.45 million needed to build this facility. We are confident that generous donors will take us beyond our $1.7 million goal to build and endow the facility.

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TAKE A RISK ON ME AND WANTED TO GO SOMEPLACE. THEY WERE CLEAR ABOUT BEING INTERESTED IN MY IDEAS AND BEING WILLING TO BACK ME. AND THEY HAVE NOT FALTERED. THAT HAS BEEN EXCITING.

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Martha During my first year, we had the Virginia Association of Independent Schools ten-year accreditation visit. What was truly exciting about that visit was that after having spent half the year working with the faculty and girls, and being really impressed by how they pushed each other in wonderful ways, we received the report from the visiting team that expressed what I had felt when I signed my contract. They said, “You are on the launching pad and ready to take off.” To move from that encouragement to the exciting initiatives that have come about in the last few years was my dream of what this job would be, and it has played itself out.

YOU HAVE BEEN ON CAMPUS FOR VARYING TIMES HERE, FROM SIX TO TWO YEARS. YOU ARE AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF WHAT YOU’RE ABLE TO DO, AND ONE YEAR MAKES A LOT OF DIFFERENCE. IT’S A SMALL SCHOOL AND WE CAN TURN IT QUICKLY. WHAT HAS BEEN REWARDING THAT YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH SO FAR. WHAT’S MOST EXCITING ABOUT WHAT YOU’VE BEEN ABLE TO BUILD UPON SINCE YOU CAME HERE?

Martha Early on in my time here, I

visited several middle schools in New England for admissions, and I came back every time thinking that our girls are coming from wonderful schools with great libraries—wall-to-wall Apple computers and a very modern feel. Our library struck me as a step backward for them. In terms of admissions, we were asking students to come to something that is serviceable from something engaging and modern.

Our renovated library is what I am the most proud of in my time here. We talked about creating a “Wow Factor”

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I think “ Wow every time ary, I enter the Libr se not only becau ks, of the way it loo e but also becaus

I know what the girls are doing there.

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for Chatham Hall, and I think “Wow!” every time I enter the Library, not only because of the way it looks, but also because I know what the girls are doing there. They see it as a place where they can learn, study, and work collaboratively. So many 21st century learning skills are being addressed there, in the ethos of the place.

One of my greatest joys has been seeing the girls become much more

open and authentic in sharing themselves and their identity in their Chapel talks.

The iPad program has also made me proud. We were behind in technology, and then, suddenly, we were cutting edge, and schools were coming to us to learn. It was exciting for the team of us to speak about our iPad program this summer in Boston at the National Coalition of Girls’ Schools conference. We were very well received.

Finally, our grant programs for study and travel. Being able to read the proposals that the girls write, to know how much energy and

thought go into them, and to see how much the girls get out of the granted projects–this is deeply rewarding.

Martha We need to do more with

Ned I have to talk about

the Chapel program from two perspectives that converge there. First, there is the celebration of the spirit and tradition that has been taking place here for so long. Second, there is the opportunity that I have as a faculty member to follow my interest in the relationship between girls’ brain development and spirituality. Also, one of the greatest joys and greatest challenges has been moving the Chapel program from a religion-based program to a spirituality-based program that can allow girls of all religious traditions to feel comfortable, to feel that they have a voice and that they can offer that voice. I believe that this movement is coming to fruition in the new Link Group Chapels. We have had only one, but initial responses suggest that this program is going to be an opportunity for girls to process actively their spiritual lives. Over my years here, one of my greatest joys has been seeing the girls become much more open and authentic in sharing themselves and their identity in their Chapel talks. I sense them saying, “I want to share who I am, what I love, what’s important to me, and my ultimate concerns.”

That is very, very exciting.

Emily I think of how many times in

Chapel people have been surprised by something shared or a performance, a talent that was revealed, and walked out stunned. Chapel has become this wonderful discovery of something deeper, a celebration. That speaks volumes about what kind of a community we are. How many schools have I been to where Chapel is a dreaded thing?

Here we have active participants who lift the spirit. It’s the same thing when we go to the iQuest and Experiment in International Living presentations.

I go because I find them so invigorating and inspiring. Seeing girls find a passion and share it, there’s such value to all of us.

I am excited about ensuring that the student life program is consistent with what is going on elsewhere at the School. We see these great relational, experiential happenings, and we need to make sure that dorm life is true to that experience. We need to ensure that we are taking the time for girls to meet

in small groups as members of the community, to reflect, to discover, and to connect—to build those relationships in a way that are not just based on rules but on getting to know each other.

It is exciting working on all of this with our grade-level curricula, thinking about what the girls are doing with time together as a class, bringing intentionality into class identity.

Ultimately we want the girls to grow more confident, independent, and selfaware, at the same time they become deeply connected to each other and to the School. There was a great model in place with 9th-grade class curriculum, where curriculum and activities are united; we need to transfer that spirit and intentionality to the other grades. There is also a series of other questions that we have to keep asking.

Are the girls getting out to enjoy the resources around us? Are they getting the appropriate wellness and life skills that they need? Are we preparing them for college? Are we preparing them for life? Are we capturing their time here in thoughtful, meaningful ways?

Ned As we’re having this conversa-

tion, I am realizing the huge foundation that has been laid upon which all of this is being built. All of this could not happen if so much of Chatham Hall was not already here. Sometimes I forget that. There has always been a sense of tradition, and of getting the values right.

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technology education–we need to teach computer programming and app design. That is a significant 21st century skill. We provide the students with the materials and with the hardware; we need to provide the academic piece behind it all. We need to think about how girls approach technology.

This need not necessarily be an app programming class. What is it about apps that is compelling to girls and how do we approach that education for them so that it becomes more of an educational-and-social piece? They are drawn to technology, but the percentage of females who go into technology as a career is so low that we need to support them in this direction. We do not want them to fall behind.

Ned One place where I see a foundation laid for future work is interdisciplinary studies, like shared humanities. We already value all of those connections, but we don’t formalize or institutionalize them. I would be excited to work with others to to find ways to do that.

Emily We are talking about grade-level curriculum and about finding

The School is implementing a new

“ Class Curriculum” to teach leadership, build community, establish class identity, provide meaningful roles in traditions, and enhance classroom learning with experiential learning opportunities. We are concerned about the inner development of our girls—their self-knowledge, values and beliefs, emotional maturity, and their sense of purpose in the world. We want each girl to become closer to her authentic self.

AS WE THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE, WHAT DO YOU THINK SHOULD BE ON OUR AGENDAS FOR THAT NEXT FIVE TO TEN YEARS?

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provides the female adolescent spirit 10 with a way of approaching the sacred that is highly relational, interactive, and provides adult mentoring and role modeling. It allows for sharing, reflecting, processing, and immediate feedback, all of which are important to female adolescent brain development. It is related to Small Group Ministry used by many faith traditions and involves the spiritual themes that are a part of Chapel. Its format provides structure and its relational nature allows for novelty, both necessary for the adolescent spirit.

One Sunday evening per month, instead of gathering in the Chapel, the girls meet as Link Groups with one Council member as leader and an adult facilitator to bring generational diversity. Each 45-minute session opens with a short ritual of meditation and centering, from the Episcopal resource, Daily Prayer for All Seasons, followed by sharing, discussion or short writing. The time closes with another short ritual from the same resource.

T hings are happening here.

T he School is moving forward, and I wanted to be a part of that. ways to tie that experience to the girls’ academic programs. There are opportunities for integrating these pieces more naturally—perhaps a grade-level experience that happens during the academic day with an academic focus.

What about our location? How could we be a resource to the community? How could the community be a learning tool for us? I’m a fan of place-based education. We’ve got the experiential learning piece going; maybe there are opportunities in our backyard.

Also we as a School need to continue to grow with some of our terrific programs. We are changing rapidly, but it strikes me that we need to be more confident and to communicate externally more boldly who we are and what we do. Martha led a panel of students at the revisit weekend for prospective families. The students shared their experiential learning programs and opportunities. If we

“iQuest” program could bottle that panel discussion and send it into the world—it is extraordinary what the students are doing and how articulate they are. I do not think we have the name recognition that we deserve. We are doing things that many schools are not.

Martha I always think about how

the Honor Code allows us to do so much because we trust our students.

We can put them out there on public panels. We trust and have faith in them. That means a lot to me. I just had a conversation with my husband, to whom I said, “You need to go back to your school and advocate seriously for Edmodo.” [The Web site where all the students’ assignments— daily assignments, quizzes, tests, projects, and papers—are posted.]

So they are now using Edmodo, but they are also making the students use paper planners. We trust our students and honor their responsibility enough that we can make this kind of bold move and work with them.

Plus they have the courage and the risk-taking ability to go along with us or, even, to lead us.

The girls are so wonderfully willing to have conversations about what it is that they need and what the School can provide for them. The three AP courses that we have added this year came from these conversations. The girls persevere. I had a conversation with a girl who said, “I think I need to drop AP Biology.” I

supports experiential projects and foreign and domestic travel for students and faculty. Awards have been made in support of thirteen student and seven faculty projects. Awards have led students to explore the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, sustainable gardening, dermatological problems in animals, musical careers and physical therapy careers, dance in Paris, the Holocaust, the chemistry of cosmetics, rehabilitating off-thetrack thoroughbreds, and more.

asked, “Well, why don’t we talk about why you signed up to take AP Bio.” Slowly she came back to that place of “I have confidence in myself as a learner. I can do this. This is going to take me where I want to be, where I want to go. What was I thinking? I needed to have this conversation. I needed to think it through again and know that I can do this.”

Ned We need to keep applying that

concept institutionally. One attitude that I sense at this school is that we are on the verge of moving out of survival mentality and mode with a new sense of identity. There is confidence here that we’ve got such a great thing going, so we can leave that type of mentality behind. We are developing confidence in the School just as we have confidence in the students.

Martha I think you’re right. That’s

something that faculty have had to work their ways through. The first year that we made money available to them for experiential components in their classes through the iQuest program, there weren’t that many faculty applications. I spoke to a couple of the teachers, who said, “I’m not used to asking for money.” However, this year they have begun thinking about what it is that they can do with their

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I felt as though this was a school on the cusp.

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I guess we are 14 creating a new generation of artists of the head, heart, and body here.

What a lovely image FAMILY SPACES. HOW DO WE OPEN of what we should IT UP SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A BROADER SENSE OF FAMILY LIFE? e. all be in lif classes. They are realizing that they can provide for their students in new ways. They have to take their own risks as teachers.

Ned Let’s talk about space. The

library prompts me to think about how we utilize space throughout the campus. I am thinking about that issue from the spirituality-Chapel perspective. We have such a gorgeous Chapel, and it is such an important and vital treasure, yet I like thinking about the possibility, say, of a chapel space where the old oak was, and thus expanding the possibilities of what sacred space means to us on campus.

We have Chapel in front of the Rectory when we bless the animals each fall. What spaces will we need that will open us to possibilities and new experiences rather than close us in?

Just a thought.

THIS IDEA APPLIES TO CLASSROOMS. ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TRADITIONAL CLASSROOMS IN THE FUTURE? I KNOW THERE ARE SOME OF US WHO WOULD LOVE TO BE IN THE LIBRARY ALL THE TIME. HOW ABOUT DORMITORY SPACE? HOW DO WE NEED TO REARRANGE THAT SPACE UPSTAIRS SO THAT WE SUPPORT ALL OF THE GOOD SCHOOL COMMUNITY INITIATIVES THAT ARE GOING ON ELSEWHERE, SO THAT GIRLS ARE NOT SIMPLY LINED UP IN ROOMS IN TWO ROWS DOWN THE HALLWAY? HOW DO WE CREATE COMMUNITY “PODS” OF LIVING FOR THEM, FOR EXAMPLE?

Emily And common spaces that are natural gathering spaces.

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Emily That’s a significant next step.

In terms of residential programming, we’ve got to be able to get some families on dorm, and I think that dorm spaces need to be more conducive for small group meetings where the girls can hang out and gather.

Along the lines of this discussion of community, and adding in the elements of spirituality and wellness, I am thinking of our dance studio, with our renewed dance program. I’m thinking of body movement, wellness, and spirituality combined. We have teachers who offer yoga, but how great would it be if we had additional studio space for dance and a meditation room or a yoga studio, or something along this line? We could broaden our offerings to cover the needs of our students through a holistic approach to wellness that means so much to them. All of the studies and research on what girls need to thrive as humans point in this direction.

Martha Both the theater program

and the dance program have grown so substantially since I’ve been here and we have carved out time for them. We are getting to the point where we need spaces for the performances that the teachers and students are envisioning.

I’M THINKING OF HOW LAST YEAR THE DANCERS LED US FROM ONE SPACE TO ANOTHER ON CAMPUS– THE SMALL DRAWING ROOM, THE LIBRARY, MY CLASSROOM, THE CHAPEL–AT EACH OF WHICH A SITE-SPECIFIC DANCE WAS PERFORMED. A PILGRIMAGE OF THE CAMPUS, OF THE SPIRITS OF THE INDIVIDUAL PLACES, OF THE ARTIST, AND OF THE SOUL. PERHAPS

WE NEED TO LOOK TO THE FUTURE AS CREATING SPACES WHERE THE MIND, THE HEART, THE SOUL, THE CREATIVE SELF, AND THE HISTORY OF THIS PLACE INTERACT. I GUESS WE ARE CREATING A NEW GENERATION OF ARTISTS OF THE HEAD, HEART, AND BODY HERE. WHAT A LOVELY IMAGE OF WHAT WE SHOULD ALL BE IN LIFE.

Code Name Verity

by Elizabeth Wein Hyperion 2012 The best book I read this summer was Elizabeth Wein’s Code Name Verity. In the large genre of historical fiction focusing on World War II and the Holocaust, Code Name Verity stands out as a modern classic. A tragic but beautiful story of courage and friendship and making difficult choices, this book stayed with me for a long time after I finished it. Verity and Maddie are British secret agents caught in enemy territory trying to survive and make sense of the scope of the evil around them. Their love for one another and commitment to their cause deeply impacts the reader. Wein’s writing takes a horrible situation and shows the best of humanity that flourishes under hard conditions. A companion book, Rose Under Fire, was just released in early September. It focuses on an American female pilot imprisoned in the Ravensbruck concentration camp and revisits the themes of hope, sacrifice, and friendship found in Code Name Verity.

– C A R O LY N S T E N Z E L

Curtis Jackson 62 Years Curtis Jackson came to work at Chatham Hall on December 10, 1950. Sixty-two years ago! How would you begin to describe the contributions Curtis Jackson has made to Chatham Hall? How could you even begin to describe his daily activities? When I thought about Curtis and all he does, I came up with “The List.” It is so easy to take for granted people like Curtis, the ones who work behind the scenes, the ones who make Chatham Hall look and feel the way it does. Curtis is a great example of the people who make Chatham Hall what it is: living, vibrant, and successful! When I finished “The List” I thought, “There will never be another Curtis Jackson.” So, Curtis, don’t worry about being replaced, that ain’t gonna happen!

“The List” consists of different jobs Curtis performed at Chatham Hall. Several people have asked me, “What did Curtis do at Chatham Hall?” It’s more like, “What didn’t Curtis do at Chatham Hall!” The list is not entirely inclusive but overall it represents a day in the life of Curtis Jackson, which, by the way, began at 5:30 am! So, here we go:

The “Mailman” The “Trash Man” The “Go to Bank” Man The “Dry Cleaning Man” The “Garden Man” The “Goldfish Man” The “Postage Stamp Man” The “Door Man” The “Cut-the-Lights On” Man The “Key Man” The “Back Gate Man” The “Newspaper Man” The “Driving Under the Speed Limit” Man! The “Pansy Man” The “Marigold Man” The “Don’t put mulch in my Garden” Man I am sure there are many other “The Man” things you could list about Curtis,

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but one thing is for sure, at Chatham Hall; he is “THE MAN!” Curtis is an example of the old work ethic that is not too prevalent in today’s workforce. In other words, Curtis’ attitude is not about him. It is about others. Curtis, as you officially retire, please know that you are loved and cherished by hundreds of members of Chatham Hall’s family. While your physical frame may be small, I don’t know of anyone who has a heart as big as yours. Thank you for leaving with us the fine example of what it means to be an employee of Chatham Hall. Thank you for showing us how truly blessed life can be! Thank you for teaching us these valuable lessons by the life you lived and are living and the example you set before us each day.

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sustainability club tip When ordering things online, buy items that use less packaging in order to save energy in the manufacturing and shipping processes. Also, have as many items sent in one package as possible.

This tip was first published in the student newspaper, Columns. Check out the fall issue online at www.chathamhallcolumns.com

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Prayer for the School

senior family gift Led by Cheryl and Charles Tuck, parents of Stephanie Tuck ’13, the families of the Class of 2013 raised a total of $85,380.00 in gifts to Chatham Hall. $31,755 of this amount will fund special projects determined by the School’s administration and the donors. $9,100 was given to Chatham Hall’s Parent Fund, which provides support for all of the School’s people and programs. And the balance – $44,525.00 contributed to the transformation of The Edmund J. and Lucy Lee Library into a 21st Century Learning Commons. The generosity of the families will be recognized on a plaque in the renovated space.

The Class of 2013 raised $909.40 for the purchase of 8 trees in honor of Curtis Jackson for the Curtis Jackson Garden.

God of Host, thank you for allowing us to be here today celebrating our 119th Commencement. We give you thanks for this year that has passed without any difficulty.

Thank you for granting the administration, faculty, and staff the ability to make wise decisions for the benefit of the School.

Thank you for bestowing patience and understanding upon the teachers throughout the year. Thank you for the collaboration between the school and parents. Thank you to the Board of Trustees and all the benefactors of the school. Thank you for allowing the students to uphold the rules of the school, the Honor Code and for a successful year as a result of their hard work. We ask that you bless Chatham Hall and allow for the success of the previous years to be present in the future. Grant our students and teachers the vision and wisdom to acknowledge that you, O God, are the infinite and only source of truth. All this we ask in the name of your son Jesus Christ.

Amen –A prayer offered at Commencement by

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Class of 2013 College Acceptances Academy of Art University The University of Alabama Allegheny College American University Appalachian State University Arizona State University Auburn University Barry University Bates College Binghamton University Birmingham-Southern College Boston University Butler University Cazenovia College Centre College College of Charleston Clark University Colby College Colorado State University Columbia College Chicago

Converse College Cornell University Davidson College Delaware Valley College DePauw University Dickinson College Drew University Drexel University East Carolina University Eckerd College Elon University Furman University George Mason University The George Washington University Gettysburg College Hampton University Haverford College Hollins University Howard University

University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign Indiana University at Bloomington James Madison University University of Kentucky Lafayette College Lewis & Clark College Longwood University Loyola University New Orleans Lynchburg College Lynn University Manhattanville College Marymount University Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences Miami University, Oxford Millsaps College University of Mississippi University of North Carolina at Asheville Northeastern University

The Ohio State University Old Dominion University University of Oregon Pace University, New York City Pennsylvania State University, University Park Pratt Institute Rhodes College University of Richmond Rider University Roanoke College University of Rochester Rollins College Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey at New Brunswick University of San Francisco Savannah College of Art and Design Sewanee: The University of the South University of South Carolina

Reverend Pere Max Accimé, father of Taina Accimé ’13

Southern Methodist University Spring Hill College St. Andrews Presbyterian College St. John’s University Queens Campus Stetson University Stony Brook University Sweet Briar College Towson University Trinity College Tulane University Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University University of Virginia University of Washington Wells College Whittier College University of Wisconsin, Madison The College of Wooster

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Zachary P. Hairston P’15

new alumnae council members Diana Howard Fisketjon ’78

After graduating from Chatham Hall, Diana attended Sweet Briar College and the University of Alabama. In 1983, she moved from her native Mississippi to New York City and began a career in banking with Chase Bank. After ten years, she moved to Nashville, Tennessee, and for the next decade worked as an agent and private dealer in American art. Diana and her husband now live and commute between Franklin, Tennessee, and New York City where she is active in art and literary causes.

Tracy Bartlett Lively ’84

Tracy is married to the Rev. James ( Jim) W. Lively and they have a son, James, who is 11 and a daughter, Mary Elizabeth, who is 15.

Mary Elizabeth is a new sophomore at Chatham Hall this year! A member of the Class of 1984, Tracy returned after college to serve as the Assistant Director of Admission from 1989-1991.

She has served on Alumnae Council previously, and was a Class Agent for many, many years. In January 2012, her family moved from Clermont, Florida to Salem, Virginia, where her husband serves as rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and where Tracy is an active volunteer.

Melanie Kirk Holton ’87

Melanie lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. A graduate of Salem College and Wake Forest Law School, she is a

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practicing attorney. She is married to an attorney and they have one child, a boy. Melanie has been a class agent, and has attended and hosted many local Chatham Hall events. At Chatham Hall, Melanie was Senior Class President. We are delighted to be putting her leadership skills to work for the Alumnae Council.

Nini Hadjis ’89

The movie Crazy People, filmed in 1989 at Chatham Hall, had a marked effect on Nini. After graduating, she studied theatre at SUNY Albany and went on to receive her MFA in film at American University. Her thesis project Focus on Me, a short comedy, received a CINE Golden Eagle Award. Nini is also proud to have been a co-producer on the multiple award-winning short film, The Lease of These. After working for a time at the Discovery Channel, Nini returned to her hometown and joined the team of the Lake Placid Film Festival. Continuing to pursue film, she moved to Los Angeles. There, Nini worked within Lionsgate and Fox studios as a Producer’s Assistant and also attended acting classes and workshops. In 2011, Nini produced and acted in the feature film Old Fashioned, which is scheduled to release in 2014. Nini then joined the production team of the new Ricki Lake Show. Most recently, Nini has made her way back to Albany. While continuing to pursue acting, she has also become a Weight Watchers leader and is delighted to be inspiring people to live healthier lifestyles.

Taylor Nyberg ’06

Taylor is a Business Development Associate at Enspire Learning, a startup company in Austin, Texas. After receiving her B.S. in Biology from The

University of Texas at Austin she continues to stay involved on campus by volunteering with her sorority, Alpha Delta Pi, and the Ex-Students’ Association.

