Kathy Fleetwood McNeill Sarah Young Meacham Peggy Schafer Meares Deborah Pugh Miller Bette Len Love Mitchell Caroline Roberts Mock Mary Sloop Montgomery Lynn Mosier Meredith W. Neill Kay Hall Norman Karen Youngblood Padgett Frankie Houser Petty Mamie Lewis Potter Marie Swindler Rodden Peggy Karstedt Sanders Elaine Bartholomew Scarborough Laura Lee Slate Allynna Brooks Stone Sandra E. Strickland Becky Olive-Taylor Belinda Hartman Thomas Kathy T. Vessells Lissy D. Wall Marilyn Lawrence Weiler Jane Williams Joyce O’Leary Wilson
Class of 1975
Iris Society - President’s Circle Patty Whisnant Cease Iris Society Sue Grant Allen Barbara Yates Clapp Cheri Garnett Furr
Jean Jackson Emily P. Johnson Sherri McGee Susan Webster Vallance Jo Ann Williford Annual Donors Mary Lee Womble Bailey Beth C. Barr Lorraine Batchelor Gail Davis Bennett Nancy Foster Bennett Sherri Houchens Blight Linda Bridges Marie Stuppy Brown Dorothy Marie Bryant Dianne Timm Byerly Nancy Neal Cagle Virginia M. Clark Karen Cvetko Conrad Gail Stott Cook Laurie L. Cressman Helen Copeland Crisp Debbie Edge Day Patti Pace Doyle Susan Ellrod Susan Wood Eubanks Beth Gray Ferguson Babs Chesson Gallion Thesia I. Garner Susan Hamlin Gentry Celeste Till Harris Linda Hassell Patricia Young Herrington Benjie Hester
Amy J. Hill Lynette Broadwell Holmes Rhonda Strickland Irwin Kay Smith Jones Marilyn L. Jones Cathy McCaskill Kearney Jackie Cullifer Kinney Cathy Morgan Kolk Michelle Lee Laughridge Mary Beth Hardy Leavitt Rachel Thompson Marley Barbara Morton Marsh Margaret Martin Karen Harris McManus Linda Chappell Mohr Marsha Howard Morgan Beth Baugh O’Neal Connie Outlaw Kathy Garris Owen Sue Ellen Beal Parrish Jan Carrigan Payne Valerie Glenn Pearce Beth Hilton Pike Carolyn Price Marlee Ray Deborah Phillips Riley Donna Pickard Rogers Dale Hawkins Russell Janet Hammond Scales Virginia Crouch Slack Cindy Snipes Kathy Fuller Stokes Kathleen Haskins Thompson Mary Ratchford Thornbury
Nancy Morris Turrone Starlette Thomas Walston Nan Harris Watson Cynthia Baughan Wheaton Mary Brown Wicker Mary Beth Wilkie Ann Williams Chris Cornwell Wilson Susan Ferguson Winstead
Class of 1976
Iris Society - President’s Circle Chris Speight Brown Carolyn Dunn Hawver Nancy Pentecost Siska Jackie Owen Stallings Iris Society Kathy Hollins Gregersen Lou Ann Flynt Jackson Lee Ann Kirk Michael Annual Donors Marla Tugwell Adams Patsy Vehorn Allen Betsy Horton Ambrosio Kathryn Midyette Anderson Rebecca E. Askew Cynthia Creech Beasley Susan Craig Bowness Amy Garber Byrd Ann Shaw Coats Susan Merritt Cox Carrie Rogers Currin Cathy Rollins Davis
Lucy Davis Deeprose Gwen Weatherly Earley Beth Morrisey Early Sherry Long Eddins Leigh McRoy Edwards Sharon Ellis Patti Estes Mazie Tilley Fleetwood Elizabeth Neville Fonville Susie Creech Fowls Lynn Green Gardner Susan Grogan Garrison Mary Patrick Gerloff Missy Upchurch Godfrey Vickie Kiziah Gulledge Wilma Ellis Hawley Charlene High Marjorie Barnette Hollowell Pam Jefcoat Holt Sallie Marshburn Johnson BettyAnn West Jones Jackie Hemingway Joyner Louise Crouch Lee Deborah Beer Lesher Julie Sutton Martin Meredith McGill Mary Stuart Menees Joy Hussey Menius Deborah Ferguson Moore Margaret Taylor Park Lou Mickey Paules Karen Britt Peeler Elizabeth B. Pope Pat Prouty
Keeping Meredith Strong
Parents Fund Project will Enhance Quality of Life for Students by Emily Parker
T
his year The Parents Fund raised
“We were glad to help students like our
$56,148, surpassing the goal by more
daughter, who aren’t participating in team
than $6,000. This amount was the
sports, have a better place on campus where
most raised by Meredith parents in the 13
they can exercise and enjoy physical activity,”
years since The Parents Fund was created.
said Margaret Marshall. “The upgrades are
The money will be used to improve the Fit-
certainly going to make the Fitness Center
ness Center in the Weatherspoon Complex.
more appealing to more students.”
“We are proud of our parents’ engage-
Each year, gifts from parents are designat-
ment with the campus community and their
ed to The Parents Fund, a special component
strong tradition of financial support for The
of the annual fund, which helps to improve
Parents Fund. Parents and families who give
a campus project. Past parent projects have
back to Meredith serve as a testament to the
included campus lighting, a fountain resto-
unique strengths of the Meredith experience,”
ration, and renovations to the student center
said Margo Alfieri, ’11, parents gift officer.
and lower Belk Dining Hall.
Quality of life is one of the six priorities in
on feedback from students, the College rec-
the Meredith strategic plan and the College
ognized that the Fitness Center needed new
identifying needs on campus that students
is committed to looking after the health and
equipment, longer operating hours, and
have said warrant improvement and quickly
well-being of the Meredith community. Based
additional fitness-related programs.
implementing a solution,” said Marshall.
“The Parents Fund does a good job of
To learn more about Beyond Strong | The Campaign for Meredith, visit meredith.edu/beyondstrong.
Honor Roll of Donors 2015-16
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