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From left: Theresa Goshen Hall ’78, Kristy Hood Dunn ’00, Shana Smith Nolen ’92, and Elise Hampton ’09 in the halls of Mount St. Mary Academy.
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Mount St. Mary Academy is a sponsored ministry of the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas and is a member of Mercy Education.
MISSION
Mount St. Mary Academy, sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy, develops young women with a moral and intellectual foundation rooted in Catholic tradition. Mercy-minded and college-prepared, our students meet the future with wisdom, compassion and integrity.
VISION
A publication of Mount St. Mary Academy 2022-2023
Equipped with knowledge, our graduates leave with confidence, courage, motivation and drive. Like Catherine McAuley, they are fierce pioneers, passionate about making a difference in their communities and the world.
MSM Academy Board of Directors
Anne Hiegel Mines ’82, Chair Chad Aduddell Deborah Baldwin Donna Chachere ’83
Jena Cupples Compton ’91
Ashley Bressinck Cunningham ’88
Sr. Sarah Ducey, RSM Jeff Hathaway Summer Khairi ’12 Sr. Diane Koorie, RSM Mary Logan Joy Lowe Matlock ’92 Teresa Mendez Edward Oglesby Kelli Keene Sanders, MD Susan Smith
Susie Whitacre Sara Jones (ex-officio)
2022-2023
MSM Foundation Board of Trustees
Tonya Stringer Franzetti ’92, Chair Heather Allmendinger Larry Boccarossa Bobby Brown Melody Brown ’92
Amy Davis
Rush Deacon
Shanti Halter Sr. Judith Keith, RSM ’51 Scott McLeod
Tim Mines
Kathy Breyel Pahls ’88
Claire Hankinson Pittman ’93 Roc Senavinin
Sam Walls
Sara Jones (ex-officio)
The Messenger Staff
Jamie Groat, Editor
Dwain Hebda, Contributing Writer
Ashlee Nobel, Contributing Designer
Nelson Chenault and Jason Masters, Contributing Photographers
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In case you missed the good news,
Mount St. Mary Academy was voted Best Private School in Arkansas Times’ “Best of Arkansas 2022” this summer. As of this writing, we are also a Top 5 finalist for Best Private High School in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s “Best of the Best” competition. Recognition like this within our community helps affirm what we’ve believed all along: Mount truly is “the best school we know of!”
As the state’s oldest school, it may seem like a lot has changed at Mount St. Mary Academy during its nearly 172-year-old history. But as I walk the halls and talk with our young women; as I stop in classrooms and see teachers working alongside their students; as I pass the chapel during Mass and witness personal relationships with God growing stronger; as I watch our student-athletes give their all during practice and competition; and as I receive thanks from local nonprofits where our students are completing service hours, I am comforted to know the Mount we love today continues with the same purpose and vibrancy that has been appreciated and celebrated over the course of many, many years.
Centered in Catholic tradition, and with a rich history of Mercy education dating
back to 1851, Mount St. Mary Academy has shaped, and continues to shape, so many lives. You will see evidence of this as you read the stories in our latest issue of The Messenger and discover the ways Mount has had a positive impact on the students, alumnae, and parents who are featured.
Mount St. Mary Academy has not only produced an impressively accomplished crop of distinguished women, we have also received an abundance of community support that allows us to keep our mission going strong. Each and every individual or organization named in this issue’s annual report deserves special recognition for the important role they play in our success.
Thank you for being a part of the Mount St. Mary Academy community we hold so dear. I am grateful for your steadfast faith in our students, faculty, and staff, as well as in myself. It is a great privilege to lead “the best school we know of,” and I am honored to continue writing Mount’s story with you. God has immensely blessed us, and I know there are still many great chapters to come!
Sara Jones, Ed.S. Head of School
Mount St. Mary Academy Administration
Mount St. Mary Foundation
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Sara Jones, Ed.S. , Head of School
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Robin Johnson, Ph.D. , Assistant Principal
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Josh Salman , Director of Campus Ministry / Lane Vassar West
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Athletic Director
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Annie McFadden Cross
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Jamie Groat
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Kate Davis
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Kelly Wewers , Business & Human Resources Manager
Cathey Henry, CFRE , Director of Advancement
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Chelle McKenzie McCarroll ’02 , Director of Alumnae Relations / Lauren Clay Day
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Vic Gerbholz
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MOUNT’S TOP
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Moments
THERE’S A REASON OUR ALMA MATER PROUDLY PROCLAIMS MOUNT “THE BEST SCHOOL WE KNOW OF.” EXCITING THINGS ARE ALWAYS HAPPENING, AND LAST YEAR WAS NO EXCEPTION! HERE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2021-2022 THAT ARE STILL MAKING US SMILE TODAY.
SUMMER
MSM overhauls training facilities for studentathletes and hires a performance training coach
AUGUST 13
448 students fill the hallways and classrooms on the first day of school
AUGUST 25
MSM celebrates Opening School Mass , its first allschool gathering since February 2020, and 124 freshmen receive their Mercy Cards
OCTOBER 1
31 teams compete in the annual Houndstooth Golf Classic, raising more than $25,000 for MSM’s athletic and spirit programs
OCTOBER 5
Tennis Belles earn 6A Central Conference runner-up titles for singles and doubles
OCTOBER 14
Golf Belle Isabel Chaidez ’22 finishes 2nd in ASGA High School Overall
NOVEMBER 5
18 MSM Alumnae return to campus to share advice and answer students’ questions about different professions during the annual Career Day
NOVEMBER 18
Mount’s acclaimed Junior Service Learning Program is honored as one of three finalists for the 2021 Outstanding Volunteer Youth Group at the state’s AFP National Philanthropy Luncheon
Robin Hood Days canned food drive COLLECTS 111,419 CANS, the largest amount in its 47-year history
JANUARY 16-22
18 Belles spend the week exploring our nation’s capital with the Close Up educational program in Washington, D.C.
FEBRUARY 7
MSM celebrates its 171st birthday during Founders Day and Sophomore Pin Mass
SEPTEMBER 9
After losing the first two sets, MSM VOLLEY BELLES come back to defeat Fort Smith Northside in their first win against the Grizzlies since 2017
JANUARY 28
Director of Counseling Amy Owens is named 2022 ArSCA Central Region High School Counselor of the Year
FEBRUARY 5
5 Concert Belles are selected to ArkCDA AllState choirs
FEBRUARY 14-18
3rd annual MSM Week of Giving raises more than $100,000 for tuition assistance, student programs, faculty compensation and more
FEBRUARY 22
Sydney England ’22 is named a National Merit Finalist
FEBRUARY 23-26
18 Belles tour 7 school campuses during Mount’s
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MARCH 3
Track and Field Belles’ 4x200 relay team sets school record at its first meet of the year
MARCH 5
Softball Belles go 4-0 to earn first place in their season-opening tournament
MARCH 8
Notre Dame’s renowned Glee Club stops by Mount for a special performance during its spring tour
MARCH 16
Lip Sync, one of Mount’s favorite and most fun all-school events, returns after a twoyear hiatus with amazing student performances and several faculty and staff cameos
APRIL 7
MSM Honey Belles compete as 1 of 12 finalists in Arkansas Tech University’s High School Business Challenge
APRIL 18
Sydney England ’22 and Capt. Scott Pursley are named recipients of the prestigious Stephens Award
APRIL 9
Nearly 300 guests fill the McAuley Center for Dinner Belles, which raises almost $110,000 for the school
APRIL 20
MILLIE ALLGOOD ’22 is recognized as 1 of 5 “Girls of Distinction” by the Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame, and AMY ROSSI ’71 is among the organization’s 10 latest inductees
APRIL 1 & 2
5 Forensics Team members are named FINALISTS AT FORENSICS AND DEBATE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, including Alex Powell ’22, who becomes the school’s first state champion in the competition by winning 1st place in her event
MAY 17
Members of the Class of 2023 become the new leaders on campus during Super Mariothemed Junior Takeover Day
MAY 19
Thanks to many generous donors, 26 scholarships totaling more than $100,000 are awarded to students during the Underclass Awards Ceremony
MAY 28
Odyssey of the Mind team places
2nd at World Finals in Iowa, besting 43 of the top teams in the world to earn the runner-up spot
MAY 25
108 SENIORS, dressed in white dresses and long gloves, receive their diplomas and become MOUNT’S NEWEST ALUMNAE
JUNE 1
Sara Jones is announced as Mount’s first-ever head of school
JUNE 9
49 Belles’ first stop on their 10-day “Capitals of the British Isles” Senior Trip is at the Mercy International Centre in Dublin, home of Catherine McAuley’s first House of Mercy and birthplace of the Sisters of Mercy
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THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT SEPARATE SENIOR MELODY SMALL AND SOPHOMORE ISABELLA NGUYEN.
Nguyen came up through the parochial system at Little Rock’s Christ the King School, while Small had a multifaceted education, attending private, public and homeschool. Small is the first in her family to be a Belle, while Nguyen makes three generations of her family in houndstooth.
But in the thing that matters most to them — theatre — the young women share a common DNA and speak from one heart. Both feel most at home on stage, both have already broken in with community and professional productions locally and beyond, and both chomp at the bit to see how far this passion can take them.
“I’m not sure exactly when there was a switch from theatre being something I did into what I wanted to do professionally,” Small said. “I think the more I did theatre, the more I did less of other things. And the more I did it, the more I learned I could go to college for it, that it could be a career choice. I think I’ve always known I wanted to do something in the entertainment field, but I don’t really have a defining moment when I decided, ‘I want to do this.’”
“Live theatre has always been my cup of tea; it’s where I find myself and my home, my place,” Nguyen said. “The dream has always been Broadway or any other kind of professional theatre where I can do what I love as a career. That’s the dream, no matter where exactly that puts me.”
Both artists came to the stage early — Small at age 9, Nguyen at age 5 — and have steadily built up their actor credits
ever since. Small’s resume includes roles in Thoroughly Modern Millie at the Benton Royal Theatre and A Christmas Story at Arkansas Repertory Theatre (The Rep) as well as the television show The Mels last year.
If it surprises you that someone who’s been homeschooled would have access to this many artistic opportunities, it’s certainly not something Small hasn’t heard before.
“It’s kind of an interesting stereotype. People think that homeschoolers never leave their house,” she said. “Actually, I think being homeschooled allows you to be a little bit more of a kid and be able to do more things. I started in a homeschool theatre program called Cast and Crew when I was about 9, and since I was homeschooled, I was able to do a lot more shows because I had more time to work on my script and go to rehearsals. My schedule was a lot more flexible.”
Nguyen has appeared in Willy Wonka Jr. at The Rep and community theatre productions of The Sound of Music, Newsies and the lead in The Wizard of Oz. She was also accepted to actress Kristin Chenoweth’s Broadway Bootcamp this summer, an ultra-competitive camp she’s still pinching herself over.
“It was an incredible, dare I say, lifechanging experience,” she said. “There were more than 800 auditions from kids all over the world for this, and I was the only student from Arkansas. There were kids from Canada and Hawaii and London;
- ISABELLA NGUYEN
some of these kids have already been in major things. One of my friends is an actor in Cobra Kai, the Netflix series. These people are crazy talented, from the interns to my fellow students and the teachers, to the people who run the production.”
Both women said the Mount environ ment not only gives them opportunities to practice and perform their craft but also a means for staying grounded and feeling included.
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“ Live theatre has always been my cup of tea; it’s where I find myself and my home, my place. ”
“I also run track, and I think doing that and being a student-athlete at Mount has helped me a lot,” Small said. “I love doing theatre, but being able to do track makes me feel like I’m filling out my high school experience. Theatre can be stressful, so running’s a nice relief, a nice way to breathe and hang out with my friends. I feel like I’m actually ‘doing’ high school.
“Academically, I enjoy the teachers and how much they care about our education
and how much work they put in to make sure everyone’s thriving in their classes. I’m not a huge school person, but I have some of the best history and math and science teachers ever. They make me want to learn.”
“I have definitely grown a lot as a person going to Mount,” Nguyen said.
“It was different for me at first to be in a school with so many options for friends. Last year, I really got the chance to find my group of people who viewed life the same
From left: Isabella Nguyen and Melody Small in the theatre department at Mount.
way I did. I found my tribe, people I could go through so many things with.
“Being around them, I really got a chance to step outside of everything I had previously known and the boxes I had been in at my previous school. I found out a little bit more about who I am and what I believe and who I want to be.”
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F YOU WERE TO WRITE AN EDGE-OFYOUR-SEAT MILITARY THRILLER, 1997 MOUNT ST. MARY ALUMNA AND WEST POINT GRADUATE STAR HY WOULD MAKE THE IDEAL CENTRAL CHARACTER. Following five years of service in the U.S. Army, she turned down the FBI to land with the Diplomatic Security Service, the federal law enforcement arm of the Department of State.
Over 13 years with the agency, the job has taken her to some of the most hostile places on earth. But to hear her talk about
her important and dangerous work — at least the parts she’s at liberty to discuss — you’d think it was just another 9-to-5.
“Sometimes the job requires us to be in suits, and sometimes the job requires us to be wearing heavy body armor and carrying weapons, depending on where we are,” she said with a shrug.
Diplomatic Security Services serves three primary functions: investigation of passport and visa fraud; personal protection for the U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations
Above from left: DSS Special Agent Star Hy at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan, August 2021.
Women in Federal Law Enforcement (WIFLE) President Catherine Sanz (left), DSS Special Agent Star Hy (center), and WIFLE Vice President Jessie Lane (right) at the 2022 WIFLE Awards Ceremony, where Hy received the 2022 Julie Y. Cross Award.
Photos courtesy of U.S. Department of State
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and other visiting foreign dignities; and as regional security officers.
“Regional security officers work overseas,” Hy said. “The regional security officers manage the security programs at the embassy, everything from the physical security of the embassy, the physical security of the residences of the diplomats and anything to do with access to the embassy.
“Depending on the assignment you get, it could be anywhere from one to three years. One year being the hotspots — Iraq, Afghanistan — or it can be two years in places that may be underdeveloped, such as in Africa. And then for the nicer spots, usually locations like London, it’ll be for three years.
“We also do a lot of temporary assignments, like when the recent RussiaUkraine conflict began, where agents go in for 30 days. Or, for events such as the Olympics or the World Cup, where you may be gone 30 days, 45 days, two weeks.”
Regardless of where they go or how long they stay, agents are generally at or near a milestone of history. Hy has had a knack of finding herself in such locales during her career, starting with her very first U.S. Army deployment with military police at Guantanamo Bay, right after 9/11, where she worked security for the interrogation facility there.
Once with the agency, her assignments included two years each in Mexico City and Sarajevo. She also served in Kabul, Afghanistan, expecting a year-long tour
until history again stepped in with the U.S. withdrawal. Hy, the only female federal law enforcement officer on the ground, played an integral role in the evacuation and subsequent humanitarian operations in the country.
“I was part of the security team in charge of the evacuation of the embassy and all the Americans and our local staff,” she said. “After we evacuated the embassy, we went to the airport where I was working with the team doing security for the evacuations of Afghans, U.S. citizens, legal permanent residents, special visa holders and other at-risk Afghans.”
Her service earned her the prestigious 2022 Julie Y. Cross Award from the Women in Federal Law Enforcement Foundation, honoring exceptional courage or for an unusual degree of stamina and willingness to go above and beyond. It’s recognition she’s more than a little uncomfortable with.
“To be perfectly honest, I didn’t do anything the rest of my male colleagues didn’t do,” she said. “I don’t know if any of them are bitter about (the award), but I feel like I got a lot of recognition that other people also deserved.”
Given her experience and accomplish ment, you’d think Hy had a military or law enforcement career in mind from an early age. In fact, she didn’t know what she was going to do with her life until she went to a college fair at Catholic High during her junior year at Mount.
Photos courtesy of U.S. Department of State
“Most people are excited about college experiences and pledging sororities and fraternities, and I knew that wasn’t for me,” she said. “While at the college fair, I took a look at the service academies, primarily West Point. It just kind of clicked.”
As she’s moved through the various stages of her professional journey, Hy’s commitment to public service has only grown stronger, a bond that began forming during her high school years.
“The things I still carry with me from the Mount certainly include morality and integrity,” she said. “When you’re at West Point, the cadet honor code states the cadet will not lie, cheat, steal or tolerate those who do. That was something the Mount always taught, so for me the transition was easy. I already had that discipline.
“Then when you become a federal agent, you’re held to a higher standard because if you act in a manner that doesn’t have integrity, you’re flogged in the press or could be restricted from your job. So, I certainly think integrity is one of the main things the Mount gave me, teaching me how to live a life of honor and impeccable character.”
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Above from left: DSS Special Agent Star Hy in front of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul the night before its evacuation.
DSS Special Agent Star Hy assisting Afghan women at the Kabul airport.
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The only question was how those values would manifest themselves in her life after graduation. She didn’t have to wait long to find out.
“I don’t know where service to others first got instilled in me,” she said. “I was just very aware of the fact that there were others who didn’t have the same opportunities in life as I did. I was given gifts, and I could use them to help others. I can’t say it was a specific act or a specific person that did that; it just seemed like it’s always been something I wanted to do.
“While I was in college (at UA Little Rock), I always had a job and I worked at Youth Home as a counselor. That set me on the path of going into social work. I found a graduate program in Tennessee and worked for an organization that was connected to the juvenile justice system. I worked there for a year while I looked around for social work opportunities.”
After college, Rossi took a job with Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families in a role working in the juvenile justice system.
“At that point, it was a court-watching program in juvenile courts all around the state to see what inequities were there,” she said. “It pointed out how often having a county judge as the person responding to these issues, who had little or no training to do it, resulted in inconsistent outcomes from place to place.”
Rossi flourished in this role and would spend the next 25 years working on behalf of Arkansas’ children and youth, the last 15 years as the organization’s director. During that time, she had a hand in substantial reforms that improved how juveniles were fed, cared for, educated and in some cases adjudicated.
“I’m proud of the significant inroads that we made during my time there,”
she said. “The juvenile justice system was declared unconstitutional and a whole new system of juvenile justice was developed. We helped in filing suit against the state on abuses in the adoption and child welfare system, which ultimately found the state had definitely neglected services for those children in most need. That was pretty significant.”
