Newcomb Magazine 2012

NEWCOMB NEWS FOR ALUMNAE, STUDENTS AND PARENTS

Under the

OAKS

Advocacy

Newcomb women are working for change for the survivors of domestic violence

ALSO INSIDE: Postcards, Politics and Courtroom History in the Newcomb Archives

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From the Director

Dear Friends:

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e are so proud to be launching this new magazine to detail the achievements of our women students, report on Newcomb alumnae, and inform you about the important work of the Newcomb College Institute.

Although the diplomas of Tulane’s undergraduate women now say Newcomb-Tulane

College of Tulane University rather than Newcomb College of Tulane University, the Newcomb College Institute carries forward the work of Newcomb College by providing a woman-centered experience in a co-ed institution. The Newcomb College Institute serves all undergraduate women at Tulane, not just those in Arts and Sciences. The hundreds of students who participate in our student organizations and attend our programs proudly identify as Newcomb women. The Newcomb Alumnae Association has extended the invitation of membership to all women who receive undergraduate degrees from Tulane University. This new magazine thus has a broader audience than its predecessor, Under the Oaks, the magazine of Newcomb College. We hope to attract readers among parents, students, prospective students, and those simply interested in women’s issues in addition

“Tulane is one of only a handful of institutions that have endowed

to Newcomb alumnae. This issue’s theme is law and advocacy. Future issues will focus on health and women in the sciences.

Over the last three years, I have had the pleasure of meeting many of you, listening to your concerns, and answering your many questions about the Institute. Tulane is one of only a handful of institutions that have endowed chaired professorships for scholars whose

chaired professorships for

research focuses on women. As a women’s studies scholar and a full professor in political

scholars whose research

Gender and Justice: Why Women in the Judiciary Really Matter, was published by Routledge

focuses on women. As a

science, I am proud to be the first Newcomb College Endowed Chair. My latest book, Press in July of 2012.

I am also happy to report that all of the Newcomb monies have been entrusted to the

women’s studies scholar

Institute under the watchful eyes of the Newcomb Foundation Board that ensures that every

and a full professor in

Scholars program will be at full strength with close to eighty Scholars and we will graduate our

political science, I am proud to be the first Newcomb College Endowed Chair.”

penny goes to activities that support women students and alumnae. Next year, our Newcomb first class of Scholars. Newcomb grants enable students to do creative projects, work in labs and on digs, or pursue internships and other applied learning opportunities around the world.

I hope you will visit the Institute in one of our campus locations, attend one of our many programs, return for Homecoming and your reunion. A weeknight visit will reveal the hive of activities of our student organizations. Attendance at our Under the Oaks ceremony will impress you with the many scholarly and leadership accomplishments of our students, the Daisy Chain, the singing of the alma mater, and our 50-year class. On campus and in the world, Tulane Empowers, and Newcomb still empowers, too.

Newcomb College Endowed Chair Professor of Political Science

Executive Director, Newcomb College Institute of Tulane University

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Noteworthy at Newcomb

Sally J. Kenney

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Donor Roll

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Managing Editor: Aidan Smith Art Director And Designer: Marian Herbert-Bruno Contributors: Heather Corbett Catherine Hagaman Edwards (NC ’72)

Newcomb College Institute honors the legacy of the historic college at the Under the Oaks Ceremony, held the day before the University’s commencement exercises. Many cherished traditions are celebrated at Under the Oaks, including the Daisy Chain, presentation of a second diploma to each member of the Newcomb College Fifty Year Class, and the singin of the Alma Mater.

Charlotte Maheu Nancy Maveety Jackie Schornstein (SLA ’13) Photography: Jessica Bachmann Paula Burch-Celetano Cheryl Gerber Max S. Gerber Jackson Hill Tricia Travis United States Senate Democrats Kristen Somody Whalen NEWCOMB is published by the Newcomb College Institute of Tulane University.

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Features Compassion in Action For these Newcomb women, changing the rules of domestic violence is a lifelong commitment.

Postcards, Politics & Courtroom History Professor Nancy Maveety’s work in the Newcomb Archives finds new meaning in the American courthouse.

The mission of Newcomb College Institute is to: • Cultivate lifelong leadership among undergraduate women at Tulane University • Empower women by integrating teaching, research, and community engagement at Tulane University • Preserve, document, produce, and disseminate knowledge about women • Honor the memory of H. Sophie Newcomb and

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Beyond the Gates This year boasts a diverse group of honorees for the annual Newcomb Alumnae Association Awards.

carry forward the work of Newcomb College by providing a woman-centered experience in a co-ed institution

Front Cover: This year’s Under Oaks Ceremony honored returning members of the Class of 1962, graduating senior women, and student and alumnae award recipients.

From left, Ruth Jones Frierson (NC ’62), Emily Cardarelli (SE ’12), and Amy Holiday (LA ’12).

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NEWCOMB Connections A Message from the Newcomb Alumnae Association President

NEWCOMB ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION

Dear Fellow Newcomb Alums, It gives me great pleasure to bring you greetings from the Newcomb Alumnae Association! It’s no surprise to the hundreds of you who have participated in events sponsored by the Association in cities all across the nation that the NAA is thriving and going full throttle.

A year ago we welcomed Heather Corbett as our alumnae director. She has contributed her experience at Wheaton College plus a lot of personal energy into expanding existing programs and adding new ones. Under the leadership of Sally J. Kenney, Newcomb College Institute staff work in close partnership with us to support the mission of the NAA.

Honoring the Legacy

In 1962, Imogene Smith Payne graduated from Newcomb. Fifty years later, she watched her granddaughter walk across the stage at Dixon Hall as one of the newest group of Newcomb alumnae. Shannon Williams (PHTM & SE ’12) and her grandmother were

We are faithful to the Association’s mission to strengthen connections with alums, through networking events in New Orleans and in other cities and twice yearly book clubs (ten cities this year!).

We’ve expanded reunion activities for all classes, including the Friday at Newcomb luncheon at Josephine Louise House, faculty lectures and wine and cheese with alums and student leaders at what has become known as the “Newcomb House.” Check for updates on our newly updated website and Facebook page.

The jewels in our crown are the students. Thanks to the NAA and NCI, they find vast opportunities for leadership training, tapping the resources of alums in

their career areas, and getting a secure first step in New Orleans with a Town Mom. These young women are smart, confident and better prepared to enter the world after college than I ever was!

Please keep in touch with us.

Come to an event in your city; come to your Reunion; reach out to a former classmate; help us honor the legacy of our Alma Mater by connecting with the wonderful young women who attend Tulane University.

Sincerely,

Catherine Hagaman Edwards (NC’ 72)

The Newcomb Network acknowledged by the audience at the Under the Oaks ceremony as part of the long legacy of Newcomb women. Shannon’s time at Tulane was steeped in Newcomb traditions, thanks to the three years she served as a student worker in the Newcomb Alumnae Office, where she helped staff with alumnae events and publications. Shannon was one of twelve graduating women with a Newcomb mother or grandmother.

