Chat 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

on the cover

Cadyn Davis ’17

Photo by Stephanie Klein-Davis ’79

chat

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

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

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.

ex-officio members

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

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letter from the rector

Worth Remembering

Dear dear Chatham Hall Family,

I posted this photo on my Facebook page with the comment

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 one moment around the seminar table.

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

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

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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“A day in the life…” That it is. And was.

Martha Griswold, Emily Johns, and Ned Edwards are three administrators-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?

Martha The global nature of the student 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.

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 comes to mind to me.

Emily You can feel it in the Well at 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-

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.

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 Psychology 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.

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.

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.

Martha I feel that the students were 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.

Ned I think of the student this morning 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. CAN BE ACCEPTED. 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

Martha I used to think that my 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.

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.

Martha In my mind, they look 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.

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.

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.

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.

Gary WHAT ATTRACTED YOU TO CHATHAM HALL AND PROVIDED A FOUNDATION HERE FOR YOUR WORK?

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

So, one afternoon, we sat together and talked.

Ned A commitment to girls’ education 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.

FELT A COMMITMENT TO CHANGE WHEN WAS HIRED. 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.

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”

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.

Link

Group Chapel provides the female adolescent spirit 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.

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.

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

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

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 conversation, 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.

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

Martha We need to do more with 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.

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.

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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

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.

Things are happening here. The School is moving forward, and I wanted to be a part of that.

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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FAMILY SPACES. HOW DO WE OPEN IT UP SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A BROADER SENSE OF FAMILY LIFE?

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.

– CAROLYN STENZEL

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.

Curtis Jackson 62 Years

An excerpt of a tribute read by Ron Merricks at a service honoring Curtis upon his retirement in May .

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,

Alumnae of Record

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.

Alumnae live in:

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5 freshmen, 5 sophomores, 11 juniors, 3 seniors

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2,676 States with Highest Concentrations of Alumnae Virginia North Carolina

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48 STATES THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

115 Boarding Students (82%)

141 total students

26 Day & 5-day boarding (18%)

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41 FOREIGN COUNTRIES

32% Students from Virginia

A model iPad Program, begun in 2011–2012, is a part of an innovative school-wide curriculum. Chatham Hall faculty have been invited to speak at numerous conferences about the program.

63% Students from Southeast

21% International Students

Student/Faculty Ratio: 5/1 Average Class Size

9 students

sustainability club tip

Approximately

30% of Chatham Hall students have participated in the International Service Learning Program in South Africa or Cuba at least once. Parents and alumnae are welcome to attend the Program as space permits. Information can be found on our Web site.

16 Advanced Placement Courses Offered in 2013–2014

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

When I finished “The List” I thought, There will never be another Curtis Jackson.

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.

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

Prayer for the School

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 Reverend Pere Max Accimé, father of Taina Accimé ’13

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 Urbana-

Champaign

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

Southern Methodist University Spring Hill College

St. Andrews Presbyterian College

St. John’s UniversityQueens 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

welcome! 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

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, 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 made my way to the Tube.

– ROBERT ANKROM

trustees

Zachary P. Hairston P’15

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.

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

Ross T. Walton P’16

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.

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.

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

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,

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.

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!

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

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 allows each mind to work differently.

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

Call for Distinguished Alumna Award Nominations

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.

Be sure to check out our brand new website, launched this summer, at www.chathamhall.org

HUNTER BARNHARDT New Advancement Associate

Madame allowed me to 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.

Laura Rand ’06, Associate Director of Advancement and Editor of Chat

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 forever.

Jacquie Pottorf ’06

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.

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.

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.

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.

–Mary Madison Laffitte ’14

– Schay Goss Barnhardt ’06, Assistant Director of Admission

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2013–2014 LEADER IN RESIDENCE

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.

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 will be missed.

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

-Huntley Friend, Former Staff Member and Mother of Laine Friend Moore ’89

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.

On September 10, scientist Dr. Helene “Lanie” Zimmermann Hill shared with students and faculty her experience of navigating the professional scientific community as a woman. 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

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

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.