Rossi also played a key role in implementing a breakfast program in the schools, securing funding for the Arkansas Better Chance Program that provided early childhood education throughout Arkansas, and creating the groundbreaking ARKids First program to address health care for children statewide.
“Starting ARKids First was the capstone of my career, and I think it’s what most people know me for,” she said. “This was health insurance not just for the poorest of the poor, but for children of the working poor, and it opened up a tremendous opportunity for kids being able to access health care in the state.”
Now retired, Rossi was recognized for her contributions with multiple awards, including the Josetta Wilkins
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THERE WAS NEVER ANY QUESTION ABOUT WHERE AMY ROSSI ’71 WOULD ATTEND HIGH SCHOOL. Having been raised at St. Patrick Church and School in North Little Rock, it was inevitable that she would attend Mount St. Mary Academy, immersed in Mercy values.
Courage Award from the Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission (1999); the NCCJ National Humanitarian Award (2000); the 21st Century Families Award from the Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service (2001) ; and the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement’s Dr. Tom Bruce Arkansas Health Impact Award (2019). She is also a member of the latest class inducted into the Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame.
Looking back over her decorated career, she’s quick to give credit to her early education and faith formation as well as the development opportunities afforded her during her time at Mount St. Mary.
“The 12 years of Catholic education I received really grounded me in my faith, and certainly that was reinforced in my high school years,” she said. “The women who were there who mentored me and thought highly of me all were women of faith. That, I think, has been a foundation for the things that I wanted to do with my life. I don’t know how else to ground it other than the Mount.
“Being involved in leadership activities, such as being a class representative sophomore year and junior year and student body president my senior year, was a tremendous experience because of all the responsibilities that it gave me. It really encouraged me as I moved forward in life.”
Above all else, Rossi said, she’s proud of the fact that her life’s work continues to help Arkansas’ children embrace brighter futures.
“I liked building coalitions; I liked putting people together and thinking through creative solutions. That gives me energy,” she said. “I always wanted to make a good living, but it was never about money. It was always about a cause or something that gave me passion and commitment toward getting something done.”
ALUMNAE
“ This was health insurance ... for children of the working poor, and it opened up a tremendous opportunity for kids being able to access health care in the state. ”
HEAD
EDUCATION PROS
AMOUNT
ST. MARY EDUCATION IS SOMETHING ALUMNAE CARRY INTO
ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE. For education professionals, it also provides a firm foundation for creating engaging classrooms and compassionate, supportive school environments.
“Being a principal requires you to be pastoral in some ways,” said Principal Kristy Hood Dunn ’00, who graduated from St. Theresa School in Little Rock and has spent her entire career there. “I’m very grateful for the environment we had at Mount St. Mary to help develop that in me.”
Dunn said she knew from elementary school she was going to be a teacher, but it was during her Mount years she began to balance the science of teaching through her studies with the art of teaching experienced in the community.
“I look back to when I went to Fair Park Elementary for my junior service learning,” she said. “That experience laid a solid foundation of here’s what it’s like to work with kids, here’s what it’s like to just be kind and to show the light of Christ, no matter what situation you’re in. I know that’s the bedrock of my formation as an educator.”
For others, the call of the classroom came later. Watching her mother, longtime North Little Rock and MSM teacher Kathy Smith, Shana Smith Nolen ’92 came away knowing one thing for certain: She never wanted to be a teacher. But years later, after a successful career in the corporate world, she felt drawn to the vocation at The Anthony School where her children attended.
“I was as involved as I could be as a parent, and after a time, I felt a pull to this place,” she said. “I subbed part time, then full time, then I got hired for that spot which was early childhood art and technology.”
Eventually, Nolen would take on administrative roles and is now the head of school of the award-
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winning private school. Today, she works to create the same kind of community she experienced at the Mount.
“That environment was so conducive to learning,” she said. “I had very good relationships with all my teachers. They were there to impact you, but it wasn’t just academics. It was also the accepting environment they created. I’m not from a Catholic family, for instance, but I never once felt different.
“I want the same for my students and staff here. I’m not packaging something and handing it to you; roll up your sleeves, and let’s dig in together.”
Theresa Goshen Hall ’78 would’ve been happy in the classroom forever had she not been pushed by mentors along the way. She said the soft skills developed during her Mount experience were critical to her moving into the front office at the former St. Edward School in Little Rock, then to the Diocese of Little Rock where she is now Superintendent of Catholic Schools.
“The hardest part of that process is going from being more of a friend to the teachers I worked with to being their supervisor. That was a difficult transition for me,” she said. “The Mount helped me build more confidence in myself and my understanding of other people. Those things really stand out among things I gained from the Mount.”
In her current role, Hall has the opportunity to help other principals create supportive, dynamic learning environments throughout the state’s parochial school system. And every encounter in some way has a little Mount St. Mary ring to it.
“When I was a principal, the part of the job I really enjoyed was mentoring new teachers,” she said. “As superintendent, I am there for my principals. I’ve sat in their seats, and I’m aware of the challenges they face. We have to keep building enrollment, but we also have to stay true to what our mission is. There are a lot more challenges now to maintain that balance.”
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From left: Theresa Goshen Hall, Kristy Hood Dunn, Shana Smith Nolen, and Elise Hampton
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All schools have experienced evolution, from embracing new technology to addressing social issues. As Elise Hampton ’09 noted, the virtues of a Mount education have proven timeless in meeting the challenges of the modern classroom.
“When I first got to Mount, I was mad at my parents,” said Hampton, principal of North Little Rock Middle School. “Growing up in Conway, I’d always been among a few Black students in school, and now they’d brought me someplace where it decreased that number even further. But as I started getting to know the people there, I discovered something Mount does have is a social justice mission. They truly encouraged social justice leadership in us.
“I tell students today that while Mount is not as diverse as the public schools, you can still make connections. I learned that we don’t have to have the same experiences or be the same race to find commonalities we can connect on to push Mount forward.”
As Hampton continues to preach inclusivity and acceptance in her school, she does so knowing she’s the latest in a long and proud tradition.
“For me, Mount really opened doors because it developed leadership skills in me that I use every day,” she said. “I wouldn’t be a principal today if it weren’t for Mount St. Mary, and I stand by that.”
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“ Being a principal requires you to be pastoral in some ways. I’m very grateful for the environment we had at Mount St. Mary to help develop that in me. ”
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HOMECOMING
Anne Ruth Rankin Macaluso ‘49 is not one of those people. In her memory, the dignified iron and its curving top piece frame a living snapshot of the campus beyond, riotous in springtime, ablaze in fall. To her, the gates always opened to something wondrous and represent what’s best of the Mount past, present and future.
“My mother and daddy took me out to the Mount so I could see what it was like,” said Macaluso. “My parents didn’t know how to get into the grounds, so they stopped on Kavanaugh Boulevard by the ornamental front gate. I went in that ornamental front gate with my mother; we went up the sidewalk, around a round flower bed, up
these tall, steep steps and rang a doorbell. That was my first time there.”
It’s not hyperbole to call the Mount Macaluso’s second home. The only child of Carl and Ruth Rankin, she arrived in 1937 at age 6 as a boarder, and for nine of her 12 years there she lived in the campus dormitory during the school
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LIKE MANY LONGTIME LANDMARKS, THE STATELY IRON GATES OF MOUNT ST. MARY ACADEMY DON’T INSPIRE A PAUSE FROM MANY PASSERSBY ANYMORE. Most motorists or neighborhood runners hardly even glance up, let alone ponder the history of the gates and the campus they announce.
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week. Following graduation in 1949, she earned a nursing degree and soon made her way to New Orleans where she’d marry a local Italian boy, work and raise a family of her own.
She’d make periodic visits back to Little Rock, and whenever she did, the trip included a stop at the Mount to look up former teachers and breathe in the Mercy air. As time and loved ones passed, the visits to her alma mater became, in the truest sense, visits home.
“I started at the Mount in the depths of the Depression in 1937,” she said. “My mother was a nurse, and she worked long hours when my daddy had lost his job. When he went back to work, she still worked, and they did not want me to be a latchkey child.
“My mother did not want me to go to public school, but we were not Catholic, and she had to fight my grandmother for me to go to the Mount. My parents had a difficult time, they really did. I thanked them all the time for the education they gave me. I don’t know how I would have turned out if I hadn’t gone to the Mount. I really don’t.”
Last year, as a 90th birthday present, her son gifted her a homecoming to her alma mater, her first visit back in more than a decade. The gates still stood, as did the grotto and the gym; everything else from her era was a shadow of memory.
Every day followed the same regimented agenda, especially for boarders. From meals to making one’s bed (“I learned hospital corners years before nursing school,” she said) to recreation and study to lights out, the world moved with a comforting predictability. It was an innocent time and what minor scandals she endured have mellowed into good stories.
“I was always a reader,” she said. “One day my poor mother is working nights and she’s sleeping during the day. Sister Mary Declan called her and told her she had to come out to the Mount because Anna Ruth was reading a smutty book and she had to come take that book away.
“It was a biography of Anne Boleyn. It wasn’t even a novel! And my poor mama had to get up and get dressed and drive to the other side of town to take that smutty book out of the Mount because I guess it would have contaminated everybody.”
Macaluso laughs heartily at the memory, one of a couple where she smuggled in contraband reading material. The nona genarian spitfire laughs a lot, and it’s kept a youthful chime in her voice, especially talking about her beloved school then and how it’s changed: There are no nuns any more, the elevators work and the student body is more diverse than at any time she was there, which she considers a blessing.
“I was shocked when I went to the Mount last year and the girls could wear any kind of shoes they wanted,” she said. “We always wore blue and white saddle
shoes and white bobby socks you smoothed up your leg as far as they would go so there weren’t any wrinkles in them.”
Yet as removed as her era may at first appear from the present day (down to the trademark houndstooth, which came after her), she still feels a bond with every single student who preceded her, studied next to her or came after her.
“I’m a Mount girl. I’m a 91-year-old Mount girl!” she said. “I’ve got Mount T-shirts. I wear Mount sweatshirts. I’m still teaching, and I wear my Mount T-shirts a lot teaching my class.
“In New Orleans, when people say, ‘Where did you go to school?’ they don’t mean where did you go to college. They mean where did you go to high school. I let them know I’m from the Mount.”
Asked what that little girl still carries in her heart from the early days, her voice softens.
“They taught me a song that says, ‘When I grow too old to dream, I’ll have you to remember,’” she said. “I am, I guess, too old to dream now, but I still remember my days at the Mount.”
ALUMNAE
“ I’m a Mount girl. I’m a 91-year-old Mount girl! I’m still teaching, and I wear my Mount T-shirts a lot teaching my class.”
Anne Ruth Rankin Macaluso (seated far left at the typewriter) hard at work with other members of the MOUNT school newspaper staff in 1949.
Anne Ruth Rankin Macaluso during her November 2021 visit to Mount.
THEY ARE THE
CHAMPIONS
The development of the entire person in body, mind and spirit has always been a hallmark of Mount girls. Academic excellence, community service, character and leadership all combine to create young women ready for the challenges of the modern world.
Athletics embody many of these same attributes, promoting physical health, developing time management and teaching how to handle both victory and defeat in a manner consistent with Mercy values.
THE FOLLOWING ATHLETES EMBODY THE BEST OF THESE QUALITIES AS THEY COMPETE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF THEIR CHOSEN SPORTS.
Lilli Brooks
Lilli Brooks ’23 is at once a trailblazer and a traditionalist. Not only a standout for the Belles longstanding softball team, Brooks is also breaking new ground as an elite wrestler. It’s a duality of competition that conjoins a deep grit with fearless determination.
“I was raised in a go-big-or-go-home, fight-for-what’s-right household,” she said. “It gave me the attitude that there’s really nothing that can get in your way as long as you put your mind to it.”
Since age 5, Brooks has put her mind to softball. The right-handed switch-hitter has started three years on Mount’s varsity team as an outfielder and at second base. She’s also played on a traveling team, the Troublemakers, based in her hometown of Malvern.
At age 10, she saw a newspaper article about a local high school girl dominating the sport of wrestling at a national level.
“I saw her and I was like, ‘I want to do that,’” she said. “I got into it very quickly; at first I thought I had beginner’s luck, but turns out I took to the sport naturally.”
Since then, Brooks has qualified for national competition four times, placing as high as fifth, and earned All-America status each time. Because Mount doesn’t offer wrestling, she competes through a club team where the competition below the national meet is comprised entirely of boys.
Asked what she favors, Brooks doesn’t hesitate.
“EVEN THOUGH I’M BETTER AT WRESTLING, I LIKE SOFTBALL BETTER BECAUSE I ENJOY WORKING WITH A TEAM.”
“Even though I’m better at wrestling, I like softball better because I enjoy working with a team and I enjoy being a leader in that aspect,” she said. “Wrestling, you’re winning matches on your own; it’s more
of an individual battle. Mount softball, we have a bunch of girls who’ve never played before, and my goal is to take them under my wing and help build a team out of them.”
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WRESTLING/ SOFTBALL
Catherine Althoff
BASKETBALL
For the past two years running, Rhodes College in Memphis finished atop the Southern Athletic Conference in women’s basketball. In both of those championship seasons, the Lynx relied heavily on a secret weapon, Mount alumna Catherine Althoff ’20, coming off the bench.
Althoff, an All-Conference power forward, doesn’t consider being left outside the starting five a slight. Instead, she devotes her energies to making the most of the opportunities she’s given. “I’ve actually really enjoyed coming off the bench,” she said. “It’s nice to be able to get a look at what the other team’s doing, and I can see what I’m going up against when I go into the game. It’s been great to just sit and watch and mentally prepare myself for what I need to do.”
Althoff came to Rhodes after a twosport career with the Belles during which she led the basketball team to the 6A state tournament. At Rhodes, she averaged 15 points and 8 rebounds last year, playing 24 minutes per game. And while her free-throw percentage remained steady from freshman to sophomore year (76% and 77%, respectively), her three-point shooting improved 15 percentage points to 36% beyond the arc.
She said her teammates and the Rhodes environment helped her adjust to college life – and basketball – quickly.
“I love the small-school aspect of both Mount and Rhodes. That was something that really drew me here,” she said. “After going to Mount and having those really close teacher-student relationships, that was something I really wanted in college.”
A two-time conference player of the week last season, she was also the leading scorer in the SAA championship game, giving her plenty of momentum for the coming season.
“I would love to be All-Conference again,” she said. “I’d also love to get another conference championship with my team. Three in a row would be super cool.”
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“I LOVE THE SMALLSCHOOL ASPECT OF BOTH MOUNT AND RHODES. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT REALLY DREW ME HERE.”
Olivia Chambers
Halfway through high school, Olivia Chambers ’21 faced the biggest challenge of her life — the degradation of her sight due to Parinaud Syndrome, a condition where lesions on the brain stem disable the eyes’ ability to function properly.
“In August 2019, I was sitting in my room reading a book,” she said. “All of a sudden, I realized the words were so blurry I couldn’t see them anymore.”
The disease might have robbed her of physical sight, but Chambers’ focus on her athletic goals remained clear. Swimming for MSM, she was a three-time state qualifier, two-time conference champion in the 100 backstroke and took second in the event at state as a senior. She also dominated club competition,
Annie Quo
FENCING/ ROCK CLIMBING
It’s a long way from Little Rock to the U.S. Naval Academy, and an even longer journey from Annie Quo ’19 the MSM freshman to the woman she is today.
“My older sister was always the athlete; she grew up playing soccer and played all the way into her junior year at Mount,” said Quo. “When I was younger, my family would make fun of me because I didn’t like to do anything. I didn’t even like to walk places.”
Quo competed in track in junior high, but her true awakening occurred at Mount where she encountered the JROTC Physical Fitness Team and its legendary coach Sgt. Major R.L. Jernigan.
“Sergeant Major was such a great mentor to me. He was always pushing me to do better,” she said. Under Jernigan’s direction, Quo’s team won three state championships. By the time she was
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SWIMMING
“ ... I’m always racIng other people, racIng my teammates. we’re pushIng each other.”
“sports taught me relatIonshIps and how teams work and how you need the balance between retentIon and results.”
with three top-five finishes at the USA Club Swimming State Short Course.
She also achieved her long-held dream of Division 1 athletics, landing a swimming scholarship from Northern Iowa University where she swam the mile, the 500 and the 400 IM. Her freshman campaign yielded 13th place in the mile and 400 IM, and 19th in the 500 at conference. She also scored wins in several dual meets.
Chambers said the transition from high school to college was just a natural extension of the work ethic she’d maintained her whole life in swimming.
“I’m always looking to be the best,” she said. “I’m not the best on the team right now, but I’m always racing other people, racing my teammates. We’re pushing each other.”
Chambers earned another distinction in April when she earned a spot on the U.S. Paralympics Team. Three months later, she set a new Para American record in the 400 IM with a time of 5:21.68. She hopes to represent the U.S. in the Paralympic Games in 2024.
“You shouldn’t give up on a dream just because something like losing your vision happens,” she said. “You may have to make certain accommodations, but you can still do what you love. Just don’t give up.”
Nex
LevelBELLES
It is extremely rewarding to see Belle student-athletes take their abilities, talents, pride and passion to the collegiate level. Below is a list of nearly 30 MSM alumnae who committed to playing, competing and performing at the next level over the past five years.
Rachel McGhee ’18 – Hendrix College – cross country
Evelyn Nick ’18 – Franciscan University of Steubenville – swimming Susan Rice ’18 – University of Nebraska Omaha – softball
Brooke Hall ’19 – Christian Brothers University – volleyball
Mallory Howard ’19 – Central Baptist College – soccer
Anya Ranaraja ’19 – Rhodes College – soccer
Madeline Shepherd ’19 – Judson University – volleyball
an upperclassman, she’d set her sights on attending a service academy, ultimately making it into Annapolis. Once there, she needed to find a sport and decided to try fencing.
“I was going to try out for sailing, but fencing was such a different sport than any I’d ever heard of,” she said. “I didn’t know anything about it.”
Despite never having fenced before, Quo qualified for national competition three straight years, though she never got the chance to compete. COVID interrupted her first two seasons, and last year she suffered an injury that caused her to put away her foil but not her competitive spirit, which she is now channeling into competitive rock climbing.
“Last summer, I was home for a month and didn’t have anything to do,” she said. “I’ve always wanted to try rock climbing, and I knew it wouldn’t be as harmful to my knee for recovery. I got a rock climbing membership and went to the gym every day. It was fun because it was something different; it’s more strength-based, and you can learn at your own pace.”