If you know about a family with a strong bond to Newcomb traditions, share their story with us at newcombalumnae@tulane.edu.

The NAA sponsored almost a dozen networking events this year, connecting students and alumnae across generations. On campus, career-focused events linked those interested in architecture, science and engineering, and law and public policy. The Newcomb Network is over 23,000 strong, with large populations in Houston, Atlanta, New York City and Washington, DC. Many students have expressed an interest in developing relationships with alumnae. If you’re interested, visit the NAA website at newcombalumnaeassociation.org for more information.

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TULANE Magazine is actively seeking class notes from Newcomb Alumnae. Share your news with the university community at

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The New York City event in June brought almost 200 women together for an evening of conversation and networking. From left to right: Meredeth Stern (NC ‘92), Samantha Fox (LA ‘10), Allison Spielman (SLA ‘09).

REGIONAL BOOK CLUBS

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rom a modest start of four regional gatherings, the Newcomb Book Club is entering its third year. These evenings of friendship and conversation proved to be so successful that the NAA expanded the program, offering fall and spring gatherings in cities including Atlanta, Tampa, Phoenix, and Washington, DC. Volunteers in more than fifteen cities will host book clubs this fall. The selection will be Nine Lives: Mystery, Magic, Death, and Life in New Orleans by Dan Baum, also the selection of Tulane’s Reading Project targeted at incoming students.

Interested in hosting a future Book Club gathering in your city?

Contact the Newcomb Alumnae Office at NewcombAlumnae@Tulane.edu Easing into the Big Easy The latest wave of Newcomb women arriving this fall can count on a friendly, built-in support system in the Town Mom program. Last year, thanks to the hard work of volunteer Meredith Feike Crane (NC ’01), the NAA Vice President for New Orleans, the Town Moms program connected over eighty pairs of incoming Tulane women with local Newcomb alumnae. This year’s group of students and alumnae were matched this summer and will connect at a brunch in October.

Newcomb College Book Reception The Newcomb Alumnae Association and Newcomb College Institute hosted a reception honoring the recent release of the new anthology, Newcomb College, 1886-2006, Higher Education for Women in New Orleans. Over 100 guests celebrated the event at the Bea Field Alumni House on the Tulane campus, including alumnae, faculty, and the book’s contributors. The book is available online at lsupress.org.

Newest Alumnae Join the Ranks

Celebrating the 65th Proving that one never forgets their days at Newcomb, fifteen alumnae from the class of 1947 gathered at their home at Lambeth House in New Orleans. Guests included from left, Margot Bennett Logan, Katherine Baker Senter, Florence Jones Witt and Jeanne Fernandez Bruno.

Over 100 women students joined alumnae at President Scott Cowen’s home in April to celebrate their entry into the Newcomb Alumnae Association. Every Tulane undergraduate woman, no matter their undergraduate college, automatically has membership in the NAA, ensuring a flourishing group of Newcomb women now and in the future.

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Alumnae were anxious to have signed copies of the new anthology. From left, Ann Bennett, (NC ’54), Virginia Roddy (NC ’60) and editor and Newcomb PMS 557 (green) Archivist Susan Tucker (NC ’71).

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Noteworthy at NEWCOMB Expert discusses the gender components of bullying Bullying has recently been the focus of discussion in schools, the courts and even documentary film. This year’s Custard Lecture on Gender and Sexuality focused on the role of homophobia and masculinity. Sociologist CJ Pascoe spoke to a standing room only crowd in the Woldenberg Auditorium about her ethnographic work with adolescents, featured in her book, Dude, You’re a Fag: Masculinity and Sexuality in High School. The impact of gendered bullying has already been seen in tragic ways. Research shows that “90 percent of recent school shootings involved boys who were teased for being gay,” she said.

Pascoe was the third annual Custard Lecturer. The 2013 scheduled speaker is cartoonist and best-selling author Alison Bechdel. Her latest book is the graphic memoir, Are You My Mother?

A Comic Drama.

White House Advisor on Domestic Violence Joins Newcomb Community “Domestic violence is about everybody, someone you know, someone in your family,” said Lynn Rosenthal, the first-ever White House adviser on violence against women. Rosenthal gave the 2012 Betty Werlein Carter Lecture, part of an ongoing series that provides women students with information, training, experience, contacts and involvement in the public

policy arenas. Using examples of real women’s experiences, she discussed the history and key provisions of the Violence Against Women Act, as well as the challenges local communities faced implementing the law. From judges to law enforcement to social workers, the act “required people to work together, and that made all the difference,” said Rosenthal.

Student Organizations Expanding NCI sponsors a host of student organizations that foster a womanfocused, supportive environment while developing leadership abilities and professional skill sets. The traditional groups like Newcomb Senate and Mortar Board function alongside the newest organizations, including the Athletic Women’s Association, the Hispanic Women’s Society, and HerCampus, an online magazine for college women.

Each organization plans events for members and other students, and also participates in community outreach initiatives.

Senior Speaker: make the time to make a difference Amy Holiday’s work on campus and in the community represents the kind of leadership so often seen in Newcomb women. As the senior speaker, she asked the audience to embrace their busy schedules and take advantage of opportunities to make change. Amy didn’t let her commitment as president of Mortar Board keep her from her advocacy work in support of public education in New Orleans. Her letter to the editor of the Times-Picayune in support of revamped education legislation was published in April.

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One theme that seems to unite all Newcomb leaders is the dream to change something about the world. Whether community or beyond, we all seem driven by the prospect of making a change.

–Amy Holiday (LA ’12) Class speaker at Under the Oaks ceremony, 2012

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it’s an ambition to indelibly impact the campus,

ONE-OF-A-KIND OPPORTUNITY in Washington, DC

Junior Mwende Katwiwa (LA ’13) took part in PLEN’s (Public Leadership Eduation Network) Annual Women and International Policy Seminar this summer. This summer, Mwende and four other Tulane students worked with women leaders of governmental institutions who conduct and influence U.S. foreign policy and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) advocating for international policy changes.

Newcomb Grants: Learning Beyond the Classroom

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Through grants to present at conferences, assist faculty in their research or conduct their own independently, or learn cuttingedge techniques in the arts, the Newcomb College Institute positions students for leadership in their academic disciplines, professions (including law, business, architecture and health), or as social entrepreneurs. Students have been funded recently for international research and travel to Tanzania, Jordan, Rwanda, China and Haiti.

Grant money isn’t just for travel and work abroad. English and Theatre major Hope Barnard used her funding to produce her one-act play Monopolis on campus, while history and political science major Patricia Freeland pursued her research project here in New Orleans, “Voices from Katrina: Women of the Lower Ninth Ward.”

