Meredith Magazine, Fall 2015

A Publication for Alumnae and Friends of Meredith College

Fall 2015, Volume 40, Number 3

M A G A Z I N E

WHY WOMEN’S

COLLEGES ARE STILL NEEDED

HONOR ROLL OF DONORS 2014-15 | Special section inside

Meredith Magazine Volume 40, Number 3 Fall 2015 Executive Editor Kristi Eaves-McLennan, ’14, MBA Managing Editors Melyssa Allen Karen T. Dunton Assistant Editor Gaye Hill Writers Meaghan Bixby Emily Parker Art Director Vanessa Harris Designer Lauren Sumner Alumnae Connection Editors Hilary Allen, ’01 Alexis Trell, ’15 Contributing Writers Wendy Jones Leslie Maxwell, ’01 Editorial Assistant Kaye Rains Photographers Tony Battista Sabrina Brown Charlotte McKinney Peter Finger Christopher Ferrer Gary Knight Brian Lynn Michael Zirkle Meredith College Faculty & Staff

CONTENTS FEATURES 18 WHY WOMEN’S COLLEGES ARE STILL NEEDED

A Q&A with President Allen 22 SABBATICALS SUPPORT STRONG TEACHING,

KEEP FACULTY GOING STRONG

28 INVISIBLE NO MORE

How one alumna is pioneering a better way of treating mental illness

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Meredith Ranks High on Top College Lists

10 Move-In Day: Class of 2019 12 Gift Supports Meredith’s Growing Criminology Program 16 Ogilvie to Lead School of Business into a Strong Future

IN EVERY ISSUE 1

Meredith Campus News

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Letter from the President

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Meredith Experts in the News

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Newsmakers

13 Strong Stories 32 Alumnae Connection Meredith Magazine exists to serve the Meredith community by providing readers with insight and information about the news, activities, events, programs, plans, and people of the College. Meredith Magazine is published three times a year by the Meredith College Department of Marketing. Questions or comments may be submitted to marketing@ meredith.edu. © 2015 Meredith College. The Meredith name and word mark are registered trademarks of Meredith College and may not be used without permission. All rights reserved. 15-161

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NEWS Meredith College is well-known for providing a warm welcome to new students on Move-In Day, and the Class of 2019 experienced this tradition for themselves on August 15.

Incoming students and their families were greeted by Orientation Crew, Residence Life staff, Student Advisers, and other community members who had been up since before dawn getting campus ready for the students’ arrival. (See more on page 10)

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Students Build Strengths Through Summer Research

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ndergraduate research is a popular summer activity at Meredith College. This year, nearly 20 students worked with faculty mentors on research efforts, with support from Meredith’s Undergraduate Research Program (URP).

URP Director Paul Winterhoff calls summer an optimal time for research because students and faculty have more time to dedicate to the projects. Students are able to work up to 35 hours per week during the summer.

“Immersing herself in a research project in the summer time allows the student to work more intensely with her faculty mentor,” Winterhoff said. “Faculty, in turn, can provide student researchers more one-on-one attention because their teaching loads are generally lighter, and in some cases the student is working in a broader research program that the faculty member concentrates on in summer.”

Benefits of summer research include pursuing a project that produces a tangible result, such as a presentation or publication, clarifying career interests, and building marketable skills that are attractive to future employers or graduate programs.

“Students gain and hone a number of valuable skills under their mentor’s tutelage including problem-solving and creativity, critical and reflective thinking, skills in collaboration, and information literacy, presentation, writing, and the use of specific research tools and techniques of their discipline,” Winterhoff said.

Student Rachel Powell, ’16, worked with Associate Professor of Biological Sciences Karthik Aghoram on research looking at a gene that is thought to increase the drought tolerance of plants. She said she used strengths identified through Meredith’s StrongPoints® program.

“My strengths all work together in the lab to help me expect obstacles, plan ahead, and learn what I could have done differently to avoid the issue. My ‘Command’ strength helped me immediately tackle any issues that could arise by making quick decisions. The ‘Achiever’ in me just likes to stay busy,” Powell said.

“I used all of my strengths … expanding the knowledge I’ve gained in the classroom with new techniques and procedures I learned this summer.”

Watch a video snapshot of summer research at youtube.com/meredithcollege.

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Bri Crumbley, ’16, worked on a theoretical examination of the ways in which individuals interact.

“Focusing on worldviews, belief systems, and gender, I looked to answer the question ‘Why should I respect someone who is different from me?’ using the writing and theories of various philosophers in the phenomenological, humanist, and feminist schools of thought,” Crumbley said.

Research has added to Crumbley’s educational experience at Meredith. “[Research] enhances the way that the classroom is experienced,” she said. “It gives you the opportunity to dive into a project in a way that gives you a total sense of ownership and the ability to really find joy and success in the outcomes.”

These projects are funded through the Undergraduate Research Program, supported

by Meredith’s Shepard K. Halsch Endowment for Undergraduate Research. In addition, projects that are sustainability focused are funded through the Environmental Sustainability Initiative (ESI), thanks to a generous grant from the Margaret A. Cargill Foundation.

Meredith Launches Stronger U Series for Professional Women

Stronger U

By Melyssa Allen

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n 2014, Meredith College launched StrongPoints®, a strengthsfocused advising and coaching program for all students. The College is now expanding its strengths-based leadership programs to more audiences. Meredith’s Stronger U programs are a new opportunity to help professional women become even stronger.

Stronger U offers a series of non-credit workshops, seminars, and conferences designed for successful women who are seeking to develop their strengths, self-confidence, and leadership potential – and who want a professional development program at a place with a proven record of success.

“We know that a focus on strengths can help people outside of our current student population. That’s why we launched Stronger U,” said President Jo Allen. “Our intention is to offer programs that help participants understand their strengths and use them in a variety of settings – from home to the community to the workplace.”

Weekend classes are held on Meredith’s campus and focus on practical, individualized knowledge that participants can use immediately.

Initial workshops offered through Stronger U have focused on learning to lead with your strengths and political candidate training for women.

Upcoming workshop topics include career planning from a strengths perspective and strengths-based money management. Learn more about Stronger U at meredith.edu/strongeru.

Tippett Receives AAFCS Distinguished Service Award

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eredith College Professor Deborah Tippett is one of three American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) Distinguished Service Award recipients for 2015. Tippett received the award at a ceremony during the organization’s annual conference.

As head of the Meredith College Human Environmental Sciences Department and professor, Tippett has made significant contributions to the profession in research and leadership and as a passionate advocate for understanding the global reach and possibilities of family and consumer sciences.

Tippett is the co-author of Exploring Life and Careers. She is the past Chair of the Kappa Omicron Nu Honor Society Board of Directors and has been a national officer with the Council of Administrators in Family and Consumer Sciences, the Family and

Consumer Sciences Education Association, IFHE/USA, and a past governing board member of NC-Association for the Education of Young Children.

Tippett has received awards such as Regional Teacher of the Year and the President’s Award for Excellence and the Excellence in Teaching Award at Meredith Col-

lege, which is an award chosen from student nominations. In 2008, she was asked to give the Faculty Distinguished Lecture at Meredith College on “How the Millennials Are Changing Our World.” She has presented to a variety of groups both nationally and internationally on the topic of working with the millennial generation and has been cited in more than 300 newspapers on this research. ”I am so honored to receive the Distinguished Service Award from the association that has meant so much to me throughout my career,” said Tippett. “To be nominated by the AAFCS Community of Global Perspectives, IFHE-US, and Kappa Omicron Nu Honor Society has filled me with gratitude beyond words. I am also appreciative for the support of my colleagues at Meredith College, the North Carolina Affiliate of AAFCS, and my publisher.”

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Meredith Ranks High on New Top College Lists

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eredith College is consistently ranked among the top college choices in North Carolina. This impressive track record continues with Meredith’s earning notice from U.S. News & World Report, The Princeton Review, Colleges of Distinction, and BestColleges.com.

Meredith’s fashion program also received accolades from fashion-schools.org.

Meredith is ranked #5 among colleges in the South in the 2016 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges rankings. Meredith was named to the “Great Schools, Great Prices” list, ranked 6th among regional colleges in the South. The publication’s “Great Schools, Great Prices” list considers quality as well as cost. U.S. News also calls Meredith the #4 Best College for Veterans in the South.

This list, which includes institutions certified for the GI Bill and that participate in the Yellow Ribbon Program, identifies schools that offer benefits that make college more affordable for veterans and active duty military.

Schools are ranked by U.S. News using several indicators including peer assessment, graduation and retention rates, faculty resources, student selectivity, and

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alumni giving percentage.

Meredith College is one of 140 colleges chosen for The Princeton Review’s “Best in the Southeast” list, which is part of the organization’s website feature, “2016 Best Colleges: Region by Region.” The “2016 Best Colleges: Region by Region” feature identifies schools recommended as “regional bests” across four locales: the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, and West. In total, 649 schools received a regional best designation.

Meredith is ranked #5 among colleges in the South in the 2016 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges rankings.

These schools constitute only 25% of the nation’s four-year colleges. Honorees were selected primarily for their excellent academics. The Princeton Review also weighed what student surveys revealed about campus experiences.

Colleges of Distinction included Meredith as one of nine North Carolina schools on its list, which emphasizes engaged students, great teaching, vibrant community, and successful outcomes. The annual process to select the nation’s Colleges of Distinction also includes a review of each institution’s freshman experience, as well as its general education program, strategic plan, and alumni success and satisfaction measures.

Meredith is in the Top 10 of North Carolina’s four-year colleges on a new list released by BestColleges.com. Only 25 schools out of more than 100 in the state made the list. The methodology used to create the rankings included rates of acceptance, retention, graduation, and enrollment.

Meredith made the 2015 list of top fashion merchandising programs at private schools in the nation. The list was published by fashion-schools.org. Meredith was ranked #18 nationally among private colleges and at #9 in the South. Criteria for the rankings included academic reputation, admission selectivity, depth and breadth of the program and faculty, value, and geographic location.

FROM THE PRESIDENT

Restoring Johnson Hall to Its Full Glory

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or homeowners, few chores are more burdensome – or necessary – than the constant need to update, replace, and secure every feature of our houses. As I enter my fifth year as president, I can tell you the same is true with college facilities.

We have carefully investigated every corner of this campus, setting priorities for repairs, replacements, renovations, and refurbishments. Some updates have required immediate attention; others have had to wait because they were not a priority or, quite honestly, because we didn’t have the funds to do the work.

One of the more pressing – but expensive – renovations on the list is Johnson Hall, our most iconic building that not only welcomes visitors, special guests, and alumnae to the College, but also sends a message about the quality and state of Meredith College.

Thanks to two generous donors, we have the funds to do some major reworking of Johnson Hall. Interestingly, the gifts, while unconnected, are both expressions of love and honor for wives (both Meredith graduates and both from the class of 1957).

First, in honor of their 60th wedding anniversary, Bill and Bobbitt Clay Williams have donated $1 million to name the Executive Suite on the second floor, which will house the vice presidents and their staffs. This relocation and renovation will allow for quieter and more collaborative workspace between the Executive Leadership Team.

Second, through the generosity of the Jud Ammons family, we now have $3. 5 million to create the new Jo Ellen Ammons Welcome Center – named for Jo Ellen, Class of 1957 and former trustee, who passed away in 2014.

Located on the renovated first floor, the Center will house Admissions, Financial Assistance, the Registrar, and the Business Office and offer a seating area and outside patio.

As a result, prospective students will no longer wonder where they are supposed to go but will, instead, be greeted and escorted to

a welcome parlor. And our current students will have a clear sense of where to go for financial assistance and transcripts, rather than pinballing up and down stairs and all around Johnson Hall looking for the right offices.

In short, the renovation will create a more user-friendly experience for our prospective and current students and their families.

Our work with an historical architect has been invaluable as we build the Executive Suite and the Jo Ellen Ammons Welcome Center, restore the historical elements of the building, and take advantage of all this building offers.

First, we will replace Johnson Hall’s roof and add a copper dome. Second, we will replaster the interior dome and replace rotted doors and windows.

Then, we will open the view from the front entrance through the Rotunda into the courtyard, which requires – yes – repositioning the staircase.

[Gasp!] But we love our staircase and its drama!

Actually, we are excited to replace the staircase with even more drama: a grand, sweeping staircase from the second floor to the east side of the first floor that will give us significantly more space for events.

That we can make these enhancements through the kindness of our generous donors is particularly crucial as we balance facilities and finances … and as we welcome future generations of students to Meredith College.

Watch our website for updates on the construction – meredith.edu/renovations – and prepare to join us for the grand reopening in 2016.

Jo Allen, President

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Meredith Student Wins Miss North Carolina

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uring the 2016 Miss America scholarship competition, Miss North Carolina Kate Peacock represented Meredith College as well as her state. Peacock is a member of the Class of 2017.

Meredith College was the host site for a send-off event celebrating Peacock before she left for the Miss America competition in Atlantic City. The competition was held on September 13, and aired on ABC. Peacock is honored to represent her home state, and is looking forward to sharing her platform, “Peeper Keepers,” raising awareness for pediatric eye diseases. This is an issue that she holds close to her heart.

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“My favorite part of being Miss North Her professional goal is to become an elemenCarolina is touring Children’s Miracle Network tary school teacher and eventually a principal. hospitals and visiting children suffering from Peacock is a Meredith Teaching Fellow, student adviser, propediatric eye diseases “Meredith has provided fessor’s assistant, and like I once was,” Peacock so many outlets for me member of the Mersaid. “I look forward to edith Jazz and Tap all the community ser- to exercise my strengths Company. “Leadervice I will be able to do and give back to the ship and organizawith the crown.” school and community.” tion are my greatest Once her reign as strengths,” Peacock Miss North Carolina – Kate Peacock, ’17 said. “Meredith has is complete, Peacock provided so many will return to Meredith College to continue her degree in psychology. outlets for me to exercise my strengths and She also plans to obtain her K-6 licensure. give back to the school and community.”

By the Numbers: Class of 2019

1,949 Total student population at Meredith for 2015-16. This is the second year in a row that the College’s student population has increased.

40% increase in graduate program enrollment compared to last year

8,019

Miles between Meredith College and Zimbabwe, the home of the first-year student who traveled furthest to join the Class of 2019.

Members of this class come from 19 states and 12 countries, including China, Colombia, Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Honduras, Kenya, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, Ukraine, and Zimbabwe.

438 New first-year students, who make up the third largest freshman class to enroll at Meredith in the last seven years.

689 New undergraduates and graduate students joining the Meredith community this fall.

Meredith Experts in the News Meredith faculty and staff served as experts in a wide variety of news outlets, including The Christian Science Monitor, The News & Observer, Agence France-Presse (AFP), U.S. News, and Yahoo News.

“In the textbook market, free enterprise is winning, and students who protest via boycott do little more than undermine their investment in a college education. I can only hope that when students and their families balance the checkbook and draw up that list of “must haves” for college, textbooks will survive the cut.”

— Professor of English Rebecca Duncan, in an opinion piece about the textbook industry, published in The News & Observer.

“[Clinton] needs to be more open in her campaign style. Talk to the media more and talk to women more at campaign events … She needs to exhibit a more personal campaign, and she needs to do it sooner rather than later.”

— Visiting Professor of Political Science David McLennan, in a Christian Science Monitor article about women voters’ perceptions of Hillary Clinton.

“Some people are shocked when they find out that they have to pay for their first party and then get reimbursed from their orders.

Be smart about your initial investment, and ask how fast they expect you to get it back.”

— Assistant Professor of Marketing Karen Mishra, in a U.S. News article on questions to ask before starting a direct sales business. The story also ran on Yahoo News.

“Public shaming through social media is clearly a way that people in our society informally ‘punish’ those who violate the rules, even if the rules of our society aren’t law.”

— Professor of Sociology Lori Brown, in an article published about social media shaming by global wire service Agence France-Presse (AFP).

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Haley Thigpen: “While in Sansepolcro, Italy, the Dietetic Interns visited a familyowned and -operated organic farm and store that feeds the community in which it resides. We are holding signs that have the names of various fruits and vegetables written on them in Italian. This is what the Mediterranean diet is all about – local, fresh, and familial.”

#WorldwideWednesday: Focus on Study Abroad Using the #WorldwideWednesday hashtag, Meredith students shared their study abroad experiences through social media. The students’ snapshots and reflections helped illustrate the benefits of participating in one of Meredith’s international programs. Summer opportunities included programs in Italy, Switzerland, Costa Rica, Belize, the United Kingdom, and Peru. Students also participate in semester-long programs, through Meredith and independent providers. Keep up with #WorldwideWednesday on Instagram @MeredithCollege and on Facebook.com/meredithcollege.

Jasmine Williams: Studying abroad at the University of Botswana “has been a huge milestone in my life, an experience like no other. One of the highlights was visiting Victoria Falls. This is one of the wonders of the world, and the most beautiful thing I have seen in my life. Botswana will always have my heart because it is the first country I stepped in outside the U.S. This is where my world traveling adventures began.”

Noel Fox: “I will always remember when my little sister from my host family in Costa Rica asked me to read her a bedtime story. This immersion into another culture has allowed me to practice my Spanish in even more ways than I had expected! Reading Oso Osito Oso to my hermanita is one of my dearest memories.”

Haleigh Leonard: “Having an internship with Elie Saab and working in Paris this summer has been a dream come true. It is surreal to start my career in fashion working for one of the biggest names in the industry in the fashion capital of the world. It feels so good knowing that I played a part in bringing a haute couture fashion show to life. I am so incredibly grateful for Meredith College for giving me this opportunity!”

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Katie Murphy: “We went to a Changing of the Guard ceremony on the 10th of July at Buckingham Palace. It was the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain, so we got to see the Queen come out onto her balcony and wave to the crowd. It was only our third day abroad and we saw the Queen of England!”

Newsmakers Professor of Biological Sciences Francie Cuffney was elected vice president of the Southern Association of Advisors for the Health Professions for 2015-17 and will continue on as president of the Association for 2017-19.

Professor of Nutrition Bill Landis has written a book called Aunt Ruby’s Green Tomato with M.S. in Nutrition graduate student Samantha Reiff. The book tells a tale of two very different tomato varieties – one a standard red hybrid and the other an obscure green-when-ripe heirloom, and what they can tell us about our food and the people who make it possible. Through the telling of the heart-warming story of Ruby Arnold, namesake and guardian of the Aunt Ruby’s German Green tomato variety, the reader is provided a window to the past when the ingredients for dinner were closer to the backdoor and our everyday lives.

Assistant Professor of Political Science Whitney Ross Manzo was published in PS: Political Science and Politics, which is one of the main journals of the American Political Science Association (APSA). Manzo’s article, “Teaching Political Theory and Theories,” discussed what was learned about teaching political theory at APSA’s Teaching and Learning Conference in January 2015, and where the scholarship of teaching political theory could go from there. PS: Political Science & Politics provides critical analyses of contemporary political phenomena and is the journal of record for the discipline of political science reporting on research, teaching, and professional development.

Director of International Programs Brooke Shurer presented on a panel at the national NAFSA Association of International Educators conference. She spoke about Meredith’s program in Sansepolcro, Italy.

Topics included embedding technology into study abroad programs and developing meaningful engagement opportunities with the local community.

Associate Professor of Music Jim Waddelow conducted a series of orchestra concerts at the 4th annual Oklahoma Haydn Festival. He also conducted the festival orchestra at Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony for the 18th year. The orchestra in Eureka Springs, Ark., draws honors high school students from seven states.

Meredith Music Faculty Member Appears on America’s Got Talent Meredith music faculty member DeMar Neal performed with VOX, a vocal quartet, on NBC’s America’s Got Talent this summer.

VOX wowed the judges and audience with their rendition of “Nessun Dorma.” They were unanimously voted to continue to the second round on the popular TV show. The group, which had only recently formed, was eliminated in the judges’ choice round, but their strong performance has led to attention from music labels. They are planning a tour in 2016.

Neal teaches voice in Meredith’s Music Department. He is a North Carolina native who holds a Doctor of Music in vocal performance from Florida State University.

For the latest news on VOX, visit their Facebook page: facebook.com/VOXSings.

Meredith Mourns Loss of Community Members Leslie Syron and Ruby McSwain Meredith College mourns the loss of Professor Emerita Leslie W. Syron and former trustee Ruby McSwain.

Professor Emerita Leslie W. Syron, who died on June 3, 2015, at the age of 94, spent almost her entire career at Meredith College where she taught in the sociology department from 1945 until her full retirement in 1991. She also served as department head for many years.

Syron earned her undergraduate degree at Mary Baldwin College and a master’s and doctoral degree from UNC-Chapel Hill. She completed post-doctoral study at the London School of Economics. She was involved in a wide array of professional, community, and church activities. She was the recipient of the Emily Smith Medallion from Mary Baldwin College. This award recognizes an alumna for outstanding service to the community, college, and church.

Former trustee Ruby McSwain, of Sanford, N.C., passed away on August 30, 2015, at age 97.

McSwain was a philanthropist who supported the arts, higher education, and her community. In 1999, McSwain was recognized as an honorary alumna of Meredith’s Class of 1954 in recognition of her many contributions to the College.

McSwain was first elected to the College’s Board of Trustees in 1992. She served on the board until 1995, and again from 1998-2001. Her support of Meredith College also included serving as a member of the Board of Associates and on campaign steering committees.

In 2010, McSwain provided funds to support the creation of the Ruby McSwain Magnolia Collection, which supplemented the beauty of Meredith’s landscape. Her generous support also made a scholarship and library renovation possible. She sponsored and was a participating artist in Meredith’s Spring 2010 Alumnae Art Exhibition.

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MOVE-IN DAY: CLASS OF 2019 Orientation Crew members lined Main Campus Drive with noisemakers of all kinds. These student leaders made sure the Class of 2019 started their Meredith experience on a high note. Meredith’s famous balloon arch was in place before dawn.

New students were encouraged to show their Going Strong spirit on their cars. Anyone who encountered these vehicles on the roads to Raleigh knew exactly where these strong students were headed.

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Alumnae and other Meredith community members could follow Move-In Day on social media; posts on the day were tagged with #MCMoveIn.

(left) A highlight of Move-In Day for President Jo Allen is the opportunity to welcome new students and their families to campus. Allen says the excitement on campus brings back memories of her own first day as a Meredith student. (below) Residence Director Rebekah Gardner, who serves as Meredith’s Welcome Angel, calls MoveIn Day the best day of the year. “The balloon arch, the welcoming, the excitement,” Gardner said. “No other school rolls out the red carpet quite like we do at Meredith!”

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Gift Supports Meredith’s Growing Criminology Program

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recent $100,000 gift from an anonymous donor will support Meredith College’s criminology program. The gift will fund a visiting professorship in criminology, teaching courses in criminology and sociology. The addition of this faculty position will allow Meredith to strengthen its offerings in justice areas of criminology.

“With the support of this new gift, the College will be able to build upon our existing faculty expertise in sociology and in the law enforcement side of criminology,” said Garry Walton, dean of Meredith’s School of the Arts and Humanities. “We now have the opportunity to add strength in the related justice areas of criminology – including corrections, law, domestic violence, juvenile justice, and victim assistance.”

Kris Macomber, who previously served as an adjunct instructor in Meredith’s program, has been named to the new visiting professor position. Macomber has experience in both

academic and applied settings, including more than ten years of undergraduate teaching experience. Prior to her position at Meredith, she was the evaluation and research specialist for the North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Macomber earned her Ph.D. from North Carolina State University with specializations in violence and victimization, inequality, community-based research, and

the scholarship of teaching and learning.

In 2011, in keeping with its history of supporting women in non-traditional fields, Meredith expanded its existing criminology minor and became one of the few women’s colleges to offer a Bachelor of Arts degree in criminology. Students in the program gain hands-on, professional experience through required internships with law enforcement, community, or government agencies. Recent internship placements include the N.C. Department of Corrections, the State Bureau of Investigation, the Raleigh Police Department, and the Raleigh/Wake City-County Bureau of Identification. The program regularly hosts events such as CSI Week, during which students can explore criminology career options.

This gift is part of Meredith’s Beyond Strong campaign, which is building momentum toward the College’s 125th anniversary in 2016.

SHRM Student Chapter Receives Award

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he Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) awarded a 2014-15 Outstanding Student Chapter Award designation to the Meredith College SHRM student chapter for providing exceptional growth and development opportunities to its student chapter members.

Meredith College’s SHRM chapter has been recognized by the national organization in previous years. Chapter adviser Kristy Dixon was the 2012-13 SHRM Adviser of the Year. Under Dixon’s guidance, Meredith’s SHRM chapter has received the Superior

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Merit Award from the national organization for more than ten years, and has been selected as a top ten student chapter. A Meredith team has also won the Southeast Regional SHRM Case Competition.

SHRM is the world’s largest association devoted to human resource management.

Representing more than 275,000 professional and 20,000 student members in over 160 countries, the association serves the needs of HR professionals and advances the interests of the HR profession.

Chapters have the opportunity to earn an award based on the number of activities

they complete during the merit award cycle, which ran from April 1, 2014, to March 31, 2015.

The SHRM student chapter merit award program, which began in 1972, exists to encourage development of more effective student chapters and to promote outstanding activities and projects by student chapters in the following areas: student chapter requirements, chapter operations, chapter programming and professional development of members, support of the human resource profession and SHRM engagement.

STRONG STORIES

Strong is being true to yourself

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agure Wamunyu, ’13, knows a thing or two about going strong. As an undergraduate student, Wamunyu was both a Presidential and Zawadi Scholar. She earned a mathematics degree from Meredith and a civil engineering degree from N.C. State as part of Meredith’s dual degree engineering program. She then was awarded a full scholarship to pursue a master’s degree in city planning at the University of California, Berkeley.

Now, having completed her graduate degree, Wamunyu has returned to her home country, Kenya, where she is the operations and logistics manager for Uber in Nairobi.

It’s a big job, but Wamunyu is ready for the challenge. And she credits Meredith with preparing her to succeed.

“Meredith instilled confidence in me. It showed me as a woman I am able to go forth and lead, and that whatever comes before me, I am able to do it.”

While at Meredith, she garnered numerous accolades, including the Sharon D. Banks Women in Transportation award, an international award that gave her the opportunity to meet the Secretary of Transportation. She also met Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai, a fellow Kenyan and longtime idol.

Wamunyu formed deep friendships at Meredith, particularly with a group of six international students. The lasting nature of those relationships is all the more impressive given the geographic distance between them, as they live on no fewer than four continents.

“We are all over the world but we make time to see each other,” said Wamunyu.

KAGURE WAMUNYU, ’13 At Meredith she also found valuable mentors who delight in her accomplishments, among them Cammey Cole Manning, professor of mathematics and Wamunyu’s faculty adviser.

“It has been a privilege to watch Kagure grow personally and professionally over the past seven years and to see her experience so many successes – from receiving scholarships and awards to being accepted to graduate school and now receiving an incredible

job offer that will allow her to both use her education and return to her home country of Kenya,” said Manning.

Wamunyu observes that the Meredith community encouraged her to grow while remaining true to herself.

“My Meredith experiences made me who I am today. Being surrounded by women who are strong and passionate and who are there for you does make a difference.”

Find more strong stories like this one at meredith.edu/goingstrong. Learn more about Meredith’s dual degree engineering program at meredith.edu/engineering.

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StrongPoints® Students begin the StrongPoints experience early in their Meredith career, during the first few days of Orientation. Freshmen complete StrengthsFinder online, and on the Monday of Orientation, they participate in a Strengths 101 session.

Candice Webb, director of StrongPoints, says this helps students interpret the assessment results, start identifying their strengths, and find ways to apply their strengths during the first semester.

“It is important to introduce students to their strengths right away so that they can have that tool in their arsenal as they work through all of the challenges and opportunities they’ll encounter as new students,” Webb said. “We’ve found that a focus on strengths as soon as students arrive on campus sets the tone for students. It communicates to students that we know they’re bringing talents and strengths with them to Meredith and that we’re going to invest the time and effort to help them develop those strengths and become even stronger.”

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Meredith Students Benefit From Region’s Strong Internship Opportunities

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eredith’s location in Raleigh has many benefits but perhaps the most important is the wide range of internship opportunities available within a short driving distance of campus.

Computer science major Emily Johnson found her summer internship at IBM by attending an Engineering Career Fair. She gained experience that will help toward her goal of becoming a software engineer.

“This internship has given me real-world experience on a technical team at a major technology company,” Johnson said.

She gained insight on how technical teams work. Her favorite aspect was learning how to install and administer an enterprise software product used by major corporations.

“I have learned a ton about the specific product my team supports, the technical support and development process, and the collaboration process,” Johnson said.

An internship opportunity took student Kerrigan Gudger, ’16, to the Conservator Center in Burlington, N.C., a short drive from Raleigh.

“I want to work with animals, but I’m not sure which animals specifically, whether

exotics or small animals,” Gudger said. “In this internship I learned a lot about the care for these animals. They’re a little different from your pets at home.”

She worked with exotic animals, learning the basics of their day-to-day care and supporting the organization’s educational programs for visitors. This internship helped Gudger clarify her career goal of becoming a vet.

In her internship, history major Tiffany Godwin, ’16, learned how the North Carolina Museum of History uses social media to draw attention to their programs and facilities.

“I worked with the special events coordinator, running Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to advertise using the museum as a venue for special events,” Godwin said.

The internship was especially beneficial to Godwin, who hopes to work at the N.C. Museum of History in the future, after completing a master’s degree in public history.

“I have learned how much goes into planning events with the museum and have learned more about how museums are run,” Godwin said. “I loved when other employees of the museum saw the posts I did and com-

mented on how I was doing.”

Making contacts in the student’s prospective career field, as Godwin did, is an important part of the internship experience. Future broadcast journalist Shantel Jordan, ’16, who was an intern at WNCN (NBC-17) in Raleigh this summer, sees the value of networking.

“Internships are vital to success after graduation because they give you experience that you wouldn’t otherwise be able to get,” Jordan said. “They give you the opportunity to meet professionals in the field. I’ve met some of my greatest mentors through internships, and I wouldn’t be where I am today without them.”

Jordan, like many Meredith students, has completed multiple internships in the Triangle area. She is a reporter for NC State, covering basketball and football.

“I know it is a very competitive job market in the TV industry so I’ve tried to get the most out of opportunities like these,” said Jordan.

Meredith’s Research Triangle location helps the College and its students stand out among competitors and continue building a strong reputation. For more Strong Stories about Meredith students, visit meredith.edu.

Watch a video of Kerrigan Gudger’s internship at youtube.com/meredithcollege.

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Ogilvie to Lead School of Business into a Strong Future

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he newest member of Meredith’s academic administration is Kristie Ogilvie, who began as dean of the School of Business in July.

Ogilvie brings administrative, faculty, and industry experience, having begun her career as a senior business analyst for GenCorp Corporation/Aerojet, before transitioning into academia.

“I spent ten years in industry, in aerospace and pharmaceuticals, and then I taught an adjunct class and caught the bug. I just loved teaching,” Ogilvie said. “I went through my faculty life [at California State University campuses in Sacramento and Fullerton] then got into administration.”

Her first role in academic administration was as associate dean at California State University at San Bernadino, where the business school has 3,500 students. She came to Mer-

edith from Emporia State University, where she served as the dean.

One of her passions is in women’s leadership and empowering women, so Meredith’s School of Business is a good fit. Meredith’s smaller size, with a personal approach and a focus on strengths, was also appealing.

AACSB accreditation, which only 5% of business schools worldwide have, means Meredith’s program is high quality. “When you add in Meredith culture and Meredith traditions, I don’t see another program with the value that we bring, with the high touch experience, career focus, and internship programs,” Ogilvie said.

On her agenda once she arrived on campus was meeting individually with each School of Business faculty member. “When I met the faculty, they were energized, they had ideas, and seemed ready to take things to the next level,” Ogilvie said.

Ogilvie also has a goal to be off campus and in the local community on a regular basis.

“I’m an externally focused dean. We are al-

ready engaging in a variety of ways but I aim to enhance and help that,” Ogilvie said. “I want to hear from our [alumnae/i], our employers, our donors, anyone who has a Meredith story, a Meredith idea, or potential partnership.”

Ogilvie has met with many employers of Meredith business graduates. “Our employers have praised the communication skills of our students. Our graduates tend to be leaders; they know how to get the best out of their teams and how to resolve conflict,” she said.

Ogilvie welcomes input and involvement from alumnae/i of the undergraduate and graduate programs.

“I would love to see our graduates back engaging with the School. There are a lot of opportunities if they’d like to engage. We would love to have that outreach piece.”

Ogilvie can be reached by email at kaogilvie@meredith.edu, by phone at (919) 7608432, and on Twitter @bizdeanmeredith. Learn more about Meredith’s School of Business at meredith.edu/academics/schools/business.

Student Earns Triangle AdFed Scholarship

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eredith College senior Lizzy Thomas has been named the 2015 recipient of the Robert Lauterborn AdFed Scholarship. She is the second Meredith student to earn this prestigious award.

Thomas, of Burlington, N.C., is a graphic design major at Meredith who has taken marketing courses in Meredith’s School of Business and has served as graphic design intern for the College’s career planning department since fall 2014.

“Lizzy won this award based on her creative portfolio, which she honed through her interdisciplinary coursework across the Meredith College campus in graphic design and in the business school,” said Assistant Professor Karen Mishra, who teaches marketing courses at Meredith. “We are so pleased that the Triangle AdFed club has honored her for her outstanding talent.”

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Thomas praises the preparation she has gotten at Meredith College.

“The graphic design program at Meredith has given me a taste for all different kinds of applications in graphic design, be it advertising, branding, web design – you name it,” Thomas said. “Our professors are equipping us with the skills to dive into any kind of graphic design career after college.”

The scholarship is presented by Triangle AdFed in honor of Robert F. Lauterborn, James L. Knight Professor of Advertising at UNC-Chapel Hill, for his outstanding contributions to advertising education. The scholarship is open to college students pursuing an advertising or communications-related major who are officially enrolled in an accredited college or university in the greater Triangle area. The award is also open to advertising students whose permanent resi-

dence is in the greater Triangle area and who are officially enrolled in an accredited college or university in the U.S. The Triangle AdFed promotes the local advertising industry, comprising Apex, Cary, Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Durham, Morrisville, and Raleigh.

Meredith Avenging Angels Earn USA South Women’s President’s Cup

By Wendy Jones, Sports Information Director

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eredith College became the firstever single gender institution to capture the USA South Athletic Conference Women’s President’s Cup. The prestigious conference honor symbolizes the league’s top women’s athletic program each year. Four conference championships moved the Avenging Angels into the lead for the 2014-15 season.

“This is quite an accomplishment for our program, and we especially celebrate being the first single gender institution to receive the award,” said Athletic Director Jackie Myers. “It is truly reflective of the hard work of our athletics staff and the incredible studentathletes we are privileged to lead.”

The Avenging Angels collected the Women’s Cross Country Championship, a share of the regular season title for women’s soccer, and the North division championship in volleyball in order to give Meredith a head start last fall.

With just three points to spare, the cross country Angels edged out Covenant to earn a second consecutive league title. Seven runners placed in the top-20, including Rookie of the Year honoree Mary Kate Morgan, and thenHead Coach Amy Olsen earned her second Conference Coach of the Year award.

In her eighth year at the helm of Meredith volleyball, Head Coach Fiona Barkley led her team to 24 wins, the second-best finish in pro-

gram history, and a conference regular season championship. Standout sophomore Karlie Long went on to earn American Volleyball Coaches Association All-America honorable mention honors for her efforts on the court.

Basketball finished third in the North with the program’s winningest USA South season to keep the Angels in the hunt for the President’s Cup last winter, and a young Meredith tennis squad claimed a fourth-place regular season finish in April to add to the point total.

“[This award] is truly reflective of the hard work of our athletics staff and the incredible studentathletes we are privileged to lead.”

– Jackie Myers

The lacrosse Avenging Angels finished second in the regular season to help secure the final women’s cup standings and went on to collect the three-year program’s second conference tournament crown.

Meredith will work toward a second Cup victory this year to maintain the new standard. The volleyball and cross country teams

placed atop the 2015 USA South Preseason Coaches’ Polls, and soccer was picked to finish second. The 2015 conference women’s soccer Rookie of the Year Jaisa Loch returns to the goal this fall, along with the team’s top offensive and defensive players, Meredith McCarty and Megan Luke.

While in a rebuilding year, last spring’s softball team set four new all-time Meredith records and returns 15 players to the roster this season. Head Tennis Coach Meredith Vincent returns her top-two players Catherine Bryant and USA South Rookie of the Year Ran Zhang and will look to return the Angels to the top of the league as well.

Junior lacrosse midfielder Katie Burnet returns to the lineup after a season-ending injury sidelined the offensive threat last spring.

She will be joined by the 2015 Rookie of the Year Carlee Joseph and Coach of the Year Lauren Scott at the helm.

The President’s Cup is awarded by a regular-season points system where the first place team in each sport will be awarded the number of points that corresponds to the number of schools that sponsor teams in that sport.

Conference Commissioner Rita Wiggs presented Myers with the award Wednesday, Oct. 14, just prior to Meredith’s soccer match.

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WHY WOMEN’S

COLLEGES ARE STILL NEEDED

A Q&A with President Allen

By Gaye Hill

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s Dr. Jo Allen, ’80, enters her fifth year as president of Meredith College, the institution is approaching the 125th anniversary of its founding and preparing to enter the public phase of its largest fundraising campaign in history. Meredith Magazine staff sat down with Dr. Allen recently to discuss Meredith’s bright future, the continued importance of women’s education, how the College has remained strong when other women’s colleges have failed or gone co-ed, and the need for widespread support by Meredith alumnae and friends.

MM: Why do we still need women’s colleges?

JA: When women’s colleges were established, women didn’t have access to higher education. Now, of course, the conversation has shifted – it’s not about access anymore, it’s about women’s success.

The strong outcomes are undeniable.

