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OUR HEARTS

BEE-LONG to the

CLASS OF

2020 #HutchisonSTRONG

T H E S C H O O L M A G A Z I N E • M AY 2 0 2 0

Non-Profit Organization U.S. Postage

Learning together

even at a distance

we are Camille Hayes ’10

Amanda Jones ’10

Catherine Hayes Hays’12

Ellen Wills ’10 Wynne Morrison ’85

Julia Taylor ’06 & colleagues Paige Nobles McGeorge ’04

Sara Barnes ’06

Kendra Powers Hooper’10

Elaine Hale ’11

Laura Blake Westmoreland ’09 Kelly Rodney Arnold ’96

Pricey Morrison Gunn’12

Robin Morehead Taylor ’01

We have been living in an unusual world, and we’ve all learned how to gather together in different ways. At Hutchison, our teachers have designed inventive ways to teach our girls, and our girls have committed to studying in new and creative ways.

Students and teachers have come together, even though they are apart, to continue learning, sharing, and growing. It has been a lesson in creativity, resilience, and compassion ‌ not unlike a typical day at Hutchison.

Thank you, teachers.

Thank you, students.

Thank you, Hutchison community.

Let ’s continue to remain strong.

A special thanks to the Hutchison Parents Association for gathering girls from each division to take the photos and create the collages on our foldout covers.

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M E S S AG E | F R O M T H E H E A D O F S C H O O L

dear friends, The first thing I want to say is:

I hope you are healthy and safe.

That, above all else, is the most important thing.

In this space, I usually talk about what’s to follow in the magazine. However, 2020 has been an unusually difficult year to navigate. Truly, the pandemic caused by the coronavirus is something that will change the world and impact us for many years to come. I don’t think any of us could have imagined the world we’ve been living through. There have been many unknowns, and we’ve had to be flexible and adapt. We’ve learned how to live and learn differently and very quickly.

How can we summarize what has happened this year in a printed magazine?

The short answer is it can’t be done. Some of what you’ll read in the magazine happened before the pandemic. As this issue goes to press, we do not know the full extent of this crisis or how long it will last.

With that in mind, I invite you to look at this magazine through two lenses. First, consider the stories that came before the pandemic—these are the success stories of alumnae who are making an impact in the world every day, not just in times of crisis. Additionally, there are alumnae gatherings, celebrations, and milestones that happened before “social distancing” was part of our common vocabulary. Second, consider the stories that came amid the pandemic—stories of how we, as a school and a community, adapted.

When we started the 2019–2020 school year, the school-wide theme selected by the student council was: “We’re All in This Together.” It was based on the idea that Hutchison’s students, parents, alumnae, faculty/staff, and friends rely on and support one another through good times and bad. We continue to do that now. No one had the foresight to predict that this theme would become a national and global rallying cry in the fight against a virus.

The campus has been uncharacteristically quiet. I miss the sights of girls learning and the sounds of their joy as they discover something new. I miss meeting alumnae and hearing their stories of our school. We look forward to the time we can come together again, safely, as a community, to reminisce, support, and strengthen the school we all love.

Warmly,

Kristen Ring, Ed.D. President and Head of School Hutchison | 3

As part of a leadership project, Hutchison fourth graders wanted to promote kindness and empathy. They created a large “KIND” sign in Hutchison’s Dobbs building and covered it with notes of wisdom about how a person can be kind to others. Where the “I” should be, there is a blank space. It is their hope that every girl chooses to be the “I” in kind. Empathy is an essential part of our curriculum. And it’s the reason joy fills our halls.

H U TC H I S O N M AG A Z I N E

A L U M N A E D I R E C TO R

DESIGNER

M AY 2 0 2 0

Mary Aubrey Landrum Stafford ’10

Barbara Himber

HEAD OF SCHOOL Dr. Kristen D. Ring E X E C U T I V E E D I TO R Lori Guy Strategic Communications Director lguy@hutchisonschool.org E D I TO R Max Maddock Senior Communications Director mmaddock@hutchisonschool.org 4 | Hutchison

mstafford@hutchisonschool.org P H OTO G R A P H Y Cathy Barber, Brandon Dill, Karen Ducey (Seattle), Gabrielle Prewitt, Mary Riddle, Mo Saito (Oakland), Bonner Williams Morgan ’12, and various Hutchison constituents, with a special thanks to all of the Hutchison parents and teachers who supplied photos for this issue.

Hutchison Magazine is published by the Hutchison Communications Office.

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MISSION Hutchison School is dedicated to a c a d e m i c exc e l l e n c e a n d t o t h e p a ra l l e l d eve l o p m e n t o f m i n d , b o d y, and s p i ri t a s i t e d u c ates yo ung wo men f o r s u cce s s i n co l l e g e a n d fo r l i ve s o f integrity and responsible citizenship.

This year Laurie Fraser Stanton ’65 will retire from Hutchison after serving 50 years as a teacher and administrator. Her work and commitment have had a major impact on the school, from academics to social/emotional learning, and in many other unseen areas. We will miss her joyful smile and unparalleled expertise, and we wish her well in retirement. Read more about her on page 28.

Photograph by Brandon Dill

CONTENTS FEATURES

GIVING TO HUTCHISON

6 Congratulations to the Class of 2020

34 The Hutchison Fund Recognizes Our Teachers

8 What Does Distance Learning Look Like?

ALUMNAE NEWS

11 Surprising the Class of 2020

33 Award Honorees

16 Theatre: Sidekicks, The Musical, & The Complete Works of William Shakespeare [Abridged]

36 Gatherings

56 Thanks to Alumnae on the Front Lines ALUMNAE PROFILES 20 Celia Economides ’97

42 Milestones: Marriages, Births & Adoptions, Memorials 44 Professionally Speaking 45 Class Notes D E PA R T M E N T S

A Biotech Executive Persists in Life and Work

2 From the Head of School

24 Anne Kirkpatrick ’77

12 Are You Following Us?

Becoming a Chief, Built on Principles

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Tennis Round Robin

28 Laurie Fraser Stanton ’65 A Lifetime Devoted to Hutchison

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Congratulations to

Demi Angelakis The University of Memphis

Anna Margaret Burnett University of Arkansas*

Julia Colombo University of Tennessee Knoxville

Josie Butler University of Mississippi*

Caroline Couch New York University

Jane Dodge University of Tennessee Chattanooga*

Katy Gilmore Boston College

Morgen Crosby Texas Christian University*

Brooke Grissinger University of Mississippi

Miccaella Lejwa Duke University

Elizabeth McVean Texas Christian University*

Callie Oehmler University of Texas Austin

Ally Roberts University of South Carolina*

Lily Saunders University of Tennessee Knoxville*

Kathryn Robinson University of Arkansas

Claire Schneider Baylor University

Madison Smith University of Arkansas

Canale Tagg The University of Memphis

Kate Weatherford Auburn University

* Denotes Honors College

Emily Fonville University of Alabama, Birmingham*

Maley Horn University of Mississippi

Mary Chapman Morrow University of Tennessee Knoxville

Anne Wilkes Skipworth University of Mississippi

Nicole Curlee UNC Chapel Hill*

Lauren Halbach University of Tennessee Knoxville

Janessa Mai University of Colorado Boulder*

Sophie Patikas Auburn University

Elizabeth Austin Middlebury College

Eleanor Campbell The University of Virginia

Grace Anne Eber University of Tennessee Knoxville

Abby Hays Samford University

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Madison AristĂŠ University of Tampa