Developing oneself as a scholar and a leader can be challenging for many college students today, yet Newcomb Scholars have unlocked their potential in both of these areas. From organizing a panel on the Arab Spring as a first year student and interning at NOW in Washington, DC to teaching English in Santiago and obtaining research funding to work at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, individual Scholars have excelled in multiple areas. As a group, Scholars developed “Fleurish,” a campus wellness committee for women and have also taught middle school girls about Newcomb pottery and communities of smart women.

These examples are just some of the individual to collective projects Newcomb Scholars have undertaken this past year.

Newcomb Scholars are a dynamic group of women who value independent thought and shared experiences illustrated through

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their own research, support for one another, and leadership and service to the campus, New Orleans, national, and

international communities. With this foundation and network of support, we eagerly await to see what they will do next!

From left, U.S. Senator Patty Murray, at podium, NOW President Terry O’Neill (L’80), at right Deborah Parker, Vice Chairwoman of the Tulalip Tribes. Scholar Nicolette Guillou (LA ’13) served as summer intern for NOW and was onstage (rear middle) at an event with domestic violence advocates and tribal leaders to make a strong push for an inclusive Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) that expands protections to additional women.

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A Journey from Volunteer to Advocate In the face of challenging social issues, many often wonder how to get involved. How can the efforts of one woman truly change the lives of others?

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n the face of challenging social issues, many often wonder how to get involved. How can the efforts of one woman truly change the lives of others? Gail Stricklin’s (NC ’76) experience serves as a model for how a small token of kindness can grow into an initiative for empowerment. Now a leading voice for Oklahoma’s victims of domestic violence, she began her journey as a part-time volunteer in a women’s shelter after answering an advertisement in the newspaper. Some thirty years later, today Gail Stricklin can reflect on a string of successes in policy reform and expanded education for judges, attorneys, and law enforcement.

Stricklin first moved to Oklahoma as an oil and gas attorney in the early 1980s. Looking to become involved in her new community outside her demanding job, her first stint as a volunteer involved caring for children while their mothers attended domestic violence classes. “For a year or so, I would take the kids out to the park or for ice cream. I was touched by their resiliency living in this communal atmosphere.” As time went on, she also began to offer the women legal advice on family and criminal law issues. “After hearing the stories of so many women in the shelter, you just quit value-judging. You don’t make those judgments like, ‘I would never do that.’ You don’t know what you would do if you were in that situation.”

By 1993, she left the oil and gas industry behind and began to focus solely on domestic violence issues in private practice.

Not content to serve only her clients, she also developed a pro-bono legal assistance outreach service that would connect other attorneys with these clients. But making the connections between victims and advocates would not change many of the inequalities facing victims. After much reading and research, she began drafting legislation to change some of the laws she saw affecting her clients. For example, she drafted a bill that would alter the name-change laws so that judges might waive the required publication of old and new names. In 2006, the Oklahoma State Legislature passed the law, providing much needed anonymity for women seeking new identities.

As a result of her dedicated work, she has also forged relationships with legislators across party lines. She notes one state representative that became an unlikely ally in her campaign to change legislation. The legislator had experienced a death in the workplace of one of his employees, a woman that was killed at the hands of an intimate partner. Working together, the two were able to make important changes to existing domestic violence laws, such as establishing a presumption against joint custody in domestic violence situations and the inclusion of pets in orders for

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“After hearing the stories of so many women in the shelter, you just quit value-judging. You don’t make those judgments like, ‘I would never do that.’ You don’t know what you would do if you were in that situation.”

–Gail Stricklin (NC ’76), Attorney and Domestic Violence Advocate

protection, as batterers often harm or threaten pets as a way to control or hurt their victims.

In addition to improving legislation, Stricklin believes that education is one of the cornerstones of systematic change. She has lobbied for job-specific training about domestic violence issues, from working with the judges who decide family law cases to the law enforcement officials who are first on the scene to the health professionals who service victims in the aftermath. “They need to understand why victims can’t be forced to exchange a child in person, and why joint custody is not right, because of what it does to children.” Thanks to her outreach efforts, participation in these training programs is now mandated across the state. Her mission is a simple one, she says. “It’s awful to have a death wake up judges. I always put things in terms of preventing death. Let’s save some people by using proper protocols.” With this mission at the forefront of her efforts, since 2003 Stricklin has served as the Oklahoma Bar Association Representative to the Oklahoma Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board, whose mission is to reduce the number of domestic violence related deaths in Oklahoma.

Though she might not have predicted it during her student days (fondly remembered experiences include her stint as a baton

twirler with the marching band to late night bike rides to Café Du Monde during finals), Stricklin credits her time at Newcomb with instilling in her the confidence to pursue her ambitions to be an attorney and an advocate. Even though her law school class was comprised of only 20% women, she notes of her undergraduate days, “I never considered myself a second class citizen. We were all committed to being good at what we did.” Above all, though, she remembers her college days as a time to focus on studies and achievement beyond the campus gates.

While at times her work can be draining, she wants today’s young women to understand that there are challenges to working in this field, but also great rewards. “I think it’s really important to be informed about the issues that you’re dealing with, and to be firm in a polite way to get your point across. You’re going to have to deal with ignorance, and with clients that are not always on their best behavior. It’s really a calling.” Stricklin notes that it was her hands-on approach to service that made the difference in her experience working as an advocate. “The passion did not come from my law degree. It came out of my volunteer service.

Who would have thought that answering an ad in the paper to try to help women and children thirty years ago would have led me here?”

Learning through monitoring domestic violence court cases

During twenty-five years of teaching women’s studies, NCI’s Executive Director Sally J. Kenney knew students and friends whose lives were affected by violence.

Her experience as board member of Watch, a court-monitoring organization, taught her the power of combining first-hand court observation with academic study.

At Tulane, she developed an interdisciplinary course co-taught by Tania Tetlow (NC ’92), associate professor of law and director of Tulane’s Domestic Violence Law Clinic, and Fred Buttell, a social work professor whose research

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focused on violence and who has counseled batterers. Students monitor order-for-protection hearings.

Two cohorts of Tulane undergraduates have not only had the opportunity for hands-on learning in the service-learning political science course they created, “Law and Politics of Domestic Violence,” but the opportunity to be taught by professors that normally only work with graduate students. Both groups have also had the opportunity to travel to the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women, meeting

Joining together to team-teach a service-learning course on domestic violence are, from left, Tania Tetlow (NC ’92) of Tulane Law School, Sally J. Kenney of the Newcomb College Institute and Fred Buttell of the School of Social Work. with women incarcerated for killing their batterers. As Gail Stricklin and Jackie Schornstein

discovered, it is impossible to hear the direct personal stories and stay on the sidelines.

Student’s Research Inspires Activism Newcomb Scholar Jackie Schornstein (LA ’13) advocacy work

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first realized my interest in domestic violence when I was applying and interviewing for the Newcomb Scholars Program. We were asked what our main interest was, our passion that we would be interested in researching. As an incoming freshman, the question overwhelmed me. Not only was I in the midst of preparing to leave home and venture to a brand new place, but now I also had to figure out what I wanted to do with my life.