Women who go to women’s colleges are more likely to take on leadership roles and be recognized in corporate and political circles; they experience higher job satisfaction; they’re more likely to go to graduate school; and they pass those benefits on to their children.

That being said, women’s colleges have to be ready and eager to change. Years ago the key outcome was to provide a college education, most frequently in the arts and humanities. Today women’s colleges are more involved in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subjects than ever – and we teach those subjects differently, through collaborative methodology. We know that’s the way women learn and how they lead.

Understanding more about women as learn-

ers helps us to understand how to teach them so that they get the greatest success out of the classroom and the college experience. Faculty at co-ed institutions teach to both genders so it can be a hodgepodge of learning styles. At a women’s college, we get to narrow that down somewhat and go with our strengths.

MM: What are some of the ways Meredith has changed that have allowed her to remain relevant?

JA: Sometimes circumstances require you to change and become something different.

Other times change requires you to recommit to what you are. That’s what we’ve done here at Meredith – and it was based on extensive research and an open and transparent conversation about who we are and what we’re good at. We built a strategic plan based on that research, and have continued to assess how we’re doing by looking at hard data and asking tough questions. That’s another part of our change: we became more disciplined.

Adding StrongPoints® is an exciting, and

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relatively recent, change for us. Overall, StrongPoints helps our students develop the ability to plan, which is a critical life skill that helps women intentionally build the lives they want.

All too often, we fail to plan what we want to learn, what we want to do beyond class, how we will manage our money, and how we will shape our careers. StrongPoints is a great way for us to coach women and help them gain much-needed skills.

top faculty member, to invest in a staff position.

As our needs change and evolve, we need flexibility more than anything. When people give unrestricted gifts to Meredith, that is the greatest honor. We’re always happy to tell donors where we’ve spent the money, or to tell them up front. But their giving us some room to address what we really need is wonderful.

“The strongest countries are those where women have positions of influence and power, have a voice, and have an economic, political, or artistic standing.”

MM: What questions are you frequently asked

by Meredith alumnae?

JA: The number one question I’m asked is “Are we going co-ed?” I always tell alumnae, I never say “never,” but I see absolutely no reason for us to consider going co-ed. I think it would hurt us. We’d lose our niche, our culture, and our sense of identity. Further, when you consider what we’d have to do to go co-ed – the alterations needed in residence halls, in athletics – it’s a huge, and costly, change on campus. I really don’t see it being a help.

Our alumnae know the tremendous work we do in building the intellectual and social self-confidence of women, but they also know that the number of women’s colleges is diminishing. I would hope that every one of our alumnae would say, “This is a debt I need to repay for the next generation,” and commit to supporting Meredith at a sustainable level.

MM: What do employers say about our graduates?

JA: They have a phenomenal work ethic.

They are ready to go to work, and they know what to do. Employers can give them a job, a project, an assignment – and it’s taken care of. Unsurprisingly, the thing I hear more than anything else is “I’d like to hire more Meredith graduates.” It makes me so proud.

MM: What are you asked by Meredith’s donors?

JA: The best question I get from donors is “What do you need?” Sometimes it’s difficult to answer because we have so many different needs. We need money to repair roofs and sidewalks, to make a major renovation, to keep a

MM: Why do we need the Beyond Strong campaign?

JA: A campaign is a visible way to talk about the needs of the College and to create some urgency in acting. We have to talk about decreased support from the state and federal gov-

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ernment in the face of the reality that expenses are rising. Everybody loves this beautiful campus, as do I, but it is an expensive piece of real estate to maintain.

There’s also an increased need for scholarships. Families are less capable of paying the full price and they need help. Set all of that in the context of the national commitment to have more college graduates – and something’s got to give. The Beyond Strong campaign will also shore up and replace the funds that were lost in the Great Recession. Like most other institutions, we lost almost a third of our endowment in 2008-09.

MM: What are you most excited about?

JA: I’m excited that our brand, Meredith College | Going Strong, has rung so true for so many people. It’s the authenticity. When people hear it, they know immediately that it is an accurate statement about Meredith. It’s not a wish but a proclamation of truth.

When you know yourself and your institution that well, it gives you a lot of freedom to talk about the future – to weigh different ideas, to try some things that you might not have tried – all in keeping with our commitment to building strengths. Stronger U is a great example; we have an opportunity to touch the wider community with a focus that is uniquely Meredith through that concentration on strength.

Once you start seeing all the different ways we could talk about strengths and build research agendas and curricula and partnerships, all kinds of learning opportunities that make individuals, communities, corporations, nonprofits stronger – you realize this is actually

our pathway into the true social contract that higher education is supposed to have with the nation. This is far beyond what we do for an individual student. This is what we’re doing to make Raleigh, North Carolina, our country, and the world better – because they all need strong women to be able to become stronger.

Globally, the weakest countries are those where women cannot succeed. The strongest countries are those where women have positions of influence and power, have a voice, and have an economic, political, or artistic standing.

MM: What are you most concerned about?

JA: Forces outside of Meredith have such an impact on us. What’s happening with regulations and compliance, for example – very little that we do in response to recent mandates has made us a better institution, but those mandates are eating our resources.

I’m concerned about the legislature and the federal government making decisions about higher education without doing their homework. There seems a startling willingness to make laws based on anecdotal evidence. We have all sorts of data and evidence about the value of a college education and yet there are these voices out there arguing otherwise.

When I think about the future, not just of Meredith but of humanity, I can’t help but feel that the solution lies with women. If women are increasingly devalued and pushed away from the table, we have to figure out how to reverse that. I well remember a conversation I had with a mentor when I told him my goal was to become tougher without becoming hard. I think that is the kind of dis-

“We will continue to demonstrate a capacity for change within the context of our strengths and not try to be something we’re not.”

– Jo Allen

tinction women have to make before they can fully build the lives they want and take their places in key leadership positions.

MM: Why should a young woman choose to come to Meredith?

JA: Our reputation for excellence ensures that she’ll graduate with a widely-recognized, high-quality degree. Our focus on strengths is critical because it personalizes the Meredith experience, and that individualized piece is very tangible thanks to StrongPoints.

In addition, she’ll be in a supportive environment. She’ll have faculty and friends who are cheering for her and who are here for her if she stumbles – it’s a lifelong benefit that’s a part of the Meredith story. I spent 25 years at other institutions. When you ask most people if they’re in touch with anyone from their college days they might say, “one or two”. Here the number of women who stay in touch is really quite amazing. They have history together.

In fact, I just celebrated my 35th reunion with my classmates from the Class of 1980. It is just stunning to me how many of us re-

member each other so well – know each other’s story – and care enough to stay in contact through the years. Life is hard enough even with friends like this – I can’t imagine having nearly as strong a life without them!

MM: What are Meredith’s strengths?

JA: An excellent reputation that has never been questioned. Our location. It has always been great to be in Raleigh, and the city and area’s reputation is increasingly positive. Meredith has a fine menu of curricular offerings built with outstanding faculty and staff who make the quality of programs readily evident.

Our size is another important feature. It helps us economically to be a larger women’s college.

We have a clear vision and plan for the future, a healthy morale. We’re using strengths with our students to build their self-confidence, their creativity, their goals. As an institution, Meredith has done the same thing. We’re using our strengths and are willing to set our sights high, expect good things for ourselves, and work hard to make them come true.

MM: What is your vision for the next 125 years?

JA: To continue going strong. Our strengths are going to evolve, and I want us to recognize that changes in society require us to apply our strengths in new ways that will make us even stronger. We will continue to demonstrate a capacity for change within the context of our strengths and not try to be something we’re not. I think there are enough people out there who have voiced appreciation and who will hold us accountable to change in ways that honor our strengths.

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SABBATICALS SUPPORT STRONG TEACHING,

KEEP FACULTY GOING STRONG

By Leslie Maxwell, ’01

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eredith faculty members have long been the stuff of legend, both for students on campus and for alumnae who have graduated. It’s challenging, strong, and inspiring faculty members that many Meredith alumnae thank for their top-tier educations.

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ues to hire strong faculty members who are scholars in their disciplines. And two, once the faculty members are hired, Meredith offers them opportunities to keep up with trends in their fields or to pursue academic or intellectual interests.

One kind of professional development opportunity Meredith offers faculty is a sabbatical. A sabbatical, which is etymologically related to Sabbath and thus to the idea of rest,

provides faculty members with a semester or year away from the classroom, offering time to explore a new interest, develop a new skill, generate a creative project, or conduct research, among other pursuits.

In turn, when faculty return to the classroom, they are energized and refreshed, and their sabbatical work enriches their classroom teaching and ultimately means a stronger education for Meredith students. Over the

Professor of Dance Carol Finley was able to focus on her art during her sabbatical, choreographing and directing Little Utopia, a dance-to-camera piece.

past seven years, 26 faculty members from departments across campus have benefitted from Meredith’s sabbatical program.

Faculty members are eligible for sabbaticals after six years of service to the College, and recipients are selected through a competitive process. (See sidebar for details.)

Meredith places an emphasis on teaching, and faculty members are hired because they are experts in their fields. Sabbaticals allow faculty to stay current in these areas, which, in turn, keeps them current in the classroom, according to Provost Matthew Poslusny.

“When faculty are teaching six or seven classes per year, serving on committees, and advising students, it becomes difficult to pursue their own intellectual interests,” he said.

Nancy Pentecost Siska, ’76, a member of the Meredith board of trustees who has supported funding for faculty and staff development, said that sabbaticals are an important piece of professional development for faculty members.

“In any profession,” she said, “it’s imperative that people keep up with the developments in their field and have the opportunity to rejuvenate.”

When faculty are able to stay current and to pursue their own interests, they return to the classroom with new ideas they can share with their students.

Range of sabbaticals at Meredith While on their sabbaticals, according to Poslusny, it is important for faculty to detach from their regular duties on campus, even committee work. For instance, Poslusny noted that one faculty member on sabbatical in the fall of 2015 needs to be on campus to conduct research. However, to ensure that she can focus on her work, she moved to a new office in a building outside her department.

Similarly, Carol Finley, professor and program coordinator of dance, spent much of her sabbatical in the fall of 2012 on campus yet not in the dance studio. Finley worked with a group of dancers, many of whom were Meredith alumnae, to create a dance video, also known as a dance-for-camera piece.

Finley, who choreographed, directed, and produced the film, Little Utopia, and her dancers rehearsed and filmed in Jones Audi-

torium, and then Finley edited the film with equipment at home.

The dance-for-camera genre has long been of interest to Finley, who started making dance videos in graduate school. She made some successful films before she began teaching at Meredith.

“When faculty are teaching six or seven classes per year, serving on committees, and advising students, it becomes difficult to pursue their own intellectual interests.”

– Matthew Poslusny

“It’s really very time- and focus-consuming to make a dance film,” she said. Though she has worked in the medium some since joining the Meredith faculty, she noted, “I hadn’t made a new project that was, startto-finish, what I wanted to do because I just hadn’t had the time.”

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After teaching nearly 50 years, Professor of Psychology Lyn Aubrecht used his sabbatical for a dual purpose — to learn about how psychology is taught in other countries and to strengthen his knowledge of animal behavior.

Doreen Fairbank, professor of psychology, likewise says that without her sabbatical in the fall of 2007, she would not have had time to pursue a new interest.

Though Fairbank is a psychologist, she has also nurtured an interest in the environment. On her sabbatical, she merged these two pursuits on Bald Head Island off North Carolina’s coast, studying how the environment and psychology intertwine. She worked with the Bald Head Island Conservancy, the Old Baldy Foundation, and the Smith Island Museum to study how school-age children related to their environment and how their attitudes and behaviors toward the environment might change.

For Martha Burpitt, professor of human environmental sciences and interior design program coordinator, her sabbatical in the fall of 2014 allowed her to keep up with trends in her field. She took a course to learn about the software Revit, which had been used for many years in architecture. In more recent years, Burpitt said, it has gained in popularity with interior designers.

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sign alumnae and interior design employers to learn how many of them use the software.

“I strive to keep abreast of new directions in the marketplace, new skills being utilized, and the changes taking place in our industry,” Burpitt said, noting that the sabbatical allowed her to do just that.

“I think that it’s important that students feel like their faculty are up to speed on what the students need to know when they graduate.”

– Martha Burpitt

Steven Roten, associate professor and program coordinator of theater, likewise used his sabbatical in the spring of 2013 to stay current and to exercise his creativity.

“There’s that old standby adage that if you can’t do, teach,” Roten said. “I completely disagree with that. I think the best teachers are doers.”

During his sabbatical, Roten completed

most of a play, Monumental, which was produced at Meredith in the spring of 2015. In addition, on his sabbatical, Roten went on more than 20 auditions, which helped earn him a guest spot on the television show Nashville, a role in the film Ashby, and a spot in Blue Cross Blue Shield advertisements.

Going on auditions, performing, and writing, he said, gives validity to his career that students respect, relate to, and learn from.

“There’s something about being an artist and putting your money where your mouth is,” Roten said. “My experience is invaluable to my students who plan on pursuing careers as performers. It gives what they’re learning here an air of legitimacy.”

Professor of psychology Lyn Aubrecht was very active during his 2009-10 academicyear sabbatical, with a goal of learning about psychology and the way it is taught in nonWestern cultures.

“I’ve been teaching psychology at the college level for almost 50 years,” Aubrecht said.

“During that time, I’ve become quite familiar with the subject matter I teach. It had occurred to me that there might be psychology that’s practiced, that’s researched, that’s taught

Aubrecht, shown at top left with his wife, Pam, uses photos and knowledge gained from his travels to China, South America, and beyond, in his lectures.

elsewhere that’s quite a bit different from the psychology that I had been teaching here.”

Aubrecht spent time in China, South America, and many countries around the world. He arranged meetings with psychologists and scholars to learn about psychology in their countries.

Powerful impact on students Ying Liao, associate professor in the School of Business, spent her spring 2015 sabbatical as a visiting professor at the University of Richmond. This sabbatical gave her a different kind of professional development, as she learned from colleagues and experimented with new classroom strategies.

Liao plans to bring these classroom strategies back to her graduate and undergraduate classes at Meredith to enrich her students’ learning. For instance, in Liao’s undergraduate operations and supply-chain management class, students come into the class with little knowledge of the subject, so a large part of class time is spent on fundamentals. After her semester at the University of Richmond, Liao learned some new strategies for giving students concepts online, something she plans to imple-

ment in her class at Meredith.

That way, Liao said, she “can use more class time working with applications and tools to help students solve business problems.”

Liao’s new ideas for her classroom at Meredith are not unusual after faculty sabbaticals.

According to Poslusny, when faculty return, they bring “a vibrancy to the classroom.”

Siska, the Meredith trustee, noted that sabbaticals are important for Meredith students because they enhance Meredith’s “fine teaching and pedagogy.”

As an example of this fine teaching, now that Burpitt knows how to use the software Revit, when students come to her for help, she can work with them to find answers.

“I think that it’s important that students feel like their faculty are up to speed on what the students need to know when they graduate,” Burpitt said.

A sabbatical allowed Fairbank “to regroup and refocus on teaching, to be able to incorporate new issues into coursework, to be able to stop, have the time to research, and really think through how I could improve my teaching and course content.”

During Aubrecht’s sabbatical, in addition to learning about psychology around the world, he also wanted to strengthen his knowledge of animal behavior for the psychology course he teaches with the same name. Aubrecht traveled to the Galapagos Islands and to the Serengeti and observed animals native to those areas up close. Now, in his animal behavior class, he incorporates photos and personal experiences from his sabbatical.

Roten, the theater professor, sees that his sabbatical has impacted his classroom teaching, as well.

“I can’t tell you what a quantum leap my playwriting class has experienced because I had that sabbatical,” he said, noting that the sabbatical also helped his acting-for-camera class. “Every project I do betters my understanding of what I need to teach them.”

In addition, the professional contacts Roten made or nurtured on his sabbatical have helped his students in another way: acting jobs. Several Meredith students and alumnae have gotten paid acting jobs through their professor’s contacts.

“It really helps our students get work and internships in the area,” he said.

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Associate Professor of Business Ying Liao (top) learned new classroom strategies during her spring 2015 sabbatical.

Faculty members like Professor of Human Environmental Sciences Martha Burpitt (below) spend their sabbaticals mastering new skills.

Finley, the dance professor, saw another benefit to students from her sabbatical. When she wasn’t teaching and dancing daily, she had to find new ways to keep up her dance training.

“That was valuable to bring back to the students because they become in charge of their own training after graduation,” Finley said.

Sabbaticals can give students a real-life example of someone working, researching, performing, or practicing in their field, according to Poslusny.

Sabbaticals, he said, are one way to ensure “that the faculty our students have in the classroom are really up to date.”

For instance, Poslusny said, they can “apply what they have done on sabbatical to the classroom,” such as Burpitt’s experience with Revit. As well, he said, if a faculty member “started a new line of research, or went more in depth on a current area, they can now bring that into the class,” such as Aubrecht’s up-close observations of animal behavior.

Poslusny said that “the opportunity to take the time to reflect about one’s teaching, which happens so often on a sabbatical,

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allows the person to come back with new ideas of how to engage the students in the classroom.”

Contributing to Meredith’s strong reputation Of course, it’s not just students and faculty who benefit from these sabbaticals. On a larger scale, faculty sabbaticals are an investment in Meredith’s reputation as a provider of high quality education.

“It was so rejuvenating and necessary to my artistic growth. It came at a great time in my career.”– Carol Finley

These semester- or year-long breaks ensure “that the people we have in the classroom teaching are some of the top scholars in that field because they are continuing to work on their research during sabbatical,” Poslusny said. He encourages faculty to publish their research and to present at conferences, “so people see the Meredith name out there.”

Added Burpitt, “For those people who may do publications and presentations, artists who have exhibitions, it gives great exposure for Meredith College to the larger community.”

Finley’s Little Utopia, for instance, was accepted for screening at the Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema in Boulder, Colo., in 2013.

Finley said that for a film such as hers without a large budget to be accepted at a curated festival is “a big deal.”

Fairbank’s sabbatical, too, gave exposure to her expertise and to Meredith College.

She was asked to be on the board of the Old Baldy Foundation, the foundation that supports the lighthouse on Bald Head Island. She also made professional contacts on her sabbatical and through these contacts put on a wind power workshop at Meredith.

“It let me make connections that made an impact on my committee work, my class work, and my community work,” Fairbank said.

In addition to the impact of the sabbatical on Liao’s classroom teaching, she also used her sabbatical to begin a new research project with a colleague that merges her interest in supply-chain operations and sustainability.

Associate Professor of Theatre Steven Roten directed Monumental, which he wrote during his sabbatical, in spring 2015.

Knowledge and connections gained by Professor of Psychology Doreen Fairbank (right) during her sabbatical benefit students in her classes.

Roten, whose sabbatical auditions continue to help him find acting work, noted, “The school benefits by having people in the news.”

These sentiments echo the Meredith College Faculty Handbook, which states, “Sabbaticals should improve one’s ability to teach and to enhance one’s general contribution to the College community.”

Indeed, faculty members who have been recipients of sabbatical leave do not take their leave lightly.

“It was so rejuvenating and necessary to

my artistic growth,” said Finley of her sabbatical. “It came at a great time in my career.”

Added Fairbank: “It was the biggest gift that the College could ever give me.”

Moreover, sabbatical leave also shows faculty members that the College supports them.

“That sabbatical kept me feeling that I was valued by the institution,” Roten said, “that they valued me enough to invest in me in a real way, enough to value my contributions as an artist, as a professor.”

How Are Faculty Selected for Sabbaticals?

Faculty members interested

in taking a sabbatical complete an application. In their application materials, faculty write about their plans and expected outcomes for the proposed sabbatical.

The Faculty Development and

Instructional Technology ComWant to ensure professional development, such as sabbaticals, helps keep Meredith faculty and staff Going Strong?

Beyond Strong | The Campaign for Meredith is one way that alumnae and friends of the College can help support sabbaticals and other kinds of professional development for faculty and staff. Faculty and staff development is part of the Quality of Life priority for Meredith.

Learn more, or make a gift, at meredith.edu/

mittee reviews the applications and makes recommendations, which they provide to Provost Matthew Poslusny.

Poslusny shares the committee’s input with President Jo Allen, ’80. Allen and Poslusny then deliver their recommendations to the Board of Trustees, which has final approval on sabbaticals.

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INVISIBLE NO MORE How one alumna is pioneering a better way of treating mental illness

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2006 report, “Morbidity and Mortality in People with Serious Mental Illness,” shed light on some startling facts about populations living with severe mental illnesses. The research showed that persons with serious mental illness – schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, severe depression, schizoaffective disorder, and borderline personality disorder, among others – die 25 years earlier than the general population, making it one of the largest health care disparities in the country.

Kathy Hollins Gregersen, ’76, an alumna who’s devoted her career to mental health, was troubled by the report’s findings. With concrete data in hand, she became determined to make meaningful changes to address the disparity in care and positively impact the lives of those living with serious mental illness.

As executive director for Mental Health Resources (MHR), a nonprofit based in St. Paul, Minn., Gregersen works to do just that. The mission of MHR is to foster hope, health, and recovery for those affected by mental illness.

MHR uses innovative treatment models that include assertive community treatment, psychosocial rehabilitation, case management, integrated mental health and chemical dependency services, and permanent supportive housing in an effort to rebuild the strengths and competencies of each client they serve.

A Holistic Approach Gregersen got her start in social work at Meredith College. She enrolled in a social work class purely out of curiosity, but the field took hold of her, leading her to eventually earn a social work certificate (the College now offers a Bachelor of Social Work degree) in addition to her bachelor’s degree in religion. Her interest in the discipline – and her educational experience at Meredith – prepared her to pursue a Master of Social Work from Virginia Commonwealth University, where she had the opportunity to complete her graduate internship in the mental health division of a Veterans Affairs hospital. She’s been working in the field ever since.

“Not only did I receive an excellent academic education [at Meredith], but I also learned the importance of collaboration,” Gregersen said. “A number of assignments and projects required a team approach. Learning the skill of working on a team and collaborating has been essential to my career.”

Also essential to her career was learning early about a theory that she said was cutting-edge for the time.

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its approach,” she said. “If one part of a family system or organization is dysfunctional, it has an impact on the rest of the system. Thus, you have to address and heal the entire system to have an impact.”

According to Social Work Program Director and Assistant Professor Joy Learman, the systems theory has become one of the fundamental theories used to explain the complex contexts of clients’ lives and guides social workers in how to effectively intervene to provide treatment.

“The theory is extremely widespread in social work nowadays,” said Learman. “While it’s no longer considered cutting-edge, it is a unique social work perspective.”

The theory has indeed been fundamental throughout Gregersen’s career. Using this approach to her work, she’s pioneered viewing mental health as an integral component of overall health and has been an advocate for integrating mental health services, including substance abuse services, into large health care systems.

“Health care cannot be effective if it does not integrate mental health,” she said.

Top: Gregersen (center) and staff at a fundraising event for MHR hosted by The Posh Mommy company originator Nicole Jennings, her husband, NFL player Greg Jennings, and their four children.

Middle: Gregersen with MHR staff at their offices in Minnesota.

Below: Gregersen at a ceremony hosted

by Wells Fargo, where MHR’s “Open Baskets” volunteer program won an award and a stipend in September 2015.

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Promoting Integrated Care Gregersen has spent the majority of her career in Minnesota. Prior to her role with MHR, she served as a vice president for United Health Care and Medica Health Plan in the Minneapolis area. She worked with a number of large companies to design a set of mental health benefits for their employees and families and then applied the systems theory in her proposals.

“My recommendation has always been to have generous benefits for mental health and substance abuse for employees because difficulties in these areas are the top reason for absenteeism and low work productivity,” she said. “Having robust benefits was a good business decision for companies, while also being very supportive of their employees.”

Then, in 2005, she was tapped by Hennepin County, the largest county in Minnesota, to design a health plan specifically for persons with disabilities – especially for disabilities with mental illness. They wanted a program

An analysis of claims data for the population served through the pilot program revealed a 50% reduction in health care costs over a six-month period. that integrated health care, social services, and public health.

She developed a consumer-driven model that is still in use today. The majority of enrollees are persons with mental illness. “The consumers have been thrilled because they have never had a health plan designed around their needs and the specific barriers to their care,” she said.

“Kathy provided remarkably innovative and collaborative leadership to the development of an effective mental health system of care in Minnesota,” said Glenace Edwall, Ph.D., former assistant commissioner of mental health for the MN Department of Human Services. “She’s brought fresh energy and new approaches to providing better mental health treatment to a major health plan, an urban county, and a large not-for-profit organization.”

Her current role as executive director for MHR has allowed her to continue her quest for better and more comprehensive care for the mentally ill. The day-to-day operations are managed by MHR staff, which allows Gregersen to focus on policy and strategy.

“MHR has several strategic initiatives that I oversee,” she said.

Gregersen managed a partnership between MHR and Medica Foundation, the charitable giving arm of Medica Health Plans, a Minnesota-based nonprofit HMO. The Foundation awarded a three-year, $300,000 grant to MHR to expand Intensive Community-Based Services in Minneapolis and St. Paul.

The pilot program was funded to determine if addressing the social determinants for persons with mental illness would have an impact on health care costs. The program MHR developed provided three to six months of intensive case management to clients with serious mental illness who were living with any

combination of medical diagnosis, substance abuse, and/or chronic pain.

The results were undeniable. The program blended medical, dental, and mental health care with substance abuse treatment and provided connections to comprehensive human services such as housing security, vocational training, and transportation support.

An analysis of claims data for the population served through the pilot program revealed a 50% reduction in health care costs over a six -month period.

In addition, inpatient hospitalizations and emergency room visits decreased, while filling of prescribed medications increased.

The project’s success was summed up in MHR’s 2014 Annual Report: “This project demonstrated an excellent return on investment regarding medical cost and increase in overall client health.” Gregersen said the organization plans to work with other potential providers and seek additional funds to expand this model in the future.

“This [project] supports the systems theory I learned at Meredith,” she said. “One needs to address the system as a whole, and it will have a positive impact on other areas.”

Another initiative Gregersen oversees is a smoking cessation plan. “The State of Minnesota and local health plans won the first landmark case against ‘Big Tobacco,’” she said.

The settlement paid for numerous smoking cessation programs, which have resulted in reductions in tobacco use statewide among the overall population – but not among those with serious mental illness.

“The current statistics show that three out of four smokers in Minnesota are persons with serious mental illness,” she said. To address the gap, Gregersen and her team at MHR developed two different psychoeducational groups specifically for this population, depending on whether they want to reduce or discontinue tobacco use.

“These programs are longer than tobacco cessation programs for the general population,” she said. “And we connect the clients with more intensive resources for treatment.”

Gregersen and her staff also devised a

dental initiative specifically for the unique population they serve.

“The medications to treat schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, [and other mental illnesses] can cause the mouth to become very dry. This can cause gum and dental problems over a period of time, which greatly impact overall health,” she said.

MRH selected a few local dental clinics to provide care to their clients. “We chose these particular clinics because they understand that working with our clients requires a higher level of engagement – which takes more time and more patience.”

MHR is able to offer this kind of programming thanks to funds raised through its firstever fund-raising campaign, Invisible No More.

“It is important for our clients to have meaning in their lives and to contribute to the community. The more exposure the community has to our clients, the more the stigma lessens.”

– Kathy Hollins Gregersen, ’76

“MHR is fortunate to be financially stable,” Gregersen said. “However, traditional financial margins have not allowed us to pursue some pilot programs. Invisible No More has supported the tobacco reduction program and dental initiative for our clients.”

The fundraising efforts have also funded a data warehouse, which stores information about clients that allows the organization to make informed decisions. “The campaign has helped us to think and act more broadly,” she said.

For the last two years, Gregersen has been part of a statewide workgroup tasked with designing “Behavioral Health Homes.”

These plans were presented to the state legislature and passed during the most recent legislative session, and will be fully implemented in July 2016.

“This means that a mental health organization can provide and coordinate medical care for persons with a serious mental illness with a reimbursement rate that covers the cost of doing so,” she said. “I am currently working with a large local health plan to design a new service model that combines treatment and human services to this population.”

Fighting Stigma In addition to implementing programs, addressing the stigma associated with mental illness is highly important for Gregersen.

“Stigma remains a significant issue for persons with mental illness,” she said. The work MHR performs is community-based, which addresses the stigma head on. “We see clients in their homes or anywhere in the community that works best for them.

We want our clients to remain living and working in the community rather than in institutions and state hospitals.”

Gregersen knows the importance of not only securing housing for her clients, but making sure they understand the responsibility having a home entails. “We teach them what a lease for an apartment means and what they have to adhere to in order to maintain their housing,” She said. “We have relationships with landlords who can call on us if there is any difficulty.”

“We also help our clients secure jobs,” she added. “Some of the jobs are volunteer positions, but it is important for our clients to have meaning in their lives and to contribute to the community. The more exposure the community has to our clients, the more the stigma lessens.”

As the stigma lessens and broad, comprehensive care becomes more accessible thanks to the work of innovators like Gregersen, statistics such as those found in the 2006 report that she found so troubling should improve.

As Gregersen continues to advocate for better care for those with mental illness, she reflected on her rewarding career.

“I love my job,” she said. “I have no regrets in choosing this path.”

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CONNECTION Class notes and news for Meredith Alumnae 1950 Marjorie Tripper Bennett has published her memoir, Stories of God in My Life. It is available on Amazon.com and also as an eBook, with the author listed as Marj Bennett.

1951 Marjorie Joyner Northup traveled throughout Italy in April 2015 with Meredith’s Alumnae Travel Program.

1952 Irma Blanche Clipson has been living in Continuing Care Community in Parkville, Md., since September 1996. She is in independent living and is still fairly active. She helps with the sound and camera in the chapel for the Protestant services that are broadcast to people in their apartments. The community offers classes on campus from Baltimore County Community College. She is on the committee that selects the courses to be offered, helps with registration, and is a contact for the professors. She is still taking part in some of the Roads Scholars program from Elderhostel. In March, she had a course in Washington, D.C., on Spies, Lies, and Intrigue taught by retired CIA and State Department employees, and she took a cruise to Bermuda in May.

1958 Chris Livingston Arthur reports that her first grandson finished his first year of college, and her first granddaughter graduated high school this year. She is able to visit Heather Wishart Martin when she visits her son in Connecticut, and the two enjoy their visits with one another. Heather Wishart Martin still

lives in Connecticut and is able to frequently visit her children and grandchildren who live in Connecticut and New York.

1963 Martha Spence Blount and her husband celebrated 50 years of marriage in June. They are taking their children to London and Paris to celebrate.

1964 Nancy Spencer Bartlett and her husband are blessed to report that life continues to be full and interesting in retirement. She is taking courses in teaching English as a Second Language. Rebecca Jane Watson Blake and her husband celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception given by their son, daughter-in-law, daughter, and son-in-law. That was followed up by a trip to Maui in February for all of their family including their three grandsons. They had a fantastic time in Maui and then another unplanned five days in Thousand Oaks, Calif., with their son and his wife after their departure flight from Maui was cancelled, which caused them to miss all of their connections home. Brenda Elliott Brickhouse and her husband recently visited France. They also proudly attended the ceremony for their son’s retirement from the Navy as a commander.

She recently completed docents training at the N.C. Museum of Art and is enjoying her time there. In February, 22 classmates celebrated their 2014 Meredith Mayhem victory at a special luncheon given for the Class of 1964 by the College. Mary Lyon Camper, class president, thanked the donors for their gifts and the College for the gala luncheon. A great time was

had by all! Joyce Ellen Stainback Holloway coordinated seven luncheons that were enjoyed by 17 Raleigh-area class members in 2014-15. Catherine Stovall Peacock is assuming this project for 201516. Joy Adams Lucas will be happy to help class members in other areas who might want to hold such events. Sue Ennis Kearney organized a trip for Class of 1964 members to Meredith’s palazzo in Sansepolcro, Italy. Joining her for this April 2015 adventure were Nancy Evans Dellinger, Jo Crowder Dermid, Betty Hooks Henderson, Emmalee Harris Hughes, Joy Adams Lucas, Caroline Vaught McCall, Sue Ellen Moody McDaniel, and several friends. Tour leader Becky Bailey, retired dean of Meredith’s School of Arts, showed them the best of Tuscany and Umbria, and made the trip a true living/learning experience. The Honorable Sarah E. Parker, retired Chief Justice of the N.C. Supreme Court, has been named to the Meredith College Board of Trustees.

She began her service on the Board July 1. She also conducted a special tour of the N.C. Supreme Court building for members of the Iris Society. Sue Anne James Schoonderwoerd, Joy Adams Lucas, and Sue Ennis Kearney conducted the initiation of the Class of 1965 into the Golden Oaks Society at the luncheon in May. Twelve 1964 class members were in attendance. Ellen Mackintosh Wardlaw and her husband celebrated their 50th anniversary in Germany this June. They toured Frankfurt, Berlin, Munich, Oberramagau, Heidelberg, and lots of castles.

They had a great time, with great people, great food and fabulous sights. At the end of May, Sara Gwynn Bryan Brackett, Lelia McFarland Frazier, Lillian McFarland Hicks, and Wardlaw enjoyed a mini re-

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union at Sandra Butler Deal’s beautiful home with a gorgeous swimming pool. Naturally, they laughed and laughed and laughed some more. The Deals were the ultimate host and hostess. Their only regret was that Anne Palmer and Peggy Pruitt Benson were unable to attend. Rhonda Morgan Wilkerson worked with several members of the art faculty to coordinate a special trip to Italy for docents at the N.C. Museum of Art. It was based in Florence and Sansepolcro and led by Meredith faculty. Wilkerson also conducted two docent-led tours at the N.C. Museum of Art for Raleigh-area Class of 1964 members.

1965 LaRue Pearce Davenport and her husband celebrated their 50th anniversary with a ten week road trip to the “Golden State,” plus a trip to Hawaii, where they also celebrated their 25th and 40th anniversaries. The trip took place shortly after her class’s wonderful 50th reunion in May. Brenda Petty Eskridge reports that this has been a year of 50s, and one of the best was her class reunion. She hasn’t been to many reunions, but this one was outstanding and it was fun to reconnect with classmates. She especially enjoyed hearing about what is going on at Meredith from President Jo Allen. Sally Howard Moore has had a busy year, with her class’s 50th reunion being one of the highlights.

She and her husband are busy with Mile of Hope, an event they run for children with cancer and their families. The event is held at Atlantic Beach, N.C., and was the weekend before reunion this year. They have had several sand sculpture events, including Merlefest in North Wilkesboro, Artsplosure in Raleigh, and at the Aquarium in Pine Knoll Shores. They are looking forward to a trip to the state parks in Utah in the fall. Lynn Myers had a fantastic time at the Class of 1964’s 50th reunion. She enjoyed catching up with her classmates and sharing many memories. After Helen Smith Paul attended the fabulous 50th reunion of the Never Say Die Class of ’65, and she and her husband celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with their children and grandchildren. The two set out on an adventure in their small motor home. As much as was practical, they followed Lewis and Clark’s route as far as Montana, having gotten interested in their travels several years ago when visiting the Washington and Oregon coast. They gained an appreciation of Lewis and Clark’s amazing achievement as well as the courage of those who followed them and settled the land. Glenda Brown Worley, Polly Finan Laubinger, and Betty Spence Laughinghouse went with Meredith alumnae and friends to New York City in November 2014 and had a memorable time. They attended their 50th Meredith reunion and stayed in a suite on the first floor of Vann

EXPLORE SPAIN AND ITALY WITH MEREDITH 2016 Alumnae Travel Program Join alumnae and friends of Meredith in Spain and Italy in 2016.

Summer brings a tour of Spain. Highlights include major tourist destinations like Madrid, Seville, Granada, and Barcelona, as well as little known gems like the beautiful village of Salobreña, perched above the Mediterranean. Galleries, cathedrals, mosques, palaces, museums, and flamenco dancers as well as spectacular scenery and delicious local cuisine promise to make this trip a most memorable one. Tentative dates: June 7-19, 2016.

In the fall, Alumnae Travel Program will return to Italy. This tour will start and end in Rome – in between, visiting spots including Sorrento, Herculaneum, Pompeii, and Capri. A three-day optional add-on to Sansepolcro, Meredith’s Tuscan home, will conclude this tour. Tentative dates: September 25-October 6, 2016. Optional add-on October 6-9.

Meredith’s planned French river cruise is postponed until June 2017 in order to take advantage of significant discounts offered to (very) early registrants. Be on the lookout for further information early next spring.

Questions? Contact Denise Parker at dpparker@meredith.edu or (919) 7608051. Visit meredith.edu/alumnae/travel for updates.

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MAYAH COLLINS, ’11 Becoming a Successful Storyteller

By Melyssa Allen Mayah Collins, ’11, feels she was born to share stories. Her interest in learning about the lives of others and a gift for writing has led her to a career in journalism.

“Captivating people through the art of storytelling is what journalism is about,” said Collins, who discovered her gift for words in high school and cultivated her skills as a communication major at Meredith.

“I took a lot of communication classes, which helped me understand the fundamental skills of a reporter,” Collins said.

Collins worked as a general assignment reporter at The Daily Southerner in Tarboro, N.C., before attending Columbia University’s School of Journalism, where she completed a master’s degree this year. Fewer than 20% of applicants are accepted into this program.

This summer, Collins was selected for a competitive internship at The Baltimore Sun, writing for the metro desk.

“I pitch story ideas, assist with projects, cover events, and report on breaking news,” she said. “My articles have run the gamut from a story about two Baltimore County public schools achieving a 100% college acceptance rate to a story about the last parachute jump for Maryland National Guardsmen who are being replaced by drones.”

Collins’s favorite aspect of journalism is interviewing, and she has developed an effective method for getting people to share their points of view with her.

“Instead of flooding people with questions, I have a conversation with them.

People feel very comfortable when I interview them,” Collins said.