She said she’s discovered plenty in her athletic career, lessons she puts to work in her professional life as a military officer.
“Sports taught me relationships and how teams work and how you need the balance between retention and results,” she said. “You want to win but you have to balance that. You have to remember that before you can lead a successful mission, you first have to be successful in building a team.”
Catherine Althoff ’20 – Rhodes College – basketball
Addie Grace Coleman ’20 – Mississippi State University – dance Kennedy Fogleman ’20 – University of Arkansas – cheerleading
Lauren Loeb ’20 – Henderson State University – golf
Olivia Chambers ’21 – University of Northern Iowa – swimming
Fran Edwards ’21 – Millsaps College – cross country
Sene Harness ’21 – Hendrix College – lacrosse
Shailey Jackson ’21 – Hendrix College – volleyball
Abbey Moore ’21 – Ouachita Baptist University – soccer
Catalina Williams ’21 – Hendrix College – volleyball
Lily Williamson ’21 – Birmingham-Southern College – volleyball
Millie Allgood ’22 – Texas A&M University-Commerce – volleyball
Elea Blakely ’22 – Benedictine University – basketball
Isabel Chaidez ’22 – Maryville University – golf
Jade Coates ’22 – East Central University – volleyball
Anna Falcon ’22 – University of Arkansas – pom
Connor Hale ’22 – Sewanee: The University of the South – swimming Emma Palmer ’22 – University of Central Arkansas – cheerleading Dianna Ramos ’22 – Drury University – lacrosse
Savannah Solloway ’22 – University of the Ozarks – soccer
Natalie Vailes ’22 – Hendrix College – lacrosse
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Brittany Greenwood
WATER SKIING
“I started water skiing when I was about 3 years old, and I’ve been competitively water skiing since I was 7 years old, more than 20 years overall,” she said. “In that time, I’ve been fortunate enough to compete in a lot of different places. Literally, anywhere they say, ‘Hey, we’re having a tournament,’ we pretty much say, ‘OK, we’ll be there.’”
Greenwood isn’t just going for the scenery. One of the elite competitors in the country over the majority of her career, she’s won two national titles as a junior and “a few” in the senior division. Her 2008 jump record of 120 feet remains one of the longeststanding marks in the sport. She was also part of a national championship team in 2015, skiing for the University of Louisiana-Lafayette. After leaving college, she turned pro.
Along the way, Greenwood has managed to earn her CrossFit instructor’s certification and works as a nutritionist through UAMS in Little Rock. She credits the hectic schedule she juggled in high school with teaching her how to keep everything in balance.
“Mount St. Mary is not an easy school, and I believe it really forced me to evaluate my priorities,” she said. “Making sacrifices at 15 or 16 isn’t really the most fun, and I definitely had to be diligent about time management.
“I became a better student throughout high school because our teachers and guidance counselors said, ‘You can go and do your sport, but you also need to make sure you are putting first things first.’ They made sure I remembered what was important.”
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Long-term success in any sport is difficult. For Brittany Greenwood ’12, who competes in the joint-jolting world of water ski jumping, longevity is an accomplishment that’s all the more impressive.
“I BECAME A BETTER STUDENT THROUGHOUT HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE OUR TEACHERS AND GUIDANCE COUNSELORS MADE SURE I REMEMBERED WHAT WAS IMPORTANT.”
ANNUAL
REPORT OF GIFTS This report gratefully recognizes the generous support from our alumnae, parents, parents of alumnae, grandparents, faculty, staff and friends. Everyone at Mount St. Mary appreciates the unwavering commitment to our school as demonstrated by all those who made contributions in various capacities during the 2021-2022 year. Their dedication to our mission, and to helping ensure a strong future for Mount St. Mary, is truly an inspiration. 2021-2022 To err is human; to forgive, divine. The MSM Foundation Office has worked diligently to ensure the accuracy of this report of gifts. If your name was omitted or improperly noted, please accept our apologies. If you notice such an error, we ask that you notify Database Coordinator Vic Gerbholz at 501-476-3375 or vgerbholz@mtstmary.edu so our records can be corrected. Thank you. MOUNT ST. MARY FUNDRAISING 2021–2022 GIFT IMPACT * ENDOWED FUNDS The Fund for Mount St. Mary Endowment Gifts Designated Gifts Tuition Assistance Total Contributions Endowments for School Operations Endowments for Tuition Assistance Total Endowed Funds $8,601,818 $5,752,597 60% 40% $14,354,415 $772,236 $246,816 $150,482 $39,233 64% 20% 13% 3% $1,208,767 40%60% ENDOWED FUNDS 64% 3% 20% 13% GIFT IMPACT * unaudited year-end figures ANNUAL REPORT
Leading
INTO THE FUTURE
WHEN ANNE MINES ’82 AND HER HUSBAND TIM SAY THEY BELIEVE IN CATHOLIC EDUCATION, THEY’RE NOT KIDDING. ALL FOUR MINES CHILDREN ATTENDED PAROCHIAL SCHOOL AT EVERY LEVEL, INCLUDING PUTTING THREE DAUGHTERS –MELANIE ’10, ABBY ’14 AND JENNIFER ’19 – THROUGH MOUNT ST. MARY ACADEMY.
The investment they made in their children over that time was an investment in their future success and now that their kids have grown, the couple continues to invest in the future of MSM. Anne serves on the MSM Academy board of directors as chair while Tim sits on the MSM Foundation board of trustees. And together, they are members of the McAuley Society through their charitable contributions
Tim said like any investment, the proof is in the payoff and when it comes to education and personal development, the Mount is one of the best schools Arkansas has to offer. He said a desire to make that education available to the widest possible range of students is what keeps the couple involved today.
“Seeing what it did for our daughters and how it prepared them for the real world in every aspect was such a blessing,” he said. “Academically, physically, spiritually, every area of their lives you can name was positively impacted by this school. I just can’t think of a better place we could have sent them.”
Anne said the sisterhood created by a MSM education –something she shared with her mother who attended before her and her daughters who came after – also brings certain responsibilities for giving back, especially as costs rise and the competition for the best teachers becomes more intense.
“Development dollars are of the utmost importance these days,” she said. “Teacher salaries are the largest portion of the Academy’s budget, and these must increase each year if we are to remain competitive. Paying for these increases while trying
to maintain reasonable tuition is something the Academy is tasked with annually and donations are key to meeting these challenges.”
Anne said every alumna, no matter the year or her station in life, can play a role to play in helping ensure Mount delivers on its promise of a quality, Catholic education for years to come.
“You know that feeling you get when you put a jacket on for the first time in the winter and you find a few dollars in the pocket? You smile because you just know it’s going to make a little difference in your day,” she said. “That’s how it is when Mount gets a donation, no matter the amount, either through the annual fund for current year support or the endowment for a long-term impact.
“The bottom line is, we count on people to make these sacrifices each year to help continue the mission of educating the next generation of young women in the Mount tradition. We rely on people who care enough to take the time and make the sacrifice to support the school and its students.”
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McAuley SOCIETY
The McCauley Society is comprised of lead donors committed to the future of Mount St. Mary Academy. Membership is open to all individuals, families and organizations that make a minimum $1,000 gift to the school.
Anonymous (3)
Dorothy Saenger Ackfeld ’52
ACS Roof Maintenance, Inc.
Angela & Chad+ Aduddell
Michele & John Allgood
Jan & Dave Allmendinger
Melissa & Michael Angtuaco
Terry Angtuaco
Bernie Balest ’64 & Richard Ardemagni Arkansas Capital Corporation
Curtis Bailey Ann Bailey ’72 & James Bain
Deborah Baldwin+ & Jim Metzger Betty Ball ’50
Bank of England Mortgage
Nancy Wilhite ’72 & David Bartlett
Gina Scerbo ’84 & John Bilger
Corinne & James Billie
Beth & David Bisceglia
Patti & Larry+ Boccarossa Lisa Wintroath ’86 & John Boone Jane & Doug Bown Eric Bravo
Donna Bowers Bressinck ’64
Brown Foundation
Kathleen Brandon ’78 & Bobby+ Brown Tricia Brown ’75
Marie & Lyle Burdine Mary Lindsey & Robert Burns
By Invitation Only
Diana Bernardi ’82 & Roch Byrne
Allison & Keith Caldarera
Abby & Jay Carman
Becky Carroll ’72 & Linda Spink
Catholic Business Women’s Club
Centennial Bank CenterRock Advertising Donna Chachere ’83+
Chevron Matching Gift Program
CHI St. Vincent
Jena Cupples ’91 & Adam Compton
Flora Bittner Croft Endowment Kristie & Michael Cronkhite
Crow Burlingame / Bumper to Bumper Joy & D.J. Dailey
Patti Murphy ’64 & Jim Dailey Pattie Davis+ Ron Davis
Margaret Cassidy ’71 & Bill Dearing
Tracy Taylor Dietrich ’82 Liz Dolan ’69
Beth Lipsmeyer ’66 & Ted Dunn
Katie Sprenger ’82 & Scott Dupslaff Valerie Smith ’97 & Gary Edwards Patty Berg ’73 & Charles Enderlin
Entergy Services, Inc. Jenny Crews ’95 & Andrew Faulkner Trisha Fitzgerald ’69 & David Filipek Karen Goodhart ’65 & John Flake Margie & Gene France
Tonya Stringer ’92+ & Jeff Franzetti Msgr. Lawrence Frederick Lou Ann & Wally Gieringer Rosalind & Phillip Gillam Karen Kerr ’73 & Bruce Glover Conley & Alex Golden Missy Dishongh ’75 & Tim Griffy Eleanor Guilford ’38* Theresa Goshen ’78 & John Hall Shanti Halter+ & Bill Halter Reece Hancock Debbie Wright ’75 & Bill Harris Mike Hart
Laura & Jeff+ Hathaway Cynthia Gehrki ’86 & Mark Hawkins Cathey & Bob Henry Kathy Dailey ’63 & Ray Hightower Deanna & Jeff Hildebrand Holy Souls Men’s Club Paige & Eric Horras Liane Rhein ’53 & Bill Humble Stephanie & Steve Jacuzzi Kathy & Sammie James Pauline & Larry Jegley Arden Cornwell ’86 & Steven Johnson Sara & Larry Jones Mary Bray Kelley ’62 Stephanie Dailey ’73 & Hank Kelley Sharon Kresse ’76
Kroger
Caroline Lasiter LeMay Photography Dianne & Jim Lincicome Melissa & John Lipsmeyer Sr. Donald Mary Lynch, RSM ’61 Lou & Frank Ma
Bill Mabrey
Ruth & Charles Mabry
Melissa & Chris Masingill
Chelle McKenzie ’02 & Greg McCarroll Jennifer Schueck ’87 & Mark McCarty Kallie & Thomas McCullough Jules Buratowski ’02 & Patrick McGuire
Scott McLeod+
Rebecca & Nicolaus McNeill Pamela Tucker ’88 & Cooper Meeks Katie & Mark Melton
Mercy Education System of the Americas
Vickey Hum ’69 & James Metrailer Grace Kelley ’04 & Luke Mickelson Charlotte Miller* Susan May ’80 & Andy Miller Anne Hiegel ’82+ & Tim Mines+ Janet & Philip+ Miron Matt Morris
Nabholz Construction Corporation Nelson Chenault Images Teresa Nimmo Angela Nutt-Nguyen ’85 & Duong Nguyen
Fr. John Oswald
Cathy Hastings ’76 & Steve Owen Wendy & Ray Parker Diana & Ken Pearson Lisa Petursson ’88
Stephanie Boccarossa ’06 & Aaron Pierce
Planned Advantage Beth & Scott Pursley Cheryl Chandler ’78 & Russell Rainey
John Renick
Angie & Wade Robertson Rourke Family Foundation Beth & Bruce Saad Saracen Resort Angela Maynard ’64 & Frank Sewall Meredith Hartz ’02 & Luke Shelton Simmons Bank
Thank
Jeanette Sims ’72
Sisters of Mercy Kelly Wortsmith ’86 & Roy Snook Kim & Randy Spellins
Steamroller Blues in the Heights Robyn & Jason Stewart
Roy and Christine Sturgis C&E Trust Arkansas
Angie & Phillip Suffridge
Becky Clement ’74 & Charley Sullivan Tarco – Matching Gift Program
Tate Family Foundation Debbie & Michael Teague
Anne & Alan Tedford
Jane Massanelli ’63 & Don Tillery Lu Tlapek
Janna & Matthew Toland David Townley
Kay & James Tribo
Brandy & Richard Uekman Becki & Larry Vassar
Kendra & Andy Vondran Jennifer & Sam+ Walls Leslie Wren ’76 & David Ward Haven Hornibrook ’63 & Bill Waters Claire Saenger Weiler ’55* Peggy Wells ’72
Julie & Darin Wewers
Susie+ & Mike Whitacre Lorie White ’92
Nancy & Steve White Kathy Whiting
Stephanie & Kevin Wilcox
Sue & Robert Winter
Laura & Jeff Woford Sherry Wilkins ’63* & Harrigan Wortsmith Cheryl & David Wren
+ 2021-2022 board member
* deceased
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You! ANNUAL REPORT
2021-2022
WHAT IS THE FUND FOR MOUNT ST. MARY?
The Fund for Mount St. Mary is our annual giving campaign. These unrestricted gifts are added to the general fund of the school’s budget to help increase tuition assistance opportunities, improve facilities, purchase state-of-the-art equipment, upgrade technology, and recruit and retain outstanding faculty and staff – in short, ensuring the continuation of Mount’s rich legacy of academic excellence.
THE FUND FOR MOUNT ST. MARY HONOR ROLL
JULY 1, 2021 – JUNE 30, 2022
The following list recognizes those who partnered with us to strengthen Mount St. Mary Academy during the last fiscal year through their unrestricted gifts to our annual giving campaign. We are grateful to all supporters who donated to The Fund for Mount St. Mary in 2021-2022 and to our leadership team who devoted their time and energy to this successful campaign.