Caroline Seamons New York University

Isabella Snow Baylor University

Emina Umarov University of Tennessee Knoxville

Shade Webb University of Tennessee Knoxville

Elisabeth Southern University of Mississippi*

Emily Waggoner University of Mississippi

Lilly West The University of Virginia

Marilyn Wiener Texas Christian University*

the Class of 2020!

Caroline Baine University of Arkansas

Caroline Bennett University of Mississippi

Emma Chappel-Robinson The University of Manchester

Cate Daniels Auburn University*

Miller Bishop The University of Alabama

Grace Clement Purdue University*

Colleen Davis Villanova University

Olivia Fonville Mississippi State University*

Dabney Collier Texas Christian University

Sydney Davis North Carolina A&T State University

Hannah Freeman The University of Virginia

Katherine Harding The University of Alabama*

Helen Gillespie Columbia University

Sarah Harris Southern Methodist University

Myanne James Rollins College*

Millie Mencke University of California, Santa Barbara

Jada Millen University of Tennessee Knoxville*

Bailey Roux University of Mississippi*

Grace Spain Samford University

Townes Wilkinson University of Tennessee Knoxville

Emma Sands Rhodes College

Gracie Stallings University of Tennessee Knoxville*

Ellie Sappington University of South Carolina

Sydney Shy The University of Alabama

Caroline Swaim Furman University

Ella Watson Southern Methodist University*

Sydney Claire Williams University of Tennessee Knoxville*

Madison Morris Fordham University

Carter Patikas Auburn University

Isabelle Sharp University of Arkansas*

Mayers Wallace Southern Methodist University

Annie Hayden University of Mississippi

Kate Latkovic Texas Christian University

Lily Rose Oliver Sarah Lawrence College

Anne Claire Sexton University of Arkansas

Bailey Degan The University of Memphis

Virginia Tabor University of Georgia*

Caroline Weakley The University of Alabama

Madelyn Woodard University of Arkansas*

Zoie Yarbrough The University of Memphis* Hutchison | 7

What Does Distance Learning Look Like?

The pandemic required Hutchison teachers and students to quickly master a new way of teaching and learning. These are just a few of the creative and engaging lessons teachers have offered virtually.

Living History—Literally!

After discussing how government leaders used propaganda posters to motivate and frighten the citizenry into action during World War I, upper school history teacher Deborah Brown asked girls in her Advanced Honors Modern World History class to envision COVID-19 messages for a billboard on Poplar Avenue. “Whenever we can, we relate events from the past to things the girls are experiencing in their own time,” said Brown, who has taught history for nearly 30 years. “This was a perfect opportunity to do that.”

Healthy = Saludable

During the pandemic, Hutchison’s fourth graders raided pantries in search of unhealthy snacks. It wasn’t hunger pangs – it was a world languages assignment.

Kenna Chelsoi’s Spanish class ended up in their kitchens to explain what they had learned in Lucy Wesson’s science class about the nutrients your body needs to stay healthy. This cross-disciplinary approach to learning is a hallmark of the Hutchison experience. “It is important for kids to learn language in context,” said Chelsoi, who teaches Spanish in early childhood and lower school. “Kids can make connections to real-life situations or other disciplines, which makes the learning meaningful.”

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Experiencing a Whole New World

While engaged in distance learning, seventh grade global studies girls began the Russia unit by examining Igor Stravinsky’s The Firebird, the renowned ballet based on a Russian folk tale. As she would during a normal year, middle school global studies teacher Nancy Smith partnered with her music and dance colleagues in the fine arts department to gather music, video clips, and other resources to help girls experience the ballet and orchestral work. She then asked the girls to create an artifact inspired by The Firebird. Girls used their imaginations to come up with colorful masks, drawings, paper art, and paintings. “Creating art while discovering another country and culture creates indelible connections,” Smith said.

How to Conduct a Virtual Science Lab

A lot of things have changed, but science labs go on in Mary Lee Wesberry’s AP Biology class. With Google Meet, a cell phone, nail polish, a potted plant, and a portable microscope, Wesberry quickly switched gears to begin the fourth quarter as planned, by studying transpiration, which is the process of water movement through a plant and its evaporation from leaves, stems, and flowers. “I adjusted to doing labs online. The students watched me demo the lab. It’s not ideal, but it’s better than just reading the lab!” she said. Wesberry, who begins each class with a “wellness check-in” before tackling AP Biology, is determined to help students navigate this current environment.

Thinking Around the House … and Neighborhood

Sticks and stones … can build good math skills!

Walk around the block and sort what you find: that was one of the assignments in the weekly pre-K learning objective “bingo cards” shared with early childhood parents for distance learning. Activities were divided into categories such as Outside Learning, Thinking Around the House, Lots of Conversations, and Multisensory Experiences. “Our goal was to keep the girls’ minds engaged and their skills sharp,” said pre-kindergarten teacher Lane Clanton. “We chose activities that can easily be incorporated into a family’s daily routines.” Early childhood teachers adapted their goals to teach the girls by meeting them on their own terms. That included some leeway with the bunny ears!

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Let it Flow! Outrunning Lava and Other Lessons

How fast do honey, cooking oil, and water flow on an elevated cookie sheet? Middle school science teacher Donna Budynas’ first distance learning lab, to test viscosity, or the measure of how liquid flows, was engaging and educational, but relatively tame. Then, she kicked it up a notch! Budynas asked her sixth grade earth science class to outrun lava—Indiana Jones-style. Extra credit was offered for wearing explorer gear. Her goal was for the girls to have real-world connections to the scientific content. “I wanted the girls to practice math skills with a real-world objective, get away from their screens, get some exercise, and perhaps create a fun family activity,” she said.