Taylor recently completed her first half marathon (wearing purple and gold, of course) with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society fundraising team and is already gearing up for her next race in San Francisco. She currently serves as a class agent and has loved being involved with young alumnae giving campaigns.

Atoms For Peace Roundhouse, London, England, July 2013 As the recipient of Chatham Hall’s Spencer Fellows grant to attend the Oxford-Berkeley Summer Program, I planned to squeeze into the three weeks as many concerts, plays, and museums as I possibly could. One of my favorite moments was taking in the alternative band Atoms For Peace. The show was held at the iconic Roundhouse-which has hosted everyone from The Rolling Stones to The Clash. The intimate space was perfect for this evening of evocative music. Atoms For Peace-led by Thom Yorke of Radiohead and Flea of The Red Hot Chili Peppers-immediately dug in deeply to the kinetic rhythms and pulsing structures that make their music so unique. The band played for a solid two hours and challenged the crowd to new and significantly altered versions of their songs. It left everyone exhausted, but completely satisfied, and I welcomed the comparatively cool evening air with a smile as I made my way to the Tube.

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Ross T. Walton P’16

Zachary Hairston is a Dentist at his practice, Zachary P. Hairston, DDSPC, in Danville, Virginia, where he and his wife, Felicia Hairston, reside. Zach graduated from Norfolk State University with a B.S. in Biology, and earned his D.D.S. at the Medical College of Virginia. Zach and Felicia’s daughter Jingi is a junior at Chatham Hall.

Ross Walton is an Emergency Physician at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.

Ross is a graduate of the University of Louisville School of Medicine, and completed his residency at Louisiana State University, New Orleans. His daughter Camille is a sophomore at Chatham Hall.

new faculty Margaret E. McColley,

World Languages Department Chair and French Teacher

Margaret McColley comes to Chatham Hall as Chair of the World Languages Department and French teacher after teaching at the College of William and Mary and Rhodes College. She earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in French Language, Literature, and Culture at the University of Virginia, and her B.A. in French Language and Literature from Rutgers University. Her research interests include francophone Women’s Travel Literature and Environmental and Artistic production in Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean. Margaret is also devoted to International Human Rights, particularly as they pertain to young women.

Sharon D. Williams,

Director of College Counseling

Sharon Williams has had extensive experience and success in independent school college counseling, as well as in undergraduate admissions. She comes to Chatham Hall from Elgin Academy, where she was the College Counselor and taught English, World Cultures, and Psychology for 16 years. Prior to her years at Elgin, she was Associate Director of Admissions at the University

of Rochester and Assistant Director of Admissions at Binghamton University.

She holds a B.A. in African-American Studies from the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Laura Daniel,

Academic Skills Teacher

Laura holds a B.A. in Business Administration with a double concentration in Psychology and Marketing and an M.A. of Education from The College of William and Mary. She also holds a Ph.D. in Counseling and Counselor Education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She comes to Chatham Hall from Danville Community College, where she was the Counselor and Disability Services Coordinator, working closely with students on a range of learning needs.

Yanjun Liu,

Chinese Teacher

Yanjun Liu is a 2010 graduate of Putian University in Putian, Fujian, China, where she majored in Chinese Language and Literature. She spent the last three years teaching Chinese Language and Culture in Manila, Philippines at the Philippine Chung Hua School. Yanjun loves traditional arts of China: the paper cut,

the national dance, the clay figurine, Tai Chi, and the classical poem.

Lauren O’Neil

Stable Manager

Lauren O’Neil is a 2012 graduate of Virginia Tech with a double major in Animal Science and Equine Production–Business. Lauren has worked previously as a Foaling Attendant and Horse Manager at a Thoroughbred breeding farm and taught lessons at a private equestrian facility in Maryland.

Lauren also competed on the Virginia Tech IHSA Team and qualified as an individual for IHSA Nationals in 2012.

Jacqueline Comola,

Admission Counselor

Jacqueline holds a B.A. in Religion and a B.A. in Music from Sweet Briar College. She has experience working in admission as a Recruiting Assistant and Front Desk Receptionist at Sweet Briar. She was a member of various organizations including the Student Diversity Committee and Performing Arts Committee. In addition, Jacqueline received The JS de Coligny Award for Excellence in Music and The Turner Award for Music.

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Bon Voyage, Madame Black!

Foreign Language Department Chair and French Teacher Mary Lee Black retired in June after 21 years at Chatham Hall.

Congratulations, Madame!

LEFT: Sriya Chadalavada ’15 and Srila Chadalavada ’16 have been learning the art of Kuchipudi, a classical Indian dance form, since they were four and five years old. The sisters spent the summer practicing for their Kuchipudi Rangapravesam program, working up to nine hours of practice a day by August, before a dazzling final performance at the end of the summer.

Ever since we first met, we have had a special relationship. She has been a friend and a role model.

I cannot say “thank you” enough.

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With her usual grace, charm, and hospitality, Mary Lee always personalized her classes with fine cuisine and experienc-

es as close to total immersion into the French culture as Chatham shopping venues and funding allowed. Typical were her AP French immersion weekends that she hosted at her house. They featured fine French food, classic French movies, French games likes boules, and, of course, the infamous snipe hunt. Many of you may have experienced the thrill of the chase....but how many of you can actually say that you even saw a snipe, let alone captured one? I live next door to Mary Lee, Bill, and Chloe, and still have holes in my yard as reminders of those snipe hunts!

-Geoff Braun, History and Social Sciences Department Head Mary Lee is a true “Southern Belle” in every respect. Her gracious

southern hospitality shines through. I have known Mary Lee quite a few years and she has always taught with a vibrance and energy that she had from the time I first met her. Mary Lee will forever be my teacher, my mentor, my friend.

–Wanda Gammon, Associate Director of Technology

allows each mind to work differently.

– Schay Goss Barnhardt ’06, Assistant Director of Admission

She is an amazing teacher and an even better advisor.

It’s been an honor to work with her in French Club.

–TRILBY HREN ’13

If you want words to describe Madame: Kind of…amazing.

—Molly Penny ’14

adame allowed me to M discover a kind of confidence that I didn’t even know was missing in me. I still remember

how she beamed at me the first time she handed me back a quiz with an “A” written at the top. I don’t think I had ever felt such love from a teacher. And it was that love that endeared me to Chatham Hall, and opened my heart to the place that I hold so dearly today.

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I had a terrible time learning French, and I remember Madame’s patience in teaching me that it was not that my mind could not learn French, but it was the way in which I studied that needed remedy. I learned how to help myself learn, and to never be discouraged, and that each student is different. Madame

When I think of Mary Lee, I think of one of the most positive,

uplifting, warm spirits in the world. And that laugh…such a

glorious laugh. Even from a distance there is no doubt who it is. And I think of birth months, not birthdays. –Don Wood, Mathematics Department Head

I’ll never forget the days we would come into her classroom to see an array of ingredients set out in the kitchen with several recipes for us to follow. Not only did we have to read the directions in French, but we had to collaborate with our classmates. I’m surprised the kitchen never caught on fire! Congratulations to you,

Madame, for all of your hard work and your well deserved retirement. Thank you for bringing a language to life that will live within your students

Call for Distinguished Alumna Award Nominations The Chatham Hall Distinguished Alumna Award, established in 2010, recognizes a graduate who has distinguished herself through significant, outstanding contributions in her profession and/or meritorious public service. This Alumna embodies the characteristics and values of Chatham Hall in her daily life and inspires excellence in others. Awardees represent diverse professions and interests. Artist Leila McConnell Daw ’58 and Neonatologist and Professor of Pediatrics Hallam Hurt ’63 were honored as the 2013 Distinguished Alumnae.

H U N T E R BA R N H A R DT New Advancement Associate

We welcomed Hunter Barnhardt to the Office of Advancement in July as our new Advancement Associate in charge of the Annual Fund and Special Gifts. Hunter and his wife, Schaeffer Goss Barnahardt ’06, Assistant Director of Admission, came to Chatham Hall last year after marrying in St. Mary’s Chapel in June. Hunter moved into his new position after a year of teaching Creative Writing and coaching Cross Country. Much to his team’s delight, Hunter is still coaching Cross Country this year.

Visit www.chathamhall.org/alumnae/distinguishedalumna-award for detailed information on how to nominate an alumna and to read about past award recipients. Questions? Contact Amy Blair ablair@chathamhall.org, 434.432.5508.

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2013–2014 L E A D E R I N R E S I D E N C E Former movie industry executive and philanthropist Sherry Lansing will be the 2013–2014 Polly Wheeler Guth ’44 Leader in Residence.

“Sherry Lansing’s visit will allow Chatham Hall students insight into the life of a woman who has had a major impact in business, the arts, and philanthropy,” shared Academic Dean Martha Griswold. “Her leadership and willingness to share her journey will have an effect on our students as they make decisions about the paths that they will take, and how they will demonstrate their own, positive leadership. Ms. Lansing’s knowledge of ethical business practices will be of great interest to Chatham Hall students; we eagerly await her visit.”

Sherry Lansing served as chair of the Motion Picture Group of Paramount Pictures from 1992 to 2005, overseeing the release of more than 200 films including Academy Award® winners Forrest Gump (1994) and one of the highest grossing movies of all time, Titanic (1997).

Ms. Lansing served as President of Production at 20th Century Fox. A pioneering executive, Lansing was the first woman to oversee all aspects of a studio’s motion picture production, helming Saving Private Ryan, School of Rock, Mean Girls, and The Hours.

Founder of the Sherry Lansing Foundation, she also serves on the Board of Directors of Friends of Cancer Research and as a Trustee of the American Association for Cancer Research.

Ms. Lansing will visit campus on April 8–9, 2014.

Lee-Yardley Day “You’re from Chatham Hall? Then you must know Ron Merricks.”

How often have members of the Chatham Hall community heard these words—at stores, at church, at town meetings, at the dentist! A practical man. A man of business. A man of great integrity. A generous man. A deeply religious man. Ron has touched the lives of so many who live and work in the Pittsylvania County-Danville area.

Ron is a member of the Pittsylvania County Board of Zoning Appeals. He chairs the Danville/Pittsylvania County Community Services Board and chairs the Keeling Fire Department Board.

A long-time and dedicated member of the Kentuck Baptist Church, Ron sings in the choir that he directed for 29 years, teaches Sunday school, and serves as chair of the Deacons.

Ron came to Chatham Hall in 1985 as Director of Operations.

In 2003 he became the School’s Chief Financial and Facilities Officer. During his 28 years at Chatham Hall, Ron has directed sixteen major construction and renovation projects including a new gymnasium building, science and technology building, lecture hall, and riding arena. The newly renovated Lee Library—a model facility—is his latest project, and a new maintenance facility is expected to open before the first of the year. In his role as chief financial officer, Ron has managed an endowment that has grown from $12.9 million in 2003 to nearly $56 million in 2013.

Ron is a teacher as well. He is entering his ninth year as Chatham Hall’s teacher of Economics. In 2012, he and senior Walker Abbott were awarded the Hallam Hurt Student and Faculty Foreign Travel Award to study the grass-fed organic beef industry in Argentina.

Ron and his wife Ann have been married for 39 years. They have two children, Steven and Amy Merricks Chandler ’02, and three grandchildren.

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Lucille Payne:

A Chatham Hall Legacy June 12, 1931-September 15, 2013 Lucille Payne, our dear friend and colleague, who had worked in Yardley Dining Hall for 51 years, passed away September 15, 2013. Lucille will be sorely missed by generations of Chatham Hall students, faculty, and staff.

Lucille was a dear friend of mine. We shared

conversation and prayer requests every day. I am thankful for her years of friendship. She is now with her precious sister and her beloved Lord, Whom she served with joy. May she rest in peace and rise in glory.

-Alice Cromer, Honorary Alumna and Former Faculty Member

She was a sweet woman who touched many—she will always be remembered and loved. May she find eternal peace and her loved ones find comfort in her kindness.

–Alison Carter-Cady ’91

I will miss not seeing Lucille each year when I visit. She was always very kind and had a smile to share.

–Lisa Richmond ’84

So many wonderful men and women graced the school with their presence for most of their lives, and Lucille was one of the dearest of them all. Whenever we met in town or on the hill, we were equally happy to see one another. She

C will be missed.

-Huntley Friend,

Ronald Merricks, Chatham Hall’s Chief Financial and Facilities Officer was honored as the recipient of the 2013 Alice Overbey Award at the Lee-Yardley Day Service in September. Ron’s twin brother, Virginia Delegate Donald Merricks, was a guest speaker at the service.

Former Staff Member and Mother of Laine Friend Moore ’89

She was one of the sweetest people I’ve ever met and loved in my entire life. May she rest in peace and be a guardian angel to all she knew and loved.

-Jaleith Gary ’05

What a lovely, wonderful lady who welcomed me back to campus for 30 years. We’ll miss you, Lucille. -Mary Freed ’86 Dear sweet lady. She used to sneak me food in the middle of the afternoon when I couldn’t “make it” until dinner.

A roll or some kind of snack “to tide me over.” She always saw me coming! She was loved. -Michele Beveridge ’83

Rest in peace, Miss Lucille.

Chatham Hall won’t be the same without you.

-Caroline Finke ’07

On the first day of my freshman year at Chatham Hall, Ms. Lucille Payne promised my mom that she would take care of me. In the three years following, she kept that promise well. At each meal, we exchanged greetings and smiles.

Whether it was a busy lunch or slowpaced breakfast, Ms. Lucille never failed to ask about my family. She wanted to know when they were coming, what meals they would attend, whether or not my youngest siblings would be around. When I asked how she was doing, I was always met with a grin and “Fine, you?”

The truth is, Ms. Lucille was always more than just “fine.” She was charismatic, cheerful, a source of light. Even when she shared news of illness or a loss, she was grateful and bright. Ms. Lucille cared. She was curious about the concerns and triumphs of students, faculty, and family at Chatham Hall.

For so many members of our school community, Ms. Lucille was family.

It is on behalf of fifty-one years of Chatham Hall students that I say Ms. Lucille Payne’s spirit and smile will be sorely missed. In my memory, she will always be a wonderful lady who was compassionate, laughing, and caring— more than just fine. -Dasia Moore ’14

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It was not easy! She encountered discrimination in applying for fellowships and jobs and was paid a fraction of what men were making in the field. More than a decade ago, Dr. Hill became a whistleblower over a medical cover up at her school— a case which she lost but continues to fight.

A member of Chatham Hall’s class of 1946 and mother of two Chatham Hall alumnae (Sarah Hill ’80 and Lana Hill ’82), Dr. Hill received her undergraduate degree from Smith College in 1950 and her Ph.D. from Brandeis University in 1964. The subject of her Ph.D. research was explaining through mathematics “how the alga, Euglena, lost its green chloroplasts after treatment with ultraviolet light and subsequently regained them after treatment with visible light.” Dr. Hill positively lit up when speaking about this early research before nearly three-dozen girls in Chatham Hall’s Shaw Tech Lecture Hall.

“I loved listening to Dr. Hill discuss her fascinating career in the field of medicine,” shared junior Mary-Michael

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Robertson who introduced Dr. Hill. “After completing an iQuest project on the subject of women in science, I am very interested in how the experiences of, and attitudes toward, female scientists have changed over the last century. Hearing the passion of scientists like Dr. Hill increases my interest in the subject.” To view the documentary Mary-Michael created as part of her iQuest Project, visit www.youtube.com/ watch?v=wobVT7macjo Dr. Hill held postdoctoral appointments at Harvard Medical School and the University of Colorado. She held positions at the Washington Medical School in St. Louis, Marshall University Medical School, and the New Jersey Medical School, where she currently works and has tenure.

Blasphemy: New and Selected Stories

by Sherman Alexie Grove Press. 2012

Chatham Hall students and eight students from Christ School in Asheville welcomed fall on Saturday, September 28 with a full day of service. Students worked on projects around campus, including preparing the School’s community garden and greenhouse for fall planting and clearing the fitness trail, installing a French drain, and repairing erosion. The day’s hard work was followed by a picnic and evening of bluegrass on the front lawn.

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An urban Indian, a trickster, a self-identified poet, Sherman Alexie successfully challenges conventional methods of storytelling in his brilliant collection of short stories, Blasphemy, by taking his readers to see what lies beyond our culturally-constructed trappings. “[T]he most accurate possible measure of the truth,” he writes, “exists somewhere in the in-between.” And so, Alexie wades us through several complex narratives –tales of the mixed-bloods, the homeless, the addicts, the dreamers, the Queer—in search of “the most accurate measure of truth.” His wit, wisdom, and profound insights into human nature lure us into the sacred liminal, spaces ripe with tension and contradiction: power and vulnerability; community and isolation; love and blood; revenge and forgiveness…. and then, he leaves us. It is in these liminal spaces where the magic of his storytelling unfolds: we must confront, we must consider, we must relate one human being to another; and, when we do, we don’t just get to the end of the story. Rather, we become a part of the story, and the story becomes part of us. – E M I LY J O H N S

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For the Turtles’ collective efforts across three sports seasons, the athletic directors from the BRC schools voted Chatham Hall to receive the 2013 Blue Ridge Conference Sportsmanship Award. This marks the sixth time in eight years that Chatham Hall has received the award.

Jingi Hairston ’15, Anna Fechner ’15, Walker Abbott ’14, and Meg Roth ’13 (pictured with Coach Jane Allen ’00) were recognized with spring season Blue Ridge Conference honors

JINGI HAIRSTON ’15 was recognized by BRC coaches for her outstanding play at the #1 position in both singles and doubles by being named the BRC Player of the Year. She was named to the 1st Team All-Conference and the All-Tournament team.

For their aggressive offensive attack and their solid defensive play, both MEG ROTH ’13 and WALKER ABBOTT ’14 picked up 2nd Team All-Conference honors on the soccer field.

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ANNA FECHNER ’15 picked up 2nd Team All-Conference honors finishing the season with a solid showing at the #1 doubles spot and a flawless 9-0 season at #4 singles.

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JANE ALLEN ’00 was voted by her BRC coaching peers as the recipient of the Coach of the Year award for the sixth time in her tennis coaching career

Chatham Hall hosted the Taylormade Horsemanship Clinic with Olympic Rider Melanie Smith-Taylor in June. Walker Abbott ’14, Ana-Christina Zentner ’16, Ana Grace Somers ’16, Randall Wiseman ’12, Director of Riding James F. Morris, Assistant Director of Riding Samantha Fleming, and Riding Instructor Alyson Kent ’97, all took part in the clinic held in the Mars Arena.

Two Chatham Hall athletes attended college preview programs during their summer vacation. Mary Madison Laffitte ’14 attended the Equestrian Talent Search held at Randolph College in Lynchburg, Virginia and Madison McAdams ’14 attended the White Mountain Sports College Connection at University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Massachusetts.

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Robert Ankrom, Director of Communications Spencer Fellows Oxford Berkeley Program: History of London

Gary Fountain, Martha Griswold, Cathy LaDuke, Dennis Oliver, and Molly Thomas spoke about our model iPad program at the National Coalition of Girls’ Schools conference

Wellesley, Massachusetts

Physics Teacher and Robotics Sponsor Molly Thomas worked with National Coalition of Girls’ Schools on a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) certification program through the On-Line School for Girls

Detroit, Michigan

Ned Edwards, Chaplain and Religion and Social Sciences Teacher AP Psychology Workshop

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Ken Tyburski, Math Teacher AP Statistics Workshop

Durham, North Carolina Baja Peninsula, Mexico

Kaylee Berkun ’14 Experiment in International Living: Kaylee studied Marine Biology on the Baja Peninsula. Situated in the desert and at sea, she worked with marine biologists, swam with sea lions, snorkeled, and traveled to nearby islands visiting fishing camps and talking with those who live there. She also spent time at the Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve.

Mary Edmonds, English Department Head and History Teacher AP English and Composition Workshop

Brittany Jackson, Dance Teacher American Dance Workshop

Mexico City, Querétaro, Guanjuato, Guadalajara, and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Maggie Bentley ’15 Experiment in International Living: Maggie spent a month in Mexico where she hiked pre-Columbian ruins and worked at a foster home repairing a reservoir and doing daily chores to give the kids at the home a break. She spent every Friday playing games with the kids and giving English lessons to the older children.

Harrogate, United Kingdom

Mary Edmonds, English Department Head and History Teacher Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival

Amboise, France

Seven students traveled to Amboise for a French Immersion program

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Juliana Avery ’14 and Dennis Reichelderfer, History Teacher iQuest: History and Culture of Polish Jews

Caitlin Aberg ’15 Experiment in International Living: Caitlin spent her time in Mongolia volunteering at a school and living with a herding family. She also went to a reindeer festival, climbed Wish Mountain, visited camel herders (and rode a camel), and visited a Buddhist monastery.

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Drew Sherrill ’14 iQuest: From Start to Finish: Rehabilitating Off the Track Thoroughbreds Drew interned at the Makers Mark Secretariat Center in the Kentucky Horse Park. The Secretariat Center retrains off track thoroughbreds to become riding horses in all kinds of careers. The thoroughbreds go on to become polo ponies, eventers, fox hunters, hunter/ jumpers, etc. Drew’s iQuest specifically focuses on the mental and physical aspects of equine rehabilitation.

Jerusalem, Israel Paris, France

Claire Gardner ’15, Sofia Rose ’15, and Brittany Jackson, Dance Teacher iQuest: Pas de Paris Claire and Sofia’s project is based upon a fascination of classical French ballet and how classical French ballet influences dance today. They researched the origins of classical ballet and interpreted their findings through site specific dancing, while also attending dance performances and taking ballet classes.

They presented a film to the school of pieces that they choreographed at historical sites and will teach a class at Chatham Hall on history of ballet and instruct a studio class on traditional French Technique.

La Camargue Region, France

Dasia Moore ’14 Experiment in International Living: Dasia headed to “La Camargue,” an area on the Mediterranean famous for its wild horses, pink flamingos, and medieval towns, as well as beautiful shores, to explore the history and culture in the countryside of Southern France.