While she can’t imagine any other field that would suit her better than journalism, “it is challenging to confine elaborate and detailed stories to 500 words,” Collins said.

Her professional ideal is to be an arts and entertainment reporter, a lifelong interest that is reflected in some of her favorite Meredith memories.

“I loved attending dance and theatre events at Meredith,” Collins said. “I would go with my cousin, and I honestly don’t think we missed one production – I have the tickets to prove it.”

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alongside other class members. They were warmed by the generous reception of their classmates as well as impressed by their accomplishments over the years.

1968 Kathryn Booth Butler and her husband continue to enjoy their home in the “country” between Apex and Durham. For the past five years, since the death of her father, she has been actively managing the family and business properties. Therefore, “retirement” from IBM was just a transition to another full time job that’s a little more fun. They are about to welcome their third grandchild – this one in Toronto; the other two are in California. They have enjoyed two wonderful vacations with the Meredith Alumnae Travel Program to England and Ireland, and they highly recommend it to other alums and their friends! Cornelia Scott Cree is spending two months in California with her elder daughter, as she waits for the closing of her new condo in Waynesville, N.C. She works on writing in her spare time. She has three blogs and is also working on some books. Lynn Dodge retired in 2013 after 39 years as director of the Department of Libraries and Museums for the City of Lynchburg Va. In May 2015, the library’s new children’s story room was named in her honor for her years of service and in recognition of a substantial gift she gave toward its construction. Suzanne Guthrie Letchworth and her husband moved to Beaufort, N.C. After living in their home in Cary for 35 years, they have sold it and plan to live on the coast for the next several years.

1970 Judy Hacskaylo Abernethy is in a clinical trial at Duke to treat her particular kind of sarcoma. The treatment involves daily pills and weekly infusions. At Duke, Abernethy frequently sees classmate Betty King Johnson, who is also undergoing treatment there. Abernethy has made treatment days fun by making them theme days such as Western Day and Congo Chemo Day. Janet Morris Belvin is retired and loving it. She taught secondary school English for 19 years and wrote for magazines and newspapers. She and her husband live in Lovettsville, Va., and are proud of their three children and seven grandchildren. One more grandson is due in November. Katherine Lawing Capps reports that she and her husband have been married for almost 45 years. They lived in northern Virginia for more than 40 years. They are now retired and living in Hilton Head.

They have one daughter and two grandkids. She enjoys the beach and golf. Peggy Timmerman Carter recently returned from a great trip to Ireland and the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. She loves redoing the yard and

flower beds at her “new” house, which she says is her form of relaxation. Sue Hammons Cook and husband are eagerly awaiting the birth of their fifth grandchild, and are praying for his safe arrival and their daughter’s good health. She is still planning to teach reading part-time in the fall before completely retiring. Vicki M. Davis has been single since 1974, has no kids, and is self-employed in promotional advertising. She is still working and will continue to do so for five-toten more years. She lives in Raleigh near North Hills.

Nancy Yates Dove, as a retiree, enjoys traveling with her husband, participating in community activities, and nurturing grandchildren. She was recently elected the chapter regent of the Major General Robert Howe Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution for 2015-17, creating a busy two years.

She is also serving on her church building expansion committee as Piney Forest Baptist Church expands its sanctuary. Alicia Suarez Eller teaches Spanish part-time at Louisburg College. Counting her 30 years at Louisburg High School, this is her 45th year teaching. She’s also involved with children’s church choir, guitar group, Spanish classes, bell choir, adults’ singing church choir, Bible study, Emmaus Walk in Virginia, and keeping up with children and grandchildren.

Anne Davenport Godley reports that retirement and grandchildren are a winning combination! She retired in 2007 and her husband retired in 2012. They have a 2-year-old granddaughter and a 1-year-old grandson. She says that if either of her children just hint that they could use a babysitter, GG and Papa zoom off to Raleigh to accommodate. Ann Euliss Matthews Holt retired as a music minister back in 2007, got remarried in 2008, moved to Indian Land, S.C., and later moved back to her home town of Burlington, N.C. She was talked out of retirement to become organist at First Baptist in Graham, N.C. She and her husband are also babysitting their grandchild while their daughter goes back to school to become a nurse. Their oldest son manages a movie theater, and their youngest son works with his dad running a tree business. Betty Fuquay Hyatt works at The Hyatt Company, a small company set up by her husband years ago. She still lives just outside Raleigh. Evelyn Godwin Kientz reports that after retiring as dean of the evening program at a community college, she worked for three years as the school counselor at a group home for girls. She now helps her husband with cattle on a farm in Jarratt, Va. She enjoys quilting, painting, gardening, and being a grandmother. Donna Burgess Lupo is retired!

She managed food service at White Memorial Presbyterian Church in Raleigh for 21 years and before that at a Baptist church. Two other classmates, Ann Brown Montgomery and Carolyn Langhorne Pittman,

worked there as well. Cindy Griffith McEnery and her husband are thoroughly enjoying retirement. They spend time in Raleigh, at their cabin in Banner Elk, and anywhere else they can go. She has become a photography enthusiast and says it’s amazing what you can see when you take time to look. Suzanne George Palmer can be found at Water’s Edge Village School near the Corolla Lighthouse in Corolla during testing.

She’s their part-time test coordinator. She also volunteers as co-lead facilitator for the Eastern N.C. Network of National Board Certified Teachers and Friends.

Pat Burgess Perry retired from Wilson Community College on May 1, 2013, and is thoroughly enjoying retirement. She and her husband have four grown children (their two plus their children’s spouses) and four grandchildren who are 15, 11, 10 and 7 (three boys and a girl). She loves having retirement time to spend with them. Carolyn Langhorne Pittman is the proud and happy grandmother - CC - to two fabulous grandsons, ages 6 and 3. This summer her daughter blessed her with a beautiful granddaughter. All well and happy - especially CC! Jean Wolf Robb and her husband just celebrated 42 years of marriage. Her oldest son is married with one son. Her middle son is working in the Charlottesville area and has his own bike-related clothing business, Cutaway Clothing. Her daughter works from home writing and blogging at lauracrobb. com. Jean’s husband is still working at his CPA firm, Robb, Scott, Bradshaw and Rawls. Jean stays busy with keeping everyone happy and doing community service work for several local charities. Cullen Sessoms is sporting a new right hip, as of last September and reports that she is just waiting to hear the squeaks from her knees soon. She travels whenever possible.

Emma Ruth Bartholomew Stewart’s husband sold his dental practice in December 2013 after 41 years.

She had served as his “right hand gal” for years after their two boys entered school. She has served on the Louisburg Town Council for the past 22 years and will be up for reelection this November. Her older son is a partner in a Raleigh architectural firm. Her younger son and his wife live in Wilmington and blessed them with a grandson on June 6, 2013. Maria Thornhill Vincent reports that her daughter is the head tennis coach at Meredith. She has also had a chance to meet many Meredith students when she attends the matches.

Mary Turner Wannamaker won second place in the Newland Cornbread Cook-Off with her mountain cornbread, which was the best out of 20 entries. She was told the chef who won is a cornbread guru and wins every year. This was her first try at it. Wannamaker reports that all the spectators followed her out the door, grabbing the last few crumbles of her cornbread from her basket, while the winner’s cornbread sat coldly in

its pan on the table. Ann Carroll Ward welcomed fraternal twin granddaughters on January 15, 2015. She hopes they will attend Meredith someday. Eva Neel Wardrup retired in April after almost 25 years working in public libraries in the Atlanta area. She had previously worked with the State of North Carolina and the Durham County Departments of Social Services before moving to Georgia. Wardrup is especially enjoying her grandchildren, being outdoors, travel, and having more time to volunteer with her church. Cathy Moran Winstead and her husband did their best to fill their summer with adventure. They have been on a twoweek road trip to New England and Syracuse, N.Y. Over the summer, their granddaughter spent a week with them in Cary followed by her brother for a week in August. She and her husband went on a trip to Ireland at the end of September.

1971 Suzanne Reynolds became the Dean of the Wake Forest University School of Law on July 1, 2015.

Reynolds, who joined the Wake Forest law faculty in 1981, has served as interim dean for the past year.

She is the first woman to head the law school.

1976 Kathy Midyette Anderson spent time on a beach getaway weekend with classmates Susan Willetts Roberts, Janet Koonce Dumas, Reya Blount Roller, and Karen Britt Peeler. Cathy Bland Rodgers welcomed her first grandchild on May 18, 2015.

1977 Kathryn Christian Bender has happily transitioned from administration to faculty at the College of Charleston and is now teaching an undergraduate course in business law and a graduate course in corporate governance. She writes, “having the summer to conduct research abroad and to spend time with my children and grandchild is priceless!” Suzanne Styron Edwards and daughter Sarah Anne went with Meredith alumnae and friends to Ireland this summer. Two years ago, Edwards studied Dante’s Divine Comedy in Siena, Italy, as an NEH fellow; she is now retired, teaching AP English Literature and Dual Credit English comp part-time. She and her husband Jerry still live in Dyersburg, Tenn., just a few miles from the Mississippi River.

1978 Mary Margaret Steele retired from NC State in September 2011. She went back to school in 2012 to study reflexology. She opened her reflexology practice, sole-reflections.com, in Wake Forest, N.C., in November 2013.

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Karen McAden Broadway has a new job with Coldwell Banker Coastal Rivers Realty, working in their office in Washington, N.C. Let her know if you’re looking for a second home. Melanie Jordan is now the executive director of Albemarle Hopeline. Ginny Taylor Hurdle just celebrated her 25th anniversary with QVC, Inc. and most recently is the Outbound Area Manager in their Suffolk, Va., distribution center. She loves her career even though it’s busy and no two days are the same. Her family also just returned from vacation to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, as a joint celebration of their 32nd wedding anniversary and her middle son’s graduation from the graduate program in park, recreation and tourism management at NC State. She writes, “If you can’t have an Angel (I have all boys), the next best thing is to be a Wolfpack Mom!” Karen Smith Monroe retired on July 24, 2015, and then she and her husband, Charlie, began traveling. Their first goal is to visit every National Park in the United States.

Virginia Parker has become senior vice president and Triangle market manager for Bank of America in Raleigh. Priorities of the position are building and maintaining external community relationships, executing corporate responsibility goals, driving revenue growth, and brand favorability for the bank and all of its lines of business in the Triangle market.

Amy Carter Bland has accepted a new position as assistant principal of elementary at the North Carolina Leadership Academy, a non-profit charter school in Kernersville, N.C.

1987 Rosemarie Hopkins Cooper retired as principal at Crain’s Creek Middle School on July 31 to begin work in August as an instructional and curriculum specialist for a contract company serving Special Operations Forces at Ft. Bragg.

1990 Suzanne Taylor Weaver has recently obtained a Masters in School Administration and is working as the K-12 fine arts specialist for Nash Rocky Mount Schools.

1991 Elisabeth Wilson Johnson was married in May 2014. She has been with the Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce for nine years as economic development coordinator. She and her husband live in Knoxville, Tenn., and have five children ranging from 12-23.

Alesha Still McCauley has completed eight years with the Wake County Public School System as ESL Senior Administrator, K-12. She marked her 24th year in education in August, celebrated her 22-year wedding anniversary with her husband in June, and their son turned 10 in July.

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1993 Susan Broadwell received a promotion at the Department of Revenue on Oct. 1, 2014. She is an administrative officer in the Sales and Use Tax Division for Tax Administration. She celebrated her 19th anniversary with the Department of Revenue in May. Kelly Phillips Erb will be joining Forbes Media as a senior editor. As a tax attorney, Erb has contributed to forbes.com for the last few years. Her popular Taxgirl blog is consistently recognized by the American Bar Association as one of the top 100 blogs written by lawyers. Amanda Moore White was recently promoted to the role of Business Manager with United Services Automobile Association (USAA). She is also volunteering as an instructor for fellow USAA employees who want to obtain insurance related professional designations. Outside of work, she and her dog Forrest are an active working pet therapy team visiting various hospitals and rehab centers in San Antonio.

1994 Sheryl Long has relocated to Winston-Salem, N.C., and has joined the faculty of Salem College as the director of teacher education and graduate studies.

1998 Kristin Young Powell was hired by HomeTrust Bancshares as senior vice president, director of mortgage lending in July. Amanda Markham Strickland completed her master’s and certificate of advanced study degrees in school psychology at East Carolina University in 2010. She is working as a school psychologist in Wilson County, NC.

2001 Lyda Fontes Ellis was appointed head of the instructional services department of James A. Michener Library at the University of Northern Colorado. Ellis is also an associate professor at the university, where she has worked for ten years. Kara Long Hergenrader and her husband are expecting their second child, a baby girl, in November. They have one son already.

Kelli Parrish Laudate moved back to Sanford, N.C., and is happy to be living in her hometown. She is busy tutoring at Tramway Elementary School and being a wife and mom to three children. Christian Melvin lives in Fuquay Varina, N.C. She works as a benefits

implementation specialist for the Mercer Marketplace private healthcare exchange. Wendy King Miller was appointed case manager team lead at Duke Regional Hospital in June. She and her husband also moved to a new house in Youngsville. Sarah Fuqua Wilson starts a new position as the 3rd/4th grade teacher at Corpus Christi Classical Academy in Simpsonville this fall. Her four children will be enrolled as students there. She and her husband still make their home in Danville, Ky. They welcomed a new fur baby this summer, a Puggle puppy named Sweet P.

2002 Lynda-Marie Taurasi’s recent continuing education and work experience includes international travel to El Salvador, Kenya, Liberia, Spain, and the United Kingdom. While in Liberia, she documented a teacher training project through audio and photography to give audiences an experiential example of how an early grade reading assessment, developed by RTI International, measures early literacy skills. The experimental documentary also served as her final project for a certificate in documentary arts from Duke University’s Center of Documentary Studies. While at RTI, she consulted on the website design and marketing strategy for a Salvadoran project funded by the United States Agency for International Development. Taurasi used the experience to write a case study on engaging target audiences in global development communications for an article published by British newspaper The Guardian.

She is currently living in Edinburgh, Scotland, studying for a master’s degree in science communication and public engagement at the University of Edinburgh.

2003 Emily Rose Cochran has finally found her dream job as senior administrator for fixtures, furniture, and equipment for Wake County Public Schools. This role allows her to use her interior design skills to create happy environments for children. She is continuing her hobby as a picker and sells her finds at Cheshire Cat in Cameron Village in Raleigh. Kylene Dibble became the executive director of Parents for Public Schools of Pitt County in July. Natasha Matheny Michaels started a position with Blue Ridge Pharmacy in Asheville, N.C., in January 2015 as the director of clinical services. At the end of March 2015, she opened their new pharmacy location in Hendersonville, N.C., and is also the pharmacy manager at that location. Her family is so happy to be living in Western North Carolina closer to their family.

2004 Sharla Smith Collins received a promotion to senior enterprise risk analyst at Ally Financial and was

selected to participate in TWIST, a women’s leadership conference, hosted by Queens University McColl School of Business. Kim Turnage Keith has been promoted to vice president of youth development with the YMCA of the Triangle this July.

2005 Rachel Chilcot Findley became a full-time faculty member at Meredith College and the director of the College’s Didactic Program in Dietetics in August 2015.

2006 Tunisia Bullock graduated from Edgecombe Community College, earning both an Associate of Applied Science degree in health information technology and a medical coding diploma. This brings her degree count up to four! Currently, she works as a health information specialist with Vidant Medical Group in Tarboro, N.C. She has also opened her own Spanish School and will be a DrPH in Epidemiology candidate at Capella University beginning in September. Kristina Mechelle Freeman is now a real estate broker with Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston.

2007 Stephanie Byrd graduated from the University of Illinois at Springfield, receiving a Master of Public Administration degree in May.

2008 Lindsay Fisher Martini and her husband bought a new house in Fuquay-Varina, N.C., in January 2015.

Liz McLean is now a sales consultant with the Raleigh office of CBI, Inc. Jenna Burnham Radford, as of January 2015, is working at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., as a recruitment partner for faculty affairs, handling faculty recruitment for all 10 GW schools.

2011 Brittany Frieson graduated from North Carolina State University with a Master of Science in curriculum and instruction with a focus in educational psychology in May 2015. She has been accepted to University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to further graduate studies in fall 2015. She anticipates receiving a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction with a focus in ESL/bilingual education. She received a prestigious graduate fellowship from the University of Illinois and will be fully funded for the remainder of her graduate studies. Carly Stoneman graduated from University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy in May 2015. She began a pharmacy residency at University of Tennes-

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JANE LANGFORD, ’06 Bringing Global Stories to Life

By Melyssa Allen As a development producer for Sony Television in London, Jane Langford, ’06, brings stories to life on TV screens around the world.

“I love working on new ideas for shows, fleshing out characters and stories, and bringing to life something that maybe an hour ago didn’t exist,” said Langford.

Her job involves working with creative teams from a number of countries, developing scripts, helping with casting, and overseeing production.

“One day I could be reading scripts for a new series in Russia, discussing with the local development teams in Moscow how to improve the scripts, and the next I could be in a meeting with CCTV in China, discussing a co-production deal with a U.K. company,” Langford said.

Langford is a fourth generation graduate of Meredith, where she studied English and political science. She calls her Meredith education vital to her professional success.

“Basically, I’m still doing everything I did in my English and politics classes: read the work, decide what you think about the work, and defend your thoughts,” she said. “That experience of discussing ideas and issues was my favorite part of studying at Meredith.

All I’ve really done is found a way to get paid to do it.”

Langford helps television writers tell their stories. “Working closely with the writers to make sure the story they want to tell is indeed what’s coming across is the most important part of my job,” she said.

Seeing this big picture and communicating that back to the creative team are some of Langford’s professional strengths.

“I’m best at seeing the full story that a writer is trying to tell with his or her script, identifying the two or three main issues that are keeping that story from being perfect, and then being able to get the writer, who has poured his or her heart and soul into this work, to take the same step back and see the issues with me,” Langford said.

Working for an international audience takes the kind of global perspective Langford developed studying abroad with Meredith in London, an experience she calls life-changing.

“TV is a great medium for art and communication,” Langford said. “Making shows around the world, as I do, makes you appreciate how the same story, if the characters are real and true, can touch people from every walk of life, bringing them together.”

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2012 Katrina Ericka Kempney was accepted into American Mensa. She is a member of the Mensa of Eastern North Carolina regional group. She also began a new role as marketing communications content writer at Red Hat in Raleigh. Jennifer Lynn Prince was promoted to director of community engagement at Agnes Scott College and began that role on July 1.

2013 Caroline Kaleel received a promotion to behavior consultant in the Meredith Autism Program at Meredith College.

2014 Allison Bridgers Holmes is now a merchandise coordinator with Stein Mart in Jacksonville, Fl.

2015 Jordan Godwin is working as a graphic designer at Mainstreet Collection in Washington, N.C. Mainstreet Collection was founded and is owned by a Meredith alumna. Jackie Lytton will be the lead teacher in the developmental delay preschool classroom at Scotts Ridge Elementary School in Apex, N.C.

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1991

Allison Bridgers to Michael Holmes, 04/19/15.

Grace Smith to Thomas Tolson, 06/20/15.

Elisabeth Wilson to Mark Johnson, 05/23/14.

1994 Heather Eatmon to Scot Horton, 04/04/15.

Wendy King to Jason Miller, 03/01/14.

2003 Jessica Sawyer to Andrew Heath, 01/31/15. Mary Catherine Revelle to Brian Saunders, 05/22/10.

2009 Margaret Armstrong to Peter Sarda, 04/18/2015.

Nicole Spidel to Sontice Tagalk, 06/06/15.

2010 Caitlin McNabb to Ben Baumberger, 05/24/15.

Lindsay Gobush to Dale Fulk, 05/16/15. Marie LaHaye to Yasufumi Hotta, 06/20/15. Anna Lamb to Kevin Cale, 07/11/15. Kimberly McSorley to Blake Precythe, 06/20/15. Maggie Lally to Stephen Strickland, 01/24/15.

1993 Amity Brown, a daughter, Ailsa Jo, 02/14/15.

1998 Amy Flaherty Sheppard, a son, Jameson Colton, 06/16/15. Amanda Markham Strickland, a girl, Amelia Charlotte, 09/27/13.

1999 Allison Carter Burns, a daughter, Lenora “Nora” Alley, 09/2013.

1999 Elizabeth Dobbins-Smith, a son, Elliot Wilson, 04/15/15.

2000

Mary Katheryn Howard to Marcus Bryant, 06/27/15.

Chandra Shafer Broadnax, a son, Jonathan Lee, 01/09/15.

2013

2001

Whitney Jones to Charles Thomas Sluder II, 08/02/14.

Rebecca Jernigan to Christian Stith, 08/01/15.

Kelley Davidson Johnson, a daughter, Scarlett Everly, 05/8/15. Penny Chapman Kucera, a girl,

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1987

Mary Gavin Edwards, 08/14/15. Dorothy Hagler Gregory, 06/02/07.

Bea Stevens Foster, 06/13/15.

Shawna Adams Goins, a boy, Fletcher Lynn, 6/25/15. Jessica Tanner Kincaid, a daughter, Cora Grace, 07/06/15.

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Diane Foley Harper, 06/02/15.

2003

Dorothy Perry Wright, 05/09/15.

Colette Alise, 09/30/14. Janell Patterson Squire, a daughter, Jourdain Mackenzie, 12/03/14.

2002

Lauren Palmer Brady, a boy, Bowden Conlan, 05/05/15. Alison Suber Braswell, a son, Zachary Andrew, 05/11/15. Lara Stroud Dick, a daughter, Mary Martha, 07/25/15. Mary Catherine Revelle Saunders, a son, Carson Revelle, 04/21/12. Kelly Cain Smith, a daughter, Lucy Macrae, 03/13/15.

2004 Meredith Parker Canterbury, a son, William Davis, 06/08/15. Megan Marie Coleman Kuykendall, a son, Cole Alexander, 02/11/15. Laurie Smiley Lynch, a daughter, Raylan Ann, 11/26/14.

2005 Jessica Klein Horner, a daughter, Mills “Millie” DuVal, 05/31/15. Jennifer Burns Thompson, a son, Aiden Ryan, 11/11/14. Emily Bottoms Turner, a son, Benton Halas, 03/04/14. Mandi Troutman Whitley, a daughter, Ann Kincannon, 06/21/15.

2006 Dee Edwards Belvin, a son, Ethan James, 07/14/15. Kelly Beth Smith Hapgood, a daughter, Libby Marie, 05/18/15. Kara Norville Leggett, a son, Tucker Sheldon, 08/23/14. Lindsey de La Fosse Turnau, a son, Simon Zachary, 04/01/15.

Louise Horne Ailor, 05/07/2015.

1941 1942 Mary Moore Beam, 05/29/15. Margaret Cutliff Truslow, 05/03/15.

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1990 1995 Martha Collins Hanover, 07/24/11.

2008 Jessica Nicole Link, 01/22/15.

SYMPATHY

Madalene Bullard Stone, 11/23/14.

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1945

Catherine Wyatt Hudson in the death of her sister.

Mary Stephenson Birkel, 04/26/15. Evalyn Allen Huntley, 05/04/15.

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1953

Josephine Britt Bridgers, 06/07/15. Hilda James, 07/07/15.

Estelle Waller Summerlin in the death of her husband.

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1954

Jean Daniel Scarborough, 04/26/15.

Bobbye Rice Bunch in the death of her husband.

Dot White Hartley in the death of her son. Dorothy Knott Preston in the death of her sister. Doris Knott Talley in the death of her sister.

1950 Bertha Wilson Woltz, 06/27/15.

1951 Ann Melvin Smith, 04/28/15.

1955 Cleo Jones Edwards, 08/07/15. Mary Cadle Heath, 04/16/15.

1957

Susan Crump McArn in the death of her husband.

1956 Iris Merritt Womble in the death of her sister.

1957 Corinne Lowery Howey in the death of her daughter.

Elladene Johnson Maxwell, 01/27/15.

1959

Rebecca Newton Pope, a daughter, Cassidy Haven, 07/07/14. Deanna Rehnlund Brancaccio, a girl, Charlotte Joon, 04/15/15. Kristin Mangum Fisher, a boy, Brady Joshua, 05/04/15.

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Betsy Cadle DePaul in the death of her sister.

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Samantha Rice Ashby, a daughter, Kate Elizabeth, 12/12/14.

Elizabeth Smith Brannan, 07/04/15.

2012

Carol Coxe Devir, 07/09/15. Freda Hartness Wilkins, 07/11/15.

2007

Kristin Stewart Congelli, a daughter, Emery Lauren, 02/25/15.

DEATH 1934 Jewell Ballentine Stephens, 06/16/15.

1936 Miriam Early Burchette, 02/24/14.

1938 Nellie Mettery Kahdy

Donna Sue Willis Burgin, 04/21/15.

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1960

Anne Britton Ammerman in the death of her husband. Julia Forbes Floars in the death of her grandson.

Catherine Fontaine Lawrence, 04/01/15.

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1967 Marcelyn Mayhue, 03/16/2015.

1964 Betsy Forbes Brewer in the death of her greatnephew. Ann Nooe C’ de Baca in the death of her sister. Peggy Fish Rada in the death of her great-nephew.

1965

Beverly Hewitt Duffee, 08/6/15.

Polly Finan Laubinger in the death of her brother.

Annette Wicker Rains in the death of her husband.

Elroy Marks Snead in the death of her mother.

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1966

Linda Michael Hege, 03/08/2015.

Price Marsh Thrower in the death of her daughter.

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Laurie Beddard Pruitt, 06/16/15.

Carolyn Nooe Flowers in the death of her sister.

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BLAIR REYNOLDS, ’04 Maximizing Opportunities for Success

By Melyssa Allen Blair Reynolds, ’04, succeeds by making the most of opportunity.

Reynolds is the director of annual giving and stewardships for the WakeMed Foundation, supporting programs and services for WakeMed’s patients and their families. When she began working for the foundation, which is one of the largest in Wake County, N.C., it was her first job in fundraising.

“I happened upon this amazing opportunity by chance. I spent the first seven years of my career in client services at [the nonprofit] InterAct, not in a fundraising role,” Reynolds said. She was hired by the WakeMed Foundation and in less than two years was promoted to her current role.

“Everything was a challenge. I reached out to my mentors and colleagues in the development world for advice and support,” Reynolds said. “They helped me build a successful fundraising program.”

Reynolds leads the foundation’s annual campaign, employee fundraising, events, and community fundraisers.

“Most of my time is spent getting to know people and businesses in our community, and sharing the WakeMed story to garner financial support and community advocates,” Reynolds said. “I love working with donors, patients, and their families.”

Reynolds is skilled at thinking from the donor’s perspective. “There are always goals and metrics to meet, which are important to have, but connecting someone with something they are passionate about is the best reward.”

Working at WakeMed helps Reynolds achieve a goal that is important to her. “I have a passion for giving back to my community,” she said. “WakeMed’s mission aligns with my personal and philanthropic goals.”

Reynolds was recently recognized for her achievements by The Triangle Business Journal, as one of the publication’s 40 Under 40 Leadership Award recipients. These awards celebrate outstanding professionals under the age of 40 for their contributions to their organizations and to the community.

Reynolds recalls Meredith College as a place with no glass ceiling. “Everyone at Meredith is equally empowered to be the best we can be,” she said. “The confidence instilled in me is directly reflected in my professional achievements.”

1974 Martha Beale Eppes in the death of her father.

1975 Carolyn Staton Philips in the death of her mother and mother-in-law.

1976 Dianne Creech Finan in the death of her husband.

1977 Peggy Beale in the death of her father.

1980 Cathy Clapp Byman in the death of her father.

Janet Liles Gowan in the death of her sister-in-law.

1981 Jill Aldridge Tasaico in the death of her father.

1982 Jan Aldridge Kornelis in the death of her father.

1984 Ann Thomasson Parker in the death of her mother.

Melba Truelove Sparrow in the death of her step-son.

1985 Lisa Long Burlee in the death of her husband.

1987 Susan Tart Edgerton in the death of her father.

Susan Graham Heath in the death of her mother.

1988 Celeste Harris Pageau in the death of her father.

1989 Julia Fish Price in the death of her nephew.

1991 Carol Matthis Hampton in the death of her father.

1992 Mandy Lassiter Sullivan in the death of her father.

1995 Rhonda B. Johnson in the death of her grandmother.

1998 Paige Lassiter Hill in the death of her father. Karen Edwards Proctor in the death of her mother.

1999 Jennifer Laws Barker in the death of her father.

2004 Sharla Smith Collins in the death of her mother.

Sarah Liles Pittman in the death of her mother.

2005 Ann Morrison in the death of her father.

2014 Brandi Kayla Poole in the death of her grandmother.

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OF DONORS 2014-15 Meredith is grateful to the many alumnae and friends who supported the College financially last year. Your gifts are deeply appreciated, not only because they help to make Meredith a stronger, more vibrant institution, but also because they represent your confidence in the College. Thank you!

Thomas Meredith Society Membership in the Thomas Meredith Society is extended to donors who contribute $100,000 or more in current and deferred lifetime gifts to Meredith College.

Gold Circle $1,000,000 or more Baptist State Convention of North Carolina Alicia M. Baucom, ’05 and Bill Baucom, Jr. Elizabeth Triplett Beam, ’72 and J. David Beam James Bovender* Broyhill Family Foundation, Inc. Porter B. Byrum Charitable Trust Virginia Murchison Carson, ’27* Joyce Anne Causey, ’55* Gwendolyn Picklesimer Davis, ’62, and Dr. Charles A. Davis Elizabeth Botzler Decker and James L. Decker* Jessie Ball duPont Fund A. J. Fletcher Foundation Janet Freeman* Lucy Finch Gaddy* and Charles W. Gaddy* Shepard Kimbrell Halsch, ’85, and Tom Halsch Estate of Ruth Huskins Independent College Fund of NC Ann Batson James, ’67, and Allen James Christina Brown Jones* and Seby B. Jones* Lola M.* and Hubert F. Ledford* Carolyn Sperry Leith, ’85 Margaret Craig Martin, ’30*

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Sue Jarvis Martin, ’49*, and Sidney Martin* Grace and Roy Nifong Edla Adams Ogburn, ’30* Margaret Weatherspoon Parker, ’38* Cleo Glover Perry, ’45, and Elwood Perry* Minnie Huffman Reddish Foundation Katherine Furches Rumley, ’43, and J. Leon Rumley* Vida L.* and John A. Senter* Ann Lowery Shivar, ’74 Carol C. & O. Temple Sloan, Jr. Foundation Margaret J. Tharrington, ’71 Dr. Deborah and Jim Tippett Irving H. Wainwright* Dianne and Marvin Welton Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation

Silver Circle $500,000-$999,999 Aramark Corporation Annette L. Bailey, ’79 Margaret R. Beale, ’77 Frances Tatum Council, ’38*, and C.R. Council* Duke Energy Foundation D. Phyllis Duncan, ’66 Hazel Faulkner Edwards, ’35*, and Luby Edwards*

Richard Farrow GlaxoSmithKline Foundation Brigadier General Hugh B. Hester, USA* Pamela Hester, ’81, and Worth Hester Anne Morris Hinson, ’70, and James Hinson IBM Corporation - Matching Gift Program Dr. Ione Kemp Knight, ’43 Shirley Spoon Knox, ’56 Kresge Foundation Vicky and Eugene M. Langley, Jr. Robert H. Lewis Ruby C. McSwain, ’54* Polly Moore Mixon, ’66, and Ben Mixon NC Baptist Foundation, Inc. Sarah McKee Nooe, ’22* Park Foundation, Inc. Dorothy Dent Park, ’36 Sarah Cook Rawley, ’29*, and D.A. Rawley* Rachel Fulton Rawls, ’42* Joyce McIntyre Rudisill, ’42 Alice Goodman Satisky, ’37*, and Daniel Satisky* Charles and Sandra Shelton Kester A. Sink Brian D. and Nancy P. Siska, ’76 Ellen Skinner, ’48* O. Temple Sloan, Jr. Phyllis Brooks Wainwright

Dr. Betty Webb, ’67, and John Rose Wells Fargo Vida Thompson Williams, ’37*, and W. Fred Williams, Sr.* Winston-Salem Foundation Judy C. Woodruff, ’68, and Al Hunt

Bronze Circle $100,000-$499,999 Jo Ellen Williams Ammons, ’57*, and Justus Ammons Dorothy Vaden Ashworth, ’73, and Robert Ashworth Sue and Bruce Ballard Bank of America Madge Daniels Barber, ’20* C.C. Barefoot* and Kilty Johnson Barefoot* Peggy and Charles D. Barham, Jr. Nell Barker, ’29* Mary Elizabeth Barnes, ’60 Irwin Belk Education Foundation The Belk Foundation Virginia Staples Blanton, ’35*, and C. David Blanton* BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina Sarah Katherine Phillips Bowerman, ’51 Branch Banking & Trust Company Dorothy Ray Branham, ’35* Ellen Dozier Brewer 1918*

Mamie Forney Bridges, ’35* Betty Smith Broder, ’56* Brown Foundation Christine Speight Brown, ’76 Dr. Yvette M. Brown, MD, ’90 Faye Arnold Broyhill, ’59* Paul Broyhill Burroughs Wellcome Fund The Cannon Foundation, Inc. Margaret A. Cargill Foundation Carolina Power & Light Foundation Clara Horne Carswell, ’24* Kemp S. Cate* CBF of North Carolina, Inc. Evelyn King Cheek, ’39* Nancy Williams Cheek, ’63, and Neal Cheek Bruce Tull Clare, ’64, and Robert Clare Betty W. Clark Sada Clarke, ’39* Coca-Cola Bottling Company Elizabeth Speight Cooley Jean Batten Cooper, ’54, and Robert Cooper* Margaret Blanchard Cooper, ’37*, and John Cooper, Jr.* Josephine Smith Cooper, ’67 Hesta Kitchin Crawford, ’29* Iris Culler Creech, ’43* Anne Clark Dahle, ’54 Data General Corporation The Honorable N. Leo Daughtry

LaRue Pearce Davenport, ’65, and Norman Davenport Egbert L. Davis, Jr.* The Dickson Foundation, Inc. Margaret Dixon, ’56, and Thomas Dixon Graham W. Dobbin* Elizabeth James Dotterer, ’30*, and John E. Dotterer* John E. Dotterer* Charlotte Downs Ellis, ’72* Kathryn and Sam E. Ewell, Jr. Lucy T. Fassett Memorial Trust Bettie D. Ferrell* Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund First Gaston Foundation, Inc. Ruth Fonville, ’91, and Chris Fonville Foundation for the Carolinas Susan Harris Frazier, ’81 Betsy Porter Fritschel, ’77, and Scott Fritschel Louise Futrell 1914* Brigadier General Norman Gaddis [U.S. Air Force, Ret.] Gaston County Dyeing Machine Patricia Houser Gay, ’60 Genworth Financial Lois Williams Gerald, ’55 Gigi Jackson Giersch, ’62, and Van Giersch Annie Grady Glover, ’94 Michelle Rich Goode, ’73 Barbara Lyons Goodmon, ’94, and James Goodmon Goodnight Educational Foundation Ann Baggett Goodnight, ’67, and Jim Goodnight Dorothy Loftin Goodwin, ’47, and William Goodwin Margaret Hines Griffiths, ’36*

Lalon* and Emory Groover* Charlene Grunwaldt G. Fred Hale Charitable Trust James and Norma Hamrick Mary Streeter Harmelink, ’94, and Tom Harmelink* James and Donna Harrill Laura Weatherspoon Harrill, ’27* Helen M. Harris* Julia Hamlet Harris* Henry M. Hatcher* Thomasine Herring Hayes, ’39* The William Randolph Hearst Foundations Ola W. Hendren* Rebecca Beddingfield Henley, ’42* Hickory First Baptist Church Idalia Oglesby High, ’49 Nancy Ricker High, ’62, and Ernie Minor Blanche Dupree Hodul, ’49 Ruth Tucker Holleman, ’35*, and Robert D. Holleman* Nancy Craig Hollingsworth, ’59, and W. Claude Hollingsworth Charlotte and H. Alexander Holmes Evelyn Squires Lloyd Howell, ’32* Martha Hamrick Howerton, ’47, and Thomas Howerton Catherine Wyatt Hudson, ’42 Vivian Stanley Hughes, ’55, and George Hughes William Bruce Hutchison Trust Jefferson-Pilot Foundation Nancy C. Joyner, ’58 Norman and Ruth Kellum The William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust Katharine Kerr Kendall, ’42*

Dr. Doris E. King* Katherine Chungho King, ’57, and Louis H. Li* Durema Fitzgerald Kohl, ’45 Isabel and William W. Lawrence* Nell Rankin Laezar* and J. D. Leazar Helen Henson Leggett, ’53 Gordon and Judith LeGrand Edna Leib, ’36* Rachel W. Lewter* Estate of Martha Foy Lineberry Martha Foy Lineberry, ’27* Susan Holliday Lobinger, ’41* Mabel Claire Hoggard Maddrey, ’28* Martin Marietta Materials Dr. Marie Mason, ’47 Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance George V. McCotter* Sue Hilton Metzger, ’66, and Gerald Metzger Mary Beth Coleman Mosca, ’87, and Daniel Mosca NC Community Foundation News & Observer Foundation Sarah Ridgell Nicholson, ’53* Marguerite Warren Noel, ’34* Parker Smith Normann, ’85, and William Normann Maureen Kelley O’Connor Barbara Bullard Page, ’54, and Dr. Allen Page Laura J. Page, ’67 The Palin Foundation Pauline Davis Perry, ’37* Larnette White Phifer, ’60 Philip Morris Companies, Inc. Anne Parker Phillips, ’66, and Terry Phillips

Betsy Best Phillips, ’71, ’86, ’89 MBA J. Earl and Doris Pope Joyce Thomas Porter, ’47*, and Oscar Porter* Myra Motley Prince ’42* Margaret Bullard Pruitt, ’37* Dr. Elizabeth Vance Raft, ’56 Z Smith Reynolds Foundation RJR Reynolds Tobacco Company Foundation Virginia Lancaster Robertson, ’42*, and Leon Robertson* Rodgers Builders, Inc. Dorothy Turlington Royal, ’28* Janie G. Shearin, ’39*, and Raymond F. Shearin* The Shelton Foundation Paula J. Sims Sink Family Ltd Partnership Marvin L. Skaggs* Deborah Dove Smith, ’80 Mary Louise Ott Spain, ’43 Earl W.* and Evelyn Spangler Robert W. Speight, Jr. Theola R.* and Roy M. Stewart* Minnie* and Fred A. Stone* William R.* and Joyce Stroud William R. Stroud* Dr. Charles and Marilyn Stuber Charles and Edith Sullivan Charitable Remainder Trust Edith King Sullivan* and Charles S. Sullivan* Dorothy Sink Sykes, ’73, and Charlie Sykes Elizabeth and James A. Taylor Jane Williamson Teague, ’54, and Edward Teague* Fran Jennings Teter, ’83, and Chris Teter

Betsy Ann Moore Thigpen, ’60* Frances Almond Thompson, ’51, and Hannis Thompson Mary Louise Milliken Thompson, ’48, and Reid Thompson Lou Perry Tippett, ’62, and Walter Lyndo Tippett Connie Frazier Turlington, ’73, and John Turlington Stuart Weatherspoon Upchurch, ’35* Cynthia Worsham Urquhart, ’94, and Richard Urquhart, III C. Ed Vick, Jr.* and Laura Anne Vick Jennie Harris Wallace W. Herbert Weatherspoon* Angela Caveness Weisskopf Wells Fargo Foundation Cecile Ward White, ’52, and Robert White Captain Carolyn C. Wiggins, CHC, [U.S. Navy, Ret].

