Bill Porter and Blair Penick McIlwain visited Collegiate over the summer to plan the Class of 1965’s 50th Reunion. Other committee members that were present but not pictured are Ann Dobbins Brasfield and Kate Donnahoe Vaughan. “We are trying to find ALL our classmates.”
Franny Simpson Powell ’69, Bobbie Traynham Dorin ’67 and Bryce Powell ’69 got together at the 5K Walk and Roll benefiting the Virginia Home, where Bobbie is a resident.
To find out where to buy Three Sisters products, visit threesisters3.com.
1970 On May 21, 2015, the Hall family gathered in Richmond to celebrate Laura Hall ’68’s retirement from Collegiate after 29 years as the Lower School nurse. Pictured are Laura, Jim Hall ’71 (Concord, MA), Sarah Hall ’67 (Washington, DC) and Justin Hall ’76 (Charlottesville, VA).
1967
Susu Schmidt walked in Northern Wales in May – continuing her tour of Celtic countries, as part of “research” for her next book on the Gulf Stream, ocean‑current movement, climate change and sealevel rise. Isabel Spilman Bates’ business, Three Sisters Cheese Straws, was the subject of a June Richmond Times‑Dispatch article. Isabel and her sisters, Peggy Crowley and Alice Frankovitch, started the business five years ago as a tribute to their grandmother – they use her recipe to create homemade cheese straws.
Barrie Miller Sutton writes, “I have been at the Beach for three years and love seeing Collegiate friends that come to the Beach. Happy at ODU as assistant director of the Project Management Office.”
1972
Lee Osborne, a principal with Woods Rogers in Roanoke, was featured on the 2015 list of Best Lawyers in America. His practice focuses on estate planning and trust and estate administration.
1973
Conway Fleming Saylor is the director of service learning and civil engagement at The Citadel’s Krause Center for Leadership and Ethics. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching recently recognized The Citadel by selecting the school for the 2015 Community Engagement Classification. Only
about two percent of the nation’s more than 7,000 institutions of higher learning hold this classification. Conway and her team spent months collecting and compiling data for the more than 30‑page application. “The Carnegie classification is not just the college’s accolade, but it belongs to all of our community partners. We work together to share knowledge and resources for the betterment of all,” said Conway. In March, the YWCA of South Hampton Roads honored Sarah Munford as one of their 2015 Women of Distinction. Sarah and Laurel Quarberg, co‑owners of floral design studio The New Leaf, were recognized in the business category. DIED: Marsha Nix on July 21, 2015. At Collegiate, Marsha was a member of the Collegiate Cho‑ rus and was active in the drama program. She graduated from Randolph-Macon Woman’s Col‑ lege where she majored in English and minored in theatre. She later received a master of education in speech pathology and audiology from the University of Virginia Curry School of Education. Marsha worked as a speech pathologist and audiologist for many years. She was known for her love and care of animals and rescued several dogs and cats over the years. She is survived by her father, Royce W. Nix, and her sister, Michele “Shelley” E. Nix.
FALL 2015 125