Lily Fulop ’14 and Ned Edwards, Chaplain and Religion and Social Sciences Teacher Hallam Hurt ’63 Student and Faculty Foreign Travel Award: Conflict and Cooperation in Jerusalem: A Case Study of the Interactions of Christians, Jews, and Muslims in One Holy City “I believe that Jerusalem itself acts as sort of a microcosm of our world and shows just how important coexistence is. By studying the situation in Jerusalem, I hope to learn lessons that will be able to be applied to other contended topics as well. In this way I will be able to become a meaningful contributor to the politics and problem-solving of our complicated world” –Lily Fulop ’14

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Ulaanbaatar, Khatgal, Lake Khövsgöl Nuur, Delgerkhaan, and the Gobi Desert, Mongolia

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Graduation 2013 Chatham Hall Celebrated Women of the The School toasted Chatham Hall women of the Greatest Generation during two events in May, inspired and planned by Ninna Fisher Denny ’70 and several of her Chatham Hall classmates. Forty-six alumnae and

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Left Ann Journeay Peake ’43 (mother of Robin Peake Stuart ’69), Clare Fleming Sprunt ’43, and Annette Lummis Neff ’43 (mother of Patty Neff McCormack ’72), all from Houston, Texas Below Left Carter Mac Rae Chatfield ’46, Alumnae Council 1981–1983 and Trustee 1983–1986, and mother of Ninna Fisher Denny ’70 Below Red Cross Committee, 1943

friends gathered in New York City on May 15 for an event sponsored by Catherine Roberts ’74, and twenty-one gathered in Washington, D.C. on May 16, sponsored by Holly Davidson ’70 and Ninna Fisher Denny ’70. Attending these events were many women who graduated in the 1960s and 1970s, several of whom had mothers who attended Chatham Hall in the 1940s.

From its outset, WWII was a personal battle for many girls. Beyond the home-front activities like preparing bandages and raising money for relief programs, Chatham Hall girls would harbor and help heal several girls who found refuge from war in Virginia. Too frequently, they would share grief. As alumnae, they would go to war, some as

nurses, some as officers in women’s units of the Army and Navy, and some ferrying unarmed aircraft to England, repeating that perilous journey again and again. No brass bands, no medals; just determined service….

Class of 1944 Elaine Cruikshank Luckey, Lea Cumings Parson, Sylvia Morss Page , Bobby Eisner Gerry, Sally Brittingham Wallace

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The July 1943 Chat began publishing lists of alumnae engaged in war service, first reporting six WAVES, twelve WACS, and eight others. Dr. Lee spoke of “the stern demands of these days,” and praised alumnae for their “intelligence, adaptability, and the ability to work hard.” Dr. Lee also felt that women would have to shoulder the enormous responsibility of restoring civilization following the war. Most men’s schools had shelved history, social science, and literature courses for the duration of the war. Women would have to hold up the “intellectual front” in order to train “the navigators of the world of tomorrow.”

— EXCERPT FROM A FORTHCOMING BOOK ON CHATHAM HALL’S FIRST 100 YEARS

BY DR. WILLIAM BLACK, SCHOOL HISTORIAN

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Reza Azlan | Random House Publishing 2013 In 1963 John A.T. Robinson, the in which he lived. It puts the man Jesus in context and goes Episcopal Bishop of Woolwich, out of its way to point out the anachronisms of which we reEngland, published Honest to main unaware. “The notion of history as a critical analysis of God, challenging the Church to observable and verifiable events in the past is the product of accept the modern methods and a modern age; it would have been an altogether foreign conviewpoints of Biblical scholars and theologians. The ensuing cept to the gospel writers for whom history was not a matter public debate, which had been raging in the academy for deof uncovering facts, but of revealing truths” (Kindle location cades by theological giants no less than Paul Tillich and Karl 682 – italics original). Thus Jesus is not the mild-mannered Barth, came into popular consciousness with a vengeance, teacher of children who is unjustly tried and executed, but leading to and becoming a part of the “Death of God” movea zealous, politically-minded leader looking for revolution, ment. It seemed to many that the debate was a forced choice threatening Roman Imperial theology to the point that he between either accepting orthodox, 18th century scholarship must be executed. and worldviews, or believing that God The historical-cultural perspective of was no longer relevant to modern Jesus is not always comfortable. It is unfasensibilities. We soon learned that the miliar territory that asks hard questions The portrait he paints so choice was not quite that stark, but many churchgoing people are timid beautifully of Jesus has been what it did reveal was the deep divide about asking. Instead, we tend to focus on display by scholars for between scholarship and local church on the Jesus of the resurrection, what teaching. scholars refer to as the Post-Easter Jesus, decades, if not a century.

The public reaction to Reza Azlan’s the Jesus of faith, or Jesus the Christ. This Yet little of this information newest book, Zealot: The Life and Times is the Jesus with which we are most fahas made its way to the of Jesus of Nazareth (Random House, miliar. He is apolitical, more divine than 2013), shows that the abyss is still wide human, capable of controlling natural mainstream public and and deep. Zealot is an astoundingly conditions like storms and seas, and almost none of it is preached readable and reliable portrait of the performing miracles. This Jesus is often from church pulpits. historical Jesus within the social, politportrayed as thinking and acting with ical, economic, and cultural setting of white, middle-class Protestant American Hence the divide. first-century Palestine. As a professor of assumptions and concepts. creative writing at UC Berkeley, Azlan Perhaps this is why Azlan was has honed his best storytelling techniques to transform dull treated so harshly in his interview on Fox News this summer, and lifeless academic work into gripping narrative. Yet he is and why the interviewer focused on Azlan’s faith and monot out of his element. His undergraduate degree, Master’s, tives. Ultimately, how we understand Jesus affects our faith. and Ph.D. are all in religious studies. He knows his subject The best example of this is found in The Meaning of Jesus: well. He supports his work with extensive notes, also written Two Visions (Harper San Francisco, 1999). Two eminent New in narrative form, giving credit to those whose scholarship Testament scholars, Marcus Borg, a liberal, and N.T. Wright, has been influential to his understanding and noting those a conservative, write with openness and honesty about how scholars who disagree with him. He is nothing if he is not fair their differing scholarship about Jesus affects their personal and thorough. faith. Each is not only eloquent, but passionate. They do what What will be surprising to many is that Azlan gives no is rarely done: as scholars they span the divide and write new information about the historical Jesus, puts forth no from the heart. My reading of Zealot asks us to do no less. new theories or ideas, nor does he posit any new perspectives “The one thing that any comprehensive study of the histhat have not previously been considered and debated in the torical Jesus should hopefully reveal is that Jesus of Nazareth academy. In fact, one of the scholarly critiques of the book – Jesus the man – is every bit as compelling, charismatic, is that it is too tame. The portrait he paints so beautifully of and praiseworthy as Jesus the Christ. He is, in short, someone Jesus has been on display by scholars for decades, if not a worth believing in” (loc 3353). What Azlan gives us is a beaucentury. Yet little of this information has made its way to the tifully written, compelling narrative that draws the reader mainstream public and almost none of it is preached from into this divide and not only keeps us engaged, but gives us church pulpits. Hence the divide. someone in whom to believe.

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class of ’44 Pinkie Lasell Whipple ’39 and Ann Thomas Lynch ’69 discuss the merits of Chatham Hall on the porch of the Small Point Club, Small Point, Maine, July 2013

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Anne Lee Reath All goes well– still painting, walking (slowly), some volunteer work. First great-grandchild was born in July.

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Sarah Lawrence Clark I’m loving Piper Shores, and there are now four Alums there! If going through Portland, please do stop by. Six grands and two great grands and a very large extended family keep me very busy. Summers on Mt Desert are filled even more with second cousins. Call 207-510-1485.

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Tina Jewett Hartshorne If I make it, I will be 90 years old in February!! I graduated from Chatham Hall when I was 16 years old!

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Patricia Anderson Dolan Sold my house I had been in for fifty years and moved into a condominium next to my son–am within walking distance of a lovely estate which I think once belonged to Audrey Zimmerman’s grandparents.

Ellen West Lovejoy ’50, Edie Gwathmey Grassie ’41, and Nancy Gwathmey Harris ’50 in Northeast Harbor, Maine

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Martha Blankarn Halsey Hurricane Sandy destroyed much of our area. Tree on house and no power for eight days.

Glad to get to Maui for the weather.

We are in the phone book if you travel there.

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Barbara Briggs Trimble I am spending my usual three months at my summer home in the 1000 Islands on the St. Lawrence River in Northern New York. I now live in the village of Clayton right on the water on the St. Lawrence Seaway. The big ships go by my door. My children share our island about 15 minutes away by boat. Have seen my three children, five grandsons, and three great grands this summer, so it has been fun. I send my love to my remaining classmates. I think of you often and wish you well.

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48 Nancy Lee Reath ’45 with daughter Nancy Reath O’Shaughnessy, granddaughter Susan O’Shaughnessy Hiteshew, and great grandson John Patrick “Jack” Hiteshew, who was born July 5. Jack now joins in as the first great grandchild, along with Nancy’s five children, and 13 grandchildren.

Deborah Choate Thomas I’m now living in a very fine senior residence with no car but with an excellent walker (four blocks to our Capitol Square!). My daughter and youngest granddaughter live not too far away and my oldest granddaughter and her baby girl just a bit further! We get concerts and lectures from the university. I’m really lucky!

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Priscilla Pruden Garretson We are loving our CCRC in Chagrin Falls. It is park of the Judson Community of Three: Judson Park, Judson Manor, and this newest, South Franklin Circle. South Franklin Circle has a wonderful wellness program with a huge pool where I swim laps three times a week.

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Carol Babcock Davenport In July 2013 Cordy Ruffin Richards ’47 and Carol Davenport ’47 cruised from Croatia to Athens through one of the world’s most beautiful areas.

Trygve Norstrand Cooley We are having a very busy summer: four graduations of five grandchildren (we attended three in three different states), a move in Naples from a house to a very nice retirement community (Moorings Park), a trip back to our home in Connecticut, and now a week on Nantucket and a cruise in the Mediterranean before we return to Florida in October. At least we can still do these things, and for this Sam and I are grateful.

Anne Lydgate Kaiser We sold our house in Brunswick in April and moved a few miles away to an independent living cottage at the Highlands, in Topsham, Maine. I’m still cooking and gardening, albeit on a smaller scale! We can order dinners sent in, and there is more extended care when we need it.

If the faucet leaks, it’s promptly fixed.

We’re getting to know friendly neighbors, and enjoyed a community lobster bake served under a tent. Singers from the cast of the Maine State Music Theater entertained us with show tunes at a recent luncheon. Exercise classes/ tennis, lectures, and piano playing keep

Cordy Ruffin Richards ’47 and Carol Davenport ’47

me busy. Andy volunteers with SCORE, assisting small business. Daughter Julie lives an hour away, and we often see her family, including granddaughter, Shelby, a May Stonehill graduate who is aiming at Physical Therapy and working in a PT office.

Penelope Kenney Partlow Luckily, I am still very much alive and enjoying life. A year ago in June I was able to spend three days in Greenville, South Carolina, following my eldest grandson’s graduation from UNCW, with my oldest friend and fellow Chathamite, Jean Carrington Little ’49. We picked up where we left off more than several years ago, and had a wonderful visit.

We live at Broadmead, a great CCRC in suburban Baltimore, where we have been for the past five years. We still have our little cottage on the bank of the St. Lawrence Seaway in northern New York where I spend four to five months. I had a fabulous two week trip to Myanmar in March–a destination I had longed to visit for many years.

In May I was fortunate enough to be invited to the Chelsea Flower Show in London with a lovely flat to stay in Belgravia–an invitation too wonderful to turn down and a lovely ten days. Ralph and I are both reasonably well and

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mobile, which is a lot to be thankful for. All my family has either expired or moved to Arizona from Chatham, so I seldom, if ever, get back there.

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Mary Sloan Shoemaker We have down-sized and moved to a cottage connected to a retirement community. I know I will miss my garden as spring approaches, but it was a good move. 10 Creekridge Road, Greenville, South Carolina 29607

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Ellen Childs Lovejoy When Gwath and I met in Maine we raised a high five for what our class had done for the Annual Fund! You are wonderful. I was afraid we were all getting so old we would think the younger kids should do it, but you came through, and thank you. We are enjoying our retirement community in Exeter, but seem to be there only half

the time. I have great new friends, and Clare Curtis Rimmer ’50 is there from our class. It is a super facility, and if anyone is interested in coming to NE to live, I highly recommend it. It is called River Woods. We are not travelling as much to far away places as the farm keeps us busy. George is still doing the haying and I get to help occasionally, just on the tractor, not tossing bales!!

We have three of our sons here most of the weekends, and our other one in is northern Vermont raising grass fed meat and living off the grid. We are blessed to have them so near and for us to still be in fairly good health.

Nancy Gwathmey Harris ’50 driving and West Childs Lovejoy ’50 as passenger

Joanne Shartle Anderson ’49 Gary Fountain and Missy were

here in Santa Fe for a month, and I very much wanted to see them before they returned to school, so the four of us had lunch on Thursday, August 1 at the Cantina at the Santa Fe Opera. Gary is an opera aficianado and I wanted him to critique this summer’s operas for me, as I wanted to see at least one before we leave. I also called Doris Beasley Martin ’48, to see if she could join us, but she was having guests. I hope to see her before we return to Arizona in September. Chathamites I have seen in 2013 are Caroline “Tobi” Staub Callery ’49 in May. Caroline lost her husband, Chuck, later in the spring. And then I went to my 60th Smith College reunion and saw Davey (now known as Ginnie) Davidson McNaughton ’49. She has been head of the Smith College class of ‘53 for several years. I saw Povy LaFarge Bigbee ’51 and her husband, John, last November at their home in Las Cruces, New Mexico. And I saw Edie Nalle Schafer ’49, in Washington, DC in the spring.

Andy and I took an eighteen day driving trip this summer to see parts of the USA we had never seen. Colorado, Wyoming, then up to South Dakota to see Mt. Rushmore and the Badlands, then back across Wyoming to see Devil’s Tower and Cody, then Yellowstone Park and Jackson, where one of our daughters and her family are renting a house for a month. Actually, we had seen Colorado and Wyoming, but South Dakota and northern Wyoming were new. We live in a great country, and there is so much to see and enjoy!

Alison Fennelly Siragusa We have moved to Florida, which we like very much. Our house in Fort Payne was getting too large and we had too much property to worry about.

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Mary Webster Kampf STILL ALIVE and kicking. Busy life being bi-coastal. We spend four months + or - in New Hampshire and the rest in California and traveling–extended families are fine–working hard–have three grandchildren still in school–but they too will fly soon. We are both grateful for a happy and healthy life.

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Gail Lassiter Malin is looking forward to seeing Judy Ruffin Anderson ’53 this fall in Florida. We will have a small Chatham party with Margot Bell Woodwell ’53, Lala Mapes Maresi ’59, Lee Porter Page ’59, Pat Carter Hatch ’53, and maybe others!!

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Caroline Young Moore We have been travelling quite a bit—Panama Canal area, Namibia in South Africa last January, as well as Barcelona, Spain this spring. Son John Jr. is remarried and has two young girls as stepchildren—now we’re grandparents of eight!! Still in Aspen, Colorado with spring and fall in Martha’s Vineyard.

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Susan Zurn Malabre I enjoyed my visit to the campus in April— it looks beautiful and well-cared-for.

Carlotta Hellier Parsons My husband, John, and I will be moving to a new winter home in Sarasota, Florida. It is a CARE and the name is The Glenridge on Palmer Ranch. We look forward to moving to our new community, and know there is at least one Chathamite there, Carol Davenport ’47. As of this fall our address wil be: 5354 Drum Castle Pkwy, Sarasota, Florida 34238.

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Sally Saltonstall Willis ’58 Molly Buck ’58 and I hosted close friends Carroll Taylor Clark ’58, Floy Schroeder Ervin ’58, Leila McConnell Daw ’58, Wissie Thompson ’58, and Ellie Morgan Moran ’58 at my farm on August 6. We had many laughs, told stories about our fond days at Chatham, and got caught up on the last 55 years (do we really look that old?!)

Claire Gardner Robinson Retired from school counseling, but maintain my private practice. Volunteer in court through our domestic violence center helping people get restraining orders. Am singing in local shows. Four children all well, busy, and LOCAL! Am now a great-grandmother of one! Am still in Marshfield Hills—restored an old general store after my husband died.

Alice Williams Vining In mid-February 2013, Eda Williams Martin ’49 of Williamsburg, Virginia visited her sister Alice Williams Vining ’57 in Ann Arbor, Michigan for a self-described “siblings’ pre-spring fling” of theatre, music, and film, feasting on Ann Arbor’s rich and varied cultural offerings. The photo shows them at the University of Michigan’s Power Center with Prue Lloyd Rosenthal ’58, also a resident of Ann Arbor, before the Propeller Shakespeare Company’s superb production of The Taming of the Shrew.

Eda Williams Martin ’49, Prue Lloyd Rosenthal ’58, and Alice Williams Vining ’57

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Mary-Jo Loomis Kail I am still living up in the mountains (Smoky) in North Carolina. My children, Chuck, Kris-Anne, and Bill are all doing fine, as are my five grandchildren. Working on my veggie gardens and flowers. Hi to everyone.

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Nancy Campbell Fales Many good memories of my years at Chatham for which I am most grateful– best to all my classmates.

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Katherine Norcross Wheeler The Wheelers had a family reunion in Madison, Connecticut in late June, and all 19 of us gathered...10 grandchildren.

And we’ve had gatherings in Maine for some of our classmates: Diane Heiskell Schetky ’57, Janie Huntley Webster ’57, Mary Grew Mendler ’57, Martha Patterson Martens ’57, Isabel Merrill Lyndon ’57, Ann Staples Waldron ’57, and me.

Life is as it should be in Maine.

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Burleigh Vette Blust Our number of animals has decreased to two herfords, but our grandchildren have increased to ten!

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Brenda Taylor Babcock I am still very involved in genealogy but have given up all my jobs as president of two organizations —DAR and U.S. daughters of 1812.

Trying to join Jamestowne Society, but probably won’t make it. Must make the effort anyway! Son Whit is the A.D. at Cincinnati University and lives in Terrace Park, Ohio with his wife Kelly and three sons Drew, Brett, and Eli. Daughter Gini lives and works in Roanoke, Virginia as Marketing Director for 14 regional Business Colleges. Gosh, am I really in my seventies. I sometimes talk to and see Margaret McElroy ’59 in Charlottesville.

Daphne Crocker-White My daughter was married in June, my son bought a food truck (very San Francisco), my grandson is on a national bike racing team at 12, and I am writing a book.

Hopefully I will see Lisa Rosenberger Moore ’59 in the fall for our annual visit.

Monica MacRae Driver Robert retired in June and is a bit adrift. He was such

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Georgia Pugh ’59 at her studio in Hatfield, Massachusetts

a workaholic. I am still plugging away with the two web design and internet marketing studios. I am also busy with Mosaic Racing Stable which races thoroughbreds in small partnerships.

To add to the confusion, we are in the middle of restoring a small house right on the banks of the Hudson, and in a move that has me reeling, I exercised the right of first refusal on seven more acres, and with my sister Gwynne Macrae Pfiefer ’63, seem to be en route to becoming a land moghul. The land is right across from an island and a lovely park with hiking and biking trails. Soon a walking bridge across the Hudson will be opening just down stream. We hope to develop the land with a very limited number of small upscale houses sharing access to the river and with a trail to the walking bridge. It is a beautiful spot just across from Lock 5 and with views of a waterfall and a rapids. We have eagles, osprey, kingfishers, herons, and even a type of cormorant as well as beavers and muskrats. I would like to think I spotted a river otter, but that might be wishful thinking. The land is about 12 miles from the Saratoga racetrack and about 45 minutes from Mancester, Vermont. It is historically interesting too, as General Burgoyne crossed the Hudson with his cannons at this spot to fight the Battle of Saratoga. Burgoyne surrendered just down river and his surrender marked the turning point of the American Revolution. The roadbed he built to reach the river with his cannons is right outside my windows and still works great to launch a kayak or canoe. A last tidbit, I have discovered Aiken, South Carolina for the winter.

What a treat that is. I wish I had found it much sooner.

Lee Porter Page David and I returned to New Hampshire in June, and I had a great visit with Wissie Thompson ’58 in Kennebunkport in July. We will

Peggotty Worthington Gilson ’59, Betsy Baldwin Montague ’59, Wissie Thompson ’58, Lee Porter Page ’59, and Lala Mapes Maresi ’59

return to Florida by November 1 and I will resume my position as associate minister at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Vero Beach.

Georgia Pugh exhibited her Seawall Series of paintings at the Oxbow Gallery, Northampton Massachusetts (May 2013); Smith College Alumnae Group Show (May–August 2013); and The Art Gallery at the Rockefeller State Park Preserve, Sleepy Hollow, New York ( July 2013).

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Adelaide McKenzie Moss Hello classmates! Dyer and I are still loving life in Abingdon, Virginia...the Barter Theatre is a big deal for us, we are like groupies and love to run into the actors in town. It’s such a treasure. We also love going down to Jonesborough, Tennessee to storytelling, a different storyteller each week.

I’m still painting as much as I can, and I have a show here in the Arts Depot (the local artists’ association) opening March 6. Come see the show and see me too (more information on their website)! Now getting ready for another big 50th in June 2014!

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Margaret Williams Boyd My children, Pauline and John, live near me which makes me extremely happy. I have a 9-months-old granddaughter. I feel euphoria around her! I’m doing quite a lot of performing now. My own plays have been produced and several have been published. I’m preparing a solo theater piece for myself. A huge challenge for the memory!

Mary Allen Cox I have loved reconnecting with my roommate, Cornelia Van Cleve Williamson ’61!

Sissy Williams Boyd ’61 in a summer performance in Los Angeles

Diana Morton LePage My little sister, Dr. Jane Morton Jacobs ’63, has just been made an Adjunct Professor of Paediatrics at Stanford University. I’m very impressed, and I know how hard she’s worked for it.

Actually, I especially remember her slaving away while I was in Paris having a really great time.