Claude B. Williams, Jr. and Jerry Williams David R. and Mary Jane Williams Judith L. Williams Ida Carol Senter Wilson, ’62, and Donald Wilson Ronald and Paula Withrow Louise L. Wyatt, ’30* Helen F. Yeargan* Helen Parker Yeargan, ’36* Nancy Johnston Zimmerman, ’42

* Deceased

Stringfield Society Recognizes and honors those who have committed to supporting Meredith College through an endowed gift.

African American Alumnae Chapter George I. Alden Trust Jo Ellen Williams Ammons, ’57*, and Justus Ammons Judy Wilkerson Anderson, ’82* Aramark Corporation Bess Peeler Averre, ’55 Mary Ayscue, ’27* Annette L. Bailey, ’79 Meredith C. Bailey Sue and Bruce Ballard James L. Ballou Bank of America Baptist State Convention of North Carolina Madge Daniels Barber, ’20* Dr. Ann Hiott Barham, ’92 Peggy and Charles D. Barham, Jr. Nell Barker, ’29* Dr. Jane E. Barnes Mary Elizabeth Barnes, ’60 Marilyn Williams Barnhill, ’59 John Thomas Battle* Alicia M. Baucom, ’05, and Bill Baucom, Jr. James Beale Margaret R. Beale, ’77 Elizabeth Triplett Beam, ’72, and J. David Beam Celia Witt Beauchamp, ’78 Eugene Beddingfield* T. Lyndon Bennett* Eliza Turner Bingham, ’33* Jean Ferebee, ’49*, and John Bishop* Beth L. Bolton Jeff Bolton Joseph A. Bolton James Bovender* Sarah Katherine Phillips Bowerman, ’51 Branch Banking & Trust Company Dorothy Ray Branham, ’35* Betty Smith Broder, ’56* Christine Speight Brown, ’76 Hannah Savage Brown, ’44* Peyton J. Brown* Dr. Yvette M. Brown, MD, ’90 Broyhill Family Foundation, Inc. Paul Broyhill James E. & Mary Z. Bryan Foundation Daniel L. Bryant Everett W. Bryant William E. Bryant Gilbert H. Burnett Julian H. Burnett Phyllis C. Burnett* Porter B. Byrum Charitable Trust Anna Fay Jackson Campbell, ’60 Sandra Flynt Canipe, ’66 Carolina Power & Light Foundation

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Honor Roll of Donors 2014-15

G. Paul Carr John D. Carr Virginia Murchison Carson, ’27* Charlotte Wester Cate, ’38* Joyce Anne Causey, ’55* CBF of North Carolina, Inc. Graham V. Chamblee* Evelyn King Cheek, ’39* Nancy Williams Cheek, ’63, and Neal Cheek Parkman H. Clancy* Virginia Clancy Bruce Tull Clare, ’64, and Robert Clare Betty W. Clark Class of 1977 Elizabeth Clay Rebecca Wicker Clayton, ’54 Sophie Clayton* Sandra Critzer Close, ’86 Edwin S. Coates Kelly Knott Cobb, ’69 Coca-Cola Bottling Company Billie Jo Kennedy Cockman, ’79 Dorothy Collier* Annetta Burnett Collins* James Lee Cone Meg* and Jim Conner* Norma Baker Cook, ’63 Elizabeth Speight Cooley Jean Batten Cooper, ’54, and Robert Cooper* Margaret Blanchard Cooper, ’37*, and John Cooper, Jr.* Frances Tatum Council, ’38*, and C.R. Council* Beulah Rimmer Craig* Iris Culler Creech, ’43* Nell Baker Creech, ’31* Sylvia Burnett Crippen Dr. Roger Crook Estelle Duckett Culbreth Phyllis Cunningham Anne Clark Dahle, ’54 Katie Carpenter Daniels, ’44* The Honorable N. Leo Daughtry LaRue Pearce Davenport, ’65, and Norman Davenport Bettie Jean Davis, ’56 Gwendolyn Picklesimer Davis, ’62, and Dr. Charles A. Davis Egbert L. Davis, Jr.* Elaine McKinney Dawson Mona Horton Dean, ’58 Elizabeth Botzler Decker and James L. Decker* Betty Dedmon The Dickson Foundation, Inc. Charlotte B. Didawick* Kristy McLaurin Dixon Deborah Lakin Doster, ’73* Elizabeth James Dotterer, ’30* and John E. Dotterer* C. Elizabeth Dove, ’84 Duke Energy Foundation Jessie Ball duPont Fund Ruth Ann Walters Dyer, ’69 Hazel Faulkner Edwards, ’35*, and Luby Edwards*

Jolene Weathers Edwards, ’48 Charlotte Downs Ellis, ’72* Encee Chemical Sales Martha Beale Eppes, ’74 Ruth Cole Eure, ’53* Kathryn and Sam E. Ewell, Jr. ExxonMobil Foundation Richard Farrow Sallie Williams Faulk, ’28* First Baptist Church Raleigh A. J. Fletcher Foundation Susan Creech Fowls, ’76 Susan Harris Frazier, ’81 Betsy Porter Fritschel, ’77, and Scott Fritschel Brigadier General Norman Gaddis [U.S. Air Force, Ret.] Lucy Finch Gaddy* and Charles W. Gaddy* Marilyn Ballard Gardner, ’71 Minnie Murchison Gaston, ’24* Lois Williams Gerald, ’55 Gigi Jackson Giersch, ’62, and Van Giersch Elmer Ginn GlaxoSmithKline Foundation Margaret Williams Glazener, ’40 Julian Goff Michelle Rich Goode, ’73 Goodnight Educational Foundation Ann Baggett Goodnight, ’67, and Jim Goodnight Ellen C. Graden William Granberry Charlene Grunwaldt Jean Hallman Guion* Shepard Kimbrell Halsch, ’85, and Tom Halsch Mary Streeter Harmelink, ’94, and Tom Harmelink* James and Donna Harrill M. Elizabeth Harris, ’33* Marvin Harris Dr. Maureen Hartford Phoenix Chen Haydon, ’74 Thomasine Herring Hayes, ’39* Dr. E. Bruce Heilman Mattie J. Henderson 1907* Ola W. Hendren* Joanne Brown Herring, ’54 Pamela Hester, ’81, and Worth Hester Idalia Oglesby High, ’49 Hilda Austin Highfill Lynn P. Hill Anne Morris Hinson, ’70, and James Hinson Carolyn B. Holland Ruth Tucker Holleman, ’35*, and Robert D. Holleman* Kathryn Fenters House, ’72 Suzanne Hage Houyoux, ’90 Evelyn Squires Lloyd Howell, ’32* Catherine Wyatt Hudson, ’42 Betty Jo Welch Hull, ’53 Jean Joyner Humbert, ’52* Betty Hewlett Hurst, ’26* Estate of Ruth Huskins Independent College Fund of NC

Richard F. and Sarah D. Isaacs Ira J. Jackson, III Dr. N. Jean Jackson, ’75 Ann Batson James, ’67, and Allen James Catherine McCracken James, ’77 Mary Nell Bostick Jenke, ’78 Mary Anne Jobe, ’58 Barbara Smith Jones, ’60 Mildred Burnett Jones Christina Brown Jones* and Seby B. Jones* Jean Journigan Joyner, ’54 Nancy C. Joyner, ’58 Kappa Nu Sigma Harry Katz Charitable Trust Michael Katz* Vivian A. Keasler, ’77 Grace Butler Keith, ’26* Norman and Ruth Kellum Katharine Kerr Kendall, ’42* Dr. Doris E. King* Dr. Ione Kemp Knight, ’43 Durema Fitzgerald Kohl, ’45 James E. Lambeth, III Vicky and Eugene M. Langley, Jr. Isabel and William W. Lawrence* Nell Rankin Laezar* and J. D. Leazar Lola M.* and Hubert F. Ledford* Helen Henson Leggett, ’53 Carolyn Sperry Leith, ’85 Charles F. Lewis* Robert H. Lewis Rachel W. Lewter* Margaret Hine Linville, ’42* The Mangum Group Marshall Moore Marchman, ’66 Mary Summersill Markham Martin Marietta Materials Margaret Craig Martin, ’30* Dr. Marie Mason, ’47 Gwendolyn Matthews, ’71 Anna Elizabeth Liles Maynard* George V. McCotter* Edith Hall McKinney, ’42* Elaine Powell McLeod, ’81 Deborah Stanley McNeill, ’71 Cynthia Long McPhail, ’75 Susan Jackson Mellette, ’42* Sue Hilton Metzger, ’66, and Gerald Metzger Carol Lancaster Milano, ’79 Olive Hamrick Miller, ’40* Polly Moore Mixon, ’66, and Ben Mixon Dorie Atkins Monroe, ’52 Patricia Miller Moore Sally Newton Morrow, ’58 Mary Beth Coleman Mosca, ’87, and Daniel Mosca Constance Flynt Mullinix The Nationwide Foundation NC Council of Women’s Organization Thomas R. Neese, Jr. C. Louise Nelson* Margaret Covington Nelson, ’38* Jennie Reid Newby, ’38*

News & Observer Foundation Marguerite Warren Noel, ’34* Sarah McKee Nooe, ’22* Parker Smith Normann, ’85, and William Normann Edla Adams Ogburn, ’30* Lois Griswold Outland, ’32*, and Robert B. Outland, Sr.* Mary Pryor Rodwell Overby, ’51* Barbara Bullard Page, ’54, and Dr. Allen Page Craven Page Elizabeth Nanney Page, ’38* Susan M. Page Park Foundation, Inc. Margaret Weatherspoon Parker, ’38* Margaret Faucette Parker 1908* Adele Patrick Dr. Clarence Patrick* Estate of Ola W. and John W. Patterson Mary Helen Simms Patterson, ’69 Paxton Company Cleo Glover Perry, ’45, and Elwood Perry* Dorothy Singleton Perry, ’48 Pauline Davis Perry, ’37* Larnette White Phifer, ’60 Betsy Alford Phillips, ’66 Betsy Best Phillips, ’71, ’86, ’89 MBA Ruth Burnett Phillips* Kathy Adams Pierce, ’97 Patricia Forbes Poe, ’81 W. Gordon Poole* J. Earl and Doris Pope Ina Mae Byrd Powell, ’36* Dorothy Knott Preston, ’54 Myra Motley Prince, ’42* Margaret Bullard Pruitt, ’37* Public Service Company of NC Mary Burnett Quaintance Dr. Elizabeth Vance Raft, ’56 Frances Wallace Rankin, ’46 Evelyn Hampton Rappaport, ’43* Sarah Cook Rawley, ’29*, and D.A. Rawley* Dr. Linda Keith Ray, ’74* Minnie Huffman Reddish Foundation Claude Rhyne Estelle Wilkins Ridenhour, ’28* Pamela Mitchell Riley, ’73 Charles Ripley Mary Jon Gerald Roach, ’56 Virginia Lancaster Robertson, ’42*, and Leon Robertson* William A. Rose Dorothy Turlington Royal, ’28* Joyce McIntyre Rudisill, ’42 Katherine Furches Rumley, ’43, and J. Leon Rumley* Anne Roberts Samsel, ’66 Charles Sanders Alice Goodman Satisky, ’37*, and Daniel Satisky* Gladys Strickland Satterwhite, ’24* William D. Schorger* David A. Senter Vida L.* and John A. Senter*

Janie G. Shearin, ’39*, and Raymond F. Shearin* Charles and Sandra Shelton Dr. Hugh M.* and Lucy Shingleton Ann Lowery Shivar, ’74 Helen Canaday Simms, ’40* Mary Ann Canaday Simms, ’42 G. H. Singleton Kester A. Sink Brian D. and Nancy P. Siska, ’76 Claire Sullivan Slaughter, ’72 Carol Carson Sloan, ’75* Deborah Dove Smith, ’80 Eleanor Beddingfield Smith, ’34* Elizabeth Shelton Smith-Cox, ’46* Mary Louise Ott Spain, ’43 Melba Truelove Sparrow, ’84 Robert W. Speight, Jr. Theola R.* and Roy M. Stewart* William R.* and Joyce Stroud William R. Stroud* Charles Sullivan* Edward W. Summersill, III Helen Knott Taylor, ’44 Hoyt and Linda Taylor Elizabeth and James A. Taylor Jane Williamson Teague, ’54, and Edward Teague* Fran Jennings Teter, ’83, and Chris Teter Georgia Clancy Theys Frances Almond Thompson, ’51, and Hannis Thompson Sandra Sneed Thompson, ’82 Dr. Deborah and Jim Tippett Lou Perry Tippett, ’62, and Walter Lyndo Tippett Bonnie Torgerson James Towler Louise Vann Tronnes* and Erling Tronnes Louise Vann Tronnes* Martha Renfro Tucker, ’54 Elizabeth Ankers Tuttle, ’73 Stuart Weatherspoon Upchurch, ’35* Nan Davis Van Every, ’43 C. Ed Vick, Jr.* and Laura Anne Vick Irving H. Wainwright* Phyllis Brooks Wainwright Alyce Epley Walker, ’54 Jack Wardlaw* Eva Neel Wardrup, ’70 Sarah E.V. Watts, ’34* Dr. Betty Webb, ’67, and John Rose Angela Caveness Weisskopf Dianne and Marvin Welton Sharyn Hemrick West, ’71, and Harold West Clara J. Spell Westbrook* Cecile Ward White, ’52, and Robert White Captain Carolyn C. Wiggins, CHC, [U.S. Navy, Ret].

Bobbitt Clay Williams, ’57 Claude B. Williams, Jr. and Jerry Williams Claude B. Williams David R. and Mary Jane Williams Jane Condrey Williams, ’54*

* Deceased

Lena Mae Williams, ’26* Vida Thompson Williams, ’37*, and W. Fred Williams, Sr.* Ida Carol Senter Wilson, ’62, and Donald Wilson Ruth C Wilson* Winston-Salem Foundation Ronald and Paula Withrow Jan Perdue Woodard, ’94 Sharon Harding Woodlief, ’88 Judy C. Woodruff, ’68, and Al Hunt Mabel James Woods, ’27* Louise L. Wyatt, ’30* Cecil M. Yarborough Edna Beddingfield Yarborough, ’30* Sophia McLawhorn Yarborough, ’70, and Dr. Michael F. Yarborough Cecil Yarbrough* Betty Jean Yeager, ’47* Helen F. Yeargan* Helen Parker Yeargan, ’36* Nancy Johnston Zimmerman, ’42

Heritage Society The Heritage Society, established in 1989, recognizes both living and deceased alumnae and friends who are committed to supporting Meredith College through a will, trust, insurance policy, or gift annuity.

Jayne Osborne Abernethy, ’83 Margaret Holland Adams, ’52 Edna Lou Lamb Aldrich, ’45* Barbara K. Allen Caroline Hart Allen, ’77 Jo Ellen Williams Ammons, ’57*, and Justus Ammons Betty Anderson, ’42* Kathryn Midyette Anderson, ’76 Frances Marie Andrews, ’53 Homer Andrews Dorothy Massey Ankers, ’47* Dorothy Vaden Ashworth, ’73 , and Robert Ashworth Rebecca E. Askew, ’76 Mary Ayscue, ’27* Annette L. Bailey, ’79 Hazel Baity, ’26* Mary Farrior Baker, ’23* Bessie B. Ballentine, ’23* Rebecca S. Ballentine, ’48 Madge Daniels Barber, ’20* C.C. Barefoot* and Kilty Johnson Barefoot* Nell Barker, ’29* Dr. Jane E. Barnes Martha Pittman Barnes, ’37* Mary Elizabeth Barnes, ’60 Frances K. Barnett, ’32* Marilyn Williams Barnhill, ’59 Beverly A. Batchelor, ’30* Alicia M. Baucom, ’05, and Bill Baucom, Jr. Elizabeth Triplett Beam, ’72, and J. David Beam

Meredith College Recognition Levels Lifetime Giving Societies Thomas Meredith Society ($100,000+) cumulative giving to any fund(s) Stringfield Endowment Society ($25,000+) giving to any endowment fund Heritage Society Gift in will, trust, insurance policy, and gift annuity

Annual Giving Societies Iris Society – President’s Circle ($5,000+ Annually) Recent graduates* ($2,500) Iris Society ($1,000–$4,999 Annually) Recent graduates* ($500) Ivy Society Annual Giving Society for recent graduates $10/monthly per year *graduates of the last ten years

Antoinette Beasley, 1915* Celia Witt Beauchamp, ’78 Lydia Beavers, ’29* Katherine Weatherly Benningfield, ’89 Ruth Abernethy Benton, ’37* Caroline Biggers 1915* Eliza Turner Bingham, ’33* Jean Ferebee, ’49*, and John Bishop* Ethel S. Blackman* Mary Delbridge Blalock, ’55 Virginia Staples Blanton, ’35*, and C. David Blanton* Eula Hodges Boatright, ’28* Claudilene S. Bone, ’22* Georganne Joyner Boone, ’55 Dr. Helen Hall Bosse, ’46 Anne Parr Bowne, ’56 Kenneth E. Boyd Kristina Benton Bracy, ’86 Anne Irby Bramlett, ’61 Dorothy Ray Branham, ’35* Betsy Watson Brennan, ’45* Ann Eliza Brewer, ’22* Rock Brinkley Jane Slate Brooks, ’52* Peyton J. Brown* Madaline Elliott Buchanan, ’28* Clara Ray Bunn, ’54 C. Allen Burris Marilyn G. Burris, ’57 Jean Miller Burroughs, ’52 Luther Butler Dianne Timm Byerly, ’75 Sandra Graham Cagle, ’79 Ashley Taylor Cantrell, ’93 Martha Ballou Caphton, ’63 Deborah Stallings Carawan, ’65 Najla Nave Carlton, ’79 Carr Bradshaw Estate Mrs. Earl N Carr* Elizabeth Woody Carroll, ’61 Virginia Murchison Carson, ’27* Carolyn H. Carter, ’73 Martha Linda Carter, ’82 Ruby Greene Carter, ’46 Cooper D. Cass* Joyce Anne Causey, ’55* Joy McNeill Chafin, ’97

Graham V. Chamblee* Lorraine G. Chapman, ’72 Ruby Garner Chartley, ’34* Evelyn King Cheek, ’39* Carolyn Boyette Childress, ’60 Bruce Tull Clare, ’64, and Robert Clare Lorna Staples Clark, ’55 Rogers H. Clark Virginia Highfill Clark, ’47* Sada Clarke, ’39* Courtney Spooner Clay, ’92 Irma Ray Clipson, ’52 Edwin S. Coates Kelly Knott Cobb, ’69 Betsy Lane Cochrane, ’58 Billie Jo Kennedy Cockman, ’79 Susan Creech Coenen, ’25* Evelyn Dillon Coleman, ’43 Meg* and Jim Conner* Ellen Goldston Cook, ’50 Norma Baker Cook, ’63 Jean Batten Cooper, ’54, and Robert Cooper* Josephine Smith Cooper, ’67 Margaret Eagles Copeland, ’26* Carolyn Hutchinson Coram, ’73 Roger E. Corey Frances Tatum Council, ’38*, and C.R. Council* Bertha Langdon Creech, ’20* Iris Culler Creech, ’43* James Bryan Creech* Nell Baker Creech, ’31* Dr. Roger Crook Sandra Long Crutchfield, ’79 Phyllis Cunningham Katie Carpenter Daniels, ’44* LaRue Pearce Davenport, ’65, and Norman Davenport Bettie Jean Davis, ’56 Blanche Horton Davis, ’28* Cathy Rollins Davis, ’76 Gwendolyn Picklesimer Davis, ’62, and Dr. Charles A. Davis Egbert L. Davis, Jr.* April Marie Dawkins, ’93 Edna Frances Dawkins, ’37* Elizabeth Botzler Decker and James L. Decker*

# Denotes members of the Ivy Society, recent graduates (2003 to 2014) who make a monthly gift of $10 or more annually.

Jane Greene Deese, ’29* Lou Joyner Dennis, ’79 Boyd King Dimmock, ’71 Vera K Dixon, ’24* Janie Parker Dixon 1914* Kristy McLaurin Dixon Margaret Dixon, ’56, and Thomas Dixon Graham W. Dobbin* Mary Frances Kerr Donaldson, ’43 Elizabeth James Dotterer, ’30*, and John E. Dotterer* Ivy G. Doughton, ’26* Peggy Easton Driggs, ’74 D. Phyllis Duncan, ’66 Mae Spencer Duncan* Betty Jo Kiff-Eason, ’57* Dr. Lois V. Edinger, ’45 Hazel Faulkner Edwards, ’35*, and Luby Edwards* Jolene Weathers Edwards, ’48 Marguerite Mason Edwards, ’30* T. Wayne Eidson Diane R. Ellis Lucille L. Ellis* Sharon Ellis, ’76 Frances Elrod, ’47 Burton Y. Endo* Gloria Little English, ’71 Elizabeth H. Shermer, ’41* Ruth Cole Eure, ’53* Kathryn and Sam E. Ewell, Jr. Erika S. Fairchild* Linda Thompson Fairchild, ’74 David Falk* Hester Farrior 1918* Minnie Bryan Farrior 1914* Richard Farrow Lucy T. Fassett Memorial Trust Elizabeth Kendrick Faucette, ’23* Sallie Williams Faulk, ’28* G.H. Ferguson* Bettie D. Ferrell* Jeanne Puckett Fishwick, ’82 Virginia White Flythe, ’25* Ruth Fonville, ’91, and Chris Fonville Lynn Davis Foote, ’58 Nancy Clendenin Forbes, ’80 Dr. Lois E. Frazier Susan Harris Frazier, ’81 Janet Freeman* Jane Lassiter Freeman, ’49 Katharine Parker Freeman 1910* Kistina Mechelle Freeman, ’06 Lena W. Freeman* Shirley Cliatt Frost, ’53 Louise Futrell 1914* Mary Lily Duncan Gaddy, ’42 Marilyn Ballard Gardner, ’71 Virginia Garnett, ’34* Evelyn Crutchfield Garrison, ’35* Helen B Garvey, ’39* Susan Brooks Gaster, ’78 Edna Lovelace Gaston, ’84 Patricia Houser Gay, ’60 Lois Williams Gerald, ’55 Betty Kichline Gerow, ’37* Paula Tudor Gilbert, ’70 Elmer Ginn

Honor Roll of Donors 2014-15

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Lucinda Howell Glover, ’64 Julian Goff Jennifer Hunter Gole, ’78 Elizabeth Futrell Goode 1905* Dr. Ellen Bonham Goode Michelle Rich Goode, ’73 Bernice White Goodman, ’23* Dorothy Loftin Goodwin, ’47, and William Goodwin Arabella Gore, ’35* Ellen C. Graden Jeanne Grealish, ’57 Joan E. Green, ’67 Jeannette Biggs Greene, ’21* Theresa Greene* Betty Stroud Griffin, ’88 Margaret Hines Griffiths, ’36* Ruth Ann Tucker Grimes, ’80 Charlene Grunwaldt H. E. Gwin G. Fred Hale Charitable Trust Leslie Woodruff Hales, ’83 Barbara Radford Hall, ’64 Norma Gargis Halterman, ’66 Bobby W. Harrelson Laura Weatherspoon Harrill, ’27* Deanna R. Harris, ’90 Helen M. Harris* Lucille Sawyer Harris, ’46* Marvin Harris Virginia Bailey Harris, ’43* Sylvia Cooper Harriss, ’74 Mary Esther Williams Harward, ’40* Anne Simms Haskins, ’31*

Henry M. Hatcher* Virginia Hudson Hatcher, ’34* Thomasine Herring Hayes, ’39* Helen Oldham Hayes, ’28* Dr. E. Bruce Heilman Del H. Helton, ’91 Ola W. Hendren* John T. Henley* Rebecca Beddingfield Henley, ’42* Brigadier General Hugh B. Hester, USA* Pamela Hester, ’81, and Worth Hester Betty Whichard Hickman, ’51 Nancy Ricker High, ’62, and Ernie Minor Ruth Hough High, ’31* Hilda Austin Highfill Helen T. Hill, ’79 Drulynn Morgan Hinsley, ’52* Anne Morris Hinson, ’70, and James Hinson Andrea Smith Hitt, ’85 Emma Byrum Hobbs 1911* Blanche Dupree Hodul, ’49 Susan DeLeon Hoffman, ’74 Carolyn B. Holland, ’28* Carl P. Holleman* Ruth Tucker Holleman, ’35*, and Robert D. Holleman* Ruth W. Holleman Nancy Craig Hollingsworth, ’59, and W. Claude Hollingsworth

Charlotte and H. Alexander Holmes Frances H. Horner, ’37* Diane Jackson Houlihan, ’68 Suzanne Hage Houyoux, ’90 Ester Holder Howard, ’46 Grover E. Howell* Corinne Lowery Howey, ’57 Felicia Stewart Hoyle, ’82 Ruth Ann Hubbell 1919* Catherine Wyatt Hudson, ’42 Vivian Stanley Hughes, ’55, and George Hughes Betty Jo Welch Hull, ’53 Hortense Honeycutt Hunter, ’28* Nancy Hinson Hunter, ’69 Lauri Ann Hickman Hurd, ’84 Estate of Ruth Huskins Mary Ann Ainsley Hutchinson Marie Dunn Inscore, ’65 Verna Brown Jackson, ’30* Ann Batson James, ’67, and Allen James Pauline Goodwin Jobe, ’29* Mary Lynch Johnson 1917* Meredith Johnson, ’35* Barbara Smith Jones, ’60 Fayette Jacobs Jones, ’73 Marilyn L. Jones, ’75 Christina Brown Jones* and Seby B. Jones* Susan Singleton Jones, ’66 Nancy C. Joyner, ’58 Anne Parker Justice, ’79

Naoko Kadowaki, ’87 Jane Guion Kanipe, ’65 Kathryn Chapman Kay, ’42 Grace Butler Keith, ’26* Katharine Kerr Kendall, ’42* Dr. Elizabeth Boomhour Kerr, ’31* Annie Mercer Kesler 1918* Dr. Doris E. King* Katherine Chungho King, ’57, and Louis H. Li* Peggy Jo Dalrymple Kirby, ’54* Nancy Lee Kistler, ’53 Dr. Ione Kemp Knight, ’43 Dr. Virginia E. Knight Edith Timberlake Knott, ’47 Shirley Spoon Knox, ’56 Debora Opheim Kolb, ’95 Pauline Williams Koonce 1917* Dorothy Reich Kornegay, ’39* Carolyn Ann Laine, ’57* Katharine Covington Lambeth, ’38* Ailene Young Lancaster, ’28* Nancy Watkins Laney, ’71 Vicky and Eugene M. Langley, Jr. Dorothy Dockery Larkin, ’36* William C. Lassiter Isabel and William W. Lawrence* Velma Patterson Lawrence, ’25* Nell Rankin Laezar* and J. D. Leazar Lola M.* and Hubert F. Ledford* Helen Henson Leggett, ’53 Edna Leib, ’36* Sarah McC. Lemmon, ’91*

Charles F. Lewis* Robert H. Lewis Rachel W. Lewter* Ida Pettigrew Lightner, ’44 Martha Foy Lineberry, ’27* Doris Allen Litchfield, ’54 Susan Holliday Lobinger, ’41* Dr. W. Randall Lolley Melba LeGrand Long, ’46 Virginia Owens Long, ’68* Carol Hedspeth Lowe, ’78 Anne Elizabeth Lynch, ’71* Elizabeth Park Lynch, ’36* Buddy Lyon Wanda Pulley Madden, ’71 Mabel Claire Hoggard Maddrey, ’28* Dr. Dondra Traylor Maney, ’76 Margaret Craig Martin, ’30* Sue Jarvis Martin, ’49*, and Sidney Martin* Virginia McGougan Martin, ’42* Dr. Marie Mason, ’47 Brooks McGirt Maxwell, ’70* Alberta Harris McCain, ’27* George V. McCotter* Velma Preslar McGee, ’31* Ruby Johnson McGlaughon, ’32* Frances McManus, ’34* Virginia M McMillan, ’44* Ruby C. McSwain, ’54* Lori Robinson Medlin, ’84 Elizabeth Carraway Meikle, ’68 Dorothy Merritt, ’33*

Keeping Meredith Strong

Investing in Faculty and Staff

by Emily Parker greatest competitive advantage.”

O’Connor, a senior leader at Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina and President of Mosaic Health Solutions, was in the first class

Maureen O’Connor

N

Nancy Siska

Grubbs Faculty and Staff Development Fund.

The Grubbs were beloved history professors at Meredith that Siska treasured.

“I hope this gift can provide opportunities

of women at the College of the Holy Cross

for faculty and staff to grow and develop pro-

and ever since those days she has been

fessionally and personally,” said Siska.

interested in women finding their voice as

During O’Connor’s tenure as a trustee

ancy Siska, ’76, and Maureen O’Con-

leaders – whether in higher education or the

she saw that her gift, The Tim and Maureen

nor know that the College’s ability to

corporate world.

O’Connor Faculty Development Fund, could

educate students as future leaders in

“Meredith has built a reputation for grad-

their fields is only as good as the faculty and

uating strong, confident young women who

will attract and retain top-notch faculty and

staff that shape each one of them.

excel in the business world,” said O’Connor.

give them resources to assist them in applying

“I have seen first-hand how these young

for grants to pursue research and other devel-

is a former trustee. In these rolls, both have

women perform as interns and employees.

opmental opportunities.

learned a lot about Meredith’s opportunities

They stand out.”

Siska is a current trustee and O’Connor

and challenges. Faculty development is one challenge they have decided to support.

For each of them, giving to the Beyond

make a big difference. She is hopeful her gift

“Meredith has accomplished, energetic, and caring faculty that give 110% to their

Strong Campaign was important. Siska, a

students.” said O’Connor. “I feel others

retired corporate vice president of human

should consider giving to the Beyond Strong

a huge difference for me as a student, I want

resources at Cargill, has seen throughout her

campaign to support Meredith’s mission of

them to do so for current and future stu-

career the impact professors and staff mem-

educating future leaders capable of address-

dents,” said Siska. “I want to support ongoing

bers have. That is why it was important to

ing the many needs, opportunities,

faculty development in order to keep our

her to name her gift, The Frank and Carolyn

and challenges of our state and nation.”

“Just as Meredith’s faculty and staff made

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Sue Hilton Metzger, ’66, and Gerald Metzger Christa Burris Middleton, ’78 Olive Hamrick Miller, ’40* Fannie Memory Farmer Mitchell, ’44 Belle McNeill Monroe 1914* Dorie Atkins Monroe, ’52 Jean Johnson Moore, ’52 Beatrice Nye Morris, ’22* Sara Blalock Munford, ’54 Elizabeth Reid Murray, ’46* Lynn B. Myers, ’65 Margaret Covington Nelson, ’38* Elizabeth Carter New, ’41* Jennie Reid Newby, ’38* Maude Wilson Newell, ’39* Sarah Ridgell Nicholson, ’53* Grace and Roy Nifong Marylene Noel Parker Smith Normann, ’85, and William Normann Charles S. Norwood* Vivian Nowell, ’46* Maureen Kelley O’Connor Edla Adams Ogburn, ’30* Dorothy McNeer O’Quinn, ’78 Murphy M. Osborne Lois Griswold Outland, ’32*, and Robert B. Outland, Sr.* Sara Cotey Overby, ’77 Barbara Bullard Page, ’54, and Dr. Allen Page Elizabeth Nanney Page, ’38* Laura J. Page, ’67 Susan M. Page Celeste H. Pageau, ’88 Margaret Weatherspoon Parker, ’38* Estate of Ola W. and John W. Patterson Maurine Winfree Patterson, ’38* Mary Lou Bullock Paul, ’45 Cleo Glover Perry, ’45, and Elwood Perry* Pauline Davis Perry, ’37* Larnette White Phifer, ’60 Anne Parker Phillips, ’66, and Terry Phillips Lucy Hayes Pittman 1909* Ricki Wisenburg Plunkett, ’73 Mary Virginia Warren Poe, ’48* Patricia Forbes Poe, ’81 Dave Pollard W. Gordon Poole* Parker Poole J. Earl and Doris Pope Sandra J. Pope Sybil Williams Pope, ’62 Virginia Branch Pope, ’28* Estelle L. Popham* Lewis W. & Ann C. Porter Trust Ann White Porter, ’44* Joyce Thomas Porter, ’47*, and Oscar Porter* Crystal Davis Potter, ’26* J. Dewey Powell* Loleta Kenan Powell, ’41 Mabel Martin Powell, ’35* John Robinson Prince* Myra Motley Prince 42*

* Deceased

Rev. Bruce Rabon* Marcy Stephens Rackley, ’90 Evelyn Hampton Rappaport, ’43* Virginia Reynolds Rapport, ’37 Rachel Fulton Rawls, ’42* Dr. Linda Keith Ray, ’74* Minnie Huffman Reddish Foundation E. Kemp Reece* Jo Ann Funderburke Reeves, ’77 Kathy Seeger Rhoades, ’84 Estelle Wilkins Ridenhour, ’28* Pamela Mitchell Riley, ’73 Jessie Markert Rivers, PhD, ’71 Mary Jon Gerald Roach, ’56 Nellie Ball Roberts, ’39* Virginia Lancaster Robertson, ’42*, and Leon Robertson* Katherine Holt Robison, ’57 Aileen Rogers, ’42* Dr. Norma V. Rose, ’36* Mary, ’45* & Romelo Rotella Dorothy Turlington Royal, ’28* Fannie Turlington Royal, ’20* Gertrude Pierce Royal, ’46 Amy Myers Rudd, ’40* Joyce McIntyre Rudisill, ’42 Helen Wallis Rusher, ’47 Oma Taylor Russell, ’41 Elizabeth Hill Sainio, ’62 Hideo Sakane Emma Sanders* Louise Sanderson, ’45* Alice Goodman Satisky, ’37*, and Daniel Satisky* Sue Anne James Schoonderwoerd, ’64 Chloe Scott* Edith Johnson Seifert, ’57 Vida L.* and John A. Senter* Jane Fleming Severance 1910* Janie G. Shearin, ’39*, and Raymond F. Shearin* Ruth Sheets, ’22* Sharon Holder Shehdan, ’78 Carolyn Griffin Shepherd, ’66 Dr. Hugh M.* and Lucy Shingleton Ann Lowery Shivar, ’74 Catherine Yates Short, ’56 Virginia H. Silver, ’29* Margaret Rymer Simmons, ’65 Paula J. Sims Elizabeth N. Sinclair* Kester A. Sink Marvin Slate, Jr.* C. C. Smith Dawn Biggerstaff Smith, ’81 Deborah Smith* Deborah Dove Smith, ’80 Deloris B. Smith Margaret English Smith, ’56 Susan Moore Smith, ’78 Gertrude Smitherman, ’21* Ruth Lowdermilk Snyder, ’28* Dolores Burnham Soderberg, ’88 Mary Louise Ott Spain, ’43 Earl W.* and Evelyn Spangler Melba Truelove Sparrow, ’84 LaRose Spooner Margaret Carter Springston, ’60

Frances Morris Spurrier, ’26* Nancy Herring Stallings, ’68 Frances Gorham Stewart, ’63 Betty Rand Coward Stillwell, ’56 Minnie* and Fred A. Stone* William R.* and Joyce Stroud William R. Stroud* Jane Phinney Suggs, ’56 Charles Sullivan* Lucy Alderman Sutton 1917* Grace Alexander Swann, ’44 Charleen Swansea, ’54 Charlotte Tedder Swift, ’30* H. Patrick Taylor Helen Knott Taylor, ’44 Margaret J. Tharrington, ’71 Betsy Ann Moore Thigpen, ’60* Melinda Wrenn Thomas, ’86 Sarah E. Thomas, ’53 Frances Almond Thompson, ’51, and Hannis Thompson Patricia A. Thorp Georgie Brewer Tilley, ’44 Dr. Deborah and Jim Tippett Lou Perry Tippett, ’62, and Walter Lyndo Tippett Bonnie Scott Truelove, ’71 Emily Campbell Tuck, ’60 Audra Nunn Tyree, ’90 Stuart Weatherspoon Upchurch, ’35* Hepsie Lane Utley, ’46* Dr. Elizabeth Vann 1917* Dr. Reverend Joan Vella, ’86 C. Ed Vick, Jr.* and Laura Anne Vick Willene Y. Vincent, ’35* Irving H. Wainwright* Phyllis Brooks Wainwright Alyce Epley Walker, ’54 Margaret Slate Walker, ’58 Jennie Harris Wallace Wesley H. Wallace* Beth Wicker Walters, ’78 Susan Leath Walton, ’68 Glenn Ward, ’20* Eva Neel Wardrup, ’70 Mary Ann Warren Mary Carol Warwick, ’61 Bettie Griffin Watts, ’66 Sarah E.V. Watts, ’34* Dr. Betty Webb, ’67, and John Rose Dr. John Weems Elizabeth Walters Weidle, ’84 Angela Caveness Weisskopf Dianne and Marvin Welton Sharyn Hemrick West, ’71, and Harold West Clara J. Spell Westbrook* Anne Harris Whaley, ’44* Glenn White* Captain Carolyn C. Wiggins, CHC, [U.S. Navy, Ret].