Chatham Hall wins Sportsmanship Award

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.

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.

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.

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. –

EMILY JOHNS

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.

riding clinic

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.

Summer Athletics

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.

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

Student & Faculty Summer Travel

Boston, Massachusetts

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

Detroit, Michigan

Ned Edwards, Chaplain and Religion and Social Sciences Teacher

AP Psychology Workshop

Asheville, North Carolina

Ken Tyburski, Math Teacher AP Statistics Workshop

Oxford, United Kingdom

Robert Ankrom, Director of Communications

Spencer Fellows Oxford Berkeley Program: History of London

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

Williamsburg, Virginia

Mary Edmonds, English Department Head and History Teacher

AP English and Composition Workshop

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.

Durham, North Carolina

Brittany Jackson, Dance Teacher American Dance Workshop

Lexington, Kentucky

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.

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

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

Caitlin Aberg ’15

Amboise, France

Seven students traveled to Amboise for a French Immersion program

Poland

Juliana Avery ’14 and Dennis Reichelderfer, History Teacher

iQuest: History and Culture of Polish Jews

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.

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.

Jerusalem, Israel

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

Graduation 2013

Chatham Hall Celebrated Women of the

Greatest Generation

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 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.

Class of 1944 Elaine

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Below Red Cross Committee, 1943

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….

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

Cruikshank Luckey, Lea Cumings Parson, Sylvia Morss Page , Bobby Eisner Gerry, Sally Brittingham Wallace

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

Left Carter Mac Rae Chatfield ’46, Alumnae Council 1981–1983 and Trustee 1983–1986, and mother of Ninna Fisher Denny ’70

Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth

Reza Azlan | Random House Publishing

In 1963 John A.T. Robinson, the Episcopal Bishop of Woolwich, England, published Honest to God challenging the Church to accept the modern methods and viewpoints of Biblical scholars and theologians. The ensuing public debate, which had been raging in the academy for decades by theological giants no less than Paul Tillich and Karl Barth, came into popular consciousness with a vengeance, leading to and becoming a part of the “Death of God” movement. It seemed to many that the debate was a forced choice between either accepting orthodox, 18th century scholarship and worldviews, or believing that God was no longer relevant to modern sensibilities. We soon learned that the choice was not quite that stark, but what it did reveal was the deep divide between scholarship and local church teaching.

The public reaction to Reza Azlan’s newest book, Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth (Random House, 2013), shows that the abyss is still wide and deep. Zealot is an astoundingly readable and reliable portrait of the historical Jesus within the social, political, economic, and cultural setting of first-century Palestine. As a professor of creative writing at UC Berkeley, Azlan has honed his best storytelling techniques to transform dull and lifeless academic work into gripping narrative. Yet he is not out of his element. His undergraduate degree, Master’s, and Ph.D. are all in religious studies. He knows his subject well. He supports his work with extensive notes, also written in narrative form, giving credit to those whose scholarship has been influential to his understanding and noting those scholars who disagree with him. He is nothing if he is not fair and thorough.

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in which he lived. It puts the man Jesus in context and goes out of its way to point out the anachronisms of which we remain unaware. “The notion of history as a critical analysis of observable and verifiable events in the past is the product of a modern age; it would have been an altogether foreign concept to the gospel writers for whom history was not a matter of uncovering facts, but of revealing truths” (Kindle location 682 – italics original). Thus Jesus is not the mild-mannered teacher of children who is unjustly tried and executed, but a zealous, politically-minded leader looking for revolution, threatening Roman Imperial theology to the point that he must be executed.

The portrait he paints so beautifully of Jesus has been on display by scholars for decades, if not a century. Yet little of this information has made its way to the mainstream public and almost none of it is preached from church pulpits. Hence the divide.

The historical-cultural perspective of Jesus is not always comfortable. It is unfamiliar territory that asks hard questions many churchgoing people are timid about asking. Instead, we tend to focus on the Jesus of the resurrection, what scholars refer to as the Post-Easter Jesus, the Jesus of faith, or Jesus the Christ. This is the Jesus with which we are most familiar. He is apolitical, more divine than human, capable of controlling natural conditions like storms and seas, and performing miracles. This Jesus is often portrayed as thinking and acting with white, middle-class Protestant American assumptions and concepts.