New friends Laura Rand ’06 and So I’m happy for Diana LePage ’61 at the Meher Spiritual Center in Myrtle her as this is like Beach, South Carolina, where a cherry on top Diana spends her summers of her successful career.

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The Rev. Dr. Helen Beasley received her Doctorate in Ministry from Virginia Theological Seminary in April 2013.

Charlotte Jensen Jorgensen Hello 62’s. Since I joined reunion last year, so many of you have sent me letters and e-mails. I am thrilled! Thank you.

In Denmark everything is fine. My husband Poul is “fit for fight” (1 out of 10) surveyed! He was one of them.

We visited our house in France this past June, but have spent summer in Denmark with visits of our children and eight grandchildren. Right now people from France are visiting–so why not you from America? Denmark is a beautiful country, no mountains and we all ride our bicycles. We do though have cars!

Anne Gwaltney Peck I retired three years ago after 25+ years practicing law.

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oriented, A types. Steve and I have four children between us, all of whom live in the Seattle area, except one who, with her family, lives in Aix en Provence. Naturally, it’s our duty to visit them frequently so they don’t get homesick or anything.

All the children are doing very well. I have four wonderful grandchildren by marriage with whom Steve and I are planning to tour western National Parks next summer by motorhome. The grandchildren’s ages will be 10 to 14. Will there be enough space for all their electronic devices? Our two Border Collies will accompany us and provide herding services and additional chaos. My dignified father is turning over in his grave at the very thought of all this, but he would appreciate that I’m retaining the book and movie rights. Steve and I divide our time between Vashon Island near Seattle and Winthrop, Washington, a rural spot in the North Central Cascades. With our dogs, we volunteer through the Pet Partners (animal therapy) program at the Seattle Veterans’ Hospital. In Winthrop we love to garden, ski, cycle, hike, and snowshoe.

I’m still running (slowly) and this spring had the pleasure of joining my daughterin-law’s relay team in a local race (when one of the original team members backed out an hour before the event and they were desperate for a replacement). Steve is rehabilitating an ancient sailboat and I’m trying, with limited success but great enjoyment, to regenerate some of Miss Whiting’s art lessons. With many regrets I missed our 50th reunion last year due to my son’s wedding at our house in Winthrop. The wedding was a great success and the happy couple were apparently not offended by my comment that I’m glad we have the wedding out of the way so they can produce a grandchild. Best wishes to all classmates and old friends.

I’d love to hear from you!

Carol Jane Van Landingham A new grandson and six new lambs this year at Two Grammas Farm! What a wonderful 50th Reunion!!

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Judy Carter My partner, Susan, and I have spent the year celebrating our 20th anniversary.

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Class of 1963 returned to celebrate our Gold and Purple 50th Reunion on a late April/early May weekend and missed greatly all those who weren’t with us. Four husbands added to the hilarity. Judging by those who joined our merry ranks, we’re all better looking now than we were as teenagers! We still love a good party (several), and lots of conversation (continual), but we also still treasure Chatham traditions by honoring our dear departed classmates with a brief comforting memorial service in a garden near St. Mary’s Chapel following the customary chapel service Saturday afternoon. During our festive weekend we heaped honors on Hallam Hurt, M.D. ’63 with a Distinguished Alumna Award, and by the end of the school’s fiscal year late June, we had raised a whopping $70,880! as our total class gift, including money for both the annual fund and the librarian’s office project as part of the Lee Library renovations. We led all classes in Alumnae Participation in the Annual Fund this past year! Thirty-two classmates, of 40 who can be reached, contributed that total! We can be proud of one another and ourselves! horses. I am still enjoying the wonderful memories of our 50th reunion this past May. We all had such fun reconnecting after a lifetime and plan to come back for our 55th reunion in 2018.

Mary Michael Our 50th reunion far surpassed anything I could have imagined. I loved seeing those who attended and am only sorry more didn’t come.

After the reunion I went to NYC and spent a couple of days with Leslie Fenn Gershon ’63. I’m hoping we will follow up on the trip to the Amazon that we talked about. Now I am really serious about wanting to hear from Chathamites who might be passing through Sonoma County wine country.

Jean Armfield Sherrill Our 50th was so much fun! I’m sorry more of you couldn’t come. There was only one person whose identity I questioned and that was Mary Michael ’63. First of all, she is tiny and second of all, she has the most gorgeous white hair. I don’t know, but I think somebody heard what a cute, fun group we were/are and they crashed the weekend. I will have to say that this person was smart as a whip, just like Mary, and this person was telling stories and laughing right along with the rest of us, just like Mary—I don’t know!! You would not believe the

girl’s outfits—and they dressed up for us!! We missed all of you who couldn’t be there.

Virginia Willson Welch We have been on a roller coaster of a summer with five weddings and, thank goodness, only one funeral. First wedding was in Miami, next was a good friend who remarried after his first wife died. Then came the first European wedding in Sardinia at a gorgeous place next to a lagoon filled with flamingoes—on their way from someplace exotic. Did a little exploring in Sardinia, then back to Rome where one night we went to the opera at Caracalla--magical! Photo of me was taken at one of our favorite restaurants in Tuscany. Next, we went to southern Sweden for a cousin’s wedding. Glorious weather and we even went swimming in the Baltic. Not something I would have thought I’d enjoy, seeing how the last time I did it, the water was about 50 degrees and I jumped out faster than I jumped in.

Next, we head off to England where we will go to our grandest and final (whew!) wedding--at Winchester Cathedral with the Coldstream Guards playing at a private even for the first time since the 17th Century. Makes us feel way too lah-te-dah.

Jane Simmons Fairbrother ’63, Betsy Muhlfeld Ingram ’63, Gini Willson Welch ’63, Sally Gordon ’63, Leslie Fenn Gershon ’63, Amy Barrows Allen ’63, and Sandy Clement Haddad ’63 enjoy lunch on the water in Stonington, Connecticut Gini Willson Welch ’63 in Tuscany

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Buffington Clay Miller George and I keep busy in the San Francisco Bay area. We still ski at Squaw Valley in the winter, play tennis and golf in Sonoma most of the rest of the year, and visit with our two sons who both live in San Francisco.

Our son Buck works for Google, his wife Christine works for Twitter, and our son Joe is a mobile game developer. In the spring we took a month-long trip to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and many island groups to the east.

The highlight was 31 scuba dives with incredible fish and corals. My sister Adryon Clay ’68 lives in Raleigh, North Carolina and runs a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) where people come to get their vegetables each week.

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Jeffrey Zeiler So sad to report the death of my beloved husband of 32 years, Peter Dearing, in June 2013. I can’t say it was a surprise.

He lost his fight with cancer after 18 months, but I’m still reeling from the loss. Our two adult children and loads of friends help...but becoming a widow is an an amazingly difficult transition.

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Nancy Hanes White We have been celebrating our first grandson, born December 13, 2012!

Merritt Montgomery Lewis, grandson of Nancy Hanes White ’66

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Priscilla Wade Belsinger I lost my Mom, Ann Gray Large, last month to a four-month struggle with cancer. Poppy Stewart Lacey ’67 and Betsy Stout Foehl ’67 were both very supportive during this time.

Mom’s illness was so unexpected (such is cancer for anyone); she was 88 and, generally, in very good health. There were still so many fun trips we wanted to plan. My son, Nicholas, and his bride of one year (both teachers) have taken a one-year sabbatical to travel to many foreign countries; starting in Warsaw and continuing on to Morocco, South Africa, India, Vietnam, etc., and ending their trip in Australia where we will catch up with them in March. Nicholas has a passion for history and travel and he felt this was a must before starting a family.

Marney Ault Wasserman This should be our last year in Arizona. We’ve bought a condo on the Texas coast where we’re hoping to retire sometime in 2014. Grandkids are six, five, and four--in New York and Denver. We see our three wonderful children (their parents) as often as we can, youngest in Houston. Life is good. God is good.

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Jane Howard Cheever So sorry to miss our 45th reunion, but plan to be there for our 50th. I am a grandmother of two, Eloise age three, and Jack age 20 months. So much fun!

Christine Robinson Secor It was such fun to be at our 45th. I hope more classmates will make it to our 50th for a rockin’ time! I am blessed with a very full life, married to Jay (Founding Head of the Episcopal School of Knoxville) for 41 years, with two wonderful,

reunion 2013 Cousins Susan Overbey Funderburk ’63 and Dicke Tredway Sloop ’63

reunion 2013 Joan Gunter McCauley ’63, Jonye Green Briggs ’63, Jean Armfield Sherrill ’63, and Judy Carter ’63

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Ninna Fisher Denny Nellie Greene ’70 and I had lunch together with her mother, Cookie Robinson Greene ’41, after Nellie’s sermon.

Nellie’s goddaughter and her mother were also there, cheering for Nellie, our fearless leader and “golden girl.”

Pam Purcell ’70, Molly Steffey ’70, their daughters, Nellie, my husband, Breck, and the Purcell family all spent Labor Day together on The Saint Lawrence with Pam and her wonderful family!

wonderful to put my creative skills to work! Our son Elliott graduated from UNC and will be keeping our southern connection alive working for Regions Bank in Atlanta, Georgia! If anyone is coming near Freeport, Maine of LLBean fame, please come visit!!!

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Sower on the Cliffs by Helen Mirkil ’70

John Papadopoulos (husband of Sarah Morris ’72), Sarah Morris ’72, Rene Mesones (Diana’s younger son), Diana Simonds ’72, and (Diana’s older son) Juan Mesones at Juan’s graduation

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Nina Johnson Botsford Laura Brown Cronin ’72, Katie Belk Morris ’72, and Nina Johnson Botsford ’72 had a ball with their husbands at the wedding of Lili McKay Teiglands’s ’72 daughter in Charlotte in June!

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Nancy Lee Smith Kemper I enjoy seeing Robin Lucas Hawks ’69 in Washington, DC and had a fun “reunion” with Robin Peake Stuart ’69 and Nina Johnson Botsford ‘72 in Chicago in March.

Polly Smith ’70, son Elliott, husband Bill, and daughter Lucy

Polly Smith I have freed myself from the constraints of working for corporate America! Since March, I have been watercolor painting and have developed a line of cards and prints (pollydsmith. com is my website). I have also expanded my garden, so I sell veggies and my art work at a local farmer’s market. It’s Walker Johnson Jones ’70, Carolyn Carter Yawars ’66, Anne Sabiston Leggett ’74, Babe Kirk Unger ’73, Nina Johnson Botsford ’72, Kate Johnson Nielsen ’72, and Mimi Walker Ward ’66 at a Chatham Hall gathering at Member Guest Golf Tournament in Roaring Gap, North Carolina

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Patty Neff McCormack We are busy in Richmond! My daughter, Caroline Slaughter, gave birth to our first grandchild, Olivia Louise Slaughter, on 12/20/2012.

We bought a vacation home at The Greenbrier in West Virginia last fall and spent 10 months Patty Neff McCormack ‘72 and grandrenovating. daughter Olivia Louise Slaughter (Great granddaughter of Annette Now we are Lummis Neff ’43 and great great there all the granddaughter of Annette Gano Lummis ’17) time!

Sarah Morris Life continues to be busy in LA, and, and in Greece, where my husband and I have started a new archaeological project. We enjoy seeing classmate Julie Bennett Cleveland ’72 and her husband out here, and recently attended the high school graduation of Juan Mesones, son of Diana Simonds ’72, in Los Olivos, California. Hope to see more of you here, and in Greece!

pecting in October! My son Guy is a masters’ level counselor at the Beck Center for Cognitive Research at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also working on a certificate in Health Care Management.

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Muffy Dent Stuart Our 45th reunion was great fun as well as heartfilled as we had a private service in memory of classmates we have lost since graduation. Please put Derby Weekend 2018 on your calendars and come! I am still coordinating college scholarship fund for children of thoroughbred farm workers & love it. Three grandsons and a granddaughter on the way in September! xx to all.

1973 Jenny Pugh ’73 and Jane Garnett ’73 in Madrid, Spain

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Robin Musser Agnew Our daughter Margaret Agnew graduated with honors from Ripon College, in Ripon, Wisconsin in May of 2013.

Welcome to the McManus Schouchana family! From left to right: Mitchell, Michael, Caitlin McManus Schouchana ’76, and Pascal. We’re standing outside of our place in Avignon where we spend our summers. Other than that, we are still toiling away our lives in Paris. I’m an English teacher, Mitchell is in grad school in Vienna, and Pascal is in art school in Berlin.

1977 Pace Cooke Emmons ’77, Kate Bulkley ’77, Robin Musser Agnew ’77, and Robin Emmons ’14 all spent several days on the shore of Lake Michigan in August 2013

Robin Musser Agnew ’77 with daughter Margaret at Ripon College

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Margaret Sugino I cannot believe 40 years have passed before I made it to a reunion. Coming back to Chatham last May was wonderful. Catching up with old friends, meeting new ones, reminising while roaming the buildings and grounds, the old Oak Tree before its demise... sigh. I am so glad I came back, especially for a milestone reunion. I strongly urge my classmates to come back: reunion is great, good fun, and you won’t regret a single minute. I hope to see all of you at our next reunion.

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Anne Wynn Weissinger I am (finally) a grandmother.

My daughter, Leila, and her husband are the parents of a son. My son Charlie and his wife are ex-

Virginia Cates Bowie ’73 Our 40th reunion was the magic num-

ber—so much fun, we discussed doing it again next year. Nobody has aged and in my mind I was 18 again. Memorable moments: Having the best time talking to Kristin Caldwell Schad ’73 about USTA tennis (she is on 11 teams), her family roots in Charlottesville, and family (two beautiful daughters and one good-looking husband). Seeing pictures from Kerry Cogburn Tietjen’s ’73 daugther’s wedding. As it turns out, Kerry is a Debbie Reynolds look-a-like. And Peggy Sugino ’73 and I walking down to see the stables and the big oak tree. I found out her choice of high schools included Pakistan or Chatham Hall. And a trip to Pakistan and Europe perhaps opened Eugenie Russo’s ’73 eyes to a world vision. I got a precious picture of Jane Garnett ’73 cutting up with Gary Fountain. And Isabelle Selby ’73 led a gathering of our class to a tree overlooking the riding fields where she nailed a horseshoe in honor of Margo Kneibler Calandrino ’73 who died of cancer. Margo wanted to go on a ride—and she urged us to enjoy every day and not put off joy. Class of ’73—you have a special place in my heart!

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1978 Katherine Rivers Georges ’78, Muffy Dent Stuart ’68, Molly Davis ’79, MaryCaroline Farish Georges ’16, and Beth Robinson Willmott ’77 gathered at the Grey Goose in Midway, Kentucky for MaryCaroline Georges ’16, who is a legacy starting as a sophomore this year. MaryCaroline is also pictured at Lane’s End Stud Farm (Farish family cousins)

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Susan Metcalf made it to reunion with her mom, Hope Rogers Metcalf ’38, on the late side last May. We still had a wonderful quick reunion with old and new friends and a nice tour of the grounds with Missy Fountain.

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Elizabeth Agee saw Alicia Thompson ’80 in New York City for a conference and later at a party of a friend. We have recently been in touch and it was such a joy to meet up again after so many years!!

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Lisa Haemisegger Allis I am now living in The Hague in The Netherlands. I have been living here for two years with my Dutch husband. We enjoy “tiptoeing through the tulips” and celebrated our co-50th birthday at the world-famous Keukenhof tulip show this Spring!

Best wishes to all of my friends from Lisa Haemisegger Allis ’81 and husband Chatham Hall!

Susan Carlson Balderrama I have been living in Austin, Texas now for five years with my three daughters and my husband Rick. I am working towards being a dyslexic language therapist and loving the new change.

In my free time I ride my horse, breed labs, and run around with my kids. I always welcome visitors if you are ever in Austin, Texas!!!!

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Ginny Self Terry Stephanie Dozier Kirkman ’83 hosted Melissa Wilcox Bond ’82 and me for a week at her home in London, where we celebrated 25 years since living there together in 1987–1988. Lots of old Chatham stories were told as well!

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Tracy Bartlett Lively When I took this picture of Mary Elizabeth 15 years ago, the reality of her becoming a Chatham Hall girl seemed so far away.

We have moved eight times since then, so I am very excited to have found the picture, but mostly I am thrilled and so proud that she joined the Class of 2016! Go Purps!

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Sarah Collie After a severe ankle break last December followed by two surgeries and months of physical therapy, I reclaimed my running independence by completing a 5K on July 4th! On a professional note, I recently assumed a new role at the University of Virginia as Assistant Vice President for Organizational Excellence, a pan-institutional quality and improvement program to advance institutional strategic priorities.

reunion 2013 Tiffany Moore Duerr ’88,

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Lara Higdon Bourgeois I just started working fulltime at Randstad Corporate Office in Atlanta, Georgia. Before this I worked for a high school theatre costume company making costumes. I still see and talk on the phone with Lisa Rowe Bradley ’87 and Jill Busby Wade ’88: my Chatham sisters.

Semmes Wright Calvert I am currently taking classes to prepare for earning my second college degree in nursing.

class of ’89 25th Reunion Nancy Hilliard Joyce I am thrilled to announce that my fun-loving and extraordinary niece, Sara Stuart, began attending Chatham Hall this fall and will graduate with the class of 2015! She’s already found some GOLD clothing for her wardrobe and is excited about this new endeavor. I can’t wait for everyone to meet Sara and know for certain that I will be on campus visiting her as much as possible. I look forward to watching Sara embark on this new and noteworthy chapter of her life!

Alicia Thompson ’80 and Liz Agee ’80

Jane Redd I have a new old job, that of technical editor, after a hiatus of 10 years. Very happy to be back there!

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Laura Myers Casellas Still enjoying life in San Jose, California with my husband, Beto, and two sons. Let me know if you are in the area!

vacation in Tinos, Greece, the island where he was born and lived before his family relocated to Athens. We were blessed to have been surrounded by extended Greek family, my parents from Tennessee, and lots of friends from Paris. We are based in Paris where I have just started my own company specializing in brand development services for international companies seeking to develop, integrate, and assimilate in France. I look forward to hearing from anyway who may be coming to town.

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Stephanie Dozier Kirkman ’83, Melissa Wilcox Bond ’82, and Ginny Self Terry ’83 in front of Stephanie’s flat in London

Annette Kirby I received my Masters Degree in Liberal Arts Studies with an Art concentration in May of 2013.

Life is good in Bath County and the weather has been terrific if you like cool summers!

Alison Beckner Kaloumenos ’92 and husband Manthos Kaloumenos

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Susanna Hollingsworth Barnwell Hi everyone! My husband, Tim, and I summited Pikes Peak on Saturday, July 27! 13 miles up from 6,400 feet above sea level to 14,115 feet above sea level. It had been a goal of mine for a while and it felt fantastic to achieve it! If anyone is interested in doing this climb, I’d be happy to take you! I am planning to hike more of Colorado’s 50 14er’s in the near future. Tim and I are volunteering at the summit of the peak in August to greet the annual Pikes Peak Ascent runners at the top! Can you imagine running up that mountain??

Me neither, but I see them all the time and they are inspiring! I hope everyone is doing well! It was so great to see everyone at the reunion this year!

Michael Fountain and Laurel Cobble Fountain ’93 holding Everett Fountain with his older brothers, Flynn Fountain and Graydon Fountain

Laurel Cobble Fountain I am writing to announce the arrival of our third son, Everett Douglas Fountain. He was born on April 21, 2013 at 4:29 am. He was 8lbs 6.5oz and 21.5 inches long.

His older brothers, Flynn and Graydon, adore their little “Peanut.” I am busy at home with the three boys as well as volunteering on the Board of Commissioners at the Lewes Library. Michael’s production company, Writebrain Films, is located in Washington, DC. Due to his travel schedule, we will be splitting our time between Lewes, Delaware and Bethesda, Maryland starting this fall.

So sorry I missed reunion, but I have attached photos of my excuse!

Rachel Vice Parrott Hello Chatham Hall Sisters. I got to come home to Chatham Hall this past spring for our 20 year reunion and I had the time of my life...It was my first time away from my four children for more than one day ever. The campus and everyone there (and the food) were just wonderful. I kept thinking to my self that I just did NOT know how good we had it when we lived here! I felt like I was on an all inclusive vacation getaway.

Everything was taken care of for me (I did not have to cook for anybody)!

I just got to enjoy the peace and quiet of the beautiful campus. It was like taking a much needed spa vacation. I loved seeing everyone there. Some girls

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from my class of 1993 and I even met some new friends from other clases and some of the teachers and the current Headmaster and his lovely wife. I can’t wait for our 25th year reunion!!!! A quick glance at my current life: I live in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

I just celebrated my 15 year wedding anniversary on August 1. I have four beautiful children ages eight to two years old (one girl and three little boys).

I am a stay at home Mom and I have my hands FULL. We really enjoy living here at the beach. I hope that the rest of you are all doing great. Love to all of my Chatham sisters.

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Yumi Ogawa ’96, Jennifer Quainton ’96, Megan Grissett ’05, and Anna Robinson ’93 at a Chatham Hall gathering in New York City

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Katherine Blair Farmer and Ben Farmer welcomed Charles Lewis Famer to the world on April 10, 2013.

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Sarah Matista The past year has been a busy one for me!

After overseeing the marketing of a Relais & Chateaux inn and restaurant in North Carolina for seven years, I decided to make a big change and move to Washington, DC to pursue new opportunities. I now manage the online content strategy for Webs, the rapidly-growing digital arm of Vistaprint. I also make time for the culinary and architectural photography business I started in 2009 (sarahmatista.com) when I can. Luckily, the restaurants and

Liz Hutchinson ’98, Dede Mante Pearson ’98, Jennifer Jackson Moulton ’98, Susan Gillings Gross ’98, Kerry O’Neill Irwin ’98, Lori Palmore Heath ’98, Rose Ward Kreger ’98, and Monekia Brown Sheppard ’98

peland ’97, Suzanne West Clark ’97, Molly Groat Schaumann ’97, and Kimberly Bokesch Curtis ’97 at Suzanne’s wedding at Smith Mountain Lake in the spring

1997 Charlotte Curtis, daughter of Kimberly Bokesch Curtis ’97

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’80, Mary Elizabeth Wilkes ’03, Lindsay Shook ’02, Lydia Beresford ’03, Swim Coach Demery Close, Sybil Cole Young ’03, and Elizabeth Campbell Cales ’02

reunion 2013 Above right: Averil Liebendorfer ’03, Nan Futrell Liles ’03, Jennifer Hinson ’03, John Henry Waller, Mary Giddings Dunlap ’03, Mary Katherine Evans Rordam ’03 holding Mary Dunlap’s daughter, and Sarah Arnn Parrish ’03

reunion 2013 Left: Whitney Worthington Jones Allen ’03, Sybil Cole Young ’03, and Mary Elizabeth Wilkes ’03

Mary MrDutt Graduated from University of Washington School of Medicine with her MD this past spring. She is presently a General Surgery Resident with Texas A&M Scott and White.