Helen Proctor Wilkie, ’71 Sally Wilkins, ’25* Bobbitt Clay Williams, ’57 Claude B. Williams, Jr. and Jerry Williams George B. Williams George L. Williams Judith L. Williams

Lena Mae Williams, ’26* Luther W. Williams* Mary L. Williams, ’40* Mary Seagraves Williams, ’40* Vida Thompson Williams, ’37*, and W. Fred Williams, Sr.* Zelma Greene Williams, ’61 Margaret Webb Wilson, ’44 Ruth C Wilson* Jan Perdue Woodard, ’94 Sharon Harding Woodlief, ’88 Judy C. Woodruff, ’68, and Al Hunt Mabel James Woods, ’27* Mary Lucretia Wooten, ’75 Darlene Smith Worthington, ’77 Gladys Wrenn Louise L. Wyatt, ’30* Mary Yarbrough, ’26* Betty Jean Yeager, ’47* Helen Parker Yeargan, ’36* Mabel Oldham Young, ’24* Zaytoun & Associates, Inc. Susan Sherron Zaytoun, ’80 Nancy Johnston Zimmerman, ’42

Meredith Alumnae Class of 1937

Annual Donors Martha Joyner Adkins

Class of 1938

Annual Donors Dorothy Haywood Corey Mary Wyche Mintz

Class of 1939

Annual Donors Lois Johnson Ramsaur Eloise Guy Wood*

Class of 1940

Annual Donors Frieda Culberson Burts Sarah Olive Lawrence Frances Dixon Leete Minetta Bartlett Newbold

Class of 1941 Iris Society Elizabeth Hostetler Chamblee Myrtle Edna Bailey Lasley Annual Donors Rosanna Barnes Fountain Oma Taylor Russell

Class of 1942

Iris Society Catherine Wyatt Hudson Joyce McIntyre Rudisill Annual Donors Mary Moore Beam* Eleanor Gibbs Ruth Crissman Harris Sara Justice Hempley Etherlene Stevens Maddry Mary Hester Powell Mary Ann Canaday Simms Nancy Johnston Zimmerman

# Denotes members of the Ivy Society, recent graduates (2003 to 2014) who make a monthly gift of $10 or more annually.

Class of 1943

Iris Society – President’s Circle Katherine Furches Rumley Iris Society Mary Louise Ott Spain Annual Donors Hazel Stewart Adams Marsha Hood Brewer Theda Hopkins Hatfield Sheila Gulley Plott

Class of 1944 Iris Society Sadie Outlaw Neel

Annual Donors Virginia Ayers Bradford Mary Hill Garber Ida Pettigrew Lightner Annie Mary Matthews Luke Fannie Memory Farmer Mitchell Mary Margaret Silver Peterson Madeline Latta Purcell Helen Knott Taylor

Class of 1945

Iris Society – President’s Circle Durema Fitzgerald Kohl Iris Society Laura Ellen McDaniel Walker Annual Donors Martha Christine Webb Beamer Lillian Humphrey Henderson Mary Monteith Hupman Eleanor Loftin Jones Lucy Norville Kirby* Rachel Strole Matthews Susan Crump McArn Mary Lou Bullock Paul Doris Dean Robinson Marie Shuffler Welch

Class of 1946 Iris Society Jean Davis Newell

Annual Donors Mary Wilson Berryhill Helen Hall Bosse Elizabeth Sawyer Chaffin Mary Jo Clayton Willa Lewis Connor Gwendolyn Krahnke Farrier Charlotte Leonard Fulp Marjorie Blum Gentry Betsy Hatch Pollard Frances Wallace Rankin Jean Brothers Rogers Nancy Harris Shaw Arlene Foster Shuler Hilda Frink Trent Sallie Ray Bowers Wilkerson Deleano Hall Williams Patsy McLawhorn Worthington

Class of 1947

Annual Donors Geraldine Dawkins Atkinson

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Carol Bray Bailey Ruth Miller Brewster Virginia Highfill Clark* Josephine Joyner Creason Nancy Gates Dale Anne Hughes French Dorothy Loftin Goodwin Hilda P. James* Irene Olive Kittinger Edith Timberlake Knott Peggy Parker McCaskill Pattie Whitfield Nelson Dorothy Cooper Oliver Helen Wallis Rusher Mabel Baldwin Rutledge Jetta Funderburk Spencer Hilda Liles Strider Glenda Norman Strole Zelma Murray Thomasson Joan Drake Turner Jean Griffith Wall Carolyn Lockamy Warren

Class of 1948

Iris Society – President’s Circle Mary Louise Milliken Thompson Frances Land Williams Iris Society Ann Wallis Stephenson Annual Donors Lou Hoots Angel Rebecca S. Ballentine Naomi Pugh Barefoot Lillian Swinson Butler Jolene Weathers Edwards Frances Ward Black Holland Faye Baker Jordan Frances Thompson Knoizen Lillian Phillips Lovelace Doris Mitchiner Matthews Jeanne Arthur Mays Mary McPherson Morrisette Gloria Mayer Murphy Barbara Johnson Parnell Elizabeth Emory Price Mary Frances Keene Remsburg Edith Stephenson Simpson Roselind Holloman Steele Doris Johnson Stilley Elizabeth Taylor Wilson Barbara Shellsmith Wood Sarah Wright Mary Gravely Young

Class of 1949

Annual Donors Harriet Morris Beasley Pauline Cone Beers* Eunice Andrews Bland Betty Jean Johnson Brown Jane Sparrow Byrd Joyce Vinson Canady Harriette Littlejohn Compton Lois Shuffler Edwards Marjorie Wilson Elinor Betty Sinclair Franks Betty Brooks Fuller Elsie Corbett Hatch

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Lela Butts Hovis Dorothy Swaringen Hughes Doris Williamson Jones Ella Shirley Knight Sara Davis Koontz Sue Jarvis Martin* Gwendolyn Woodard Pitkin Dorothy White Rascoe Julia Powers Sandercock Jean Gaddy Scholl Mary Lou Sawyer Sutton Victoria Harrell Teal Frances Ward Thornton* Billie Hart Warren Jean Fleming White Eleanor Lockamy Williams Rita Britt Williams

Class of 1950

Annual Donors Christine Williamson Bormann Betty Tysinger Cranford Ann Josey Egleston Mina Mayton Hampton Sally Taylor Johnson Elva Gresham Leighton Imogene Narron Rowland Helen McDaniel Shouse Winnie Fitzgerald Smith Elba Raye Hawes Troutman Alice G. Tuttle E. Louise Yarbrough

Class of 1951

Iris Society LeGrace Gupton Benson Dickie Phillips Bowerman Frances Altman Greenlee Daphne Horney Mary Bland Josey Frances Almond Thompson Annual Donors Margot Grimes Anderson Betty Rogers Atkinson Shirley Bone Beal Betty Johnson Byrd Joanne Mason Clark Martha Smith Clement Helen Brunson Cook Jamie Perry Cox Joyce Bailey Getzen Bettie Compton Godfrey Mary Jordan Goldston Nancy Hefner Goodson Rosalind Knott Harrell Betty Whichard Hickman Margaret Swann Jones Rita Edwards Knowles Nell Rankin Leazar* Rebecca Knott McKinley Ina Gresham Murrell Martha J. Norman Virginia Waldrop Powell Stella Matthews Staley Virginia Jones Stephens Jean T. Taylor Jennett Bramble Whiteside Sheila Knapp Woodard Patricia Lawrence Wooten

Class of 1952

Iris Society – President’s Circle Sally Massey Wienke* Iris Society Jane Slate Brooks* Ernestine Nance Newman Annual Donors Margaret Holland Adams Jerry Staton Batchelor Lucyann Liddy Billups Marilyn Morrissette Brandt Jean Miller Burroughs Jeanne Ramsey Byrd Irma Ray Clipson Barbara Morris Cloaninger Barbara Hale Edwards Betty Jo Smith Farrington Rosalyn Poole Farthing Dorothy Miller Faulkenbury Nancy Cheek Gaines Mary Ruth Godfrey Martha Stallings Martin Jean Parrish Mason Barbara Schettler Massenburg Virginia Harris McGranahan Alice W. Milton Evelyn Krause Moss

Class of 1953

Iris Society – President’s Circle Helen Henson Leggett Mary Estes Speight Iris Society Frances Marie Andrews Sarah E. Thomas Adele Buening White Annual Donors Mary Fisher Beaver Betty Finklea Bell Elizabeth Hamrick Brady Doris Perry Cox Anne O’Quinn Crockett Janet Stallings Cumbee Ann Horton Flanagan Nancy Jo Wallis Fleming Jean Dula Fletcher Jane Cate Fowler Bette Winchester Glance Anne Bruton Hayward Sally Melvin Horner Jo Welch Hull Meta Mae Williams Kennedy Melrose Canaday Lee Virginia Harris Lee Johnnie May Fisher Long Joyce Brown McIntyre Ida Stanley Meares Patricia Smathers Moulton Allen Hart Norris Jeannette Leopard Overby Janne Dawson Phillips Ann Baucom Pitts Eleanor Henry Reim Marilyn Hunt Rollins Juanita Ipock Smith Doris A. Stainback

Estelle Waller Summerlin Dorothy Brigman Sutton Annabelle Whitehurst Thornton Ann Seagrove Tolleson Phyllis N. Tuck Emma Jean Maddrey Vann Sarah Smith Watson Elizabeth Faucette Wilson Bessie Francis Zulch

Class of 1954

Iris Society Carolyn Belton Bonahue Rebecca Wicker Clayton Jean Batten Cooper Anne Clark Dahle Joanne Brown Herring Jean Morton King Lou Gardner Kline Bonny Morgan Lewis Patricia Bland Rose Phyllis Trible Anna Ruthe Tyson Annual Donors Anne Ruth Thames Andrew Barbara Propst Andrews Shirley West Arledge Melba Barbour Arnold Cherrie Beddingfield Baskette Katherine Waynick Bastian Charlotte Taylor Best Mary Stone Booth Carolyn Hall Borden Barbara Rice Bunch Janis Witherington Cannon Sara Langdon Clinard Mary Maxwell Corbin Mary Ruth Willcox Coss Verna Willetts Croom Kay Sugg Crum Barbara Jones Cummings Barbara White De Louise Vivian Byrd Glover Mary Ellen Upchurch Hartis Dorothy White Hartley Eva Townsend Herring N. Blanche Hodge Lorette Oglesby Hollinshed Melissa Jones Jean Journigan Joyner Sarah Dale Keeter Sally Dean Knight Ruth Champion Lancaster Doris Allen Litchfield Dorothy Hampton Marcus Carolynn Little Miller Sara Blalock Munford Ann Draughon Opferkuch Barbara Bullard Page Betty Swindell Perkins Dorothy Knott Preston Betty Owens Purser Sonnya Hamilton Quinn Jeannette Scott Patricia Eberhart Simpich Anne Carter Smith Doris Page Smith Freida Moss Snyder Charleen Swansea

Doris Knott Talley Evelyn Waugh Taylor Evelyn Wallace Teeter Betty Smith Thompson Pat O’Quinn Tomasino Martha Renfro Tucker Louise Stephens Upchurch Alyce Epley Walker Jacquelyn Ammons Walker Jean Pace Warren Celia Townsend Wells Bernice White Whiteside Carmena Barnes Zimmerman

Class of 1955

Iris Society – President’s Circle Lois Williams Gerald Iris Society Jane Lancaster Kibler Ruth Jeanne Allen Moss Phoebe Barnhardt Satterwhite Patty Melvin Watson Annual Donors Sue Rucker Andrew Bess Peeler Averre Leah Scarborough Barton Mary Delbridge Blalock Georganne Joyner Boone Myra C. Bristol Jennie Barbour Brooks Joyce A. Causey* Betty Ball Cope Anne Barbrey Davis Shirley McLean Davis Cleo Jones Edwards* Marjorie Stowe Floyd Billie Bateman Futrell Mary Lane Hagan Nancy M. Hall Velma Smithwick Hickman Alice Spell Holder Vivian Stanley Hughes Barbara Andrews Jones Frances Carr Kratt Jean Sheets Leonard Patricia A. Lucas M. Ophelia McLean McCallum Nancy McGinnis McGill Rebecca Barnhardt Mussler Virginia Mumford Nance Mary Moore Newman Kathleen Clemmons Parker Nina Ruppelt Phillips Mary Glenn Randall Pittman Carolyn Wood Plowman Joan Allen Rainey Margaret Brunson Simkus Gladys Daphine Mayton Sparrow Annette Caudle Tarlton Janette Huneycutt Trull Gerry Brown Vaughan Margaret McArthur Waller Rebekah W. Way Hortense Wiggs Wilkins Betty Moore Young

Class of 1956

Iris Society – President’s Circle Elizabeth Vance Raft

Iris Society Charlene Smith Bennett Mary Jon Gerald Roach Iris Merritt Womble Annual Donors Sarah Whittier Adams Harriett Andrews Adcock Edna Smith Austin Mary Lou Moss Baker Nancy Reece Belton Anne Parr Bowne Suzanne Davis Bunn Bettie Jean Davis Polly Richardson Farned Barbara Brantley Frucci Betty Deloatch Havener Eleanor Chandler Hollowell Marjorie Thore Hoots Ruby Britt Jackson Sarah Outlaw Johnson Mary Jo Pinner Lassiter Sarah Bissette Matthews Norma Bridges McGee Patricia Bowen Moore Janice Dennis Morgan Virginia A. Morris Delores Blanton Murphrey Trudi Moore Nelson Virginia Williams Nichols Alphia Small Paddock Annice Smith Rhue Nancy Drake Savage Rovilla Myers Sellers Catherine Yates Short Margaret English Smith Betty Rand Coward Stillwell Jane Phinney Suggs June Freeze Treece Sarah Thompson Winn

Class of 1957

Iris Society – President’s Circle Betsy Wells Schrum Iris Society Nancy Bunting Corinne Lowery Howey Mary Catherine Cole Metters Nancy Young Noel M. Faye Wheeler Simmons Marjorie Jackson Wiggins Annual Donors Betty Smith Bartlett Gwen Maddrey Bell Eileen Browne Bostick Patty Swann Boyer Marilyn G. Burris Mamie Shutt Burton Diane Morris Clark Eliza Culberson Cocke Carol Phillips Cooke Patricia Jackson Cothran Sara Lawrence Dupree Lucy Atkinson Edmundson Shirley Jordan Finch Joyce Herndon Goodwin Mary Edna Grimes Grantham Doris Putnam Griffin Marlene Reep Guthrie * Deceased

Mary Helen Cooper Hamlet Anita Hiatt Hennis JoAnn Selley Hunter Jacqueline Little Jones Shirley Newton Jones Annette Lee Kahn Jocelyn Nelms Kenion Katherine Chungho King Gail Ward Lassiter Ann Anthony Lathrop Mary Ann Braswell Lawrence Ida Mullins Leese Patricia Corbett McKenzie Julene Barlow McPhaul Barbara Cozart Pollard Marie Peele Robertson Katherine Holt Robison Bessie Codas Roupas Iris Sullivan Saaf Marcia Horrell Scaggs Donnie H. Simons Cecilia Young Denning Sneed Nancy Carolynne Harwell Stevens Kathryn Marshall White Gloria Cox Williams Angela Griffith Yarbrough Jeanne Tong Yeh

Class of 1958

Iris Society Nancy C. Joyner Sally Newton Morrow Mae Omie Hobby Mosely Annual Donors Christine Livingston Arthur Jane Maynard Bowers Louise Moore Bryan Betty Kellum Burnett Betsy Lane Cochrane Martha Bone Crow* Thomasine Bass Cubine Vivian Morris Deal Nancy Perkins Edwards Anne Howard Farmer Lynn Davis Foote Fran Fulp Franklin Lucretia King Gilbert Sheila Balfour Goodman Norma Stephenson Griffin Susan Moss Grigg Janet Jenkins Harding Shirley Byrd Hogue Hilda Myers Holmes Fay Chandler Honeycutt Mary Anne Jobe Carole Bennett Kinzie Joyce Herring LaMotte Lou Winstead Lindanger Joyce Skillman McKenzie Annette Graham Myers Pat Watkins Parker Margaret Grimm Perley Martha Fasul Poulos Margaret Anita Farris Ratchford Geraldine Parham Ritter Margaret Mott Rogers Molly James Sloan Mary Fran Oliver Spencer Janice Dawkins Squires

Emma Elizabeth Baxter Stover Miriam Lundy Strickland Margaret Creech Sutton Shirley Strother Taylor Patricia Barrett Terrill Margaret Slate Walker Betsy Greene Waters Peggy Yancey Whitaker

Class of 1959

Iris Society – President’s Circle Elizabeth Taylor Barber Iris Society Linda Smith Wall Annual Donors Marie Croom Ashburn Marilyn Williams Barnhill Mildred Humphreys Bawden Ann Freeman Beale Betty Hoyle Blue Donna Ellington Brady Peninah Powell Brown Gelynda Thomas Capel Ellen Conley Carpenter Elaine Burleson Clarke Marlene Clayton Coulter Jane Owen Duckworth Ellen Carole Kerley Ellis Janice Wilson Fowler Judith Scaggs Fusonie Carol Inscoe Hamrick Hazel Wiggins Harris Emily Dean Henderson Mary Frances Warren Horton Betsy Hooks Johnson Julia Railey Justice Louise White Laughton Patricia Gilbert Nash Joyce Foster Pate Patricia Maynard Prather Faye Locke Rogers Joyce Hargrove Ross Mary Cole Snotherly Kathryn Godwin Taylor Frances Caudle Tharrington Sue Ridge Todd Joan Madre Trueblood Jo Anne Kendall Urwick M. Louise Waters

Class of 1960

Iris Society Anna Fay Jackson Campbell Patricia Houser Gay Betty Galloway Harkey Annual Donors Susan Sanderlin Antoniewiez Betty Ann Chandler Atkins Alice Allsbrook Auchmoody Anne Carroll Baird Linda Jenkins Barnard Mary Elizabeth Barnes Angeline Norris Bean Iracema Paez Bolch Frances Ward Brooks Stuart James Burroughs Jane Matthews Campbell Janis Meggs Carroll

Carolyn Boyette Childress Rachel Watkins Council Lillian Brandon Dinklage Kitty Berger DuPlessis Suzanne Hunter Eskridge Barbara Booth Florence Rose Daniels Gambill Reva Agee Garcia Lois Haigh Gibbon Elizabeth Milliken Golding Corinne Caudle Graham Barbara Armstrong Haas Ruth Young Holliday Peggy Martin Honeycutt Emma Everett House Shirla Griffin Hudson Joy Goldsmith Jarrett Barbara Smith Jones Jo Anne Carter Jones Ann Rackley Kilian Peggie Jernigan Lindsay Glenda Pressley Lovelace Harriet Hill Marquis Jeanette McDonald Marzen Judy McLamb McLamb Lelia Davenport Midkiff Mary Jo McDonald Naylor Elizabeth Carter Neal Rebecca C. Oliver Helen Parker Patterson Elizabeth Vernon Pearce Wanda Harris Pederson Betsy Thomerson Pendergraph Frances Thomas Petty Larnette White Phifer Patricia Jarrett Phifer Barbara Medlin Raynor Mary Ann Finley Ridenhour Carolyn Bullard Rock Margaret Elaine Yates Rogers Carolyn Brown Smith Margaret Carter Springston Rosemary Edwards Sundeen Mary Conner Swanson Norma Lockaby Thomas Jane Manning Trowbridge Emily Campbell Tuck Helen Carlton Walker Willilou Mason Walters Sylvia McLin Wilkins Janice Smith Williams Nancy Owen Wilson Josephine Weatherford Wimbish Sarah Helms Winslow

Class of 1961

Iris Society Jenny Taylor Bond Anne Irby Bramlett Faye Carter Formy-Duval Annual Donors Frances Rogers Alderman Peggy Perry Alston Anne Britton Ammerman Julia Hardee Anderson Margaret Ricks Asbury Pat Rhue Bickel Mary Fowler Brooks Suzanne Sault Brooks

# Denotes members of the Ivy Society, recent graduates (2003 to 2014) who make a monthly gift of $10 or more annually.

Netta Robinson Brotherton Mary Gordon Butler Dorothy Maynard Carawan Betty Kennedy Carraway Elizabeth Woody Carroll Faye Corbett Carroll Judith Schaffer Cleveland Barbara Canady Coram Ann Raynor Courie Susan Self Courtney Virginia Biggerstaff Cox Judith Jones Davis Kathleen Simmons Edwards Martha Blair Emery Julia Forbes Floars Betty Walton Frye Nancy Scott Fuller Mary Lou Allen Gallagher Gayle Kelly Garrison Gwendolyn Spearman Garwood Suzanne Leath Hamner Marjorie Edwards Holleman Quincy Stewart Inman Carole Hamrick Johnson Imogene Harrelson Jones Raney Bradshaw Jones Emily Dunn Joyce Kathryn Rice Keen Sara Bowers Keistler Beth Boyette Knoche Hilda Strayhorn Leigh Phyllis Green Liner Anne H. Sharpe Mace Sylvia Strayhorn McBane Peggy Ratley McNeill Elizabeth Viar Moore Sonia Mattocks Moore Mary Lynn Caldwell Morrill Evelyn Simpson Osbahr Anita Everett Powell Joan Cope Readling Paige Bunch Rowell Faye L. Samuels Betty Jo Kinlaw Simmons Myra McKenney Skinner Andrea Boyette Smith Virginia Britt Smith Jennie Turlington Spell Novella Rountree Spivey Carolyn Liles Stith Phyllis Williams Swanson Mary Lee Lassiter Taylor Sara Hurst Thomas Ann Isenhour Thompson Betty Edwards Timberlake Donna Taylor Tucker Sally Holbrook Whelan Nancy Turner White Gail Brinn Wilkins Zelma Greene Williams Gaynelle Gray Wood

Class of 1962

Iris Society Peggy Leonard Crutchfield Gwendolyn Picklesimer Davis Diane Journigan Garcia Lou Perry Tippett Ida Carol Senter Wilson

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Annual Donors Verna Dryden Asplen Carol Park Barksdale Peggy DeLoatch Bridgers Sandra Walker Brittain Lena Epps Brooker Susan Creech Broome Jeanne Myers Buchanan Patricia Taylor Clark Katherine Gravett Cochran Judy Smith Daniels Jean Knight Davis Carolyn Lay Dowd Pattie McCay Dunn Mary Baugham Ennis Melinda Corpening Ferguson Carolyn Nicholds Fitzgerald Pattie Steen Fleming Sarah Shoaf Gamble Gigi Jackson Giersch Lucille Benton Griffith Johanna McKevlin Grimes Crissie Gurkin Hardison Nancy Ricker High Scarlett Hill Howard Judith Young James Margaret Summey Jarrett Helen Neblett Johnson Linda Motsinger Keiner Linda L. Kirby Alice McGuire Kirk Anne White Knopf Theresa Brown Leatherwood Patricia Bryant Lee Joyce Collie Lindberg Martha Jean Horton Locke Carol Heck Lucas Celia Caldwell Maddry Nancy Phillips Makin Martha Morgan Maner Jessie Mae Long Matthews Elizabeth Anne Braswell McGee Judith Goodwin McGehee Brenda Williams Middour Brenda Payne Millar Peggy Martin Nuckols Mary Hawkins Pfalzgraf Sara Leiby Potter Sue Holland Rodgers Doris Yates Rogers Anne Mallard Sanders Judith Bullard Sanford Beverly White Shearon L. Elizabeth Gray Singletary Billie Jean Jones Stallings Mary Louise Nichols Stanley Daphne Clark Stone Mary Anne Eason Tingen Barbara Worthington Walker Carol Harris Williams Ruth Dial Woods

Class of 1963

Iris Society – President’s Circle Nancy Williams Cheek Iris Society Susan Leathers Burnette Mary Anne Johnson Dickson Jean Hege Durham

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Mary Belle Pate Mary Frances Carver Perkinson Gretchen Leffler Pindell Amy Robinson Plowden Annual Donors Margaret Klick Abernathy Patricia Hutchins Alexander Laura Branch Ball June Leonard Barger Martha Spence Blount Norma Baker Cook Elizabeth Haywood Derreth Annette McFall Epps Velma McGee Ferrell Elsa Anders Glover Katherine Weede Griggs Betty Young Guffin Harriett Cole Guyton Beverlye Huff Hancock Jane Lawrence Hutchison Mary Lou Davis Jackson Barbara A. Jones Billie Jordan Berma Jean Davenport Kincaid Katheryn Smith Knowles Judith Avery Lane Peggy Kinlaw Lewis Betsy Stem Mashburn Doris Young McMullan Mary Lasley Milam Joyce Tripp Miller Elizabeth Holleman Muirhead Joan Strickland Parker Betty Jo Johnson Pearson Bettie Mac McManus Phillips Anna Shadoin Rickell Ann Barnhardt Ridenhour Julia Ann Sorrell Rodgers Ellen Lockhart Rogers Nancy Jones Salter Rebecca Griffin Schmickley Nancy H. Stephens Sears Helen Daniel Shingleton Jacquelyn Cates Smith Philecta Clarke Staton Frances Gorham Stewart Brenda Bunn Taylor Nancy Dail Taylor Linda Baxter Thompson Salie Smith Trull

Class of 1964

Iris Society – President’s Circle Camille Griffin Camp Freda Hartness Wilkins* Iris Society Frieda Farmer Bostian Martha Rivers Dickson Ann Waters Jones Sue Ennis Kearney Caroline Vaught McCall Brenda Williams McLean Sarah E. Parker Martha McLester Tanner Annual Donors Betty Brock Anderson Nancy Spencer Bartlett

Margaret Pruitt Benson Penelope Senter Bethune Rebecca Watson Blake Sara Gwynn Bryan Brackett Betsy Forbes Brewer Brenda Elliott Brickhouse Millicent Pearce Brooks Kay Fox Buckner Betsy Long Bucks Ann Nooe C’ de Baca Mary Lyon McKenney Camper Ann Cockerham Carmichael Patricia Williams Carter Mary McManus Chapman Anita Maier Childrey Bruce Tull Clare Mary Ann Grimshaw Clifford Margaret Strickland Collins Phyllis B. Corter Jean Tate Davis Nancy Evans Dellinger Jo Crowder Dermid Carol Coxe Devir* Jane Carver Bumpass Dixon Patricia Lay-Dorsey Suellen Walter Edens Mary Ellen Ellis Ruth Johnson Fant Phyllis Hart Garner Lucinda Howell Glover Elizabeth S. Godwin Betty Hooks Henderson Lillian McFarland Hicks Scott Beaver Hill Mary Owens Hollifield Joyce Ellen Stainback Holloway Ann Dean Honeycutt Margaret Houghton Howell Emmalee Harris Hughes Helen Simms Jones Jerry Lou Holbert Jones Eva Foxworth Justice Linda Evans Kearns Marie-Louise Allen Kempf Peggy Tutor Kring Jane Reams Lucas Joy Adams Lucas Jane Kincheloe McDonald Carol Don Montague Karen Raines Morgan Ann DeWitt Mulford Gwen Short Munzer Yvonne Norris Nance Barbara Bivens Neal Catherine Stovall Peacock Margaret Rackley Phillips Adalia Wiggs Powell Peggy Fish Rada Susanne Craven Schmidt Sue Anne James Schoonderwoerd Charity Russell Snider Brenda Smith Stott Martha Bell Stout Ann White Tate Mary Louise Tyndall Gayle Price Van Velsor Joyce Ellen Mackintosh Wardlaw Martha Jane Willis Watkins Diane Bowers Whitehead

Francine Wilkerson Rhonda Morgan Wilkerson Frances McNairy Wilkins Elizabeth Ann Rivers Yancey

Class of 1965

Iris Society – President’s Circle Alice F. Baker Iris Society Allie Jane Dilday Billie Hartsell Freeman Linda Arledge Gruehn Martha House Helms Mary Ann Britt Hopkins Verona Chow Hung Marie Dunn Inscore Jane Guion Kanipe Crystal Hartness Leathers Susan Kesler McFatridge Betty Ipock Mickle Lynn B. Myers Gail Williams O’Brien Nell Cox Paul Margaret Rymer Simmons R. Carole Stevens Estelle Isley Thomas Marion Welch Thorn Diane Drake Truelove Dorothy Bullock Wilkerson Annual Donors Nancy Buffaloe Abraham Sarah Carver Adams Elizabeth Holland Albritton Lucy Taylor Allen Betty Jo Steele Anderson Carol Lloyd Bayer Mary Allcott Beach Sue Teachey Bowden Margaret Ann Beard Buffaloe Cathy Smart Butler Deborah S. Carawan Susan Frye Carpenter Phoebe Lassiter Clarke Carolyn Howell Clement Carolyn Long Cobb Pam McCall Coley Linda Simmons Cooke Nancy Armstrong Cooke Martha Stone Courie Kay Hall Crawford Jessica Adams Creech Mary Elizabeth Currin LaRue Pearce Davenport Patricia Berry Davidson Elizabeth Denson Deal Judy Cornelius Deaton Pat Griffin Denson Patricia Rogers Dozier Rita Goodwin Dunn Kay McCorkle Edwards Martha Branon Edwards Brenda Petty Eskridge Doris Penninger Farmer Donna Haverstock Fisher Emma Rogers Floyd Martha McArthur Floyd Janet Collins Funderbunk Andra Smith-Jones Garbutt

Wadad Fayed Giles Linda Harris Glenn Marion Thomas Guerard Martha Staton Hayworth Ginger Brown Horton Donna Dull Hurt Elizabeth Reavis Hutchby Mary Ann Ainsley Hutchinson Faye Autry Jackson Nancy Jones Kennon Nell Britton Kilpatrick Josephine Tankard Lamberto Polly Finan Laubinger Betty Spence Laughinghouse Janet Pugh Martin Sarah Martin Sandra J. Mayhew Nell Shelton Meece Judith Strickland Miller Sarah Howard Moore Sherron Boyd Moore Lucinda Swayne Morris Ellen Young Morrison Patricia Newlin Zona Carawan Norwood Judith Summerlin O’Daniel Nancy Craig Parker Margaret Jane Parrish Helen Smith Paul Sandra Dean Peedin Jo Ann Stafford Peer Patricia Walker Plaisted Annette Wicker Rains A. Maynette Regan Jane Eaton Roda Penny Pittard Rogers Harriet Taylor Ross Priscilla Macomber Seals L. Gail Sheppard Judith Elliott Sherrill Eleanor Marks Snead Carol Andrews Southerland Lura Penney Stringer Nancy McNabb Thrift Betty Kirkpatrick Tysinger Beverley Lipscomb Walker Carol Bucher Washburn Jerry Martin Watson Janice Purgason Whicker Janet Hines White Glenda Brown Worley Connie Becky Craver Zimmerman

Class of 1966

Iris Society – President’s Circle Anne Parker Phillips D. Phyllis Duncan Marshall Moore Marchman Iris Society Sandra Flynt Canipe Paula Lowry Herren Bettie Griffin Watts Annual Donors Nancy Litton Anderson Judy Alligood Bailey Rachel Owen Bivins Beverly Brown Branch Jo Ann Knight Brown

Ann Dahl Bulla Helen Elaine Crumpler Cannon Betty Hastings Carter Nell Wilkerson Chesley Ann Eaton Covington Dheadra Munford Cozart Judith Wilson Daniel Elizabeth Shanor Deeter Joanna Helms Donegan Sylvia Woodford Ellen Laurie Cress Farrell Wilda Marie Ferguson Johnette Ingold Fields Jane Wilson Finger Jean Hooks Gibbs Anne Sparger Goodwin Elizabeth Carlson Gordon Pamela Jordan Gurley Norma Gargis Halterman Georgia Franklin Hamilton Lucy Whedbee Hancock Susan McCormick Harrington Joyce Jorgensen Hewett Mary Gay Howell Rebecca Shaver Johnson Barbara Johnson Kennedy Louise Stokes Kinken Kay Lambeth Elizabeth Booker Lawson Marian Bunch Mankin Barbara Watson Mann Pansy Hudler Mann LaRay Williams Mason Judith Riley Matlock Nancy Barnes McClenny Florence Dickens McDonald Jean Lyles McLeod Shirley Tarleton Napier Sandra Morgan Oelschlager Anita Hauser Ogburn Betsy Scarborough Pierce Janet Brown Ramser Candace Welsted Ramseur Delinda B. Rodgers Carlton Lipscomb Rowe Janet Grogan Shepherd Lee Smith Spong Margaret Worth St. George Linda Carter Stensvad Price Marsh Thrower Joyce Daniel Todd Martha King Tucker Beth Eakes Turner Joan Voshell Werner Patricia Hurst West Ann Hanchey Whaley Ruth Ann Sloop Whitener Julia Ratchford Williams Jeanne Bryant Wood Susan Bell Wooten

Class of 1967

Iris Society – President’s Circle Ann Batson James Josephine Smith Cooper Iris Society Helen Everett Goins Laura J. Page Betty Webb * Deceased

Annual Donors Carroll Capell Anderson Gail Gentry Bailey Carol Ann Griffin Bell Ann Hampton Bennett Dorothy Jane Bostick Rachel Reade Brown Patricia Denny Burkett Gail Butler Cannady Louise Whitty Carey Patsy Howell Cuthrell Pamela Fitchett Daniel Judy Ellis Daniels Judith Carroll Gardner Georgia Kimball Garner Nancy Forrest Goddard Joan E. Green Gayle Biggs Hall Margaret Hall Hayes Martha Lillian Henderson Lynn Grumbles Hildenbrand Laura Worthington Holley Joyce Whisnant Hubbard Loretta Clements Hughes Judy Journigan Kallgren N. Ellen Kirby Sharon Bradshaw Lamm Brenda Jean Vaughan Lawson Sarah Jane League Carolyn Overton Lynch Elizabeth Perry Marvin Mary Lou Patrick McJunkin Julia Stamey McLeod Karen Cockerham Modlin Patricia Lewis Morris Kathryn Hardenburg Newman Linda Wright Osborn Katharine Freeman Parker Jo Ann Pickett Susan Rawls June Fisher Ray Judy Ramsey Roberts Marilyn McGoogan Salyer Jane Hocutt Sheffer Linda Blanchard Sparks Caroline Gambrell Staton Gloria McDonald Stubbs Sarah Copeland Sumner Martha Reynolds Thaler Elizabeth King Thompson Joan Elizabeth Thompson Susan Goulais Walton Barbara Jean Carver Warren Frances Maness Wooten

Class of 1968

Iris Society Theresa Ayers Griffin Clara Safrit Wade Judy C. Woodruff Annual Donors Elizabeth Maynard Avett Ruth Overman Bass Judith Alexander Bobo Vickie Tart Burlington Hilda Myers Burton Kathryn Booth Butler Mary Arakas Chakales

Betty Crews Cherry Rebecca Jessup Cline Lynn L. Dodge Pennie Daniel Duggins Norma Hanchey Elrod Anne Stone Ervin Mary Kathryn Moffitt Fisher Bonnie Poplin Gainey Linda Gallehugh Carolyn Neal Goethert Janice Sanford Scott Goodman Linda Mashburn Griffin Suzanne Williams Griffin Donna Von Cannon Griffith Margaret Matthews Hanchey C. Ann Crockett Hardenbergh Cathy Roberts Harris Grace Hoyt Holland Marsha Gaston Howe Sandra Holder Irving Jessie Dixon Ives Dava Drew Jarman Janet Rodgers Johnson Anne Dulin Joyner Eloise Behnken Kaeck Nancy Boyd Kipp Evelyn Wood Kirkman Alma Jo Hall Langston Irene Hines Laube Jeanne Ebelein Leonard Suzanne Guthrie Letchworth Linda Haigler Marks Judith Ratley May Nancy Batson Mizelle Millicent W. Nash Marion Nolan O’Quinn Carolyn Jackson Rau Shannon Pruitt Rock Cathey Overton Rodgers Jeannie Sams Siegler Ann Felton Smith Jane Waller Smith Nancy Herring Stallings Frances Hayes Swanson Kay Pruett Taylor Mary Gay Sumner Taylor Carol Forney Temple Teenie Sink Tilley Barbara Bailey Von Hofe Susan Leath Walton Lynne O’Dell Washington C. Annette Cooley Watson Elizabeth Watkins Watts Brenda Smith Woodcock Patsy Eddins Woodlief Susan Diane Parker Wright Jean Levin Yates