Trike-a-thon in the Neighborhood Early childhood’s annual trike-a-thon looked a little different this year.

Our girls rode their bikes at home to continue our tradition of cheering on the patients at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. One of those special patients is Waylon, the little brother of pre-kindergartener London. Each year, Hutchison continues to be a top fundraiser for St. Jude, and this year, the girls raised almost $6,500.

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How do you show your seniors love while maintaining proper social distancing? Dr. Kristen Ring and upper school faculty and staff delivered special yard signs to serve as a reminder that ‌

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Are You Following Us?

Hutchison Earns AP Computer Science Award For the second year in a row, Hutchison has earned the College Board AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award.

Research shows women are more likely to pursue computer science if they’re given the opportunity to explore it in high school. The award recognizes schools that have extended girls’ access through AP Computer Science courses. Only 818 schools were recognized worldwide.

Caroline Swaim ’20 to Play at Furman Senior Caroline Swaim signed her letter of intent to play lacrosse at Furman University this fall. Swaim is a fouryear member of the varsity lacrosse team and a twotime State Champion.

Mary Riddle Named Eleazer Chair and Receives SPARK Award Hutchison celebrates master teaching through endowed chairs. The Eleazer Excellence in Teaching Chair was established in 2016 by Katie Dobbs ’67 and Ed Eleazer in honor of their daughter, Katie Eleazer Wiener ’91, and their granddaughters, Katie Wiener ’22 and Bailey Wiener ’24. Mary Riddle, Hutchison’s director of environmental education & sustainability, now holds this chair. Riddle recently earned the Mid-South SPARK Educator of the Year award for the leadership role she plays in developing agricultural, environmental, and sustainability programs for K–12 schools and nonprofits.

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Be sure to follow us on Holocaust Educator Award Goes to Middle School Teacher Lauren Huddleston, middle school English teacher, is the recipient of a 2020 Belz-Lipman Holocaust Educator Award from the Tennessee Holocaust Commission. This award is reserved for outstanding educators in the field of Holocaust education. Huddleston became deeply interested in the Holocaust as a middle school student herself and hopes to impart the same importance of empathy, integrity, and critical thinking to her own students.

Sting Players ★★ Shine ★★ Carmyn Harrison ’21 (far left) earned a spot on The Commercial Appeal All-Metro team and was ranked as high as 45 nationally by ESPN, while Maxine Engel ’21 was named to the Tennessee Sports Writers All-State girls basketball team for Division II-AA. Congratulations, Carmyn and Maxine!

Sting Basketball at the FedExForum

Stewart Taylor Hunt Joins as Annual Giving Director Hutchison welcomes Stewart Taylor Hunt ’06 as the newest member of its development team. She previously worked for Church Health and as Hutchison’s alumnae director.

The Hutchison Sting varsity basketball team got to see what it was like to play on an NBA court when they competed at the FedExForum in January. The Sting took on, and defeated, Lipscomb Academy.

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N E W S | F R O M H U TC H I S O N

Hutchison Wins National and Local Scholastic Awards Hutchison girls excelled in Scholastic Art and Writing Awards this year at both the regional and national levels. Three Hutchison girls took home National Scholastic Awards in art: Madison Morris ’20 received a Gold Medal/American Visions Award; Caroline Seamons ’20 received a Gold Medal; and Madelyn Simcoe ’21 was awarded a Silver Medal. Their work will be displayed nationally, and they will be recognized in a virtual awards show.

At the Mid-South Scholastic Art Awards, Hutchison girls won 54 art awards, with 19 Gold Keys, 15 Silver Keys, and 20 Honorable Mentions. These awards ranged from drawing and illustration, to mixed media and photography.

Hutchison led all other independent schools in the regional competition.

Gold Key winners include: Katie Frazer ’23, Arabella Hall ’23, Amellia Hausmann ’21 (2 keys), Myanne James ’20, Madison Morris ’20 (2 keys plus an American Visions Nominee, Personal Vision Award, and Senior Division First Place), Caroline Seamons ’20, Madelyn Simcoe ’21 (1 key plus a Senior Division Drawing Award), Anne Skipworth ’20, Isabell Snead ’23, Anna Rose Thomas ’21, Betty Jane Thomas ’21, Shade Webb ’20 (2 keys), Marilyn Wiener ’20, and Zoie Yarbrough ’20. Silver Key winners include: Kati Ballo ’21, Alex Beard ’23, Kate Downs ’21, Zoe Gilmore ’22, Myanne James ’20, Madison Morris ’20 (2 keys), Caroline Robertson ’21, Caroline Seamons ’20, Madison Smith ’20 (2 keys), Anna Rose Thomas ’21, Shade Webb ’20, Eve West ’21, and Tate Whipple ’21.

NATIONAL AND REGIONAL WRITING AWARDS A Gold Medal-winner by Caroline Seamons ’20 in the regional and national contests

Madelyn Simcoe ’21 received a national Silver Medal

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In the National Scholastic Writing Awards, Mariam Husein ’22 won a Silver Medal. Regionally, Hutchison earned 15 Scholastic Writing Awards, including two prestigious American Voices nominations, at the Alliance for Young Writers’ Southeastern competition. The four Gold Keys winners are Caroline Couch ’20, Katy Gilmore ’20, Mariam Husein ’22, and Maya Risch ’21. In addition, Caroline and Katy were named American Voices nominees. Silver Key winners are Caroline Couch ’20, Zoe Ford ’23, Katy Gilmore ’20, Ana Christi Hunter ’23, Helen Kastner ’23, Madison Morris ’20, Sakshi Singh ’24, and Lacy Williams ’23.

Above: Marilyn Wiener ’20, Gold Key, Mid-South Scholastic Awards Right: Myanne James ’20, Silver Key, Mid-South Scholastic Awards

Above: Shade Webb ’20, Gold Key, Mid-South Scholastic Awards Left: Amellia Hausmann ’21, Gold Key, Mid-South Scholastic Awards

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Photographs by Bonner Williams Morgan ’12

Hutchison was proud to host the world premiere of Sidekicks the Musical in the fall of 2019. This creative and colorful musical was a secret family project conceived by faculty member Barry Gilmore and his daughters, Katy Gilmore ’20 and Zoe Gilmore ’22. They wrote the first song on a napkin while eating out at a restaurant one night and continued working on the script, music, and lyrics over the last three years. They hoped that the musical would express important and timely themes such as girls are heroic, smart is super, and it’s important to be true to who you are.