Roshni Patel received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Mercer University on May 11.

Suzanne Gregory Newcomb ’01, Chelsea Saunders Shelton ’01, and Rebecca Boswell Parsons ’01 celebrate at Chelsea’s wedding in May

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Chelsea Saunders Shelton got married on May 18, 2013 to Ben Shelton in Danville, Virginia. Suzanne Gregory Newcomb ‘01, Rebecca Boswell Parsons ‘01, Shaye Coleman ‘02 and Tafton Coleman ‘99 were there to help them celebrate. Chelsea and Ben live in Madison, North Carolina.

Amy Merricks Chandler I received my CPA license in April of 2011 and currently work for the City of Danville as a Business Systems Accountant. My husband and I welcomed our first child on March 20, 2013, Benjamin Lee Chandler.

He weighed 7 pounds 9 ounces and was 19 inches Benjamin Lee Chandler, son of Amy Merricks Chandler and long. We are grandson of Chatham Hall’s all doing well. Chief Financial and Facilities

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Lelan Dunavant I just got engaged over Labor Day weekend. Mike planned a scavenger hunt throughout Nashville, where I met up with friends and family surprising me along the way, including Ashley Hockensmith ’09 and Sarah Hopkins (former Admission Counselor). Julia Rowe ’09 wasn’t able to be there, but she sent in a video clue. It was a complete surprise, and I feel so lucky, happy, and loved. Mike and I look forward to planning our 2014 wedding.

Samantha Franklin I am engaged!

My fiancé is Philip Hammond and we are getting married on May 17, 2014 in Charleston, South Carolina.

2004 Jordan Nyberg Ferris ’04 and husband Matthew Ferris were married in January 2013

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Taylor McCall After three years in London, during which I got my MA in History of Art at the Courtauld Institute of Art and worked for Christie’s auction house (among a few other odd art world jobs), I will be starting my PhD in History of Art at the University of Cambridge in the autumn. I anticipate it will take three years and am so excited for this new adventure!

their forever homes. Every day has been a challenge, but it is always worth it watching one of our animals walk out to start their new life! My personal life has been just as busy, including coming out and starting a relationship with a woman who is now deployed in Afghanistan. Our two year anniversary falls in the middle of her deployment, but if all goes Michelle McKee ’06 well we plan on and Paige Abe ’06 relocating closer to my family when she gets back. It’s been a crazy couple of years but it can only get better from here!

Michelle McKee ’06, Hannah Gilmore, and family

Michelle McKee I will hit my my two year anniversary at Watauga Humane Society on August 15 and was recently promoted to the position of Assistant Shelter Manager. We found homes for over 3,100 animals in the past two years and created a connection with North Shore Animal League in New York, so our highly adoptable small breed dogs can travel up north to find

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Emma Smith Castro I am pleased to announce that on June 22, 2013, I got married to the love of my life, Eric Castro. We were married at Woodberry Forest School by my father, David Smith, in a small ceremony with my sister Rebecca Smith ’10 as my maid of honor. Also at our wedding was Caroline Finke ’07 who flew in from Chicago to see us get married! It was a fantastic celebration and we could not be happier. We live and work together in NYC, and if you’re ever in Manhattan, feel free to drop by!

Officer, Ronald Merricks

Kimberly Daniels Michelle Thomas Supko ’02, her new baby, and her husband, Brian, have moved to Southern Pines (home of Kimberly Daniels ’02) just in time to celebrate her old roommate’s engagement to John Taws! Come visit us in the Pines!!

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Kathleen Burns, Caitlin Heston ’09, and Grace Fulop ’09 spent a few summer days in DC together. Grace has since relocated to Los Angeles for the year, Caitlin recently passed her nursing boards, and Kate is applying to medical school while teaching test-prep in the DC area. Kate and Caitlin are recreating some old dorm fun living in the same apartment complex!

Caitlin Heston ’09, Kate Burns ’09, and Grace Fulop ’09 in Kate and Caitlin’s neighborhood outside of the restaurant where the three ALMOST won a game of pub trivia

Ridgely Knight This summer has been one of the best! I was able to put my background in Anthropology to work in numerous ways. I took part in a program for two weeks in Segovia, Spain, where I stayed with a host family, learned about Spanish history, and traveled all over the country to explore the various cultures.

Then my Mom met me in Madrid, where we went to a bull fight. We then traveled to Venice and then to Prague.

Our next feat was driving a stick shift car through Germany with no GPS in order to get to Paris. We had a wonderful time together and I will never forget it. My last adventure was that I was

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.

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able to be a part of the University of Florida’s Field School for six weeks. We worked on an archaeology project they have been conducting for five years.

There were 15 of us total not including three TAs. It was an amazing experience even though archaeology isn’t my interest in school. We were working in the Ocala National Forest by the Silver Glenn River. We worked hard, found lots of beneficial artifacts, and features, and all got along very well! I was the only person not from Florida, and fortunately for my Wildcat blue blood I didn’t turn into a Gator! I am so blessed and am now looking forward to my last year at the University of Kentucky and will be spending this year thinking about where to go next!

Randall Wiseman a freshman at Delaware Valley College in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, won the Introductory Level Dressage National Championship held April 28 at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts.

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Catherine Merwin did a nursing roation in Dublin, Ireland in summer 2013.

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Anna Porter So excited to announce that Sasha Seliverstova ’13 joined me on campus in the fall. Hey Chatham, send more girls Lafayette’s way! I’ve spent my entire summer on campus working both here and in the area. It’s been worth every minute.

2010 Laird McIver ’10 and Adele Cornwall ’10 in Prague

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The Vineyard Vines Collection

Cartmell ’08, Maggie Oakes ’08, Lauren Tipton ’08, and Lea Lane ’08

were the first couple to be married in St. Mary’s Chapel on campus.

March 7, 2013. She was the cousin of Lydee Conway Hummel ’72.

Katherine Wood Palmer ’34 died October 23, 2012.

Mary Ferguson Sullivan ’38 died March 27, 2013.

Mary B. Wilson ’65 died June 23, 2013.

Patricia Grant Scull ’36, mother of Maya Scull Morriss ’61, died October 1, 2012

Marion McKee Dickerson ’40 died June 27, 2013.

Willard Clark “Mike” Freeman, husband of Iris Winthrop Freeman ’53 died April 17, 2013.

Virginia Downing Wiseman ’37 died August 30, 2013. She is survived by her granddaughter Randall Wiseman ’12 and niece Sandy Alcott Shalleck ’61, and was predeceased by her sister Dorothy Downing Maxson ’35. At age 11, Ginny came to Chatham Hall as one of three junior students. Before her graduation, she instructed other students in riding, and upon graduation, she became Chatham Hall’s riding instructor. While working at Chatham Hall, she met Ensign William Plumer Wiseman, and on June 3, 1943 they

Harriet Matthews Metcalf ’46 died June 22, 2012.

Anne Mott Booth ’49 died November 25, 2012.

Adele Arant Stockham ’49 died April 20, 2013.

Nancy Kester Neale ’52 died May 3, 2013. Nancy was the mother of Nancy “Leda” Neale ’78 and Erica Neale ’80, and the grandmother of Isabella Yeager ’07.

Elizabeth Elting Rogers ’54 died

Allene Overbey Hunt died April 8, 2013. She was the mother of Mollie Hunt Holmes ’68 and the grandmother of Lucy Holmes Erwin ’93.

Anne Kilbourne Jeffrey Robinson, mother of Trina Robinson Secor ’68 and grandmother of Christine Robinson ’06 died September 2, 2013.

Barbara Greer, mother of Barbara Greer ’78, died May 9, 2012.

Mary Cobb Nelson Tanner, former faculty member, died March 7, 2013.

The Whipping Man

by Matthew Lopez at the Hattiloo Theater On September 27 I flew from Lynchburg to Memphis to see The Whipping Man by Matthew Lopez at the Hattiloo Theater, a gem found in the artsy neighborhood of Midtown. Caleb DeLeon, a Jewish soldier, returns home after the Battle of Petersburg, in full denial that a wound in his leg will necessitate amputation. A freed domestic servant, Simon, is unaware that his beloved has been sold and will not be returning home from safe hiding. Another former servant, John, is out of touch with the extent of damage that has been done to his psyche at the hand of the Whipping Man, who had been hired by the DeLeon family to “reprimand” servants. As they observe Passover together, intertwining storylines unfold revealing the crippling nature of slavery and battle for all.

Bart Mallard, as Caleb, delivers an achingly honest performance, while Shadeed Salim, as Simon, embodies dignity with every inch of his performance. Finally, Delvyn Brown, as John, is an eye-opening storyteller. This is perhaps the most profoundly realistic account of the psychological damage done to the human heart during the Civil War written for stage. www.hattiloo.org ­

–MARGARET MCCOLLEY

fall

Mary Bernard Hamilton ’26 died December 1, 2011.

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Sisters Kaitlin Tebeau ’08 and Cassidy Tebeau ’13 work together during Chatham Hall’s service learning trip to Cuba last spring

Chatham Hall's Nilsen Scholarships will provide several full and partial-tuition, merit-based awards each year to new, domestic students who bring academic excellence and special talents to our community.

2013 To nominate a student or receive more info, please contact the Office of Admission toll-free at 877-644-2941.

tales from chatham hall from our last issue Thank you to those who wrote in trying to spy Georgia O’Keeffe, but no one was able to make a lucky guess!

2013–2014 calendar november

7–9 Fall Play: Steel Magnolias, Black Box Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

10–11 Admission Open House, Referrals Welcome, Call 434.432.5613 for Inquiries

18 Family Day in Honor of Grandparents, For All Family Members

december

5 Winter Music Concert, St. Mary’s Chapel, 6:50 p.m.

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

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

18 Christmas Pageant, St. Mary’s Chapel, 10:45 a.m.

january

11 FIRST Tech Challenge Robotics Meet at the University of Virginia

15–19 Model United Nations Conference at Columbia University

Laura Rand ’06, Editor of Chat 800 Chatham Hall Circle Chatham, VA 24531, or by email to lrand@chathamhall.org.

19–20 Admission Open House, Referrals Welcome, Call 434.432.5613 for Inquiries 31–1

Board of Trustees Meeting

february 1

Admission Application Deadline

1–2 Interscholastic Equestrian Association Horse Show at Chatham Hall

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Register for our online alumnae directory to stay connected

5–6 Admission Re-Visit Weekend, Call 434.432.5613 for Inquiries 8–9 Leader in Residence, Sherry Lansing, More Details to Follow

16–17 Interscholastic Equestrian Association Horse Show at Chatham Hall

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8–10 Model United Nations Conference at the University of Virginia

16 Reception and Reading, Philadelphia, PA, 2:00–4:00 p.m., Hosted by Nellie Greene ‘70 and Helen Mirkil ‘70

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20–22 Winter Musical, Van Voorhis Lecture Hall, 7:30 p.m.

28–1 Winter Dance Performance, More Details to Follow

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9–21 Chatham Hall in South Africa, Registered Students, Parents, and Alumnae

8–9 Interscholastic Equestrian Regional Finals at Chatham Hall

23 Virginia Opera Performance, St. Mary’s Chapel, 7:00 p.m.

29 Reading, Amber Dermont, Writer in Residence, Van Voorhis Lecture Hall, 7:00 p.m.

may 1–2

Alumnae Council Meeting

2–4 Reunion Weekend, All Welcome, Special Celebrations for Classes Ending in 4 & 9 2

Board of Trustees Meeting

16–17 Spring Dance Performance, More Details to Follow 30

Lantern Ceremony, 9:00 p.m.

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Baccalaureate and Commencement

july

13–19 Riding Camp Session I for girls ages 9–16, Contact Samantha Pleasant Fleming sfleming@chathamhall.org or 434.432.5605 for Inquiries 13–25 Summer Investigators Science Camp for girls grades 6–8, Contact Dennis Oliver doliver@chathamhall.org for Inquiries 20–26 Riding Camp Session II for girls ages 9–16, Contact Samantha Pleasant Fleming sfleming@chathamhall.org or 434.432.5605 for Inquiries 27–1 Riding Camp Session III (Intensive) for ages 12–17, Open to Chatham Hall Riders with the option to show August 2 & 3, Contact Samantha Pleasant Fleming sfleming@ chathamhall.org or 434.432.5605 for Inquiries

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chatham hall

annual report

total gifts 2012–2013 annual capital & fund special gifts endowment

gifts in kind

alumnae parents grandparents parents of alumnae faculty & staff friends foundations, corporations & matching gift companies

total

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total gifts

969,031

466,796

548,066

37,440

2,021,333

66,917

12,525

10,150

3,026

92,618

6,885

275

10,000

0

17,160

99,368

337,923

7,250

0

444,541

24,032

0

0

1,812

25,844

32,414

2,000

17,152

100,597

152,163

30,089

75,000

0

1,011

106,100

$1,228,736

$894,519

$592,618

*Includes gifts, but not pledges, received between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013.

Gifts from alumnae who are also parents or grandparents are listed on the alumnae line.

participation alumnae 34%

parents 53%

grandparents 19%

$143,886 $2,859,759

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2012–2013

benefactors

In 2012–2013, gifts from the Benefactors Society—a group of 204 donors who gave gifts totaling $1,000 or more to the Annual Fund, the endowment, and/or other purposes—provided the foundation of support for Chatham Hall.

The Benefactors Society includes 46 Rector’s Circle members—donors who support the Annual Fund with gifts of $10,000 or more. We are deeply grateful for these leaders and all of the 1,259 alumnae, parents, grandparents, teachers, and friends who keep Chatham Hall strong. $250,000–$499,999

Kathelen and Daniel Amos P’07, ’12 Robin Tieken Hadley ’57 R Penelope Perkins Wilson ’41, P’67 R

$100,000–$249,999 Diana Stallings Hobby ’48 Linda Mars ’78 R Mary Bailey Vance Suitt ’69 † R

$50,000–$99,999

The Guilford Foundation Lisa Rosenberger Moore ’59 R

$25,000–$49,999

Jane Garnett ’73 R Special Fund #6 of the Hampton Roads Community Foundation R Jean Armfield Sherrill ’63 R Nevin and Dora Thomas P’02, ’04 R

$10,000–$24,999

Alumnae Association Lucy McClellan Barrett ’53 R Povy LaFarge Bigbee ’51, G’03, ’09, ’10, ’11 R Nina Johnson Botsford ’72 R Magalen Ohrstrom Bryant ’46 R

Katharine Bulkley ’77 R Judy Carter ’63 Katharine Reynolds Chandler ’68 R Mary W. Covey Charitable Trust R Katherine Cravens ’55 R Laura Brown Cronin ’72 R Ben and Betty Davenport R Sarah Martin Finn ’74 R Gary Fountain R Melissa Evans Fountain R Patricia R. Frederick ’57 R Stacey Goodwin ’83 R Paul and Cynthia Googe P’09 Susan Gillings Gross ’98 R Polly Wheeler Guth ’44, P’70 R Katherine Coleman Haroldson ’75 R Barbara Mallory Hathaway ’39 R Channing Howe P’69 R Walker Johnson Jones ’70 R Pauline Dent Ketchum ’70 R Sarah Monarchi Longpré ’84 R John and Adrienne Mars P’78 R Josephine McFadden ’57 R Lillian Lineberger McKay ’48 and Hamilton W. McKay, Jr. P’72, ’75, G’10 R Carol Monarchi P’84 R Jobe Morrison G’08, ‘13 Jane Everhart Murray ’63 Kate Johnson Nielsen ’72 R The Louise P. Overbey Trust R Lea Cumings Parson ’44, P’65, ’68 R Joan Coulter Pittman ’55 R Christine Robinson Secor ’68 R Robin Peake Stuart ’69 R Richard and Nancy Tebeau P’08, ’13 Barbara Briggs Trimble ’39 R Frank and Mary Varanelli P’14 R William and Diane Walker P’09 Ross Walton P’16 R Constance Flint West ’66 R

$5,000–$9,999

Susan Fox Beischer ’59 Susan Fair Boyd ’51 Katharine Bulkley P’77 Mary Hooker Crary ’45 J. Belk Daughtridge P’13 Beverly Edgell P’93 Edmond and Angela Fitzgerald P’13 Douglas and Elizabeth Goldstein P’12 Isabel Hooker ’43 Virginia Johnson P’70, ’72 Andrea Littman Long ’96 Richard Lynd Eleanor Silliman Maroney ’58 Katie Belk Morris ’72 Clare Harwood Nunes ’52 Cynthia Bryant Parker ’61 Jane Preyer ’72 Anne Robinson P’68 William and Janis Simpson Michelle Thomas Supko ’02 Cassidy Tebeau ’13 Studie Johnson Young ’70

$2,500–$4,999

Anonymous Anne Bryant ’67 Jerry and Judith Clark P’04

Cynthia Coe Devine ’73 Jian Ding and Yi Wang P’16 Mary Dunbar ’71 Melanie Kirk Holton ’87 Hallam Hurt ’63 Alice Pack Melly ’52 Michael and Patricia O’Brien P’06, ’07 Cynthia Rodriguez P’13 Elizabeth Elting Rogers ’54 † Muffy Dent Stuart ’68 Barbara Billings Supplee ’53 Natalie Farrar Theriot ’55 Richard and Christina Thomas P’15 Charles and Cheryl Tuck P’13 Margaret Horner Walker ’58 E. Carlton and Shay Wilton Linda Witherill ’49

$1,000–$2,499

Judith Aberg G’15 Joanne Shartle Anderson ’49 Boyce Lineberger Ansley ’64, P’90 Gray Baird ’58 Ellen Simmons Ball ’73 Katherine McKay Belk-Cook ’44, P’72 Patricia Parshall Berger ’56 Mary Duncan Bicknell ’60 Fred and Brenda Blair P’92, ‘00 Mary Boy ‘75 Linda Lovelace Brownrigg ‘53 Theodore Bruning Fay Wilmerding Burdon ‘57 Eleanor Burke Farris ‘86 Mary Kemp Callaway ‘58 Campbell Insurance Company Kathleen Arey Carroll ‘67 Virginia Carter ‘76 Hongsheng Chen and Wenfang Wei P’15 Louise Clarke ‘63 Alexandra Coe ‘79 Lois Hart Coleman ‘46 Barbara Collie P’85 Sarah Collie ‘85 Trygve Norstrand Cooley ‘48 Jacquelin Crebbs and Graham Evans Carol Babcock Davenport ‘47, P’70 Sally Dunham Davis ‘50 Frederick B. Dent P’68, ‘70 Thomas and Martha Dixon P’15 Deborah Detchon Dodds ‘61 Elizabeth Slade Driscoll ‘50 Sally Witt Duncan ’44 Olivia Hutchins Dunn ’53 Dale and Denise Evans P’15 Joanna Edgell ’93 Mary Applegate Fisher ’36, P’64 Diana Howard Fisketjon ’78 Sara Cruikshank Foster ’46 Laurel Cobble Fountain ’93 Virginia Beresford Fox ’52, P’80 Mary Freed ’86 Iris Winthrop Freeman ’53 Gary and Carol Gibson P’09 Sarah Dabney Gillespie ’77 Zachary and Felicia Hairston P’15 Mary Beth Hamlin P’07 Nancy Gwathmey Harris ’50 Douglas and Kathryn Hendrickson P’02

Elsie Hilliard Hillman ’43 Sanders Beard Hockensmith ’74, P’05, ’06, ’08 James and Melanie Hogg P’15 Lynn Rosengarten Horowitz ’67 Roger and Jill Jenkins P’09 Jean Merritt Johnston ’62 Julia Morris Kashkashian ’75 Martha Ann Keels ’75 Nancy Lee Smith Kemper ’69 Annette Kirby ’80 Priscilla Pugh Kirkpatrick ’62 Sterling and Linder Laffitte P’14 Lynnette Lawson and Richard Mills P’15 Ellen Childs Lovejoy ’50 Gladding Schaff Markunas ’68 Bradford Simmons Marshall ’76 Joan Gunter McCauley ’63 Robert and Mary McIver P’10 Joanna Sperry Mockler ’51 Ann Ward Morgan ’48 William and Susan Morris G’14 Janice Copley Obre ’67 Mary Norris Preyer Oglesby ’68 Lee Porter Page ’59 Hallie Bettcher Pettegrew ’86 Robin Revis-Pyke Catherine Roberts ’74 Frances Wallace Robertson ’73 Michael and Donna Robertson P’15 Patricia Robinson ’70 Ellen MacVeagh Rublee ’50, P’78 Catherine Doeller Sage ’80 Dennis and Cynthia Samuel P’16 Bill Sherrill and Lori Wainright P’13, ’14 Mary Sloan Shoemaker ’49 Marc and Cynthia Shook P’02 Richard Simmons Herk and Sherry Sims G’15 Kimmie Stuart Sloane ’41 Kathryn Reed Smith ’45 Janet Tremaine Stanley ’68 Caroline Hartwell Stewart ’44, P’67 Ruth Stuart G’14 Sallie Grace Tate ’81 Danielle Thomas ’04 Margery Hobson Thomas ’44 Wissie Thompson ’58 Marney Ault Wasserman ’67 Katharine Watson ’60 Virginia Willson Welch ’63 Frances Sommers Wheelock ’75 Sally Saltonstall Willis ’58 John and Patricia Wilson P’16 Mary B. Wilson ’65 † Sarah Jones Winmill ’49 Alice Blum Yoakum ’48 Sherley Young ’57

the esto perpetua society* Created in 1996, the Esto Perpetua Society celebrates the vision and commitment of individuals who will shape Chatham Hall’s future through their estate plans. We invite you to visit www.chathamhall.org/giving/ and click on the interactive, professionally-supported link Estate & Financial Planning for information relevant to your personal and philanthropic goals.