Thinking about the daunting question, I reflected on my experiences in high school and one thing in particular stood out to me, something that made me ask questions that I couldn’t answer or really wrap my head around.

I was a Girl Scout from age four through high school and a proud recipient of my Gold Award, a project requiring a research and activism component. My troop leader was a volunteer at a battered women’s shelter in Dallas and urged us to get involved, creating service projects and opportunities for us at the Family Place. Every holiday we would hold a carnival for the children that were temporarily at the shelter with their parents—usually their mothers. We did crafts and activities with the children and every time I went there I was so full of questions, questions I felt I couldn’t ask the women sitting in front of me, smiling at their children’s innocent excitement when clearly something so terrible— something I didn’t understand— had caused them to be at the Family Place. When these experiences came to mind, all of these

unanswered questions reeling, I knew that this would be my focus; domestic violence would be my main topic of research.

Through the research I have done in each Newcomb seminar, I have endeavored to answer my questions about domestic violence. As a result, a more narrowed interest in the topic has come up: battered women incarcerated for killing their abusers and clemency for these women.

I have written two papers so far—a case study and a research paper—about the topic and I

student voices, student action

reflects on the beginnings of her interest in

I want to help these women, victims of domestic violence who defended their lives against their batterers and as a result are in prison for 40 years to life. have found that not only is it a topic that I am passionate about researching, but one that I am passionate about resolving. I want to help these women, victims of domestic violence who defended their lives against their batterers and as a result are in prison for 40 years to life. I want to help them find justice in a judicial system that, like their batterer, victimizes and entraps them.

Jackie Schornstein is a member of the Newcomb Scholars Class of 2013. To read more about Jackie and the other Scholars, visit their blog at newcombscholars.tulane.edu.

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POST CARDS,

POLITICS,

& Courtroom History in the Newcomb Archives Professor of Political Science Nancy Maveety’s research in the personal papers of scholar Beverly Blair Cook uncovered a unique collection of postcards and a new way to think about courthouses.

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irthday cards from Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor may not be the first thing to spring to mind when considering the holdings of the Newcomb Archives. Long the home to a collection of materials on women’s education and the histories of southern women, the Newcomb Archives also holds the personal papers of pioneer political scientist Beverly Blair Cook, the first woman political scientist to study women judges systematically.

Cook was a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee from 1966 until her retirement in the early 1990s. Barred from serving on the same faculty as her husband by the University of Wisconsin’s anti-nepotism policy that relegated many women of her time to lower-status placements, she went on to forge her own reputation as a scholar. Her work still serves as the cornerstone for scholars investigating the role of women in the judiciary, and she had the foresight to envision the role of women when they made up less than 5% of all judges. At the end of her career, Cook moved into an assisted living facility, and sought a place for her personal papers. Understanding the merit of this collection, noted judicial scholar Professor Nancy Maveety was able to travel to Wisconsin to secure the papers for the Newcomb Archives.

Eclectic in their scope, the materials range from a collection of postcards depicting county courthouses throughout the nation, to an amazing batch of attitudinal surveys conducted in the 1970s on the opinions of judges and the role of women in the judiciary. Just

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beginning her scholarly work with Cook’s papers, Maveety first turned her attention to the postcard collection, struck not only with the imagery and humor captured in the diverse collection of memorabilia, but on the foresight of Cook to find meaning in what others might dismiss as trivial. “As with so many aspects of her academic career, Cook was ahead of her time in appreciating the link between the physical space, the symbolic meaning, and the functional performance of the courthouse and courtroom in U.S. law and politics. Her courthouse postcard collection, which includes items dating back to some of the earliest such cards produced in the U.S., offers a window into this topic and into the engaging scholarship of one of the first and most important women in the field of judicial politics.”

Postcards of courthouses, Maveety notes, are most significant as idealized versions of something—blemishless representational images, or artifacts signifying commemorated status. How the postcard comes to serve as the memento of choice is tied to its story as a repository of cultural knowledge, a repository of evolving ideas about place, culture, and identity.

In addition to depicting state and county courts, Cook’s postcards include those of federal courthouses, post offices, city halls and state capitols, and a few other miscellaneous multipurpose government buildings. Thanks to support from the Barbara A. Greenbaum Fund for Newcomb Fellow Research, Maveety spent the summer of 2011 cataloguing the collection.

Cook’s postcards are currently undergoing digitalization and annotation with the aim of the entirety going “live” on the Newcomb College Institute’s webpage within the next year.

In addition to her role on the political science faculty, Nancy Maveety is the Director of the Gender and Sexuality Studies program at Tulane. She is also a noted scholar on Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, as well as a novelist. She has presented her work on the Cook Collection of postcards to Newcomb Alumnae during Homecoming 2011 and at the most recent annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association. She detailed her work in the Spring 2012 newsletter for the Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association. Maveety is also featuring many of the original documents from the Cook Collection that were saved from the National Organization for Women’s pro-ERA campaign, as well as materials detailing women’s groups use of litigation in general during the 1970s and 1980s, in her fall seminar Women’s Legal Interests and Interest Groups.

CARRYING ON COOK’S WORK Nancy Maveety’s work in the Newcomb Archives is only one project that was inspired by work of Beverly Blair Cook.

Sally J. Kenney’s latest book also considers Cook’s groundbreaking scholarship on women judges. Gender and Justice: Why Women in the Judiciary Really Matter (Routledge 2012) makes the case for more women judges that does not rest on the argument that women are essentially different from men. Contrary to popular expectations, the book demonstrates that women’s progress in the field is not natural, inevitable, or irreversible. Kenney is next tackling the puzzle of what explains state progress in variation on women on state supreme courts.

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Honoring the accomplishments of outstanding alumnae

Through the awards program, the Newcomb Alumnae Association carries on its longstanding tradition of recognizing the personal and professional contributions and achievements of alumnae. This year’s recipients, from left, were Karoun Bagamian ‘01 (Young Alumna Award), Suzanne Guichard McDaniel ‘83 (Community Service Award), and Marlene Eskind Moses ‘72 (Outstanding Alumna Award).

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Marlene Eskind Moses ’72 Newcomb Alumnae Association Outstanding Alumna

Since 1974, the Newcomb Alumnae Association has honored the achievements of outstanding alumnae through its award program.

THE OUTSTANDING ALUMNA AWARD is given to an alumna who reflects Newcomb’s tradition of excellence and exhibits prominence in a business or professional field and in her contributions to the well-being of national, state, or community life. The recipient’s accomplishments and contributions should have been sustained over a long period of time. Ideally, the recipient should have achieved some measure of recognition on the national or international level.

THE COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD is given to an alumna in recognition of her significant, long-term commitment to community service.