Hutchison staff, students, and alumnae took on the monumental task of mounting a show that had never been produced. Alumna Anne Marie Caskey ’80 directed the production and music teacher Leiza Collins orchestrated the show’s music. With lots of hard work, the combined cast of 28 and production crew of 36 created a heartwarming, action-packed, and poignant musical about a band of superhero sidekick wannabes who attend an annual convention called Sidecon where they discover their incredible abilities. In the end, they grow into the heroes they always emulated.

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Photographs by Bonner Williams Morgan ’12

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Shakespeare

The Complete Works of

William

[ABRIDGED]

This spring, Hutchison presented The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), written by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield. The hilarious sketch comedy script incorporates bits from Shakespeare’s 38 plays, mixing classic lines from the bard with modern references, and poking fun of all things Shakespearean.

The writers imagined, for instance, how Shakespeare’s history plays might look as a professional wrestling match. Titus Andronicus was performed as a cooking show and Hamlet was presented in a condensed one-act version, a fast-forwarded version, and then backwards.

Hutchison’s production was directed by faculty member Marques Brown and featured a cast of 10 and a crew of 20.

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A L U M N A P R O F I L E | C E L I A E CO N O M I D E S ’ 9 7

A Biotech Executive Persists in Life and Work Celia Economides ’97 is well acquainted with persistence. As an executive at a biotech company in San Francisco, persistence is a trait that comes in handy. Fostering the development of new drugs for rare diseases often requires soliciting millions of dollars in investments, decades of trial and error in the labs, and lots and lots of patience.

Economides said she learned about persistence early on. When preparing for college while at Hutchison, she applied to her dream school, McGill University in Montreal. After she didn’t get accepted, her mother told her to reapply. “I thought she was crazy,” Economides remembers thinking.

She talked with Leonard Frey, who was associate headmaster and college counselor at Hutchison, and set up a conference call with the admissions office at McGill. She resubmitted her application with a new essay and an additional letter of recommendation from Glenda Pera, her English teacher. She recalled getting a phone call from Mr. Frey after exams and assumed the worst. “Instead he told me he had just received a fax from McGill (yes, a fax!) that I had been accepted! From that moment on, I learned to be persistent, steadfast, and tenacious—qualities that I attribute to my success.”

You might think that would only happen once in a person’s life, but it didn’t.

Later, when Economides was working at Columbia University in New York on an Alzheimer’s research study, she applied to study for a Master’s of Public Health. Like her previous experience, she wasn’t admitted. She persisted though, meeting with the dean of admissions and resubmitting her application for a different discipline.

Three days later, she was accepted to Columbia.

Economides doesn’t hide these experiences. In fact, they are almost a mark of pride. “It’s a story I continue to tell in my professional life and when I mentor people,” Economides explained. “I learned at a young age that persistence pays off, and you have to be your own advocate. You will never get what you don’t ask for, and there’s no downside to trying.”

Putting a Wide Range of Experience to Use Economides works for Kezar Life Sciences, a clinical-stage biotech company researching treatments for patients with autoimmune diseases. The diseases the company is focused on usually affect about 200,000 people or fewer, so they are rare, but not ultra rare. Kezar currently has a drug candidate in Phase 2 trials across five separate autoimmune diseases, including lupus nephritis (inflammation of the kidneys caused by lupus), dermatomyositis/polymyositis (types of muscle weaknesses 20 | Hutchison

Photographs by Mo Saito

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Photograph by Mo Saito

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I love to build relationships, bring people together, and figure out how different people can work together.

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and inflammation), and autoimmune hemolytic anemia/immune thrombocytopenia (premature destruction of red blood cells/low levels of platelets). They are also doing research in cancer, but it is still in the early stages.

Just pronouncing some of those disease areas requires in-depth reading, studying, and practice, Economides admits. Even though she’s not a scientist by training, she’s had experience across the board, working in research at Columbia, at a life sciences-focused hedge fund, at a biotechnology innovation organization in Washington, D.C., and for several biotech companies before landing at Kezar. By working in different capacities, she’s gained valuable knowledge and experience in areas like clinical trials, medical affairs, and competitive intelligence, to name a few.

She eventually relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2015, the heart of the biotech industry, and started working at Kezar about a year ago. “I’m basically an extension of the CEO,” she said. “As the senior vice president of strategy and external affairs, I oversee public affairs, corporate strategy, business development, and investor relations.”

In practical terms, that means one day Economides might be pitching Kezar to a group of investors in New York City and another day she might be visiting clinical trial sites in Memphis and talking with patients. She may spend a day in the company’s lab in South San Francisco talking to scientists or out at doctors’ offices hearing about their needs or their latest research findings.

“I love getting people excited about what I’m doing. I get to do that with investors, doctors, patients, and people within the company,” she said. “I’m a relationship person, and I love to build relationships, bring people together, and figure out how different people can work together.”

Leaning Toward Science from the Beginning Both of Economides’ parents are physicians, and her mom once asked Celia if she remembered what she’d said she wanted to be when she grew up. Her mom

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showed her a paper where she’d written: “I want to be a

Staying Focused, Staying Positive, and

scientist so I can find cures for diseases.”

Looking Toward the Future

“I thought, ‘Whoa, I’m not a scientist, but I’m doing that in a very different way than I would have ever imagined.’

She thought she’d follow her parents’ footsteps and

The hurdles to bring a drug to market would discourage most people. According to Economides, it takes, on average, about 10 years to go from discovery to being able to bring

become an MD, but at some point while in college, she said,

a drug to market. In Phase 1, she added, the chances of

she felt herself leaning toward being more entrepreneurial

getting a drug all the way to FDA approval are less than 10

and business-focused. “When I started working clinical trials,

percent. If a drug has been through all stages of develop-

I loved it and didn’t realize that existed. I also didn’t realize

ment and performed well, chances improve to seventy

the corporate and investment side existed. My job is a great

percent. How does she stay positive and hopeful?

marriage of the two. Ultimately, my work is impacting a much larger population.”

“It’s a challenging space to be in, but incredibly rewarding,” she admitted. “It is the small, incremental wins.

She’s proud of the expertise she’s built, her work ethic,

Otherwise, you would get overwhelmed. Meeting with

and her ability to navigate the corporate ladder. “I work in

physicians and patient groups always reinvigorates me

very male-dominated environments, and I think having been

because you realize they’re so happy that there are people

at Hutchison and always having a voice made me stronger.

working on finding treatments for their diseases.