Corinne & James Billie
Patti & Larry Boccarossa
Donna Bowers Bressinck ’64
Margaret Cassidy ’71 & Bill Dearing Tracy Taylor Dietrich ’82 Katie Sprenger ’82 & Scott Dupslaff Karen Kerr ’73 & Bruce Glover
Conley & Alex Golden Shanti Halter & Bill Halter Reece Hancock Cynthia Gehrki ’86 & Mark Hawkins Deanna & Jeff Hildebrand Kathy & Sammie James Sara & Larry Jones Stephanie Dailey ’73 & Hank Kelley Rebecca & Nicolaus McNeill Pamela Tucker ’88 & Cooper Meeks Mercy Education System of The Americas Nelson Chenault Images Stephanie Boccarossa ’06 & Aaron Pierce
Sr. Catherine McAuley
Legacy Circle
$10,000+
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CHI St. Vincent
Eleanor Guilford ’38* Charlotte Miller*
MSM Founders’ Circle
$5,000-$9,999
Bernie Balest ’64 & Richard Ardemagni Allison & Keith Caldarera
Patti Murphy ’64 & Jim Dailey
Missy Dishongh ’75 & Tim Griffy
Kathy Dailey ’63 & Ray Hightower
Stephanie & Steve Jacuzzi
Lou & Frank Ma
Anne Hiegel ’82 & Tim Mines
Leslie Wren ’76 & David Ward
Legacy of Leadership Circle
$2,500-$4,999
Bank of England Mortgage
Marie & Lyle Burdine
Diana Bernardi ’82 & Roch Byrne
Catholic Business Women’s Club
Jena Cupples ’91 & Adam Compton
Kristie & Michael Cronkhite
Crow Burlingame / Bumper to Bumper Joy & D.J. Dailey
Jenny Crews ’95 & Andrew Faulkner
Karen Goodhart ’65 & John Flake
Theresa Goshen ’78 & John Hall Debbie Wright ’75 & Bill Harris Sharon Kresse ’76
Kroger
Sr. Donald Mary Lynch, RSM ’61 Bill Mabrey
Jennifer Schueck ’87 & Mark McCarty Scott McLeod
Katie & Mark Melton
Teresa Nimmo
Angela Nutt-Nguyen ’85 & Duong Nguyen Diana & Ken Pearson Simmons Bank
Tarco - Matching Gift Program
Anne & Alan Tedford
Claire Saenger Weiler ’55*
Lorie White ’92
Stephanie & Kevin Wilcox
Sisters of Mercy Circle
$1,500-$2,499
Melissa & Michael Angtuaco
Ann Bailey ’72 & James Bain Gina Scerbo ’84 & John Bilger
Planned Advantage Saracen Resort Jeanette Sims ’72 Robyn & Jason Stewart Debbie & Michael Teague Jane Massanelli ’63 & Don Tillery Janna & Matthew Toland Nancy & Steve White
President’s Circle
$1,000-$1,499
Dorothy Saenger Ackfeld ’52 ACS Roof Maintenance, Inc. Angela & Chad Aduddell Jan & Dave Allmendinger Arkansas Capital Corporation Curtis Bailey Betty Ball ’50 Lisa Wintroath ’86 & John Boone Eric Bravo Kathleen Brandon ’78 & Bobby Brown Abby & Jay Carman
Centennial Bank CenterRock Advertising Donna Chachere ’83 Chevron Matching Gift Program Ron Davis Liz Dolan ’69
Patty Berg ’73 & Charles Enderlin Entergy Services, Inc. Trisha Fitzgerald ’69 & David Filipek Rosalind & Phillip Gillam
Cathey & Bob Henry
Liane Rhein ’53 & Bill Humble
Pauline & Larry Jegley
Arden Cornwell ’86 & Steven Johnson
Mary Bray Kelley ’62
LeMay Photography
Dianne & Jim Lincicome
Melissa & John Lipsmeyer
Ruth & Charles Mabry
Melissa & Chris Masingill
Chelle McKenzie ’02 & Greg McCarroll
Jules Buratowski ’02 & Patrick McGuire
Vickey Hum ’69 & James Metrailer
Grace Kelley ’04 & Luke Mickelson
Susan May ’80 & Andy Miller
Janet & Philip Miron
Nabholz Construction Corporation
Fr. John Oswald
Cathy Hastings ’76 & Steve Owen
Wendy & Ray Parker
Lisa Petursson ’88
Beth & Scott Pursley
Cheryl Chandler ’78 & Russell Rainey John Renick
Angie & Wade Robertson
Beth & Bruce Saad
Angela Maynard ’64 & Frank Sewall
Kelly Wortsmith ’86 & Roy Snook
Kim & Randy Spellins
Angie & Phillip Suffridge
Becky Clement ’74 & Charley Sullivan
Tate Family Foundation
Lu Tlapek
David Townley
Kay & James Tribo
Kendra & Andy Vondran
Jennifer & Sam Walls
Haven Hornibrook ’63 & Bill Waters
Julie & Darin Wewers
Sue & Robert Winter
Cheryl & David Wren
Mercian Cross & Shield Club
$500-$999
Jean Bishop Armstrong ’62
Carol & Fred Auger
Kimberly & Ben Bailey Bank of Little Rock
Desi & Andrew Beers
Belle & Blush
Cynthia & Matt Bennett
Alicia Selig ’86 & Kenny Berkemeyer
Patti Callahan ’65 & Davis Bernstein
Michie McHardy Bissell ’62
Lisa & Stephen Blair
Cindy & Seth Blomeley
Megan & Todd Boswell
Cari & Brendan Britt
Melody Brown ’92
Amanda & Adam Cadorette
Jane Ferrill ’63 & Bruce Colclasure
Michele Conners ’89
Annie McFadden ’08 & Michael Cross
Bland Shackleford Currie ’66
Sarah Davies ’97
Pattie Davis
Barbara Lagasse ’05 & Greg Day
Nancy McCumber Dowdy ’56
Amber & Stephen Duch
Theresa Sprenger ’73 & Jim Dunn
Sheila & Marc Fitts
Janet Fotioo
Dottie & Frank Funk
Lara Barre ’94 & Trey Garmon
Rita Lynch Goodgame ’46
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Smile Dailey Dental Center
Heather Bohannan ’92 & Shane Smith
Marilyn Mattingly ’60 & Ralph
Stiefvater
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The Toggery
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Hankins
Selma Gilmore ’52 & Howard Hardin
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Adeline Harton ’20
Marti & Jon Haslauer
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Mary Renick Hauser ’03
Amy Mellinger ’94 & Robert Hayes
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Sr. Rebecca Hendricks, RSM
Elizabeth Walker ’67 & Kirby Henry
Paris Upshaw ’78 & Perry Henry
Claudia Mendez Reyna & Carlos Hernandez
Lilly Nabholz Hess ’57
Hillcrest Interiors
Linda Hoffmann ’70
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Natalie Polk ’81 & James Hoffmann
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Jana & Mark Hunter
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Matt Jeter
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Alice Worley ’73 & Philip Jones
Harriet & Mike Jones
Stephanie Dewey ’90 & Jack Jones
Theresa Kaplon ’72
Mary Bowling Keating ’80
Sr. Judith M. Keith, RSM ’51
Andrea & John Kelly
Patsy Cooper ’54 & Paul Kelly
Sr. Teresa Kelone, RSM ’66
Kip A. Moore Associates PA
Joan Dickmann ’55 & Anthony Kircher
Debbie & Joe Klinck
Jana & David Knight
Sr. Diane Koorie, RSM
Janet Gibson ’82 & Scott Korenblat
Cynthia Kresse ’74
Olivia Smith ’96 & Brandon Kuhn
Justin Kumar
Florence & Chid Kwelle
Betty & Wally Landrum
Laura Kuehner ’74 & Charles Larrison
Kelly & Wesley Lasseigne
Sandy Lawrence-Morgan ’85
Christy Kresse ’70 & James Leach
Gwen Horras ’85 & Michael Leger
Ann & Ron Lensing
Wendy & Jim LePage
Amy & Matthew Lewis
Krista Allmendinger ’93 & D.K. Lewis Erika & Ismael Leyva Jenny Liles Link ’09
Joan Lipsmeyer ’65
Betsy Calhoun ’80 & Russell Lomas
Paula Long
Stella & Troy Lowe
Bridgette Mayhan Lyon ’98
Anne Rankin Macaluso ’49
Bridget Zanoff ’75 & Craig Majkowski
Joan Mann Kim & Quentin Markland
Mary-Margaret Rasco ’98 & Matthew Marks
Natasha & Cary Marlow
Patty Martin ’74
Cheri Bonner ’85 & Tom Martinka
Billie Maxwell
Brandi Mayhan ’07
Margie Murphy McCain ’67
Pam & Jim McCoid
Kristin & Robert McConnell Deana & John McCormack
Jamie Billie ’00 & Shawn McCormack
Elizabeth Kennon ’77 & Dan McFadden Claire & Wes McGeorge
Bobbie Cupples ’62 & Ron McKenzie
Rachel McLemore
Aloise Lynch Medlock ’48
Cyrenea Bidwell ’70 & Larry Mehefko
Tonya Cannon Middleton ’98
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Pat Miller
Abby Mines ’14
Elizabeth Seredynski Moix ’62
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Shackelford
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Sarah Williams ’98 & Jonathan Stringer
Salwa Sulieman ’97
Carolyn Hepp Sullivan ’75
Candace Weekley & Joel Tanner
Brenda Miles Tarver ’81
Lindsey Taylor ’19
Marsha Taylor
Priscilla Fitts ’66 & Robert* Tebbetts
Janis Parham Thibault ’85
Katie Kleitsch ’02 & Kent Thompson
Sarah Brewer Thompson ’71
Becky Peach ’73 & Walter Thurman
Sarah Davis ’00 & Clint Travis Kevin Trigg
Bobilu Fredrick Tucker ’78
Joanna Schnebelen ’78 & Eric Tucker
Robert Tucker
Anne Turner
Lindsay Cookus Van Parys ’01
Shelia & Larry Vaught
Lindsey Hyatt ’98 & Robin Vestal Joan Walters
Lisa Reynolds ’78 & Don Warden
Barbara Tucker ’59 & William Weber Elizabeth Casper ’60 & David Weidner Lane Vassar ’89 & Joel West
Kelly & Eric Wewers
Stacie Paladino ’86 & Allan Wharton Carol & Bill Whipple
Lindsay Thomas White ’98
Suzanne Graves Whitener ’78
Janet Kresse Williams ’73
Carol Dober ’85 & Scott Wold
Linda Thompson Wolthuis ’74 Nedra & Jim Wood
Lydia Turpin Worden ’73 Amy & Keith Wren
Cathy Rohrbacher ’66 & Bill Wright
Dolores Luyet ’56 & August Zajac
Laura Marks Zaloudek ’73
Gretchen & Leonard Zell Linda Ostie ’62 & Eddie Zionce
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*deceased
MSM Alumnae Giving
BY CLASS YEAR
JULY 1, 2021 – JUNE 30, 2022
Jeannine Huard Hart Mary Prichard Johnson Carolyn Berg Morgan Sylvia Luyet Savoy Marilyn Mattingly Stiefvater Denise Williams Troutman Elizabeth Casper Weidner
Class of 1961
Rosemary Balest Bryant Kay Sick Corso
Elizabeth Couch Dober Patricia Nabholz Harness Sr. Donald Mary Lynch, RSM Betty Nosal Miller Cathy Wortsmith Moran Jo Semasek Murray Mary Margaret Beck Plunckett Janice Bartley Yanker
Class of 1962
Patricia Loyd Mahan Carolyn Connelley Simmons Marcia Mayer Smith Charlotte Woodie Thompson
Class of 1966
Carol Ann Blow
Dianne Hooper Brady Terry Hain Crow
Bland Shackleford Currie Beth Lipsmeyer Dunn Sylvia Medlock Forte Brenda McNeil Grenier Ruthie Huncke Holland Sr. Teresa Kelone, RSM Brenda Edgar Kent
Denise Hanson Lipin
Charla Selman Behr
Linda Grady Byrne
Joan Campbell Finnegan
Laura Menz Harper
Linda Hoffmann
Christy Kresse Leach Cyrenea Bidwell Mehefko
Paula Kerr Mizell
Judy Hopes Nwankwo-Hervey Judy Snow Parks Marilyn Pasierb Sharon Olberts Sellars Elaine Engster Williams
Class of 1971
Janet Dumboski Beck
Pam Chudy Boehmer
Class of 1941
Margaret Hess Boeckmann
Class of 1942
Mary Jane Danner Hunt
Class of 1944 Rose Metrailer Hudgens
Class of 1946
Mildred Metrailer Buddenberg Rita Lynch Goodgame
Class of 1948
Annette Ruckstuhl Doskey Rosalyn Jones Hastings Aloise Lynch Medlock
Class of 1949
Mary Rita Schlatterer Hoffman Anne Rankin Macaluso
Class of 1950
Betty Ball Betty Dill Nieburg
Class of 1951
Dorris Karcher Deislinger Sr. Judith Keith, RSM
Class of 1952 Dorothy Saenger Ackfeld Selma Gilmore Hardin Pat Land Kirchner
Class of 1953
Helen Duelmer Garr Liane Rhein Humble
Ruth Straessle Metzger Kay Hadley Morse
Janis Shockey Pozza Angie Muzquiz Wilson
Class of 1954
Mary Ann Wollhower Bellas Patsy Cooper Kelly Mary Kay McDermott Kippenberger Eleanor Lipsmeyer Joan Ogle Mabrey
Class of 1955
Barbara Martin Blaes Joan Dickmann Kircher Barbara Linsky Silaski Claire Saenger Weiler
Class of 1956
Nancy McCumber Dowdy Kay Parman Horton Elizabeth Lipsmeyer Dolores Luyet Zajac
Class of 1957
Mary Swope Battreal Patty Gray Guanella Lillian Nabholz Hess Mary Bea Couch Hiegel Diane Ferguson Hudson Becky Semasek May Shirley Ruffer Nutt
Class of 1958
Vita Caldarera deBin Mary Alice Failla Horras Sharon Butler Johnson Sr. Stephanie Miller, RSM
Class of 1959
Sophie Bawiec Fraser Marcella Zanoff Nofziger Larrie Gouldman Thompson Barbara Tucker Weber
Class of 1960 Donna Bentrup Brunson
Barbara Jacobs Althoff Jean Bishop Armstrong Julia Schmuck Baldwin Michie McHardy Bissell Martha Farris Campbell Mary Bray Kelley Bobbie Cupples McKenzie Elizabeth Seredynski Moix Toni Nabholz Gen Kerr Proctor Leah Lange Quandt Donna Higgins Rainey Veronica Dobrovich Smith Linda Ostie Zionce
Class of 1963
Frances Rogers Buchanan Jane Ferrill Colclasure Janet Kirspel Deeter Charlene Watkins Foughner Kathy Dailey Hightower Betty Catlett Pullam Jane Massanelli Tillery Haven Hornibrook Waters Karen Schubert Wolfe
Class of 1964 Chris Allen Bernie Balest Ardemagni Donna Bowers Bressinck Carolyn Cerrato Chalmers Nancy Craig Patti Murphy Dailey Selena Duncan Ellis Sue Fredrich Enderlin Jo Anne Zakes Jennings Vicki Lovston Virginia Knoedl Miller Sr. Joan Pfauser, RSM Sunny Wilkie Powers Angela Maynard Sewall Susan Ridley Woodyard
Class of 1965
Patti Callahan Bernstein Sr. Anita DeSalvo, RSM Karen Goodhart Flake Patti Bowers Haness Sheila Atwood Kuonen Joan Lipsmeyer
Ida Ward Moore Sandra Smith Odom Carolyn Wolfe Prickett Priscilla Fitts Tebbetts Mary Williams Walter Cathy Rohrbacher Wright
Class of 1967
Benita Cicero Blake Barbara Menz Bryan Betty Pilkington Fortner Mary Helen Fuller Elizabeth Walker Henry Peggy McNeil Jordan Kay Cook Makatche Margie Murphy McCain Ginney Pumphrey Doie DiCosmo Raley Jane Hardin Schubert Terry Borden Sloane
Class of 1968
Jerrie Farmer Campagna Lucille Kelly DeGostin Peggy Nestrud Dickinson Becky Massanelli Foor Carole Glancy Marlene Bailey Gremillion Liz Burnam Hunsicker Mary Lu Pabian Nancy Tresp
Class of 1969
Barbara Akins Barbara Cart Beverly Hanson Crookham Liz Dolan Cheryl Lienhart Driedric Mary Jo Dumboski Trisha Fitzgerald Filipek Johanna Yaniger Horton Nancy Lensing Hughes Mary Isenman Cecilia Gangluff Lody Vickey Hum Metrailer Marie-Bernarde Miller Pat Borden Mosier Mary Katherine Petrus Cecelia Walker Soderberg Missy Worley Solomon Wynne Taillac
Class of 1970 Rosey Bartlett
Margo Nowak Bushmiaer
Judy Thomey Cass
Patty Bergman Commerford Rita Baldwin Cunningham
Emily Mayes Davis
Margaret Cassidy Dearing Marilyn Kelone Ellis
Pat Mivelaz Foster Becky Stoner Gattas Jane Boever Hargrove Carolyn Hall Henry Cheryl Kuehner Howe
Colleen Dixon Jenson
Pamela Halinski Johnson Sharon Kuehn Kelsay
Jo Halter Paulus Kitten Pearson
Cindy Berg Phelps
Becky Baxter Porter
Mary Ann Chudy Pruss Peggy Althoff Reagan Joy Caringola Rice Amy Rossi
Paula Moix Standridge Sarah Brewer Thompson
Class of 1972
Ann Bailey Bain Mary Baker
Nancy Wilhite Bartlett Mimi Baldwin Blackwood
Becky Carroll
Joan Doolittle Chambers
Phyllis Grasser
Jackie Grant Helton Kay Werner Henze Debbie Bartsch Jones Theresa Kaplon Laurie Borghese Koehler Kay Marak
Moe Werner McCamey Joan Kowalski Meeks
Rose Marie Worm Mimms
Diane Yetter Morgan
Lynne Handloser Ritchie
Deborah Knoedl Sefcik Jeanette Sims
RoseAnne Harness Smith
Margaret Marchese Srygley Carolyn Bergman Stewart
Diane West Trentham
Peggy Wells
Patty Larrison Wingfield
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Class of 1973
Betty Zimmerebner Adams
Robin Griffin Allen
Christy Engster Alsbrook
Ann Limberg Bartrem
Kim Baxter
Kathy Black Bishop
Christie Bowman
Christine Kelly Braun
Ellen Faryewicz Callaway
Rebecca Catlett Cate
Marilyn Cullivan
Jeanenne Dallas
Joy Dillingham
Theresa Sprenger Dunn
Patty Berg Enderlin
Patty Reagan Feinstein
Karen Kerr Glover
Denise Graves
Gwen Hart Hoffman
Laura Gowen Humphries
Janice Lohstoeter Hutchinson
Carol Knittig Janowicz
Becky Johnson
Alice Worley Jones
Barbara Johnson Justus
Stephanie Dailey Kelley
Debbie Jegley Korte Marilyn Lenggenhager
Patti DelDonno Lienhart
Nancy Hastings Marks
Debbie Mott Mickel
Rita Zell Minick
Dana Nahlen
Susan Campbell Norton
Cheryl Kordsmeier Overstreet
Mimi Pruniski
Melanie Hart Riley
Catherine Johnston Robinson
Linda Byrne Sharp
Cas Claud Shelton Ruth Zeiler Stovall
Becky Peach Thurman
Teresa Tresp
Sr. Deborah Troillett, RSM
Janet Kresse Williams
Lydia Turpin Worden
Laura Marks Zaloudek
Class of 1974
Kathy Handloser Aday
Sue Jenders Balest
Lee Ann Rosin Cook
Paula Johnson Davis
Joyce Wewer Diemer
Junie Harris Harris
Betsy Bauman Kemp
Julia Morgan King
Paula Jegley Korte
Cynthia Kresse
Michele Reynolds Kuykendall
Laura Kuehner Larrison
Patty Martin
Michelle Thompson Oakley
Nola Taylor Radford
Jane Birdsong Stacy