THE YOUNG ALUMNA AWARD is given to a young woman under 40 years of age as of December 31 in the year of consideration. The award honors the significant ongoing contributions or achievements of an alumna who has not reached the period of extended service deemed necessary for the Outstanding Alumna Award.

Marlene Moses Eskind can claim many academic and professional accomplishments. She earned her undergraduate degree in Psychology, and stayed at Tulane, receiving a Master’s degree in Social Work in 1973. She continued her studies at the Nashville School of Law, graduating in 1980 with a Juris Doctor degree.

Marlene is the managing partner and founder of the Nashville, Tennessee matrimonial and family law firm of Moses Townsend & Russ PLLC. A long-time member of Tennessee’s Board of Law Examiners, the state’s licensing board for attorneys, Marlene served as a past-President of the Board. She is a Diplomate in the American College of Family Trial Lawyers, an active member of the Tennessee Bar Association, and a past Chair of the association’s Family Law Section. She served as First Vice-President of the Nashville Bar Association and Vice-President of the Family Law Section of the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association. Marlene is also a member of the American Bar Association, Tennessee Lawyers Association for Women, and Lawyers Association for Women in which she served as President. Perhaps her most impressive credential is that she is a member and past President of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, a very selective organization comprised of the most prestigious and experienced family law attorneys in the country. Marlene is a Fellow in, and Vice President of, the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, the international equivalent of the prestigious American organization and equally, if not more, selective.

She attributes many of her accomplishments to her own family’s influence. She notes, “My family has always been the most important part of my life starting with my parents and siblings and then adding my husband and children. They support and encourage me to enjoy life and achieve my goals. In addition, my career as a family law attorney is very significant to me.

Practicing family law provides a tremendous source of pleasure and satisfaction. I have worked diligently to achieve positive results for each of my clients for over 30 years.”

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Suzanne Guichard McDaniel ’83 Newcomb Alumnae Association Community Service Award

Suzanne “Suzy” Guichard McDaniel received a BA in Communication from Newcomb. She has a passion for helping those in need and has formed three 501(c)3 non-profit foundations.

The Quality of Life Foundation was formed to help maintain orphanages for HIV-positive children in Honduras. In 2002 following a horseback riding accident, Suzy sustained closed brain, neck and shoulder injuries. As a result of her experiences with the veterans during her physical therapy treatment, Suzy founded Support Our War Heroes, which assists military members who sustain life-altering injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan.

In 2010, Suzy’s husband, Dr. Kelvin McDaniel (ENG ’82; MED ’86) was stricken with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS; Lou Gehrig’s disease). After a nine-month, valiant battle, Dr. McDaniel passed away. Suzy and her children formed the Dr. Kelvin McDaniel ALS Foundation. The mission of the Foundation is to award an annual medical school scholarship in the name of Dr. McDaniel, to assist others in the community with ALS through the use of an equipment loaner closet, and to support and fund treatment and ultimately a cure for ALS.

The Awards Committee is soliciting nominations for the 2013 awards cycle.

Information and the nomination form can be found at www. newcombalumnae.org.

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Karoun Heidi Bagamian ’01 Young Alumna Award

Karoun Heidi Bagamian was born in Los Angeles, CA. She showed her interest in biology quite early—as a child, she would dig for dinosaur fossils in the backyard and memorize field guides of mammals. Karoun’s interest in the evolution and ecology of diseases emerged in her Darwinian Medicine course as an undergraduate. Her first research endeavor was in Dr. David Heins’ lab, where she wrote an honors thesis about the effects of parasitism on the three spine stickleback fish. This experience gave birth to her love of research. She graduated with a BS in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology in 2001 from Newcomb College.

Karoun completed her doctoral work at Emory University in 2012 as a student affiliated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Special Pathogens Branch, under the mentorship of Dr. James N. Mills, a foremost expert in the field of disease ecology. During her graduate education, she was awarded a CDC Public Health Dissertation grant and a CDC ORISE Fellowship.

Her dissertation just received the 2012 Wildlife Disease Association Graduate Student Research Recognition Award. She credits her parents and their unflagging support over the years for her success.

NEWCOMB Donor Roll The Newcomb College Institute appreciates the financial support of alumnae, parents and friends. We proudly announce the donors to the Institute, including those that have made gifts to the Newcomb Alumnae Association, during the 2011-2012 fiscal year.

Thank you for your support.

The Newcomb Oaks Society The Newcomb Oaks Society is a recognition society for those donors whose annual giving to the Newcomb College Institute at Tulane University is $1,500 or above. Whether your gift is directed to the annual fund or to a restricted fund, to the Newcomb College Institute or the Newcomb Alumnae Association, you are recognized as a member of the Newcomb Oaks Society.

Christy Fulton Baldwin Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, Inc. Anne F. Barnett Kylene and Bradley Beers Sharon and St. Paul Bourgeois IV† Renee M. Castagnola Bonnie Wallace Chapman Marcia S. Cohn† Cynthia Cazort Collins Yvette Worthington Davis Collins C. Diboll Foundation Catherine and David F. Edwards† ExxonMobil Foundation Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Marsha Sidel Firestone Carter Dudley Flemming† Estate of Jerry Liddell Fulton* Kathleen B. Fulton Dana and Quin A. Gerard Burdine Clayton Anderson Giese Clare Attwell Glassell Peggy and Raymond P. Gordon Hallie and John Gorup Gay Biggs Graves

Patricia A. Greene Gulf Coast Community Foundation Rita H. Hankins Patricia A. Hurley Andrea and Jeffrey J. Huseman Lanier Scott Isom Kelly and Jay Jacobs Jewish Endowment Foundation Kahn Education Foundation Keil’s Antiques, Incorporated Martha McCarty Kimmerling Mary Myrick Langlois Alexandra Lerman Loretta S. Loftus Patricia and William W. Meadows Metropolitan Life Foundation Jerry Mink Julie K. Mitby Monroe Fund Incorporated Andree Keil Moss Jan and William D. Mounger Mary and Frank J. Murphy Jeanne C. Olivier and Robert E. Dineen Alyce F. Perkins

D. Melessa Phillips Porter Family Charitable Foundation, Inc. Lynn and Benjamin F. Rassieur III Sissy Sailors and Harry M. Conger Kay Keller Sanders Sallie A. Scanlan Laurie and Lawrence M.v.D. Schloss Eloise Engman Schmitz Jill and Robin P. Selati Karen Landsberg Seltzer Dorothy Beckemeyer Skau* Carol Clarke Smith Carolyn G. Stifel Amelie Porter Stroh Alisa and Keith J. Toney Germaine and Robbert W. Vorhoff Laura Rhodes Waller George Ann and James E. Wesner Bridget Sullivan Wicklander Carol B. Wise M.B. and Edna Zale Foundation Jane F. Zimmerman

Donors from the Classes of the 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s