To join the Esto Perpetua Society, contact Melissa Evans Fountain at 434 432-5549 or mfountain@chathamhall.org.

Anonymous (8) Kathleen Arey Carroll ’67 Jennifer Austell-Wolfson ’82 Jenifer Barnes Garfield ’50, P’79 Barbara Billings Supplee ’53 Mary Blodgett ’35 Anne Bryant ’67 Cynthia Bryant Parker ’61 Charlotte Caldwell ’70 Jacqueline Cannon Brown ’56 Judy Carter ’63 Elizabeth Cary Pierson ’71 Cynthia Coe Devine ’73 Joan Coulter Pittman ’55 Jane De Hart ’54 Muffy Dent Stuart ’68 Mary Dunbar ’71 Cynthia Dyer Hancock ’71 Joanna Edgell ’93 Claudia Emerson ’75 Susan Fair Boyd ’51 Elizabeth Farmer ’64 Natalie Farrar Theriot ’55 Alison Fennelly Siragusa ’50 and Ross Siragusa P’71 Patricia R. Frederick ‘57 Jennifer Gammill McKay ’84 Josephine Gilmore Bell ’57 Marguerite Hillman Purnell ’38 Mary Hooker Crary ’45 Janie Huntley Webster ’57

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

Eleanor Pennell ’48 Anne Perkins Cabot ’47 Lynn Pixley Scott ’61 Polly Porter ’42 Mary Reed Spencer ’74 Elizabeth Reigeluth Parker ’64 Anne Rodgers Feldman ’57 Patricia Schoen Gile ’45 Mary Shallenberger ’66 Joanne Shartle Anderson ’49 Sarah Shartle Meacham ’51 Frances Sommers Wheelock ’75 Sallie Grace Tate ’81 Ann Taylor ’54 Maris Wistar Thompson ’58 Emily Todd ’75 Janet Tremaine Stanley ’68 Lisa Vilas Weismiller ’69 Courtney Vletas ’87 Lucy Webster Archie ’87 Polly Wheeler Guth ’44, P’70 Elizabeth White-Hurst ’99 Jane Wilson ’77 Mary B. Wilson ’65 † Sally Witt Duncan ’44 Virginia Worthington Marr ’55 Jane Yardley Amos ’59, P’91

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

bequests and planned gift disbursements

Estate of Mary Bailey Vance Suitt ’69 *Alumnae appear by maiden name first in the list. † Deceased

R Rector’s Circle members are donors to the Annual Fund who contribute $10,000+. † Deceased

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endowed funds scholarships

Alumnae Legacy Scholarship Fund Caroline S. Biedenharn ‘03 Endowed Scholarship Fund 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 Endowed Scholarship Fund Katy Close ’79 Scholarship Fund George D. Dayton II Scholarship Fund Karen von Maltitz DeWolfe ’60 Memorial Scholarship Fund Connie Gibson Memorial 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 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 Brittingham Wallace ’44 Legacy Scholarship Fund Zachar - Holt Scholarship Fund

student support funds

Ellen Baldridge ’88 and Margaret Baldridge ’90 Dean’s Discretionary Fund to help girls in crisis

Lucy M. Barrett ’53 Student Travel Award Mimi Norcross Fisher ’55 Endowment Fund for Adolescent Development Goldstein Family Endowed Student Travel Award Hallam Hurt ’63 Student and Faculty Foreign Travel Award Julia Northington Rowe ’05 Leadership Fund Kaitlin R. Tebeau ’08 and Cassidy A. Tebeau ’13 Student Travel Award Fund

faculty and staff support

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 in support of faculty and staff benefits Class of 1956 Faculty Professional Development Fund Class of 1957 50th Reunion Fund for Faculty Salaries and Benefits Faculty Retirement Fund Faculty Support Endowment Fund Edward E. Ford Foundation Fund for Faculty Futures Madame Marie Gagarine Teaching Endowment Greene Field Fund in memory of Rocky Delano and Peggy Pile and in honor of Nellie Greene Robin ’57 and John Hadley Instructorship in Mathematics John W. B. Hadley Instructorship in Science Kate Johnson Nielsen ’72 Faculty Support Fund Georgia O’Keeffe 1905 Fund Barbara Jacobi O’Reilly ’57 Fund to Secure Current Faculty Salaries and Benefits Plant Foundation Fund Virginia Stewart Fund Betty Thornton Endowment Fund William Woolsey Yardley Memorial Employee Endowment Fund

other special purposes academic funds

The Sarah C. Benson ’47 Endowed Music Fund Alexandra Sterling ’03 Science Educational Materials Endowment Wray Environment Fund

awards funds

Class of 2012 Athletic Award Gene Scott Connor ’34 Memorial Championship Tennis Cup Fund Virginia Henry Holt Award for a sophomore who is a superior student, who best exemplifies the character, deportment, energy, kindness and grace of the ideal student at Chatham Hall Lillian Evans Lineberger New Girl Award Fund

Catherine Ingram Spurzem ’74 Creative Writing Award Fund Helen Gregory Yardley Award for Excellence in Sculpture

guest speakers/ concert funds

Joan Danforth Cook ’48 Concert Lecture Fund The Polly Wheeler Guth ’44 Leaders In Residence Fund Leadership Speakers Fund Made Possible by the Classes of 1944, 1968 and Other Individual Donors Shirley Baker Pond ’48 Fund for Chapel Speakers

library funds

Sally Witt Duncan ’44 and A. Baker Duncan Book Fund Abbie Rickert Hershey ’57 Library Book Endowment Fund Trina Robinson Secor ’68 Leadership Library Fund

maintenance funds

Class of 1940 50th Reunion Fund for the upkeep of St. Mary’s Chapel Class of 2007 Family Gift Fund General Heritage Fund Heritage Fund Langhorne and Gertrude Wilson Jones ’23 Perennial Garden Fund Haddon Kirk Chapel Courtyard Memorial Fund Kitchen and Dining Room Maintenance Fund Mars Riding Endowment St. Mary’s Chapel Fund Shaw Science Building Maintenance Fund Jerry Van Voorhis Lecture Hall Maintenance Fund Penelope Perkins Wilson ’41 Heritage Fund

miscellaneous funds Jeffrey Ferguson ’41 Endowed Chapel Fund Rector’s Discretionary Fund Technology Endowment

unrestricted

Annual Giving Endowment Class of 1942 50th Reunion Unrestricted Endowment Fund General Endowment William R. Kenan Jr. Endowment Fund Kirby Fund Elizabeth Beckwith Nilsen ’31 Endowment Fund Virginia L. Radley Endowment Fund Marlene R. Shaw Endowment Fund

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The following lists include donors to all funds at Chatham Hall. Alumnae are listed by class year and alphabetically by maiden name.

Alumnae Participation 34% | Young Alumnae Participation (Classes 2000–2012) 30% Alumnae Chair: Mary Freed ’86 honorary alumnae Participation 30% Dee Burch Dora Thomas B E Lockett Van Voorhis

class of 1936

Penelope Perkins Wilson B Sarah Robbins Bradshaw Harriett Sayre Noyes Kimmie Stuart Sloane B

class of 1942

Participation 50% Virginia Downing Wiseman Katharine Hobson Sturtevant

Participation 38% Class Agent: Lucy Charles Jones Bendall Lucy Charles Jones Bendall Mathilde Kingsland Burnett † Polly Porter E Lee Stuart Cochran Mary Tiedeman Hoagland Mary Walton Curley

class of 1938

class of 1943

Participation 100% Mary Applegate Fisher B

class of 1937

Participation 67% Hope Rogers Metcalf Virginia Vinnedge Wheaton

class of 1939

Participation 40% Barbara Briggs Trimble B Marion Lowry Pennell Barbara Mallory Hathaway B E Mary Speer Marr

class of 1940 Participation 14% Eugenia Lovett West

class of 1941

Participation 53% Madeleine Clark Johnson Edith Gwathmey Grassi Ethel Hix Darrell Tina Jewett Hartshorne

Participation 53% Patricia Anderson Dolan Edith Bettle Gardner Anne Campbell Clement Pauline Harrison Winans Finn Elsie Hilliard Hillman B Isabel Hooker B Janet Ketchum Whitehouse Mary Sheldon Burns Sally Thacher Amory Joan Williams Graham

class of 1944

Participation 41% Class Agent: Caroline Hartwell Stewart Lea Cumings Parson B Caroline Hartwell Stewart B Margery Hobson Thomas B Katherine McKay Belk-Cook B Susan McKnew Caskin Joan Stanley French

Chatham Fields, acrylic on canvas, by Lily Fulop ’14

Martha Tinkham Price Polly Wheeler Guth B E Sally Witt Duncan B E

class of 1945

Participation 57% Class Agent: Mary Hooker Crary Sara Bankson Stenson Phyllis Bradshaw Pettit Sally Hillman Childs Mary Hooker Crary B E Marion Jones Kingsford Anne Lee Reath Laura Lee Bullitt Mary McChesney Ten Eyck Sally McCrillis Eldredge Frances Menefee Weeks E Marilyn Morss MacLeod Margaret Murray Baldrige Kathryn Reed Smith B Jean Ruffin Lilly Patricia Schoen Gile E Charlotte Streeter Goodhue

class of 1946

Participation 53% Class Agent: Eleanor Owens Earle Sara Cruikshank Foster B Helen Dempwolf Goodhue Joan Dodge Rueckert Lois Hart Coleman B Emma Hodge Sarosdy Joan Houston McCulloch Florence Hunter Ault Mary Lee Muromcew Joan Miller Tait Ann Mitchell Throop Magalen Ohrstrom Bryant B Eleanor Owens Earle

Priscilla Pruden Garretson Sally Quinby Gibbs Victoria Thomson Romig Helene Zimmermann Hill

class of 1947

Participation 57% Class Agents: Carol Babcock Davenport Carol Babcock Davenport B Martha Bacon Hartfiel Noel Barnes Williams Martha Blankarn Halsey Nancy Evans Gruner Cecily Hogg Morrow Gainor Ingersoll Miller Joan Kurtz Ferguson Anne Perkins Cabot E Cordelia Ruffin Richards Annette Shelden Dykema Eleanore Walton Bequaert

class of 1948

Participation 47% Class Agents: Margaret Ryburn Topping Harriet Simons Williams Doris Beasley Martin Alice Blum Yoakum B Mary Fox Church Anne Gulliver Frey Margaret Ker Gotz E Lillian Lineberger McKay B E Jane-Kerin Moffat Trygve Norstrand Cooley B Anne Osborne Swain Eleanor Pennell E Virginia Plews Robey Margaret Ryburn Topping Jane Schaff Odell Harriet Simons Williams Diana Stallings Hobby B Barbara Townsend Crawford Ann Ward Morgan B

class of 1949

Participation 47% Jean Clark Eysenbach Anne Foley Doucet Patsy Hardie Forrest Sarah Jones Winmill B Elisabeth McGinty Laigle Joanne Shartle Anderson B E Mary Sloan Shoemaker B Martha Snowdon North Caroline Staub Callery Ann Trowbridge Richter Catherine Van Rensselaer Townsend Frederica Wellington Valois Linda Witherill B Lucie Wray Todd

class of 1950

Participation 54% Class Agents: Ellen Childs Lovejoy Nancy Gwathmey Harris Jenifer Barnes Garfield E Elizabeth Barney Fooks B Benefactors Society members are donors who contribute $1,000+ to the Annual Fund or for other purposes.

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class of 1951

Participation 42% Class Agent: Sarah Shartle Meacham Laurene Berger Owen Kent Brain Rogers Joan Chickering Volberg Ann Cochran McCandless Margaret Dayton Ankeny Susan Fair Boyd B E Povy LaFarge Bigbee B E Saraellen Merritt Langmann E Christina Sawtelle Teale Sarah Shartle Meacham E Mary Shoup Gardner Joanna Sperry Mockler B Mary-Stuart Waterbury Alvord

class of 1952

Participation 37% Class Agent: Alison Wright Cameron Virginia Beresford Fox B Carolyn Borders Danforth Anita Caine Schenck Josephine Cornwell Parman Clare Harwood Nunes B Alice Pack Melly B Alison Ruder Thomas Lee Sullivan Born Mary Webster Kampf Alison Wright Cameron

class of 1953

Participation 71% Class Agents: Barbara Billings Supplee Lucy McClellan Barrett Cecily Allen Mermann Margot Bell Woodwell Barbara Billings Supplee B E Anne Bourne Rose Patricia Carter Hatch Winston Case Wright Joan Cass Adams Jane Clark Reeder Jean Connelly Mooney Lee Edwards Anderson Susan Elder Martin Beverly Hammer Dickinson Olivia Hutchins Dunn B Betsy Kenney O’Brien Elizabeth Lackey Johnston Gail Lassiter Malin Louise Lineberger Roberts Sara Love Downey Linda Lovelace Brownrigg B Lucy McClellan Barrett B Cornelia Mueller Gibson Judith Ruffin Anderson Doris Silliman Stockly Mary Catherine Sours Plaster Iris Winthrop Freeman B

class of 1954

Participation 41% Class Agents: Ann Taylor Judith Turben Walrath Mary Blair Simmons Sandra Butler Gardner

Jane De Hart E Elizabeth Elting Rogers † Betty Gullatt Budlong Elizabeth Jefferys Dees Judy McMurray Achre Margaret Morss Stokes Elizabeth Peters Turner Caroline Ramsay Merriam Elisabeth Swan Weitzel Ann Taylor E Judith Turben Walrath Donna Vroman Kreidler Angela Winthrop Getchell Ann Woolfolk Austin Caroline Young Moore

class of 1955

Participation 37% Class Agent: Martha Justice Martin Barbara Barker Elizabeth Blanton McHargue Anne Burling Joan Coulter Pittman B E Katherine Cravens B Shelby Elliott Roberts Susan Embree Parker Natalie Farrar Theriot B E Carlotta Hellier Parsons Martha Justice Martin Elizabeth Marshall Games Louanna Owens Carlin Nancy Starr Tyson Virginia Worthington Marr E Susan Zurn Malabre

class of 1956

Participation 46% Evelyn Bullitt Hausslein Jacqueline Cannon Brown E Carol Culver Bitting Irene Darden Field Judith Fenn Duncan Dina Kauders Leonard Alice Lineberger Harney Joday Litton Blevins Dandridge Logan Ince Mary-Jo Loomis Kail Josephine Noel Dietz Nancy Olmsted Kaehr Patricia Parshall Berger B E Marcia Pyle Welch Emma Scott Christopher Sue Wolf Moore

class of 1957

Participation 68% Cynthia Blair Miller Sally Bramstedt Richards Nancy Campbell Fales Ellen Day Ross Sharon Ellis Miller Patricia Frederick B E Claire Gardner Robinson Josephine Gilmore Bell E Stuart Greene Ann Hay Reeves Janie Huntley Webster E Josephine McFadden B E Isabel Merrill Lyndon Eugenie Millan Campbell Martha Moffitt Carlstrom Katherine Norcross Wheeler E Martha Patterson Martens Ann Staples Waldron Virginia Thornton Craley Robin Tieken Hadley B Alice Williams Vining Fay Wilmerding Burdon B Sherley Young B

class of 1958

Participation 49% Class Agents: Margaret Horner Walker Sally Saltonstall Willis Florence Schroeder Ervin Gray Baird B Molly Buck Margaret Bullitt Pough Allen Craig Mears

class of 1960

Olive Hershey Margaret Horner Walker B Mary Kemp Callaway B Anna Lineberger Stanley Amanda Mackay Smith E Leila McConnell Daw Eleanore Morgan Moran Page Nelson Loeser Rebecca Roberts Sally Saltonstall Willis B Florence Schroeder Ervin Eleanor Silliman Maroney B Wissie Thompson B E Burleigh Vette Blust

Participation 40% Class Agent: Frances Johnson Lee-Vandell Mary Austin Lowery Martha Battle Stathers † Marion Benson Miller Marjorie Canby Lallemand Mary Duncan Bicknell B Helen Dunn Susan Dwelle Baxter Elizabeth Walter-Echols Denny Fowler Pierce-Grove Kay Graham McCullough Frances Johnson Lee-Vandell Jo Alice Laughlin Kelly Eleanore Lee Margaret Lloyd Keuler Adelaide McKenzie Moss Sharon Rafferty Patterson Margaret Reeder Crosbie Audrey Sawtelle Delafield Margot Steenland Cater Katharine Watson B

class of 1959

Participation 36% Emily Arents Margaret Cushing Mary Fishburne Heuchert Marian Foster Clifford Susan Fox Beischer B Robin Holt Cochran Priscilla Mapes Maresi Margaret McElroy Barbara McMillan Lee Porter Page B Lisa Rosenberger Moore B Margaret Worthington Gilson Jane Yardley Amos E

class of 1961

Participation 32% Class Agent: Cynthia Bryant Parker Mary Allen Cox Sarah Belden Ravndal

top 20 class giving CLASS OF 1936

100%

CLASS OF 1963

76%

CLASS OF 1953

71%

CLASS OF 1957

68%

CLASS OF 1938

67%

CLASS OF 1970 CLASS OF 1945

57%

CLASS OF 1947

57%

CLASS OF 1950

54%

CLASS OF 1941

53%

CLASS OF 1943

53%

CLASS OF 1937

50%

CLASS OF 1946

50%

CLASS OF 1958

49%

CLASS OF 1948

47%

CLASS OF 1949

47%

CLASS OF 2006

46%

CLASS OF 1956

46%

CLASS OF 1964

45%

CLASS OF 1993

44%

annual fund G OA L

$1,100,000

348

people gave a larger gift in Fiscal Year 2012–2013 than in Fiscal Year 2011–2012

AMOUNT RAISED

$1,228,736

goal surpassed!

Cynthia Bryant Parker B E Jane Carney Scully Theresa Cass Turko Nancy Clark Tune † Deborah Detchon Dodds B Josephine Fisher de Give Gay Newbern Lehman Rebecca Robinson Preston Cornelia Van Cleve Williamson Catherine Wilson Smith

+

class of 1962 $250,000 Participation 40% FOR Class Agents: Jean Merritt Johnston Jane Allen Street E N D O W M E N T Helen Beasley Rose Bryant Woodard Olivia Cheever Holly Fry McGowan Terry Grace Shirley Grange TOTA L CO S T S Lillian Headley Poole Jean Merritt Johnston B Priscilla Pugh Kirkpatrick B Eugenia Richardson Nash Carole Robertson Coviello Diana Simrell Savory Judy Treppendahl Robinson C. Jane Van Landingham Nuna Washburn MacDonald

$1,450,000

for construction, architects, furniture, equipment

class of 1963

64%

class of 1967

Participation All Funds 76% Participation Annual Fund 61% Class Agent: Jean Armfield Sherrill Judy Carter Jane Everhart Murray Susan Overbey Funderburk Dicke Tredway Sloop Virginia Willson Welch Jean Armfield Sherrill B Amabel Barrows Allen Susan Beekman Clough Mary Bell Timberlake Judy Carter B E Louise Clarke B Anne Clement Haddad Jane Everhart Murray B Leslie Fenn Gershon Alice Flint Roe Charlotte Gignoux Dwyer Eleanor Goodfellow Ames Jonye Green Briggs Marilyn Greene Rork Helen Gregory Wise Joan Gunter McCauley B Anne Hathaway Bowes Jean Helton Weightman Dana Hubbard Roscoe Hallam Hurt B Kirby Kittredge Johnstone Ada Long Gwynne Macrae Pfeifer Mary Michael Lucile Noyes Greene Susan Overbey Funderburk Lucille Pilling Elena Schupp Darden Dicke Tredway Sloop Jane Webb Crawford Virginia Willson Welch B

class of 1964

$1,700,000

Participation 48% Class Agents: TOTA L Ansley CO S T S Boyce Lineberger Elizabeth Reigeluth Parker Josephine Bayard Sarah Boy E N D O W M E N T Lorraine Caffery Friedrichs Nancy Comer Shuford Anne Dickerson Janet Holley Wegner Ann Hoxton Taylor Laura Law Katherine Lee Cole Boyce Lineberger Ansley B E Stefanie Nunes Kies Dana Paulson Davis E Elizabeth Reigeluth Parker E Joan Richardson Doty Ann Robinson Weiss Phyllis Statter Oxman Mahala Tillinghast Beams Audrey Warner Speer Paula Wright Lipman

+

class of 1965

Participation 40% Class Agent: Debbie Humphreys Jones Kathleen Arey Carroll B E Marney Ault Wasserman B Jessica Bell Nicholson Anne Bryant B E Janice Copley Obre B Adnée Hamilton Debbie Humphreys Jones Deborah Kauders Spangler Patricia Noojin Dudley Elizabeth Parsons Harper Margaret Perkins Sise Lynn Rosengarten Horowitz B Elizabeth Scott Hayes Maura Smith Collins Caroline Stewart Lacey Elizabeth Stout Foehl Priscilla Wade Belsinger

class of 1968

Participation 37% Class Agent: Terry Overbey Stafford Kathryn Carter Jacobs Annie Clarke Ager Spring Critchlow Swinehart Muffy Dent Stuart B E Jane Howard Cheever Mollie Hunt Holmes Mary Norman Huguley Laurie Nussdorfer E Terry Overbey Stafford Mary Norris Preyer Oglesby B Corinne Rafferty Katharine Reynolds Chandler B Christine Robinson Secor B Gladding Schaff Markunas B Janet Tremaine Stanley B E Lucy Williams Maish

class of 1969

Participation 29% Class Agent: Charlotte Kirk Reynolds Holly Bowles Blanton Rachel Boyd Suzanne Branch L E F T TO Laura Bullitt Despard R A I S E Murphy Carmen Carmichael Mary Fry Edmunds Haywood Susan Farwell Houston Charlotte Kirk Reynolds BarbaraRLane A I S E D TO DAT E Hope Metcalf Johnston Catherine Michael Quainton Margaret Payne Mahoney Mary Potter Vero Penelope Stout Strakhov Nina Tabor Martin Mary B. Wilson †