Becky Clement Sullivan
Kim Smith Swindler
Mary Pat Smith Tate
Linda Thompson Wolthius
Jane Wren
Class of 1975
Sharon Wilk Ashley Tricia Brown
Mary Kay Bergman Cashion
Melissa Hopkins Cleary
Janet Handloser Dolan
Nancy Frost
Sheri Gilmore
Missy Dishongh Griffy
Debbie Wright Harris
Carla Graves LeMay
Bridget Zanoff Majkowski
Peggy Watkins Mitchell Debbie Longinotti Odle Maureen LoPorto Smith
Kathi Stoyanov
Donna French Strack Carolyn Hepp Sullivan
Class of 1976
Rita Keith Allbright
Trish Blaylock Birch
Joni Johnston Calva
Ashley Deed Debbie Dillon Gentry Sharon Kresse
Anne Thompson Mancino Cathy Hastings Owen Donna Berg Rieck
Marjean Sharp Rowe
Susie Russenberger Leslie Wren Ward Liz Price Watkins
Class of 1977 Rita Ott Hall
Pam Yaniger Halter Nathalie Hanlet Theresa Wrape Lee Lisa LoPorto Mary Lyon
Carolyn Piechocki Malchaski Missy Walsh Marshall Janice Hoffman McCullough Elizabeth Kennon McFadden Marguerite Edelmann Olberts
Lisa Kresse Patterson Somers Schulte Piazza
Becky Troillett Price Cheryl Harvey Ripper
Rebecca Richards Smith Anita Gring Ward Becky Zanoff-Woods
Class of 1978
Celeste Allen Melissa Knight Allen Melinda Hopkins Andersen Melody Ashley Kay Allen Bird
Cindi Evans Bond Kim Elrod Brewer Anne Jansen Broadwater Alicia Chudy Brown Deborah Elledge Brown Kathleen Brandon Brown Lisa Carey Mary Faulk Coleman
Cyndi Lu Smith Daniels Tracy Barger DeJong Ann Dorough
Christine Ray Eades
Sharon Fitz Ericson
Anne Campbell Fink
Annette Rogers Gary Tricia Bartsch Gentry Sandra Lutz Gray Theresa Goshen Hall Connie Bargiel Harkins Marilyn Luyet Hemann Paris Upshaw Henry Joyce Gangluff Hood Cathy Knox Koehler
Donna Reide Maher Karen Wrobleski McSwain Kathleen Buzan Moorhead Patty Binz Neumeier
Antigoni Pappas Mary Pennebaker Judith Kitta Peterson Mary Kay Hawkey Petty Christina Deuerling Pilkington Kathleen Byrne Pursell Cheryl Chandler Rainey Kimberlee Richard Lori Martin Ritchie Renee DeBin Rittelmeyer Rita Rolf Karen Jasiulevicius Shanks Maureen Riley Stover Bobilu Fredrick Tucker Joanna Schnebelen Tucker Lisa Reynolds Warden Suzanne Graves Whitener
Class of 1979 Lynne Breen Alpar Norma Norton Brewer Felicia Brown Patti Johnston Burton Kathy Savary Davidson Jean Bartsch Davis Angie Schaefer Elser Mary Kay Fitzgerald Mary Ellen Rosell Greer Marybeth Heil Karen Lienhart Oxner Alicia Sweeden Laurie Sims Woods
Class of 1980
Deborah Lee Chapman Laura Pennebaker Eppley Caroline Ward Fox Rebecca Bailey Kane Mary Bowling Keating Betsy Calhoun Lomas Shawn Blazer McNerlin Julie Baker Menke Susan May Miller Polly Baldwin Petty Carla Schnebelen Robertson Diane Dobbins Wingard
Class of 1981
Natalie Polk Hoffmann Kelly Baldwin King Mary Ann Buddenberg Miller Anita Kordsmeier Paul Maureen Donovan Sokora Maria Chudy Swicegood Brenda Miles Tarver
Class of 1982
Vicki McManus Anger Diana Bernardi Byrne
Tracy Taylor Dietrich Katie Sprenger Dupslaff Debbie Hagan Helvey Kelly Jo Clark Hinrichs Janet Gibson Korenblat
Cece Carey McKay
Anne Hiegel Mines Christy Lasiter Schmidt Allison Lanford Seaton Dana Ferguson Silaski Sharon Zimmerman
Class of 1983
Gigi Davis Buhrow Braun Ray Campbell Donna Chachere Lisa Tresp Chavez
Edith Jack Crowell
Shelli Bonner Dominick Bonnie Troillett Greenwood Amy Papacek Guresky Lauren Long Hall Keli Coburn Jacobi Carolyn Johnson O’Malley Cindy Pruss Barbara McCauley Sawrie Elisabeth Rutt Velte
Class of 1984
Deborah Dober Belyeu Gina Scerbo Bilger
Laura Dailey Carter Meg Taylor Chase Kristie Daniel-DiGregorio Pam Matthews Handloser Connie Cavanaugh Harrington Sandra Monroe McKay Melanie Ray McKinney Karen Yada Mills Theresa Miller Murtha Kelly Mago Pesano Annette Barringhaus Stipak Angela Selig Sugg
Class of 1985
Penny Reeves Amundson Shannon Benafield Aston Karolyn Baker Elizabeth Carroll Bradbury Beth Petlak Canterbury Donna Dailey Jennifer Fitz Finnegan Cathy Teer Harris Connie Hudson Sandy Lawrence-Morgan Michelle Young Leding Gwen Horras Leger Jill Marchese
Cheri Bonner Martinka Brenda Williams Melvin Bridgitte Williams Newson Angela Nutt-Nguyen Ann Dixon Pyle Nan Hennelly Rindahl
Lori Rodgers Sandy Schwan Natalie Carr Shy Mary Peck Stivers
Janis Parham Thibault Carol Dober Wold
Class of 1986
Cinny Colbert Bass
Alicia Selig Berkemeyer
Julie Barnhouse Blair Sara Maturi Booker Lisa Wintroath Boone
Julie Chudy
Angela Duran
Cynthia Gehrki Hawkins Karen Hooks
Arden Cornwell Johnson Hope Matthews Lacey Maggie Moore
Sheryl Griffith Nolan Julia Nett Norris Leslie Mahan O’Malley
Kristine Faul Roman Joan Eichler Simon Kelly Wortsmith Snook
Stacie Paladino Wharton
Class of 1987
Cheryl Vogelpohl Barnard Alissa Munson Coffield Miesha Weaver Dumboski
Carol Gangluff Kordsmeier Michelle Marshall Krause Jennifer Schueck McCarty Leigh Ann Crain Raper Beverly Martin Thornton
Class of 1988
Dawn Showmar Berry Ashley Bressinck Cunningham Gretchen Hendon Farrell Amy Frasier Amanda Lenoard Michele Mabry Meadors Pamela Tucker Meeks Jamie Ray Morrow Kathy Breyel Pahls Lisa Petursson Kay Yada Shields
Class of 1989
Nancy Parker Bagwell Amy Bressinck Bratcher Michele Conners Donesia Hall Melanie Robinson Jaskiewicz Patty Cox Juniper Lisa Lewallen Moss
Becky Smith Neighbors Robyn McCoy Reeves Joan Land Shofner Lane Vassar West Susie Stull Williams
Class of 1990
Erin Crain Brady Stephanie Hiegel Byers Tracy Mentgen England Nancy Stehle Farris Stephanie Dewey Jones
Bridget Atkins Musick Gretchen Wewers Pierce Kiernan Casey Tarini
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Class of 1991
Shawnee Nolen Bruffett
Allison Darr Carroll
Christina Rossi Clark
Jena Cupples Compton
Dena Wortsmith Daniel Katherine Saer Edwards Coleen Schwan Finnegan
Elizabeth Ratchford Jasper Laura Foster Landreaux
Stephanie Sikora Shelli Ramsel Stine
Class of 1992
Heather Funk Barnett
Angela Berkemeyer
Andrea Jones Branson
Melody Brown Carly Claud Karyn Davis
Dawn Miller Dees
Beverly Thomas Edmonson
Tonya Stringer Franzetti
Ashley Fotioo Gunderman Joy Lowe Matlock Jennifer Bowman McKinzie Elizabeth Lilly McLaughlin Sara Rose
Elizabeth Moore Shackelford
Heather Bohannan Smith
Lorie White
Class of 1993
Meredith Battreal Hankins
Krista Allmendinger Lewis Claire Hankinson Pittman Kristen Crocker Reynolds Ashley Saer Kristen Chalmers Siler Amy Cook Simon
Class of 1994
Emily Metrailer Cook Elise Pullam Cooley
Lara Barre Garmon
Amy Mellinger Hayes
Laura Holland Hoey
Sara Poldrack Jacoby Heather Thomae Olvey Katie Davies Riccobono
Class of 1995
Holly Frederick Beck Amy Kordsmeier Clark Hope Thomas Dalton Carolee Sroka Emerson Jenny Crews Faulkner Robin Rainey Gann Kim Puryear Johnson Bonnie Wellborn Malzewski Laura Booles Matthews
Class of 1996
Whitney Barron Jackie Zihala Crowder Kristin Aburrow Hayes Olivia Smith Kuhn Amanda Hall Potts Amy Isgrig Sparrow
Class of 1997
Mary Robin Casteel Fayla Rector Cunningham
Sarah Davies
Ashley O’Brien East
Valerie Smith Edwards Allison Oberste Eiland Kimberly Claud Estoker Amber Keating Files
Raquel Pennington Hatfield Star Hy
Sarah Filipek Johnson
Bethany Gustafson McFadden Ashley Porter Nguyen Alyson Whitmore Nlebgwa Melissa Camferdam Ortega Coryn Burns Romer Michelle Poe Stewart Salwa Sulieman
Sarah Meier Wherry Lezlie Bukosky Zakrzewski
Class of 1998
Shawna Blair Kelleigh Boerner
Katherine Lord Butler Betsy Dillard Carvelli Christina Brown Christie Theresia Perin Garcia Sarah Catherine Phillips Gutierrez Lauren Hamilton Amanda Parker Holt Lisa Delgman Hooper Heather Jackson Rhonda Schneider Jansen Allison Johnson Conner Johnson Natalie Kelley Leuders Bridgette Mayhan Lyon Mary-Margaret Rasco Marks Allison Evans Martin Amanda Guerin May Tonya Cannon Middleton Kate McCarthy Mullooly Kristin Overstreet Reed Katy Breen Robertson Elizabeth Sellars
Leslie Lancaster Smith
Jamie Lapington Soos
Sarah Williams Stringer
Lindsey Hyatt Vestal
April Keary Washington Lindsay Thomas White
Class of 1999
Kirsten Baldwin-Metzger
Megan Saer Garrison Paige Fraser Hadfield Lauren White Hoover Ashley Kersey
Class of 2000
Lauren Kidd Anderson Christine Bakalekos-Ezzi Melissa Mayhan Baldwin Betsy Shollmier Blankenship
Kristy Hood Dunn
Sydney O’Quin Gilbert Oceanna Kuonen McMahon
Sara Mangiaracina Neilson
Laura Filipek Patterson Katie Harvell Petrakis Shelly Straw Quick Jaclyn Morgan Stewart Sarah Davis Travis
Class of 2001
Rachel Rankin Comstock Bonnie Enderlin Dawson Theresa Lincicome Harrell Lauren Nash Hendrix Erin Lynch Mason Jamie Billie McCormack Mimi Solomon Parrish Jessica Finan Patterson Lindsay Cookus Van Parys Martha White Vasquez
Class of 2002
Laura Strack Aday Sarah Fizer Culbertson Jessica Pipkin Duff Meredith Owen Ellis Chelle McKenzie McCarroll Jules Buratowski McGuire
Jackie Mosier
Meghan McCarthy Norton Suzanne Elser Pennington Michelle Scotter Meredith Hartz Shelton Katie Kleitsch Thompson
Class of 2003
Carrie Pozza Binns Jackie Finch Megan Harvell Mary Renick Hauser Michelle Ward Hill Katherine Dolan Kinney Ashley Boccarossa McNatt Meghan Murry Nelson Whitney Calliotte Smotherman
Class of 2004
Miranda Roberts Crawford Mary Bowden Garrett Grace Kelley Mickelson Wren Ward Williams Marcy Hall Wright
Class of 2005
Casey Dolan Beck Barbara Lagasse Day
Caitlin Quinn Dunn
Marly Jeffries Gammill Brittney Wilkerson Renfro Laura Collins Wyerick
Class of 2006
Lauren Clay Day Noel Gieringer
Lauren Miller Glaze Monica Madey Stephanie Boccarossa Pierce
Class of 2007
Brandi Mayhan Kati Andersen Moore Amber Pruss
Class of 2008
Cameryn Miller Burch Annie McFadden Cross Teresa Schieber Freyaldenhoven Lauren Ramsey Lawrence Lauren Naeyaert
Class of 2009
Loren Bartnicke Jenny Liles Link Claire Pursley Christina Krauser Rhoades
Class of 2010 Katherine Friend Hoffman Melanie Mines Trivella
Class of 2011
Connelly Weeks Dakil Molly Rosenthal Giles Virginia Quinn
Class of 2013 Gracie Sloan
Class of 2014 Drew Dorsey Abby Mines Claire Wewers
Class of 2015 Maddie Oxner Johnson Emma Quo Cassie Sloan
Class of 2016 Elizabeth Henry
Class of 2017 Haley Lawson Carrie Sloan Emily Stewart
Class of 2019 Lindsey Taylor
Class of 2020
Adeline Harton Kaitlin Tarini
Class of 2021 Carson Simmons
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ANNUAL SPONSORS
The Annual Sponsorship program began in 2014 and offers these sponsors increased benefits including recognition at all events and throughout the year. The financial support given by our Annual Sponsors contributes significantly to Mount St. Mary Foundation’s ability to support and promote the mission of Mount St. Mary Academy.
EVENT SPONSORS
White Sponsors
ACS Roof Maintenance
The Boccarossa Family
dinner belles
SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 2022
Kathleen & Bobby Brown
Diana Byrne and Katie Dupslaff CenterRock Advertising
Class of 1992 (in honor of Amy Doza)
Class of 2002
Class of 2024 Parents
HOUNDSTOOTH HUSTLE 5K
DECEMBER 4, 2021
Presenting Sponsor
CHI St. Vincent
Bronze Sponsor
Debbie & Michael Teague – The Janet Jones Company
Holy Ghost Sponsors
Arkansas Capital Corporation
Bank of England Mortgage
DJ Dailey, DDS – Smile Dailey
HCJ CPAs & Advisors, PLLC Wendy & Ray Parker Vondran Orthodontics
DINNER BELLES
APRIL 9, 2022
Presenting Sponsor
CHI St. Vincent
Dinner Sponsor
Dana & Joe Kleine – Corky’s Ribs & BBQ
Beverage Sponsors
Glazer’s Beer and Beverage / Yuengling
Golden Eagle of Arkansas
Purple Sponsors
Bank of England Mortgage Simmons Bank
Deanna & Jeff Hildebrand Ruth & Charles Mabry Nabholz
Sisters of Mercy
The Sixties Girls Staley Technologies
Townley Pool and Spa
Jennifer & Sam Walls – Arkansas Capital
The Wortsmith Family
Holy Ghost Sponsors
Bank of Little Rock
Belle & Blush
Bill Fitts Auto Sales Centennial Bank
DJ Dailey, DDS – Smile Dailey
Wendy & Ray Parker
Debbie & Michael Teague – The Janet Jones Company
The Toggery
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PLATINUM $25,000+ 2021–2022 2021–2022
ANNUAL REPORT
ROLL
June & Bunny Brown
Kathleen Brandon ’78 & Bobby Brown
Linda Brown
Melody Brown ’92
Tricia Brown ’75
Sr. Agnes Brueggen, RSM
Shawnee Nolen ’91 & Wayne Bruffett
Donna Bentrup Brunson ’60
Barbara Menz ’67 & Houston Bryan
Rosemary Balest ’61 & Charles Bryant
Amy Kordsmeier Clark ’95
Christina Rossi ’91 & Jay Clark
Carly Claud ’92
Melissa Hopkins Cleary ’75 Betsy Cobb
Cobblestone & Vine Kelley & Mark Coca
Ellon Cockrill
Lana Coelho
Emily & Matt Coffey
The following list recognizes all donors who have expressed their loyalty and commitment to our school in the form of a gift that has helped advance the mission of Mount St. Mary Academy. These gifts range from tuition assistance, school endowment contributions, memorial gifts, major designated gifts, planned gifts and bequests, contributions to The Fund for Mount St. Mary, and gifts in kind. Thank you for your generosity!
Anonymous (6)
Dorothy Saenger Ackfeld ’52
ACS Roof Maintenance, Inc.
Betty Zimmerebner Adams ’73
Racheal & Jeff Adams
Kathy Handloser ’74 & Wade Aday
Laura Strack ’02 & Steve Aday
Jennifer & Andrew Adkins
Angela & Chad Aduddell
Aesthetic Club of Little Rock
Barbara Akins ’69
Celeste Allen ’78
Chris Allen ’64
Melissa Knight ’78 & Mark Allen
Robin Griffin Allen ’73
Michele & John Allgood
Chelsea & Braden Allman
Jan & Dave Allmendinger
Lynne Breen ’79 & Alan Alpar
Christy Engster Alsbrook ’73
Barbara Jacobs ’62 & Dennis Althoff
Penny Reeves ’85 & Jeff Amundson
Melinda Hopkins ’78 & Chris Andersen
Heather & Kyle Anderson
Lauren Kidd ’00 & John Anderson
Vicki McManus ’82 & Wally Anger
Melissa & Michael Angtuaco
Terry Angtuaco
Kristy & Larry Angyal
Kim Anthony Maria Aquino
Archway Graphic Designs
Bernie Balest ’64 & Richard Ardemagni
Arkansas Capital Corporation
Jean Bishop Armstrong ’62
Cindy & Andy Arnold
Jane & William Arthurs
Arts Take Action
Melody Ashley ’78
Sharon Wilk ’75 & Randy Ashley
Shannon Benafield ’85 & David Aston
Carol & Fred Auger
B. Barnett
Frances Baggett
Nancy Parker ’89 & Richard Bagwell
Curtis Bailey
Kimberly & Ben Bailey
Ann Bailey ’72 & James Bain
Christine Bakalekos-Ezzi ’00
Karolyn Baker ’85
Masil George & Appathurai
Balamurugan
Susan & Chris Baldwin
Amy & Kyle Baldwin
Deborah Baldwin & Jim Metzger
Julia Schmuck ’62 & Ralph Baldwin
Melissa Mayhan ’00 & John Baldwin
Sue Jenders ’74 & Phil Balest
Betty Ball ’50
Bank of England Mortgage
Bank of Little Rock
Robin & Hardy Banks
Cheryl Vogelpohl ’87 & Tom Barnard
Heather Funk ’92 & David Barnett Meredith & Bradley Barnett
Bobbi & Bobby Barrett
Whitney Barron ’96
Lan Le & Stuart Bartlett
Nancy Wilhite ’72 & David Bartlett Rosey Bartlett ’70
Loren Bartnicke ’09
Ann Limberg Bartrem ’73
Cinny Colbert ’86 & Brad Bass
Mary Swope ’57 & James Battreal Kim Baxter ’73
Holly Frederick ’95 & Adam Beck
Janet Dumboski Beck ’71
Desi & Andrew Beers
Charla Selman ’70 & William Behr
Bella Boutique
Mary Ann Wollhower Bellas ’54 Belle & Blush Deborah Dober ’84 & Lee Belyeu
Benevity Community Impact Fund
Cynthia & Matt Bennett
Gene Bennett
Maura Beranek
Angela Berkemeyer ’92
Alicia Selig ’86 & Kenny Berkemeyer
Dorothy Bernardi
Patti Callahan ’65 & Davis Bernstein
Dawn Showmar ’88 & Doug Berry
Terrie & Frank Besier
Beyond Cotton 2
Gina Scerbo ’84 & John Bilger
Bill Fitts Auto Sales, Inc.