We were encouraged from early ages to be leaders and have

“It helps when you’re working on a variety of things,”

a voice, and we never were competing with men, so I never

Economides added. “My job is fun because I get to float

viewed them as competition.”

between different parts of what we’re doing. I’m always

Economides said some of her best memories of Hutchison include being on the track team. “Whitney McNeill ’82 was an excellent coach and being a part of the team provided

meeting with new investors, and we’re always talking to potential partners down the line.”

Ultimately, Economides has a goal to start her own

structure and discipline that built my confidence on and off

biotech company and possibly even bring her work back to

the track. It carried through to college and beyond.”

Memphis. “At some point I would love to be able to foster a

She believes there’s room for improvement in gender

more burgeoning biotech industry in Memphis, because

diversity in the biotech industry. “When you look at the

St. Jude has spun off assets to some companies that have

executive teams and boards of the majority of biotech

become very successful. They don’t stay in Memphis,

companies, they are made up of men,” she said. Until Kezar

though, and I think it’s partially because there hasn’t been a

added a female board member recently, Economides was

lot of people with the ability to do that. That is something I

often the only female executive in the room for executive

would love to be able to do at some point and help partner

team and board meetings.

with St. Jude down the line.”

Before she took the position at Kezar, Economides said

Her advice to Hutchison girls? “Follow your interests and

she had an honest conversation with the CEO about wanting

find something that you are passionate about and make a

to contribute daily. “I need to feel like I’m effecting change

career of it. It’s very important—and incredibly rewarding—

within the organization. I’m making sure I have a hand in the

to believe in what you choose as your profession.”

strategic vision of the company and that we’re adhering to our core values and our ultimate mission, which is to develop treatments for high unmet medical needs.”

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I learned at a young age that persistence pays off, and you have to be your own advocate. You will never get what you don’t ask for, and there’s no downside to trying.

Celia Economides ’97

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Becoming a Chief, Built on Principles

by Max Maddock

She didn’t major in criminal justice in college.

She never imagined life as a career police officer.

How, then, did Anne Kirkpatrick ’77 become a sought-after police chief and FBI leadership teacher, most recently leading the police department in Oakland, California?

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Kirkpatrick said she originally intended to work in the

said. “It requires problem solving and is challenging, so that

hotel industry. After graduating with an undergraduate

intrigues me as well. The psychology and counseling skills

degree in business administration from King College in Bristol,

certainly come into play, and being a chief of police taps into

Tennessee, she headed back to Memphis, hopeful to start a

running a business. Lastly as an attorney, I’m able to use my

career at Holiday Inn or someplace similar. Unfortunately,

legal and critical thinking skills when I deal with labor law,

because of the 1979 oil crisis and subsequent recession, people

unions, discipline, and other issues.”

weren’t traveling as much, and hospitality jobs were scarce.

Kirkpatrick realized that if she shifted to a career as an

Then an ad in the Memphis newspaper caught her eye.

attorney, she would be starting all over again. “It became a

“The Memphis Police Department was hiring,” Kirkpatrick

financial factor,” she said. “A twelve-and-a-half-year career in

said. “They were offering a 100 percent education reimburse-

policing and a law degree made me extremely marketable for

ment, and I thought, ‘Well, that sounds interesting, and I

chief positions.”

could go back to graduate school.’ That’s exactly what I did.”

After graduating the police academy in 1982, Kirkpatrick

In 1996, at age 36, she was offered her first post as chief of police in Ellensburg, Washington, a small college town just

worked as a beat cop in Memphis and obtained a master’s

over 100 miles east of Seattle. After five years there, she

degree in counseling at the University of Memphis. She

became police chief in Federal Way, Washington, about 25

continued working as a police officer in the city for four

miles south of Seattle. She stayed there for another five-year

years, but then decided she wanted to tackle law school. The

stint before heading further east to be chief of police in

law program at the University of Memphis was full-time,

Spokane, the second largest city in Washington state.

so Kirkpatrick searched for a part-time school option. She

Although her hat was in the ring for the chief of police

discovered a program at Seattle University and took a lateral

job in Seattle, she then became the undersheriff of the King’s

transfer to the police department in Redmond, Washington, a

County sheriff ’s office, which is the county Seattle is in.

Seattle suburb and home to Microsoft.

Then the big calls started to come in. In 2016, Kirkpatrick

“Policing attracts me because I’m a people person, and I want to make a positive difference in people’s lives.”

“I went to night school and became an attorney,”

was one of the top three candidates considered for the chief

Kirkpatrick said. “I’ve been a licensed attorney in the state

of police job in Chicago. When none of the top three were

of Washington for 30 years.”

tapped for the position, Kirkpatrick was hired on to head the

Even though she’s moved to work various policing jobs over the past three decades, Seattle has been her home base ever since.

department’s new Bureau of Professional Standards.

She didn’t stay long, though, because the Oakland police force was in turmoil after a major scandal. At one point, the city went through three police chiefs in one week. In

MOVING UP THE CHAIN OF COMMAND Kirkpatrick could have transitioned to working as an

February 2017, the mayor asked Kirkpatrick to come in and take over. In addition to the scandal that she was being asked

attorney after law school, but she had already reached the

to clean up, Kirkpatrick knew that she’d be leading the police

rank of sergeant in the police department. She also realized

force in a city that was consistently considered one of the

that working in law enforcement appealed to many of her

most dangerous cities in the U.S. Nevertheless, she took the

interests, sensibilities, and educational background.

challenge.

“Policing attracts me because I’m a people person, and I want to make a positive difference in people’s lives,” she

continued

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A CHANGE AGENT “I fell into a niche as a chief,” Kirkpatrick said. “I’m known as a change agent.”

have a lot of analysis before they can get to a conclusion— your patient’s dying on you.”

During her three-year tenure as chief in Oakland, she

She made the analogy that some doctors are internists,

noted that the city had recorded the lowest violent crime rate

some are emergency room doctors, and some are researchers.

in the past 25 years. As with most chief of police jobs, she was

She likens herself to an emergency room doctor.

aware when she took the post that there would be difficult

“Cities bring a person like me in when their police agency

politics involved. In February 2020, the oversight committee

is in turmoil. After the scandal they had in Oakland, the

and the mayor decided they wanted to go in a different direc-

question was ‘how is it that the police department had such

tion and released Kirkpatrick from her contract.

a culture that a scandal like that could happen?’ When the

She admits being disappointed in the outcome in Oakland

police department engages in extreme misconduct, you are

but knows that she stayed strong to her principles. “What

truly wounding your community. I was brought in to heal the

has challenged me the most is making a decision that I knew

police department and the community at the same time.