Jo-Ellyn and Abraham B. Kupperman Elaine McFaul Norsworthy Esther Finegold Wedner Dorothy D. Wolbrette Mary P. and Jack Bremermann Mailand Bevill Card Louise Munson Dupont Lois Chalona Hawkins * Anne M. McMillan Irene Buchanan Norris Ami S. and David S. Opat Mary A. Riess Beth Greenwald Sweet Myra Z. Thalheim Ruth C. Ziifle Bonnie J. Bourg Mary Aldrige’ Brogden Louise S. Jacobs Fay Frey Wedig Jane B. Emling Julian E. Hotard Peggy B. Johnson Pat Evans Knobles * Laurelle F. and John I. Neel Lucy Brandon Parlange

Emily H. Perkins Elvia Marie Pfefferle Betsie G. Tremant Donald B. Pfefferle * Barbara S. Sayes Lottie Lee Smith Lucile Bernard Trueblood Robert W. Brown Anne P. Lowenburg Mary L. Mithoff Beverly M. and J. Fred Muller, Jr. Dawn H. and Robert A. Murphy, Jr. Emily H. and Charles Rosen II Lisette L. Verlander Sara French Brown * Joy S. and Edwin D. Kilbourne Mary F. Kock Ruth R. Legum Jane D. Roeling Effie M. Stockton John W. Wall and Shirley J. Wall Joan D. and W. Mente Benjamin Josephine G. Farwell Madeleine H. Norman Inell Potter

Mary Ellen Irvine * Jane Pharr Gage Elizabeth Coate Hall Frances W. Manley Jay E. Danna Carolyn Robbert Davis Margaret Stewart Dickey Muriel L. Douglass Tatjana H. and Lawrence B. Eustis Louise Nelson Ewin Fleurette L. and Allen B. Koltun Nell and Donald E. Wilson Lillian N. and Leopold I. Breen Charles W. Frank, Jr. * Milton L. Harris, Jr. Athalie G. Macgowan Janet Seidenbach Phillips Jean Frank Charlotte Morse Ashley Herman JoAnn Pincus Wigodsky Florence L. Hall Louise R. Horn

Mary Sue A. and Robert E. Thompson Robert A. Tremant * Annette R. Dorskey Ann H. Green Glenna G. and Thomas F. Kramer Peggy A. Lee Barbara Cohn Marcus Imogene W. Murphy Peggy B. and Aaron Selber, Jr. Donna Miesse Barber Mary Ann K. and Scott O. Brame Anne Keefe Ducanis Jenifer Barnes Garfield Ann S. and Paul A. Lux Gladney Shell Peyton Janice V. Pixberg * Lucy Y. and Jack K. Walters Nell Eastland Amos Florence Ross Deer Mary Ann L. and Stanley E. Friedman Maria Basilius Kirkikis Carolyn C. and Jared B. Palmer, Sr. Maude Saunders Sharp Judith B. and Sylvan J. Steinberg Phyllis Brown Feibelman Anne L. Goode Maryem Fowlkes Hopkins Jo G. and William L. Mattison Florence Weiland Schornstein Sabina Abrahm Altman Emily G. and Generes D. Bayle Barbara H. and James H. Dearie, Jr. Judith W. and Jack H. Feinberg Jean L. Kaplan Nancy Fink Leeds Betty B. Leonard Emily G. Middleton Helen J. Purtle Elizabeth S. Ruppert Martha H. Sessions Mary Ann Rose Bernard Lavinia B. Bircher Jane Hardy Cease Ann Lampton Curtis Frank A. Daspit Eleanor Komet Rosemary J. Korndorffer Elizabeth C. and F. A. Little, Jr. Manon G. McKinnon Ruth B. and Bernard Nachman Sybil Tyrrell Patten Elizabeth Lunn Stocks Katherine P. Gage Julianne Dante Grundfest Julia L. Miller Katherine G. and Andrew R. Townes Sandra S. and Richard M. Turkel†

Donors from the Classes of the 60s and 70s Sarah Ann Brannan Carolyn Werner Brath Pamella K. and Roland E. Clemmons Marilyn M. and Robert J. Filderman Carole Deutschmann Gloger Ann B. Harris Susan R. Hill Pat and Warren J. Lieberman Dorothy H. and Paul A. Schmit Margie H. and St Denis J. Villere Diane Taylor Wilkerson Frances D. and Abraham P. Friedman Paula R. Hidalgo Susan E. Hill

Phyllis A. and Edward M. Kaplan Rici S. Miller Cecile Felsenthal Prager Mary M. and H. Norman Winterton Carole Jaffe Bratter Sally P. Canfield Joanne Wolf Cohen Jeannette Schaleben Cook Ruth J. and Louis L. Frierson, Sr. Sallye Lewis Hammett Mary M. Johnson Ann Schudmak Keogh Ray Yale Kremer Donald L. Kunian Sally F. and F. Lestar Martin Gloria A. and Vernon J. Nordman Gaye Pate Jan B. and Stephen S. Riven† Cynthia Skaalen Mary O. Bostick Lucie P. and Louie K. Harris, Sr. Donald J. Hart Gwin S. and Sidney R. Jones Jerry B. and William S. McAninch Judy S. and Michael V. McEnany Barbara F. Sirkin Jane Pharr Stewart Patricia Eason Westerman Martha G. Yancey Nancy W. and Carrick R. Inabnett Marilyn Z. and Paul I. Kullman Peggy E. Patterson Janet and John B. Postell Evelyn F. Prince Susan Gurevitz Schor Yvonne B. Silverman * Charlotte Barkerding Travieso Sue Robin Weinhauer Brenda H. and Joseph W. Wells, Jr. Kay G. and John W. Woolfolk III Paula and Carl Zielonka Brian and Gail Barcelo Marilyn J. Hamly Sue Smith Harrell Beth Greenblatt Sugarman Laura P. Felt Mara S. Berman Giulianti and Donald Giulianti Daphne W. Hill Reva A. and Michael Holmes Steven S. Rossi and Mary Lynn Hyde Anne Webman Joseph Anne G. Kincer Diane Perlman Marcus Robert P. Dana and Mary Radford Tatjana E. and Robert C. Williams, Jr. Sylvia S. and James DuLaney Loraine J. Evans Dolliann M. Hurtig Linda E. Hyslop Marlene M. and Niels M. Johnsen Gayle Lesser Nina M. and Lucien D. O’Kelley, Jr. Laurence F. Perlstein Nina and Raphael Ross III Helen L. Schneidau† Susan Gold Schorin Judith Z. Thorne Marie and Robert Ward Susan D. Black Alethea Bragg Carol Carter Brooks Dianne W. and Humberto R. Charneco Betty Abercrombie Epley Susan R. and E. Douglas Johnson, Jr.