Participation 33% Class Agent: Talmadge Ragan Anne Blodget Holberton Mary Dykema Orazem Julia Johnson Jane Keeney Elizabeth Landes Janet Lewis Peden Marian Mann Mary Murrill Oakes Robin Peake Stuart B Talmadge Ragan Nancy Lee Smith Kemper B Louise Towers Hardage Mary Bailey Vance Suitt † Lisa Vilas Weismiller E Catherine Walker Mary White English Mary Wolcott Davis Virginia Wulsin Roberts

class of 1966

class of 1970

+

$350,000

$1,100,000

Participation 42% Class Agent: Margie Hastings Quinlan Marian Bray Karen Burns Blakey Carolyn Carter Yawars Pauline Cherry Sara Clay Branch Martha Currie Green Muffin Dalton Grant Constance Flint West Nancy Hanes White Margie Hastings Quinlan Lynn Kitson Williams Rebecca Lee Samanci Lila Luce Edith Patterson Cates Jill Sedlmayr MacMillan Mary Shallenberger E Ann Lee Stephens Sarpy Mary Lynn Thomas Van Wyck Amelia Walker Ward Martha Walton Coonley Sally Whately-Smith Pilkington Sarah Yardley

Participation 64% Class Agent: Ninna Fisher Denny Anonymous Wendy Bailey Hamilton Rebecca Brown Hutcheson Pamela Burns Charlotte Caldwell E Nancy Callery Carolyn Davenport Pauline Dent Ketchum B Julia Dominick Gray Sandra Ebling Ninna Fisher Denny M.E. Freeman Cornelia Freyer Lynette Gaido Lee Gates Crosby Martha Givens Nicol Cynthia Halsey Mernick Elizabeth Hasert Betty Hessee Betsy Hunkin Vanderbrouk Sara Johnson Walker Johnson Jones B E Studie Johnson Young B E

Sally Lesh Quereau Lucia Mercer Helen Mirkil Louise Nash Gardner Jean Northington Pamela Purcell Patricia Robinson B Karrick Scott Collins Olivia Sprunt Dowell Molly Steffey Katherine Washburne Reimelt Catherine Williams

class of 1971

Participation 29% Class Agent: Camille Agricola Bowman Camille Agricola Bowman Gloria Bond Clunie Elizabeth Cary Pierson E Mary Dunbar B E Venita Fields Mary Kay Karzas E Preston Lyon McGregor Margaret Malloy Sanders Tarleton Russell Lizette Smith

class of 1972

Participation 40% Katie Belk Morris B Laura Brown Cronin B Julie Cleveland Sarah Foscue Merrell Jane Fuller Killough Katherine Hairston La Rosa Nina Johnson Botsford B E Kate Johnson Nielsen B E Anna Lane Margaret Lovett Simpson Lillian McKay Teigland Sarah Morris Patty Neff McCormack Katherine Pieters DeNes Jane Preyer B Diana Simonds Sandra Sweatt Hull Susan Towers Dennard Edith Williams Sallie Wise Chaballier

class of 1973

Participation 26% Class Agent: Virginia Cates Bowie Anonymous Mabel Andrews Cook Kristin Caldwell Schad Julia Carr Day Virginia Cates Bowie Cynthia Coe Devine B E Abigail Conrad Stanley Benn Fass Jane Garnett B Robin Hanes Kaia Holcomb Mates Elizabeth Kirk Unger Linda Morgan Stowe Janet Preyer Nelson Ellen Simmons Ball B Virginia Speed Martha Stevens Brown Frances Wallace Robertson B

class of 1974

Participation 25% Sanders Beard Hockensmith B Lori Braun Jackson Elizabeth Carter Beckmann Sarah Martin Finn B Pamela Mayer Mary Pugh Manning Mary Reed Spencer E Catherine Roberts B Laura Williams Galtieri Anne Wynn Weissinger

class of 1975

Participation 39% Class Agent: Mary Boy

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

class of 1976

Participation 29% Class Agent: Virginia Carter Alida Bryant Virginia Carter B Elizabeth Faison Caroline Ives Pearce Anne Jiranek Doyle Linder Lane Celia Lippitt Snow Janey McCoy Elizabeth McGee Cordes Caroline Nichols Bradford Simmons Marshall B Martha Wynn Weissinger

class of 1977

Participation 24% Class Agent: Pace Cooke Emmons Katharine Bulkley B Pace Cooke Emmons Jane Gates Sarah Dabney Gillespie B Melissa Hilbish Frazier Millner Sarah Nelson Jillanne Newman McInnis Polly Slater Glover Elizabeth Suddarth Penland Jane Wilson E

class of 1978

Participation 31% Letitia Berlin Lisa Burton Beth Duncan Berkun Susannah Evans Zazzara Margaretta Gallagher Archie Grace Houghton Myers Diana Howard Fisketjon B

Better, mixed media, by Alexandra Powell ’14

Tara Mactaggart Linda Mars B E Susan Metcalf Sherri Talbert Caruso

class of 1979

Participation 13% Alexandra Coe B Melisa Craig Hampton Molly Davis Amanda Earle Ciccarelli Susan Shelton

class of 1980

Participation 21% Catherine Doeller Sage B Janet Freed Rosser Merrell Anne Graham Shearer Florence Hines Annette Kirby B Allison Sutton Fuqua

class of 1981

Participation 20% Bradie Barr Deborah Berlin Cristina Bornhofen Erin Conner Blair Jenny Crisp Elizabeth Peters Patricia Roberts Lowe Sallie Grace Tate B E

class of 1982

Participation 19% Class Agent: Jennifer Austell-Wolfson Jennifer Austell-Wolfson E Karen Gates Kettler Sharon Reese Dorothy Turner Bass Lauren Waters Luczkow

class of 1983

Participation 28% Cheryl Bentley Stephanie Dozier Kirkman Claudia Gonzalez de Petri Stacey Goodwin B Catherine McCormick Amy Nolde Tamara Pottker Catherine Reed Karin Schutjer Ginny Self Terry Susan Wright

class of 1984

Participation 32% Class Agent: Jennifer Gammill McKay Tracy Bartlett Lively Amanda Brady Laura Duncan Jennifer Gammill McKay E Sian Jones Sarah Monarchi Longpré B Mary Reynolds Lisa Richmond Sarah Walker Benz

class of 1985

Participation 19% Class Agent: Belinda Thornton Ruelle Adrienne Burdette Catherine Cates Sarah Collie B Kathan Dearman Whitney Labouchere Gerache Mary Blair Motley Belinda Thornton Ruelle

class of 1986

Participation 28% Class Agent: Mary Freed Anna Avery Hallie Bettcher Pettegrew B Mary Bilecky Drimer Eleanor Burke Farris B Judith Duncan Mary Freed B Flora Garner-Platt Laura Myers Casellas Melissa Poynter Whitton Caroline Sloan Elizabeth Todd Beall

class of 1987

Participation 30% Class Agents: Judy Currie Hamilton Laura Willoughby Judy Currie Hamilton Elkin Cushman Taylor Anne-Marie Ethier Hain Lara Higdon Bourgeois Melanie Kirk Holton B Leslie Lawhorn Neely Joan Madry Kligerman Dudley Melton Berry Dana Nossaman Keilman Lisa Rowe Bradley

Kimberlee Scott Laura Willoughby

class of 1988

Participation 16% Christine Bloom Barrett Laura Mascharka Brucker Tiffany Moore Duerr Anne Prouty List Abbie Story LeFevre

class of 1989

Participation 18% Nancy Evans Wahmhoff Nini Hadjis Lacy Morris Mattox Susan Nussbaum Fitzgerald Justine Shuford Moroz Susan Staton Maday

class of 1990 Participation 4% Kate Lynn Jones

class of 1991

Participation 20% Class Agent: Catherine Whitehead Huband Sarah Abbott Weitzenkorn Karen Anderson Leonard Ansley Chapman Cella Heather Cook Barnes Shannon Hinderliter Hembree Merredith Schwaner Stuelpe Catherine Whitehead Huband

class of 1992

Participation 8% Gretchen Blair Clark Elizabeth Blocker Tonelis

class of 1993

Participation 44% Class Agent: Anna Robinson Natalia Barrett-Rose Emily Blair Harvey Andrea Cannon Little Laurel Cobble Fountain B Mary-Stuart Day Joanna Edgell B E Nelson Ervin Holland Vertie Fioca Lee Susanna Hollingsworth Barnwell Lucy Holmes Erwin Sarah Jenks Kerrington Ramsey Molhoek Anna Robinson Rachel Vice Parrott Ava Ann Vrooman

class of 1997

Participation 9% Kimberly Bokesch Curits Rebecca Frackelton Alyson Kent

class of 1998

Participation 20% Class Agent: Susan Gillings Gross Maibeth Deas Keith Susan Gillings Gross B Taylor Hall Bandyke Elizabeth Hutchinson Katherine McLean Ryan Elizabeth Yarborough

class of 1999

Participation 22% Class Agent: Elizabeth White-Hurst Sally Armstrong Mari Armstrong-Hough Alan Crowe Sharon Lu Elizabeth White-Hurst E Amanda Young Perry

class of 2000

Participation 29% Class Agent: Elizabeth Call Jane Allen Katherine Blair Farmer Cherie Bowlin Madison Elizabeth Call Andrea Dedmon Tina Frangiamore Adams Lorianne Hellinga Fitzgerald Cannon Hodge

class of 2001

Participation 15% Class Agent: Katherine Currin Trisha Blackwell Synan Katherine Currin Cailin Fannin Hochradel Agnes Gambill

class of 2002

Participation 32% Class Agents: Michelle Thomas Supko Emily Brown Sales Elisabeth Campbell Cales Danielle Dillon Munkelt Adair Hendrickson Karla Hudson Martin Lindsay Shook Sara Stumberg Walker Michelle Thomas Supko B

class of 1994

Participation 21% Class Agent: Sandra Van Haaften Heasley Alison Ardito LaToya Horton Amanda Sink Wydner Sandra Van Haaften Heasley

class of 1995

Participation 14% Class Agent: Reagan Greene Pruitt Reagan Greene Pruitt Cristina Murphy Brittain Redcay Haney

class of 1996

Participation 27% Kelly Doss Andrea Littman Long B E Tanya Mahdi McMain Erika Olson Jennifer Quainton Kate Tissue Ribovich Sarah Wood Anderson

Cassidy, watercolor, by Amanda Booth ’14

class of 2003

Participation 35% Class Agents: Mary Katherine Evans Rordam Whitney Jones Allen Sarah Arnn Parrish Lydia Beresford Emily Calhoun Sybil Cole Young Mary Katherine Evans Jennifer Hinson Whitney Jones Allen Averil Liebendorfer Martha Loftin Christine Meyer Jaquette Page Gilbert Isabelle Randolph

class of 2004

Participation 29% Class Agents: Marguerite Logan Andrews Danielle Thomas Meredith Brown Abigail Haymes Ibarra Marguerite Logan Andrews Mary MrDutt Jordan Nyberg Ferris Ann Pope Jackie Sinnott Davis Danielle Thomas B Elizabeth Thomas

class of 2005

Participation 40% Class Agents: Lelan

Dunavant Emma Smith Castro Lindsay Burkart Lelan Dunavant Samantha Franklin Megan Grissett Ashley Hockensmith Sarah Lannom Amanda Peterkin Laura Anne Roquemore Allison Rosser Julia Rowe Emma Smith Castro Laura Stocke Farmer

class of 2006

Participation 46% Class Agents: J oanna Caldwell Schaeffer Goss Barnhardt Taylor Nyberg Anonymous Joanna Caldwell Erin Casey Schaeffer Goss Barnhardt Lindsay Hockensmith Taylor Holley Victoria Ireson Taylor McCall

Rimes McGinn Kirk Elizabeth Anne McGowin Sara Norman Taylor Nyberg Amy O’Brien Covert Jacqueline Pottorf Olga Ramsay Laura Rand Virginia Thomas Lorena Vega Maria Vega

class of 2007

Participation 32% Class Agents: Virginia Evans Laura Spencer Madalyn Crowell Virginia Evans Caroline Finke Ann O’Brien Victoria Roussel Laura Spencer Sandra Turnbull Emily Dale Willmott

class of 2008

Participation 27% Class Agents: E llen Cartmell Maggie Oakes Ellen Cartmell Shelby Hockensmith Maggie Oakes Kristin Reese Kaitlin Tebeau Lauren Tipton Anna Wallace

class of 2009

Participation 21% Grace Fulop Caroline Gibson Margaret Googe Laura McCall Polly Mingledorff Whitney Phelps Amanda Stewart-Gonzalez Mason Thompson

class of 2010

Participation 26% Class Agents: A dele Cornwall Grace Hwang Mary Kathryn Atkinson Adele Cornwall Alyssa Edes Grace Hwang Laird McIver Vicky Morrison Lila Nelson Akeila Plater Charlotte Rettberg

class of 2011

Participation 27% Class Agent: Kathryn Bennett Kathryn Bennett Kathleen Donahue Elizabeth Ferlise Vancy Huang Catherine Merwin Rachel Quinn Laurel Street

class of 2012

Participation 19% Class Agent: Mary Kate Winebrenner Hannah Early Elizabeth Goldstein Anna Porter Mary Kate Winebrenner Randall Wiseman

class of 2013

Participation 100% Taina Accime Mary Collins Atkinson Erin Baker Victoria Betances Giovanna Byrd Eleanor Chapman Lois Anne Daughtridge Beatrice Faleri Victoria Fitzgerald Yi Guo Trilby Hren Soo Yeon Kim Mengya Li Shuk Hang Li Ziwei Liao Amy MacDonough Christina Ostro Michelle Penot Kinaya Pettiford Weseley Roth Alexandra Seliverstova Maren Sherrill Rachel Smith Cassidy Tebeau Stephanie Tuck Marguerite Vosteen Julia Walton Kendahl Walz Chia Ming Wu

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Anonymous Mary Boy B Susan Bruce Katherine Coleman Haroldson B Kathryn Granger Haines Heidi Hand Evans Debra Hardy-Cartwright Martha Ann Keels B Julia Morris Kashkashian B Tyler Norman Scott Maria-Matilde Pieters-Gray Mary Lyman Scott Jackson Frances Sommers Wheelock B E Emily Todd E Leigh Wilson Joan Womble Stone

parents & grandparents of students Parent Participation Annual Fund 53% | Parent Participation All Funds 55% Senior Parent Chairs: Charles and Cheryl Tuck P’13 | Parent Chair: Linder Laffitte P’14 Grandparent Participation 19% class of 2013 parents

Participation Annual Fund 46% Participation All Funds 57% Robert and Marlene Betances Henry and Martha Chapman J. Belk Daughtridge B Lois Daughtridge Olga and Stanley Erickson Edmond and Angela Fitzgerald B Kristin and Randy Kearns Chang Hon Kim and Kyong Sook Lee James MacDonough Arthur and Betsy Penot Jennifer and Paul Pierson Cynthia Rodriguez B Bill Sherrill and Lori Wainright B Scott and Kathy Smith Richard and Nancy Tebeau B Charles and Cheryl Tuck B Paul and Marguerite Vosteen Janet Walton Kevin and Marguerite Walz

class of 2013 grandparents

Participation 29% Anonymous Shirley Atkinson Beverly Brown Edmond and Emily Fitzgerald

Aubrey and Margie Hall Dorothy Hren Jobe Morrison B Lathrop and Elizabeth Smith Louis and Annette Vosteen Terry and Betty Walton Patricia Walz

class of 2014 parents Participation 49% William and Darnell Abbott Anna Avery Calvin Bard and Heather Edgley William and Jill Baskin Beth Duncan Berkun Robert and Pace Emmons † Timothy and Jacklyn Fulop Sterling and Linder Laffitte B Louis Moore Tango Moore Ned and Catherine Morris Robert and Elizabeth Powell Bill Sherrill and Lori Wainright B James and Lisa Tuite Frank and Mary Varanelli B Paul and Marguerite Vosteen Daniel and Tammy Waters

class of 2014 grandparents

Participation 22% Howard Berkun Judith Fenn Duncan Robert and Patsy Gibson Aubrey and Margie Hall Donald and Constance Hussey Mr. and Mrs. Ralph M. Laffitte William and Susan Morris B Ruth Stuart B Louis and Annette Vosteen

class of 2015 parents Participation 53% Anonymous Kent Blossom and Teresa Hill Fred and Rebecca Caprio Raja and Saradha Chadalavada Hongsheng Chen and Wenfang Wei B Adama Diop Thomas and Martha Dixon B Dale and Denise Evans B Theodore Fletcher and Ann Kidder Zachary and Felicia Hairston B James and Melanie Hogg B Herman and Elizabeth Hollerith Sparrow and Aaron Huffman Martha Landrum-Buckner Lynnette Lawson and Richard Mills B Dione and Robert Leak

Cesar and July Mantilla Chester Mayo Thomas and Cornelie Meuche Joseph and Susan Pinyard Holly and Walt Rhea Michael and Donna Robertson B Bradford and Angela Sims Timothy and Laura Stevens Robert and Jeanine Stewart Richard and Christina Thomas B William and Mary Tice Patricia and Halsey Whitney Kristin Wilson Joseph and Debra Woody Joseph and Bernadette Young

class of 2015 grandparents

Participation 20% Judith Aberg B Gladys Dixon William and Adele Fletcher David and Jane Leak Lynda Mills Ben Pena and Sandra Pena Huber Herk and Sherry Sims B Susan Smith Nancy Stewart

class of 2016 parents Participation 71% Anonymous Amy and Richard Bland Christopher and Taboth Boch Victor Bongard III and Taylor Albright Raja and Saradha Chadalavada Jian Ding and Yi Wang B Henry and Jane Hawthorne Kristin Mitchell Tim Mitchell Wayne and Marie Mitchell Tony and Evelyn Paz Bobby and Irina Rains Dennis and Cynthia Samuel B Jack and Ginger Somers Ross Walton B John and Patricia Wilson B Robert and Kathleen Zentner

class of 2016 grandparents

Participation 5% Richard and Barbara Bashford

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parents of alumnae Parents of Alumnae Participation 39% James and Maria Allen P’00 Jane Yardley Amos ’59, P’91 E Kathelen and Daniel Amos P’07, ’12 B Jean Anderson P’74 Boyce Lineberger Ansley ’64, P’90

Davenport and Gladys Cleveland P’72 Marcie Cobble P’93, ’96 Barbara Collie P’85 B Maura Smith Collins ’67, P’06 S. Christopher and Sara Cornwall P’10 Jebbie Crowe P’99 George and Gretchen Crowell P’07 J. Christopher and Elizabeth Dalrymple P’09 Teresa Daniels P’02 Carol Babcock Davenport ’47, P’70 B Karen Dedmon P’00 Frederick B. Dent P’68, ’70 B Clark and Dena Donahue P’11 Judith Fenn Duncan ’56 P’77, ’78, ’79, ’84, ’86, G’14 Michael and Dianne Dunham P’11 Frederick and Susanne Dwyer P’10 Eleanor Owens Earle ’46, P’79 Beverly Edgell P’93 B Aubrey and Elayne Edwards P’89, ’91 Hilda Farmer P’81 Michael and Karen Farrell P’94 Mary Applegate Fisher ’36, P’64 B Sean Forbes and Gillian Lakhan P’12 Virginia Beresford Fox ’52, P’80 B Nan Freed P’77, ’80, ’86 Stewart and Lynn Gammill P’84 Jenifer Barnes Garfield ’50, P’79 E Cornelia Mueller Gibson ’53, P’83 Gary and Carol Gibson P’09 B Paul and Robin Giddings P’99, ’00, ’03 Douglas and Elizabeth Goldstein P’12 B John and Sarah Goodwin P’83 Paul and Cynthia Googe P’09 B Dean and Joan Goss P’04, ’06, ’10

BE

Victor and Bonnie Ardito P’94 Alvah and Elizabeth Arnn P’03 Florence Hunter Ault ‘46, P’72, ’75, G’04, ’06 Joan Baldridge P’88, ’90 Margaret Murray Baldrige ’45, P’72 John and Carol Baughman P’01 Katherine McKay Belk-Cook ’44, P’72 B F. Matthews and Beth Bigbee P’10 Mary Bilecky P’86 J. Kermit and Glenys Birchfield P’93 Fred and Brenda Blair P’92, ’00 B Michael and Thelma Blair P’93 Holly Bowles Blanton ’65, P’90 Barry and Jo Brown P’02, ’04 Anne Bryant P’61, ’62, ’67, ’76 Katharine Bulkley P’77 B Walter and Dee Burch P’85 Howard and Patricia Burkart P’92 Mathilde Kingsland Burnett ’42, P’71 † Theodore and Southard Burr P’97 David and Barbara Caldwell P’06 Caroline Staub Callery ‘49 P’70, ’71 Joan Carter P’76 Dorothy Cary P’71 Edith Patterson Cates ’66, P’96 MacFarland and Margy Cates P’73, ’75, ’77 Caroline Church P’68 Jerry and Judith Clark P’04 B Anne Campbell Clement ’43, P’63

volunteers n alumnae -120

n current parents -41 n past parents -5 n grandparents -2

total volunteers -168

19% 1% 20%

Volunteers

60%

James and Mary Granger P’75 David Greer P’78 Polly Wheeler Guth ’44, P’70 B E Susan Haines P’04 Samuel Hairston P’70, ’72, ’73 Martha Blankarn Halsey ’47, P’70 Mary Beth Hamlin P’07 B James and Linda Harrison P’74, ’78 Douglas and Kathryn Hendrickson P’02 B Cynthia Murray Henriques ’50, P’73 Mark and Wendy Hermann P’08, ‘10 Helene Zimmermann Hill ‘46, P’80, ’82 Sanders Beard Hockensmith ’74 and Albert Kent Hockensmith P’05, ’06, ’08 B Mollie Hunt Holmes ’68, P’93 Paul Hough and Ingrid Nelson P’99, ’10 Channing Howe P’69 B E Henry and Margaret Hurt P’93 Robert and Sandra Jackson P’98 Roger and Jill Jenkins P’09 B Robert Jiranek P’76 Virginia Johnson P’70, ’72 B Walter and Marta Johnson P’12 Anne Labouchere P’85, ’88 Ann Gray Large P’65, ’67 Frances Johnson Lee-Vandell ’60 P’86 G’12 Margaret Lynch P’91 Lucy Williams Maish ’68, P’97 John and Adrienne Mars P’78 B Doris Beasley Martin ’48, P’74 Rogers and Susan McCall P’06, ’09 Norman and Vivian McGowin P’06 Robert and Mary McIver P’10 B Lillian Lineberger McKay ’48 and Hamilton W. McKay, Jr. P’72, ’75, G’10 B E Arthur and Sandy Meister P’99 William Mellen P’80, ’81 Ron and Ann Merricks P’02 Hope Rogers Metcalf ’38, P’65, ’69, ’78 H. Victor Millner, Jr. P’77 E Carol Monarchi P’84 B Andrew and Sheppard Morrison P’10 Pattie Motley P’81, ‘85 E Archie and Sherri Murphy P’99 Michael and Patricia O’Brien P’06, ’07 B E Thomas and Jane O’Neill P’98 Alumnae Diana Olcott P’81 Lea Cumings Parson ’44, P’65, ’68 B Current Parents Kwame and Gloria Poku P’12 Past Parents