What will be surprising to many is that Azlan gives no new information about the historical Jesus, puts forth no new theories or ideas, nor does he posit any new perspectives that have not previously been considered and debated in the academy. In fact, one of the scholarly critiques of the book is that it is too tame. The portrait he paints so beautifully of Jesus has been on display by scholars for decades, if not a century. Yet little of this information has made its way to the mainstream public and almost none of it is preached from church pulpits. Hence the divide.

Zealot approaches Jesus not through the lens of his resurrection as most of us do, but through the lens of the culture

Perhaps this is why Azlan was treated so harshly in his interview on Fox News this summer, and why the interviewer focused on Azlan’s faith and motives. Ultimately, how we understand Jesus affects our faith. The best example of this is found in The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions (Harper San Francisco, 1999). Two eminent New Testament scholars, Marcus Borg, a liberal, and N.T. Wright, a conservative, write with openness and honesty about how their differing scholarship about Jesus affects their personal faith. Each is not only eloquent, but passionate. They do what is rarely done: as scholars they span the divide and write from the heart. My reading of Zealot asks us to do no less.

“The one thing that any comprehensive study of the historical Jesus should hopefully reveal is that Jesus of Nazareth – Jesus the man – is every bit as compelling, charismatic, and praiseworthy as Jesus the Christ. He is, in short, someone worth believing in” (loc 3353). What Azlan gives us is a beautifully written, compelling narrative that draws the reader into this divide and not only keeps us engaged, but gives us someone in whom to believe.

– NED EDWARDS, CHAPLAIN, FACULTY IN HISTORY, RELIGION, AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

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45Anne Lee Reath All goes well–still painting, walking (slowly), some volunteer work. First great-grandchild was born in July.

39Barbara 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.

40Sarah 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.

41Tina 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!

43Patricia 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.

reunion 2013

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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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.

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!

46Priscilla 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.

47Carol 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.

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

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

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.

49Mary 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

50Ellen 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

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!

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.

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.

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

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

Look for the Esto Perpetua lantern icon to see which classes will celebrate Reunion

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.

Cordy Ruffin Richards ’47 and Carol Davenport ’47

Doris Beasley Martin ’48, Wissie Thompson ’58, and Sarah Martin Finn ’74

Jody Shartle Anderson ’49, Povy LaFarge Bigbee ’51, and Jody’s husband, Andy Anderson

reunion 2013 Judy Ruffin Anderson ’53, Margot Bell Woodwell ’53, Mary Katherine Sours Plaster ’53, Lucy McClellan Barrett ’53, Barkie Billings Supplee ’53, and Didi Silliman Stockly ’53

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

52Mary 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.

Sally Saltonstall Willis ’58

Carroll Taylor Clark

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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!!

54Caroline 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.

55Susan 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.

56Mary-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.

57Nancy Campbell Fales Many good memories of my years at Chatham for which I am most grateful–best to all my classmates.

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.

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.

58Burleigh Vette Blust Our number of animals has decreased to two herfords, but our grandchildren have increased to ten!

59Brenda 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.

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

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

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

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).

60Adelaide 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!

61Margaret 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!

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. So I’m happy for her as this is like a cherry on top of her successful career.

62The 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. My husband, Steve, had already retired, so we’ve been able to enjoy together the frantic, always too busy lives of project

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

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Row 1: Floy Schroeder Ervin ’58, Leila McConnell Daw ’58, Wissie Thompson ’58, Ellie Morgan Moran ’58 Row 2: Carroll Taylor Clark ’58, Sally Saltonstall Willis ’58, Molly Buck ’58

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

New friends Laura Rand ’06 and Diana LePage ’61 at the Meher Spiritual Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, where Diana spends her summers

Georgia Pugh ’59 at her studio in Hatfield, Massachusetts Peggotty Worthington Gilson ’59, Betsy Baldwin Montague ’59, Wissie Thompson ’58, Lee Porter Page ’59, and Lala Mapes Maresi ’59

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!!