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NEWCOMB Donor Roll Linda C. and Frank L. Lambert Mary H. and Stephen H. McCoy Suydie U. and Nathan H. McLamb Paula T. and Joel A. Picker† Aracelly A. Santana Maryclare McEnerny Siegel Pamela W. and Philip L. Washburn Jocelyn L. Weinberg Victoria A. Hofheinz Suzanne Martin Katherine and Franklin D. Pederson Sharon G. Purcel Janis Dropkin Smythe Beryl Edwards Robertson Trawick Joanne W. Babin Michelle M. Beelman and Everett W. Beelman Louise C. and John F. Blackwell Gretchen A. and Louis H. Cloud Sally Jo Forb Jane Scisson Grimshaw Jacqueline G. Gold Ann and John Kenney Bobbi Cantor Kurshan Barbara D. Lief Betsy Renair Loeb Bonnie Falconer McGinty Dee Unglaub Silverthorn Virginia D. Teague Carol Vatz and Joel B. Rosch Pamela R. and Edward J. Carnot Debbie and Steven A. Felsenthal JoAnn Flom Greenberg Ellen Hanckel Marcia and Geoffrey Hartwig Nancy G. and Phillip H. Hoffman Constance Z. Larimer and Frank W. Larimer Riki Weinstein Morrison Laura K. and Edward D. Myrick Peggy S. and Dudley C. Richter Susan N. Tucker Carolyn Shaddock Woosley Ann C. Alden Barbara Pitts Aycock Gail Pratt Frasier Janet B. and Earl J. Higgins Stehanie A. Knopp and Stephen B. Wilcox Lawrin U. Knudson Andrea R. Lapsley Jane F. and John F. Robbert Jane Affolter Simmons Terry K. Simmons Kathy G. and Gordon Weil Vanann B. Allen Beth Bonart Carvell Merri S. and Mitchell C. Ex Ann d. and Thomas S. Farmer Marlive E. Fitzpatrick Esther Goldstein Kelly Shirley Rabe Masinter Katharine Ross-Merrell and James P. Merrell Nancy DuVergne Smith Patty Crosby Smith Myra Peggy Brown and Laurence W. Arend Lucile Bodenheimer Jane Gurtman Grubin Bridget B. and Hugh A. Meagher Priscilla A. Mims Deborah H. and Hudson D. Smith

Marilyn Snook Janice Vanden Brink Linda M. Argote and Dennis Epple Elise Bodenheimer Cynthia S. Easterling and Bob Peat Beth Frankel Hammerman Robin S. and Jeffery B. Morris Judith Pinnolis Lee L. Prina Joan McMullen Watkins Christina H. and Paul K. Anderson Kimberly J. Austin Diane A. and Bruce Bartholomew Ann A. Bergland Jean Cohen Julie Dunn Flato Elizabeth D. and Stephen L. Golden Dawn I. Herrington Blaine Legum Levenson Lamar and William Murphy Catherine O’Brien Sturgis Kathryn M. and Larry S. Anderson Katsuko Arimura Margaret A. Breen Priscilla Handy Susan E. Schaefer Julius R. Ivester, Jr. and Rebecca Furr Ivester M. Mericas Leach Palmer A. Payne M. Kathleen Miller and Charles J. Fleming Carie Low Gabriel Caroline M. and R. Harrison Hickman Angela King Keesee Barbara G. and Geoffrey C. Koslov Amelie S. and Pierre B. Lanaux, Jr. Kay McArdle William F. Sewell and Julianne P. Huber Alina Washington Waguespack Susan J. Wedlan and Harold S. Rosen Shauna E. Alonge Elizabeth L. Clark Amy Hertzberg Heaton Francine Horwich Susan Warshauer Kennicott Shelly Levetown-Linder Anne Segrest McCulloch Alison S. and David B. Nelson Pam L. and Byron R. Spanjer Anne B. Williams

Donors from the Classes of the 80s and 90s Mary Anne C. and Stuart F. Ball Nancy J. Aronson and Virginia F. Besthoff Carol B. and Edward A. Cohen Cecelia M. and A. Grant Hemphill III Helen Roberts Hill Susan L. Hobart Leslie L. and Seth R. Price Haidee K. and Wayne I. Bernstein Sallie E. and Dave D. Davis Mitzi I. Kuroda Sherri Berkson Sklar Martha S. and Gustave O. de Leon Katherine Ochsner Mary D. O’Reilly Leslie Broome Yoffie Monique Beate Black Linn F. and Steven F. Freedman Laura M. Irizarry

*deceased † donations to Newcomb Alumnae Association This information is accurate to the best of our knowledge as of July 30, 2012.

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Debbie G. and Robert A. Polishook Elizabeth P. Simon Denise Bartizal Malone Patricia L. and Maurice M. Rosenbaum Amanda W. and Barry Barnett Helene C. Buchler Nellie Q. and Claro F. Diaz Linda Weil Foster Irene E. Kelly† Jacquelyn S. Robinson Susan M. Stern Susan Pilla Berg Jill W. and Geoffrey A. Fisher Bethany and John Gysbers H. Jordan Richards Susan Diane S. Sims Beth B. and Michael W. Sylvester Suzanne S. and Carlos L. Amato Anna L. Etheridge Sarah Wells Kocsis Paul A. Krogstad and Nan V. Heard Karen A. Mejia-Arroyo and Jorge Patino-Guardiola Donna Diermann Soper Keela E. Young Susan Arnold Borrelli Hollie Christine-Larsen Cummings Cynthia L. and John Harter Barbara and James Mayer Sandra Rohde McNamee Geri W. Smith Cindy M. and David M. Wittels Jane L. and Michael C. Benton Soo-Kuen D. and Dinko Plenkovich Lisa H. Greenberg Tracy A. and Robert R. Kuttler Leslie A. Lovett Anissa M. Allbritton Joy M. and James H. Roussell Martha E. Custard Michele D. David Amy McGehee FitzGerald Sukhmani K. Gill Maggie Crocker Grove Tanya Thibodeau Luss Naomi A. Meyers Elaine R. Miller and Aaron Stambler Kimberly Stuart Noska Elena V. Toulios and Christopher J. Oliver Ngoc K. Bui-Tong and Hoang Pham Andria Milstein Frankfort Laurie Levitt Schoenburg Nicole B. and Scott M. Barron Danielle B. and Sanford C. Coats Jennifer Gorman Patton Michelle F. Daigle Barbara and Bill Malone Elizabeth M. Blampied Sue G. Rowland Suzanne Marie Rynne-Ostermiller A. Kate Sheerin Jodi A. Gill Kirsten B. Hawkins Carline Mildor Christine Turner Jennifer J. Altman Amanda B. Gordon and Ben M. Kornblet Pamela Dobie Key Molli E. Kuenstner Marielba Torres and Guy R. Delahoussaye, Jr. Teri F. Chalmers and Quentin D. Chalmers

Elizabeth E. Dwyer Kristina Elenidis Fink Janice L. and John W. Mulvihill Karen G. and Joel R. Pekow Shelley Langenhennig Poore Cynthia V. Rider Alison Jordan Bruley Beth Ann Portnoy Gemunder Ashley B. and Eric L. Jensen Andrea T. and Steven R. Moffitt Genevieve A. Pope† Christopher G. Price Amanda C. Van Veen Kelly L. Wilson Mirka D. Zapletal