I could be fired over. Was I willing to do the right thing and

“I am viewed as fair and legitimate by police officers,”

lay my job on the line for it? I’m not cavalier. I have had to, at

Kirkpatrick said. “When I come into an agency and say, ‘No,

times, prayerfully say, ‘I am willing to make this decision and

we are not going to be engaged in this type of behavior,’ there

be rejected.’ I make those decisions based on my principles.”

are culture shifts. I started seeing those types of victories

She also said she doesn’t let setbacks control her. “I have a

even as a young chief,” she recalled. “People believed me and

choice of how I react. Was that a disappointing event to me?

followed me. Then they developed their own character as

Yes, we all experience disappointment. But I have a choice

a result.”

as to how I behave in this disappointment. Everyone has a

One of the ways Kirkpatrick builds trust with her police

choice of how they respond. You can either live a life of total

officers is acting as a servant leader. “I care about them first.

frustration or you can learn to override those feelings. My

If I take a hit as a boss, that’s okay as long as I take care of

disappointments do not control my decisions of how I’m

them,” she explained. “My officers and staff know that if

going to live my life today and how I’m going to act. I’m fully

they get hurt out there, their chief is coming to the hospital.

aware of disappointments, but that doesn’t mean they control

If they’ve lost their mom or their dog died, I take the time

me. And I’m not going to be swayed by my emotions; my

to write a handwritten note letting them know that I know.

emotions do not lead me.

People want to know that you care.

“Because someone has rank or power doesn’t mean

“Maybe I wasn’t cognitively aware of it at the time, but Hutchison instilled some excellent character traits for me as

people are following. They may be obeying, but they may not

a foundation in my life. I am very grateful to Hutchison for

be following. They will follow you if they see you as a servant

sowing those seeds.”

leader.”

Back in Seattle now, Kirkpatrick, who is also an FBI Academy graduate, is presently a master instructor on leadership

Kirkpatrick knew that the problems in Oakland could be

for the FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Association. She has taught for the FBI before and has a national

overwhelming. She viewed taking on such a responsibility

reputation for teaching and speaking on leadership. “I will

similar to a hospital’s triage unit. “Like the emergency room

teach leadership to mid- and high-ranking law enforcement

doctor, I’ve got to get you breathing. It doesn’t matter if your

executives around the country,” she explained. “These are the

leg is broken if you’ve stopped breathing. I must understand

captains and commanders who are wanting to be a chief, the

what is essential, and then fix it,” she explained. “It requires

sergeants who want to be lieutenants, and officers who want

decision-making. Indecision is paralyzing. I’d rather you

to become sergeants.”

make a wrong decision that we can correct than no decision.

Odds are, they will be some of the

People who cannot make a decision because they’ve got to

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best-trained police officers out there.

Photograph by Karen Ducey

TEACHING LEADERSHIP

“I’m not cavalier. I have had to, at times,

prayerfully say [to myself ], ‘I am willing to make this decision and be rejected.’ ”

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a lifetime

Hutchison

DEVOTED TO

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C E L E B R AT I N G L AU R I E F R A S E R S TA N TO N ’ 6 5

joy.

It’s a word that is used often when people speak of Hutchison. It appears in the “Alma Mater,” and it’s the name given to the statue of a jubilant girl in the school’s courtyard. Laurie Fraser Stanton ’65 loves to see that statue when she walks through Hutchison’s courtyard daily. “It is such a symbol of the joy of this place,” she said.

Joy is what has made Stanton’s work at the school over the past 50 years so meaningful. During her time as a student and then as a teacher and administrator, she has experienced a wealth of friendships and joy.

This year, Stanton will retire. She started at Hutchison in the seventh grade when the school was located on Union Avenue, and hers was the first senior class to graduate after the school moved to the Ridgeway campus in 1965. In fact, she was named Ideal Hutchison Girl that year.

After studying history at Principia College in Illinois and then completing her graduate work in history at Memphis State University, she decided to look for a job while her husband finished law school.

Her career at Hutchison began in 1970, when a faculty position in upper school history opened up. “I taught U.S. history to 11th-graders, a contemporary issues class to 12th-graders, and seventh-grade geography. It felt so right to be teaching and learning along with the girls.”

Stanton said she loved studying history but noticed in graduate school

that the options seemed limited to history of the U.S. or western civilization. She had written a paper on the Marshall Mission in China and wanted to continue expanding her horizons. She got the approval from a professor to conduct an independent study on China.

“That graduate program helped me truly understand how you study history and how perspective is so important,” she said. “You can’t take anything at face value. The job is to go back and find supporting evidence for what you’re being presented or the event that happened. Today we do a better job helping girls look at perspectives. We say, ‘Here’s the original source, but let’s go back and look at this document and this document.’ In my day, that wasn’t the approach being taught.”

Carefully considering different perspectives has served Stanton well over the half-century she has been teaching and guiding Hutchison girls and faculty and staff.

Photograph by Brandon Dill

AN OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS ITSELF When Hutchison moved to the Ridgeway campus, the school was divided into two divisions: the lower school (K–6th grades) and the upper school (7th–12th grades). In the early 1980s, the head of school, Jack Stanford, decided that Hutchison should revive the middle school, which would encompass grades 5–8.

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“Hutchison encourages the best of everybody. So does Laurie.”

— Dr. Annette Smith

would just steer me. I probably learned more from Georgeanne about how to set priorities than anyone.”

A challenge was to transition fifth through eighth grade teachers and students into a middle school environment. One of her programming successes was to set up and foster middle school “Research at the time indicated that preadolescents needed

advisory groups, which continue to this day.

their own programming in order to thrive,” Stanton recalled.

The groups of 10-12 girls are led by faculty members who get to

“The challenge then was figuring out what that programming

know the girls, help them navigate the year, and discuss topics

would look like.”

Jack Stanford asked Laurie

they might face as preadolescents.

Serving as middle school head was a good fit for Stanton

if she wanted to lead the

and she continued in that role for the next 16 years. “It was a

transition and become middle

great opportunity, because we were starting from scratch. It was

school head. At the time,

interesting to research and implement best practices that would

Stanton had been teaching

help our girls through a pivotal time in their lives.”

for about eight years. She said she wasn’t nervous about switching from the classroom

INFLUENCING THE WHOLE SCHOOL Working as the middle school head was rewarding, but an

to an administrative role. “I

opportunity arose for Stanton to take on a more encompassing

always enjoyed working with

role at Hutchison. Starting in 1998, she served as the academic

kids, but even more I loved

dean, primarily focusing on the upper school. When

watching how different people

Dr. Annette Smith started as the sixth head of school in 2000,

approached their teaching.”

she asked Laurie to look at the curriculum schoolwide and

She also felt ready because she and Georgeanne Beaumont,

created the position of assistant head of program. In this role,

the lower school head at the time, had worked closely on cur-

Stanton has steered the adoption of student-centered learning,

riculum alignment. “As I was first stepping into that leadership

the integration of technology, the Reggio-inspired and inte-

position, Georgeanne was so helpful to me because I was able to

grated curriculum, and faculty professional development with

bounce situations off her. She wouldn’t tell me what to do; she

visiting scholars. She’s served in this role since 2001, minus a

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< Clockwise from bottom left: Frances Marks; top left: Jenny Crumbaugh, Laurie Stanton, Georgeanne Beaumont, and Robert Lynn

Laurie celebrating Halloween with Jenny Crumbaugh

four-year stint as the head of upper school.