Corinne & James Billie
Carrie Pozza ’03 & Bradley Binns
Elizabeth Carter Binz ’45
Trish Blaylock Birch ’76
Kay Allen Bird ’78
Beth & David Bisceglia
Kathy Black Bishop ’73
Michie McHardy Bissell ’62
Bob Black-Ocken
Mimi Baldwin ’72 & Mark Blackwood Barbara Martin ’55 & Marvin Blaes Julie Barnhouse ’86 & Greg Blair Lisa & Stephen Blair Shawna Blair ’98
Benita Cicero Blake ’98
Rebecca & Kyle Blakely Betsy Shollmier Blankenship ’00 Marilyn Pasierb ’70 & Matthew Bloch Cindy & Seth Blomeley Carol Ann Blow ’66
The Blue Cake Company
Patti & Larry Boccarossa Margaret Hess Boeckmann ’41 Pam Chudy Boehmer ’71
Kelleigh Boerner ’98
Cindi Evans Bond ’78
Sara Maturi ’86 & Scott Booker Lisa Wintroath ’86 & John Boone Frank Borden
Keri & Brennan Bosley Megan & Todd Boswell Boulevard Bread Co. Christie Bowman ’73
Jane & Doug Bown
Denice & Caleb Bozeman
Elizabeth Carroll ’85 & Jim Bradbury Dianne Hooper Brady ’66
Erin Crain ’90 & Justin Brady
Leigh Ann & Tom Brannon Andrea Jones ’92 & Chad Branson
Amy Bressinck ’89 & Kevin Bratcher Christine Kelly Braun ’73 Eric Bravo Penny & Jorge Bravo Janet & John Breen
Anna & Ren Bressinck
Donna Bowers Bressinck ’64 Kim Elrod ’78 & Mark Brewer Norma Norton Brewer ’79
Suzette & Donnie Bridges Cari & Brendan Britt Anne Jansen ’78 & Ralph Broadwater Sharon Brooks Brown Foundation Alicia Chudy ’78 & Jim Brown
Deborah Elledge Brown ’78 Felicia Brown ’79
Frances Rogers Buchanan ’63
Mildred Metrailer Buddenberg ’46
Gigi Davis ’83 & Mark Buhrow
Cameryn Miller ’08 & Justin Burch
Marie & Lyle Burdine
Burge’s Smoked Turkeys and Hams
Carrie & John Burkhead
Amy & Lance Burns
Mary Lindsey & Robert Burns
Patti Johnston ’79 & Bruce Burton
Margo Nowak ’71 & Robert Bushmiaer
Katherine Lord ’98 & Benjamin Butler
By Invitation Only
Stephanie Hiegel ’90 & Jeff Byers
Diana Bernardi ’82 & Roch Byrne
Linda Grady ’70 & Rob Byrne
Amanda & Adam Cadorette
Allison & Keith Caldarera
Vince Calderon
Ellen Faryewicz ’73 & Joel Callaway
Joni Johnston ’76 & Dan Calva
Jerrie Farmer ’68 & Nicholas Campagna
Braun Ray ’83 & John Campbell
Martha Farris ’62 & Gene Campbell
Beth Petlak ’85 & Robby Canterbury
Caracalla Salon & Spa
Lisa Carey ’78
Abby & Jay Carman
Deborah & Jerry Carman
Grace Carman ’23
Lindy & Billy Carpenter
Allison Darr Carroll ’91 Becky Carroll ’72 & Linda Spink Barbara Cart ’69
Jean & Dan Carter
Laura Dailey ’84 & Mark Carter
Betsy Dillard Carvelli ’98
Leslie & Kevin Case
Mary Kay Bergman ’75 & Paul Cashion
Judy Thomey Cass ’71
Mary Robin Casteel ’97
Rebecca Catlett Cate ’73
Catholic Business Women’s Club
Catholic High School For Boys
Centennial Bank CenterRock Advertising
Donna Chachere ’83
Jacqueline & Jeffery Chaidez
Carolyn Cerrato ’64 & Glenn Chalmers
Joan Doolittle ’72 & Dan Chambers
Deborah Lee Chapman ’80
Meg Taylor ’84 & Jim Chase
Chevron Matching Gift Program
CHI St. Vincent
Christ the King Church
Lisa Tresp Chavez ’83
Christina Brown Christie ’98
Julie Chudy ’86
Orah Lee & Tony Chudy CIA-Grant Fund
Alissa Munson ’87 & Matt Coffield
Jane Ferrill ’63 & Bruce Colclasure Mary Faulk ’78 & Don Coleman
Patty Bergman ’71 & Joe Commerford
Jena Cupples ’91 & Adam Compton
Rachel Rankin Comstock ’01
Michele Conners ’89
Carole & Charlie Cook
Charlotte Cook
Emily Metrailer ’94 & Ben Cook
Lee Ann Rosin Cook ’74
Elise Pullam ’94 & John Cooley
Nicole & Hugh Cooper
Cornerstone Pharmacy – Chenal Kay Sick ’61 & Michael Corso
Erin & Kurt Cossé
Natasha & Mark Cottingham Count Porkula BBQ Nancy Craig ’64
Dana & Barry Craiglow Brooke & Ronald Crane
Miranda Roberts ’04 & Nathan Crawford Barbara & Rich Crews
Tony Crifasi
Flora Bittner Croft Endowment Kristie & Michael Cronkhite Beverly Hanson ’69 & Bill Crookham Annie McFadden ’08 & Michael Cross Crow Burlingame / Bumper to Bumper
Laura & Eddie Crow
Terry Hain Crow ’66
Jackie Zihala ’96 & Will Crowder
Edith Jack ’83 & Michael Crowell
Sarah Fizer ’02 & Alex Culbertson Marilyn Cullivan ’73 & Frank Cullivan Ashley Bressinck ’88 & Baker Cunningham
Fayla Rector ’97 & Adam Cunningham
Rita Baldwin Cunningham ’71 Bland Shackleford Currie ’66 Donna Dailey ’85
Joy & D.J. Dailey
Patti Murphy ’64 & Jim Dailey
Connelly Weeks Dakil ’11
Jeanenne Dallas ’73
Hope Thomas Dalton ’95
Dena Wortsmith ’91 & Shawn Daniel Kristie Daniel-DiGregorio ’84 & Gino DiGregorio
Cyndi Lu Smith Daniels ’78
Cheryl & Tom Daughenbaugh Laura & Timothy Daven Kathy Savary Davidson ’79 Sarah Davies ’97
Amy & Scot Davis
Emily Mayes Davis ’71
Jean Bartsch ’79 & Clint Davis Karyn Davis ’92
Kate Milligan Davis
Pattie Davis
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ANNUAL DONORS HONOR
JULY 1, 2021 – JUNE 30, 2022 2021-2021
Paula Johnson ’74 & Christopher Davis
Ron Davis
Bonnie Enderlin ’01 & Ryan Dawson
Barbara Lagasse ’05 & Greg Day
Lauren Clay ’06 & Aaron Day
Margaret Cassidy ’71 & Bill Dearing
Vita Caldarera ’58 & Robert deBin
Ashley Deed ’76
Dawn Miller Dees ’92
Janet Kirspel ’63 & Mort Deeter
Lucille Kelly ’68 & Robert DeGostin
Dorris Karcher Deislinger ’51
Tracy Barger ’78 & David DeJong
Joanna & Brian Delavan
Sr. Anita DeSalvo, RSM ’65
Mary & Tom Devine
Peggy Nestrud ’68 & Haskell Dickinson
Joyce Wewer ’74 & Guy Diemer
Tracy Taylor Dietrich ’82
Joy Dillingham ’73
Elizabeth Couch Dober ’61
Janet Handloser ’75 & Chris Dolan
Liz Dolan ’69
Shelli Bonner ’83 & John Dominick
Robert Doolos
Ann Dorough ’78
Drew Dorsey ’14
Annette Ruckstuhl Doskey ’48
Nancy McCumber Dowdy ’56
Tom Downing
Paula & Justin Draeger
Cheryl Lienhart ’69 & Jim Driedric
Amber & Stephen Duch
Jessica Pipkin ’02 & Brandon Duff
Mary Jo Dumboski ’69
Miesha Weaver ’87 & Jeff Dumboski
Beth Lipsmeyer ’66 & Ted Dunn
Caitlin Quinn ’05 & Bradford Dunn
Kristy Hood ’00 & Steven Dunn
Theresa Sprenger ’73 & Jim Dunn
Katie Sprenger ’82 & Scott Dupslaff
Heather & Alex Duran
Angela Duran ’86 & Lill Lewis
Ellen & Russ Dykes
Christine Ray ’78 & David Eades
Jill & John Eanes
Ashley O’Brien ’97 & Collier East
Echelon Benefits Group
Randal Eckert
Tracy & John Eddy
Beverly Thomas Edmonson ’92
Ashley & Chad Edwards
Katherine Saer ’91 & Jamie Edwards
Kelly Edwards
Valerie Smith ’97 & Gary Edwards
Eggshells Kitchen Co.
Allison Oberste ’97 & Paul Eiland
Marilyn Kelone Ellis ’71
Meredith Owen Ellis ’02
Selena Duncan Ellis ’64
Ellis Martin Hair
Janice & David Elrod
Angie Schaefer Elser ’79
Carolee Sroka ’95 & Matthew Emerson
Carmen & James Emery
Alicia & Sam Emmerling
Patty Berg ’73 & Charles Enderlin
Sue Fredrich ’64 & Amos Enderlin
Tracy Mentgen England ’90
Entergy Services, Inc.
Laura Pennebaker Eppley ’80
Lisa LoPorto ’77 & Larry Epps
Equinox Hospitality
Sharon Fitz ’78 & Randy Ericson
Gwyneth Erxleben
Kimberly Claud ’97 & Chris Estoker
Ethereal Spa
Ashley & Darrin Falcon
Gretchen Hendon ’88 & Craig Farrell
Nancy Stehle Farris ’90
Ari Fason
Jenny Crews ’95 & Andrew Faulkner
Nallivi Favela
Patty Reagan ’73 & Robert Feinstein
Amber Keating ’97 & Jim Files
Trisha Fitzgerald ’69 & David Filipek
Elizabeth Finch
Jackie Finch ’03
Anne Campbell ’78 & Daniel Fink
Jane Fink
Coleen Schwan Finnegan ’91
Jennifer Fitts ’85 & Thomas Finnegan
Joan Campbell ’70 & Mike Finnegan
Sheila & Marc Fitts
Toni & Don Fitz
Mary Kay Fitzgerald ’79
Karen Goodhart ’65 & John Flake
Fleet Feet Little Rock
Missy Foley
Becky Massanelli ’68 & Dennis Foor
Sylvia Medlock ’66 & Joseph Forte
Betty Pilkington ’67 & Jerry Fortner
Pat Mivelaz ’71 & David Foster Janet Fotioo
Charlene Watkins ’63 & Tom Foughner
Caroline Ward ’80 & Mark Fox
Jim France
Margie & Gene France
Lydia Frank
Joe Franzetti
Tonya Stringer ’92 & Jeff Franzetti
Sophie Bawiec Fraser ’59
Msgr. Lawrence Frederick Fresh I.D.
Teresa Schieber Freyaldenhoven ’08
Nancy Frost ’75
Mary Helen Fuller ’67
Dottie & Frank Funk
Larry Furey
Nancy & David Gambill
Marly Jeffries ’05 & Taylor Gammill
Anna & Edmund Gangluff
Robin Rainey ’95 & Scott Gann
Theresia Perin ’98 & Nick Garcia
Lara Barre ’94 & Trey Garmon
Helen Duelmer Garr ’53
Mary Bowden Garrett ’04
Megan Saer Garrison ’99
Marty & Michael Garrity
Annette Rogers Gary ’78
Becky Stoner Gattas ’71
Missy Gazette
Debbie Dillon ’76 & Trip Gentry
Trish Bartsch Gentry ’78
Lisa & Floyd Gibbons
Lou Ann & Wally Gieringer
Noel Gieringer ’06
Sydney O’Quin ’00 & Luke Gilbert
Molly Rosenthal Giles ’11
Rosalind & Phillip Gillam
Craig Gilliam
Sheri Gilmore ’75
Tara Gilmore
Carole Glancy ’68 & Mike Glancy Jeanette & Tim Glancy Lauren Miller Glaze ’06
Glazer’s Distributors of Arkansas
Cheryl & Brian Glenn
Karen Kerr ’73 & Bruce Glover
Angela Golden
Conley & Alex Golden
Jacqui & Fernando Gomez de Avila Melissa & Jose Gonzalez
Rita Lynch Goodgame ’46
Ruthmary & James Goodhart
Lindy Gordon
Sharon & Paul Gorgas
Amy & James Gourde
Phyllis Grasser ’72
Denise Graves ’73
Sandra Lutz Gray ’78
Bonnie Troillett ’83 & Buddy Greenwood Mary Ellen Rosell ’79 & Dyer Greer
Marlene Bailey ’68 & Richard Gremillion Brenda McNeil ’66 & Lauren Grenier
Amber & Cody Griffin Bonnie & Mike Griffin Missy Dishongh ’75 & Tim Griffy Jamie & Neil Groat Patty Gray ’57 & Tom Guanella Eleanor Guilford ’38*
Ashley Fotioo ’92 & Chris Gunderman Amy Papacek ’83 & Peter Guresky Sarah Catherine Phillips ’98 & Jorge Gutierrez Paige Fraser ’99 & Charlie Hadfield, III Andrea & Michael Hain Melissa & Bob Hale Donesia Hall ’89 Emily Hall
Lauren Long Hall ’83 Theresa Goshen ’78 & John Hall Pam Yaniger ’77 & Michael Halter Shanti Halter & Bill Halter Lauren Hamilton ’98 Reece Hancock Pam Matthews ’84 & Jim Handloser
Patti Bowers ’65 & Richard Haness Mary & Roger Haney Meredith Battreal ’93 & Vaughan Hankins
Sarah & Dennis Hankinson Nathalie Hanlet ’77
Selma Gilmore ’52 & Howard Hardin Jane Boever ’71 & Carroll Hargrove Connie Bargiel ’78 & Al Harkins
Patricia Nabholz Harness ’61 Laura Menz Harper ’70
Theresa Lincicome Harrell ’01 Connie Cavanaugh Harrington ’84 Cathy Teer ’85 & Sam Harris Cinthya & Matthew Harris Debbie Wright ’75 & Bill Harris Junie Harris ’74 & Jerry Harris Jeannine Huard ’60 & Arthur Hart Mike Hart
Shelly & Bill Hartnedy
Adeline Harton ’20
Aubrey & Jay Harton
Janet & Greg Hartz
Megan Harvell ’03
Marti & Jon Haslauer
Rosalyn Jones ’48 & Harry Hastings
Stan Hastings
Raquel Pennington ’97 & Joseph Hatfield
Stacy & Kyle Hatfield
Laura & Jeff Hathaway
Mary Renick Hauser ’03
Cynthia Gehrki ’86 & Mark Hawkins
Amy Mellinger ’94 & Robert Hayes
Kristin Aburrow Hayes ’96
HCJ CPAs & Advisors, PLLC
Andrea & Jay Heflin
Marybeth Heil ’79
Jackie Grant Helton ’72
Debbie Hagan Helvey ’82
Marilyn Luyet ’78 & Charles Hemann
Sr. Rebecca Hendricks, RSM
Lauren Nash Hendrix ’01
Carolyn Hall ’71 & Danny Henry
Cathey & Bob Henry
Elizabeth Henry ’16
Elizabeth Walker ’67 & Kirby Henry
Paris Upshaw ’78 & Perry Henry
Kay Werner ’72 & David Henze Claudia Mendez Reyna & Carlos Hernandez Lilly Nabholz Hess ’57
Mary Bea Couch ’57 & Ken Hiegel
Kathy Dailey ’63 & Ray Hightower
Deanna & Jeff Hildebrand
Martha & French Hill
Michelle Ward Hill ’03 Hillcrest Interiors
Kelly Jo Clark Hinrichs ’82
Hodge Orthodontics
Laura Holland ’94 & Doug Hoey
Gwen Hart ’73 & Bill Hoffman
Katherine Friend Hoffman ’10
Linda Hoffmann ’70
Mary Rita Schlatterer Hoffman ’49
Natalie Polk ’81 & James Hoffmann HoganTaylor LLP Caroline & Jon Holcomb
Jenny & Rob Holder
Ruthie Huncke ’66 & Alan Holland
Montica & Marcus Holloway
Amanda Parker Holt ’98
Holy Souls Men’s Club
Joyce Gangluff ’78 & John Hood
Karen Hooks ’86
Lisa Delgman ’98 & Jason Hooper
Lauren White ’99 & Joel Hoover
Mary Alice Failla Horras ’58
Paige & Eric Horras
Hector Hortelano
Johanna Yaniger ’69 & John Horton
Kay Parman Horton ’56
Cheryl Kuehner ’71 & Joseph Howe
Rose Metrailer Hudgens ’44*
Connie Hudson ’85
Diane Ferguson Hudson ’57
Nancy Lensing ’69 & Ron Hughes
Liane Rhein ’53 & Bill Humble
Laura Gowen ’73 & Mark Humphries
Liz Burnam Hunsicker ’68
Mary Jane Danner Hunt ’42
Jana & Mark Hunter
Janice Lohstoeter Hutchinson ’73
Gina & Kyle Hutson
Star Hy ’97
Amy & Jeremy Hyde
Mary Isenman ’69
Adele & Lee Jackson
Heather Jackson ’98 & Karen Jackson
Lucy & Dorsey Jackson
Judy & Charlie Jacob
Melissa Jacob
Keli Coburn ’83 & Jake Jacobi
Sara Poldrack ’94 & Scott Jacoby
Stephanie & Steve Jacuzzi
Dee James
Kathy & Sammie James
The Janet Jones Company
Carol Knittig ’73 & Andy Janowicz
Rhonda Schneider ’98 & Brian Jansen
Melanie Robinson ’89 & Ed Jaskiewicz
Elizabeth Ratchford ’91 & James Jasper
Pauline & Larry Jegley
Rennie & Brad Jenkins
Jo Anne Zakes Jennings ’64
Colleen Dixon Jenson ’71
Matt Jeter
Allison Johnson ’98
Arden Cornwell ’86 & Steven Johnson Becky Johnson ’73
Conner Johnson ’98
Denise & Anthony Johnson
Jessica & James Johnson Kim Puryear ’95 & Neil Johnson
Maddie Oxner ’15 & Sam Johnson
Mary Prichard Johnson ’60
Meredith & Chris Johnson
Pam Halinski ’71 & Randy Johnson
Paula Johnson
Robin & Russ Johnson
Sarah Filipek ’97 & Joel Johnson
Sharon Butler ’58 & Rex Johnson
Alice Worley ’73 & Philip Jones
Debbie Bartsch Jones ’72
Eden Coker & Cody Jones
Harriet & Mike Jones
Sara & Larry Jones
Stephanie Dewey ’90 & Jack Jones Peggy McNeil ’67 & Louis Jordan
Teresa & Rene Julian
Patty Cox ’89 & Mike Juniper
Barbara Johnson ’73 & Joe Justus
Charlene & James Kaminski
Rebecca Bailey ’80 & Tom Kane
Theresa Kaplon ’72
Tamera & Raouf Kassissieh
Lana & Chad Kauffman
Mary Bowling Keating ’80
Elisha & Brian Kehner
Sr. Judith Keith, RSM ’51 Mary Bray Kelley ’62
Stephanie Dailey ’73 & Hank Kelley Anne Kellum
Andrea & John Kelly
Patsy Cooper ’54 & Paul Kelly
Sr. Teresa Kelone, RSM ’66
Sharon Kuehn ’71 & Fred Kelsay
Betsy Baumann Kemp ’74
Margaret Kemp
Brenda Edgar ’66 & Terry Kent Ashley Kersey ’99
Jean & Joe Kersey
Julia Morgan ’74 & Steve King
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ANNUAL DONORS HONOR ROLL
Jena & Paul McDonnell
Bethany Gustafson ’97 & Stephen McFadden
Elizabeth Kennon ’77 & Dan McFadden
Jenny & Robert McGahee
Kelly Baldwin ’81 & John King
Myra & Lee Kinnebrew
Katherine Dolan Kinney ’03