Donors from the Class of 2000 to the present Melissa V. and Timothy R. Carle Tasha L. Dunn Sara M. and Joel E. Saber Kathleen H. Timmins Meredith Feike Crane† Amanda Leiker Fagan Clara A. Perry and Michael A. Schwartz Winifred H. and R. Alexander Robinson Julia Scirrotto Michelle P. Gallagher Jessica A. Lemos Portia Demers Moore Colleen S. O’Donnell Gina L. Ormand Amanda S. and Sean Roberts Katie J. Berchak-Irby and Matthew F. Irby Katherine E. Britton Paula Eichenbrenner Don Y. Kim Seth C. Knudsen Elizabeth A. Berger Lauren D. Caplan Erin Cesta Lucia L. Marker-Moore Cathlin Barnum Sentz Laura G. and Justin S. Albert Amanda N. Albin and Keith M. Murphy Lucy Elba R. Bell Jenni R. Daniel Benaz Hossain Nora M. Magleby Megan S. Schuler Olivia C. Watkins Catherine C. Fox Reilly W. Thompson Allyson R. Halperin Claire Hayes Cordelia Heaney Meredith B. Swain Sarah C. Borgatti K. Katherine Corbett and Laura J. Pegram Jessica A. Jacobson Sarah B. Quintano Lauren S. Elkin Katie and Michael Harrington Meredith A. Beers Sarah L. McAllister Caroline Zinser Caroline L. Gabriel Meghan H. Greeley Caroline G. Heller Amanda R. Wetzstein Meredith L. Kurz

Friends of the Newcomb College Institute Amgen PAC Anonymous Donors Bank of America Foundation Debra M. and Michael P. Barnum Douglas C. Bell BGK Services LLC Beatrice Calvert CIGNA Corporation Leslie Dwight and Byron Coley Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Rosalind Cook Heather Corbett Michael C. Culler Dell Mary Francis Etzold Lisette and James Fabacher Federal National Mortgage Association The Gap Foundation Goldman, Sachs and Company Sheila Gorey Rosaria Y. and Rudolph F. Heide Betsy L. Eckstein and David C. Heller Marian Herbert-Bruno Daniel E. Hill * Louise and Ted Huete IBM International Foundation Susan E. and Seth D. Jacobson Joseph Charitable Trust Mary M. Kaiser Sally J. Kenney Key Foundation Edith D. Kuebel Joan Limongello Loeb Family Foundation Lux Family Foundation Charlotte J. Maheu Leslie R. and Leo P. Marsh Jean Stephan McKinley Marna E. Mignone and Mark S. Bostick Lori and James Montana Network for Good Anna L. Norris Out of the Box Foundation Philip and Florence Deer Foundation Gracibel B. Rickerfor Birgit and Al Robbert Judy and Randy Robbert Lynn S. and Eugene B. Roberts, Jr. Jaelle Scheuerman Angelique Scott The Aaron or Peggy Selber Foundation, Inc. Marilyn Shepherd Gayle K. and Keith Shida Michael Silverman The Charles Henry Smith, Sr. Foundation Aidan Smith and Patrick Sullivan Beverly L. and David Stacy The Luss Group, Inc. Joyce Thibodeaux Elizabeth B. Delery and Harry B. Towe Ellen Murphy and Steven Unterman Nancy Weiner Susan Weldon Wells Fargo Foundation Educ. Matching Gift Program Laura Wolford

Events

Newcomb College Institute sponsors a variety of events on campus and in cities around the country.

PROFESSOR NANNERL KEOHANE

TAKE BACK THE NIGHT, organized in conjunction with Tulane, Loyola, and Dillard Universities a call to raise awareness about sexual assault and gender-based violence in the New Orleans community.

2012 Adele Ramos Salzer Lecturer

October 23, 2012

November 5, 2012

HOMECOMING AND PARENTS WEEKEND

Featuring Newcomb’s Open House and faculty lectures

November 2-4, 2012

Writer and Cartoonist

An Evening with

ALISON BECHDEL,

AIMEE BENDER,

the 4th Annual Marla Custard Speaker

March 6, 2013

NEW ALUMNAE WELCOME RECEPTION at the home of President Scott Cowen, sponsored by the Newcomb Alumnae Association and Newcomb College Institute

April 21, 2013

the 28th ZaleKimmerling Writer-in-Residence

March 18, 2013

NEWCOMB BOOK CLUB GATHERINGS • New Orleans, October 16 • Baton Rouge, October 18 • Hollywood, Florida, November 14 • Atlanta, Georgia, November 14 • San Diego, California, November 15 •S acramento, California, October 24 For a complete list, visit newcombalumnae.org

UNDER THE OAKS

a ceremony honoring graduating women and the Newcomb College Class of 1963

May 17, 2013

Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage

PAID New Orleans, LA Permit No. 358

43 Newcomb Place Tulane University New Orleans, LA 70118

Newcomb Reunion 2012 Newcomb Reunion Schedule Of Events/Homecoming Weekend

Pre-registration required for the All Reunion Year Lunch, and requested for all other events • http://tulane.edu/homecoming

Friday, November 2

Homecoming Speaker Series

Wave ’12

11:30 a.m.–1 p.m.

Glass Blowing Demonstration with Prof. Gene Koss, Woldenburg Art Center

Tulane’s all alumni party with food, drinks, music. Free.

Kendall Cram Ballroom, Lavin-Bernick Center (formerly the U.C.)

All Reunion Year Luncheon Casual New Orleans-themed lunch for all reunion alums! J.L. House Ballroom 1:30–4 p.m.

Newcomb Through the Ages Exhibit of Newcomb Memorabilia – Newcomb Archives Caroline Richardson Hall 1–1:50 p.m.

Homecoming Speaker Series

2–4:15 p.m.

3–3:50 p.m.

Homecoming Speaker Series Prof. Brian Brox Election 2012: What to expect on November 6 and Beyond, Room 300, McWilliams Hall 4:30–6 p.m.

Newcomb Homecoming Reception Enjoy spirits and snacks with Newcomb alums, current students and Newcomb Scholars. Newcomb College Institute

6–9 p.m.

Saturday, November 3 11 a.m.–2:30 p.m.

Homecoming Tailgate visit the Newcomb Alumnae Tent to mingle with alums and enjoy our signature “Sophie Sips” drink.

Prof. Beverly Trask and Jazz Pianist Jesse McBride 2–2:50 p.m.

Homecoming Speaker Series Susan Tucker (NC ’71), Curator of Books and Records, Newcomb Archives The History of a People and a Place: Writing About Newcomb College Room 300, McWilliams Hall

2012 Newcomb Class Reunions Pre-registration is required for class reunion events. For specific class reunion information, please visit

http://tulane.edu/homecoming