63Judy Carter My partner, Susan, and I have spent the year celebrating our 20th anniversary. The summer has been delightful with lots of rain and green pastures for my

Jane Everhart Murray ’63

Fifteen members of the 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

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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.

64Buffington 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.

65Jeffrey 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.

66Nancy Hanes White

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

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.

67Priscilla 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.

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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,

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

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

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Merritt Montgomery Lewis, grandson of Nancy Hanes White ’66

talented daughters (both educators), and one equally talented musical son whose band, Old Crow Medicine Show, won a Grammy for The Big Easy Express this year. We are “sometimes groupies” traveling to their gigs. They are all married to fabulously talented spouses, and we have six grandchildren ages one through eight whom we love and adore. I continue my work as a search consultant with Carney, Sandoe & Associates, but am slowing down to breathe more deeply, and enjoy family and CH friends!

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.

69Nancy 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.

70Ninna 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!!!

72Nina 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!

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

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 renovating. Now we are there all the 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!

73Margaret 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.

74Anne 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-

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.

77Robin 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

Virginia Cates Bowie ’73

Our 40th reunion was the magic number—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!

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

Sower on the Cliffs by Helen Mirkil ’70

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

Patty Neff McCormack ‘72 and granddaughter Olivia Louise Slaughter (Great granddaughter of Annette Lummis Neff ’43 and great great granddaughter of Annette Gano Lummis ’17)

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

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.

Robin Musser Agnew ’77 with daughter Margaret at Ripon College

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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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

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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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80Elizabeth 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!!

81Lisa 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 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!!!!

83Ginny 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!

84Tracy 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!

85Sarah

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.

87Lara 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.

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91Nancy 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!

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.

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!

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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92Alison Beckner Kaloumenos

Hello everyone! My husband, Manthos, and I just had a wonderful

93Susanna 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!

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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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!

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)

reunion 2013 Missy Fountain, Hope Metcalf ’38, and Sue Metcalf ’78 at Reunion 2013

Lisa Haemisegger Allis ’81 and husband

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

2013 Past Board of Trustees Chairs Dora Thomas P ’02, ’04, Trina Robinson Secor ’68, and Nina Johnson Botsford ’72 with current Chair Stacey Goodwin ’83

reunion 2013 Sarah Collie ’85, Belk Daughtridge P’13, and Mary Freed ’86

Alicia Thompson ’80 and Liz Agee ’80

reunion 2013 Tiffany Moore Duerr ’88, Athletic Director Cathy LaDuke, and Anne Prouty List ’88

Alison Beckner Kaloumenos ’92 and husband Manthos Kaloumenos

Nancy Hilliard Joyce ’91 and niece (and new Chatham Hall girl) Sara Stuart ’15

Susanna Barnwell ’93 and husband, Tim

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

Everett Douglas Fountain, son of Laurel Cobble Fountain ’93

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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00Katherine Blair Farmer and Ben Farmer welcomed Charles Lewis Famer to the world on April 10, 2013.

01SarahMatista

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

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buildings around me in Washington provide plenty of inspiration. Now I just have to work on convincing my sister Leslie Matista ‘00 and mom Twink Broome Matista ‘71 to join me here!

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.

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02Amy 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 long. We are all doing well.

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!!

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.

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.

reunion 2013 Above left: Annette Kirby ’80, Mary Elizabeth Wilkes ’03, Lindsay Shook ’02, Lydia Beresford ’03, Swim Coach Demery Close, Sybil Cole Young ’03, and Elizabeth Campbell Cales ’02

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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

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

06Taylor 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!

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

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 well we plan on 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!

05Emma 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!