“It was a fascinating time, because the research and

that they knew the block schedule would result in less time in class cumulatively for the year. Nevertheless, their data showed

literature were asking: ‘What does real teaching and learning

that loss of time in the block schedule equaled the time spent

look like?’ What emerged then is what’s now called student-

changing classes and starting up shorter classes in the previous

centered learning,” Stanton said. “It reduces the teacher’s

schedule. The block schedule also creates a common block,

lecture time and encourages students to help craft the learning.

when both students and teachers can meet.

The students are doing eighty percent of the talking in class.”

“Laurie did the hard work of researching, reading, staying

Beyond simply changing the schedule, though, it also required a significant shift in teaching strategies and lesson

on top of curriculum initiatives across the country, and she

plans. “The teachers wanted to implement it right away and

could distill that into how it might be used to help Hutchison

they made it happen,” Stanton recalled. “One of the outcomes

develop,” said Smith, who retired in 2017. “That takes real

that we didn’t see coming was that after our first year, when

leadership skills. She had to analyze that information and decide

those girls went off to college, they returned and told us, ‘We

what parts of it worked and what parts of it didn’t. Then she had

had no issue with a college schedule and having unstructured

to figure out how to roll it out without everybody rebelling.”

time. We understood how to use it and how to plan for it. We

Implementing that type of learning, in upper school specifically, required a change to the daily schedule as well.

saw other kids struggling, and it was just natural for us.’

Changing to the block schedule was a huge accomplishment.”

This is how the block schedule came about, Stanton said, which allows 85 minutes for classes that meet several times during

THE VALUE OF LISTENING

a week. “It is a way of slowing classes down and going deeper

AND COMMUNICATING

into a subject,” Stanton said. “It enables girls to really focus on

“In every position I’ve held, the skills that have served me

a subject.”

better than anything else are knowing how to listen and how to

When they were implementing this change, Stanton said

ask questions.

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Laurie with Sara Frey

Dr. Annette Smith and Laurie Stanton

“Hutchison has given me a place to continue to

grow and to thrive in an environment that honors integrity, true learning, and serving others.”

— Laurie Fraser Stanton ’65

“My background in history

adding: “Laurie has the ability

trained me to always ask a

to think through the big picture

lot of questions before I end

but work on the small details.

up telling you what I think

She can listen to 14 different

about something,” Stanton

perspectives and distill them

said. “I want to have an idea of

down to what matters. She is

different people’s perspectives.

incredibly perceptive, under-

I’ve found that when things get

stands people, and knows how

complicated, you have to listen harder,” she added. “If there

Laurie with Ann Marie Crump and Peggy McPherson

to get them moving in the right direction. She is exceptionally

are difficult choices to be made, the important factor is not only

humble and calm in a storm. Her steadiness has anchored the

to consider what choices need to be made immediately, but

school for decades. Hutchison owes her considerable gratitude

what the ramifications will be beyond today. What precedents

for her vision and dedication.”

are being set? What messages are being sent? Lastly, how are you communicating it?”

“Laurie always knew the history of the school, where it was

BLOOM WHERE YOU’RE PLANTED “When I was middle school head, one of the sayings that

in the present moment, and where it could be in the future,”

was popular was ‘Bloom where you are planted.’ And I thought,

Smith explained. “That kind of perspective was incredibly

‘Well, that’s the perfect description of me, because that’s kind of

important to the leaders and the teachers, and in articulating

what I do. I bloom where I am planted.’ I’m not figuring out

changes to the parents and the girls.

where I’m going to be planted. Plant me and then I’ll figure it out.

“Hutchison encourages the best of everybody. So does

“Hutchison has given me a place to continue to grow and to

Laurie,” Smith added. ““I believe Laurie committed 50 years to

thrive in an environment that honors integrity, true learning,

Hutchison because it was a mirror of her interests, her values,

and serving others.”

and what she believes, which is that every human being has

She has similar thoughts about retirement when she plans

intrinsic value,” said Smith. “Her whole being is to empower

to disconnect to read, garden, and expand her opportunities to

and support other people.”

serve. “A friend of mine who just recently retired described it as

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‘redirecting,’ so I’m just waiting to see where I’m redirected.”

alumnae award honorees Each spring, Hutchison celebrates its alumnae award honorees during Alumnae Weekend festivities. However, due to the coronavirus outbreak in the United States and the pandemic, this year’s events were postponed. We look forward to celebrating these extraordinary women and their contributions to our school and world when we come together for Alumnae Weekend next academic year. Until then, a big [virtual] congratulations from our alumnae and school community!

2020 Distinguished Alumna Award SUSAN EMMETT, MD ’01 As an ear surgeon with an interest in global health, Susan’s work has taken her to far-flung corners of the globe, from rural Alaska to Nepal. Although she is motivated to address the impact of hearing disparity around the world, she always finds her way back home to Durham, North Carolina, to serve patients there. Susan says faith is her source of strength, and she is humbled to be able to help patients on their journeys to lives enriched by sound. Susan’s humanity and contributions as a global citizen are the traits we try to instill in Hutchison girls each day.

Anne Marie Newton Walker ’47 Philanthropy Award AGNES “AGGIE” MING TURLEY ’40 Aggie first stepped on Hutchison’s Union Avenue campus in the Fall of 1936, and it was love at first sight. She enjoyed dance at the school every day, and she was on the basketball team. She and best friend Dottie Hall Barry ’40 were among the four girls in the class named to the National Honor Society. Her love affair with Hutchison continues today. Aggie never passes up a chance to help her alma mater, with an incredible 37 generous gifts over the span of 25 years, including major contributions to Labry Hall and the Hutchison Fund. Aggie leads by example, inspiring, among others, her granddaughter-in-law Christy Smith Muller ’91, this year’s Alumna Service to Hutchison honoree.