Annual Donors Donna Hanson Bailey Kathryn Reaves Barton Rebecca Kiser Beal Ellen Derby Best Janet Hamilton Blanton Elizabeth Garrett Cake Sarah Hutchins Chandler Phyllis Howes Cheeley Suzanne Siceloff Coltrane Eva Nancy Blalock Cook Wanda Lindsey Daniels Dale Ritter Dodson Josie Woodard Douglas Betty McNeill Fahed Angie Pridgen Faulk Dianne Mitchell Forsyth Barbara Wall Fraser Sue Dickens Fry Judy Wright Goad Linda Barnett Hall Sondra Neel Harrell Ann Peterson Hitchings Jacquelyn Boone James Mary Neil Senter King Carol Jean Thompson Kinsley Patricia Osborne Lee Suzanne Ware Meade Mary Ann Hardenburg Mock Judy Park Molleur Susan Hout Montgomery Kate Huggins Morrow Alice Smith Nichols Mary Helen Simms Patterson Susan Fletcher Phillips Evelyn Carter Pollak Suzanne Carpenter Raine F. Page Vaden Ritter Nancy Bruce Starkey Sanderson Nancy Stroud Saunders Janet Bridgen Sessoms Catherine Ferens Sigmon Emily Barbour Simmons Linda Graham Stogner Linda Sears Suggs Barbara Neville Taylor Carrie Frampton Thompson Elaine McNeill Treece Claudia M. Tutterow Sandra V. Tyre Marilyn Childress Vernon Karen Hyland Williams Martha Lee Williamson Judy Kennedy Winslow Donna P. Wood Catherine Walston Wooten Carol Herring Wright

Class of 1969

Class of 1970

Iris Society – President’s Circle Ruth Ann Walters Dyer Kelly Knott Cobb Iris Society Joyce Robertson Fulcher Shera Jackson Hube Hollis Fields Mullen Mary Frances Simpson Summerlin Louise Foster Wood

Iris Society – President’s Circle Sophia McLawhorn Yarborough Iris Society Paula Tudor Gilbert Betty Fuquay Hyatt Cynthia Griffith McEnery Beverly Barefoot Smith Annual Donors Julia Hacskaylo Abernethy

# Denotes members of the Ivy Society, recent graduates (2003 to 2014) who make a monthly gift of $10 or more annually.

Janet Morris Belvin Frances Hrabanek Blankenship Brenda Pierce Bonardi Betty Moore Burkett Margaret Timmerman Carter Ayn Sullivan Cole Margaret Martin Conley Sue Hammons Cook Jeanne Spach Cox Phyllis Jeffreys Culbreth Susan Soloway Daul Victoria M. Davis Nancy Yates Dove Alicia Suarez Eller Diane Clayton Felmet Anne Davenport Godley Barbara Brewer Hankins Linda Haddock Harriett Susan A. Harward Chery Heedick Belinda Smith Helms Anne Pretlow Henderson Donna Armstrong Henderson Anne Morris Hinson Ann Cheek Euliss Holt Kathy Parrish Horton Margaret Whitlow Howard Lynda Barker Imhoff Betty King Johnson Patricia Armstrong Johnson Evelyn Godwin Kientz Dianne Yelton Kinard Donna Burgess Lupo Georgia Glass Maner Rita Caveny Mangum Jeannie Martin Gary Clarke McInnis Marlyn Albright Michael Jackie Anderson Mole Ann Brown Montgomery Dwan Thomas Moore Suzanne George Palmer Bonnie Sparks Parrish Carolyn Langhorne Pittman Nancy Williams Prevatt Joyce Lindley Sartwell Frances Sessoms Emma Bartholomew Stewart Lou Jackson Taylor Laurie Cocker Timberlake Evelyn Hodgin Tolson Anne Holloway Underwood Maria Thornhill Vincent Mary Turner Wannamaker Ann Carroll Ward Jacqueline Briles Ward Eva Neel Wardrup Ruth Talton Watson Karen Watson Watts Karen Coghill Wells Mary Anne Westphal Bonnie Campbell Whitesell Catherine Moran Winstead

Class of 1971

Iris Society – President’s Circle Mary-Stuart Parker Alderman Bruce Cosgrove and Anne Bryan Deborah Stanley McNeill Betsy Best Phillips Honor Roll of Donors 2014-15

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Iris Society Marilyn Ballard Gardner Johnnie Lamm Jackson Susan Hooker Metts Sharyn Hemrick West Annual Donors Flo Price Batten Beverly Easter Bingham Lynne Bogguss Anne Luter Bromby Christine Barker Calvert Susan Crouch Craig Jane Cromley Curtis Roberta Wardell Cyrus Jane Alligood de Vos Boyd King Dimmock Christine Fecho Dixon Martha Lyday Dobbins Claudia Rutledge Draffin Gloria Little English Carolyn Pond Fisher Olivia Harris Fleming Virginia Bost Ford Rose Blanton Gisonna Paula Smith Hare Betty Alligood Harrington Janice Holleman House Linda McRae Howle Shirley Scarborough Johnson Janet Traynham Killen Jane Davis Knox Jennie Lancaster Nancy Watkins Laney Constance Kidwell Logan Wanda Pulley Madden Judy Hubbard Marx Judith Smith Maxwell Patricia Conyers Maxwell Doris W. McIlwain Jane Kiser Modlin Ellen Manson Moore Barbara Vail Morrison Sara Kennemur Mountford Ann Clark Munns Carol Caddell Old Lynn McDowell Pelsmaeker Jean Davenport Peterson Elizabeth Tilghman Plunket Abigail Warren Porter Becky Trader Raynor Suzanne Reynolds Joyce Rhodes Eugenia Tull Rhoten Ann Singletary Richards Jessie Markert Rivers Vivian Regan Rolfe Sandra Stone Shealy Pamela Pruitt Sherman Glynda Warren Smith Charlotte Vick Sullivan Carolyn Barrett Thackston Bonnie Scott Truelove Peggy Williamson Wiggins Shirley Hill Wilkening Helen Proctor Wilkie Peggy Allen Williamson Martha Millard Worsley

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Class of 1973

Iris Society Elizabeth Triplett Beam Penny L. Gallins Hulene McLean Claire Sullivan Slaughter

Iris Society Theresa Smith Hooks Fayette Jacobs Jones Joanne Eckert Kesler Bobbie Heilman Murphy Pamela Mitchell Riley Elizabeth Ankers Tuttle Ann Harden Whitford

Iris Society – President’s Circle Kathy Moore Watkins

Annual Donors Martha Clarke Abernethy Mary Thompson Austell Nancy Barnhill Aycock Jo Ann Bryan Banks Susan Smith Basnight Carol Swarr Beaumont Edna Sue Floyd Bess Elizabeth Biggs Britt Camie Barnes Brooks Catherine Asbill Brown Martha S. Brown Sandra Clemmons McClain Buller Lorraine G. Chapman Gail Knapp Cooke Margaret Alexander Cox Cassandra Crump Margaret Person Currin Elaine Dawkins Daves Marti Miller Elliott Carol McLaney Felts Carolyn Harrelson Fitch Carol Pearson Helms Marsha Perkins Hemby Kathy O’Briant Hester Kathryn Fenters House Liz Gregg Hurst Gail Jones Elizabeth S. Knott Nan Kutulas Jeanie Brown McCandless Mary Alice McGee Patricia Hood McNeill Ann Merritt Lynda Bell Moore Sylvia Morris Moore Shelor Strider Morgan Dianne Jones Moser Meredith Elam Muse Betty Sue Manning Norris Ann Googe Nusbaum Marianne Nifong Raker Cynthia Beal Richardson Kathy Ogburn Roebuck Betty Anne Haskins Schlegel Marcia Miller Schmid Michelle Jones Spencer Glenda Tie Standley Martha E. Stephenson Barbara Bryant Taylor Carol Boyd Tillman Karen A. Voelker Martha Bielat Wall Deborah Brown Ward Jean Brown Webb Ellen B. Williams Mary Jo Harrison Wilson Vivien Currier Windley Margaret Incerto Zachry

Iris Society – President’s Circle Michelle Rich Goode

Annual Donors Lola Towles Anheuser Dorothy Vaden Ashworth Rebecca Johns Bertram Elaine Wilkerson Britt Luanne Roebuck Brown Julia C. Bryan Constance Everhart Burleson Elizabeth Barker Cannon Carolyn H. Carter Roxie Massengill Cauley Deborah Hudson Champion Susan Burt Cherry Carolyn Hutchinson Coram Mary Ann Tadlock Crawford Mary Anne Corey Crowe Kathryn McNeill deRoeck Brownie Williams Doss Nancy Bass Drake Linda C. Ehrlich Kay Carpenter Finger Debra Pearce Godwin Agnes Bailey Goldston Claire E. Goodwin Lynn Moore Gordon Judy Thompson Hale Susan G. Herring Dona Isley Hill Linda Armentrout Horne Patricia Matthews Hothorn Gloria Frye Hunt Carla Whitaker Jernigan Pamela Hendrick Jessup Cynthia Capps Landvater Shirley Whitehurst Liner Barbara Dorsett McClure Deborah Tingle McCutchen Sharon Schultz McGraw Jean W. McLaughlin Beverly Fowler Mitchell Christine Such Mulder Jeanne Tilley Nash Marilyn Fowler Neely Carolyn Van Hoy O’Brien Paula Gupton Page Mary Beth Pruette Parker Brenda A. Richardson Mary Penn Fitzsimmons Sherlin Judy Yates Siker Nancy Brewer Sloop Susan Dilday Smith Susan Derby Stackhouse Dorothy Sink Sykes Connie Frazier Turlington Laura Robinson Wadlington Karen Farless Webb

Angela Clinton Welsh Blanche Jones Williams Patricia Battle Wilson Rita Ritchie Wolfe

Class of 1974

Iris Society – President’s Circle Cecilia Watson Blackwell Cynthia C. Godwin L. Victoria Owens Robinson Sarah Reierson Bradsher Deborah Jordan Matthews Jeanne Guthrie Newton Eleanor Hill Oakley Jane Baker Pearson Louise Sullivan Peters Meredith Marr Watson Iris Society Dianne Forshee Baker Alice Winecoff Clayton Michelle Alverda Francis Patricia Nathan Groves Ann Lowery Shivar Annual Donors Janet Rice Anderson Catherine Chambers Bailey Barbara Anne Barnhardt Bettina Thomas Batchelor Maureen Blankenbeckler Theresa Herrin Bowles Elizabeth Roberson Boyd Jody Johnson Brashear Mary Beth Andrews Brewer Pam Faison Brewer Barbara DeMay Caldwell Elizabeth Dickie Campbell Leah Spencer Chauncey Alison Maready Civils Hope Faircloth Coffey Agnes Jane Lee Cooke Susan E. Creager Karen Hanna Crim Laura Baker Crook Mary Woodley Dicus Peggy Easton Driggs Martha Beale Eppes Carolyn Separk Everett Linda Thompson Fairchild Christine B. Farrior Teresa Wiggins Finley Susan Berry Hall M. Jane Harris Sylvia Cooper Harriss Lisa Brown Hines Gwendolyn Daye Hodges Susan DeLeon Hoffman Donna Hopewell Margaret Walser Howard Marilynn Kornegay Hroza Joanne Saunders Huntley Diane Butler Johnson Elizabeth Williams Kain Maryalice Johnson Kimel Janet Olive Kinsey Ann Wagoner LeGarde Leigh Steele Lehan Kathryn Goodman Lehman Linda Moore Lewis

Lynne Oliver Martin Marae Paschal McGhee Kathleen Fleetwood McNeill Sarah Young Meacham Peggy Schafer Meares Deborah Pugh Miller Bernice E. Minga Elizabeth Love Mitchell Caroline Roberts Mock Mary Sloop Montgomery Meredith W. Neill Kay Hall Norman Karen Youngblood Padgett Frances Houser Petty Amy L. Pierce Lynn Jones Poston Mary Lewis Potter Nancy Schrum Riggs Marie Swindler Rodden Margaret Karstedt Sanders Elaine Bartholomew Scarborough Laura Lee Slate Stuart Davis Smith Allynna Brooks Stone Sandra E. Strickland Jean M. Summerville Rebecca Olive-Taylor Belinda Hartman Thomas Marilyn Lawrence Weiler Elizabeth Judd Wiggins Judith L. Williams Joyce O’Leary Wilson

Class of 1975

Iris Society – President’s Circle Patricia Whisnant Cease Sherri McGee Susan Webster Vallance Sue Grant Allen Cheri Garnett Furr Ann Darden Gibbs Iris Society Barbara Yates Clapp Patricia Young Herrington N. Jean Jackson Emily P. Johnson Cynthia Long McPhail Jo Ann Williford Annual Donors Debbie Hess Albritton Mary Lee Womble Bailey Beth C. Barr Nancy Foster Bennett Sherri Houchens Blight Linda McKinnish Bridges Marie Stuppy Brown Dorothy M. Bryant Camille Smith Buck Kenna Ritchie Bullard Dianne Timm Byerly Nancy Neal Cagle Melynda McIntyre Ciccotti Virginia M. Clark Sally Ward Cochran Karen Cvetko Conrad Gail Stott Cook Laurie L. Cressman Helen Copeland Crisp

Suzanne Martin Davis Debra Edge Day Patricia Pace Doyle Susan Diane Ellrod Linda Susan Wood Eubanks Barbara Chesson Gallion Susan Hamlin Gentry Celeste Till Harris Ellyn E. Harris Alice Linda Hassell Mary Benjamin Hester Anna Tarry Hewett Amy J. Hill Lynette Broadwell Holmes Donnell Peeler Horton Mary Anne Kelly Howard Mabel White Howell Rhonda Strickland Irwin Karen Oliver Johnson Jean Leonard Jones Kay Smith Jones Marilyn L. Jones June Leggett Judge Jane Hartley Kaman Carolyn Sater Kanoy Cathy McCaskill Kearney Jacqueline Cullifer Kinney Michelle Lee Laughridge Laura Ann Bailey Leamon Joan Bailey Leatherman Mary Beth Hardy Leavitt Norma Heath Lundy Susan Swift Lynch

Rachel Thompson Marley Barbara Morton Marsh Margaret Martin Karen Harris McManus M. Sherrill Mills Linda Chappell Mohr Susan Lowder Moore Sybil Burgess Murray Karen Powell Nery Beth Baugh O’Neal Jo Ann Hill Overton Kathryn Garris Owen Anne Brigham Pace Sue Ellen Beal Parrish Jan Carrigan Payne Mary P. Perkinson Carolyn Staton Philips Lisbeth Hilton Pike Sheryl Harrell Pollard Melissa Reeves Raley Martha Ray Deborah Phillips Riley Shelly Williams Robinson Donna Pickard Rogers Dale Hawkins Russell Janet Hammond Scales Vicki Merritt Sheppard Virginia Crouch Slack Mary Harrell Stallings Katherine Fuller Stokes Suzanne Stinson Thomasson Mary Ratchford Thornbury Sharon Dukeshire Trogdon

Nancy Morris Turrone Marion Feezor Venable Ann B. Wall Starlette Thomas Walston Susie Dunstan Ward Nan Harris Watson Ellen P. Wester Cynthia Baughan Wheaton Mary Brown Wicker Mary Beth Wilkie Ann Williams Christine Cornwell Wilson Susan Ferguson Winstead Mary Lucretia Wooten Susan Senter Worrell Penny Benson Ziemer

Class of 1976

Iris Society – President’s Circle Christine Speight Brown Brian D. and Nancy Pentecost Siska Iris Society Kathy Hollins Gregersen Jacqueline Owen Stallings Annual Donors Marla Tugwell Adams Patricia Vehorn Allen Kathryn Midyette Anderson Jane Andrews Rebecca E. Askew Cynthia Creech Beasley Amy Garber Byrd

Ann Shaw Coats Joanne Ward Compton Susan Merritt Cox Carrie Rogers Currin Lucy Davis Deeprose Gwen Weatherly Earley Margaret Morrisey Early Sharon Long Eddins Gerry Leigh McRoy Edwards Patricia Lynne Estes Dianne Creech Finan Katharine Tuck Fisher Mazie Tilley Fleetwood Elizabeth Neville Fonville Susan Creech Fowls Lynn Green Gardner Ann Upchurch Godfrey Susan Carroll Hamilton Frances Charlene High Pamela Jefcoat Holt Carolyn Lynn Howard Lou Flynt Jackson Sallie Marshburn Johnson BettyAnn West Jones Jackie Hemingway Joyner Louise Crouch Lee Dondra Traylor Maney Meredith McGill Patrice DesVergers McNeill Susan Dean McWhorter Mary Stuart Menees Joy Hussey Menius Lee Ann Kirk Michael

Margaret Taylor Park Pat Parker Elizabeth B. Pope Denise Brown Rix Shearon Florence Roberts Susan Willetts Roberts Catherine Roberts Robson Catherine Bland Rodgers Libby Phillips Scandale Bettina King Slavin Teresa Twine Sullivan Annette Rountree Taylor Susan Goodwin Thornbrough Julia H. Turner Janet L. Tysinger Linda Matthews Wann Laura Boone Ward Pamela S. Watson Suzanne Deal Wells Jeanette Griffin White Gay Cameron Wilson Kathleen B. Wyche

Class of 1977

Iris Society – President’s Circle Margaret R. Beale Betsy Porter Fritschel Anne Fonville-Sams Iris Society Kathryn Christian Bender Teri Meadows Hires Catherine McCracken James

Keeping Meredith Strong

Planning for the Future

by Emily Parker

D

eborah

needed to attend the national conference

the Tippett Leadership Fund to provide the

Tippett,

and another HES student had the opportunity

opportunity for students in the department

department

to present undergraduate research at the

to learn beyond the walls of Meredith.

head and professor in

International Federation for Home Economics

Human Environmental

(IFHE) in Sligo, Ireland.

Sciences (HES), wants

There was no money available to assist

“I have often said that we need money for students to travel to professional conferences, but funding was not available,” said

Meredith students to

with their travel expenses to attend the

Tippett. “I thought, ‘that could be me, I can

have the opportunity to participate in profes-

conference or present the research. Our de-

make a difference’.”

sional and leadership activities that will be

partment is a professional program that leads

Tippett knows the programs she cares

meaningful for their future careers.

to careers and I want students to be involved

about will be here in the future and she want-

in relevant organizations and travel outside of

ed to fund opportunities that are going to be

our state and country,” said Tippett.

meaningful to the lives of students.

Since beginning her career at Meredith College in 1987 and serving as chair for the last 20 years in HES, she has seen first-hand

These boundaries concerned Tippett, but

“When you start thinking about what you

the benefits of students attending profession-

it wasn’t until after a serious health issue in

want your legacy to be, you realize it can go

al conferences, presenting undergraduate

2011 that she became more aware of what

beyond what you do during your time here.

research, receiving awards, and seeking

she wanted her legacy to be. She started to

For me, the gift of an endowment is perma-

leadership positions.

consider a planned gift. She had seen the

nent and it is going to be here long after we

power that endowments have for faculty,

are all gone. The College is healthier for that

the student section of American Association

and she wanted the same for students in the

and it shows my faith in the institution aca-

of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS),

HES Department. She decided to establish

demically and financially.

“One year Sarah Johnson, president of

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Alice Pruitt Johnson Jacquelyn Webb Lewis Sharon R. Stephenson Jo Ann Marks Trethaway Joyce Pendergraft Young Annual Donors Margaret Phoenix Agee Gail D. Andersen Debra Godwin Avery Virginia Patrick Avery Venetta Denise Baker Debra Coates Barton Jenny Barton Bolen Jonne A. Boone Jane Gates Bradley Mary Kay Allsbrook Bradshaw Kay Jenkins Brown Sheree Begor Browning Nedra Rogers Bryant Deborah Niswonger Caldwell Gail Yates Carnagua Millie McLaney Chalk Elizabeth Steagall Christenbury Omega Evans Collins Susan Lawrence Crittenden Anne Edge Dale Suzanne Styron Edwards Geneva Hale Etheridge Rhonda Harris Evrard Carole Burbank Fabiano Teresa Kiger Farmer Martha Small Ferebee Barbara Wiggins Fleming Diane Arnaiz Garner Pamela Schultz Guptill Mary Elizabeth Hall Hargrove Phyllis Smith Hayes Julie Jones Hicks Janice Stewart Hinson Rebecca Armstrong Johnson Joyce Nethery Kemmerer Cheryl Koob Cathy Pickett Lamb Carol Clapp Lemke Elaine Strother Lewellyn Nancy Martin Long Patricia Fishel Long Jeanne Bray Marlowe Jennie Lynch Mays Dorothy Booker Moore Elizabeth Graham Morrison Sue Crabtree Newton Jayne Lynne Callahan Nimocks Lynda D. Noffsinger Mary Don Tallman Olds Sara Cotey Overby Karen Hill Owen Annie Stamey Palles Deborah Talbert Patton Carolyn C. Pennington Rebecca B. Perry Hazel Browning Possiel Alice Simmons Ratcliffe Jo Ann Funderburke Reeves Grace Cawley-Rhine Janet Hornaday Rogers P. Susan Stone Rogers Cherry Croom Rouse

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Deborah Doss Russell Nancy L. Schult Joy Denny Seif Carolyn Gay Shackelford Martha C. Sheely Connie Adams Sherrill Evelyn Buie Shytle Jean Robinette Simpson Judith A. Smith Robin Withers Smith Nancy Brewbaker Stanton Susan Faulk Stedman Paula Davenport Stewart Julia Surratt Taylor Julie A. Taylor Freda M. Tricarico Sally Lomax Turner Elizabeth J. Welsh Denise Gaskins Willey Laura Jackson Williams Charlot Frye Wood Lee Coble Worden

Class of 1978

Iris Society – President’s Circle Mary Nell Bostick Jenke Iris Society Mary Elizabeth Johnston Arthurs Joni Fay Watts Fetterman Sharon Brewer Nault Annual Donors Julie C. Amos Carla Ashley Marsha Carol Kelly Bain Danita Wood Barnes Molly Bailey Bayard Celia Witt Beauchamp Kay Allen Blizzard Cindy Allen Brewer Dana Gay Parks Brogden Debra M. Bryant Karen Harrison Calhoun Cynthia Floyd Cash Cynthia Hickman Clayton Rebecca Gordon Cottrell Elizabeth Bailey Daniel Kathie Going Davis Mary Anne Hardy Dawson Carolyn Webb Dishart Phoebe Nestor Dixon Deanne Bazemore Dorsey Donna Kay Douglas Beverly Hewitt Duffee* Mary Lou Cocker Flowers Julia Dorman Fort Susan Coldfelter Foushee Nancy Radford Frazier Carol Sustek Garris Jamie Council Garvey Eleanor Chappell Goss Georganne Branham Griffin Jan Wells Grove Suzanne Stocks Hawley Margaret Carter Herring Margaret Ballard Hess Nancy Shinn Highfill Patricia Price Hinkle Joyce Montgomery Hinton

Tina Shirley Hobbs Jacqueline Lawrence Huber Debbie McGee Hunter Elizabeth Black Johnson Tess Winslow King Teresa Carter Kline Elizabeth Cobb Lilly Carol Hedspeth Lowe Margaret Hester MacMillan Sharon Hardin Maynor Lucy King McGee Leigh Anne Boone McLean Patricia Ellis McMurry Nancy Rosenbaum Meek Christa Burris Middleton Cathy York Morrison Claire Elmore Natt Frances Cuttle Newby Sherry L. Olson Katherine McGee Orloff Page Rose Pond Sara Lynn Neel Powell Susan Vehorn Rimer Sally Lawrence Sandifer Elizabeth Raynor Santana Jennifer S. Sessoms Sharon Holder Shehdan Marjorie Warren Sink Mazie Swindell Smith Susan Moore Smith Rebecca Sugg Smothers Alix Willcox Snyder Mary-Margaret Steele Emily Widman Texter Jenny Miller Tolson Stephanie M. Toney Carol Fitch Walker Wendy Walton Ward Elizabeth Adams Watkins Julia Nipper Wilkins Jan Williamson Wilson Tonya Jones Wright

Class of 1979

Iris Society – President’s Circle Carol Lancaster Milano Iris Society Annette L. Bailey Sandra Graham Cagle Lois Hayes Chamblee Sandra G. Godwin Emily Graham Howell J. Renee Keever Susan Kitts Messer Miriam O. Victorian Annual Donors Karen Mangum Allen Dell Hooper-Barbee Katherine R. Beale Landis Beddingfield Tina Prewitt Bryan Beth Wheless Bundy Najla Nave Carlton Susan Wilkins Cashwell Billie Jo Kennedy Cockman Barbara Westbrook Collins Elizabeth Langston Deal Teressa M. Edwards

Jennifer Norvell Farrell Janice Hopkins Frizzell Debbie Peele Glaser Susan Fogleman Gordon Stella E. Hall Margaret Stansill Harris Elizabeth Ledbetter Herring Pandora Dunn Holloway Rita Blevins Jennings Laura Leppla Joyner Rebecca Brown Joyner Melissa Carraway Lemmond Kimberly Everhart Lentz Katherine Knobeloch MacDonald Sandra Scott Manning Holly Waddell Marchisello Suzanne Mattox Mary Beth Baecher Metcalf Gail Moody Milteer Alice Arico Morrison Charlotte Lolley Murphy Mary Bowen Oder Ruth J. Pardue Donna Dean Parrish Robin Reich Marilyn Leigh Rowe Lisa Biddix Royal Susie Bullard Sanford Nancy Walker Scott Eleanor Jackson Settle Susan Diane Faw Shaw Jennifer Carter Stephenson Anna Comer Stidham Denise Jones Stroud Katherine Keith Thomas D. LaNelle Turlington Nena-Warren-Felsher Laurie Lutz Wegner Jo Metts Weston Anne Timberlake Wheeler Molly Lawrence Whitaker Lisa Wall Williams Carrie Compton Wintermute Pat Keene Yelvington

Class of 1980

Iris Society – President’s Circle Leslie Landis Hayes President Jo Allen Iris Society Amy Davis Adams Deborah Dove Smith Annual Donors Mary Lee Britt Adams Frances Diane Bacon Terri Moore Bailey Kimberly Smith Ball Marcia Hall Bethea Valerie Ray Blankenship Robyn Wright Bone Myra Herring Brown Edwina Evans Bruce Robin Howell Burt Cathy Clapp Byman Elaine Ferrell Castleberry Malinda Owens Coombs Melinda Haney Costa Lisa K. Cunningham

Victoria Ballard Currin Elizabeth Parker Dagenhart Lisa E. Dahlgren Vicki Miguel Davis Booker Chewing Deakyne Marlene Debo Dreama Montague Dillon Deborah Bradsher Dry Susan Dowdy Dunlow Allison Foster Edwards Betsy Hutt Fauntleroy Mary Ann Ferguson Nancy Clendenin Forbes Ella Plyler Frantz Ann Cole Garrard Betty L. Garrison Janet Liles Gowan Marcia Johnson Grashoff Rebecca Parrish Green Johanna Creech Guido Sandra Hancock Sheila Saunders Hanson Lee Callahan Hayden Kimberly Bright Hazelgrove Jane Belk Hemingway Julie Ranson Hester Laura MacMillan Hickey Cynthia Smith Hoffner Nancy Houston Laura Anderson Jacobson Faithe Grantham Jobe Beverly Taylor Johnson Dana Draughn Johnson Gloria Boyd Johnson Catherine Wright Jones LuAnn Whitley Joyner Jean Page Kreisher Phama Mullen Larsen-Johnston Texie Marks Martha Boisseau Mattheisen Zoe Cox McKay-Tucker Juana Ruble Mikels Shearra Miller Darlene Farless Moss Ruth Franklin Murphy Linda Spivey Murray C. Andrea Neese Terri Hamilton Northcutt Ann Wright Owen Pamela Carter Packer Lou Ann Murphy Parker Sally Merrill Pittman Susan Jolly Pollock Anne Cherry Price Cynthia Christie Price Florence Hassell Rabon Mary Powell McLeod Rhodes Mary Pickett Rizzo Jean Ann Hull Rogers Kitty Cox Rollins Janet Conway Rose Danette Gordon Rutherford Jeanie Griffin Sherman Julie Slade Nancy Overton Smith Mary Nelson Spruill Karen Maness Stone Geraldine A. Stott Kim Lawson Strong

Tammy A. Summers Beverly Dawn Hall Sutton Jan Bethune Tart Kristy Beattie Taylor Frances Wooten Theodorakis Katharine Noble Theriot Margaret Holman Thompson Vickie Thornton Tribble Mary Ferrell Twine Betsy Stockard Upton Jane Marshall Vance Karen Womble Wallace Betty Leigh Osborne Walters Mary Nell Ward Barbara Sirles Westmoreland Giny Fowler Wheeler Lura Anthony Whitcomb Barbara Bear Whitley Margaret Bassett Williams Barbara Browde Wilson Mary Wallace Tarkington Wilson Rosemary Dunn Wilson Elaine Robinson Wise Cindy Thomas Wood Katherine Williford Yates Susan Sherron Zaytoun

Class of 1981

Iris Society – President’s Circle Anne Huffman Elaine Powell McLeod Iris Society Susan Harris Frazier Elizabeth Brashear Mobley Patricia Forbes Poe Annual Donors Olivia Heath Banks Diane Jones Bassett Rebecca Boyette Batchelor Cynthia Cobb Bedsworth Amy Mendenhall Benson Mollie McLeod Bergstrom Kathy Ann Talton Best Lee Whitley Black Donna Moore Bondurant Dianne W. Bostrom Diane Hoggard Boyd Denise Walters Burchett Karen Baker Burden Dottie Phillips Buster Sandra Sain Byrd Nancy Paget Carpenter Sherrill A. Cash Eleanor Mangano Cioffi Robin Bailey Colby Sara Lucinda Cole Mary Leigh Lambert Cottrell Sharon Swain Currin Teresa L. Deshields Martha Anderson Dobson Keith Massenburg Farish Barbara Belin Fawns Helena Frances Flannagan Nancy Wimbrow Freeman Tanya Cook Hall D. Sharmon Simmons Herring Margaret Edwards Hodges Amy Cline Hull Frankie Virginia Knott Johnson * Deceased

Deanna Frazier Kaplan Susan Kellum Jan Gardner Kelly Mary Williams-Kotnik Connie Taylor Lewis Talmadge Hinnant Mangum Joyce Witherington Mattox Rebecca Correll McClendon Sandra Watson McDaniel Deborah Bartlett McKay Susan White Minter Tudy Moncure Janice Odom Ann Cook Parker Ramona Milligan Parker Jeannie Bowers Phillips Elizabeth Allen Pierce Suzanne Hill Plisko Susan Walters Puryear Jane Hensdale Raney Judith Carr Reel Carol Ross Rodriguez Janet Green Rosie Jane Allen Sams Cindy Leary Schellenberg Karen Carpenter Smith Deborah Mosley Stilley Courtney Atkins Swanson Jill Aldridge Tasaico Susan Jones Turner Suzanne Ripley Weston Cynthia Ingold Willets Jennifer Blackmon Williams Catherine Ann Lancaster Wright

Class of 1982

Iris Society – President’s Circle Gloria A. Gaskin Iris Society Jerry Tolson Bartlett Martha Linda Carter Jane Dameron Worley Annual Donors Donna Tripp Adams Mary Graham Andrews Elba Crowe Barnes Virginia Porter Bateman Mary Ward Robbins Baucom Sharon Hall Bauer Kelly Lennon Belcher Roxanne Scism Bridges Tanya Turner Bridges Christine N. Buchanan Ginny T. Burcham Beth Grantham Chambers Lora Dinning Chisholm Elisabeth Ponder Clary Catherine White Couch Darlene LeQuire Crisp Jeanne Lynn Hurt Davis Celia H. Dickerson Mary Jane Ball Dickson Kaywood Graham Draughon Alison Washburn Edwards Laney Hodge Edwards Lydia Stokes Finlayson Mary Diane Lindley Fisher Joni Coleman Fitzgerald Nan Davis Fleming

Martha Baker Fraize Kelley Stone Garris Claudia Goodman Glover Michelle Gregory Graham Cynthia Perry Griesedieck Frances Hubbard-Hayes Kay Jones Hicks Sheila Lawson Hite Mary Louise Webb Hough Felicia Stewart Hoyle Darlene Wilson James Judy Chandler Jeremias Margarte Pittard Jones Georganne McMullen Kirven Constance Wilder Lieder Susan Wellons Lowe Susan Hoover Lyon Kay Murphy Madden Johnsie Pass Mason Susan Foster Massengill Judith Andrews Mays Jean Bond McCamy Marie Hiott McEntire Susan Coggin Miller Deborah Lentz Morgan Laura Cave Morgan Linda Pepper Morton Tracy Moseley Margaret Smith Murray Janet Meares Nettles Liz Harrell Newell Susan Jones Platt Jenna Miranda Bowers Proctor Anne C. Pugh Elizabeth Belton Rabun Jamie Hofler Robbins Gina Patterson Robinson Kimberly Minich Rogers Sheri Shelton Satterwhite Cynthia N. Sellers Laura Fulton Shankle Glenda Morgan Shelton Debbie Hutchinson Simmons Bryn E. Smith Kelly Smith Lynda L. Smith Terri Lynnette Snead Phyllis Dale Stallings Elizabeth Roach Switzer Rebecca White Tapp Amy Eidson Tayloe Mary Boehling Traynham Jane Brenegar Trexler Julie Knott Watson Margaret McGaughey Wells Sarah Williams Leslie Saunders Williford Kelly Sullivan Wyatt

Mary Ellen Pruneau Amend Barbara Keegan Armstrong Lisa A. Bailey Nancy Weems Baker Suzanne Springston Benge Patricia Draper Bonelli Anna E. Brown Ruby Hudson Burke Janet E. Cheek Rebecca Hall Clark Kimberly M. Cozart Jill Allen Crawford Patricia Mixon Crowe Laura Grady Crumpler Elizabeth Dallas Kristin Kemm Davenport Mary Stone Deakle Kimberly Robinson Djali Sandra Weatherman Felton H. Ashby Flannagan Carla Fowler Gibbons Jona Riggan Gilliam Kelly Weaver Goley Maria Rodriguez Green Martha Wagner Greene Caroline Harris Hackley Caroline Greene Hamrick Connie Lineberry Hastings Penny Middleton Hill Laurie Rogers Hoots Virginia Taylor Hurdle Alicia Neese Irvin Susan Davis Johnson Lillie Lawson-Jones Jamie R. Kearney Elizabeth Maness Kelley Lori Howell Kelley Stacey Psillas Lahey Anne Coulbourn Lunsford Martha King Mason Karen Hollingsworth Miller Karen Smith Monroe Connie Mooney Elizabeth Parker Watson Denise Perry Parker Virginia Gentry Parker Rebecca Fisher Parks Michelle Farrier Seaboch Kathleen M. Sherman Cheryl Dean Steele Martha Ensley Stokes Ann Wilkerson Suber Barbara L. Thuren Kimberly Morin Toxey Lynne Whitfeld Robyn Compton Whitman Donna Newton Wiggins

Class of 1983

Iris Society – President’s Circle C. Elizabeth Dove Melissa Stewart Woodell

Iris Society – President’s Circle Christie Bishop Barbee Frances Jennings Teter Iris Society Lynn Vaughan Leidheiser Annual Donors Nancy Sparks Adams Cinda Bodford Alexander Anne Norvik Altieri

Class of 1984

Iris Society Martha Waugh Barnwell Denise M. Biccum Kathy Seeger Rhoades Elizabeth Rodgers Stabler Annual Donors Abby Nobles Averitte

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Lisa D. Bailey Catherine Cole Baldwin Elizabeth McCormick Best Henrietta F. Braun Beverly Herron Carlton Linda Norris Chapman Gwyn Trueblood Cloninger Emily Craig Jane Harrell-Dodd Deanna Carlton Drescher Karen Sutton Dyson Laura Johnette Frazier Garrett Susan Kientz Grigg Alice Grigsby Tanessa Gradford Groah Cynthia Lawson Harding Cynthia Self Harper Lisa White Hatchell Monica Citty Hix Linda Sellers Hodges Phyllis C. Howell Lauri Hickman Hurd Dianne Powell Jones Elizabeth Madren Kasai Louise Armstrong Lewis Betsy Beals Lowder Amy Dement Lowe Laura Payne Lowe Deborah Martin Marks Susan M. McDonough Jane Bazemore McEarl Danya Edwards McQueen Cynthia Moss Mistretta Frances R. Mundy Jane Morgan Nixon Lisa Loftis Obermiller Dora Weaver Owens Lisa Harrold Pace Sheri Howell Paul Linda Dotson Perkins Donna Steele Pinckney Harriet K. Platts Kimberly Causey Ray Paula Tilghman Roberson Wynne Carey Rodgers Suzanne Scott Rudder Mary Kay McIver Shelley Sheri Wayne Stockton Linda Cheek Su Lynne Jackson Thompson Carol Brooks Uphoff Elizabeth Walters Weidle

Class of 1985

Iris Society – President’s Circle Kellie J. Falk Jena Muntz Gallagher Shepard Kimbrell Halsch Carolyn Sperry Leith Parker Smith Normann Iris Society Claire Macaulay Etheridge Rachel Anne Fowler Julia Beckett Marsh Kimberly McCall Whitley Annual Donors Kimberly Jones Adams Marion Prager Adams Anita Waters Alpenfels Honor Roll of Donors 2014-15

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Kathryn Langley Anderson Lisa Hodnett Anderson Martha Gibson Anderson Laurie Lomax Barwick Gayle McFarland Boothe Jane Sykes Bowden Zan Bunn Beth Krewson Carter Elizabeth J. Caviness Anna L. Clark Patricia Jones Darragh Lori Lewis Day Lisa Hendrick Dunlap Rebecca Evans Glass Susan Croom Goolishian Rebecca P. Holt Kim Herndon Howard Amy James Janning Nancy Sparks Jennings Marion Smith Johnson Christine Parsons Jones Renee Bond Keen Angie Sutton Lock Molly Jordan Maness Melissa Andrea McGaw Linda Mumford McSwain Cammy Smith Mullen Susan Apple Neuhoff Deborah Cobb Pace Linda L. Page Sarah White Palmer Carole Ricks Pendleton Patricia Matthews Privette Tamara Drye Robb Robin R. Rogers Emily Tolleson Rowell Elizabeth Giles Setser Maia McAnulty Setzer Kay Robertson Sokolovic Denise Pope Stearley Ruth Cochrane Steidinger Carol Hicks Stott Lindley E. Stroud Mary Fran Dawson Teachey Elizabeth Johnston Thomas Teresa Covington Uzzle Michelle Richardson Williams Catherine Everett Wilson