Left: Sarah Jenks ’93, Joanna Edgell ’93, and Amanda Sink Wydner ’94

Bottom left: Anna Robinson ’93, Amanda Gurganus ’91, Susanna Hollingsworth Barnwell ’93, Andrea Cannon Little ’93, Sarah Jenks ’93, Mary-Stuart Day ’93, Emily Blair Harvey ’93, and Nelson Ervin Holland ’93

Bottom: Former science teacher Pamela Stengel Board and Anna Robinson ’93

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

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

1997 Laura Robinson ’97, Lindsey Long Copeland ’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

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

Benjamin Lee Chandler, son of Amy Merricks Chandler and grandson of Chatham Hall’s Chief Financial and Facilities Officer, Ronald Merricks

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

Michelle McKee ’06, Hannah Gilmore, and family

Michelle McKee ’06 and Paige Abe ’06

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09Kathleen

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!

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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!

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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.

Mary Bernard Hamilton ’26 died December 1, 2011.

Katherine Wood Palmer ’34 died October 23, 2012.

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

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

Mary Ferguson Sullivan ’38 died March 27, 2013.

Marion McKee Dickerson ’40 died June 27, 2013.

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

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

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

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

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

12Anna

Shop the online store at http://chathamhallbookstore.bigcartel.com/ The Vineyard Vines Collection

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.

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

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The Whipping Man by Matthew Lopez at the Hattiloo Theater

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

2011 Lillian Calhoun ’11 and Eli James man Emily Calhoun’s ’03 Floriography flower stall at the El Paso Texas farmers market

Ellen Cartmell ’08, Zoe Bennett ’08, Kate Thomas ’08, and Maggie Oakes ’08

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

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

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

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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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.

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

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

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

16–17 Interscholastic Equestrian Association

Horse Show at Chatham Hall

december

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

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april

5–6 Admission Re-Visit Weekend, Call 434.432.5613 for Inquiries

8–9 Leader in Residence, Sherry Lansing, More Details to Follow

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

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

7 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

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

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.

31 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

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12 Maggie Taylor ’79, Digital Image Artist and Photographer, More Details to Follow

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

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28–1 Winter Dance Performance, More Details to Follow

march

8–9 Interscholastic Equestrian Regional Finals at Chatham Hall

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

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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2012–2013 chatham hall annual report

total gifts 2012–2013

*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.

34%

parents 53%

grandparents 19%

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

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

† Deceased

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

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

alumnae giving

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

Participation 100%

Mary Applegate Fisher B

class of 1937

Participation 50%

Virginia Downing Wiseman

Katharine Hobson Sturtevant

class of 1938

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

Penelope Perkins Wilson B

Sarah Robbins Bradshaw

Harriett Sayre Noyes

Kimmie Stuart Sloane B

class of 1942

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 1943

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

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.

E Esto Perpetua Society members are individuals who have included

Chatham Hall in their estate plans.

† Deceased

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

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

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

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 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

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 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: Joanna 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: Ellen 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: Adele 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

Better, mixed media, by Alexandra Powell ’14

Cassidy, watercolor, by Amanda Booth ’14

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

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

B E

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

volunteers

n alumnae -120

n current parents -41

n past parents -5

n grandparents -2

total volunteers

-168

19% 1%

20%

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

Volunteers

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

Diana Olcott P’81

Alumnae

Current  Parents

60%

Lea Cumings Parson ’44, P’65, ’68 B

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

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

friends & current students

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

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

memorial gifts

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

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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

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

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

volunteers

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

Boyce Lineberger Ansley ’64, P’90

Polly Wheeler Guth ’44, P’70

Robin Tieken Hadley ’57

ex-officio members

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

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

Dale and Denise Evans

J. Bradley and Melanie Hogg

Herman and Elizabeth Hollerith

J. Vincent and Susan Pinyard

class of 2016

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

CHatHam Hall Summer Camps 2014

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

July 13–25

July 20–26

July 27–Aug 1

Riding Camp Session I for girls ages 9–16

Summer Investigators Science Camp for girls grades 6–8

Riding Camp Session II for girls ages 9–16

Riding Camp Session III (Intensive) for ages 12–17, Open to Chatham Hall Riders with the option to show August 2 & 3

800 Chatham Hall Circle

Chatham, Virginia 24531-3085

www.chathamhall.org