Grandparents

faculty & staff

Jane Allen Robert Ankrom Hunter Barnhardt Schaeffer Goss Barnhardt Mary Lee Black Amy Blair Tammy Cardwell Demery Close Gwendolyn Couch Amy Davis Bonnie Dodson Mary Edmonds Ned Edwards Gary Fountain B Melissa Evans Fountain B Wanda Gammon

Beth Griffin Martha Griswold Cheryl Haymes Jennifer Hiltwine Brittany Jackson Kim Jackson Emily Johns Alyson Kent Catherine LaDuke Starlet Lemon David Lyle Earl Macam Ron Merricks Don Morley Susan Morley James Morris

Sheppard Morrison Sherri Murphy Sherry Payne Laura Rand Barbara Reichelderfer Dennis Reichelderfer Robin Revis-Pyke B Wanda Scearce Kate Smith R. Alan Spearman Carolyn Stenzel Molly Thomas Kenneth Tyburski Tammy Waters Maureen Webb Don Wood

Charles and Betty Prouty P’88 Robert Pugh P’73, ’74, ’77 Catherine Michael Quainton ‘65, P’96 Carlton and Linda Ramsey P’91, P’93 William and Kimberly R and P’06 Thomas Randolph P’03 David Reed P’74, ’81, ’83 Virginia Plews Robey ’48, P’80 Anne Robinson P’68 B Ellen MacVeagh Rublee ’50, P’78 B Edward and Ann Schilling P’98 J. Glenn and Alice Shelton P’79, ’81 Marc and Cynthia Shook P’02 B Mary Blair Simmons ’54, P’77 Alison Fennelly Siragusa ’50 and Ross Siragusa P’71 E Dicke Tredway Sloop ’63, P’92 Lawrence and Karen Soderstrom P’12 Kenneth and Susan Sommerkamp P’90 Caroline Hartwell Stewart ’44, P’67 B Anne Osborne Swain ’48, P’70 Richard and Nancy Tebeau P’08, ’13 B Nevin and Dora Thomas P’02, ’04 B E Lucie Wray Todd ’49, P’75 Elizabeth Towers P’09 and the Mingledorff Family John and Kathleen Turnbull P’07 Jerry and Lockett Van Voorhis P’94 William and Diane Walker P’09 B John and Connie Wallace P’08 John Wallace P’73 Jean Helton Weightman ’63 Anne Wynn Weissinger ’74, P’01 Valerie Welch P’12 Lynn Kitson Williams ’66, P’91 Noel Barnes Williams ’47, P’70 Penelope Perkins Wilson ’41, P’67 B Jonathan and Rebecca Winebrenner P’12 Frank and Paige Wiseman P’12 Donald and Gayla Wood P’96 D. Oliver and Mary Semmes Wright P’87

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friends & current students John Abbott Anonymous Christine and William Baggerly Ryland and Dot Bennett G’11 John Booth Theodore Bruning B Priscilla Lee Campbell Jacquelin Crebbs and Graham Evans B Ben and Betty Davenport B Rebecca Derwin Richard Dixon David and Kay Dougherty

Kathleen Bond Dow Mark F. Edick Shelby French Eunice Fulcher Beth Gilbert Charles Hickox, Jr. Cheryl Hogg H. Winston and Betty Holt Lu Ann Homza Caroline Ireland Paul Jackson Kyle and Pam Kahuda Sarah Bugbee Keidel

Warren Kelleher Jonathan Kirk Michelle Hopkins Lawrence Sidney Lovett Richard Lynd B Michael Lyons T. Hugh and Ann Nelson John Perkins Meredith Philipps Katherine Plaut Paul Russell Richard Simmons B Marc and Randice Simon

corporations & foundations

3Kids Corp.

Anonymous (3) AEGON Transamerica Foundation Alcyon Foundation Daniel P. Amos Family Foundation, Inc. Ankeny Foundation The Arkwright Foundation Katherine and Thomas Belk Foundation Blair Construction, Inc. Blue Grass Community FoundationWaveland Fund The Boston Foundation Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, Inc. BW718 Foundation Inc. Campbell Insurance Company B Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Cochran Family Foundation The Thomas B. & Robertha K. Coleman Foundation Inc. The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham Community Foundation of Louisville Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley Mary W. Covey Charitable Trust B J. Crisp Properties, LLC DeKane Consulting Diamond Paper Company, Inc. S. Downey Fund of the Northern Trust Charitable Giving Progr Driscoll Foundation The Elster Foundation Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Foundation for the Carolinas GE Foundation Gillings Family Foundation The Guilford Foundation B Guy P. Riddle, Inc. Zachary P. Hairston, D.D.S. Family Dentistry Special Fund #6 of the Hampton Roads Community Foundation B Claire Adair Hendrickson Foundation Hewlett-Packard Elsie H. Hillman Foundation

Hobby Family Foundation Phil &Carole Coviello Fund of the Indian River Community Foundation Intermountain Gas Industries Foundation International Business Machines Land O’Lakes Foundation Mastercraft Casket The Alice Pack Melly & L Thomas Melly Foundation The Merck Company Foundation Meriwether-Godsey, Inc. Douglas and Sands Coleman Fund

National Philanthropic Trust Network for Good The New York Community Trust North Wake Animal Hospital, Inc. The Louise P. Overbey Trust B Partridge Foundation Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program Piedmont Direct, Inc. Henry B. Plant Memorial Fund Lunsford Richardson Preyer Charitable Lead Unitrust Schwab Charitable Fund The Sledge Foundation

West Side of The Bund, watercolor and markers, by Jingyi Shao ’15

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William and Janis SimpsonB Cassidy Tebeau ‘13 B Sudie Teszler Sara Thompson John Thorndike Paula Ursoy Robert Welch G’12 Richard L. and Joan M. Willis E. Carlton and Shay Wilton B James H. Wright

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Charles B. Sweatt Foundation Target Thanksgiving Foundation James W. Thornton Family Foundation Trident United Way Union Pacific Matching Gift Program United Way of Central New Mexico The Uplands Family Foundation Verizon Foundation Wells Fargo Foundation

honorary gifts Caitlin Aberg ’15 Jane Allen ’00 Mary Collins Atkinson ’13 Schaeffer Goss Barnhardt ’06 Ann Beal Kathryn Bennett ’11 Victoria Betances ’13 Mary Lee Black Ashley Ramsey Blurton ’91 Nina Johnson Botsford ’72 Belinda Brackenridge ’59 Geoff Braun Meredith Brown ’04 Giovanna Byrd ’13 Diane Wellborn Cagni ’80 Greer Chapman ’13 Lian Chen ’15 Amanda Earle Ciccarelli ’79 Kately Clark ’16 Class of 1975 Class of 2006 Class of 2013 Ken Tyburski Advisees Adele Cornwall ’10 Ashby Cothran Alice Cromer

Sumner Dalrymple ’09 Lois Anne Daughtridge ’13 Yuchen Ding ’16 Mary Elise Dugan ’12 Hillary Dwyer ’10 Joanna Edgell ’93 Mary K. Edmonds Sarah Martin Finn ’74 Victoria Fitzgerald ’13 Gary Fountain Melissa E. Fountain Mary Freed ’86 Friends of Lila Nelson ’10 Whitney Labouchere Gerache ’85 Bridget Sullivan Gerhardy ’80 Elinor Greene ’70 Robin Tieken Hadley ’57 Kathryn Granger Haines ’75 Health Care Center Staff Mackenzie Hermann ’08 Chelsea Hermann ’10 Jessica Hills ’06 Trilby Hren ’13 Frances Hurt Curtis Jackson

Kim Jackson Virginia G. Johnson Kyle Kahuda Soo Yeon Kim ’13 Priscilla Pugh Kirkpatrick ’62 Natalie Labouchere ’88 Mary Madison Laffitte ’14 Katherine Leak ’15 Peyton Koeppel Lester ’80 Anne Prouty List ’88 Amy MacDonough ’13 Susan Sampson McDade ’80 Kerrington Ramsey Molhoek ’93 Lisa Rosenberger Moore ’59 Fay Freed Morlock ’77 Cricket Stone Morris Jennifer Jackson Moulton ’98 Karl and Sali Olson Christina Ostro ’13 Michelle Penot ’13 Barbara Reichelderfer Janet Freed Rosser ’80 Emily Brown Sales ’02 Alexandra Seliverstova ’13 Merrell Anne Graham Shearer ’80

Maren Sherrill ’13 Diana Simonds ’72 Rachel Smith ’13 Isabel Sotomayor ’15 Alan Spearman Laura Spencer ’07 Margaret Spencer ’12 Muffy Dent Stuart ’68 Sallie Grace Tate ’81 Cassidy Tebeau ’13 Molly Thomas Richard Thomas Family Margaret Ryburn Topping ’48 Stephanie Tuck ’13 Jerry Van Voorhis Vaden Vosteen ’13 John and Deborah Vrooman Alexandra Walker ’09 Julia Walton ’13 Camille Walton ’16 Kendahl Walz ’13 Penelope Perkins Wilson ’41

memorial gifts of The Minneapolis Foundation

Stuart Family Foundation

Josephine Ruffin Adamson ’52 John Williams Allen Joan Mitchell Ault ’44 June Barley Anne Mott Booth ’49 Cynthia Welles Borie ’74 Wilmotine Owens Bowman ’42 Olivia Thorndike Cheever ’38 Sarah Church ’68 Class of 1968 Deceased Members Susan Adams Comfort ’65 Mildred Harrison Dent ’41 Larry Dodson Ransom H. Duncan Marjorie Milbank Farrar ’53

Irene Carter Garard ’51 Constance Gibson John Gibson Mary Virginia Gillam Harriett Graves-Beckley ’72 Barbara von Brooch Greer Edith Porter Hickox ’38 Robert Hiltwine Virginia Holt Robert Lee Hopkins Lowell Huber Shirley Jones Humphreys ’42 Phyllis Hunt Anne Winship Kelleher ’52 Alice Richter Kemp ’31

Albert Labouchere Carin Moore Laughlin ’45 Elizabeth Wheelwright Leckie ’52 Edmund J. Lee Joan Campbell Lovett ’45 Susan Thompson Lynd ’61 Virginia Allen MacStravic ’66 William McCauley II Patricia Pyke Munn ’45 Jean Brundred Murray ’38 Ruth Wayland Nelson ’12 (1912) Martha Ann Pugh ’77 Charles Lee Reese Peter Reese Nancy Remley Whiteley ’68

Sally Loop Ruddick ’53 Allene Lummis Russell ’42 Mary Bleecker Simmons ’55 Patricia Southgate ’46 Allen and Nora Tate Dorothy Dudley Thorndike ’47 Ann West Vivarelli ’53 Jeanne Wagoner Sally Brittingham Wallace ’44 Dixie Whitehead May Willis James and Mary S. Wilson Archie Womack

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volunteers

CHatHam Hall Summer Camps 2014

thank you! We are grateful to the many volunteers who worked enthusiastically and

selflessly on behalf of Chatham Hall during 2012–2013. You have enriched our academic, athletic, and student life programs. You have helped us recruit new students; have hosted and coordinated events; have raised much-needed funds to balance our budget and strengthen our programs and provided invaluable investment advice. And, you have planned and coordinated programs for our alumnae and parent communities. Thank you for all that you do! board of trustees chair

Nina Johnson Botsford ‘72 Lucy McClellan Barrett ’53 Katharine Reynolds Chandler ’68 Jerry Clark P’04 Laura Brown Cronin ’72 J. Belk Daughtridge P’13 Sarah Martin Finn ’74 Patricia R. Frederick ’57 Jane Garnett ’73 Douglas Goldstein P’12 Stacey Goodwin ’83 Susan Gillings Gross ’98 Katherine Coleman Haroldson ’75 Julia Morris Kashkashian ’75 Robert McIver P’10 Lisa Rosenberger Moore ’59 Robin Peake Stuart ’69 Dora M. Thomas P’02, ’04 Penelope Perkins Wilson ’41, P’67

trustees emeriti

parent advisory committee

Officers President: Cheryl Tuck P’13 Vice President: Lin Laffitte P’14

class of 2013

Lois Daughtridge Edmond and Angela Fitzgerald Bill Sherrill and Lori Wainright Charles and Cheryl Tuck

class of 2014

William and Darnell Abbott Sterling and Linder Laffitte Louis Moore Tango Moore Ned and Catherine Morris

class of 2015

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

Dale and Denise Evans J. Bradley and Melanie Hogg Herman and Elizabeth Hollerith J. Vincent and Susan Pinyard

ex-officio members

class of 2016

Cheryl Tuck P’13 Parent Advisory Committee The Rt. Rev. Herman Hollerith IV P’15, Bishop, The Diocese of Southern Virginia Mary Freed ’86 President, Alumnae Council

alumnae council president

Mary Freed ‘86 Cheryl Bentley ’83 Lydia Beresford ’03 Martha Stevens Brown ’73 Elisabeth Campbell Cales ’02 Ansley Chapman Cella ’91 Sarah Collie ’85 Adele Cornwall ’10 Joanna Edgell ’93 Emily Blair Harvey ’93 Annette Kirby ’80 Priscilla Pugh Kirkpatrick ’62 Frances Johnson Lee-Vandell ’60 Andrea Littman Long ’96 Virginia Worthington Marr ’55 Maggie Oakes ’08 Lee Porter Page ’59 Cynthia Bryant Parker ’61 Margie Hastings Quinlan ’66 Talmadge Ragan ’69 Mary Reynolds ’84 Frances Wallace Robertson ’73 Emily Brown Sales ’02 Lindsay Shook ’02 Ann Taylor ’54 Amanda Sink Wydner ’94

Henry and Jane Hawthorne Kristin Mitchell Bob and Irina Rains Robert and Kathleen Zentner

alumnae volunteers Whitney Jones Allen ’03 Marguerite Logan Andrews ’04 Boyce Lineberger Ansley ’64 Jennifer Austell-Wolfson ’82 Schaeffer Goss Barnhardt ’06 Lucy McClellan Barrett ’53 Lucy Charles Jones Bendall ’42 Kathryn Bennett ’11 Virginia Cates Bowie ’73 Camille Agricola Bowman ’71 Mary Boy ’75 Joanna Caldwell ’06 Elizabeth Call ’00 Alison Wright Cameron ’52 Judy Carter ’63 Virginia Carter ’76 Ellen Cartmell ’08 Emma Smith Castro ’05 Adele Cornwall ’10 Cindy Cottle ’90 Mary Hooker Crary ’45 Katherine Currin ’01 Kimberly Daniels ’02 Carol Babcock Davenport ’47 Carolyn Davenport ’70 Olga Davidson ’70 Ninna Fisher Denny ’70 Lelan Dunavant ’05 Eleanor Owens Earle ’46 Pace Cooke Emmons ’77 Florence Schroeder Ervin ’58 Virginia Evans ’07 Mary Freed ’86 Susan Overbey Funderburk ’63 Susan Gillings Gross ’98 Judy Currie Hamilton ’87

Nancy Gwathmey Harris ’50 Sandra Van Haaften Heasley ’94 Stephanie Hewitt Hedge ’89 Catherine Whitehead Huband ’91 Grace Hwang ’10 Sarah Jenks ’93 Jean Merritt Johnston ’62 Debbie Humphreys Jones ’67 Sydney Lane ’12 Frances Johnson Lee-Vandell ’60 Martha Loftin ’03 Ellen Childs Lovejoy ’50 Patricia Kellogg Maddock ’77 Martha Justice Martin ’55 Mary Dykema McGuire ’37 Jennifer Gammill McKay ’84 Sarah Shartle Meacham ’51 Jane Everhart Murray ’63 Taylor Nyberg ’06 Maggie Oakes ’08 Lee Porter Page ’59 Cynthia Bryant Parker ’61 Elizabeth Reigeluth Parker ’64 Sonal Patel ’06 Reagan Greene Pruitt ’95 Pamela Purcell ’70 Margie Hastings Quinlan ’66 Talmadge Ragan ’69 Charlotte Kirk Reynolds ’65 Catherine Roberts ’74 Frannie Wallace Robertson ’73 Morgan Karsman Robertson ’97 Anna Robinson ’93 Mary Katherine Evans Rordam ’03 Belinda Thornton Ruelle ’85 Jean Armfield Sherrill ’63 Jan Slocum ’62 Dicke Tredway Sloop ’63 Laura Spencer ’07 Terry Overbey Stafford ’68 Caroline Hartwell Stewart ’44 Michelle Thomas Supko ’02 Barbara Billings Supplee ’53 Trisha Blackwell Synan ’01 Ann Taylor ’54 Danielle Thomas ’04 Margaret Ryburn Topping ’48 Alexandra Walker ’09 Margaret Horner Walker ’58 Sara Stumberg Walker ’02 Judith Turben Walrath ’54 Virginia Willson Welch ’63 Elizabeth White-Hurst ’99 Harriet Simons Williams ’48 Sally Saltonstall Willis ’58 Laura Willoughby ’87 Mary Kate Winebrenner ’12

parent and grandparent volunteers

Darnell Abbott P’14 Jennifer Atkinson P’13 Doris Baker P’13 Amy and Richard Bland P’16 Kent Blossom P’15 Valerie Booth P’14 Amparo Buitrago G’13 Rebecca Caprio P’15 Marcie Cobble P’93, ’96

J. Belk Daughtridge P’13 Lois Daughtridge P’13 Dale and Denise Evans P’15 Edmond and Angela Fitzgerald P’13 Benjamin Gardner P’15 Felicia Hairston P’15 Jane Hawthorne P’16 Brad and Melanie Hogg P’15 Lizzie Hollerith P’15 Sterling and Linder Laffitte P’14 Lynette Lawson P’15 Kristen Mitchell P’16 Marie Mitchell P’16 Ned and Catherine Morris P’14 Katherine Parrish P’15 Robin Pearsall P’15 Joseph and Susan Pinyard P’15 Elizabeth Powell P’14 Bob and Irina Rains P’16 Holly and Walt Rhea P’15 Luis Rodriguez G’13 Ed and Erin Simanskis P’15 Jack and Ginger Somers P’16 Charles and Cheryl Tuck P’13 James and Lisa Tuite P’14 Mary Varanelli P’14 Paul and Madge Vosteen P’13, P14 Lori Wainright P’13, ‘14 Daniel and TammyWaters P’14 Patricia Whitney P’15 David and KathrynWilton P’14 Sandra Woodlief P’14 Robert and Kathleen Zentner P’16

Summer Investigators Science Camp This camp is built around the development of a student’s 21st century skills, especially those related to problem solving, collaboration and curiosity. This is accomplished through the integration of the areas of biology, chemistry, and technology into a program where students assume the role of crime scene investigators in order to solve a mock crime.

The two-week program consists of three 90 minute class periods a day where students develop the techniques they will need to solve the “crime.” With investigations into atomic structure, chemical bonding, genetics, and DNA structure, students learn through laboratory activities what it means to be a forensic scientist. Students are also provided the opportunity to speak with people who are experts in this field, from members of the local police CSI unit to a retired FBI investigator. Using iPads, students learn to keep a record of all of the evidence that they collect and how to organize it into an e-book presentation to a grand jury at the conclusion of the camp.

Science Camp contact: Dennis Oliver, doliver@chathamhall.org 434-432-2941

Summer Riding Camps Join our Riding Faculty for an exceptional riding and residential experience. The riding facilities on Chatham Hall’s campus include: the indoor Mars Arena, two outdoor sand rings, and a permanent hunter-trial course.

Many School horses of all shapes and sizes provide the appropriate challenges for all riders to learn and improve.

Sessions I and II of Chatham Hall’s Summer Riding Camp offer mounted and un-mounted lessons designed to improve the skills of the rider as well as adaptability to new mounts. Session III is designed as an intensive program for advanced riders, including current Chatham Hall students.

Riders will work with current riding faculty and guest clinicians focusing on adaptability for interscholastic competition. Session III campers will have the option to leave on Friday afternoon or to continue until Sunday, competing at an off-site show for the weekend.

Riding Camp contact: Samantha Pleasant Fleming, sfleming@chathamhall.org or 434-432-5605

Camp Dates

July 13–19

Riding Camp Session I for girls ages 9–16

July 13–25 Summer Investigators Science Camp for girls grades 6–8

July 20–26

Riding Camp Session II for girls ages 9–16

July 27–Aug 1 Riding Camp Session III (Intensive)

for ages 12–17, Open to Chatham Hall Riders with the option to show August 2 & 3

Non-Profit Organization U.S. Postage

800 Chatham Hall Circle Chatham, Virginia 24531-3085 www.chathamhall.org

PAID

Collinsville, Virginia Permit No. 57