Class of 1986

Annual Donors Elizabeth S. Absher Lisa Clark Ashworth Laura Bynum Beasley Elizabeth A. Brock Sandra Critzer Close Wanda Williamson Coleman Anna Goodwin Collins Kelly Barker Crain Lori Dowdy Cranford Kelly Wyatt Crawley Cynthia M. Davis Sharon Knight Dew Elizabeth Brothers Dolan Ann Davis Douglas Ellen Henry Edmunds Susan Goins-Eplee Dalinda Dunn Fairley Kimberli McMurray Flaugher

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Elizabeth Paris Floyd Mitzi Pressley Forrest Allison Draper Gant Tamara Young Gibson Amy Watson Hancock Georgia Parrish James Lynn Siceloff Joyner Michele Cherry Larson Barbara Garris Lee Virginia Leach Lenaeus Teresa McMaster Martin Kathryn Nalani Masewicz Susan Gibbs Murphy Mary Lynn Purcell Roberts Laura K. Robinson Tania Finger Rogers Sally Woolard Sandy Nancy Shore Sawtelle Lori Coleman Schomburg Mary Hazel Morris Small Jonelle Davis Strickland Nancy Humbert Sweeney Maria Kling Tierney Marva A. Watkins Kelley Milstead Woggon Myra B. Youngblood

Class of 1987

Iris Society – President’s Circle Kay Perkins Carrington Mary Beth Coleman Mosca Iris Society Jennifer Lyn Hubbard Kim Giddeons Quinn Martha L. Register Donna Wilson Thagard Caroline Powell Veronee Annual Donors Tabitha Hall Alexander Catherine Stanley Alligood Mary Louise Tousignant Antoci Teresa Sorrell Atkins Sandra Todd-Atkinson Lisa Benton Leigh Sneed Berrier Helen Rebecca Bizzell Julie Harris Bledsoe Tommie Allsbrook Braddy Dawn Pickett Brown Lisa Burch Alice Milton Butler Jennifer Drinard Castro Luanne Finch Clark Elizabeth Sanders Colleen Anna Galloway Currie Dorcas Hostetler Douglas Suzanna Browne Edens Margaret Gill Sophie Fishel Grady Lucy O. Henry Susan Huffman Hext Felicia Mabes Heyward Fannie Rowland Howell Susannah Fleming Hughes Penelope A. Jarvis Cinthia Miner Johnson Cleta Anderson Johnson Sherrill Lanett Jolly

Nan Henry Keel Susan Beck Kunar Nancy Floyd Long Julia Ann McKeithan Joan Proctor Mizelle Ruth Ponder Moore Martha Hedrick Newsom Kelly Nobles-Parker Lisa Powers O’Connor Greta Schott Paith Cheryl D. Perry Donna Pope Powell Shreita Taylor Powers Patricia Brannock Rhodes Dana Austin Rounds Sheila Vaughan Seagle Audrey Locke Shearin Jill Hensdale Shipp Phyllis O’Hara Smetana Dianne Morgan Sowers Allison Godwin Spears Elizabeth Royall Stiff Kelli Barefoot Stroud Carol L. Swain Carlissa Oakley Taylor Carmel Swanson Tritschler Leslie Swain Vaughan Jeanne Coleman von Lehmden Ann Barnes Walker Karen L. Wallace Laura Milano Wallace Michele Merritt Webb Rhonda L. Whitaker Dana Pierce White Joy Terry Wilkes Connie Wagner Williams Harriet Huggins Wilson

Class of 1988

Iris Society Sharon Harding Woodlief Annual Donors Laura Taylor Alridge Angie Brewer Blake Jane Mellon Bofenkamp Angela Bryant Lisa Inge Burgwyn E. Brownlee Bryant Cable Carol Clark Dean Christen Hayworth Duke Andrea Pullen Eason Mary Robin E. Fastenau Elizabeth Dermid Harmon Leigh Capps Harris Anne Kirkman Jones Julia Edwards Kinlaw Joy Marie Kinney Pamela Hardin Kwiatkowski Jean Van Lieu Leichte Lou Anne Stephenson Liverman Angela Stroud Manning Carol Asplen-Masden Christal Porter Mitchell Celeste H. Pageau Jacqueline Rudy Phelps Susan Haines Reid Hollie Thomas Rollins Helen Carla Quinn Rouse Beth Lucas Smith

Michele Lenhart Stack Jo Ann Finch Strickland Kimberly Spell Szarek Melanie Eisele Tutterrow

Class of 1989

Iris Society – President’s Circle Cindy Parkman Godwin Iris Society Kimberly Brittsan Lancaster Winborne Thorn Macphail Annual Donors Maria A. Barndt Monica Lewis Borden Carolyn Parsley Brown Wilda Eskew Brown Susan L. Buckner Deborah Shaw Capps Leslie Belsha Collins Mary Beth Sanderson Deaton Cynthia Price Ellington Terri Pegram Ellis Laura Van Hoven Erdman Lee Kerr Fonvielle Sheila Liverman Forbes Kelley Greene Groce Susan Kelley Harrell Susan E. Holec Kathryn Strange Jones Mary Ann Lisenba Kirchner Denise A. Knight Elizabeth Heeney Little Mary Dickson Long Cheryl Whitfield Moreland Melissa Proctor Parker Joy Allen Price Sarah Beth Cox Robbins Robin Brumfield Ruffin Beth Hash Stegall Carol Michelle Davis Stivers Lynda Collier Taylor Alice Tropman Thacher Iris Wilkins Turner Kristin Richey Watkins

Class of 1990

Iris Society – President’s Circle Yvette M. Brown Audra Nunn Tyree

Maria Parker Costello Glenda Barton Darrell Angela Bazzarre Davis Susan Ezell DelBene Sheryl Hunt Duke Amber Hager Elam Dawn Flynn Euman Anne Carroll Mustian Ezzelle Laura Bishop Fiveash Susan Worley Forbes Patricia Lee Foster Susan Dorato Fox Shannon Hamrick Garcia Paula Puckett Garris Christine P. Hamrick Laura Plowden Hollar Marsha Craig Hollar Amanda Shelton Houser Suzanne Hage-Houyoux Kimberley Hudson Jackson Joan Comer Johnston Kimberly Lemmons Kenney Ann O’Donnell Lucas Anna McCants Manley Suzanne Stovall Mann Tracy Woolard Mayo Jennifer L. McLean Leslie Ulmer Myers Elizabeth Wilson Norton Victoria E. Parker Michelle White Porter Constance L. Reisher Roberta Katherine Crowder Rowe Sandra Michael Russell Elizabeth White Sarnelli Melene Spears Sexton Kathryn Elizabeth Slate Salma Murad Smith Tracy E. Sternberg Nancy E. Stevens Amelia-Stinson-Wesley Laura P. Thompson Laurie Setzer Thornburg Edna Perry Toney Michelle Rowe Walsh Jane Gragnani Watson Cheryl Gecinger Williams Cynthia Dawn Steudel Winchell Michelle Woodbury Kimberly Gagne Woodward

Iris Society Deanna R. Harris M. Elizabeth Lancaster Hubers Virginia Wood Norris Jennifer Sharpe Schwartz Mary Lynne Normann Stephens Myra G. Waddell

Class of 1991

Annual Donors Gayle Woodard Alford Robin S. Andrews Elizabeth H. Barrett Elizabeth Grine Blount Patricia Lee Boone Lisa Whitson Brannock Leanne Jackson Camp Kimberly McNeill Cato Polly Winstead Coats Tonya Taylor Cooper

Annual Donors Mary Anne Loftis Beshears Deanna Fogle Boksleitner Margie Hardison Buchter Margaret K. Burke Sarah K. Burns Kim Price Chestnutt Toni Tadlock Clegg Margaret A. Deal Julia E. Dixon Crystal Cheatham Drum

Iris Society – President’s Circle Sheila C. Butler Iris Society Robbie Walker Griffin Katharine Bragg Scruggs

Sara Ragsdale Eskridge Kelly Fletcher Ruth T. Fonville Kit Moseley Galligan Sara B. Gilbert Hope Howell Graney Kelli Johnson Isenhour Susanna Jarvis Jones Angela Nelson Kalo Rebecca Roush Kanach Shelley Turlington Kraft Susan Liles Kraus Gladys Cusley Langdon Tracy J. Lewis Jane Evans Mason Anne Cutler Matney Amy Kain Mayer Alesha Still McCauley Kay Jernigan McGriff Holly Hensley Messick Gwen Newkirk Metzler Melissa Bryan Mohan Kimberly Corcoran Moore Rhonwyn Curtis-Nicholson Sylvia E. Nofsinger Kelly White-Owens Kerri S. Rawls Nancy Cole Reece Nancy Roark Kelly Morris Roberts Christy Sizemore Robeson Donna Newton Ryals April Boyer Sitler Tammie Coble Stagnitta Maria Williams Styers Nancy Smith Toppin Suzanne Perry Triemstra Amy-Lyn Lafferty Warren Lynne Loving Wilkerson Teresa Baldwin Willis

Class of 1992 Iris Society Ann Hiott Barham Emily Bell Gibbons

Annual Donors Kelly Parker Andrews Kendra Neese Bowers Kimberly Bratton Angela Owens Buie Avery Augustine Cameron Amy Lee Daugherty Lesley Williams Faulkner Sarah Young Garbee Christa Hartman Virginia McCotter Hevener Martha L. Hornthal Martha Inscore Howard Stephanie B. Jessee Janice Daniel Johnson Kay French Kelly Jessica Fischer Kuehl Mary McNeill Lawrence Holley Milam Lewis Genevieve Russell Lindsay Kelley Holton Marshall Deanne Woody Maynard

* Deceased

Michelle Murrow Maynard Pamela McBrayer McBrayer Sharon B. McKinney Alice Saylor Miller Mary Ann Monk Mary Adcock Pearce Caroline Mallard Rohs Susan Clark Smith Kelli Craig Snyder Elizabeth Ray Stack Libby Volker Stucky Paula Fields Taylor Mary Snow Burnette Thornton Mary K. Walston Joy L. Watkins Luci L. Weldon Mary A. Williford Elizabeth Griffin Wilsey

Class of 1993

Iris Society Trinnie Terrell O’Connor Brenda A. Tracy Annual Donors Susan Delia Broadwell Margaret Mitchell Brown Megan Dee-El Caines Ashley Taylor Cantrell Amy Mann Crute Georgia Carolyn Davis Nicole Northcott Davis Kelly Phillips Erb Jill Beeson Fisher Yvonne Herald Fus Hilary Vining Garner Amy Tanner Geil Kimberly Colston Hilliard Amanda Dill Hines Mallory Hearne Hodges Virginia E. Holthausen Jennifer Norris Huffman Jennifer Fender Huggins Kelly Kiernan Jaynes Kate Wilson King Kristi Narron Legnante Ashley Greer McCormack Tiahna Krabacher McDowell Page Hankin Midyette Jodi W. Mitchiner Beth Lowry Moore Leigh Anne Perkinson Naas Becky Yarbrough Norman Jamie Bunn O’Briant Kelly Brown Ogburn Kristina McGee Preston Andrea Kristen Roberts Katherine Elizabeth Rogers Dawn Renee Simpson Sarah Sumner Spinak Wendy Ingold Stephenson Sally Anne Goodwyn Thomas Jade Brannock Watta Amanda Moore White Shannon Strickland White Courtney Whitley Angela Swain Williams Kathlene Hicks Woodlief Elizabeth Farmer Zimmer

Class of 1994

Iris Society – President’s Circle Cynthia Worsham Urquhart Iris Society Susan Elisabeth Burnette Martha McMillan Guthrie Amanda Chitsaz Reid Annual Donors Allyson Watson Bond Karen Mooney Brenneman Janet C. Bullock Linda Michelle Wall Bumgarner Wendy Royal Cabral Elizabeth Sloan Carroll Carol Lee Cato Shelly Warden Cefalu Katie Kincaid Coley Rachel Gilley Collins Alissa Brown Denbo Cheryl K. Diegel Ann Case Edmondson Jennifer Jones Fernandez Amy Shepard Galvan Jennifer Williams Gaskins Mary Streeter Harmelink Hannah Simonds Harvey Elizabeth Eisele Hayes Jasen L. Hedrick Stephanie Morris Howard Carolyn S. Hriso Mary Carraway Kelly Mary Hamilton Lasater Tracy Salter Leary Sheryl R. Long Susan Taylor Long Lynnette Nelson Mann Cynthia King Mazur Dawn Fleming McDonald Shannon A. McGinnis Cindy Barnes McKenzie Alicia V. Morris Tricia Sumner Murray Kendall Lueke Myers Rebecca M. Nash Kimberly Long Poirier Kimberly Simmons Pope Tracey Rawls Preslan Amy Lennon Queen Ashley Cooper Quinn Elizabeth T. Rihani Amanda Gemayel Rossi Sherri Owen Shank Mary Vann Prewitt Sitton Rebecca Faw Spears Stephanie Holland Stallings Leigh Stanislaw Adrianne Hurt Staten Jennifer D. Stoneham Laura Lineberger Strickland Lori Watson Strickland Rebecca Hodges Swindell Anissa Jones Tolbert Jacqueline Tope Kimberly Taylor Walker Anne Leigh Wankel Dawn C. Ward Tiffany Short West

Class of 1995

Iris Society Andrea Oakley Fox Hollie Goins Kernan Carol A. Mims Holly Lennon Wilford Annual Donors Sharon Duffer Adams Truly C. Ager Michelle Flora Ams Rebecca Sweeney Anderson Suzanne R. Averett Meredith Taylor Berard Tina Sylvester Blocker Shannon Baynor Braxton Ann Slate Brown Jeanette Milosavljievic Bruce Elizabeth P. Burlew Jill Sellars Caldwell Valerie van Oosten Cline Amber Kocher Colo J. Michelle Smith Cowan Laine Marus Crowe Jane S. Davis Kathryn M. Dove Hollace A. Dowdy Carol L. Dyer Kelly C. Formy-Duval Julie Thomas Growney Georgia Hanford Frances Pate Hill Katherine Davis Honeycutt Sara Bordeaux Hunter Kathleen E. Iafrate Ashley Wardell King Katie Tyre King Kimberly Collier Leatherman Leigh Butler Longino Heather Marshbanks Lore Christy Moore Mallut Amy Blevins May Kristin Applehans McGlaughlin Mary Elizabeth Ross McKee Leah Ritchie Mills Catherine L. Moore Mary A. Moore Abbey Lanier Mulvaney Leigh L. Noble Sonali Kolhatkar Oberg Melissa G. O’Neal Stephanie Singleton O’Shaughnessey Stacey Young Penn Lynn Sauls Petillo Jennifer L. Pitts Alisa E. Polli Jennifer Berry Reavis Elizabeth Trible Reid Catherine Davis Rideout Jennifer Davis Schwartz Melissa Bannister Shaia Elizabeth B. Shook Spencer Clement Snakard Karen Elrod Southern Hillary Espich Stewart Marion Guin Stith Jacqueline Mann Straub Paula B. Trantham

# Denotes members of the Ivy Society, recent graduates (2003 to 2014) who make a monthly gift of $10 or more annually.

Lorelei M. Watts Mary Beth Baker Weber Wendy White Wells Susan Bryan Williams Pat P. Yauch

Class of 1996

Iris Society – President’s Circle Ann Carter Kirkland Iris Society Amanda Steele Johnson Shelly Barrick Parsons Annual Donors Mary Armstrong Aiken Paula Beam Anstrom Kristen Bradshaw Atkins Mary Esther Clark Baker Ashley Peay Bettini Bobbie Lynn Broadwell Lori Miller Buckheister Allison K. Carroll Nikki Shearin Chhabra Tiffany A. Clark Jamie M. Coan Jennifer Stables Cole Clarky Lucas Davis Mary Mason Deck Lori Gillis Duke Vanessa Newton Greathouse Kelly Pergerson Greene Emily Robinette Harpe Scottie Eustis Hunsberger Mary Beth Kennedy Andrea Mace Perri Sutton Mathews Nickie L. McCain Molly Shepherd Nichols Rachel Woodall Nicholson Catherine Walker Norris Jennifer Allen Owings Tina Cotton Pearson Carmen M. Prevette June Holland Propes Lisa Nance Reddy Regina A. Reid Heather Graves Shurm Catherine O. Stewart Elizabeth Shelton Stewart Amy L. Stroud Lori Jones Sykes Amanda Thomas Tart Diep M. Tran Angela McGlamery Tucker Hope Murdock Venetta Laura G. Ward Ashley Carawan White Amy Johnson Zagora

Class of 1997

Annual Donors Claire Evans Adams Nancy Welton Avett Veronica King Aycock Sheila Barrett Barnes Kristye Koontz Brackett Megan L. Carney Joy McNeill Chafin Carrie Snider Cogbill

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Suzette S. deForas Jennifer Johnson DeWolf Gina Iavarone Essa Carolyn Parnell Faulkner Amelia Brooke Fisher Ana Lupton Floyd Angela Addison Gibbs Kelly McLawhorn Graham Donna M. Gurganus Laura Hufton-Harms Angie M. Harris Ashley Parr-Henderson Christi Stewart Hollifield Wendy G. Kelly Amber Lewis Lovelace Deborah Handy Martin Sarah R. Mebane Virginia Walsh Paisie Rebecca Carruth Parker Clyda Wood Pasquantonio Megan Schmidt Phelps Anita Pleasant Pope Jennifer Moore Porter Sarah White Rawls Kathy Russell Robinson Amy Rooks Lori Goforth Shaw Michelle R. Snead Carrie Martin Sohovich Ruth K. Sparks Theresa Vela Strader Hillary West Strengholt Dena White Waters

Arinn Dixon Widmayer Jonna Anderson Yarbrough Kimberly G. Young

Sarah Young Walas Ellen Havens Wentz Carol Swink Wooten

Class of 1998

Class of 1999

Annual Donors Barbara F. Banadyga Suzanna McNeely Beamish Kimberly Ann Collins Kathryn Dukes Duncan Dorothy Livesay Gardner Heather Lea Hunt Gates Martha Susan Gilliam Christine Laughlin Hughes Lisa Suther Johnson Lisa Noel Jones Courtney J. Lancaster Janae Michelle Lehto Amy Arrowood Lin Melissa Blackwood Long Amy Woodard Marriott Mary Edmondson Mayeux Sarah Upchurch Owen Camille Parker Michelle DeGruy Patterson Jennifer Blackwood Rogers Kelly Conkling Scott Jennifer Vaughan Stauffer Kimberly Ann Stephenson Meredith Lovelace Swindell Fanella Bell Tague

Annual Donors Brittany Cleavenger Bass Amy Wade Brewer Natalie Thompson Brincefield Krista Williams Bunting Allison Carter Burns Shannon MacFarlane Byers Natalie Jean Cox Deanna L. Deaton Elizabeth Dobbins-Smith Tisha Admire Duncan Jamie Neff Ferguson Caroline Fleming Julie Rebecca Franchok Rachel Bennett Frasier Saura Baker Frazier Helen Lewis Gibbs Ashley Hutchins Gower Michelle Verdegaal Gray Kelly Jones Greene Ann Mebane Hine Media Scronce Hooks Ginger Hudson Jennifer Spencer Hunter Patricia Tart Jones

Iris Society Emily Necessary Fowler

Iris Society Lori Messina Moscato Janet Butler-Stephens

Katherine Benfield Joyce Wendy Holman McLawhorn Nelly Navarro-Britt Dana Flotkoetter Rawls Julie M. Salyards Cicely Penney Shoemaker Katie Robinson Springer Wendy L. Strickland Mamie McKinney Sutphin Ella J. Taylor Amanda McCullen Warren

Class of 2000

Iris Society Amber Pittman Barnes Annual Donors Caroline Austin Ashburn Elizabeth Arruda Kelli Brown Beaver Erin E. Bowman Heather Killen Bruce Elizabeth Pegram Bruns Nicole Davenport Buchanan Kelly Tetterton Casey Julia Thompson Cranford Kendra Wooley Cranford Shannon Summerlin Craver Jennifer R. Currin Charlotte L. Dickerson Jenna Burlington Fitch Holly Johnson Ingram Tiffany Keith Jelovich Veronica Cartwright Johnson

Melinda Burns Klinger Charity Quist Lail Ann D. Lent Sarah N. LeRoy Margaret Honeycutt Maddox Laura May Sandy Aichner McAlpine Jennifer Ricks Merritt Melissa McGee Meyer Meredith S. Mitchell Jennifer Thompson Mouney R. Wynne Overton Sarah M. Owen Amy Turner Perry Wendy Stanley Piro Kelia Hester Pless Jami Barnhill Powers Sally Wooten Queen Elizabeth Goodale Ray Melissa B. Scibor Emily Severt Scruggs Laura Burke Stransky Frankie Epps Taylor Karen Wells Thompson Leta Gardner Ward

Class of 2001 Iris Society Mary Ann C. Bacon Amy Alm Moore

Annual Donors Hilary S. Allen Katherine Withers Armstrong

Keeping Meredith Strong

Tradition of Giving Back

by Emily Parker

N

ancy Cheek,

she says she always felt at home when visiting

relevant and challenging educational opportu-

’63, had parents

the campus.

nity to the young women of today.”

who believed

As a student she was very involved and

Cheek’s family believed in giving back,

that one should give

as an English major it was no surprise that

so years ago her father established the Vida

back in gratitude for

she loved being on the committee to write the

Thompson Williams Scholarship in honor of

what has been given to

script for Stunt Night. She was also the editor

her mother. Cheek says giving to that schol-

them. If you ask Cheek

of The Twig, now called The Herald.

arship is one way to show her mother how

what Meredith has given her, the list is long.

Cheek’s involvement on campus continues, as a former member of the Board

thankful she is for her guidance.

Cheek herself established the Williams

of Associates and Alumnae Board, current

Cheek Faculty Development Fund, because

life beyond measure. When one has a strong

Board of Trustees member, and former Chair

she says it is her opportunity to say “thank

and positive experience as I did, it is a joy to

of the Board.

you” to the professors who believed in her.

“My experience as a student enriched my

return to the campus and be involved as an

“Being a member of such a distinguished,

“When I think back about my Meredith

alumna,” said Cheek. “What a gift to have a

extraordinarily talented and hard-working

experience, I am aware of the great influence

sisterhood of classmates for so many years

Board has been a rare and much treasured

my professors had on my development as

and to have someone on occasion glimpse

experience in my life,” said Cheek.

a learner and a person. Providing for faculty

my Meredith ring, proudly show hers, and a conversation has started.”

“What a fantastic time we have seen in

development is an opportunity to say thank

the years I have been on the Board of Trust-

you to these professors who believed in the

ees – searching for and bringing to Meredith

promise of my life and to ensure that the

attended Meredith and although her parents

such a qualified leader as Dr. Allen and seeing

students who follow have the same enriching

put no pressure on her to choose Meredith,

Meredith make the strides needed to bring a

and life-changing experience.”

Cheek’s mother, Vida Williams, ’37, also

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Heather Spell Arrington Sarah M. Barnhart Sara Ellen Carwile Bowles Nancy Atlee Bowman Katie Lambeth Brann Kate D. Breen Kelly Pryor Bryan Carrie Flowers Burns Emily Burt Missy Dillehay Butler Shannon Hayes Callahan Julie Norris Chalk Tonya Cope Blair E. Coppedge Rebecca Howard Cower Kim Joyner Dail Thea Park Deloreto Anna Abernethy Douglas Laura Autry Dunlap Melissa Willard Edwards Patsy Brown Elliott Lyda Fontes Ellis Rachel Langley Embler Elizabeth Jackson Fazenbaker Jacque Gowin Fleegle Deanna Whaley Ford Courtney Marshburn Fowler Shannon Morris Fox Kimberly Clendenen Franklin Christine Furmick Fussell Meredith Burton Gibbs Natalie Thackston Gilliam Kimberly Shive Green Elizabeth Warren Hamilton Lauren Carr Harris Erica Kelly Hege Mary Kemple Sutphin Henderson Emily Phillips Herring Dr. Jamye M. Hickman Robin Naylor Higgins Millie L. Hotard Stacie E. Joh Kelley Davidson Johnson Kristen Monaco Johnson Sarah Johnson Pammy Hale Josey Amy E. Kay Lacy Ross Koehler Penny Chapman Kucera Cacie McLaurin Langley Nancy Richardson Lassiter Kelli Parrish Laudate Amy Stallings Lee Jenna Leggett Leissner Jessica D. Loukonen Holly Lowman Amy Hilaman Lubell Emily Lucas Leslie Gilliland Lynette Leslie C. Maxwell Colleen Mazza Elizabeth Hamilton McLamb Amanda Bunn Miller Cassie M. Mozingo Katharine Wit Mundorf Natalie Murray Rye Anderson Myers Allison Rogers Nettleton Jennifer Phillips Oliver

* Deceased

Elizabeth Arruda Otey Lesley M. Parr Ginger Yancey Phelps Lori Neff Piatt Suzanne McLamb Plunket Amanda G. Puckett Becky Daniels Radford Heather Spires Ragland Lisa Gilliam Ragland Leigh Jernigan Ragone Christina Rothschild Reilly Elizabeth Kelly Reilly Betsy Rhame-Minor Ayana A. Rhodes Laura Chalk Roach Kelly A. Roder Marley Finch Russell Lindsey R. Rutledge Colee C. Schroeder Chassie Deitz Selouane Melissa Denning Sevigny Melissa Kelly Sigler Candace Foley Snively Elizabeth Anne Bondurant Spires Janell Patterson Squire Laura McAuley Stanley Sherry A. Stephens Leigh Akers Stoop Wallis Kirby Stott Jennifer Mummey Sullender Alison Baggette Thompson Angela Cummings Thompson Donna Wilkins Thompson Krystal G. Tyndall Jennifer White Urban Carrol Adams Warren Debra K. Wiggins Hilary Lichty Wilkinson Elizabeth Morgan Williams Cassie Evans Williamson Sarah Fuqua Wilson Lynn Witt

Class of 2002

Iris Society Christina E. Brizendine Beatrice G. Zepeda Annual Donors Lindsay Styron Allen Lori Beck Blackley K. Jordan West Bostic, PhD Samantha Curley Britt Leesha Austin-Buehlmann Talia A. Caligiuri Fann Lisa Wagoner Carlton Elizabeth Carbrey Castellow Katie Goforth Darden Melissa G. Duncan Suzanne L. Elkins Natasha Farrington Evans Meredith Carson Goodwin April Argereow Heath Jenny Costa Honeycutt Carly L. Lantz Amanda Knox Lyle Stephanie Jordan Mayberry Anna Inman McCullohs Keri E. Medlin Suzanne Coddington Morris

Megan N. Muzychka Brooke E. O’Neal Kimberly Waddell Osborne Suzanne Cade Pierce Kristina Wood Ray Meghan Wiest Retseck Emily Stewart Strickling Tara Fulcher Thomas Juanita Hall Watkins Cara C. Watson Kathleen Cox Weathers Hope Parrish Whitesides Collins Dineen Whitfield Anna Walston Williams Sarah Hroza Wilson

Karen Burke Safley Mary Catherine Revelle Saunders Courtney Little Shelton Elizabeth Kelly Smith Kelly Cain Smith Anne B. Stewart Lauren Boone Stroupe Caroline Mercer Sweezy Sarah Wood Swihart Allison Shivar Tompkins Anna Jones Townsend Courtney Deal Vaughan Kristen Smith Vincent Brandy Y. Wright Amy E. Young

Class of 2003

Class of 2004

Annual Donors Malissa de La Fosse Albright Stella Sutton Barker Joelle Wike Baysden Lindsay Sutton Beavers Meredith Olson Blair Alison Suber Braswell Heidi N. Brown Melissa Currin Byrum Sara Thornton Carpenter Whitney Wooten Cato Emily R. Cochran Ashley Paige Dempsey Kylene Dibble Lara Stroud Dick Allison Rowe Edwards Amanda L. Fletcher Dori White Franklin Christina Meade Gainor Hunter Eddins Gentel Megan Deane Greer Jennifer Carter Hare Lisa Wilson Harmon Allee Byrd Harrell Holden Burke Hayes Lauren E. Highfill, PhD Lindsey Moorefield Howard Amanda Austin Hummel Kendall Byrum Hussey Beth M. Jarvis Shradhdha N. Joshi Michelle K. Kehoe Amanda Warren Lee Crystal Whitley Lester Sue Anne Lewis Sarah Watson Lynch Cathy Smith Marion Lillian Bouchard McLeod Renn Baker McMurray Natasha Matheny Michaels Jennie Scott Frazier Mitchell Jill Rosenbaum Nikopoulos Holly M. O’Berry Shannon V. O’Berry Gretchen Crisson Parker Sejal V. Patel Elizabeth Stephenson Pelter Allison Koos Rash Erin Taylor Rice Stormmie G. Richardson Hassie Hughes Ruger Christy L. Sadler

Iris Society Sarah Furr Domina # Meredith Brook Kerns # Blair Briggs Roberts # Annual Donors Lindsay T. Bass # Karen S. Bobinyec # Amanda Smith Browning # Natalie A. Carrell Sharla Smith Collins # Mary-Kathryn Pate Connor Mary Green Coupland Casey Nave Cox Laura E. Cress Whitney C. Crowder # Courtney Harris Currin E. Kathryn Cushwa # Mary Daniels # Cassandra Lee Davis Tricia R. Demkowski Amanda P. Denny Elizabeth K. Dunn Meredith Collier Ellis Jamie Morris Firebaugh Maegan L. Freeman Sandee Bizzell Hales # Kristina M. Harkness Georgia Davis Harris Lauren M. Hassenzahl Erin L. Hege Molly E. Huffstetler Lauren Broere Husmillo Jennifer L. Jones Lindsey M. Jones # Kimberly Turnage Keith Paige Kemmerer Kiser # Abigail J. Kody Rebecca Hutchings Lee Christina M. Lehman # Malone Lockaby Shannon Massey Lowry # Tracey K. Marina Miranda R. McCall # Emily Cox Mitchell Karla Gregory Nantz Nathalia Faber Parrish Amy Cornett Penny Lissa M. Pierce # Melissa A. Prevatte Tiffany Adams Pridgen Brandi L. Privette # Kelly E. Rhodes

# Denotes members of the Ivy Society, recent graduates (2003 to 2014) who make a monthly gift of $10 or more annually.

Hannah Gray Rinehart Whitney Pence Rodgers Sara Hines Ryan Laura Williams Schlabach Katherine Weaver Scott Sarah E. Scott Amy Varley Smith Suwaidou O. Sonko Johanna Lukhard Steis Rachel E. Stenbuck # Ruth T. Stephenson # Erin Miller Taylor Kacie Miller Teeter Krystal M. Twiford Ejiro E. Ubiedi Emily Gupton Upchurch Dianna Culbreth Wagoner Tamar Harris Warren # Mary Kathryn Hardy Washington Mary Frances Daniel Wilson Erin McGraw Worley

Class of 2005

Iris Society – President’s Circle Virginia Alexander Neustadt # Iris Society Victoria K. Bunch # Sarah Wilson Collins # Laura McNeill Cox # Sterling Winslow Grimes # Virginia Sloop Johnson # Annual Donors Holly Schmidt Akkerman Kendra Keech Alexander # Ashley M. Alrich-Altman Sarah Gransee Arnaudin Paige Avery Barnes Chambliss Hill Barrow Alicia M. Baucom # Jennifer Smith Bissette # Ashley Harrison Bitner Amanda L. Bordeaux Mary Clarke Shuff Bourgeois Mary Rachel Bowling Wakana Bracey Margaret Hudson Cameron # Stephanie B. Carson Courtney Talbert Clark Whitney Clayton # Nicole Armstrong Cockerham Christi Roberson Coiner # Lindsey Britton Crawford Anna Nichols DeShazier Jordan L. Dickerson Corinne Parham DiFiore Katie Fuller Dohrman Emily Mitchell Drake Hannah Pollet Edens Jessica Jones Eldridge Anne Newberry Elliott Stephanie Ellis # Julia Pollard Eubanks Nikki B. Evans Kellie McCormac Ferrell Cameron E. Fisher Kim M. Forrester Leigh Ann Tedder Freeman Christina Alioto Gray

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Julie Whitesell Hall Rachel Salsman Harrison # Jill Nester Hayes Katherine T. Henderson Charlotte Burton Heroux Elizabeth Briggs Holt Jessica Klein Horner Sara Seago-Blanton Illig # Megan Huey Johnson Catherine C. Jones # Jessica R. Jones Megan L. Jones # Cynthia L. Keller Jamie E. Kelly Renee E. Kristeller Allison Blair Ladd Whitney C. Lamm Allison Trask Lawhorn Kennetha A. Leonard Inez Leyden # Abigail McAlister Littlefield Amber A. Lumley Lacey N. Maddrey Kathryn M. Maitrejean # Allison Clapp Marth Elizabeth Wilson McAllister Caroline M. McEvoy # Hunter P. Misenis Meredith Kizer Monday Karoline E. Moore Ann Morrison Ava Leigh Jackson Naylor Courtney Morris Newberry Elizabeth J. Newton Katherine Monaghan Nisbet Megan Arnold Parker Lacey Carothers Pegram Meghan G. Rasmussen Amanda Strawbridge Richardson Brittany K. Sammons Carla R. Sorrell Christi McKee Standley # Mary Beth Knox Stutts # Ashley Arnold Taylor Mary E. Tennant Jennifer Burns Thompson Jessica Horton Thompson # Mary C. Thompson Emily Bottoms Turner Leslie Van Den Berg # Amy Beattie Wilkinson # Kimberly A. Williams

Class of 2006

Iris Society – President’s Circle Kelly Beth Smith Hapgood # Iris Society Suzanne Britt # Christine L. Davis # Lindsey de La Fosse Turnau # Annual Donors Erin Michelle Biggio Chelsea Boughton Kelly E. Cash # Lynsey Paige Collier-Graham Ashley Leigh Daughtry # Sarah Lynn Joyner Davis # Genevieve Sawyer Dozier

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Sarah C. Edwards # Leah Parrott Englebright Talley Rouse Evans # Rachel L. French Lee Ann Garner Amy Smith Gentry Laura Krouse Gould Emily R. Harkey Charlotte Fetterman Harrell # Meredith L. Harris # Jennifer Noel Henderson Betsy Peele Hoyle Jennifer Marie Niland Kerley Paige Lineberry King Allison McCarter Kurtz Brooklyn Parrish Ladd Jane W. Langford Jacquelyn B. Manning # Shalyn E. Marion Katharine Anne McGrail Ashley Meredith Flouhouse Mokris Molly Rose Parker # Melissa Poe Parks Lindsey French Parnell # Stephanie Brown Perri # Elizabeth Loftis Plotkin Ashley Bohn Roberson Marilynn Marsh Robinson Jill Marie Rogers Michelle L. Scott Catherine M. Smith # Samantha Speers Jacqueline McGowan Stalls Christina Adkins Steel Carol Ann Tally Brooke Tonkin Suzanne Britton Waterfield Leigh Meriwether Smith Watts Elizabeth Yaros Karen Allison Kroszner Zimmerman #

Class of 2007 Iris Society Megan L. Gillikin # Susan Hill #

Annual Donors Lauren Alford Allen Susan Machilek Boone Stacy Cabeen Buck Molly Loughridge Cahill Kary Creekmore Charlebois # Christina Hooks Copersito # Jessica Pike Currin # Julia Hardison Green Allison M. Griffin Susan Hwang Rebekah Hroza Ivey Kenya L. Lawrence Lindsey Ferguson Lotspeich Crystal Shoemaker McKinney Megan Hembree Morlok Angela Levesque Murray Angie Lapino Patrick Austin H. Pulliam Margaret D. Roth S. Grace Sugg # Lindsay M. Sutton # Breeanne A. Swart

Lauren J. Thie # Rachel Forshee Thomas Laura Wagner Christen Crouch Ware # Jennifer Williams Lauren Williams

Class of 2008

Iris Society Laureen Herrmann # Quintala S. Parham # Annual Donors Leigh Ann Alford-Keith # Heather E. Allen Zucchino Mary Elizabeth Armstrong Rebecca Vannoy Bailey Sarah W. Beck # Sarah S. Beeler Paige Birdsall Shannon Walsh Boyd Cynthia Adcock Carey Amanda K. Citron Amanda Clark Cogdill Natalie Roane Colhoun # Rita R. Cone Elizabeth J. Conlon # Krystal S. Desai Jourdan F. Featherston Ashley Stiles Fisher Erica Futrell Fitts # Kensey Foushee-Erkes Stephanie A. Fuchs ToniAnn R. Gambella Courtney L. Godwin Vanessa Zwigart Haythorn # Megan A. Hentze Whitney S. Hoffman Meghan E. Ickes # Brooke E. Johnson # Amanda Parrish Jones Marissa L. Knott Meagan Millen Knowles Amber N. Krawczyk # Brooke Rice Lisk # Mackenzie G. Lyons Sara Lassiter Massey Britney Brown Matthews # Nicole McGuinness # Mary Elizabeth McLean # Meredith T. Nusbaum # Jennifer Oldham Caroline A. Peterson Lauren A. Philbeck Rebecca Allen Poole Lauren C. Poteat Anna Edwards Potter # Katie L. Price Molly Aiken Proudfit Meredith R. Pugh # Laura Tietgen Racz Jenna L. Radford Kathryn Reaves Randall Dr. Keri L. Rehm # Laura Brittany Rice # Caitlyn E. Riner # Lennis Dionne D. Sample # Brittni Walker Sanneh Megan Ray Saunders Meredith L. Secosky #