Mary Kay McDermott ’54 & Thomas Kippenberger
Joan Dickmann ’55 & Anthony Kircher
Pat Land ’52 & Joe Kirchner
Dana & Joe Kleine
Pamela & Edward Kleitsch
Debbie & Joe Klinck
Jana & David Knight
Cathy Knox Koehler ’78
Laurie Borghese Koehler ’72
Sr. Diane Koorie, RSM
Carol Gangluff ’87 & Brian Kordsmeier
Janet Gibson ’82 & Scott Korenblat
Debbie Jegley ’73 & Danny Korte
Paula Jegley ’74 & Gary Korte
Michelle Marshall ’87 & Kent Krause
Cynthia Kresse ’74
Sharon Kresse ’76
Kroger
Olivia Smith ’96 & Brandon Kuhn
Sheila Atwood ’65 & Joe Kuonen
Michele Reynolds ’74 & Rick Kuykendall
Florence & Chid Kwelle
Hope Matthews ’86 & John Lacey
Laura Foster ’91 & John Landreaux
Betty & Wally Landrum
Laura Kuehner ’74 & Charles Larrison Caroline Lasiter
Carolyn & Paul Lasseigne
Kelly & Wesley Lasseigne
Lauren Ramsey ’08 & Colin Lawrence
Sandy Lawrence-Morgan ’85
Haley Lawson ’17
Christy Kresse ’70 & James Leach
Michelle Young ’85 & Carl Leding
Jeannie & Jason Lee
Theresa Wrape ’77 & Dennis Lee
Gwen Horras ’85 & Michael Leger
LeMay Photography
Carla Graves ’75 & Jon LeMay
Marilyn Lenggenhager ’73
Amanda Lenoard ’88
Wendy & Jim LePage
Amy & Matthew Lewis
Ann & Gene Lewis
Krista Allmendinger ’93 & D.K. Lewis
Erika & Ismael Leyva
Patti DelDonno ’73 & Mike Lienhart
Dianne & Jim Lincicome
Jenny Liles Link ’09
Denise Hanson ’66 & John Lipin
Eleanor Lipsmeyer ’54
Elizabeth Lipsmeyer ’56
Joan Lipsmeyer ’65
Melissa & John Lipsmeyer
Cecilia Gangluff ’69 & Gerald Lody
Mary Logan
Betsy Calhoun ’80 & Russell Lomas
Paula Long
Diane & Fletcher Lord
Lost Forty Brewing
Vicki Lovston ’64
Janie & Chester Lowe
Stella & Troy Lowe
Natalie Kelley ’98 & Dave Lueders
Denise Luft
Dianne & William Luther
Sr. Donald Mary Lynch, RSM ’61
Bridgette Mayhan Lyon ’98
Mary Lyon ’77
Lou & Frank Ma
Joan Ogle Mabrey ’54
Bill Mabrey
Ruth & Charles Mabry
Anne Rankin Macaluso ’49
Monica Madey ’06
Patricia Loyd ’65 & Larry Mahan
Donna Riede ’78 & Scott Maher
Bridget Zanoff ’75 & Craig Majkowski
Kay Cook ’67 & John Makatche
Val & Sharp Malak
Carolyn Piechocki ’77 & Steve Malchaski
The Most Reverend Francis I. Malone, Bishop of Shreveport
Bonnie Wellborn Malzewski ’95
Anne Thompson ’76 & Michael Mancino
Karen & John Mangiaracina
Joan Mann Ashley Manning
Kay Marak ’72
Jill Marchese ’85
Mary-Margaret Rasco ’98 & Matthew Marks
Nancy Hastings Marks ’73
Natasha & Cary Marlow
Marlsgate Plantation
Kristen & Brian Marr
Missy Walsh ’77 & Frank Marshall Peggy & William Marshall Allison Evans Martin ’98 Patty Martin ’74
Cheri Bonner ’85 & Tom Martinka Melissa & Chris Masingill
Erin Lynch ’01 & Drew Mason
Joy Lowe ’92 & Lester Matlock
Laura Booles Matthews ’95 Mariana & Moluwa Matute
Billie Maxwell
Ritchie Clark ’72 & Alan Maxwell Veda Maxwell
Amanda Guerin May ’98
Becky Semasek ’57 & Bill May Brandi Mayhan ’07
Margie Murphy McCain ’67
Teresa & David McCain
Moe Werner McCamey ’72 Chelle McKenzie ’02 & Greg McCarroll Jennifer Schueck ’87 & Mark McCarty
Pam & Jim McCoid
Kristin & Robert McConnell Lorena & Rick McConnell
Deana & John McCormack
Jamie Billie ’00 & Shawn McCormack
Marla & Bill McCrary
Janice Hoffman McCullough ’77
Kallie & Thomas McCullough
Claire & Wes McGeorge
Jules Buratowski ’02 & Patrick McGuire
Cece Carey ’82 & Johnny McKay
Grace McKay ’23
Lori & Joe McKay
Sandra Monroe ’84 & Jeff McKay
Bobbie Cupples ’62 & Ron McKenzie
Melanie Ray ’84 & Gregory McKinney
Jennifer Bowman ’92 & Shawn McKinzie
Elizabeth Lilly ’92 & Scott McLaughlin
Valerie & Robert McLean
Rachel McLemore
Scott McLeod
Oceanna Kuonen ’00 & Kyle McMahon
Ashley Boccarossa McNatt ’03
Rebecca & Nicolaus McNeill
Shawn Blazer ’80 & Michael McNerlin
Karen Wrobleski McSwain ’78
Michele Mabry ’88 & Mark Meadors
Aloise Lynch Medlock ’48
Joan Kowalski ’72 & Frank Meeks
Pamela Tucker ’88 & Cooper Meeks
Saundra & Paul Meeks
Cyrenea Bidwell ’70 & Larry Mehefko
Katie & Mark Melton
Brenda Williams Melvin ’85
Julie Baker ’80 & Paul Menke
Amy Fraiser ’88 & Daniel Menudier Mercy Education System of the Americas Lauren Meredith
Vickey Hum ’69 & James Metrailer Ruth Straessle ’53 & Clarence Metzger
Mary & Chris Michaels
Debbie Mott Mickel ’73 Grace Kelley ’04 & Luke Mickelson
Tonya Cannon Middleton ’98 Betty Nosal ’61 & John Miller
Charlotte Miller* Elaine & David Miller
Marie-Bernarde Miller ’69 Mary Ann Buddenberg ’81 & Bob Miller
Pat Miller
Sr. Stephanie Miller, RSM ’58 Susan May ’80 & Andy Miller
Virginia Knoedl ’64 & Jimmie Miller Karen Yada Mills ’84 Rose Marie Worm Mimms ’72
Abby Mines ’14 Anne Hiegel ’82 & Tim Mines Rita Zell ’73 & Thomas Minick Janet & Philip Miron Peggy Watkins ’75 & David Mitchell
Paula Kerr Mizell ’70
Elizabeth Seredynski Moix ’62
Joey Moll
Janis Montgomery
Lisa & James Moody
Ida Ward Moore ’66
Kati Andersen Moore ’07 Maggie Moore ’86
Meghan & Ryan Moore Susan & Darren Moore
Kathleen Buzan ’78 & Samuel Moorhead Cathy Wortsmith ’61 & Mike Moran
Lisa & T.J. Moreland
Carolyn Berg Morgan ’60
Diane Yetter Morgan ’72
Kristy & David Morris
Manja Morris
Matt Morris
Rhonda & Matt Morrison
Jamie Ray ’88 & Richard Morrow
Kay Hadley Morse ’53
Jenny Moses
Jacqueline Mosier ’02
Patty Borden Mosier ’69
April & Joseph Moss
Lisa Lewallen Moss ’89
Kay & Todd Mueller
Jo Semasek ’61 & Mike Murray
Theresa Miller ’84 & Patrick Murtha
Bridget Atkins Musick ’90
Toni Nabholz ’62
Nabholz Construction Corporation
Lauren Naeyaert ’08
Dana Nahlen ’73
Arthur Neal
Courtney & Casper Nehus
Sherry Nehus
Becky Smith ’89 & Robert Neighbors
Sara Mangiaracina ’00 & Andrew Neilson
Nelson Chenault Images
Nancy Nelson
Patty Binz ’78 & Bernard Neumeier
Bridgitte Williams Newson ’85
Ashley Porter ’97 & Anthony Nguyen
Betty Dill ’50 & Bill Nieburg
Teresa Nimmo
Margaret & Donald Nixon
Alyson Whitmore ’97 & Vusani Nlebgwa Sheryl Griffith ’86 & Andrew Nolan Brianna Nony
Nooma
Julia Nett Norris ’86
Trish & Art Norris
Meghan McCarthy ’02 & David Norton
Susan Campbell Norton ’73
The Nutrition Hub Shirley Ruffer ’57 & Fred Nutt Angela Nutt-Nguyen ’85 & Duong
Nguyen
Judy Hopes Nwankwo-Hervey ’70
Melissa & Kinney O’Connor Marianna & Ryan O’Dea
John O’Donnell
Carolyn Johnson ’83 & Pat O’Malley
Leslie O’Malley & Mike O’Malley Michelle Thompson Oakley ’74
Debbie Longinotti Odle ’75
Sandra Smith Odom ’66
Susan & Leonard Ogburn
Melanie & Edward Oglesby
Marguerite Edelmann ’77 & Leo Olberts
Heather Thomae ’94 & Lance Olvey
Judy & Chuck Ortega Melissa Camferdam ’97 & Michael Ortega
Deborah Scroggin ’78 & Gary Osredker
Dee & John Ostner
Fr. John Oswald
Cheryl Kordsmeier ’73 & Dean Overstreet
Cathy Hastings ’76 & Steve Owen
Amy & Paul Owens
Karen Lienhart ’79 & Tom Oxner
Mary Lu Pabian ’68
Kathy Breyel ’88 & Tony Pahls
Amy & Jeff Palmer
Antigoni Pappas ’78
Wendy & Ray Parker
Judy Snow ’70 & Michael Parks
Lorre Parrish
Mimi Solomon ’01 & Matthew Parrish
Rachel Parrish-Martin
Party City
Jessica Finan Patterson ’01
Laura Filipek Patterson ’00
Lisa Kresse ’77 & Paul Patterson
Anita Kordsmeier ’81 & Brad Paul
Jo Halter ’71 & Mike Paulus
Diana & Ken Pearson
Kitten Pearson ’71
Mary Pennebaker ’78
Darian Pellicciotti
Elena Cornide & Jose Penagaricano
Tina & Todd Pence
Suzanne Elser ’02 & John Pennington
Susan & Marty Perry
Kelly Mago Pesano ’84
Judith Kitta ’78 & Kevin Peterson
Petit & Keet
Katie Harvell Petrakis ’00
Mary Katherine Petrus ’69
Mary Kay Hawkey ’78 & Danny Petty
Polly Baldwin Petty ’80
Lisa Petursson ’88
Patrick Petursson
Sr. Joan Pfauser, RSM ’64
Kristen & Hank Pfeifer
Courtney & Stephen Phaup Neely Phelan
Cindy Berg Phelps ’71
Carmela Phillips
Kari & Paul Phillips
Somers Schulte Piazza ’77
Eliza Servin & Rogelio Pichardo Gretchen Wewers ’90 & Randy Pierce Stephanie Boccarossa ’06 & Aaron Pierce
Christina Deuerling ’78 & Pete Pilkington
Ruthie Pineda & Antonio Abad Claire Hankinson ’93 & Christopher Pittman
Planned Advantage Plantopia Home & Garden
Mary Margaret Beck ’61 & Joseph Plunkett
Deborah & Andre Poirot
Jason & Kim Polk
Becky Baxter Porter ’71
Beth & Charlie Porter
Marilynn & Rob Porter
Amanda Hall ’96 & William Potts Pout
Kristin & Jeff Powell
Sunny Wilkie Powers ’64
Janis Shockey Pozza ’53
Becky Troillett ’77 & Blake Price Carolyn Wolfe ’66 & Randy Prickett Gayle Priddy
Kathy & James Primm
Gen Kerr Proctor ’62
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Properly Marked
Cynthia & Scott Pruitt
Mimi Pruniski ’73
Amber Pruss ’07
Cindy Pruss ’83
Jeanie & Frank Pruss
Mary Ann Chudy Pruss ’71
Betty Catlett ’63 & Joe Pullam
Ginney Pumphrey ’67
Kathleen Byrne Pursell ’78
Beth & Scott Pursley
Claire Pursley ’09
Ann Dixon ’85 & Hoyte Pyle
Leah Lange ’62 & Robert Quandt
Shelly Straw ’00 & Matt Quick
Ginger & Brian Quinn
Nancy & Jim Quinn
Virginia Quinn ’11
Emma Quo ’15
Clark Raborn
Kate Raborn ’22
Nola Taylor ’74 & Lee Radford
Cheryl Chandler ’78 & Russell Rainey
Donna Higgins ’62 & James Rainey
Doie DiCosmo Raley ’67
Precy & Mark Ramiro
Elena Martinez & Jose Ramos-Castillo
Leigh Ann Crain ’87 & Chris Raper
Mary Lou & Terry Rasco
Peggy Althoff ’71 & Mike Reagan
Pegi & Richard Redix
Kristin Overstreet ’98 & Nathan Reed
Robyn McCoy ’89 & Neal Reeves
Cathy Reid
Brittney Wilkerson Renfro ’05
John Renick
Kristen Crocker Reynolds ’93
William Reynolds
Christina Krauser ’09 & Nick Rhoades
Sr. Jonella Rhoda, RSM
Katie Davies ’94 & Andrew Riccobono
Joy Caringola Rice ’71
Kim Richard ’78
Carolee & Mike Riley
Melanie Hart ’73 & Rick Riley
Nan Hennelly ’85 & Marty Rindahl
Cheryl Harvey ’77 & Ricky Ripper
Lori Martin ’78 & Steve Ritchie
Lynne Handloser ’72 & Elmer Ritchie
Renee deBin ’78 & Scott Rittelmeyer
Martha Rivera
Angie & Wade Robertson
Carla Schnebelen Robertson ’80
Catherine Johnston ’73 & John Robinson
Gabby & Vicente Robledo
Lori Rodgers ’85
Kristine Faul Roman ’86
Coryn Burns ’97 & Greg Romer
Sara Rose ’92
Susie & Brian Rosenthal
Rosie’s Pot & Kettle
Amy Rossi ’71 & Joe Bryan
Rourke Family Foundation
Vanessa Cerda Ruiz & Juan Ruiz
Susie Russenberger ’76
Billie & Skip Rutherford
Beth & Bruce Saad
Ashley Saer ’93
Wendy & Ted Saer
Alondra Diaz-Salazar & Jose Salazar
Josh Salman
Salon Cirae
Dawn & Stephen Sanders
Kelli & Gus Sanders
Denise & Herb Sanderson
Saracen Resort
Julianne & John Satterfield
Sauced Bar & Oven
Sylvia Luyet ’60 & Lionel Savoy
Barbara McCauley ’83 & Brent Sawrie
Scallions
Scarlet Boutique
Christy Lasiter ’82 & Mark Schmidt
Jane Hardin ’67 & Rick Schubert
Margaret Schueck
Cathy & Mike Schuler
Mandy Schuster
Sandy Schwan ’85
Michelle Scotter ’02
Allison Lanford Seaton ’82
Debbie Knoedl Sefcik ’72
Kevin Segalla
John Seiter
Elizabeth Sellars ’98
Sharon Olberts ’70 & Rick Sellars
Angela Maynard ’64 & Frank Sewall
Elizabeth Moore ’92 & Scott Shackelford
Shade Sunless Spa
Karen Jasiulevicius Shanks ’78
Linda Byrne Sharp ’73
Cas Claud ’73 & Kenneth Shelton
Meredith Hartz ’02 & Luke Shelton
Lori & Joshua Shemper
Kay Yada ’88 & David Shields
Jane Wren ’74 & Craig Shimizu
Joan Land ’89 & Greg Shofner Natalie Carr Shy ’85
Stephanie Sikora ’91
Barbara Linsky Silaski ’55
Dana Ferguson ’82 & Gordon Silaski Kristen Chalmers ’93 & Rusty Siler Simmons Bank Carolyn Connelley ’65 & Gregory Simmons
Kelly & Woody Simmons
Amy Cook ’93 & Casey Simon
Joan Eichler ’86 & David Simon
Bridgette Frazier & Mark Sims Jeanette Sims ’72
Deanna & Nathan Siria
Sissy’s Log Cabin
Sisters of Mercy – South Central Community
Sisters of Mercy of St. Edward Brannon Sloan
Carrie Sloan ’17
Cassie Sloan ’15
Gracie Sloan ’13
Terry Borden ’67 & Ralph Sloane
Lee Ann & Jeff Small
Amanda & Wallace Smith
Debra & Walter Smith
Heather Bohannan ’92 & Shane Smith
Kathy Smith
Leslie Lancaster ’98 & Patrick Smith Marcia Mayer Smith ’65
Maureen LoPorto Smith ’75
Rebecca Richards ’77 & Gary Smith Ronnie Dobrovich ’62 & Robert Smith
RoseAnne Harness ’72 & Donnie Smith
Sue & Dudley Smith
Whitney Calliotte ’03 & Amos Smotherman
Kelly Wortsmith ’86 & Roy Snook
Rita Rolf ’78 & Michael Snook
Cecelia Walker ’69 & Bob Soderberg
Maureen Donovan ’81 & Richard Sokora Kristi & Shawn Solloway
Missy Worley ’69 & Joe Solomon
Jamie Lapington Soos ’98
Amy Isgrig ’96 & Samuel Sparrow
Kim & Randy Spellins
Melinda & Scott Spradling Karen & Martin Spruell Nan & Art Squire
Margaret Marchese Srygley ’72 Jane Birdsong ’74* & Wayne Stacy Mary Ann Stafford Paula Moix Standridge ’71 Stanley Hardware Steamroller Blues in the Heights Myra & Andrew Steinkamp Carolyn Bergman ’72 & Danny Stewart Emily Stewart ’17
Jaclyn Morgan ’00 & Britt Stewart Judy & John Stewart Mary Stewart Michelle Poe ’97 & Jason Stewart Robyn & Jason Stewart Marilyn Mattingly ’60 & Ralph Stiefvater
Maria & Chris Stiles Shelli Ramsel ’91 & Scott Stine Annette Barringhaus ’84 & John Stipak Mary Beth Peck ’85 & Michael Stivers Anne Stolfa-Beard Emily & Jeff Stotts Ruth Zeiler ’73 & Steve Stovall Maureen & Rob Stover Kathi Stoyanov ’75 Donna French ’75 & Joe Strack Ira Strack
Ann & Steve Straessle Anne & James Strickland Julia Strickland Sarah Williams ’98 & Jonathan Stringer
Naomi & John Strojek
Roy and Christine Sturgis C&E Trust Arkansas
Angie & Phillip Suffridge Angela Selig Sugg ’84 Salwa Sulieman ’97 Carolyn Hepp Sullivan ’75
Becky Clement ’74 & Charley Sullivan Donna Sward Alicia Sweeden ’79
Maria Chudy Swicegood ’81 Kim Smith ’74 & Courtney Swindler Wynne Taillac ’69
Samantha & Chris Tanner Kaitlin Tarini ’20 Kiernan Casey ’90 & Michael Tarini Tarco – Matching Gift Program
Brenda Miles Tarver ’81 Sandi & Brent Taschetti
Tate Family Foundation Mary Pat Smith ’74 & Byron Tate Lindsey Taylor ’19 Marsha Taylor
TCBY
Debbie & Michael Teague
Priscilla Fitts ’66 & Robert* Tebbetts
Anne & Alan Tedford
Janis Parham Thibault ’85
Evelyn & Jerry Thomas
Nancy & Allen Thomas
Charlotte Woodie ’65 & Herbert Thompson
Katie Kleitsch ’02 & Kent Thompson
Sarah Brewer Thompson ’71
Beverly Martin Thornton ’87
Mary & Randy Thurman
Becky Peach ’73 & Walter Thurman
Jane Massanelli ’63 & Don Tillery
Lu Tlapek
Brett & Walt Todd