Alumna Service to Hutchison Award CHRISTY SMITH MULLER ’91 Fortunately for us, the tireless Christy Smith Muller practices what she preaches. This generous Hutchison supporter is our number one cheerleader­—whether she’s on the Annual Fund executive committee or organizing Alumnae Weekend, Christy is all in. And when it comes to contributing, she has supported Hutchison every year for 21 years straight! Christy has also made invaluable contributions by guiding future Hutchison girls. Not only is she the mother of one alumna, Meggy ’18, and one student, Aggie ’23, she mentors future entrepreneurs in upper school, sharing her tips for success as owner of the women’s boutique Therapy.

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Hutchison teachers have been miraculous in their shift to creating a robust virtual learning experience and in caring for each and every girl.

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L E G AC Y T E A F O R A L U M N A E W I T H DAU G H T E R S I N E A R LY C H I L D H O O D

Meredith Beaty Roper ’05 with daughter Annie ’35

Hannah Good Crowley ’08 with daughters Lila ’34 and Ruthie ’33

Katherine Wilson Blackney ’95 with daughters Evelyn ’34 and Kiki ’35

Jenny Morrison Miller ’98 with daughter Maclin ’34

Robin Morehead Taylor ’01 with daughter Mary Michael ’34

Elizabeth Morrow Carlisle ’06 with daughter Tully ’34

Above, far left: Joy Thompson Morrow ’06 with daughter Mayfield ’34 Above: Caroline Capstick Sones ’02 with daughter Parker ’33 Above, right: Hope Thompson Covington ’04 with daughter Annie ’33 Left: Mayfield Morrow ’34 and Annie Covington ’33 with Kristen Ring

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Catherine Talbot Lackie ’00 with daughter Page ’34

Above: Alexandra Adams Roll ’03 with daughter Powell ’34; above, right: Jessica Jordan Carlisle ’03 with daughter Charlotte ’33

Above: Angela Garretson Massengale ’96 with daughter Emilia ’33; below: Ginger McCullough Wilson ’97 with daughter Gigi ’33

Above: Ashley Bryce Riney ’02 with daughter Hope ’34; below: Anne Samaha Dunavant ’98 with daughter Reid ’33

Early Childhood

Legacies

Right: Ruthie Crowley ’33

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A L U M N A E G AT H E R I N G S | CO L L E G I AT E R E U N I O N

Mae Cox ’17, Rebecca Rubnitz ’17, Alexis Van Riper ’17, and Cydney Feinstone ’17

Nora Tillmanns ’19, Hannah Hussey ’19, Madison Grinder ’19, John Michael Leppert, Ellie Weeks ’19, Katie McBride ’19, and Micaela Dusseault ’19

Victoria Busse, Hannah Chandler ’18, Savannah Hall ’18, and Caroline Willson

Hannah Daniele ’18, Jordan Groover ’18, and Ally Adcock ’18

Haley Clift ’19, Katie McBride ’19, Madison Grinder ’19, Kendall Morgan ’19, Josephine Redd ’19, and Sophie Stockstill ’19

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Anne Grinder ’19 and Madyson Bolton ’18

A L U M N A E G AT H E R I N G S | G O L D E N B E E S O C I E T Y

Bobbi Morley Dodge ’49, Carol Lewis Jones ’50, and Frances Dillard James ’48

Mary Taylor Sullivan ’62, Flora Maury Bratton ’61, and Ann Bailey Douglas ’55

Jimmye Pidgeon ’60, Betty Riggan Padgett ’60, Lillian High Trotter ’60, and Emily Holloway Walker ’60

Louise Slater Mann ’51 and Robyn McGee Raby ’88

Sarah Russell Haizlip ’65 and Sammy Ann Primm Marshall ’62

Dabney Coors ’69, Elizabeth Boggan, and Anne Cunningham O’Neill ’66

Linda Marks ’63 and Laurie Fraser Stanton ’65

Whitney Henderson Bricken ’97 and Gaye Gillespie Henderson ’67

Marilyn McGee Wiener ’61, Kristen Ring, and Beth Corley Hutchison | 39

G AT H E R I N G S | T R E Z E VA N T V I S I T

Hutchison lower school girls visited the Trezevant Manor retirement community during the holidays to visit with Hutchison alumnae and residents.

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Rachel Randall, music teacher, helped prepare the lower school girls for a music presentation.

Hutchisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mary Aubrey Landrum Stafford â&#x20AC;&#x2122;10, alumnae director, accompanied lower school girls in a music presentation for the residents.

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A L U M N A E | O U T- O F -TOW N G AT H E R I N G S

Kristen Ring, head of school, and Beth Corley, development director, enjoy dinner with alumnae in Nashville. L to R, Kelly Fisher ’78, Lisa Patton Southard ’76, Shelley Grayson ’06, Libby Moore ’07, Leslie Patton Davis ’83, Carrie Austin Playfair ’93, Beth Corley, Myra Fort Leathers ’76, Estie Woodall Harris ’79, Kristen Ring, and Emily Howe Gianis ’09.

new york city Mary Aubrey Landrum Stafford ’10, alumnae director, and Beth Corley, development director, enjoyed a night out with alumnae in New York City. L to R, back to front, Crisler Buchignani Quick ’74, Ebet Roberts ’63, Beth Corley, Julia Harrison ’11, Mary Aubrey Landrum Stafford ’10, Lauren Stallworth Imbrosciano ’05, Maggie Fesmire Canter ’05, Elizabeth Blankenship ’08, Anne Catherine Demere ’14, Sally Clark ’14, Sarah Williamson ’14, Amanda Craft ’00, Sarah Morgan Ashey ’03, Sloane Trezevant ’09, and India Maxwell ’11. Not pictured are Meredith Miller ’07, Diane Cooper Nissen ’82, and Tori Crnogorac ’14.

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THANKS

to All Those Working on the

FRONT LINES Hutchison is proud of our alumnae serving on the front lines! Here are just a few of those working in the medical field. We know so many more of our alumnae are out there making a difference in many ways during this time, too.

Thank you, Hutchison alumnae, for all that you do to make the world a safer, healthier place.

You are our HEROES.

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we are Camille Hayes ’10

Amanda Jones ’10

Catherine Hayes Hays’12

Ellen Wills ’10 Wynne Morrison ’85

Julia Taylor ’06 & colleagues Paige Nobles McGeorge ’04

Sara Barnes ’06

Kendra Powers Hooper’10

Elaine Hale ’11

Laura Blake Westmoreland ’09 Kelly Rodney Arnold ’96

Pricey Morrison Gunn’12

Robin Morehead Taylor ’01

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