Ashley Smith # Whitney B. Sorrell Leigh Ann Stephenson Angela M. Stoehr Kathryn G. Strickler Kathleen Angermeier Terracina Emily A. Towery # Melissa Bland Turner S. Elizabeth Vines Elizabeth Murray Watson # Dana Chandler Williams Lauren E. Winchester Heather Sellers Woodard

Class of 2009

Iris Society – President’s Circle Natalie W. Broyhill # Iris Society Rebekah Hales Barnhill # Annual Donors Meredith E. Alexander # Ashley King Bahor # Meredith E. Beeman Bethany K. Burriss # Anna M. Buryk # Elizabeth E. Cobb Shelley M. Cousins Elinor Dale Janine N. Dube Emelia D. Dunston Lauryn B. DuPree # Mary Helena Fischer Juanita A. Flonard # Emily H. Harper # Alison M. Langford Elise Moffitt # Hillary D. Morgan Kandice Lewis Mott # Sarah E. Mulla Anna Morgante Neely Courtney Meyer Plaisted # Caitlin Dillon Purinai# Laura T. Sayabouth # Erin R. Simpson Hanna E. Slomianyj # Joanna E. Still # Meredith Moore Stokes # Crystal Sumner # Rachel R. Tabbi Whitney Rains Taheri Antonietta Tricarico Meredith R. Wynn Diana D. Zellner

Class of 2010

Annual Donors Courtney N. Allen # Sherri S. Alston # Anna Youngblood Armstrong Amanda D. Bitler # Hailey Phillips Carpenter Rachel Aydlett Cessna Samantha M. Cibelli Molly K. Clark Hannah E. Crim Jennifer L. Daley Amy L. Damone Emily H. Dawson Amanda N. Faison

Sarah A. Fischer # Lindsay M. Fulk # Rebekah Shingleton Gardner Emily McKenzie Gregg # Kimberly D. Hockenberry Amy Sapp Holcomb Brittany Cornelius Honeycutt Ashley E. Horn Marie LaHaye Hotta # Lauren Connell Huber # Terri A. Johnson # Calley G. Jones Lindsay Kay Kelvington # Meghan R. Kent # Collette R. Kinane Meghan E. Laurin Kathryn Maples Lawn Meredith K. Matney Lesley Bass Matthis Carolyn Penning Mercer # Christina E. Metcalf Jesse L. Monroe # Meredith Moore Moody # Kathryn Nagel Chelsea E. Nielsen Lauren N. Pearce Kimberly M. Precythe Jessica A. Prescott Johnson Erin Etheridge Prim Helen Grace Smith Susan D. Snead Renata Heineman Spencer # Kala B. Stanton # Emily Weese-Staszewski Ashley Stein Stevens Elizabeth Britt Tatum # Virginia Claire Tharrington # Pamela N. Vanias Whitney C. Westbrook

Class of 2011

Annual Donors Margo J. Alfieri # Sarah J. Armstrong Allison L. Austin Afeefa A. Ayesh Alisha K. Brazas Jasmine L. Broadnax # Samantha J. Bryant # Meghan E. Burke Nataleigh Timberlake Carscaddon Halie Sue Smith Clifton # Claire Dwyer Mary E. Fisher Ellen Frazier # Brittany L. Frieson Suzanne E. Gasperini Courtney C. Girton # Anna Beavon Gravely # Anne C. Griffin Rebecca Britt Harper # Ellen Carter Hefner Kristy Herrmann Amber C. Horton Elizabeth C. Howard # Susannah M. Howard # Laura B. Hoyle # Catherine Tate Junis Rachel L. Karaman Emery A. Lai #

Rebecca H. Lang # Christie Lee Judy R. Lester Lindsay F. Lewis Elizabeth M. Matthews Brittany S. Morgan # Carver A. Morrow # Adair E. Mueller Jo R. Murray Tonia M. Ostanek Janie R. Perry Brittany M. Phelps # Alissa R. Pollack Brittany Wuester Powell Caitlin B. Quinn Tiffany N. Roche Rebecca Roebuck Annelise Rogers Ayanna N. Scott Karen Creech Small # Carlin Creech Smith Margaux M. Spiegel # Laura M. Stanley # Kelsey Donahue Stevens Arielle R. Stout Allyson L. Sutton # Latara M. Sydnor Katherine Thomas Hilary F. Towle Katherine A. Trogdon Zannah T. Webster # Sarah Wheeler Erin M. White Kaitlin Williams Wishall Kaitlin E. Woolard #

Class of 2012

Annual Donors Ashlea K. Armstrong Erica L. Bader # Allison H. Barnes Rachael N. Beckner # Brittany V. Brown Mada L. Brown # Mary Howard Bryant # Kathryn C. Bunn Julie K. Cooper Elizabeth L. Corder Jenna L. Craddock # Elizabeth H. Craig Stephanie A. Culbreth # Rebecca A. Davis # Allison L. Dupont Pricilla Elezaj # Linley E. Evans Ashley H. Evrard Abigail E. Farmer Kyndle W. Faulkner Joyce E. Flynn Apiffany A. Gaither Gina M. Gambella Allison Huber Godwin # Betsy S. Graves Elizabeth Alexander Green # Katherine D. Harper Casey E. Heath # Ashton P. Herbert # Logan L. Hill # Laura K. Holder Salena M. Howlett * Deceased

Jillian S. Hughes Ashley D. Irvin Lauren J. Johnson # Lydia L. King Courtney M. Leach Hannah R. Massey # Chanell N. McCain Ashley E. Mendenhall Christina B. Mendenhall Debra H. Miller Denise A. Moncol Mary Sarah O’Bryan Katherine Palmieri # Emily C. Pappas # Ashley E. Pearsall Holly A. Pennington # Erika Ramos Phillips Sayra M. Portillo Jennifer L. Prince # Megan M. Rahn Barbara Ann Maloney Riccardi # Natalie A. Riddick # Kelsey A. Riner Ai-Vy Riniker Alison R. Riter # Sarah S. Robinson # Sarah Terrell Royster # Sydney E. Sauers # Jordan E. Stewart Kristen M. Vislocky # Jodi E. Von Jess Renada L. Vuono # Elizabeth M. Warren Codi M. Weber Anna M. Williams # Kathryn V. Williams Savanna M. Wilson Whitney R. Windsor # Hailee L. Wingfield Brittnie A. Woodard Rebecca E. Yow

Class of 2013 Iris Society Betty D. Edwards #

Annual Donors Meahgan G. Absalom Maria E. Adonay # Shanna J. Alley Alexandra E. Apple # Clair Fabrizio Ashburn Molly P. Ballard # Anna C. Barefoot # Sarah M. Beno # Amanda L. Blanton Diana L. Burrafato Miller L. Cheatham # Christina M. Cole Jennifer S. Collins # Chelsey G. Combs Sarah R. Coreno # Sara Kathryn Cranford # Morgan Crawford Hannah H. Dawson # Sydney C. Decker # Anna G. Dougherty Nicole D. Dutton # Kaylee M. Dyson Suzann Flory

Miangela S. Frazier Michelle Cox Galloway Colleen E. Gibbons Laura B. Hainley Suzannah J. Harrelson # Kristen Hartshorn Hartley # Michelle W. Henderson Pamela C. Jarrett Meredith L. Jenkins Jasmine N. Johnson Brittany L. Jones # Caroline E. Kaleel # Brianna R. Karmi Emma L. Keim # Shelby L. Kesler # Christina C. Klimvakis Debra L. Laube Heather A. Losee Ashley T. Matthews # Beverly T. Mecum # Catherine J. Moye # Ashley B. Murray # Brittany J. Murray # Mollie W. Musgrave Elizabeth H. Oates Stephanie C. Randall Mary L. Rawls Zeenat A. Razvi Jade N. Rice # Christie Lane Richards # Hope A. Robertson # Shelley K. Rose Karen L. Santrock Kristen N. Schaible Brittany A. Scuotto Whitney C. Sluder # Emily E. Smith Kelsey N. Suther Tiffany J. Varnell Kayla M. Walker Alexandria P. Warren # Laura J. Williams Hallie C. Willis Taylor M. Wilson Elizabeth M. Wood

Class of 2014

Annual Donors Madelynn M. Archer # Brittany M. Baker # Hillary B. Batten # Marley C. Blanchard # Ashley B. Bradshaw Jolean A. Brann # Andrea Pulliam Braswell Francesca M. Bugler # Sarah K. Calloway # Ali E. Chappell # Katherine E. Clary # Brittany A. Coley # Jordan N. Cone Aubrey A. Cuthbertson Caitlin A. Davis # Caitlyn R. DeBona # Lauren B. Delucia Madeline M. Duke # Kathryn K. Edwards # Kathleen E. Elliott # Kathryn E. Fair # Kaltrina B. Fana #

Morgan T. Fitzgerald # Stacey L. Florence # Lindsey N. Floyd # Cassidy A. Forlidas # Leah M. Friedman Victoria A. Garrard # Kasey G. Garrison # Katie J. Griffin # Elizabeth S. Guiles # Elizabeth L. Hatcher # Emily I. Hawkins Maitlyn E. Healy # Allison M. Holmes Kelsey E. Hopper Catherine E. Horney Calais R. Johnson # Heidi M. Johnson # Jessica M. Johnson Taylor M. Jones Catherine E. Junker # Katelyn B. Kingsbury # Heidi H. Kocon Phoebe U. Landon # Sarah A. Langley Carly J. Ledford Kristin E. Lee # Skye H. Liles # Amber N. Lindsey Jennell A. Little Jessica M. Lloyd # Melissa H. Mahony # Michelle D. Maiden Jessica A. Matijow # Landis E. Matthews # Paige E. McCabe # Sarah R. McGrath # Alison M. McQueen # Holly R. Mills # Hannah C. Orr # Kaitlin M. Petruska # Lacy R. Pfeiffer # Brandi K. Poole # Angelica M. Ramkellawan # Jessica M. Ray # Lauren E. Richards Katie L. Riggs # Emily K. Rose # Morgan R. Rowe # Barrett E. Royal # Li S. Rusterholz # Hannah K. Sadler # Elizabeth A. Schlieper Melissa A. Sherrill # Tamara M. Shovelton # Kayla E. Smith # Senttra E. Snowden-Gregg # Hillary M. Stone Andrea M. Stuber # Meghan E. Thedford # Taylar G. Thomas # Elizabeth G. Thompson # Hannah E. Thornton # Chelsea L. Tipton Grace Smith Tolson # Leia A. Trotter # Emily H. Tucker # Rosanna L. Turchi # Kathryn F. Y. Warren # Samantha J. Watson # Carrie D. Webster #

# Denotes members of the Ivy Society, recent graduates (2003 to 2014) who make a monthly gift of $10 or more annually.

Lenelle H. Welch # Malissa G. Wiggins Lindsey M. Wilcox Kristin M. York #

Class of 2015

Annual Donors Mariah T. Ambrose Darby E. Amos Michaela N. Anderson Amanda R. Astor # Erin J. Atkinson Sara A. Averett Payton S. Bagley # Cameron A. Bailey # Elizabeth M. Barfield Kara E. Barrett # Lacy L. M. Bass Mary A. Bennett Megan I. Benson Paige E. Bigger Samantha P. Biswas Kaitlyn T. Booth Katherine M. Bowling Madison T. Brendle Katie L. Brinson # Tiera D. Brown Victoria L. Bulger Ellen M. Burgess # Katti E. Caraballo # Marinda P. Carraway Keri J. Carswell Mary C. Chambless Christina L. Churchill Kendyl L. Cole Miriam K. Cooper Christine A. Cormier Elizabeth A. Cox Marion H. Cramer Sarah E. Cullen Krista A. Dalton Callie E. Davis # Hannah V. Davis Laura E. Dawson Julia R. Dent Caitlin J. Dorantich # Emily E. Dunneisen Casey T. Durham # Mikaela E. Edge Emily L. Edwards Noreen N. Elnady Jayla Everett Cynthia M. Eyer # Morgan V. Floyd Norma Garcia - Ortiz Jordan T. Godwin # Mary J. Gooden Jordan A. Gurkin Taylor N. Haines Amanda C. Hall # Haley V. Harris Deloria V. Hendrickson Elizabeth D. Hincks # Madira E. Hoffman # Keila H. Jaen Emily E. Johns Lindsey G. Johnson Sarah K. Johnson Catie L. Jones # Claire E. Jones Honor Roll of Donors 2014-15

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Sarala A. Kasbe Stephanie N. Kayye Megan A. Keesee Ashley K. Kesler # Naba Khan Laura G. Knott # Stefanie L. Kuhn Kayla L. Lane # Laura E. Lane # Allix A. Lasser Emily K. Lauterer Kathryn E. Livesay Stephanie L. Livesay Morgan N. Lloyd # Caroline Lowry Jacquelyn H. Lytton # Lexi A. Maguire Katherine M. Marshall # Jordan T. Martin Allison G. Martinez-Arocho # Morgan N. Mathieu Charlotte K. Meadows Alyssa R. Miller Alexie C. Mina Holly A. Monday # Alexia D. Montague Kaitlyn L. Morgan Caroline E. Newcomb # Hannah E. Nielsen Taylor L. O’ Donnell Emani D. Oliver Laura D. Oliver # Olivia H. C. Oliver # Diana M. Owens # Sara R. Owens Chelsie N. Packer Leanna K. Pai Chelsea M. Parker Amber C. Parson Kelsie M. Patrick # Marilia Pereira Dos Santos Catherine R. Perry Lane G. Philips Martha V. Powell Christine A. Prosser # Claire A. Puryear # Hannah E. Ritchie # Ann A. Roberts Justina F. Rosado # Lillie M. Royal # Mary C. Ryan Alanna J. Ryder Olivia S. Seeger Kaitlynn J. Seymour Diane P. Sherman # Chelsea E. Shuford Erin K. Slee # Mindie P. Stanford Lexie A. Stephens Breanna R. Sullins Katherine L. Taylor # Sarah A. Taylor Ashley M. Thomas Alexandra P. Thurston Alexis M. Trell # Dena L. Turnage Sarah E. Varnell Emily C. Walker Mary E. Warren #

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Sarah E. White Abby B. Wilkerson Jessica G. Williford Katelin E. Wilson # Courtney E. Yearick # Alyssa A. Zsido

Class of 2016 Annual Donors Tia J. Joyce Rebecca S. Lawler Tabitha L. Ostrout

Class of 2017 Annual Donors Tayler C. Brown

Class of 2018 Annual Donors Julia A. Allsbrook Caitlin G. Sloan

Class Unknown Annual Donors Caroline Clark

Corporations, Organizations & Foundations

Iris Society – President’s Circle BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina Broyhill Family Foundation, Inc. CBF of North Carolina, Inc. Coca-Cola Bottling Company Jessie Ball duPont Fund The Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina Estes Express Lines Lucy T. Fassett Memorial Trust A. J. Fletcher Foundation Goodnight Educational Foundation Grey B. and Dorothy R. Kornegay Charitable Unitrust Hickory First Baptist Church James and Mildred Wilkinson Charitable Trust The John R. & Betty Jo Kiff- Eason Revocable Trust Martin Marietta Materials NC Baptist Foundation, Inc. Carol C. & O. Temple Sloan, Jr. Foundation Iris Society AT&T Matching Gift Foundation Bank of America Matching Gift Foundation BB&T Charitable Foundation Dominion NC Power Duke Energy Progress Follett Higher Education Group James and Mildred Wilkinson Charitable Foundation Inc. Jostens MetLife Foundation Charles & Irene Nanney Foundation Network For Good Providence Baptist Church Raleigh Piano Teachers Association Sensors Safety Products, Inc. Truist

The UPS Foundation Annual Donors Aramark Corporation Bell Family Foundation Brown Paper Tickets, LLC Porter B. Byrum Charitable Trust Carolina Custom Kitchen & Bath, LLC Caviness Law Firm PLLC Class of 1970 College Park Baptist Church Covenant Presbyterian Church DP Preiss Company Inc. Drucker & Falk Eugene Berryhill Estate First Baptist Church Raleigh Gane Home Care, Inc. DBA Visiting Angels Grubb Holdings Co., LLC Gullett Sanford Robinson & Martin, PLLC Homestead Funding Corporation IBM Employee Services Center Jeroll R. Silverberg, LLC Attorney’s and Management Account Jewish Community Foundation Katz Senior Services Louisville Alumnae Chapter Macy’s Foundation May Heavy Equipment LLC Maynard and Harris Attorneys at Law, PLLC McDonald York Building Company Minnie Huffman Reddish Foundation Mitch’s Tavern, Inc. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Gift, Inc. NCDOT Division Of Motor Vehicles Over the Rainbow PNC Foundation Practical Business Services, Inc. SAS Institute Schwab Fund/Charitable Giving Simply Affordable Plumbing LLC SJV Medical Products, LLC Team Demo’s The Pentair Foundation Traditional Jewelers Wellons Construction, Inc. Wells Fargo Foundation Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation

Faculty & Staff

Iris Society – President’s Circle Cynthia C. Godwin, ’74 President Jo Allen, ’80 Iris Society Craig M. Barfield Charles L. Barton William C. Brown Melinda B. Campbell Dean Marie B. Chamblee Ellen Bonham Goode Jeffrey Howlett N. Jean Jackson, ’75 Susan Hooker Metts, ’71 Walda A. Powell Janice Coffey Swab Bonnie Torgerson

Dean William Garrett Walton, Jr. Betty Webb, ’67 Harold L. West Kimberly McCall Whitley, ’85 Annual Giving Karthik Aghoram Margo J. Alfieri, ’11 Hilary S. Allen, ’01 Melyssa Allen Shanna J. Alley, ’13 Allison Anthony Astra Barnes Ball Tim Bartlett Steven A. Benko Meaghan Bixby Patricia M. Blackwell Maynard T. Bledsoe Monica Lewis Borden, ’89 Christine Borneo Charles Bowden Heather Bower Shery Boyles Kristye Koontz Brackett, ’97 Andrea Pulliam Braswell, ’14 Karen Mooney Brenneman, ’94 Cynthia Brinson Jeremy Bryant Christina Nuttle Bumgardner Diane Burke Emily Burkhead Martha Burpitt Anna M. Buryk, ’09 Marisa S. Campbell Sharon Campbell Henry R. Carlson Gail Yates Carnagua, ’77 Alicia C. Casadonte Vilma Concha-Chiaraviglo Carmen Christopher Erin Cleghorn Patricia Clements Halie Sue Smith Clifton, ’11 Billie Jo Kennedy Cockman, ’79 Robin Bailey Colby, ’81 Alyson Colwell-Waber Mary-Kathryn Pate Connor, ’04 Francie S. Cuffney Aubrey A. Cuthbertson, ’14 Deborah Dalziel Alysia Davis Pamela Davis Mary Kay Delaney Tammi Dittmar Kristy McLaurin Dixon Kathryn M. Dove, ’95 Lori Gillis Duke, ’96 Briana Duncan Rebecca S. Duncan Tisha Admire Duncan, ’99 Karen Dunton Denise B. Dworznicki Kaylee M. Dyson, ’13 Cynthia A. Edwards Sarah C. Edwards, ’06 Stephanie Ellis, ’05 Doreen Fairbank Nasser Fayed Laura Fine Susan G. Fisher

Amanda Fore Grace Franceschelli Jean Maskol Gambrill Rebekah J. Gardner, ’10 Donna T. Garner Courtney George Ann C. Gleason Melissa Gore Carol A. Gramer Eloise Grathwohl Deborah Greene Elizabeth Grimes-Droessler Sonya Grimsley Betty G. Harper Vanessa F. Harris Linda Hatcher Mattie L. Hawkins, ’08 Sharon Henderson Tim Hendrix Natalie Herrmann Amie Hess Gaye D. Hill Sylvia P. Horton, ’08 Kristin C. Householder Elizabeth C. Howard, ’11 Pamela C. Jarrett, ’13 Cheryl Jenkins Jessica M. Johnson, ’14 Veronica Cartwright Johnson, ’00 Marilyn L. Jones, ’75 Sharon L. Jones Wendy Jones Caroline E. Kaleel, ’13 Rebecca Kirstein Donna Knott, ’12 Barrett Koster Patricia G. Kritzer Donna LaHaye William Landis Jeff Langenderfer Carly L. Lantz, ’02 Debra L. Laube, ’13 Torrey LeBlanc Todd Lechner Christie Lee, ’11 Mary Jane Lenard Crystal Whitley Lester, ’03 Lindsay F. Lewis, ’11 Erin S. Lindquist Stephanie Little Robert W. Luedtke Luo Luo Kent Lyman W. David Lynch Dave Lyons Julie A. Malley Sharon Malley Cammey C. Manning Jacquelyn B. Manning, ’06 Thomas Manning Andrea Marritt-Pabalate Jeffrey Martinson Petrea Marvin Brynn Mason Leslie C. Maxwell, ’01 Stephen McAdams Charlotte Claypoole McKinney Monica B. McKinney Melinda McLain

David McLennan Kristi Eaves-McLennan Jennifer D. McMillen Elizabeth A. Meier Kevin Michaelsen Page Hankin Midyette, ’93 Kay L. Miller Jesse L. Monroe, ’10 Jeannie S. Morelock Carol Morris Cindy Morton-Rose Beth A. Mulvaney Jackie Myers Kathryn Nagel, ’10 Carrie Nichols Claytona D. Nixon Evie Odom Jennifer Olson Alexandra Ormond Cathleen Ostrowski Kathryn Garris Owen, ’75 Katherine Palmieri, ’12 Denise Perry Parker, ’83 Wetonah Rice Parker Meagan Paschal Judy Peel Carolina Perez-Heydrich Dee Perry Mary Ellen Philen Ann Phillips Maria Pickering Brent A. Pitts Matthew Poslusny Kathryn Potts Kaye Harris Rains Juan Rendon Andrew Richards Christie Lane Richards, ’13 Jean Ann Rick Kelsey A. Riner, ’12 Lindsey Ringenbach Kelly Morris Roberts, ’91 Catherine Bland Rodgers, ’76 Peggy Ross Sarah Terrell Royster, ’12 Claire Ruocchio Geraldine Sargent Kim Scavone Aaron Schettler William L. Schmidt Romita Sen Diane P. Sherman, ’15 Tomecca M. Sloane Phyllis O’Hara Smetana, ’87 Eleanore J. Smith Tracy E. Smith Joyce Spencer Douglas A. Spero Amanda J. Steele-Middleton, ’13 Heather Steudel Brandon Stokes Brenda Stokes Diane E. Strangis Matthew Stutz Kristen E. Sugg S. Grace Sugg, ’07 Marie B. Sumerel Lauren E. Sumner

* Deceased

Fanella Bell Tague, ’98 Richard Talach Elizabeth Britt Tatum, ’10 Danielle Taylor Marjorie Terhaar-Yonkers Belinda Thomas Deborah Tunstall Tippett Cheryl C. Todd Grace Smith Tolson, ’14 Cecilia Toole Alexis M. Trell, ’15 Jacob Vaccaro Karina van Wakeren-Shields Sharon Lassiter Vinson Erica Vogel Jonathan Wade Edward M. Waller Steven Walters Suohong Wang Linda Matthews Wann, ’76 Tamar Harris Warren, ’04 Kristin Richey Watkins, ’89 DeShane Watson Candice F. Webb, ’09 Stephanie Webb Alphonsa White Lori White Barbara Wilder Hilary Lichty Wilkinson, ’01 Donald L. Williams Ellen B. Williams, ’72 Susan R. Williams Gina Wilner John R. Wilson Patricia Wilson Whitney R. Windsor, ’12 Paul A. Winterhoff Dean Elizabeth D. Wolfinger Scott Wray Elizabeth Yaros, ’06 Elizabeth Anne York

Retired Faculty & Staff

Iris Society – President’s Circle Charles A. Davis Marilyn C. Stuber Iris Society Anne Clark Dahle, ’54 Carolyn M. Happer R. John Huber Mary Bland Josey, ’51 Barbara Ennis Kearney, ’64 Virginia E. Knight Janice Coffey Swab Louise Todd Taylor William F. Wade, Jr. Betty Webb, ’67 Annual Giving Carol J. Brown C. Allen Burris Sam Carothers Sandra Critzer Close, ’86 Sarah English Betty Jo Smith Farrington, ’52 Lois E. Frazier Alice Y. Goode Bluma K. Greenberg

Josephine P. Guglielmi Maureen Hartford Cleta Anderson Johnson, ’87 William R. Ledford W. David Lynch Dorothy Knott Preston, ’54 Anne C. Pugh, ’82 Sue Ridge Todd, ’59

Parents & Friends

Iris Society – President’s Circle Julia Perry Booker Linda and Robert Brodney John and Elizabeth Speight Cooley The Honorable N. Leo and Helen Daughtry Loren and Beth Edwards Richard Farrow Lucy T. Fassett Memorial Trust Henry and Mary Wall Ledbetter Fischer Theresa Greene* G. Fred Hale Charitable Trust James and Norma Hamrick James Hoeschele Charlotte and H. Alexander Holmes Vicky and Eugene M. Langley, Jr. Durwood and Connie Laughinghouse Gordon and Judith LeGrand Robert H. Lewis Billy Maddalon Harrison and Margaret Marshall Dalton and Susan McMichael Jim and Carol Milano Timothy and Maureen O’Connor Mary Lynne and Edward P. Osteen Dean Painter, Jr. Marcia Parks Clifford and Elizabeth Perry Lyn Rappaport Reid John and Virginia Sall Faye Branham Sharpe Paula J. Sims Earl W.* and Evelyn Spangler Mark Stewart Elizabeth and James A. Taylor C. Ed Vick, Jr.* and Laura Anne Vick Angela Caveness Weisskopf David R. and Mary Jane Williams Vida Thompson Williams ’37* and W. Fred Williams, Sr.* Iris Society Meredith C. Bailey Gregory and Paula Bennett Sarah and Charles Bose Garry and Kathy Brown Claire and Richard Bryant Jeffrey and Carol Burgess Kathryn V. Clancy Michael and Margaret Clover Charles Covington Randolph C. Cox E. Lawrence and Sandra Davis Egbert L. Davis, IV Lucinda Davis Pamela Layfield Davis Tom and Mary Dossenbach

Patricia Duke Theresa Dunlap Elsie Eads Bonnie and Royce Everette, Jr. Kathryn and Sam E. Ewell, Jr. Joseph and Debbie Gordon Jean S. Gross David Hodges Lori and Alex Huff Jennifer John Norman and Ruth Kellum Jan and Greg Kinlaw Phillip J. Kirk, Jr. Francis A. La Monica Stephen and Lynn Leidheiser Julia and Robert Livingston Tracey and James Lorentzen Betty and Dave McCaw, Sr. Duncan and Cornelia McMillan Jill P. Morris James and Mary Elizabeth Outland Robert and Vera Outland Molly Painter Deanna and Lawrence Parks Charles and Katy Pendergraft Charles and Ronnie Sue Pfeiffer Carlton and Susan Prickett Kelly and Gina Puryear Carol and Walter Robinson Leonard Safrit, Jr. Kimberly and Linwood Scott, III Meredith Shrimanker Norma Sims Alton B. Smith Cliff and Mary Lynne Stephens John and Rebecca Thompson Reid S. Towler* Lynn Unkefer Stuart and Jennie Wallace Tommy and Nell Wiggins W. Fred and Susan Williams Teresa L. Wilson Ronald and Paula Withrow Annual Giving Jocelyn and David Aguinaldo Salvatore and Juli Alfieri Lisa and Scott Allen Richard Allsbrook Daniel F. Arch Katherine Arch Frances L. Ashburn Haley E. M. Attix Warren and Mary Ruth Bailey Penny and Brian Baker Rex and Rebecca Banadyga Carolyn Banks Emily and Harry Barrick Rebecca H. Bartley Fred Basehore Bonnie Bass William Bauer James Beale James and Nancy Beattie Burton F. Beers Marlene Beers Doris Bell Pamela Bell Jeanette Bennett

# Denotes members of the Ivy Society, recent graduates (2003 to 2014) who make a monthly gift of $10 or more annually.

Mary B. Berry Judith Bess Lee A. Bethel Doug and Sandra Herring Bettenhausen Gina and James Bigger Pruett L. Black, IV Lynn Blanchard Brenda Blanchfield Denise and Claude Bobbitt Elizabeth Bolyard Richard and Patricia Booth Frank Boyd Steven Brady James and Pamela Brazas Cathy and Rickie Briggs Clarence and Ann Brown Cornelia J. Brown Robert Brown Joe H. Bunch Christine Burr Perrin M. Burton Ronald and Jane Buryk Joyce W. Byrd JoAnne Campbell Tammy Campbell Amber D. Carter Debbie Chambers Larry M. Christ Julie Smith Christy Tom Owens and Rosa Cintron Anne Clardy C. F. Clark James Clark James Clark Class of 1955 Barbara Clawson Gregory Clemmons Eva P. Clontz Coffman Charities John Coffman Richard D. Cohen Carrie L. Cokely Monica and William Coleman Clyde and Dorothy Collins Curtis and Tamara Cone Thomas E. Conway, Jr. Brittany Cooper Arthur and Jean Farnsworth Cooper Gary and Kimberly Cooper Mary Cooper-Joseph Mrs. D. R. Coppage Kathy Kohlhorst Corley Michael and Anne Cormier F. Spencer Cosby, Jr. Glynis Cowell Keith Cowell Susan and John Creed David B. Crosland Terri Crowhurst R. Allison Dalton Maria and Christopher D’Arco Alton Davis Deryl Davis James Deal Cynthia Dellavilla Sima Diamond Diesel Equiptment Co

Honor Roll of Donors 2014-15

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Patricia and John Dieter Barbara Dominick Sue Dove Murray Downs Linda H. Duncan Kelly R. Durham Charles Earnest Penelope Easton Debbie Edwards Bradford Ellis Tina Erb Linda Eremus Nailah Esmail Estate of Aileen Elizabeth Rogers Estate of Elaine S. King Estate of Sidney and Sue Martin Eventbrite Maria T. Fernandez Edgar and Elizabeth Prickett Fisher John Fishwick, Jr. Gary and Megan Flouhouse Jim and Peggy Flowers Sarah Ford Kacie Y. Fore Amy and Vance Fowler Grace Franceschelli Catherine Price and Kenneth Frazier Barbara Fuller Sharon E. Furr Archie W. Futrell Ashley Gale Maria and Nick Gambella Narashimhan Ganapathi Jennifer Garison Charlene Garrett Kavita and Denesh Ghai Kurt and Susan Glendenning Fran and Clifton Glover Harriet Glover David Godshall Rusty Godwin Keilah and Jerry Goff Virginia Goodman Melissa Gore Susan Grady Malvine P. Graham Deborah A. Granger J. Craig and Martha Greene Kathy Greene Paulette Greer Amy Griffin Helen L. Grippo Janet B. Groomer Manu Gugnani Daniel P. Hager Dianne Hagwood Barbara F. Hainley Dolores Haizlip Martha Hall Grant and Tori Lockamy Hall Shirley Hamernik Jason Hammer Sarah E. Hamrick Richard E. Hardison Connie L. Harris Daniel Harris Sarah and Mark Harris James and Vivian Hayes Vikki and Karsten Heckl Mary Aycock Hensley

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Betsy Newton Herman Gray Hill Penelope Hinson Kris and John Hinton Alexandra Hipps Ray Hodge Brenda Holloman Jane Hollowell Sherry and Jay Holt Mary Hord Kim and Ron Hudgins Mary Hughes Timothy Hull and Mary K. McDonald Martha R. Hulse Barbara Hunnings Joel Iams Elizabeth Ide Loren and Shirley Ihnen Patrick Inman John and Elizabeth Irby Joyce Jacobs Philip and Mollie James Jim and Diane Jay Cody Jeffcoat Denise Blakey Jennings Tracey and Gregory Jessup Lawanda M. Jiggetts Keith and Denise Johnson Maureen Johnson Michelle and Scott Johnson Nelson and Susan Johnson Linda Johnston Bonner Jones Kelly Joyner Susan and Benny Judd VA. Justis Marjorie Katz Bruce and Janet Kay Ruth Kelman Wanda Kemp-Maxson Earl Kendall Joanne and Jeffrey Kennerley William and Mary Kerr Jan Kimosh Tierra S. King Henry and Vickie Knott Steven Kreisman Wendy A. Laidlaw Nancy and Ira Landis Kathleen Langfield Karen Larsen James D. Lasley Claudia Lawler Kim and Nolan Lawson Jeffrey and Barbara Lawyer William and Tina Lee William F. Lee Edwin and Mary Leonard Maynard and Patricia Lichty Margaret A. Link Cheryl L. Lockamy Lloyd M. Long Frank Lughes Susan and Kirk Lynch Elizabeth and Steven Mack Joseph and Libby Maddrey Helen Maddux Madhulavi Majumder W. Ward Marslender

James Martin Steven Martin Douglas Martini Charles Mason John and Judy Massengill Henrietta Massina Carol Mattocks James W. Maxwell Douglas Maynard Sandra Mccay Diana and P. J. McClung Virginia McCurry Leigh McDonald Benjamin F. McGilvray Carolyn McKinney Lewis and Elizabeth McMillan Robert L. McMillan Nell Leazar McMurtry Dennis McNames Julie G. McVay Bill Mebane Bonnie Lee Medinger Guy Mendenhall Brent G. Meyers Michelle and Christopher Michalak Margaret Milam David Miller Heather Miller Kay L. Miller Frederic and Margaret Mills Lane Mitterling Joyce Mordecai Loretta Morgan Andrew P. Moriarty Patricia Morris David B. Morvil Robert and Sandra Moulton Amelia W. Mount Steven and Constance Mullinix Diane Murphy Hyman B. Muss Susan Myers Robert Nadeau Kausalya and Canagasabapathy Nallainathan Virginia Nash Darrell and Carole Nicholson Van B. Noah, Sr. Charles S. Norwood, Jr. Laura S. Nye Amy O’Connor J. Ashley Odell Emily Omura Laurie Ott Helen Outten Luther and Angela Packer Lisa S. Palumbo Meagan Paschal Vicki M. Paton Winifred G. Patterson R. Alan Payne Clyde and Serena Pearce Suzanne Pecheles Marc Peck Christine and Kenneth Peeples Robin P. Pendergraft Jay and Cynthia Pendleton Rebecca J. Pezzoni Matthew Polli

Carl J. Porchey Walter and Cheryl Powell Dawn C. Powers Eva and Michael Pratl Logan Price William and Pia Price Caitlin Punnai Anne McMillan Purcell Trent Ragland Jennifer Davidson Rangnow Robert Rascoe Scott Reu Edward and Elizabeth Rhame Karen Rice Edward and Ann Rick Beth Riffe Richard and Kim Riner Lindsey Ringenbach Pauline Robertson David Robinson Erin Rogers Anne Ronne Barbara Rosenblatt Lee and Marsha Rosky Mary Susan F. Ross Ralph E. Roughton Mary Ann Ruegg William T. Rule II Peter Rumsey Cathy Ryan Lisa U. Sandman Hannah Sasser Susan and Michael Schiewe Eugenia S. and Maurice E. Schwartz Sheila Scott James and Suzette Sells David Shafer Robert Shafer Fred and Karen Shectman Magay Shepard Melanie Shinaman Bradley Shingleton Martha C. and William P. Shoemaker Lynda and Daniel Short John and Virginia Shutt Kimberley Simmons Susan Skidmore Cara Smelter Janell Smith Paul D. Smith Sally and C. Norman Smith, Jr. Ben and Susan Smith Jerry and Carol Snead James and Sandra Snead Marianne Southwell David and Rebecca McMillan Sparrow Jayne Spencer Kathy Spiegelman Jerry Sprague David Spuria Gregg and Beverly Stahl Alan and Billie Staller J. Gilbert Stallings Anne Steele Lee Stephenson and Hale Stephenson

Linda Stephenson Michelle and Charles Stimpson Joel and Diane Strangis Linda Stroebel Mary Patricia Stumpf Karen E. Suchsland Kristen E. Sugg Susan G. Szep Peter Taflan Richard and Krystyna Talach Anna Tatarchuk George Tatum Carol Theuer Thomas A Bell Jr Amy Thomas Harriett and Carlson Thomas Judith Thomas Ann Thompson Katlyn R. Thompson Susan and Terry Thompson Julia Tingle Sara Tomlinson Leonard Tozer Gary and Jennings Trawick Sandra and Robert Trojak Frances Tucker Heidi Tucker Caulton Tudor Douglas B. Tully Darla M. Tupper Phyllis Vail Barbara and Vincent Vandenbroeck Adriana Velasquez Joyce Wagner Martha K. Walston Margaret Swafford Warren Randy Warren Jeffrey and Tami Warren Calvin and Teresa Warren Lee Weinstock Janice L. Welsh Teresa and Robert Whiteman Paula M. Whitton Sheila and Jack Wiggins Melinda Wilde David Wiley Ed and Judith Wilkins Brian Williams Catherine R. Williams Sandra Williams Sheri Williams Terrie Wilson Caroline Winterhoff David and Johnnie Witt Ricky and Jane Wright John and Anne Yarbrough Shelton Young R.F. Zito We make every effort to be accurate in listing our donors. To report an error or omission, please contact Astra Ball at (919) 760-8519 or by email at aball@meredith.edu.

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125 YEARS. The 2015-16 academic year marks a special occasion in the life of Meredith College as our community celebrates 125 years since the College’s founding on February 27, 1891.

Week of Celebration February 21 – 27, 2016, activities are planned for alumnae, students, faculty, and staff. Highlights of the celebration include • Meredith College Exhibit at the City of Raleigh Museum throughout the month of February • 125 Celebration Poetry Contest • New Historical Marker unveiling on campus • Campus-wide celebrations Plans continue to evolve. Find the latest information at meredith.edu/celebrate125

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