The Toggery
Janna & Matthew Toland
Karen & Bill Toland
Brook & Long Tong
David Townley
Sarah Davis ’00 & Clint Travis
Diane West Trentham ’72
Nancy Tresp ’68
Teresa Tresp ’73
Kay & James Tribo
Trio’s
Melanie Mines ’10 & Mike Trivella
Sr. Deborah Troillett, RSM ’73
Denise Williams Troutman ’60
Bobilu Fredrick Tucker ’78
Devon Tucker
Joanna Schnebelen ’78 & Eric Tucker
Robert Tucker
Tommy Tullos
Brandy & Richard Uekman
Unite Private Networks
Amber & Matt Uptigrove
Sheryl Davide-Ureta & Sotero Ureta Ashley & Scott Vailes
Lindsay Cookus Van Parys ’01 Martha White Vasquez ’01 Becki & Larry Vassar
Elisabeth Rutt Velte ’83
Lindsey Hyatt ’98 & Robin Vestal
Vesta’s Unique Gifts
Debra & Joe Villiger
Kendra & Andy Vondran Carol & Jim Waggoner
Jennifer & Sam Walls
Brenda & Dave Walter Mary Williams ’66 & Michael Walter
Anita Gring ’77 & Terry Ward
Emily & Dave Ward
Laura & Bradley Ward Leslie Wren ’76 & David Ward
Angie & Jason Wardell
Lisa Reynolds ’78 & Don Warden
Mary Ellen & Steve Ware
April Keary ’98 & Kenjuan Washington
Haven Hornibrook ’63 & Bill Waters
Liz Price Watkins ’76
Barbara Tucker ’59 & William Weber
Becky & Denny Webster
Leighton & Doug Weeks
Elizabeth Casper ’60 & David Weidner Claire Saenger Weiler ’55* Peggy Wells ’72
Deborah & Keith West
Lane Vassar ’89 & Joel West
Claire Wewers ’14
Julie & Darin Wewers
Kelly & Eric Wewers
Molly & Denis Wewers
Stacie Paladino ’86 & Allan Wharton
Sarah Meier ’97 & Chris Wherry
Susie & Mike Whitacre
Lara & Walter White
Lindsay Thomas White ’98
Lorie White ’92
Nancy & Steve White
Mary Sue Whitelaw
Suzanne Graves Whitener ’78
Kathy Whiting
Gerritt & Ron Whittaker
Stephanie & Kevin Wilcox
Elaine Engster ’70 & Charles Williams
Jana Williams
Janet Kresse Williams ’73
Kendra & Jim Williams
Lori & Bush Williams
Susie Stull ’89 & Jan Williams
Wren Ward ’04 & Sammy Williams
Shana & Malcolm Williamson
Elizabeth Wills
Angie Muzquiz ’53 & Larry Wilson
Kirk Wilson
Ashley Wimberley Hardy Winburn
Diane Dobbins ’80 & Tommy Wingard
Patty Larrison ’72 & Keith Wingfield
Sue & Robert Winter
Elizabeth & Nick Wirzfeld
Laura & Jeff Woford
Carol Dober ’85 & Scott Wold
Karen Schubert ’63 & Ken Wolfe
Linda Thompson Wolthuis ’74
Brittany & Douglas Wood
Nedra & Jim Wood
Laurie Sims ’79 & Michael Woods
Karen & Jody Woody
Susan Ridley Woodyard ’64 Lydia Turpin Worden ’73
WordsWorth Books
Sherry Wilkins ’63* & Harrigan Wortsmith
Amy & Keith Wren
Cheryl & David Wren Cathy Rohrbacher ’66 & Bill Wright Marcy Hall Wright ’04
Laura Collins ’05 & Patrick Wyerick
Rebecca & Paul Wynne
Lori & Aaron Yacavone
Yancey’s Wine and Spirits
Janice Bartley Yanker ’61
Dr. Suzanne Yee, Cosmetic & Laser Surgery Center
Yellow Rocket Concepts
Dolores Luyet ’56 & August Zajac Lezlie Bukosky ’97 & Clayton Zakrzewski
Laura Marks Zaloudek ’73
Becky Zanoff-Woods ’77
Gretchen & Leonard Zell
Jacqueline & Ed Zeneski
Sharon Zimmerman ’82
Linda Ostie ’62 & Eddie Zionce
* deceased
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THE SEEDS YOUSew
ATTENDING MOUNT ST. MARY ACADEMY HAS BEEN ONE OF MY BIGGEST BLESSINGS. I knew I wanted to attend MSM in fifth grade when Annie Cross, director of enrollment management, visited my elementary school. I instantly knew I wanted to wear that uniform and be a cool Mount Girl one day.
The only problem was, I knew the financial aspect was an issue for my family. But thanks to tuition assistance and scholarships (especially the Sr. Deborah Troillett, RSM ’73 Endowed Scholarship) my family was able to send me to the best school we know of.
BY LAYSHA CERVANTES ’21
general. I found a new side of me that I am very proud of.
My favorite things about MSM are the relationships I created with teachers and faculty members. Through work study, I was able to get so close to everyone in the main office, and my favorite memories are from the time I spent there. I am beyond thankful to them for always being so kind to me.
None of these experiences would have been possible without the financial help my family was offered. If it had not been for all the amazing donors, I would not have been able to attend MSM and experience the impact it had on me as a person. I am forever grateful to have
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My MSM experience was so meaning ful; I came in a shy, intro verted 14-year-old with two friends. When I graduated, I left Mount a very confi dent, independent young adult with so many new friendships. It sounded cliché when people called the Mount a “sisterhood,” but the reality is, it’s just that.
Mount allows you to come out of your comfort zone, join new clubs and do things you may have never thought to do, which helped me find new friends. I was part of the track team, and I become a Mountie Messenger student ambassador. Through this, I was able to gain so much confidence while speaking publicly, as well as speaking to other people in
been able to graduate from this wonderful school and that my sister, who is a junior this year, will soon graduate from the Mount as well.
I simply cannot thank Mount St. Mary and its donors enough for making all of this possible. And I encourage people to continue to donate so that other girls like my sister and me can experience the greatness that is Mount St. Mary Academy.
From top: Laysha Cervantes (right) and friend Alaina Bruton ’21; Laysha; sister Zashenka Cervantes ’24 and Laysha; Laysha (at desk) in the front office where she did work study.
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If it had not been for all the amazing donors, I would not have been able to attend MSM and experience the impact it had on me as a person. ”
ENDOWMENTS MOUNT ST. MARY
The endowments at Mount St. Mary address key areas of need for the school and occupy an important place in its future financial security. If you would like to contribute to any of the existing endowments or scholarship funds, please contact the Foundation Office at 501-664-8006. New endowments for scholarships and tuition assistance can be established as a living tribute or in memory of a loved one with a minimum gift of $25,000. This may be paid at the time the fund is established or over a multi-year period of up to five years.
Endowments for Operations
Academic Programs Endowment Development Endowment Employee Benefit Endowment
Facilities Operation & Maintenance Endowment
Faculty & Staff Professional Development Endowment Faculty Salaries Endowment
Sr. Declan Faculty Compensation Endowment
Sr. Mary Teresa Farrell Endowment Student & Staff Leadership Development Endowment Technology Endowment
Endowments for Scholarships and Tuition Assistance
Bernadette Balest Ardemagni ’64 Scholarship Fund
Norma Bacon Fund
John S. & Patricia S. Bailey Distinguished Teaching Awards
Agnes Marie Birdsong Scholarship Fund
The Jennifer Boccarossa Music Scholarship Fund
The Bornhoft Scholarship Fund
The Bella Brown “THINK” Scholarship Endowment Fund
Cavin Scholarship Fund
The Donna Chachere ’83 Endowed Scholarship Fund
Class of 2007 Scholarship Fund
The John L. and Jane K. Corley Endowment
Sr. Frances Coutlee ’21 Endowment
MSM Dad’s Club Scholarship
Olivia DiGregorio Scholarship Fund
Karen Doolos Scholarship Fund
Mary Drake Scholarship Fund
Juanita Baer Enderlin Scholarship Fund
The Flake Family Endowment
Dorothy Hanson Flanagan ’39 Scholarship Fund
Catherine West Frederick ’33 Scholarship
General Need Scholarship Fund
Griffy Scholarship Fund
Harding Family Fund
Greg & Janet Hartz Family Endowed Scholarship Fund
Lake & Ann Harvell Scholarship
Clelia Hawn Scholarship
Sandra Gueydan Hickey ’66 Merit Scholarship Fund
Keith Family Scholarship Endowment
Lucille Metrailer Kelly ’39 Scholarship Fund
Becca Kutait Memorial Scholarship
Sister Norma Lipsmeyer Scholarship Fund
The Melissa Ma ’98 Endowed Scholarship
Ma Family Endowment Scholarship
McAuley Achievement Award Scholarship
Annalissa “Magdalena” McClendon Travel Grant
Mercy & Me Endowed Scholarship
Philip & Janet Miron Scholarship Fund
Nabholz Charitable Foundation Tuition Assistance Fund Endowment
Rose Marie Nabholz Scholarship
Msgr. John O’Donnell Scholarship Fund
Barbara H. Oglesby Memorial Scholarship
Retired Sisters of Mercy Scholarship Fund
Dolores Hooks Sanderson Scholarship
Schulte Family Endowed Scholarship Fund
The Sister Scholarship – Class of 2009
The Andrea Maier Smith Memorial Scholarship Fund
Spirit of 1995 Scholarship Fund
Frederick Carson Springstead Scholarship Fund
Rebecca Clement Sullivan ’74 Scholarship Fund
Luann Tharp Scholarship Fund
Evelyn Josephine Coulter Thomas ’30 Scholarship Fund
Sarah Travis Scholarship Fund
Sr. Deborah Troillett, RSM ’73 Endowed Scholarship
Vassar-West Scholarship Endowment
Martha Vroeman Scholarship Fund
Wells Pre-Engineering Scholarship
Alana Wolfe Memorial Scholarship
The Sherry Wilkins Wortsmith ’63 Scholarship Fund
Judith Wrappe Art Scholarship
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PAYING IT BACK PAYING IT FORWARDby
EVEN THOUGH IT’S BEEN MORE THAN A DECADE SINCE GINGER AND BRIAN QUINN’S DAUGHTERS — CAITLIN ’05 AND VIRGINIA ’11 — GRADUATED FROM MOUNT ST. MARY ACADEMY, THE COUPLE CONTINUES TO ADVOCATE FOR THE SCHOOL WHENEVER THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS ITSELF. The way they see it, MSM’s impact on their girls was lifelong, so it’s only right that their support of the school should follow suit.
“The girls had very different journeys,” Ginger said. “Our eldest, Caitlin, at the end of her freshman year was trying to find her 14-year-old self and struggling and she wanted
to change schools, badly. I called Sister Deborah (Troillett) crying and I said, ‘What do I do?’ And she said, ‘Just say no.’
“We did what Sister Deborah told us, and it was the best advice we’ve ever been given. Not all journeys are linear, sometimes they’re zig-zaggy. In that respect, Mount really put their arms around Caitlin, loved her and shepherded her. And it turned out to be a great experience.”
For Virginia, the Mount experience was different though no less impactful, they said. Virginia thrived in the classroom and also developed her natural leadership skills through student government and the Mount’s STEM curriculum.
“I think that STEM department was amazing for her from an academic standpoint,” Ginger said. “And through the junior service program, she got to serve kids with Down Syndrome and work in a hospital. That was also extremely impactful.”
The couple not only talk a good game about the virtues of Mount St. Mary, but Ginger also would become one of the architects of the Mercy and Me luncheon which has turned into a successful biennial fundraiser. And, the couple has personally put their money where their mouths are, remembering the school in their estate planning. Brian said planned giving is an easy way to contribute to the school.
“It wasn’t a difficult thing for us to do,” he said. “It didn’t take a lot of time to set up. All we had to do was figure out the different institutions we wanted to remember in our estate, of which Mount was one, and then make a phone call. That was pretty much all there was to it.”
The couple said one big misconception about planned giving is that it is reserved only for people with very large estates. In fact, plans can be drawn up in any amount and even customized to direct funds to a given purpose or department within the school, if desired. Most of all, he said, people should remember that every donation counts, no matter how large or small.
“We’re not some big, wealthy family with this huge estate, nor do we have to be. Every little bit helps,” he said. “We just wanted to give back what we could and hopefully help other girls experience the Mount the way our girls did.”
The 1851 Society is comprised of individuals and families who have made or will make the school a beneficiary in their estate plans. If you are considering remembering Mount St. Mary in your will or trust to receive money, property, stock or other valuables, please contact the Foundation Office at 501-664-8006.
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Cecilia Ballard* Bobbi & Bobby Barrett Ann Limberg Bartrem ’73 Agnes Marie Birdsong* Tricia Brown ’75 Patricia Page Bruich ’48* Pearl Smith Bujarski* Becky Carroll ’72 Patricia Johnson Clark ’53* Flora Bittner Croft* Dorothy Guidos Endres ’42* Bernadine Lipsmeyer Evans ’39* Karen & Dennis Ferra Karen Goodhart Flake ’65 Bobbie Forster ’29* John Gazzola* Andrea Williams Gonzales ’92 Melissa Dishongh ’75 & Tim Griffy Dawn Guerra Eleanor Guilford ’38*
J. Fred Hart* Margaret Rose Hogan ’50* Ruthie Huncke ’66 & Alan Holland Msgr. John A. Janesko* Mary Lou Womack Jaworski ’54* Pauline & Larry Jegley Charlene & James Kaminski Mary Rumbach Karlan ’28* Sr. Judith M. Keith, RSM ’51 Sr. M. Werner Keith, RSM ’44* Mary Ann Keith ’41* Mel Kemp* Norma Bacon Kennedy ’27*
Carol Lipsmeyer ’62* Mary Logan Lily & John Manning* Joy Lowe Matlock ’92 Sr. M. Amata McGee, RSM* Bobbie Cupples ’62 & Ron McKenzie Charlotte Miller* Grace & Leo Nonnenkamp* Ginger & Brian Quinn Betty Renaud* Terry Renaud Dolores Hooks ’48* & Sydney Sanderson Dorothy Fiori Sbanotto ’39* Dorothy Severson Schofield ’35* Henry Senac* Valora Bornhoft Smith* Mary Catherine Springstead ’63* Evelyn Josephine Coulter Thomas ’30* Martha Vroeman ’34*
Annette Wahlgreen ’48
Lynnette & Michael Watts Peggy Wells ’72 Diane & Keith Wolfe
Mary Anne Woods ’62* Sherry Wilkins Wortsmith ’63* Mary Zarnoski* Helen Zylko* * deceased
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We’re not some big, wealthy family with this huge estate, nor do we have to be. Every little bit helps. ”
From left: Brad Dunn, Caitlin Quinn Dunn ’05, Brian Quinn, Ginger Quinn, Virginia Quinn ’11, and Garrett Quinn.
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